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Taking the Blame
Jean McNicol
- Jennie Lee: A Life by Patricia Hollis
Oxford, 459 pp, £25.00, November 1997, ISBN 0 19 821580 0
In 1957 Jennie Lee wrote a long letter, which she did not send, to her husband Aneurin Bevan, asking him to give her 'a little self-confidence'. The end of the letter makes it clear that Lee is really talking to herself:
I don't know quite what to do for the best. Shut up and take the consequences, sit tight on the safety valve, ease things a little by small squeals that humiliate me more than they annoy you or pretend that I am being 'unselfish' by not asking for your co-operation, by deceiving you into believing that all is well, a sick woman needs only a few more vitamin pills and she will cease bothering about anything except weeds in her garden.
Quoting this letter in My Life with Nye, the memoir she published more than twenty years later, Lee says that it illustrates the 'crushed, strangled feeling that had driven me close to madness'.
During the Second World War, Bevan had been responsible, almost single-handedly, for keeping oppositional politics going in the Commons, repeatedly challenging Churchill's running of the country and the war. Churchill described him as a 'squalid nuisance'; Lee realised that 'he was doing what I wanted done infinitely better than I could have done it.' She decided, therefore, that her primary political contribution, her service to socialism, would be to make life easier for him. This wasn't always easy for her and when she was especially depressed she wrote letters she didn't send or scribbled notes to herself, but she seems never to have let Bevan suspect how difficult she found it to act as his consort – nor did he doubt that her supporting role was appropriate. Although Jennie Lee led what Patricia Hollis describes in her well-judged if rather ill-organised biography as a 'male' life – 'public, itinerant and unencumbered by family responsibilities': they had no children – her sacrifices were typically female. (Lee's privileging of her husband's needs didn't extend to domestic chores or cooking – her own mother looked after that.) Nor would her behaviour have been predicted from her early life. It's strangely depressing to read about her self-abnegation, however impeccably socialist its cause, to move from descriptions of her glorious early self-confidence to the desperation in the 1957 letter and the carping of MPs – Bevanite and Gaitskellite – about her malign influence on her husband. Not that Lee doubted her decision: the important thing was the ultimate triumph of her class. She never had much sympathy with feminism – she thought it represented merely the 'sectional' interests of middle-class women and that working-class women were helped by helping their men – but she was conscious that her actions fell into a typical pattern. Towards the end of the 1945 Parliament she wrote in her diary:
It is easy for me to behave in a way that would smash both our lives. I see no way in which I can save both. If only one is to be saved it must be yours ... You cannot adjust to suit me. You simply could not do it. Not only your own ego would be outraged. All the external pressures of the contemporary social framework would be on your side. It is the woman's part to give way, to make life smooth, to walk by your side.
As Patricia Hollis puts it, 'the costs were all Jennie's, the comfort all Nye's.'
Lee had lost her seat in the 1931 Labour rout and didn't get back into Parliament until 1945. By this time her husband's opposition to Churchill had made him famous and, despite the refusal to parrot official party policy evident in that stance, he was given a seat in Cabinet. Lee didn't get a job. She spoke badly in the Commons: 'I had no contribution to make that Ni could not have made and with an added dimension. That is why I spoke less well than in earlier years, why I left sentences unfinished, became mildly incoherent.' As Hollis says, she would have been seen as untrustworthy by the Right of the Party because of her long-standing ILP membership (she had stayed in the ILP when it split from the Labour Party), and her devotion to her husband's cause was in part a renunciation of 'what might well not be offered'.
Having given up her own ambitions in order to help Bevan become leader of the Left, perhaps even leader of the Labour Party, she then, the story goes, played a leading role in his failure to achieve this. During the Fifties, the period of Bevan's battles with Gaitskell, Lee was held responsible for her husband's frequent resignations. She was certainly a vanguardist, happy in opposition, and didn't believe in compromise with people who were 'nothing, nothing' – as Bevan said of Gaitskell – but it was also convenient for everyone to blame her for Bevan's walkouts. Not that Gaitskell was interested in compromise. As a 'retro-Gaitskellite' Hollis had expected to agree with Gaitskell's position in the row over health charges which occasioned Bevan's resignation from Cabinet in 1951, but found that the more research she did 'the less justifiable Gaitskell's position on charges appeared'. The charges were said to be necessary because of the money Gaitskell, egged on by the Americans, thought had to be spent on defence (going along with what the Americans wanted was never a good sign as far as Lee and Bevan were concerned). Bevan considered Gaitskell's defence estimates economically and politically undesirable, as well as practically impossible, but failed to make his stand on rearmament, which many would have taken to be a more substantial issue than false teeth and glasses. Bevan mishandled the matter so badly that Gaitskell was able to emerge looking virtuous 'even though the issue for him was his political authority, while to Nye, who believed he was defending the NHS, was attributed only wounded vanity'. Bevan didn't resign immediately after the Budget as his wife argued he should, but dithered and finally went too long after the event and in a terrible temper, shouting, 'I won't have it. I won't have it,' at the PLP meeting. This kind of behaviour was of course very useful to Gaitskell, who was desperate to get rid of Bevan, and almost succeeded in getting him expelled from the Party in 1955.
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I then signed and dated the form and the lady provided me with a copy. A copy of this form is included with this letter.
Your representative assured me that the remaining test requested by my doctor was a procedure covered by Medicare. Had she informed me otherwise, I would have most certainly declined that test as well.
Subsequently I was contacted by my doctor's office to discuss the results of the blood test and they provided me with a copy of these results.
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The two test results were for the two procedures I had declined:
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I ask that you resolve this issue immediately otherwise I shall send copies of everything to the Texas Attorney General's Office in Austin, Texas. In view of all the government litigation against you that I've been reading about, I'm sure they will be more than happy to help me.
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Are "Archivists" Surrendering Their Profession? Part 1
July 14, 2012
I have sat through meetings and presentations, read a good size mound (perhaps I should say a sub-series worth) of literature, and participated in seminars, where the primary subject was the relevance of the archivist or some other topic examined in light of the relevance of the archivist. Feel free to substitute "archival management," "archival repositories," "archival collections," or whatever related category seems to fit. We word the subject differently, but the general gist is that we are worried that the rest of the world will no longer value us, and (gasp) our collections, enough for the resources to remain for the equipping and maintaining the archival profession and the archival collection.
At this point I will say that, as with posts in the past (it has been awhile since my posting; sorry) I will a) draw comparisons between my experiences in archives in general and my experiences in the church or working with other professionals. And b) I will likely have another installment as more thought gels in my brain that is developing noticeable gaps in its gray matter. I truly would appreciate comments that may expedite that gelling process, by the way.
To me, the archives professional seems to fit, for the most part, into tree categories when it comes to the subject of relevance. There are the Cleopatras, who have failed to recognize that denial is not just a river in Egypt. There are the resistance cells that work continually to resist the coming changes that create an impact on the relevance of the archive and the need for adaptation to many changes, giving ground slowly and reluctantly. There are the collaborationists, who feel as if they are meeting the changes half-way and therefore will somehow preserve a semblance of the archives profession as we know it today and therefore give more ground than the resistance fighter. In addition to these three, there is a small group, size depending on who judges the individual in question, that may be described as going over to the Dark Side. I am the only one I know personally that has gone over completely, though I hasten to add that the term "Dark Side" has nothing to do with my morals or Christian beliefs but is rather a tongue-in-cheek reference to the way many people I deal with on a professional or volunteer basis view my ideas as being quite beyond the pale.
To elaborate a bit on these groups, I will start with the Cleopatras. These are the people who are convince that, because we will always have traditional documents and records, we will always need the repositories and "traditional" archivists. At the very least we will need them for their lifetimes, so there is no need to worry. The most active of these people, those who do worry that the rest of the world will not recognize the value and relevance of the archival repository, seem to believe that the real problem is that the populace in general, and those who make decisions regarding resource allocation (money, personnel, records disposition) in specific, are just not properly educated as to the value of the profession and the collections. They believe advocacy is the solution and once people realize that we are as valuable as wee think we are, things will be okay. Oddly enough, most of the people who I hear preaching this in discussions concerning "archival relevancy," spend little time on advocacy. They have to process and deal with researchers who have managed to track them down somehow. These are, after all, core functions of archivists. (What are advocacy and outreach. chopped liver?) It is my opinion, well informed or not, that these folks are in for a very rude awakening very soon. Based only on my personal experience (personal conversations, reading, correspondence and conferences) they tend to be the ones that express the greatest bitterness and sense of defeat over the current state of affairs in the profession. Welcome to the Little Big Horn, Col. Custer.
The resistance are those who have gradually somewhat succumbed to the onslaught of change, but at an exceptionally slow rate. These are the folk that continue to refuse to consider accepting electronic records into their collections and have finally given way to the idea that some digital records may need to be available on the Internet, but only as a means of enticing researchers into their archives. They firmly believe that records and documents have so much value as a collection, that there is an obligation to do everything possible to only present them in the context of an arranged unit rather than allowing researchers to see just individual documents. These folks see themselves as gatekeepers, morally and ethically required to be sure that researchers see the records in the way that they are "supposed" to be viewed. Most, if not all, of these folks I know believe that the concepts of respect des fonds and original order are universally accepted and applied principles that have been part of archival best practices for centuries. They do not read or accept the attitude of many other archivists regarding these principals and avoid the history of the evolution of the archives and manuscript collection field in the United States. They have their story and are sticking to it. They accept digital records in the repository, albeit often reluctantly, but do their best to transfer them to paper media or to store them without trying to provide access. They recognize that they will eventually driven to further accept aspects of technology that affect their profession, but they view this as a loss to both the profession and the researcher. They give ground, but reluctantly, and only because others in the profession are retreating and leaving their flanks unprotected.
The collaborationist is the one who believes that he or she has embraced the new technology. These folk have belatedly accepted and become excited about Web 2.0. They see the wonderful abilities to use social networking and online communication as a means of not only promoting their collections but providing reference services and even online access to documents. They do not have a consolidated view of how far they should go in stepping outside the usual view that actual presence in the repository is necessary to do "serious" research, but believe that new technologies and communication trends offer advantages to archivists that are not being recognized by the profession. They tend to support, again to varying degrees, the concept of "More Product, Less Process (MPLP)." They accession databases in their collections, often have email collections in digital formats, and occasionally attempt to capture Websites or social media for archival retention. The problem is, they really know nothing about the technological processes involved, and have not thought about ways to provide access or preserve the collections. They are still grounded in the belief that traditional archival management practices are, and should be, the core of the field, and when all is said in done they still try to tie their views into the traditional practices. Most of what they do with this new technology is access related, with a nod to the fact that record format is changing. Their lack of knowledge of how these electronic records were produced and used makes it impossible for them to properly apply concepts of appraisal, arrangement and description, or many other steps in the process of preserving records and making them accessible to other. They come closer to stepping beyond the pale, and seem to have actually have done some to other archivists. In reality, however, they have not made the final step of yielding to "the dark side."
In Episode V (really Part 2 but parodying a rather confusing format of a movie series that has no respect des fonds) We will discuss the power of the "dark side." I will also explain why this is really the "Bright Side" and how this also applies to organizational structures through using the church as an illustration.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
There is no Messiah
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Don't know if this opinion of mine will fly with you I am frankly pissed off at the Occupy crowd. I understood when cold weather set in they had to pull back but with it almost summer I have not heard a word about renewing the push again the right-wing.ReplyDelete
What little I have heard from left-wing activists consists of them being all pissed off at Obama for not solving their own pet issues.
One guy I know rather well published a post over at a very progressive blog call Round Tree 7 whining because Obama did not somehow stop new Israeli settlements in the West Bank. I support Obama, for what its worth, but never was delusional enough to think he was a Messiah.Replies
Actually Ocuupy is still working. they're just not getting press coverageDelete
The Paulbots tried to co-opt Occupy. I visited my local Occupy camp a few times, but not once did I meet anyone who had any idea how to get from where we are to where we need to be.ReplyDelete
The City has evicted Occupy Louisville.
And nothing has changed.
...but not once did I meet anyone who had any idea how to get from where we are to where we need to be.ReplyDelete
That's a big Fucking A dude! The ones I have conversed with on the internet and the very few in person have some very weird idea about this many diverse voices thing and scorn the idea of a organized movement.
I'm cool with the Occupy movement having a big umbrella but as long as they keep their current very loose framework with no organization they will be a laughing stock.
We're screwed.
i am a pacifist myself, but i must say you are right! Brute bullies just take right over everything, it doesn't matter what it involves or what they stand for. When someone hates you, they hate you and that's it. But I have to ask, what would you have us do exactly? Pick up guns like the right wing do and start threatening them? During the haulocost, EVERY Jewish person got killed, even the ones who fought back.--JillReplyDelete
AGREED. But there are many moderates and middle of the roadsters who are pretty disgusted by the radical evolution of the republican party. We need to reach out to these people: Republicans for Obama and other FB sites need our support. That's what will decide this. Oh. And money. LOTS of goddam money...ReplyDelete


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"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters." Saint Bernard
mumu on 2012-05-06 13:53:01
He only says that because dogs can't read!
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"It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block."
Paul Gauguin
montyb on 2012-07-19 12:36:57
And here I thought it was physics and the selective absorption substances have for certain frequencies of visible light. Pardon my ignorance (and chromatically-challenged eyes).
"Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?" Philip G. Hamerton
Kgun5 on 2013-01-11 12:49:21
This is probably true much of the time, but it certainly isn't always. A passage has to strike someone during its initial reading to become quoted in the first place.
joed on 2013-03-10 19:10:35
I tend to agree with Kgun5, who once said, "A passage has to strike someone during its initial reading to become quoted in the first place."
Kgun5 on 2013-05-30 18:22:03
Hehe...joed made me tickle.
bazinga on 2014-03-29 20:10:38
Kgun5 fades into obscurity.
marnita on 2015-09-13 05:11:42
But his quote lives on.
abra on 2016-05-20 11:39:14
Admin, Kgun is oft quoted now, he probably should have a bio.
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"A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once." Frank A. Clark
abra on 2014-08-10 15:29:29
I like that one.
abra on 2015-05-18 10:24:06
I still do.
marnita on 2015-09-05 16:26:50
Abra is a leading authority on this cryptogram.
"There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair."
Marcus Valerius Martial
fredsevent on 2012-01-31 19:32:22
Seriously! That's the extreme of your contemptible scale! And if you solvers were wondering, I am not bald, but merely choose to part my hair very widely in the middle.
gryhnd51 on 2012-08-13 21:36:59
Ummm, Donald Trump comes to mind.
saipanwriter on 2013-03-23 02:10:55
This is meant as humor, not truth. Obviously there are many more contemptible actions.
gryhnd51 on 2013-04-03 04:47:29
Here's a bit of humor. Donald Trump is both bald AND contemptible.
figmo on 2013-06-17 14:38:27
Who knew they had "comb-over" back then?
puzzleme on 2013-07-06 02:39:37
A comb-over is such fun to look at when the wind is blowing.
gryhnd51 on 2013-07-06 03:09:26
Imagine what a comb-over looks like in the morning. And why doesn't Trump just join Hairclub for Men?
maradnu on 2013-09-26 09:54:57
There is nothing more contemptible than someone who pretends to help, while hurting someone and taking advantage of them.
Quizzical on 2014-03-05 13:28:07
Maradnu, isn't that the basic principle of politics?
puzzleme on 2014-10-05 07:31:42
I once saw a bald guy with a tattoo on his head of a man pushing a lawn mower. No contempt there.
kb83 on 2015-02-25 03:38:05
This is blatant hirsutism.
Morpeth on 2015-05-22 15:39:55
A classic Seinfeld moment, when Elaine yanks the wig off George's head, screaming, "I hate this thing! And this is what I"m doing with it!!!" and tosses it out Jerry's window.
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nelnose on 2016-06-05 08:34:02
This quote just proves that baldness has pissed of men a very long time. I still have a full head of hair at 58. It's just not as thick as it used to be. But for my mother's side, I do have a donut coming. But, like the commercial says " I had it while I needed it."
"My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years."
Cathy Ladman
jval on 2015-03-16 09:33:50
My parents only argued in Slovak. God knows what it was all about.
wvwoman on 2015-08-20 03:34:54
funny, jvak!
JenDiaz72 on 2015-08-25 09:43:31
Mine was in French and my husband's was in Spanish and I only knew the cuss words in both.
"It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
maradnu on 2009-03-28 18:09:02
Well, Nietzsche was certainly wormy enough.
bansaisequoia on 2011-10-14 07:24:39
It's tough getting them to swallow their pills. You've got to hide them in their Purina Spirit Chow.
montyb on 2012-03-07 21:47:11
I've found that you can hide the pills in ghoulda cheese.
CarpeLanam on 2013-04-25 21:54:47
Isn't there a worm in the bottom of a bottle of spirits?
puzzleme on 2013-06-04 08:08:26
Q: What's worse than finding a worm in the apple you're eating? A: Finding HALF a worm.
"Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion." Calvin Miller
LLapp on 2016-05-31 16:55:16
I had a surge of passion yesterday, but I took an antacid and felt better.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." ~ Albert Einstein
"He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery. "
Samuel Smiles
abra on 2014-09-07 15:24:58
His name is a complete sentence. I like that in a quoter.
kb83 on 2014-09-16 03:20:24
abra, you didn't know that his middle name was "never"?
Ian123 on 2015-05-06 02:26:19
Thought it was "always"
montyb on 2015-06-20 08:33:30
You're both mistaken; it was "Usually".
Barnabas on 2015-07-09 05:57:16
I made the mistake of dropping a wine glass two nights ago, and then discovered I had a broken wine glass on my kitchen floor.
abra on 2015-10-10 09:47:41
Maybe it's Samuel Seldom Smiles.
marnita on 2016-03-26 13:22:52
That has a nice ring to it, abra.
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Found this curtain at the Charity shop.
Oh how cute I said .
Had to have that.
And a bit closer.
Have you noticed yet ??
Looks cute enough you say...
Fox n rooster ...
But then...
Bears tied by the nose!!
A smoking Rabbit...!!!
A design of its time.
1940/50's maybe
Oh how times have changed..
Will suit an un-PC stitching


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I made this tiny little notebook the other day, and eventually found it cute enough to share it with the world :)
One is the up-cycling idea - the thin lilac ribbon comes ... from a blouse I bought a while ago. You know how they make ribbon loops on the insides of the shoulders to hold the piece hanging neatly. Sometimes you just don't need them anymore once the piece is in your wardrobe. But I liked the color :) The green twine that holds the pages together is up-cycled from a tag on the plastic package of some scented sticks... if I remember correctly. :) Well, I have a whole jar of this kind of left-overs from everywhere. :)
Another idea is double-sided paper for flowers. My flowers here clearly show both sides of their petals. I found paper with two different colors on the sides. No patters, just plain colors.
- Marianne Design Creatables Lr0162 English Rose
- Marianne Design Creatables Lr0257
- Marianne Design Creatables Lr 0271 Anja's Vintage Swirls
- Marianne Design Creatables Lr0133 Open Flower Classic
- Nellie Snellen Floral Punch Medium Set FLP029 Rose Leaf
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The 15 Best Hospitals In The United States
After evaluating nearly 5,000 hospitals across America, U.S. News & World Report just came out with its annual rankings of the best hospitals in the country.
The rankings are based number of factors, including death rates, patient safety and hospital reputation.
Only 15 of them made the coveted 2015-16 Honor Roll — and here they are:
1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
3. (tie) Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
3. (tie) UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
5. Cleveland Clinic
6. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
7. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York
8. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
9. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia
10. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
11. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
12. NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
13. UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
14. Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
15. Stanford Health-Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California
The complete report — which you can find here — also features national rankings in 16 specialties, including cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery, and orthopedics.
How did your local hospital do?
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After those phrases, there follows a list of much shorter phrases and words, none more than two words long:
Insid, pl. insidî
"Sit down!"
Imperative from the root √n-s-d.
inkhir, pl. inkhirî
"Come away"
Imperative from the root √n-kh-r, which is an extension of the biliteral root √n-kh "come."
ithmir, pl. ithmirî
"Get away"
Imperative from the root √th-m-r "leave, retreat, remove (from)."
ithmir b'tîr
"Get away from there"
bi: preposition "from, away from" (a location at or nearby something, not from inside it)
tîr: "there, that place" — usually of a place nearby or within reach; cf. yîr "there yonder" (sc. in the distance, though still visible) and kûr "where?"
idribtu, pl. idribîtu
"stop it"
Imperative of root √d-r-b, with 3s suffix -tu; as mentioned, this should now be -hu.
ithrik, pl. ithrikî
Imperative of root √th-r-k "hold steady, hold up, support"
therek ikhlit, pl. therkâ ikhlitî
"Hold firm"
therek, pl. therkâ: "firm, fast, steady," adjective from the root √th-r-k "hold steady." The -â ending here is an adjectival plural; therkâ is a syncope of *therekâ, vowels in open medial syllables being prone to syncope.
ikhlit, pl. ikhlitî: imperative from the root √kh-l-t "hold, hold tight, maintain"
sâti khuzd
"You are a dwarf" (a statement of vivid, current fact)
sâti "you (sg. m.) are," imperfect 2sg.m. from the root √ʔ-t "to be": *sa-ʔt-i > sâti.
îridzu du-khuzd
"You are a dwarf" — literally "Know yourself for a dwarf"
îridzu: îrid, imperative sg. m. of √y-r-d "know" (*iyrid > îrid) + suffix –zu 2sg. m. polite suffix
du "to, for"
khuzd "dwarf"
ashnakh: treason (root √sh-n-kh "betray")
khurm: brother (nominal root √kh-r-m "brother")
umral: (close) friend (root √m-r-l "love")
udmay: comrade (root √d-m-y "accompany, go along with")


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AKA, "The game from hell".
Last round game against a 1296 player. He noticed something different about the clock after about 10 moves, but I didn't know what he was talking about, I replied "Yeah, I know, this clock doesn't have a second hand". Not until after the game did I realize what he was referring to. The clock was set at G/70, but no 5 second delay.
With about 30 seconds left I was thinking something is definitely not right. With 9 seconds left I noticed my moves were taking 1 or 2 seconds just to move, and it wasn't couting down the delay. 2 seconds left, instant move, 1 second left, instant move, 0 as I take my hand off it. He immediately calls flag and I immediately protest. TD finally decides to give me 2 minutes no delay (he has 31 minutes left) as it is his discretion under a rule, "malfunctioning clock or set wrong" or something like that. I had asked for the 5 minutes back (G/75) if there were no delay. I didn't know how to stop the clock, but then noticed the small pause button after studying it for 10 seconds, something I didn't have time to do in time-pressure.
Wow, a nightmare but the TD sided with me as the "injured player". Whereupon my opponent repeated "Why am I not the injured player". Anyway, I was up a rook and it only took me 14 seconds of those 2 minutes to finish the game. At first he pretended not to know the delay wasn't set, but the TD found out it wasn't. He even admitted that he had stopped keeping score a while back. Geez. Just shoot me now. The TD was very understanding of my position, thank the lord! Oh, and how did we find out he wasn't keeping score. Because, of course, he said "How do we even know this is the correct position?"
My opponent didn't see it my way, naturally, so I tried to talk about the game with him in the hall as he was leaving. Me: Why did you exchange rooks? Him: Because of your time, I wouldn't have done it otherwise. Me: Why did you sack your knight? Him: Because of your time. Then he admitted that next time he should forgo basing his moves on my clock. Actually, he had to trade rooks to win my pawn and took with the knight to try and avoid doing so, that seems most likely what happened, he simply wanted the pawn. Not trading rooks would have hurt me _more_ on the clock.
BTW, it was a pre-set tournament supplied clock. Usually the 5 second delay is automatically set and it is set to option 4A like usual. I found out later that it is always supposed to show the delay count-down, even from the start of the game – hadn't been paying attention.
It's bad enough that I knew he was probably stronger than his rating (because the club rarely has any C players, for example) and I also made blunders during the game. Not my best performance, missed a mate in one apparently. The game score I am giving is not accurate because I stopped recording at 3.5 minutes left, but it is very similar to what happened.
This player is older than me and I had chatted a tiny bit with him before, so I didn't really feel that this would have happened.
I won my entrance fee back, plus $2 for taking clear second. If both tournaments ended today, I would have 11 rating points from each of them, which would bring it to 1767 – best guess. Losing rating points is like nothing at all, but getting them back takes a long time when playing peers or lower-rated.


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text: Posted by: Installer Online on January 20, 2015 in Industry News Leave a comment Get set for ErP with Ideal With the ErP directive due to come into force in September 2015, Ideal will be right by installers' side. On 26th September 2015 a new Energy related Product (ErP) directive from the EU comes into force, ensuring space and water heaters meet minimum efficiency requirements. Watch how to fill out the system fiche here: Installers will still be able to use products purchased and installed prior that date, however afterwards, manufacturers and installers will have to ensure that the products they use and the systems they commission meet the minimum requirements within the new directive. Space and water heating products will be required to have an energy label, already familiar on fridges, freezers etc, and manufacturers will only be able to sell compliant products after 26th September 2015. The least efficient water heating products will be banned, ie. those rated F & G. Carrie Young, Ideal's Head of Marketing said, "There will a period of adjustment to get through, however installers will be supported by Ideal throughout the process. "We're gearing up to support installers throughout the ErP process. It will be included in all our domestic boiler training courses, plus our technical support and customer services teams have all been briefed and trained so installers don't need to worry. "We're preparing an education campaign to help guide installers through the process which will launch in January 2015. If they have any questions or concerns, they can turn to Ideal and we'll have the answers." For more info about this please head to www.idealboilers.com or follow on Twitter.com/ideal_heating Share ! tweet


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Carine Roitfeld: CR Men's Book
Followers of fashion for men take note: Carine Roitfeld plans to launch a new magazine dedicated to the subject in September. CR Men's Book focuses on the burgeoning world of menswear as viewed through the Roitfeld lens as Carine takes inspiration from her style icons of the male persuasion, such as Christopher Walken, River Phoenix, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Models booked for her premiere issue include Gabriel Day-Lewis, Kaia Gerber, Presley Gerber, Lucky Blue Smith, Jaden Smith, Oliver Greenall, Logan Flatte, and Love Ronnlund. The first issue of CR Men's Book will be packaged with the seventh issue of CR Fashion Book Fall/Winter 2015, available on newsstands beginning 3 September; future issues of CRMB are priced at $20. Very much looking forward to les hommes de CR....
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For all the Washington Redskins fans out there show off your team spirit in style with officially-licensed apparel from '47 Brand. '47 Brand provides the quality all true fans desire in their gear. Known for their vintage look and feel, '47 has managed to also provide a new school spin to this old school craze.


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If you are struggling to find a style in your child's size we would recommend visiting your local Clarks store and speaking to one of our fitting experts.
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If there is more than a 10mm difference between the length of your child's feet we would recommend visiting your local Clarks store for further advice.
Unfortunately we are not currently able to offer this service online. If you would like to take advantage of this scheme you can do so at your local Clarks store.
No, the size selection will be made based on the babies age. There are some simple checks to ensure the styles are a good fit.
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Gift cards can be purchased from any of our full price and Outlet UK and ROI (Republic of Ireland) stores excluding Clarks Stockists. You can also buy a gift card from our dedicated website www.clarks.co.uk/giftcards
You can spend your gift card in any of our full price and Outlet UK and ROI (Republic of Ireland) stores excluding Clarks Stockists or online.
Gift cards purchased online will be sent by first class post. A signature will be required. For special delivery all orders need to be placed before 3pm. Orders placed on a Sunday will take an extra day.
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|2-3 days signed for
|Over £50
|2-3 days signed for
|Any amount
|Next day special delivery
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You can use your gift card to buy any product available in store (excluding gift cards).
The gift card will expire 24 months from purchase or last use, which includes making a balance enquiry. After expiry, we will not refund any balance remaining.
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Your 19 digit gift card number is found under the barcode on the back of the card. The PIN is a 4 digit number that you find by scratching off the relevant panel above the barcode. Please take care when scratching off the panel as damaged gift cards will not be accepted.
Yes, you can top up in any of our UK and ROI (Republic of Ireland) stores to the value of £500 / €500. You cannot top up online.
No, they can be loaded with any value between £5 and £500 (€5 and €500). Some cards purchased in other locations such as supermarkets may have a pre-denomination which will be stated on the card at the time of purchase.
Yes, you can pay the difference with your credit or debit card or cash in store.
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Want to keep your best employees around? A high salary and workplace perks won't do as much good as a sense of purpose, recent research finds.
According to a survey by HR software company Cornerstone OnDemand, employees are looking for career satisfaction and a healthy work-life balance above all else. In fact, many are willing to make significant changes and sacrifices in order to find fulfillment within their career.
Specifically, 89 percent of employees would consider a lateral move (one at a similar level and pay grade), 77 percent would relocate and 55 percent of employees (including three-quarters of millennials) would change careers altogether. Simply put, employees devote themselves to companies that ensure growth opportunities and new experiences. [See Related Story: For Millennials, Company Culture Means (Almost) Everything]
This emphasis on career satisfaction is indicative of a dramatically changing workforce, said Kim Cassady, vice president of talent for Cornerstone OnDemand. In an employee-driven job market, workers have no problem leaving a company that no longer suits their personal and professional goals. Therefore, Cassady noted, it is important for companies to recognize the unique desires and needs of their workforce.
Cassady advised employers to "stay ahead of, and adapt to, these changes by creating visibility into career paths that generate professional challenges and personal satisfaction." Employers must listen to their workers in order to better understand their personal needs and ambitions, Cassady said.
Kirsten Helvey, chief operating officer of Cornerstone OnDemand, expressed similar views.
"Employees are the frontline advocates for any organization — they truly make or break a business," Helvey said in a statement. "That's why it's so important for employers to understand what motivates them. What we're seeing across our client base is that the most successful brands are those that champion their employees and give them opportunities to realize their full potential."
The survey was based on the responses of 2,000 Americans ages 18 and over who work full time, and 546 human resources managers at companies with a minimum of 50 employees.


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#VoteSmart in the 2018 Elections
In 2018, elections for mayor, at-large council members, and all council districts will be on the ballot. Make sure you know the candidates for the primary and general elections!
In 2018, elections for mayor, at-large council members, and all council districts will be on the ballot. Make sure you know the candidates for the primary and general elections!
Citizens' Planning Academy is a free, four-week program that educates participants about the importance of land-use planning and its relationship to economic development, the environment, and quality-of-life issues in our community.
As part of our voter education program, we've partnered with AARP, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, Fayette County Farm Bureau and the Fayette County Neighborhood Council to sponsor a free, public forum featuring Lexington's Mayoral and At-Large Council Candidates this fall.
At Fayette Alliance, we know that EVERY voice matters which is why we were a co-sponsor for On The Table 2018 on March 28, 2018. This year, On The Table focused on civic engagement; implementing ideas to create real solutions for our city.
For the 12th year in a row, Fayette Alliance and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation will join forces to present the Bluegrass International Cup at breathtaking Mt. Brilliant Farm, as well as the 7th Annual Evening in the Gardens the evening prior. More than 600 people attend these annual events to support our world-class city, farms, and healthcare in Lexington, Kentucky.
Volunteer for the Town Branch Water Walk Sunday, September 20th from 2-5 pm. Contact Downtown Lexington Corporation's Kyle Frizzell for more information and to register as a volunteer at firstname.lastname@example.com The livableLEX, Second Sunday Town Branch Water Walk will feature a walking path of downtown Lexington's hidden waterway and opportunities to learn more about Town Branch while competing...
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The Morning Line, 7.20.14 "Last Saturday, for the Fayette Alliance and Markey Cancer Foundation, Hillcroft defeated Villa del Lago 10-7…" See the featured article and photos of the match by Mathea Kelley.


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This is a review that I've been avoiding for a long time, I don't have a reason but I'm becoming lazier every day... hahaha
Well, I purchased these lenses from Kiwiberry-collection.com As always they were very kind and answered all my questions really quickly. I don't have pictures of the package but it was very well packaged and very secure. They arrived around a month after I ordered them what is noy very fast, but neither very slow.
I find very dificult to review the lenses because it all depends on if you like natural lenses, or just freak!!, bigger, smaller... so I want to say that this review is just my personal opinion.
Colour 7/10: I like the colour on these lenses. When I was looking for pink lenses I was afraid the colour was too subtle, well this is not what happens with these lenses, the colour is amazingly bright and they are really pink and opaque. The black ring outside the lenses is thing but it's so even that looks very unnatural. I give them a 7 because they are so bright that I look as a Twilight character with them, to me they are very unnatural and I like natural lenses. I know pink is not a natural colour, but I was looking for something less bright. Anyway I love going out at night with these lenses, and I like the shade of colour, it's sooo pink!!!
Enlargement 5/10: They are 14mm but compared with my Geo Nudy Golden Blue they are way smaller. You can barely see a diference between the eye that has the lens and the one that hasn't. I don't like big lenses, but if I buy circle lenses I espect some enlargement.
Comfort 10/10: These lenses are amazingly comfortable!!! I have worn them for 6 hours and I know I could wear them the hole day If that wasn't bad for my eyes. My eyes are usually very sensitive with the lenses, they get dry very quickly, but with these lenses it like I was wearing nothing!!
Overall: I really like these lenses, I love the pink colour and how they look on me, but I only wear them with costumes or sometimes to go out at night with heavy makeup, because they are very unnatural. Next time I'll try with something more subtle. ;)
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Welcome to my little Niche within the library. So grab a coffee and let's review some books. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Girl on the Train is a psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat; a page-turner. It is written in the style of S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep . The book tells the story of three women, Rachel, Anna and Megan who are connected in some way. The Story is told in the point of view of all three women.
Rachel Watson is an alchoholic whose marriage disentigrated because of her drinking. She was married to Tom Watson, who left her for another woman, Anna. Rachel finds it hard to accept the disintigration of her marriage and takes a train journey every day into London where she and Tom used to live. On her commute she looks into people's houses through the window of the train. There's a couple that lives not long from where Rachel used to live. Rachel imagines them to be the perfect couple. She called them Jason and Jen; the perfect couple.
Rachel spends her days on the train drinking her favourite drink, a Gin and tonic and daydreaming about her life and fantasising about this perfect couple she sees everyday from the window of her train until she witnesses something so horrifying that destroys her daydream. Soon she is caught in the drama and events involving this perfect couple. A girl goes missing. An investigation ensues and Rachel gets caught in the middle of this mystery.
I enjoyed reading this piece. It is really well-written. Paula Hawkins, the author, worked as a journalist. She was born in Zimbawe. She moved to London in 1998. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller.
The movie, The Girl on the Train comes out on October 2016. I cannot wait to watch it!
The film is directed by Tate Taylor and stars Emily Blunt.


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The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington is hosting an afternoon dedicated to exploring ways in which the Jewish community can be an inviting place for interfaith couples and families. The event will include a variety of perspectives, news of initiatives at the local and national level, and a play about interfaith couples. Dr. Erica Brown, Scholar-in-Residence at the Federation, will lead a conversation on what the Jewish community can do to welcome interfaith families.
This event will be held on April 28th, from 1:00 – 4:30 pm at the University Club, Mary Graydon Center at American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, WDC. Admission is free – just register to let them know you'll be there on April 28!


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Yoga seems to have become fashionable and there are loads of different 'names' for different styles of yoga …. which can be really confusing. So to help you find the yoga class that's right for you, I'm going to run thru some of them:
Hatha yoga : generally used to describe the classic yoga class – where you'll relax and centre at the beginning, work thru some postures (asanas), do some breath work (pranayama) and generally finish with some relaxation and possibly meditation. Do look out for teachers using the word Hatha and then adding something else though …. hatha + ashtanga probably just means ashtanga (see below).
Ashtanga yoga : a strong powerful almost athletic style of yoga …. great if you are fit and healthy but less suited to those looking for a gentle relaxing class. Ashtanga, Vinyasa or Power yoga are generally taught at gyms. Vinyasa is the term for the sequence of asanas in Ashtanga yoga. Sun power yoga is also a strong, athletic style.
Kundalini yoga : usually a more spiritual form of yoga class incorporating chanting – but the style may vary significantly from one teacher to another
Iyengar yoga : a style of yoga using precision of alignment with lots of blocks/belts etc to assist
Dru yoga : a gentle form of yoga with soft flowing movement – similar to a Hatha class, but often utilising music
Anusara yoga : a variation of hatha yoga – more or less vigorous according to the teacher
Laughter yoga : in my view a marketing ploy …. you'll find joy in any yoga class!
Most teachers will allow you to come along and try their class before you enrol for block or term of classes. Read their website, get a feel for the values of the teacher. Find a teacher who teaches to share their love of yoga, and a class that enables you to take what you need today … acknowledging that your needs may change as you move through your yoga journey


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Infosys has said it will create new Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, which will help derive practical benefits from massive amounts of data generated through connected devices in the industrial enterprise.
The second-largest IT services company has collaborated with GE and others to develop these solutions, designed to help manufacturers and other industrial enterprises improve asset efficiency and build more intelligent linkages between design, production and field testing.
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), an international body of industries, governments and academics focused on developing best practices for the Industrial Internet, recently approved two Infosys-led testbeds.
Asset efficiency testbed enables holistic monitoring, analysis and optimization of critical infrastructure assets. The first use-case focuses on predictive maintenance for an industrial asset such as aircraft landing gear. The asset efficiency testbed team included Infosys, GE and other industry partners.
Industrial digital thread testbed creates more intelligent linkages between the three phases of manufacturing – design, production and field testing/service. By capturing, analyzing and relaying real-time sensory and historical data at each of these phases, the Industrial Digital Thread (IDT) will generate insights that can help field engineers and service teams identify the root cause of component failure easily, and provide faster corrections to flaws in design engineering and manufacturing operations.
Bill Ruh, chief digital officer, GE Digital, said "we see brilliant manufacturing as the next wave of Industrial Internet innovation, following asset performance management. We are excited about our most recent collaboration with Infosys to advance these two areas and drive increased efficiency and productivity for industry."
Vishal Sikka, Infosys CEO, said "The value comes from bringing intelligence directly to these end-points, and in doing this we can completely reimagine the notion of industrial manufacturing, and every industry, and we look forward to doing much more in our work with GE in these areas."
Imposing Limits Globally: WhatsApp Restricts Users to Forwarding a Message to Only 5 Chats at a Time


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Hello makers!
Wow, can you believe that 2016 is almost over? I can't, this year was so wonderful to me. I received so many blessings that I am more than grateful. The release of my collections was well received by all of you that fills my heart with love and happiness, thank you all so much for the love and support received this 2016. I wanted to share with all of you some of my best blog posts of 2016!
If you want to re-read some of them, click on your prefer blog post!
And these are just some of them, lots of you really enjoyed and read lots of my blog posts and this makes me really happy. To know that there is someone on the other side of the screen always caring for me and willing to learn a bit more of my creative world means a lot to me, thank you thank you!!
Pat B.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
The Best of 2016
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Fed, The Fed or FED may refer to:
"Fed" is the eleventh episode of the twentieth season of NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order.
As election day rapidly approaches, Detectives Lupo and Bernard discover the disfigured remains of a man with the word "FED" written across his bare chest. Missing a crucial piece of evidence, the detectives decide to retrace the steps of the victim, a campaign volunteer. After the victim's perplexing past emerges and the list of suspects multiplies, the detectives find themselves dealing with more than just dirty politics.
Rey Curtis, having recently lost his wife Deborah, has come back to Long Island with his three daughters to bury her beside her parents. Lt. Van Buren receives a call from Curtis inviting her to the funeral. Ill with cancer herself, she was able to make it despite her busy schedule. Curtis, who heard about Van Buren's illness from the police grapevine, commented gravely about her cancer as "just rotten luck all around". He described Deborah's lost battle with multiple sclerosis, how she faced death bravely but was overwhelmed by it in the end. Curtis also tells Van Buren that Deborah died at home in his arms and revealed that he had called his old partner, Lennie Briscoe, just before he died. By the end of the episode, Lt. Van Buren, is doubtful of her own survival.
Fed is the second studio album by American artist Liam Hayes, originally released on December 23, 2002.
The first song to appear from Fed was "No Education". An early version of the song was released as a single in 1997.
Formal recording sessions for the album were started in early 2000 with engineers Bob Weston and Steve Albini contributing to the recording. Weston: "I've been recording this band called Plush, this guy Liam Hayes from Chicago, it's his thing. Liam likes to record in an older style. He bought himself this 1/2" 4-track tape machine, an Ampex 440, that he carts around. I helped him rebuild the thing and made it sound pretty good. So we cart it around and record on location. We recorded at a film sound-stage. We recorded in his practice space. We recorded at this public radio station and on a rooftop in downtown Chicago. Steve Albini has recorded him in a huge theater. The microphone practice is being done in a really minimal style and I try to follow Liam's "Old School" aesthetic. We are doing the basic tracks, guitar, bass, and drums. He is going to do a reduction mix using Ping-pong recording techniques from the 4-track tape onto a 1" 8 track tape machine that Steve Albini has, and do overdubs at Steve's studio.
Statement may refer to:
In logic, a statement is either (a) a meaningful declarative sentence that is either true or false, or (b) that which a true or false declarative sentence asserts. In the latter case, a statement is distinct from a sentence in that a sentence is only one formulation of a statement, whereas there may be many other formulations expressing the same statement.
Philosopher of language, Peter Strawson advocated the use of the term "statement" in sense (b) in preference to proposition. Strawson used the term "Statement" to make the point that two declarative sentences can make the same statement if they say the same thing in different ways. Thus in the usage advocated by Strawson, "All men are mortal." and "Every man is mortal." are two different sentences that make the same statement.
In either case a statement is viewed as a truth bearer.
Examples of sentences that are (or make) statements:
"Statement" is a single by Japanese experimental band Boris. The A-side "Statement" was a preview of things to come on their full-length album Smile, which was released on Diwphalanx Records and Southern Lord Records in 2008. The B-side "Floor Shaker" is an unreleased song from the Smile sessions exclusive to this single and its own single available free with purchase from the Inoxia Records store; this single version fades out early.
The logo on the cover is a tribute to the American black metal band Von, who use the same font and insert the same pentagram into the O.
"Statement" reached number 23 on Billboard's Hot Singles Sales for the week of March 29, 2008.
Both songs appear on the compilation album Boris / Variations + Live in Japan.
Fed, The Fed or FED may refer to:
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for the last couple of years I have had a weird skin sore just above my left buttock - it comes and goes once a year - usually when I'M stressed. I havent thought anything of it but this time its very very sore and has taken a lot longer to heal.
i cant get an appointment with my doctor for another week but wanted to know if there is anything I can do about it?
its about the size of a 10p piece and red, usually lasts about a week.


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My blog writing has sporadic at best. I am focusing my writing time on working on my book which sounds way more than productive than I actually have been. My writing time since break began has been used to decompress. This fall was tough. I really struggled and was angry. I was angry for various reasons, but at some point I just held out and it got softer. Anger was just the name of my game.
But that was just it….It knocked me off my game. A game that I think I am just recovering. I have gained some weight back. I am not going to lie. Honestly, most of it has been gained since Thanksgiving because I needed the mental break from where I was at with my Less of Me phase. Somewhere less of me became about the way I looked and less about the way I felt. I lost focus and withheld too much. If I had to guess that was probably about June/July. Then I became angry because I felt like the weight loss wasn't fair. But this post isn't about that.
Let's go back to January of this year and see where I was at?
My first fitaversary! Is it sad that I don't see myself like that anymore? I need to. But I am doing the program I was doing then and hoping the weight lifting will curve me out in the right places. I really only weigh a few more pounds now than I did then.
To give a voice to the voiceless and be the ear they so desperately need. But I get lost in my own self, my own agenda. I wish was better, but alas I am not. So I sit here and I think about it and what I can change for next time.
I try to not share too much information about my post tubal ligation syndrome. Something I have been battling since the moment I had the original surgery. In March, I had surgery to try and clean up the mess that was left from my tubal ligation. It worked till July. Things have been a mess since then. On December 22nd I signed consent papers for surgery this June to fix all of this finally once and for all. I signed it then to insure if I want it done before June that I can. But the goal is June because of the 6-8 weeks of recovery that would require me to not work.
That means I have 6 months to get to the weight I want and mentally, physically prepared to have this surgery and be done with this nightmare of a syndrome I have been left with. I am grateful for my supportive husband and my doctor who has had my back the whole time and always took me seriously. Thankfully, most of the side effects are things you can live with. They just make things not the way you want them.
All I know is I got to get back to this MR —> I don't want to be your inspiration
God, I love this man! I don't love him for the romance of our relationship. I love him for the hardships that we endure. I love him because I know he is there for me and he can always make me laugh. I am one lucky lady.
Same Old Love Song (Grateful)..
We went on our 2nd family vacation to the beach! It was so fun. We are currently planning # 3.
A post about what I was put here on this earth to do. Be a momma to my sweet baby girls.
August 2016
The one where I proclaimed we should live our lives as an act of criticism.
September 2016
Public schools and teachers are NOT the problem. The narrative is and hell ya I am defensive.
We have to stop saying, "It will be okay" because the reality is sometimes it is NOT.
I still believe….."We have to do better."
Our love story is my favorite.
This year wasn't my favorite and it wasn't my worst. It was a year of maintaining. It was a year of status quo. I don't really do status quo. I hate to feel stalled out. I am working on that though. I am stalled out on more than one front. But my life is beautiful. This life is beautiful. My girls are my life. My guy is my life. I love this life.
Happy New Year Dear Readers, MR


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The artwork used for Hand of Peace, Stern Arbiter and Proprietorship are uncredited, as I do not know their creators' identities. Should anyone know these, please let me know so that I may update the images. (A little "don't sue me" message would be nice, too.)
And because this happens to be December... Merry Christmas, everyone.


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It's the showdown of curling irons VS curling wands, a topic many women are still confused about. Does the absence of a clasp result in a difference in curl so drastic that we should be spending our hard earned money on a separate curling wand in addition to our curling irons, or is this something beauty marketers laugh themselves to the bank with?
Well we assure you the powers-that-be(auty) were on your side this time- there is an absolute difference between the curls produced from iron versus the wand (same with the difference between curling with an iron/wand VS curling with a straightener). While the distinction may seem subtle to some, its overall difference in your final look can be quite substantial (think little girl ringlets VS beach waves). But since photo evidence is the only way to appropriately prove our point, follow the link below where Pop Sugar breaks down wands VS irons, side by side.
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This year's Heinz Family Foundation awards include honors for a scientist documenting the effects of endocrine disruptors, a champion on the global seed vault and one of the giants in the field of 'green,' or non-toxic, chemistry. USA Today
2010 Rachel Carson Legacy Conference
CHALLENGING MARCELLUS SHALE: The Consequences and Alternatives
Keynote Speaker: Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Ph.D., MD, one of Sweden's foremost cancer scientists and the founder of The Natural Step
Friday, September 24, 2010, Mellon Institute Audtorium, Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe 2010 Rachel Carson Legacy Conference: Challenging Marcellus Shale - Consequences and Alternatives will address the health, environmental and community effects Pennsylvania will face with the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas fields.
We have gathered people from New York, Colorado and Pennsylvania with experience and expertise in evaluating the results of the deep shale fracking industry.
The Alternatives approach will be highlighted by keynote speaker Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt of Sweden founder of The Natural Step process for reaching a sustainable economy. He will be followed by Ken Melamed, Mayor of Whistler, B.C., who will describe the Whistler 2020 plan as implemented based on Dr. Robert's approach and a panel of renewable and sustainable energy businesses illustrating current economically viable applications of renewable energy systems.
This event is a conference. Registration with fee is required.For more information and to register for the conference, please visit the Rachel Carson Homestead website.
Labels: fracking, Gasland, health and safety, Rachel Carson
Rachel would be appalled at how we are moving backwards...
Nearly a half century ago, in September of 1962, the groundbreaking book, "Silent Spring." about the danger of heavily marketed pesticides was released. Chemical corporations spent a ton of money attacking the damning content of the book and the character of its author, groundbreaking biologist and journalist Rachel Carson.
"Silent Spring" is credited with setting into the motion the birth of the environmental movement and the eventual creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
But now in 2010, the global predatory corporations that produce toxic chemicals and pesticides (think Monsanto and Dow as examples) are in ascendance, with formidable financial and political power. Then toss in the toxic impact of the likes of the oil companies, and it becomes clear that financial largesse now frequently trumps public health.
The "restoration of the America that used to be" that the right wing yearns for is one that predates "Silent Spring." The health of all Americans is endangered by such a simplistic refutation of science. Rachel Carson would, no doubt, be appalled at how we seem to be moving backwards when it comes to protection from the chemical industry.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
A Combination of Bad Choices
Five key human errors, colossal mechanical failure led to fatal Gulf oil rig blowout. A string of mistakes, first by people, then by a supposedly fail-safe machine, sealed the fates of 11 rig workers and led to the fouling of the Gulf of Mexico and hundreds of miles of its coastline. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana.Even when they acknowledged limited risks, they seemed to consider each danger in a vacuum, never thinking the combination of bad choices would add up to a total well blowout.
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