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Welcome to the Orange County Family Law Attorneys website of The Family Law Offices of Yanez & Associates, our law firm understands that legal issues are perhaps one of the utmost challenging life issues you possibly will confront. The outcome of a case will have an eternal influence on your children, livelihood and family structure for years. Whether by skillful discussion or litigation, we provide the optimum legal services for our clients for all California family law matters. Attorney Bettina Yanez holds the distinguished privilege of being a Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.
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Our outstanding & experienced family attorneys will protect their clients' legal rights when it comes to the family court proceedings.
The best Orange County Divorce attorneys strive to reach fair settlements for their clients when terminating the marriage, while protecting the interest of any minor children, equally dividing joint property, obtaining custody, visitation and alimony orders; moreover, attorneys that are experienced trial lawyers willing and able to try the case before a court, when the opposing side is unreasonable.
A skillful lawyer will always choose what is in the best interest of their client. On the other hand, the opposing side also desires that as well.
This is where the difficulty comes in, when both attorneys champion the same for each of their clients' rights. This is where skill and years of practice makes a difference when it comes to negotiating a resolution that will satisfy the parties. Fundamentally, dissolution does not have to be a battle. In Orange County, you will find that a California dissolution Lawyer does not want his client to engage in a legal battle that will only enrich the pockets of the attorneys. Our Attorneys will first attempt to assist in obtaining an amicable resolution and look to litigation when an agreement cannot be reached.
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When you hire counsel to execute a job for you, you typically want to select a highly recommended firm with an excellent track record. After all, why accept less when you know there is somebody who is extraordinary out there? Say you are seeking to retain a Top Divorce Lawyer in Orange County. There are thousands of Attorneys for dissolution but you must choose one. In order for you to accomplish this, you must do the following:
• Form a list of three or four good lawyers. The Family Law Attorneys who will represent you can be chosen after you have spoken with him or her first.
• Generate a list of the questions you want to ask, particularly those regarding their experience, success rate and plan of action that will be taken in your family law matter.
• Schedule a Free Consultation with the OC family law lawyers on your list. Some attorneys will allow over the phone consultations, but face to face is recommended. You want to ensure the chemistry between client and attorney works.
• Take good notes of each attorney's answers to your concerns and questions.
• When speaking with the attorney you want to make sure you feel comfortable communicating with him or her. This is vital, as you will be spending a lot of time with your counsel.
• Select the attorney that you judge can benefit you. Take your time to review your notes. Do not rush into your decision, as your choice will affect your life.
• Visit third party neutral review sites to read what people are saying about the Orange County divorce attorney you are about to hire. Review sites such as Avvo.com allow both good and bad reviews on the counsel you are interviewing. Moreover, I highly recommend you also visit the California State Bar to ensure the attorney's status reads "Active" and that no disciplinary action has been taken on the California attorney. Attorneys have been known to practice with suspended licenses; therefore, research before you hire.
In conclusion, it is presumed that marriage is one of the greatest bonds between people that love each other. Nevertheless, we never know what life will bring, it may be conceivable that any union can come to an end. In such a case, you would have to go through a dissolution. The dissolution of marriage process can be complex so it would be wise to retain the best Orange County Family Law Lawyers. Retaining a female OC divorce attorney can help you in your quest to protect your legal rights. There are particular ways you can assure yourself that the California dissolution Lawyer you are hiring is knowledgeable and skillful. The first would be to inspect his or her level of experience. This can be judged by the number of years they have been working on dissolution cases, as well as to the level of their legal education.
Yanez & Associates is an excellent Southern California based Firm with a great reputation. In addition most of our divorce attorneys are Spanish speaking (Bilingual).
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Yanez & Associates serves the communities including but not limited to Anaheim, Anaheim Hills, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, as well as Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda, Norwalk, La habra, Los Angeles, Silverado, Capistrano Beach, Dana Point, Newport Coast, Foothill Ranch, Corona Del Mar, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Trabuco Canyon and Whittier.
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Global wheat production for 2012/13 is forecast up 3.7 million tons this month to 655.1 million.
Chinese wheat production is up 2.6 million tons to 120.6 million, as that country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently issued its first grain production estimates for 2012 by crop, which, though very much in line with its July estimates for total summer grains, indicated slightly lower area harvested, but higher yields. With wheat area roughly stable, wheat yields in China have been steadily increasing over the last 10 years (though a small drop in yields occurred in 2009/10).
Australian wheat production is projected 1.0 million tons higher at 22.0 million. On December 4, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) issued a new forecast stating that "crops have held up better than expected in many winter cropping regions, given the dry conditions experienced in the past few months." The main reason for higher than expected wheat yields is apparently still abundant sub-soil moisture reserves in the eastern provinces of Queensland, New South Wales, and parts of Victoria and South Australia.
In Western Australia, sub-soil moisture levels are low, but still better than top-soil levels. Canada's 2012/13 wheat production is increased 0.5 million tons to 27.2 million this month. The increase is based on a Statistics Canada survey (over 29,000 farmers, from October 26 to November 14), that indicated that favorable harvest weather and lower abandonment resulted in higher than expected harvested area (especially in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, up 18 and 27 percent on the year, respectively) and in larger wheat output.
Wheat production in Brazil is down 0.2 million tons to 4.8 million. Though conditions in Parana, which produces about half of Brazilian wheat, are reported to be good, another major wheatproducing state of Rio Grande de Sul (about a 30-percent share in wheat output) suffered adverse weather conditions in some parts of the state. Frost, hail, and unusually high-intensity rainfall coincided with wheat filling and maturing, while especially heavy precipitation (the latest being on December 5) affected harvesting, causing additional lodging.
A revision of the wheat data series for North Korea this month is based on a special report by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program (FAO/WFP).
The mission in October 2012 was allowed and supported by the North Korean Government. The mission was permitted to visit various parts of the country, and was given access to official crop data and other relevant information.
Though the changes are small in absolute terms (for 2010/11 down 0.03 million tons to 0.2 million, for 2011/12 down 0.05 million tons to 0.15 million, and for 2012/13 down 0.1 million tons to 0.1 million), current data better reflect reality, showing much lower yields in the years with adverse weather conditions, such as 2011/12 and 2012/13.
Small adjustments are made for EU-27 (with a slightly lower wheat output in France), Mongolia, and Jordan. For 2011/12, global production is raised 0.4 million tons, based on an upward revision for Australia (0.4 million tons) as recently reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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I think DS2 14mo is of a temperament that will accept the Jay Gordon method without too much heartache and it's the only method I know of that seems realistic and in line with my attachment parenting beliefs. this method never would have worked with my super sensitive high need (but wonderful) DS1.
I'm thinking of starting tomorrow night so I can get my 'head' organized first.
Anyone else had experience with this?
I certainly can't give any testimonies after just one night, bu I say it's worth a shot. If it starts to make you uncomfortable you can always stop.
Good luck and I hope you get some rest soon!
I used this method with my oldest when he was 2. He was a high needs babe, so that's why we waited until 2. I was at my wit's end with sleep deprivation and was rather dubious about whether or not I would ever actually be able to night-wean him. But it worked beautifully! Much better than I thought it would. He continued to nurse A LOT during the day, but he did that before the night weaning, too. At least I was getting enough sleep to recharge for it!
It's odd...my next 2 dc, I night nursed until they weaned(one at 18 months because I was pregnant, the next until almost 4yo because I was pregnant) and never had the issues that I had with my first. He wore me out. The other 2 didn't. Every child is so different!
Good luck!
babe did cry a bit but it was only 3-5min and he was in my arms the whole time. It was an angry cry rather than a distressed one.
When I did let him feed as much as he wanted at 6am he really had a good feed and then went back to sleep (he usually gets up at 6am).
So far so good
good luck
My second is almost 9 months now and I don't think I will wait as long this time. I'm exhausted and I think both my kids will benefit by me getting more sleep. I will see how it's going in a few months and then decide when is the right time.
I plan on using it again with my littlest DD when the time comes.
Good luck!
We originally went with Dr. Gordon's suggestion of not nursing for 11pm to 6am, but the timing is really not working for us. DD seems to really need that 4:30/5am feeding - so much so, that the couple times I have tried the backrubbing/cuddling instead, she decides that she'd rather just wake up then. Waking up at 4:30am is totally not working for me So I think we're going to move the timing around a little and see if that works better.
The other issue is that she's still waking quite a few times a night. She gets pissed for a few seconds when I say that "the num-nums are night-night", but as soon as I say "you want to cuddle and have rubs?" she's settles right down on my chest and points at her back for rubs. She is still waking up quite a few times at night for rubs though - which is actually more tiring for me than nursing since I can't just fall asleep while doing it. So now I feel like I've swapped the nursing for the rubbing, which doesn't help me at all. I'll have to do someone else's plan for weaning off backrubs!
I might just go back to nursing her since that never really bothered me to begin with (I'll just have to get my husband some earplugs - he's the major complainer about the night nursing, not me). I have noticed she's been more needy since I got pregnant, so maybe she's just not ready to night wean. I'll play it be ear...
I just wanted to revive this thread and hear how things are going for all the folks who had just started, or were about to start the Jay Gordon thing.
I was planning to wait a little more, and see if it was really absolutely necessary for us, but lately I have been so tired that I am actually sleeping through the early signs of my 13 month old son's wake-ups. He almost crawled off the bed the other night right over my sleeping legs. He wakes up or stirs for nursing so many times each night... sometimes hourly, or every 90 minutes. I get 2 continuous hours once a week, which always makes me think: I can do this, no problem, don't need to night wean. Til now.
Last night, through the fog, I just felt "ok, this is it." I want to night wean from 12 - 4. I really feel I could go a lot longer on the luxurious dream of 4 continuous hours each night. Hey, 3 would do, but why not go for the gold!
So - questions: anyone had success with this technique with the modification of walking the baby to sleep and putting him down without nursing? (instead of putting baby down awake)
When you do the first nights, and baby JUST WON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP with any amount of cuddles, walking, singing, dancing, rocking, etc etc -- do you just stay up? No nursing unless there's been a sleep interval, right? I'm willing, but at 3:45 I'd like a rule to remember so I don't have to try to think it all through.
Anyone had success passing baby off to dad for the final cuddling down steps?
What has worked? What hasn't worked? Experience, advice, reflections - let it rip!
Thanks so much!
-your sleepy friend, with hope
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We had our second night, and while I got very little sleep, it was because I was holding so absolutely still because HE FELL ASLEEP WITHOUT THE BREAST. Holy smoking can't believe this is my baby wow!
First of all there was no wake up between 7 and midnight, which hasn't happened in 4 months. Then he woke up at 12:05 (testing me?) and we nursed briefly sitting up in bed. Then I pulled my shirt down and told him "Daddy's asleep, Mommy's asleep, Milk is asleep, doggies are asleep" etc etc, and though he squirmed and protested, there was no true crying, and we just snuggled and rocked right there on the bed, and soon I laid him down -- more snuggles and protests and then... snores! This happened again at 3 and at 3:55, easier each time (but the first time only took 15 minutes), and I was so happy to side lie nurse again at 4:15.
This morning -- cheerful, teething, totally normal, no grudge.
Please tell me about your progression through this method, your disappointments, surprises, etc.
Trying not to get ahead of myself with anticipation of sleep!
Mom of one child (2008), wife of one husband, tender of dogs, cats and chickens. Household interests: ocean life (kid), bitcoins (husband), simplifying (me).
The good news: (and I'm only night weaning between 12 - 4)
There were only 2 wake ups (9 and 11:30) for which I nursed him back down as usual.
The less good but not bad news:
He woke again at 2 am and I couldn't soothe him back down, tried for an hour, some real crying but mostly fussing. His daddy got him walked to sleep pretty easily after just 10 minutes, but he awoke as Daddy was unstrapping the carrier. Then miserable crying on Daddy for another 20 minutes, by which time it was 5 minutes til 4am so I just nursed him down as if it were 4 for real.
Back to good news:
Overall, no worse a night than a usual full moon and teething night is around here, and the day was lots of fun, happy, and independent babyness.
I'm still in the game, but I can't help dreading going to bed! More soon...
Hey, OPs - your updates? We want to hear from experienced night weaners!
Mom of one child (2008), wife of one husband, tender of dogs, cats and chickens. Household interests: ocean life (kid), bitcoins (husband), simplifying (me).
Good luck to all. I will keep posted
Does anyone have a child like mine? I've tried this method several times for the past six months or so, but ds (27 months) wised up pretty quick. When he realizes that he can't nurse, he actually gives up after fighting with me for about a half hour. Then he composes himself, gets up and walks away from me.
He'll proceed to spend the next few hours (in the middle of the night) playing. If he can't nurse, he's not going to sleep. Usually at about the four hour point of being awake and I'm dying to sleep, I force him to nurse and he'll go right to sleep. Otherwise, he's content to be awake.
My husband tells me that I should just not let him play, but I would have to restrain him in my arms. Not only does that feel cruel, but I probably wouldn't have the strength to last very long.
Does anyone know what I can do for him? Is it possibly he's just not ready to night wean, or am I too late in breaking the habit?
He has gotten to the point where he seems to need to be latched on all night long, and it's getting harder and harder to sleep through it. I've tried having him sleep next to our bed, but he never seems to get into a deep enough sleep to put him down without the boob.
Somebody help... I'm looking for a miracle!
Wishing you good luck! You could try complete night-weaning now that DS is so much older, and talk him through it for a few weeks before in the daytime. I think a lot of people have done this on here and found it very successful with a count-down to D-Day and then water and biscuits at night if baby wakes or wants to drink or eat, but num nums have gone night night like the rest of the world!
Meanwhile, it went well for us last night on the 2nd night of the 2nd phase. There were lots of wake-ups til I got to bed, then one at 11:30, which I nursed down (just weaning from 12 - 4) then another at 3 which (once again) I was stunned to find I could handle with rocking right there in bed and cuddles and singing. From 3 - 4, I had to stay just awake enough to keep humming in my 13month old son's ear otherwise he'd stir again. At 4 I let him wake enough to nurse, but it was very brief, and then he slept til 6:15.
Tonight I am imagining -- what would it be like not to be afraid to go to bed....
Mom of one child (2008), wife of one husband, tender of dogs, cats and chickens. Household interests: ocean life (kid), bitcoins (husband), simplifying (me).
I wonder if it can be done that way, or if that is too "backwards"....
Very blessed mama to one bouncin' boy (12/07) one who didn't get to stay (6/09), one potty learning, mess making diva(4/10), and one cheerful milk monster. (12/11) Happy partner to the love of my life.
OK, last night was night 2 of the second phase, and again, to my shock, it went pretty well. The last nurse-to-sleep was at 10:30, then there was a wake-up at 12:30, easily soothed back to sleep with NO NURSING!!!!
Then there was a wake-up at 3, a little harder, but any true crying was a long long minute or less, and down he went again. Another wake-up at 3:45, and I was sorely tempted to just nurse (what does a baby know from 15 minutes here or there) but then I remembered that my baby has an internal clock that is more accurate than our computer. So I again got him down without nursing, and he stayed asleep til 4:45. He nursed then, and again at 5:45 and was up for real at 6:15.
I am sooooo encouraged.
What's next, I wonder?
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This article appears in the July 06 issue of PC Advisor, available in all good newsagents.
I bet you never thought the pictures WMP (Windows Media Player) displays while playing your favourite music could be the key to letting a hacker trash your computer. Or that downloading a skin to change WMP's looks could open the door to your PC. But because of a problem with the handling of bitmapped images, that's what might happen.
An attacker could use this hole to bypass your system's security and do anything, from planting spyware to reformatting your hard disk, just for the heck of it. Aside from viewing poisoned photos of your favourite artists, or downloading music or skins from a questionable site, you can be infected in more traditional ways, such as via booby-trapped links on a website or email.
The bitmap image format is one of the more common. Unfortunately, the part of WMP that handles the display of bitmaps has a flaw that permits a malicious hacker to send you a file that drowns it with data. WMP then crashes, passing control of your PC over to whatever commands or programs your attacker has cued to hit next.
Microsoft has distributed a patch to address this critical problem via Windows Update. All versions of WMP from 7.01-10.0 are at risk. Don't delay in patching: at least two sites have published code that takes advantage of this WMP hole – and it won't take a lot of effort to turn that code into a pre-fab component for use in a worm or virus.
Java holes
Meanwhile, Sun is dealing with its own security problems in its JRE (Java Runtime Environment), the virtual machine that allows you to run Java programs. You most commonly get this as a plug-in so your browser can run Java applets.
A number of flaws could potentially let a cyberthug execute whatever code they want, just by tricking you into clicking on a malicious link. To check your JRE version, click Start and select Run; type 'cmd' and click ok. At the DOS prompt, type java -fullversion and press Return. You're safe if you have J2SE (Java 2.0 Standard Edition) 5.0 Update 6.0 (shown as 1.5.0_06) or J2SE 1.4.2_11. If you don't, jump over to sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102171-1 for Sun's advisory and how to download the patched updates.
Buggy Microsoft drive drains laptops
If you're planning to buy a pricey laptop that uses one of Intel's dual-core mobile processors, you may not be getting all the battery life you paid for. The culprit is Microsoft's USB 2.0 ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) driver, which was introduced with XP SP2. Ironically, ACPI is meant to help conserve power. But with this bug, using any built-in or external USB 2.0 devices can lead to extra battery drain. Microsoft released a partial workaround for PC makers in July, but it's deemed too complicated and risky for public release. Until there's a patch, save battery life by unplugging USB devices from your laptop when running on the battery.
Mozilla woes
Researchers recently identified eight security holes in Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 browser and in pre-1.0 versions of Mozilla's SeaMonkey browser and email suite. The holes affect Windows, Linux and Mac users, but earlier Firefox versions are not affected. The worst of these flaws could result in an attacker taking over your system, but Firefox 220.127.116.11 and later or SeaMonkey 1.0 and later are safe. You should receive the Firefox updates automatically if you have at least version 1.5. Otherwise, update Firefox at www.mozilla.com/firefox and SeaMonkey at www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey.


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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. –H.L. Mencken
My wife and I were married in a church, by an excellent pastor, with a clear and full exposition of why we were taking this step. It was not so that we could get a tax break. It was not so that our children would not be bastards and would be able to inherit our assets. It was to mirror the relationship of Christ to the Church and to demonstrate faithfulness and love to those around us.
Unfortunately, we were also married with those horrible words: "By the power vested in me by the State of Delaware…" There is nothing wrong (for greater accuracy – more wrong) with Delaware in comparison to another state. However, there is something wrong with a state granting a pastor power over a wedding ceremony. As with other private-public institutions, there is a confusion between the power of God and the 'power' of the state.
David J. Theroux, at The Independent Institute has a great article (Part I, Part II) on this very confusion. Theroux comes at the issue from a different direction than I have, setting the philosophical and historical precedents that ushered religion out of society, only to be replaced by what he calls a secular theocracy. It is at this point that Theroux begins to take a different tack than the majority of Christian commentators. Instead of advocating Christians rise up and make America great again by reworking this theocracy, Theroux supports "de-socializing the public square" by "privatizing government schools, transportation, welfare… civic areas of all types, etc., and allowing covenants and other private institutions and communities to flourish."


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Athos: We're in the middle of a chase, Porthos.
Porthos: You're right - something red.
[five Cardinal's guards ride up as Athos and D'Artagnan prepare to duel]
Athos: Only a fool would try and arrest us twice in one day.
Jussac: You're under arrest.
Jussac: Are you coming peacefully or do you intend to resist?
Porthos: Oh don't be so stupid, of course we intend to resist! Just give us a moment, all right?
[to his comrades:]
Porthos: Five of them, three of us. Hardly seems fair.
Aramis: Maybe we should give them a chance to surrender.
D'Artagnan: Excuse me, but there's four of us.
Athos: It's not your fight. You're not a Musketeer.
D'Artagnan: I may not wear the tunic, but I believe I have the heart of a Musketeer.
Porthos: Warrior!
Aramis: Poet!
Athos: You got a name, boy?
D'Artagnan: D'Artagnan.
Athos: Athos, Porthos, Aramis.
Porthos: Pleased to meet you again.
Aramis: Pleasure.
Porthos: Everyone acquainted?
[the four whirl around and unsheathe their swords]
Porthos: NOW, we are prepared to resist you!
Porthos: A lively tune... I'm inspired to dance!
Porthos: Rochefort. Isn't that a smelly kind of cheese?
[last lines]
D'Artagnan: So what do we do now? What's next?
Porthos: Well, we protect the King.
Aramis: Protect the Queen.
Porthos: In the name of God. And France, correct?
Aramis: France indeed.
[Girard and his brothers have caught up with D'Artagnan. At the other end of the street they draw swords]
Girard: D'Artagnan! My sister's honor will not wait a moment longer.
D'Artagnan: I'll handle this.
Porthos: D'Artganan, we also protect each other.
D'Artagnan: All for one.
Porthos, Aramis, Athos: And one for all.
[Girard's eyes widen]
Girard: RUN!
[Girard and co are pursued by all the musketeers]
[During a chase, in the Cardinal's own coach]
Porthos: For a chase, the Cardinal recommends his excellent '24 Cabernet.
Porthos: [to D'Artagnan] You can't have any, you're too young.
Athos: Take the reins, boy.
Porthos: The picnic was delicious, the champagne was excellent, remind me to send the Cardinal a note.
D'Artagnan: The Cardinal! We have to hurry!
Porthos: You two have a date?
D'Artagnan: No. It's the Cardinal. He's conspiring against the king.
Aramis: Tell us something we don't know.
Cardinal Richelieu: A word of caution, milady. A snap of my fingers, and you could be back on the block where I found you.
Milady: And with a flick of my wrist, I could change your religion.
Cardinal Richelieu: You're very persuasive.
[after finding out his student is married]
Aramis: We must pray for our sins.
[husband busts in and fires]
Aramis: On second thought, God's often busy.
Porthos: How's your head D'Artagnan?
D'Artagnan: I'm beginning to wish the Cardinal *had* chopped it off. Will you stop whistling please?
Porthos: I'm not whistling.
D'Artagnan: Well somebody's whistling.
Porthos: Barmaid's kiss left him dizzy.
Aramis: I hear it too. Sounds like a...
Athos: Cannon ball!
Porthos: Oh I *hate* cannon balls.
[Aramis is unconscious after being shot at by the Cardinal, Porthos is trying to revive him]
Athos: Is he dead?
[Porthos moves the crucifix round Aramis' neck and Aramis regains consciousness violently]
Athos: Gently! Gently!
Aramis: [groans and looks at the crucifix which stopped the bullet] See? There is a God.
Athos: Your manners have not improved yet. You're late.
D'Artagnan: You in a hurry to die?
Athos: [Porthos and Aramis arrive] Here come the grave diggers now.
Porthos: Athos, you cannot fight this boy.
Athos: Why not?
Porthos: I'm fighting him.
D'Artagnan: Not until 1 o'clock.
Aramis: I have a duel with him too.
D'Artagnan: Not until 2 o'clock.
D'Artagnan: [preparing to start a duel with Athos] I'll be with you gentlemen in a moment.
Porthos: Oh, he's a fiesty little fellow.
Aramis: Fiesty indeed.
King Louis: You've failed.
Cardinal Richelieu: Oh, you're so naive. Things couldn't be more perfect if I planned them myself. The King of France dies at the hands of his own personal guard. Grief stricken, terrified, the hudled masses turn for comfort to their devout spiritual leader who, ever so humbly, assumes the throne. With the Queen by his side.
Queen Anne: I would rather die!
Cardinal Richelieu: That can be arranged!
King Louis: This world is an uncertain realm, filled with danger. Honor underminded by the pursuit of power, freedom sacrificed when the weak are oppressed by the strong. But there are those who oppose these powerful forces, who dedicate their lives to truth, honor, and freedom. These men are known as Musketeers. Rise, D'Artagnan, and join them.
Porthos: This sash was a gift to me, from the Queen of America.
D'Artagnan: There's no queen of America!
Porthos: I beg to differ, infant. We're on quite intimate terms, unless you can prove otherwise.
Porthos: Come D'Artagnan, we're saving the King!
Bad Guy: It's Porthos the Pirate! AAAAH!
[the bad guys jump overboard]
D'Artagnan: Pirate?
Porthos: I told you I was famous.
Porthos: [disguised as an executioner at D'Artagnon's execution] This axe was given to me by the Czarina of Tokyo.
Porthos: [D'Artagnan is driving and takes a sharp turn causing Porthos to spill his drink] That's it. Next time you drive.
Porthos: [Porthos stabs a man he is fighting with a blade attached to a gun] I like this!
Porthos: You, boy, are arrogant, hot tempered and entirely too bold. I like that. Reminds me of me.
Aramis: Don't encourage him. By helping us the boy has made himself an outlaw as well.
Athos: Not if he leaves Paris right now.
D'Artagnan: I can't leave now, I just got here.
Porthos: Go home. Find a wench, raise fat babies, live a good long life.
D'Artagnan: What about the motto of the Musketeers? All for one and one for all.
Athos: Wake up boy. The Musketeers are just a dream.
D'Artagnan: Athos, why don't you come join us?
Athos: You fight like a man. See if you can drink like one.
D'Artagnan: I'll drink anything you put in front of me.
Athos: Famous last words... What should we drink to?
D'Artagnan: Let's drink to love.
Athos: [Snorts] To love. Let me tell you a story about love, D'Artagnan. I knew a young man once, a Count, who feared he would never fall in love. One day, he met a woman. This woman was more than beautiful. She was intoxicating, mysterious, everything he'd ever dreamed of. He felt his heart would burst if he couldn't have her.
D'Artagnan: What happened?
Athos: The poor idiot married her.
D'Artagnan: Isn't that what people do when they fall in love?
Athos: Shut up and listen to me. They were riding through the forest one day. She was thrown from her horse and knocked unconscious. When he rushed to her side, he noticed a mark on her body... something he'd never seen before, something she'd managed to keep hidden all this time.
D'Artagnan: What was it?
Athos: The brand of the fleur-de-lis, the mark given to those who are to be executed for murder. The Count was crushed. The woman he loved, his bride, had betrayed him. She'd lied to him. When she came to, she swore that she'd been falsely accused of these crimes, but he didn't believe her; he rejected her for her lies and for her past. Then he banished her from his province. When the guards came to take her away to be executed, she... she was still professing her undying love. Soon after, the Count realized how much she had meant to him, but it was too late. His betrayal was far greater than hers could ever have been. He gave up his title, his land, everything he believed in, never to be seen or heard from again, all because of love.
Cardinal Richelieu: All for one. And more for me.
D'Artagnan: WAIT!
Cardinal Richelieu: You object to losing your head?
D'Artagnan: Yes, I like it where it is!
Cardinal Richelieu: Then tell me what I want to know, and maybe you will keep it a while longer!
D'Artagnan: I don't know where they are.
Cardinal Richelieu: And if you did?
D'Artagnan: I wouldn't tell you...
Cardinal Richelieu: I admire your courage, D'Artagnan. You might have made a great musketeer. But now we'll never know - will we?
Cardinal Richelieu: Tell me, D'Artagnan. What noble business brings you here?
D'Artagnan: I came to join the King's Musketeers.
Cardinal Richelieu: [slyly] Bad timing.
D'Artagnan: So I've heard.
Porthos: [reacting to D'Artagnan knocking into the waiter, causing food to spill on his sash] Excuse me! This sash was a gift to me from the queen of America.
D'Artagnan: There's no queen of America.
Porthos: I beg to differ, infant. We're on quite intimate terms unless you can prove otherwise.
D'Artagnan: [drawing his sword] Here's my proof.
Porthos: I see. He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword.
D'Artagnan: The mighty who?
Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me.
D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag?
Porthos: Little pimple, meet me behind the Luxembourg at one o'clock and bring a long wooden box.
D'Artagnan: Bring your own...
[Porthos laughs]
Aramis: Ah, thank you. You broke my fall perfectly. I do apologize for the inconvenience.
D'Artagnan: Get off me!
Aramis: If there's one thing I can't abide, it's rudeness.
D'Artagnan: You fell on me!
Aramis: And I apologized for it.
D'Artagnan: Well your apology is not accepted.
Aramis: I hope your sword is as quick as your mouth.
D'Artagnan: It's quicker.
Aramis: Ah, a duel then.
D'Artagnan: A duel.
Aramis: Meet me by the Carmes-Deschaux Monastery at two o'clock.
D'Artagnan: I'll be there.
Aramis: As will I.
D'Artagnan: Three duels in one day. Hmm.
[five Cardinal's Guards arrive in an inn, two patrols of their comrades are either bound and gagged or unconscious]
Jussac: What is this?
Athos: We are having a private party celebrating the demise of the Musketeers. Go away.
Aramis: Athos. Is that any way to greet our guests? Gentlemen, don't be shy, come in. Your friends have been expecting you.
Jussac: You are under arrest.
Athos: Under whose authority?
Rochefort: Mine.
Aramis: Ah. Hello again, Cyclops.
Aramis: As morning hues of sun swept fire caress your passion face. Alone with thee in pure desire, to worship your untold grace. My soul would cry in silent prayer, for hours spent apart. Your essence warms the evening air, as I dance into your heart.
Athos: [after Porthos arrives and helps him fight off the Cardinals Guards] Where have you been?
Porthos: Taking care of something ugly.
[to Athos, in a whisper]
Milady: There was a time when I would have given my life for a kind word from you.
Aramis: Only the wrong words are waste of time. the right words can make a more lasting impression than a thousand of Porthos's kisses.
Barmaid: Not likely.
D'Artagnan: It's about time.
Porthos: [laughing] Come D'Artagnan we're saving the king
Porthos: Ah ha! The Cardinal's sacred snack chamber.
Aramis: And what have we here? Is he a man of God or a man of gold?
Porthos: God, I love my work!
D'Artagnan: Is this Musketeer headquarters?
Athos: No, this was Musketeer headquarters.
D'Artagnan: Oh, you mean it's been moved.
Athos: No, I mean the Musketeers have been disbanded. They no longer exist. Feel free to poke around for souvenirs if you wish.
D'Artagnan: But I just got here. How am I supposed to become a Musketeer if they've been disbanded?
Athos: I'd say you've got quite a problem.
D'Artagnan: [Grabbing Athos' arm] You're not being very helpful.
Athos: You need a lesson in manners, boy.
D'Artagnan: Anytime.
Athos: Why don't you meet me outside the city by the ruins, let's say noon?
D'Artagnan: I'll be there.
[after a fight with the Cardinal's guards]
D'Artagnan: What's he doing?
Athos: Last rites. Aramis takes death very seriously.
D'Artagnan: Is he a priest?
Athos: He used to be one of the Cardinal's students.
D'Artagnan: Why's Athos sitting by himself?
Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry; he'll be his usual charming self by morning.
[after dropping a group of the Cardinal's guards with a chandelier]
Porthos: Did I miss anyone?
Aramis: Congratulations, Porthos. You brought down the house.
Porthos: Oh, drat. I was trying to hit Rochefort.
Athos: Richelieu!
Cardinal Richelieu: You're too late, Musketeers! By now the Duke of Buckingham's signature is next to mine! The alliance is complete!
Athos: That would be difficult, considering the treaty never left France!
Cardinal Richelieu: A minor problem!
Cardinal Richelieu: One thousand gold pieces on each of their heads, dead or alive!
Cardinal Richelieu: I prefer dead!
Aramis: Leaving so soon?
Cardinal Richelieu: Oh you know, I abhor bloodshed
Aramis: Especially your own.
Cardinal Richelieu: Stand aside.
Aramis: You are under arrest, charged with treason.
Cardinal Richelieu: You of all people should know that the Cardinal does not answer to the laws of men.
Aramis: Then you'll answer to God.
Cardinal Richelieu: [shoots Aramis] You first.
Aramis: You will never harm another soul ever again. My promise to God.
King Louis: Wait.
[punches Cardinal Richelieu, knocking him into the water]
Aramis: Well done, Your Majesty.
Athos: Sabine! I thought you were dead.
Milady: Cardinal Richelieu took pity on me.
Athos: You're the spy?
Milady: I have learned the value of lies. They have kept me alive.
Athos: [pointing a pistol at her] The treaty. Give it to me.
Milady: No.
Athos: I will shoot!
Milady: Be kind. Aim for my heart.
Porthos: Whoa, ugly!
D'Artagnan: As morning hues of sunswept...
Aramis: Fire!
D'Artagnan: ...fire caress your... poisoned face.
[Aramis looks pained. D'Artagnan gives up, and sweeps the bar maid into a kiss]
Porthos: I declare, the boy's a natural!
D'Artagnan: Shakespeare?
Aramis: Aramis.
Porthos: Cheating.
[as D'Artagnan is prepared to be beheaded]
Girard: D'Artagnan! Don't lose your head!
Cardinal Richelieu: [speaking of Milady DeWinter] A truly remarkable woman. The most beautiful I have ever known. And the deadliest... which would explain my attraction.
Cardinal Richelieu: Milady De Winter. Your beauty would make even the most chaste of men think of... impurity.
Milady: I don't believe you suffer the burden of chastity.
Cardinal Richelieu: Perhaps you're right.
Milady: I was making an observation not an offer.
Athos: You go back and you tell the Cardinal we will continue to perform our sworn duty, which is to protect the King, and we will use every means within our power to fight him.
Rochefort: Bold words. I look forward to ramming them down your throat.
Constance: [pointing a gun at D'Artagnan] Have you any idea what you've done?
D'Artagnan: I've saved you and your friend from these bandits.
Constance: *These bandits* are the Queen's own bodyguard.
D'Artagnan: The Queen? I'm sorry, I didn't know.
Constance: What's your name?
D'Artagnan: D'Artagnan.
Constance: D'Artagnan. A Gascon?
D'Artagnan: I've come to Paris to join the Musketeers.
Constance: Then I'm sure I'll be hearing your name again.
D'Artagnan: Would that please you?
Constance: Ladies in waiting are forbidden to socialise with Musketeers.
D'Artagnan: Well, I'm not a Musketeer yet.
Constance: With that kind of courage you will be one soon enough. Good luck D'Artagnan. And thank you for the amusement, I enjoyed it immensely.
D'Artagnan: Wait! You didn't tell me your name!
Constance: Constance!
Cardinal Richelieu: Remember, Kings come and Kings go but one thing remains the same. And that is me.
Porthos: [a really drunk Porthos sees Athos] Ooh. May I have this dance?
[the musketeers are being fired upon]
Athos: We'll split up... D'Artagnan rides with me.
Aramis: See you in Calais!
Athos: Or Hell!
King Louis: Your Eminence, I have heard some troubling rumors about you.
Cardinal Richelieu: There are so many to choose from.
King Louis: Betrayal.
Cardinal Richelieu: Ah, yes. That is usually the first. Let me see if I remember it correctly. While the English attack from without, the wicked Cardinal undermines from within, forging a secret alliance with Buckingham and placing himself on the throne. But really, Your Majesty, why stop there. I have heard much more festive variations. I make oaths with pagan gods, seduce the queen in her own chamber, teach pigs to dance and horses to fly, and keep the moon carefully hidden within the folds of my robe. Have I forgotten anything?
King Louis: It does seem rather farfetched.
Cardinal Richelieu: Sire, if there are any doubts about my loyalty, they will be laid to rest when we appear together to celebrate your birthday.
[the Queen is alone, contemplating a map of the world]
Cardinal Richelieu: Homesick?
Queen Anne: Cardinal Richelieu. You surprised me.
Cardinal Richelieu: I often have that effect on people. I can't imagine why, I'm really a very gentle person. You seem a little unhappy in your new home.
Queen Anne: Lonely. Is that the same thing?
Cardinal Richelieu: Austria's loss is France's gain.
Queen Anne: I'm not sure the King shares your opinion. We've barely spoken since our wedding day. Whenever we're together he seems so... uncertain.
Cardinal Richelieu: Arranged marriages can be difficult. Your father and I thought yours would bring Austria and France closer together.
Queen Anne: Well countries align more swiftly than people, I'm afraid.
Cardinal Richelieu: What a pity. Love is, I think... wasted on the young.
Cardinal Richelieu: He is becoming as troublesome as his father.
Rochefort: He is a foolish boy and barely that.
Cardinal Richelieu: That foolish boy is about to become a man which is all the more reason for us to act quickly. Have our loose ends
[the three musketeers]
Cardinal Richelieu: been tied up?
Rochefort: Two patrols have been sent.
Cardinal Richelieu: I trust, Captain Rochefort, that you are doing everything in your power to rid us of these rebels. Don't let having only one eye impair your vision. The loss of the other could be most... inconvenient.
Cardinal Richelieu: [hears the scream of a prisoner being run through] One less mouth to feed.
Aramis: Fear not, my son, we are with you, always... all for one...
Girard: [with D'Artagnan's sword at his throat] My brothers will avenge me...
[D'Artagnan looks up to see Gerard's three brothers arriving on horseback]
D'Artagnan: Already?
[turns and runs]
King Louis: You look beautiful.
Queen Anne: Thank you.
King Louis: Is something wrong?
Queen Anne: Cardinal Richelieu.
King Louis: Yes?
Queen Anne: He is an evil man.
King Louis: Do not believe every rumour you hear. He is powerful.
Queen Anne: I ride through the countryside every day, I've seen the uses of his power.
King Louis: Power sometimes frightens.
Queen Anne: Here in the Palace I have seen it too.
King Louis: I know.
Queen Anne: What shall we do?
King Louis: I don't know, but we will do it together.
Porthos: [fighting a very large man] Smelly... lump... OF LARD!
Athos: [Milady is about to be executed] No! Sabine, forgive me! Please
Milady: I do forgive you.
Milady: The Cardinal intends to asassinate the King. On Friday, at his birthday celebration.
[she stands, backs away, and jumps from the cliff to her death]
Armand de Winter: God's justice be done.
Athos: You fight like a man, let's see if you can drink like one too.
D'Artagnan: I can drink anything you put in front of me.
Athos: Famous last words.
Athos: [the musketeers break into the main hall] I hope we're not interrupting!
Rochefort: [Rochefort draws his sword] No, on the contrary. You're right on time!
[the duel begins]
Aramis: I think not!
D'Artagnan: The Cardinal! We have to hurry!
Porthos: You two have a date?
D'Artagnan: No, it's the Cardinal! He's conspiring against the King!
Aramis: Tell us something we don't know.
D'Artagnan: He sent a messenger with a secret treaty to a man named Buckingham.
Porthos: The Duke of Buckingham?
D'Artagnan: Do you know him?
Aramis: He rules England the way the Cardinal rules France.
D'Artagnan: There's a ship called the Persephone. It's waiting in Calais to take the messenger to England. It sails Tuesday, midnight.
Porthos: If we get that treaty, we can prove the Cardinal guilty of treason.
Aramis: Calais is over 200 leagues from here.
Athos: Is the Cardinal aware of the fact that you have this information?
D'Artagnan: Yes.
D'Artagnan: All I want to do is get to Paris, and join the King's Musketeers.
Girard: You, a Musketeer? Fantasy!
D'Artagnan: My father was a Musketeer. The King's personal bodyguard.
Girard: The King was assassinated. Your father was a failure; a disgrace to the Musketeers.
D'Artagnan: What did you say?
Girard: Your father was a disgrace!
Aramis: The treaty outlines the Cardinal's plans to forge an alliance with Buckingham.
Porthos: No mention of the King?
Aramis: None. However, the arrangement is contingent upon a demonstration of the Cardinal's power.
D'Artagnan: Demonstration? What kind of demonstration?
Aramis: I don't know.
Athos: I know someone who does.
Athos: The King's life is in danger. We have work to do.
Bad Guy: [referring to the ship's deceased crew] Dead. They're all dead!
Aramis: Not all of us.
[kicks the minion]
Rochefort: By joint edict of His Majesty King Louis XIII and His Eminence Cardinal Richelieu, the Musketeers are officially disbanded. In preparation for the coming war with England, your ranks and commissions are hereby transferred to the Infantry. You will be contacted and told where to report. Until that time, you are instructed to return to your homes.


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I was advised to use Rescue Remedy in my post about my ds's sleep problems in the life with a babe forum....i looked into it and got the okay by our naturopath but didn't get a chance to ask his recommendation on how to use it. I'm wondering how others use it. I didn't get ahold of it until yesterday late afternoon....so I put a few drops in a bit of water and gave it to my son after dinner by dropper in his mouth....and then I put 4 drops in my water and drank it. Closer to bedtime I gave him about 3-4 drops under the tongue (we were out and I didn't have access to good water) and then drank some again myself when we got home. We both slept great!...Certainly more than what we have been!!! He only got up twice for ten minutes to nurse and that was it. Ds, by the way, is 11 months.
I'm wondering how others use this? How much and how often? Im not holding my breath that this is the miracle 'cure' i needed...maybe, just maybe it could have been a fluke....but I want to continue using it to see if the improvement sticks.... so I'd love to hear your thoughts!!
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
With an 11 month old I would put it in water only. If you are nursing I would slip some in his mouth while nursing. I also put a dab of rescue remedy on the "third eye" area. Just rub it in a little. There is also a Bach rescue sleep remedy that is more specific for night time issues.
Would you use it throughout the day as well? Or just at night? It's really a sleep around the clock issue...mostly at night is the biggest problem because of how it affects me....but obviously nap time would be part of the big picture....???
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
orally as needed is fine. you can use it topically as well, but I have no problem with oral administration at that age. I'd aim for four times a day, and more often if he needs it.
This is an age when he's approaching new milestones and sleep disturbances are normal. RR is fine, but there may be better flowers at this time. I think I'd certainly consider something for transitions like walnut or bottlebrush. I'd also consider using cell salts along side the flowers. Probably just the five biochemic phosphates. You can check out the cell salt thread for more info if you like.
First, I would look more deeply into the cause and try and find a more suitable remedy, Bach's RR isn't the highest quality essence out there and doesn't really address sleep, though it will ease anxiety/stress. There are also remedies more specific to sleep, if that really is the core of the issue; may not be, but whatever it is, is affecting yours and baby's sleep. Read the Flower Essence support thread for more info on FEs. Whatever remedy you decide upon you need to continue to take it as well because you and baby are still very linked together. You can give the baby the essence externally as often as you feel is necessary. With babies, I prefer to give essences on the crown chakra (top of head) myself. But orally is okay too.
Oh my goodness....I have no idea what some of you are even speaking of and really, I do NOT have time to research it...I really don't...so I'll just stick to the rescue remedy...I just want to be sure I am using it the best way possible. I gave it to him and I about three times today. He took a wonderful morning nap which extended into the afternoon....so there was no afternoon nap...but I'm feeling much better myself and we are hopeful for sleep tonight...and obviously expecting an earlier bedtime. Maybe there is something better and a bit more specific but I need to be careful too as he is taking a homeopathic remedy for excema right now and some of those other things may interfere with that whereas the RR was approved by our naturopath. But thank you for your words of wisdom....I do appreciate it...I just have so much on my plate right now....and as long as this continues to work, I'm all for it. I just wanted suggestions on how much or how often to do it from any of you that have used it . Thanks!
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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Rising unemployment taxes could hinder small biz hiring
Associated Press | 11/25/2009, 4:31 a.m.
Federal law requires states to build up unemployment insurance trust funds in good times so they can pay benefits during downturns. The idea is to avoid having to raise taxes or cut benefits in a recession.
But the severity of this recession has bankrupted many states' trust funds and forced them to borrow from the federal government. States eventually must pay back the loans. Otherwise, the federal government can raise taxes on their businesses.
The tax increases will have "a small, negative effect on hiring" because they will raise employers' costs, said Wayne Vroman, an economist at the liberal Urban Institute.
Contributing to the problem is that many states cut their unemployment taxes earlier this decade when the economy was healthier. That left them unprepared for the waves of layoffs that began last fall. Some experts say business groups pushed for the cuts and set the stage for tax increases.
States have been swamped by a jump in recipients, from 2.8 million in May 2008 to nearly 9 million now.
The federal government is paying for about 4 million of those beneficiaries. These people exhausted the 26 weeks states typically provide and are receiving extended federal benefits. The unemployed can get up to 73 weeks of extra aid, for a total of 99 weeks, the longest extension on record.
AP Writers Deanna Martin in Indianapolis, Bill Kazcor in Tallahassee, Mark Niesse in Honolulu, Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, Jim Davenport in Columbia contributed to this report.
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"A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive, a jay will betray; and, four times out of five, a jay will go back on his solemnest promise. The sacredness of an obligation is a thing which you can't cram into no blue-jay's head." [Mark Twain, "Blue-Jays"]
They were said to be disliked by hunters because their cries aroused deer. Barrère and Leland's "Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant" [1889] describes the noun as an American term of contempt for a person, "a sham 'swell;' a simpleton," and suspect it might be from jayhawker.
Bushwhackers are men, united together, but not soldiers, who live in the bush; and whose avowed object is to kill every Union soldier they can, and cripple, so far as they can, the resources of the Federal military power. The jayhawkers are thieves. They plunder indiscriminately from all parties. In the same band are both rebel and Union men. ... Guerilla bands are companies enlisted and sworn into the rebel service; but not belonging to the armies. [Henry M. Painter, "Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri," Boston, 1863.]
If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["Étude," Sept. 1924]Meaning "rubbish, unnecessary talk or ornamentation" is from 1918. Slang all that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.
We are living in a jazz age of super-accentuated rhythm in all things; in a rhythm that (to "jazz" a word) is super-normal, a rhythm which is the back-flare from the rhythm of a super war. ["Jacobs' Band Monthly," Jan. 1921]
[T]hey are troubled with the je-ne-scay-quoy, that faign themselves sick out of niceness but know not where their own grief lies, or what ayls them. [Thomas Blount, "Glossographia," 1656]
Most of the words for 'envy' ... had from the outset a hostile force, based on 'look at' (with malice), 'not love,' etc. Conversely, most of those which became distinctive terms for 'jealousy' were originally used also in a good sense, 'zeal, emulation.' [Buck, pp.1138-9]Among the ways to express "jealous" in other tongues are Swedish svartsjuka, literally "black-sick," from phrase bara svarta strumpor "wear black stockings," also "be jealous." Danish skinsyg "jealous," literally "skin-sick," is from skind "hide, skin" said to be explained by Swedish dialectal expression fa skinn "receive a refusal in courtship."
After sheep could be protected from the wolves, the people fared better in the matter of clothing. Flannel and linsey were woven for the wear of women and children, while jeans was woven for the men. For want of other dye-stuffs, the wool for the jeans was almost invariably colored with the bark or young shoots of the walnut; hence the inevitable "butternut" worn so extensively in the West for many years. ["History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois," 1879]


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Inside or outside, you can't go past soft, filtered candlelight to create atmosphere - especially at Christmas time! A simple paper bag can be made beautiful with a little creative thinking and a flame-free LED candle.
Using a flat paper bag, punch holes straight through both sides of the bag - go freehand or trace a printed pattern or picture. Try a Christmas theme such as snowflakes, stars, Christmas trees or random patterns for a graphic look. A mix of different styles looks nice.
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Sustainable T-shirts for sustainable schools
You wear the T-shirt, they get the education they need. Be part of the movement.
Make the world a better place by wearing the Amartya Label. Our ethically made, organic and sustainable T-shirts contribute to effective schooling in Zambia. 100% of our profit goes to these schooling projects. The theme of our designs is awareness and the T-shirts are very exclusive; we have only created 500 products in total. By supporting our project you are part of a movement that's looking good, while doing good.
'Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being' – Amartya Sen
Inspired by this idea, the Amartya Foundation & Label were born at the end of 2015. When Amartya's founder Sunny realized that the fashion industry is creating poverty by taking away the freedom of textile workers, as well as polluting the environment. She started looking for fair and sustainable brands, but was quite disappointed by the result of this search. So she figured she would start her own t-shirt label. The t-shirts and sweaters are made of 100% organic ring spun cotton, and the factories in which they are made are connected to the Fair Wear Foundation. The print is also environmentally friendly, it's done by the only environmentally friendly printing company in the Benelux. However, Amartya's work goes beyond ethically made and organic clothing, we also work on sustainable development projects around the world, starting in Zambia in September. 100% of our profit is used to support these projects. Amartya's founder Sunny will travel to Zambia in September, to work on a local schooling project. She will be an Innovations Ambassador for The School Club Zambia.
The Amartya Label is based in Amsterdam. We love our canals, our people and the beautiful architecture.
The styles are exclusive and contemporary. For the conscious and well-dressed men and women of this world. The texts on the t-shirts stand for the importance of awareness. We believe that it should be cool for people to do good! We only create 500 products with each collection, which makes the Amartya Label exclusive, but it also reduces waste.
Our cotton is certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard. But what does this mean exactly? The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognized as the world's leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibres. It defines high-level environmental criteria along the entire organic textiles supply chain and requires compliance with social criteria as well. Organic cotton is better for the environment, for the farmers working on the cotton fields, and for the people wearing the clothing. Some of the big differences between organic cotton and conventional cotton are that organic cotton is GMO-free, and there are no chemical pesticides and insecticides used. When whitening conventional cotton, chlorine bleaching is used and toxic by products are released in to the environment, when whitening organic cotton, safe peroxide is used. Moreover, organic certification includes requirements for fair wages and treatment of workers in the supply chain.
What does it mean for a factory to be linked to the Fair Wear Foundation? The Fair Wear Foundation focuses on several areas like women's safety, living wages and labor standards. These labor standards are:
1. Employment is freely chosen – no forced labor
2. There is no discrimination in employment – equal opportunities, regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, political affiliation, union membership, nationality, social origin, deficiencies or handicaps
3. No exploitation of child labor – there shall be no use of child labour. The age for admission to employment shall not be less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling and, in any case, not less than 15 years. There shall be no slavery or practices similar to slavery.
4. Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.
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The labor standards are derived from ILO Conventions and the UN Declaration on Human Rights.
The Fair Wear Foundation engages local partners in shaping its approach in a given region or country.
Finding an environmentally friendly printing company is not as easy as it may seem. Usually the ink that is used to print t-shirts is very harmful to the environment. Fortunately, we found an environmentally friendly printing company: Superette. Superette uses water-based inks and pigments without heavy chemicals.
As Amartya Sen stated; development is freedom. I believe that the capability to go to school can give children the freedom to create their own future. That is why the first project that we support tackles poverty by making sure that children have access to effective and relevant education.
100% of Amartya's profit will go to grass-roots projects all over the world, and we start with education in rural Zambia, by supporting The School Club Zambia. Founded in 2011, The School Club Zambia's work aims to support schools to become self-sufficient and financially stable, as well as to tackle both low literacy levels and lack of vocational skills through grass roots, community-led initiatives in partnership with local schools.
Being able to go to school is one of the freedoms that create development. We focus on four impact areas:
– Self financing schools: It is extremely hard for schools to offer a relevant and effective education to its pupils when they are operating on limited budgets, as is often the case in Zambia. School Club Zambia encourages, facilitates and supports schools to develop income-generating enterprises designed to provide a long-term and sustainable source of income for the schools. To date they have helped to launch 6 businesses at 4 schools, including chicken farms, organic vegetable gardens, a tailoring centre, an IT centre and a carpentry workshop.
– Vocational education: In the rural communities where School Club Zambia works, most young people who finish school at Grade 7 or 8 (Primary Level) will follow their parents into small-scale farming or fishing the depleting stocks of Lake Kariba. Through vocational skills training, School Club Zambia aims to give them the skills and knowledge they need to have alternative and secure sources of income.
– Girls education: In 2015 The School Club Zambia launched their first Girls Education project, which addresses some of the most urgent financial and health challenges leading to rural girl's dropping out of school. Another statement by the great Amartya Sen is that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates for children. Do you see the importance of girls' education?!
– Literacy development: Whilst sustainable school financing and vocational education remains the core focus of School Club Zambia's work, they recognize that none of these goals are viable whilst low literacy rates remain a persistent problem across Zambia. In 2015 School Club Zambia partnered with literacy specialists Happy Readers, whose programs have already had a life-changing effect on many young people's lives.
The Amartya Foundation provides more than just financial support or donations; Amartya's founder Sunny will travel to Zambia on September 30th to volunteer for The School Club Zambia herself.
The theme of our designs is awareness, which is an important keyword for our brand.
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Ignorance is evil – this is a very important statement: ignorance creates a world in which people with good hearts commit atrocities without being aware of it. This means that injustice goes unnoticed. To read more about why we believe ignorance is evil, read the blog by Amartya's founder Sunny.
Sunny Coopman – founder
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2013 is rapidly approaching and with it the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi. To celebrate, the C Major label and the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma have put together a worthy birthday present, DVDs of all his 26 operas plus the Requiem performed to perfection on Italian stages, by Italian singers, conductors and designers. According to critics: "this is how Verdi should be played." So far from what I've seen and heard I definitely agree.
Un Giorno di Regno (C Major 720208) the 26-year-old Verdi's second opera for La Scala was a total, unremitting failure. He not only failed miserably trying to write a comic opera, but at the same time lost his wife and two children and was near suicide. He decided never to compose again and the piece was almost ignored until recent years. Seeing this production from Teatro Regio di Parma, a regional theatre of architectural splendour, one is immediately taken by the wealth of catchy melodies, all original, no repeats, the irrepressible upbeat rhythms and hilarious comedy at its best. A connoisseur however would find the influences of Rossini and Donizetti, but at the same time hear premonitions of the master to come (e.g. echoes of the Su vendetta of Rigoletto). Conducted by Donato Renzetti, the production was designed by famous Italian Pier Luigi Pizzi with an elegant, symmetrical renaissance set with ingenious lighting changes following the progress of the day (giorno). Six major voices (four male, two female) mainly all young singers in top form carry the action that never for a moment stands still. It's unfair to pick a favourite, but I was partial to the lead mezzo Anna Caterina Antonacciwhose vocal power in all registers, beautiful intonation, feeling for nuances and a comic talent could put any mezzo currently basking in glory to shame. The protagonist Guido Locansolois a radiant baritone,looks the part, elegant, regal but relaxed and charmant, a worthy foil for Antonacci.
The legend goes that Verdi, driven to near suicide, found a new libretto smuggled into his furnished room but in desperation threw it on the floor. The new libretto, Solera's masterwork, fell open with the words "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Fly thought on golden wings) and the rest is history. His new opera Nabucco (C Major 720408) became a tremendous overnight success and firmly established his reputation. The opera is conducted with excitement and enthusiasm, beautifully pointed, with soaring melodies and upbeat tempi by a young Italian named Michele Mariottiand sung by youthful, strong voices so that even the lowliest chorister could be a soloist at any world stage. In addition there are two veterans in the principal roles. Leo Nucci as Nabucco is easily the world's top Verdi baritone (succeeding the legendary Renato Bruson) who is larger than life, with a voice of immense power and touching lyricism. Dimitra Theodossiou takes one of the most murderous dramatic soprano roles in the entire opera repertoire, that of Abigaille, a role usually reserved for the Callases in the past, and simply astounds the audience to a thunderous ovation. A third principal, a stentorian basso with exceptional power even in the deepest registers, is Riccardo Zanellato as Zaccaria, the high priest of Israel. This is a production to cherish. It's as good as can be and this bodes well for the rest of the series. I can hardly wait!


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5 minutes with Pono's Joan Goodman
In addition to managing the family business with sister Barbara, Joan Goodman has spent the last decade envisioning and designing accessories that pay homage to the natural elements. We sat down with Joan, and asked her a few questions amidst the accessory line's bustling sample sale.
Front Row Mag: How did Pono begin?
Joan Goodman: It was rather spontaneous planning; the button business wasn't doing as well as before. I was talking with someone at one of my Italian factories, and he asked what it was that I really wanted to do, and I simply replied: "I want to make horn bracelets." That's how it began.
FRM: Tell us the meaning behind the name.
JG: When I was eleven, I watched Endless Summer and wanted to go to Hawaii. When I moved there, the first person that I met at work was my soon-to-be best friend for life – Pono. Her name in Hawaiian means "righteousness."
FRM: What is it about horn that fascinates you?
JG: It's the fact that it's a natural element, much like bone or wood. It is a part of the "inexpressible ground."
FRM: How do you decide to re-purpose these materials into jewellery?
JG: It's a bit difficult to explain, but it just comes to my brain. A lot of my inspiration comes from light; light is one of the most important things and it can be seen in both the process of making the pieces and in the end product.
FRM: Lastly, what's your favourite thing about New York?
JG: The fact that there are 8 to 10 million people in the city, each having their own philosophy, religion, and set of beliefs.


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Benjamin Franklin's notion of good works
Letter to Joseph Huey
Joseph O'Brien 10 p.m., Sept. 20
Super Bowl Sunday is upon us. It's the one time every year when gamblers come out of their closets, fling open their bedroom windows, and shout out, "Yes, neighbor. Yes, Mr. Policeman. Yes, Mr. Employer. I gamble and I'M PROUD OF IT!"
Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sports gambling day on the calendar. According to RJ Bell, CEO of Pregame.com, $10 billion will be laid down on this year's Super Bowl. Of that, a paltry $90 million will be wagered in legal Nevada sportsbooks.
You there, Reader, look up and take note of all the people in your office, as frightening as that may be. Or, if you've got the stomach, watch citizens promenade along public sidewalks. More than half of all the life forms you see — one-half of adult Americans, to be precise — will bet money on the Super Bowl.
We are a nation of lawbreakers and degenerates. There's no getting around that, but since we're here, the Box might as well offer assistance. I propose to take you inside a nest, a cell, a safe house, if you will, of big-time, big-money Super Bowl gamblers, live, as they weigh their bets. I don't think this has ever been done before.
Michael in Florida is a mature man with a hard-bitten attitude toward life, dames, and the NFL. He likes to roll his own cigars, likes his bourbon neat, and has a thirst for danger. Audrey is a Northern California woman, races motorcars, motorcycles, plays drums in a Brazilian marching band, and will kick your ass, Pilgrim, for no reason at all. Richard is at an undisclosed location, runs the internet with one hand, and can take your money in six languages. Here's what's weird: most of this is true.
I've arranged a conference call so the four of us can go over our bets, brainstorm, crowd source, and multitask with pizza. After everyone grunts a greeting, we begin.
Will Kelly Clarkson's bare belly be showing when she sings the National Anthem?
A: I'm saying no.
P: I'm saying no. The NFL loves America, they wouldn't show a woman's naked midriff on the back of our public airwaves.
A: She's been losing weight, so maybe she wants to show.
P: Last call.
MinF: I'm saying, yeah, there's going to be some midriff.
R: I'm persuaded, no midriff.
Will Madonna be wearing fishnet stockings at any point during the Super Bowl halftime show?
R: I say no, I don't think she's going to show any leg.
A: The girl's going to show leg. But, I don't know if it's going to be fishnet leg. I mean, that girl is probably going to show crotch, for God's sake.
MinF: Yes on crotch.
P: So, she'll be showing crotch with fishnet stockings?
A: You know what? They are kind of popular again, so I'm going to say yes.
R: I'm going to take a no on that.
MinF: I'm no on the bet, yes on the crotch.
How many times will Giselle Bundchen be shown on TV during the game? Who in the hell is Giselle Bundchen?
A: She's a Brazilian model and apparently she's dating one of the football players.
R: She dates Brady.
A: Oh, my God.
MinF: Is there an over/under?
A: Is this his wife? Richard...
R: She might be his wife.
A: This is crucial. Is Giselle Tom Brady's freaking wife?
R: I think so, yeah.
MinF: She has his babies?
P: Stop the madness. I'll have staff research wife and babies.
A: All right, back to the bet. It's the Super Bowl, so the girl is gonna get shown a lot.
P: The over/under is, get this, ½. I'll take the over.
MinF: Over, over, over, over.
How many times will Andrew Luck be mentioned on TV during the game. The over/under is 1.
All hands: Over, over, over, over.
Who will the Super Bowl MVP thank first — teammates, 7 to 4; coach, 12 to 1; family, 7 to 1; God, 4 to 1; owner, 4 to 1; does not thank anyone, 11 to 4?
A: Teammates.
MinF: Teammates.
R: Teammates.
P: My heart says, Does not thank anyone, but my head says, Teammates.
Like the Super Bowl, trivial; but like Super Bowl ads, imaginative and funny. Always a pleasure to read "The Sporting Box."


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Such cuties!
Diana star Naomi Watts was photographed with her adorably silly sons – Sasha, 5, and Kai, 4 – in Brentwood, Calif. on Thursday (January 31). Sporting a matching pedicure with his mama, Kai went for a regal look in a birthday crown after attending a party. The beautiful boy stuck out his tongue at the nearby paparazzi, while his older brother was all smiles for the shutterbugs.
After shopping at Toy Crazy with her blonde boys, Naomi was seen leaving the Brentwood Country Mart on the sunny afternoon.
Recently, we saw Naomi and her boys enjoying the beach in Santa Monica. She was also seen getting groceries with her elder son.
The Australian actress has opened up about marrying the boys' father, fellow actor Liev Schreiber.
"We'll see," Naomi said of marriage. "It's never been that important to me. If it was important to our children, I would do it in a heartbeat. We'll see."


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Fire district shouldn't try to mislead voters | May 22 editorial
Slanted picture of local fire board
It is very obvious that the St. Petersburg Times is trying to mislead the public, not the other way around. I have attended many meetings with regards to this situation, both by the County Commission and the fire commission, and it has been recommended by the county board that the fire board should educate people on the possibilities of what will happen to their district depending on the results of the taxing authority referendum. That is what the fire board is doing.
This newspaper continually does nothing but print negativity toward the fire district. The editorial states that churches are charged a flat fee for fire tax in the county. It is very clear and accurate that everyone in the county fire district does pay a minimum of $194.87 and that includes churches and disabled veterans. That is a heck of a lot more than what many in Spring Hill pay.
I would like to see the St. Petersburg Times begin to print the whole picture and not your one-sided version. Spring Hill residents, vote "yes'' and keep what you have paid for all these years right where it belongs, in Spring Hill.
Don't be fooled by newspapers and County Administrator David Hamilton. Read the fine print. Vote "yes.''
Michael Gennusa Sr., Spring Hill
Don't trust the fire rescue board
It appears to me the Spring Hill Fire Rescue Board is trying to scare the voters into believing if we are taxed by the county, our fire tax will be sent to some astronomical number. This is the same board that allowed the purchase of a three-quarter-million-dollar ladder truck during the years when the tax money was rolling in. Not that it was needed, oh no, but an ego trip so they could have it for parades.
This community has no justification for the purchase and operation of such a large piece of equipment. The fire district does not have enough manpower to run such a truck to alarms. Ask any retired city firefighter how many men are needed to operate a ladder truck. He will tell you a minimum of four to five is preferred.
It is my observation the fire rescue personnel do a good job, but we sorely need better management. Being combined with Hernando County Fire Rescue is certainly a better way to go. Vote "no'' on the referendum to allow that fire board to assess taxes. The members cannot be trusted.
Jon Knudson, Spring Hill
County won't keep its promise
Your paper uses its editorial powers to give a very improper view of Spring Hill Fire and its present appeal to the citizens of Spring Hill regarding the permission to collect the already existing 2.5 mill tax.
I have lived in Spring Hill 13-plus years, most of that time serving as a volunteer chaplain for the fire department. What this paper and a very small handful of citizens have done over and over is dominate the editorial column and blogs with quite slanted and often misleading and in some cases dishonest information.
It is true there are two members of the existing board who have openly stated they were originally against our fire department being independent.
I have had many tell me that the way they read the August ballot, they thought we were asking for an additional 2.5 mil in tax.
So now we arrive at a place where we are faced with a vote that will either mean the end of Spring Hill Fire as we know it, or citizens will allow the men and women who have, for nearly 40 years, faithfully served and run a very frugal department.
What gets lost in the anti-Spring Hill sentiment is that in a general election two years earlier, 25,000 people voted to establish an independent fire district in Spring Hill; those against were 19,000.
The County Commission chose to be politicians. The path to getting this done has been stalled and delayed by very coy tactics, including voting 4-0 to ask a judge for the continued collection agreement until a primary election could be held. But they then switched gears and forced the election now being held and cost the Spring Hill residents the unnecessary spending of funds for it.
I may ruffle some feathers but from what I have seen of the reliability of the County Commission, I trust what the county administrator said about as much as this past week's prediction by Harold Camping that the world was going to end.
It is my honest belief the county may temporarily do what is stated, but I will go out on the line to say in short order Spring Hill will be paying a tax very much like Hernando County. I have lived 59 years and in those years have heard thousands of promises from politicians scrambling to reach an ends. Precious few have been kept.
When I look at the dredge project, Elgin Boulevard, the $37 million budget amendment, the vast list of county government department heads and employees fired over the past three years, and then I look at what I know to be true about Spring Hill Fire, I could not in good conscience vote anything but "yes'' to allow Spring Hill Fire the right to collect my tax.
The Rev. Jack L. Martin Sr., Spring Hill
Fire district can add special fees
The Spring Hill Fire District is sending out an electioneering brochure costing thousands of our taxpayers' dollars to get taxing authority. Yes, we are voting on this issue again only nine months after our past vote — a vote where 59 percent of the voters said "no,'' denying the district the ability to levy taxes.
What the district isn't telling you is that the county has already publicly stated that if the "do-over" vote fails, fire and EMS will continue uninterrupted at the exact millage of 2.5 the district has today. The district would rather scare you into believing that the county will impose the flat fire assessment on all Spring Hill properties. The county has already gone on record at the April 26 commission meeting and the county administrator's May 20 plan that won't happen.
What the fire district won't tell you is that under the Florida law governing independent districts, the fire district can implement special fees and charges without a public vote.
The fire district also won't tell you that the Board of Fire Commissioners spent nine months doing nothing to address the looming funding issues. Instead they addressed e-mails, where the commissioner should sit, who should give the invocation, etc, but whenever the critical issue of future funding was raised it was summarily dismissed by the administration as not important, the county would go along with ignoring a public vote and continue taxing regardless of the vote.
Don't be fooled by the district. Fire and EMS will be provided by the county at the same tax rate it is today with the same equipment, firefighters and same station houses. But now, we the taxpayers through the county, have the opportunity to save money by consolidating operations. Vote "no,'' stop the lies.
Anne Kraus-Keenan, Spring Hill
Reduce salaries of commissioners
I appreciate attempting to maintain a budget and having to cope with cutbacks. I also appreciate as Hernando County commissioners the task and public opinion cannot be easy to deal with.
With that being said, as a goodwill gesture on their part, have they considered a significant reduction in their salaries as commissioners?
Janice Gianneschi, Weeki Wachee