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I do my best
I don't even know if I'm being trolled right now.
she doesn't get it
@Rin dont be jelly. You can make it happen if you want it enough ;p
@cuppers nah, it was just terrible though.
I thought it was pretty cute. like you.
Gay homo thread.
user was banned for this post
I can't handle so many (You)s at once omg
No of course not silly
good job
when is the last time bc posted?
dont be passive aggressive call him a faggot i love that one
i LITERALLY won
im so happy
I'll do less next time
I'm never passive aggressive.
I don't get anything, what the fuck are you talking about, cuckpake?
I think you are.
Would it be bad if I only used red text now?
Forced red text and israeli flag
it's for the boards best, i promise
yes, pretty horrible actually.
link me gosh damn it
What if we all added the banned tag to our posts today?
Let whoever comes late be confused at the bans.
N-no wait...
so what do u call this? →
I swear
and none of that other thing either.
pointing out that she didn't get the joke that neko made. in green text.
unlinked green text is about as passive aggressive as it gets imo
Say please.
I think the actual ban text is a lighter red.
Don't do this to me, I'm only 14, I can't take cyber bullying.
if you say so, sci.
I doubt most would notice.
bitch dont be passive aggressive to me now i'// make u into jerky boy
see, like that
your posts never don't confuse me, at least a little.
Now lick my feet.
Most probably wouldn't care to.
im pleased
I'm no bully rin
You can trust me
You kind of are a bully
You're no fun.
Pokemon Go
More like
Pokemon Voyeurism
They aren't going to lick themselves.
I'll trust you this once.
How not?
that would be pretty absurd if they did.
Delicious reds please
Am not
You should all the time
That's how you avoid getting bullied
Not saying I am one tho
no reds.
I don't know.
You kind of are...
But I need reds ;~;
I am going to refrain from linking you until you lick my feet, you slut.
That sounds like something a bully would say.
no ban text
Does this mean I win?
Am not!
I sent a link to someone on FB.
Too lazy to type it out again.
I don't even know what you mean, honestly.
okay this is just ridiculous.
I have firsthand experience that you indeed are
ur poor lol
You seem to be an expert on bullies are you sure you aren't one
Dammit, Cupcake, I am asserting my dominance, just accept it already.
I'll take my win, good sir.
Oh, I definitely am one.
And a bad person in general.
Well it seems like the problem was remedied.
How are you?
she's back to not linking me. everything is the worst. also work soon, so everything is the worst.
I will accept this.
Don't be so difficult next time.
You don't have to remind me
you love it when I'm difficult.
Oh, I'm being a degenerate and posting when I should be working. Too tired for actual work today though.
fresh out.
I'd love to be able to post from work, but there's too many nosey people who tattle if I use my phone excessively.
This can't be happening
Got it.
I plead the fifth.
how's pink?
which is exactly the same as a yes.
It pretty much involves me bringing my laptop, connecting to my vpn, and hiding out in my office.
One of these days you'll be able to do it also!
It's not as good as reds but it's good enough
I don't have my own office. it's disgusting. I should be allowed to just not work and get paid for it.
then no pinks either.
I should be allowed to just not work and get paid for it.
Why am I being reminded of congress for some reason.
That's my name.
tfw freshly shaven
because you're just so damn witty and not afraid to tell it like it is.
Stop that you bitch
feisty. I like it.
pics OR ELSE
okay time to go. see ya, nerds.
Oh, the snark is in full force today.
Try not to get fired, love.
u mean gay shaven or normal shaven?
How do I stop the gay
Fools on you, it was my chin
Masculine shave.
oh phew
Masculine shave.
No landing strip?
i thought you were a trap waifu for a sec
now im suicidal
I'm usually too lazy to shave like this, I use machine and keep a the stubble as short as it allows
Fuck dude you gotta get this idea outta your head
These are dangerous assumption to make.
no it s not like 95% of people here are homos now
Just because someone is gay doesn't mean that they are the qt trap waifu for you to seduce.
i use a rusty razor because i'm ruff and rugged
i cant
it would be much easier if you just became a trap for me :/
what difference does it make it's all gay
For a smart TV this thing Is one dumbass piece of shit
God dammit
u being ethnic is the only interesting thing about u jsyk
How will you be able to keep chocodaddy's heterosexuality intact if you don't pretend to be a woman for him.
roleplay shudder
Please off yourself
I feel so special now
it got canceled out by sci trying to make it awkward
I'm not a nerd.
still just the ethnic thing buddy
I don't know why he tries so hard
its really annoying, dont you think?
I'm still for banning him again.
it's so that maybe if i ruin peoples fun consistently enough then the ones i dont like will decide not to post whenever i enter thread
that would be ideal
My argument has a pretty strong foundation.
Sci, most people just ignore you and you tend to go away after a few posts anyway.
It's not like there isn't a counter solution.
kyle go away
grim really isnt gay though
Why was he unbanned in the first place?
It doesn't matter who we are
I was told it was because someone else posted CP as well and didn't get perma banned so he was let back in.
cuz u didnt die in that dumpster like u were supposed to
That's retarded
They should have both been permabanned
I don't think we can retro actively ban someone again.
it was ur buttbuddy desu
kyle go away
Pedo enablers
and for the record im not a pedophile
So post the pic again so we can judge you.
i deleted it i dont have any cp on my computer
kyle pls
Boo, pls.
No anymore.
kyle, you dont understand
That's an email.
How are you doing, sci?
trust me
How do you even sleep at night
Is boo fucking squash
Sci is pedo
i dont get it
im fair nothing interesting here just being lazy and boring hbu
Entire thread was kill?
Nobody is really here to talk to.
Lurkers are fucking disgusting.
We should ban all lurkers.
Ban tokai
Essentially it was likely people just trying to have some reason to hate mods, not caring that by doing what they did brought back a legit pedo who continues to become incredibly unstable at the drop of a hat
b-but senpai i lurk a lot...
Spoiler, ban Sci.
When you haven't done the quest before and Creamia just gives you the mask and not a warm hug instead and you just don't care about the fucking hat
You know, I'm not entirely against doing it
The ranch girl from that game was like one of my only straight crushes as a kid.
Make daddy happy.
literally no idea what youre talking about fam???
my waifu
I just want to point out.
Cremia knows.
how hard i am?
i doubt it
my eyes are bleeding oh my god this editing
The temptation is real
looks decent
I still don't get why you all unbanned him.
why do normies sleep everynight
3 cups of coffee and its like im fully rested
probably cuz im friendly w/ bebo lol
the final chapter
too good to be true
I tried to refuse and say we shouldn't allow him back, the unbanning happened in my absence and supposedly was came to by a board wide vote whiiiiich they did before too and then shortly after started to regret it not much I could say at that point
it looks like a fucking aneurism
thats really cool how you stay awake for a long time im impressed
That's pretty dumb honestly.
''''board wide vote''''''
Yeah, I wasn't part of this vote either.
Not as bad as the previous what.... 3 movies? Like the first one was pretty decent. Then they went full capcom and went retarded wapanese with the shit. Like the game series.
This doesnt seem as shitty as the previous ones. Could be wrong.
I'd give it a chance. But not expecting much redemption.
Atleast ResiJorah is there,
is it that hard to ignore him
he seems to have stopped trying so hard honestly
I said so too tbh it's why I don't try a whole lot anymore, there's no point cause like since day one the rules keep getting altered to serve the purpose of undoing anything a mod or admin does in favor of a few people whining who are the trolls here
Also I voted to unban sci
the only time undoing the rules for a person happened is with bloodchan
and fool for being such an edgy contrarian as to want sci unbanned
Eh, it's whatever anyhow.
I tend to just play games and Discord with Boo and them anyhow.
Still want him gone, but up to you guys.
I voted to unban sci because I know nothing about what happened and my vote shouldn't count anyway.
thanks for the support ahahahahaha
youre probably why women shouldnt be allowed to vote
Eh, it's whatever anyhow.
General consensus would say that is the best way of thinking of anything to do with here
The only decent conversation I've had with him was the other day when I told him if he didn't chill out and actually talked I would just ignore him.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
I'd be inclined to agree if I voted when it mattered.
I voted for unban because I figured if I my posting status was up to a lynchmob then I would like to eventually get reprieved.
Permanent banning for being a meme'ing crazy person who rubs people up wrong is a bad precedent for permanent exclusion.
One which could easily be twisted to apply to so many posters.
Plus, kuus in mind, there needs to be some posters there to fuel the drama and memes.
squash youre on time out
sit in the corner
permanent banning for being a pedo
boo doesn't pandering to trannies go against all your pol memes?
MAKE Holla Forums GREAT AGAIN!
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
Ban everyone.
Slaughter the masses.
he was permaed for posting CP
Can I get a spanking instead?
No meme text makes me wonder if serious or not.
im not a pedo
Have you been deserving of one?
Actually. Yes. That is true. Can I rescind my prior statements and champion for his banning instead.
oh golly
eh kinda pointless now
like i said he's sorta mellowed out
Your honor, the man killed like 40 kids.
Sorry, he mellowed out. Can't do it.
What would get me one?
he's already been acquitted your honor.
Can we not give ui a 4 month ban
I want a vocaroo of you barking like a good little dog
The acquittal was on false evidence.
its double jeopardy your honor
Tbh, I was hoping I'd get banned for the meme value of that.
only way
you're always begging for it
The acquittal was caused by favoritism of the community leader.
Retroactively punishing him is granted through bylaws.
That was last night's bit.
This one's different.
We should legitmately make and enforce rules. And stuff
you should fuck off back to tumblr where you belong with your safe space ideals scoots
Like that will happen.
Mods aren't as ban happy as they use to be.
im all ears
im more concerned about the recent doxxing thing and what was done about that
That is a delicious, if bland, looking pizza, though.
bard wasnt doxxed
soto just had him added on facebook and posted his address
Yeah, DOXing needs to be taken care of as well.
(user was banned for this post)
that how is that not a dox. and what did sota get for that
NOthing. He did it as an user, but I think Spoilers said the IP was the same.
No F U N allowed!
We were talking about someone being banned for posting CP and I posted Cheese Pizza.
This is something everyone here should know just from these threads having originated on /b/.
soto likes memes like i do
spoilers said it was him.....
Ban soto
that's really unfortunate
i see that give me a moment
can't say i am a fan of memes that involve posting people's personal information and threatening to call the police.
i am a notorious party pooper tho
i think we're both aware you dont know the full situation here
and im too lazy to explain it
cheers though love
If you ban him you would have to keep in mind banning other DOXers like Grim and such.
Any idea about that?
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i cant see the message that was banned
"The police are on their way. I would advise you to discard any drugs you have while you still can. Get rid of your phone too. Your dealers are in danger too."
im having a hard time understanding which context would excuse irl threats. im sure if i knew the whole story i would be totally on your side.
he's already been banned so i wouldn't ban him again. i think it's really sad that a good number of our posters dont know when to draw the line.
if this is sarcasm im a little offended
you clearly dont understand meme mechanics as well as me
sandman cummies
The problem is they know where the line is.
They are just above following it.
It is kind of shitty. If not REALLY shitty.
Also stop @'ing at me if you aren't going to say anything. I'm going to make it so you can't.
Night man is better.
dont try to restrict me fam.......
Next time you do it I will.
I love you so much right now.
was it sarcasm
really wish you wouldnt tempt me like this
It is really annoying.
So please stop.
Wouldn't it be justified to ban the IP of the user who posted the information?
Even if we don't know if it was soto or not, no one can argue against just banning the user poster IP.
you're welcome
yeah i wouldnt really care if bard was being a massive shit head. the moment people bring irl consequences into the mix they've lost all favorability for me
that is what happened
We know it wasn't an user.
Removing your name doesn't exempt you from consequence.
i forgot you were in a bad mood
im only asking if it was sarcasm because you were being rude if it was
i dont care about the argument
So Soto is banned now?
its trash day maria
you need to get started on your routes
I'm actually in a great mood at the moment.
I just don't like the ping spam.
great mood at the moment
the ban ran out. which is really my main problem. but whatever
ah sorry
Oh okay, I misunderstood the situation then.
I thought that there was no consequences for the user post either because he didn't know who he was.
My bad.
It's funny how some people think that it does.
My name isn't Maria, and I don't quite get the joke.
~last 3 days
Temp ban for Doxing Bard
yeah i didnt expect youd be smart enough to get the joke honestly
you and i both know that isnt true
its okay i guess
that is a flimsy excuse. wouldnt hold up. best to drop it
unless the user just decided to cam whore as soto for awhile before doing the deed it was soto. short ban tho
Being laid off was the only bad thing that happened.
watching senpai from afar
fantastic conversation skills like ever
What's to say?
gee i dont know kyle
how do humans normally interact with each other
He pnly talks at dogs
trouble in paradise
Pnly dogs.
@This Old Dog
Says nothing
What are you two doing out there?
I want to know if it's worth coming out there to chill.
I don't think I'm in this discord.
Is it any more relevant than any of the other hundred?
Is it because some people here think I'm some full blooded spic?
Well soto does post enough pictures of himself that would allow someone to do that. LOL
Unless you play OW with us you probably won't be and don't have to worry.
yes, that's me
im one of those people
What if the real soro ddied ayears ago
And this is just fake soto
its the only 'alive' one since people play games on it frequently
ban's/ui's are dead
I've already forgotten about its existence.
im on the computer. michael is playing no mans sky
this is quickly becoming a crazy conspiracy
i love it
I might come out soon.
I want that cherry Mikes, but have to go to the temp place in an hour.
i drank it yesterday
there's the regular lemon
What if soto is China
none a dis.....
none a dis mattas.......
Mada mada.
Nada mada
You aren't part of the joke, Scoots.
id rather have scoots than you
@This Old Dog
Server muted
Id rather you muted me with duct tape so nobody but you can hear my faint girly moans from your punishment
Going to be hard to not moan when I ram your ass.
50% Russian, 25% German, 25% Central American Native. Completely American.
Can't really say I agree with the spic part.
We could easily go off the deep end and just start blaming skynet.
Sci if you use that excuse ever again I'm going to perma ban you
fuck off
I'm not sure who's more German between smiles and I.
Cant wait to see how jewish my tests comes back
you're both american
You think it would be able to keep me quiet if you really got into it?
Please just ban him.
He's done it so many times already.
I'm Canadian, actually.
But nice try.
If we actually did fuck you could do nothing to not moan in pain.
When have I ever said that?
I've always refereed to myself as 50/50 Russian and Spanish.
My mother's father was German though and my mother's mother was a Nicaraguan version of a Native American. She just grew up in a Spanish culture because it was the prominent culture of the area. I actually take offense to being called a Mexican because I feel like I look nothing like one, and I certainly don't act like one.
I may have made jokes in the past, but whenever seriously asked my answers have always been like stated above.
b-but i'd be only barely experienced with anal
it would be craz tight for you and i don't think it'd fit :/
so you are a mexican
Canadia is in North America tho
I'll make it fit.
how dare you question the motives of our machine god
But how even
I cant imagine how much it would hurt and burn trying to make room for your huge cock
i actually kind of can
I'm a gentle lover.
Are you sure it wouldnt require force to break me in?
doesn't hurt if you work your way up to it
Tbh, if someone's going to destroy my body forcing their massive throbbing juicy dripping cock to fit, I don't want them to be gentle.
That'd only prolong the suffering.
Only as much as needed.
I think rins right
i think i'd want you to be really rough to start
Sounds like a plan.
You're a total bottom though.
do you wanna talk about this scenario some more on steam
you dont know me
I'm eating.
Oh, but I do.
yeah right
Step up and prove me wrong.
have you not noticed my harem
Oh I see, now you're trying to be provocative. lol
Will I be thrown off a cliff?
All of them as much a bottom as you.
twenty years in the dungeon
consider me triggered
im not a provocative person
Having a Harem doesn't inherently make you a dom.
Have you not seen literally every harem series in existence ever?
i dont watch SHIT
Harems are fucking disgraceful and the faggot MC always ends up picking worst girl
I love this picture way more than I should.
20 years? Seems weak.
At least 40 is required.
Oh please, you referring to me as Maria was a provocative act!
I can't scream loud enough
Oh you are a twisted fuck
very well
i actually think youre really nice
i wouldnt insult you
That's what it feels like
Everyone is twisted in their own way.
I'm sure you're twisted as well.
Well I appreciate that then.
you gonna tell me why or do i have to ask first like a little bitch
no problem ms. rodriguez
I'm not going to say why
what the hell
so you just stated something vague and abstract in thread specifically to not talk about it?
god i hate you
yeah youre not wrong
Try asking again
you should be used to this sht by now
you just stated something vague and abstract in thread specifically to not talk about it
So I couldn't bring myself to fuck my friends gf even though she was pretty down but only because some chick I knew also came over and boy is she willing
Ironic part is that she is still with her bf of 2 yrs
i dont want to
you upset me
im gonna be team 16 yr old in a few days
so close but so far
So you cucked your friend's GF because someone more willing came along?
You are both disgusting.
fuck them both?
It was a meetup arranged on Craigslist Cuck4Cuck, so these deviations are bound to happen.
I can make it better
tell me whats going on then
Maybe don't get with either of them because they're skanks?
should i know you my lad
nope. just saw an excuse to use that gif.
d-do you know me
im boo
kind of a big deal
you dont want rinsa for this situation
you want boosa
Thank fuck I havent seen sabrina in recent days.
An hour late
I don't even want to dignify your face with a response, tbh.
Everyone knows you.
Yeah she deserved to die, and I hope she burns in Hell.
I had to blow people up, Pharah needed juuuustice
Same really. So glad I dont have to be force nice anymore
do you have a name i would know you by?
im pretty knowledgeable FAM
i want evasa to smother me with his thick cock and cover my face in his pre~
I should really catch up with Wakfu and Dofus, I haven't finished the Wakfu OVAs and never finished the Dofus series...
smother me with his thick cock and cover my face in his pre~
Okay now I'm lost, meesa no speakiedah jar jar dinks speak
Last time I tried to get into Overwatch, I missed a shot and watched my entire squad die.
Did he like No Man's Having Fun Playing This?
Kinda sucks though when they're that young they don't know much so you have to do most of the work but its worth imo
Well I had invited both of them over, my friend and his gf and we had some edibles and a lil bit of vodka and mostly talked then when my friend went to the bathroom I like put my hand on her thigh and she asked me if that's all I got, and that kinda got my dick all doki doki so I sorta gave her a kiss but heard the door open so I was like oh shit
I wasnt expecting my other group of friends to come over and they brought a shitload of alcohol and we all got really drunk
Everyone passed out super drunk, one dude passed out on the floor with puke all over him and I pulled out a mattress and fucked the 17 yr old right beside them lmao
I like the way you think fam
She cock teased me so hard though
i thought i made it pretty clear
i do not understand
lmfao git gud u skrub
i kinda like when they dont know what to do though
Put the cummies on your face or this animus gets it, Sebs!
I just fire more shots if I miss, something has to hit!
You did not
Delicious evidence Soto
Pls tell us mo
Is Spoiled actually Eva or is this just a meme?
Oh, well then.
It's not my fault heavy cover is a lie and also the computer fucking cheats.
I think you missed my joke.
You have posted a catgirl. This is widely considered to be a good move.
Yo Soto
looking at your images when you post from a general folder
I don't do this.
yeah he does.
the question is if the game will be able to keep his interest.
man idgaf
She was such a dumb cunt. People were only nice to her in hopes she'd drop dong.
I used to go by unpop.
But you don't NEED drama or the clap.
The studies say 7 out of 4 doctors agree, I did not get the joke
Ice cold
smother me with his thick cock and cover my face in his pre~
i basically meant this
i have no love for dragon ball
I was referencing XCom.
she refuses to share dong pics in private even
so i hear
At least your web browser hasn't been saving jpegs as jfifs...
What a bitchhhhhhhharoonydoony.
But he never dropped dong, and can you believe they blocked me 3 times? Pft
Never even liked them.
May have read that as
Oh well it would cost way too much
Dragon ball has no love for anyone
Yeah you see I don't think I've played that lol
so you're one of the outcast posters nobody really care for?
i notice you senpai 8)
That always is pretty charming when shes innocent af
doki doki as fuck
Snitches get stitches
Are you actually bad at all video games?
Or just fps/tf2
Whats good freefree
Wow Sabs if youre getting jealous just tell me and I'll stop, jeez
The feds should already be on their way
That sounds like a you problem.
I'm actually not bad at many games, tbh.
I was referencing XCom and making a joke about its totally fair RNG.
its been chewed up by the world
i like sharing what makes us doki doki sodo
i feel like we really bond
For the first time in forever, Firefox is fucking up on me and I don't know why...
Also, depressed as shit, lol
The Little Prince is on Netflix. Looks adorable. *hug*
excuse me do i fucking know you
so you're one of the outcast posters nobody really care for?
Stop swinging, because you hit the nail right on the head.
Believe it or not, I think you're better than that and deserve better than that.
Look I came for the fug not the sass, lets netflix and chill this out
Raped is a better term
i watched it... yesterday?
it was alright.
it had nothing to prove. so many make that mistake
The world will take responsibility though!
I was told I could give sass, and wouldn't have to fug.
I hate my friends.
I'm never going on a blind date again.
No. No one knows me. This is why I am such a sad. It is why I constantly shittalk other posters on steam and in dischord.
I know you, Scoots. I just don't like you <3
no it wont.
i can offer you a rare discount
100% off~
m-maybe if you ate some pineapples just as a trade initiative
im really good at that wallflower
but do not worry
from here on out i will notice you
it will be our little secret
Aww, I was gonna see if you wanna watch with me. But we still have Song of the Sea to watch. I'm hoping to have time this weekend. Thanks for being patient with me.
ctrl + f
tell me your life's story
Hm...no results. Weird.
way to beat a man while he's down
it's fine. i missed you.
21:39 - Locomotor: did you get bored of me?
21:39 - Locomotor: ._.
He knows our relationship.
That's how this works.
You don't know me squash.
Oh. Okay. Just filter me already then noob.
We both know you came for the fug too, don't lie to yourself. My place or yours?
Super says otherwise
Oi I'm not the one it was going to cost
I know OF you.
Assuming i would pay for you to cockslap me is very degrading
That isn't the same.
It's kind of awkward to beat a man while he's standing up.
I'll hit you babes up again another time, keep it chill for youngold Spoilers
did you get bored of me?
No, goober. I've just been terrible about keeping in touch the past few days. Please don't think that's your fault in any way. I promise it's not. *squish*
Hey, Scoot.
For real.
How ya doin'? ♥
I don't know how to thank you!
they always abort the children and swallow to afterbirth.
It's as much as you get.
beat a man off maybe
Fixed my problem, for some reason it was a tweaked registry key I didn't tweak before... strange...
I made another thread
😘💋 🍆💦💦💦💦💦
Surviving. Im neither sad nor happy. Kind of. There. Busy busy as ever. Hm.Want to play a game but it keeps freezing. le frustration.
How are you doing?
I am looking at refurb'ing my mikasa folder, would you be interested in the current one?
okay, well. sorry for being so anxious. i just still haven't known you that long.
sorry. ♥


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Notebook - An interactive tutorial on how to build the application
Write labs, exercise sheets and handouts together with the application. Students can follow step-by-step tutorials to better understand how to write and set up the application that they need to build.
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Write code in visual languages, python, javascript or just plain shell script. Besides the code that runs on the Linux device, you can write, compile and deploy several firmwares like Arduino or OpenMote.
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View data signals collected from devices in an interactive dashboard. Select the best display of data from a variety of graphs like lines, gauges or even custom made displays.
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Users may attach the electronics schematics to their applications so projects can be fully replicated when shared with others.
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© DVN, een project van Huygens ING en OGC (UU). Bronvermelding: Gert Jan van Setten, en, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/en [13/01/2014]DORTH, Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith van, also known as the freule (gentlewoman) Van Dorth (baptised Warnsveld, near Zutphen, 7 May 1747 – died Winterswijk, 22 November 1799), Orangist, executed for high treason. Daughter of Jan Adolf Hendrik Sigismund van Dorth, Lord of 't Velde and Holthuysen (1720-1798), and Jacoba Schimmelpenninck van der Oije (1711-1776). Judith van Dorth never married.
Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith van Dorth was born at the still-existent 't Velde House near Warnsveld; she was baptised in the Reformed Church. In 1750 her mother gave birth to a boy, but he died three years later. Judith's other brother, Gerrit Jurrien Johan Adriaan Adolf, was born in 1755. The family spent their summers at 't Velde and the winter months in Zutphen. In 1759, Judith van Dorth was admitted as a canoness to the Freiweltliche Hochadelige Damenstift Gevelsberg (a community of women living under a rule but not under a perpetual vow), in the German County of Mark. She did not actually live there, but the benefice amounted to a modest annual allowance. Presumably Judith attended boarding school from the age of thirteen, first in Maastricht and later in Arnhem.
Domestic conflicts and money matters
Thanks to the surviving correspondence, we are well informed about the first affair to tarnish the reputation of young Judith. In 1766 she embarked on a clandestine relationship with the Zutphen lawyer Engelbert Crookceus, a family friend. Judith's parents were furious when they discovered that their nineteen-year-old daughter regularly entertained her lover in her room at night. The relations between Judith and her apparently heartless and hot-tempered mother had probably been strained all along. As punishment Judith was confined to the house. Not long afterward, the lovers began to make preparations for an elopement. They took into their confidence a maidservant, who secretly put things in readiness for their departure. Their plan was found out, however, and for Judith's parents, this was the last straw. On 16 September 1767, the magistrate at Zutphen gave them permission to have Judith locked up in the private Vrouwenbeterhuis Duynkerken (a women's house of correction) in Delft. They also disowned her, with permission from the States of Gelderland, on account of her 'profligate and reprehensible way of life'. Around 1776, Judith van Dorth was again living at 't Velde, where she managed the household after the death of her mother. A legacy from Aunt Schimmelpenninck in 1788 put Judith and her brother Gerrit, who had meanwhile come into possession of the manor of Holthuysen and been admitted to the nobility of Zutphen, in a much better financial position. In 1789 they bought the manor of Harreveld near Lichtenvoorde and together took up residence there, leaving their father at 't Velde. His tenants called him 'the devil incarnate', blaming him for extortion and other malpractices. The new Lord and Lady of Holthuyzen were equally unpopular with their mainly Catholic subjects. Brother and sister alike were unprepossessing, and Gerrit was known for his violent temper. To make matters worse, they both had a cavalier attitude to debts and creditors. There were rumours of terrible rows, alternating with stories of unseemly intimacy between brother and sister.
The Van Dorths were Orangist sympathisers, but after the Prussian intervention, when interesting posts with lucrative emoluments became available to faithful Orangists, they were mostly passed by because of their controversial reputation. The situation became awkward after the Batavian Revolution of 1795, when Judith's father and brother were suddenly removed from office, thus suffering an abrupt loss of income. Their numerous creditors seized this opportunity to lay siege, as it were, to 't Velde. The Van Dorths – Judith no less than her male relatives – resisted their creditors tooth and nail. 'God damn it, you're not coming in', she called out repeatedly to the authorised agents on the other side of the draw-bridge. One of the plaintiffs described her as a woman 'driven by immeasurable passions, capable of going to any lengths' (Manschot-Tijdink, Allerneeteligst, 108 and 111).
The years that followed were completely dominated by this financial struggle; the Van Dorths were under constant pressure from their creditors. Gerrit fled to Germany, and Judith disposed of goods that had been placed under seizure. On 23 November 1797 she was arrested and, pending trial, locked up in the Zutphen town hall. Nearly five months later she managed to escape with the help of a physician friend and a jailer's maid, whom she had bribed. It is not known whether Judith again saw her father, who must have died around this time. At any rate, she joined her brother Gerrit in Münsterland. Strangely enough, the criminal proceedings were broken off on 26 February 1799, and in August of that year she was again at Harreveld.
Political perils
On 27 August 1797, an invading Anglo-Russian army landed on the coast of Noord-Holland and proceeded in the following weeks to conquer a large part of the province. Crown Prince Willem, son of the last stadholder, proclaimed the speedy restoration of the old regime. The Executive Leadership of the Batavian Republic reacted by enacting emergency measures in which a summary death sentence was imposed on all those who in any way occasioned 'tumultuous assemblages and revolt'. Nevertheless, the Orangists in the Achterhoek (the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland) were convinced that the tide had turned: from their place of exile in Westphalia, they forayed into Batavian territory. Thus Orangist forces led by August Robbert baron van Heeckeren van Suideras arrived on 5 September in Winterswijk, where he appointed a new government and then marched on.
In Lichtenvoorde, too, the Orangist party came into action on 5 September. Judith and Gerrit, who had returned from Germany, put on a good show. Around eight o'clock in the morning they drove into the village in a carriage with orange trappings. The inhabitants were regaled with orange bows and a speech promising to restore the stadholder and punish his opponents. The company, with some followers in tow, drove on to Groenlo, where they hoped to meet the Crown Prince or at the very least the Lord of Suideras. Neither one showed up, and in the evening Judith van Dorth and her brother returned, disappointed, to Lichtenvoorde.
There a dramatic event had taken place that would prove fatal to Judith. In a brawl at an inn, a well-known local Patriot called Frederik Resink had been stabbed to death. Judith loudly voiced her satisfaction at this outrage: 'Oh, but that was only one, more of them are in for it, he was only a Patriot!' And to her brother she said: 'Brother, Toon [the coachman] must go immediately to Grol to mobilise four or five hundred hussars, then we'll do them all in.' When a bystander ventured to cry out 'Long live the Republic!', he was told: 'Just you wait, little chap, we'll get you!' (Manschot-Tijdink, Allerneeteligst, 155). This was idle talk, but dangerous enough, for the counter-revolution was doomed to be short-lived. The popular uprising the Crown Prince had counted on did not take place, and all hope vanished with the defeat of the Anglo-Russian army at Bergen on 19 September. The Orangists in the Achterhoek were forced to seek refuge, and Judith's brother was among those who fled across the border to safety.
Conviction and execution
On 15 September the commander of the French auxiliary troops declared martial law. An inquiry was carried out into the disturbances, and on 18 September Judith was arrested on suspicion of inciting a riot and conspiring to murder Resink. She was confined to the house of correction at Arnhem. Her trial was assigned to a military tribunal installed on 5 October in Winterswijk. It consisted of five senior and junior officers of the National Guard, only one of whom was a native of the region. These lay judges were assisted by the bailiff of Bredevoort – the innkeeper W. Paschen – and by a Mr Bom – a lawyer of Lichtenvoorde, the only jurist among them – who acted as public prosecutor. There was much ado about the qualities and motives of the judges. Personal ill will could hardly have played a role, but it is possible that dislike of the landed gentry in general and of these representatives of it in particular was a strong motivation. Judith and her relatives had, after all, gone too far.
On 21 November this ad hoc court of law convicted 52-year-old Judith van Dorth of high treason and sentenced her to death, basing their right to do so on the emergency measures enacted by the Executive Leadership. The execution took place within the obligatory 24 hours. On Friday, 22 November 1799, Judith van Dorth was executed by a six-man firing squad on a boggy piece of wasteland just outside Winterswijk, near the Jewish cemetery. All those who witnessed the event said that she met her death bravely. After falling lifelessly to the ground, she was laid in a coffin, but when a soldier saw her move, he fired another bullet into her. This incident was later magnified into the story that even from her coffin she raised her arm in protest against the injustice she had suffered. Her body was buried two days later in the Reformed Church at Lichtenvoorde.
The Franco-Batavian rulers undoubtedly intended this unusual execution as a deterrent; indeed, it seems to have been effective, since a repetition of it proved unnecessary. The Orangist party reacted with great consternation: the day after the execution, a pamphlet appeared with an inflammatory verse, Op de afschuwelijke Onrechtvaardigheid…. (On the terrible injustice …). It was the beginning of a low-key polemic about the lawfulness of the judgement. Judith's brother, Gerrit, received letters of condolence from the Crown Princess and from Princess Wilhelmina, the wife of Willem V. Gerrit himself vanished in the mists of time.
As far as we know, the 'gentlewoman' Van Dorth is the only woman in the history of the Dutch Republic ever to be sentenced to death by a military tribunal. Moreover, she is the only woman in Dutch history – apart from Ans van Dijk, the 'Jew huntress' executed in 1947 – to be executed for political reasons. The horror-struck author of the pamphlet that appeared the day after Judith's death wrote the following lines of verse: Now that, alas, in our days we must see/ A bullet pierce a woman's breast – Indeed!/ Who ever would have given such things credence?/ Has humaneness now been thoroughly extinguished?
Despite her remarkable death, Judith van Dorth never grew into an Orangist heroine, for the circumstances surrounding these events were too difficult to unravel, and her character and actions were dubious in any case. She has gone down in history as an eccentric, ill-mannered gentlewoman who was the victim of her own impulsive behaviour. In 1891 the Dutch historian Theodoor Jorissen called her a 'ranting and raving lady'; Jan and Annie Romein characterised her as hysterical; and as recently as 1999 there appeared a biography of Judith van Dorth with the revealing title 'Een allerneeteligst caracter' (A most prickly character).
Reference work(s)
Van der Aa; BWG.
For archival sources on the Crookceus affair and the later conflicts with creditors, etc., see a.o. Gelders Archief, Arnhem: Oud-Rechterlijk Archief , Schoutambt Zutphen, Civiele procesdossiers, nr. 197 and Archief van het Hof van Gelre en Zutphen, inv.nr. 4697 and 4698, nr. 4. On the first apprehension and subsequent escape of Judith van Dorth, see Stads- en Streekarchief Zutphen: Memorie- en Resolutieboeken, inv. nrs. 63 and 64. On her final apprehension and execution, see a.o. Gelders Archief Arnhem: Oud-Rechterlijk Archief Lichtenvoorde, 92. For further archival sources, see references in Manschot-Tijdink.
- W. Gtz. Paschen, Verdediging van Willem Paschen Gtz. drost van Breedevoort tegen Cornelis van der Aa, schrijver der geschiedenis van den jongst geëindigden oorlog (Deventer 1807).
- Cornelis van der Aa, De zoogenaamde verdediging van Willem Paschen Gtz. drossaard van het ampt Bredevoort. Aangaande zijne bedrijven ten jare 1799 als commissaris van de militaire rechtbank, aan den proefsteen der waarheid en des gezonden verstands getoetst (Utrecht 1807).
- Mr. H. van A., Uit de gedenkschriften van een voornaam Nederlandsch beambte over de tweede helft der achttiende en het begin der negentiende eeuw (Tiel 1882).
- Th. Jorissen, 'Freule van Dorth', in: Idem, Historische en literarische studiën (Haarlem 1891) 35-53.
- G.A.W. Boerkoel, De bevrijdingsbeweging van 1799 in de Gelderse Achterhoek (Aalten 1974).
- G.J. van Setten, 'Freule Judith van Dorth. Martelares voor Oranje', in: H.M. Beliën, D. van der Horst and G.J. van Setten ed., Nederlanders van het eerste uur. Het ontstaan van het moderne Nederland 1780-1830 (Amsterdam 1996) 109-115.
- Hermine Manschot-Tijdink, Een allerneeteligst caracter. Het leven van Judith van Dorth (1747-1799) (Aalten 1999) [the notes provide many references to relevant archives and publications].
The execution of Judith van Dorth. Detail of a print by Reinier Vinkeles for the Cornelis van der Aa publication (1807).
Author: Gert Jan van Setten
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Christchurch hosts this lovely Chinese lantern festival every year. And although I've only been twice it's fair to say that I love it! I love busy atmosphere, and the different lanterns you see as you walk through the park.
It's so special to be able to see people reactions to the beautiful lit up scenes as you walk along the path of the park. I especially love seeing the children laugh and smile at the precious lanterns.
We bought some pork dumplings and green tea to share as we we walked from scene to scene, and they had a massive stage so you could sit and watch some Chinese performances, and learn about the culture.
It was such a lovely experience, and I'm looking forward to next years festival!


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That bottom one is very cool.
Is that Abbey Road era?
Looks like he's wearing the McCartney sleeve fleece in bottom photo. About Abbey Road time, Kwai
Or looking at it again, could be autumn 1968 before he started growing beard.
I was worried that it could be 'Winged' and not 'Beatle'
Ewe know how he is!
yeah, I`ve seen couple of pictures from that day and I was wondering myself ever since. Greasy hair 😉 I was also betting on either post White Album or post Abbey Road period;
I recently saw a really nice photo of Paul(Apaullo) in a spacesuit…I think it may have been circa 1966 but I'm unsure since it was just him. Does anyone know if the other three Kings Of EMI were flying the NASA colors that day. I think Avedon took the picture. So, I guess it may have been the same session that produced the Solarized(LOOK) & LoveSongs(also LOOK) iconic shots.
…but, if it's not, then, does that mean there's another whole Avedon session?
I always assumed that there was only ever a single session with him. But, why? He is one of the best photographers of Rock and Roll. And, (while I'm ranting) did anyone in L.A. ever think to steer the band toward Joel Brodsky for pictures? Brodsky sent Jim Morrison to Jay Sebring for a 'wash and perm' and then proceeded to photograph the session with The Doors that produced 'The Young Lion' pictures of Jim/group that were used on the covers of their self-titled debut AND sophomore effort Strange Days. That these were the pictures that would haunt Jimbo the rest of his life would only be a hopeful prospect where The Beatles are concerned. I realize that post-Manilla Los Angeles might have NOT been a good time for such things…but the same way Avedon scheduled them would have been sufficient.
Isn't the last one from the Something video?
He has a beard in the Something video, Mark C, and that was filmed autumn 1969
Was the pic def taken in Scotland, Tam?
I can picture that jacket never leaving Campbelltown…
I wouldn`t be very surprised.. 😉


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Shdlr was born to itch a need… now that we have got people using it as a conference schedule maker I started wondering what more can be done? Organizing a conference is not just about scheduling nor can everything be made into an app. What can I do about the scores of bits of knowledge accumulated over the decade? How can I let this knowledge be used by someone else wishing to organise conferences? The best way I thought would be to write a series of blog posts on conference planning, hopefully the result will be a handbook which can be useful to conference planners. We also built a website with web design highland beach. When you want to build a website for your business with professional feel, visit their page. Get to find a manalapan roofer when you want to hire the best.
I do plan to go over every milestone of planning and perhaps also ask some friends to contribute a post or two, the posts may not be in the correct order for now, but here goes the very first topic: Choosing date and location for your conference, you should also consider having some security around the place, read some of our useful content – SecurityInfo here.
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I have some new prints for sale over at Society 6
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Bear Post prints available at Society 6
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3 comments:
- Bella Sinclair said...
OH OH OHHH!!!! Oh my goodness!!!!! Adorableness out the wazooooo!!! Squeeeeeee, this is too much!!!!!!! Oh geez, you know, if the post office general made these into real stamps, you could singlehandedly save the post office! Imagine!!!!!
- June 5, 2015 at 6:13 PM
- Shirley said...
How adorable are these!! Your work always brings a smile to my face. I hope you've been well Amy! I've been so delayed on my blog visits, it's just horrible. Wishing you a lovely summer ahead!
- June 7, 2015 at 1:50 AM
- found and sewn said...
These are all so lovely!
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Heading into another day packed with great sports action for online sportsbook betting, Tuesday's venture down to one of the best online sportsbooks reviewed here find us paying a visit to the Betonline Sportsbook, for all the available games in play across the NBA and NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, as well as Major League Baseball, which hosts a full selection of games. Starting the day off with a bang, we'll jump into the playoff options for betting on sports today, with 3 contests scheduled in the NBA and 1 more on tap for the NHL. In the first of three actionable items for betting on the NBA playoffs today, the Atlanta Hawks once again host the Boston Celtics, who will look to recover from a tough Game 1 loss, 83-74. Boston faces a serious uphill challenge without their star point guard Rajon Rondo, who will sit out tonight's game due to a suspension levied against him in Game 1 for bumping an official. Without Rondo, Boston is still just a 4 1/2 point underdog heading into tonight's game, which could make for an excellent pick taking Atlanta to cover the spread. Moving along to the two other games in NBA playoff action tonight, first catch the Los Angeles Lakers at home getting a -5 point favorite against the Denver Nuggets, who simply had no answer in the paint against Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol in Game 1, and will have to find a way to keep up their transition basketball against an LA team that loves settling into half-court basketball. Lastly, check out the betting lines for the Chicago Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers, where Chicago is a huge -285 favorite with -6 1/2 points against the spread, as they try to continue their home dominance over the Sixers without the help of Derrick Rose the rest of the way (who is out for the year with a blown ACL).
Checking out today's options for Major League Baseball, a whole host of items hit the sports betting pages at Betonline Sportsbook, with 15 games spread out across the American and National Leagues tonight. Look for a great opening game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals, as their series gets underway with a solid pitching duel between Trevor Cahill of the DBacks and Jordan Zimmerman of the Nationals. After surprising everyone with one of the best starts in the Majors, the Nationals must stop the bleeding after a 4-game losing skid, but could have a tough time at home against Arizona, who is 6-4 on the year on the road and looking for their third straight win. Another big match-up set for this week lies with the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, who square off just a few miles away from tonight's NBA playoff game between the Celtics and Hawks. With a win behind Cole Hamels, Philly could finally get back to .500 ball on the season, but they'll have to get around Brandon Beachy and a Braves team that owns the third best home record in the MLB thus far. With few teams on hot streaks at the moment (no team in the league has more than 2 consecutive wins right now), look for a couple teams with potential to have great series this week including the San Francisco Giants, who host the Miami Marlins, the New York Yankees, who seek a third straight victory with a win over the visiting Baltimore Orioles, and the Texas Rangers, who have a favorable pitching match-up against the Toronto Blue Jays with Neftali Feliz facing Drew Hutchison. There's plenty of other quality contests getting underway tonight to support more options for online sports betting on Major League Baseball, so turn There's plenty of other quality contests getting underway tonight to support more options for online sports betting on Major League Baseball, so make sure to check out all the available baseball games at Betonline Sportsbook today.
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Every business has a need for General Liability Insurance, but there are many other situations that business owners may find themselves that requires added protection. A well rounded insurance policy will include many other valuable types of protection, many of which are included under the heading of Miscellaneous Liability, while others may be endorsements to the General Liability policy. It is important here to remember that the insuring agreement of the General Liability coverage form limits its protection to claims for bodily injury, property damage, Personal and Advertising Injury; and Medical Payments. The protection provided by the General Liability form is very narrow when you consider the other activities in which a business engages.
What about wrongful activities that manifest themselves in ways other than bodily injury, property damage, or Personal and Advertising Injury? Consider the accountant that errs in his professional work and causes a client to suffer financial harm. Given the fact that financial harm is outside the scope of the insuring agreement, the General Liability policy will not provide and coverage for these errors. However, the financial harm cause by the accounts error is precisely the intended purpose an Accountants Professional Liability policy.
Above you will find the most commonly used Commercial Liability coverages and a brief explanation of their intended use.


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|Design by Stuart Hammersley 'Give up Art'
Tim is a brilliant artist and has studio in the village that he shares with his also very talented wife Julie. Check out their blog 'Saunders & Co' to see some of their brilliant work.
Tim and Julie will hopefully be displaying some of their work at 'The Loft'. I'll keep you posted.
Thanks Tim - Love the Sign x


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Ancient Rome, book sample, ebook sample, horse Hiberus, Italy, Italy Travel, Julia Fabia taking care of Marcus Lucius, Marcus Lucius, Marcus Lucius's decision, On the way to Britannia, Sample from Vengeance and Remission, Sorrento, Sorrento in Italy
After a short talk, they disappeared into the woods and Marcus Lucius waited a while before he turned to Julia and politely but decisively ordered to ride back. She nodded automatically, without deliberating. Within seconds, he sat directly behind Julia on Hiberus. Hiberus stayed mostly calm since that stranger, who tried to steal him, was killed by Marcus Lucius. The spontaneous and strange meeting with the people from the woods didn't impress the animal at all.
Then, Marcus Lucius clapped on the horse's neck and they started riding back to Eboracum. The way seemed to be shorter than before. Julia felt the wind on her face and it wasn't pleasant. It whipped her strongly and she had to cry. She felt that Marcus Lucius was tense but quiet. Hiberus was galloping so fast that the girl thought the animal was almost flying. It didn't seem like the wished for flight on a Pegasus. She wanted to go back to Italy, where the air was warmer and people were friendlier.
As they returned, Marcus Lucius was still quiet and if Julia knew him better, she would have even described him as a bit nervous. He accompanied her quickly to her chamber and went out. Julia followed him secretly and saw how he shortly talked to Nerva. Nerva nodded hastily and seemed to be worried. Then, Nerva went to another part of the villa, apparently searching for Octavian, and Marcus Lucius turn around to come back to Julia.
When she saw this she quickly went back to the chamber. She didn't want him to know that she followed him. She was fast: she ran like thunder to be in her room before Marcus Lucius. She didn't mind the bruises she got while she hooked twice on columns. Hastily, but with a lucky smile, she landed on her bed with a rapidly moving chest. She was tired and tried to make an innocent impression when Marcus Lucius stepped into the room again.
-You need to rest. – She said.
He gave her a short look and noticed her excitement, but he didn't comment on it. She was sure that she tricked him, so she smiled brighter, satisfied. He didn't want to upset her right now. She needed a cheerful moment, during such hard days.
Instead of coming to her, Marcus Lucius stared at her and stayed like a sculpture for a longer while. Her smile vanished and he went to the heavy, wooden desk and sat down at the table next to the massive piece of furniture. The moment of cheerfulness was over. The seriousness came back to the room. He laid his arms on the desk's surface and seemed to be completely absorbed in thoughts.
-I'll bring you something to eat. – Julia suggested, but he didn't react. There was something in his look that made her uneasy.
Actually, it wasn't a task for a Roman lady to serve food, but she needed to go out and talk with Octavian. She had already a structure of a plan, but she needed to clear some details with herself.


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LOMA LINDA, Calif. --A small earthquake has shaken the inland region east of Los Angeles, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.6 quake struck Tuesday about 2 miles southeast of Loma Linda. The agency received about 60 reports from residents in San Bernardino and Riverside counties who felt shaking.
USGS Geophysicist Don Blakeman says quakes this size can be felt in populated areas, but typically are too small to cause any damage.


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On Recent Changes at CC Aotearoa
Over the last few years, we at Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand have been thinking about an obvious but difficult question: what does a successful Creative Commons affiliate look like? This question has two interrelated parts. First, how should we structure ourselves? Second, what are our priorities? What are our goals? What should we do?
It sometimes seems like every CC affiliate has taken a different answer to that first question, which is hardly a surprise, given the diversity of the global affiliate community. Some affiliates are part of larger NGOs or thinktanks; some are located in faculties of law; others are more or less independent entities. Some larger countries, like Canada and India, have multiple affiliates, which share a range of legal and advocacy projects.
Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand has always been part of a larger NGO, though over the last year we've been slowly moving towards greater independence. In July, we left our long term host, the Royal Society of New Zealand, who had provided everything from office space to accounting, governance and managerial support.
In moving to our new host, the wonderful Open Education Resources Foundation, our advisory board and staff took on more responsibility, in return for greater control over our budget and leaner decision making processes. Simply put, we chose this new structure because it enabled us to do much more with our limited resources.
This brings me to the second question: as part of this move to greater independence, we also started rethinking what we do, day-to-day. The first thing we did, in late 2013, was move away from the breakdown of projects we'd borrowed from CCHQ. We decided that the four headings – 'Culture', 'Science', 'Government', and 'Education' – were too vague and broad to adequately represent our work.
'Culture,' for example, encompasses GLAM, creative arts and indigenous knowledge, which are three distinct projects. The same was true of education, which encompassed both our schools OER project and our OER project in the tertiary education sector — which actually have relatively little to do with each other. Finally, the former literature teacher in me bristled that 'Science' was being used as a shorthand for 'open access to scholarly publishing.' As a result, we ditched 'Science' for 'Open Access to Research', and created a new project area for 'Open Data.'
At the end of the process, we had created eight new project areas – replacing the original four – which you can see on the front page of our website. For each of these projects, we developed an introduction and brought together a growing range of resources. We also developed a series of overarching goals (which we shared in our roadmap), and we are currently developing a detailed workplan, which will outline how these goals will be achieved
In general, these goals centre on CCANZ assisting a range of public-sector organisations with open policy adoption and implementation, with a particular focus on the heritage, research and schools sectors. Our workplan focuses on providing a heap of in-person workshops and resources, including targeted policy toolkits, brochures, posters and discussion pieces from the CC community – which we have started to publish on our new sister site, NZCommons.
With this focus on open policy, we seem to be moving in the same direction as many other CC affiliates and NGOs (as the establishment of the Open Policy Network suggests). While we still support licence adoption in the creative sector, and still support sensible copyright reform, open policy advocacy has become the clearest path for a small NGO like CCANZ to contribute to lasting social change.
Our success will largely depend on the growing number of volunteers and champions in and around our public institutions willing to advocate for open licensing to their colleagues, managers, clients and boards. A key part of our job – and one of the reasons we provide workshops and produce resources – will be to support the work these champions are doing to grow the commons.


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So the Fourth of July is quickly approaching and all of my crafty cells are starting to buzz with excitement. Not to mention my gurgling tummy... hot dogs, hamburgers, Rocketpops!!! Seriously, who doesn't love this holiday?!
I've had some requests for custom headbands and it got me thinking, I haven't even figured out what to do for Callie or myself yet! So, this afternoon during nap time I unloaded my newly organized crafting materials {Still have a long way to go as far as organization is concerned...} and started coming up with some ideas.
I'm waiting on an order of thick red elastic which will look absolutely adorable on this little number...
And then there's this one, which has already sold {WOO!}
Then, I decided to try my hand at a knot headband. It just so happens that I had an old red t-shirt (red is just not my color) lying around in the closet so I up-cycled it for this sweet little number that I loved so much, I made myself one to match!!
Yep, Callie and I will have matching headbands for the Fourth! It could be worse... I have been known to steal her headbands and use them for myself. :)
We still don't have solid plans laid down for that weekend, but we are ecstatic that Josh's incredible boss gave them Friday off, too! Can I get a woo-hoo for a 4 day weekend with my man??? I can already smell the sunscreen and burgers. Get excited. :)


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Direct Action & Street Theater
By Nancy Kricorian, CODEPINK NYC Co-ordinator.
CODEPINK employs a variety of tools and techniques for working towards positive social change, but we are known for our use of direct action and street theater.
First to define the terms:
Direct action is a political tactic of confrontation and sometimes-illegal disruption intended to attract and arouse public awareness and action. The Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 was an example of direct action that was successful in ending seating segregation on the public buses.
Street theater, sometimes called Guerilla Theater, involves the acting out of a social issue in a public spacethat could be in a park, on the street or in a subway car. It is a form of direct action. There are a number of street theater groups here in New York, among them CODEPINK, the Billionaires for Bush, Greene Dragon, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. The Reverend Billy, for example, has performed exorcisms of cash registers in Starbucks stores to show his dislike of the corporate take-over of American life.
Civil disobedience, which is another form of direct action, involves the nonviolent act of breaking the law to call attention to a particular law or set of laws that some people think are immoral or questionable. An example of civil disobedience from the Civil Rights Movement was the sit-in campaign by African-American students in the south. The students would sit at Whites Only lunch counters, trying to show that it was wrong to have a law enforcing that kind of segregated seating. They would remain in their seats, in effect breaking the law, until the police were called in to drag them out.
CODEPINK has used direct action on numerous occasions to make our opposition to the war in Iraq knownduring the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, during press conferences in Baghdad, and during the recent Presidential Inauguration. CODEPINK women have been popping up all over the place with our pro-peace message.
Why direct action?
You know the old _expression, The squeaky wheel gets the grease? Using direct action is a way of being a very squeaky wheel.
Huge media conglomerates control most of the information we see and hear about the world. Corporate-owned television outlets show us for the most part the version of reality that the current government wants us to know. For example, the Bush administration doesn't want us to see the dead bodies of Iraqi women and children who are killed in U.S. military campaigns. They don't want us to see the bodies of dead U.S. servicemen. These kinds of images are part of what turned public opinion against the Vietnam War and if we actually saw the devastation being caused with our tax dollarsand billions of our tax dollarswe might have something to say about it. By controlling the images we see they hope they can control our perceptions of and often feelings about the war in Iraq.
Direct action and street theater are ways to try to break through this control. A couple of dozen women dressed in pink, holding dolls wrapped in red-stained blankets and carrying a coffin show up in front of Donald Rumsfeld's house in Washington, D.C. and it might show up on the evening news. Medea Benjamin, dressed all in pink, stands up on her seat at the Republican National Convention during President Bush's acceptance speech. She is holding a banner and shouting END THE OCCUPATION NOW. The police come, pull her from her chair, and hustle her out of the auditorium. You might see only a flash of this on CNN, but a Pakistani taxi driver told me he had seen the whole fight, as he called it, on the nightly Pakistani cable news. When I told him that Medea Benjamin was in the back seat of his taxi he turned around to her and said, You are a great lady.
We believe that direct action works. A recent study on environmental activism by sociologist Jon Agnone showed that chaining yourself to a bulldozer and throwing paint over company executives is more likely to influence environmental policy than lobbying on Capitol Hill. And beyond having a direct influence on legislation, we believe that our street actions have an impact on our communities. It's about educating people. It's about making an alternative version of reality visible on the streets and on the news. We're angry about what's going on; we're standing up for our beliefs and principles, and we're strengthening our movement and ourselves by working together. And often we're also having a great time.


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Kalahari Water Park Coupons & Discounts
There are special Kalahari Water Park rates for armed forces, police and firemen. These are usually the cheapest water park rates offered by the hotel. There are some restrictions. A valid ID must be shown at check-in.
Kalahari sometimes has, what they call, Beat the Clock Specials. These specials are bottom line rates for a specific date and their only available for a couple days at a time.
You can sign up for their newsletter on their website. This will keep you up-to-date on water park deals and specials.
The Park has a Facebook and Twitter page. The waterpark often announces Kalahari coupons, discounts, deals and specials on these sites.
From time to time Retailmenot.com will offer coupons for Kalahari, however not very many peoplehave had success with those particular coupons.
Go Mid- Week. The prices during the winter, fall and spring months are fairly high on the weekends. However, often during the mid-week Kalahari will offer some great deals. By going mid-week not only can you save but you'll also avoid the crowds.
Another way to save at Kalahari is by taking advantage of the refrigerator and microwave in your room.
The Kalahari Website offers many different specials that change with the season. These include, Family getaways, Romantic Escape, and a two-night special that they have almost all year round.
Purchasing your passes online instead of at the gate will save some money.
Kalahari coupons, discounts, specials and deals are usually for a limited time and may change frequently.
Kalahari Water Park Information
Address: 7000 Kalahari Drive, Sandusky, Ohio 44870
Reservation Number: 1-877-525-2427
Website: www.kalahariresorts.com/oh/
Rides: 9 indoor and 8 outdoor
About Kalahari Water Park
Kalahari is an African-themed, 173,000 square foot, indoor and outdoor water park. This park is open year
round and feature activities for people of all ages and interests.
The roof of this indoor water park is made of a unique Foil-Tec System which allows guests to receive a suntan all year round.
Kalahari features a surf simulator called The Flow Rider, which combines the skills of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding in a completely safe and challenging environment. Also at Kalahari you'll find the 55-foot-tall water slide Cheetah Race, and the 500-foot-long, 20 miles per hour Zip Coaster!
For those who are less adventurous there's the Wave Pool, which simulates the ocean waves. Or you can grab a tube and simply float down the Lazy River. At Kalahari you will also find an indoor/outdoor hot tub, and a swim up bar. You have the option to rent an indoor water park cabana.
Kalahari Water Park Details
The water park is open every day of the year.
Water park hours are Monday through Thursday - 10:00am to 9:00pm (opening 11:00am for outside guests)
Friday - 10:00am to 10:00pm (opening 11:00am for outside guests)
Saturday & Sunday - 9:00am to 9:00pm (opening 10:00am for outside guests)
Regular daily water park prices vary depending on factors such as guest height and time of year.
Water park admission is included in the cost of the hotel room.
Even though room check-in is at 4pm, you can arrive as early as noon and pre-register and enjoy the water park. After check-out at 11 am, you can stay later and enjoy the park.
Coolers, food & drink are not permitted in either the inside or outside parts of the water park. However if you have a room, a fridge and a microwave are in most rooms. You can always take a break and have a snack there.
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Omorfee Body Sofftening Oil
Hello Friends , Hope you all are doing well . Today I am going to review a Body Softening Oil from Omorfee and also a giveaway for you . So go thorough my review of Omorfee Body Softening Oil and participate in the giveaway .
About Omorfee :
"Omorfee" is an Indo- German Company in Greek connotes "beautiful" , started in 2014 . Omorfee proffers natural and organic beauty care range , which have been formulated after vast and diligent research work . Omorfee promises to deliver a truly effective care for your body and beauty .
Product Description :
Omorfee Body Softening Oil is enriched with Vitamin E and other essential nutritive of Olive Oil , Jojoba Oil ,Lemongrass Oil ,Lavender Oil and Sweet Almond Oil .For toned , healthy and glowing skin .
Olive Oil :
Olive Oil hydrates the scalene layer of the skin .Its anti-oxidant rich , protect the skin from damage of free radicals .
Jojoba Oil and Almond Oil :
Jojoba and Almond Oil smooth en , soften and brighten the skin . Jojoba Oil optimizes the oil secretion of the skin .
Rosemary Oil :
The "Carmosal" in the Rosemary Oil, greatly reduces inflammation and plays an instrumental role in cellulite reduction .
Lavender Oil and Basil Oil :
Lavender and basil Oil greatly relax and rejuvenate the body by enhancing blood circulation .
How to use :
Gently massage 4-5 drops of the oil onto slightly damp body , after shower , for a glowing and moisturized skin .
Ingredient List :
Olive Oil , Jojoba Oil , Sweet Almond Oil , Rosemary Oil , Lavender Oil , Basil Oil , Lemongrass Oil .
Price & Quantity :
Rs. 329 for 50 ml .
Shelf Life :
Use within 12 Months of opening the bottle .
My take on Omorfee Body Softening Oil :
I use the body oils in the winters to combat dry skin during the chilled windy season . The Omorfee Body Softening is a blend essential oils which gives spa like feeling at home . Just massage the body oil after bath on the body . I just apply 4-6 drops of oil on my hands & legs and after that i also apply moisturizer . My skin get hydrated whole day long after that , I don't even need to reapply any moisturizer thereafter . The Body oil also smells divine . I love the fact that Omorfee made their products from organically sourced ingredients . And their products are cruelty free . I love using essential oils on my skin and the Omorfee Body Softening Oil is a perfect blend of essential oils which gives my skin a supple soft touch and glowing effect . You can also use after the warm shower at night , it relaxes your body ,reduces any inflammation and aid body ache and soothes the muscles .
Packaging :
The Body Softening Oil packaged in amber (brown) color plastic bottle to intact the effectiveness of essential oils .
Pros :
- Made up of Organically sourced ingredients only .
- Cruelty free.
- Make skin soft and supple .
- Smells divine.
Cons :
- As of now only available at their website & in few subscription boxes .
- A little pricey according to the quantity given .
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Rating :
My Verdict :
The Omorfee Body Softening gives your skin a soft , supple and glowing touch . It has a perfect blend of essential oils which hydrates , protect , softens and soothes and relax the body .They also have amazing list of products and all products are organically sourced and free from chemicals and preservatives , checkout out their website .
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Innovation Systems in Agriculture and Rural Development
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Beshah, T. 2009. Innovation Systems in Agriculture and Rural Development. CTA Knowledge for Development
Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/295
External link to download this item: http://knowledge.cta.int/en/Dossiers/Demanding-Innovation/Innovation-systems/Articles/Innovation-Systems-in-Agriculture-and-Rural-Development
Much has been written on innovation systems (IS), especially in industrialized economies, and recently in developing countries contexts (Muchie et al., 2003; Hall 2005; Spielman et al., 2006; World Bank 2007). However, with few exceptions (e.g., Hall 2005; Hall et al., 2007; World Bank 2007), literature on IS does not adequately explain how system thinking enhances innovation or how IS can be initiated and facilitated. Another gap is the fact that "innovation" itself is promoted rather than its embeddedness within a system that in turn operates within certain institutional and policy contexts. Even though there is consensus on the importance of innovation for economic development, the systemic mechanism through which it can be enhanced is not given equal attention. These and other grey areas limit the promotion of the concept of IS, and in a worst case raises suspicion on its value addition for research and development.


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Lahore,Green shirts Tuesday defeated World XI by 20 runs in its first match played at Gaddafi stadium here.
Pakis blocked the route of victory by successfully defending the target as green shirts set a target of 198 runs with blistering 86 runs innings of Babar Azam. Babar Azam played a magnificent knock but fell short of his century when he was dismissed by Imran Tahir for 86.
The World XI won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan.
Pakistan lost its first wicket in the very first over of the game as Fakhar Zaman edged to first slip on the bowl of Morne Morkel. After the dismissal of Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam was joined on the crease by Ahmad Shahzad.
Babar Azam and Ahmed Shahzad put on a solid partnership for the third wicket, however, both were dismissed within a few overs of each other.
Pakistan lost its second wicket when Ahmed Shahzad (39) was dismissed by Ben Cutting in the 15th over of the innings.
Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed failed to score big as he was caught behind on a delivery of Sri lankan bowler Thesara Perera. Ahmed scored 4 runs.
Shoaib Malik took ahead Pakistani innings with his formidable 38 runs off 20 balls. He scored four boundaries and two sixes. Malik was dismissed by Sri lankan bowler Thisara Perera.
Imad Wasim was the next batsman to come. He scored a massive six in the last ball of the Pakistani batting inning.
World XI openers Hashim Amla and Tamim Iqbal steadily kicked off the innings against Pakistan while chasing 198 runs to win the first match.
Pakistan got their first breakthrough as fast bowler Rumman Raees dismissed Iqbal by bolding him out in his first over.
In the same over, Raees also took the wicket of in-form Hashim Amla. With Amla's dismissal, Skipper Faf du Plessis came on the crease. The skipper played a brief but a classic inning of 29 off 18 balls, which included four boundaries and a six. Shadab Khan took the breakthrough for Pakistan by dismissing him by his googly.
Tim Paine departed on the score 25 off 25 after falling prey to the delivery of Sohail Khan.
Shadab was seen overwhelmed with passion after dismissing David Miller on the very next ball after getting hit out of the ground.


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How the weather changes - it was snowing on the hills this morning and we had the fire going last night it was that cold. Poor Ben has school photo's today and had to wear summer uniform, he was most unimpressed.
I had to pick up the pig feed in the little car yesterday - and it was packed. Poor old Cook had to sit on the roof, which was fine because I couldn't hear her complaining out there. She made me pick her up down the road from work so nobody saw her, with me that is!
The pigs had reorganised themselves when I got home, all the mum's and piglets are in one area now, and I don't know who is drinking from whom any more.
Feed time this morning was a free for all with the goats, horses and cattle all pitching in to help out. Animals came running from all directios to try and get a share of the fresh bread - luckil;y Shadow was ther to organise things for me.


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UPDATE 12/11/2014: Want more polar bears? Check out the latest research, updates and debates on polar bears and climate change in our new blog by Matt Miller.
Everyone has heard that polar bears are threatened by climate change. But what does that mean, exactly? Will they eventually go extinct, morph into another species, or something else? What does the science really say?
The Topline: No Sea Ice, No Seals, No Polar Bears
As with most species that are or will be vulnerable to climate change, habitat is key in the case of the polar bear. Climate change is warming the Arctic along with the rest of the planet — and in the Arctic, that means sea ice is melting.
And sea ice is crucial for polar bears survival.
Why? Because polar bears' main prey — seals — are best hunted on sea ice. Without sea ice, polar bears cannot catch enough seals to eat — and without enough seals to eat, they are unlikely to gain enough weight to survive their autumn to summer fast (Derocher 2013, Stirling 2012).
In addition, longer periods between successful hunts decrease polar bears' reproductive success. A female polar bear who has not gained sufficient weight may not produce cubs; may produce less milk (leading to smaller, less viable cubs); or may abandon cubs — all behaviors that, if they become prevalent enough, will impact a population's viability (Robbins 2012).
Most scientists agree that these trends spell likely trouble for polar bears.
There are 19 distinct subpopulations of polar bears living in the Arctic, and each population will be affected somewhat differently.
Without human intervention, most polar bear populations will be extinct in 30-40 years (Castro de la Guardia 2013, Stirling 2012)).
The populations of polar bears living farthest to the north (in the Canadian Arctic Islands, northern Greenland, and farther to the north) have actually seen population increases in recent years (Peacock 2013) and may survive indefinitely (Stirling 2012).
However, they will be at risk from continued climate fluctuation (Bechschoft 2011, Stirling 2012); contaminants in the Arctic (Bechshoft 2011, McKinney 2013); increased disease risk (Derocher 2013, Stirling 2012); and decreased genetic diversity (Stirling 2012).
But Can't They Eat Something Else?
If nothing is done, lack of sea ice will force polar bears on land for longer periods of time. On land, bears "fast" eating some berries, eggs and birds (Iles 2013).
However, scientists' opinions are mixed on whether these foods could provide enough added energy for the long-term survival of these large bears.
Bears would still need to get some food from hunting seals; the question is, how many calories could be offset by terrestrial sources?
David Iles, a Ph.D. student at Utah State University, expressed some hope for polar bears eating snow geese eggs in a recent story in National Geographic Daily News.
"The nests don't run away from them like a caribou might," Iles told Nat Geo. "It's a ton of calories just basically sitting there that the bears can take advantage of."
Nevertheless, Iles cautioned that we don't really know if the bears will take advantage of this bounty.
"We need to do more research to figure out how much benefit this will really be to polar bears, the effects that this will really have on snow goose populations, and how sustainable this type of predation will be, depending on how severe it is," he told Nat Geo.
But in the same story, Steven Amstrup, chief scientist for Polar Bears International, warned that nothing might replace what polar bears' current habitat provides them.
"Unfortunately, we have no evidence to suggest that eating geese, or eating char, or eating anything else has any ability to offset the loss of the sea ice and the [primary] foraging opportunities it presents for polar bears," Amstrup said.
Though Iles is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that polar bears could survive on goose eggs, his recent publication in Polar Biology found that adult geese were an unlikely source of energy for bears (Iles 2013). Other studies have expressed doubt that polar bears could survive by foraging on land at all (Cherry 2013, Derocher 2013).
Northern populations of polar bears may stay in place and continue eating seals, but not the same species. The changes in Arctic temperatures have caused subarctic species of seals to move farther north, and the northern polar bears are now eating them. These seals carry more man-made contaminants, which may affect polar bears (McKinney 2013).
Migrating South Instead of North and Interbreeding with Grizzlies
You might expect that polar bears would move north to find colder climates and sea ice to hunt on — but actually, sea ice drifts south as it breaks up. For this reason, polar bears in some populations are more likely to move south to stay with the ice (Cherry 2013).
Some Hudson Bay population polar bears have already been spotted farther south of their normal territory, leading to an increased number of conflicts between humans and bears (Cherry 2013).
If southern polar bears cannot find a better food source on land, then they will die off as a result of starvation unless humans begin to feed them (Derocher 2013, Stirling 2012).
Furthermore, even if polar bears manage to find food as they move south, they may hybridize with populations of closely related grizzly bears — essentially causing the extinction of a distinct polar bear species (Albrecht 2013).
Possible Next Steps: Reducing Emissions and More Drastic Measures
One possibility: Do nothing, and watch to see if polar bears "sink or swim." But since climate change is a human-caused problem, doing nothing to mitigate its effects or help affected animals is unpalatable to many (Albrecht 2013).
One of the most important things that we can do — and that we should do anyway because of all the other impacts climate change will have on people and nature — is to start cutting our carbon emissions, right now. (Find out more about your carbon footprint and how you can reduce it.)
The science says that significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions alone could be enough to protect northern populations of polar bears indefinitely and to give southern populations a chance of survival (Castro de la Guardia 2013).
But should we not reduce carbon emissions significantly enough to keep polar bear habitat intact, observers have suggested at least three other options for saving polar bears:
+ Polar bear populations could be fed and managed in or near the areas that they currently occupy. This would be costly, but it would keep the bears alive and maintain the tourist industry that has sprung up around these charismatic animals (Derocher 2013).
+ Existing zoos and new specially designed zoos could take in large numbers of polar bears. This option would preserve the species and would provide opportunities for education, but it would be difficult to return the bears to the wild if conditions ever became suitable for them in the distant future (Albrecht 2013, Derocher 2013).
+ People could move polar bears to the Antarctic, where sea ice is expected to remain indefinitely. This would have serious ramifications for Antarctic species like penguins, but if polar bears were located at a distance from penguin colonies and both populations were managed, it could preserve the species as a wild population. We could also move other Arctic species to the Antarctic to increase biodiversity, though such moves may have unforeseen negative effects on the current ecosystem (Albrecht 2013). While this was suggested more as an exercise in making people think about impacts, a smaller scale relocation has been considered (Derocher 2013).


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NIOSH releases new computer-based training exercise called MERITS
Published Date:June 2002
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Description:"MERITS is an extension of previous work that compiled a knowledge base relevant to mine disaster management via interviews, analysis of literature, reviews of past events, and observations of mock mine disasters. Findings from prior research found a need for an alternative method of command center training. This new computer simulation is being used to train emergency command center personnel to effectively manage an underground mine fire. Modeled after training simulations developed for other industries (e.g. to address nuclear accidents, chemical spills, evacuations, etc.) MERITS simulates underground and surface events related to the disaster, It exposes the user to events that typically occur during a mine emergency, such as lack of information and miscommunication. It also presents trainees with issues that must be addressed, such as making provisions for briefing news media and victims' families, ordering needed supplies, interfacing with Government enforcement agencies, and housing mine rescue teams. The outcome of the scenario is determined by the users' decisions and their emergency response plans." - NIOSHTIC-2
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Knowing Jesus
I was a substitute in Nursery today. I took my almost one year old daughter in with me. As the children were having play time, I was sitting in a chair by the wall, holding my daughter. She wanted to stand up, so I let her stand on my lap. She looked at the wall behind me and I saw this look of recognition come over her little face. I turned around to see what she was looking at and there was a picture of Christ on the wall just over my shoulder. I looked back at my daughter and asked her if she knew who that was. I told her it was Jesus. She got a huge grin on her face and leaned toward me. I wasn't sure what she wanted until she let go of my fingers and laid her head on the picture of Christ. She had her arms out like she was giving him a hug. She pulled away from the picture and smiled at me. I said, "Yes, that is Jesus." She leaned toward the picture again and gave it a kiss, and then another. It was a moment I'll never forget. Kind of makes you wonder how thin the veil really is with these little children.
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3 comments:
- Mindy said...
Wow! Chills... Seriously. Such a tender moment. Thank you for sharing it.
- April 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM
- Corine said...
I just found your blog, but sat here reading one post after the other and just want to tell you how much I enjoyed reading. The Savior really is wonderful, isn't he? I love that I can tell how much you love him and how much you really do strive to follow him. It isn't always easy, but it IS worth it! :D
Keep the faith...
- September 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- Mr. Hughes said...
Thank you for your kind words! :)
I am grateful that you were able to enjoy the posts. We don't post as often as we should, but it is nice to be able to share our thoughts and feelings. I popped on over to your blog as well. I enjoyed reading a couple of posts and will be back soon for more. Thanks for finding us.
Truly, Keep the Faith...
- September 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM
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Jessica Brown
I liked that there was a strong Western medicine component to our traditional Chinese medicine curriculum.
About Jessica Brown's practice
Hennepin County Medical Center:
Parkside Alternative Medicine Clinic
825 S. 8th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Whittier Clinic
2810 Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55408
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Jessica Brown has been interested in medicine her entire life. She studied cultural anthropology and biology with an interest in integrative medicine as an undergraduate, so acupuncture and Oriental medicine fit well with her beliefs and interests. "I was drawn to the holistic approach of traditional Chinese medicine."
She chose the acupuncture and Oriental medicine program at Northwestern in part because of the support that a larger university system has to offer. "It's all about the resources. From the first-rate faculty and staff, to the alumni department, and a strong continuing education component, it's all there."
Brown says the balance of Western and Eastern medicine makes for a well-rounded program. "I liked that there was a strong Western medicine component to our traditional Chinese medicine curriculum."
She says Northwestern's clinical internship programs gave her the opportunity to encounter a wide range of patient populations and settings. "From the many internships available, students get the chance to learn where their strengths and interests lie. Interning at the Courage Center was a highlight for me."
Currently, Brown is an acupuncturist at two alternative medicine clinics in the Hennepin County Medical Center system. She has a special interest in women's health, oncology support, stroke rehabilitation and pain management. When thinking about the education that lead her to her acupuncture career, she emphasizes the strength of the faculty at Northwestern. "The faculty members are always willing to share their substantial knowledge and experience. They genuinely care about their students."