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Edinburgh Correspondent Rueful Red Filed This Report
It did cross my mind to make this the funniest item of the day, but then I rebuked myself: Climate change is a serious issue.
my comments – The Tale of Rueful Red and the Penitent Eco-Fascist
I didn't get the chance to ask a question, I was in stitches by the finish, he really is the most entertaining speaker I've heard in an age.
[Bjorn] Lomborg turned out to be young, slim, bottle-blond – think a slim Shane Warne – in a polo shirt and blue jeans. He presented with huge enthusiasm – perhaps 300 words a minute gusting to 350. Facts facts facts. Proposed anti-global warming strategies will cost about $150 billion, and every dollar spent will yield about 2 cents worth of social good (don't know how he defines that concept). Spend the same dollar on HIV and you get $40 return, on Third World water you get $30 return, on free trade $20 return and on malaria eradication $10 return. Given that Kyoto will postpone global warming by 6 years – it'll be as warm in 2106 as it otherwise would have been in 2100 – he asked which of the major issues we as a generation would like to be remembered as having addressed.
A Lefty local journalist then got up, gave us the whole "sky is falling" routine and then weighed into Bush over Kyoto, which was possibly the most dramatic demonstration of somebody not having paid a blind bit of notice to what a speaker's been saying that I've ever seen. (Sorry about that sentence.) Then a very stupid woman asked whether, since Warren Buffett had donated $44 billion (Lomborg had talked about this) to tackle HIV and water issues, couldn't we spend just a bit of money on climate change issues?
I was still suppressing my laughter at the idiocy of this question when he started talking about the concept of non-zero probabilities which I think are things that could happen but are too remote a possibility to be quantified. As an example of this he said that it was in theory possible (I'm not making this up, honest injun) that red-headed women could one day take over the government of the world, but highly unlikely. "Not as unlikely as you think, pal" I thought to myself, musing on the existence of the Redhead Liberation Front of which ninme has not denied membership.
I stayed for a couple of further addle-pated questions, reflected that it was a pity no Green MSP had graced us with their presence and then thought that it would be more useful to think about the interesting things that Lomborg had said rather than the stupid questions he'd been asked, so I left and went home.
PS There are it seems swings and roundabouts about this global warming business. By 2080, global warming will be responsible for an increase of 2,000 heat related deaths each year. It will however have also caused a reduction of 20,000 cold-related deaths. Not, therefore, one might say, an unalloyed evil.
PPS Sea levels are supposed to rise 30cm-50cm this century and we're all doomed. Though we seemed to have survived last century's rise of 25cm without too much trouble – they'd didn't even have to put up decking in Kiribati.
Figures for heat/cold related deaths refer to the UK.
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I went to the SETI Institute this week to see one of their free weekly lectures. I knew about SETI and that they were in Mountain View, but I had never been to their facility. They just moved into a new location on Bernardo and they're still getting settled. Every Wednesday they offer a free colloquium and they're open to the public. This series has been happening for a few years and the subject matter is wide and varied. Here's a Youtube link to past lectures by scientists at SETI Institute. And here's a link to upcoming lectures. They are every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 pm.
I spoke with several of the people sitting next to me at the lecture and one of them told me that the audience has an "extraordinarily high concentration of really smart people." Yes, I would have to agree with that statement. Apparently some of the lectures are rather technical and others are more easily accessible. Dr. Adrian Brown, a planetary science researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center and SETI Institute, told me that his goal is to find speakers who are able to present something that is a notch above what we might see on the Discovery channel. And don't think of this lunch-time-lecture as someone standing up in front of the room lecturing. The audience was very involved in the discussion. They had all kinds of questions and comments. One even corrected the presenter when she was unsure of something. It was really interesting and I'd love to go back and see more topics being discussed.
The discussion on Wednesday was about the Martian dichotomy. The speaker, Margarita Marinova showed simulations of what may have happened when Mars was blasted by something very large and dense over 50 million years ago. As one person in the audience said while we watched the simulation video, "It was a bad day for Mars."
And, since the lectures take place during lunch, there is a do-it-yourself peanutbutter and jelly sandwich making area. Everyone walks in the door and goes straight over to the lunch area and builds a pb&j and then finds a seat for the lecture.
The lectures are open to the public. There are all different kinds of people that attend, including NASA Ames researchers, professors from local universities, people from Lockheed, astronomers, students, and the average space-geek. I love that SETI Institute is known world wide and that they're right here in Mountain View and that they're willing to open their doors to the community so we get a chance to see what's going on inside... I love Mountain View.

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CIT's 2012 Overview Provides Look at U.S. Energy Sector
The discovery of shale gas, new drilling technologies, and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are dramatically transforming the U.S. energy sector, said Mike Lorusso, group head of CIT Energy at CIT Group.
Lorusso discussed the key drivers for clean technology, U.S. energy independence and private equity investment in the energy sector, as well as the trends and challenges facing the sector in CIT's 2012 U.S. Energy Sector Overview, the latest in a series of in-depth executive Q&As featured in CIT's Executive Spotlight series (cit.com/executivespotlight).
Some of the biggest short- and long-term concerns facing the energy industry are due to the confluence of opposing forces. According to Lorusso, "The constant growth in energy consumption, the desire for energy independence, environmental and safety concerns, and pricing are the issues at hand. The "Holy Grail" would be to solve all of these issues with a clean, cheap and reliable domestic energy supply. However, that is not practical, so the industry is constantly struggling to address each issue individually while not negatively affecting the others."
Lorusso also discussed the feasibility of the U.S. achieving energy independence, "The U.S. has been improving its ability to supply its own energy needs and we will continue to do so. This has been achieved through a combination of sources such as increased production of oil and gas from conventional and shale resources via fracturing, imports of oil through pipelines from Canada to take advantage of the abundant Canadian oil sand resources, growth in renewable energy sources, and energy efficiency programs that reduce consumption."
Following recent developments in the Middle East, surging oil prices combined with improved drilling technologies, have encouraged private equity firms to invest in the sector. Lorusso added, "Private equity firms have invested directly by purchasing oil and gas exploration and production companies and thus benefit from producing the actual commodity. In other instances, they've bought mineral rights for properties and then taken the royalty payments from other companies that produce the oil from those properties. They have also been quite active with indirect investments by acquiring companies that provide the support services to the industry, such as drill rig companies and pipe and tank manufacturers."


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Branch Centerpiece with Old books
-4 Old books. They will not get ruined so if you are a collector of old books it works to raid your own shelves for the wedding.
-Some brush/branches. One or two depending on their size and how many little branches they have sticking off of them. They need to be fairly sturdy for hanging candles on.
-Sheet Moss
-Rocks or sand for weight
-Quart size tin can
- Floral Foam for silk or dried flowers
-Tea light holders
-Ribbon (http://www.cheapribbons.com/products.html)
-Glue sticks and glue gun
-Tea lights
Step 1: Place rocks or sand in the bottom of the tin can. Weight is needed to make it stable, so this is a very important step.
Step 2: Cut the floral foam to fit in the can and fill it up the rest of the way.
Step 3: Arrange the four books around the can and then tie a ribbon bow around them to hold them in place. I used both purple and sand colored ribbon but you could use whatever type or color of ribbon that best matched your wedding.
Step 4: Place a sheet of moss over the foam and can and to the edge of each book. You can hot glue it in place if you like.
Step 5: Insert branch(es) . Push them down in the foam a long way so they are very stable.
Step 7: Hang the votive cups up and place the candles inside.
This is a very simple and fun project. It isn't real easy to transport (because of the books being loose and the branch being so big) but you could get everything ready to go and it would be very simple to do the finishing touches at the reception site. Hanging candles create an incredibly romantic atmosphere!
Saturday Night Special where her theme is Sticks and Branches.
5 comments:
- Tina said...
This is really cute! I did something similar once, but I spray painted the branches pink and tied ribbons with gem stones on for a little girls birthday party!
- April 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Jackie said...
That looks really pretty.
I also wanted to tell you that your blog title is now :) instead of Proverbs 31 Living. You might want to go into Blogger and fix it. The reason I know is because your feed now shows up as this. :)
- April 7, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Pat Harris said...
What a creative way to use old books! I love this. Could even put a vase in the middle and have fresh flowers!
Thanks for visiting junkblossoms. I was able to find your blog!!
- April 7, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Terri @ em-belle-ish.blogspot.com said...
I found you via Funky Junk. I've seen similar centerpieces but I always wondered how they attached the tea lights (safely) to the branches. Thanks for sharing.
- November 7, 2010 at 1:48 AM
- Funky Junk Interiors said...
Sweet centerpiece! I can only imagine how lovely it would look with the lights turned down low. Very nice! The book base is really cool.
- November 7, 2010 at 1:07 AM


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Sinterklaas Not Again
Yesterday was Sinterklaas' birthday, which is traditionally the day when children that were well behaved all through the year find one or more presents in their shoe or boot. Of course, as every parent knows, the phrase 'well behaved all through the year' is up for interpretation, and although Sinterklaas is supposed to know everything, there is a lot of leeway. Every parent knows this, because every parent once was a child too and desperately counted on the good man's sense of humour.
Anyway, because the 6th of December fell right smack bang in the middle of the week this year, Sinterklaas in all his wisdom decided to advance his schedule and pay his nightly visit to our household last Saturday. Much loot was had by both our sons, since it was Sinterdad who did most of the shopping this year because he didn't agree with the quota that Sintermom tends to infringe.
So when the children woke up at a time that is technically morning, but what can only be described by any sane person as 'the dead of night', we quickly climbed down the stairs and opened the door in anticipation... to find that the coffee table had disappeared under the presents, chocolates, marsipain and various other treats. Wolf got a giant Lego truck, a dinosaur hunter from the same brand (Jurassic Parc style), the Who-is-it game and a book on how to draw animals. Tyl got the cash register from Fisher Price, a couple of Miffy books and a Miffy DVD (guess who is currently his favourite). Dad got nothing at all, despite acting as a child for most of the year. Not fair.
So you can't say the children had any reason to complain. Still, on Wednessday evening, Wolf timidly inquired if Sinterklaas was still going to come that night, because his teacher had told him so. No harm in asking, right?
He was a bit disappointed the next moring when he found that Sinterklaas hadn't brought a second load of toys, despite the fact that the first time around, he did forget to bring a number of things that were on his wish list.
Well, Christmas is only two weeks away son!
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Love me a drive-in movie/
It's the 80th anniversary of the drive-in movie theater. From LIFE magazine:
It's been 80 years since a New Jersey auto-parts store manager named Richard Hollingshead Jr. hit upon the idea of a drive-in theater. The wonder of Hollingshead's concept, of course — as with all of the world's greatest, most inspired, most life-affirming inventions — is that, despite how obvious it seems in retrospect, no one had thought of it before. Or, if anyone did think of it before, they hadn't bothered to get a patent on the idea, as Hollingshead did on May 16, 1933. And no one had the wherewithal to actually envision, build and then open to the public this modern marvel, as Hollingshead and three other investors did when they cut the ribbon on the world's first drive-in movie theater in Camden, New Jersey, on June 6, 1933.
On the anniversary of that landmark night 80 years ago, LIFE.com offers a series of photos celebrating the ingenious confluence of two of America's abiding obsessions: movies and cars.
At the height of its popularity, there were more than 4,000 drive-in movie theaters throughout the country. Today less than 400 remain in business.
There are three within 30 minutes of my home.
Pleasant Valley Drive-In Southington Drive-In Mansfield Drive-In
When I tell this to people who live in Connecticut, they are often surprised. Three drive-in movie theaters within half an hour of their homes and no one seems to know.
I don't understand it.
I consider these drive-in movie theaters a blessing.
When I was a boy, my parents took us to the drive-in movie theater in Mendon, Massachusetts. It is one of two drive-in movie theaters in Massachusetts that remains open today. When I was a child, the theater charged by the person, so my father would stuff us into the trunk and sneak us in to save a few bucks.
Today the theater charges $25 per car.
No sneaking in anymore.
We would always arrive extremely early and eat a picnic dinner before the show. We'd toss a football around in front of the massive screen and watch the stars appear in the sky, one by one, until it was dark enough to show the first movie.
When the film began, we'd climb atop the hood of the car and lean back against the windshield, wrapped in sleeping bags. If the temperature dropped too low, my father would start the car and warm us up by the heat of the engine.
There was also a drive-in theater called The Rustic in North Smithfield, Rhode Island that showed rated X movies. The screen directed away from the street, tempting passersby to try to catch a glimpse of that film as they sped down route 146. The Rustic is also still in operation today, though apparently they have dispensed with their more racy film choices.
When Clara was an infant, Elysha and I spent our summer at the drive in, watching movie after movie while she slept soundly in the backseat. We saw more than 20 movies that year, exceeding my goal of a dozen and proving to naysayers that a child did not spell the end to our movie going past time.
Clara is four years old now and considers almost every movie, regardless of age range, too frightening to watch, so it might be a while before we bring her and Charlie back to the drive-in.


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It is always stimulating to come across an early modern text that feels (as we say) transgressive. In the mid-seventeenth century, press censorship temporarily lapsed, and the printing presses were numerous and nimble enough to let all sorts of voices speak. Broadside ballads had always allowed a broad range of robust sentiment, these two texts both have a transgressive spirit, stronger and truer than in most of the elite writing from which we so carefully refine it these days.
The Last News From France purports to tell a story of how the future Charles II escaped after the Battle of Worcester. The gender switchings are harder to keep in mind than those in As You Like It: in the main, Charles dresses as a servingman, whose Lady, 'Mistress Ann', is actually a young gentleman in disguise. You only learn this fact from the ballad's heading: in the ballad itself, the speaker has effectively become female. At one point in the ballad a maximum of reversal is enjoyed: 'He of me a service did crave / and often-times to me stood beare / In womans apparel he was most brave / and on his chin he had no hare'. First, the 'King of Scots' stands bare-headed to his Master-Mistress, the next moment, he is dressed as a woman. That 'Womans' adds such confusion that one half wonders if it was a misprint (but, say, a 'servingman' could not dress up 'most brave' without Charles starting to look like himself again, even if without a Cavalier's Van Dyke beard). During the historical Charles's escape, the main problem was his distinctive height: forces were searching for 'a tall black man, over two yards high'. But the ballad writer isn't troubled by plausibilities of disguise, and pops him into 'womans apparel'.
Anyway, in the ballad, the two pass (most implausibly) through
But even so, in this defiantly, even cockily Royalist ballad (it was written to be sung to the tune 'When the King enjoys his own again', Matthew Parker's definitive ballad for the Stuart cause), there is this heady, even sexy pleasure in the King becoming a servingman. During the romance of escape, he even becomes a woman. See, though, a kind of delicacy: to enjoy this kind of royal servitude to him, the speaker has had to become 'Mistress Ann'. As the son of his courtly father, Charles can (it seems) with more seemliness 'serve' a woman. 'Where ever I came / My speeches did frame / So well my Waiting man to free': if, as a necessity to set the King 'free', the King has to be made subject, and ordered around, well, a woman can just about permissibly do this.
The Wanton Wife of BATH is an absolute ripper: 'In
I suppose that only in bits of medieval drama do you hear this voice of outrageous commonsense response to the Bible and its gallery of doubtful customers. It has been biting pretty close to the bone: Chaucer's Wife of Bath is fighting her corner all too well, establishing herself as the moral equal or superior to a mixture of patriarchs, biblical kings, and disciples. The raunchiest voice in the Canterbury Tales seems ready to instate the text from which she comes - when it comes to teaching morality - ahead of the Bible.
Of course, all this subversion ends with containment, in its perfect form: Christ himself comes to hear what the fuss is about. Of him, she craves mercy, she repents, agrees humbly to all his charges about her lewd life and not living to his teachings, but still has the courage to cite the precedents: the thief on the cross, the prodigal son forgiven, the strayed sheep. And Christ forgives her soul, and lets her enter into joy.
I can only imagine a clergyman biting his lip at this gleeful invention, in which the unruliest woman in an English book denounces the Bible as a rogues' gallery, and makes an unanswerable case for mercy based on precedents, not morality. Maybe quite a few copies of both these ballads were torn up by vexed readers, but it is pleasant to imagine a folded up copy being taken out of an apron pocket, and somebody starting to sing either ballad to listeners that she knew would approve.


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Tag Archives: apartment life
In a city of 12 million people, there is no shortage of housing options in Istanbul. However, when you narrow your search to a furnished apartment, walking distance from a metro station, it gets a little more complicated…and expensive. Read the rest of this entry
Finding an Apartment in Istanbul
Every two or three weeks, we make our way across the city to Caglayan's mom's apartment for a special breakfast. The table is full of treats of every flavor and origin. There are numerous options covering the table. Every type of breakfast pastry, homemade jams, special cheeses, fruit and nuts, a constant flow of tea and lively conversation. We have been gathering more frequently with his parents and grandmother to plan the wedding and discuss the details of the event. Our last mission: to introduce a western-style ceremony. It did not go well. The YouTube video selection is somewhat limited. I found Kate and Will's wedding video, but obviously our wedding will be nothing like the royal wedding of the century. I am still searching. However, the opportunity to bond and laugh on a Sunday morning is always a treat.
Family Breakfast
A Perfect Sunday
We spent the day with my friend Neslihan and her husband, Emre. They spoiled us with a beautiful Turkish breakfast, consisting of 5 types of cheeses, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, an assortment of fruits and nuts, homemade jam, honey, nutella and omelettes. There was a constant flow of tea, and no shortage of humorous and interesting conversation. We spent two hours talking and savoring this breakfast feast. Afterwards, Neslihan hosted a special Turkish coffee lesson for Caglayan and I to perfect our skills. Following one indulgence after another, we walked along the Bosphorus road, took in the sunshine and discovered an outdoor cafe hanging over the water. We sipped chai at the Bosphorus Cafe as boats passed at every speed and direction, chickens wandered by our feet and people marvelled at this special, allbeit bizarre cafe and its incredible location. It was a fun and relaxing Sunday in Istanbul…
Turkish tea (chai) is served frequently throughout the day. We sip on tea during breaks at work, during long breakfasts and at the end of dinner feasts. There are 'chai gardens' throughout the city, and numerous warm cafes to sit, sip chai, play games and smoke hookah. The Turkish tea glass is unique and dignified. Every household (including our apartment) has a set of at least 6 Turkish tea glasses that can be ready at a moments notice to offer any guest. The Turkish tea glass is small. Some say it is shaped like a tulip, others declare it is the silhouette of a woman's body. Either way, a steamy glass of chai can be held at the tip and enjoyed amidst any social setting, and after every meal.
Recently, Pasabahce, a Turkish glassware company released a commercial highlighting the diverse designs and models of the Turkish tea glass. The music and the images linger in my mind. As a result, I thought it would be the perfect introduction to Turkish chai. The commercial is titled 'Çaya Şeklini Biz Verdik', which claims 'We gave you the shape of the Chai glass". Whether it is true or not, the company is the largest produces of the chai glasses and certainly an innovator in contemporary design.
Turkish Tea Glasses
A Walk Through My Old Neighborhood…
Our first neighborhood flourished in the shadows of the Istanbul's Trump Towers. It remained relatively untouched from the business district that developed around it. The neighborhood is called Gulbag (pronounced Gool-bah). Its residents vary from families and university students, to recent African refugees. There are two large mosques and two public schools in this small neighborhood. On week days you can hear the school bells throughout the day (the same tune of the ice cream truck from my childhood). Five times a day, the mosques in the area would broadcast their call to prayer, a few seconds before or after the others in the neighborhood.
I was the first foreigner many of the store owners had ever met, and often was the first person they had ever heard speak their own native tongue. I developed relationships with my favorite vendors in the neighborhood by dispensing daily greetings and pleasantries. One shopkeeper would always give me small treats when he ran into me at the end of a long day. It was in these exchanges where I practiced and developed my Turkish, and began to feel a part of the community where I resided. In the 15 minute walk that led to the metro from our apartment, we would walk through the three bustling commercial streets. On these three streets, anything and everything could be found at some of the cheapest prices in Istanbul.
We observed a lot of development in the neighborhood during the two years that we lived there. New modern apartments were built, an office building opened, a park was renovated and the roads were widened. The face of Gulbag changed during this time, and will probably continue to do so as the city develops around it. These are some of the first pictures that I took in the neighborhood in October 2009 in my effort to capture the Gulbag we knew as home.
The Accordion Player Returns…
He came again this Sunday. He was accompanied by his wife and child. As he walked past our apartment building, we made eye contact with him, and exchanged a series of waves and informal hellos. We used this opportunity to initiate our special basket, and provide our collective change (roughly 4.75 lira) to our favorite neighborhood accordion player. This basket is a neccessity to any apartment that looks out at the street, and has a daunting amount of stairs (we have 112 to be exact). It is very simple: it is a basket with a long rope tied to its handle. The rope is slowly released until the basket reaches street level. In exchange for our efforts (and creative albeit lazy delivery), he performed for us, and I captured it on video. Enjoy!


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Along comes the Pintester Movement.
"The idea is that a bunch of bloggers and crafters from around the interwebs all got together and decided to take on a craft or project we've been putting off because we've been too scared to do it. This is our excuse and our motivation to get it done!"
Fine, you've got me. I'll do it. I mean, we're out of PopTarts and I have all of the ingredients on hand.
The recipe I chose is here. I don't know if I'd call 2 sticks of butter healthy, but I'm just going to roll with it.
I got my fancy freshly ground whole wheat flour (purchased here) out of the freezer.
Threw some into the bowl of my stand mixer with some salt.
Added some butter. This is when I really started to question the healthiness of the recipe.
Added some yogurt.
And mixed it up until it became doughy.
At this point I had to feed the girls, so the dough rested for about an hour in the bowl. The recipe suggests letting it rest overnight to "break down the phytic acid and make the grains more digestible." So yeah, that's what I was doing. That's the ticket! Random Jon Lovitz reference, anyone?
Then I rolled it out on the counter. You can tell how well this was going.
I cut it into general PopTart sized rectangles.
Then I matched up tops and bottoms that were close in shape and size.
I found these for fillings.
FYI - Justin is a liar. There are almonds in that hazelnut butter too. Almonds that want to rip out my digestive system.
My helper called dibs on the rolling pin.
I filled them.
Crimped them closed with a fork.
And baked them. I think the recipe was supposed to make 15-20. Mine made 10. They weren't so much a flaky pastry dough, more of a smooshed jelly sandwich.
The jelly filling was molten lava hot. That's fun.
Cora enjoyed one filled with hazelnut butter once they cooled.
If I were to make these again, I might replace half or all of the butter with coconut oil. It calls for a cup though, so the coconut flavor might overpower the fillings.
I'd like to thank Sonja at Pintester for coming up with such a fun challenge!
What are some other bedtime snack ideas for a 3 year old that don't require a second bath?


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Def Leppard's Joe Elliott Makes Surprise Kiss Concert Introduction
When you go to see one of these heavily-hyped combo concerts, the dream is always that some improvisational moment between the various groups will turn your concert into a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Who could have predicted -- or even thought to ask -- that Def Leppard's Joe Elliott would introduce his tour mates Kiss? And with their now-familiar concert-opening brag?
Yet, there he is in the video above from a shared performance on July 26 in Holmdel, New Jersey, wailing "you wanted the best, you got the best -- the hottest band in the world ... Kiss!" And Elliott seems utterly thrilled to have the opportunity, too.
Kiss and Def Leppard are in the midst of a 40-date 2014 summer tour, with shows over a 10-week period through the end of August. Both groups have already slipped in some notable setlist surprises, but nothing on this scale.
Elliott and company are opening each show, though its billed as a co-headlining jaunt.


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The stuff we're dealing with here comes from the Phytolacca americana plant, otherwise known as Pokeberry plant. The berries are small, plump, and very fun to play with. The juice looks exactly like blueberry juice does, but that's where the similarities stop. They grow around here, so of course I couldn't help but incorporate them into my crafts!
I should probably note that I made this almost two weeks ago, when they were still here. Now it's getting colder, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're gone.
Nevertheless, I wanted to write a tutorial on how to make it, even though you could figure it out yourself! Maybe I can inspire you to make some!
Since I still have a whole unused piece of paper covered in pokeberry juice, I'm only using scraps of white paper for this post, instead a whole new piece.
my last post).
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Hello GFAl, Ive been reading an old post about the abdominal pain you were experiencing at night time.
My daughter has recently been diagnosed as Celiac and is suffering with the same pain at night. Did you ever find out how to control this? She is already on the diet and was ok for a few months but recently had a stomach bug and is up every night again.
Any advice you can give please?
Happy birthday and may God bless you today!
Does anyone know if these are gluten free? The ingredients contain starch and because wheat wasn't specified, I bought them. Then I looked more closely at the package and saw that they are made on some kibbutz in Israel. Do the FDA regulations apply to these? Has anyone contacted the company? I've emailed them, but I'm still waiting for a response. Thanks!
Bread You Can Slice
GlutenFreeAl replied to Dylan's Mom's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tipsluvs2eat, do you freeze the bread and take it out as needed, or does it keep if you leave it out for the week??
I saw this on tv too! I can't stand watching Dan Eaton, but this recipe caught my attention - glad to hear it came out good! I'm looking for a dessert to make for Valentine's Day, so maybe I'll give this a try. Thanks for reminding me!! Where to you live? I'm in Ithaca.
Prague, Vienna, Amsterdam
GlutenFreeAl replied to ~alex~'s topic in Traveling with Celiac DiseaseDo any of the hostels have kitchens? I've stayed at some truly horrid hostels, but I've also stayed at a few that had really nice, really well equipped kitchens, and I convinced my hubby (well, then boyfriend) to cook some meals ourselves. That cuts down on my anxiety A LOT and usually winds up being cheaper! I unfortunately don't have any more specific advice than that. We were going to go to Vienna and Prague on our honeymoon in '07, actually. And we didn't. Partially because flights got sooooo expensive and partially because I was worried about finding food I could eat. I don't know if you can do dairy, but Eastern Europe is pretty cheese-centric. And sausage-centric. Yuck! We went to England and France and I did pretty well in those countries, England especially. Keep us posted! I do hope you get to go on your dream trip!!!
Question About Raw Honey
GlutenFreeAl replied to julirama723's topic in Ingredients & Food Labeling IssuesI don't want to discount anything necessarily, however I would think that the honey would be fine. Regular ol' honey could potentially come from a hive located close to a wheat field as well, and heating or processing it wouldn't do anything to destroy the gluten. So if raw honey is a potential source of CC, so would regular honey. And peanut butter when the peanuts come from a field next to a wheat field. And jam made from berries grown next to a wheat field. And sugarcane grown next to wheat. Etc. If you really thought about all the potential sources for food to be grown next to a wheat field, you literally wouldn't eat anything you didn't grow yourself. And even then, you'd have to worry about birds and bees transplanting wheat to your garden... Sorry to sound negative, but you have to draw the line somewhere, you know? Hope you're feeling better!
Just my .02 - many on the board here say that they get depressed when they accidentally consume gluten, or that their depression lifted when they went gluten free. Most kids who are depressed look irritable and whiny rather than having the typical symptoms we associate with depression in adults. If this is a relatively new behavior, and there have been no other major changes in your household or her routine, I'd take a close look and make sure your daughter is not getting CC'ed in some way. Of course, she could just be getting close to the "terrible two's"...
A-m-a-z-o-n still has them! http://www.(Company Name Removed - They Spammed This Forum and are Banned)/Clif-Bar-Nectar-Orga...841&sr=8-35 unfortunately, you have to pay a boatload in shipping for your particular flavor...
Shoot! The lemon-vanilla-cashew ones were my favorite! The regular Clif bars have oats, but the nectar bars are just fruits and nuts and are soooooo yummy!!! I actually like them better than Larabars. Shoot!
I finally found the Honey Kix in my middle-of-nowhere town and promptly ate two bowls. And promptly got sick - super bloated tummy, couldn't keep my eyes open, weepy, etc. So while they were tasty and it would be really nice to be able to buy a mainstream cereal, it's really just not worth it to me. Sigh - guess I have to come up with a different way to save money on groceries
Just an FYI, glucose is sugar, not gluten. I have no idea if Rockstar energy drinks are safe or not, but glucose shouldn't be a problematic ingredient unless you are also diabetic.
New Cereal!
GlutenFreeAl posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsI just found a new cereal at Wegmans - it's from Nature's Path and it's called Whole O's. Not exactly like Cheerios, but in my opinion WAY better than Perky O's! Just thought I'd share in case others haven't seen it yet!
Ithaca, Ny?
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I'm going to be taking this blog in different direction in the near future.
Rather than continue with the same old news about my soon to be released Novels or collections and / or rants about the Indie writing world, writing tips and all that, I have decided to dedicate part of my time to highlighting some of my writing here on the blog.
This won't be fiction or poetry or some other creative writing stuff.
Think Chuck Klosterman IV – Author of 'Fargo Rock City' – 'Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs' etc. If you haven't read his work, well do so or tune into my blog for my lame ass attempt at a Canadian Expat in Mexico's imitation.
The reasoning for my shift in focus?
To be honest, I've completely run out of thing to say about writing and the world of self publishing and Amazon Ebooks.
Here´s a prime example of the kinds of nonsense that one deals with within the Indie World.
I received an invitation to join an Indie Book Promotion group. I was slightly intrigued (with the usual doubts due to my previous experiences) but I replied that I was interested and I got this reply.
"Just to make sure you understand how this works, let me briefly explain it to you
Books are posted on a special (secret) page on Facebook. when a book is posted every member will buy the book during a 24 hour time frame. The person who is posting the book will repay everyone who buys the book. We have been doing this for 7 months and it has been very successful. The best part is you don't have to do any of the work. The administrator does it all for you. All you do is check the page everyday and buy every book that is posted (normally 1 to 3 books are posted) It will take no more than 5 or 6 minutes. Within 24 hours or less you are reimbursed for your purchases. As administrator I guarantee that you will get repaid for your purchase. Please feel free to ask me any questions."
So basically a Payola scam. This person assured me in another part of the correspondence that it was all legit and not in violation of any Amazon rules. This I highly doubt. (notice the grammar and punctuation in the previous paragraph. Without a doubt, this grammar challenged dork would need to cheat to get his book sold.)
These kinds of groups and individuals, in true baser Human Nature mode, have found a way to short change the customer and corrupt the Indie Self Publishing world. Their idea is to pump up their sales artificially in order to have a higher ranking on Amazon and in the process, get their books into the public eye. Then, with a great cover and a slick book blurb, they may make some legitimate sales. Sadly, their cheater system probably works and Amazon has no way to distinguish these pseudo-sales from the real thing.
By what merit should a book become a best seller within the Indie world? Or make any sales at all by that matter? Based on the entertainment value? The quality of the prose? The book's ability to connect with its readers?
NONE OF THE ABOVE. Sadly, the answer in many cases has nothing to do with these elements.
Indie Authors are much more interested in SALES. It looks to me as if they could give a rat's patootie about the quality of their work. And this lack of interest in quality prose and stories is rampant across the world of Indie Self published authors. I have yet to see much more than a superficial discussion about good writing in my the and a half years since I started out down this road.
However, I do have a caveat to add to this post. I have just recently purchased a bevy of adoring fans via my Mastercard on sycophants.com and as soon as they start with the worshipping (or is that whoreshipping?) I plan to retract this post and start laughing all the way to the bank.
Look for the first example of my writing and biting social commentary / satire in the very near future.
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I have retired my efforts to tend to our outside ice rink. You just can't fight it. Spring's warmth is around the corner. So, it is time to embrace the change of seasons and leave winter behind. Each of the four seasons in Canada affects nature in interesting ways. I entered this world via the Prairies, the endless sea of farmland. I did not grow up on the farm, but its impact certainly is left on me. While other Canadians may mock the flatness of the plains, to us "prairie folk" few things are more welcoming.
Spring is a busy time for the farmer. Many things need to be done to prepare for seeding, especially clearing the land. You would assume after many years of tilling and harvesting, there would be nothing left to clear the following Spring. But when the snow melts into the ground, it leaves behind all sorts of surprises. Out of nowhere, rocks and boulders are found scattered across the soil. Where did it all come from?
I see a similarity to our faith journey of discipleship. It feels good to rid our hearts and lives from negativity, brokenness and sin. But then without warning we trip over a surprise boulder. It could be anything. It may look like lashing out in anger or speaking an unkind word, or giving in to that familiar sin.
Where did this come from? I thought I dealt with this long ago!
Questions like these are promptly answered with shame and guilt. The voice of the accuser mimics our own, telling us that we are moving backwards. It will question our spiritual integrity, the validity of our testimony, and our authority in Christ. We feel like hypocrites, failures, and shams. What we are actually guilty of is "all or nothing" thinking.
We fail to appreciate that we are in process. Our product-driven society rarely encourages us to appreciate "the process", and so we value results instead. But this process of holiness will lead us through seasons, not all of which will be comfortable.
When winter set in, the water in the soil expanded as it froze. The water underneath will push against the growing frost barrier. As the ground thaws again from the surface downward, it yields to the pressure beneath it. The ground heaves upwards, bringing whatever is there along with it. Any rocks and boulders discovered as a result of this were always there. They've been buried underground for many years, perhaps lifetimes before. This cycle of the seasons eventually works them to the surface. In some cases boulders weighing hundreds of pounds have been exposed. So the farmer has two choices: contend with the obstruction and work around it, or remove it.
It is not necessary to go digging to seek inner healing. There is plenty of dross heaved up to the surface of our hearts to keep us busy. We may not have seen it, but God knew it was there the whole time. He is not at all surprised. So while we stand in those moments wondering what went wrong, God gives us a choice: contend with the obstruction and work around it, or remove it. What we quickly see as a step backwards, God views it as a new season for grace and freedom. Throughout our lives, these obstructions must eventually come to the surface. When they do, Jesus invites us to deal with it. And He affords us the grace and strength to do so.
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." – Philippians 2:12-13
We mistakenly run from the very One to lead us to freedom when we wallow in guilt and shame. That is not God's desire for us in our process. Instead,
"let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. " – Hebrews 4:16


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This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will review a Nevada decision authorizing police to arrest people for refusing to identify themselves. If affirmed, the decision could reshape how privacy is viewed in the criminal context throughout the United States, and could prompt the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to depart from the Supreme Court's approach to stop-and-frisk cases. The case is Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court, 59 P.3d 1201 (Nev. 2002), cert. granted, 124 S. Ct. 430 (2003).
Reprinted with permission from the Boston Bar Journal, a publication of the Boston Bar Association.
Recommended Citation
Shaun B. Spencer, Nevada Case Threatens to Expand Terry Stops, 48 Boston Bar J. 27 (2004).


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Clinton bested Trump in the first presidential debate according to a variety of metrics, and the odds are that she'll gain in head-to-head polls over Trump in the coming days…. As a warning, you should give the debate five to seven days to be fully reflected in FiveThirtyEight's forecasts.
I feel rather sorry for Silver. I have seen his statistical gloominess of late take some hits from liberal writers, which is unfair. Silver practices "data journalism" — that is, by definition, journalism constrained by the data. However it's not the hits that he's taken — however unfair they might be — that causes me to feel sorry for him; it is, rather, the form of journalism he practices. From it are sucked intuition and political instincts and imminent permutations that are either unquantifiable or yet too immature to be quantified. And what is political journalism absent intuition, instinct, informed anticipation and historical light thrown on all of it?
A few weeks ago I cited the late, great, cultural critic Dwight Macdonald, and today I'll cite him again, this time from his 1957 essay, "The Triumph of the Fact." Writing about Time as a stand-in for all fact-obsessed journalism, Macdonald referenced the magazine's "huge and expensive research department [that] produces a weekly warehouseful of certified, pasteurized, 100 per cent double-checked Facts, and everything is accurate about any given article except its main points." That is often what strikes me about what Silver is self-required to write: dead and dry facts, bled entirely of their larger circumstances and instinctual anticipations. Were I deprived of the latter, I'd reject political writing. To me it's an art, not a science.


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As you know, I'm a big believer in the transparency blogging drives for me and Sun. Driving information to the marketplace – all employees at Sun can speak their minds and clarify our strategies and perspectives, rather than having a pundit or competitor talk over us. And in reverse, driving information in to Sun – if there are problems to be found in our business, I'd just as soon they were in the open, rather than hidden away. We (and true, the rest of the world) can see and fix problems first, rather than letting those uninterested in fixing the problems take advantage of their existence (whether competitors or litigants). Sunlight's a great disinfectant.
As a CEO who blogs, the most frequent question I get is, "doesn't this drive your lawyers nuts?" And as I've said, no. Our legal team understands, guides, drives – and protects – our business. All without sneaking into phone booths to change costume. And with technology, regulation and our products all colliding in the marketplace (is it legal to scream "SOX!" in a theater filled with CEO's?), I sleep better at night knowing they're actively engaged.
If you want evidence that navigating today's business environment requires careful thinking, consider one particularly ironic issue: posting material information about Sun on my blog, including information about our business results, runs the risk of violating something called Regulation Full Disclosure, or Reg FD. The regulation's goal is to ensure broad, non-exclusionary distribution of material information to the investing public. And somehow, my blog isn't deemed to be such a non-exclusionary distribution vehicle (but a press release, or the Wall Street Journal is). Reg FD is something we're going to be discussing with Commissioner Cox at the SEC (whose views seem to parallel ours – the more transparency the better).
Are our lawyers in the way? The opposite, they're driving the change. Want proof?
Very quietly, this week, our General Counsel – the senior most lawyer in all of Sun – started a blog. It's here. He, too, is now the only member of his tribe, the only GC in all the Fortune 500 to have a blog.
Now the real question should be (especially if you know Mike), am I worried about what he's going to say?
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|How to Get Website Traffic
5 Power Tips To Double Your Online Sales
"How Can I Double My Sales?" - that must be thesilent prayer of thousands of webmasters.
There are two ways to do it: you can either doubleyour traffic or you can double your conversion rate.
Let's say you have a conversion rate of 2% (1 sale forevery 50 visitors) and you get 100 visitors a day -you're getting 2 sales a day. You could get 4 sales aday by increasing your traffic to 200 visitors a day.
But you can get the same result - with your existingtraffic - by doubling your conversion rate (2 salesfor every 50 visitors).
Here are 5 ways to double your conversion rate:
(1) Direct Response: Make sure your website is a'Direct Response Website'. A DRW is a site where theonly options are to Buy, Bookmark, or Leave. The moreoptions you give your visitor, the less likely theyare to buy.
(2) Free E-Books: Include Free E-Books as bonusgifts with your product. This can easily double yoursales - especially if the Free E-Books are genuinelyuseful. Here are some places you can find FreeE-Books:
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(3) Testimonials: Make sure you have plenty oftestimonials on your website. Preferably, they shouldbe from customers who have achieved results from yourproduct (e.g. more traffic, more sales, saved timeetc).
(4) Follow Up: You've probably heard this over andover again but it's worth repeating - people have tosee you your message about 7 times before they buy.The biggest mistake you can make is to try and sellyour product on the first contact alone.
It just doesn't work, and the statistics bear thisout: the 1st contact produces 2% of sales, the 5th to12th contact produce 80% of sales.
So in your ezine ads and at your website, offersomething free in exchange for an email address. Andthen follow up with sequential (or follow-up)autoresponders.
Here are some sites that offer free follow-upautoresponders:
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(5) Backend Sales: It's no secret that successfulbusinesses make up to 80% of their sales from previouscustomers. Why? Because people who have bought fromyou before are much more likely to buy from you again(they know you, they trust you, they were happy withyour product).
The hard work in marketing is getting a customer. Onceyou have a customer, they'll buy from you over andover again.
Contact your previous customers and let them knowabout another product that compliments the product orservice they bought from you. Experts reckon that thevalue of 'a lifetime customer' lasts about 3 years -make use if it.
If you follow these 5 tips, you may well find thatyou can double your online sales with the traffic youalready have.
To your success!
Its Not The Opt-In List That Brings Success, Its Peoples Desire For Your Product
Let me ask you a question. What is the most important thing in running a business? Well, obviously selling.
The Basics of Asking for a Reciprocal Link
Asking another webmaster for a reciprocal link is standard practice on the Internet. Webmasters have been asking other webmasters for reciprocal links since the beginnings of the Internet.
Link Exhanges - Gaining Link Popularity
Link Exchanges also known as "Reciprocal Links" are an arrangement made by two webmasters to agree to add each others link on their website. Most link exchanges are done through a text link, but they can also be done through banners.
How to Drive Traffic to Your Website with Traffic Exchanges
The number one problem new website owners have is, "How do I drive targeted traffic to my website?"A significant amount of time and energy is spent on this single task. A webmaster will commonly focus on:Ranking well in the search enginesPay Per Click (PPC) programsPay Per View (Banner) programsLink ExchangesDirectory Submissionsetc.
The Link Factor
There are many different approaches and techniques required when optimising a website for a high ranking in your chosen search engine. In most cases loads of informative, relevant content is required as well as plenty of outgoing links to separate you from the cat like competition.
Use Free Articles To Create High Quality Backlinks Part I
Nowadays, we have created numerous methods so as to bring about well defined backlinks for a particular web site. On one hand, there is the well-known pattern to use the reciprocal link; on the other hand, some use various directories to place their site to.
Your Traffic Building Checklist: 15 Ways to Get More Visitors Who Are Ready to Buy (Part 2)
>When many of my clients first come to me for coaching, they share that one of their biggest challenges is getting enough visitors to their site. Attracting traffic isn't a cut and dry process - there isn't one perfect way to do it.
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Traffic exchanges are everywhere. A traffic exchange is a clever way to get hundreds or thousands of visitors to your website.
Using a Link Stategy to Promote Your Website
One of the most important steps you can take in promoting your website is to develop an ethical linking strategy. In fact, the number of relevant links to your web site has a significant impact on your search engine ranking.
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Ever since the time websites became new to the World Wide Web, webmasters have been trying to direct traffic to their websites. As this was no easy task, webmasters found a way; a way that cost them money.
Keeping Track of Your Link Exchanges
All of us want to increase traffic to our web sites. It helps our search engine rankings, and provides us with potential new customers.
Reciprocal Links: Look Before You Link
A reciprocal link is when a web site links to you and you link back to them.If you own a website, I'm sure you've received emails asking for link exchanges.
Understanding What Reciprocal Linking Means
If you have been marketing on the internet for any length of time you have surely heard that reciprocal linking is a great way to boost your google page rank as well as your search engine ranking. But what does reciprocal linking actually mean?Reciprocal linking is a joint venture of sorts between you and another website owner to exchange links on each others websites.
A Simple Guide to Analyzing All Those Web Traffic Ideas - Part 3
Just to recap - Parts 1 and 2 of this topic outlined some of the so-called "secrets" of website traffic being offered on-line and what you might expect for your money. If you missed either of these parts you will still be able to view them by clicking on the links appearing in the resource box at the end of this, Part 3.
Reciprocal Link Exchange Rampup - Winning the Link Popularity Contest
Getting links to your website all over the Internet is one of your best methods to get a higher ranking in the search engines. The reason for this is the more links you have, the more popular you are in the eyes of the search engines, and as a result you will be rewarded with a higher relevancy ranking than other websites with fewer links.
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Wouldn't it be great if your website was listed on the first page when your potential customers look for what you sell?What if you had the very top position when they typed "your product category" into MSN, Yahoo or Google?If you've had your website up for even one week, you've realized that getting to the top of the search engines is no easy task. The competition is fierce, isn't it? And you have to constantly keep up with the search engine rules and regulations to keep your listing.
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Unless you're building a baseball diamond in the middle of nowhere, the "If you build it they will come" principle simply will not work for your home business or online store. Driving customers to your store and visitors to your Website are essential keys to your success.
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Katie's Take
Late Olympian and actress Sonja Henie once said, "Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles."
Well, if that's true, this season's Olympic-sized statement necklaces will definitely do the trick. From floral accents and multicolored gemstones to layered pearls and bib necklaces, women are transforming their wardrobes with a single accessory.
I caught up with celebrity stylist June Ambrose for some tips on how to make the strongest statement without turning a fashion "Do" into a fashion "Don't."
She says the key is to keep your outfit simple and let the statement necklace speak for itself. Pair your layered, chunky strands of colorful beads, chains and pearls with simple neutral clothing like a T-shirt or sheath dress. In other words, give your bling a clean slate to shine without distraction.
June recommends keeping your hairstyle simple as well, pulling it back to allow the necklace to take center stage. And resist the temptation to add accent pieces--no earrings or bracelets required.
The best thing about this trend is that statement necklaces will match any budget beautifully. At stores like Forever 21 and H&M you can snag pieces for under $20. If you are looking to invest a little more, you'll find a wide range of necklaces at J.Crew or from Stella & Dot in the $150 to $200 range. For a splurge, indulge with a Henri Bendel or Chan Luu necklace, which cost anywhere from $200-$600.
If the trend is really here to stay, it might be a good investment. Either way, you'll look cool this summer in your hot new look.


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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz delivered a short (by Clinton standards) speech this evening wherein she championed Obamacare and discussed how the restrictive law would have a positive impact on those who deal or have dealt with breast cancer, like herself. What wasn't mentioned is how Obama's HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius instituted an unelected task force which tried to get ahead of rationing costs by recommending women in their 40s and younger avoid early detection breast health screenings.
The recommendations was made by a panel of doctors, among them not a single oncologist.
It was an odd recommendation considering that Democrats — like Wasserman Schultz — tried to sell the public on how Obamacare's preventative care would curb health costs.
It was a move preceding the launch of Obamacare, which is why it was odd that Obama tried to distance himself from the HHS on the matter, but only when the backlash hit. Not surprising that the women on stage lauding Obamacare would be very careful to not mention this very anti-woman secret of their health care law.


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Ben Carson Goes On The Offensive, Lashes Out At "Racist" Critics
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Dr. Ben Carson has pivoted from apologizing "if anybody was offended" by his anti-gay comments to attacking his critics, some of whom he says are "racist[s]" who are trying to smear him as a bigot in order to silence him.
Carson, who has been lauded by the conservative media and treated to dozens of Fox News appearances over the past few months, lashed out at his critics during an April 1 interview on The Mark Levin Show.
The noted surgeon and Johns Hopkins University neurosurgery professor has been subject to harsh criticism, including from students and staff at Johns Hopkins Medical School, since he compared gays who support marriage equality to pedophiles and practitioners of bestiality during a March 27 interview on Fox News' Hannity.
During that appearance, Carson said, "Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition. So, it's not something against gays. It's against anybody who wants to come along and change the fundamental definitions of pillars of society. It has significant ramifications."
Carson had previously written in his 2012 book that marriage equality could destroy America like the "fall of the Roman Empire."
After LGBT medical students called for Carson's replacement as the commencement speaker for the class of 2013, he attempted to claim that he hadn't been "equating" gays with pedophiles or those who engage in bestiality, while apologizing "if anybody was offended." He also said he would be willing to step down as commencement speaker.
But on Levin's show, Carson went on the offensive, saying that the criticism he has received proves that he's right that "political correctness is threatening to destroy our nation because it puts a muzzle over honest conversation." He added that "the attacks against me have been so vicious because I represent an existential threat" to his critics, who he says "take my words, misinterpret them, and try to make it seem that I'm a bigot."
After Levin claimed that Carson has been "attacked also, in many respects, because of your race" because "a lot of white liberals" don't like black conservatives, Carson replied, "Well, they're the most racist people there are. Because you know, they put you in a little category, a little box, 'you have to think this way, how could you dare come off the plantation?'"
Carson's accusation echoes Rush Limbaugh, who said that Carson's experience shows that if minorities "dare stray from the Democrat Party plantation," they will "pay the price for that." Fox News' Megyn Kelly has also rallied to Carson's defense. Meanwhile, right-wing media figures like Fox's Eric Bolling and the Daily Caller's Matt Lewis have criticized conservatives for pushing Carson as the savior of the GOP so quickly.
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Europe's main stock benchmark ended lower Tuesday, albeit well off session lows, after explosions rocked the Brussels Airport and a local subway station left dozens dead and injured.
The Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.2% to end at 340.30, as gains for technology, health care and industrial shares helped curb the decline. But the consumer-services sector was under pressure as travel-related stocks fell.
Belgium's Bel-20 index closed up 0.2% at 3,424.92, bouncing back after briefly dropping by 1.4% as trading opened. There, shares of property company Cofinimmo lost 0.6% and financial services firm ING Groep NV also fell 0.6%.
"Markets recovered some of the losses as the afternoon came around," said Jasper Lawler, analyst at CMC Markets, in a note. "The sad reality is that the more frequent these kinds of events become, the more markets become immune and the response in prices becomes less dramatic."
Islamic State claimed responsibility for three explosions that rocked Brussels on Tuesday morning, hitting the international airport and the city's metro system. At least 34 people were killed and 136 were wounded, according to news reports.
Among travel shares, Air France-KLM SA fell 4% and French hotel group Accor SA lost 3.9%. British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group shed 1.5% and low-cost airline Ryanair Holdings PLC dropped 2.2%. Deutsche Lufthansa AG declined 1.3%.
"Following the attacks in Paris last November, concerns about similar future events in Europe may have a more prolonged impact on the tourism and travel sectors, as well as a deterioration in consumer sentiment," said Charalambos Pissouros, senior analyst at IronFX Global, in a note.
The euro fell to $1.1209 compared with $1.1249 late Monday. The shared currency declined 0.4% against the Japanese yen to ¥125.65.
The blasts are believed in retaliation for last week's arrest of Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the deadly Paris attacks in November.
Indexes: Several major European equity indexes erased morning losses and finished slightly in positive territory. In Paris, the CAC 40 managed to close up 0.1% at 4,431.97, and Germany's DAX 30 gained 0.4% to finish at 9,990.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 ended 0.1% higher at 6,192.74.
U.S. stocks were also trimming losses in recent trading Tuesday, while gold futures stayed higher on apparent haven demand.
Economic data: German business sentiment improved in March. The Ifo Institute said its business climate index rose to 106.7 from 105.7 in February, above a 105.9 reading expected in a survey by The Wall Street Journal.
Separately, eurozone economic activity picked up in March, according to surveys of purchasing managers. Markit's composite purchasing managers index rose to 53.7, but businesses reported only a slight increase in new orders and hiring.
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When you are trying to make an important decision about your treatment options, it's not uncommon to feel bombarded with information from many sources. For many women considering surgical options for gynecologic conditions, trying to know where to start and what (or who) to believe can be a bewildering process.
Here are 8 tips for sorting through the information and educating yourself as a patient. In my practice, we care for women with pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, or fecal incontinence, but many of these same principles can help you when you're faced with making any type of medical decision.
- DO some research on your symptoms or diagnosis (if you have one already) – BUT stick to highly reputable websites like www.webmd.com or websites that end with .gov, .org or .edu. Major academic medical centers tend to offer information rooted in research rather than hearsay. National organizations like the American Urogynecology Society often have patient information on their sites, or provide a link to a separate patient site. Randomly "Googling" for information can bring up as many sources of misinformation as fact-based info, so search carefully.
- DO make a list of questions from your research to ask your doctors about. Take notes while they're answering. Feel confident before you leave that you know the answers. Bring a friend or family member to help you listen.
- DO make sure that you're getting treatment that is safe, modern, and tailored to your lifestyle and needs. Make sure you know all the options and participate in choosing one. Be honest with your physician if something's not quite right for you. If you're not going to follow the instructions, say that and ask for something else.
- DO see a doctor you trust – and then trust what they say. It won't always match the "stories" you've read online. You want your medical care tailored to you, not the general population, so maybe not all you've read applies. Make sure you ask "why?" and understand the answer. If you have any concern, get a second opinion at a larger medical center.
- DO ask your doctor if he or she recommends certain websites for you to read.
- DO call back and ask any additional questions that come to mind after your visit ends.
- DON'T read someone's blog or personal horror story related to the condition you have. But if you can't resist the temptation of the Internet, remind yourself that these are often very select, unusual cases. Stick with information that applies to many people (or just to you).
- DON'T assume that what your friends and family members experience will happen to you. Sometimes they have very different problems that you do, even if it sounds similar. Sometimes they're not telling you everything that went on. And sometimes treatment that works for them won't work for you. Keep asking your doctor questions to know for sure. These people are looking out for you, but if you find a doctor you trust, he or she will be able to explain the evidence supporting their treatment recommendations.
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- Check out our other blog posts about pelvic floor disorders.
Megan Schimpf, MD, completed her undergraduate and medical education at the University of Michigan before going to the University of Connecticut for residency training. She completed her fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Hartford Hospital before working on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Schimpf is now board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Her clinical interests include surgical outcomes, impact of obstetrics on the pelvic floor, vaginal and robotic surgery for prolapse along with urinary incontinence treatments. With a background in journalism as well, Dr. Schimpf believes that no one should have to suffer or limit themselves due to pelvic floor disorders.
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About this designer: EOOS
Gernot Bohmann was born in 1968 in Krieglach/Styria, Harald Gründl in 1967 in Vienna and Martin Bergmann in 1963 in Lienz/East Tyrol. After their graduation from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, they founded EOOS in 1995. EOOS operates in the fields of furniture and product design as well as shop design for clients such as Giorgio Armani, Adidas, Alessi, Bene, Bulthaup, Dedon, Duravit, Keilhauer, MatteoGrassi, Walter Knoll and Zumtobel. EOOS Basic Research examines rituals, myths and intuitive images within the scope of Poetical Analysis. The company is named after the second of the four chariot horses of the sun god Helios.
About this brand: Walter Knoll
Wilhelm Knoll founded his eponymous company in 1865; it was then run by his sons Walter and Willy after which Walter founded his own company in 1925 - the two companies merged in 1985. Walter's son Hans and his wife Florence founded Knoll International in the USA in 1938. Walter Knoll is now one of the leading international manufacturers of premium upholstery and office furniture. Their products create spaces for living: with classic and modern designs characterised by their superior comfort and longevity.
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Nomads Byron Bay opened its doors in March 2009, our award winning facilities gives us the edge. Nomads Byron Bay is located down Lawson lane in the heart of Byron Bay; this 'flashpackers' offers a choice of accommodation options to suit all visitors.
With a variety of dorm accommodation both ensuited and non ensuited, as well as budget doubles and King Deluxe rooms for those who like something a little more flashy.
The property itself is spacious and fun with a huge sun drenched courtyard, 2 x ten seater spas, massive communal areas and an industrial sized kitchen. We also have a TV room with a massive 50 inch big screen. Also on offer is 24 hour reception, the Mad Travel Lounge and high speed 24 hour Global Gossip internet - with wireless available throughout the property - this is a flash backpackers hostel in a high demand destination.
PLEASE NOTE Dorm beds are booked on a per person basis. Please search for 1 person only. If booking with other people, add individual names into 'Booking Notes' and the property will endeavor to accommodate you in the same room. However, this can't be guaranteed.
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Guerrilla Traffic Calming Spreads in Southern California
Is it time to bid adieu to the much derided speed hump? Mott profiles the efforts of several Southern Californians who have taken traffic-calming into their own hands with creative and innovative solutions.
One project highlighted is the road mural painted by Joe Linton, artist and organizer for the L.A. walking and biking event CicLAvia, and his fellow neighbors in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. "'I think it really works to slow cars down,' Linden said of the mural at the T intersection of Bimini Place and White House Place. He said the artwork helps to take drivers out of their typical 'just-have-to-get-to-their-destination' frame of mind and makes them realize that 'streets are public spaces where people can really interact.'"
Another, perhaps less successful but more prevalent, practice profiled is screaming, as demonstrated by "vigilante Eric Lapidus," who "routinely shouts at drivers flying down his tree-lined Spaulding Square avenue."
The result? "'Sometimes people do slow down,' Lapidus said. But is the occasional victory worth the vocal cord strain? 'Hardly,' Lapidus said. 'But it helps relieve the anger I feel when I see people blasting down our street when kids are playing ball just a few feet from them.'"


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|Lagenanectes richterae
Sachs, Hornung & Kear, 2017
Here we report on a new basal elasmosaurid plesiosaurian, Lagenanectes richterae, gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous (probably Upper Hauterivian) of Germany. The material includes a partial skull (cranium and mandible), the atlas-axis complex, additional cervical vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, an ilium, and limb elements. The basioccipital and atlas intercentrum are pathologically deformed, probably due to an osteomyelitic infection. Two potential autapomorphies were found in the mandible: (1) the alveolar margin at the symphysis is laterally expanded with the rostral-most alveoli being markedly procumbent and situated along the lateral margins of the dentaries; and (2) the ventral midline at the symphysis is produced into a prominent wedge-shaped platform indented by numerous irregular pits. Lagenanectes richterae, gen. et sp. nov., also shows a number of typical elasmosaurid traits, including a longitudinal lateral ridge on the cervical vertebral centra (although a ventral notch is absent) and teeth with oval cross-sections. Lagenanectes richterae, gen. et sp. nov., is one of the best-preserved plesiosaurians from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe.
SAUROPTERYGIA Owen, 1860
PLESIOSAURIA Blainville, 1835
ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869
LAGENANECTES, gen. nov.
Etymology:— Lagenanectes, 'Leine swimmer,' composed from Lagena, the medieval Old High German name of the Leine River, which passes the vicinity of Sarstedt and forms a major local hydrographic feature, and -nectes from latinized Greek: 'o nektes' - 'swimmer'.
Type Species:— Lagenanectes richterae, sp. nov.
LAGENANECTES RICHTERAE, sp. nov.
Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus (Finzel, 1964:307, nomen nudum).
'Elasmosaurus' (Harms, 1982:2)
Elasmosaurus sp. (Zawischa, 1987:85)
Skelettrest eines Elasmosauriers (Sachs, 2000:33)
Schädelreste, Zähne und Wirbel eines Elasmosauriers (Sachs, 2011:12)
New basal elasmosaurid (Sachs et al., 2015:131)
Etymology:— The species epithet richterae is a patronym for Dr. Annette Richter, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, honoring her various contributions and outstanding dedication to the vertebrate paleontology of Lower Saxony.
|FIGURE 13. Life reconstruction of Lagenanectes richterae, gen. et sp. nov. Artwork by Frederik Spindler, 2015.
Sven Sachs, Jahn J. Hornung and Benjamin P. Kear. 2017. A New Basal Elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1301945
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European business forms
European Company (Societas Europaea)
Min. share capital (€)
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Min. partners
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Limited to share capital
The European Company (Societas Europaea) was introduced in the European Union in 2004. An SE is incorporated in one European Union member state and trades under a single set of regulations in other member states through branches. The SE was not introduced in order to replace national business forms, but to compliment them. The SE structure provides businesses with the tools to cooperate and trade internationally.
The SE is subject to the European Union's Regulation on the Statute for a European Company and the supplementary Directive on employee involvement in SEs. Areas not regulated by the European rules are covered by the law of the member state in which the SE has its headquarters.
Companies, private limited companies (GmbH) and public limited companies (AG), can form an SE by merging to create a holding company or a joint subsidiary. To create a holding company, the companies must have their registered offices in different member states or have subsidiaries or branches in member states other than that of the registered office.
SEs can also be created by two AGs merging or by a national AG converting into an SE. In the case of two AGs merging, the two companies must previously have been established in different Member States. Where an AG converts into an SE, the AG must have been established for at least two years.
Natural persons are not able to set up a European Company through the investment of capital in the form of cash or assets.
An SE's liability is limited to its assets. Shareholders' liability is restricted to the amount invested in the company.
The advantage of an SE is that it allows for a company to be formed and trade throughout the European Union without having to deal with the legal and practical constraints that are inherent in trading in different countries.
SEs can also move their head office without having to first dissolve the company and then form it in another member state.
Information concerning the formation of an SE must be published both in the national commercial register and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Employee involvement in an SE refers not to the day-to-day management of the company, but to the participation in developing a strategic direction for the company and in supervision.
As of October 2013 there were 1,966 SEs registered in the European Union. With 272 registered SEs, Germany is home to the second highest number of total SEs in the European Economic Area.
European Economic Interest Grouping
Min. share capital (€)
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2 in different MS
Members fully liable
From a German point of view the European Economic Interest Grouping is considered to be a partnership or joint venture. It is a form of association between companies or other legal entities or natural persons. An EEIG must have at least two members with their main economic activities in different member states.
The EEIG is designed to make it easier for its members to conduct cross-border business and to form consortia to take part in EU funding programmes.
An EEIG is a separate entity to its owners' businesses and has its own legal personality. Its activities must be ancillary but related to those of its members.
There is no capital requirement for an EEIG and its members have flexibility concerning the financing structure. An EEIG has unlimited liability and any losses or profits are shared equally between the members.
European Cooperative Society (Societas Cooperativa Europaea)
Min. share capital (€)
Min. members
(in different MS)
Limited to capital contribution
A European Cooperative Society enables natural and legal persons to form cooperatives which can be active throughout the European Economic Area without having to establish subsidiaries in each EU member state. The minimum capital requirement is €30,000.
A cooperative can be formed in the following situations:
- minimum of 5 natural persons, with residence in at least two EU member states;
- minimum of 5 natural or legal persons with residence or governed by the law in at least 2 member states;
- a minimum of 2 legal persons governed by the law in at least 2 member states;
- merger of 2 cooperatives, governed by the law in at least 2 member states;
- transformation of an existing cooperative which must have had a subsidiary in another member state for at least two years
A European Cooperative Society acquires legal personality from the day on which it is registered in the relevant member state. In Germany, a European cooperative is registered in the register of cooperatives. The registration also appears in the Journal of the European Union.
A European Cooperative Society may change the location of its main office to anywhere within the EU without needing to wind-up or register a new cooperative.
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For more than 40 years, Ingfield Manor School Grand Summer Fete has proved to be a popular event in the community calendar and this year was no exception.
Blessed with lots of sunshine, The Friends of Ingfield's fete on Sunday (June 10) saw record numbers of people enjoying a fun-filled afternoon out.
John Godden, CEO of Salutem Healthcare opened the fete which was the first since Ingfield Manor School transferred to a new provider; Ambito Education, a division of Salutem Healthcare.
A fun dog show kicked off the afternoon with a whole variety of breeds and sizes of dogs in attendance.
This was followed by a martial arts demonstration by students from Rikkyo School and then a performance by the ever-popular Horsham Bluebelles Baton Twirlers.
Once again a big attraction was the unique and popular 10 and a quarter inch gauge steam railway, Ingfield Light Railway, which is specially open to the public on fete day.
Families enjoyed fun fair attractions, trampolines, face painting, stalls, sideshows, woodland walk, barbecue, teas and cakes.
Mr Don Newport, chairman of the Friends of Ingfield, said: "It was a very enjoyable afternoon for all. The takings of nearly £11,500 was a huge result. More people came, spent their money, stalls sold out and people even stayed around to help clear up!"
Ingfield Manor School is a day and weekly boarding school for primary and secondary aged pupils with cerebral palsy or similar. It has a unique place in the development of Conductive Education in this country. The School for Parents works with children aged 0 to 5 and their families.
The Friends of Ingfield is a small voluntary group of local people dedicated to supporting the work of the School and School for Parents. The fete is their main event of the year.


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The community building talk given by Marie Schacht introduces the concept of social stitching. This idea uses the sewing action as a metaphor for creating stronger connections, relationships and communities. Schacht speaks to a disconnect in society that can be eliminated through social stitching, while also making the world a better place.
Schacht defines social stitching as a group of techniques that allow someone to create connections between resources, people and places to strengthen relationships and encouraging social change. These techniques consist of tools and equipment including citizenship, problem-solving and optimism. She identifies three basic stitches: joining, mending and creating. The social quilt brings together different fabrics to make a difference. While she admits social stitching is a basic concept in her community-building talk, Schacht also notes it's one that is missing.
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Easter in Gozo: a time of traditions
Easter time in Gozo is a very special time that is celebrated throughout the whole island. Various festive activities are held in preparation for the Holy week which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Good Friday processions will be held in Nadur, Zebbug, Victoria, and Xaghra. The procession involves real-life re-enactments of the life andRead More


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One of the big stories of 2012 was the comeback of the U.S. housing market and the accompanying surge in the homebuilder stocks (see below).
However, some experts now believe the homebuilder stocks may have gotten way ahead of themselves.
Bond god Jeff Gundlach recently said he is " flabbergasted" when he sees housing sector price-earnings ratios.
In a new research note, Gluskin Sheff strategist David Rosenberg shares that sentiment. But he points to another valuation metric.
"I realize that the widespread consensus is very bullish on housing," wrote Rosenberg. "But the ratio of the builder stocks' market cap to single-family construction spending is at an all-time high. Hence caution may be warranted."
Here's Rosenberg's chart that makes housing stocks look more expensive than they did during the housing bubble.