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St. Charles City-County Library District
Board of Trustees
October 9, 2012
The St. Charles City-County Library District Board of Trustees met at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 9 at the Middendorf-Kredell Branch of the St. Charles City-County Library District. The branch is located at 2750 Highway K, O'Fallon, Missouri.
Board Members present:
Board members absent:
Library Staff present:
President Myra Crook called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance. Five members responded to roll call. Ms. Crook opened the floor for public comments. No requests for time were received.
The following reports were included in the Board packet.
Consent Agenda
MOTION: Mary Reese moved to approve the Consent Agenda. John Thoelke seconded. Motion approved five affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and four absent.
Gary Heggs arrived at 7:15 pm
Formal Agenda
13-09 Policy c056 Charitable and Community Collections—District Wide
The update to this policy includes some minor changes to the wording in the policy to reflect the absence of a Deputy Director. The original policy indicates that all requests for district-wide participation in charitable and community collections be submitted to the Deputy Director. Due to the absence of a Deputy Director at this time, the policy is presented to the Board this evening to reflect that the requests be submitted to the Director. John Thoelke recommended making one change to the policy once a decision is made on the status of the vacant Deputy Director position.
MOTION: John Thoelke moved to table Agenda Item 13-09 Policy c056 Charitable and Community Collections—District Wide. Lisa Pelikan seconded. Motion approved six affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and three absent.
13-10 Policy c056.5 Charitable and Community Collections—Branch Specific
This policy is the same as Policy c056, but it applies to a specific branch versus the entire district. The question surfaced as to why a Branch Manager would ever need to appoint a "staff designee", especially considering that the policy allows 15 days for a decision to be made on the charitable and community collections request. Jim Brown and a few branch managers provided the group with some examples relevant to appointing a designee; one example was when the District was without a Branch Manager at the Kisker Road Branch for several months during the selection and interview process for a new one.
MOTION: Lisa Pelikan moved to accept Agenda Item 13-10 Policy c056.5 Charitable and Community Collections—Branch Specific as presented. Mary Reese seconded. Motion passed six affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and three absent.
13-11 Policy c057 Fundraising Events—District Wide
This is a new policy limiting fundraising events in District meeting rooms to events sponsored by the partners of the Library District—Friends of the Library, Library Foundation, St. Charles Library Building Corporation, or the Trustees of the Library District. This policy has been reviewed by the District's attorney already.
MOTION: Gary Heggs moved to adopt Policy c057 Fundraising Events—District-wide as presented. Lisa Pelikan seconded. Motion passed six affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and three absent.
13-12 Policy c187 Distribution and Consumption of Alcohol on Library District Grounds
Currently there is not a policy in place regarding the consumption of alcohol on library grounds; the proposed policy is a new one. The policy will prohibit consuming or distributing alcohol on library premises unless authorized by the Library Director or an authorized Library Administration representative. Gary Heggs advised that the District confirm its insurance coverage of at least $1 million dollars and, prior to authorizing a third party vendor to distribute alcohol on library property, the District should insure that same third party has insurance coverage of $1 million minimum. In the rare event that alcohol is donated to the District for an event, the caterer would need to provide proof of insurance coverage along with all applicable licenses and permits. John Thoelke recommended a couple of changes to the policy as proposed. One recommendation is to only allow authorization by the Library Director; please remove "authorized Library Administration representative" from the proposed policy. The second recommendation is that as a government entity, the Library District should never serve alcohol. There was discussion regarding the legality of who can provide the alcohol, who can serve the alcohol, laws and amendments regarding the subject, etc. Ultimately Lisa Pelikan inquired whether or not John Shaw, the District's legal counsel, had reviewed the policy and provided an opinion on the subject. Jim Brown confirmed that Mr. Shaw had not previewed this policy. Ms. Pelikan recommended taking the policy to him and he can provide a professional opinion on it.
MOTION: Lisa Pelikan moved to table Policy c187 Distribution and Consumption of Alcohol on Library District Grounds to allow the policy to be viewed by the Library District's legal counsel. Mary Reese seconded. Motion passed six affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and three absent.
13-13 Policy c256 Community Commons Event Room Policy
The proposed version of this policy presented at the meeting includes language associated with fundraising, preferred caterer agreement as well as the cost recovery policy. The policy outlines twenty-two regulations surrounding use of the rooms. The policy also references several other policies regarding meeting room use. Policies C250, C251, C057, and C187 are all referenced at some point in C256 with regard to the rental of any meeting room in the District.
A few Trustees voiced concern over a few regulations included in the policy. After discussion regarding legal age, the size of groups allowed to rent rooms, and whether or not staff of the Library District and/or Community Commons should be allowed to enter meeting rooms during a closed meeting, it was decided that once some of the language and verbage was changed, the policy would be acceptable. Regarding entering closed meetings, it was decided that only Library staff be allowed to enter meetings held in the Community Commons facility (remove 'and the Community Council staff' from the policy).
Once changes are made to the policy, the final revision will be presented in November for final approval.
13-14 Preferred Caterer Agreement
Due to the fact that the Library District could potentially be hosting large events once the Community Commons rooms are open to the public for booking, combined with the fact that event management is new to the District, it is recommended that the District use "preferred caterers" in order to ensure consistency and high quality. The proposed agreement was created by Kristin Williams and Sara Nielsen with the basic outline provided by the Foundry Art Center with suggestions from Kansas City Public and different municipalities.
The draft of the Preferred Caterer Agreement is a general outline for the businesses that are selected to provide catering for the District. Some of the items outlined in the agreement are: the scope of the service to be provided, performance standards, compensation, use of our facilities, licenses and permits, insurance, and general provisions. The agreement requires a signature from both Jim Brown, Library Director, and the catering company and/or its authorized signer.
Also included in the packet, the Cost Recovery Justification includes a contract fee and a 10% cost recovery from each catered event. The initial contract fee is proposed $500 per caterer annually. Details regarding the fee are included in the memo.
The District would like to advertise an RFP (request for proposal) for caterers then select the best 4-6 caterers based on previously discussed criteria for selection. A list of suggested caterers along with the list of criteria is in the packet. The next step in the process once the agreement is accepted is to work in conjunction with the Community Council on the application for use of the event room(s).
Tim Deghelder inquired about the penalty for utilizing a non-preferred caterer? The penalty is an increased room rental fee and 15% (versus 10%) from the caterer.
Lisa Pelikan and Gary Heggs both suggested that the agreement be presented to John Shaw, the District's legal counsel. John Thoelke asked how the funds that the District is paid will be accounted for in financial records; the payments should not go into the general library fund. Ms. Williams recommended tracking the funds in their own specific account, and utilize them for repair and replacement of supplies, etc. for the meeting rooms.
Ms. Williams will present the entire packet for approval at the November Board Meeting; the target launch date is January 1, 2013.
MOTION:Lisa Pelikan moved to adjourn the open session. Mary Reese seconded. Motion passed six affirmative, zero negative, zero abstentions, and three absent.
The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
April C. Wootten, Recording Secretary
Secretary Board of Trustees Date


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Subject: HB 388 - Solve Utah's Air Quality Problems with More Transit
Date: Tue Feb 25 21:52:19 MST 2014
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If you work in nightlife in Las Vegas, this time of year isn't all gingerbread and Christmas carols. 'Tis the season of new venues, and that means lots of hard work to prepare for that big opening night. For Jennipher Frost, the clock is ticking down to December 28. That's when the former food and beverage director of the SLS Beverly Hills and new marketing manager of Andrea's at Encore will fling open the doors and give us a taste of what she's been working on. And with chef Joseph Elevado helming the kitchen, chances are it's going to taste pretty damn good.
What drew you to this project?
First off, Sean Christie approached me. I've known Sean for a long, long time, and anything that Sean has an idea behind I know it's a great idea. And then when he's like, "It's the Wynn," which also sparks your attention, because [it's a] five-star hotel, the best in Vegas. Then, he told me a little about the concept of Andrea's—we call it hip vibe dining—kind of like a supper club with their own little quirk to it.
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In your words, what is "vibe dining?"
Vibe dining is kind of the cool place to be. When I lived in LA, it was always the hip spot or somewhere you just want to be seen. ... You always just want to be there, even if you're just going in to see the décor or look at the cocktail menu.
With that style of dining, I imagine people will want to sit. Will you be trying to turn tables, or can guests make a leisurely nightlife transition?
Most restaurants, that's what they want to do. It's dine and turn. This isn't like that. We want people to come in and enjoy. So it's not like you come in for an hour or two, you leave. If you want to sit there all night—the music's great, the atmosphere's great ... We're not trying to turn them out or hustle them to leave because the next person's in. So obviously it's going to be a little harder to get in, because people are going to want to stay. With the music and the atmosphere, people are going to want to be there.
If you want to have dinner and then go to Surrender, how will the transition work?
We do have a door that's linked, but it's not like people can just walk through. For people who want to come dine and have a table reservation, we're going to have the waitress come through when you're done eating and walk you through a back door to your table, so you don't have to go all the way around.
I love that Steve Angello's title at Andrea's is musical chef. How is that different from a traditional music director?
Obviously the name in itself. Steve Angello, I believe, is one of the best of the best. And I think it helps having someone who knows so much about music. He's going to set the tone right; he's going to know the timing. ... People come to the nightclubs now from all across the country just to see him and hear his name, so I think that's a big step, just having him alone.
Are you the same Jennipher who was on America's Next Top Model?
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Halloween is right around the corner, so I thought that on random days leading up to the event I would share with some of my favorite scary movies so you can get ready. First off is a good, spooky ghost and mystery movie. 'The Changeling', starring George C. Scott was made in 1980. Scott plays a man who has tragedy turn is life upside down so he moves into a big old house to start over. As it would have it, this house has secrets and it wants to tell him. I've always like this movie because the pacing isn't frantic, there are no cheesy computer special effects and there are some genuine chills. Enjoy a clip from the film after the jump and then go enjoy the entire film.


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On Monday, June 9, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will likely take the lid off the gadget we've been waiting for since last summer: The second edition of his wildly successful iPhone.
Three things are certain about this new phone: It will have access to faster, 3G mobile data networks. It will include the iPhone 2.0 software update, which will give it better support for corporate email and calendars, and access to official, third-party software through the new iPhone apps platform. And it will be available in many more countries than the first iPhone, thanks to a handful of distribution deals Apple has been signing with international carriers.
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Gujranwala, Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has announced the date sheet for the intermediate Part 1 annual exams for the year 2013. Previously the board has announced that the annual exams will be started from May 04, 2013 but due to general election being held in Pakistan on May 11, 2013, the board has postponed the intermediate Part 1annual exams.
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Eva Hildegard Helmling Fye of Lansing Kan., passed from this life to eternal life on Dec. 29, 2012. Eva was born in Reisen, Germany in 1926 to parents, Franz and Katerina Helmling. She married Gunter Kutzner in 1943. Gunter was killed in World War II. In 1947, she married Robert Phillips Fye (U.S. Army) and came to the United States.
Eva was a woman of many talents, arriving in the United States, she worked as a seamstress in Maryland, Virginia, Iowa and Texas. Eva also operated her own sewing businesses while living in Heidelberg, Germany and DeRidder, La. She and Robert also operated dog kennels in DeRidder, La and Easton, Kan. In the late 1940s, Eva began a career with the J.C. Penney Company where she was employed off and on for over a span of forty years. Eva retired from J.C. Penney Co. in 1992.
A graduate of St. Mary University, Leavenworth. Eva was an accomplished artist. Her collection includes still life works, many of which hang in the homes of her children. Eva was both a quilter and a weaver. Eva was gifted with a natural talent to make and do anything with her hands. For many years, she was an active member of the Leavenworth County Artists Association. Eva's greatest joy and hobby was working outdoors in her many gardens or in her yard.
Eva was a devoted mother! She is survived by five children, Falko Kutzner Fye (Caroline), Samuel Fye (Janet), Jay Fye, Kim Fye Didde (Dale), Roberta Fye Etzel (James); eight grandchildren, Linda Fye, Erica and Erin Fye, Blasé, Zachary and Eva-Marie Etzel, Stephen and Brooke Didde; and one great grandchild, Landon Long (Erica Fye Long and James Long); and one of her three sisters, Henrietta Helmling.
Preceded in this life by Gunter Kutzner, Robert Phillips Fye, Catherine Rebecca and Nancy Roberta Fye (twin daughters), Sue Fye (daughter-in-law), her parents: Franz and Katerina Helmling, Horst Helmling (brother), and Isolde Helmling (sister).
A funeral service was held on Jan. 2, 2013 at the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home. Interment will be at Arlington National Ceremony where she will lie in rest with her husband Robert and her two twin daughters: Nancy Roberta and Catherine Rebecca Fye.
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Briarcliff has a new patient and she claims to be the infamous Anne Frank who died during the Holocaust. Only she didn't die, she says. She continued her life in America so her martyr status would open the world's eyes to the injustices occurring in Germany.
Now she's in Boston beating up anti-Semites.
The woman does have a mark on her arm to prove she was held in a concentration camp. So she may be being honest, or she just knows a good tattoo artist.
With so many asylum patients claiming they didn't kill their families and fabricating false stories (more on that later), it's hard to tell who is telling the truth.
For Anne Frank, Briarcliff Manor may be an upgrade to Auschwitz, but it's a dangerous place with Dr. Arden running around.
The patient claiming to be Anne Frank outs Dr. Arden as a former Nazi. She says he would flip a coin to determine which girls to "treat" in Auschwitz. Then he would bring them back to camp poisoned.
Sounds like the lovable, great humanitarian Dr. Arden that we've come to know.
Adding to the evidence of Arden's criminal activity, the call girl he nearly killed reports him to the authorities.
The poor doctor has to take time away from dismembering Shelley to defend his reputation to two homicide detectives.
"This is utter hogwash," Arden says before walking away. "I have no idea what I'm even being accused of."
That response seems to satisfy the detectives, who were probably in a rush to get back to their homes in time to catch the newest episode of "Bewitched."
No need to check the forest full of man-eating zombies or the store room hiding a patient who looks as if her face were dipped in acid.
Speaking of which, Shelly's days as our favorite nymphomaniac are numbered.
Nobody in the asylum seems to care where she is, or even notices she's missing. Every time Dr. Arden touches her, she becomes less human.
"Am I gonna die?" Shelley asks the doctor.
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"Sister, this obsession with Dr. Arden has to stop…You'd rather see Nazi war criminals in our midst than look in the mirror," Howard says, pointing out her drunken incident during movie night.
Sister Jude leaves the room and we find out that Howard and Arden are in cahoots.
"They're on to you Arthur," the monsignor warns. "If you have any housekeeping to take care of, I suggest you do it now."
The modern-day Adam and Eve
A guard catches Kit and Grace getting physical and tells Sister Jude. Naturally, she isn't happy with the two trying to make a "murder baby" in her asylum.
Plans to create a race of Bloody Face serial killers from the offspring of two mentally-unstable lovers – failed.
Sister Mary Eunice shows Kit files describing Grace's family killing spree, just after she lied by telling Kit an intruder killed her family.
It was Grace who killed her father for abusing her and her stepmother for allowing the abuse.
That upsets Kit momentarily. Then he seemingly realizes he'd rather get back to making love with Grace in the kitchen than sitting in a dank prison cell.
Free bird
Lana has seen her share of torture recently, both physically and verbally. In an aversion therapy treatment session with Dr. Thredson, she volunteers to get help, which leads to psychological torture.
Thredson wants to help Lana escape, but to do this requires she touch herself while massaging a man's genitals.
Rest assured this is to help Lana become normal and be deemed fit to leave the asylum. It is not for the purpose of helping Thredson to live out a sexual fantasy.
That is, unless the fantasy includes watching Lana vomit several times during the process.
Anne's got a gun
This isn't the Anne Frank I remember from reading her diary.
The new patient pulls a gun on Arden after he brings her to his lab for questioning. She gets one shot into his leg, before opening a door where she hears screaming.
"Kill me!" Shelley screams to Anne.
That leaves us with two girls, one gun and a scumbag doctor fending for his life.
Final thoughts:
How is it possible that no one has noticed Sister Mary Eunice is not herself? She went from a pure, unassuming, catholic girl to a vulgar, master manipulator overnight.
Sister Jude even praises her, saying "I don't know what's gotten into you lately sister, but it's a decided improvement."
If that improvement includes getting Sister Jude drunk again and angering Arden, I'm all for it too.
What we learned:
Kit may have entered the asylum sane, but he may be going crazy. He pleads with Sister Jude for forgiveness, not for getting lucky on his work shift, but for possibly killing those innocent women. He no longer knows what to believe.
Monsignor Timothy Howard knows about Arden's past and is a likely contributor to the doctor's actions. The leadership of Briarcliff is corrupt at every level. Could the monsignor also be killing people for Arden, using the identity of Bloody Face?
What to expect next week:
Look for more details to develop about the relationship between Arden and Monsignor Timothy Howard. Anne Frank is a threat they will look to eliminate.
Sister Mary Eunice will be Arden's ally in keeping his activity from the prying eyes of Sister Jude and the police.
Shelley might soon be one of the creatures in the woods.
Mark Consuelos' character Spivey should be getting more air time soon. So far, we don't know much of anything about his character except that he's supposed to be a badass.
Lana has been resilient in her efforts to escape Briarcliff, but her freedom seems too good to be true. Dr. Arden or Sister Jude will stop Dr. Thredson from releasing Lana.


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I'm not a sports fan, but I am a good sport.
At the insistence of an English friend, my husband and I recently went to see the Philadelphia Union soccer match at PPL Stadium in Chester. He had asked us before, and since we were all out of lame excuses, we went.
The stadium was cute — lots of bathrooms, good popcorn.
Channel 6 weatherperson Cecily Tynan and a small contingent from Action News introduced the game and told the audience about the very hot, humid weather. She forgot to mention that if bugs fly at your face, they'll stick to the layer of sweat, and you could leave the stadium looking like a windshield after a long ride.
A section of die-hard fans, the Sons of Ben (Franklin), sat in a large group wearing matching sky blue t-shirts. They go to every Union game, including the out-of-town games. Their loyalty to the Union is awe-inspiring when it's not downright scary.
A Philadelphia Union game has a LOT of rituals that a novice like me couldn't know. When the opposing team is introduced, for example, fans turn their backs to the field and yell "Sucks!" at every player's name. Welcome to Philly, guys.
"Don't worry," said our friend happily. "The yelling will stop when the game starts, and then it will turn to SCREAMING!"
He's a dear friend, so I couldn't quite tell him soccer wasn't really my cup of tea.
The match began. The fact is that I couldn't tell who was who or what was going on. I don't know any more about soccer than I know about how to perform root canal work on my own teeth. I understand the basics — you're supposed to kick a ball into a goal — but that's about it. I didn't even know which team was the Philly guys and which team was the other guys.
I cooperated, though. When the crowd stood up and hollered, I stood up and hollered. When the crowd sat down, I sat down, scraped the bugs off my nose and had some popcorn. When the crowd was quiet, I tried to text the Coca-Cola Company to see if my bottle cap number was a winning one, but I couldn't figure out how to change text words to numbers. Kept me busy for a while, though.
The crowd sang an incomprehensible song to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." I worked out the words by lip-reading. It is:
"Come on, Union, score a goal.
It's really very simple.
Put the ball into the net.
It's funda-±#@*-ing mental!"
"Did you catch the words?" asked our friend.
"It's an English cheer," he said proudly.
When a player on the opposing team got hurt, the crowd yelled "Crybaby!" If he was REALLY hurt, the crowd yelled, "Bring out your dead!" The Sons of Ben knew exactly what to do and when. I always hate the feeling that everyone knows something I don't. At a soccer game, everyone knows everything that I don't.
"You having fun, Jan?"
"Oh, yeah!" I lied.
The stadium clock ran forward. I didn't know how long a match lasted. At half-time, however, the clock began to run backward. How would the players know when to stop playing? How would I know when I could go home? The clock reversed direction again, though, at the beginning of the second half and ran forward again. My husband, reading my mind, leaned over and whispered,
"Don't worry; it's over at 90 minutes."
"Thanks," I whispered, picking a bug off my forehead and having another mouthful of popcorn.
Suppose our friend invites us to another match, since we said we liked this one? How will we get out of it without hurting his feelings? He's a good friend. How many excuses can we invent? Do we say we have to go to New Zealand to visit a shepherd we just met online? Or can our friendship survive telling the truth? The problem is that I would almost rather swim to New Zealand than have to go to any more soccer games.


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This will prove to be a huge blow to obama and the scum he surrounds himself with. When Robert Gates tells your national security adviser to shut the F up , thats not good. Donilin is with obama everyday, there is no way he is going to wiggle out of this. These lowlifes would do anything to make this spineless phony fool obama look good.
Gates to National Security Team on Osama Raid: 'Shut the F--- Up'
4:27 PM, Jun 6, 2012 By DANIEL HALPER
Robert Gates, the former defense secretary, reportedly blasted the national security team in the Obama White House for blabbing about the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. "Shut the f--- up," Gates told Tom Donilon, who is now Obama's national security adviser, according to a book by New York Times reporter David Sanger.
By Wednesday of that week, Gates went to see Donilon, offering up a barbed assessment of how the White House had handled the aftermath of the raid. I have a new strategic communications approach to recommend, Gates said in his trademark droll tones, according to an account later provided by his colleagues. What was that, Donilon asked? Shut the fuck up, the defense secretary said.
The interesting detail is in Sanger's new book, Confront and Conceal, on page 107
Gates is no longer in the Obama administration, and has since voiced his displeasure over the bin Laden leaks. But this new detail signals a frustration above and beyond what has previously been expressed.
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While I would love to read all your hate Obama posts, I would rather hang at the O Club this week and watch the world best golfers.
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mat-ty wrote:
This will prove to be a huge blow...
<sarcasm>Yes, indeed, a huge blow. </sarcasm>
It is truly astounding how the Obama-resenting haters scream and yell and froth and demand "transparency" in the White House.... and when they get a little transparency, then they scream and yell and froth about security leaks.
No matter what, you hate Obama for everything that you can invent.
You guys sure are entertaining.
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Just out of curiosity , can you still breathe when your head is two feet up your ass?
Go down with the ship if it makes you feel better , but if you think this is going away any time soon , you must be smoking the same crack as barry.
Its not about hate boys, its about reality, barry is a self absord narcissist, who is far more interested in his place in history than the health of America.
It must be painful having to defend this douchebag everyday while America bleeds.
No need to invent anything , once again I think the facts are more than credible, but not good enough for you guys. Say hello to your colon for me will ya!!!!
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You are an angry little man my friend, I feel bad for you.
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Ignorant trumps angry. With all do respect Boggs this is a credible story, you can attack me if it makes you feel better ,but this is going to be bad news for obama and company if these leaks can be traced to the white house, and many in the know like Pat Caddel believe most people already know the source.
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I don't doubt the story.... I just learnedy lesson being angry for 8 years while an incompetent criminal ran our country into the ground. So, I don't do angry anymore and it feels good , you should try it.
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Just out of curiosity , can you still breathe when your head is two feet up your ass?
...you must be smoking the same crack as barry.
...barry is a self absord narcissist...
...defend this douchebag everyday....
As I said, you're a bottomless pit of free entertainment.
Just to be clear.................. that laughing you hear is not with you.
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Ignorant trumps angry.
Boggsy observed that you're angry. You replied that you're ignorant.
Right answer! Well done!
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Talk about ignorant, matty. I guess you don't know about Romney's promise to outsource foreign policy decisions in the Middle East to Netanyahu. Or do you think that is a good idea?
Braggin is unbecoming, but perhaps necessary as the Republicans try to accuse Obama of being soft. Of course Bush had nothing to brag about.
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Pukeo did you take your meds today , you frigging moron, you seem to lack any ability to comprehend. That would be me angry, boggs ignorant
Nearly three-quarters of the nation believes that the Obama administrations wide-ranging leaks to the media of key intelligence on the killing of Osama bin Laden and hacking into Irans nuclear controls has hurt national security and most believe the scandal will hurt the presidents reelection chances.
Mac enjoy the next six months , because your boyfriend will be exterminated and PRESIDENT ROMNEY will take back the white houes from barry .
Read the rest and weep.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll just out found that 73 percent of voters are concerned that the leaks have compromised national security, with the most, 40 percent, saying they are very concerned and only 3 percent saying that they are not at all concerned.
Whats more, 47 percent of the 1,000 likely voters polled June 11-12 by Rasmussen said that the scandal will hurt President Obamas reelection. Just 6 percent said it will help.
Both Democrats and Republicans have assailed the administrations intelligence leaks, with some suggesting that they are politically motivated and amount to bragging about intelligence successes. The administration denies that charge.
The Justice Department has named two prosecutors to look into the leaks.
The issue could have legs in the election because much of the nation is paying attention to it. Rasmussen, for example, found that 66 percent of likely voters are following the news of the security leaks, while only 4 percent arent following it at all.
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The fine includes a smaller incident in downtown Portland, for which the company and two other employees will pay $407 each.
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Yo!To all the climbers out there! The news is out, all right. That little puney looking face on the way to the camp site is in the process of becoming a crag.I can't hide the fact that i am a bit pi**ed off with the publisher and the editor of the local news for printing the info without having had spoken to me about the issue directly beforehand. Such assumptions destroy land access. Those who invest energy in crag development do not appreciate sneaky news about sensitive land issues. Its reckless and will jeoperdise this lekker future crag. Well, its done now and printed in black and white for all to read... What do we do now? What makes matters worse is that my number given out in the article for all just to contact me (...?...)is incorrect and no one can get hold of me anyway. Its a mess. Please guys if you know of a crag being developped don't just go and blurt out the news just for the sake of it. Its destructive. As for the status of the access to this crag ,it is TOTALLY closed. OFF LIMITS FOR THE TIME BEING. To cut the story short ,please do not even go there for walks just to check out the crag and park cars where you not supposed to as the sensitive land access issue is being negotiated and the involved farmers are not too happy having anyone walking through their land. This issue needs your support and understanding. Please respect our efforts and stay off the property at least for the time being.Thanx and respect to all those who are willing to wait a little longer for \"all-clear\" to this future crag. Peace! (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Exactly where is this \"new/closed\" crag? If its the crag with the \"archway cave\" on the farm RH side of the turn off. The farmer is not in a position to allow bolting there. As this is suposed to be an important archaeological site & a major dig. If this is the fore mentioned crag both famer and bolter will be in serious kak.
Yo Gri Gri and other climbers who are well concerned abou the issue here. This is not a plooy to keep the best lines to myself or those who were there with me, that is just too obvious.The crag is not hiden or secret, duuuh. As for the major archeological site story , well, so is the main crag and that route which has a bolt 1metre away from the bushman painting, which i'm sure you all have climbed yourselves... As far as my research went, there was an excavation there about 10 years ago which was successfully concluded. Please mark the following observation . There are no bushman paintings there and local sheppards frequent the cave to make fires inside the cave. Most bolted rock climbs in South africa are on restricted areas and have somesort of an environmental issue attached . Theres a second and third party involved at all times and that is precisely a reason why people who are involved don't want hordes of climbers to know about such developments. As you can see this forum will attract all sorts of comments and never ending disputes about plooys , laws, and issues. It is expected that all the statements here will be carefully picked, sifted,examined and commented upon as that is what a public forum is for. It is good and i appreciate your concern. Since the issue is public , you can be sure i will be informing you about all the developments there on the regular basis, that is if such developments will be happening at all... If you have any information that can be of help that will be appreciated much more rather than silly criticisms about plooys... The main issue is to please respect the efforts which are made in the direction of developing a crag responsibly and without major impact from climbers who are so concerned that the best lins will be stolen from under their watchful eye. C'mon guys , the request is right there, please don't go there .If you do we can forget about the whole issue . Thanx again , for all your understanding.
If you have other relevant information about the area or perhaps past history of climbers having had gone looking there before, and their adventures please email me on firstname.lastname@example.com. We are aware that all opinions and concerns count as well as their knowledge and can contribute further with the issue.
I have had some contact with Nature Conservation regarding bolting in the De Hoek area. Please could fokes contact me with regard to new crags. Not that I am all knowing, but because I have some idea of which crags are off limits and general issues. email@example.com or 0836818713
From my recollections, this site, Boomplaas, is a significant archaeological site ! I would really encourage further investigation into it's status before embarking on any further \"development\". I have looked at that crag for years but was able to ignore it because of it's importance. As far as I know, although there are many paintings at the main crag (some of them highly unusual, and therefore also significant) that site was never inhabited to the extent that Boomplaas was. Many important sites have been \"protected\" from abuse/excavations by the fact that shepherds used them and sealed them with layers with sheep and cow dung. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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The "teach-ins" were organized by Divest Harvard as a response to President Drew G. Faust's statement in the organization's recently published video in which the group's Student Outreach Co-Chair Alli J. Welton '15 challenged the University's stance on divestment. Massachusetts Hall is the home of the University's central administration and contains Faust's office.
On Monday, Faust issued an email response to the group, saying that she was disappointed by the way the group handled the video confrontation and reiterating the University's commitment to sustainability initiatives apart from divestment.
Divest Harvard Faculty Coordinator Benjamin Franta, a graduate student who worked with Welton to organize the sit-ins, said that he believed Faust denied the political power of the fossil fuel industry in the video. He said he found this surprising because the influence of the fossil fuel industry in blocking clean energy initiatives is "well-documented."
"There has been some dispute on what she actually meant," Franta said in reference to Faust's email response. However, he added that based on the video alone, "There's a clear interpretation of what she meant."
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The event consisted of three "teach-ins" that covered topics including fossil fuel companies' expansive carbon reserves, the influence of these companies in financing political campaigns, and statistics of the University's carbon usage. According to Welton, over the course of the afternoon, over 60 people stopped to listen to the group speak.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
more mermaidens
It has actually worked out rather well, as I was planning on making a bunch of these to give out at Grace's 7th birthday party as well (not until April- its an 'under the sea party' she tells me). So we will send off 10 of these lovelies to Hope Softies just as soon as they are finished, and keep the rest of these for the party. It feels so good to be forward planning for once.
Here is the first Mermaiden I made for Maeve's 4th birthday. It has taken a while for her to bond with this pretty, apparently I got all the colours wrong. She wasn't pink enough. Typical. She has her eye on the Mermaidens in progress, and thinks we should send her mermaid to the flood children and keep one of the felt ones. Hmmn...
The pattern for these can be found in this amazing book.
In other mermaid news, Maeve was given the Playmobil Mermaid set for Christmas, and both girls think it is just magical. It gets played with every single day. Well worth every cent. Does any one else have little girls with mermaid love?
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- cherri said...
Thwy are gorgeous - how good are you making 25 of them!
I must check out that book - just gorgeous!
- January 26, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- The Paxton Family said...
M sister and I were in LOVE with Disney's The Little Mermaid when we were little! But my daughter is big on ballerinas! ha!
LOVE your fabric choices and colors! I am always in awe when I stop by to read your blog! LOVE IT! Thanks for all the inspiration and all of the gorgeous pictures!
- January 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Karen said...
Oh yes - my girls are mermaid (and fairy and princess) mad too! Must check out that Playmobil set.
Coincidentally I printed this patternout today to make for the Hope Softies, and my girls are eyeing it off already!
- January 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- house full of jays said...
I adore these mermaids!! I have Wee Wonderfuls out of the library right now and I am terrified to try anything...but it is all beautiful!
Our middle daughter has serious mermaid love, too! She got that Playmoil set for Christmas as well!
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While climbing Exposure in F-Major in the DuToitskloof last weekend, I took a wrong turn while leading the second pitch after the crux.
Having clearly seen a piton in an 'easy' looking gully off to the right I decided to combine the exceedingly short pitch 7 with pitch 8. I continued onward and upward towards the piton, thereby entering the gully.
The gully however turned out to be unbelievably difficult, with 15-20 meters without a single positive grip, no protection whatsoever (except for the rusty piton) and extremly bad rock (huge chunks coming right out of the rockface).
Not only was it hard, it was completely impossible to downclimb, so once I had committed myself to this gully, there was no turning back. After some of the most scary moments of my life! I managed to reach another piton, where I could also place some gear in a crack. From there I belayed up my buddy, who then aided through the next move, after which we were able to traverse out of the gully after a total of about 30 meter of hellish climbing.
Talking about this at the climbing wall yesterday, it turns out that 2 other guys (much more experienced trad climbers than myself) made the same mistake a year back and nearly came to serious harm. They also mentioned that a lady actually died on this route while going off route into this gully.
Based on this I would like to warn any potential Exposure climbers of the gully. DO NOT GO INTO THIS GULLY! I would also like to suggest that a mention of this is placed in the RD, especially as the piton is clearly visible from the beginning of pitch 8. and can therefore be very misleading.
Furthermore I was wondering if anybody knows whether this gully has ever been graded? If not, I suggest we create a special grade for this, namely FH. The H standing for Hard, the F you guys can fill in yourselves.
Gully of despair on Exposure in F-Major
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Don't remember anything in my RD about a large gully...
Some advice for the younger generation: Pitons are not always an indication of 'being on-route' and many times an indications of a retreat :-( I personally have done the Exposure 3-4 times and not once have I found the piton above the chimney pitch. Good luck with future endeavors...[/i]
Some advice for the younger generation: Pitons are not always an indication of 'being on-route' and many times an indications of a retreat :-( I personally have done the Exposure 3-4 times and not once have I found the piton above the chimney pitch. Good luck with future endeavors...[/i]
I recently completed my third ascent of exposure. I wandered slightly off route on the previous two ascents. Climbing it again now, I can say that the RD is very good and accurate. If you read it carefully and follow it you will not have any problems. The times I wandered slightly of route was when I did not properly read the RD.
Exposure in F
Climbed the route on the 17th of December by using the route guide from this webbsite as well as common sense , and never once had the inclination to climb in the scary looking gully. The guide gives an accurate description of the route. Did however find it somewhat difficult getting off the climb once weve topped out.
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Thought for the Day
The very fact that we teach children that certain words are "SAT Words" illustrates the fact that an enormous swath of folks involved in the education of American children have little to no understanding either of what constitutes an authentic approach to language or any concept of what it means to motivate children to want to learn.
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Any thing that is listed as a "test word" or "test prep" just shows that we are not educating children, we are preparing them for testing which does nothing to prepare them for the future.ReplyDelete
It's sad when we spend so much time prepping for testing and then administering tests. All that time that could have been used to actually educate the children!
When I was about 14 I had this conversation with my father.ReplyDelete
Me: Will this word be on the SAT?
Dad: Could be.
Me: Well, how many words are there that *might* be on the SAT. I mean, how many do I have to learn?
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Me: What?
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Me: [petulant silence]
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As everyone knows, the English-translation of the new Roman Missal will gets its first use in the pews at Masses this weekend. And along comes a timely reflection from one Vatican II Catholic about what he loves about the Mass, reflecting on what it has meant to him at various stages of his life, starting when he was an altar boy.
"At Mass – no matter where or who or how many people are in the pews or folding chairs – I feel affirmed in my choice to be part of this 2,000-year-old tradition," writes Bob Zyskowski in a Nov. 18 posting. "Note that word 'choice.' Nobody is forcing me to be at church. I go because I want to. Because I get something out of it. And what's affirming is that I feel part of something good and valued by others."
Zyskowski is associate publisher of The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. His reflection is on CatholicHotDish.com, "A Minnesota Flavored Catholic Blog" launched by the newspaper earlier this year.
"This isn't an exercise in apologetics on behalf of the new Roman Missal," he says. "I've read at least a dozen explanations explaining the need for the changes and just as many commentaries questioning those explanations. Frankly, neither matter. I'll still love Mass."
Also worth a look is a CNS story about Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley's new pastoral, "Jesus' Eager Desire: Our Participation in the Sunday Mass." The full text is available on the website of The Pilot, the Boston archdiocesan newspaper. Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput also offered his reflections on the first Sunday of Advent and use of the new missal in this letter to Catholics.


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Thank you for the empathy, and I will definitely look into those works by Harris. (Harris is cool)
deschainXIX wrote:It is the recognition that such concepts as the "future" or the "past" are nothing more than thoughts. They are nonexistent.
The only thing we can know for certain is the present moment. And that is where we must live. We must learn to be content with mere existence and sensation. We can enjoy no aspect of our lives if we are constantly cluttering our minds with thoughts that it will all one day end. When eating a delicious, perfect meal, you probably aren't thinking to yourself that it will be over soon, and that perfect taste nothing more than a memory. Probably you only sit there, thinking not much at all, simply enjoying the sensations and pleasures of that meal. That's the sort of attitude we must exercise throughout our lives with if we want happiness.
That sounds like a good idea, and I've tried it too. It's just as if the thought of death is a cancer of the mind, and I can't get rid of it. "An idea is the most resilient parasite."
Also, what you've said reminds me of one of my favorite quotes!
"Remember the past, and fear not the future, for it does not exist and never will. There is only now."
deschainXIX wrote:I, for one, like the idea of falling into a depthless sleep of oblivion forever.
Oh my goodness, that scares me lol.
deschainXIX wrote:In response to your second paragraph:
I think it wouldn't be like anything. When you fall asleep at night, you never really feel or can remember what it is like to slip off into subconsciousness. It just happens. No one really knows or can relate what it's like. Dying is probably like that. It just … happens.
Yeah, I've read some people's explanations of what it feels like to die when they were clinically pronounced dead for some time but came back. One guy said it felt like blackness was closing in and his senses were becoming weaker. He then remembers being awake and feeling very confused. He said he didn't even notice that he died, and never would have if he hadn't come back.
What makes me so unsettled about the whole dying this is just the whole feeling of how he never would've known it happened. Idk why that bothers me so much.


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Advice: My boyfriend thinks his parents love his brother more than him
Dear Carolyn:
Is there anything that I can tell my boyfriend to comfort him about the fact that his parents have always treated him and his brother differently? Their reasoning is that the other brother has a health problem, so they've always tried to make the path easier for him. This health problem obviously makes his life a little harder but not enough to necessitate the level of hand-holding he has received for 15 years.
It was in my boyfriend's best interest that his parents didn't do this to him; he's much more independent than his brother and has a much better relationship with them. In any case, he still feels like they love his brother more than they love him.
-- Anonymous
Seems to me the source of comfort has been available to him all along, and he has refused it; he doesn't want to believe health explains his parents' choices, or that your boyfriend is better for it. He wants to believe they love his brother more. Whether the facts point to that or his feelings do is almost irrelevant. He believes what he believes.
So, I would take it down that road for him. As in: "OK, you have a good explanation for your parents' behavior, and you've rejected it. You're certain your parents loved your brother more.
"What now? What if we stipulated that, yes, they loved him more -- what do you want to do/say/hear/accomplish now that you have this information? Does it change the way you see yourself, or do your work, or pursue your hobbies? Do you think all this makes you the better person, the lesser person -- or neither because it ultimately wasn't about anything you did? Does it change the way you see your parents? Would it matter if they did it on purpose or unwittingly?
"Finally, what do you want from them, from yourself or from the universe -- do you want an apology? Justice? License to grieve?"
More combative than some people want to be, perhaps, but there's no peace for him till he reckons with this, so why not throw some breadcrumbs along the path?
It does change his work and hobbies. He works in a family business with his dad, and his parents support his brother's very expensive hobby while not supporting his. So, I guess the answer is acceptance and recognizing it's not his fault, and honestly not really about him.
-- Anonymous again
Yes -- and also considering steps to remove himself from what is obviously a source of chronic frustration and disappointment. Is it time to look for a new source of income?
That's the obvious step, but it's not the only one; he can also adjust the amount of time he spends with family outside of work, or invest in a few sessions with a competent therapist to learn new approaches to his parents, or break any habits so strongly associated with his family that they inflame his sense of injustice.
This doesn't fall under "comfort," but whatever he's waiting for isn't coming. Please urge him to make his peace with himself.


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