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A Different Way To Run A Company
October 7th, 2017 by Jim Cotterman
Managing Partners, I would like 22 minutes of your time to listen to a thought provoking TED talk entitled "How to run a company with (almost) no rules". It you are unfamiliar with TED talks, they are short - approximately 20 minute - presentations that are well done and engaging. This talk is 18 minutes with a 4 minute Q&A at the end. I urge you to listen to CEO, Ricardo Semler, not to emulate what he has done to transform a small company into a large successful conglomerate. Rather, this talk expands our frame of reference and entertains new ideas that could possibly lead to better paths forward. His "three whys" are particularly interesting.
The link to the talk is https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_company_with_almost_no_rules


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The Laas Geel Cave Paintings date back to 3,000 to 9,000 BC, and is one of the best preserved historical rock art in Africa.
The paintings mostly consist of cows in ceremonial ropes, humans (presumably the local inhabitants at the time), and various other animals that could no longer be found in the region due to climate change, such as giraffes and canids.
Laas Geel, Hargeisa, Somaliland, Northern Somalia.
Photo prise @ Hargeysa le 18 août 2012 (© Kachangas / Flickr)

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Social media users fake to appear real online
A new study has revealed that people on social media fake to appear authentic online. The study was published online in the latest edition of journal New Media and Society.social media Updated: Aug 16, 2014 13:11 IST
A new study has revealed that people on social media fake to appear authentic online.
According to the study by researchers at Aalto University, presenting an authentic image on social network sites (SNSs) includes an element of fakery and though being authentic is very important for social media users, they have also admitted faking parts of their online image in order to conform to social norms and expectations.
By focusing on two SNSs, Facebook and Last.fm, the researchers came to the conclusion that being real is much more acceptable according to social norms and there was a heavy focus on maintaining a profile that is as natural as possible.
Suvi Uski of Aalto University said that they found a widespread disdain by users for what is known as profile tuning, or intentionally sharing content designed to depict the user in a false way. Sharing personal content online on social network sites has become a common activity for increasing numbers of people around the world.
The faking was particularly noticeable on the music-sharing platform Last.fm where content is shared automatically and the study found that it was not uncommon for some users to purposely choose to listen to, or indeed not listen to, particular music according to the image that that individual wants to portray to others.
In addition, users of Facebook have a high degree of control on what is shared with others, but they often chose not to share anything for fear of conveying the wrong message to fellow users .
The study was published online in the latest edition of journal New Media and Society.
First Published: Aug 16, 2014 12:58 IST


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In Rio, Tycoon's Downfall Leaves Trail of Blight
Until recently, Eike Batista was a powerful tycoon in Brazil. Now, the collapse of his empire has left stalled construction projects all over Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Getty
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I ... crusade to two but she's the hospital ... is a brave new medical center for children with heart problems ... could still smell the fresh paint and sparkling white foreigners ... but its wide corridors are silent and exceeded the equipment is covered with plastic ... even though it has a list of needy children waiting for heart surgery ... the shuttered hospital is yet another legacy of the downfall Brazilian commodities tycoon Eike Avanti step whose Boylan shipbuilding business empire collapsed this year ... Mr. Batista paid close to fifteen million dollars nearly half the total bill ... to help build the hospital which is named after his late mother ... but since its financial troubles flow of money for the hospital has slowed to a trickle ... and it needs another seven million dollars to begin operations ... construction has also stopped our new local headquarters for RIA specifying police unit system that uses oil firm OGX had agreed to donate some thirty four point five million dollars over four years to help beef up the initiative ... one of the most visible signs in Rio of Mr. but she's corporate collapses the Hotel Gloria ... Mr. Batista bought the hotel into thousandeight for around fifty million dollars ... with the idea to restore it for the World Cup Daniel and it's ... now restoration work has been suspended ... the seventies is hoping to sell the firm to a new investor ... according to people familiar with the situation ... another abandoned hotel project is the Helton Goncalves still a sentence ... a sprawling building that the former billionaire least from an iconic Rio soccer club Flamingo ... Mr. but she still plan to turn it into a top and tell with four hundred fifty two rooms ready for the Olympics ... Mr. but she says real estate company Arixtra is in talks with a number of companies interested that might take over the project ... one project that may carry on without Mr. Batista ... is the cleanup of a landmark Rodrigo district is going to ... TCP per products study by University professor to design a system of pipes to prevent the lagoon from being flooded by rainwater the rushes down from nearby hillsides ...


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Philosophy. Many people disparage philosophers and philosophy, characterizing it as a limited occupation. In my favourite local cafe, their wont is to play a certain series of songs regularly. I've noticed one of these songs, in particular, because the singer (Emma Bunton, backed by Tin Tin Out), in an affected teenage angst-ing tone, presents these propositions:
"Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box." and "Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks." (The writers are Edie Brickell and Kenny Withrow.) "Choke me in the shallow water, before I get too deep," she sings.
Perhaps a more helpful way to think about philosophy, though not the whole matter, is given by Dave word, in his chapter in the book, Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophy "…is the activity of working out the right way to think about things." I remember in my early days of studying English Literature at university, my tutor Fred Langman said that his job was to help us learn how to think. Thinking is a line of development? You can learn how to do it? It was one of those defining moments, like when I first discovered Socrates.
Aristophanes in fifth-century Athens saw philosophers as immoral, it would seem, and Socrates was one of his targets. (See Clouds) Yet, it struck me like a bolt of lightning, when studying Ancient History in school, that Socrates was engaged in conversations aimed at understanding how to approach life. It had hardly occurred to me, before reading about Socrates, that life was something to be approached with anything but a hunger for… (you name it). It was about getting something into me, from outside. Knowledge, food, friends, sex, a steady date. It hadn't occurred to me at all to step outside of the tug-o'-war between conventional morality and the stance of rebellion (with which I was strongly identified), and to actually ask, "What is the way to think about life, such that the happiness of all is upheld?" Yet, Socrates was condemned to death for questioning conventional thinking, and this still happens in the twenty-first century. But his concern was for the whole of living, not just the little bit allowed into the conventional perception of life.
The Greeks had a word, which their philosophers used: eudaimonia. Superficially speaking, it means a state of being contented, of being healthy, happy and flourishing. However, the 'daimon' part of the word is important. My OED says that this is a direct transliteration of the Gr. δαίµων, divinity, one's genius. And so the OED defines it as "belonging or pertaining to the spirit world."A bit of searching gives us more clues. It comes from an Indo-European root which means to 'divide, or cut.' (Wiktionary) I find this very fruitful, because much of our suffering comes from not being able to integrate our natural functions of discernment into a workable relation with the whole. Indeed, so enamoured are we of the dividing that we lose our sense of the whole. Focusing returns us to the wholeness. (It's interesting to note, for the Buddhists, that Vipassanā, i.e. Insight, is similar in that it has the prefix 'Vi-' which means to divide).
The best way for me to think of this, then, is that the kind of happiness that Socrates was concerned with, is that which is in accord with, and 'sniffed out' by, one's inner genius. By 'genius' I mean something that inheres in all life. It's a capacity which is functioning at birth, and capable of development. It's not the same as thinking, but if you think without it, woe to you. The next development of humankind is in how to get the right relationship of thought to experience. Hence, as I see it, the task of process philosophy is to articulate the 'how' of thinking. The 'how we are' has been taken over, in the West, with preoccupations – not only in science, but in science's mother, philosophy; and in society's general thought – with 'what we are.'
Philosophy is actively loving knowledge or knowing. The Greek word for philsophy (φιλοσοφία) brings us the phrase "loving knowledge", from phílos, "love" + sophía, "wisdom". It also has a connection to "wise/intelligent." I take this way: Philosophy is the living, breathing activity of feeling into life, so that we can be informed by the much bigger going-on that this is, and finding the words to say it. So, then the cereal box is an invitation, to dive into deeper waters. And, slippery rocks can be explored for what they in intimacy, what they offer up to our loving knowing.
Hence my interest in process philosophy, and the particular process philosophy which which I study is that of Eugene T. Gendlin, as presented in his numerous papers, but also in three books: Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning: A Philosophical and Psychological Approach to the Subjective, A Process Model (which is the subject of this page); and, Language Beyond Postmodernism: Saying and Thinking in Gendlin's Philosophy.


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[Editor's Note: The following is a combined review with LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and THE WINTER'S TALE.]--Two of these productions in the Arkangel series are good, and the third is truly exceptional. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST concerns ascetic and naive young men who renounce the company of women only to meet their perfect mates soon after. Alex Jennings and Emma Fielding are superior as the lovers Berowne and Rosaline. The satire of courtiers and fops is also handled well, though ongoing wordplay is something of an acquired taste. The only lapse is the intrusive sound effects in outdoor scenes (flies buzzing, birds chirping). The fine production of HENRY VIII, about the king's effort to marry Anne Boleyn, infuses much more life into this stately, pageant-like play than one might expect from the text. Clive Brill, who directs the entire series, orchestrates a lifelike sound design that even includes the murmurs of agreement or dismay of listening characters. These undertones function like reaction shots in a movie. In HENRY VIII, they clarify the various court factions and intrigues. In THE WINTER'S TALE, Shakespeare's late romance about jealousy and time's restorative power, they add subtlety to an emotionally charged production. The voices in this recording are richly infused with personality, especially those of John Gielgud and Alex Jennings, who is a comic triumph as the rogue Autolycus. Gielgud performs the 32-line part of Time the Chorus, and his age-enfeebled voice resonates hauntingly. Clive Brill and his cast show why THE WINTER'S TALE has such an impressive stage history in as fine a recording of Shakespeare as you're likely to encounter. G.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 02]
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Portland Man Sentenced for Felon in Possession of a Firearm
PORTLAND, Ore. – James Rodney Grant, Jr., 36, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release following his plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The charges arose after Grant threatened an individual at a bar with a handgun. The police were called and located Grant leaving the scene in a vehicle. Grant tried to flee from the police, but he eventually crashed his vehicle and was arrested. The police found the handgun, a loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol, on the route the defendant had traveled while he fled. Grant was prohibited from possessing firearms because of his prior felony convictions for delivery of a controlled substance, assault III and attempt to elude, robbery I, and assault IV (domestic violence).
This case was investigated by the Portland Police Bureau and ATF, and it was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Fred Weinhouse.


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Thursday, 28 July 2016
28 weeks pregnant with Baby Pritchard
I've not had change to take a photo this week. My photographer has been out walking since Sunday for her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award and she only got back today. I didn't have the heart to drag her out (even though she only lives next door), but well done Em, you survived!
How far along?
28 weeks + 6 days.
Total weight gain?
10st 12lb, nearly at the 11st mark!
Maternity clothes?
Nothing new, I just live in the joggers Lou from work gave me. I'm starting to worry though that right near the end nothing is going to fit me at all and I'm just going to have to stay in the house until I go into labour.
Stretch marks?
No new ones on the ones I already have.
Still okay. This last week or so when I've been lay on my left side it almost feels like there's a little mouse scurrying around on the left side of my belly. It's such a weird feeling. I've started to struggle rolling over, sometimes it seems like more effort than it's worth to change sides. Last night was rubbish, I woke up about 4am with heartburn and ended up having to fall asleep sat up.
Best moment this week?
It sounds silly since I've been feeling movement for so long now, but I just love all the big pronounced movements I've been feeling.
Miss anything?
Nothing that I haven't already mentioned. It's a strange thing pregnancy. You spend 9 months out of a year anticipating that arrival and it's almost like some things just get put on hold until then. I was chatting to a girl I went to primary school with who had the sweetest little boy a few weeks ago and she said she cried because she missed her bump. I'm determined when I'm on maternity leave to out with Em and take loads of photos.
Lots and lots! More often I can feel little things that I'm guessing are feet or elbows, it's such a strange sensation but it puts the biggest smile on my face.
Food cravings?
Nothing new, but I did read something the other week that said ice cravings was a sign of low iron. Turns out all those tip tops were trying to tell me something as I got a letter back from the hospital on Saturday saying they had my blood test results back. I phoned Monday morning and they said I had an iron count of 99, which I have no idea what that means other than that it's low. We were at the hospital anyway on Monday for my anti D injection so we popped round to antenatal for some iron tablets.
Anything make you queasy or sick?
Nothing this week.
I had a dream last night that we had a girl. But I still feel like it's a boy. We actually sat down last week and properly talked about names. We got a list of 100 names up on Pinterest and each wrote five names for each gender that we liked. Some were the same, some were very different. We'll see, we've still got nothing set in stone though.
Labour signs?
No new signs, which is always a good sign.
It's funny it feels like something new pops up every week. This week we've dealt with another brief funny turn at a BBQ for Grandad's birthday and heartburn reared it's ugly head. I've never had it in my life and oh my god I thought I was going to die in the shower the other night haha.
Belly button in or out?
Out. I've done some good examining this week, they're really not as deep as they seem when they're in and they are in fact pretty gross
Excited to get these last three weeks at work over and done with, I'm so ready for a break now. I can't wait to get things done around the house.
Looking forward to?
Our home visit with the midwife on Friday. I've not been measured yet so I'm excited to see what she thinks baby is weighing and what not. Our midwife looks like Jacqueline Wilson, I like her.
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Why do so many die of prostate cancer?
There are too many men dying of prostate cancer. The numbers dying from cancers before time is close to homicide, but spend is minuscule compared to the security budget. Are all lives of equal value? Many of high and low estate left and faced this implacable foe in silence.
In this 21st century cancers are still spoken of in hushed tones, so is it seen as personal failure or embarrassment? We don't know to avoid cancers, but we should avoid smoking and alcohol, as well as embrace healthy diets and exercise. The Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation reports the major causes of premature mortality in Jamaica as diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, cancers, and road traffic crashes — and we add murder near top of the list.
A Pan American Health Organization report in 2012 indicates that for men the order was lung, prostate, and bowel; and for women breast, cervix and bowel cancers. The local cancer profile is "some 4,981 cancers in Kingston and St Andrew between 2003 and 2007-2536 in males and 2445 in females" (Jamaica Cancer Society).
Good national stats are hard to find, so we should do a better job as maybe cancer, not murder, is our real enemy. Cancer Research UK indicates death from prostate cancer has moved above breast. Is it so here? In Britain there is debate as to why funding for breast cancer is twice that of prostate cancer given the death rate and the major donors are men. We wrote of the generosity of local Masonic lodges and enlightened self-interest works, but why do men give more to breasts than their own prostates and longevity?
Prostate health is important as prostate cancer is not inevitable. Men need to pay attention from early and do routine prostate screening. We must eat healthy; good portions of fruit and vegetables, limit salts, sugars, fats which add allure to a meal but in excess is bad. Men's minds move to the extreme with regard to prostate cancer, but it is not a death sentence with regular screening, which is why deaths are so painful. Men need to care themselves as women do.
Prostate screening needs innovation as internal medical screening is technology intensive, and rarely invasive, which reflects research and devlopment spend. Prostate screening is feral. Surely science can do better than sticking a digit into a man's anus? Is global research and development at fault, or trickle down not working? The Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) is the first step to declare prostate health, then a prostate-specific antigen blood test; imaging the prostate and finally a biopsy to harvest small tissue samples for testing. None is painful, but all have discomfort. Most men hate the DRE as the antithesis of manliness; some believe homosexuality is nurture, not nature, and fear that 50-year-old Mr Brown will "catch it" and emerge from doctor's office gay.
Peeps say women are used to vaginal exams since teenage, and it is still upsetting so consider a man who comes to DRE as an adult — seh where yuh a put dat? The prostate is sized like a coolie plum and grows with age, so as the space between "balls, penis and bladder" is small, it pushes the other furniture around and the small passage may be squeezed so urine dribbles or spurts irregularly not a steady flow. Some men have no symptoms of prostate cancer — no blood in urine, pain, frequent urination at night. But a few beers, lots of water or coffee late evening can also have the same effect.
Funding for research is crucial, and precision surgery is the hot item for treating prostate cancer. A minute radioactive bomb is placed precisely, irradiated, and destroys the cancer with no collateral damage — Guy's Hospital in London does great work in brachytherapy.
Men own most things; have most money and big jobs but do not fund prostate things as imagined. Why? Some died and never gave donations. Peeps say more men donate, yet even after gaining the knowledge, men donate more to breast cancer than to prostate. Are men wary to be identified with the prostate but not with the breast? Peeps say men avoid prostate as people may think they have it or put "goat mouth" on them-superstitious despite iPhone and degrees!
What can we do? The order of premature deaths among men is murder, lifestyle diseases (heart, diabetes), cancers and car accidents. Prostate cancer is a big man killer and, as Cabinet is a powerful caucus of men, it should assist the Jamaica Cancer Society big time. Politicians moan about slavery and reparation they can do nothing about; but they can save black men's lives today. Will they? The Jamaica Cancer Society needs a user-friendly website with a discrete area for each of our five main cancers to lend clarity. The Prostate Health section would have cutting-edge reports (or links) on diagnostics, screening, symptoms, therapies and cures. Even politicians with cancers choose to die quietly "after a short illness", not stand by the Jamaica Cancer Society. Why? Ronnie Thwaites, Member of Parliament, is in a Jamaica Cancer Society advert as a breast cancer survivor; who else? Minister of Health Christopher Tufton must publish approved local cancer remedies as many are duped daily. The Jamaica Cancer Society website must link YouTube or create local videos to demonstrate the DRE, PSA, diet, exercise, etc. We need a financial regulator to help people in a health crisis as many lose savings, car and house chasing fanciful cures when most vulnerable. Public education targeted to dozens of Mechanics and Freemason lodges; drivers, sugar estate, farm workers, male dominated jobs and schools, colleges can all help as sustainable prostate health begins before 40. We can change the male health profile in a few years. Stay conscious!
Franklin Johnston, DPhil (Oxon), is a strategist and project manager; fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK); and teaches logistics and supply chain management at the Mona School of Business and Management at The University of West Indies. Send comments to the Observer or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Looking for Export Trade Leads...
If your small business is interested in export related sales leads take a look at the Empire State Development Marketing Assistance Service Program. There you will find a description of the sales and marketing assistance program offered by New York State promoting "Made In New York" products. There is an application you need to complete to qualify for the program. On the federal level you may want to check out export.gov, which offers a range of market entry and expansion services (some for a fee). While your small business is getting new export sales leads, you may want to pursue the Small Business Administration's Export Loan Programs. There is a short explanation of the International Trade Loan Program as well as Export Express Loan Program and Export Working Capital Program. All normally require an application. If you are a UK SME, take a look at the UK trade and Investment International Trade Services for Exporters. There you will find information on trade sales leads (registration required) and UK Export Finance. A good overview of UK Export Finance is available on their Overview Page describing the various programs offered. www.erskine-law.com
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Wes Anderson-Inspired Art Show Heads to NYC
For six years, San Francisco's Spoke Art Gallery has been curating a Wes Anderson-themed art show. This year, "Bad Dads" comes to New York for the first time, from August 7 through 9.
Popping up at Chelsea's Joseph Gross Gallery, the show will feature work from over 75 artists inspired by the writer/director's oeuvre. And get your best Margot look together—cosplay is encouraged.
- Wes Anderson-Themed Art Show is Coming to New York | Artnet
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Choice of Recipients
I'm am building a simple contact form which I have done a few time with good success. This time however I want to add either a check box or radio buttons or something to choose the recipient for the form. It doesn't make sense to have to create a separate contact page for each person so I assume this has been taken into consideration. But I cannot find anything in the documentation about this. Giving it a shot to see if I could do it intuitively points out my own personal limitations. Obviously I'm not as bright as the average WA user because for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do this. I guess it's a sign I'm getting older. Could you point me in the proper direction to find the instructions on having a choice of recipients for the form to go to?
Thank you very much. (Oh and I love Theme-it. For someone who's color challenged it's a great help.)


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|Yellow-eye Blackfang screamed with rage and Frederick could hear the monstrous creature's footsteps booming like thunder as the troll gave chase.
As such the 'rescuing' of 'maidens' who are 'in distress' tends to be universally viewed as a good thing. There has been the odd report of knights interpreting these rules somewhat broadly. Reading between the lines of certain accounts you can sometimes go as far as to say they may have completely taken the wrong end of the stick.
One day it may be time to tell the tale of 'Sir Macken and the Accidental Slaughter of the Kind Dragon Abducted by the Evil Princess'. That is, perhaps, a tale for a time when one wants to be appalled and amused at the same time. Your narrator is not confident of his capability to pull that off today.
So, instead, we will consider the more traditional tale of 'Sir Cobb and the Moon Maiden'. I am sure that you will find it to be far more suited to the needs of a cold winter day. A day when the cockles (not to mention the other sea-creatures) of the heart are in deepest need of warming.
Sir Cobb was a brave man and your typical knight. Well, mostly your typical Knight. If truth be told he was not as well-heeled as most knights are expected to be. This was mostly due to the unfortunate fact that he had not been born into a class of society where sons generally grow up to become knights.
Sir Cobb had, in fact, been born rejoicing in the name of Frederick Cobb, the cooper's son. For generations the Cobb family had made barrels in the village of Nether Morphus in the kingdom of Scatterthorne. For all those generations Cobb men had been burly and sweet and earnest in nature.
Until Frederick everyone of the Cobbs had also been humble and realistic in their expectations of life. They made barrels, they sold barrels, they lived, married, had sons who grew up to make barrels and so the world turned.
Nathaniel Cobb, Frederick's father, had not made many mistakes in his life. One of the few you could pick out was his courtship of Lorna Archer. a woman that most people agreed was somewhat above his station. She was certainly bright and beautiful. Neither of these are reasons for a cooper to turn away from asking for a woman's hand in marriage, rather the reverse. Nathaniel Cobb was a cooper, not a fool. So he had married Lorna Archer.
Little Frederick had been a delight to one and all when he had been born in the second year of Nathaniel and Lorna's happy marriage. He had remained a delight until the moment that he had become mobile, at which time the problems had started.
It was not that Frederick was a bad child, indeed he had inherited the sweet, happy and earnest nature of all Cobb men. The problem was that he had inherited his mother's imagination along with her desire to be helpful. Where he had picked up complete disregard for the opinions of others on the way a life should be lived is a matter still hotly debated.
From the time he first crawled Frederick was determined to help people, whether they wanted his help or not. Further, whether he was, in fact, capable of helping them or not. Frederick would see a loaf in a tin on a table and know that loaves needed to be turned out of tins. He would decide that someone had clearly forgotten this vital step in the process. He would determine that, despite the fact that the surface of the table was a foot above his head, he would be the one to complete the job. He would pull the tablecloth, he would have a hot loaf tin containing a cooling loaf land upon his head. He would sit and cry. The loaf would be ruined.
And so it went on.
He would terrorise cats that wanted to sleep upon a warm slate roof on a sunny day by throwing rocks at them. When quizzed about this obnoxious behaviour he would explain. He had _tried_ to call out for the stranded kitty to leap into his arms but that the poor things were just too scared. At least, they were once Frederick had thrown a few well-intentioned gravel chips in their direction.
He was the kind of child who would help an old woman to cross the road even if the old woman had started out on entirely the correct side of the road. He loved to help but he couldn't get the hang of listening. His early childhood was a trial only made worse by the fact that no person could possibly have meant better.
Nathaniel and Lorna insisted that Frederick would 'grow out' of his unfortunate habits as he came to manhood. That tender hope was dashed upon the day in Frederick's fourteenth year that a passing messenger left a parcel at the Cobb's home. The package had arrived from: "The Academie of Home Knighthoode". A helpful stamp informed the world that this organisation had been: "Est. Year of the Red-Tailed Sand Lizard in the City of Kree".
Upon returning from the lopping down trees in the forest Frederick was asked to explain himself. He said that he had given the matter some thought. He had determined that the life of a cooper was not for him, so he had taken the decision to become a knight.
A long and intense discussion followed, taking the whole family far past sunset and into the night. On the one side of the discussion Frederick had been intractable, he would be a knight though the world should call him a fool. On the other side was everyone except his mother who told him that a fool was precisely what he would make of himself.
Lorna, who loved her son and his wayward imagination, managed somehow to work a compromise. She somehow managed to convince Nathaniel that all Frederick needed was 'an outlet'. She pointed to his past misadventures and promised that this would be an end to those problems.
Cousin John was to take over the tree cutting duties. Younger brother Benjamin was to begin helping Nathaniel in the cooper's yard. Frederick had seven years in which to make his fortune as a knight. If he had not become a figure of heroism and renown within that period he was to return to Nether Morphus to settle down. Or, as his father had put it, "stop being such a block head little idiot".
Frederick found himself filled with delight at the prospect of this opportunity. His younger brothers had started a sweepstake among the children of the village. They all took bets on how long Frederick's grand adventure would last before he returned to Cobb Bottom. Everyone believed that he would return sad and defeated, humbled by the experience.
The kit Frederick had received contained within it a selection of shoddy paraphernalia. Amongst the items were: a silly tin hat sprouting a floppy yellow plume, a tin breastplate, a tin shield,and a blunt tin short sword. Nestled in amongst this tat was an endorsement printed on thin parchment. It read: 'It is the size of a man's heart, not the build quality* of his equipment, that marks him out as a knight'. On the reverse side was printed: '*Nor, for that matter, its suitability for use in combat'.
Frederick took this advice to heart. He donned his knightly attire and strode forth from Nether Morphus to find his fortune. The sun sank below the horizon before long. Frederick found himself, for the first time, away from his bed at night, forced to find shelter on an empty road. In that moment he began to understand a little of the hardship that knights were bound to face on a daily basis.
Undaunted by goose-flesh or chattering teeth, Frederick curled up in a ball, attempting to sleep in a ditch. He did not think he would achieve sleep and so awoke in a state of confusion some time later. He awoke to the sound of two voices nearby, involved in a conversation that he had not heard the start of.
"Look at it, how can it be alive? It has no blanket, it's in a ditch, only dead things lie in ditches," the first voice said.
"Very well then, you go and steal its hat," the second voice said.
"Don't think that I won't," the first one said. "Besides, it's not theft, its salvage. Dead things don't need no hats."
"I don't care what you call it. You're making excuses and arguments, fussing and fretting. I know you're too scared to do anything," the second voice mocked the first.
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Am not."
"Are are are."
"Not not not."
Frederick quickly reached his limit. He sat bolt upright to look at the two argumentative creatures who were thinking of stealing his hat.
"It is not a hat, it is a knightly helm!" he proclaimed. "And I am not dead. I am Sir Cobb of Nether Morphus!"
The two tiny glowing men stood at the lip of the ditch yelped in fear and surprise. They embraced one another at the sound of Sir Cobb's voice. One closed his eyes, refusing to look at the enormous creature they had disturbed.
Both creatures were dressed as fine gentlemen of court. Resplendent in white breeches and white jackets that sparkled in the moonlight. Underneath they wore fine white waistcoats and white smocks next to their pale skin. Both had white stockings, white shoes and white wigs. They both had white faces. They both glowed, emanating a soft, clear light that illuminated the grass around them turning it black and silver.
"Now, who are you two, considering theft from a knight on a dark road?" Frederick demanded.
"Nothing," one of the little men quavered. "Not a thing that a mighty hero like yourself should worry about, milord. We are just two lost and wandering stars, trying to make our way in the world without a mistress to keep us safe."
"You are stars?" Frederick asked. "Then how comes it that you are not in the sky, shining above? For this is your time."
"Why, did I not say," the little star replied. "We have no mistress and so we must wander until she finds a release from her imprisonment within the deep, dark woods of Piteous Woe."
Frederick, being a part-time woodcutter, knew well of the woods of Piteous Woe. The tree trunks there were hard as granite, you would not find wood as easily as broken axe-heads in that cursed place. The thought that there could be a knightly quest so close to his own home struck Frederick as more lucky than somewhat unlikely. So he did not question.
"Your mistress," Frederick said to the star as if he was not in the least bit interested, "an old crone is she? I expect she must be."
"Oh no, milord," the star replied. "She is young and beautiful, a moon maiden she is, sir. A kinder and more elegant mistress a star sylph could not hope to attend."
"And she's in prison," Frederick said, still aloof. "She did something wrong, I take it."
"The heavens forfend!" the star sylph replied. "Our mistress did no more than catch the eye of a despicable troll, Yellow-eye Blackfang. He drugged her to sleep and stole her away to be his pet, a caged bird. A terrible fate, she will surely not live more than a week or two in his clutches and then... and then..."
Both of the little men sat on the lip of the ditch and began to cry. Copious floods of tears traced their sparkling lines over their ivory cheeks.
"What?" Frederick asked. "What should happen if she dies?"
"We shall surely die as well!" the star sylph wailed and the two little men sobbed all the harder.
"Well then," Frederick said, all pretence that he was not intrigued and enthused disappearing. "It is fortunate that you should have met, er," he stopped himself. Remembering the manual he had read in his Home Knighthood Starter Kit he corrected himself:
"I mean," he continued. "Tis fortunate indeed that thou shouldst have encountered one of brave heart and sharp, uh, steel such as this one... st." He wasn't entirely confident on the last 'st' but he thought it was better to be safe than sorry in the usage of such things.
Frederick stood, displaying his tin armour with pride. He declared: "I am Sir Cobb of Nether Morphus and, yea, I shall liberate the moon maiden. For such is my purpose in this life and such is the goal of a heart that beats true."
For a moment he thought he had overdone it. Then the sounds of two sets of tiny hands applauding enthusiastically told him that he had pitched his speech at the right level.
"I must strike out, immediately, for the woods of Piteous Woe. I will return to this place with the moon maiden. By this deed shall ye know me."
"Oh bravo," said the star sylph Frederick had so terrified five minutes ago.
"Indeed, worthy sirrah," the other added. They were both beaming brightly, enthralled at Frederick's fine words.
Frederick toyed with the idea of declaiming further but decided that less was probably more in this case. He, instead, stepped from the ditch and struck out in the direction that he believed that the woods of Piteous Woe should lie.
It didn't take Frederick long to realise that it was far too dark for him to find the woods without help. So he had to return, somewhat sheepishly, to the ditch.
"Er," he said in a manner that he did not find in the least knightly. "Could you possibly light my way? The night is a little dark and my eyes are not accustomed to it."
The two star sylphs exchanged a glance.
"You want us to..." the first star sylph was so appalled at the thought running through his mind he could not bring himself to complete it.
"...into the woods..." the second breathed, beside himself with terror once more.
"...the woods of Piteous Woe?" the first completed the thought in piecemeal.
Frederick believed that the two little men shuddered.
"But, I will find my own way when we reach the troll, " Frederick said, pleading. "I must protect the weak, but I can only do so if I am shown the way. I promise no harm will come to you."
"Well... alright," the first star sylph said, although the words appeared to limp out of his mouth all unsure of themselves.
"But if you are wrong and harm does come to us we shall complain," the other insisted.
"We shall complain in... in... in no uncertain terms," the first star sylph backed up his companion.
"You must be quite certain," the second agreed.
"Our terms must be certain indeed," the first confirmed.
"Most certain," the second concluded. With that warning in place they lifted from the ground and flew around Frederick's head.
"Come on," the first called back. "We should be about this business for dawn is on its way."
The little man had not lied. For as they made their way over the gnarled and twisted roots of the cold trees of the woods of Piteous Woe a weak, grey light came into the sky. By the time they had found the cave of the hideous troll Yellow-eye Blackfang a bitter, misty dawn had come to this melancholy place.
"Here we are," the second star sylph said, landing in a tree, stretching and yawning.
"And not a moment too soon," the first star sylph agreed, joining his brother and lying on his side.
"Indeed, so... sleepy..." the second said.
"Time for..." but the first never completed his sentence, for he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Frederick was on his own.
Now that he was stood on the dark, hard earth outside the inky maw of a grey, forbidding cave. Now that he found himself wreathed in strong odours of blood and rotten things. Frederick understood a little better why it was knights were held in such high regard. No ordinary man would choose to come to this place. No mere cooper would face off against a hideous troll in the hopes of rescuing a beautiful maiden.
Frederick had to admit to some mild concern about where it was his path had lead him. Still, this was the life he had chosen and so he strode forth towards the cave mouth setting his jaw with determination.
In the oppressive silence of the dawn the first thing Frederick noticed was that his breastplate was clanking. The second thing he noticed was that his helmet pinched his head, which was quite distracting. The third thing he noticed was that the handle of his tin shield was loose making it awkward to hold. The fourth thing he noticed was that his tin sword would probably not do much to wound a troll.
He stopped in the clearing, still ten paces from the cave mouth, and removed all of his knightly garb. Focus and stealth were likely to be more use to him than any number of items forged out of tin.
As Frederick reached the cave's entrance he heard the snarling bass rumble of a mighty snore. Frederick thought he'd once heard that trolls always slept until noon, being lazy and ignorant. Heartened at this half-forgotten piece of knowledge he crept quietly into the cave.
It was only when he had ventured deep into the pitch blackness, feeling his way along the wall, that he stopped to reconsider. Was that thing about trolls sleeping till noon something he had heard? Or was it, rather, something he had just made up about five minutes ago?
He had the distinct feeling that it might well have been the latter. The snoring was louder now, Frederick began to feel that maybe his father had been right, maybe he was an idiot. He was an idiot who had made a promise to two star sylphs who would die without his help, however, so he crept on a few more paces.
Frederick was forced to freeze put when the snoring rhythm suddenly caught mid snore. A worrying silence descended upon the cave. Now Frederick was absolutely certain that the only thing he had ever heard about trolls was that they were light sleepers. That and possibly that they had exceptional hearing.
Then there was the noise of a loud and sticky splutter. The snoring resumed much as it had been before. Frederick told his mind to stop making him think he had heard things when, in actual fact, he was just making them up on the spot.
Cross with his own brain Frederick continued to feel his way through the darkness. A little futher on Frederick's outstretched fingers encountered something unusual. They brushed against an object that was not the rough surface of the rock walls. It was solid and cold, it felt as if it was not natural but forged, an item, a picture frame. This was something that the troll had no doubt stolen from one of his victims.
Frederick moved his fingers over the frame and onto the cool glass surface of the picture. He ran his left hand forward and it to join his right.
"No!" a sharp voice cried, cutting through the silence. "I will not have you paw me with those sticky digits you disgusting beast!"
The snoring stopped again. This stoppage continued on and on, seeming in Frederick's mind to last forever.
"What is happening?" rumbled a deep, rough voice. "Who disturbs my sleep."
"You can force me to sing. yYou can make me provide you with light in the darkness but do not presume to touch my prison with those rough and brutish hands!" said a voice behind the glass of the picture frame.
"Moon girl glow!" bellowed Yellow-eye Blackfang. "Glow! Glow!"
Suddenly the darkness of the cave was filled with a gentle silver-blue light. Frederick found himself looking into the icy blue eyes of the prettiest silver-skinned girl he had ever seen in his life. He didn't have time to drink in her beauty. Instead he was forced to look round to see the gigantic, dirty, hairy, lumpy form of the troll pulling itself upright. The troll emerged from a mass of greasy, smelly animal skins, some of which still had the heads attached.
"Oh..." Frederick said. "Dear."
"Thief!" Yellow-eye shouted setting his shoulder towards Frederick.
Frederick had no other choice. He lifted the silver frame from its hook on the wall and ran for the cave entrance.
For his part Yellow-eye Blackfang screamed with rage. Frederick could hear the monstrous creature's footsteps. They boomed like thunder, as the troll gave chase.
"Don't worry," Frederick said to the moon maiden. "I've come to rescue you."
"I see," the moon maiden said. "So this is all going to plan?"
"Uh," Frederick said.
"You didn't have a plan, did you?" the moon maiden asked.
"Ah." Frederick was glad that he was out of breath from running. The shame of admitting that planning had not been a part of Operation Moon Maiden Rescue would have overwhelmed him.
"Boys," the moon maiden said, tutting. "Close your eyes dummy."
"Um," Frederick said.
"Now!" the moon maiden said crossly.
Frederick closed his eyes.
Even through closed eyelids Frederick could discern the bright blue light that followed. It bursting out of the maiden's prison so fierce it sizzled. He heard Yellow-eye Blackfang cry out in pain and confusion.
The light faded, so Frederick opened his eyes. The cave entrance was only a short distance and from somewhere he pulled a little extra strength.
"I'm blind!" the troll hollered. There were a few more thundering footsteps and then a thump as the clumsy giant collided with something.
"Ow! I can't see! I can't see!" it cried. "Thief, I will find you and when I do I will make soup from your guts and gravy from your brains! You will regret the day you stole from Yellow-eye Blackfang."
The troll's protestations faded as Frederick left the cave to run for his life across the clearing.
"I got her!" he cried out in a most un-Knightly fashion to the star sylphs. He saw the two little men awake and they flew down from the tree to flutter beside Frederick's head.
"See, mistress," one said to the moon maiden. "We said we would find someone to rescue you."
"And this is the best you could do," the moon maiden asked with a raised eyebrow that signalled she was not in the least bit impressed.
"I rescued you, didn't I?" Frederick protested as they ran through the woods.
"Barely," the moon maiden conceded.
"It, er, well, I didn't think it was too bad for my first quest," Frederick objected. "I mean, I got the job done."
"And what about when Yellow-eye Blackfang comes looking for revenge?" the moon maiden asked.
"Um, I shall, deal with that... at the time," Frederick said.
The moon maiden smiled at that.
"You," she said to Frederick. "Are a fool, but you are a brave one."
And so the brave fool, the moon maiden and her two star sylphs ran from the woods of Piteous Woe.
When they had run far enough Frederick broke the surface of the magic mirror in which the moon maiden had been imprisoned. To thank him for his service the moon maiden rewarded him with a moon-blade. It was a short sword that would bite deeply against the dark and vile things of the night.
Frederick went on his way, light four items of tin armour. He found himself enriched by adventure, excitement, honour and a pretty nifty gift from a rescued maiden.
Next time, he decided as he continued on his way, he would definitely have to devote more thought to a plan.


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After finally getting her life together in Seven Ways To Sunday Eve Woods is ready to move on from her checkered past. When Dane shows up at her welcome home party she feels doubly blessed. Will this romance last or will it fail like the others? Find out yourself in Remembering Sunday.
EnJoiLyfe Dec 11, 2013
I feel like I'm the only the only person who W's rooting for Ben. I just feel like their relationship was more developed and his faults better explained. Dane just seemed to out if no where. Also, did you eliminate or avoid describing the characters in detail on purpose?
Nonnie228 Mar 11, 2011
@Suzyyy1 I think you should read The Blackwater Chronicles, that is if you like Scifi, if your more into romance. Read the prequel to this story Seven Ways to Sunday.
Suzyyy1 Mar 11, 2011
I like this because I like the dialogue. It flows naturally and true. You write well. I will read your other work, which one would you suggest I read next :)


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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:52 PM
MrMickeysMom (20,453 posts)
Well, it was a good day at the polls, but...
Our job in PA is far from over with this voter ID process.
I was standing in for the Democratic committee and had my certificate to watch the count, get updates and basically question and report if I thought voters were being delayed too long because of this voter ID "question" they were trained to ask.
"May I see your photo ID?", was asked to each voter. I knew this would be a problem for some, and one, in fact, complained that because one inspector insisted on asking this, the voter thought the line was getting too long, which made people turn away. True, some people turned away because they were trying to get to work, and I saw them return later.
However, I did warn the judge at this district that I would call into the authorities because I did had been given this complaint. I must say that an official from the Obama campaign followed up in a timely manner and even came to the polls later on (under control later on).
We have to defeat the notion that photo ID will be needed. This is just a warning shot. I do NOT like what this portends. There are too many mothers with babes in arms, children at the end of arms, people working job(S) and brittle elderly with walkers and portable oxygen requirements to put up with the 4 voting booths per district in response to the needs of the people.
We must do better, now that we've "dodged the bullet" of the Obama re-election. WE HAVE TO!
Thank you for your thoughts!
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Response to MrMickeysMom (Original post)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 08:56 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
1. I really don't have a problem with voter ID.
I had a problem with them trying to implement it before everyone had a chance to get one. Now everyone knows about it and there is plenty of time. By 2014 everyone should have one and it won't matter. Plenty of other states have it and it's fine, they gave enough time before the law took effect. That was the issue, not the idea itself.
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #1)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:21 PM
MrMickeysMom (20,453 posts)
2. Disagree about the ID...
... unless you're talking about a first time "voter ID", which I already have.
Who needs anything else? And, regardless of the time, who needs a PHOTO? It's unnecessary, and it's prohibitive of those who cannot take the extra steps.
Extra steps are for what reason? I dunno either.
Response to MrMickeysMom (Reply #2)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:50 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
3. I think that given enough time, it's not that big of a deal.
But that's me. I don't see it as an undue burden if implemented fairly.
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:07 AM
Mc Mike (6,112 posts)
4. You're right. Voter ID laws aren't trying to protect us
from voter fraud, they're trying to defraud the voters.
There are no incidents our repug state government can point to, of prosecuted in-polling place fraud, where someone came in and voted illegally in person, pretending to be another voter. They are a hurdle and poll tax designed by ALEC, to get rid of low-income constituencies, elderly, students, minorities. Turzai openly bragged about the real purpose for enacting the law, on camera. Our doltish 2 term state attorney general prosecuted zero cases of polling place voter impersonation. The repugs liked his job performance so much they made him governor.
A ton of good groups came together to fight the law, to provide legal first aid for the voters, and to safeguard our citizens' right to the franchise. We need a court ruling to overturn this blatant poll tax.
It was a good day for my part of the PA polls, but the Dems lost every Western PA county except Allegheny, in the formerly Democratic stronghold 9 county western under-arm of the 'T'. That freak Rothfus shouldn't even be representing Amway, let alone our state. This erosion is very real, and shows why the repugs keep on visiting our area for presidential campaigning. They're trying to steal the state, here in the western part of the state. They're also driving a red wedge between Ohio and the Blue Northeast - Mid Atlantic, to further consolidate their ongoing attempted theft of Ohio.
Response to Mc Mike (Reply #4)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 07:57 PM
Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)
7. I don't know much about Rothfus,
but I cannot imagine he will be worse than Mike Kelly, who won in my district. I am proud to say he didn't win in my county, but that doesn't make me feel much better. It took the joy out of me. (Well, some of the joy.)
Response to Curmudgeoness (Reply #7)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:13 PM
Mc Mike (6,112 posts)
9. My wife and I donated to Eaton, as well as Maggi.
I couldn't go to those districts to campaign, but Eaton held fundraisers right in my neighborhood. Unfortunately, she wanted more money from me to attend than I could give. I did canvass for Altmire when he defeated Hart, but didn't canvass for Altmire or Critz this time around. Doyle is my rep and didn't need my help, but he's going to be awfully lonely in the Western PA congressional delegation. I was out for our side in this county, to oppose the voter suppression ID law, to back Prez O, and to protect the election, so I couldn't go into other districts to get out the vote.
Did you see a statistic on how the 2.74 million voted for Dem congressional candidates in PA, and 2.67 voted for repug candidates, but due to gerrymandering, we have only 5 out of 18 Federal Representative seats, instead of 9 or 10? I saw it on Maddow's blog, or TPM, or Brad blog, but can't locate it now. It's a fact that we only have 5 now, and we have a dem registration edge of over a million voters in this state, and PA has a total of 18 Federal reps. If you've seen the report I'm referring to, please let me know where.
Response to Mc Mike (Reply #9)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:54 PM
Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)
10. I was supporting Missa Eaton with all I had
because Mike Kelly is so fringe and also because I know Missa and know that she would have us in mind all the time she was representing us. I warned her about the fundraisers that she was holding, that they were too pricey for many people, and that she needed to meet more people and let them get to know her much more than she needed money. Maybe I am naive, but I know that many people will vote for candidates that they have met, and it is obvious that she would never meet Kelly's finances no matter how many people donated to her. Yes, there is a place for higher priced fundraisers, but meeting the voters is not to be dismissed. Near the end of her campaign, she finally was having inexpensive events, so maybe she saw this too. I wish she could have won.
I did not see those statistics, but that really is incredible. But I will say that I saw results that showed either a lot of Repubs did vote for Dems, or many Dems voted for Repubs. So, although the gerrymandering has really caused some serious problems, the voters were also not all that committed to party.
Response to Curmudgeoness (Reply #10)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:57 PM
Mc Mike (6,112 posts)
12. We gave to everyone we could, in state and out. Ms. Eaton's LeMont fundraisers were 1/2 mile from
our home, but I could give 2 good U.S. senators 50 bucks for the price of one fundraising event. Most of the neighborhood we're in couldn't afford the cheapest level of contribution. She got the same level of support we gave Casey.
I wish she could have won, too. But if lame repugs like Raja and Rothfus and Toomey can come back and run over and over again, a normal human candidate like Missa can try again.
We do have a million more registered Dems, so whatever number of voters defected from their side to vote our way in PA, that number was far outweighed by losses from our side, whether by defection or electronic vote shaving.
Response to MrMickeysMom (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:05 PM
Pat Riot (446 posts)
5. They didn't even ask at my polling place.
Of course I live in a mostly black, urban neighborhood which is at least 99% pro Obama, while you're out there is red Dicky Scaife land.
I agree about the ID's but I also think it's inevitable, so we might as well work on getting everybody one before the next election cycle.
I believe what we must work on now are things that get ignored after the elections are over. Overturn Citizen's United by whatever means. Abolish the electoral college and have a true national popular vote. Make these electronic voting machines have a paper receipt so any vote switching "glitches" can be corrected by recount.
If anybody knows where I can volunteer to work for these causes, let me know.
Response to MrMickeysMom (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 07:51 PM
Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)
6. I suppose it was good that they asked for ID
as long as they didn't give anyone a problem if they didn't have one. When they asked, that at least made it clear to voters that they will need one in the future. I was asked, I told them that I did have one but understood that I did not need it to vote in this election, and I refused to show it when they tried to push it. Well, one woman tried to push it, the other agreed with me that I did not need to show it. Of course the first woman added that I will need it next time. I said if that was the law, I would be ready. But it was good that they asked at an election with large turnout, so the people will know.
Response to Curmudgeoness (Reply #6)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:10 AM
MrMickeysMom (20,453 posts)
8. You see... this is just IT...
We already HAVE a voter ID process for everyone who ever registers to vote in Pennsylvania, so to create laws targeting a process that already exists for reasons that don't exist doesn't make sense.
I'm still carrying around the voter ID I obtained in 98 when I moved to PA. I obtained it the same day I got my driver's license. IT'S a separate ID to vote. My driver's license is a separate license to drive. One required registration and the other required an additional photograph.
One's renewal requires a photo and the other didn't require a renewal. So, what is it that the people should know, again?
Response to MrMickeysMom (Reply #8)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:59 PM
Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)
11. I understand what you are saying,
and I am still fighting this Voter ID law and hope to see it go the way of the dodo. But I also think that having it repealed is a pipe dream....at least with the government we have in Harrisburg. So, if this law stands, it is a good thing that everyone gets warned ahead of time. I am not supporting this voter suppression law, but I am being realistic that it will probably be used in the future. I want every voter to be aware of this. And if it doesn't pan out for the Repubs and the law disappears, no harm.


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It's true — I've been a bit obsessed with the bicycle lately, mainly because I finally brought my bike closer to home last week, making two-wheeling a readily-available option again. For those similarly obsessed — and artistically inclined — comes an opportunity to showcase your love of the bicycle creatively: The Bicycle Film Festival.
It's not too late to be part of Bicycle Film Festival 2011 though. Are you a bike-loving filmmaker? Submit your eco-transportation-friendly creation by April 1 to get your masterpiece considered for BFF's future events. Submission's free — and your film could get screened around the world, inspiring others to adopt a more active and eco-friendly lifestyle.


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i was first exposed to this recipe many, many years ago, and I had actually forgotten about it - and then I came across it in a deep clean (Oh, haha, it wasn't a deep clean, it was more like I was looking for something else and stumbled across this, let's be real, I'm not doing any deep cleaning lately)
I made this over the weekend, and it was just as awesome as I remembered.
Baking bread is one of my favorite pastimes. It's meditative, reflective, and if you follow a few key steps, pretty foolproof. It's also remarkably helpful for getting rid of your aggressions, in the kneading stage.
- 12 ounces beer (I used a bottle of cheap stuff, but I've made this with expensive beer because it was left over from a party - it really makes no difference)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 T. sugar
- 1 T. salt
- 3 T. butter
- 8 ounces Velveeta (I KNOW, but you need it for this)
- 5 cups flour
- 2 T yeast - or 2 packages
- 12 ounces swiss cheese, cut into small cubes (sometimes when I make this, I use a mix of cheeses, the odds and ends that I have in the cheese drawer - gruyere, emmantaler, etc.)
In a saucepan, mix the beer, water, sugar, salt, butter and Velvet. Heat until bubbling, lift off heat and cool to warm. The cheese might not melt fully, and that's ok. While you are waiting for the cheese and beer mixture to cool, put 2 cups of flour in the large bowl and add the yeast. Mix well. When the cheese and beer mixture has cooled enough so you can comfortably insert a finger, pour it over the flour mixture and stir.
Note - if you are in a hurry and the cheese/beer mixture is taking forever and a day to cool, place the saucepan in a bowl of ice and stir it every minute or so - it will cool rapidly.
Add in the additional flour 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well, until you've added the additional flour in. (After I've added about 2 cups, I find it difficult to stir, and so I dump in out on the counter, pour the additional flour on top, and knead it in. Whatever works for you.)
When the flour is incorporated, dump the dough on the counter - if you haven't already - and knead it for 2-3 minutes, until it begins to come together. Spread the dough out as flat as possible and spread the cheese chunks evenly over the top of the dough. Fold the dough in half, and then in half again, and knead it for another couple of minutes to mix the cheese throughout the dough completely. Wash your mixing bowl out and spray it well with cooking spray, and dump the bread dough back into the bowl. Spray the top of the bread dough with cooking spray (or rub melted butter into it, your choice, it's just to keep the dough from drying out). Wet a dishtowel and microwave it until the wet cloth is hot and drop it over the bowl. Allow to rise for 1.5-2 hours, until the dough has doubled.
Punch the dough down and divide it into two equal parts. Roll half of the dough into a rough 12x16 rectangle, and cut that rectangle into three strips. Braid the strips together, tucking the ends underneath. Transfer the braid to a greased loaf pan and allow it to rise for another hour, covered with the warm wet cloth as above. Bake at 350 for 40-60 minutes, or until bread is nicely browned and internal temperature is 190°. When the bread is done, remove it from the pan, brush the top with melted butter, and allow to cool before slicing.
(Sometimes when I brush the melted butter on the top, I mix in garlic powder, or parmesan cheese, or mixed herbs. The varieties are endless. And delicious.)


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Recruiting Woes
The AP recently reported that the Army National Guard missed its recruiting goal by about 14% in June - the ninth straight month of shortfalls – and is nearly 19,000 soldiers below its authorized strength.
In a statement issued with the report, the Army said: "The recruiting environment remains difficult in terms of economic conditions and alternatives." That's a euphemism for the fact that war machines rely on high unemployment, so the poorest of the poor (a growing demographic) will have no alternative but to sign up to kill and be killed. Oddly enough, the one indicator in our so-called economic recovery that has not edged up is employment: productivity is up, corporate profits are way up, but more American jobs move abroad every day and higher education costs move farther out of reach, leaving more American workers unable to find work that pays a livable wage.
Under these economic conditions, with so few alternatives, the courage of those who are daily resisting incessant recruitment pressure is even more profound.
The Army acknowledged the heavy use of National Guard troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, but said the service is ahead of its goals in retaining soldiers who have the option to get out: "We have folks that are coming back from long periods of time in Iraq and Afghanistan who are reenlisting."
Unfortunately, they too are now economically forced into the war machine, because the National Guard is supposed to be a part-time commitment for people who have civilian jobs or own their own businesses. After two or three years of deployment overseas, many have lost their jobs and watched their businesses fail. They have little choice but to re-enlist if they want their families to eat.
For the Bush Administration hawks, the best scenario for the next few years is worsening "economic conditions" and even more limited "alternatives," driving more warm bodies to boot camp and beyond. Maybe that's why they keep calling for permanent tax cuts for the rich, gutted social and educational programs, and harsh bankruptcy laws.


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Christie, a first-term Republican, has sought stricter campaign-finance rules and financial disclosure for legislators, and a ban on holding more than one public job that would end an exemption for existing dual officeholders.
The "do-nothing Legislature" hasn't had one hearing yet on the ethics proposals, Christie said at a town-hall meeting in Jackson today.
"That's how much the majority of this Legislature cares about ethics," Christie said. "What have they been doing?"
Christie, 48, also criticized Democratic lawmakers for not passing his proposals to help towns stay within his new 2 percent cap on annual property-tax increases.
The governor's September proposals also included measures to scale back public employee pensions, raise health-care contributions, lower education costs and boost economic development.
Christie said he can't get his measures enacted without the Legislature. He told the crowd to e-mail Senate President Stephen Sweeney and other legislative leaders and tell them to "get to work."
"This isn't some ideological crusade I'm on," Christie said. "I was sent here to balance the books."
Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan said Christie's comments are "yet another example of the governor behaving like a bully, distorting reality, and blaming everyone but himself.''
"It is much easier to sit back and rant then to bring people together at the table to reach a thoughtful compromise," Cryan, a Union Democrat, said in a statement. "It's always easier to blame someone other than yourself, but then again, that's the Christie way."
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Energy Provision May Test Priorities
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Environmental groups are protesting a proposed $50 billion increase to an existing federal loan guarantee program for "innovative" energy technologies that could expand funding beyond renewable energy to include nuclear power and certain kinds of coal plants.
The proposal is part of the Senate's $884 billion version of the government's stimulus package. It is just one example of the number and size of items buried in the proposal and an illustration of the battles that loom as the House and Senate try to reconcile their proposals.
During its consideration of the stimulus package, the Senate Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment from Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) that was supported by some leading Democrats including Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Bennett's amendment took $500 million away from $10 billion initially allotted to a new loan guarantee program for renewable energy and electric transmission projects and moved it to an existing loan guarantee program established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The existing program covers a much wider variety of energy projects, including "advanced nuclear" power plants, plants that "gasify" coal or turn it into liquid form, and plants that capture and bury carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by coal power plants.
Moving the money allows the government to stretch its loan guarantees further. Because of different accounting methods used in the two programs, a $500 million appropriation would permit approximately $5 billion in loan guarantees under the renewable program but $50 billion under the broader, existing program.
The Energy Department has the ability to give out $42.5 billion in loan guarantees under the existing program. But Congress limited the amount that could go to nuclear power plants to $18.5 billion, while setting aside smaller amounts for renewable energy, coal and uranium enrichment. Utilities and power companies have already filed applications for about $122 billion worth of loan guarantees for 21 new nuclear power plants.
The additional loan guarantee authority provided by Bennett's amendment has no restrictions or quotas; more than half a dozen types of projects would qualify. The guarantees are especially important for the nuclear power industry. Without them, it is almost impossible to obtain financing for new nuclear power plants, which have huge capital costs and long construction periods.
Both nuclear supporters and foes are uncertain about how much support to expect from the new Energy secretary, Steven Chu, who is a strong supporter of action on climate change. During his confirmation hearing, Chu pledged to expedite the release of existing loan guarantees, but he avoided any commitment to an aggressive expansion of nuclear power.
Daniel J. Weiss, senior fellow and director of climate strategy at the liberal Center for American Progress, said "this could be a real contentious issue in conference" when House and Senate negotiators try to reconcile the different versions of the stimulus package.
"This is the exact kind of spending President Obama said he didn't want in the recovery package. It will take a lot of time to spend this money and, once you do, it won't create many jobs," he said.
He added that it would take years to design, permit and start building nuclear power projects, and that nuclear power companies were "hoarding these loan guarantees to use at a different time."
Nuclear power proponents maintain that that the nation needs to expand its nuclear power capacity to keep pace with electricity demands and do so in a way that does not add greenhouse gases.
Bennett's ability to leverage the relatively small $500 million into an additional $50 billion of loan guarantees stems from an arcane but important aspect of federal budgeting. Budget rules require the government to set aside a percentage of the amount of loan guarantees to account for the risk that borrowers might default. But Bennett's amendment expands a program that has different rules, effectively allowing the government to set aside a smaller amount than usual, only 1 percent.
Environmental groups yesterday were working on a letter to senators, arguing that the risk of default on the loans for nuclear and coal projects -- and thus the potential cost to taxpayers -- was much higher than that.
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However, as I have mentioned before, a big part of my family's trips to Disney is the food. Yes, we love the rides, characters, theming, hotels.... but the food is also one of the reasons we love going there.
I'm going to pen a weekly post, titled "Disney Food Facts," where I will feature a food found in Disney World or Disneyland.
Is it your favorite? Something you have never tried? I know when I check out these pictures it makes me want to go back. So click the link, and see the first food item featured in "Disney Food Facts."
This is also one my favorite recipes from Disney to make at home- I've also posted the recipe!
(image source: Jon_Grant/flickr)
This food is one of my all time favorites-it's Tonga Toast. You can find it at Kona Cafe, located in Disney's Polynesian Resort (located on the monorail, and right outside of Magic Kingdom).
It's sour dough bread, stuffed with a banana, and it is dipped into a batter. After that, it is deep fried and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. At the Polynesian Resort, it's served with a strawberry compote (a sauce that you put on or dip the Tonga Toast in).
Tonga Toast has a cult following- everyone loves it, and for good reason- it's delicious!
The cinnamon and sugar of the crisp bread, the mix of strawberry and bananas.. I love it a bunch! (Bananas...Bunch....that's right!)
Recently it was featured on Taste of Disney-here's the video where a Disney chef shows you easily how to whip one up in your own kitchen!
Also, here's a link to a recipe I found online. It looks easy- I've never tried to make the strawberry compote, but I have made the Tonga Toast. It's not exactly up to Disney's standards-hey, I've made it 3 times, and I'm sure they have made it 3,000 times) but it's still delicious.
Stay tuned for next week's Disney Food Facts-maybe you can try one of these foods on your next Disney Trip, or share your own experience with these foods!
If you have any personal experiences you'd like to share, or a food you'd like me to highlight, please send me an firstname.lastname@example.com
If these pictures don't make you want to Disney World, you may need to visit an eye doctor!


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Federal Glass & Mirror Co. was originally founded in Waltham, MA in 1948 by Vincent "Jimmy" Purpura and long time business Partner Max Newhouse. A few short years later in 1950 they decided to make their move to Rt. 9 in Framingham where the business still stands today.
Over the years Max and Jimmy started stepping out of the office to be replaced by two of Jimmy's sons Mike and John Purpura. The two brothers still run the RT. 9 Shop to this day.
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RAMAZAN CULUM: Love-Crazed Cruiser Busted
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Talk about cruising with a purpose. Some people go sailing to break records (see, e.g., Reid Stowe), some go to attract publicity (see Reid and/or Jarle Andhoey), some go to find God (or themselves), and most go just for the hell of it. But here's a guy--a 38-year-old Turkish business executive named Ramazan Noyan Culum--who sailed all the way from Bodrum, Turkey, to Plymouth, England, covering some 2,500 miles over seven months in a 16-foot boat, just so he could continue to harass a waitress he fell in love with who he knew despised him.
And what does he get for his trouble? Having finally reached England (home to his paramour, Courtney Murray, who he first encountered in a restaurant in Cyprus while on holiday seven years ago), Cullum and his little boat Ninova were immediately detained by the UK Border Force last Friday (see photo up top) and he is now slated to be deported back to Turkey.
Of course, he might have seen this coming. Since first being smitten by Murray, Culum was reportedly arrested and deported from Cyprus after he tried to abduct her by wielding a knife at the restaurant where she worked. He also reportedly lost his job as director of a phone-game company and has since been arrested and deported from both Italy and Spain during the course of his epic voyage to the UK.
Ramazan Culum, the stalker
Courtney Murray, the stalkee. Since first fending off Culum in Cyprus seven years ago she has returned to the UK and is reportedly now married
Culum's route to disappointment
In a blog entitled Hunger Strike for Courtney Murray (at courtneyforever.com), Culum has documented his unending quest and grand voyage to win Courtney's heart.
Unfortunately--or not--it is not currently accessible online.
If you ask me, Culum's biggest problem is his boat. It's too damn small. If he had sailed to the UK to beg for his true love's hand in something that looked more like this:
She might not have refused him, and I am quite sure he would not have been deported.


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It is a sad fact of our society that some people simply lack any semblance of common sense whatsover, which was clearly on display recently at the Toronto Zoo in Canada.
As spectators surrounding the tiger pen watched in horror, a woman jumped a barrier and dropped herself down right next to a mere chain-link fence separating her from an angrily pacing tiger, according to Fox News.
The reason for her near death-defying maneuver next to a ferocious big cat — she was retrieving a ballcap that had fallen down in the area that is strictly off-limits to guests of the zoo.
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One onlooker can be overheard declaring her actions to the "worst idea ever," while another told her directly, "You're a moron." Others had some rather explicit language for what the woman had done.
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"You're a bad example to everyone else's kids," he added, chastising her for her stupid decision while the woman and a friend attempted to defend her insane action. "Get out of my face, you moron."
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Zoo officials have now opened up an investigation into the incident, with a spokeswoman warning that the woman could have easily injured herself, and possibly even the tiger, by getting it angry and riled up, according to CBC News.
Spokeswoma Jennifer Tracey implored others to immediately contact zoo employees if they should ever happen to drop an item inside of or near an animal enclosure, as the trained staff would be happy to assist their guests in retrieving it in a much safer manner.
"The situation could have been much worse," she said.
While we may disagree with some of the more colorful language used by the onlookers calling out the stupid woman for jumping down next to the tiger pen, seeing as there were children around in the family-friendly environment, we really can't argue with their assessment that she is a complete and utter moron.
Please share this on Facebook and Twitter to spread this video of an idiotic woman retrieving a ballcap that had dropped right next to a tiger pen at the Toronto zoo.
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Thanks for the wonderful entries this time around!! It sure looks like you guys all love papercrafting and are having fun so that's really what this is all about!
But we DO have a winner . . . via Random.org the winner is #4 - TJ!
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Be scared, be very scared! Our terrifying Halloween programme is now available to view and download on our website. Once again, our animation team will be organising lots of fun activities for kids and adults. As this festivity coincides with the half term holidays, we've actually got a full programme of activities from the 12th October to the 1st November. Continue Reading →
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Our New Activities Programme for Summer 2011 is Out!
The summer season has officially started here at Sunset Beach Club! The weather is amazing with lots of sunshine and hot temperatures in the 30`s (ºC).
Anyone planning on visiting us over the summer will be happy to know that we now have our complete activities and entertainment programme available on our website.
You'll find information about all activities and shows that will be available over the next few months. There's plenty of fun in stall for the kids aged 5 to 12, with the ever popular Pirate's Day being the highlight of the week for this age group. Continue Reading →
Getting Ready for Halloween!!
Here's a few photos of the halloween decorations in our Panorama Bar and the Kids Club. Our animation team have been working hard since yesterday to get all the decorations up in time for this evening!
At 8:30 pm, all kids who want to join in the Halloween spirit will be meeting up in the Kids Club for Face Painting! After that, its time for "Trick or Treat"! Together with the animation team, the kids will be making their way around the hotel, knocking on doors and asking the famous question; Trick or Treat? If you are staying at the hotel, I recommend you stock up on sweets; you have been warned! 😉
Hopefully tomorrow we'll have some great photos of the evening and will be posting them here!
Happy Halloween!
Pirate's Day Video
Every summer, the entertainment team prepares a full programme of activities for children aged 5 to 12. The highlight of these activities has to be the popular Pirate's Day! A full day of fun which we've summed up in this short video….
Fun Fun Fun!
Yesterday was another day of non-stop fun for the Pirate's club! Pirate's day is always very popular, which is hardly surprising with such great activities and entertainment staff! Another Pirate's day will be held tomorrow, so make sure your kids enjoy the funfilled day during their holiday!
Kid's Summer Activities
Free Summer Holiday Entertainment
Our new Summer activity programmes can now be downloaded from our website! Including details of our free evening entertainment, kids club, teenagers competitions and holiday activities for the adults too!
Children's evening entertainment
Once again this Summer we will be offering an Evening kid's club which will be starting tomorrow from 6.30pm – 9.00pm! This fantastic facility giving parents a night off is available 3 nights per week, for children aged 5-12 years and for just 6€ including dinner. Evening activities include mini bingo, face painting, drawing contest, disney films and much more!