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The Krypton Glow-in-the-Dark Mini Putty from Crazy Aaron's Puttyworld is a great stress-relieving toy children and adults alike! Designed for ages 8 years and older, this set comes with a tin filled with 1/34lb of Thinking Putty, in a bright radioactive green glow. This putty is milky white in the daylight but glows when the lights go down . . . after exposure to light, the colors can glow for hours. This putty is fun to play with, but also provides stress-relieving qualities while you play---try writing messages or drawing pictures on the putty and watch them glow.
Please note: Thinking Putty should be used by children ages 3 years and older; like all creative toys, Thinking Putty can get messy if left alone with young children and should not be used by children under three years of age for this reason and should always be used by older children with supervision. Thinking Putty is best left in its tin when not in use; it can stain. To remove if stuck on shirt/pants/sofa/rug/sheets, use rubbing alcohol from the drugstore over the stuck pieces (the greatest percent isopropyl alcohol is best in the rubbing alcohol).
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When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.
Our world today is full of religious people, but they don't use that word to describe themselves. They use a different word: spiritual. They will describe themselves as very spiritual and then will add, "But I'm not into organized religion."Statements like this can become a segue for sharing the gospel. As believers we can say, "Really? I am a spiritual person too. In fact, I am really into spiritual things, and I want to talk to you a little bit about some really important spiritual truth I have discovered."This isn't compromising. Rather, it is simply using understandable language to build a bridge so you can talk about your relationship with Jesus Christ.When the apostle Paul addressed the men of Athens, he said, "I notice that you are very religious in every way, for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: 'To an Unknown God.' This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I'm telling you about" (Acts 17:22–23).Paul didn't say, "Hey, what you are doing is legit." He simply used language they could understand to connect with them about the most important message. Evangelism is a dialogue, not a monologue. You ask a question, and they give you an answer. Then you respond to what they said. They say something, and you say something.This is what Paul was talking about when he said, "Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some" (1 Corinthians 9:22). One of the best ways to reach someone is to just listen.However, we must never lower our standards to extend our reach. Don't compromise your message, but try to establish a dialogue.


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WOUNDED YORKSHIRE Carnegie have been challenged to "right some wrongs" today when they bid to bounce back from their first defeat of the season.
Carnegie face Bedford in a British and Irish Cup tie at Selby, a week after losing 51-35 to Ealing Trailfinders in the same competition.
That ended a six-game winning start to the campaign and coach Bryan Redpath admitted lessons have to be learned.
"We were disappointed in many ways, but we can't dwell on it," he said.
"We lost a game, we've accepted it and we'll have to move on and right the wrongs this week.
"There's a few changes in the team, but ultimately last week was a good reminder to everyone that no game is a given and at 28-12 or 33-19 we should have won that game."
Mike Mayhew will make his first start for Carnegie at hooker today, after scoring two tries on his debut off the bench last week.
Redpath has changed his entire front-row for today's game with Lee Imiolek and Rob O'Donnell starting either side of Mayhew.
In the back-row, captain Ryan Burrows will return in place of Andy Saull and Richard Mayhew starts instead of Chris Walker.
The only change in the back division sees full-back Stevie McColl returning to the starting 15 to replace Christian Georgiou.
Redpath said he is keen to give his backs a chance to prove they are better than they showed against Ealing.
"I think some players didn't perform as well as they would have liked to," he said.
"There's an opportunity for them to back up and change some of the mistakes they made last week.
"Even in the pack we have got our bumps and bruises so we always have to keep changing.
"On the whole there's some changes, but not necessarily drastic.
"I believe the group was still strong enough to win [last week's game] and sadly in the last 20 minutes we conceded two soft tries at crucial times that allowed them to get their tails up.
"But I believe in the group. I think the group need to repay each other and put in a performance against Bedford."
Redpath expects Carnegie's defence to be tested today. He said: "I've watched Bedford's last three or four games and they've always been a very good attacking side.
"Most of their games are reasonably high scoring.
"We have to be extremely disciplined defensively and also very controlled when we have the ball.
"When you cough up a simple turnover, a loose pass, poor kick, they are a side that can punish you."
Yorkshire Carnegie (v Bedford): McColl, Goss, Forsyth, Casson, Prell, Seals, Green, Imiolek, Mayhew, O'Donnell, Whetton, Sanderson, Burrows, Mayhew, Stedman. Replacements Graham, Beech, Parker, Smith, Beck, Allan, Wright.
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Perhaps I am not the only viewer who finds that Fox News, the "conservative network," has become somewhat schizophrenic. I can watch a bit of "Hannity" late in the evening, or a few minutes of "Fox & Friends" earlier when I arise in the morning, and the panelists and hosts offer convincing evidence of one sort or another that candidate Donald Trump and his staffers were surveilled ("wiretapped") during the 2016 presidential campaign. Indeed, Sean Hannity has interviewed investigative reporter Sara Carter (of the web site Circa) who cites several concrete insider intelligence sources confirming the listening in.
The morning "Friends" program has had respected Judge Andrew Napolitano on at least twice to confirm that Fox News, the network itself, has received credible reports that the British super-secret intelligence service, GCHQ, did surveillance of the Trump campaign and shared it with the Obama administration (thus, with supposedly clean hands, no real need to go through the NSA or FBI directly, and no direct "paper trail").
Moreover, there are those prominently reported details, from The New York Times (e.g., January 20, 2017), The Washington Post, NBC, and CNN, based on "multiple [leaked] sources" that Trump associates "talked" with Russians. Apparently, General Michael Flynn was actually surveilled while at Trump Tower. We know now for certain that nothing, nada, compromising linking the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence was ever found, despite the continuing insinuations and desperate hopes of the Mainstream Media (e.g., Rachel Madow, Chris Cuomo, Chris Matthews, et al). But we also know that surveillance did occur.
But then by midday, by the time Shepard Smith comes on during the afternoon, and when those vaunted "Fox All-Stars" show up with Bret Baier during the 6:30 evening time slot, the MSM narrative is in full and often condescending display: with Charles Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, Julie Pace (well, she is of AP), and others solemnly intoning "Trump has offered no proof," "there is no evidence supporting the president's tweet." And, of course, clips of omniscient John McCain declaring the same thing are prominently displayed.
One would think that if Fox News had received very serious intel information about listening in, that if its chief legal analyst had received such information about surveillance, that Krauthammer and others would have picked up on that? Right? But, then Krauthammer and others of his ilk have never been Trump supporters; indeed, the good psychiatrist has always been a quasi-never-Trumper, from the get go.
How to explain the disconnect?
Is the MSM narrative so powerful and the animus against the president so overwhelming, that the temptation to continue the increasingly denuded charade is just too strong, even among members of the "conservative establishment"?
Krauthammer is a leading Neoconservative, just as Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes, and the writers at The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and atother venues who show up on Fox are . They have never been very keen on Donald Trump. At least The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has been consistent and open in his constant and virulent opposition to the president.
The essential connections here are something I've written about before several times on this site: Neoconservatism and its votaries partake of the same deeply-held fundamental principles as their supposed opponents on the Left. [See, for example, Gary Dorrien's excellent study, The Neoconservative Mind, or Prof. Paul Gottfried's scholarly The Strange Death of Marxism] Neoconservatism traces its heritage and tangled lineage, to a large extent, back to Leon Trotsky and his globalist variant of Marxism. By the 1960s, many of the Trotskyites and other American Communists, a very large number of whom lived in the New York area and were of Jewish extraction, had completely soured on the old Soviet Union, which for them had become stagnantly conservative and even anti-semitic. Older Neocons, those movement "godfathers," such as Irving Kristol (father of Bill) and Norman Podhoretz (father of writer John), describe in some detail that transformative process in their memoirs.
What has become readily apparent is that on traditional moral issues, including such subjects as same sex marriage, advancing gay rights, feminism, and so on, the Neocons partake of views which are only slight variants of those pushed by the established Left. Such traditional aberrations have now become accepted and enshrined "civil rights." The Neocons' supposed opposition to such change has been nearly imaginary, while their accommodation to and acceptance of it has been with near alacrity. They have, indeed, created an historical template to support their positions, re-written history, and that revised history informs us that the "civil rights" revolution of the 1960s, and its pro-Communist sympathizing leaders like Martin Luther King, were actually "conservatives," and that it was only those bad, hayseed "racist" Southern Democrats who oppressed poor Southern black folk.
That's the continuing narrative, the Neocon "conservative" dogma.
But in presenting this radically revised history of the "movement," the Neocons also disauthorize and disavow the essential—and entirely respectable—fundamentals of traditional constitutional conservatism. The case can be made that Donald Trump in his views is closer to that earlier conservative narrative than today's Neocons. We only have to go back and read the early issues of William Buckley's National Review or Russell Kirk's Modern Age in the 1950s or 1960s to notice the stark contrast and extreme divergence between those acknowledged conservative "lights" back then and the new and rigid Neocon orthodoxy of today.
No, Buckley, NR associate editor Frank Meyer, Kirk, and other NR writers were not "racists" as the term is strictly understood; they did not hate black folks or wish to "keep them down." But neither did they favor the Federal government stepping in beyond its defined purview and basically destroying what remained of the nation's constitutional system of government. They recognized that however laudable more participation by the electorate and economic betterment might be, that the destruction of the republican system would have much worse consequences for the future.
Parenthetically, let me add on a personal note: I got to know Dr. Russell Kirk in 1967, and I served as his assistant 1971-1972 in Mecosta, Michigan. Through Kirk I met Buckley and came to be close friends with prominent conservative writers like Frederick Wilhelmsen, Peter Stanlis, Mel Bradford, Thomas Molnar, Paul Gottfried, and others. Those conservatives were appalled by the virtual take-over by the Neocons of the traditional conservative movement they had fought for and wrote about.
What unites the movement Left and the Neoconservatives is this: The common denominator is that both the faux Neocon "right" and the "left" share a quasi-religious, zealous belief in across-the-board globalist, liberal democratic egalitarianism, which to paraphrase Allan Bloom, must be imposed not only here in the United States, but on the entire world. Such a view, in an uncanny way, parallels Trotsky's zealous globalism and should cause thinking conservatives to question both the genealogy and the revised historical narrative offered as establishment "conservatism" today.
That principle, across-the-board equality, is not a traditional conservative principle.
Nor, let us add, is it in reality a Christian principle. For the adage, "all men are equal in the sight of God," is a misreading not only of Scripture but also of traditional Christian teaching. In that teaching, each individual created by God has a potential uniquely his own, and that potential is unlike, that is, unequal, to that of anyone else. Thus, a particular bricklayer has a potential, or if you will, realizable talents (to use St. Matthew's parable), just as a particular college professor has a potential, particular talents uniquely available to him. That bricklayer is not "equal" to that college professor: they are different, and they are judged not by comparing one to the other, but on the use of their unique talents—that potential—offered to each of them.
Both the progressivist tradition, including the various strains of Marxism, and the Neoconservative inheritors of progressivism, posit across-the-board equality, which in practice demands "liberation" from hide-bound traditions that impede that equality. Thus, their embrace of the ongoing, continually evolving "civil rights" movement, which includes the imposition of "egalitarian democracy" in every remote desert oasis or in every jungle corner over the face of the globe. Recall the words of George W. Bush and other supposed "conservatives" about the universality of "democracy" and "equality." Such a vision includes, as well, feminism, gay rights, same sex marriage, and more.
Both the implacable Neocon hostility towards Donald Trump and the major reason for the schizophrenia of Fox have their roots in candidate Trump's campaign promises. He stated frequently that he wanted to end illegal immigration, that he believed in "America First," and that he wanted to "Make America Great Again." Such slogans, such pronouncements, dredged up in the minds of various #NeverTrump Neoconservative writers and those associated with them (e.g., James Kirchik, Max Boot, Brett Stephens, Kristol, George Will, et al) horrific visions of the old "America First" movement of the 1930s. For them "America First" was associated with anti-semitism and the haunting fear of a resurgence of "fascism" and "nativism" on American shores. [It may also help explain their Russophobia, as Russia now presents a nationalist conservative image—can the days of the pogrom be far behind?]
Never mind that such suspicions and charges are specious, based on an arrogant ignorance of the older America First movement, and an even worse familiarity with the historical record. The America First organization was never a "fascist" or "anti-semitic" movement, but included millions of citizens who wished to avoid another world war. Included in its ranks were Quakers, members of the Church of the Brethren, and pacifists, and many patriotic Americans. No doubt a few supporters of the Axis powers attempted to use it, but, by and large, they were unsuccessful.
Then, there was candidate Trump's opposition to unfair international trade deals, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and his willingness to place duties or tariffs on foreign imports to protect American workers and companies. Such a position, again, goes against the globalist fundamentals of Neoconservatism.
Moreover, on several occasions Trump advocated a shake-up in foreign policy: the United States, he declared, should not be "the world's policeman." In his inaugural address back on January 20 this year, he re-stated that same theme—the United States did not seek to go round the world and impose its governing system and ideas on others. And, once again, such a view brought him into direct conflict with an essential Neoconservative vision.
Perhaps the most damning agenda item that insured hostility was candidate Trump's promise to "drain the swamps" in Washington, that is, to dislodge and dethrone the regnant political establishment, and that establishment includes most of the Neocons and the Washington GOP leadership.
Such a proposition, by such an uncouth ruffian, albeit a billionaire, could not be permitted to succeed. Donald Trump is not part of the Deep State. Neither is he an intellectual, depending, it appears, on his own business instincts and perceptions for his decision making. He has not paid his dues to the managerial and political oligarchy that has ruled this nation for decades. Thus, either he must be surrounded by all-of-a-sudden supportive Establishment types, or he must be weakened, perhaps neutered, or eventually run out of office. Thus, the spectacle of the vocal anti-Trumper Eliot Abrams, who had called Donald Trump "unfit" for public office last Fall, currying favor in January (with support of various Establishment figures) to become the second man at the Department of State. Only the president's intuitive good sense (and maybe Steve Bannon) averted such a patent subversion.
The pressures on the president, the attempts to manipulate and divert (and subvert) his enunciated agenda, will, doubtlessly, continue. Already various goals seem sidelined, including a major initiative to find a modus vivendi with Russia (although the president still insists he wants one).
The schizophrenia at Fox may reflect what may be occurring around the White House, itself. And there is little sign of it abating.


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I have long established that I am generationally misplaced in a way that leaves me feeling like my old soul is being compromised by this modern age. I often wonder how I would have been "courted" if I dated men blessed enough to have the "oldies" as their generation's music. Oldies. The Chi-Lites, Harold Melvin, Marvin Gaye. The kind of music that gave men a reference point on how to appreciate and treat women. (It's like they bled on their records. They bleeeeed. They bled in a way that rappers who prematurely say "I'm going to bleed on this track" can't even fathom.) I would even be willing to bet if this kind of emotionally charged music was blaring from men's radios today their hearts would reflect it. Life would imitate art. They would be better men for it.
For several months I have contemplated the difference in the quality of emotion showcased in current R&B compared to the oldies. It doesn't make sense that these male artists seemingly pour their hearts out, and the end result is still…flat. Hearing people liken Trey Songz to a modern-day Marvin Gaye is funny to me. I see him as an overgrown child. He sings about sex often but it reminds me of an inexperienced boy mimicking what his older brother said on the subject. His attempt at trying to sound passionate and sexy comes off hoaxy. To be sexy and passionate when you sing about sex, you need to intimately know the soul of the thing. "Trigga" obviously doesn't know the soul of sex.
These men are trying to be cute with it. Soul is a combination of desperation, pain, and bliss. An emotion intensified is what it is. This kind of exaggeration is not pretty. It's ugly. You don't smile through soul. There is nothing pretty about soul. An attempt to make it cute is going to be a failure on its face. It's like putting artificial sweetener in the tea. The aftertaste is bitter.
And this is the problem with male artists today. I don't think they sing with any soul because they haven't found it yet. Soul is created through hardships. It becomes visible through the evolution of that adversity. You don't hear the soul in men's voices when they sing about losing a woman because they don't know the pain associated with losing one. In order to feel that kind of pain he would have had to place a lot of value in her in the first place. That goes to the deeper reason for the absence of soul—men's decreased value in a sole woman.
A friend of mine, one of the best men I know, told me that songs are different now because women have made men different. He thinks that the value of women in general has diminished in men's minds because there are so many bad quality ones that allow men to run amuck. The songs sound different because men feel differently about women.
I try to do at least one hour of cardio a day. What takes me to two hours or three is when Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "I Miss You" randomly pops up from my shuffled play-list. If the incredibly beautiful pitches and perfect harmonies are not enough, towards the end of the song Melvin stops singing to his woman and just talks to her. He talks for five minutes. At one point he begs, "If I could just/If I could just see you/Can't really say what you mean or what you want over the phone/I swear I miss you/You've done heard it ten times or more but/I swear I done changed/I swear I done changed."
Listen to those words. It's not the validity in what he's saying that is so on point. Has he changed? Probably not. This man is saying whatever he can to get back into his woman's good graces. He goes from "I've changed", to" I've got a gig" to "I won the lottery", using every strength in his arsenal to get his ex to change her mind about him. Nothing in what he is saying logically flows. The point is, his words don't have to necessarily be perfect. With perfection though, he completely humbles himself for her. He puts his pride aside. Can men still do that?
I swear on ON EVERYTHING I LOVE if a man that I remotely still had feelings for just played this song for me because he was unable to find words of his own, he'd be forgiven. I make this promise, so freely, because I know that men of my generation will never call my bluff. Men of my generation wouldn't think to do this for a sole woman. Even if she is a soul woman.


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A coffee-flavored chocolate layer topped with a creamy basic cheesecake layer will remind you of the namesake beverage--coffee lightened with milk or cream.
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- For the crust, in a mixing bowl combine crushed wafers and melted butter. Press mixture evenly onto the bottom and 2 inches up the sides of an ungreased 8-inch springform pan. Place the pan on a baking sheet. Chill until needed.
- In a small saucepan combine the chocolate, water, and instant espresso. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate starts to melt. Remove from heat. Stir until smooth. Stir in liqueur or water; cool.
- In a large mixer bowl beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add eggs all at once, beating on low speed just until mixed. Do not over beat.
- Reserve 2 cups of the cream cheese mixture; cover and chill. Stir cooled chocolate mixture into the remaining cream cheese mixture, stirring just until combined. Pour chocolate mixture into crust.
- Bake in 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes or until sides are set (center will be soft-set). Remove reserved mixture from refrigerator 10 minutes before needed. Gently pull out oven rack just enough to reach the inside of the pan. Carefully pour reserved mixture in a ring over the outside edge of the chocolate mixture (where chocolate mixture is set). Gently spread evenly over entire surface.
- Bake cheesecake for 20 to 25 minutes more or until center appears nearly set when gently shaken. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen sides of the cheesecake from the pan. Cool for 30 minutes. Remove sides of pan. Cool completely.
- Chill cheesecake for 4 to 24 hours before serving. Store any remaining cheesecake, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Makes 12 servings.
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Chill cheesecake, covered, for 4 to 24 hours ahead. Or, to freeze, place cooled cheesecake, uncovered, in the freezer for 1 hour or until firm. Remove bottom of pan. Transfer cheesecake to a large freezer bag or container. Seal, label, and freeze for up to 1 month. To serve, transfer cheesecake to a platter and loosely cover. Thaw for 24 hours in the refrigerator.


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"There was no point in worrying Mrs. Dursley; she always got so upset at any mention of her sister." J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, p.5.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:27 AM
"My source told me that there are plans to lay a false trail; this must be it. No doubt a Confundus Charm has been placed upon Dawlish. It would not be the first time; he is known to be susceptible." J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.4.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:38 AM
"The Order is eschewing any form of transport that is controlled or regulated by the Ministry; they mistrust everything to do with the place." J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p.6.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:42 AM
"The faces around him displayed nothing but shock; he might have announced that he wanted to borrow one of their arms." J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, p. 7.
- September 2, 2007 at 11:44 AM
"Below you is the valley of the Umzimkulu, on its journey from the Drakensberg to the sea; and beyond and behind the river, great hill after great hill; and beyond and behind them, the mountains of Ingeli and East Griqualand."
Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, chapter 1, page 1.
- October 16, 2007 at 2:04 PM
"I did not know everything there was to know about myself, and knew that i did not know it; i wondered in the silences between jokes about Leper whether the still hidden parts of myself might contain the Sad Sack, the outcast, or coward"John Knowles,A Separate Peace,p.127.
- May 27, 2008 at 7:36 AM
- DVE said...
"I would contest that most Americans have never tasted chocolate, because they eat Hershey's; that's not chocolate, that's a chocolate-like substance." –Michael Mascha, GOOD Magazine, Summer 2009
- August 2, 2009 at 9:41 AM
I hadn't slept well; my arm burned and my head ached.
-New Moon
- November 19, 2009 at 5:31 AM
Looking into her eyes was like looking out of a grame from the inside; I was buried in the terror and despair and agony of her gaze.
- Breaking Dawn
(Thanks, Lavoane!)
- November 19, 2009 at 5:33 AM
He didn't glance my way again; you'd have thought I was sitting in a different room instead of across the table from him.
- The Breakup Bible
(Thanks, Arielle!)
- November 19, 2009 at 5:34 AM
We have learned so much; we have so far to go.
- A Child Called It
(Thanks, Karen!)
- November 19, 2009 at 5:35 AM
There had been nothing special about it; it was an activity that he had performed countless times: throw, catch, throw, catch.
- November 19, 2009 at 5:37 AM
He waved at one of the comfortable chairs before his desk; his two cats sat in the other one.
-The Magic Thief
(Thanks, Quintalon!)
- November 19, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Like the creature in the cradle, I had become an object of horrified discussion; I was no longer a person.
(Thanks, Jose!)
- November 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Despair momentarily vanished; wonder took its place.
- New Moon
- November 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Hunter was who he was; Raina was who she was.
-Angels in Pink
(Thanks, Jaquelin!)
- December 16, 2009 at 7:58 AM
"Something from deep inside the world had crept up from the well; a monster set loose in our midst. The fire was his breath; the jeers all around were his snarls. I felt something burn inside of me."
~Alice Hoffman, Incantation, page 11
- May 11, 2010 at 10:55 AM
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."
- Shirley Jackson, "The Lottery"
- January 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"I thought long and hard about whether or not to include a detailed section on grammar in this little book . Part of me would actually like to; I taught it successfully at high school (where it hid under the name Business English), and I enjoyed it as a student."
(112, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"Grammar is not just a pain in the ass; it's the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking."
(114, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"Paragraphs are almost as important for how they look as for what they say; they are maps of intent." (123, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"Writing is refined thinking… The more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own. And that's what you want. When composing it's best not to think too much about where paragraphs begin and end; the trick is to let nature take its course." (125-6, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe." (130, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one's papers and identification in order. ..The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."
(145, S. King, On Writing.)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"What am I going to say, 'on the table is a cage three feet, six inches in length, two feet in width, and fourteen inches high'? That's not prose, that's an instruction manual. The paragraph also doesn't tell us what sort of material the case is made of – wire mesh? Steel rods? Glass? – but does it really matter? We all understand the cage is a see-through medium; beyond that, we don't care. .."
(S.King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair – the sense that you can never completely put on the page what's in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names…Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.
I'm not asking you to come reverently or unquestioningly; I'm not asking you to be politically correct or cast aside your sense of humor …"
(99, S. King, On Writing)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
"I knew I was falling asleep, so I shook myself awake; I couldn't remember whether I'd answered Sam." (77, M. Stiefvater, Shiver)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM
- Mrs. Welshon said...
" I needed to be warmer: I retreated inside to find a coat. Damn this weather."
(79, M. Stiefvater Shiver)
- November 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM


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It's the first day of Sneaky Peek Week and we've got so much to share with you! Are you excited? We are!
Our first stamp set is called "Take Off" and features one of our favorite bunnies by Zlatoena Designs. Do you like to color or paper piece? Well this stamp set is for you.
I couldn't resist inking up this set, myself. And those little puffs were just begging for my favorite embellie, Liquid Applique.
Jenny Peterson rocks it with this darling set. And see the clouds? That's one of our new borders. You can use it in one piece, or you can snip apart the clouds. So versatile. I just LOVES it.
Amy Rohl is no slouch with this same stamp set. But she gives us a completely different look. I love her monotone coloring of this image and cracked glass technique. So vintage.
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Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd was arrested for robbing a pharmacy before his band's scheduled gig in Massachusetts over the weekend.
Todd is alleged to have shown a Walgreens pharmacy worker a message on his phone, wherein he threatened to detonate a bomb if he was not given the painkiller Oxycontin, according to the New York Post.
The bassist apparently fled the scene in a waiting taxi after being given six bottles of the drug.
Police later arrested Todd at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA where Coheed and Cambria were to open for the reunited Soundgarden.
Todd will face charges of armed robbery and unlawful possession of prescription narcotics in a court arraignment later today.
The Kerrang! award-winning Coheed and Cambria said in an official statement: "Michael Todd was arrested today on what we consider very serious charges and therefore he will not be finishing up the current tour. Wes Styles, long-time member of the Coheed family, will take on bass duties starting tomorrow for the remaining dates. No shows will be canceled.
"We are surprised to say the least and will address the situation with Michael after the tour. For now, we just want to have a great time out here and finish with some killer shows in Boston, Poughkeepsie, Quebec City and Halifax."
Coheed and Cambria's fifth studio album Year of the Black Rainbow hit the top five of the US album chart upon its release in 2010.
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HAMILTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The West Indies were 30 for two in their second innings facing a target of 444 at stumps on day three of the second Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Monday.
Trent Boult took the wicket of Kieran Powell with his third ball after starting the innings sitting on a hat-trick.
Tim Southee claimed Shimron Hetmyer for 15.
New Zealand declared their second innings at 291 for eight, with Ross Taylor not out 107.
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I love stitching. I love making stitcher's treasures. I would like to share my love of needlework.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Quiet Day but colder
The base stitching is done! Next is beads and a ton of backstitching! I was feeling quite accomplished with all this stitching today. And so far - - nothing (equipment wise) has broken. Very quiet day.
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This is beautiful! I love how the red bird stands out against the other colors.
- November 8, 2014 at 7:36 AM
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Oooh how pretty! It's really going to pop as you put in the finishing touches! Bravo!
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These baking pans will make a wonderful addition to your collection. But don't let the name fool you, they're not just for making muffins.
Types of Tins
Muffin tins come in three sizes: mini, standard, and jumbo. The standard-size tin comes with either 6 or 12 cups (each with 1/2-cup capacity). Mini tins have 12 or 24 cups (each with a 2-tablespoon capacity), and jumbo ones have 6 (each with a 1-cup capacity).
Other Uses
Besides muffins and cupcakes, you can use the mini tins to make tiny quiches, pastry cups to fill for appetizers, or bite-size desserts, such as mini cheesecakes. You can also bake individual fruit pies or meat loaves in the jumbo tins.
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Metallic tins are made with nonstick or stainless-steel surfaces. Some are made of silicone; they're flexible, nonstick, and microwavesafe. Look for any of these pans in the baking section of houseware and department stores and some supermarkets.


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Casio has added another compact camera to their Exilim range, with the launch of the Casio EX-ZR200, which is capable of shooting up to 30 frames per second at full resolution.
The Casio EX-ZR200 can be adjusted to shoot between 3 and 30 frames per second, and as well as being able to shoot high speed photos it can also record Full HD video in 1080 at 30 fps.
It also features 12.5x optical zoom and is compatible with SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards. The Casio Exilim EX-ZR200 will go on sale in April, there are no details on pricing as yet.
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Cellphone video showed Sterling was pinned to the ground before he was shot, but police said he was reaching for a gun. 'Given these circumstances, the evidence can not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that it did not appear to Officer Salamoni that Sterling was reaching for his pocket. Read More »
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Kimmel used his monologue to bring up the pitfalls of preexisting conditions that was passed as part of the American Health Care Act passed last week, saying he could afford the healthcare costs, but the bill that was passed could be harmful to other newborns not as fortunate. Read More »
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In the meantime, Chris Soules fled the scene and was found at his residence hours later after witnesses close to the scene ID'd him to the police. Though Chris has been charged by the local authorities for leaving the scene, he has no other charges now. The Buchanan County sheriff told HollywoodLife.com that he'll likely have to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet, and surrender his passport as a condition of the bail. Read More »
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Trump's tweet about Flynn precedes testimony this afternoon from Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general who warned the White House about Flynn's discussions with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Separately, the Senate Intelligence Committee, which along with the House Intelligence Committee are conducting a parallel inquiries into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, recently asked the advisers to provide information about their activities. Read More »
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The Future of the American Dream: Hillary or Marco?
"The future ain't what it used to be."
—Yogi Berra
The future once belonged to Bill Clinton. America was looking for a change, and the young governor from Hope, Arkansas was young, charming, and reform-minded. He seemed a different sort of Democrat, one who virtually embodied the march of progress. He may well have been an "American Caligula," as Peggy Noonan once penned, but many Americans shrugged at his misbehaving because during his eight-year presidency the country enjoyed a rare term of peacetime economic expansion.
Twenty-four years later, Hillary is trying to assume that same mantle of change. She talks an awful lot like her husband once did but, but doesn't seem to have that same spring in her campaign step that either Bill or Barack Obama always had. She reminds many Americans, as Noonan also wrote, "of the landlady yelling up the stairs that your kids left their bikes in the hall again."
Poor Hillary. Like Yogi said, the future ain't quite the same for her as it was for young Bill. If Hillary's brand seems old and tarnished, should we be surprised? She is well past the 25-year shelf life of a once-fresh packaged product. Her stale rhetoric does not offer most young voters (Democrats included) the kind of 21st century political nourishment they need. Her pant suits and campaign bus may be new, but her ideas are not.
Some may say, "But we already tried 'young' in the Oval Office, in the person of the junior senator from Illinois, and it solved little." The bright light of the young statesman of mixed racial heritage, once poised to be a transformational figure who would lead the country to a place it had never been before, transcending both race and partisanship, seems to have dimmed in the shadow of economic malaise. More Americans now compare President Obama to Jimmy Carter than to JFK.
So where do we go from here? As oldsters, 74-year old Bernie Sanders, 68-year old Hillary Clinton, and 69-year Donald Trump vie for the honor of navigating America toward a future with prescriptions from the past, including but not limited to Sander's soaring socialist dreams, Hillary's quest to re-strengthen unions and raise the minimum wage while remaining hawkish enough to satisfy the center right, and Trump's chest-puffing assurances that he is the only man who can Make America Great Again.
Enter Marco Rubio. He looks much like the new America. He is the son of working class immigrants who became Americans by choice, not by chance. He was educated at the University of Florida and University of Miami, not in the Ivy League. His multicultural children look like many middle class families I see shopping at Meadowood Mall on the weekends.
Following his surprising surge in South Carolina, Rubio proffered the proposition that he is the one Republican presidential candidate who can "unite the Republican Party and win the November election." The polls seem to bear him out. The most recent Fox News Poll shows 39% of Republicans would refuse to vote for Trump in a general election, and in the latest Real Clear Politics polling averages, Rubio beats Hillary by 4%, while Trump loses to Hillary by 4%.
As the undeniably likable Cuban-American candidate from Florida stood smiling on stage in that bastion of the Old South – Columbia, South Carolina – along with Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley and African-American Senator Tim Scott, I felt proud of our country. When he proclaimed the three of them "children of the Reagan Revolution, ready…to do for the next generation what Ronald Reagan did for ours," I felt hopeful.
Donald Trump has done well in three crowded Republican contests. The Nevada GOP caucus is the next stop. It's time for sensible Republicans to do a gut-check and make sure their anger and frustration with government doesn't result in anti-establishment electoral suicide. Trump may look viable in the general election now but as the country seriously contemplates its choices for the best possible leader in the post-Obama era, his outrageous say-anything campaign will begin to pale.
If Trump becomes the nominee, I believe Republicans will live to regret spitefully helping him cut the nose off the party's face and ignoring the worthy campaigns of more viable contenders for the White House.
Trump and Sanders are living proof, from the far-right and far-left respectfully, that Americans are angry and want a serious change in the government, the economy, and in their lives. Sanders won't make it happen because no one in Congress really wants to remake America in the image of a European socialist economy. Trump won't make it happen because all his life he's been all talk with very little actual success, and because he doesn't have the temperament of a true leader.
I know some Republicans believe "The Donald" can run Washington D.C. like he ran his one successful venture, the reality game show, The Apprentice. Nothing is further from the truth. We must stop dreaming of this "reality television" worldview. Trump cannot fire members of Congress or the Supreme Court. He cannot run the country with a scripted set of incentives and threats. He cannot gain needed cooperation from fellow elected officials and world leaders by bullying and insulting them.
Let's get real. The Obama era is leaving the door of the White House wide open for a Republican president, one who will do some needed housecleaning and get to work on a 21st century plan for the future. The GOP has a chance to install their man in the Oval Office, but it is not guaranteed to us. We must choose our nominee wisely.
Yogi Berra was right. The future is not what it used to be. Irishman Edmund Burke was right, as well, when he acknowledged the dreams of those "in search of America" and said, "You can never plan the future by the past."
Marco Rubio sure looks like the future to me.


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Bayer Leverkusen's treble bid remained alive after they defeated under-strength Deportivo La Coruna to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
The 3-1 Group D win in northern Spain meant Arsenal's hopes of becoming the third English team to reach the last eight were ended miserably.
Leverkusen are leading the Bundesliga and are through to the final of the DFK Pokal, and are now on course for European glory.
Panathinaikos reached the quarter-finals from Group C, having drawn 2-2 with Real Madrid in Athens, with rivals Porto losing 2-0 against Sparta Prague.
The key match to the outcome of Group D was at the Riazor where Depor coach Javier Irureta rested a host of his top players, starting the game with Diego Tristan, Sergio, Fran and Juan Carlos Valeron on the bench.
His side did not need to win the match, having already ensured their qualification ahead of the final round of games, and it was the Germans who dominated.
Michael Ballack powered home a 34th-minute header for the opening goal and Bernd Schneider bundled their second over the line in the 53rd minute.
Deportivo got a goal back with 15 minutes left to play when substitute Tristan's angled shot took a wicked deflection off Diego Placente and deceived Jorg Butt in the Germans' goal.
But Oliver Neuville headed a third goal for the Germans.
Panathinaikos needed just a point to be sure of their qualification and were always comfortable against a Real Madrid team missing many star names.
The Greeks went ahead in the ninth minute through Nikos Liberopoulos before Fernando Morientes notched an equaliser two minutes later.
Ioannis Goumas put the home side back in front after 64 minutes.
Javier Portillo marked his debut with a goal for Real 10 minutes from the end.


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> Real Synthetic Audio is the most listened to Industrial net-radio show.
> RSA for January 21st is now online!
The first (relatively minor) snowfall of the year locks me indoors all day, which leaves me the perfect opportunity to work on RSA. Which, as it turns out, is a great thing because there is so much great new music to play this week that I had even more fun than usual putting this show together. Only 2 weeks until the annual membership drive begins, but until then there is... This weeks show includes tracks from Freunde Der Technik, Neuroticfish, Blinky Blinky Computerband, Helix, TourdeForce, The Rude Awakening, Pseudokrupp Project and Analogue-X. Enjoy the show!
> I Might Not Be The Best Internet DJ, But If I Was - The RSA Story
So a little over a year ago I was approached by this guy who wanted to do a documentary about me & RSA. I figured nothing would come of it, but you never know. Unlike a lot of things that have never actually happened in the last 20 years, I can now say there's a video chronicling how my radio show came about and what goes into making it. Kevin McMillan worked hard on it, I hope you enjoy it!
> 2018 Friends of RSA!
The following people have joined the elite group known as the friends of RSA for 2018!
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> Real Synthetic Audio: 20th Anniversary
In January of 1998 I sat down with a dilemma. I was a club DJ who had a lot of great music to play, but couldn't experiment *too much* in the club. For some reason I wanted to be a radio DJ, and breaking in to the college radio clique wasn't going to happen. So I experimented with creating a "radio show" within my computer and set up a web site to stream it. On Jan 31 1998 the first episode of RSA went online. I had no idea that I'd be still doing it 20 years later. To celebrate this, I present to you a short video that will hopefully entertain you and convey how I feel today. Thank you for your support!
> RSA 20th Anniversary T-Shirts Sale!
The 20th anniversary T-Shirts are officially sold out! The only way to get one now is to donate to the membership drive and hope you win one as a prize! Thanks to everyone for their support!
> RSA Podcasting and site Blog
I've updated the method that we do podcasting here at RSA. Now you can get each weeks show automatically downloaded to your PC or MP3 player by subscribing to the RSS feed. Simply subscribe through iTunes or Juice and each week the show will be fed to you as soon as it's available. Also, there is now an RSA Facebook group for you all to join and a Twitter account to follow!
> Real Synthetic Audio Winamp Skins!
Michael Ridenour has made up the very first RSA themed Winamp skin! Download your copy by heading over to the goodies page! We're always looking for new submissions for all the categories there. Skins, Desktops, and banners!


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Bowie knives are always appreciated by hunters, knife collectors and outdoorsmen because they are tough and reliable. Designed by the great James Bowie, this knife has a very simple architecture of a fixed blade. The pattern of this knife is still popular and many of the manufacturing companies are making custom made bowie knives with different kinds of variations.
The simple bowie knife consists of the following parts: - guard, handle, tip, forefinger ring (nor present in all bowie), blade (made up of either steel or carbon), edge.
The handmade bowie knives are made using all traditional methods which were followed in earlier times especially for knife collectors.


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text: Bill Moor is on vacation. The following column originally ran on Jan. 20, 2002. As I stand in front of the refrigerator surveying my next snack, my wife slips up beside me with pencil and paper in her hand. "Grocery list time," she says. I try to escape, but she has me blocked. And so here comes the question that I never seem to answer correctly. "What do you want for dinner next week?" she says. She asks it so innocently, even though she knows full well this question can turn our conversation as sour as the lost leftovers eventually found behind the vegetable tray. "Anything you want to make, honey, is fine with me," I say, knowing that answer is not fine with her. "Hey, buddy," her tone changes. "I do most of the cooking around here, and you could at least help me out on what to eat." She is right, of course. She cooks, I eat. I do handle the kitchen cleanup, peel an occasional potato, and sometimes stir up the contents of the crock pot at noontime, but you could probably train a monkey to do that. My wife, meanwhile, still cooks up pretty darn nice meals even when it often is just her and me at home. She deserves a better answer, and I know it. "OK, how about pork chops?" I suggest. "You always say that," she says disgustedly. She is right again. I can't think of anything else to say. It seems that on every Sunday when she gets out her list and starts tapping her pencil on the counter, I panic and say pork chops. I suppose I could say chicken, but we have that about once a week anyway, and I could suggest fish, but I really don't want fish, even though we eat it from time to time. If I were on my own, I probably would eat TV dinners and frozen pizzas all the time and weigh 30 pounds more than I do. So, yes, I owe her. But I'm darned if I can come up with any good suggestions for her list. I'm not sure why. If enough time goes by and she waits me out, I might finally suggest we eat breakfast food one night and maybe have BLT sandwiches another. "You know that I will enjoy anything you fix me, honey," I say. I have a buddy Steve who didn't get married until he was in his mid-40s. As a bachelor, he existed on Dinty Moore stew and root beer. So every meal his wife makes -- whether it be leg of lamb or chicken noodle soup right out of the can -- he leans back after he is finished, pats his growing tummy and says, "Good chow, Mary Lou." And he always means it. I mean it, too. But like Steve, I am not a connoisseur of fine food. I think that is part of the rub with my wife. She knows she might as well be cooking for Fred Flintstone when it comes to any meaningful feedback. "All I need is a little help," my wife pleads. "Just a hint here and there." I try, I really do. But once again, my mind shuts down when it comes time for me to make meal suggestions. "Pancakes?" I suggest. My wife looks as if she might pick up one of her big wooden spoons and rap my knuckles. Instead, she shakes her head and almost closes the refrigerator on my nose. Maybe part of the problem is my own subconscious thoughts of not wanting my wife to go to too much trouble. And maybe part of it is that I like simple things -- bacon and eggs, peanut butter and jelly, a grilled cheese sandwich, leftover pizza, all washed down by a good old glass of milk. But suddenly, a new idea flashes through my mind. "Hey, honey, how about spaghetti for Monday?" I suggest. It's hard to tell whether her hug is genuine. Bill Moor's column appears on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com, or write him at the South Bend Tribune, 225 W. Colfax Ave., South Bend, IN 46626; (574) 235-6072.


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Ahh February. Love is in the air and you can almost reach out and touch spring…before she snatches her hand away and tosses up another blizzard. This time of year always reminds me of one thing (besides Jamaica). The Winter Carnival.
When you think of a carnival, you think of summer and roller coasters and sketchy characters, certainly not snowmobile racing. If you grew up in a small northern logging town, however, you no doubt had a Winter Carnival. Social event of the year, it was. A whole community came together to celebrate the fact that we are frozen solid for 6 months of the year. May as well rent the hall and have a thing, eh? I suppose it was an offshoot of many of the pioneers who had settled there from Quebec, where the carnival is a massive winter celebration. Complete with a large creepy snowman who is seemingly everywhere. That crazy BonHomme!
The winter carnival had many, many events packed into a single February weekend and I remember a few of them quite vividly. Aside from the obvious hockey tournaments and curling bonspiels, there were the lumberjack events like the Cherry Picker contest (I had no idea what that was, but what a great name, no?) I think the contestants would attempt to show off their heavy duty machinery prowess by picking up an egg off of a tree stump using a logging grapple hook or some crazy thing. Artists would carve various things out of blocks of ice or wood using nothing but a chainsaw. "Look! It's a squirrel...or a beaver...or a coffee pot, I'm not sure." You can only get so precise with a power saw. Then there would be the trapper's events like snowshoe races and tea boiling contests. Knee deep in snow, we all had a blast.
Weeks before the event, tickets would be printed with the photos of six teenagers vying for the coveted title of Carnival King and Queen. On top of being able to wear the crown and cloak, they got into all the weekend festivities free of charge and had the first dance at the Lumberjack Stomp. The royal couple may as well have been Mr & Mrs Universe to me when I was small. I dreamt of the day I would stand on the red line at centre ice and receive my crown, but I think I was too lazy to sell tickets when the time came.
The whole weekend was kicked off with…yes, the ICE SHOW, a figure skating spectacular! In our minds, it was like opening night on Broadway. All winter long, we had diligently practiced our routines to such great songs as "The Good old Hockey Game" and "Music Box Dancer", depending on the year's grand theme. The night of nights would arrive with much pomp and circumstance. Either it was 40 below or melting. No moderate weather was possible during the third weekend of February; this is just how it was. I would don my newly polished skates and my fortrel dress trimmed with Christmas tinsel and off onto the ice I would go to perform my 8 waltz jumps, usually well ahead of the music. As I skated by my family and friends in the bleachers (usually near tears as I had most likely already fallen down at least twice by that point) they would cheer loudly. I would end with a dramatic one foot spin, wave to the adoring crowd and would then in a dizzy stupor weave my way off the ice. Superstar.
We had a large scary mascot of our own to rival BonHomme. His name was Leo the Moose and I was terrified of him until I was about 10 years old. He insisted on skating in the "Grand Finale" with us every year at the ice show. I made sure I was at the opposite end of the can-can line, lemme tell ya.
So many great memories of life in a northern town. When I think back to the community spirit required to pull together something like that, I wouldn't trade growing up in the bush for an all-inclusive two week vacation to Jamaica. Anyone know where I can go watch an amateur ice show?
|Me in the 1982 Ice Show. haha


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For people with fibromyalgia, taking up yoga may help soothe symptoms and improve functioning. A disorder estimated to affect about 2% of the United States population, fibromyalgia is marked by a widespread muscle pain that typically intensifies when pressure is applied to certain "tender points" (such as muscles around the neck, hips and back).
Although few studies have explored yoga's potential role in fibromyalgia treatment, some research suggests that practicing yoga may help reduce pain, fight fatigue, and lift mood in people struggling with fibromyalgia.
How Might Yoga Help Treat Fibromyalgia?
Scientists have yet to determine how or why fibromyalgia might be beneficial for fibromyalgia patients. However, it's thought that yoga may help treat fibromyalgia by lessening muscle tension and taming stress (a possible trigger for fibromyalgia symptoms).
The Science Behind Yoga and Fibromyalgia
To date, there is little scientific support for yoga's effectiveness in treating fibromyalgia. Still, early research indicates that yoga may aid in fibromyalgia management.
In a 2010 pilot study of 53 female fibromyalgia patients, for instance, researchers found that those randomly assigned to an eight-week yoga-based program (including gentle yoga poses,meditation, breathing exercises, and yoga-related coping instructions) had significantly greater improvements in pain, fatigue, mood, and coping, compared to participants who were assigned to standard care.
In an earlier study (published in 2007), 40 women with fibromyalgia were assigned to one of two groups: The first group took part in weekly yoga sessions, while the second group combined their weekly yoga with tui na (a type of bodywork used in traditional Chinese medicine). Study results revealed that both groups had improvements in fibromyalgia symptoms and pain levels. While the group assigned to yoga plus tui na initially showed greater improvements, those who only practiced yoga ended up reporting less pain over time.
Should You Use Yoga to Treat Fibromyalgia?
It's too soon to recommend yoga for fibromyalgia treatment. In order to manage your fibromyalgia, it's important to follow the treatment program recommended by your doctor (which may include regular low-impact aerobic exercise, as well as lifestyle changes like improvements in sleep hygiene, stress management, and the avoidance of alcohol and caffeine). If you're interested in adding yoga to your self-care, talk to your doctor about how to safely incorporate yoga into your fibromyalgia treatment program.
American Academy of Family Physicians. "Fibromyalgia". February 2010.
Carson JW, Carson KM, Jones KD, Bennett RM, Wright CL, Mist SD. "A pilot randomized controlled trial of the Yoga of Awareness program in the management of fibromyalgia." Pain. 2010 Nov;151(2):530-9.
da Silva GD, Lorenzi-Filho G, Lage LV. "Effects of yoga and the addition of Tui Na in patients with fibromyalgia." J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Dec;13(10):1107-13.
Vallath N. "Perspectives on yoga inputs in the management of chronic pain." Indian J Palliat Care. 2010 Jan;16(1):1-7.


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Tate's Story On Benefits, People, and Leadership
As an IT business analyst, I gather the requirements and information from various business partners to define and modify our internal and external reporting systems to improve our computer applications and systems. My previous position as an application analyst helped me prepare for my future role as a business analyst. I had great exposure to IT and a number of applications and systems which I continue to benefit from in my current role.
Earlier in my career, I was called to active duty with my Army National Guard unit. This included a year and a half military leave of absence from Principal. During my deployment, my co-workers sent me numerous care packages and stayed in touch with e-mails, letters and cards. Following my deployment, my leadership team sat down with me to discuss my interests and where I'd like to go next in my career. So many companies can talk about their benefits, people and leadership. But, few can compare to Principal. Here, people care about you and they're here to help each other while in the process of making the company better for customers, financial representatives and employees.


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Located in the heart of historical Stratford-upon-Avon, our Stratford Estate Agents office is perfectly situated to serve the town and surrounding area - including Welford, Alveston, Snitterfield. The Stratford office has a dedicated and highly experienced team ready to help you with all aspects of property - lettings, sales, commercial and more.
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Our client is a global leader in networking and software solutions. Through offering complete enterprise-class solutions that are easy to use, affordable and give administrators both visibility and control, our global client has all but cornered various market segments. Due to rapid expansion and faster growth planned for 2018, they now have an immediate and exciting opening in London for an experienced Sales Manager who can speak fluent French.
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Data security solutions company DataMotion Asia-Pacific (ASX:DMN) narrowed its FY11 net loss by 36% as a result of strict cost-cutting efforts.
The company posted a net loss for the year of $953,000, compared to a $1.5 million loss a year earlier.
Sales revenue declined 20.8% to $111,000 over the same period, but revenue from ordinary activities increased by 55%.
In the company's annual report, non-executive chairman Michael Robson said the company had managed to slash expenses through initiatives including the sale and relocation of its data centre and administrative offices. Net consolidated expenses fell 50% during FY11.
Perth-based DataMotion concentrates on providing online data backup and recovery systems and services, generating transaction, storage and licensing revenues.
DataMotion also made investments in resource projects during the year, through wholly owned subsidiary Universal Rare Earths.
The bottom line was impacted by impairment charges of around $600,000 resulting from the decision not to proceed with a mining joint venture project. This had followed a negative sample assessment at the planned site.
DMN shares have been trading at $0.001 since the disclosure of the assessment results in June.
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The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) invites you to help us honor Jody Naranjo's achievements and explore the exhibition Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy.
Every year at Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture honors an artist as a MIAC Living Treasure. The 2017 MIAC Living Treasure honor goes to Jody Naranjo, an eighth-generation Pueblo potter from Santa Clara pueblo.
"The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a key institution for us, it illustrates authentic pueblo culture & life and I feel it really represents us," Naranjo said. "I'm honored to be the Living Treasure and Featured Artist for Native Treasures, which is an important benefit event for MIAC," she said.
The Jody Naranjo: Revealing Joy Exhibit at MIAC will open to the public on Sunday, April 2, 2017.


text: I beg you to revert your reverts. I was working 5 hours to think how to bring the Europe section into order and then edit it accordingly. For Central Europeans - Poles, Czechs especially being relegated to Eastern Europe is a huge faux pas. Also - all other guides in diferent languages seem to have a rather similar approach, and Swedish was standing out rather badly. --126.96.36.199 22 juli 2013 kl. 07.10 (CEST) I don't know - I can't see my edits at all now! --220.127.116.11 22 juli 2013 kl. 07.21 (CEST)


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Adobe's Flash player has had its share of security issues, so much so that some users have refused to install it. Here's technique that will allow you to keep Flash installed, but allow it to run under your control. It's called ClicktoFlash, and it'll speed up your Safari browsing too.
When you visit a Website that uses Flash, the site sends a request to the Flash Player on your Mac to activate. There may be multiple Flash sources on a page, in addition to the one you're interested in -- perhaps some ads as well. Some may not be easy to see, but they'll still chew up your CPU and pose possible security risks.
Adobe's Flash player, located in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ then springs into action to render the videos. A significant problem is that Adobe doesn't supply a auto-updater for the Flash Player and it isn't folded into Mac OS X's Software Update. As a result, many users are left perusing the Internet with, possibly, an older and vulnerable version of Flash, and they don't even know it.
So far, the only solutions have been to either remove the Flash Player or keep a sharp eye out for the latest version and stay on top of the updates.
This page shows you the latest version of Flash Player.
This page shows you the version you have installed.
ClicktoFlash to the Rescue
Fortunately, there is a handy plug-in called ClicktoFlash from the Red Shed Sofwtare Company. It intercepts the request to the Flash Player and inserts a graphic, like the ones below, on a Web page that has Flash content.
Click to play the content or click the gear for options
Note: This utility will work only with Safari 3 or later and Safari 4 is highly recommended. ClicktoFlash, by the way, inserts a .webplugin file into /Users/username/Library/Internet Plug Ins. That's all it does, and it's easy to uninstall if you need to.
A .webplugin file is installed.
From now on, whenever you visit a page that has Flash content, you can selectively chose which Flash item you want to play -- just click it. Ads and other content you're not interested in won't be executed. This will also speed up your browsing.
Note the gear in the upper left corner of the Flash content. That controls all your options, including an option to uninstall. The first popup shows immediate options.
Gear popup for options
The bottom item, ClicktoFlash Settings..., brings up a page of preferences.
ClicktoFlash has a lot going for it. It's easy to install or uninstall. It's trivial to use in practice. It's in constant development, and you can have it check for updates. You can Whitelist entire sites that you trust. Your Mac will spend less time executing Flash code, and Safari will seem snappier.
Note that this plugin only works for Apple's Safari. If you want equivalent functionality for, say, Firefox or Camino, you can use a product called Flashblock. ClicktoFlash is free, but the developer requests a modest donation of US$6 to support development. I've sent him my donation.
Here's an additional note from the developer on the "invisible" Flash setting.
Thanks to TMO reader Sir Harry Flashman for the tip on this very handy plugin.