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The dappled stone and concrete hues of Spirito Limestone create an attractive, neutral backdrop versatile enough to suit a range of styles and spaces. Don't forget to browse our range of feature and grout strips to find the perfect finishing touch for your floor.
For a clean and modern look choose square tiles without a design strip for a simple background to your space. For an authentic stone look try adding a pale decorative strip in between tiles for a realistic grout effect.
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For a classic look select different stone effects in contrasting colorways to create checkerboard tiles adding a unique look to bland spaces.
Karndean Designflooring has a wide range of personalization options to help you achieve a unique look for your home.
Add a design strip between tiles for a natural grout effect that won't stain or discolor. You can also use design strips as borders around the edge of your room or around a key feature, such as a fireplace or kitchen island.
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With the modern look of sealed concrete, our light gray Karndean LooseLay Colorado stone floor tile is perfect for a contemporary space. With its innovative K-Wave friction grip backing, Karndean LooseLay Colorado is ideal for installation over most existing hard floors with little or no need for adhesives, meaning it's faster and easier to fit and repair.
LooseLay floor tile 19.7" x 24" (500mm x 610mm)
The beige and cream tones of our Karndean LooseLay Indiana stone floor tiles create the perfect backdrop for nearly any decor style. With its innovative K-Wave friction grip backing, Karndean LooseLay Indiana is ideal for installation over most existing hard floors with little or no need for adhesives, meaning it's faster and easier to fit and repair.
LooseLay floor tile 19.7" x 24" (500mm x 610mm)
The light buttery tones of our Jersey Island Limestone have a gentle tumbled surface texture and soft dapple pattern. Each panel is created using a variety of tile sizes to recreate the random pattern effect of a traditional limestone.
Random Panel 36" x 36" (includes nine assorted tiles with design strips, plus an offset tile)
The dappled pale earth tones of Guernsey Island Limestone bring you the timeless look and random panel pattern of ever popular classic limestones. But unlike real stone flooring you'll find our Designflooring stone effect tiles are not brittle, cold or porous - all of the style, none of the drawbacks.
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Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
I like horror anthologies, it's not a genre which entirely works to be condensed into shorter bursts, but when a film successfully coalesces ideas with image it's especially satisfying. This is a particularly colourful anthology, packed with style, humor and talent. Of course I'd rather sacrifice a few weaker shorts and expand on the smarter ones, but that's the nature of the beast.
The comedy is where this anthology most shines. Mendez's is a creative and funny play on conventions, while Bousman's-- a director that I often very dislike-- has a stellar humorful punch and concept. Schifrin's is cute. Marshall's, however, is the best and screams for a full feature. The rest of them-- mainly pure horror-- are certainly stylistic-- like Parker's amazing camera work-- but are shallow in wit.
Decent horror anthology that keeps the gore and laughs coming hard and fast. It´s a shame it did not offer up much in terms of scares but you can´t get everything I guess. Some of the segments were better than others and ten segments felt a bit too much. The movie would have benefitted from omitting some segements and expanding others. Still, it was a pretty good watch so I´m giving this 2,5 out of 5.
Disappointing horror anthology that doesn't seem to have any single episode, of 10, stand out. There is no wow factor with the average entry not scaring any more than your average 'Tales From the Crypt' episode. Couple of gross outs here and there but certainly won't become annual horror watch like its intentions.
Sweet Tooth: 1/5
The Night Billy Raised Hell: 0/5
Trick: 1/5
The Weak and the Wicked: 0/5
Grim Grinning Ghost: 1.5/5
Ding Dong: 0/5
This Means War: 0/5
Friday the 31st: 0.5/5
The Ransom of Rusty Rex: 0.5/5
Bad Seed: 0.5/5
Like other reviewers here, I think this film is BETTER when it's aiming to be funny than when it's aiming to be scary. But it's unimpressive on the whole. Some of the shorts are just plain awful, like the 'demon wife' short. The pumpkin story that closes the movie is just plain banal. If you're looking for some campy, blood-soaked fun, this movie isn't an awful way to spend an hour. As a horror flick, however...
This was really fun, honestly. Perfect blend of slapstick cheesiness with practical gore horror, and manages to avoid taking itself too seriously without being completely lazy.
Queda confirmado que usualmente no le va bien a las películas de terror en donde los protagonistas son niños, especialmente aquellas que deciden inclinarse a una especie de humor macabro. Sería forzar la memoria el recordar por lo menos la mitad de los cuentos, sin embargo queda mencionar que uno de ellos me sustrajo la curiosidad. Sobre una mujer que escuchó un cuento. Una mezcla de Ichabod y Orfeo.


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Hi guys! This is my third post today so I hope you're not tired of me yet!
Today I want and NEED to talk about my room for Room Service Atlanta. You may remember my post where I showed you guys my room
Well, come to find out, that was not my room. This is my room
(ignore my child in the picture!)
The install for this room takes place all next week. And to just now be finding out this information really left me overwhelmed. I have cried 4 times today. It wouldn't be right to not be honest with you guys and say that I didn't want to back away from the project and refund all donations received. But you know what? I have friends and family that really believe in me. I am determined to do whatever I can to the best of my ability to make this space better for this family. I read a quote today from twitter that said
"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do" ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is nothing short of the truth!
And let me say for the record, I'm not overwhelmed because of the space itself (not completely!). I'm overwhelmed because for weeks I have thought and planned a space that didn't even belong to me, but to someone else. I have a few days to figure out a totally different route for this space. I have enlisted the help of a great designer friend and DIY genius, April Denise. We are coming up with plans for the space but we need more help. This room needs A LOT of storage
like, I;'m not even kidding about the storage needs
I know that I have already asked for donations (and believe me, I'm beyond appreciative for the donations I received!), but I really need a little more help. Any amount would be wonderful and seriously appreciated. $1, $5, $30…Anything, honestly! My major concern right now is storage which I plan to bring in under bed storage containers. I may also have to purchase a chest of drawers or two and I doubt I will be able to find them last minute at a thrift store. I have a lot to figure out for this space, but with your help, I know it will be a success! Also, let me say that I have been using my own money too! I don't want anyone to think that I'm trying not to come out of pocket much. It is just taking A LOT!
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"We are not defined by what knocks us down – We are defined by how we get back up."
Unbroken, Madeline Black's memoir is a must read, not for its subject matter but because of the message of hope within it for every victim of abuse. Published in April 2017 by John Blake Unbroken: One Woman's Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope is a story of immense heartache; something no one should have to face. Yet there are many young girls around the world that go through the same traumatic experience that Madeleine went through. Madeleine was violently gang-raped at the age of thirteen, and three more times before she reached eighteen. She has lived through hell, coming out stronger for the experience. Married with a wonderful family, Madeleine has written about her experience, saying forgiveness has been what healed her. Her message for every victim of abuse; what matters is not what happens to us, but how we deal with it and move forward.
SR: Most victims of abuse rarely talk about it, preferring to leave it in the past. What made you want to write about such a traumatic experience?
MB: It was really through the powers of social media that I came across The Forgiveness Project's Facebook page and was involved in an online conversation with some other people and the founder of the organization sent me a message asking me about my story and told me she would like to include it on her page. She told me that I didn't need to have a photo and that I could be anonymous, but I didn't want to hide anymore and be influenced by my shame, so I allowed her to share my story with both my name and photo. That was on September 22nd 2014
SR: It must have taken so much courage to re-visit the past. Were there times you felt it would be difficult to write about it? How did you deal with it?
MB: My editor had read something I had written a few months earlier when I described in full detail what had happened to me that night when I was 13 and he said to me "you are going to include all the details, aren't you?" and at the time I said no way. I didn't want anyone to know all the details as I was still ashamed and felt that if they knew it would change their opinion of me as if what had happened to me was a reflection of me in some way. But he told me to reconsider as he felt it educated him and as a man he thought that when a woman had been raped he just felt she had been overpowered and never really thought about what could take place, until he read my account of my rape. So I decided to keep all the details, which was very hard to write about knowing the public would read it as it was so exposing. It did bring up a lot of difficult memories which would leave me shaking and cold, but the more I wrote it became easier and easier and in the end I was just looking for grammatical errors.
SR: You have lived through hell, yet you've come out stronger. What made you decide to forgive your abusers? At what point did you decide that you wanted to change from being a victim to become a strong person? And did you ever fear being victimized again?
MB: I never intended to forgive the two men who raped me; I wanted someone to kidnap them, beat them up, tie them up and rape & torture them for hours on end just like they had done to me so they could get an understanding of the impact it had on my life. But when my eldest daughter was turning 13, I started to get a lot of flashbacks, nightmares & body memories and I decided to go back to therapy and deal with it in order to make it all go away. I quickly discovered that I couldn't make it go away and I had to face it to deal with it. It was near to the end of my 3 years of therapy, that me therapist suggested to me that maybe they weren't born rapists. At first I was completely outraged at what he was saying to me, but he planted a seed in my mind and that seed started to grow. I found myself wanting to understand where did it go so wrong for these 2 young men. They weren't much older than me, maybe about 17 or 18, and I wondered what had they seen, heard or experienced themselves that conditioned them to behave like that to another human being. And the more I thought about it I couldn't help but take them into my heart and feel compassion towards them. I was so full of hate, bitterness and revenge for them for years and this new understanding of forgiveness allowed me to let go of all of that. After all they would have had no idea if I was angry at them and I came to see that the only person I hurt by holding onto all of that anger was me. So I chose to let it go and life is much more peaceful now. I have never feared being victimized again.
SR: Since first coming out in public in 2014 with your story you have spoken up against violence and abuse and have become a voice for the voiceless. Do you feel you have made an impact on the lives of others?
MB: Absolutely. I completely underestimated what the impact of sharing my story would be and within just a few minutes I received messages of support and then friends, family & strangers started to share their own stories with me too of their rapes/sexual assaults. Marina Cantacuzino, who is the founder of The Forgiveness Project, often refers to us as "Story Healers" rather than "Story Tellers" and I have felt this on so many occasions. I was very lucky to have been interviewed by Sir Trevor McDonald for BBC Radio 4, which was amazing but after the interview had been aired I was emailed by a woman who told me that her mother had been listening and ended 64 years of silence when she told her daughter that she had been raped too. I wondered if this woman hadn't heard me if she would have taken her shameful secret to her grave but I also wondered how many other woman and men are silenced by their shame?
SR: What do you tell other victims of abuse?
MB: I tell them that we are not what was done to us, that we are so much more than our bodies and the real essence of who we are can never be touched. It's never too late to get support however long ago it was and I would encourage people to find their voice. I understand that not everybody can speak publicly like I now do, but it's so important to give our stories oxygen by sharing them with someone. I think that there is nothing more powerful and healing than to be heard, really listened to and to be believed. So I would encourage people to find someone they trust and tell their story in its entirety.
SR: Sexual violence is deeply entrenched in almost every society around the world. There is a cultural and social stigma attached to victims. How did you overcome this, and was it hard?
MB: This is exactly why I speak and write about sexual violence now to help end the shame, stigma and silence that surround it. For me it was the sharing of my story that helped me to stand in my shame and all the stories I fed myself that people would be disgusted, wouldn't want to know me anymore, would look at me differently etc. were dissolved and didn't come true. Standing in my shame and confronting it has helped. The way in for me was the way out and it took me a long time to find my voice but I wont be silenced anymore!
SR: You share your story with children. What do you tell children?
MB: I shared my story with about 120 girls in an all girls catholic school in Ireland and was invited to speak in their religion class about forgiveness, but the day before a teacher thought that maybe I shouldn't tell them all the details of what had happened to me. I wondered if I don't tell them I was raped how could I discuss what I had to forgive? After some discussion, they decided it would be ok to tell them the whole story and they were absolutely fine. The teachers left the room about 10 minutes before the end, so they could ask me questions and they asked so many with no hesitation. These girls were about 15/16 and I knew that statistically out of the 120 of them present that a number of them would already know about rape, abuse or sexual assault. So when I share my story, I don't hold back as I don't think it helps them by protecting them from the truth of what can take place. The feedback I got from the girls afterwards was great, I was sent so many message from them thanking me and telling me how it had helped them in some way. I really enjoy speaking with young people and would like to do more of it as I think we have a lot to change with regards to healthy relationships, respect and consent.
"I saw that whatever had been done to me, the essence of me was still there and that it could never be touched by anything done to me."
To find out more about the Forgiveness Project, what they do and how you can get involved, go here. Or visit their Facebook page.


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This week we see how "judgmental" we are when we play Judge For Yourself, a guessing game about real court cases.
Thanks to Prof. Scammington for the recent iTunes review.
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The Apple iPad: Is it a computer?
Some argue it's not, citing the lack of a keyboard, a limited operating system, and the fact that users can't get under the hood and tinker. But the iPad does have a CPU, memory, and lot of other computer-y components.
Whichever way you go on the iPad-as-computer question, there's no doubting that our concept of the computer is changing as technology permeates our lives more and more.
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Download Sewing Pattern – Simple Dungaree
It is a Pattern in PDF A4 pages.
Just print out the pages and assemble them by matching the cross in the corner.
Those Dungaree are very simple to make. They have 2 patch pockets and straps over the shoulder.
They can be made in cotton, denim, linen… and even knit if you master the finishing of knitwear (binding).
There is only one size at the moment. T38 which fit up to 92 cm hip measurement.


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Samples of Classes and Activities at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Avenue South, 612-215-2520, http://www.mnbookarts.org.
Hours: Monday 10 am — 5 pm, Tuesday 10 am — 9 pm, Wednesday-Saturday 10 am — 5 pm, Sunday 12 noon – 4 pm
Class details, instructor biographies, registration details and online registration are all available at above web site. You may also register by calling 612-215-2520. Note: This is only a sampling of classes, focusing on those that are less expensive and that don't require experience.
InsideOUT: Contemporary Bindings of Private Press Books
Greg Campbell Fine Binding
Both on exhibit: January 9 – March 28
Opening reception: Friday, January 9, 6 – 9 pm
InsideOUT celebrates the art and craft of contemporary bookbinding and private press printing. Organized by the U.K.-based binding society Designer Bookbinders, this ambitious project is a collaboration between thirty-four binders based in the United Kingdom and twenty-five based in the U.S. and Canada. Greg Campbell Fine Binding celebrates work from this renowned Minneapolis-based bookbinder and proprietor of Campbell-Logan Bindery. The opening reception will include a 7 pm gallery talk by featured artist/publisher Gaylord Schanilec of Midnight Paper Sales. This event is free and open to the public, and a number of participating artists and organizers will be in attendance. For information: http://www.mnbookarts.org/insideout/.
Plainly Spoken: The Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter 2013-2014 Juried Traveling Exhibit
On exhibit: January 9 – April 26
Reception: Friday, February 6, 6 – 9 pm
MCBA is honored to host the Guild of Book Workers Midwest Chapter's exhibitPlainly Spoken, featuring bindings of Julia Miller's Books Will Speak Plain by seventeen binders from across the United States. The reception will include a gallery talk at 7:30 pm by featured artists Karen Hanmer and Jana Pullman. This event is free and open to the public. For information:http://www.mnbookarts.org/plainlyspoken/
Mill City Museum Programs and Events
704 Second Street South
For more information about Mill City Museum events call 612-341-7555, or visithttp://www.millcitymuseum.org
Star Tribune Heritage Printing Plant Tour
Daily, 9 am, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm (latest time is best chance to see presses in action)
Star Tribune Heritage Center, 800 First Street North
If you like BIG, this is the place to see. The presses are 100 feet high, rolls of newsprint paper weigh 2,500 pounds, and the building is the size of nine football fields. Each tour lasts 90 minutes, is free to the public and is by appointment only. Tour visitors must be 10 years of age or older with adult supervision. Exceptions may be made for children under 10 as long as each child is chaperoned by an adult. Tour groups of us to 20 people may be accommodated; groups of fewer than 10 people may be combined with another group. For more information, including how to schedule a tour:http://www.startribunecompany.com/153.
Birthday Party Options
Depot Waterpark
The Depot, 225 Third Avenue South
Birthday party packages available including admission, balloons, party favors, tokens, vanilla ice cream, cake, soda or juice, and choice of hot dog and chips or slice of pizza. Package price is $19.95 per person. Minimum of eight people; reservations required. Contact Hannah Johnson firstname.lastname@example.com. For additional info, visithttp://www.thedepotwaterpark.com.
Depot Rink
The Depot, 225 Third Avenue South
Birthday party packages include: skate admission, skate rental, balloons, soda and choice of a hot dog with chips or a slice of pizza, vanilla ice cream cup and cake. Cost is $19.95 per person. Minimum of 8 people; reservations required. Contact Hannah Johnson at email@example.com. For additional info, visit http://www.thedepotrink.com.
Musical Performances on the U of M West Bank
The School of Music, located in Ferguson Hall on the University of Minnesota West Bank, offers a range of musical performances throughout the year, many of which are free. For more information, go to https://music.umn.edu/events.
Live Jazz
Wednesdays, 9 pm – 12 midnight
The Tangiers, 116 First Avenue NE
Located in the trendy and historic North Loop neighborhood of downtown Minneapolis sits The Tangiers, housed in one of the city's most historic buildings from 1884, The Hennepin Steam Building. Eat – drink – lounge – and now enjoy live jazz on Wednesdays along with DJed music other evenings. For information: http://www.thetangiersmpls.com.
Guthrie Theater Architectural Tours
First Saturday of each month, 9 am, plus by appointment for groups of five or more
Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South
Influenced by the Mississippi River's proximity and beauty, architect Jean Nouvel's vision for "theaters in the sky" made way for countless architectural feats in the facility. Discover its features through an architecture tour — covering everything from ground plans to groundbreaking, site selection, neighborhood influences and noteworthy elements that have garnered worldwide attention. Architecture tours are scheduled the first Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. and last approximately 75 minutes in length. $20 for adults; $15 for students. Call the Box Office at 612-377-2224 or order online at http://secure.guthrietheater.org/tickets/calendar/?q=whats_happening/calendar. Private architecture tours may be scheduled for groups of five or more; advance reservations are required by calling 612-225-6390.
Live Music at Mattie's on Main
Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE
Mattie's on Main offers an ever-changing, but frequent calendar of music and other events. For full information: http://mattiesonmain.com/events/.
*****Informational Resources*****
River Trip Planner
Visit your national park without a car! The National Park Service – Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is very excited to share that their long awaited "River Trip Planner" is LIVE! www.rivertripplanner.org will help you plan a route anywhere in the park, identify bus, rail lines and the best points of access (river nodes) for popular river destinations. It is an easy-to-use Google-based map with embedded park destination and alternative transportation (bus, rail, bike, boat, and walking) information that builds on existing regional transit, recreational trails and river access. Have fun, stay fit and reduce environmental impacts while exploring your national park! For more information about destinations in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area go to:www.nps.gov/planyourvisit
St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board Web Site
The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board web site provides information about the history of the St. Anthony Falls area and history-related things to do (including web versions of the various walking tour brochures); visithttp://www.stanthonyfalls.org.
Above the Falls Destinations Map
The Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership has coordinated with Minnehaha Media (a division of Hedberg Maps) to produce the Mississippi River Map-Above the Falls Destinations — a complete map and resource guide to the river and surrounding neighborhoods from the I-694 bridge in Brooklyn Center/Fridley down to the Stone Arch Bridge in Downtown Minneapolis. The map is sponsored by Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership. Explore the rich cultural and industrial history of Minneapolis' birthplace on the river and the neighborhoods that grew around it. Venture into the natural areas, parks and trails that straddle the river just north of downtown. Dine and relax at dozens of bars and restaurants in the neighborhoods of the North Loop, Northeast and North Minneapolis. All paths lead to the river – it's time to rediscover the Mississippi! These maps are 12" x 18", full-color (folded to pocket-sized), FREE and available at Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership events, their sponsors, select retail, restaurants and coffee shops, parks and recreation centers, schools, neighborhood and community centers throughout Downtown, North and Northeast Minneapolis and throughout the Twin Cities — over 80 locations. Please see the area of coverage: http://www.minnehahamedia.com/gw/missriver_mpls_upper/index.html.
Mississippi River Field Guide
Friends of the Mississippi River's Mississippi River Field Guide gathers historical fact and folklore, information about ecology, natural history and industry, and tips for the river explorer or recreational user. Browse this site for interesting and fun facts about the Twin Cities area or use it as a guide for your own river adventure. For information: http://fieldguide.fmr.org
Minnesota Great River Road Information and Maps
The newest Minnesota Great River Road information pieces are six maps that have been developed for each of the six destination areas of the Great River Road. They feature a map on one side, with travel ideas on the reverse side. To see all six maps and access lots of other information about the Great River Road, visit http://www.mnmississippiriver.com.
Minneapolis Bicycling Map
The City of Minneapolis now has a great map available online that includes extensive information of interest to bicyclists, e.g., bike route locations, Nice Ride kiosk locations, points of interest and street conditions. There's one version that you can print out and another that allows you to zoom in and pan around to view the information. Check it out at http://www.minneapolismn.gov/bicycles/maps/pan/index.htm.
*****Informational Updates*****
STARR Award to 222 Hennepin
Congratulations to the 222 Hennepin project for winning a STARR (Shopping Center Tribute Award for Retail Real Estate) award in the Mixed Use category! For more information: http://www.msca-online.com/events/annual-StarSM-awards/winner/162?categoryId=15.
Mark Muller Named New Director of McKnight Mississippi River Program
Following a national search, The McKnight Foundation has named Mark Muller as director of its Mississippi River program. He will take on the new role on January 5, 2015. For more information: https://www.mcknight.org/newsroom/news-releases/mcknight-names-mark-muller-director-of-mississippi-river-program
*****Riverfront News Articles*****
Franklin Avenue Bridge Rehab
Jonah and the Whale at Guthrie
602 Residences
Spoon and Stable Opening
Red Table Meat Company
Trader Joe's Plan
River Bridge Repair Costs


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What to Know Before Your First International Trip
In less than a month, my boyfriend and I are traveling to Ireland – which will mark his first time EVER out of the country. I remember my first time out of the country, and how much I didn't know, how much I was unprepared for. So like the good girlfriend I am, I started … [Read more…]


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There's something so delicious about fried chicken – it's no wonder many people find it irresistible. Unfortunately, it's also a real pain to make. Deep frying is messy at best, dangerous at worst, and we all know we're supposed to stay away from deep fried foods anyway. I have been on a bit of a quest to come up with a better way to enjoy all that I love about fried chicken: the crunchy exterior that yields to juicy, tender, flavourful chicken inside. I'm super happy to share this recipe with you – my husband was rendered speechless (probably because he was too busy stuffing more chicken in his mouth) when I made it the other day. You can also put the chicken pieces and buttermilk mixture into a ziplock bag and freeze the brining chicken. Thaw carefully and thoroughly before proceeding to cook the chicken per the instructions below. This is helpful if you want to have chicken on hand, ready to be cooked on shorter notice (without the lengthy but necessary brining time in the fridge). This chicken is as delicious cold as it is hot, making it an ideal dish for a picnic or pot luck. And if you love this chicken as much as I do, be sure to check out my fantastic gluten-free oven-baked chicken wings. They're crispy, delicious and SO easy!
- 1.5 cups (375 mL) buttermilk
- 3 medium garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon (5 mL) Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) coarse kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons (10 g) paprika
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 – 2 teaspoons (5 – 10 mL) hot sauce (Tabasco, Frank's, etc.)
- 8 large boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 ½ – 2 cups (340 g – 450 g) Kellogg's Corn Flake Crumbs or Panko (Japanese Breadcrumbs)
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons (60 mL) melted butter
- Combine the buttermilk, garlic, onion, Dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon (5 g) each of salt and pepper, paprika, lemon juice and hot sauce in a bowl and stir until evenly combined.
- Put the chicken in a baking dish or a large ziplock bag just large enough to hold it and pour the buttermilk mixture over the chicken, cover, and refrigerate 12 – 24 hours, turning once.
- If you want to freeze the chicken in the buttermilk brine; just squeeze the air out as you seal it in the ziplock bag and put in the freezer. Let it thaw safely and completely before proceeding.
- Heat the oven to 425°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Fit a wire rack inside a baking sheet and set it aside.
- Place the Corn Flake Crumbs in a shallow dish (I use a pie plate) and season with salt and pepper.
- Remove the pieces of chicken one at a time from the buttermilk marinade, letting the excess drip off for a moment.
- Place the chicken pieces, also one at a time, in the Corn Flake Crumbs, turning to coat completely and pressing the crumbs onto the chicken to adhere. Set the chicken aside on a large plate, folding the thin edges of the thighs back up to form the chicken into compact rolls.
- When all the chicken is crumb-coated, drizzle the melted butter evenly over the chicken pieces and transfer them to the rack on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake until golden and crispy and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the largest piece of chicken registers 165°F, about 35 – 40 minutes.
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Cerebus Part VIII — Issue #20
(see also: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part V I-and-a-half, Part VII)
I can only imagine what a shock this one must've been to readers looking for a nice linear development of the "siege on Palnu" storyline… Is "Mind Game" a "cop-out"? Did Sim force his protagonist onto another level of diegesis in some lame attempt to elude the comsequences of his own narrative?
Of course not.
That's not how storytelling works.
It is a fact of the human condition that we are beholden to the "Lords of Life"–but it is the artist's privilege to choose which lords s/he will bow down to, at any given moment… Subservience to any particular set of imperatives isn't art–it's automatism. In our quotidian experience, the choices are less clear, and for various reasons (most of them having to do with our biological materiality), we are very often powerless to resist the encroachments of "master narratives" that we do not own–but art is not life, and a critic who forgets this places him/herself at a serious disadvantage. This is not an argument in favour of "escapism", either (i.e. "real art" "captures" lived experience; "pop art" gives us a break from same); no–I am saying that all art runs parallel to life, and comments upon it. Escapism resides in the mind of the reader/viewer/listener–not the work itself.
What does this have to do with Cerebus #20? Well, everything, as far as I'm concerned!
The stage is set for an enormous confrontation between the T'Gitan horde and Lord Julius' mercenary force (led by a general that intends to use that very same army to engineer a coup, once he has repulsed the invaders). The book invites us to crave an acceleration of this complex intercutting between the battlefield and the backrooms, all leading to a "senses-shattering" climax of some sort or another. But in lieu of this, Sim pulls back and says: "you know, there are some things going on inside Cerebus' head that are much more important than these shenanigans"… Everybody line up! Field trip! Back to that weird grayscale continuum from issue #8!
The difference this time is that Cerebus (thanks to the intensifying effects of the particular drugs he's been fed) is now able to enter into the gray, rather than simply leaning upon it, in an existential extremity, as before… and guess what? There's a party going on in there!
While his abductors–the Cirinists–threaten and cajole him from without, Cerebus touches base with Suenteus Po–impossibly geriatric bonvivant extraordinaire! Po belongs to the Illusionist cult, and we learn that he and his pals are engaged in an enduring struggle with the disciples of Terim (who aim to establish "The New Matriarchy")… I'm sure I don't have to emphasize the loaded gender connotations of this fateful binary. But the thing is–both of these groups take their bearings, to a very large extent, from their relationship to Patriarchy proper. Po's gang are a bunch of hypostatized fratboys on spring break. Their opponents wish to outlaw this vicious behaviour, instead of frowning indulgently upon it, as the Father does…but they aren't threatening to abolish hierarchy–they simply want to set themselves up as the new management. The stakes of the battle are clear–and hilariously banal… As Po asserts–if the Cirinists win, "it's milk and cookies for all of us!"
This isn't really "men vs. women"–it's antinomianism vs. the law itself. And Cerebus, at this point, is blithely indifferent to it all. There's nothing to choose from between "form" and "void"–they're just elements of the plot. The idea is to keep the ingredients swirling in the pot. Well…that plus waking up and getting the hell on with your life! But that's the thing–whenever life threatens to make sense, you've gotta kill the engine, rip the hood open, and fuck something up… That's what drugs, sleep and poesy are for!
I know that many of you are privileged to know a great more than I do about the ways in which this whole thing plays itself out. Will Cerebus become a pawn in the meta-struggles that structure "reality" in Estarcion? Or will he succeed in metaphorizing them so completely that he achieves the Pyrrhic victory of solipsism? One thing is for sure–Cerebus (the narrative) will last as long as the answer to these questions remains in doubt, and not one moment longer! (certainty=death)
And no storyteller ever gave us a more complex prophecy of his own fate than the riddle posed by this issue's interlocking-page structure. (thanks to Cerebus Fangirl for that link!–you are wonderful Margaret!)
Good Afternoon Friends!
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Skip Dieball, with crew of Jeff Eiber and Abby Freeman, tops the stacked fleet of 33 boats at the 2014 Great Lakes Championship Regatta which was held at North Cape Yacht Club on July 12th and 13th. Of the 4 races that were sailed over the 2 days, they finished no lower than 3rd place. Second place in the regatta goes to Paul Abdullah and 3rd goes to Jack Finefrock.
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Have you been watching the Olympics this year?
We are college touring (my son is a senior) and vacationing for the entire two weeks so I have only been catching the sports I love at the end of the day or via Sirius XM!
What are your favorite events?
Mine are gymnastics, beach volleyball and soccer. This year I did get into the swimming a bit too! Wow, we have some phenomenal athletes! #TeamUSA.
Another sport I have been following is mixed doubles Badminton!?! I know kinda random but . . . a former PT Aide that I worked with is an Olympian in this sport! I am so proud of her just being an Olympian and Athlete. She posted a picture of herself on Instagram using gradient compression pumps on her legs for recovery 🙂
In addition, Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross are sporting their kinesiotape and Michael Phelps has had cupping. What's that you ask?? Stay tuned below for a link to my colleague's blog post!
All of this had me thinking . . . I kinesiotape a few of my athletes for competition and many people come to ask me on the sideline "Does that stuff really work? What does it do??"
So here's the scoop . . .
What is kinesiotaping?
Kinesiotaping is a technique used by Physical Therapist, Athletic Trainers, and Athletes to improve muscle performance or decrease pain during sport. It can also be used to decrease swelling in certain circumstances. It is a light elastic tape that is applied to the body to facilitate or inhibit muscles or move swelling. It is not rigid and therefore allows the body to move through its full range of motion during sport.
Does it really work?
Most medical research says there is no significant difference between use of tape and other treatments BUT . . . Athletes say YES it totally works! Ultimately, you need to decide for yourself. Ask your Physical Therapist if kinesiotaping is appropriate for your problem and if so have him/her tape that area to see if it helps ~ reduce pain, swelling, make moving easier.
What does kinesiotaping do?
- For use on muscles, the tape gives your body signals to either use a muscle more or less.
- For reduction of swelling the tape lifts the skin and fascia to create movement of the fluid so it drains away from the swollen area.
- For pain it lifts the skin and fascia to decrease the pressure on a muscle that is in spasm.
How do I know what kind of tape to buy?
Your Physical Therapist may be able to recommend the tape that is best for you. The major differences between the brands are patterns of wave forms, color options, and adhesive none of which affects the function of the tape but each person will have different preferences in brand of tape so use which every you like best!
Are they side effects?
- You can have skin sensitivity reactions such as itching, redness, and the like.
- If worn for many hours after sweating it can cause a rash from trapped sweat under the tape.
- If you have latex allergies the tape may irritate your skin.
- If the tape is close to the neck, head, armpit or back of the knee you can have dizziness, nausea and a general feeling of not being right ~ if this happens it will happen within 5 minutes of applying the tape, REMOVE THE TAPE IMMEDIATELY and the symptoms should be reduced greatly if not gone within 5 minutes. Kinesiotape should never be applied in the armpit or back of the knee.
Can I tape myself?
Yes . . . But, you will want to know what to tape and how to tape it. Speak to your Physical Therapist about your specific issue. There are lots of YouTube videos available to teach you how to tape yourself but to avoid injury, and understand the purpose of taping, make sure they are done by reliable sources. Better yet check with your PT.
Do you have any Kinesiotaping stories to share? Comment below!
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Look forward to hearing from you! Be well, Roxi


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An awe-inspiring Shikhar Dhawan made the day his own by bludgeoning his way to an unbeaten 168-ball 185 — the fastest-ever Test century by a debutant, as a dominant India left Australia bruised and battered in the third match of the series here today.
The hosts finished the day on a commanding 283 for no loss with Murali Vijay giving Dhawan company on a well-made 83 off 181 deliveries after Australia were bowled out for a competitive 408 in the first session.
The 27-year-old Dhawan was on a record-breaking spree as he raced to his century off a mere 85 balls, and was going strong, when the stumps were drawn on the third day of the penultimate Test, with the hosts still trailing by 125 runs.
The Delhi left-hander surpassed the record of earlier fastest hundred on debut, which was in the name of West Indian Dwayne Smith, who reached his ton in 93 balls in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2004.
In the process, Dhawan also became the highest individual scorer for India on debut, beating the previous record held by Gundappa Vishwanath (137) against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 1969-70.
It was a breathtaking assault by Dhawan who unleashed a flurry of strokes on both sides of the wicket to leave the visitors in a daze as the Indians scored at a brisk run rate of 4.87.
Dhawan slammed 33 fours and two sixes during his blistering innings, during which he did not leave a single corner at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium (PCA) untouched.
The rollicking Dhawan-Vijay association was also the highest for the first wicket at this ground, and the best for India against Australia.
India smashed 127 runs in the final session, with a whopping 418 runs being scored on the day.
Murali Vijay played his part in the run-fest, contributing an unbeaten 85 with the help of 10 fours and two sixes.
By tea, he had hit 21 fours while spending 115 minutes in the middle, helping India score 153 runs in the 28 overs bowled in the second session of play.
It must be mentioned that Dhwan raced into the 90s without hitting a single ball in the air. What makes his effort even more praiseworthy is that he maintained a strike-rate of over hundred almost all through his innings.
It was a staggering 117.64 when Dhawan got to the three-figure mark.
The striking rate was 114.50 when Dhawan reached his 150, off 131 balls, phenomenal by Test cricket's standards.
The first time the left-hander hit the ball in the air was, when on 111, he chipped Nathan Lyon over cover, which too also resulted in a boundary.
Soon, he got his first six as he lofted Lyon over his head, this despite being beaten in the flight.
Earlier, one run was all that separated Starc from becoming the first number nine Australian batsman to notch up a century in India, as the visitors posted a competitive total.
Though he missed out on the hundred by a whisker, Starc, along with Steven Smith (92), frustrated the Indians for a while, helping Australia add 135 runs in the first session of play before Ravichandran Ashwin trapped last-man Xavier Doherty.
The Indians made three runs in the one over they played before lunch, with Vijay scoring all of them.
But, after the break, the show completely belonged to Dhawan who treated the Australian bowlers with disdain, playing some delightful shots, especially through the heavily populated off-side.
The onslaught continued in the final session as Dhawan raced from 105 to 185, with the addition of another 12 boundaries and two sixes.
Such was his off-side play that it would have pleased even Sourav Ganguly and former England captain David Gower.
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RUSH TOWNSHIP – A 56-year-old Ramey man, David A. Boulton, has been charged for allegedly ramming his pick-up truck into another man's side-by-side vehicle on Saturday on Ho Chi Min Trail in Rush Township.
State police at Philipsburg have charged Boulton with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.
The victim had his side-by-side parked on the shoulder of Ho Chi Min Trail with multiple other all-terrain vehicles. Boulton wanted to pass in his truck but was unable to due to the ATVs parked along the trail, state police said.
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On Easter Eve we share the story of the Good News of Love. The LOVE Jesus came to redefine and reclaim. A love that overcame darkness, defeated death and died to bring us new life.
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On Easter Eve we share the story of the Good News of Love. The LOVE Jesus came to redefine and reclaim. A love that overcame darkness, defeated death and died to bring us new life.
At the Passover meal Jesus shocks the disciples by revealing one of his own will betray him and another deny him that very evening. Mark 14:12-42
This week Jesus both Compels and Confuses us with his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. It's time for the king to arrive and take his throne, but Jesus' entry changes everything.
When the Bible talks of our hearts, the writers are speaking of our inner most being; our thoughts, motivations, emotions. In The Gospel of Mark, chapter-7, Jesus declares all hearts unclean, and the source of our defilement not external, but internal. But Jesus doesn't leave us there, he gives us a solution. If we want to get well, Jesus offers a new heart, and a clean start.
Our text this week begins with a ludicrous and inadequate supply, in the hands of a reluctant distribution team. Sound familiar? But Jesus says … Give the people what you have, and I'll make it enough.
Life is a choice between two unmanageable powers. The storm that is unmanageable and doesn't love you. Or a God who is unmanageable, but knows each hair on your head and loves you.
When you truly seek to HEAR God's Word and let it take root, it will transform your desires, your hopes, your dreams, your response to trials, the pursuits of your life, the way you raise your kids, the way you love your spouse. It will produce a bountiful harvest.
Due to some technical difficulties, we only recorded a portion of the audio from this message (2nd half), however, the full written manuscript follows, and as an added bonus, this week we've also included the audio for our time of worship together.
Jesus not only heals the paralytic from his physical condition, but more amazingly heals the man of his spiritual condition. This week guest speak Len Alexander takes us on a journey of love and compassion through this amazing event.
Moved by compassion, Jesus came, and identified with humanity in our unclean state. He didn't stand at a distance and shout orders. He got down into our world and identified with us. Touching us. Our text this week says instantly the leprosy disappeared, and the leper was healed. What a wonderful picture of the instantaneous transformation of the gospel in our lives.


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Gem 1893-S Morgan Dollar
1893-S $1 MS65 NGC. The 1893-S Morgan dollar is a numismatic
icon today, but its beginnings were humble. The issue owes its
lofty status to two watershed events which occurred in 1893 and
profoundly impacted the fortunes of silver dollars in general and
the 1893-S in particular: The financial Panic of 1893 caused a
drastic reduction in the silver dollar mintage totals, and the
publication of Augustus Heaton's work on mintmarks spurred
collector interest in a previously ignored area of branch mint
numismatics. The effects of these events were not fully realized
for many years, but their consequences were decisive in molding the
history of the 1893-S.
Iconic Rarity in This Favorite Series
The 1893-S boasts a series-low mintage of 100,000 pieces as a direct result of the mandated reduction in silver coinage brought on by the financial panic. The small supply was undoubtedly reduced in later years by the extensive melting carried out under the provisions of the Pittman Act. The vast majority of coins seen today are in VF grades, indicating the issue must have circulated in some quantities for an extended period of time, but exactly when the coins circulated is something of a mystery. Q. David Bowers tells of the difficulty numismatist E.S. Thresher experienced trying to locate an example for his collection. Writing in 1925, Thresher complained a six-year search had failed to produce a single specimen of the desired date. Auction appearances of the 1893-S were rare in the early 20th century. An example in "good" condition was offered as part of lot 118 of the Lepere, Coleman, Zimmerman and Wilcox Collections (S.H. and H. Chapman, 2/1904). A superior piece, described as "Uncirculated, bright" was featured as lot 55 of the Woodin Collection (Elder, 3/1911). Aside from a few terse descriptions such as these, the auction record is bare during this early era. The evidence indicates the 1893-S was seldom encountered during the time period and did not circulate widely. Possibly the same economic factors that prompted the low mintage of silver dollars in 1893 resulted in the issue's limited release. The coins were simply unneeded in the regional economy of the time and were only gradually released into circulation, most remaining in bank vaults until after 1925. Perhaps rising demand in later years, due to factors such as the demand from the Nevada gaming industry, resulted in the gradual release of the hoarded dollars. Collector interest in Morgan dollars was low before the 1960s Treasury releases made the denomination popular. The long-stored mintage of 1893-S silver dollars probably circulated in the Rocky Mountain region without attracting numismatic interest during the second quarter of the 20th century, so that most survivors are moderately worn today. The supply was apparently exhausted by the 1960s, as no significant quantities surfaced in the Treasury releases.
The effects of Heaton's treatise on mintmarks were only gradually felt among Morgan dollar collectors. A few astute collectors were aware of the importance and rarity of the 1893-S at an early date and did not hesitate to pay significant premiums when an example was offered. One unknown collector purchased the "Uncirculated gem" specimen in lot 288 of the World's Greatest Collection (Numismatic Gallery, 1/1945), for $75 on a $25 estimate. Heaton's work eventually spread the popularity of collecting branch mint coins to all denominations, creating great demand for scarcer issues like the 1893-S. Unfortunately, by the time the enthusiasm became widespread, few examples of the 1893-S remained in Mint State. Experts estimate perhaps 100-200 Mint State examples survive today, mostly in lower Uncirculated ranges. Today the long-neglected 1893-S is recognized as the key date of the series and holds its place as the most valuable Morgan dollar.
Only one die pair is known for the 1893-S silver dollars. The existence of one die pair, with specific obverse identification features, makes authentication a simple process. In the past, many counterfeit 1893-S dollars have been made by adding an S mintmark to an 1893 dollar, or altering an 1898-S to resemble an 1893-S. The following two obverse die characteristics will distinguish the genuine 1893-S dollars from those counterfeit or altered pieces that lack such characteristics. First, a raised diagonal die line begins at the left top of the upright of T in LIBERTY just below the crossbar and angles up to the right across the crossbar, meeting the extreme top of that letter nearly above the right upright of the same letter. A continuation of the die line (or a second, nearly parallel die line) can be seen between the left and center leaves above the Y. The die line remains visible on all examples except those with the T worn away. Some examples have dirt filling the letters that must be removed before authentication is possible. Second, a small rust mark or die lump can be seen within the left foot of the R, nearly resembling tiny "rabbit ears." Like the diagonal die line, this die lump or rust mark can be seen in nearly any grade encountered, as long as the R remains visible.
Like the 1889-CC and a few other issues, there have never been reports of large quantities of Mint State 1893-S Morgan dollars on the market. Dave Bowers comments:
"Apart from 20 Mint State coins said to have been found in a bag in Great Falls, Montana, and reported by Wayne Miller, I do not know of any group of high-grade coins found in the 1950s or later. However, Walter Breen reported that Harry Warner, once active in the bulk sale of silver dollars, had handled a full bag. If so, then we may all be surprised and delighted someday if these appear."
Meanwhile, Bowers estimates the total existing population of 1893-S Morgan dollars in all Mint State grades is between 61 and 83 coins. Such figures are consistent with current population data. PCGS records 37 submissions of Mint State coins, including five in MS65 and one in MS67. NGC records 27 Mint State grading events, with just two in MS65 and one in MS66. Bowers states that about half of the known Mint State population has some prooflike characteristics, yet only a single PCGS example has received a designation of Prooflike, an MS62 PL coin. One AU58 Prooflike is known at NGC (3/13).
The present Gem ranks as one of just seven submissions that NGC and PCGS combined have certified in MS65, plus the one MS66 at NGC and one MS67 at PCGS. Although a specific Condition Census of these coins has never been attempted, so far as we know, it seems reasonable to suggest that the true population includes four or five MS65 coins. Both sides have fully brilliant silver-white luster and a faint champagne tint with satiny fields and frosty devices. The hair over Liberty's ear is a bit indistinct as usual, and the breast feathers are slightly merged, but the remaining detail on both sides is sharp. A few tiny marks are present on Liberty's cheek, but the surfaces otherwise are excellently preserved.
Ex: Sanderson Family Collection / FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 5025, which realized $299,000.(Registry values: P10, N14284) (NGC ID# 255U, PCGS# 7226)
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In an amazing turn of events Al Gore has recanted Global Warming! After selling all his stock in the Carrier Air Conditioning Company and buying heating oil futures, Al was noted to be telling his cohorts that global cooling was coming fast and that he was buying property in the Amazon Jungle where it's nice and warm. April Fools!
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Filed under Al Gore, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, Climategate, CO2, Co2 Insanity, Global Warming
The Al Gore Disappearing Video Trick
I see various warmers doing tricks like hiding the decline, making warm temperatures disappear, adding to sea levels and even tricks like adding to temperatures, all in an effort to bolster their claims that anthropogenic CO2 is causing the Earth to warm. I don't remember seeing the disappearing video trick, until now that is.
It seems about everyone and his brother had this alleged video from YouTube, posted by "BrianMerchant" up earlier today. It allegedly had Al Gore allegedly telling people at the 8th annual Games for Change Festival allegedly about something allegedly to the effect that population control will help save us from that nasty
global warming no climate change no climate disruption or whatever the latest term is.
I can't say anything but allegedly because for some strange reason I can't find the video, even though it was allegedly posted on at least several websites I found this evening, including YouTube. If you go to YouTube you get what's in the below screenshot – "This Video Has Been Removed by the User."
The second video is still up as of this posting , but who knows how long it will remain? I have it below, linked to YouTube, but for some "funny" reason I can't seem to download it for posterity (AKA: So it won't mysteriously disappear, too). Al doesn't seem to be saying anything about population control in it. How long it will remain I don't know. If you get a message that it's gone "poof" please don't blame me.
While the two screenshot programs I use will copy pages I can't get them to copy the YouTube before and after at any of the websites I found it on. All I get is blank where the video should be. You can go here to LA Times Blogs or here to Breitbart TV and try it for yourself to see. You'll see Al there with a woman (like above), but when you click to start the video you get the same message with no video. How long it will be up at these two sites I don't know either, so don't blame me if you go and there's nothing there. We do have quotes about this from websites as follows……..
The LA Times quotes Al as allegedly saying……
Besides improving technology to reduce fossil fuel emissions, he is advocating "educating and empowering girls and women."
"That's the most powerful leveraging factor," Gore said in a speech Monday in New York. "When that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices."
Since I wasn't there and I can't watch the video I'll have to take their word for it. Online Journal quote Al as allegedly saying this…..
The former vice president also took to the stage in New York Monday to give a speech about population control, saying he advocates "educating and empowering girls and women," the Los Angeles Times reports.
"That's the most powerful leveraging factor," Gore said. "When that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices."
He went on to state that having access to "fertility management" would help stabilize the population.
Pretty much the same alleged quotes from two different sources. To reiterate, I wasn't there, nor can I see the mysteriously removed video. so who really knows what Al said?
Here's more alleged quotes from the Daily Caller here……….
"One of the things we could do about it is to change the technologies, to put out less of this pollution, to stabilize the population, and one of the principle ways of doing that is to empower and educate girls and women," Gore said. "You have to have ubiquitous availability of fertility management so women can choose how many children have, the spacing of the children.
"You have to lift child survival rates so that parents feel comfortable having small families and most important — you have to educate girls and empower women," he said. "And that's the most powerful leveraging factor, and when that happens, then the population begins to stabilize and societies begin to make better choices and more balanced choices."
All I can say is it is certainly a mystery as to where this video went to and why it disappeared. Couldn't be that Google, who owns YouTube had anything to do with it could it? According to Wikipedia here is a tidbit about Gore and Google……
He is a founder and current chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management, the co-founder and chair of Current TV, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc., and a senior adviser to Google
Oh my? Senior adviser to Google? Hmmmmmmm……..
Anyway, I am really curious about why the video has disappeared. This may end up being like UFO's only called UVO's (Unidentified Video Objects) that everyone "knows" exist, but can never prove with a clear, clean video.
I do have the following questions for Brian Merchant:
- Did Google remove it? If so did they do it arbitrarily? Or, did they ask nicely?
- Did Gore request it removed?
- Since Brian Merchant appears to have been at this conference (I assume he took the video) is he an Al Gore fan and felt guilty about it and merely removed it and there's no conspiracy?
- Was Brian Merchant threatened by someone's attorney? I ask because evidently no video cameras were allowed at the conference. If that's the case I do find it kind of unusual that he would have been told to remove the first one and not the second one and that on his YouTube page there's another video (who knows how long either of them may be up?)
I will keep trying to find the mysterious disappearing video, but I won't hold my breath that it will ever surface unless someone was able to save it before it disappeared from YouTube, or if Brian Merchant puts it back up. If I find it I'll post it up. Perhaps I should get OJ Simpson to help me find the real video?
More CO2 Insanity? Seems like it to me, but without the actual video or sworn statements from witnesses about what Al Gore actually said at the conference, I only have my imagination, as do you.
I also have an alternate theory.
It could be this was removed so as to not let the 'cat out of the bag' about Al's latest
scam scheme. We all know that carbon trading is having some more than major problems getting off the ground as evidenced by Al's previous scam scheme at the Chicago Climate Exchange that was shut down due to lack of business.
However, if Big Al's touting population control this could possibly – maybe – allegedly, signify one of the following three things:
- Al might have bought a lot of stock in Trojan Rubbers.
- Al might be heavily investing in Planned Parenthood and possibly planning on franchising drive-through abortion clinics.
- He may have knocked up a masseuse and is going way over the top trying to convince her to terminate the fetus.
It's also interesting we seem to have some hypocrisy here. Can someone tell me why that we're all supposed to have no more than two children to maintain zero population growth and why Al had four kids? I mean really Al, can't you practice what you preach? (Don't even get me started on his carbon footprint).
If this is all true, will Al give this the follow-through and have all his kids sterilized so they won't reproduce and create that nasty CO2 that will cause the planet to overheat any day now? If not, will he at least give them all a lifetime supply of condoms?
Oh….and about those plastic water bottles…..shame…shame.
I'll leave it to you do decide.
Filed under Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, CO2, Co2 Insanity, Global Warming
Satellitegate – The saga continues
We have items on here about satellites that don't work properly and satellites that have been destroyed during launch that you can read about here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
While I am not a big conspiracy person, I don't see why I can't wonder just what is going on with all of this and who or what is behind these problems?
Is it a conspiracy? Stupidity? Vanity? Someone upstairs quashing things? Inter-agency arguing? All of the aforementioned? Sheer coincidence? I can't really say with any certainty one way or the other, but with all the goings on, I do feel perfectly justified in asking questions, as do others.
What are they hiding, if anything? Are the warmers afraid these new satellites will disprove all their global warming theories? Are the denialists afraid the satellites will prove that the warmers are correct and we do indeed have global warming? Is the government hiding something from us? I ask that last one because the article does mention that the USAF is interested on how solar rays affect their equipment. What equipment? HAARP? Something else we don't know about?
Too over the top? Well maybe yes, maybe no. It may be something no one will ever know, or not find out for a hundred years. JFK was assassinated in 1963 and no one's even seen what the whole deal was with that and we may never be privy to that information.
For those who are interested in this, Popsci has a very enlightening article today titled "Who Killed the Deep Space Climate Observatory, which was originally proposed by Al Gore in 1998 and then killed right after George W. Bush was elected.
In what sounds like the end to the Indiana Jones Movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark…….
Nearly a decade ago, NASA built an Earth-monitoring satellite that could have observed global warming in action. Then the agency stashed it in a warehouse in Maryland, where it remains to this day.
It's an excellent article that will open your eyes to some of the CO2 Insanity that goes on behind the scenes at NASA, NOAA and the White House. I, for one, would like to know why we have a very expensive piece of equipment ($100 million of your tax dollars) sitting in a warehouse for almost a decade that will shed some more light upon the global warming theory, regardless the outcome.
Please click the source below to go to the article.
Source: POPSCI
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Gore tells O'Reilly how heat causes snow
Al is really good at making post-event predictions. You can bet if they had a heat-wave last week instead of snowmageddon he would have said that was caused by global warming, too!
Filed under Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Co2 Insanity, Global Warming
Waaaah! Nobody wants to by my CO2!
Here we have a project with a power plant looking for someone to buy the CO2 they capture and evidently we have no takers thus far.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is searching for customers to buy the carbon dioxide it plans to retain in an experiment to reduce emissions of the gas from its Antelope Valley power plant, a company official said.
One crucial element is whether Basin can find customers for the carbon dioxide that would be captured from one of Antelope Valley's two 450-megawatt generating units, he said
Great Plains processes lignite coal to make synthetic natural gas and retains much of the carbon dioxide in the process.
Man I would have thought Al Gore would have been first in line to buy all this nasty CO2 up so he could stick it someplace. Perhaps he's blowing all his money on masseuses, divorces and his new bachelor pad in upscale Montecito, California. Talk about more CO2 Insanity.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
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Al "Sex Poodle" Gore Neutered
If Al "Sex Poodle" Gore had really been neutered, millions of legitimate masseuses would breathe easy.
Al's basically had is cojones removed as far as global warming is concerned, at least for this year.
Per Green Hell Blog…..
Speaking about the likelihood of climate bill being passed by Congress in 2010, Al Gore told a conference call of supporters tonight that, "this battle has not been successful and is pretty much over for this year." Gore bitterly denounced the Senate and federal government stating several times, "The U.S. Senate has failed us" and "The federal government has failed us." Gore even seemed to blame President Obama by emphasizing that "the government as a whole has failed us… although the House did its job. [emphasis added]"
Poor Al, visions of carbon trading bucks were dancing in his head but alas, Santa didn't show up this year for him and his buddies.
I guess with no cojones, his "dangling chad" won't be of much use. I would offer the suggestion that any masseuses out there be careful or they may find a blubber like "sex poodle" after them. There's always Viagra, which can create global warming in Al's pants.
Source: Green Hell Blog
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"Sex Poodle" Investigtion Dropped
Al "Sex Poodle" Gore must be very relieved that the investigation of his alleged attempted "humpty-dumpty" with a local masseuse has been dropped due to insufficient evident.
Al was accused of trying to get fresh with her way back in 2006. Perhaps that global warming in his pants just got too hot?
There's other accusations floating around, we'll have to wait and see what goes on with those.
Until then, Al, I'd suggest that next time you call a masseuse you might consider applying an ice pack to your crotch to cool that global warming off before she arrives.
If you want to read all the "Gore"y details the Source: Washington Post
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A weekend cottage in Door County caught fire unexpectedly and burned to the ground. Memories of the cottage will always remain, but the family decided to build anew. The clients requested a large living area, where guests could mingle, cook, dine and socialize inside and out, maintaining views of Lake Michigan. Bedrooms were designed to be private and flexible, allowing for single or multiple/family use. The house is built from native Wisconsin stone, cedar and glass. Floors are made from polished concrete and heated for comfort during the cold winter months.
The Ross House
The Mary Adams House
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905, The Mary Adams House has been largely overlooked by Architectural Historians, probably because the house is lacking typical "prairie school" decorative features such as art glass, wright-designed furniture and similar ornament. The house is modest in size (2200 s.f.), but has a monumental presence. These photos show the transformation of the exterior from a white and brown painted stucco house to a stained wood trim and integral color stucco exterior finish. The roof is comprised of recycled aluminum shingles placed on top of 4 inches of rigid insulation for improved energy performance. All original sash has been saved and refinished, and a new interior storm window with insulating glass will improve the energy efficiency of the house. Finally, geothermal heating and cooling will greatly reduce energy consumption while making the house quite comfortable. More to follow.
how did we do it?
Finished photos only provide a hint of the actual work involved in rehabilitating homes. In this case the two homes had been modified many times since the late 1870's. Extra porches, exterior stairs, aluminum and vinyl siding were all removed first, before any interior work was done. The original exterior wooden siding was stripped and either repaired or replaced as needed. Then came the herculean task of lifting both houses to provide access for basement construction, as the original homes were built on wooden pilings! The resulting exterior photos give the appearance that the homes have been sitting quietly on this site for 130+ years.
the studio
the clients were very clear about the way in which the "workspace" relates to the house – a separate and distinct commute was desired, so that the work space is apart from the living space. An old neighboring coach house was incorporated into the project. The west facade was altered to provide french doors and connect with the common green space. The upper floor can be used to accommodate guests overnight. A large masonry wall was built to screen the parking garage behind the house, and all utilities were put below grade. View to the house from the studio.
The connector and childrens' realm
The Master bedroom is provided with a door that leads across the connector to the childrens' bedrooms. The two houses are connected by a glass link fabricated from steel and glass to contrast with the wooden structures and to minimize the appearance of the structure. There are two bedroom that share a bath in the west building. Each room is uniquely designed to provide interest and variety for the children.
The second floor – adults realm
The elliptical stair leads up to an adult sitting room, at the front of the house. The room is meant to serve as a quiet retreat, or an intimate place to sit with friends and family. Continuing up the stairs is the entry to the master suite. The bathroom is bright and gives the feeling of being outdoors by means of a large skylight. The master bedroom is small and cozy, and faces the backyard garden.


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Project Freedom at Hamilton
715 Kuser Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619
609-588-9919, Fax 609-588-8831
Positioned in the heart of Hamilton Township. Mercer County,Project Freedom at Hamilton is located on Kuser Road between Colonial Fire Co and the Babe Ruth baseball field. Historic Kuser Mansion and Park is nearby and is directly accessible by a paved path. The designated "Center City" area of Hamilton in minutes away by car and features two shopping centers, banks, convenient stores, and a grocery store. The Hamilton Library and Police Headquarters are also located in this area as well as a Capital Health System medical complex, the Hamilton YMCA Main Branch, and another office complex of medical offices.
Project Freedom at Hamilton features 40 one-bedroom apartments and eight two-bedroom apartments scattered in eight buildings. Each apartment is designed for people who use wheelchairs or have other dis ability-related needs. The apartments have affordable rents. There is also a community center that has administrative and maintenance offices along with a larger great room for tenant activities.
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Copyright Ironmen & Severn Gilders 2018
The Ironmen & Severn Gilders come from Ironbridge in Shropshire, England.
We are a joint team that perform two distinct traditions of dancing and some joint dances just to show that we can!
Please click on the links to learn more about our team
The Ironmen are one of the original
'revival' Border morris teams.
Border Morris is a traditional style that originates along the English/Welsh border (Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire) and involves lots of noise,
stick clashing and energy.
Faces are disguised [in the Ironmen's case
with a mixture of black and red to
echo the kit], which reminds us that
the early border dancing was
basically begging when work was scarce,
or busking as we have it today.
The ladies team, The Severn Gilders,
were named after the female workers at the Coalport China Factory [Coalport is just downstream from Ironbridge] - the Gilders - who put the gold decoration on the porcelain.
For both teams the kit colours of red and black are a tribute to the Ironbridge Gorge, the real birthplace of the industrial revolution, where the cokefires from the iron works coloured the sky. The yellow highlights hint at the gold on the Coalport ceramics.
Both border and North West morris are often accompanied by a lively band. IMSG are no different having, when everyone is available, one of the most distinctive morris band sounds in the country!
What better time than now to start a new hobby - or revive an old one! !
The Ironmen and Severn Gilders practise every Monday 8 - 10pm at The Telford Langley School, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JS.
We are very friendly so you could just turn up - or drop our Secretary [John] a note: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
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"It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!"
This is a French Twist Crown that we've made into a pumpkin. Start along the bang line for your French Twist and just continue it all the way around the head. Be sure that your added strands are combed nicely so the finished product looks clean.
My princess's hair is quite long so we had to continue twisting long after I had finished adding hair and then we just bobby pinned down the excess. Grab some orange ribbon, measure the length of your crown and then double it. You will be using a plastic yarn needle for this hairstyle. Thread the needle by folding some dental floss through the eye, placing the ribbon in the dental floss and then pulling the floss with the ribbon back through the eye. Now weave around the pumpkin, tie the ends together, and cut off any extra ribbon.
If your princess has long hair as well and you have to double up some of the crown, just make sure you only weave once in that area.
Now for the stem you can use a green bow, some green ribbon, green yarn, or a pipe cleaner. We've used a green pipe cleaner, poked it through the hair and then shaped it into a stem. Wrap the extra pipe cleaner around a pen to curl it for little vines.