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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
catching up
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- kristi said...
i love the top picture of your girl with your grandpa! that is so sweet. and i love that she gets to wear your old dresses. that dress is so gorgeous. i miss you when you don't post, so i'm all for you posting more! even though it doesn't apply to me, i wonder if some people would be helped by you posting what you are teaching? oh, and i've been seeing you post mysterious things about vintage medicine on FB. i want to know what that is all about. ;)
- June 7, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- lindsey mcgee said...
I read your blog when you post, although I guess that makes me one of the ghost readers (not writer :)
I think the thing I immediately loved about you when we got to talk that time for lunch (and what I love reading about in your blog) is your counter cultural approach to life. I love it! It makes me think and evaluate ...and decide if I'm doing what's easy because culture says to and because I let my life get to busy OR if I'm looking to God to show me how to best care for my children, husband and household. Don't know if it helps, but that's my two cents :)
- June 7, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Lissa said...
Hi Amy!
loving these here photos! they remind me of the kind I grew up with being square like that. Just blog from your heart and what you're passionate about. The rest will come! You are such a sweetie!
- June 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- the fabled needle (jen) said...
Your family is so adorable! I'm glad you are resurrecting the blog.
It can be hard to find a unique niche in the blog world and feel excited enough to stick with it. IMO, you should make a list of the things you enjoy blogging about, things that are unique to you, what do you get out of blogging or what you want to give back.
When I think of your blog, I think of your really cute family, homeschooling, yummy comfort food, sewing projects, country stuff. There's also something very genuine and honest about it which I (and I'm sure many others) like.
- June 7, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- nikole said...
hello! i love your sweet blog! looking forward to reading more of your words in addition to seeing your lovely photos. adding you to my blogroll now!
thanks for finding me! xoxo
- June 7, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- sew nancy said...
Hi Amy
I have to agree with Jen. I like your blog for all the same reasons
I sometimes want to create several blogs to address different things. I find it really inspiring when people can manage to tackle various subjects and yet it all ties together as a whole.
- June 11, 2011 at 11:20 AM


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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 18 (UPI) -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich said his recent comments about doing away with the state's pink driver's licenses were made "sort of tongue in cheek."
Kasich said Tuesday during a speech at the "Dayton's Legislation Day in Columbus" event he is planning to "eliminate the pink driver's license," The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.
"I just got mine the other day, and it's going," the governor said.
Kasich said after the speech his comments were "sort of tongue in cheek."
"I just got my ... license the other day, and everybody says, 'Can you change it from pink?'" Kasich said. "And then I looked at it and I went, 'Whoa.' So I think we're thinking about whether we can have a better color.
"I have the authority apparently to do it, so we'll see. We're thinking about it," Kasich said.
The licenses, which feature a dark salmon background and light pink coloring elsewhere on the card, were phased in during former Gov. Ted Strickland's administration in 2009.

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The village board heard testimony Monday night from more than 30 Valley Streamers, who expressed concerns about a developer's proposal to build a 28-unit apartment complex at the corner of Wallace Court and Payan Avenue. The hearing followed a months-long debate among residents of Wallace Court and other Valley Stream, over the potential benefits of adding more high-density rental housing to the area.
"The sense of the board was that there was strong community opposition to the project," Deputy Mayor Vincent Grasso said. "There's some outstanding issues that need to be resolved."
He said residents were concerned about parking in the area, the size of the project and the building's aesthetics. Grasso also said that he, too, had concerns about developing a 28-unit complex, and said that board members would further discuss the proposal at their next meeting. "We're going to take it as it goes," Grasso said, adding that he did not know when a decision would be reached.
Mayor Ed Fare said he was overall pleased with the discussion, noting "I actually thought it was invigorating, because it's democracy at it's finest."
Trustee John Tufarelli said that his vote on the proposal would be based on the best interests of the community. "Me personally, I took everything into consideration," he said. "In my mind, the residents always come first."
The village board of trustees voted to change the lot's zoning in April to allow for a commercial parking expansion — a change from RA to CX zoning. The Nov. 27 hearing included discussion of a second possible zone change — from CX to CA, or parcels with multiple-family townhouses, condominiums, cooperatives and apartments. Also considered was Cedarhurst-based Paramount Construction's proposal for an apartment complex, called the Parkside. Attorney Dominick Minerva, of Minerva & D'Agostino PC, is representing Paramount.
At the hearing, representatives of Paramount Construction presented the board with a traffic study of the area that showed the new building would increase traffic by 3 to 4 percent, and an assessor's report detailing the tax benefits of another apartment building. "I think the board received our direct application well and understood its benefits," Minerva said.
Some residents said they were irritated that they had not heard about the proposal before Gibson resident Mike Belfiore, who served one term on the village board in the 1990s, notified them. At the hearing, Belfiore presented letters that the developer apparently sent to the zoning board in June 2016, asking members to change the property's zone from RA to CA. The zoning code does not allow for a change from RA to CA, which Belfiore argued was proof that the code was being circumvented to appease the developer, and that the zoning of the property was not intended to accommodate high-density apartments.
"That's the definition of spot zoning," Belfiore said. "To me, that strikes as manipulation."
In an interview with the Herald last month, Mayor Ed Fare rejected the claim that this case was an example of spot zoning, or at odds with the village's master plan and current zoning restrictions. He said the April zone change was approved so the village could schedule a public hearing, and was not an indication that the board already had an opinion on the project.
Fare said, however, that the board is "pro-development." He disputed claims that the village was becoming overdeveloped — a criticism that often resurfaces when developers submit proposals — by alluding to hundreds of rental units built in Mineola "in one fell swoop." By contrast, the village had added 201 units — three apartment complexes, not including the unfinished, 36-unit Promenade on North Central Avenue — over the last decade.
Other developments on the horizon
Construction of the Promenade — the only unfinished apartment project in the village — began over the summer, and Fare said that the village's progress on it has potential developers interested in the area.
Last December, the board authorized an appraisal for Parking Fields 8 and 8A, which border the Village Green at Hicks Street, after developers expressed interest in purchasing and developing the land. Mineola-based Michael Haberman Associates is doing the appraisal. Fare declined to describe proposals or name prospective buyers.
"Developers are interested, and before we even talk to developers, we want to know what it's worth," he said of the parking lot.
Additionally, the board of trustees voted in February to authorize a request for development proposals for a section of land just south of Sun Valley Towers, at 4th Street.
A RFP is a document announcing that a plot of land is available for development. It outlines the contract terms and provides guidance on how the proposal should be formatted. The board authorized the expenditure of $6,000 to pay Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker PLLC, of Uniondale, to draft the document, which is yet to be published.


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Superhero team-ups are all cool and exciting, be it Justice League or the Avengers. But, come on…they bring a lot of melodrama and goody two shoes emotions with them. Well, technically the Avengers are less on the melodrama than the Justice League…anyway must not get into the Marvel vs DC conflict.
Then you have normal heist movie team-ups like the Fast & The Furious series. Well, they are raunchy and fun. But what truly makes for a totally bad-ass team up? Supervillains!
And the Suicide Squad is the raunchiest super powered team up one could assemble.
What have we here? Deadshot, Rick Flagg, Boomerang, Enchantress, Harley frickin' Quinn and…the Joker!
So, the 1st reason for Suicide Squad's success is: Harley and the Joker together.
They are played by Margot Robbie and Jared Leto…two excellent actors who have the right looks, ample eccentricity and the charisma to pull it off.
I have already mentioned how Jared Leto is the perfect Joker. His immaculate Joker laugh, his facial features, his lanky frame and his success at being a great method actor…he is a showman…an eccentric showman, and isn't that what the Joker is all about?
Margot Robbie. She is a beauty with the right amount of crazy in her. I remember there was a scene in The Wolf of Wall Street..when she speaks exactly like Harley Quinn…eerie right? When she was conversing with Leonardo di Caprio, teasing him.
I cannot wait to see the two hit it off on screen. Filming for the Suicide Squad starts in April this year. And the film releases in August 2016, a perfect birthday gift for me!
Then there are the other aspects of the Suicide Squad. A chance to see a band of villains with fiery egos trying to work together while creating a grand spectacle of destruction….don't we love supervillain team-ups? All those fanboys at Screenrant saying this film will bomb are fools. This film will be a runaway success!
I want to see Harley being Harley…I hope any of you readers are reading the ongoing Harley Quinn series…there are 13 chapters out already and a Christmas special too. That Christmas one is a treat, if you know what I mean.
Secondly, I like Will Smith as Deadshot. As opposed to fanboys complaining over the change of race, Floyd Lawton in Batman: Assault on Arkham wasn't exactly a Caucasian fellow and he looked similar to Will Smith. So, we mustn't be complaining.
Rick Flagg and Boomerang will both be great conflict makers; they will have their very own squabbles and contests with Deadshot.
The Enchantress is a sexy one, though I do not mean Harley is any less sexy. But, it will be refreshing to see a magical element to the DC Cinematic Universe. I think she will have traits of Poison Ivy as well.
Thirdly, it is David Ayer directing. If anyone has seen Fury, they will know how good Ayer is at assembling rag tag mercenaries. And he knows how to choreograph his fight scenes. He loves assemble films and films with guns. Its his treat and he will share the goods with us gleefully. The film is in safe hands. Fury was an awesome film to watch. Ayer is both directiing and writing the script for the film. I am glad.
Fourthly, there will be a Batman cameo! Heck, if anyone has seen Assault on Arkham it could mean that it would be more than just a cameo for Batfleck. How bloody cool is that!
Fifthly, we will see this directly tie in with the future movies, with a potential brief conflict between The Joker and Batman.
I am losing my breath with nerdgasms right now.
Sixthly, there will be a cameo from Lex Luthor.
And Seventhly: Amanda Waller. Her name is enough.
To conclude, I think this will be the most entertaining DC film in the entire DC Universe…not grim and sombre and tense, it'd be badass…with real badasses helming it.
Bring on the Suicide Squad Amanda Waller!
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The 1st World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus proved to be highly successful, with over 900 delegates from 90 countries coming together in Barcelona.
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Just wanted to say thanks for the Yeti Pro review you did. I bought that mic last year for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Do you think it's necessary to set it up on XLR, or is plugging it straight into the computer via USB more than good enough? There are so many choices out there for XLR preamps and mixers that I don't know where to begin, so I've been sticking with USB. Anyway, thanks for the review. Best, BobYeti Pro on USB. That's what it was designed for, and truthfully, in a well treated room, the Yeti Pro delivers INSANE sound quality, 24bit/192kHz, over that cable. Quality you'll RARELY need in the world of dry voice spoken word recording.
You'll pardon, that being a gear snob however, if I can use a dedicated preamp, I will. This comes down to one of those personal preference things that audio folks like to argue about. There's something about the way that a good mid-range solid state pre will drive a mic that I just happen to enjoy. I don't have any scientific data to support my assertions here, but there's an edge to mids and highs that I just can't seem to recreate without a box solely designed to boost signal in my recording chain.
Especially in the current VO climate where everyone is trying to find a "warm" sound with tubes and ribbons, I feel we're starting to lose the tremor, vibrato, and edges of a voice which can help make us distinctive. I would never underestimate the value of a "crisp", "bright" recording for conversational commercial auditions. It'll do a much better job (IMO) of helping you cut through than focusing on "warmth" (analog style distortion) and compression. To many people are running towards "muddy"...
So short story long, the great thing about a Yeti Pro is precisely the fact that it's not necessary to use it with a pre. However, if you start looking at upgrades for your studio, you wont need to scrap it.


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The Big Chill Music Festival (in England) will be hosting what they call "the world's biggest zombie walk". Film Four and Warp Films are encouraging festival-goers to go dressed up as their favorite zombie on Thursday, August 6th. Camera crews will be on hand to film zombies walking towards the camera, all the while grunting and groaning. Sounds like fun – too bad it's all the way in England.
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Real estate fraud is real
Ask David
IN GOOD TIMES and bad, real estate remains an
ideal place for scammers to lurk. Money-hungry
fraudsters often take advantage of a homeowner's
urgent need to sell, and also look to pounce on those
eager to make a purchase. If you are planning to get
involved in a real estate deal, be on the lookout for
these common scams.
Foreclosure fraud
Foreclosure schemes prey on people who are in
economic distress and in danger of losing their
homes. Here are a few schemes.
Unscrupulous advertisers. Fraudsters target
homeowners in danger of foreclosure via email,
unsolicited phone calls, fliers or even door-to-door
solicitation. Many of these "companies" are not legit,
may charge excessive fees or will never deliver on
services promised.
Fake services. A "mortgage consultant," "
foreclosure service" or similar will promise to help you
get out of foreclosure, for a fee, but once they take
your money you will never hear from them again.
Transferred funds. Fraudsters will instruct
you to make your mortgage payments directly
to them or to their "company." They may even tell
you to transfer your property deed to them. However, once you begin making payments, they will get
your money and keep it, and your mortgage will
remain unpaid.
Contrary to advice given by many scammers,
homeowners in trouble should stay in touch with
their mortgage company, contacting the company
or a lawyer first when in trouble.
Home buyers are at risk, too
While the above scams are perpetrated on
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buy a home with today's record low interest rates
can also find themselves in trouble. Although the
following scams appear to primarily affect mortgage lenders, they can also put home purchasers at
a disadvantage.
Property flipping
Property flipping is a major scam taking place
in distressed housing markets across the country.
Particularly in places such as Florida and Las Vegas,
unscrupulous property flippers buy houses or condos and then drive up the price in a few days or
weeks by selling it to someone they know. Buyers
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more than the property is worth, gaining excess
funds for the flippers to split as profits.
Credit enhancement
So-called credit enhancement companies
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"rent" investors phony bank account balances so
they can show lenders they have the finances to
qualify for a mortgage. The bank accounts actually
belong to other people who are unaware of the
scam being perpetrated.
Appraisal fraud
A dishonest appraiser inflates the value of the
property. At the closing, the seller gets the check for
a bogus amount based on the false appraisal, then
pays off the appraiser and anyone else involved
in the scam. Usually, the borrower doesn't make any
payments and the house goes to foreclosure.
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estate fraud. Here are some warning signs to look
out for:
✔ You are given a sales pitch with logical holes
or asked to meet away from an actual business
✔ You are dealing with an unlicensed agent or are asked to pay
upfront fees.
✔ You are asked to pay for
something outside of escrow or
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with someone on a real
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your city or state and check
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anything, ever. Only use
credit cards or checks, as
they are more secure.
✔ Do your research
on what a legitimate transaction should look like.
Check with friends, industry websites, the Federal
Trade Commission (www.
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5 Philadelphia Phillies Prospects Who Will Help the Team in 2014August 2, 2013
5 Philadelphia Phillies Prospects Who Will Help the Team in 2014
Philadelphia Phillies fans are getting a glimpse at the future with the arrival of Cody Asche and Ethan Martin to the majors. Asche made his debut at third base on Wednesday night, while Martin is set to make his first career start Friday against the Braves.
For Phillies fans, the arrival of young talent to the ballclub is a welcome sight. With the team eight games below .500, the 2013 season is a lost cause, and it is time to start looking toward the future.
Asche and Martin have a chance to make an impact now, but there are more players sitting in the farm system who have a chance to shine for the Phillies in 2014 and beyond.
Cody Asche
Asche, a 2011 draft pick for the Phillies, fast-tracked his way to the big leagues after hitting .295 with 15 home runs and 68 RBI for Triple-A Lehigh Valley this season, according to Baseball-Reference.
The 23-year-old has hit for a high average and shown decent power at every stop on his three-year trip through the minor leagues. Micky Morandini, Asche's former manager with the Lakewood Blue Claws, told Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer that Asche has what it takes to make it at the next level.
"The strength of Cody was his mentality...He can drive the ball and hit left-handed pitching. I think he's going to be pretty good."
The one drawback to making Asche the everyday third baseman next season is that he is another left-handed bat in a lineup that could include as many as seven of them, depending on the day's starting pitcher.
Though he is currently slotted in at third base, Asche's future with the team could be at one of the middle infield spots. With Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins approaching the ends of their respective careers, Asche could be the perfect replacement, especially with another third base prospect right on his heels.
Maikel Franco
No one in the Phillies minor league system looks more poised to make an impact in Philadelphia than third baseman Maikel Franco.
After posting a solid season in Lakewood last year, Franco has been a revelation in 2013, hitting .325 with 23 home runs and 79 RBI between Clearwater and Reading, according to Baseball-Reference. In his 37 games at Double-A, Franco has been the hottest hitter in the league, posting a .367 batting average with eight home runs and 28 RBI in 37 games.
An unnamed scout spoke highly of Franco in an article for Philly.com, comparing the 20-year-old to one of the best sluggers in the majors.
"He's a young, energetic, and aggressive hitter with a big upside. I see him being a solid everyday third baseman. He reminds me of a young Edwin Encarnacion."
Franco fills a need for this Philadelphia Phillies team as both a right-handed power bat and a solid defensive third baseman. He likely won't make the Opening Day roster in 2014, but if he keeps at his current pace, the team will have no choice but make room for him in Philadelphia.
Ethan Martin
Phillies fans are about to get a good look at Ethan Martin now that he has been called up to Philadelphia to make a spot start Friday night against the Atlanta Braves. With Jonathan Pettibone heading to the disabled list, Martin could be auditioning for a permanent place in the starting rotation.
The 24-year-old had a rough start to the season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but he has turned things around in a big way as of late, posting a 2.79 ERA with 38 strikeouts in five starts during the month of July, according to FanGraphs.
Martin's biggest flaw has been his high walk rate. He has issued at least two free passes in 19 of his 21 starts this year. Those walks have kept him from throwing deep into games, as he has just three starts of seven innings or more on the year.
However, his stuff is very good. He is averaging 8.33 strikeouts per nine innings and holding opposing hitters to a .224 average. If Martin can find home plate, he will find a home on the Philadelphia pitching staff.
Adam Morgan
Adam Morgan should be the fifth starter in Philadelphia next season. Morgan's 2013 numbers are not pretty—1-5, 4.05 ERA with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, according to FanGraphs—but much of that can be attributed to a partially torn rotator cuff suffered early in the season.
Morgan missed nearly two months of the season while resting his shoulder, but he has been very effective since returning to the Iron Pigs. In his last three starts, his ERA is just 0.80 with eight strikeouts in 11.2 innings.
In an article posted earlier this year, Al Skorupa of FanGraphs saw Morgan as a pitcher who was ready for the majors:
Morgan has a veteran's poise on the mound and that's what I like to see in a college draftee. He kept everything down and pounded the bottom of the zone. Most of his misses were down, too. I saw him command his fastball to both sides of the plate and he was unafraid to throw inside. This is a pitcher who knows how to pitch and the floor is fairly high as a result.
The organization should continue to treat him with kid gloves through the rest of this season, but barring any further injuries, Morgan is ready to make the jump to Philadelphia. He has great stuff, great command and the right mindset to pitch in the majors.
Tommy Joseph
With Carlos Ruiz's contract expiring at the end of this year, the Phillies will need a starting catcher for 2013, and Tommy Joseph should have the first chance at the job.
Joseph has struggled in 2013, but much of that can be blamed on lingering effects from a concussion suffered when he was hit by a pitch on May 4. In 36 games across four levels of the minors, Joseph has hit just .179 with three home runs, according to Baseball-Reference.
But Dusty Wathan, former catcher and manager at Double-A Reading, told John Finger of CSNPhilly.com that Joseph has the tools to play catcher in the majors:
Defensively, he's really clean at receiving...He has a great arm, he's pretty accurate, he receives well and calls a good game. He's a good leader and has a lot of intangibles that aren't physical tools.
Even when healthy, Joseph doesn't hit for average, but he has shown the ability to hit for power (he hit 22 home runs in 2011). And much like Carlos Ruiz early in his career, Joseph's true value to the Phillies will be in how he handles the pitching staff.
If he can hit 15-20 home runs, that's just an added bonus.


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While the history of Goan Music on the lines of orthodox Indian classical music, may be said to be the same as that of the music of Hindustan, the History of Goan Music as cultivated by the Christian section of Goa's population can be a subject of g... more info »
The Kala Academy Goa was established by the Govt. of Goa on 28th February 1970 under the Registration of Societies Act 1860, bearing Reg.264 with approval of Govt. of India, Ministry of Art Culture, as an apex body to develop Music, Dance, Drama, Fine Art, Li... more info »
Goa is known as a place where Art is worshipped. Art, in all its forms music, singing, painting, dancing writing, has a special place in the hearts of Goans. And as for literature, as the famous writer Amitav Ghosh puts it,Goa is such a literary place. more info »
The today's Goa was controlled by many dynasties during the ancient the medieval period. Most of these dynasties introduced their fm art architecture in this region. more info »
Konkani drama began under fortuitous circumstances, though the dramatic art has been practiced in Goa for centuries earlier, as can be perceived from the aitika arrangements for such events being mentioned in our old records. more info »
The maj annual festival of Goa, celebrated mainly by toiling farmers, proletariat section of the society, including artisans other traditional occupants like potters, carpenters etc. In Goa, the celebrations are in three folds; (a) rites rituals (b) Artistic... more info »
A Glimpse of the various fairs and festivals that are celebrated across Goa. more info »
The generation of creative and intellectual literature in Goa has been taking place in Marathi since long time. Goans received inspiration to face the adverse conditions and maintain their nationality intact through this proficient literary tradition. more info »
Mahendra Chodankar traces the development of 'Fine Art' in Goa from an aesthetic point of view, across the centuries in Goa more info »


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I wouldn't have posted up the video above but Providence has struck, or perhaps just one of those freaky co-incidences that happen in this totally accidentally-formed place called Earth somewhere amidst a gigantic Universe, especially in the realm of the Internet. This evening I watched a TV programme on the BBC I-Player called Before the Big Bang, concerning the efforts of brain-box scientists to decipher what existed before the Big Bang. 'Crikey', I thought. 'Now that is what I call ambitious!' You can watch it by clicking the link.
Some suggested that the Big Bang didn't happen and that it was a Big Bounce or something, one said the Universe was a multi-verse and another said the Universe exists inside a big membrane or between two massive membranes and another said the whole thing is like a massive block of cheese with holes in it. Of course, all the theories are all very interesting, none of them remove God from the 'equation', but they are all just theories. Somehow, if we found out how everything came to be, I don't think it would make us that happy. Unfortunatley, the details of whatever they all said have gone right over my head. I'm happy to leave these scientists to make futile attempts to explain how and to do the thinking for me because if I make it to Heaven, perhaps I'll find out then. As far as I can see, Creation is the biggest Miracle ever save for the Incarnation and the Resurrection and I was present to none of them. For now, I'm happy to live and play my smaller than the smallest ant's part in God's inexplicably huge creation and to try, feebly, to do His Will.
As far as the Church is concerned, the field of science is a noble pursuit in which learned men learn even more about the laws of nature, physics, astronomy, cosmology and the rest, probing God's creation and marvelling at the wonder of it all by writing endless mathematical sums and equations on blackboards, hoping to go down in history as the man who 'worked God out', as if, somehow, the Blessed Trinity, just before the dawn of Creation had a blackboard and the Eternal Second Person of the Trinity looked up at the Eternal Father and said, "I don't know...Ah, this is frustrating. Holy Angels, turn the music down will you! Enough already! We have to get this exactly right! Father, did you say 10 to the power of 7 or 7 to the power of 10? Okay, magnetism, check. Gravity, check...Okay, I think this baby's ready to blow! Are you ready, Holy Ghost? Let there be...Hang on! How did those black holes get there!?"
Anyway, so I've watched this programme and I am looking at other blogs and I read from Damian Thompson about the fact that the Archbishop of Westminster deserves a 'red hat' for rescuing the Papal Visit, despite a public record of 'misguiding the Faithful' and that 'US doctors have begun the first official trial of using human embryonic stem cells in patients after getting the green light from regulators', which goes to show that scientists really can 'probe' God's creation just that one step too far, when I see that one of the physicists I've just this evening seen talking about a Multiverse of cheese or something also has been talking about the future and what he thinks will come and this time, he really does sound like a fruitcake!
I found it on Prison Planet, because I am one of those nerdy social misfits Andrew Marr doesn't like and every now and then I look at Prison Planet for a potential blogpost about an elite cabal that are trying to engineer a global government that strangles human freedom. Firstly, he starts off by talking about aliens and stuff and suddenly his Physics PhD looks like it took its toll on his mental health. Then, he talks about the 'birth-pangs of a new civilisation', which he can tell is in operation because he reads the newspapers every day, in which planetary decisions will be made by people who speak in English and then he says that people who don't want such planetary governmental enterprises whose chief aim is to bring us rock and roll and Hollywood movies to take place are 'terrorists'. Is he talking about Al-Quaeda or just anyone who enjoys local parliamentary democracy and agrees with the Holy Father's views on a measure of subsidiarity as set forth in Cartias in Veritate?
Of course, the idea that there is an 'Illuminati' of 'elites' planning a sinister global Government or a 'New World Order' under the head of the Antichrist is nonsense, but then, hey, its just a theory...


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A Tree of Hippocrates clone was planted in front of the National Library of Medicine on April 25, 2014. The first gene sequence of the tree, which can be used for scientific research, was unveiled during the dedication ceremony.
According to legend Hippocrates, regarded the father of modern medicine, taught students under a tree on the Greek island of Cos. When the library was dedicated in 1961, the Greek ambassador presented NLM with a cutting from a descendant of the Cos tree. The tree was planted the following spring. In the 1980s, NIH landscape architect Lynn Mueller detected signs of deterioration from weather and a fungal disease. He spent decades trying to restore the tree's health while also exploring the possibility of a clone. He eventually connected with the Champion Tree Project, now the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive. Using cuttings from the gift tree, Archangel produced the clone that was planted. It replaces the gift tree which never recovered and was removed last year.
Greek Ambassador Christos Panagopoulos said: "It was 2,400 years ago on the small island of Cos that one of the brightest minds, not only of the period but throughout the ages, Hippocrates, used to gather his disciples around him under the shadow of a plane tree".


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Turkey and Russia aim for 10 billion-dollar trade
Turkey and Russia hope to triple bilateral trade to reach $10 billion within three years, visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said Wednesday. "Bilateral trade volume amounts to some three billion dollars. We plan to bring it up to $10 billion in three years," Kasyanov said after a meeting with leading Turkish businessmen at the end of a three-day visit to Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported.
Bilateral trade at present is in favor of Russia, which is Turkey's main natural gas supplier. During Kasyanov's talks in Ankara on Monday and Tuesday, the two sides agreed to negotiate increased purchases of natural gas and electricity by energy-hungry Turkey and to boost cooperation in the military and defense industry fields.
Turkey and Russia are building a major gas pipeline, dubbed Blue Stream, which will stretch from the southern Russian gas plant of Izobilnoy, across the Black Sea floor, to the Turkish coastal city of Samsun.
The 1,213-kilometre (758-mile) conduit, expected to become operational in autumn 2001, will deliver eight billion cubic meters of gas annually to Turkey. — (AFP, Istanbul)
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We walk as three to the neighbouring village, every third month. Me. Mama. Papa. In that order.
Papa always takes the rear, walking at a little distance behind us, as if he does not want to be associated with mama and me. Or as if he was on his way to someplace in his mind.
I walk in front, and as to everything I do, I put a rhythm to my walk. One, two, three...pam. One, two, three...pam. Like that.
I have no idea why I count in threes. I have no idea how many threes I end up counting. I have no idea why I do the counting. I have no idea about many things.
For instance, I do not know why I feel older than twelve. I feel as if I have been here before. Mama and papa, they look familiar. I often cock my head to one side and consider them, especially mama.
I feel as if I have seen her before, in another place and in another time. There were no deeply etched furrows of worry on her forehead then, and her ebony skin gleamed in the sun.
She sold Uli at the market. The cosmetics she made from the leaves were the best amongst all others. It did not wash from the skin by chance. Everyone who passed by stopped to buy or to see.
For the women, I could understand. But it is a difficult thing, telling what the men wanted since men do not wear Uli.
Of all the young men that hovered around mama, one stood out like a sole horn. Papa.
Young, strong, and handsome in an ethereal manner, he bestrode the heart of many women like a colossus.
The tales of his conquests were sweet on every one's lips, like casks of fresh palm wine. From village to village, women flocked after him. Yet he would hurry on to the market, and head for mama's cosmetic stand, snubbing the other traders who had no equal wares.
Aggrieved and jealous, they would hiss and pass snide comments, like "He has come again". That they do not know which he wants to buy, the piper or the tune. And mama, not one whose mouth had been taken to the washerman would quickly respond, that both were for sale, the piper and the tune.
Rain fell the day that they were joined. Heavy, stinging pellets from the bright skies. The sun watched from a haughty distance, with a bland old smile that said its hands were tied. And they say that it is a bad omen, when the rain falls on one's wedding day, and the sun smiles as if its hands were tied. The ceremony had been a colourful one. Drummers and flutists rented the air with their stock in trade. Food was plentiful and so was drink. Mama looked most beautiful on her day. Her skin was decorated with the dark residue from crushed Uli leaves, her own handiwork. Her long hair was sheathed in a crown of red iyun beads. Her wrists and ankles and waist were bedecked with white beads.
As she danced, the men watched the sensual gyration of her supple body with minds inebriated with liquor and eyes filled with longing. They looked at preening papa, with sheer admiration and naked envy.
Everyone cheered when papa accepted the small palm wine gourd from his bride, and drank every little bit of the white juice. Green, intrepid jealousy, from the myriads who had competed with mama for papa's attention. And lost.
And mama spared none of them. She simply reveled in her day.
They say my ilk come in a myriad of ways. Sometimes the Iroko hands us out. At other times, we take advantage when a pregnant woman is out at midday in the hot blazing sun. We scare the baby in her womb away, and take its place if she ventured out at midnight. Some of us are gifts from the river goddess.
They say I am one of these- a gift from the river goddess. That I came in the small pools of water that gathered in the compound during the rain, and refused to leave when my mates flowed away. For, nine months after their day, mama had a pink little daughter- the first me.
They say I cried and cried and cried. It was a wonder I survived six days. On the seventh day, I packed my load, and went back to the river goddess.
I returned twelve moons later.
This time, I did not cry at all. They said I was the mutest baby they ever saw. That my mouth was like a slit in my face, and I had a wicked glint in my eye. That when they named me Ajojo - replacement - I let out a yelp. I suffered the name for a few minutes, and then my body began to grow hot. It grew so hot it scalded mama's palms. The swelling with water within it is there till tomorrow.
They bathed me with all the herbs they could find. I only broke out in severe rashes with pus at their tips. My eyes turned yellow, and my tongue was deathly white.
They said I laid limp, watching their antics to keep me alive through the deathly glint in my eye. And that was how I grew up, a sickly child, with sparse, kinky hair. I had spindly limbs, and I creaked when I walked.
I didn't play with the other children. Not as if they wanted my company. While they cooked with the sand, and screamed in delight, I sit under the frangipani trees, and speak with the wind.
I walked through the warm motherly forests, and inhaled the tangy scents of the neem trees. I loved to get lost in the wilds. It was fun searching for and finding myself afterwards, among the sharp, towering elephant grasses.
The plants were my only friends, and I sang with the birds. They said I was a wicked child. That I had silted up mama's womb with sawdust, so that after me, she could not have another.
My illnesses got worse the older I grew. I got out of bed perhaps, once in three days. And afterward, I paid dearly, writhing in pains.
My wrists would ache and ache and ache. My ankles would get so heavy I felt like cutting them off. My head would throb till I felt there was a mortar in it. It felt like someone was pounding in it. Someone was always grinding pepper in my chest too. Alujonu were always preparing for a festival in my body. The preparations go on for far too long. Alujonu scream and quarrel and dance too much.
My parents began to change.
Dark shadows of mama's beauty remained etched on her face. She no longer went to sell Uli as much as she once did. She no longer walked with the spritely gait of the village beauty. Her pompous breasts had begun to sag and her raging hips begun to flag. Her voice gained a hoarse quality, one that grated in the ear, like Wana's rogue motorcycle.
She no longer responded to the side talk and snide remarks. She said nothing when they gossiped, telling her to take solace was in papa's ethereal good looks and in his barns filled with stacks of yam, tied to bamboo poles in columns, erect like a crowd of tall, huge men. She did not respond to all the talk, because she said that I, Ajojo, had given her mouth to the washer-man to wash.
Papa was no different. He no longer came away to the house.
He went from the farm to the gin parlour, where he drank gin dispensed in dirty little glass tubes, and played a game with the other men. I never could understand the game: grown men sitting on a bench, facing each other and distributing seeds into spherical holes dug in the centre of a wooden cylinder that laid on both players knees.
In their drunken states, they laughed at everything. They even said someone had won, and another had lost.
"How can anyone fail in putting seeds into a hole?' I had asked papa one night when mama had sent me to the gin parlour to warn him that his food was getting cold.
He had repeated my question to the other men and the resultant laughter had carried far into the starry night. I returned home and when mama asked where the papa she asked me to fetch was, I had slapped the back of one palm into the other in turns.
A little of the feisty mama I once knew had resurfaced that night. Papa could not believe his eyes when he saw mama, with me trailing behind, marching towards the gin parlour with trays of eba, onugbu and washing hands water.
Amidst jeers and taunts and laughter, Papa had quietly got up, and returned with us.
You see, my parents love each other.
I was the one key that spoilt the teeth of the dog. I listen on my mat as papa and mama argue and raise their voices. I begin to count in threes. I never had to count for long. She, mama, was a crier. She would blame her chi for all her misfortune. Papa would belch and curse his luck. He said the most murderous thing one night as they quarrelled and I prepared for bed; that had he known that what mama carried underneath all her beauty were children meant for the likes of Ikori, he would not have bothered with her.
Ikori is the imbecile who sleeps at the village square. His neck is long like a spring and he catches insects in his mouth with a flick he had long perfected.
Mama had burst into fresh tears. Papa had apologized profusely and tried to pacify his wife. It was that night that mama's beauty had walked away from her face, leaving only its shadow.
I had counted my threes and fallen asleep.
Eventually, I was seven.
It was time to go. I went to the frangipani trees to say goodbye. I sat under them and spoke with the wind. I followed its course to the warm motherly forests. I said good-bye to the neem trees. I lost myself in the wilds, and found myself among the elephant grasses I had come to love.
I laughed and I cried. The birds came and sang me a lonely dirge. My friends wished me safe journey back home. I went back to the house, singing the bird's songs on top of my voice. Strangers packed themselves to one side of the road to give this mad little girl room. I was as blind as a bat to their consternation. I felt as free as a bird in my emancipation. The road was my own and death was in my pocket.
"Ajojo, you are full of life today..." the villagers commented.
The sun was shining in my eyes and there was sweat in my brownish, kinky hair. The air wrapped itself around me in a smug knowing hug. I had a good taste in my belly, like someone who had just swallowed Alali.
Rain fell that evening and I bathed in it. Even the other children did not run away from me. We ran together and I ran faster than some of them, on my spindly legs. I didn't creak as I ran. I laughed and I cried in the rain but they could not see my tears. They were children, too naive, too little to understand.
To ease the cold, mama wrapped me in a woolen blanket that night. She sat with me as I shivered by the fire. She fed me hot peppery soup, so that I could find some warmth, and my eyes watered. I felt as if my tongue was on fire. Papa played his flute in front of his hut.
"Why did you do it Ajojo?" mama asked.
"I don't know mama..."
"Answer me Ajojo."
"I want to be like the other children..."
"What are the other children like?" she asked. She turned her head away from me, to stoke the fire, and to hide the tears. But I had already seen them on her cheeks. The orange fire lit up her face.
"They play together. They bathe in the rain."
"Ajojo, you are not as strong as... Wait until you can..."
"Why am I different?"
"It is the will of your creator, my daughter. And till your grip on the machete is firm, do not ask who raped your mother."
We had stayed huddle like that beside the fire, mother and daughter, in utter silence. She wrapped her arms around me. The only sounds were the cackles of the fire, the chirps of the insects and papa's flute.
There was a lot to say, but we stayed silent for many different reasons. I knew my questions would not be answered. Mama clearly craved only peace and quiet.
So, I did not wake up the following day.
Now, this is my third coming.
And it had been prepared for me. They said when I left, I had removed the sawdust I had used to silt mama's womb. So when mama got pregnant again, the medicine man had called papa aside. He had told papa that because some were skilled in the silent passing of gas, others had also grown skilled in the hearing of every sound. He said he had perceived a foul smell from miles away, that I was coming again.
"Abiku! Abiku!!" he raged. He said however that he knew what to do when I arrived.
I was born, a most beautiful child. My hair was dense and dark and woolly. And unlike the one before me, I cried.
There was no colourful celebration of my arrival. Papa said that the traveller who arrives from a journey and does not acknowledge those he meets at home, also loses the warmth of welcoming greetings. He said that he had lost faith in my arrivals.
I sucked mama's breast in copious quantities, like it was hunger that chased me down from heaven. They named me 'this one shall stay' - Durotimi.
I grew up, as beautiful as my mother. I loved my parents very much and watched them crawl out of their shell, reluctantly, slowly, cautiously, opening themselves up to me like the wary, fascinating, plant that opened up itself to the sun, and closed itself up promptly at the slightest touch.
My head throbs sometimes and my chest still aches.
So papa takes me and mama, and we walk, three of us, to the neighbouring village. Every three months. The medicine man makes propitiations, and gives me concoctions to drink. And he says I will be fine, till the next treatment.
I feel they are tying up my soul to this world.
I still sit underneath the frangipani trees. I still speak to the wind. I still go to the warm motherly forests and sing with the birds. I still love the neem trees, and I inhale their tangy scent. I still lose myself in the wilds, knowing each time I find myself, this coming is for keeps.
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Title: A Midwinter Prince
Series: A Midwinter Prince, 1
Author: Harper Fox
Narrator: Rusty Coles
Publisher: audible studios
Cover Artist: Unknown
Story Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Narration Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Overall Rating: 4.75 of 5 Stars
Release Date: 12/09/2017
Length: 08 hours 56 minutes
Genre: Contemporary, Gay Romance
Laurence Fitzroy is trapped in a golden cage. The only son of a wealthy London baronet, he's struggling to escape his father's suffocating world. But Laurie is losing his fight. At 19 years of age, bright and imaginative, he's no match for the brutal Sir William. Laurie wants to be an actor – bad enough as far as Sir William is concerned, but, worse than that, he's gay.
One bitter winter night, he meets a young homeless man huddled in blankets outside the opera house. The two form a bond straight away, and Laurie takes him home, wanting only to offer him food and a warm bed. But Sasha is a passionate Romani immigrant, and his beauty and sweet nature soon overwhelm Laurie's chaste intentions, leaving him hopelessly in love.
Laurie and Sasha reach out desperately to one another from their different worlds, and against all odds begin an affair, hidden in the attics of Laurie's sumptuous home and on the bleak moorland of a Romani encampment. For Laurie, it's a delicious sexual awakening, and Sasha returns his affections, opening up to him a whole new world of freedom.
But Sasha has secrets, and a murky, violent past. When he vanishes, he leaves Laurie bereft and alone in a city he hardly recognizes any more. Now Laurie has to stand on his own two feet and find the strength to rescue his lover – and himself.
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I adored A Midwinter Prince; Its tone, its subject and plot, its beautiful language. Laurie and Sasha came to life and their story made me feel things.
Quick note, it is shelved as historical on Goodreads many times, but it is not, in fact, a historical. It is a contemporary setting that this heir of a baronet and Romani refugee come together in.
A Midwinter Prince is very much a coming of age novel. The characters, especially Laurie, really grow as people throughout the book.
I thought it was well researched and wonderfully executed. The Romani camp came to life as did the tiny apartment in the East End. The descriptions of life on the streets and living poor felt so real. There were a few spots that I felt implausible – mostly the last sex scene – but other than that, I enjoyed every minute. I had to force myself to stop listening so I could go to bed!
This audio book had a bonus of the first chapter of the next book. I usually don't like listening/reading the first chapter ahead of time, but I was still driving when the main book ended so I thought I'd give it a go. It definitely made me want the next book right away! So pick this up, and enjoy!
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Rusty Coles is a new to me narrator. I really enjoyed listening to his voice and accents. Every character was distinct, and I could hear the personality in every voice. His Romani accent vs his English vs his American vs his French were all perfect to me. I look forward to hearing more from him!
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You still have time to join the Battle of the Books at the Waite Park Library on Tuesday, Feb. 25. If you like to read and play games, sign up for this fun trivia program and start reading. Teens may sign up in groups or individually. You can read one or all three of this year's books: "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, "Princess Bride" by William Goldman, and "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen. Teams compete to see who remembers the most about the books read. The program runs from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., and refreshments will be served. For ages 13-17. Preregistration is required.
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The parish is now one of the smallest in the Hereford diocese and only about thirty five people live within its boundary. There are usually services here on the 4th Sunday of each month at 9am. There may be changes to this in relation to the Easter, Harvest and Christmas festivals.
The Shropshire Way Footpath passes the churchyard gate. We welcome a steady steam of walkers resting here on the leg from Wilderhope to the Brown Clee summit.
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SOUTHGATE HEALTH CARE CENTER, APPELLANT,v.NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, RESPONDENT.
On appeal from Department of Health and Senior Services.
Per curiam.
Argued September 23, 2008
Before Judges Skillman, Graves and Grall.
Southgate Health Care Center is a nursing facility that is reimbursed, at a per diem rate, for services provided to residents who are beneficiaries of Medicaid. Depreciation is a component of that per diem rate. Southgate appeals from a final decision and order of the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services that compels Southgate to justify a $188,833.53 increase in depreciation in accordance with a federal Medicare regulation. We denied a motion to intervene filed by the Health Care Association of New Jersey but granted the Association leave to file an amicus brief.
Relying on the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 to -15, and Metromedia, Inc. v. Dir., Div. of Taxation, 97 N.J. 313 (1984), Southgate contends that the Commissioner may not resolve its administrative appeal by applying a federal Medicare regulation that has not been adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:14B-4.*fn1 For the reasons stated below, we modify and affirm the Commissioner's order.
"The Medicaid program, established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, is a joint federal-state program designed to provide medical care for indigent, disabled and elderly persons. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1396." United Hosps. Med. Ctr. v. State, 349 N.J. Super. 1, 4 (App. Div. 2002); see 42 C.F.R. § 430.0. Within parameters set by Title XIX and federal Medicaid regulations, each state develops its own plan for Medicaid services, including "payment levels for services." 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1396a(a)-(b), 1396b(a); see 42 C.F.R. §§ 400.200, 430.0, .10, .12, .15, .35. Under New Jersey law, all Medicaid payments must be "reasonable." N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7(b). Federal law requires payment at a rate "consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care" and "sufficient to enlist enough providers."
42 U.S.C.A. § 1396a(a)(30)(A). Responsibility for fixing payment rates for nursing facilities and authority to adopt regulations for reimbursement consistent with federal and state law is delegated to the Commissioner. N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7a, b; see N.J.S.A. 30:4D-4; Executive Reorganization Plan No. 001-1996 at ¶ 14 (published at 28 N.J.R. 2655(a), 2658 (June 3, 1996) (transferring the statutory responsibility)).
Southgate commenced operations in 1986, and Medicaid beneficiaries receive approximately sixty percent of the daily care Southgate provides.*fn2 The per diem Medicaid reimbursement rate for Southgate, and the rate for every other nursing facility participating in the Medicaid program, is set annually for the upcoming year. N.J.A.C. 8:85-3.1, -3.2(a).*fn3
Southgate and other nursing facilities submit annual "cost reports" that provide the data used to establish prospective per diem rates. N.J.A.C. 8:85-3.2. The Department developed the "reimbursement formulae" to meet federal and state standards for reimbursement and "end opportunities for excessive property cost reimbursement." N.J.A.C. 8:85-3.1(f)1-3. Depreciation of a facility's building is one component of the rate formula, which includes capital costs. N.J.A.C. 8:85-3.3(b), -3.10.
Capital costs are screened for reasonableness. Two capital cost figures are calculated, "actual cost" and an "aggregate 'capital facilities allowance' (CFA)." N.J.A.C. 8:85-3.10(c)(1)-(2). The CFA is "the maximum reasonable reimbursement."*fn4 Ibid. The actual cost is the nursing facility's "total actual . . . expenses for depreciation, interest and rental." Ibid. The lower of these two figures is used to calculate the facility's per diem reimbursement rate.
In every annual report for years 1987 through 2001, Southgate listed a depreciation expense of $75,233.68 for its building.*fn5 For those years, Southgate calculated depreciation for its building as a single unit with an estimated useful life of forty years.
Southgate took a different approach when it filed its report on costs in 2002. For that year, Southgate revised the estimated useful life of its building by segregating the structural components and estimating the useful life of each component separately. As a consequence, Southgate's depreciation expense rose from $75,233.68 to $264,067.21, an increase of $188,833.53. The increase put Southgate's actual cost ...
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Tuesday, 9 April 2013
H: Happy Home
It doesn't matter how wonderful your kids are, how helpful your partner is, or how much free time you manage to finagle out of the day, there are going to be moments of broken sanity. What you do in those moments will be what dictates the mood for the rest of the day, perhaps even longer.
One of the greatest tips I can give (although I find it hard to follow myself at times) is... forgive yourself. Forgive yourself when you lose your cool. Forgive yourself when you forget something. Forgive yourself when you do something wrong. You're not that hard on your kids, why should you be so hard on yourself?
I know it's difficult, especially when you are unable to contain the frustration bubbling inside, but one of the most beautiful things about children is that they don't hold onto things. You might yell, you might get angry, but afterwards you apologize, it's forgotten, and your little darlings are back to being happy, so now it's your turn.
Smile even when you're angry. I know it makes me sound like I should be put in an institute, you know the ones with the straight jackets and padded rooms, but... even if it's fake, it will help you pick up your mood, or at least help you stop yourself in your tracks and prevent the escalation of anger or the downward spiral of a broken-hearted funk.
So... Just keep smiling, Just keep smiling, Just keep smiling, smiling, smiling (and if you're feeling really rebellious, let out a little giggle even!)
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Oh to forgive ... it is the hardest of all activities, isn't it?ReplyDelete
Forgiving is definitely the hardest, but it's the one we need the most. And we should definitely keep smiling! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree, forgiveness is one of the most important lessons in life.Delete
For me, a happy home is about cooking at home more, going for nature hikes, and not making life about things that cost money. I think if we spend time doing nice stuff in our home, we will value that over time.ReplyDeleteReplies
Well said! I definitely agree that we need to focus on the importance of being with our family and 'not make life about things that cost money'.Delete
This is Julia from sweetbeariesart.com, by the way.ReplyDelete
Great advice, though hard to put into practice :)ReplyDelete
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It's definitely a difficult thing to do, but I'd like to believe the more you try, the easier it becomes. One can hope at least. :)Delete
I can't smile when I'm angry. It reminds me too much of my old passive/aggressive behavior. But I can see what you mean. :) Great post!ReplyDeleteReplies
I see where you're coming from. I used to be the type of person who would just smile and accept, learning to stand up and overcome this was big for me.Delete
This is Chris from hookerwithyarnstringsattached, btw. Darn, I hated having to do that to you!ReplyDelete
Forgiveness for yourself is crucial. Especially after they leave home. I find the Buddhist Prayer Of Forgiveness so helpful!ReplyDelete
If I have harmed any one in any way,
either knowingly or unknowingly
through my own confusions,
I ask their forgiveness.
If any one has harmed me in any way,
either knowingly or unknowingly
through their own confusions,
I forgive them.
And if there is a situation
I am not yet ready to forgive,
I forgive myself for that.
For all the ways that I harm myself,
negate, doubt, belittle myself,
judge or be unkind to myself,
through my own confusions,
I forgive myself.
Isn't that lovely? That's what helps me!Replies
That is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. :)Delete


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Peer Learning and Credit - L&S Guidelines
Mentee/Tutoree course experience
Peer Learning experiences involve undergraduate students who serve as mentors/tutors, and students who benefit from the mentoring or tutoring. When students are paying for and receiving credit for these academic experiences, it is our responsibility to ensure that both courses conform to university expectations about for-credit learning experiences. The following Guidelines combine both existing policy and L&S Curriculum Committee advice to departments proposing such courses. The guidelines were approved by the L&S Curriculum Committee on 11/24/2015.
Accreditation policies assume qualified instructors are teaching courses. When a mentor/tutor is engaged in assisting with another course, the following guidelines must be followed:
- The L&S Curriculum Committee considers it inappropriate to propose to charge students tuition for courses where the 'instructional contact' in the credit formula is provided by student peers. It should be clear to all (L&S administration, curriculum committees, faculty, undergraduate tutors, and students that are recipients of tutoring) that the tutoring/mentoring is a supplement to other instructional contact provided by qualified instructors
- Peer mentors may not assign grades; the instructor of record is responsible for all grades in the course.
- In L&S, we do not allow undergraduates to do work more properly performed by a TA or compensated reader/grader.
Mentor course experience
Courses teaching students how to mentor/tutor have the same guidelines and process as other academic courses. To create a course, a proposal must be submitted to the online course proposal system. Some guidelines that may be helpful for peer learning courses:
- All courses must live in an appropriate academic department.
- The course proposal and syllabus should clearly show that students enrolled in a course for peer mentors are engaged in learning how to teach and facilitate learning. The credit for which they pay is for instruction on these topics, and it should meet the federal credit hour guidelines (50 minutes per week, per credit). The tutoring and peer support they provide is akin to homework, or 'service learning' where they apply what they learn in real-world contexts.
- If students in the course are primarily being graded on attendance and participation in class, it should be proposed as a Credit/No Credit course.
- Because peer learning models are typically group instruction, directed study courses may not be used. (The Provost's Office monitors enrollment in directed study courses).
- Departments may choose to offer a peer learning course initially in a topics course. However, as with all courses, this is only a temporary home, since a course may only be offered three times in five years under a topics number. Peer learning courses may not be offered in a topics course with breadth.
- This type of course would not normally be approved repeatable for credit.


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Prisoner of Azkaban – New York Premiere: Red Carpet Transcript
Dec 03, 2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban NY Premiere: Red Carpet Transcript
Devon Murray
What would you like to see Seamus do in the films?
[Something with] horses. [Devon is a show jumper.] Horses, and Quidditch!
What are you most looking forward to in this film?
The dementors. Yeah, the dementors.
So you like the dark stuff in general – what type of films
do you watch?
Things that are really dark, horror films in general.
Bonnie Wright
You look darling, how many dresses did you try on?
Quite a lot, I tried on loads.
Why is this your favorite?
I don't know, I like the beads and different things like that.
So have you read book five?
Yes, I have.
Are you excited about all that's coming up for Ginny?
Yeah, I'm not sure if they're going to make it yet or
anything but it's good, yeah. I like in the fifth book, you
know, how they all go together at the end and Ginny's part
of that.
What's been your favorite part of all this so far?
It's been great filming it, meeting different people.
What's your favorite thing about Harry Potter?
Well I like just the storyline, about the magical world, if there
is one really. It's great. Everything about it is great.
Is it your first time in NY?
I've been before, but not to something like this.
What do you think?
It's great, I mean, it's mad.
Is it like this in London?
There's about half the people.
Producer Mark Radcliffe
How do you think this movie is bringing the series forward?
There's no question about it. I think each of the books themselves
are fantastic and as long as the film is faithful to the material
I think the movies will always do well. And this one is right in
line. It's absolutely stunning, the visuals, great storytelling
– we're excited.
I have to say, the cast has grown, their range of performance has
grown. [We have] a great crew, the technology has improved, I think
we're learning to work and live in this world a little bit
and that's been great.
Rupert Grint
When did you decide to grow out your hair?
I don't know, I guess I was a bit lazy. Didn't cut it.
This is how I wear it in the fourth as well.
Have you seen the film?
Yeah, I seen it twice. The Knight Bus stuff is wicked and the dementors
as well.
Do you like things that are darker in genral?
Yes. It's a lot more grown up, this film, as well.
So, we're watching you grow up on the screen.
It's really sort of weird.
Have you looked at the early ones?
Yeah I saw the first one a couple of days ago, it was really weird.
We were so small.
What do you think of all this [premiere madness]?
Crazy, it's really weird.
Do you want to say anything to your fans?
Enjoy the film. It should be cool.
Any other kinds of roles you'd like to play?
I guess just something different. I played a geek once, in a film,
in England.
"Thunderpants," yeah, that was really cool.
Joel Siegel
[Points to his children, Alyssa and Sam.] These are my experts.
So, how do you think this one will be?
Alyssa: I think it's going to be great. I
saw the previews online and it looks like it's going to be
fabulous. I think everything so far has looked like I imagined it.
Do you have any expectations?
Joel Siegel: I do my best not to have any expectations
when I go into a movie because it's not fair. But for this
film I have very high expectations. The first two were great. The
new director is a first time director on this series, is a great
director, a Mexican director who has directed only great films.
We were talking on the way up here – I just love in the trailer,
when Hermione grabs the boy's hand, and they look at each
other. It's so great because it's a very real moment and I
can't think of a film done over a series of time when they've
used the same cast and we've watched the kids grow up, I think
it's wonderful.
Chris Columbus
What's next for you?
Really, you are dong it?
Yeah, I'm definitely doing it, I'm committed to it.
It's my next film.
How is it going to look?
I literally just started on it.
What are your ideas?
My ideas are to make it very real, very gritty but to preserve the
– there was a chance that Rent was going to go to television and
I found out about that. I've been a fan of it for about 7
years, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn't be homogenized,
preserve Jonathan Larson's initial play in tact. So what you
will see on screen will be that play come to life with all of New
York City as its star. So we'll open it up a little bit, but
I think in terms of atmosphere we'll try to find new people,
people you've never seen before, put a cast together of stars
who can act and sing.
You're not considering any of the original cast members?
Well it depends. These people are anywhere fro 19 to 23 years old,
so certainly we'll talk to them. I saw the original cast,
one of the cast I cast in my very first film, Anthony Rapp, he was
in "Adventures in Babysitting." And he's the quintessential
Mark, I mean they all are to me, but it's a question of age.
Because part of the tragedy is the youth. You see these people as
younger kids. So we'll see. It's basically how they've
Have you done a musical before?
I did the blues bar sequence in "Adventures in Babysitting."
I've been a fan of musicals for years, I've always wanted
to do a musical and I've been fan of rock and roll longer
than that, so it sort of brings it all together for me.
A question about the Harry Potter films; we hear that you have
a rule that there's no work on Saturday whatsoever, even if
the film is behind, is that true?
Yeah. I just found that I've seen a lot of marriages break
up, a lot of my friends get disenchanted with the world, the reason
is because they spend too much time at work. You need to have Saturday
and Sunday to unwind, come back to work on Monday fresh. If you're
shooting six days, Sunday is really lost. Then you've basically
lost touch with reality and your family.
Emma Watson
It's my favorite book, my favorite script. It's a great
part of Hermione. She, in two films, people were mean to her, being
mean to her, teasing her, being rude to her, and she's always
taking it, pretending she didn't hear, saying, "Oh,
no, let's just forget about it." But in this one, she's
like 'No, that's it, I'm not taking anymore, I'm
going to fight back," and she punches [Draco], storms out
on her teachers. She's rock and roll, she has girl power.
Re: Crowds and such
There's no way you can prepare for this kind of thing. This
morning I was doing press interviews and then I got ready and came
straight here.
So, we're sort of watching you grow up on a stage. What's
that like for you?
You've seen the film?
Yeah I saw it last week but every time I see it I see something
So what do you expect to see this time around?
I don't know, the detail on this is amazing. It's amazing.
What was your first reaction when you saw it?
I am my biggest self-critic, you have no idea how hard it is to
watch yourself on a 10 foot screen. Kind of nervewracking. But I
was really pleased with it.
Anything to the fans?
Just, I hope we've done the books justice. I hope it's
as good as the books.
Jamie Waylett
On Crabbe this time around:
It's fun. It's good for Gryffindor fans, we get our
just desserts in this one. I don't want spoil no surprises,
you know, go see the film first.
Tom Felton
Oh, I've heard a lot about the Leaky Cauldron!
[Cuaron butts in]:
It's so difficult to deal with this guy. Look, look at this
effect, go like this. [Cuaron picks up Felton's hand and waves
it around; the fans go wild.He goes back to his interview and Tom
turns back.]
So you seem to be getting just as much if not more attention
than Dan.
It's crazy, it's because they like a bad boy I think.
They like a bad guy, I don't know why. There needs to be a
Slytherin girl out there.
Well, Pansy.
Yeah but I mean a Draco girl. Long blonde hair sort of
thing, slicked back hair.
Anything to say to the fans?
I love you all.
Alfonso Cuaron:
The fans seem so excited about you and they seem to know that
you're going to do an amazing job, do you feel that pressure?
Well…uh uh uh…now I do, yeah…[laughter]…thank
you!…[more laughter].
Oh, sorry! Well how do you feel about all this?
I feel great. I'm so thankful with, I had this great opportunity,
and from the get go, I just, I said to myself, just serve the material,
just serve the book, so I just hope that I don't disappoint
the fans. It was twofold, to serve the book and also to serve the
franchise. So fans can see the number one, number two, number three,
and felt that it's a flow.
What was the biggest challenge creating that flow?
I think that it's so easy because the material is so strong
that you just have to obey what it says.
David Heyman
So how do you feel about this film?
I'm really proud of it. Alfonso's a director I've
always wanted to work with, to be able to work with him now is a
dream ad he's done a great job. It's a beautiful film
with great imagination and spirit and soul, I love it.
How's it going on the fourth?
We started two weeks ago, back on you know, it's really exciting.
It's a dream. It's a producer's dream.
Did you expect this?
It's surprise every time. It's as exciting now as it
was the first time. So you never expect this. How can I expect this,
it's always more than one imagines.
Alan Rickman
So we've heard you know all about Snape's backstory.
No, I don't know everything.
Ah. So what are you looking forward to playing with Snape?
Well I'm looking forward to you being surprised by him at
all times. I'm certainly not telling you anything! [Shoot.]
What's your next project?
Well, I have to do Harry Potter four, and I am hoping to do a really
interesting couple of films if we can get them in in the meantime.
One is called "for our sons," one is called "Snow
Cake." It's a really wonderful script about a man who
meets a woman who's an adult autistic.
Dan Radcliffe
To the fans:
Thank you very much everyone for coming, it's amazing. I hope
everyone enjoys the film.
Dan, what do you think of all this [premiere]?
It's brilliant, it's just amazing. It's so brilliant.
Everyone coming out today, it's amazing. I'm so grateful
and thankful for everyone for coming.
Are you nervous at all about this film? There's been a lot
of buildup.
I'm kind of nervous but I really think people are going to
like it.
What films are you watching now?
I just saw "Shrek 2" yesterday, it was really funny.
It was really cool, I really really enjoyed it.


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All weekend
WOW: Celebrate Women of the World at Southbank Centre with stacks of events covering feminism to porn. A three day pass is £30, one day passes are £12 each. Runs Friday to Sunday.
FILM: Cinema Made in Italy screens at South Kensington's Cine Lumiere from Thursday to Sunday including 10 brand new Italian films. Check the website for full programme, tickets and booking.
TRAVEL: The TNT Travel Show takes place at Islington's Business Design Centre with loads of discounts on trips and holidays, expert advice and inspiration for your travel planning. Don't miss our very own Zoe Craig giving the lowdown on 'secret London' at 11am on Saturday. Tickets £2, pre-register. Open 10am-6pm on Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday.
SCIENCE: High Performance celebrates extraordinary women in science and technology over a three-day festival at Science Museum.Meet motorsport engineers, fuel chemists, particle physicists, military engineers and a Red Arrows team manager plus lots of events - check the website for details. Entry is free.
ART: The Affordable Art Fair is in Battersea Park until Sunday with contemporary art work for sale between £40 and £4,000. Tickets from £12 advance (£10 concessions), open 11am-6pm.
GREEN: Explore some of London's lesser known nature spots.
Saturday 9 March
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: As well as all the good stuff going on at WoW on the Southbank, there's a special event by women, for women happening at London School of Economics called Fearless Fear Less comprising short talks, reflective exercises, conversations and meditation. Tickets are free but pre-register, runs 11am-1pm.
BOOKY KIDS: will enjoy the Spring Voices literary events at Dulwich Books this morning with storytelling sessions. Free but reserved seating so please call the bookshop for availability. From 11am-1pm
CIDER: Bromley CAMRA stage a Mad March Cider Festival at the HG Wells Centre to promote the year-round pleasures of drinking cider and perry. 30 ciders and perries will be on offer, alongside food, entertainment and even a splash of real ale. Entry is £1 or free for CAMRA members, open from 12-11pm.
AUDIO PLAYS: Sprint Festival presents unusual, physical and interactive theatre and today Encounter launch City, a collection of audio plays designed to be listened to as you take a contemplative hike through London's streets. The makers will be at Camden People's Theatre for launch day to set you off and welcome you back with tea and biscuits. The plays will then be available to download and experience at any time during the rest of the festival. Tickets £10, concessions £8, slots between 12-6pm.
THE PERFECT WIFE: Wendy Moore recounts the extraordinary decision of Thomas Day to raise a foundling into the perfect wife, at the Foundling Museum. Free with entry to the museum (adults £7.50/concessions £5/u16s free), starts 2pm.
ST JAMES'S: Find out about exclusive clubs and posh shops on a walk round St James's with Westminster Guide, Colin Davey. £8, just turn up - Green Park exit from Green Park tube, by the Diana statue - starts 2pm.
TUBE ETHICS: Philosopher Richard Baron looks at the ethics of the Underground, at the Bishopsgate Institute. Example: "Should you be utilitarian, limit your spending on safety equipment, and trade off a few deaths against lower fares for everyone, or should you say that every life is of infinite value, and buy every possible safety device?". Free, just turn up, 2.30pm
LENT: Visit Eastbury Manor House in Barking and you'll have the chance to taste Tudor foods for Lent, including Kent Lent pie, tartes owte of Lent and almond biscuits. Entry to the house is £4 adults, £2 concessions. Tasting is free but donations welcome between 2-3.30pm.
SPOKEN WORD: More from Sprint Festival — grab a ticket for an intimate and unusual spoken word performance from J.Fergus Evans, My Heart is Hitchhiking Down Peachtree Street, thinking about home and evoking the sticky heat of Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets £10, concessions £8, shows at 4pm, 6pm and 7.30pm.
COMEDY: See the brilliant Nish Kumar at the Camden Head with three frighteningly young comics in support: Phil Wang, Glenn Moore and Ivo Graham (7.30pm, £3).
Sunday 10 March
KEEP MUM HAPPY: It's Mother's Day.
BOOKNIK KIDS: Marianne Levy and Joe Craig are two of the authors appearing at Little Bookniks at the Jewish Museum. Tickets £5 per event, runs from 10am-4pm.
MAKE YOUR MARK: Share what you are grateful for on the London Art Wall in Shoreditch and be part of the launch of the iDeedGood I AM GRATEFUL campaign at Peter the Pleaters, 17-19 Great Eastern Street, London EC2. Free, just turn up anytime.
EATING: Are you an eating legend? Take part in the London Eating Challenge at Boxpark and see if you can eat three pies in five minutes at Pieminister. Please be careful! Preregister £10, runs from 1-3pm.
CHOIR: 1,200 children sing you "Around the World in 18 Tunes" and singing star Russell Watson joins them to sing the epic "You Raise Me Up" at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets £11.50-£21.50, prebook, starts 5pm.
BLACK MARIA: Have you been into Richard Wentworth's shed like structure in the Granary Building at Kings Cross yet? Tonight's a good time to go as it'll be inhabited by Nomad Lab who will be creating some kind of sound performance in and around it, followed by performances and videos by MA Fine Arts students from Central St Martin's. Free, just turn up, between 5-11.30pm.
TYPOGRAPHY: Explore fonts round Islington on an evening walk photographing the lettering from signage and the environment to make up a phrase or saying. Tickets £12 (includes a glass of wine), pre book: apply to firstname.lastname@example.com and you will be sent a Paypal link. Event runs 6-9pm.
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- Booky and spoken word events
- Events for curious-minded Londoners
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- What's on in the big Museums and Galleries
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The local weekly car boot sale proves a great place to buy cheap movies on DVD; the only problem is that, on most occasions, it is the more popular titles on offer—big budget blockbusters that hold little appeal for a fan of obscure cult oddities like myself. Every now and then, though, a good rummage through the most unlikely of stalls reveals some real gems.
Like today, for example...
A little old lady with a stall had a cardboard box in which I could only see sets of Simpsons and Futurama. Being a fan of both shows, I thought I'd take a closer look in the box and, lo and behold, I discovered some surprising movies hidden within! For just one pound apiece I snagged these three excellent DVDs: The Deluxe Widescreen Edition of Ruggero Deodato's notorious video nasty Cannibal Holocaust; The Stendahl Syndrome, one of the few Argento films I have yet to review; and the Synapse Special Edition of Jim Van Bebber's Deadbeat at Dawn!
To say I'm chuffed with my purchases is an understatement!


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I donated "A Gift for the Teacher" for the Friends of Photography event in January at the Museum of Fine Arts Saint Petersburg. It was won by Carol Upham
Carol has an outstanding collection photography and told me she was going to go home and hang this on her wall this week.
It is an honor to be considered in her collection.