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1 And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: | 1 "Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. |
2 and I will turn thee about, and will lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel; | 2 I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. |
3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. | 3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. |
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. | 4 On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals. |
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. | 6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. |
7 And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I suffer my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel. | 7 " 'I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel. |
8 Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah; this is the day whereof I have spoken. | 8 It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the day I have spoken of. |
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; | 9 " 'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up--the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. |
10 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. | 11 " 'On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east toward the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog. |
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. | 12 " 'For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. |
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I am glorified will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
14 And they shall set apart men of continual employment, that shall pass through the land, and, with them that pass through, those that bury them that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. | 14 " 'Men will be regularly employed to cleanse the land. Some will go throughout the land and, in addition to them, others will bury those that remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search. |
15 And they that pass through the land shall pass through; and when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. | 15 As they go through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. |
16 And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land. | 16 (Also a town called Hamonah will be there.) And so they will cleanse the land.' |
17 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. | 17 "Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: 'Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. |
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. | 18 You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls--all of them fattened animals from Bashan. |
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. | 19 At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. |
20 And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 20 At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,' declares the Sovereign LORD. |
21 And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. | 21 "I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them. |
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am Jehovah their God, from that day and forward. | 22 From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God. |
23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword. | 23 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. |
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them. | 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them. |
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name. | 25 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. |
26 And they shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid; | 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. |
27 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. | 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them in the sight of many nations. |
28 And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them unto their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there; | 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. |
29 neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD." |
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Hi Boxerpups, I have always loved your floors and assumed they were walnut. Just read on some thread that they are oak. Can you share what kind of stain and finish you used and how they have held up? Width? I love walnut, but am a little worried about the softness of it...thanks for your input! |
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Hi Gharborwa, You will love oak floors. They are strong and beautiful. Some people on GW have tried popping the wood. My floor I had a bit of a struggle trying to get the right color. The stain mix recipe... We first used 3/4 Mahogany and 1/4 Ebony. It came out We ended up with 3/4 English Chestnut 1/4 Ebony. I chose a flat matte finish not the shiny gymnasium look. They have held up fantastically. Seriously ! I owe the look to the equipment my floor guys used. Some Below are some links of floor stain from GW. Ugh! oak floor stain is not what I had hoped! What stain for your Oak floors? How dark can I go with wood floors? |
Here is a link that might be useful: I am crying about the floors
Thanks so much for your response and links...I currently have white oak with a poly finish...and I hate the golden tones of it. I was thinking of walnut with waterlox this time since it will cover the whole downstairs, but am concerned about the hardness of walnut. I guess I'll have to get some oak and play around with it. |
If your floors are in good enough condition, keep them and stain them a dark walnut color. I used to like the light golden oak color but I have grown out of it. Sounds like you have done the same too. If you have a closet see if your floor guys can sand And here are some oak floors stained dark. Oak |
Boxerpups, it amazes me to see all of the wonderful pictures that you post....keep them coming :-) Do you find that the darker floors are harder to keep clean? I have been told that they will "show everything"..and I am not willing to be a slave to them but I do love the darker colors. |
Phoggie, Thank you. I know everyone says dark is harder to keep clean. And I I am sure it would look cleaner longer if they were the Are they are hard to clean? I guess I am so happy with how ~boxer |
Boxerpup, your floors are beautiful. You said you wash them once a week; what do you use? |
Thanks, Boxerpups. Actually we are building new, so I can choose what I want...and I love your floors, but I really love the walnut you showed! |
We just went through the process of choosing stain for our 100 year old white oak living room/dining room floors. We chose English Chestnut and just love it! Here are some photos. |
marita40 your floors are beautiful too. Is it the same kind of Oak as Bozerpups? The grain looks so different between the 2. |
Marita40, I love the yellow gold warm paint above the built ins. It makes the warmth of your floors ROCK. Gharborwa, Island, |
Here is a link that might be useful: Walnut flooring
Boxer Pinesol and water?! I'm surprised. I thought water on wood floors was a no no. I don't have them, but want them in my remodel and have wondered about care. |
Thanks, Boxerpups...you are a wealth of information and I so appreciate your willingness to help everyone out here. I don't know how you have so many photos, but you are so inspiring.... |
Island, Maybe I should have said damp not dripping soaking or pouring water on the floors. I also dry the floors with large old beach towels after. I have to get the grime off the floors. For me it is the only option. ~boxer Gharborwa, |
Mine is white oak. But grains can vary a lot even in the same species, and mine are 100 years old--from old growth oak. |
Thanks Boxer. When I hear people say water never touches their hardwood floors unless there is a spill to clean up I think that will never work for me, especially in the kitchen and I want hardwood there too. Glad to know damp and dry is OK. Are the walnut floors in the hallway pic also yours? Love the color and grain. I know walnut is softer than oak, but was wondering if it's noticably so or just as easy to care for. Thanks. |
- Posted by mountaineergirl (My Page) on Sun, Jan 2, 11 at 16:09
My sister has beautiful walnut floors in her new home. They moved in this past summer, and already the floors are terribly scratched. They have a rather large dog, and have since put those rubber tips on his nails, but the damage has been done. Especially the stair treads. I don't know if walnut is softer, or if the scratches are just in the finish, not the wood. We have red oak floors (stained with Provincial Minwax) which is kind of dark and we have a border collie - VERY little scratches on our floor. I love the look of her walnut floors, but not practical in a house with kids/dogs IMHO. Here is my red oak with "Provincial" stain (Minwax brand) |
Island, I do not have walnut floors. Mine are all oak. I love the look of Walnut but have to agree with Mountaineergirl that have heard walnut can be softer. Gharborwa, |
- Posted by crafterbeth (My Page) on Tue, Jan 4, 11 at 21:38
The oak floors in our house are 17 years old and I still love them. It reads more orangey in this photo than it actually is. Ours are 3 1/4 wide throughout the entire house. I will put them in the next house as well.......... We raised two rambumctious boys and several dogs in this house, the floors got a little dinged up and worn of course, we refinished 4 years ago and came right back to their former beauty! |
- Posted by missmuffet (My Page) on Tue, Jan 4, 11 at 22:41
I've got oak floors with a walnut stain and LOVE THEM. The character they add to the house is unmatched, and the complements I've gotten for the floors have far exceeded any other aspect of the home. DH recently matched the color in a new section and it came out great. First, there are several grades of oak and each has a different amount of grain showing. Take a look at the local lumber yard to see what I mean. The better the grade, the less the grain. Next he stained them, then he put polyurethane on top. He put two coats of the glossy polyurethane and then finished with a satin coat. It seems that the glossy does a great job protecting the floors, but it looks a bit off. So, the satin tones it down. As for seeing the dirt - well dark floors do show light dust and lint, but they don't show everything. Dark dirt and leaves seem to blend far better than I like. Either way, dirt is dirt and you'll want to clean it up. It isn't like a white floor though. I had that in my old kitchen and that was a nightmare. I've mentioned it elsewhere, but it bears repeating that Oreos do not mix with a white kitchen!!!!! |
- Posted by missmuffet (My Page) on Wed, Jan 5, 11 at 22:27
Boxerpups, Are the floors Red Oak or White Oak? |
Niiiiice Missmuffet! |
My floor guys tell me they are a mix of both. To be clear and I hope I did not confuse you, my floor pictures are only in the link above, not any of the images above. Hope that helps. Miss Muffett, that is the color I really wanted, I am happy |
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Nkomo, Nkululeko firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-11162007-121326 Document Title The experience of children carrying resposibility for child-headed households as a result of parental death due to HIV/AIDS Degree MA (Psychology) Department Psychology Supervisor
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- illness
- child-headed
- social support
- consequences
- psychosocial
- resilience
- adjustment
Date 2007-04-16 Availability unrestricted Abstract Much has been written in the media about the plight of children in child-headed households. However, little is known about the psychological experiences of children carrying responsibility for households as a result of parental death due to HIV/AIDS. Most of the research that has been done has utilised quantitative approaches to investigate the social and economic challenges confronted by children affected by HIV/AIDS.
The aim of the present study was to explore, using a qualitative approach, the challenges, psychological experiences and perceptions of children carrying responsibility for child-headed households as a result of parental death due to HIV/AIDS. A total of fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with children carrying responsibility for households in Gauteng and Kwa Zulu Natal provinces of South Africa. The Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach was used to guide the data analysis process (Smith & Osborn, 2003).
The findings from the study highlight the devastating consequences of living and coping with parental illness, bereavement as well as carrying the responsibility for a household. Illness and bereavement-related themes that emerged from the study include reversal of roles, living with parental illness, denial and fear of the impending reality, grief and sense of loss, and the apportioning of blame.
The dominant post-bereavement experiences were: lost childhood and self; sense of obligation to family, abandonment and neglect; concern over basic survival needs, grappling with conflicting demands, and feelings of helplessness, vulnerability and uncertainty. Significantly, the study found that experiences in the community as well as personal dispositional factors both mediated and aggravated psychological adjustment. Although the children interviewed in this study are faced with very difficult challenges they, nevertheless, appear to be quite resilient. The study highlights the importance of providing care and support to these children before, during and after the death of a parent or parents. Implications and limitations of the study are also critically discussed.
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Board trims redistricting options to two, for now
And then there were two. Probably. The Henrico County School Board earlier this month eliminated from consideration one of three redistricting options created by a committee of citizens for the new Kaechele Elementary School in Short Pump. The board agreed that Option 3 (Revised Option F) would have too significant a domino effect, shifting too many students at other elementary schools and potentially costing the system Title I funding at Ridge Elementary School. But the board also directed the school system's planning staff members to review the two remaining plans and consider tweaking them or creating a hybrid option of those two if possible. The board is scheduled to hold a public hearing to receive more feedback from the community during its Dec. 6 meeting at Hermitage High School, beginning at 6 p.m. During its Nov. 8 work session, the board heard from its redistricting committee, which met 11 times during a two-month period to create the three options and also presented drafts during two public meetings to receive citizen feedback. The majority of committee members favored Option 2 (Revised Option E), which would move about 36 percent more students than Option 1 (Revised Option A) among the affected elementary schools but would present the best set of compromises to all involved communities, according to redistricting committee vice chairwoman Alice Ann Howard. That map also would do the best job creating boundaries by major roads and geographical landmarks and would not change middle or high school feeder patterns. Option 1 would provide the best enrollment balance across all elementary schools affected by the redistricting and would ensure that none of those schools were over capacity through 2016, redistricting committee chairman Bill Panak said. But it also would require a few irregular boundaries and would mean that not every community would receive a preferred option. It also would change feeder patterns for 333 students. In addition to setting boundaries for Kaechele Elementary, the committee was tasked with providing relief for other nearby schools forecasted to exceed their capacity soon and to provide relief for those at or above 95 percent capacity currently. The committee considered the boundaries of 12 elementary schools when creating its maps. Several School Board members expressed a desire to use West Broad Street as a dividing line between elementary school zones – ensuring that schools north of the road drew only from communities to the north, while schools to the south drew only from the south. Committee members said they had the same desires but were unable to make them a reality without involving even more schools in the process. "We ran out of room," Howard said of the committee's attempts to use the road as a north-south boundary. Still, School Board Chairwoman Diana Winston directed planning staff members to take another look and determine if that goal still might be accomplished. Howard conceded that all three options underutilized Three Chopt Elementary, which is comfortably under capacity. But, she said, moving other students into the school's zone would have required shifting boundaries of schools beyond the 12 originally under consideration. Map 3 would have moved 160 low-income students from Ridge Elementary to Pinchbeck, likely threatening Ridge's designation as a Title I school. Title I is a federal designation that provides extra funding to schools with a certain percentage of low-income students. Ridge would fall below that threshold with the move, while Pinchbeck would not quite reach it even with the addition of those students, Deputy Superintendent Pat Kinlaw said. Once the board adopts new boundaries, rising fourth- and fifth-graders at any of the affected schools will be able to remain at their current schools if they choose. Students who move to the district to begin fourth or fifth grade, however, must attend the school designated by the new boundaries. |
'Secret Keeper Girl - Crazy Hair Tour' returning to West End Assembly of God
Hundreds of 'tweens' and their moms will attend the Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour at West End Assembly of God on Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m., a popular Bible-based tour geared toward building and strengthening relationships between mothers and their daughters (typically ages 8 to 12).
The event will feature a full fashion show, oversized balloon sculptures and confetti cannons – all in the name of inner beauty, Biblical modesty and vibrant purity. > Read more.
OutRVA, 'Say I Do!' to give away all-expenses paid wedding at Lewis Ginter
Citizen Staff Reports 01/15/2015
OutRVA and Say I Do! have collaborated to offer LGBT couples an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid wedding at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's Robins Tea House on March 7.
In September, Richmond Region Tourism launched OutRVA, a campaign designed to show people Richmond's strong LGBT community and highlight the area as a travel destination.
The winning couple will say "I do" in a ceremony coordinated by event designer and floral artist Casey Godlove of Strawberry Fields Flowers & Gifts and marriage concierge, Ayana Obika of All About The Journey. The couple will receive wardrobe and styling, a custom wedding cake, florals, an overnight stay at the Linden Row Inn (including a suite on the day of the wedding for preparation), and a post-wedding brunch at the Hilton Garden Inn on Sunday, March 8. > Read more.
No CVWMA collection delays for Lee-Jackson, MLK holidays
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CVWMA residential recycling and trash collections will continue as regularly scheduled for the Lee-Jackson (Jan. 16) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 19) holidays. Residential recycling collections on Friday, Jan. 16 and the week of Jan 19-23 will take place on normal collection day. Residents should place recycling container(s) out for pick-up by 7 a.m. on their regular scheduled collection day. > Read more.
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CAT Theatre announces auditions for 'Quartet'
CAT Theatre will hold auditions for Quartet on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 22, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Auditions will be held at the theatre, located at 319 N. Wilkinson Road in Richmond. Quartet will run May 22 through June 6 and will close out CAT's 51st season.
Director Laurie Follmer is seeking two males, ages 50-70 and two females ages 50-70. British accents are required for roles and are requested for auditions. There is no actual singing in the show. Singing ability and experience is not a requirement. Audition sides are available at http://www.cattheatre.com on the Audition Page. > Read more.
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It's off to the theatre – this weekend in Henrico! "Two on Tap" at CACGA brings audiences back in time to an era when couples like Fred & Ginger and Mickey & Judy filled the silver screen. CAT Theatre's production of "Book of Days" begins tonight and runs through Feb. 7. Fans of the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon "Schoolhouse Rock!" will love the live adaptation at the University of Richmond on Sunday. The Shanghai Quartet will also perform at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Anybody try these? Work? A little pricey but being able to see is priceless.
Discuss brp heated goggles? in the GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUMS forums; Anybody try these? Work? A little pricey but being able to see is priceless....
Anybody try these? Work? A little pricey but being able to see is priceless.
Yes, have the googles, they work great. Once you learn how to use them, no documentation with the product when I purchased. The downside is battery life. However you can fix that by wiring a plug into your sled and not worry about battery, or do both. I also run the BVS2 helmut and it works great well. You get use to the cord real quick. Oh so priceless to not fog up, or try to dry and heat goggles. I don't care if it might not look cool, way to old for cool.....
"99% of people are stupid. Luckily, Im part of the other 2% - Author unknown
interested in this as well.....
would it be the same plug as you use for your heated visor? I would be interested in trying them.
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they work really good when hardwired to the sled
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You cannot unsee what has been seen !!!
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Hanging out with my imaginary internet friends
How do you think they would work over glasses?
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Do they come with a cable to hard wire or do you have to jimmy something up?
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Pitchfork Media | (3.2/10) [1] |
Democrazy is a 2003 vinyl-only double EP of demos by Damon Albarn, frontman of British rock band Blur, the animated group Gorillaz and the unnamed band behind the album titled The Good, the Bad and the Queen.
Albarn recorded these songs, which are little more than demos, during the US leg of Blur's tour for Think Tank in various hotel rooms. He then decided to issue the result, on 8 December that year, in a double 10" vinyl set on his Honest Jon's label. On 22 December Albarn showcased the demos at a live gig in London's Neighbourhood club. One of the songs, "I Need a Gun", was extended and performed as "Dirty Harry" by Gorillaz on their album Demon Days. The track "A Rappy Song" has often been mis-labeled as an unnamed Gorillaz' track featuring Bootie Brown & Cee-Lo Green, however the song is little more than a remix made by a fan.
The songs on Democrazy are very sketchy, and some of the songs are unfinished in the way that they simply end by turning off the sound completely. The EP was received negatively by music critics; scoring 3.2 out of 10 at Pitchfork Media and score of 45 out of 100 at Metacritic.[2]
Track listing[edit]
Disc one[edit]
- "I Need a Gun"
- "Reedz"
- "Half a Song"
- "Five Star Life"
- "A Rappy Song"
- "Back to Mali"
- "I Miss You"
- "Hymn to Moon"
Disc two[edit]
- "Dezert"
- "Sub Species of an American Day"
- "American Welfare Poem"
- "Saz Theory Book"
- "Gotta' Get Down With the Passing of Time"
- "End of Democrazy"
- ^ Jedediah Gilchrist. Damon Albarn - Democrazy review Pitchfork Media. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ Metacritic: Democrazy reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/music/democrazy/damon-albarn
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"Getting a gun license could be made as difficult as getting a license to fly an airplane, requiring dozens of hours of training. I would certainly be happy to see policy changes like this. In that respect, I support much stricter gun laws. But I am under no illusions that such restrictions would make it difficult for bad people to acquire guns illegally. Given the level of violence in our society, the ubiquity of guns, and the fact that our penitentiaries function like graduate schools for violent criminals, I think sane, law-abiding people should have access to guns. In that respect, I support the rights of gun owners." – Sam Harris
That one is from Sam Harris, in his post, The Riddle of the Gun. It's a good article, but forgive me for saying that it's just too long for my taste. I appreciate articles that are thought-provoking, but I prefer not to have each thought spelled out for me. Nevertheless I recommend it for its honesty in admitting that we just don't know what the hell to do about gun violence. And I appreciate anyone who recognizes that we can exercise our rights in such a way that protects society, unlike the scrotes commenting here who think that public has no right to protect itself from the unfettered 2nd Amendment & God given right to acquire tools of mass destruction.
Moving on,
By Rick Albin
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic leader in the Michigan Senate, is the guest on this episode of To The Point, Jan. 6, 2013.
Fox's Krauthammer: Boehner Was Right To Cancel Vote On Sandy Relief Bill, Which Was "A Rape Of The Treasury" – There's really no good quote to pull out of that clip. At about :45 he says that the bill was a "rape of the treasury." I'm not going to get mired down in what was in the bill; I'm just flabbergasted that the Republicans / Conservatives can't stay away from the word rape. What the hell?
Remember when Bobby Brown learned the word "perogative" and made a whole song out of it? I think that's what's happening to the Republicans. They've learned the word "rape" and now they are using it in every sentence they can.
Or more likely, Frank Lutz told them to use the word "rape" in every possible context, so that people become desensitized. "You don't need no abortion just cuz you was raped, the gubmint rapes the treasury all the time!"
Speaking of rape, here's an article that doesn't have the word "rape" in it but is still quite offensive: Catholic priest: women bring sexual violence on themselves
How often do we see girls and mature women going around scantily dressed and in provocative clothes?
They provoke the worst instincts, which end in violence or sexual abuse. They should search their consciences and ask: did we bring this on ourselves?…
I don't know whether you're a queer or not, but what do you feel when you see a naked woman?"
Holy crap.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder awakens sleeping giant
With that kind of language, you may think this is about right to work. But it isn't.
I am disgusted and disappointed that you chose to sign either of the "abortion" bills conceived and presented by the current Michigan Legislature.
You have now awakened a sleeping giant: the women of this state. We will fight to have you replaced in 2014. As supporters of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood, we will take this fight to the people that are totally affected by your decision — the women.
Did your party learn nothing from the recent election? Obviously not. What is up with the GOP? Do all of you men think that we women are stupid? All over this country, women want the GOP to keep their theocracy out of our democracy.
That's right; there was more than one sleeping giant in Michigan.
What the FBI's Occupy Docs Do—And Don't—Reveal
The documents also don't provide much evidence that federal officials attempted to suppress protesters' free speech rights. To the contrary, on several occasions they recommend a subdued police response. As FBI spokesman Paul Bresson told CNN, "While the FBI is obligated to thoroughly investigate any serious allegations involving threats of violence, we do not open investigations based solely on First Amendment activity. In fact, the Department of Justice and the FBI's own internal guidelines on domestic operations strictly forbid that."
We still do not have anything approaching a complete picture of federal authorities' efforts taken to monitor and police the Occupy movement. And it would not be surprising to find that the surveillance of Occupy infringed on protesters' civil liberties (nothing new in the history of American protest movements). However, that story can't be told with the small cache of documents released so far.
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Back to Michigan: Lou Glazer: Improving Michigan's business climate may not yield dividends some expect .. a Q & A on business climate vs standard of living. Again it's data driven, which means that Republicans will not understand it.
Q: Are there policy initiatives that improve a state's ranking on lists that measure business costs but actually depress the state's overall standard of living?
A: If you look at that list of the top-10 states in private sector employment earnings per capita — Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Illinois, Delaware, Colorado and California — there are no right-to-work states. Except for New Hampshire and Colorado, maybe, nobody would classify those states as low-tax states, either.
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Census Daily Monday, January 7th. During the Revolutionary War, the rebelling colonies and the Continental Congress were anything but too big to fail. To the contrary, finances were very spotty and precarious. To help put affairs in order and make credit available, the first commercial bank in the U.S. opened this day in 1782, just a week after being chartered by the Congress. Called the Bank of North America, it was capitalized at $400,000. The names of founding stockholders read like a list of our Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, John Jay, and John Paul Jones. Today there are over 91,000 commercial banking establishments in the U.S.
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Bathrooms: pretty in pink, again
Pink has come back in vogue, with more people embracing their vintage bathrooms rather than taking a sledgehammer to them.
The New York Times
When Nancy Burns and her husband, Thomas, moved into a 1959 split-level house in Fairfax, Va., three years ago, they tore up the cheesy shag carpeting and renovated the dark-paneled rumpus room but spared the pink-tiled bathroom with a matching pink tub and toilet that their real estate agent had thought would be a deal-breaker.
"We had the opposite reaction," said Nancy Burns, who is 37 and a computer technician. "When we saw the expanse of pink, we knew this house was it."
Pink bathrooms were a common feature of homes built in midcentury America. But by the 1970s they were considered as saccharine as a package of Sweet'N Low. The color scheme in bathrooms then shifted from carnation and Pepto-Bismol pink — not to mention robin's egg blue and avocado green, which were also midcentury favorites — to more muted tones like almond and ecru until, more recently, plain old white predominated.
But within the last five years, pink has come back in vogue, with more people like Burns embracing their vintage pink bathrooms rather than taking a sledgehammer to them. Moreover, interior designers are now advocating flattering, rosy hues for new or renovated bathrooms and manufacturers of bathroom tiles and fixtures have been introducing more pink options. Noticing the trend, the color authority Pantone (www.pantone.com) this month decreed that hot pink will be the "it" color of 2011.
"Pink makes you happy," said Burns, who plays up her pink bathroom with a pink poodle shower curtain, ceramic pink poodle figurines, pink towels and even a vintage pink bathroom scale.
While pink bathrooms started appearing as early as the 1930s, many credit Mamie Eisenhower with popularizing them in the 1950s. She decorated the White House with so much pink when her husband assumed office in 1953 that the staff began referring to it as the "Pink Palace."
Pastel pink or "Mamie pink" soon became the era's iconic bathroom color. While it is difficult to find colorful plumbing fixtures today, back then manufacturers like American Standard, Crane and Kohler all carried pink toilets, tubs and sinks (albeit in slightly different hues).
"That color palette languished for years, and now I can't keep pink toilets in stock," said John Vienop, operations manager for DEA Bathroom Machineries (http://deabath.com/index.html), seller of salvaged plumbing fixtures based in Murphys, Calif. "We're shipping them all over the United States."
It's unclear what is driving the recent rethinking of pink, but one factor could be the high visibility of midcentury design due in part to the popularity of TV's "Mad Men" (the Drapers' downstairs powder room is pink) and Atomic Ranch (www.atomic-ranch.com), the retro architecture magazine.
And since pink bathrooms are associated with a time of prosperity, perhaps there is also an element of nostalgia for rosier times, said Pam Kueber, who started a blog, savethepinkbathrooms.com, in 2007. Of the more than 500 people who have left comments on her blog, many fondly remember a grandmother, great-grandmother or favorite aunt who had a pink bathroom.
"There's a lot of sentiment tied up in pink bathrooms," said Kueber, 51. She lives in a 1951 brick ranch-style house in Lenox, Mass., that would have a pink bathroom if only she had known where to get pink ceramic tiles when she renovated it in 2003. She went with the next closest color she could find — pale peach. "One of the reasons I started the blog was to help people share information on sources" for pink tiles and fixtures, she said.
But some people with vintage pink bathrooms have left them intact, not so much because they are nostalgic or are in love with the color but because it is too costly to redo them. "For a long time, I hated it and planned to gut it but I was limited by my frugality," said Michael Heaton, 34, a stockbroker, referring to the pink tiled bathroom in his 1964 brick ranch-style house in Norman, Okla. "There wasn't a thing wrong with it except the color." After painting the walls a darker pink and painting the cabinetry black, however, his opinion changed. "Now it's the best room in the house," he said.
Ceramic tile work done before the 1970s was usually of very high quality, according to architects and architectural historians. The tiles themselves were often more substantial and less prone to crack and the so-called mud job, or the way tiles are set in place, was more careful and adhesive.
"The tiles back then were laid in real mortar, which is why so many of the pink and other wild-colored bathrooms survived," said Jane Powell, a restoration consultant in Oakland, Calif., and the author of "Bungalow Bathrooms" (2001). "It's extremely labor intensive and expensive to get rid of them."
That's not stopping Janice Friedman, 53, a legal administrator who lives in a 1954 brick ranch-style house in Wichita, Kan., from removing the tiles mortared into one of her bathrooms so she can replace them with pink ones. The original tiles were light green, she said, but were painted "a hideous off-white" by a previous owner. Although it will be arduous to remove them, she is determined: "I've ordered the pink tiles and told my husband we're tearing out the old tile as soon as the Christmas tree comes down."
While Friedman is aiming for a classic midcentury American look, high-end European designers of bathroom fixtures and tile have recently begun offering arty lines that are predominantly pink. Examples include a hot pink and white bathroom by the Swiss company Laufen (www.laufen.com) and a stunning contemporary bathroom, by the Italian manufacturer Bisazza (www.bisazza.it), that is lined from floor to ceiling with pink glass mosaic tiles.
"Bath design has been trending toward pink over the past two or so years," said Scott Cook, manager of the Bisazza showroom in SoHo. "It's very warm and makes your coloring look better in the reflected glow."
Interior designer Brooke Giannetti, 45, and her architect husband Steve, also 45, achieved that warmth with nothing more than a coat of paint. They painted the bathroom of their shingled beach cottage in Santa Monica, Calif., seashell pink a few months ago; for years it had been a spa-like, all white. "You don't want to be assaulted by that kind of starkness first thing in the morning or right before bed, which is when you spend the most time in the bathroom," said Giannetti. "We've found the pink to be much more soothing and enveloping."
And pink is complimentary, too. Tamelyn Feinstein, a 50-year-old photographer, painted the bathroom in her Nashville condominium bubble-gum pink in 2001. She was so happy with how she looked in there that she used the bathroom as the backdrop for a series of 365 self-portraits that she shot daily a few years ago.
"It's very flattering," she said. "It's hard to be sad in a pink bathroom."
Similarly, Sarah McColl, 28, a freelance writer, painted the nondescript bathroom of her Brooklyn walk-up a vibrant pink last year; she remembered reading in Vogue when she was a teenager that the color made you look better. She also decorated it with pinup girl posters from the 1940s and 1950s, along with old album covers that have some pink.
"I think the article in Vogue said something like, 'If you paint your bathroom pink, you'll never regret it,"' she said. "And it's true."
The allure of pink bathrooms is old news to Nora Alcaro, 90, of Philadelphia. The bathroom in the row house she shared with her husband, Peter, until he died last year, has been pink since 1944.
"My favorite color is pink and his was blue, so we compromised," said Alcaro, a retired department store saleswoman. "The walls are pink, and the floor and trim are blue."
No one had seen anything like it at the time, she said. Not only was it pink but also, at 9 feet by 11 feet, it was big for a bathroom back then. As newlyweds, she and her husband had decided to expand the bathroom rather than add an extra bedroom to the house.
"It was my dream to have a big bathroom because, you see, I came from a family of 13 children and we shared a bathroom no bigger than a phone booth," Alcaro said. "God forbid you should gain weight, you'd have to leave the door open."
As if a time capsule, nothing in her pink bathroom has changed in 66 years except the toilet, which had to be replaced a few weeks ago. Alcaro said she never once wished to have it updated or painted another color.
"If you love something," she said, "it never goes out of style."
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Using highly detailed color photographs, John Ganis has chronicled the effects of development and extraction industries in every region of the Continental United States over a period of seventeen years. The subjects of Ganis's images are for the most part flagrantly clear—abandoned wrecks, desolate strip mines, clear-cut forests, industrial parks, landfill sites, and the flattening of terrain for housing -developments—and just as flagrantly disturbing. This is a thesaurus of our "civilized" incursions into the wildness of nature, a charting of our debris-strewn topographies, and a cogent report on our abdication of any reverence -towards the land. In an introductory essay, Robert -Sobieszek, from Los Angeles County Museum, gives an insightful overview of the historical responses to the American landscape and places the work of John Ganis within the context of "the new American pastoral." In 1989, Ganis entered into a collaborative exchange with the noted anthropologist Dr. Stanley Diamond, who wrote the poetry for this book in response to John Ganis's photographs. They represent some of his last and previously unpublished poetic work.
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That's the motto — one that we can all get behind — of Wallingford's TNT Taqueria, an 800-square-foot glimpse into warmer climes and spicier food. While the cuisine hails from south of the border, ingredients are local and packaging is compostable, in a deferential nod to Seattle culture.
Order outside under the cheerful yellow awning and then head indoors if you can snag one of the three tables or a bar perch. The interior's Hispanic accents, like the giant papier-mâché lizard on the ceiling, are charmingly unkitschy, and a sunnily tiled bar lets you peer into the kitchen, where marinated pork and pineapple rotate on a vertical spit and quesadillas sizzle on the grill.
The menu: Despite the dizzying array of options, you can't go wrong. Whether in tacos ($7.75-9.25), burritos ($7.25-8.75) or tortas ($6.50-7.50), the meat or vegetarian fillings are mostly the same: al pastor (marinated pork), green chili chicken, chorizo verde (ground pork with green chilies and cilantro), ancho chile-braised beef brisket, carne asada (sirloin steak), sweet potato and kale. Take your pick of the house salsas: avocado crema, pico de gallo, salsa verde, chipotle tomato and habanero radish.
Morning options include breakfast taquitos ($3.25-3.75), breakfast burritos ($6.50-8) and huevos rancheros — corn tortillas smeared with a tangy sauce and topped with eggs to order ($7.50). A horchata latte — made with Stumptown espresso — will soothe a weekend bruncher's caffeine twitch.
What to write home about: Anything al pastor. The achiote-and-pineapple-marinated pork shoulder is slow-roasted on a spit before it's carved and bundled into a tortilla.
The setting: A walk-up taqueria with heat lamps above to ward away the winter chill. Patrons can grab a seat indoors or order to go.
Summing up: A plate of al pastor tacos ($7.75), carne asada burrito ($8.25), tortilla chips with salsa ($2.50) and one churro ($1) came to $19.50 before tax and tip, and fed two.


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On this page >> Write-up Results General Classification Photos Stage 3 Kamperland - Renesse, 138.7km It looked like race leader, Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) might crack on the final stage in Zeeland. After chasing hard on Stage 2 to bring back breakaways, the DSB team were stretched again on the final stage. Strong winds caused the race to break apart early, with a 12 rider group going away on. Kirsten Wild (AA Drink), second on general classification and Mirjam Melchers van Poppel (Team Flexpoint) were both in the break. The rider who missed it was race leader, Marianne Vos (DSB Bank). With Wild and Melchers just 18 and 19 seconds down respectively and 10 seconds available to the stage winner as bonus, Vos could not afford to allow the lead group much space. The lead group quickly established a lead which sat at around 50 seconds ahead of the bunch for much of the race. At the front of the chasing bunch, Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) pulled some huge turns to limit her losses, helped out by team-mate, Andrea Bosman in the main. The story of the stage, though, was the effort put in by the race leader herself to protect her golden jersey. An attack late in the stage saw two others high up on general classification get away together; Suzanne De Goede (T-Mobile) (at 27 seconds) and Loës Gunnewijk (Team Flexpoint) (at 34 seconds). The pair stayed away, tantalisingly, with De Goede taking the virtual race lead, with finish bonuses taken into account, at one point as their advantage grew. With around 30km to go, Vos looked beaten, sitting at the back of her chasing group, she looked 'spent' and resigned to losing the race overall on this final stage. Her long chases at the front and into the strong headwinds had taken their toll........ With the kilometres being counted down over race radio, so too, were was the size of the leading pair's gap. They were unable to stay away and the bunch came together for the finale. The bunch sprint was won by Ins-Yoko Teutenberg (T-Mobile), ahead of Loës Gunnewijk and Loës Markerink (both Team Flexpoint). Marianne Vos crossed the line in the bunch (eighth), sitting up and waving her arms in celebration at a hard-won overall victory. Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result
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The swap today in Morse was excellent! Good people - good swaps - and good to see you all there, those who made it.
If you weren't at the Morse swap (slightly north of Iowa City) then you missed a good thing. Thanks, Leslie! |
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- Posted by Iowgardenangel zn5 IA (My Page) on Sat, Jun 5, 04 at 20:06
yes it was great and wonderful people, Ive had so much fun at these want to have afall one at my place in sept. thanks so much leslie and everyone, great time!! Dessa |
I had a great time too. And it's going to be so much fun today placing everything in my garden....I'm going to need new beds. Now if I could just locate my husband.... Leslie |
- Posted by stan_ia_z4 z4 ia (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 04 at 8:40
This swap was he best ever. If you were there you got to enjoy the charm of Leslie and her tribe, the marvelous slide show on Maudes coumpter of her garden, the never ending knowledge of plant information by Doris, the charm of the southereners (Mo.), the first timers seeking information and receiving more than they need, all the other regulars with their plants and help. If you garden at all, this swap is a must. Stan |
Does every have all their plants -planted??? Got Most of them. You know you have lots of plants-no too many. When you walk around for 30 minutes---- looking for right place.I'm glad I bought sweeter net hat at Fin&Feather last week. Oh did anyone see a extra water can??? Dh did say took it out of truck. But now can go buy this nice one at Gardensupply.com. Thanks again for hosting swap. And if anyone ever buy Koszta your welcome to give me ideas. |
Yes ,it was a good time. Thanks Leslie for hosting.Thanks Stan for the compliment. I'm still learning new things every day . I have most of the new ones planted,but must confess I had quite a few plants sitting here already. Doris |
- Posted by IowaSundrop z5 IA (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 04 at 20:47
Thanks all for being so welcoming to newcomers! I had a very nice time, and can't wait to see how my new plants will like their spots in my garden. Thanks especially for the help identifying things in my big "what is this??" pile. If any of you enjoy showing off your lovely gardens, it would be great to get a tour sometime! Stacey |
- Posted by Jay_In_Missouri Z5MO (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 04 at 21:22
Thanks to everyone who made this a fun weekend, especially Leslie who was so gracious to host it again. Unlike the rest of you who seem to have planted everything.....ours is still on the deck, watered down, and awaiting tomorrow. (Had to mow today!) Thanks to Mary for the Washington info....it was a treat. Great show. And Doris and Wayne...nice car Wayne....wish I could convince Doris to get interested in Siloams and Bromelaids....maybe next year. I could go on, but would sincerely like to thank everyone, and we look forward to the next one....Jay and Alice |
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Yeah, you should probably stop wasting my time.
I wasn't sure if I should post this, since it's a) horrible lame E/N, and b) kind of a call out, but whatever.
I got a phone call at work last week, from someone I haven't seen in a while. We used to work together, back in my working-retail-during-college days, but fell out of touch shortly thereafter, given my propensity to forget people exist if I don't see them every day (speaking of which, I need to call my parents).
Anyway, I don't answer the phone, because I'm at work, but I check the voicemail when I get off. Apparently her computer died, and she needs help fixing it, or at least for me to tell her what broke.
This actually doesn't bother me. I have to help Sean with his computing woes every time he breaks something, but it usually turns into a thing after that - we hang out, eat some food, drink some beers, it's a pretty good way to kill an evening. The dude is genuinely grateful that his stuff is getting fixed, and what the hell, I like fixing things. Not saying I want to do help desk for a living ever again, but problem solving, particularly tech problems, is why I got into the field I'm in.
So, anyway, I call her back, and the conversation goes right to business. Just "Hello", and then "So here's the problem…". Not even a cursory "How's work?" or anything like that. It doesn't bode well, but I explain what I think the problem is (for the curious, hitting the power switch does nothing, not even spin up the fans, so I'm pretty sure the power supply croaked), and give the most detailed description I can on how to fix it. And what do I get for it?
"Ok, thanks. Talk to you later." Conversation over.
I'm sorry, but what the hell is that? If I can squeeze answering your question into my schedule, I don't think it's too much to ask for you budget time for some small talk or something. You know, at least pretend you aren't calling specifically because there's a fire to put out.
Look, I know I'm pretty much the last person allowed to criticize anyone for their behavior, but this is just insulting. It says, with no degree of subtlety, that "we will only talk when I want something from you". I'd have to be out of my mind to think that was a fair deal.
That said: Whatever, it really isn't a big deal. I'm not going to hold a grudge over it, and in all matters not-fixing-someone-elses-computer, I'm (schedule permitting) down with hangouts. But don't take it for granted that I'm going to field these questions out of the blue, for someone, functionally speaking, that I don't really know.
Contrast this with another former co-worker I haven't seen or talked to, this one for close to three years, who randomly sent me a Facebook invite yesterday. Even though I generally hate social networking, and it's more than likely a fetishistic "collect em all" sort of thing, it's an unexpected surprise, and maybe we'll end up hanging out. Probably not, since I don't even know which state she lives at this point, but you never know.
That's how you get back in touch, folks. By acknowledging that we might actually be friends, or at least interact in a social context. Not by pretending I'm your personal fucking tech support.
Rant over. Back to not updating but every two weeks.


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