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Touch the dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer series #1)September 7th, 2011
Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I am not really sure whether I really like this book or if its just a pleasant read. At least it is not really bad and I did start reading the second one in the series, so it must have some good things.
But lets talk about the bad things first:
I like history and can be fascinated by certain people from the past. But if I want to read about them, I grab a history book or go to Wikipedia. So in this book the name dropping and history lessons where a bit over the top.
Also not good: in the middle of some breathtaking action scene. I get an explanation on things which make me think: STFU! you're throat is being ripped open, you have a knife close to your heart: tell me what happens. I don't need an explanation on how your ward works or what it is or whatever, you can tell me all about that when you are safe.
Finally: the sex with Mircea. I'm having serious issues with Cassie being his since she was eleven years young. And she was sitting on his lap and braiding his hair? Eew! I also hope the series does not go any further with the free sex for all. That's why I stopped reading Anita Blake: It was getting boring, reading the vast amount of sex scenes with a various amount of guys.
But, there was good too:
Cassie not being a necromancer, vampyre slayer or demon hunter. No, she is just a seer who grew up at a vampyre court and tries to stay alive. That's refreshing. The action was – between the explanations and history lessons – really good and entertaining.
I want to know where the story leads. What is the story with Pritkin? What is going to happen between Cassie & Mircea? And more questions come to mind. I will see what Claimed by Shadow brings. So far so good, but yet another "famous" person from history has appeared.
Banana Cream MuffinsApril 11th, 2011
- 2 cups All-purpose flour / 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda / 1 teaspoon Baking powder or just 2 cups of Self-rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cups Granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Rum extract
- 1 cup (8 oz) Sour cream
- 1/4 cup Raisins (soak in water first)
- 2 big or 3 small Bananas (cut in half lengthwise and then sliced)
Place oven rack in lower-middle position of oven and heat to 190 C / 375 F.
In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs and sugar together until mixture is pale yellow. While whisking, slowly pour in oil; add rum extract, raisins and sour cream, and mix well. Fold in remaining flour mixture until just incorporated. Finally mix in the banana parts. Do not over mix. (Batter should be mixed just until it comes together. It's OK for some small sprays of flour to be visible in the raw dough.)
Spray a twelve-cup muffin tin with vegetable cooking spray or coat lightly with butter (or use paper liners). Distribute muffin dough equally among cups. and press down lightly. Place in oven and increase temperature to 200 C / 400 F. Bake until muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Remove from oven and turn out, upside down on tea towel to cool completely. Serve immediately or store in airtight container for 2 to 3 days.
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In the Gesso…..December 13th, 2010
A few years back I was obsessed with Dolls Houses. I owned a few, made a lot of things, most of it is still on my other website. But then the yarn came into my life, knitting, cross stitching, needle binding, card weaving. I tried spinning as well but gave up on that. So the dolls houses went on a hold. I got rid of a lot but I kept one big house and some smaller projects. I knew that some day, that miniature bug would come back and bite me again. And so it did. Last weekend I got out my sanding machine and started sanding my Mandragora Mansion. A victorian villa, much like the old painted ladies you see in the USA. So here it is, in the middle of the livingroom my "painted lady" to be:
Like every self respecting cat Charlie and Emma were there to
help inspect the house inside and out. In the six months they live with me, it never came out of the corner it was in, except when that noisy machine (the vacuum cleaner) went around the room
Emma is checking the upstairs while Charlie looks downstairs. Sunday I took out the gesso and although I am not an Elvis-fan (on the contrary) I kept hummin "In the gesso" like his song "In the getto…" The whole house has a basis coat of gesso and I put it on another spot in my livingroom. Charlie and Emma finished their inspection and seem to approve. When I took this picture dan_e said: look they are just like 2 lions pulling the hearse.
I moved the mansion next to the couch for better view and access. I'm still not sure about the colour but I think it will be the same as I have on my wall: lavender. On the picture you see Charlie on the left, Emma on the right. Nine months they are now and still as adorable as when they arrived. And look how they've grown:
This is my Books & fiber blog and it stays that way. I'm going to revitalise my Dolls house website so I can post more pictures and less words. But for now I wanted to share last weekends adventures. I will keep you posted about the dolls house updates.
I have a new look!December 10th, 2010
Let me know what you think about it.
I am very pleased with it. In the header you see some of my stuff, except the cross stitching, I received that in a swap in 2008 from Jennifer Wilder.


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We are currently right in the middle of graduation season. All of the college graduations are over and now comes all the high school graduations.
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Druery was convicted of the 2002 murder of Skyyler Browne, but doctors have said he suffers from schizophrenia. Medical records were unsealed Wednesday by Langley noting Druery's condition.
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, an inmate must know they are being executed and why before they are put to death. Otherwise, it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Tuesday, prosecutors successfully argued that Druery's odd writings, statements and requests demonstrate he is aware of his impending fate. Lawyers for Druery say their client may have demonstrated a factual knowledge of the execution, but he does not have a rational understanding because of his mental condition.
Druery would be the first Brazos County killer to be executed since Ynobe Matthews in 2004. Druery was returned to the Polunsky Unit in Livingston Wednesday after being in Brazos County for Tuesday's hearing.
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By: Gadi Schwartz, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Karen Takai
Karen Takai, an information specialist from New Mexico, is now leading briefings being broadcast all over the world about what is happening at the deadly Yarnell Hill fire.
"We start the mornings just recognizing the fact that it's an incredible tragedy has happened out here, and yet we need to get focused back on the task at hand, and that's to make sure in honor of these firefighters that we attack this fire safely and with swiftness," Takai said.
Takai isn't the only New Mexican in Arizona. KOB Eyewitness News 4 was told another fire expert is headed out to assist in the investigation of how 19 firefighters died.
"We know there was a weather change. We know there was a drastic change. We know there were crews on the ground," Takai said. "Was there questions not asked correctly? Was the timing wrong? We won't know all these things until we get the investigators on it. We can't answer to that. It's all rumor, conjecture, hypothetical, and we can't go there."
With New Mexico facing the same dry conditions and heat that Arizona is facing, New Mexico hotshots for the most part are staying close to the fires at home.
Meanwhile, Takai will likely continue to head up the briefings until her team gets the Yarnell Hill fire under control.


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The boy who once had a duct taped French horn is now a man about to attend Juilliard in New York City.
Patrick Hodge, 19, is a recent Science Hill graduate and the first of such to attend the prestigious school since the mid-'70s. His move to New York may be delayed a bit due to Hurricane Irene. However, the tiny setback will probably become just another part of the story that led this athlete-turned-musician to worldly travels and a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"I originally wanted to play the trumpet," said Hodge, who was inspired by his older sister Alexis, a clarinet player. "He (Randy Coapstick) played all the instruments for us and then he brought out the French horn. I thought it was cool because it was circular. I liked the sound so I asked to play it."
After buzzing on the mouthpiece, Coapstick agreed that the French horn was a good fit for the 12-year-old. It didn't take long for Hodge to make progress and to quickly outgrow his duct taped instrument. He swept clinic competitions in seventh through ninth grade. Another teacher, Anthony Parnther, also pushed him in the right direction by persuading him to learn songs from memory and perform in public.
"I just developed a knack for it," Hodge said. "I like it a lot."
After getting first chair in the Science Hill wind ensemble as a freshman, the young musician decided to really take things seriously and started thinking about a possible career in music. The first step was extending his studies beyond school, so Hodge attended music festivals in the U.S. and across the Atlantic for four straight summers. He spent two weeks in Saarburg, Germany, last month and previously attended the Eastern Musical Festival for five weeks.
"I have been to a festival every summer and that really develops your skill," he said. "You stay away from home and you really focus on music. Mentally, it makes you tougher."
Hodge has also traveled hours just to take lessons from the best. He made numerous trips to Appalachian State to learn from Karen Roberts and even longer trips to the North Carolina School of the Arts to receive instruction from David Jolly. As the lengthy lessons added up, Hodge realized that his time in high school was running out. Both of his teachers encouraged him to apply to numerous schools. He settled on six, including his future school of Juilliard, another Manhattan school — Mannes College, plus a few others. Then, the tedious application process began.
Each one required an audition.
"At the time I applied to these schools I thought, 'there's probably no way I can get into to any of these schools,' " Hodge said. "I'm just going to go up there and do what I do. I knew it was a long shot."
And that's exactly what he did. Hodge and his mother Jo Ann arranged a weeklong trip from New York to Philadelphia and Boston, so he could perform for each possible school. Juilliard was the first school on the list.
"I just went in there and played my stuff," he said. "The audition lasted 10 minutes, but it felt like 30 seconds. They asked me a few questions about myself and I was so nervous that I probably sounded like an uninteresting person because I didn't know what to say."
With acceptance letters from Mannes College, the University of Miami and the North Carolina School of Arts, Hodge was delighted to have options. Then, he checked the Juilliard website.
"They said I was accepted into the Juilliard Horn Studio," he said. "I couldn't believe it. It's a pretty big blessing just to have the opportunity."
Although he toyed around with the idea of going to Miami or Mannes, the scholarship money offered to him from Juilliard gave Hodge the reassurance that New York was where he belongs.
"I just really wanted to go to a place where it's all about the arts," he said. "It was pretty much Juilliard from the beginning because it's such an honor to get into that school. It provides for so many connections outside college and just the name helps you."
The Juilliard freshman was one of three undergraduates accepted into the horn program and will move into a dorm on the 24th floor. He'll start classes in ear training, music theory, music history and piano on Sept. 8 and will study under Julie Landsman, the former principal horn at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Hodge says he's a bit nervous, but looking forward to playing in an orchestra and seeing where his studies will take him. His goal is to play in a symphony orchestra, and Hodge says he'll have to "play amazingly" to make that happen.
Going to Juilliard isn't quite the traditional college experience. Giving up the chance to go to the University of Miami for a typical semester of academic classes and football games isn't something Hodge regrets.
"It's bittersweet," he said. "I get distracted very easily and I decided that if I can really focus in my undergraduate and get really good on the French horn, it will develop my professional career."
He's not sad about giving up sports, either.
"Before I played music, I originally wanted to be a pro baseball player," Hodge said. "I didn't hit a growth spurt until I was in eighth or ninth grade. That's when other guys were a lot bigger than me and I was unmatched in sports. I just accepted it. I still play for fun, but my main dream is music. I know I'm good at it."
Craig Campbell, a 1976 Science Hill graduate, studied the organ at Juilliard. Patrick Hodge is the first to follow in his footsteps and since Campbell still lives in the New York area, he's volunteered to be a mentor of sorts, which makes Kelly and Jo Ann Hodge very happy. With the assurance that their son won't be all alone in the "Big Apple," Hodge's parents say they'll miss hearing his two-hour practice sessions in the basement.
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Antinea Floor Lamp
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Design by Jean-François Crochet.
Imported from Italy.
Floor lamp with pietra serena sandstone base, hand-forged metal structure. Comes in hand-waxed rusty finish with amber scavo glass.
Terzani began as a creative design and production laboratory for lighting objects, with roots in the noble craft traditions of wrought iron, carved wood, and Murano glass.
In 1985, Sergio Terzani met Jean-Francois Crochet, an experienced Parisian designer. Together, they updated the craft culture, presenting it from a contemporary design angle.
The end result has been "Luce Pensata": lamps and objects as lighting sculptures, no longer accessories or cold technical supports, but the animated, vital protagonists of living areas, with a completely original and identifiable character.
"I love void and light, but also: a pot on the stove, the wine Bourgogne, kids, women, I'm in love with Taben".—Jean-François Crochet
Born in 1949, he attended some of the finest decorative art schools in Paris. He recalls that "I came across people who put me to work. I designed several fashion boutiques in the 60's "la Gaminerie-Paris", it was still day time. At night I also designed several night clubs: "Le Tiffany", "La nuit des Rois", "Le club Alexandre" in Montreal. I needed to eat well after all....and so I also designed several restaurants and bars in Paris Bastille. Then in 1985 I laid on the beach right next to Sergio Terzani, three tumbles later I was working in his workshop. I believed I designed lamps, I believed I had memory, I got lost in the past to come back to the light with...View other products by Jean-François Crochet


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August 2, 2015
Witnesses and authorities say a shootout outside a Dallas bank has left at least two people wounded and customers and employees locked in the bank's vault.
The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. outside the United Texas Bank. The bank is located on the first floor of the Four Forest high-rise office building, near the intersection of U.S. 75 and Interstate 635.
A witness tells KRLD-AM of Dallas that a bank customer went outside, then came back inside and said, "You'd better lock your doors."
Another witness reported seeing a man sitting in a chair with blood all over his chest.
There's still no word on precisely how many people were wounded and their conditions were not known. But police say the building is now secure.
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The strange thing about this one is that it smells really strongly of alcohol, but it tastes great. I've had no problem with bitter aftertaste either.
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great for baking
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this was my first trial of nuNaturals stevia products and I do like it. I have only used some drops in my morning smoothie and also in my chocolatey tea in the evening and it gave a great flavour!
good stevia product
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This Stevia doesn't seem to have a bitter aftertaste, at least in the quantities that I use. While the vanilla scent in the bottle is strong, I don't find that it contributes any flavor to my food because I use so little stevia.
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In coffee or any drinks or mixed with desserts or my favourite, natural youghurt.
Great brand of stevia, not an especially strong vanilla flavour
Posted by Umbridge on Oct 20, 2012
I never notice much of a flavour from these flavoured stevia drops (not just this brand, but others I have tried as well). It's probably because I don't use that much, so perhaps if you use a lot you will get a stronger vanilla flavour. Otherwise, this is a great, high quality stevia with no bitter aftertaste.


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Guest commentary: We need fewer government jobs, more U.S.-produced products
The just-proposed White House budget cuts NASA and defense programs (which fund important private-sector jobs) while increasing funds for government bureaucracies/employees (jobs funded by taxes from private-sector workers).
Sadly, the public sector now provides significantly higher compensation and benefits than the private sector. Soon a new "jobs" bill will fund more government "make-work" instead of much-needed private-sector stimulation. And we see threats of additional government jobs with the bizarre State of the Union proposal to fund college education for those choosing government over private-sector careers.
Then when the "Bush tax cuts" expire for our most productive workers, we'll see increased barriers to vital free-enterprise investments — an unconscionable move in today's troubled economy.
Every American citizen must understand: 1. the government has no money unless it taxes some wealth-producing enterprise; 2. every government job puts increased pressure on private-sector taxpayers to pay for such employment; 3. using taxpayer money for more government bureaucrats and/or additional entitlements merely redistributes wealth without increasing the tax base; 4. we cannot possibly tax, spend, borrow or "print" our way back to prosperity; 5. the only path to new wealth creation and new tax revenues rests in private-sector growth.
Insanity is repeating the same mistake. A second government-only stimulus masquerading as a "jobs" bill is insane!
We must stimulate the private sector rather than bigger government! We must produce more consumer products at home! We must assign energy-independence challenges to innovative, profitable companies!
Instead of accepting Economics 101, our government seems consumed with replacing portions of the private sector with bigger government. Across the planet and throughout history, this has always resulted in catastrophe. Socialism leads to sagging productivity, death to innovation, increased capital flight, unsustainable debt, a shrinking currency and tragedy for future generations.
It's possible that the White House advisers don't grasp this. Only 8 percent of the White House team bring any private sector experience. The previous lowest was 57 percent during the Clinton administration.
We have a 70 percent consumer economy. Today's consumers have little money and even less confidence in spending — due to record-high unemployment and underemployment. Stagnation in small-business investments and hiring has led to home construction declines and increasing mortgage foreclosures. There's great fear of expanded government intervention; a real "bummer" for entrepreneurs.
Then there's an almost phantom reason: capital flight to nations with lower business taxes, fewer regulations, fewer union restrictions, lower litigation risks and an increasing job shift overseas, where U.S. companies can produce goods more competitively.
But instead of enabling the private sector with business-friendly policies, political progressives attribute our problems to "evil profits." They demonize 3.3 percent health-insurance profits (ranking 86th amongst U.S. industries) as "gouging" Americans. They label 8.1 percent oil company profits (average for Fortune 500 companies) as immoral. They stereotype all business executives as greedy.
They try to control the money supply, health insurance, doctors' fees, corporate salaries, the automobile industry and energy decisions.
The U.S. Constitution prohibits all of this!
Our politicians are confirming Ronald Reagan's admonition: "Government is not the solution; government is the problem."
Our politicians must terminate attempts to control the entire U.S. economy. Instead, they must once again unleash America's entrepreneurial spirit — with new incentives for private-sector investment and job creation.
Why not lower all corporate tax rates? How about reducing capital gains tax rates to zero? Why not leave estate taxes alone? These steps would encourage innovation, enable new business start-ups, open up equity markets, allow wealth transfer to younger generations and create millions of new jobs.
Instead of spending $100 billion of our money on government jobs, why not forgo $100 billion in business taxes, enabling U.S. corporations to become more competitive versus foreign entities. This would shrink U.S. capital flight into nations such as Ireland with a 12 percent business tax rate (ours is 38 percent). A $100 billion private equity injection today would have a 15-times multiplier effect, shortly creating $1.5 trillion of economic growth and then $100 billion in new tax revenues — every year!
Where might we find $100 billion? Well, $100 billion represents only 3 percent of the just-proposed federal budget (which adds $1.3 trillion to our deficit). Let's freeze discretionary spending now — instead of the bogus State of the Union limited freeze that would wait another year and then reduce the budget by only 0.8 percent. Let's apply TARP refunds somehow toward private-sector recovery. Let's find another $18 billion by eliminating typical annual earmarks, as has been repeatedly promised.
In an election year launched with the Massachusetts Miracle, lots of incumbents just might support this approach.
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Chapel Hill tech start-up Keona Health raises $2.5 million
A Chapel Hill-based technology start-up behind software designed to help take patient histories, triage patients, and save time for nurses and other staff has raised $2.5 million to accelerate the company's growth.
Keona Health has developed software called Online Health Advice to allow patients to enter their health information online and to ask a question or communicate a health problem to doctor's office staff. The program can categorize concerns based on urgency.
"Instead of patients having to wait one to four hours for someone medically trained to listen to (their) message, (they) can still get their history and their questions asked immediately," said Stephen Dean, the co-founder and chief operating officer for the five-person company.
Dean said that currently, the software has an online component that walks patients through the process of inputting their health history information online and it also can prompt staff to take that information over the phone. Dean said they also hope to add a voice recognition service that will automatically take that information, as well.
The company is a spin-out of the University of North Carolina, Dean said, and gained traction with a $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health and an additional state funding. UNC-Chapel Hill was a partner in the grant, he said.
Javed Mostafa, a professor of information science at UNC-Chapel Hill, was a co-founder, according to a news release. Dean said the idea was sparked by a bad experience from the company's CEO Oakkar Okkar, who co-founded the company while getting his master's in clinical informatics at UNC. Dean said Oakkar is from Burma, where he ended up in the emergency room for a health problem that wasn't acute. After hours of waiting, he ended up with a large bill.
"So he sat down and designed what a system would look like that could make it easier for health care professionals to get tailored advice to patients that's not just WebMD, which give you a laundry list that scares you half the time, (but) real personalized advice from our own physician," Dean said.
They started selling the product last August, he said. They have tailored the software for pediatric practices, for obstetrics and gynecology practices, for family practices and internal medicine. But he said they hope to increase the number of different types of practices the software can work with.
The company is based out of Launch Chapel Hill, a business accelerator program at 321 W. Rosemary St., which offers access to experts and mentors, broad networking opportunities, office space and the opportunity to work around other start-ups.


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Given its one in the morning EST and I just got home and finished brushing my boots, and am now reading the Alden thread, I think my shell addiction might be worse than anything I can put up my nose.
Plus, at least my dealers have great websites with pretty pictures...
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Thanks guys...hopefully if things go according to plan, I'll be back in the market sooner rather than later! Plus I will not be selling off my Blue Suede LWBs, Cigar Brixton, Ultimate #8 Jumper, and LSxSE Conservation Boot (which may be my favorite pair of shoes/boots due to just how damn comfortable that hated wedge sole is.
Probably aimed at the Japanese market, where folks have been known to pay waaaaaayyyyyy over US retail for Aldens.
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Is this something normal that should brush out? Or is it an issue? I naturally tried brushing it with my finger a bit to see if it was a bit of extra material that would wipe off, but it didn't.
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Definitely grant.
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Happy inaugural Patina Sunday (if you're choosing to celebrate) and Easter (if you're into that sort of thing).
My collection is less than a year old and hasn't aged much so I've chosen a photo posted previously in this thread. Taken at Leather Soul Hawaii, both of these shoes are color 8 NSTs. This photo was originally taken and posted by member Dexter_ in 2010. Coincidentally, it appears the aged shoe's color is somewhere between a paska and kielbasa.
I have seen and experienced this before. Not the norm, but a welcome surprise when it works out.
Thank you - no, the pants are unaltered. I did do a hot wash and hot dry upon purchase to shrink them up a bit. Still probably need to be taken in in the waist and seat (very essential information based on the pic, I know...).
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That color difference is very cool... and continues to aid me in my suspicion that all shell evolves to the same mid-brown eventually. "Rare" shell colors are, in fact, a hoax.
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if by wishlisted you mean a product that has a delivery date further out than normal shipping.. all 4 pair of Aldens purchased from them have arrived earlier than quoted.. I remember reading somewhere that the CEO of Jcrew admits that they would prefer to quote a date and then exceed expectation by delivering earlier.
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After selling his school, entrepreneur Teun Castelein is now selling the Dutch museum of graphic design.
With our attempts to cultivate nature, humankind causes the rising of a next nature, which is wild and unpredictable as ever. Wild systems, genetic surprises, autonomous machinery and splendidly beautiful black flowers. Nature changes along with us.
After selling his school, entrepreneur Teun Castelein is now selling the Dutch museum of graphic design.
Though I love Teuns work and think he earns the attention… How is selling pixels and selling pieces of visual property of consequence for the way we perceive shifts from culture to nature and vice versa? F.e. does it imply a change in the way public space is used? –> Buildings become magazines in need of advertisers to survive? Well, take a look at Times Square New York to see how the world would look. Nothing new there.
Flags are symbols of pride. This artpiece is trying to merge nationalistic symbolism with free market economy So there you have it: a cold war on the façde of a building and we call it Dutch design.
Next posts better be on topic please…
P.s. Nice work Teun!


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Regular Meeting March 9, 2010
The regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Jackson County Intermediate School District was held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at the Kratz Education Center, 6700 Browns Lake Road, Jackson, Michigan. David Salsbury, Vice President, called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Board members present were: David Salsbury, Vice President; Shirley Larson, Secretary; Kevin Tuckey, Treasurer; and Douglas Schedeler, Trustee. Board members absent: Robert Moles, President.
Meeting with the Board were Kevin Oxley, Superintendent; Richard Rendell, Director of Special Education; Gloria Smith, Director of Instruction; Catherine Brechtelsbauer, Human Resource Director and Legal Services; and Phyllis Stressman, Recording Secretary.
Cathy McQuillan, Mary Ann Schwartz, Gwen Reynolds, Roger Auwers, Molly Jagelka, Kortney Steward, Jordan Brown, Patty Horning, Shannon Degan, Randy Jarchow, Denny Vass
A motion was made by Mr. Schedeler to approve the minutes from the February 23, 2010, regular meeting. Mrs. Larson supported the motion, which carried by roll call vote:
Ayes) Mr. Salsbury, Mrs. Larson, Mr. Schedeler, Mr. Tuckey
Nays) None
Mr. Tuckey moved to accept the financial report ending February 28, 2010. Mr. Schedeler offered a second and the motion carried:
Ayes) Mrs. Larson, Mr. Schedeler, Mr. Tuckey, Mr. Salsbury
Nays) None
The Career Center School Store recently earned a DECA Gold Certificate.
The Roadhouse, located on Lansing Avenue, recently held the 4th Annual Golumki Festival to benefit the Torrant Center; $1800 was raised and donated to Special Education.
The CFI basketball team won the game against Waldron Schools and now have a 2-0 record. The next home game at the RAC at 10:30 a.m. is on March 23rd.
The literacy group at the ISD is organizing a Cooks for Books fund raiser, March 31st, 3 to 6 p.m., to benefit the Imagination Library. Board members were invited to participate either as volunteer cooks or patrons of the event.
Career Center Principal Patty Horning introduced three seniors in the Cosmetology Program to talk about the first Hair and Fashion Show held at the Career Center recently; speaking were Molly Jagelka, Kortney Steward, and Jordan Brown. The event was a huge success, standing room only, and involved several different Career Center clusters and students. Plans are already being formulated for next years show.
Mr. Oxley recognized Kevin Tuckey for having achieved the MASB Award of Distinction. The actual presentation of the award will take place at the county school board association organizational meeting in September.
Mary Ann Schwartz, JIEA president, officially announced to the Board that the labor group had ratified the mediated contract on March 8, 2010.
Mr. Salsbury stated the report for ratifying the JIEA contract, Volume 30, Report No. 81, would be moved to follow the closed session on the agenda. The closed session is being held for the purpose of collective bargaining strategy and clarification.
PERSONNEL ITEMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Volume 30, Report No. 79
Ms. Brechtelsbauer introduced and recommended the employment of Roger Auwers as finance director, effective April 1, 2010. The separation of employment for Jeffrey Hinkle, Career Center assistant principal, due to retirement was also recommended for approval. Mrs. Larson made the motion to approve the personnel report as given, with Mr. Tuckey supporting. The motion carried by a roll call vote:
Ayes) Mr. Schedeler, Mr. Tuckey, Mr. Salsbury, Mrs. Larson
Nays) None
BUS BIDS Volume 30, Report No. 80
The Board received information at the February 23rd meeting concerning the request to purchase four busses for use in special education transportation. Dr. Rendell proposed the Board authorize the purchase of the busses from Midwest Transit for a total price of $334,972, which was the low bid. Mr. Tuckey had posed a question at the meeting for information regarding the new busses being green.
Dr. Rendell indicated the busses are green, and can run using alternative bio-fuels, but that it has been the Districts experience that using these fuels does not generate the desired outcome or savings. The regular maintenance costs are increased by way of having to change the oil more frequently and it has not proven to be cost effective to use the alternative fuels. The countywide RFP was again discussed with Dr. Rendell pointing out, if the District ultimately went with an outside vendor for transportation, it is in the Districts best interest to maintain the fleet in the event the arrangement did not work and District transportation services had to be resumed; the bus fleet would be intact. Mr. Salsbury made a point to stress the ISD is not the driving force behind the RFP, and Mrs. Larson wanted to make it clear the ISD should never be in the position to dictate.
Mr. Tuckey made the motion to approve the purchase of the four busses from Midwest Transit as proposed for a total cost of $334,972. Mr. Schedeler seconded the motion, which carried to a roll call:
Ayes) Mr. Tuckey, Mr. Salsbury, Mrs. Larson, Mr. Schedeler
Nays) None
RESOLUTION FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT - Volume 30, Report No. 82
Communications and Operations Manager Tommy Cameron asked the Board to consider adopting a resolution proposed by Energy Education as part of the energy savings program kick-off. The resolution confirms the Boards commitment to changing organizational behavior and the desire to save dollars on energy costs that can be used for education instead of processes. A copy of the proposed resolution was provided and the Board will be asked to take action at the next meeting on March 23, 2010.
MAISA REGION 8 RESOLUTION Volume 30, Report No. 83
Mr. Oxley reminded the Board, Region 8 intermediate school districts superintendents had been meeting recently to discuss the possibilities of further collaborations between ISD districts. A facilitated meeting has been planned for March 22nd with each ISDs leaders in the areas of curriculum, human resources, finance, and technology. The participating districts are all asking their Boards to adopt the proposed resolution, which would really hold the administrations feet to the fire in continuing to look for efficiencies. Mrs. Larson suggested changing the wording in the first paragraph to state instead, Whereas, the education of children and services to locals of Jackson County is our top priority, and There were no objections to the suggested change, and the Board will be asked to adopt the resolution at the next regular meeting.
Mr. Oxley informed the Board, it was his intention to bring to the Board at the meeting on March 23rd an information item that clearly demonstrates the types of organizational changes being proposed in the 2010-11 budget planning process. Included will be information related to specific layoffs being recommended, as well as plans to relocate areas within the KEC to accommodate growing departments.
Mr. Tuckey stated the JCASB Candidates Night is scheduled for 7 p.m., March 22nd, in the KEC professional development room. There are 16 new board candidates being invited to attend.
Mr. Tuckey informed the Board that Clare Cummings, Citizen Patriot education reporter, is leaving.
At 6:08 p.m. Mrs. Larson made the motion to enter into closed session for the purpose of collective bargaining, with Mr. Schedeler supporting.
Ayes) Mr. Salsbury, Mrs. Larson, Mr. Schedeler, Mr. Tuckey
Nays) None
The closed session began 6:20 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION/Collective Bargaining
No vote or action was taken during the closed session, which reconvened to open meeting at 6:40 p.m.
RATIFICATION OF JIEA CONTRACT Volume 30, Report No. 81
Mr. Schedeler made the motion to approve the JIEA labor contract as presented. Mrs. Larson seconded the motion and expressions of appreciation were offered by the Board for everyones hard work and diligence in reaching an agreement. The JIEA contract ratified by a roll call vote:
Ayes) Mrs. Larson, Mrs. Schedeler, Mr. Tuckey, Mr. Salsbury
Nays) None
With no further business before the Board, Mr. Salsbury adjourned the March 9, 2010, regular meeting at 6:45 p.m.


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I always thought the dodecahedron would make a perfect calendar.
Now updated for 2013.
Step 1: Required Tools
Step 2: Download Template
Download the template PDF from the link below the image preview box. Print and cut out the twelve months. Plain paper will work fine but a heavier, bonded paper will stay flat better.
To draw your own pentagons:
The pentagons I used are 2 inches on a side and there are three different rectangles for the months. Months have 4, 5, or 6 rows plus one for the month name.
For the 7x7 square the side length is 2.12" and the center is 1.83" up from the bottom point of the pentagon.
For the 7x6 rectangle the size is 2.2" across, 1.9" vertical, and the center is 1.77" up from the bottom point.
And the 7x5 rectangle is 2.35" across, 1.68" vertical, and the center is 1.69" up from the bottom point.
These measurements will get the rectangle centered in the pentagon with the corners reaching the sides. To make a larger or smaller calendar I'd recommend dividing these measurements by 2 and multiplying that by the length of the side of your pentagon.
The tabs measure about 1/2 inch in from each corner and are 1/3 inch wide. The lines in the tab divide the tab in 3.
I had to use a CAD program, but more talented people could likely draw this out.
See my other instructable, Drawing a Pentagon.
Step 4: Tabs and Slots
Step 5: Cutting Slots and Tabs
Step 6: Begin Assembly
Don't get too hung up on what "I" do this and "I" do that. If you can imagine a better way to keep the tabs and slots straight, go for it.
Step 7: Unfolding the Tabs
Step 8: Partially complete view
Have you tried combining this idea with the tab/slots that I use. They are quite permanent and not at all as messy as glue. Also, how large is the final dodecahedron. Putting it all on one sheet must limit the size.
Actually, since I sent the calendar out instead of a Christmas
card, my criteria was that it had to be assembled easily. It was
sent flat through the post with all the fold lines perforated and
double-sided adhesive already fixed to the tabs – with the top
release paper left in position. One recipient was disabled and
another was elderly, so assembly had to be easy. I sent it along
with some pictorial DIY instructions. I scaled it to the largest
size that would fit on an A3 sheet of cardstock – one half to each
full sheet – and when assembled it measures around 5.5 inches at
its widest points and 4.5 inches from top to bottom. This is still
large enough to read all the numbers and still enabled me to add
minimal graphics (http://www.paulsroom.co.uk/139616226).
I appreciate that with your tabs the shape has no protrusions like
mine; but I designed the tabs so that once each half was folded and
stuck along the long tabs, it just slotted together. It's a closed
shape because the tabs make it self-locking and if you drop it, it
will not come apart.
Making something permanent would be even more difficult. Perhaps writing out the months with day one in the upper left corner in each month. Then you would need some temporary way of marking which column is Sunday.
- dodecahedron calendar template that is cut out in one piece as opposed to 12 separate pieces
- completely origami version that doesn't require tape or cutting
- rhombic dodecahedron version that doesn't require tape or cutting
- a flat star calendar assembled from 12 separate folded pieces
The 2010 version of each of these is available from the following link: www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-calendars.html
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Floor Updates
Collins, Sessions, Carper
Buffett Rule bill (S. 2230)
Mar 29 2012
Senator Collins: (2:40 PM)
Senator Sessions: (3:05 PM)
Senator Carper: (3:15 PM)
- Spoke on Obamacare.
- SUMMARY "During the past week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law. This week also marks the two-year anniversary of the President's signing that law. Now, there is no question that our health care system required and still requires significant reform. In passing this law, however, Congress failed to follow the Hippocratic Oath of first do no harm. The new law increases health care costs, hurts our seniors and health care providers and imposes billions of dollars in new taxes, fees. This in turn will lead to fewer choices and higher insurance costs for many middle-income American families and most small businesses. The opposite of what real health care reform should do. I find it particularly disturbing that President Obama's health care law does not do enough to rein in the cost of health care and to provide consumers with more affordable choices. In fact, Medicare's Chief Actuary estimates that the law will increase health care spending across the economy by more than $300 billion. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that the law will actually increase premiums for the average family plan by $2,100. Moreover, a recent report issued by the CBO found that the new law will cost $1.76 trillion between now and the year 2022. That is twice as much as the bill's original ten-year price tag of $940 million. The new law will also mean fewer choices for many middle-class Americans and small businesses. All individual and small group policies sold in our country will soon have to fit into one of four categories. Mr. President, one size does not fit all. In Maine, almost 90% of those purchasing coverage in the individual market have a policy that is different from the standards in the new law. I'm also very concerned about the impact of the law on Maine's small businesses which are our state's job creation engine. The new law discourages small companies from hiring new employees and from paying them more. It could also lead to onerous financial penalties, even for those small businesses that are struggling to provide health insurance for their employees I'm also very concerned that the new law is paid for in part through more than a $500 billion cut in Medicare, a program which is already facing serious long-term financing problems. It simply does not make sense to rely on deep cuts in Medicare to finance a new entitlement program at a time when the number of seniors in this country is on the rise. Mr. President, we need to fix and save Medicare, not add to its financial strains. Moreover, according to the administration's own chief actuary, those deep Medicare cuts could push one in five hospitals, nursing homes, and home health providers into the red."
Senator Sessions: (3:05 PM)
- Spoke on Obamacare.
- SUMMARY "It is widely agreed that social security has an unfunded liability of $7 trillion over 75 years. That's an enormous sum. It's double the entire amount of the United States budget today. So my staff used the models that are used by the center for Medicare and Medicaid services. They have talked with these individual experts about these numbers and worked diligently to come up with a figure using appropriate methods. That figure, using the administration's own optimistic assumptions and claims about the cost of the law, is an incredible $17 trillion that would be added to the unfunded liabilities of the United States over the next 75 years. That is more than twice the unfunded liability of Social Security. Now, I want to emphasize this $17 trillion figure is not an estimate based on what we think the bill will really cost if all the administration's claims and promises that were to be proven false. Certainly there have been matters proven false already, but we have used the administration's own figures, so the unfunded liability is almost certainly not going to be less than $17 trillion, but if any more of the administration's claims unravel as so many have already have, the cost of the program's unpaid obligation would rise radically higher than the $17 trillion. For instance, the former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an expert widely respected in these matters said that millions of more individuals may lose their current employer coverage and may be placed into the government-supported exchanges than we had currently projects, than the administration has projected. I didn't follow Mr. Holtz-Eakin's arguments or his concerns. We took the administration's assumptions. So let me briefly explain some of what now comprises this additional $17 trillion in unfunded obligations. $12 trillion is for the health care law for the premium subsidy program. You see the law created new regulations that driving up the price of insurance for millions of Americans. The writers of the law knew it would inflate the cost of insurance premiums to do so, so to cover that cost, they had to include new government subsidies so people could pay for their more expensive insurance. On made - onto the Medicaid, this new health care law has added another $5 trillion to its unfunded liabilities. This is on top of the substantial unfunded obligations at the federal and state governments have already had the take - had to take on in order to support Medicaid, and they have protested vigorously to us, warning of these additional deep expenditure requirements that are falling on the states. And these figures don't even account for the dozens of new bureaucracies that will be created to implement the president's health care law or the expansion of the bureaucracies. Those costs are not included in the $17 trillion or the cost estimates that the administration has used for the bill."
Senator Carper: (3:15 PM)
- Spoke on Obamacare.
- SUMMARY "The way we decided to do it in the health care bill, law is rather than just mandate that people have to get coverage, say we want to incentivize you and if you choose not to, that's your business. If you happen to be poor, we're going to provide assistance to you. But if you're not poor and you have the financial means, we'd like for you to go ahead and get coverage. We're not going to mandate it. But the first year that you have means to have coverage and choose not to there will be a fine or penalty of some sort, maybe a couple of hundred bucks. But that will go up several hundred dollars in order to encourage people to get the coverage. At the end of the day, some people say, you aren't paying $600 or whatever it ends up being, instead of paying this fee, why don't I just go ahead and get health insurance coverage? The idea is to provide some plans that are reasonably affordable for folks to take advantage of. The main issue ... How do we incentivize the patient, the person whose health is at stake here, how do we incentivize them to take personal responsibility for their own health care? In my mind, that is the heart and soul of health care reform right there. The things that work are large purchasing pool. We have an 18 million purchasing pool for us. We're part of, members of congress, our staffs, all federal employees, federal retirees are dependent, part of a huge purchasing pool called the federal employees' health benefit plan, like 8 million people. We don't have 8 million federal employees, but you have 8 million people when you add in retirees and so forth. We're part of this big health purchasing pool and we get lower prices - not free, we pay about 28% of the price of our premiums as federal employees, as servants, if you will - and our employers, the taxpayers, pay the other 72% or so. But what we're going to do is provide the opportunity for individuals, for families, for businesses, small and mid-sized businesses all over the country in less than 24 months to be able to join a similar kind of purchasing pool. We're going to start them up in every state every other state will have the opportunity to have their own large purchasing pool, to be able to take advantage of lower administrative costs - our administrative costs for our federal employees' health benefit plan, $3 out of every $100 for cost of premium, $3 oust every $100 of premium cost goes to administration. You compare that to other plans, it's more like 30%. A large purchasing pool. We're going to have them available in every state. The other thing we have going for us in the federal employees' health benefit plan, we use private health insurance plans; we're not using socialized medicine."
- Spoke on Menendez Energy Tax Credits bill.
- SUMMARY "We are drilling more in this country than we have at least the last eight years and because we are drilling more, the U.S. is now a net oil exporter, not a net oil importer. And this country which for years we said we are the Saudi Arabia of coal, we're now on our way to becoming the Saudi Arabia of natural gas and as we have opened up for drilling additional acres, onshore, offshore, off Alaska and the Gulf, we are in a position to become a net oil exporter. Now, the administration, the Obama administration, has made available millions of acres for oil and gas exploration the last year or two. Approving more than 400 drilling permits since the new safety standards were put in place. These safety standards you may recall were implemented to make sure we didn't have a repeat oil spill disaster like the BP oil spill that occurred almost two years ago today ... We have a record number of oil rigs operating right now, more working oil and gas rigs in the west than oil combined. With the changes that have been made, the increases in permitting in the last year or two, we now have a record number of oil rigs operating right now. More working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined. And yet of the millions of acres the government has allowed, our government has allowed for oil and gas development, only 25% of those acres are being used for production ... We actually have permits for the oil and gas companies could be drilling, 25% of these producing acres, and 75% of these are nonproducing acres. It's not because people are drilling and coming up with a dry hole. In many cases, they are not drilling. Keep that picture. You know the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words ... We have 75 million acres that are leased and have yet to be tapped Yet American consumers are still paying more at the pump. All the while the five largest oil companies, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch, Shell group, they did pretty well. They made about $137 billion last year. And to top it off, these companies receive billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to drill for oil and gas even as they are making very healthy, I think, record-breaking profits. Now, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. But let me just stop. I want to be clear on this one. I don't begrudge, I don't think any of us should begrudge the oil and gas companies their success. They have a fair amount at risk when they drill for oil and gas. It's not a business without risk. But this is also a business with enormous payoffs, enormous rewards for assuming those risks. But I do question giving away billions of taxpayer dollars in drilling subsidies at a time when we're running record federal deficits, to establish and really establish in successful industries that I don't think need a whole lot of financial incentive to drill more in this country."


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