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Following Monday's Love & Hip Hop Atlanta season premiere, we launched our quest to uncover the truth about Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez's relationship status. Did he truly put a ring on it – or are these lovebirds still channeling Erica Mena when it comes to the decision-making department?
After episode two, our heads are reeling.
Take a look at the second round of findings below, and don't forget to stay tuned following each episode. We may have to fly in Tahiry Jose's strand analysis skills – but if one thing is for sure, it's that this feisty cast always sniffs out funny business.
Keep submitting your own evidence or conclusions by using the hashtag #KnotOrNot on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and we will feature your thoughts on our weekly coverage. Let's crack this case!
Case File: Stevie J + Joseline: Married or Not?
Docket #: LHHATL302
Facts of the Case:
In the summer of 2013, after the season finale of the widely successful season two of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Hip Hop Weekly magazine ran a cover story that shocked the world to it's core. "Stevie J & Joseline Married," the headline read, accompanied by a glowing photo of the scantily clad couple. All throughout that summer until the present day, the couple has been very public about their civil union, which they maintain was performed by a Justice of the Peace. However, the name of the official was never released.
The Evidence:
The following evidence supports the position that Stevie J + Joseline ARE married.
Exhibit A: Stevie J Speaks Out
There's no truth serum like alcohol, and after a few glasses last September, Stevie J saw no reason to hold back from the public. Seen here on stage at a club in Los Angeles, the groom himself introduced his lady as none other but Mrs. Jordan, his wife.

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Jon Hiseman would be largely unknown quantity to Americans. His fame resides in Europe as he only managed a couple of brief tours of the US in the early '70s. For Americans his most prominent appearances were on John Mayall's 'Bare Wires' and Jack Bruce's classic 'Songs for a Tailor'.
Jon is a jazz drummer through and through who, like Baker, found the UK jazz scene to be too restrictive. In 1966 he moved into R&B replacing Ginger in the Graham Bond organisation. As it was a trio, he adopted Ginger's double kit format to augment the bottom end. He could maintain the back beat while adding those jazz fills.
Grahams drug problems drove Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith into John Mayalls Bluesbreakers when John changed to a more jazz inflected style. That was short lived as they, and the bassist Tony Reeves, found Mayalls concept too restrictive and they formed
. Colosseum was one of the very early Jazz/Rock fusion bands. They were a well balanced band of excellent and experienced musicians. They evolved into a more hard rock format when David Clem Clempson and Chris Farlowe joined. They remain highly regarded in Europe if largely unrecognised in the USA.
Ludwig was the preferred kit initially but he obtained a sponsorship with a new UK manufacturer, Hayman who went broke in the 1970s. This config was a classic double kit: 14x5 snare, 2 x 24 bass, 12x8 & 13x9 top toms, 14x14 & 16x16 floor toms. Cymbals: 14" hi hat, and an array of up to 6 cymbals.
He used light sticks, the military grip on the left hand and sat high and erect. As with Mitch, the military grip did not impact on his tom playing as he adjusted with ease to matched grip. He was physically powerful but had the advantage of playing the best part of his rock career with miking and as such did not have to physically match the volume of the electric instruments.
In a 1970 survey of preferred drummers, Jon stated his three rankings as "Elvin Jones, Elvin Jones, Elvin Jones". Of the drummers under analysis here, Jon is technically the best. He has the full range of rudiments, is balanced quadrapedal, precise, very fast, and explosive when required. His emphasis is on the hi-hat/snare/bass/ride cymbal but with effortless excursions onto the toms and 2nd bass drum insertions. It is more be-bop style with less emphasis on the tom patterns, and more on the ride cymbals then Baker. He unhesitatingly used brushes when appropriate.
As a soloist he was devastating: playing at fearsome tempos over the full kit. The solos were comparatively short by Bakers standards (typically 8-10 min) and musical as he created "a bubbling thickness of sound and layers of patterns" (Hiseman). Around this era the most comparable drummer, in technical terms and speed, was Billy Cobham.
A criticism of Hiseman is that at times he was too technical and failed to swing or provide a groove ("a bit of a metronome at times" I said of him in the early 70s). Again, in the Colosseum environment that was not a real limitation. It was a flaw he later corrected after "I heard StevieWonder playing the drums on his own albums Talking Book and Inner Visions I played and re-played tracks marvelling at the same effortless, instinctive simplicity of the beat - the suggested cross rhythms, implied rather then played - the wide-open gaping seams between movements round the kit and of course the overdub techniques; layers of drum kit not technically perfectly enmeshed but adding a sense of glorious brinkmanship that is the hallmark of all great rhythm artists."
Jon Hiseman and Ginger Baker both adjusted their styles, absorbing new influences. For Baker it was the African rhythms, for Hiseman soul/funk. Both melded it together to become more balanced and concise players while retaining there style and able to provide driving propulsion. Jon Hiseman continues to play in an array of musical environments: composed and improvisational jazz with his wife Barbara Thompson, jazz/rock with an occasionally reformed Colosseum (& still playing great!), TV music/advertising jingles and all through his own production company.
An intelligent highly skillful drummer whose technical ability stuns as much as it impresses. For rock players he was too much of a jazz player and thus of little influence in those times, and these. In the 60s & early 70s he was one of Britains and therefore the worlds great rock drummers but changing musical tastes left him stranded. Like Baker he responded by returning to his first love - jazz and carving out a rewarding life.
Greatest Moments: "Those About to Die", "The Kettle", "Walking in the Park" (Live), "Lost Angeles" and Colosseum: the Reunion Concerts 1994 - magnificent thoughout.
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The Aiken High boys basketball team rode a strong defensive effort Tuesday night, building a big early lead over archrival South Aiken and never looking back en route to a 59-43 home victory.
We blocked a lot of shots, got our hands on a lot of passes, Aiken coach Tony Harrell said. Our defense carried us tonight.
With 1:30 remaining in the opening quarter and both teams struggling to find a rhythm, the Thoroughbreds (6-10, 2-3 Region 5-AAAA) finally got a clean look at the basket. Or so it seemed. Stacy Toole sent Rock Kirklands driving layup attempt flying toward the back exit, kick starting a 15-1 Hornets run and electrifying the home crowd.
I saw two great efforts on the play, because Deon Hicks actually took a charge on that same play, Harrell said. And Stacy came over the top and made a fantastic block and it just energized the whole place. We used that energy to make our run.
The infectious energy spread throughout the Aiken (14-5, 4-1 Region 5-AAAA) lineup. Hicks drilled a 3-pointer from well beyond the arc shortly after, and then Justin Smith followed with a triple of his own. By the time Shawn Moore rocked the rim with a breakaway slam dunk, the Hornets had surged to a 19-5 advantage.
Though the offense wasnt in sync throughout the game, Aiken held a 4-1 advantage in 3-pointers made. Hicks drained his second just before halftime and Moore added one of his own in the third quarter.
We had a couple kids make threes that hadnt made them lately, and that was big for us, Harrell said. It propelled us to a halftime lead and we were able to keep it all game.
The Hornets carried a commanding 26-12 lead into the break, prompting South Aiken coach Drew Jernigan to tweak his offensive attack.
We tried to talk about getting the ball inside more, he said. Sometimes we converted, sometimes we didnt. We have to all play better.
The Thoroughbreds attacked the basket better after intermission, converting around the rim and at the free-throw line to keep the game from getting out of hand.
We didnt do the things that we needed to do to win the game, Jernigan said. We got outplayed inside, got outplayed outside, got outcoached. We just got beat.
Moore led the offensive attack for the Hornets in the second half, scoring 16 of his game-high 22 points after the break. Moore hit 7-of-8 free throws and scored after multiple offensive rebounds to pad his point total.
Despite the second half improvements, Jernigan hopes to see more spirited play from his Thoroughbreds in their next game.
Our resolve will be tested as we move forward. Well see what kind of effort we come out with on Friday night. If were ready to play, then Ill be happy.
Both teams next will take the court on Friday. South Aiken hosts Dutch Fork while the Hornets travel to play White Knoll.
South Aiken (6-10, 2-3 5-AAAA)Jordan Dingle 3 6-7 12, Jordan Scott 4 2-3 10, Latrell Brown 2 1-1 5, Richard Davis 1 2-2 5, Austin Kyles 1 2-2 4, Wayne Preston 1 2-3 4, Abram Elam 1 0-1 2, Rasool Clemmons 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 16-21 43.
3-pointers: Davis.
Aiken (14-5, 4-1 5-AAAA)Shawn Moore 7 7-8 22, Dramel Coleman 6 0-0 12, Deon Hicks 3 0-2 8, Megal Hill 2 0-0 4, Stacy Toole 2 0-0 4, Jordan Habersham 1 0-0 2, Mike Lee 1 0-0 2, Ryan McKie 0 2-4 2. Totals 23 9-14 59.
3-pointers: Hicks (2), Moore, Smith.
Staff photo by Noah Feit Aiken's Stacy Toole (22) looks to shoot as Latrell Brown defends in the first meeting of the season between crosstown rivals.×
Staff photo by Noah Feit South Aiken's Jordan Dingle (1) lofts a shot in between Aiken defenders in the first meeting of the season between crosstown rivals.×
Staff photo by Noah Feit With South Aiken head coach Drew Jernigan looking on, Aiken's Shawn Moore drives to the basket in the first meeting of the season between crosstown rivals.×
Staff photo by Noah Feit South Aiken's Richard Davis (3) lofts a floating shot over Aiken defenders in the first meeting of the season between crosstown rivals.×
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Gluten free, Starburst. I have gluten intolerance. It can be difficult for people who have gluten intolerance or celiac disease to eat candy. Certain packaged candies contain wheat as an ingredient. Are Starburst and Skittles gluten free?
Starburst candy is packaged in small, flattened cubes in paper. It contains saturated fat. The candy is marked as gluten free. It does not cause a reaction for a celiac-afflicted individual I know. I have no problems with it.
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Candy, like Starburst, is not generally healthful. However, it may be a good choice of junk food. I think Starburst candies are a good choice for celiac patients and those with other forms of gluten intolerance.
The candies do not contain gluten of any kind. They are also fairly gentle on the digestive tract. They are not sour and won't damage your teeth if you have dental issues. I think Starburst candies are one of the best choices.
Note: Starburst is pure junk food and has no nutritional value. However it also has no gluten. This is a benefit.
One reader wrote in to ask me why Starburst causes him to have an upset stomach. David has celiac disease and thought Starburst would not bother him. My thoughts are that the acid in Starburst could cause problems.Gummy Candy, Heartburn
Skittles are gluten-free. However they can still cause problems for your health. They can cause heartburn symptoms. Skittles use acid and citrus flavors. They carry many of the same problems as does orange juice and lemonade.
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Gluten-free. Skittles are currently in the United States marked as a gluten-free food. This makes them a possible choice for a snack for people who have celiac disease or some form of gluten intolerance.
Skittles are sold in red bags and have many fruit flavors, with orange, lemon, and lime flavors. For people who have celiac disease but not a severe heartburn or GERD problem, Skittles are a good choice for a candy to eat.
Tip: The ingredients of Skittles recently changed. In the United States, I started seeing new versions of Skittles available in 2011.
And: This new version contains no gelatin. The old version contained gelatin. This may affect some of us on special diets.
Sour Patch Kids. Another popular gummy candy that is gluten-free is Sour Patch Kids. I reviewed the ingredients list of Sour Patch Kids and did not find any gluten-containing ingredients. Also, I have eaten Sour Patch Kids without any trouble.
However: They can cause heartburn if you eat too many of them or too fast. Also they are bad for your teeth.
Sour Patch Kids Gluten-free 4/2012, USA
Twizzlers are a popular, sweet licorice-like candy. Sadly Twizzlers are not gluten-free. The ingredient list contains a wheat ingredient. Some kinds of gummy candy uses wheat to make the candy thicker and firmer to bite into.
But: For those of us with gluten intolerance, the candy can no longer be bitten into at all.
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Story. I like to eat candy. I have some level of gluten intolerance. Skittles do not bother me because of gluten. Instead they bother me because they contain excessive acid, which triggers my heartburn response.
Note: Skittles may be a good candy for those who have celiac disease or gluten intolerance but not severe or common heartburn problems.
Heartburn. It is known that citrus foods are a problem for heartburn sufferers. Citrus triggers symptoms of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). For this reason, Skittles are problematic for celiac patients who have heartburn.Lemonade, Heartburn
Summary. Starburst is gluten free and a good choice for those with digestive problems. It is not as harmful as other kinds of junk food because of its lack of gluten. And Skittles too is marked as gluten-free.
Review: Skittles are a good candy for some with digestive problems. They are trouble for those who have more than one problem.


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July 28, 2015
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - Braves general manager Frank Wren says he expects to make at least one trade before Sunday's season-opening game at Washington.
The Braves have four relief pitchers who are out of options. Wren said there is "quite a lot of interest" in Atlanta players.
Perhaps the most heated competition is in the bullpen. Closer Rafael Soriano, Manny Acosta, Will Ohman and Pete Moylan are believed to be assured of spots. Jeff Bennett, who can work in long relief or as a spot starter, also seems likely to make the team.
That could leave only two spots in the bullpen. Among the relievers trying to make the team are four who are out of options: Blaine Boyer, Tyler Yates, Chris Resop and Royce Ring. Wren hopes to make a trade before facing the possibility of having a player claimed on waivers.
Jeff Ridgway gave up six runs, four earned, in one inning in today's 8-0 loss to Cleveland, hurting his chances to make the team. Ridgway was acquired in a January 17th trade that sent infielder Willy Aybar to Tampa Bay.
Wren may attempt to acquire a bench player to give manager Bobby Cox another pinch-hitter. Among the most likely players to make the team in backup roles are infielder Martin Prado, at least one backup outfielder -- possibly Josh Anderson or Gregor Blanco -- and a backup catcher.
The Braves could choose to go without a pure first baseman behind starter Mark Teixeira on the bench, possibly making Scott Thorman, who is also out of options, another candidate to be traded.
Catcher Javy Lopez retired Saturday instead of accepting a minor league assignment, leaving Brayan Pena, Clint Sammons and Corky Miller competing for possibly only one spot behind starter Brian McCann.
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On Oct 11, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Fco. Valladolid wrote:
The only book that you can read about the PF is Jacek Artimyak
http://www.devguide.net/books/openbsdfw-02-ed/index.html and the PF guide
in the www.openbsd.org site.
Fco. Valladolid.
On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 02:31:36PM -0300, Douglas Santos wrote:On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 06:53:53AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote:I installed 3.6 and want to use pf. I have tons of examples to go by, but
wanted to stop at Barns & Noble today and pickup a book.
Does anyone have a recommendation on a good pf book for openbsd?


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Jan 18th
Killer Is Dead Gets A Viewtiful Trailer
All The Colours Of The Rainbow
New details of Goicha Suda's latest brainchild, Killer is Dead, have been revealed in an interview with the Japanese magazine Famitsu.
Translated by Polygon, Suda51 said "Development has already been ongoing for an extended period of time. It's the first game in the 'assassin' series that Grasshopper Manufacture has worked on in a while, a title that picks up where Killer7 and No More Heroes left off."
The game's art style draws obvious similarities to Suda51's previous work, though he was keen to point out the difference that the current-gen consoles added graphical grunt will provide. "We're trying to make a game that we'd only be able to make right now, at this point in time. The result is seen in our unique high-contrast shading seen in the graphics, as well as the high-speed wrestling-like action."
The game is set in the near-future where cyber-enhancements have become the norm. The game's main protagonist, Mondo Zappa, features a weapon embedded in his left arm that can be converted into guns, drills, and other objects.
"It's the story of a man who doesn't show himself much in the public world, but still worms his way into society and mercilessly eliminates the evil dispersed in it. It's a personal story, not one that's conscious of the chaos going on in the real world at the moment, but you might get more than a taste of that in the end anyway."
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Packin' Loads – Scene 4
Rod checks Brad Fletcher's gag reflex as he shoves his monster black cock down this throat – passing that test Brad's hairy cheeks are spread as Rod plows him in the hay.
Featuring: Rod, Brad Fletcher.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Packin' Loads – Scene 4
Rod checks Brad Fletcher's gag reflex as he shoves his monster black cock down this throat – passing that test Brad's hairy cheeks are spread as Rod plows him in the hay.
Featuring: Rod, Brad Fletcher.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Drifter – Scene 1
RJ Danvers is rushing quickly to release his latest tricks (Luke Hass) cock from his pants. RJ takes Lukes thick cock in his mouth, deep-throating his engorged member. Luke then moves RJ to the bed and rims his hairy ass before he pounds his eager hole. Luke fucks away in many positions before RJ explodes all over his own hairy stomach. Luke then unloads his man juice on RJ before collapsing into a passionate kiss. But RJ has been a bad boy, and gets sprung by his boyfriend Logan who discovers the truth, explodes in rage and storms out!
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Playback – Scene 7
Dirk is big, muscled, ripped from head to toe and aggressive as fuck. Remy is a hot young punk with an attitude who loves sex and loves to be pushed around by a hot top. Though Dirk is the aggressor he still gets down on his knees for some nice cock sucking action. The two take turns giving and receiving head in a dark and mechanical elevator room before Dirk fucks Remy hard with abandon.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Grunts – The New Recruits – Scene 3
Steve Cruz and Max Schutler are drinking the evening away and playing cards. Alcohol breaks down their inhibitions to the point that both men are all over each other. There's no oral here–Steve wants Max to go straight up his ass and Max warms him up with an empty beer bottle. Once his hole is nice and pliable, Max offers up his fat dick. These two fuck until Max brings Steve to orgasm, shooting cum onto his own hairy chest followed by Max shooting his load all over Steve's still-hard dick.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Mirage – Scene 7
Dirk Jager is a Sheik, relaxing in his palace. He is in his boudoir with his concubine (Matthieu Paris), a room richly furnished with silks, gold, and lush carpets. The sex begins with a violent oral scene, with Matthieu gagging furiously as he tries to take Dirk's long cock. Dirk's washboard abs (he was trained as an Olympic gymnast) strain as he thrusts his dick down an open throat. But the Sheik is not interested in just a blowjob – he throws his fuck toy over on the bed and delivers powerful strokes that Matthieu can barely take. Arabian cum soon erupts from both dicks.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Hunter Hunted – Scene 3
This video begins with Josh West licking the head of his own impossibly large cock. Its amazing to see such a big, brutal muscle god bent into this impossible position, but Josh knows what he likes. Matthew Ford joins the video and wants Joshs mouth for himself. Matthew is a giant piece of man-meat and after swapping spit, cocks, and ass licks, Trey Casteel joins the two burly daddies. The two daddies take control of their bottom boy Trey and he takes every inch, wanting more and more. After several positions, including a three-way train, these men work themselves up to their white-hot climaxes.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Ink Storm – Scene 5
Young stud Cory Koons walks into a tattoo parlor looking for some new ink. But instead he finds mad love with tattooed, muscle stud Tober Brandt! Shot in a tattoo parlor as cool and colorful as our hot fuckers, this quirky romp on a tattoo chair is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
To the Last Man – Gathering Storm Scene 1
Antton Harri (Dillon) declares that it is too hot to work clothed, so he begins to strip. Damien Crosse (John) cannot help but notice Dillons incredible ass and decides to join in. The sweat begins to pour off both men as they get back to work and before long John is easily taking Dillon all the way inside. Dillon enjoys the view of Johns muscled back and eager asshole taking his uncut cock.
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To The Last Man : The Gathering Storm – Scene 1
Ranch hand Dillon (Damien Crosse) is dirty from work. He needs a shower to wash away the filth. But he also needs to release his big uncut cock. Letting the cool water run over his still clothed body, he begins to rub his crotch, getting his meat hard. Dillon decides he needs a drink so he grabs a bottle of Jack Daniels and begins to taste the strong bite of the whiskey. Letting the whiskey run over his body and erect cock, Dillon strokes harder. But his ass needs attention too, and Jack is more than happy to oblige. Riding the bottle, he shoots a load over his freshly cleaned body.
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Ameliorating the impacts of salinity on crop yield by altering root-to-shoot hormonal signalling
Dr Michel Ghanem
Wednesday 14 April 2010, 1600-1700
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Soil salinity is an increasing problem for agriculture around the world. While most attention has focused on the role of crop ion accumulation (especially in reproductive organs that contribute to yield), salinity also constitutes an osmotic stress that immediately alters plant hormone relations immediately after stress imposition. Hormonal profiling following stress imposition revealed temporal correlations between leaf growth and senescence and concentrations of the plant hormones cytokinins in roots, xylem sap and leaves. By increasing root cytokinin production through two different approaches (inducible root CK production and grafting a onto a CK overproducing rootstock) we have doubled tomato vegetative growth and increased fruit yield under moderate salinity.
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Secretary Geithner lands victory on Day 1 ... President and Vice President to Pentagon to meet with Secretary Gates and service chiefs … President home for Lincoln's birthday? ... Tomorrow's front page today, from AFP: "Divided US House to hand Obama stimulus win" ... AP says vote expected late afternoon or evening … Javers and VandeHei on the case for NO stimulus … Marti Thomas joins the Duberstein Group … Scherer named TIME White House correspondent.
Birthday: Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) will celebrate her 40th today with a House Resolution titled, "Whereas, 40 is the new 30 …" … Maria Comella, alumnus of Rudy and McCain campaigns (Hat tip: Matt Mackowiak)
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Good Wednesday morning. DRIVING THE CONVERSATION: WashTimes A1: "Muslim world heeds Obama TV interview": "A prominent Palestinian lawmaker, Hanan Ashrawi, said of the [Al Arabiya] interview: 'People are starting to feel this isn't just lip service.' Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal called the Obama interview a positive development."
PUNDIT PREP -- A senior Democratic official, ahead of the House stimulus vote, with House Republican leaders urging their members to vote "no": "THIS ISSUE OF BIPARTISANSHIP IS A TWO-WAY STREET. The President is doing everything he can to reach out to Republicans, brought them to the White House, WENT TO THEM ON CAPITOL HILL AT A TIME WHEN WE DON'T NEED IT, and also made concessions … . If the president does all that, and Democrats do all that, and the Republicans are unwilling to bend at all, THEY NEED TO CONSIDER THE PRICE TO PAY IN PLACES LIKE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA that are hurting. People will be judged on whether they did everything they could in this time of economic crisis. IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN THE PARTY LEADERSHIP AND WHAT THEIR VOTERS WANT."
And a White House aide quite familiar with the politics of House districts" e-mails: "A vote against the economic recovery is no free vote for congressional Republicans. That's a very dangerous vote. They are going to have to think long and hard about voting with their leadership vs. voting with their district. In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Midwest, etc., Republicans' constituents expect them to take action on the economy."
DRIVING THE DAY – THE HONORABLE AL GORE, now chairman of Alliance for Climate Protection, e-mails his "Repower America" supporters today: "Dear Friend, … In Congress, our leaders are debating an economic recovery package. It includes unprecedented support for putting Americans back to work building a clean energy economy. But entrenched interests in Washington will be working hard to weaken the legislation -- opposing funding for clean energy programs that support things like wind, solar, energy efficiency and a new national electric grid. As members of Congress work out the details of a bill that can pass both the House and the Senate, it's important that you let each of your elected representatives know that you want the recovery to be about repowering America. … Today, we can start to get America back on track. Thanks for everything, Al Gore."
VICE PRESIDENT GORE, in remarks for delivery to the Senate Foreign Relations committee today at 10 a.m., Chairman John Kerry presiding: "In order to repower our economy, restore American economic and moral leadership in the world and regain control of our destiny, we must take bold action now. The first step is already before us. I urge this Congress to quickly pass the entirety of President Obama's Recovery package. The plan's unprecedented and critical investments in four key areas – energy efficiency, renewables, a unified national energy grid and the move to clean cars – represent an important down payment and are long overdue. These crucial investments will create millions of new jobs and hasten our economic recovery – while strengthening our national security and beginning to solve the climate crisis.
"Quickly building our capacity to generate clean electricity will lay the groundwork for the next major step needed: placing a price on carbon. If Congress acts right away to pass President Obama's Recovery package and then takes decisive action this year to institute a cap-and-trade system for CO2 emissions – as many of our states and many other countries have already done – the United States will regain its credibility and enter the Copenhagen treaty talks with a renewed authority to lead the world in shaping a fair and effective treaty. And this treaty must be negotiated this year. Not next year. This year.
"A fair, effective and balanced treaty will put in place the global architecture that will place the world – at long last and in the nick of time – on a path toward solving the climate crisis and securing the future of human civilization. I am hopeful that this can be achieved. Let me outline for you the basis for the hope and optimism that I feel. The Obama Administration has already signaled a strong willingness to regain U.S. leadership on the global stage in the treaty talks, reversing years of inaction."
THE VICE PRESIDENT ISSUED HIS "REPOWER AMERICA" CHALLENGE at DAR Constitution Hall in July 2008. Repower America is a project of his Alliance for Climate Protection. All television ads, press conferences and speeches are available.
BUZZ -- On VanityFair.com, Dee Dee Myers asks: "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever? … Who else could it be? One friend suggests Muhammad Ali, another Princess Diana, and a third said Bill Clinton. Surely all are global brands with enormous reach and broad appeal. But all fall short of the man-meets-the-moment frenzy unleashed by Obama."
RECESS -- Chicago Tribune, teased on p. 1, "Obama may be home for Presidents' Day," By John McCormick: "Barack Obama may return to Chicago for a home visit as early as mid-February, during a time when Illinois will be awash in celebrations marking Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. The possible trip could be one of Obama's first flights on Air Force One … [A] source close to him said he could make his first presidential visit to Chicago as early as Presidents' Day weekend, when his daughters have a three-day break from school. Obama has asked congressional leaders to pass his economic stimulus package before the Presidents' Day recess, but it is also possible that he will be too busy with final negotiations to leave Washington."
GEITHNER HALO – Financial Times lead story, "Treasury pushes Citi to cancel jet order: The US financial sector's new political masters began exerting their influence on Tuesday as Citigroup was forced to scrap the purchase of a $50m executive jet that was seen as a misuse of money at a time when the bank is reliant on public support. … Citi … backed down after officials acting for Tim Geithner, the new Treasury secretary, expressed strong opposition to the move. … People close to Citi said the troubled bank could end up paying around $4m to cancel the order for the jet."
MAUREEN DOWD, on "Wall Street's Socialist Jet-Setters": "How could Citigroup be so dumb as to go ahead with plans to get a new $50 million corporate jet, the exclusive Dassault Falcon 7X seating 12, after losing $28.5 billion in the past 15 months and receiving $345 billion in government investments and guarantees? (Now I get why a $400 payment I recently sent to pay off my Citibank Visa was mistakenly applied to my sister-in-law's Citibank Mastercard account.) … [On Thain:] How are these ruthless, careless ghouls who murdered the economy still walking around (not to mention that sociopathic sadist Bernie Madoff?) — and not as perps? Bring on the shackles. Let the show trials begin."
WashPost lead: "Treasury Weighs Hard Choices To Save Banks: Any Path Carries Risk of Failure:" Obama may request additional money from Congress."
TALKER -- Wall Street Journal A3, "Unemployment Rises in Every State": "Joblessness was worst in the West and Midwest. … Michigan was one of two states to hit the 10 percent mark, along with Rhode Island."
DON STEWART … had sent 44 e-mails by 7:14 a.m. It's going to be a long day.
THE DUMB GET RICHER – "AP IMPACT: US bets execs can save banks, this time," by Matt Apuzzo and Daniel Wagner: "At banks receiving federal bailout money, nearly nine of every 10 of the most senior executives from 2006 are still on the job, according to an Associated Press analysis of regulatory and company documents. Even top executives whose banks made such risky loans they imperiled the economy have been largely spared any threat to their jobs. Less fortunate are more than 100,000 bank employees laid off during a two-year stretch when industry unemployment nearly tripled, bank stocks plummeted and credit dried up."
HUFFPOST banner is "MINI-MADOFFS MULTILPLY," linking to N.Y. Times' Leslie Wayne: "Troubled Times Bring Mini-Madoffs to Light": "[T]he Commodity Futures Trading Commission … has experienced a doubling of reported leads to possible Ponzi schemes in the last year, and its enforcement caseload has risen this year." The Journal fronts, "In Echoes of Madoff, Ponzi Cases Proliferate."
TRANSITIONS: "The Duberstein Group, Inc., a Washington, DC government relations firm, has announced that Marti Thomas will be joining their team in February 2009, as Vice President. Marti joins Duberstein from Goldman Sachs Inc., where she served as Vice President in the Washington office … The Duberstein Group has long represented Goldman Sachs, and Thomas will continue to represent the firm in her new role. Previously, she served as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs and Public Liaison, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax and Budget at the US Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration. Marti was also a principal at Quinn Gillespie & Associates."
POLITICO'S Jeanne Cummings: "Newly installed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner issued new rules Tuesday restricting contacts with lobbyists – and then hired one to be his top aide. Mark Patterson, a former advocate for Goldman Sachs, will serve as chief of staff to Geithner as the Treasury Department revamps the Wall Street bailout program that sent an infusion of cash to his former employer."
THIS WILL BE A QUESTION-DRIVER FOR THE GIBBS 1:30 BRIEFING TODAY. USA Today fronts it: "Geithner names ex-lobbyist to key Treasury post; Aide worked for Goldman, which got $10B in bailout."
DRUDGE WILL LOVE – The (London) Daily Telegraph banner, "Recycling 'adds to warming': Burning waste locally may be the greener option, senior adviser tells the Government. RECYCLING could be adding to global warming rather than reducing it, a key government adviser on waste management has said."
ROB SALITERMAN, a young Treasury and White House alumnus, is driving to Texas today to start his new job as former President Bush's communications director. Riding shotgun: Scott Sendek, who was in the bipartisan flash mob of 24 who showed up for Rob's going-away dinner, orchestrated by Blain Rethmeier and attended by April Goldstein, Sara Sendek, Kevin Madden, Jon Ward, Brookly McLaughlin, Alex Conant, Teddy Downey, Jay Zeidman and Jim Rickards.
DON'T TELL THE BOSS … that Rob doesn't have cowboy boots yet.
AP/Dallas, with the official pronouncer: "Former President George W. Bush has made his first visit to the $2.1 million Dallas house that he'll soon call home. Bush and his wife, Laura, stopped by the property Tuesday. Spokesman Rob Saliterman (suh-LIT'-er-man) confirmed it was Bush's first visit to the house, which the former first couple plan to move into in February."
HILL VISIT -- House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, to ABC's Chris Cuomo on "Good Morning America": "We had a very good dialogue with the president and all of our members. It was an open and honest conversation. Clearly there are some differences. But the president was clear that he was gonna continue to reach out to us, continue to listen to our ideas, and I think we have to remember we're at the beginning of this process."
The President will meet solo with House Dems at their retreat (er, "issues conference") in Williamsburg next week. President Bush met solo with House Ds three times in 8 years.
THE HOUSE IS STRIKING TWO ITEMS THAT DREW SCORN: funding for family planning (at Obama's request), and the National Mall Revitalization Fund.
THE BIG IDEA – Politico's Eamon Javers and Jim VandeHei on "The case for doing nothing: Most of Washington has reached quick consensus: Government must do something big to shock the economy, and it should cost between $800 billion and $900 billion. But dissident economists and investment professionals offer a much different take: Most of Washington is dead wrong. Instead of fighting over what should go in the economic stimulus bill, pitting infrastructure spending against tax cuts and contractors against contraceptives, they say lawmakers should be fighting against the very idea of any economic stimulus at all. 'The economy was too big. It was all phantom wealth borrowed from abroad,' says Andrew Schiff, an investment consultant at Euro Pacific Capital and a card-carrying member of the stand-tall-against-the-stimulus lobby. 'All this stimulus money is geared toward getting consumers spending and borrowing again. But spending and borrowing were the problem in the first place.' Washington has a habit of passing legislation in a crisis and suffering from morning-after regrets — the Iraq war, the Patriot Act and last year's original bank bailout plan come to mind. So we thought it would be wise to air the views of the naysayers toward Washington's latest consensus approach."
DRUDGE banner is "NO!," with a photo of the Capitol dome at night and linking to Politico's Patrick O'Connor and Jonathan Martin: "Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus: It was the love affair that could never be, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans. The two sides came together en masse Tuesday for the first time since Obama took the oath of office. Despite the niceties, both sides walked away spurned. In many ways, Obama told the assembled Republicans everything they would want to hear, according to people in the meetings. He promised to make tough spending choices in his first budget blueprint — 'everyone will have to take a haircut,' he said. He told them he wouldn't increase the size of government just to increase the size of government.
"He even teased House Minority Leader John A. Boehner about his golf swing. Likewise, Republicans left the meeting with kind words for the president — but still resolved to oppose him on the floor Wednesday when Democrats bring his massive economic stimulus plan up for a vote. Beneath the polite give and take between the new president and the newly disempowered Republican caucus, there was a sense that Obama's honeymoon had already begun to ebb. For the first time, it seems, congressional Republicans, shut out of power and seemingly cowed by the harsh verdict of voters and wild popularity of the new president, are finding their voice, rallying in large numbers against the centerpiece of Obama's agenda."
WHY THE STIMULUS IS GIONG TO PASS: (Long Island) Newsday has a cover teaser, "THE STIMULUS & LI … LI schools could see benefits from stimulus plan."
AND THE N.Y. TIMES has twinned stories under a 2-col. lead headline, "Stimulus Plan Offers Road to Retooling Social Policy: Relief for Jobless and States on Health Care … New Flood of Aid at All Levels of Education."
--Wall Street Journal editorial, "A 40-Year Wish List: You won't believe what's in that stimulus bill."
AFGHANISTAN – N.Y. Times' Helene Cooper and Thom Shanker, on A1: "President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, as part of a new American approach to Afghanistan that will put more emphasis on waging war than on development, senior administration officials said Tuesday."
BIDEN TO GERMANY -- The VP will take his second trip abroad next week to represent the U.S. at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy. – Politico's Alexander Burns
WELCOME BACK … if you've been celebrating Lunar New Year (what we used to call Chinese New Year). The Asian Wall Street Journal didn't publish Monday or Tuesday. It's the year of the OX.
STATE VISITS (people visiting Washington from out of town): Aaron BAER, Jay CARSON.
BIRTHDAY TOMORROW: Liza Harris is 10.
HOW TO SELL NEWSPAPERS – Chicago Sun-Times: "FREE! INSIDE TODAY! OBAMA'S OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT."
OBIT – L.A. Times A1, "John Updike dies at 76; Pulitzer-winning author -- The author of more than 50 books and myriad short stories was revered by some critics and minimized by others. He was known for capturing the mood and emotions of small-town, middle-class America."
MEDIAWATCH: "Time has named Michael Scherer its new White House correspondent … Scherer, who joined TIME as a Washington correspondent in December 2007, traveled extensively with Sen. John McCain during the 2008 campaign and later covered Obama during his transition to office. He also is a regular contributor to Time.com's political blog, Swampland, along with veteran Time journalists Joe Klein and Karen Tumulty. Prior to joining Time, Scherer was the Washington correspondent for Salon.com. Previously, he worked at Mother Jones and the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton, Mass. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Parade, The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review. Scherer received an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz."
BUSINESS BURST – Financial Times front: "John Thain was issued a subpoena on Tuesday to testify about Merrill Lynch's decision to accelerate the payment of nearly $4bn in employee bonuses last month – just days before the closing of its sale to Bank of America. … The subpoena, issued by Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney-general, takes the dispute between Mr. Thain, the former Merrill chief executive who was ousted from BofA last week, and senior management at BofA to a fresh level."
SPORTS BLINK – Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James is on Sports Illustrated's cover for the eighth time. SI senior writer Chris Ballard in "The Power of LeBron": "Just as Tiger Woods remade his swing when he was already dominant, James spent last summer quietly reconstructing his jumper, working with assistant coach Chris Jent five days a week, an hour and a half per session. If you watched James shoot last year, you know why; even though teams were petrified of his penetration, he sometimes looked like he was chucking pumpkins at the backboard."
DESSERT – AP, "Inauguration pianist: 'We did the right thing'": "Gabriela Montero says she and the other members of the Obama inauguration quartet were not trying to fool anybody by having recorded music played in the biting cold. Shaken by comparisons to lip-syncers Milli Vanilli, the pianist insists she and fellow musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and Anthony McGill 'did the right thing.' 'What is upsetting me these days is the fact that we put so much love into this, with a very profound desire to make it so beautiful,' the Venezuelan-American pianist said Tuesday in a telephone interview from Boston. 'My only regret is that, unfortunately, some people have chosen to focus on the wrong thing.'
"Just before Obama was sworn in on Jan. 20 with temperatures in the 20s, the quartet appeared to play 'Air and Simple Gifts,' a short work composed for the occasion by John Williams. Montero said the quartet actually did play, but the music was drowned out by the amplified music. The group recorded the work two days earlier but still intended to play it live, she said. A day before the inauguration, about half a dozen keys on the Steinway were sticking, and the piano was not projecting enough sound, Montero said."
*** Starbucks is celebrating the 1.25 million hours of community service pledged by Americans through the "I'm In" campaign in the days following the inauguration. The company asked people to find just five hours of time – which equates to just 25 minute a month for a year. ***
"Howie: 0:86 "The Lord hath maketh condoms, to precludeth the conception of compassionate conservatives".
Our problem is not that our Houses, and Private Jets, and Executive Bonuses, and Coffee, and Congressfolks, and Mistresses, and Food, are getting too expensive. Our problem is that our money is getting too cheap.
If you give up one Triple-Double-Super-Venti cuppacoffee each work day, for a year, you'll have over $2,500 to donate to a worthwhile volunteer organization. Or feed five to ten starving kids somewhere in the world.
'Is Obama the most Famous Living Person Ever?', ga-ga's Dee Dee Myers. Gee, I dunno, Dee Dee, Osama's pretty well known, also. And Osama's had a hell-of-a-lot more effect on the world than Obama. Including being a major reason for the existence of a President Obama.
Will the dumbing down of America ever end?
97% of active climate scienitists agree on man made global warming. Every major scientific organization in the world agrees.
The faculty of the earth science dept of every major university in the world agrees.
But the climatatacide group thinks that the Rush Limbaughs, Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannitys of the world are smarter. Are you dumb enough to believe them?
Senator Inhofe's list of "prominent scientists" who disagreee is complete nonsense.
His staffer Morano, who compiled the phony list is the same guy who launched the phony "Swift Boat" attack on Sen Kerry.
And he also launched the censoring of climate scientists like James Hansen at NASA's GISS. They inserted public policy people in several agencies to ride herd over scienitsts and to prevent them from informing the public on climate change.
Senator Inhofe's list of 413 skeptics includes.
20 economists 49 who are retired 44 television weathermen 70 scientists with no expertise in climate study 84 scientists who are either connected with the oil industry or are paid by it. Scientists who were included against their will, and who agree with the IPCC Inhofe and Morano misinterpreted a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters. It should be pointed out that Morano is no more a scientist than Senator Inhofe. More on Morano below. They claimed that it showed proof that the sun was responsible for the warming that's been observed in the last 100 years. The paper they quote says exactly the opposite from what they claim. This has been verified by the author of the paper. http://climateprogress.org/200...
TV weathermen don't study climate change.
Read "The Heat is On"
If you want to be informed, get your info from the websites of actual climate scientists like Realclimate.org , Desmogblog, Watthead, Open Mind, New Scientist, Logical Science, Skeptical Science etc.
Where are the skeptic scientists who are not bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry and their right wing propaganda mills?
This isn't scientific skepticism. It's a crime against humanity and every species on earth.
The fossil fuel industry uses some of the same PR men and scientists who testified for the Tobacco companies about the safety of smoking, and who testified for the chemical companies in regard to CFCs depleting the ozone layer.
One of their heroes, Fred Singer, still claims CFCs don't deplete the ozone after the science became unassailable and a Nobel prize was awarded to the scientists who discovered it, and after they were banned and the ozone layer improved. He hasn't had a peer reviewed paper in 20 years. This is who the deniers listen to.
This is no different than denying the dangers of tobacco to protect profits. But the stakes are now the survival of civilization and probably of the human species.
The Oregon Petition with it's list of 19,000 skeptical scientists is a complete hoax, perpetrated by a group on a farm in Oregon that contains NOT ONE SINGLE CLIMATE SCIENTIST. It's leader believes that industrialization leads to greater biodiverstity.
If you believe that, you are not smarter than a fifth grader.
They passed around a fake article on what amounted to forged National Academy of Science stationary to fool some scientists into thinking they were signing off on a peer reviewed paper.
Actual scientists who study extinctions of species say man is already causing species to go extinct at 1000 times the background rate of exctinction over many hundreds of million of years. And global warming will cause the rate to increase if we don't stop emissions of CO2. The only comparable rates of extinction are the great die offs like happened 65 million and 250 million years ago.
Want to bet on the Rush Limbaughs and Senator Inhofes on that one?
Every one of these organizations agree on global warming
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) NASA Woods Hole Resesarch Center US Geological Survey (USGS) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) American Association of State Climatologists Federal Climate Change Science Program, 2006 (the study authorized and then censored by Bush) American Chemical Society - (world's largest scientific organization with over 155,000 members) Geological Society of America American Geophysical Union (AGU) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) American Association of State Climatologists Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) American Astronomical Society American Institute of Physics American Meteorological Society (AMS) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Stratigraphy Commission - Geological Society of London - (The world's oldest and the United Kingdom's largest geoscience organization) Chinese Academy of Sciences Royal Society, United Kingdom Russian Academy of Sciences Royal Society of Canada Science Council of Japan Australian Academy of Sciences Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts Brazilian Academy of Sciences Caribbean Academy of Sciences French Academy of Sciences German Academy of Natural Scientists Indian National Science Academy Indonesian Academy of Sciences Royal Irish Academy Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy) Academy of Sciences Malaysia Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Union of Concerned Scientists The Institution of Engineers Australia Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) National Research Council Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospherice Sciences World Meteorological Organization State of the Canadian Cryosphere (SOCC) International Council on Science
Deniers would have you believe that somehow all these organizations and the thousands of scientists from 120 countries, who have been doing the research for 20 years, and over 30 years for some, are all scamming you in some dark conspiracy. Wow, and they call the scientists alarmists!
The position of a vast majority of people that believe in the seriousness of climate change as a human induced problem is that they believe so because of the following line of reasoning
see if you can follow the complicated steps of logic
1) An overwhelmingly vast majority of the scientists that actually study climate science hold this view.
There is not one skeptic argument that hasn't been completely debunked by science. But these arguments get repeated hundreds of times a day on the internet, sometimes 10-20 years after they have been disproven. They are all complete garbage. They sound good to those inclined to believe them, but they are nonsense.
The worst part is that the handful of skeptic scientists encourage this repetition of old arguments that even they know are wrong and absurd.
Even worse, they repeat them themselves sometimes.
Don't be fooled by arguments that use Al Gore as the straw man.
global warming is a hoax
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How Do You Handle Uninvited Guests?
I was fixing a lunch of 'eggs over easy', and my husband's friend knocked on the door just after I flipped the eggs. It was time to butter the toast. Do I invite our friend to join us for a meal? Or do we wait and eat later? My grandpa would always say there is room for one more, so I feel guilty if I don't ask the uninvited guest to eat with us. What would you do?
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Mar 15 2011
Name That Material
Look at this cute purse. I received it as a gift over the weekend.
I love it.
But what I really love is the woven material. The lovely jute color…
(Have you figured it out yet?)
The jute – Publix!
The blue – Wal Mart!
The white – I don't know! But some kind of grocery store with white plastic bags.
What a great way to recycle those old grocery bags you've got in your drawer, and what a creative project.
(Thank you, Joan, for the lovely and personal gift!)
Here are a couple of online tutorials I found, just in case you have a stash of grocery bags and would like to make your own.
How to Make Plastic Grocery Bag Purses – eHow
Another Knitting Blog (this one's more complicated, but very cute!)
219 Comments and 32 Replies
Lara On Wednesday, March 16 at 7:52 pm
My Mamaw used to make baskets and rugs from shopping bags. She'd use heavy duty wire for the basket frame and crochet around it. The rugs were crocheted with a serious hook she whittled herself. I miss my Mamaw. She was so industrious!
Jen Richardson On Wednesday, March 16 at 11:18 pm
Pretty sure it's Raffia…is that how you spell it?
Melissa On Thursday, March 17 at 7:50 am
The seventh grade girls I work with during youth group sit and make the yarn out of grocery bags during our Bible study time. We pass on the yarn to a woman who knits sleeping mats that are handed out to the homeless in our community.
Evelyn On Thursday, March 17 at 10:43 am
Imagine that!! I thought it was seagrass. Pretty nifty.
Sandy On Thursday, March 17 at 2:03 pm
I love the colors and design of your bag, especially since I have about 50 Publix bags in my pantry right now. I'd love to make one myself, but I'm not sure I'm that talented. Enjoy yours, Ree!
Sheryl On Thursday, March 17 at 3:01 pm
I live in Portland, OR, the capital of "Reuse, Reduce, Recycle." I had the material pegged in a nanosecond!
Ronda On Thursday, March 17 at 3:23 pm
HA! Just before I got to where you said what it was I figured it out! My mom has made many many rugs for people from those! Someone paid her a hundred bucks for one once! LOL!
JNO On Thursday, March 17 at 5:17 pm
I never would have guessed!! cool idea and very creative.
Tamara On Thursday, March 17 at 5:46 pm
I love PLARN!!! That's a really cute one…mine…not so much…more function over form. It's really fun to do with VHS tape too it turns out all black and shiny, you could do an evening bag with it…but it's squeaky and really hard on your hands.
Sheryl On Friday, March 18 at 9:48 am
Many, many years ago,before plastic grocery bags,my grandmother would make crocheted rugs from bread wrappers. I wish I still had one.
Jen On Friday, March 18 at 10:06 am
A local lady sells plastic bag rugs at our Farmer's Market. They are great because when they get dirty, you can just spray them off with the hose!
Cathi Harry On Friday, March 18 at 12:28 pm
PLARN! Plastic Yarn…recognized it right away. It takes about a zillion bags to make one ball.
Sarah On Friday, March 18 at 1:03 pm
Yep. I like it.
Becky Schuett On Friday, March 18 at 2:16 pm
My Great Grandmother used to make kitchen sink rugs out of plastic bread bags! I new immediately what it was made of! How Cool!
TKaiser On Friday, March 18 at 7:00 pm
This may have been mentioned previously, but I saw a report of groups who were using the recycled bags to crochet mats for the homeless. Very durable and portable.
Linda Eivins On Saturday, March 19 at 10:53 pm
Plastic bags–what else!!! My Great Aunt Elsie crocheted tote bags out of plastic bread wrappers back in the 1960s. She was a woman ahead of her time.
Denise On Monday, March 21 at 10:01 am
I knew it as soon as I saw it!! Too cute!! Could you add another shot of the inside? I'm curious to see how the lining was done.
Shauna On Tuesday, March 22 at 10:13 am
This is so cute. I think I am going to try to a knit one to put in my Etsy shop.
elicia On Sunday, June 5 at 5:54 pm
yes! my grandmother taught me how to make these.
and i pretty much love you, by the way. your writing, your pictures, your stories.


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Call for councillors to resign over stadium
Last updated at 11:21, Thursday, 15 March 2012
A POLITICAL storm has erupted over the way Copeland Council has handled the Whitehaven community sports stadium project.
As sensitive talks continue to try to save the £5.5 million stadium development from collapse, the borough council has been accused of allowing itself to be held to ransom over a £750,000 pave-the-way land payment demanded by Whitehaven Miners Welfare.
It has been dubbed "the ransom strip" – a stretch leading into the Recreation Ground (home of Whitehaven RL) which is needed to gain access for the stadium build on the ground owned by Whitehaven AFC.
Both rugby and football clubs would share the planned community stadium.
But Copeland Council's opposition Tory group leader David Moore has called for the stadium to be axed. The promised millions of pounds from Britain's Energy Coast should be spent on other worthy schemes in the borough, he insists.
The £750,000 sought by the Miners' representatives would be on top of an annual rent of £7,500 over the period of a long lease.
It is understood an offer of around £300,000 was rejected. The land itself has been valued at only £135,000.
"To pay anything like £750,000 would be throwing good money after bad. These are mind-boggling figures and it's more ratepayers' money we're putting at risk," Coun Moore said.
Around £1 million has already been spent on a stadium viability study and consultants' fees.
Pow Beck stadium is a key Energy Coast scheme. Nuclear Management Partners has pledged £4million – this is still on the table – and another £1.5 million has been agreed in principle from the Copeland Community Fund. BEC still wants the stadium to go ahead and hopes an amicable solution can be reached.
The chairman of Britain's Energy Coast, former Labour energy minister Brian Wilson, said yesterday: "It's extremely frustrating if at this late stage the project is going to stall and the World Cup games lost.
"I appeal to everyone involved to understand the limits of what is possible and agree a solution in the wider interests of the Whitehaven and Copeland community. Britain's Energy Coast has been unswerving in its support for this development and remains committed to it."
But the stadium development partners consider the £750,000 asking price for the access route to be excessive. The Miners upped the asking price at a crucial round-the-table meeting last Friday. Negotiations over the lease terms are said to have reached a critical stage.
Copeland Council chief executive Paul Walker said yesterday: "We are all working hard to make it happen."
Unless a deal is tied up in the next few days the chances of the planned RFL World Cup games being played on a new stadium next autumn appear slim as the RFL has to finalise its arrangements next week.
Lambasting the Labour-controlled council over the drawn-out negotiations, Coun Moore said: "It is right and proper that some members of the executive, including the leader of the council (Elaine Woodburn) should seriously consider their positions because this is a debacle.
"We have got it wrong. Spending a fortune (probably around £1 million) on this stadium has got the council into a bad place."
Deputy Tory leader Alistair Woodburn has called for Coun Woodburn to resign.
"Whatever happens be in no doubt that we are in this mess because of the leader's mismanagement and she should hang her head in shame and resign. It's all astonishing, crass management," he alleged.
Coun Woodburn hit back: "It comes as no surprise that Coun Norwood prefers to make a cheap political point rather than take time to find out the facts. It is obviously more important for him to create a personal political platform rather than to work to aid the regeneration of Whitehaven and Copeland.
"This council has been working tirelessly to find a solution to the current issues and to make things happen for the stadium project in time for the RL World Cup."
Yesterday Whitehaven RLFC chief executive Barry Richardson defended the council saying it had given every support to what he called "a massive scheme" with great community benefits.
Coun Moore said: "I want the best for Whitehaven RL and soccer, but how could anyone hope to go forward with such a scheme without securing the land and having a lease in place? It just doesn't stack up financially.
"Now we're being held to ransom. We can't blame the Miners – we have handed this to them on a plate and they've been able to exploit us.
"This bit of vital land is a ransom strip.
"What it all points to is a lack of business acumen on the council's part and poor leadership right across the project."
But he claimed: "There is no doubt the stadium has fallen, it has stumbled along for a long time and there's now an attempt to pick itself up with promises of World Cup matches. Time for a reality check: enough is enough."
At next week's full council meeting, Coun Moore will call for the project to be scrapped altogether and for the Energy Coast funding to be diverted to other schemes.
However if no deal is struck, other stadium access options could be considered.
Coun Phil Greatorex, executive member for regeneration, said: "We will know very soon if the project is likely to proceed in time for hosting the RL World Cup. If it is delayed I am adamant the partners will learn from this experience, maintain their resolve to overcome the obstacle of access and deliver a premier stadium with all the associated benefits it will bring to the area.
"We remain absolutely committed to deliver the Pow Beck stadium and ultimately the sports village concept."
But Coun Moore says: "People connected to the RL club have told me that they didn't really want a Super League standard stadium – what they wanted was money to improve the Recreation Ground, and this is what I am now recommending."
This could be done from the £500,000 which BNFL originally gave towards the project. Some £300,000 has already been spent from this to pay for a stadium feasibility study.
Coun Moore went on: "I would expect Britain's Energy Coast to top it up to the original amount."
Whitehaven RLFC's Barry Richardson, a member of the stadium steering group, said: "All the partners have worked hard to get to this stage and the council has been really supportive. We will stick together to do our utmost to make the stadium happen.
"We appreciate the Miners have to seek the best deal they can but in financial terms the goalposts were changed at a late stage.
"It was a shock to the partners. We hope they can be reasonable for the benefit of everybody."
First published at 11:08, Thursday, 15 March 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
Have your say
david moore You should be ASHAMED
Ref: FOI/1385 Reply from - Mark Hughes Executive Director Economic Development 20 Oct 2010. Freedom of Information - NWDA's funding allocation of 'shortfall issues'-Thank you for your email dated 23 September 2010 requesting information in respect of West Cumberland Hospital and Whitehaven's Albion Square projects as follows:
a)the terms/conditions applied for providing this funding
b)with whom the specific 'provisional approval funding' was agreed and
c)when this was made.
The NWDA had been in preliminary discussions directly with the North Cumbria
University Hospitals NHS Trust over opportunities for supporting research and
development facilities at the new hospital. However those discussions had not
proceeded to a stage where the Trust had made a formal application for funding and
were halted as a result of Government's decisions to abolish Regional Development
Agencies. SO EVERYBODY,THE £10m WAS NEVER ASKED FOR OR EXISTED.THERE WAS ONLY £90m ALL ALONG.
Tom Tom FOI means Freedom of Information.I would still like an apology i.e.say sorry for your previous incorrect assertions and why not use your full name?
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Morrison was given his full debut for West Ham in the second-round tie and scored what proved to be the winner in a 2-1 success at Upton Park.
The former Manchester United youngster had caught the eye in pre-season and McDonald acknowledged the 20-year-old is now pushing for a regular first-team role.
"He's not bad, is he?" said McDonald. "He scored some good goals in pre-season and he's had to be patient, but he's come out and showed what he is about.
"He showed composure, he's knocked on the door and that's what the manager wants. He adds to the competition for places that we want on the pitch."
Morrison was once tipped as the finest talent to come out of the Old Trafford Academy since Paul Scholes, but he left 18 months ago amid rumours of ill-discipline and a poor attitude.
However, a season on loan at Birmingham appears to have done him the world of good and, while he has a long way to go to live up to the hype, Morrison offered a tantalising glimpse of his potential.
"As a young kid coming from Manchester thinking he could walk into the team, it was a bit of a shock to him that he didn't," added McDonald.
"I think the penny has dropped now and he's come back a wiser young man and we look forward to him keep knocking on the manager's door.
"Now he has to keep scoring, he has to keep the ball, his all-round performance has to be good and he has to be consistent."
Cheltenham boss Mark Yates, whose side pulled a goal back from the penalty spot through Matt Richards, revealed he was well aware of the threat posed by Morrison.
"I'd seen him at Birmingham and only today his agent was telling me what a good player he is," he said.
"We could have done better with that goal but we showed our character - we could have capitulated after that but we didn't and we gave ourselves a chance in the last 15 minutes.
"We rode our luck at times to even still be in it but we had a couple of chances and we showed we have a bit about us.
"But West Ham are a really good side, they've got quality players."


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Presentations for Professionals
Date to be announced
9 am - 4 pm; 6 PDU
Instructor: Mark Caccavale
This hands-on course introduces best practices that will help you deliver customer-focused and streamlined presentations that will move your audience to action. The workshop focuses on a few key foundational elements to help you better prepare and deliver great presentations.
Core elements of effective presentations are introduced to the class and participants will immediately apply it to a presentation. There are several practice sessions, culminating in a recorded presentation provided to the participant at the end of the workshop.
Learning Objectives:
- Practice in a lab like environment to "test" new skills and stretch presentation limits
- Provide a practical approach to organizing and delivering a more effective presentation
- Obtain immediate feedback on presentation skills to inspire new approaches
- Learn the "traps" presentations and presenters fall into and identify strategies to stay on track
Target Audience: Professionals at every level of an organization can benefit from the workshop, mid level managers and below would be more of the target audience and may get the most out of the workshop.
Course Outline:
Introduction / Objectives
Everyone's got a story, right?
- Stats about presentations
- Examples of good stories
Idea generation
- No idea is a bad one
- As many as possible
- Activity - Generate ideas to include in your presentation
- Group like ideas together
- Which order should they be placed in - Which are most important to audience?
- WIIFM - What's In It For Them
- How many main ideas are there? Telephone number / SS Number
- Activity - Work on their presentation and apply discussion points
"Picture is worth many many words"
- How do we bring these ideas to life someday?.
- Pictures, Data, Quotes, Video, Audio, Props, Demos?
- Activity - Think through what they may want to include in future
Where do I start? I hate long goodbyes
- Let's start at the end?
- First Impressions
- Activity - Build Your Opening and your Closing
Let's start making Soup!!!
- PowerPoint Best Practices
- Slide sequence
- Too Much SOUP!!
Presentation Tips
- Your voice
- Presence
- Presentation Practice
- Presentations
- Feedback


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CNBC's Jane Wells reports on food trends to keep an eye on in the second half of the year.» Read More
Discussing revolutionizing the food industry, with AOL co-founder and Revolution LLC Chairman and CEO Steve Case.
One of the original YouTube stars Justine Ezarik, discusses earning a living on YouTube, her new book "I, Justine: An Analog Memoir," and monetizing her videos.
Playmation Studios is being unveiled as Disney releases a new line of high-tech toys. David Bank, RBC Capital Markets, discusses the potential benefit to the company.
Pinterest, known as the "world's bulletin board" is announcing a new product to buy your pins, reports CNBC's Josh Lipton.
Playmation Studios is being unveiled and will retail for $120 starting in October. CNBC's Julia Boorstin explains how the 5-piece package works.
May auto sales are better-than-expected, with CNBC's Phil LeBeau, and "The Profit" host Marcus Lemonis.
Pinterest, known as the "world's bulletin board" will announce a new product today at an event, reports CNBC's Josh Lipton.
CNBC's Courtney Reagan reports on the expansion of off-price retailers.
Mary Meeker is presenting her Internet trends report. Hany Nada, GGV Capital, and Ed Lee, Re/code, discuss.
Tennessee inventor Dave Reynolds thinks his glow-in-the-dark Potty Glow toilet seats are a necessity for families with young children, and helpful for the elderly and those who wake up in the middle of the night groggy.
The Meatball Shop co-owners Michael Chernow and Daniel Holzman, discuss the reality of running restaurants in New York City.
Dissecting the trade on retail sales data from Q1, with Matthew Boss, JPMorgan senior retail analyst. Boss has an overweight rating on Macy's.
Insight to Bank of America's millennial survey and consolidation in the beauty brand space, with Olivia Tong, BofA Merrill Lynch analyst.
Tequila Avión founder and chairman Ken Austin, discusses the transition since Pernod Ricard took majority control of the brand, and the success around Reserva 44.
E-commerce site Etsy has everything from $6,000 dollar dog dresses to a six-foot tall shoe. CNBC checks out a few of the strange finds on the site.
Fans are rushing to get some of the hottest sports tickets, and many are turning to SeatGeek. Co-founder Jack Groetzinger, talks demand and pricing for tickets.
The Dollar Shave Club is expanding to a new category - men's hair care, with a new product called "Boogie's." CNBC's Sara Eisen asked founder Michael Dubin about the launch.
Baird upgraded Nike, and Goldman Sachs upgraded Restoration Hardware. The FMHR traders discuss their play on both stocks.
Ford Motor President and CEO Mark Fields, discusses the reveal of the Lincoln Continental at the New York Auto Show. He says the company has developed the car for both China and U.S. customers.
The Honest Company's Jessica Alba, discussed how excited she is about the important relationship with customers, and the surge of demand for its products.


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After going down 4-0 at home, the tie was effectively over, but Leverkusen played for pride and nearly came away with a draw at the Parc des Princes, missing a penalty in a 2-1 defeat.
"This was a good performance from us today," said Hyypia. "We showed character and a good mentality. We can take a lot of self-confidence out of this defeat.
"I'm very proud of the way my lads played. If we do our homework, then we will be playing in Europe next year too.
"Maybe we can benefit from this on Saturday."
Leverkusen travel to Bayern Munich at the weekend, bidding to end the Bavarians' 49-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga, a run which started after their 2-1 loss to Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena in October 2012.
"It was important that we tanked up on self-confidence for our coming Bundesliga matches," director of sport Rudi Voller told Sky. "That's what mattered most in this game.
"It was already a big success for us to get through the group stage because in Europe, there are four, five or six clubs who will always make it hard for Leverkusen to get any further."


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Step 1: Get the items
1. Your friends shampoo
2. Plastic wrap
3. (optional) sharpie, scissors
thats it!
Step 2: Put it together
2 . Then get a piece of plastic wrap about the size of the cap
3 . After that you put the plastic wrap tightly on the hole where the shampoo comes out
4. Finally put the cap back on and test it by squeezing it, make sure the shampoo doesn't come out
NOTE: Make sure you cant see any plastic wrap from under the cap if you do cut it off with scissors or a knife.
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