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Here in NJ it's 2:42 and as close as its going to get to darkness. I just stepped out the back door and it's not cloudy but it looks like a storm is on the way. Except it's not a storm coming, it's the sun being eclipsed. Oh and you can look when it's total they say, but I would not risk it.
We are too far north to be in the "totality zone" so I wasn't planning to see it. Anyway, I went to the post office to pick up mail, and there were the federal workers, out with their special eclipse glasses. They were kind enough to share so I got a peek. I was surprised how light it was in my area even with 90% of the sun blocked.
Today is my 40th wedding anniversary. It was very nice of my husband to arrange an eclipse for me!
I could see a little through the clouds, but no glasses to stare long enough. Pretty neat. My sister lives in Georgia and sent me some pictures of really weird shadows on the ground.
At 68, it just emphasized how fast the time moves along...... We sat on the front porch and it got a little cooler, just seemed like clouds over the sun. The sun is so powerful, it wasn't enough here to make much difference.
Yes, pretty cool.
My spare time last week was making the cereal box viewers, 315PM here just got cleaned up a eclipse cookout party with about 20 people (adopted grandkids and some grownups), we have been watching over the weekend with 1 edge looking fuzzy - I think we got about 60 percent and you could see the moon sliding over but not completely over, the news announced there will be a total in my CLE area in 7 years, I doubt if the boxes will last that long in storage - I may need to make gaskets for an outboard motor... Ally you may be included in 7 years.
We don't get to see it in southern TX--just the tiniest curve. The sunshine was out the whole time.
congratulations Rathdrum. see, us husbands can (occasionally) come up with ways to knock your socks off. I will be hard pressed though to match your husband's present. he just made it harder for the rest of us.
Yes; here in Georgia the shadows were pretty neat....and kinda strange.
Interestingly, the center point (supposedly) on TV was where I went to college; Carbondale Illinois. The sun came out from behind the clouds at midpoint for about the last 10 seconds there; you could hear the crowd cheering when it did.
Rathdrum gal,congratulations.In New Haven Connecticut,we can't even see the Moon,It's too far away,we're lucky if we can see things half a mile away?Charlie.....................................Edgewood Park is about 75 meters away,not too sure about that............................
Vee, are you inviting me? Maybe in spirit. Not sure.
Yes, I got to see it through a pair of eclipse glasses the neighbors shared with me. It was pretty cool but not as big a deal as the media hyped.
Just another grey day in upstate NY. We get way too many of them. Actually it was kind of sunny, until about eclipse time when a big cloud came along. Then it got sunnier again after eclipse time. In 7 years it is supposed to be total about 2 hours drive from me. Of course that area of the state is even more grey then here. LOL
We saw it here south of Vee-ville. Hubby made the cereal box viewer, which worked but I think he made the pinhole too big. He tried to make a viewing gizmo out of our telescope (it was a no-go), but we did manage to make a viewer out of a pair of binoculars-very simple. So we saw the whole thing! Pretty cool-you could also see the clouds going across the sun! Got a little cooler, and the house was pretty DARK!
We had around 85% eclipse in my area. Before the eclipse, it was over cast. It seemed a little darker... as if a big storm was coming. Sounds outside (I live in the country) were muted. As soon as the peak of the eclipse passed, it was sunny!
I just happened to look up in the sky near the peak time. I saw a sliver! You are not supposed to see that unless you are in a total eclipse area. Maybe the cloud cover helped to see that? I didn't have eclipse glasses so I wasn't staring at that. The pictures I took a few minutes later did not show any slivers.
96% here...but enough light still to where is looked mostly like an overcast day. We did feel it cool off significantly. Amazing how much power just 4% of the sun still has!
My kids went up to visit grandma and grandpa in Jefferson City and experienced 100% totality. They said it became night for about 2 1/2 minutes.
I ate Keylime pie out on the front lawn.
key lime pie is only dessert I eat. even if wife bakes a pie. if she bakes key lime pie I eat. if not I don't
We have one pair of glasses for the whole office. It was pretty cool to see! Without glasses it was just a little dimmer day, nothing special for NY.
Husband asked if I made a wish, but I didn't know I needed to make one. All I wanted was to see the eclipse. So, my wish came true!
I wasn't able to get a pair of glasses, so no.
I did watch it on TV and it was exciting and even sort of moving, in an unexpected way. Almost made me wish I had gone up to South Carolina to view the totality.
Have to wait for the next one!
Saw it. Totality. Very cool. Watched at my daughter's house in Manning, SC. During the 2 minutes of totality you could look without glasses. The shadows were very weird. The air temp dropped considerably (from 98 down to around 85).
Sky was partly cloudy but full view during the most important 2 minutes.
We could only see the partial with the glasses, but when it went total, there was a HUGE drop in light. Conversely, there was an immediate huge increase when the moon moved on.
Watched from our sailboat at the Isles of Shoals. About 60%. Very cool! Shared our glasses with friends that rafted with us since they didn't have glasses. A total eclipse is now on my bucket list!
There's a super cool picture of it that NASA took of you can find it.
We were around 78% totality. C-SPAN was broadcasting the NASA channel, so we enjoyed watching coverage of more fortunate areas, without the hassle of traffic and travel. I set up the telescope so that it would project onto an index card, which was okay, but the two-index-card pinhole viewer was better. The best, however, was watching the tree leaves turn into a pinhole-viewer-equivalent, with thousands of little crescent shadows.
Very cool.
The kids at the school were all given solar glasses, so DS1 had a great experience.
My brother works in air traffic control at a place in the path of totality. He sent me a photo of his airspace on a busy day. And then he sent me a photo of his airspace today. It was insane! I'm amazed there weren't a thousand crashes from people coming/going/trying to watch the eclipse from the air.
Watched it a few miles south west of Carbondale IL in great weather. Experienced totality for 2 minutes and 38 seconds. It was awesome. Temps dropped a bunch from mid 90s crickets started chirping, colors became intense and it looked like an eerie dusk. We saw venus shining brightly and in general we were blown away by the experience. I made filters got my camera and 10x binoculars - we could see sun spots, the diamond ring and Bailey 's beads. Totally worth the 5 hour drive. In 2024 if the Lord lets me stick around that long, come join me at the cedar lake boat launch and we'll be amazed again.
Drove down close to Hoptown for totality. I was in a cemetery. Pretty cool. Wish I had Key Lime pie. I would choose the pie over the moon pie
Yep, I used my phone & switched the camera as I would to use it like a mirror. Pointed the screen and enjoyed the show.
Last minute, decided to have a family day. Kids had the option to be excused from school.
We had a thunderstorm in the morning and newscasters suggested that east of us there would be more possibility of viewing the eclipse without cloud cover. So we headed east and ended up in Sedalia when the moon began to block the sun. We met up with my brother, Mom and stepdad who live there. It was completely unplanned.
So many people went up to St Joseph and didn't see as much as they would have have hoped. That was our original plan. Just another confirmation to us that God is in control of all of this. It drove me nuts having to scrap our original plans.
But it worked out. It was nothing short of amazing. Humbling experience.
We were able to stay in an empty parking lot at my brother's work. His boss was grilling and invited us for lunch. Interesting, enlightening conversation. Investor of a nursing home that is awaiting opening day.
Can you people who saw totality imagine what a bunch of early humans must have thought since this happens every hundred years or so? Maybe there were drawings and verbal legends about the sun getting covered up. If they watched it though, I guess they all went blind and died.
100% at my house. We took the day off and hosted a pool and eclipse party. Biggest surprise was that the sky was completely clear.
Watching the moon overtake the sun with glasses was very neat. But it's nothing compared to totality!
Sure, I've seen pictures of it. But nothing prepares you for how striking the scene is when the whole sky is in view. A dark black hole with soft light spewing from the edges (the corona). The rest of the sky dim, but not dark like night. More like twilight.
Nope, our dogs didn't act any different.
I am about 40 minutes from the edge of totality, but LL friends of mine have a storage facility in Carbondale, 2 hours away. NASA was filming in SIUC's football bowl a few blocks away.
We hung out in their little office (with A/C and a private bathroom, yay) and I set the timer on my phone for every 5 minutes to pop outside and watch the moon eat the sun.
I even spent $1.99 for an app for my iPad. It grabbed your GPS location, and had verbal updates when you were getting close. (SIX MINUTES TO TOTALITY....10 second countdown, then a horn when totality hit...REMOVE GLASSES NOW.... .....MIDWAY THROUGH TOTALITY........REPLACE GLASSES NOW). It sounds kinda dumb, but was actually extremely helpful because, as another poster mentioned, a huge thunderhead came overhead just before totality (this is why NASA only got 40 seconds). We jumped in the car and managed to outrun the cloud and get into the sun 3 minutes ahead of totality. Got the full 2 minutes +. We also saw the shadow bands which don't always occur, and science is not sure what makes them.
Amazing! My only real regret was my adult son decided to take the day off and didn't let me know ahead of time, I would liked to have shared it with him. And my SO had to work that day, but he was just within totality; he did get to see it, but it was short.
Looks like we get another shot in 7 years. Interestingly, Carbondale is once again in the best spot. April's weather can be hit or miss, though.
I was in Washington, MO and saw the total eclipse - lasted about 2.3 minutes. Fabulous.
Wife and I went to Wyoming,..perfect day,...Got a car In Denver and stated north @ 2am to beat the crowds,...I think we got the last hotel and car in Denver...eclipse there was total,@11:30
Boy its been a long time since I have been in those states,..spent a week camping In Frazer Co,while in college. A tiny town then,..I was blown away how big and busy it is now,..sad for me,..
But the trip ,..besides the eclipse was an adventure,..seeing some strange and beautiful country sides that is very different than we have in Ma.
Anyway I read In our newspaper that a 98% eclipse lets in 10,000x more light than a total eclipse,.I saw that as soon a a sliver of light came back from the end of the eclipse,..it was pretty bright,..more than lets say,... a cloudy day,..
Did anyone look at the stippled shade under trees to see the little eclipses in the sunny spots.
Just got back last night from our trip to Savannah, MO to watch it. Unfortunately, it ended up being cloudy for most of the day. We did not get to see the corona. That being said, we still had a great trip and I was glad we did it. Was awesome to watch it go from light to very dark to light again in just over two minutes. Also got to see the 360-degree "sunrise/sunset" and that alone was worth the trip to a totality area!
Will definitely do it again in 2024! :)
- John...
AllyM: Just so you know, there is a total eclipse somewhere on earth about every 18 months, not every 100 years.
It is rare for one to go coast-to-coast across the USA like this one did, sure. But when talking about "early humans" seeing it, well, that would be happening somewhere every couple of years or so on average. Just so you know.
I agree it must have been very odd for them. It would be very odd even for us today if it happened and we didn't KNOW it was supposed to happen. If someone ignored all of the news and was just out walking in the sun on Monday, it would likely totally freak them out! :) Then imagine an early human having that experience! So, again, I agree, must have been crazy stuff for them!
no...dont care.
It's 28 minutes after 5 on Wednesday and the sun is shining full blast . Nice.Yesterday I was going to put up the 40' ladder to the roof to get a better view of the thing you were all talking about,thought better of it and didn't.Glad I Didn't.The kelime pie sounds good, but never had it.Probably not as good as Blackcurrant. You mentioned dark,you really don't know what dark is until you stop on a lonely mountain road in Co.Tyrone,with lights out,you can't see your friend across the car roof, you know they're there, but you can't see them.That's dark.So much for your Eclipse.Charlie...... ..... .... ... .
Yes ! Saw it ! I had requested the day off just to
see it. I was hanging around our rental doing work outside, so hot, then all the sudden noticed the sun
wasn't burning me, it got that funny twilight dark , hard
to see outside, I kept peeking at it through my solar glasses. It got so dark I couldn't see to find my mail
box key on my key ring. ha ha. Then no sooner was
dark it started to get light again. Weird.
My brother was at our family farm along highway 79 to
Hopkinsville and said people were just pulling into our
farm from all states they had traveled all night to view it.


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Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
Newport Bridge
Pell Bridge from the Jamestown side, 2009
|41°30′10.28″N 71°20′21.76″W / 41.5028556°N 71.3393778°WCoordinates: 41°30′10.28″N 71°20′21.76″W / 41.5028556°N 71.3393778°W
|Four lanes of Route 138
|Narragansett Bay
|Between Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island
|Official name
|Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
|Maintained by
|Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
|Suspension bridge with deck truss approaches
|Total length
|11,248 ft (3,428 m)
|48 ft (15 m)
|400 ft (120 m)[1]
|Longest span
|1,600 ft (490 m)
|Clearance below
|206 ft (63 m) at mid-span
|June 28, 1969
|Daily traffic
|Cars $4.00 per car both ways
The Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island (northeastern United States). The bridge, part of RI 138, connects the City of Newport on Aquidneck Island and the Town of Jamestown on Conanicut Island, and is named for longtime Rhode Island U.S. senator Claiborne Pell who lived in Newport. The Pell Bridge is in turn connected to the mainland by the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
The main span of the Newport Bridge is 488 metres (1,601 ft), ranking it number 87 among the longest suspension bridges in the world, and making it the longest suspension bridge in New England. The overall length of the bridge is 3,428 meters (11,247 ft). Its main towers reach 122 meters (400 ft) above the water surface, and the roadway height reaches as high as 66 meters (215 ft).[2] It is four lanes wide, two in each direction. On a clear day, the bridge's towers are visible from the observation plaza at the Gay Head Light in Aquinnah on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, the upper levels of the city of Providence's tallest buildings (approximately 22 miles), and as far northwest as the parking lot of Stone Hill Marketplace in Johnston, RI (approximately 23 miles). Similarly, the skyline of Providence is visible from the bridge deck.
The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge is a toll bridge, and the cash toll is US$4.00 for cars (as of 2015).
From its opening in 1969 until 2009, the toll could be paid by cash or with tokens, which were purchased at the RIBTA office in Jamestown. E-ZPass was introduced as a toll payment in 2008.[3] Shortly thereafter, the tokens were phased out as a form of toll payment. The final day that tokens were accepted on the bridge was December 31, 2009.[4] Following that date, the only accepted forms of payment were cash or E-ZPass.
Rhode Island residents with a Rhode Island E-ZPass pay a discounted toll of only 83 cents once they sign up for the RIR-RI Resident Discount Plan. Early in 2012, the Authority had voted to raise tolls for passenger vehicles to $5. However, on June 15, 2012 this plan was abolished as Rhode Island lawmakers approved tolls to be added to the newly built Sakonnet River Bridge in the future.[5] The bridge also charges a fee equal to the toll for improperly mounted E-ZPass transponders that require a toll-booth operator to manually raise the gate.[6] Out-of-state residents pay full price, even with a Rhode Island E-ZPass, making this bridge the only toll facility in the U.S. to give a residence discount that isn't limited to the adjacent neighborhoods. The bridge was the only toll road in Rhode Island until August 19, 2013, when the Authority began collecting tolls on the new Sakonnet River Bridge.[7] However, toll collection on that bridge ended on June 20, 2014.[8]
In the spring of 2012, the Bridge Authority brought Open Road Tolling to the Pell bridge, allowing drivers with E-ZPass to pass through a special E-ZPass only toll lane at 40 mph. Violators are subject to a $10 fine, on top of the unpaid toll. The new lanes opened to traffic on June 22, in time for the America's Cup sailing race being held in Newport.
Prior to the establishment of the E-ZPass system of toll collection, toll discounts were available to the general population through the use of tokens. A roll of 9 bridge crossing tokens could be purchased for $10 (plus one free crossing) bringing the effective price per crossing $1, available to anyone. Establishment of the E-ZPass system and elimination of tokens also eliminated discounts for non-residents.
The bridge was constructed from 1966 to 1969 at a cost of U.S.$54,742,000 by the Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas company. The bridge was renamed for U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell in 1992, but is still commonly referred to as the Newport Bridge by residents of nearby towns.[9] The bridge is featured on the Rhode Island state quarter.
The first time that runners were allowed over the bridge was when a group of 300 runners ran over in the early 1980s in a half-marathon for Save The Bay. In the fall of 2011, the inaugural Citizens Bank Newport Pell Bridge Run was held which marked the first time in recent history that runners were allowed to cross the bridge (which was closed to traffic).[10]
Bicycles are not permitted on this bridge, but Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus #64 has bike racks for weekday and Saturday travel.[11]
Bridge at twilight
The bridge viewed from across Conanicut Island
Bridge during a lightning storm
See also[edit]
- ^ "Claiborne Pell (Newport) Bridge (RI 138)". Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ^ "Pell Bridge paint job: $78 million", Projo.com, 2007-08-31, retrieved 2007-08-31
- ^ Naylor, Donita. "Newport Pell Bridge will close 'high-speed' toll lanes for 17 days to install upgrades". providencejournal.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Redeem bridge tokens before Dec. 31 | www.jamestownpress.com | Jamestown Press". Jamestown Press. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "No increase for Pell Bridge tolls". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ^ "Unmounted E-ZPass will cause extra fees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Tolls". Retrieved 2013-11-11.
- ^ "Tolling on Sakonnet River Bridge Ends on Friday" (PDF). Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Shane, Ken. "Newport Bridge gets a facelift for first time in two decades | www.jamestownpress.com | Jamestown Press". The Jamestown Press. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Citizens Bank Bridge Run". Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ Bike Rhode Island and Guide to Bicycling in the Ocean State 2005-2006, Rhode Island Department of Transportation
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge.
- Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge page on Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority site
- Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge page on BostonRoads.com
- Building of the Newport Bridge from the Rhode Island State Archives
- Claiborne Pell Bridge at Structurae


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Well, it's out there.
Last night I opened up and told the spouse about my crossdressing. Her reaction wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it could have been, but it wasn't as positive as I would have ultimately liked.
She said she was confused. Which, I think I get. But now, I'm kind of in limbo since she wants time to process and doesn't know how long that will take. She wants to find the biblical perspective, and figure out how crossdressing fits into Christianity and our marriage. I'm incredibly scared that what she's going to find is going to be nothing more than condemnation and then I'll be forced to choose.
She asked if I wanted to "flaunt" my crossdressing. To routinely go into public dressed, or whatever. I told her that I pretty much was just doing it at home and would keep it that way. Sure, in fantasies I go out dressed, but that's just fantasy. I'm not even sure I'm passable, and wouldn't do it if I wasn't. She also basically said she didn't want any of our friends to know about it either, so I definitely withheld that TM already did.
To an extent, in an idealized world, I was really hoping she'd react the same way as TM did when I told her last week. With unfailing acceptance that who I am is who I am (perhaps the fact that she suspected made that easier though). Though, since I was assuming that I'd be sleeping on the couch or told to find another place to live, maybe I should shut my mouth and be greatful for what I got.
She said she still loved me, and that the vows did say "for better or worse," and she still even liked me. I just can't help feeling a little like I'm in limbo, or waiting for the Judge to come back with a verdict.
sigh At least I slept last night.
Overall, I'm feeling better that it's out there, and that she knows. I'm just hoping she'll ultimately accept it. A tiny portion of me regrets saying it, but that's probably just the never-ending fear of rejection talking. Yet these words from an old M2M song, "Mirror Mirror", keep running through my head:
I must be stupid, must be crazy, must be out of my mind
to say the kind of things I said last night
Mirror, Mirror hanging on the wall
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As easily as I get scared, I am always up to try new and adventurous things. Let me backtrack here, I am terrified of heights…like terrified. I don't know exactly what happens to my body once I am up high, but my brain sends out this warning to the rest of my body and it locks up and I'm frozen. Moving forward…
Dominican Republic
On my last trip to the Dominican Republic, I went zip-lining through the rain forest. I was thinking to myself "YES, I'm adventurous and a total badass. I got this." But once I was in my harness and leaning over the edge in a tower swaying above some of the tallest trees in the rain forest, I started to second guess my decision. At that point, I'm thinking, "well this is dumb." I started to back away from the edge and was not going to do it.
"My fear of missing a once in a life time opportunity outweighed my fear of heights."
Decision Time
Then I had some running commentary in my head, "Really?!?! Are you going to be a chicken and back out?! Seriously?!" I stopped thinking completely and just did it. I flew through that bad boy! Zooming through trees, feet touching water and birds just flying all around me! Best decision I have ever made. My fear of missing a once in a life time opportunity outweighed my fear of heights.
Now, when I'm faced with a decision that terrifies me, I look back on this time. I just said to myself "screw it." And do it. I was so worried that I was going to look back and say that I wish I would have at least tried it. Since then, I have tried everything, well almost everything, that I come across. Whether it's food, excursions, or events. I have said, "YES!" And I am happier then I have ever been and I also have amazing stories to tell! Next time you are in a situation where you are facing one of your fears, just say "F -IT!" You'll regret that you didn't!
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Description of problem:
It seems OO.o does a popen, (possibly of a non-existant binary), and this causes
'strace' to hang; NPTL not withstanding.
How reproducible: Always
to Reproduce simply do:
strace -f soffice, and wait a while.
I assume the reporter meant "ooffice", not "soffice". :-)
I have reproduced this when using linuxthreads, but not when using nptl.
On my machine "LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 strace -f ooffice" reproduces it.
If the platform field in this report is accurate, then I think nptl will never
be used in the reporter's configuration anyway.
I'm looking into the problem.
I have a fix now in the upstream sources. FWIW, this was always broken in
strace I am pretty sure. Perhaps scheduling happenstance made it start showing up.
The problem case is when a process has multiple live children, and then one
child exits and becomes a zombie, and then the parent calls wait*.
Thanks so much for fixing this; I think you must be right, soffice is SO 6.0 on
my rh8 machine; my OO.o does no popen's so I suppose I daftly switched machine
to verify this.
Thanks again.
A newer strace version is now available in rawhide. If the binary rpms
don't work on existing systems, then recompiling from the srpm surely will.
There will be an errata release for 8.0 and 9 at some point as well,
not sure exactly when.
Thanks for the report.


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Microsoft will release new insider build next week. The company is updating its servers so no new build release this week. We can expect Windows 10 Redstone 2 build 14921 to be next insider build for fast ring members. Meanwhile, Windows Insider team is now working on build 14923. The latest Windows 10 build 14923 and mobile build 10.0.14923.1000 is now under internal testing. The current internal build is compiled on September 7, 2016.
Recently, Microsoft had released last Windows 10 Redstone 2 PC build 14915 and first R2 mobile build 10.0.14915 for fast ring insiders. The company also released cumulative Update KB3176938 build 14393.105 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update users and Mobile build 10.0.14393.105 for release preview members. Microsoft also released Xbox One Preview update for insider members.


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U.S. Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming was a guest on Thursday's Public Pulse program on News Talk 930 KROE. Senator Enzi was asked by host Kim Love why he was one of 19 Republican senators who voted against the debt limit increase.
The bill, signed by President Barack Obama Thursday, includes a continuing resolution to fund the government through January 15th and increases the nation's borrowing limit through February 7th. Click here to hear more from the interview with Senator Enzi.


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According to TMZ, Guzman ran to the court for protection from the friend named Shakur Sozahdah, demanding a restraining order against the named woman.
It is unclear how the trouble between both women began, but TMZ adds that sources close to Guzman confirmed that Sazahda has threatened to either kidnap or kill the 3-year-old daughter of the singer.
Sazadah reportedly even went as far as recording a diss rap which has lines that says, "I really hate this bitch / I won't take my foot off your neck / You lucky I love your little daughter like I do, do 'cause we woulda already run the f**k up on you, you."
The woman also, allegedly, went on social media to accuse Guzman of having a "disease infested mouth."
In the document she filed in court, the mother of Chris Brown's daughter requested that Sozahdah must stay 100 yards from her and Royalty, and that request was granted.
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The 14th European Championship is nearly upon us and with that comes piss poor and incorrect predictions. As this blog is one for jumping upon any bandwagon, here are mine for the tournie. Usual rules apply. Read, go to bookies, bet on opposite. Win some money.
POLAND – The hosts do have a chance to make the QFs I feel. With a decent goalkeeper in Szczesny and a solid midfield, they should have enough to see off Czech Rep and Greece. With Dortmund pair Lewandowski & Blaszczykowski, Poland have a strikeforce that can trouble any defence and, importantly, coming off the back of an excellent season in the Bundesliga. A weakness could be (up till now) the lack of killer instinct as 11 goals in their last 10 games shows they rarely hammer teams. The new Greece?
RUSSIA – Four years ago, the side led by Guus Hiddink reached the semi-finals. That won't happen this time. They plodded along to get here and current manager Dick Advocaat isn't universally popular. Especially with the decision to normally overlook striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov in favour of Pavlyuchenko or Pogrebnyak. If however Arshavin rolls back the years and Alan Dzagoev continues his excellent form, Russia should challenge the Poles to win this group. But will they beat anyone in Group B? Doubtful.
CZECH REP – If you can only qualify through a 92nd minute non-penalty against Scotland (yes I'm still bitter) then you have problems. Scraping through the play-offs, the Czechs arrive with a team that is partly about to retire and partly not even ready. The impressive Under 21 side from last year (you know, the team that knocked out England) have only had 2 players called up to the squad (Tomas Pekhart and Marek Suchy) which suggests they are not ready, yet. Their one positive is that in my eyes they have the best defence in the group. With Cech, (if he plays like his Chelsea 2005-2007 days) Tomas Sivok and Roman Hubnik, they won't concede many, but will they score any?
GREECE – Younger football fans who can't remember 2004 may think that the tournament was a wind-up. Watching Greece at Euro 2008 and WC 2010 was a painful one as a side afraid to attack and have no ideas were easily eliminated. "Lord" Otto has now gone and replaced by Fernando Santos, but the tactics are the same. It isn't pretty, but in qualifying it's effective. Conceding only 5 goals in 10 games they should be ok at the back and even defeated a dark horse in Croatia to win their group. You have to wonder where the goals will come from though as Samaras even struggled in the SPL again. If the "Greek Messi" Ioannis Fetfatzidis gets a chance, he (and Greece) could shine, otherwise it's another early exit.
THE GROUP – The first round of games (Russia vs Czech Rep and Poland vs Greece) will be the key. I expect Russia and Poland to win those so when they meet in Round 2, they could still probably draw against each other and cruise through. I've gone with Poland to win the Group based on home advantage but neither side are getting past the Group B qualifiers.
1st – POLAND, 2nd – RUSSIA, 3rd – Czech Rep, 4th – Greece
HOLLAND – The Orange boys are back and look a pretty good bet to reach the final once again. Put into the "weaker" side of the draw, a team that battered their group in qualifying (bar a last match defeat to Sweden – they were already through) should be right there. With Klaas-Jan Huntelaar they have the top scorer in qualifying and the man who almost single handily hauled Schalke back into a respectable position in the Bundesliga. (Top scorer with 29 goals) Even if he doesn't show up, attacking riches of Sneijder, Robben, Van der Vaart and Van Persie will trouble any defence. The trouble is their defence. Jonny Heitinga and Joris Mathijsen doesn't get the heart racing. Back home, Dutch media also think they will fail to make it out the group stages quoting Germany and Portugal as the stronger teams.
GERMANY - "Dies ist unsere Zeit." The rest of Europe expects, as do Germany itself. They have arguably got stronger since the World Cup as the likes of Badstuber, Ozil and Muller have gotten older and wiser. Add in new talents such as Mario Gotze and Marco Reus – this is probably the best squad Germany will have for some time. Their weakness is the defence (except Phillip Lahm) but if they can keep the ball in the opposition half the creativity, skill and just sheer German efficiency will see them past their opponents.
PORTUGAL – Once again Portugal have to qualify through the play-off lottery as once again they ended Bosnia's dream of qualifying for a major tournament for the first time. Portugal in my eyes are a one man team. Mr C Ronaldo. Mark him out of the game (which Bayern players already have good experience of) and you'll probably beat Portugal. The rest of the squad are just not good enough to make the final stages and to exacerbate matters, key players seem to have lost form going into the tournament. Some really poor results recently have affected the side with defeat to Turkey and a 0-0 draw against Macedonia. More needs to happen from other players. But can they deliver it?
DENMARK – Before I started researching Denmark and their squad, I had them bottom of the group on 0 points. Now I have researched them, I think a 3rd place finish is on the cards. A tournament too early perhaps with some talented youngsters on the way. World Cup 2014 should see Nicolai Jorgensen and Rasmus Falk light up the Danish team. For this set of players, relying on Nicklas Bendtner for goals is always a risk but Christian Eriksen and Dennis Rommedahl can cause problems. Any of these key players get injured however, the Danish lack of depth would mean 3rd place may not even be achievable,
THE GROUP – Despite the problems the Dutch media expect them to face in this group, I can see them winning this on goal difference after a draw against the Germans in game 2. With wins against Portugal and Denmark, I think Holland will score more as the Germans start slowly with some narrow wins. Denmark will avoid the wooden spoon.
1st – HOLLAND, 2nd – GERMANY, 3rd – Denmark, 4th - Portugal
SPAIN – I'm very big on reoccurrences. No team has ever retained the European Championships and I can't see Spain breaking that record this time. The Semi-Finals should be fairly easy to get to. Win a weak group and beat 2nd place in a weaker group before facing the might of Group B. The problem this time out with Spain is that teams know how to play against that time of game (look at the teams Barcelona failed to break down this season). With David Villa out of the tournament and Torres failing to hit a barn door, it seems the task of scoring their goals will be up to Pedro (2 international goals) and Fernando Llorente (7 international goals – although one was vs Scotland). The squad is strong with some class as Xavi, David Silva and Juan Mata can offer something very different. But is it the strongest squad in the tournament?
ITALY – It's funny how long 2 weeks is in football. Had I wrote this two weeks ago, I would have discussed that Italy have taken a gamble with Antonio Cassano leading the line after missing most of the season with cardiac problems. Also Mario Balotelli can have the potential to explode or cause utter mayhem to opposition defenders. Yet now the Italian team has been rocked in yet another match fixing crisis and have even discussed pulling out of the tournament. Defender Domenico Criscito would have started at left back after an excellent season with Zenit St Petersburg but has pulled out due to these match fixing allegations. The squad now look disinterested and "warmed-up" for the tournament with a woeful 3-0 defeat to Russia. The saving grace is that manager Cesare Prandelli can appear to motivate the squad and they could squeeze through.
CROATIA – The eternal darkhorses can cause a couple more shocks again but have been dealt a massive blow in the loss of Ivica Olic with a thigh injury which was suffered during the 1-1 draw with Norway. It's now up to Eduardo and Nikica Jelavic to score the goals but Croatia will miss Olic's energy and workrate. With Modric and Kranjcar they have a midfield that is extremely creative and can take them into the QFs. Their weakness is in defence however as Greece proved how vulnerable they can be during qualification. Weak to crosses and slow (Simunic vs Torres would be brutal) as soon as they come up against a half decent strike force, Croatia will be eliminated.
IRELAND – Probably sounds extremely patronising but Ireland have done well just to get here. Built on the back of excellent organisation under Trapattoni, Ireland appear to be the new Greece as their safety first approach means not many goals at either end in their games. Defensively sound as proven by keeping clean sheets against bigger sides such as Russia and Italy. They need to be excellent at the back though as their midfield is paper light with St Ledger, Andrews and Whelan nowhere near the class needed to compete at the top international level. Kevin Doyle had an average season with Wolves while Robbie Keane only managed 2 games all season at LA Galaxy. A lot of defence awaits.
THE GROUP – Despite Spain's deficiencies, they should easily win the group with 7 or 9 points. The race for 2nd is very interesting but I have Croatia to snatch it by taking 3 points from their first game vs Ireland and sneaking through then. Maybe Italy should have pulled out the tournament.
1st – SPAIN, 2nd – CROATIA, 3rd – Italy, 4th – Ireland
FRANCE – The French have come a long way since the 2010 shambles (which I called!) when they were eliminated at the group stage. They should qualify from this group as the backbone of the team is now settled. Hugo Lloris, Yann M'Vila, Adil Rami and Karim Benzema will all be in the French team for years and can all contribute something too. Another important aspect to France as the depth on the bench as Mathieu Valbuena and Jeremy Menez can be impact subs. The weakness is that this tournament may have come too soon. Blanc can work his magic for World Cup 2014 where they will be one of the favourites, but they should make the SFs at least here.
ENGLAND – For the first time in my lifetime, the English media have already waved the white flag for this tournament. This however shows how pathetic the English (and British to a certain extent) media are as this England team are not all bad. They should get through this group and reach the QFs where they will get dumped out by the holders. England do have pace in Ashley Young, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain to get at defences (especially the older ones, like Ukraine) and cause problems. The main concern is Roy Hodgson hasn't had long to get his ideas across as well as alienating players such as Rio Ferdinand. (Will he even be missed? No.) Young players can have this tournament for experience before a better (but unsuccessful) tilt at World Cup 2014.
UKRAINE – The other hosts have the harder group compared to Poland and will most likely be crashing out early. Relying on Shevchenko, Tymoshchuk and Rotan for goals and creative spark despite all being over 30 shows a team that is stale. They have also not played competitive football for some time, playing against the tinpot sides as "warm up" for France and England. A 3-2 defeat to Austria also shows this team lack the ability of others and should be heading for an early exit. 3 points most likely against Sweden however.
SWEDEN – Imagine Sweden being Portugal-Lite. With Ibrahimovic playing the role of C.Ronaldo, the rest of the team watch as he tries to make the magic happen. A slight exaggeration but should be close to the truth. A team in transition under Erik Hamren are starting to attack more (appealing to Ibra) and get other "key" players such as Elmander, Kallstrom and Larsson into the game. Add in up and coming talents such as Rasmus Elm and Ola Toivonen and it's not all bad. But can they overcome any of these 3 teams in the group? I think not.
THE GROUP – France and England in the Top 2 with France nicking it. Probably through a narrow win in the first game against each other. Should England need a result in their final game against the hosts then 2nd and 3rd place could change hands but I think England should hold on to their QF place. Can't see Sweden doing anything, but I've been wrong before, lots of times.
1st – FRANCE, 2nd – ENGLAND, 3rd – Ukraine, 4th – Sweden
Poland vs Germany
Holland vs Russia
Spain vs England
France vs Croatia
The four group winners (bar Poland) should have enough to get through to the Semis. Poland despite having a home crowd behind them should be beaten by Germany's blitzkrieg tactics as Die Mannschaft should now be getting into full force. Holland won't suffer the same result at Euro 2008 as they'll beat Russia, Spain should pass their way past England while France will show Croatia's defensive deficiencies up.
Germany vs Spain
Holland vs France
Spain's run as Euro Champs will end as Germany will win a narrow game (elfmeters?) to fully show their credentials as favourites. Holland vs France is a tougher game, but I've gone with Holland as they have the experience of getting to a final while France still have shown signs they can self-implode.
GERMANY vs Holland
It's the repeat of the Euro '88 semi and the World Cup '74 final. I've gone with Germany to win it as they have shown signs in the last two tournaments of going all the way and should finally win a tournament with a team that will get better too. I can see this being an even tighter game than the group stage encounter but the different elements of the German team along with their German efficiency will see them win their 4th Euro Champ title.
Disclaimer: This probably won't happen.


text: LLP 0 Posted January 17, 2013 Hi, I'm new to this board but I wanted to share what has worked (really worked) for me. I'm a 27 year old female, I've suffered with chronic cystic acne for the past 6 or so years. Before that it was more topical, but still constant and pretty severe. Let me be clear (no pun intended), when I say chronic cystic I mean up until around Nov 2012, I haven't been "break out free" for more than a 1-2 days at a time. Just when I felt like my skin was improving, it was back....and it was BAD. I'm very pale so we're talking BRIGHT red, hard, painful welt-like pimples, really hard to wear out in public. I missed birthday parties, plans to go out of town, even job interviews... my skin had complete control of my everyday actions. This is what changed everything, I'm going on 2 months the clearest I've been my entire adult life. Once a day, after I eat, I take one 10,000 IU vitamin A pill, and one 1000mg Borage oil pill. At night I also put neosporn on anything that resemble an upcoming zit and healing scars, I leave it on overnight, somtimes w/a small band-aid. THAT'S IT. NO standard topicals what so ever.. In addition I wash my face twice a day w/cetaphil and use the light cetaphil moisturizer, but I'm NOT saying that's what made the difference. I've been using the brand on and off for years, it's the daily supplements that have worked wonders thus far. I originally read about a similar plan on a popular women's blog , however it included Zinc too. The first time I tried the three pill combo I felt nauseous. I gave up, until a month or so later I tried again, this time taking the supplements with food and skipping the zinc. With the first week the change in my skin spoke for itself. I have been doing this everyday for about two months and I still can't believe it's working/worked. I had tried everything except accutane. EVERY drugstore product, every single one, zeno, pro activ, organic products, tea tree, every home remedy I could find, antibiotics, acids, oil methods. Nothing ever really worked. I urge you to try this. Be consistent, don't skip days. I just want other people to feel the hope I've felt over the past couple of months. I never thought I'd really be free, I still look in the mirror for new breakouts. They're not there, I stil get tiny little clogged-pore micro pimple here and there... but it's NOTHING compared to were I've been. Good luck, please give it a shot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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When Tommy arrived at Angel Grove High, Rita saw him as the perfect person to become her evil Green Ranger. She put him under a spell and gave him the Dragon Power Coin. With it, Tommy morphed into the Green Ranger and fought the Power Rangers, defeating them in a couple of battles. Tommy was given the Sword of Darkness to finish off the Rangers, but Jason defeated Green Ranger in combat and destroyed the Sword of Darkness, releasing the spell over Tommy, making him the newest Power Ranger. Green Ranger's power weapon is the Dragon Dagger, which doubles as a flute and plays music to summon the Dragonzord. As Green Ranger, Tommy gained enhanced strength, speed, and durablity as well as limited energy projection. Green Ranger also wore a special shield around his chest which protected him from many attacks. Tommy is a bit forgetful and dim witted at times, but he more than makes up for it with his nobility and courage. Tommy eventually lost his powers after Rita created a Green Candle that took his powers away as it burned down. After losing their Power Coins, the Rangers called on Tommy to once again become the Green Ranger by using the Dragon Coin and Zordon's energy. The powers were only temporary, and Tommy once again lost his powers as Green Ranger.
Tommy would later be given new powers by Zordon, making him the White Ranger. After losing these powers to Lord Zedd and Rita, he used the Zeo Crystal to become the Red Zeo Ranger. Another power upgrade later made him the Red Turbo Ranger, powers which he eventually passed on to a successor, TJ. Tommy returned years later as the Red Zeo Ranger to lead 9 other Red Rangers on a mission to prevent the Machine Empire from using Serpentera to destroy Earth.


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I called up a friend the other day, one whom I haven't spoken to in awhile and we were casually chatting. As with any conversation it was basic and going through the routines.
How is life? The kids? School? The job hunt? On and on and on.
It was fine.
It was comfortable.
It was socially normal and expected.
Then she asked about the book.
So a couple things went through my mind. The first thing I said was,
"It's fine. It's going good. Hard to write and find the time."
And with all those things being truthful, I still wasn't revealing the true matter on my heart.
I was scared and spending far too much time caring about what other people thought. I was worried that people won't like it, or they won't support it. I hadn't prayed over it in awhile and had taken total control of the matter back in my own hands.
I know my friend would understand this truth. I know she would pray with me and encourage me. That wasn't the issue.
The truth is, I didn't want the be the girl who was struggling. I didn't want to be the girl who had slipped in her faith and started to do it all on her own. I didn't want to be the girl who had to learn a lesson, who after years of overcoming her insecurity, was feeling more insecure than ever before.
I wanted to be the girl who was doing it right. Who didn't fall into temptation of making this book about me. I wanted to be the girl who surrendered her will to God every morning, prayed without ceasing over her work, created good habits to make it happen and could do it all. Doesn't that sound great? It sounds like a wonderful story of great faith and spiritual leading. I wanted that story. I wanted to for once in my life do it the right way.
But that wasn't what was happening.
And so, in a moment of feeling brave and wanting to be honest, I said what was true. I decided not to be who I wanted to be, but who I really was instead.
"The book is going well, but I have noticed lately that I am far too scared about what others think. My mind seems overrun with thoughts of feeling less than I am. I am scared that someone else could do it better. I worry that it will fail. I get nervous thinking about how others will value the quality."
I had said it out loud. The dark things that were crowding my brain. The hard things that were taking away my faith. After I say them out loud, I have to own that they are true.
To this, my friend encouraged me in my dream. She filled my heart with kind and encouraging words. And then she said, "You need to read the book of Joshua. Joshua is filled with courage and trusting God, and that is what you are doing. You are doing something courageous and your ability to trust in God is the only thing that will carry you through. Read Joshua and find comfort and truth in what you are doing."
All my tension and worry went away.
This, right here, is why we are writing a book.
This is what the book is about.
In the midst of even our struggle and weak faith, and total control issues, God is still present and working. When we are capable of taking off our expectations and ideals, and can be real with the people around us, God's truth becomes clear. Friends, mentors, blogs, pastors, scripture, podcast, whatever and whenever you find it, truth can be revealed.
I was reminded that day to be honest. It does no one any good to pretend to be something they are not. My honesty encouraged my friend, and she was able to encourage me as well. She spoke encouragement and pointed me toward truth to heal my wound, my insecurity, and my weakness.
If I haven't told you yet here, I am telling you now.
My friend Henry and I are writing a book about stories. Stories we live every day that hold deep spiritual truths. These stories are used in communicating about our faith with others. These stores enrich and encourage others. These stories point towards heaven. These stories bring heaven to earth. They nurture love and forgiveness and God's ultimate power and goodness. There is power in the stories we live here on earth.
We would love to share this project with you. Henry and I are interested in making this a community project. If you are interested in pre-ordering this book and supporting the writing process, please donate to our campaign at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/more-than-a-story/x/2561912.
If you are interested in knowing more about the project after the funds are raised, during the writing project, please visit our website www.pearabull.com or like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mightier-Press/301285753332675?ref=hl
I am excited about this book. I am also really excited about all the ways is shaping my heart and creating a deeper trust in him in regards to all the stories of my life. Thank you for being apart of this journey. Thank you for showing up and walking through life with us.
Be blessed friends.


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In the United States of America, as in our country, there is some indefinite attitude to Payday Loans Online services. Many people believe that this is a good type of business financing, but some believe that they are created to serve the lower strata of the population.
This may be due to the fact that it is officially believed that microcrediting appeared in Bangladesh, where the founder of Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, about ten years ago started issuing small loans for the rural poor. These measures led, in the end, to noble goals. There was an alternative to moneylenders, support for small businesses, combating poverty, empowering women, and as a result, whole communities were raised. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Prize, and his concept spread throughout the world.
The moral of this story is that microloans in the US are available to small businesses that can not have a sufficient credit history, or perhaps they are owned by women or minorities – groups of people who generally do not have access to financing.
In fiscal year 2016, the US administration provided 4.472 microloans to small businesses totaling more than $ 60 million. About 40% of loans were granted to organizations that belonged to women and minority representatives. In addition, in 2016, more than 40% of micro-loans were closed, their terms were two years or less.
What is microloans in the US?
"Microloans are more focused on people who are having difficulty accessing traditional loans," says Joyce A. Klein, director of the well-known fund for microenterprise innovation. "Microfinance organizations are generally more flexible than banks. If someone has a short credit history or does not have it at all, MFIs are more willing to consider other factors, such as the cash flow of business. "
Limit on microloans in the US is $ 50,000, and the average amount of such a loan is about $ 13,000. Enterprises can use this money to buy necessary equipment, supplies, furniture, machines and other equipment. Micro loans are issued for no more than 6 years and, as a rule, have rates below 10%. But if we talk about long-term loans, the prices for financing can bite.
How to get a microloan in the US?
First of all, the organization should have a business plan. For those who may have difficulties with its drafting, there are special centers for small business development that can help in writing a business plan.
MFIs, as a rule, request information about the enterprise, such as a tax return, bank statement and others.
As in Russia, different microfinance organizations have different criteria for scoring their clients. Most often, they request a personal credit history of one of the participants in the business. Unlike banks, the CI score is more flexible, which gives a better chance of taking a microloan. By studying personal data, the MFI concludes that the participant will treat their business as well as their own finances.
How to choose a microfinance organization?
In the United States, there is a specially appointed intermediary for this purpose. These non-profit organizations have extensive experience in the field of lending and can provide significant assistance to small businesses.
On the official site of support of small business the catalog, participants-creditors which are located on all country is given. Without any complications, the company that wants to borrow is registered on the site and answers simple questions about its business and its financial needs. After that, in a short time gets a list of MFIs that are most suitable for cooperation.
In addition to this site, there are several other non-profit organizations that can provide information about MFIs. They differ in the interface and certain conditions of cooperation.
The company "Kiva", which on the Internet site joins credit organizations and potential borrowers has proved to be well. At the moment, this site has already passed 936.5 million dollars in 82 countries. About 1.6 million borrowers are registered in the system. Of all loans issued, 97.1% were successfully repaid. There is one nuance of this site: sometimes you may need to invest relatives or friends in your business to get a loan.


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At my core, I'm a connector with a zest for establishing new partnerships and cultivating meaningful connections. Helping people and organizations to win profitable relationships is my passion, and I find this work to be incredibly rewarding.
As a creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial-minded consultant with a talent for business management, I take great pride in my ability to bridge the gap between people and resources to drive business growth and sustainability. Throughout my career, I've been a relationship manager, a business analyst, a program director, a teacher and a community involvement leader. I've also founded a magazine, authored a book, and invented a methodology for creating genuine relationships called the 3C-Technique. The common trend that ties all of my career experience together is my talent and enthusiasm for cultivating meaningful connections.
I'm most excited about working with collaborative organizations that value innovation, solutions-oriented thinking, and interpersonal connections. I thrive in environments that allow me to blend my relationship-building skills, business management expertise, and creative problem-solving abilities to serve as a catalyst for change and deliver tangible results.
Interested in leveraging my business consulting or relationship management experience? Dying to learn more about the 3C-Technique? Just want to say hi? That's great! I love to make critical connections.


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My husband got me three pairs of socks (I asked for them), a set of weights (I hadn't specifically asked for them, but certainly wanted them), and a very pretty watch. My elder daughter is sending me some hand-spun yarn (we both knit, and she's lately taken up spinning and dying her own wool), my younger daughter brought me flowers and a shadow-box and informs me that we are going together to the spa next week for hot-stone massages (Eeee!), and my son got me "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" to complete my Pirates collection.
Anyway, I had a lovely day, doing pretty much just what I wanted--which, oddly enough, turned out to be writing. [g] So I wrote, blithely ignoring the enormous stacks of books waiting to be boxed in my office (that's what gets remodeled next), the small-but-oppressive stack of Important Things on my desk (dog-license forms, things waiting for blurb or comment, and the case number/phone number I have to call in order to replace the defective CD drive that came with our new desktop--we got the computer six months ago, and discovered the CD drive to be defective three months ago (it took that long for the EB*'s at Best Buy to fix the defective _hard_ drive, and reinstall the defective Vista OS--which had to be ordered twice, because they sent it with French installation disks the first time--so that we could get to the point where we could _tell_ the CD drive was defective). What with book-tours and holidays, I sort of haven't had the necessary three or four hours to spend on the phone with the EB*'s in order to get the d*mn thing replaced; it took six phone-hours to make them replace the hard drive, telling my story to _five_ different people in turn, all of whom put me on hold for anything from 20-45 minutes, all of whom agreed in turn that yes, they _did_ need to replace the drive...and then transferred me to someone else--ending up with a pothead in Canada who kept nodding off during the conversation, and ended up giving me an appointment time for a technician--but then putting in a different time, a week later, for the actual appointment, causing me to wait at home for three hours, and spend another two hours on the phone to find out where the &@^@&* the technician was. The technician's a nice young man, though--we've seen him four times so far; I should set him his own place at the dinner table), and sixteen phone calls from people wanting to rent an apartment. Had a great time! (And for those who are interested, part of what I wrote is posted as an excerpt on the Compuserve Books and Writers Forum, at
(message 35 has the excerpt attached to it)
And thanks to my husband--and the nice people at Avanti ("Restaurant of Distinction" [g]) for a delightful birthday dinner, featuring hot, fresh, buttery garlic bread, cold Rombauer chardonnay, a Benito salad (an enormous plate of mixed greens with giant shrimp, hearts of artichokes and palms, tomatoes, and garlic-basil vinaigrette), and Tortellinig Portofino--meat-filled tortellini in Alfredo sauce with mushrooms and walnuts.
It's been a great birthday--thanks!
* EB = Evil B@st@rds (see if I _ever_ buy another (haha) "Service Plan" from these people, that's all I can say)


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Saturday 15 November, 09:00 - 12:00
with Megan Radaich
Come along to our introduction to pressure canning class with Megan from FoodPreserving.Org and learn how to use a pressure canner to preserve low acid food and assist in a batch of pressure canned chicken stock or vegetable stock. Includes morning tea.
PRICE PER PERSON: $30.00 | 6 places left
PRICE PER PERSON: $30.00 | 6 places left
Come along to our introduction to pressure canning Perth preserving class where we will be explaining how to pressure can low acid foods, such as soups, stocks, stews, meats and more at home using a pressure canner. We'll be making a batch of chicken stock and a batch of vegetable stock, and showing you how to prepare the ingredients, share our recipe (and variations) and showing how easy it is to pressure can 20+ jars in a single batch: so you have a nutritious meal you can re-heat and serve in minutes for yourself and your family.
Pressure canning classes are run in our Canning Kitchen – so although they are run in small groups (2-6 people), there is no short time limit like the monthly community classes- and you can ask any questions you like and get one on one help to understand how to pressure can safely in your kitchen at home. Fees cover ingredients, mason jars, materials and equipment. Participants leave with recipes, a how-to guide on pressure canning, 1 x jar of pressure canned food and morning tea is also provided.
Address and further information will be emailed to participants prior to the class.
SMALL CLASS: This class is limited to 6 participants:
- Faye Ramsden
- Tan Watson


text: The UN City is good for business 15 7月 2013 - Location and infrastructure The strong UN-profile brought about by the new UN-City in the centre of Copenhagen will be good business in Denmark and strengthen Denmark's brand as a sustainable and green country. "Firstly, we benefit in terms of increased exports, turnover and awareness of Danish industries and companies," Minister for Development Christian Friis Bach says, and adds: "Secondly, we get a stronger and more powerful UN, which is definitely in the interest of small countries like Denmark. The opportunities in the world for corporate Denmark are closely linked to resolving some of the world's great challenges and conflicts and strengthen democracy." Green growth The UN city will also give Denmark a stronger position internationally in green growth and sustainability as the UN city is one of the most energy efficient buildings in Denmark. The city has already received awards for its energy efficiency and has been praised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon when he visited the in May 2011. And there are prospects in strengthening Denmark's brand in sustainability and green growth, the minister says. "The short term prospect is that we can sell something, that we can supply something and that we get a stronger profile when it comes to green growth," Christian Friis Bach says, and adds: "But then there's also the long term, which regards peace and prosperity in the world and that is exactly what the UN stands for, and we have so much reason to endorse that." The UN city gathers six UN organisations in Denmark, provides space for about 1,000 employees and will create close to 500 jobs in just a few years. When the second phase of the building process is complete in 2014, another 200-300 UN employees will move in.


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|Alcohol Ink on 4X4 Tile These are usually mounted into simple black floater frames and look pretty when grouped together on a wall. This tile was inked last night.
|Alcohol Ink on Yupo - 5X7
|Alcohol Ink on Yupo - 5X7
|Alcohol Ink on 4X4 Tile These are usually mounted into simple black floater frames and look pretty when grouped together on a wall. This tile was inked last night.
|Alcohol Ink on Yupo - 5X7
|Alcohol Ink on Yupo - 5X7
Chris, I love them all, but the last one really stands out for me. Gorgeous! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Linda. I like that crazy color combination.ReplyDelete
Chris, I really like the last painting ... the colors just pop ...I love color!
Great work, all around though ...
And, oh, yes, wear gloves ...LOL
Love this. Especially love the time with you and Tim in Portland and teaching you both in the hotel room. Great memories!ReplyDelete
What gorgeous luminescence in these pieces! I have to say I like the effects this alcohol ink brings to a piece. Love your colors here, Chris!ReplyDelete
Color makes my heart beat faster so I sure responded
to the glorious impact of this.
Good for the artistic soul to explore and be free so I say have at it. When you can turn out work like this it becomes fine art to me. Art is all about our heart and how we respond to it anyway.
Wonderful post with lots of great info. Thanks, Chris....I will remember the gloves!
Thanks, Margie. The camera doesn't pick up the glow of the inks. It doesn't matter who does them; they are really pretty.ReplyDelete
Why thank you, Miss Kristen. You probably have most of the Midwest doing inks by now. Great memories for us, too!!ReplyDelete
Lol not the whole Midwest! Started teaching it again recently after a long battle to win back my trademark and what I started.Delete
Thanks, Sherry. They're really messy and fun, so they bring out the little kid in people.ReplyDelete
Beautiful colors and love the designs...nice work!ReplyDelete
I love these ink paintings, especially the one in the center. Is it a seascape? A dunescape? It's both, in my mind.
I have a few alcohol ink bottles I bought last year, but I've never been able to figure out what the heck to do with them. I'll click through that link to some tutorial videos, and maybe we'll see something fun come of this!
Thank you, Hilda!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Harmony. It's a "beginner-scape." The inks are lots of fun, especially when you detach from the outcome. Hope you find a few good tutorials.ReplyDelete
Now this is quite different but most interesting! Love the brightness of the colors and the feeling of movement you've succeeded in creating.ReplyDelete
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Kristen got to me! Everytime I try to go back to "regular art" I end up back at the inks! And yes you better not have control issues lolol! I teach some friends and they can either take not being able to control them or can't. It gives some interesting times!ReplyDelete
This is stunning. Going to check out June's demo. I have been hearing a lot about these alcohol inks. Looks like a bunch of fun. Hugs!ReplyDelete
Yes, Kristen, the whole Midwest and probably the eastern seaboard... I'm still waiting for your VIDEO (I'll be the first buyer) and your book!!ReplyDelete
Kristen has a gift for teaching1 Yes, Kelly, I showed a friend and she sat in my kitchen for HOURS doing the inks. She did some pretty nice stuff.ReplyDelete
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Weak demand forces Thai steel firm to halt production for 1 month
Thainox Stainless Plc, Thailand's largest stainless steel producer, said on Tuesday it planned to stop production for one month due to weak global demand, reported Reuters.
The shutdown would help the firm save costs at its plant in Rayong on Thailand's eastern seaboard, and allow it to carry out maintenance work, it said in a statement. It had sufficient inventory to serve the market, it added.
"However, during this period, the customers will still be able to place an order and we continue to deliver the finished products as usual as the Bangkok office and other departments not directly related to production continue to work," it said.
Thainox, Southeast Asia's largest stainless steel maker, has an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes of stainless steel, widely used in the construction, automobile and household sectors.
Kim Eng Securities said in a research note the company was now running at a low utilisation rate of 53 percent, mainly due to a lack of hot-rolled coils.
Thailand's Mahagitsiri family, which founded the company, recently raised its stake to 58 percent. South Korea's POSCO owns 15 percent, and other major shareholders include Nippon Steel.
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I'm not a big fan of horror movies. I will not be seeing Piranha 3D this summer, for example, and I will definitely miss The Last Exorcism. However, I am a big fan of crime dramas. It seems like I had to wait forever for the fourth season of Dexter to come out on DVD last week. (I don't have cable.)
But for those of you who are braver than I am and plan to see Resident Evil: Afterlife or Saw 3D in the coming months, here are several dishes to enjoy to celebrate the experience (or to avoid if you have a weak stomach.):
Meatloaf with Bloody Sauce
In one of the challenges on The Next Food Network Star last season, contestants picked the name of a movie genre out of a box of popcorn and had to make a dish that embodied said genre. The winner of season six, Aarti Sequeira, selected "Horror," and created Turk-Eye Meatloaves with Bloody Sauce because she said horror movies made her think of the painting of the person with the moving eyes. Nicely played, Aarti.
Hollowed-Out Eyes and Severed Fingers
Eyes must be a popular scary dish, since the high priestess of domesticity (none other than Ms. Martha Stewart) has a recipe for hollowed-out radishes stuffed with pimiento-stuffed olives that look shocking like actually eyes in a highball. Martha has TONS of Halloween-themed recipes that are just the tip of the iceberg (natch). My favorite Martha-inspired Halloween touch? Her Severed Finger Invitation, in which she asks you to make a plaster cast of your own index finger and then nestle it in a bed of reindeer moss before sending it to your guests. (Oh, Martha ...)
If you're looking for something a little more, well, gory (but still tasty), there are plenty of other bloody red options:
Bloody Wine
For starters, how about some Red Wine Sangria? Bobby Flay has an easy recipe to kick your night off regardless of whether you have trouble sleeping later.
Raw Beef
For those of you who are in the mood for a little something different (and not just scary), why not give Alton Brown's Beef Carpaccio a shot? Nothing says, "Horror movie," quite like raw beef, does it? And for bonus raw beef fun, check out this brilliant video of Julia Child on the Late Show with David Letterman circa 1987:
Crimson Colored Cake
For dessert, how about a Red Velvet Cake? (One of my favorite scenes in Steel Magnolias was Tom Skerritt and Shirley MacLaine in the corport with the armadillo groom's cake. It was red velvet cake and Shelby (Julia Roberts)said, "People are going to be hacking into this poor animal and it looks like it's bleeding to death!")
Blood Dessert Lite
Or, if you're in the mood for something lighter, try something like this Strawberry Angel-Food Trifle. You can tell your guests the layers of strawberries are like dripping blood right before you push, "Play," on your DVD player.
What foods do you pair with your favorite scary movies?
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