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PORTLAND — The ad hoc committee working on a nearly $71 million bond to repair four aging elementary schools may try to reduce the cost.
At City Hall meeting Nov. 17, the committee considered an alternative plan to make significant upgrades at Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche schools that is smaller in scope than past versions.
The plan, which is not official, would require a bond of about $60.2 million, with some projects at each school either cut back or eliminated.
Mayor Ethan Strimling, who co-chairs the committee with School Board Chairwoman Marnie Morrione, said he and Morrione were only looking for feedback from committee members on the numbers, and to see if "these are things people can stomach."
Most of the proposed adjustments, totaling about $10.8 million, involve either scaled-back plans – such as deciding not to build a second floor at two of the schools – or adjusting the capital improvement plan.
Superintendent of Schools Xavier Botana said administrators met with principals to identify areas where costs can be reduced. He said some savings were found by purchasing equipment that can easily be moved from school to school, purchasing items through mass procurement, and by keeping some existing furniture and equipment.
Tyler Barter, a senior architect at Oak Point Associates, the firm that drafted the scope of work in a plan called "Buildings for Our Future," said most of the reductions involve the scope of projects. He mentioned deleting plans for second floors at Lyseth and Presumpscot and trying to use as much existing infrastructure as possible.
At Longfellow, the proposed potential adjustments include reducing the size of the gym, removing new locker rooms from the plans, not making outdoor learning improvements, and moving masonry work and an elevator project to the capital improvements plan. The reductions would total just under $2.7 million, bringing the adjusted total project cost to nearly $13.8 million.
At Lyseth, potential adjustments also include reducing the size of the gym, not building new locker rooms and removing outdoor learning improvements. Some field work and parking improvements would be shifted to the CIP. The reductions total just over $4 million, bringing the project cost to about $16.3 million.
At Presumpscot, the adjustments include reducing space for administration, reducing the size of the gym, removing outdoor learning improvements and doing away with the second-floor addition. The adjustments total about $2.6 million, bringing the project to just over $13.6 million.
And at Reiche, proposed adjustments include deleting playground improvements, removing outdoor learning improvements and deleting a solar domestic hot water project. The adjustments total just under $1.5 million, bringing the project cost to just over $16.5 million.
Barter said Presumpscot and Lyseth are still designed in such a way that second floors could be added in the future. The plans still eliminate modular classrooms at Presumpscot and Lyseth.
While the reductions are "not ideal," Botana said it was an effort to find a cost that taxpayers could support. Longfellow Principal Terry Young told the committee no one wanted to see cuts, but the proposed adjustments are "something we can work with."
Strimling said the $10.8 million reduction would likely reduce the tax impact by 10 or 11 cents. The original $70.6 million bond proposal would add 70 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to the property tax rate, which is now $21.11.
The last proposed bond was roughly $70.6 million, but increased to just under $71 million due to increased fees and services.
Some committee members supported the proposed reductions.
City Councilor Nick Mavadones, chairman of the council's finance committee, said he appreciated the work that went into the new proposal. While everyone likes the original proposal, he said councilors and educators "have to be good stewards of our public dollars."
"I'm comfortable that these changes don't really hurt the programming," Mavodones said, adding that the numbers are still "way up there" and there is still work to do.
"This group will have to have a serious conversation of what the taxpayers can afford," he said.
Councilor Justin Costa said he "could live with" the changes, and is open-minded about what was presented.
School Board member Anna Trevorrow said she thought the proposals "are cuts that probably don't hurt the classroom," and would be a good place to continue the discussion.
The committee doesn't have another meeting scheduled, and Strimling said members won't meet again before new councilors and School Board members are sworn in Dec. 5. No members of the committee will be changing.
Strimling also said he hopes the committee could meet again before the end of the year, with the goal of getting the bond to a referendum by March in order to take advantage of construction season.
Once the committee has reached a conclusion, members will send their recommendations back to the School Board. If the board has no changes, the proposal will return to the city's finance committee before ultimately returning to the council.
"We've got our work cut out," Strimling said.


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The Pogo Principle
The public wants to fend off our impending fiscal apocalypse by (1) cutting the space program (less than $18 billion) and (2) raising taxes on booze and cigarettes. That'll cover it.
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While I agree that most people have no idea how little of the federal budget NASA gets, and while I'm actually a space fanatic (enough so that I've been working at a rocket startup in Mojave, CA for five years now), I think that some well placed cuts might actually do NASA some good. Right now NASA is a poster-child for public choice theory. Most of the manned space money is spent based on keeping the right number of butts in cafeteria seats in Florida, Alabama, and Texas–not on what would actually advance the state of spaceflight in a way that would benefit the American public. I'd rather see a smaller, less well-fed NASA that was able to be operated more for the public benefit than for the personal benefit of a handful of Congresscritters and Senators.

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At least they still have an Obama figure in stock…
Y'know I've been a fan of Figures Toy Company over the years. I've written quite a bit about them. They brought back Megos. They produced a stellar line of Batman '66 figures.
But now there's this announcement today:
Good lord, do we really need this?
Because I can't imagine wanting this in my house near shelves with actual heroes on them. But, hey, if collecting guys who degrade the presidency, brag about sexual assault and espouse hate is your thing, have at it.
At least the sculpt looks nothing like him.


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The rowan trees of Buck Hill have all been denuded of fruit except one, which remains thickly laden. Perhaps the berries ripened later on this tree than the others. Whatever happened, they are now palatable to many Blackbirds ...
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which visited the tree in a constant stream. The Mistle Thrushes were also foraging for worms in the grass on Buck Hill, and flying to and from the tall trees at the south end, which is where they usually congregate between foraging expeditions.
The fallen horse chestnut tree in the Long Water was also heavily laden with Black-Headed Gulls, evicted from the nearby wooden posts by numerous Cormorants.
One of the young Great Crested Grebes on the Long Water was having a good stretch.
It had rained in the early morning, and a pair of Feral Pigeons were bathing in a puddle behind the Albert Memorial, ignoring the passing Saturday crowds.
Two Jackdaws were also flying around in this area. They are becoming less wary of people, and both came down promptly to take peanuts thrown on the ground.
The female Little Owl was in the tree next to the pair's nest tree, looking elegant against a background of yellow leaves.
The female Tawny Owl was in her usual place in the beech tree, having a peaceful doze for once uninterrupted by Magpies and Jays.
At the bottom of the Tawnies' nest tree, a Ring-Necked Parakeet was climbing into the rather small hole taken over from a pair of nesting Starlings.
One they squeeze through there is plenty of room inside, as the tree is hollow from top to bottom. Evidently they are using this space as a winter refuge.


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Doug Wolter: Twins' demands are increasing
The opening day of the major league baseball season is celebrated this year on the day after Easter, and how could anything be more fitting? On Sunday we donned our nice clothes and went to church to celebrate the renewal of hope for mankind, and on Monday we assembled at various locations to see if we can see any hope for our favorite teams.
I went to work on Monday morning to begin this column in advance of the noon start between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers. I didn't want to wait until after the game to write this, knowing that the result of the season opener might change my outlook entirely. It's absurd to think that one game can sour the taste buds for the 161 to follow, but season openers are typically as over-analyzed as presidential polls.
Here are some other thoughts I have on the upcoming season:
The Chicago Cubs lost their season opener on Sunday night, but analysts still think this could be a breakout year for them. My question is: If the Cubbies suddenly become good, does that mean we can't call them the Cubbies anymore?
The post-Derek Jeter era began for the New York Yankees on Monday, but television color commentators probably won't stop venerating his career at least until May.
As for the Twins, they are sick of losing. A few weeks ago, some of them talked about contending for the AL Central Division crown in 2015 and were treated as if four years spent wandering around in the wilderness had affected their sanity. I enjoyed hearing such optimism, however, because the time has indeed arrived to stop talking about "improvement" and about "moral victories," and start putting that chip back on the shoulder. The Twins have carried such chips in the past when the odds were against them — and won — and sometimes it's better to be more audacious than realistic.
From 2011 to 2014 the Twins have gone 63-99, 66-96, 66-96 and 70-92, which is an oddly consistent run of futility, and the kind of futility that you often see with hopeless franchises. But the Twins should not be thought of in those terms because their history doesn't support it. From 2008 to 2010 they produced 88-75, 87-76 and 94-68 seasons. In fact, from the 10 seasons between 2001 and 2010 they had winning records nine times.
In time, we shall see, however, if ESPN analyst Curt Schilling is correct. Over the Easter weekend he purported to know exactly how the 2015 AL Central race will play out, at least as the Twins are concerned. The other four teams in the division will fight it out for first place, he said, but he assured everyone (and hinted that every other prognosticator in America agrees with him) that Minnesota is assured of last place.
The Twins no doubt suffered a big blow on Friday when it was announced that offseason acquisition Ervin Santana will serve an 80-day suspension after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol. And I fear that the return of aging outfielder Torii Hunter (whose defensive skills have eroded) will prove more meaningful as a symbol than as a building block. But I find it hard to believe that this year's Twins — along with first-year manager Paul Molitor — will allow mediocrity to be so easily accepted as it has been over the past four campaigns.
Serious testing will come early. They play 28 of their first 35 games against division opponents. If the Twins can remain in the mix for the first 35 games, who knows?


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Jamie - I feel your pain. Or your shame, whichever it is.
I've done similar things when I've signed up for something that sounded innocent enough, only for the 'thing' (software, app, whatever) to use my voice to talk to my contacts. It is the most insidious and underhand way to get to people, and carries no authority whatsoever.
My experience was signing up to a Facebook app (BranchOut, I believe it was called), that immediately posted to my wall that I was a big fan of the service and was somehow recommending it to my network. I wasn't. I had just signed up and hadn't had time to work out if I liked it or not. Although by the time I realised the error of my ways, I was pretty sure that my experience was a VERY negative one.
For me, this is more than just naughty. It goes against the grain of everything decent people are trying to encourage on social media. Sure - I know that people need to push and sell and get their names out there. But not like this!
Thank you for an opportunity to vent my spleen on this kind of chicanery.
Hope you are well Jamie - thanks for another great post.


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I have been a Marling fan since I first got my hands on the excellent Brood of Bones, the first book set in the Lands of Loam, and look forward with eager anticipation to each new release—and he is a remarkably prolific, chalking up four books in the space of two years. Lucky for us, he keeps getting better and better.
Gravity's Revenge is easily the most intense of Enchantress Hiresha's three books. What begins as the innocuous introduction of a student to the Academy swiftly turns into white-knuckle reading. Hiresha is thrown into an untenable situation when the Bright Palms choose to hold her beloved Academy hostage—and their actions threaten to rip her entire world apart. The Bright Palms are a truly terrifying enemy. They are devoid of emotion and unaffected by physical duress. The leader in this foray, Sheamab, is frighteningly relentless, and learning more about Bright Palm magic was a treat. They're every bit as awful as Feasters.
Lord Tethiel is one of the most compelling supporting characters I've ever seen. A victim of tragedy and betrayal (though we're only given hints about his past), he struggles with the burden of the power he holds. He can be at once charming and dreadful, and his relationship with Hiresha is never clear-cut. Is it a case of impossible romance, or is he masterfully manipulative? His slithery ambiguity keeps me guessing.
Hiresha herself remains a wonderful anti-hero. The tension and sheer speed of events seems to help her stay awake, but the constant fatigue brought on by her condition is another enemy she battles. While she is fiercely determined to save the Academy and its residents, things don't always go the way she plans, and sometimes she makes mistakes. Those set-backs heighten the tension and increase the sense of jeopardy. I love the way her mindset—as seen from the beginning of her story in Brood of Bones—is inevitably altered by her experiences, and she has some doozies. It makes me wonder if all the other enchantresses at the Academy really lead the sedate, proper lives we're led to believe.
In the midst of the intense action and drama, Marling finds time to paint vivid pictures of the truly unique setting that is the Mindvault Academy. Twisting towers, rotating buildings, tentacled structures, and gravity-defying walls and bridges… all in the middle of a blizzard, no less. Gravity's Revenge is a rich tapestry of the senses sure to amaze and delight. If you haven't yet paid a visit to the Lands of Loam, it's just a short flight away, and the journey is well worth your time.
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I finally get to share some of the things I've been working on...
This is a logo I recently designed for an upcoming Auction Gala event at my kid's school. I will be designing the invite to the event as well, so I'll be posting that later on as well.
On a previous post I had shown the invite and place cards for a Baptism. Here's the rest of that project; table numbers and Baptismal programs. I designed and printed the programs and assembled the 7 page booklet which goes inserted in pocket folder (from envelopperinc.com). I was able to add another of my illustrations to this piece, and I was quite happy with the outcome.
The table numbers:
These are the post cards for the white elephant party I have every year. These turned out really cute. One of my favorites.
I haven't had much time to draw this week, but I hope to get back into it soon. I'm still debating whether or no to go to the NY conference. Any ideas??
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For this Friday's favorites, I'm just going to share what's been going on. On Monday, I'll resume the regularly scheduled program of Callum pictures.
1. Cabin trip with my favorite ladies.
Sunday through Tuesday, I drove two hours north with a car-full of girls to spend two nights at a cabin on a lake in Mauston. We played cribbage, floated on the lake, built fires, talked, laughed, watched Clueless, and just soaked in as much time together as we possibly could. It was a wonderful, relaxing little getaway.
I've been friends with all of these ladies for over 14 years. Our lives have all changed so much, but at the same time, everything seems exactly the when we're all back together. I miss them all like crazy already.
2. The Great Wisconsin Cheeseburger Tasting
On Saturday, I hosted the Fifth Annual Great Wisconsin Cheeseburger Tasting with a group of friends. Every year, we make four cheeseburgers, eat them (obvi), and then vote for our favorites. There's also beer and live music involved. It is always such an amazing time.
The four burgers we made this year were out of control! Some were topped with an egg, others with ham or pulled pork, and other with pepperoncini and jalapeños. They all, of course, featured a different Wisconsin Cheese. The favorite by a landslide was The Firehouse. Make it tonight! You will not regret it.
Other than a BBQ with friends tomorrow, our weekend is wide open and I could not be more thankful. I'm so looking forward to spending it with my boys.
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…Fundraising. In fact, one might say that I'm pretty pathetic at it. Big old lameosaurus, that's me.
Yes, I suck at it, and yet I can't throw my hands in the air and give up. I am compelled to fundraise because of how breathtakingly close we are to clinical trials for drugs to treat fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
I blogged last weekend about the Canadian FOP Network's conference the week before. At that conference, we heard from the amazing scientists at the University of Pennsylvania about the pace of research for effective treatments. In a nutshell – things have progressed to the point where the experts are actively PLANNING how to bring certain drugs to clinical trials! In fact, a substance called Palovarotene has been licensed by a Canadian (yes, Canadian) drug company, Clementia Pharmaceuticals, in collaboration with the UPenn FOP research centre; if all continues to go well, this drug will be ready for clinical trials in a handful of years. Another substance, Dorsomorphin, is being developed by scientists at Harvard and Vanderbilt Universities to also hopefully begin trials in the near future.
Things are looking so good, and it's been so fast… When my daughter Miranda was first diagnosed with FOP in 2007, the genetic mutation which causes the disorder had just been discovered the year before. There was lots of hope and optimism, but really nothing concrete. Here we are just 6 years later, with at least 2 specific potential medicines in advanced stages of pre-clinical studies. And the word is, further, that if those don't pan our for some reason, there are even several other drug candidates which have been identified for investigation. Eeeep!!! It's all so good. I feel like hyperventilating. Of course, drug testing doesn't mean a guarantee of effective treatment… But if you follow hockey, you may be familiar with the statement, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Those researchers are trying hard, and if we want a chance at an FOP medicine, we have just got to support them.
Which comes to me… Earlier this year, I was buoyed up with enthusiasm. I saw phenomenal fundraising efforts by the Gordon, Otto and Wheelock/Gambaiana families in the USA, the FOP Action group in the UK and of course the Herce and Connell families in Canada with their Ride to Cure FOP event, and I was raring to go. My family and I have done fundraising efforts in the past, it's true; for the past 2 years we also did the Ride to Cure FOP (funds benefiting the Canadian FOP Network, which in turn supports the UPenn FOP research team). But, in the past my family's and my efforts were fairly modest and small scale – we raised funds from family, friends and well-wishers, and we picked a day to ride bikes and/or walk to show our devotion to the cause, along with as many of those family/friends/etc as we could interest in accompanying us. This, year, I thought, why don't I ramp this up! I could hold a Ride and Walk to Cure FOP event, but this year I could encourage our supporters to set up their own fundraising pages! I could get corporate sponsorships and food donations (for the picnic afterward), and make it a big deal like the Herces and Connells have done! I was going to do this in the summer, when we always do our one major fundraiser for the year. Wow, it sounded so great…
And then, guess what, I didn't get organized in time. D'oh!! If I was going to do all this during the summer, which is also when the other Canadian groups have done their events, I should have gotten my act together early in the spring and started moving on the plans. But, we ended up doing a Make-A-Wish trip to Florida in March, and in April, I had to do a 2 week trial (I am a lawyer), and then in May, Miranda and I travelled to the Canadian FOP Network conference in London, Ontario. In the midst of all that stuff, I simply dropped the ball. And that, my friends, illustrates the manner in which I suck at fundraising (NOTE – my husband Pete sucks as bad as I do – and he freely admits it).
But, all is not lost… There's still time to do a fundraiser this summer. In short, we're going to do the same thing we did last year. And so: This is the official announcement – we're going to do a "Ride and Walk to Cure FOP" on Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Calgary's Baker Park! In an effort to do something a little different, though, this year we're going to do a parents vs. kids fundraiser – Pete and I have our own Giving Page and Owen and Miranda have theirs. Let's see who can raise the most money! Please please please support the parents or the kids with a donation… Go to www.canadahelps.org, select "Giving Pages" and type in either "Karen and Pete" or "Owen and Miranda". And, if you're in Calgary on July 28, come join us for a fun day of bike riding or walking at Baker Park, with a picnic to follow. More details coming soon…


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WHEN the Steel family decided to renovate a derelict old tower being used as a cow shed, they knew it would be a massive task.
But now, after over four years of hard work, Aikwood Tower, near Selkirk, which was built in the 1540s, is stunningly completed.
The unique luxury home sits in a prominent position guarding the entrance to the Ettrick valley and is set among some of the most beautiful Borders countryside in the heart of the Ettrick Forest.
Lord Steel of Aikwood, a former MP for the Borders, and his wife Judy restored it using local Selkirk craftsmen in 1992. The restoration has won five architectural awards.
David's son Rory and his wife Vicki Steel bought Aikwood Tower in 2011 and have now upgraded the inside to create a contemporary and stylish look.
Mum-of-two Vicki said: "David and Judy bought it and he did all the original renovation. They could see it had huge potential. They knocked down walls and ripped out everything. There was a lot of structural work as they wanted it more open-plan.
"It has been a huge labour of love and it has a very special place in all our hearts. We wanted to keep it in the family so we when they decided to sell it, we bought it."
Rory added: "I have always loved Aikwood Tower. Buying it seemed like the right thing to do. I have so many memories here. It's incredible to think the tower was previously used by the farmers for storing grain and as a cow shed. We are delighted with the finished work.
"We wanted to make it a bit more contemporary – less intimidating and a softer look. Our aim was to make it strikingly different from any other castles or towers. When you think of castles in Scotland, you automatically think of stags' heads and tartans. We wanted to avoid this. We used fabrics from the local mills. This added character and style."
Today, the tower is full of understated luxury and has been carefully decorated to fit with the historic building. There are also quirky features adding to its uniqueness, such as the vaulted stone ceilings, original oak doors, vast stone fireplaces and the left-turning spiral staircase forming the backbone of the tower.
Vicki added: "We worked closely with Edinburgh-based interior designer Lisa Gordon Scott, who advised on all the colours and furniture to bring it up to a five-star standard.
"We also worked with local suppliers – we wanted to keep it Scottish and celebrate local work. It's simple and indulgent with lots of gorgeous tweeds.
"We added some luxury such as the beds, from Sweden. We went there on holiday and the hotel was also a bed shop. The beds are utterly amazing – they are the best beds ever. They sell them in Harrods so we decided to get them for the tower. We rent out the tower as we also
want people to enjoy the building. Sitting by the fire having a good whisky is magical. The tower is full of atmosphere.
"In the room right at the top, there is what is known as the Wizard Room. We have filled it with beautiful sheepskin rugs as we wanted it to be warm and comfortable.
"It is such a special place. When you stay here you really feel like you are somewhere different.
"Our two children have been christened in the tower. We have so many fond memories here.
No matter the time of year, it's always amazing and the scenery is beautiful."
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A legal thriller with more twists and turns than the lower intestine and as much coincidence and serendipity as a vintage episode of Law & Order.
Dugoni continues his David Sloane series with this novel. Sloane is the attorney who can't lose: He wins in prime time, for the big money; he wins for small potatoes. The book opens in the courtroom, when Sloane secures the conditional release of his troubled adolescent son Jake. Sloane takes Jake away from L.A., the scene of his latest drunk and disorderly; grieving for his murdered mother, Jake needs help. Sloane accepts an offer from his old friend Tom Molia, veteran detective from West Virginia. Jake and David fly back to California to join Tom and his son T.J. for a camping excursion in fictitious Winchester County. Truluck, the imagined landmark town in the Gold Rush country of the Sierra foothills, is the setting for their disaster. Jake is sullen, suffers humiliation, and ropes the younger and overeager T.J. into his revenge fantasy. The boys get caught, and Judge Earl Boykin, local tyrant of historic proportions, sentences them to Fresh Start, a juvenile offender boot camp. The villains in charge of the camp favor reflective sunglasses and have an appetite for destruction. Peopled with the usual contingent of sadists and victims, the plot's fuse starts burning. Lawyer Sloane, Detective Molia and a posse of trusty associates skilled in the latest morally dubious investigative methods uncover a startling conspiracy. Unlike revenge, justice seems to be a dish best served warm, and pursuit is hot. The villains have rationalizations; their opponents have psyches and motives.
A book that meets, sometimes exceeds, the expectations of the legal thriller.


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There's little that makes me happier on a Saturday morning than a good buttermilk pancake. Well, maybe getting to sleep in… but there's no convincing my 2-year old of that.
So, on weekends when I'm up at the crack of dawn, buttermilk pancakes will do just dandy. 😉
These fluffy little beauties are an updo on my very first gluten free pancake recipe. The originals were good, but sorta flat, as you can see back here.
In my hubby's mind, a pancake isn't really good unless it's fluffy and so filling that you don't have to eat 20 of them in a meal. And in my mind, a pancake's not really good unless you can take a picture of it and it doesn't look like a crepe…
These fit the bill perfectly.
Not only are they fluffy and beautiful, according to my husband, they "taste like doughnuts." Allergy-friendly doughnuts, of course. 😉
- 1 c. brown rice
- 1 c. gluten-free oats
- 3/4 c. tapioca starch
- 1 1/2 t. guar gum
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1 t. baking soda
- 1 t. kosher salt
- 2 eggs
- 6 T. applesauce
- 2 1/4 c. curdled milk or buttermilk
- Preheat skillet over medium-low.
- In a high powdered blender, grind brown rice and oats into flour. (See notes for options.)
- In large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
- In separate bowl whisk eggs. Add in applesauce and buttermilk, stirring to combine. Batter will be thick.
- Stir into dry ingredients until they're wet, but don't over mix. 😉
- Pour 1/4 cupful of batter onto preheated skillet and cook until bubbly. Flip and repeat until done! Consume with joy.
- If you'd rather use flours than brown rice and oats, you can substitute 1 1/4 c. brown rice flour and 1 c. gluten-free oat flour.
- If you need an egg-free option, you can use a flax meal substitute (2 T. flax meal + 6 T. water, gelled), but the pancakes will not be as fluffy.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Witches' Puss (Pea, Kale, and Mozzarella Soup)
Finally a little fall in Texas! Just in time to make it really feel like Halloween weather.
This is just my favorite pea soup recipe with a bit of thawed frozen kale added in. It's the only way I can sneak kale into my husband so I'm betting it would work on kids too. If you have any youngin's going trick or treating on Monday, this would be a great way to get some food into them before the sugar orgy.
Pea Soup with Fresh Mozzarella and Kale
*You can adjust the thickness of the soup by leaving some of the stock out of the blender (use a strainer or spider to pull out all the veg), blending all the veg and cheese together first before adding all the rest of the stock to suit your preferences.
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 shallots, thinly sliced
2 green onions (can sub fresh basil, parsley, mint or whatever herb you have on hand)
4 cups low sodium chicken stock
2 (10 oz) packages frozen peas
1/2 cup chopped frozen kale, thawed, optional
1 large ball fresh mozzarella, broken into small pieces
Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add olive oil, allowing to warm though, then the shallots. Season with salt and pepper and saute for 5-6 minutes until softened. Add green onions and chicken stock, cover and bring to boil. When boiling, add the peas and kale and lower the heat, allowing to cook just until the peas achieve that bright green color - about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to cool for twenty minutes before blending. Discard the green onions and transfer the peas, shallots and kale using a slotted spoon to a blender. Add half of the chicken stock, and carefully blend (CAREFUL WHEN BLENDING HOT LIQUID - PULL OUT THE PLASTIC CENTER FROM THE TOP TO ALLOW STEAM TO ESCAPE AND COVER LOOSELY WITH A KITCHEN TOWEL OR ELSE YOU'LL WIND UP WITH PEAS SOUP ON YOUR CEILING. TRUST ME - I'VE DONE IT.) Add as much of the leftover stock as you'd like to reach the constistancy you're happy with, then add in half of the mozzarella pieces blending in to incorporate. When happy, put back in the large pot and cook over low heat, until warmed through. Serve with extra mozzarella pieces sprinkled on top.
Posted by Miss Meat and Potatoes at 9:56 AM
Labels: Alisa's All Stars, soup, vegetables
3 comments:
- StephenC said...
That is a scrumptious looking soup!
- October 28, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- All Things Yummy said...
Awesome crow, looks so real.
- October 28, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Jenn said...
That looks and sounds divine!! Wish I had a big bowl of it right now. Arizona has finally gotten a touch of fall weather too!! Perfect timing I will admit!
- October 30, 2011 at 8:09 AM
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day
With a lot of hurry up and wait company wise, and even more snow on the driveway, we broke down and decided to celebrate Valentine's day early this year and went on a inexpensive vacation to Mexico (we were supposed to be going to Asia this year) . Despite the sunburns, we had an awesome time. Now it's back to business.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! ( and Happy Louis Riel Day while I'm at it)
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It is no secret that any chance Phil and Milton get, they will be sitting in front of the picture window.
When they watch the world go by, it is almost like a dance — see a squirrel — run to the left. See a butterfly — pounce!
And sometimes they sit still enough to let me snap a non-blurry photo of them. Milton is looking rather devious in this shot…
…and Phil looks angelic (they are exactly opposite at the vet!) Now you know what Phil looks like when he isn't wearing a tie.
Awww…the brothers.


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I have been asked why I became an elementary school principal, by educators in the classroom and by prospective administrators curious about my position. Here are a few reasons off the top of my head:
1. I Didn't Have to Leave the Classroom
When I began teaching, I fully intended to end my educational career as a teacher. That is, until my principal read aloud in my classroom. Watching him share his favorite literature with my students, interacting with them not as the authority figure but rather as a knowledgeable and caring adult, opened my eyes to the concept that a principal isn't necessarily a suit sitting behind a desk. It was an "Ah ha" moment for me, probably similar to when students see their teacher at Wal-Mart and realize he or she doesn't live at school. I am proud to say that I continue this practice of reading aloud to students on a regular basis.
2. I Had Some Great Principals
I am very fortunate to have had three terrific administrators to work for, as an intern, as a teacher, and as an assistant principal. All three had a unique way of leading, which helped me determine what kind of principal I wanted to be. What did they all had in common?
- They put students first.
- They made decisions based on what was best for student learning.
- They didn't lose their cool when problems came up.
- They always had time to listen.
- They were honest and forthright. I knew where I stood with them at all times.
I definitely was not the perfect staff member; I made several mistakes along the way toward my current position. However, they allowed me to deal with those situations and help reflect upon how I could have done things differently, rather than step in and try to prevent struggles. I was allowed to learn from my mistakes.
3. I Was a Good Teacher
One of my former administrators once asked me, "What type of teacher is most suited for the principalship?" I didn't know, I said. "The best teacher in the building," he replied. At first, I questioned this logic. Why would a great teacher step out of the classroom and give up the opportunity to make an impact on kids? As I found out, I continue to make a difference. I do this by falling back on what I know great teaching looks like. I use this knowledge to guide my staff on the path of constant growth.
I believe I was successful as a teacher, and I became better every year. This gives me the experience, validity and respect to observe in any classroom and determine the effectiveness of the instruction. If I wasn't a good teacher, how could I ever possibly be an instructional leader in my school? If you are a teacher, I encourage you to find out what your principal did before his or her current position. You may be surprised. Most if not all administrators do not let their teaching licenses expire. Many continue to teach, even if it isn't always in the classroom.
4. It Is a Challenge
I am not saying that teaching is any less challenging. It is just a different type of challenge. Instead of keeping 25 students focused on the activity for the day, I am expected to help that one student who doesn't want to participate to turn it around and get back into class.
One of the first ways I experienced this new kind of challenge was when I participated in building and district committees. These activities gave me the opportunity to see what it was like to lead an initiative and work with teachers on buy-in for an upcoming change. I found that I enjoyed collaborating with adults in this capacity, even if it was sometimes a struggle. The success we achieved together validated the effort and made the process that much more rewarding.
5. It Is a Change
One colleague of mine described entering the principalship as taking on an entirely new profession. This is very true in many ways. For example, no longer are you beholden to the almighty school schedule. For the most part, I am able to allocate time that I feel best benefits my students and aligns with my building's goals.
I started to feel the urge to venture out into new territory in the latter part of my teaching career. I was very happy in the classroom, don't get me wrong. At the same time I saw the opportunity to become a building administrator as a way to make a positive impact on student learning in a broader sense. I am able to be a part of more learning endeavors and participate in the entire school experience with everyone in the building.
For current principals, what would you add to this list? For prospective principals, how are you learning more about this great profession? Please share in the comments.


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Good news! There will be a UK Pipe Show this year; Sunday 22nd May at Canal House Bar, 48-52 Canal Street, Nottingham.
Following on from last year's legal complications, there will not be a pipe smoking contest, just the pipe exhibition. A number of pipe makers and retailers will be there showcasing their work and selling pipes and accessories. There's no entry fee and the Canal House offer a huge selection of Ales, Spirits and delicious food. The venue (unlike the Showground) is in Nottingham city centre and will be much easier to get to via public transport.
Previous years have been good fun and it's always nice to see and meet a wider group of pipe smokers.
If anyone is interested in being there for the Saturday evening, Chris Askwith is looking to arrange an informal "pre-show gathering". Chris can be contacted via his Facebook page.
"Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be experienced as amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes." Doctor Barnstein - The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844.
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Former Arrogant Sons of Bitches' frontman Jeff Rosenstock's long-running punk project Bomb The Music Industry! has a new album out today. Called Vacation, the album marks a summery direction for the band But lyrically, things haven't changed much since previous Bomb The Music Industry! releases--though there is less focus politics and punk authenticity. Instead, Vacation explores the concept of friendship, and the good and bad times that come with it. Musically, the band has developed significantly, often deviating from its electronic-inflected punk roots by adding poppy riffs, Beach Boys-style harmonies, and even some surf guitar on "Hurricane Waves." It's a welcome change that demonstrates the band's, and Rosenstock's, ability to operate in unique ways within a previously established formula.
Download the album the Quote Unquote label here. The site even boasts the label as being the first to be donation-based. If you're more into the physical side of things, head over to the Really Records bigcartel page and pick up an LP, CD, or shirt.


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1.1 This specification is used to standardize the personnel decontamination systems used by the Homeland Defense Community to ensure the system characteristics are matched to the Homeland Defense Community needs. These personnel decontamination systems are not intended to be used for the decontamination for any other surface or material.
1.2 Also, these personnel decontamination systems are intended to be portable and easy to use by the Homeland Defense Community during a chemical event.
1.3 This specification is based on those issues associated with a chemical event only. It is recognized that personnel decontamination associated with a radiological or a biological event, or both, will be similar, those events have not been considered and issues that may differ with respect to chemical decontamination are outside the scope of this standard specification.
1.4 Personnel processed through decontamination systems certified under this standard may still require medical treatment because of the chemical exposure.
1.5 The amount of processing that personnel will be required to undergo while being decontaminated will be specified by the manufacturer's operating instructions.
1.6 Within the U.S. Homeland Defense Community, the familiarity and use of English units currently prevails. Equipment manufactured under this standard for use in the United States should consider English units for control panels, connections, system interfaces, etc. For this standard specification, the English units are provided as standard with the equivalent SI units in paraentheses.
1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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- She supports complex family transition assignments,
- Coaches individual family members through transition processes with personally tailored case study material.


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'Jasper Falls Cottage' is a cosy cottage located right on the Nymboida river. The northern facing verandah is looking out over the approach of 'Jasper Falls'.
The cottage is 'studio style, the queen bed is in one corner and separated from the living area by screens.
An extra double bed or 2 single beds can be added in the living area if requested.
The kitchen is equipped with a gas fridge and gas stove.
There are ceiling fans to keep you cool in summer and a wood fired slow combustion heater to keep you warm in winter.
The pool table is an added feature appreciated by many of our guests.
Dogs are allowed on the property but not inside the cottage.
Nymboida is in the Northern Rivers, approx. 35 km's from Grafton at the foot of the hills which rise to the Dorrigo Plateau. There are several National Parks and a wilderness area nearby which are great for bushwalking etc. but the main attraction is the pristine Nymboida river, which is a favourite with fishermen, canoeists, kayakers...
which are attracted by the presence of bass, catfish, endangered eastern cod (catch and release only), turtles, platypi, rapids, birds....
Fishermen please note: We are strong believers in 'catch and release ', this way the fish stocks aren't depleted and more people can enjoy the sport.
Please note: Annual fishing closure to protect Eastern Freshwater Cod issued by the DPI as follows:
Anglers are reminded the annual three month fishing closure of the Mann and Nymboida Rivers and their tributaries came into effect 1 August to 31 October 2015.
The Mann-Nymboida sub catchment of the Clarence River has the only known, remaining wild, naturally reproducing population of Eastern Freshwater Cod.
The closed waters include the Mann River and all of its tributaries upstream of its junction with the Clarence River (which includes the Boyd, Sara and Guy Fawkes Rivers) and the Nymboida River and all of its tributaries from its junction with the Mann River upstream to Platypus Flat. The closure does not apply to notified trout waters, which are regulated separately.
The cottage is located on 'Blackadder', a cattle breeding property with cows, horses, a very friendly dog and a couple of cats approx. 15 km's north-west of Nymboida overlooking the Nymboida river.It is a beautiful secluded area.. There is one house nearby where we live, the next neighbour is 2 km's away. We are here to help you with whatever you may need but will let you have all the privacy you could want.
Access is via an unsealed road (not suitable for sports cars). We also have a heli pad and an airstrip suited to small aircraft.
We have no mobile phone reception, there is a fixed phone in the cottage our guests can use (no international calls).
We have satellite internet in the house which can be accessed for urgent business.
The cottage is located at 'Jasper Falls' in section 2 of the Clarence Canoe & Kayak Trail – the longest white water trail in Australia! (It covers more than 195 km of river between the Nymboi-Binderay National Park and the township of Copmanhurst encompassing the Nymboida, Mann and Clarence river systems. It offers spectacular scenery, an abundance of wildlife and some exhilarating whitewater adventure!
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The studios also released the first trailer for the film, in which Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow character explains that Thanos really did erase half the population. "Avengers: Infinity War" ended on that cliffhanger as many of Marvel's superheroes dissolved into the air. It went on to become the highest grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with over $2 billion in ticket sales.
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo "Avengers: Endgame" will also now debut in North American theaters a week earlier on April 26, 2019.
Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA6hldpSTF8
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Item No.: E-2081
Shipping weight: 6000 g
Availability: Immediate delivery from warehouse
The refining lentil (Dephlegmator) is screwed onto our stills (Alembic, Column & Hydro). The lentil can be installed and removed without any difficulty and increases the vapour resistance significantly. With this device you can achieve 60% proof for the first run and forgo a second distillation of the fine spirit.
For all alembics between 150 and 250 liters. NEW – improved model with water spray for intensified refining.
Please note: This refining lentil must always be ordered together with the still because of the additional mounting screws which are needed. This also means that a delivery time of up to 8 weeks can be expected for still & refining lentil.


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My way or his way: Blessings or cursings
Frank Sinatra made the song "My Way" famous. His perfect rendition sticks in the mind and the similarity between the song and his life is unmistakable. Though Frank is gone, his version of the song is still popular as is the practice.
Repenting in the 51st Psalm, King David prayed, "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me". Enamored and puffed up with their own goodness, humanists hate the doctrine of Original Sin. Original sin is the Bible's initial theological verity. It is a stark reality of history. This obvious truth is denied because the creature is determined not to allow the Creator to rule over His creation. Instead the creature, whose flaws make it impossible for him to successfully rule himself, determines to do what he is unable to do and instead of creating peace and freedom he creates war and captivity.
In order to avoid the inadequacy of the creature and his need for the Creator positive thinking has become popular. Condemning sin is unpopular, reality is forsaken, and fantasy is embraced.
National sin remains more acceptable than individual sin. Stealing is usually noticed and condemned in individuals but is often overlooked in nations. Empires become famous and rogue nations win battles writing glowing descriptions of the procedures they used to murder and rob other people and nations.
A Google search on "inherited criminal behavior" brought up 53,000 entries. There are thousands of entries that involve human diagnosis of behavioral problems but I found nothing about sin.
If you have a child enrolled in the public school system and he or she is not studious and compliant, chances are your child has been tagged with one of the following acronyms: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder (CD) or Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD). The baggage associated with these terms is so onerous I have quoted directly from the text.
"ODD is characterized by argumentativeness, noncompliance, and irritability, which can be found in early childhood (Holmes et al., 2001). When a child with ODD grows older, the characteristics of their behavior also change and more often for the worse. They start to lie and steal, engage in vandalism, substance abuse, and show aggression towards peers (Holmes et al., 2001). Frequently ODD is the first disorder that is identified in children and if sustained can lead to the diagnosis of CD (Morley & Hall, 2003). It is important to note however that not all children who are diagnosed with ODD will develop CD."
"ADHD is associated with hyperactivity-impulsivity and the inability to keep attention focused on one thing (Morley & Hall, 2003). Holmes et al. (2001) state that, "impulse control dysfunction and the presence of hyperactivity and inattention are the most highly related predisposing factors for presentation of antisocial behavior" (p.184). They also point to the fact that children diagnosed with ADHD have the inability to analyze and anticipate consequences or learn from their past behavior. Children with this disorder are at risk of developing ODD and CD, unless the child is only diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), in which case their chances of developing ODD or CD are limited. The future for some children is made worse when ADHD and CD are co-occurring because they will be more likely to continue their antisocial tendencies into adulthood (Holmes et al., 2001)."
"Conduct Disorder is characterized with an individual's violation of societal rules and norms (Morley & Hall, 2003). As the tendencies or behaviors of those children who are diagnosed with ODD or ADHD worsen and become more prevalent, the next logical diagnosis is CD. What is even more significant is the fact that ODD, ADHD, and CD are risk factors for developing Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). This disorder can only be diagnosed when an individual is over the age of eighteen and at which point an individual shows persistent disregard for the rights of others (Morley & Hall, 2003). ASPD has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of criminal activity. Therefore, it is of great importance that these early childhood disorders are correctly diagnosed and effectively treated to prevent future problems."
Take particular note of the last sentence, "Therefore, it is of great importance that these early childhood disorders are correctly diagnosed and effectively treated to prevent future problems." Sin is not mentioned. The assumption is that Human intellect can provide solutions to all behavior problems and create a properly functioning adult.
Secular emphasis is on changing people to conform to humanist norms. Jails are called "correctional institutions". Psychology and psychiatry claim to be able to correct aberrant behavior. Supported by wealthy patrons, Freud became famous and spearheaded the psychology fraud.
Secularists are not alone in their attempt to change behavior. The Christian church does it too. Shrinks like Dr. James Dobson spend their careers counseling their fellow Christians. It is common practice for churches to have counseling ministries where ministers attempt to modify the behavior of the parishioners. Often the people involved in these ministries take secular psychology courses. Christians seek to be like Jesus and ministers present esoteric teachings on how this can be accomplished. Humanistic efforts are popular replacements for obedience.
Social engineers have divided criminal tendencies into categories: Biological and sociological (Nature and Nurture). Theories on the cause of criminal behavior are as varied as the people who attempt to diagnose them. Some contend it is caused by a lack of Serotonin, others claim it is caused by too much Cadmium, there are some who attribute it to brain damage, brain abnormality, early aggressiveness, early argumentativeness, violence on television, poverty, lack of education, environmental placement, life experiences, facial and cranial features, sexual abuse, alcoholic parents, physical abuse, or love deprivation. Thousands of pages of theories are available but few, if any, call it sin.
The God of the Bible is fiercely realistic. He knows He is working with a permanently sin-stained creation. He does not waste time trying to perfect what He has allowed to be imperfect. Instead, He defines righteousness with legal perfection and prescribes just punishments for disobedience.
Humanists have company in their failure to face reality. The majority of those who claim to be Christian still harbor the notion that Calvinism was too strict and the Law is cruel. They consider themselves more loving and tolerant than "the god of the Old Testament". Christians who believe this are poorly taught, theological infants. There is no "god of the Old Testament"; God does not change, He is the same from Genesis through Revelation.
God created the world and everything in it. He pronounced it good. He allowed Adam to fall into sin and sin to stain His creation. He gave His chosen people the Law and provided discipline to help them obey. They failed. With great mercy He sent His only Son as propitiation for their disobedience. Again, His chosen people failed to respond. When His only Son was rejected He fulfilled His threat to scatter the people He originally chose and replaced them with strangers who accepted the merciful intervention of the Paraclete. We, those whom He has chosen, are vested with the responsibility to obey His Law and to work to bring His creation under His dominion.
Sin might be described as a behavioral virus. It not only infects the person who commits the sin but it pollutes the entire society and the land on which it resides. Nature is fallen and when our Framers referred to the law of nature they were using a humanistic term. God's Law is perfect, nature's law is fallen! God's use of capital punishment stems the progress of generational sin allowing the social order to progress in righteousness. When humanists from within the church or without destroy Go
d's legal system by allowing their own opinions to override God's Wisdom they contribute to a degenerate society and God's judgment.
If a teen refuses to obey his parents it is their duty to bring him before the magistrate who, for incorrigibility, has authority to impose the death penalty. Just as it is impossible to teach when the classroom is disrupted by unruly students, a society cannot be peaceful and prosperous when it contains incorrigible citizens. God's Law is perfect. It allows both the individual and the entire society to progress toward sustained peace and prosperity.
God is the exclusive sovereign and His name and position are sacrosanct. Sins that defy His authority or malign His Person also require the ultimate penalty. Parents have authority over their children and physical resistance to parents is a capital offense. The objective is to create a society that uses freedom properly under the authority of a just and merciful sovereign.
God's plan through obedience to His Law has been purposely defied by His rebellious creatures and they have paid dearly for their rebellion. Our jails are overflowing with prisoners that justice would have eliminated. Losses suffered by victims of crime are never restored and, to double the injustice, victims are taxed to house the perpetrators. It is our rebellion that allows this injustice to continue. We will not allow Jesus to rule over us by obeying His Commandments. Instead we devise our own standards and brag about our brilliance. We ignore God's Law and write a Constitution. Christians, both Reformed and Evangelical, prefer to support a legal system devised by men rather than seek obedience to the perfect Law of God.
The Bible sets forth a clear association between God's people and land. Humanity is sustained by the land and when that association is distorted the peaceful progress of humanity is threatened. The industrial revolution has removed us from contact with the land and allowed humanity to reproduce without a direct connection to our sustenance.
Modern farming techniques have succeeded in producing more food than is needed but the procedures used to produce this over abundance have used up our supply of fresh water and depleted that quality of the soil. God's formula would allow the land rest at seven year intervals but the need for revenue streams that pay taxes and sustain income have replaced God's wisdom. Humanists have determined that God's standard is inferior. The seventh day is no longer a day of rest for people, the seventh year is no longer a year of rest for the land, and the 50th year is no longer the year of Jubilee. Wealth continues to accumulate in fewer and fewer hands, the land continues to be blown away by the wind, and people have forgotten that God, Himself, rested on the seventh day.
God's Law is mocked by His enemies. Seeking the death penalty for desecration of the Sabbath is met with jeers. The act of condemning pacts with the Devil is sneered at, Homosexuals are now championed and humanists are seeking to limit the population of the earth by forbidding procreation. We are ruled by psychopaths bent on turning the entire world into a neo-Tower of Babel; avaricious humanists who, in a Godly society, would have been apprehended long ago. We can struggle and fight and seek political solutions but we resist in vain, our problem is not political, our problem is disobedience.
Christians continue to forsake God's Law in favor of failing Constitutional government and patriots continue to support an ill-gotten, illegal war forgetting that the downward slide of our nation is a result of God's judgment of our sin and the only solution to our dilemma is repentance and a change in our behavior.
The distance between living a life that pleases the God we claim to worship and living a life that creates His judgment is evident in this quote from an article by popular writer Frosty Wooldridge: "What if America disallowed women's rights, women's voting, women's education, women's choice of a husband, women's rights to dress as they pleased, women's choice of sexual orientation, women's rights to drive and women's rights to run for public office? What if the United States of America allowed female genital mutilation, honor killings, stoning of women for adultery and beheadings of women for not obeying their husbands? What if that cultural paradigm mandated everyone kneeling on a prayer rug to bow to Mecca five times a day?"
Americans are shocked at the thought of living under Sharia law but, unfortunately, they are equally shocked by the prospect of living under the Law of the One True God. There are major differences between Sharia law and God's Law but there are also similarities. Wooldridge's expose will be greeted with "amen" by most American pew sitters. We have stayed so far from God that we consider His demands an abomination. We seek God and His blessing but we do not want His dominion – that we reserve to ourselves.
Wooldridge goes on, "It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim men and submitting themselves and their children to the Sharia Law." He is amazed and alarmed that women are marrying Muslim men. He should not be! We were created to live under God's Law and some women seek the security of men who are committed to predictable behavior and who are restrained by an overarching legal code. They seek to know and obey the One True God and when the Christian religion becomes a sham they find a better quality of worship in other religions.
I recently received a well choreographed video recommending 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." It has been a popular Bible verse for more than a decade but little action has resulted from its popularity.
When that verse was written wicked ways meant disobedience to God's Commandments – that is still the correct meaning. We are wicked because we are disobedient and we are disobedient because we refuse to allow Jesus to rule over us by obeying His Commandments. Obedience requires humility. The evil self must be submitted to the righteousness of God. Confirming our humble willingness to obey requires a verbal commitment before the Throne of God. Like the worship we give to the God of the Bible, the verse is popular but the requirements are not.
Until Christians understand this, Muslims will continue to win.
America has been betrayed by its elected officials, it has lost much of its high paying industry, its moral standards have been devastated, homosexuality and abortion are openly promoted, the God of the Bible is mocked and His servants are portrayed as buffoons. The humanistic Constitution our politicians take an oath to uphold is secretly considered anachronistic and is progressively ignored. The government is secretive, dishonest, manipulative, and increasingly tyrannical. These are all sure signs of God's judgment.
Christians must understand that illegal wars begun under false pretenses, conducted with false objectives, and fought with evil intensity are an abomination to God and must be disavowed and condemned if we expect God's blessings. We must also acknowledge that our nation has been involved in past illegal wars and invasions that were responsible for killing millions of people – all made in God's image. We must realize that we cannot support troops who are engaged in an illegal war and who are being used to bring an illegal hegemony over land and people. If we expect God's blessing the war must be stopped and our troops must be brought home.
Read the following description of how the people of Nineveh humbled themselves, prayed, sought God's face and turned from their wicked ways. Christians who quote 2 Chronicles 7:14 must understand what it means and begin to walk the walk.
"So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of The Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. Then tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands." (Jonah 3:3-8 RSV)
If you do not believe our nation is under God's judgment you have probably been brain washed by the unsuccessful Christian political movement which is seeking to secure God's blessing on the secular government they have elected. You are wasting your time. God cannot and will not bless our bravado for an evil government and its equally evil war.
"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact."


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nScreenNoise – smaller SVOD services find growth
While Netflix continues to dominate the SVOD market in the U.S., other services are beginning to find their audience. This week saw CBS, Crunchyroll, and Cinedigm all announce meaningful growth.
Chapter 1: SVOD market size and growth (0:30)
62% of U.S. consumers now use SVOD services. 52% use Netflix, but there are signs smaller services are beginning to find an audience too.
Chapter 2: Showtime and CBS All Access (1:10)
CBS boss Les Moonves is pleased with progress Showtime and CBS All Access are making. Both have around 1.5M subscribers. That puts Showtime just a little behind its main rival, HBO Now. CBS All Access should see spectacular growth when the new Star Trek: Discovery series premieres exclusively on the services.
Chapter 3: Crunchyroll (2:20)
Crunchyroll crossed an important barrier this week. The anime service has now passed the 1M subscriber barrier. The freemium service has been doing a good job converting free viewers into subscribing members. Part of the secret sauce is the availability of simulcast content, allowing subscribers to enjoy new episodes of their favorite shows at the same time as they are first broadcast in Japan.
Chapter 4: Cinedigm (4:10)
Cinedigm now has three niche SVOD services in market: Dove Channel, Docurama, and ConTV. Between the three there has been 3.34M app downloads, 610,000 registered users, and 80,000 subscribers. The services are closely allied with marketing partners that are an intimate part of the niche groups they service.


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Merry Christmas and something to look forward to on Friday Dec 27, 2013Posted: December 28, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment »
Well, let's see how this works. Maybe someday I can figure out how to correctly put a title on this.
This is in the nature of a test post. I have some access now and (here it comes) intend to post maybe once or twice a week.
First thing to throw out is: coming up starting Fri Dec 27 2013 is 30c3, the Chaos Computing Club's 30th congress|conference.
Violet Blue's post on zdnet.com links to the page where the schedule is available in various formats.
Glenn Greenwald to deliver keynote at 30C3 hacker conference for her article, and Schedule 30C3 for, yes, the schedule. If you use korganizer, as I do, grab the .ics file (iCalendar on the linked page), and import the .ics into korganizer.
tbh, most times I find video a waste for things like keynotes, and I try to get an audio file instead of video. If there's only video and no audio, it's trivial to create one with avconv.
Another reason I listen instead of watching is what I've mentioned from time to time: I work 3rd shift and have hours available when I can listen. I don't have any way I can watch.
I don't know if I can enable comments to this post. I know when some of us were posting before, comments were off. Personally, I want comments on. Comments off on a blog seems to me like typing something in irc and having everyone in the channel on /ignore, but maybe I can't change that, maybe it's whoever controls the site controls commenting. I do see that I can't add a category for this post (I'd like to categorize this as 'worthalisten'), all I can do is select Podcast, Shownotes, or Uncategorized. I did ask a while ago about changing the footer '© 2013 LinuxBasix. All rights reserved' to 'cc-by-sa' but nothing's changed yet.
Merry Christmas.
If I can't turn comments on, catch me in irc in #linuxbasix on irc.freenode.net (nick chattr). I'm not one for forums, so I don't have a forums account on linuxbasix.com.
I previewed this and comments are off. I don't see any way in the Add New Post page to turn them on. Not what I'd prefer, since comments off makes the blog 'here are my thoughts, and you don't get a chance to tell me what you think, so don't even try'.
— chattr (who will try not to use the first person singular so much next time)
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THURSDAY, Jan 29
All That Jazz at the Stirrup Cup, Barton Seagrave, 9pm. Free entry.
JR & Friends, Jazz Café at Auntie Ruth's, George Row, Npton, 8pm. £1 admission.
Open Mic at the Olde Red Lion, Kislingbury
Dreamboats & Miniskirts, Derngate Auditorium, Guildhall Rd, Npton, 7.30pm. 01604 624811
County Market in The Chantry House, Towcester, 8.30am–noon.
Quiz at Monks Park WMC, Wellingborough Road, Npton, 9pm. Free entry.
Marvellous marmalade workshop at Bay Tree Cottage, Maidford Road, Farthingstone, 9.30am–noon. £35pp. www.btcworkshops.co.uk
Funhouse Comedy at Walnut Tree Inn, Station Road, Blisworth, 8pm. Headlining is Patrick Monahan. www.funhousecomedy.co.uk
Talks for Over 60s at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Guildhall Rd, 10.30am, Kate Wills talks about Old Cures and Remedies.
The Art of Beekeeping, a talk by Darren Jeacock at Middleton Cheney Library, 7.30pm. Adults £6/Children £3. Tickets via email@example.com
Extracare Charitable Trust Open Day, Rosewood Court, Irthlingborough Road, W'boro, 11am–4pm. Lunch can be ordered on 01933 222828).
FRIDAY, Jan 30
Roy Civil, Mark Griffiths and Friends play R&B at Pomfret Arms, Far Cotton, 8pm. Free.
Auntie Ruth's Friday Feeling from 9pm, George Row, N'pton.
PushPop 90s' Night at Barratts Club, Barrack Rd, Npton, 8pm
Bootleg Zoo, at the Olde Red Lion, Kislingbury
Hannah Faulkner charity event at The Picturedrome, Kettering Rd, Npton. www.skiddle.com
Fizzi at Kingsley Park WMC, Npton
Dreamboats & Miniskirts, Derngate Auditorium, Npton, 7.30pm. 01604 624811
Let's Twist Again, The Core at Corby Cube, 7.30pm. 01536 470470.
Rumpelstiltskin panto at Brixworth Village Hall, Holcot Road, 7.30pm. Tickets from Brixworth Hardware Store or call Libby 01604 880672
Quiz Night at Brafield WMC, A428.
Beginner Vintage Ballroom at St Albans Church, Broadmead Ave, N'pton, 7pm, 01604 787246.
Quiz Night, Shoulder of Mutton, Weldon, 8pm.
Craft Club, 11am–3pm, Church Hall, St Peter & St Paul's Church, Kettering. 07733 341674. Admission £3.
Old Union Canals Society AGM & Buffet Supper, Great Bowden Village Hall, Market Harborough, 7.30pm.
New Craft Brewery official opening at The Shoulder of Mutton PH, Chapel Road, Weldon, noon.
SATURDAY, Jan 31
John Holly, Brafield Working Men's Club, A428, 8pm.
Burn's Night Ceilidh fund-raiser in Great Houghton Village Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 to inc tuition and a full dinner of traditional haggis, neeps & tatties. email@example.com or 07827 289070.
Andy Stone at British Rail Club, St Andrews Road, Npton, 8.30pm
Mikala at Monks Park WMC, Wellingborough Road, Npton
Nolan Terry at Queens Park WMC, Npton
Saturday Sessions at Auntie Ruth's, George Row, Npton, 9pm.
Ginger Pig Band at The Picturedrome, Ketttering Rd, Npton, 8pm, in aid of The Leon Barwell Foundation. 01604 230777.
Roulette at The Woolpack, Rothwell, 9pm
Tony Valentine at Kettering Rifle Band Club, Havelock Street, Kettering
TNT, Rock & Pop at Great Doddington WMC, Lower Street.
Function Junction at Kingsley Park WMC, Npton
Luton Leagrave Ceili Band at St James WMC, Npton, 8pm. Tickets £5, 01604 720095 in aid of Cynthia Spencer Hospice.
Dreamboats & Miniskirts, Derngate Auditorium, Npton, 2.30pm/7.30pm. 01604 624811
Fairytales For Grown-Ups, Royal Auditorium, N'pton, 7.30pm. 01604 624811
Rumpelstiltskin at Brixworth Village Hall, Holcot Road, 2pm & 7.30pm. Tickets from Brixworth Hardware Store or call Libby 01604 880672
Lucy Porter "Me Time" UK Tour 2015, Stand Up Comedy at Kettering Arts Centre. 01536 513838
Jumble Sale, Kingsthorpe Baptist Church (entrance Waitrose Car Park), 10am. Admission 20p. Proceeds to church funds.
Afternoon circular walk with Northampton Ramblers (5.4 miles). Meet 1.30pm outside Hackleton village church.
Afternoon Walk with The Ramblers Association (5 miles), 1.30pm from outside The Cock in Roade.
Wellingborough Ramblers walk (6 miles), start Delapre Abbey car park, Npton, 10am. 01604 450946
Quiz Night at Semilong WMC, St Andrews Road, Npton
Jumble Sale, St James Church Hall, Npton, 10.30am. 20p.
50/50 Auction, Yardley Hastings Memorial Hall, 2pm. Goods accepted from 8.30am, viewing from 1pm. 01604 696382
Table Top Sale at The Pemberston Centre, HE Bates Way, Rushden, 10am–noon. Entry 50p, children free. email@example.com
SUNDAY, Feb 1
Ray Hue, Brafield Working Mens Club, A428, 8pm.
Jugar Band at Monks Park WMC, Wellingborough Road, Npton. Bingo at 8.30pm
Dave Harmer's New Orleans Hotshots, jazz at The Walnut Tree Inn, Ellington Suite, Station Road, Blisworth, noon. £8
Rockeoke with Ian at The Woolpack, Rothwell, 5pm.
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, Derngate Auditorium, Npton, 2.30pm/7.30pm. 01604 624811
The 3rd Annual Proms Evening – The Rotary of Towcester charity event at Whittlebury Hall Hotel, 7.30pm. Musicians of Sponne School and Kiddlington Concert Brass. £17pp from www.towcester-rotary.org.uk; Coleman's, 193 Watling Street, Towcester; or call John Sidwick 01327 352851
Marcus Bicks at Kingsley Park WMC, Npton
New Year Concert of Haydn and Mozart. Sulgrave Manor, 7.30pm featuring Fiori Musicali Chamber Orchestra. Tickets £20. www.fiori-musicali.com or 01327 360931
Morning Worship with Holy Communion at Whitefriars Junior School, Rushden, 10.15am,
Higham Ferrers Footpath Group walk from Draughton Crossing (5.5 miles), through Kelmarsh tunnel (bring torch). Meet 9.15am Saffron Road car park, Higham Ferrers or 10am Draughton Crossing car park nr Maidwell.
Sunday Walk with Waendel Walkers Club, circular route from The Brampton Halt, Chapel Brampton, 10am. www.waendel.org.uk. 50p
Canal Orientated Walk (approx 3 miles) with Old Union Canals Society. Meet 10.45am, Kilby Bridge by the pub. .
Handmade and Unplugged – Craft fair and local musicians, The Victoria Inn, Poole Street, N'pton, 1pm–5pm. Free entry.
Wellingborough Ramblers walk (6.5 miles). Start in the car park nr Irthlingborough church, 10am. 01832 273170
MONDAY, Feb 2
Karaoke at The Golden Horse, Far Cotton, 4pm to 7pm
Acoustic Open Mic Night with Jim Hale & Darryl Irons at The Woolpack, Rothwell from 9pm. Join in the jam.
Folk Jam Session at the Artichoke, Moulton, 8pm. Free.
Light, Royal Auditorium, Guildhall Rd, N'pton, 7.30pm. 01604 624811
Lunchtime Bingo at Monks Park WMC, 259 Wellingborough Road, N'pton, 2.30pm
Equalizer being screened at The Picturedromeovie night, Kettering Rd, Npton, 8pm. Free
TUESDAY, Feb 3
Roy Civil's Swing Circus at the Wig & Pen, Npton, 9pm. Free
Floot Street at The Old White Hart, Cotton End, N'pton, 8.45pm (support act 8.15pm). Tickets £8. www.greatknightfolkclub.co.uk for info
Light, The Core at Corby Cube, 7.30pm. 01536 470470
Simon Amstell, Royal Auditorium, N'pton, 8pm. 01604 624811
Salsa Estrellas at The Picturedrome, Kettering Rd, Npton. Evening of dancing and fitness, from 7.30pm.
Free Ballroom & Latin Dance Lessons (every Tues), 1.30pm to 3.30pm at Eden Close Community Room, Lakeview, N'pton, 01604 787246
Northampton Alive with Councillor Tim Hadland, discussion groups at NASO, St Michaels Road, Npton, 10.30am. 01604 858252.
Monthly lunch at Gretton Village Hall, Kirby Road, 12.30pm. £4 per serving. Proceeds to village hall repair fund. 01536 772328
Short Morning Walk with The Ramblers Association (5 miles), 10am from Red Lion, High Street, Yardley Hastings.
Wellingborough Ramblers walk (6 miles), start Red Lion, Yardley Hastings, 10am. 01933 441270
WEDNESDAY, Feb 4
J for Jazz at The Coach & Horse, Lubenham, 8.30pm. Free. 01848 463183.
Acoustics Night, Horseshoe Inn, Sheep St, Wellingborough, 9pm. Free entry.
Jazz & Blues at Charles Bradlaugh, Earl St, Npton, 8pm.
The Freight Train Jam at Thomas A Becket, St James Road, Npton, 9pm
Legends Open Mic at Kitty O'Shea's, St Peter's Way, Npton, 8pm
The Greg Coulson Band Wednesday Blues Club at The Malt Shovel Tavern, Bridge Street, Npton, 8.45pm. Free.
Sing-A-Long Sound Of Music, Derngate Auditorium, Npton, 7.30pm. 01604 624811
Craft Club, Hazlewood Community Centre, Gainsborough Road, Corby, 7pm–9pm. 07910 989410
Mums, Grannies, Childminders & Toddlers meet in the Church Hall, Edinburgh Road, Kingsthorpe, 1.30pm–3pm.
Community Engagement with police representative, at NASO, St Michaels Road, Npton, 7.30pm. 01604 858252.
NAB Mobile Sight Centre visits piazza outside town hall, Brackley, 10am–12.30pm; then Waitrose car park, Water Lane, Towcester, 1.30pm–3.30pm
Morning Walk with The Ramblers Association (7 miles), 9.30am from The Old Cherry Tree, Great Houghton.
Wellingborough Ramblers walk (8 miles), start from The Swan PH, Bromham, 9.30am. 01933 355565
THURSDAY, Feb 5
Acoustic Jazz, Blues, Indie & Soul, Bootleggers, Wellingborough Road, Npton, 8.30pm
The Lincoln Noel Trio at the Stirrup Cup, Barton Seagrave, 9pm. Free entry.
Open Mic hosted by Hannah Faulkner at Walnut Tree, Blisworth, 8.30pm
Bluegrass Jam Session at Kingsley Park WMC, Npton
Sara Pascoe vs History, Royal Auditorium, Guildhall Rd, Npton, 7.45pm. 01604 624811
Omid Djalili, Derngate Auditorium, 8pm. 01604 624811
NAB Mobile Sight Centre visits Co-op car park, St Osyths Lane, Oundle, 10am to 1pm
The Northamptonshire Branch of the Royal Army Service Corps and The Royal Corps of Transport meets at the Ex-Servicemans WMC, Sheep Street, N'pton 8pm. 01604 628292
Kettering Stamp & Philatelic Society meeting at St Mary's Primary School, Fuller Street, Kettering, 7.30pm.


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