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The little lady is almost 4 months old and in that time I think Tom has changed about 3 diapers. Sometimes I think the whole process scares him. Or maybe he feels like he is not properly equipped to handle what may be lurking inside. Either way, sometimes Daddy's need a little encouragement to help out with the baby. Of course you also don't want to come across as the nagging wife. This is where the Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox comes in.
Looking for a fun and functional gift for a New Dad or Expectant Father to be gift? How about a unique baby shower gift for Dad? The Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox by funstuff4babies.com will have everyone tickled including the daddy-to-be when he receives a fun filled gift just for him! These days baby showers are much different then in the past, baby gifts for Dad and gifts for Expectant Dads has taken hold. The Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox new dad gift is a way for him to get in on the baby planning action and add a little fun to a baby shower and helps to lighten the stress even after baby arrives.
Chris Hartsfield is the Creator of Fun Stuff 4 Babies in Tampa, FL whose mission is to develop products that encourage and acknowledge Dad´s involvement in raising children. The Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox arms New Dads with everything they would need for their very first diaper change as well as provides them with a chuckle. The company was created in 2008 by Chris and his wife Julie Hartsfield, and their debut product is the patent pending Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox.
The Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox combines functionality with humor for the perfect Father's Day gift for the new, seasoned and expecting dad. Just look at what is included:
*Baby Wipes
*Hand Wipes
*Mask (Toxic fume filter for when it does not smell like roses).
*Picture Frame (to display your badge of honor).
*Emergency Formula Container (doubles as peepee cover for WeWe).
*Goggles (for protection against your own version of Old Faithful).
*Tongs (several inches of steel separation between you and the little warm wrapped gift).
*Rubber Gloves (for the untouchables).
*Ear/Nose Plugs
*Pacifier (scream plug).
*Patent Pending Poop Poncho
*Turkey Baster (for precision hiney washing).
*Bio-hazard Bag (for quarantine containment of the nuclear meltdown).
*Diaper for Newborn (cute as a kitten until it gets wet, then if smells like a sewer rat).
Now I don't know about you but the idea of my husband decked out in goggles, rubber gloves, a mask and a poop poncho while wielding a dirty diaper with a pair of tongs and spraying off the baby's bottom with a turkey baster, makes me laugh so hard, I am crying.
This is truly the perfect Father's Day gift for anyone with a new baby or a baby on the way.
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The family of a little girl from Worksop born with a complex heart condition are urging the community to "Wear Red" and raise funds for the hospital unit which saved her life.
Isabel Day was just 17 weeks old when she underwent a full heart repair at Leeds congenital heart unit, after she was born with tetralogy of fallot and double outlet right ventricle.
Now the family of Isabel, who will be due further heart surgery in future, is urging people to come together for Wear Red Day, an initiative run by regional charity Children's Heart Surgery Fund, which supports the unit based at Leeds General Infirmary.
More than 200 schools and businesses across the Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire region will raise awareness for the charity during the event, on Friday, February 5, by wearing red.
Natalie Day, Isabel's mum, said: "It's terrifying to see your child go through such invasive surgery at such a young age.
"However, our experience was made as bearable as possible by the staff at ward 51 and all of the team members of the Children's Heart Surgery Fund, who provided endless support.
"We're keen to do all we can to support Wear Red Day, and help drive awareness of such a deserving cause to help other families going through anything similar to what we have been through with Isabel.
Last year, £48,000 was raised thanks to the support of schools, businesses and the general public donating online and by text during the day.
In 2016, the Children's Heart Surgery Fund's focus is to support the costly new standards created by NHS England, which are now being implemented across the UK.


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Anyone that has anything to do with marketing, product management or is just a little curious about what makes a good name for a product, blog, company, insert_random_item_here should read this.
A little tidbit from Seth Godin
A long time ago, the goal of a name was to capture the essence of your positioning. To deliver a USP, so you could establish supremacy in your space just with your name. International Business Machines and Shredded Wheat were good efforts at this approach.
It quickly became clear, though, that descriptive names were too generic, so the goal was to coin a defensible word that could acquire secondary meaning and that you could own for the ages. That's why "Jet Blue" is a much better name than "Southwest" and why "Starbucks" is so much better than "Dunkin Donuts".
"Naming companies" flourished, charging clients hundreds of thousands of dollars to coin made up words like Altria.
Then domains came along. Suddenly, people were charging (I'm not making this up), $300,000 for goggles.com. The idea was that if you could grab a domain name (there's only one goggles.com in the entire world), then people could easily find you.
I think many of these rules have changed, largely because of the way people use Google.
If you want …
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Biden: GOP Will 'Bankrupt' You
Here comes Joe Biden! The vice president was dispatched to the battleground state of Ohio today for a fiery campaign speech that simultaneously attacked the Republicans' presidential field and propped up Obama. Electing Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney, the veep said, would "bankrupt the middle class once again ... They're about protecting the privileged sector." President Obama, meanwhile, has "steel in his spine" that salvaged the auto industry and saved one million jobs. The fiery speech was just one part of the Dems' 2012 outreach today: the Obama campaign is also poised to release a 17-minute narrative on Obama's first term.


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By creating this infographic, Truth In Reality is not dismissing or minimizing the performances of these tremendously gifted actresses, nor the importance of their place in the history of the Oscars. This infographic was created to point out the lack of gender and racial diversity in the Academy and expose the glaring need for greater diversity at all levels of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, especially for women of color.
On Sunday, February 22, 2015, the Academy Awards will be televised around the globe. This year's Oscars is the first time since 1998 that all nominees for lead supporting actors and actresses are White, sparking a huge backlash on social media with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite being used by those angered by what appears to be an intentional effort by the Academy to demonstrate a lack of respect for Black actors & actresses. Their complete erasure from this year's nominees is even more glaring when combined with the fact that the critically acclaimed film "Selma" was nominated for Best Picture but its director Ava DuVernay, the first Black female director in the history of the Academy Awards to have a film nominated for Best Picture, did not herself receive a nomination for Best Director.
In and of itself, the lack of diversity at this year's Academy Award is extremely problematic. (As those in the industry would say, "The optics are terrible"). However, the racism and sexism of the Academy's voting process is crystal clear when you also examine from a historical perspective the types of roles Black actresses have played that won them a prestigious Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress award. Since the first Oscars ceremony was held in 1929, all seven Black actresses have been awarded for playing a role that is either a historical or common stereotype of Black women. This is just one of the reasons why Truth In Reality is committed to changing the media portrayals of women of color through our Redefining HERstory campaign. Media representation matters!


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Does Your Business Title Ring A Bell?It is frequently said that achievement has numerous fathers, whilst failure is an orphan. Such is the situation with Ugg boots, which have been a well-liked fashion of boots for over a 10 years now. Though there origins are in dispute, we do know that they had been created in either Australia or New Zealand. In fact, manufactures of Ugg-fashion boots from both nations were embroiled in bitter disputes with an American business that owned the trademark to the name Ugg. The locals claimed that "Ugg" was a generic term and consequently was ineligible for trademark protection. Who was right? Let us take a moment to look at the puzzling history of Uggs.
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Recording With Les Super Etoiles in Dakar, Senegal!
Just returned from Dakar, Senegal, where I spent three amazing weeks recording key members of Youssou Ndour's band, Les Super Etoiles, for my 5th CD!!
Arriving at Dakar airport at 5am, Jimi Mbaye (Youssou's guitarist) came striding in to pick me up, greeting everyone as he came. He is such a star over there … people on the street flag down his car just to tell him how much they love him. Jimi's house was my base for the next three weeks. Since everyone was fasting during the day for Ramadan, we worked mainly at night … from 11pm until morning. Jimi is a whiz in the studio, a magnet for musicians dropping in and, of course, an insanely wonderful guitarist! I loved how he would sit in the baking midnight heat, guitar in his lap, sipping caffeine-and-sugar-packed ataya tea, smoking, and listening to the material. He'd say, "I hate you … I love this song too much!" and then launch into yet another brilliant tracks' worth of Only-Jimi-Mbaye-Could-Play-That! guitar.
One night of guitar from midnight till dawn, I was so tired, I was practically asleep on the studio's slender couch. However, I wouldn't go to bed … this was history in the making! So I just lay there, shouting out, "Oh my God, that is SO BEAUTIFUL!" or "Awesome!" or "Oh, I LOVE that!" as my eyes struggled to stay open. Jimi really gave His Best to the music, which meant so much to me…
With Sabar Legend, Thio Mbaye, and Guitar God, Jimi Mbaye!
In fact, every musician blew my mind. Many consider Thio Mbaye (sabar drums) to be Senegal's best sabar drummer and he was pure fire, creativity, humor, and enthusiasm in the studio. Thio promised to throw a gigantic sabar for me when I return in November (there was no dancing, drumming, concerts, music, soirees, parties in Dakar during Ramadan, which was soooo hard!). Can't wait! He's incredible!
Thio Mbaye on fire in Studio Dogo
The night Assan Thiam played tama (talking drum), my eyes kept welling up with tears. Twenty years ago, I met Youssou and Les Super Etoiles for the first time in Paris, when they recorded The Lion. I remember finding Assan alone in the studio parking lot, listening to a song on headphones, in a trance, looking up at the stars, and practicing what he'd play on tama. Since then, I have seen him enter that ecstatic musical state onstage countless times … and now here he was with that familiar joyful look on his face, playing tama … for my very own CD! Waaw waaw!!!! A very warm, funny, radiant soul.
with Tama King Assan Thiam
Abdoulaye Lo (or Laye Lo) played drums for the more mbalax-y tunes and, like the others, nailed everything in one or two takes. Their facility to find that golden musical seam that weaves so perfectly into everyone else's parts is thrilling to witness. Another very friendly and warm person.
with Youssou Ndour's wonderful drummer, Abdoulaye Lo
Lastly, Youssou's backing vocalist, Birame Dieng, came in the same night as Thio Mbaye's second session and waited a loooong time to sing. I had invited him to guest on a song called "OK" which talks about a farmer who has malaria. As the sick farmer watches TV, he realizes that he doesn't need America's big cars, diamond rings, or movie stars. He just needs medicine. At 3am, Birame finally took the mic and sang both an opening vocal line and a free form vocal over the ending refrain. Making it up on the spot, it was perfect the first time!!! Everyone was thrilled. He has the effortlessly beautiful voice imaginable!
with Birame "Golden Voice" Dieng
When I wasn't blissed-out beyond description in the studio, I hung out with Jimi's beautiful daughters, Maman and Ndeye Mbaye, plus the Goorgoorlu dancers who I'd rehearsed with last April for Bercy '08. Much of the day was spent napping, listening to music, and chatting lazily in The Heat.
I spent many sunsets on Bamba Gueye's rooftop with Baye Fall friends of Goorgoorlu, who would sing songs of every description (praise / sacred / funny / colloquial), accompanying themselves with percussion and bongos (not a drum … more of a calabash + thumb piano combo). I have always found sunset to be a magical time of day, and when the sun sank into the sea and the muezzins passionately sang "Allaaaaah Akbar!" from their minarets, particularly with everyone fasting and praying for Ramadan, it was sooo spiritual and beautiful.
Fallou Ndiaye and Douda singing and playing bongos. Fallou is an incredible dancer!
Djily Mbaye and his bongo…. Djily is another amazing dancer!
With Fallou Ndiaye and Djily Mbaye of the dance group: Goorgoorlu
With Fallou Ndiaye and Bamba Gueye of Goorgoorlu. Bamba is one of the kindest, sweetest, funniest people I know. And another ridiculously great dancer!
While in Dakar, I also saw many friends…
Senegal's radiant dance star, Ndeye Gueye. We danced together at Bercy '08.
With another Sabar Drum Master, Djibril Ndiaye Rose, and his lovely wife, Fily
Despite the heat and Ramadan, I also danced at home with Maman and Ndeye Mbaye, plus their 6-year-old niece, Ami Colle Seck, who was a blazingly talented young dancer. I called her "My Dance Professor!" Maman caught us dancing in a corridor one night:
Dancing with 7-year-old Fierce Sabar Mini Queen, Ami Colle Seck
Ran Taik! Ran Taik! Ran Taik! (a popular dance step)
For any of you who have not been to Africa, GO!!!! It is such a wonderful magical rich deep amazing place. Yes, Africa has her troubles, but there is definitely Something there that needs to be experienced directly … something of The Spirit, of Life, and Joy that we in the West hunger for.
When I disembarked from the plane in Washington, Dulles, on the way home to L.A., that's exactly how it felt … Dull. Clean? yes. Organized? yes. On time and efficient and modern and sleek and convenient? yes! But gone was that Vibe, and Energy that I love so much in Senegal. I am very very very very lucky and blessed and grateful to have been able to work there with my musical heroes. It is the beginning of a whole new wonderful chapter and I Give Thanks and Praise! Love and blessings to all, Ashley


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* Saudi Arabia sticks to guns, sees no need to curb output
* Venezuela continues to push for OPEC cuts, mulls Q1 OPEC meeting
* U.S. gasoline, crude stocks surge, indicating weak demand
* Brent falls below $65 a barrel, lowest since July 2009 (Recasts and updates with settlement; adds Venezuela's push for OPEC action despite Saudi stance, paras 5-7)
By Barani Krishnan
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled as much as 5 percent on Wednesday, pushing U.S. crude to five-year lows near $60 a barrel after data showed a spike in U.S. inventories and Saudi Arabia's oil minister reiterated that he has no plans to cut output.
Global benchmark Brent crude prices have nearly halved since hitting a June high above $115 as rising U.S. output and waning demand growth generated a supply surplus that the world's biggest oil exporter is unwilling to absorb. Further losses could be in store if U.S. oil drops below the psychologically key $60 mark.
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, on a visit to Peru, shrugged off suggestions that the kingdom might cut output, sticking to his comments from two weeks ago in Vienna, where he first said that the market would be left to correct itself.
Saudi Arabia, the main member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has maintained its output, producing between 9.6 million and 9.7 million barrels per day in November. "That is not going to change unless other customers come and say they want more oil," Naimi said on Wednesday.
Other OPEC members are divided on how to respond to the global surplus and falling prices. Algeria and Venezuela have hinted at an OPEC emergency meeting before the group's scheduled session in June, to discuss action for boosting prices. "That's what we must do, that is our job," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
Brent settled down $2.60, or 3.9 percent, at $64.24 a barrel after plumbing $63.56, its lowest since July 2009.
U.S. crude closed down $2.88, or 4.5 percent, at $60.94, having fallen to a near 5-1/2 year low of $60.43.
U.S. crude stocks rose unexpectedly last week and high refinery activity caused a surge in inventories of refined oil products, data from the Energy Information Administration showed. Gasoline stocks, particularly, rose by 8.2 million barrels, way above the 2.6 million analysts called for in a Reuters poll.
"It shows that demand remains really weak. We've had strong production levels and the market fundamentally is not very sound," said Gene McGillian, senior analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.
The market also came under pressure following OPEC's monthly report, which revised down demand for the group's oil next year to 28.92 million bpd, down 280,000 bpd from its previous expectation.
"There is a growing realization that the first half of next year is going to look very weak," said Gareth Lewis-Davies, strategist at BNP Paribas. "You start to price that in now." (Additional reporting by Jack Stubbs in London and Adam Rose in Beijing; Editing by Dale Hudson, William Hardy, David Clarke, Jonathan Leff, Meredith Mazzilli and Chizu Nomiyama)


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London: Australian hurdling great Sally Pearson won the 100 metres hurdles world title for the second time on Saturday in the same stadium where she clinched 2012 Olympic gold.
The 30-year-old timed 12.59 seconds to take the crown ahead of 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper-Nelson (12.63sec) with Germany's Pamela Dutkiewicz, a surprise third in 12.72.
It was a remarkable comeback for the Australian as she had suffered two years of injury hell missing both the 2015 world championships and the Olympics last year.
"Far out, that was bloody hard," gasped Pearson, who became only the fourth woman to win the world title more than once.
"I was so tired. I don't know what to say, that was just incredible. It was like Beijing in 2008 (she won a surprise Olympic silver) when I didn't come in as one of the favourites.
She added: "I have no idea where my mum is sitting. If anyone sees Anne McLellan tell her to come down here so I can give her a hug!"
Pearson, whose English mother brought her up as a single parent and in very straitened circumstances, taking two jobs so her daughter could realise her dream, said it had been a long and hard road back to the top.
"It's been a long journey back from injury, but to get this moment and go and celebrate in front of my family is unreal," said Pearson, who feared when she suffered a bone explosion in her wrist in 2015 that she might have to have her hand amputated.
"My husband (school sweetheart Kieran) is in the crowd there somewhere, I'll try and find him and give him a hug soon. This is just so incredible to be a world champion again."
Harper-Nelson proved that age is no barrier to success as at 33 she enjoyed a second wind in her career.
"Silver tastes like gold tonight," she said. "I am really excited to come out of this with a medal for the U.S.
"At the end, I could see Sally had won and I thought 'it's me and Sally again (like in Beijing in 2008)'."
World record holder Kendra Harrison disappointed in finishing only fourth confirming that her Achilles heel is a lack of championship experience having failed to make the Olympic team last year.
Harrison had blasted out of the blocks but faded as Pearson arrived on her shoulder and the Australian hurdled to a famous victory.
An overjoyed Pearson jumped up and down to celebrate her win — she was then picked up by the championships mascot Hero the Hedgehog and swung around before he carried her off round the track.
"I don't know if it was surprise or what," said Pearson of her exuberant celebration.
"But the emotion just escaped my body because I was so excited and so happy to have achieved what I have worked so hard for."
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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Game of Thrones (Season 3)
The fight for the throne of the Seven Kingdoms continues. Davos is given pardon by Stannis, but he decides to free a lad whom witch Melisandre wanted to sacrifice in order to cause a spell which would help Stannis gain the throne... Daenerys, with the help of her three dragons and her advisers, manages to buy 8,000 slave soldiers, gives them freedom and thus gains their support to conquer Yunkai... After his rebellion was quashed, Theon Greyjoy is being tortured by Ramsay Snow. Theon's father, Balon, is indifferent, but Theon's sister Yara decides to send an army to rescue Theon... Lord Frey tricks his guests and lets the Lannister army kill Robb Stark, his lover Talisa and his mother Catelyn in ambush during the wedding... Sam and Gilly and her baby and fleeing south from the Zombies on the north... Tyrion is unhappy that he has to marry Sansa, even though he secretly loves Shae, in order for the Lannisters to keep their power.
The 3rd season of the "Game of Thrones" series continues with all the elements of the previous seasons, including all the flaws and virtues that come with it: only episodes 3.3, 3.4 and 3.10 can be considered truly great, without reservations, while the quality of the others oscillates too much. The quality of the writing improved in this edition, with a few great quotes: in episode 3.3, after the funeral of the old Hoster Tully, Blackfish says this to Catelyn Stark: "Your father was a stubborn old ox. I was surprised when he died. Didn't think death had the patience." In 3.4, there is another gem of a quote, from Varys, who warns about Petyr Baelish: "He would see the realm burn if he could be the king of ashes." Unfortunately, the storyline overstretches itself in excess of too many subplots, making one wonder if the author lead its plot tangles to collapse from its own overambition. Likewise, it is highly questionable why there was so much violence and cruelty presented on the screen - it is understandable that they wanted to show how the barbarity of the (fictional) Middle ages looked like realistically, but did they not know of any kind of subtlety? The long and explicit torture sequence of Theon Greyjoy, for instance, has such a contempt for humanity, such a depravity and vile nature that the rest of the season never truly recovers after it.
One of the best moments surprisingly stems from a love story blossoming between Jon Snow and Ygritte - in one refreshing comic moment in 3.7, she jokes about being afraid of a spider in order to fall into his arms, in a wonderfully warm and cute scene - while Tyrion rises to the occasion in episode 3.8: even though he does not want to marry Sansa, and even though he is such a small individual who can be killed by the authoritarian King Joffrey in an instant, he proves incredible integrity and courage when he puts the King in his place after the latter wanted to 'bed' Sansa before him during the wedding: "Then you'll be f*** your own bride with a wooden cock!" You could hear a pin drop after that sequence. The author also has a sense for some historical ironies (for instance, Robb Snow won every battle he ever participated - yet lost everything when he died in an assassination attempt when he least expected it), while numerous critics praised the shocking finale in episode 3.8, as well as the strong cast of the entire series, with Emilia Clarke gaining momentum in each subsequent segment. Littlefinger's quote in episode 3.6 also became a legend: "Chaos is a ladder". The season follows about 10 stories parallely. However, only three of those get to a point in this season, while the other seven are still lingering, "stuck" somewhere in the middle of a developing process, leaving thus all the burden of a conclusion or some kind of resolution on the fourth (or some other) season.
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Ah, May. The promise of warmer weather is starting to deliver. It's still not nearly hot enough for my liking but it is warm enough that I'm starting to wake up even earlier than normal (which is pretty freaking early). Today, inspired by this article, I whipped up some muesli to top off my Greek yogurt. Exciting, I know.
- 2 cups of rolled oats
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup diced, dried strawberries
- 1/2 cup diced, dried apricots
- 1/4 cup toasted, unsweetened dried coconut
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup almonds (slivered, chopped, whatever)
- Combine everything in a large bowl until thoroughly mixed.
Challenging, I know. I like my muesli with yogurt but milk works too. I put about a third of a cup over a cup of yogurt and top with a teaspoon of honey. Some people eat it right away, others let it soak up the liquid. All a matter of preference really.
Makes a ton. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to two months. Nutritionally, this recipe broke down roughly to about 160 calories per third of a cup serving with 6 grams of fat, 4 grams of fiber and 4.5 grams of protein.


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One of the earliest of these was what I took at first to be a comical tendency of repeatedly tossing my father's sweaters into the dryer where they shrunk into baby size. She knew full well that sweaters didn't go into the dryer, but when I asked her why she did it she said, "Oh, I just forgot." As it turned out, this wasn't just a case of forgetting that she had done it several times before, but of forgetting how to do a simple task.
When symptoms like this became more pronounced and impossible to ignore I felt like I had stepped into a horror show that was about to overwhelm both Maggie and me.
Every day I travelled across town to visit her living alone after my father's untimely death only to encounter one potentially calamitous mishap after another. Sometimes I found her apartment door wide open even though she wasn't at home, or a stove burner turned on full blast and left unattended, or Maggie just wandering the streets in her nightclothes.
Alzheimer's is a devastating medical condition. The enormity of Maggie's suffering was almost unbearable. The total burnout of our mother tore the family apart.
I was unable to tell the story of this experience until long after I reluctantly turned her over to the care of others. When she was in the late stages of the illness curled up in a fetal position and unable to communicate with me or anyone else, I realized in a panic that I knew much less about her than I thought. Who was this mute person laying before me? Who had she been when I was a child in her care? Who was this mother before I came into the world?
I was stricken by a compulsive urge to piece together the puzzle of Maggie Glascoe before she no longer knew who she was.
As it turned out, telling the story proved to be a therapeutic and profoundly illuminating antidote to the grief of losing her. Ironically and tragically, the engagement with Alzheimer's hammered home not only the incredible fragility, but also the extraordinary mystery of what we call our identity.
Andrew Glascoe
Author of "Nobody Knew She Was There"
Andrew Glascoe was born in Scotland and immigrated to Toronto with his parents in the 1960s. He is a philosopher, poet, art critic, writer, and teacher. He lives with his family in Ontario, Canada.
"Nobody Knew She Was There"
By Andrew Glascoe
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So many of us say that one reason we play in the SCA is for those magic moments, the ones when you're transported to another time, another place. Whether you call this "The Dream" or something else, it's a wonderful reminder of why we do what we do. I remember my first "magic moment"; it was at my very first camping event, Schützenfest. It was May of 1999 (I know because Matatias and I had gotten engaged just a couple of weeks before). Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, I had to get up to go to the loo. There were still some folks up singing and drumming, and I had to walk across a field shrouded in fog to get to the privy.
I had another magic moment this afternoon, sitting in a nylon camp chair on my back porch. Nope, I don't even have to be at an event to be transported. I was whiling away Shoshanna's rest time working on my mauve gown in the warm out of doors and I held the sleeve i was working on in my hand, studying some stitches I had just put in, and for a split second it was like I was sitting there holding an historical artifact in my hand. I can't say that I've ever seen a medieval garment that looked just like what I've done, but there was a quality about it that said "I am Not Modern" that was just wonderful.


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Recently, Beckett Media, launched a new branch of their business, autograph authentication, by hiring one of PSA/DNA's former star authenticators Steve Grad. Now that Beckett Media is the 3rd major player in the autograph authentication business along with PSA/DNA and JSA, who is the best one? To be up front and transparent, I have used JSA extensively, PSA occasionally, and have not used Beckett. However, I have received a good amount of feedback regarding Beckett from contacts within the industry who have used their services. For the sake of this post, we will just talk about sports autographs, not celebrity.
1st, lets define what I mean by "best." That can mean really anything. But let's define best as: increasing the value of your autograph once authenticated, highly respected among autograph collectors, cheapest pricing, quickest turnaround, and great customer service. Let's take a look at each of those 5 categories for each authenticator.
When adding any of these 3 authenticators to your sports autographs, you are already increasing the value of your item by anywhere from 100-1,000% depending on who the athlete is. PSA and JSA are quite similiar, although you do see PSA autographs sell for just a bit higher when comparing apples to apples. PSA has been around the longest out of the 3 and is held in high regard among collectors. Beckett is just starting out, so hard to say exactly how their value will hold. But Beckett Media has been around for a long time and having Grad behind the brand will increase their value in the eyes of collectors. I would rank these as PSA, JSA, and then Beckett for right now.
Most auction houses currently use either PSA or JSA to authenticate their items for sale. They use either one of those companies because their COA's (certificate of authenticity) are well respected by autograph collectors. PSA also specializes in authenticating game used bats. Due to their extensive knowledge in these areas, they are generally held in high regard than JSA. What is interesting about Beckett is that Steve Grad was one of their principal autograph authenticators. Will be a big advantage for them in the near future as his experience is at the top of the autograph authentication business. I would rank these PSA, JSA, and then Beckett.
Autograph authentication pricing comes down to what player is being authenticated and how many pieces you are having authenticated at one time. In my experience, I have found that JSA has the most competitive pricing, generally slightly less than PSA. Of course, each company can see what others are charging on their website's, so that does keep the pricing very close across the board. I would rank these JSA, Beckett, and then PSA.
If mailing in your collectibles to get them authenticated, then you are always worried about turnaround time. How quickly can I get them back? You can always wait for each company to do a show in your area and get them done the same day. If that isn't an option, shipping them out is the only way. My experience in this area has been phenomenal with JSA. They usually get them done in a few days to one week and ship them out right away. PSA recently has been very fast as well. Not sure what Beckett's turnaround time is since I have not used them. But I am guessing it may be a bit slow to start simply because they only have 2 authenticators right now and are traveling the country promoting their brand. I would rank these JSA, PSA, and then Beckett.
Very important to have a point of contact at the company you choose to send your collectibles to. Imaging sending in a Babe Ruth signed baseball and not knowing anyone on the other end? JSA has been very personable with me, having one point of contact to send in to. Plus, when I call JSA I immediately get a person on the phone. Always a big plus. PSA does a lot more volume than JSA. My experience with PSA in that regard has customer service has been somewhat slow at times, but not terrible by any means. Just slow due to having a ton of work to do. Beckett I think will do extremely well in this category with Grad as a point of contact. People know him very well and his partner Brian Sobrero. I would rank these as JSA, Beckett, and then PSA.
Given all this information, my personal preference for sports autographs is JSA. I do see Beckett making huge strides in this area in the coming years as more dealers start bringing them in to authenticate their signings and their customer's items at their stores, thus growing the Beckett brand. Right now, PSA is the gold standard due to their experience and variety of sports authenticating services.
Please note, I do not authenticate autographs. Please contact one of the above companies for those services.
Powers Sports Memorabilia was started by me, Matt Powers as a way for sports autograph and celebrity memorabilia enthusiasts and collectors to have a high-quality product available at affordable pricing. You deal directly with me when ordering anything from my company, so I ensure you get the best quality service and personal care you deserve. Let me be YOUR sports memorabilia guy!
Powers Sports Memorabilia was started by me, Matt Powers as a way for sports autograph and celebrity memorabilia enthusiasts and collectors to have a high-quality product available at affordable pricing. You deal directly with me when ordering anything from my company, so I ensure you get the best quality service and personal care you deserve. Let me be YOUR sports memorabilia guy!


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Q87.7 Chicago Debuts
Merlin Media launched Alternative "Q87.7" WKQX-LP Chicago at 7pm this evening.
The first song was Rise Against's "Satellite". The station is also simulcasting on 101.1 WIQI-HD3.As previously reported, Jim Richards most recently PD at "Click 98.9" KLCK Seattle will be overseeing the new launch.
Here's a quick look at the music on Q87.7 in its second hour on air:
Foo Fighters – These Days
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze
Cage The Elephant – Shake Me Down
Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know
Florence & The Machine – Shake It Out
Sublime – Doin Time
Foster The People – Helena Beat
Death Cab For Cutie – You Are A Tourist
30 Seconds To Mars – The Kill (Bury Me)
Coldplay – Paradise
Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
Rise Against – Satellite
Muse – Undisclosed Desires
Black Keys – Lonely Boy


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Finding the Right Plumbing Fixtures
The plumbing system is an integral part in the smooth operations of a house. There are plumbing sections in the walls, under the floors, and in the open.
Fixtures are normally the exposed bits of this system. The most common of these sections are the sinks, toilets, showers, bathtubs, to name a few. Thee fixtures are normally meant to be in use for long periods. At some point, you may have to get them replaced, as they age, get spoilt, or there are some renovations happening in your residence. IT is important that you carry out the purchase of some of these fixtures in the right way, when the time comes. You need to check on the quality of what you are about to purchase. In case you are not careful, you are bound to end up with poor quality fixtures. These shall soon need replacement, as they will not work as intended for long, which adds another cost.
There has to be caution in how you go about shopping for these fixtures. Your plumber should help you find the right store for the right items to buy. Going to the large home improvement stores means there shall be sales assistants to help you, but they are not experienced in fixing and matching plumbing fixtures. You will not find a shortage in the number of items you can pick off the shelves at these stores. It is not realistic to expect the assistants to know all there is to about the right fixtures. What they know is shallow compared to what you need to learn about these fixtures. This will leave you to fend for yourself. You already need help deciding, which is not good. This means you may end up buying fixtures that shall not work with your plumbing system. In case they fit, they may not work with what you were aiming for.
The best place to find the right fixtures is at a specialized plumbing store. You can go to the local store, or you can look online at the various shops present there. They are only interested in providing plumbing parts and fixtures. The assistants present there shall be most helpful in your quest, as they are properly trained and experienced in handling these fixtures. Their website should also make it more convenient for you. They shall have with them all the right fixtures for your needs, with proper explanations of how they fit. You can also reach out to them for more assistance.
Getting the right quality and appropriate fixtures has never been easier with these stores.
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Are Men Emotionally Handicapped?
Handicapped: having a condition that restricts one's ability to function physically, mentally or emotionally.
Obviously, men are emotionally handicapped.
Or… if you prefer, challenged.
Everything I needed to know about this issue, I learned in kindergarten.
The girls played with each other, interacting mostly in pairs. They would get to know each other intimately, tell each other their deepest secrets and play house.
Meanwhile, the boys waged holy war on each other. They made weapons out of anything and everything, as they reproduced a scene from Lord of the Flies, when boys on an island without adults battled to the death.
I grew up pre-internet, and most of my time was spent outdoors playing–and competing; or, inside playing video games… and competing.
It was all about the competition. The kids down the culdesac and I had daily football, baseball, capture-the-flag, soccer, basketball–you name it–games. Whatever game it was, I was in! The phone call came, and I was on my bike five minutes later, ready to battle for glory.
Relating was the hi-5's my teammates gave me after I scored a touchdown, knocked in the RBI, etc. It certainly wasn't sharing secrets (unless by "secrets" one means discovering their dad's hidden Penthouse collection).
Of course, women play video games and compete, as well. But there seems to be some gender differences that were quite noticeable at a very early age.
As those children grow older, these gender differences are just reinforced over and over; until, by the time men and women are ready for adult relationships, there is a gap the size of Texas between us. Women have been practicing, by that point, deep engagement for thousands of hours longer than men.
It's not that men don't have the capacity for deep relationships and connections, vulnerability, truth-telling, emotional sharing, etc. Obviously, we do. But it's not a skill that we really require-or acquire–until we desire to be in an actual relationship with an actual woman.
And to expect us to be "on the level" is just plain lunacy. There's a philosophy of communication that if someone is at a 4 on the emotional scale, you come to them a level up or down from where they are. You don't come at them with the energy of an 8 or 9! It's called mirroring. But commonly, women–who are virtual ju jitsu black belts at connecting–come at men, who are training for their white belts–and try to spar with them. And they wonder why the men either disappear, lie or ultimately continually disappoint them.
If you were a white belt, would you want to get in the ring with a black belt? Hell no. You'd run for your life! And that's essentially what men do when confronted with black-belted women on emotional levels. We do like Cypher suggested in the Matrix:
When you see an agent, you do what we do. You run. You run like hell.
It's not a fair fight. Fight or flight–so we shake-n-bake.
I think it's easy to forget that the water fish swim in is the same water that horses drown in. Water is emotions, connecting, deep relating.
Men are not handicapped. They are simply under-developed. And I can only imagine how frustrating this experience must be for the women dealing with emotionally under-developed men.
But I believe that if women can come into situations with men remembering they are black belts sparring with white belts, that men will have a fighting chance. We just need a little understanding for our lacking in this department. Help foster an environment with men that isn't fight-or-flight, but that leaves space for our humanity and makes it easier for us to share the truth–and our truth–with you.


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Welcome to our hostel
The Dublin International Youth Hostel (An Oige) is housed in a former convent school and retains some of its original features, from the wide hallways and high bedroom roofs to the converted church where breakfast is served instead of confession.
This Dublin hostel offers a range of accommodation options, from shared rooms to private rooms with En-Suites, discounted tours, the only hostel with free off street parking, free breakfast, free Wi-Fi, large common areas and an outdoor picnic area.
The hostel is well-suited for the individual traveler, families and groups, anyone who is looking to visit Dublin affordably.
At Dublin International Hostel you can take advantage of discounted rates on tours and attractions all over Dublin city such as the Guinness Storehouse, Croke Park GAA Museum and Glasnevin Cemetery.


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Model Binding – is the 'auto-magic' step performed by the ASP.NET MVC framework to convert user submitted data (either http post values, querystring values or url route values) into a strongly typed model, used in your controller actions.
Out of the box, the MVC framework also allows you to set validation attributes on your models which are inspected at the model binding stage, meaning that your controller actions can inspect the ModelState.IsValid property to assess whether the user submitted data meet expectations. This attribute based approach to validation provides a clean way to handle validation (a cross-cutting concern) without introducing additional code into your controller action.
One of the features needed when putting together the Fortune Cookie Personalization Engine for EPiServer was to perform validation on a user submitted criteria value. As a reminder, in the context of the Personalization Engine, a criteria is an editor submitted string which is persisted and used by a ContentProvider to allow for a more granular method of content retrieval. For further background and explanation, check out one of my earlier posts – Personalization Engine – ContentProvider Criteria Models
In the full Personalization Engine domain model, criteria properties belong to IContentModel objects which are used to specify the user interface displayed to an editor to allow them to enter the criteria. Below is an example of a TextBoxCriteriaModel which renders as a textbox in the Admin interface.
The string value from this criteria input is posted to the controller action. However as the type of IContentModel depends on the value of the ContentProvider dropdown, validation attributes cannot be set directly on the model passed to/from this view as different concrete IContentModel types need to be able to specify different validation rules.
To provide validation of the composite IContentModel using validation attributes, we have to hook in to one of the extension points of the ASP.NET MVC framework and create a custom model binder.
Validating composite models
Our custom ModelBinder needs to perform the following tasks:
- Bind the incoming data against an AdminViewModel (the model passed from the user interface shown above).
- Obtain an instance of the specified ICriteriaModel and update the ICriteriaModel's criteria property with the value posted by the form.
- Validate the composite (and now populated) ICriteriaModel
- Update the ModelState with the validation results from the composite model, along with the original parent model validation results
As the custom ModelBinder needs to perform all of the existing validation and binding that the DefaultModelBinder would, I've chosen to inherit from it and add the additional composite model validation logic into the overriden BindModel method. An instantiated IContentModel is obtained from the AdminViewModel, and the ModelValidator framework class allows us to validate the composite IContentModel, before updating the bindingContext.ModelState with an validation errors.
public class CriteriaValidationModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder { const string ValidationPropertyName = "Criteria"; public override object BindModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext) { if (bindingContext.Model != null) return bindingContext.Model; var model = base.BindModel(controllerContext, bindingContext); var adminViewModel = model as AdminViewModel; if (adminViewModel == null) return model; var criteriaValue = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(ValidationPropertyName); adminViewModel.CriteriaModel.Criteria = criteriaValue != null ? criteriaValue.AttemptedValue : string.Empty; ModelMetadata modelMetadata = ModelMetadataProviders.Current.GetMetadataForType(() => adminViewModel.CriteriaModel, typeof(ICriteriaModel)); ModelValidator compositeValidator = ModelValidator.GetModelValidator(modelMetadata, controllerContext); foreach (ModelValidationResult result in compositeValidator.Validate(null)) bindingContext.ModelState.AddModelError(ValidationPropertyName, result.Message); return model; } }
Our custom ModelBinder can be hooked into our application in Global.asax, or in an EPiServer IInitializableModule using the following method.
private void AddCriteriaValidationModelBinder() { ModelBinders.Binders.Add(typeof(AdminViewModel), new CriteriaValidationModelBinder()); }
And that's it…. ModelBinders are an important piece of the MVC framework, and in the majority of scenarios you can rely on the DefaultModeBinder to handle all of your requirements. However creating your own ModelBinder for more advanced requirements is pretty straightforward, depending on your requirements for your binder 🙂


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After this weekend's episode, I just thought it would be fun to whip these up too and add them to the lot...
September 28, 2015
12th Doc in Davros's Chair
After this weekend's episode, I just thought it would be fun to whip these up too and add them to the lot...
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Great Picture of Doctor "Peter" in the Davros chair. Your characters are so spot on and full of humor as always. Best Wishes NoelReplyDelete
great job series 9 is already sooo much better then series 8. anychance of some gotham flash or arrow punx soon.ReplyDelete
Perhaps ra's Al Ghul reverse flash and any Gotham punx as they'd all be goodReplyDelete
Mr. Dean, can you make some Time Lord art? With their robes and collars in your amazingly vision ))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2015 at 12:11 AM
From The Flash, you could do The Reverse-Flash, Firestorm, Captain Cold and Heatwave and a few other Meta-humans that appeared through out the season. From Arrow, you could do Canary, The Huntress, Black Canary, Felicity, Diggle, Thea as Speedy, The Dark Archer, The Atom, Deadshot and Ra's Al GhulReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2015 at 7:28 AM
Will you do a clara or another missy for season 9ReplyDelete
So now time for Doctor Ghost and Fisher KingReplyDelete


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Use WorldFlags to add a waving flag to your Unity3d Scenes and texture it with any country's national flag's image.
The 12 included 'looping' flag baked animations include high, medium and low windy loops (4/4/4).
A flag can be one or two sided - by Animation Controller Script setting.
This product comes with:
- 12 different waving flag animation loops.
Animation is achieved by Lerp(ing) key image shapes over time. Baked, so no costly wind physics animation calculations.
4 high wind, 4 medium wind and 4 low wind animations are provided.
- All the world's country flag images
The WorldFlagTexturizer script is responsable for mapping the right image onto the flags but can also be used seperately to map a world country image onto any UV mapped surface.
- 2 flag prefabs (Quad/Tri)
304 vertices, 540 triangles - UV mapped one sided plane mesh
A flag can be made 2 sided using a 'double sided' script setting that can be used at will (editor/runtime)
- a working demo (see demo below) , with C# sources.
A seperate mem optimzed iOs Demo is included.
All C# scripting code is documented inline for learning purposes.
- Adobe PSD with all flags in seperate photoshop layers
- High quality WyrmTale e-mail support if you experience problems or are in need for coding help with this product
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Nike Middle East recently released a feminist ad campaign meant to tug at women's heartstrings — and then make us want to go out and kick some serious ass. Featuring Muslim female athletes like fencer Ines Boubakri, parkour freerunner Amal Mourad, figure skater Zahra Lari, and boxer Arifa Bseiso, the ad was shot around Dubai and shows women soldiering forward in various athletic activities despite dirty looks from passersby.
A voiceover by Saudi actress Fatima Al-Banawi asks: "What will they say about you? That you shouldn't be out here? That it's unladylike? That you're not built for this? Or maybe… they'll say you're strong. That you can't be stopped. That you always find a way. That you make it look easy. That you make it look good. Or maybe… they'll say you're the next big thing."
The ad is very much in line with Nike's typical "girl power" marketing strategy and is part of a companywide push to display more diversity — a lofty, very necessary goal. Unfortunately, the video, which has been viewed over 1.7 million times on YouTube, has many in the international Muslim community up in arms, arguing via social media that the ad is not a realistic depiction of how women in predominantly Muslim countries actually live their lives.
"This is not the true representation of Arab, Muslim women. We do not wear a hijab and go running in the streets, shame on Nike," wrote commenter Nada Sahimi on the brand's Instagram page.
Nevertheless, the ad has garnered praise from a spokesperson for the International Red Cross in Iraq and thousands of others for its empowering depiction of women and its showcasing of successful Muslim athletes. While it's true that in many parts of the world, women running in public or going to gyms is not commonplace, the idea behind the ad seems to be that Nike — and the Muslim female athletes who partnered with them — would like to see this amended, ASAP.


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Congo wants circular driveway at 16th and Riggs
Photo by Mr. T in DC on Flickr.
The Republic of the Congo has purchased the historic Toutorsky Mansion at 16th and Riggs, NW, and is requesting permission to replace much of the front yard with a circular driveway. The embassy can function in the space without the driveway, and DC should deny that element.
The 18-room house, built in 1894 for for Supreme Court Justice Henry Billings Brown, writer of the famous 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision upholding segregation until a later decision ironically bearing the name of Brown in 1954.
Since then the building has been used by the Persian government; the US nonprofit that pushed for the creation of Israel; a music academy run by Russian nobleman Basil Peter Toutorsky; Johns Hopkins University; and most recently as a bed and breakfast which drew neighborhood opposition. The BZA limited the B&B to 6 rooms instead of 10 in 2001.
The Republic of the Congo should not be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire), which owns a different mansion at 18th and New Hampshire. That building was the subject of a different historic preservation debate after neglect threatened to destroy the building. Local and citywide preservation groups successfully pushed the DRC government to restore the building.
As Borderstan reports, the Congo government plans to house the ambassador and employ 10 staff as well as "one small scale social function each month." They are not proposing any changes to the building itself, but want to make two changes to add vehicular capacity.
One change would turn a courtyard in the rear, facing a public alley, into a parking lot for 4 cars. That would remove part of the "historic" brick wall at the rear of the courtyard but seems generally unobjectionable, though a few neighbors are also opposing that because of concerns about adding traffic in the alley. There is also already a garage in the rear which can hold 2 cars.
The other would pave over most of the front yard and replace portions of the existing iron fence with motorized gates to create a circular driveway entering off 16th and exiting onto Riggs.
These driveways interrupt the pedestrian realm and embassies typically use them for extra parking. In fact, an attorney for the Congo said yesterday that the embassy intends to have the ambassador park his car there each day and leave it there all day.
This happens despite the law prohibiting parking in public space. The entire front yard is public space, as the property line itself is beyond the top of the front stairs leading into the building. This would turn a beautiful yard and fence into a space that's just more roadway.
The 16th Street curb cut also would intersect part of a bus stop used by the S bus lines, and the attorney said he expected the bus stop would have to be moved. These curb cut locations clearly violate the DDOT policies about the placement of curb cuts needing to be 50 feet from an intersection.
Finally, while the drawing shows the existing trees remaining, people have pointed out that construction in the root zone of oak trees almost always kills the trees. Also, I went by the property, and the driveway appears to intersect at least one tree, whose actual location doesn't quite match what's shown on this plan.
Zoning decisions about chanceries are handled by the Foreign Mission Board of Zoning Adjustment, which includes the regular Board of Zoning Adjustment as well as members from NCPC and the National Park Service. The FMBZA is traditionally very deferential to embassies, sometimes gently encouraging changes but not actually disapproving applications.
The FMBZA also gets to make some decisions ordinarily given to other boards. For example, changes to a historic building (as this is) normally also go through the HPRB, but according to the Congo attorney, for foreign missions the FMBZA makes that call as well instead of the HPRB.
I've been told that, in fact, the FMBZA also has the power to grant the circular driveway if they choose.


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Interestingly a new version of the Linux Integration Services from Microsoft targetting RHEL and CentOS Linux. And bafflingly built for a Linux distro baseline otherwise obsoleted obout two years ago. Hopefully, a release that no one is running anymore.
Given that RHEL and CentOS Linux are considered stable – consistent, would it not make most sense for vendors like Microsoft targetting a larger consumerbase to just target EL-5 or EL-6 ? instead of a snapshot in time specific release iso …
In this case, who knows the best person to ping at Microsoft to pass on some clue ( or atleast workout why they are targetting something so old and obsoleted ).


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As a child my curiosity intrigued adults. I dared to ask probing questions. I hope to tell stories through design that can both promote change and offer reassurance.
In Scout, I lead a team of designers for a semester. We worked with Jerry Spatch on the design of Vers, a game he created. Vers: The Rap Game is a card game that provides all the tools you need to learn how to freestyle rap. Vers is comitted to helping people understand that freestyle rapping is for anyone. It's a game for all ages and demographics.
Vers gives you three words that rhyme on the base cards and simple, random words on the category cards (see cards with cat). Then it's up to the player to make the game their own and have a good time. There are few rules, and the game's philosophy encourages a community of sharing, acceptance and self-expression.
Our challenge was to foster this inclusive attitude through design. By getting creative in the unpredictable combination of elements on the cards (milk cartons flying over turtles) we created a relaxed and fun atmosphere, encouraging the players to let loose. We had a lot of fun on this project, pushing the limits of our imagination and using a variety of mediums and techniques to create a quirky, unique visual system.


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The first part of concrete deck of Promenadebrug was successfully cast on Wednesday 27 August 2014 in Nijmegen (NL).
700m³ of the concrete was poured in order to construct the first 96 m of total 220m long bridge. Next two weeks 60 % of the post-tensioning will be applied. After that the formwork will be removed and reused for the next phases. The remaining 124m will be cast in 2 phases.More picture soon


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Germans understand that when the already hostile and aggressive Muslim invaders commit a crime, they will be instantly released after being arrested, which has turned Berlin into a danger zone for the native population.
It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you
CrusadeR saysMarch 15, 2018 at 2:24 am
When no countries of their own will be left; no culture of theirs will be left; when their angel white kids will be done with in front of them,where will they go with all the money? Probably then they will go to Mecca and Medina and Punjab and Pakistan-India to watch burqua striptease performed by half-man mongrel colored women? Where will they spend their money on? Buying gold clad burquas?
And if they think that the money which bloody-oil Arab gave them will ever let them to keep it as well when the conquest will be over? This should be the most striking point in their brains if they think that they can have their money and keep it too post Islam finished it's goal, they are fools. Islam will slaughter and behead them first, so money will still be in the hands of Islam. This has been done by Islam everywhere, tried and tasted and proven Islamist ploy.
People need to understand that Islam is "lack of innocence" by birth and the moment it is mentioned. It can not give and has not given anything to anywhere in the whole world. The oil-money which seems they are giving is also not giving, just a custody for some time till they finish their slaughter.
Beware of this de-facto innocence-less cult. It is not worth even taking any favor from Islam. It uses you. Better fight and die rather take a pinch of favor from it. I do not talk, befriend or even apply for any work or job when I notice it. White people, please come out of the comfort zone, as this Islam is soon going to destroy all your progress, all your institutions, all your science and technology and advancements.
CrusadeR saysMarch 15, 2018 at 1:32 am
Hi Linda,
I have still not figured out 100% as to why these leaders have allowed them? What was wrong at all? I have yet to understand someone destroying such a beautiful Europe and white people and their lands? Don't they have any shame? In no way, Europe or Germany are or were responsible for any mus slums at anywhere in the world. Your politics was with Europe. Was EU the first step? Who engineered all this to destroy such a beautiful Europe? Don't white people feel proud of their race? Has it gone so bad? Do Germany need to make countryside colored? My head is spinning and I cannot write more.
BareNakedIslam saysMarch 15, 2018 at 1:58 am
Crusader, follow the money. There are big payoffs by the oil-rich Arab Gulf States to EU countries and leaders who take on the burden of muslim freeloaders, so the Arabs don't have to take them in.
Linda Cooke saysMarch 14, 2018 at 3:43 pm
"GERMANY: Germans are increasingly frightened in their own cities because of mass Muslim migration"
Yet they continue to vote for Merkel and work to aid her in her agenda so sympathy is hard to muster for these people.
paul saysMarch 15, 2018 at 2:35 pm
watch out for AFD in upcoming election. the germans see whats happenining in sweden. war guilt still affects some but the mood changing as it did in austria. the sooner they start mass deportations as some in italy have promised the sooner we get rid of these barbarians. i mean that vid of that dude washing his arse and mouth at a public water fountain was so gross i still feel ill lol
Gourdhead saysMarch 14, 2018 at 3:04 pm
Yet Merkel continues to fly in 10,000 more of these savages per month into Germany. All night flights to help hide what she is doing. Are Germans stupid or what to put up with this lunacy?
Seppo saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Not only is the native population in danger there in Germany, it is even more dangerous there for the tourists because many of them do not know which way to run away, and how to ask help, and many do not even understand Deutsch.
Hartmut saysMarch 14, 2018 at 10:00 am
The place is getting lethal for native teenage girls, another 17 year old stabbed and killed by …. you guessed it, an Afghan migrant yesterday.
Hartmut saysMarch 14, 2018 at 4:42 am
It's not the cities only but any tiny village. Right according to the motto 'the rural areas are still not colorful enough' migrants in overwhelming numbers were settled to lovely countrysides such as southern Bavaria and others. You can look up any local newspapers, there's hardly anyone left which does not report migrant related crime – many of them sexual – on a daily basis,
Anonymous Prime saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:54 am
This is an e-mail, sent by a German academic to the Israeli embassy in Berlin (February 2013):
"From a realpolitik German perspective à la Merkel, I must say that seven million dead [Israeli] Jews, as horrible as this might be, yet soberly considered, is still better than seven billion dead people caused by the Jews' brutal world domination"
"Inside the Antisemitic Mind" / Monika Schwarz-Friesel and Jehuda Reinharz , Brandeis University Press 2017
surakvulcan saysMarch 14, 2018 at 3:49 pm
"Inside the Antisemitic Mind" – or inside the deranged mind? Jews brutally dominating the world? ROFLMAO
Jews have not managed to stop the anti-Semitism at the UN, or the increasingly open anti-Semitism among the West's left-leaning political parties. That particular German was not worried, however, about the open invasion of his/her country and continent by jihadists. Wow.
I'm starting to worry less about idiots, and leaning towards allowing Darwin to cull the terminally stupid. Protecting them and their "dreams" is what endangers my life and my country.
Christine t saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:50 am
According to one comment in this article the judge has a muslim name https://www.rt.com/news/421208-volkswagen-rehire-employee-isis/
cat saysMarch 13, 2018 at 10:44 pm
No sympathy for Germany. They are letting the demonic Trojan horse full of mus slums into their country. merkel will be remembered with the same horrors that hitler is remembered.
Christine t saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:26 am
Hehe true. We'll be watching the docos alongside the Hitler docos on the History channel in future. Hmm so no more welcome messages, gifts, etc then aww shucks
Mohammed Wazza Paedophile saysMarch 13, 2018 at 8:29 pm
They murdered 6 million law abiding tax paying Jews & eventually replaced them with millions (& counting) criminally insane moslems who are & will be life-long welfare leeches contributing nothing except, murder, mass sex attacks, rape, robbery etc.Great swap!
Although I think there are enough German patriots to be able to make a difference, they'll need to start pushing harder & harder & more often & bigger numbers.
Linda Rivera saysMarch 13, 2018 at 8:16 pm
Quran (3:56) – "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."
Islam is a Military-Political, RAPE-SEX SLAVERY, MURDER, BLOOD CONQUEST Cult. It's what the BLOODTHIRSTY Quran Book of Eternal War Against Non-Muslim commands.
Islam is the FAVOURITE Cult of German, British, European and other Western leaders. It's why our TRAITOR, Jew-hater, Christian-hater, God hater leaders, colonised our nations with hostile Muslims — the ARMIES of WARLORD Mohammad, to wage war against our people.
The window of opportunity for our people to REVERSE this TERRIFYING situation is rapidly closing. Our people must act now before it's forever too late.
May our Precious Creator help us now and in the dark years ahead. God will never leave us or forsake us!
In the end, God promised in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments, great and everlasting victory!!! May God's Wonderful Name be praised throughout all eternity!
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that speak of war with nonbelievers, usually on the basis of their status as non-Muslims.
Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding.
Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Ebonypatriot saysMarch 14, 2018 at 6:55 am
Amen and Amen. Bless His name and power forever.
Dav saysMarch 13, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Pity (outside of a real change in government) this is only continue, and grow worse as more and more of the Islamic herd is allowed to takeover. Pity – the invasion isn't stopped, and every monster is removed from the country along with its family.
Jack saysMarch 13, 2018 at 6:04 pm
Though is seems they would rather be martyrs to Islam than friends of the USA.
Cleavis Nowell (@CleavisNowell) saysMarch 13, 2018 at 5:50 pm
German natives should march on Stasi Merkel's residence and give "it" a taste of the violence they experience from islamist invaders.
glnman saysMarch 14, 2018 at 8:54 am
Why would they? They voted her back into office recently. No sympathy for Germany. They're supposed to be smart people. You can't tell it by the voters there.
Emma de la Cruz saysMarch 13, 2018 at 5:48 pm
I don't know what to say anymore. This isn't new. Exactly what the hell did they expect to happen? There were warning bells, but apparently they were all deaf and dumb!! Is my husband supposed to go there now and save their sorry asses??
Fugg the Germans!! Man up or roll over and piss all over yourselves!! The bells were ringing when Merkel opened the doors. You were warned then and we were called racists, bigots, etc. Deal with it yourselves.
My give a "fuck button" is worn out! !NOT MY HUSBAND! NOT NOT MY BROTHERS!! Fuckin deal with it or roll over and play dead!! We should close all of our bases there and let them suck it up!!
They listened and sucked up to this bitch merkel while our troops are stationed there?? How much American money has flowed into their coffers while they invite the enemy in? I honestly, don't give a flying fugg what happens to Germany.
Amboyduke saysMarch 13, 2018 at 7:46 pm
Well said, Emma…
But not only the stupid Germans…add to the list the equally stupid British, French, Dutch, Belgium and the entire Scandinavian peninsula…the whole bloody European continent, except the eastern block countries that are standing up to the scourge of Islam.
AND…when the moslem shit does indeed hit the fan…I hope and pray that the good old United States stays the hell out of the mess…Europe is not worth 1 single American life.
Europe is bringing this blight upon itself, so let 'em go under…and hopefully Russia might step in and kick the moslem ass…as the occupation of Europe by islam is right on their doorstep…
Seems to me the Russians's should be quite concerned about the situation in Europe…?
Al saysMarch 13, 2018 at 11:54 pm
I'm in the Midwest and am seeing the results of Obama's "fundamental transformation." The younger levels in elementary schools are increasingly African Muslim. They tend to have more behavior problems. They need a lot of special education teachers, too, and who knows how many of their families are on welfare. The USA is slowly turning into a shit hole.
Christine t saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:30 am
Agreed, it seems soon every Western nation will be too busy purging their lands of these savages
Emma de la Cruz saysMarch 14, 2018 at 2:24 am
This is inexcusable. Public education sucks to begin with! School vouchers or home schooling are the way to go! No way will I ever let my children enter public education! I'm fairly confident that the instructors do their best; however, they're restricted by federal DOE, then there's the unions. Sad to say but public schools have become a dumping ground for illiterates and their ignorant parents. They're nothing more than daycare centers for the lower class structure.
Before anyone has a response, I stand by my statement!! America DOES have a lower class!! It's all about the"money" , "honey"! Americans will idolize anyone who flashes bling! So embarrassed sometimes to say that it's my generation!!!
Amboyduke saysMarch 14, 2018 at 10:35 am
It's the same up here in Canada..the public schools are bending over backwards to accommodate every kind of immigrant minority, and they stand proudly with a smug, "holier than thou" demeanor. At one grade 8 graduation ceremony, they had 1 immigrant kid in the grad class from Swinga-Bimba Land, or someplace, and they had a TRANSLATOR recite the entire grad program in that language, Swinga Bimbanese, for the kid's 2 parents…and the rest of the people had to sit through an entire second reading of the "celebration" program just for those 2…and the imbecile school officials announced just how proud and morally right they were to display this "inclusive tolerance and diversity"…the only clowns in the entire school who understood the gibberish were the single kid and his 2 parents…
3 people TOTAL…for FUCK SAKE!!!
Not to mention a teaching staff who can hardly wipe their own ass…
Beloved Jesus…
Al saysMarch 14, 2018 at 10:20 pm
Indeed, America does have a lower class, a.k.a. a dependent class because they are welfare dependents who tend to vote Democrat to keep the gravy train of other people's wealth being redistributed to them through socialist programs. Private schooling is another good option for education and you won't see dependent class people there for the most part because it's not free. You won't even see their kids in after school programs in public schools when fees are charged. They opt in only for the "free" stuff, courtesy of productive tax payers who pay taxes worth more than the "benefits" they receive. The dependents have a parasitic relationship with them.
Etti saysMarch 16, 2018 at 1:03 pm
Al, thanks for your honesty and grasp of the Islamic problem.March 13.
I keep trying to warn Americans that it is no good keep pointing the finger at the Brits while ignoring the Trojan horse in the USA.
The evil of Islam does not show up so much in America as it is a large country. In small European countries the slime swishes round and round and is very noticeable.
Complacency will get the USA taken over.
BareNakedIslam saysMarch 16, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Etti, I keep trying to tell people here that Muslims in the U.S. are still just 1% of the population, yet there is hardly a week that goes by that there isn't something bad about them in the news.
Jan Sobieski (@RefugeeRacket) saysMarch 13, 2018 at 2:31 pm
Merkel lied. Now the Germans are seeing the truth. It seems too late unless the politicians become ruthless with the muslim invaders. I just don't see that happening.
BareNakedIslam saysMarch 13, 2018 at 6:09 pm
With over 2 million new muslim migrants in Germany just since 2015, and Merkel allowing in 200,000 more per year, it is only going to get a lot worse, unless the AfD party can take the reins.
Amboyduke saysMarch 13, 2018 at 7:56 pm
Not only do the "have to take the reins, but with the rest of Germany seeming to have little desire for a show-down…it's gonna be an uphill slog…but it's a start in the right direction.
So far they, the Germans, have proven to be very cavalier about what is happening in their country…and to get those pricks off their asses will be quite a daunting task, methinks…?
We'll see when things start heating up over there…and I wouldn't be surprised if the mosks are ready and waiting for shit to happen, and I'll bet a dollar to a donut, they will be so much better prepared for the fight than the everyday German.
I'll wager their mosks have small arsenals of all types of weapons…God knows they've had years to set it up.
Time will tell…
BareNakedIslam saysMarch 13, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Amboy, in 10 years the Muslims there will have outbred them anyway.
Hartmut saysMarch 14, 2018 at 4:27 am
The resistance is growing but hasn't reached the boiling point yet. Once it does however it will get really ugly. More and more Germans are convinced that with the continuous political correctness rigidly enforced by the administration and bureaucracy a civil war is inevitable.
Amboyduke saysMarch 14, 2018 at 10:59 am
IMNSHO, it's bound to happen if things don't change drastically…and the first to go should be the pathetic enabler liberal, diversity loving, sons of bitches who have allowed these things to entrench themselves into your/our western culture.
It's hard to believe some of the things these politicians are actually SAYING…! It's like they are programmed to be imbecilic lackeys…!
And Bonni is right as rain, that if we don't act soon, the bastards will out breed us in 10 SHORT years…
I don't know how available guns re in Deutschland, but if you can acquire some, get some…and ammo…lots and lots of ammo…
Christine t saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:31 am
I'm still reading articles where the mad Germans are flying these savages in – I guess crossing overland is too slow
Al saysMarch 13, 2018 at 11:57 pm
Yet the Germans still voted Merkel into office.
Peter35 saysMarch 14, 2018 at 2:55 am
Clever, clever Germans, eh? Makes you wonder doesn't it, how they can ever make a Porsche, or build a nuclear power station, if they're so terminally stupid.
Don Spilman saysMarch 13, 2018 at 2:16 pm
That "fear" must soon turn into HATE. We need not fear hate it is God blessed when directed at evil.
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddently bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.
"This destiny does not tire, nor can it be broken, and its mantle of
strength descends upon those in its service." – Francis Parker Yockey,
Don Spilman saysMarch 13, 2018 at 6:17 pm
Every count has been proved…..the "wait" should very soon be over!!!
John Wayne saysMarch 13, 2018 at 2:06 pm
I'm looking forward to this chaos coming to America
Don Spilman saysMarch 13, 2018 at 6:26 pm
I actually understand that feeling John W, I am not a mean or even angry person but I am ready to see some serious WRONGS righted and that usually does happen in chaos. There is indeed coming a time when one will not "need" a carry permit. and it will be open season on bad people. Of course I understand war is a terrible thing "but its NOT the worst of things"….
Emma de la Cruz saysMarch 14, 2018 at 1:10 am
Don, dear friend, I hope that you don't believe that every weapon is registered with the"state".? For every one that is, there are probably three that aren't😉😉😱 . Out of chaos comes order. 😇
Jose Rivera saysMarch 13, 2018 at 2:05 pm
hey Germany,
do you miss the JEWS yet??
enough said.
Clarence J. Feinour saysMarch 13, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Its a shame the way Merkel has single handily turned Germany into a country thats quickly turning into a Muslim hell hole.
Amboyduke saysMarch 13, 2018 at 8:06 pm
Clarence J.
True enough…but the stupid German's keep voting for Frau Merkel…so they are all accessories before AND after the fact.
They keep letting her do it…their collective guilt carried over from WW2 and the treatment of the Jews has made them either impotent or paranoid to open their eyes and confront the scourge that is islam…worrying that they are going down the same path that Adolf skipped along during the war.
I flabbergasts me that they don't seem to be aware, or acknowledge that there is a monumental difference between the Jew of the 1930s and the moslem of 2018.
I truly wonder if the average German of today knows that islam and the Nazi's were super chummy back in the 1940s?
Actually, I wonder if there are many people anywhere that know that fact…?
Jose Rivera saysMarch 13, 2018 at 10:16 pm
yes, al husseini and hitler created the final solution
Amboyduke saysMarch 14, 2018 at 11:08 am
You are right, Jose…
And not to defend Hitler in any way…but at the beginning he didn't want to kill the Jews, he just wanted them out of Germany…and he offered to ship them to any country that would take them, and sadly, many countries didn't want them either…
That is why it was called the "Final Solution", because he had tried other means to rid Germany of Jews, but none of them worked as he'd hoped, so when that rotten Muslim Ayatollah Al Husseini got on board, he convinced the Nazi's they weren't killing enough Jew fast enough, old Adolf kicked it up a notch.
Although, the Nazi's were already starting to kill the Jew before Husseini got involved, he just encouraged them to do more…or at least that is how I perceive it to have been played out.
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