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Friday, August 20, 1999 Published at 17:09 GMT 18:09 UK
World: South Asia
Pakistan to probe rights abuses
Alleged human rights abuses have been met with violence
By Zaffar Abbas in Islamabad
Pakistan's Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has set up a high-level ministerial committee to look into the reports of human rights violations in the country.
The four-member committee, which includes the ministers for foreign affairs, law, information and religious affairs, has been asked to give its recommendations in the next cabinet meeting with the view to ensure that the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and women are fully protected.
The decision to appoint a high-level committee was taken after foreign secretary Shamshad Ahmed on Friday presented a report on the human rights situation before the cabinet.
Details of the report have not been released.
According to an official announcement Prime Minister Sharif said that all citizens of Pakistan, irrespective of their caste, creed, gender or religious beliefs were equal before the law and their fundamental rights would be fully promoted by his government.
Mr Sharif said the government has taken a number of steps to strengthen the rule of law in the country, provide quick and inexpensive justice to the people, to protect life and property of the people of Pakistan and eliminate violence from society.
In recent years local and international human rights groups have often criticised Pakistan for undermining the fundamental rights of the religious minorities and women.
Although the government repeatedly denies such charges, the latest move seems to be an attempt to seriously look into the question of rights of the minorities and other under-privileged sections of the society.

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BUFFALO, NY-- The Buffalo chapter of Say Yes to Education is warning parents and school officials about a company claiming to be partnered with Say Yes offering their assistance for a price.
Say Yes issued this statement in a letter:
It has been brought to the attention of Say Yes to Education Inc., the national nonprofit affiliate of Say Yes Buffalo, that several BPS students have asked their counselors in recent days about a company named College Admissions Assistance — and its purported connection to Say Yes.
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First of all, would you please read the following excerpts:
"Henry argued that Britain should warn Germany of reprisals for the next airship raid on London. 'The Hun,' he argued in the _Times_ in January 1916, 'is only formidable when he thinks that he can be frightful with impunity. "Blood and Iron" is his doctrine so long as it is his iron and someone else's blood.'"
I do not understand the second sentence, specifically its clause 'he thinks that he can be frightful with impunity'. Originally I thought 'frightful' to be 'Causing fright; terrifying'. The result of the induction was nonsense. Next, I considered it as 'Informal. Excessive; extreme: a frightful liar'. It made some sense to me though not full.
So now I try to rewrite that sentence like this:
"The Hun is only formidable when he thinks that he would not be punished till his intricities are full up."
Would you please comment on my Hun-like rewriting?
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my system (Win2k SP4) crashed when I tried to stop a USB drive with a BSOD. When I rebooted it was very slow to respond and Outlook (2002) hung a couple of times before working ok.Then an update box appeared with the ZA logo in the top left corner saying an update had completed but not saying what update. On ok-ing the box the "you must shut down and restart for updates to take effect" message appeared.I did not think ZA ran this sort of update without asking first!As yet I have not rebooted. I am running version 7.0.337.000
Anyone any ideas what is going on please?
Regards John
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text: Review of Rethinking "Gnosticism" at Amazon.com _Rethinking "Gnosticism"; An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category_ by Michael Allen Williams Our Price: $15.96 You Save: $3.99 (20%) "Religious Studies Review": "There can hardly be a category more misused in contemporary scholarly and not-so-scholarly discourse than `gnosticism,' so it was probably inevitable that a serious scholar would come along with an argument for the abandonment of the category altogether. In this provocative book Williams does just that." "Church History": "Rare is the book on gnosticism that is thoroughly grounded in the primary sources in the ancient languages, widely conversant with the secondary literature, controlled and sophisticated in its historical method--and still intelligible and interesting, not only for experts in its field, but also for religious historians and educated readers in general. Michael Williams's Rethinking `Gnosticism' is such a book. It is essential reading for scholars of ancient Christianity and for anyone who wishes to use the terms `gnostic' and `gnosticism,' but it can be read with profit by all historians concerned with issues of methodology in studying religious people of the past." Paul-Hubert Poirier, Universite Laval: "Michael Williams presents the first treatment of gnosticism in book form that endeavors, and succeeds, to get out of beaten tracks by questioning the very definition and description of this phenomenon. He conducts a detailed analysis of the cliches that have been in circulation for decades and shows convincingly how they have contributed to a distorted and biased approach to the sources. This book will be epoch-making for the field of gnostic studies and should attract a very large reading audience." Book Description: Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling. Yet the term "gnosticism," which often connotes a single rebellious movement against the prevailing religions of late antiquity, gives the false impression of a monolithic religious phenomenon. Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the widely invoked category of ancient "gnosticism" and the ways it has been described. Presenting such famous writings and movements as the Apocryphon of John and Valentinian Christianity, Williams uncovers the similarities and differences among some major traditions widely categorized as gnostic. He provides an eloquent, systematic argument for a more accurate way to discuss these interpretive approaches. The modern construct "gnosticism" is not justified by any ancient self-definition, and many of the most commonly cited religious features that supposedly define gnosticism phenomenologically turn out to be questionable. Exploring the sample sets of "gnostic" teachings, Williams refutes generalizations concerning asceticism and libertinism, attitudes toward the body and the created world, and alleged features of protest, parasitism, and elitism. He sketches a fresh model for understanding ancient innovations on more "mainstream" Judaism and Christianity, a model that is informed by modern research on dynamics in new religious movements and is freed from the false stereotypes from which the category "gnosticism" has been constructed. About the Author: Michael Allen Williams is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Washington, and is currently chair of the Department of Near East Languages and Civilization. He is also the author of The Immovable Race: A Gnostic Designation and the Theme of Stability in Late Antiquity and co-editor, with Collett Cox and Martin Jaffee, of Innovation in Religious Traditions: Essays in the Interpretation of Religious Change. _________________________________________________________________Click here to go one level up in the directory.


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by Ariadna Zierold
Riikka Hyvönen captures the mini galaxies on the butts of roller derby girls. She painted and sculpted the bums to capture momentary marks that are seen in a completely different light in the mainstream than inside the subculture of roller derby girls. The true badges of honor.


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Wanted to see what people thought about this idea, and to see if Wombat/Cheapy/Boatcrash would consider it.
With so many CAG's still buying older games at low prices (the main point of this site I believe) - why not include some older games in the weekly ads part of the CAGCast? Maybe right after the weekly ads (which usually include only NEW games at $10 off!) you could review some of the deals on older titles that might be popular on the site at the moment.
Like say if Gears of War 1 and Uncharted 1 suddenly dropped to $10, that's something alot of CAGS might like to hear about on the CAGCast. Obviously you wouldn't include every deal on the site, but maybe some deals on AAA older games that stand out.
I dunno...just a thought. I find myself spending FAR more money on slightly older titles at $10-$20 over Borderlands that just dropped to $50.
CAGCast suggestion...
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#1 I feel asleep.... CAGiversary! 324 Posts Joined 12.9 Years Ago
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text: Everthing about this tea just makes me think warm and soothing embrace. I really love this black tea from kumsmi. The caramel infused in the tea is the embracing feature and honestly, on a cold day when I like to walk outside or just do my homework, St. Petersburg is one of my go-to's. I don't like brewing a full pot of this tea, just the mug. But it is good for more than one steep ( abt. 2-3). So save the bag if you feel like having more later.


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The God of the Hive is the tenth Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mystery, and if you haven't read them stop whatever you're doing and go buy The Beekeeper's Apprentice (the first in the series) right now. This is the series I usually recommend when friends ask me for some interesting light reading, and I've converted quite a few people into fans.
The God of the Hive is the second part of the story that began in The Language of Bees, and ended in a cliffhanger. Personally, I prefer a single story to be contained within a single book in the mystery genre, although The Language of Bees and The God of the Hive do have two separate villains, so I'll let that point go. But they are not, strictly speaking, standalone novels. And this far along in the series, I guess they don't have to be.
I enjoy the Mary Russell books for several reasons: the edgy characters, the intelligent dialogue, the locations, the humor, and the fact that they're set in my absolutely favorite historical period, the "long weekend" between World War I and World War II. The pace is energetic, and given the age of some of the characters, they must be quite exhausted. King has succeeded in making me more interested in Sherlock Holmes than Arthur Conan Doyle ever did, which is saying something (probably something heretical from a Holmsian purist's viewpoint).
To review the plot would be to introduce spoilers (OK, I'm lazy, and book reviews that contain book synopses bore me), so let me just recommend the whole series to you and be done with it. It's elevated mystery writing in the tradition of Dorothy L. Sayers, and consistently enjoyable.


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You will have to get yourself to Lake Louise. From Calgary take the Trans Canada (1) west through Canmore, Banff, then Drive to Lake Louise along the #1. After driving by the Samson Mall area continue along the road up towards the Chateau. Park in the large parking lot with the hundreds of people.
Note you should get there early: while the parking lot is big it can fill up. Secondly you will avoid some of the crowd that forms in the first part of the route. The trail head is found along the lake to the right. When you reach the fork in the trail take the left which is signed to Lake Agnes.
Route Description
Follow the obvious trail that winds its way gently to Lake Agnes then continues up, to the right winding its way through the scree to the summit. Depending on the weather there can be a couple of slippery sections (for which you should use caution) but nothing in the way of great difficulty. This is an excellent day of hiking/scrambling.
Essential Gear
A good pair of hiking shoes. Always bring warm clothes and shell jacket as a backup should the weather turn bad. An ice axe as a precaution should there still be snow on the upper sections. This is a scramble on a regular trail (to the foot of the mountain) and then scree, slabs and possibly snow. But as always conditions of the route change according to the weather.
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The superb young cast from Fame - The Musical, who are performing at the Waterside Theatre all this week, took time out to meet legend Ronnie Barker on Monday.
FIve members of the cast posed around the statue of the iconic comedian outside the theatre during the afternoon.
The stage show is based on the Oscar winning musical film and hugely successful television series.
The show opened at the Waterside on Monday and runs until Saturday each evening, with additional matinee performances on Thursday and Saturday.


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Friday, February 29, 2008
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.
That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work.She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up.He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver."She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire.If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.The woman was silent for a moment.Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it"
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
My heart
My heart aches when I see pregnant tummys,
My heart aches when I see healthy babies,
My heart aches because I cant nurse my baby,
My heart aches when I remember the empty feeling in my tummy,
My heart aches because my arms were empty for three weeks,
My heart aches when I remember the lonely nights at his bedside,
My heart aches that there was no homecoming with the new baby,
My heart aches because everything has changed,
My heart rejoices because he is alive,
My heart calms because he is recovering,
My heart celebrates because he is growing so well,
My heart sings when I rock him to sleep,
My heart melts when he smiles at me,
My heart is comforted when I lay him in his own bed,
My heart is glad that we are at home,
My heart is healing because everything has changed.
-----Jessica Pruitt 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sweet sleep, and sweet potatoes
Here is Alex after sweet potatoes.
This morning the nutritionist was here and said that our sweet little man is still gaining too quickly, he is almost 20 pounds now, so we get to cut out another feeding, which means that we don't, or I should say Adam doesn't have to get up to feed in the middle of the night. We were hoping for this because so many times Alex will be sleeping peacefully, and we disturb him either by hooking up the feed, or reflux from the feed. Sometime he sleeps right through and doesn't even know he has been fed, but usually we disrupt his sweet sleep. So tonight will be the first night we get to sleep all night long. We know Alex will make it because there have been many times we sleep through the alarm to feed him, and Alex could care less.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Thinking of my sisters today.
By Maureen K. Higgins
Many of you I have never even met face to face, but I've searched you out every day. I've looked for you on the Internet, on playgrounds and in grocery stores. I've become an expert at identifying you. You are well-worn. You are stronger than you ever wanted to be. Your words ring experience, experience you culled with your very heart and soul. You are compassionate beyond the expectations of this world.
You are my "sisters." Yes, you and I, my friend, are sisters in a sorority. A very elite sorority. We are special. Just like any other sorority, we were chosen to be members. Some of us were invited to join immediately, some not for months or even years. Some of us even tried to refuse membership, but to no avail. We were initiated in neurologist's offices and NICU units, in obstetrician's offices, in emergency rooms, and during ultrasounds. We were initiated with somber telephone calls, consultations, evaluations, blood tests, x-rays, MRI films, and heart surgeries.
All of us have one thing in common. One day things were fine. We were pregnant, or we had just given birth, or we were nursing our newborn, or we were playing with our toddler. Yes, one minute everything was fine. Then, whether it happened in an instant, as it often does, or over the course of a few weeks or months, our entire lives changed. Something wasn't quite right. Then we found ourselves mothers of children with special needs.
We are united, we sisters, regardless of the diversity of our children's special needs. Some of our children undergo chemotherapy. Some need respirators and ventilators. Some are unable to talk, some are unable to walk. Some eat through feeding tubes. Some live in a different world. We do not discriminate against those mothers whose children's needs are not as "special" as our child's. We have mutual respect and empathy for all the women who walk in our shoes. We are knowledgeable. We have educated ourselves with whatever materials we could find. We know "the" specialists in the field. We know "the" neurologists, "the" hospitals, "the" wonder drugs, "the" treatments. We know "the" tests that need to be done, we know "the" degenerative and progressive diseases and we hold our breath while our children are tested for them. Without formal education, we could become board certified in neurology, endocrinology, and psychiatry.
We have taken on our insurance companies and school boards to get what our children need to survive, and to flourish. We have prevailed upon the State to include augmentative communication devices in special education classes and mainstream schools for our children with cerebral palsy. We have labored to prove to insurance companies the medical necessity of gait trainers and other adaptive equipment for our children with spinal cord defects. We have sued municipalities to have our children properly classified so they could receive education and evaluation commensurate with heir diagnosis. We have learned to deal with the rest of the world, even if that means walking away from it. We have tolerated scorn in supermarkets during "tantrums" and gritted our teeth while discipline was advocated by the person behind us on line. We have tolerated inane suggestions and home remedies from well-meaning strangers. We have tolerated mothers of children without special needs complaining about chicken pox and ear infections. We have learned that many of our closest friends can't understand what it's like to be in our sorority, and don't even want to try.
We have our own personal copies of Emily Perl Kingsley's "A Trip To Holland" and Erma Bombeck's "The Special Mother." We keep them by our bedside and read and reread them during our toughest hours. We have coped with holidays. We have found ways to get our physically handicapped children to the neighbors' front doors on Halloween, and we have found ways to help our deaf children form the words, "trick or treat." We have accepted that our children with sensory dysfunction will never wear velvet or lace on Christmas. We have painted a canvas of lights and a blazing Yule log with our words for our blind children. We have pureed turkey on Thanksgiving. We have bought white chocolate bunnies for Easter. And all the while, we have tried to create a festive atmosphere for the rest of our family.
We've gotten up every morning since our journey began wondering how we'd make it through another day, and gone to bed every evening not sure how we did it. We've mourned the fact that we never got to relax and sip red wine in Italy. We've mourned the fact that our trip to Holland has required much more baggage than we ever imagined when we first visited the travel agent. And we've mourned because we left for the airport without most of the things we needed forthe trip.
But we, sisters, we keep the faith always. We never stop believing. Our love for our special children and our belief in all that they will achieve in life knows no bounds. We dream of them scoring touchdowns and extra points and home runs. We visualize them running sprints and marathons. We dream of them planting vegetable seeds, riding horses, and chopping down trees. We hear their angelic voices singing Christmas carols. We see their palettes smeared with watercolors, and their fingers flying over ivory keys in a concert hall. We are amazed at the grace of their pirouettes. We never, never stop believing in all they will accomplish as they pass through this world. But in the meantime, my sisters, the most important thing we do, is hold tight to their little hands as together, we special mothers and our special children, reach for the stars.
Monday, February 25, 2008
sweet greetings
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Alexander Jon's birth story
Around 22 weeks a routine ultrasound found that there was a cyst on the umbilical cord. This news did not bother me too much, but I decided to go home and Google cysts on cords anyway. (bad idea) The information I read said that most of the time a cyst on the cord is related to some chromosomal abnormality, I was in tears, and full of fear. This is not what I wanted, I could not do this.Because the doctors wanted to monitor the blood flow to Alex, I had routine ultrasounds once a week , and in the last weeks, I had 3D ultrasounds twice a week. I also decided to have an amniocentesis just because I am a need to know kind of girl. Everything was normal! I was filled with joy, and couldn't wait to meet my baby boy. Why didnt they tell me this painful test doesnt detect every problem???? Deep down I knew that there was a problem, but I ignored that since the doctors told me that everything was fine.
On September 7, 2007 a scheduled c-section was to take place, this was my first c-section "the doctors didn't want the cyst which was the size of a baseball to pass the natural way, "in case of rupture" at 12:31 Alex was born, although it felt more like he was ripped from my body. He made one little squeak, then he was grunting, and he was fighting to breath. They immediately took him upstairs, I barely saw him, and had no chance to hold by precious baby boy.Once I had recovered from the c-section I went upstairs to see my son, he was crying, naked, and kept hitting his face on the oxygen hood. They said I couldn't hold him, his O2 was dropping fast, and he was soon on a vent. Not long after they put him on Nitric Oxide, and he was on an oscillator. this is a machine that while intibated makes his body shake. The doctor decided he should be flown to St.Louis because there was a good chance he would need to be on a heart lung bypass machine if he were to make it. He was truly fighting to live.
When the transport team wheeled Alex away from me, for the first time I felt the greatest sadness I have ever known, my heart was broken, and empty. I wept for my older boys who couldn't see their brother, I wept for my baby who had been taken from his warm safe home, now he couldn't find me, he was fighting to live. So as he flew to St.Louis, and the trasport team had him bagged and was breathing for him, I went home. Coming home that first time, and not having Alex in my arms as I walked through the door was one of the hardest parts of all this, tears would come down my face just passing his room, we had it ready for him everything was up and waiting. I had to close his door, and not look at his bed, and swing, the chair that I should be rocking him in just sitting there empty.
In St.Louis the doctors were very concerned for Alex, he had pulmonary hypertension, his heart rate was in the 190's, and his sats were in the 80's. His lungs wee filled with fluid. At 5:00am, 9:00 am, 1:00, and 9:00pm they would poke his heel to get a blood gas, which tests a lot of things, but the big number was his Co2, his was high, usually above 60, and into the 70's. Every few hours they would come in and x-ray him, that scared me because they would ask if I wanted to leave the room to avoid exposure, and he had to lay right under this big machine his little newborn body and be exposed. On the second day in St.Louis the power went off in the NICU, which also meant the oscillator stopped, the amchine that was keeping my son alive stopped. I panicked, screamed, cried. The nurse was right there, bagged him, and breathed for him, but there is something more scary seeing a human breath for your child than a machine.
Alex was on the oscillator for five days, then an angel walked into our lives. Dr.Sadiq who just happens to specialize in newborns with pulmonary hypertension, took Alex off the oscillator and put him on the vent, it was a success! Dr. Sadiq came in and checked on Alex every morning around 7:00. He didn't have to, he wasn't Alex's doctor. I will forever be grateful to Dr. Sadiq for watching out for my Alex. Alex continued to struggle to breath on his own and it was another 3 weeks before he could come off the vent, they tried 3 times to take him off, each time I had to watch him fight for every breath, I could see all his ribs as he would pull hard trying to get enough oxygen into his lungs, and each time I had to watch them insert the breathing tube back into his airway.
This was such a hard time for me, back home Noah was having his first days of kindergarten, and Joel his very first days of preschool. My whole life had been turned upside down. I needed to be there, and I needed to be with Alex.
Alex also had a malrotation that could have resulted in a twist or blockage of his intestines which could have resulted in him losing some or all of his intestine, that was corrected on September 28, It was a major surgery, and once again Dr. Sadiq made this surgery happen before the surgeon left the hospital for another job. We would have had to move to another hospital if Dr. Sadiq had not pushed for the surgery. At Cardinal Glennon they opened up a new NICU unit the day after Alex arrived, Alex had his own private room, and I could stay in it with a bed to sleep on 24/7, we would have lost all this if we would have had to go to another hospital.
After the surgery Alex came off the vent, and stayed off. We were in the hospital for another 3 weeks. A geneticist came to our room, looked Alex all over, very professionally, and with respect told me all the things that were physically wrong with Alex (it was like a bully on the playground) "his ears are malformed, his nose is beaked, his thumbs are angulated, he is hairy, his eyes are too far apart.He was very nice but, its hard to sit there while someone tells you what he says isn't "right" about your beautiful baby. I didnt see it, he looked perfect to me. Now I can look at people and see little imperfections that if they had enough of they would be classified as having a syndrome, the fact is none of us are perfect. He left the room, did some research, and came back with a Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome diagnosis. I ignored him, first of all the first time you hear that, it sounds like some foreign language, I waited for him to leave, and told myself he was fine, afterall he had three genetic tests that all came back normal. It took me months to come to terms with what that doctor had said, I did some research, and even met a wonderful mom and her son with the same syndrome, that is when I knew we would be ok, meeting her is what turned all this around for me.
I have been wrestling with God ever since, but I'm starting to understand everything. God put us in St.Louis so we could have all those wonderful doctors, so I could be with Alex at all times, so he could have the very best care. So I could meet Myssie, and see that our little sweeties are ok, they are not a syndrome, they are real boys and girls. He brought the best therapists to us, Cheri you are a friend, you are in fact family! I have met strangers on line that have gone through much greater things, and have a faith, a strength that I hope to have one day Kenzie, I havent know you long, but I think we share something in all this, I know it wasn't an accident that I stumbled upon your page.
God didn't leave me, there were nights in the NICU, I was alone, my baby was dying, and I couldn't find God. BUT, He never left, He was putting everything into place, and he sat right there by me on the couch when no one else was around. He stood by Alex when I had to go home.
I cant say that I want this, no one wants this for their child, but I know I can do this. I know Alex is going to be fine, and he is going to teach everyone he meets whatever it is that they need to learn about life. Alex will be a life changer for everyone who meets him, and loves him.
Friday, February 22, 2008
One less surgery
Thanks God:)
Pray for the Bolte's today Howard, Kristy, Luke, and Ben, and their sweet baby happy. Have mercy on them today God.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Looth Tooth
his nerf gun on Monday. That was unsuccessful, but tonight Daddy
pulled it out. Noah is proud that it is his fifth tooth, and right in
front center. He is getting so big:(
Home sweet home
They got the iv started in one try, thanks God for getting the transport nurse to do it!
Adam and I had our valentines date in the Cardinal Glennon cafe, that is where we spend time together these days!
Alex was pretty grumpy for about an hour after everything was over, but we were able to leave about 3o minutes after he woke up, and he slept most of the way home.
He is a little gaggy for some reason so Im afraid to feed him too much. I think he just wants to lay in his own bed and recover, I think he has a bit of a hang over.
Today went really good, I am so greatful to be home, and have one less appointment on my dry erase board.
Thank you to everyone for praying for us today, to freinds and family, and to all of you out there that we havent met, but are watching our sweet Alex progress:)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I will let you know how it goes.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
On the otherside.
If I were on the otherside of this blog I would worry about my weight, and what people thought of me.
On the otherside I would complain about not having time for me, complain about my house, and being stuck in it all day, complain about what I didnt have.
If I were on the other side of this blog I would say " she sure has been through a lot", and quietly be glad it wasnt happening to me. But.............
If I were on the otherside of this blog, I wouldnt know sacrifice, I wouldnt know unconditional love, and what it really means to give yourself.
I wouldnt remember to appreciate the little things, appreciate my kids being loud, thank God they can talk.
Appriciate them running through the house and into things, thank God they can run.
Appreciate whining, Thank God they can express themselves.
Appreciate the mess they make when they eat, thank God they can put food in their mouths.
On the otherside of this blog my older boys wouldnt get to see and experience unconditonal love at its best.
On the otherside of this blog, I was selfish and shallow, on the other side of this blog I wouldnt have grown, I wouldnt know what I know now.
I wouldnt have Alex, on this side I have a gift.
I am proud to be on this side, I dont need to be reminded anymore about what is really important, I am thankful to be on this side of the blog.-Jessica Pruitt 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Muscle man
Alex does quite well holding himself up on his tummy on the therapy ball. When he is flat on the floor he just lays there and screams, but on his ball he is a happy camper, and does a very good job! Sorry you can't see the ball in the picture.
He has gotten so much stronger in just a week, I am excited to see what is coming.
Make the rough places smooth
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A new place to play
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Alex has been tasting food for five days now, and is really doing well with it. He seems to be swallowing it well, and loves to suck on his hands after I remove the spoon. Right now we are on apples, he likes them just as much as the bananas, I think we will have a big eater sooner than we realize!
Friday, February 15, 2008
"As a child of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty should not be to ask that they be prevented, but to ask that God protect me so that I may remain what He created me to be, in spite of all my fires of sorrow. Our Lord received Himself, accepting His position and realizing His purpose, in the midst of the fire of sorrow. He was saved not from the hour, but out of the hour. We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but there is sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there in no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them. Sorrow removes a great deal of a person's shallowness, but it does not always make that person better. Suffering either gives me to myself or it destroys me. You cannot find or receive yourself through success, because you lose your head over pride. And you cannot receive yourself through the monotony of your daily life, because you give in to complaining. The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow. Why it should be that way is immaterial. The fact is that it is true in the Scriptures and in human experience. You can always recognize who has been through the fires of sorrow and received himself, and you can always go to him in a time of trouble and he has plenty of time for you. But if a person has not been through the fires of sorrow, he may turn you away. If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for other people...."
I hope to someday be nourishment for someone else.
Thanks Cheri you are one of those people for me.
Feeling better
Here are some pictures of Alex watching baby Einstein, our PT said that Alex needs to strengthen his neck by looking up and to the left, and the best way I can get him to do that is by watching tv sideways. He loves watching Baby Einstein movies, so did big brother Noah, but Joel was too busy, and didnt have time to sit and watch too long.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
A few weeks before we were discharged Alex got a urinary tract infection, and they were considering putting another picc line to give him his medicine, I stood there and wept in front of the doctor because I knew what this meant. I was so upset that the nurse called my husband and told him to come be with me. They decided to try an antibiotic that they could give him by injection instead.I have seen to much, and know just enough to send me into a panic. The night went well, and no fever at 4:00 am, we will see how the day goes.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Tuckered out!
our session with Cheri went so well today, probably our best yet. He laughed with cheri, the most I have ever heard him laugh. He also is tolerating things near and in his mouth really well. this is a big change for him. After his pnemonia and all the suctioning they did he began to hate things near his mouth.
I am so proud of him, and ready for this new step.
Quick trip
Im not sure we should have cancelled the MRI, now we may not get in until April. The ice started falling just as we were leaving St.Louis. Someone tell me the roads were terrible, so it makes sense to have cancelled yesterday. Myssie?????
We are hoping for a February appointment for the MRI, we will know on Thursday when it will be.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Change in plans
Sunday, February 10, 2008
We should be enjoying our new family, but instead we are overwhelmed and tired. I should take my kids to school, and be there to pick them up. Alex should be getting ready to crawl and sit up, I should be nursing him. I should know more about what my kids are doing in school. All I have wanted to do is be a mom, I feel so out of touch with my older boys, I miss them.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Ready to buy bananas
It seems like every few weeks someone has some germ in our house.
I am anxious to get Alex out, and show him the world. Take him to the park, for a walk. So far all he know is his house and a selection of doctor offices and hospitals. Its sad when you are excited to stand in the produce section just for the expereince. Neither one of us has been to the grocery store since he was born. I am ready to buy some bananas!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Lillies of the valley and tomorrow
On my drives to and from the NICU I would play music, sing along, it helped my heart.
After Alex was in the hospital with pnemonia over Thanksgiving things changed for me, I questioned God, and everyone around me. That was a harder hospital stay than the 6 weeks in the NICU. I was able to praise Him in the storm in St.Louis. I would force myself to praise Him when Alex's O2 wouldnt stay up, when he struggled for breath and you could see every rib on his side. When I watched the doctor stick the breathing tube into his airway. When they x-rayed his little body every three hours. When they pricked his heel at 1:00, 5:00, and 9:00 around the clock for a blood gas. When the geneticist told me he had a syndrome. When he struggled to learn how to suck. When he couldnt have milk in his tummy for three weeks. When I couldnt touch or hold him for two weeks. I made myself praise Him.
After we came home things were going good, and my older boys were happy to have me back, then one month to the day that we came home from St.Louis we were admitted to St.Johns with pnemonia, I was devistated, I felt abandoned by everyone especially God. I have been angry. I have even allowed myself to become numb, it feels better than the anger.
Like the song that is playing says "This hand is bitterness we want to taste it and let the hatred numb our sorrow" but then it says "the wise hand opens slowly to lillies of the valley and tomorrow." I am hopefull that tomorrow comes soon for me. While I wait, I see that I am slowly enjoying the todays, and my music helps.
5 Months Old Today!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
On December 19 we had a big day in St.Louis, full of doctor appointments. As we were talking with our orthopedic doctor I jokingly asked if he knew anyone else that had a child with RTS, "jokingly because it is so rare", and he answered yes. I was so excited that someone else was near I again jokingly asked if he could casually drop their name and number on the floor on his way out. Of course he could not, and left after the appointment was over, about thirty minutes later he came back in and said there is someone here I would like you to meet. It was Will and his mom, who just happened to be at the same clinic on the same day. I want you all to understand the chances of that happening with RTS is very slim.
Walking into that room and meeting Will and his mom was so important for me, first of all having someone else that knew everything that I was feeling, and to see how well he was doing, and she was doing. He was into everything in the doctors office, a mom with a typical child might have been irritated with a child being into everything and being so busy, but this was important for me to see, he was being a little boy, curious, and ready to discover! We are so honored to know this family, Will is doing so good, and is such an encouragement to me, I cant wait for Will and Alex to meet, and play together. So take a peek at Will's site, and the other beautiful sweeties on their blogs so you can see how wonderful all these children are.
They may not be typical, or meet up to the worlds standard of normal, but they are beautiful, they are pure, and the joy they bring into the worlds of everyone who meets them, is something we could all take a lesson from!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Sleepy head.
Monday, February 4, 2008
After all the doctors instructed us to not take him anywhere, to get flu shots, and to wash our hands before touching him, basically we brought the NICU rules home with us.
We have slightly relaxed and Noah must be able to tell because he wants to play with his baby brother.
When Alex smiles Noah laughs, his smile is contageous, and he has been smiling since he was inside me:)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
I think I can I think I can.......
Come on little man you can do it!!!!
Alex is getting his first tooth!
Uncomplicated explanation
Your chance of having a second child with RTS is quite low and represents the chance that multiple egg cells or multiple sperm cells harbor the gene change (VERY unlikely). Your other children ARE NOT at increased risk to have children with RTS. RTS is fully penetrant which means if you have the gene mutation, you show manifestations of the disorder (eg. there are no "silent carriers" of RTS).
- nothing you or your childs father did or ate or were exposed to, none of the drugs you did in college, caused this to happen.
When DNA is replicated, millions of base pairs are copied and sometimes mistakes are made.
The cell has an editing system that picks up the vast majority of these mistakes but sometimes things are missed. There is no blame to lay, this was an out of the blue thing that happened and there was nothing you did to cause it and nothing you could have done to prevent it.
The chances of anyone having a child with RTS are about one in every 200,000. Anyone could have a child with RTS.


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By David Kligman
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E's head of electric operations joined Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today (March 28) to highlight the need for more affordable childcare like the utility's landmark daycare center available for children of its working parents.
Geisha Williams, executive vice president of electric operations for PG&E, was among a panel of eight speakers at an event that included daycare operators, parents and childcare resource groups.
Pelosi said when people ask her the three most important issues facing Congress she responds, "Our children, our children, our children." She said it's also an economic investment.
"Nothing brings more money to the economy than the education of children — from the earliest childhood education to lifetime learning and everything in between," Pelosi said.
When it came time for Williams to speak, she described PG&E's successful year-round, full-time childcare program for employees who work at the utility's downtown San Francisco headquarters.
First of its kind in Financial District
PG&E has operated the center through Bright Horizons for more than 20 years. The center, the first of its kind in San Francisco's Financial District, is available for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old. Shareholders pay half the cost of the childcare while employees whose children attend the center pay the other half.
Williams said it was an honor to be asked to showcase PG&E's daycare center as something that other companies throughout the country could adapt.
She said the center provides peace of mind for employees, including those represented by a union, knowing their children are safe and being nurtured while they can focus on their jobs providing safe, reliable and affordable gas and electric service to customers.
"We all know that every mother is a working mother," Williams told the gathering. "But those of us who have a job away from home have the added challenge of trying to balance their family life with their career. And simply put, when it comes to career and family, this is not an either-or proposition."
Williams recently visited the center and was happy to see that PG&E's daycare center allows parents to visit their children during breaks, which drew applause.
"Oh boy," Pelosi said. "I like that!"
Powerful recruiting tool
The center also is a powerful tool for the company to attract and retain employees. PG&E's goal is to increase its female workforce, which at 28 percent is higher than the average of other gas and electric utilities.
PG&E's daycare center is something of a rarity, said Patty Siegel, founding director of the Children's Council of San Francisco.
"PG&E is proudly singular," Siegel told Currents following the event at a childcare center for low-income families in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. "Companies often say they want to do something like that but generally it just doesn't happen."
Williams said it was a bold decision for PG&E leaders to approve the opening of the childcare center in 1992. Now it stands as a model for what other companies could offer.
"Our leadership team knew then what it knows now," she said. "And that is that it's the absolute right thing to do. Our success depends on our employees, and our employees need access to top-flight childcare so they can have the peace of mind to enable them to do their jobs and go about the business of serving our customers day in and day out."
Joining Williams at the event was Vanita Chhabra, PG&E's director of business and workforce strategy for electric operations. Chhabra's 4-year-old daughter Gia has attended the utility's childcare center since she was 3 months old. Chhabra said having her daughter close by has allowed her to take part in events like a Halloween parade through the PG&E offices and even a stone soup lunch for parents.
When asked what the center is like, Chhabra's answer was one word: "Amazing."
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I love to travel! and I love to help my fellow travellers seeing as accommodation can sometimes be hard to find or expensive when you have a limited amount (I speak from experience). I love coffee, music, culture, meeting new people, anime/manga, etc!
I love cooking! I'm always learning more about cooking and its one of my favourite things to do for other people.
I grew up on a small sheep farm with five dogs, ducks, chickens, cats, and never forget the garden! I have a lot of knowledge concerning animals and at the moment I own a dog (German Pinscher) and; together with my older sister and her Australian Shepherd; go to dog shows.
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I didn't hear about couch surfing until I was already travelling in Europe and someone suggested it to me when I was having a hard time finding a hostel. I have a few friends abroad who want to visit Canada and I always said I have an extra bed for them, and when I heard about couch surfing I immediately fell in love with the idea! My home is always open (when I'm home!) to travellers who need a couch and some hospitality while adventuring through Canada!
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Музыка, кино и книги
My favourite author is Stephen King~ I love movies! Movies you can share and watch with other people. I enjoy all of Kevin Spacey's and the Studio Ghibli movies, but honestly, there's so many good ones out there these days its hard to choose a favourite!
Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)
I have the most amazing group of friends and family. They have supported me through everything! I went to Japan three years ago for one month! I also travelled from Barcelona, all through France, and into England during the summer of 2010.
There are millions of amazing things I have seen/done~
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I love cooking! I'm always looking to learn more about it and I've been told I'm a good teacher.
I'm open to learning about other cultures and languages and in return teaching about Canadian culture and the English language. I've also been studying Japanese so I'd be more than happy to learn/teach more about it!
I know a lot about animals and running a farm (organic or not). I'd love to learn more about cooking and music! I've tried several times to learn guitar but had to give it up because of a lack of time.
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Those clear-glass florist vases, sent with flowers in celebration, support and sympathy, can pile up in the pantry. Turns out, they can be reused in fresh ways to replace a ho-hum presentation with some style.
The trade organization for Holland's bulb and nursery-stock trade, iBulb, has come up with some cheap tricks to turn affordable cut blossoms from the flower stall or grocery store into something showy.
One idea is as easy as adding food coloring to the water. Choose a hue that matches the flowers or select a startling contrast. Apply the coloring drip by drip until you achieve the desired shade.
For shorter stems, such as hyacinths, or small-scale arrangements, fill a chunky vase two-thirds with seashells, colored glass chips or small, polished stones. Cut the stems to 3 inches, gently bundle them together with florist's tape, and wiggle the stems into the center of the shells. Drop more shells around the stems until hidden, then fill with water.
The most complicated styling idea from iBulb is still very easy, as long as you have vases in the correct dimensions.
You need two cylindrical vases that are the same height, but one needs to be thinner than the other. The smaller vase should fit inside the wider one with a gap between them of at least 1 inch all the way around. Fill the smaller vase two-thirds with water. Funnel jelly beans or round candies like sour cherry balls into the gap between the two vases to the top of the inner vase. Strip leaves that will be below water level and arrange flowers in the smaller vase. Add water as needed.


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$5 will get adults in the door, $2 for kids, 6 and under are free! The event starts at 5pm on July 29th at The Don Harrington Discovery Center. There will be food trucks, vendors, games, and a special movie screening in the park. Bring blankets and chairs, please no outside food or drinks.


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Every once in a while I post a screen shot of my iPhone or iPad homescreens. I like being able to look back and see how my usage of certain apps has changed, but mostly I like to see what other people are doing with their devices, so please, share your homescreens!
Some notables:
I've only just recently become obsessed with Carcassonne. @rkischuk is to blame.
I've also been using Notes Plus as a nice drawing/note-taking app when I want to visually capture something. It's what I used to create this diagram of my notes from a Seth Godin talk I attended.
OmniFocus now partners with my Calendar to effectively run my life.
Reeder is my app of choice for reading my Google Reader feeds. @interpolate is to blame.
I use GV Connect to read and send SMS from my Google Voice account.
I don't think there are any other surprises here. Perhaps MindMeister has made the homescreen where it was probably on page 2 before. I've been using it more to organize thoughts for some presentations and collaborate with fellow Engaugers on things.
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MONTREAL, July 5 ? As the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal was removed from vaccines, and as fewer children received the mumps-measles-rubella vaccine, the rates of autism and related disorders rose among Canadian school children.
In a study of nearly 28,000 children born between 1987 and 1998, the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders was greater in those children vaccinated after the mercury-containing compound thimerosal was completely eliminated from vaccines in Canada, reported Eric Fombonne, M.D., of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues.
Similarly, there was in increase in pervasive developmental disorders prevalence even as MMR vaccination rates declined, and the rate of increase remained constant even after a second dose of the vaccine was added to the recommended schedule, the investigators reported in the July issue of Pediatrics.
"In the past, concern about a potential link between MMR vaccinations and autism led some parents to take the drastic step of refusing to inoculate their children against dangerous childhood diseases like measles," Dr. Fombonne said. "This action resulted in resurgence of the measles, which caused the deaths of several young children in Europe. We hope this study will finally put to rest the pervasive belief linking vaccines with developmental diseases like autism."
In 2004, the Institute of Medicine committee on vaccine safety concluded that "the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between 1) thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism, and 2) MMR vaccine and autism."
Other studies have failed to find evidence of either a thimerosal- pervasive developmental disorders or MMR vaccine- pervasive developmental disorders link. For example, when thimerosal was removed from vaccines in Sweden and Denmark, there was no corresponding change in rates of autism reported in those countries.


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Photographer's Note
This is another one from my collection of Graffiti photo's.
I love this for it's colours, mood and artistic flair.
All over Brick lane in London you can see these works of art, some stay for long times other get painted over very quickly with another Artists works.
ourania, timecapturer, ChrisJ, ikeharel, kabel, Subhogen, jcpix, Cricri, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful
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rbassin (25271) 2014-03-22 2:03
hello Lain
une très belle photo montrant un vrai travail artistique;
les couleurs sont très belles.Bien vu!
Bon W-E
ourania (51103) 2014-03-22 2:31
Hello Iain,
I like very much your approach to the fine graffiti art, you framed this intriguing portrait very aptly and enhanced its elegance and atmosphere. You managed light and contrast in an excellent way, colours and textures have a wonderful softness and are very appealing. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great weekend,
r_bodenschatz (173) 2014-03-22 2:31
Hello Iain,
I simply like photos of artworks.
Another Roland (rb)
snunney (113649) 2014-03-22 2:32
Hello Iain,
I am not a normally a lover of graffiti but this is really very artistic and you have captured it perfectly. Nicely cropped and with superb colours and clarity. The weather has taken a turn for the worse here, cold, grey and damp. Hope you are faring better, have a great weekend.
timecapturer (49288) 2014-03-22 3:44
Hi Iain
I love this! It would make an amazing CD cover. Your crop is perfect and I have to say this is the most exquisite piece of street art I have seen. Stunning shot full of impact. Superb!
Enjoy the weekend - B.
SnapRJW (31629) 2014-03-22 4:04
Hello Iain - What a romantic and peaceful piece of graffiti. TFS this colourful and well managed shot. I cannot get to Brick Lane but I can see some of the street art through your lens!
Have a good weekend
umutlu101 (13629) 2014-03-22 4:46
belle cadrage
il faut juste donner un peu de vivacité
Nina (5057) 2014-03-22 7:14
Very good Iain! When I first saw it I thought it was a sculpture. Reminds me to go and visit soon and take some pictures in Brick Lane myself, it is a treasure trove of photo ops.
holmertz (64560) 2014-03-22 7:55
Hello Iain,
This is a kind of graffiti I like. There is an obvious talent behind this painting and it's a well handled and nicely cropped photo. The only thing I could have wished for was something to give me an idea of the dimensions. There are persistent rumours and hints that Banksy will "create" something in Stockholm tomorrow. I won't be able to keep an eye on him but I'm really eager to find out if anything happened - and what the police may have done to stop him.
Kind regards,
ChrisJ (126687) 2014-03-22 8:00
Hello Iain,
Nice warm cold color contrasts between the red and blue streaks in this superb graffiti artwork. I am missing a bit of sharpness. Effective tight framing and the diagonal axis of the woman's head and neck add dynamism. Tfs!
kabel (1930) 2014-03-22 8:44
Hello, you have created a living record of this mural just in case it gets painted over. Lovely and evocative. Good image,
ikeharel (85000) 2014-03-22 10:20
A fabulous street-art job, well collected, Iain.
Looking at details and colors - after few long seconds, one can ap[preciate the beauty shown here.
Best regards and nice weekend,
lousat (103153) 2014-03-22 16:29
Hi Iain,the details are not the best,but what you show us today is truly beautiful,great idea for a very original and colorful pic made by this magic graffiti,i like it!Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano
Subhogen (4067) 2014-03-22 18:36
Hello Iain,
This is a fabulous piece of modern art. I am not a big fan of disfiguring the walls but this is different , there is real talent behind this. Well seen and taken, this colourful lady. I like the tight framing/crop to keep the focus on the face of the lady and leave other things out. Congratulation to you and the artist. Thanks for sharing.
pajaran (71623) 2014-03-22 23:46
Dobro jutro.
Lep pogled na grafit ....
Dobar snimak ostrina i kontrast, lepo pokazan grafit, lepe boje.
Mladi prave grafite i ostavljaju svoju poruku gledaocima.
Imajte lep dan za odmor, sve najbolje.
Good morning.
Nice view of the graphite ....
Good video sharpness and contrast nicely demonstrated graphite, beautiful colors.
Young real graffiti and leave your message to viewers.
Have a nice day to relax, all the best.
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-03-22 23:57
Hi Iain,
Great colors and sharpness.Very well done.TFS.
jcpix (14024) 2014-03-23 10:21
Hi Iain,
A great idea to fill the frame with this public artwork, making an even bolder presence. Obviously quite colorful, and there's a good sense of emotion conveyed through this imagery. I also like the fact there's a hint of textures, giving that urban appeal to the dashes of intermingling paint on the surface. Art in both forms, nicely done! Take care. All the best.
Best wishes,
chrislo (4097) 2014-03-23 15:48
Hello Ian,
A very attractive photo of this colourful graffiti. You often seem to spot some great images with interesting colours, and you have captured this example perfectly. The artist is a very talented person, and by framing it, you've also added your artistry. The colour, the emotion in her face, the feeling, what an awesome portrait ! Very well done.
Kind regards,
abmdsudi (63545) 2014-03-23 15:48
Hi Iain
Well spotted wall art in bright colors. I enjoy the idea and imagination that someone was bold enough to put those colors together. I like it as presented, simple but effective, sharpness as pin with excellent clarity and this cheer up the mood and atmosphere in general. A fine shot and thks for sharing. Congrats
Best regards
nikkitta (17068) 2014-03-23 16:43
Hola Ian
Love graffity, so add it at this theme, hope you don t mind
Great colors mainly orange and blue, a pity that can disappear from a day to another, just as happens in Buenos Aires where must be quick or ... gone forever
Well done
Cricri (133204) 2014-03-24 11:50
Hi Ian
Attirante sur la vignette et magnifique en grand format, splendide travail d'artiste, c'est très joli, colorée et une belle expression de calme et de douceur
Belle soirée
jemaflor (108519) 2014-03-25 0:21
Hi Iain,
congratulation for the artist, well made and well framed, nice light and colors on your photo, pleasant view.
claudeD (43418) 2014-03-26 6:57
Hello Iain,
I like good grafitti's really very much and I have also someone in my gallery. This one is really wonderful, like a modern painting. Very good contribution to TE.TFS.
WIth regards from Luxembourg
great work great art
original version you are right that you
love this for uts coors mood and artistic
air you managed light and contrast
in a perfect way
have anice day
Photo Information
- Copyright: Iain Richardson (RhodieIke) (11744)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-05-13
- Categories: Artwork
- Exposure: f/7.1, 1/60 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Theme(s): Graffiti [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2014-03-22 2:00
- To umutlu101: Re graffiti lady (1)
by RhodieIke, last updated 2014-03-22 06:09


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Title: The Basics of WvW and the start of a comprehensive guide!
Inspired by this thread: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/WvW-Forums-our-failure/first#post877012
Please Please PLEASE, suggest improvements or point out mistakes as then I shall amend them! I'll be adding a useful links section too!
I recommend that you also read through and look at the links in the fourth post so to get an even better idea of WvW and the current playing field it is in!
What Is World Vs World Vs World?
Well in a nutshell this is what World Vs World vs World is (WvWvW): It is a form of Player vs Player Vs Enviroment in which players go to one of four 'battlegrounds' and fight to take control of different 'Outposts' against two other severs. With each 'Outpost' you hold, depending on the size and importance of the 'Outpost', you get given a certain amount of points every 15 minutes. The more 'Outposts' your sever controls, the more points they get every time there is a point tally. The winner is the server with the most points at the end of a one week match up.
Outpost breakdown
There are 5 classifications of Outpost in WvWvW, in ascending worth of points: Sentries, Supply Camps, Towers, Keeps, Stonemist Castle.
Sentries: Sentries are points on the maps which are guarded by a single Veteran Guard. They are easy to take with most people being able to solo them quite easily.
Point Value: 0
Supply Camps: Supply camps are a small outpost at which Supply Dolyaks and supply spawn at (see below for supply and Dolyaks). They have in them Guards, a Quartermaster and a Supervisor. Supply camps are the second easiest to capture, I have seen it done with as few as 3 people but an non-upgraded camp may be able to be taken with as little as two.
Point Value: 5
Towers: Towers are small outpost which are dotted around and have a single wall and gate to defend them. the wall is manned by NPC's and the Tower Lord is also Surrounded by NPC's. To claim a tower you must breach the wall and kill the Tower Lord. We Song have breached a tower numerous times with as few as 4 people, but I highly recommend using 6+ to take on the Tower lord and his guards.
Point Value: 10
Keeps: There are three keeps on each of the borderlands battlegrounds (one at the east, one to the west and finally a central one), and three in Eternal Battle grounds (South East, South West, North), one for each sever. Keeps are similar to towers in that to take them, you must kill the Keep Lord. The difference is they have a two tier defence; Two walls, Two gates to get through. What is on the inside of the keep varies between each keep.
Points Value: 15
Stonemist Castle: Stonemist castle is a unique building, is is about the size of 4 keeps and is extraordinarily hard to capture. Stonemist has Two main walls, each with 3 entrances (one for each server). In between each wall is a massive courtyard. Then there is the second wall which you must breach. Once breached you enter the Stonemist's interior, a three tier tower. On the bottom floor is a massive room with only a few Npc's on, on the bottom floor is the Castle Lord also. On the Middle floor you have a load of NPC's much like the top floor. But also on the top floor there is Balcony's which extend outward to overlook the courtyard.
Points Value: 35
Npc Objectives
Throughout the Borderlands and the Eternal Battlegrounds you will find a little symbol which is two axes, one pointing up and one pointing down. Now these symbols signify an area which means that if you server controls it; they will be rewarded with NPC help. Normally to gain control the event asks you to 'help' a certain race such as Quaggans. Normally this revolves around thinning out a particularly aggressive enemy race in the area or gathering something. On the Borderlands you get three Quaggan weather nodes, each associated to a keep. Simply do the event to gain control of them and then the associated Keep outpost will either get a healing storm if the keep is yours or a lightning storm to damage siege and players if it's the enemy's. Also on the Borderlands is the 'Temple Of Storms', here you kill Krait and stand in the capture ring until it is yours. This one sends a few Quaggan squads to help defend locations on the map such as camps and the gates of some keeps.
On the Eternal Battlegrounds you have 3 of these NPC objectives, situated midway between each server. These ones when captured simply send a squad of NPC's to help guard the two nearest camps to it. The Ogre camp is between the Blues and the Reds, The Hylek Camp is Situated between Greens and Blues, and finally the Dredge Camp is situated between Reds and Greens.
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GENEALOGY-DNA-L ArchivesArchiver > GENEALOGY-DNA > 2006-09 > 1158341970
From: "David Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] African R1b (WAS: Spreadsheet of GDs for kits with 67marker results)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:39:30 -0700
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Also Southern Angola/Namibia. If you look at the tables in the Wood article,
you will see that the strongest presence of M269 in her African study was
found among the Khoisan language group of SW Africa --well away from
Northern Cameroon, actually. But "strongest" here means 2.2 percent, or two
individuals out of a sample set of 90. M269 was only .4 percent among the
Niger-Congo and Afroasiatic language groups -- maybe two or three
individuals in each group (I didn't do the arithmetic, but the entire study
set was 1122).
Note also the faint presence another European haplogroup, I, in the tabular
data, as well as a few exemplars from other haplogroups that might be
European (G and K). All in all I think Charles may be correct that M269,
because present at such low levels, may reflect the presence of European
populations in Africa in the last few hundred years. I wouldn't put it all
on the Germans. The Portuguese (another group heavily represented in M269)
were a big presence, particularly in SW Africa.
On the other hand, P25 seems unquestionably to have prospered on site in
Cameroon after migrating to that area several millennia earlier. Wood found
P25+/M269- at high levels in Cameroon, with representation among four
discreet populations ranging from about 60-95 percent.
Excuse me if this duplicates recent comments by others. I haven't been
following every thread with equal attention.
David Wilson
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Spreadsheet of GDs for kits with 67 marker results
Regarding R1b in Cameroon, we need to remember that Cameroon was a colony of
Germany for a time. In addition to the German settlers, many German soldiers
were stationed there over the decades. I'm sure the soldiers were not
celibate when they were there. LOL :-) Just thought I'd point out a more
recent possible source for R1b in the Cameroon.
Charles Kerchner
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Michael Barrymore strikes it lucky and is still laughing after three year sobriety
Michael Barrymore revealed last night that he has not had a drink for three years – but sobriety has not stopped him laughing.
The former Strike It Lucky TV host said: "I've got the least materially I've ever had but I'm the happiest I've ever been."
Barrymore, 61, told Matt Barbet from Channel 5 News: "People think that when you give up the drink you're never going to laugh anymore. It's rubbish, you do."
The entertainer denied he was ever drunk when appearing on television but said being a workaholic pushed him towards alcohol. He said: "A lot of comedians will drink and then they'll work. I could never do that. The minute I came off stage, someone would have the wine there."
People think that when you give up the drink you're never going to laugh anymore. It's rubbish, you do.
Barrymore was launching Britain Over The Limit, a week-long series of features on Channel 5 News about alcohol. He said it took a long time to take responsibility for his drinking: "With addiction, when you are in the throes of it, everyone else is to blame.
"It's because I'm gay. It's because I'm successful. It's because the press follow me round everywhere. It's because people are on my back. You never look at yourself. When you accept it's you that's the problem, you can start dealing with it."
He told how he masked his addiction, saying: "I used to start a row so that I would have an excuse to go out for a drink."
Barrymore fell from grace in 2001 after factory worker Stuart Lubbock, 31, was found dead in the swimming pool at the star's home in Roydon, Essex, after a party.
The inquest did not implicate Barrymore in the death but exposed his wild lifestyle and marked his descent into alcohol addiction.


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- Heartless
- Year Completed:
- 2005
- Construction Difficulty:
- Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Katsucon 2005
This Costume has been retired
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Put together in a rush. ESPECIALLY the hat. That was five seconds in a hotel room with a hot glue gun and waaaay too much fabric right there. My intention was to finish the hat properly and construct a helmet with a more realistic heartless face to go over my head, but due to time limits that never happened, and I have no desire to go back and do it properly right now.
- Personal Thoughts:
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