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Ross was imprisoned at age 9 by the Nazis, and his parents and six brothers and sisters were killed. Between 1940 and 1945, he survived 10 different concentration camps before being liberated from Dachau by American troops.
Ross never forgot the soldier who found him, emaciated and nearly dead, and gave him bread and a small American flag.
In 1948 he came to the United States and eventually made his home in Boston. For many years he harbored the dream of building a memorial to pay tribute to those who perished, to honor the liberators who perished, to honor the liberators who freed him, and to serve as a lesson to the living.
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It's not like he's Shaq, where he's a huge pain in the ass and he sits out 30 games a year b/c he's "hurt" but he's such an incandescent talent you have to put up with it
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Stephanie Fisher tracked Jim West down at Petros Baptist Church, doing what he does best – blogging I mean. Hell, as long as he dropped his stuff about gays and climate and so forth, I'd go to his church. There's even a long list of his sermons for one to hear.
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Qohelet Says:
3 January, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Not to toot my own horn… but well why not? I pointed this out yesterday (http://thechurchofjesuschrist.us/2010/01/where-in-the-world-is-jim-west/#comment-17639 ). Do I get a prize? :-)
3 January, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Best not to let us know what you're doing with your horn, Q, but yes, honour to whom honour is due. A prize? How about leading a delegation to Jim's church?
3 January, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Actually, I have a suspicion that it was not John Loftus and co who sent Jim packing – as they like to claim – but the shock of the biblioblog dinner at SBL. He suddenly thought, holy fuck, am I like all of those!
Jim Says:
4 January, 2010 at 12:47 am
i would love to have you visit any time, ro.
actually i wasn't driven off. but whatever helps loony loftus feel better about his weird self.
(and it's not like the church site is new…. been there for ages as you can tell from the archives).
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 2:25 am
Jim have fun in your seclusion. When you come out from your cloister you need to answer the charges of Dr. Avalos right here along some others, that you:
A. are deceptive about your credentials;
B. make fun of suicides;
C. is homophobic;
D. censors respectable comments from your blog just because you disagree?
E: calls all atheists, not just me, crazy loons not worth talking to (which either doe or does not apply to Jim Linville)
4 January, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hey – what happened to your grammar in points C,D, E? (Says he feeling pedantic)
Loren Rosson Says:
4 January, 2010 at 3:50 am
Hi John,
All of your charges against Jim are accurate except for (E). Jim does not hold all atheists in equal contempt. He has demonstrated warm reception to scholars like Gerd Ludemann, Philip Davies, and others on his blogs.
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 3:55 am
E is true as well. See here.
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 4:35 am
It's a bit like you John. You see, people who don't 'know' you, as you said to me, don't understand that you're not really attacking all Christians even though you address your attacks at 'you Christians'. Same with Jim: people who don't 'know' Jim, don't understand that he's not really addressing his attacks to all atheists even though it appears that way. I think you're both wrong to do so. It is misleading and offensive to those who don't know you, and don't understand when you're trying to be funny.
I saw the series of quotations. I wasn't impressed. And in a sense I'm less impressed with your attacks against 'Christians', only because I don't want to be associated with those tactics. I am much much less likely to take offence and much much more likely to regret being the cause of offence when it isn't deserved.
There are plenty of decent critical minded independent good Christians, and the same with atheists. Jim knows that too.
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 5:06 am
Stephanie, see my comment below Loren's last comment.
As you know I sometimes respond in kind to attacks like Jim's just as you might sometimes respond to attacks on your women by chauvinists. THAT is the parallel I should think you would recognize it as a valid one.
As I told you my target audience is conservatives. In fact it says so in my banner. I say if the shoe fits wear it. If not ignore it. There is no one shoe fits all sizes when it comes the Christians. I do not paint with broad strokes about all Christians and I do not paint with a fire hose against religion either.
James McGrath knows me and has been reading and responding to my Blog for years. I know that people who might first visit my Blog may think ill of me, especially if they happen to run across one post where I blast someone like Joel Watts who claimed I am not a true Biblioblogger. I can't help that. There is a cumulative case for the decent way I conduct myself and the respectful way I treat others and the insightful things I say that make my blog a very popular one among both Christians and skeptics. That is all the evidence I need to rebut what you may think of me.
I agree that there are plenty of decent critical minded independent good Christians, and the same with atheists. (Oh, did you just say this?) I am one of them. The evidence points in this direction.
I hope you consider this evidence as you continue to read what I write.
If not, then, that's not my problem. No matter what I do or say there will be many people who misunderstand me since my goal is to debunk conservative Christianity. The alternative would be to abandon my goal which won't happen.
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 5:11 am
Just in case a word makes any difference, the sentence above should read:
As you know I sometimes respond in kind to attacks like Jim's just as you might sometimes respond to attacks on women by chauvinists.
deleted is the word "your"
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 6:06 am
I know who your target audience is John, I thought that was clear in my comment and you've just conceded again that people who don't know you will be offended, so you've missed my point. How well do you know Jim? Plenty of atheists have been reading and responding to Jim's blog for years.
I still think you're both wrong. Why should either of you expect everyone to be fully informed with your work and everything about you? You both have a public profile and you have a responsibility to define your targets in order not to isolate the wrong people. I've read some of your work and I worry about public profile.
(otherwise, how are you going to make a difference? ;-) You want to attract more people to your cause, not repel them)
And for the record, I ignore attacks on women by chauvinists but if I considered it worth responding to, I would respond with reason not ridicule. I don't personally come across it in my 'culture' and in my home country I had a female Prime Minister, Leader of the House and Governor General. It exists in fundamentalist flavours of religion and I have responded to it academically with argument and support when writing about fundamentalist forms of Christianity (specifically Destiny Church) and fundamentalist Islam.
Loren Rosson Says:
4 January, 2010 at 4:37 am
Ah… Well, I suppose there are two explanations for the discrepancy. (1) Jim was caught up in the heat of polemic and didn't mean entirely what he said in the place you reference (think of the fiery rhetoric used by prophets, apostles — hell, a lot of us today). (2) Jim is a slimeball who does actually hold all atheists in contempt while ingratiating himself with some of them for self-serving reasons (to fit in with academics, to rhetorically align himself with their minimalist positions, whatever).
In the interest of goodwill, I'm willing to suppose the former. :)
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 4:50 am
Keep in mind Loren, Jim was exegeting a passage in the Bible. So now he either rejects that exegesis or he was treating Holy Scripture cavalierly. I would think someone who believes the Bible would not treat God's word that way, don't you?
But he can always choose one of the other horns of this particular dilemma and fess up, now can't he?
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 4:51 am
I'm not sure it's necessary to continue the nasty name references, eg loony loftus, and mr moustache, and although I'm absolutely certain Roland couldn't possibly take offence ever(I'm not so sure about John), that's not the point. It's just rude. Why be rude?
I really like what I've seen of Jim's original pastoral blog. It is lovely warm and caring. I wouldn't mind him coming back with that, plus support and promotion of scholarship, including the pastoral blog's light 'prune humour', which more honestly seems to reflect the dear Jim I met in person. :-)
johnwloftus Says:
4 January, 2010 at 5:09 am
FTR: I had no intention of creating any offense by using "Mr. Moustache."
Jim Says:
4 January, 2010 at 5:28 am
hey again ro- just so you can pass along word to loren- he's completely wrong in his notion that i'll blog again. as i've told you privately, it's just become boring. so no, dont imagine loren or anyone else to be correct in this matter.
as to the personal attacks, i've not cared in for ages what avalos thought nor chris heard nor ed cook nor that loftus creature. none of them, you see, matter.
but i will continue to drop in on you, ro. because you are interesting.
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 6:40 am
Everybody matters Jim. You're a pastor.
4 January, 2010 at 10:14 am
I love getting up the morning, which is the future for most of you (so I can tell you what's coming) and seeing what has been happening during my beauty sleep.
First of all, thanks for the thumbs up, Jim. If I'm over your way, I will drop into your church! For what it's worth, it looks like the community for which my father spent his whole life searching. And I can understand how something like blogging can become a drag.
Second, looks like Stephanie agrees at some level!
Third, I guess it would have been inevitable for Rev. Loftus to pick the thread here. There is a strange disconnect when I read Loftus's comments. It boils down to assuming that everyone works in the same way in which he does, so motives are attributed, assumptions made, words twisted. And while there is a clear demarcation between good and evil, at the same time the posts have a curious mix of ad hominem and argument. All of which is done with a deathly absence of humour (except at the expense of others) and a weird absence of the complexity and messiness of life. I find it a strange universe that is light years from my own.
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 10:26 am
what level? I thought I disagreed with everything.
4 January, 2010 at 10:30 am
That he's sweet and the church blog site has some appeal ;-)
stephanielouisefisher Says:
4 January, 2010 at 10:35 am
but also hopefully that there are some marks which should not be stepped over.
4 January, 2010 at 10:15 am
I have to doubt that Jim thought "holy fuck" :) Even at his most obstreperous he was always a bit sensitive to swearing.
But have you noticed the picture on the site – it makes it look like only couples and families are welcome.
4 January, 2010 at 10:17 am
I wonder how the site is doing in the Alexa ratings. And, hey, 'family' is an elastic term.
4 January, 2010 at 11:16 am
As Jim didn't say to his gay pussies
Dr. Jim Says:
4 January, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Jim has gay pussies? I thought he didn't like cats, happy or otherwise. Why the heck don' t I ever get these darn memos?
4 January, 2010 at 4:43 pm
There are many things about Jim that we don't know yet.
4 January, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Actually that would mean they're Australian pussies – http://stalinsmoustache.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/gay-was-first-coined-in-australia/


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Homeopathy bugs me more than most alternative medicines because it's at one extreme. It's a "treatment" with no active ingredients. Proponents may claim there are still active ingredients, but any are removed during the process of creating the homeopathic remedies. At the opposite extreme we have TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). What are the ingredients in that? Who knows. One serious problem with TCM is that many of the ingredients that go into these "medicines" remain a mystery, and you have no idea what you are consuming. The other problem is that the nonsense, superstitious, and pseudoscientific thinking behind the "special properties" of the specific ingredients mean we have people killing rhinos for their horns, tigers for their penis (actually many species for their penis), bears for their bile (which is extracted through a permanent hole in a living bear's abdomen), and all sorts of other charming ingredients with no medicinal value (snake oil, sea horses, turtle's plastrons etc). While TCM carries the same risks as alternative medicines like homeopathy in that they are an alternative to real medicine (great if you want an alternative to health), they also may contain unknown ingredients that could damage your body, and they can do damage to ecosystems and biodiversity.
So, how exactly do you find find out what's in TCM? Science!
Petition for Prime Minister: End NHS funding for the air guitar of medicine
At the start of the week, we received some great news in the UK. The House of Commons published its report on the evidence for homeopathy. The MPs urge that the government withdraws NHS funding for homeopathy. They also propose that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shouldn't allow homeopathic product labels to make medical claims, or claim there are active ingredients when there are not. Read the rest of this entry
Huge win against homeopathy in the UK!
Break open a bottle of bubbly, it's time to celebrate! And remember to dilute the alcohol as much as possible if you want to really get drunk. We've been treated to some really exciting news for skeptics, rational thinkers, and the public in general! Today, the House of Commons published its report on an investigation into homeopathy. The MPs urge that the government withdraws NHS funding for homeopathy. This is absolutely fantastic, and it gets even better. Read the rest of this entry
A brief guide to homeopathy: trifold leaflet and A3 poster
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A possible challenge to homeopathic practitioners
Do we really need to do anymore to demonstrate that homeopathy doesn't work? No. As far as the science goes, the battle is won. It is a demonstrable fact that homeopathic remedies with no active ingredients are unable to cause specific effects. Homeopathy is bogus and anyone who says otherwise is contradicting reality. But what we do need are more ways to demonstrate these facts to the general public who sometimes don't understand chemistry or medical trials. We need more action that demonstrates how absurd homeopathy is, in such a way that Joe Public can see the lunacy.
The 10:23 campaign has so far been excellent. Forget understanding how the remedies are made, or understanding the natural laws that must be broken for homeopathy to work. The recent "overdosing" by 10:23 volunteers has demonstrated to the general public that the remedies don't work. If someone overdoses on several bottles of homeopathic sleeping pills and doesn't even get drowsy, the scam is easily exposed, whether you understand chemistry or not. We need more of these stunts, which get the point across with simple observations rather than explaining the science.
For example, yesterday I thought of another idea. I walked into Boots and looked at the homeopathic remedies on sale. All the different kinds were simply sugar pills, but they all had different labels with different ingredients listed. So product A has a different ingredient than product B and so on. But, because they are homeopathic remedies and not real drugs, they are the exact same products. If our bodies can supposedly tell the difference between a homeopathic remedy designed to help us sleep, and one designed to cure itching, surely technology can also tell the difference. The latest lab technology can spot even the slightest differences in samples.
Perhaps a worthwhile action would be to offer a challenge to homeopathic practitioners that involves them identifying their own products. We could do it ourselves, but letting the homeopathy practitioners do it would be better publicity for whoever wins the challenge. The idea would be to offer unmarked homeopathic remedies to be analysed and see if they can tell which products are which. Ideally, offering a mixture of normal sugar pills, and sugar pills treated with homeopathic remedies would be best. This would be fantastic publicity for the homeopathy loons, as they would have the chance to demonstrate that the nasty, deluded scientists have offered a challenge which was easily beaten. They could show that the homeopathic remedies can be identified among simple sugar pills. It would also be a fantastic opportunity for us to get the message across to the public, when homeopathic practitioners fail a challenge to identify which pills are homeopathic and which are simply sugar. And they will fail, because they will all be the same.
I think more actions like this are required. Even if Joe Public doesn't understand the chemistry, they will understand when the supporters of homeopathic remedies aren't even able to tell their own products apart from sugar. Recently, chiropractors published an article demonstrating that a major component of chiropractic healing is bogus. This is brilliant for the general public, and really sinks it home. We need to continue to think "public" and keep it simple. If we could win people over with just the facts and evidence, there wouldn't be any creationists, faith healers or homeopathic practitioners. Sadly, that isn't the way it works. I'm hoping the 10:23 campaign will continue to take simple and direct action that gets the message across to everyone.
Homeopathy – What's the harm?
Are homeopathic remedies really that bad? They are just alternatives. Sure, large brands admit they don't work, and sell them anyway since they make money. Boots are telling us skeptics that they are aware that homeopathy is nonsense. But in the stores, the customers are reading the labels on these products which list ingredients that aren't really in there. But this behaviour is demonstrated by many major brands selling all kinds of things. PC World sells a lot of crap computer equipment that is cheap to make and easy to sell. It's all business.
So when major brands such as Boots admit that homeopathy is nonsense, but choose to sell it anyway, is it really a big problem? Why aren't skeptics going after the brands that are selling crap bikes, computer parts or vehicle parts when they could sell better ones?
I've been receiving a lot of messages recently via email, Facebook and various forums from people making arguments like this. What's the harm? All companies behave like this. Why an open letter to Boots for the 1023 Campaign? Let people waste their money if they want to.
I think people are missing the bigger picture.
People usually buy certain products for lots of different reasons. But people only buy medicine for one reason. People don't buy homeopathic remedies for fun. Customers only spend money on medicine if they (or a loved one, friend etc) are ill. When Boots sells homeopathic remedies, the customers are choosing sugar pills and pure water over real medicine. Homeopathy kills. There have plenty of tragic accounts of people taking homeopathic remedies instead of real medicine and dying. One example would be Thomas Sam and his wife Manju who were this year found guilty of allowing their daughter to die of a curable condition back in May 2002. The daughter had eczema. For several months, her parents ignored the advice of doctors and opted for homeopathic remedies instead. They denied their daughter medical attention. Her skin would tear, and she was riddled with infections. Despite being fed well, she was malnourished as her body struggled to cope with the infections. Her immune system was destroyed. She was killed by alternative medicine. Real medicine works, homeopathy is an alternative to working medicine. The 1023 Campaign is essential since major companies are offering sugar pills as alternatives to working medicine, despite being aware of the consequences.
This movement by trusted pharmacies also has negative effects on the public perception of science, skepticism and critical thinking. Scientists are saying the stuff doesn't work, but Boots says it does. "Trust Boots" is their slogan! People really think that if the homeopathic remedies did nothing, they wouldn't be sold by such a large brand, and by so many others. Therefore the conclusion is that scientists don't know what they are talking about. Those pesky scientists always getting in the way, moaning about homeopathy, and climate change, and evolution, and they must not know what they are talking about.
Honestly, I've heard this type of argument plenty of times. "Sure. Scientists say it doesn't work. But if it really didn't, pharmacies wouldn't sell it".
I understand the similarities between a major bike company deliberately selling crap products to maximise profits, and a major pharmacy selling nonsense remedies because the customers want it. But the situation with homeopathy is completely different. Using homeopathy and thinking it is making you better, is like playing air guitar and thinking you're in a band.
Despite so many people telling me that there's no harm, I'm sure there are more people out there who agree with what I am saying. If you think Boots shouldn't be selling homeopathic products, please help by signing the open letter at www.1023.org.uk.
The 10:23 Campaign – Get involved and combat homeopathy
The 10:23 Campaign has finally begun and skeptics can now do their bit to help combat the joke that is homeopathy.
Homeopathic remedies either do nothing, or sometimes have non-specific effects. This is a demonstrable fact. But large pharmacy brands such as Boots (UK) happily stock homeopathic products, while admitting that they know they don't work. Boots has admitted that they only stock homeopathy products because the "customers believe it works".
The 10:23 Campaign has made Boots their first target, and you can get involved too. The first action of the campaign is to provide an open letter demanding Boots take the homeopathy products off their shelves. You can get involved and do your bit by signing the open letter which can be found by clicking here.
If you share this post, please add "10:23" at the end. If you tweet it, please use "ten23" as a hashtag. If you are curious what these numbers mean, take a look here.
The 10:23 Campaign website can be found at www.1023.org.uk
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Incidence of hypo- and hypercarbia during induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest is high. The original report from HACA-group reported that hypothermia treated patients had improved survival and neurological outcome. Suprisingly, in that trial normocarbia was not achieved even though the aim was set for ventilatory support as normoventilation. This study aims to investigate the effects of mild hypo- and hypercarbia on cerebral perfusion (blood flow, intracranial pressure) and metabolism (microdialysate metabolites). We hypothesize that uncontrolled ventilatory suppport may render the patients in risk of exacerbation of neuronal damage, conversely, further improvement in outcome may be achieved with succesfull ventilatory management. We intend to enroll 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients succesfully resuscitated and subsequently treated with controlled hypothermia for 24 hours. The patients in need of anticoagulation are excluded. We plan to induce mild hypocarbia and hypercarbia during and after induced hypothermia. Metabolic and perfusion data are collected with clinically used methods such as transcranial doppler, intracranial pressure measurement, near infrared spectroscopy, jugular bulb, intracerebral microdialysis).
Cerebral Metabolism and Perfusion
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|The Effects of PaCO2 Levels on Cerebral Metabolism and Perfusion During Induced Hypothermia.
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Cerebral metabolism, perfusion, induced hypothermia
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This might just be my favorite animal video ever. Make sure you watch til the very end.
I'm crazy in love with birds and despite Paris being a city, birds are everywhere. Some are just pigeons. I quite like pigeons despite the bad rap they get as flying rats. There were some pretty fancy ones, it being Paris and all.
Sparrows were hanging around Nôtre Dame most of the time. Turns out they adore croissants too.
On Sunday mornings there is a bird market on the Île de la Cité. The rest of the week it's a flower market, but Sundays are special. The birds at the bird market are the kind you keep as pets; a few chickens but most are caged birds.
While I feel slightly bad for birds in cages, they're so charming that it's hard to resist. I'm not a fan of endless squawking so I prefer not to have any as pets.
My absolute favorite bird is the Gouldian Finch. They're a bit uncommon as pets here in the States but I think they must appeal to the French and their love of style. They're such striking birds, but without the annoying shrieks and twitters of a Parakeet.
There were also some lovely canaries. Such a pretty orange variety. The bird market was certainly one of my favorite things to see in Paris.
I probably don't know you at all. But I know you well enough to tell you this: you don't want a dog. The desire to get a dog is kind of weird; like a biological clock in a way. One day you wake up and think, "I kind of want a dog." And then you start looking around and very shortly your mind thinks of nothing else but how badly you want a dog. No, not want; how you simply must have a dog immediately.
It doesn't make sense. It's not like the urge to have a baby. Actually it pretty much is. For most women a dog is the thing you get when the maternal urges are just waking up but the thought of taking care of an actual human are beyond frightening.We had a dog-baby the year before I got pregnant. I had zero experience with dogs and we got a chocolate lab. We named her Emma and she was the biggest spaz ever. We were such horrible pet owners because Mister and I were lazy, irresponsible twenty-somethings. When India was about six months old we gave Emma to some friends who lived on a farm. Hopefully she lived happily every after. Although I really don't care because she drove me crazy and good riddance.
Sometimes a woman wants a dog when her kids are getting older and she realizes her baby days are history. But stupid women! Instead of rejoicing as we toss out the diapers, we feel like our lives must have more poop and mayhem. I know all about women like this because I am currently one of these. When Jasper turned six months old I realized that my newborn baby days were over. I didn't intelligently think, "I have six children under age ten. It's good that the newborn stage is over. I'll still have my hands full." Nope, pretty much the day that Jasper started sleeping through the night I began a frantic search for a dog.
And ended up with Margaret.
She is the sweetest dog ever but, you know, dogs bark. And their poop is all over your backyard (or someone else's yard). A lot of times they leave hair all over the place. And scratch marks. And they chew stuff up and cost a lot of money. (That heartworm medicine ain't free, you know!) Fortunately our dog isn't a chewer or a digger but a lot of them are. Emma was. Emma ate everything she could get her mouth on (stupid Labs! Stupider us for owning one!). If you have a tall dog there's a good chance your dog will eat something off of the kitchen counters. This isn't just something that happens in those dumb Disney movies with the Golden Retriever puppies.
Also, let's get down to the nitty gritty. Dogs eat their own vomit (which is a good thing really. I wish my kids ate their own vomit. Especially at three in the morning.) Dogs eat garbage. Any garbage. Our dog eats any tissue or used bit of toilet paper she can get her grubby paws on. But it gets worse than that. Much worse. Like maxi-pad-worse. And poopy-diaper-worse. I don't want you to faint so I'll stop talking about this. But you really should know this stuff. Dogs are disgusting.
This is the worst part of having a dog: finding someone to take care of it when you're on vacation. It's either super expensive or a total pain (like when I took care of my friends dog and it ran away without us knowing and someone found the dog and called the number on it's tag. So our friends who were vacationing in Florida had to call and tell us that the neighbor found their dog. Slightly embarrassing.) A lot of times it's a pain and it's expensive.
You also have to teach a dog to have good manners. We kind of forgot this. Which is funny because I'm super into children having good manners. But dogs? Meh, whatever. At some point, though, your dog will interact with society and it could very well be a debacle.
Yesterday I picked Maggie up from the groomers. Which is right by Hobby Lobby. Which I had to get something from. And it was 78°. Too hot to leave the dog in the car (just because I don't like my dog doesn't mean I'm heartless!), so Maggie came shopping with me. It went surprisingly well considering she is a weirdo. Except for the time she barked at some feathers. (Hobby Lobby can be very echo-ey. And having your smuggled-in dog bark inside of a store is mortifying.) Nobody blinked an eye. Even the cashier said nothing.
But I am not planning on taking my dog to the store again. Because my days of shopping with an unruly hanger-on are over. Unlike children, though, you can leave your dog at home in a cage. So I guess dogs aren't all bad.
But I guess my conclusion is this: if you want a baby, have one. A dog is not the same. (No matter how many vets and groomers hand me my dog and say, "there's your mom, Margaret!" and I have to point out that I bought her; she is a pet.) Or don't have a baby. Whatever. But don't get a dog. Because, man, they are a pain.
Good Gravy, the last few days have been crazy. When did summer get so busy? (Answer: this week.) I thought it might be easier to explain things as story problems, although I always hated them when I was in math class. Instead of figuring out the dumb problems, I always got all existential instead. Why did Jose and Sally get ten cookies and Mark only get three? Who was the dunce handing out cookies and why didn't he do it right to begin with? And why do I care what time two trains arrive, travelling at different speeds? They get there when they get there. Sheesh.
Let's see if I can come up with some story problems that are a little more relevant.
1. If Jennie and Mr. Jennie are celebrating their 19th anniversary, what presents do they get for each other?
A. The 19th anniversary gift is traditionally bronze.
B. Dinner and a movie at the Drafthouse theatre. That way they can eat and watch a film at the same time and thus aren't reminded that they ran out of things to talk about seven years ago.
C. Earrings for her, Sex for him.
D. Presents??? The entire budget will be spent on Jasper's birthday three days later. Thanks for being born two weeks early and messing up the anniversary, Jasper!
Answer: B. (Sort of.) We did go to a combo lunch/movie at the Drafthouse to see Midnight in Paris (which was excellent). But we only went there because the popcorn is so good. Mister and I still have plenty to talk about even after all this time.
2. Which of these activities can be performed in the most coma-like state?
A. Picking up mother from the airport at 11:15 pm. Because of course that's the cheapest flight.
B. Picking up teenage daughter up from a party at midnight, the very last minute before her curfew. Apologize profusely when you realize you've rung the doorbell at the wrong house.
C. Tapping at Scout Leader's door at 6:00 am to pick up son from Scout sleepover in order to get son to Cross Country running practice. No other Scouts or leaders may be disturbed or points will be deducted.
D. Taking 6 year-old back to bed because, "the sun is mixed up and it's shining but really it's still nighttime. So go to sleep and don't get up until the first number on your clock is a seven."
Answer: D. At least I think that's how it happened. I was so tired I don't really remember the details.
3. Name the activity least likely to be performed while trying to make Jasper's birthday cake:
A. Giving 12 year-old a beginning hammered dulcimer lesson because Jennie "promised and swore that Thursday would be the day". Never mind that it requires 20 minutes tuning the stupid instrument first. After wasting ten minutes looking for the tuner.
B. Cleaning up cat barf. Twice.
C. Dropping everything to go to the grocery store because there are still items Jennie forgot despite two grocery store trips earlier in the day.
D. Like it really matters. It's so insanely hot here that the icing will melt and run down the cake, looking like something from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Answer: B. The cat did throw up twice but I made India clean it up.
I was raised in Detroit. It was kind of gritty, with strip clubs and porno theatres next to the grocery store, and liquor shops (which we called "party stores") on every corner. Oddly, we managed to live in a tiny little forgotten pocket that had a dirt road and tons of trees.
As you can imagine, my exposure to animals was limited to dogs, cats and parakeets. I had fantasies of living on a farm, though. The thought of raising sheep seemed utterly delighful and romantic (me and Marie Antoinette both. When I visited Le Petit Hameau–her cute little hobby farm–at Versailles I totally got where she was coming from).
I would see animals from the windows of my car as we drove down to North Carolina to visit my grandparents, but never up close. So I never smelled stinky manure or had to deal with any of the yucky parts of farming.
Shortly after I married Mister we moved to Portland, Oregon. The sunny summer days begged for a trip to the coast, so we decided to take the scenic route through all the little towns along the way to the beach. As we passed near the houses that had been built right next the road I spied a very odd dog. It was quite large with spots and floppy ears. But it looked . . . strange. Something about it wasn't quite right. "Look at that weird dog," I said to Mister.
He looked at me and laughed. "That's not a dog, Jennie. It's a goat."
I thought goats would be tinier. And cuter. Like little poodles with horns.
Now I am an experienced petting zoo-goer. I know that there are large goats. They are brazen, love to eat clothing and have dead, creepy eyes like sharks.
I still have almost no farm experience. Which means I continue to find the idea of farming quaint and charming. I did have a few chickens several years ago. I liked them but was appalled at how much and how often they pooped. I've almost forgotten what a pain they were and would like to get some more.
And I did put a cow on my birthday list.
Something tells me my subdivision won't approve of that.
We have had our kitten, Clover, for a month. Everyone is entirely smitten. She is playful but loving and is extremely tolerant of Jasper carrying her around everywhere. Basically her grace and poise make Maggie look like a pathetic dolt desperate for attention (which is exactly what she is. But she's a sweet dolt.) Clover likes to rile up the dog at times:
We are enjoying our cat but there is one small detail that we overlooked until recently:
Clover has testicles.
She is apparently a he. I have to say that I'm very disappointed. I just like girl creatures better; being a girl myself and all. But in a couple of months Clover will be an "it" anyway. I guess it's for the best–orange cats don't look good in a pink collar anyway. Sigh.
I came back last night from my weekend in Minneapolis to find that my husband, one of the most vigilant cat haters alive, had gotten this while I was gone:
The kids have been bugging to get a cat for ages. We already have a dog, though, which is at the top of the "desirable pet hierarchy"* But all of our older children have read the Warrior Cat series of books. Most girls (and some boys–like mine who have run out of things to read at our house) under the age of 13 have read at least a couple. These books are all about feral cats who have cheesy names like FirePaw. I don't get it, but whatever. So cats have been a big deal around here for quite some time. And I'll admit that I like cats better than dogs. Cats are so pleasantly self-sufficient. They aren't desperate for love and attention like pathetic dogs. But Mister, well, he hates cats. We had a cat ten years ago who was pure evil and that really spoiled it for us.
But Mister was at a garage sale on Saturday and they had a box of free kittens and, well, now we have one. She's very teensy and she likes to play with toothbrushes.
The family held off naming the cat until I got home, knowing that I am super picky about names. I was thinking of Mabel, Polly or Jemima, which the kids all made gagging sounds about. These were each child's top picks for names:
Arabella: Ginger, Tillie, Flora
India: Boo, Millie, Katniss
York: Jango Fett, Salacious Crumb, Droopy McCool (those are all Star Wars characters, for all of you not showered with Star Wars trivia 24 hours a day like me).
Finn: Bono, Mistress Evil, Chuck Norris, Slopkin
I finally got out the baby name book and we went through just about every girl name until we found one we didn't all hate.
*the bottom spot belongs, of course, to beta fish. They don't even get a cute fishtank. Goldfish are slightly better. Lizards and frogs are a step up. Birds are much more desirable than amphibians. All the top spots belonging to furry animals. There is a grey area for cute but somewhat unfriendly animals like rabbits and chinchillas. Cats are in second place. Dogs are the creme de la creme. If you get a dog you have made it as a kid. There should be no more pleas for another pet once you've got a dog. You might think that a pony would be on the top, but you would be wrong. Although most kids want a pony in theory, in actuality they are smelly, slightly scary and you either have to drive or walk a long way to visit it.
You knew something like this would happen. After all, I've told you that I'm potty-training Jasper and he won't poop in the toilet.
So here's how it went down: Ada comes in from the backyard yelling that Jasper has pooped in his pants again. I go outside and there is Jasper, frolicking in his starkers, with poop smeared all over himself. But where are the panties* full of poop? Oh, there they are over in the middle of the lawn†.
Hey, wait a sec, what's the dog doing??? Oh no, she is eating the poop!!!
I grab Maggie with her face covered in poo; grab Jasper (also covered in poo) and throw them both in the shower, squirting baby soap and dog shampoo in their general direction.
If I were an amateur mom I would be shrieking and almost passing out. But after six kids and two dogs, these nasty shenanigans don't even rock my boat.
(Best of all, Mister chose that moment to come home from work and find me scrubbing everyone down in the shower. I looked so industrious.)
†Which is now dead, brown and petrified due to having the hottest July on record here in Austin. Today we will be having our 47th day this year of triple digit temps. Please feel sorry for us.
You need to read yesterday's post before you read this one. No wait, this one stands on its own.
I went to the library to return books last night (they ought to name that place after me, due to all the money they've gotten from me over the years. Most recently from the DVD of Spacecamp which my mother checked out while she was visiting and nobody remembered until it was six days overdue. At $1.00 per day. And guess who can't find the case for the DVD? I might as well just buy the library a new copy right now.)
So I got back from the library and Arabella mentioned in an oddly cheerful voice that she had thrown up while I was gone (but it wasn't because she's sick, she insisted. She merely threw up because York was showing her a smooshed up cracker in his mouth and it was simply so disgusting that she couldn't keep her dinner down. What is she, some kind of Victorian?)
I asked her where the mess was so I could clean it up and was surprised to hear her say that it was already clean. (The kids might not bother me when they throw up, but they're certainly not cleaning anything!)
"Oh, yeah," she replied. "The dog ate it all."
Good heavens above! That is revolting. But hey, thanks Maggie!
My dog, Margaret, has developed a very annoying habit of squeaking and crying at night–particularly between the hours of 12:30 and 2 am. OK, so "habit" isn't really the right word. She did it last night and she's starting up again as I type. Our house is chock full of people so there is really nowhere I can put her where someone won't be bothered by her sniveling.
Last night I let her out at 12:30. And again at 1:00. And again at 2:15. I thought she might have eaten some Easter chocolate (very bad for dogs) and had the runs. Instead she just took advantage of her midnight frolic to bark hello to all the other dogs in the neighborhood. I resorted to the whisper-scream trying to get her to shut up and come inside already. The last thing I need is to rile up Officer Larry (not his real name), a gen-u-wine cop and our next door neighbor. He is already sullen, cross and none-too-pleased with our noisy family (especially when we are enjoying the trampoline at 8 am). Officer Larry usually has a toothpick sticking out of the side of his mouth and never wears shirts with sleeves unless he is on duty. He spends an enormous amount of time in the driveway cleaning out his squad car. (Trying to impress the criminals with his tidy vehicle, I suppose.) Call me paranoid, but I don't think he looks kindly on us. Don't want to find out for sure.
So Maggie* is being a real pain. And what insane idea keeps going through my head? That I need another dog; that getting one more pet will somehow make my life better. Yes, it's ridiculous idea. It's this kind of nonsensical reasoning that explains why I have six children.
But I'm perusing the ads from shelters and classifieds anyway. I fell madly in love with one dog in Salt Lake (KSL classifieds are like a drug). It's a combination of my two favorite dogs: a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (which is what Maggie is) and a pug (which is what out last dog was). If that dog were here in Texas it would be curled up in my house at this very moment. Thank goodness it's not. Because I don't want a dog. But really I do. But really I don't. Puppies are awful. But then again . . . . See what I mean? Insanity. Look how adorable, though. I mean, the sweetest dog ever!
* Her real name is Margaret but we've always called her Maggie. I'm trying to discourage that because the vet told me that Maggie is one of the most popular dog names. And I cannot abide a popular name. That's the kind of fallout that occurs when you let your husband name the dog. Last week I tried to convince Mister to phase into to calling her Maisie, which is much cuter and more unusual. It's practically the same name. But not. It's much better. He didn't go for it. At least our dog is not named Max or Bailey. We know at least three dogs called each of those names. No offense if you have a Max or Bailey. Chances are that you do, in fact.
P.S. I will be having copious amounts of fun for the next few days and probably not blogging. So you'll just have to sit tight and be Jennie-free for a while.


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If you're serious about making money online, then you really should consider keeping down your overheads. And while it will probably make sense to go down the paid-for route – hence avoiding ads and allowing you complete freedom of url – you don't need to pay "the going rate".
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How to make a pie easily
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In this month's issue
Here's an easy entertaining idea that runs rings around plain pot pies. Put a fancy puff pastry lid on your favourite pie filling and score compliments at your next dinner party.
Step 1:
Place your favourite winter pie filling in a small ovenproof dish or saucepan. Cover with a square of frozen ready-rolled puff pastry, thawed, allowing sides to overhang.
Step 2:
Cut a peeled brown onion lengthways into 5mm-thick slices. Place 1 large onion slice in the centre of the pastry.
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Preheat oven to 200°C. Use a small, sharp knife to carefully score a circle around the outside of the slice of onion. This will help the pastry puff evenly around the onion. Brush the onion and pastry with lightly whisked egg. Bake in oven until the pastry is puffed and golden. Serve.
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- tiggar added this comment at 06:47pm Mon 8th June, 2015
- I can understand why they just put the pasty on top these days as the pie bottom will aways be soggy and not very nice to eat but to put a slice of onion on the top is just uncalled for maybe in the pie filling when you start to put your filling together.
- cdlma added this comment at 07:22pm Mon 14th March, 2011
- I did the Beef,Stout and onion pie on this site(similar idea) and it was a hit!
- lmbb added this comment at 06:39am Fri 11th March, 2011
- Wow - people are a bit tuff! I'd like to try the onion trick...
- Sarah8708 added this comment at 09:23pm Thu 3rd September, 2009
- I think it looks terrible. And the onion? Yuck.
- Englyn added this comment at 05:22pm Thu 22nd May, 2008
- I have ceramic ramekins which go nicely on a dinner plate with plenty of veggies around. A single crust pie is just healthier and easier. Plus you have the benefit of all of your pastry being perfect instead of a soggy bottom crust like I still can't avoid. Have to admit I'm not convinced about the onion slice though.
- Nolly added this comment at 10:21pm Thu 8th May, 2008
- I agree... How do you serve this hot pot pie. I do not like this idea in resturants either. A pie is a pie is a pie say I. It has to have a bottom as well as a lid.
- acp added this comment at 12:55pm Tue 6th May, 2008
- From Wikipedia: A pie is an English baked food, with a baked shell usually made of pastry dough that covers or completely contains a filling of fruit, meat, fish, vegetables, cheeses, creams, chocolate, custards, nuts, or other sweet or savoury ingredients. Pies can be either "filled", where a dish is covered by pastry and the filling is placed on top of that, "top-crust," where the filling is placed in a dish and covered with a pastry/potato mash top before baking, or "two-crust," with the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell.
- marshmallow added this comment at 12:41pm Tue 6th May, 2008
- The slice of onion in the middle looks ridiculous. Why would you serve it in a saucepan and then call it a pie?


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Senator Blunt: Ameren/Westinghouse Ideal For DOE Small Modular Reactor Development Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced they will not award Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse with the full amount of investment funding made available to design and commercialize Small Modular Reactors (SMR):
"Missouri's central location, key infrastructure, and universities with nationally recognized nuclear engineering programs make it the best location for this project. I'm disappointed the Obama administration did not heed my calls to strongly consider this application, and I'll continue to support Ameren and Westinghouse as they continue to pursue this important energy and economic development opportunity for our state."
Earlier this year, Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse applied for up to $452 million in investment funding. DOE announced an additional review process for a smaller portion of these funds, having not awarded Ameren with the first round of SMR investment funds.
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The last 10 days of the provincial electoral campaign coinciding, as they did, with the one-year anniversary of Jack Layton's death made me feel even more profoundly people's (and admittedly, my own) disillusionment and frustration at the lack of inspiring options. At no time did I feel more deflated than when I watched debate after televised debate between the party leaders, only to be assaulted by condescending sneers and bludgeoned by ugly accusations. If they weren't repeating each other's names ad nauseum, they were too busy regurgitating slogans instead of focusing on solutions.
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The debates – for the most part - were a sorry affair. With the exception of Françoise David, who, to her credit, managed to maintain an aura of dignity and maturity, the other three behaved like they were in a cage fight, barking insults at one another. It took all the self-restraint that I had not to switch channels.
Despite the battle weariness all Quebecers are probably feeling about now, and as turned off as I am by the low blows, the demagoguery, the fear mongering, and the politics of division, I'm still convinced that there's a new era dawning in Quebec. It may be slow in the making, but it's on its way. I'm seeing it take shape daily as I watch people interact and discuss politics; on social media or in person. I'm convinced that I'm witnessing a new breed of Quebecer emerge. One that isn't so easily defined…and therefore not as easy to manipulate and pigeonhole.
Oh, sure… The ugliness still remains. All you have to do is read the comments section of some newspaper articles, to see the bottom feeders come out. But, what I'm hoping to see emerge (and to a certain extent, am already seeing) is a new generation not as easily swayed by political pandering or indebted to past political allegiances. The obvious choices of the past will no longer be as obvious.
I suspect that this is what has most party leaders in a total panic; grasping at straws, appealing to the lowest common denominator and to the grievances of a past which, while, should never be forgotten, are no longer relevant.
The new generation of Quebecers I've been speaking to, debating with, having long-winded, - sometimes hopeful, sometimes frustrating, always bilingual - conversations with, are global citizens. They are open to the world, but have their heart close to home. They are capable of thinking outside the box of starkly-defined and ultimately limiting definitions of who they are supposed to be, and how they are expected to behave, and looking beyond the narrow confines of their own prejudices and preconceived notions of what makes a true Quebecer.
Raised in a different - and increasingly multicultural - reality, as immigrants continue to add their unique contributions and expectations to the mix, the new generation is aware that it's not a specific religion, mother tongue or colour of skin that defines your allegiance to a place that you ultimately call home. There's a new wind blowing…
These new Quebecers are capable of thinking outside the box of starkly-defined and ultimately limiting definitions of who they are supposed to be, and how they are expected to behave.
For the first time, I'm seeing Francophones, for whom the PQ's self-limiting language policies hold absolutely no appeal, and Anglophones and Allophones for whom sovereignty holds absolutely no threat. It's no longer an either/or proposition for many young Quebec voters. Nothing will ever be as black or white as it once was, because the world we now live in is a million shades of grey; increasingly global, increasingly connected to everything else. It's time to act on building a society that best allows us to realize our hopes and dreams for the future; not react to perceived wrongs and slights. That chip on everyone's respective shoulder needs to go.
It is my fervent hope that the navel gazing and the knee-jerk reactions of the past won't suffice anymore in drumming up blind political support. Decisions will be made on issues like the economy, health, education, social values, and it doesn't matter who delivers the message, and in which language, because there is a common lingua franca slowly forming here; the one that Quebecers speak.
I know that many will disagree with this column. Maybe even laugh out loud. But I think the joke will ultimately be on them.
Oh, I'm not that naïve to think that this evolution will happen overnight. Much remains to still be done. The older generation – for the most part - is still unable to detach from that desperate need to protect the status quo, whether it has served them well or not. But I feel a shift in public consciousness. I see – more than ever – overlapping opinions, no matter the language they're shared in. New parties are emerging. New platforms are presented. New alliances are being made. A shift is taking place. I predict some interesting surprises come election night.


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DEC, 28, 2011: I don't see dead people, but I do see this:
There is a nonprofit in Watertown whose financial committee met in late December in a semi-panic, not sure if the organization would have enough cash to make payroll in January.
There is another nonprofit in town that has whittled its debt from $40,000 to $18,000 but isn't celebrating because the deep well of resources it has aggressively tapped from its benefactors has just about run dry.
There is another nonprofit in town that recently took on extra programs, or baggage shall we say, and is now taking on water. The agency keeps a happy face on for the public but behind the scenes is bailing as fast as it can.
There is another long-serving nonprofit in town that has been slowly eliminating programs throughout the north country and has no assurance it will be in business in five years.
And there is another nonprofit in town that has such a serious roof and parking lot issue that if it must develop a capital campaign, knowing full well the community is still paying off the capital campaigns of Samaritan Medical Center, the Y and the Carthage library.
This news isn't really new. Three years ago Watertown Times' reporter Nancy Madsen produced a five-part series on nonprofits. Here are the first two paragraphs of the first story:
With little fanfare, north country public charities have relentlessly grown over the past decade into an $800 million industry that employs 12,000 people and serves senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, uninsured children with autism and everything in between.
But the north country's dependence on nonprofits for services and jobs is being jeopardized by the nation's financial crisis, as 2009 is expected to bring major cuts in government funding and fewer private and corporate donations.
If you add 2010 and 2011 into the second paragraph, you can do some simple math and assume that our nonprofits' financial problems are three times worse than they were in early 2009.
And you can also insert the fact that our local businesses are just about tapped out in how much more they can give. Listen and you can hear the echo: "How many more nonprofits are going to ask me to donate to their golf tournament this year?"
Listen and you can hear individuals mutter among themselves: "I just can't pony up more cash for every semi-formal silent auction they hold around here every week."
When Will Rogers said, "I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat," he was foreshadowing much of the world we find ourselves in today. The rugged individualism that the internet fosters – we chat but don't speak, we visit but don't meet – is speeding up the fraying of the fabric of our communities.
Sure, we all click on the "Like" button on Facebook. But instead of joining organizations that work to prevent local crises, we simply vow that we will rise to the occasion if a crisis erupts. That sounds fine on paper, except for the paper that lists the declining rolls of volunteer fire departments. Then again, maybe a neighbor's house burning down is no longer considered a crisis to the neighbors.
If our nonprofits go belly up in the coming years, we will blame Obama, Wall Street and China. But is there some way we can bring attention to the issue now? Or would we rather wait for the obit-style headline about the death of a nonprofit and then whine that there is never any good news in the paper?
Because nonprofits belong to no organized party, they have trouble hanging together to avoid hanging separately. Yet is there some way our nonprofits can be linked together so that all the behind-the-scenes stuff, such as payroll, fund appeals, etc., can be consolidated? Is there a way more of them can share a roof and heating bills?
Watching our school districts atrophy as they avoid consolidation is a preview of coming attractions for our nonprofits. But politicians and labor unions can kick the can down the road for several more years to keep governments from facing reality. Our nonprofits can only call United Way and ask for a larger piece of a shrinking pie. The math doesn't work.
If you look at the history of the north country, you learn quickly that many of our nonprofits were created before state and federal financial commitments found them. Our rugged individualism back then was as a rugged individual community.
We might not be that community anymore. And you won't need a sixth sense to see where our nonprofits are headed if we don't find a way to work together soon.
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November 4, 2006 2:40 PM
Some of my Favorite Spots
Often times between classes when I have a short break, I like to walk around Sproul and update myself with what goes on in campus. During school hours from 10-2, Sproul Plaza is a major center of for political activities, club events, flyer-ing, octapella, free stuff, and hanging out with friends. If I have time, I'd hang out with friends in front of club tables. Since I have meal plan, I'd also often go to GBC, grab my favorite chicken Caesar salad, and enjoy my salad and the California sunshine. =)
Other than the crowded upper Sproul, my favorite quiet place in Berkeley is the North Reading room in Doe Library! It's my favorite because the sun can shine through the windows and it is really spacious and comfortable. I also really like those big oak study tables and how they match with the historic atmosphere of the study room. It's been two years and I haven't gotten tired or bored of studying in that reading room!
As for my favorite café-kinda place, it is the Pat Brown's next to GPB and Morgan Hall. Unlike GBC, this café is never too crowded. As a result, you can study there while eating your lunch. You don't need to buy food to sit in Pat Brown's since there are microwaves. The out door sitting area is also nice if the weather is good. Pat Brown's is also near CNR's resource center in mulford and it opens from 7:30 – 4:00pm.
At last, for sight seeing and relaxing views, I like the view from Lawrence Hall of Science the most. You can take the Hill line bus up there or drive up. The bus runs every 30 minutes in front of Evans. If you want to walk up there, the hike is a little intensive but it's doable. I've done it once last summer, took me about 30 minutes from Haas. Up there, I can see the whole San Francisco Bay Area and feel how I'm just a tiny part of the world. However, it's often cold and foggy at night up in Lawrence.
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A hacker has breached the Twitter accounts of several football players, including Barcelona pair Dani Alves and Javier Mascherano.
The problem arose during Wednesday night's Spanish Super Cup.
The hacker, who calls himself Padorowsky, said before the start of the match at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium he would access Alves' account.
Padorowsky also appeared to access the accounts of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, who deleted the messages and wrote "someone hacked my account ... and wrote stupid things."
Alves, who did not play because of injury, was the leading vote-getter after Padorowsky allowed visitors to his website to choose between the Brazil fullback, Dos Santos, Mexican player Rafael Marquez or 'other' as the target.


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After the first incident, Neale said Boeing installed encryption software on employees' laptops so that when they saved confidential data to their hard drives, the data could be encrypted. Unfortunately, Neale said, most employees don't use the software, prompting Boeing to now look for ways to automatically encrypt confidential data on employee computers.
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Discussion in 'Regional Forums' started by Blinkerfluid, Feb 1, 2009.
When is the pickled egg going to hit the road again?
Eggy will probably hit the road when they dry up just a little. Maybe after it snows.
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No posting from Easy for a while. Why do I think Eggy might be going out of the range of a KTM?
Because he lives more than 20 minutes from you?
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I offered to loan him my Harley. I hear he has friends in Arizona.
New Tag - Motorcycle Rd.
Above is the TAG shot. Eggy is on Motorcycle Rd. Had to get it moving as I would like to make it a long distance drop, but my boss has other plans and my STBXW and her attorney insist I keep my job.
Eggy has fans in the vicinity. I imagine someone will pick Eggy up soon.
Less than one-tenth of a mile North of Hwy 42 in Clayton NC on Motorcycle Rd. is an abandoned mill on the left as you head North. Just off the North corner of the mill structure, Eggy is inside a broken cement pipe pictured just above my helmet.
If you are headed there after dark, if you pass this mailbox you have gone just 25 yards too far North. Cross the street and find the pipe piece that lay parallel to the roads edge.
This is the view looking South from the drop location.
Lots of hoodlums live on that road. I couldn't leave eggy there. I was in Shotwell grabbin the tritor tag . Wasn't 10 min from motorcycle rd.
Eggy is safe with me tonite.
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I already had my morning planned out in hopes that you weren't paying attention. I was going to have to leave for work at about 6 am, so, for that, I guess I have to thank you. I just mapped that out from your place and I was about a half mile closer to the drop at the brewery than you were to this.
Hurry up and drop that thing before morning, will you?
Well done!
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Am I mistaken or is that the new XT250?
Takes a special kind of man to steal his daughter's bike to grab a tag.
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She is already back at WCU. I just wanted to try it out.
Wasn't really stealing it anyhow officer. Just wanted to go for a little joyride!
Not stealing, "borrowing"
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Don't worry, I frequently steal my wife's bike.
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Eggy is helping change an AC compressor on the roof of Rex wellness center this morning
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Egg is warming up after being up on a roof all day. He even has his own guard dog, Riley.
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You have to treat Eggy right. I think that's why he spends so much of his time in this region lol!
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Eggy could have gone on a couple fire calls today if he was in town. LOL
Eggy will be at the Eastern NC dinner
Sat. 1pm at the pig&pick, Carthage Nc.


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We do not have a formal LinkedIn® group for SEPCP (Division 34), but we do have our own society space in the APA Communities website. For those who haven't tried it yet, this is an APA-platform social networking site where we can engage in discussion threads, post upcoming events, etc. Login with your APA username and password. You do not have to be an APA member, though your society membership must be current.
Our APA-supported community website is now available. The new website will supplement our email list, but unlike the email list, there will be a record of announcements and discussions that can be made separate from other exchanges, which can facilitate more involvement in the discussions. In addition:
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