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Monday Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees: 4:30 p.m., Board Room, Amarillo ISD Education Support Center, 7200 W. Interstate 40. Trustees will meet in a work session to discuss the 2010-11 budget. The regular meeting begins at 6 p.m. Agenda includes a report on "Graduating with Class," a proposed contract for food service management and the 2010-11 Student Code of Conduct.
Tuesday Bushland Independent School District Board of Trustees: 6:30 p.m., Board Room, Bushland Elementary School, 2300 Wells St. Trustees will consider an update to the policy on employee compensation and leaves of absence, hear monthly reports from administrators, vote on a budget request amendment and discuss personnel.
Amarillo Environmental Advisory Committee: 11:30 a.m., Room 306, Amarillo City Hall, 509 S.E. Seventh Ave. Committee members will continue discussions about a long-term environmental strategic plan and review plan goals.
Amarillo City Commission: 3 p.m., Commission Chamber, Amarillo City Hall, 509 S.E. Seventh Ave. Commissioners will consider approving a $752,649 project to construct a new sewer lift station to serve the planned RedStone neighborhood at Loop 335/Hollywood Road and South Coulter Street. More than $562,000 of the cost will be paid by the developer. Commissioners will gather for a public work session at 1:30 p.m. in Room 303.
Amarillo Community Development Advisory Committee: 7 p.m., Conference Room B, Amarillo Downtown Public Library, 413 S.E. Fourth Ave. Committee members will conduct a public hearing to gain public comment regarding the 2010-2011 Public Housing Agency Annual Plan and then develop a recommendation regarding the plan's approval.
Wednesday Amarillo Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee: 6:30 p.m., Gilliland Education Room, Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Buchanan St. Commissioners will review and discuss action strategies for comprehensive plan draft chapters on growth management and capacity, and mobility.
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Triticale Wheat
|Active dry yeast
|1 Tablespoon
|Warm water
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (105°-115°)
|2 Tablespoon
|2 Tablespoon
|Whole wheat flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (Measured Scoop And Level)
|Triticale flour
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs) (Measured Scoop And Level)
|1 Teaspoon
|Noninstant nonfat milk powder
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
1) Stir yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
2) Let stand in a warm place about 5 minutes until it dissolves or puffs.
3) Stir in oil and honey.
4) In your food processor, use the METAL BLADE or PLASTIC DOUGH BLADE setting.
5) In the work bowl, flours, salt and milk powder. Pulse on/off to mix.
6) Pour in yeast mixture through the feed tube while machine is running.
7) Pour in remaining water in a steady stream, only as fast as the flour absorbs it.
8) Process the stiff dough ball for 20 seconds and test the consistency for right elasticity, stickiness and wetness, by stopping the machine.
9) If it is not ready, then process for another 10 seconds.
10) Sprinkle with additional 1-2 tablespoons flour into the dough and pulse machine on/off to coat dough for easy removal from work bowl.
11) In an oiled bowl transfer the dough and turn over to oil the entire surface.
12) Cover with plastic bag or damp cloth and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
13) Punch down dough and knead for 30 seconds to press out the dough.
14) Prepare a ball from the dough, let rest by covering for 5 minutes.
15) Use greased 7 7/8 x 3 7/8-inch loaf pan to place the loaf made from dough.
16) Cover and let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until doubled, about 1 hour.
17) Preheat oven to 375°.
18) Place inside oven on middle rack to bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and bottom crust of loaf has a hard hollow sound when tapped.
19) Immediately transfer the loaf on wire rack for cooling.
20) Serve the bread warm or cool with your choice of dip or spread.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 406 Calories from Fat 82
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9 g14.4%
Saturated Fat 1.3 g6.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0.16 mg0.05%
Sodium 494.8 mg20.6%
Total Carbohydrates 73 g24.3%
Dietary Fiber 12.3 g49.2%
Sugars 6.8 g
Protein 14 g27.7%
Vitamin A 0.1% Vitamin C 0.08%
Calcium 3.4% Iron 21.2%
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From Gourmet Magazine, September 1995, one of my favorite recipes for entertaining. The Jalapeno Onion Marmalade can be made up to two days ahead, refrigerated, then gently reheated. The pork needs to marinate for at least one day before grilling. So you can see that this leaves very little work to do on the day you are serving this dish.
Serves 6-8
For the marinade:
6 large garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger root
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 cup olive oil
cayenne to taste
4 pork tenderloins, about 3/4 pound each, trimmed
For the marmalade:
1 1/4 pounds red onions, chopped fine (about 4 cups)
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 fresh jalapeno chilies, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons honey or sugar
3-4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
To make the marinade:
In a blender or small food processor, blend marinade ingredients with salt and pepper to taste.
In a large sealable plastic bag, combine pork with marinade.
Seal bag, pressing out air, and put in a shallow baking dish
Marinate pork, chilled, turning occasionally, at least 1 day and up to 2 days.
Prepare grill.
Let pork stand at room temperature about 30 minutes before grilling.
Remove pork from marinade, letting excess drip off, and grill on an oiled rack turning every 5 minutes until a meat thermometer registers 150-160. (15-20 minutes)
Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5-10 minutes before slicing.
Serve with onion marmalade.
To make the Jalapeno Onion Marmalade:
In a large heavy skillet, cook onions in oil with salt and pepper to taste over moderate heat, stirring until softened.
Add jalapenos and cook, stirring one minute, Add honey or sugar and cook, stirring one minute, Add vinegar and simmer , stirring until almost all liquid is evaporated. Add water and simmer, stirring until mixture is slightly thickened and onions are very tender, (the recipe says about 10 minutes but I find that it takes quite a bit longer to get them very tender, about 25 minutes, and I tend to need to add a bit more water as the marmalade cooks down.) Season with salt and pepper.


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The Individual is employed by a DOE contractor and is an applicant for DOE access authorization. DOE Exhibit ("Ex.") 3. During the application process, the Individual completed a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP) in June 2013, and participated in a November 2013 Personnel Security Interview (PSI). DOE Exs. 7, 8. After the PSI, the local security office (LSO) referred the Individual to a DOE consultant-psychologist ("the DOE psychologist") for an evaluation. The DOE psychologist evaluated the Individual in December 2013, and issued a report. DOE Ex. 6. In a February 2014 Notification Letter, the LSO informed the Individual that there existed derogatory information that raised security concerns under 10 C.F.R. §§ 710.8 (h) and (j) (Criteria H and J, respectively). See DOE Ex. 1 (Summary of Security Concerns). The Notification Letter also informed the Individual that he was entitled to a hearing before an Administrative Judge in order to resolve the security concerns.
The Individual requested a hearing on this matter. DOE Ex. 2. The LSO forwarded his request to the Office of Hearings and Appeals, and I was appointed the Administrative Judge. At the hearing, the DOE counsel introduced nine exhibits into the record (DOE Exs. 1-9) and presented the testimony of one witness, the DOE psychologist. The Individual testified on his own behalf, and offered the testimony of three additional witnesses: his uncle, his brother, and a long-time friend. The Individual did not submit any exhibits. See Transcript of Hearing, Case No. PSH-14-0032 (hereinafter cited as "Tr.").
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CAT OF THE WEEK!!!!!January 24th 2011 2:41 pm
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OMC! OMC! OMC!! I cannot beweive it! I'm so excited I can't sit still. Even momma can barely type she's so happy right now. I am cat of the week here on the bestest and most fun website ever. Oh kitties, we love you all so furry much and you make us so very, very happy. We have so much fun! You know what? I'm thinking up a few fun games to play. I've got some ideas so when we do them, we might put them right in the Catster plus fun section so everyone can do it. We have to do something to break up the winter blah blahs.
I'M SO BORRREEEEDDDD!January 23rd 2011 4:25 pm
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Oh this winter stuff stinks. It's so cold here we cannot beweive it. It's supposed to go down to -25 tonight! BRRRRR! Mother nature is not being too nice right now. Oh did you guys see all those little hearts fluttering around on my page? They look like buggies and I keep swatting at them to try and eat them. Moths are my favorite lunch. I can't seem to catch these and it's really perplexing. Right now I'm dictating this to my typist (momma) while I'm cuddled up on my snowman blanky in my warm beddy. I'm right next to the heater too. We've been cuddling on mom's bed at night, all three of us. She turns on the electric blanket and we lay on top of the fleece bwanky. Yes, all this cuddling is great and fun and all but we can't even see out of our windows. They're all frosted up! We keep asking mom for a new tower like River & Simone have. That's actually the very same one we were gonna get. I don't know if mom can do it but she's going to try hard. We need something new to amuse us, we get bored so darned easy. Mom's been trying to play more with us lately but she's been sick and her sinuses are bothering her. So every time she gets going running around with the string, WHOOSH, she gets dizzy. Lacey is a pain in the tookus! I think we're going to rename her GLUE. She might as well be strapped to mom's leg it's ridiculous. All I can hear all day is mom saying "Lacey get off me already, I can't walk!" She's tripped mom a couple of times already. And when she's not doing that, she's yacking her brains out whining. Sigh. Why can't she just be good like I am? Mom gives her tons of attention and still she has to get greedy about it.
Say it isn't so! Not more snow!!!!!January 17th 2011 2:59 pm
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OMC! We're still hardly able to see outside with the huge piles of snow from last week and tomorrow we're getting 10 more inches and another storm on Friday. Where are we going to put all this snow? That means momma will be back outside shoveling while our neighbor does the snow blowing and momma hasn't been feeling good lately. She's got a bad bug and this isn't the time for her to push herself. But with grammy and grampy being in their 80s she doesn't have much choice. She doesn't want stubborn grampy trying anything because he almost passes out every time. Sheesh! Where is spring! We're all bored!!!
Purrr hard for a better worldJanuary 9th 2011 6:29 pm
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As one of my momma's constant bookends on the couch or bed, I sit there with her and Lacey and watch tv. Sometimes we watch cartoons, sometimes we watch paranormal shows, oooooooh we like spooky stuff. Sometimes we watch shows momma recorded on DVR. But sometimes we watch the news and a lot of times we see stuff that is just so upsetting. I'm not quite sure exactly what's going on a lot of the times but me and Lacey know enough that it's really bad because momma will put her hands up in front of her mouth, shake her head back and forth and make that "oh no" or "gasp" sound. She made that sound yesterday for sure.
The ghost of MoufasaDecember 27th 2010 4:09 pm
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Well, we had one heck of a snow storm here in the northeast! Wow! We didn't get it as bad in our city, only 9 inches but we've had hurricane force winds constantly since last night and they're still blowing strong. So did you know that during a bad storm the electrical energy in the atmosphere makes it easier for ghosties to come through and visit us? Yup! It's true! They can feed off all that energy and pay us some nice visits like Alex sometimes does.
Merry Catmus everyone!December 23rd 2010 9:42 am
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Hi everybody! We just want to wish you all a very Merry Catmus and we hope that Santa Paws brings you lots of goodies and prezzies. Mom doesn't like this time of year so much because her birthday is the day AFTER Catmus! She hates it. She says nobody ever remembers her birthday. She says she doesn't care about prezzies at all, just that her birthday comes and goes and nobody ever remembers to say happy birthday. Plus here in New Hampshire you have to get your car registered and inspected on your birthday and it's never fun for mom to have to spend lots of money on her car. She hasn't been able to give prezzies in quite awhile because it's so expensive to do that here. They raised something called taxes on it a year ago and boy oh boy was mommy mad!
Nippy videos!December 18th 2010 4:28 pm
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Hi everyone, momma put up a new video on my page and a different one on Lacey's page of us playing with the nippy prezzies that River & Simone gave us. We really enjoyed them as you can see. Nippy nip nip, nom nom nom.
New kitty riddle - AnswerDecember 5th 2010 7:08 am
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Okay everyone! We know you're pawing to know the answer to the new kitty riddle. Sorry we didn't tell you yesterday but momma was a little tied up. No, really, we tied her up and made her tell us where this darned kitty was!, MOL.
new kitty?December 2nd 2010 7:55 am
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Momma keeps saying we have a whole new kitty in the house! Now, I don't know how I feel about that. Me and Lacey are pretty tight! This might really be a problem. But it doesn't make sense anyways because I look and look everywheres and I don't see no new kitty! What is she talking about? I think she's seeing miragees or something. I don't hear or smell a new kitty. Where could it be? We're not buying extra food, no new litter box, I'm confused.
WE'RE BACK!November 29th 2010 6:48 am
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OMG OMG OMG! We're back online and not a minute too soon. Momma was ready to drive over to the internet company and pull somebody over here! She called them last night and originally they said they'd be here today then last night they said maybe Tuesday. Momma said "UH UH! You're coming first thing tomorrow morning or we're calling another provider". Go momma, go momma go momma! MOL. She had enough! She was working on a new page for the website, the B12 page which is super important. She was frustrated because she couldn't do her research, etc. AND we missed all you guys bad!!!!!! Even though it was only 4 days, it was a LONG 4 days. Pretty sad but we'll say it, "Hi, my name is Finnegan. And I'm a Catster addict". MOL.
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Police say a group of high school students is responsible for a recent string of burglaries in Cheyenne. Police say they learned about the suspects when the students bragged to their classmates about the vandalism.
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Catholic Blogosphere
Res et Explicatio for AD 9-7-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Buckle Up! Because here are today's Top Picks in the world of Catholicism:
1. Sadly most of us will miss the Catholic Report blog run by Dave Hartline. Due to pleasant new circumstances of a new member of the family, Dave will be rolling back some of his extra-curricular activities to attend to his growing family. In addition Dave will be the newest contributor to the American Catholic website and joining our family of writers.
2. Since First Things began gobbling up good bloggers such as Spengler, Wesley J. Smith, and Elizabeth Scalia and adding writers such as the American Catholic's own Christopher Blosser, Jay Anderson, and Joseph Bottum under the First Thoughts blog, their website has gotten a WHOLE lot better. Many interesting stories and newsbites all neatly marketed in a spiffy new look.
I suggest you all check it out here.
Res et Explicatio for AD 8-7-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Buckle Up! Because here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York commended President Obama and the Democratic Party efforts in reforming Health Care. He said this during the Knights of Columbus Convention in Phoenix, Arizona. But his Grace gave this caveat that if reform…
"…leads to the destruction of life, then we say it's no longer health care at all – it's unhealthy care and we can't be part of that."
To accentuate this sentiment and as a warning to well meaning Catholics, Cardinal Levada explained that those that want to reform health care at any cost:
"[W]e do not build heaven on earth, we simply prepare the site to welcome the new Jerusalem which comes from God."
2. Catholic convert Joe Eszterhas of Hollywood screenwriting fame, will be writing the screenplay for a movie aboutthe Virgin of Guadalupe. Though no director nor a green light has been given on the go ahead of this movie project, the fact that Joe Eszterhas is writing the screenplay is newsworthy in itself because of the author himself is enough to get the ball rolling in the right direction.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 4-22-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. The HOT rumor of the day is that "Father John Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame, is in Washington today (Tuesday) for an unannounced meeting at the White House."
Is he personally visiting with President Obama to offer his sincere apologies for rescinding the invitation to speak at the commencement? Rescind the honorary law degree? Ask for a job after he gets fired?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Phil Lawler of Catholic World News received a report from a reliable source of Fr. Jenkin's unannounced visit to the White House and they cannot confirm this report yet.
In other news, this past Monday Fr. Jenkins expressed his profound pride in honoring the most pro-abortion president in U.S. history.
2. Have you seen Fr. Dwight Longenecker's updated and revised blog? It is awesome!
3. Even though the 2012 U.S. presidential elections are three years away we can dream and speculate who we would like to run for office between either a Democratic or Republican candidate (or even a legitimate third party candidate). One name that has become quite intriguing to me is the former U.S. Representative from Georgia, Newt Gingrich. His mea culpa of his previous marriages, his incredible intellect, speaking skills, and his recent conversion to our beautiful Catholic faith makes him my favorite for now.
Google's Top 25 Catholic Websites
John Henry and myself are a bit of stats geeks and we've been trying to figure out the most accurate way to gauge the number of visits American Catholic has been receiving by our readers. We use WordPress, Sitemeter, and Feedburner to see how we fare and I've entertained the possibility of using StatCounter to add to our curious habit. Then John Henry mentioned Google Reader and how it keeps tabs of the number of subscribers each website and blog has. That gave me the idea to add all of my favorite Catholic websites and see which ones have the most subscribers!
Now before you go and see who ranks where keep in mind that Google Reader only keeps track of Google account holders that add websites and/or blogs to their reader. It doesn't keep track of how many times a site is visited and not all websites such as the Vatican (and yes even a couple of blogs such as Catholic Report) don't even offer an RSS or Atom feed to subscribe to. If it's any consolation Google Reader seems to be the most popular reader out there with Bloglines a close second.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-30-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. Please pray for Father Benedict Groeschel as he suffered a stroke last week. For the story click here.
2. Jay Anderson is contemplating leaving blogging. It seems he is being worn down by the grind of writing on politics and religion. For the story click here.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-20-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. Seems like priests and their habits have been ruminating around the blogosphere as of late. Now Fr. Z has followed up this with insight concerning those for and against this trend.
For the link click here.
2. Speaking of religious, after enduring the many innovations following the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, vocations have rebounded:
"Nearly 70 percent of Catholic religious communities have seen a jump in vocation inquiries in the past year"
The vast majority of those entering the religious life are tradition-minded adults under the age of 40.
For the link click here.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-16-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here are today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. The Indian Catholic is reporting that Pope Benedict's next encyclical will be on the global meltdown.
"The Pope's message fundamentally will be one of hope… …it will be filled also with truth about how false economic principles and moral ideals can lead mankind toward the abyss…"
For the link click here.
2. Communion in the hand, this recent innovation, is dissected by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on his blog. Fr. Z wants us to consider the following:
Consider the lack of care with which many receive, how they move the Host around and handle it.
Consider that often there is a more or less properly prepared EMHC also handling the Host.
Consider the condition of the skin of the palm.
Consider the few seconds after a person transfers the Host from palm to mouth.
Consider that the Host has been in contact not only with the palm, but the fingers of the other hand.
For the link click here.
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-5-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Here we have today's Top Picks in the Catholic world:
1. I discovered today that Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas was the only obstacle that would have prevented the nomination of Pro-Abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama did not want to nominate Governor Sebelius without the support of Senator Brownback. President Obama made a personal phone call to Senator Brownback last week to ensure his support, which would have pre-empted any problems with Governor Sebelius nomination in the Senate. So Senator Brownback had the opportunity to strike a blow for the Pro-Life movement, but instead succumbed to worldly praise of his president. Senator Brownback you have advanced Satan's agenda of the increase in the murder of innocent children, shame on you!
Here is the link:
2. Late last night His Excellency Most Reverend Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City was quoted by the archdiocesan blog, The Catholic Key Blog, that he is "concerned personally" for Pro-Abortion Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. He has also said that "she is a very bright and gifted leader". Archbishop Naumann has called her nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services "particularly troubling". He further goes on explaining the problems associated with her public stance by quoting the great film A Man for All Season, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul, but for Wales?".
Here is the link: http://catholickey.blogspot.com/2009/03/archbishop-naumanns-column-on-sebelius.html
Res & Explicatio for A.D. 3-4-2009
Salvete AC readers!
Due to popular acclamation I'm returning back to using Latin in my column title (mostly). I think I've settled on a format so thanks for bearing with me. I've wanted to do this type of column for a while and I believe I found the right balance, now if I can only be consistent in my posting. So here we have today's Top Seven Picks in the Catholic world:
1. Catholic News Agency has reported that a coalition of American Catholics calling themselves Catholic Advocate led by Deal W. Hudson have created a website opposing President Barack Obama's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pro-abortion Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas. The website is called www.catholicsagainstsebelius.org. Governor Kathleen Sebelius is a dissident Catholic notorious for her direct and explicit support of abortionist George Tiller "the Killer", whose known for executing late term abortions of innocent children. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City has met and counseled Governor Kathleen Sebelius on several occasions on her pro-abortion stance and has asked her to refrain from receiving Holy Communion. However Governor Kathleen Sebelius has refused to obey and has openly opposed the good archbishop on these points. Here is the link: http://www.catholicsagainstsebelius.org/
2. Kevin Knight (of New Advent) somehow found a little blurb buried in a long article that Newt Gingrich will soon convert to the Catholic faith as reported by the New York Times (7th paragraph on page 7 of the article 'Newt. Again.').
Updated: For a quick and eas(ier) read of the NY Times article go to Fr. John Zuhlsdorf's blog here: http://wdtprs.com/blog/2009/03/fmr-speaker-gingrich-to-become-catholic/
3. When I click on my browser to go to InsideCatholic.com their web page takes quite a long time to download relative to any other Catholic website or blog that I surf. I don't know if it's all the links or dense code, but my best guess is that their Content Management System that they ar using, Joomla, may be the cause of the slowdown. The second longest page in the Catholic web to download is Damian Thompson's Holy Smoke, but you place the blame of the downloading delay to his employer London's Daily Telegraph (which is the best english language newspaper in the world in my humble opinion).
Amy Welborn's "Via Media"
Just a note that Amy Welborn has moved to a new blog:
I should probably give a prize to those who have been reading my blogs since 2001 – you certainly deserve it.
Yes, that's "blogs." In Between Naps, Open Book, Charlotte Was Both and now, in selling out to both The Man and the requirement, resolutely ignored before, to name a spiritually-oriented blog with a Latin phrase, I give you Via Media.
Pay her a visit.
News & Notes for A.D. 3-3-2009
Salvete AC readers!
OK, I junked the whole Latin title since I figured it wasn't coming across that well as to what I wanted to do with this bit. So now I'm calling this particular column 'News & Notes' (for now). Here is today's Top Seven picks in the Catholic world:
1. A great new blog by Pat McNamara about Catholic history titled appropriately enough, McNamara's Blog. I've been thinking of starting something like this for the past three years, but never got around to it. I'm happy to say that McNamara's Blog has great short stories on famous and little known figures in Catholicism as well as stories on non-Catholics and how they interacted and viewed our beautiful Catholic faith. Here is the link to McNamara's Blog: http://irishcatholichumanist.blogspot.com/
Res et Explicatio Anno Domine 3-2-2009
Salvete AC readers!
I'm still tinkering with the format of how I want to do this, mostly just the name of the post from here on out, so any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Today I just want to share the Seven Hot Topics/Links of the day:
1. I stumbled across the equivalent of the Catholic Netflix called Pius Media. I haven't subscribed to it (yet), but it will look familiar to many Netflix users. Here is the link: http://piusmedia.com/
2. Looking for the nearest Catholic book & gift store in your area? Well there is a website that will do just that. It's called Catholic Store Finder. So far it looks like it only conducts it searches in the United States. Here is the link: http://catholicstorefinder.com/
3. Regular Guy Paul, Just This Guy, You Know? is blogging over at Southern Appeal it seems.
4. I've touched on this before and I'll go more in depth in a future posting, but for those serious Catholics that are looking to pursue their marriage vocation I would highly suggest Ave Maria Singles by Anthony Buono. It isn't cheap, but it sure is a highly professional and well done website. Here is the link: http://avemariasingles.com/
5. For those ambitious bloggers and web designers that are looking to make their sites more 'Catholic', here is an interesting link called Catholic Desktops. It's been recommended by Thomas Peters of American Papist so it has a level of approval. Here is the link: http://www.catholicdesktops.com/index.html
6. Finally figured out why my Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari browsers were unable to view video's online. I needed to upgrade my Adobe Flash Player. Now I can watch BSG on Hulu without any issue!
7. Speaking of Apple Safari, they have their new Safari 4 out and it is very neat. The graphics have been smoothed out so you won't get the 'Mac' feel on your PC, but their Top Sites feature is pretty snazzy. Check it out.
Blogging in the Grudge-o-sphere
In the last four years I've learned a great deal about a host of topics, including my Catholic Faith, while blogging, reading other people's blogs, and participating in comment box discussions. And yet there are some notable dangers that come with blogging as well.
A few months ago, I did myself no great credit in a combox discussion on a friend's post. Someone against whom I carried paper left a comment I disagreed with, and rather than sticking with a basic refutation I went all out: questioned motives, brought up old arguments, put words in his mouth, the works. An hour or two later I got an email from my friend. "Wow. Next time tell us what you really think…"
But I knew I was right. I hit reply and was pouring out the reason I'd been 100% justified in behaving that way at 70wpm. A year and a half ago, this other blogger and said such-and-such. And when I'd pointed out his obvious errors, he'd said that. And then there was that other time. And remember when over on that other guy's blog he's said this in the comments? And…
I took a moment to stare at the paragraphs I'd written and realized this would sound a lot more appropriate coming out of my six-year-old as an explanation for why she'd hit another kid than coming out of a thirty-year-old man who fancies himself intellectual.
As bloggers we sometimes live by the word in rather the same way that a duelist lived by the sword. And slights which, when explained to anyone else, would immediately sound small and petty, fester and become long term rivalries.
Given the source of my recent embarrassment, I've tried to make it a rule to think how I would feel writing an explanation of my behavior in any given conversation to a disinterested party. Given my pride, this is a strong incentive to charity, or at least calmness. Naytheless, the temptation remains. I suspect that it is a built in feature (or bug) in an avocation such as blogging.
Iudicium for 2-9-2009 AD
…Salvete AC readers!…
…when my Internet Explorer 8.0 browser is downloading one of my favorite websites, InsideCatholic.com, I notice it takes twice as long as most other websites to download. Is it because there is a lot code that is being downloaded? Does anyone else experience this same situation?…
…speaking of browsers, The American Catholic looks pretty neat on the Apple Safari 3.2 browser…
…came across a great tool to search for Catholic bookstores across the U.S. It's called Catholic Store Finder…
…has anyone noticed that the homepage for New Advent has changed formats yet again? It looks simple, spiffy, and sharp. I like the layout and how the news is displayed. Kevin Knight has done a pretty good job of transforming what seemed to be a passing hobby into a great Catholic news portal to complement PewSitter.com…
…I enjoy watching the sci-fi series firefly and I have discovered that Firefox 3.0 is twice as fast, if not faster, at downloading streaming video than Internet Explorer 8.0 when viewing the series on Hulu …
…if you still haven't gotten your fix on Catholic news click here…
Adfero et Iudicium for 2-6-2009 AD
Adfero et Iudicium, it's my attempt at Latin for "News & Analysis". If anyone knows the correct translation, please leave me a comment. Some highlights around the Catholic blogosphere, or St. Blogs as some would say, so here we go…
…Fidei Defensor made a rare appearance on the American Catholic, he used to blog on College Catholic & Custos Fidei…
…Speaking of American Catholic we've added some new blogs and sites on our sidebar:
Mark Shea's 'Change' He Can Believe In
Apparently Mark Shea, one of the Catholic Blogosphere's sage's, has gotten caught up in all the hoopla surrounding President Obama's ascension inauguration. He has succumbed to change. After six years and eight months of staying faithful to what I believe to be the Sand Dollar template that Blogger offers, Mr. Mark Shea decided to change, in the spirit of bipartisanship, the template he uses for his blog (Catholic and Enjoying It!) from Sand Dollar to Minima Lefty.
Mark Shea, a proficient blogger, writer, and apologist. An insightful and sometimes provocative Catholic with his interminable style of debating has shocked, shocked I tell you, the Catholic blogosphere with this switch to Minima Lefty! In one bold stroke Mark Shea has decided to thumb his nose in the face of traditionalists.


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Range Day - On the Road
Mr. B. and Midwest Chick and I loaded up and headed to a private range to do some group therapy with a couple friends of theirs. A good time was had by all.
The one on the left is my trusty P220 in .45. The firearm on the right (I'll let my readers take a guess as to what it is) has had a trigger tweak from Mr. B's friend Mike. Wow. that's not a trigger, that's art.
More Gear!
And even more new gear!
Midwest Chick nails a bowling pin. (click to enlarge).
Steve fires. Great stance equals consistent groupings.
I liked their pistol range. What's not to like with a club house that actually knows how to decorate the women's restroom for the female shooters! Pardon me, I need to go wash the lead residue off my hands again.
Then, firearms tucked away at home, we waved goodbye to some of the gang. Then B and MC and I went off on a drive to meet Mr. and Mrs. Og at a Indiana winery for a wine tasting. We missed the IND blog meet which was too far away to make it, but this was sure a good way to enjoy the day.
Anderson's Orchards and Vineyard. So many good wines to try. I liked the Rhubarb the best, a recommendation of Mrs. Og. The staff was quite welcoming, and we got to try a sampling of many of their fine products (except for our designated driver who got some tasty water).
While the menfolk went out for a cigarette, the women engaged in female small talk. Children? No. Doilies? No. Church bingo? No.
Quotes from Airplane ("oh Stewardess, I speak jive"):
Jive Lady (Mrs. Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver): Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!
First Jive Dude: Say 'e can't hang, say seven up!
Jive Lady: Jive ass dude don't got no brains anyhow!
(It's even funnier when Midwest Chick and Mrs. O did it)
Young Frankenstein:
"What knockers! Oh Thank you Doctor!"
and, of course, the unashamed politically incorrect Blazing Saddles:
"It's twue! It's twue".
And the men wondered why we were all giggling when they got back.
I'm fortified by two glasses of wine. I wonder if Magnum P.I. would like my shirt?
Too soon, time for the drive back to the home and hospitality of my friends, where the black labs, Barkley and Schmoo were defending the perimeter and G-cat was guarding the house along with her feline stealth forces.
You can take my gun when you can pry it out of my cold cold paws (did I mention I also have back-up claws??)
It was a great day, my friends. We'll do it again soon.
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The pistol on the right appears to be a Colt New Agent which is more or less the successor to the Defender which I would love to have as a personal CCW if it weren't for the fact that I gave up CCW several years ago. Looks like much fun was had by all. Once the amazing stink eye goes away, I will have to make a range trip to get back in the groove.ReplyDelete
The winery's website isReplyDelete
Jesus, my range box is cluttered.....ReplyDelete
We are SO glad you came down. Come back when you can stay longer!
A great time was had by all.
What fun!!! Sounds like everyone had a great time. Very therapeutic!
I could so use that!!
Mr. B - your range box was awesome. You could start your own country from what you had in there. Cool.ReplyDelete
I arrived home safely, and am sorting through the photos. Thanks again. A wonderful time. A big hug to MC for me as well.
Where did the range boxes come from??ReplyDelete
I have been hunting for one (or two) just like that without any luck.
I too went shooting on Saturday and can verify the therapeutic affects of the activity.
YOF: Email me, I think I know where to get a range box like mine....ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a great weekend.ReplyDelete
I was just telling a friend Fri. that my next gun-related purchase would be a range box like that with a smaller spotting scope dedicated to the range box.
Glad you got out.ReplyDelete
My hands would have been raw by the time I left that place.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you are having a fun trip~ Good for you.
Looks like that group therapy is working well for you...ReplyDelete
You deserve it.
Dann in Ohio
Hubby liked the handgun pictures. Not sure if the drool left on the keyboard is from looking at the gun pictures or the smell of potato pancake/waffles coming from the kitchen.ReplyDelete
If you want a non-alcohol rhubarb beverage for times when you have to get up early the next day, review my Rhubarb-Rhubarb-Rhubarb post from May 27th. It has the recipe for making no-cook rhubarb juice.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. S. I love rhubarb. But as to the wine, a couple in the group that did NOT like rhubarb, loved the wine. I will check out the recipe. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Rhubarb wine is just... wrong.ReplyDelete
And I'm pretty sure Mrs.Cleaver was saying something a little,l um, blunter than "Dude don't get da help." It's that Detroit upbringing, ya' know...
+1 on the range box envy :) Those are too cool.ReplyDelete
It was a fantastic weekend! Thanks for making the trip--you always have a place and Barkley fit into our eco-system perfectly. Nothing like fishing for puppehs in the lake!ReplyDelete
If you're doing non-PC 70s movie quotes -- in honor of Peter Falk's passing:ReplyDelete
"Mr. Diamond, there's a bullet hole in your jacket."
Falk as Sam Diamond: "You should see the other guy."
"Murder By Death"
Looks like a fun day, and ANY day you can burn some powder with friends is even better. Concur on the New Agent...ReplyDelete
Glad you had fun! I had to look hard at the Colt for a minute. Nice!ReplyDelete
Drang - the rhubarb wine was a total surprise. Almost dry, only a tiny bit sweet, an undertone more of a blush with a hint of fruit and not tart.ReplyDelete
I bought a bottle to take home.
I've enjoyed the targets you've posted; allow me to reciprocate. I had a nice range day on Sunday, shooting a Regional bullseye event. Breaking in a new hammer & sear produced a welcome first: https://picasaweb.google.com/kirk10x/Bullseye#5623048937319114034 8^)ReplyDelete
Last year I switched a new box, and haven't looked back. Check out http://www.strongcasebytnb.com/. It is possible to add a second optional drawer and retain room for the spotting scope. Gets heavy when fully loaded, but its just the ticket for the matches, like Camp Perry.ReplyDelete
Kirk - that is one awesome target. Camp Perry, never made it, but I learned to pistol shoot at a little indoor gun range in Elyria. I'd hunted for years, just never shot a pistol. I was hooked.ReplyDelete
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I mentioned it before, but I really like creating things with old t-shirts.
The only things you'll need for this rosette is a piece of t-shirt material (about 17in x 2.5in) and a hot glue gun (with glue, of course).
Cut the material into 3 even strips, leaving them connected on one end.
Stretch the 3 strands by pulling the ends (the strands will curl).
Braid the strands together. (I braid them on the floor, and use my heel to hold the end down).
When finished braiding, tie the loose ends together to secure them for now.
Starting with the end of the braid you braided first, roll together, applying glue to the inside of the braid as you go.
You now have a rosette!
You can easily apply it to any craft project, such as a headband or bracelet.
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This easy 3.2-mile loop circles Turtle Rock in the Medicine Bow National Forest. From the gravel parking strip just above the main trailhead area, walk downhill to the paved area at the base of the weathered formation. Head northwest on the easy trail as it winds beneath aspen and squeezes between Turtle Rock's boulder-strewn base and a marshy wetland to the south. This first section of trail affords up-close views of the piled, cracked rocks—and climbers making their way up the face—before gaining some distance from the formation as it turns east. Scattered fir and pine line the trail as it rolls over several small hills past the rock's sloped backside.
At mile 1.9, the trail turns to slickrock—watch for cairns marking the way—and turns south, skirting a small pool and cascade before turning left to go around an alternative trailhead (complete with pit toilet). The last 0.7 mile of trail parallels the road and tent campground, turning right at a signed trail junction to land back in the parking area.
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Palms Golf Club
530 E Peppermill Palms Blvd
Littlefield, AZ
The Mesquite area's first golf course maintains its reputation among the finest golfing experiences in the area. From the front side surrounded by water to the back nine built among the arroyos and canyons, you'll enjoy the richness of the course and the surrounding beauty of the desert and mountains. The Palms Golf Club is located in Littlefield, AZ, a short drive from Mesquite. Please note that Arizona does not observe daylight savings time, a time change occurs during part of the year.
David Druzisky


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Before they get past the front desk, visitors to Dublin schools will be required to swipe their driver's licenses through a machine that searches for their information in a national database of sex offenders.
Hits will be handled case by case, a district spokesman said.
The technology, which cost the district $34,000 and also prints visitor badges, is rarely used in central Ohio schools but is an example of new efforts to monitor who has access to students.
At a new Hilliard school building that will be open in the evenings, students will need to enter an identification code to get in.
In the Westerville school district, all students must carry identification cards with them this year, and some schools require students to wear their IDs. That helps teachers ensure that outsiders aren't in the school, officials said.
Dublin schools began planning for the new ID-swiping technology after the Newtown, Conn., school shootings last year, along with buzzer systems that now stop visitors at the entrance to every school building.
The city of Dublin drew fire from some this year when it installed the same ID-swiping devices at public pools and a public recreation center, with critics saying the technology perpetuates an irrational fear about sex offenders. The Ohio attorney general's office says 18 sex offenders live in the school district.
But in districts across central Ohio, school officials said narrowing access to buildings makes students safer, even if the safeguards are sometimes less-convenient for parents.
In the past, many districts required parent volunteers to get criminal-background checks only if they might be alone with students. But more have adopted policies in recent years expanding that requirement to all volunteers.
At least one Dublin school told parents that all volunteers need to be checked for criminal backgrounds starting this school year, although district spokesman Doug Baker said it isn't a district policy. The New Albany-Plain school district is considering widening its requirements.
"We've done it for those volunteers that are overnight and for off-campus-type activities," New Albany-Plain spokesman Patrick Gallaway said. But at a recent meeting, the district school board began discussing across-the-board checks.
Districts including Worthington, Hilliard and Groveport Madison already require checks for all volunteers, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus has long required volunteers to be screened and attend a three-hour class on sex abuse.
Some districts pick up the cost of the checks, such as Worthington, which paid about $13,000 last school year to screen all volunteers. Hilliard hires a company to perform checks and charges parents $9 each if they have lived in Ohio for at least five years. Otherwise, it's $18.
John Murphy, a Commercial Point police officer with a side business that offers "mobile" background checks, has expanded his company by catering to parents in districts that don't cover any of the cost. Each year, Olentangy parent groups hire him to bring his computer to their meetings and fingerprint volunteers for $55 each.
When Olentangy began requiring more background checks last school year, there was only a slight drop in volunteers at Liberty Tree Elementary, said Elyse Weiss, the president of the parent-teacher group.
Dublin parent Jane Doyle, who is president of the parent-teacher group at Indian Run Elementary, said she isn't bothered by the new ID-swiping machines and mandatory background checks. Parents with no criminal background have no reason to fret the measures, she said, and she believes students will be safer.
But Doyle, a mother of two daughters, is still waiting to see how other parents will react."I hope it doesn't drop volunteering," she said. "I don't think parents are 100 percent aware of what's going on."


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My Heavy Heart
Dogtopia has lost another friend recently. This time it is my dog, PJ.
PJ was my inspiration in opening Dogtopia and I know he enjoyed every minute he was here. Thank you to every one who loved on him and gave him treats. He was pretty demanding on those treats if he was behind the desk. A special thanks to my best friend, Janet, who has helped us in the last year when he became sick. He was a special dog and will always be in my families hearts. He was my pretty boy!
God Bless you PJ and make sure you say hello to all of our other doggy friends.
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East Central is a neighborhood of Spokane neighboring South Hill and Cannon where 12,300 people live. Many residents work in services, administrative and retail professions. There are other great apartments in the surrounding area. Even more apartments are available in the adjacent neighborhoods of South Hill and Cannon.
Demographics and Cost of Living
Residents of East Central enjoy the same big-city amenities as South Hill, but the cost of living is lower. The average household spends $44.8K/year in total expenditures, compared to South Hill's $69.1K/year.
East Central is similar to Cannon in a few ways. The median age of residents in both neighborhoods is roughly 24. They also are comparable by average household size -- 2.27 inhabitants per household in East Central and 1.92 in Cannon.
The household average income in East Central is higher than that of households in Cannon, and more residents in East Central have earned post-secondary or advanced degrees than their neighbors in Cannon. Its average household income is $52.4K/year while the median is $29,931. Compare this fact with Cannon, where the average income is $42.6K and the median is $26,255. In addition to that, more people in East Central have attained a master's degree or higher.
Eating, Drinking and Recreation
Use the full spectrum of tools at your disposal when hunting for a new apartment, like the ratings and reviews on this website. To give you a head-start on that research, a couple highly-trafficked areas in East Central center are E Sprague Ave. and S Perry St. If you're looking for convenience that's offered by lots of nearby shops, restaurants and other amenities in the neighborhood, then East Central will be an ideal place for you to rent. With our apartment finder tool settling for that "so-so" spot is not an option. Find what you want in East Central without moving a muscle, and look forward to your next front door.
Enjoy a tasty dinner at Red Lion Bbq & Pub and have cocktails afterward at Library Lounge. Residents can choose from a variety of restaurants in the East Central area, including pizza, deli snacks and sandwiches. If you're in the mood for drinks, options include Lantern Tavern and Rainbow Bar & Grill. To add to that, easy and delicious grub can be ordered up at Jack In The Box and Little Caesars Pizza. Both restaurants are in the neighborhood.
Take some time for yourself and (literally) work things out at East Central's Gi Jodis.
For a more comprehensive list of places to eat, drink and be merry in East Central, check out the Yelp page.
East Central residents can shop multiple grocery stores to fill up on kitchen staples. Hai Mini Market and Lorien Herbs & Natural Foods on S Perry St. are just a couple of options in the area. Additionally, for household-name grocery stores, there's Grocery Outlet on E Sprague Ave.
East Central has many retailers for last-minute shopping needs, including Peters & Sons Flowers and Miracle Products. If you're searching for something unique and thoughtful, Parie Dawn is on E 3rd Ave. A shopping mall and shoppers' favorites, like Office Depot, are both located in the neighborhood.
Local School Statistics
Schools near the apartments in East Central are Cornerstone Christian Academy, Sacajawea Middle School and Grant Elementary School. Remember, school district boundaries are subject to redrawing. Consult with your local schools and school districts near the apartments for rent to confirm the schools your children can attend.
The only district in the neighborhood, Spokane School District has a total enrollment of 28,500 students and 1,700 teachers, for a student teacher ratio of 17-to-1. There are seven high schools, six middle schools and 34 elementary schools in the district.


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Denni Adamson, CMT
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Denni Adamson, CMT is a state certified massage therapist and Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner at the Institute for Health & Healing in Marin. Her love of nature took her to South America where she discovered she had a gift to facilitate healing. Whether drawing from her palette of wide-ranging therapeutic massage techniques or applying the subtle touch of Jin Shin Jyutsu, she helps guide clients into a state of deep relaxation, where tension from stress, injury, illness and/or aging is released.
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Appalachian Spring in The Blue Ridge
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Aaron Copland's beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning work "Appalachian spring" suite will be heard in its original instrumentation, featuring the Shaker Tune "Simple Gifts" and a sparking mountain hoe-down. Its simple power, beauty, and heartfelt melodies are a perfect pairing for the intimate acoustics of Shaftman Hall, right here in Virginia's Blue Ridge. Also performed will be works by Copland, Joplin, and other American masters.


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Hi everyone sorry for the super late blog! I have been having issues with blogger, not sending my blog out by email and it also deleted the blog that I did yesterday on the Oscars
:( (sigh) what can you do lol.....
Well today I'm gonna blog about that dreaded topic terminal length, I get this question alot, so what is terminal you ask? is it real or just an ugly hair legend?
lol sorry to tell you folks it's very much real. So what is terminal length? it's basically the end of your growth cycle it's when your hair, won't grow any longer the average terminal length time is around mid back length,which is around 3-5 years... some people do stop at bra-strap length.
The way you will be able to tell when that time comes, is that your hair will not be able to grow past a certain length for an entire year, keep in mind that you are doing all the right things,
and haven't changed your regiment dramatically. Most ladies will try their hardest to get out of this hair rurt, but after a year of still being stuck at bsl, they usually then come to the realization that they may have hit their terminal length. So yes this is true the average person white or black usually can not grow waist length hair, unless it's in their genes.
I have seen quite a few black ladies online with gorgeous waist length hair :) so I am not saying that it is impossible, but don't beat your self up if you can not grow past bsl or mbl length. terminal length is strictly determined by genetics, it also varies between the sexes and from one person to another. It is the length of this time that decides how long the hair will grow.
Differences in hair length depend on the length of anagen, which is genetically determined. These two people started off with hair of the same length and went without a haircut for 18 months: the man's hair grows only to his collar before it falls out naturally, but the woman's anagen period is clearly much longer [reproduced from Diseases of the Hair and Scalp, A. Rook and R. Dawber (eds), 2nd edn, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981]
What lenght are you currently?
Jada pinkett back in the day,
She's a natural beauty!!
This is her with very short elh(ear length hair)
a model with full (elh)
Riri and Mary rocking full (elh)
model with neck length hair (nlh)
Elise Neal with full neck length hair (nlh)
Serena Williams looks really pretty here,
she is rocking her real hair, and she is brushing
full shoulder length hair!
Gabrielle Union rocking (apl) armpit length hair
some lady with mid back length hair.
Riri looking gorgeous and rocking what has to be a 24inch lace front lol
She is rocking waist length hair in this pic (wlh)
Latoya Luckett rocking a lf as well this hair is also (wlh)
This is called classic fairy tale hair, only a few lucky ladies
will ever see this length, this length is strictly determined by genetics!
I personally don't know, if I could rock hair that long lol it's just too much,
what do you all think?
hair ruler
Well as for me, I want to get to midback length that will be a great length for me,
if my hair wants to grow to my waist, i'll take it lol but no one on my side of the family has waist lenght hair so maybe i can be the 1st lol!
How long do you ladies want your hair to be?
how long is too long for you?
OK before I forget, I wanted to share some of my layouts with my friends on here, this is something I am learning to do, in my spear time, I love it! My girl thought me a lot about graphic art, I went to school for IT but I have never been too artistic, I mainly studied the hardware aspect of computers, how to dignose, fix and give technical support ect.
lol i told ya'll i'm a nerd and i'm proud of it too, i love books and computers.
Well I have always been interested in the other half of IT which is web design and graphic art, So since I have some free time, I am learning a lot more about film editing,website design and graphic art. So I wanted to show you some of my layouts that I put together last night lol
I couldn't sleep. The 1st is riri and c-breezy lol I decided to make this, to show people that no matter how good things look on the outside, you never know what is going on with others internally. The 2nd pic is rihanna emerging from all of this mess, like a butterfly from a cocoon.
I hope Chris emerges a better person as well, i'm praying for them, he truely needs help!
OK The last pic is ya girl t-fizzle!! lol deduces!
stay blessed,
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I made this design in memory of my husband best friend,
they had been friends since 5th grade, he passed 2-21-09
he will truly be missed.
I made this layout for my girl's aaliyah forum.
she is the biggest aaliyah fan i know :)
me and my girls!
I made this picture for a guy on myspace
who liked my work, he wanted a customed Scarface background.


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A 2-month-old baby died yesterday after Toledo fire crews were called to his East Toledo home on a call that he was unresponsive, Toledo police said.
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Emergency crews were called to the residence at 308 Heffner St. at 4:35 a.m.
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| Common names: cornetfish (English), corneta (Espanol), pez-corneta (Espanol)
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838
Reef cornetfish, Blue-spotted cornetfish
Extremely elongate, depressed body; a very long tubular snout with a short oblique mouth at the end; snout and jaws relatively robust; space between eyes narrow (< 6.3% of snout length), with longitudinal ridges; minute teeth; no fin spines; dorsal fin sickle-shaped, at rear of body directly over the anal fin, which has same shape; dorsal 15-17, anal 14-16; pectoral rays 15 (rarely 13-14); pelvics on abdomen, well behind pectorals; a forked tail fin with a long central filament; body of juveniles covered with small spines; adults of some species with a row of bony plates in front of dorsal and anal fins; lateral line arched at front half of body, continues out onto tail filament.
Greenish dorsally, shading to silvery white below, with two blue stripes or rows of blue spots on back; tail filament white.
Size: reaches 160 cm.
Habitat: a free-swimming fish often seen over reefs and seaweed beds; it can quickly assume a dark-barred pattern when close to the bottom.
Depth: 0-130 m.
Indo-Pacific in distribution; southern Baja and the Gulf of California to the northern Peru and the oceanic islands.


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Skip to comments.Leave EOD to the Experts
Posted on 02/13/2008 5:48:35 AM PST by pabianice
Why you should leave EOD to the experts. Why you should leave EOD to the experts. Filmed by an Apache aircrew at a safe distance.
(Excerpt) Read more at liveleak.com ...
I can't watch the whole thing ping.
bad link
I shut it down halfway because I do not wish to see our brave troops blown up. Hopefully that did not happen, but I don't need the image stuck in my mind if it did.
I watched it...but after the four-man total-body *KB* over the bomb, it's pretty boring. :-)
Ah. I thought it was our guys. I should have know it was hajis.
Allah's will, baby...
According to the video, no coalition forces involved. Only "volunteer militia."
Thus, I did not know if this video had a happy or sad ending, but I assume it is a happy one.
Radio traffic calls them volunteer militia- our side.
Well, I learned something, if someone buries a 155 in the middle of Sepulveda, I'm letting the CHP take care of it, I'm not getting out my AK and entrenching tool to dig it up.
Dude. Nice crater.
They were not-so-bright Iraqis who were supposedly on our side. Darwin Award winners
Perhaps the Iraqi's need a similar PSA.
...have a look.
That was amazing. Even the pilots were shocked.
Check this one out. It would make a very poignant training vid for the Army.
Those were friendly militia. They were issued HMMWVs, as you can see in the video. I've seen these guys do some crazy stuff and get away with it...in fact I've done some crazy stuff and gotten away with it. You could noy pay me enough to remove an IED with an AK muzzle though.
Time for a stick of C4 Pop-n-drop deposited by the friendly neighborhood EOD robot.
Ping for later
Ha ha ha ROFL.
"I saw that coming a mile away"
yup, definitly Darwin Award material
that is sad
5 lives
sons, brothers, husbands, dads
just sucks
With regards to IED's and UXO etc ......Never exceed your ability..........
That video was difficult to watch! ...ya KNEW what was going to happen... ...and that one dude, who was poking at it with the end of his weapon...what's up with that?! Sheesh... Well...I guess the only good thing was that they died quickly.
I was really sad for the guy who was walking around obviously distraught afterwords. ...it was very sad indeed.
BTW ya'll know they were NOT EOD right ?.......:o)
HH can I call your cell NOW ?
It's kind of like watching your kid unzip his fly to pee on gramps' electric fence but you are too far away for him to hear you yell, "STOP!!!"
WOW.....no Sh#t!!
Lord 'a mercy!.
I guess they missed the class - on the chapter explaining that 2 hands retrieving or disarming HE ordnance - is usually 1 hand too many......
Most goobers have a hard enough time keeping track of their own hands, feet and hearts -—— Four goobers over a live 155mm is way over staffed.....
This should be a object lesson on how NOT to do the job....
They blowed up real good. Too bad they were ours.
-it is sad. But it is also very, very dumb.
These guys should have known better. I've never been up close to an EOD, but I would know better then to be banging away on it like they were... and it can't be the first time they've seen EOD's. They are after all, in Iraq.
Iraqi militia........
Aren't we considering the Iraqi "volunteer militia" as "ours"?
I always considered anyone with a weapon pointed in the same direction as mine - "one of us"......"ours"....
We couldn't communicate well with the "yards"....but most of them were more reliable in a fight than some of the ARVN assignees to I Corps.
The "yards" were fighting on their home turf — family neighborhoods — much like the Iraqi "volunteer militia", so I suspect they may be poorly trained but properly motivated.
Oh yeah ......sorry if I implied otherwise.
-from that same site, very good video -interview with an ex-terrorist)
He relates what encourages many young men to join radical muslim groups. It wasn't what what I thought it would be.
What, you don't speak Bru or Rhade?
Please, use the right tool!
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For so long as we keep paying them in US green dollars, at least. Once the changeover to Iraqi Dinars begins, all bets are off.
O my brother, hold my Kalishnikov, and watch this: BANG!
Squantos, check my circuit....
Sad but expected........that is a training tape that will be around a LONG time for all the services to use !
If anything those guys are immortal for that purpose alone IMO.
Hi Archy,
In training, we were constantly told that if we conducted 1000's of successful operations throughout our careers but failed to follow appropriate procedures, took a shortcut, failed to conduct all investigations/render safe procedures in the same professional manner and a tragedy occurred due to our error, we and the incident would be referenced in future training classes forever.
I offer my prayers for those who lost their lives in this incident and that action is taken to make every effort to ensure it isn't repeated in the future.
God bless our Military Personnel and their families !
Prime example of why you always want to get someone else to bring it over in the light so you can look at it.
Which is how I'd want to be remembered, so that my goofup could be a serious object lesson that might save someone else's life if they ever considered a shortcut or skipped a safety check.
I learned just enough about UXO and IEDs to know that I'd really rather deal with them as little as possible- particularly mines. But what we'd prefer is not always how it works out.
You have an excellent memory — I envy that!
Yes, Bru was a dominant ethnic group, but not the only one we worked with - but I'm too damned old to remember..
Something like the Van Kew or Dan Ku?
The last I heard of the clans from our old region, is those who weren't annihilated after we left — fought on and evaded the Communists for DECADES before crossing into THAILAND seeking refuge....
I'll never forget or forgive our betrayal of those gentle and loyal anti Communists.... I remember my shock at learning a significant minority of folks living in Quang Tri were Catholics. They were subjected to "special" treatment after we abandoned the country..
Those who escaped alive — came with their weapons...
That should be an object lesson to the "gun control" maniacs...
UXO has no loyalty nor concern as to who manufactured it, placed it, or who it was INTENDED to kill..
All UXO will deliver death to whomever "postmarks" it...
Not a comforting thought...
I HATED to traverse areas that had undergone previous arty, mortars or bombs....
Americans would be shocked to learn the toll "friendly ordnance" took on Americans or friendlies.
...we were constantly told that if ... a tragedy occurred due to our error, we and the incident would be referenced in future training classes forever.
Which is how I'd want to be remembered, so that my goofup could be a serious object lesson that might save someone else's life if they ever considered a shortcut or skipped a safety check.
It would certainly not be the professional legacy any of us would want to leave, but to save another life, I'd want my error shown as well.
What? What were we talking about? Where'd I leave my car?
Yes, Bru was a dominant ethnic group, but not the only one we worked with - but Im too damned old to remember.. Something like the Van Kew or Dan Ku?
The Dao, Hmong, Tay, Thai, and Nung were the most common tribal/ethnic groups, though we about as often thought of the locals by name of the nearest ville or camp designation, or the local characteristic- black head wrap, orange head wrap, 3 coins, etc, etc. Some tribes were big enough to be spread over several villages [and to rent out the young men as ruffpuff camp guards] others were mostly concentrated in one community. Tai, Muong, Khmer, Nung, and Hmong languages were the most common, but my crappy Wu Chinese would get me by with the Nungs...Cantonese or Mandarin would usually not.
Go here, and use the link and navigation buttons at the bottom of the page.
The last I heard of the clans from our old region, is those who werent annihilated after we left fought on and evaded the Communists for DECADES before crossing into THAILAND seeking refuge....
Yep. The spooks who worked with the Hmong in Laos were decent enough to arrange relocation for a lot of those who had worked for us there...and when the congress cut off the money in 1975, were slick enough to fund the relocation *by other means.* most of the grunts and those on the SF teams didn't quite have the resources to pull that kind of evacuation off on that large a scale, but there've been numerous cases of guys getting their counterparts/translators/radio operators out.
Ill never forget or forgive our betrayal of those gentle and loyal anti Communists.... I remember my shock at learning a significant minority of folks living in Quang Tri were Catholics. They were subjected to special treatment after we abandoned the country..
I don't expect that the CaoDaists around Tay Ninh or the Buddhist Hoa Hao fared much better. But the Diems were Catholic, and the Catholic church had been the largest land owner in the country, exempt from any government-ordered land reforms, and with their own private army to back their claims up.
Those who escaped alive came with their weapons... That should be an object lesson to the gun control maniacs...
At the least it's a lesson in proper care for personal weapons- some have shown up with an M16 from three decades back still intact and functioning. In just a bit over two years in-country, I went through 4 M16A1s/CAR15s, and most of the time I was carrying a shotgun when ammo was around or an M14 [I went through 3 of them!] when I couldn't scrounge 12 gage. With an occasional greasegun, Swedish K or *other sterile* sometimes thrown in instead.
And, of course, it's our *gun control maniacs* who see themselves as the wardens of the reeducation and labor camps for those who would dare to oppose them. After all, Stalin said you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, and they want us to be the eggs.
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Another outfit inspired by the colors of the season. I've said it before but i'm gonna say it again; I love this color of green. I've been seeing everywhere this season and I love it. Chambray shirts are the most versatile piece of clothing I have ever bought besides jeans. They literally go with everything and transfer into every season, it's incredible. I truly believe that leather jackets will never go out of style. They come in all sorts of styles and colors this season too. Riding boots are another Fall staple this year. They are simple and make an outfit look really put together. Have you heard that song "What Does the Fox Say"? Well that's what made me choose these earrings even though I think that it is the most annoying song since "Gangam Style". Anyway now that you have those two songs stuck in your head, the earrings are pretty cute as is the sock bun. Sock buns are pretty easy and are all over Pinterest.
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This shot was made in Iceland at the Glacier Lagoon. I used a long lens on my 5dII to shoot elements of the ice. Tight shots of ice using the telephoto to compress the perspective together. It was amazing what you saw as a frame when doing this vs. what the overall scene looked like. I enjoy using the camera frame to isolate images. I do this both with the telephoto lens and macro lens doing close ups.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Man In Window
I love doing what is called street photography. This is a form of photography where you walk the streets and shoot pictures of things that are happening. while in new Zealand I received a NEW Fuji x100 which is kind of the old classic rangefinder camera in digital. This makes absolute no noise so it is easy to walk down the street and see something and shoot it with out a lot of fuss. Here is one of the street shot images from Queenstown, NZ. Just a man in the window with a glass of wine.
Heavy Metal
Close by to where I live there is a transportation museum. This museum is mainly focused on trains. There are a lot there. Most of them rusty and falling apart. I just love that. They do a fair amount of restoration on these trains and have a special building just for that. It is fun to shoot there and catch restorations in progress which is what this shot is all about. Made with a Canon 5dII in multi expose mode then using an HDR program I made it the gritty look. Then on the iPad using SnapSeed I worked on focus and some selective color to come out with this image.
Ice Everywhere
No matter where you look there is ice. I guess Iceland gets the name with ice in it for a reason. In certain parts of Iceland there are many glaciers and I am talking really big glaciers. And these Glaciers loose Ice all the time. This is a shot of an iceberg with a big glacier behind it. I believe the glaciers is called Steinholtsjökull, good luck on pronouncing it. This glacier like a lot of others has a lake at the bottom of it that icebergs break off into and float around. With all good landscape shots it is good to have a foreground and the iceberg did a great job of providing the foreground against this large glacier.
Church In Iceland
While in Iceland last year I kept driving a route along the coast and I kept seeing this church way on top of a hill. I shot images of the church with long lens as clouds descended on it and birds flew around it. Finally one day I decided to find the church and searched for the roads leading to the church. It was a small church and I found my way to the top of the hill it sat on. From its vantage point you could see the ocean and coast for miles and the beautiful landscape all around. Of course I expected the doors to be locked but I was surprised to see them open. Inside was a warm cozy beautifully maintained interior. I had to shoot pictures so I shot the interior of the church and the organ, pews and alter as well as todays shot of the church bible. I was using a P65+ so detail was something I knew could be captured. I really liked this image because of the way the light came though and hit the awl and bible. Maybe I should have lit the candles, but I had no matches. Anyway the detail is so good that on the 30×40 print you can read all the works on the bible's open pages. Maybe I'll post the organ form the church in a future blog. I actually did a four exposure stitch of that one.
Time For Some Rust Again
So many images. I now have quite a library stacking up for the daily blog here. Thought I would change it up today and put some rust back into the blog. Close by where I live there is a transpiration museum and the place has a ton of old train cars in various rates of disrepair and well as restoration and completed cars that are restored. I love wandering this place and also visiting the train shop where the work is done. This is shot is of an old locomotive that is being restored. I have kind of enhanced it a bit and made it somewhat vintage looking to add to the overall feel.
Ice and Ice
Seems I am getting a reputation of being an ice photographer. I really like ice. Unlike other landscapes ICE melts. So what you shoot today may not be there tomorrow. I shot a load of nice ice images in New Zealand. This one drew me in and I had the driver of the boat I was in drive around this mini iceberg until I found the right angle. The day was heavy clouds and many people think you can't shoot good images on cloudy day. Quite the contrary. See how the clouds add a dynamic to the image. Over all I really like this shot. Hope you do too.


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20,000 pairs of fake Christian Louboutins have been seized by Los Angeles customs agents over the past month. The total retail value is estimated to be of £11.5 million ($18 million). That's a lot of shoes!
The shipments came from China and LA Times have said that they thought to be destined for many of the fashion websites dedicated to selling counterfeits.
This is not the first time Christian Louboutin has been at the centre of controversy regarding his trademark red sole as he has battled in court (and lost) against YSL in order to stop the French fashion house designing shoes with the red sole. (Read more here)
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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In heraldry, a head of two leaves growing out of a stem. Otherwise called twifoil.
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About 60 people have gathered on Heirisson Island this morning for cultural talks and ceremony.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags festooned the island, along with signs proclaiming it as the Noongar Tent Embassy.
Noongar Tent Embassy member Helen Corbett said the group wanted to come to Matagarup, the traditional name for the island, to "celebrate their rights as sovereign people" and "educate people about the recognition of our sovereignty."
"We've never surrendered our freedom and our tribal sovereignty to any government in the world, including Australia," Ms Corbett said.
"We chose this day to define ourselves in our own way and not to the standards of the January 26th, the anniversary of white colonisation in this country."
"The 25th was the last taste of freedom. That's the theme of today's gathering. The last taste of freedom before Europeans came and planted a stick in the ground with a piece of cloth and claimed it for a white king in a foreign country."
Ms Corbett said the group was also calling for the causeway to be renamed to commemorate prominent Aboriginal elder Fanny Balbuk Yooreel who was born on the island in 1840.
Fanny Balbuk's grandmother, Moojorngul, was said to be buried in the grounds of government house, and she was a traditional custodian of the area.
Heirisson Island is particularly sacred to Indigenous women because of its role as a former birthing place, Ms Corbett said.
This morning's peaceful scenes of preparations for dance and cultural performances were in stark contrast to the violent clashes between police and protestors on the site last March when demonstrators ignored an order from the City of Perth to vacate the island.
Organiser Marianne Headland Mackay said the group had met with police and council representatives to notify them of their planned activities, but said the group were not seeking permission.
She welcomed the council's response saying they had worked with the embassy group.
The council reopened the access way onto the island and provided extra bins, she said.
"They have been really good," she said.
She said she didn't think there were plans for the members of the group to camp on the island.
"The spirits and elders tell us it's not the right time. The whole island needs to be smoked and cleared of negative energy," she said.
Police would make their regular patrols and assist if there was any trouble from people outside the community, Ms Corbett said.
City of Perth spokesman Peter Jackson confirmed organisers met with new City of Perth CEO Gary Stevenson and notified him of what they had intended to do.
"There's nothing stopping anyone going to Heirisson Island," Mr Jackson said.
"The issue in the past was they camped there."


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1. Remember that the derivative of cosine is negative sine, so your result should be positive.
2. If x goes to infintiy then both the numerator and the denominator go to infinty because they both contain x. It has nothing to do with the graph of the function. If you substitute the infinity for x, they both go to infinity. So just differentiate using L'hopitals rule. It should converge to zero.


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