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The canning jar is very similiar to the bug jar. Except you use the farmers line of fabrics that have the fruits and veggies to fill your jars instead of bugs.
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Oh, I get it! So I like animals so I could make a quilt with a bunch of animals in jars. A cat, dog, horse, prairie dog of course, sheep, cows, guinea pig, wabbits in a wot of jars, stop me someone!
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Great idea, Diane! But first I need to finish up some of the UFO's I've got. Tried to count them, but only have so many fingers and toes :p Thank you all for the nice welcomes.
Tried to get on here last night but it wouldn't let me sign in on the forum page, I'm here now. Can hardly believe it is Friday already. Didn't do my usual morning quilting, puter Jane, here was giving me fits :( but seems to work fine now! Maybe, if there isn't any NCIS on tonight, I can get the Autumn Table runner quilted so I can bind it tomorrow when DH is out!
How do I show my uploads? Perhaps I should do some research! Until later
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Excuse me? No, really. Excuse me? In a jar? We are not common ordinary rodents. In a jar. . .REALLY?
Welcome to the QCA forums, Faye. When you have time, I'd love to see pictures of your canning jar quilts.
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The only quilting I have been able to do lately is work on SBS blocks. I usually only have a chance to do one or two blocks a day while hubby is constantly needing stuff. One more week and he can start doing more....if I make it that long...LOL>
My goal today is to finish the binding on the FOT quilt, now called Festival of Birds. :-) I also need to write a description of it for the web page for the Festival of Trees committee.
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What is a canning jar quilt? Never heard of that before.
What is a canning jar quilt? Never heard of that before.
Its just like the "Bug Jar" quilts only the fabric for the jar is food themed, i.e. cherries, apples, etc.
This is one of the "Bug Jar" quilts I made for my boys this year - just imagine fruits in the jars instead of bugs.
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That is adorable! I've never seen one before - I will have to search for the pattern ........and add it to stack of "somedays".
Very nice bug jar quilt Shellie. Thanks for sharing.
I worked on hand embroidery most of the afternoon and I'm getting ready to switch to machine sewing. MQ# here I come. WIll I ever finish this top?
Yes, I did work on a quilt today - I finished the quilting on the BOM >>>>>>can you believe it? I was beginning to wonder if I ever would get it done. Have the binding to do tomorrow, it's ready to cut and sew on - think I'll just do it on the machine AND PUT THE QUILT ON THE BED AND BE DONE!!! Yay. How are others doing on this one? I see Kris is trying to finish her MQ3 - good luck, Kris - waiting to see your photo. I will also post one of the BOM.
Our guild had a jar swap last year...using the same paper-piece pattern we each filled our jars with whatever we wanted--making one exactly the same for everyone in the swap. After the prescribed time we had a covered dish/pot luck supper and swapped all the blocks! They were filled with everything from....frogs to quilts to money (our stash cash, of course!) to stars and beyond! Really a fun swap...everyone is putting them together quite differently! Fun to see what everyone comes up with!
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Excuse me? No, really. Excuse me? In a jar? We are not common ordinary rodents. In a jar. . .REALLY?
Prairie Dog~
Just imagine how cute they would look. Did I ever tell you about our ground hog families? We call them ground hogs here. I am also an experienced ground hog person. We had a mama and a papa living under the sewing room. The mama was here for three years so we have had 3 families here. They were my Fribbles. My next door neighbor found out that we were letting them live here and he did the evil thing to them. He has a huge garden and they were destroying his garden. I would hear him swearing when he'd be in his garden b/c he was there to harvest something but the ground hogs got there first. I was even trying to feed them so they would stay here and boy, did that make my neighbor mad! This is the first year that we don't have any :o{ I named the babies Phoebe and Pfieffel. Last year we had 3 babies. Here are a few pics. They would come right up to the window and listen to me. They'd stand at the window looking in at the cats. I thought they were adorable....my neighbor says they are a pest.
This was mama.
I did work on the MQ today. I'm working on the borders which seems to be taking longer than the whole top. Tomorrow I will do the frame border, then sew the new HST's together for the next border and then the final border. This weekend is dedicated to the MQ. Then back to the next Downy Quilt and then finish Jodie's BOM. Then so many thngs in the to-do pile and UFO's.


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Copper gutters are a rare sight these days. They are certainly stunning, but they are also expensive.
Local contractors tell Channel 4 News nobody installs them any more, because they cost about $24 per foot installed, while their aluminum alternative goes for about $3.75 per foot.
Nevertheless, the VA hospital in Murfreesboro features buildings beautifully adorned with copper gutters, copper downspouts and copper flashing.
Veterans we talked to at the Alvin York campus were not happy with the expensive gutters, but felt like it was fruitless to even complain.
"I don't care if they put up gold gutters. It doesn't mean nothing to me. They are going to do whatever they want to do," said veteran Ken Bennett.
And that's not the only issue, as the VA is also refurbishing the old parking lot. In the meantime, a temporary gravel parking serves patients, but that gravel lot will be destroyed after the new one is built.
The VA says it is under federal guidelines and is limited legally to a certain number of parking spaces. If it exceeds those spaces, it's considered a misappropriation of funds, so the temporary lot must be destroyed.
The entire parking project runs about $1.5 million.
And as for the copper, the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, so the VA must comply to strict guidelines that say the copper is a requirement. The refurbishment project, which also includes some new roofs, costs taxpayers about $9 million.
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What do we have here, is this the DROID X3 or just another variant of the newly announced DROID RAZR? We know the DROID RAZR is for the US and Verizon and Motorola was planning just a Motorola RAZR for international markets but here we have a completely redesigned model from the images that were just leaked. Obviously it shares a very similar design with the Kevlar rear and extremely thin 7.1mm body, but clearly things are a bit different here, see for yourself after the break.
The DROID RAZR was officially announced last month and we quickly received some hands-on time with it and you can see all of those videos right here. Apparently the model shown above has just cleared China's equivalent of the FCC and will be headed to a few markets across China soon. Shown below is an image of the US model so you can see the difference.
Known as the Motorola MT917 the newly designed model will most likely share the same specs as the recently announced DROID RAZR. With a dual-core processor and the new 4.3″ AMOLED qHD display, 8MP camera on the rear making up that little hump and running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. We've been told the DROID RAZR should see ICS very soon in 2012 and would expect the same for this too. From the front it resembles the Motorola Atrix if you ask me and the entire design goes back to the original shape they've used in the past instead of what we've been seeing from Motorola with tapered edges. Either way we don't expect to see this outside of China, but was worth a look.
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The Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community is forming its own rating and looking for Sailors to fill an additional 80 billets, June 1.
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Command Master Chief CMDCM Anthony Santino, the Navy's senior enlisted EOD technician, or "Master Blaster of the Navy," recommends that Sailors interested in converting to EOD do their homework to make sure this is the career path for them.
"We want people who know this is what they want to do, so they'll stick with it when the training gets tough," said Santino.
EOD candidates are pre-screened prior to entry in the program for a number of attributes. Sailors must achieve qualifying scores on the ASVAB, fitness test, pressure test, security clearance, dive physical and have no non-judicial punishments.
If qualified and accepted into the program, new candidates report for two weeks of training at Prospective Student Indoctrination in Great Lakes, Ill. Sailors then report for two months of dive training at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Fla., and 10 months of ordnance training at the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base. At Eglin, candidates will spend a significant amount of time in the classroom and in the field learning about chemical, biological, nuclear, conventional and improvised explosive devices.
After successful completion of that arduous process, potential EOD techs will then report for six weeks of tactical training in San Diego, three weeks of jump school at Fort Benning, Ga., and when the opportunity arises, free-fall school.
"Don't volunteer for EOD training just because you don't like your current rate," Santino re-emphasized. "You really need to want to do this."
Quartermaster 1st Class (EOD/FPJ/AW) Chris Reed has been an EOD tech for the last four of his 10 years in the Navy.
"I was stationed in Guam with base security and had the opportunity to see some of the EOD training. I took an interest and got to know some of the techs," Reed said. "I'll be honest, the first reason I thought about getting into the program was for all the special pay, but then I realized the caliber of people I was working with and I was hooked."
The NECC EOD Force Recruiter, Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) (EOD/FPJ) Scott Treible, said that part of the pre-screening is looking for Sailors with that "certain something."
"A majority of the people we get are your classic 'Type A' personalities. They have very active lifestyles, enjoy team sports, are competitive, think fast and perform well under pressure," Treible said. "At the same time, they need to be independent and decisive. People that can't think on their feet and make immediate decisions aren't going to get through the program."
"The attrition rate is pretty high, but as long as you show the instructors you really want to be there, they'll work with you," agreed Reed. "It's not about how book-smart you are. I've seen some really intelligent guys wash out because they didn't have mental discipline and guys who really struggled in class make it because they wouldn't give up."
Damage Controlman 2nd Class (EOD/SW) J.T. McGraw just completed the EOD course and earned his basic EOD tech qualification. McGraw learned about EOD during his first duty station in Italy.
"I was stationed aboard USS La Salle (AGF 3) in the damage control department. As the Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, we embarked a lot of special operations guys," McGraw said. "What struck me was the camaraderie that these small teams shared. When they weren't working they had a very relaxed attitude, but when they worked, they really turned it on. It was impressive, and I knew then that's what I wanted to do."
After more than a year of school and training, McGraw wasn't disappointed with his decision.
"It's a lot of hard work and a lot of hours in the classroom," McGraw said. "I'm living a dream. Nothing surprised me after I finished the school and reported to the mobile unit. It's everything I wanted it to be."
"It's fun! This is the only place in the world you can do the things we do on a regular basis," Treible added. "Free-fall parachuting, diving, weapons firing, tactical combat training, intensive physical training, robotics - surface and underwater, and at the end of the day, we get to blow something up. How can you beat that?"
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CLIFTON - A woman is mourning the loss of more than a dozen pets she cared for following a fire at her home.
Laura Kiefer says she went out for a few minutes Tuesday and was only able to save two dogs when she returned and found the house on fire. "I wish I could've saved them," she says. "I loved these dogs."
Kiefer says she cared for the pets she baby-sat for as much as her own. The pet sitter and her clients are now dealing with overwhelming heartache.
"We care about these dogs more than we do our own family," says her husband, Tom Kieffer. "That's why we took care of them. We are dog lovers."
Edmund Gaetjens lost two dogs in the blaze, but praises Laura Kieffer's efforts to save those she could. "It's heroic. But at this point we are just crushed by the loss of our animals," he says.
When fire officials were able to go inside, they removed the bodies of 10 dogs. One dog and three cats are still missing.
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|October 4, 2011, 07:30 PM
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Batter up! Time for the constitution to deal a no hitter to those who would defy, defile and deny it as the supreme law of the land. F & F certainly denied due process (murder) and wasnt for the good of the people (murder & chaos) by any stretch of the imagination.
Better make so more room in those prisons...
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I wish I could be as optimistic as some of y'all that anything will come of Rep. Smith's letter. Why would Obama/Holder do anything whatsoever about it? They're not worried about DOJ's budget. If the Republicans haven't been able to yank a thin dime out of BATFE's budget, what possible chance is there they'll be able to do anything to the larger DOJ budget? Pretty much nonexistent. What the Republicans have is a bully pulpit, such as it is, and not much else.
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Well, the President has the incentive to handle this now rather than let it drag into the campaign season - that is unless his hands are so dirty that re-election is the least of his worries. And of course, refusing to appoint a special prosecutor in this circumstance is going to create news all on its own.
And the Republicans were not a majority in the House until November 2010, so this will be the first chance to yank on the purse strings (especially considering the previous Congress did not even pass ANY budget). Since budget bills must originate in the House, that is no small threat.
|October 4, 2011, 09:01 PM
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There was also the release of the book by the Black Panther case whistle blower which does not shed a good light on Holder and the DOJ. My inclination is that the White is tied up with Holder on this mess and can not afford to let him go. Holder is now having to say I misunderstood the question. This is the top lawyer in the land and he says he misunderstood the question. The interview with CBS tells me that the White house wants this to go away for a reason.
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|October 4, 2011, 09:02 PM
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Need to look at the JG sales suit. Al correct me if I'm wrong but it appears that the F&F documents may be supeneaed in this case. Could get interesting.
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Impeachment, conviction, imprisonment.
After all, look at what congress is trying to do to The Rocket for lying to them about 'roids.
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First, even if the Republican-controlled House brought impeachment proceedings against Obama or Holder, and an impeachment was obtained, the impeachment trial is conducted by the Senate. Said Senate still has a solid Democratic majority. Impeachment isn't going anywhere - and even if they did somehow manage an impeachment and subsequent conviction in the Senate, IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. All that can happen to the impeachee is removal from office.
As far as what the Clemens proceeding is concerned, Congress has absolutely no involvement whatsoever. The case is being prosecuted by the DoJ based on a referral from Congress. The DoJ was under no compulsion to prosecute the case, but elected to do so based on the weight of the evidence and what they saw as the severity of the crime, the public interest in the case being taken to trial, as well as the likelihood of conviction. Congress can't "make" DoJ file charges against anyone - it's prosecutorial authority extends, pretty much, to the use of "pretty please".
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|October 5, 2011, 06:54 AM
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A poster on Fox News comments offered one of the best explanations to date on why the AG was not aware of Fast and Furious.
He thought someone was sending him movie reviews.
|October 5, 2011, 07:26 AM
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Follow Sharyl Attkisson on Twitter and put links to her stories about this everywhere you can on the internet.
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Well csmsss, I'll guess we'll just wait and see how it plays out. Personally, I don't see how the President is going to be able to downplay being asked to investigate his own Attorney General for perjury given the evidence. To the extent that certain newspapers want to spend their credibility by choosing not to cover that, I'm OK with that as well.
And the story is getting play at places other than Fox News - as I noted earlier, the reporter who broke the story and who has been right in the forefront of reporting on it is Sharyl Attkisson, a CBS News reporter. The story even made the Daily Show (who pithily summed up the incident as "So your plan to prevent drug lords from getting guns was to give drug lords guns? What plans did you reject?").
And to emphasize that point, today, the San Francisco Chronicle (of all papers) runs a story on the demand for a special prosecutor and Fast and Furious. They were however careful to note that Wide Receiver (the Tuscon operation) was actually approved by the ATF during the Bush Administration. Personally, I just want to see this covered and the investigation go forward, if that means that heads roll on a bi-partisan basis for this bad, bad, idea, then I am OK with that.
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Discussion of politics or campaign issues are beyond the F and F issue.
Please cease and desist. There are certainly many other forums to disucss Presidents and politicians who lie to the American people. Enjoy those.
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|October 5, 2011, 02:39 PM
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Guns going out, drugs coming in. Sounds like Iran-Contra to me!
Link to court case Oct. 1, alleging the Sinaloa cartel was allowed (actually helped is more accurate) to import drugs by US Gov't. and were shipped guns by ATF. Interesting read.
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Some updates from around the news-o-sphere:
Deputy Director William Hoover and Assistant Director Mark Chait of the ATF have been demoted. Thomas Brandon, in charge of damage control in Phoenix has been promoted to Deputy Director
Representative Issa is not happy with Eric Holder. Nor is Rep. Lamar Smith.
Representative Paul Gosar has thrown down the "accessory to murder" gauntlet. He also would like Judiciary and Oversight to get together and grill AG Holder.
EDIT: And an update at MSNBC, which points out that Operation Wide Receiver (started and ended under the previous administration) resulted in nine indictments under the current administration.
The article skirts the "well, Bush did it too" line rather closely, but points out that Senator Grassley essentially said that regardless of who started it, "walking" guns needs to stop.
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Accessory to murder - the actual article (above) makes a reasonable case. Let us hope we can change the non criminally charged ATF and WH Administration to the criminally charged.
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Is Attkisson being silenced at CBS??
This is troubling if true.............
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Reporters, desk chiefs and managers in the MSM are finding it more and more difficult now to ignore the story.
For one thing, they literally cannot afford to ignore it. Despite whatever their personal feelings are or how much they wish it would go away, the fact is that the operation Fast & Furious story is news. The news agencies are in the business of selling news. News equals revenue. Sitting idly by while e-zines and bloggers break the story is foregoing revenue. Watching other people report breaking news while the best that your company has is an expose on how many girlfriends Michael Jackson's doctor had…that is going to be difficult to explain to stockholders.
Initially the MSM was neither investigating it nor reporting it. Now they are reporting it which is basically putting together a summary of the known information, and maybe discussing it between an anchor and a reporter. What I don't see the MSM doing is investigating it. But it may be past that point now anyway.
I do think its time to appoint a special prosecutor. I don't see a whole lot to be gained in continuing in the current state of things. I know senators love running those hearing and creating the dramatic sound bites… you can't buy better press than that, but it's time to appoint a special prosecutor.
I hope this doesn't become a political tool to achieve politacl ends. I would just like the truth and for people to be held accountable, either for their misdeeds or for their incompetency.
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The LA Times story states that William J. Hoover tried to get operation Fast & Furious shut down six months after it began but was unable to.
If Melson was no more than a career bureaucrat, how is it that William J. Hoover couldn't shut down the operation. I mean, who opposed him?
This seems like a story in and of itself…
|October 6, 2011, 09:18 AM
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Interestingly enough, I didn't realize that this wasn't Eric Holder's first time before Congress. He was also involved in the Marc Rich scandal during the Clinton years. Apparently he was fairly forgetful during that interview as well.
Initially, I was not impressed by how the DOJ was handling this. It struck me as extremely ham-handed and Chicago-ish. The WaPo hit piece on Issa was just comical since at the time of the briefing, it was actually a Democrat majority committee and such an accusation would put many prominent Democrat representatives in the position of acknowledging that they were briefed about Fast and Furious and said nothing as well - unless of course, the briefing didn't discuss the actual gunwalking issue, in which case there is no point to the WaPo's article.
Looking back from hindsight though, there is an excellent purpose to the WaPo article. It prepared the battlefield nicely for Holder to use the same defense to protect himself (sure I knew about Fast and Furious in a general way; but I didn't know the details such as gunwalking). Of course, in Holder's case he was receiving monthly briefings on it since July, had big charts showing a massive outpour of weapons from Arizona into Mexico, and several of the people briefing him clearly did know that gunwalking was taking place.
I also like how they are pointing to the vague discussion of Fast and Furious in the released documents as support for the idea that the AG didn't know the specifics; while at the same time not acknowledging all of the documents they have withheld from the Congressional Oversight committee on the grounds of confidentiality/executive privilege. I wonder what ALL of the documents would show?
Any way, a better play by Holder than I gave him credit for with the WaPo story on Issa. It shows Holder is playing a longer view game than I gave him credit for and it shows he was more than willing to see a number of Dems on the House Oversight committee go under the bus just to gain that small advantage.
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The Marc Rich and Puerto Rican terrorist deal in NY (I think Holder had a part in fixing that deal for Hillary's Senate race and support from the PR community) no doubt illustrated his potential utility to Obama.
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Does anyone have any information on why William Hoover couldn't shutdown F&F in 2010?
If Melson was no more than a career bureaucrat, how is it that William J. Hoover couldn't shut down the operation. I mean, who opposed him?
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This week, I had to stand up to Mt. Diablo Superintendent Steven Lawrence to insist on my right to attend an Equity Advisory Team meeting where a committee discussed a draft plan to address the fact that the state has found that the district significantly over-identifies African-American students for special education, labeling many "emotionally disturbed." This is an important issue that the district has been working on for more than a year. In addition, the district over-identifies African-Americans and Hispanic students for suspensions and expulsions, according to the state.
The issue was discussed at a recent special education Community Advisory Committee meeting I attended and where the presenter invited other members of the committee to attend the Tuesday Equity Advisory Team meeting.
But when I started to walk into the Tuesday meeting, Lawrence quickly stood and asked me to step outside.
He tried to prevent me from attending the meeting, saying that it wasn't open to the public. Lawrence said it wouldn't be good for just any member of the public to drop in and start making suggestions, since they wouldn't have been to all of the other meetings and wouldn't have reviewed all of the materials. I pointed out it would be easier for the public to review the documents if they were posted online.
Lawrence said the district can't possibly post agendas and minutes for all of the various committees online because there are so many. But he said the public could see the finished report when it is presented to the board Monday.
Lawrence argued that it was a "working meeting" and it wouldn't be good if I was there videotaping or blogging, since it might inhibit discussion. When I saw how intent he was on turning me away, I asked him if I could attend the meeting if I agreed not to videotape or live blog, although I said I might blog later. He said if I just sat there and took notes, it would be all right for me to go in.
So, I sat and took notes on my laptop. I didn't videotape, live blog or tweet. But I was surprised when I looked at the agenda and saw that it was a public meeting after all and that recording was allowed.
Under "introductions," the agenda stated: "Please notify the audience during introductions if you are recording the meeting and let us know if this is your first time attending the Equity Advisory Team." The agenda also allowed for "Public Comment" from people who were not on the Equity Advisory Team.
So why was he trying to bar me from the meeting? After the meeting, I happened to see Board President Cheryl Hansen and relayed my frustrations to her about the superintendent's attempt to exclude me. Hansen said she would ask. She also said it is her hope to make meetings more transparent, not keep them secretive. She said the district needs to change its mindset and allow the public to see how business is being conducted.
Hansen informed me Wednesday in an email that she spoke to the superintendent about his actions. She wrote:
"I followed up with the superintendent about the incident with you yesterday. I told him that we have to find ways to be more transparent and welcoming to the public and the press. It's just better PR (Public Relations). I suggested that the district:
1. Post all meetings on the district's online calendar and, when people click on the posting, they would be able to see agendas and other information showing the purpose of the committees and what they're discussing. Relevant documents/reports could actually be linked there as well.
2. Take the initiative to inform and actually invite the press to our public meetings.
3. Make sure committee members are e-mailed information before the meetings so they can prepare ahead of time and make meetings more productive.
Thanks for letting me know what happened because it helps keep the focus on more transparency and accountability."
The need to communicate better with the public also came up during the meeting. The draft report said some parents don't trust the district and may not feel comfortable talking to school staff.
Do you agree with Hansen's suggestions?


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I cannot believe that so many people are complaining about a Republican partisan vote. Have not the Democrats done the exact same thing? Double standard. The ones who have the least votes will always complain.
Mr. Hyde made the statement that the Democrats, who are so set on censure, could have done that through the Democratic caucus, but were not honorable enough to do that.
I, personally, respect Mr. Livingston for setting the example that Mr. Clinton should follow - and he didn't even commit perjury.
According to Ellen Goodman's article (12-30-98), Mr. Clinton fudged/lied. Did he commit perjury or not? I suppose all convicts who are guilty of perjury should be released. This could cause an avalanche of court cases.
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Hello Again to all,
Success has a sweet taste. The second try at formatting took approx. 2 1/2 hours and came out fine. Just finished getting everything copied over. Now a paranoid AV scan and then a backup. Thanks to all and to all a good night!
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Well done.
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Good Day,
Hello my name is glennc and I'm a wuss! After the successful format and install, I endeavored to install 2 backup programs. Well I don't know what I was thinking but these programs were very automated and vigorous. Before I knew it my E: drive said it was only 696 GB instead of 1 TB. Worrying that I inadvertently caused a failure somehow, began investigating. I was going to do a thorough AV check and Malware and then use the product to backup. Well with my casual permission it had created a large hidden partition for itself on my drive and that is why it was reporting itself as smaller than it was. I can only claim tiredness. It also began to backup my drives without asking and I could not get it to stop. So I had to wait for it to finish. Then in a panic, I uninstalled the programs as they were not seen by Revo and hoped that they would play nice and let my partition return to the fold. No luck. So I set it formatting the drive for the third time that day and went to bed. Farck. This morning the spatial emissions were with me and it formatted perfectly. I am now AVing it. Then a backup of a great machine "Black Beauty".
Immense quantities of thanks and respect for those who had my back.
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|12 Jul 2010
Well my luck is holding.... After 3 unsuccessful backup attempts with system image and one without and a 0x80070002 error, I did manage to make a seemingly successful system image. It will not backup with or without system image.
Looking online the error seems to have something to do with an unfinished download. Did Windows update and after checking for new updates, I download a windows defender definitions. I thought I had it turned off, but it was just not running resident.
I remember MS Baseline Security saying I had an unfinished download and after several attempts of rebooting and checking updates, I thought it was a glitch.
So I am presently unable to use Windows 7 Backup.
Does anyone have any idea?
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|12 Jul 2010
Did you take all of that unnecessary security crap off of there, turn on the Windows firewall and install Microsoft Security Essentials?
From what you described earlier you had it strapped down so tightly I'm surprised anything runs.
Your best backup method is to drag your active User files to the storage drive, as backup programs that do the work for you will waste a lot of space.
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|12 Jul 2010
You may be right. But it has never failed me previously. I understand your point though and will take it under serious consideration. For now though I would like to get the backup program working or find out why its not. Macrium had no problem. So as usual I out of my depth. Thanks for your insightful advice.
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|12 Jul 2010
As gregrocker may have a good point, does anyone know of a good program that will check the files in different folders and just copy the new or changed ones? That will be helpful in any case.
Hope you can assist. Take care.
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|12 Jul 2010
Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
I use Cobian Backup
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|12 Jul 2010
I'm using the windows firewall, and MSE.
Last patch Tuesday win update told me I had an update for MSE along with a few others.
All went well except for the MSE definitions update. It failed installation, but gave no numerical code. When I ran the update though the MSE program it passed.
From now on I only update MSE through itself, any mention of updates or patches from win update are refused (unchecked).
I use macrium, profdlp's Cobian is another good one, but you may want to have a look at this first:
Windows 7 backup error, unable to do system backups
You may also want to go over these Backup Restore tutorials to make sure your system is reacting properly to what you want it to do, and your seeing what your supposed to be seeing:
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glennc, I don't know why the link won't complete, maybe someone on the board can explain why?
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MIAMI - Major League Soccer is expected to make an announcement concerning David Beckham and his possible expansion franchise in Miami within the next 30 days, MLS Commissioner Don Garber told MLSSoccer.com.
The former England captain is expected to place his team in Miami, and he has visited several times over the past few months. The league and Beckham want the stadium in an urban setting.
"I was down there this past weekend, and I've been down there a lot, working with potential ownership and trying to finalize a stadium plan." Garber said at the MLS SuperDraft, according to MLSSoccer.com. "Right now, we've got a lot of work to do, and we'll announce something in early February."
Beckham has been working with Bolivian telecommunications mogul Marcelo Claure and continues to make progress with local authorities, sources told SI.com last month. LeBron James, who owns a stake in Liverpool, has also had preliminary talks with Beckham about a team in Miami.
Garber said in December that he was optimistic about an expansion franchise in Miami, insisting that if Beckham and his group can come up with proper financial support and stadium plan, that, "we could have a formula for success."
Miami-Dade County commissioners voted in December to allow Mayor Carlos Gimenez to find locations in or near downtown to build a soccer-specific stadium for the new MLS franchise.
"There's a lot of work that needs to happen," Garber said in December. "We can't go to Miami without the right stadium solution. David understands that. The city understands that. That's an indisputable fact. We can't have different rules in Miami than we have in any other city. We want to do as much as we can to work with David and Simon Fuller to get something done as quickly as we can."
The option of becoming a team owner was included in the MLS contract Beckhman signed when he joined the Galaxy in 2007.
League officials hope to expand to 24 teams by the 2020 season.
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A whole new year means a whole new round of Kickstarter campaigns, some of which we want to make sure you know about. One of these is Trygger's new Camera Clip polarizing filter for iPhone 5. You may remember their recently released Camera Case, which brings the same photo functionality plus low profile iPhone protection. The Clip, on the other hand, is just that; it clips onto your iPhone 5's camera much like the recently reviewed 3-in-1 Olloclip.
The Camera Clip, however, serves only one purpose; filter out noisy light to give you less glare and richer, sharper photos. Unlike a full case, the Camera Clip is a small device that hugs the camera corner of your iPhone. A color neutral polarizing film sits between two layers of scratch resistant optical glass and filters the light that comes into your iPhone camera as you take a picture. You can even adjust the filter to determine how much light gets through, allowing you to change the image when it's taken, not after the fact with effect apps.
As the Trygger folks explain on their Kickstarter page:
For many of us, our iPhone has become our camera of choice. The image quality is great and our phones are always with us. We wanted to help iPhoneographers (you and me) make even better photos, so we looked to the pros and their DSLR kits for inspiration. Professional photographers have relied on polarizing filters to clean up noisy light for decades. The Camera Clip brings that same polarizing filter to your iPhone camera– quickly attachable–and always ready to take great pictures.
When you use the Trygger the Camera Clip with your iPhone, it cuts out glare and unwanted reflections while making colors richer and contrast sharper. It's going to make the world through your phone look more like the world you see through your eyes so you can capture all of life's moments the way you remember them.
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text: Ramana, thank you for providing exactly the answer I was looking for! I understand the differences between Cabal and cabal-install much better now, thank you - this is a very informative article. I have to admit, cabal-install has generallly just "worked" for me (as an amateur starting out with Haskell), whereas arch-haskell has often incurred failures when building. I am going to try again from a clean sheet, and if I still have issues with arch-haskell, I will start raising them with the community. kind regards, Dawid Loubser Op Ma, 2013-09-23 om 10:48 +0100 skryf Ramana Kumar: > One version of the answer to your question can be found here: > https://ivanmiljenovic.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/repeat-after-me-cabal-is-not-a-package-manager/ > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Dawid Loubser > <dawid.loubser at ibi.co.za> wrote: > Hi all, > > As a new user of arch-haskell, I would just like to put the > question out > there: What is the point of arch-haskell, vs using cabal? Is > it simply > for the elegance of using a single package manager (pacman) > for all > packages on my system (Haskell-related and not) or is there > some other > inherent problem I can expect down the line if I were to use > the cabal > ecosystem? > > sorry if this is a redundant question - > Dawid Loubser > > _______________________________________________ > arch-haskell mailing list > arch-haskell at haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/arch-haskell/attachments/20130923/b3741dcb/attachment.pgp>


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The Chew: Chicken & Sausage Stew
Clinton Kelly made a meal for his co-hosts when they all got together recently for a movie night. Here is the Spicy Chicken and Sausage Stew recipe that he recreated on The Chew.
The recipe is a simplified version of a French cassoulet, making it easier to put together and perfect when you have to feed a group. Do you have a go-to party meal, such as chili? What do you make when you don't know how many guests to expect? This could be a perfect recipe to add to your arsenal.
Clinton said this is one of those dishes that gets even better the next day as leftovers, so if you're looking for something hearty that can last for more than one meal, here you go.
Clinton Kelly Spicy Chicken and Sausage Stew Ingredients
- Olive Oil
- 1 1/2 lb Chicken Thighs
- 1 lb Spicy Italian Sausage
- 3 Carrots
- 1 Yellow Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 1 1/2 tsp Red Pepper
- 1 cup Chicken Stock
- 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes
- 28 oz Navy Beans
- Rosemary & Thyme
- 1/2 cup Panko
- 1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese
- Parsley
- Salt & Pepper
The Chew Chicken & Sausage Stew Instructions
- Preheat your broiler on high.
- On medium high heat, add olive oil to a stock pot.
- Prepare chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
- Add to pot in one even layer. Brown on each side for four minutes.
- Remove thighs and cut into chunks of desired size for your stew.
- Brown sausage in the pan for about seven minutes.
- Mix in carrots, onions, chili pepper, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook about five minutes, until onion becomes soft.
- Add herbs, except parsley, cooking for a minute.
- Mix in chicken stock and let reduce.
- Once half the liquid has reduced, add tomatoes and beans.
- Add chicken chunks back into stew, cooking 40 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- Remove rosemary and thyme. Season to taste.
- Combine Panko, parmesan and parsley with a few tablespoons of Olive Oil.
- Sprinkle the topping over the stew and then broil the pot in your oven until golden, around two minutes.
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As Shelby Mayor, His Worship-Dr. Larry J. Bonderud, says, "run to the roundhouse, they'll never CORNER you there"! The National Association of Railroad Passengers is invited back to Washington DC next month for the BIGGEST week of the year for national passenger train advocacy. It is scheduled for April 22nd through the 24th in our national's capital. NARP Day on Capitol Hill takes place on Tuesday, April 23rd. This is when NARP supporters from across the country come to the halls of Congress, meeting with Senators & Representatives, or members of their staffs, to talk about why increasing investment in passenger trains & a balanced transportation network is impotent to them. This is a conference for passenger train advocacy leaders from across the country. It will feature preeminent figures in the transportation field-including senior officials from Amtrak, the US Department of Transportation & other agencies & organizations-as guest speakers, as well as stimulating workshops & breakout session. Plus, it's your opportunity to network with others who are passionate about giving more Americans the choice of safe, convenient, affordable, modern train travel. It goes without saying that we are most dependent on Amtrak service up here on the Hi-Line & I'm sure I speak for many of us when I say how very fortunate we all are to be served by the infamous Empire Builder. I'm a proud member of the NARP & if you would like more information on the NARP & helping to maintain passenger rail service, not only here on the Hi-Line, but nationwide, contact the National Association of Railroad Passengers at: email@example.com. If you haven't "ridden the rails" lately, give the "Builder" a try. You'll never want to fly or drive again. It's a real FIRST CLASS experience! In the meantime, I'll be in the "club car"!


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You can't benefit from reporting the trigger point injection codes to garner prolotherapy reimbursement from Medicare, but you can increase your prolotherapy reimbursement odds if you secure preapproval from workers' compensation payers that cover it - and ask all other patients to pay you up-front for these services.
Confirm Covered Diagnoses First
Physiatrists use prolotherapy - also known as nonsurgical ligament reconstruction or joint sclerotherapy - to treat many different types of musculoskeletal pain. CPT does not include a code for prolotherapy, so you should always report it using the HCPCS Code M0076 (Prolotherapy). Unfortunately, a quick perusal of HCPCS offers a "heads up" on why coding for prolotherapy is no fun: Following the descriptor for M0076, HCPCS includes the note "The therapeutic efficacy of prolotherapy and joint sclerotherapy has not been established."
Prolotherapy has an "N" status code in the Medicare Fee Schedule, meaning it's a noncovered service, says Susan Turney, MD, FACP, medical director of reimbursement with Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wis. "Therefore, we don't submit these services to Medicare for consideration unless the patient asks us to do so," she says. "In that event, we link modifier -GY (Item or service statutorily excluded or does not meet the definition of any Medicare benefit) to indicate that we know it's a noncovered service."
ABNs Aren't Necessary
Contrary to popular belief, Medicare patients are responsible for paying you for their prolotherapy services regardless of whether they've signed an advance beneficiary notice (ABN). According to CMS' information sheet regarding the -GY modifier, ABNs "are not an issue for these services" because "there are no ABN requirements for statutory exclusions." In other words, because prolotherapy is statutorily excluded from Medicare, an ABN is not necessary.
Most coding consultants recommend that you should still ask your patients to sign a statement explaining that prolotherapy is not covered by insurance and that the patient is responsible for payment.
So why submit prolotherapy claims to Medicare at all? First, submitting the claim ensures that the insurer will notify the patient that prolotherapy is not a benefit of his or her policy. Some patients prefer to see the denial in writing so they can submit the claim to a secondary insurer, or just so they can confirm that they should pay you directly.
Other practices submit prolotherapy claims to insurers to lay the groundwork for future reimbursement. Julie Mace, office manager with Mark Hines, MD, in Charlotte, N.C., says, "If the doctors want to lobby for coverage, they have to show that the procedure is being done. They don't have that backup if we haven't been filing [...]
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In which I pick a page from the encyclopedia at random and riff on what I find.
Russ Christopher RHP 1942-1948 (1917-1954)
Russ Christopher has been gone a long time. Rheumatic heart disease laid him low at 37 years old, having already forced him into retirement at 30. At least he got to go out a winner.
A tall, skinny Californian, Christopher was developed by the Yankees. Pitching for their top farm team at Newark in 1941, he went 16-7 with a 2.82 ERA in 185 innings, allowing only 160 hits but tellingly walked 77 and struck out 69. You could get away with that back then. That fall, Connie Mack spirited Christopher away to Philadelphia in the Rule 5 draft. "The Yankees lost an outstanding prospect," wrote The Sporting News. "Tall and with long, sling-shot arms, Christopher has all the equipment necessary to become a major league star, although some observers insist he should add beef to his 170-pound frame. He has a good fast ball, a curve that explodes, and effective change of pace and great control. Moreover, he fields his position with skill."
He wasn't that good, but he wasn't a terrible starter for the A's, especially aided by the softer quality of wartime competition. A change in his delivery also helped: initially a conventional pitcher, an injury forced him into a submarine delivery after a couple of years in the majors. In Veeck As In Wreck, Bill Veeck wrote that Christopher pitched "with a swooping, almost underhanded motion. Christopher's ball would come from down under and then dip as it neared the plate, which meant that hitters almost had to beat it into the ground." From 1944-1945 he went 27-27 with a 3.07 ERA as a member of some fairly weak A's teams, even posting a positive strikeout-walk ration (184:138). The heart problem was already holding him back, however; perhaps it contributed to his second-half slump in 1945. Standing tall at 11-3 on July 1, he went 2-10 the rest of the way.
In the minors, doctors had told him that his leaky heart could kill him if he kept playing. He said that if this was fated to happen, he would rather it happen on a ballfield anyway, and kept on going.
After Christopher struggled throughout 1946, Mack shifted him to the bullpen for 1947. The team's fireman, Christopher went 10-7 with a 2.90 ERA and saved 12 games (retroactively figured), the third-highest total in the league. Then he collapsed. This was a problem for Bill Veeck, because he had taken notice of Christy's bullpen excellence and imagined him as the perfect relief ace for the contender he was building in Cleveland. He approached Mack with an offer of $25,000.
"But he's in bed now with pneumonia," Mr. Mack said. "I'm afraid this may be the final blow to the poor boy."
"I'll give you twenty-five for him," I said, "if I can talk to him first."
Mr. Mack was shocked. "That would be a terrible thing for me to do to you. He's a sick man. He can't play."
And yet, Mack relented, as he surely had to in the face of the greenback dollar. Veeck found Christopher and convinced both of them (Veeck and Christopher) that he was worth the purchase price. "I think you're crazy," Christopher told Veeck, "but you have my word on one thing. I'll do the best I can for you."
His best proved to be very good. No one knew it at the time, but Christopher, handled very carefully by manager Lou Boudreau ("If he had to throw more than a dozen pitches after he entered the game, his lips would turn purple," Veeck remembered) led the league in saves with 17. He pitched in 45 games, threw only 59 innings, and put up another 2.90 ERA. Here's Veeck one more time:
By late summer, we were saying, "Look, Russ, you've done your share. If you want to go home…"
"No," he'd say. "The doctors know what's wrong with me and they say it doesn't matter. I told you the first time you asked me—I'm a pitcher. If I die, I might as well die pitching."
Christopher pitched once in the World Series, which the Indians won, and then he had to bow to the inevitable and retired.
When Christopher died, the great Red Smith wrote a column about him, touching on his unorthodox delivery and his sense of humor, and finishing on this memorable note:
Memory retains a small tableau. An hour or so after a game in St. Louis, the last group to leave Sportsman's Park caught a cab at the press gate and, crossing Dodier Street, noticed a mob of at least fifty kids on the sidewalk. They had a tall young man pinned against the wall.
By this time, healthy ball players were back in the Chase Hotel, complaining because the steak was overdone. Russ Christopher was patiently scribbling autographs.
Sample Sizes
When Jay and I did Brian Lehrer's show last week, we took calls from some anti-stats fans. One woman called in to complain about "this batter ranks sixth among switch-hitters batting left-handed in extra-base hits with runners on base in away games." I gave a standard response about how such miniscule slices of data were indistinguishable from luck, ridiculing samples of "30 at-bats." With opening week coming to a close, I have been reminded that I set the threshold too high. The public doesn't need to be reminded that 30 at-bat samples are too small; we have to start with two at-bat samples.
Several times already this year I have heard broadcasters say, "Manager Winky Brigsteen says that he sat Garfield Brookens against pitcher Portly Van Deferens because in his career he's 0-for-3 with two strikeouts against him, whereas Larry Gollywhompus is 1-for-2 with a home run. Clearly, Gollywhompus has got Van Deferens figured out."
If you're reading this site, you know where I'm going and don't need a lecture on just how meaningless all of the foregoing can be, regardless of whether it is occasionally borne out by results, such as Curtis Granderson's second career home run against Jon Papelbon earlier this week. Granderson is now 3-for-10 in his career against the Red Sox closer, all three hits going for extra bases. Is that meaningful? If it is, it's a nice bonus for the Yankees, but we have no way of knowing for sure. We certainly can't present the information as if it's factual.
Now, just because something is a small sample doesn't mean we have to be stupid about dismissing it. I'll give you an example, also involving Granderson: in his career he's 4-for-9 with two home runs against Cha-Seung Baek. Yes, it's a small sample, but common sense tells us it's probably not a fluke. Baek is a fringe pitcher in the majors, he's at a platoon disadvantage against Granderson, and it's not unrealistic to think that the outfielder just doesn't have a problem hitting him.
What is frustrating is not the broadcasters; we don't expect much of the vast majority of them (the exceptions, you know who you are, and we love you). The real issue is managers making decisions on playing time and pinch-hitting based on impossibly small samples that just don't signify. In the absence of a larger sample, this is where scouting is actually more valuable than statistics. Garfield Brookens might be a left-handed hitter with a poor record of hitting left-handers, and Portly Van Deferens is a left-hander, but what if Portly's out-pitch is a slider and Brookens' scouting report says that he murders the slider? The manager might be better off forgetting about what he knows about the platoon advantages and his two-at-bat sample and just playing the guy.
Unfortunately, this is one area in which the statistics revolution begun by Bill James has been too successful. First they couldn't stand anything sabermetricians had to say, now they can't do without us. It's just another example of how a tool can be a weapon in the wrong hands. A scalpel can be an a pathway to a kind of art in the hands of a great surgeon, but all a butcher can do with it is stab you in the eye. As the old saying goes, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. The war between the forces of enlightenment and reaction goes on, but what we really need is a truce and a celebratory mating that produces a viable hybrid, the best of both worlds.
One More Baltimore Reminder
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore on Monday, April 12, along with the rest of the guys and Andy MacPhail and the ballgame and the hot dog. There's one question I desperately want to ask Mr. MacPhail, and it goes something like this: "How well did you know your grandpa?" I can't wait to hear the answer.


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Review: Small Town Boy – Paul Bell
Paul Bell's Small Town Boy is 36 minutes of pure, unadulterated pop/acoustic bliss.
Ferociously optimistic, the album brims with faith, hope and love.
Mid tempo opening track Bend sets the mood as Paul talks about a storm that causes branches to bend but not break.
"When our hearts grow dry and hard / I feel like we've been pushed too far / But weighed down by December snow will we buckle or will we grow?"
The Nottingham based songwriter has marketed himself as an "all round nice guy" and that's exactly the impression you get from listening to his music.
There are hints of biblical themes in lyrics such as "look to where your treasure lies", but they're also wrapped up in contemporary references to California and the A38.
As a talented guitar player, Paul's ability to match his interesting chord progressions with genuinely original lyrics is unparalleled in much of Christian music today.
'In our hands' is one of his most accomplished songs. The first 60 seconds are packed full with everything from a sensitive but brilliant guitar riff to insights about where true love can be found. It's a moving piece of songwriting that touches the head and heart simultaneously.
Track four is cleverly titled 'Four'. Here Paul's cheeky side makes an appearance. "I wish that I was four / I'd get to dress up more/ I'd spend more time outdoors" is the opening line and the track continues in the same vein. It would be cute when he snored, he'd get Calpol when he's ill and he'd have ketchup with everything.
It's quirky and cutesy. The kind of joke-song you might listen to once or twice in a live setting. It's a little strange to find that Paul has gone to such lengths with professional production (Dan & Matt Weeks have done a remarkable job) and instrumentation to record this little ditty and put it on the album. Although the track brings a smile it also clashes with the rest of the album which is more thoughtful in tone.
There's no doubt Small Town Boy is the best of Paul's four albums. Whether he's being silly or sensible, Paul always entertains his audiences. It's exciting to find real lyrical insight on any album. But to find buckets of it from an unlikely web geek is quire remarkable!
Songs such as 'River' and 'No love lost' will delight fans of James Taylor and Jack Johnson. These 9 tracks are well worth the mere £5 Paul is asking for. For more information visit PaulBellMusic.com


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4x4 off-road safari. Egypt. Sinai desert
This ad spot by Leo Burnett Argentina might go down in infamy as one of the most irrelevant automotive advertisements of all time.
The ad is for the new Fiat Palio supermini, but the storyline begins with the female telling her honey that she is planning to increase her bustline, followed by her man internally expressing his joy.
I'm all for gratuitous cleavage, but even I can't see how this ad is relevant to car sales! Take a look and tell us if you agree in the comments below.


text: We're a group of 10 arriving at the airport about midnight on December 10 and were planning to use one of the towncar companies. Any recommendations on which one in respect to a good passenger van, that time of the night and cost?? Also, can we still make a grocery stop at that time of the night and if so, does anyone know what store(s) are open then?? Any info would be great!!


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As an IT Manager how much do you know about your local User Groups? Do you know what takes place at meetings? Do you know the value that they provide? Do you know how UG's are run? Do you know any of the UG officers? Do you know if any of your employees are members of UG's? Do you encourage membership and possibly fund it if necessary? Do you know the importance of your direct or indirect support? If you said no to any of these questions then either you or your employees or both are missing out. UG's are an important component of a vital and healthy IT industry and Microsoft has recognized that. So by way of introduction (part 1 of a 2 part series about UG's) I would like to describe how VANTUG operates and is evolving. This is timely since this year VANTUG is celebrating its 10th anniversary, which is a creditable achievement for a UG.
When I took over as President 5 years ago I was quite new myself to the UG scene and wasn't sure what to expect. I had always been used to taking a business like approach to any undertaking, including volunteer positions. Was I in for a shock! It wasn't that the people on the VANTUG Board weren't serious about or committed to good intentions but organized they weren't!
Board Meetings were "fun" but not too productive. There wasn't really any plan or clear objectives. We could not continue that way, and survive and prosper. Circumstances inevitably change and it is better to be equipped for change than let it dictate your fate; and change it did! In VANTUG's case it is also appropriate to consider the relationship with Microsoft. When I joined VANTUG we only dealt with the local Vancouver office. As far as I could tell they had always been supportive by helping to fund events and come up with the ever popular SWAG.
To be successful I knew that we had to run VANTUG just like any small not for profit organization with the added challenge that everyone was a volunteer. This meant facing all of the same issues that any business faces. We could no longer just be a bunch of geeks eating pizza and drinking beer (BTW we still do some of that – the good old days haven't been lost of forgotten)! My first task was to look at the "staff" and their roles. Most of the people were very solid and I am pleased to say many are still on the Board today. However, a couple had to go. Unlike the normal business world, I couldn't just fire them. In one case the individual could see that things were changing and moved on. Unfortunately, in the other case the situation became rather ugly and in the end required the Board to take a vote. Now was the time to recruit some fresh blood and discuss roles.
To be successful the Board of any organization needs to be singular in purpose and yet diverse in opinion and character. The individuals, whilst likely being very different in personality, must "fit" within the "culture" of the group. At first, the apparent "laissez-faire" atmosphere of Board Meetings I found to be a quite frustrating. Eventually I realized that I was never going to get a "totally serious" atmosphere (the nature of the IT animal) and that I had to aim for a compromise whereby I had to adapt somewhat myself. That's pretty much where we are today. The importance of this is that the "culture" must be very seriously considered when contemplating replacing or adding a Board Member regardless of the "value" that they might bring. A poor choice will likely lead to future disruption and possibly unpleasantness.
Shortly after I took over as President, VANTUG went through its most challenging period for survival. It was around the time that the IT industry in Vancouver really hit bottom. Our membership numbers were going down steadily. Despite the fact that a UG is a good place to network for jobs, we couldn't attract members. I suspect that this was because most of the people at the meetings were out of work and those that had jobs were working like stink to keep them. We were at serious risk of not surviving, at least in our present form. Then serendipity took a hand. Policy changes within Microsoft regarding support of UG's helped to provide incentives for people to join UG's and those policy changes basically saved VANTUG! Microsoft was not aware of our situation; hence my reference to serendipity.
Microsoft support in various forms has gone from strength to strength over the past 3 years; extra funding, personnel with specific responsibility for dealing with UG's and the user community, excellent speakers for UG events, country wide con calls with UG leaders, funding INETA and Culminis, inviting input and genuinely listening to our needs and suggestions, etc. We have certainly benefited greatly and I hope that Microsoft feel that their support has been rewarded. That leads me neatly to discuss sponsorship. Obviously Microsoft is effectively acting as a sponsor but no ordinary sponsor. From my point of view I would like to think that we have developed a kind of "partnership". However, Microsoft alone cannot, and indeed should not be expected to, be the sole sponsor of UG's. UG's are independent organizations and must always look for ways to survive whatever the circumstances or Microsoft policies.
So let's take a look at how VANTUG is currently structured. The following are the board positions and their roles:
President – VANTUG's public representative; builds contacts and relationships; provides input on future direction; manages the Board; runs General Meetings; looks for ways for VANTUG to support the public, eg. provide free technical resources
Vice-President – stands in for the President where necessary; acts as Secretary at Board Meetings
Finance Director – manages our finances including billing
Program Director – works with the President in finding speakers and makes physical arrangements for events
Membership Director – maintains membership records and distributes monthly newsletter (currently done by the President)
PR & Communications Director – looks for ways to advertise events; produces the monthly newsletter
Events Director – helps to run events and recruit volunteers for events
Marketing Director – responsible for "selling" VANTUG to assist the President with looking for sponsorship opportunities
Webmaster – maintains and develops the VANTUG website
Special Interest Group (SIG) Director - assists SIG Coordinators with planning and running SIG's; liaison between Board and SIG Coordinators (currently done by Vice-President)
The Marketing Director is a new position. I already mentioned sponsorship. We are no different than any other business; we need adequate funds to survive and prosper and I feel that we now need a position dedicated to that task. Up to now the President has been doing this but the time demands upon the President have increased tremendously over the past 2 years. This is for good reasons; there are so many more things going on and I foresee that continuing, even expanding.
So what does it take to be a UG Leader? In the past UG's were typically started by people, who had particular strong technical interests and expertise, perhaps Microsoft MVP's. After all service to the community is a major component of that honorary title. However, these days I believe that some business experience and acumen is a more important component. That's not to say that technical experts or MVP's don't have that experience (many run their own consultancy business) but running a UG these days is running a business and technical expertise is useful but not a requirement.
For example, in my own case I spent most of my career in the Process Industries, admittedly often working with computers. My current technical focus and work is the desktop, which has some relevance to VANTUG. However, VANTUG covers a wide range of both MSDN and Technet activities and I wouldn't claim to be even close to being an expert in any of it. As President I need to have enough technical knowledge to communicate meaningfully with others and, of course, try to keep fairly up to date with what is happening, particularly in the Microsoft world. If I have been able to move VANTUG forward over the past 5 years it is because of my business and management experience.
Are we there yet (as the kids in the back of the car say)? No, not even close! I am fairly pleased with our progress but the instant you even think about being remotely satisfied then that is the beginning of the slippery slope. When you are "standing still" you are really going backwards. I knew we had made some progress when a member came to me and said our meetings had a more professional feel and now viewed VANTUG in a more favourable light.
However, there is always lots of room for improvement and there always will be!!! Quote, "those who cannot imagine 'perfection' will never come close to achieving it". I always viewed VANTUG as an 8 -10 year "project" for 2 reasons; firstly things can, at times, move very slowly in an all volunteer environment and secondly bringing about fundamental change always takes a long time (longer than we either hope or expect). There is at least another 3 years to go before I even dare think in terms of a fairly stable organization and some real measure of success.
I hope that this has given you some insight into the operation of VANTUG and the challenges of running a UG. I do not wish to suggest that VANTUG should be held up as the ultimate example of a UG. That would be wholly inappropriate. However, I would like to encourage you to find out about your local UG's and what they can do for your employees and therefore ultimately for you, and what you and your employees can do for them. Next time I will talk about some of our activities, which are not just confined to regular General Meetings.


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Tire Width Question for NWT
Hi all, currently using 20x1.35 Schwalbe Marathon Pluses on my NWT and noticed that BikeTiresDirect has a pretty sweet deal on Marathon Pluses but they only have 20x1.75s. Will these make any sort of difference in my riding?
Right now, short rides of 24-60 kms on pavement but looking to ramp up to 200+ again on same, unloaded. Loaded touring is possible in the future on a variety of paved roads.
There are 2* different so-called 20" wheel sizes and they are not interchangeable. One is ETRTO 451 and corresponds to 20" x 1-1/8 up to 20"x 1-3/8. Anything 20" x 1-1/2 or wider is actually a smaller wheel, ETRTO 406.
Sounds like you have 451 wheels on your NWT and the tires BTD has in stock are 406 size.
* Actually 3, but the ETRTO 419 size is one I've never seen in practice. For the gory details, see Sheldon Brown's excellent exposition of tire sizes at http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html
Thanks dorkypants for the reply. I went and checked on my tires and they are 35-406 and HS 348.
So, according to the Schwalbe site, the 35 refers to a width of 35 mm and a tire inner diameter of 406.
It should fit.
I believe Bike Friday claims that 20 x 1.75" fits on a NWT although it is pretty clear to me that bigger tires could fit ... judging from a set of Primo Comet 20 x 1.75" tires on my NWT at the moment.
Thanks invisiblehand, most comforting to know. Along with doing some more reading online and looking at the BF site itself, I went ahead and ordered a bunch of Pluses and a Durano. :)
A bunch of them! You must be planning on a lot of riding!
The main difference of using Marathon Pluses will be the feeling that you are towing a couple bricks on the end of a string behind your bike. Don't do it - especially if LD riding is in your plans. To ride 200kms+ a day you need an efficient bike and Pluses are anything, but efficient.
Get some Greenspeed Scorchers. I use them on my NWT & Tikit - they are fast, comfy and zero flats for me in 4 combined seasons [NWT + Tikit] of city riding.
Everyone who's tried my bikes has bought Scorchers and loved them.
Vik, yeah, you mentioned that in another thread. I would have tried out the Scorchers but BTD did not have them on sale so I got the Durano instead.
invisiblehand, as for buying a bunch of tires, I wanted to maximize the savings from the BTD sale so I got 3 Pluses and 1 Durano. I think that that should be good enough for a few years. With any luck, my next tours may be up to Malaysia or better yet Cambodia (I'm in Singapore for the next little while). There may also be a tour down in the US next year (highly, highly doubtful) or RAGBRAI in 2012.
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A California man has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to bring drugs into Alaska.
Federal prosecutors say 61-year-old Charles Ferris of Sacramento was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Anchorage.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack S. Schmidt says a joint investigation revealed that Ferris was involved in bringing oxycodone from Sacramento to Juneau. Prosecutors say on July 4, 2010, Ferris sent a drug courier to Juneau on a commercial airline and that person was carrying over 500 oxycodone pills.


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Duchess of Cambridge Attends EACH Campaign Launch
The Duchess of Cambridge was today present for the launch of East Anglia Children's Hospices campaign to raise funds for their new facility. Wearing a simple red shift dress by Katherine Hooker, the Duchess was greeted by a group of local school children upon her arrival to the Royal Norfolk Showgrounds around midday. Catherine spoke with volunteers, supporters and families who have benefited from the services EACH provides prior to … Continue readingPosted in British Royals | Tagged Children, Health, Patronage, The Duchess of Cambridge | Leave a comment
King of Thailand Has Gallbladder Removed
The King of Thailand has had successful gallbladder removal surgery and is in a stable post-operative condition, the Thai Royal Court confirmed today. "This morning his general health conditions have improved. His heart rate has lowered, his blood pressure is normal and his body temperature has lowered," the statement read, in reference to the reasons stated for his admittance to the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on Friday: fever and irregular blood … Continue readingPosted in Thai Royals | Tagged Health, Hospital, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, Surgery | 1 Comment
Princess Marie Attends Conference on ADHD
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Prince Albert Completes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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Prince Laurent Discharged From Hospital
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Camilla Opens New Hospice in East Sussex
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Prince Laurent Placed In Artificial Coma
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Prince Laurent Hospitalised in Brussels
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Queen Sofia of Spain Visits Guatemala
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UAE President Doing Well Says Crown Prince
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, reassured the people of the United Arab Emirates on the health of the President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monaday. Sheikh Khalifa suffered a stroke and underwent surgery just over a week ago. Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince said, "The President's state of health is stable and … Continue readingPosted in UAE Royals | Tagged Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Health, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 2 Comments
Jordan's King & Queen Visit King Hussein Cancer Centre
Accompanied by his wife, Queen Rania, King Abdullah II of Jordan spent part of his birthday, which was marked yesterday, visiting young patients at King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC), in Amman. The royal couple toured the centre's several divisions including the Intensive Care Unit where Their Majesties checked on the condition of the children being treated there. During the visit, King Abdullah II ordered that the best available health care … Continue readingPosted in Jordanian Royals | Tagged Abdullah II of Jordan, Cancer, Children, Health, Hospital, Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan | Leave a comment
UAE President Recovering After Suffering A Stroke
President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has suffered a stroke and underwent surgery on Friday, January 24. In a statement released on Saturday, January 25 by the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, it said "The Ministry announces that President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan suffered a stroke on Friday morning, 24th January. He immediately underwent a surgical operation. His health is now … Continue readingPosted in UAE Royals | Tagged Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Health, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Surgery | 3 Comments
Sheikha Mozah and Royals Inaugurate "WISH"
Qatar Foundation Chairperson Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missnad inaugurated the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH). The inauguration was held with a gala dinner with the attendance of Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco and the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. Sheikha Mozah spoke at the event by saying "Innovation is not only about finding better treatments, rather to produce methods to reduce the need for those treatments." She went, … Continue readingPosted in British Royals, Moroccan Royals, Qatar Royals | Tagged Health, Lalla Salma of Morocco, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Thani, The Duke of York | Leave a comment
King Juan Carlos I Leaves Hospital
Madrid – November 25th King Juan Carlos I of Spain was discharged from the Chiron Hospital Universitario Madrid on Monday November 25th. The Spanish Monarch was admitted to the hospital last week and underwent successful surgery on his left hip. Over the weekend, the King received visits from Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia and Infantas Leonor, Sofia, Elena and Cristina. Last week marked the 38th anniversary of the accession of … Continue readingPosted in Spanish Royals | Tagged Health, Hospital, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Surgery | 2 Comments
Princess Marie Takes Over New Patronages
Denmark's Princess Marie has added two new patronages to her portfolio, bringing her total to thirteen. The new patronages are in the fields of health and marine conservation, and previously had Prince Henrik, the Prince Consort, as their patron. They are the Danish Epilepsy Association and the Kattegat Centre. The Danish Epilepsy Association's primary focus is to assist the approximately 55,000 Danes who suffer from epilepsy. In a press release, … Continue readingPosted in Danish Royals | Tagged Environment, Health, Patronage, Prince Henrik the Prince Consort, Princess Marie of Denmark | 1 Comment
Official Visit to the Dutch Caribbean – Bonaire
On the fourth day of the Caribbean tour, Saturday November 16th, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visited Bonaire. The Royal Couple arrived at 10 am from St Maarten at the Flamingo International Airport, and were welcomed by the Governor of the Island, Lydia Emerencia. The King and the Queen started their visit in the Island attending in the Wilhelmina Square some socio-cultural events, sport demonstrations and an awareness campaign for … Continue readingPosted in Dutch Royals | Tagged Bonaire, Dutch Inauguration 2013, Health, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Sport | Leave a comment
Crown Prince Haakon In Zambia With UNDP
In his capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Crown Prince Haakon visited Zambia from October 28th-31th, 2013. During his visit, he put special focus on the UN Millennium Development Goals. His program of activities was centered around health, the environment, education and youth leadership. Together with the First Lady of Zambia, Dr. Christine Kaseba, he visited Chongwe District Hospital. Crown Prince Haakon said: "I am very … Continue readingPosted in Norwegian Royals | Tagged Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Health, Hospital, Humanitarian Efforts, United Nations, Working Visit, Zambia | Leave a comment
King Juan Carlos I 'Feeling Better'
October 14th, 2013 King Juan Carlos held his first public appearance yesterday at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid in almost two weeks after his recent hip surgery. The Spanish Monarch, accompanied by his son, Prince Felipe, held a meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo at the King's private office. Looking thinner than before his surgery, the King discussed details of the upcoming … Continue readingPosted in Spanish Royals | Tagged Audience, Felipe VI of Spain, Health, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Prime Minister Rajoy of Spain | Leave a comment
King Juan Carlos Leaves Hospital
October 1st, 2013 King Juan Carlos was discharged from the Chiron Hospital in Madrid on Tuesday. The 75 year old Spanish Monarch was cheered by a group of well wishers and gathered media as he left the Madrid hospital. The King will spend the next couple of weeks in recuperation at his Madrid residence, the Palacio de la Zarzuela, following the successfully operation on his left hip. Before leaving the … Continue readingPosted in Spanish Royals | Tagged Health, Hospital, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Surgery | 1 Comment