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Best And Unique Places To Propose In East Texas
With Valentine's Day just a week away, I thought I would make of list of some of the best and most unique places that I know to propose in East Texas.
With Valentine's Day just a week away, I thought I would make of list of some of the best and most unique places that I know to propose in East Texas.
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Valentine's Day is not about spending a small fortune to express your love for your family. There are a million and one ways to make EVERY day special with a little creativity and fore thought.
It's an annual event at my house that I sneak some Valentine's Day "Tricked Out" Rice Crispy Treats -- my gold star recipe after the jump.
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The IGI shows Thomas Pallister's marriage to Jane Ferry in Gateshead on 19 Oct 1872. The only marriage to a John around 1846 that I have, from the GRO, is John Pallister who married in the Auckland area in the September quarter. I have 3 Thomas Pallister births from the GRO in 1850: 1. Pallister, Weardale, March qr 2. Pallester, Chester le St, June qr 3. Pallister, Stockton, June qr The IGI shows a John Pallister bapt to Thomas Pallister/Sarah Dodds 28 April 1822 at Auckland St Andrew. I don't know if this is the right one. Strangely, I can't find any of these people on the 1881 census, but I'll have a closer look offline.
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What should you wear the next time you're accosted by Moby or Triumph the Insult Comic Dog? Why, the latest fashions from Eminem's new clothing line, of course. Federated Department Stores announced Friday that, starting in April, you'll be able to buy items from from the rapper's new Shady Ltd. collection at Macy's, Bloomingdales, and Lazarus stores. From $25 for a T-shirt to $100 for velour jogging outerwear, you can look like you just stepped off the streets of Detroit's 8 Mile neighborhood.
Eminem joins Jennifer Lopez as a top pop fashion designer for Federated. Like her, he plays a hands-on role in designing the garments in his line, Reuters reports. ''Eminem has a very big part in designing this,'' said Michael Belluomo, a spokesman for Nesi Fashion Brands, owner of the Shady Ltd. collection. ''He's a very particular guy when it comes to how fabrics feel and how they look.'' Nesi also owns Rocawear, marketing clothes associated with Jay-Z.


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Let's not beat around the bush. "Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual" is the most exciting time I've had in the theater in ages.
The cumbersome title tells you a lot. First comes the actual announcement of what it is, Mandy Patinkin doing a solo concert. But the warning, "Dress Casual," is something that, after you've seen the show, you can almost hear him saying.
It's a way of lowering expectations. Why Patinkin imagines this is necessary I don't know, but this sort of anxiety seems to fuel his performance. His eagerness to please is so intense it puts him under enormous pressure. When the audience gives him justly deserved ovations, there's something oddly endearing about his frank enjoyment of it.
Patinkin sings everything with such thought and care that even familiar songs seem as if you've never heard them before. He takes novelties like "A Tisket A Tasket" or "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" and makes them intense, funny dramas, using all the resources and colors of his incredible voice. He sings "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" from Sondheim's "Company" as if it really were the cry of someone on the verge.
He is at his most beguiling when he simply floats his pure tenor voice through songs like "Over the Rainbow" or "Pennies From Heaven." On Patinkin's recent album, several numbers are marred by what he perceives as A Need to Act, to inflate the emotions of the song beyond what it can carry. It happens a few times here, too. He gets angry, his face becomes contorted. It seems an underestimation of his actual powers, an unnecessary reliance on forced emotions. But the "Carousel" soliloquy is now much more moving than it is on the album because he is better able to rein in these impulses.
The set is a simply lit bare stage, with an upright piano, and seated at the keyboard is the extraordinary musician Paul Ford. Patinkin, with a sharp, David Mamet-like haircut, wearing what look like rehearsal clothes, lets the material carry the day, an admirable approach.
Most refreshing of all, he uses no mike. It is thrilling to feel the audience actually listening to catch every nuance. The range of what he does and the imagination and power with which he does it are enough for you to imagine he could singlehandedly revive the American musical theater.
The show is modest. The stage of the Helen Hayes Theater is bare in that flayed nakedness that only the shabby, stark mechanics of an unadorned stage can muster, with a friendly, anonymous-looking guy at a piano and Mandy Patinkin clad just in an orange T-shirt, slate-gray chinos and angst.
It is aptly described as "Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual." Well the dress code may be casual, but the show is so terrific that it has all but taken my computer's breath away.
Patinkin is the greatest entertainer on Broadway today - period. He is in the imperial line of Broadway performers that runs from Jolson, Cantor, Durante and Kaye.
He has everything - plus stage fright and a weird nerviness that makes his every encounter with every song and every audience something just about as risky as crossing Niagara on a high-wire while playing the "Bluebells of Scotland" on a xylophone.
Of course, he seems very relaxed - at one moment in the middle of a song someone will cough, and Patinkin will take time out to say "Gesundheit!" without missing a beat - but that relaxation appears to be bought at a perfectionist's ransom.
At one point he actually brings his nerves on stage with him, in an episode of audience participation-manipulation - a fiendish novelty song by Kander and Ebb called "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" - that would be any psychiatrist's dream. But for the most part those nerves are used to hone the man's technique and spur him on to remarkable feats of emotional exposure.
Patinkin - enormously helped by his subtly responsive pianist and fellow artist, Paul Ford - is a decent singer, with a wide range and a cultivated technique. He can use a crooning falsetto to good advantage, and his no-nonsense baritone has a pleasing Broadway belt to it.
Both with the songs he sings and the way he sings them, you feel that he is at the end of a line, the ultimate inheritor of a Broadway past. There are nuances of imitation in the way he handles a Jolson standard that are intellectualized, as it were, into a homage.
The critic Kenneth Tynan once delineated something he called "high-definition performance," and Patinkin is the perfect high-definition performer. He has stars in his eyes and asterisks on his tonsils.
Everything he does is acted. He takes a song and turns it into a story - a quality, which he shares with the great Lieder singers of Schubert, Hugo Wolf and Mahler, that makes him the archetypal Stephen Sondheim performer.
He conceptualizes Sondheim's lyrics with such sheer histrionic skill that, in a song like "No One Is Alone" he shows better than anyone else how the music supports the inherent drama, as he probes to find the reality beneath the skin.
Even in a new number - apparently written years ago by a high school chum of Patinkin, Thom Bishop - called "Mr. Arthur's Place," he manages to suggest a perfect microcosm of love and relationship seen through the prism of nostalgia.
It is this same quality of dramatic imagination that makes Sondheim's "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" into a precise gem that turns the Warren/Mercer "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" into a loving, jaunty elegy to a railroad past and an America lost. He can take Ella's little standard "A Tisket a Tasket" and make her yellow basket the subject of a full-fledged police report complete with the appropriate dramatis personae.
Yet what the concert really is, is the most dazzling fun. It bounces along mesmerizingly like the red, red robin. And while Patinkin can bring tears to your eyes (at least he did to mine), most of the time you are just happy to be in the same room with him. He is charm personified and made into a song-and-dance man.
Dance? Well, look, perhaps he can't dance as well as Gene Kelly, and certainly not as well as Harold Lang, but he does a medley from "Pal Joey" that encapsulates the whole show and makes you wish that Rodgers had never lost Hart, and that both were around to give Patinkin his own Broadway special.
Patinkin has been on Broadway before - and has a Tony Award to prove it - but never like this, never in full force and, my God, high definition. He could drive a person crazy! The man is a unique force in the musical theater.
With his taut, Irish-sounding tenor and air of intense volatility, Mandy Patinkin is an anomalous musical theater personality in a Broadway tradition of rugged baritones and happy-go-lucky tenors. Instead of a bland, all-American confidence, he radiates a fierce, neurotic intelligence. And in ''Sunday in the Park With George,'' he distilled a new musical-theater archetype: the sensitive man.
This year the singing actor became an acting singer. First with a solo album and now with ''Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual,'' his one-man Broadway show at the Helen Hayes Theater, he is testing the expressive limits of popular concert singing in an evening that is audacious, often brilliant, but also a touch wacky.
Accompanied on the piano by Paul Ford, a musician with whom he seems to share an almost telepathic communication, Mr. Patinkin vaults through nearly three dozen songs, most of them pop standards, in an evening that programmatically blurs the line between dramatic singing and psychodrama. Watching ''Dress Casual'' is rather like being in the cheering section for an Olympic trial as the star entreats our support before attempting to set a new personal record. In this case, the goal isn't a gold medal but the singer's own sense of having probed all the way to the emotional bottom and wrung himself out without having made a technical flub.
The singer has also shrewdly given himself a way to cope with his own perfectionism. Dressed informally and working without a microphone, he informs us early in the show that if a song starts off badly, or if at the end he feels he could have done better, he'll do it again. He even turns his own insecurity into an audience-participation joke, cheerfully demanding triumphant applause for the virtuosic finale of ''Coffee in a Cardboard Cup,'' in which he impersonates several different characters in a matter of seconds, punches bells and honks on a noisemaker. Last Saturday evening, the exercise had to be repeated twice.
Mr. Patinkin and Mr. Ford bring fresh, interesting ideas to almost everything they touch. The evening's opening medley of tonguetwisters -''Doodle Doo Doo,'' ''When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along,'' and ''Tchaikovsky'' - sets a playful tone for a concert whose high points include renditions of ''On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe'' and ''A Tisket, a Tasket,'' which incorporate delightful comic acting bits. In an expertly woven medley of seven songs from ''Pal Joey,'' Mr. Patinkin creates an indelible quick portrait of the feckless Joey Evans. And during the show's thumpingly upbeat ''Happy Medley,'' connecting music hall songs associated with Al Jolson and Fred Astaire, the singer's exaggeratedly nasal voice and wild-eyed exuberance find and hold the exact line separating mockery and celebration.
The most compelling moment of ''Dress Casual'' comes midway in the evening with the singer's extraordinary rendition of Stephen Sondheim's ''No More,'' from the musical ''Into the Woods.'' Interpreting a ballad that poses agonized, unanswerable questions about how one should face life's inevitable misfortunes, Mr. Patinkin builds the song from a quivering plea into a rending, animalistic cry before dropping back to a tone of prayerful reflection. Mr. Patinkin's and Mr. Sondheim's sensibilities mesh so beautifully because one senses that both artists view songs as complex miniature worlds to be analyzed and explained. Even while passionately delivering Mr. Sondheim's lyrics, Mr. Patinkin brings a teacher's precisely balanced emphasis to pivotal words and phrases.
''No More,'' one of three Sondheim ballads that serve as meditative turning points during the evening, is not the only number in which the singer swings from extreme tenderness to savage ferocity. The determination that drives his ''Over the Rainbow'' pushes him to the brink of sobs. During the ''Soliloquy'' from ''Carousel,'' he chins himself on a bar in preparation for another explosive outburst. His unaccompanied ''Sonny Boy,'' veers from delicate crooning to harsh, distraught wails.
Such expressive leaps demonstrate the lengths that Mr. Patinkin, a true dramatic aerialist, will go to project an emotional intensity that outstrips anything that leading men of the musical theater have traditionally exhibited. We all have different thresholds of comfort, when emotion in singing begins to sound more hammy than heartfelt. By pushing his voice until it begins to break down, Mr. Patinkin deliberately - indulgently - challenges those thresholds.


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"[God created] wine that makes glad the heart of man" (Psalm 103/104:15).
"No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities" (1 Tim. 5:23).
Here's one for all of you who, like me, are big wine fans. I read this in the Houston Chronicle, which in turn reprinted it from the New York Times.
Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human
lifespan, researchers say in a new report that is likely to give impetus to the
rapidly growing search for longevity drugs.
The study is based on dosing mice with resveratrol, an ingredient of
some red wines. Some scientists are already taking resveratrol
in capsule form, but others believe it is far too early to take the drug,
especially using wine as its source, until there is better data on its safety
and effectiveness.
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Pair jailed on drug allegations
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WaKEENEY -- Two WaKeeney residents remained in the Trego County jail Tuesday awaiting a bond hearing in connection with a series of drug-related charges.
James Smith, 58, and Barbara Farber, 50, both of WaKeeney, were arrested Saturday following the execution of a search warrant at their WaKeeney residence, according to WaKeeney Police Chief Terry Eberle.
The arrests were the culmination of an ongoing investigation into drug-related activities, he said, and led to the recovery of marijuana plants being grown with the aid of artificial lights in the basement of the couple's residence.
While formal charges have not yet been filed, they were arrested on possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and conspiracy.
Eberle said they still were being held in the Trego County jail Tuesday, waiting to appear before a judge so bond could be set. He expected that hearing to take place sometime today.


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Linda Silverman is a joke. It boggles the mind that she retains any credibility after the fiasco with Justin Chapman.
But gifted children do not advance equally in all areas, Silverman says. An eleven-year-old boy might carry a calculus textbook in one hand and a Curious George toy in the other. Another might read Shakespeare but struggle to tie her shoes. Many gifted children also have learning disabilities such as dyslexia or attention deficit disorder, or difficulty with handwriting -- problems that are often overshadowed by their talents. Others are hyperactive, inattentive or uncoordinated.
The greater the discrepancy between the child's strengths and weaknesses, the harder it is for him to fit in. And these differences make gifted children especially vulnerable. Silverman once spoke to a group of three dozen gifted children in New Zealand; one third of the boys said they had been beaten up just because they were smart.
Gifted girls, meanwhile, go into hiding, as Silverman herself did, trading their abilities for a desire to fit in. Girls become chameleons, pretending to be interested in subjects they could not care less about and acting less bright than they are. "It is not smart to be smart," Silverman says. "If they are different in any way, they will not be accepted."
It's also not safe to be smart. "We're threatened," she adds. "You talk about gifted people and you push a button that says, 'I'm not as good as...' or 'I'm not as smart as....' We live in a competitive society where we feel these kids have an unfair advantage. And if someone is smarter, you've got to knock them down a few pegs."
And if they're not being bullied on the playground, exceptionally bright children are being ignored in the classroom. During the educational reforms of the early 1990s, gifted programs were routinely attacked and dismantled. One reformer wrote that gifted programs "provide a way to resegregate schools without requiring people to move." Another suggested that providing advanced subjects to bright students would make their classmates feel inferior.
"What kind of nonsense are we allowing in the name of egalitarianism?" Silverman asks. "Had we substituted the word 'disabled' for gifted, 'black' for gifted or 'Hispanic' for gifted, none of those books or articles would have been printed. But gifted programs were fair game. They were wiped out in school district after school district. Every principal for ten years was influenced by this."
Silverman sees giftedness as a mirror image of mental retardation. Where a seventeen-year-old handicapped boy has the mind of a six-year-old, the six-year-old gifted boy has the mind of a seventeen-year-old. Both have special needs. Both require special teaching methods. Eliminating programs for one child is as unethical as eliminating programs for the other, she says.
Nothing is gained in the name of democracy by making a third-grader who reads at the eighth-grade level reread the third-grade reader, she argues. Educators cannot pull the bottom up by pushing the top down. By teaching to the lowest common denominator, teachers have whittled away the rights of gifted students under the rationale that "the cream will rise to the top on its own."
"Well, the cream doesn't rise to the top on its own," Silverman says. "Some of these kids commit suicide. Some reject their giftedness because it is too painful. Lots drop out. Most learn to underachieve. Most are systematically suppressed."
Which is why Silverman continues to carry their banner. "They need protection," she says.
Silverman, too, has come under attack -- specifically, for using a version of what some colleagues consider an antiquated IQ test: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, first developed in 1916. Silverman uses it because it is the only instrument with a high-enough ceiling to assess gifted children whose scores exceed 160. Yet her critics have accused her of being unethical and inflating scores. Some joked that parents could "buy their kid's IQ at the Gifted Development Center."
"I was badmouthed by the whole psychological profession," Silverman says. "In Denver, I was laughed at."
Her work was later validated by the testing company, however. And Silverman has other supporters as well. Barbara Mitchell Hutton, director and founder of the Rocky Mountain Center for the Gifted and Creative in Boulder, says Silverman has "really moved the thinking forward," particularly in raising awareness about the problems of gifted girls and fighting those who equate giftedness with achievement.
"She isn't afraid to speak truth to power," Hutton says. "And that's very intimidating to a lot of people in education and people who do counseling. Linda has challenged us."
Nancy Golon's two sons, ages six and eight, have tested within the gifted range. Before she met Silverman, Golon spent many frustrating hours trying to figure out why her perfectionist son had to have his sandwich cut in a certain way, consoling the other son when he returned from preschool, crying because he was the only one who could read.
"She's my savior," Golon says of Silverman. "If it weren't for Linda, we'd be a family pulling our hair out. All the doctors scratched their heads trying to figure them out, and it wasn't until we had them tested at the Gifted Development Center that we were able to understand and say, 'Oh, this is normal for our kids. We're not wacko parents.' She has put so much of our lives at peace."
Linda Silverman is a joke. It boggles the mind that she retains any credibility after the fiasco with Justin Chapman.


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The Cincinnati Reds' acquisition of Shin-Soo Choo was one of the offseason pickups that I applauded most. When you're a contending team and the opportunity to add a player who has walked in over 11% of his career plate appearances while offering some pop and speed presents itself, you make that move. The Reds' plan to trot Choo out in center field everyday is something I'm not so eager to get behind.
Choo's first appearance in center for the Reds on Monday delivered about what we could expect, you know, if we were expecting a career right fielder to roam around the outfield and misjudge a deep fly ball. Peter Bourjos knocked a triple in the 12th inning of the Angels' 3-1 win over the Reds on Monday. He can thank Choo for allowing this triple to see the scoresheet.


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Facebook speaks out about Amanda Todd post-mortem bullying
The social media giant tells VO readers how to prevent other acts of bullying.
A recent Vancouver Observer article asked if Facebook is to blame for not adequately cracking down on the Online sexual predators and bullying that prompted the suicide of Amanda Todd.
Facebook posts -- both by the sexual predator who publicized pictures of the 15-year-old cheerleader's chest and her peers who bullied her -- played a fundamental role in the kind of emotional degradation that Todd described in the YouTube video that preceded her death.
A Facebook page entitled 'Do you even Amanda Todd?' continues to feature aggressive and defamatory comments about Todd, post-mortem. The page has nearly 2,000 followers, and is covered with Photoshopped images mocking Todd's experiences and previous suicide attempts.
"Harassment has no place on Facebook," a Toronto-based spokesperson for the social media giant told The Vancouver Observer.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Amanda Todd, and our hearts go out to her family and friends."
Below every photograph, every post on Facebook, there is a button entreating users to 'report' abusive content -- one click is enough to result in legal action.
"We actively encourage teens and parents to report incidences of bullying using the links located throughout the site. We remove all content that violates our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and we escalate reports of harassment and bullying to law enforcement where appropriate. Our Help Center contains many resources related to bullying for teens and parents," the spokesperson added.
Facebook also features a Family Safety Center that helps teach parents and their children how to combat predators and bullies.
Facebook was unable to comment on any action taken with authorities in Todd's case, due to legal constraints.
Of the many Facebook pages dedicated to Todd since her death on October 10, the most popular has nearly 900,000 followers.
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Way to deflect and ignore the terrible practices on your part that led to the persecution of this young woman. Bang up job by your PR team.
Of course, you could spend some of the of billions of dollars you raised in your IPO to actually crack down on this behavior. But then again corporate responsibility isn't exactly your strong suit, is it?
I clicked the 'report' button every time an abusive comment or picture was posted on Amanda's RIP page Sunday night to report the abuse going on there .... All were reviewed and none removed! Here's the response I got regarding my reporting:
Hi,Thanks for your recent report of a potential violation on Facebook. After reviewing your report, we were not able to confirm that the specific page you reported violates Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Learn more about what we do and don't allow by reviewing the Facebook Community Standards:https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards.
Give us feedback to let us know how we are doing: https://www.facebook.com/survey/take.php?survey_id=242477152482072&cid=251257871663762
So are Facebook finally taking any action? I really want to know!!! They (Mark Zuckerberg) sure need to accept some responsibilty here.
So, are Facebook finally taking any action? I really want to know!!!! They (Mark Zuckerberg) sure need to accept some responsibility here. It won't go away, there are too many people removing the blinkers where Facebook is concerned .... Sort it out and you might just regain an ounce of respect (wrong word possibly!)
Yes I'm going on again but I am infuriated as are many others regarding the apathy of the Facebook staff/team ragarding this. A previous comment from me, I thought it should be re posted here beacuse it is relevant.
I also emailed Zuckerberg myself to ask for his assistance, I gave the link to the page and pleaded with him to do something about this considering it was cyber bullies who tormented her and contributed to her death. Firstly, the reports I had sent were reviewed and guess what ... They were NOT removed!!! What the Hell is going on? I doubt I will get a response from Zuckerberg and even if I do it won't reach me, I deacvtivated my account finally after 4 years giving my reason which was this .... ''I cannot believe Facebook is allowing cyber bullies to get away with vile posts and disgusting pictures of Amanda Todd on her RIP page and nothing is being done!'' I asked the page be taken down out of respect for Amanda and her family because it was not being monitored, I am certain it was started with good intentions by possibly some young soul who meant well but it got so out of hand, the abuse was horrendous I actually felt horrified and saw with my own eyes what these cyber bullies/Trolls put Amanda through I cannot imagine how devastating it must have been for her and to see the abuse that was still being posted there even after her tragic suicide was just too much to bear and I'm a fully grown adult! I despair for any Teenager who uses this monster they call Facebook, it's a breeding ground for abuse of the most vulnerable ... The young and naive. Zuckerberg sort it or take responsibility for many more suicides of lonely, vulnerable people who use your hateful site to make 'friends' and communicate with others. Not all young people have a happy family home where they can sit together watching TV, some of them are like Amanda are lonely and looking for friends and comfort because Facebook leads them to believe that's what they will find there, but sadly being mislead and used by online pedophiles and trolls because NOTHING is being done to protect them!!!!!...is that FB had an employee that acctually responded to something. Usually they're holed up, inaccessible and above it all.
It is fascinating to compare the decisions of Facebook versus those of ServerBeach, a web hosting company that disabled 1.4 million blogs this week due to a $120 copyright infringement claim by Pearson. Read more here: http://www.staffroomconfidential.com/2012/10/corporate-ethics-tale-of-two-choices.html
I find it disgusting that Facebook allows this to go on. I have reported these pages as well as many defamatory posts, not to mention pornographic ones, yet none of the pages have been removed. I have had very little success in getting the nasty photos removed either. This has to stop. I thought the new reporting system and terms of service was there to stop all this cyberbullying nonsense, but apparently Facebook just doesn't have the time to deal with it.
repose en paix Amanda tu avai droit a la vie
je suis dsl mais j'ai pas vu tes vidéo d'appelle a l'aide
sinon je t'aurai aider poulette
tu ne devais pas mourir
As someone else here did, I also reported a photo that mocked Amanda Todd and her death and also received word from Facebook that there was no violation. So it's apparently okay, in the minds of Facebook staff, for people to post photos with text that make fun of a girl who committed suicide.
When I read this article, the first thing I did is search, in the Facebook browser, for a page about Amanda. All I hade to type was "Do you guys even lift? ..." and I found a disgusting page about Amanda.
One or two of my friends and myself reported it more than three hours ago, but it's still there. And it's not the first time I try deleting a heinous page. It never works. So I would say that yes, Facebook is quite responsible in those cases, especially when you see that reporting abuse is not much use.
I found this page in ten seconds, so you should find it easily too and maybe report it too. If they get tons of reports Facebook might think about acting? Who knows?
i think its wronge how ppl kept on intaginizing this poor girl..now because of thing that were said Amanda is dead! i think that facebook needs to start doing something abiut this cyberbulling! and i honstly believe that everyone that bullied amanda on facebook needs to have concuinces for their actions that way ppl dnt think that what they did to that girl is okay?!?
I am invole with a group of trying to report these horrible pages and facebook hardly does anything about it they don't follow through with there rules they have set out on there agreements an policys what so ever. As to which is a breach of contract Many memebers of the group have email facebook to which no prevail what so ever. I am starting to think facebook care's more about the money.....
Before you jiump all over us, read on, please!
We don't generally promo our website via comments, but this is a special case. That Amanda is one of the many tragic suicides due to bullying of one kind or another is bad enough; worse is the outpouring of sexist hatred being spouted by warped individuals eager to share their twisted view of women with anyone who will listen.
These are the same kind of people who caused the problem in the first place and to see them proudly flaunt the evidence of their diseased minds in public is truly disheartening. People like this once were too ashamed to speak out within earshot of normal persons but now feel emboldend to seek applause instead.
Is this a symptom of a free society or is it an overabundance ot 'tolerance' for abberant views? We don't know, but we will speak out agains it whenever we can.
Please read the following article, respond to the comments referred to, and share it with anyone who cares. These sick individuals must not be allowed to expose themselves without fear of argument. They must not be permitted to think that their views are the views of normal, healthy people!
Thank you, and thank VO for bringing this out into the open.
article: Amanda Todd "was whore-ish and she was treated as such"
Perhaps the most amazing thing is that people continue to use Faceboog in spite of all its problems, privacy transgressions, and actions of "bad" users.
Maybe people need to "just say no" to Facebook. When members start leaving in droves, and activity on the service slows to a trickle, they'll get the message.
As long as Facebook is getting lots of traffic (= lots of eyeballs for advertizers) nothing will change. They have no incentive to do so. In fact, incidents like this might even help them - think of all the people suddenly flocking to the site to see what all the fuss is about each time one of these stories appears.


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2Jun 2, '12 by MN-NurseQuote from ixchelMy ability to leave work at work is due to my previous career. As an engineer and Project Manager, I was CONSTANTLY on duty. I brought work home and my phone might ring at any time, requiring some action.The title says it all How do you keep your mind clocked out when you've left the building?
Totally different now. When I clock out, I am DONE. No matter what happens, I cannot do anything about it. When I come back to work and clock in, I'm back on duty.
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0Jun 2, '12 by aachavezIm not even in the field yet, but know this is going to be a problem for me. I have always had that problem, not being able to leave work at work. I lose sleep, stress, have heartburn, I spent a lot of time worrying about what's going on when I'm not there. hear exercise is a good way to releave stress and worry, although I'm def a fan of the wine cooler plan lol
0Jun 2, '12 by MzMouseIt has gotten easier over the years. I used to run everything through my head all the time and let it keep me awake at night. But these days if I did everything to the best of my abilities while on the clock I can go off the clock and leave work behind me.
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0Jun 2, '12 by BlueDevil,DNPWe have had a rule for over 20 years that we do not discuss our work at home (except for practical things like promotions, salary changes, changing jobs, etc). It is a forbidden topic, lol. I don't socialize with my coworkers, so there is no one to yammer on to about it. Makes it easy to just forget about it and get on with what is important.
0Jun 2, '12 by WeepingAngelI 'debrief' myself in the car on the way home - what went well? What could I have done better? How can I improve myself next time?
Then... I like to go to the gym, watch a movie or show that I've been saving on the DVR, read a book or my Kindle, visit my mom, etc. Baking and cooking are fun too I've been a nurse for about a year and it's not hard for me to check out of work anymore. -
0Jun 2, '12 by Lennonninja, BSN, RNMy new plan is to go to the gym immediately after work (even though I work night shift). Been doing this for 3 weeks now and it's working pretty well. Then, shower, read a little of a book, and go to sleep.
0Jun 3, '12 by applewhiternWhat do I do to unwind after work? Why, I wander thru AllNurses, of course! I would love to go to the gym, but my knees just can't take it anymore, not to mention my back. (Getting old sucks.) I used to work in business (my first degree) and you simply were never done with any project, it was always waiting for you the next day. When I went into nursing, it was hard for me to get thru everything, meaning charting couldn't be left undone. I would be sooo tired, and still had to stay and chart everything for every patient for 12 hour's worth. And that was long, narrative charting, not computer. In my business job, I could easily leave anything undone and complete it later. Not so in nursing! That was hard for me to master. I ate, lived, and breathed nursing, until I had enough years experience that I finally realized I finished my shift and that was the end of it.
0Jun 3, '12 by OnlybyHisgraceRNThere are days when I can leave work at work but then there are days when I don't mind not leaving work at work. I believe it is all how you cope. For me, I love talking about work with my nursing buddies whether it was a good day or bad day. My peers often tell me what I could have done better or they validate my actions.
I don't stress or worry about work at home, talking about it relieves/prevents any anxiety.
Not leaving work at work becomes unhealthy when you do not vent and take your fustrations out on people you love the most.


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My house was built in the 30's since we've owned it we've done some majorly dusty projects including refinishing the floors and remodeling the kitchen - both while the furance was running. Is duct cleaning a good idea or just a gimmick (something the duct cleaning people tell you that you must do)? Will it stir up more dust/bad stuff than it removes? Any thoughts or experiences are much appreciated. |
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It's not a gimmick. We've done 2 major projects in our 1918 home and have had the ducts cleaned after each. I saw the crud that was cleaned out and it was worse than any science experiment! Cuts down on subsequent dusting - alot. |
My folks had it done every year in their house. It made a major difference in their dust levels. |
- Posted by blackcats13 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 19, 08 at 21:48
Oh definitely do it. Our guy had me take a look down one of them before and after. More than an inche of crud, it was disgusting! |
- Posted by jcin_los_angeles (My Page) on Wed, Aug 20, 08 at 0:20
It's a good idea to have the ducts cleaned once a year before turning on the furnace, whether or not you've done any work on the house. Especially if anybody has any allergies. |
We are planning on getting ours done this fall. We were told about once every 5-10 years or so. Once a year seems a bit much unless someone has debilitating allergies. Admittedly, I am no expert, but a good air filter, changed annually, and periodic duct cleaning should be adequate to cut down on dust. |
- Posted by blackcats13 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 20, 08 at 19:08
Our duct cleaner said the same about the 5 years, or when lots of remodeling had been done. I figure if the one getting paid says that, good enough for me! |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Thu, Aug 21, 08 at 11:29
Does anyone have any info on approximate costs of duct cleaning? I realize it probably varies from region to region, but any ballparks would help me in budgeting for it. Thanks. |
I just called and got an estimate over the phone. I'm in central IN and was quoted $400 for a 2000 sq' home. |
We were given an estimate of $475 for 14 ducts and 15$ for each additional duct. We have 16 vents and 3 cold air returns for about 3000 sq ft, so this will total $550. Another company was going to charge about the same. I cannot imagine paying for this every year. |
- Posted by cearbhaill (My Page) on Fri, Aug 22, 08 at 15:02
Mine was $350 when we first took possession of the home- I couldn't possibly have moved in without it! This is what came out!!! |
Wow! That could be a mastercard commercial. Cost of duct cleaning-$350. Not breathing in this stuff-priceless. |
- Posted by haus_proud (My Page) on Fri, Aug 22, 08 at 17:41
As important as it is to clean your ducts periodically, it is also important to use really good filters. We are partial to the FILTRETE product line, which is endorsed by the American Lung Association. They are costly, especially if you go for the top of the line, but they last about 3 months and they really make a big difference in keeping the house clean. The other thing that is important is to use a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter. Without a HEPA filter, some of the smaller particles of dust that you vacuum just get redistributed into the air. |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 15:03
Gah! *shuddering* Cearbhaill, that visual made me RUN to the phone to make the appointment. Your name isn't pronounced "hairball" in Gaelic, by any chance, is it? ;-) Thanks all! |
- Posted by pipersville_carol (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 21:12
Mwah hah hah, circuspeanut... your hairball/Cearbhaill observation is genius! Thanks for the laugh. Another vote for duct-cleaning here. I spent $350 to have it done (they were visibly caked with crud), and 8 years later when the house was sold they were still very clean. Before the cleaning, the house had a subtle but pervasive odor. Afterwards, it was fresh and clean. |
"Our duct cleaner said the same about the 5 years, or when lots of remodeling had been done. I figure if the one getting paid says that, good enough for me!" As if someone selling the service would tell you it was a waste of time. It is rarely useful and mostly a scam. It IS possible to crud up a duct system with remodeling, and it MIGHT be worth trying to clean it at that point. The system has a filter to protect it from normal dust. |
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Various Artists By Bruce Miller Published April 27, 2007 West Africa UnwiredWorld Music Network
This is a curious compilation, coming as it does in a 100% recycled cardboard sleeve and created through a joint collaboration between the World Music Network label and Amnesty International. On it are tracks by familiar West African artists such as Baaba Maal, Boubacar Traore, Toumani Diabate and Mory Kante alongside pieces by the lesser-known group Etran Finatawa. And like the title suggests, all the performances here are acoustic, which is supposed to demonstrate that, despite access to electricity and amplifiers, Africans hold true to their roots, eschewing pop trends or volume. However, one listen to Nigerian acid rock power trio Blo's first album or Mali's own James Brown, Moussa Doumbia, will enable anyone to hear that this romantic notion isn't all it's cracked up to be. Still, this is a solid collection of driving, acoustic African groove, avoiding the slickness of most Afro-pop while nonetheless coming off utterly modern.


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CHANDRAPUR: C-60, special anti-Naxal force, in a fierce encounter with Maoists busted a Naxal camp ensconced in the hilly jungle of Yerragadda in Aheri tehsil on Friday morning. Naxal material in large quantity, arms and ammunition were recovered in the exchange of fire in which two security personnel were also injured.
As per the details, anti-Naxal operations were underway in the jungle near Yerragadda under Jimalgatta police station since the morning. At around 11am the C-60 forces which were searching the hilly terrain were ambushed by the Naxalites which forced security forces to retaliate. Kanhaiyya Durgam (30) and Ramesh Gawde (32) sustained bullet injuries in their left legs.
Gadhchiroli superintendent of police Viresh Prabhu said that both the injured Jawans were out of danger now. "First they were rushed to Jimalgatta primary health centre and later shifted to Aheri rural hospital," he informed.
Prabhu confirmed that a firearm, bullets, detonators and wire along with bulk of clothes, shoes, pittus (back packs), water bottles and Naxal literature were found. "It suggests that Naxals might have been camping at the site," Prabhu said. Scattered blood stains on the site hint that a few Naxals might have been injured, police said.
Prabhu dismissed earlier reports that Naxals had killed a villager residing under Jimalgatta police station by terming it a rumour. "A police team searched the area but body of the said person was not found," he said.
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I went shopping today for a knitting magazine. The patterns I liked best were the crochet magazines. They had just what I wanted. I can crochet my sweaters together but I have trouble controlling the tension of the thread between my little finger and the pointer finger. Also my right and left margins seem to be a little uneven. Mary , or craftylady, can I learn how to crochet as well as I knit, by watching a tutorial, and can you tell me where I can find such a source? Thanks for any help you can give me. I have been knitting for a long time but don't like the patterns. Hope I get an answer to this. It takes so long to get any reply from this forum. Barb |
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Barb, I can't answer your questions specifically, but if you join Crochetville (free) there is abundant help there and it is a very active forum. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Crochetville
- Posted by barb_roselover_in (My Page) on Thu, Jun 27, 13 at 9:29
Thanks for answering my post. I am always leery of joining anything because there always ends up a catch somewhere, but this sounds interesting. I went to your crochetville and don't quite understand how I go about it, but maybe you can enlighten me. I believe we have a local group that get together often working on projects and they get help right there, but will have to check into it further. They disband in the winter because most of the teachers go to Florida. I will check into it also. I have a lot of arthritis in my fingers and maybe that is why I have trouble controlling the tension of the thread. My Mother crocheted and did not knit. Thanks again and I will be checking. Barb |
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Barb - Sorry, I'm just getting back here. Click on the link I gave you, then "About" to get a good overview of the site. Then "Help, How Do I?" for instructions on how to register, etc. There is no catch and no fee, just a great group of all ages and circumstances. Enjoy :-) |
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Living Stones in Israel
Dr. Erez Soref, President of Israel College of the Bible, tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of Jewish believers in Jesus from the 18th Century to today. He will trace their movement from Israel to Europe to the United States and back again to their ancestral homeland. This story needs to be told to believers everywhere because it affects all believers everywhere!


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I have white sheep skin rugs which need a good cleaning. How to make them clean and white again? Please help. Thanks Ela |
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I throw mine in the washer with a special detergent. I also have a sheepskin saddlepad which gets really dirty, same thing. For drying I put mine on these laundry-stands. They come out absolutely beautiful. You can put 1/2 cup of vinegar in the last rinse, that softens the leather a bit. |
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Have a look at http://www.sheepskin.org.uk for information on how to clean your sheepskin rug. I think the general consensus is that the washing machine can be used but just make sure you clean it on its own. The site is more detailed than I! |
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What kind of soap would you use? Woolite? |
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Have a 12-15" rooted plant for trade. Rooted last March. Growing well now.
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what are you looking for? i have the cockatoo impatiens,would that interest you ? plmk and thxs |
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hello my name is Alan Schroder and I am a tropical horticulturist at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. We recently had our Strongylodon macrobotrys flower for the first time for us, absolutely fascinating.. I am interested now in getting the red jade vine....still have it? and if so what would you trade for? |
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I know this is an old posting but I have to ask? Do you have any of these plants still available? Thanks :-) |
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THE KENNEL Club has launched an online questionnaire to gather the views of owners, breeders and exhibitors on what they want and expect from the clubs registration system.
It is part of the consultation which was promised at the KCs AGM in May, following a proposal from a member that the club should consider the introduction of a two-tier registration system.
The questionnaire will be open for responses until September 12 and can be found at www.thekennelclub.org.uk/surveysandpolls.
It has been incorporated into the online registration and transfer process, and KC members have been notified of the survey by email or post.
"We want to canvas opinion from as broad an audience as possible, reaching dog lovers from all walks of life whether involved in breeding and showing or not, said spokesman Caroline Kisko.
"It is important that we understand what people want from the KC and its registration services.
"This is a significant issue and we are looking to publicise this questionnaire through a variety of means to ensure that we get the opinions of as many dog owners as possible. The opinions we receive from this consultation process will help shape the course of KC policy in the future so it is vital that people make their opinions known to us.
The questionnaire has been tailored to reflect whether people breed and/or exhibit their dogs, or keep them solely as pets.
Breeders and exhibitors are asked to agree/disagree with a series of statements such as, Current registration services should be tiered and offer different levels of registration; Registration documents should include all available health-related information; and Veterinary checks and/or health testing should be required for all dogs before they are bred from.
Dog owners who neither breed nor exhibit are asked a broader series of questions about the importance they attach to registration.
Respondees are encouraged to submit additional comments, views and ideas, and practical suggestions on how to achieve the preferred outcomes will be welcomed, the KC said.
As part of the consultation process on its registration services, two public meetings dedicated solely to this subject are being arranged. These will be in addition to the four general question time events already planned, and the locations and dates will be announced in due course.
The findings and proposals from the KCs registration working group will be presented to the KC AGM in May.


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USAF Major honored by Canada
By NINA LARAMORE / Town Correspondent
Major Landon Quan, who earned his private pilot license at American Aviation Flight School at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in 1999, and three aircrew under his command have been awarded the Chief of Defense Staff Commendation, Canadian Armed Forces by the Directorate of Honors and Recognition of Ottawa, Canada.The honor was bestowed for a successful joint Canadian and U.S. Air Force strategy created to protect patrolling Canadian ground troops using a new shared tactical policy. Quan volunteered for an assignment at an International Security base in the middle of Afghanistan from which the joint military campaign was conducted. The international force combined the efforts of thirty-eight countries under one military commander.
Quan currently works in Las Vegas, NV, as an instructor at the United States Air Force Weapons College, where he directs advanced curriculum. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Quan, have been residents of Santa Rosa for sixty-one years. His parents, Captain and Mrs. Stuart Quan, are from San Rafael, California.


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Brewed up a pilsner about 4 weeks ago. I was going to transfer to 2ndary after two weeks, but the airlock was firing once every 7-10 secs. Finally, shortly after the end of the third week, the airlock slowed down to once every 20 sec so I transfered to the 2ndary. Now it is firing once every 30-40 secs. No, I have not checked the final gravity--soot..l.you lose so much potential beer just transfering...I didn't want to lose more with a sample. Anyway, what's up with my brew. Can I bottle yet?
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Kenmare Walking Weekend - June Bank Holiday Weekend (1st-3rd)
Current News Des Flynn - 21st February 2012
The Kenmare Walking Weekend takes place again this year, during the June bank holiday weekend. A range of A and B graded walks are planned, along with more gentle strolls for all the family.
The Walking Booth in the square will be open from 8:15-11:15am each morning and 4-6pm each evening. Registration fee of 15 euro applies to all walks. Children under 10, 5 euro. Fee includes return bus journey and entry in prize draw.
Buses depart from the square: A walks 9am, B walks 10am, C walks 11am.
No under 16s on A walks, no under 12s on B walks. C walks suitable for walking children, buggies not recommended on Bonane C walk. No pets allowed.
Here are some of the planned events:
Friday 1st June
7:30pm: Historical Trail Guided Walk & Talk. Starts at festival booth in the square, free of charge, all Welcome.
Saturday June 2nd: Gleninchiquinn Walks
Gleninchiquinn "A" 12.5 Km Ascents 870 Km
We start this strenuous walk at Uragh Stone Circle, climbing up the Coomnadiha (664m) with spectacular view overlooking Uragh Oak Wood and Gleninchiquinn Lakes. Our route now takes us into the heart of the Caha Mountains, around the back of Gleninchiquinn Waterfall and onto Knocknagor raveela (507m).We descend by the Naulagowna River to finish our walk in the Gleninchiquinn Park. Refreshments are available in the park café
Gleninchiquinn "B" 10KM Ascent 420M
Starting at Uragh Stone Circle we follow a scenic winding country road along the shore of Gleninchiquinn Lake. Surrounded by steep mountains we arrive at Gleninchiquinn Park. A brief stop is in order here to admire the Waterfall which forms a dramatic backdrop to the Park. A mountain track takes us to the top of the Waterfall with its breath-taking views of the lake and valley. You have a choice here of departing from the track and walking around the upper valley or continuing on the track and walking around the upper valley or continuing on the track and descending to the base of the waterfall where we end our walk.
Gleninchaquinn "C" WALK – "The Farm Walk (1 hour) & "River Walk" (40mins). These two walks together should be completed in less than 2 hours. Walking on the valley floor with little or no climbing you will enjoy the tranquillity of the Glen and the farm animals and you are never far from the Café or picnic tables. An excellent introduction to Gleninchaquin and we are sure you will want to return again in your own time with your friends and loved ones to enjoy this magnificent Park.
Sunday 3rd June: Bonane Walks
Walk "A" Borlin to Molly Gallivans 18KM Ascent 700M
Beginning at the head of the Borlin Valley we climb to Knockboy, the largest peak in Cork, with views of Bantry Bay and Kenmare we cross the Priest Leap. Continuing on the Cork/Kerry border to Barraboy we are rewarded with the views of the Sheen Valley and Glengariff Harbour. The last leg of the walk follows the Beara Way to Molly Gallivans.
Walk "B" Cailleach Beara Loop 12 KM Ascents 450M
Starting at Molly Gallivans you climb through the old farm to the top of Relagh, having views of the Sheen River ahead you can see the summit of Barraboy to the south. From this point you can see the full loop of your walk, you can continue across the N71 and cross the "Iron Bridge" to join the Beara Way to Esk Mountain. A beautiful ridge walk, with the views of the Bantry Bay and Kenmare Bay, takes you towards Turners Rock with your route leading you into Esk Valley. You will follow the path back to Molly Galllivans.
Walk "C" Druid Loop 5KM Ascents 80KM
Starting at Molly Gallivans this ramble gives you opportunity to investigate the traditional farm, you cross the stile to the top of Releagh, follow the loop to the"Iron FootBridge". You will be treated to marvellous views of the Bonane Valley; you will be able to identify the outline of magnificent Ring Fort in the Heritage Park. The route follows the Esk road back to the N71 and onto Molly Gallivans.
Hill walking is an adventurous sport and not devoid of risk. Those taking part in the walks do so at their own risk. Walk leaders reserve the right to exclude any walker not properly attired for walk level.
A & B walks: Boots, rucksack, waterproofs, packed lunch, hot drink, water, track suit or walking trousers, hat and gloves.
C walks: Suitable clothing for weather conditions and comfortable shoes. Plenty of water and sun cream.
So come to Kenmare this June bank holiday - for more information contact the Chamber office at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Spaghetti is one of my favorite weeknight meals. It's filling, inexpensive, and delicious. The only problem? It's tough to measure out and I frequently end up tossing the leftovers. Thanks to these handy tips, it's easy to revive the leftovers (whether plain or mixed with sauce) up to three days after cooking.
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Without sauce: Place pasta in a metal strainer and dip it in a pot of boiling water until it's warmed through, about 30 seconds. Add sauce and serve.