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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is headed to the United Nations this week to request full U.N. membership for the Palestinian people. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be speaking too. Both are supposed to address the U.N. General Assembly on September 23.
The move by Mr. Abbas is being portrayed as the work of a "frustrated" statesman selflessly trying to care for his people in the face of a powerful colonizer that refuses to give any ground - literally. It is natural to sympathize with a victim and Mr. Abbas is playing directly to this human tendency.
The speech does carry one small risk. The world might find out the truth about the Palestinians' desire to destroy Israel as a Jewish state. People may start to objectively examine the countless acts of terrorism, historical and recent, that have been carried out by them and "on their behalf." And then it might make more sense why Israel does things like physically defend its land, its people, and its right to exist. Because as much as people sympathize with a victim, they also understand that no normal country will willingly commit suicide.
In his presentation to the U.N., Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to rely on a fact-based communication strategy. In his words, "To have peace we must have mutual respect - we cannot build peace on a foundation of lies."
As I interpret it these are the two key facts at work:
· Fact #1: The Palestinians and the Israelis do not currently have mutual respect because while Israel can live side-by-side with a peaceful Palestinian state, the reverse is not true. In the words of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, August 28, 2011: Don't order us to recognize a Jewish state. We won't accept it." Palestinian representative Maen Rashid Areikat adds that the new Palestinian state will be Jew-free (Or, in the words of the Nazis, "Judenrein"). How is that two-state solution going to work when the Palestinians don't recognize Israel, and there will be no Jews in Palestine?
· Fact #2: The Palestinians and their supporters regularly use disinformation to build ideological support for the eventual physical destruction of Israel. Palestinian maps of Israel regularly omit Israel. The lies that are told about Israel are so numerous that entire websites are devoted to this subject. Here is one summary of some of the lies; I am not going to repeat the propaganda itself.
The great lie of the Palestinian cause is that it is about the Palestinians. It is not.
The truth is that the Palestinians are being used as human torpedoes. Their suffering is real, without question. They deserve recognition as a people. They have the right to determine their fate. Just like the Jewish people do. Just like America. Just like every other nation on earth.
But if Palestinian leaders and those who care for them truly wished to achieve all this, it would have been done ages ago. If they believed in the principle of mutual respect for other nations, including the Jewish state and the Jewish people, we would not have an issue right now.
The fact of the matter is, the so-called Palestinian cause is a convenient mask for a completely different cause: Jew-hatred. You can't say that out loud because it sounds impolite. Plus, it requires a justification to make its extreme ends palatable, desirable, urgent.
The true cause underlying the Palestinian cause slipped out of the Palestinian leader's mouth this week: The dream of a Jew-free Palestine, Israel, world. "Well, I personally still believe that as a first step we need to be totally separated, and we can contemplate these issues in the future."
Again, to quote Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Any peace that is built on a foundation of lies ultimately collapses on the rocks of truth."
The truth is that the so-called peace process has been fictional, for the Palestinians, all along. The Israelis, because they desperately want to survive, keep chasing the dream. Meanwhile, their "peace partners" are fully in the grip of the "Gaza Syndrome," a "the pathological culture that celebrates brutal, wanton death."
It is the Gaza Syndrome that produced Hakim and Amjad Awad, the teenage killers who stabbed (warning: graphic) much of the Fogel family to death on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath, March 11, 2011. In court, Hakim Awad smiled and gave a "V for Victory" sign as left the courthouse upon his conviction.
Of course he did. Hakim after all had the support of his family and community: "Both men (both killers) are affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) terror group and received significant assistance from family members and friends after the attack." Oddly to the average Western observer, the response to the attack was quite joyous, with Palestinians happily distributing candy in the streets (see photo).
The official, so-called "moderate" Palestinian leadership didn't seem all that perturbed either. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was quoted as saying that he "clearly and firmly denounces the terror attack, just as I have denounced crimes against Palestinians."
In case you didn't get the full meaning of that statement, Fayyad continues: "We categorically oppose violence and terror, regardless of the identity of the victims or the perpetrators."
Get it? The strategy is to put Israel – a country defending its right to survive - on the same moral footing as the terrorists – a loosely connected community of killers who want to eradicate Jews, period.
The terrorist group Hamas was more forthright, refusing to condemn the hate crime at all. Spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri stated: "We in Hamas completely support the resistance against settlers who murder and use crime and terror against the Palestinian people under the auspices of the Israeli occupation soldiers."
Note how the haters of Israel use code words as propaganda to engender hatred of Israel.
· "Occupation" is supposed to make you think that Israel is holding the Palestinians hostage.
· "Apartheid state" is supposed to bring to mind racial guilt. To make you think that Israel is oppressing the Palestinians and taking all privilege for themselves – akin to South Africa pre-liberation.
· "Right of return" is an appropriation of Israel providing to Jewish people automatic citizenship in the Jewish homeland of Israel. Of course if all Palestinians return to Israel proper, the entire state will be dismantled.
As you watch the news unfold this week, think about the truth of the situation and sift it from the propaganda.
In the words of Palestinian Mosab Hassan Yousef, author of Son of Hamas:
"I was a prisoner of the Israelis when my eyes were opened to the fact that the Palestinian people were as oppressed by their own leaders as they were by Israel.
"It is my greatest hope that, in telling my own story, I will show my own people – Palestinian followers of Islam who have been used by corrupt regimes for hundreds of years – that the truth can set them free."
"If I, the son of a terrorist organization dedicated to the extinction of Israel, can reach a point where I not only learned to love the Jewish people but risked my life for them, there is a light of hope."
- Son of Hamas, p. 249, 247
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Gelatine leaves 4
Perry (sparkling pear cider) 500ml
Caster sugar 75gr
Mixed berries, such as blueberries, raspberries and wild strawberries 125gr
Immerse the gelatine leaves one at a time in a shallow bowl of cold water and leave for a minute or so until soft.
Bring 100ml/3½fl oz of the Perry to the boil in a medium saucepan, add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Drain and squeeze the gelatine leaves, then add to the hot Perry and stir until melted. Remove from the heat, add the rest of the Perry and stir well. Put the pan of jelly somewhere cool, but do not let it set.
Divide half the berries among four individual jelly moulds, or use one large mould. Pour in half of the cooled jelly. Chill for an hour or so to set, then top up with the rest of the berries and unset jelly. (This ensures the berries stay suspended and don't float to the top.) Return to the fridge to chill until set.
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We have 3 two bedroom family cottages. Our two bedroom family accommodation consists of two en-suite rooms each with its own entrance. One room has a kingsize bed and the second room has twin beds (some have an extra couch bed to accommodate a family with three children). There is an internal connecting lockable door which can be opened to turn it into a family suite.
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I had so much fun doing this photo shoot with my friend Alex :) Thank you so much for doing this..I'm in love with your work. If you all could go check out her photography work that would be awesome. Thanks. <3
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., who missed the last two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with a concussion, will return for Sunday's race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, his Hendrick Motorsports team announced Tuesday.
The popular driver was cleared by neurosurgeon Dr. Jerry Petty after Earnhardt drove 123 laps in a Cup car during a test Monday at the half-mile Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga.
"Dale Jr. has done everything asked of him" in various tests, Petty said in a statement. "He hasn't had a headache since Oct. 12, and we have not been able to provoke any symptoms since that time."
Earnhardt, 38, was involved in a massive, multicar crash at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on Oct. 7, which exacerbated a concussion he first suffered a few weeks earlier when his No. 88 Chevrolet crashed in a test session.


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Influenced by documentary films like "Forks Over Knives" and the unparalleled "Blue Zones" longevity study as reported on by National Geographic journalist Dan Buettner, the Vegan (plant-based) food movement is gaining momentum and predicted to become a multi-billion dollar industry in the coming five years.
Essentially, the Vegan diet takes food choices one step beyond vegetarian (meat-free) to encompass a plant-based, meat-free, and dairy-free food philosophy. Some folks go the Vegan path because of the extensive research that has shown it can prevent or even reverse heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disease. Others choose a commitment to support food, clothing, cosmetics, and other product choices that are animal cruelty-free. Regardless, Vegan diet is quickly gaining mainstream attention and media coverage by leading health advocates including Dr. Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
As complicated as it already is to put together holiday dinners that suit guests and their variety of likes and dislikes, for those hosts who are not familiar with the Vegan diet, it may be intimidating when it comes to planning on how to accommodate a Vegan guest for a holiday party, but it doesn't have to be complicated.
Years ago tofu used to be labeled as the main staple of those eating a Vegan diet. Today there are so many options making their way onto the shelves and into the freezer sections of grocery stores across the country, making plant-based options more accessible and affordable.
Plant-based proteins range from tempeh, seitan, and jackfruit to branded meat alternatives like Gardein, Boca, and Tofurky which offer items ranging from "Fish-less Filets" and "Crab-less Cakes" to Vegan burger patties and Oven Roasted sandwich slices.
Small adjustments in cooking ingredients and side dishes can help accommodate the dietary needs of Vegan and non-Vegan guests alike. Vegetable oil-based buttery spreads serve as a plant-based alternative to butter. Almond or coconut milk provides a healthy plant-based milk for baking or cream sauces. Fresh sliced avocado or guacamole offers an excellent source of healthy fats that everyone can enjoy—whether on toast topped with a tomato slice or served with pita chips and crackers. Hummus is another filling plant-based source of protein and healthy fats and can be served with pita bread or alongside a relish tray of carrot and celery sticks in lieu of traditional ranch or blue cheese dips.
When grocery shopping for a holiday party that will include Vegan guests, there are signs and symbols that make choosing the right products easier. Just like Non-GMO and Gluten-Free products are now labeled and certified, the Vegan heart symbol (a heart with a "V" inside of it) helps distinguish products that have been certified by the Vegan Awareness Foundation as plant-based, meat-free, and dairy-free. Many local grocers such as Whole Foods, Earthfare, Publix and ℹ The Chattanooga Market carry many of these products.
Bringing It All Home
For those choosing catering for their holiday parties, Chattanooga has several outstanding Vegan restaurants that cater or offer take-out options that rival the level of quality found in big cities like New York City or San Francisco.
Cashew Plant Based Vegan Cafe
(423) 355-5486
River Street near Coolidge Park
Open for lunch on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and available for catering, ℹ Cashew's menu includes loaded sweet potatoes, a couple different versions of their own spin on the popular "Buddha Bowl," and jackfruit sandwiches, just to name a few favorites. Cashew also offers a full line of bakery items for those who have a sweet tooth for vegan and gluten-free cupcakes, cakes, pies, and vegan donuts.
The Happy Carrot
(423) 505-0843
East Brainerd Road in the Brainerd Hills Center
ℹThe Happy Carrot is Chattanooga's newest vegan and vegetarian restaurant, providing vegan takeout lunches on Mondays through Fridays, ranging from BBQ jackfruit to Indian wraps. They also prepare family-sized vegan casseroles and side dishes for takeout, catering, and delivery.
Plant Power Cafe and Juice Bar
(423) 702-2233
Lee Highway, just up the street from Nutrition World, same side of the street
Opened last fall by brother and sister duo, Rony and Aurellia Lagramada, ℹ Plant Power Cafe and Juice Bar offers a diverse menu with daily soup specials, salads, nachos, veggie burgers, wraps and popular sandwich plates include the vegan patty melt and jackfruit BBQ. For dessert, they offer fresh made vegan brownies and cookies as well as a guest favorite called "Nice" cream made in chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, mango, or pineapple flavors. Plant Power also offers a full menu of fresh, made-to-order juices and smoothies that boost immunity, refresh, and energize.
(423) 752-5224
Cherokee Blvd. in North Chattanooga
Chattanooga's original vegan restaurant and bohemian hang-out on the Northshore, ℹ Sluggo's offers a full array of vegan favorites including the Popeye Bowl and Sweet Thai Chili Bowl, curry lentil soup, spicy "cheeky" wings, and a favorite vegan version of the reuben sandwich called "The Berliner." Sluggo's is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and offers brunch on the weekends and is also known for hosting indie music events late nights.


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UNESCO has made an appeal to the Russian Government to take measures to ensure the protection of Lake Baikal, a World Heritage Site.
On Wednesday, representatives of the coalition 'For Baikal', a union of Russian non-governmental and environmental organizations, delivered an open letter in support of new measures to protect the lake to the headquarters of UNESCO. The letter contained signatures of over 125,000 people from 52 countries.
'UNESCO has grown concerned with the situation surrounding the world heritage site 'Lake Baikal, namely with the decision of the Russian government to allow the waste of the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM) to pollute the Lake', declared Francesco Bandarin, General secretary of UNESCO at a meeting with coalition representatives. 'UNESCO's convention on the protection of World Cultural and natural heritage sites demands that the factory's work be conducted in a system of closed-water circulation.'
Bandarin promised the coalition that this issue will be discussed as a matter of urgency at the forthcoming forum on Worldwide heritage, which begins in 25 days.
'We will convey our views to the Russian government and hope that Russia will in good faith take measures to prevent the violation of Baikal as a result of pollution from the BPPM.'
As well as the declaration of the coalition, representatives of Greenpeace Russia and WWF Russia handed over to UNESCO documents which prove that the decision on the Paper Mill is inadequate and harms the region.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
UNESCO appeals to Russian Government to protect Baikal
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NiBiTor 5.0 Released
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MVKTech has updated the NVIDIA BIOS Editor, this time bringing it up to version 5.0.
The new version enables you to change the sign-on message text and color, GPU & memory clocks, hidden features like SBA (Side Band Addressing) and more according to Expreview.
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Have been a little busy on the work / real life side, so despite (still) drinking beer I didn't get the chance to blog about it.
Back to another beer festival, the Bruxellensis. We tried some new beers, amongst which La Moneuse.
Brewed by the Brasserie de Blaugies, this is a 8%, clear amber beer, very nice and very pleasant. I think I would like to visit this brewery to see what else they have on offer.


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My two GAL projects were tubular cowls for a pair of special people who are wintering in Berlin this year (and could probably do with some cosy neck-warmers about now):
The silver-and-black cowl is a simple striped stockinette number which I hope will be extremely wearable. The pattern is Preserving Life by fellow NZ designer Kelly Brooker, and the yarn is Bohemia Sport in 'Fog' and 'Leadlight'. This was a great tv/travel project, with its long stretches of plain knitting.
The silver-and-turquoise cowl was a little more involved, but the short sequences of each colour were easy to memorise, and the changing patterns kept my interest up. The pattern is Elektrocute by Emma Welford, and the yarn is Bohemia Sport again in 'Fog' and 'Tarnished' - don't these colours look great together?
Another cool highlight was being interviewed by another designer on her blog, RocketBoy Knits. Jennifer came up with some really cool questions: Indie Gift-A-Long Designer Interview - Amy van de Laar of Baroque Purls
Annnnnnd, I had a really lovely surprise after the GAL ended: I actually won one of the prizes for finishing a project before the deadline, and so a skein of Malabrigo yarn is on its way to me. :)
So that's that! I hope you'll join us for the next GAL - keep your eyes peeled in early November.


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RP 175 (Sep/Oct 2012)
In this issue:
Contents: 175 Contents Page
– Radical Philosophy
Commentary: Euro-Keynesianism?
The financial crisis in Europe
– Engelbert Stockhammer
Article: The walled city
Cannot one dream of a 'computer hypothesis'?
– Finn Brunton
Article: Thought of the outside
Foucault contra Agamben
– Marie-Christine Leps
Article: Fabrication defect
Fabrication defect: François Laruelle's philosophical materials
– Andrew McGettigan
Interview: Claire Fontaine
Giving shape to painful things
– Claire Fontaine, Andrew Culp and Ricky Crano
Reviews: 175 ReviewsBooks Reviewed:
Malcolm Bull, Anti-Nietzsche
Hasana Sharp, Spinoza and the Politics of Renaturalization
Daniel Loick, Kritik der Souveränität
Mick Smith, Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World
Mark Neocleous and George S. Rigakos, eds, Anti-Security
Kathi Weeks, The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
Matt Ffytche, The Foundation of the Unconscious: Schelling, Freud and the Birth of the Modern Psyche
Keston Sutherland, Stupefaction: A Radical Anatomy of Phantoms
Steven Connor, A Philosophy of Sport
– Keith Ansell-Pearson, Beth Lord, Eva von Redecker, Jordan Kinder, Luis A. Fernandez, Victoria Browne, Tom Eyers, Ross Wilson and Martin Ryle


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Art Guild
This is a group that was formed to promote Art appreciation by displaying artwork by parishioners on the All Saints' campus. In the past there has been a photography exhibit, a quilt exhibit, and an exhibit of the Stations of the Cross. The Church is currently displaying paintings, murals, art prints, a mosaic design, and photographs at various locations. If you are interested in being a part of this ministry, please contact Linda Jaques.
CONTACT: Linda Jaques 512.454.4277 email@example.com


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Sorry for my little outfit-post absence, but this hot summer + university exams killed me x.x! Now I have a little break from my study, I finally finished my summer exams so I have more time for myself!
With 40° it's impossible to wear lolita clothes and make outfits with a lot of details, so I started wearing short girly dresses, I always liked them but I was really afraid to wear them. You can see also my new half wig in the picture, I really love it!
Dress: Liz Lisa – Shoes: Vivienne Westwood x Melissa – Accessory: offbrand
I really love it, the quality is very good!
I don't wear gyaru, but I always loved liz lisa dresses and with this hot weather I think they're perfect! I hope autumn will arrive soon, I really miss lolita dresses x.x!
It's the time for some poupee outfits screenshots! I save a lot of them (I always forget to upload ahah) 'cause I really liked the past events, especially the June bride event <3 I hope you like them, it's only a little part of them 'cause I think I saved too much outfits ahah!


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PS Live tweets from the San Gabriel Hilton will start at approximately 5:30PST with the hashtag #BobaPageantDreams, virtually hosted by my sister @MindiWen
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Anansi is Micah Braithewaite. A cancer patient who agreed to a private experiment which infused his body with protein-based medical nanites-generated from arachnid DNA, programmed to stop threats to their host environment.
The results, as you see made him a living spider\man hybrid, with a genetic predispotion to stop threats to his "host environment"-- the city of Capricorn Ontario (I totally made that up) -- Thanks to Ahrum for the stock reference - you rock!


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A Survey of Ditches Along County Roads for Their Potential to Affect Storm Runoff Water Quality
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Twenty years of research have demonstrated that the water quality of stormwater runoff can improve after flowing in a well-vegetated channel, relatively slowly, at a depth below the vegetation height. These channels are commonly called "biofiltration swales." Roadside ditches that are vegetated also may have the potential to provide the same water quality benefits as biofiltration swales by removing pollutants. Conversely, ditches that are devoid of vegetation are subject to erosion and could be significant sources of sediments and other pollutants. If the potential benefits are to be realized, and the pollutant source avoided, ditch condition and maintenance must be consistent with not only conveyance but also water-quality objectives. Because no systematic data have been collected that describe ditch characteristics with respect to water-quality considerations, Snohomish and King counties commissioned the Center for Urban Water Resources Management to evaluate ditch status in the two jurisdictions and to consider how road maintenance crews might maximize their potential for water-quality performance. The goal of this investigation was to develop strategies for improving runoff treatment and reducing downstream sediment loading from existing ditches, while retaining their hydraulic function of conveying roadway runoff. The principal focus was to guide maintenance actions, but it was anticipated that design of future ditches should also benefit. This report documents one aspect of the investigation— a systematic survey of ditches during the summer and fall of 1998, designed to evaluate the water-quality performance of ditches in the two counties' road networks. The survey encompassed 113 ditch segments in Snohomish County and 87 segments in King County, ranging in length from 200 to 600 feet. Single-family residential is by far the dominant land use in the catchments adjacent to the ditches surveyed, a circumstance representative of areas in the two counties with roadside ditches. Specific measurements and observations were made at several transects in each ditch, extending across the width and spaced along the length of each segment. In total, 1000 transects were surveyed for this project, emphasizing the data collection and analysis of those factors that were anticipated to be both beneficial and detrimental to improving water quality.
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Staunton, January 11 – Moscow is doing almost nothing to fight the rising tide of xenophobia among the Russian population, experts say; but it is working hard to " create the illusion" that it is doing so by increasing the number of publications classified as extremist and charging people with extremism for posts and likes on the Internet.
Between 2015 and 2016, the number of Russians charged and convicted of "extremism" for their activities online more than doubled, and the number of publications Russian courts banned as extremist passed 4,000, all suggesting that Moscow is working hard to rein in extremism (novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/01/11/71093-post-sdan).
But Galina Arapova, director of Center for the Defense of Media Rights in Voronezh, told Pavel Gutiontov of "Novaya gazeta" that "despite creating the illusion of a struggle with extremism, primarily by focusing on reposts in social networks, the state has not blocked the spread of everyday xenophobia which is in full bloom."
"The level of intolerance to everyone who distinguishes himself from others is only growing, and this is terrible," Arapova says. "Legal norms which have been adopted in this sphere give the broadest possibility for arbitrary application because it is often difficult even for judges to understand where the border lies between the expression of legitimate opinion and extremism."
Only a few years ago, she continues, to be charged with extremism a Russian had to call for the use of force. But today "that isn't necessary." Indeed, in many cases, it appears that no one thinks it is necessary to determine anything about the intentions of the person who posts or likes on line.
Instead, it is now assumed by many that anything the prosecutors and judges don't like is therefore a crime "a priori." The Russian Supreme Court in early November 2016 issued a decree calling for greater cre in this area; but it is far from clear whether this will have any effect or even was intended to be more that a public relations effort.


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Today's post has been inspired by all the wonderful cake pops I have been seeing in the holiday magazines. I thought they would be fun and easy to make for our dolls. This is an easy craft – with one trip to the dollar store and less than $3, you can create enough Dolly cake pops for your dolls and your dolls friends!
The supplies you need to make the doll sized cake pops are:
- Small White Styrofoam balls (my dollar store sold a multi pack so I bought it and will use the other ones for a craft in the future!)
- Glitter Glue
- Tooth picks
- *Some floral foam, egg carton or cardboard box to put your cake pops in to dry, small hair elastics for the dolls to hold their cake pops
Step 1– Push one end of your toothpick into one of the small styrofoam balls
Step 2– Continue until you make as many as you need (or have supplies for)
Step 3– Decorate your cake balls! I started at the top and twirled the toothpick while I put the glitter glue on. There is no wrong way to make these, you can add more than one color, cover the entire ball or just swirl like I did.
Step 4– Continue to decorate your other Dolly cake pops, then push the other end of the toothpick into some floral foam or into a foam egg carton to dry. I let mine dry over night, but about 4 hours is enough drying time.
Step 5– Use small clear elastics to help your doll hold her cake pop. My toothpicks were pointy on both ends so if you would like you can trim the pointy part off, or leave it as is.
I made mine in holiday colors red, green for Christmas, blue and silver for Hanukkah but you can use any color you would like to create holiday pops for your dolls in the holiday colors you celebrate. Pink and purple would also look great for Valentine's Day or an everyday doll party!
Today the dolls I used were:
- Ruthie American Girl Doll
- Olivia Springfield Doll
- Arianna Harmony Club Doll
- Stacy my Maplelea Friend Doll
- Dolls are sitting in the chair and couch I made in my Stylish Seat post
- Dolls are photographed in my Yellow Historical American Doll Room
I look forward to sharing more craft ideas with you next week.


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Follow every kick as Hull City take on Everton at Kingston Communications Stadium in the Premier League
on 25-Nov-2009, kick off time 19:45
Hull City v Everton Live
Hull City entertain Everton on Wednesday evening looking to bounce back following their epic 3-3 draw against West Ham United at the weekend. The Tigers started disastrously as the Hammers hit a quick-fire double through Guillermo Franco and Jack Collison at the KC Stadium. However, Phil Brown will have been delighted with his side's resilience as the roared back to take a 3-2 lead thanks to a Carlton Cole own goal, a Kamil Zayatte strike and a Jimmy Bullard penalty before the interval.
The visitors claimed a share of the spoils though after City defender Bernard Mendy had been sent off for a professional foul and they couldn't hold on as Manuel Da Costa fired home the sixth goal of the afternoon. Brown's men moved outside the relegation places as a result of the draw and have the chance to extend that cushion with another home clash against the Toffees. David Moyes' men are still struggling with a terrible injury list. James Vaughan (knee), Leon Osman (ankle), Steven Pienaar, Phil Neville, Victor Anichebe, Phil Jageilka and Mikel Arteta (all knee) are still out of contention as the Merseysiders continue to bemoan their luck. Hull could be without hamstrung midfielder Seyi Olofinjana while long-term casualty Ian Ashbee (knee) is unlikely to return before the end of the season.
The Tigers will be buoyed by the return of the industrious Bullard, who was in fine form during the weekend draw. He has only just returned to action after nearly a year on the sidelines but has already shown what he can offer to the team. Everton slumped to a 3-0 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday evening as Moyes tinkers with the balance of his side. They will want to halt their steady slide towards the drop zone as they are now just four points ahead of third bottom Bolton Wanderers. Both teams will think the three points on offer are attainable so it should make for an explosive midweek clash when Champions League fixtures rule the roost elsewhere.
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The sensational defense pleadings of the former lobbyist who was arrested in 2006 for stalking the state Democratic Party chairman have turned out to be true. Prosecutors on the case lied in numerous documents filed with the courts because they failed to seek the truth.
Superior Court Judge Salem Vincent Ahto — believing that Justice is deaf, dumb & blind — refused to lift a gag order on thousands of e-mails that prove Cryan set up his ex-girlfriend. He also reaffirmed her sentence to 90 days at manual labor.
Karen Golding, a pretty former Jon Corzine campaign staffer who later became a top lobbyist for Prudential Financial, was coerced into pleading guilty to one count of stalking as part of a pretrial intervention program.
She was labeled a stalker and denied credibility in a series of legal maneuvers, but a set of email communications obtained by the New York Post reveal that Karen Golding had told the truth and was nonetheless railroaded by law enforcement agencies influenced by her ex-boyfriend's political power.
A Feb. 14, 2009 brief filed by prosecutors stated, "Mr. Cryan indicated that he never had a dating relationship with Ms. Golding, but that she had pursued one for years." That was a lie.
The lead prosecutor in the case, Gregory Mueller wrote: "Joseph Cryan has forcefully and credibly denied the relationship. The defense has not been able to supply any credible evidence that such a relationship existed." That was a lie.
Clearly, a relationship existed and the evidence was in the hands of prosecutors who lied and vigorously denied the fact until it was made public, and then they ignored its implications.
This is evidence of perjury, obstruction of justice and a gross abuse of power under the color of official right.
Karen Golding was persecuted because Joseph Cryan had political influence. There's no sugar-coating this evidence of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Cryan should be fired from his law enforcement job, where he masturbated while using a government computer to dispatch hundreds of erotic requests.
Cryan should also be put on trial for lying to investigators during a criminal investigation that he initiated under false pretenses.
Most immediately, Gov. Chris Christie should pardon Karen Golding in recognition that America can never tolerate gross prosecutorial misconduct, such as the unfair refusal to turn over of exculpatory evidence to defense lawyers and false assertions based on Cryan lies.
Taxpayers have nothing to gain by subjecting Karen Golding to more legal fees and degrading punitive actions. Christie should pardon Golding and send law enforcement authorities after Cryan instead.
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Junior Arti Church gutted out a 9-7 singles win for Fort Osage, then teamed with senior Emily Shinodo to take the decisive doubles match as the Indians slipped past Truman for a 5-4 season-opening win Wednesday at Santa Fe Trail Park.
"I was very pleased with the way the girls played tonight in such heat and humidity," Fort Osage coach Jordan Groves said. "Several of them played long, close matches.
"Arti Church barely won an exciting singles match against Shelby Calfas. I was proud of how consistently she played this evening. She made much fewer unforced errors tonight than she did last year. I am hopeful that we will see more matches like this out of her this season."
In addition to Church's win over Calfas, Fort Osage also got singles wins at the 2 through 4 slots. Ashley Hahne downed Emma Fuller 8-4, Elizabeth Shade handled Kelsy Ritchell 8-2 and Maranda Harris upended Madison Gram 8-4.
Truman's singles wins came from Courtney Martin over Shinodo, 8-5, and Holly Shultz over Moriah Dowty, 8-6.
In doubles play, Truman's Fuller and Crownover beat Hahne and Shade 11-9, while Calfas and Shultz notched a 10-4 win over Harris and Micah Neale.
Church and Shinodo, teaming for the first time in double play, tallied a 10-7 win over Martin and Martin and Ritchell.
"It was another long and exciting match to end the evening and decide the varsity dual," Groves said. "I am excited about how the two girls worked together as a team. I think there will be good chemistry from them as a doubles team.
"Ashley Hahne played the same consistent style of play that I counted on last year from her. She is playing a couple spots higher on our roster this year. I was pleased to see her rise to the occasion tonight. I was also very excited for singles wins from two of our new varsity players this year, Elizabeth Shade and Maranda Harris. Both of them moved up from JV last year. They both played very well in their singles matches."
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Maybe better stated, SCOTT YOUNG is Dope. According to the Urban Dictionary it means, "DOPE - a Word also used to describe how good something is."When I arrived at the Mid-Ohio Raceway for the Master's race with my bride P90X-Mel , I saw Scott and masters legend Jeff Blodgett aka '2TallWall' already racing in the 3/4 race. They called it a 'warm up' race. Blah, blah blah...Sure sure, they both are way too strong for the masters. Good to see them wasting precious energy with the youngsters.
We met for a pre-race talk (it shoulda been a prayer) while Scott was getting a blood transfusion.
The Masters race starts, and BOOM a couple youngsters drop the entire field. They included Jeff '2TallWall' Blodgett and the former International Playboy. Marilyn Chambers, Farmer John, and I were left to take a pummeling from The Doper. Every lap, he's accelarating up the hill and someone (...read me) would have to chase his wheel and sit on him until we regrouped. Round and round we go. Scott gets a gap, we close the gap. Ouch OUCH, for the love of God O U C H.I'll cut to the end...you don't need all the details. The Int'l Playboy is reeled back, so is the 2TallWall. The course doesn't have enough elevation change to enable THE DOPER to destroy us. The Pig loving Farmer wins the sprint out of our group.
As for me, I set new power meter records for 15, 30, 40, and 60 minutes of effort. Bottom line, producing that power at my racing weight (which I am 6-7 pounds over) would have made me a winner. (at least in my mind)


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Can you really develop at 5x a regular speed when you're at enterprise scale? In this session, a panel of enterprise technical engineers will discuss engineering best practices for the Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Chatter and Force.com. Topics include security, sandbox, integration, Apex, and release management.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - This year's Easter ham may be smaller and guests may be asked to bring a dish, as cash-strapped consumers spend less to celebrate the Christian holiday.
"I think people are more cognizant that we don't need these elaborate bashes," said Brian Leonard, whose Easter plans have shrunk to include only his family of five, down from previous years, when 30 were on the guest list.
"Sunday we are going to have a small family meal; normally we have a large family meal," said Leonard, who lives on Chicago's west side.
The ongoing recession, 8.5 percent unemployment, and 10 percent of Americans using food stamps have changed the country's eating habits and food buying decisions.
In addition to Sunday's meal, Leonard, who works at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, said his family will donate an Easter ham to a Chicago homeless shelter, where the number of tenants has jumped this year to about 240 from 130.
Dining at upscale restaurants is out for many, with more consumers eating Sunday's holiday meal at home.
Spending for that home-prepared meal is forecast to be down from a year ago, and the portions may be smaller.
"The question will be: Will it be a big ham or a small ham?," said Harry Balzer, vice president at market research firm NPD Group.
In addition, consumers may serve more lower-cost grain-based items like pasta or have guests bring a portion of the meal, said Balzer.
At the bustling Chicago Mercantile Exchange where prices are set for the grain and meat that go into those holiday meals, a few traders said their Sunday dinners will be pot luck affairs with guests contributing menu items.
A recent National Retail Federation survey indicated consumers will spend an average of $117 on Easter merchandise this year, down from $135 a year ago. Of that, about $38 will be spent on food, down from $41 a year ago.
"Survey findings indicate that many people will opt for less-expensive celebrations this year. Americans' largest expense will be preparing a meal," the NRF said in a statement.
Supermarkets and food companies are offering holiday promotions to reach consumers looking to spend less.
"This is a very tough time in the food business, and anybody who is not offering deals is having a real difficult time," Balzer said.
This week, giant discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc launched an Easter dinner package that includes turkey or ham, asparagus, sweet potatoes, vegetables, dessert, and wine.
"Walmart shoppers can feed a family of eight a turkey or ham dinner with all the fixings for under $35, including two bottles of wine," the company said.
Many supermarkets are offering deals with Easter hams going for $10 or less, said the livestock and meat information service HedgersEdge.com
"If they can keep the per package cost under $10, consumers have responded," said HedgersEdge analyst Bob Wilson.
The NRF survey found that 64 percent of shoppers intend to buy Easter items at discount stores, up from less than 59 percent a year ago.
For those who want to serve a meat other than ham or turkey, Supervalu Inc's Chicago-area Jewel-Osco stores are offering a buy-one-get-one-free Easter option on a bottom round roast, sirloin tip roast, or top loin pork roast.
Ham prices at mail-order house Omaha Steaks Inc are not much different than last year, and neither are sales. A spiral sliced ham with side dishes and dessert goes for $99 and sales are similar to a year ago, the company said.
"The price is very comparable with a year ago, maybe even less," said Beth Weiss, an Omaha Steaks spokeswoman.
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The New Facebook Friend Icon Is Leaning In
Facebook design manager Caitlin Winner embodied Sheryl Sandberg's mantra to "lean in" with her recent redesign of the ubiquitous Friend icon. After noticing a disparity in size, balance, and placement between the male and female friend icons, Winner endeavored to create a friend symbol that put the two figures on equal footing.
The original Friend icon consisted of two vector icons. The male icon was symmetrical but for a spiked hairdo, while the female icon literally had a chip in her shoulder. The chip was the result of the male icon being placed in front of the female icon. In her Medium post, Winner wrote, "As a lady with two robust shoulders, the chip offended me."
After correcting the chip, Winner tried to equalize the size and order of the icons. "As a woman … it was hard not to read into the symbolism of the current icon; the woman was quite literally in the shadow of the man, she was not in a position to lean in."
Winner not only reinvented the Friend icon with a woman in front but also used her self-initiated project to bring attention to the problem of using gendered icons altogether. The new Groups icon features a woman's silhouette in front, with a male and gender-neutral silhouette on either side of her. Way to take on female empowerment and gender identity issues in one go, Winner! Your designs, and the story behind them, blew us away!
To read Winner's full account of her icon reinvention, visit Medium.
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Candleholder made of Marble and Brass
The Stone Candle Holder Floor by Tom Dixon is plain and simple in its form, belongs to the Stone Collection by Tom Dixon and consists of marble and brass. The two materials make an interesting combination and create a candlestick to stand on the floor, which is timeless and classy at the same time.
The candlestick Floor consists of a base made of brass with a candle holder made of marble.
Stone Collection
The Stone Collection by Tom Dixon pays tribute to a material that has fascinated mankind for millennia and still did not lose its uniqueness and charm. Marble is produced in a process of heat and pressure which lasts millions of years. The result is an extremely hard rock that is a durable and resistant product with individual personality. No pattern is like the other.
The Stone Collection by Tom Dixon includes items such as candleholders, cutting boards and light fixtures for the kitchen and the everyday use. They are made from Morwad marble and are decorated with refined brass elements.
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My Jewish Experience
As a child, I suffered nightmares from hearing the stories of my family's history. Sometimes when I lay in my bed at night, the door shut to my room, I would hold my breath just in case the air contained gas and not oxygen. My father's cousin showed me the numbers on her arm and sometimes in math class in elementary school when I was multiplying and the sum reach six numbers, I would shudder as if I was tattooing the number on the arm of some soon to be exterminated Jew. Even though I was not there in Nazi Germany when Hitler turned life for Jews into a living hell, no Jew or child of a Jew would ever be free of that legacy even in the United States.
As a daughter of a Jewish man with a Jewish name, children made fun of me in school, calling me Jew girl and Jesus killer. I began to fear going to elementary school in my wealthy New Jersey neighborhood and I was relieved to moved to Virginia at age nine, thinking the racial and religious slurs would end. I was wrong. I moved into an even wealthier town in McLean, Virginia and the tormenting became worse because so few Jews lived in the area where I lived. I struggled through all my school years, an outcast, until I finally graduated a year early and escaped the daily abuse. My Jewish experience growing up was painful and I carried this pain into adulthood.
Not really. Absolutely, not really. Oh, the first paragraph of this blog is absolutely true but everything from then on is a total pack of lies. I haven't a clue to any Jewish experience. In fact, I didn't even know my father was Jewish until I was twelve and we got a Jewish New Year card in the mail. I asked my father about it and he said, "Oh, my side of the family is Jewish." I asked why then did my grandmother always have a big Christmas Eve celebration each year, complete with a candlelit Christmas tree and a yearly rendition of "Silent Night"? He told me my grandfather wanted to be Catholic and return to Germany after the war ended. My grandmother wasn't so keen about the returning to Germany part and when my Grandfather died aboard ship while taking her back to visit Germany (he told her if she didn't like the country and didn't want to move back, they would get divorced and she could continue living in America), she buried him at sea, never got off when the ship docked in Germany, and came back to the US where she remained until her death. I guess she didn't have too much of a problem with the Catholic part.
My father married my mother whose parents sometimes attended a Congregational church in New England. My parents never entered a synagogue and made it to church only a couple of times in my youth. They were lifelong agnostics and religion of any sort was never mentioned in the house. Outside of the few stories about my relatives, I knew nothing of Jews or Judaism. And, in spite of my German name (which could be Jewish or Christian), I don't remember one comment aimed at me during my school days. I was sort of shunned in high school but that was because I wasn't very popular and I got out a year early simply because I wasn't having a good time.
So, I have no Jewish experience at all, in spite of my family history. I now find my family history fascinating and have been learning more and more about it recently, but I am not becoming more Jewish because of it. I would have to actually convert and start living a Jewish life to have any clue to what it is like to be Jewish. I DO have relatives who are very Jewish and know full well what the Jewish experience is in the United States, but, me, I don't even have the tiniest bit of Jewish experience to brag about.
But, if I were a liar and a fraud like Rachel Dolezal, just think, I could have a really great job with the Anti-Defamation League. Maybe I should paint a swastika on my front door and give the police a call.


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1. The defendants in this case were originally tenants jointly under the plaintiff and his co-sharers. The plaintiff and his co-sharers partitioned their property, and the result was that some portions of the holdings of the various tenants fell into the plaintiff's share and others into the shares of his co-sharers. The plaintiff accordingly sued for apportionment of the rent. The Munsif gave him a modified decree. But on appeal to the District Judge, he noted that it was admitted on behalf of the plaintiff that all the co-sharer proprietors, and also some other persons who were interested in the land, had not been made parties. He, therefore, remitted the suits to the Munsif, with a direction to make these persons parties and to take certain other action.
2. Two of the defendants have appealed to this Court, and it is argued on their behalf that this order of remand was illegal under Section 564 of, the old Code. It may be conceded; that the Munsif did not dispose of the suit upon a preliminary point, for this question, whether all the co-proprietors had been made parties, does not appear to have been raised before him. But the order of the District Judge directing the addition of parties is an order upon a point which is necessarily preliminary to the proper decision and trial of the suit.
3. As against the added parties, the proceedings begin only on the service of summons, and they are, we think, entitled to have their case investigated and decided by the Munsif. We think, therefore, that the order of the District Judge is not illegal, and in this view we are supported by the decision in the case of Habib Bakhsh v. Daldeo Prasad 23 A. 167.
4. The appeals are accordingly dismissed with costs.


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Artistry is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics, produced by Access Business Group and marketed by Amway in 108 countries and territories worldwide, including Korea, Japan, Italy, China, Canada, Finland, South Africa, Germany, Norway, etc. Access, Quixtar, and Amway are part of the Alticor group of companies. Euromonitor International, a researcher and publisher of market reports, business reference books and online information databases, independently categorises Artistry as a prestige brand and ranks Artistry as head of the top five in sales in this category, alongside Clinique, Estée Lauder, Lancôme, and Shiseido.[1][2] Artistry is the only direct sales brand classified in the "prestige" category.[citation needed] Artistry is also sponsoring Miss America, officially providing skin care and colour cosmetics. The Artistry Scholarship, sponsored by Amway Global has been supporting young women to achieve their goals and careers.
Artistry was launched in 1968 as a product line of skincare under the Nutrilite brand and continues to utilise Nutrilite research and technology, including patented Nutrilite extracts which are organically grown.
As of 2000, the Artistry range included over 400 products.[3]
Up to and including 2004, Ingrid Vandebosch of Belgium was known to be the face of Artistry.[4] She was followed in 2005 by Canadian model Kim Tyo.[5]
In 2005, Amway introduced Artistry's two sister brands NAO Cosmetics and E. Funkhouser. These brands are targeted to a younger audience, with NAO Cosmetics available in North America and E. Funkhouser in other Amway markets. Amway ceased marketing these brands in 2010[citation needed].
In May 2007, it was announced by Skate Canada and Quixtar that Artistry Cosmetics would be the official skin care and cosmetics sponsor for Skate Canada events and the Skate Canada national team.[6][7]
In 2008, Alticor announced actress Sandra Bullock as "the face" of Artistry Creme LuXury.[8]
In 2010, Artistry and Amway became sponsors of the Miss America competition, with the winner taking the role of Artistry spokesperson.[9]
The Artistry Essentials skincare line won AmeriStar's 2007 Package Competition in the category of Health & Beauty Aids[10] Artistry Créme Luxury (also known Créme L/X) won the Skin Care Prestige category in the International Package Design Awards (IPDA) in 2008[11][12] and was nominated as a finalist in the Best New Skincare Product of the Year category for the 2009 UK Beauty Awards.[13][not in citation given]
- ^ The World Market for Cosmetics and Toiletries
- ^ "Happy People, Better Products". Philippines Daily Inquirer. May 15, 2005.
- ^ "The Irish Times - Maintaining the Competitiveness of Artistry Cosmetics in the Global Marketplace" (PDF). Business 2000 (1st ed.) (The Irish Times).
- ^ Cup Scene Daily - FUTURE CHAMP: Bundles of Joy for the No. 24
- ^ "The Amway Experience – The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility" (PDF). Business 2000 (8th ed.) (The Irish Times).
- ^ Skate Canada announces partnership with Quixtar Canada Corporation[dead link]
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- ^ Alticor's 2007 Global Sales Top $7 Billion
- ^ "Cameron becomes Miss America". Vancouver News (Womack Publishing). February 2, 2010.
- ^ Access Business Group Honored With AmeriStar Package Award
- ^ ARTISTRY™ Creme LuXury Wins Design Award[dead link]
- ^ HBA 2008 - It's a Wrap
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Fruit of the Month Club III-IV
This month there are actually two fruits of the month: snakefruit and passionfruit. Although they're common in Singapore, we hadn't actually seen them up close until we broke into the fruit basket in our room in Bali.
Snakefruit is appropriately named; the reddish outer peel is thin and papery, with a rough, scaly texture on the outside. The piles of peel really do look remarkably like a shed snakeskin. Inside, it's less interesting - a white, slightly crunchy fruit similar to a lychee, though not as sweet and somehow not quite as refreshing. Oddly, the inside is always divided into one large part and two small parts, like a lychee with two cloves of garlic attached.
The passionfruit looked innocently like an orange or a mangosteen on the outside, but I could tell it was different from the smell, which was oddly familiar though I couldn't place it - and why was I suddenly thinking of Bath and Body Works? Then I realized: half their products are scented with passionfruit. So, waiting to see what this glamorous fruit would look like, I watched Joey press through the peel and...
Eeuurrggh!!!! The entire inside consisted of a gelatinous, violently green substance I can only describe as goop. Which was filled with dozens of tiny, crunchy seeds. Joey poked it with a spoon, and it wobbled a bit, so he tried to scoop some out. He pulled it, it stretched, he tried again, and it slipped off the spoon and snapped back inside the peel. I called the friendly guy at the front desk: "Can you really eat this stuff?" He laughed and said yes, even the seeds. So we did. And, as long as we didn't think too much about the gooey texture or the horrible crunching sound from all the seeds, it was pretty tasty.
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Researching Adoption
An essential guide to tracing birth relatives and ancestors.
Karen Bali
A5, 48 pages, ISBN 978-1-906280-52-9
This is a guide for anyone who wants to research an adoption in the family. If you were adopted, adoption rules to someone in your family or an ancestor was adopted, this guide can help. It examines methods resources for researching family mysteries deep in the past plus ideas, advice and guidance for linking up with birth relatives. Packed with useful information, Researching Adoption is a must for anyone who wants to discover where they came from and more about their genetic heritage.
.A short, concise, but packed book of information, this is well worth adding to the family history library.'
Chris Paton, The British GENES blog.
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- A Secretary Hand ABC Book
- An Introduction to ... Friendly Societies
- Ancestral File
- Basic Facts About ... Lunatics in England and Wales for Family Historians
- Basic Facts About ... Using Education Records
- Birth and Baptism Records for Family Historians
- Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web (Second Edition) Part 2 Midlands, Northern England and East Anglia
- Death and Burial Records for Family Historians
- Family Feuds
- Family History Handbook 2018
- Family History Record Sheets
- First Name Variants
- Grandad Did a Dastardly Deed
- Granny was a Brothel Keeper
- How 2 *t ur Fmly Hstry
- Irish Family History
- Making Sense of Latin Documents for Family and Local Historians
- Marriage Records for Family Historians
- Methodist Records for Family Historians
- My Family History
- My Family History Ten-Generation Pedigree Chart
- New Cousins (Second Edition)
- Nuts and Bolts (Revised and much expanded 3rd Edition)
- One-Name Family History Groups
- Probate Jurisdictions
- Putting your Ancestors in their Place
- Researching Scottish Family History
- Surnames Handbook
- The Family Bible: A Priceless Heirloom
- The Family Historian's Enquire Within (Sixth Edition)
- The Wills of our Ancestors
- War Memorials
- Welsh Genealogy
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W(h)ither the electoral college?Submitted by murph on 11 November 2012 - 9:58am. maps | math | politics
All this is available elsewhere, but as a trusted source, I'll oblige an election night party request for a math-with-murph explaining the electoral college, the short form is that the EC exists because the Constitution says so--Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
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Michigan's popular Proposal 4sSubmitted by murph on 6 December 2008 - 11:35am. michigan | politics
One of my most google-popular posts (ever) seems to be my comments opposing Michigan's Proposal 4 in 2006 - 5,600 visits so far, and about 200 search hits last month. (I'm google's second hit on some searches, right after the State of Michigan.) Are people really that hungry for a two-year old post on meaningless feel-good eminent domain "reform"? Or are there other Prop 4s they're looking for?
It looks like Michigan has only had 2 statewide Proposal 4s:
- 2006 - Proposal 4 - A proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit government from taking private property by eminent domain for certain private purposes - approved 2,914,214 / 724,573
- 2002 - Proposal 4 - A proposal to amend the state constitution to reallocate the "tobacco settlement revenue"
received by the state from cigarette manufacturers. - failed 1,018,644 / 2,011,105
Earlier than about 2000, Michigan Proposals had letters, not numbers. So - why all the attention? I have a hard time believing that 200 people a month care that much about eminent domain reform that had almost no effect. Maybe the 2002 item is the popular one, dedicating tobacco settlement money to health care? (With the Big 3 doing what they're doing right now, I could understand an interest in ideas for health care.)
Alternately, maybe people are looking for local proposals, and just not specifying where? Seems like inefficient searching behavior.
"President-Elect Barack Obama." Squee!Submitted by murph on 8 November 2008 - 10:31am. america. good | politics
It's been four days since The Election, and we haven't woken up, had martial law declared, gotten mired in recall battles and court cases, or otherwise had the results taken away from us. So it's good and safe to say that Barack Obama will be our next President. Some scattered thoughts:
It's so nice to have a President we can be proud of, and not have to flinch whenever he speaks. (I was truly dreading hearing four years of McCain's "My friends" on NPR.) President Obama clearly has the Presidential persona down, yet also has a human side. (And for that link, I don't even have to use the moments that made me tear up, like his grandmother's dying two days shy of seeing him elected, his acceptance speech promise of a puppy, or his comment on "shelter dogs being mutts, like me.")
lazywebs: The labor record of Ohio's James M. Cox?Submitted by murph on 10 February 2008 - 12:41pm. family | history | politics
In 1920, my third-great uncle James M. Cox, was the Democratic candidate for President, with FDR as his running mate. I've just found that his campaign's equivalent of Dreams From My Father is available through Project Gutenberg - The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox, written by his secretary, Charles E. Morris. It includes some rather glowing bits on Cox's actions as Governor of Ohio from 1913-1920 with regards to labor:
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An even less meaningful vote than usual?Submitted by murph on 14 January 2008 - 12:59pm. politics
Michigan's got its Presidential primaries tomorrow, and, on the Democratic side, there really aren't many choices to vote for. Michigan hopped the line to third, citing the desire for a state of meaningful size and demographics to actually matter (Michigan would have more delegates than the appointed four first-primary states put together), though the cynical explanation is that prominent Michigan politicians thought they could help out Romney and Clinton with an early primary.
As a result, the DNC stated that Michigan delegates would not be seated at the national convention, and issued a boycott order of our primary; as a result, the only candidates on the Dem ballot are Clinton, Kucinich, and Gravel (and Dodd, who has already dropped out of the race); the others withdrew from the ballot (in order to minimize the meaningfulness of a Clinton victory), and none of the Dem candidates, save Kucinich, have appeared or campaigned in the state.
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Think Global: Act, Dingell!Submitted by murph on 30 August 2007 - 6:01pm. economics | environment | politics
Southeast Michigan is blessed with a political powerhouse in Congressman John Dingell (D-15th), the longest serving member of the House, and the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Dingell's therefore pretty well placed to Make A Difference when it comes to addressing climate change.
However, as the Congressman from Southeast Michigan, Dingell is also strongly wedded to the auto industry (literally - his wife Debbie is President of the General Motors Foundation). With the Big 3, and their unions - Dingell's largest funders and voter bloc - digging in their heels every step of the way on anything that smells like a fuel efficiency mandate, Dingell is notably hesitant to embrace positive energy legislation. In response to calls for increased CAFE standards, he put forth what was at first a stunt - a proposal for an intentionally unrealistic plan meant to kill debate on the issue by being too sweeping. While the political chessgame aspect of this has received its share of criticism, I think Dingell has also been surprised to see people taking it seriously, and he's now starting to get behind the proposal as a serious attempt to address climate change.
And that's where we come in. Whether you're a Dingell constituent or not, you can show him that you support strong action on climate change. A group of Ypsilanti residents have set up a petition to urge Dingell on, and state their support for action. I've signed the petition, and you can too.
This just in!Submitted by murph on 14 June 2007 - 7:14am. ann arbor | media | politics
Ann Arbor's City Council has been accused in the past of holding secret deliberations, with decisions made the day before the meeting or in smoke-filled bars after the meetings. Well, now we've got proof - we know what goes on in these secret backroom discussions.
I've just received evidence from an anonymous source, smuggled out of Ann Arbor and across the Carpenter DMZ no doubt at great personal risk. The attached note gives the sense that the source was perhaps tortured to the point of madness in recovering this footage:
on this disk is what you need to post because you are the very good blogger and the world whole of it must see...for everyone who are read the blog of common monk flower so it is important you complete the mission as you are the choice out of many others like mark mayfred and arbor dates did not receive it, so you must do it the only one.
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Nurse Patty Jenkins: "Don't mind me getting all church on you, but have faith that the Good Lord gives us just as much as He knows we can bear"
Source: Detective Comics #799 (December 2004): "War Games Act 3, Part 1: Good Intentions", page 2; written by Andersen Gabrych, pencilled by Pete Woods, inked by Cam Smith; reprinted in Batman: War Games, Act Three: EndGame trade paperback, DC Comics: New York City (2005).
Text from the scene shown above:Dr. Leslie Thompkins: ...Then how many more are about to die?
Above: "Lord, grant me strength!" Nurse Patty Jenkins talks to Batman about Dr. Leslie Thompkins role in the death of Stephanie Brown.
[Source: Detective Comics #809 (early October 2005): "War Crimes Part 1: To The Victor Go the Spoils", DC Comics: New York City, page 8; written by Andersen Gabrych, pencilled by Pete Woods, inked by Bit; reprinted in Batman: War Crimes trade paperback, DC Comics: New York City (2006).]
Text from the scene shown above:Nurse Patty Jenkins: For the last time, Joel, I don't know where Vera is.
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For the longest time, I've wondered what kind of a woman am I. As we grow older and meet more people in our life, we also hear about different versions of ourselves. Friends, exes, people we once called friends, family, broken ties, colleagues etc., each one presents to us a version of ourselves. And at the end of it all, we often wonder which version is the right one. Is it all of it, or is it none of it? Can we be so many different people? Or can we be living a lie all this while?
Truth is not many people know who they actually are. It's like one of those tests we writers do when are trying to crack a character. We try and find the core identity of that character. Try and apply that same logic to yourself and suddenly you're in a fix. We aren't trained to objectively look at ourselves. And even if we manage to do that we are trained to push it to the back of our mind as a crazy experiment that doesn't serve any purpose. Humans are strange creatures. Women, are worse.
So, here's me trying to analyze myself, from whatever parts of me I know and acknowledge to be true. Honestly I never really cared about versions of me from different people.
I'm the woman who was raised by the wolves and I know how to fight with bare teeth.
I'm the woman who can talk about sex in its ghastly details and still not flinch if it's a man in front of me.
I'm the woman who can stare you down if you're looking at my cleavage and make you feel ashamed of your balls.
I'm the woman who'll smack your hand if it's going the wrong place in the middle of the street.
I'm the woman who loves the water and will dive into stormy tides with no one to pull me back.
I'm the woman who is afraid of needles but has a tattoo secretly.
I'm the woman who can sleep in till 9 but run like a maniac before the sun rises.
I'm the woman who will be halfway to the south pole if you ask her to go north.
I'm the woman who looks in awe at people who completely love themselves.
I'm the woman who loves love, but is afraid of eventuality.
I'm the woman who cares a little too much but can be stone cold if I want to be.
I'm the woman who'll puke after a long winding road but wants to jump out of a plane and sky dive.
I'm the woman who doesn't know what she wants in life but is willing to try it all.
I'm the woman who knows for sure things she doesn't want and will not even think of a compromise.
I'm the woman who can joke about body hair and will challenge you for having a better mustache.
I'm the woman who'll wax my legs to wear that pretty dress for a girl's wine night.
I'm the woman who'll kiss you first but will be quick to add that she isn't sure of the relationship.
I'm the woman who'll look at the sky and watch the twinkling stars, but will fall asleep when you talk about constellations.
I'm the woman who plays with babies and cuddles them to sleep but I'm the woman who gives them back to you for they are yours to keep.
I'm the woman who couldn't care a less about the election but who knows who she wants to vote for.
I'm the woman who doesn't watch Netflix but can outsmart you when it comes to the story and plot.
I'm the woman who writes about sorrow and melancholy but throws her hair in the wind and laughs at everything.
I'm the woman who hates being home alone, but will ask you to leave after a couple of hours.
I'm the woman who paints every day but doesn't know about post-impressionism art.
I'm the woman who forgets names and dates, but remember the way the sun feels.
I'm the woman who can cry myself to sleep and slap someone if they question me.
I'm the woman who'll take your love to the grave but I won't reveal it unless I have to.
I'm the woman who will wait till the time is right but will kick myself for waiting too long.
I'm the woman who does what she wants and is unapologetic when it goes wrong.
I'm the woman who will say sorry and mean it but won't wait for you to accept it.
I'm the woman who loves fiercely, fights passionately, hates organically and lives lyrically.


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Whenever I play a game (currently Kingdoms of Amalur : Reckoning and Bioshock) in about half an hour, the game will freeze and stop responding. If I use task manager to end process, the game will close, however the process name is still displayed in task manager. Also, the nothing on the desktop responds (icons or right click context menu). Process Explorer won't open after this happens but it will work normally otherwise.
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Last Monday night, at the village board meeting, Trustees Mary McGee, Phil DePaola, and John Koslowski felt the pressure of several unhappy residents. Numerous questions and comments criticizing them for mishandling various issues left all three with frustrated faces.
Being criticized, in an open setting, with over 80 people in attendance was more than the three trustees could endure. Question after question described their continued unprofessional and incompetent performance over the last several months. Unlike the common pats on the back they continue to give each other, the residents bombarded Trustees McGee, Depaola and Koslowski with precise and uncomplimentary remarks.
As the pressure mounted their frustration continued to unfold. At one point in the meeting Trustee Kolsowski was heard to say, "I don't need this" and began to storm out of the room. In an attempt to save his companion and his party from complete embarrassment Trustee DePaola made a motion to end the meeting and was second by his fellow trustee McGee.
When the vote was taken Only Trustee Rusch voted no in hopes of having the meeting continue until "all" the residents had an opportunity to speak. Unfortunately the meeting was terminated and the three trustees left the hall quickly with disappointment on their faces and their tail tucked between their legs.
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As a former trustee I understand from experience just what it is like to sit up there and have to answer questions from angry residents. It is not an easy task. It is however the responsiblity of the elected official to listen and answer truthfully the concerns of his constituants. The mear fact that Mr. Kozlowski made the comment I don't have to take this and then left. Followed by the actions of Trustee DePoala and McGee to adjourn are inexcuseable. How can these People in clear conscience ask that the residents of Justice to re-elect them to another term. They are not fit to serve office and should be removed as soon as possible.
During my time on the Village Board I have witnessed 1st hand the back room dealings of this board. It is controlled by Trustee Bartoszek and Mr Depola. Thier Allies, Mrs. McGee and Mr. Kozlowski only do as they are told. Mrs McGee has been taking credit for things that were acomplished by three former trustees. Mr Kozlowski has fit niely right into thier little group. He should be brought up on ethics violations for using the Lipinski Center for campaign purposes. He and every elected member of the PVP that attended the select senior Luncheon should be brought up on charges.
Get Smart Village Residents and say enough is enough. Vote the BAstards out !
When at a meeting out in front of the public you should always keep your cool. At my job I have learned to take coworkers opinions and use them constructively to make my work better and more productive. This is the same when you are representing your village at meetings, negotiate with unions or try to get good terms on a contract for your town. I have seen a lot of unprofesional behaviour in elected people and with employees. The people that perform the best work in a mature and level headed manner.
"Where's Waldo" should be synonymous with "Where's Kinga." It's strange how she is always missing from the meetings when there are questions to be answered. She should know that the rest of her cronies can not function without her pulling the strings.
The residents of the village are entitled to answers and moreso they are entitled to honest answers which they are not getting from any of those 4 trustees up there. The fact that they are trying to say things were not discussed on the record but at committee meetings is abhorant. Thankfully the Mayor and Clerk were able to straighten it out. What we did learn was one important thing, they will say things were discussed at committee meetings when they are not because there are no posted minutes for the committee meetings. Manipulative indeed.
Even more troubling is the fact that Trustee Mcgee never acknowledged that the missing signs were stored in her garage and instead said that she didn't know where they were. It took a resident standing up saying that she was told by Park District comissioner Dan Mcgee they were at his house in his garage. It shows you that not only is she willing to cover for him but that there is lying going on right to the residents faces.
Lastly, Trustee Koslowski made a run for the door because he doesn't "need this". How are we going to be able to trust that this person can manage high pressure situations (economic development, TIF ect) if he gets up and runs for the door when he is faced with residents that aren't in agreement with what's going on in the village. As for Mr. Koslowski, shame on you.
i wasn't at the meeting but reading what took place is very enlightening. One thing Mr. Kozlowski is right on he doesn't have to take it, he is free to resign his position since he was not elected and was put on the board by the Mayor and he freely accepted the position. Now he can freely leave the position. This man is running for election, but it seems like he would rather run for the door. So sad that these people who want respect as trustees cannot do the same for the people that elected them. Hopefully everyone will wake up and get to the voting booths and vote them out.
I cannot believe that Mrs McGee would lie about where the signs were, everyone with a brain knows that her husband did the original signs and that everyone figured he would be doing the new ones.
I have nothing to say about Kinga or Phil because neither of them is worth talking about.
Why would Mary lie saying, she didn't know the signs were in her garage?


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The New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany,Inc. (also known as "the Claims Conference") collated the following information on Canadian institutions and their commitment to provenance research into works and objects of art misplaced and stolen during the Nazi era, the Holocaust, and the Second World War. For further information about the Claims Conference survey, please go to http://www.claimscon.org/index.asp?url=artworks/national.
Note that in 2012 the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal suppressed on its website the link to provenance research and that the CanadianHeritage Information Network (CHIN) does not display any provenance information on the cultural objects for which it provides basic information—namely an image and a descriptive summary.
You be the judge…
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2001: The Canadian MuseumAssociation (CMA) and the Canadian Jewish Congress organized the Canadian Symposium on Holocaust-era Cultural Property (http://www.museums.ca/media/Pdf/holocaustsymposium.pdf).
2006: In part due to the initiative taken by the Claims Conference, the Department of Canadian Heritage commissioned the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO) to conduct a survey of its members by seeking information about the state of provenance research. The report can be accessed here: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/org/sectr/cp-ch/p-h/publctn/camdo/camdo-eng.pdf.
Online Databases
a) National Gallery Provenance Site: http://cybermuse.gallery.ca
b) Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Provenance Site: http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/en/provenance/index.html
c) Art Gallery of Ontario Provenance Site: http://www.ago.net/spoliation-research
d) Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick, Provenance Site: http://www.beaverbrookartgallery.org/collections-research.asp
The plan was for the on-line Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) to add a field to the Artefacts Canada national database that would allow participating institutions to note whether individual cultural objects have a gap in provenance. As it turns out, that was wishful thinking. The Canadian government is committed to complete opacity on the question of looted art in its Federal, Provincial and Municipal collections.
The CHIN database can be found at: http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sommaire-summary/humaines_bases-humanities_database-eng.jsp.


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I am someone whom they wish to destroy.
I sleep on my spaceship. At night, plaintive
cries keep me awake, won't let me finish
my book of revelations. Claire, do wash
carefully: restrooms conceal a virus.
The radio messages are unclear.
I had a high security clearance;
this all began with a blocked artery.
In surgery, a thought-sensing device—
how, I don't know—they managed to implant,
with a camera, too. Now, Claire, they watch
each infra-red pulse. This plot's infinite.
Pretend you don't see them, or they vanish.
Aliens attacked me—with nuclear
capabilities, Claire! They'll never catch
me; the safety's off. I'll take this story
public: call Washington; file a complaint.
Citizenship entitles to service,
not government surveillance vis-à-vis
TV, betrayed by scratches in varnish
But those thugs won't find me compliant:
I'll hole up on the moon's dark side, declare
I'm bankrupt, up a famed estuary.
Claire, don't reveal my source of tainted cash.
Others—Claire, I know we're not alone—check
for signs in heaven, listen for voices.
I'll show them the conclusive site of Troy.
My manuscript, although it's unfinished,
proves all. I'm editing for clarity.
Time is spun by a sundial on a plinth.
They've traced us to another planet,
a duplicate of ours, Claire—with a catch:
everything they don't know about you, Claire
(illegitimate daughter of the Vice-
President, with a sweet affinity
for violence); your altered history.
Claire, don't self-destruct. She who is Not-Claire, doppelgänger, plant,
kills slowly—a fine art. Try, Claire, to safeguard our secret cache
of toxic jewels. Are you there, Claire? Me again. Please advise.
Study of Two Warriors' Heads for The Battle of Anghiari (c. 1504–5), by Leonardo da Vinci. Black chalk or charcoal, some traces of red chalk on paper, 19.1 × 18.8 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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