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The first edition of what may be a one-of-a-kind Crossword Puzzle Dictionary contains approximately 144,000 words that make up approximately 43,000 crossword phrases and some more commonly used single words. These entries have been compiled over a period of ten to twelve years dating back to the late nineties.This all started as a crossword thesaurus or reference for the author's personal use and not with any intent on creating a new and different crossword dictionary, at least not at the onset. Initially, I kept a small notebook and as it grew, I transferred it to computer; ultimately, it has grown into a 228 plus page dictionary of crossword phrases. This is something that is new and different to the crossword world and Cruciverbalists. The usual Crossword Dictionary deals as a reference for a single word clues but, to my knowledge, none concentrate on crossword phrases in the manner that this book does. If you are looking for 6 Letter Words then YouGoWords.com is the right place to find it.
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The Revised Edition of The Ultimate Crossword Word-Phrase Finder is an expanded version of the first edition and consists of 358 pages containing approximately 248,000 words that make up approximately 68,500 phrases along with some more commonly used single words. These crossword dictionaries and crossword puzzle help will be useful to the novice and the cruciverbalists alike. Novices will use the crossword solving resource frequently as the cut their teeth on increasingly more challenging puzzles. More experienced cruciverbalists will use this crossword puzzle assistance to find a single answer that provides the breakthrough to fill in the last unsolved corner where "Kampuchea coin" intersects with "River in southwest Zimbabwe". Hopefully this crossword puzzle assistance will allow users to move up the ladder of crossword difficulty that makes our shared addiction so enjoyable. Many of the phrase clues in these crossword dictionaries have been entered once as it was originally written in the crossword puzzle and a second time with the noun or verb being listed first in alphabetical order. Crossword Clue Solver Example:
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The purpose was to make it possible to find answers to crossword puzzles particular clue regardless of how the phrase would be worded in a given crossword puzzle. To make searching easier, concentrate on looking up the phrase as it is written, then if that fails, search using the second option. There will be instances wherein you may not find the exact answer you are looking for, but your search may give you a hint as to what the correct answer may be. My initial intent was to confine the dictionaries to crossword phrases (clues) but as time went on I started adding more commonly used single word clues with minimizes the need to reference a second dictionary. Anyone who is familiar with crossword puzzle has experienced the use of words that have had the spelling skewed to fit the puzzle. I included some misspelled entries, along with the correct spelling, especially if the misspelled word occurred on more than one occasion. Throughout the crossword dictionaries you will find a two or more word phrase with one word underlined and no apparent answer. The underlined word within the phrase is the answer you are looking for. Example:
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text: I think one of the reasons Colin Powell is held in such high regard may be based on 1 premise: plain talk. Out of all the politcos and talking heads, he comes the closest to expaining things in terms that even the layest of the laymen can understand. No spin, no BS just the facts. If you caught his statement to the press this morning, he laid out the facts in regards to the Woodward book. He stated his case, gave facts and that was it. He said this is what happened, this is what I did, and this is what I know. (He also stated that the book account is "wrong") When he was done he said "that's all I have to say" Instantly the reporters started yapping, and he turned around shaking his head and walked away. You could tell from the look on his face he was disgusted with the whole ridiculous situation. (As an aside, Woodward is now backpedaling on the context that some of the reported quotes) Back to the main point: I think a big part of GWB's problem is that he comes across as being out of touch. Photo ops and snippets of speeches flashed on the tv for 30 seconds do not truly convey who the man is. It's probably safe to say that if any politician came out and talked like the rest of us, normal people would feel a certain kinship to them and could relate to them. (which would translate into votes) I think GWB was at his best when he stood down at the WTC and made his remarks about "the people who knocked down these buildings are going to hear from all of us!" No BS, no spin, no coaching or rehearsal, just the way we all felt at that moment. Moments in time like that are why he probably had 90% approval ratings in the following months. And what's with these assinine disclaimers at the end of campaign commercials "My name is John Doe and I approve this ad"

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Mekar Bhuana family based centre in Denpasar proudly presents Selonding Fundraising Performance Series*, an ancient Balinese art-form dating back to the 10th-14th centuries. Selonding is one of Bali's rarest types of gamelan music. A selonding orchestra is made up of primitive looking metallophone instruments, normally with large iron keys, and is played by 6-11 musicians. The set at Mekar Bhuana is one of only four duplicates of the sacred Besakih Temple orchestra from 1236 AD. Our group is made up of male and female family members aged 4 to 55. We were inspired by the talents of Mekar Bhuana founders' eldest son, Gede Semara, who has been playing selonding music since he was 5 and even started composing for this archaic orchestra when he was just 6 years old. He is Bali's youngest selonding composer of mixed nationality: mum from Bali and dad from New Zealand. We plan to bring his music and our family group that supports him to New Zealand in February 2015. After recent success performing in South Korea, we want to share our Bali family music-making experience with Kiwi audiences through an outreach programme of performances and workshops. Thank you for your support! Performance series runs from: Day: every Thursdays & Sundays Date: Nov 2nd 2014 until Feb 1st 2015 Time: 7 pm For ticketing, contact: Putu Evie or Vaughan at 464201 / 081999191104/6 or send email to firstname.lastname@example.com Note: *Performance held at family residence: seating limited to 40 pax *Beverages and Balinese-style food available for purchase *Includes explanation by ethnomusicologist, Vaughan Hatch and dance instructor, Putu Evie, as well as a chance to try the instruments Photo Credits : Anggara Mahendra
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Just about everybody who is involved in agriculture follows the price of corn because the price of every other agricultural commodity follows it.
Right now, the corn price is close to historic highs because of a number of factors, including the recent drought in the Midwest. Fortunately for farmers in this area, it was a good year to grow corn. Harvest yields have been approaching those that would satisfy a farmer in Iowa. And with corn bringing close to $7.50 a bushel on the open market, it's almost enough to make a farmer smile.
But it seems that there is an equal and opposite consequence for every good fortune. The yields were so good in places that the dilemma now is what to do with it. If you're confused by that statement, imagine you were given a 10-acre field of standing corn. The corn on the field is worth, at average yields and current prices, about $10,000. What are you going to do with it?
You might think the answer is as easy as take it off the field and sell it. But you are a realist and know it's not that easy. To be sold as dry corn, the moisture content has to be below 15 percent. Much of the corn still standing is wetter than that right now. If it were to be harvested and stored in a bin wet, it would mold and be ruined.
Farmers have a way to harvest corn grain early. High moisture corn is corn that has been harvested with the moisture content usually between 20 and 30 percent. It undergoes a fermentation process similar to silage that results in some stability from spoilage, provided it doesn't come into prolonged contact with air.
So you want to put your field of corn in a silo and laugh all the way to the bank, right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but all of the silos are full right now and your corn is still standing in the field. High moisture is far from a hot commodity right now. Now what?
Well, if you can get the equipment into the field to get the corn, you could have it trucked to a facility with a dryer. Yes, corn can be harvested and dried under heat. The drawback to that is that dryers are few and far between and they are all drying other people's corn right now. Take a number.
The drying process isn't free either. The heat source comes from propane and the cost to dry corn is dependent on the cost of energy. The cost is somewhere around $0.50 per bushel, depending on the moisture content. If so, your 10-acre corn field of corn is worth about $700 less if the corn has to be dried.
Oh, and then there's the cost of harvesting it and trucking to the mill to have it dried. Have you seen how much diesel fuel is right now? Suddenly, those 10-acres of corn is starting to look like a liability to you, right?
So, paying to have the corn harvested, trucked to a drier and dried is turning out to be an expensive proposition. Let's leave it in the field and nature will take care of the drying process, albeit at a slightly slower pace.
Well, if it was that easy, then there would be no need for dryers. The longer the corn stays in the field, the more risk there is that nature will take it back with a storm, mold or vermin. You may have noticed the dust flying a couple of weeks ago in the soybean fields in anticipation of the snowstorm. A snowstorm can devastate soybeans. Weather can ruin a corn crop, but a true catastrophic loss doesn't happen too often.
The bigger risk now is the wildlife. Whitetail deer are certain to continue to help themselves to your corn and deer season is a long two weeks away. Deer can eat a lot of corn in two weeks. Do you really still want that 10 acres of corn?
These are the dilemmas that farmers deal with day in and day out. Nobody is complaining that the corn yielded too much. On the contrary, everybody is very, very grateful. But recognize that these are just a few of the dilemmas that need to be worked out yet.
Still, there is little doubt that the corn will eventually get harvested. And when it does, you'll finally see the farmer with a smile on his face.
(Dr. Bill Croushore is a veterinarian with White Oak Veterinary Clinic in Berlin, and services farms in Somerset, Bedford, Westmoreland and Fayette counties. If you have a question for the veterinarian, send it to email@example.com.)


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..kay first off..my MUMMY IS AWESOME! (and Wayne, too..Wayne's awesome, too.) She got me a brand new baby: Canon Powershot A570...I was getting a little mad with my old camera, and wanted a new one for France but didn't have enough extra moola..so she suprised me with one yesterday!! yay! Mom, you're the best! And thank goodness I had an older version of this camera, cuz I don;t even have to sift throught the giant manual, I got most of it figured out already! Yay! I'm excited about pictures again!
..and secondly..yummy scrapbook goodness! The Muse said today was the day to post our pages; so here they are. Everything is from the June kit; this kit was by far my most favorite yet!
This one is one of my faves...I wrote an article in the Scrapmuse newsletter this month on how to make your own Elsie-inspired doodle paper...and so I made my own doodle paper as a demo. =) So much fun!
This one is all about Z..and his coolness. He still had long hair when this pic was taken...=) now he just has short film scruff everywhere..=) he he...(hopefully he's not peeved that I posted this for the world to see) it's not a scary mushy-gushy page. =) he he...
My best grrls..=) Love that picture of Mandy and Melissa..=)
This one is all bout my fave songs..=) Thought the paper was perfect for painting journalling lines on...
I save cool clothing tags, even though I'm not much of a label fan..but I like some...=) So here they are!
This one is really, about nothing...I just wanted to play with stuff..he he..then realized that I sometimes need to make art just to make art, it doesn't matter what it's about. =) So the page is now about that...
This ones a yummy art journal page about remembering my first cd, the first time I heard Def leppard, etc.
..and thirdly; have you seen this Red Velvet Project kit??
I could not, not spoil myself a little with that. Vinatge stuff, robots, paint, and "Love, Elsie" come on! A girl needs a treat every once in a while...I think those kits rock so much that when Zingboom takes a much needed break in a few months (yay, Kristen! I'm sad about no Zingboom, but so happy for her to relax), Red Velvet may be my substitute til the Zing is back. =) If my monies let me, that is. Do I have a job in a month and a half? not yet..eek!
So that's all for today; I switched from MTv to Muchmusic today, cuz I simply stand the "Pimp my ride" marathon...there are people that are starving in this world and they have time and money to put 5 LCD tv screens in the trunk of a car and make the outside look gaudy as hell? Not for me. I'm workin...well, I was until the monthly upload-everywhere adventure began. =) back to it for me! Happy day! Hope everyone's weekend is cool!
Saturday, June 16, 2007
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3 comments:
- Nat said...
you layouts are so funky and cool - I love what you did with the kit (yeah I know I told you a hundred times- but I just can't get over it - LOL)
- Michelle said...
I love what you did with the Kits too. I saved them in my Book of Scraps for inspiration. Thanks!
- a little about me and my life said...
girl you have been seriously rockin' the Love Elsie. Those layouts are amazing!
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Title-chasing Bulwell head to Coronation Park this weekend to face Eastwood CFC with Reds boss Paul MacFarland well aware of the tough challenge his side faces.
Eastwood remain without a win in the Central Midlands League as they continue to fine tune in what is the club's first ever season.
And with three games coming up against sides in the upper echelons of the table, MacFarland says it's important to remain positive.
"This season we've actually done quite well against sides higher up and the only pressure on us is relative to our own targets, which revolve around getting a win or two under our belts and continuing to make progress," he said.
"We're in the habit of starting and finishing games well but it's the bit in the middle which remains my biggest concern, so our game management needs to improve.
"I think the squad we have now is more settled and certainly capable of getting us a few points to add to the three draws we picked up around Christmas."
Bulwell are second in the league and three points behind leaders Mickleover Royals, although Royals have five games in hand and look strong favourites to be champions by the end of the season.
Eastwood's aim, meanwhile, remains to try and catch the likes of Holbrook St Michaels and Southwell City above them, something MacFarland believes can certainly still happen.
He said: "There's no relegation but nobody wants to finish bottom.
"We didn't play last Saturday due to a waterlogged pitch but managed to get a good training session in elsewhere in which we worked hard to ensure the players understand how we're going to play and each of their roles.
"Everyone's still really positive. It's been a huge learning curve but there is potential for a great future here once the building blocks are put in place.
"I'm happy that the ambition is in place to take the club higher in due course. The off-pitch facilities are excellent and can work hand-in-hand with the football side of things to help build the club as a whole, and the fans have given valuable input as to what they want to see happen which has been taken on board."


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'your phone might seem geeky, but we can't deny the ease and convenience of calling up tasks by barking out a quick command, rather than going through several layers of menus.'
'solid phone'
'The choice was difficult because other than this recurring problem the T-Mobile Dash (upgraded to Windows Mobile Standard v6) had been a near perfect converged handheld device for me.'
'Speakerphone performance is below par.'
'the SGH-i607 BlackJack is the latest, and arguably greatest, Windows Mobile Smartphone device that Cingular has offered.'
'This phone runs the Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones operating system and is 3G capable.'
'It is a quad band world phone, a dual band domestic phone and is 3G enabled.'
'the buttons are rather slippery, and we really struggled with the toggle switch.'
'everything-but-the-kitchen-sink smart phones'
'The phone and headset managed a range of 20 feet which is average among phones.'
'While the BlackBerry "Pearl" 8100 -- available from T-Mobile for $349.99 or Cingular for $399.99 ($199.99, with the usual contract stipulations from both) -- makes a noble effort to implement the BlackBerry service including a QWERTY keypad, camera, and music and video playback into a device about the size of a business card holder, finding, programming, and operating both simple and advanced functions can be headache- inducing.'
'Unfortunately, the Cingular 8100 series is clunky and heavy,'
'mediocre call quality'
'nice 2.2" 64k color display'
'The 2125's 1.3-megapixel camera is pretty poor'
'The ultra-thin clamshell design of the 3125 is a largely a success, though
users may find the unusual length a drawback.'
'really good phone'
'candy bar-style smart phone'
'sharp 2.2-inch-diagonal QVGA screen'
'Last night I was able to juggle a dozen calls in and such is the usability of the phone.'
'Its a great phone'
'speakerphone was loud and satisfactory clear'
'The 6260 goes a bit beyond a simple folder design, though, adopting a fold and twist system not unlike some of the phones built by LG and Samsung in the past year.'
'It seems that the Pop-port connector is not well designed because it's not holding the plug really steady and sometimes the sound comes from the one earphone only.'
'the Pantech Duo is quite the bulky device'
'speaker independent voice dialing and command system'
'Most frustrating is the placement of the soft menu keys in landscape mode; they're positioned on the extreme opposite ends of the keyboard instead of right underneath the menu options on the display.'
'Typing on the Duo's keyboard was problematic'
'The Smartphone eliminates the need to carry a PDA and wireless phone'
'difficult to sync with a corporate Exchange server.'
'It packs in excellent Outlook syncing capabilities and provides the best multimedia experience we've seen on a phone.'
'For the money it's a good little phone'
'The Microsoft Smartphone functionality in the SCH-i600 makes it a convenient phone with PIM- and e-mail–oriented PDA features'
'well made powerful phone'
'Samsung Ultra Messaging i600 is the world's thinnest 3G smart phone'
'It should be ready for retail sale real soon, as we saw a number of Samsung Executives using them this week.'
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RTSP, IPTV and web radio Links Wanted
Budget $30-100 USD
Essentially, i am looking for Media URL's of the type:
1. free/subscription based RTSP servers
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4. Live webcasts
If you can provide me URL's to any of the above. Let me know. If you have an existing database of Valid URL's of the above type, nothing like it.
Get in touch if you think you fit the bill. Payment will be according to number of unique Valid URL's you can provide. The data will be expected in .ods/.xls format we will specify.
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You see Kim Jong Un in the video. He has now officially taken control of North Korea.
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3 Room Apartment From the Hand of an Artist
Located in the most luxurious residency of the Fontvieille district, surrounded by charming wooded parks and the Mediterranean, while offering a full range of exclusive services to its residents with a private swimming pool on the waterfront, a fitness centre and 24/7 security service, the whole magnified by elaborated gardens.
Luxuriously renovated throughout with an artistical design and high quality materials that go along, the sheer majesty and beauty of this 3 room apartment can be felt at the moment you enter the spacious and airy living space, adorned with large bay windows allowing light to stream inside.
It is extended by a wide and generous terrace, that can accommodate lounge areas, while enjoying views on the green park and the Mediterranean.
The same spirit of design is reflected into the en-suite Master bedroom and the second bedroom, having both access to the terrace and displaying marvellous Italian shower room in prestigious marble.
The separate kitchen, featuring a modern design and subtle light system, appears as a masterpiece room completing the unique identity of the apartment.
Further benefits include a cellar and a parking.
This document does not form part of any offer or contract. All measurements, areas and distances are approximate. The information and plans contained herein are believed to be correct, however, their accuracy is not guaranteed. The photographs show only certain parts of the property at the time they were taken. This offer is subject to change of price or other conditions, without prior notice.


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Turning Ordinary Groomers into Extraordinary Groomers
The Irish Setter
One of the sweetest sporting breeds, the Irish Setter is a stunning dog to look at. In this DVD, Jay and Sue will show the proper style trim on this beautiful dog. Carding techniques, and back combing with thinning shears are just a few of the techniques you will learn to achieve a beautifully natural look. The second dog is a clipped pet trim. Jay and Sue will describe the difference in clipping and carding, and what it does for the coat and color of the dog.


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The law of prayer is the law of belief. What we pray at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is just as important as how we pray it.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
And so it begins...
Today, with the celebration of Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, the Church enters into her most sacred time of the year, Holy Week.
The Palm Sunday liturgy begins with the joyful, triumphant praises of Hosanna to the Son of David, the opening antiphon and progresses to the epitome of entrance processionals, All Glory, Laud and Honor. We recall Jesus' triumphal entry into His own city, Jerusalem, and how the crowds chanted praises while waving palm and olive branches.
But, as the liturgy continues, we experience a shift from the joyful to the sorrowful. We listen to a section of Isaiah's prophecy of the Suffering Servant (which we will hear throughout the week). Then, we chant Psalm 22, My God, My God, why have you abandoned me, the psalm that Jesus quotes as he is hanging on the cross. The psalm predicts what Jesus will undergo, the piercing of his hands and his feet and the casting of lots for his vesture. Then, we listen to St. Paul's Canticle, taking from his epistle to the Philippians, exhorting us to bend the knee at the name of Jesus and reminding us of Christ's obedience even to the point of suffering through death on a cross.
In the Gospel account, we live through the sacred moments of Jesus' Passion and Death. Twice a year, the Gospel proclamation is shared between the priest, the deacon and the people (with the priest taking on the part of Christ). In Rome, it is traditionally chanted by three deacons, with the choir taken on the part of the crowd.
A dear priest friend of mine told me that he prefers to divide the Passion into parts (as listed in the above paragraph), where he reads the part of Christ and the faithful take on the role of the crowd. He explained that, ultimately, we are that crowd. That crowd speaks for us. We need to remind ourselves that it was, as Isaiah proclaims in the first reading used on Good Friday, "He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole." It is important that this reality confront us, head-on and impact us. A lot of the time, we tend to water down our faith and not really focus on our need for conversion. Sin is a powerful reality. It is also deadly, more deadly than AIDS or any form of cancer. Cancer and AIDS destroy the body; sin destroys the soul. Jesus said, "Beware of the one who can destroy the soul."
In his homily, my priest friend said that all of us have a role in the Passion. In fact, nearly every serious sin is found there: sloth, envy, hatred, violence and greed. The most serious of these is despair, the despair that Judas languished in because he believed that he was beyond salvation. This is the worst sin against God because despair means that we do not believe that He can save us. That is the ultimate death of the soul.
Moments after the account of the Passion, we relive the sacred mysteries of our salvation when we enter into the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Jesus becomes just as present to us as He was to the Apostles who betrayed, denied and abandoned him, to the crowds who cheered for him in the beginning and then jeered at him towards the end and to Pilate, Caiaphas and the Romans who played a huge role in His Crucifixion.
Yet, as deeply profound as these mysteries are, many parishes sadly miss the boat in making the connection between the liturgy and the music for today's Mass. They do not realize that with today's liturgy, we enter the high point, the summit of the Church's liturgical year. So, what do these well-meaning parish music directors pick? Very rarely will we pray the Introit and the Communion Antiphons (the Church's official music for the sacred liturgy). Instead, choir directors select songs that really do not convey the sacred mysteries that unfold before us. The King of Glory, One Bread-One Body, Our God Reigns, and other pieces lack the sober nature called for during this time of year.
I know I keep writing a lot about this issue, but there is cause for concern. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, in his excellent blog, WDTPRS, lamented about the emerging Magisterium of Sophomores, wherein students at a Catholic High School were protesting an address given by an orthodox priest which touched on some hard-truth issues. I do not know if these students have been exposed to any liturgy (LifeTeen or otherwise); however, when the liturgy is watered down, that leads to a weakening in the Faith. When the sacred mysteries no longer impact us and we replace the beauty and solemnity of the Mass with soft Christian pop music, we have contributed to the decline in our Faith. Such a decline will eventually render us just as apathetic and slothful as the crowds on that first Good Friday.
As we go deeper into the mystery of Holy Week, let us pray that we will allow these sacred realities to permeate into our hearts and souls.
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Mrs. Vrouwtjen "Weis" Scheening, 92, of 55 Victory Road, passed away early Tuesday morning, September 18, 2012 at Massena Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past week.
Vrouwtjen was born February 28, 1920 in Arnhem, Holland, the daughter of Reinier and Alida VanSichen VanKoppenhagen. She attended schools in Holland. On July 4, 1941, she married Johannes J. Scheening in Arnhem, Holland, moving with their family to the United States in 1957. Mr. Scheening predeceased her on May 13, 1992.
She was a homemaker who truly enjoyed spending time with her loving family. She also enjoyed knitting and crocheting. Weis was an avid nature lover and took great joy in seeing the beautiful mountains. She also enjoyed going to the Seaway watching the ship pass through the locks.
She is survived by her six children, Alida and Donald Richards of Norwood, Hans and Marylynn Scheening of North Carolina, Josie Saxby and Ron Stickney of Massena, Reinier and Wendy Scheening of Ballston Spa, Stanley and Marie Scheening of Norwood, and Berry Scheening of Utica; and nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Weis was predeceased by an infant daughter, Josephina at 2 weeks old; and two brothers.
Friends may call Thursday 6-8 p.m. at the Donaldson Funeral Home, Massena where funeral services will be held Friday 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Lee Sweeney, officiating. Burial will follow in Bixby Cemetery, Norfolk.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley.
Condolences may be made online at www.donaldsonfh.com.


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Senate Democrats have blocked a Republican bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate Democrats objected to a notion that would have eviscerated President Obama's recent executive actions regarding immigration. A confrontation ensued over the Department of Homeland Security due to the fact that its funding will stop at the end of February.
The House of Representatives recently passed the bill that would have taken away the president's action that ensures protection under the law for over five million illegal immigrants, even children. House Democrats stated the notion was intolerable and President Obama assured to veto any and all legislation that overturned his actions on immigration.
The 40 billion dollar showdown will undoubtedly be the first of many to come. Democrats used procedural moves to stifle votes just like the Republicans did when they occupied the minority. On Tuesday, Republicans chastised Democrats for the slim-margin vote – 51 to 48. This blocked the bill from being sent to the floor of the Senate.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) stated that if Democrats are going to state that Republicans want to refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security, they will have to be accountable for their decision to do so. However, Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) fervently stated that democracy does not work if the two parties do not debate.
Congressional Republicans have found themselves hurrying to locate the money to fund Homeland Security before February 27. However, they are having trouble deliberating with the more conservative members of Congress because they believe the president usurped his constitutional power while utilizing the resources of the Department of Homeland Security. Though, shutting down Homeland Security is not an option, according to Senator John McCain (R-AZ).
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Republican majority leader, is anticipated to attempt to bring the fiscal bill back to the hill for a second round vote. Though, it will most likely be with amendments that Senate Democrats will not tolerate.
Although there is much turmoil surrounding this bill, Republicans have yet to create an alternative option to fund Homeland Security. Though, there is word that a spending bill is in the making that could repeal the president's executive immigration order, but would leave in place his 2012 legal protections for children that were brought here illegally by their undocumented immigrant parents. This plan has been proposed by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) with support from Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Though, Senator Cruz stated that his first wish is for the House to pass legislation.
Senate Democrats have gestured that they will not support anything that does not only deal with the funding of the agency. If not, they will block any further attempts of legislation. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) emphatically stated that it is like haggling over the ransom from hostage takers.
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), the top Senate Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, went to the Senate floor to express her extreme dissatisfaction with the procedural maneuver to prevent the bill from coming to a vote. She called to the Republican side of the Senate to draft and support a "clean" funding bill. President Obama, along with Senate Democrats, has also called on Republicans to support a bill to fund Homeland Security.
President Obama stated the notion that Congress would risk efficacy of the Department of Homeland Security make no sense whatsoever – when it comes to controlling our border, preventing terrorism, and safeguarding the American people. Though, trouble will continue to unfold as Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) stated it is time for Senator Sessions and Senator Cruz and all Senate Democrats and Republicans to stand against the president to block his further actions to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Prepare to transform alot of baby diapers!
Your bundle of happiness will need about 6000 nappy changes prior to finishing to underwears. That's a lot of filthy nappies as well as, relying on which ones you utilize, either a great deal of waste or a lot of cleaning!
There's the poo variable– that nappy has actually got ta be up to the task. The things we provide for love.
A stitch in time conserves 9 … mins of rest
Obtaining a nappy plan in position prior to child goes along will save you time, loan and also energy, and also will have a big effect on your ecological footprint. Having said that, it's never ever too late to switch nappy teams or blend it up a bit depending on your worry for the atmosphere versus your concern for your peace of mind … as well as your need for sleep.
Let's get to know nappies.
Good ol' disposables. With actually just one design, they absorb wetness promptly to prevent leaks and also 'lock it in' to maintain your bub reasonably completely dry; are very easy as well as fast to attach; keep shut during usage; as well as fit different forms as well as sizes.
Reusable modern cloth nappies
Modern towel nappies (MCNs) are becoming a lot more prominent and also, to be clear, we're not speaking the old terry-towelling squares. MCNs are the brand-new whiz-bang version featuring a waterproof cover, leak-proof elasticised leg openings and absorbing extra padding and also lining.
The various styles
There are greater than 200 brands– most of which are made by work-at-home mums who market them over the internet on shops like Etsy.
All-in-ones have a moisture-resistant external layer sewn together with an absorbing inner to develop the nappy– they can take a little while to dry.
All-in-twos, likewise called snap-in-ones, consist of a lined water-proof outer layer as well as absorptive inner layers, which "snap in" with press studs. They could be uncoupled for laundering, so they dry out faster compared to all-in-ones.
Pocket nappies have a water resistant outer layer sewn together with a soft inner cellular lining, which forms the covering. Between these 2 layers there's a pocket for the absorbent inserts. These are gotten rid of for washing then replaced, which could be a bit fiddly yet on the plus side they dry out quickly.
Old-fashioned terry-towelling square nappies are likewise still offered. They can take a little technique to fold up as well as fit right, however they are a more affordable multiple-use option than MCNs, and also modern fasteners indicate you do not also have to make use of safety and security pins.
I can see there are benefits to both– just how do I choose in Beverly Massachusetts?
There are a variety of factors to consider, so let's have a look at them.
The ahead of time cost of multiple-use nappies is quite high, yet in the future it's potentially less costly than disposables– reducing in cost tremendously with every youngster.
Towel nappies do call for a little bit extra work, and also may be a discomfort when you're out. Much like a tired bub.
High quality, well-fitting nappies– whether towel or disposable– will certainly keep child completely dry, and also won't create nappy rash.
Environmental influence
Non reusable nappies really do not have the very best green online reputation, yet there are choices to decrease their effect:
Some brands are naturally degradable, though problems in land fill make this degradation hard to occur.
Some have compostable or recyclable product packaging.
Purchasing locally-made nappies, as opposed to imported, saves on transport carbon price.
In spite of the ecological costs of fabric production and nappy laundering, towel nappies that are dry-pailed and also mainly line-dried still come out in advance of disposables.
Disposables are available in various sizes to fit your growing bundle-that's- now-turning-into-a-handful, as well as ultimately you could removal into pull-up trousers from several of the same brand names.
MCNs are offered in taken care of dimensions, or a one-size-fits-most (OSFM), which has additional fastenings for readjusting the nappy as your baby grows.
Fixed-size nappies implies getting new collections as your baby expands larger, so it might set you back even more. On the other hand, if you're having more than one kid, you'll utilize the outgrown ones once more.
You'll just need one collection of OSFM nappies, but their longer usage implies more damage, and they could only last with one youngster's early stage.
Diaper Products
The sort of material utilized affects drying out time. Natural fibers normally take longer to dry compared to synthetics, and also you'll intend to make sure you have sufficient nappies to get with a few days of damp weather if you do not have a clothes dryer.
Paper or textile nappy liners make your laundry life less complicated by keeping solids off the nappy. Flushable ones make clean-up a cinch!
The absorbing materials (shell linings, pads as well as boosters) include bamboo, cotton, hemp or fleece, with breathable polyurethane laminated textile (PUL) or lanolised wool frequently utilized for covers– if you have an interest in that sort of point.
I want a verdict– which nappy is finest?
For ecological as well as financial reasons, you can't transcend MCNs.
For ease-of-use and also comfort, disposables are the method to go.
Certainly it does not need to be one or the other: you could utilize fabric nappies in the house throughout the day, as well as disposables when out as well as about, vanishing, during the night, at childcare, and also throughout extended periods of rainfall when you 'd rather not use the dryer.
If you're unclear:
Buy a single nappy of each type that ignites your interest.
Some MCN firms offer test loads with examples of the various styles.
Work with a trial pack from a nappy library, a service offered by nappy companies and also area groups: search the net for 'modern-day towel nappy collection' to locate one near you.
Exactly how do I understand I've selected the right nappy?
Whatever you have actually decided on, right here's the list for an excellent nappy:
No leaking around the legs.
No liquid permeating through the cover.
Not also limited or as well loosened around hips and legs.
No rubbing or chafing from the nappy or bolts around the legs or hips.
Baby's skin really feels sensibly completely dry when the wet nappy is eliminated.
The nappy holds sufficient fluid to be sensible (ie you do not have to alter frequently).
Baby could move legs easily and, at later stages, crawl and stroll without being troubled by the nappy.
One last thing, are recyclable nappies as much dirty work as they seem?
There's an easy five-step method called completely dry pailing, which followers state make easy work of hefty dirts.
Make use of flushable linings to capture solids.
Separate the components (cover as well as padding) of the wet nappies, or if they're all-in-ones miss in advance to tip 3.
Wash in cold water if required.
Put them into a container with a lid.
Toss the load into the washing machine each day.
With any luck you now have a happy, dry child and also the only thing you need to fret about is exactly how you'll locate time to Instagram every moment!


text: INTERNATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY 11 October, 2013 Posted In : Blog , Child Labor, Child Rights and You, Cry, Cry India, Girl Child 0 : comment Lack of Girl Child's Education and violation of their fundamental rights, detrimental to equitable growth in India As the world gears up to celebrate the second International Day of the Girl Child on Oct 11th, 2013 with focus on innovation for girl's education, India is still struggling to provide basic rights to its girl child, points out leading child rights NGO CRY – Child Rights and You. Even as the United Nations adopted Resolution 66 / 170 to declare a day to emphasise the importance of girl child's rights, millions of girl's around the world face deprivation of rights and are marginalized, basis their gender. India is faced with grim statistics of female foeticide and girl child abuse. A UN report recently provided disturbing insight on how India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Violation of girl child's basic rights like education in India stems from the amalgamation of the deep rooted bias in the society coupled with the lack of basic facilities on behalf of the government. Lack of education is intrinsically linked to the girl child being exposed to other risks like child labour, trafficking and sexual abuse. Despite various initiatives by the government to encourage girl child's education, there seem to be many more loopholes keeping them away from schools. According to a study conducted across 13 states in the country by CRY and its partners it came to light that only 18% percent schools have separate toilets for girls. This has been one of the major reasons why girls dropped out of school. Ms. Puja Marwah, Chief Executive, CRY says, "The girl child in India faces vulnerability in so many facets that it is impossible to have a single pronged approach to target the violation of her rights. To truly bridge the gap we need the communities and the government to work in tandem and ensure access to education, nutrition, health -care, protection from abuse and discrimination to the girl child. Empowering a girl child is a moral imperative of any society and it not just leads to the development of the girl, her family, and community but also strengthens the nation with poverty reduction and equitable growth." The government's initiatives like Balika Samriddhhi Yojana and the Kishori Shakti Yojana have been aimed at facilitating education and development of the girl child. The lack of social and family backing and infrastructure will only render these schemes futile. At CRY, we have witnessed how educating a girl child helps improve a magnitude of problems on a micro as well as a macro scale. Educating the girl child, we feel is a major determinant leading to the equitable growth of not just a community but the country as a whole. Tackling the problem at a grass-root level by engaging parents, families and the wider community is imperative for a holistic change in the lives of millions of girls in the country. Take the case, for instance, of 14- year old Kashturi who hails from Adhi dravidar community of Kavarkalpatty village in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, who faced the dreaded prospect of child marriage when she had to drop out of school, which was not just 5 kms away but had no bus facility. Taking notice of her keen interest in studies, her father, working at a mango farm, got her admitted to the nearest school. Despite the school not being accessible by bus, Kashturi, determined by her resolve to pursue education, used to walk down everyday 5 kms to her school. As it got considerable late in the evenings on her way back, she started to face stalking, eve-teasing and verbal abuse by the local boys. Unable to cope up with it, she decided to quit this school. With no other option of education nearby, she stayed at home helping her family with household chores. The circumstances and her staying at home idle, compelled her parents to start preparing for her marriage. Clueless, she was brought face to face with the reality of the prospect of being married to a 32- year old man from the village. Terrified at the thought, she shared her plight with a friend who in-turn shared it with an NGO which is CRY's On- ground partner in the region. Coupled with support from the Panchayat and the local government, CRY supported NGO counselled the groom's family on the legal repercussions of their action. Kashturi's family now lives near their native village and attends the school which is 2 kms from her home. Had it not been for the intervention and the counselling of the NGO, Kashturi would have her hands full of household chores rather than books. It is rather ironic in a situation when the parents are willing for sending their daughter to school, the lack of schools; infrastructure and accessibility are forcing thousands of students like Kashturi out of school and into the clutches to child marriage, child labour and even abuse in many cases. The vicious circle leads them to an unjust life of depravation curbing endless possibilities that they would have otherwise. It is the collective effort of the government authorities, local community bodies and NGO's like ours to ensure that the gaps of gender inequality are bridged by facilitating policies and changes favourable to the welfare of the girl child.


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This is going to be a little bit of a weird post, but I find it interesting.
I recently read an article about the man who killed Jeffrey Dahmer in jail. I have a fascination with Dahmer, not because of what he is known for but I almost have a connection with him (I'll explain, I swear I'm not a serial killer).
Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences for killing 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He didn't simply kill these men, but he would have sex with their corpses and would keep parts of the bodies in various parts of his apartment and eat other parts.
My family owns a cake and candy supply store and after high school, Dahmer worked at a chocolate factory where we actually bought some of our chocolate from. After he was arrested, people would call the factory and call us and ask questions to make sure he never came in contact with the chocolate they were buying from us and from the factory. He worked in shipping I think so he didn't touch the chocolate.
My father's friend Eric also lives in the house Dahmer grew up in and where took his first victim, just days after his high school graduation. He also had a fascination with killing animals as a boy, and Eric told me when he was doing some landscaping he found animal bones all over the property.
If that wasn't weird enough, a women who works for my father was related to Dahmer's first victim! It's a bit creepy how "connected" we are I guess (if you want to call it that). But the man who murdered him in prison just came out last week with the reason why he killed him. Christopher Scarver, sometimes seen as a hero for taking Dahmer's life, said Dahmer would mold his food into shapes of limbs and use ketchup to resemble blood and leave it around the prison to creep out other prisoners or just eat it. He frightened guards as well. He would say things to guards when they were close enough just to see the fear in their eyes. I'm not condoning killing, but I think Scarver gave Dahmer what he deserved. He was tormenting everyone around him, even while incarcerated. He had to be stopped.
This was one messed up man! I recently bought my father the book My Friend Dahmer, mostly as a joke because his friend is still in the house, but also because it's intriguing to see how a deranged child grew into this famous cannibal psychopath. The book was written and drawn by famous cartoonist Derf. Darf knew Dahmer in high school and had a friendship with him, and it's in this book where he tells the world of Dahmer's life from 12-years-old to the killing of his first victim.
I have a weird fascination with anything remotely creepy. Eric said I'm welcome to come to the house anytime to check it out, I might have to take him up on that offer.


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As I have said earlier, one of the things I want to do on my blog is to share with you when I come across other artists in any genre that are inspiring and talented. A friend sent this link to me and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The paragraph below came with the e-mail, not original to me. It helps to understand what the images are about.
This video shows the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000. She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman's face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier. This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. Kseniya Simonova says: "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."
If you enjoyed this clip, there are others of her on YouTube. You can search on Kseniya Simonova and find them. I'll have another post about this probably tomorrow. Something that is rattling around in my brain.
Have a WONDERFUL and CREATIVE week!!!


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Monday, February 22, 2010
NO Emergency DON'T OPEN MY EMAILS ON YAHOO!!
However I am NOT IN ENGLAND, and NOT BEGGING EVERYONE for money! If you haven't checked your emails, PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE EMERGENCY email (supposedly) from me. I did not send it. It is probably very dangerous. I have reported it to yahoo and sent emails to all the folks I have in my gmail email address book. But the yahoo account had so many more! I haven't reached out to everyone yet. I will post on Facebook too just to try to clear the air. If anyone asks, I am alive and well at home.......and money may not be flowing, but I am not desperate or asking anyone for help.
I apologize for any inconvenience the asshole(s) who hacked me have caused you. I will post something when I feel "safe" again! Thanks. Muchas gracias.
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oh no! I got the email too, thought it might be spam but then you never know.. I've deleted it!
- February 23, 2010 at 4:21 AM
- BajaJohn said...
With all these security features we have know - spamblocker, popupblocker, firewalls... how does this keep on happening???
- February 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Kurt Bell said...
I also got the email, but is was obviously not you writing it. So, I thought I'd have some fun with it and did respond. Here's the last reply I had:
Thanks for your concern towards my situation. Kindly send the money to me Using Western Union Money Transfer. I will be able to get the money in minutes after you transfer fund with ease. Here is the information you need: I would have loved to call you but i don't have any money to pay for a pay phone.
Receivers Names: Linda Dorton
Receivers Address: 7-11 High Street , Guildford Surrey , GU2 4AB
Country- UK
I will need the Money Transfer Control Number and others transfer details after you send the money.
So, don't know if this is any use to you, but there is an address where they want the money sent!
- February 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM


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What does a sweet little girl have on her first day of school? Chocolate chip cookies - the breakfast of champions!
Waiting for the bus....she has NEVER been on a bus so this is new stuff - she's kind of excited.
It's here! It's here! As most of you know Annie is visually impaired so she is riding on a handicap bus...there are just a few kids on it - I must say it made me a little sad for her to not be riding with all the other kids and worried that people would make fun of her...but so far so good - Ms. Jessica and Ms. Buckey are wonderful!
One final glance back at mommy to make sure it's what she's supposed to be doing..I tell her to have a great first day!
And off she goes....she now wakes up excited to go catch the bus because it's "her bus" no anyone elses...I don't even have to shove her up the stairs!!


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Will Australia be caught in the crossfire?
Some in China have not been slow to make the same point. "Australia cannot play China for a fool," an article in the nationalist Chinese tabloid the Global Times said on Wednesday. "One thing is certain – if Australia uses its military bases to help the US harm Chinese interests, then Australia itself will be caught in the crossfire."
Australia would then find itself blazing another geopolitical trail, as one of the first countries to be squeezed between the two great powers of the age.
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Happy 5th Birthday to my son.
We celebrated his birthday last Saturday with families and friends.
This year we did not have big party, however I challenged to bake and decorate his birthday cake as his request.
This last 5 years fly so fast. He was 6lb 14oz, 20" tall baby. Now he is 44lb, 47" tall.
He can read and speak basic Japanese language.
He loves to play with his car and train, and he also love to drawing.
When I don't feel well, he wrote the card for me to cheer me up.
He is really sweet boy.
Happy Birthday!! I love you. from Mommy.


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LOW-COST carrier Tiger Airways Philippines expects its air cargo business to contribute about 7% of its P5 billion forecast sales for this year as it targets to grow its share of the domestic aviation market from 3% to 5%.
Tiger president and chief executive officer Olive Ramos told PortCalls in an interview she expects the cargo operation to pick up following its relaunch on June 25 with RAF International Forwarding (Philippines) taking over as sales agent of the service.
Ramos said the sales target is actually three times the airline's sales last year.
"This target is based on the bullish tourism targets of the Department of Tourism and the increasing number of travelers from wider segments of the society," she said.
The DOT is eyeing 10 million tourists by 2016.
At the relaunch held in Marriott Hotel at Resorts World, Ramos and Roland Quah, chief operating officer of ECS Asia Pacific, signed an agreement with ECS Group designating the Singapore firm as its general sales and services agent (GSSA) in the Philippines through local partner, RAF.
The deal took effect July 1 and will last three years initially, RAF said.
Ramos said Tiger chose ECS because of the synergies of working with a reputable group in the cargo industry.
"ECS is one of three reputable firms providing GSA services for Tiger in Singapore," she said, adding that she has known RAF since her days in the logistics business.
"I've worked with them and I'm certain our partnership will bring synergies to Tiger's cargo operations," said Ramos, who used to head DHL Supply Chain.
Judith Azarcon, president of RAF, told PortCalls in an email that Tiger chose its principal ECS Group because of ECS' experience and expertise.
"RAF is ECS's appointed partner for the Philippines due to our management capability, good relationship and excellent reputation for 20 years in the cargo industry," she added.
Under the deal, "RAF, as ECS' representative in the Philippines, has the sole right to sell the cargo space of all Tiger Airways flights to both domestic and international destinations," Azarcon said.
She said financial details of the contract "are strictly confidential".
Azarcon said it is the first time for RAF to be in the area of airline general services agency, one of its four "major umbrellas of operations" that include international door-to-door courier; international sea and air freight forwarding; domestic courier, forwarding and distribution.
Tiger Airways Philippines, which used to be known as SEAIR until it was allowed to rebrand recently, expects to gain more passenger and cargo traffic as it opens more routes in the coming months amid a strong economy and the government's drive to attract more tourists, Ramos said.
The airline will begin flying under the Tiger brand on July 10 and open a route from Kalibo, Aklan, to Singapore on July 18 to tap into the tourist market of the prosperous city-state.
Ramos said the company is selling itself as an airline that puts a premium on safety and reliability.
"Tiger Airways is a distinguished regional brand and we want it to attract customers by offering safety and reliability," Ramos said.
Ramos said Tiger would add more planes only when it gains slots at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The airline has its hubs at Clark International Airport, where most of its flights originate, and at NAIA Terminal 4.
The airline has a fleet of five Airbus A320s and an A319. Ramos wants that number to grow to 25 by acquiring at least three to four aircraft a year in the next three to five years, all of them through jet leasing.
Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd., partly owned by Singapore Airlines, acquired a 40% stake in SEAIR last year.


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Mortgage rates are continuing to plateau ahead of next week's much-anticipated decision by the Federal Reserve. Data released this morning by Freddie Mac showed that the national average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was unchanged from the previous seven-day period, coming in at 4.57%.
Over the last few months, mortgage rates have shot up at an unprecedented clip. The initial trigger was the central bank's intimation back in May that it could soon begin to reduce its support for the economy via QE3. In the three months since then, rates on the benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped by more than 100 basis points.
The big question now concerns when the Fed will actually begin to reduce its monthly purchases of mortgage-backed securities. When it does so, the reduced demand for them will drive their price down and, as a result, their yield up. It's the latter which then translates into higher mortgage rates.
According to The Wall Street Journal, many economists expect the central bank to begin cutting back its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program at its monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
If there's one group of companies that stands to be affected by this more than others, it's the mortgage REITs like Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) and American Capital Agency (NASDAQ:AGNC).
Because these companies hold mortgage-backed securities, their valuations are heavily dependent on supply and demand in the MBS market. If demand begins to wane and prices fall, their book values will move in kind. Year-to-date they're already down by 18% and 19%, respectively.
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could watch TV right on your computer monitor? Well, if you
don't have display like the 192MP from
Samsung, you're going to require a TV-tuner card to do that.
This week, PCstats tests out just such a product - Leadtek's WinFast
TV2000XP Expert TV tuner. And yes, this is the one time when
watching TV counts as work. ;) For the mainstream gamers in the crowd,
take a moment to read our review of the PowerColor
9600XT Ultra videocard. PowerColor have tweaked the memory
on this little red bad boy, so performance is quite nice.
Thanks to everyone who
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Internet Connection Sharing in the
PCstats Newsletter - enjoy! Also in this weeks editon, PCstats Industry
Insights column looks towards the Xbox-2, we dish out answers to dealing
with noisy cooling fans, and in the Weekly Tech Tip... something special.
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Over the years, TV-tuners for computers have
gone from providing basic (and arguably lousy) TV signal input on a
monitor, to having a variety of features and capabilities beyond simple TV
watching. Newer devices provide a wealth of standard features, such as
letting you capture TV input to hard disk as one compelling example.
While the primary purpose of a TV-tuner
is still to put that cable TV signal on your computer monitor, these
products are definitely moving towards the role of video appliances.
In this review, we're testing one of
Leadtek's latest TV-tuner cards, the Winfast TV2000 XP Expert. This PCI card has ambitions to replace your VCR, with video recording straight to
DVD, timeshifting and an assortment of other goodies made for a
computerized home theater setup. Continue
A Reader Asks...
Q: I'm going to sell my computer soon to buy a laptop. For now I just want to do a little maintenance on my system so it's ready to sell. I have an NVidia GeForce 2 MX400 and the fan is making a grinding noise, so I opened up the tower and did a good dust clean-up, but that didn't help. I then disassembled the fan on the video card to clean it with an air can, several times, but it still makes a grinding noise. My question is; do you have a good trick to clean a video card fan for good?Second question:
I want to buy a laptop, do you have a recommendation for a brand or model? It's for Internet, digital photography, etc.
Second question:
I want to buy a laptop, do you have a recommendation for a brand or model? It's for Internet, digital photography, etc.
A: You may or may not be able to do anything about the fan. The grinding sound is dirt that has worked its way into the bearings of the motor. The standard way to fix this is to locate the oil-well of the fan (which should be behind the manufacturers sticker) and put a single drop of oil in. This might help in your situation, if the oil-well can be got at with the fan you have. See our 'annual PC checkup' article for more detail on this procedure. You may also be able to pick up a replacement fan at your local electronic parts store.
I'm afraid we don't recommend specific brand names or models of computer equipment, but if you are getting a laptop, I'd steer clear of buying from small computer stores. While these small stores are a cheaper alternative for desktop PCs, they do not generally have the know-how or warranty reliability of the big retailers when it comes to proprietary equipment like laptops.
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how to make that DSL/Cable connection go further!Internet
sharing is essential if you have more than one PC in your house, and
getting it to work isn't that hard once you know what steps to
follow. Setting up a computer to share its internet
connection should be easy right? After all, you've successfully networked your computers together and even shared files
with all your home computers, so why not the Internet? Well if you have a
small home network of computers all connected and have tried to open up a
browser, you've probably found out that things aren't quite as straight
forward as connecting one machine with an Ethernet cable to the computer
that has the DSL/cable modem. The other
alternative is to set up Internet connection sharing (ICS).
This tweak is more for the experienced computer user who can identify services by Microsoft's abbreviations.
First load up regedit (Start -> Run then type regedit and press the ok button) then follow this path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControSet -> Services. Inside that folder you'll find all the folder names for all the services that run in your PC, browse the one that you want to edit then find the Start binary value. Entering a value of 2 sets the startup to automatic, a value of 3 is manual and a value of 4 is disabled. Once you've made those changes save and reboot your PC.
When Microsoft unveiled its first Xbox, it was decided that the gaming console was decidedly similar to a PC. Granted, the Sony PS2 and Nintendo Game Cube both contain similar components, but Microsoft's decision to use an Intel processor, NVIDIA chipset, and NVIDIA graphics accelerator hit a little too close to home.
Preliminary sketches of the next-generation Xbox are also reminiscent of PC architecture, and the companies rumored to be involved should also ring a bell. The primary processor, supposedly an IBM design, looks to incorporate three cores, each operating at 3.5GHz or more. Each core will get a unique 64KB L1 cache and share 1MB of L2.
The system's North Bridge will interface with a graphics processor, which in turn is rumored to feature 10MB of embedded DRAM. The undated sketch also alludes to at least 256MB of main memory connected to the North Bridge (possibly from SiS).
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|Shiphrah and Puah
Their names were Shiphrah and Puah. Not many people remember their names. Everybody remembers Moses, and that is okay, because Moses is worth remembering. We mustn't forget, however, that without Shiphrah and Puah, not to mention Moses' birth mother and his sister, Miriam, and even his adoptive mother, Pharaoh's daughter, there would be no Moses. Moses changed the world, but so did Shiphrah and Puah. They were God's midwives.
We remember Shiphrah and Puah because "the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live."[1] Shiprah and Puah were not simply good Samaritans. They were not just responding to an isolated incident of violence, to a rogue Egyptian taskmaster giving Israelite boys a hard time. They were refusing to be complicit with a state-sanctioned structure of oppression. They were subverting a corrupt system. Their civil disobedience required great courage.
Egypt was a "house of bondage" and Pharaoh was an absolute monarch with all the coercive power of the state behind him. During the time of Joseph, an Israelite slave who had become viceroy for an earlier Pharaoh, the Israelites came to Egypt to escape famine. They were refugees, guests of Pharaoh, who offered them land and protection. This Pharaoh had cornered the market on grain and burdened his own people with crushing debt so that they could buy food – giving all their money, livestock, and finally land to Pharaoh in order to eat. The Egyptian masses sold themselves into debt bondage, becoming slaves.[2]
Then Joseph died and a Pharaoh arose who no longer remembered Joseph. This new Pharaoh was a cruel but canny fellow, and he knew that he needed a scapegoat to deflect blame from himself for the condition of his people. He sounds very much like a modern bigot when he says to them, "Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Come let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."[3]
The Israelites aren't real Egyptians, no matter how many generations they've been in the land! They are to blame for all our woes! Hitler took a page from Pharaoh when he accused Jews of being a fifth column in Germany, as do those who accuse President Obama of being a Muslim rather than a "real American" – as if one can't be black or Muslim and American at the same time. Ironically, there is a similar movement today in Israel declaring that one can't be Palestinian and an Israeli citizen at the same time.[4] "Egypt" isn't just in Egypt.
As one ancient legend told in the Midrash explains, the Israelites were initially paid wages for their work, then the wages were withheld, and then they were simply forced to work.[5] The guests became guest workers, and then just slaves. The Israelites became "Hebrews," originally a term of approbation connoting a group of people with no social standing – outsiders, less than human.[6] The indignity of Israelite oppression in Egypt was compounded by the fact that they had not been captured in war, nor had they sold themselves into bondage to pay their debts, as had their fellow Egyptians. Pharaoh simply turned on them because it was politically convenient to do so. It was an outrage even by the standards of the practice of slavery in antiquity.
Egyptian slavery was exhausting, cruel, and degrading. It was enforced by a system of brutal taskmasters and the might of the Egyptian army – horse and chariot being the ancient version of an armored SUV. But that was not enough for Pharaoh, who implemented a genocidal policy of male infanticide – or tried to. If a policy of correctional control and forced labor isn't enough – well then, we will just have to kill them.
Now we begin to see how much courage it took for Shiphrah and Puah to fear God more than they feared Pharaoh. Note, however, that "fear" in Hebrew used in relationship to God connotes a sense of awe, a healthy respect for power and authority. It also has the sense of "to honor." Shiphrah and Puah honored God more than they honored Pharaoh. Their ultimate allegiance was to God, not to the state. They pledged their loyalty to nothing less than God.
This requires some courage in any age, but there is an ambiguity in the text regarding the identity of Shiphrah and Puah that perhaps underscores their courage. Are they "Hebrew midwives" or are they the "Hebrew's midwives?" In other words, are they themselves Israelites or are they Egyptians who happen to be midwives for the Israelites? Here, it is probably best to adopt a common rule of Jewish interpretation: "[God] intends all the meanings that He has made us capable of discovering."[7] What is important is that there are Egyptians, too, who refuse Pharaoh's politics of racial injustice.
The Exodus is preeminently a story of liberation, of how Hebrews come to see themselves again as Israelites: as a people, as fully human; but there is a secondary thread in which Egyptians – perhaps Shiphrah and Puah – certainly Pharaoh's daughter –see the Israelites as fully human too. This is part of the hope that the story carries for us: the hope of reconciliation, the hope that we can recognize our common humanity and together build a just community based on that recognition; even when the realization of that hope requires civil disobedience.
So we remember Shiphrah and Puah and all of the nameless midwives they represent. They did not act alone. They were part of a subversive community that defied Pharaoh and preserved life in the midst of death. According to the Book of Numbers, when Moses eventually led the Israelites out of Egypt, there were 603,550 Israelite men over the age of 20 who left with him.[8] This means that the midwives were able to save a whole lot of male infants.
Remember too, that when Pharaoh discovered the midwives' campaign of civil disobedience, he upped the ante and enjoined all Egyptians to kill any male Hebrew they encountered. We should not be surprised when the state responds to civil disobedience with an even greater level of violence. Even so, given the number of adult male Israelites who participated in the Exodus, one can only conclude that the Egyptians organized a massive campaign of non-cooperation with Pharaoh's genocidal policy. They continued, however, to cling to the sense of privilege that allowed them to benefit from Hebrew slavery. That is where Moses enters the story.
It is important to note, however, that the opening chapter of Exodus makes it clear that changing the world is not just the work of great leaders like Moses. The liberation of the Israelites from slavery was the work of countless, nameless people, Israelites and Egyptians, who engaged in courageous acts of civil disobedience. They were ordinary people who did something extraordinary: they honored God more than the state. They risked short-term disorder for the sake of long-term justice, unmasking an unjust system and exposing its violence, and refusing to give it divine justification. They were ordinary people who found their voice and their power in collective action.
Unfortunately, Egypt is not just a place back then and there. "Egypt" names every time and place where God's desire for a just and sustainable world is undermined by systems of violent oppression. "The return to Egypt" is an ever-present temptation even in the "Promised Land," as Deuteronomy and the prophets, the first interpreters of the Exodus narrative, make clear. "Remember that you were an alien in Egypt" is a constant admonition of Torah. But then we forget, and the politics of scapegoating, racial injustice, and economic exploitation returns.
Yet God is never without Her midwives, a subversive community who honor God more than the state. They honor the state, too, but not more than God. That is why their resistance to injustice is nonviolent in nature, because they seek to convert and heal rather than destroy and replace. God's midwives are not simply turning the world upside-down, replacing those on top with those on the bottom; but rather turning the world inside-out, so that God's desire for the well-being of the whole creation can be realized.
God's midwives are not only the Martin Luther Kings and the Rosa Parks. They are the countless people who boycotted the buses in Montgomery, braved the Freedom Rides, and built a movement of civil disobedience and noncooperation with injustice. They are people of all races, religious and humanist. They recognize the inherent dignity of every human being and repent of privilege enjoyed at the expense of others. God's midwives are not perfect. They are not famous. They are often invisible. They are quietly bringing forth life in quite ordinary and beautiful ways. They refuse the narrative of the dominant culture, following a different script whose Author they honor with their lives, a living sacrifice that constitutes true worship.[9]
In the face of the "return to Egypt" we are experiencing in the racial injustice of our own day, God's midwives are the bearers of hope who refuse cynical indifference and the hypnotic trance of consumer culture on one hand (the fleshpots of Egypt), and, on the other hand, also refuse nihilistic violence and the hypnotic trance of apocalyptic destruction (the horses and chariots of Pharaoh's army). Instead, they choose creative action that preserves life, unmasks injustice, and builds alliances across differences so that we can traverse the wilderness between Egypt and the Promised Land together.
God's midwives know that giving birth is painful, but suffering is transient, held within a larger, joyful affirmation of life and love that endures. We can change the world. Our choices and actions make a difference. The return to Egypt is temporary, but the Promised Land is God's irrevocable gift.[10] "The midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live." Thanks be to God. Amen.
[1] Exodus 1:17.
[2] Genesis 47:13-21.
[3] Exodus 1:9-10.
[4] Max Blumenthal documents the hyper-nationalism and xenophobia of right-wing Israeli politics in Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel (Basic Books, 2013).
[5] Michael Walzer, Exodus and Revolution (New York: Basic Books Inc., 1985), p. 27.
[6] Michael Jennings, "Shiphrah and Puah," August 25, 2011 on the web.
[7] Walzer, p. 8.
[8] Numbers 1:46.
[9] Romans 12:1-2.
[10] Romans 11:29.


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Bipolar, Anxiety Disorder, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Great advice by megie. Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my! You can do this. Everyone makes mistakes so no beating yourself up about this, just do what you have to and you will be OK.
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Good Morning,
I understand your problem and with only 18 months to go it would be very hard for you to start over in a new position.
I am going to post a list of ways to be more assertive that may help you through the issues you are dealing with. I do not expect that this will all pertain to you but take away with you ones that will help you survive in your job.
Use feeling-talk. You can express your personal likes and interests spontaneously rather than stating things in neutral terms, You say "I like this soup" or "I love your blouse" rather than "This soup is good," You can use the phrase "I feel" or "I think" when it is appropriate,
Use appropriate facial talk. Your facial expressions and voice inflections convey the same feelings your words are conveying. You can look people directly in the eye when conversing with them.
Disagree mildly. When you disagree with someone, you do not pretend to agree for the sake of keeping the peace. You can convey your disagreement mildly by looking away, or grimacing, or raising eyebrows, or shaking your head, or changing the topic of conversation.
Ask for clarification. If someone gives you garbled directions, instructions, or explanations, you can ask that person to restate them more clearly. Rather than going away confused and feeling dumb, you can say, "Your directions were not clear to me. Would you please go over them again?"
Ask why. When you are asked to do something that does not seem reasonable or enjoyable, you can ask, "Why do you want me to do that?"
Express active disagreement. When you disagree with someone and feel sure of your ground, you can express your disagreement by saying things like "I have a different view of that matter. My opinion is. . ." or "I think your opinion leaves out of consideration the following factors. . ."
Speak up for your rights. You do not let others take advantage of you when you feel put upon; you can say no persistently without feeling guilty. You can demand your rights and ask to be treated with fairness and justice. You can say, "I was next in line," or "Excuse me, but you will have to leave as I have another appointment now," or "Please turn down your radio," or "You're half an hour late for our appointment." You can register your complaints firmly without blowing up.
Be persistent. If you have a legitimate complaint, you can continue to restate it despite resistance from the other party until you get satisfaction. You do not allow one or two no's to cause you to give up.
Avoid justifying every opinion. In discussion, if someone continually argues and asks you why, why, why, you can stop the questioning by refusing to go along, or by reflecting it back to the other person. You can state simply, "That's just the way I feel. Those are my values. I don't have to justify everything I say. If justifying is so important to you, you might try justifying why you're disagreeing with me so much."
I hope your gallbladder attack has fled by now and remember, try to stay in the moment and don't let the job run your life. I know that sounds easy but I have been in your shoes and I let myself get plowed down by the job.
Hugs to youKitt


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in the studio :: yarn balls12:00 AM
Welcome to In The Studio, a place to show off your studio and meet some great artists! So I've already started thinking about 4th of July. Growing up, Independence Day was a fun, all-day event in our little town. The past several years, it seems that I am out of the USA more often than I'm in the USA on 4th of July. It's so weird to celebrate America's independence on a Winter's night across the ocean in S. Africa, but we do it every.single.year. As I was putting together an Independence Day Crafting roundup for Today's Mama, I got inspired and started making a rather long crafting list to make our festivities even more special. I don't know if I will get to everything on the list. It does make for some fun home school art projects!
We've done yarn balls before, so I thought we would do some 4th of July ones. A quick check into my yarn stash revealed several shades of red, white, and blue that would be a perfect addition to any food table decor. I love how they turned out, reflecting everyone's personality. Here's how we made ours!
4th of July Yarn Balls
1. Blow up a small round balloon and place it on a bowl.
2. Cut 6 in. strips of red, white, and blue yarn.
3. Put glue in a bowl. Dip strips of yarn into glue and place around balloon.
4. Let dry 24 hours and then pop the balloon. Voila!
With all the talk about Independence Day, Emma Grace had a very important question she posed, "When is the 4th of July?" she asked. Well, my love, that would be on July 4th. In case you were also wondering, the curiosity is over now. [Smile.]
Now it's your turn! Remember your "studio" can be anywhere. Let's celebrate each other's creativity by linking up and visiting as many as the other studios as you can. Check out the about post for more info and don't forget to grab the In The Studio button!
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The yarn balls sound like a fun idea, so I may try them with my students sometime. Blessings!ReplyDelete
i wonder if those yarn balls would look good in red black yellow green and white..lol i might have missed a color from our flag...red white and blue always look good together,my kids would love to try this....ReplyDelete
lol... she makes me smile! :) this is such a fun idea! love that you celebrate america no matter where your family is, jen!ReplyDelete
A very interesting technique to make balls, I like the color scheme!ReplyDelete
What a delightful project! I've seen several posts about how this type of project failed miserably, and it's nice to see one that worked! I think using a SMALL balloon is probably helpful. : )ReplyDelete
How fun! They look so neat!ReplyDelete
Love the way yours turned out - keep meaning to try making these with the kids!ReplyDelete
I was seeing this and thinking "but July 4th is AGES away..." Then I realised it wasn't. Definitely strange to celebrate in the cold, short winter days!ReplyDelete
Lovely yarn balls!


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I think most of us enjoy when we are faced with a challenge in an area we are well versed in or even consider as an expertise. For me, it's things like taking a child hiking up an Adirondack high peak for the first time. Or maybe watching my best friend catch his first trout on a fly I tied for him and taught him how to use. It could be showing someone Saturn's rings in a telescope, pointing out an osprey nest, or simply helping a friend get a grip on their hand plane. However, there's one area of expertise I dread to have to use - especially when it comes to family. I've been an oncology nurse for almost two decades. Now I find myself having to put my years of training and experience to work for my stepfather, Jim.
Some of you have seen my beat up old bench plane collection. Most of them came from my step father's weekly visit to the local flea market. You know that type 9 Bailey #7? Yup, that was Jim. those 3 or 4 jack planes? Jim. My first Miller's Falls plane? Jim. Most of the hand saws hanging up in the shop? Jim. He loved to search for those old tools and was almost as excited to find them as I was to recieve them. Naturally, he wouldn't take any money in return, brushing off the cost as "a couple of dollars - don't worry about it".
Jim is sleeping right now, just a few feet from me. He can barely talk when he's awake - weak, frail, and a shell of the man he used to be. The family has rallied to give my mother some much needed help. I've taken a leave from work to help take care of him through the night so my mother can get some sleep....and do what I do best for Jim. It's the least I can do. The lung cancer has really taken hold of him, and with his 70th birthday looming in a week or so I know his last days are in sight. I should know it - it's my expertise.
Spend as much time as you can with those who mean the most. Don't hold grudges, they will only make you sick with regret. And never, never take a single day for granted.


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