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Illusionist – The Uplift (2013)
The 49ers are featured on Illusionist's debut album called The Uplift. Awon and The 49ers finally have a chance to link up together on a track called "Fresh Rhymes." Illusionist brings some headnod beats for the featured artists on this producer album. The album is short and sweet with only 7 tracks, but provides much replay value. Did I forget to mention it's a FREE release?
To download for free visit Illusionist's Bandcamp page —-> Click Here <—-
1. Don't You Doubt Me (feat. Nieve & Dj Nasa)
2. Fresh Rhymes (feat. The 49ers & Awon)
3. Tomorrow Not Guaranteed (feat. windchILL & Dj Nasa)
4. Easy Does It (feat. Tiff The Gift)
5. I Need You (feat. Noah King)
6. Assassin's Creed (feat. Awon)
7. Devil's Shoulder (feat. KRBL Rebel Radio)
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WindchILL on the same CD as The 49ers, it really is a small world isn't it


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Saturday, September 27, 2008
I've chosen! Thank you Brittainia Library. I'm excited about this, it has been on my reading list for a long, long time. I think I'll start it in bed tonight, which is where I should be going very soon as I am full of wine and pie.
Posted by becka at 11:09 PM
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- kate said...
hi becka,
i want to read this! i just watched it on tv the other night. and yes, you have to show what you make with the patchwork fabric, i'm obsessed with it.
and where do you sell your neck warmers? (maybe i missed it) they're great!
(sorry- super long comment)
- September 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM
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Bright lights. Strange smells. Loud siblings. Your infant deals with a world of new experiences from day one. With all this excitement, it's easy for her to get overstimulated, says Carrie Contey, Ph.D., coauthor of Calms: A Guide to Soothing Your Baby. "Their little systems are trying to manage things so quickly," she says. "They need things to pause so they can regroup and feel safe." Before the meltdown, try:
FOLLOWING HER LEAD: If you and your baby are making faces at each other and then she turns away, that's a sign she needs a break, says Contey. Instead of trying to get her attention, wait until she looks back at you to start playing again.
FINDING AN ESCAPE: Sometimes it's not just about you: When there's too much commotion in the room, the best thing might be to help her block out the world for a while. That's what Anne Bowling does to help her crying 4-month-old when her big sisters get a little too rambunctious. "I have to take her upstairs, pull down the shades, swaddle her, and rock her," the Overland Park, KS, mom says. "As soon as I get her away from the noise, she's fine."
TAKING A BREATHER YOURSELF: "Babies can get overwhelmed by our energy," says Contey. If you're feeling stressed, she'll pick up on it. Talk to her soothingly and slow down your movements.


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East states:
"...I offer this little book to you, friends of the business world, who must needs eat and mayhap, too, love to cook rather than sit forever around a boarding-house table."
Two things strike me from this beginning of the introduction.
1. The way that rents are rising, I am not sure that boarding houses shouldn't make a big comeback.
2. I am quite sure that "mayhap" should be resurrected into modern language. Its definition from the Urban Dictionary:
A term combining the best qualities of the terms "maybe" and "perhaps" into a single superior word. Often used when planning something mischievous or pretending to be British.
"mayhaps I'll go get fucked up instead of writing this paper"
"care for a spot of tea?"
"mayhaps a bit later"
But I digress...
East offers up a list of the modern conveniences that one would want in their kitchenette and some rather enlightening prices such as:
1 gas stove $28.00
2 asbestos mats .10
2 anti-splashers for faucets .05
Vacuum ice-cream freezer 2.50
10-piece earthenware set .85
While I am pretty sure they no longer make asbestos mats, I want a pair of anti-splashers!
East has an entire chapter devoted food that comes in a can. While she advocates the use of canned foods, she finds that cooking a whole can of any one item is simply too much food for one person to consume. Her chapter is aptly named "Half-a-can Recipes." Using the "saved" half-a-can for a salad later in the week is her favorite trick. One can then look forward to lima beans and corn in a French dressing. Or asparagus and pimientos in a French dressing. Or beets stuffed with cream cheese in a French dressing. Clearly, French dressing is a favorite.
Her recipes for midnight snacks are included in the chapter, "A Bite to Eat at Bedtime." She will include a half-a-can here and there for bedtime included in several rather complicated dishes. This one takes at least 30 minutes to prepare and could offer up some intense dreams.
Shrimp Wiggle1/2 cupful cooked rice1/2 can of peas1 can shrimp1 onion1 tablespoon butter1/2 cupful cream1/2 teaspoonful salt1/4 teaspoonful paprikaBrown the sliced onion in the butter;add the cream, rice, and peas; let cook up, and add the shrimp, salt, and paprika; simmer over hot water for fifteen minutes, and serve on crackers.
i don't know about the shrimp, but I am sure if you eat this right before bed, you will be the one wiggling!


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IMPORTANT: Click on This Link First!
Part III
The Approach: Utilitarianism-Based Cost-Benefit Analysis
Benatar argues from a Utilitarianism-based cost/benefit position, especially from a hedonistic (pleasure-based) "calculus", imperfect and subjective that may be. In short, he claims that if the pleasures of life are not worth the inevitable pains that life subjects us to, then humans don't deserve to be born. He asserts this position based on a supposed "asymmetry" that exists in the very real-world nature of life, and perhaps even in the theoretical nature of life itself: A nonexistent person will not suffer, even as he or she can't enjoy life's benefits; yet an existing person cannot help but suffer due to the very nature of human living itself and how the world operates, even as he or she can enjoy at least some of life's benefits. Furthermore, he states that even if there is a moral duty to bring humans into existence, other moral considerations may override the procreative duty. Most particularly among these rights is the right of the unborn not to suffer as a result of being brought into existence.
Criticism of the Benatarian Approach
However, antinatalist blogger Chip Smith finds this approach incomplete at best. Even worse, he finds in it a serious ethical blind spot, namely that it seems to permit or possibly even mandate the murder of individuals and genocide against all humanity - on the grounds that murder/genocide would forever eliminate any possibility of suffering for those not yet conceived. Benatar himself saw such a possible derivation and presents as a counter to it arguments about death from Stoic philosophers. However, Smith found his counter unconvincing, thereby still leaving the cost-benefit calculus vulnerable to such derivations as far as he is concerned.
Therefore, Smith explores a different Libertarian approach, one based on Kantian deontological (duty/obligation-based) ethics, "proprietary rights" (i.e. "the right of self-ownership") and its corollary "Axiom of Non-Aggression"; the latter two notions as expounded by Libertarian philosopher Murray Rothbard.[1] From these three bases, Smith extracts the notion that conceiving a child is an act of aggression against that child. It's aggression because of two facts: (a) the parent's full awareness that life inevitably has hardships and suffering, especially the non-trivial probability of the child enduring great suffering at some point (and certainly will die one day[2]) and (b) the impossibility of consent by the child to be born into a world such as this. Thus, he shows there is another Libertarian route to antinatalism, one not vulnerable to extrapolations to justifications of killing people.
Closely related to the death problem, Smith also addresses the issue of childbirth from an Abrahamic religious perspective in fair detail (though he himself is an atheist). According to Christianity, Islam, and even some forms of Orthodox Judaism, any one random person has a very non-trivial probability of suffering a terrible afterlife. From this, it follows that there's even less justification to have children and by the same token a greater obligation for religious people to adopt antinatalism than non-religious people have. This resonates quite strongly when one recalls the cliche "a fate worse than death", which is all too literally true in Abrahamic theologies and in some other ones as well.
In conclusion, while Smith did expose an ethical blind spot in Benatar's reasoning, it's highly unlikely to to fatally wound the cost-benefit approach, except in its purest (i.e. most one-dimensional) form; nor does Smith even seem to intend to completely overthrow his approach. When all is said and done, Benatar's main contribution is to bring into greater conscious awareness the need to weigh the costs and benefits of bringing any one person into existence. This is certainly a vital component of making a properly-informed decision about whether one should have children or not. As such, Better to Have Never Been certainly serves a worthwhile purpose.
[1] Smith himself has problems with all three notions; to the point of thinking that the notion of "rights" in and of itself is a mere abstraction, let alone deontology-based ones. It is for this reason I changed the sentence from "Smith advocates..." to "Smith explores ..."
[2] This is Smith's chief objection to antinatalism - independent of the argument he presents. From the fact that everyone dies, he derives the idea that childbirth is in a moral sense an act of negligent homicide at best and outright murder at worst.


text: Men's Tennis Drops Opening Match of Spring Season 1/21/2013 9:58:00 PM George Mason Athletics Mason men's tennis opened up the 2013 spring season today against East Carolina at Monclair Country Club. The Pirates defeated the Patriots by a 6-1 margin, winning two of three doubles matches and five of six singles contests. Mason's lone point came at #2 singles as Jordan Dyke defeated East Carolina's Nico Sariano in three sets, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5. The Pirates won the doubles point after winning the top two matches,each by a score of 8-5. Mason's Taylor Sargent and Tanner Baine won the #3 match 8-6. East Carolina earned five points in the six singles matches. The Pirates defeated the Patriots by a 6-1, 6-2 margin in three matches. Jaran Vleigen defeated Mason's Jimmy Davis at the top singles positions, John Schmidt beat Tanner Baine at #3 singles Colin Roller bested Mason's Scott Keaton at #5 singles. At #6 singles, Mason's Aaron Capitel battled Pat Wolterbeek in a close contest, 2-6, 7-5(13-11). The Patriots don't get back on the court until Saturday, February 9 against Morgan State at Monclair Country Club. Doubles #1 J. Vliegen/C. Roller (ECU) def. Davis/Keaton(Mason), 8-5 #2 D. Brenard/J. Schmidt (ECU) def. Dykes/Borden (Mason), 8-5 #3 Sargent/Baine (Mason) def. P. Wolterbeek/N. Sariano, 8-6 Singles #1 Jaran Vleigen (ECU) def. Jimmy Davis(Mason), 6-1, 6-2 #2 Jordan Dyke (Mason) def. Nico Sariano, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 #3 John Schmidt (ECU) def. Tanner Baine(Mason), 6-1, 6-2 #4 Damien Brenard (ECU) def. Danny Naja(Mason), 6-4, 7-5 #5 Colin Roller (ECU) def. Scott Keaton(Mason), 6-1, 6-2 #6 Pat Wolterbeek (ECU) def. Aaron Capitel (Mason), 2-6, 7-5(13-11) Print Friendly Version


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To say that the Forn have a complex history is an understatement… there are a number of them living on Earth as refugees from religious conflicts in their home realm. This aspect of Jenna's backstory, the death of her own sisters, has always been something I've been meaning to bring into the narrative and I figured this was the best point!
Maya is able to project the illusion out to about ninety meters/yards… it would be a bit fuzzy around the edges at that distance but then most things are fairly hard to discern from that far away. And of course most people don't pay all that much attention to things in the distance. Of course cameras would be a different matter. And Brelvis, being a transmute like Morgana and the other "Freaks", isn't affected by Maya's mojo… this was actually established in chapter 4 where future Brelvis (aka Mongrel) was immune to future evil Maya's (aka Miasma) mojo. As to why it wouldn't effect Brelvis, but would effect Gifford, Fatima and Jenna's perception of themselves is a mystery for some other time!


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The copyright fight being waged by Viacom against Google will move into a crucial stage on Friday.
According to documents filed in federal court on Thursday, both companies are expected to file motions for summary judgment--when a judge decides enough undisputed evidence exists for a ruling to be made without sending the case to trial.
In addition to Viacom and Google, a group of copyright owners that also sued Google for copyright infringement in 2007 is expected to file for summary judgment as well. What this means is that the time of taking depositions and exchanging documents is over. The parties will now get down to making arguments.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton for the Southern District of New York, set Friday as the deadline for filing for summary judgment and gave the parties until April 30 to file opposing arguments to each others motions.
Viacom accused Google and YouTube in a $1 billion suit filed three years ago of "massive intentional copyright infringement."
In the original complaint, Viacom contended that Google wrongfully profited from nearly 160,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom's entertainment programming that were made available on YouTube. Those clips were viewed more than 1.5 billion times, Viacom wrote.
Google has always argued that YouTube, which the company acquired for $1.65 billion in October 2006, is an Internet service provider and ISPs are protected from liability for copyright-infringing acts committed by users under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provisions.
The outcome of the case could help to define how much freedom users of content-sharing sites have online as well as how much protection copyright owners can expect.


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|I am intoxicated seeing these stuffs
Okay!!! I am actually a bit recalcitrant these days, blame it to my unhealthy working environment wherein it requires me of my utmost level of ingenuity for a stupid thing called multitasking. Honestly, work is a magic word for me before, I mean the actual work like a job, occupation and things such as. When I finished college at 19, I had my gushing work instinct all over me that it even impeded me from being a constant docile son. After a year of being a semi-crass and semi-obedient, I had my chance of having me some work. In an instant I was accepted for a work they say where all the renegade is. I did not care and won't really care, because i thought I found my pot of gold. I thought everything will be fine and I'll rock, you know do good. Think of me as stupid but my illusive thought of having better days for my work stretched until the day I finally had the notion of I just can't bare to do this anymore. It's not that It's bland or in anyway a mundane work but it's just that the work is as hard as attending Med School. I feel like I don't need to be doing this for a petty amount of money, well it's not that I am disregarding money issues on this subject matter, but I will be willing to study everyday for this work to pull up a good job if they will be paying me triple of what I am earning right now (Wow! Ang Kapal..lol)
Every friday is like a Respite day for me, but despite this Sunday pushes me with a hard kick that I don't want the mother of all days arrive and just stop time. Then, here it'll come again and at 5:30 am I am like doing the routine again. To motivate myself, I keep on having this mindset that this is all happening because I need to challenge myself to achieve more, but this cliche is way over being at the top and pretty much lame. So, might as well someone asks, what keeps you from leaving? well, I don't actually know and I don't wanna push myself to weigh things just to arrive to a conclusion because that alone will just make things harder. So, I'll stay because it's quite tolerable for now. But, if there is chance I'll might get outta here.


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It's been a minute since I ventured around on this medium, I can say I probably lost my blogging mojo or some other things kicked it down the list of priorities.
Its been a ride through the past years, months, weeks and days but what can I say but to Thank the Lord my God. God has been good in so many ways that I can't even start counting but just to keep giving thanks.Like one of the church song says "What shall I say onto the Lord, all I have to say is thank you God".
A lot of us take for granted a lot of things and we always think we are superman or have super powers. Just because you drink Alomo bitters does not mean you have super powers my friend.You have the super powers that you think you have just because God's mercies and grace abounds on your life.I listened to a message some years back and the message has always put me back into perspective when I do things and when things happen to me.The preacher said, most times that we do things or go through some things that other people go through and got scarred and we come out without any scars (physical,emotional,financial or even spiritual), and we think we are King Kong and wondering how we did it. It is because someone's grace and mercies somewhere is covering us or overflowing into our lives. Am sure a lot of people will be like what is he talking about.
Well I will use myself as an example.My mum is a christian and I can authoritatively say a prayer warrior.Every time I talk to my mum,before we end the conversation;the advise "make sure you pray and read your bible" must always enter the conversation.I always try as much as possible to talk to God as much as I can when I can, but my mum is all her children's attorney in front of God.She prays for all of us everyday,putting all our coming in and going out in his care whenever she can.
So my whole point is that somewhere, somehow, there is someone that wishes you well and prays for you and as long as the unconditional love is there for you in the person's heart, the grace and mercies that the person covers you with will still cover you even though you are obliged to tap into your own mercies and grace as well.
Anyway it was nice getting back on this medium for a minute and we will see how it will be sha...Let me leave you with a joke before I doughie outta here..
A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,
'Jesus knows you're here.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.
When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued.
Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard
'Jesus is watching you.'
Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.
'Did you say that?' he hissed at the parrot.
'Yep', the parrot confessed, then squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn you that Jesus is watching you.'
The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?'
'Moses,' replied the bird.
'Moses?' the burglar laughed. 'What kind of people would name a bird Moses?'
'The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus, and
here he comes!


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It has long struck me that Energy Bars are basically just trail mix in wrappers……..with a glucose syrup twist.
That being the case, whilst pottering around on Amazon the other morning, I thought I'd do a little bang-for-my-hiker-buck comparison.
Trail Mix
In preparation for an upcoming series of hikes, I bought 8 lbs (3.63 kg) worth of mixed nuts and raisins.
It cost me a touch over $30. Throw in an extra couple of bucks for some Ziploc baggies and we'll call it $32.
Energy Bars
If I would have purchased the equivalent weight in energy bars, this is roughly what it would have set me back:
- Clif Bars – $47.70 ($0.90 per bar / 53.3 bars total)
- Power Bars – $68.74 ($1.23 per bar / 55.9 bars total)
- Lara Bars – $75.95 ($0.95 per bar / 80 bars total)
- Pro Bars – $81.07 ($1.90 per bar / 42.67 bars total)
- Kind Bars – $91.20 ($1.14 per bar / 80 bars total)
(Note: The above-listed prices were the best value I could find on Amazon as of a few days ago).
Whilst I'll never be mistaken for Mickey the Maths Wiz, this seems like quite a big price difference for items that are basically the same thing. The DIY trail mix combo worked out to be around three times cheaper than Kind Bars, and significantly less expensive than all the other wrapper covered products as well.
Now I'm sure Energy Bar companies could come up with all sorts of statistics showing how their products outperform old fashioned trail mix in any number of ways. But the fact is, I've eaten truckloads of both over the decades, and I can't say I've ever noticed any significant difference in regards to performance levels out in the backcountry. And unless I'm missing something (and it wouldn't be the first time), I don't think Energy Bars offer any great advantage on the calorie or nutritional fronts either. Indeed, I think the opposite may often be the case.
Alright, alright……….time to address the elephant in the culinary room……….what about taste?……..come on, man, you can't tell me you enjoy the taste of trail mix as much as the above listed bars?
Actually I can. Don't get me wrong, I invariably also take some Energy Bars on my hiking trips as well; including all of the items listed above. But I can't say that I necessarily enjoy them anymore than the trail mix I also bring along.
So there it is. My completely non-scientific, subjective "six cents" on Energy Bars (i.e. two cents in Trail Mix terms) 😉 .


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Bitten and Mad on 08/07/2015
Checked in last night, August 6th to room 612 and didn't notice anything unusual. This morning we found bed bugs crawling all over the mattresses. Management sent a man over and said that bed bugs typically are not visible during the day, but the infestation was so bad they have nowhere to hide.
Michelle on 07/24/2011
We went in to check the room before we brought our stuff in. I pulled back the sheets & noticed pieces of bugs & then checked around the bottom of the mattress & found bugs crawling EVERYWHERE! Luckily we had not brought our stuff to the room yet.
20 bedbug reports near this address:
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Chrome: NYC Legends Photo Giveaway
Chrome and Juxtapoz Magazine are coming together for this contest in which one winner will go home with:
– A signed original print from legendary music photographer, Ricky Powell
– A backpack and shoes from Chrome
– A years subscription to Juxtapoz
Sign up for your chance to win here.
"San Francisco, Calif. (October 10, 2011) – Chrome, the world's leading manufacturer of bike messenger bags, footwear and urban cycling apparel, today announces a partnership with Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine for the JUXTAPOZ x CHROME Presents Ricky Powell Photo Giveaway & Auction. In conjunction with the release of Chrome's annual zine, WRENCHED NYC, Chrome & Juxtapoz are excited to announce a very special giveaway including a signed and framed original print by WRENCHED-featured artist, Ricky Powell, backpack and shoes from Chrome and a years subscription to Juxtapoz magazine.
Simultaneously launching is the online eBay auction where the public can bid on framed prints from more of the WRENCHED-featured posse: Ricky Powell, David "Shadi" Perez and TAK. 100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to the New York Bike Messengers Foundation, which helps messengers who have been injured on the job."


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Uncover a world of high octane thrills at Cairns Kart Hire Track, one of the most popular go- karting tracks in Australia.
With its electrifying hairpin turns, cambered corners and uphill climbs, the 450 metre track is sure to get even the most experienced karter's pulse racing. For the ultimate karting adventure, you can try out the night time driving experience, while kids can get their very first taste of driving independence with Kids U Drive, a fun mini jeep ride that can be controlled safely via remote control from 20 metres away
After an exhilarating session on the track, make your way to the club house for refreshments, or head to the golf driving range and par-three golf course to play a few rounds. You can also cook up your own alfresco lunch using the barbecue facilities onsite.
Cairns Kart Hire is located on Captain Cook Highway, not far from our Cairns Beaches accommodation and is open every day of the week from 9am to 10pm. Check it out for yourself during your holiday with us!
To find out more, please visit www.cairnskarthire.com.au


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Parisian fashion house Hermès have injected their decorating prowess into an apartment for luxury property developers SC Global. Spilling across 6200 square feet, the venue was designed to play host to exclusive engagements, presumably for some pretty important people.
The wonderment is located within the Marq on Paterson Hill in Singapore. Even if it is the doings of a French fashion house, flashy opulence wasn't the goal — it was more about achieving a state of understated elegance (much like what we imagine it to feel like when one slips into an Hermès cashmere dress). Once inside, it can be inferred the space will breed sentiments of comfort and placate — alternatively, it will produce an overwhelming desire to get nude and make noise, on account of it being so… refined.
The apartment features "a carefully curated combination of Hermès furniture, furnishing fabrics, wallpapers, carpets, tableware, along with made-to-order leather-upholstered items and a choice of artworks," in the words of SC Global. Now, indulge via your monitor.


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We are looking for two non-students with the right skills and experience to join our Management Committee and help guide our elected leadership to become even bigger and better than ever before...
If you are interested, or know somebody who might be, please click here: https://goo.gl/bOnlIq
At our National Conference, the following young people were elected onto the National Executive of StudentVoice:
Who: A conference for our members (school students across the country) to meet and share ideas to shape the future of StudentVoice. National and international organisations will deliver workshops relating to increasing participation in High Schools and promoting better quality PSHE and SRE (the focus of this years' campaign) and we will elect a new National Executive
What: An inspiring half-term school trip!
StudentVoice is recruiting a Support Officer!
The role, which is suitable for current students, graduates or school-leavers with relevant experience, will be for approximately one day a week for the next year. This may rise and/or be extended if we manage to secure more funding.
Please submit a CV and Cover Letter of 500-1,000 words which covers:
· Why you want to work for StudentVoice
· How you fulfil the person specification and what you would bring to the role
Following the great success of StudentVoice National Conference 2014, we are hosting a second Conference this Autumn. This will elect a new National Executive, host a range of workshops, and launch our National Campaign.
StudentVoice is not like other organisations though. We are genuinely student-led in a way that most organisations can only dream of.
For this reason, we are hosting a Conference Planning session open to all StudentVoice members (students between the ages of 11 and 18). This will make all the key decisions about what will happen at the Conference.
Language learning faces a 'difficult climate' in schools. A study of over 1200 schools found that despite a slight increase in the amount of students studying Spanish at GCSE level and above, there has been a general decrease in the teaching and learning of other languages. Teachers claim that the current examination methods are a hindrance to language learning in schools as it simply is not fit for purpose.
We are excited to announce the members of our new Management Committee. These volunteers will support the elected National Executive of students and ensure that the organisation is able to do what its student members want.
We received plenty of exceptional applications so were faced with the difficult task of narrowing them down to just six committee members. These are: Adam Wilson, Charles Barry, Deborah Hermanns, Derry Hannam, Sally Brown and Suvi Rehell.
Our partner, Phoenix Education Trust, is looking for a new Managing Director! We want an inspirational and enthusiastic leader to help us bring our future plans to life.
The candidate must be passionate about democratic education. They should also have experience in education, the voluntary sector, or social enterprise. We are looking for someone who likes to take on a challenge, and who is prepared to become involved on every level.
StudentVoice is looking for volunteers to join its new Management Committee. The Committee will play an important role in helping the organisation to reach its goals. This is an exciting opportunity to become involved in the running of StudentVoice, so make sure you apply!
The Committee's main duty will be to oversee the management of the organisation. This involves working with the elected student leaders of StudentVoice, the National Executive. There will be four Management Committee meetings per year.
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The annual Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Ky., is a three-day opportunity to drown yourself in all things related to General Motor's legendary V8. With drag racing, auto cross, drift competition, dyno challenge, engine swap contest, car show, and dozens of vendors, there was something for every gear head.
Blane Burnett, Advertising and Creative Manager for Holley, said this year's three-day event was the largest yet, with over 1,000 participating cars and over 16,000 spectators. Despite a rainstorm that stopped all activity on Saturday, forcing the drift qualifying and competition to move to Sunday, Burnett said the drift challenge was very much a success.
"We were impressed and beyond stoked to see everyone stick around here in Bowling Green – not only the locals, but from surrounding states – and put a bow tie on the end of LS Fest," he said. "We had a great time doing it even with conflicts with dates of other popular events around the country, and we were still able to pull off a really professional event with over 20 drift cars. Seven years ago that was difficult to do, and that says a lot about GM's LS engine and the noteworthiness of Holley LS Fest."
The rain came Saturday around 4:30, two hours before the Lucas Oil Drift Challenge was set to begin. Event staff made the decision to end all activity shortly thereafter, forcing the remainder of the day's activities to transpire on Sunday. Because of these time constraints, qualifying for the drift challenge started 30 minutes after the originally scheduled end to LS Fest. In a flurry of efficiency and fantastic driving, qualifying and the top 16 bracket were completed in just under three hours.
Jonathan Nerren claimed the top qualifying spot, with Shane Whalley and the only naturally LS-powered (though still swapped) car grabbing second. Tyler Nelson landed another of the Zenna Tires team on the top three, with Nick Thomas in fourth. As luck would have it, the top four qualifiers were also the top four finishers.
Taking that fourth place was Shane Whalley, who began his climb by knocking out Kevin Phillips, who drove up from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in Top 16. In Top 8, Whalley drew his Tuner Tools teammate and MDU Rookie Of The Year contender Geoff Donati, where the Goat kicked the kid out of Top 8.
Whalley's run to the top was cut short in the final four by Tyler Nelson, who defeated Bryan Schiraldi in Top 16 and Hooman Rahimi's red 350Z in Top 8.
Nerren defeated Midwest Drift Union newcomer and round two winner Noah Michaels in Top 16, before knocking out the ridiculously powerful orange 350Z (which doubles as a drag car) of Jonathan Hurst.
Thomas was the first to defeat one of the Zenna cars, sending Matt Pollock home in the round of 16 before setting his sights on Drew Meyer in Top 8.
Now that the top four qualifiers were set to square off against each other, sparks really started to fly. Thomas knocked out Nerren, sending the latter into a third-place battle with Shane Whalley after his defeat by Nelson.
During that third place battle, Whalley's car developed problems which all but guaranteed Nerren the win.
"On both last runs in the same spot coming into the last inner sweeper, my steering locked up and I couldn't fight back and I just lost the car," Whalley said. "We're going to get it back to the shop and see what's going on with that."
Despite being unable to podium, Whalley wasn't disappointed in the weekend.
"This year I was the only original GM-powered car out here in a sea of 240s," he said. "I'm really happy with the performance Sunday for sure."
Nerren said he and his team had a good time at LS Fest, even if the hurried pace made things frantic for them.
"Having three cars we had 30 sets of wheels, but after every run we're swapping out a set of Zenna tires," he said. "We were constantly having to make sure we had the tires mounted and getting the cars back and ready to go, because as soon as I'd pull back in from a run, here would come Tyler or Matt, so it was stressful just to keep the cars out there with so much going on. It wasn't optimal, however, we made it work and my team did a hell of a job. That's the first time this year me and Tyler have been on the podium together, and that was a great feeling."
And with that, the final match was set between Thomas and Nelson. Going into the first turn, Nelson made contact with Thomas, spinning Thomas out and causing both cars to come to a halt. Their driver's windows facing each other, the pair agreed to restart the run on their own, powering out of the first sweeper in an effort to finish the run. While this wasn't a completely successful tactic, Thomas was able to net the win after seven years of trying, defeating the last of the Zenna cars in the process.
"It keeps getting better and better," Thomas said. "The driving gets better, the skill level increases, the builds are getting better, and the drivers are getting faster. The fans are growing and the dynamic changes constantly. It's cool to see it evolve and it's a great thing to be a part of. We've been hunting it down forever and I'm so glad we made it happen."
Nelson said he'd be back next year to challenge for the podium again.
"I think it's the first time this year I've really had fun," he said. "The weight wasn't on me for points or championships. And the really cool thing is that a lot of drivers are from other parts of the U.S., so I get to compete against a bunch of new guys. I'll keep an LS in my car just to come back here."
LS Fest will return to Bowling Green next year, and it appears Holley will be bringing the event out west as well, planning a West Coast LS Fest for mid-May at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For more details on the event, head over to the LS Fest website.


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Sbisa in for Ducks; Lashoff, Samuelsson for Wingsby Corey Masisak
DETROIT -- The Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings will make changes to their lineups for Game 3 of this Western Conference Quarterfinals series Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Defenseman Luca Sbisa, who hasn't played since April 13, will return for the Ducks. He battled an injury near the end of the regular season and was a healthy scratch for the first two games of the best-of-7 series, which is tied after Detroit's 5-4 overtime win in Game 2 at Honda Center.
Veteran Sheldon Souray likely will come out of the lineup to make room for Sbisa, who had one goal and eight points in 41 games this season.
Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said he won't make a decision until he arrives at the arena, but the team's official Twitter feed said Sbisa is in for Souray.
There also was a tweak among the forward lines, with Kyle Palmieri moving up to the top line and Bobby Ryan dropping the second unit. Coach Bruce Boudreau had scrambled the lines during the third period of Game 2 anyway in an effort to produce a comeback after the team fell behind 4-1.
Detroit coach Mike Babcock said rookie Brian Lashoff will replaced injured rookie Danny DeKeyser on the blue line, which was expected, but also that forward Mikael Samuelsson will take the place of Todd Bertuzzi.
Samuelsson will start on the fourth line, and he took repetitions on the point with the second power-play unit.
Though many coaches are loathe to discuss lineup decisions, Babcock not only divulged his changes, but he also was forthcoming with his line-matching plans. He said he will put either Pavel Datsyuk's or Valtteri Filppula's line against the top trio for Anaheim, and match Joakim Andersson's line against the Ducks' third unit.
Here are the projected lineups:
Kyle Palmieri - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Teemu Selanne
Daniel Winnik - Saku Koivu - Andrew Cogliano
Matt Beleskey - David Steckel - Emerson Etem
Cam Fowler - Francois Beauchemin
Scratched: Brad Staubitz, Radek Dvorak, Sami Vatanen, Patrick Maroon, Devante Smith-Pelly, Matthew Lombardi
Henrik Zetterberg - Pavel Datsyuk - Justin Abdelkader
Valtteri Filppula - Johan Franzen - Daniel Cleary
Gustav Nyquist - Joakim Andersson - Damien Brunner
Patrick Eaves - Cory Emmerton - Mikael Samuelsson
Niklas Kronwall - Jonathan Ericsson
Scratched: Jordin Tootoo, Todd Bertuzzi, Ian White, Carlo Colaiacovo
Injured: Darren Helm (back), Drew Miller (hand), Danny DeKeyser (thumb)


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Should women carry a firearm in case of rape? People have been arguing over this question since Colorado state senator Evie Hudak told a rape survivor that "statistics are not on your side" as a potential rape victim even if you're carrying a concealed weapon. So what should we tell women about preventing rape? YOU ARE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION, says rape survivor and political commentator Zerlina Maxwell.
Zerlina appeared on Sean Hannity's FOX News show over the weekend and introduced a rape prevention idea so radical, it blew people's minds: Teach men not to rape. Teach who not to what now? Brain hurts. Confused. Words not make sense. WHAT.
I'm kidding. Obviously it's the most sensible solution and it's sad that Maxwell got any blow back over it at all. But she did. Of course she did. Conservative news sites were all, "that's shocking!" and "bizarre" and she's "oversimplifying" and she "owes rape victims an apology!" I just ... I can't with these people. Oh -- and then there were all the rape threats she got from trolls on Facebook. Well done, asshats. Well done.
Anyway, here's how Zerlina put it on Hannity's show:
I don't think that we should be telling women anything. I think we should be telling men not to rape women and start the conversation there. You're talking about this as if it's some faceless, nameless criminal, when a lot of times it's someone you know and trust. If you train men not to grow up to become rapists, you prevent rape.
This is the chilling thing about rape. Sure, there's "evil" stranger danger out there. But most rapes are committed by men women know and trust. The Stuebenville boys accused of rape were just "average guys," Maxwell says. But we don't want to admit this! We don't want to admit that our sons, brothers, fathers, husbands, boyfriends, and friends are capable of rape. But we do need to wrap our heads around this idea. We need to believe "regular" guys are capable of rape (not just random "criminals"), and we need to educate these guys about what rape is and why they shouldn't do it.
Because there's a lot of men out there who haven't gotten the memo.
Anyway, Maxwell would like to see more training and conversations for men. She recently wrote up five ways we can teach men not to rape. And she'd like us to stop lying to women about how, if we would just stop acting like such sluts, we wouldn't get raped. "I don't want anybody to lecture a rape survivor about anything. And I don't want anybody telling women that if you don't wear a skirt or don't drink at all, you're going to be safe. That is a lie."
This reminds me of an incident at my college years ago. There had been a few attacks on women in the wooded area at the edge of campus. And so the university administration sent out the message to women: NEVER WALK ALONE. A few of us thought that was pathetic, and that maybe it's the men who can't be trusted to go anywhere alone?!?
So we came up with a crazy idea -- we put up flyers announcing that because of the attacks, men would be required to be escorted around campus by at least two females in order to demonstrate that they're not threatening. It was a joke, obviously. It was supposed to make people stop and ask themselves: Why is it women's responsibility to stop men from being violent? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Because people are defensive and literal-minded and sometimes just plain dumb, this idea went over a lot of heads. But I still want to believe we made a few people think. And I really hope Zerlina Maxwell is making people think (like, with their brains and everything) about how we're going about this whole rape prevention thing all wrong. What's it going to take, guys? Do you have the balls to learn -- and teach each other -- not to rape? Are you ready for that? Are you man enough?
Do you agree with Zerlina that we need to stop lecturing women and start teaching men not to rape?
Image via Zerlina Maxwell/YouTube


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Tomorrow, tens of thousands of people will gather in churches across Northern Ireland for remembrance services in memory of gallant British Army, RAF and Royal Navy personnel, who laid down their lives in two world wars and other conflicts before and since.
The Northern Ireland remembrances will be replicated in cities, town and villages in other parts of the United Kingdom.
Many of the church services will be preceded by wreath-laying ceremonies at cenotaphs and war memorials, organised by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to perpetuating the memory of those who gallantly served in the First World War and veterans of all subsequent wars involving British and Commonwealth troops.
Armistice Day (November 11), coming either ahead or after the Remembrance Sunday events, has been increasingly recognised, with the main ceremony at the Cenotaph in London, where the Queen and Government ministers lead the tributes.
The anniversary remembers all the people who died in not just World War One (1914-19). This includes World War Two (1939-45), Northern Ireland 'Troubles', Falklands War (1980s), the Gulf War (1990-91), and more recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The first two-minute silence in Britain was held on November 11, 1919, when King George V asked the public to observe a silence at 11am. The King made the request so "the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead".
In the United States, the function of Veterans' Day is subtly different from that of November 11 observances in Britain.
Instead of specifically honouring war dead, Veterans Day recognises all American veterans living and dead. The official national remembrance of those killed in action is Memorial Day (Last Monday in May), originally called 'Decoration Day', from the practice of holding parades featuring veterans wearing their military decorations, which began in the years immediately after the American Civil War in the 1860s.
The American public, in the everyday life of the nation, go to great lengths to recognise and support their servicemen and women.
Armistice Day remains the name of a holiday in France and Belgium, and it is also a statutory holiday in Serbia, a nation that played a key role in defeating Nazi Germany in the 1940s. In Italy, the end of World War One is marked on November 4.
* Tomorrow morning, Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop Richard Clarke and Roman Catholic Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin will jointly lay a wreath at the War Memorial in Armagh city.
After the ceremony, both archbishops will attend the service at St Patrick's Church of Ireland cathedral.
The act of joint jointly laying a wreath in remembrance follows on from both Archbishops leading a peace pilgrimage to First World War sites of battle of 1916 in France and Belgium last June. They were accompanied by a young adult group drawn from both Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic traditions across Ireland. The pilgrimage included laying of a wreath symbolising peace at Menin Gate, Ypres.


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Here is my Sunday breakfast from earlier today and it gave me quite a nice start to the day. I don't have many plans for today and as usual I'm already planning what to cook for dinner and to prepare for Monday's work lunch. I hope that you are having a relaxing Sunday.
So into this omelette I put three eggs, a dash of almond milk (would've put normal milk, but didn't have any), a handful of homegrown mini tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, little grated Emmental cheese, ¼ onion, salt, black pepper and olive oil for frying.
First I whisked the eggs, milk, cheese, basil, salt and pepper together, chopped the onions finely and cut the tomatoes in halves. Then I started frying the onion in the olive oil and once they were soft, I added the egg mixture and placed the tomatoes. I turned the omelette in the pan once and enjoyed it with coffee and pineapple juice.
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Adventures in Stereoscopic 3D gaming
I came across a post on the mount and blade forum about special goggles for seeing games in stereoscopic 3D . I thought you would need a specially designed game to get 3D vision. In fact almost all modern 3D games are rendered into 3D by the graphics card so if you have a special graphics driver that splits the images for left and right eyes you can get stereoscopic 3D. There are a few ways to get your left and right eyes to view the two images. Perhaps the best is to use special goggles like these which have a separate screen for each eye. A cheaper approach is to wear goggles with an LCD shutter in front of each eye - by alternately turning each shutter on and off and by synchronously displaying alternate images on the screen you can achieve stereoscopic 3D. This approach is much cheaper but does need a very high monitor refresh rate so I am not sure about using it with LCD displays. I would love to try the 3D visor product but in the meantime I managed to fudge up my own solution. using a pair of cardboard red and blue 3D glasses filched from my daughters "Barbie Magic of Pegasus" dvd.
It goes like this: I have an Nvidia graphics cards and Nvidia offer a stereo 3D driver for free download. Now this driver supports the methods describes above but it also supports a method called Anaglyph Red/Blue glasses. Select that mode and away you go. I tried a few games: Mount and blade worked brilliantly, Far Cry not at all, Call of Duty 2 worked ok but some effects were weird, Doom3 worked extremely well. The red and blue does cause a bit of strain the eyes so I wouldn't recommend it for long playing sessions. The default stereo separation worked well for me but my wife saw two images - reducing the separation a bit enabled her to see the 3D effect too. This has fired up my enthusiasm for 3D gaming. I wonder if Mrs. Santa Claus would stump up for the 3D visor product?


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Give Second Place (Prod By DJ Premier) a spin - it's a new offering from Royce Da 5'9". It was dropped on Monday, June 6th, 2011. Royce Da 5'9"'s rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most definitely evidenced on Second Place (Prod By DJ Premier). His ever-expanding catalogue is definitely better for it, and we're looking forward to the next piece of the puzzle - aren't you?
Have you heard Royce Da 5'9"'s Legendary, featuring Travis Barker? If you're down, make sure to visit Royce Da 5'9"'s profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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Skipper Awarded $907K NIH Grant
Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Skipper has been awarded a $907,350 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research project "Neurobiology of Speech Perception in Real-World Contexts." The long-term objective of this research "is to understand the neural mechanisms of language comprehension in real-world settings, in which the brain can use context to aid in communication."
According to Skipper's grant proposal, "Spoken communication is accompanied by a wealth of contextual information, including both sensory information external to the listener (e.g., mouth movements and manual co-speech gestures) and knowledge or expectations internal to the listener (e.g., discourse context). Most research on speech perception discards context in favor of studying isolated speech sounds or words. Yet, preliminary studies suggest that the brain makes use of observed contextual information (Skipper, Wassenhove, et al., 2007) and that the cortical networks or pathways involved in language comprehension, are not fixed, but reorganize themselves depending on the type of context available to listeners (Skipper, Goldin-Meadow, et al., 2007).
The objective of understanding the neural mechanisms of language comprehension in real-world settings will be pursued by testing hypotheses derived from a model of communication built on the assumption that context is central to the perception of communicative acts (Skipper et al., 2006, Section B.2)."


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Thoughts on the creative process, quilting, fabrics, and living life in the Southern U.S.A.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Setting the record straight
You don't think I would post messy photos do you? I am doing better though.
A few years ago when I was first diagnosed with MS we had a social worker/home safety inspector come by the house. I knew we were in trouble the moment he stepped over the threshold and tripped over Macbeth. Muttering something about troublesome little dogs, he readjusted his glasses, took a pen out of his pocket protector and made copious notes on his big clipboard. Two steps into the hallway he shook his head, "get rid of the area rugs - all of them." (Why did he look at the cats while he said that?) There were lots of suggestions: Lower the bed, handrails in the bathroom, rearrange the plates in the cabinets to make them easier to reach, get a larger screen for the computer, widen the door to the bathroom, ditch the rocking chair, put all breakables above shoulder height and on stable tables, nightlights, a bit of relective tape on the lightswitches....and this was only half the house!
I was distracted when he reached my sewing room. Herding the cats to keep them from underfoot is not and easy job! (The more you dislike them the more they will torment you...they are cats...its their job. Back to the sewing room.) From the other end of the hall I saw the inspector enter my sewing room and for the first time since he arrived at the house - silence. When I got to the door I saw him standing in middle of the room, glasses in hand and clipboard clutched to his chest. Slowly he made a right face, then again, and again until he had done a 360 degree turn. He took a deep breath. "First, you need a path."
"Over there is my reproduction fabrics with my antique quilt stuff in the closet...my art materials are a bit messy since I was working on my journal quilt this week...and the bags are usually on top of the cabinet but I had a class...and," I was babbling. He put his hand over my mouth. I don't care what you say Mam", he said while he put his glasses back on the end of his nose and nudging aside a large plastic box of 2-1/2 inch strips, "you need a space to walk in here." Ah, that kind of path...here I was getting all arty and inspirational on him. In the end his path was harder to achieve.
Let's face it our sewing rooms can be danger zones. Fabric left on the carpet - you could slip and break your neck. You can do so many bad things with a hot iron - fabric can catch fire, you can burn your fingers making bias tape, and a hot iron full of water falling flat on your bare foot is just Gitmo-like. There is a reason they do not allow rotary cutters on airplanes - this tool (not toy) may be the most dangerous item we use. Add in some wonky vision and bad balance and those bags of projects, stacks of magazine and leaning bookcases stacked with boxes of fabric. Heck why don't I just do a couple shots of vodka and walk through downtown Baltimore with some money hanging out my back pocket....dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.
So I have cleaned up my act somewhat. The bags and boxes are relagated to the closet. The bookecases are attached to the wall. My ironing board is also secured to the wall and there is a "leash" on the iron so if it does drop it doesn't hit the floor. (I got the pattern/idea from a book on making items for your sewing room.) There is still a lot more I could do...less bits of fabric around and better pin control but there is a path. The old geezer would be proud.
On to more about quilting...I have started Bonnie's Tobacco Road. I wanted to make it before but the mystery took place last fall while I was in the middle of my move. There was enough mystery there to take all of my energy without doing a mystery quilt as well! But I printed it out and periodically cruised the stash looking for fabrics. Orignially I wanted it to be a very constrained/controlled scrap quilt with the fabrics in the photo on the top of this post and some black and rust plaids. (Ya, like that is going to happen.) Anyway the contrast between the half square triangles and the bricks was too much so I added in some lighter plaid and blue bricks and used some darker neutrals in the HST's. I'm liking it better now. The 4-patch blocks are all greens and neutrals...somewhere around 50 greens so it still "reads" scrappy. There is a lot of variation in the bricks which creates interest even though it is a plain block. I think I'll go the whole way and make the flying geese as well for the border. I'm beginning to feel a bit like a Bonnie groupie! Her patterns work well with my stash...though I am making some real inroads in my neutrals.
14 comments:
- Mary said...
This is going to be beautiful! I stocked up on neutrals a while back as I had run through most of mine and they've sat for a few months while I've played in my strings.
My sewing room is a mess again - I do a few tops and then clean it up but when I'm in the *zone* it's hard to stop working to clean.
- Quilt Pixie said...
Oooo I love the idea of a leash for my iron! I'd never thought of such a thing, but it makes perfect sense and I'd worry about it wrecking the hardwoods with a hard fall (or itself for that matter) less if it was attached to something! Maybe spending a few minutes making a saftey accessment of my sewing room would be a good and useful thing... :-)
- Marj said...
I'm glad to hear that you are not a neat freak.lol My sewing space is always a mess, sometimes it is more compact than other times. It is located off of my kitchen in the pantry and when I have company for dinner I have to put everything back into the pantry and shut the door while we have guests. Your Tobbaco Road is turning out very nice.
- Karen said...
First, you need a path. I love it! Tobbaco Road is coming along nicely.
- KimP said...
Oooo, I LOVE this. It is going to look so good!
And Amen on the rotary cutter. My thumb is still healing and I cut the bejeezus out of it nearly six weeks ago.
- Lazy Gal Tonya said...
eeek, I didn't realize all the potential hazards in my sewing area. I'm interested in this iron leash idea - does it get in the way as you try to iron? Tobacco Rd is looking good.
- The Calico Cat said...
First you need a path - Thanks for the giggle...
(I need a path too...)
- sewinggeek said...
You are too funny! I am a lurker to your blog. I love this story of the inspector. I have fibromyalgia and some osoteo arthritis. I am always being told what not to do. However I do not listen real well.lol Your post made me smile.
PS. I love your quilts too!And my sewing room is always in a state of emerging develpment.
- Darcie said...
***Ah, that kind of path*** LOL Darn. Here you thought you had a fan or a convert on your hands, yes?! ;-) Good giggle.
I'd say that you're managing very well. You may have MS...but it doesn't have you!
Love the work in progress!
- Marla said...
I about fell on the floor laughing at the visual you did of the "inspector"! He better not come to my sewing room. Oh, you forgot the dropped pins and needles on the floor that get stuck in your foot! My family has learned NOT to walk in there barefoot.
- Magpie Sue said...
LOL! I'm amazed you were brave enough to let a safety inspector IN your sewing room! I think I would have locked the door and lied about what was behind it ;- )
You're going to have to tell us more about the iron leash. Or at least where we can find out more about it!
- Quilts And Pieces said...
Oh I"m so sorry, but your story really made me laugh! I shudder to think what he would say in my house!!!!
- sewprimitive karen said...
You are so funny. Love the two ways of looking at "need a path".
- Katie said...
Love the colors you chose for your OTR! :-)


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I had the same problem with my ex boyfriend he broke with me because he said he couldn't satisfy me anymore, when he started not being able to get an erection, I got some Viagra for him, but the sex became more like a job than a joyful event about to happen, b/c we had to plan to have sex instead of having spontaneous. He said he felt less of a man. But one night I made the comment, that if I was a new women that he could get it up, and he said yea I probably could, but once I get USE to her then what? So can a man not get an erection if he looses interest in a women?December 24, 2009 - 6:14pm
We are very comfortable with each other so anxiety isnt an issue. has he lost interest? when we have sex i am on top so i cum and then he goes behind me for him 2 cum-yet neither of us enjoy the way that makes each other cum. what can we do about this?
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Can you look into couples therapy? Surely this would be better than telling him to have sex outside of the realtionship? That surely would doom it!June 23, 2009 - 11:17am
Hello Anonymous,
Speaking as a young man approaching his mid twenties, I can tell you that I have encountered similar situations. I know from experience how distressing it is for a man of any age to experience problems with their sex lives, especially when it comes to their performance in bed. I have a few suggestions and insights that worked for me, much to the satisfaction of my lover and her sexual needs.
The first piece of advice I can offer is that you take the point of view that this is probably a temporary situation, and realize that as his lover, your response to his performance issues can either help remedy the situation or complicate matters. Allow me to illustrate with some brief anecdotes.
One evening, my lover and I were enjoying some intimate time together in her bedroom. Everything was just right with the exception of one minor detail - I could not achieve an erection! I felt nervous and humiliated. The tone of my lover, though not in the least bit scolding, definitely expressed her natural and warranted frustration. It was shortly after this incident that I took time to examine my everyday life. I was working a stressful job in the restaurant business. I was eating a lot of fatty foods. I wasn't getting enough exercise or the proper nourishment from my diet. All of these factors contributed to my performance issues. I made drastic changes to my life style and I was able to enjoy my virility without any repeat incidents for quite some time.
That is, until it happened again almost a year later. I was baffled. I was eating healthy. I had my stress under control. (I use lots of different things to help me relieve stress - everything from writing to playing video games.) I was happy all around. So what was the issue?
Quite simply, my sexual attraction was starting to wane. At first this caused me distress. After careful meditation, I realized the nature of the union with my lover. Our drastic differences in personality greatly contributed to our explosive chemistry. Now, it seemed, that chemistry (to continue the metaphor) had fulfilled the possibilities of its nature. Our union, at that time, had been completely satisfied. There was no bio-magnetic attraction between us, no sexual tension.
I was faced with a hard decision, a difficult choice. What was I to do? Was I to end a meaningful and satisfying relationship simply because at this time there was no sexual attraction between us? Or, was there a different solution that could fulfill both of us naturally and in harmony with our individual wills?
Yes. The solution was immediately divined. Both her and I required new experiences according to our individual idiosyncrasies. Although we didn't break up or separate, we both decided that we needed more personal space and time to ourselves to pursue our personal ambitions. We observed, much to our delight, that this personal time away from each other was starting to bring back the sexual tension. Both of us had new experiences to share. It was like rediscovering each other all over again.
As conscientious lovers, we have learned to recognize these times of complete satisfaction. We now know when to take a little extra time for ourselves. We are certain that our time apart is just as important as our time together. Success is our proof.
So remove the familiarity of your situation. Remove the predictable patterns that you have become habituated to like a mechanical current lulling you to sleep. There are infinite possibilities in the universe. You simply have to discover which of those experiences you will have for yourself to enrich your own life.
-RamonMarch 28, 2009 - 2:01am
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ramon thanx for advice i'm in a relationship with an older man and we have been together for 17 yrs. the relationship is amazing except for the sex and i have mentioned my frustration which has led to his performance anxiety and i believe that's the major problem.he's very healthy .both of us are attractive so the only thing i can guess is that after 17 yrs. he's no longer attracted to me . my only solution at this time is to stay in the relationship cause we are in deep love so i told him if he needs to go outside the relationship for sex by all means go ahead because i can not keep being made to feel bad cause of his lack of performance it's taking a toll on my self esteem and mental stability .i how ever was told not to have sex outside relationship (by him) . so alas any advice is welcomed or i'm doomed to a sexless life and i'm a very sexual being and i'm just 35. so sadJune 23, 2009 - 10:52am
Loosing a job can be emasculating for a man. He may feel insecure about himself, stressed and then may have trouble performing. A man who looses his livelihood can feel "less of a man" , if you will.
Also, some women complain that their partners have trouble with erectile dysfunction if they use pornography a lot as they, in a sense, become addicted to it and then find it hard to get turned on by a flesh and blood woman. Do you know if he uses pornography? Some men can use it without repercussions but others begin to like it a little too much and some even choose it over having sex as there is no pressure and they only have to concentrate on themselves.
I'm not saying that this is your boyfriend's problem...it could be anything, but with the internet and the easy availability of pornographic material, it is an increasingly serious issue that is often not completely recognized yet in our society.
The most important thing is communication, understanding, not blaming each other and trying to get to the bottom of the issue without stressing each other out.
Good luck.
oh i dont mean breaking up anytime soon but if this goes on for months how can we have a relationship without sex?- BECAUSE we've been in a sexual relationship for over a year. We're very close emotionally so unless theres something he doesnt know hes feeling then i cant think of anything wrong. he doesnt drink or smoke or any or those other factors.
the only thing it couldd be is that he became redundant in jan (from a long term job that he was planning to leave once he got a job in accountancy)and since then has been looking for a time-being job as hes at college doing the sage accountancy course and is yet to complete his first set of ACCA exams (accountacy). im been supportive and trying to motivate him to get the ACCA exams out the way. but he doesnt seem to bothered about it and sais he'l start working next year? so dont think this is the problem?
we're close and talk about everything, unless like i said theres something he's not telling me or he doesnt know is even bothering him so yh was thinking he should see a dr. thanxMarch 19, 2009 - 3:31pm
Thanks for writing back! Let's see if this information helps you two (and, by saying you "two", is this something he is concerned about, or just you wondering if this means something bad about his feelings for you? Are you two able to talk about this, and for you to listen to his feelings and trust what he is saying?):
Try reading this: Trouble with Erections
Men of all ages have trouble sometimes getting or maintaining an erection, and it can be from psychological or physical causes, which can include:
- "Physiologically: lack of sleep, alcohol use, underlying health condition. Other physical causes include hormonal imbalance or side effects of medications.
- Psychologically: stress, anxiety, guilt, depression, low self-esteem, and pressure from a new or "demanding" partner, or any pressure a man might be placing on himself".
Inconsistent erections can be lifestyle related, too, if your boyfriend smokes, drinks alcohol excessively, is overweight, does not exercise regularly, etc. Do you know if he is able to have an erection in the morning when he first wakes up, as many men do?
Does any of this sound like what he could be experiencing?
An erectile dysfunction is defined as, "inability to maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse at least 25 percent of the time." Again, it is common for men to lose their erection sometimes, but I wanted to provide this information to you in case there is something medically wrong: Erectile Dysfunction. It is more common in older men, and for younger men it is important to know: stress and anxiety are leading causes of temporary problems with erection.
Lastly, I'm concerned about your last statement that "how can we stay together without a sex life?". I'm assuming you are both in your 20s, and it seemed as though that was quite a leap from being a concerned girlfriend to already breaking up! I would take this time to really figure out what's going on with your relationship. Take a look at the Kinsey Institute's Q&A for a similar question (regarding a guy having an erection...does that mean he likes/doesn't like a girl...the answer is no!); you can read the answer here, along with some great information and book resources.
Bottom line: talk (and listen) to your boyfriend, to see what he is going through. Is he as concerned as you are about his inability to maintain an erection? If so, a visit with a doctor would be highly recommended. If he's not concerned, then maybe you two can figure out some other ways of being intimate without intercourse, and see if some of the pressure is alleviated. Read one of the three books together for some ideas, too!March 19, 2009 - 2:16pm
yes you got what i was trying to ask. We used to have a good sex life but recently we havnt really had one because he cant stay erect. He's 22..but not stressed or anything. I can't think what the problem was. When we tried today he stayed harder for longer but i cudnt stop thinking about him getting soft so was distracted. then he lost his erection.
the second question isn't really an issue right now because he cant stay erect but what can we try that can solve both problems? i dont get much out of oral sex and dont really like other positions although i can get small clitoral (if thats a word) orgasms from dry sex, but he doesnt get anything out of that. he likes oral sex and hand jobs (and some sex positions (when he can stay hard)) but none of those things are things we can enjoy together. not sure if that makes sense? but its becoming a big problem because how can we stay together without having a sex life? please help!March 19, 2009 - 1:23pm
I'm not sure I understand your question.
Your title says that your boyfriend is having trouble obtaining and keeping his erection. How long has this been going on? Have you two talked about this? It is very normal for men (I'm assuming he's in his teens or twenties?), as all kinds of things could be happening...is he stressed or have any changes going on in his life?
The other part of the equation (from your message) is that he does not ejaculate in "your" favorite position, and he ejaculates only in "his" favorite position...and the problem here is that neither of you like the other's position. Is that correct? This tells me that he is able to maintain his erection, if he ejaculates, right? My response to that question is: there are MANY more positions to try then just the two you mentioned, and even MORE ways to reach orgasm than only through intercourse.
I'm not sure if I understand the problem, exactly. Have you two tried lots of other positions that you both enjoy? Have you two tried not having intercourse, and have stimulated each other in other ways?
Please write back if I did not understand your question; more information would greatly help!
There are some great books that you and your boyfriend can read, if you're interested:
- Hot Monogamy
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On Oct. 29, Lake George High School hosted the third annual Bear Skin Bowl, a charity flag-football game between faculty and staff of Lake George and Warrensburg schools.
The event originated in 2006 as a fundraiser for Lake George resident and Warrensburg teacher/coach Maryann Bump who was battling breast cancer, Lake George High School Assistant Principal Mark Bleibtrey recalled this week.
The fundraiser was launched as a friendly challenge between Lake George Football Coach Jeff Bennett, and an opposing duo of Warrensburg Principal Doug Duell and Bleibtrey, at that time Warrensburg's football coach.
The idea immediately gained support of both school's administration, staff, and members of the Lake George school board. School board member Robert Bolen was instrumental in getting the inaugural game off the ground, Bleibtrey said this week, and board member Dan Cracco plays in the game and even had the task of covering Warrensburg coach Mike Leonbruno, a Glens Falls Greenjacket football star.
In its three years of existence, the proceeds from the Bear Skin Bowl have exceeded $7,000. All of the proceeds have been donated to Lake George and Warrensburg individuals and families in need, Bleibtrey said.
This year with the support of Lake George Superintendent Mary Cahill and the Warrensburg administration, a group of students from both schools went together on a shopping trip for Operation Santa, he said.
"Student-athletes from the two schools had the wonderful experience of giving back to their respective communities," Bleibtrey said. "The students who normally see each other on the other end of an athletic field, wearing different colored jerseys, had a great afternoon and exemplified what student-athletes should be. The generous contributions to the game went an incredibly long way and were certain to provide an incredible Christmas morning for all of the families the group adopted," he said.
As for the competition, Lake George won the first contest in 2006 by two points, Warrensburg won the second in 2007 by the same margin, and in the 2008 game, the teams were tied at the end of regulation. The players decided to play overtime, but again finished up tied.
Bleibtrey expressed thanks to the players and volunteers for the 2008 Bear Skin Bowl.
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|Water is a vital element for any homestead.
This well bucket can be a god-send if the power goes out.By Robert Sulek
|Whether natural or man-made, rips in the fabric of modern civilization can occur with devastating consequences. Disasters seem to be happening more often, in more places, and impacting more and more people. All too often too much water (flood, hurricane, tsunami) is the paramount problem, only to be followed by the profound lack of potable water. Municipal systems fail. Stored water can run out. Relief supplies may be delayed or even looted, or unevenly distributed.
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In daily use in many remote places around the world, this generic item is thousands of years old. The earliest ones may have been made of animal hides, or maybe a short hollow log with a leather flap on the lower end and a length of cordage tied to the upper end for hoisting.
The following plans are for such an emergency water procurement device that can be assembled and tested way before a crisis arises, or one can be cobbled together with simple hand tools. It is based around a 30-inch length of Schedule 40 PVC pipe, four inches in diameter, which serves as the body of the device. Compared to some other bottom-filling well buckets, this one is quite hefty. The effort expended in the operation of this device can be roughly compared to using a clamshell-type posthole digger. Many of the small muscles will get a workout. The operator(s) of this device should be in good physical condition, for he or she will be hoisting, hand over hand, weight in excess of 20 pounds on a repetitive basis. Any known or suspected medical issues that may develop or become exacerbated by the use of this device must be addressed by the user(s) and their physician beforehand.
Due to its sheer size, this device is for dug wells or drilled wells of at least six inches in diameter that have had the submersible pump and related plumbing removed, or which never had same installed to begin with. In an emergency you may not have the option of pulling your pump from the well, but you may have an old well or two on your place or in the immediate vicinity that can still supply potable water. Perhaps there are abandoned farmsteads in your area, or even development lots with wells, but where houses were never built. Note what is in your area, and always ask permission beforehand when contemplating the use of a well not on your own property. (Ed. note: Also be aware that an abandoned well may not be in use for a very good reason-perhaps it's contaminated.) Also, several families or homesteads can pool resources and talent.
The parts list is comprised of off-the-shelf items found at a big-box home improvement center or well-stocked local hardware or plumbing outlet. The list includes:
The tools and miscellaneous supplies include:
2 or more clean 5-gallon plastic buckets (food grade is preferred. Do not use any that contained toxic or hazardous materials) A hand or electric drill with bit set through 3/4″
Preparation for operation is simple. Uncoil a clean piece of rope of appropriate length into a clean bucket, leaving both ends accessible. Attach one end to a secure object. Pass the other end of the rope through the pipe that serves as a handle and tie it securely back upon itself approximately 2′ above the upper end of the device.
The operator(s) should remove loose items from shirt pockets as well as jewelry that you can't afford to lose, and perhaps do the same with loose-fitting eyewear. As mentioned before, the operator should be able to lift, hand over hand, 20 pounds, plus. It is desirable to have an assistant or two to procure large amounts of water, and to feed the rope in and out of the bucket thereby avoiding ground contact and/or becoming a problem underfoot. Now, put on a clean pair of work gloves.
The actual operation consists of lowering the device into the well slowly, letting out rope hand over hand. When the device contacts the water surface, it may remain buoyant. When you encounter the sensation that the device is floating, raise it several inches and allow it to drop abruptly onto the surface of the water. This will make the tank ball float or move upward, thereby allowing water to enter the device via the bottom opening. The device will slowly sink as it fills with water, again approximating a state of buoyancy or equilibrium.
Now is the time to raise the device slowly and, grasping the pipe handle, pour the water into another bucket or container. Repeat as needed.
Is this magic? No, just plain physics. As the device is raised, the weight of the water in the body will force the tank ball to seat in the bottom opening thereby retaining the water.
Since this device will be contacting the sides of the well, debris may be entering via the top opening; consider filtration. Have a lab test done on your sources before bad times strike. When push comes to shove, filter, boil and/or chemically treat your water during a disaster.
When not in use, stand the device on its top end, provide a sanitary cover, and avoid damaging the lower end of the tank ball since it may protrude slightly from the bottom of the device. A protective sleeve can be fashioned from a length of 6″ diameter PVC pipe with fine mesh screening on the ends held in place with long plastic ties. Clean and thoroughly dry the device and the rope after use and prior to storage.


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This cake is make without milk or eggs and is moist, dark and delicious. A brain child of the depression era when ingenious cooks developed a cake that could be made without expensive and scarce ingredients.
INGREDIENTS (for 1 servings):
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Sift flour, sugar, salt, soda, and cocoa together into an 8x8 inch ungreased cake pan. Make three depressions. Pour oil into one well, vinegar into second, and vanilla into third well. Pour water over all, and stir well with fork.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes, or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Frost with your favorite icing.


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