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Queen & Country Definitive Edition Volume 01 (2001/2007)
Greg Rucka, artist
Steve Rolston, Brian Hurtt, Leandro Fernandez, artists
Trade paperback, 382 pages
Oni Press
First things first: Thanks to my good friend John for recommending this series to me years ago.
Here are a few things you need to know about Greg Rucka's Queen & Country Definitive Edition Volume 01 in the order you'll encounter them:
This is a compact, thick, solid trade paperback that looks and feels "right" when you hold it, almost like holding a trade paperback novel in your hands, but with more weight. (On the negative side, the way the book is bound sometimes creates the challenge of reading text printed too close to the binding. Hate that.)
Tim Sale's cover art is not representative of the inside of the book, which is to take nothing away from either the work that is inside or Sale's art. Sure, his covers are reproduced inside, but Sale does not draw any of the stories. That task falls to Steve Rolston, Brian Hurtt, and Leandro Fernandez, each of whom is part of an artistic creative team that takes on one of the three missions included here. (More on these guys in a minute.)
The book is in black and white.
The writing is superb. If you enjoy intelligent, suspenseful espionage tales, you'll love Queen & Country. Writer Greg Rucka not only creates a great real-world espionage thriller, but also manages to convey information in a way that doesn't insult the segment of his audience who knows world events as well as providing essential information to those who don't, all without stooping to "As you know, Bob..." tactics.
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The story takes place in the early 2000s, focusing mainly on Tara Chace, a Minder with the Special Ops division of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service and the missions she undertakes. Tara is tough, independent, and knows how to get things done on and away from missions. She sort of reminds me of Battlestar Galactica's Kara Thrace. Tara Chace. Kara Thrace. Similar name, similar appearance, similar characteristics.... Hmmm.....
Going into the plots and missions would not only be pointless, but would take away half the fun. I will say that readers who are used to gunfire and explosions on every page will no doubt be disappointed. Rather, readers who want to know about the ins and outs of Special Ops decisions and missions (although fictionalized), the tension of the missions, the reliance on what the SIS hopes to be reliable intelligence, and the challenges of the unknown - those readers will love Queen & Country.
The art style takes a pretty drastic turn in the last third of the book, as Fernandez's exaggerated character features come close to being a serious distraction. Tara, previously drawn as a tough, unremarkable-looking fighter, in Fernandez's hands becomes a provocative buxom bombshell. The other characters, good and bad, become almost grotesque in their facial features. This is a radical departure from what Rolsoton and Hurtt have established, yet Rucka's storytelling is rock solid and remains the driving force. Don't let the fact that the art changes drastically keep you from picking this one up. Highly recommended.


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Once again, Jeff Hurt hits it out of the ballpark with this post: Four Principles For Planning Brain-Friendly Annual Meetings. Not only are his suggestions things I've been stumping for forever, but he includes some great, if a bit gross, metaphors to hammer his points home (how does a goose being raised to provide pate liver resemble today's meeting attendee? Read his post to find out).
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Hi, all. *tap tap*. Is this thing on?
After a wonderful weekend at KidLitCon 2011, it occurred to me that I do have a book blog of my very own, sorely neglected though it might be. So, hi. I'm still here. Well, mostly not HERE, at least not at the moment. But around somewhere.
If you stumble upon this site and want to see what I'm blogging about these days, your best bet is the tor.com website, where I've been posting somewhat irregularly on science fiction and fantasy for kids and teens. I'm also on Twitter as elskushner.
Oh, and right before my birthday I won this picture-book manuscript contest. Then I screamed and babbled happily for a while. Now I'm waiting for more news and will share as it hits my inbox.
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My hunt for a makeup pouch ended at this pretty pouch. The colour of the pouch was an instant love. It is spacious and stores a lot of things. During my recent visit to Metro Plaza I brought this for Rupees 150. It is a neon pink coloured pouch and is indeed spacious. I stores a lot of things.
Here is what my makeup pouch contains..
A BB cream
A Maybelline lip balm in berry blast
A VOV lipgloss in red
A Lotus kajal
A sample perfume
A hand sanitizer.
Oh I cannot live without my hand sanitizer. Although the Dettol one makes my hands a little dry but still I am so used to it. And here is my pic with such little makeup.


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Nothing can twist your heart and mess with your mind more, nothing can slice through your soul with more ease like a hot knife through butter. Chills tingle down the spine, goose bumps pop with a shivering touch, a face from whenever and more.
Does your memory scare you, does it pick those perfect moments to whisper a name or flash a thought that sinks your heart? Do you find a revery in solitude but sob at the loss of something you can't quite touch?
As you sift through your life, events build, time gathers more than dust. The bitter with the sweet, the warmth with the chill, the ecstacy with the depths of despair. Your time here is mixed and melted and ground and salted with tears.
You are alone in a vast seething crowd, you are a speck on the beach, a single mind in a sea of thought. But even when calm, even when the softness of love holds you close, then is the time. Beware the ghosts.


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Today's lesson: generosity.
The rest of the class went pretty well. The children were a little less eager to say prayers this week, but hey, there are on and off days. Studying the prayer and practicing the song were easy; the prayer was the same as last time, and the song was easier to learn than the previous one. We included a story and a game in the day's schedule, but as the class progressed we realized that we were running out of time; we also needed ten minutes at the end of the class for a country presentation. So after we were done preparing the lesson, we ended up moving back over to the craft table to give them time to finish up their work on their prayer books. It's a bummer, because we didn't spend a lot of time on activities that directly supported the lesson—only the song was directly related, really. Hopefully we can do "part two" of this lesson next week, though, and make a little more time for the extra activities.
The country presentation was about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as told by one of our Bahá'í friends who had grown up there. The older children studiously took notes as she was presenting(!), writing things like where it is, the fact that it has not only lots of jungle but also big cities (For instance, the capital Kinshasa has ten million people in it), what kinds of special foods people eat there, what language they speak, and what kinds of endangered animals live there. All in all, it was an engaging presentation that gave a good overview of the country.
I must admit that I was skeptical about adding the country presentations to the class at first, but they all turn out to be pretty interesting, even if they're not directly related to the topic of the lesson. It's nice to have that extra element of cultural discovery in our classes, since it helps the children discover what's outside the bubble of their own culture. I just hope we can make sure to focus enough on the topic during the rest of the class, which I feel like we didn't do this week—that is, we spent a lot of time talking about things other than generosity. Maybe we can work on that next week; we'll have someone in to do a presentation on Australia, so we'll see how that goes.


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The Lost Cove
Floating toward the edge of the United Kingdoms of Caelorum is a lost island, dominated by it's crescent mountain. On the smaller side at about a kilometer in diameter, it floats rather isolated from other islands in the mists. At the center sits a smaller lake, surrounded by hostile sands and only a small area for subsistence farming.
The Lost Cove is populated by castaways, rebels, and drifters looking for a new life, nestled within the relative safety of the borders of Caelorum and the freedom of being at it's edge. Known for attracting such people, the residents are quick to adopt new members into their family.
Because of it's harsher environment, and unskilled workforce, our island has relied upon the terribly unstaining method of mining away at it's own guts, and selling the precious metals to remain afloat. This is the major source of conflict in the town, and finding a new way to gather money for Orichalcum is the matter of constant debate.
The citizens do enjoy a true democracy – it's population (Roughly 246) is small enough that volunteer town hall meetings can handle most of the day to day. It's governor – Joseph Morales – mainly leads meetings, and refrains from voting himself. He developed a system of conflict resolution he calls "Bologna Democracy" that helps the rough edged citizenry keep calm and that everyone gets their say.
While not many of the residents are extremely faithful, a conservative devotion to God – and the belief by the Miners that God wouldn't let the metals run out – is the dominant religion. Beatrix, the head cleric, helps make sure the island stays afloat, and has cautiously accepted an impressive 4 apprentices.
Features and Locations:
The Temple of God
Recently broken in to, this is where the complicated equipment that generates the blessings is stored, as well as a great deal of healing equipment and tools. Deep into the center of the island is the path to the the Altar.
Mount Olly
The Blue Skies
The Inn and Restraunt where Yecti works with Golm Bimbender. It's owned by Ezekiel Dal'adriel. Miners frequent this estabolishment often, to Yecti's dismay. Malycia lives in a rented room above all the commotion.
Town Hall
With the buzz of the official Kazoo, the residents of the Lost Cove meet here to debate, flash numbers, and grab new ones.
Cero's Forest
A small gathering of trees, where Cero can maybe find three minutes of peace and quiet to sleep away his hangovers.
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Due to being unable to afford the Angel's Orichalcum Prices after a raid from the Ravagers, The citizens of the Lost Cove had to seek it elsewhere. They are now flagged as Rebels. The island owes a debt to the Interisland Bank of Rebels of approximately 3000 Gold, the contract to which has been lost.


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I know I haven't been around much lately and that you haven't seen anything new on my site for a while now. But, if you will please accept my apology, I will try to explain. I didn't want to write about this sooner, although I have known for a while now. But I had to be sure before I let you in on it.
I have sold my bed and breakfast. Yes, after 16 years of "fun and frivolity" :=), I am retiring from the bed and breakfast world and starting a new career....in Austin, Texas! So, besides selling the business I am also selling my beautiful Victorian house and packing up to go to Texas.
Do I know what I'm getting into? Well not completely, of course, but I have a pretty good idea: hot weather and lots of air conditioning. But that's not the only thing. This is an important transition in my life; one that was inevitable.
I have had two major careers, in my life, and a lot of other short term dalliances. Having been schooled in a variety of disciplines, I have had the opportunity to apply what I learned in many situations. While I was teaching for thirty years in Chicago I was able to teach across the curriculum which really set the stage for what was to come. Of course, I was able to use what had gone before to the fullest...and there was a lot that had gone before...mostly centered around the arts: music, theater, dance, drawing and painting.
All of these experience were brought into play again when I retired from teaching, moved to Louisville, Kentucky and became an innkeeper. And adding to those was the newest and probably the most challenging of all, so far. I became an entrepreneur. I had always said, up to that point, "I will never go into business! It's not for me." I'm an arts person and my personality and experience all fit that persona.
So there I was, 16 years ago, sitting in the middle of a beautiful Victorian house in the third largest preservation area in the United States trying to figure out how to launch a business. First thing was to decorate the house in keeping with the period in which it was built....Victorian. Knowing nothing about the Victorian period, I scoured the library for information and decorated the house myself, with a little help from local artisans, antique dealers, and established Innkeepers.
I must back up a bit and tell you that prior to starting the decorating project, I had to deal with the agencies in town which dictated how a bed and breakfast was to be run in their precious city. I went through a litany of rules, regulations, and required accoutrements and procedures, and finally brought the place up to standards and ready for the world of B&Bs.
During all this, I was shopping...for beds, towels, linens, decorative stuff, waffle irons, and all the that bed and breakfasts are made of. Gradually it starting taking shape. For support and information, I joined a local group of 4 innkeepers. Eventually the group expanded into the Louisville Bed and Breakfast Association, which has close to 20 members now. I also joined the Bed and Breakfast Association of Kentucky, which has over 100 members from all over the state.
Fast forward 16 years. I have learned a lot, from being a bed and breakfast business owner, about running a B&B, about people, cooking, and most of all about myself, in general. I know I'll miss the wonderful times I've had, the many interesting and lovely guests, the Kentucky Derby and other events, and the challenges. But I am really looking forward to the future.
I want to write...every day...all day long. I love it, and never realized how much until I started writing again a couple of years ago. I'm writing journal articles, poetry, and collecting stories for a memoir of the past 16 years as an innkeeper, among other things. That's what I'll be doing in Austin...and damn the hot weather. It wont affect me, cause I'll be sitting at my computer in an air conditioned room writing about everything and anything I can think of.
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A lot of budding entrepreneurs around the world want to sell online. If you're one of them, it's easy to be tempted when you see 'get free online stores' or 'start your online store for free' ads online. But the harsh truth is that they're anything but free.
It's never really free
The Reality
Most websites that call themselves free do come with a cost. That's something you'll realize when you actually start doing business. Here are some typical limitations a free website builder will put on your business.
Realistically speaking, you're paying a free website provider. How? You're letting them put ads on your website, even if they're just banner ads. This instantly makes your website look cheap and tacky. That's when most people realize that they don't want the ads, and pay to get them removed.
Once you've built your website using a certain building site, then you'll have to tolerate their service. Even if you're ready to pay premium charges for upgraded services, you still don't own the website. When you want to leave, everything on it has to be left behind.
Also, shifting midway when your business is up and running is a nightmare to say the least. You'd have bear additional charges later when you're going through a major website change or redesign. These website builders let you run for free for a year. After that, they'll start charging you.
Although these services boast of convenience and ease of use, you'll still have to pick from a limited range of templates they have. You'll have to make all the changes you want by yourself. That's essentially you building your own website. There's also the content that you have to write, the images to source, inner pages, and links that you have to provide. This can be a lot more hassle than you think, and that's not something that most people can afford to waste their time on.
SEO(Search Engine Optimization) Limitations
Relying on such websites can also limit your SEO exposure. This can badly impact your ranking and visibility.
Risk of spamming
Some of these websites spams your customers, by showing ads of your competitors to your customers. This can have you lose out on sales in two ways. One is that the customer is frustrated with the ads that they see, and the other is by the customer seeing something they want on a competitor's ad on your website.
Having A Website Does Not Guarantee Sales
There are billions of websites on the Internet. Among them, close to 1,10,000 lakh websites are e-commerce based. There's no guarantee that you being an addition to that number will mean you're going to get sales. Traffic is what generates leads. More leads means more chances of conversion. Sales is what drives every business.
Pay For Google Adwords
You can save money and build a website for free. But to generate traffic, you'd have to pay Google for Adwords. Depending on the industry of your choice, you'd be charged $50-$100 a day for decent traffic.
Better Website
Having a professional built and stunning website that looks better than your competitor will definitely get you more traffic. That in turn, can generate more sales. Your target customers might not be tech savvy, but they sure can definitely identify a cheap website when they see one. They want to see quality stuff, so they'll move to a better service. Stay on the lookout for this, and ensure that you don't lose customers.
SEO Charges
Free website pages aren't search engine friendly. To have a truly good SEO, you'd have to pay an SEO firm separately. They'd charge you based on various factors.
So you'd either have to pay SEO experts or Google Adwords to get traffic to your website. You can also opt for paid website builders like Shopify that do this for you. In any case, you'll have to pay to get customers. The latter is better, since your rankings are what gives you visibility. That's why small and cheap websites don't rank high on Search Engine Result Pages.
So, it's better to opt for paid website builders that come with powerful tools and features. They actually generate a lot of valuable traffic.


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Jesus is publicly asked "Are you the Messiah (Christ)?" and, in an unprecedented manner (for Mark's narrative), he openly proclaims "I am". The secret is out. Then, when he is brought for another hearing before Pilate, the Roman governor, the issue of identity is at the fore: "Pilate asked him, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' He answered him, 'You say so'" (15:2 [NRSV]) — which amounts to a "yes" here.But does the latter amount to a yes? Given that Jesus does say such an ambiguous yes in front of the high priest in 14.62, why not here in front of Pilate? What does σὺ λέγεις mean?
Perhaps one clue lies in the different questions asked by the high priest and by Pilate. The high priest's question is "Are you the Christ, the son of the blessed?" Now, we know that these are titles Mark approves of -- 1.1 announces the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ; the baptism and the transfiguration have God announcing that Jesus is his son; and Peter (Chapter 8) and the nameless woman (Chapter 14) recognise that Jesus is the Christ. The only thing that needs adding is some qualification -- he is anointed to suffer (8.31), or for burial (14.3-10), and now the confession that he is the Christ leads directly to his death.
But Pilate's question is different, "Are you the king of the Jews?" (15.2). Nowhere does Jesus own the title "king" in the Gospel, though it is the one that everyone imposes on Jesus throughout the Passion Narrative, king of the Jews, crown of thorns and so on. This is one of those places, I think, where John is a fine exegete of Mark and he teases out the meaning of the terse, ambiguous "You are saying so" in this way:
Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place." (John 18.33-36)


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This is a genuine original magazine advertisement from The Graphic Christmas Number, 1899.
This dated, antique Brooke's Soap ad features an illustration of a human-scaled monkey dressed as a court jester in a harlequin-style top and hat with bells. The playful, anthropomorphic primate is skating across a frozen pond while pushing a giant frying pan equipped with sleigh runners. Through the handle hole of the pan is a pole with a banner bearing the inscription, "A Happy New Year Everyone". In the frying pan is a giant example of a box of the advertised household cleaning product - a nice depiction of Victorian packaging and 'branding'.
The late 19th-Century, illustrated picture is an engraving of a winter countryside scene. The ape-like, smiling, simian skater is gliding on the ice in old-fashioned strap-on, curled-toe skates with snow-covered hills and a English country church in the background.
This is one of a long-running series of Victorian advertisements for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap that featured a monkey in various guises. It was portrayed performing a number of human-like activities.
Many vintage ads can act as "time capsules", reflecting the styles and sensibilities of a particular era. Christmas ads, perhaps due to the traditional, "family" nature of the holiday, often evoke a stronger sense of nostalgia. They can stir childhood memories of simpler, more sentimental times.
This Extra-LARGE 1890s advert measures 11 3/4" x 16 1/4" (approx.). The image of this piece of advertising memorabilia / ephemera has been accommodated completely by a large-format scanner. This Victorian-era British print ad is in excellent condition and is eminently suitable for framing - perhaps as a decorative holiday accent for your home.
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***Breaking News*** Scientist Stephen Hawking has passed at 76yrs old
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Scientist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, a spokesman for his family has said.
Professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.
"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.
"His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world.
"He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.'
"We will miss him forever."
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What is Pseudoscience ?
As I repeatedly have indicated, I think Acharya S's thesis by and large is pseudoscience. Pseudoscience is a wide term, and I think I need to explain which particular problems apply to her work that make it qualify for membership in such an infamous category.
In the natural sciences, one surefire indication that something is a pseudoscience is lack of falsifiability. This means there is no imaginable evidence, no experimental result that could show it wrong. Once you can defend your theory with explanations like "god put the fossils there to test our faith", no evidence no matter how conclusive in favor of rejecting the hypothesis can trump such a 'powerful' explanation. (So, essentially, the better a theory can withstand contrary evidence, the worse it is.)
Likewise, a theory that ascribes disease to undetectable demons is also unfalsifiable. Today, it is known that bacteria, viruses, prions, malnutrition and any number of other biological things (errors in DNA replication, for instance) cause disease. Of course, a proponent of the theory of demonic causes of disease can always retreat forever, without ever having to give up - positing that viruses and bacteria are, for instance, things under the influence of demons.
However, in physics, at first it could have taken really trivial things to trump relativity or quantum mechanics. And this is why experiments are carried out. By means of experiments, situations are created where an unexpected outcome would show that the model we use to explain a phenomenon is wrong. Since the first experiments passed, the margins GR and QM have needed to pass in experiments have become increasingly narrow.
Einstein's General Relativity has been tested multiple times in various ways. Physicists did not just find the theory an impressive intellectual achievement and accepted it for that reason, they looked for flaws in it.
If we observed things that violated GR, we would know it to be wrong. Minor apparent violations can of course be the results of mistaken measurements, badly calibrated devices, the influence of unaccounted for masses, etc. But that only goes so far, and repeated experiments with adjusted calibrations and identification of the potential outside influence can help reduce the amount of mistakes. As long as no major flaws repeatedly appear, the theory is accepted, unless there's major contenders that are roughly equally good.
Now, with history and historical linguistics and comparative religion and so on, we cannot (generally) carry out experiments. But there are other things - Occam's razor does apply if experimentation is available, but also when it is not. If we have two theories, one which posits a lost ancient world-wide high civilization and another which does not, and they both explain the same facts, we are compelled to favor the simpler one.
Of course, I am clear about my stance on Acharya's (wider) theory: I think it lacks in all three of falsifiability, fact and parsimony. The mythical Jesus bit of the theory I can accept, although I personally think a more evemerist position is the most parsimonious alternative, but I find the difference in parsimony sufficiently small to accept mythicist hypotheses as possible.
I do not consider the person of Jesus - if such a person did exist - particularly interesting. Clearly, the idea of Jesus' sermons and so on have influenced western thought on some matters, but likewise, a lot of people have justified claims by referring to Jesus without there being any similarity whatsoever between any documented statement purportedly made by Jesus - in our culture, he has become a nebulous concept often invoked by people willy-nilly and to justify quite opposite stances.
However, if Historical Jesus has been a failure with loads of mutually exclusive such Jesuses reconstructed - an argument she seems to consider sufficient to reject the idea of a Historical Jesus - Mythical Jesus does not seem to solve that conundrum much better. Is he an evemerism of a symbolic representation of the Sun? Is he the result of some Jewish cult getting high on mushrooms and somehow moving a 200 BCE martyr into the wrong period (Ellegård, iirc)? Is he a Middle Platonist celestial being (Doherty)? Is he a composite character of several historical characters (early Robert Price, apparently?)?
I am not saying these scholars' work is pseudoscience either, but if HJ not having come up with a unified reconstruction of Christ is evidence of it being a useless approach, why is not this criticism applied to MJ as well? But let us get back to differentiating pseudo-science from science.
GR, QM, Newtonian physics, the theory of transmission of disease by microbes, etc do not provide a universal way out that can be reapplied to any challenge they would encounter: they do not posit that God is distorting or ruining the evidence, or throwing spanners in the works. Nor are they like a conspiracy theory that interprets lack of evidence as proof of how powerful the conspiracy is, while anything that can be interpreted as evidence is interpreted as evidence in favor of the theory. If any of these had turned out not to account for the facts, it would have been rejected.
I do think Acharya S's theory suffers from having such a way out of tight spots. Any lack of evidence can be attributed to Christian destruction of evidence. Any disagreement with the consensus in a field can be attributed to people toeing the party line or buying into the conspiracy.
Further, the lack of methodology does not help even the tiniest bit at excluding false positives - evidence that does not really support the thesis, but can be contorted until it does. Any ancient building can be found to have lined up with some constellation or some remarkable astronomical event at some point. Throw a stick on the ground and it points to some past event in the skies. If we run into a three thousand year old building - basing the dating on all archaeological methods available, and someone posits that its age is five times that based purely on astrological reasons, how can such a claim be falsified? We must simply accept the rather less romantic idea here: buildings, due to their nature, will have lines, which will point at things. Coincidences do happen. If all other evidence points at 1000BCE, using an unfalsifiable piece of evidence to adjust the dating back to 4000BCE is not justifiable.
Any word that by accident happens to look like it could be made a convincing argument gets hit by her etymologizing. Why are so many such significant etymologies only present in English? This is, I think, a rather significant proof that our brains' ability to match patterns is too powerful: we see them even where there are none. Examples of these are legio in her books. I have already provided some samples in the blog, and in the drafts folder there's a huge bunch of other ones that soon will be published here.
At multiple places throughout her oeuvre, she makes a big point out of how much evidence has been destroyed. This is of course true - wars, book-burnings and even the economics of paper in medieval times has contributed to the loss of books over time. We know books that have not been problematic for the establishment have been lost as well.
As anyone can understand, this does not, however, constitute proof that those books contained whatever we or she wants them to contain.
We can only wonder at the contents of the millions of books that have been destroyed globally. We can also attempt to theorize what they contained, in an effort to reconstruct the ancient world to as accurate a degree as is possible, instead of relying on the propaganda promulgated since.
Yes, we can theorize - to some extent - what lost books contained. When it is done unbridled, we can make any claim we want to. Acharya S does not go so far as to explicitly state that lost literature would back her up if it did exist, but that is the only justification there can be for including such a point. When their assumed content is both part of her model, as well as evidence in favor of that model, it has already become a circular argument. It seems this, to her, also has the added bonus of getting around falsifiability.
A reconstruction of such a book, or even of the main traits of a whole library needs supporting evidence. Until that is provided - and the evidence given in support doesn't rely on that which it is given as evidence for - can we really accept such a reconstruction? With ancient, lost books, by and large the only reasonable approach a lot of the time is accepting that we simply cannot know. Using lost books as evidence is misguided.
These are but minor problems with her research, though. She repeatedly misunderstands evidence. She repeatedly presents unverifiable evidence. These points are important: with these problems, her works lack credibility.
And these, in my view, are such major problems that they cannot be overlooked. If someone that claims to be a linguist fails to check whether words she claims as evidence even exist, denies the standard Indo-European migrations models without providing any real argument against it (or rather, she justifies it just by accusing it of being colonialist and racist), ... can we really assign any credibility to such a scholar? Her fans say yes, we can. It seems no matter how many flawed claims she makes, she still is right in their eyes.
What further makes the rejection of mainstream theories in Indo-European linguistics so interesting is that she accepts a stance almost entirely advocated by people with an EVEMERIST view of the Rig Veda, where the Rig Vedan accounts of very early Indian history is taken for accurate and true. Considering the amount of sneer aimed at evemerism in her oeuvre, I find this surprising.
However, this became somewhat rambling as far as posts go, and I should probably conclude it before it gets too unwieldily rambling. I do think the problems I point out here - problems any reader investing the time to actually learn about the relevant fields will realize are genuine problems for her theory - are sufficient to show that Suns of God and The Christ Conspiracy both are best considered pseudoscientific works.
This post only sets out the roadmap to demonstrating whether her works are pseudoscience or not. I do not consider this post a sample of evidence of her works being such - but rather explaining what problems I see in her work and how the things I point out in this blog add up to the conclusion that she peddles pseudoscience. I will set out to demonstrate by a thorough investigation of her books, amply quoting and providing sources from the relevant fields. This post also set out to explain why I think showcasing these problems in her work is sufficient to reject her arguments.


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Even if you've succeeded in creating an ideal space for writing in your home, there are times when you'll need a change of scenery to feed your creativity.
Take your laptop to a local coffee shop, or try working in your local library. Watch the people there, pen in hand. Look for dialog ideas, new character tics and traits. Watch young people and old, housewives and businesspeople. Watch the scruffy screenwriter dude on the other side of the room--yep, the guy who's doing the same thing you are.
Or take a spiral notebook and a pen to a private and idyllic place outdoors. Sit alone on the grass and soak in the inspiration. Nothing puts your mind into a creative and eloquent state like the natural world.
If you're looking for new ideas, inspiration--or better still, character ideas--sometimes you just have to get out of the house. Look for new ways to see things, and it will help you find different ways to say things.
One last point: you might find that the place where you're most productive isn't your home at all! Better to find this out sooner rather than later. This is why it's important to tinker with your setting every so often.


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I write you from my hospital bed, where Leslie Howle is administering to my thumbscrew wounds yes, I am overjoyed to volunteer for the Clarion West Write-a-Thon this summer! To raise money for this worthy, yet strangely underfunded, cause, I encourage you to sponsor me with whatever small pledge you can.
But in addition, I propose to auction off various portions of the story to the highest bidder, portions that, needless to say, often or generally or occasionally come from the deepest, wildest part of a writer's conscious, unconscious, or just-barely-conscious mind.
The story's title, the characters' names, descriptions, and backstories, the setting, the genre, the theme, all of them are up for grabs. They are listed on eBay.
I encourage you use this opportunity to pound your enemies from a distance, perhaps, or exalt your lovers, or spouses, or your friends. Or to provide unpredictable cameo appearances for your own characters. Or to design an inevitably distorted self-portrait. Or to commemorate some beautiful or otherwise evocative place you've never gotten around to writing about yourself.
Bear in mind, though, that I will be writing this story for publication, and bear in mind also that, because of the inscrutable yet irritating laws of fiction, I cannot guarantee anything about the end result, except that it will be of the highest possible quality and I do mean possible!
So please, bid early and often. And even if you don't want to participate in my story to such an intimate degree, please consider pleging something to the write-a-thon this year.
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So much has been going on at home with the end of school and birthdays and sports teams and playing outside and gardening and getting better at keeping the house clean and ensuring there is good food around to eat that something had to get pushed aside to make room for all of the above and the thing that has been pushed aside is blogging.
I'm not going to promise that this outright negligence won't continue because I've recently discovered Netflix. However, I have also recently finished watching Season 1 of Community so I will likely find myself with a bit more time in the evening. Although my deck is looking pretty inviting at the moment so again... no promises.
Before our trip to New Brunswick is but a distant memory, I have to tell you about our day at the Bay of Fundy before I move onto other subjects (ooh, that sounds distinctly like a promise of another post forthcoming).
We had initially planned to spend our Fundy day at the Hopewell Rocks because that's pretty much THE place to go in New Brunswick if you're going to Fundy. However, the tides were not really in our favour. We wanted to see high and low tides and low tide was going to be at something like 9:00 am and then at 4:20 pm. Both were inconvenient times when you have kids who need annoying things like food and sleep. If we were going to go to Hopewell Rocks we had to be there for low tide in order to walk on the floor of the ocean. If we missed low tide, we felt we would miss the main event there. So, on the recommendation of a local and friend of John's, we decided to go to a provincial park on a different part of the Bay called New River Beach. Turns out it is known locally as the best beach in New Brunswick for collecting shells and sea glass. Also, there's a great little seafood restaurant just down the road. AND St. Stephen's is a mere 45 minutes away and St. Stephen's happens to be home to Ganong Chocolates AND the Ganong Chocolate Museum has all-you-can-eat-chocolate with your admission AND I'm not even kidding.
So we felt we'd made the right choice TO BE SURE.
We took the scenic route to New River Beach from the cottage where we were staying, driving along the River Valley Route (the one that is marked with a fiddlehead in case you need to know). Although it took a little longer than it would have on a larger highway, I'm so glad took this route. Driving this route is like driving into a tourism commercial for Atlantic Canada. The views were incredible, there were lots of typical Maritime churches perched on grassy knolls (yes, knolls), Atlantic farmhouses straight out of a coffee-table book, fascinating bogs and the meandering Saint John River. Again, New Brunswick is not to be missed.
We arrived at the park, left our cars, looked at each other and said "OH, so THAT'S what the locals are talking about!" Turns out the temperature really is about 10 degrees colder at the ocean. Note to self: bring parkas next time. We shivered through our picnic lunch while swatting away more blackflies. I was wondering at this point if this was going to be an ABJECT FAIL until we walked down to the beach.
Where we then spent two hours or more before finally pulling ourselves away to gorge ourselves on chocolate.
The beach was incredible. The Bay of Fundy is incredible. The smells, the crashing waves, the water creeping up the beach, the giant clams, the gorgeous stones, the horizon. Just.... everything.
Yes, the water was FREEZING. But, hey, we were at the ocean and there was no way we weren't going in.
Emily and I found a ridiculous number of giant clams, many of the shells were still inhabited. We picked up a bunch and brought them back to the group so the rest of the kids could have a look and feel.
And then the chocolates. Pretty much the only reason to go to St. Stephen's unless you really want to do some cross-border shopping. I could have thrown a stone and hit Maine.
After filling ourselves silly with chocolates, we drove back to New River Beach to catch low tide.
And to say we were wowed by what we saw would be an understatement of MAJOR PROPORTIONS. I have never seen anything like it IN MY LIFE. The difference between high and low tide was unbelievable. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. If you ever have the chance, you have to see this. John and I said that someday we're going to go back there, bring a full picnic and just watch the change happen because it must be incredible to see tide come in.
We walked all over the area that had previously been under a heck of a lot of sea water and found lots of shells and sea glass and more beautiful stones.
We finally started to get hungry and headed over to the little restaurant down the road, The Bay Breeze Restaurant, where I ate lobster salad (lobster just caught) and John had fish and chips and Hope had a hot dog (of course). I can't remember what Emily chose but I'm sure it was good.
We drove back through Saint John making me want to return there and explore that city. We tumbled into bed still talking about the incredible things we saw and the amazing day we had.


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Romanza Andrea bocelli
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Tivoli, Lazio
Romanza Andrea bocelli
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Ja daar ben ik ook geweest, het is zo mooi daar.ReplyDelete
Stunning pictures! Great quote by Samual Johnson.ReplyDelete
Rome, Florence en zoveel meer italianReplyDelete
fijn dat je er van genoten hebt!
Beautiful, beautiful pictures!ReplyDelete
A little "bit of heaven" on earth!
Thanks for sharing, Marja
Although not at this exact spot, I have been to Rome and marveled at the historic beauty of old stone and architecture at every turn. The statues are timeless and I have to say (from a distance) that the young man on a bench has a face very similar to the one just above from where he is sitting.ReplyDelete
Wow,great photos and great views!ReplyDelete
How cooling it is to look at these beautiful photos.ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking us on a trip in the Tivoli Park.How beautiful this is! Great choice for J.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend.
Wil, ABCW Team.
Those are some great shots! I adore the water fountains. I'm sure you had a wonderful time.ReplyDelete
Hi Marja .. beautiful photos .. and it's a place that's on my list to visit - it might have gone up a few notches having seen your pictures .. I love the history of the place.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos - and lovely to hear you had that fabulous trip with your mother and your son (handsome lad!) .. cheers Hilary
Hello Marja. What lovely pictures. I came back from Rome a couple of days again and I'm still getting over what a wonderful place it is.ReplyDelete
What a fun trip this must have been! Your photos are lovely and make everyone wish to go there. I like the picture with the view from the window – so Italian!ReplyDelete
That was a hot day, wow. At least the fountains would have been a bit cooling. The gardens look extraordinary .ReplyDelete
Very beautiful impressions of your travel to Italy.It´s right - it was a really hot day!ReplyDelete
Beautiful place Marja, and you have captured the most wonderful images, thank you for sharing them along with that profound quoteReplyDelete
Sending you warm thoughts from the UK.
Love and Blessings
Hello Maria,ReplyDelete
Your pictures are excellent, you are a very talented photographer!The garden and fountains are spectacular, an adorable place!Thanks for sharing,
- AnonymousSunday, September 29, 2013
I love the photos here. The US is such a new country in the scheme of things and I love all of the really old picturesque scenery of Europe. Amazing.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos....love your blog too.ReplyDelete
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Smart Home Automation Bluetooth Controlled App
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A very pregnant M.I.A. took the stage with rapper T.I. and N.E.R.D., last night in Brooklyn, New York at the Diesel xXx Rock & Roll Circus. The Sri Lankan rapper who recently got engaged to Benjamin Brewer , the son of CEO and Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr., had been said to have cancelled her summer tour due pregnancy rumors.
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Circuits have been abuzz about Robert Lepage's new Rheingold production at the Met. But we were raised in an age of cinematic technology. How would it look in a cinema: would Wotan be Indiana Jones?
The production translated onto the silver screen with mixed results. One could imagine the vast spaces of the Met where the motion of the machine must have been spellbinding. The visual impact of the Rheinmaiden scene lived up to the hype. But often, as in the transition from the first scene to the second, we could never get the right angle to sense the depth of the action.
More than technology, we should have focused on the educational potential of this endeavor. It was unforgettable to have the opportunity to hear Wagner in a movie theater.
Imagine. This was the experimental stuff--an opera without duets; without any singing in harmony after the Rheinmaidens leave. This was continuous music sung in high German set in syllabic style derived systematically from prose. It was performed live and beamed all over the world for people eating popcorn and drinking soda.
Forget the technology. It was singing that made this production memorable. Just singing.
What a cast: Bryn Terfel as Wotan, Stephanie Blythe, who sang a buttery Fricka, and Gerhard Siegel who made Mime memorable. Franz-Josef Selig sang Fasolt with such deep romanticism that one wonders why Freia (played by Wendy Byrn Harmer) returned to the Gods at all.
Bass-baritone Eric Owens was an impressive Alberich. Owens is familiar from his role in Doctor Atomic. As Alberich his sound was edgy, his diction fierce. His intensity made the curse real. Owens manufactures drama at will. His Alberich was alter-Wotan.
Richard Croft was the Elvis of Loge. His singing was filled with cleverness; full of windows that opened on new ideas. He voiced the the surprisingly lyrical music near the end of the second scene with curves as lovely as the silhouette of Freia lit with magical red light from the bottom of his hands.
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Microsoft is supposed to launch a new music service to replace Zune.
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One Wild Night
(Forever Wild # 1)
By: Magan Vernon
Pub. Date: December 5, 2013
Publisher: Self
Pages: 50
Source: eARC for Blog Tour
One Wild Night- EPISODE 1 in the first season of the Forever Wild Serial. (This is a six part series with one book releasing every 3 weeks)
One Wild Night Can Change Everything
Valerie Wilder doesn't do serious relationships. She also doesn't usually wake up in Vegas next to a male stripper…
A male stripper who happens to be her new husband.
A quickie divorce seems like the answer, but the
Nevadalegal system doesn't think so. When her new husband suggests flying back to Chicagowith Valerie she accepts, wondering if one night in Vegas could turn into something much more.
I was super excited for One Wild Night. I thought it was going to be a fun, quick story. Unfortunately, it ended up being really stupid. I didn't feel a connection to the two main characters, and I felt that the whole plot/premise was a little ridiculous.
Through her PR job, Valerie was in
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What I thought would happen: The two of them get completely drunk and get married. What actually happened: Valerie was a little tipsy, Wes was sober, and the two of them got married. WHAT? How does that even happen? After that, I couldn't take the rest of this novella seriously.
The characters also angered me. Valerie was just an idiot. Every time I thought Val was going to surprise me and do something smart, she ended up doing the exact opposite of what a smart person would do. Wes had some moments that I enjoyed, but at only 50 pages, I couldn't form any real, concrete opinions.
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The Mikado The Town of Titipu
This production played in repertory with The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore
Uris Theatre, (5/05/1976 - 5/23/1976)
Category: Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway
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Images from the inaugural Walk the Dial walkshop that took place at the end of January 2015, including getting to know your camera, composition, trying out those pesky functions, and having chin wag over a coffee at the Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art.
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Bu hafta yazarken çok üşeniyorum ve destekleyenlerimin dürtüklemesiyle ara vermeden konular bulmaya gayret ediyorum.
Güzel iş organizasyonları ve özel hayatımdan fotoğraflar paylaşıp uzun uzun blog yazmadığıma göre, mutfakta geçen günlük konuları tamamen kendi ağzımdan ve uzman yorumlarıyla dile getirmeye çalışmak esas işim :)
Asistanım-arkadaşım kod adı 'FA' (hergün minumum2-3 resmimi çeken) ile sohbet ederken hergün önemli şeyler yazamasam bile takipçilerimi boş bırakmamam gerektiğini savunanlardan.
Bugün birkaç resim paylaşmamın nedeni, yoğunluktan dolayı tüm hafta boyunca yazamamış olmamdan dolayıydı.Yeni yılın yaklaşmasına çok az kala şirket aile yemeğimizi de yemiş bulunup seneyi en üzel şekilde kapatma yoğunluğumuzdan dolayı bu hafta içimi sadece masama adadım.
Tüm sene masam dahil şu mutfakta bile çok fazla resme sahibim ama hafızıma kazınan en muzur anlarda da yanımda olan diğer destekleyenlerimi de belirtmeden geçemem.
Tüm sene masam dahil şu mutfakta bile çok fazla resme sahibim ama hafızıma kazınan en muzur anlarda da yanımda olan diğer destekleyenlerimi de belirtmeden geçemem.
Uluslararası görüştüğüm eşim-dostum da çevirici programları ile takip ettiklerini belirtikleri blogum için kısa yazılar ve az resimlerle bugüne kadar geldik.
rengi ve neşesiyle bana ilham veren işyeri mutfağımda geçen günlerimin nedenini birde ingilizce olarak ve en baştan tarihçesiyle paylaşmak istedim.
Amerikalı ev sahibim de böylece benim yerime iş tekliflerini belki oradan yönetir :)
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Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him to create a distinctive tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains. He created a flavored syrup, took it to his neighborhood pharmacy, where it was mixed with carbonated water and deemed "excellent" by those who sampled it. Dr. Pemberton's partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, is credited with naming the beverage "Coca-Cola" as well as designing the trademarked, distinct script, still used today.
Prior to his death in 1888, just two years after creating what was to become the world's #1-selling sparkling beverage, Dr. Pemberton sold portions of his business to various parties, with the majority of the interest sold to Atlanta businessman, Asa G. Candler. Under Mr. Candler's leadership, distribution of Coca-Cola expanded to soda fountains beyond Atlanta. In 1894, impressed by the growing demand for Coca-Cola and the desire to make the beverage portable, Joseph Biedenharn installed bottling machinery in the rear of his Mississippi soda fountain, becoming the first to put Coca-Cola in bottles. Large scale bottling was made possible just five years later, when in 1899, three enterprising businessmen in Chattanooga, Tennessee secured exclusive rights to bottle and sell Coca-Cola. The three entrepreneurs purchased the bottling rights from Asa Candler for just $1. Benjamin Thomas, Joseph Whitehead and John Lupton developed what became the Coca-Cola worldwide bottling system.
Among the biggest challenges for early bottlers, were imitations of the beverage by competitors coupled with a lack of packaging consistency among the 1,000 bottling plants at the time. The bottlers agreed that a distinctive beverage needed a standard and distinctive bottle, and in 1916, the bottlers approved the unique contour bottle. The new Coca-Cola bottle was so distinctive it could be recognized in the dark and it effectively set the brand apart from competition. The contoured Coca-Cola bottle was trademarked in 1977. Over the years, the Coca-Cola bottle has been inspiration for artists across the globe — a sampling of which can be viewed at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. Check out a preview of the latest art exhibit.
The first marketing efforts in Coca-Cola history were executed through coupons promoting free samples of the beverage. Considered an innovative tactic back in 1887, couponing was followed by newspaper advertising and the distribution of promotional items bearing the Coca-Cola script to participating pharmacies.
Did you know? One of the most famous advertising slogans in Coca-Cola history "The Pause That Refreshes" first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1929. The theme of pausing with Coca-Cola refreshment is still echoed in today's marketing.
In 2009, the "Open Happiness" campaign was unveiled globally. The central message of "Open Happiness" is an invitation to billions around the world to pause, refresh with a Coca-Cola, and continue to enjoy one of life's simple pleasures. The "Open Happiness" message was seen in stores, on billboards, in TV spots and printed advertising along with digital and music components — including a single featuring Janelle Monae covering the 1980 song, "Are You Getting Enough Happiness?" The happiness theme continued with "Open the Games. Open Happiness" featured during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, followed by a 2010 social media extension, "Expedition 206″ — an initiative whereby three happiness ambassadors travel to 206 countries in 365 days with one mission: determining what makes people happy. The inspirational year-long journey is being recorded and communicated via blog posts, tweets, videos and pictures.
Experts have long believed in the connection between happiness and wellness, and Coca-Cola is proud to have played a part in happy occasions around the globe. In Atlanta, check out the Happiness Factory Theater at the World of Coca-Cola and see the magic that goes into every bottle of Coca-Cola. Interested in learning even more about Coca-Cola history? Go to www.coca-colacompany.com and check out the History section.


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Palestinian Movements Celebrate Hamas Anniversary, Reiterate Rejection of Washington Talks
By Izzat Ramini
Albawaba.com - Ramallah
Representatives of the Palestinian groups steering the Intifada reiterated on Wednesday their rejection of any peace deal with Israel that will not secure sovereignty over Jerusalem, including the negotiations underway in Washington.
The statement was made at a rally held in Ramallah by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, marking its 13th anniversary.
Hamas was launched as the military wing of the Muslim Brotherhood days after the first Palestinian Intifada broke out in 1987.
Hamas spiritual leader, Ahmad Yassin, politburo chief, Khalid Mishaal, and Fateh secretary in the West Bank, Marwan Bargouthi, addressed the thousands of Hamas supporters and Intifada activists.
The leaders stressed that the uprising is "the only way to recover the Palestinian national rights." They also underlined the importance of preserving the national unity, which Sheikh Yassin said is a fruit of the Intifada.
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- Hamas' Gaza PM calls on Palestinians to reject all talks with Israel
- Hamas leader ready for talks with Fatah, rejects truce offer with Israel
- Thousands of Palestinians Mark 36th Anniversary of Fateh\'s First Armed Attacks on Israel
- Fatah: Hamas not interested in reconciliation talks
- Palestinian Movements Renounce Resumption of Peace Talks


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Little Cadence Cannon only survived for six weeks in this world before her parents' neglience allegedly snuffed it out. Cadence was reportedly found unresponsive in her home after her parents had both left it after getting drunk and into an argument. Reportedly the dad returned six hours later to feed the baby but found her unresponsive. Police reportedly found the infant covered in fecal matter, dirt, and lice! She also had severe diaper rash.
Mark and Jennifer Cannon of Oklahoma were allegedly drunk and argumentative and left the house separately, with Mark taking a 1-year-old boy with him. It's unclear if anyone was in the home with the baby.
When the dad returned home, he fed the baby and then went to sleep. Six hours later, he checked on her, but she was unresponsive. It was the baby's aunt who made the 911 call.
When police arrived, reportedly the parents were still drunk. Unbelievable.
Yet the baby's aunt says she doesn't understand why the mom are being charged with neglect, saying she had just taken Cadence to the doctor, and that "she didn't do anything wrong." She says the baby's dad didn't either.
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But police disagree and arrested them. The other child has been placed with child services.
More proof that parents should really have to prove they are at least minimally capable of taking care of a child before being allowed to have one. It's unfathomable how a child allegedly had so many things wrong with it in such a short period of time.
Could this have been prevented somehow?
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McGoo U: April 2016
We're focusing on some fun natural textures and themes this month in McGoo U. Arty takes you step-by-step in creating her succulent terrarium, then shows how she creates her realistic butterfly on a mossy rock. The final cookie explores the gorgeous texture of crackled paint that is the perfect background for any design and adds a little shelf of royal icing transfer succulents.
Techniques: piping, gravel, wafer paper, painting, moss, stone, and crackle texture.
Mixing It Up: April 2016
We get to know the lovely Laurie Anglen of Cookie Bliss as we chat about why she keeps cookies her hobby and how she feels about being an empty-nester.
Expert Lab: April 2016
Our visiting guest professor Laurie Anglen of Cookie Bliss shows us how to add gorgeous dimension and how painting accentuates all the dimensional work we create with our royal icing. Take your cookie design from pretty to gorgeous with her step by step tutorial.
Smart Cookie: April 2016
Arty focuses on how to get quick and fun textural backgrounds in a very short time. Three techniques are explored: a slate finish, a glossy and vibrant glaze, and a simple canvas/burlap texture.
After School: April 2016
Brad asks Mr. John and Arty about the theme songs they've been working on for McGoo U and is a little underwhelmed by the music as it seems they are making up things off the top of their head... just an FYI: they are!
Extra Frosting: April 2016
There is always some frosting left over after a cookie project. Don't let it go to waste! This is the time to practice a technique or try something new. Earn a little extra credit and use up that extra frosting! All extra frosting segments are created spur of the moment, with no planning or designing, using the actual extra frosting leftover from McGoo U classes.


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Both the Board of Governors and the NHL Players Association have now ratified AND SIGNED the tentative CBA agreement that was made last Sunday, January 6. The 2012-2013 National Hockey League lockout is now officially over.
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José (Jo-say) Theodore (Thee-uh-dore) was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1994 and played with them until March of 2006, winning the Hart and Vezina Trophies in 2002. He spent two and a half seasons with the Colorado Avalanche. José signed with the Washington Capitals in July 2008 where he played the next two seasons. He was awarded the Masterton Trophy in 2010. He played the 2010-11 season with the Minnesota Wild, and then played 2 seasons with the Florida Panthers.
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"Whale kills Sea World trainer as guests watch".
What I don,t understand about this story is how can we as human beings expect any thing different from our fellow-creature that we imprison and force to perform for our profit and entertainment.
A Haida legend relates how Orca was snatched from the ocean by Thunderbird and from a great height dropped back into the sea, causing a tremendous roar. From then on, the Orca came to be associated with thunder. For many of the coastal peoples, the whale was synonymous with spiritual rebirth and cultural survival. Because the killer whale mates for life, it has become associated with romance and the power of the family unit. Qualities of harmony, beauty and power are attributed to the Orca for its hunting skills and the way it cares for its young
ORLANDO, Fla. (KOMO4 NEWS)" A sea world killer whale snatched a trainer from a poolside platform Wednesday in its jaws and thrashed the woman around underwater, killing her in front of a horrified audience. It marked the third time the animal had been involved in a human death".
The orca whale's intelligence, trainability, striking appearance, playfulness in captivity and sheer size have made it a popular show at aquariums and aquatic theme parks. Organizations such as the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society campaign against the practice of keeping them in captivity. Orca whales were taken from the coasts of British Columbia and Washington until 1976.From 1976-1997, 55 whales were taken from the wild in Iceland, 19 from Japan, and three from Argentina. These figures exclude any animals that may have died during capture. Live captures fell dramatically in the 1990s, and by 1999, about 40% of the 48 animals on display in the world were captive born. Orcas in captivity often develop pathologies, such as the dorsal fin collapse seen in 60–90% of captive males. Captive killer whales have vastly reduced life expectancies, on average only living into their 20s, though there are examples of killer whales living longer, including several over 30 years old, and two captive orcas (Corky II and Lolita) are in their mid-40s. In the wild, female Orcas can live to be 70–80 years old (though this is a rare occurrence, and 50 years is the average lifespan expected for those who survive infancy), while males can live to be 50–60 years old (while 30 years is the average).The captive environment usually bears little resemblance to their wild habitat, and the social groups that the killer whales are put into are foreign to those found in the wild. Critics claim that captive life is stressful due to small tanks, false social groupings and chemically altered water.
"Steve Huxter, who was head of sea world animal care and training department then, said Wednesday he's surprised it happened again. He says Tilikum was a well-behaved, balanced animal."
Captive orcas occasionally act aggressively towards themselves, their tank mates, or humans, which critics say is a result of stress. Unlike wild killer whales, captives have attacked and even killed people such as their handlers or pool intruders, with nearly two dozen attacks since the 1970s.
These animals are part of the natural marine environment of our planet. They belong in the ocean its sick to expect them to live to live in a small freak show tank, this is cruelty done for profit. sea world should return the orcas to the waters they came from and stop calling them killer whales they are orcas.


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I thought it might be helpful to provide a reminder to our public officials, particularly the Catholics, of the relevant moral principles regarding the legal recognition of same-sex relationships.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a 2002 document entitled "Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Public Life", said:
4. …[T]he family needs to be safeguarded and promoted, based on monogamous marriage between a man and a woman, and protected in its unity and stability in the face of modern laws on divorce: in no way can other forms of cohabitation be placed on the same level as marriage, nor can they receive legal recognition as such.
In 2003, in the document "Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons", the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said this:
5. … In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.
10. If it is true that all Catholics are obliged to oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions, Catholic politicians are obliged to do so in a particular way, in keeping with their responsibility as politicians. Faced with legislative proposals in favor of homosexual unions, Catholic politicians are to take account of the following ethical indications.
When legislation in favor of the recognition of homosexual unions is proposed for the first time in a legislative assembly, the Catholic law-maker has a moral duty to express his opposition clearly and publicly and to vote against it. To vote in favor of a law so harmful to the common good is gravely immoral.
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The Pentre Ifan cromlech (burial chamber) is one of the best preserved neolithic monuments in Wales dating from around 3500 BC. It is a fascinating structure with its capstone, weighing over 16 tons, so delicately balanced on the four uprights.
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October 22, 2010 -- Mount Olive College Invitational
Post date: Nov 4, 2010 5:27:31 AM
On the final weekend before the USA South Conference Championships, the men's "B" team headed south with four of the women's team to race the 5k course at Mount Olive College.
Captains Head South For Short Course Races
Winkler & Rogers Lead CNU at MOC, Rolaf Named 2010 Rookie of the Year
Captains "B" Squad Finishes 4th in Mount Olive
With the USA South Conference Championships a week away most of the Captains' top twelve stayed home while the rest of the men's squad headed south to Mount Olive, NC for a quick 5k race on the MOC campus. The hosts claimed the team victory (35 points), holding off UNC Wilmington's "B" squad (49), Mary Washington (69), and CNU "B" (145).
Junior Matthew Winkler (Palmyra, VA) is expected to race at Conference, but the 800m specialist could not pass up the chance to run one more short-course race to tune up for the Championships. He posted a very respectable time, placing 20th in 16:23 on the twisting two-lap course. Not far behind was another 800m runner -- freshman Shaowei Tu(Mechanicsville, VA) who's 16:47 was more than a minute faster than his best high school time over 5k.
Matthew Winkler
Shaowei Tu
The Captains finished their scoring with a well-bunched trio, starting with senior Will Zak(Mechanicsville, VA). In spite of not feeling well, he virtually matched his best track 5k time with a 17:13 finish in 40th. A few steps later, sophomore Brian Huffman (Charlottesville, VA) finished (17:16), followed by Daniel Austin (Culpeper, VA) (17:20). Huffman has spent most of the season battling illness and Austin has been managing leg issues, so the fact that both finished faster than their lifetime bests was impressive.
Rogers Gains Experience
Still a newcomer to Cross Country racing, senior Christine Rogers (Springfield, VA) tested herself with another aggressive start and again managed the middle section of the race very well. Her 12th place 19:50 showed she is ready to make key contributions in the Captains' efforts during the Championship Season.
Frosh Meaghan Grant (Fairfax, VA) dropped 46 seconds from her previous 5k best to 21:08 and sophomore Emily Whitby (Alexandria, VA) now has a 5k time to reflect the big gains she has made at the standard 6k distance. Her 22:28 cut over two and a half minutes from her high school best.
The conference coaches voted on the annual awards and named Erin Rolaf (Woodbridge, VA) the 2010 Rookie of the Year. Rolaf earned Rookie of the Week recognition three times during the season. She and the rest of the Captains will look to extend their Championship strings to 13 for the women and 18 for the men. The USA South Conference Championships will be held once again at Hagen Stone Park in Greensboro, NC.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Our thoughts, love, and prayers go out to all the soldiers and families affected by the tragedy at Fort Hood. Such loss is so incomprehensible and devastating. There are just no words. Please take a moment to say a prayer for all of our soldiers, both here and away.
4 comments:
- Brandi said...
It's awful. I called my dad tonight and he was nearly in tears. We were stationed at Fort Hood for many, many years. Our soldiers are always in my prayers. :)
- Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:51:00 AM GMT+9
- jennifer said...
Oh Tina. I know. It breaks my heart too. I will join you in prayer for the soldiers and their families at Fort Hood.
- Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM GMT+9
My thoughts and prayers are with all the soldiers and thier families Tina....
`Many Blessings` x
- Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:44:00 PM GMT+9
- Alisa said...
You are right, there just aren't any words.
- Monday, November 9, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM GMT+9


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