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In Trashing Ryan, Liberals Forget Moynihan
In 1965, future U.S. senator and then assistant secretary of labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan published a seminal report that began the process of changing the way America approached the issue of inner city poverty. The report, "The Negro Family: The Case for Action" raised a storm of controversy because it noted the impact of the breakdown of the nuclear family and the destructive nature of the culture of urban ghettos in which work was devalued. Rather than economics determining the social conditions, the report pointed out that the opposite was true.
Though he traced the roots of this depressing pattern back to slavery and Jim Crow discrimination, Moynihan was blasted as a racist and for denigrating blacks. But for those who truly cared about helping the poor and doing something about the way the welfare state had created a permanent urban underclass, the report was prophetic and helped pave the way for future efforts to reform welfare.
But for those who still make a living from race baiting and diverting the attention of the country from the facts about what produces multi-generational poverty, the truth of Moynihan's conclusions are still blasphemy. Such persons lie in wait not only to derail efforts to address the problems of the black family and urban poverty but to tar all those who speak about the issue as racists in the same way that Moynihan was attacked nearly 50 years ago. And it is into just such a trap that Rep. Paul Ryan walked earlier this week when Rep. Barbara Lee blasted him.
Ryan was forced to backtrack yesterday from remarks he made on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" radio show in which he spoke of the problems of poverty, family, and work in blighted neighborhoods. As Politico reports, Ryan said the following:
"We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work, and so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with," he said, urging everyone to get involved in blighted communities even if they live in the suburbs.
Lee responded with this statement:
My colleague Congressman Ryan's comments about 'inner city' poverty are a thinly veiled racial attack and cannot be tolerated. Let's be clear, when Mr. Ryan says 'inner city' when he says, 'culture,' these are simply code words for what he really means: 'black,'" Lee said.
Ryan denied he was attacking blacks but said that perhaps he had not fully articulated what he was trying to say.
What is most unfortunate about this is not just the way our political culture rewards hypocrites like Lee for crying racism where none exists or that Ryan felt that he had to apologize for saying something that is not only factual but painfully obvious. Rather, the real problem here is that all these years after Moynihan first took the heat for breaking the silence about what causes the cycle of poverty, speaking the truth about the subject is still controversial.
For people like Lee and a host of other racial inciters and their liberal media enablers like Ana Marie Cox, the imperative to address the breakdown of the culture of work and family in poverty-stricken areas is still trumped by their need to use the racist label as a political weapon.
What makes this even more pathetic is that the patterns that Moynihan first wrote about in 1965 now apply to other groups afflicted by poverty. The epidemic of fatherless homes and single mothers on welfare has long since ceased being primarily a black problem but become one that impacts whites and other groups just as harshly. To claim that talking about this vicious cycle of poverty and government dependency is a matter of code words about race is not only a canard but also outdated.
This sorry chapter teaches us that as much as we may think we have transcended the past, the race baiters are bound and determined to see to it that the country doesn't learn the lessons from decades of failed liberal policies. Race has nothing to this. What this country needs are more people in public life like Ryan who are knowledgeable enough to speak about this basic problem and fewer who thrive on avoiding honest discussions about poverty.
In Trashing Ryan, Liberals Forget Moynihan
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Can Turkey be Trusted with F-35s?
Are the warplane's secrets safe?
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the newest generation air platform for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Lockheed-Martin, which builds the F-35, describes it as "a 5th Generation fighter, combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment." For both diplomatic reasons and to encourage sales, Lockheed-Martin subcontracted the production of many F-35 components to factories abroad. Many program partners—Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, for example—are consistent U.S. allies.
Turkey, however, is also part of the nine-nation consortium producing the plane, which gives Turkey access to the F-35's technology. "As a program partner, Turkish industries are eligible to become suppliers to the global F-35 fleet for the life of the program. In total, F-35 industrial opportunities for Turkish companies are expected to reach $12 billion," the warplane's website explained. "Turkey plans to purchase 100 of the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant. Its unsurpassed technological systems and unique stealth capabilities ensure that the F-35 will be the future of Turkish national security for decades to come."
But is the F-35 safe with Turkey? In recent years, the Turkish government has leaked highly-classified information to America's adversaries in fits of diplomatic pique. Back in 2013, for example, Turkey leaked to the Iranians the identities of Israeli spies in Iran. Danny Yatom, former head of the Mossad, told USA Today that the incident would damage U.S. intelligence efforts, "because we will be much more reluctant to work via Turkey because they will fear information is leaking to Iran… We feel information achieved [by Israel] through Turkey went not only to Israel but also to the United States."
On July 19, the Pentagon criticized Turkey's state-controlled news agency for exposing ten covert U.S. bases in Syria in a way that can enable both the Islamic State and Iranian-backed forces to target Americans. Bloomberg reported that the leak also detailed aid routes and equipment stored at each base.
Both these incidents raise serious questions about whether Turkey can be trusted with the F-35, especially given Turkey's growing military and diplomatic ties to Russia, and the wayward NATO state's recent cooperation with China as well. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense is rightly concerned about the security implications of a plan to service its F-35s in Turkey, but such concern should only be the tip of the iceberg.
Should Turkey even receive F-35s and, to the extent the program relies on Turkish factories, is it time to stand up quickly a Plan B? To do otherwise might squander the billions of dollars already spent on the program, risk increasing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ability to blackmail the West, and potentially land America's latest military technology on Kremlin desks.
The Trump Right's Martyrdom of Kim Guadagno
Too many martyrs make a movement.
If the GOP is to be converted into a vehicle for politicians who evince Donald Trump's brand of pragmatic center-right populism, Trump will have to demonstrate his brand of politics can deliver victories for people other than himself. Presidential pen strokes help to achieve that, as do judicial appointments. Nothing is so permanent, though, as sweeping legislative change. On that score, the newly Trumpian Republican Party is coming up short. If the passive process of transformational legislative success fails to compel anti-Trump holdouts in the GOP to give up the ghost, there is always arm-twisting. It seems the Republican National Committee is happy to play enforcer.
The RNC's nascent effort to stifle anti-Trump apostasy by making examples of high-profile heretics has claimed its first victim: New Jersey's Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno. The Republican is running to replace the nation's least popular governor, Chris Christie, and the effort has been a struggle. Trailing badly in the polls and facing the headwinds associated with trying to succeed an unpopular outgoing GOP governor in a blue state, Guadagno needs all the help she can get. That help won't be coming from the RNC. According to NJ Advance Media, the committee's objection to helping Guadagno isn't the imprudence of throwing good money after bad. It's that she was mean to President Trump in 2016, and she must be punished.
"[The president] is unhappy with anyone who neglected him in his hour of need," said a source billed as an RNC insider. The specific complaint arises from an October 8 tweet from the lieutenant governor said that "no apology can excuse" Trump's "reprehensible" conduct on the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape. "Christie was not as stalwart as some people in the party, but at least he didn't go against him the way she did," the insider added.
This source's version of events was supported by former two-term New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. "She went down there, and the (Republican National) Committee was reluctant to back the campaign in the way one would have expected," she said. "The implication was, 'Well you were not a Trump supporter in the primary, and so don't expect much money.'"
This is almost certainly a pretext. Republicans are facing stiff competition and an unfavorable political environment in November's gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. In 2017-2018, 27 GOP-held seats are up for grabs, nine of which are in some jeopardy of falling to Democrats. Republicans are going to have to husband their resources and triage their officeholders. That's a forgivable, if demoralizing, condition. Declaring Guadagno to have offended the leader and to be cut off from the font of Republican goodwill is not only unjustifiable, it's terribly foolish.
If Republican women are to be punished for saying that Trump's comments about sexually assaulting unsuspecting females were unacceptable, there are going to be a lot fewer Republican women. Moreover, the RNC has invited the perception that there is a double standard at play here. A slew of Republicans called on Trump to drop out of the race after that tape, but the RNC is unlikely to withhold support for Senators Rob Portman or John Thune when they need it. Among those calling on Trump to drop out was his own chief of staff, Reince Priebus—a fact the president reportedly won't let Priebus forget.
Cults of personality can be bullied into existence, but they rarely outlast the personality around whom they form unless that personality can claim some lasting achievements. In lieu of any compelling rationale, the effort to remake the GOP in Trump's image by force will only create dissidents. The ideological conservatives who once dominated the Republican Party are unlikely to make peace with the ascendant populist faction at gunpoint. And the RNC is not solely to blame for this boneheaded move. Even if the notion that Guadagno is being punished for disloyalty is a pretense, it is a response to a clear set of incentives promoted by this White House.
Maybe the most intriguing question of the present political age is whether or not conservatives in the GOP will come to terms with a man they once saw as a usurper. A heavy hand will only catalyze resistance, and Trump needs his own party as much or more than they need him. Guadagno's gubernatorial bid is on no firmer ground today than it was yesterday, but the Republican candidate's allies can now legitimately claim persecution at the hands of personality cultists. Too many martyrs make a movement. The White House and the Republican National Committee should tread lightly.
The Conservative Crack-Up, 2017 Edition
Podcast: Conservatism in shackles while O.J. goes free?
On the second of this week's podcasts, I ask Abe Greenwald and Noah Rothman whether the health-care debacle this week is simply a reflection of the same pressures on the conservative coalition Donald Trump saw and conquered by running for president last year—and what it will mean for him and them that he has provided no rallying point for Republican politicians. And then we discuss OJ Simpson. Give a listen.
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Macron's Terrorism Idiocy
Hyperbole yields cynicism, not the other way around.
Newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron surprised almost everyone when he invited President Donald Trump to celebrate Bastille Day with him in Paris, especially after the two leaders' awkward first meeting in Brussels in May. After all, between now and then, Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, and Macron has become perhaps the most vocal critic of Trump among European leaders.
In hindsight, Macron's reason for embracing Trump might have been to get the president to reverse course on the Paris agreement. From the Associated Press:
French President Emmanuel Macron says his glamorous Paris charm offensive on Donald Trump was carefully calculated — and may have changed the U.S. president's mind about climate change…. On their main point of contention — Trump's withdrawal from the landmark Paris climate agreement — Macron is quoted as saying that "Donald Trump listened to me. He understood the reason for my position, notably the link between climate change and terrorism."
According to Macron, climate change causes droughts and migration, which exacerbates crises as populations fight over shrinking resources. If Macron really believes that, France and Europe are in for some tough times.
First, droughts are a frequent, cyclical occurrence in the Middle East, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa. The difference between drought and famine is the former is a natural occurrence and the latter is man-made, usually caused by poor governance. Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the Horn of Africa, where the same drought might kill a few dozens of Ethiopians but wipe out tens of thousands of Somalis.
Second, the common factor in the wars raging in the Middle East today is neither climate change nor extreme weather, but brutal dictatorship, radical ideologies, and the militias supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Yemen could be a breadbasket. Its terraced fields rising up thousands of feet in the mountains grow almost every fruit imaginable. Yemen also catches the tail end of the monsoon. If Yemenis planted exportable crops like coffee rather than the mild drug qat, which does not bring in hard currency, they might be fairly prosperous.
It is not climate change that denied the Syrian public basic freedoms and liberty for decades, nor was it climate change that dropped barrel bombs on civilian neighborhoods, tortured and killed 13-year-old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, or used chemical weapons. For that matter, when it comes to radicalization, the problem is Syria was less climate and more decades of Saudi-and Qatari-funded indoctrination and Turkish assistance to foreign fighters.
Regardless of all this, another obvious factor nullifies Macron's thesis: When drought occurs in regions outside the Middle East, the result is seldom suicide bombing.
Terrorism does not have a one-size-fits-all explanation but, generally speaking, when it comes to Islamist terrorism, ideology plays a key role. Most terrorists are educated, middle class, and relatively privileged. Islamic State caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, for example, has a Ph.D. Many of the 9/11 hijackers were educated. In the Gaza Strip, Hamas recruits inside schools. Simply put, there is no linkage between climate change and terrorism.
Not only would Trump be foolish to buy Macron's argument, but environmentalists who believe climate change puts the Earth in immediate peril should be outraged. It is hyperbole. Moreover, it is the casual invocation of climate change as a catch-all cause for every other issue that breeds the cynicism that leads so many to become so dismissive of everything climate activists say. Macron may look down up Trump as an ignorant bore, but Macron's own logic suggests he is also living in a world where facts and reality don't matter.
Trump Quietly Gives Putin What He Wants
Quid pro quo?
Until now, the notion that Donald Trump was providing Russia and Vladimir Putin with concessions at the expense of U.S. interests was poorly supported. That all changed on Wednesday afternoon when the Washington Post revealed that Donald Trump ordered his national security advisor and CIA director to scrap a program that provided covert aid to anti-Assad rebels in Syria.
The president made that decision on July 7, within 24 hours of his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The sources who spoke to the Washington Post accurately characterize it as a reflection of "Trump's interest in finding ways to work with Russia." That is a fool's errand but, more important, this move demonstrates that the United States is willing to cede ground to adversaries and bad actors as long as they are persistent enough.
I endeavored to demonstrate as thoroughly as I could why American interests in Syria and those of Russia not only do not align but often conflict violently. The president appears convinced, like his predecessor, that his personal political interests are better served by allowing Moscow to be the power broker in Syria—even if that makes America and its allies less safe.
Moscow has made it a priority to execute airstrikes on American and British covert facilities in Syria, and Donald Trump has just rewarded those air strikes on U.S. targets. Trump has sacrificed the goodwill he garnered from Sunni-dominated Middle Eastern governments when he executed strikes on Assad's assets and, as recently as June, the U.S. downed a Syrian warplane for attacking anti-ISIS rebels laying siege to the Islamic State capital of Raqqa.
America will continue to provide support to indigenous anti-ISIS rebels, despite the fact that those forces are often under assault from both Russian and Syrian forces. It should be noted, however, that the CIA suspended aid to Free Syrian Army elements when it came under attack from Islamist in February. The agency said it didn't want cash and weapons falling into Islamist hands, but this move exposes that claim as a mere pretext.
This concession to Russia is significant not just because it removes some pressure on Moscow's vassal in Damascus. It sends a series of signals to the world's bad actors, who will inevitably react.
The phasing out of aid for anti-Assad rebels (presumably the indigenous Sunni-dominated factions) gives Russia and Syria the only thing they've ever wanted: the ability to frame the conflict in Syria as one between the regime and a handful of radicals and pariahs. A cessation of aid will squeeze the remaining moderate, secular rebel factions in Syria and compel them to seek whatever assistance they can—even at the risk of augmenting the ranks of Islamist insurgents. How that advances America's interests is entirely unclear.
This move will only further embolden not just Russia and Syria but their mutual ally, the Islamic Republic of Iran. It will convince the region's Sunni actors that the United States is not on their side—a matter of increasing urgency in Iraq. The insurgency in Syria is unlikely to end so long as regional fighters have a means of getting into the country. America will simply sacrifice its leverage over those groups.
This move will confirm, finally, that the use of weapons of mass destruction in the battlefield is survivable. A truly resolute American administration might fire off a handful of Tomahawk missiles at an abandoned airfield, but regime change is not in the offing. That will only beget other bad actors who will test the parameters of America's willingness to defend the international norms prohibiting the use of WMDs. Because American servicemen and women are stationed around the world in unstable theaters, the likelihood that they will one day be fighting on chemical battlefields just became a lot more likely.
American covert involvement in Syria also filled a vacuum that the Obama administration allowed to expand in 2011 and 2012. "One big potential risk of shutting down the CIA program is that the United States may lose its ability to block other countries, such as Turkey and Persian Gulf allies, from funneling more sophisticated weapons—including man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS—to anti-Assad rebels, including more radical groups," the Washington Post speculated. Ironically, American withdrawal from the anti-Assad effort could actually fuel the fire, but in a way that we can neither control nor effectively influence. We've seen that movie before. We know how it ends.
And all of this is for what? To garner goodwill with the bloody regime in Damascus? To court Moscow or Tehran? There is nothing to gain from cozying up to these regimes that is not offset by the sacrifice of American national interests and moral authority associated with rapprochement. For all of the Trump administration's criticisms of Barack Obama's policy with regard to those regimes, this decision suggests he's willing to double down on Obama's mistakes.


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UCLA Volunteer Day is a cornerstone of the UCLA experience. It is the nation's largest community participation event for new students, and occurs on the Tuesday of True Bruin Welcome Week in September. Before students attend their first class, first year freshmen and transfer students join together with continuing undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and community members to visit more than 50 sites across greater Los Angeles. Reaching out to every city council district, volunteers give service at K-12 schools, food banks, parks, shelters, veterans' facilities, and neighborhood centers. Over 7,000 Bruins participate each year, which creates an immediate impact on both the participant and site, and the event has been featured in print and internet news media both locally and nationally.
This annual turkey dinner provides a warm meal as well as food and supplies to take away during the long weekend for up to 100 needy UCLA students and their families. This event has been created and produced through volunteer time of staff and students of UCLA, and the food, venue, centerpieces, music, and other supplies are donated through various campus departments, student organizations, and volunteers.
The UCLA Food Drive, hosted by UCLA Transportation, collects goods and funds for both the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the UCLA Food Closet, a UCLA Community Programs Office program that provides struggling students a helping hand. In previous years, over 42,000 pounds of food donations have been collected to benefit individuals and families in need. The Center helps to host bins and sort collections all around campus, as well as promoting the collection as a resource to UCLA community members.
Non-profit Networking Night connects UCLA students to public service professionals who are currently recruiting for open internships and jobs in the non-profit sector. Hosted by the Volunteer Center, USAC Community Service Commission, Career Center, and Office of Residential Life (ORL), the evening features speed networking activities and the opportunity to sit down with professionals and other UCLA students.
UCLA leads the nation in volunteering, and each year Bruins contribute to hundreds of thousands of hours of community service. Volunteer Appreciation Week is an extension of a national campaign to celebrate the people and organizations participating in community service across America. During this week, the UCLA Volunteer Center recognizes the service efforts of volunteers and campus groups that make a difference in communities across Greater Los Angeles.
Using the momentum and enthusiasm for civic engagement that arises from Volunteer Day, the Center sends a bus filled with volunteers into the community in order to address specific needs in that area. Through partnerships with other non-profits and outside organizations, this program addresses a different cause and organization with each visit to expose Bruins to a sampling platter of volunteer opportunities to pique volunteers' interest in programs they could work with on an ongoing basis.
Project SPELL, Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning, is a support service for UCLA employees who are non-native English speakers. This program matches UCLA employee learners with student volunteer tutors to accomplish English language learning goals as expressed by the learners. Volunteer tutors deliver personalized lessons to one UCLA employee, twice a week throughout the academic quarter, and receive training sessions, ample teaching resources, and a flourishing peer network. From this experience, tutors develop critical teaching and communication skills while building a mutually beneficial relationship with a vital member of the UCLA community.
United States military service members in hostile regions around the world receive thousands of hand-written letters and care packages from UCLA each year in partnership with Operation Gratitude, a volunteer-run non-profit group based in Van Nuys. For some soldiers, this is the only contact they have with home, and the partnership strives to demonstrate recognition of, and appreciation for, military members' service and sacrifice. The Center works year-round with campus departments and organizations to introduce students to the program. Operation Gratitude has sent over one million care packages since 2003, and UCLA is the first large-scale university the organization has paired with to increase these efforts.
UCLA External Affairs has adopted the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to show the staff commitment to service in the Los Angeles community. Each month, a different department of External Affairs visits the downtown food bank to sort, inspect, and clean food for distribution, and to assemble food packages that go to children, senior citizens, and women with infants across Los Angeles County.
The UCLA Volunteer Center is taking a novel approach in fulfilling the university's pillars of education, research, and service while exposing students with special needs to cutting edge research. The event provides students with special needs (namely Autism, Down's Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy) from the Pathway at UCLA Extension program the chance to attend a professor research symposium and learn about some of the most acclaimed research taking place at UCLA in a variety of fields.
To continue the strong ties between the Center and the student population, the Volunteer Center Fellows program creates opportunities for student leadership in the planning and management of civic engagement projects. Each spring, a new group of students are chosen to serve for thirteen months to work with the Center to plan the year's agenda and attend regular meetings with staff and advisors. Fellows come from a variety of community and leadership perspectives at UCLA and in the Los Angeles community. The Fellows serve as an advisory board that works with the Center to increase the accessibility of civic engagement opportunities by developing resources, support systems, and projects for students and campus service organizations.
The UCLA Volunteer Center offers students an opportunity to be creative and experiment with technology and social media in promoting civic engagement. Interns assist expansion in the web space and reach out to students on campus, developing skills in areas such as communication, technology, group collaboration, and community outreach. Enthusiastic students with interests in social media, video, photography, graphic design, and/or journalism are organized into teams and creatively combine their interests with their passion for service. Working with Volunteer Center staff and guest speakers from the non-profit community, students learn about the various aspects of non-profit outreach while supporting their University.
The Student Committee of Project SPELL is responsible for promoting connections between students within Project SPELL as well as across campus. Their purpose is to create a tighter bond between tutors and to help Project SPELL develop and grow into a stronger organization. The Student Committee serves to provide a voice for the students in Project SPELL and to address the concerns and needs of the student tutors.
The Center's Volunteer Leadership Program gives undergraduate students an opportunity to work directly with the Center by planning and leading their own One Bus, One Cause community service projects in the Los Angeles community. Project Leaders maintain important relationships between the university and their designated community partners while gaining valuable leadership and professional skills applicable to any career. Many projects serve as follow-up to the work done at the previous September's Volunteer Day service sites.
The Mongelli Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement (formerly the Bruin Heroes Award) recognizes innovative and inspiring projects organized by UCLA organizations. Every day, thousands of students participate in service projects around Los Angeles. As a public institution, UCLA is dedicated to service and values the hard work of these Bruins and the passion motivating their endeavors. The goal of this award is to shine a light on these efforts. The Mongelli Award is presented by the Volunteer Center Fellows, and award recipients are selected from among a pool of nominations compiled by a group of chief campus advisors. Winners of the award receive recognition and support from the Volunteer Center as well as a monetary award.

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I thought I'd take this opportunity to do as promised and update you all on my progress sans-blog hops ... yes, I do still sew occasionally without a hop mission ... though a blog deadline does help! {grin}
|Remember my search for a chair?
After all of the very helpful comments my friends and readers posted on my April 21st post, I researched all suggestions and went onto Amazon.com and found this very comfortable task chair. Knowing that I'm 5'8" with most of my height in my legs, I needed a chair that adjusted upwards. I'm happy. Thanks to all of you that commented ... you really helped!!
My dear friend Pamela had a birthday very recently and I made this for her. Pamela is the proud grandmother of five grandchildren who call her "NanOct" ... a tie in to octopus and more love in her arms for her grandchildren, I wanted to make something special for her as she is special to so many.
If you look real close, you will notice an octopus. Well, geez, do you have any idea how long I searched for octopus fabrics??? I did finally find this Salt Water Collection by Tula Pink in the Seaweed color. The mottled green "solid" is actually from a Patrick Lose line, though I don't have the exact name at this time.
I wanted something tasteful but something that would have meaning when she travels to see her family.
Well, she loved it and I love her for her appreciation!!
Next, many of you may remember me posting on May 28th that I had a graduation quilt to finish.
Believe it or not, I really did finish it in time for the graduation ... only thing is we missed the graduation because first my daughters got sick, then one of my nieces got strep throat, then I got sick ....
da da dee dum .... you get the picture.
Well, I can finally share on the blog because this weekend my niece came down for orientation at University of Montana here in town and I was able to finally present her with her gift.
I used a mix of batiks and the Just Can't Cut It pattern. It reminds me of chocolate, caramel and raspberries. Leave it to me to be thinking of chocolate!!
Instead of labeling, I usually stitch the name and date info in my quilting since I quilt myself ... yes, even on my small, domestic machine ... no label to mysteriously disappear and quilt somehow becomes someone else's in a college dorm room :)
|stitched with love, Aunt Wendy
|May 2013
|Congratulations on your Graduation
I was going to list all of the following items on eBay, but then thought of all of you. Perhaps some of you would be interest in any of these items and would like the opportunity to purchase before I post them on eBay:
|1 yard plus 6 fat quarters -- fabric by
Kensington Studios for Quilting Treasures
Jelly Roll, Dessert Roll, 2 Charm Packs and 2 2/3 yds oakleaf fabric
|1 2/3 yd Blank Quilting Fabric
This is more teal-green than the blue photo shows.
|2 yds Timeless Treasures Fabric
my girls have outgrown the dress pattern this was meant for.
|2 yds Benartex "At the Park" by Wilma Sanchez
In the Fons and Porter Kids Quilts Summer 2009 edition, they have this Princess Pillow pattern for which I purchased these materials ... again, time, age,daughters' desires mean this is no longer on the "must do" list but I'm thinking it might be for someone else. I only have one copy of the magazine, so cannot offer that for sale with the materials unless ....
Fairy Princess fabric by designs by Leere for Clothworks
|one panel, 1 1/3 yd purple Princess toss and 1/2 yd pink and purple
Fairy Princess fabric by designs by Leere for Clothworks
If you find you might at all be interested in any of the above fabrics pictured, please email me, or leave me a comment so we can exchange information .... I will have to ask for shipping, but will do so at the least expensive rate possible .... best offer, really .... I know what the fabrics cost, but I also know that they do me no good sitting in my stash when someone else could be using them when I know I won't.
I'll give it a couple of weeks then post on eBay .... thanks for looking!!
And .... I finally went in and had a very over-due medical check-up ...
go figure, I'm out of shape
Who knew!!!?????!!!
Seriously .... I can't eat much better than I am trying,
I could get more sleep and am trying ...
really, it's the exercise thing .... REALLY!!!
So with that thought in mind,
I went out and found this at a
local sporting goods re-sell shop:
Yes ... I did ride it this morning ... Day 1 towards goal ....
Now, since outside it's well on it's goal of reaching
98 degrees ...
outside exercise is obviously ill-advised
Sewing room here I come ....
I will see many of you again soon ... I've actually almost completed one of my Ho Ho Ho Blog Hop items and starting on another .... and would you believe .... I've got some stuff in the works for Halloween stitching too ...
always the Wicked Wendy!
Best wishes to all of you and thank you for visiting!


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Underwater mines, or naval mines are self-contained explosive devices that are placed above water to blow up enemy vessels, or to be used as traps.
Zanzibar Land
Several underwater mines were planted at the Zanzibar Fortress's waterways on its second basement floor.
Sons of Liberty
Underwater mines were planted in the B1 flooded area of the Shell 2 Core of the Big Shell by Vamp during the Big Shell Incident in 2009 as an way to deter the FOXHOUND agent Raiden from rescuing Emma Emmerich in the then-completely flooded passageways due to damage caused by one of Fatman's non-scented bombs earlier causing a leak. The mines were speculated by Solid Snake to contain built-in compound sensors that could track anything from something's acceleration speed to changes in the water pressure, and even body temperature, among other data.
Behind the scenes
The underwater mines, aside from Metal Gear Solid 2's main story mode, were also used in the Substance VR Missions as floating obstacles in various missions, including but not limited to variety missions that involve hanging.
In the TV spot for the French PMC Pieuvre Armement in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, seen when starting the game, underwater mines were seen surrounding a giant octopus, although it is unclear whether Pieuvre Armement itself actually used underwater mines.


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Home remedies for sore throat. It hurts everytime a swallow. I've tried salt water, lister one, ect. But never helps.
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Can you please list fun exercises to lose weight?
Daily activities: Make your daily activities more difficult - take the stairs, park further away, bike/ walk to work/ store, sit on a swiss ball/ at your desk and stand up every time you answer the phone, or lunge/ hop/ jump from place to place in your house. Things like these may seem small and silly, but the increased calorie burn can add up over time. Don't forget a healthy diet! ...Read more
Can you list some facial exercises for chin and cheeks?
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Can you please list a few effective (preferably cheap) compact exercise equipment?
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Can you please list a few foods and exercises i can eat and do to help with getting abs?
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Can you give a list of exercises that will decrease my body fat an build upper and lower abs?
Abdominal exercise: While sit-ups can increase abdominal muscle mass they will only minimially help you loose stomach fat, if any. To loose adipose tissue work on a cardio mix (walking, running, biking, swimming, circuit training, etc - mix it up). Keep in mind that you can not target one specific area of the body to loose weight, and over time the adipose will decrease in many areas of your body (stomach included). ...Read more
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Tums (calcium carbonate): The average person needs about 1 gram of calcium per day and two Tums (calcium carbonate) per day will provide this amount. The body usually readily absorbs calcium and specific types of food are inconsequential. Of course dairy products are full of calcium. The kidneys closely control calcium levels, and exercise will not interfere with this control. ...Read more
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DOLE Accredited Safety Trainings.
Venue: L Square Hotel, San Rafael Tarlac City
DOLE Prescribed Safety Trainings. 40 hours. 4 days. 8AM - 6PM
Enrolment Procedure. Read ads for important details, information
Step 1. Check, Decide the training and schedule you prefer based on available schedules
Step 2. Register.Online Download Reg Form Texting in the format provided
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COSH Safety Training. Construction Occupational Safety and Health Training, DO13 compliance, Guidelines on OSH in the Construction Industry, general contractors, main contractors, subcontractors; for you in the construction industry, mining industry, and oil and gas industry; required by PCAB, Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board for contractors. A must attend training for AMO or Authorized Managing Officer and Sustaining Technical Engineer or STE of Construction Companies or Contractor. For companies whose business operation includes any one of these excavation, demolition, installation at heights, working at heights.
Wednesday to Saturday
August 30 - September 2
September 20-23
October 18-21
November 29 - December 2
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October 1 2 7 8
October 29 30 November 4 5
November 19 20 25 26
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BOSH Training Tarlac City
BOSH Training Schedules
BOSH Safety Training. Basic Occupational Safety and Health Training is recommended for you who are not in the construction industry such as manufacturing, security, services, healthcare, clothing, retail, academe, schools, banking, BPO Business Process Outsourcing, call center, financial institution, hospitality, hotel, restaurants, manning, recruitment, real estate, among others.
Wednesday to Saturday
August 30 - Sep 2
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October 11-14
November 22-25
February 7-10.2018
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Sunday Monday Saturday Sunday
September 2 3 9 10
October 7 8 14 15
November 4 5 11 12
LCM Training Tarlac City
LCM Training Schedules
LCM Safety Training. Loss Control Management Training is suggested to be taken by BOSH or COSH graduates. This training will aid you in calculating or computing FR Frequency Rate and SR Severity Rate, a requirement in accomplishing your Annual Exposure Data Report, risk assessment, risk management, stress management, time management, and more.
Wednesday to Saturday
November 22-25
February 7-10.2018
We need 8 paid participants to confirm the above BOSH COSH LCM schedules.
Please pay your reservation fee for you to be included in the headcount.
Registration Fee and Reservation Fee are per head per training course
BOSH Reg P10,500 COSH Reg P10,500 LCM Reg P10,500
Reservation P2,000. Pay P8,500 during training
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Corporate Bank Accounts
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Branch: Juan Luna St., Tarlac City
BPI Bank of the Philippine Islands
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Asia United Bank
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Security Bank
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Branch: San Sebastian, Tarlac City
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Branch: Araneta Center, Cubao, QC
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Branch: Aurora Blvd., Cubao, QC
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Branch: Aurora Blvd., Cubao, QC
LBP Landbank of the Philippines
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Branch: McArthur Highway, San Nicolas, Tarlac City
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1. Certificate of Completion, DOLE standard, issued during graduation or the last day of training
2. Lunch. Snacks
3. Safety Training Reference Manual for supplemental reading and reference
4. CD containing trainers presentations, softcopy of OSH Standard
BONUS Freebies. Pro bono. Free
1. for COSH. Actual Construction Site Safety Inspection. Will visit a construction site on the last day. Not all can offer this. But we provide you this experience as part of strengthening your learnings.
2. Aftersales service. Ask us your concerns on workplace, occupational safety and health after you completed your training with us. We want to keep a good professional working relationship with you and your company as partners in promoting workplace safety and health.
3. Free consultation during the training.
4. Complete your BOSH or COSH from us. Get a 2,000 discount when you take LCM training in Quezon City through us.
COSH Modules. Accident Investigation, Construction Machinery, Demolition, DO13, Explosives and Excavation, Equipment Safety, Fall Protection, First Aid, Hazard Identification, Evaluation and Control, Heavy Equipment, JHA Job Hazard Analysis Workshop, Occupation Health Program, Occupational Safety and Health, OSH in Construction Sites, OSH Legislation, PPE Personal Protective Equipment, Roles of Safety Officers, Scaffolding and Ladder Safety, Site Inspection, Temporary Structures, Tool Box Meetings, Tools Safety, and more. Related Learning Experience or RLE on last training day through a hands-on experience Construction Site Visit to conduct Safety Inspection.
BOSH Modules. Accident Investigation. Behavior Based Safety, Motivation. Communication. Confined Space. Electrical Safety. Fire Safety. First Aid. Hazards Identification, Assessment and Control. Human Elements in OSH. JHA Job Hazard Analysis. Lock Out Tag Out. Machine Safety. Materials Handling and Storage. Occupational Health. Occupational Safety and Health. OSH Standards and Regulatory Requirements. Portable and Power Tools. PPE Personal Protective Equipment. Safety Inspection. Workplace Emergencies, and more.
LCM Modules. Crisis Management. Critical, Job, Task Analysis & Procedures. Defensive and Better Driving. Economics in Loss Control. Environmental Health in Industry. Evaluating Individual Performance. Fire Loss Control. Frequency Rate. Group and Personal Communications. History and Philosophy. Incident Investigation. Climate Setting. Management Control. Measurement Tools for Management. Motor Fleet Safety. Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Planned Inspection. Planned Job Observation. Property Damage and Waste Control. Risk Management. Safety Performance Measurement. Severity Rate. Stress Management. Security Loss Control. Time Management. and more.
In all of the trainings, you will also be given advices, techniques or tips on how to become a DOLE Accredited OSH Practitioner based on signifcant information, data, and real experiences. Not all trainers do this. But we will, for you.
Actual Construction Site Visit, Site Safety Inspection. Only with us.
PPE Module Lecture with Demonstration and Trainee Participation
Lecture Sessions are Participative using Socratic Method of Learning
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3. smoke some of your first drugs to the neck
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Crispy Roast Potatoes
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 1 hr 15 mins
Serves: 6
- 16 potatoes
- 2 tbsp plain flour or mustard powder
- 140g goose fat
- Salt
1. Preheat your oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/gas 5.
2. Wash the potatoes, then peel and chop them into halves or quarters depending on size.
3. Bring the potatoes to the boil in a saucepan of slightly salted water, then simmer gently for just over five minutes.
4. While the potatoes are simmering heat the fat in a roasting tin.
5. Drain the potatoes into a colander, giving the colander a rigorous shake to fluff up the edges of the potatoes, as you sprinkle them with the flour or mustard powder.
6. When your fat's sizzling, carefully tip in the prepared potatoes.
7. Coat each potato with the hot fat using a tablespoon.
8. Roast the potatoes for just over an hour, turning them from time to time until they're a crispy golden brown.
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Lakeside Primary School received Friday a package of tools from the Choose Smart and Get Active program designed to teach students how to live a healthy lifestyle.
The tools were presented by Supriya Jindal and donated by the first lady's Foundation for Louisiana's Children and Johnson & Johnson.
During her visit, Jindal read to the students.
"Louisiana is blessed with an abundance of recreational activities including year-round fishing and hunting to various sporting activities," Jindal said. "We are also blessed with a variety of crops including fruits, vegetables and culinary herbs and spices. While we enjoy the outdoors with family and friends, it is also an opportunity to encourage fitness and healthy choices.
"Indeed studies show that an active lifestyle, combined with understanding their bodies nutritional needs, will aid our students to achieve academic success in the classroom."
Johnson & Johnson supports nonprofit organizations throughout the world in advancing the health and well-being of those in need, a news release said.
The Choose Smart and Get Active program was created to give teachers the tools they need to aid in the health education of the state's young students, the release said.


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Extra Sauce: In case you missed it…Saturday, January 14th, 2017
From new locations of popular barbecue joints and brunch spots to the closing of a 40-year-old Fairview Heights institution, here's what happened last weekend in the St. Louis dining scene, ICYMI…
1. Scott Sandler, owner of Pizzeoli in Soulard, has announced he will open a new restaurant called Pizza Head at 3196 S. Grand Ave., in the former Absolutli Goosed and Brickyard Tavern space.
2. Pastry chef Alex Feick is bringing her baking game to area restaurants and retailers. Prioritized Pastries aims to supply area restaurants, stores and individuals with quality artisan breads, pastries and desserts.
3. Mike and Liz Randolph, co-owners of Randolph Restaurants, have announced a second location of Half & Half in Webster Groves. The breakfast and lunch spot will open in late spring or early summer at 220 W. Lockwood Ave., in the current First Watch space.
4. The Tom & Chee location at 1280 Highway K in O'Fallon, Missouri, has closed. The closing was announced on the location's Facebook page Jan. 9, citing "circumstances beyond our control."
5. Delmar Loop favorite Salt & Smoke is getting ready to expand its barbecue empire to South St. Louis this summer. Owner Tom Schmidt has announced that he will open a new location of the restaurant at 5625 Hampton Ave., the former home of Mathew's Kitchen that shuttered last year.
6. Another longstanding Metro East establishment is shutting its doors. Dandy Inn Pub in Fairview Heights is scheduled to close on Sunday, Jan. 15, after 40 years in business.
7. Moya Grill, located at 567 Mehlville Ave. in University City, has been shuttered. The casual Ethiopian eatery from the owners of Meskerem on South Grand closed over the holidays.
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The Scoop: Salt & Smoke to open second location in SouthamptonWednesday, January 11th, 2017
Delmar Loop favorite Salt & Smoke is getting ready to expand its barbecue empire to South St. Louis this summer. As reported by St. Louis Magazine, owner Tom Schmidt has announced that he will open a new location of the restaurant at 5625 Hampton Ave., the former home of Mathew's Kitchen that shuttered last year.
"I've actively been looking for a space for two years," Schmidt said. "I looked at hundreds of places. But the moment I pulled in the lot, I thought 'This is it.'"
Schmidt said the new building has a large kitchen, which will facilitate the restaurant's burgeoning catering business, and the 100-person private event space on the second floor will allow for more private parties, something the smaller University City space wouldn't accommodate. Schmidt said he hopes for three barbecue pits initially, and that pitmaster Haley Riley will oversee the barbecue and kitchens at both locations. Schmidt credits Riley with much of the success Salt & Smoke has enjoyed, and said he is now a co-owner of both locations.
Schmidt said he bought the building instead of leasing it, which will make it easier to make some of the changes needed. These include a complete gutting of the space and changing the floor plan. Schmidt said he expects "months of intense construction ahead," but hopes to be open in June. Hunter Construction, which has worked on such spaces as Porano, Sugarfire Smoke House and Seoul Taco, will be the general contractor.
Schmidt said there may be some menu tweaks made at the new space, though nothing he could reveal yet. But fans of the original Delmar Loop location shouldn't worry about missing their favorite dishes in South City. "I want to make sure it's recognizable as Salt & Smoke," he said.
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The Scoop: Franco to close on Feb. 20Monday, February 15th, 2016
After 10 years, Franco is closing its doors in Soulard. Owner Tom Schmidt made the announcement online; its last day of business is Saturday, Feb. 20.
"I feel like restaurants have a lifecycle sometimes," Schmidt said. "Ten years is a really great run, and we're proud of it, but it was time to say goodbye."
In his online message to customers, Schmidt expressed gratitude to the staff, executive chef Jon Dreja and general manager Alex Adank. "Our loyal guests let us into their lives and became true friends," he wrote. "Sharing our passions with theirs, this restaurant became more than just a place to dine."
Schmidt, who also owns Salt & Smoke on Delmar Boulevard in University City, reflected on his time in the Soulard neighborhood. "It's a passionate neighborhood and one of the first to pioneer urban renewal," he said. "They are a supportive and wonderful neighborhood.
Schmidt said Salt & Smoke will continue to operate according to the current business plan, and he does not plan to open another concept in the Franco space. "It was my baby," he said. "I opened it when I was 25, so this is very emotional. I couldn't conceptualize anything else in that space."
Editor's note: This post was updated at 12:15 p.m. on Feb. 15 to include comments from owner Tom Schmidt.
The Scoop: Pappy's Mike Emerson spearheads national barbecue festival in St. LouisMonday, June 22nd, 2015
Naysayers may claim the barbecue craze is on its way out, but Mike Emerson, co-owner of Pappy's Smokehouse, begs to differ. Emerson recently announced the debut of Q in the Lou, a national barbecue festival Sept. 25 to 27 at Soldiers' Memorial. The free event, which celebrates St. Louis' role in what Emerson called the "barbecue triangle" of St. Louis, Kansas City and Memphis, will feature food available for purchase and demonstrations by a number of national barbecue gurus.
"I'm extremely excited. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time," Emerson said. "I have some of the best barbecuers in the world coming in."
Event spokesperson Mack Bradley said the goal of Q in the Lou is to bring together barbecue pros from across the nation. The festival will see barbecue luminaries from states as far flung as Texas, Tennessee and New York. Participants hailing from the St. Louis area include Emerson, Mike Johnson of Sugarfire Smoke House and Tom Schmidt of Salt & Smoke. Holding up Tennessee's end will be Memphis in May festival grand champions John David Wheeler of Memphis BBQ Co. and Brad and Brooke Orrison of The Shed Barbeque and Blues Joint. Bradley said the full roster of participating chefs and vendors is still being finalized, though 10 chefs are already on the schedule.
"There's been a rising tide of great barbecue places in St. Louis for several years now," Bradley said. "There are good barbecue events around town, but they're all pretty local. We have yet to do something on a national scale and take our place in Mike Emerson's barbecue triangle."
Bradley said he hoped high foot traffic downtown in September – in the midst of the Cardinals and Rams seasons – will result in a good turnout. "I've never been involved with something that people were so instantly excited about," he said. "The line we got from everybody was, 'Why didn't we do this before?'"
Emerson is a busy man these days. Last month, he quietly unveiled a truncated Pappy's menu at Head's Store in St. Albans with Annie Gunn's proprietor Thom Sehnert. The partnership crystallized earlier this year. "I had stopped by Annie Gunn's one day, and Thom and I just started talking," Emerson said. "It was really a simple handshake agreement to give it a try, and it's worked out well."
A smoker onsite at Head's Store is manned by a Pappy's pit boss Friday to Sunday and servers a smaller selection of barbecue dishes, including ribs, pulled pork sandwiches and three side options. Emerson said he expects the lineup to expand soon. Unlike Pappy's, beer and wine is served. Taking inspiration from Annie Gunn's, Sehnert added a list of sandwiches and burgers to the menu, too. "He is a St. Louis icon, and I consider it an honor to collaborate with him," Emerson said.