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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
zebra---i know, i used it last year, but read on, you will see
so today i end with the word zebra as in the symbol of unfinished projects in my life and do not want you to miss the irony of this post being the culmination of this blog challenge----
the list would be long and boring if i were to include all of the zebra projects since last year's challenge---so i will share only a sampling
1. i still haven't finished cleaning out my closet
2. still haven't written notes and cards to many of my loved ones
3. still haven't firmed up my body enough haha, like that's gonna happen in my lifetime
4. still haven't started that project that is gonna change my life
5. still haven't gotten the big lottery win--
6. still haven't had a cookie decorating day with the grand-kids
7.hmmmm there are so many more zebra moments
so as we leave this challenge, i would challenge us all to do as many zebra things as we can do and to not beat ourselves up when we miss a few here and there--after all that little zebra still looks pretty sweet in it's original matted cardboard frame-----
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But, the flip side is, you've accomplished so much in your life. These are just a few things you've dropped. BTW, closets in my house never get finished.ReplyDelete
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you are right--i think we all have finished more than not ---some of those we really have no choice in, life just finishes them for us---thanks teresa---hope to hear more from your life---it think it would make an awesome read!!Delete
I have a list of my own, but the challenge helped me put a dent in it with regards to my photos.ReplyDelete
I agree with Teresa...closets are never done!Replies
oh for sure---but i love to see one done for at least a day or so :)Delete
I still have no doors on my closet. I still need to write a letter to my aunt. I guess I have my zebra moments too.ReplyDelete
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you too--i guess we will always have them! thanks ruth, you too :)Delete
I have numerous to-do lists... I lose them and then find them later and say, "Oh, yeah! I was supposed to do that. I need to write that down. Again." LOLReplyDeleteReplies
haha--i know---sometimes, i find lists and can't even make sense of what they were about, thanks jackie :)Delete
Zebra moments also means conclusion of A-Z challenge, Lynn. Congratulation. It has been wonderful reading your posts. I'm sure you will get to do all the fun in your list. Especially that cookie decorating ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
awww thanks, yes that one would be at the top of my list :)Delete
It just makes me like you more to know that you have so many unfinished projects. I'm the exact same way. We'll just keep chugging on. Maybe some day we'll fit it all in...ReplyDeleteReplies
haha, i am glad it made you feel that way kate--and we will ;)Delete
I like this idea, zebra projects, and I have a long list of them.ReplyDeleteReplies
wanna compare--haha not the kind of contest one likes to win--thanks susan :)Delete
I like the reminder to not beat ourselves up. Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
yeah i am glad i threw that in too, thanks so much joy :)Delete
Ah yes, we all have those Zebra moments....unchecked lists! Time to get your Za Za on! Hop over to my blog and see what that means - then you can get that Zebra list taken care of! Cheers & congrats on A2Z completion - that's a huge accomplishment!ReplyDelete
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thanks so much, it has been a kinda long journey:)Delete
'so today i end with the word zebra as in the symbol of unfinished projects'ReplyDelete
That is brilliant, Lynn. :) Congrats on finishing the A-Z, though!
haha thanks so much suze--somehow, i knew you would appreciate that ;)ReplyDelete
Ruth needs to get doors on her closets...i was going to say "that is why closets have doors - so you don't have to clean them!ReplyDelete
Go to WalMart, buy a picture frame, stick that cute picture in there and hang it! Tonight! Let the zebra go! Then you forget all the rest of the stuff! And I'll think of one of my zebras and do it, too!Replies
haha--thanks for the push donna---i am gonna do it, at least before my son's birthday party, in may ;)Delete
Great post! My list of zebras is a mile long, but I'm learning as I get older that I need to cut myself some slack. I'll get there. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
that's what i say too--most of it will still be there--thanks dana :)Delete
Congrats on completing the challenge. :)ReplyDelete
And I too have a longer to do list. Still aiming towards it.Replies
haha--thanks so much me :)Delete
Now that I am retired I have a 'nice to-do' list and even that doesn't get done. Enjoyed following you in the challenge. Thanks for stopping by my blog.ReplyDeleteReplies
oh yeah, i have heard so many people that have retired say their list is even longer! i really enjoyed following yours too, thanks and congrats denise :)Delete
I have a zebra list a mile long. However, I do get motivated to work on it when spring hits. This week it's shampooing the carpets and cleaning out the closets. I have already gotten rid of so much!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your zebra list :)Replies
oh yeah, i am planning on frank renting a steam cleaner for the carpet upstairs--thanks for reminding me theresa!!Delete
That's a pretty short zebra list, which means you must have done TONZ. =) Here's to conquering what remains, and a pat on the back for all the other things you did do. (Or slice of cheese, which ever you prefer.) ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
haha, i thought of you tonight, crystal as i used my last slice of cheese----thanks so much :)Delete
a zebra list... I like that idea. I am going to have to try this out. It may help refocus me a bit. Lynn, it has been such a pleasure reading your blogs throughout the atoz. THanks so much for reciprocating and just investing your time in writing. You have a real talent. I look forward to keeping in touch through comments. Z :)ReplyDeleteReplies
awww thanks so much zoe, it has been my pleasure, visiting your wonderfully creative blog!!!Delete
Zebra projects will never leave us entirely, but just don't let them control you. On the one about writing letters to loved ones. I have a ministry called Corinthian Writers. If you are on Facebook then just click and like this page. I post all the time about writing to your loved ones. Our ministry is a handwriting ministry. So maybe my posts can remind you to defeat that zebra.ReplyDelete
sounds lovely---thanks teresa :)Delete
I would have to say that my list of zebra projects grew longer this month because of the Challenge, but I wouldn't have missed your blog or the many others I found in exchange for a shorter list! Congratulations on finishing the Challenge, Lynn, and thanks for your visits and comments.ReplyDeleteReplies
i know what ya mean--i am glad i did it too and i am glad you are back dot!!Delete
I have MANY of those zebra projects myself!ReplyDeleteReplies
haha yay--join the club ms. a ;)Delete
lately I am forgetting everything. I have a list, a mile long, and yet at the last minute remember it. For instance... sticker on the car expires today. I remembered at 4:05, station closed at 4. Today is voting day. I remembered because every one had signs all over their lawns. *sigh*ReplyDelete
I have a sticky note on the back door to remind me about PTA Wednesday, and orthodontist appt on Friday and open house on Thursday.
Know what I'm doing tomorrow, on my day off?
Riding a zebra off into the sunset. :0)
(and maybe getting an inspection sticker for the car)Replies
haha, you kill me----i would love to see you riding that zebra---and i know the feeling, it's like i go to say something and if i don't say it right away, like if someone interrupts me---it's gone :)Delete
Having unfinished projects means that we can never complain about having nothing to do.ReplyDelete
Lynn, congratulations on finishing the A to Z challenge!Replies
you make an excellent point cynthia---thank you :)Delete
I usually make several lists but I tend to either lose or forget about them before I finish everything.ReplyDelete
me too gina---but isn't it the best feeling when ya find an old list and are able to cross lots of things off!!ReplyDelete
One thing that helped me to check off my project task list was following Chalene Johnson's 30 day push challenge which is free online :) Great way to figure out how to tackle all your "to do list" items :)ReplyDeleteReplies
i might just have to check that out! thanks :)Delete
Lynn! I love this analogy and you just managed to make me feel so much better! I was sitting here, beating myself up for all I haven't gotten done...thanks, as always...ReplyDeleteReplies
hey meredith----haha, i am glad i did---and i have to fight with myself all the time--about what i haven't gotten done and what is really important :)Delete
I've been running behind!!! You are motivating me!!! I will call that patent attorney tomorrow and get information on how to proceed with one of my ideas! Thank you!ReplyDelete
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yay---let me know---thanks marie and for the hugs :)Delete
I just realized that I never congratulated you on another great A to Z! I can really relate to this as I have so many unfinished projects too. For starters, I'm still trying to follow up with A to Z comments. Good luck with completing your old projects, or finding new ones.ReplyDelete
haha thanks so much julie :)Delete
I have to make lists for everything!! I have the world's worst memory. Congratulations on completion of the challenge :)ReplyDeleteReplies
haha me too, thanks so much :)Delete
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Lists are so helpful! Good luck! And I was wondering if you could please do me a huge favor and click the link I just posted on my blog? It's to win tickets to a concert! It would help so much, thanks! :)ReplyDelete

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But outside Beijing's Great Hall of the People – where China's new senior leadership was being unveiled – the street-level reaction was more muted.
Under one of dozens of giant screens that had been broadcasting proceedings live across the capital, China's 'laobaixing' – its ordinary men and women – giggled, frowned and shrugged off questions about the identities and agendas of their new leaders.
Dozens of people simply declined to be interviewed, claiming they had no time – or no opinions – to offer on the day's events.
"I have no ideas who the new Politburo members are," said Ning Qingzhen, an orange-clad street sweeper. "I'm not interested. I don't have any thoughts or views on it whatsoever."
Li Fuling, a 62-year-old sporting a green army cap with a red star, shared the sentiment. "It doesn't matter to me who are the leaders, so long as they can give laobaixing the real benefits," he said. "For ordinary people, the most important thing is harmony – to live their lives."
China's new Politburo Standing Committee members: Leader of China Communist Party Xi Jinping (centre), (clockwise from top left) Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, Zhang Gaoli
Even those who greeted their country's new leaders with enthusiasm, admitted to patchy knowledge of who they actually were.
"It's all very good. I'm quite happy," said Yang Li, 57. "[But] I can't remember all of the names of the new Politburo members."
The street-level reaction underlines one of the Communist Party's greatest challenges: how to stay in touch with the people, when those people have no say in who their leaders are.
In his speech Mr Xi admitted his party faced many "severe" problems, foremost among them becoming "divorced from the people". "History is created by the people, and people are the true heroes. The people are sources of our strength," he said.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a political scientist from Hong Kong's Baptist University, said an avalanche of damaging scandals had left China's top leadership nervous about the "growing distance between the political elite and the people." "They have been through a real legitimacy crisis this year, starting with the Bo Xilai affair," he said. "They have a lot to mend to regain their image and their legitimacy and to demonstrate that they can do more in terms of fighting corruption and privilege. It's striking how the Communist Party has remained a secret society."
(L-R) Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli greet the media at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (Getty Images)
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Generally, domestic violence is something we think of as linked to, and limited by, the boundaries of the home. The recent tragedy in San Bernardino, however, makes us rethink such notions, as the attacker shot his wife — an elementary school special-education teacher — at the school, killing an 8-year old student in the process. Incidents like this highlight the ways that domestic violence not only affects the domestic sphere, but also the community at large.
In an article on Angelus, sociologist Silva Santos of the Social Security Institute in Uruguay discusses how, out of all the homicides that occur among people who know each other in the United Nations, 79 percent of the victims are women. This phenomenon is reflective of a general social trend wherein women are already treated unequally in public spaces. As Santos describes,
"Domestic abuse is based on gender violence, as well as in other types of violence that society chooses to ignore. For example, street bullying, or within the work environment are behaviors that society overlooks, but they who bully grow accustomed to seeing women as their property or as objects with which they can do whatever they wish."
In essence, the gender discrimination and harassment women face on a routine basis forms the foundation from which domestic abuse is enacted, a platform wherein women are already treated like second-class citizen in the general community. This is mirrored by incidents such as the shooting in San Bernardino, where domestic violence spills out of the home and affects the community at large. Moving forward, it will be important to consider how issues of gender violence and domestic abuse are interconnected.


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People who know me, know that I have a hard on for good Australian music. A true Kiwi I might be, but when you look at the lineup of Electronic Dance bands coming out of there, I would surprised if anyone music lover didn't get a little chub. My first experience was attending a Sneaky Sound System set in Toronto, there may be still be lingering after effects as my insurance wouldn't cover me to get my blown mind checked out.
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"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." – Henry Miller
Recently, four BlackBerry® platform developers visited the offices of Nitobi, the company behind the PhoneGap open source, cross-platform application framework. The goal: implement support for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet in PhoneGap. As in any worthwhile endeavor, it was the experience and the road traveled that provided the value.
Recently, I had been concentrating on working with the tinyHippos team on their transition into the BlackBerry development platform, heading towards our grand vision for the next generation of BlackBerry® WebWorks™ tooling. One of the key pieces of that vision is to maintain support for other platforms such as PhoneGap. So of course we quickly whipped out our shiny BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, fired up Ripple and…well, PhoneGap doesn't support the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. What to do?
We called up our good friends at Nitobi to find out what could be done, and the response was: "Well guys, check it out – PhoneGap is open source." For those that don't know, BlackBerry WebWorks has been an open source project since BlackBerry DEVCON 2010. We have been making progress on our open source strategy and processes, including being open in how we operate on the BlackBerry WebWorks codebase. But working on a BlackBerry-sponsored open source project is quite different from contributing to a third party open source. Further, PhoneGap is a framework whose purpose is to ease development of applications to run on multiple mobile platforms, not just the BlackBerry platform.
This was a perfect opportunity to push the bounds internally and show that the BlackBerry development platform is committed to open source, and especially to growing our involvement within the web community as a whole. A few slide decks and phone calls later, a couple of emails up the executive chain, and we had approval to head to Vancouver, sit with the Nitobi guys, and build support for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet into PhoneGap. It was an exciting and liberating experience; internal stakeholders were very supportive and only wanted to ensure we had done our due diligence.
A week later, with a too-expensive hotel breakfast in our bellies, the four of us were ensconced in a Nitobi conference room and working on an open fork of the PhoneGap codebase in GitHub. While not yet a finished product, we made great progress, and are now trying to finish this work off back in the real world of project deliverables. Have no fear – we WILL get it done, and stay involved even afterwards. Check out the progress in GitHub.
I have been with Research In Motion® (RIM®) for nine years and cannot recall any endeavor of this nature occurring in the past. Those three days at Nitobi provided an immeasurably valuable experience for the four of us, as well as for the BlackBerry platform. I can only hope this is a precursor to bigger and better things for BlackBerry development in the open source and web community. Our perspective on the path forward is forever changed.
Thanks to the Nitobi guys for their generous hospitality and the support given to understand the PhoneGap architecture, and answers to all the little questions along the way. Also, many thanks for the insight into your own perspectives on the mobile space and how web technology can and will play a key role. (The free beer was nice too.)


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49ers surprise with a win
49ERS 10, BILLS 6 49ers make the most of bad trip, bad weather
With every built-in excuse to fall into step with all the other West Coast teams that have traveled to the East Coast for early games only to lose at the ready, the 49ers instead played against type and won a game few thought they could.
In a cold and steady rain at Ralph Wilson Stadium the 49ers beat a team with a winning record for the first time this season as they turned back the Buffalo Bills repeatedly on Sunday in a 10-3 victory that was salve for their battered souls.
"We took a step forward today," said cornerback Nate Clements, the former Bill who made his return to Buffalo a happy one. "It's hard to win a game like this on this level. That's a good team we just beat, I believe. We came out here and matched up with them, toe to toe, and pulled it out."
It was the defense that did the pulling, after San Francisco's offense took the ball on the opening drive and marched smartly 72 yards for a touchdown, capped by Shaun Hill's 12-yard pass to Isaac Bruce, before the rain commenced.
That was the only touchdown to be scored on a wet afternoon, although the 49ers did have one called back in the third quarter when tight end Vernon Davis was hit with an offensive pass interference penalty on a 37-yard TD reception that wasn't.
"The first drive was the only dry drive we had," Hill said. "That was the best weather we were going to have all day."
As the game unfolded in drear and drizzle, the Bills drove inside the San Francisco 10-yard on three occasions and came away with only one field goal. Twice Bills kicker Rian Lindell clanked field goal tries off the left upright, from 20 and 40 yards out, to defy whatever odds there were against such a thing happening two times in the same game to further aid the 49ers.
"I told them it was an ugly win but it is a win and we'll take it any day," coach Mike Singletary said in relaying what he told his team afterward. "We knew coming in here it was going to come down to the defense, trying to keep them out of the end zone. We did a good job. I'm excited about what our defense was able to do."
Three times the 49ers repelled the Bills in the fourth quarter to save this precious victory, the second of the Singletary interim era in five tries. It's one thing to do it at home, as they did against the lousy Rams, quite another on the road in lousy weather against a better opponent.
On Buffalo's first drive in the final period, outside linebacker Parys Haralson stopped running back Fred Jackson for a yard loss on 3rd-and-1 at the San Francisco 6-yard line. Defensive end Ray McDonald then harried quarterback J.P. Losman (starter Trent Edwards left at halftime with a groin injury) into an incompletion on fourth down.
"It means a lot," said McDonald, rotating in at one defensive end spot in the 49ers' busy and productive 3-4 defensive front. "Our playoff hopes are out the window but we're still going to play hard every week. With coach Singletary, we're looking to do good things in the future, meaning this season and next."
Lindell came up with his second doink! moment on the Bills' next drive when his 40-yard try again found the left upright. His counterpart on the 49ers, Joe Nedney, was able to punch through a 50-yarder through the same posts in the same conditions in the second quarter for a 10-0 lead.
"I feel for Rian Lindell but at the same time, when conditions get like that, the snap and hold are very important. Our team executed those things," Nedney said.
With one last gasp remaining with 1:13 to play, Losman's fourth-down pass to Marshawn Lynch netted 1 yard when 15 were needed as nickel cornerback Donald Strickland brought the former California Golden Bear down to end matters.
"I don't think it's the way we have to play to win," Singletary said. "I think we can do a better job on defense. I don't think our limits have been set yet, as long as we don't accept this is how we have to play. I think we're better than this. We'll have to be better next week."
That's at Candlestick Park against the Brett Favre Jets, or if you prefer, the New York Bretts, beaten Sunday by Denver.
A medley of conditions and circumstances made this a strange game for both teams, starting with those two Lindell kicks that went doink! The Bills had 350 yards in total offense and lost while the 49ers, with 195, won. Lynch, with a season-best 134 yards rushing, was on the losing side while Frank Gore, with a modest 66, was on the winning side.
Neither Losman nor Edwards will remind Bills fans of Jim Kelly, however. Steady-as-she-goes Hill was the best quarterback on the soggy field as he hit on 14 of 23 throws for 161 yards and the touchdown to Bruce. He was not intercepted.
"There were a lot of obstacles to overcome," Hill said. "This team has a lot of heart and determination. We were really hungry for this win. It was an ugly win but I learned a long time ago not to apologize for any win. They're hard to come by."


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By Edward Chaykovsky
As BoxingScene.com reported a few days ago, Manny Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, was going to have a meeting with boxer's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, to sort out the confusion regarding the Filipino superstar's next fight.
Several weeks ago, Arum had announced that Pacquiao was going to fight Australian Olympian Jeff Horn on April 23 [April 22 in the United States], likely in Brisbane, Australia.
But then last Saturday night, a bombshell dropped when Pacquiao and Amir Khan made separate announcements, via their social media accounts, that a deal was reached to fight each other on April 23.
Arum told BoxingScene.com on Monday, that he was meeting with Koncz to ensure that everyone involved in Pacquiao's career was on the same page.
Koncz then spoke with Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, and said Arum was now on board with having Khan as Pacquiao's next opponent.
According to Koncz, he met with Arum for two hours and they ultimately agreed to push the fight back to May 20 in the United Arab Emirates (May 19 in the United States), in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
The fight will be a rare Friday night pay-per-view in the United States (Saturday in UAE due to the time difference). The huge issue with making it a Saturday pay-per-view in the United States, is staging the event on a Sunday - which is the start of the work week in UAE.
The big motivator in selecting Khan, was a recent Twitter poll that Pacquiao generated to have his followers submit their votes on who they prefer as his next opponent.
Khan was by far the big winner of the poll, with 48% of the vote. Initially, Koncz and Top Rank had assumed that most of the submitted votes in favor of Khan had come from fans who were based in the UK or the UAE - but everyone involved was shocked when they discovered that 86% of those votes were from the United States, which is the largest pay-per-view market. That discovery was a game changer.
"We decided to move it to May 19 here and May 20 in the United [Arab] Emirates so we'd have time to promote it properly and make it a huge success," Koncz told Yahoo Sports. "I have to talk to both fighters [on Wednesday] to get them to approve going in May instead of in April. I don't think that will be any problem."
"When I saw Amir ran away with it, I figured most of the votes from from England and a lot of them came from the [UAE], but they told me that 86 percent of them were from the U.S. That meant a lot. Obviously, Amir's a big name in the U.S., too, as well as in England [where he lives] and people saw it for what it is: A toss-up fight against two fast-handed guys."
Khan has been out of the ring since last May, when he moved up to a catch-weight of 155-pounds and was knocked out in six rounds by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Koncz told Iole that he respects Khan's decision to take such a risky fight and felt the British boxer did very well in the early rounds.
"That shouldn't be held against him. He took a risk and it didn't pan out, but he was doing great in the early part of the fight. He matches up well with Manny and like I said, it's a 50-50 fight. I certainly think Manny will win, but he's not guaranteed to win this by any means," Koncz said.


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Update at 11:00 am: Four militants killed in an encounter operation at Uri. 17 soldiers also got killed in an gunfight. Combing ops in prog. – SOURCE ANI
Update at 10:25 am: Army has gunned down four fidayeen militants during the ongoing encounter inside the Brigade headquarter in Uri.
During heavy gunfight with militants, army commandos have gunned down four militants. Searches inside the brigade headquarter is on, as per the reports.
Update at 10: smoke rising from the camp, which is on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway. Some army barracks have reportedly caught fire and loud explosions were also heard in the area.
Two jawans have reportedly been martyred, said defence sources.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he has postponed a visit to Russia and the US that was to have started today.
"Spoke to Governor and Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the terror attack in Uri. They have apprised me of the security situation in the state," he tweeted.
Explosions were heard at the rear office of the Indian Army's battalion at Uri, Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. According to preliminary reports, militants stormed the office and intense firing is underway to neutralise them.
The 12th brigade headquarters at Uri is located close to the Line of Control (LoC). Army spokesman in Srinagar said that the militants have targetted rear administrative echelons of Army in Uri. The rear office is where army battalion's logistic equipment is kept. The attack took place at wee hours in the morning. Para Commandos of the Army have also been dropped at the site.
The police suspects it to be a fidayeen attack. Around three to four militants are suspected to be inside the complex. According to sources, atleast 16 Jawans may have been injured.
Sources said that the militants, number not known. opened fire on the camp at 5.30 AM in the morning. They are said to have entered the camp and intense firing is on. Some barracks have also caught fire.


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I try not to be the judge and jury regarding cases such as these. Oh, yes, I have my opinions, opinions that cannot see through the irrational way in which he confronted the situation, and hardly exonerate him as a blameless victim of South African crime and fear. But the fact remains: Oscar Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp.
After the news hit on February 14, 2013, that something had happened at Oscar's home in Silver Woods Estate in Pretoria, social networks were in a flurry to discover what had exactly happened. The initial statement from the police showed that a man had killed a woman - but it couldn't possibly have been Oscar, the most famous Paralympic athlete in the world?
As with all cases of this ilk involving celebrities, the world is quick to turn its back on those they once favoured, envied, and worshipped, and opinions quickly shift from the positive to the negative, with many saying they never liked him, or they thought he was too arrogant, or other personal attacks on his character.
Keeping a firm eye on the trial since it started - lucky me; I'm in online publishing - the State's case appears weaker than they would have had us believe. They have certainly managed to make Oscar out as a short-tempered man with a fondness for guns, while the witnesses called for the State's prosecution were at pains to prove they had heard shouts and screams before hearing the gunshots. The Defence is adamant that these witnesses were hearing the pained screams of Oscar himself, as he expressed his anguish on discovering his error, and that the sounds they heard after the screams were the peals of a cricket bat breaking through the bathroom door.
Oscar's defence attorney is allowing him to express his statement in his own words now, and is gentle with him, but I think everyone is waiting for State prosecutor Gerrie Nel to show his teeth as he cross-examines every detail of Oscar's affidavit and sworn testimony.
After a debate with work colleagues this afternoon, I was sent a link to a video showing that the sounds of gunshots versus cricket bats slamming on doors is very similar. Check it out here.
That led me to the below interview with Robert Shapiro, that epitome of celebrity defence lawyers. It is interesting, as he says the first thing he tells his clients is to keep their mouths shut; something Oscar has not done.
What do you think so far?
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Other videos you may like to watch:
Reeva: The Model You Thought You Knew
Oscar Pistorius What Really Happened (BBC) (This one is really good for background on Oscar and Reeva, with interviews with her best friend and an ex-boyfriend who saw her for coffee two days before she was killed)
20.23: Another one: Reeva's Cousin Says She Wasn't In Love
20.28: June Steenkamp Speaks Out (She talks about Reeva telling her she and Oscar were fighting a lot)


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Do Dodo Bones Belong in a Museum?
By Jack Ashby, on 14 November 2013
This week the Daily Mail reported that two bones from a dodo were set to sell at auction for £30,000. This would be the first private sale of a dodo bone since 1934*. My first reaction was one of horror. Why is that?
These are two main reasons why I might deplore this sale:
1) It should be in a museum.
2) We shouldn't put a value on natural history objects.
I'd like to explore why these might not be reasonable objections.
It Should be in a Museum: For Science
This is the reaction I got on Twitter when discussing this story, and it seems reasonable. Valuable natural history specimens that aren't in museums are lost to science, as I have argued before when discussing Channel 4's Four Rooms.
But are these two bones – a femur and partial pelvis – valuable natural history specimens? I'm not convinced.
We have a spectacular collection of dodo bones at the Grant Museum – almost definitely collected by the same person – George Clarke – as the bones on sale. They are of genuine public interest – visitors always want to see them and there was real media interest when we rediscovered an entire extra tray of their bones when we moved in 2011.
In my nine years at the Grant Museum I can only recall researchers wanting to use the bones for science once (and that was just to list which museums have dodo material).
The added value of a single femur and pelvis to human knowledge of dodos is, I believe, limited.
It Should be in a Museum: For the Public
So if not for research, then for the public? If these dodo bones were in a museum the public could visit them and be inspired by the story. Does the public not deserve to have access to their global heritage? After all, one could argue that dodos were the first species that humans realised they had driven to extinction.
To be honest, I'm not sure two extra bones would make a difference – no museum could seriously display these on their own – it would look a bit meagre.
If a museum were trying to build a composite skeleton, as many have, and were missing a femur and a pelvis, then there really would be an argument for them having them. But other than that, it seems rather simplistic to say that all dodo bones should be in a museum. So why was I horrified?
We Shouldn't Put a Value on Natural History Objects: it Devalues Them
Treating natural history specimens as commodities to be traded like art is a dangerous game. Taxidermy is all the rage these days with hipster types, but you can pick that up for less than £100 in an antiques shop. When high-end art dealers get involved something different happens.
The price of an artwork is determined by how desirable it is. How desirable something is is, arguably, determined by art dealers. When art dealers get their hands on natural history objects they work out how to make them desirable, and set their price. Being the first living person to buy a dodo bone is the kudos that this sale is surely being built on.
Creating an elite market in natural history influences future sales and when material that is scientifically important comes up, museums and research institutions are priced out of the market. For example I commented for the Guardian on the story of an amazing dinosaur fossil was put up for sale for $9m – out-pricing any museum budget. In that case the specimen did have real potential value.
In addition, seeing animal specimens as trade-able items creates a market that can have real impact on living species, and that could have conservation impacts.
We Shouldn't Put a Value on Natural History Objects: Museums might be tempted to sell
In order to insure something, museums have to put a value on it (whether natural history or art). This can be a scary process for curators. As soon as you tell your governors or council that something they effectively own is valuable enough to fund something significant the thought occurs that they might cash it in.
The Museums Association strongly protests against such short-term thinking, but it doesn't stop it from happening. Croydon Council has suffered some terrible backlashes for seeking to sell paintings from their museums' Riesco collection. This has long been a background concern for art collections, but art was designed for trading. Natural history has largely been able to fly under the radar. While the scientific and real world value of specimens is well-recognised, it's likely that most governing institutions assumed it was of limited financial value.
If two imperfect bones could fetch £30,000, imagine what a really significant collection might be worth? It will inevitably lead to some insurance reassessment around the world. Museums just don't need this kind of temptation dealt to their governing bodies.
We Shouldn't Put a Value on Natural History Objects: It Puts them at Risk
If the museum governors get tempted, so might criminals. Certain museum objects – particularly rhino horn – have been targeted by organised criminals, often in violent attacks. The sector has responded well with a suite of new security measures. Museums really don't want to have to add dodo bones to objects that could attract unwanted attention.
There is a counter-argument to putting financial value on objects – perhaps it's the only value anyone pays attention to. Art collections have relatively few problems convincing decision-makers of the value of their collections, because it is readily and regularly expressed in financial terms. This isn't the case for natural history, which can often struggle to explain why their collections need protecting. This is a sad fact. Perhaps even the natural history curators themselves will be looking at their specimens in a different light after this dodo sale.
So do dodo bones belong in museums? I'm unconvinced. Some dodo bones belong in museums, but maybe not these ones. I'm still horrified that they are being sold like this though. What do you think?
* This is a slightly dubious claim as part of a dodo femur was sold by Christies earlier in 2013 for £8,000. The sale of the femur discussed here is the first complete bone sold since 1934 (though it should be noted that the pelvis is not complete).
Jack Ashby is the Manager of the Grant Museum of Zoology


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iancanton wrote:in the legend, the colons and initial letters of the route names don't line up with each other. this looks a bit untidy.
move the box for LVP by 5mm southward to be closer to liverpool's actual location.
i think the STATIONS text ought to read "station names (not stations names) are 3-letter city code (not 3 letter station code), full city name, 1-letter (not 1 letter) service code". this will make it consistent with the ATTACKING text, which includes the phrase "stations in same city", implying that the 3-letter code is a city code, not a station code.
otherwise neat.
Thanks ian...i'll attend to those tomorrow in new version.
Ian, here are the change requested on the small version 31
I won't change the position of LVP station, it's too close to that line and too much to shift it all.
The large version will be along shortly.


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First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mike Umeh has assured Nigerians that the Super Eagles and Golden Eaglets would win their respective matches on Saturday and Sunday.
The NFF top official told SportingLife that the Federation has done all it could to ensure the Eagles emerge victorious against the Lone Star of Liberia and thereby qualify for the 2013 Africa Nations Cup finals slated for South Africa in January while also assuring on Eaglets to beat visiting Guinea in one of the qualification series for the Cadet Nations Cup.
Umeh is also confident that the Eagles would run over Liberia in the absence of injured Skipper, Joseph Yobo. "Yobo's absence is not going to have any adverse effect on the team although his teammates would miss him but the rest of players would definitely cope in his absence," Umeh told SportingLife yesterday.
He also spoke on the preparations for both the Africa Nations Cup qualifier and the Junior Nations Cup qualifying match which the Golden Eaglets would slug it out with Guinea a day after Eagles versus Liberia match.
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The respected NFF top official also showered encomiums on Cross Rivers Governor for his assistance to the two teams so far in their qualification campaigns for Africa competitions.
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Hosting a Happy Birthday Jesus Party by Susie
I'm writing this on the eve of hosting my 5th or so Happy Birthday Jesus Party. My sweet five year old couldn't fall asleep tonight he was so excited! "Daddy, guess what tomorrow is? It's our happy birthday Jesus Party!" And you know what friend? I'm pretty excited too! This one of those special times we get to invite friends from the neighborhood, our schoolmates, my mamma play date friends to join us in celebrating the birth of our Savior. I love sharing life with people. I love sharing the message of Christmas with cherished friends. I love inviting others to take a peek into what gives our family so much joy. I want my friends and my children's friends to have the chance to celebrate with us.
Now sweet mamma! I KNOW you are tired! I am too…I can barely type this out tonight out of sheer fatigue but I promise you that a party like this can be thrown together quickly, easily, and with joy in your heart! And its such a simple but effective way to keep Christ at the center of your family's Christmas celebration.
We always start out with a craft. My kids love traditions and since we made these adorable pinecone christmas trees the first year we had a party, we now HAVE to make one at every Happy Birthday Jesus party!
Supplies needed:
paper plate
playdough to stick the pinecone onto so it won't tip over
glue or glitter glue
mini pom-poms, beads, baubles, or anything lying around that could serve as a Christmas tree ornament
Don't forget something to function of some sort of star – I think this one is a sticker
Of course you need a nice fat pinecone with its "petals" opened up wide. We love to go outside on a hike with buckets and collect the pinecones lying around. We live near some great trees that drop some HUGE pinecones so this is super fun for us. Wet pine cones will open up nicely once let to dry out. (Lesson learned: let them dry out for a couple days in a sheltered area OUTSIDE in case there are any creepy crawly things living inside!!) Short on time? Pick up a bag of pinecones at your nearest craft store. Bonus-they are often cinnamon scented!!
Grab a nativity story coloring book from your home collection or the nearest dollar store and cut out pages. Add some crayons and voila! craft time!
Or go to a website that offers free coloring pages like these:
ministry-to-children.com coloring pages
What comes next? The birthday cake of course! Years ago, long before I had children, I bought a Christmas Tree cake pan. Now its the official Happy Birthday Jesus Cake pan!
But honestly, just pour a cake mix in any old pan and light some candles and sing Happy Birthday Jesus and all the kids will be over the moon! Heck, run to the closest grocery store and buy one from the bakery. Done!!!
Finally, the best of the party is the telling of the wondrous Christmas story. I love a resource that Family Life has published. My kids LOVE it and the other children always are entranced by the story. It's called "What God Wants for Christmas." Again a must do tradition for us!
Simply grab your favorite children's Bible and read the story of our Savior's birth. Or perhaps share from another favorite children's storybook that has a faithful retelling of the Christmas nativity story. Let us know if you'd like a list of some our favorites!
A word on invitations. I have many friends who join in our celebration but are of a different faith tradition or have no particular faith traditions of their own. What a great way to share your love for Jesus with your friends! Sometimes we get hung up on worrying about not wanting to offend anyone by inviting them to a JESUS party of all things. Invitations don't offend people. It's discovering you weren't invited to a party that offends. Like my mom always says, "even if I don't want to go, it's always nice to be given an opportunity to say no!" LOL! I confess I am often a bit nervous as I send out those invitations to acquaintances that I don't know for sure what their reaction will be, but I've always been pleasantly surprised, delighted actually, with the responses. And it always such a blessing to share the joy with have with those we care about.
If you have hosted a party like this in the past, won't you share your ideas/resources for us in the comments so we can all enjoy?
If this post comes too late for you this year, will you consider putting it on your calendar for next year? You and your friends will be blessed!
Joy to the world!
Comments4 Responses to "Hosting a Happy Birthday Jesus Party by Susie"
Love this! And love how simple you made it and explained it to make it seem do-able (even last minute!) and as a ministry outreach (instead of only inviting friends you know are believers).
What a great blog post! Love the pictures, the kids look so young. Xoxo
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Three Bad Jacks returns Thursday to House of Rock with a chance to show off its depth and versatility. The Los Angeles trio will be be joined by The Stingrays and Buddy T. Y Los Chingons. Doors are at 9 p.m. Originally formed as a hard-hitting rockabilly/psychobilly band, the group's release of "Pictures and Memories From Home" has expanded the repertoire to ballads and blues. But have no fear, the band still maintains it's throbbing gutbucket bottom end and bandleader Elvis Suissa's passionate vocals while navigating the broader musical spectrum.
Peace & Quiet comes home for a show Friday at House of Rock. Doors are at 9:30 p.m. They'll be joined by Silver Blueberry (psychedelic/garage/punk) and Hilltop. Peace & Quiet began as a project of songwriters Jeremy Delgado and Vic Benys when they were writing songs together as a duo performing mostly for friends and family. After forming a full band in in Corpus Christi, the group has been riding their wave of indie/psychedelic rock, which has taken them to a new home base in Austin.
Any Colour You Like returns Saturday to House of Rock to paint a pretty accurate picture of Pink Floyd. The tribute band, named after the "Dark Side of the Moon" track, touches on all the intricate details of the original music while allowing room for the group's own artistic flourishes. Doors open at 9 p.m.


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I made my first of many trips to come to Point Mouillee, Michigan at the end of August with two good photographer friends of mine. Point Mouillee hosts a wide variety and number of shorebirds that use the area as a stopover point to feed and rest on their migration journey from various parts in the Northern Hemisphere to parts of South America, Cell #3 being the primary target for photographers and bird watchers alike. To reach Cell #3 a 3-4 mile bike ride is needed from the parking lot that takes you through at times tons of biting insects. Shooting conditions will get you muddy and wet all the while swatting away pesky mosquitoes and biting flies both in the water and the surrounding dike of Cell #3. A bug mask that I bought for the trip came in handy during the bike ride and at times while photographing in the muck. But it is all well worth it to get those eye level shots and nice gradient blurred background s that can be had there due to the surrounding environment. Below is a photo that I took of Cell #3 with my 17-40mm that shows the area in which we were photographing. If you look closely you can see some of the shorebirds along the water's edge that we were photographing.
Our trip had us arriving just before sunrise on Saturday. Once we unloaded our gear and loaded up our bikes we were off to make the long bike ride. Once we settled on a spot to focus our photography at (sand spit on the east side of Cell #3) we spotted and photographed a very rare visitor to this area of the country, a Hudsonian Godwit. This extremely rare visitor, in its winter plumage was with us for both days were at Point Mouillee, giving us many different views /poses of shorebird. The Hudsonian we found to be very cooperative and unafraid of us.
We were also able to photograph a Red Knot, Adult and Juvenile Semipalmated Plovers, Short-Billied Dowitchers, Least and Greater Yellowlegs.
We saw a group of Phalaropes as well but were unable to photograph them as they were concentrated towards the middle of Cell #3. We decided to stay there all day Saturday eating our sandwiches that we had brought along with us. During the afternoon I focused on some in flight shots of the numerous Caspian Terns in the area that were fishing in Cell #3.
Luckily we had blue skies during the duration of the time that was spent on some in flight shots of this beautiful Tern. Saturday evening brought clouds and some spotty showers to the area as well as some increased winds out of the north. Earlier in the day they were out of the east and we were protected from them by the surrounding dike. This all combining to make less then par shooting conditions as the wind was really working against us in capturing these shorebirds with the reflections in the water. We left the area and headed to a local hotel and to grab a bite to eat for the night and to recharge the batteries for another day of shooting.
After a well needed meal and a good night's rest Sunday morning had us arriving from our local hotel at 5:30am with sunrise at 6:54am. Wind was again an issue that morning as the wind speed had picked up over night, though we did have great morning light. The Hudsonian Godwit was with us again and offered us more great shots and allowed me to capture my first wing stretch pose of any shorebirds. We ended up packing up around 9:30am and headed back to the parking lot after a successful but exhausting weekend of shorebird shooting. I look forward to a return visit to the area next year for more shorebird shooting. In my experience I would put Point Mouillee, Michigan at the top of the list along with Conneaut, Ohio for shorebird photography.


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Canon PowerShot SD780IS that the U.S. market at the beginning of the month of March 2009 and has numerous functions. It is the best digital ELPH Canon has so far but his small body of a real pack. The term "ELPH", before the question is a combination of the word "ring" (for a camera that is small and magical) and the word "Photo". Besides the memorable marketing, using a standard spelling is not "Elf" is a brand to defend.
The device is available in four colors black, silver, gold and dark red. It is a 12.1 MP digital camera with 2.5 inch LCD screen and a 3x optical zoom image stabilized. As already said, it is the best Canon ELPH has a width of 0.7 cm. Combined with a width and a height of only 3.4 and 2.1 inches and weighing 4.2 ounces, it's really small.
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A self timer with face detection automatically detects an increase in the number of faces and the corresponding adjustments. So, if you have a photo of the group, and you understand enough to the camera on a tripod with facial and automatically selected. The device is now scheduled to enter the frame, so he meets the ball perfectly centered.
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Le Musée de Lhomme is a compilation of players aid and 20 scenarios written by one of the most generous advocate for Call of Cthulhu (in France): Tristan Lhomme. Most of them already published, all have been rewritten to allow newbies to play them more easily and the veterans to rediscover them.
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• Horreurs du Nouveau Continent, regroup eleven scenarios in the USA in the 20s.
• Horreurs du Vieux Continent, offer 5 scenarios in Europa in the 20s.
• La Débâcle, presents two scenarios and a players aide to play in France in the 40s.
• Le 7e Chant de Maldoror, is a long scenario in the US in the 60s.
• La saga Félicie, explore Cambodia in the 70s and the organization Félicie.
Two appendix complete these booklets and make an essemble of stories selected carefully in a prestigious edition.
Le Musée de Lhomme is a French creation and the richest compendinum ever published for the RPG Call of Cthulhu. The author demonstrate once again his talent of story teller that inspired hundreds of keepers and terrified thousands of investigators.
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|Before you can hire, you have to recruit and that doesn't mean just placing an ad in the local paper. Recruiting for a business development center (BDC) is serious business because these individuals will represent your dealership to the community. They will be your voice, your first impression. If you hire the wrong people, you could inadvertently ask prospects to shop elsewhere.
I am assuming you have already hired an outstanding business development manager (BDM)—that is, someone who can "show, not tell" other employees how to do their jobs. Hopefully, you have not hired an overpaid data entry clerk whose job is to create reports, as is done in many dealerships. You are ready to hire the business development representatives (BDR). This can be done in-house by a qualified BDM or it can be outsourced. For an inexperienced BDM, you may want to outsource the staffing the first time and have the BDM involved throughout the process. This will allow them to observe what should happen during the hiring process.
The best way I have found to locate good recruits is to run an ad for customer service representatives on various online listing services. The ad should be well written. It should indicate a ground-level opportunity with plenty of room for advancement, and it should offer free skills training. The ad should run at least two weeks before your scheduled training day. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications online or by e-mail only.
Once you have applicants, begin by conducting the first interview over the phone with each person. The only disqualifier during this stage is an inability to communicate well on the phone. If they can't pass a telephone interview, you certainly don't need them on the phone representing your dealership. Based on the telephone interviews, invite up to 10 times the number of openings you have to the training camp.
At the beginning of the training camp, which is usually a two-and-a-half- to five-day event, only about 50 percent of those applicants who said they would attend will actually show up. This is normal. Some won't commit to the time, while others are kept away by their fear of the unknown. Either way, they just self-eliminated themselves for their lack of commitment to change.
All applicants should be asked to sign a waiver, which should say something to the effect of: "This training is offered free of charge. You are being considered as a candidate for a potential job opening and if an agreement for employment is reached, you will be paid for the time spent in training on your first paycheck." This is a very condensed sample. You will need an attorney familiar with the laws of your state to help you draft this properly.
The training camp should cover the general BDC process and involve extensive role-playing. This role-play is, in reality, the second interview. At this point, you will start to eliminate those who can't grasp what you really do. You want articulate and persuasive individuals who can adjust and adapt to callers in a way that builds rapport.
At the end of the workshop, give a written exam to see how much the applicants have retained. Essay questions are best for evaluating retention. By the time the applicants have completed this process, you will have identified your strongest candidates to hire. Business development team leader (BTL) candidates will rise to the top during this process and can be hired to manage three or four BDRs.
In addition to the previous skills, I look for basic typing skills; 30 words per minute is fine as long as they are comfortable on the computer. Applicants must possess a willingness to learn, be flexible in their work schedule and be willing to work on a production-based pay plan. This does not mean that they are commission-only. BDRs need a base rate per hour with incentives for meeting and exceeding goals.
BDRs are not expected to meet the clients, nor would I recommend it. We have all done it at least once. We speak with someone multiple times on the phone, but we have never met them. Then, one day you have the opportunity to meet them face to face, and when you do, they are nothing like you expected and you are disappointed. The same thing happens with your BDR. Once a BDR meets a customer, the mystique is lost. If the BDR doesn't meet the customer, they can become the customer's advocate to some degree. This also allows the BDR to follow up with customers and correct flaws in the sales process. This is something that doesn't work well if the customer and BDR have met in person.
The last thing I feel is important in the hiring process is to know why this job is important to the applicant. Anyone with an average IQ can be trained to do the job. The best hires boil down to their level of motivation and determination to succeed.
Hiring the right people for your BDC is not as difficult as it sounds, but it does take time, patience and training. However, isn't that true with all positions in the dealership? Make the time to find the right employees now.
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We work with Buyers who want to secure a home, live in it now and want to explore all options in how, when and what type of financing they will get to buy the home.
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Vegetarians get pegged as intolerant jerks all the time -- with their holier-than-thou eating habits and their "I can't eat anything with a face." But look who the real intolerant jerks are. USA Today and Match.com surveyed some single vegetarians to see if they would be willing to date meat eaters. And they asked meat eaters if they would be willing to date vegetarians.
Almost all the vegetarians said they'd be willing to date a meat eater! Only 4 percent said they wouldn't. But carnivores? A whole 30 percent of them said they would reject a vegetarian. Meat eaters, where is the love?!?
Well, well, well. Look who's more open minded: Vegetarians. As someone who likes to poke fun at vegetarians every so often: OUCH. All this time we've been giving veggies crap about being so self-righteous and persnickety. What meat eater hasn't secretly felt judged by vegetarians? We just assume that if a vegetarian makes a choice about her food based on her ethics (or other strong feelings), she's going to disapprove of anyone who makes the opposite choice, right? And that's why meat eaters are so wary of vegetarians: They're afraid of being harshly judged.
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It's a pre-emptive strike. Meat eaters reject vegetarians before vegetarians can reject them.
Well it turns out vegetarians are a bit more flexible than that. They're in the minority, and that tends to make you a little more compassionate towards people who are different from you. They're constantly making accommodations, meeting you at that restaurant that has only one vegetarian dish, making do with just the corn and salad at the barbecue. Sure they complain sometimes -- but you would, too, if you were living in a vegetarian world.
I'm not a vegetarian, but many of my friends are veggies. And they couldn't care less what I eat. Most of them care way more about their relationships with friends and family than how most folks get their protein.
Oh god. I hope vegetarians don't start getting all judgy and self-righteous about being less judgy and self-righteous than carnivores...
Did the survey surprise you? Did you know meat eaters could be more intolerant than vegetarians?
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