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*Did I mention my husband is a pastor? Oh, I didn't... maybe for good reason...
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I actually almost didn't read this post due to the title.... I thought it would be a very, very different post. Bravo. I appreciate seeing a Christian come out on this side of things. In all honesty, I believe this is what Christianity should look like-- imperfect, accepting, and all about LOVING people.
I grew up Christian and learned that it was to be like Christ, yet I didn't see that in the people I was surrounded with at my Christian school or church. I still cringe when friends on Facebook share their love of Christ followed by hateful messages about the people that surround us. It isn't Christlike at all.
I am no longer a Christian. But, I'd like to believe I lead a good life that is encouraging, loving, and kind. Good luck on the response on this one lady-- I applaud it.
You were the first of many people to mention I should have re-thought the title for a broader audience... Damn... Next time ;)
I am sure we get annoyed with the same type of Christians and the same exact status updates. I cringe.
Jesus was so punk rock, he partied with sinners and non-believers, which I think some Christians forget. I try and remember that I can't line my views of God up with my view of humans and all of our (my) shortcomings... although it's hard not to, I'll be the first to admit it.
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Um, we need to be friends.
All of it.
Every word.
Hard to make friends in this town.
For real.
Do you live in Orcutt? No way.Delete
Best posting ever. I can relate. With my magazine, I also have the responsibility of selling advertisement. In hence, I'm going to all the surf industry events, hanging out with surf stars, surfing a lot, and networking my balls off. Ten years ago if I knew who I knew now, I'd would of skorched my OP's. Word gets out I can actually surf, boom I get a box of clothes. Now, I feel obligated to wear this stuff. Shawn and I used to be "over" the industry. I remember one time burning surf t-shirts in his backyard where meatball used to roam. All these industry people who don't get it, pay my bills (barely). I miss the days of bronze and OP's where the sound of a shitty cover band got Sheddy on the dance floor. But then again, my experience from the last 15 years gives me the upper hand in sorting out bullshit. I love that you got Shawn to ditch the faded florescent swim trunks. They had to go! Keep up the good work. Much love Edfactor.
Shawn had to break this all down for me and now I totally get it. You two really do share a brain on so many things...Delete
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Do you live in my town?
Wow, I am amazed at how everything you posted, I could have written. I am not from here, the town is very Church Oriented, we are constantly in a fight with the Freedom people about public prayer.
I think you should be able to pray where ever you wish, and if someone joins in, oh well, the more the merrier. But obviously not all think that way and it is a constant debate.
Politics run rampant in my office because ONE person is a democrat and LOVES everything the president does. Funny, 9 out of 10 times he is arguing with no one, because no one else has time to discuss it.
The fact that I consistently say "I have no friends" because work relations are work relations and not friends, this bothers others.
"Oh pish posh, yes you do have friends! I am your friend!"
"No, you aren't! Have you been to my house? If you had been to my house at all, was I wearing pj's, no make up, my hair in a ponytail and my house a mess on the weekend because I wanted to sit and drink coffee instead of getting up and getting started? Were you okay with that? You are not my friend, how many times have I called you and said OMG you should see what I just made!! You are my work relation who I see from 8-5 and occasionally at a school function because one of yours and one of mine are the same age. No, you are not my friend, we don't go out to eat, we don't make plans and we don't follow through with any of the "oh we should do that one day" conversations we have had. No you are not my friend." Ugh
So, you see, I understand. Funny thing though, all the high school girls I hung out with grew up and away and back again and are the #i'machristian #mykidsarebest #idoeverythingright type of people and I don't miss most of them.
So... :) Hi friend, sounds like you and I, if you lived in my town, would be sharing coffee, crafts and lunches.
Thanks for the post!
After this post I might only have cyber friends (let's hope that's not true!) so I may need to call you a friend ;)Delete
I wrote a post but I re-read it and it didn't make sense. I will follow up later. Great post though and can fully relate!!
I actually "got" it. I'm glad you can relate, as if I didn't know we could relate ;)Delete
First, L.O.L. @ "Christianese"! I thought I was the only person that used that term, lol. I totally (almost, mostly) feel you and where you're coming from. I don't have the Stepford Christian Wives Club to contend with but I really do understand feeling "off" about what this Christian walk REALLY means and how can I do it effectively. Ppl need to realize, Jesus did not come to save Christians. He came to offer hope to sinners and if we are to be like Him, we need to be relate-able in some way to our target audience. I am very recently coming into accepting my, um, "me-ness". There's something about the way I'm wired that is supposed to bless and inspire and help someone else; so, me being some kinda clone is pointless and a waste. If I can offer any solace or advice, I'd say, stop looking at the "Christians", and just focus on looking at and imitating the Christ. They (sadly) may bear no resemblance whatsoever at times. But in your own unique, quirky way, God is using you and if even one person is drawn to Him through your transparency, then you are doing "Christian" right. Just my 17 cents. :-) Be blessed ;-) (I kid, i kid, lol)ReplyDelete
Love this comment all around, very encouraging. Fave line, "Jesus did not come to save Christians". AMEN to that sister. Second fave line, "Be blessed"...Delete
I didn't grow up in a religious household and I have never really embraced it, and for the exact reasons you stated it's so hard to. How am I supposed to mesh with a social group that will pretty much think I'm a horrible person?
I feel like too much of being a "Good Christian" is centered around not cursing, no sex before marriage and making it to Church every Sunday. I think these are okay things to express, but what about not judging and treating people the way you would want to be treated? I meet so many Children who stick their noses up at my kids because their parents have gotten them into the habit of judging.
I'm being told I'm not a good person because I am not married to their father, even though I make sure they are dressed, cleaned and fed. I love them and my marital status doesn't hamper that.
Our oldest is even in AWANA. I've avoided any contact with other parents because it's so uncomfortable and awkward. I'm waiting for someone there to hear, "Oh, she's not my real mom. That's Kirsten." and realize I'm not married to their father. Are the kids going to get ostracized for a decision we made that should really not matter?
Thank you for posting. Being a Christian who is an artist I understand.I am grateful for those time when I was under the wing of a strict Christian church that taught me discipline for a time. (I grew up Christian as well)However being a creative person means you have to express yourself! Also being as you are interested in many subjects its nice to be able to converse about politics if you want and not feel shunned. Everything in the world shapes us. We wxperience it and we need to feel it and analize it. We all need to have good friends we can be ourselves with. The best of both worlds is where intellect meets faith. God doesnt want us to be passive he wants us to get out there and share the word and make a difference. Of course we make mistakes along the way, but that is human nature.
I understand what your saying and I understand the isolation of not conforming. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for a great comment. These things you speak of: not cursing, no sex before marriage, church every Sunday... yes, I understand it all... I was raised strictly to believe these very things (not really by my parents- more by the church we attended). As I grew older I sensed there was something more to God than a set of rules and all the legalism I was taught, more than the FIRE & BRIMSTONE baby! I'm now 33 and the number of people I know who have left Christianity because they just couldn't "keep up" with all of the perfection- well, it speaks volumes at how we're doing- the church as a whole.
I hope you will not give up on seeking out God because some people are blind to how their hasty judgements affect others. We're not all so bad, I promise...
Dear Shannon,
Yes- I make mistakes in the things I say every day. I put my foot in mouth all too often trying to get across a "different view", but I'm a work in progress and I will not ever conform! Artists usually don't ;)
You're so welcome! My Partner (since he is far more than a 'boyfriend') was raised by very strict conservative parents and ended up getting married young to someone he didn't really love because that's what he thought he had to do. While I'm not very spiritual I do participate in whatever activities he asks me to (I.E. AWANA, the rare times his work schedule isn't on a Sunday, Bible reading with the kids) and I do enjoy myself.
And yes, you can bet his parents are unhappy about our 'situation', but even though they judge, they do recognize that I only mean well and this is all out of love. In the end I believe that's what the Bible and the message of God is - To Love.
Bravo to this posting. I just want to let you know that I applaud you for writing this. I live in a big town so I don't have to deal with what you are, but I can only imagine how it feels. We shouldn't have to conform to what other people think is right. You should be able to be yourself and not worry about people's judgement. Unfortunately, the "die-hard Christians" are sometimes the most critical and judgmental and I will never understand that. Keep up the good work and I will pray for you. :)ReplyDelete
Thank you! Today after posting this I had to think very hard for all the things I am thankful for in this small town. Because, on most days- it is a great place. Other weeks I feel claustrophobic, I guess this was one of them ;)Delete
I'm curious to know your reasons for having Cormac in public school! We are definitely planning that for our kids, but I haven't fully fleshed out all my reasons for it yet. Except that it doesn't help our kids to isolate them from the real world.
Let's hang out after you get back from vacation (I'm so busy this week!), I need your advice on how stupid I am to want to start a business in something I know almost nothing about (flipping that theater). xox
Gosh I can't believe we haven't had the PUBLIC SCHOOL talk. OMGGEEEE... how did we miss that? Where WAS my soap box? Without turning away too many people before they totally fall in love with me... I'd like to quote this above person's comment, "Jesus did not come to save Christians"Delete
My dear, you are brilliant, beautiful and NORMAL! If the ladies in your town are "step-ford" types it's best you stay away. Actually, they really need a woman like you to shake them up. to be phony is unhealthy. For a Christian, it's means they are dead inside (fear. not knowing who you are in Christ) Stand on that foundation and no can will be able to intimidate you. Go for that like your life depends on it.(I promise it's worth it.)
Be who God made you to be. Be free. Ask our Lord God to help you be who He made you to be w/o fear. And yes, maybe you need to dial back sometimes, but do this with freedom in Christ. Not in bondage. I always have loved you. You are so special and precious. now... STOP HIDING, ha! ~Ruth
Thanks Ruth... I don't know if any of it is particularly phony, per say- it's just so different than how I see Christianity. I am going to come out of hiding after Cabo I think...Delete
please come over for some "real" wine and "real" whine any old time. love you friend and remember, I will never be sorry you moved to Orcutt.ReplyDelete
I like what you did there with that wine and whine... more like whiinnnnnne... but you know I only drink champagne ;)Delete
thank you SO much for posting this! this is literally everything ive been too afraid to say for so long. i went through the EXACT same thing when we lived in prescott. i had to hide LITERALLY ever aspect of my personality from the women at our church (because they were always happy and had perfect marriages and NEVER drank, swore, or listened to secular music that wasnt mumford and sons) and i ended up completely isolated with no outlet to be myself (also the church we went to was terrible and i was really lost spiritually). after a few months i had a COMPLETE mental and emotional breakdown that lasted almost two years, honestly im still fighting my way out of it, but thankfully we got out of there and at least i can wear a tube top and buy a bottle of wine without causing a local scandal. but i still dont have a clique. can i be in your clique?ReplyDelete
GASP- A TUBE TOP?!!! Lord help her.
Ok, first you go and take my marriage story and now you're gonna go and take my spiritual breakdown story? WTH?
I never even knew Christians had a hard time with marriage until the last 2 years... imagine 5 years of thinking I was the only one struggling... Interesting.
You are officially jumped in to my ONLINE MPM CLIQUE, we have champagne every Saturday night. (I made that up)
Oh, and next time I'm in LA we should get our monsters together and have them tear some shit up.
oh kenna, nobodys marriage story is as crazy as yours... but seriously, i think we were just meant to be friends. we should totally hang out next time your in town! but only if we can let the kids eat french fries and drink non-organic juice and watch more than 30 minutes of tv.Delete
I don't even know you, and I like you a whole lot! This resonated with me so much, especially since I just finished posting a huge rant about living a life that's actually real on my own blog just a little while ago and this topic of 'Stepford Christianity' is something that's been weighing on me heavily.
I love your honesty and reality about all this, and this post encouraged me so much. You are the kind of Christian that this world needs, one that is actually real. <3
So very, very relatable on so many levels. I could write an entire blog in total agreement & why. Instead, I will give you a virtual high five & tell you, well said.ReplyDelete
Thank you- I love a good virtual high five! It's all I've got these days! ;)Delete
I have no clique but I do have a variety of friends; keeps me grounded. I love Jesus and He loves me. What anyone else thinks . . . not really sure if I care anymore. What did Dr. Suess say? I am what I am . . . You know you don't have to go far from home for non clique friendship. And I don't care what school you do or don't put your kids in and I wouldn't care, if I were you, about what people think about your choice. That is up to you and Shawn - and that is all. No one else. Amy, I will drink your wine and bring champagne for Kenna. Let's hook it up and enjoy each other's company and our individuality.
MIranda Lambert sings a song that says. "I heard Jesus he drank wine and I bet we'd get along just fine." I have days were the alcohol outways the food purchase at Fresh and Easy were every mom I ever knew happens to be shopping at. I just smile and wave. Small towns have benefits. Think about how much it gives you to blog about : )
Yes, small towns do have benefits... one of them is that we're neighbors! Now let's go have that wine/champagne night with Amy!Delete
PRETTY picture~ that wasn't there when I replied the other day!ReplyDelete
I don't know you but I happened upon your blog. You speak the truth, period. "Christianese" and the judgement that comes with it has pushed many people far away from Christ. Good for you for choosing to be exactly who you are.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I tried choosing to be someone else... it just wasn't working for me ;)Delete
Please come move to my neighborhood. Pretty please? Love this post and can identify with so, so much of it. Amen!ReplyDelete
Well, if I knew where you lived... that would make it easier...Delete


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When it comes to stresses inside an engine, there are few components that endure more than the connecting rod. As the link between the piston and the crank shaft, the connecting rod, known as a con rod or simply a rod to most, has a lot of responsibility and has to be pretty strong to remain in tact, even when things are running smoothly. Let there be a timing issue or a bearing failure and the stresses ramp way up, often causing a catastrophic failure and the rod be the only part that survives. We've seen plenty of race cars towed back from the top end with rods hanging out of the side of the block with the block itself obviously junk, the crank ruined and the piston no longer recognizable, yet the rod is just fine.
Obviously lawnmowers aren't going to have the same kind of stresses on their rods as an all-out racing engine, but there's still a lot of stress to deal with, so the idea of making a connecting rod completely out of JB Weld almost seems absurd, but this guy decided to give it a try, and surprisingly, it works… for a little bit at least.
With the JB Weld rod in place, the engine cranks up and runs for almost a minute and a half before shutting down. Taking a look inside the mower's crankcase, the rod is completely destroyed, having broken into several small chunks of JB Weld and a couple of bolts. This isn't really that surprising, though. To be honest, I didn't expect it to even turn over before the rod broke, so for it to idle for over a minute was very impressive in my opinion.
Of course, this brings up the topic of what else could be made from JB weld to see if it can handle the stresses? A piston, perhaps, or maybe the crankshaft? There are plenty of components in an engine that could be made to try. Hopefully, somebody out there has the same idea we do!


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Oh, what a day!
Finally, after working more than 8 hours straight on the second pass of the Leica Reel, I was able to finish it. It was a marvellous feeling!
Then again, I had just a few comments regarding poses of my two characters on the first presentation so everything was supposed to go smoothly. That wasn't the case, but it's gonna make a stronger, even better film at the end! But, oh boy… was a tough ride!
My timing of the scenes was a whole lot better overall. Specially after tweaking some poses, the time got a lot more accurate. Also, the "acting" part of my characters improved a lot. Apparently, with those changes a lot of new details surfaced during todays presentation.
I won't lie, I started to panic. It was A LOT of details to fix… and fixing details is as much work as doing it for the first time (and we have to deal with some homework and stuff, besides the classical film). But then I asked Marv Newland for help, and he was generous with both his time and advice. It was actually priceless! THANKS MARV!! He not only helped me with the storytelling part, but he also helped me regain the confidence that I sort of lost during the pitching process… I felt like I was back on the game again!
I won't post the Leica Reel until later, but I promise to post my One Piece later this week. More on that next time.


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I took my parents and hubby dearest. They saw the desk where I spend 12 hours a day (boo to me!) and then had loads of snacks in the cafeteria. My parents were really happy to see where I worked and that made me happy :)
Photos were not allowed on the premises. So hubby and me got home and took some pictures at home.
I wore casual clothes with a bit of zing and added my favourite chunky necklace of pink stones. Let me know what you think! :)


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It's interesting when you see a band play their song live and they play it slightly differently and, you think:
'Huh, I like this less'.
I get it a lot with the Pixies.
Maybe I'm just an idiot. I think if I was always seeing bands I loved live then I'd be fine and enjoy them changing the music, but as it is I think I just get annoyed that I can't sing along properly and just feel that they are stealing from me the collective expression I was hoping for. The bastards.
Sometimes though it can totally work. Lots of bands promote their shows now (often to students with all that college advertisement stuff) specifically as being 'different every night' and 'completely unique' and stuff, but lots of people also love to see bands playing albums in there entirety, there's clearly appetite both ways…


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Watch Lauren Graham Test Her Fast-Talking Skills On Ellen
And learn how very highly she apparently values hot chocolate!
One thing we all know to expect in Netflix's Gilmore Girls revival -- dropping this Friday! -- is a lot of very fast talking from its titular protagonists. But today's Ellen let us see whether Lauren "Lorelai" Graham is out of practice yet by challenging her to a game of 5 Second Rule. (Note: Graham doesn't have children in real life, which is probably a good thing given all the euphemisms she offers for female genitals.)


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Miss Utah flubbed her answer. We can all agree on that, right? The question, though, shows how badly our society has flubbed on women's issues. Did anyone even bother to listen to the question? Did it make you think?
One thing I am likely to say over and over and over again is that poverty is a women's issue. It is the main, most important women's issue we face, and one of the hardest to overcome. At every step of the way, women are less likely to have control of their own money than men are, are less likely to obtain jobs to make as much money as men do, and are more likely to be blamed for a lack of money than men are.
How many of you remember a few years back when a study showed that the most effective way for a woman with children to rise above poverty was to marry? Think about that for a second. What does that mean?
Politicians, yes, mostly Republicans, ran with it. Women should get married. We should make it easier for women to get married. All our problems can be solved by just making marriage more important!
Can we back up, please? Can we look at what it means that women must get married to rise above poverty? Can we look at the fact that men can live comfortably by leaving their children to be raised by a woman whom they do not support financially? Can we look at the fact that a man with a child can still get a job that pays as much as a non-father while a woman is unlikely to do the same? Can we look at the fact that with or without children, a woman is unlikely to ever be offered the same salary as a man?
There is something terribly wrong with this scenario, and there is something terribly wrong with the way we view women's issues as a whole. On Facebook, those who are most vocal about women's rights speak only of reproductive rights, meaning the right to have an abortion, to have access to free birth control, and to have sex as casually as men do. None of those are really the issue, here, and in fact, they obfuscate the true issue.
Men do not have to choose between children and careers, or children and a decent standard of living. Women shouldn't either.


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Grant Edward Costello was born in Western Australia (1980), before moving to Queensland where he began his education in Bundaberg. Avidly fascinated with all things otherworldly and make-believe, film and literature was a mainstay throughout his earlier years, and art quickly became the output for a growing wealth of inspiration and blossoming ideas. In the closing months of Grant's schooling, he put the paintbrush down in favour of literature, for within the written word he found a limitless playground, one where he could expand from static imagery to a broader medium of expression.
Grant's first story took the form of 'Aconite', a screenplay script that was faithfully recreated into a comic book format, and was then depicted in a short film at the Morningside Institute of TAFE. Grant's second project; 'Winter Realm', was his first ever novel, and it was a young adult science fiction/fantasy that was a collaboration of genres mixed into a post-apocalyptic epic. During the writing of 'Winter Realm', Grant experienced his first taste of Fantasy and its limitless potential. Hence came 'The Demonthrone', a story that was sadly never completed, mainly due to the emergence of a more vivid and ambitious idea, one involving deeper characters, fast-paced action sequences, and a narrative that contained a strong socialism theme, and also dealt with issues like autocracy and prejudice. That story was 'Brokentide'; a bold first chapter in the upcoming 'Legend of Shadows' series. With a passion for Fantasy driving his every written word, Grant's ultimate desire is to contribute something truly original and noteworthy to the world of storytelling.


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Mae Questel: The Voice Behind Betty Boop
Even more than the garter and the spit curls, it was the squeaky-sexy, innocent-provocative voice that defined the beloved Depression-era animated character Betty Boop, from Fleischer Studios. And that voice mostly belonged to Mae Questel, a diminutive girl from the Bronx whose long career included a number of stage, movie, and television appearances using the full arsenal of her being, not just the voice. But it was the voice that immortalized her—as Betty, whom she first lent her sound to in 1931, and later as Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons, also from Fleischer Studios. Looking back on some facts about her life shows that nobody ever took Mae's boop-oop-a-doop away:
1. Mae got her show business start with an impersonation. She was born in 1908, and from an early age showed a talent for singing, comic hijinks, and mimicry, but her Orthodox Jewish parents wouldn't hear of a stage career. Mae was going to be a teacher, but in 1925 she entered a Helen Kane lookalike contest. Kane was a popular singer who fashioned her dark bob with spit curls and whose signature high-pitched song "I Wanna Be Loved You" notably included the lyrical phrase "boop-oop-a-doop." Mae easily won the contest, and was hired to perform her impersonations of Kane and other celebrities (including Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier) in the RKO chain of theaters. Years later, when Kane's career was in decline, she took the creators of Betty Boop to court on the charge of appropriating her voice and likeness for the character, which of course they had. She lost the case, partly based on Mae's testimony.
2. Mae was not the first voice of Betty Boop. Designed by Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick, Betty made her first appearance in the 1930 Bimbo cartoon "Dizzy Dishes" as a sexy canine with long floppy ears. Tiny vaudevillian Little Ann Little supplied Betty's voice in most of the early cartoons. By 1932, Betty's ears had morphed into earrings and her species had very definitely shifted from dog to human. Mae made her vocal debut as Betty in 1931, and continued to voice the character—and sometimes model for the animators—through the last original cartoon, in 1939. By this time, Betty Boop's persona and decolletage had long been tamed by the Production Code, which was every bit as damaging to her popularity as a similar sanitization was to Mae West's.
3. Mae not only voiced Olive Oyl, but also Swee'-Pea and occasionally Popeye himself. In 1933, Fleischer Studios released the first Popeye cartoon (appropriately titled "Popeye the Sailor"), and the new series quickly overtook the Betty Boops in popularity. Mae was in at the beginning as the voice of Olive Oyl, basing the character's fretful stream of chatter and flutterings on comedic movie actress ZaSu Pitts. For Swee'Pea, she supplied babyish goos and gurgles. When the Fleischer Studios moved from New York to Florida in 1939, Mae, by now married with two children, stayed behind. But in 1942, Paramount's Famous Studios took over and moved operations back to New York. Mae resumed her Olive Oyl duties, and when Popeye vocal talent Jack Mercer left to join the war effort, Mae used her mimicry skills to voice the strong-to-the-finish sailorman's mutterings as well.
4. Mae conquered Broadway and Hollywood. While continuing to voice Olive Oyl as well as such other characters as Little Lulu, Little Audrey, and Casper, the Friendly Ghost, Mae also performed in The Green Hornet and Perry Mason on radio, appeared on TV game shows and soaps, and, from the late 40s into the 60s, acted in the Broadway plays Doctor Social, A Majority of One, Enter Laughing, and Bajour. Later, she had great success in TV commercials, especially as the character Aunt Bluebell for Scott Towels. She went to Hollywood for the 1962 Jerry Lewis comedy It's Only Money and the 1968 film version of Funny Girl. (As the meddling Mrs. Strakosh, hers is the first voice you hear on the soundtrack album: "If a girl isn't pretty/Like a Miss Atlantic City/All she gets in life/Is pity and a pat.")
5. Betty Boop's comeback. In the early 60s, Mae once again voiced Olive Oyl for a syndicated TV series, and during the 1970s Betty Boop resurfaced, with Mae's voice, in some TV commercials. Betty made a triumphant comeback, returned to her pre-Code ways, in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the following year Mae took on two fabulous comic movie roles: as Woody Allen's all-seeing mother in the "Oedipus Wrecks" segment of New York Stories, and as addled Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Mae died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in 1998, at age 89. But Betty, with her sass and her spit curls and her squeak, lives on.


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Road Policing officers in Aberdeenshire and Moray conducted a number of speeding checks across the region last weekend, which saw over 110 vehicles stopped and engaged with.
One man was stopped driving at 127mph on the A96 between Blackburn and Inverurie, while a further two men were caught driving at speeds over 100mph on the A90 dual carriageway near Laurencekirk. A total of 32 motorists were charged and reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
Officers stopped and engaged with 115 drivers in total, with 55 being warned or reported for a variety of offences, including using a mobile phone, lack of insurance or careless driving. A further six men were also charged for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The checks took place as part of Operation CEDAR (Challenge, Educate, Detect and Reduce), an ongoing operation to encourage drivers to take more responsibility on the region's roads.
Inspector Ewan Innes, from the Aberdeenshire and Moray Road Policing Unit, said: "We are now finding ourselves reporting on a weekly basis on the minority of drivers throughout the North East who continue to drive in a manner that shows utter disregard for the safety of others or themselves."


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Chestnuts Guest House offers luxury Lake District B&B Accommodation in Windermere and is the perfect base for exploring the Lake District National Park with its rugged fells and scenic rights of way paths.
Children welcome from age 8.
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Princes Road,
Princes Road,
Windermere is in the centre of the English Lake District and can be easily reached from the M6 jct 36 and by then following the A591 to Kendal and Windermere.
Follow the dual carriageway to the large roundabout just outside Kendal. Do not follow the signs into Kendal, but carry on the A591 to Windermere.
Take the left turning into Windermere village where you will almost immediately enter a one-way system. At the end of the one-way system, after a pelican crossing, count each left turn and take the fourth one into Lake Road by the clock tower. Then take the first right into Princes Road where you will immediately see The Chestnuts on your right. Take the first right turning into The Chestnuts car park.
The nearest mainline railway station is Oxenholme at Kendal. Windermere has its own station, it is linked to Oxenholme by an hourly train service and is 10-minutes walk away from the guest house.
- Radio
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- Tea/coffee making in bedrooms
- Lounge for residents' use
- Ironing facilities
- Private parking
- Garden
- Totally non-smoking
- Dogs/pets NOT accepted
- Central heating
- Electric shaver points
- Fishing
- Golf available (onsite or nearby)
- Visa/Mastercard/Switch accepted
- Vegetarian diet available
- WiFi or internet access
- Single sex groups NOT accepted
- Hairdryer
Children welcome from age 8.
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- Meals for guests with special dietary requirements can be provided:
- Sugar free (diabetic)
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826LA Adult Writing Seminar Series: Screenwriting
Thursday, August 6, 2009 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Join us for the next panel in our Writing Series for Adults: Screenwriting! ***PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS AT 826LA WEST, 685 VENICE BLVD. VENICE, CA 90291***
Our panelists will discuss writing: how they got started, what inspires them, and how to go about turning a story into a completed screenplay. We will also be discussing the business side of screenwriting: how to get representation and how to guide a screenplay in order to sell or produce and feature film.
Tickets are $35 and non refundable. All proceeds go to 826LA.
Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman lives in LA with his wife, Anya Epstein, and their two daughters. He wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Capote, for which he recieved an Independent Spirit Award, Boston Society of Film Critics award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association award, as well as an Academy Award nomination. He is currently co-writing a pilot for HBO with his wife, based on a radio piece from This American Life. He started tutoring at 826LA just a few months ago, and looks forward to continuing in the fall.
Melissa Mathison
Melissa Mathison's screenwriting credits include the films Kundun, The Black Stallion, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination.
Glasgow Phillips
Glasgow Phillips is a writer, producer, and director who works in film, television, print, and new media. In animated television, he has written for South Park (CC), Father of the Pride (DreamWorks/NBC), The Adventures of Chico and Guapo (MTVN), Code Monkeys (G4), and Kung Fu Panda (Nickelodeon, upcoming). He wrote and directed the important zombie Western feature film Undead or Alive, starring Chris Kattan and James Denton. Recently he finished production on on Magic Reader Classics, an educational DVD series for children that is free to schools and other organizations focused on kids and learning; for more information, go to magicreaderclassics.com. He recently joined Acme-Smith, a boutique production company specializing in branded entertainment (acme-smith.com), and you can read about his adventures in underground Hollywood in his memoir The Royal Nonesuch.
James Ponsoldt
Soon after graduating from Columbia University's MFA Filmmaking Program, James Ponsoldt wrote and directed the 2006 feature film, "Off the Black" (starring Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, and Timothy Hutton), which premiered at Sundance '06. His second feature was workshopped at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and will film in 2010. James currently is adapting novels for Vox3 Films ("Secretary"), Sharp Independent ("Boys Don't Cry," "You Can Count On Me"), and writes for "FILMMAKER" magazine. He co-authored the graphic novel "Refresh, Refresh," which Macmillan will publish in September (http://us.macmillan.com/refreshrefresh). James is proud to have volunteered and run workshops with 826LA for over three years.
Howard A. Rodman
Howard A. Rodman wrote Savage Grace, one of five works nominated for 'best
screenplay' at the 2009 Spirit Awards. Rodman wrote the original screenplay
for August, starring Josh Hartnett, Rip Torn, and David Bowie, and the
screenplay for Joe Gould's Secret, which was the opening night film of the
2000 Sundance Film Festival. His original screenplay F. was selected by Premiere as one
of Hollywood's Ten Best Unproduced Screenplays.He is a professor (and former chair) of
screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts; serves on the Board of Directors of the
Writers Guild of America, West; and has been Artistic Director of the Sundance
Screenwriting Labs in Utah and in Wadi Feynan, Jordan. This year he was one of four
screenwriters invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Moderated by James Urbaniak.
James Urbaniak's acting credits include the role of Robert Crumb in
"American Splendor," the voice of Dr. Venture on Cartoon Network's Adult
Swim series "The Venture Brothers" and the acclaimed original production of
Will Eno's one-man play "Thom Pain (based on nothing)." His awards include
Best Actor at the Edinburgh Fringe, an Obie Award and a Drama Desk
nomination. Other film credits include "Across the Universe," "Confessions
of a Dangerous Mind," "Sweet and Lowdown," "Legally Blonde 2," and several
films with the writer-director Hal Hartley including "Henry Fool," "Fay
Grim," "No Such Thing" and "Book of Life." TV work includes appearances on
"The Office," "Weeds," "CSI: Miami," "Sex and the City," "NCIS," "Without a
Trace," "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Kidnapped" and many
more. He plays the journalist Jack Lessenberry in HBO's upcoming movie about
Jack Kevorkian, "You Don't Know Jack" (starring Al Pacino). James co-founded
the critically lauded New York theatre company Arden Party and has performed
extensively in New York City at Lincoln Center, Soho Rep, Playwrights
Horizons and the legendary experimental theatre Onotological-Hysteric.
As a cultural commentator, James writes regularly about show business,
politics, advertising and the internet on his blog Voucher Ankles and his
posts have been linked by Gothamist, the Hollywood Reporter and Vanity Fair,
among others. An active Twitterer, he is included in the upcoming
HarperCollins compendium "Twitter Wit."
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826LA in Venice
685 Venice Blvd
Thursday, August 6, 2009 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
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826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
With this in mind, we provide drop-in tutoring, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.
All of our programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.


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Education Menu
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Adults Education on Sunday Mornings
Sunday Mornings at 10:15am in Fellowship Hall
Have you ever wondered about the lives of some of the lesser known disciples? What lessons can we learn from their relationships with Jesus that can be applied to our lives? Come join adult ed at 11:15am on Sept 9 and 16 in Fellowship Hall as we study and discuss the contributions of Andrew and Philip. No advance preparation required. All are welcome.
Coffee Shop Hours
Thursday Mornings at 10:00am
Feel free to stop by for coffee, tea, and conversation with Pastor Beth on Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m.—Noon. Take a few minutes to get to know her better, ask questions about the life of the church, or discuss the transitions we are going through.
Sunday Mornings
Yorkfield puts a serious emphasis on adult education and always provides Adult classes during the Sunday morning education hour (10:15-11:05) September – May.
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I love going for dim sum at least once every 3 -4 weeks. There`s a local Royal China in Fulham to which we go quite often but this time we decided to venture slightly further to the Royal China Club in Baker Street which is their more upmarket restaurant.
The dim sum was overall pretty good and I really enjoyed the Chinese roast pork puffs, beef noodles and chicken feet. The Shanghai dumplings were beautiful as well with a wonderful broth inside. My least favourite dish were the egg tarts which weren`t quite as they should be but generally it`s pretty hard to find a dim sum restaurant that makes all the individual dishes to perfection. Overall we`ve had a great lunch and I`m definitely looking forward to going back.


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Jayen Naik, Vice President, Vice President - Malls
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Shopsity, an online to offline model cracks profitability
Danish Ahmed
Shopsity is one of a kind O2O (Online to Offline) retail model, which connects customers to lifestyle retailers in their vicinity.
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Refurbished goods unlocking the retail opportunities
Amit Gupta
In a conversation with Retailer media, Amit Gupta, Co-founder & Director, Surpluss.in highlights the retail opportunities unlocked within the refurbished goods industry, which is rather unorganized at the moment.
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Making fashion reach
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Promart to penetrate into tier III, IV and V cities.
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From Globalisation to Localisation
Aoron Boey
With the launch of Denizen brand, Levis Strauss & Co. has set the mark for more consumer insight centric products in the country. Mr. Aaron Boey, Global President, Denizen takes us through the journey of brand building.
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Creating co dreamers
Jay Gupta
Having survived five years of highs and lows, The Loot has outgrown its small set up phase and building up to be a 600+ Company; No wonder, it has surely created a benchmark for itself in a unique way. Having started with one store, The Loot has
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He weighted in on the topic again in a 2005 article titled: The Wars Over Evolution.
That article concludes:
We would be much more likely to reach a correct theory of cultural change if the attempt to understand the history of human institutions on the cheap, by making analogies with organic evolution, were abandoned. What we need instead is the much more difficult effort to construct a theory of historical causation that flows directly from the phenomena to be explained.The preceding paragraph in the document explains how he reached this conclusion. It's a philosophical argument about how best to do science. Lewontin says he doesn't think giving "simple explanations for phenomena that are complex and diverse" is very scientific. That's an odd argument - since building simple models for complex phenomena is a big part of what science is all about. From this evidence, it seems at least possible that Lewontin's failure to appreciate cultural evolution arose from his faulty scientific epistemology.
This is all rather ironic - since his 1970 paper The Units of Selection got the basics of cultural evolution correct.


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Sunday, July 15, 2012
[My Take on] Being Gay in Thailand
7 comments:
- Lani Cox said...
I felt the same way as you did until I had a little chat with my mom...I just assumed that lady boys were accepted part of society but my "aunt" had the crap beat out of her by her 6 brothers growing up in the small town of Lamphun.
They didn't want a brother that acted like a girl! Of course this is the older generation, but who can tell whether or not this still happens?
Recently the mother of one of my students called our school office to request that her daughter not sit next to another girl (a tom). It became evident she feared her daughter being gay...
That said, I do think Thailand is a heck of a lot more tolerant than the US. But I don't think gays are not without being judged or teased. Especially by immature boys (and girls?) who are still getting comfortable in their own skins.
- July 17, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- AZE said...
Lani, thanks for sharing. I think I've been so impressed with the gay-tolerance overall here that I failed to consider the older generation. Before I wrote this, I did speak with a few Thai friends who said if there is anyone less tolerant, it may be the older generation, but they didn't know anyone personally or under 30 who was that way. It's interested to hear your stories. In my experience in schools, the children seem completely accepting and I have never witnessed any segregation. I suppose there are always exceptions.
- July 17, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Actually being gay isn't always accepted by Thais. Certainly not if you're in the army or a teacher. Some parents do accept, but only if their offspring produces grandchildren.
Most do not mention it to their family. A 'don't ask, don't tell' attitude exists.
It's true there's not so much of the bullying, but that doesn't mean it's totally okay in this society.
- August 15, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- AZE said...
Thanks for your comment. It's always interesting to hear another perspective. I suppose I was being a bit too optimistic. No society is perfect, I've just been extremely impressed coming from the world I grew up in.
- August 21, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Asia Pundits said...
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- August 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Krit W said...
Great post. Even I'll have to admit that the part you said "[straight] high school boy students lay all over each other, sit on each others' laps and touch each other in ways..." is very...very true. I'm Thai and I play like that with my friends a lot. I've always thought that this is normal, this surprise me that it's not at all. I believe that current generation doesn't discriminate against gay that much, though some or many people might not like them, they still wouldn't do anything like protesting or hating them or whatsoever. Most people who are freinds with gay stay that way. Hell, most gay celebities are accepted by most people. And about what Lani said, that really depends on the parents, but for this generation itself it's not much of a problem I think. True in some areas they don't accept gay, but those areas are pretty specific about what they do like in the army.
- June 1, 2013 at 3:26 PM
- Andrea Eisinberg said...
Thanks for commenting, Krit. This topic can be very sensitive, and though I was just stating my opinion, I didn't want to make assumptions or offend. It's nice to hear that your experience was in line with my observation. And what is "normal" anyway? Normal is subjective; up to each person, culture, country, etc. Acting in such a way IS normal in Thailand, and I really respect and miss that about Thailand. Thanks again for reading and responding, Krit!
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Cardiff boss Malky Mackay heaped praise on two-goal hero Heidar Helguson after the striker helped his side fight back from behind to win 2-1 at Ipswich.
The veteran netted twice in the second half, on both occasions taking advantage of sloppy defending from the hosts, to overturn DJ Campbell's controversial opener on his Tractor Boys debut.
Of Helguson's heroics, Mackay said: "He's an absolute credit to himself and his profession. People were questioning his lack of goals but no-one can fault his effort, work-rate and energy. Youngsters should look up to him because he was still chasing balls at the end. He was immense."
Mackay added: "We deserved the three points considering the pressure we put them under in the second half. We got stronger the longer the game went on. It was a classic game of two halves. Ipswich deserved to be in front at half-time but we dominated the second half."
Helguson's first came thanks to a helping hand from Ipswich goalkeeper Scott Loach. He spilt a harmless-looking cross from substitute Craig Conway right at Helguson's feet and the front man gratefully smashed home from close range.
Better followed two minutes from time when he connected with Andrew Taylor's cross from the left, ghosting behind Aaron Cresswell and coolly placing his header inside the near post. The goals cancelled out Ipswich's opener, scored by Campbell after arriving on loan from Blackpool on Friday.
He turned in a sublime cross from Lee Martin after confusion between goalkeeper David Marshall and defender Mark Hudson, although TV replays confirmed he had effectively punched the ball into the net.
Town boss Paul Jewell was left deflated, partly because of the errors and partly because his side had dominated the first half. "We were a bit fortunate with our goal but I thought we played well in the first half," said Jewell. "We were the better team and had great opportunities to make it 2-0.
"I know we can't keep losing matches, but I honestly thought we were unfortunate again. We defended well and the goals came out of the blue. Everyone makes mistakes but every time we make one it seems to end up as a goal. They're not just little mistakes, they're big errors.
"We're not getting outplayed by anyone and the lads are giving everything they've got. They still believe."


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For the longest time, the effort to quit smoking has usually involved an assortment of items such as chewing gums and patches to ease the cravings of an individual, or the cessation of smoking has been brought about by quitting 'cold turkey'. However, there is an assortment of new and exciting methods of quitting smoking that are hitting the smoking population by storm. One of these unique methods of cessation is known as 'hypnosis' and is becoming increasingly popular.
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Before one even begins thinking about using hypnosis to quit smoking, one must understands what exactly hypnosis is. Hypnosis is basically a very special psychological state of an individual in which they are able to focus on a certain subject without distractions. While many people are under the belief that one under 'hypnosis' or one who has become 'hypnotized' is asleep; however, this is only the appearance of the individual who is hypnotized. On the outside it may appear as though the individual is asleep with absolutely no awareness of what is going on around them, this is untrue and in fact the individual is completely conscious and has complete awareness. In fact, it is said that hypnotized individuals have an enhanced neurological state and their brain is functioning at a higher capacity.
What are the steps in hypnosis?
At this point you are probably curious as to how to quit smoking with hypnosis. While this method may seem weird, bizarre and obscure, it is actually a rather easy process that is becoming increasingly popular. The entire procedure happens in only a few simple steps that are completed in a rather short timeframe.
- First and foremost the individual who wants to receive hypnosis to quit smoking must find a reputable hypnotherapist to work with them. There are a variety of ways to find a decent hypnotherapist in your area (see below).
- After finding a hypnotherapist capable of helping with the cessation of smoking, the real procedure will begin. Upon meeting with your chosen hypnotherapist he will go over the smoking addiction you have and what certain things pertain to your smoking that may help you to quit. For instance, if you watch television every single time you puff on a cigarette, the hypnotherapist will help you to find something else to replace the cigarette while you engage in television.
- The hypnotherapist will ask you to completely relax your body and mind. While this may seem difficult, a hypnotherapist knows the ins and outs of relaxation as may use a variety of methods. An example of one very popular technique for relaxing every aspect of the body, inside and out, is by the use of meditation.
- Once the entire body and mind have been completely relaxed and you have entered into the 'hypnotic' state, the transformation will begin. At this point the hypnotherapist will have you concentrate on your addiction. He may say certain things that pertain to smoking such as, 'smoking is giving you bad teeth' or 'the smoking of cigarettes may cause severe damage to your lungs'. After these phrases have been spoken he will move on to removing certain addictions from your mind. Think back to the association with television and smoking a cigarette. The hypnotherapist may say things like 'replace the cigarette with a carrot', or something of that nature. This will help the mind release the association and overall help you in quit smoking.
- Once the hypnosis is over, the hypnotherapist will teach you certain self hypnosis techniques you can do on your own time when you feel a craving coming on.
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There are still a lot of speculations as to whether or not hypnosis can really defeat one's addiction to cigarettes. However, a majority of individuals will state that hypnosis sincerely helped their fight against addiction. On the other hand, there are still those who are weary about this method of cessation. The only real way to find out whether or not hypnosis helps quitting smoking is to find out for yourself.
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Donald Ray Fullington, age 76, passed away, August 20, 2017 in Kansas City, KS. He is survived by his wife Kathleen of the home, daughters, Shelley Coffman (husband Mark), Paula Hicks, two sisters, Sharon Ybarra, May Owens, one brother, Sloan Moore, six grandchildren and two great grandsons.
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San Remo's Mandate: Israel's 'Magna Carta' – CBN.com
Chris Mitchell's CBN News report following the 90th anniversary of The San Remo Mandate
(Originally uploaded on Jul 9, 2010, following the 90th anniversary of the San Remo signing on April 25, 1920.)
The 1920 San Remo resolution answered a fundamental issue that still plagues the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks today: whether Israel has a right to the land. The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN)


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The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning is a comprehensive and authoritative 2005 handbook covering all the core topics of the field of thinking and reasoning. Written by the foremost experts from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, individual chapters summarize basic concepts and findings for a major topic, sketch its history, and give a sense of the directions in which research is currently heading. The volume also includes work related to developmental, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine. Scholars and students in all these fields and others will find this to be a valuable collection.
• First handbook to cover all core topics in the field of thinking and reasoning • Written by foremost experts from cognitive psychology, cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience • Chapters integrated with cross-citations
Preface; Part I. The Nature of Human Concepts: 1. Thinking and reasoning: a reader's guide Keith J. Holyoak and Robert G. Morrison; 2. Similarity Robert l. Goldstone and Ji Yun Son; 3. Concepts and categories: memory, meaning, and metaphysics Douglas L. Medin and Lance J. Rips; 4. Approaches to modeling human mental representations: what works, what doesn't and why Leonidas A. A. Doumas and John E. Hummel; Part II. Reasoning: 5. The problem of induction Steven A. Sloman and David A. Lagnado; 6. Analogy Keith J. Holyoak; 7. Causal learning Marc J. Buehner and Patricia W. Cheng; 8. Deductive reasoning Jonathan St. B. T. Evans; 9. Mental models and thought P. N. Johnson-Laird; 10. Visuospatial reasoning Barbara Tversky; Part III. Judgment and Decision Making: 11. Decision making Robyn A. LeBoeuf and Eldar Shafir; 12. A model of heuristic judgment Daniel Kahneman and Shane Frederick; 13. Motivated thinking Daniel C. Molden and E. Tory Higgins; Part IV. Problem Solving and Complex Learning: 14. Problem solving Laura R. Novick and Miriam Bassok; 15. Creativity Robert J. Sternberg, Todd I. Lubart, James C. Kaufman and Jean E. Pretz; 16. Complex declarative learning Michelene T. H. Chi and Stellan Ohlsson; 17. Thinking as a production system Marsha C. Lovett and John R. Anderson; 18. Implicit cognition and thought Leib Litman and Arthur S. Reber; Part V. Cognitive and Neural Constraints on Human Thought: 19. Thinking in working memory Robert G. Morrison; 20. Cognitive neuroscience of deductive reasoning Vinod Goel; 21. Cognitive and neuroscience aspects of thought disorder Peter Bachman and Tyrone D. Cannon; Part VI. Ontogeny, Phylogeny, Language, and Culture: 22. Development of thinking Graeme S. Halford; 23. Mathematical thinking Randy Gallistel and Rochel Gelman; 24. Effects of aging on reasoning Timothy A. Salthouse; 25. Reasoning and thinking in nonhuman primates Josep Call and Michael Tomasello; 26. Language and thought Lila Gleitman and Anna Papafragou; 27. Paradigms of cultural thought Patricia M. Greenfield; Part VII. Thinking in Practice: 28. Legal reasoning Phoebe C. Ellsworth; 29. Scientific thinking and reasoning Kevin Dunbar and Jonathan Fugelsang; 30. Reasoning in medicine Vimla L. Patel, Jose F. Arocha and Jiajie Zhang; 31. Intelligence Robert J. Sternberg; 32. Learning to think: the challenges of teaching thinking Ron Ritchhart and David N. Perkins.


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A new baby is one of life's greatest gifts, but for Jaqueline and her husband, Evgeny, the birth seemed almost like a miracle. Jaqueline had been struck by a car as she rode a motor-scooter home from her job in hotel management in 2013, and then spent 28 days in a coma. Her spleen was ruptured and had to be removed; worse still, the severe blood loss caused a shock that led to permanent kidney failure.
Jaqueline, who also suffered numerous broken bones and a cerebral hemorrhage, had to undergo more than 10 operations at HELIOS Hospital Hildesheim, near Hanover in Germany. In total, she spent about half a year in the hospital.
But while her bones eventually healed, Jaqueline has needed dialysis since the accident to replace her kidney function. Three times a week, for four hours each time, she is connected to a dialysis machine that pumps her blood through a specialized filter – a dialyzer – to remove toxins.
These regular dialysis sessions not only drain a patient's strength, but cause hormonal changes that affect ovulation. For this reason, the vast majority of women on dialysis cannot conceive. "Only about 1 percent of female patients of child-bearing age will be able to get pregnant," explained Dr. Burkhard Kreft, Chief Physician of the Nephrology and Dialysis Clinic at HELIOS Hospital Hildesheim. "And even when dialysis patients do manage to get pregnant, about two-thirds of them will lose the child. For Ms. Sinicyn to get pregnant the natural way was very unusual. That made us all the more happy when this sweet, healthy baby was born."
The challenging situation for dialysis patients who want to have a baby was confirmed by Professor Bernard Canaud, Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of renal care. "Worldwide, only a few hundred cases have been reported of dialysis patients who were able to deliver a live birth despite prematurity, low birth weight and other related health issues," said Prof. Canaud.
It was not an easy pregnancy for Jaqueline – and was a challenging one for her doctors. Since pregnancies among dialysis patients are so rare, the doctors had little specialist literature outlining other specialists' experiences. And as taxing as dialysis can be for the patient, it is even more so for the unborn baby. To avoid complications, the frequency of Jaqueline's treatments had to be doubled at certain times: in order to prevent her urea level from rising to a point that would be potentially hazardous to the fetus, she had to undergo as many as six, four-hour dialysis sessions weekly instead of the usual three.
The big day finally arrived – two months early. After a delivery by Cesarean section in HELIOS Hospital Hildesheim, the newborn Angelique – only 41 centimeters (16 inches) in length and weighing just 1,230 grams (2.7 lbs.) – was rushed to the ward for premature babies. In an incubator, she was attached to a respirator and fed through a stomach tube.
"We visited her every day and spent as much time as possible by her side," said proud father Evgeny. Finally, two months after the birth, the day finally came when he and Jaqueline could take Angelique home with them. She had doubled in weight, and could now be fed from a bottle.
"We are really happy and grateful that the little one is doing so well," Jaqueline said. "We're happy just to be a completely normal family, and loving the time together."
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Let your imagination wander through an imaginary, whimsical world with Spellbinders new Woodland Collection. We are "sneak peeking" this collection that features a Forest Fox, a Woodland Owl, Stylized Flowers, Wreath, Pinecones and Mushrooms. I get to show you the Forest Fox set (coming soon) and pair it with S6-013 5 x 7 Modern Stationery set.
I couldn't make up my mind so I created a birthday ensemble. LOL! It's masculine and LOVEd how it turned out! Since World Card Making Day is coming up, I'm showcasing my shaped card.
Giving you some sneak peeks (shh....don't tell the boss lady - wink wink)...
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When Claire Danes shared that she was afraid she was going to leak breastmilk all over her Versace gown during the Golden Globes many of us could totally relate. To the breastmilk leaking part, not the Versace or Golden Globes part. I remember when it happened to me at a very inopportune time. I was interviewing a candidate for a position and had pushed back my pumping time to fit it in. While talking to her I felt it. Slightly warm, then a little cool, a puddle of sorts accumulating on my nursing pad. A nursing pad I wanted to wring out in order to save every last drop because this is liquid gold and I had twins to feed and every drop was an important drop.
Claire Danes didn't leak for the world to see. And I didn't wring out my breast pads. But I did get some crazy stories from breastfeeding moms who had some breastmilk leak or squirt out at a really bad time. Check out their funny stories.
It happened to me at work. After my son was born and I went back to work in the deli, every day I'd have a wet shirt under my apron, which didn't cover it up very well. I took to stuffing paper towels into my bra to try and sop it up. My husband used to drive the 20 minutes and bring my son to the store for me to nurse during my breaks, but I still had overflow. -Joye
At my son's BAPTISM! TADA! Right in the middle. I overproduced like CRAY CRAY. I used breast pads and everything. And they leaked RIGHT THROUGH. Thank goodness I had on a sweater set and I could button up my sweater until the baptism was over. -Marj
Oh gosh. I once leaked through all my layers, both sides, right before walking into a crowded business training. Many people made eye contact with me, including the workshop presenter. -Nathalie
Quite soon after Scarlett was born, I treated myself to an early morning pedicure. I got very ... relaxed. Afterwards, I had some extra time, so I thought maybe I'd get a half hour massage at the place right across from the nail salon. When I went in and asked for an appointment, the lady looked at me kind of weird but said okay. It wasn't until after I sat down that I finally felt the wetness. I looked down to two HUGE wet spots getting bigger by the second. Thank goodness I was wearing a coat. I pulled it closed and left without saying a word. -Leah
It was one of my first post-birth outings and we had my husband's cousins' wedding to attend. My sister watched our newborn when my we went and I started leaking the minute I walked out of the house. I had on breast pads but thought it should be fine. Well, I ended up filling those to the point where I had to take them off. I put some paper towels in their place, but leaked right through those. You can see my wet spots in all the photos of me at that wedding. -Jen
My breastmilk squirted all over my husband while we were having sex. -Becky
I was breastfeeding my child and the doorbell rang, so I stopped and went to the door to see who it was. It was UPS. Not only was I leaking, but I forgot to pull my shirt down all the way. He noticed. I pretended I didn't. -Erin
Wow! Which one do you think is most embarrassing? Have you ever had your breasts leak at a bad time?
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Friday, August 8, 2014
The Sound of Memory
Wind chimes provide a wonderful aura to any garden or patio. The soothing sound of their music---provided by a breeze, wood, and copper tubes-----is a beautiful thing. And it's even more fun when you get to choose what you want written on the "flapper".
Our wind chimes can hold the carved name of a loved one who is no longer here. Or they can have a word or two that has significant meaning. Either way, you can be sure that no one will have a wind chime identical to yours. Yep, these are one of a kind!
Our first run of ordered wind chimes were eight in total. Each one was tailor-made and skillfully put together by Carl who has a knack for these kinds of things. Three kinds of wood were used as well as copper tubing, sturdy cord, hooks, and wood screws. When it came time to get the wind chimes ready for shipping, I helped with the packaging part---plenty of bubble wrap and tape.
The carved buttefly "flapper" catches the wind and sets the rest of the wind chime in motion.
Minus the cobwebs, aren't these shiny tubes beautiful against the backdrop of green leaves on trees?
Check out more about how these wind chimes are made at this link to our Carved By Heart shop.
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