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Captain A. D. Chater, 2nd Batallion, Gordon Highlanders, Dec 25, 1914:
I think I have seen today one of the most extraordinary sights that anyone has ever seen. About 10 o'clock this morning I was peeping over the parapet when I saw a German, waving his arms, and presently two of them got out of their trench and came towards ours.
We were just going to fire on them when we saw they had no rifles, so one of our men went to meet them and in about two minutes the ground between the two lines of trenches was swarming with men and officers of both sides, shaking hands and wishing each other a happy Christmas…
We exchanged cigarettes and autographs, and some more people took photos…I don't know how long it will go on for – I believe it was supposed to stop yesterday, but we can hear no firing going on along the front today except a little distant shelling.
Sergeant A. Lovell, 3rd Rifle Brigade.
Then suddenly lights began to appear along the German parapet, which were evidently make-shift Christmas trees, adorned with lighted candles, which burnt steadily in the frosty air!
First the Germans would sing one of their carols and then we would sing one of ours, until when we started up O Come, All Ye Faithful, the Germans immediately joined in singing the same hymn to the Latin words Adeste Fideles. And I thought, well, this is a most extraordinary thing — two nations singing the same carol in the middle of a war.
And these were by no means isolated incidents.
When the high commands (on both sides) heard about these 'Christmas truces', they did everything they could to bring them to an end and avoid their repetition, but just for a moment…
Against Sauron, Mini-Skirts and Alien/Devil Confusion
1 Comment · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, politics, Religion
Take some superstition, throw in a hint of xenophobia and add a savvy PR touch…
MOSCOW — Russian fans of the writer J.R.R. Tolkien were disappointed Wednesday after a local art group abandoned plans to install a flaming eye from his book series The Lord of the Rings atop a Moscow skyscraper. The group, Svechenie, said it would not recreate the evil Eye of Sauron after the Russian Orthodox Church complained the installation would invite mysterious dangers on the capital….
The planned project — for a 3-foot-tall orb perched atop a 21-story building in Moscow's business district — "does not have any religious or political subtext," the statement added.
It was slated to be unveiled Thursday to mark the Russian premiere of the film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, based on another Tolkien novel in which the eye appears.
But Vsevolod Chaplin, the controversial spokesman for the powerful Russian Orthodox Church, felt otherwise. He told a Moscow radio station Tuesday that the installation would be a "symbol of the triumph of evil … rising up over the city."
"Is that good or bad? I'm afraid it's more likely bad," he said. "You shouldn't be surprised later if something goes wrong with the city."It's not the first time the church, a key pillar of President Vladimir Putin's drive to promote conservative values, has waded into the world of art and culture. Religious officials and Orthodox activists have rebuked and even disrupted a range of exhibitions and performances they believe betray church values and destroy Russia's moral fiber….
Chaplin is always on the look out for perils that could menace his flock.
Here he is back in April:
MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) – Angels and demons do really exist, but are often mistaken for "so-called aliens" by those who encounter them, a senior Russian Orthodox Church clergyman said.
"They are real creatures, humans come into contact with them as they sometimes reveal themselves," Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who oversees the Church's public relations, told RIA Novosti in an interview when asked about Christianity's attitude to ufology.
And then there was the mini-skirt menace, identified by Chaplin as a potential source of "madness" as long ago as 2011.
The Christian Science Monitor explained:
A top official of the increasingly powerful Russian Orthodox Church has triggered a storm of outrage by calling for a "national dress code" that would force women to dress modestly in public and require businesses to throw out "indecently" clad customers. Women, said Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, can't be trusted to clothe themselves properly.
"It is wrong to think that women should decide themselves what they can wear in public places or at work," he said Tuesday. "If a woman dresses like a prostitute, her colleagues must have the right to tell her that."
"Moreover," Archpriest Chaplin added, "if a woman dresses and acts indecently, this is a direct route to unhappiness, one-night stands, brief marriages followed by rat-like divorces, ruined lives of children, and madness."
…Chaplin's proposed dress code has received applause from some conservative quarters. Russia's Association of Islamic Heritage this week expressed its support for Chaplin's call for "creation of a national dress code," which might involve compelling women to wear headscarves, a rule already in force in Orthodox churches and church-run orphanages. Muslims make up about 20 percent of Russia's population.
Orthodoxy! Nationality! Autocracy!
Russia · Russian Orthodoxy · superstition · Vsevolod Chaplin
Late last month there was a conference in Rome organized by the UN food agency (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO).
One of the attendees was the pope.
The Daily Mail reports:
The 77-year old said the world had 'paid too little heed to those who are hungry.'
While the number of undernourished people dropped by over half in the past two decades, 805 million people were still affected in 2014.'It is also painful to see the struggle against hunger and malnutrition hindered by 'market priorities', the 'primacy of profit', which reduce foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation and financial speculation in particular,' Francis said.
Writing for Forbes, Tim Worstall explains (again):
[J]just to lay it out in very simple terms in one place. Regarding that first point, about profit. Profit is the incentive for people to do things. If people don't profit from their actions then they won't do them. Of course, we can take a wide view of what "profit" is: we could, for example, say that the warm feeling a farmer gets from watching a starving child eating the food he has grown is a profit. And it would be as well. But as we've found out over the past century or so (looking at those various attempts at the collectivisation of agriculture is really most instructive) that that good feeling of having produced what others need is not actually enough. Any and every society that has relied upon such public feelings has had extensive malnutrition if not out and out famine.
So, we want the producers of food to profit from their having produced it. Otherwise we just don't get enough food.
Then on to speculation and financial speculation. These move the prices of things through time. This is also highly desirable (as Adam Smith pointed out 238 years ago) as by moving prices through time we also move supplies of food through time (see the linked pieces for this in more detail). We move food from, as Smith said, a time of plenty to a time of dearth: thus reducing malnutrition and starvation. And yes, again, the incentive for people to do this highly desirable thing is to make a profit.
So we actually want both profit and speculation in food. For the end results are desirable. We get both the production of food in the first place and the movement of it, in both geographic and temporal, terms, to where it is needed….
That's not (of course) to deny that there are people who are malnourished, but, as Worstall explains:
[E]conomist, Amartya Sen… has pointed out that, for the past century at least, starvation and famine have not been caused by an absence of food. They're no longer supply side phenomena and they'll not be solved by looking at that supply side.
No, instead, famine now is an absence of purchasing power among those who simply cannot buy the food that is available. This is such a well-known matter that even George Bush, when President, tried to get the rules about US famine relief changed (Obama is trying again now, too, according to reports). Instead of shipping US grain to starving people ship US money to starving people so they can buy the food that is already there. Or if not exactly there, then nearby. And we can rely upon the existence of that effective demand to incentivise people through that profit motive, through speculation, to ship the food from where it is to where the hungry people are.
That is, modern hunger is a demand side phenomenon and will be solved by demand side measures. Like, as above, giving poor people money to buy food with.
This is what actually works, this is how most NGOs now see hunger, many governments too. The problem is not that there's no food for the poor to buy. It's that the poor have no money to buy food. The answer is thus not to fiddle around with the supply side, that's working just fine. For there are supplies of food available. What's going wrong is the demand side so that's where the solution must lie. We must turn actual demand (empty bellies) into effective demand (people with empty bellies with money to buy the food that exists)…
What the pope is suggesting is (essentially) to mess with the supply side, something that could very easily make matters worse.
And yet that's what he suggests.
And he still seems unwilling to acknowledge the remarkable contribution that the free market has made to reducing malnourishment on a planet where the population has now swollen to seven billion.
It's almost as if the pope is putting ideology (in this case his distaste for the free market) before the facts, facts he must know. It's almost as if his ideology matters more to him than truly helping the hungry.
Those would, shall we say, be very revealing priorities.
Pope Francis gave a speech at the EU parliament last week. There were the usual leftist themes that we have come to expect from this pope ("we encounter certain rather selfish lifestyles, marked by an opulence which is no longer sustainable", "uncontrolled consumerism" and so on) complete with the hints of dark conspiracies that remind us that Francis' thinking remains heavily influenced by the Peronist Argentina of his youth:
The true strength of our democracies – understood as expressions of the political will of the people – must not be allowed to collapse under the pressure of multinational interests which are not universal, which weaken them and turn them into uniform systems of economic power at the service of unseen empires.
Unseen empires?
And there was the jibe directed at Europe's failure to live up to the Vatican's natalist expectations:
In many quarters we encounter a general impression of weariness and aging, of a Europe which is now a "grandmother", no longer fertile and vibrant.
Over at the XX Committee, John Schindler picks up on that, correctly noting that low fertility is not only a European "problem" (his word, not mine), but then goes on to argue this:
Francis's analysis of Europe's population problem, which is really a deep crisis of civilizational pride, identity and meaning, manifesting in a lack of will to even reproduce, is difficult to refute…
On the contrary, it couldn't be easier. Declining birth rates can be a response to economic pressure, certainly (as was evident, say, during the Great Depression or in Eastern Europe during and after the Soviet collapse), but it's a stretch to see it as evidence of Europe's civilizational decline. British birth rates, for example, began to drop in the later Victorian era, a time when its national self-confidence stood at a zenith that was, broadly, to endure until 1914:
The decline in birth rates, identified as stage three of the demographic transition, took place in England from around 1870 to 1920. In 1871 the average woman was having 5.5 children but by 1921 this had fallen to 2.4 children.
(Office of National Statistics)
Smaller families is what people want when science and the likely survival of their existing children give them the chance to make that choice. And as we enter an age where, thanks to automation, the demand for labor—as we are already seeing—is ebbing, that's not such a bad thing.
That's not to say that the transition to a lower birth rate is without its problems. It isn't (who pays for the old?), but they will not be solved by more people: the unemployed will not be able to pay for the retired. Mass immigration is not the answer.
On that topic, Francis had quite a bit to say, using the hideous tragedy of the drownings at sea of would-be immigrants ("We cannot allow the Mediterranean to become a vast cemetery.") as (in essence) an argument for Europe to adopt an even more open immigration policy than it already has, something he has done before, perhaps most notoriously in his speech on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a performance that 'Theodore Dalrymple' (Anthony Daniels) quite right rightly described as a display of "moral exhibitionism".
Meanwhile, Schindler notes:
"Why aren't hundreds of asylum seekers drowning trying to get to Japan?" asked one analyst, pointedly, a year ago. After all, Japan is a very nice country with a most advanced economy and a desperate shortage of people. But refugees don't try to reach the coast of Japan. For the simple reason they know they will be turned away. Preferring to preserve its native population, Japan turns away virtually all refugee claimants, while Australia lets many of them in, with generous benefits to boot. South Korea, like Japan, is not open to more than few refugees despite a serious birth dearth, so few come. In 2014, any developed country that pursues a permissive policy towards refugees is going to get more of them, perhaps many more.
And finally, when it came to the pope's comments on the current unhappy state of the EU, many euroskeptics seemed to enjoy the thought that the pope was one of them. They were wrong.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph (link via EUReferendum), Christopher Booker explains:
The Pope's address to the European Parliament seemed devastatingly critical. He spoke of how "the great ideas which once inspired Europe seem to have lost their attraction, only to be replaced by the bureaucratic technicalities of its institutions".
He described it as looking "elderly and haggard" in "a world which frequently regards it with aloofness, mistrust and even, at times, suspicion". He observed how it had lost the trust of its citizens, who see it too often as "downright harmful".
Reading the Pope's speech in full, however, he doesn't seem to have grasped the EU's real nature at all: in particular, why the core principles on which it was set up were inevitably destined to bring it to its present dismal pass.
Somehow the pope seems to have missed the fact that the EU was a profoundly post-democratic project. How it was sold (peace, reconciliation and so on) bore little relation to what it really was.
Oh well.
conspiracy theories · EU · Immigration · Natalism · Peronism · Pope Francis
Not Quite So Focused on the Constitution Now
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, politics
Cross-posted on the Corner (under a different title).
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops:
WASHINGTON—Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news today that the Obama administration will defer deportations for many undocumented immigrants and their families.
Perhaps I'm being unfair, but it seems to me that the bishops now seem rather less focused on the constitution than they were at the time they were objecting to various aspects of Obamacare coverage.
Meanwhile the National Catholic Reporter reports:
Catholic groups across the country have been quick to applaud President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration, but they are equally quick to remind that more work remains to be done before finding a "humane" fix to our country's immigration system.
The executive order, which the president delivered Thursday in a primetime speech, expands the government's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and provides temporary relief from deportation for more than 4 million undocumented immigrant parents who have lived in the country for more than five years.
"Generally, we are celebrating this announcement," said Michelle Sardone, legalization program director for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, or CLINIC. "It's going to help close to 5 million people. But we're definitely still working toward finding a permanent solution."
"This a temporary fix," she said. "There's still more fighting to be done, to make sure that everyone is included."
Press releases from various Catholic organizations echoed the sentiment….
Ah yes, there's always "more fighting to be done".
The ratchet turns.
Bishops for 'Executive Action'
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, politics
With the US waiting to hear what type of 'executive action' Obama will announce with respect to illegal immigrants tomorrow, this item from the National Catholic Reporter is worth noting:
In a little noted letter, two bishops chairing committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have put the Catholic bishops on record supporting executive action on immigration. The letter places the bishops on President Barack Obama's side in his dispute with congressional Republicans, who are opposed to any executive action on immigration.
The letter, sent on Sept. 9 with little fanfare, was addressed to Jeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, with copies of the letter going to Dennis McDonough, chief of staff to the president, and Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The letter was signed by Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, chair of the Committee on Migration, and Bishop Kevin Vann, chair of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. The conference issued no press release to publicize the letter and I cannot find it on the USCCB website.
The letter asked for executive action "to protect undocumented individuals and families as soon as possible, within the limits of your executive authority." "With immigration reform legislation stalled in Congress," the letter said, "our nation can no longer wait to end the suffering of family separation caused by our broken immigration system."
The Republican leadership in Congress has said any executive action by the president on immigration would poison future cooperation on any topic.
The bishops urge that some major problems on immigration be dealt with through by executive action. These would not be considered minor items by either the administration or Congress…
Meanwhile the Washington Post reports:
BALTIMORE — The nation's Catholic bishops are jumping into the increasingly contentious battle over immigration reform by backing President Obama's pledge to act on his own to fix what one bishop called "this broken and immoral system" before Republicans assume control of Capitol Hill in January.
In an unscheduled address Tuesday (Nov. 11) at the hierarchy's annual meeting, Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, chairman of the migration committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the USCCB would continue to work with both parties to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
But, Elizondo said, given the urgency of the immigration crisis and the electoral gains by Republicans who have thwarted earlier reform efforts, "it would be derelict not to support administrative actions … which would provide immigrants and their families legal protection."
This, of course, is the same church that has been so keen to press for what it sees as its constitutional rights under the guise of what it describes as 'religious freedom'.
Pay-for-pray: Maryland churches promise green sermons for tax break
4 Comments · Posted by Walter Olson in Church & State
The Washington Post's reporter, Arelis Hernández, doesn't seem quite to realize just how outrageous this story is about churches angling for exemptions from a state-mandated stormwater fee in Prince George's County, Maryland:
Thomas and other pastors also have agreed to start "green" ministries to maintain the improvements at their churches, and to preach environmentally focused sermons to educate their congregations.
In exchange for the commitments both as to physical upgrades to church property and the right sorts of exhortation addressed to their congregations, the churches are getting very tangible benefits, some coming directly out of the pockets of Prince George's County taxpayers (emphasis added):
So far, about 30 churches have applied. Forestville Redeemer was the first. They are planning to install rain barrels, build rain gardens, plant trees and, perhaps, replace their blacktop with permeable pavement. The government will cover most of the cost. In return, a fee that was estimated at $744 a year will be reduced to "virtually nothing," Ortiz said.
Organized churches play a central role in P.G. County politics, so it is not especially surprising to see a special deal cut for them. What we might not have expected was how openly pastors were willing to trade the content of sermons for government cash on the (rain) barrel. More coverage: WBAL, Derek Hunter/Daily Caller, and Ira Stoll, who writes:
But the bigger point is a problem with big government and taxes in general. The more burdensome the taxes are, the greater is the temptation of those crushed by them to trade their freedom and independence for a discount on them, and the more power the government has to dictate behavior. The tax becomes not a way to raise revenue for the government, but a method for exerting control.
Let's hope religion-in-public-life pundits don't pull their punches on exactly how bad this sort of deal is. They should be at least as upset as those of us on the secular side.
When the Welsh poet Edward Thomas (1898-1917), who had signed up for the British Army in 1915, was asked what he would be fighting for, he stopped, picked up a pinch of earth and crumbled it between finger and thumb before letting it fall. He then replied, "Literally, for this".
In 'Adlestrop' he describes an unscheduled stop that he had made at a small train station in Gloucestershire in the course of a train journey on June 24, 1914, a little more than a month before the war began.
Yes. I remember Adlestrop—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop—only the nameAnd willows, willow-herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
Thomas was killed at Arras in April 1917.
Brittany Maynard died tragically young, but with dignity and in as much control as an unkind fate had allowed her, taking advantage of the law in Oregon that allowed her to obtain a prescription for the barbiturates that would end her life before cancer did its terrible worst.
Writing in the Dallas News, Marcia Angell, the widow of a physician denied similar relief thanks to the cruelty of Massachusetts law, makes a powerful case for other states to follow Oregon's example.
Here's an extract:
Whereas hastening an inevitable death was once regarded almost exclusively as a medical issue, we are beginning to focus on what patients want, on their right to self-determination. And people are increasingly asking why anyone — the state, the medical profession, religious leaders — would presume to tell someone else that they must continue to die by inches, against their will….
The Supreme Court has twice maintained that that's a medical question and as such should be left to the states, which regulate medical practice. The medical profession, meanwhile, has been among the main obstacles to more laws like Oregon's. The American Medical Association's official policy is that physician-assisted suicide is "fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer." One possible explanation for this opposition, particularly among palliative care specialists, is that assisted dying underscores their limitations in dealing with suffering at the end of life.
But that stance puts the focus in the wrong place. This is not primarily about physicians or their self-image; it's about patients — specifically patients for whom healing is no longer possible. We give patients the right to hasten their deaths by refusing dialysis, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics or any other life-sustaining treatment. Why deny them what is essentially the same choice, especially since it is limited to terminally ill patients?
In 2012, I was among the lead petitioners to put a Death With Dignity law on the ballot in Massachusetts, and I campaigned hard for its passage. Until a month before the election, polls showed overwhelming support. But in the final weeks, the Catholic Church, both nationally and within the state, began pouring money into TV ads implying that people would be coerced into killing themselves, and physicians and pharmacists would be required to help them. After opponents outspent proponents by about 5 to 1, the referendum lost.
This, of course, is the same Roman Catholic Church that has spent so much of the last year or so talking about 'religious freedom'. It's important to understand that's a concept where both words matter. When the church makes that argument, it is not arguing for the cause of liberty in any generalized sense. Rather it is insisting on the right, under certain circumstances, of churches and their followers to assert their beliefs over the general law.
There is something very appropriate in the way that Thomas More was often cited as an inspiration for the church's campaign. Contrary to what his modern apologists, papal and otherwise, have liked to claim, More was no supporter of freedom of conscience. What he wanted was his conscience to prevail over the consciences of others, consciences for which he had little regard. Dissent was not an option.
It's not too difficult to draw a line between More and the way that the Catholic Church (aided by other religious groups) did so much in Massachusetts to insist that its views on 'assisted suicide' should be imposed on others. Of course, that imposition was the result of a democratic vote. That matters. Nevertheless the fact that the church did so much to suport that imposition on all the people of Massachusetts, regardless of religious affiliation or their own views on this matter, is a useful reminder of its distinctly narrow notion of freedom.
Meanwhile the National Catholic Reporter writes:
The Vatican's top ethicist condemned Brittany Maynard's decision to end her life, saying there was no dignity in her physician-assisted death…
"Assisted suicide is an absurdity," Carrasco de Paula told the Italian news agency ANSA. "Dignity is something different than putting an end to your own life…."
"Killing yourself is not a good thing; it's a bad thing because it says no to life and to all that means in relation to our duty in the world and to those close to us," Carrasco de Paula said.
The fact that life was effectively saying no to Ms. Maynard seems to have passed de Paula by, as does the fact that Ms. Maynard's decision appears to have been supported by her loved ones. As to his remark about duty, it says a lot that de Paula doesn't say to whom this "duty" is owed.
And of course the slippery slope makes its inevitable appearance in an argument that ignores the fact that the terminally ill have already slid down it:
Carrasco de Paula said assisted suicide was also dangerous because it offered a potential "solution" for a society that sought to abandon the sick and quit paying the costs of their illnesses.
De Paula, who is head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, an institution described by the NCR as being responsible "for ethical issues in the Catholic church" is, of course, entitled to his views. They are what they are, and they are unlikely to change. Roman Catholic teaching is what it is. But so is its refusal to respect the freedoms of those with which it disagrees. Its behavior in Massachusetts was a disgrace.
Maynard's closing statement included this:
"Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness."
And so she did. RIP.
Halloween is even more splendidly syncretic than I thought: Yes, Halloween Peeps made an appearance at a supermarket near me.
Adweek explains:
More sweet. Less scary. That's the promotional campaign, not the ingredient list.
The perennial Easter favorite Peeps continue to try to become a year-round candy with these "peepified" illustrations for Halloween. The simple, colorful drawings are part of an ongoing campaign dubbed "Every Day Is a Holiday," launched earlier this year to introduce Peeps Minis, diminutive flavored versions of the original chicks. (They're less than half the size of the flagship product, and come in bags, not the traditional cellophane-front flat boxes).
The airy sugar dumplings, made by confectioner Just Born, haul in an estimated 70 percent of their business at Easter and only a fraction on other holidays like Christmas and Valentine's Day. There are ghost and pumpkin Peeps on shelves now, but they've never moved as briskly as springtime's puffy chicks and bunnies.


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I posted earlier and got some great responses about having my fiance being the only one to deal with her. So I did what everyone said and blocked her from calling or sending me texts. So now I have another question? Is it okay to delete her and all her family from my facebook? Or would that be adding to much fuel to the fire. I woke up this morning to her family posting all about "me" Im just so over the immaturity. She is a real winner let me tell you.. When me and my fiance got together the step kids came and stayed with us for the first summer and she reported my son who was 4 to DCF for sexual molestation charges. Of course nothing was found and she put her daughter through all these horrible tests at 3 years old. She is always holding the kids over my fiances head. If she doesnt get this then they wont be coming to see him. Its just so frustrating! She is already talking about marrying a man she has just met. She has 5 kids 4 different fathers and those kids have already had 5 different stepfathers. She pushes all the new men in her life as daddy and then the bio dads become daddy (insert name)! Gosh sorry to vent.. Guess I needed to get that out lol.. |
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Your Bf should have a court order in place that contains his rights to visitations. The mother can't withhold visitation merely because she does not want to send them...a court order granting visitation, when and how should be clearly spelled out. The idea that BF must do what and when whatever she pleases or she can and will withhold the kids from him is not necessarily true, even if she says so and actually is silly enough to believe so. A lawyer can pursue your Bf's rights and guide him through a proper parenting plan if BF does not have one or can not work one out between him and the mother himself. Once a court order is in place denying BF his visitations would be considered an contempt of order. He may even be able to get additional vistations other than just summers. Is BF paying child support? And no, you don't have to be 'friends' with anyone you don't want to allow into your personal pages. If BF does not have the court order, he needs to. It can also see about having guidelines put in the order as to how communication is to take place between the parents. For example: all communication has to be between BF/Mother. Communication via text/email blah blah blah. No court in this country is going to order you to be 'friends' via facebook . Do yourself a favor and stop reading whatever this woman and her family/friends are dishing about. Block them and their messages. As she knows you are seeing and reading the messages I'm sure she's having a great time annoying and harrassing you...take the power away from her. |
A agree with JMT an order can outline communication. My order states all communication regarding the child should be Between bio parents only. We have a scheduled time to speak verbally twice a month and other times should be via email. Court orders are your friends. |
- Posted by gardenandcats (My Page) on Mon, Dec 5, 11 at 23:24
Delete her and her family from YOUR facebook. You owe her nothing. |
- Posted by catlettuce (My Page) on Tue, Dec 6, 11 at 2:08
Good Grief, YES delete them all from your FB and your life! Your BF should be dealing with BM. Agree with all of above. Best of luck to you. You'll be much happier bowing out of this insanity asap. Expect them all to ramp up their behaviors and try to suck you back in..Maybe even the BF as he may be overwhelmed at having it all handed back to him. Stay strong. Life will become more peaceful in the long run if BF & BM stick to court orders when dealing with kid issues. ~Cat |
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- Jane Eborall said...
That looks great. Well written too. You're a clever lass. If I wasn't so tied up in getting ready for Tat Days I may have taken part although I'm sorta allergic to doillies!
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- Kathy Niklewicz said...
Your tatting skills are amazing! With absolutely LIGHTNING speed you have accomplished both tatting this delightful doily and writing out the stitch counts! You even made more work for yourself by making 10 rings instead of eight! But in my opinion the 10 rings make the doily more attractive!
I thought the third round of the fabric 'print' was difficult to 'read' because it looked as if there would be giant 'holes' where the picots weren't connected to anything. But the 10 rings tighten everything up and make your doily look just right!
And you even ordered the printed fabric to make pouches! Amazing how this all evolved from Miranda's trip to JoAnn's! - August 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Ladytats said...
thanks for the stitch count and the pictures. this will go in my to do pile.
- August 1, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Lelia said...
thx! I like the way it turned out and your pattern looks easy to follow.
What fun ; ) - August 1, 2012 at 12:01 PM
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Wow! The saga continues! However, your doily is different enough (especially the ten rings at the start), that I'm sure Nancy won't mind!
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NEW YORK — After throwing a 25-pitch bullpen session on Sunday in Oakland, Clay Buchholz won't throw another bullpen until Thursday in Boston. That once again pushes the timetable for his potential return back a bit, likely into August.
Buchholz experienced some discomfort in his neck and shoulder during Sunday's bullpen, which makes him hesitant to throw another session while in New York for the All-Star Game.
"Just sore," Buchholz said. "I threw with pretty good intensity the last two bullpens prior to that. My mindset going into that one since I had the break to work with was to go in, try to up the intensity, see where we're at. And still a little sore. Didn't want to push it too far. Moving into the break, that was our deciding factor: Just take it as a break and not really mess with it and get back to it when we get back here."
Buchholz said it felt sore more out of the windup than the stretch, and that he would still want to throw in a simulated game before going out on a rehab start. Doing the math, that would mean his best-case scenario would be a return in the final two or three days of July.
"This is all going on feel — how I feel whenever I throw another bullpen and how it leads up to that," Buchholz said.
Buchholz has experienced his share of setbacks from an injury that was only supposed to knock him out for one start back on Memorial Day. Instead, he'll go more than two months with just two starts.
Still, nothing has shown up on MRIs. It's just inflammation in the neck and shoulder.
Buchholz continues to say that, if needed, he could pitch. He doesn't want to, though, before he feels 100 percent.
"It's not something that kills me to do. It's just I don't know what it would lead to if I did just keep throwing on this — picking a scab. I don't want to keep messing with this forever," he said. "If it was September, we're pushing, that's what you pitch for is to pitch in those situations. If it came up to that, then absolutely, but we're not to that point yet."
Buchholz said the doctors have told him "there's really no risk" to make the injury worse by pitching. At the same time, he said, "I just don't feel comfortable doing it because I've never had to do it before."
As it was in 2011, Buchholz's availability in the second half is likely to influence Boston's aggressiveness at the trade deadline. That year, Buchholz was only supposed to miss two weeks with soreness in his back; it turned out to be a stress fracture that cost him the season.
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This hardly qualifies as news. The likelihood of Ellsbury discussing an extension with Boston — especially this late in the season — barely registered in the first place.
Boras, though, did say that Ellsbury's turnaround this season — since May 20, the outfielder is hitting .371 with a .433 on-base percentage — is because his shoulder is fully healthy.
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"When he came into the season this year, when you're a hitter and you see enough pitches, you grade off where you were. And then as the strength started coming, he's now made the adjustment to understand more about that he does have that strength and now he's certainly starting to let the ball get deeper and I can see more power and lift coming to him.
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Boras added, "Ben and I work very well [together]."
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Pedroia's been selected four times, but he missed the game in 2009 to be with his pregnant wife and in 2010 because of an injury.
"It's an honor. It's awesome," said Pedroia. "It's great to be in the same room with all these other guys. It'll be fun to get out there and play a little bit tomorrow."
Two of Pedroia's former teammates were excited to see him this week. Pittsburgh's Mark Melancon called Pedroia one of "the top two or three greatest teammates I've ever had." Cleveland's Justin Masterson listed Pedroia as the player he was looking forward to playing with most.
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I had a really bad night at school tonight. Not only are we trying to cram the last couple of chapters in before the end of semester (we're so behind) but I was having an episode. On top of that it seems that the conversation I had with Prof a couple of weeks back made it to the ears of the chatterbox crew.
Toward the end of class, Prof was handing out teacher performance evaluation papers. When he was giving the directions on how to fill them out properly he mentioned that there were a couple of things he'd like to do differently in class. One of those "women" (heh) yelled that he should separate them. And another said "Yeah, because someone can't concentrate." *giggle giggle laugh snort*
I'm not an idiot. I looked at her and said "That would be me, wouldn't it?" As I'm not really the one to back down from that kind of obvious attempt at shaming me, I stared at her until she looked away. Because that was said prior to the teacher evaluation form being filled out by me, I made sure to mention that the professor showed no respect for the rest of the students because of that nonsense. I also noted that I'd had a private conversation with him and the information I'd shared with him was somehow passed on to a large portion of the class. I was livid to say the least. Not that those "women" thought it would be funny to try to make a scene, but that they found out about my complaint- and who did the complaining – at all. How completely unprofessional!
On top of that, he and another math instructor were discussing their pay rates and other students in front of our class. WTF? She (the other instructor) doesn't care much for a particular group of students in her class and she was making that very, very clear. I'm pretty sure she made their work extra hard, but I could have misinterpreted that part. Still, to discuss that in front of students? What were these two smoking?
Unfortunately, this particular professor won't be teaching any classes next semester. If he were going to do that I would make an appointment with the Assistant Dean to discuss this. As it is I don't see the point. It's almost the end of semester and I'll be out of that damned class for good after that. Since there are only two options for the next math class, I'm sure I won't be seeing that particular group again. I've decided to take the class of a more professional, and thusly more difficult, professor. I'm pretty sure that if a group of people behave in a way that disrupts the rest of the class this guy's going to put an end to it. Those "women" won't want to take a class where they'll actually have to act like adults. OH NOES!
This is actually the first University class that I've had that the professor hasn't had complete control of the class. Every other class that I've taken (and I'm not counting people sleeping in Intro to Web Tech. That's just funny.) there has been a group that tested the limits and has been disbanded. I'm pretty sure one of the "women" from math tried that in my Psych class and Dr. Whatshisname made it very clear that if this group wanted to chit-chat he would be more than glad to give them an "F" for the semester and send them on their way. Put an end to that crap right now. I certainly wish that my math prof had acted in the same manner.
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- Posted by Renovator8 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 23, 11 at 8:35
Split brick? A 7/16 x 3/4 +/- "shoe" molding (less often a quarter round) is often used when the baseboard has already been installed or if the detail is consistent with the house design and historic period. |
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Split brick? |
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Is that a 1"+ thick kind of paver/tile? If so, there's no perfect answer; the tiles vary, and are never set to a perfect line at the perimeter, so it's always a low-down dirty job to scribe the woodwork to it, but it's IMO uglier to grout up to already-placed baseboard. Casey |
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A leading research scientist has joined the board of The Cambridge Science Centre to boost collaboration with the University and enhance outreach for the venture.
The centre already has some of the top names in UK technology and science in its engine room but Professor Andrea Brand's involvement is something of a coup as the board accelerates its UK public engagement effort.Professor Brand is the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and a member of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Jesus College.
She heads a lab investigating how the nervous system develops. Professor Brand is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences. She has been actively involved in public science engagement over many years in Cambridge. She was awarded the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award in 2006 for her scientific achievements and her promotion of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
Professor Brand will help the Science Centre establish a committee responsible for researcher engagement and evaluation of exhibition and educational activities. She will also increase the centre's emphasis on programmes to encourage young women into science.
Centre chairman David Cleevely felt the appointment was a game-changer for the relatively infant venture.
He said "Welcoming such an eminent research scientist onto the board proves yet again how important this initiative is to Cambridge. I look forward to working with Andrea to bring more researchers in to work with us at the centre and to make sure we develop world-class methods for evaluating our informal science education programmes so that we can continue to improve."
Professor Brand is a hot gospeller for early engagement of young people in the world of science. She said: "Providing a public environment for scientific exploration can really inspire young people.
"I've seen the positive impact of public science engagement first-hand, both as a patron of the Cambridge Science Festival and through my daughter's experience of hands-on science exhibits. Cambridge is an amazing environment in which to develop world-class public engagement programmes and the Cambridge Science Centre has pulled together a really talented team. I'm looking forward to contributing to the development of this great initiative."
The appointment will help co-ordinate the public engagement priorities of the centre with those of the University of Cambridge. Professor Brand's experience in research and public engagement will complement an already significant group of directors who together represent the Cambridge entrepreneurial community, government policy, the regional school network, the world-wide science centre industry, and legal and governance requirements.
The Science Centre has completed a successful first six months of operation. Over 12,000 visitors and 25 schools have attended the centre, exceeding expected admissions by over 35 per cent.
The centre has established an excellent relationship with the University of Cambridge and Jesus College over the past two years having partnered with the University of Cambridge Science Festival on many of its activities. It was opened in February by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz at 18 Jesus Lane, a property belonging to Jesus College.
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24 Hour Lift Ticket Sale
Ski and Ride for Just $29
For 24 hours you have the opportunity to lock in a day of skiing and riding at Bolton Valley and pay just $29 for your lift ticket.
The way it works is simple:
- The 24 Hour Sale has ended
- There will be a link provided on this page to purchase online starting at 5pm on Monday, February 6th.
- The link will take you to a calendar.
- Pick the day you would like to ski and then purchase your $29 lift ticket.
- Supplies are limited to just 25 tickets per day. Get online early to ensure you get tickets for the day you want to ski.
- You may purchase tickets to ski on any day between February 9th through our closing day of April 1, including weekends and holidays.
- This sale only runs for 24 hours from 5pm on Monday, February 6th until 5pm on Tuesday, February 7th. Once time expires on the sales window on Tuesday, February, 7th the $29 lift tickets will no longer be available.
- There will also be 25 night tickets available per night with this sale for skiing on Wednesday - Friday nights this season for just $19. Night tickets are good for lift access from 4-8pm on the day you purchase them for.
- You must enter the names of the people using each ticket at the time of purchase.
Tickets are only valid on the day that you purchase them for. No credits or refunds will be issued for unused tickets. May not be used in conjunction with other offers. No other discount programs apply to this offer.


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In this issue we've chosen to highlight our Junior Faculty, and so the articles you read will discuss the research and creative activity of Assistant Professors. (By the time we went to press, four of our faculty featured here had received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.) This provides an extraordinary snapshot of our University, because it is a glimpse of the future—of the people on whose shoulders Drexel's reputation will rest in the 21st century.
REACH Magazine | Spring 2009
This issue of the REACH magazine brings exciting innovations in energy through smart power distribution, sustainability with our Smart House of the future and mega-city engineering with our newest Major Research Initiative, Engineering Cities. Drexel researchers are working on use-inspired projects that directly impact the major needs of our society. We now have three interdisciplinary A.J. Drexel Institutes and four Major Research Initiatives that are leading the nation in their technological discoveries.
REACH Magazine | Spring 2008
"REACH," this new magazine published by Drexel University's Office of Research, has been designed to provide readers with timely information about areas of use-inspired research and creative works that are being addressed at the University and profile the research interests and accomplishments of individual faculty members. In this inaugural issue of "REACH," readers are introduced to Drexel's Major Research Initiatives in Plasma Medicine and Biology, and Neuroengineering as well as the research activities in our A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute. In addition, we have profiled several prominent members of the Drexel faculty representing different disciplines of research and creative works that are performed in the colleges and schools that comprise Drexel's vibrant academic environment.
Students are spearheading the creation of a living learning laboratory for multidisciplinary research projects in sustainability...
Read more...Drs. Nwankpa and Miu are using lessons learned from the blackout of 2003 to create smarter energy systems...
Read more...Dr. McGrath's team works with researchers on evaluating the commercial potential of a discovery and its protectability...
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Makes 2 1/2 cups
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 fresh poblano chili
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 cups cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts
- 2 tablespoons grated orange peel
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Char red bell pepper and fresh poblano chili over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose pepper and chili in paper bag. Let stand 10 minutes to steam. Peel, seed and chop pepper and chili.
Mix sugar and orange juice in heavy large saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Mix in chopped cranberries. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Cool to room temperature. Mix roasted pepper and chili, chopped hazelnuts and grated orange peel into salsa. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Mix in cilantro into salsa. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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type: Sauce, Condiment/Spread
main ingredients: Orange, Hazelnut, Pepper, Cranberry, Herb
cuisine: American
dietary considerations: Low Sodium
holiday/celebration: Thanksgiving, Fall


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New York Red Bulls
Marcelo Sarvas was an integral part of the LA Galaxy's 2014 MLS Cup Championship campaign, but various reports are stating that the midfielder be on the move as part of a series of deals that could see Sacha Kljestan come to the StubHub Center.
Goal.com's Ives Galarcep and ESPN FC's Jeff Carlisle reported this week that with the Galaxy interested in signing Kljestan who is currently out of contract with Belgian club Anderlecht, Sarvas could be moved as part of a deal to acquire the Huntington Beach native. If Kljestan does sign with MLS, he will be subject to the league's allocation order which would require interested parties—reported to be LA, New York Red Bulls,Philadelphia Union, and Seattle Sounders FC—to trade up with the Montreal Impact, who currently hold the top spot.
Sources confirmed both reports by Goal and ESPN FC that the Brazilian midfielder is seeking a pay raise after his stellar 2014 season, despite Sarvas having one more year on his current contract. Carlisle reported that during the league's draft combine that several coaches said that would be interested in Sarvas if he were to become available by the Galaxy, including San Jose Earthquakes head coach Dominic Kinnear who's side holds the second spot in the allocation order.
Kinnear even addressed potential interest with a brief comment to Carlisle.
CARSON, Calif. -- After their 4-0 shellacking of the New York Red Bulls, it's no surprise that the LA Galaxy are well represented on MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week.
Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and Omar Gonzalez were each named to MLSsoccer.com's squad for their role in LA's victory. In the win against New York, Keane tallied twice to set a new personal single season MLS career high of 17 goals while Gonzalez was vital in helping LA notch their ninth shutout of the season. Donovan took home top honors being named MLS Player of the Week after tallying three assists and one goal en route to tying Steve Ralston's all-time MLS assist record of 135.
Also receiving recognition was Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena who was named 'Coach of the Week" while Jaime Penedo earned an honorable mention for his six save performance in the win.
CARSON, Calif. -- Sunday was a good day for the LA Galaxy as they dominated the New York Red Bulls en route to a 4-0 victory at StubHub Center.
Below are photos from the fantastic Mora Photography from LA's latest win.
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena addressed the media after the Galaxy's 4-0 victory over New England Revolution.
Arena's comments are below.
(On Landon Donovan's performance...)
ARENA: "He was a key figure in the first goal. In the second half, I thought he was outstanding. He showed his quality in the second half. Our team, in general, played quite well in second half. Give the Red Bulls credit, they had a good 15, 20 minutes in the first half where they put a lot of pressure on the team. We got better in the second half."
(On Robbie Keane's performance...)
ARENA: "Good performance. Two important goals. Obviously, the first one was a classic Keane goal. Spectacular goal. Overall, very good game."
(On Jaime Penedo's performance...)
ARENA: "He's improved. I think over the last six weeks he's played very well. Tonight, I think, he made a bunch of key saves in the first half to prevent the Red Bulls from getting back into the game. Like anyone else, [Jaime had to improve] a little bit in every area. He's just gotten better. His confidence has improved. He's feet have gotten better. He's very good coming off his line on a couple of plays tonight."
(On Landon Donovan tying the all-time assist record...)
ARENA: "Rarely do you see a player with the combination of being able to score goals and create goals. Those qualities are excellent. He used to be, I thought, purely a goal scorer. He's a much better creator now. He's a good passer of the ball. He's improved. He's gotten better. Him and Robbie [Keane] have been responsible for bring Gyasi [Zardes] along. I think their ability to pass and move is critical to our success."
(On the remaining games of the season...)
ARENA: "I don't want to do anything differently. We want to try and keep getting better as a team. There is certainly a bunch of challenging games ahead. We are playing teams to close out the season that all are important. Toronto is fighting for a playoff spot. Dallas is jocking for a good position. And obviously, Seattle is with us battling for the first spot. All these games mean something."
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane and New York Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips are among the league leaders in scoring, but just which one has been the most valuable player to his team?
In the latest edition of LAGalaxy.com's By the Numbers, we look at the impact that both players have had this season.
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy will look to put the clamps on the league's leading goal scorer on Sunday when English striker Bradley Wright-Phillips leads the New York Red Bulls to StubHub Center.
The brother of Manchester City mainstay Shaun Wright-Phillips and son of Arsenal legend Ian Wright, Wright-Phillips as enjoyed a banner season with New York notching 23 goals in an MVP-type season for a Red Bulls side in the midst of the playoff race.
As LA look to shutdown Wright-Phillips, Galaxy captain Robbie Keane –himself an MVP candidate as well –admits that the Englishman has always had the capability to be a dangerous goal scorer.
"I've known him a long time. He's a proper goal scorer who doesn't get too involved in the play by coming deep. He's a threat inside the box and he has an eye for goal," said Keane. "Everyone always has a season though don't they? It's about whether or not you can continue that run over a few years, but he's having a tremendous run this year. He's a goal scorer and if you give him a chance in the box then he'll score goals."
But despite Wright-Phillips goal scoring ability, the Galaxy understand that he's not the only weapon that the Red Bulls will bring on Sunday.
"He's got pace and he's strong. That's always dangerous with someone that's so confident. We have to be aware of him at all times and be aware of him," said defender A.J. DeLaGarza. "Obviously though, they have a bunch of guys who can connect play with them. Guys like Henry, Cahill, Sam, Sene, and you can go on and on with the list, but they're a dangerous team so we need to be organized and ready."
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy will take on the New York Red Bulls on Sunday in a vital league match that could help LA continue their pursuit of the Supporters' Shield.
Check out LAGalaxy.com's video preview of the match below.
Two of the most productive Designated Players in MLS history will face off at StubHub Center on Sunday evening when the LA Galaxy take on the New York Red Bulls.
Galaxy striker Robbie Keane and Thierry Henry will try to lead their team to victory on Sunday, but both have enjoyed stellar careers in MLS.
However which one of the two European striker's has enjoyed the best career in MLS?
Check out my breakdown of the two players below.
CARSON, Calif. – Two titans of MLS will likely play their final match against one another on Sunday when Landon Donovan's LA Galaxy faces off against Thierry Henry's New York Red Bulls.
The similarities for the two players are easy to see: both players are stars for their club teams and the leading goal scorers for their respective national sides. While Donovan has pledged to hang up his boots at the end of the 2014 season, speculation has swirled that Henry will end his own storied career at the end of the year—a fact that he has denied.
Even if Henry stays with New York another year, Donovan says that he is relishing what may be his final chance to face the French maestro.
"Sometimes we forget how special his career has been. When you're caught up in the moment and you're caught up in the game, you just see him as an opponent to stop. But when you think about it historically, it's pretty special that we get to play against him," said Donovan. "We're certainly not in awe of him when we're playing, but when you step back and take a look at his career, it's special that we get to play against a player of his caliber."
But will Sunday's match be the last time that the Red Bulls face the Galaxy this year? Donovan hopes not.
"Hopefully, it's not the last time. Hopefully they see us again in December," Donovan said. "We've had very different careers, but he's meant a lot to French Football, Arsenal and the Red Bulls. He's brought them back to prominence after a longtime of not being a prominent team on the national scope. It's been impressive what they've done with him and I'm going to try to enjoy the last encounter."
Soccer has caught the attention of America over the past month and now MLS kicks back into full swing with a slate of games this weekend.
MLSsoccer.com gets you excited for the action with this hype video.


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In January of 1998, a small group of Tuna Valley residents met to sip coffee and discuss a common vision: the creation of a multi-use trail system within the greater Bradford area. By August of that year, the still unnamed organization held its first public meeting at The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Seventy-three people attended that first meeting and there was clear indication that the community was interested in a local trail system. In October, 80 volunteers began cutting brush and clearing the way for the first Tuna Valley trail.
Since 1998, the Tuna Valley Trail Association (TVTA) and its trail network has continued to grow. Funding has come from businesses and industries, philanthropic organizations, government agencies and individual donors. The work has been done by volunteers and contractors. Today the Association has 16.5 miles of trails in use, another 10 in the design stage, and more in the planning stages.
Individual TVTA members are important to our success. Dues and donations provide critical funds to build and maintain the trails and to meet the requirement for matching funds often required by granting organizations. Volunteer labor is also important. Members have "adopted trails" by agreeing to maintain a section of trail as ongoing projects. There are segments of trails still available for adoption.
The TVTA Board is made up of 21 volunteers who meet once a month to provide direction, consider options, and make decisions on the Tuna Valley trail network. Members of the Board have learned that navigating through the morass of rights of ways, easements, liability issues, permits, grant writing and such is even more challenging than blazing and maintaining trails. The board's reward is watching the increased use of our established trails - and knowing there are more good things to come.
We envite you to join us as a member of the Tuna Valley Trail Association. Now there are two ways to join.
Print the form and fill it out, then send the form to us along with your tax-exempt contribution to the address on the form. Thank you. And welcome to the TVTA!
By giving a memorial to the TVTA you are honoring your loved one and doing good for your community. Donations are accepted in any amount. Naming opportunities include: benches, flower beds, and bridges to name a few. Whatever memorial you choose, be assured that your gift will be used for the purpose you specify and will be appreciated day after day by the many people who use these trails. What a wonderful tribute to your loved ones, and what a great way to support a local recreational facility in our community.
Donations can be sent to TVTA at P.O. Box 1003, Bradford, PA 16701, or for more information contact Susan Schenfield at: email@example.com.


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if it was right this minute- almost midnight at WDW, i'd like to be on expeditoin everest-at night!!!
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if it was right this minute- almost midnight at WDW, i'd like to be on expeditoin everest-at night!!!
I wish I could be waking up in a Disney resort room and getting ready to head to one of the parks....maybe sometime soon.
Wish I could be enjoying Mickey Waffle for breakfast.
Wish I could be in the Dino Institute right now
Riding Soarin'
Wish I could be having lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table.
I wish I was taking a relaxtion trip through Spaceship Earth
hmm... i'd love to be on a huge shopping spree at the world of disney store in downtown disney! i've never been. :'(
I wish I could be going to sleep at the Polynesian, looking forward to a full day in the Magic Kingdom tomorrow...
I wish I was riding BTMRR!!
I wish I was walking down main street early in the morning, the street is damp, no one else around, and the Castle is glowing in the rising sun...quite calm, and beautiful (the street, and me by osmosis)
I wish I was sitting by the pool at POR.
I wish I was lunching at Garden Grill
I wish I was at the Broadwalk.
In line for Space Mountain.


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Round Pond Olive Oil Company
Rutherford, CA, 94573, United States
Round Pond actually refers to two places: a winery and an olive oil company on separate sides of the street. Founder Bob MacDonnell, who started producing olive oil and vinegars in the 1980's, also grew Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and sold them to local wineries. Ryan and Miles–children of Bob–now run the company and added an Italian villa-inspired winery and hospitality center in 2007. Visitors can tour both facilities by appointment, as well as experience food pairings and multiple course meals with tastings.
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Round Pond maintains a biodynamic vegetable garden for a specific purpose: to grow food that pairs well with their oils, vinegars, and wines.
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More than 60 people work with development of IAR Systems' products and technology at our offices in Uppsala and Camarillo, Los Angeles. Uppsala is the base for most of the product organization, with some ten product managers who have a constant ear to the market. Development and production of our debug probes take place mainly in Uppsala, but also in Camarillo, Los Angeles.
Together, the developers have 750 man years of experience with the current version of IAR Embedded Workbench. On the average, each individual developer has worked for the company for more than ten years. It takes between one and two years for a developer to become highly productive in his or her work – and is in other words a major investment for the company. It is therefore vital that we succeed in retaining our developers by offering interesting challenges and a stimulating work environment.
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30 contacts per day is the average for a sales representative at IAR Systems. Our sales staff is spread over a wide geographical area and has relationship-building as its foremost skill. The sales methods vary with the local culture, but the sales process is the same for all. To meet our customers' high demands on technical knowhow and to provide maximum service, our sales force works in close collaboration with our Field Application Engineers (FAE). A FAE has a background as an engineer with long experience in the industry, in combination with a certain level of sales experience, and works in the borderland between sales and technology. Our sales process and customer treatment are important competitive advantages for the company and in 2013 we have worked to train our sales staff in process, products and customer treatment. In 2014 we will take the next step in this training.


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I just loaded a roll of color negative film into La Coyote and started shooting, without ever checking the setting. Iso 400 + bulb setting makes for serious overexposure and these were the only ones I could save in any form. Mistake or not, some of them are very interesting and the more I look at them, the more I love them!
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