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The folks looking after the general public license (GPL) are fond of portraying themselves as the humble shepherds of the free and open source software movement. Their job, among other things, is to provide an open and transparent means for protecting the freedom to review, copy, tinker with and redistribute code. So fervent is …
The slant and bias of this article is obvious, but the icing on the cake is the mention of contract law in the closing paragraph - the GPL *is not a contract* as anyone with even a passing interest in the area knows, and has know for more than a decade, now. It is a *licence*, backed by *copyright law*, *not* contract law.
Free or Libre?
There seems a little confusion here between free (speech) and free (beer). Whilst I'm sure you understand the difference it isn't made all that clear from the article. I agree the cost of $7000 seems a lot, but then I generally think that anything that describes itself as a seminar as pretty worthless. I also agree that if the GPL (v3) requires that level of understanding then it isn't terribly well written - but that's never stopped a license before...
The underlying thread of this article though suggests that an organisation that calls itself 'Free' shouldn't be charging. This is wrong. The 'Free' is all about the freedom to tinker with, alter or distribute the code - it's nothing to with money.
If you really believe about the 'carefully selected' clients, then you probably enter all the competitions where you are a 'carefully selected' entrant, and more fool you.
If some suckers are going to pay $7000 for a seminar, good on 'em - they'll be supporting Free Software. If they're lawyers it's probably only the equivalent of one lunch bill anyway.
Waste of Time
A short list of interesting points entirely missed by the writer of this article:
* The distinction between a license and a contract;
* The distinction between free speech and free beer;
* The differences between GPLv3 and previous versions of the GPL;
* The likely uptake of GPLv3 by the free software community;
* The implications of GPLv3 compatibility with the DFSG/OSD.
Only someone new to the field trying to be deliberately pig-headed could conceive of a GPLv3 article which doesn't touch on any of the above points. What we got was an article loaded with superficial rhetoric and light on actual facts.
I'm trying desperately to stop myself from launching into a line-by-line critique of this diatribe. Boiling it down, the only point of the article is that legal advice costs money. Stop the presses.
Accuracy vs Precision
I think we could all benefit from a little logic refresher: specifically, the difference between accuracy and precision. Simply put, accuracy is whether you hit the mark, while precision is how well-defined (or small) the mark you hit is. For example, "Pi is just above 3" is an accurate statement, but it's not as precise as "Pi is approximately 3.14159".
Here's another example:
A contract is a legal agreement between two or more parties. (I know there's more to it than that, but I'm going for accuracy not precision here.)
A license agreement is a _contract_ with respect to a work protected by patent, copyright, trademark, or other laws. (There's your precision for you!)
So Mr. Goodin was right when he called the GPL a contract, he just wasn't being very precise. But "Idiot*" was wrong when he said a license was backed by copyright law and not contract law. A license is backed by copyright law AND contract law. Licenses (GPL included) often include terms such as limitations of liabilities and of warranties for specific purposes which are not covered by copyright law.
"Free or Libre" and Matt Kern both raised some good points, although I disagree with their interpretation of the article and its purpose. I don't think the article was really about the money (although that was the hook), and I don't believe the Mr. Goodin should be required to recap the entire history and current state of GPLv3 (interested parties who don't already know can google -- oops -- "search the web for" that.)
What I see as the point of this article is that the actions of the SFLC seem to imply that GPLv3 is much more complicated than v2, and that this could be a problem for a document which has historically been perceived as an attempt to simplify licensing.
Personally, I see this as a reflection of the larger legal environment: it's legally and politically more expedient to create special exceptions and complicate law rather than to retool existing law to make it simpler and more logically consistent. Consequently contracts such as GPLv3 have to be more complicated as well.
*I don't necessarily think he's an idiot, and I'm just using "he" as a neuter pronoun, because he didn't bother leaving a name.
Quality Counts in a world of cheap and nasty
"Attendees "are going to get from the horse's mouth what the horse is going to do to enforce this new code."
Most other FOSS curmudgeons declined to grumble on the record, insisting that their comments would only increase the chances that their clients would be targeted by the FSF and SFLC. With the veil of anonymity, however, they suggested the $7,000 price tag - about five times the going rate of other legal seminars - amounted to little more than protection money.
Large companies professing their love for open source in public will want to go ahead and send a few lawyers to this conference for educational, political and back-rubbing due diligence."
QuITe. And to get from the horse's mouth what the horse is going to do to enforce new code to protect money, would suggest that $7,000 would be far too cheap and much better as £.007m.
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Irresponsible pet owners have led the Teton County School District to ban all dogs, whether leashed or not, to be on school grounds. That includes athletic fields, playgrounds and other outdoor school areas. Facilities Director Kevin Thibeault explains there are multiple reasons for this decision. They include dogs who simply want to play fightening children on the playgrounds, children at the schools who are allergic to dogs, and dog owners not cleaning up after their animals. Additionally, Thibeault points to the increasing number of synthetic athletic fields near the high school where dog waste has been causing particular problems. Thibeault says the school district will take the first couple weeks of the policy to familiarize the public with the new restriction, but will eventually become more become more stringent about enforcement.


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Shamshabad located on the outskirts of Hyderabad is becoming the next realty focus after Gachibowli, Secunderabad and Kukatpally. Strategically located near to the Hyderabad international airport and National Highway -7 (connecting to Bangalore), Shamshabad enjoys excellent location advantages. According to Sandeep Mishra from Estate Agency, "The area is witness a consistent rise in demand and supply in the realty sector in the past 4-6 months." The real estate values have already been doubled during the past two years and are still appreciating, he added.
"Shamshabad is well connected to the Hi-tech city through recently completed Outer Ring Road (ORR) which has made it convenient for the IT professionals and other immigrants to consider this sub city for living purposes," says Arun Pratap from Vaibhav Infrastructure. This has resulted in increase in the number of inquiries and realty transactions by approximately 20 per cent in the past six months, he said.
Well laid physical infrastructure such as roads, expressways, metro station, schools etc are the other favourable factors contributing in the real estate growth. At present, Shamshabad is in transition phase with plenty of residential plots available for sale at affordable values. Once, the area will become popular the real estate values are expected to witness sharp rise, added Mishra.
The area is also seeing new projects mostly independent villas coming up along the ORR. Highway Residency, Suvarna City, Grandeur The Villas are few of the upcoming projects in the area. The capital values of residential properties is quite reasonable being a developing location and an individual can book an independent house starting from Rs 15-20 lakh.
By and large the area is noticing comprehensive growth in residential, commercial and infrastructural sector. More residential supply in comparison to demand has controlled realty values escalations. "There is clearly a supply-demand mismatch, and unsold number of properties is quite high impacting residential property pricing", confirmed Pratap.
Shamshabad strategic location, affordable values and connectivity are the three USP's that will definitely push the realty sector to new heights in less than 2 years as anticipated.
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Marketing Lessons From the Lucky Old Souls Food Truck Epic Failure
As writers we know when building our platform that a combination of a poor quality product combined with pitiful customer service is a recipe for failure. We are always striving to make our product (our writing) the best it can possibly be. And we know that our interactions with our readers are the foundation of growing our readership.
Our job is to create a base of loyal, raving fans who will help us spread our message. We know that if we let our readers down, if we disappoint them, if we produce poor quality work, they will just as avidly spread that message too. Our reputation online is our best asset. If we blow it, we may never get it back.
I had an experience this weekend with the Lucky Old Souls Burger Truck, from which I've drawn some important lessons, so I hope you can avoid making these critical errors in your own business. And yes, writers are in business!
Cultivate Repeat Readers
I've been eyeing the Lucky Old Souls food truck for the last several weekends at my local organic farmers market. But the line always seemed to be moving very slowly so I never had time to try out their grass-fed organic beef burgers. This weekend I was really hungry and wanted to sample what they had to offer, so my partner did our grocery shopping from the local farmers while I joined the rather lengthy line at Lucky Old Souls.
It should have been a red flag right from the beginning, but the rumbling of my empty stomach won over the long line that made very slow progress toward the order window. I began to chat with the others in line around me, wondering if anyone had tried the food from this truck before. Would this wait be worth it? Was the food really that good?
Amazingly, not one person in line had ever eaten from Lucky Old Souls Burger Truck before. There was no one to say "This food is great. You'll love it."
I found that a little surprising. Why were there no repeat customers?
If you're a writer you don't want people to only buy your first book, you want your first book to be so good that people will eagerly pre-order all of your following books because they already know that they love your work. You will cultivate rapport with these readers so that they will be excited to learn that you're working on your next project. They'll spread the word to all of their friends, they'll leave thoughtful comments on your posts, they'll share your work on Facebook, they'll retweet your articles.
You know that these relationships are the foundation of your success, and you'll work all the harder to produce your best work because you would never want to let them down.
Don't Make it Hard for Your Readers to Buy From You
When I finally got up to the window to place my order, the young man at the window asked me what he could get for me. I got halfway through my order when he said "We're so backed up, I have to wait to take your order. It's going to be a while."
What? You're so busy you can't even let me finish giving my order?
It would have been far better to have taken my order in its entirety than to cut me off halfway through. Because now I'm more than a little frustrated, and I shouldn't have to jump through ridiculous hoops to order from a food truck.
Take a look at your sales process. Are you making it easy for people to buy from you? Or are they frustrated by your process and give up in despair? Are you losing them at the last minute when they were all ready to break out their wallets?
Go through every step of your process. Is it easy to find your contact information? Are people making it all the way through your process without giving up? You need to make sure you're making it easy for people at every step of the way.
Create Efficient Systems
While I stood, as patiently as possible, waiting for the young man to finally be able to write down my order, I began to understand exactly why the line had moved so agonizingly slowly at Lucky Old Souls. Every time an order was finally prepared, this young man would find the corresponding ticket in the stack hanging above him. But each time he pulled out a ticket for food that was ready to be served, the entire stack of tickets would fall out of the hanger all over the counter.
What a mess! While I was standing there waiting, this happened about 5 times. An order would come up ready to be served. The counter guy would try to find the correct order slip, but the whole stack spilled across the counter and down on the floor. And each time, the counter kid would then have to pick them all back up and rearrange them back into that holder. It would have been funny if I wasn't already so frustrated.
You need to make sure that you've created efficient systems, both for your customers as well as for you. Do you schedule your writing time every day and make it a priority? Or do you haphazardly grab whatever time you can amidst your busy day?
Do you make it easy to read your work?
Do you make it a point to present your readers with efficient pathways to interacting with you? Or are you making them frustrated with your disorganization?
Don't Make Your Readers Wait (Especially if Your Product Sucks)
Finally! After waiting for over a half an hour in this line, I was finally able to give the young man my order, only to be told it would still "take a while" to get my food. I looked around me at the many people who had been ahead of me in line to see that every one of them was still waiting for their food. Oh well, I'm committed now. I've already invested so much time into this that I don't want to give up now.
Another half hour has passed, and the people around me waiting for their food are growing quite impatient. Our grocery shopping has been finished long ago, and we are hungry and ready to move on to the rest of our day.
Finally! My name is called. I take our packages across the street to enjoy our food at a bench in a little park overlooking the market. I eagerly unwrap my burger and take a large bite. UGH! Not only is the burger raw, but the meat is tasteless and unseasoned. The so-called signature Lucky Old Souls sauce is just ketchup (albeit homemade) mixed with mayo.
I just invested over an hour of my time, spent a ridiculous amount of money for an overpriced tasteless burger, and dealt with an incompetent counter person for mediocre RAW food? Now that is a shame! And I'm not at all happy
To be successful as an author, as a writer, or as a business we need to devote ourselves to creating epic, high quality products, whether that is a book, a blog post, a presentation, or a conversation with one of your readers. Give every task your best effort. Do not accept mediocre. Your reputation depends on this.
Yeah, you might serve up epic products every other day of the week, but if you allow even one day of accepting mediocre, you can be sure that none of the good stuff will matter. Your disappointed customers will all be talking about the day where you let your standards slip, the day that you thought your slipshod efforts would go unnoticed. Trust me. This will come back to haunt you.
Slipshod, mediocre work looks like you don't care. And if you don't care about the quality of your business why should we?
You must be exceptional. You need to stand out in a crowded marketplace by being remarkable. When the reason that you've got people's attention is that your customer service is appalling or your product is horrible, your business is doomed to fail. You want your customers raving about how good you are, not telling everyone they know how horrible your product is.
Accept Responsibility for Your Mistakes
I took my disappointing, RAW burger to the back door of the truck and asked the guy cooking if he could make me a burger that wasn't raw. Instead of saying "I'm sorry, let me make you another one right away," this guy became rude and obnoxious.
Saying "that's not raw, we serve our burgers rare."
And then "If you really want me to replace that, you're going to have to wait until I've taken care of all of these other customers."
First you're going to argue with me, then you're going to try to tell me that a bloody, cold piece of meat is really a nicely cooked rare burger, and THEN you're going to suggest that I wait another half hour at least for you to fix this?
Are you kidding me?
I was thinking to myself that the owner of this truck would be appalled at the way his employees treated their customers. I later discovered that this surly fry boy IS the owner.
A business owner who treats his customers rudely, who argues with them, and who refuses to make the matter right cannot possibly stay in business for long.
No wonder there was nobody in line to eat at Lucky Old Souls Burger truck who had ever eaten there before. No repeat customers raving about how great the food was. In essence: no raving fans. This is no way to build a sustainable business.
Learn From Your Critics
I threw my raw, tasteless, unseasoned burger in the trash and went home very disappointed. I had invested a lot of time, spent a ridiculous amount of money, and dealt with rudeness from this business. My valuable time and my money had both been treated with disrespect.
And I began to think of the business lessons that can be gleaned from this experience.
I knew that if this was my business, I would want to know that my employees were doing a poor job of creating raving fans to build my business brand. I would want to know that someone was doing something to ruin the reputation that I had worked so hard to build.
So I located the Facebook page for the Lucky Old Souls burger truck, and I left some constructive feedback about my experience. It was while I was looking around this page, that I discovered that the obnoxious fry cook was actually the owner of the business.
Not only did he delete my comment from his page, he banned me from being able to post again.
We need to learn to answer our critics as well as welcome our supporters.
When someone leaves what feels like a negative comment at something I have written, I like to take this as an opportunity to learn and to grow, and examine what I wrote to find ways that I can make it better.
Was my writing clear? Did I really say what I meant to say? Was this my best work? Or was it mediocre? Does this person have a valid point? What can I learn from this? How can I be more remarkable?
Your Thoughts?
Is your business remarkable? How are you standing out from the crowd?
Have you made any of these mistakes in your business? How did you use it as an opportunity to be exceptional? Any other lessons you can see from this experience? What are you doing to create Lifetime Clients?
Do not follow the business model of Lucky Old Souls Burger Truck. In a very short time you will be out of business.


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From time to time we will do and installation or polyurea spray liner. Here are some random examples of jobs we have done.
Above is a pond I think I have been working on for ever. It is the pond as you drive up to our parking lot.
Above is a spray job I did on a pond that had an expansion done to it by another contractor.
Above we had to rough the surface because most of the pond was covered with fiberglass and then CIM.
Above we started to apply the polyurea. The finish product will be black but we spray gray first just to make sure we have good coverage.
Above is the finish gray before we spray the black.
Above is a spray job and filter installation.
Above the filter is 90% done. This job was finished some time ago.
Above is a job I did in Long Island. It was a repair of a polyurea spray job. I think it was done the first time with truck bead spray liner and the second time something simillar. On the third time I used pure polyurea. We removed everything we could from the first two spray jobs.
Besides respraying the polyurea I had to replace a leaky old style Spin Drifter bottom drain. We also installed a mid-level pick up.
With a new Rhino II installed this pond is almost ready for polyurea.
Above we had installed an extra mid-level intake. All the existing spray liner was either peeled off or sanded and primed to soften it. I had some blue left over from a formal fountain so we sprayed that down for our first few coats.
The concrete we are spraying on was a monolithic pour but the forms that were used weren't exactly as smooth as I would have like. Polyurea is very smooth but it also picks up and exaggerates everything it goes over, We use filler on some of the larger imperfections.


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Rock The Casbah
Rock the Casbah is a project I always wanted to do. First, I was a big fan of war films when I was a kid, and after my military service I found the right story for my "Israeli War Film".
It was difficult to get the budget but after I released "Aftershock" to Channel4, England, it was easier to find the budget.
In many ways, this gilm is a tribute to my childhood friends who served with me in the occupied territories.
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Fujifilm Finepix S200EXR bridge camera
Until recently, the Fujifilm Finepix S200EXR was the company's flagship bridge camera with its clever extended dynamic range (EXR) noise handling, 12Mp CCD sensor and a 14.3x zoom lens that in 35mm terms translates to an all-purpose 30.5-436mm range. FujiFilm S200 EXR Worth a shot? Fujifilm's Finepix S200EXR While the company …
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Those telephoto shots are *nastily* soft, but it seems to perform reasonably well (for the price) at 3200. I expect the 30x zoom on Fuji's latest model will be even worse at the long end.
These cameras are reasonable for the casual shooter, but just a waste of money for people who want a decent long lens for nature photography.
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It's worth looking at the EXIF on the telephoto shots; most of them appear to have been shot at ISO400, which never helps a small sensor. The light looked good though, so I'm not sure why it did that...
That telephoto lamppost shot is shaken too - there's a double edge on the highlights which gives it away.
If you want a simple way to find out the EXIF when browsing with Firefox, there's a neat AddOn called FxIF:
Is that 12 Fuji Fantasy MP (ie, 6MP) or 12 Real MP? What's the resolution in RAW mode?
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"Is that 12 Fuji Fantasy MP (ie, 6MP) or 12 Real MP?"
Are you referring to the earliest generations of SuperCCD whose "interpolated" resolutions were promoted as the real thing? That hasn't been the case for a good five years or more, as far as I am aware.
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"These cameras are reasonable for the casual shooter, but just a waste of money for people who want a decent long lens for nature photography."
There does seem to be a steady parade of decent bird shots (of the feathered kind) produced by people with this camera and/or the S100FS, though. They claim that a big benefit of a bridge camera for bird photography is the relative silence compared to SLRs.
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Written by Joe Scotchie Friday, 18 March 2011 00:00
Tragedy struck last Saturday night in Massapequa Park as a Nassau County police officer was killed in what police term as friendly fire as officers responded to a robbery incident that took place in the Front Street area.
Police Officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf 40, a 12-year veteran of the force and a resident of Selden, succumbed to his injury sustained at the March 12 incident. Police Officer Breitkopf was pronounced deceased at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow shortly after 9:15 p.m.
According to Nassau County Police, the incident took place on Saturday at around 8:13 p.m. At that time, police were called for a suspicious person with weapons walking in the vicinity of Front Street. Responding officers confronted the subject eastbound on Front Street where he fled on foot to the residence at 5 Fourth Street. The subject barricaded himself inside a room at that location, detectives said. Officers entered the residence, called for assistance and evacuated the occupants of the house. During this time the suspect suddenly emerged from the room with a knife and lunged at the officers, detectives said. The officers discharged their weapons, fatally shooting the subject and he succumbed to his wounds at the scene. The subject who was fatally wounded has been identified by detectives as Anthony Digeronimo of 5 Fourth Avenue Massapequa Park.
Police Officer Breitkopf, who was assigned to the elite Bureau of Special Operations (BS0), was also at the scene and was struck by gunfire as result of an accidental shooting. Breitkopf was transported to Nassau University Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.
On Sunday, March 13, Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey held a press conference to provide further details.
Mulvey said that after the initial shooting incident, at a time estimated at between 8 and 13 minutes, Breitkopf arrived at the Fourth Avenue residence. Also at the scene by then were two MTA officers, both of whom were stationed at the Massapequa Long Island Railroad station. Breitkopf, Mulvey said, was approaching the house with a rifle by his side. Mulvey added that he was not holding the rifle in a shooting position. According to Mulvey, an MTA officer, who was also outside the residence, fired a single shot to Breitkopf's right side. An investigation of the incident is ongoing, including those regarding the plainclothes officer's identification process. County officials said the incident is the first friendly fire fatality to take place in Nassau County since 1976.
Tributes to the fallen officer poured in from local officials and institutions.
County Executive Edward P. Mangano immediately postponed his planned March 14 State of the County address.
"My deepest sympathies go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Nassau County Police Officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf of the elite Bureau of Special Operations, who lost his life in the line of duty on March 12, 2011," read a statement from County Executive Mangano. "Police Officer Breitkopf's dedication to keeping Nassau County safe deserves the highest recognition. This is a tragic day for the County of Nassau and the Nassau County Police Department. Officer Breitkopf was a highly decorated member of the Nassau County Police Department who joined the force in 1998 and served as an exemplary police officer and model citizen. During his tenure with the Nassau County Police Department, Officer Breitkopf received five Command Recognitions, four Meritorious Police Service Awards and a Medal of Commendation. Officer Breitkopf leaves behind his wife, Paula and two children; Connor and Owen. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and fellow police officers of Office Breitkopf during this sad time. On behalf of the people of Nassau County, I have ordered all Nassau County buildings to fly our Nation's flag at half-staff in memory of Police Officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf."
"My most heartfelt sympathies and prayers go out to Police Officer Geoffrey Breitkopf's family, as well as his extended family of fellow officers in the Nassau County Police Department," said Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. "This tragic incident reminds every citizen in this county of the dangers that our officers face each day, as they put their lives on the line to protect us and keep our communities safe."
"The entire MTA family wishes to share its condolences with the Nassau County Police Department and the family of a Nassau County officer tragically killed in an accidental shooting last night," said a release from the MTA. "The MTA Police Department is cooperating with Nassau County PD and DA's offices in the ongoing investigation."
This is the second time in just six weeks that the Massapequa area has felt the brunt of the death of a Nassau County police officer. On Feb. 5, Wantagh resident and Nassau County Patrolman Michael J. Califano died after a truck driver collided into his parked vehicle on the Long Island Expressway in Old Westbury.
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Don Beachler studies Congress, public policy, the politics of Social Security and Medicare reform, elections, voter turnout, reapportionment and gerrymandering, and how issues of race, genocide and the Holocaust play out in politics.
Beachler has published numerous papers and articles on Congress, elections and voter turnout as well as two books in the "Winning the White House" series on presidential elections. Forthcoming in the fall of 2011 will be his book "The Genocide Debate: Politicians, Academics, and Victims," which examines how different episodes of mass killing--in Rwanda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nazi Germany and the Ottoman Empire--have been politicized.
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Cornell University
Ph.D., American Politics/ Minors in Comparative Politics and Political Theory, 1992
Dissertation Title: The South and Divided Government
Cornell University
M.A., Government, 1985
West Virginia University
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I've read about Doe's Eat Place online and in novels, magazines and newspapers. The original is in Greenville, Miss., the heart of the Delta, and it's well-known for its hand-cut steaks and hand-rolled tamales. My first visit was a meal I'll never forget.
Once our name was found on the reservations list (I highly recommend calling ahead), we were ushered through the kitchen and into one of three small dining areas with mismatched tables. Quite charming, actually. When our waitress appeared, the conversation went like this:
Waitress: What do y'all want for dinner?
My husband, Tom: Well, this is our first time here. Do you have a menu?
Waitress: Well, no, not a written one, but I do have one in my head. ... We have a 2-pound ribeye; a 2-pound T-bone; a 10-ounce filet; a 2-pound sirloin; fried shrimp; shrimp sautéed in butter and garlic; seafood gumbo; tamales; and a tossed salad with oil and lemon dressing.
Tom and our friend Lars Ely both ordered T-bones and salads. I chose the ribeye. And we told her we'd start with tamales.
Within minutes, the salads were delivered, followed shortly thereafter by the tamales.
Hot tamales have an interesting history in the Delta. When itinerant farmers came up from Mexico to help work the area's farms in the 1930s, they brought their food with them. The love of the tamales spread among those living in the Delta and established a route used by the workers as Tamale Road, with Greenville as one of the stops.
Doe's is one place where you can find them hand-rolled and ready to consume in huge numbers. Be careful, or you'll fill up before your meal arrives.
I limited myself to two tamales and was able to eat my entire filet. It was one of the biggest and best steaks I've ever had, so there was no way was I going to let this one be bagged up and reheated. It was masterfully cooked, with just the right amount of seasoning and chargrilled crunch on top.
One of the 2-pound T-bones could have served both Tom and Lars, though, so we walked out with three containers. Two contained their leftover steak, and the other a dozen tamales for later.
The "menu" we received from our server did not include prices, and we didn't ask. Tom and I learned, though, that the next time we go, we'll limit ourselves to two salads and split one steak. The bill without tip, which also included three beers, was $194. If you want wine, bring your own. You won't find a corkage fee here.
There are several Doe's locations around the South. You'll find them online at www.doeseatplace.com. But there was something about dining in the very first one that made our meal all the more special.
Information cards on the tables said the restaurant's history goes back to the days when segregation ruled the South. Then, roles were reversed, and white people were only allowed to come in through the back door to enjoy the steak and tamales while black people were enjoying a honky-tonk in the front.
I'm glad things have changed, though I'd walk through a back, front or side door, even come down the chimney, to eat a steak and a plate of tamales at Doe's.
Imagine my suprise when I opened my morning paper and got to the Life cover page and Doe's eat place leaps off the page and makes me remember so many good times. I grew up on a farm about a mile and a half North Doe's Eat Place in Greenville, MS. My parents went to school with members of the Signa family. My taste buds went into overdrive. Doe's hot tamales are fabulous and even better when served with a cup of chili. The stakes were always big enough to share with at least one other and usually large enough for a small family. If possible we always had a large tomato can or two of two dozen tamales in the freezer.
It did sadden me to see that the spaghetti and meatballs were no longer on the menu. We would buy those wonderful meatballs and make subs to die for. Was the old place still leaning like the tower of Pizza? The memories you brought up are too many and wonderful to discuss here. I have just one question. WHY WERE you in Greenville? Doe's and family and friends are the only reason to go back to Greenville. Thank you so much, Wes Byrd
Hi Wes, sorry to take so long to get back to you, but I'm planning a trip back there next week. My husband and I are involved in a farming venture near Indianola and Shaw. And I can't wait to go back to Doe's for a salad, tamale and some seafood gumbo! the old place didn't seem to be leaning, but we arrived after dark, so who knows? Our plates didn't seem to slide off the table, though, so if it was leaning, it wasn't leaning too badly. I enjoyed your memories of the place and you are so welcome. Anne Braly


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Hyperion's Record of the Month for August 2014 inaugurates a new Classical Piano Concerto series. This first volume of three Dussek Piano Concertos is auspiciously performed by Howard Shelley and the Ulster Orchestra. For our Romantic Violin Concerto series Tanja Becker-Bender has recorded the Busoni & Strauss Violin Concertos (each composer wrote only one); Garry Walker conducts a vibrant BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Canticles from St Paul's is a showcase not only of wonderful singing but also of the diversity of music in the Anglican tradition over the centuries. Andrew Carwood conducts the St Paul's Cathedral Choir, with Simon Johnson at the helm of the cathedral's stupendous organ.
Re-issued this month are the Corydon Singers' revelatory recording of the two Beethoven Early Cantatas, and the Arvo Pärt Berliner Messe & Magnificat album from Polyphony and Stephen Layton.
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Legal challenge could overturn gay-marriage ban in Florida
Six couples file suit in Miami saying ban fosters discrimination and stigma against same-sex couples
Published: January 29, 2014
As to whether this will ramp up Stemberger's ire (and that of the base that follows him) with domestic partnership playing out in the legislature, Farmer doesn't draw as direct a connection.
"Maybe it's a little naive," he says. "I don't know that it will really change that much. We've always been an organization that has been upfront about the fact that we want full marriage equality. It doesn't mean that we don't have to deal with the confines of our current situation. Domestic partnerships are not even close to the same thing as marriage. I think for us, one of the frustrating things about him using that scare tactic is, on a strategic level, [the statewide domestic partnership] bill is not about that for us. It's about finding the quickest way to find the most amount of equality for the most people in need."
Besides, the public tide is clearly turning. Last week an Oregon judge consolidated two challenges to that state's marriage ban, and the matter may even be decided before it even reaches the ballot this fall. Proponents of overturning the ban don't see the two-pronged effort as a waste of time, though.
"We're committed to bringing [gay] marriage to Oregon as quickly as possible and doing it in a way that permanently solves the problem," Oregon ACLU director David Fidanque told the Associated Press. "And that's why we're pursuing the parallel tracks of the court action and the ballot measure.
It's important to get the constitutional ban out of the state constitution even if the litigation is successful."
Similar maneuvering may be on the horizon in Florida, Farmer says. A new Public Policy Polling study found that, for the first time, a majority of Floridians support gay marriage: 47 to 44 percent, up 14 percent in a little more than two years. For those under the age of 45, the margin of support is 58 to 34 percent.
"On a good day, we're somewhere in the low 50s; we need to do better than that," Farmer says. "I think one of the questions we have to ask ourselves – and we're really confident that justice will prevail in the courts, it's long been the place that people go as a minority … There's going to be a moment where we have to decide if we're going to go after a ballot measure. There are a lot of decisions that are coming together that are really tough for the organization."
Then again, based on the response this latest announcement has stirred up in phone calls and donations, Farmer remains optimistic.
"We have never had so much press, and we've never had such a big platform," he says.
Florida isn't the only state facing legal challenges from same-sex couples seeking marriage equality. Read this story from our sister paper, the San Antonio Current, about the couples suing Texas for the right to marry in their state.
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BEAUMONT, Texas – A 24-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a string of robberies in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
Robert Lee White pleaded guilty to two counts of Hobbs Act robberies and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence today before U.S. District Judge Ron Clark.
According to information presented in court, from Oct. 22, 2010 through Nov. 30, 2010, White, John Wesley Batiste and Savana Marie Miller conspired together to commit robbery, which unlawfully obstructed, delayed and affected commerce in violation of federal law. The defendants are specifically charged with committing 11 armed robberies in Beaumont during this 40-day crime spree which began on Oct. 22, 2010 after Batiste provided a pistol-grip shotgun to White. The two then robbed the Sunshine Food Store on West Virginia that same day. On Oct. 25, 2010, the defendants are alleged to have robbed the same Sunshine Food Store. Less than an hour later, they hit the Sunshine Food Store on Concord. On Oct. 27, 2010, the two men attempted a robbery at the Subway on South 11th Street before successfully robbing the Tri-Stop Grocery on Tram Road. On Nov. 2, 2010, White and Batiste robbed the Subway on 11th Street with assistance from Miller, who was employed at the location and allowed White entrance through the backdoor. During this robbery, White struck Miller's manager with the butt of the shotgun while Miller pretended to be a victim. On Nov. 11, 2010, White robbed the Neighborly Store on North Major Drive. On Nov. 14, 2010, White returned to the Sunshine Food Store on Concord and again robbed that location. On Nov. 24, 2010, White robbed the Cool Stop located on College. On Nov. 26, 2010, White robbed the Pick n' Shop on South Major Drive and then returned to the store the next evening and robbed it again. Later on Nov. 27, 2010, White again robbed the Cool Stop on College.
White faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 32 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. John Wesley Batiste, Jr., 23, and Savana Marie Miller, 25, are awaiting a trial date.
The case is being prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative. Project Safe Neighborhoods is aimed at reducing gun and gang violence, deterring illegal possession of guns, ammunition and body armor, and improving the safety of residents in the Eastern District of Texas. Participants in the initiative include community members and organizations as well as federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
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This is a retelling of the Arthurian legend, from Arthur's birth to the end of his
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Honda, Yamaha ready electric, hybrid motorbikes
So what's new ?
I was walking through Girona (Catalunia) today when a woman went past me at warp factor five on a soundless scooter, about Vespa size.
On the side it had "ELECTRIC BIKE COMPANY".
It made me realise that mixing these silent devices and pedestrians in the same area may not be a good thing. So lets have a Harley Davidson sound effects chip in the motorbikes & scooters, and maybe a nice 427 V-8 recording in the SMART cars.......just to keep us walkers on our toes.
Scientists study near-death sensations
WHERE do we go ?
From the illustration, it looks like we all end up in the LHC.
Can this be the afterlife - being smashed into other souls by unthinking European sientists...
Secret of invisibility unravelled by US researchers
My disappearing socks
Every washing machine ever made already has this feature. Put two socks in, run a cycle - short or long, doesn't matter - look inside tub and only one sock is visible.
Carbon Trust: Rooftop windmills are eco own-goal
ALL TOGETHER NOW: It's not the GENERATION of power that's the problem, it's STORING it so it can be used when needed. Jeeze, how often do I have to say it: STORAGE, STORAGE, STORAGE !
Paris 'cos she understands storage. Or something rhyming with that.
Wünderbra! German policewomen take 'Action Brassiere'
What, no Max Mosely ?
I must express my rage, disappointment, surprise etc., to read all these comments and find not a single tie-in about "something new for the Head of the FIA for use in his sex orgies".
Remember this phrase for winter holidays in Germany:
"Ich habe die Heizung gern auf Volldampf, aber sieh' Deinen Kugelsicherer BH aus wenn's Dir zu warm ist".
Prost !
US airforce to launch robotic Space Shuttle 2.0 this year
It looks to me like a copy of the ESA "Hermes" spacecraft which was cancelled about twenty years ago when we found the job could be done cheaper by one-offs.......
Japan kicks off electric car format war
How do you like it cooked ?
Clive Harris writes: I find the rabid hatred of hybrids quite interesting, but I suppose it's inevitable from someone who's invested heavily in an obsolete technology and who can't admit they're wrong.
So let me see: the exciting new save-the-future technology is to take fossil fuel and burn it in an automobile engine to generate electricity which is stored and then used to turn the wheels and propel the vehicle...
In contrast to the old obsolete technology, which is to take fossil fuel and burn it in a automobile engine to turn the wheels and propel the vehicle.
The only amazing advance Toyota have made is in the area of PR, persuading people on one side of the Atlantic that their automobile is somehow propelled by fossil fuel AND electricity, and that a car that does 45mpg US is fuel efficient.
Coming to a sudden halt
why stop with a 100 metre power cable? says Michael.
Depends on how well the cable connectors are screwed in each end, and what speed you are doing when all the slack's been taken up, Michael !
Car owned: 2004 Ford Galaxy TDi, seven seater, 90,000kms, urban fuel consumption 6.5l/100 which is 44mpg UK or 52mpg US. On long autopiste/autobahn/motorway runs, about 15% better.
Toyota Prius ? I think not.
Turbo diesels for ever !
I take issue with the Toyota being nicknamed a "Pius". Hardly a Catholic Car.
A far better name is the "Priapus" which indicates the type of people who buy one....
I was about to write that one never sees this car in Europe as nobody buys the Prius, because the vast majority of European cars in the same size category cost less to buy and have far better fuel consumption, when lo !
I passed one on a back road this morning - going very very slowly to achieve that famous 45mpg.
Europe's first mobile WiMAX goes online
Spanish WiMax works.....
I've had a WiMax connection here in Catalunia since last summer and it works well, constantly at or even above the bandwidth I signed up for (which you can't say for Telefonica's copper-wire broadband.) There are occasional weather-related drops in connectivity but I'm 15kms from the tower, so can't complain.
Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'
Catalaunia's WiFi
Many towns and even small villages in Catalunia are installing free WiFi. It's run by the municipality and financed by what British call "rates" and everyone else calls municipal taxes. Access is for residents only and you get a password from the townhall if you are living there. System seems to work well.
Swedish authorities pull plug on female Elvis
Bearing a Cross
The Beckhams when living in Madrid called their newly-born son "Cruz" which is a girl's name - in Spain traditonally used - like "Dolores" meaning pain - after a difficult birth.
The birth wasn't reportedly painful but guess the old brain cells were suffering, you Perfect Couple you.
UK auction delay would be major blow to WiMAX
Spanish WiMax
Here in Spain I've had a broadband WiMax link for nearly a year, and other than the occasional thunderstorm passing the base station causing rare drop-outs, it is excellent. The uplink and downlink speeds are consistantly what I pay for, or higher - unlike broadband over wire by Telefonica - and I rate the service at 99%.
I see the French government over the border to the north of us is also pushing WiMax in rural areas; I guess once again British dithering is going to leave UK citizens in the lurch as usual.
Ruckus kicks off over directional Wi-Fi
This is getting silly. Interesting, but silly.
Neither, it's meece or meeces. Don't you ever watch Tom and Jerry ? Back to subject. You can make a pretty good directional wifi antenna with an old windscreen wiper motor to steer it. An acoustic mike will log onto your persistant cough and follow you round the room with your PDA or laptop...hey ! Let me out of here ! Who turned the lights off ? Why did that Boeing 777 land short......?
Teachers crucified by coughing pupils
Another contributary problem......
I was chatting yesterday to a retired teacher who had brought a large group of German teenagers on holiday here to Catalunia last year, and said "they all had a great time". I looked at him and he said "of course, in the area where they come from the (parential) divorce rate is under 30% so we have far fewer behavourial problems than children from areas of Germany where the divorce rate is well over 50%...."
WiMAX has 'failed miserably'
More on WiMax is King
Incidently I do frequent runs to see what speed I'm getting from Iberbanda S.A., my Spanish provider. I only signed up for 512Kb (WiMax in Spain is more expensive than via Telefonica's phone lines so I took the lowest speed to save money) but I consistantly get over 500Kb both up and downlink.
My friends on Telefonica's broadband-over-telephone wires who have signed up for a 1Mg connection ran the same test and found on average they were getting 300Kb up and 600Kb down. Their perception of my 512Kb connection is that it's faster than their 1Mg connection. Kind of obvious......
WiMax is King !
Mountainous Spain with well-distributed communities has an excellent record on WiMax. My house uses a link perhaps 15 kms from the base station; I have a square microwave directional antenna on the roof and a four pair cable ethernet connection from that to my PC. The only time the link goes down is during extreme weather conditions such as torrential rain. I would not change it for the world and especially would not replace it with a broadband connection via the hopeless Telefonica phone company.
Autothrottle problems suspected in Heathrow 777 crash
Electromagnetic interference
Can manufacturers spend a fortune ensuring their billions of cars have EMC (Engine Management Computers) which are not susceptable to electromagnetic interference from any source, right ? Right. So Land Rover Freelanders from the first five years of production frequently had to be towed away when parked near any Italian police station, because the Italian police use radios which locked the Freelander's Immobiliser. The manufacturer screwed up. So unlikely on aircraft systems ?
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Things look quiet here. But I've been doing a lot of blogging at
dan.langille.org because I prefer WordPress now.
Not all my posts there are FreeBSD related.
I am in the midst of migrating The FreeBSD Diary over to WordPress
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Once the migration is completed, I'll move the FreeBSD posts into the
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If anyone want to suggest a survey, just add your comments.
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UTCs Dontay Hampton brings the ball down court in the game against Warren Wilson during a November game at McKenzie Arena.Photo by Angela Lewis /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga guard Dontay Hampton still sported stitches above his right eye Tuesday, but he's been cleared to play tonight at Appalachian State.
The junior guard crashed into the floor on a fastbreak attempt in the first half Saturday night against UNC Greensboro and did not return to the game.
"There were concussion-like symptoms," Mocs coach John Shulman said. "I think he saw blood and threw up. And he was light-headed. He's good to go."
South over North
The Southern Conference standings are simple to read: The South Division is stronger than the North.
The North Division has only Elon and UNC Greensboro above .500 in SoCon play. The South has Davidson, Georgia Southern, Wofford and the College of Charleston with more wins than losses so far.
"Davidson has been pretty consistent all year," Western Carolina coach Larry Hunter said. "Hats off to Mike Young with that [Wofford] group. Even Charleston started well.
"They've done a great job over there."
Keeping 'em humble
Samford could be the surprise of the SoCon.
The Bulldogs (10-15) were picked to finish last in the preseason coaches' poll, but they're 7-7 in the SoCon so far. They have more conference victories than all but their inaugural year of 2008-09.
Success is something different that coach Jimmy Tillette has to deal with.
"When we were losing, we had to tell them they were not losers," Tillette said. "The other side of the coin is how well do we handle success? We try not to look in the rearview mirror.
"I'm proud of my kids. They've been able to stay the course after starting horribly."
Capel prefers smaller
Appalachian State coach Jason Capel said he is more comfortable with a smaller lineup on the floor because it is a more attacking lineup than having his big guys clog the lane.
"We want to get the ball in the paint. I want guys to be in attack mode," Capel said. "The small lineup allows us to play faster. It gives us an opportunity to get up and down the court. We can move around and trap and press."
Simpson honored
UNCG sophomore wing Trevis Simpson earned the conference player-of-the-week honor Tuesday. He sank a clutch 3-pointer against the Mocs on Saturday and finished with 24 points. He has scored at least 23 points in the Spartans' last six games, and they've gone 5-1.
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Family outing to Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Spring 1962. New baby in the stroller. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.
Remembering one of the scenes shot in the movie at this location. I read somewhere that a monument and statue of James Dean is on the property.
I was born Jan. 1962, my 5 and 3 year old get excited when we go here. Still a great place to visit best time is at night. People are still building motorcycles in that style today. Dig the black suit and love the 1959 Chevy.
Our family traveled from South Bend, IN to LA in June of 1963, and visited the Griffith Park Observatory, among many other places, so this brings back so many memories! For those interested, my guess on the cars: 59 Chevy, 51 Pontiac, 58 Plymouth, 59 Buick, and a 55 Ford.


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Monday, 26 November 2012
Pearly tree
But I have earned several brownie points from 'he who put up the shelves and organised' as I HAVE put most of the stuff I've finished with away!
Finished my wedding commission (thank goodness) - took me ages as I couldn't get out of Christmas mode at all and I also have a couple of other projects which I want to finish so the brain cells were wandering thinking of other things instead of the task in hand!
Still, made a couple of Christmas cards and this one I managed to get a decent pic of before what little light we had disappeared altogether.
Papers are Foundations Spots and Stripes, Kanban Christmas tree stamp inked with Aqua pigment ink and clear embossed then matted onto some matching card stock from my stash. Punched out a couple of snowflakes and added some aqua ribbon then finished off the tree with these scrummy pearls which were a challenge win.
Challenges -
Crafty Cardmakers - Photo Inspiration
Sparkles Christmas - Contemporary Colour Combo
52 Christmas throwdown - Pearls
Crazy 4 Challenges - Put a Bow on it
OLLCB - Spots and Dots
MAWTT - Dotty
The rain has not abated here all day but we're a lot better off than a lot of the UK - no floods thank goodness - hope your feet are dry wherever they rest tonight! x
28 comments:
- Jan Ltc said...
Wonderful card xx Jan
- 26 November 2012 23:23
- Netty said...
Loving the beautiful colours and design Viv and have just seen your fab craft room below........oooh how jealous am I.............loads.... x
- 27 November 2012 00:10
- sassy said...
stunning me darlink...gorgeous colours fab image brilliant lay out love it love sassxxxx
- 27 November 2012 00:12
- Stamps and Paper said...
Beautiful card and gorgeous colours
- 27 November 2012 00:15
- Mynnette said...
This is just stunning! LOVE the aqua monochrome--especially those pearls! Thanks for joining us at 52CCT and CCM! :)
- 27 November 2012 02:41
- Sue - bearhouse said...
WOW! This is gorgeous. I LOVE the colours
- 27 November 2012 07:36
- Jules said...
Hi Viv
Pleased to hear you cleared up after yourself LOL!!!
Loving your Christmas card. Great colour and your tree has a heart on the top!!! Aaaahhhh!
Have a good day.
Love Jules xx
- 27 November 2012 08:28
- Jackie said...
Oh I know exactly what you mean, I can't get out of Christmas card mode even though I don't need any more for this year. Never mind though, I have got a good start for next year LOL.
I love this beautiful card, the colour is lovely :o)
Jackie xx
- 27 November 2012 08:41
- Caz said...
Beautiful, elegant card Viv. Love the colour.
Caz x
- 27 November 2012 09:51
- McCrafty's Cards said...
Beautiful card Viv, I love the colour and the tree.
Kevin xx
- 27 November 2012 11:17
- coops said...
so beautiful viv.i love your soft aqua colours and the stamp is gorgeous :D
xx coops xx
- 27 November 2012 11:30
- Meggymay said...
Gorgeous card Viv, the colours are beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us at CCM this time.
Love your new Craft-room.
- 27 November 2012 21:20
- Josephine said...
This is just stunning! I love the clean design.
Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers.
- 27 November 2012 22:23
- Gibmiss said...
Hi Viv
Stunning card ... Love the tree and the colour.....
Hugs Sylvie xxxx
- 27 November 2012 23:42
- Daen'Ys said...
Beautiful and very elegant card!!
- 28 November 2012 08:58
- Sandra H said...
Wow your card is not only beautiful but also Elegant! thank you for joining in at Sparkles Christmas Challenge good luck and hope to see you again DT Member Sandra H x
- 28 November 2012 17:45
- scottish crafter said...
Hi Viv, yes this tree deserves to be well used as its gorgeous. Love the cards you made with this tree.
Wilma x x
- 28 November 2012 17:45
- * Shaz * said...
A brilliant creation!
Thank you for sharing at Sparkles Christmas Challenges this time
Good luck in the draw
Shaz x
- 28 November 2012 21:55
- Danielle Vincent said...
A gorgeous card! Love that tree with the pearls and I LOVE the monochromatic color scheme. Thanks for joining us this week at 52CCT!
- 29 November 2012 05:12
- Chan BBChan said...
What a great card you have made, and the wonderful design.
Thanks for joining us at crafty cardmakers this week.
- 29 November 2012 13:33
- Ruth M said...
Gorgeous card Viv, love the aqua colour scheme, so fresh and crisp! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful card with us at 52 {C}CT! Ruth x
- 29 November 2012 18:19
- Viv said...
Wow Viv, it's amazing in this lovely colour too.....so gorgeous :) Viv xx
- 30 November 2012 14:28
- Patty Gorka said...
WOW, this is simply beautiful! Love the crisp clean look and the beautiful aqua color, nicely done! Thanks for playing along this week at 52CCT!
- 30 November 2012 15:35
- Valou ALLARD said...
Beautiful card with very nice colour! thanks for playing with OLL this week.
- 1 December 2012 08:22
- Carole said...
Love this card and the colours make it look so classy!
Carole x
- 2 December 2012 01:59
- Shelby said...
Love the soft beauty of this design and the pearls with the stamp looks perfect.
- 2 December 2012 05:19
- Jo Grason said...
Beautiful card I love the spotty paper and the pretty tree. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous card with Ooh La La Creations.
Jo x
- 3 December 2012 22:17
- Libby said...
Absolutely stunning card and the colors are gorgeous!
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May 20th 2010 By Jeremy Taylor
8 Common Dreams and What They Say About Your Love Life
Yes, according to Gillian Holloway, an internationally recognized dream expert with over 20 years of experience interpreting dreams under her belt.
In her soon-to-be-released book "The Complete Dream Book of Love and Relationships: Discover What Your Dreams and Intuition Reveal About You and Your Love Life," Holloway uses her analysis of over 30,000 actual dreams to get to the bottom of what our dreams say about our romantic relationships.
And it's not all chick stuff. "To my surprise, I've found that men's dreams often focus on relationships," she tells us. "I really thought that would be more of a woman's thing."
Read on to learn what eight common dreams say about your love life.
1. If You Dream About ... Building or Healing
"Dreams about a healing wound or of building something new -- like a house or a bridge -- tend to occur when a person has just made a romantic connection that is going to be a positive force in their life," Holloway explains.
2. If You Dream About ... Bad Past Relationships
"On the other hand," she continues, "if we are making a connection that might be less wholesome, people start dreaming of bad relationships they have been in in the past."
3. If You Dream About ... Contentment and General Fulfillment
When Holloway asks people what they were dreaming after they met the person that became their spouse, they tend not to be having erotic, sexy dreams. Instead, their subconscious feeds them dreams of general fulfillment and contentment. An example of this is a man who dreamed of buying a farm that become very fertile, right before he realized that the woman he was with was the one.
4. If You Dream About ... Sex
As for those erotic, sexy dreams that heat up the night? Holloway says you should be careful not to read too much into them:
"Erotic, Hollywood-style dreams are more signals of excitement and attraction," she said. "But what I see a lot of is people assuming because you had a dream about rolling in the surf, or some other erotic scene, that means you've meet your soul mate. For better or worse, this is not the sign your subconscious is sending."
5. If You Dream About ... Other Happy Couples
According to Holloway, often single folks will dream about a couple they know, or even a fictional or famous couple who have a reputation for being happy. "That is an indication that the person having the dream is ready to get involved in a relationship again," she told us
6. If You Dream About ... Members of the Opposite Sex in a Surprising Way
Most people have had surprising members of the opposite sex pop into their dreams. But according to Holloway, having a dream in which there is chemistry between you and -- for example -- a co-worker, doesn't necessarily mean you secretly pine for a romantic relationship with that person.
"A lot times these are partnership dreams," she says. "Which could be all kinds of partnerships, including business, professional, intellectual, or a shared hobby or enthusiasm."
7. If You Dream About ... Flying
According to Holloway, when somebody in relationship has the famous flying dream, it is an indication that they've been having some really good sex. Hey, she's the expert.
8. If You Dream About ... Your Partner Cheating on You
"People often dream their partner is being unfaithful during a time when that partner has gotten really excited about their career, or is starting to work more," says Holloway.
In general, Holloway believes discussing your dreams with your partner is a good idea because "you find out a lot about what your partner is thinking."
But she does offer this disclaimer: "If you do discuss dreams with your partner, you have to put each other in what I call the witness protection program," she warned. "That way nobody gets incriminated if they bring up that romantic tryst with a movie star their subconscious conjured up."
BTW, we're pretty sure that if your girlfriend is willing to let you discuss your Angelina Jolie sex dream with her, it's another good tip-off that you've found true love.
|Yes, what's going on in my real life comes up in my unconscious.
|5651 (36.4%)
|No, my dreams resemble reality in no way.
|6736 (43.4%)
|Depends. What does that dream about forgetting to wear pants mean?
|3139 (20.2%)
Thursday 20 May
By darkloves26
This is the worst crap I've ever heard in my life. And thats saying alot, cause I've heard alot of crap.
Thursday 20 May
By Nick
I agree, this "dream" article is a load of crap. In most cases, dreams are metaphors for our own individual lives. The writers dream meanings are way different then mine because we come from a totally different place and lifestye. I could go on about this but if you are really interested in dream meaning there a many good books on the subject, but NOT this article..lol
Thursday 20 May
By rrwrrw
I totally agree. A bunch of Hooey for sure. Flying dreams mean your having good sex?? I've been flying in my dreams since I was 8 years old for Pete's sake. These interpretations are a load of crap.
Thursday 20 May
By Lovie
To Larry; How do you report these losers? I will because I am so sick of seeing this LOSER on every article. He is a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday 20 May
By sabrina19585
I agree. This woman is using "love and relationships" simply to market her book. Not all dreams are about love and relationships. Most dreams are about ourselves, our lives, issues we've not resolved during the day that linger in our subconscious and reveal themselves in dreams. I bought a book YEARS ago called "Dreamscape." It came with a program that you can load on your computer and allowed you to type in your dream in as much detail as possible. Then it asked you to select primary and secondary aspects, things that stood out, like colors, numbers, water, animals, whatever, and the program analyzes your dream, referencing the opinions and teachings of psychologists, ancient beliefs, etc. But let me tell you, to this day I have friends who call me so I can enter their dreams. I can't give you the name of the author because I loaned the book and disc to a friend. But the analysis has been accurate 98% of the time. And like I said, NOT all dreams are about love and relationships. However, IF ANYONE KNOWS OF AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. The program is so old, it doesn't recognize certain words, and sometimes there aren't accurate replacements.
Thursday 20 May
By roanbadger
What does it mean when you dream about things they do not exist on this earth??
Thursday 20 May
By garypeter
I agree that the references the author, here, uses...and the meaings they might or might not, have, are not what I would consider profound. A 3 yo can put 2+2 togethr to equal 4. These are obvious. I do belive, though, that most dreams, if not all, have some meaning or sense of meaning. The examples used here seem to be the dreams that Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms, might have. I want the answers to the big Freudian dreams, when I cigar is not just a cigar. I mean, yes, we sometimes dream that we fly, but what happens when the flying is done completely naked while trailing the clothes ripped off someone of the same sex, not the opposite sex. We all dream, and spend most of our sleepy time, dreaming. Some cannot remember their dreams, at all, or are they in denial. Do they wish away their dreams so they won't remember them? I have been through therapy, as most people who live in New York City, have, and there is always the advice to keep a notebook handy and write down your dreams so you can remember them in the AM and try to figure them out. I have done just this, but realized that some dreams are not supposed to be written down or remembered. Some are so horrific, so incredulous, so bazaar, that they are better left dead. I remember growing up and kids talking about dreams saying that if you die in your dream, you die in real life. This, as I have found out, is absurd, but those falling dreams, falling with no end in sight, are real, and frightening and mean.......what? As 'white bread' are the dreams discussed above (and I pray that this author spices up these dreams in the book, as anyone who dreams like the above, would never buy the book, as they are too busy drinking milk with their pasta dinner; use no salt in their cooking; eat pizza with pineapple, and use nothing more piccante than black pepper,'lite', in their food...in other words, typically dull. Exploring one's dreams is facinating and every culture has venerated a person within their caste, or whatever you want to call it, who has the ability to do so. It is a gift to be able to read dreams and has been treated as such throughout history, giving importance to that art, if you want to call is that, or ability. I do recommend writing down the details of dreams, if you can remember them, (the ones soon forgotten are, in my opinion, better left unremembered). Read them the next day, and if you have a modicum of sense and imagination, you can figure out, yourself, the meaning althoug it is interesting to get other people's takes on the. Article would have been more interesting with more interesting dreams. You can find, online, dream interpretations.....like the flying one..which I don't agree with here, but have found others, that I surely can agree with and do (ie...flying usually means liberation or independence, or a want of liberation, etc..from an oppressive siutation and THIS, I believe). I shall stop now and ask forgiveness from anyone who has read my whole reply. Maybe you will dream about it, later. Nighty night.
Thursday 20 May
By Larry Caldwell
Hi Lovie---the way to REPORT is to click on the grey box with the exclamation point in it. Please feel free do use it. Let's get rid of ALL the bogus asds in the comments sections. Thank You
Thursday 20 May
By Dunk
I dream about using a porta-potty at the state fair on a hot August afternoon that DOESN'T turn my stomach. ::sigh:: The dream never materializes.
Thursday 20 May
By jsuzannaf
what if you have a dream about a mcdonalds toy from an old kids show that you are pretending has ninja powers...???
Thursday 20 May
By alicats503
@jsuzannaf then you are just awesome :)
Thursday 20 May
By star1
Thursday 20 May
By Burt
I don't have many dreams any more, but I would prefer erotic.
Thursday 20 May
By Don
Burt ~ I don't remember many of my dreams anymore either, but when I do, they seem to be sexual in nature and generally with a past female partner. I'm wondering, is that my subconcious trying to tell me I'm not getting laid?
Thursday 20 May
By Aleasha Garrison
Sorry, but when you dream your spouse is cheating, take the dream as is. Normally, there is something to it and they are probably cheating. This is God's way of showing you exactly what is going on. I am a counselor and it happens all the time.
Thursday 20 May
By Sondra
Aleasha, You are so "on the money" here! During my 22 years of marriage I had two very vivid dreams of my husband (now my ex) cheating. I was very distraught by them. As he started to work more and more I asked him what was going on. I had told him about the dreams. He finally told me my dreams were true and he had cheated twice! Now you know why we are divorced! I listen very carefully to my dreams, everyone should!
Thursday 20 May
By Marie
Excuse me, but this is crap. My husband has accused me of cheating throughout our entire marriage and claims he has dreamed it many times. The fact is, I have NEVER cheated in our whole 15 year marriage. But guess who has? That's right, him! He has cheated and more than one time. Yet he is the accuser... He has a low self-esteem, always accusing me of wanting younger, better looking, sexier men when that is not the case.
So it is BS to say that he is cheating just because you dreamed it. Look into your own heart instead.
Thursday 20 May
By April
I agree with you Sondra and Aleasha, the same thing has happened to me, I dreamed he was cheating and he really was cheating. She is also right, in a way. He was so-called "working" more, but it won't at his job, at cheating.
Thursday 20 May
By jc
Well i constantly have dreams that end up coming true, they may not be exactly the way i dream, but it does happen. For ex: Started dating a man that really fit me well. It started in October, in the begining of Dec i was at his house and dreamed that i was back in my home town home. For some reason i couldn't find my boyfriend. Then my mother walked up to me and said that she told him he didn't deserve me and that he should stay away from me. We i paniced and began searching for him. Well i finally found him and he was with another woman. I began crying and trying to tell him that it didn't matter what my mother had told him. Well at that point i must have been making noises because he woke me up. Iwas very upset so he held me until i feel asleep. So then right after the new yr he found out a business loan for a project fell thru, he began to get distant and finally told me that i was perfect but he didn't deserve me and that was pretty much it. He wanted to remain close but after a month i couldn't do it anymore and when i wento get my things i found womans under wear.
Thursday 20 May
By Kay
O.k. , last night I had a dream that my estranged husband was in prison..and I tried very hard to get him out but could not. My husband has been cheating on me and he does have some issues with sex addiction and only refuses to admit to it and seek help. I take this dream to mean that I can do nothing to help him..he has to do it for himself. I have been forgiving about it but I don't want to go back to him and move to another state away from my family and friends so that he can do it again. Yes, I do think dreams have meanings but to write a book about it and come up with some of the most ridiculous stories and put a label on them, dreams can torment a person for a lack of understanding and I don't think it is a good idea to write books about it, it only confuses people.
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Mine Kill and Max V. Shaul State Parks
North Blenheim and Fultonham, Schoharie County
Located in scenic Schoharie Valley with its mix of field and forest, Mine Kill State Park includes an 80-foot waterfall. Max V. Shaul State Park is also located in Schoharie Valley. With its sweeping views, this small campground offers a nature and hiking trail and fishing in Panther and Schoharie creeks.
Wildlife to Watch
- Red-tailed hawks
- Bluebirds
- Bald eagles
- White-tailed deer
- Wild turkey
Where to Watch
- Trails
- Campground
- Creek
Recreational Opportunities
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Cross-country skiing
- Hunting (Mine Kill)
- Camping (Max V. Shaul)
Accessible Features
These Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation sites have some accessible features, including campsites at Max V. Shaul and picnic areas at Mine Kill. A full list of DEC's accessible recreation destinations is available on the DEC website.
Mine Kill - 395 acres
Max V. Shaul - 56 acres
Closest Towns
North Blenheim and Fultonham
See Google Maps for step by step directions to Mine Kill State Park. See Google Maps for step by step directions to Max V. Shaul State Park. (These links will open a page outside of the DEC website. Hold "Shift" down while clicking on the link to open it in a new window)
Contact Information
Mine Kill
Telephone: 518-827-6111
Address: 161 Mine Kill State Park, North Blenheim
Website: Mine Kill State Park (This link leaves DEC's website)
Max V. Shaul
Telephone: 518-827-4711
Address: Rte. 30, Fultonham, NY
Website: Max V. Shaul State Park (This link leaves DEC's website)
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