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Here is a beautiful handmade and hand decorated covered butter dish in excellent unused condition. This wonderful covered dish was handmade by Mosser Glass and is unsigned. The pattern is known as Grape and Cable and is just beautifully decorated with amethyst stain and gilt; the decoration is at least 99% complete. Both pieces are in excellent unused condition; the dish stands about 6" tall and 8" across. This dish displays exceptionally well and will make a beautiful addition to anyones holiday table!
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'I've officially been saved, and soon, the rest of the country will be too'
An associate editor of the campus newspaper at Massachusetts' Smith College has joined the chorus attributing to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama messianic characteristics, but she has gone one step further, calling Obama her "Jesus."
"Obama is my homeboy. And I'm not saying that because he's black – I'm saying that in reference to those Urban Outfitters T-shirts from a couple years ago that said, 'Jesus is my homeboy.' Yes, I just said it. Obama is my Jesus," wrote Maggie Mertens in the Smithsophian's commentary section recently under the headline: "I Will Follow Him: Obama As My Personal Jesus."
"While you may be overtly religious and find this to be idol-worshipping, or may be overtly politically correct and just know that everything in that sentence could be found offensive, I'm afraid it's true anyway," she wrote.
The writing prompted P.J. Gladnick, in a posting on NewsBusters.org, to express concern about Mertens' dedication to her "Jesus."
He cited her conclusion: "I've officially been saved, and soon, whether they like it or not, the rest of the country will be too. I will follow him, all the way to the White House, and I'll be standing there in our nation's capital in January 2009, when Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States of America. In the name of Obama, Amen."
"Saved, 'whether they like it or not.' That sounds like a threat to me," the NewsBusters report said. "What will you do, Maggie? Burn non-believers in your holy Barack at the Democrat party stake for being heretics?"
He said the problem is people turning Obama into a sort of spiritual savior, as WND reported radical Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan also has done with Obama.
"A lot of the commenters to this article were hoping that this was just satire by Maggie Mertens, NewsBusters' Gladnik said. "Your humble correspondent knows satire and this was definitely not satire. Mertens was serious although, after the richly deserved mocking she is sure to receive over her belief in Barack, she might try to squirm out of it by pulling a Sheryl Crow. … She might claim she was really just joking as Crow claimed after she was widely ridiculed by claiming we could fight global warming by using just one square of toilet paper per sitting. Crow was serious and so is Maggie Mertens in proclaiming Barack Obama as her savior."
Mertens also described Obama as "my miracle."
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"Barack Obama bore to me his testimony in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention, a testimony that included believing in concepts as simple and wholesome as the Constitution; a belief the current administration had done away with entirely. … I was intrigued. I would follow him," she wrote.
"I must admit, I questioned this myself. After all, would I have ever bought a T-shirt with Al Gore's face on it? Was this all he was, the newest pop culture fad? I questioned my newfound faith – was it all only a phase, like the time I thought I was Baptist in junior high? But my inner dogmatic struggle only helped cement my beliefs," she continued.
"Wait, this is satire, right," wrote one participant in the newspaper's forum.
"It's very telling that people have to ask if this is satire, don't you think," said another.
"Um … whoa. I hope this is a parody. … If it isn't, I just don't know what to say except that your conception of the appropriate place of government and politicians in our lives appears to have reverted 2000+ years," added another.
On the NewsBusters site, the concern level was ratcheted up a notch.
"This is actually quite frightening. There are a lot of stories out there where people actually look at Obama as more of a deity than a typical politician," wrote one forum participant. "And I have yet to hear him counter it."
This messianic image of Obama was highlighted by ABC's Jake Tapper
NewBusters managing editor Ken Shepherd had earlier commented on the "penchant" in some media corporations "for selecting photographs of Sen. Barack Obama that make him appear rather, um, messianic."
He cited an ABC blog, which featured a photograph of Obama with a halo around his head, and raised similar questions.
Accompanying the critique of media image uses there was the headline: "There is Born to You This Day in the City of Chicago a Savior."
WND reported less than a week ago on comments from Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Obama's longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who told an audience when Obama talks "the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
You can watch it for yourself on a newly posted YouTube video.
Addressing a large crowd behind a podium Feb. 24 with a Nation of Islam Saviours' Day 2008 sign, Farrakhan proclaims,
"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."
WND also previously reported a website called "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" captured the wave of euphoria that followed the Democratic senator's remarkable rise.
WND also reported when talk radio host Rush Limbaugh criticized Democrats who were comparing Obama to Jesus and Gov. Sarah Palin to Pontius Pilate.
"I know Jesus Christ. I pray to Jesus Christ all the time," said Limbaugh." I study what Jesus Christ did and said all the time, and let me tell you something, Barack Obama, you are no Jesus Christ."
Democrats, including party strategist Donna Brazile and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., earlier made nearly identical biblical comparisons of the characters in this presidential election, which Limbaugh traced back to a Sept. 4 posting on a Washington blog.
"Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus," Cohen said during a one-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. House. "Pontius Pilate was a governor."


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The first thing that the visitors will notice while entering into your house is the driveway lights. These in fact can be noticed even from a distance. Thus, you should invest in driveway lights, in order to make your house more appealing to the visitors. A long and well illuminated driveway is a treat to watch and the visitors will surely appreciate it. Everyone wants beautiful house; after all they are the results of years of hard labor and pain. Keeping the looks of your home can be a fun task, but it is also challenging. It becomes even more complex if you are planning to invest in driveway lighting as there are so many things to consider. However, you should not worry at all, with plenty of information and availability of sophisticated tools and technology, you will surely able to achieve your objective with ease.
Driveway lighting is purely about illuminating the driveway area and adding spectacular and exciting factor to the driveway area, once dusk sets in. Driveway lights when installed correctly can add charm and beauty to your house, much like patio lights do for your deck or patio.. These are also required from safety point of view, as it helps in protection against thieves, burglars, and unknown entries to house etc. The ground driveway lights are gaining lot of significance these days. These are mainly available in three different categories which are, main powered, low voltage and solar driveway lights. Each of these categories has its own pros and cons. However, the solar ones are more preferred because of the large number of benefits associated with their use. These are very easy to install and does not require wires and cables. Also, these are environment friendly and does not cause any form of pollution. You can also save lot of money of your electricity bills, if you go for solar powered driveway lights.
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Clocks and watches were used, are used and always will be used to display the never-ending movement of time. But say you're an avid fan at the 1821 races and you need to know precisely how long it is between the horses leaving the start line and crossing the finish line, what then? Oh, and you're Louis XVIII, King of France, too. I'll tell you what you do. You commission the invention of the chronograph.
A working chronograph already existed, made in 1816 by Louis Moinet, but he was an academic who used it for private astronomy. So it was inventor Nicolas Rieussec who took the credit for the invention when he presented his version to Louis XVIII. He called the device a chronograph, a word formed from the Greek for 'time' and 'writing', because it literally wrote on the face of the clock. When started, a needle deposited a drop of ink that was dragged around the face, recording the elapsed time.?
It was Moinet's concept—a device that used additional hands to record time—that worked best, but it was Rieussec's moniker—chronograph—that stuck. The chronograph was improved in 1844 when a reset system was introduced by Adolphe Nicole; Joseph Taddeus Winnerl's rattrapante (split seconds) complication followed in 1870, allowing two events to be recorded at the same time. Tachymeters were added to assist the calculation of speed, and rotating bezels and chapter rings with printed slide rules catered for more intricate computation. The chronograph had found a home—multiple in fact—on the wrists of scientists, engineers, pilots, drivers, sportsmen and even astronauts.?
Because the chronograph is so prolific it is often misunderstood to be a simple complication, but that couldn't be further from the truth. The principle issue to overcome is the coordination of the different operations—start, stop and reset—in such a way that doesn't grind the movement to a halt. A peek at the layers of gears and levers in even a simple chronograph is enough to convey just what an undertaking that is.
The chronograph is driven from the power and beat of the base movement onto which it is built. For a simple chronograph, only two pushers are needed: one for start and stop, one for reset. The first pusher actuates a lever that rotates either a column wheel (a wheel that looks like a castle's turret) or a heart-shaped cam. They both work in similar ways, with the column wheel being the more precise but difficult to manufacture of the two. When the column wheel is rotated, another lever dips into the gap between the columns, moving the clutch wheel that provides the drive from the base movement against the chronograph seconds wheel. The chronograph minute and hour wheel, through a train of gears, are also engaged. To stop is the reverse: press the pusher and the column wheel rotates again, the column forcing the clutch wheel away and removing the driving force to the chronograph wheels. The lever also engages a brake to keep the chronograph wheels in place. Reset is straightforward, with the pusher driving three hammers that force heart-shaped cams on each chronograph wheel back to their original position. The column wheel serves a final purpose here, blocking the reset button when the chronograph is running.
The more complex chronographs add even more trickery to the movements, but their core is still the same. It's a complication that's made and broken records, timed historical events, even saved the crew of Apollo 13—oh, and it probably made King Louis XVIII a tonne of gambling money, too.


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As I hinted at in the last post, once you start thinking of various ways to change or resolutions to make for the New Year, an avalanche of ideas can strike. After further contemplation, I've come up with a short list of the final 3 resolutions to make during the year.
I want to spend more time with other artists. I feel that this is a necessity for photographers. I think one of the ways that photography will get rid of this shackle of "is it an art?" is to work with other artists. Other artists will discover that the camera is as much a tool in our hands as a brush or a chisel in theirs. The doors for more opportunity will open once this dialogue begins. Art will flourish, business will flourish, photography will flourish, and everyone wins. I like wins.
I want to try a new form of photography. Why? Because it's fun! Also, because the chance that I may discover something I've never known. What if I'm the world's next greatest microphotographer? How good am I at astrophotography if I've never tried it? Imagine taking pictures of the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter. Other forms of photography will inspire my creativity to try new things and techniques in the forms of photography that I'm currently involved in. I would like to try various other styles and formats to see what I can do and where it will take me.
I want to spend more time with clients. This resolution is important as a business. If you take the picture of a sewage treatment plant, but you're the only one who thinks it's a great picture, you are not going to sell it well. While I'm sure there is a market for excrement (literally) hanging on the living room wall, I can't imagine it's a big market. I want to spend time talking with other people about what pictures they not only want to see, but want to buy. This will lead to not only better sales but also a better experience for both my customers and myself.
Naturally, I have more resolutions to make. However, I'm not going to share the ones about how I achieve world domination or healthcare that actually works. I'm afraid they will be too boring. So, I'm going to grab my camera and practice. What are your thoughts?
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Setting up a profile and looking for a romantic partner is only the beginning of the online dating experience. While finding a great match online is definitely a stepping stone in building a relationship, the online experience of dating doesn't stop after the first face-to-face encounter. Many potential or newly formed couples are continuing their courtship on the Internet. Thus, the definition of dating and its practices is in shift. If up to only a few years ago it involved going to dinner, movies and late coffees, now dating practices extend to online interactions too. For one, let's think of platforms such as the Facebook chat and Twitter. Websites like these are no longer unconventional places for flirty conversations and pick-up tactics. Although not specifically designed for online dating, chats and texting services do contribute a lot to taking a relationship to a further level. One of the most important perks of online courtship how easily a great number of sites that can accommodate flirty conversations. The fact that people no longer have to wait for face-to-face dates in order to chat each other up is in itself a great asset. Besides making for a nice warm-up ahead of the physical date, online flirting is also an effective way to date. Rather than spending days, even weeks, on getting to slowly know a possible partner with face-to-face dates, chats are an economical gate for people to learn a few basic info about one another. While online chats are evidently not a substitute for physical intimacy, they are great aids to the dating lovey-dovey online daters.2783 views back


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I've been to Ukraine several times this year and found that the exchange rate is fanstastic for the American dollar. Kiev is a beautiful city and I would like to see you discuss this destination on your show sometime. I even traveled south to Kherson and was perfectly safe traveling in this part of the country. Just the eastern portion needs to be avoided now.


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Memphis City Schools is looking for about 1,000 teachers who will agree to have their classrooms observed — and videotaped — by a Harvard University researcher closely tied to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reports the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The initiative is part of the Gates Foundation's effort to conduct research "to define and promote effective teaching practices." Thomas Kane, professor of education and economics in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is leading the project in Memphis and in New York, Charlotte, N.C., and at least one other unnamed city. The video sessions are expected to start this year and continue next year. Stephanie Fitzgerald, president of the Memphis Education Association, said teachers will receive a stipend for participating. "The whole idea is to be observed by uninvolved, dispassionate people," she said. "There is great interest nationally in trying to identify what makes a great teacher. No one has done the research to define what that is."
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Central Coast coach Graham Arnold admits he faces a nervous month as a couple of his young stars weigh up whether to join European clubs.
Central Coast coach Graham Arnold admits he'll be a nervous wreck for the next month as a couple of his young stars weigh up whether to join European clubs.
The Mariners may be four points clear at the top of the ladder after Sunday night's 2-0 win over the Western Sydney Wanderers but could lose midfield star Tom Rogic and goalkeeper Mat Ryan.
Rogic could be joining English Premier League club Reading while Ryan was set to fly out for a trial with fallen Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers on Monday only for a shoulder injury to postpone it.
Arnold has seen the likes of Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon and Rostyn Griffiths all secure lucrative deals abroad in the last 12 months and he expects Rogic and Ryan to follow suit.
The Mariners boss is already counting down the days to February when the transfer window closes and hopes he can still have his full squad intact
"It really is a nervous time for a coach especially here in Australia and when you have a lot of top young talent like we've got," Arnold said.
"And there's two sides to it.
"I'm always for the player. I made a statement when I first came in, I'd judge my performance in the job by how many millionaires I can make out of these players.
"I've probably already done four and there's probably another couple that are going to go.
"But I really hope that they stay and we can keep them to the end of the season somehow."
Not that the Mariners can't go on to win the championship even if they lose two of their brightest young stars.
Arnold is confident the win over the Wanderers shows his squad has mental strength and depth to cover should Rogic and Ryan leave, but only if they find a ruthless streak in front of goal.
"I was disappointed when they (Wanderers) went down to 10 men that we didn't kill them off quicker than we did," Arnold said.
"The 2-0 scoreline in the end flattered us a bit.
"We gave them a couple of chances and they could have got back to 1-1 and we could have thrown away a few points.
"The killer instinct in front of goal and taking the chances we had, if we done that we would have killed the game off earlier.
"If we want to maintain our position, go forward and be a better team, then we have to be more ruthless than that."
Ageless striker Daniel McBreen continued his fairytale season, scoring both goals to take his tally for the campaign to 12, two ahead of Melbourne Victory's Marco Rojas and Wellington's Jeremy Brockie.
"He's on fire," Arnold said of the 35-year-old front man.
"But it's not just his goals but his work rate.
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The Mariners face another big challenge next week when they take on the Melbourne Victory at Launceston's Aurora Stadium.


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Yesterday we learned from CNN and Buzzfeed that there is a credible report floating around intelligence circles which asserts that, over a period of years, the Russian government accumulated a significant amount of dirt on Donald Trump, both financial and personal. Although the details are unverified and we may never know the truth, the report includes one stunningly hilarious highlight:
It says that while in Moscow, Trump hired hookers to urinate on the hotel bed previously slept in by President and Mrs. Obama on a previous state visit to Russia. LMFAO! True or not, given the Pussy Grabber's twisted psyche, it certainly seems plausible.
Hearing this story, the man who shamelessly promoted fake news, utilized it and benefited from it, instantly went to his crutch, Twitter, to angrily proclaim: "FAKE NEWS! I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA!"
"Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia." -- Donald Trump Jr., 2008.
How rude of his own son to travel back in time to release fake news about his father.
Today, Trump held his first press conference in many months. And at this pisser -- I mean presser -- he spent most of his time attacking the media over this "fake news." Apparently, Damp Don now defines fake news as anything he doesn't like.
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Activist federal judge enabled black children to go through front door
Kathy Clay-Little: William Wayne Justice was a courageous man.
As a teenager, all that I understood of the word 'activist federal judge' was that, because of what they ruled, I didn't have to go to the back window of the town cafe to order my food and when there was a class trip to the skating rink, I and the other black students in the class could go, too.
Had it not been for jurists who were more committed to the principals of equality and justice contained in the Constitution than they were in preserving traditions rooted in the premise of inequality and inferiority, my life would have been much more difficult.
While some will argue about the evils of so called 'reverse discrimination', it cannot come close to the real and psychic pain of being treated as an inferior in the eyes of the law.
Led by Charles Hamilton Houston in the early 1930's, the NAACP and, later, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, began dismantling the traditions of inequality through the courts, their bludgeoning tool being the Constitution. The efforts of Houston's team eventually culminated in Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that broke the back of segregation by declaring 'separate but equal' unconstitutional. From there emerged a plethora of Court decisions that began the arduous work of bringing the United States of America into compliance with its Constitution.
Such is the power and the good that can come from a courageous judiciary. William Wayne Justice was one such courageous man.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had already been assassinated and the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century had already begun to wind down when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Justice to the federal bench in 1968.
An AP story after Justice's death this past Tuesday summed up his life's work: "His rulings affected schoolchildren, prisoners, minorities, immigrants and the disabled."
Justice, in a 1985 AP interview, said that he loved the law and wanted to be remembered as a professional, a judge who listened to the facts, divined the truth and then properly applied the law.
The grandson of a Confederate soldier, Justice made his rulings from one of the most conservative areas of a conservative state, Tyler, Texas. In doing so, he sacrificed personal popularity on the altar of the law. Simply put, his rulings that, among other things, forced Texas to integrate its public schools -- a full 16 years after Brown v. Board; allow immigrant children access to education in English and in Spanish, and apply the principles of the Constitution to the lowest people on the human ladder, prisoners, made him one of the most hated men in Texas.
Even if we do nothing, the world will naturally gravitate toward fulfilling the wishes of the rich, the powerful and the majority.
Consequently, blacks could be lynched at will if the majority and the powerful were okay with it; separate but equal could be anything but, as long as the majority and the powerful get their version of equal. People who make us uncomfortable, be they prisoners or disabled persons, can be warehoused like pieces of furniture.
However, that is not America at its best.
America at its best is a work in progress. "Activist judges' like Justice enabled us to make some great strides in that work.
Kathy Clay-Little is the publisher of African American Reflections.


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Episode 1: Soar Toward the Great Sky!
Episode 2: Take Flight!
Episode 3: New Nankatsu Soccer Club Start
Episode 4: Tsubasa and Roberto
Episode 5: On Their Way to the Inter-School Tournament
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The other day, I saw a magazine lying around and thought, "Instead of throwing it away, I wonder if I can find some sort of craft to use it for.". Believe it or not, I didn't go to Pinterest immediately. I actually googled something like "magazine catalog wreath" and that lead me to this beautiful Upcycled Magazine Wreath tutorial on Addicted2Decorating. But I didn't have everything she had, especially the 18" wreath form. So instead, I decided to do a mini-version and tweak a few things.
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Tape (I couldn't find the scotch tape so I used the paper medical tape we always keep on hand.)
Glue (All I had was Tacky glue.)
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2 circular things of different sizes (2" wide top from a canister and a 6.5" or 7" paper bowl will work just as well. The sizes must be different!)
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Exacto knife (This will help when cutting the cardboard. We don't have one.)
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1. Gather everything you will need. It is tedious so you want to make sure you have everything within reach.
Step 2. Measure twice, cut once...
2. Take your 7.6" x 7.6" cardboard and place your smaller circle that's at least 2" in diameter in the middle. Trace and cut it out. An Exacto knife would work perfectly in this case. I didn't have one so I had to use scissors. Can I just say that cutting a circle in the middle of cardboard with scissors stinks? It does.
Step 3. This is what you should end up with, minus my sloppy scissor-work.
3. Now place your paper bowl that's at least 6.5" or 7" in diameter right over the smaller circle and trace. It's okay if you can't trace it around completely. You can cut to make your wreath form look more like a circle. Toss both cutouts away. You won't need them! Don't forget to poke a small hole at the top of the cardboard circle to thread thin ribbon or fabric as a hanger!
Step 4. Look at all the pretty colors!
4. Take your magazines and look through them. If you find a colorful page you like, cut or tear it out. (If you tear it out, you can always cut the side to make it more even.)
5. Gather as many as the pages you think you can cut with your scissors and stack them. You may need to use the ruler to measure and mark, but with the papers stacked together, cut 2.5" x 2.5" squares. I tried to cut individual squares and almost went mad! You will probably need 100 or more.
Step 6. Roll, roll, roll your squares!
6. Taking one square in your hand, roll it around your finger (or anything like a nail polish bottle top, AA battery, or something similar), going from point to point (not corner to corner). You want it to look like a pointy cylinder. Secure the end with tape (or glue). Next, fold in half shortways. You can either have the pointed open ends facing away or to each other. Your choice. Secure the middle with a little tape or glue. You might want to pace yourself with Step 6. It gets really tedious after rolling 15 of those squares.
Step 7. Glue until you think you'll dream of gluing in your sleep.
7. Run a strip of glue around the rim of the inner circle. Place the folded end of your rolled square on the glue and hold for a few seconds until it sticks. Keeping place the folded edges on the glue until either A: you run out of space or B: you run out of rolled papers - in which you would have to make more, unless you run out of patience and quit.
8. Once you have done the inside, it is time to start moving to the outside. Now, the squares we have already glued will be getting in the way to run a strip of glue around the cardboard so you will need to start gluing the papers individually. You don't have to finish this in one sitting. I sure didn't! Remember- start on the inside and work your way out. Just be sure you don't completely cover the hole for your ribbon/fabric!
Step 10. After 3 days, this is what the finished product looked like!


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Kirantana, "The Man Who Saw the Face of God" leads us into an honest and adventurous description of the dark side of religion and spiritual search—Sorcery—betrayal—torture—insanity and war—then out the other side into one of the most startling and healing revelations of the Universal Christ ever put to words in modern literature. With the writing of this book Kirantana has created a new authentic form of western Tantra—a new way of practicing Christianity far from the rut of conceptual knowledge, and into the actual visceral experience of Communion for us all. Having lived in Sarajevo as a peace worker during the Bosnian war, he gives new insight into the clash of Western religions that transcends all religions, not by exclusion, but rather by lovingly blending them internally in himself, creating a new joyous coherence that becomes a doorway into a happier millennium... "This was a Christ unlike I had ever heard or read of before. This was a Christ for today. A Christ that could be understood by all people, cultures, religions and philosophies that search for truth, justice and harmony. A Christ for artist, sensualist, with a little effort even the atheist could grasp this vision. I saw the way of peace by seeing that we all came from one common origin, as all boundaries were dissolved and I merged into the Infinite, called God in the language of our time." This book is more than a new philosophy. Kirantana takes his visions into the front lines of war, and while in meditation with American and other NATO soldiers, brings back visions of the balanced use of "crazy wisdom" compassion. He shows us that only by unflinchingly meeting the conflicts of the world head-on with this compassion, will we be initiated into a new paradigm to give up our ancient habit of learning by pain, and instead, learn even more by joy and loving kindness to ourselves, to each other, and to our planet.
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Release date: July 4, 2017
Genre: Historical Romance
She's Out to Steal His Name.
Will He Steal Her Heart Instead?
Rosemary Gresham has no family beyond the band of former urchins that helped her survive as a girl in the mean streets of London. Grown now, they are no longer pickpockets—now they focus on high value items and have learned how to blend into upper-class society. Rosemary's challenge of a lifetime comes when she's assigned to determine whether a certain wealthy gentleman is loyal to Britain or to Germany. How does one steal a family's history, their very name?
As Europe moved closer to World War I, rumors swirl around Peter Holstein. Awkward and solitary, but with access to the king, many fear his influence. But Peter can't help his German last name and wants to prove his loyalty to the Crown—so he can go back to anonymously writing a series of popular adventure novels. When Rosemary arrives on his doorstop pretending to be a well- credentialed historian, Peter believes she's the right person to help him dig through his family's past.
When danger and suspicion continue to mount, though, and both realize they're in a race against time to discover the truth—about Peter's past and about the undeniable attraction kindling between them.
My Review
"A Name Unknown" by Roseanna White is the first entry in her new "Shadows over England" series. If you love books (and if you're reading this, I'm assuming you do!), then you have to read this book! It's a book about books—a lot of books in a huge, messy, unorganized library! To top it off, our main characters are a writer and a woman pretending to be a librarian who helps this writer sort out said library.
The story is very well written with a great plot. The opening sentence grips you and pulls you into the story. Ms. White inserts humor into the way she writes as well, bringing a smile to my face as I read about the banter between our main characters and the way they think. This story takes place right before World War I, and our hero is of German descent, living in England. What he has to deal with really made me think about what it would be like to be a German living in England during that time and the difficulties they would face. There is also a great faith element in the story.
I absolutely love our main characters, Peter and Rosemary! They are so well developed and not cliché. Peter is the one with the huge library which needs organizing and he is also a writer. I appreciate that Ms. White wrote his character with a stutter. So not only does he have to overcome the difficulties of being a German in England during that tumultuous time in history, he also has a stutter to deal with. He can write, but it's hard for him to speak what he's thinking. This book goes back and forth between the two characters' points of view. I sometimes don't like when this is done, as I get more bored with the male point of view. I feel that Ms. White really fleshes out Peter's story though, and I especially enjoyed seeing what the mind of a writer is like. Rosemary is also a fun character, who is a thief pretending to be a librarian. There is great chemistry between the two characters!
This book is one of my favorites of 2017 so far! The plot and characters are so well done and the ending is excellent with many surprises. It blew me away with such a great conclusion to a wonderful book!
Content and Rating: I give this book 5 stars! It is a clean read.
I want to thank Roseanna White, Bethany House Publishers and Celebrate Lit for the complimentary copy of this book for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I express in this review are my own. This is in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's CFR 16, Part 255.
About the Author
Roseanna M. White pens her novels beneath her Betsy Ross flag, with her Jane Austen action figure watching over her. When not writing fiction, she's homeschooling her two children, editing and designing, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of over a dozen historical novels and novellas, ranging from biblical fiction to American-set romances to her British series. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to make their way into her novels…to offset her real life, which is blessedly boring. You can learn more about her and her stories at www.RoseannaMWhite.com.
Guest Post from Roseanna White
I studied the Cornish accent, Cornish foods, typical Cornish coloring in hair and eyes. I've now gotten rather proficient at making pasties (beef hand pies) from scratch, I've special-ordered ingredients to make Cornish ginger cookies called fairings, and I've spent quite a lot of time listening to videos of people speaking in a Cornish accent.
Delving into this rich region and its history was a blast! And I'm so excited to get to share the culture of Cornwall—and a taste of their unique flavors—with you. In a special Celebrate Lit giveaway, I'll be offering not only a signed copy of my book, but also some homemade ginger fairings! Here's the recipe I used . . . after special ordering the Mixed Spice (reminiscent of pumpkin pie spice) and Golden Syrup (a thick syrup with a bit of a toffee flavor) from Amazon. (I have a gram scale so did use the weight measurements rather than volume—also, English teaspoons and tablespoons are a bit bigger than American, so I heaped them, and I turned out deliciously.)
100 grams butter, cold and diced
225 grams all-purpose flour
¼ heaping teaspoon salt
2 heaping teaspoons baking powder
2 heaping teaspoons baking soda
1 heaping teaspoon ginger
2 heaping teaspoons mixed spice
100 grams superfine (caster) sugar
4 heaping tablespoons golden syrup
Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
Combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices in a stand mixer. Add the butter and beat until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Stir in sugar.
In a small saucepan, warm the golden syrup until it's clarified a bit; stir into the flour mixture until a dough forms. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls and put on prepared baking sheets a few inches apart.
Bake 8-10 minutes, until golden. Cool a few minutes on the trays and then transfer to a cooling rack.
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17th May 2017
In this week's show we hear from the Posh Cha Lady, Cliff wonders where all of the time has gone, Sheila has an article about being 80, Sue tells us about Pyrex and Dave and Shelagh visit Blind Veterans UK in Llandudno.
All this plus the usual mix of News, What's On, Sport and Postbag.
Show presenters: Bill & Nigel
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Fun for Threes and Fours Program Information
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Children learn through play. Through exploration and experimentation children develop physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually. The CDP Preschool Programs provide a developmentally appropriate learning environment that blends child initiated and teacher directed activities designed to promote success for every child. Preschool Instructors plan activities to support spontaneous interactions that develop a child's positive feelings toward learning and encourage confidence and self-esteem. The CDP Preschool staff is sensitive to diversity and welcomes all families served in the preschool program.
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The CDP Half-Day Program is a community based early childhood program with goals to provide quality education and services for the families and children who are enrolled. The preschool classrooms are licensed through the Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division and serve children who reach four years of age by September 1st of the current school year. If space permits, children who reach three years of age by September 1st of the current school year may also be enrolled.
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|Class size of 24: 1:12 Teacher/Child Ratio or 1:8 Adult/Child Ratio
Class size of 18: 1:18 Teacher/Child Ratio; 1:9 Adult/Child Ratio
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The CDP Preschool Programs are designed to provide developmentally appropriate experiences through a comprehensive pre-kindergarten curriculum, OWL (Opening the World of Learning). OWL prepares children for Kindergarten through playful, purposeful, and personalized instruction. OWL develops language and early literacy skills in the context of research-based and field-tested content, including math, science, and social studies.
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The following centers are available for exploration at various times during the school day. Children may choose from these activities in both the indoor and outdoor environments. The interest areas provide children the opportunity to explore, develop, and expand on interests, skills, and concepts introduced during group time. Daily details are available in the posted lesson plans.
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|A nutritious snack is provided daily for students. A monthly snack menu is posted on the parent information board. Parents are asked to notify the school of any food allergies or special dietary restrictions their children have so that appropriate, alternative choices will be made available for those children as needed. All food is provided through the Santa Clarita Valley Food Services Agency (SCVFSA), the agency that provides all food for the Saugus Union School District. Food served meets all state nutritional guidelines and the Saugus Union School District's Wellness Policy.
Students enrolled in the full-day program will be served a morning and afternoon snack. A lunch will need to be provided daily. Staff is not able to heat or refrigerate food.


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Friday, 16 April 2010
Brighton Benefit Cuts & UNISON Picket anti-Union Firm
Peninsula Business Services and 'How to Dismiss Troublemakers'
Early this morning about 20 protestors, from UNISON and Brighton Benefit Cuts, picketed a seminar held by a nasty little firm, Peninsula Business Services. I had received an invite, in my capacity of Director of Brighton Unemployed Centre, inviting me to the seminar. 'How to Dismiss Troublemakers' 'Say no to holiday requests' 'Manage under-performing staff' 'Avoid (i.e. get round) anti-discrimination laws' 'Being threatened with discrimination' (most people find discrimination threatening!) etc. Twice the de Vere Grand Hotel was invaded by the protestors and this included the seminar room itself! As the lecturer said, this kind of thing has never happened before!
I should explain that in my spare time between campaigns and helping run Brighton & Hove Unemployed Workers Centre, my main field of work is in employment law. It primarily involves representing workers in Employment Tribunals and occasionally in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the equivalent of the High Court). For those who are interested, my biggest case is Lucas v Chichester Diocesan Housing Association, a Whistleblowing case, which is listed by the charity Public Concern at Law as one of the 30 most important cases decided on Whistleblowing.
It is in this capacity that I have some experience of PBS. PBS represent small businesses, the type that can't afford to pay solicitors. They are the natural home of lousy pay and bad conditions. They constitute a cross-section of the base of the Tory Party (& increasingly New Labour!). They are Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells and their newspaper is the Daily 'Hate' Mail, with the more educated of them graduating to the Daily Telegraph.
I have to confess that I quite like PBS, if only for the fact that their malevolence is outweighed by their incompetence. The 2 cases in which I have won most money for clients both involved PBS. In the first the firm involved didn't have representation at employment tribunal and PBS submitted an appeal to the EAT. They needn't have bothered since Judge Peter Clarke refused to let it past the sift stage. In the second, a case of constructive dismissal, they managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Instead of arguing that the dismissal, despite being a fundamental breach of contract, was nonetheless fair, they concentrated on mitigation of loss, despite the burden of proof being on them.
Peninsula are the biggest employment consultancy agency in Britain, boasting of nearly 30,000 customers. PBS have a simple modus operandi. It is to put the frighteners on their captive audience. Everything is a threat, especially Europe with its anti-discrimination legislation! If an employer speaks out of place s/he is likely to be sued. Discrimination claims are the new French Terror – instead of the guillotine, the petit-bourgeois face crippling damages from every lesbian with a chip on her shoulder. And woe betide if you make a careless remark to someone Black!
Employment is therefore a minefield, with predatory unions, troublemakers and shirkers. Our lecturer was one Peter Titchener, who describes himself as a 'marketing consultant'. Whilst I concede that his presentation was slick, his grasp on the law seemed somewhat tenuous. Two things seemed to irk him. One the recent decision of the European Court of Justice Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA that workers who fall sick during their holidays can reschedule their holidays. It was yet another case of European madness. Something his audience of course warmed to. And then the idea that an employer could be held liable under what is known as vicarious liability for an act of discrimination, in fact racial harassment, by a third party such as a client or customer. Before the House of Lords overruled it, what was known as the Bernard Manning case, Burton and anor v De Vere Hotels Ltd 1997 ICR 1, [it's quite coincidental that the seminar was also held in a De Vere Hotel!] where Black waitresses were abused by the audience, ruled that in certain circumstances employers would be liable for racism experienced by staff where it was within their powers to prevent such or they should have known of the likelihood of such discrimination. This has now been reinserted via European legislation and the new Equalities Act.
The invitation letter I received is almost a caricature of the stereotypical Daily Mail reader's phobias – troublemakers, sickies, holidays, pregnant employees. I asked just one question, which was, in view of the never ending litany of employment tribunal horror stories (backed up by slides of the Daily Mail or Telegraph!) appropriate. How many cases at tribunals are won by the employer? Simple you might think, as the Tribunal Service issues annual statistics on such things. After a little hesitation Titchener came back with 'the overwhelming majority' In fact less than half of unfair dismissal cases are won. In constructive dismissal (where the employee resigns because of the employer's behaviour) it is one-third. In discrimination cases, always the bugbear of bigots, it is less than 20%. But why let facts get in way of a few profitable horror stories? After all, any mug who believes the Daily Mail's daily diet of fear ridden drivel is equally likely to be frightened into parting with their hard-earned, over-taxed cash!
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Up North
Cardinal Raymond Burke will be in the region during my stay and I am taking my video camera with me. I am hoping and praying that I will be afforded the opportunity of an interview with him.
If so, it will appear on The Guild of Blessed Titus website.
God bless readers.
Rorate Caeli has an interview with His Eminence today which makes for interesting reading.


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St. Francis Parish Calendar
Updated 08/13/00
Monday, August 14
7:00 p.m. Rosary for Peace
Tuesday, August 15 --- Feast of the Assumption
Masses are at: 6:30 a.m.,8:00 a.m., and 5:15 p.m.
Friday, August 18
6:30 p.m. Adult Volleyball
Saturday, August 19
5:15 p.m Missionary Speaker -- Fr. David Powers
Friday, Saturday and Sunday -- August 18 - 20
Knights of Columbus B-B-Q
Sunday Masses
Saturday 5:15 p.m., Sunday 8:00a.m., 9:30a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Weekday Masses
Monday thru Friday 6:30 a.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday and Friday Children's School Mass 8:45 a.m. All Welcome!
If there is no school on a Wednesday or Friday, Mass will be at 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m
Saturday 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
I am sure that there are
items missing from the calendar, so
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to have any activities added to our calendar.
We would also be interested in listing activities
for other area parishes that may interest St. Francis.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sun Rises, Sun Sets (Hamilton, November 1st-10th, 2011)
Sunset, Gage Park. November 1st, 2011.
Taken at the Pumpkin Parade, the day after Hallowe'en. When I took this picture I was facing north and looking towards Main Street; the sky was very clear and as the sun set slowly, the glowing pumpkins looked more ghostly and festive.
Sunrise, downtown. November 2nd, 2011.
On the way to an early-morning swim, I took this picture on Jackson Street.
Sunset, Main Street East. November 2nd, 2011.
Walking to the supermarket, I stopped to take a picture of the stunning sky. I love this rare intensity of colour, the way even the deep blue is overlaid by the orange glow of the sun.
Sunrise, back porch. November 10th, 2011.
I love the view of the sky from the back deck at my place. I am usually awake early in the morning and especially in winter, I get to see some beautiful sunrises (the window faces directly east). This one looks like a fire being smothered by its own smoke.
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After almost a year pining after this pattern I've finally cast on the Purl Bee's Herringbone Cowl. So far, I love it! There's not a regular knit stitch to be seen in this one, and best of all, the pattern is available for free! PurlBee's website gives a really detailed visual explanation of how to do this intricate, yet simple, pattern.
I hadn't really been waiting for anything in particular before I cast on, I just didn't have the right yarn, and I always seemed to have another project on the go (aside from a standing pair of socks on the needles of course).
Then the fates aligned and I suddenly had the perfect yarn gifted to me for Christmas. Not quite enough for a sweater, but much more than necessary for a hat or other small accessory. It's Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend. It's a great blend of cream, purples and greens. Did I mention this single spun yarn is also the softest blend of merino and silk?
Not only did I have the perfect yarn for this pattern, I also had nothing significant on my needles (save a CookieA sock pattern). With a big move and a new job coming up, I needed something new, but portable and not too taxing. The Herringbone is perfect. A little more than straight knitting, but still repetitive enough that I don't need to keep a pattern handy now that I'm off and running.
I think the pattern does a great job of showing off the variegation in this yarn. I'm not usually drawn to them, but this one really looks great.
My one complaint is about the skeins of yarn. Today I started off all gung-ho about winding some cakes to get started. That's where my excitement ended. The skein was tied in some strange way so that even after the 30 min (seriously) it took me to untangle it, I still am not sure what was going on. Not to mention that there was a knot in the skein. A knot that I mistook as a second tie, so I undid it. Leaving me with four ends, but only three that I could find for most of my de-tangling ordeal, and a very frustrating time sorting it all out.
I'm hoping this was just a fluke and the other skeins are not full of knots. However, once I started knitting with the yarn all my frustrations were forgotten. It's just too soft and springy to hold a grudge against.


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Students learn about food waste at Composting 101 Event
The mantra "reduce, reuse, recycle" may be a little outdated now. Composting is quickly becoming the new thing, and it's already taking place on campus.
On Saturday, Associated Student Government Sustainability Committee, NU Sustainable Food Talks, and Northwestern Eco Reps hosted Composting 101, a panel and discussion about composting for students to learn more about recycling food waste.
The panel included speakers from Collective Resource, Urban Worm Girl, NU WildRoots, and Northwestern's Office of Sustainability. Each speaker presented a different method for how to get involved with composting, but they all had the same message: it is important to stay educated about the topic.
"We do compost on campus, and I feel that it's not as well known as it should be," said Allison Potteiger, the communications coordinator at the Office of Sustainability, and one of the event organizers. "This event [shares] that we're actually doing really great things with composting."
The program started with how Northwestern composts, in WildRoots and dining halls, then extended to how students can get involved off campus. Julie Cahillane from the Office of Sustainability explained that all dining halls and cafes have been composting food scraps for almost two years, but that this is pretty much an unknown fact to the student body.
Cahillane said that while it's important to compost and recycle, these actions aren't as important as reducing waste itself. She encouraged attendees to first waste less, and then use composting for anything left over.
The main target for the event was off-campus students. "We wanted to make sure that off-campus students knew there's a bunch of resources within the Chicagoland area," Potteiger said. Two Chicago-based services, Collective Resource and Urban Worm Girl, presented ways off-campus students can treat their food waste.
Erlene Howard from Collective Resource, a door-to-door food scrap collection company, expressed the importance of not throwing food waste away.
"When we landfill, our food scraps create pollution" said Howard, owner of the company. "When you stuff them underground in the landfill, they start to ferment and fester and create methane and CO2. So when we naturally compost them, at a compost site, they don't create any pollution."
Howard's business works with about 300 clients in the Chicagoland area, 100 of which are from Evanston, and several off-campus Northwestern students.
Urban Worm Girl wrapped up the event with a less conventional method of recycling food waste: using worms.
Worm composting, or vermicomposting, includes red wiggler worms eating away food scraps, which produces dirt-like feces that can be used as fertilizer. Presenter Amber Gribben walked around the room encouraging attendees to smell a bin of what she called "worm poop," and said that its lack of odor is what makes it attractive to students living in apartments.
"[It] is a nice option for people who may not have an outdoor space in which you can do a more typical backyard thermophilic composting," said Gribben.
At the end of the event, four lucky students won vermicomposting bins for their use at home, while two won a month of Collective Resource pickups. Gribben and Howard also encouraged students who didn't win the raffle to get involved by buying their own bins or signing up for composting pickups.
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I am one of many people who is a huge fan of this series. There's just something about the Kowalski family that is completely engrossing. These Kowalski's are the cousins though, and they come with a lot more baggage. Sign me up!
We actually meet Mitch Kowalski in Yours to Keep, and I can honestly say he left me all kinds of intrigued. He carries himself with the confidence of knowing he could get any woman he wants but, thankfully, isn't actually cocky. So when Paige totally blows him off OF COURSE he's going to chase her! It was really fun seeing him work a little for her, but it was only a matter of time before she gave in. I mean, the guy is irresistible! Mitch and Paige had great chemistry and I really enjoyed watching them unknowingly fall in love with each other.
I loved the fact that Paige had only been in town two years, yet she'd heard most all stories about teenage Mitch and his…talents. ;) She really did try to ignore him, bless her heart, but there was no way. He's Mitch! And he has an amazing smile.
The setting of this Kowalski book and I believe the next few to follow, is different than the first three. We are now in Whitford, Maine, and it is a small town, where everyone knows everybody and all of their business. No secret is safe…which makes for a completely fun setting! I love these type of towns, especially when we get to hear about all the trouble these Kowalskis got into as youngsters. The Kowalski family owns the North Star Lodge in town. It's been passed down to Mith and his siblings now, and his brother Josh runs it for all of them. I think Josh's story will turn out to be my favorite…but Ryan's will probably be the more emotional one. Ryan is another of Mitch's brothers we meet in this book.
Shannon Stacey writes this series in a way that makes it impossible not to feel part of it. I care about them SO MUCH! I really do! And I'm completely looking forward to reading what comes next.
Book Info
All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey
Series: Kowalski Family #4
Published by HQN
Pub Date: December 18th 2012
Pages: 304
Format: eARC | Source: NetGalley
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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He won't stay put for a woman, and she won't chase after any man…
Mitch Kowalski lives out of a suitcase—and he likes it that way.
Traveling for work has the added bonus of scaring off women who would otherwise try to tie him down. But when he's called home to help with the family lodge, he's intrigued by the new girl in town and her insistence that she doesn't need a man. If there's one thing Mitch can't resist, it's a challenge.
After a nomadic childhood, Paige Sullivan is finally putting down roots. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she lives by the motto "Men are a luxury, not a necessity." But when Mr. Tall, Dark and Hot pulls up a stool in her diner and offers her six weeks of naughty fun with a built-in expiration date, she's tempted to indulge.
They're the perfect match for a no-strings fling. Until they realize their sexy affair has become anything but casual…