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If your personal protection order (PPO) is registered in the new state, it is easier for law enforcement officials to verify that your order is valid. When police officers arrive on a scene, they generally check to see if your PPO is registered in the state's registry. If it is not listed in the state registry, the police officer will have to look through the national registry or call the court where the order was issued. This takes longer and it could mean that your PPO is not enforced right away.
When you register your PPO in a new state, some states (not all) will notify your abuser that the PPO has been registered in the new state. If you do not want your abuser to find out what state you have relocated to, it is important to understand what the rules are in your new state.
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Yes. If you have a valid Michigan personal protection order (PPO) that meets federal standards, it can be enforced in another state. The Violence Against Women Act, which is a federal law, states that all valid PPOs granted in the United States receive "full faith and credit" in all state and tribal courts within the U.S, including U.S. territories.
Each state must enforce out-of-state PPOs in the same way it enforces its own orders. Meaning, if your abuser violates your out-of-state PPO, she/he will be punished according to the laws of whatever state you are in when the order is violated. This is what is meant by "full faith and credit." To make this even clearer, every Michigan PPO says that the order is enforceable in any state as long as the defendant has been notified of the order. MCL 600.2950(11)(b).
A PPO is valid anywhere in the USA if:
Yes. Temporary ex-parte orders can be enforced by other states, just like any regular personal protection order (PPO), as long as the abuser has been served and will have the opportunity to have a court hearing set before your temporary order expires.
The state where you are going cannot extend your temporary order, or issue you a permanent order when the temporary one expires. If you need to extend your temporary order, you will have to contact the state that issued the order and arrange to be at the hearing in person or by telephone (if that is an option offered by the court).
As of April 1, 2002, a peace officer, without a warrant, may arrest and take into custody a person when the officer has positive information that a "foreign protection order" has been violated in Michigan. An officer may rely on a copy of the order if it contains all of the following:
Verification on L.E.I.N. or the NCIC national protection order file is not required. The officer may rely on the petitioner's or respondent's statement that the respondent has received prior notice of the order. A person who violates a foreign protection order that is a conditional release order or a probation order issued by another court in a criminal proceeding is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 93 days and/or $500. (See 2001 PA 197; MCL 600.2950m.)
Federal law does not require you to take any special steps to get your personal protection order (PPO) enforced in another state. But, many states have laws or regulations about enforcement of out-of-state orders. These rules differ from state to state, so it is important to find out what the rules are in the other state before you try to get your PPO enforced there. For example, a state may ask you to "register" or file your order so that the court and the police know about it.Although knowing the state rules can make enforcement easier, a valid PPO is enforceable regardless of whether it has been registered or filed in the new state.Note: It is important to keep a copy of your PPO with you at all times. It is also a good idea to know the rules of states you will be living in or visiting to ensure that your out-of-state order can be enforced in a timely manner.
In some states, you will need a certified copy of your personal protection order (PPO). A certified copy says that it is a "true and correct" copy; it is signed and initialed by the clerk of court that gave you the order, and usually has some kind of court stamp on it or embossed (raised) seal.
In Michigan, a certified order has a court seal on it and either the judge's original signature or a stamp of the judge's signature along with a "true copy" stamp. When the PPO was issued, you should have received two certified copies of the order (MCL 600.2950(15)(b)). If your copy is not a certified copy, go back to the court that gave you the order and ask the clerk's office for a certified copy. There is usually no fee to get a certified copy of a Michigan PPO, but you may have to pay for the copies.
Note: It is a good idea to keep a copy of the order with you at all times. You will also want to bring several copies of the order with you when you move. Leave copies of the order at your work place, at your home, at the children's school or daycare, in your car, with a sympathetic neighbor, etc. Give a copy to the security guard or person at the front desk where you live and/or work. Give a copy of the order to anyone who is named in and protected by the order.
You do not need a lawyer to get your personal protection order (PPO) enforced in another state. However, you may want to get help from a local domestic violence advocate or attorney in the state that you move to. A domestic violence advocate can let you know what the advantages and disadvantages are for registering your PPO, and help you through the process if you decide to do so.
You may also want to check with the prosecutor in the county where you are to see if that office can help. PPO violation hearings can turn into "mini trials" with witnesses, testimony, exhibits, etc. The local prosecutor may be required by state law to help put your evidence before the court.
You are not required to tell the court in Michigan if you move. However, it might be a good idea to give the court a current address so that you can be notified of any actions that are taken regarding your personal protection order (PPO). Ask the court to keep your contact information confidential if you do not want the defendant or others to find you by looking in the court file.


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The secret to avoiding being overly influenced by advertising? Cut the cord. Since I have no TV, I'd heard of exactly one of these campaigns (the Old Spice) because someone at work pulled it up on YouTube to show to me.
My life is better without this sort of garbage.

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As the lawlessness of the Obama regime becomes evident to all who can think overseas, here at home it has metastasized throughout the body of our nation. Obama and his US Marxist Party (formerly known as the US Democrat Party) are working with increased speed and vigor to destroy all that once was the United States of America; to the point of Obama's DOJ now openly flaunting both the upholding of equal-access voting laws and engaging in blatant election fraud.
Continuing their arrogant attitude of "we have our jack boots on yours and your country's neck and you can't stop us!," Obama and his minions have already bled We-the-People dry of most of our resources and are currently embroiled in their now-overt plans to negate our votes against our own enslavement to the tyrant. One of Obama's protected emissaries Malik Shabazz–the same New Black Panther leader Malik Shabazz who said black people need to "kill white people and their babies"–has, apparently, been a regular guest at the Obama White House. Corrupt and violent minds think alike?
Further, this is the same Malik Shabazz who was convicted in one of the most blatant and egregious cases of voter intimidation in US history. This is also the same Malik Shabazz whom DOJ chief and Obama lackey Eric Holder protected by throwing out the conviction against him and officially acknowledging that if the victim is "white" no one will be prosecuted under the fraudulent Obama regime. The illegitimate Obama regime has been kicking the sands of racism into our eyes since it usurped our country in 2008 and has become the foreign occupier of our US White House.
Former DOJ employee J. Christian Adams and his, under subpoena, supervisor Christopher Coates testified before the US Commission on Civil Rights that the Obama DOJ is hostile towards enforcing crimes against whites. Coates further stated: "That anger was the result of their deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of white voters who have been discriminated against."
Even though all viable polls point to the fact that the November ousting of the US Marxist Congress will–most likely–be of epic proportions, the Dictator-in-Chief Obama's dark and dangerous plans for the cancellation of his opposition will be fierce. Expect New Black Panthers and Union thugs intimidation at US polling places. From Obama's DOJ policies that have now been brought into the light of day, it seems blatantly obvious that Obama will pull out all the stops in keeping "white folks" from voting. Note: This is the worst, most openly racist–not to mention most illegal–government in US history.
If the historic actions and words of this regime are to be taken into consideration, dead people, family pets, illegal aliens and all other ineligible Marxist Democrats will be allowed to vote, while legitimate and eligible US voters will be denied. Note: This is the same regime that supports known terrorists, threatens US States and continues to suppress the US military vote.
Again, folks, if We-the-People are to have any chance of taking back our country we must vote in such overwhelming numbers that we cannot and must not be denied. We must scare the current totalitarian rulers into submission to us–not the other way around. It's time to begin cleaning out the House and Senate of all Marxists and RINOs. But, be prepared for a fight as corruption and evil never leave willingly…or quietly.
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." –Thomas Jefferson.
New Black Panther Malik Shabazz: Kill white people and their babies:
The Obama Administration Protected Black Panther Who Advocates Killing White Babies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN67KJdd6Mw
Barack Obama's Guest List: Malik Shabazz:
Coates: Voter Intimidation Ignored in the Department of Justice If Victim Is White:
Lawlessness at the DOJ: Voting Section Told Not To Enforce Purging the Dead or Ineligible from Voting Rolls:
J Christian Adams testimony, US Commission on Civil Rights, Voter fraud, Fox interview Part 2:
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Probably the last thing you would expect to happen at a bachelor party is a scientific discovery. But that's exactly what happened in New Mexico.
"As we were coming back down the shore, I see something in the ground."
"Yeah, that 'something' was a huge fossil!" (Via KOB-TV)
Antonio Gradillas and his bachelor buddies were hiking around Elephant Butte Lake State Park about 150 miles outside of Albuquerque when they made the discovery. (Via YouTube / Matt Pelletier)
When the guys first spotted the giant fossil, they said they thought it was a woolly mammoth. But when they sent pictures to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, the scientists there said it looked more like a Stegomastodon, a 9-foot tall, 13,000-pound, prehistoric pachyderm that roamed New Mexico millions of years ago. (Via Flickr / Flying Puffin, Wikimedia Commons / WolfmanSF)
Think a jumbo dumbo, or giant elephant — which makes sense; they were at Elephant Butte Lake. KRQE has a closer look at their massive find. (Via Flickr / guido da rozze)
"The area has been blocked off so paleontologists can work to excavate the fossil and confirm what it is. The public is asked to stay away and help protect the area."
One of those researchers, Gary Morgan, told CBS he's never seen anything like the fossil in his 30-year career. "(The skull) looks virtually 100 percent complete, a very important scientific discovery that we may put on public display."
Excavation is only expected to take about six hours but will require some pretty heavy-duty machinery. The skull is filled with sand and might weigh as much as 1,000 pounds.


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EC probe costing Sun $100m a month
Get on with it, says Ellison
Larry Ellison claims the European Commission investigation into his proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems is costing $100m a month.
Coincidentally that is exactly how much Ellison spends on scented candles to keep his fleet of fighter aircraft smelling fragrant.
The Oracle boss accepted that European regulators have a job to do but said the longer it takes the more money Sun was losing.
Ellison, speaking to former Motorola boss and sometime Sun prez and COO Ed Zander at a Silicon Valley networking event, said: "The US took their time and deliberations and cleared it. They said it was overwhelmingly a pro-competitive deal. The Europeans have to do their job, but I think once they do their job, they'll come to the same conclusion."
Competition Commissioner 'Steelie' Neelie Kroes announced a phase-two investigation into the $7.4bn deal earlier this month. She is particularly concerned by the fate of open source database MySQL which is seen as a future competitor to Oracle's core business. But some observers suggest that the Kroes regime has seen more investigations going into stage two and then subsequently being cleared than under previous commissioners.
The Commission could push Oracle to spin off MySQL or provide guarantees for its future development.
But according to the FT, Ellison said, "MySQL and Oracle do not compete at all," adding that he would not sell the business. He said he wanted Oracle to provide complete systems including storage and hardware. There have been rumours that Sun's hardware business could be sold.
The deal was given the nod in August by the US Department of Justice which had early concerns about Java licensing.
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Let's ring in the new year with our annual JanLAN LAN party!
What: JanLAN! A friendly LAN party in Edmonton open to any and all gamers!
When: January 19-20-21, 2018. All weekend long!
Where: Fulton Place Community League (6115 Fulton Road, Edmonton, AB)
Who: Everyone! Bring your friends too! Our events usually have between 30-80 people show up, from all around Alberta to game for part of if not the entire weekend.
Games: Anything and everything!
Newer games: PUBG, Overwatch, Rocket League, Chivalry, Planetary Annihilation, Battlefield 1, Civ 6, Starcraft 2, Payday 2, LoL, Sins of a Solar Empire, Star Wars: BattleFront, World of Warships.
Classics: TF2, Left 4 Dead 2, Supreme Commander, Flatout 2, Trackmania, Counter Strike, and more!
If you have anything else you want to play, let us know
Cost: $20 for the whole weekend!
This is a for-fun event, so no tournaments, just come out and play some games! Newcomers are always welcome, just let us know it's your first time and we'll do anything we can to help you feel at home! Hope to see you there!
Can I sleep at the event? Yes you can!
Can I leave my stuff there while I go home or go get food? Yes you can!
Is there a fridge there to keep food/drinks cold? Yes there is!
Is there a microwave to warm stuff up? Yes again!
Is there prizes? Sometimes! But they are random draw, we don't do any tournaments. This is all for-fun
But what if I don't know anybody? That's OK! Everyone who comes to our LAN's was new at some point, and there are new people every event! You'll find a welcoming atmosphere (or a quiet one if you just want to sit and play games in peace)


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The project was launched in 2006 by Nénuphar, a Lille-based company co-founded by Charles Smadja and Frédéric Silvert.
View full size picture of the Vertiwind turbine.
EDF Energies Nouvelles and Technip have since come on board as partners, with Technip responsible for designing the platform, mooring system and connection cable as well as on-site installation.
The prototype, which has been operating since May, is real size but consists of the first of what will eventually be three levels of blades.
A prototype is now scheduled for 2017 at the Mistral test site 5 kilometres off nearby Port-St-Louis. It will be followed by a pilot farm of 13 turbines installed 23 kilometres offshore.
The next stage will be to replace this first version with a second prototype comprising all three levels. It will be installed at the same test site at Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseilles, in 2015.
In May Areva took a EUR5 million stake, saying it would bring its experience in offshore wind and industrial expertise to help develop – and possibly manufacture – the turbine.
While the concept has evolved over the years, the principle remains the same: the machine's low centre of gravity makes it more stable and minimises the gyroscopic effects.
It also means the floating platform can be smaller, and cheaper, and the whole unit can be assembled at quayside. Nénuphar claims a 30% reduction in investment and operations and maintenance costs compared to current offshore turbines.


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God's Imagination
So much of our energy, time, and money goes into maintaining distance from one another. Many if not most of the resources of the world are used to defend ourselves against each other, to maintain or increase our power, and to safeguard our own privileged position.
Imagine all that effort being put in the service of peace and reconciliation! Would there be any poverty? Would there be crimes and wars? Just imagine that there was no longer fear among people, no longer any rivalry, hostility, bitterness, or revenge. Just imagine all the people on this planet holding hands and forming one large circle of love. We say, "I can't imagine." But God says, "That's what I imagine, a whole world not only created but also living in my image."


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Members of a local direct action group snuck banners past security into the B.C. legislature Thursday, dropping them from the second floor rotunda. Messages of protest against Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) unfurled down to the first floor, back-dropping the legislature Christmas tree.
Local organizers with the group Rise and Resist said they were motivated by the October release of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report which outlines the drastic measures needed to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius – the rate that will substantially reduce the risks and effects of climate change.
The report by the IPCC said meeting the ambitious goal "would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society."
RELATED: B.C. halts northeast fracking operations while it investigates earthquakes
The group's protest specifically targeted LNG Canada's recently approved Kitimat project, after the BC NDP and Greens announced Wednesday that their new climate plan still allows for LNG Canada's facility to be built.
"It is a huge misconception of what climate action is when the government releases a strategy to reduce emissions while approving emission intensive projects," said organizer Hannah Gelderman. "B.C. is already seeing the effects of climate change in the form of massive forest fires, if LNG Canada goes ahead they will only intensify. We are literally lighting ourselves on fire in order to export fuel to Asia."
RELATED: JGC Fluor gets go-ahead to start construction on LNG Canada
Organizers say that any hope for a safe climate hinges on ceasing all fossil fuel expansion immediately.
The group also raised concerns about Indigenous rights, saying Indigenous title holders such as the Unist'ot'en of the Wet'suwet'en Territories have not consented to the construction of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline that will service the Kitimat terminal.
"Grassroots activists and Indigenous title holders in fracking country have been fighting LNG for years because of its impact on their lands and waters. We're here to stand together with them and to say we won't tolerate fossil fuel expansion, period," said organizer Keith Cherry.
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The protesters were quickly spotted by security and escorted out of the legislature, according to Staff Sgt. Ron Huck with Legislative Assembly Protective Services.
"One of the things people need to remember is that the interior public areas of the legislature should be non-partisan and impartial," said Huck. "We strive to keep it as impartial as possible. Protests make that more difficult."
The lawns and the steps of the legislature are often used for protests, with security able to provide support, however Huck said the inside is a place of business where everyone "should have a level playing field."
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Samoa and Tokelau have skipped a day - and jumped westwards across the international dateline - to align with trade partners.
As the clock struck midnight (10:00 GMT Friday) as 29 December ended, Samoa and Tokelau fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December entirely.
Samoa announced the decision in May in a bid to improve ties with major trade partners Australia and New Zealand.
Neighbouring Tokelau decided to follow suit in October.
The change comes 119 years after Samoa moved in the opposite direction. Then, it transferred to the same side of the international date line as the United States, in an effort to aid trade.
Speaking from Samoa shortly after the change, at midnight local time, journalist Rico Tupai said the town was alive.
"You can hear the sound of a lot of vehicles going round town, going round the town centre clock and tooting their horns. People screaming," he said.
"We have once again achieved another milestone in our history of Samoa."
Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi said he expected to see immediate benefits from the change, particularly for the tourist industry, as Samoans would now have five working days of continuous contact with counterparts in New Zealand and Australia.
"While it's Friday here, it's Saturday in New Zealand, and when we're at church on Sunday, they're already conducting business in Sydney and Brisbane," the prime minister said in the countdown to the switch.
Mr Malielegaoi later said he had just attended a ceremony to signal the change in time zone which was followed by morning tea and coffee for the people who had attended to "applaud the occasion".
He added that the change would have particular benefits for Samoans needing to travel to New Zealand to attend to family business.
Samoa is located approximately halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and has a population of 180,000 people. Around 131,000 people living in New Zealand are of Samoan descent, according to New Zealand's 2006 census.
Local time up to 29 December had been 23 hours behind Auckland - but now it is one hour ahead.
Tokelau is a tiny New Zealand-administered territory of three islands. It lies to the north of Fiji, approximately half-way between Hawaii and the Australian coast.
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Gov. Shumlin Makes Key Staff Announcements
MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin today announced two key staff appointments integral to his efforts to strengthen Vermont's economy by growing jobs, helping to contain rising health care costs and reform health care delivery, and ushering in a universal, publicly-financed health care system in Vermont.
Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) Secretary Lawrence Miller will become Senior Advisor to the Governor and Chief of Health Care Reform. In this capacity, Miller will be tasked with overseeing the state's health care reform efforts and transition to Green Mountain Care. He will report directly to the Governor.
To replace Miller as Commerce Secretary, the Governor is appointing Patricia Moulton who served as Deputy Secretary at ACCD until February 2013. During her long career in economic development, Moulton has held several key posts in and out of state government, including Labor Commissioner under Gov. Jim Douglas.
"The most important thing we can do for Vermont's economy and our ability to grow jobs is to get health care and economic development right. Lawrence and Pat will help us do that. I could not ask for two more able, well-respected people to help us build a stronger, more prosperous economic future for Vermont," Shumlin said.
Miller has an extensive private sector background, as founder and CEO of Otter Creek Brewing, CEO of Danforth Pewter, Director of the National Bank of Middlebury, and as an independent business advisor. Miller also demonstrated a commitment to public service throughout his career with appointments to the Vermont Economic Progress Council, the Clean Energy Development Fund, and several non-profit boards before joining the Administration.
"I am convinced that the single biggest thing we can do for the long term benefit of Vermont's economy is providing all Vermonters coverage, getting a handle on the costs of health care, and breaking the link between employment status and health coverage," said Miller.
"We know that concern about health benefits holds people back from striking out on their own and starting new businesses, and it keeps people locked in jobs for the wrong reasons," he added. "Health insurance is also a huge cost factor for all enterprises, including our schools. We obviously have to do something different. I am encouraged that Vermont's efforts at cost containment are beginning to bear fruit, and I am ready to help move us forward."
Moulton had served as Deputy Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development until stepping down in February 2013 to head workforce development for the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC), and then as Executive Director. The BDCC is the Regional Development Corporation for southeastern Vermont. She has held several economic development posts at the state, regional and local levels, including in State government.
"I am excited to come back to ACCD and lead the agency's work: helping improve the quality of life of all Vermonters," Moulton said. "ACCD has a great staff, and strong partners, and I know we can still do much more to reach our goals. One of the things that I believe is critical is working across all agencies to ensure our economic future is considered in major policy decisions. Education, including workforce development and lifelong learning, is particularly important to our future and I am passionate about improving opportunities in these areas."
The Boards of the BDCC and the Southeast Vermont Economic Development Strategies commented on the choice of Pat Moulton as the Secretary.
"We would like to congratulate the Governor on his excellent choice for Secretary of the Agency of Commerce," the Boards said. "It should come as no surprise that we view the Governor's announcement with mixed feelings. We will miss having Pat here on a daily basis, but we look forward to continuing to work closely with her and her agency on developing the regional and state economy."
Miller will transition to his new role at the beginning of June, when Moulton will become Commerce Secretary. Miller will lead the team of Administration officials working across agencies and departments, and with the private health care, insurance and business sectors, to improve health care costs, delivery, and access in Vermont, including Robin Lunge, who serves as policy lead as the Director of Health Care Reform, Secretary Doug Racine and Commissioner Mark Larson at the Agency of Human Services, Secretary Jeb Spaulding and Commissioners Richard Boes and Kate Duffy at the Agency of Administration, and the independent Green Mountain Care Board chaired by Al Gobeille, among others.
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Thanks to JenJ alerting me to it, I scored this used Nunn Finer Figure 8 off English Tack Trader. I always thought he'd look good in a figure 8, but since I had other bridles that worked, I wasn't able to justify buying one unless the price was right.
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If only he'd had that bridle on here, to complete the faux-jumper look. |
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Maybe this all won't be amazing to me 20 years from now when I've been through this process a few times, but for now? It's freakin amazing. I can point to this one thing and say, "This horse LEARNED this thing, and here's the two year process it took to teach it to him."
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Russia's attacks against the former Soviet republic of Georgia have "substantially damaged Russia's standing in the world," President Bush told reporters Monday after returning from his trip to Asia.
President Bush tells reporters that Russia is jeopardizing its relations with the United States and Europe.
Bush also warned Russia against trying to depose Georgia's government, saying evidence suggests Russia may be preparing to do so.
"Russia must reverse the course it appears to be on," Bush said in the Rose Garden of the White House.
The Russian military advanced farther into Georgia on Monday, moving beyond Georgia's two breakaway provinces, according to Georgia's government, which has called for a cease-fire.
Russian and Georgian officials said Russia had entered Senaki, in western Georgia, outside of breakaway Abkhazia. But Russia has not confirmed any other advance of its ground forces beyond South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Bush said evidence suggests Russia would soon begin bombing the civilian airport in Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi.
"If these reports are accurate ... these actions would be inconsistent with the assurances we received from Russia that its objectives were limited to restoring the status quo in [Georgian breakaway region] South Ossetia that existed before the fighting began on August 6," Bush said. Watch Bush demand a cease-fire »
World powers have urged Russia to agree to an immediate cease-fire with Georgia and accept international mediation on the crisis in South Ossetia. See photos from the conflict »
Bush said Russia's invasion of Georgia and the threat to Georgia's democratically elected government "is unacceptable in the 21st century" and has "substantially damaged Russia's standing in the world."
"These actions jeopardize Russians' relations ... with the United States and Europe," Bush said.
Earlier Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said his nation will take its efforts to their "logical conclusion."
Russian officials insisted their efforts were aimed at stopping Georgian military actions against Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway regions and against Ossetians loyal to Russia. Over several years, Russia has given passports to many residents of South Ossetia -- which borders Russia -- and declared them Russian citizens.
Georgia's ambassador to Washington said he hopes Putin "will listen to what President Bush had to say."
"The time is very critical for my country," Vasil Sikharulidze said. "Georgia faces extinction under this brutal Russian invasion."
The conflict began last week after Georgia said it launched a military operation Thursday in South Ossetia after artillery fire from separatists killed 10 people.
Russia sent its forces there Friday, accusing Georgia of plotting to wipe out Ossetians loyal to Russia. By the weekend, Russia had sent forces to Abkhazia, a second breakaway Georgian territory.
Georgia has contended that Russia merely wants control of an oil pipeline, and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Monday that Russia seeks to stamp out his country's "democratic ambitions."
South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, lay in smoldering ruins Monday after four days of fighting. Each side accused the other of killing large numbers of civilians. Russia said at least 2,000 people had been killed in Tskhinvali.
At the United Nations in New York on Monday, Russia refused to sign off on a resolution calling for a cease-fire with Georgia despite mounting pressure from world powers.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the proposed U.N. resolution, drafted by French officials, was lacking in a "serious number" of areas.
"I can't see us accepting this French draft of this resolution," Churkin told reporters late Monday. "We will look at the draft and try to bring it to a standard where it can play a role in this."
One of the issues Churkin mentioned was that the draft resolution, which has not been made public, did not mention Georgia's previous "aggression" in South Ossetia. Russia argues that it is acting in response to a Georgian attack on the territory, whose separatist government is backed by Moscow.
The details of the draft -- backed by the United States and the other European members of the Security Council -- include calls for an immediate cease-fire, a complete withdrawal of Russian and Georgian forces and participation in mediation. The council could take up the proposal on Tuesday -- but as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, Russia could veto any resolution.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke by telephone Monday with most of the foreign ministers belonging to the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations about the conflict.
The G-8 consists of the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and Russia. Russia, which officially joined the group in 1998, was absent from Monday's discussions.
The ministers reiterated their support for Georgian sovereignty and called for a diplomatic solution, Deputy State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.
Rice and the ministers voiced concern over the increasing civilian casualties and pressed Russia to accept a cease-fire.
Saakashvili said Monday he signed an internationally brokered cease-fire proposal that was to be taken to Moscow on Monday evening by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb.
NATO also is involved in efforts to broker a deal between Georgia and Russia.
The U.S. is trying to transport 2,000 Georgian troops serving in Iraq back home to fend off Russian advances, but beyond that "there are no discussions about the U.S. getting involved militarily," Wood said.
The United States has begun to provide humanitarian assistance to Georgia, however. The first package of supplies is expected to be depleted by Monday evening.
The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi declared a "disaster" in Georgia and has authorized $250,000 in initial funding for supplies to assist about 10,000 people.
Wood said the U.S. is pre-positioning other supplies such as tents and blankets and bringing in additional replacement supplies from Germany.
Over the weekend, the State Department allowed families of U.S. diplomats in Georgia to leave the country. Diplomats, however, would remain, the department said.
The United States also has helped about 170 Americans leave Georgia in two convoys, with a third planned Tuesday.
CNN's Elise Labott contributed to this story.
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Seeds Of Death
The leaders of Big Agriculture--Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta--are determined that world's populations remain ignorant about the serious health and environmental risks of genetically modified crops and industrial agriculture. Deep layers of deception and corruption underlie both the science favoring GMOs and the corporations and governments supporting them.
This award-winning documentary, Seeds of Death, exposes the lies about GMOs and pulls back the curtains to witness our planet's future if Big Agriculture's new green revolution becomes our dominant food supply.
A Question and Answer fact sheet deconstructing Monsanto's GM claims and Big Agriculture's propaganda to accompany the film is available online:


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Beauty treatments and skin care products, including face masks, are some of the most expensive products available at your local grocery store. The next time you want to indulge yourself in a little pampering, head to the produce aisle instead. This carrot face mask is perfect for oily skin and helps prevent wrinkles.
1. Peel the carrots and steam until soft. Mash the carrots into a creamy consistency or puree until juices start to form. Carrots help protect the skin from free radicals and promote the regeneration of healthy skin cells.
2. Mix in one tablespoon of all natural honey. For centuries, honey has been used as a natural remedy for many types of ailments. Honey is known to help reduce inflammation and swelling and even kills germs.
3. Stir in one tablespoon of olive oil. Olive oil is the perfect skin care product since it helps nourish and clean the skin at the same time, leaving your skin supple and glowing.
4. Squeeze a few drops of fresh lemon juice into the face mask mixture. Lemon is a natural astringent and will help clean greasy skin. The amount of lemon you should add depends on your skin. If your skin tends to dry easily, add only 8 to 10 drops; if you skin tends to be oily, add up to one tablespoon of lemon juice.
5. Mix in enough mineral water to give the face mask a creamy consistency. The more lemon juice you added, the less water is needed for this step. Don't add too much, or your face mask will be runny. If you feel that the mixture does not need extra liquid, it is not necessary to include the water.
6. Gently wash your face and neck with warm water and pat dry. Apply the mask evenly to your face and allow it to set for 15 minutes. Rinse your face and neck again with warm water and pat dry.
This concoction worked for me. And oh the smell is yummy too. Let me know if it works for you...
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A. General. Prior to 1978, lead was added to many paints, and some stains, lacquers, varnishes, and other coatings, as a pigment and drying agent. Lead is a hazardous material that when inhaled or ingested can cause reproductive problems, memory and concentration problems, high blood pressure and hypertension, muscle and joint pain, nerve disorders, and damage to the brain and nervous systems of children. Any interior or exterior surface, including doors, windows, and other woodwork, may be coated with a lead-containing paint. Lead can be released from these surfaces by sanding, sawing, cutting, abrading, demolishing, weathering, and accidental damage. Surfaces coated with lead-containing paint that are in good shape and are undamaged do not pose a health risk. Surfaces must be tested prior to any activities that may disturb suspected materials.
A-1. Items That May Be Coated With Lead-Containing Paint. The following are examples of items that may be coated with lead-containing paint: For facilities built prior to 1980, any building component that is coated with paint, stain, lacquer, or varnish; painted or coated toys, especially from China; painted playground equipment; street and curb paints.
A-2. Requirements. The exposure to lead and disposal of lead waste is regulated by federal and state regulations. Proper procedures must be followed when working with lead-containing paint materials to ensure people are not exposed to lead and the surrounding area is not contaminated. These procedures include appropriate work practices, use of personnel protective equipment, and monitoring of the work area. Wastes generated from these activities may meet the definition of a hazardous waste and must be disposed of according to regulations.
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C-1. Damage or Removal of Lead-Containing Paint Material. If any known or suspected lead-containing paint material is accidentally disturbed, damaged, or removed, contact the Environmental Health and Safety Office immediately at (208) 885-6524.
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Health law scholar to address presidential DNA and the public's right to know
October 27, 2008
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Health law scholar to address presidential DNA and the public's right to know
Note: This lecture was cancelled due to inclement weather, which caused unexpected travel difficulties for the speaker.
Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia School of Law's 104th Sibley Lecture, titled "Presidential DNA and the Public's Right to Know the (Future) Health of Its Leader," will be delivered by Boston University's Utley Professor George J. Annas. The lecture will be held Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the law school's Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom and is free and open to the public.
Specializing in health law and bioethics, Annas has authored or edited 17 books, most recently "Public Health Law" and "American Bioethics: Crossing Human Rights and Health Law Boundaries." He has also written regular features for the Hastings Center Report, the American Journal of Public Health and the New England Journal of Medicine.
"The law school is privileged to host such a respected legal scholar as George Annas," Georgia Law Associate Dean Paul M. Kurtz said. "His insights on the American public's right to know the health of its chief executive should prove especially relevant in this presidential election year."
At Boston University, Annas teaches in the School of Public Health, the School of Medicine and the School of Law and serves as chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights. He is the founder and first director of the university's Law, Medicine and Ethics Program and co-founder of Global Lawyers and Physicians, a transnational professional association of lawyers and physicians working together to promote human rights and health.
Annas is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and co-chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Health Rights and Bioethics (Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section). He has held several government regulatory positions, including vice chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, chair of the Massachusetts Health Facilities Appeals Board and chair of the Massachusetts Organ Transplant Task Force.
A three-time Harvard University graduate, Annas earned his bachelor's degree in economics in 1967, his Juris Doctor in 1970 and his master's in public health in 1972. After law school, he served as a judicial clerk to Justice John V. Spalding of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Established in 1964 by the Charles Loridans Foundation of Atlanta, the Sibley Lecture Series honors the late John A. Sibley, a 1911 graduate of Georgia Law, and hosts renowned legal academics.
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Otis College will hold its first annual Kite Festival directly north of the Santa Monica Pier this weekend from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The event was created as a celebration of all kites for families and communities throughout Los Angeles.
Children from Urban Compass, the Junior Blind of America, and St Jude Children's Hospital will create and fly their own lightweight kites.
Tom Van Sant (MFA '57), world-renowned artist and creator of this event, will fly many of his famous kites.
"Getting your bare toes in the sand and holding onto the wind is a very pleasing and healing experience," Van Sant said.
Van Sant said he started making kites in 1975.
"I was the first one to use nylon ripstop and fiberglass tubing and the new materials," he said. "Now all these years later, I have the pleasure of getting together with kite flyers from all over the western part of the country to fly kites on the beach in Santa Monica celebrating the first annual Otis College Kite Festival."
The festival came about after the College invited Van Sant to teach a course in kite construction.
Van Sant said the college students saw his beautiful kites as flying sculptures.
"I was happy to do teach the course and I suggested that we have a festival at the end of the course and they agreed to that," he said. "I've invited about 10 of the finest kite designers and flyers from the western United States. Some are coming from Seattle, from Colorado, and from Las Vegas and San Diego. They're coming to share their kites in this festival."
Van Sant said he will personally bring a few dozen kites – and there will be plenty for members of the public to fly if they choose.
"We'll also have some of the students from Otis who made kites in our class," he said. "The general public is invited to bring any kites they have and since we make these kites we'll be happy to hand them over to folks for them to fly."
Entrance to the Kite Festival is free and parking at the Pier lot is $8.
Otis is the oldest private art institution in Los Angeles that enrolls 1200 undergraduate and graduate students annually.
Otis' mission is to prepare diverse students of art and design to enrich our world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision.


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San Cisco: An 'Awkward' Upstart From Down Under
Getting San Cisco to the U.S. airwaves was a serendipitous event. Early in the summer of 2012, The Current's local-music producer (Jon Schober) was watching the YouTube video for Metronomy's "The Look," and saw San Cisco's video for "Awkward" pop up as a recommended follow-up. The charming song, with its back-and-forth vocals between drummer Jordi Davieson and guitarist Josh Biondillo, stuck.
The following week, Schober was updating The Current's program playlist for Passport Approved (a terrific around-the-world rock show from erstwhile KCRW DJ Sat Bisla) and saw "Awkward" on that show's list, too. When he brought it to the weekly music meeting, everyone was hooked. After the song was added to rotation, listeners — and labels — started to take notice.
On the strength of San Cisco's lo-fi garage-pop sound and debut Australian EP, Golden Revolver, Fat Possum secured U.S. distribution for the young band and released the Awkward EP.
When asked about the origins of the band's name in a 2011 interview, Biondillo said, "The reason we went with San Cisco was because it is nothing — like a blank canvas."
Although still relatively new, the band has already begun filling that canvas. It played CMJ and then kicked off its U.S. tour in earnest by starting where Americans first heard it: in St. Paul. Naturally, San Cisco stopped by for a session at The Current along the way.
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Click on the Picture and check out the nice article on Svalbard and climate research published on Forskning.no
Look back…
By Morgan Bender
With over 240 polar cod sampled, 30 weeks gone by, and 2.310 bags of precisely prepared, weighed, chopped and labeled portions of calanus fish food, the long term chronic dietary exposure experiment has come a great distance! Here is a small glimpse into what the sampling and experimental design has been like so far.
Periodic measurements on all fish in the experiment has allowed us to monitor growth throughout the reproductive development without removing the fish from the experiment. It also gave us a chance to check up on our favorite individual fish progress over the span of many months.
This cold room at Kårvika havbrukstasjon outside of Tromsø has been the experimental grounds for the duration of the project. The temperature of the water is now 3 degrees and the air isn't much warmer, following the temperature variations of Kongsfjorden on Svalbard, where most of the fish are from.
Inside the cold room its polar night and has been since November following a 79 degree North light regime. That means that work for us is also done in the dark. A total of ten tanks in this room are used for the dietary exposure experiments and are monitored continuously by technicians at the research station.
Calanus copepods are one of the main food items for polar cod and we feed them a lot of it! The different doses of crude oil are mixed with this bright orange zooplankton and fed to fish twice weekly, the remaining food for the week is untainted calanus. Feeding is done by tank and biomass of the tank is used to calculate how much food that tank receives. This amount is adjusted based on growth and sampling every 6 weeks.
Work has already been done in the lab looking at sex steroid hormones extracted from blood plasma. This will give us indications of hormone signalling involved in reproductive development and possible endocrine disruption with chronic exposure to petroleum compounds.
Over the course of the experiment, smaller sampling points using unexposed fish have allowed us to narrow in on specific events in the reproductive process with regard to planning full sampling events at critical time points.
Samples of gonads have undergone histological analysis in pace with sampling to closely follow development. This methods require deep concentration as exemplified by Master student Libe Aranguren as she cuts 5 μm slices of tissue on a microtome using a very shape knife.
Our first results! Histological analysis of female gonad samples from early December reveal that fish are nearing spawning. Yolk gobules are forming the cytoplasm of the eggs as female fish invest more nutrients and energy into the gonadal development. Timing is most critical for females thus we are following their development more closely.
Langtidseffekter av oljesøl på polartorsk
Quality testing of fish tanks for polar cod
Text: Ingrid Wiedmann
Pictures: Camilla Svensen
High quality fish tanks are essential for live samples of polar cod to keep the caging effect as low as possible for subsequent ecotoxicological experiments. To ensure proper handling conditions, 17 volunteers of the CarbonBridge project (https://site.uit.no/carbonbridge/) examined the quality of the fish tank (water temperature, tank size and depth) on 80.5°N, 15°E under the harsh conditions in the Arctic Ocean. The fish tanks were found good in all aspect.
The Beginning of our Long Term Experiment
By Morgan Bender
Chose fish carefully, anesthetize efficiently, tag tactfully, measure and weigh accurately, place promptly in tank, repeat 700 times!!
This was the latest progress on the long-term exposure experiment. Despite the 25 degree sunshine blessing Kårvika, the biological station on Ringvassøya, Jasmine and I have toiled inside in the cooled 6 degree seawater lab. Over the course of 2.5 days, we have placed small rice grain sized PIT tags intraperitoneally in 716 polar cod, which will be exposed to three different doses of crude oil mixed with a diet of Calanus over the course of 6 months starting in the beginning of July. Initial measurements of length and weight were taken using a fancy fish measuring board that communicates with an antenna reading the tag inside the fish. The polar cod were admittedly quiet hardy and accepted the tags without much of a flinch in their sleepy state. These fish will be followed for changes in sexual hormone levels, growth, reproductive development, and energy, enzyme activities, and PAH concentrations in select tissues. Most fish are in a post spawning or immature stage with many larger fish in a thin state. We selected fish for the experiment from the many hundred collected during Polar night cruise this January based on size and condition, only "average" sized fish with some "meat on their bones". With 1000+ choices, we hope that our quick decisions during netting will bring us closer to an even sex ratio. Our final experimental design includes a few extra tanks than previously planned; an addition control tank was added to be followed more attentively with narrower intervals between sampling events, allowing us to time sampling of the treatment tanks utilizing baseline knowledge from our "population" in the lab. We have also included two tanks that will provide information on significance of timing and recovery in the response to dietary crude oil exposure. One tank will not be exposed until after vitellogenesis, a central stage in the development of eggs and the other tank will be switched from a high dose to clean food at this same point, thus giving us information about recovery of fish. Currently all tanks are under a midnight sun light climate with 3 degree seawater, these conditions will change with the season to ensure that fish receive the necessary environmental queues to signal reproductive development. With fish happily settled in their new homes for the next six months, I start my next task- making 150 kilos of Calanus J‑ello shots laced with crude oil! Mathilde and Morgan tagging the last 250 polar cod on the last day!!
Reproductive strategies of polar cod and climate change
Our Master student Libe, in the local student newspaper!
Polar cod embryotoxicity to crude oil water soluble compounds
Experiment Completed: Three days ago, we completed our experiment. It was not without a lot of work and some troubles on the way.
After a mass mortality that seemed pretty much out of control in all our incubators and not at all dose related we were left with too few samples. After barely a week of exposure (start of gastrulation), we decided over a week-end (it always happens then) to start from scratch again!!!
Not without a lot of doubts and questions: Since our rock oiled system had been running for a week already, concentration is the water were already very diluted for this new start. Would we see any effects at all? Were we in such low levels that even sub-lethal effects would be tricky to see?
We needed to through away (well fix…) all the remaining eggs of experiment 1, to prepare the incubators for the new batches. But the fish left in our tanks seemed almost all done with spawning…would we find enough of then for a new start? Were we going to throw all away and not get enough eggs and sperm?
We took our courage "under our arms" and just did it!
New strategy: Obviously the egg quality was very different from female to female…basically spoiling all the incubators if you mixed all the eggs of all available females together. We thus separated the eggs from incubator to incubator, hoping that at least some of the eggs would be of good quality and not just die as soon as the development would reach a little more complicated stage than division…
And it worked, not without the (almost) loss of 2 out of 5 egg batches. But so far the data is really nice…not mortality from the treatment, but clear sub-lethal effects (see fig). The picture shows bachelor student Antoine and colleague Marianne stripping polar cod on sunday evening!
The Figure shows the larva from one batch of eggs (out of 5) at the end of the experiment (larva left after all previous samplings, etc). The blue bars are the percentage larva free swimming in the incubators, the red are those (still alive) malformed and laying on the bottom of the incubator. The numbers on the bars are the total count of larva per incubator.
Click on this link and you will see the heart beat of our eggs: embryotox
Polar cod & Petroleum in a international meeting!
What is the scientific community doing these days in the Arctic? What are the challenges and risks for Arctic ecosystems? What are the effects of petroleum related compounds on eggs, larva, juveniles and adults? Is the Arctic more sensitive than other regions. We are certainly not (yet) finding answers to these questions… but by looking at a special Arctic fish — the polar cod- from all possible angles, we hope to come a bit closer to the answers.
A fantastic opportunity to share knowledge and develop new research ideas around this tiny but so important fish and the challenges of man-made activities in the Arctic. Click on the picture to download the preliminary programme. Pass this on, every one is welcome. If you would like to join, send an email to email@example.com
2014´s most exciting experiment?
By Jasmine
Yesterday, we started one of the years most exciting experiment..the oiled polar cod embryo experiment!! I am right now starting my 15th hour at work for today (only an hour more than yesterday) and the night is not over yet.… my sleeping bag is next to me just in case, but I do hope that I actually can drive the 40km home to Tromsø in about 2 or 3 hours.
After the wonderful job Ekaterina and Morgan did, fishing polar cod in the Barents Sea, the last few days have been punctuated by sleepless nights wondering whether our catch would spawn unexpectedly and thereby just throw away all our efforts to run an embryotoxicity exposure in the beginning of February.
The last few months, there has been a lot of people hard working on the design of the study and the set up. The engineers at our biological station have been doing a great job putting together incubators and oiled-rock columns. The picture above shows Morgan filling the columns will oiled rocks, that Luca prepared.
Finally the ripe fish were just too ripe for us to dare postpone the big day one week more: stripping and in vitro fertilization was on the timetable. The small group of Flemming, Luca, Morgan and myself spent much of yesterday finding out what we may have forgotten for a successful start. We were both nervous and impatient. I spent quite some time drawing a scheme on how the fertilization would look like. How many eggs in that beaker, so much sperm into this vial … I drew the plan at least 4 times, just to make sure I new it by heart and it made sense.
Finally we started and it went just perfect.
Today, for the first time of my life, I saw fertilized polar cod eggs, reaching the 2 cell cleavage stage, and the four and now they are at 32 cells. They are so beautiful.…I feel like a mother.…sleepless nights taking care of the newborn.


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Each cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living organisms. A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki has developed a computer model reproducing population-level variation in complex structures like teeth and organs. The research takes a step towards the growing of correctly shaped teeth and other organs. The results were published last week in Nature, the esteemed science journal.
Academy Professor Jukka Jernvall and his team investigate the evolutionary development of mammal teeth. After over 15 years of work, the team has compiled so much data that the main aspects of a formula for making teeth are beginning to be clear. The model shows that regulation of tooth development is already well known. Teeth are a kind of "model species" for Jernvall's team, which means that the study results also tell about the development of other organs.
A mathematical model applied to the teeth of ringed seals
According to a mathematical computer model, a rather simple basic formula seems to be behind the complex gene puzzle resulting in tooth formations; the jungle of gene networks has a 'patterning kernel' regulating the variation of teeth among individuals in the same population. Also the variation of human teeth from the incisors to the molar teeth may result from a single factor regulating cell division.
The researchers tested their theoretical model, which is based on mouse tooth development, by investigating seal teeth. The Ladoga ringed seal collection of the Finnish Museum of Natural History at the University of Helsinki provided an ideal population sample for the research because dentitions are highly variable.
New teeth and organs?
The mathematical model proposed by the research team may give new kind of understanding on the formation of organisms' three-dimensional shapes: How do different levels of ontogeny function together? What factors guide the emergence of specific external features? The new research results may promote medical research, such as growing new organs.
Jernvall is known as an international pioneer in cross-disciplinary evolutionary development biology. A few years ago, the science journal Nature chose a teeth evolution work conducted by Jernvall and two post-doc researchers as one of the 15 educational topics in the field of evolutionary biology. The research published now was conducted with Jernvall's third post-doc researcher, Isaac Salazar-Ciudad. Salazar-Ciudad currently works at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.


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Life in Normandie
Mosaic Monday
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Our Year at a Glance.
I would like to wish all my new blogger friends a very Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year.
See you in 2010.......................................
Make a Smilebox scrapbook
Tuesday 22 December 2009
We wish you a Merry Christmas...............Carolers.
The days are flying by and like me I guess you are all short of time and it's a bit of a hassle trying to get everything done?
On top of that yesterday I was feeling a little under the weather and so missed Mosaic Monday at Mary's for the first time in I don't know how long.
So, today I'm joining Tam @The Gypsy's Corner for
3 or More Tuesday
and popping in on Susan's Deck the Halls meme @
Thoughts From Over The Rainbow
I started collecting Byers Choice Carolers many years ago after admiring them in the home of an American friend who I met whilst living in Bavaria, Germany.
I began by assembling my Salvation Army Band which I discovered in a beautiful Christmas shop in Windsor, Berkshire.
Then whenever I came across the Carolers, whilst on vacation in the States, I would always buy "a couple" from the Victorian shoppers range.
Family and friends soon caught on and before long I was receiving Carolers as Christmas gifts,. One year I received the flickering lamp post, under which the Salvation Army gathers every year.
On a trip to Colonial Williamsburg I found the Carolers which represent colonial times and so began another collection. Tavern keeper, his wench (!) and a pair of travelling musicians, where will it all end?
Saturday 19 December 2009
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow........................
Can you spot the difference?
Our front doors on Monday evening.
Our front doors on Friday evening.
We may well have a white Christmas after all.
I can't remember if the snow held off or not but 50 years ago today it was a very cold Saturday in Lancashire, England when June married Roy at
St Mary's Parish Church
in Oldham.
The Bride and Groom, Mr & Mrs Roy Bland.
The parish church was built in 1830 (but on all accounts this was a replacement for a former church which stood on the same site) and its interior was painstakingly restored to its original unusual design in 1974.
The Wedding Party.
In 1827, Sir Charles Barry's plans were rejected for the rebuilding of Oldham Parish Church. Barry eventually built the houses of Parliament. I wonder what these plans looked like, and what Oldham missed?!
Congratulations Aunty June & Uncle Roy on your Golden Wedding Anniversary from Margaret your 9 year old Bridesmaid.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Christmas Cakes and Foodie Friday.
Traditionally Christmas cakes in England are made in early October and fed weekly with brandy maturing nicely until two weeks before the big day when the marzipan & icing go on.
For many years my MIL enjoyed baking a Christmas cake as a special gift for us and, as tradition had it, would always cover the basic fruit cake with a thick layer of marzipan and then royal icing on top of that.
A small christmas tree, children playing, silver balls and all kinds of other cake decorations would cover the surface and a wide red ribbon was fixed in place around it.
DH & I hate marzipan and icing but never wanted to hurt her feelings and I don't think she ever knew, that we would remove every last bit before savouring the rich fruit cake beneath.
Readers of my blog will know that I was enjoying myself at our HHI home away from home in October which means that I was quite late with baking my cake this year.
Delia (Smith) to the rescue.
The December issue of my Woman & Home magazine was delivered early November and included recipes taken from Delia's new book "Delia's Happy Christmas".
Lo & behold! "The Last Minute Brandied Christmas Cake".
Funny thing is at
Delia online
the recipe is called
Last Minute Sherry Mincemeat Cake
but whatever your choice of tipple this is a such an easy recipe to follow and produces an amazing looking cake.
After the festivities are over I'll report back if it tasted as good as it looks.
Thanks Delia.
In the late 1800's Woman & Home magazine was titled Woman at Home, here is their menu for Christmas Day and two more Victorian illustrations from my V&A Christmas List Book.
I'm joining Michael Lee
@Designs by Gollum
for Foodie Friday this week and am so looking forward to seeing all the amazing festive recipes and picking up some new ideas. Her blog already has so many wonderful treats to share, care to join us?
Baby, it's cold out there.
For Outdoor Wednesday today, graciously hosted as always by Susan
@ A Southern Daydreamer
, a snowy landscape mosaic featuring Mr Ben the Snowman and another of my white Christmas tree.
The snow mosaic photo's were taken in 2004 and 2005 when we had snow for Christmas and in the New Year.
I don't think we'll be having a white Christmas this year, although a glimpse out of the bedroom window early this morning revealed fields covered in a very thick frost.
On Monday I showed you the tree in our library, which I enjoyed decorating very much, the next day I couldn't wait to try out my ideas for the smaller tree in the sitting room.
I decided on a white with silver accents theme and used large white silk poinsettias, white and silver baubles, clear glass stars, silver gift boxes, stars and beads.
Pride of place went to the white heart with pearl accents that Joyce (stepmum) gave us for our 30th Wedding Anniversary.
Mr Ben, who is never far away from me, sat patiently nearby ready to give his opinion on the finished ensemble.
@ Jackie's Personal Blog
took up my book recommendation recently and has just finished
"A Redbird Christmas".
She blogged about it
I wonder if anyone else did? I would love to know what you thought of it, if you did.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Welcome one and all.
Welcome to our home all dressed up for Christmas.
Today I am participating in Karen's
"Doors of Welcome"
meme which is taking place at
"Some Days Are Diamonds",
and also Susan's
"Deck The Halls"
Thoughts From Over The Rainbow".
When you've checked out my contribution please do go and visit them both for even more festive cheer and see all the wonderful Doors & Halls gathered together today.
Fresh wreaths are very scarce in Normandy and so this year, as usual, I took a pair of "couronne artificiel" and enhanced them with fir, holly, ivy (rich with dark blue/black berries) and box from the garden.
A Victorian Christmas as described by Charles Dickens in the short story A Christmas Tree.
"I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high above their heads. It was brilliantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers; and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objects."
A pretty Victorian festive scene, from my Victoria & Albert Christmas List book.
The hearth beneath the mantlepiece .
The library tree from outside looking in.
Sunday 13 December 2009
Oh! Christmas Tree, oh! Christmas Tree.
The last but one Monday before the holidays begin means I'm sharing my tree mosaics with everyone participating in Mosaic Monday over at Mary's
little red house.
I'm always amazed at the marvellous diversity of mosaics which one can see there, so do give yourself a treat and visit Mary today.
It might be the busiest time of the year but one seasonal ritual cannot be forgone and that is decorating the Christmas Tree.
We always have two trees, one in the sitting room and a larger one in the library. For many years I withstood the cajoling from my DH to have "fake" trees but finally surrended gracefully one or two years back, and have to say I haven't regretted the decision.
So much less mess in January.
One afternoon last week I assembled my boxes in the library, popped A Wonderful Life into the DVD player, brewed a pot of tea and submerged myself in the joy of it all.
I'll show you the silver and white decorated, sitting room, tree on Wednesday.
In 1840 Prince Albert put up a Christmas tree (a German custom) at Windsor Castle. This soon became very fashionable in England.
Oh! Christmas Tree click
for words and music.
"If you wish to make the holly look snow-laden, moisten it with weak gum, or starch water, and then sprinkle with flour from a dredger"
How to Decorate the House at Christmas Time, from (Victorian)
Cassell's Family Magazine
Before you go .......................I want to tell you about one of my favourite blogs, Jane's
"Blondie's Journals".
For a wonderful Christmas Tree tale click
it's magic! Even Scrooge wouldn't say "Humbug".
Monday 7 December 2009
Santa Claus is coming..................
Carrying on the Santa theme with some handcrafted wooden Santas from my collect
ion, I'm participating in Mary's Ruby Tuesday party at
The Work Of The Poet.
Mary has a great post today you just have to go over there and see what she & her husband have done to their front door!
and from the Christmas List Book two vintage cards the robin and Sankt Nikolaus wearing yellow?
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LifeWay Christian Resources Ending Sale of Pink Bibles After Uproar
Buy a Bible, Donate to Abortion?
LifeWay Christian Resources has decided to pull pink breast cancer awareness Bibles off the shelves of major retailers.
For every pink Bible purchased, one dollar went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation which donates to Planned Parenthood. Last year alone the Komen Foundation gave over half a million dollars in funding to the abortion provider, according to The Blaze.
The Christian Post was emailed a letter Wednesday written by LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer regarding the matter. It states: "As this project has developed, we realized it was a mistake."
Rainer goes on to say, "When our leadership discovered the overwhelming concern that some of Komen's affiliates were giving funds to Planned Parenthood, we began the arduous process of withdrawing this Bible from the market."
LifeWay did say that Komen has assured them that the funding is only used for breast cancer screening and awareness. But the Christian resource company said the partnership with Komen "is not in keeping with LifeWay's core values to have even an indirect relationship with Planned Parenthood."
The Komen Foundation issued a statement saying they were sorry to hear LifeWay had decided to end the sale of the Bibles. They also said "LifeWay is a first-year partner that pledged $25,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure from sales of the pink-covered 'Here's Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Bible.' LifeWay and Komen for the Cure entered the partnership with the mutual hope that this Bible would have special meaning for women and their families during breast cancer treatment and recovery."
LifeWay became aware of the concern over the Bible last week after seeing comments on online pro-life advocacy blogs. They also received numerous emails and phone calls from individuals concerned about the pink version of the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
The Bibles were published by B&H Publishing, which is a division of LifeWay Resources. And LifeWay is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. All of these organizations are heavy hitters in the Christian market, which leaves many wondering how such large Christian organizations missed the Komen-Planned Parenthood connection.
When CP asked Martin King, director of Communications for LifeWay Christian Resources, if LifeWay was aware of the Planned Parenthood connection before the Bible was published, he said he was not sure.
The Here's Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Bibles have been on the shelves of major retailers like Walmart, Kmart and Target since October. They were released during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
King told CP that the Bibles were being sold in bigger retailers and not sold in LifeWay stores because the "the intent of this was to reach people who probably would not frequent our stores."
The pink Bibles are currently still on the store shelves. King said LifeWay has "not had the opportunity to meet with the retailers."
King was unable to comment on the number of Bibles that have been sold already, or how much has gone to the Komen foundation. He did say that LifeWay is "obligated by the packaging around the Bible to give a dollar per Bible sale to Komen," at least while it is still on the shelf.
Once the Bibles are pulled, LifeWay still plans to put them to good use and is working on a plan for how to do that, King noted. He said he is unsure as to whether or not they will be sold again, but if they are they "won't be sold with Komen packaging and dollar commitment."
Susan Tyrrell from Lifenews.com writes, "If you want to give hope to a person with breast cancer, buy her a Bible, buy her a book of inspirational stories to go along with it, but don't buy her the Komen version of the Bible. The text might be the same, but the funding isn't."


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Yeehah! The Labour Party has thrown out some policy bites and they're getting a reaction.
The last two days have all been about Labour's Education policy. Feeding our starving students at school is a winner.
When National come out opposing it they'll look like child haters. When they come out and say they're already doing it, then Labour can say, they ain't doing enough. When National say that it's a parents job to feed their own children, Labour will say, "That's true, but it ain't happening, because National has let 270,000 children slide under the poverty line, and we're not prepared to let our children starve."
TVNZ Breakfast had David Shearer on the front foot and National were merely reactionary. The tables turned just like that, simply because Labour threw out a juicy morsel and waited for the hounds to pounce.
They weren't disappointed. They've received some praise, some reaction has been rabid, but most importantly Labour haven't been ignored.
Michael Laws on RadioLive got former ACT MP Debra Coddington to 'fess up that her local Decile 7 school provides breakfast for students.
Gawd, if wealthy families are starving, then it must be a famine for the low decile families this policy is going to help. John Key was meant to help our children, not starve them. How could he let this happen?
Good on you Labour, keep throwing these policy bites out and revel in the attention. I just hope there's more to come, not just in education, but hit the government where they are vulnerable - housing, health, poverty and unemployment. While National are floundering in the negativity and distraction of the water rights and state assets mess, Labour have the perfect opportunity to score more positive hits.
Kelvin Davis
Sep 11, 2012
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- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Great to see Labour using a Mana policy aye Kelvin? I don't think it matters which party came up with "Feed the Kids" but let's give credit where credit is due. And didn't Hone lodge a private members bill to feed the kids at school?
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Wingstop has appointed Doug Willmarth as its chief marketing officer, responsible for the 550-unit chain's brand positioning, marketing strategy, and advertising execution.
Wingstop Welcomes New Chief Marketing Officer to its Team
With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Willmarth most recently served as chief marketing officer for Dallas-based Rave Cinemas. Previously, Doug held senior marketing positions with Pizza Hut, Frito Lay, Brinker International, and Kraft Foods.
"Doug has a proven track record of driving growth and building brands," says Charlie Morrison, Wingstop president and CEO. "His leadership, world-class marketing experience, and passion for the restaurant industry are the perfect fit for Wingstop as we continue to grow."
Wingstop, which reached nine consecutive years of same store sales increases in December, opened 57 new restaurants in 2012 and has more than 550 locations worldwide.
"I'm very excited to be joining the Wingstop team," says Willmarth. "We have a strong foundation of great operators, passionate consumers, and the best wings in the business. I look forward to building on the remarkable results of the last nine years."
Before his business career, Willmarth served nine years as a naval aviator with the United States Navy's Pacific fleet. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California San Diego and M.B.A. from San Diego State University.
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Hamilton Military Museum
Dedicated in November 2009, the Hamilton Military Museum is located at Veterans Memorial Park, next to the Vietnam War Memorial replica and Walk of Education.
Through the generous donations of men and women who have served and their families in the armed forces, this museum and its contents are a living memorial and history of our country and the dedication of those who served. This is their story. Many rare and educational exhibits may be found within the museum: historic war displays range from a military button collection to Buffalo Soldier memorabilia, and there's a special focus on local heroes.
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A months-long battle over the US "fiscal cliff" headed to a close on Tuesday as the House of Representatives moved toward final approval of a bipartisan deal meant to prevent Washington from pushing the world's biggest economy into recession.
The Republican-controlled House was expected to back a tax hike on the top US earners shortly before midnight on Tuesday, ending weeks of high-stakes budget brinkmanship that threatened to spook consumers and throw financial markets into turmoil.
Approval of the bill would be a victory for President Barack Obama, who campaigned for re-election last November on a promise to raise taxes on the wealthiest but faced stiff opposition from congressional Republicans.
Republicans had earlier considered adding hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts after the bill had already passed the Senate with strong bipartisan support. That would have triggered further partisan warfare and pushed the crisis well past a self-imposed Jan 1 deadline.
But party leaders abandoned the effort after determining they lacked the votes.
"We've gone as far as we can go and I think people are ready to bring it to a conclusion," Republican Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia said. "We fought the fight."
Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, a Republican, predicted the House would back the Senate bill, which also postpones for two months $109 billion in spending cuts on military and domestic programs set for 2013.
The bill easily cleared a procedural hurdle by a bipartisan vote of 408 to 10.
Lawmakers have struggled to find a way to head off across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts that began to take effect at midnight, a legacy of earlier failed budget deals that is known as the fiscal cliff.
Strictly speaking, the United States went over the cliff in the first minutes of the New Year because Congress failed to produce legislation to halt $600 billion of tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled for this year.
Tax hikes for Wealthiest
While many Republicans were uneasy with the tax hikes and wanted more spending cuts in the bill, they seemed to realize that the fiscal cliff would begin to damage the economy once financial markets and federal government offices returned to work on Wednesday. Opinion polls show the public would blame Republicans if a deal were to fall apart.
House Republicans had earlier considered adding $330 billion in spending cuts over 10 years to the Senate bill, which raises taxes on the wealthiest US households by $620 billion over the same period.
But Senate Democrats refused to consider any changes to their bill, which passed 89 to 8 in a rare display of unity early Tuesday.
That measure, which passed the Senate at around 2 am, would raise income taxes on families earning more than $450,000 per year and limit the amount of deductions they can take to lower their tax bill.
Low temporary rates that have been in place for the past decade would be made permanent for less-affluent taxpayers, along with a range of targeted tax breaks put in place to fight the 2009 economic downturn.
However, workers would see up to $2,000 more taken out of their paychecks annually with the expiration of a temporary payroll tax cut.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said the Senate bill would increase budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion over the coming 10 years, compared to the budget savings that would occur if the extreme measures of the cliff were to kick in.
But the bill would actually save $650 billion during that time period when measured against the tax and spending policies that were in effect on Monday, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an independent group that has pushed for more aggressive deficit savings.
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If the behavior continues (it always continues) I get the irresistible urge to tattle, hoping somebody will kick the putz.
What's the best way to contact admins? General chat? I've read that some servers (BC2CC?) support chat-based directives like !admins and !calladmin, but I've never gotten them to work. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Can I tell whether I'm on a server that supports them?


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It was exactly 2 weeks and 1 day before your due date. I had just started working some days from home and thank goodness I chose to do so on this particular morning. Ok, fine I had an eyebrow wax and manicure appointment in the afternoon, but that's neither here nor there. It was a beautiful Spring morning and I had just got done eating my breakfast after waking up from a long night of tossing and turning. As I'm sure you know, your mama isn't a very large woman and your little body was becoming too much to handle. Already for the umpteenth time that morning, I had to pee. Don't worry, you didn't fall out in the toilet, I'm leading up to the story here. At 8:30 a.m. I came out of the bathroom and I started playing with your little dog Luigi when all of a sudden felt like I had peed my pants. How was that possible when I just went to the bathroom? Could it be? Would we finally get to see your sweet little face in person instead of on a screen?
Finally deciding I needed to be that psycho mom who would go to the hospital proclaiming I was in labor and be sent home, your dad came and picked me up and off we went. I hadn't even brought my hospital bag I had packed for weeks since I was sure I was overreacting. After being awkwardly examined by a woman who was going to buy one of our houses, gave us a deposit, then wanted it back never to be heard from again, she let us know you were indeed on your way. I'll never forget the look on your daddy's face. Definitely sheer terror, but also an excitement in his eyes I'd never seen before.
Well just like you are now, you couldn't make up your mind what you wanted to do. I wasn't having any major contractions whatsoever. So out came the pitocin. And you still took forever. Exactly like your dad when we have plans to go somewhere. Clearly you were on Italian time already. Nonna and Nonno came to visit, but still no baby. I was so glad Nana and Pop stayed the whole time even though your poor Nana had worked the whole day. I secretly loved that she was there in her nurse's uniform so I could get extra good care. Anyway, I'll have you know I had no lunch that day and by this time it was super late and if I had one more Jello I swore I was going to scream from that, not the labor pains. But I was still hanging tight waiting around to finally meet you. Things got a little frightening when your heart started slowing down. The doctors had to put a monitor on your head since we couldn't get a good reading from my belly anymore. It kept getting slower and slower until one very scary occurrence that forced the decision of a c-section. Meaning you just came out of my belly a different way, nothing more to that story.
We had a few more scary moments until finally on April 26th at 3:26 a.m., you were placed in my arms for the first time. I couldn't believe it was really you. I looked at you and just could not comprehend that this tiny little person was meant to be for me. Your father on the other hand was amazing. It was as if he practiced for this very moment. I was a little out of it afterwards and couldn't really move around too much. So cleaning your diaper (with that lovely tar like substance) was very difficult for me. But your dad did it like a pro. He was so in love with you from the moment you arrived and would do anything it took to ensure you and me were safe and happy.
Once we went home, many friends and family asked me what it felt like to be a mother. And for some reason, I felt the need to be brutally honest.
Things will get easier they said. You'll start to fall in love with him they said. All I could think was how they also said we'd be immediately in love with each other the first time we saw one another, and I'm very sorry to say my dear Lorenzo, that didn't really happen. Don't get me wrong, I knew I loved you, but that instant connection they speak about seemed like it wasn't happening for us.
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In 1998 and on the 10th anniversary of the Armenia's 1988 earthquake Nagorno Karabakh used the USSR Scott #B149-151 (Block of 3 stamps + a label issued in 1988 for the Armenia Earthquake victims) by overprinting the text "Artsakh Remembers 25000 Earthquake Victims of Armenia 1988-1998". Stamps on cover are very scarce.
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