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1 The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. | 1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. |
2 The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign. | 2 The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, |
3 And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month. | 3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. |
4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: | 4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
5 Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations. | 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." |
6 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. | 6 "Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child." |
7 And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak. | 7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. |
8 Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. | 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. |
9 And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me: Behold I have given my words in thy mouth: | 9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth. |
10 Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over kingdoms, to root up, and to pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant. | 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." |
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see a rod watching. | 11 The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" "I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied. |
12 And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it. | 12 The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled." |
13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time saying: What seest thou? And I said: I see a boiling caldron, and the face thereof from the face of the north. | 13 The word of the LORD came to me again: "What do you see?" "I see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north," I answered. |
14 And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. | 14 The LORD said to me, "From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. |
15 For behold I will call together all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord: and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all the walls thereof round about, and upon all the cities of Juda. | 15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms," declares the LORD. "Their kings will come and set up their thrones in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem; they will come against all her surrounding walls and against all the towns of Judah. |
16 And I will pronounce my judgments against them, touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, and have adored the work of their own hands. | 16 I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made. |
17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not afraid at their presence: for I will make thee not to fear their countenance. | 17 "Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. |
18 For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land. | 18 Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land--against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. |
19 And they shall fight against them, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. | 19 They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. |
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The Ends of Amtrak
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At the beginning of last month, Paul Druce of "Reason & Rail" discussed the possible impact of the pending upgrade of the Amtrak Acela route in Acela II is the path towards Amtrak operational self-sustainability:
The forthcoming Acela II isn't just supposed to be significantly faster than the current Acela service, cutting 24 minutes from the scheduled time between Washington and New York and 38 minutes between Washington and Boston, but it will also represent a significant boost in capacity. …
With an increase in seating capacity, Amtrak will be able to garner significantly more revenue, even if it lowers the price of Acela seating somewhat. This added revenue comes with no significant increase in operational cost and quite possibly a lowered cost, as there should be a higher rate of availability and lowered mechanical costs for what is essentially an off the shelf train, along with significantly lower energy consumption. With current averages for occupancy and passenger revenue unchanged, an Acela II train service could see $742 million in revenue, with $447 million in operational profit.
This will have an even larger effect upon Amtrak's financial deficit than initially appears because starting in FY2014, the states bear a greater responsibility for the short distance train corridors. This had the affect of reducing Amtrak's FY2014 budget request to only $373 million for the operating grant; 2013's appropriation, by contrast, was $442 million.
Note that what Paul Druce refers to as "operational profit" is what I have been calling "operating surplus" in the Sunday Train, the surplus of revenues from operations over operating costs. This is nothing like an operational profit, at present, since a profit is a financial benefit from a difference between revenue and costs, and there is nothing in the current organization of the Acela services that make a surplus on their operations into a distinctive financial asset for any purpose … whether public or private.
Whether or not all or part of this operating surplus should be made into an operational profit is a question that goes to the heart of what is the purpose of Amtrak. The way that this surplus is spent can be the means to service a range of ends … but what are the ends that are a legitimate use of these means?
Since Amtrak was established, and exists, as a political compromise, this is not a question about what is the proper "End" for Amtrak activities, but what are the proper "Ends" for Amtrak activities.
The Amtrak Tripod
Amtrak originated, and survives, as a political compromise, with both operational and political complementarity between the three legs of the Amtrak tripod:

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Aloha, 2010! Best places in Hawaii to watch New Year's Eve fireworks
by: Derek Paivaposted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Wrapping up the 'aughts, the 00's, or whatever you've preferred calling the first decade of the millennium here in Hawaii?
Big fans that we are of warm, tradewind-kissed New Year's Eves, you can count us in, too.
As always, Hawaii will be one of the final locales in the world to say "Aloha!" to the year gone by and "Aloha!" to the new year ahead. But that doesn't mean we prefer our New Year's Eves quiet.
Here in Hawaii, many residents follow a longtime New Year's Eve tradition of welcoming the new year with fireworks in their driveways and neighborhood streets. It's loud. It's smoky. It requires a permit. It's also a surprising and visually stunning sight for visitors checking out our 'burbs.
But if you—like a certain leader of the free world with the last name Obama—are fortunate enough to be welcoming 2010 in the Islands this year, we're thinking you might instead wish to opt for the sights and sounds of some public displays of pyro (i.e. New Year's Eve aerial fireworks displays).
Lucky for you we love our grand New Year's Eve fireworks shows here, too.
Below you'll find our list of Hawaii spots to catch the sky ablaze with New Year's Eve fireworks displays. We've got all the lowdown you need to know about public fireworks shows on Oahu, the Big Island of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai and even Lanai.
Hauoli Makahiki Hou!—that's Happy New Year!—and best wishes for 2010 from the HAWAII Magazine and HawaiiMagazine.com ohana!
• Midnight, Waikiki Beach fireworks display
Where: Waikiki beachfront
$$$? Free, open to public.
The details: Visible from the entire Waikiki beachfront, this annual fireworks show—sponsored by Waikiki hotels and businesses and the Waikiki Improvement Association—even has a fireworks countdown before the main event.
• Midnight, Aloha Tower Marketplace fireworks show
Where: Downtown Honolulu, (808) 566-2337
$$$? Free, open to public.
The details: Fireworks are shot from platforms docked in Honolulu Harbor so the best spots to watch are along the Marketplace's long pier. Dining specials and entertainment will be offered all Eve at many Marketplace restaurants.
• Midnight, JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa
Where: Ko Olina Resort, 92-1001 Olani St., (800) 679-0080
$$$? Free, open to public.
The details: Fireworks are shot from Ihilani Resort beachfront.
• 6 p.m., "Family New Year's Eve Celebration" at Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii
Where: 400 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, (808) 674-9283.
$$$? Admission to the West Oahu water park required.
The details: The water park will open at 10:30 a.m. for full day of family activities. The fireworks show ends the day.
Check out these related HawaiiMagazine.com posts:
Aloha 2011! Best places in Hawaii to watch New Year's Eve fireworks
Ooh! Ahh! Aloha, 2013! Best places to watch Hawaii New Year's Eve fireworks shows
Ooh! Aah! Aloha, 2012! Best places to watch Hawaii New Year's Eve fireworks shows


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week of September 10 - 16, 2001
Jane Cassady
Carol Sircoulomb
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Jane Cassady
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Jane Cassady is from Syracuse, New York, by way of Orange County California. She is the author of 3 chapbooks, the most recent being Young Girl Writing a Love Letter from Inevitable Press. She has appeared in The Lummox Journal, Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets, and Incidental Buildings and Accidental Beauty, an anthology of Orange County poets. Currently, she is wicked Zen. For further information, you should go see that movie Ghost World, which features the poet's favorite bridge.
The following work is Copyright © 2001, and owned by Jane Cassady and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsover without written permission from the author.
George Washington Slept Here
...............As if New Jersey were a place you could actually be from
..............................-Rick Lupert
In the state seen quarter by quarter,
the planes you see in the Turnpike sunset
aren't landing there, of course,
like everyone North,they're from the city.
West Orange has a hill
with a backdrop skyline
which inspired bridge and tunnel colonialism.
Hoboken, a strawberry soda
in the way to the Path train.
We keep getting pulled up through
from the ghost stories
the Devil
the Cape May diamonds.
New Jersey invented
American Universal Naming;
The Lido Diner,Springfield.
Here's where they come to ask
why drive
on the parkway
and vice versa.
When Dogma started here,
as I did, God staring out
over Asbury Park
the cameras avoided
the trees growing up through the
Come see New Jersey
where entropy began.
Yes, I Swear That's His Name,
I Checked His Driver's License
Christian Bible has the most beautiful green eyes, and I can't stop calling him by his full name. He once saw a liscence plate thet said "believe" while he was questioning, and I had a similar experience with one that said "utopia", only the driver offered me a ride and I said no. We're using words like "flow" and "dogma" and "choice" but I'm thinking "Hmmm...Mrs. Jane Bible...won't work but I could change my name to Bhagavad Gita and we could reproduce like crazy and never run out of jokes to name the children by. In the evening over tea that says "Calm" right on it, I'll ask him "Why?" and he'll say "Because the food tastes better after the dancing" and he'll ask me why and I'll say "Because, Christain Bible, you have the most beautiful green eyes."
Carol Sircoulomb
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I live in Wichita Kansas. I am a mother of 3 and am an artist, photographer. I like to write short form poems. I have had poems in E-zines Transparent Words, Prairie Poetry, World Haiku Review, Caught in the Net, Zimmerzine, and in Photo Haiku. I won the poetry competition Miniworks in Charnwood England in 2000, and had a sijo published in an anthology Haiku 2000. I was just notified I will have a haiku in the Haiku Society of America 2001 anthology.
The following work is Copyright © 2001, and owned by Carol Sircoulomb and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsover without written permission from the author.
my belly is going to be split
for doctors to laugh hysterically and gawk
gawk what a word
thinking this is gross
a tumor the size of a
I say lets take a picture of the team
me holding the ball
arm around the doctor
I want to say oh my god
that was inside of me
Let's play ball
From the wooden bridge
Fog rises with the stream
Switching back from the hills
Unable to see pine trees
I hear you whistle my tune.
Sijo......Once Loved
My lips loved to bite your ears and taste your masculine neck.
We would giggle in our passion, rolling and touching in ecstasy.
Now we stare at our computer screens never wanting to touch.


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by Marion Scrymgour
In an opinion piece published in The Weekend Australian last Saturday, Marcia Langton sought to uphold the reputation of her friend, Noel Pearson. It was unfortunate the peculiar strategy she adopted to achieve that objective was to attribute to me the role of Pearson's demoniser-in-chief within the "Aboriginal industry" and to claim that I had "denounced him for his...
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I got tired gardening on Saturday and went out late morning to see if there were any yardsales nearby. 11:30 is close to the end for many yard sellers who tend to end at noon because if they start at 8 the early birds arrive at 7. So I wasn't really expecting any thing. Sooo I went to 3 sales and spent $12.
The framed prints are for dd. I love the bottles. And the big heavy platters for totem bases. And the red glass. And the little plates: will they stay whole for flowers or be broken up for mosaic? This last thing, a seat with a hinged cover full of knitting needles is behind the car so dh won't see it. I snuck it into the house through the front door and straight up to the upstairs front porch where he will think its been there forever. I'm really not sure why I bought it for $3, but a friend of mine who is teaching a knitting workshop came by and I gave her some needles because she has to plan on some of them "disappearing". I gotta start making things! But I've got so much gardening to do here at home and also for my garden club. In a week or 2... So much fum for $12. Kathy |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by marylee_2010 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 7:20
Kathy, you got some really neat things at your yard sales. I like the little hinged stool with the knitting needles. Thank you for sharing. Marylee |
- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 9:41
Nice finds! Those flowered plates are really pretty. |
- Posted by carolb_w_fl 9/10 coastal (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 9:43
Nice haul! That cool storage bench looks like it originally went w/ a sewing machine cabinet. |
- Posted by luna_llena_feliz (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 9:51
I hear ya, Kathy! I went to get my haircut on Saturday and while waiting for my DH to clean up from working in the garage, I checked out rummage sales in the neighborhood. Being crippled really limits me ... I can't go up stairs or walk any great distance ... so I found one that I could check out. All I bought was a orange & cobalt blue glass fish for a totem topper. I have an orange vase and some cobalt blue pieces that would all work great together. Since it was so hot in the afternoon, we went to a thrift store. I got a few more things there. Yep, it's a sickness! I love your pretty plates and your red goblets. Those old bottles are wonderful too. I even like the Van Gogh prints for your DD. The stool is a great find too. It might be a sickness but it's a fun one too! lol |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 13:19
You got some good deals there! LOVE the red glassware and plates...they make great totems or plate flowers! And all of your little plates/saucers are so pretty! Great find on the bench....looks like a great ottoman to me. |
- Posted by toomuchglass 53172 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 21:45
That's $12 worth of treasures !!!! I LOVE the seat/storage piece. You can NEVER have ENOUGH storage space !!! |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 22:43
the little storage bench is similar to the one that came with my sewing machine over 40 years ago. It is a bit larger than my other. I'm going to give it a makeover, cuz they are handy! Luna, it sounds like you found some wonderful pieces. Kathy |
I cannot resist stopping at yard sales! I tell myself that I don't need another thing but I stop anyway! I try to justify the buys, by saying that I dont drink, smoke or go to movies.....It's my only vice-LOL Then I go look in my storage buildings-- So I hoard!!!!! Is that so bad???? Grin I love the things you bought! |
My hubby would be right there beside me, but he would have woken me up to get there early. He found some real silverware at an estate auction and only paid $85.00 for a 32 piece set. One of the same pattern (42 piece) just sold on ebay for 1,450.00. I look for junk to put in the yard, lol. |
- Posted by chevy57red 3/4 MN (My Page) on Tue, Jun 7, 11 at 5:07
Great finds. I love the ruby red collections.. Saucers are almost too pretty for mosaics. |
WOW...what a haul, you really got some bargains.Yep....I think it is a sicknes....and I'm REALLY ill!! It seems like such a waste of time NOT to stop. I swear I think garage sales signs are made with super big magnets that just sucks me in. |
- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Tue, Jun 7, 11 at 11:39
Good Haul Kathy!! I am suffering with rye neck? and am in agony, am off work and too gimped up to even drive much so missed GS around here. Can't garden/make garden junk...arg! Poor me! lol! So thanks for shopping and showing!heh heh! |
Great haul! I can see when DH pulls up the bench & says, "Honey, why haven't I ever used this foot rest before?" You'll look & say, "that old thing,been around since forever"(just at somebody else's house)LOL Jan |
I would love to find some red glassware like that! So beautiful! Nice finds! I, too, can't resist stopping at sales but my sweetie is a junk-aholic too. It's an inexpensive date! =) BTW... can I ask what does DH stand for? (thinking dear husband...? ) |
- Posted by gardencraze 9b winter garden FL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 17:46
What a great haul!!! Those red goblets are Avon and are worth about $12 to $15 bucks a each. Can't wait to see what you are goin to do with them. Happy junkin |
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- Thanks to the good works of the ACLU, Spring High School in Spring, Texas, will now allow George "Tony" Zamazal, who is trans and identifies as female, to wear a dress to her prom. The school had previously forbidden the senior from wearing a dress. Said Tony, "I'm so grateful that my school has agreed to let me be myself on such an important night." [Think Progress, Queerty]
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text: The LPGA hosted a reception last evening for the Japan Business Association of Southern California. Consul General Jun Niimi of Japan, Japan Business Association Chairman Koichi Kinoshita, LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan and LPGA Chief Marketing Officer Jon Podany joined more than 50 Japanese business executives for a special reception with LPGA professionals Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato and Beatriz Recari at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Resort in Laguna Niguel, California. Ai Miyazato, who has seven LPGA victories to her credit, captivated the audience during a panel discussion that covered a wide range of topics including her aspirations as a female professional golfer to her love of the LPGA.


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Genealogie Snikkers en Van het Hof » Cornelia Catharina Voet
Personal data Cornelia Catharina Voet
- She was born in the year 1816 in Haarlem.
- She died before 1869.
Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelia Catharina Voet
Household of Cornelia Catharina Voet
She is married to Willem Stapelkamp on July 6, 1842 at Haarlem.Source 1
Timeline Cornelia Catharina Voet
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About the surname Voet
- Take a look at the information available on genealogieonline about the surname Voet.
- Check in Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register who is researching Voet.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Voet.
The publication Genealogie Snikkers en Van het Hof has been compiled by Pem Kalshoven . http://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-snikkers-en-van-het-hof/


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This time our Korean Food Fan is Krynauw Otto from South Africa!
He's a 13 year old student and loves Asian culture and cuisine. He found my website when he did an internet search for a kimchi recipe. Now he makes kimchi, chapssalddeok (Korean style mochi), kimchi stew, kimchi pancakes, and fish cake soup (eomukguk)! He says he's still a beginner but I think his cooking and presentation skills are superb.
Nice meeting you Krynauw!
What is your name and where do you live?
My name is Krynauw Otto and I live in Pretoria, South Africa. I'm really interested in Korean cuisine and culture.
This photo was taken at a zoo in South Africa. Isn't the tiger cub cute!?
Tell me about the first time you ever tasted Korean food. Where were you, and what did you eat?
I was about 4 when me and my mum went to a Korean restaurant. I couldn't really remember what I had, but the first Korean dish I made at home was Kimchi jjigae and it was delicious!!
How often do you cook Korean food following my recipes?
About 1 or 2 times a week.
What are your favorite Korean dishes? Choose 3, please!
KImchijjigae, Eomukguk, and Chapssaldeok
What's your best Korean dish, the one that everybody compliments you on when you make it?
Eomukguk with homemade fishcakes.


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The plays contain some younger parts but the majority of the roles are for actors aged forty and beyond.
It has come to our attention that there is a scam operating on the Internet, which is pretending to offer free pdf ebook downloads of this play in return for the customer registering a credit card. This is more than likely a phishing attempt. The criminals, based in China, call themselves Bake Books or NUIBOOKS. DO NOT FALL FOR IT! There could also be scams operating using the titles of our other plays - we are currently checking. There are no pdf ebooks of any of our plays. If there were, they would be available for sale on this website or through Amazon. We do send pdfs to customers on the other side of the world but only after they have signed copyright agreements and we have made every effort to protect our author's rights. Please, do not get suckered into these scams. Our plays can be read for free at all the drama libraries in the UK or purchased for a modest amount from us, with free postage and packing.
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Blitzen Trappers seventh studio album, VII, will be released on British indie label Lojinx on the 30th of September. The album is full of the vivid folk-rock-campfire-tales that frontman Eric Earley is so well known for. VII opens with Feel The Chill , a southern adventure complete with a woman in her underwear, deer hunting, and of course drowning at the local bar. Earley takes us down a crooked bend so dark and gloomy you can smell the heat and feel the humidity oppress you. Each song starts from a small place, a headwater-like remembrance and then widens into a song. For instance, that old wreck of a shack buried in evergreen and murky darkness at the bend in the road up on Jackson Hill where we used to drink, never failed to give me a chill driving by in the old Impala for its implacable mystery , Earley notes.
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I thought that the cold and dryness had done it in but it is breaking ground! Yea. I was thinking of planting something there but just had not got around to it. I am blessed by my procrastination sometimes. I hope it blooms this year. We eat the bejesus out of it for health reasons. I have only been growing it for one year. Does anyone else grow Tumeric outside and what is your Zone. Do you have winter moisture, do you mulch, when does your appear in the spring? All the usual questions. |
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Nothing to personally contribute regarding growing it but... it SO awesome you grow turmeric! I love turmeric in cooking....practically add half a bottle when I make curry, lol. How many years does it typically take before one can harvest it? I've seen pics of their flowers before and they are glorious. Please do make sure to show us if yours bloom. ;-) |
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My husband has an incurable condition of gowths in his lymph nodes and Tumeric and Black Cummin are the only thing that keeps it from advancing. Our food turns orange when he gets a growth and it is remarkable. His doctor is now recommending it to his patients in a indirect way. He mentions that he has a patient who has found relief by….., it's worth a try. We found this out not through the doctor. There are so many health benefits to Tumeric, it is mind boggling. If BIG PHARMA could make Tumeric illegal, they would. They have tried but were rebuffed because of previous historical uses. SO they don't study it at all. I think ALL meat gets a rub of Turmeric powder and black pepper. Fat and pepper corns increase the healing capacities of the Turmeric. I pull the skin off of chicken breast and the turmeric powder helps make a tasty visually appealing colored barrier. I won't say crust because people will think Fried crust. I also make a drink of warm coconut milk with Tumeric and black pepper before bed sometimes. It is our version of hot chocolate. Very comforting. This was its first year in the ground. I was given my turmeric by a Malaysian woman in San Antonio Texas. It is not Far from here but the cold fronts are shorter and milder there. She is in Z9 and I am between Z8b and 8a. I think the boundary goes through my kitchen. I kept it in the big pot the first winter and planted it in one of the few spots that I have some deep soil and not far from where my grey water is dumped. She told me to harvest in October and replant some for the next year. I am thinking that I will start two clumps this year after harvest. One to be undisturbed so maybe I will get a flower and the other to eat on. |
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My mother is a huge proponent of natural medicine. She uses Turmeric in gel-capsules for her arthritis and swears by it... CMK |
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This poor little creature must be confused....My grape jelly was out in the Milk Parlor so I cut up an orange and he has been eating on it all day. I will get the jelly out soon. This was taken through the screen so isn't very sharp.
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Today, we hold our nose and cast a quick glance at the other half of the roster. The pitching staff.
Not since the days of Steve Rain, Daniel Garibay and Ruben Quevedo have the Cubs been this stacked with talent. Wait. I think I just lost the will to live.
Read MoreSome days it doesn't pay to be busy. I was tied up all day, and so this morning, when I read Al Yellon's open letter to Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer about re-signing Kerry Wood, I tried the old, "clear my calendar, THIS is all I'm doing today." It didn't work.
So I'm just now getting to enjoy it fully. I'm sure Theo and Jed's response came marked "cease and desist" and included some court orders about the distance Al has to stay from….everyone. Given the Cubs attendance prospects this year, Al can still sit in left field and not violate it.
Read MoreI'm not what you would call an optimist by nature. I'm also not what you'd call hygenic, but that's really neither here nor there.
But I have got to tell you, recent moves by the Chicago Cubs have got me thinking that as Ron Santo used to bellow at odd times, THIS IS THE YEAR!
There's no mistaking that the Cubs went off the rails after the 2008 collapse against the Dodgers and they got rid of their grit. Trading Mark DeRosa was inexcusable. Letting Kerry Wood leave town was incalculably wrong. Replacing them on the payroll with Milton Bradley was fool-hearty.
Things got bad. They got so bad that Lou Piniella may or may have not slowly poisoned his own mother just to have an excuse to leave. (I've heard it both ways.)
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They got Matt Garza, Carlos Pena and Fernando Perez because in recent years they have been WINNERS at Tampa Bay. They brought back guys that had left the organization to work on the Failed Cubs Prospects Work Farm and Halfway House that Andy MacPhail runs in Maryland, because Lou (Don't call me Luis, Luis is for LOSERS) Montanez and Scott Moore are finally ready to WIN.
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The 10 Best Rom-Coms (for Men Who Hate Rom-Coms)
on June 25, 2014To movie-loving men of the world: Romantic comedies are not your enemy. When most guys think of rom-coms or, worse, "chick flicks," a term that needs to die a quick death they probably think of bubbly Katherine Heigl vehicles or whatever Gerard Butler is doing these days, and, it's true, some of that stuff earns its reputation as dreck. But writing off an entire genre just because a handful of its most popular examples are bad would be like refusing to listen to rock because you don't like Nickelback.
The fact is that cinema history is chock-full of great romantic comedies, the latest example of which is this weekend's They Came Together, starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler, which is virtually made for the rom-com-phobic. But any one or two of the truly outstanding romantic comedies ought to convince even hardened skeptics to give them another chance. So whether you want to impress the rom-com fan in your life by happily watching one by choice or you'd just like to see a good movie on your own, check out this list of some of the best options, from the thirties up to the present day.
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
German-born director Ernst Lubitsch was the uncontested master of comic romance, and the fizzy, irresistibly risque charm of Trouble in Paradise proves it. Produced two years before the Hays Production Code rendered Hollywood sex-free, this urbane heist comedy pushed the limits of good taste and became something of a scandal in its day, and for good reason. It's been more than 80 years and yet nobody has made movie romance seem sexier. And Herbert Marshall does the smooth criminal bit a half-century before George Clooney stepped foot in a casino.
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Libeled Lady (1936)
William Powell and Myrna Loy shared one of the most beloved onscreen romances in Hollywood history, and in Libeled Lady it's easy to see why. Powell plays Bill Chandler, a debonair reporter hired by the New York Evening Star to seduce a wealthy high-society woman (played by Loy) after she sues the paper for libel. Naturally, Powell soon falls for his mark in earnest, and he must decide how best to tell the love of his life that he's been assigned to all but ruin her. It's classic screwball romance at its most hilarious, emphasizing biting wit over sentimentality.
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story takes nearly every element common to romantic comedies of the period a fast-talking socialite, a pugnacious newspaperman, an impromptu wedding, and several pairs of star-crossed lovers (among them Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Katherine Hepburn, a dream cast in any era) and throws them together to make a rom-com that's widely considered to be the platonic ideal of the form.
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Screwball comedies were always known for rapid-fire dialogue and outrageous situations, but Preston Sturges took those qualities and dialed them up to eleven. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, one of his best films, boasts maybe the highest quips-per-second ratio ever recorded, and there's a good chance you'll be laughing so hard you'll miss about half of them. Skip the latest Adam Sandler movie and go to Sturges instead. It's about 10,000 times funnier.
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Pillow Talk (1959)
A breezy Technicolor star vehicle for Rock Hudson and Doris Day, Pillow Talk more or less invented the template modern romantic comedies would follow for years to come. Day plays a fiercely independent decorator forced to share a phone line with Hudson, a notorious playboy tying up the line night and day with his sweet-talking. The most conventional rom-com on this list, it's also one of the most instantly likeable, with Hudson especially pulling off the charming rogue better than any star could today.
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Professor As'ad AbuKhalil, aka The Angry Arab, reports on the remarkably under-reported major story in Switzerland this week: the popular vote to ban minarets in the country. In a piece entitled, "Religious Bigotry in the New York Times" (referring to this story), he writes: What happened in Switzerland is quite significant. Of course, only an ignorant would associate Switzerland with equality and tolerance: just remember -- as I always remind my students -- that women were only granted the right to vote in 1971. Enough said. But what is quite outrageous is the extent to which US (and Western) media are not treating this as the international outrage that it is. Just ask yourselves: how would the Western media have reacted if the ban affected synagogues and not mosques? Would you not have seen stories against it on the front pages of ALL US newspapers? If this ban affected synagogues, for example, the US government would have convened a special session of the US Security Council and the special UN commission on Human Rights. Worse, look at the way in which media will now begin justification of the ban, and notice how the Western media link religious intolerance with references to fanatical groups and to Bin Laden. What is the link? I don't get it, I guess. And here is the New York Times' first sentence in covering the story: "In a vote that displayed a widespread anxiety about Islam..." Can you imagine the New York Times ever justifying, or even explaining away, a ban affecting Judaism with a sentence like: "In a vote that displayed widespread anxiety about Judaism..." And is anxiety about a religion not an exact case of religious intolerance? I mean, Nazis displayed widespread anxiety about Judaism and that is why we condemn them as the anti-Semitic bigots that they were.


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Every tenth year, the court of the Everqueen goes forth upon a seaborne pilgrimage to the hidden Tower of the Sun south of the equator. The Queen alone can hold back the slow encroachment of the gravid orb Morrslieb that occurs with every eclipse… The Everqueen gives up her own moonblood in a great ritual that ensures Morrslieb is held at bay for another decade. Such is the Elven way; to save the world and expect nothing in return.
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Mostly disdainful of the Old World's other races, the High Elves rarely rely upon any strength other than their own. Over a history of warfare, this has led them to develop strong defenses, wrought both of stone and of spell. With the upcoming release of Realm of the Phoenix King, the second Battle Pack in The Capital Cycle for Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game, the High Elves gain new defenses–and a new Fortification–to help them stand tall against wave after wave of their opponents' assaults.
The Straits of Lothern
Last week, we looked at some of the options High Elf players gain to defend their Capitals, including the Star Dragon (Realm of the Phoenix King, 28). Of course, in order to marshal enough resources to pay for their more expensive units, the High Elves need to play power to their kingdom, and Straits of Lothern (Realm of the Phoenix King, 30) can help accelerate matters nicely. Between the Straits of Lothern and a character or two–like the Herald of Morai-Heg (Realm of the Phoenix King, 27)–played to the kingdom's defense, your High Elves can quickly solidify a protected supply of resources.
While the Straits of Lothern turn a solid investment in your kingdom zone's protection into valuable resource generation, your High Elves need to shore up their defenses in at least one other zone. A new Fortification in Realm of the Phoenix King can help your High Elves dissuade their opponents from attacking. Phoenix Ward (Realm of the Phoenix King, 31) is a zero cost Spell that plays in a zone and forces each of your opponents to discard a card from hand in order to attack. A single Phoenix Ward can disrupt your opponent's plans, forcing him to look at the cards in his hand and decide if they should be played, developed, or discarded to permit an attack. But if you play two or even three copies of Phoenix Ward to a zone, you can seriously disrupt your opponent's plans to attack it.
Questing for the combination
The chances of drawing two or three Phoenix Wards early are relatively low, yet with increased card draw, the odds increase that you can protect your zone before your opponent mounts a lethal attack.
The new Quest, Planning for War (Realm of the Phoenix King, 40), helps provide your High Elves the card advantage you need to mount your defense. Not only does it play to your quest zone for free, but it lets you draw a card when you play it. Because your units assigned to Quests count their power to the quest zone, it's an easy decision to send a unit to start Planning for War as soon as you put it into play. Then, as soon as you have a unit Planning for War, you gain the ability to return a unit from your discard pile to your hand each time you play a non-Attachment support card from your hand. This means each time you increase your defenses with a Spell like Phoenix Ward, play a Location like Straits of Lothern, or play a non-Attachment support card for any reason, you can pull one of your defeated defenders from the discard pile, then put it back into play on your next turn. This gives extra weight to units such as Silver Helm Detachment (Tooth and Claw, 67), Dragon Prince (Assault on Ulthuan, 9), and the Valorous Mage (The Eclipse of Hope, 89) which have powerful effects when they come into play, and can make valiant sacrifices as defenders afterward.
Meanwhile, you need to send a unit to the quest in order to start Planning for War, so why not send Caradryan (Assault on Ulthuan, 5)? While he's in your quest zone, he can cut off your enemy's resources, or he can accelerate your card draw. You can even discard a unit from the top three cards of your deck when you're certain to draw a support card to trigger Planning for War.
After long years of war, the High Elves remain unbroken. Due to their powerful defenses and their keen planning, they stand tall even when they stand alone.
Look for the High Elves to renew their claim for the Old World with the upcoming release of Realm of the Phoenix King.
Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game is a card game by Eric M. Lang in which 2 players develop their kingdoms and lay waste to their foes. Each side is comprised of either the forces of Order or the forces of Destruction as they seek to extend their empire to include the entire Old World. The Living Card Game format allows players to customize their gaming experience with monthly Battle Pack expansions to the core game.
The quest should launch X indirect damage (where X is the loyalty cost of HE support just played) to choosen opponent when it is triggered. IMO that would be cool and playable.
I have a very easy explanation to what's going on (it's my hypothesis, but who knows...): The guy responsible for HE testing is probably super good and beats everyone at FFG, so they have to make weak HE cards.=)
And on a more serious matter: How does this quest help HEs, when they already have similar card and that one doesn't require playing any supports (except for Phoenix Ward, all other supports will cost you 2) and having a unit questing? I'm speaking about Gift of Life (so it costs 1).
I understand, that you'll have to play supports anyway, but this quest requires too much stuff to happen (you have get it when or before you need it, you get unit on it, which isn't killed before you trigger the quest, you have a support to play when you need it) in order to be useful.
I think by "cut off your enemy's resources" they meant that Caradryan can discard enemy cards. Straits of Lothern seem more 2HHH than 3HHH.
So, so far the cards shown have been Dragon Caller, Herald of MoraiHeg, Star Dragon, Straits of Lothern, Phoenix Ward, Inflame and Planning for War. They mentioned Ithilmar Arrows and one card will be the HE capital center. There is just one more card to spoil for HE which will be the Hero.
I would say that Hight elves were always the weakest faction. I hope the last 3 cards for He in this battlepack will be good. Oh I beg you just for one more good card! :-) Let us play it on tournaments!
decado's question comparing Straits of Lothern to Looted Humie Town is an excellent question.
Cards like that are why HE are currently the weakest faction.
Does anyone play those cards before releasing them? Does anyone sees those cards before writing a review? Because support is pathetic (as mentioned before), and where is the combo with Caradryan? How Caradryan can do this 'While he's in your quest zone, he can cut off your enemy's resources'? How he can cut off enemy's resources? Only one way is to discard Innovation or sth....
I hoped that with this BP HE would be playable, but it seems that it won't happen until the next cycle (If 10 cards in this battlepack won't do that then 1 card for every remaining bp won't either, such as Caledor Prince..)
FFG WHY?! First you release "Looted Umie Town" for Orcs and then you give HE the same card BUT restricted to Kingdom, with additional loyalty and a Flag! Now that is EPIC FAIL!
Come one guys, is nobody playing HE there?! And the review... combo with Caradryan? What? How?
Seriously, I lost hope...
That's some good stuff for HE's. Can't wait to see what else they get.
Thanks for preview, I dont understand one thing from this:
"This means each time you increase the power of your units with a Spell, or use a Spell to cycle through your deck, or play a non-Attachment Spell for any reason, you can pull one of your defeated defenders from the discard pile, then put it back into play on your next turn."
How does it reffer to that quest? I cant see any connection, please someone from FFG explain it.
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phoenix ward is a spell an d a support !!!
Epic fail.
I don't know who wrote this review, but for sure, he didn't read those card text.
Planing for war text sayz you can play a unit from discard pile when you play HE non-attachment SUPPORT card. NOT SPELL.
Please guys, let someone else writes those previews, maybe someone who actually plays this game? SRSLY
Awesome preview. Thanks FFG.


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You all are posting these great pics of your sprouts, your beds and your buddies, and I need to jump on the band wagon. I have an old 2-megapixel Sony and have been researching a good point-and-shoot that will take good close-ups.
What are you folks using? |
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- Posted by token28001 zone7 NC (My Page) on Sun, Mar 22, 09 at 17:40
Hey, I have a 2 megapixel sony that I use now. I've had it since 2003 I think. It still works fine. It just won't do closeups well and if you're trying to take pictures of birds, forget about it. I really would like a new one. My old roommate had a Nikon digital with zoom lenses and all the bells and whistles. I just can't see spending $1000 on a camera at the moment. |
I have a Sony Cybershot - 1.3 megapix - which I got in 2001; takes pretty good closeups and I still use it a lot. Also have a Sony DSC-N2 (10.1 megapixels) bought in 2007; nice little fit-in-the-hand camera, decent closeup capability; that's the one I use most. Then there's the Nikon Coolpix5700 (5 megapixels bought in 2004), which I loved. Alas, my cat knocked it off the table and it went kaput. Haven't gotten it fixed yet. |
I'm using a 3.2 megpix Olympus I got off of eBay in 2002. It takes nice pics, but has a limited zoom and closeups come out about 75% of the time (I can't seem to stay still long enough! LOL). I like that I can set up the camera and then trigger it with a little remote device so I can take pics of myself doing garden projects. Anyway this thing has more than paid for itself in film and processing. Instead of boxes of pictures, now I'm busily stuffing some server on another part of the planet. ;-D Kris |
Hi Prof, mine is a Canon Elph PowerShot SD1000. My sister got it for me for Christmas a year ago -- she buys me all my electronics and I buy her clothes, jewelry, makeup, etc. It's 7.1 megapixels, easy to use, quite small -- I don't really know much about photography. I have just been admiring a lot of pictures on this site, and was thinking I should take a class or read up on the internet how to get better pictures & take different types of pictures. Good luck with your search! |
Here is a link that might be useful: My recent Xacti photos
Oh - PVicks Nikon Coolpix 5700 recommendation is great too. If you want to see image quality with them, all of my photos Feb 8 and earlier were taken with one of them. On Flickr you can see which camera was used on each photo by looking at the additional info section. I've attached a link to a set of images from August last year that were all taken with the 5700. Lynda |
Here is a link that might be useful: Nikon Coolpix 5700 examples
A couple of things to consider are megapixels, battery type and display size. Unless you want to print out 10x12 or bigger , you really don't need more than 5 or 6 megapixels. Definitely want one that has a rechargable battery. Larger display screen makes it easier on my weak eyes. (3") Mine is a fujifilm F650 Ron |
I also has 2 closeup modes |
- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 24, 09 at 20:19
Canon Power Shot A580. When my daughter comes home from break I will learn how to use it. |
Got hubby the Powershot 1000 after doing a lot of research last Xmas. He loves it cause it is small, takes great pics and MOVIES (shorts ones 0-5 min or so)too.No more lugging 2 camaras around on vacation. His Dad got one after years of using his "old 35mm camara from germany which took the best pictures" and is a total convert. Staples usually has good prices on these. |
- Posted by morguegirl 6 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 29, 09 at 3:11
I have a Nikon CoolPix S550. It is 10 megapixels, which I agree isn't necessary, as 5 or 6 MP would be just fine. I got this particular model because it is very compact, and has a 5X optical zoom. Most models this small have a 3X optical zoom, and the extra zoom is great for closeups on small subjects. It is reasonably priced, too. i believe you can buy it for $200 or under. Amy |
I love love love my EasyShare. It was the family camera, but I glommed it so much DH bought a second one. |
So, Prof. We're waiting for some pics! ;-D Kris |
I need a new camera and am leaning towards an EasyShare. It's small, looks easy to use, and is also a nice price! 9 years ago I shelled out over $800 on a Sony Mavica and, while it's a great, dependable camera, I never did bother to learn how to do even half the stuff of which it's capable. This new computer doesn't have an A drive and I don't want another dangly add-on cluttering up the desk - there's already too much stuff for the dog to chew on (she's a climber). I will say this for Sony, though: after more than 9 years the lithium battery in the Mavica holds a charge just as well and just as long as the day I bought it. I've been really impressed by that! |
- Posted by retiredprof 7 - Northern DE (My Page) on Sat, Apr 11, 09 at 17:05
Folks: I finally broke down and bought the new camera-- a Panasonic DMC-TZ5. It's 9 megapixels, has a rechargeable battery, and a 10X zoom. It also has a 3" LCD for us old folks. Reviews have been very positive. You can even take movies with it! Here's the best part: I bought it on Amazon after tracking prices there for a few days. It finally went below my "threshold" of $225, and I snapped it up for $222 with free shipping. Bought a card and a little case, too. MSRP is $349, so I got a pretty good deal. Spent this afternoon reading through the manual and taking a few test shots. Uploaded them into the PC, tweaked them a little, and moved to Picasa for sharing. Very easy. Too bad it's been raining all day. I'm anxious to get outside and shoot some pics of the WS babies and the transplants. Thanks for all your help and recommendations! Prof |
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This is not about Woody Allen
I can't talk about the Woody Allen / Dylan Farrow thing anymore. That I'm even calling it a "thing" is horrible but it's become a thing, a thing about a famous person in the world of hypothetical instead of a very upsetting case involving a child and, as far as I'm concerned, the most horrifying way you can destroy a person.
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I'm so tired of hearing about how Allen was never charged and how Dylan was brainwashed and how it's not right to look at Allen in a critical light because there is no proof. Jesus Christ. This isn't cheque fraud. This isn't even murder where there is a body and evidence like fingerprints or murder weapons. This is sexual abuse. For which there is rarely evidence. What evidence do you want? (Evidence in a sexual abuse case IS victim testimony.) For which it is often next to impossible to gather proof. Which people, usually men, get away with for these reasons and more.
One of the main reasons they get away with it is because it is incredibly hard to accuse someone. It's uncomfortable, it's embarrassing, it's shameful. The majority of victims never accuse. Despite this, they carry the abuse with them every day, always. And because people blame victims, either for the abuse itself or for waiting to report it like they are probably making it up if they didn't dial 9-1-1 right after it happened. Even if they were children and their abusers were adults in a position of authority or trust.
And mostly, offenders get away with it because our justice system sucks. It either ignores the victim and/or makes the process gruelling for her…and then usually lets the abuser go free. If you don't believe me, try actually talking to ten women in your life and see what facts and statistics you can gather from your representative sample group. Or Google some stats about sentencing for abuse. But I have to warn you, it will make you sick.
Start with an article like this.
Or consider that, for instance, in Canada…
The following cases illustrate that child sexual assault offenders tend to receive relatively lenient sentences:
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But 'uncomfortable' or not, there are reasons to lie, and false allegations of sexual abuse are a good way to make some money and get coveted 'victim status' via pseudo-feminist media.
But 'rape experts' agree that their income depends on inflating the number of rape allegations, and pushing the legal system and media to assume guilt in these cases is a good way of ensuring that their funding will continue to flow.
Mr. Johnson,
You mention reluctantly, it appears, that rape victims do have reasons to lie. Well, what would those reasons be? To be humiliated in their communities or in the press? To risk harassment from their friends and acquaintances? Or, is it that they will likely be considered liars by most people in the public eye?--Much like you just suggested she is.
You should keep in mind that at the time the allegations were made, it was the 1990s and the nation was rocked by alleged daycare sex abuse cases. There were innocent people sent to 240 years in jail (yes, the USA has a much higher sentencing standard than Canada). This article talks about the cases and how children's recollections and memories can be altered. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria
I'm not saying that's the case with Dylan, but there's enough reasonable doubt that I do not believe the entire contents of her letter are facts. She needs help, treatment and support. I hope she gets it.
Judging by a universal standard of truth and justice, if Woody were a Catholic priest, he'd have been serving time in prison for some time now.
Mr. Johnson,
You mention reluctantly, it appears, that rape victims do have reasons to lie. Well, what would those reasons be? To be humiliated in their communities or in the press? To risk harassment from their friends and acquaintances? Or, is it that they will likely be considered liars by most people in the public eye?--Much like you just suggested she is.
Oh. Destroying a persons life from a sense of vengeance, accusations do that. Getting a nice juicy out of court settlement in a country that sues for looking at you funny. There can be any number of reasons a person would falsely accuse somebody of anything.
You'll note though, that there has been no high priced team of lawyers threatening defamation lawsuits, nor issuing cease and desist orders under threat of them. Nor even an offer to clear name via polygraph. Things that do happen when someone has been falsely accused.
Nor do I give his Hollywood support ANY weight. They also love and support Roman Polanski, and he WASN'T falsely accused. He plead guilty of stat rape and ran before sentencing. No ambiguity there. Nor does Hollywood care. If you are their cherished kin, you can do whatever you want, you are an artiste. There are so many examples of that, past and current, if you can't find them yourself, you are willfully avoiding the attempt.
I had repressed memory. Came about from teaching grade two.
It was psychological and physical abuse.
The adult dreams wouldn't go away.
When I sent a letter to my mom she denied getting the letter for decades. Pleading that I only had a child's memory to explain...tell me you were too young to be a parent, tell me you had anger problem ..anything I need to make closure
Then later told me she would never admit anything that was a bad reflection of herself.
The painful lesson for me was there is no perfect ending to something that isn't perfect. Just make closure for yourself.
I always believe the victim unless proven otherwise.


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Posted by Derek Miers on September 4, 2011
And I must say I am particularly keen to get into the thick of it this year. We've got some really interesting ones coming up; in relatively quick order, I have three different IQPC events (reflecting our growing partnership with IQPC):
- Business Process Excellence in Financial Services Exchange in London on September 19 and 20. Here I will be delivering an opening keynote and chairing a panel between BPM heavyweights IBM (Phil Gilbert), EMC (Chris Preston), and Pega (Russell Keziere). That should be really interesting — we'll have the heads of all things process-related from most of the big banks in Europe in the room. Looking through the delegate list, I can't wait to meet them all — so much to learn from their experience and insights. Of course, I've got my own views, but nothing like testing them with those on the coal face of change.
- Then in October I am chairing, keynoting, and running an active research session at the BPM Leaders Meeting in Amsterdam (October 20-21). Again, a really interesting lineup of speakers — a truly pan-European bunch, where we will focus on four major themes over the two days, culminating in a workshop format at the end where all the themed sessions/discussions feed into our active research session. My objective is to create a series of documents/blog posts/discussions that derive from the insights we'll collectively build at the event.
- Then a week later in the same city, but a different hotel, we have Process Excellence Benelux. This event is more focused around the operational side of process excellence: to consolidate process efficiency efforts, building on increasing acceptance levels to drive a sustainable culture of continuous improvement. Again, I'll be introducing the Strategic Transformation Engagement Program.
I hope to see you at one or the other.
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Why can't I get sour cherries (pie) to grow here? I live in Zone 7, so they should! I've tried 3 times planting, have kept saplings watered, mulched, watched for bugs, etc., and they keep dying on me! What am I doing wrong!!! Sweet cherries grow just fine (Nanking)but not sour cherry! |
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- Posted by alabamanicole (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 11 at 18:13
What varieties did you plant, where did you get them from and how long do they survive? What are they dying of, or if you don't know, what are the symptoms of their dying? |
Growing up in UCLA(Lee Co.), on the zone 7/8 interface, I don't know that I ever saw a fruiting cherry tree - anywhere. While AL is 'almost heaven', there are some plants that just won't grow there. I've searched the AU Extension fruit publications, and they don't even mention cherries. That's sort of 'telling' in and of itself. Nanking is not a sweet cherry; it's a bush producing tiny little fruits, and actually, is more closely related to plums than to cherries. |
- Posted by topsiebeezelbub z7 Al (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 0:52
I heard a very reputable nurseryman tell a customer that they won't grow here. He didn't say why, but he passed up a sale by telling the truth. This is not the Midwest. |
- Posted by alabamanicole (My Page) on Tue, May 17, 11 at 20:04
My notes suggest the following varieties for central and northern Alabama: Dwarf Northstar (sour), Montmorency (sour), Black Tartarian (sweet), Stella (sweet) and Chelan (sweet). Chelan and Black Tartarian require cross pollination. Typically Mazzard or Mahaleb rootstocks are used. But there's a lot of "Zone 7" stuff that is very marginal here due to our hot summers. Just because we get enough chilling hours doesn't mean our climate is right overall. We basically need plants that can tolerate zones 7 AND 8. I personally would not invest the space, time and money in cherries in Alabama, divine though they may be. (I had a Rainier cherry in northern California. 100% wow.) If you want additional sort-of cherry production like Nanking, you could try the Prunus japonica x Prunus jacquemontii crosses ("Jan", "Joel" and "Joy") grafted onto plum rootstock. Still not a great bet, IMO. Goumi is also reported to be cherry-like, but I've never tasted one. |
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In Every army, soldiers commit to fighting battles together, waging war on the enemy and upholding the integrity of all that they believe. In The Salvation Army, new soldiers reinforce the truth of the Gospel as they commit their lives to Jesus Christ by signing the Soldier's Covenant.
The Winchester Hispanic Outpost in Winchester, Va., has enrolled (L - R): Efrain Maldonado, Rosa Aparicio, Cilas Herrera and Tanya Ayala. On the far right, Lt. Colonel William Crabson, NCV divisional commander, prays alongside the new soldiers as they make their commitments to the Lord.
Right: The Mobile Citadel Corps in Mobile, Ala., enrolled five junior soldiers (L - R): Jeny Woods, Jonah Baldwin, Chan Carter (back), Emily Baldwin (front right) and Torianya Adams. The enrolling officers are Captains Eric and Tonya Roberts. Flagbearers are Ann Bennett and Andy Ainsworth.
Left: Enrolled by corps officers Majors Sam and Mary Kay Hearne were five senior soldiers, five junior soldiers and one adherent at the Clarksburg, W.Va., Corps. Back row (L - R): Major Mary Kay Hearne, Shelli Anderson, Andrew Hearne, Nicole Richards, Ariel Ware, Jessica Tosh, Henry Hammond and Major Sam Hearne.
Front row (L - R): Cole Anderson, Austin Losh, Natasha Vanscoy, David Kimble and Ashley Kimble.
Flagbearers are Major Bruce Williams and Major Richard Himes.
Right: Major Bert Tanner enrolled Pat Smith at the Sarasota Corps in Sarasota, Fla.Major Georgeen Nickum offered a prayer of dedication, and Major Guy Nickum was the flagbearer.
The Dallas Indian Outpost enrolled 12 junior soldiers: (back row, L - R) Carlos Funes, Gracie Martinez, Yolisma Aguilar, Stephanie Garera, Gabriela Borrego and Bernardo Roman. Pictured on the front row are (L - R): Priscilla Martinez, Alejandra Borrego, Jesus Jaquez, Bryan Hernandez, Brenda Jinenez and Alonbra Joquez.
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Russia Proposes Banning Foul Language On the Internet
The Future (239 comments)
I can see the future of the internet. There will always be somebody in authority wanting to ban something.
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
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The Future (239 comments)
I can see the future of the internet. There will always be somebody in authority wanting to ban something.
Re:Who has the biggest kitchen sink? (434 comments)
I like Perl too but Perl5 has some bad stuff. You can't put the argument names in sub definitions, etc.
Re:Finally Fixing the Date stuff (434 comments)
Isn't the Calendar class the preferred way to do dates in Java now.
Re:Better social (262 comments)
Better social (262 comments)
This is a great opportunity to make (or promote) a better social network that is decentralized.
Re:New Poke (786 comments)
I agree. You are in desktop *mode* and move the mouse to the side of the screen and some Metro thing slides in.
Maybe you wanted it but probably you were just trying to get to the side of the image you are photoshopping (or whatever).
It doesn't respect the modes - that is the problem.
Virtualization service (230 comments)
Somebody should open an online virtualization service. It emulators XP/IE6 for you.
Re:It's the email clients, stupid (242 comments)
Might be interesting if somebody came up with an email client that used mail protocols but was more like a chat client.
So if somebody else has that prog it works like chat but for email only users it still gets thru.
Re:#1 web error (211 comments)
Java is the only choice for things like that. It is quite nice, actually.
manifest (124 comments)
Could just be a manifest change.
Your spouse (122 comments)
Or its a sneaky way of Google finding the email address of the person your trust the most?
Probably your spouse.
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Does an Aereo user actually get content thru "their" tiny antenna?
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Would be nifty if it spray painted the drive to show it was degaussed.
Re:imprecise Dates would have been nice (233 comments)
I don't think that's mainstream enough. You can make a class to do that using java Date.
What about Apple Stores (262 comments)
Many are in malls, connected to the regular grid.
UUCP (171 comments)
i wonder whats on the drives. Is it folders of content organized by subject?
Would be cool if they had a way for people forwarding messages
Like UUCP.
Huge string of numbers (305 comments)
Notice how Tom Cruise has to list of a huge string of numbers at the start of that clip?
How intuitive and handy.
Re:It's so ... wrong (106 comments)
Make a table of authors, make a linking table that joins authors to the article table.
Why not both! (380 comments)
VPS is great for hosting websites, off site backup, etc.
Home server is great as a NAS, keeping all your movies, music in a central place. Fast large backups - eg save that entire video project.
So maybe the answer is to have a home server which backs stuff up. Then at a slower rate it can back stuff up on the VPS.
(Doesn't the pogoplug work something like this.)
I like this site called geniusidea.com - too bad its not getting much traffic these days.


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Mars (Clip)
Date: August 24, 2012
Running Time: 00:01:56
At our last After Dark in our current home, the theme was Mars! On display the museum has a full-scale model of the Mars rover Curiosity, which arrived on the red planet Sunday, August 5. At After Dark, we had Martians, robots, and extraterrestrials in the crowd! There were Martian themed lectures, a live webcast, and activities like the Egg Drop, where visitors practiced landing a homemade Rover safely onto the ground. Red skies at night offer fun and delight.
After Dark is an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art programs. Check out videos from these exciting events.
Visit the After Dark Website