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What do you do when you're driving through industrial East Oakland and nearly get sideswiped by a bus with one front wheel about to fall off and the open engine cover whacking parked cars?
Why, you do what I did and add to the safety by whipping out your camera and shooting some video of the action! Oakland's San Leandro Street is such a driving adventure that I've often felt it ought to be the inspiration for a driving video game, in which the player pilots an '83 Chevette with no license plates and three space-saver spares the length of the much-potholed street, dodging brakeless 18-wheelers, insensate drunks passed out on the gas pedals of rampaging Chrysler New Yorkers, Sterno bums shambling along pushing trains of lashed-together shopping carts, and so on. Unfortunately, the road surface was too bumpy for the camera to register the nerve-wrackingly loose front left wheel on the bus, but you can see the engine cover on the right side of the bus swinging, as the driver weaves randomly down the road.


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Sorry I missed that. Anne's such a sweetheart.
You Can't Beat the Real Thing!
"That sound real," I thought as I approached the room shared by Oracle, Burmester, and Genesis. "It sounds just like Canadian singer Anne Bisson," whom I had heard live at an SSI concert in Montreal a couple of years ago.
Stepping into the room, I was confronted by, yes, the real Anne Bisson, who was duetting with herself on one of the tracks from her Blue Mind LP on Fidelio.
It is a tribute to the system, which featured the new Genesis G5.3 speakers ($26,500/pair)a development of the 5.2 that I reviewed in February 2006 driven by a Burmester 909 Mk.5 power amplifier ($69,995), with the album played on an Oracle Delphi turntable, that I wasn't at first able to discern which Anne Bisson was singing live and which was recorded.
Well, she certainly LOOKS real!
Submitted by Bill Leebens on June 11, 2012 - 11:55am
Great Demo!
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This was a great idea I came back to the room a couple of times to hear it.


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I am 36 weeks now and quickly approaching full term. I am one tired mama!
I try to keep up with my husband, but it's just not possible anymore. At least things on the home front are much more settled these days and our renovations are pretty much complete.
I have been cleaning and organizing and preparing for baby, but if she were to turn up today, we'd be okay (except for diapers, we don't get our diaper service diapers until July 4th, but it is unlikely she will turn up this early, after all).
This weekend we installed the carseat and I pulled together most of what we will need for our homebirth. We're waiting on a birthtub, which I won't get until early July, but again, it's pretty unlikely that I will go earlier than that.
I am still knitting, although slowly these days. It's more about the process than churning things out. I have to admit, it's nice to slow down.
I recently finished this dolly, for an informal knitalong with the Itty Bitty Knits group on Ravelry.
The pattern is from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson. I am currently working on her little dress. I think she will be the perfect companion for baby (eventually).
Here is what my craft studio is looking like these days.
Last week I made 2 fitted crib sheets. I'll share those soon. This week I need to make some wet bags. I've decided to use this pattern from Little Birdie Secrets.
I should also share some updated photos of the nursery. I'll do that soon too, I promise!
Monday, June 20, 2011
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Vice President Mike Pence confided to his aides that he's happy to be president after Donald Trump is removed from office later this year but he's also nervous about the number of times he'll have to be alone with a woman who is not his wife.
"The presidency is a big responsibility and there are a lot of important women I'll have to meet and I'm not sure I'll always be able to have an aide with me," said Pence, who adheres to a policy of never being alone with a woman unless she's his wife, Karen.
"Take Theresa May," he said, referring to the prime minster of Great Britain. "I know there will be occasions when the two of us will have to have a private talk. I'm just not sure what I'm going to do. I'm very concerned about this."
Aides have offered different explanations for why Pence, 57, won't be alone in a room with a woman. One explanation is that he's afraid he won't be able to tamp down inappropriate thoughts about them. "He seems like he has a lot of self-control," said one aide who asked not to be identified so he could discuss personal matters about the vice president. "But I think in his mind he's thinking, 'No one's in this room with us. What's to stop me from pulling my pants down and going, "Look at me! Look at me! I'm nasty!"?"
Another explanation is that he thinks women are dirty. "They have the blood coming out of their eyes, out of their whatever," one aide said. "He takes a strict biblical view of women as coming from below, where snakes live, not from up high, where angels live."
In a meeting, aides talked about having Pence privately meet only with women who aren't attractive but the idea was shot down because it would be impossible for Pence and his aides to agree on who's attractive and who's not. "As an aide, do you stay when he's meeting with, say, Brigitte Macron, or do you leave? Do you stay when he's meeting with Angélica Rivera or do you leave?"
Macron is the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron and Rivera is the wife of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
One aide called the two examples "dumb" because there's no reason for the president to meet privately with the wives of other heads of state and another aide said both women are "clearly attractive," so if the President were to have inappropriate thoughts, he would clearly have such thoughts about them.
Another aide suggested he should have no problem meeting alone with British Prime Minister May because although she's quite slender, she's older than he is. "She's what, 60? 65?" the aide said.
But another aide said Theresa May "clearly falls in the 'needs an aide' category," because although she's probably seen better days, she's relatively attractive for a woman her age and she has an unfortunate preference for sexy shoes.
All of the aides agreed the President could meet alone with Angela Merkel of Germany, "for whom I have nothing but the deepest respect," one aide said. On the other hand, the aide continued, he should probably have an aide with him if he were to meet with Dalia Grybauskait of Lithuania.
Aides were split over Iveta Radiová of Slovakia, but they all agreed it was highly unlikely the President would meet with her given the country's limited strategic importance right now.
Pence said he will draw up a list with his staff director, but he wants someone to be with him when they do it, because his staff director is a woman.
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The Problem with Reactive Training
I would love to be able to just do what I do and let others do what they do. Problem is, what others do often requires me to patiently explain to a trainee why a certain thing is not appropriate and why I am not going to "coach" them on some program or other that they are convinced they should be doing for no other reason than it being very popular on the internet. If you're a trainer then you've been there and you know what I am talking about. Start a strength training forum and see how much worse it gets. What do you think of this? What do you think of that?
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Part one of this post showed that it has been very difficult to elicit performance decrements using high intensity overtraining protocols and extreme protocols had to be undertaken to do it. Yet, high intensity in these studies meant MAXIMAL INTENSITIES. What's more these intensities were used over and over, rep after rep, for relatively long periods of time for such training.1 Intensity cycling is used for what is considered relatively high intensities as compared to hypertrophy parameters but nowhere near maximal intensities. The mean intensity of the so-called intermediate 5x5 programs is closer to 80% of maximum and sometimes lower.
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Intensity cycling is basically what it sounds like. Cycling intensity. Specifically it means dialing back intensity (literally weight on the bar) for a period of weeks and then building back up in set increments to your previous load in the hopes that this will enable additional load to be added to the bar in the weeks that follow.1
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As will become clear throughout the pages of GUS, with strength training intensity is job one. If you are completely new to strength training; intensity is simply the percentage of your maximal ability (one rep maximum) that you are working with. A one rep maximum is sometimes called FM for the maximum force you can muster.
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What is Sadhana?
Sadhana is the daily practice of waking up in the amrit vela time (2 1/2 hours before the sun rises) to meditate and chant God's Name. In the words of Yogi Bhajan, "Sadhana is nothing but where a disciplined one, the love, talks to one's own soul. It is nothing but where one cleans his own mind."
What is the purpose of Sadhana? Why do we do it?
"Sadhana is nothing but where one prepares for the day to become kind and compassionate for everyone, including the enemies. We get up early in the morning, we rise, and we do our sadhana so that we can match up with the day, so we can match up with absolute reality. Face the reality with reality. Don't face the reality with laziness and slowness. If you do so, you will never be successful and then you are your own enemy. You can't make it. And that's why sadhana is an act."
How do I experience my Soul?
"Everybody has God's light and it must be lit by a person's own discipline. And the glass to keep it lit and shining should be kept by the person's own courage, strength and grit. I believe it. I believe this is the love. I believe everybody has the chance to love one's soul and every soul has the right to shine and every shine has to bring light and brightness, beauty and bountifulness to all, generation after generation.
You love your children? You do. They are beautiful. Isn't that innocent soul in you also your life child? Have you kissed the soul? Have you hugged the soul? Have you communicated with the soul in the morning at the ambrosial hours when there is absolutely no disturbance? Sadhna is nothing but where a disciplined one, the love, talks to one's own soul. is nothing but where one cleans his own mind. Sadhana is nothing but where one prepares for the day to become kind and compassionate for everyone, including the enemies.
If you think you are poor, you are poor because you do not communicate with your soul, the source of prosperity, the source of reality. If you think you are desperate, you are desperate because you have no Sadhana. Desperation, depression, and a feeling of destitution comes only to those who have no discipline or Sadhana. Only a house which is not cleaned looks dirty and the mind which is not cleaned, stinks. sadhana is the most selfish act of every act, because it is a self-cleansing. Cleanliness is Godliness. It is good to wear good clothes, look good, be bright, beautiful. But when you want to be blissful and bountiful, you have to have a clear mind, a mind through which your soul, your spirit can shine.
When you stand, take a stand, and stand tall. Walk tall and stand by the strength of your soul. Not the strength of your intellect, intelligence and your cowardice. If you want to speak to anybody, to deal with anything, to have any relationship, just have relationship by the strength of your soul. Otherwise you will miss the goal of life." –
Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa
How do I start and keep up a Sadhana?
You start with what you think you can handle. First, try getting up one hour earlier than usual; this may mean going to bed earlier. It is good to start with some simple yoga exercises to stretch your body and get it going, and then practice a meditation/bani of your choosing. Do this routine until you are able to do it easily, daily for a month or 40 days. Then slowly expand it to an hour and a half, then two hours. For some people, all they can manage of a morning sadhana is one 11-minute meditation, but doing that is certainly better than doing nothing!
It is important to understand that yoga and meditation bring light energy into the body, and over time, this replaces the need for that extra hour or two of sleep in a normal routine (not counting illness and late nights!!).
It helps a great deal to have a sadhana partner or community. Then you can support each other to get up and take turns leading the exercises and meditations. Yogi Bhajan used to say that half of sadhana is showing up, so if your local Sikh community has an organized sadhana routine, participate in it whenever you can get there, even if it's only for the last 20 minutes.
Many of us find that the more we do sadhana, the more we find we need it and the support it gives us. In other words, it grows on you.
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- Sadhana, Aradhana, Prabhupathi
- Getting up Early in the Morning
- Banis and Time of Day
- Cold Shower (Hydrotherapy)
- Doing the Daily Banis
- Daily Sadhana (Discipline) and Children
- Daily Banis (Nitnem Namaa)
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- My Practice of Kundalini Yoga
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As the world creeps ever forward into its annual Autumnal repose, my mind often turns to the iconic October 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theater. The radio play caused hysteria due to the fact that it was broadcast as news bulletins without commercial interruption, as if the events were actually transpiring just outside of the safety of the audience's living rooms.
And, while that version is an undeniable fright classic, it of course is not the only adaptation of H.G. Wells' seminal tale of Victorian science fiction literature. Recently my ol' pal, master illustrator and sculptor supreme Gabe Perna, reminded me of a version of the tale that some may not be as familiar with, the 1978 musical by Jeff Wayne.
Featuring Richard Burton as the narrator, with guest vocals by Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues, and Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann (along with other talented singers and musicians), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a swirling phantasmagoria of Victorian dialog, distortion pedals, synthesized harpsichords and porn bass, and while that shouldn't work, it absolutely does!
So why not give it a listen today…and remember, somewhere in the vastness of space, advanced alien cultures have mastered the art of using threaded screws…and they are coming for us all!
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{Fabric Traditions, copyright 1993} I just want to say that this fabric came to me in a swap, that copyright date is no indication of my age ;)
So, I have decided to Deck the Halls Handmade this year with my kiddos! We are going to make memories & ornaments, drink hot mulled apple cider, listen to way too much Christmas music, and watch corny old Christmas movies! If you want to see the start of this conversation, click here
And I'm inviting you all to join us in the fun! Here is my plan in a nutshell:
1. My goal is to make 12 types of ornaments with my sons this year. Some of these may be our own ideas or decorations I made as a child. I will share how-to's for these. Others will be ideas I found on the internet, and I'll share the links so you can make your own if you want.
2. My posts will be randomly timed throughout December - it's Christmastime, I plan on keeping this low stress for me.
3. There is a linky party! Deck your own halls, then come back here and link up at the bottom of this page! Ornaments, tree skirts, pillows; if you make something that spreads Christmas cheer through your home it is eligable to be linked up! The linky will be open through Dec 30th 2012
4. You can't have a Christmas party without presents, can you? I have two charm packs of Alpine Wonderland by Riley Blake Designs that will be sent to one {randomly selected} participant. I wish I could send fabric presents to all of you! When you link up, be sure to visit other links and comment - like passing around little comment presents! Then everyone can share the Holiday Happy :)
I did it! I made a button! :) grab the code from my sidebar and display it on your blog for an entry into the giveaway for the Alpine Woodland charm packs. Then come back and comment on this post to let me know you did - easy peasy! {You don't have to be linked to the party to post the button & be entered into the giveaway!}


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India can't be exempt from mandatory greenhouse gas emission cap: John KerryFebruary 5th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) India's National Action Plan on Climate Change is "notably lacking in any fixed commitments and time-lines" on capping its greenhouse gas emissions, US Senator John Kerry said Thursday, throwing down the gauntlet to India in international climate negotiations.Calling this the "inescapable truth", Kerry, who now chairs the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate and is one of the principal architects of that country's plan to combat climate change, said the US Congress would not ratify any greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target unless emerging economies like India and China agreed to cap their own emissions at some level at some point in the future.
Indian negotiators have so far steadfastly refused to do this, pointing out that the industrialised world is responsible for almost all the extra GHG in the atmosphere today, which is already lowering farm output, increasing frequency and severity of droughts, floods and storms and raising the sea level. The US is responsible for a quarter of all extra GHG in the atmosphere today, while India is responsible for four percent.
However, Kerry pointed out that India was already the world's fourth largest emitter of GHG, and would become the third largest, overtaking Russia, by 2015 unless urgent steps were taken.
"America intends to lead on this issue after years in the sidelines," Kerry said via live video to about 800 delegates gathered here for the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. "But we can't solve this without the committed participation of every nation." He was referring to negotiations for a new climate treaty, that is supposed to be finalised by this December.
Kerry pointed out that in the current situation, all Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035, which would leave over a billion people at the mercy of seasonal rivers. "We must all hang together or we'll hang separately," he quoted from a saying during the American War of Independence.
Making a point that is likely to irk many developing countries including India, Kerry said: "We can no longer afford to divide the world into Annex 1 countries, G77 countries and all that." Under the current Kyoto Protocol to combat climate change, Annex 1 countries are the industrialised countries that have to reduce their GHG emissions. The US has not ratified the protocol.
But many US cities and states have already moved beyond the requirements of the protocol, Kerry said. "Now, if we bring all US emissions down to zero, we'll still have global catastrophe. We have a shared stake in getting this right."
While criticising India's plan for its lack of specific commitments and timelines, Kerry praised Mexico, South Africa, Brazil and the European Union for the commitments they have made.
To the other developing countries, Kerry said: "We're collectively falling short. We cannot be driven by this lowest common denominator politics any longer. If there is catastrophe, no country can be exempt - not the US, not India."
Kerry said the UN principle of "common but differentiated responsibility" in mitigating GHG emissions was the "key to success in Copenhagen", which is hosting the climate summit in December.
"Developing countries have to play some kind of responsible role in solving the problem," he went on. "The format, the structure and the timeline can vary depending on different situations and capabilities. And finance and technology transfer (from industrialised countries) will have to be a part of it.
"But we have to move beyond our old non-compromising positions", while at the same time "not denying people around the world the right to prosperity".
The leading US politician felt there was a huge opportunity for India in this as well. "Build power plants so that they burn clean," he urged. "Use the carbon dioxide (the main GHG) from the flue gases to make calcium carbonate, which is a building material." India's Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh had said here Wednesday that this project had started in one plant in the country.
Describing green business opportunities as a "game changer", Kerry pointed out that India had the world's fourth largest installed wind power capacity and was now the second largest destination for clean technology investments. "It can get you $150 billion in the next decade."
Kerry said: "We can't afford not to do this. This will be at the centre of the revival of our economies. And if we don't so it, we'll have to pay for climate change anyway, through massive unpredictable weather events that can lead to war and all forms of human misery."


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Neil Young's voice always has had a countrified swagger to it, regardless of whether he was rocking in a Crazy Horse sizzler or playing techno-pop wiz kid on Trans. So it comes as little surprise that he is so masterfully able to make the plunge into a full-fledged, whole-hog Nashville LP like Old Ways, his latest and most accessible album since Come a Time.
With the help of some veteran country and western musicians - Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, Rufus Thibodeaux on electric fiddle and Joe Allen on bass -Young gets back to the country with remarkable ease. The C&W; hooks of California Sunset, Bound for Glory and Are There Any More Real Cowboys? are augmented by a solid bedding of guitar, fiddle and keyboard arrangements, along with hearty helpings of backing vocals by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. One suspects that the presence of those two C&W; mainstays on this album is more a gesture of Young's respect for their contributions over the years than a true harmonic necessity.
On his previous LPs, especially Comes a Time, Young's yearnings for country roots were strongly hinted at. With Old Ways, the chameleon of rock 'n' roll seems so at home with the genre that the conventional wisdom has it he indeed has finally found his roots as a C&W; crooner. As one of the few singer- songwriters around able to provoke thought with every turn of a melodic phrase, "Huckleberry Neil" has never been as surefooted or as offhandedly self-confident as on Old Ways.


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Today, I want to share with you my latest obsession - Red lips,nails,sweaters,candels...you name it:) I guess it the holiday season spirit. Now,I am more of a nude-light pink lip kinda girl and till a few weeks back I almost never wore red lipstick or gloss.Now,can't get enough of it.So here are some of my favorites
'Kost' lip gloss, 'Essence' - Time for Romance polish, 'Golden Rose'-Rich color , L'oreal polish,'Kost'- hyaluronic acid filler (gloss), 'Avon' - Red 2000 lipstick
And the swatches:
From left: Avon Red 2000 lipstick - nice,super pigmented cream lipstick,doesn't dry out the lips,and it can stay on your lips quite some time.It will last longer if you use it with a lip pencil,but I like it on its own too:)
In the midle: Kost lip gloss number - This is a crazy pigmented gloss!I would dare to even call it a liquid lipstick,it gives you nice color and shine,and its not sticky.Even after hours of wearing it,after the glossiness and the rich color are gone you will still have a color to your lips.Can't remember the actual price,but I am sure it wasn't more then 3 euros.Great quality and afordable:)
On the right: Kost Filler lip gloss- Now if you thought this would be one of those lip plumpers with a tangly feeling (which the name itself suggests) you are wrong.It will not give you fuller lips effect,no tangly or cold feeling at all. But it gives a nice sheer color to your lips,its not sticky and it is pretty moisturizing. I like it for everyday use:) Also,the price was around 4 euros.
Those are my favorite reds of the moment.What are yours? Please feel free to recommend :)
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Today we were joined by Amanda Carnell and her son Finlay, 8, to talk about her fundraising efforts for the CCHS Support Group which offers support to families affected by the rare genetic condition, Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome.
Amanda will be walking 106km from London to Brighton in aid of the charity which has affected her son since birth.
To donate to the cause head to Amanda's Just Giving page at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Amanda-Carnell and for more information about the CCHS Support Group visit their website at www.cchssupport.co.uk.
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of the Pennsylvania Senate Aging & Youth Committee
Wednesday, January 28, 1998
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Good afternoon Senator Piccola, senators. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the proposed Pennsylvania Standby Guardianship Act generally and Senate Bill 1051 in particular.
My name is Allan Gordon, and I am a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Rothweiler. In 1998 I have the privilege of serving the Philadelphia Bar Association as Chair of the Board of Governors. I am very pleased and proud to be here today representing the more than 14,000 members of the Association.
In the spring of 1997, our Association's Board of Governors had an opportunity to hear from Cathryn Miller of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania regarding draft legislation that she and others had been preparing. She told us about situations she sees in her practice, situations where, in addition to coping with the physical effects of AIDS, parents torture themselves worrying about what will become of their minor children when the parent's illness becomes too sick to function as a parent. I can only speak for myself, but I'm sure many people's eyes were opened to a very difficult problem which faces single parents suffering from AIDS and debilitating illnesses. Senate Bill 1051 goes a long way toward solving that problem and for that reason it deserves your support.
Enough has been said in the 90's about family values that most of us would be happy never to hear that particular phrase again. But in thinking about my testimony for today and the issues that S.B. 1051 aims to address, I realized that here is a situation where government really can do something to support and reinforce those values which are the essence of family.
This legislation is intended to allow a parent faced with terminal illness or a chronic debilitating disease to designate someone - a trusted relative or friend - literally to stand by and be available to step in as the child's legal guardian immediately upon the parent's incapacity or death.
With luck, most of us will never have to consider what might happen to our dependent children if we become unable to care for them. I myself recently had occasion to think about how my own family and loved ones might be affected if I should become incapacitated even temporarily. Fortunately, my health problem was resolved without me having to give these issues more than a passing thought.
But consider the situation of a young single mother who has been diagnosed not with a treatable condition but with AIDS or a chronic disease like multiple sclerosis. We know that an AIDS diagnosis is tantamount to a death sentence, and that its progression can be irregular and unpredictable. Multiple sclerosis, while not a terminal disease, likewise has a quirky, unpredictable progression which can leave victims with significant temporary or permanent disability. Bottom line: periodically, this mother's health issues may simply prevent her from being available to her children.
Yet, current Pennsylvania law does not permit her to appoint a future guardian for her children except after death by will or in life by terminating her parental rights. As a result, judicial approval and ultimate resolution of the guardianship issue are delayed until some time after the parent's death leaving the children in a bureaucratic limbo. Under current Pennsylvania law, our hypothetical mother cannot - without relinquishing her own parental rights - make legally binding arrangements for the care of her children in anticipation of her health's deterioration to the point where she no longer can care for them.
Senate Bill 1051 would allow parents facing these situations to take action on behalf of their children in advance of the parents' death or incapacity while allowing them in the meantime to continue to exercise their parental responsibilities unimpaired.
If adopted, S.B. 1051 would permit a parent to make decisions affecting the long-term care and raising of children before the parent's health has deteriorated to the point where the parent can no longer care for the children. It in fact permits the family to make that decision in a positive, thoughtful way. A dying parent could then have the peace of mind that comes from knowing that the children will be cared for after the parent can no longer do so. Permitting a family faced with a parent's deadly disease or chronic debilitating illness to make such arrangements before the illness becomes all-consuming adds a measure a safety and predictability to the lives of children who already face the significant upheaval that accompanies the death or disability of a parent.
The problem S.B. 1051 addresses is not unique to Pennsylvania, nor is the proposed solution. A number of other jurisdictions have adopted standby guardianship laws, and we in Pennsylvania are fortunate to be able to learn from other states' experiences.
For example, some jurisdictions require that a physician certify that there is a significant risk that the parent will become incapacitated or die within a fixed time of the filing of the petition. S.B. 1051, instead of using an artificial time period, uses a more functional definition of disability and requires only that the physician need only state the nature, extent and probable duration of the parent's incapacity. The parent designating the standby guardian defines the triggering event which triggers the effectiveness of the designation. S.B. 1051 also allows a standby guardian to designate an additional guardian to stand-by in the event that the original standby guardian - often a grandparent or other older relative - should also become incapacitated, allowing guardians to plan for the ongoing needs of minor children.
Testifying here today are representatives of the Commonwealth's two largest bar associations as well as several other law-related or advocacy groups. Based solely on the number of lawyers testifying here today one might, quite naturally, draw the conclusion that S.B. 1051 is a bill aimed at helping lawyers, or that it somehow benefits the legal profession. Let's be very clear about this: the legislation will help lawyers only to the extent it provides lawyers with a tool to help their clients in these very, very difficult situations. It will help families, and more specifically, parents, already facing serious personal challenges, to plan for the possible contingencies of their health problems and how those contingencies might ultimately impact their minor children.
In conclusion, S.B. 1051 represents an opportunity to promote true family values: Peace of mind, security, self-determination, and independence. It offers an opportunity for us to provide families some measure of comfort during very dark times. It is a chance to create a safety net to help keep children out of government programs, permitting parents to make contingency plans with family or friends for the guardianship of minor children. It would give families a measure of control in situations where by definition control must ultimately be given over to doctors and the course of the parents' medical treatment.
We see no reason not to pass S.B. 1051, and every reason for you and your colleagues to support it. Again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be heard today on this issue. If the Philadelphia Bar Association can help advance this legislation in any way or if there are questions we can help answer, I hope you will feel free to call on us.


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This one felt personal. I was on United flight 93 five weeks to the day before Al Qaeda hijacked it on 9/11. I've walked down the Promenade des Anglais in Nice several times. I run across Westminster Bridge regularly before work. But those terrorist attacks didn't feel personal. This was different. For the first time, I wept.
My wife and I have met many times before concerts at the exact point the explosion happened. My mum and sister walked past it last Thursday as they left a Take That concert. My eldest daughter and boyfriend live 600 metres away, and heard the explosion (and, bless them, were among the many who offered refuge to those stranded in the city centre). But more than that. Several of the dead were from places I've known well for years. The combination of the type of bomb it was, and the targeting of teenage music fans is a uniquely repulsive mix, if it's not insensitive to compare these horrors.
And then there's Manchester itself. I've no doubt that Newcastle, or Leeds, or Birmingham would have reacted just as admirably. But Manchester is my 'big city', even though I'm Cheshire born-and-bred. It's where I - we - go for some posh shopping, a good night out, and yes, to big concerts. It's our place, along with native Mancs themselves obviously, and all the other folk from Cheshire, Lancashire and beyond who flock to it.
So what? Why am I writing about it, when hundreds of thousands of other words will be written and published? Because I'm angry, that's why. And anger's only constructive if it can lead to improvement, change. I have no platform other than this, so I'm using it to say what I think needs to happen differently. Please share it if you think it has any merit.
So what do we need to do? Lots of things, but they fall into just two big buckets.
First, we need to get on the front foot in terms of preventing these incidents. That's not to suggest the security services don't do a brilliant job in preventing far more of these atrocities than actually happen - I don't know that of course, but I suspect it's true. No, what I'm talking about is doing more than just saying "we've got to carry on as normal, or they've won". Of course we have; what else are we going to do, stay at home all day? But enough of the peace, love and harmony platitudes. I'm not suggesting anyone should target Muslims; I despise the kind of people who verbally or physcially abuse random Muslims, or vandalise mosques.
However, I think we need to get a little more muscular in our responses. I'm obviously no expert, but ideas that to me seem to have some sense to them include:
- segregating the Muslim prison population between those who aren't radicalised and those who are, with solitary confinement for the most strident of the radicalisers
- checking on the messages imams in mosques are spreading to their congregation. And if that has to mean non-Muslims undertaking that activity, so be it
- looking very carefully at the overseas funding of the madrassas, particularly from the Saudis. If that risks upsetting them, again, so be it
- withdrawing the passport of anyone who leaves to fight for ISIS abroad, even if they were UK-born. No exceptions
- rigorously enforcing control orders
- banning Muslim-only faith schools
- doing whatever we can to undermine the ability of sections of the community to live wholly separate existences from the mainstream - withdrawing translation services in all but emergency circumstances for the NHS and in the legal system for example
As I write this, these things feel a bit intemperate. But as I'm writing this in France, I ask myself: if I were a member of a religion here, though I was wholly peaceful, law-abiding and integrated, would I feel any of the above list unreasonable if some extreme elements of my religion were killing and maiming indiscriminately? I'd like to think not.
Which brings me to my second bucket of things we need to do. If we were to do some or all of the above, there would undoubtedly be cries of "it's racist", "it's Islamophobic". And, I regret to say, the vast majority of our political classes are so afraid of those labels sticking, they steer clear of the muscular approach to preventing these incidents. But it's time for us to treat those accusations the same way elements of the black and gay populations have historically reacted to the choice insults thrown at them - they appropriated the words for themselves; you know the ones I'm talking about.
So yes, if you want to call me racist or Islamophobic for believing in any of the above list, fair enough; if that's your definition, I'll take it. I know there's a million miles between the idiot on the football terraces who makes gorilla noises at a black footballer and what or who I am, but I'm not going to waste my energy or be diverted by 'proving' I'm not racist. If you think I am, that's your prerogative. I'm not going to worry any more. And I am going to say these things out loud, and in public. Many of us should. I'm not giving succour to skinheaded scum. But I refuse, by not saying them, to give succour to jihadist scum.
We need to get that message across to politicians. Of course it's right for them to remind us that the vast majority of muslims have nothing to do with terrorism, and of the dangers of a backlash. Yes fine, tell us that terrorists aren't going to divide us. But for God's sake, do everything, EVERYTHING, possible to prevent another incident which results in medics having to pick nuts and bolts out of children's heads, or police having to collect body parts off the the floor of a concert hall. Stop this thing at source; make it so that MI5 don't have anything to infiltrate and thwart. And if that means you're called some unpleasant names along the way, don't fall into the trap of defending yourself - if stopping the slaughter is someone's definition of being racist, accept it, and do what you need to anyway.


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I am proud and happy to live in such a great country.
I made this little quilt for the first time over 20 years ago. It hangs on my front door from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
All the fabrics have held up really well, except for the blue stars in the border. It does not get any direct sun, but just the light from the day has faded the blue.
It is a fun little quilt to have at my entry. I think I will have to remake it soon.
Hope you are having a great holiday weekend.
Happy Quilting.


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"Location, location, location" counts in more than just residential real estate. Where you choose to set up a new business can make or break it.
More new businesses fail than succeed, according to the Kauffman Foundation. And U.S. Small Business Administration data shows it's only a matter of time before at least half of all businesses go under: Only about 50 percent survive five years.
Tax rates, real estate, hiring costs and financial strength were among the factors in the new CNBC Metro 20: America's Best Places to Start a Business ranking. In all, we reviewed 107 metro areas across the U.S. Some up-and-coming areas just missed making the top 20. Here are 10 business-friendly cities that entrepreneurs would be wise to keep on their radar.


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Will I owe my life to President Obama and John Roberts?
Since roughly my 40th birthday, I've been feeling an increasing pressure to get a colonoscopy. My family has a history with colon cancer on both sides. My father had a polyp removed about 12 years ago, and on my mother's side, her mother and an aunt or two all ended up with colon cancer. It actually took out my Nana, the first family death I dealt with at the age of 11.
So when Obamacare was implemented, I made it a priority to finally get a colonoscopy. I thought it would be a wise precaution, given the family history. But even though the family has a history, we don't have a history of early onset cancer. So I was pretty much assuming I'd get a clean bill of health. And when I met the GI specialist, he said that there was a 20% chance of finding something.
Well, we hit that 20%. And three times, to boot. Two polyps: one 9 mm and the other 5 mm in size. Both were removed. Also, and most worrisome, there was a 25 mm "mass". And, worse, the doctor didn't think that he got all of it when he removed it "piecemeal".
So that's going on.
There's a lot to talk about here. For starters, I've done a good amount of work in modelling cancer, and in particular I know some of the genetics of colon cancer. As cancers go, colon cancer is a softie, esp. if detected early. It is predictable, but it's also dangerous. It's not clear, from what I've been able to read so far, what percentage of polyps are pre-cancerous. What I learned when I first studied this issue in the late '90s, was that there's a well-known path along which genetic mutations cause a polyp, and then a second mutation or a chemical change triggers the transformation from polyp to cancerous mass. I figure as a writing exercise I can talk about this a bit, going back to the model of Fearon and Vogelstein (1990). Basically there are two types of genes involved: oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Oncogenes are genes over-expressed in neoplasms. (Neoplasm is a general term for a tissue undergoing uncontrolled growth. Tumor is a word for a neoplasm in hard tissue [as opposed to, say, in the blood stream like leukemia]. There's a reason to use this language as opposed to the word 'cancer', which has a specific meaning in oncology. More vocabulary later.) Anyway, oncogenes tend to be genes that do things like promote cell growth and division. The other major category of genes related to neoplasms are "tumor suppressors". They typically serve regulatory roles in the cell cycle, and their inactivation is often part of oncogenesis.
Anyway, colon cancer is one of the most common cancers, and one (along with breast cancer) most associated with a genetic basis. First, let's recall that every* human (*let's concern ourselves with 46-chromosome humans for the moment) has two copies of each gene (except on the X- and Y- chromosomes). What happens with cancers like colon cancer and breast cancer is that a person an be quite healthy with one mutated copy of said gene. But where most people have some redundancy in the genome because of the second copy, a person with only one non-mutated allele is vulnerable to the process of mutation on the healthy gene. Every time a cell undergoes cell division, there's a chance of a miscopy of the gene. And in tissues, like the large intestine, that undergo a lot of cell division throughout the life of a human, there's a good chance that a second mutation will knock out the second copy, thus leaving the cell without a functioning gene. If this is an important tumor suppressor gene (like BRCA1 or BRCA2) this can lead to a neoplasm.
Anyway, there's a lot to talk about here, and there's also a psychological aspect to consider. For the first 24 hours or so, I was in a state of emotional denial about this. I've still got a large defense of denial, since the survival rates for early stage colon cancer is 95%, and that includes people of all ages and states of health. As a younger person in otherwise good health, I'm reasonably confident that this can be dealt with.
The other "stages of grief" of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross are anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I tend to be prone to depression, so that's the one I'm keeping an eye on. I've yet to feel anger, but that's largely because I still feel like this will be a minor issue with high likelihood. There is some kind of bargaining going on in my mind. Part of the result is a decision that blogging about this experience would be a good idea. Clearly "acceptance" hasn't even entered my mind yet. Nah, I'll probably stick with denial and bargaining for the time being.
The other "stages of grief" of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross are anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I tend to be prone to depression, so that's the one I'm keeping an eye on. I've yet to feel anger, but that's largely because I still feel like this will be a minor issue with high likelihood. There is some kind of bargaining going on in my mind. Part of the result is a decision that blogging about this experience would be a good idea. Clearly "acceptance" hasn't even entered my mind yet. Nah, I'll probably stick with denial and bargaining for the time being.
My siblings have suggested that I might feel fear. Oddly, I don't - not really. Again, part of that is that this is unlikely to be life threatening. I am concerned, but that's far from fear. Another is that, when it comes to fearing for my life, I have a history of being a complete idiot. On 7/7/2007, when terrorists blew up four public transport vehicles in London, one of which was a bus that blew up 2-3 blocks from my office (and took out Poon's! Damn you, terrorists!) I wandered around Bloomsbury with my camera, hoping to find photographic subjects. Some things naturally inspire fear: heights, drowning, and fire are all hard-wired fears (in my lay opinion). Slowly developing genetic diseases are too abstract to fear in the same way.
Anyhow, I should get the results of the pathology report by the end of the week, at which time we'll find out if either of the polyps or the "mass" (read "tumor") is benign, pre-cancerous, or cancerous. I've spent some time on Pub Med looking for papers that might give me some odds here, but I haven't found any, and, in any case, knowing odds would only lead to a premature bias in my expectations which will be resolved conclusively soon enough. The doctor's report says that my likely outcome is either a resection or a second colonoscopy in 3 months. Right now I'm assuming I'll need a resection. 25 mm is bigger than it sounds (25 mm = 2.5 cm, which is roughly an inch). When I told Papa Whispers about that, he immediately did the conversion ("That's an inch") and noted that it's about the length of my thumb. So, apparently, I've spent the last few years growing an extra thumb up my butt.
By way of comparison, the tumor that took out Pandora was the size of a baseball before it was discovered. Also, I've been without any noticeable symptoms - no pain in the sides, no bloody stools, nada. Mama Whispers M.D.'s main concern was that the mass was far enough from the anus that a normal resection could be done. What one really doesn't want is a tumor at the anus, that requires a colostomy, and I think we know how revolting that possibility is. That's not an issue here - the mass is 50 cm from the "anal verge". That's plenty of distance.
So, in any case, that's what's going on. I think the worst case scenario would be if the mass had already spread to the lymph nodes, in which case I would need chemo. But I'm hopeful that won't be the case. But even if it were, my aunt Bonnie has survived multiple, multiple rounds of chemo. Chemo isn't as scary as it used to be. The field of oncology is light years beyond where it was back when I was 11 and it hit Nana.
I'll provide an update on the weekend after I get the pathology report.
One final thing: big shout out to Landru, who provided me with transport for this appointment. He's also promised a possible person for a 2nd opinion. I also contacted my boss from my NCBI days, and he's suggested looking at Hopkins. Obviously, Hopkins has one of the best medical programs on the planet, and the guys I mentioned above (Fearon and Vogelstein) work there. If anything remotely tricky comes up, I'll probably be running to Hopkins.
Oh, and one final, final thing. I don't want anybody saying "I'm sorry to hear the bad news." That's just depressing. Instead, just say "You're so good looking!" (a la Seinfeld) [Ilse is granted a waiver from that choice - exploding her brain would be fun and all, but then somebody would have to mop up the mess, and Landru might be cross with me after the giggling subsided.]
Seriously, the sister of a high school friend is dealing with an aggressive tumor in her brain. This little butt plug ain' no thang.


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OTTAWA - Pfizer Consumer Healthcare is recalling 124 lots of Advil liquid products for infants and children.
There could be inconsistent doses of ibuprofen in the products if they have not been shaken as directed before use.
The recall notice says clumps of ibuprofen may form in the bottle and lead to higher or lower doses.
Health Canada says the products being recalled are Advil Pediatric Drops, Children's Advil Cold, Children's Advil Fever from Colds or Flu, Children's Advil and Advil Pediatric Drops Fever from Colds or Flu.
As a precaution, Health Canada is recommending the products be returned to a pharmacy.
A list of the affected products and product lots can be found at here.


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The first Diary of 2013 is here!
Iggy Pop - Livin' On The Edge Of The Night
I listened to this one a lot during Christmas. It's a pretty basic early 90's kind of rock song but while I must have had listened to it before, all of a sudden it just jumped out at me right before Christmas and I fell in love with it. Iggy is in a very, very fine voice here and even though he didn't write the song, he definitely sells its sentiment very well. You can find Livin' as the closing track on Iggy's 1990 album Brick by Brick and, interestingly, before the album even came out it appeared on the soundtrack to Black Rain, a Ridley Scott-directed film starring Michael Douglas.
No Doubt - Looking Hot
Being a fan of No Doubt during the Rock Steady period I initially didn't think much of this song. It was too current pop for a No Doubt single but not current pop enough for a solo Gwen Stefani single, so I just let the song pass me by. But a few days ago I finally got around to checking out songs on Popjustice's list of top 45 singles of 2012, and I gave Looking Hot another shot. And this time I got hooked. I can tell you this song is brilliant for shopping.
Lana Del Rey - National Anthem (Demo)
National Anthem is not one of my very favourite Lana songs but thanks to the aforementioned Popjustice list I discovered this demo. I like this demo a lot. But then I tend to like demos, since they are rougher. And I do like my amazing melodies roughed up a bit...
Franz Ferdinand - Katherine Kiss Me
Late last night I realised I hadn't listened to Franz Ferdinand for way toooo long. Which is sad since I even used to be in their official fan club (and I loved my time there...I even won rare vinyl stuff...woooo!). I love Franz's third album and this closing track is the perfect thing to listen to at 11 PM (take it from me, I did it just last night). Hoping for a new album by this band this year...hoping I'm not hoping in vain.
Marina and the Diamonds - Power & Control
Marina released her second album Electra Heart in spring last year, but it took me until yesterday to actually get it and...it's obviously not bad at all. I'm currently obsessed with this song, especially by the tinkling in the background. The tinkling beat. Can't get enough of it. Makes the song sound sinister, in the best way possible. I wish the single had been a bigger hit than it was (but who cares, the album got to no. 1 & Primadonna did pretty well).
Thanks for reading. Share and comment if you wish and till next week...
Peace, Love and Ringo! x


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2018 U15's Schoolboys Invite Only Trial Announcement
NRL Victoria would like to thank all players who trialled for the U15's Schoolboys team on Sunday.
NRL Victoria would also like to thank the Casey Warriors for hosting the open trials.
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected for the Invite Only trials to be held on Sunday 18th March at Haines Drive Reserve, Wyndham Vale.
Players are asked to arrive at the ground by no later than 9:00am with the trial commencing at 10:00am.
Ryan Walker
Pathways & Coaching Manager
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Wayne Man Sentenced In Connection With Scheme To Defraud Huntington Small Business
Shawn Osburn created falsified work orders that were used to steal more than $10K in supplies from Huntington-based Justice Glass and Supply Co.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Wayne County man who defrauded a Huntington-based small business out of more than $10,000 in supplies was sentenced today to five years' probation, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Shawn Osburn, 44, previously pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud. Osburn, a former employee for Huntington-based residential window supplier Justice Glass and Supply Company ("Justice Glass"), prepared and submitted false work orders for supplies at various times during his employment with Justice Glass that began in 2008 and continued through October 2010.
During the scheme, Osburn prepared work orders that contained false information and submitted the orders, generally by using telephone and fax, to suppliers. After receiving the products from the company's supplier, Osburn stole the items and later sold them for cash.
Osburn told investigators that the profits in which he had obtained as a result of the fraudulent work orders were not given to Justice Glass. Osburn illegally sold a total of at least $13,000 in stolen supplies.
The Court ordered Osburn to pay full restitution, with interest, to Justice Glass in the amount of $260 each month.
The FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorneys Philip Wright and Meredith George Thomas handled the prosecution. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston.
This case was brought as part of the United States Attorney's Office's initiative to prosecute crimes against small businesses. In September 2010, U.S. Attorney Goodwin created and launched a comprehensive plan to protect small businesses and nonprofit agencies from fraud and abuse. Goodwin has redoubled efforts to identify, investigate and prosecute dishonest employees and other criminals who defraud or embezzle from small businesses.
The Crimes Against Small Business Initiative strives to protect businesses and nonprofit organizations by working in partnership with the business community, along with state and local law enforcement officials, to ensure that occurrences of fraud, embezzlement, scams and other crimes targeting small businesses are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.


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You and your two sisters have been asking your parents for an allowance.
They have resisted. They have explained that you are not responsible. However, they will discuss it privately.
A few days later, they call you and your two sisters to a meeting. They announce that they will give you an allowance. There are three conditions:
1. You save some.
2. You spend some.
3. You give some to the less fortunate.
You all agree. Happily.
You ask, "How much to we get?"
Your Dad explains.
"Your Mom and I are putting all the money into a shoebox. You may each take your allowance from there."
Your one sister takes money out to buy two blouses. She puts $10.00 in her Piggy Bank.
Your other sister takes money out to buy one blouse. She puts $5.00 in her Piggy Bank.
You go to the shoebox and find only $3.00 left. You complain to your parents.
Your parents tell you to, "put $1.00 in your Piggy Bank, give $1.00 to the poor, and to spend $1.00 on yourself."
Now do you understand why the EuroCrisis has not been solved?
I am not Paul Harvey. However, I am open to becoming a paid commentator, columnist, or blogger.
If you've found anything I said to be helpful, please don't hesitate to send me one of those tricked-out laptops and to tuck a few dollars into the envelope along with the thank you note.
Sincerest regards,
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wow, how nice, is it your own design?
I have this male friend that always asks me if something I just made is my own design. If I use a written pattern it's definetly not my design, but when combining my knowledge from this written pattern and my dressmaker skills, making a new piece of clothing, I think I can call it my own design. In most things I don't want to be a copycat, so I try to make my own twist on things that I make.
There are a lot of people out there making things, so I believe it's almost impossible not using elements of what you once saw.
The car itself was made a 100- 150 years ago but still people are making "new cars."
I'm curious about what other people think of this issue, so please give your opinion if you got the time for it.
It's a never ending issue to me. As an educated dressmaker I know the dress has existed longer than my life, so is the dress I just made "my own design?" Difficult issue this one.
Back to my male friend, is it nice, or does that depend whether it's my design?
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10 Sinister Car Faces #4
by KBB.com Editors | October 14, 2009 12:42 PM
Ford F-150 Raptor
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With a uniquely outdoorsy brand of evil, the Ford Raptor uses its Baja-inspired, SVT-tuned, long-travel off-road suspension to blast across the desert in hunt of its next kill. Okay, maybe it's looking for a good time instead of a victim, but wide fenders, meaty tires, a flashy optional graphics package and an imposing grille that looks in search of a hide to brand make the Ford F-150 Raptor look absolutely wicked. Just like it drives.
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