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The Daily Blues: Zul'Gurub is gone as a raid instance come Cataclysm {WoW}
Sep 1st 2010 9:44PM I agree wholeheartedly. You don't drop a bomb like that and not say WHY. That's just rude.
And as my boyfriend would say, it's a prime example of how they're pretty much just shitting on the community.
Sigh... as the months go by, I am starting to look forward to this expansion less and less.
Cataclysm class and mastery systems explained {WoW}
Jul 7th 2010 1:35PM alright... I'm feeling a little ambiguous towards this.
on one hand, i'm happy that all the "necessary" passive crap is just going to be given to us, and that choosing a spec will actually kinda mean something. kinda. in concept, i think that's a good idea.
just... not sure about the execution.
i mean, what was the point of taking all that stuff out and reducing the trees to 31 points if they weren't going to be adding anything to it? it kinda just sounds like laziness to me, which is a little depressing, tbh. the way that have it now ALSO doesn't do anything for customization. you're still going to be stuck in cookie-cutter specs, there's just less stuff to be putting points in. whoopdiedoo.
i would have liked to have seen this happen with us staying at 41 or even getting bumped up to 51 points. that would have given us a lot of control over our own specs rather than just being told "if your spec doesn't look like this, then you FAIL."
idk. in the end, i feel like this changed nothing (just made low leveling a little more fun) and just reflects how badly blizz is dropping the ball this expansion. :/ sadface.
Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics -- the humans, part 3, pg 2 {WoW}
Jun 27th 2010 12:32AM the dwarves from the hinterlands (the ones who live at aerie peak) are actually incredibly fond of elves; more the high elves, though. according to what i've read they have a great respect for one another. in fact, Vereesa Windrunner used to get hit on by Falstad Wildhammer quite often. XD Lol, "My Elven lady..." lmao...
so it's obviously not an "all dwarves hate all elves" thing.
night elves as a general rule are creepy xenophobes tho... lol.
Shifting Perspectives: Revisiting Cataclysm talents, part 2 {WoW}
Jun 18th 2010 10:59AM actually, "Pulverize" looks like it works almost exactly like "Obliterate," just based on wording alone.
my guess would be that it actually consumes all of your "Lacerate" stacks. i would also imagine that they'll probably have a glyph that will allow you to keep your stacks.
just sayin.
Cataclysm Press Event: New expansion details {WoW}
Jun 14th 2010 12:46AM @Devilsei:
tbh, you could probably read the narrative on wowwiki. that's what i always did whenever i was forced to miss out on something in game. :/
yeah, it's far more satisfying to see it actually happening in game, but... you're not really going to miss any info.
just speaking as a fellow lore buff...
Cataclysm Press Event: New expansion details {WoW}
Jun 14th 2010 12:29AM I feel your pain on the glyph changes. However, I think that between many people leveling alts and the like, as well as the new "medium" glyphs, which are for "fun/cosmetic" purposes... I think our best bet might even be to simply make them on commission, rather than just making them and putting them up on AH for a few copper, ya know? And it could also have some benefits on a guild level as well. I'm sure that most people, after reading these changes, are already dropping inscription and leveling up other professions. Therefore, I'd like to think that the drop in supply would be proportional to the drop in demand, and the potential profits will stay roughly the same.
My suggestion would be to keep it for the first part of cataclysm, when everyone's going to be clamoring for new things and profits will be great, and see how the market shifts from there.
But that's just my two cents.
Win one of three free FigurePrints Busts {WoW}
Jun 8th 2010 11:08PM This of course due to the first time my guild ever got close to killing Vezax back in the day... and I singlehandedly wiped the raid by having a panicked moment and trying to "help" the last remaining DPS by meleeing the boss... and at 150,000 he put the debuff on me.
We pretty much killed him twice before I finally realized wtf was going on and moved. And then we wiped. Still at 150,000.
Yep. Fear my leet TreePS. Fear it now!
Win one of three free FigurePrints Busts {WoW}
Jun 8th 2010 11:02PM Ezrah the Raidkiller.
Blizzard to break the AVR mod in Patch 3.3.5 {WoW}
Jun 1st 2010 12:49AM /cheer
and @Jabbaprime: YES. Far too many people are relying on gearscore as a measure of skill anymore...
I'm a big fan of using addons that make your overall playing experience smoother, like UI frames, bartender, and recount. also sexy maps. for aesthetic purposes. :)
but I can't quite bring myself to even consider AVR or GearScore as must-have addons. or really addons at all. i'd love if they were both nuked off the face of the earth.
re: AVR, if you have to use it... stop playing WoW. seriously. the rest of us have been part of the "Don't Stand in That" Olympics since vanilla. it's not hard to do, you just have to use your eyes, and subsequently, your brain. common sense. fire burns. kthxbai.
re: GearScore, i've seen people with a 3k GS beat the everliving christ out of ppl with 5k GS on charts. consistently. problem exists behind keyboard, not on pixels.
blizz talks a lot about bring the player, not the class... well what about bringing the player and not the gearscore?
for those of us who don't have the time to spend raiding constantly... it'd be really nice to get into a pug for a reg ToC10 without having to have a 5.5k gearscore. -_-
Shifting Perspectives: Cataclysm talent changes, part 2 {WoW}
May 19th 2010 3:06PM agreed. although, i'll have to admit, it's going to make it much more challenging, which is something i really need right now. resto druid in wrath as it stands right now is total snoresville.
*wild growth*
rinse, repeat. it'll be nice to actually have to use innervate on myself again. XD
but maybe i'm crazy, lol.


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text: | Seanad Éireann - Volume 101 - 06 July, 1983 Criminal Justice (Community Service) Bill, 1983: Second Stage. 779 [779] Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Minister for Justice (Mr. Noonan, Limerick East) Michael Noonan Minister for Justice (Mr. Noonan, Limerick East): The purpose of the Bill is to provide the criminal courts with a further sanction which they may apply in appropriate cases. Essentially, the Bill provides that where a person is convicted of an offence for which the court considers that in the ordinary way the appropriate sentence would be one of imprisonment, the court may, with the offender's consent, instead order him to perform a specified number of hours of unpaid work. The work would be of a kind which would benefit the community but which people could not readily be got to do in the ordinary way for pay. The arrangement of the work would be a matter for the Probation and Welfare Service of the Department of Justice and that service would be expected to find tasks for offenders which would be of a worthwhile nature. The work would also be carried out under the general supervision of the Probation and Welfare Service and under the direct supervision of voluntary or paid on-site supervisors. Before going on to deal with the advantages which will follow from the passing of the Bill, I feel that the Bill ought to be put in perspective. While a very important and progressive piece of legislation, it is only one of a number of measures being taken and planned to cope with the problem of rising crime which concerns us all. For example, as already indicated, another Criminal Justice Bill is in the course of preparation which will include measures to deal with strengthening the power of the gardaí in dealing with persons suspected of having committed serious offences and with new measures to deal with the problem of offences committed by persons on bail. 780 Now I would like to return to the present Bill and the advantages of it. First of all, it would be of considerable advantage to the courts by giving them an extra [780] sanction and it will improve the ability of the courts to match the penalty to the crime. In some other jurisdictions where community service is already a court sanction rather striking use has been made of the principle of suiting the sanction to the crime: for example, State and municipal courts in the United States of America order traffic offenders to carry out work in hospitals, and in the Federal Republic of Germany juvenile courts can order young offenders with alcohol problems to help in homes for inebriates. However, I do not see it as important that there should be any close connection between the nature of the crime and the penalty imposed, but I think it would be quite appropriate, for example when offenders are convicted of acts of vandalism, that they should be required to repair the damage. Community service orders have a number of advantages for offenders. First of all the making of the order will require the offender's consent and thus he will be given a say in the way in which he will repay the community for his criminal activity. An order would not upset the offender's daily routine because he could fulfil the obligations of the order in his spare time. Accordingly, he could continue with his education or employment. In addition, there would be the minimum disruption to the offender's family life. Then community service orders have the advantage to the community in that work of value to the community, which would not otherwise be done, would be performed under the orders. Some examples of this work would be: helping the disabled and the old with some of the problems which they have to face in dealing with their incapacities or helping organisations both voluntary and statutory which provide assistance for those people. 781 Other examples of the kind of work which might be undertaken are set out in a White Paper dealing with community service orders which was published in June 1981. Incidentally, the widely-distributed White Paper invited the public to give their views on community service orders and it is a source of some disappointment [781] to me that there were very few responses to it. An important advantage of community service orders is the help they should give in containing any increases in the numbers being committed to custody. So, hopefully, community service orders would play their part in reducing the need to resort to the undesirable but necessary practice of "shedding" offenders from custody after they have served part of their sentences. However, it ought to be borne in mind that community service orders are not a panacea for the current pressure on prison accommodation: the immediate solution to this pressure lies in the provision of additional accommodation. In this regard moves have been made in the right direction by the recent opening of Loughan House as an open centre and of a second wing in Cork Prison. 782 Some members of the community may be slightly apprehensive about offenders coming to work among them. I would like to allay any such apprehension. In general in the Bill I have tried to achieve a situation whereby as far as possible there is little or no risk to the ordinary members of the community by reason of the fact that offenders are sent to work among them: first of all community service orders will not be an option to courts in respect of crime for which the law has provided a mandatory sentence. This would exclude offenders convicted of murder. Secondly, community service orders will not be an option open to the Special Criminal Court and accordingly community service orders would be ruled out for persons convicted of the serious offences which come before that court. Thirdly, the judge dealing with the case is required before making his decision to satisfy himself that the offender is a suitable person for community service and for this purpose to consider a report about the offender prepared by a probation and welfare officer. In addition while performing community service an offender will be under the general supervision of a probation and welfare officer as well as being under the direct supervision of the paid or voluntary on-site supervisors to whom I have already [782] referred. I am convinced that these safeguards are adequate and they should go a long way towards easing the worries which some people might have about community service. Under the Bill offenders who are aged 16 years or older will be eligible for community service. The reason such a low age is being fixed is that community service orders have been found to be particularly suitable in the case of the young offender. In Britain the minimum age for community service orders was 17 years since the early seventies but, due to the success of the community service order for young offenders, the minimum age was reduced to 16 years a month or so ago. During the passing of the Bill through the Dáil it was suggested that the minimum age be reduced to 15 years, but this suggestion was opposed on the grounds that as a general rule persons under 16 years of age are not sentenced to detention in St. Patrick's Institution or to imprisonment, though they can be committed to institutions under the control of the Department of Education. It was considered that it was best not to interfere with this situation at least until the whole area of child care comes up for consideration in the context of the Children Bill now being prepared by the Minister for Health. The question of the proper way to dispose of charges where an offender is under 16 years is one which ought, more appropriately, to be considered in the wider context of that Bill rather than in a Criminal Justice Bill. 783 An important aim of the Bill is to try to ensure that compliance with the community service order will not jeopardise the offender's employment or his availability for employment or unduly disrupt his family life. The Bill, therefore, provides that directions as to the times for which an offender may be required to do the work as far as practicable will avoid any interference with the times the offender normally work or attends school and the Bill is framed on the basis that the work will be carried out in the District Court district where the offender resides. If he fails to comply with the order proceedings will be taken against him for such failure and he may be fined up to [783] £300 without prejudice to the continuance of the order. There is an alternative method, of course, of dealing with the offender for failure to comply with the community service order: he can be returned to the court which made the order and dealt with there for the original offence. The court to which he has returned may revoke the order. This might be appropriate if, for example, the offender was clearly determined to disregard the requirements of the order. The Bill also provides that if the offender moves from one part of the country to another, for example in the course of his employment, the community service order may be amended to allow him to do his community service in the area to which he has moved. It is necessary to provide in the Bill for a review of the community service orders when circumstances have changed since the order was made and the interests of justice dictate that it ought to be reviewed. Such review will be carried out by the District Court in the area where the offender resides. An example of where an order might be reviewed in the interests of justice could be where the offender, because of deterioration of his health or for family reasons, will be unable to continue with the work. It is an important requirement of the Bill that the offender must have consented to the making of an order and I consider that I ought to explain why this requirement has been included. First, it would be highly unlikely that an offender would comply with the order unless he had accepted it in the first instance. Secondly, it is important that we do not breach the letter or even the spirit of international conventions dealing with forced labour to which we have subscribed. I anticipate that there will be no shortage of offenders who would consent to the making of community service orders: after all, the alternative is imprisonment or detention. I believe that many offenders will appreciate that there is a positive side to community service as opposed to the negative aspects of custodial sentences. 784 The Bill provides that the maximum and minimum periods of work under community [784] service orders shall be 240 hours and 40 hours respectively. When at first a sub-committee considered this particular aspect of community service in Britain they recommended a minimum of 40 hours and a maximum of 120 hours. However, in the course of the passage of the Bill through Parliament the upper limit was raised to 240 hours. Incidentally, France have how adopted the same limits. As regards the minimum number of hours I consider that anything much less than 40 hours would lead to administrative difficulties. The maximum of 240 hours seems to me to be about right. An order requiring very long hours could influence the offender as to whether he should continue to comply with the order. The Bill provides that it should come into operation on such day as the Minister for Justice by order appoints. The selection and necessary training of staff for this scheme and the making of necessary rules and regulations will take some time but I can assure the House that there will be no unnecessary delay in bringing the Bill into operation. Finally, I would like to reiterate that I consider the Bill to be important and progressive. The Bill brings into our criminal justice system a new sanction which is fundamentally different from other sanctions. I am not advocating it as a panacea for all the ills of our court system or prison system, but I do recommend it as an important contribution, an alternative sanction which is progressive, liberal in intent, and which will help to deal with our problems of overcrowding in our prisons and in the shedding which has taken place from our prisons in recent years. I commend this Bill to the House. Mr. E. Ryan Mr. E. Ryan 785 Mr. E. Ryan: Many people will be disappointed that this Bill is being introduced rather than another one dealing with crime which is urgently required. This is a good Bill and I do not think it should be criticised merely because it is not another Bill. In the course of recent debates here, some of the measures brought forward were criticised very often because they were not something [785] else, I strongly feel that something should not be criticised for that reason. With the Minister's assurance that the other Bill is being introduced in the near future, we can devote ourselves to this one Bill and commend it for the very useful provisions in it. There is no question whatever that we need to explore new methods of atonement, and new sanctions and this Bill provides a new approach in that respect, and for that reason it is very welcome. It is important not merely for what it does, but because it encourages the Oireachtas to look at this problem more closely, to explore the position and, hopefully, as a result of our discussions here today to introduce reforms in due course. In this connection would the Minister indicate whether his Department have further proposals of this kind, and if so, if he would perhaps indicate what they are? The advantages of the Bill are very considerable. The fact that a person convicted of a crime can serve his sentence and at the same time continue his education or his job is a very good one. Also, there will be a minimum disruption of family life and a young offender will avoid associating with more experienced offenders, or hardened criminals as they are sometimes described. These are all important features of the Bill. Now the offender has some say in how he pays for his offence, in the sense that he is able to opt between going to the ordinary prison or accepting the proposals in this Bill. These are fairly important considerations and add to the constructive nature of this Bill and to the possibilities it opens up for further reforms of this kind. These proposals can only be introduced with the consent of the offender. It could not be otherwise for the reasons the Minister has outlined. The very fact that the offender does consent, that he does have an option, that he is allowed to take part in the consideration of how he should serve his sentence, may in many cases make the sentence, the way in which he atones for his crime, slightly more palatable. 786 Before making an order of this kind, apart from getting the consent of the offender, the judge must consider him [786] suitable. This is going to present some difficulty for judges. First, a judge must get a report from the probation officer and, having considered that report and the possibility that the offender might be a danger to the public, and having obviated that possibility he then can consider whether he should go ahead and introduce this form of sanction. There is also the difficulty of having a report in almost every case. I suppose the offender would have to be put back for sentence while the report is obtained and this means a great deal more work for the probation officers. I will be referring to that later. The other question that arises is whether suitable work is available. In the initial stages if many offenders opt for this form and if the judge considers them suitable I think it is going to be difficult to find a sufficient amount of work. Another aspect which may give rise to some difficulties, to some comment at any rate, is the fact that there may be discrimation, not deliberate discrimination but discrimination nevertheless, in the sense that in some areas when an offender consents to do this kind of work, the work may not be available and he may have to go to prison, whereas a person in exactly similar circumstances in another area will be able to do work of a kind provided by this Bill. That will be discrimination. It could be argued of two people with equal degrees of guilt that one will have to serve his sentence in a much more objectionable way than the other and certainly would have some cause for complaint in this respect. 787 For the sanction to bear some relationship to the offence is certainly a very good idea indeed. For a person to be put to work repairing the damage he has done, as in the case of vandalism, or put working where he will see the result of similar offences, is an extremely good thought and should be introduced wherever possible. It may be very difficult to provide work of this kind and certainly in the initial stages we will have very few cases where it will be possible to provide suitable work of this kind for an offender. Nevertheless, the idea is an excellent [787] one, that of atoning tor a crime in a practical way by recompensing society. In the present situation, before the introduction of this Bill, judges in many cases put back an offender for sentence and were influenced by the behaviour of the convicted person in the meantime and, in particular, by whether compensation was paid where possible. This was, in a sense, something similar to what we are talking about in this Bill. It was an excellent idea and one which judges might consider more often. I have no doubt that judges will be glad to have this additional option open to them, even though in some cases it may be difficult to decide whether it is the proper thing to do. Certainly to have an option open is something that most judges will be glad of, because the most difficult part of a judge's job is deciding what is an appropriate sentence. In many cases, an offender may be an object of considerable pity, and all kinds of special family circumstances may make the judge inclined to be excessively lenient. The French have a proverb which says that to understand all is to forgive all. If the circumstances of every crime and the background to every offender were totally understood by a judge, then he would find it difficult to impose any sentence. This is a very serious problem for a judge, but he must think of society, of the wrong done to the public and to individuals and must sometimes be much less lenient than he might feel inclined to be. He also has to think of the danger of repetition if no deterrent exists and the danger to the public if offenders appear to get off scot-free. 788 Generally speaking, there have to be exceptions to every rule but, by and large, a judge must bear in mind the fact that crime does not pay and must not appear to pay. Consequently, judges will be grateful for an option such as this which, on the one hand, will be fairly lenient as far as the offenders are concerned and will avoid some of the harsh aspects of going to prison but will, nevertheless, show the offender and those who are watching what happens that he is not [788] going to get away completely with his offence. Many judges are ill-equipped to deal with this question of penalties. A judicial appointee may be well versed in the law and may have very good experience in evaluating evidence and in assessing character, but very often he has no experience in deciding on appropriate sentences to strike a fair balance between the offender and the public. A recent motion here in regard to reform of the legal system referred to training courses, refresher courses, seminars and so on for judges. I would not be in favour of this in general terms, but if it is justified in any area, it is in this area of discussion and exchanging of experience in regard to appropriate sentences. I would like to ask the Minister about a few points arising from this Bill. What will be the position in regard to the availability of probation officers? As far as I know, they are fully occupied at the moment but it is extremely unlikely that this Bill could be operated successfully without an additional number of officers. Not only are they going to have to provide reports, as mentioned in the Bill, before the judge makes up his mind, but in addition, they are going to have to supervise the work being done and to devise that work. The success of this Bill will depend entirely on the work of the probation officers on this new and additional arrangement. It seems inevitable that additional probation officers will have to be provided. The Government are dedicated, and properly so, to not expanding employment in the public service because of the additional cost that this would entail, but in this instance an exception could be made because, on the one hand while there would be an additional cost of employing probation officers, on the other hand it would save a great deal of money by not sending these offenders to jail. There could be considerable justification for taking on extra officers in the particular circumstances where, in fact, the end result might be a saving of public expenditure, rather than additional expenditure. 789 I would also like to ask the Minister [789] what is the accommodation in regard to prisons at the moment? This Bill is partly to deal with the problem as well as to provide an extra means of dealing with offences. One of the reasons for its introduction and welcome is that it would ease the present position of lack of accommodation for offenders, resulting in other prisoners having to be let out before their time to allow new prisoners in. The Minister did say somewhere recently, possibly in the debate on this Bill in the Dáil, that contrary to public belief there was not a very large increase in the number of prisoners in the country over the past five or ten years. On the other hand, we have had a new wing in Cork and some additional accommodation in Loughan House. Perhaps the Minister would give us the accommodation position at the present time with these additions. Is it now possible to accommodate all offenders sentenced to terms of imprisonment and, with the provisions of this Bill, will the accommodation problem be less serious in the future? The other point is: are there any open or semi-open prisons in the country at the moment, ones that would be half-way between the ordinary prison and what is provided for in this Bill? I understand that there is such a prison in Wicklow and would be glad to know whether that is the case. If so, approximately what accommodation is provided in these kinds of open or semi-open prisons? Generally, this is an excellent Bill and will have our full support. Mr. Durcan Mr. Durcan 790 Mr. Durcan: I would like to join with Senator Ryan in welcoming this Bill. The Bill, in effect, provides an alternative sanction for the courts in dealing with offenders who come before the courts and, as such, represents a radical departure. All too frequently in the past, the administration of justice and, indeed, those who administer justice, have been condemned and criticised unfairly because of the ineffectiveness of the sanctions available to the courts and to those who administer justice. I welcome this Bill also because it provides a suitable sanction in a situation where our prisons are overcrowded and where for many [790] crimes now coming before the courts custodial sentences or custodial orders are not suitable sanctions. Furthermore, the Bill must be welcomed because this heralds a positive approach to crime. On the one hand, the operation of this Bill, if successful, should help the criminal — or the offender as the Bill terms him or her: on the other hand, the Bill by its very nature should in its operation prove beneficial to society. Anybody who attends our courts frequently sees in operation the dilemma with which the Judiciary in criminal courts are faced. On the one hand, they are faced with the plea of defence lawyers who point out to the court the problem which a custodial order could occasion to their client. Problems of family background, of family finance, of hardship, of individual inadequacy will all be pointed out to a justice or a judge as being good reasons why an offender should not be sentenced to prison. On the other hand the judge as the person administering justice in any court is faced with his duty to see that society is protected. He may have before him somebody who has a list of previous convictions, convictions which in all respect have offended society in an open and public way and yet he is faced with this dilemma whether, on the one hand, he should give the offender a second, third or fourth chance and perhaps thereby do some good for the offender or, on the other hand, he should take a step which some might argue would be for the benefit of society, namely, to sent the offender to prison. 791 Frequently, we see our judges and justices faced with the dilemma of trying to evaluate the difference between administering justice on the one hand and applying the law on the other. It takes, as Senator Ryan said, an exceptional judge or an exceptional justice to walk that very narrow path between those two distinct concepts. Therefore, the Bill in its radical nature, by providing an alternative sanction does something which should make it easier for those administering justice to find their way along the narrow path. The administration of the Bill and the implementation of its terms would seem to lie overwhelmingly in the [791] hands of probation officers. Perhaps that is a good thing. As I see our probation service, it seems generally to work satisfactorily. The officers who operate that service certainly are people who are equipped and trained to implement the provisions of this Bill. I would like the Minister, when he comes to making regulations for the implementation of the terms of this Bill, to take steps which would ensure that the probation service would link up with various other organs of State. I refer to Manpower, the Youth Employment Agency, local authorities and various voluntary organisations, which increasingly are playing a linked role with State and semi-State organisations at all levels in our society, and finally with the Garda Síochána. There may be those who would criticise a link up between the operation of this scheme and the Garda Síochána because in all cases the Garda Síochána are those who prosecute for crimes coming before our courts. Nevertheless, it is a good idea because in rural Ireland the Garda operate very much as a community force. We have gardaí in small towns and villages who are aware of the social circumstances and background, the qualities and problems of offenders. My experience of watching gardaí at work dealing with offenders and with people who come before the courts, is that by and large they operate in a very helpful way and indeed there seems now to be a very good working relationship between the probation service on the one hand and the Garda Síochána on the other hand in helping offenders to find their way out of crime. 792 There are certain areas of work to which offenders could be directed. The unpleasant graffiti we see on so many walls could be removed for the public good. Removal of litter which in many circumstances is becoming quite a nuisance, particularly in public places, despite the enactment of recent legislation, is another area. I could also mention here voluntary organisations. I would also see a role for offenders in improving the appearance of every town and village in the country for the Tidy Towns competition. [792] It is only by taking steps of that nature—by ensuring that we become tidier where we are untidy—that we can steer people, in a broader sense, away from crime. By directing offenders to work of that nature we would not merely be helping the offender but, overall, the work done would be a help to society. Another work area into which I would like to see offenders moving would be the preservation of national monuments. We have a problem of lack of finance in this area and many of our national monuments are crumbling. With the help of the Office of Public Works and of local authorities steps could be taken to get offenders involved in that kind of work also. I just mention these matters because the Minister has to make regulations under this Bill. I would like to see this legislation operating as far as possible within the confines of these matters. At the moment at District Court level the justice has four options in dealing with any offender. He can sentence the offender to prison; he can place the offender on probation; he can apply the Probation Act and he can adjourn the charge—which to my mind can often prove a very effective measure. I have already mentioned in relation to custodial orders that these frequently do not seem to have satisfactory effects. This may be due to a number of reasons. It may be due to the unsatisfactory nature of our prison service, if it is unsatisfactory, and I am not in any way condemning it. It may be due to overcrowding. It may be due to any number of factors, but it does seem that people who serve prison sentences, even for a short period, at the end of the day do not appear to have improved and society therefore continues to suffer all the more. 793 With regard to the second manner in which a judge or justice can deal with an offender—namely, placing the offender on probation—the probation service appears to be working satisfactorily. In its operation there could and should be a closer continuing relationship between the service and its officers on the one hand and the offender and his defending lawyers on the other hand. After an order has been made. that relationship ceases. [793] It can be argued that the relationship may continue with the offender but in many cases it is important that that relationship should continue with the offender's lawyer. The final sanction open to a judge or justice is that of adjourning charges. This matter is important as it relates to this Bill in a general sense, particularly in rural areas where offences which are of a community nature come before the courts. I am referring to dancehall rows, assaults in public places and so on. A judge or justice should use the adjournment procedure as a deterrent and a warning that if there was any repetition of this conduct a final order would be made. I mentioned earlier that in the operation of this Bill I would like to see a link between certain organs of the State, in particular in this context with the Garda Síochána. In rural areas we are lucky to have the benefit of a resident Garda establishment in most of our villages and small towns, where there is a close relationship between all members of society and their protectors. That role is one which has developed. Older members of the House living in rural areas will remember the role of the Garda in dealing with agricultural census returns, with ordinary census of population returns and even in dealing with social welfare matters. There was a time in the not too distant past when old age pension books were always first delivered by a member of the Garda Síochána. There are those who now condemn that role of the garda within the community. It is an excellent role as it has the effect of keeping gardaí closely in touch with the population, of providing them readily with a basis for obtaining information and knowing exactly what the community is doing. 794 I am not wandering from the Bill, as we are speaking about community work and community policing and the administration of justice in a broad community sense. We are operating a pilot scheme in rural areas which can have the ultimate effect of removing gardaí from a residential basis into central locations. While at all times providing a Garda presence in every village where there was formerly a [794] resident garda, nevertheless the gardaí will not have to be resident in rural areas. The Minister should look at this scheme in his concern for the operation and administration of justice and the maintenance of law and order in rural areas. The Department should ask themselves if the operation of the pilot scheme will have the effect of keeping in closer contact with those in rural areas, if it will have the effect of ensuring that the gardaí know what is happening in rural areas. I think that it will not. Ultimately gardaí will be travelling out from the larger central barrack towns to the various villages with Garda stations, for one or two hours per day and that is not a satisfactory situation. I would like to mention specifically one or two matters in relation to this Bill. Section 2, referring to the persons to whom the Bill applies may be a little restrictive. It refers to people over the age of 16 years. The Minister referred to the lowering of the age limit in Britain from 17 years to 16 years and gave certain reasons as to why the particular age limit is applied. I am concerned about situations where people under the age of 16 commit crimes against society and where their parents would be anxious, for a number of reasons, that the provisions of the Bill should operate. One can argue against this point of view by saying that there are international conventions dealing with ages of work and so on but nevertheless if a parent gives his or her consent to the provisions of the Bill operating for a person of a younger age, the judge or justice should be able, with the parents' consent to make the provisions of the Bill applicable. Section 4 deals basically with matters which a judge or justice must consider in applying the Bill with the offender's consent. It is not specifically stated but suggested that he should have before him a written report from the probation officer. Is that not too cumbersome? Other than those specific matters, the Bill is an excellent measure. In a very unassuming way, it is a radical departure — a departure which in the administration of justice will prove very effective, if properly implemented. Mr. B. Ryan Mr. B. Ryan 795 [795] Mr. B. Ryan: As one who has almost established a reputation for often bashing the Department of Justice, I enthusiastically welcome the Bill. It is a progressive measure, an imaginative measure and my rather frequent contacts with the Minister in the last few months have convinced me that it is a measure that will be implemented imaginatively as well. I have, therefore, great hopes for the Bill. At a time when we have something close to a panic about crime and about the apparent ineffectiveness of our law enforcement and of our prison system to do what our society collectively expect these things to do, it is good and courageous that this legislation, which will not appeal to many in terms of how they believe instinctively the crime problem should be dealt with, should be before us. I use that phrase "something close to a panic" about the country's crime problem but the reality is that, of course, it is terrible and terrifying every time an elderly person is beaten up and a young girl is assaulted, when we have armed robberies in the streets of towns and cities that ten years ago did not know what an armed robbery was, except from what they saw in a wild west movie of something that happened thousands of miles away a hundred years ago. We are in a position at this stage to respond imaginatively to our crime problem. Let there be no doubt about it, one solution to crime, unquestionably, is extraordinarily severe penalties, extraordinary legal powers for the police force and an extraordinarily rigid prison system. Anybody who visited, say, Spain, during the regime of General Franco will testify that crime was then at a very low level. Anybody who visited many of the countries in Eastern Europe for instance, will know that one can walk with absolute safety through the not too well lit streets of East Berlin, or Dresden, or Bucharest late at night and feel quite safe. 796 Whether you talk from the right or from the left, extreme measures will work. What is true is that if the demand for more police powers, more sanctions [796] and more imprisonment were satisfied it would not make a difference. The only sort of sanction that would really have a deterrent effect would be socially unacceptable here, apart from anything else. That is my view on it and I suspect it is the view of many people in the Department of Justice. What is extraordinary is the length of time it has taken for the new Criminal Justice Bill actually to emerge. There may be different views about different aspects of it, but we will await that Bill. Politicians have a duty to keep things in perspective in the area of crime. We have reached the stage now when many people from rural Ireland are quite frightened about coming to Dublin because of the panic about crime. However, they will go on continental holidays to the capital cities of Europe and quite happily stroll around late at night, even though the objective evidence is that many of these are much more crime-ridden than Dublin. So we have an obligation not to frighten ourselves into a panic in the way that, for instance, people in the United States have done. The Bill is a major attempt to re-define punishment or penalties for offenders outside the prison system for the areas of offences where prison would be the normal penalty. That is a major almost revolutionary reforming measure. It is imaginative, it is new and I suspect that it will produce the problems of local acceptability, and community acceptability that were mentioned by the Minister and in the White Paper also. Politicians have a habit of being in favour of various good causes at a safe distance. Everybody is in favour of looking after the travelling people at a safe distance. Everybody is in favour of looking after homeless people at a safe distance. Indeed, there are occasions when people have taken some exception to looking after even handicapped people when they come too close. 797 When community service orders begin to be introduced and to be a part of court procedures, I hope that all of us public representatives will not begin to jump on whichever is the politically appropriate bandwagon to prevent individuals who [797] may be convicted of relatively serious crime getting involved in community service work in the area because of one or two people. This is a method of treatment of offenders which has worked, and worked very well in other countries and has worked with our young people. As one who regards himself as a professional liberal, I am always disappointed to have to record that whether you treat young offenders by the harsh regime that some theorists espouse or by the much more liberal rehabilitative, educational regimes that other people espouse, most of the evidence is that at the end of it all you do not get much difference in terms of control or further offences and so on. There is no really proven method, will all the experiments that have been done in western society. Professor Dooge Professor Dooge Professor Dooge: The intention of the House is to take the expediency motions at 7 o'clock but if that debate does not run to 8.30 p.m. it will be possible to resume this Second Stage debate. Acting Chairman (Séamus de Brún) Acting Chairman (Séamus de Brún) Acting Chairman (Séamus de Brún): I am in the hands of the House. What is the decision? I was given an indication to watch the clock at 6 o'clock and I understood that it was the intention to adjourn for tea. Mr. B. Ryan Mr. B. Ryan Mr. B. Ryan: When can I expect to resume the debate? Professor Dooge Professor Dooge Professor Dooge: There are two alternatives. The Senator will resume the debate some time between 7 p.m. and 8.30 p.m., the question of establishing the two new committees having been dealt with, or otherwise we will resume it at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow. Debate adjourned. Sitting suspended at 6.05 p.m. and resumed at 7 p.m. Seanad Éireann 101 Criminal Justice (Community Service) Bill, 1983: Second Stage. General Debate 19830706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||


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Bible in Basic English (BBE) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him. | 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. |
2 And a certain man was there who had a disease. | 2 There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. |
3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not? | 3 Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" |
4 But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away. | 4 But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away. |
5 And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath? | 5 Then he asked them, "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" |
6 And they had no answer to that question. | 6 And they had nothing to say. |
7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, | 7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: |
8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, | 8 "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. |
9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. | 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. |
10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. | 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. |
11 For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up. | 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." |
12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward. | 12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. |
13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body: | 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, |
14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead. | 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." |
15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God. | 15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God." |
16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people. | 16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. |
17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. | 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' |
18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. | 18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.' |
19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. | 19 "Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.' |
20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come. | 20 "Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.' |
21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body. | 21 "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' |
22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room. | 22 " 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' |
23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full. | 23 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. |
24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast. | 24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.' " |
25 Now a great number of people went with him. | 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: |
26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple. | 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple. |
27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple. | 27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. |
28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete? | 28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? |
29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him, | 29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, |
30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete. | 30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' |
31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? | 31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? |
32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace. | 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. |
33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple. | 33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. |
34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it? | 34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? |
35 It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear. | 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." |
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It's time for everyone's favorite purples. Please list your top three purples. There will be separate categories for lavenders and for burgundy/wines. Here goes -- my favorites: CLAUDINE'S CHARM: I suppose this could be in the wine category, but I'm calling it purple. This plant is always among the top daylilies here with the most buds and has excellent branching. Flowers are almost always perfect. SELF DETERMINATION is always loaded with blooms: My final daylily is INTEGRATED LOGISTICS: Very prolific and has a pinching throat once it gets blooming. Please share your top purples -- Chris |
Follow-Up Postings:
This was harder than I though it would be. Russian Ragtime I'm thinking, are Bela Lugosi and Bella Sera purples? If so they needs to be on my list. |
This post was edited by jkayd_il5 on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 8:32
Wow--so hard to narrow down. I got it to 4. Bali Water Color is really bright and gigantic. Makes a beautiful display. Peacock Maiden is similar, not quite so big and flashy. Swirling Waters has become a new favorite; such nice flowers & colors. And last but not least, Vintage Wine. I've had it a long time [25+ years?] and it is totally reliable in every way. I left out the next tier down: Belle Isle Sentry, Brooklyn Twist and Indian Giver Brad |
Brad, I was very pleased with my Swirling Water this year. I also like that it's a big flower. Can we do favorite 5 for the next categories? ;) Will we have fave eyed? |
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (email@example.com) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 18:28
oh my these purples are gorgeous. I don't have that many purples, well, not what I call purple.most of mine are a reddish purple I guess. but. oh well, |
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 18:34
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (email@example.com) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 18:37
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (email@example.com) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 18:50
was looking for this one earlier and couldn't find it, my favorite purple that looks redish purple most of the time. |
- Posted by edward_kimball Zone 5b (My Page) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 20:43
Thieving Magpie is my favourite purple but I can't get the colour correct in pictures of blooms. Here is a landscape picture with the right shade of purple. |
I find that purples are generally the hardest ones to catch the right color on film. My guess is that since there is no blue gene in daylilies, the red in them is strong and shows through. Brad |
- Posted by celestialrose zone 4/5 NH (My Page) on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 0:12
Wow, all so beautiful--the 40 days and nights, the stargate, berry delicious, all so beautiful. I don't have many daylilys, but this is a favorite: 'Bella Sera' |
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (email@example.com) on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 0:31
gosh celeste, they are all so gorgeous,I want every one of them. I need some more purples, but,I just have to have that CLAUDINE"S CHARM, that is so beautiful, CHRIS; your INTEGRATED LOGISTICS is almost as gorgeous as CLAUDINE'S CHARM, notice I did say (almost) :). I just got to have that daylily..I hope by next year I can have it.when you live on a fixed income, you cant have extra's that you want. jean |
- Posted by jean_ar z8 Ar (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 0:41
CHRIS: I put the wrong one as the one almost as beautiful as CLAUDINE"S cCHARM. I meant to put SELF DETERMINATION as my next favorite. jean |
- Posted by organic_kitten 8 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 11:37
I always want to post different ones than are posted, and, like Celeste, I love purples, I will keep it down as much as I can by not duplicating others. Blueberry Popsicle: Mean As a Snake: Ranger Bob: Mulberry Marvel: Purple Tarantula: Louisiana Jones: And that left off the beautiful huge purple eyed ones...they need separate category, and many others that I will snak into lavender and wine... kay |
- Posted by maximus7116 MI (My Page) on Sun, Aug 10, 14 at 13:30
Thanks for posting all these beautiful purples. I know limiting it to three is difficult, since I could easily have posted another 10 myself. |
I love all my purples more than most other colors, so it's hard to narrow it down to my favorite three. I finally decided to pick these. I REMEMBER YOU was the best performing purple this season. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS because it's still blooming, and has put on a nice, long show. BELLA SERA because it's the only one reblooming. |
What a wonderful collection of purples you all have! I've been purposefully seeking out purples over the last couple of years, but I am SO far behind this group. I can look at that as a good thing, right? Time to go shopping! My favorite purples here: First place, without a doubt, is PASTOR Z (Polston 11). Here's what I said about it on the thread about top three favs: "it is PURPLE, and what an edge! [...] I have to add something about PASTOR Z. I'd commented on its color and edge, but I left out some other great attributes, which I double checked on this morning. It's listed as an ML, but it's August 7 and mine is just getting going now. Of course, this whole season had been slow to start so its behavior may change next year. Also, it's listed as a rebloomer, and yes, I have a rebloom scape. Finally, it's registered as having 5 branches and 25 buds. The placement of the five branches one of the scapes here is so good - three very well spaced ones and two top ones forming a nice, wide V. I don't have 25 buds - I have 35! Of the 35, I have, as of today, one bloom and four bud scars. So that tells you how late it is." It was slow to get going and, in fact, is only a DF still. But it's still one of my very favorites this year. DESIRE OF NATIONS (Emmerich 08). It's a "grape cranberry blend" that sure looks very purple here. The background color-eye color combo is gorgeous. DESIRE OF NATIONS: OCTOPUS'S GARDEN (Apps 2010) The magenta purple is almost electric at times. Tall, full of buds, midlate (blooming now), and supposed to be a rebloomer. OCTOPUS'S GARDEN: I would have figured out a way to list EMERALD PINWHEEL (Salieris 2010), but it was very bad this year. It might have hated this past winter or it might have been mostly due to thrips. Whatever, I had very few good blooms; also, it could not set a single pod. Such a shame - last year and earlier, it was stunning. EMERALD PINWHEEL: |
- Posted by maximus7116 MI (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 12:12
Emerald Pinwheel is gorgeous! I Remember You is always stunning. |
- Posted by edward_kimball Zone 5b (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 15:44
- Posted by twixanddud z5/6 SE Mich (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 19:56
Purple is my absolute favorite, there is no way I could pick just 3 or 5 or even 10. I won't list some of my favorites that have already been mentioned, so here's a few others... |
So many beautiful purples! Linda love your 3 choices - gorgeous! |
So many great purples here! I especially like yours Chris and Jamie. |
- Posted by Tn_Tree_Man 7A (My Page) on Sat, Aug 23, 14 at 6:50
My favorites from this season in my garden were: STRUTTERS BALL, PLUM PERFECT, RUSSIAN RHAPSODY. My list is subject to change next season based upon what I find next! |
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sorry for the delay on posting this, and also for the lack of pictures. for my last day, i ate fresh fruits and veggies and had dinner at ecopolitan with my best friend (sadly, forgetting my camera). then pride weekend started, so things got incredibly busy with events and people despite the fact that my attitude towards pride is quite critical.
i'm not sure how best to sum up my raw experience, other than to talk about it in terms of oppositions. right off, i'd like to say i'm really glad that i did it, despite the more difficult aspects. i chose to do it at this time i did because the weather was warm, there was a good selection of produce, and my raw-fearing partner was out of town. i had the benefits of working at a co-op and living across the street from a raw vegan restaurant (which was a comforting backup option).
even though i experienced cycles of hungry-full-hungry constantly, now that i've reintroduced cooked and more processed foods, i can say that i preferred that aspect of raw eating in a lot of ways. i have always really loved bread, for example, and feared that i would really miss it being raw. it is convenient, versatile, and i buy whole grain (often sprouted) bread so i haven't felt guilty about eating it a lot. at first not eating bread was hard, and the half-loaf i had stuck in the freezer seemed to taunt me when i went for smoothie fruits. but then i didn't miss it, and i didn't feel a need to make raw bread for sandwiches; i suppose the crackers were enough. i had a couple pieces of toasted bread this weekend, and i have to admit it was a really unsatisfying experience in the taste department, plus it left me feeling really heavy. since having other cooked foods, i've felt the same heaviness, even if i stayed full longer.
however, the downside of that satisfaction-hunger cycle is having enough food around to feed the hunger. that's where convenience and versatility didn't always come together. sure, eating some carrots, bananas, or raw crackers worked, but was a little boring sometimes. not everything that i make in the non-raw sphere is uber convenient, but it's usually ready within a couple hours even for the more labor-intensive recipes. however, the thought of having to wait 24 hours to complete a meal, no matter how mouth-watering, got really discouraging when i work a 40-hour week and want to spend time with friends, or even just time not in the kitchen or thinking about the kitchen. i think about food a lot since i work with it and like to cook it at home, but while raw i felt like almost the only thing i was thinking about was what i had to do so i could eat something later in the day, or in the week. it made me feel a little bit crazy sometimes.
having a couple of prep days for making crackers and buckwheat crispies and the like helped the rest of the week come together easier most of the time. i'm glad i picked mostly recipes that kept well and i could eat over a couple days if i wanted, so i didn't have to "un-cook" everyday. at work i could order a fresh juice, and making smoothies at home was always easy as long as i had some milk or juice on hand. that's something i definitely plan to keep doing more often.
so what do i wish i'd done differently? for one, i WAY over-bought nuts and seeds for the week. most of the nut-inclusive recipes were actually the crackers and later the tart topping. after that the bulk of the food was fresh fruits and veggies which is what i had to shop for throughout the week. i would like to make those rosemary crackers and no-wheat thins again, and probably some delicious bakery treats, so it's not as if they'll go to waste, but those bags and jars are taking up an awful lot of room in my fridge! and, well, it would have been nice not to spend all the money on them, even if it ended up costing less than i'd feared.
another thing that was hard about having time away from my partner and more time to spend with friends was that eating out wasn't really an option, so i tried to eat a lot before going out. i allowed myself wine throughout the week, so i'm sure i could have had more of a detox without the alcohol, but i also didn't want to shorten my social time since i had it. if i'd had the luxury of taking time off for myself away from other people, i think i would have been more successful making more interesting food and not drinking. but i'm not that privileged, so i did the best i could under the circumstances.
health-wise, i found myself feeling much better overall, though i did have some trouble with wanting to sleep in the afternoons. i don't know if this was because i stayed up to late and had to get up early, or i wasn't getting enough iron from the raw diet, or both, or something else entirely. but the sleeping thing was definitely worst these past three days. however i did seem to have a lot of mental energy before going to bed, but i'm not sure if that was anxiety over being a little bit lonely at night. i did – and have still managed to – stay away from caffeine, which is pretty remarkable considering my love of chai and cold press. when i could, i'd try to have some ginger for energy, which did the trick most of the time. i never had a stomachache or indigestion, which was nice (though i don't have chronic problems with that anyway). i wouldn't say i had any miracle experiences like improved vision or overnight scar-healing (that industrial oven burn on my hand will probably never go away), but this is certainly the healthiest i remember feeling. and like i said, i definitely felt heavier (not necessarily less healthy) after eating some non-raw foods. this experience has definitely changed the way i relate to food and i hope to maintain a weekly raw day in the future.
today i went to ecopolitan (the raw vegan restaurant) for a smoothie and a sprouted hummus platter. after a night of dancing in an incredibly hot and crowded lesbian bar until 130am and having a few beers (oy), i craved something that wasn't the tempeh scramble i made myself for breakfast (though the weird new tempeh i bought was probably a big part of that). i slept a lot, but i'm starting to feel better after eating this. i hope this week i'll get my energy back up and start making some photo-worthy food again! thanks to everyone who's been following along and commenting during the past week (and previous to that, of course).
Hello. I have just been surfing some vegan blogs and have noticed yours…It sounds an awful lot like you are from Minneapolis, MN. Is it true? Ecopolitan is probably my new favorite place to eat and I attended PRIDE today. I don't know any other vegans in Minneapolis, so seeing your blog got me super excited!
Thanks for the great wrap-up A-K! I have indeed enjoyed reading about your raw adventures, because I'm really interested but know with my lack of equiplment (and budget) it would be hard to do totally raw. I am planning on doing a raw day a week- starting tomorrow!
Thanks for your thoughts on the raw week, it's always interesting to see how it goes.
hannah – i definitely am from minneapolis! nice to meet you (in the virtual sense).
shellyfish – a lot of raw foodists argue of course that you can do raw all the time without fancy equipment; it's just the equipment that keeps the food interesting. i don't know, sometimes it seems they're just trying to indoctrinate you into the cult (haha)… but ani phyo's book is full of a lot of easy-to-make and 95% fancy equipment-free recipes if you haven't checked it out yet.
veganhomemade – thanks for thankings!
I love Ecopolitan! The raw burrito makes me drool ) I went to PRIDE this past weekend too–it was the perfect weather for it and it was so nice to be outside!
Thanks for the wrap up–I enjoyed hearing about your experience following the raw diet. One thing that has kept me from going completely raw (I probably eat between 75-80% raw now) is the time/prep work that goes into the recipes.
Thanks again!
thanks for sharing this! It is perfect timing for me since I am beginning a 60 day RAW challenge tomorrow. I am totally freaked out, but also VERY much looking forward to it..
This is great advice- I love that you chronicled your experience. Your dishes look amazing and are totally inspiring!
I find that this time of year is a great time to eat more raw. I can't hang with it so much in the depths of MN winter, though…
Your raw week was totally inspiring! And you made some lovely dishes…love that fruit tart!
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Hi, I have alot of green-leaf canna with orange-red flowers that grew over 7-feet last year. Also, yellow day-lilies and a ton of blue, purple, and pink morning glory seeds. The day lily bulbs are in the ground until spring. Maybe we could do something then. |
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I heard that gerbera daisies (Gerber daisies) are originally from Africa, so I thought I'd ask all of you African plant experts a question! I live in Oklahoma City, and I have some gerberas planted in a pot. They were blooming profusely when I bought them in March, but have not produced any new blooms since, despite my removing the spent blooms. The foliage is looking great, and I can see some little white buds way down at the base of the leaves, but those have been there for weeks and have not formed into flowers. So here's my question: Why aren't they blooming? Is this a problem with the amount of sunshine? I first had them placed in a shade garden where they only received filtered sun, and then (in an effort to get them to bloom), moved them to almost full sun. But still nothing. Also, the temperatures here have been pretty high (high 80s, low 90s). What is the ideal location/amount of sun for gerbera daisies in Oklahoma? Thank you very much!
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I am having the same problem! I could use some help too! One of my pots is blooming just fine, while another one is not blooming at all and then I have a planter that has two plants in it and JUST one plant decided to rebloom and the other one did not!! I live is Illinois and the temps. have not been high mid 70's to low 80's. I had them in the shade and now have moved them to partial sun. I see the flower bud start and them they die off before they become a bloom. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Please help! I am having the same problem. I have two pots of gerger daisies and one is blooming nicely while the other is not and the last flower is about to expire with no new blooms in sight. What can I do to help it to bloom? |
Gerbera daisies need 50-55 degree F night time temperatures to set but. So...hold on to the plants, keep them healthy, and they should bloom again when the nights are cooler in the fall. |
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The Background: U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson in St. Louis dismissed the lawsuit filed earlier this year by Frank O'Brien and his O'Brien Industrial Holdings LLC, which challenged the mandate based on the claim that it unconstitutionally violated his religious beliefs and the Catholic philosophy he applied in running his business.
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Frank O'Brien is not prevented from keeping the Sabbath, from providing a religious upbringing for his children, or from participating in a religious ritual such as communion. Instead, plaintiffs remain free to exercise their religion, by not using contraceptives and by discouraging employees from using contraceptives.
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This Court rejects the proposition that requiring indirect financial support of a practice, from which plaintiff himself abstains according to his religious principles, constitutes a substantial burden on plaintiff's religious exercise.
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f this court is correct in its analysis, then HHS could rewrite the regulations, remove any exemption for religious employers and add abortion to the list of covered services. The Catholic Church could be forced to pay for its employees' abortions without creating a substantial burden on religious exercise for purposes of [Religious Freedom Restoration Act], and that issue would be so straightforward that it could be handled on a [pretrial motion].
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I just realized the shower head and volume control/valve trim I ordered are "polished nickel", which is different from "brushed nickel." Yeah, I know, how could I not realize those were different? My other fixtures will be brushed nickel. The shower fixtures also come in stainless, and I'm wondering if the stainless might be a better match for the brushed nickel? I don't think I've ever seen polished nickel irl, does anyone else have that? How does it compare to brushed nickel? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Delta Cassidy Valve Trim - polished nickel
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Stainless is a better match with brushed. But I think brushed and polished can look fine together, as long as it is a good mix. |
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This is really cool- clever take
Re: On Madness
I'm not a huge Alice in Wonderland fanatic, but I really like this design. It's super creepy yet cute. For some reason though at first glance I keep reading "Werk"
Re: You talking to me?
You know, this is really good, but I didn't think so at first. Then I was like, OH! The "you" is his mohawk! Anyway, I like this.
kcastle411 wrote:Very clever! Love it!!!!
Thank you!!
flemtone wrote:Wow. Just....wow.
I hope that's a good thing...
thatquietgir1 wrote:I'm not a huge Alice in Wonderland fanatic, but I really like this design. It's super creepy yet cute. For some reason though at first glance I keep reading "Werk"
Thanks! It actually says "Twerkin All Night Long". I did some tweaks, and wanted to show the improved design. So vote more!
Re: Pumpkin King
Copyright infringement?
Re: United We Stand, Divided We Fall (ambigram)
First submission to shirt.woot - comments welcome. 4-color on black t-shirt ambigram. UNITED vertically and DIVIDED horizontally.
orabbit wrote:Thanks! It actually says "Twerkin All Night Long". I did some tweaks, and wanted to show the improved design. So vote more!
Haha. Looks good.
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oakenspirit wrote:My wife will likely unvote mine and vote for this when she see's it. +1
ha!! Thanks oakenspirit
lonelypond wrote:good design, good advice : )
Re: GO TURTLES!
It reads "Go ninja Go ninja Go!" over and over again
Re: Nachos
How do you do it? Awesome design for the theme!:D
Ninja equipped with 5 elements: earth, water, wind, fire and void.
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flattopfrank wrote:Nice work +1
Thanks ace! I dig yours this week too-
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Wow!!!!!!!!! Must have!
MY fave shirt!!!!
Re: Cthulhu Sleeps
I like this. GMV, Lovecraftian solidarity!
Re: Cup Cake Pink
Scrumptious design!
oakenspirit wrote:This is really cool- clever take
Thank you, OakenSpirit! I've always liked the idiom, so I thought it would be fun to illustrate it.
Re: Tis but a scratch
Well executed design!
orabbit wrote:This is relevant to my interests.
Best comment ever.
Re: Toil and Trouble
I really like this one. Nice design.
Very subtle difference, but when I stopped looking at it with a magnifying glass and stood back, the difference is clear: this just works much better!
Re: 45
Took me a minute- been too long. (Bought the Atoms for Peace Vinyl a few months back!)
sonofafish wrote:I like this. GMV, Lovecraftian solidarity!
Haha, thanks! I love yours as well. Lots of great improvement from the last version.
Amazing as always!
lonelypond wrote:nicely curvy
kcastle411 wrote:Whoa! So clever! Love it
Thanks guys!
Re: Star Trek (Red)
I'm sorry this was rejected, I think it is a sweet design!
Re: Declaration
Definitely an amazing concept! It's got my vote.
Cap + The Declaration...I'm in
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This one is awesome! I hope to get a hoodie of it, but the vote count is listed as "?" so I'm not sure what the ranking is... T_T
Mavyn wrote:Woot requires you pick a single shirt color to use for each submission (unless otherwise indicated in the rules). You'll need to resubmit. FWIW, I think the green works better.
Oh, sorry! I'll resubmit now, thank you for the heads-up.
I think you would get more votes if more of the thumbnail was showing on the derby page. If one does not open up the link one does not get the full gist of the shirt. This is a great shirt!
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This is why I don't usually upload around 2 AM. Honestly noticed my typo the absolute second I clicked submit. Please, please fully ignore.
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Resubmitted version, some slightly bigger text, fixed one or two overlooked parts, and as already thankfully imparted to me, just one shirt color.
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I love it!
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danephewx wrote:I think you would get more votes if more of the thumbnail was showing on the derby page. If one does not open up the link one does not get the full gist of the shirt. This is a great shirt!
Thanks for your compliment! I do find it difficult to decide what portion and magnification to show in the thumbnail. In this case, the choice came down to this or showing more of the overall design and having a lot of empty space above and below it which didn't look good either. I had hoped to convey more information with the title.
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I like the idea, but there isn't much contrast, so I'm not sure how well it will display. Larger or bold font, brighter colors? Adjust kerning? I don't know--there's just too much black and not enough shape for me.
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Wow! Thanks ^^
Impressive! +1
Re: Know Your Heart (Red)
Yep, this is it. I think you've got a print here.
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It is unfortunate that there is a complete lack of compromise on The George.
There is considerable finger pointing, name calling, and vehemence over this, but not a shred of flexibility. With everyone's blood pressure on the rise, you would think there would be an attempt at reaching a reasonable proposal that citizens can stomach.
We recently travelled to Maui where tourism is on steroids, and in areas where hotels have locked in much of the waterfront, we still only counted six to eight floors max for the largest complexes. The most beautiful area, though, was where they limited the height to two storeys and kept development back from the waterfront.
With so many of the community voicing concern over the scale of this proposal, I am amazed that there has been no attempt to mediate the divisiveness; rather, it has been the opposite by exacerbating the polarity with the simplistic tactics of name calling and dismissiveness.
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One of my personal favorites from BNL's Christmas album, "Barenaked For The Holidays". -Standard Tuning- -No Capo- -Chords played as follows:- C: x32010 D: xx0232 Gsus4: 3x0013 G: 320033 F: 133211 Em7: 022033 D/F#: 200230 A: x02220 G/B: x20033 [Intro] C, D, Gsus4, G (x2) [Verse 1] C D I followed footprints in the snow, Gsus4 G Never knowing if I was right behind you, C D Looking down no one would know, Gsus4 G I wasn't walking hand in hand beside you. [Chorus] C D For your footprints lead the way, Gsus4 G To a hearth where hearts we made surround you, C D You're awash in all its glow, Gsus4 G And I'm still standing in the snow. [Verse 2] I stood and watched the lights go out, While the snowflakes settled all around me, And though it filled my heart with doubt, Couldn't move and this is where you found me. [Chorus] As our footprints disappear, Snow erasing how I came to be here, I've got nowhere else to go, F Em7 Now you're standing in the snow. [Bridge] D/F# G A G/B F Em7 Look for un--der---standing in the snow, D/F# G A G/B F Em7 You look just out---standing in the snow, Gsus4 G Standing in the snow. [Instrumental] C, D, Gsus4, G (x4) [Verse 3] Now it's almost Christmas Eve, And I'm surrounded with the sound of laughter, To give is better than to deceive, For I received a happy ever after. [Chorus] You might have left me in the cold, A fitting ending for the fool that I was, But you'd be cuddled up alone, And I'd still be standing in the snow. [Outro] C, D, Gsus4, G Comments
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