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- Ethnicity
- White
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- 5′ 1″ (1.55m)
- Body Type
- Average
- Diet
- Mostly other
- Drinks
- Rarely
- Drugs
- Never
- Religion
- Christianity, and very serious about it
- Sign
- Leo, but it doesn't matter
- Education
- Graduated from high school
- Job
- Other
- Income
- Rather not say
- Status
- Single
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- Strictly monogamous
- Offspring
- Has kids, but doesn't want more
- Pets
- Likes dogs and likes cats
- Speaks
- English
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Big hearted, compassionate, one-man woman. Outgoing, but can be reserved if needed. I'm a giver, seeking a giver not a taker. I am a gentlewoman looking for an old fashioned gentleman. Honest to a fault, and demand the same in a mate. A full woman who wants no childish games. Fun yet serious, quite yet fun.. I prefer peace than drama and laughter than fighting. I will go out of my way to make someone happy if my heart belongs to them. But do not take that as I will allow someone to make me a doormat. I have my own intelligent mind and can make decisions for myself but in a relationship I believe that it does take "two to tango"! I am not a player and do not want a player to contact me. The next love of my life will definitely be the last! With this said, I am seeking a husband as well as a best friend, someone who will always show respect to me as well as everyone else. Who believes in God's word and live his life trying to become the man God intended him to be. I do not like foul language or dirty jokes, especially racists or demeaning . I strive to grow daily in my life and walk the narrow path, so I really do not need a " partier ". Yet. I do love good, clean fun and traveling to unknown places to explore. If there's anything that I left out, we can discuss it further! Revised 6/6/14...Please do not notify me if you are under the age of 50. I do appreciate all the friend requests and your compliments, but I truly do not want to meet anyone younger than that. Thanks! God Bless all!
What I'm doing with my life
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Right now I'm just slowing down, and taking a deep breath. I just left an 11 year relationship but would never marry him, so I decided to move onward instead of being stuck. I do believe in marriage and my next relationship will lead me there I know with God's grace to the right man I should've met years ago. So for now, it's one day at a time, putting myself "out there" to meet new people. Getting my feet wet with being single, enjoying it, but missing someone special to live my life fully with.
I'm really good at
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Being totally devoted to being a peacemaker. Loving others as
God intends. Charity work.. Working and caring for the elderly or pets. Cooking. Loving God! Keeping finances and budgets. Being a great mom and Nana. Respecting others and their feelings or situations. Reading people within 5 minutes of meeting them.
God intends. Charity work.. Working and caring for the elderly or pets. Cooking. Loving God! Keeping finances and budgets. Being a great mom and Nana. Respecting others and their feelings or situations. Reading people within 5 minutes of meeting them.
The first things people usually notice about me
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Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food
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The Bible. Inspirational books...several different authors. Fav movies: The Bible, Gods Not Dead, The Titanic. The Notebook, any clean comedies. Fav shows; Reality shows like The Survivor, The American Idol. Duck Dynasty. comedies. Food; Italian...pizza to Olive Garden main courses. Seafood Red Lobster. home coming @ any Mom and Pops diner. Grilled food at home. KFC. Chinese. Mexican. Actually there's not much I dislike.
The six things I could never do without
Think outside the box. Sometimes the little things can say a lot.
God who gave me life and will never leave me. My 3 beautiful daughters and 5 grandchildren. The obvious: air, water. food. Transportation even if it's a horse. . My freedom of speech, and moral values. Meeting new friends. .... My church family and their prayers for all
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Global warming, lunch, or your next vacation… it's all fair game.
Where I would be now if I had changed one area in my life. Always trying ways to better myself and future growth in spirituality.
On a typical Friday night I am
Netflix and takeout, or getting your party on — how do you let loose?
At home, having dinner with my kids. Possibility going out to dinner with my family.
Often finding festivals or rodeos. Of course, with the family.
Often finding festivals or rodeos. Of course, with the family.
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You should message me if
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If you are sincere, honest, peaceful minded. please no drama, nor arrogance, rudeness, judgmental, racism, foul language. Please be drug free and alcohol free. I would love talking to a real gentlemen! Please do not be separated recently.
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Gideon Sturlesi has been named new Corporate Vice President, Business Development to spearhead global business activities. Lumenis reaffirms its commitment to growing its business and moving forward strongly on many
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YOKNEAM, Israel, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumenis Ltd., a global developer, manufacturer and seller of laser, light-based and radiofrequency devices for surgical, aesthetic, ophthalmic, dental and veterinary applications, announced the appointment of Gideon Sturlesi, a highly experienced executive in the medical devices industry, as Corporate Vice President, Business Development, effective November 18th 2007.
In addition to leading the corporate business development initiatives, Gideon will be responsible for managing the Lumenis veterinarian and dental activities, as well as the company's intellectual property strategy and portfolio.
Gideon Sturlesi was the founder and general partner of BioMedical Israel Ltd., a life-science private fund group, heading successful M&A processes, turn-arounds and "hands-on" management in it's portfolio companies. In addition, Gideon is a Venture Partner in the Ofer Hi-Tech Group, a leading investment company in life science technology-based businesses from pre-seed through early stages to public offerings. He was also the co-founder of Galil Medical Ltd., a developer of minimal invasive devices for use in urology, general surgery and other applications. Gideon Sturlesi holds a BSc and MSc (cum-laude) from the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel, and holds over 7 patents and publications in medical device technology.
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SOURCE: "Easy Does It," in Los Angeles Times Book Review, July 12, 1992, pp. 2, 12.
In the following review, Nolan judges the ending of White Butterfly disappointing, but believes readers will finish the book with "a real desire to learn what will happen next to Easy Rawlins."
Watts, 1956. Young women of easy virtue are being murdered and mutilated in especially repellent fashion. The police and the press pay little attention, as long as the victims are "Negroes," but when a young white woman is similarly killed, the powers that be demand action.
Problem is, the powers that be have little entree to the neighborhood.
Sounds like a case for Easy Rawlins—the unlicensed, unofficial and very off-the-books black detective who makes his third appearance in Walter Mosley's White Butterfly.
Mosley (born in Los Angeles but living now in New York City) introduced Ezekiel (Easy) Rawlins two years ago in his first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress. That original and highly accomplished work, set in 1948 L.A., became one of the most heralded recent debuts in the mystery-fiction field. A second entry in the series, last year's The Red Death, picked up Rawlins' progress in 1953 and maintained the high standard set by its predecessor.
Rawlins, a Texas native transplanted to Watts, is in "the business of favors," doing a lot of things that private eyes often do: finding missing relatives, tracking stolen money, settling disputes. He has a reputation for fairness within his community, which makes him valuable to the police and other authorities. Such types usually lace their requests with threats when they come to ask Rawlins' help. Generally, it's the threats that persuade him to assist.
The Easy Rawlins we meet in White Butterfly is a bit older, a bit sadder but not much wiser. Married now to a woman named Regina and acting as father to two young children, Easy—the nickname carries a full load of irony—finds it hard to reveal his private thoughts and deeds to those who share his life. He has cultivated concealment as a method of survival in a hostile environment, a world where white men bend the rules to their own advantage and where even the closest relationships can terminate or turn violent without much warning.
For Easy, secrecy is a way of life. He hides his covert ownership of several buildings by posing as an employee of the man who fronts for him—Mofass, the cigar-chomping, chronic-coughing "partner" who has betrayed him in the past but whom Easy has no choice but to stay with. He has only one friend he feels he can count on: Raymond (Mouse) Alexander, a psychopath with a tripwire temper who could as quickly shoot Easy as anyone else.
It's almost a cliché for African-American males to appear in crime novels as powerful but benevolent sidekicks to tough-but-not-that-tough Caucasian heroes. Hawk, companion to Robert B. Parker's private eye Spenser, is the best-known example. Easy Rawlins, too, has a hard-nosed black pal he takes with him down the meaner streets. But instead of being a sort of hit-man-with-a-heart-of-gold, like Hawk, Easy's buddy is a dangerous killer, just this side (if that) of insane. Can it be mere coincidence that this role-reversing predator wears the meek nickname of Mouse?
In the sunlit danger zone that nurtures such creatures, Rawlins keeps his own counsel, getting solace and dangerous energy from liquor, rarely able to anticipate the next curve. His own wife's feelings are as great a mystery to him as any whodunit. He is puzzled and frustrated when Regina tells him she wishes he would need her emotional support: "I knew that a lot of tough-talking men would go home to their wives at night and cry about how hard their lives were. I never understood why a woman would stick it out with a man like that."
Much of the appeal of this series of books lies in their vivid descriptions of the places and people Rawlins encounters daily; this is a part of Los Angeles that Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe knew about but rarely visited. Mosley turns the hard-boiled L.A. novel upside down and inside out, and he does it with prose that seems both spare and exotic—like a palm tree against a flat horizon. His sentences pull the reader along from one bizarre scene to the next, like a spectator in one of B. Traven's paranoid adventure tales.
Easy soon discovers that Robin Garnett, the young woman whose death has alarmed the L.A. Establishment, was more than the sometime-coed her family knew her to be. Daughter of a city prosecutor, Robin led a double life as Cyndi Starr, a striptease artist known as The White Butterfly.
Everything indicates that Robin/Cyndi and the other women all were killed by a mentally disturbed bruiser from Northern California; but there are things about the Garnett case that bother Rawlins, especially after he visits her parents' home. In Rawlins' would, things often turn out to be even more corrupt than they first appear.
Like the two novels before it, White Butterfly is a pleasure to read, full of well-crafted passages and effective set pieces. As in The Red Death, the finale is somewhat disappointing, and this weakens the impact of the book as a whole. Lacking much prelude, the shocking surprise at the end of Easy's journey does not seem quite credible, even in a context of nearly unremitting moral decay.
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I finished up the blocks for this little pinwheels and rails quilt today. I won't put a border on it and I'll save the blocks to assemble when I spend some time in Big Canoe later this year. I'm planning on another 6-7 weeks down there and this is the 3rd set of blocks I'm putting aside to assemble there … I love having a reason to procrastinate.
This was another quilt pieced from 2.5 inch strips. Even the pinwheels!
Pinwheels and Rails
My 2nd quilt using 2.5 inch strips is inspired by this one Jackie made. Mine will be child size and have no border – here's my draft. Ignore the coloring, I was too lazy to change all the pinwheel blocks to different colors.
I started cutting and piecing a few blocks this afternoon AFTER getting a binding made and sewn on February's UFO which is now ready for hand stitching, and AFTER loading and quilting a HeartStrings donation top.
The first few blocks … The blue pinwheels won't stay next to each other like in the photo. I'll move them around as I get more blocks made.
These blocks are all from 2.5 inch strips … Even the pinwheels. I haven't used Thangles for a while but they're perfect for this quilt.
And here's the first of 9 HS donation tops on the list to be done.
My switches have been shipped so they should arrive soon, in the meantime, I stitched this one from the back again using the pantograph Leapfrog.
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I finished piecing the HeartStrings blocks this afternoon and for those of you who commented that I don't post enough photos of Chesty … I had him pose with the blocks.
We're doing a Black and White project at HeartStrings in Sept and Oct and if you're interested in participating, you can find the details here.
Hopefully I'll finish binding the Carpenter Star tonight while the game is on.
I'm a planner
I drive Keith crazy all the time asking him what the plan is? Not that I expect HIM to have a plan but it's my opening to asking him what he wants to do so I can form a plan for our day or trip.
I also wake up each morning and plan what I need to accomplish that day.
In order to meet my goals for September, I'll start with HS blocks and binding during the day and hand stitching bindings and knitting in the evenings. Keith will be coming and going all month so I'll be able to listen to my audio book while I work in the evening.
This morning I started my set of Pink centered blocks for our current HeartStrings project. If you'd like to join in, details are here!
I don't have enough of any one pink so this set will just have the pink centers unlike the blue centered set that has some blue corners and will also have a blue binding.
I also got the binding on the Charmed Squares and its ready to be hand stitched.
On my design wall
I like a day like today … A little quilting, a little piecing, and a little knitting. I even managed to make dinner for Keith!
I also like that I've been doing these HeartStrings blocks for so long that I have my process down pat. I use 48 blocks per quilt, 6 rows of 8 blocks and it takes me an hour to piece and trim 8 blocks … That's just 6 hours for all the blocks and its easy to do an hour here and there. I've got half the blocks done now, an hour's work each day for the last 3 days and its fun to see the quilt grow on the design wall.
Finally – a few hours sewing
Today was the first day all week my head didn't hurt too much to sew. I started with grunt work and pieced 3 backs (just 10 more to do …. ugh!)
And then I cut fabric into strips and started a new HeartStrings top. We're having a special project in Sept/Oct and since I'm going to be gone so much I need to get an early start.
Cindy's quilt is our inspiration.
For blocks sent in for group quilts, we'll use red centers but for anyone making an entire set or the whole quilt (me!) any color center goes. I've also made one other adaptation, I'm using my center color on half of my corners to give me a little extra pop of color. My quilt will also be bound in the blue.
We usually have prizes for our HeartStrings projects and VickiW offered to sponsor one of them for this project. I was thrilled to accept as I love her hand dyed fabrics. If you haven't seen them, take a look at Vicki's links below. I'll be posting the full details of the project on the HeartStrings site in a few days and will let you know in case you want to participate.
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I pulled out the tumblers today and started playing with them.
I decided to modify my original design somewhat and if I was at home with my stash and tumbler die, I would modify it to look like this drawing … But I'm not so I'll work with what I have here. I've also decided I don't like the half tumblers … I prefer leaving my edges irregular. I think it adds more interest so this will be the first and last quilt that I use the half tumblers on.
Every year I try to complete 12 UFO's – one per month but of course every year I create more UFO's too. The hardest ones for me to finish are those left in pieces … Tops don't bother me at all but I find it very hard to get backing into the piecing of a quilt that's been set aside.
Today I pulled out my 9 patch UFO. This one was started in May 2011 and while I won't complete it this month, I will get it to the finished top stage.
This morning as I pulled it out of the bag.
I usually sew in the guest bedroom but we've been moving some furniture around. Luckily my sewing table is easy to fold up and move. Today, I set it up in the living area.
By the time I was was ready to stop and go for a hike, I had the center assembled. I will add a single blue border the same width as the sashing tomorrow and call this top done.
On today's agenda:
▪Assembling a set of String Log Cabin blocks
When I bought an iron for here I chose a GE with auto shut off (for those times I worry I left it on). I like this one because it stays on longer than most auto shut off irons and the red light at the bottom tells me it's on. If it shuts off, I just press that button and its back on. I may need to find one of these for home.
You can see the assembly of the string log cabin blocks has started.
Chesty's in a cone on and off the last couple days. He doesn't seem as itchy as usual for this time of year but he's been scratching his ear. He settles right down when I put the cone on him so I don't think it itches that much. He's a bit of a mess so I'm glad he's got a grooming appt. for Wednesday.
I'm loving my FitBit Flex. I've read some comments about the accuracy and did some research and testing on my own. Read what the FitBit site says.
For me, it seems pretty accurate unless I'm piecing and then it gives me extra steps so my solution is to clip it on my belt loop when I'm sewing so I still get credit for those steps but not for any of the arm movements. I wear it on my non dominant arm and knitting doesn't affect it.
Even with my company last week, I managed to keep up with my step goals. I don't expect to do 10,000 steps each day but would like my average steps per day to be about that.


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Mike Napoli saw his first action of the spring on Friday — and almost immediately was tested at first base. Napoli's making something a transition while in Fort Myers. Although he's played first base before, this year he'll likely be asked to play the position more regularly than he ever has before. So he's been putting in his work on the back fields, working on his footwork and positioning, to get acclimated for the year ahead. Check out the video above for Napoli's postgame comments after his first spring contest.
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ESPN's Sheridan sues NY Post's Vecsey for libel
Jun 16, 2011, 2:24 PM EDT
Well, this is just ridiculous. (And if it is a little inside baseball, I appologize now)
This story all starts last year, when we were all
watching suffering through the Carmelo Anthony saga and whether or not Denver would trade him to the Knicks (or the Nets or… let's not rehash it all, for sake of our own sanity).
Chris Sheridan is a New York based ESPN writer who was on the bandwagon early, writing in December that 'Melo was bound for the Knicks. Peter Vecsey is the curmudgeonly NBA columnist and rumormonger (and Hall of Famer) for the New York Post who rips nearly everyone.
That includes Sheridan, and we'll let Forbes tell the story from there (via Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie, who laughed his way through this story).
Vecsey's article argued that the New York Knicks did not have a good chance of obtaining basketball player Carmelo Anthony from the Denver Nuggets and called Sheridan's reporting the "latest fairy tale" derived from the "same fountains of misinformation that frequently play make-believe with ESPN's Chris Sheridan." Sheridan had reported on ESPN.com two days earlier that if Anthony were to be traded from the Nuggets, he would only agree to sign a contract extension if he was traded to the Knicks. Sheridan cited an anonymous source….
Sheridan claims that Vecsey was motivated by his "historic malice towards Mr. Sheridan" and "fabricated an entirely false and sustained tirade against Mr. Sheridan." Sheridan claims he demanded a retraction from Vecsey and the New York Post on April 7, but that they did not respond.
The lawsuit also notes that comments on the Vecsey's post story said worse things about Sheridan. Um, yes. Vecsey didn't write those things, for one. Also, things are said in the comments about every writer and every player that they should just ignore. (With all due respect to the fine commenters at PBT — you guys speak nothing but the truth on every topic!) If you Google yourself you can always read what an idiot you are. Not just Sheridan, Vecsey or Helin or anybody else who writes for a large national paper or site. Part of the gig.
Most of the world reads Vecsey with a huge heaping of salt, laugh a little and move on. Sheridan, apparently, is not with the rest of us on that. So our tax dollars can go to help sort this out. Great.
- ljl2 - Jun 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM
The differences between you and them, Kurt? Grammer, Spelling, and 3/5 of stories that don't cover LeBron. Though to be fair, it is still the Post and ESPN.
- basketballexpert - Jun 16, 2011 at 3:56 PM
Grammar too. LOL
- ljl2 - Jun 16, 2011 at 9:42 PM
Thanks. Haha. I work with teaching supplies and see the word everyday, but for some reason it slipped by me.
- Nadeem - Jun 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM
Sounds like someone wants to make a quick dime.
Btw, thank you Kurt for complimenting us on our integrity and wealth of knowledge. I will propose a toast to you during the next PBT commentators meeting.
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Luis Fabiano will enter Brazil's match against Argentina on Wednesday knowing this may be his last chance to show he still deserves a spot in the Brazilian national team. Fabiano started for Brazil at the 2010 World Cup, but this is the first time he has been selected since coach Mano Menezes took over after the team's quarterfinal elimination in South Africa. The 31-year-old Sao Paulo striker says he knows he's ''running out of time'' and wants to impress the coach ahead of next year's Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. The match in the central Brazilian city of Goiania is the first leg of the Superclassic of the Americas, a home-and-away series between the South American rivals. Only players from local clubs are allowed to participate.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 29: Kellen Clemens #11 of the New York Jets on the sideline against the Carolina Panthers at Giants Stadium on November 29, 2009 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
A week after signing veteran Jake Delhomme, and two days after fifth-round pick T.J. Yates won his first NFL start, the Texans have waived quarterback Kellen Clemens, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Clemens was signed to a one-year contract after the team lost quarterback Matt Schaub to a season-ending foot injury. The former second-round pick out of Oregon was inactive when Matt Leinart was lost to a broken collarbone, which prompted the signing of Delhomme last week. Inactive for a second consecutive week, the Texans got a steady performance from Yates and, according to McClain, are going to sign 41-year-old Jeff Garcia to be the No. 3 behind Yates and Delhomme. For his two weeks on the 53-man roster, Clemens earned nearly $81,000 in pretax income. The Texans also placed rookie punter Brett Hartmann on injured reserve.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- I still didn't believe it until it was over. Regardless of what Oregon State had accomplished in the past week and a half, when you look at the Beavers' entire body of work over the season, there was no way you could have foreseen them winning a second consecutive national championship.
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Have you ever woken up on the wrong side of the bed and had everything else that happened that day be the "worst possible thing" that could happen that day? I have. And when you wake up in a bad mood, it's a hard tone to break because it essentially is the first emotion you feel that day. But that doesn't mean it's impossible to turn that frown upside down. So, even if you didn't wake up with a smile on your face, SMILE. It helps brighten mornings not only for you, but for those around you as well. A smile is contagious.
Other things you can do to break the bad mood:
Dress Happily
Some people have style that is reflective of their mood, and not a lot of people actually know that it can be the other way around. What you wear can change your mood as well! If you wear something that makes you happy, you look at yourself in the mirror and you'll think, "It's not going to be such a bad day after all."
Have Something to Look Forward To
Whether it's giving yourself an extra 30 minutes of sleep, watching the new episode release of your favorite TV series, or having dinner wiht your friends, these little moments you sprinkle throughout the week can help you break the bad mood.
Stop Reading "Hugot" Articles
It's these articles about things past relationships, being unhappy, and generally being unsatisfied with life that's getting you down. The next time you see a friend share another one of those articles on your timeline, scroll along. As long as you keep moving, you are doing fine. Don't let anyone else say otherwise.
It may be difficult to be all rainbows and sunshine, but it wouldn't hurt to try NOT to give yourself a hard time. ;) It's much more work being in a bad mood. You'll be alright. After all, you've been crushing it like a boss since the day you were born. You've gone this far.
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Louisiana's "gumbo z'herbes", from the French gumbo aux herbes, was developed in Roman Catholic communities as a meatless dish for Lent. Traditionally, the number of guests determines how many types of greens go into the pot, but, if you wish to use only a few greens, just increase their amounts to equal the total quantity called for. Red beans are added to make this gumbo a more complete vegetarian main course.
YIELD: Makes 24 cups, serving 10 to 12 as a main course
In a heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) cook oil and flour over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a flat-edged metal or wooden spatula, until roux is the dark reddish-brown color of chestnut shells, about 45 minutes. (Alternatively, make Microwave Brown Roux and transfer to skillet.) Roux may be made 1 week ahead, cooled completely, and chilled, covered, in a glass or stainless-steel bowl. Reheat roux in skillet over moderately low heat, stirring, before proceeding. Stir in onions, bell pepper, and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened.
In a 10- to 12-quart heavy kettle bring 4 quarts water to a boil and add carrot tops and assorted greens. Simmer greens, stirring occasionally, until just tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer greens with tongs to a large shallow baking dish, letting excess cooking liquid drip into kettle and reserving all cooking liquid. Cool greens until they can be handles and chop coarse.
Stir beans and remaining 3 quarts water into reserved cooking liquid and simmer beans, covered partially, until tender, about 1 hour. (Older beans may take longer to cook.) Add roux mixture by large spoonfuls, stirring well after each addition, and stir in greens, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer gumbo, partially covered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Gumbo may be made 2 days ahead, cooled completely, uncovered, and chilled, covered.
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Brockton Police
Human Bones Found In Woods Of Brockton
Authorities say the bones found in a wooded area of Brockton have been confirmed as human.
Brockton Man Arrested In Beating Death Of 74-Year-Old Pastor
Lee Harmon was riding his bicycle in Brockton when he was savagely beaten with a hammer.
Investigators Identify Two Men Fatally Shot In Brockton
The two men shot and killed while sitting in their car Saturday have been identified.
Car Crashes Into Brockton Home, Destroys Porch
A car crashed into a home early Christmas morning, destroying the porch.
Victim Of Brockton Pile Up Mourned
A police chase led to an eight car pile-up in Brockton, killing one woman who is now being sorely missed.
Police Identify Suspect in Brockton Shooting of Child
Police are looking for Eric M. Leach, 28, of 6 Carleston St., Brockton. He faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a person under fourteen years old.
8-Year-Old Girl Shot In Brockton
An eight-year-old girl was shot in the leg on North Montello Street.
Police Investigating Attempted Child Abduction in Whitman
Whitman Police are searching for a suspect they say tried to abduct an 8-year-old girl around 7:30 Saturday night.
Suspected Thief Spends Night Jammed Under Door At Brockton Rent-A-Center
A would-be burglar got trapped under a door at a Rent-A-Center in Brockton for nine hours on Tuesday morning.
Man Goes Into Rage Over Prices At Brockton Gas Station
A driver went into a rage over the price of gas at a station in Brockton last week.


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Ryan Clark says the sky isn't falling; it's just the fans on the bandwagon that are. After Pittsburgh dropped its 2nd straight game, Clark feels fans should believe in a team that has won 6 Super Bowls and that's enough to say wait until the end of the year before pronouncing the Steelers dead. Injuries have played a major factor, including Ben Roethlisberger who is the leader of the offense and has been sidelined with an injured shoulder/ribs for two weeks. It has been a quarterback carousel, Rashard Mendenhall hasn't been able to stay healthy, and Todd Haley's omni potent offense hasn't had all his weapons on the field at once.
The Steelers will be there in the end. I will always support my team. Key players will be getting back for the playoff stretch. The defense is playing great, the offense has eight turnovers and the defense only gives up twenty points. Plus the the defense will be getting Troy Polamalu back for the stretch run as well. I do not care if it was Cleveland. Cleveland is better than what their record indicates. Once this team gets healthy for the stretch run the bandwagons can hop back on the wagon.
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By Cindy Rodriguez | 02/20/2015 - 15:50
Really? New Mexican newspaper posts extremely racist cartoon.
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By Cristina Arreola | 09/12/2013 - 15:24
A New Mexico father is facing jail time after beating up a naked voyeur who was watching his teenage daughters through their bedroom window.
Emilio Chavez III was at his Albuquerque home when he heard a noise at around 2:30 a.m. and discovered a naked man outside his daughters room. The "Peeping Tom" was allegedly groaning and peering into the window.
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By Fox News Latino | 08/15/2013 - 13:42
New Mexico's top court ruled that citizens in the heavily Hispanic state who don't speak English still have the right to serve on a jury.
The New Mexico Supreme Court cautioned trial courts and lawyers on Monday that this is in fact a right enshrined in the state constitution to all people, even non-English speakers.
The court issued the admonition in a unanimous ruling that upholds an Albuquerque man's convictions for murder and other crimes in the 2004 bludgeoning death of his girlfriend and a subsequent armed robbery and stabbing.
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By Amaris Castillo | 07/12/2011 - 16:00
A middle-school student recently won the first national Spanish spelling bee, the Associated Press reports. Seventh-grader Evelyn Juárez of Santa Cruz, New Mexico, won after spelling "bizantisimo"—which means excess luxury—correctly.
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By Amaris Castillo | 07/08/2011 - 13:35
For the first time in national history, Latino youth are the majority among their peers in California and New Mexico, CNN.com reports. The finding is based on census data released earlier this year. White children are now minorities in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Maryland and Hawaii according to a data analysis by William Frey, an internationally recognized demo
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By Mariela Rosario | 01/04/2011 - 12:31
New Mexico's new governor Susana Martinez was sworn in on Saturday, January 1st, 2011—officially making her the first Latina elected governor of a U.S. state. Hundreds of constituents from all over New Mexico arrived in Santa Fe to witness the historic event and many have high hopes for Martinez's first term in office.
Watch the video of her ceremony below:
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By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 11/10/2010 - 18:09
Last week, Susana Martinez became the first Latina to be elected governor in U.S. history, winning the top job in New Mexico. For the great-granddaughter of Toribio Ortega (the general credited with firing the first shot in the Mexican Revolution) it was a proud moment.
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By Mariela Rosario | 11/03/2010 - 15:00
Susana Martinez made history yesterday, becoming the first ever Latina governor elect of a state in the U.S. But not everyone is excited. Martinez was a Tea Party darling and her ultra-conservative stance has some people refraining from celebrating her historical accomplishment.
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By Mariela Rosario | 11/03/2010 - 12:00
Susana Martinez of New Mexico is the first Latina governor in the United States, beating incumbent Gov. Bill Richardson's handpicked successor, Diane Denish with 54% of the vote.
We wanted to find out more about this woman who just made history. Here's what we found out about Martinez:
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By Mariela Rosario | 10/29/2010 - 11:43
Next Tuesday is election day and the nation is watching the Latino community to see what our impact will be. Here is a round up of the important races and issues that affect our community.
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Last time, on MODGblog, we left things a little dark and dingy. Every time I sat down to follow up I thought that the gods of Itoldyouso would strike me dead if I said things were better. Because as I mentioned, I'm not declaring things any more. (but secretly, quietly, between me and you, things are a little bit better). But for a while, way worse. WAY.
Let's rewind to an earlier time. A time of self doubt and water poops. After much debate and thought, we put Ruby on formula for 2 days. 48 hours exactly. We tried this experiment before but I broke down after about 20 hours and nursed her. This time, I wanted to give in. I told myself that she was going to forget how to latch. I thought, she would hate me forever. But then I reminded myself that I HAD to see this through. I had to see if her symptoms improved on formula. Because if they did, I'd switch.
Friends, let's talk about those 48 hours. Here is a sample hour:
Pump boobs. While pumping boobs, play "trains" with G. Hold one boob pump in one hand and Thomas in the other. Say "choo choo" in sync with the woosh woosh of the pump. Drop pump. Spill milk. Ruby is somewhere. Who knows. There IS sense in crying over spilled breast milk. Do it over again. Fill bottle with formula and fill freezer bag with breast milk. Convince Ruby for 20 minutes to take the formula. It smells like Doritos. Tell her that Doritos are awesome. G screams MORE TRAINS MORE TRAINS. No sweetie, I have to give Ruby her lunch. G hears lunch and throws all the foods from the freezer onto the floor. Ruby finally is sucking on the bottle. Can't move. G knows this. G takes all of the chairs in the room and moves them against the wall so he can dance on them. With his shirt off. Then he poops. So does Ruby. On me. Clean all bottles, pumps, etc.
Seriously hardest 48 hours of my life.
But it was over. And you know what? She was better. But to be sure, I wanted to breastfeed her for the following 48 hours to see if my milk freaked her little body out again.
It didn't.
I can't explain it. But it didn't. And one week later, she is still going strong. She farts still and poops weird, but she's ok. I have been off of all grains, dairy, soy, chocolate, caffeine, and sugar now for a few weeks. It's actually not as hellacious as it sounds. And I think it's helping her. I am also on a load of supplements to help with digestion and my gut.
And then I had a lactation consultation. With an LC via Skype. In Puerto Rico. I know. But she is really helping me get this shit figured out. I attended a 3 hour webinar on healing the baby and the mom for breastfeeding stuff. Dudes, it's hippie shit to THE MAX. But we're getting there. And I'm on probiotics out my asshole. I'm drinking Kombucha. I'm fermenting foods and shit. It's real in here.
B: what are you making?
Me: fermented salsa and fermented ketchup
B: What does that even mean?
Me: It means I'm letting it sit out to get bacteria in it.
B: Why? For science?
Me: No. To eat it.
B: This seems like a bad idea.
Me: It's so I can breastfeed.
B: Oh well that makes much more sense.
So as of today, I am breastfeeding and we're doing well. We do have a probable tongue and lip tie that is making things a little tough. But we're seeing doctors and moving on.
I wouldn't close the books on this though. Because as I said, every time I say things are better or worse, they then get worse or better. And AND I have a lot to say about mothering 2 kids. Dudes, we need to discuss that shit.
Also, even with eating rabbit food, not easy to lose the weight after baby #2. Your body is like, bitch please, I don't trust you. You're just going to either get preg again or eat that doughnut bacon chocolate gummy cake.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, support and advice. I used a LOT of it. Like, I have a box of formula being shipped here from Germany. Don't tell B. But that's thanks to you guys. So B, blame them.


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Jazz: Contemporary African-American Writers
Course No. LLC 374X Credits: 3.0
This course will deal with a very select number of contemporary female and male African-American writers who have won outstanding awards from various national literary awards to The Nobel Prize. The selected authors are Toni Morrison, Patricia Raybon, John Edward Wideman and Edward P. Jones. The central drift of this course will be concerned with today's multifarious significance of the complex black experience. It will therefore look into how all these writers combine a keen historical sense with a discerning aesthetic sensibility to explore afresh in a postmodernist sense the intriguing black experience with deep intellectual reflections. It will also examine how in relation to their individual subject-matters they all artistically problematize the aesthetic and philosophical questions about the thin line between fact and fiction, historical veracity and imaginative truth, and art and artifice. Our class selection will consist of four books published between 1984 and 2003. A number of videos will be shown for visual elucidation of the books' underlying concerns. Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies distribution requirement. Creative Writing Concentration course.
John Cage: His Life, Work, and Influence
Course No. HCS 367X Credits: 3.0
Faculty Christopher Auerbach-Brown
A course on the life and influence of John Cage. The class will detail his history and delve into his musical and artistic output, ideas, and influence on the creative arts today. Significant discussion will be given on his philosophies, aesthetics, innovations, and teachings. The course will also focus on Cage's connections to the visual arts, and how this connection impacted him artistically, while pushing him to formulate ideas that in turn were a significant and continuous influence on the visual arts community. The class will also touch on how Cage was able to make a living on the fringes of a capitalist society while maintaining the values of anarchy and hard work. Regular reading, writing, and listening assignments will be given in class, and students will be expected to create works of art or musical compositions which embody the legacy of John Cage, while pushing the boundaries of their own artistic processes. Visual Culture Emphasis course.
Jung + Creativity
Course No. SNS 484 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Adina Davidson
This course will combine a theoretical introduction to Jung with experiential participation in a dream workshop/small group. The theoretical component of the course will provide an overview of Jung's understanding of the human psyche with an emphasis on use of symbols and dreams as the "royal road to the unconscious." Work from the dream workshops is intended to inform the artist's work. Students will be expected (in addition to the usual preparatory reading) to bring dreams weekly and to be willing to apply material from those dreams to their own creative process.
Literature of the Americas
Course No. LLC 388 Credits: 3.0
This course will survey the concurrent but separate developments of the literary traditions of North and South America. Taking Columbus' arrival on Hispaniola as our point of anchor, we will work backward to the Pre-Columbian original narrative forms, and forward through the written records of the complex colonial contexts of the literary art in both Americas. We will also trace the divergent results of the influences of European literature, following in each case the developments of such directions as we can identify in the prose and poetry of the colonial and postcolonial periods of each America. Reading widely and also closely, we will consider how best to trace the parallel emergence of these national literatures, seeking in a juxtaposed study what common literary and extra-literary antecedents and shaping forces the texts in both traditions may reveal. We will also inquire into the nature of the distinctions that must be made between these traditions, and into the impact the differences between these literatures may have of the understanding of what we mean by the phrase "American literature." Fulfills Humanities/Cultural Studies distribution requirement. Creative Writing Concentration course.
Media Arts + Visual Culture: Installation
Course No. ACD 486 Credits: 3.0
Faculty David Hart | Gary D. Sampson
This course investigates the emergence, prominence and impact of the installation as a new medium in contemporary art. "Media arts" or "new media" include but are not limited to video and experimental film, performance, interactive art, digital media, and especially the installation, which itself embraces a wide range of media. We will focus on the growth of the installation from "environments" in the 1960s into a distinct artistic medium used widely since the 1980s. We will discuss the work of many recognized artists and some less familiar artists from around the world as well as corresponding theories of media within the broader field of visual culture. Using a wide range of installations as examples, particular attention will be given to the implications that new media, especially digital media, have for the creative process and the critical social issues that they raise. Visual Culture Emphasis course.
Modernism in Latin American Art
Course No. ACD 443X Credits: 3.0
Whether one considers constructivist sculpture, architectural design, photography, painting, printmaking, or decorative arts, much of the 20th Century art production in Latin America countries is best understood in terms of the struggle to assimilate, redefine, and/or resist styles and concepts of "modernism." In this course we will consider how twentieth-century Latin American art and artists have been interpreted vis-a-vis trends in Europe and the United States, paying particular attention to how issues of cultural and economic exploitation created unique types of personal and national identity. In addition to analyzing the works of such well-known artists as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco, Wifredo Lam, and Oscar Niemeyer, classes will be arranged thematically to better explore developments in various media and to draw distinctions among the arts of various countries, especially Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil. Visual Culture Emphasis course.
Museum Studies: Who Owns Art? Issues of Asian Art Collecting
Course No. ACD 480X Credits: 3.0
In the past five to ten years, issues of ownership and provenance of art works in museums have been hotly debated, with regard to both art world ethics and cultural sensibilities. Some art museums have returned holdings to their original countries and some have firmly maintained their legitimate ownership of objects. For example, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently returned to Italy the fifth-century B.C. Euphronios krater. The looting of art has existed in both the past and the present and has not been limited to European countries alone. It has also occurred in Asia—China, India, and other South Asian countries—where the looting has come from internal rather external motivations. How much do we know about such occurrences in Asia? This open-discussion seminar is aimed at exploring issues of ownership in the art and visual culture of Asian countries, and how they are represented and displayed in current European and American contexts. In order to understand this current issue, some historical background on art collecting and museum operations can not be omitted. Participation in readings and discussions are expected in the classroom. Visual Culture Emphasis course.
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Update: July 22, 2014, 2:25 pm ET
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia issued a ruling not long after the Washington, DC court upholding the subsidies.
A three judge panel for a federal appeals court may have delivered a serious blow to the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare." more >>
"The Giving Pledge," made public by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett four years ago, has already attracted 127 billionaires who have pledged to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
CBS News spoke to some of them as well as those behind the initiative. "We don't find a lot of people that say, 'I want to join if it was 40 percent,'" says 83-year-old Buffett in "The Giving Pledge," which was rebroadcast as part of the channel's "60 Minutes" show on Sunday.
Buffett, an American business magnate and investor who is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century, is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people, and has pledged to give away 99 percent of his wealth to philanthropic causes. more >>
Americans at all income levels will be paying more in taxes under current policies, according to this month's long-term budget outlook report by the Congressional Budget Office, with the working poor seeing a greater increase in income taxes.
Even if tax rates are unchanged, Americans will be paying more in taxes due, in part, to how tax policies are structured in relation to inflation and wage growth, according to the report, and these higher payments will be a disincentive to work and save.
"Thus, in the long run, people throughout the income distribution would pay a larger share of their income in taxes than people at the same points in the distribution pay today, and many taxpayers would face diminished incentives to work and save," the report states. more >>
A Florida pastor was arrested earlier this week on charges that he raped at least one of the women who stayed at a shelter he ran for the homeless population.
Pedro Custodio,44, was arrested Monday following allegations from three women who accused the leader of sexually battering them.
Since being arrested, Custodio has admitted to having sexual relations with the women at Our Father's House of Refugee Ministries, which is located in the city of Eustis. However, he has denied charges that it was not consensual, including allegations from one woman who accused him of asking her to help him move boxes before locking the door and raping her. more >>
The National Latino Evangelical Coalition will be working with faith-based organizations across the country to open up 600 beds to Central American children who have crossed into the country without their parents.
President of the NaLEC Gabe Salguero explained that over a period of 18 months, starting in August, churches and camps will likely receive thousands of children — the majority of whom are from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador — while they are waiting to be placed with their parents who are already in the United States or family members in the countries they are from.
"We have 15 partners on the ground where we're housing the kids, we're receiving them, feeding them, providing them with education," Salguero told The Christian Post, noting that the sites are located in Texas, Florida, Illinois, New York and California. more >>
One faith-based leader who met with President Barack Obama and Governor Rick Perry in Dallas Wednesday says the private meeting with local officials and faith leaders was productive in homing in on solutions that will meet the state's most immediate needs in dealing with the border crisis.
Despite appeals from members of his own party to accept Perry's invitation to tour the U.S.-Mexico border where the humanitarian and national security crisis is unfolding, Obama declined, opting instead to meet in Dallas before attending one of three Democratic fundraisers in the state.
"The purpose of the meeting was to find solutions in dealing with the border crisis in Texas," Chris Liebrum, director of disaster recovery for the Texas Baptist Convention told The Christian Post Wednesday night. more >>