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WILLIAM WEEKSThis line of Weeks came from England to [Martha's Vineyard] New England. It appears that William Weeks was the progenitor of this family. He came from Staines, Middlesex, England [most probably with roots in 1216 North Wyke, western Devonshire near Exeter] and died about 1688 or 1689 in New England.
Of England and New England
Of England and New England
This William is believed to be the son of Richard Wickes (Weeks) who names his son, William in his [1638] will and being in New England. It is thought William came to this country after his brother John had already made the journey across the sea and was in New England, per the father, Richard's will in England.
William was married at least twice. The first wife's name is not known, they did have children. The second wife was Mary Lynde Butler, widow of John Butler. She was born 1628 and died 1693.
William was a tavern owner and appeared in court many times in lawsuits. In January 1666 he was fined for selling strong liquor. He promised for himself and family that they shall no more sell strong liquor.
There were at least six children who reached adulthood: William Weeks Jr. born 1645 was still living in 1693; Elizabeth Weeks born 1648 married John Robinson 1 May, 1667; John Weeks was born 5 April, 1640; Samuel Weeks was born in 1651; Richard Weeks 1653-1724 married Abigail Norton; John Weeks, born 1655, married Mary Rowley 7 January, 1676; Abigail Weeks born 1658 married Jonathan Hatch, son of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley, 4 December, 1676 in Martha's Vineyard.
WILLIAM WEEKS JR.William Weeks Jr., born in Massachusetts in 1645, was married twice. He died in 1744.
William married Mercy Robinson 16 March, 1668 (or 1689). Mercy was born to Isaac Robinson and Margaret Hanford - 4 July, 1647 and was baptized at Barnstable, MA. Mercy was remembered (three pounds) in the will of Miles Standish in 1655, who stated whom I have tenderly love for Marcy Robinson for her grandfather,'s sake. Her grand father was the Rev. John Robinson, born 1575, son of John and Ann Robinson, was pastor of the Pilgrims at Leyden, Holland. Later, William Jr. was married to Mary Hatch, daughter of Jonathan Hatch.
William was with his father on the vessel of Fifteen Toones in 1667 when it was making a trading trip from the Vineyard, it was laden with miscellaneous freight, mostly food and household items when the vessel was wrecked at Quick's Hole. The vessel was seized and looted by the Indians of Elizabeth Island.
BENJAMIN WEEKSBenjamin Weeks was born 4 April, 1685 in Falmouth, MA. He died 1744 in NC. His will was probated in Carteret Co. North Carolina in 1745.
Son of William Weeks Jr.
Son of William Weeks Jr.
Benjamin married Mary Chase 14 January, 1704 in MA. She is the daughter of Isaac Chase and wife Mary Tilton Chase. According to Mary's will she died 11 August, 1788.
While Benjamin lived in MA. he owned a ferry that was given to him by his father-in-law, Isaac Chase as stated in the History of Martha's Vineyard, volume 1.
Benjamin moved southward and into Carteret Co. North Carolina about 1730. He lived in the area of White Oak River and died there in 1744. He is buried in the Weeks family Cemetery in the area.
Benjamin and Mary were the parents of ten children: Benjamin Weeks, Jr.; Theophilus Weeks, born 1708; Lydia Weeks married Thomas Whitton 1 September 1733; Archelaus Weeks; Mary Weeks married Weston Williams; Christian Weeks married Mathew Rowley; Thankful Weeks married Thomas Hicks; Isaac Weeks married Sarah; Jabez Weeks married Mary Rhodes; and Elizabeth Weeks.
THEOPHILUS WEEKSTheophilus Weeks Sr. was born in Falmouth, Barnstable Co. MA. Bay Colony in 1708. He removed to North Carolina with his family about 1730 and settled in Carteret County and then moved to Onslow Co. by 1735. Theophilus married Mrs. Grace Green the widow of Jonathan Green. Grace the widow was deceased by August 1792 as evidence by minutes of the August 1792 Court in Carteret Co. which concerned a lawsuit against the estate of Grace Weeks.
Son of Benjamin Weeks
Son of Benjamin Weeks
Theophilus laid out and established the Town of Swansboro, NC., in 1770. He surveyed forty-eight lots which are still part of the town.
Theophilus was inspector for the port, which was called Weeks Landing, Week's Whard, The Whard, Weeks Pint, Bogue, New Town and Swansboro. His house was just up from the wharf so he could see the ships as they came in.
Grace had one son by Jonathan Green and four sons for Theophilus Weeks. If they had daughters they are unknown. Those children were: Jonathan Green Jr. born before 1735 and died 7 February, 1777; Benjamin Weeks; Silas Weeks, Revolutionary War soldier, died 22 May 1778; Silvanneus Weeks, Revolutionary War soldier; and Archelus Weeks who married Abigail Edwards, widow of Thomas Edwards.
SILAS WEEKSSilas Weeks was the son of Theophlius Weeks and Grace Green Weeks. He was born in North Carolina.
Son of Theophilus Weeks
Son of Theophilus Weeks
Silas was a soldier in the America Revolution and died in service on May 22, 1778. A Military Land Warrant # 1533. in the name of Silas Weeks was sold by his heirs on February 22, 1785. From this land sale by the heirs three children are known , Theophilus, James and Ada Weeks. The signature of Theophilus is identical with that found on Military Land Warrant Nr 1806, issued in the name of Tehophilus Weeks and sold by him on 23 May, 1785.
Silas Weeks is the proven son of Theophilus Weeks Sr. of Carteret County by land deeds.
Zillar Hunter the wife of Silas Weeks, was the daughter of Nicholas and Rebecca Hunter. Zillar was listed as one of twelve children listed in the will of her father Nicholas who died in 1750 in Carteret Co.
Only three children are known born to Silas and Zillar: James Weeks, believed to be the oldest; Theophilus Weeks; and Ada Weeks who married John O'Steen brother to Ann and Esther O'Steen.
THEOPHILUS WEEKSTheophilus Weeks, like his father was a soldier of the American Revolution. He was born in Carteret County, North Carolina on 21 October, 1760. He died 20 July, 1839 near Alligator Settlement (now Lake City) Columbia County, Florida.
Son of Silas Weeks
Son of Silas Weeks
He was a soldier with the 6th Regiment of the North Carolina line, commanded by Colonel Lytle and then by Captain Griffins. He served for two (2) and a half years.
After the war he returned to Carteret Co. where he married Ann O'Steen about 1782. Ann was born 25 October, 1763; she was the daughter of John O'Steen Sr. and wife Elizabeth Jones of Carteret County.
During the late 1790's Theophilus moved his family South into Beaufort District, South Carolina for a few years. By 1803 he had settled in Camden Co. Georgia, for a brief time he was in Louisiana and finally settled in Columbia County, Florida.
Their Children were: Mary Weeks born 1782; Silas Nathaniel Weeks born 17 September 1784; Betsey Weeks born June 1788; Alsey Weeks born 6 April 1790; Sarah Weeks born 7 March 1792; Ezikla Weeks born 3 January 1795; Ezekiel Weeks born 18 March 1797; Theophilis Weeks born 29 February 1800; John Weeks born 9 June 1804; James Weeks; Silas Weeks born 23 December 1811; Leonard Weeks born 21 September 1816; Betsie Weeks born 22 February 1819; Zach Weeks born 20 October 1820; and John Weeks born 5 January 1820.
Above history/research from Mallen with additions and corrections from other sources. Photographs from Ancestry.com
Son of Silas Weeks
James Weeks was a son of Silas Weeks and Zillah Hunter. He was born in North Carolina before 1755. James married a lady named Rebecca (possibly Rebecca O'Steen). Sometime about 1794, James moved his family to the Sumter-Clarendon section of South Carolina and bought 150 acres from Joseph Corbett of the Orangeburg District. This move allowed them to join an O'Steen family already living in the Sumter District. James and Rebecca had four sons:
William, Philip, Chosel (also known as Joseph) and James Jr.[1]
The James Weeks Family came to South Carolina when "Things were bursting loose." The best documented records on the lands occupied by the family are the records reference the land grant for James, Jr., who received a 1000 acre State Land Grant about 1802 on a location near Sammy Swamp about two miles north of Pinewood, South Carolina.[2] This 1000 acre State Land Grant included 298 acres surveyed for his brother Chosel Weeks, and 455 acres surveyed for his brother William Weeks.[3]
During those early years, the daring settlers would often build what were called Settler's Houses on their allotted tracts. Usually, these houses had only one room. In one end of the building was a fire place for cooking and keeping the building warm. In the other end of the building, one might find a "rope bed" used by the head of the household and his spouse. Ladders were provided for the children to reach the attic where they slept. The Sumter County Museum in Sumter, South Carolina, has been able to acquire the Weeks Settle House and has moved it from the original tract area near Pinewood, South Carolina, to the backyard of the museum in Sumter, South Carolina, as an Early Settlement Display.[4]
[1] Jean Brunson, WEEKS OF SUMTER DISTRICT (1985) 3 and 16.
[2] Marsha Trowbridge Ardila, EARLY SETTLEMENT IN OLD SUMTER DISTRICT, (Presentation to Sumter County Historical Society by Marsha Trowbridge Ardila, November 17, 1996).
[3]Marsha Trowbridge Ardila, TIMELINE FOR SETTLER'S HOUSE, 1996.
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MINDREADING ANIMALS: The Debate over What Animals Know about Other Minds. Robert W. Lurz. xviii + 245 pp. The MIT Press, 2011. $35.
Does your dog know what you are thinking? Can a chimpanzee understand what another sees? In the three and a half decades since David Premack and Guy Woodruff first asked whether chimpanzees have a "theory of mind," a considerable empirical and philosophical literature has sprung up around what has come to be called "mind reading" in animals. Theory of mind, as Premack and Woodruff defined it, is the ability to attribute perceptual and cognitive states to others. This is not about telepathy, but about whether any animals besides humans have the capacity to attribute such states to others. Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don't perceive and know.
Robert Lurz, a philosopher at Brooklyn College, CUNY, surveys the experiments at the heart of the debate and finds that not one of them solves what he calls "the logical problem" in animal mind-reading research. The logical problem is that for any mind-reading hypothesis, it seems possible to construct a complementary "behavior-reading" hypothesis that makes exactly the same predictions but is assumed to be less cognitively demanding. The basic point is that whatever mind reading is, it is not magic, and thus depends on ordinary, perceivable cues—but these same cues are then available as a basis for expectations about actions that an animal might take without making any mental attribution. If you see me gazing at a piece of cake with a certain look on my face, you may infer that I'm thinking about eating it, or you might instead directly form some expectations about my cake-directed behavior without imagining what I might be thinking about it.
Lurz argues that all previous experiments conducted or proposed to test mind reading in animals suffer from some version of this problem. For example, he notes, Brian Hare and colleagues ran an experiment in which a subordinate and a dominant chimpanzee could compete for two pieces of food. One of the pieces was hidden so that the dominant animal could not see it because of an opaque barrier blocking the line of gaze to the food item. The subordinate chimpanzee, who had an unobstructed view from the other side of the barrier, preferentially went for the piece that the dominant could not see, leading the researchers to argue that the subordinate chimpanzee attributed to the dominant a state of ignorance about the presence of this food item. But Lurz points out that the subordinate need only make the behavioral prediction that the dominant will not attempt to retrieve a piece of food for which it lacks a direct line of gaze. The subordinate animal does not need to attribute any states of seeing or knowing to the dominant to make this behavioral prediction.
The fact that Lurz finds all prior experiments lacking does not, however, make him an outright skeptic about animal mind reading. In the second half of the book he offers a number of experiments, variously designed to be appropriate for some of the species that have been tested for mind reading so far: chimpanzees, dogs, ravens and scrub jays. To solve the logical problem, Lurz must devise situations in which the mind-reading hypothesis makes a different prediction than does the complementary behavior-reading hypothesis. Because his proposed experiments are somewhat complex, it is not possible to spell them out in detail in this short review. But they all turn on the possibility that members of these species might be capable of making basic appearance-reality distinctions. For instance, one suggested experiment involves chimpanzees; real, yellow bananas; orange-colored fake bananas; and a red translucent barrier that makes yellow bananas appear orange. Lurz speculates that a mind-reading chimpanzee who has been familiarized with the effects of the red barrier on how bananas appear could use its knowledge to predict how a dominant animal might act. To wit, a dominant animal who is unfamiliar with the red barrier and whose line of gaze passes through it to a yellow banana would be unlikely to compete for that apparently orange banana. The subordinate chimpanzee would therefore try to retrieve the banana that lies behind the red filter. According to Lurz, a chimpanzee that is using a complementary behavioral strategy would not make the same prediction because its experience is that dominants always attempt to retrieve yellow bananas to which they have a direct line of gaze. That is, to predict that the dominant would not try to retrieve the banana behind the colored barrier, the subordinate chimp would have to know that the dominant saw the banana through the barrier and that its view of the banana was colored by it. A chimpanzee lacking this knowledge and relying on a behavioral strategy would not try to retrieve the banana.
Lurz does not claim that this experiment eliminates every alternative behavior-reading hypothesis, mentioning, for example, that experiments based on something other than the dominant's line of gaze might still apply. Indeed, he thinks that no single experiment can eliminate all possibility that a behavior-reading hypothesis might explain the chimpanzee's actions. Rather, his point is that such experiments could be used to distinguish between a specific mind-reading hypothesis and its complementary behavior-reading hypothesis.
Complicated as the experiments proposed for mind-reading perceptual states may be, at least they don't depend on the kind of heavy philosophical machinery that Lurz is forced to bring out for the notion of belief that is pursued in chapter 4. One issue here is that most philosophers treat beliefs as the relationship of a believer to an abstract "proposition" (corresponding to the meaning of a declarative sentence that can be true or false), whereas Lurz argues the better model is a relationship between believer and "states of affairs" (equally abstract, but less tied to sentences and the concepts of truth and falsity). As a philosopher who has tried to defend belief attributions to nonhuman animals, I am sympathetic to Lurz's motivations here, but I suspect that most scientists will think that the philosophical abstractions are too murky to admit clear empirical tests.
There is much to be learned from reading this book, especially from the clarity that Lurz brings to his discussion of the logical problem. Nevertheless, the book feels incomplete. Chapter 3, on attribution of perceptual states, has as its very last sentence, "The issue is now in the hands of the experimentalists—and, of course, the animals." Chapter 4, on attributing beliefs, ends almost identically: "The rest is now in the hands of empirical researchers—and, of course, the animals." I applaud philosophers' desire to contribute to empirical research, but I suspect that many scientists will wonder why it is acceptable for a philosopher to publish what is essentially a research proposal, rather than doing what scientists do: Apply for funding to carry out the experiments, or find collaborators willing to do them. My suspicion is that Lurz's designs are rather more complicated and the inferences rather more fraught than would make funding agencies or experimentalists comfortable committing time and resources. He mentions in the preface that he has begun working with other researchers to test them in pilot studies. It will be interesting to see the results of this work. In the meantime, we can expect the steady flow of more-typical scientific studies of animal mind reading to continue. Lurz has provided a valuable guide to assessing a critical aspect of such experiments. But even if the logical problem remains experimentally unsolved, more tractable experiments, including those conducted in natural social conditions, may still contribute to scientific understanding of how animals exploit cues relevant to what others do and don't know.
Colin Allen is professor in the Cognitive Science Program and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. His research interests include animal cognition, the philosophical foundations of cognitive science and digital applications for the humanities.
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1. Look to the skies yourself and deeply observe the birds you see, paying careful attention to how they alight, where they land, and the patterns they make in the air. Consider how watching them makes you feel, and what their flight might suggest about your own beliefs, spiritual or otherwise.
2. Write a poem meditating on something you've seen or experienced that brought you a sense of joy or excitement. Try to capture and convey that feeling through your choice of words and their connection to one another. Try to use sound patterning effects like alliteration, assonance, and repetition.
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1. Hopkins uses a type of rhythm in his poems called sprung rhythm. Read the poem out loud. Is it easy to read, or difficult? Why? What effect does the heavy repetition of sounds have in your reading of the poem?
2. How do the different kinds of aural effects (repetition, alliteration, and consonance) alter its sound? What effect do these effects have on your understanding of the poem?
3. Hopkins's poem is one of ecstasy. In what ways—especially through language, punctuation, and diction—does Hopkins suggest that joyous feeling?
4. Think about Hopkins's dedication at the beginning of the poem. Is the bird's "brute beauty and valour" in the face of the wind a metaphor for something larger?
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1. While listening to the audio recording of the poem, have your students make notes, jot down questions, and circle every unfamiliar word in the poem. After an initial discussion of the poem's meaning, have small groups research the terms and share their findings with the class by creating a hyperlinked or annotated text (or, they can look at the annotated version of the poem below). Then have students explore the sounds of the poem by reading the entire poem aloud several times, then only the vowel sounds, then only the consonant sounds. Have them add a color-coded sound map to their hyperlinked text, highlighting the repetition of vowel and consonant sounds (assonance and consonance) by assigning a particular color for each new pattern.
2. After working closely with the technical elements of the poem, ask students to write a paragraph explaining how the poet's celebration of the windhover, a small falcon that hovers in the air while searching for prey, mimics the perfection of nature in this artistically masterful poem of praise. On an overhead projector, share model paragraphs, pointing out astute readings, facility with the language of literature, strong argumentation, and so on. Afterward, share part or all of Ange Mlinko's essay as a model of such critical writing.
3. Have students compare "The Windhover" to Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird." Ask students to pay particular attention to structural elements such as rhythm and rhyme as they explore ways in which the poets have shaped the verbal experience of the poem to reflect the emotional experience they explore. How does the use of sprung rhythm in "The Windhover," for example, help to convey speaker's sense of awe? How does the staccato rhythm of "The Oven Bird" reflect the speaker's more rational exploration of nature's transience?
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To Christ our Lord
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "The Windhover"
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I fell in love with "The Windhover" when I was a teenager, recognizing right away the rapture of a love poem directed not at a particular person (though the poem is dedicated "To Christ our Lord") but to life itself. The poem is widely anthologized, a cornerstone of the English canon, bridging the Victorian Age and early 20th century Modernism. Its author, Gerard Manley Hopkins, was a Jesuit priest who died at the age of 44. He had felt the tension between his religious and literary callings throughout his career, first burning all his work upon entering the priesthood, then taking up verses again only for church occasions, then writing a masterpiece in earnest, "The Wreck of the Deutschland," to elegize a handful of nuns who fled persecution in Germany only to drown in the high seas. Though that poem was commissioned, it was ultimately rejected by a Jesuit magazine, and thereafter Hopkins vacillated between joy and despair both in his poetry and about his poetry—but at least he continued to write it. He struggled with being a good servant of God, having failed his final theology exam, which relegated him to poor work assignments within the order. It would likely be a bittersweet victory for him to know that he now has indeed been canonized, not by his beloved Catholic Church, but by the majority of today's pagan poetry anthologies.
When I was first discovering poetry, it was 1986 or so, and I was taught largely contemporary confessional and identity poetry written in modern, accessible, but (to me) dull language. So it was with a sympathetic ecstasy that I leaped back in time to Hopkins's sonnet written on May 30, 1877:
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! . . .
Again, it immediately seemed to me that this was a love poem. The density and emotion seemed to come from someone full of pent-up longing, who only just now was finding release in impersonal joy. Hopkins himself thought it was the best thing he ever wrote.
"The Windhover" starts out slow and heavy in the first four and a half lines because of its rich repetitions of sounds. Such close repetition of sounds always slows readers down. Not knowing right away what the subject is, and what the syntax is doing, also slows us down.
As the poem unreels in time, "I caught this morning" becomes "I caught this morning morning's minion" (what could that be?). The repetition of "morning" forces us to pause between them. But wait, it doesn't end there: "I caught this morning morning's minion, king-". The alliterative "m" sounds generate "minion," which then is echoed immediately by "king."
By the end of the first line we have no idea yet what was caught, though it seems to be a "king." But the line break tricks us: it's really "kingdom" and it's part of a continuing, relentless trail of modifiers that are really metaphors, but metaphors of what? By the time we get to "Falcon," the bird mentioned in the poem's title, we're far from certain that we're talking about a real falcon and not a metaphor for yet something else. The poem, it turns out, is an epistemological narrative unfurling: What are we seeing?
Fear not: we are reading about a real falcon. "Windhover," my dictionary tells me, is British dialect for a kestrel: "a small falcon that hovers with rapidly beating wings while searching for prey on the ground." Hopkins wants to mime the falcon's motion in his own poem, and the slow introduction is a kind of hovering, or a slow coming-to-focus that mimics any of us following a speck in the sky that slowly reveals itself to be a—wait, is that a bird, a plane, a buzzard, a hawk—?
The bird is riding a thermal: "the rolling underneath him steady air," which, with its implied hyphens between the words, is a very particular type of air. "Striding" and "high" help build the feeling of "ecstasy," as does "rung," which is a technical term from falconry meaning "rising in a spiraling motion." But Hopkins also sees that the bird is "reined" by his "wimpling wing"—a wimple is part of a nun's headdress, which presses against her temples and keeps her hair back. In other words, the bird is exulting not only in the freedom of the air, but the resistance of it too, the friction.
. . . then off, off forth on a swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, —the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
The bird achieves or masters something in his successful negotiation of the powerful wind, and it is this that "stirs" Hopkins's heart. His heart was "in hiding" before. Perhaps he was despondent or, like any of us most of the time, he wasn't noticing anything in particular about his surroundings until that moment, that dawn or dawning, a symbol of reawakening. The speaker of the poem could be anyone—man or woman, old or young—who somehow steps out of the ego and, by inhabiting another creature, finds a sacramental joy in simply being alive. It was the same discovery John Keats made; in 1817, sixty years before Hopkins wrote "The Windhover," Keats wrote in a letter: "I scarcely remember counting upon any happiness—I look for it if it be not in the present hour, —nothing startles me beyond the moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights, or if a sparrow come before my window, I take part in its existence and pick about the gravel." [Keats to Benjamin Bailey, November 22, 1817]
Gerard Manley Hopkins was born the eldest child in a large, happy household in London. His father, Manley, was a successful businessman in the marine insurance industry (actually, he began his career in medical school, studying alongside—of all people—John Keats). Hopkins could have had a brilliant career as a classicist, except that while studying at Oxford he had a cataclysmic experience: he was seized with conviction for the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church of England had separated from the Roman church in 1534, inciting centuries of conflict and repression: only in 1778, with the Catholic Relief Act, were Catholics allowed once again to hold and inherit property; in 1829, finally, they were allowed to vote and hold government positions. For a member of the establishment like Hopkins to turn his back on Anglicanism in 1866 was to jeopardize one's future prospects and drive a wedge in one's family. The decision to become a Jesuit would have created an irreparable rift.
Brute beauty and valor and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.
Hopkins's mimetic language turns from describing the kestrel's flight in the first part of the sonnet (the eight-line octet) to describing how its dynamics are also hidden in other things—and, ultimately, his own soul. As when the kestrel is buffeted by the wind and then comes back stronger, fire breaks from things when they "buckle." When the plow turns up the dull clods of earth, the new earth glints with minerals ("sillion" is a medieval term for the small strip of land granted to monasteries to farm). When a "blue-bleak" ember falls from a log, it flares up again with new light. And thus when the spirit falls against the opaque materiality of the world, it breaks open (gashes) with an insight, or illumination. (Hopkins here is echoing an earlier sonnet he wrote, "God's Grandeur," which begins with similar imagery: "The world is charged with the grandeur of God / It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.")
"The Windhover" also illuminates some of Hopkins's thoughts on poetry's purpose, as well as its rhythm and style. For Hopkins, being able to glimpse the inner form of things—as the ashen ember breaking open and revealing the glowing gold—is a special gift of the poet, courtesy of God the Maker. He coined the words instress and inscape, adapting these ideas from the medieval theologian Duns Scotus, but Hopkins never formalized his theories; rather, he used them as intuitive concepts, hybrids of insight + stress (stress as in poetic meter) and insight + landscape. Duns Scotus himself theorized the importance of haeceitty, or "thisness," in God's creation. The poet, then, sees through mere appearance to the particularity and freshness of every living thing. This belief also guided Hopkins to new metrical practices: he invented Sprung rhythm, which loosened the definition of meter by counting only stressed syllables in a line. Hopkins thought it gave poetry a more natural, energetic, and colloquial sound and allowed the poet to avoid a plodding iambic singsong rhythm.
As with many great poets, Hopkins's contributions to his field were not recognized in his time. He died virtually unrecognized, though he had a lifelong friendship and correspondence with the man who would become poet laureate, Robert Bridges. In 1918, long after Hopkins's death, Bridges edited the first edition of Hopkins's Poems, little knowing that his obscure friend would soon eclipse his own reputation. Bridges had never fully understood or approved of Hopkins's experiments, but today Bridges's eminent, reserved, conventional body of work is scarcely read.
For all of Hopkins's theories of rhythm and inscape, "The Windhover" is a sonnet as fierce and alive as that kestrel he saw in May 1877. When I first read it, for all my teenage ignorance about theology and archaic word meanings, it swept me up in its rhythms and dashed me down again with the sudden impact of that electrifying final line: "Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion." If we hear through our eyes when we read any page of text, Hopkins taught me that in a great poem's soundscapes, we "see" through our ears as well.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the three or four greatest poets of the Victorian era. He is regarded by different readers as the greatest Victorian poet of religion, of nature, or of melancholy. However, because his style was so radically different from that of his contemporaries, his best poems were not accepted for publication during his lifetime, and his achievement was not fully recognized until after World War I.
Hopkins's idiosyncratic creativity was the result of interactions with others, beginning with the members of his family. Hopkins's extended family constituted a social environment that made the commitment of an eldest son to religion, language, and art not only possible but also highly probable. His mother, Kate Smith Hopkins (1821-1900), was a devout High Church Anglican who brought up her children to be religious. Hopkins read from the New Testament daily at school to fulfill a promise he...
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- That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection
- 'No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief.'
- Pied Beauty
- Spring and Fall
- The Starlight Night
- The Windhover
- The Wreck of the Deutschland
- 'Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend'
- In the Valley of the Elwy
- At the Wedding March
- Spring
- Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves
- 'My own heart let me more have pity on'
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#951 Fri 18 Jan 13 11:48am
The White Rabbit
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Re: THE gluten-free thread
welcome to the club Deb! You'll miss it but you'll feel much better.
#952 Fri 18 Jan 13 5:48pm
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Re: THE gluten-free thread
Yes, welcome indeed - you really will feel better! Looks like quite a list of things you have to avoid, but it's all worth it if it helps
#953 Sun 20 Jan 13 4:13pm
- Forum champ Occupation Retired youngster but keeping busy!!
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Re: THE gluten-free thread
I had the test done with probes attached to my finger which showed allergy to dust mites (explains sneezing) also wheat which if I avoid prevents bloating and seems to help with weight loss. Not always strict as am not caused pain but try really hard!
#954 Sun 20 Jan 13 5:01pm
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Re: THE gluten-free thread
MarielH wrote:
I had the test done with probes attached to my finger which showed allergy to dust mites (explains sneezing) also wheat which if I avoid prevents bloating and seems to help with weight loss. Not always strict as am not caused pain but try really hard!
And the probes were attached to a "gullibleometer"???
How much did this "expert testing" cost you???
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#955 Sun 20 Jan 13 6:26pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I made brioche rolls with poppy seeds recently. I put together my own measurements using up the last of an expensive gluten-free flour. Basically, I tried to incorporate plenty of butter and eggs and get a very soft dough . . . it was just a little too wet I think, but the end results was nice enough, could have had more lift. I will try this in silicone muffin molds next time. The non-stick cake pan that I coated well with butter, was nearly impossible to clean. MrP mistakenly scrubbed the finish off, so that went in to the shed for some future messy non-food use. I didn't mind. I hate those cake pans.
I used Cup4Cup gf flour which is quite expensive . . . but works like a dream in recipes. I hope the price comes down because I would buy it all the time if so.
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#956 Fri 25 Jan 13 11:41am
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Recipe please mspab?
#957 Fri 25 Jan 13 1:16pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I will weigh the ingredients today and pass along the results. Going to make another batch using a less expensive flour.
#958 Sat 26 Jan 13 3:25am
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Sounds good MsP, my hubby is always looking for more recipes It's a pain trying to find something different he can eat that's nice...
#959 Sat 26 Jan 13 3:32pm
Re: THE gluten-free thread
I used a different flour and another method which was very simple, but I am still not finished experimenting . . . may have to eat a lot of brioche before this is over.
eta: This method took almost no rising time, just a little in the molds and then they puffed up quite well, but they're not pretty - too craggy on top, so back to the drawing board. I used a bread flour mixture by Pamela's Products, last time I used Cup4Cup which is a very nice product and costs too much money!
I made rolls with currants this time.
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#960 Sun 27 Jan 13 6:44am
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The only decent gluten free or celiac friendly beer I've had. http://youtu.be/I3fJ0KG9b-s
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Whatever happened to the "ignore" button?
Whatever happened to the "ignore" button?
Goes to show that the day the schedule comes out, NOBODY knows who has it easy and who doesn't. Of course, you'd like a bye-week close to the middle of the season.
The cowboys and eagles losses still bother me. The eagle game especially. How is Vick a turnover machine against every other team except us?


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We are refugees from Lynn Carey's former Times Book Club. We meet every six to eight weeks at independent bookstores in Danville/Pleasanton to discuss our current reading selection.
Currently, we are reading "My Abandoment," by Peter Rock and will hold a discussion on Mon, Sep 20th hosted by Read Booksellers in Blackhawk Plaza.
Please join us; we hope you can make it to the meeting!
Town Square
Times Book Club Redux - September Selection!
Original post made by Danilo, Danville, on Aug 30, 2010
Like this commentPosted by Lesley
a resident of Danville
on Aug 31, 2010 at 9:14 am
Sounds interesting to me. Anybody know what time this will happen?
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Leslely - Just saw this... we are meeting at 7PM. Hope to see you there!


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Justin Bieber Gets Nearly Naked On Stage — Tempting Selena Gomez?
Holy smokes! Justin nearly got naked while on stage in Nashville, Tennessee on Jan. 18. He's desperately trying to get Selena's attention! See the pics.
Justin Bieber stripped down to nothing but red boxer briefs and a pair of zebra-printed pants, which were nearly down to his knees, while in concert in Nashville, Tennessee on Jan. 18! I never knew Justin had such a sexy butt — wow!
After getting dumped by Selena Gomez, 20, it appears that Justin is doing everything he can to get her attention — including stripping down in concert regularly.
According to a new report in Us Weekly, a source close to Justin, 18, says that the stripdowns are also part of his larger effort to shake up how his fans view him. "Justin wanted to change his image around his 18th birthday last March," the insider says. "Justin wanted to move from being pop-py to sexy."
On Jan. 20, Justin posted a pic on Instagram of him playing the piano and "Writing my heart out."
Justin Bieber's Fitness Regimen
Justin's been working his hardest to maintain the body that he shows off so often, he says. "I train every morning," he tells the magazine. "We do body-weight stuff. Just trying to…get some guns!" All the hard work is definitely paying off!
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WATCH: Justin Bieber Flashes His Butt; Selena Strikes Back With Revenge Song
— Chris Rogers
More Justin Bieber News:
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[quote user="bigblue4417"]From Michael Wilbon:
Unless the appeal filed by the teams
involved in Thursday's proposed trade (or a lawsuit reportedly being
considered by Paul) reverses the decision, the league now apparently
will allow free agency only as long as enough players to its liking are
willing to sign up to play in Portland, New Orleans, Charlotte, Salt
Lake City, Milwaukee, etc. You think Stern would have stopped this trade
had Paul been dealt for essentially the same package to, oh, Indiana?
Or Memphis? Or Oklahoma City? There isn't a chance in hell.

what stopping this trade does is prevent New Orleans from getting
players who can help that small-market franchise not only recover, but
move on. Odom is one of the most versatile frontcourt players in the
NBA. Scola averaged 18 points and eight rebounds per game last season.
Martin can get you 20 points a night. Dragic is a suitable backup.
What's wrong with this deal? Nothing, except the Lakers made it. This
isn't a heist; it's a deal that's easy to defend if you're looking at it
from the Hornets' viewpoint. What's more, executives from the Lakers
and executives from the Hornets made it. Club officials.

Problem is, there are owners like Cleveland's Dan Gilbert, still whining like a 2-year-old over the departure of LeBron James, who want some sort of guarantee that small-market teams will get their share of free agents.

We're sure to hear about a conflict of interest, what with the Hornets
being run by the league and dealing a great player to Los Angeles. So,
it would be OK for the NBA to trade Paul to a dreadful team, say the
Timberwolves? The NBA knew there could be the appearance of a conflict
when it made the decision to run the Hornets. Why should Paul play in
New Orleans indefinitely? Because management there was incompetent,
which it was? Because the Knicks -- talk about the pot calling the
kettle black -- don't like the trade? Since when do owners not involved
with a trade get to lobby against it? Where in the NBA rules does it say
other clubs get to whine that the Lakers will be too good again? And
who stands up to them and says, "Hey you MORONS, it's quite possible the
Hornets made a good deal here."
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haha WIlbon! Thats exactly what I say!


text: I have a question that I hope someone can answer. I hurt my ankle and haven't been able to skate but a few days here and there since September. I noticed the last time I skated, first in awhile, that my balance is poor. Not just on the ice but in shoes too. Both the injured as well as unhurt side. I expected to have poor strength and have rusty skating skills but I hadn't expected poor balance. Does anyone know why? If you have any experience with this, what helped you? Lack of strength, rusty skills, poor balance..


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latest industry connections security group (icsg) news
IEEE Anti-Malware Support Service (AMSS)
AMSS is a set of shared support services, created through the collaborative efforts of many of the major players in the computer security industry. It enables the individual security companies and the industry as a whole to respond more effectively and efficiently to the rapidly mutating universe of contemporary malware threats. AMSS currently consists of two main services: the Clean file Metadata eXchange (CMX), and the Taggant System.
about the ieee industry connections security group
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In the past few years, attackers have shifted away from mass distribution of a small number of threats to micro distribution of millions of distinct threats. ICSG was established, under the umbrella of the IEEE-SA Industry Connections program, out of the desire by many in the security industry to more efficiently address these growing threats in a coordinated fashion.
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ICSG Malware Working Group
Solving some of the malware related issues the industry faces today.
Encrypted Traffic Inspection Working Group
Enabling the development of an accepted way of traffic inspection.
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Expanding the information that is captured and shared about malware.
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139 Steps From The Sea
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|Eparchiaki Odos Edipsou Lichadas, 34300 Euboea, Greece
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It is situated on the slope of a small hill, it is surrounded by pine trees and has a wonderful view. It is 80 meters away from the sea. There are no discos, restaurants or coffee shops around, the beach is sandy and very quiet. It is 13 km away from Edipsos, a famous spa city known from antiquity. During your stay, you can visit the Thermae Sylla Spa and try different types of treatment. The village Gialtra, where you can find most of the basic shops plus a pharmacy, is on the top of the hill, within walking distance (10 to 15 minutes).
The house itself is 70 sqm, it is furnished with taste but has no particular amenities. It is the ideal place for people who want to live for some time in simplicity and enjoy nature, hiking (the place is surrounded by forests), swimming (the sea is very safe, as it is a small gulf) or surfing.
The house is composed of a living room with two balconies and an open kitchen and two bedrooms(one with a double and one with twin beds). There is one bathroom with shower box. There are screens at all the windows and ventilators in the bedrooms.
Since we have decided to opted for an alternative way of life during our vacation, there is no television, computer, internet connection, telephone or any other electronic devices. However, if somebody feels the need to get again into contact with civilisation, there is the nearby city of Edipsos. A car is necessary!
Communication languages: English, French, Italian, Greek.
The house can be rented in combination with our property "39 steps from the sea", which is 50 meters away.
House rulesGuests are kindly requested to be careful with the use of fire and to use water with moderation.
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Airlie Beach News & Events:
Common Marine Species in the Whitsundays and waters around Airlie Beach
Event Description :The Whitsunday Islands are home to so many marine species arouse the marine enthusiast in us all. Whilst enjoying the waters around Airlie Beach and staying at the great Airlie Beach accommodation, Toscana Village Resort, the suppliers of this narrative, you should be on the look out for these quite particular marine creatures within reach of visitors.
�Discovering Nemo� (a young children�s movie), is a tale on a timid Clown Fish who sets out on a journey to bring his son home who has been captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney. Since the release of this motion picture in 2003, folks from all over the world have been going crazy to see this beautiful small fish and especially in the Whitsundays Region. For those not aware of the Clown Fish, these folks are commonly seen in the balmy waters near the Whitsunday Islands and they be made up of about 30 various species. These fish are very colourful ranging from yellow-colored and maroon to shades of orange. The most common identified is a brilliant orange with bright white stripes just like out little friend Nemo. One crucial issue you really need to understand about the Clown Fish is that they are very territorial, so please let them be if you do see one!!!
The Dugong, or Sea Cow (the closest living relative to the Manatees), are marine animals which can grow to about 3 metres in length and weigh as much as 400 kilograms. At a weight as much as 400 kilograms you would expect these marine mammals to eat more than sea plants, but you could genuinely call them vegetarians of the ocean. Dugongs possess a rounded head with small eyes and a large snout. There eyesight is bad; nevertheless they do have very good hearing. Coarse delicate bristles that cover the upper lip of their large and fleshy snout help them uncover and grasp sea grass (which is how they get the title �Sea Cow� as they graze along the sea floor). Dugongs swim using their whale-liked fluke tail and they use their front flippers for balance and turning. Their movements are typically slow and graceful. These very unique creatures of the Sea inhabit shallow, tropical ocean throughout the Whitsunday Islands Marine Park. They are commonly located around the shoreline off Airlie Beach, Shute Harbour, Conway Beach, Hydeaway Bay and Dingo Beach.
Humpback Whales
Humpbacks are �rorquals� whales which possess distinctive throat grooves. They have very long rehabers using knobs on the front edge and a humped dorsal fin. Humpbacks are blackish in color with white colored undersides. The underside of the tail fluke is commonly white colored with black patterning, which is special to each and every humpback (a bit like a human fingerprint), making it straightforward to track and determine their movements. The male humpbacks average14.6 metres and females 15.2 metres long. The maximum is 18 metres and a mature adult may weigh up to 45 tonnes - which is massive!!!Whales visit our lovely Whitsundays Islands yearly on their migration north from Antarctica. The humpback whales find this a great place to give birth to the calm, warm and guarded waters. The best time of year to see them playing in our waters is from June to September.
These are merely a couple of of the more notable species which frequent the islands and reef close to Airlie Beach, and together with the thousands of others make a visit to the Great Barrier Reef such a unique experience of nature while staying at Toscana Village Resort, Airlie Beach accommodation.


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Two lakefront parks, Grant and Millennium, form the front lawn of Chicago and represent the city's progressive design streak from the 19th century to the 21st, respectively.
Begin your parks walk at the foot of (1) Millennium Park at North Michigan Avenue and East Randolph Street, which is "as much about spectacle as it is about contemporary landscape design."—Blair Kamin, architecture critic, Chicago Tribune. Walk south along Michigan to the park walkway leading directly east to the (2) Jay Pritzker Pavilion, the Frank O. Gehry-designed stage framed in ribbons of metal. Look behind you for the crowds that gather around Anish Kapoor's reflective, kidney-shaped sculpture (3) "Cloud Gate," unofficially called "The Bean." The reflections of the city skyline and the funhouse distortions make this a popular spot for photographers.
Resume walking east to the (4) BP Bridge, a snaking, steel-clad span also designed by Gehry that meanders over to the relatively tranquil (5) Daley Bicentennial Plaza, on the north end of (6) Grant Park (337 E. Randolph Street), first set aside in 1835 to protect it from commercial development and later extended with landfill from the debris produced by Chicago's 1871 fire. In the early 1900s, city planner and architect Daniel H. Burnham—the man who once said, "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood"—laid out plans for the park to include gardens and museums.
Follow the park paths south to the 1927 (7) Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain (East Congress Drive between Columbus and Lake Shore Drives), an ornate, sea-themed spout. From the fountain you can take in the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, and the Adler Planetarium arrayed around the edges of the park and collectively called Museum Campus. "One of my favorite spots to see Chicago is from Museum Campus. It offers a bird's-eye view of Chicago's skyline with all the shapes and sizes of the buildings."—Lynn Osmond, president and CEO, Chicago Architecture Foundation.
Return to Michigan Avenue along East Congress Drive, and walk north on Michigan to Jackson Drive. Stop into the serene (8) South Stanley McCormick Court (Michigan Avenue at Jackson Street) on the south side of the Art Institute, a hidden, sun-dappled garden of cock-spur Hawthorne trees and a gurgling fountain. Continue walking north on Michigan past the Art Institute of Chicago, the 1893 landmark that deserves an afternoon all its own, while taking in (9) Michigan Avenue buildings (from Jackson Street north to Randolph Street). "The cliff-like wall of many very beautiful buildings, that speaks to the idea that architecture is a conversation of the generations."—Blair Kamin.
Cross Monroe Street and reenter Millennium Park at its south end, home to (10) The Crown Fountain, a plaza framed by two 50-foot (15-meter) glass block towers that project images of Chicagoans on LED screens as water appears to cascade from their mouths, designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. Feel free to wade in during warm months. Get off your feet at the (11) Park Grill (11 N. Michigan Avenue; www.parkgrillchicago.com), a popular café with a large outdoor seating area in season that allows you to admire the surrounding architecture passively. "Credited for doing real cooking despite captive audience."—Phil Vettel, dining critic, Chicago Tribune.
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The Sequester molester...
What a joke!
So the president has new religion and has hit the wage tax +2% and now the cut of $85 Billion off what he calls excess...
The question is how does it effect you?
God so loved the world He gave his only Son...
...Believe in Him and have everlasting life.
John 3:16
The Sequester molester...
What a joke!
God so loved the world He gave his only Son...
...Believe in Him and have everlasting life.
John 3:16
Well it effects me becuase I'm going to have to show up at airports for flights 24 hours in advanced, all of the schools are going to burn to the ground, the police are going to be forced into early retirement, firefighters are going to be turned into male strippers, the military is going to be forced to yell "Bang Bang!!!" at the enemy on the battlefield, old people are going to be sent to processing factories and turned into beef jerky, Shaquita will be limited to only 20 free cell phones a year, churches are only going to be allowed to save one soul per year per church, ambulances are going to be turned into push carts, goats and monkeys will be flying everywhere and the President will have to limit his travel to only include trips to play golf or basketball...
Duh... Haven't you been watching the news? It's the beginning of the end because the government is having to cut back on the amount of bad checks it writes every year.
Whatever it's Bush's fault anyways... I'm talking about Bush Senior. If he didn't have any kids none of us would be in this situation.
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
but obamma did manage to give egypt another few hundreds of millions along with other muzlum states even AFTER the budget cuts kicked in--
Hey I got a novel idea,,, hows about the Senators and Congressmen pay for,,, THERE OWN,,, lifetimes worth of insurance,,,,and retirement perks. Like we have to pay for ours!!! Why in the Hell should I have to pay some millionaires way while living on disability??
Hell,,and they expect me to pay about 1/3 of that,, for part B medicaid/ bummer caid or what hell ever there calling it now. Lets see,,, roof over my head, food on the table, or forced insurance I have to buy or I'll be fined for not having it???? How does that work? Don't seem like it leaves me many options. Welfare I guess,, now that's cost effective!! Give me a break!!
How about "miss shell",,, paying for her own damn plane to go to Vail Co.,, to the tune of over a million bucks, with the kids and her family?? I've never been able to afford to go. Why should our tax's go to pay for some other peoples mutts and family to go skiing?? Along with there security details,,,,
How bout,,,
No more over seas trips for gov officials to resorts in foreign countries to discuss policies,, can't they do that in all those buildings we have set up in Washington set aside for that,, that we pay to keep heated all winter and maintained year round?? And that are not half way around the world someplace. Requiring 5-6 airliners to transport them , there families and there security forces back and forth to ,,,on our tax dime!!
How bout,,
palosi paying for her own jet and booze too when she jets back and forth to commifornia for a vacation with her antaraz'e,,,,
Are these dumb fucks so stupid that can't see all this ,, or is it that they just think they are "intitled to it"??? Never mind,,,, I just answered my own question!!
How bout,,,,
No more billions for Iran and other ME countries to take care of there infrastructure improvements,, we pay for ,, BTW,,, while shit falls apart here, and we have to pay double the tax's just to try to keep up in this country? While all the time ,, plotting to do more damage in this country.
WTF don't they get??? It don't take a rocket silentest to figure it out if you ask me!
I'm thinking it's just about time to clean house and start fresh. And to put restrictions on politicians that make more than the national average income,, refusing them office. It's time for some common sense normal people to be in charge. Last thing we need is some country club ,,, no life experience multi-millionare POS with a sense of entitlement,,, living off our tax bucks,,,,,and running this country into the ground!!!
Because,,,,,, "there special"!!!
Enough is just about ,,,enough!!! IMHO!!
Must be nice to be special...
Its a shame what has happend to our country.
God so loved the world He gave his only Son...
...Believe in Him and have everlasting life.
John 3:16


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Cars run on electricity as well as gas, and almost all of it runs through fuses. Learn where they are, how to spot a blown fuse, and how to replace them. It takes about five minutes, costs about $1, and it'll save you the hassle of a trip to the repair shop.
Check your owner's manual for the location of your fuse box. It's often under the hood.
Some types of cars locate the fuse box under the dash, beneath the side kick panels or under the rear seat.
Remove the cover and look for a locator sticker. You may need to check your owner's manual for the location of the fuse you're looking for.
Many fuse covers contain extra fuses and fuse pullers on the back side. If you use one of them, replace it the next time you go to the auto parts store.
Vehicles today have 40 or more fuses grouped in two or more places. Usually located in or around the instrument panel near the dash, fuses can also be found under the hood and even under the rear seat.
Next time your radio, lights or other device stops working, chances are a blown fuse is the culprit. Look under "Fuses" in your owner's manual for help finding your fuse panels. Most manuals have a diagram showing you where each fuse box is. Each fuse panel cover should have a diagram listing each device and the corresponding fuse.
Never replace a blown fuse with a higher-amp fuse. Always replace the fuse with one with the specified amp rating. You may install the next-smaller-rated fuse to get you by in a pinch until you can purchase a replacement.
Clamp the grounding lead of your test light to a metal component. Turn the ignition key to the "run" position. Then probe both of the tiny test ports in the face of each fuse. The light should illuminate at each port. If it doesn't, the fuse is blown.
Turn the key to the "run" position and press the tester prongs into the test ports. The LED will light up if the fuse is good.
Once you find the fuse box, locate the right fuse by checking the diagram located inside the cover. Then test it with a standard automotive test light (photo 1). Or, buy a fuse testing tool (about $5) at an auto parts store and just touch it to each fuse in turn (photo 2).
Remove the fuse that's labeled for the device that's not working, for example, the fan, radio, lighter or marker lights. Use a needle-nose pliers or a fuse puller (available at auto parts stores).
Hold the fuse up to the light to see if it's burned out. You'll see a fine wire connecting the two sides if the fuse is good. If a section of that wire has burned away, the fuse is bad.
In a good fuse, the wire between the two sides is still whole.
Most fuses used in vehicles today are one of three types: mini, standard or maxi. The mini and standard are fast-acting fuses that protect the majority of your vehicle's circuits, including those for lights and radios. The maxi fuses are slow-acting fuses that protect circuits with a large current draw such as those for anti-lock brakes, rear window defogger and traction control.
Fuses are color coded by amp rating. For example, a standard blue fuse has a 15-amp rating, yellow is 20 amps and green is 30. Before you buy fuses, keep in mind that the fuse panel cover often contains spare fuses and even a fuse puller. Just be sure to replace the spares so they'll be there the next time you need them. You can buy them at any auto parts store and at well-stocked service stations.
Note: If your new fuse blows soon after installing it, you could have problems in that circuit. Schedule an appointment with your service station or dealer for an expert diagnosis to repair the problem.
Some accessories that aren't factory installed may have a remote in-line fuse. These fuses can be located under the dash, under the hood or even in the trunk depending on the circuit they protect. They most likely protect an aftermarket accessory like fog lights or a CD changer. The best way to find an in-line fuse is to trace the wire from the accessory to the fuse panel. Along the way, you'll notice a fuse container that looks like one of these shown. Open the housing to pull out the fuse and examine it. Replace it with one of the same size and amperage and snap the housing back together.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
Use pliers if you don't have a fuse puller.
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.


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Dziękuję allesennogwat!
I've always admired the Poles for their resourcefulness and their tenacity.
Dziekuje dla linkuw!!
Thats some neat stuff!
I remember stories my Father told me when i was young how they would put stuff together in basments and barns---Hmmm,kinda sounds like us!
Keep the change-I just want my Country back!!!
Dziękuję allesennogwat!
I've always admired the Poles for their resourcefulness and their tenacity.
Hello zteknik,
Extra symbols, accents, and foreign letters can be done using the "alt" key plus a code number(s) on most keyboards. There is a free download for an ALT Codes Refrence Sheet:
ALT Codes / Alt Key Codes
I printed a copy and keep it stuck to the wall by my PÇ.
Hello zteknik,
Don't forget to turn on the "numlock" on your keyboard to make this thing work.
Now for the case at hand, I have the Polish programmer's key layout installed as well. It's almost the same as the normal USA layout, and may or may not have the dead keys mentioned above, but it does have the special right alt characters, they're just different than the above layout: ł, Ł, ę, Ę, ż, ź, ć, ń, etc...
I also have a Chinese layout installed, but that is more complicated to explain: 你说汉于吗?


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I recently watched the The Big Bang Theory episode in which Sheldon Cooper meets his idol, Stephen Hawking. That's in season 5 episode 21 which aired on April 5th, 2012, proving yet again that I'm always a year behind on the pop culture scene but that's parenting for you. Anyway, the episode sparked an interesting conversation between my husband and I about who we'd most want to meet if we could meet anyone: live, dead, or fictional. I knew my fellow GeekMoms would surely have some very interesting choices, and as usual, they didn't fail to entertain brilliant choices!
Stephen Fry
Jules: Stephen Fry, because he is a fascinating person, highly intelligent and has some interesting life experiences, including his battle with mental illness.
Andrew Wiles
Ariane: Andrew Wiles, who solved Fermat's Last Theorem. I remember studying the theorem in a Number Theory class and I got really excited to learn that the world's most difficult math problem had been solved in my lifetime. From that moment on, it's been my dream that I would one day be able to shake Wiles' hand! Can you imagine being able to say "I met the guy who solved Fermat's last theorem"?! So cool!
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
Laura: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, the researcher whose own stroke taught her about the expansive beauty beyond language.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Dakster: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche – He's an inspiration to me when it comes to overcoming anxiety and panic attacks. I would love to sit with him and discuss what I've been doing and listen to the advice I know he could give me.
Felicia Day
Sophie: I imagine most people could never live up to the projection of them in my mind but I'd probably pick Felicia Day. We share the same sense of humour and interests, I'd love to do a Flog segment with her one day. Well, either her or Nathan Fillion – just for his sense of humour you understand? Right?
Joss Whedon
Mandy: I'd love to meet Joss Whedon because I love his work and I'd love to have a conversation with him. And while I have met Wil Wheaton at Dragon*Con, I'd love to play in a D&D game with him but I think that is highly improbable.
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Attachment 50159Attachment 50160Guys,
Im thinking of selling my lifesize Fett and turning into a Stormtrooper instead.the Fett is just too much for me at the moment,and ive been toying with the idea for a while.Ive always wanted a lifesize Fett but so many things got in the way,and he never got completed,and i know he probably never would if i kept it.It needs new gauntlets,but here he is in a pic taken a while ago.Since then the shoulders,knees and backplacte have always been replaced with Fettpride pieces.BFUK made the chest,butt and cod armour.He also has Robs first ever scratchbuild ROTJ Jetpack(IIRC Rob?),a harness,and everything else.The shin tools are great,but two could do with new models.The Paterson knife is original as is the squeegee.The helmet is one of three Natty's MSH with metal ear pieces.i got this around two 1/2 years ago,and its a lovely helmet-very sold and very well made.I like the paintjob,as it seems a hybrid piece,but it would look great with a repaint.The jumpsuit looks ok in the pics,and i like the tight fit as Boba has this in a lot of shots.
How much do you guys reckon i could get for this in one complete sale/or as a parting out lot?Im more interested in selling the whole lot at once really.
EDIT:Added pics and rundown of whats here-
Natty 15d Helmet(one of three with metal ears and a very rare MSH in itself)
Fettpride Knees,Shoulders and backplate(knees with Mojo darts)
Evolution Boots-size 12
Taco Ammo belt
ROTJ girth belt-slightly faded and needs re-colour
Bobby Fett original scratch built jetpack-amazing piece-with harness
Home made armor vest-good but not the best
Cucblack(IIRC) jumpsuit
Paterson squeege tool and stirrer knife(other two tools need upgrading)
Woodman wookie braids
Bobamaker gloves
Ebay bought side pouches
And thats the lot-advice would be greatly appreciated.


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Any Ohio resident 5 years old and above may obtain a London Public Library card by filling out a registration card and providing a state issued photo ID with a current address. If the state identification does not have a current address, a utility bill will be accepted for address verification. Parents or legal guardians must have a library card in good standing prior to opening a library account for juveniles.
Cards for juveniles (ages 5 – 17) must have a parent's or legal guardian's signature. It is the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian to monitor juvenile cards and activity of those cards. The parent or legal guardian is also responsible for all lost or damaged materials and fines or fees on juvenile accounts.
Parents or legal guardians are responsible for their youngsters' selection of materials. The Library does not restrict any materials to anyone with a London Public Library card.
New library accounts will be placed on "Limited" status for 30 days with a maximum of 5 items on the account at any given time.
If you have lost your library card, you can get a replacement for $2.00.
A Library card or valid photo ID must be presented to check out Library materials. Lost, damaged or stolen Library cards will be replaced for a fee of $2.00. It is the patron's responsibility to notify the Library if his/her card is stolen.
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The Chicago Climate Action Plan, launched in 2008, has bold goals: reduce the City's greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below by 2050. To get there, the City's Department of Environment (DOE) invited ECCo to co-lead efforts that engage diverse communities in the plan's implementation. In the seven studies we have conducted, we have looked for what communities are already doing that could be linked with the climate action effort. We have found a growing number of school-based and after-school environmental programs for youth, traditions of backyard gardening, and community efforts to encourage entrepreneurialism, among other practices. Download reports
With the DOE and its partners we are now developing programs that build on these eco-friendly practices and values. Our efforts resulted in the Energy Action Network-Chicago (EAN). EAN engages 21 community organizations to scale up efforts that raise energy efficiency in homes, increase awareness of climate change, and integrate environmental sustainability in programs to improve quality of life.


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When a large black woman flosses her ass with a belt, leaving a couple dingleberries on the buckle
by thejammonster August 06, 2007
a sexual act when you take a female and curl her up in a ball and start to choke her till she becomes blue, meanwhile you are mashing up blueberries. Then you stuff the blueberries in her vagina, then you have sex with her. After you finishing around her vagina. Then you proceed to eat her out.
We had moldy blueberries since no one was going to eat them I used them to blueberry buckle my girlfriend.
by foodmaster September 27, 2011
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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Wine Openers
- Quicklook Williams Sonoma Lever Wine Opener & Foil Cutter $99.95
- Quicklook Cuisinart Commercial Wine Opener $99.95
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Wine helps bring out flavors in many different foods, making it an excellent drink to pair with your dinner dishes. Our collection of wine tools features a great selection of items to help you serve the perfect glass to complement your meal. We carry a variety of tools ranging from wine openers to chillers. Browse a variety of brands such as Laguiole, Waring and our own Williams-Sonoma brand.
Wine openers are among the most popular wine accessories, and there are many kinds to choose from. Corkscrews are common openers, but even these feature many different designs. A basic corkscrew twists into the cork and requires some elbow grease to remove the cork from the bottle. This type of tool is better known as a twist corkscrew. The waiter's corkscrew is a slightly more sophisticated version of the tool. This type includes a hinged arm that rests on the edge of the wine bottle, letting you use leverage to remove the cork. Winged corkscrews are popular with many wine enthusiasts, as they are easy to use. To use one of these, simply twist the corkscrew into the cork and press the winged arms down. The cork should easily slide out of the bottle opening, letting you effortlessly pour wine into your glass. Lever corkscrews feature a similar design; however, these feature a single lever instead of the winged arms.
Thanks to technology, wine openers have moved beyond basic corkscrews. Air pressure openers feature a hollow needle instead of a corkscrew and a small canister of CO2. The needle uses pressure from the canister to remove the cork from the bottle. Electric openers are also popular. Simply press a button and let the device do all of the work.
There are several other tools that are helpful for opening wine. If you are new to opening wine, you may want to rest the bottle on a coaster or trivet in case of spills. A foil cutter can come in handy for removing the tough foil around the bottle opening. Many waiter's corkscrews come with a built-in version of this tool, but you can also find stand-alone tools if you opt for another kind of wine opener.br>
We also carry several tools for serving wine. Once the bottle is open, you can simply pour the wine into a decanter and let it breathe, but this can be a time-consuming process. Many wines require 30 minutes to two hours of exposure to oxygen to soften the strong flavors of the tannins. Aerators are handy accessories that let you speed up the process. These tools expose the wine to oxygen as you pour it, letting you cut down on the breathing time. Although a simple napkin tied around the bottleneck can preserve your tablecloth from spills and drips, a pourer or aerator can also be a handy tool for preventing spills while pouring your drinks.
Many white wines and sparkling wines are best served chilled. Although storing the bottle in your refrigerator or a wine fridge can chill it before serving, it may warm up quickly in hot weather. Keep your wine bottle cool on the table with a wine chiller. A basic wine bucket is easy to use and can make an attractive addition to your tabletop decor. Simply fill the bucket with ice to keep your wine cool throughout dinner. If you want to serve a selection of different bottles with your meal, you can also find larger buckets that can accommodate multiple bottles. Insulated chillers use insulating materials to keep your bottle cool, making them convenient choices.
Wine storage can also play a role in its flavor. Keep a wine rack in a cool place to preserve your wine during hot and humid weather spells. Light exposure can negatively affect wine quality, so be sure to store it somewhere dark. If you want to store your wine for extended periods of time, you may want to invest in a wine fridge. This appliance lets you control temperature and humidity conditions, ensuring excellent flavor when it comes time to serve a bottle.