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|Publication number
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|Application number
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|Jun 10, 2008
|Filing date
|Aug 13, 2004
|Priority date
|Aug 14, 2003
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|Christian Brülle-Drews
|Original Assignee
|Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh
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|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (16), Classifications (15), Legal Events (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims the benefit of European Patent Application No. EP 03 017 683.8, filed Aug. 14, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
1. Technical Field
This application relates to a system for outputting information to a driver of a vehicle. More particularly, this application relates to a vehicle mounted system for providing language translation output to a driver of a vehicle.
2. Related Art
Many cars have been equipped with a computer-based system for outputting information to the driver, such as telematic systems, navigation systems or, simply, car radio receivers. The purpose of these systems is to provide information concerning the traffic situation, such as traffic congestions, road closure for traffic and the like, or travel information, such as vistas of the area, hotel information, traffic announcements and the like, in the area where the driver is currently travelling.
For example, navigation systems calculate a driving route to a destination in response to an input by the driver and output driving recommendations according to the calculated route. Car radios output traffic announcements received from broadcasting stations and may be equipped with further functions such as RDS-TMC (Radio Data System—Traffic Message Channel) or TIM (Traffic Information Memory) for storing and utilizing traffic announcements for navigation purposes. Telematics refers to using computers with telecommunications systems, including dial-up service to the Internet, networks that rely on a telecommunications system to transport data systems used in automobiles that combine wireless communication with GPS tracking, and a wide range of telecommunication functions that originate or end inside automobiles. For example, telematic devices may provide a wireless connection to the Internet for receiving travel and traffic information and other useful services.
When travelling abroad drivers of vehicles may be confronted with an unfamiliar foreign language, thus making communication and travel more difficult. For example, in an emergency, it is extremely important for the driver to communicate instantaneously with emergency assistance resources for exchanging relevant information, e.g., where the accident happened, who was injured, and the like. In addition, language barriers also may make assistance from other road users or communication at a service station or with visitors from abroad, e.g., by taxi drivers, difficult. Thus, there is a need for an improved system for providing useful information to a driver of a vehicle, and in particular travel and/or traffic information. Hence, there is a need for a language translation system that facilitates communications for drivers of vehicles in wide variety of situations.
This application relates to a system for providing relevant information to a driver of a vehicle. In particular, the system may be mounted in a vehicle and associated with the vehicle's navigation system for providing translated information to a driver of the vehicle. The system also may provide translated information to a driver of the vehicle. The system includes a translation device and a storage unit for storing for language and translation information. The system may include devices and methods for inputting information to be translated into a computer system associated with the vehicle, data processing for retrieving a translation of information from a storage unit, and output devices and methods for outputting the retrieved translation to the driver. Output of the translated information may be accomplished by, speech-to-speech and/or text-to-speech conversion of words and/or a text or image output to an audio and/or visual display.
Because many on-board computer devices, such as navigation systems, include devices for speech recognition and text-to-speech conversion, the navigation system may be used to provide the system described here in a safe, economical, and easy manner.
Other systems, methods, features and advantages of the invention will be, or will become, apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following figures and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features and advantages be included within this description, be within the scope of the invention, and be protected by the following claims.
The invention may be better understood with reference to the following drawings and description. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. Moreover, in the figures, like referenced numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views.
This application relates to a translation system, that may be associated with an on-board computer system of a vehicle, such as a navigation system, a telematic system, or any other on-board computer system (head unit), and that is equipped with a translation device. The translation system also provides a method for providing translated information to a driver of the vehicle.
Many current vehicles are equipped with an on-board computer system that may be used for navigation or telematic applications. The computer may have data processing capabilities comparable to that of a personal computer, which may be used to provide a translation function. Because the computer system may be mounted in the vehicle, an on-board computer-based system may operate simultaneously with driving of the vehicle so that the driver's attention may be exclusively focused on the driving of the vehicle and the surrounding circumstances, such as traffic conditions.
The translation system may be a built-in system. The installation of the translation system may be of the conventional type such as a plug-in box. For example the translation system may be arranged inside the housing of a radio receiver. The translation system also may be mounted in a separate console. Mounting of the translation system in the vehicle may include being formed within the housing of a navigation system installed inside the vehicle. In this case the on-board computer of the vehicle may be utilized for both navigation and translation functions. For example, the translation system may include an additional software-implemented unit of the navigation system of the vehicle. Thus, both functions, navigation and translation, may be integrated into one on-board computer system of the vehicle.
The head unit 10 may include a speech recognition module 12 for the entry words to be translated, a translation module 13, which may be connected to the speech recognition module 12, and a text-to-speech module 14 for converting the translation result to speech and outputting via the loudspeaker 15, the display unit 16, or both. The loudspeaker 15 or the display unit 16 may be connected to the head unit 10. The speech recognition module 12, the translation module 13 and the text-to-speech synthesizer 14 may be connected to a storage device 18 of the computer-based system 10. The storage device 18 may include a speech recognition database 18 a, a dictionary database 18 b comprising data of a plurality of words and signs of at least two languages, a text-to-speech synthesizer database 18 c and a RAM (not shown). The translation system 1 may be connected to an ignition lock 19 for starting the engine of the vehicle.
The language translation module of the system may comprise automatic language translation from one language to another for context-related coherent sentences or phrases. Since the meaning of words may be strongly dependent on context, the storage device may include additional language data serving as a data base for performing translation of coherent written or spoken text passages. The language data of the data storage device may go beyond the data of a dictionary and may include data relating to a context related meaning of words and phrases. The term "translation" should not be limited to the linguistic aspect of translating words from one language into another, but also includes the translation of any sign, character, or shape by providing information that reflects the meaning of the sign, character, or shape in terms of any other sign(s), character(s) or word(s). For example, the meaning of a traffic sign that generally may be known only to residents of the respective country may be "translated" for a driver who is not familiar with the meaning of that traffic sign. The "translation" provided may include an audio or textual translation, symbols, or a depiction of a sign having a similar meaning from the driver's home country. Thus, drivers travelling in foreign countries where they are not aware of the meaning of local traffic signs are aided in understanding local traffic signs, resulting in an increase in traffic safety, particularly in countries where characters are used which differ from those of the home country of the driver, such as Japanese or Arabian characters.
The use of the system 1 of
The speech recognition module 12 may compare the signal with data, including words and/or syllables loaded into the RAM, that is stored in the data base 18 b of the system. The data base 18 b may be edited by the driver to increase its recognition performance according to the known principles of speech recognition. By checking the output of the A/D-conversion against the stored patterns of the database 18 b, the speech input of the driver may be converted to text 24. After the deciphered text is transmitted to the translation module 13, the English translation "ACCIDENT" of the German word "UNFALL" may be retrieved 25 by the translation module 13 from the dictionary data base 18 b. The translation result transmitted from the translation module 13 may be converted into speech by the text-to-speech module 14 including natural language and digital signal processing according to the known principles of text-to-speech synthesis 26. The English translation "ACCIDENT" may be provided to the driver 26, for example, by way of loudspeakers 15 and/or on the display 16.
The information sign recognition module 44 b may continuously analyze the image detected by the video cameras 31 a, 31 b for detecting an information sign based on its shape and dimensions. To determine whether the information sign detected by the information sign recognition module 44 b is a traffic sign, the traffic sign identification means 44 c may analyze the image of the detected information sign by comparing it to traffic signs of different countries stored in the information sign storage means 44 d. The text recognition module 44 a may perform an image analysis in order to recognize and extract text of the information sign.
The head unit 30 also may include a data processing unit 45 which may be connected to the pattern recognition unit 44, a translation module 13, a data storage device 46, a vehicle position determination module 43 for determining the position of the vehicle based on the signals received from, for example, a GPS module 32, an information sign position determination module 42 for determining the position of an information sign which has been detected within the images obtained by the digital video cameras 31 a and 31 b, as described below, and a navigation module 47. The navigation module 47 may calculate a driving route using map data of an area where the driver is travelling, which is stored in the map data storage device 48, for example, a CD-ROM. The navigation module 47 also may calculate the current position of the vehicle, as determined by the vehicle position determination module 43 in response to an entry of a final destination by the driver. The navigation module 47 then may provide driving recommendations to the driver based on the current position of the moving vehicle according to known principles of vehicle navigation. The data processing unit 45 may, for example, compare or transmit data between the components 13, 42-44 and 46-48, according to predetermined sequences defined by the respective software module and/or control by the user.
In the example shown in
A text recognition analysis may be performed 54 of the entire image stored, which may include not only the information sign, but also the highway, other cars driving in front of the vehicle, the horizon, and the like, by the text recognition module 44 a. The identified text of the information sign received from the text recognition module 44 a of the pattern recognition module 44 may be translated 55 by the language translation module 13 by retrieving, for example, the English translation of the Italian text of the image recorded by the driver. A word-per-word translation of the text "10 km back-up from the Carpi exit to the junction with the A1," may be provided 56 visually on the display 16 as well as acoustically via the loudspeakers 15, after text-to-speech conversion as described above. The output on the display may be performed by superimposing the translation result over the original Italian text within the image of the information sign or in a separate window opened automatically on the display 15.
Since the language translation module 13 may be connected to the vehicle position determination module 43, from the current position of the vehicle the input language may be derived automatically by the language translation module 13. Thus, it may not be necessary for the driver to specify the input language of the translation by a further input command. Further, since the relevant data of the data base 18 b to be searched for translation may be narrowed down to one language to be searched, the data processing for translation may be substantially accelerated. In addition, the input language as well as the output language may be preset by the driver.
The system shown in
While the system shown in
The translation system also may be used to provide translated information from an external source. For example, the translation function of the system may include translation of radio broadcasts of traffic and travel related conditions, for example weather conditions or road conditions or closures, and traffic signs that may be encountered on the route of travel. A contemporaneous translation of, for example, a traffic or travel related announcement may be made and provided to the driver upon receipt of the announcement, or it may be stored in the system by the driver and translated in response to a further command from the driver.
For information relating to signs, the system may comprise a digital photo and/or video camera for detecting signs in the vicinity of the vehicle. Pattern recognition analysis of the image may be provided based on the shape, dimensions, and/or colors of the sign to be translated. Pattern recognition also may include text recognition for the text of the sign. Pattern recognition also may include identifying a traffic sign of a particular country from image elements of traffic signs of different countries stored in the system. The image stored image elements then may be compared to elements of the image detected by the video camera for identification. An image corresponding to a traffic sign of the driver's home country or text or audio information reflecting the meaning of the traffic sign may be provided to the driver. By identifying traffic signs of foreign countries and providing the information to the driver, the driver may obtain important traffic information which, otherwise, he would normally not be able to understand.
The position of a sign also may be determined. For example, a video cameral may be provided for measuring the distance and the angle of a traffic sign with respect to the vehicle. Since the position of the video camera at the vehicle is known, the position of the information sign relative to the vehicle may be easily calculated from these measurements. Since the position of the vehicle and, if necessary, its advancing direction may be detected by position determination devices and systems, such as a GPS unit and/or a gyrometer, the exact position of the detected information sign may be obtained according to the known principles of photogrammetry and stereo-image analysis. By comparing the determined position of the information sign and the location data of the driving route of the vehicle provided by the navigation system, whether the information sign is located on the current route of the vehicle also may be determined.
Because data may be exchanged between the traffic sign identification module 44 c and the vehicle position determination module 43 through the data processing unit 45, from the current position of the vehicle, i.e., from the determination of the country where the vehicle is currently travelling, the relevant group of traffic signs may be narrowed down automatically by reducing them to those of Egypt (in the present example) before performing the traffic sign identification procedure. Thereby, the speed of data processing may be significantly increased. In this example, if an Egyptian traffic sign has been identified 64, the meaning of that traffic sign, which may be stored in the information and traffic sign storage device 44 d, is retrieved and output as a translation result 65 visually on the display 14 and/or acoustically via the loudspeakers 15. Alternatively or additionally to the text output, the corresponding traffic sign of the home country of the driver, for example, the corresponding United States traffic sign, may be displayed on the display 15. If the detected information sign cannot be identified as a traffic sign by the traffic sign identification module 44 c, analysis by the information sign recognition module 61 resumes.
"Information sign," as used in this application is not limited to official road or highway information signs, but may include any kind of signage encountered by a driver, such as that relating to landmarks, advertisements, lodging, fuel, and the like. Thus, the term "information sign" may include official traffic signs according to the traffic regulations of the respective country, as well as any other information sign that may be useful to the driver.
In particular, stereo analysis based on two images, as described, for example, in "Photogrammetrie" by Kraus, K., Dümmler Verlag, Bonn 1997, which is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference, may be used. Photogrammetry, generally, reverses the photographic process of transformation or mapping from three dimensions to two dimensions. Thus, photogrammetry converts or maps flat two dimensional images into the real three dimensional world. Because information is lost in the photographic process, the three dimensional world may not be completely reconstructed with just one photograph. Thus, the fundamental principle used by photogrammetry is triangulation. By taking photographs from at least two different locations, so-called "lines of sight" may be developed from each camera to points on the object. These lines of sight, sometimes referred to as rays due to their optical nature, are mathematically intersected to produce the three-dimensional coordinates of the points of interest.
The calculated position data of the information signs 72, 73 may be compared to location data of the driving routes A, B 83 of the vehicle 70 obtained from the navigation module 47 by the data processing unit 45, and the distance between the road according to route A and the information signs 72, 73 may be determined. It then may be determined whether the signs are located on or related to the current driving route 84. In the example shown in
If the signs 72, 73 are determined to be related to the current driving route, a text recognition analysis may be performed 85 by the text recognition module 44 a of the pattern recognition unit 44. If any text is recognized 86 by the text recognition module 44 a, the recognized text may be transmitted to the language translation module 13 for translation 87. The translation retrieved from the dictionary storage means 18 a by the translation module 13 may be output to the driver 88 on the display 15 and/or via the loudspeaker 16, as described above with reference to
While the method of
Instead of determining whether the information relates to a driving route of the vehicle, the method may terminate after determining the distance between signs 72, 73 and road 9, as shown in
A system that enables translation of traffic announcements received by a radio receiver is illustrated in
As shown in
This application is not limited to the particular examples described above. The individual components of described system may be combined in any suitable manner to practice the system according to the respective demands of the user. In addition, while various aspects of the invention have been described, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more aspects and implementations are possible within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be restricted except in light of the attached claims and their equivalents.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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Inheritance of Resistance of Three Russian Triticale Lines to the Russian Wheat Aphid
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Knowledge of inheritance of resistance to major diseases and pests is important to plant breeders. This study was conducted to determine the inheritance of resistance to the Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko), in three winter triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) lines that have been found to be outstanding sources of RWA resistance. The three resistant lines (PI 386148, PI 386149, and PI 386156) were intercrossed and crossed with three susceptible triticale cultivars (TX33000, NE83T12, and Lasko). The parents, F1, F2, and backcross populations were artificially infested with RWA in greenhouse tests. The data indicate that resistance to RWA is controlled by a single dominant gene in each line. The lack of segregation for susceptibility in F2 progenies from the resistant × resistant crosses indicates a high probability that the resistance genes in these lines are at a common locus. Gene symbols for these resistance genes will be assigned when the allelic relationships with other RWA resistance genes identified in wheat and triticale are determined.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Today when I opened my self-signed secure website, it gave me following error:
The key does not support the requested operation. (Error code: sec_error_invalid_key)
But in the past it was like:
What I did wrong? Oh yes, Firefox upgraded to 33.0 (now 33.1), something broken in 33+ and was working fine with Firefox 32.0?
Command to view the queue
To view the exim mail queue issue the following command:
exim -bp
If exim is in /usr/sbin and /usr/sbin is not in your path, you'll need to prefix the command with the full path like so:
/usr/sbin/exim -bp
Example output
The outut from the above commands will look something like so:
4d 1.2K 1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb <firstname.lastname@example.com> email@example.com 62h 1.2K 1KaRH0-0007QZ-B5 <email@example.com> firstname.lastname@example.com 3h 22K 1KbLHr-0004ev-An <email@example.com> email@example.com
In the above example "firstname.lastname@example.com" is the email address the email is being sent from and firstname.lastname@example.com is the address being sent to. Normally these would be real email addresses but I've changed them for the purposes of this post.
The 4d, 62h and 3h values indicate how long the email message has been in the queue: 4 days, 62 hours and 3 hours respectively.
The x.xK values are the message size.
And the 1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb etc is the message id and is also the filename of the message on disk, which you will find in /var/spool/exim/msglog and /var/spool/exim/input (the directories may vary depending on your Linux/Unix distribution and/or compiled in settings).
Finding the files with the find command
Using the "find" command you could do this to locate all the relevent files:
find /var/spool/exim -name "1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb*"
which would display something like this:
view sourceprint?
/var/spool/exim/msglog/1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb /var/spool/exim/input/1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb-D /var/spool/exim/input/1Ka6u5-00032Z-Eb-H
Command to flush the exim queue
There are two ways to flush the exim mail queue:
exim -q
This will then process the mail queue. I had a look at the exim log file and the mail queue itself (I'll be posting how to view what's in the exim mail queue on Tuesday) after flushing the queue and the emails were still stuck there.
Additional flags to force mail send
Another quick look at the exim man page and I discovered the following options:
-qf = If one f flag is present, a delivery attempt is forced for each non-frozen message, whereas without f only those non-frozen addresses that have passed their retry times are tried.
-qff = If ff is present, a delivery attempt is forced for every message, whether frozen or not.
So I then ran this:
exim -qff
And the messages that were stuck in the queue were flushed and delivered. My customer reported back to me a few minutes later that their emails had been received.
Path to exim command
Note that the exim command is probably in /usr/sbin and you may need to use the whole path as well as the command to run it. If this is the case then do this:
view sourceprint?
/usr/sbin/exim -q /usr/sbin/exim -qff etc
Delete a single message from the exim mail queue
Use mailq / exim -bp to show the mail queue, e.g.:
$ mailq 0m 528 1XoIxD-0001rc-8J
And then run exim -Mrm [message id] to delete the specific message:
exim -Mrm 1XoIxD-0001rc-8J
If the message is successfully deleted, you'll see this:
Message 1XoIxD-0001rc-8J has been removed
If exim is currently processing the message, you'll see this and it won't be deleted:
Message 1XoIxD-0001rc-8J is locked
You either need to wait and try again later, or get the id of the process which is currently processing the message, kill it, and then run the command again (e.g. "ps ax 1XoIxD-0001rc-8J" and then "kill -9 [process id/s]). It's probably not recommended that you kill the process.
Delete all messages in the exim mail queue
Running "exiqgrep -i" returns all the message ids for queued emails; pipe that through "exim -Mrm" and all the messages will be deleted, with the same caveat as above: if exim is currently processing a message, that one will not be deleted so you need to try again later.
exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
And the result, if one could be removed and another one couldn't:
Message 1XoJ1U-0001sC-ME has been removed
Message 1XoJ1i-0001sQ-UJ is locked
Then, set the EnableAggressiveMemoryUsage registry entry to 1.
To do this, follow these steps:
One of my blog user "Chris" asked for FTP clean up script, so here it is:
//CONFIG SECTION //******************************************************* // Credentials for FTP Server $source_server_ip = "your_domain_or_IP"; // Server IP or domain name eg: 184.108.40.206 or ftp.domain.tld // Credentials for FTP account $ftphost = "ip_or_hostname_of_ftp"; // FTP host IP or domain name $ftpacct = "userid"; // FTP account $ftppass = "password"; // FTP password $logs_dir = "/"; //FTP Remote Folder $email_notify = 'email@example.com'; // Email address for backup notification $backupexpireindays=21; //3 weeks expire time in days, 21 days = 7*24*60 //END OF CONFIG SECTION //******************************************************* //Do not edit below this line $backupexpireindays=($backupexpireindays*24)*3600; //convert it to seconds, 24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds // Delete any other backup with filetime greater than expire time, before create new backup $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftphost); $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftpacct, $ftppass); ftp_chdir($conn_id, $logs_dir); $files = ftp_nlist($conn_id, "."); foreach ($files as $filename) { $fileCreationTime = ftp_mdtm($conn_id, $filename); //$date = date("F j, Y, g:i a", ftp_mdtm($conn_id, $filename)); //print "
Timestamp of '$filename': $date"; $fileAge=time(); $fileAge=$fileAge-$fileCreationTime; if ($fileAge > $backupexpireindays) { // Is the file older than the given time span? //echo "
The file $filename is older than Expire time :$expiretime ...Deleting\n"; ftp_delete($conn_id, $filename); //echo "
"; } } ftp_close($conn_id); print "Remote FTP clean up Finish deleted files older than $backupexpireindays days"; ?>
Enjoy !
Use this command to verify the SSL certificate for the domain www.somedomain.com
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect www.somedomain.com:443
If the certificate is correctly installed the result should contain at the end:
Verify return code: 0 (ok)
That's it


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Have you ever been to a Baptist church?
Even among the masses of thousands of different takes on God in this country, the Baptists--and in particular the Southern Baptists--are a class unto themselves. They seem to have a zest for accepting their being the most hypocritical, gossipy, back-stabbing, mean-spirited religious zealots around. So by all means, come share all your deep, innermost secrets and shames with these people!
You will notice there is NO promise or claim to ANONYMITY in this group!
In fact, the majority of the crowd on Thursday seemed to be gawkers hoping to spot them a real-life sex-addict. (Or maybe just hoping to get lucky.) Did I mention how sexually-repressed and uptight the Baptists are?
No, in fact, one young 'lady' who's a member of the church and promoter of CB, is known to run down people in town with malicious talk. She used to belong to Narcotics Anonymous and she took personal, private information divulged in that meeting and told everybody in town. So know that going into this cesspool.
And what exactly is the church's position on homosexuality? If it's simply an 'affliction' like any other 'flare-up,' then it is something to be eliminated and despised. That's the church's view, although not publicized. (Might be bad for new recruits.) That's the real life big push behind this seemingly innocuous group.
But that's the Two Faces of the church. The new PR approach is that "Well, we want to help those that are interested in giving up the homosexual lifestyle because they're hurting and lonely." Uh, yeah, brain-dead alert; people are hurting and lonely from morons preaching hellfire and brimstone and sexual repression and intolerance and disgust and dismissiveness and violent disapproval from the pulpit every single week. Your hatred--and it IS hatred--has nothing to do with Love. Nothing to do with Compassion. Nothing to do with The Bible. Nothing to do with Jesus. You're delusional and psychotic.
People can't handle being gay because their families and churches and communities turn their backs on them. Because people act ignorantly and treat poorly and discriminate and condemn.
The trumped up 'Homosexual Agenda' plays on the discomforts of poor, scared, under-educated people --and their own hang-ups about sexuality in general--and gives them the perfect Scapegoat. A new age Bogeyman.
The fear of homosexuality is the best fundraising technique that the Republicans and the church have. Of course they can't stop talking about it! Y'all think about gay sex more often than I do!
All the hungry people, homeless people, abused people, wars, earthquakes, injustice and insanity in the world, and the church uses its resources to......promote more intolerance? You do the math.
By the way, what happened to the youth pastor at this church? I mean, your little Celebrate Recovery says "No more secrets." Put your money where your mouth is; claim your own. Oh, right; if we don't talk about it, then it must not exist.
Here's a hint; most people in the church who want to 'cure' homosexuality are really looking to get their suck on. They want a fellow 'struggler' who will perform acts in secret, and then rely on said shame to keep the actions secret. This is exactly the air of shameful secrecy that creates duality and mental illness and heartache. Your intolerance creates the very problem you point to as reason for being intolerant in the first place. You manufacture stigma.
If sexual orientation is made to be a myth, then your husbands and sons and daddies are not possibly gay. Your daughters and wives are not part of something you have been brainwashed to see as a personification of evil. They are just 'confused.' Like after a night of heavy drinking! Pretend it never happened, ignore your thoughts, push down your feelings, admit nothing, and live in a dream world. Like the rest of the congregation!
If you make it something that can be 'healed' or 'cured' or extracted, then it is a temporary problem that holds a solution. It is then okay to intimidate and scold and blame people for their ideas and actions. It is easier to ignore and excuse your own. People can feel an alleviation of shame that the ideas they have felt were 'not legitimate.'
That's crazy-making.
This is what causes people to become alcoholics and drug addicts.
This is what causes murder-suicides.
This is what causes gay men to marry and then live double lives of misery and pain.
THE CHURCH, and deceptive teachings.
Not sexuality. Not feeling it. Not acting on it.
If people wanted to promote Jesus and what he stood for, so be it. I take a real offense when people degrade the name and intent of the real Jesus with smug and profane disrespect. There is nothing of acceptance and tolerance in these sad, angry, still-lost souls. Your need for 'change' has to do with wanting the world to reflect a human ideal that makes you more comfortable. Less challenged. Less afraid.
The all-encompassing love that Christ taught (regardless of your take on the historicity of the being) is absent indeed from these assemblies. The frightened and violent real tale of the church's retaliatory response to gay people is superficially masked by their whole "We really just want to show those poor souls the love of Christ!" rift. Give me a raving Fred Phelps any day. At least that lunatic bastard is up front.
more to follow....
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell............... That unique and wondrous thing hiding out inside of you.....it's life, looking for every opportunity to burst forth onto the scene. Your voice. Your vision. Your power. Feel it, and free it...today.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
"Celebrate Recovery" comes to Donalsonville Pt 3
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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-04-22/Arbitration report
Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban
Open cases
SexologyThe Sexology case is nearing completion after arbitrators were unable to agree on a topic ban for one of the participants.
The case started off-wiki in a bitter academic dispute between James Cantor and Jokestress, who are open about their real life identities, James Cantor and Andrea James. The case was brought by Mark Arsten, after the community was unable to agree on an interaction ban or a topic ban for James Cantor, Andrea James, or both.
The on-wiki conflict originated in the hebephilia article, which deals with the classification criteria of mental disorders for adults with a sexual preference for pubescent children, but involved other articles on paraphilias and transgenderism as well. James Cantor has been accused of using his own publications as sources for the articles, and of negatively editing Andrea James' Wikipedia article; Andrea James has been accused of promoting fringe theories.
The proposed findings of fact that have passed as of this writing are:
1) Jokestress and James Cantor are involved in off-wiki advocacy or activities relating to human sexuality; the topic is a primary area that the two edit on Wikipedia.
2) Jokestress has repeatedly asserted, without evidence, that users she is in an editorial dispute with have a conflict of interest with the topic at hand.
3) Jokestress is a prominent party to an off-wiki controversy involving human sexuality, in which she has been sharply critical of certain individuals who disagree with her views, and has imported aspects of the controversy into the English Wikipedia to the detriment of the editing environment on sexuality-related articles.
4) Off-wiki conduct of individuals not named on-wiki while this arbitration case was pending, as referred to on the case pages, is not attributable to any of the named parties to the case and has not affected this decision.
No findings of fact were proposed for Mr. Cantor.
Proposed remedies that have passed to date are:
1) Jokestress and James Cantor are banned from interacting with each other, commenting on and/or commenting about each other including their professional lives, works and on-wiki activities. This applies to all namespaces, but excludes dispute resolution that explicitly relates to both parties.
2.1) Jokestress is indefinitely banned from the topic of human sexuality, including biographical articles.
4.1) Standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all articles dealing with transgender issues and paraphilia classification (e.g., hebephilia).
Arbitrators were sharply divided over whether to prohibit James Cantor from editing "hebephilia, biographies of sexology researchers, and related advocates". Six votes were needed for passage; there were 3 support, 3 oppose, and 2 abstain, with a third arbitrator withdrawing after seeing how the case was proceeding.[1]
Argentine History
In the case, brought by Lecen, an editor is accused of systematically skewing several articles involving former Argentinean president Juan Manuel de Rosas in order to portray a brutal dictator as a democratic leader, in keeping with the political motives of Argentinian "nationalists" or "revisionists".
The arbitration committee is looking for uninvolved editors with expertise in Argentina and the Spanish language to participate in the workshop phase of the case.
The evidence stage closed 12 April 2013, and a proposed decision is scheduled for 26 April 2013, though these dates may be extended by the recent floods in Buenos Aires, which have adversely affected an editor involved in the case.
Tea Party movement
This case was brought to the Committee by KillerChihuahua, who alleges the discussion over this American political group has degenerated into incivility. Evidence for the case was due by March 20, 2013, and a proposed decision scheduled for April 3, 2013.
Other requests and committee action
- Clarification request: TimidGuy ban appeal: This request, brought by IRWolfie, seeks to clarify the relationship between privacy and conflict of interest in a situation where employees of a transcendental meditation institute may be editing an article related to that institute.
- Request for clarification (April 2013) - Ebrahimi-amir ban appeal: An appeal of an Armenia-Azerbaijan topic ban was declined.
- Amendment request: GoodDay: In this request, brought by his mentor, Steven Zhang, the committee voted for a one year ban under a previous arbitration case.
- Request for clarification: Transcendental meditation movement: A request for clarification made by Keithbob regarding the transcendental meditation movement, which is under discretionary sanctions, and tagging of articles was closed, with the general advice that tags should not be applied routinely to broad categories, but only to articles that are under discretionary sanctions and that have seen problems, or where such tags might be helpful.
- Procedural issues at Arbitration Enforcement: A request for clarification brought by Gatoclass was archived with no action. The arbitration committee indicated they would review the issues of arbitration enforcement and discretionary sanctions in May 2013.
- Monty Hall problem: An amendment request made to the committee by Martin Hogbin for amendment of the remedies, including removal of discretionary sanctions, was archived without a decision after several of the arbitrators expressed reservations about loosening sanctions at this time.
- Clarification request: Discretionary sanctions appeals procedure: A request to clarify the appeal process for discretionary sanctions warnings was filed by Sandstein


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Ben Wheatley makes two types of movies: trippy mind bending ones and gleefully fun ones. Free Fire is of the later variety.
The concept here is straight forward: a group of NRA fighters arrange to buy some guns from a South African arms dealer. The deal is brokered through Justine and Ord, a pair of good looking folks far too pretty not to be together. Everyone meets at a warehouse to make the exchange and all seems to be running smoothly until one of the lackeys recognizes one of the other lackeys from the other side as a guy from a bar fight from the night before. The next thing you know there's an all out gun battle in progress. A gun fight that continues, mostly non-stop, for an hour.
Essentially, Free Fire is a really great concept for a short film expanded to 90 minutes and though it really shouldn't work, it somehow manages to be fun, even if the actual gun fighting gets boring after about 15 minutes.
The reason for Free Fire's success can mostly be attributed to the writing and great performances. Wheatley and his long time writing partner Amy Jump bring together an impressive collection of colourful characters and give each of them a unique and interesting personality and each actor takes that character to the next level. From the lackeys who start the entire fight (played by Jack Reynor and Sam Riley) to Sharlto Copley who is beyond ridiculous as Vernon, the well dressed and incessantly sexist South African, everyone has a well defined character with a history which is obviously well explored thought they're not necessarily shown on screen, those backgrounds really come across in small moments that color the final product.
Free Fire is effective not because of the extended gun fight which is peppered with hilarious exchanges but by the exchanges themselves and the characters with their spit fire volleys of insults and conversation. Wheatley and Jump know exactly when to infuse dialogue into the overly long action sequence to make it a little more bearable and thought I'm not totally in love with the movie, I can see why it's effective. Aside from the fact that the movie includes a ridiculous roster of talented actors, I really appreciate this exercise which feels very much like an experiment testing how long of an action sequence the psyche can handle.
Though I found the action mostly uninteresting after ten minutes, I still mostly enjoyed Free Fire largely because the writing is just so much fun and the actors are clearly having a great time with the snappy dialogue. I only wish it wasn't so long; it really loses steam after an hour.
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JeffC (8 months ago) Reply
I haven't seen it but those are my thoughts exactly. His flicks are kind of hit or miss with me. Still think Kill List was the best.
Marina (8 months ago) Reply
I really didn't like Kill List but Down Terrace and Sightseers are faves of mine.


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✔ Things I'd love to do one day but probably won't
Due to fear, sloth, inaction or lack of ability/intelligence/agency
- 1.Do a handstand and go up and down stairs
- 2.Deeply understand investing in the stock market
- 3.Speak fluent FrenchAnd Latin. And Old English.
- 4.Play the accordion
- 5.Run for political office
- 6.Have six-pack abs
- 7.Experience weightlessness in Outer Space
- 8.Read the manuscripts J. D. Salinger (or rather his son/widow) allegedly has locked in his vault
- 9.Walk the Appalachian TrailOr some other long, possibly less-crowded trail
- 10.Paint a large, public mural
- 11.Spend a Winter in Antarctica
- 12.Live a stress-free life


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While The New York Times plans a new headquarters on Eighth Avenue, New York City preservation officials are planning to designate as a landmark the building at 229 West 43rd Street that has been the newspaper's home since 1913.
''It is architecturally and historically a significant site,'' said Jennifer J. Raab, the chairwoman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. ''We're moving toward a designation.''
Ms. Raab said yesterday that she was having ''very productive conversations'' with The New York Times Company, which rebuffed a proposed landmark designation in 1985, at a time when newspapers were still printed there.
Catherine J. Mathis, the vice president for corporate communications at the Times Company, confirmed the discussions. ''We are working with Jennifer Raab and the landmarks commission on this designation because we recognize the historical significance of our building,'' she said.
Last week, The Times announced its choice of the Italian architect Renzo Piano and the Manhattan architectural firm Fox & Fowle to design a 45-story building across Eighth Avenue from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, between 40th and 41st Streets. If the Times's board of directors approves the project, the new tower would be scheduled for completion in 2005.Continue reading the main story
That has left open the question of what would become of the white-brick and terra-cotta structure between Broadway and Eighth Avenue from which The Times has reported the news, from the death of Capt. Robert F. Scott in the Antarctic to the attack on the destroyer Cole, through 22 presidential campaigns, 88 World Series and two World Wars.
The Times will probably sell the building as part of the move to Eighth Avenue, if that project is approved.
By law, landmarks cannot be demolished, nor can their facades be altered, without the commission's approval. While it is too early to say how landmark status would affect the Times Company or a future owner -- or even whether the entire structure would be designated -- simple development economics suggest that a regulated landmark that was custom-designed for a purpose it no longer serves would be less desirable on the market than an otherwise unencumbered property.
But it would be difficult, at the same time, to deny the building's local and even national importance.
The Times's earlier headquarters building at 41 Park Row, overlooking City Hall Park, is already a landmark, as are the former Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd Street; the former New York Sun Building, 280 Broadway; and the former New York Evening Post Building, 20 Vesey Street, where the landmarks commission once had its office.
The current Times Building is actually four structures in one; three along 43rd Street and one on 44th Street. The first part of it opened in 1913 as an 11-story annex to the Times Tower at Broadway and 42nd Street. It was designed by Buchman & Fox.
A 1924 design by Ludlow & Peabody, with flourishes borrowed from the 16th-century Chateau de Chambord, expanded the building westward and added three office floors. It also gave the building its pyramidal copper cupola.
The architect Albert Kahn designed a small west wing in 1931. The building was extended to 44th Street in 1947 with a large but nondescript addition by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects of the Empire State Building.
With the 43rd Street building facing possible designation in 1985, the Times Company contended in part that its building was a ''manufacturing facility caught in a rapidly evolving, deadline-pressured industry.'' In 1997, however, with the move of printing operations out of Manhattan, the last newspapers rolled off the presses at 43rd Street.Continue reading the main story


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Addameer's annual report on human rights violations for 2015
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Listen to this! BBC Radio 4, Desert Island Disks: Raja Shehadeh
Palestinian author and human rights activist, Raja Shehadeh on BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Disks – interviewer: Kirsty Young Duration: 45 minutes First broadcast: Sunday 15 June 2014, R: Friday 20 June 2014 – available on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046j44b Kirsty Young's castaway this … Continue reading
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'Glee' and 'The Vampire Diaries' are Choice Comedy Series and Fantasy/Sci-Fi Series respectively, while 'Gossip Girl' tops other drama shows.
"Glee" has affirmed itself as one of favorite shows for teenagers. The FOX musical series won in Choice TV Show: Comedy category at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards which took place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on Sunday, August 7. Among the cast members which grabbed the surfboard trophies were Cory Monteith and Darren Criss.
Also scoring multiple nods at the live telecast were "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl", which came out as Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Choice TV Show: Drama respectively. "Diaries" hotties, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev, as well as "GG" stars, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, were additionally triumphant in actor/actress categories.
Selena Gomez, who walked home with not less than five trophies in overall categories, won one of them through her comedy show "Wizards of Waverly Place". Her boyfriend Justin Bieber also scored a nod for his small screen performance, being named Choice TV: Villain for his guest-starring appearance on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
"Jersey Shore" topped other reality series with DJ Pauly D being picked as Choice Male Reality/Variety Star. As for "Pretty Little Liars" which dominated the second wave of TV nominations, it won Choice Summer Show.
The annual Teen Choice Awards also presented the surfboard trophies for the winners in music, movie and non-traditional categories. This year's ceremony was hosted by "The Big Bang Theory" leading lady Kaley Cuoco with Jason Derulo and OneRepublic among the musical performers.
- Choice TV Show, Drama: "Gossip Girl"
- Choice TV Actor, Drama: Penn Badgley, "Gossip Girl"
- Choice TV Actress, Drama: Blake Lively, "Gossip Girl"
- Choice TV Show, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: "The Vampire Diaries"
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- Choice TV Actress, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: Nina Dobrev, "The Vampire Diaries"
- Choice TV Show, Action: "NCIS: Los Angeles"
- Choice TV Actor, Action: Shane West, "Nikita"
- Choice TV Actress, Action: Linda Hunt, "NCIS: Los Angeles"
- Choice TV Show, Comedy: "Glee"
- Choice TV Actor, Comedy: Cory Monteith, "Glee"
- Choice TV Actress, Comedy: Selena Gomez, "Wizards of Waverly Place"
- Choice TV, Animated Show: "The Simpsons"
- Choice TV, Personality: Jennifer Lopez, "American Idol"
- Choice TV, Reality Competition Show: "American Idol"
- Choice TV, Reality Show: "Jersey Shore"
- Choice TV, Male Reality/Variety Star: Paul "Pauly D" Del Vecchio, "Jersey Shore"
- Choice TV, Female Reality/Variety Star: The Kardashians, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"
- Choice TV, Villain: Justin Bieber, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- Choice TV, Female Scene Stealer: Katerina Graham, "The Vampire Diaries"
- Choice TV, Male Scene Stealer: Michael Trevino, "The Vampire Diaries"
- Choice Summer TV Show: "Pretty Little Liars"
- Choice Summer TV Star, Female: Lucy Hale, "Pretty Little Liars"
- Choice Summer TV Star, Male: Ian Harding, "Pretty Little Liars"
- Choice TV, Breakout Show: "The Voice"
- Choice TV, Breakout Star: Darren Criss, "Glee"


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This blog chronicles my seasonal farm wanderings - summers in the New Mexico desert and all others in the Georgia piedmont.
The Scoop
Landship Foods is inspired by the conviction that growing and eating healthy food is one of the most important things we can do for both ourselves and the broader communities of which we are a part. The name comes from the language of pre-industrial Europe. Before the enclosure movement and the associated rise in notions of private property swept England, the suffix "-ship" (as in "relationship," or "friendship") referred to an object or an abstraction with collective duties and mutual rights. Thus, the term "landship" suggests that land was an entity through which humans were joined to each other by a set of rights and responsibilities. I advocate for a revival of this awareness.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Full Circle
The most exemplary nature is that of the topsoil...It increases by experience, by the passage of seasons over it, growth rising out of it and returning to it, not by ambition or aggressiveness. It is enriched by all things that die and enter into it. It keeps the past, not as history or memory, but as richness, new possibility. Its fertility is always building up out of death into promise.
As I look back on the season, cataloged here in the blog, I notice they mirror each other in an important way. Fittingly, both the work and writing begin and end with well-tended compost as the central subject, as "richness, new possibility".


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Yay! Got my new netbook – ASUS Eee PC 1005HA – during the PC Fair at KLCC Convention Centre last Friday!
Last year, I swore to myself that I would never go to PC Fair anymore because I don't want to be squeezed and pushed among the massive crowd. Guess I had to swallow my own words. This year, I visited the PC Fair again because I wanted to get my netbook. 😛
Well, I didn't actually get the one I said I wanted earlier (ASUS Eee PC 1000HE). I went to a shop in MidValley last Thursday with the intention of bringing home an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE. However, the salesman told me that the model was sold out and won't be produced again. Instead, there would be this latest model making its debut on the following day – that's Friday – at the PC Fair 2009. A model that is slimmer, lighter and boasting a longer battery life of 10.5 hours – ASUS Eee PC 1005HA!
White, shiny surface on the outside. I have already stick a pink checkers laptop skin on it…
Need to charge the netbook's battery for at least 8 hours before using…
The shop won't be selling the model until one week later, so if I wanted to get it fast, I had to go get it at PC Fair! Moreover, the netbook was selling at a RM100 cheaper price at the fair (RM1,499 vs RM1,599 retail price), and no additional bank charges would be imposed on a credit card purchase (vs a 3-4% bank charges if bought with credit card at the shop).
You see, I'm a gal who is more willing to spend on gadgets than on clothes and shoes. 😛 So off I went to the PC Fair, took the train to KLCC in the morning, waited for one hour outside the convention centre, all for the sake of ASUS Eee PC 1005HA. Haha! Perhaps it was the first day of the PC fair, and I went early, the crowd wasn't so bad after all. Managed to buy even a 320 GB external hard disk, laptop skins for my old laptop (which the ownership will be passed on to my hubby, hehe) and new netbook, a new pink-colored mini mouse, and a keyboard protector. Oh, also got some freebies as well. Simply put, a very rewarding day, haha!
I'm now still in the process of familiarizing myself with my belove new netbook and installing the necessary softwares. Have quite a lot of file transferring work to do before I officially handover my old laptop to hubby. 😀


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Financial Accounting and Controls
The procedures for processing Current fund transfers to Plant funds (unexpended plant funds, retirement of indebtedness funds and renewal & replacement funds) and transfer of Renewal and Replacements funds/Unexpended Plant funds to capital projects have been changed due to the elimination of temporary budget transactions for non-contract and grant current funds in BFS.
Capital Projects and Plant Fund Transfer Form to be Submitted
When there is a need identified by a department to transfer funds from Current funds to Plant funds or from renewal and replacement funds/unexpended plant funds to capital projects, the department needs to fill out the Capital Project and Plant Fund Transfer Form (PDF) to provide the current fund or renewal and replacement fund/unexpended plant fund chartstring, transfer amount, the departmental information, and the preparer/approver information for the fund transfers.
Please see the Instructions for Preparing the Capital Projects and Plant Fund Transfer Form (PDF) for completing the form.
Once the Capital Project and Plant Fund Transfer Form is completed with the required information, the form should be submitted as an email attachment to: email@example.com.
Timeline for Processing the Capital Projects and Plant Fund Transfer Form
General Accounting checks the email daily for the fund transfer requests and prepares the necessary entries in BFS within three working days after the Capital Project and Plant Fund Transfer Forms are received. The actual current fund balance transfers will be recorded in department IDs. Requesting departments should review the BAIRS reports to verify the fund transfers are recorded correctly in the current fund balance accounts.
Return of Plant Funds to Current Funds
There are situations for which retirement of indebtedness funds or unexpended plant funds need to be transferred back to current funds or renewal and replacement funds, such as to return capital project surplus funds to funding units. In these situations, General Accounting initiates the necessary entries in BFS for the fund balance returns.
Unexpended Plant Fund Transfer to Capital Projects
There are situations for which funds are already recorded in unexpended plant funds, e.g. gift funds, departmental provision, and Campus' provision. The owners of the unexpended plant funds should submit the Capital Project and Plant Fund Transfer Form (PDF) to request the unexpended plant funds to be transferred or appropriated to capital projects.


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Category Archives: Park
We are all so so so HAPPY that it is finally spring!
Great shots. I love the Lady bug shot. I just recently shot a wedding where I macro'd a lady bug on the groom's shoulder. It doesn't have much to do with the ceremony or celebration, but everyone seemed to like it.
Amazing pictures! My favourites is the ones in colour but they are amazing all of them!
The first one is GORGEOUS!!!!
Your pictures of the Moore children are beautiful. You have an amazing ability to capture their personalities as well as their precious faces in such a fresh way.
So, less than 24 hours before this photo was taken, the ground was covered with 6 inches of snow. Texas. Go figure. These adorable two came all the way from Kansas City for our session together. Matt and I can't wait to travel up to them in KC when Mr. Man is born in June….
These are absolutely beautiful, Angie! I especially love the water reflection image. Stunning.
Those are some great photographs. I love the way the Tattoos look. I think the reflection one is my favorite.
These are gorgeous. How you capture color the way you do is beyond me. Everything looks so much more vibrant and alive. You and Matt truly have a God-given gift.
Wow. Of course, everything you photograph is portrayed it its best light – no pun intended. But, when you have body art this beautiful – breathtaking artistry. I hope you got the name of their artist!! Remarkable art in photography and body.
We love them!! Can't wait to see the rest =)
We think they turned out great! We personally wanted to thank you for the session, it was a lot of fun! Can't wait to see ya again around the due date
– Jeff and Andy
Gorgeous shots!!!
So beautiful! what do you do to keep that beautiful blue sky from blowing out?
These photo's are so amazing and beautiful!
Ok Angie, these are my new favorite outdoor shots!!! LOVE LOVE that first one 🙂
Thanks so much to Heidi in Indy for the little prod…..yes, the blog has for sure been on the back burner the past few weeks! There just are not enough hours in the day this time of the year…but we sure are having fun. (if not a little too busy, but that is a great…
Hi Angie! Sounds like Arizona is a blast for all of you! Enjoy! Can't wait to see the photos! Love these, too, especially the first one and the pink converse shot. 🙂
Have a great Thanksgiving!
satisfaction. 🙂
Last blog for a little bit. Phew. Still lots more to go. Love*These*Boys. Just do. Can you see why?
Aw, they're cuties and you can tell they are super happy kids!
Angie and Matt – these are so great!! You really captured their spirits – we cannot wait to see the rest!!
OK I sound like a broken record! But what a blessing to see families grow. This time of year always brings back our favorite people. We first saw these guys when the triplets were just one! Is there anything goofier than 5 & 7 year old boys? Nope. They are hilarious! Gorgeous x 2. Someone…
Wow these kids are beautiful! The shot of the girls is wonderful! Very nice images…
Beautiful children! Love these images!
Hi Angie!
You have been so busy! Love all the recent photos – especially from this session! 🙂
Angie & Matt, Thank you so much!!! These are wonderful, once again! The children thought Saturday was so much fun! We can't wait to see the rest!


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The communist government in Cuba is loosening its grip on the country's economy. That's left thousands of small private businesses to spring up. It's really a new frontier for budding capitalists, and competition is fierce. And yet advertising is still tightly restricted, and so entrepreneurs have to build their reputations in other ways - excelling in customer service, maybe it's décor, maybe better pricing. Nick Miroff has the story from Havana. NICK MIROFF: New snack bars and food stalls are all over Havana, but there aren't many that look like Tio Tito, or Uncle Tito. The first thing you notice is the uniformed employees, scrambling to serve up Hawaiian pizzas and fruit drinks as music videos play on a monitor behind the counter. The napkins and the to-go containers carry the Tio Tito company logo, and there's even a slick web site, Tio-Tito.com, which is hosted abroad. That red-and-gold color scheme is no coincidence either, said proprietor and would-be Cuban fast-food king Ivan Garcia. If those colors can work for McDonalds, he says, they just might work for him. IVAN GARCIA: (Foreign language spoken) MIROFF: Those are the colors that stimulate the appetite, Garcia said. I didn't make that up, it's what the research shows. Garcia's business is only one of two start-up snack stands to make it in his Havana neighborhood. Six others have already gone under since last fall, when President Raul Castro let more Cubans go into business for themselves. These days it's no longer enough to hang a sign outside and sell sandwiches and coffee out the front door. Ismael Bello, another Havana entrepreneur, said the city's got too many vendors trying to sell the same things, so he's trying something different. With a new copy machine brought in from abroad, Bello and his family have started a printing and copy service called Avana, with an attractive, freshly-painted storefront. He's competing directly with the Cuban government, setting prices at half what they are in state-owned copy shops. ISMAEL BELLO: (Foreign language spoken) MIROFF: In five years, we could be a pretty big company, Bello said. Next month we'll have our web site, and if we keep adding products and services we can grow, he said. It's not clear how big Cuban authorities will let these new businesses get as they try to build their brands and open new locations. The government's political messages and propaganda must now compete with more and more commercial signage, but advertising is still essentially banned. So Cubans like Yanet Alvarez have found other ways to stand out. Her baseball-themed snack bar, the Perfect Play, is quickly becoming famous among fans of Havana's beloved team, the Industriales, attracting crowds to her converted garage. Everything on the menu is named for something in the game, including a few rather unappetizing-sounding dishes like the Dead Ball and the Squeeze Play. But after toiling for years in drab state-run restaurants, Alvarez said it's exhilarating to be making her own business decisions. She even used the F word to describe it. YANET ALVAREZ: (Through translator) If a customer orders a sandwich, you have the, the freedom to say, sure, I'll make it however you want it. MIROFF: That kind of choice is something of a novel concept in a country where nearly everyone still gets an identical government food ration. And the have-it-your-way ethos isn't the only formula being copied here. One new Havana establishment is calling itself Burger Rey, with rey meaning king in Spanish. For now, with the U.S. embargo still firmly in place and no Whoppers to compete with, the market is wide open. For NPR News, I'm Nick Miroff, in Havana.
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Free Speech: Dappers Laughs cannot be killed by the student censors
When Dapper Laughs was booted off the telly for making a rape joke at a club for his paying fans, we thought it a shame. Whan Daniel O'Reilly, for it is he, went on telly to say how sorry he was that he'd caused offence, we thought it tragic. Wear your 'Too Bad for Telly' as a badge of honour we urged.
As is the trend, students who would once have cheered for freedom and saying the unsayable now demand things be unsaid:
Earlier in the year, a show in Cardiff was cancelled following a petition by around 700 students who didn't want him to perform at the university. Twenty-year-old student Zara Lindsay was behind one of them. She told Newsbeat she didn't want Dapper Laughs performing on the University of Leicester campus.
She said: "Lad culture is quite prevalent these days. It's especially bad on nights out with theme nights, drinking games and sports initiations. Plus there's a general feeling that sexual assault is something that you should just take on a night out. Having people like Dapper Laughs holding gigs here suggests that this is an OK attitude and that sends out the wrong message."
The wrong message? Lads are so thick they think rape is ok. They should only be allowed to watch things that have the 'right' message. What censorious bilge. What illiberal claptrap,
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