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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Il Cafe di Roma

The pasta was decent at Il Cafe di Roma in City Center Mall but the fresh apple juice was quite good with a cute presentation.  This little Italian cafe has a nice atmosphere and wi-fi.  The brunch is also good with fresh foods, including brie and croissants.  They have a huge selection of Italian coffee drinks.

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Shooting star remains in Dahl Al Hamam Park

We got some shawarma from the best place in Qatar, "Souq Ali Shawarma," and then went to Dahl Al Hamam Park, a really cool park near Education City to eat. This park is beautiful with so many places to hang out and even a mini amphitheater.

It is also the host of a huge hole... My friend said that a few years back, something fell from the sky and created this hole. It glowed for a few months as well. Many people came to see what it was and so they decided to organize a park around it. It's possible to go inside the hole during the day and see what it's all about.

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African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus

The African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

In Afrikaans, it is known as the mooimeisie, or “pretty girl”.

In general terms, the African Emerald Cuckoo favors light and densely wooded forests with Mopane trees – occasionally, however, they are seen in urban settings, such as parks, gardens and vacated buildings.

  • Throughout West Africa, this cuckoo can be seen in lowland areas.
  • In Abyssinia it inhabits forest areas from 2000 to more than 3000m.
  • In Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, it is mostly confined to the intermediate altitudes (1000 to 2000m).
  • In eastern Africa it can usually be found in the lower country areas – specifically 700 to 1000m in Malawi.
  • In Kwazulu-Natal, this species is found in forest areas.
  • In Mozambique it is often seen in thorn and baobab country.

The African Emerald Cuckoo averages 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 inches) in length and weighs around 35 grams 1.2 ounces. It has a short, slim bill and brown-orange eyes. Males have an overall brilliant metallic green plumage, except for the bright yellow lower breast and abdomen. The tail feathers are tipped with white. Females are brown above and barred with green and white below. Because of the mainly green plumage, the African Emerald Cuckoo is well camouflaged in the foliage and is usually only heard rather than seen.

The African Emerald Cuckoo doesn’t build its own nest nor does it raise its young. The hen lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, specifically they use the nests of Yellow-whiskered Bulbuls, Bee Eaters, Olive bush Shrikes or Puffback Shrikes. They invade the nest – either placing the eggs in the nest when the parents are foraging for food or forcing them off the nest while they are sitting in it. Once the hen is in the nest she will toss out any existing eggs and lay her own. The true occupants of the nest will come back to their nest and incubate the cuckoo egg(s) and raise any young as their own. After hatching, the cuckoo chick often pushes the other chicks or eggs out of the nest.

The Emerald Cuckoo feeds on insects, such as butterflies, caterpillars, locusts and ants.

The Emerald Cuckoo emits a clear four-note call.

The African Emerald Cuckoo is also known as the Emerald Cuckoo, Mooimeisie [Afrikaans], Intananja (Xhosa), uBantwanyana (Zulu), Smaragdkoekoek (Dutch), Smaragdkuckuck (German), Coucou foliotocol (French), Cuculo smeraldino africano (Italian), Cuclillo esmeralda africano, Cucu esmeralda (Spanish), as well as Cuco-esmeraldino (Portuguese).

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The Brett Kimberlin Saga:

Follow this link to my BLOCKBUSTER STORY of how Brett Kimberlin, a convicted terrorist and perjurer, attempted to frame me for a crime, and then got me arrested for blogging when I exposed that misconduct to the world. That sounds like an incredible claim, but I provide primary documents and video evidence proving that he did this. And if you are moved by this story to provide a little help to myself and other victims of Mr. Kimberlin’s intimidation, such as Robert Stacy McCain, you can donate at the PayPal buttons on the right. And I thank everyone who has done so, and will do so.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Friday Frivolity: The Joustin with Justin Edition!

So apparently there is an app in the iPhone called Joustin Beaver!  Here’s a pic of some of it:

Apparently the idea is that it is a light parody of the life of Justin Beiber where... well, let’s Kotaku explain it:

Joustin Beaver is about a beaver, who looks as much like Bieber as a cartoon beaver can, floating down a river swatting paparazzi and signing autographs, all the while trying to avoid being sucked into the “whirlpool of success”

You can even watch it in action, here:

(“Beaver Exposed”?  Really?  You had to go there?)

Yeah, so it’s kind of the usual silly stuff you see in the iPhone all the time.  I mean it’s not exactly Angry Birds or Jetpack Joyride (which is silly, but also a lot of fun).  This just looks silly and like a waste of a small amount of money.

So then Justin Beiber’s lawyers sent the game company a cease-and-desist letter and the game company responded by suing Beiber and his lawyers.

Now first you might rationally wonder “can they do that?” as in, can they sue preemptively this way, and the answer is yes.  They can do that to obtain a declaratory judgment—essentially what we would normally call an advisory opinion, but of course the courts have refused to give out advisory opinions so we call them declaratory judgments.  It’s a huge difference.  (Note: sarcasm.)

And I suppose there is value to that.  Would you invest in this game company knowing that they faced the threat of being shut down by Beiber’s lawyers?  So the game company has a good reason for wanting to get this issue settled.

But at the same time, this seems kind of dumb on the Beiber camp’s side.  The game is just enough “parody” to be protected speech, in my humble opinion, which means that I don’t believe their chances of winning are very good.  But in doing this, they have given something to the game company infinitely more valuable: publicity.  I am willing to bet that since the suit has been filed, their sales has been at least doubled.

This is what we talk about when we talk about the Streisand effect.  It means that the attempt to suppress speech ends up generating publicity that harms your ultimate cause.  And it is funny that it is a common enough mistake that we have a term for it.

On the other hand, if you have a smart phone you should check IGN’s mobile site all the time.  They have constant app store updates telling you about tons of apps that are absolutely free that make this game look like the POS it probably is.  My favorite free game right now?  Jetpack Joyride, although I wish it had some of the humor of Halfbrick’s other classic (which also stars Barry Steakfries), Age of Zombies.  Seriously, there is very little reason to pay for most apps on the iPhone unless it is really vital to doing something important.

Follow me at Twitter @aaronworthing, mostly for snark and site updates.  And you can purchase my book (or borrow it for free if you have Amazon Prime), Archangel: A Novel of Alternate, Recent History here.  And you can read a little more about my novel, here.

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Apple’s No BlackBerry, Says David Einhorn

einhorn_apple_eyesDavid Einhorn’s iPrefs proposal was among the factors that influenced Apple’s decision to launch one of the biggest share buybacks in history. So what’s the hedge fund manager’s feeling on the company’s capital allocation plan these days?

Now that Apple has abandoned the Depression-era grandmother mentality with which it managed its cash hoard, Einhorn’s view of the company has tempered a bit. But not that much.

“I think that that moves Apple’s capital management from a D- to a C or something like that,” Einhorn told CNBC Thursday. “Obviously more could be done that would probably unlock additional value, but it’s not so bad at this point that I really want to complain about it.”

And to be clear, Einhorn does understand the rationale for Apple’s conservative cash management, which he attributes to co-founder Steve Jobs.

“You had a culture under Steve Jobs where there was a concern to keep a cushion of cash if the markets are not there in some period,” Einhorn said. “I think it makes sense for Apple to maintain a very good, strong cushion, so they can continue to innovate even if the market hits a bad cycle.”

Given what has happened to BlackBerry in the past few years, that does seem wise. Einhorn noted this himself, though he did also observe that the virtuous purchasing cycle Apple has created around the iPhone should temper such fears.

“People look at Apple and ask, ‘Is it the next Motorola or BlackBerry?'” Einhorn said. “People paid fancy multiples for those stocks and got crushed and they don’t want to go through that again. But I think Apple’s a little bit different from those companies, because the ecosystem component [drives] recurring sale[s]. If you have an iPhone, you’re more likely to buy the next iPhone. They have over a 90 percent renewal rate on that basis, which is something those other companies never had.”

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We are a church with a heart for God, each other, the community and the world. We're local people who love Alsager and its residents. We love life and are excited about the future of our community!
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We love God and we believe that He passionately loves people and has a plan for everyone in our community and the rest of the planet. We believe He loves us so much that He sent His son, Jesus, to die for us and that He guides and leads those who trust their lives to Him.

Heart for Each Other

We believe that God has put us together to serve this place and as such we want to be a people who care for and support one another. The Bible talks about the church being like a body with each part working together and supporting the other parts. We want to be like that!

However, we are not exclusive, we believe that church is a place where everyone should feel welcome and a part of what is happening. We are a family and we would love you to be part of it! Honestly, no strings attached, come along- we'd love to meet you!

Heart for our community

We've been calling ourselves a church with a heart for the community for many years and that truly is what we want to be. With our Coffee Shop, Support Centre, Foodbank, Little Treasures Parent and Toddler group and Special Needs Children's Group along with any other means we can, we seek to connect with the community God has put us in. We are also part of Churches Together in Alsager.

We believe that God has a plan for every person, so if we can be a church that is really seeking to hear what God is saying we will have much of value to offer!

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Saturday, June 06, 2009

D-Day Commemoration

Today, our esteemed president, fresh from his historic speech in Cairo, will join other leaders in the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the World War II landing on the beaches of Normandy. It was a bloody day as the allied forces began the campaign to defeat Hitler on the continent of Europe. Many died, many fought with unparalleled bravery.

I applaud the principles and actions of President Obama and have always thought that he may well be one of our greatest presidents. But he has certainly been less than great in his failure to end the discriminatory and demeaning "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military, as he had promised in his campaign. If Harry Truman could show the fortitude to end the much larger problem of segregation in the military, surely Obama could end this senseless policy. The change is slight by comparison, since many gays are serving successfully every day while being forced to hide or lie about their nature. Meanwhile, on Obama's watch, the services are losing Arabic speakers and other valuable people.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

In the case of waterboarding and other torture, many have demanded that those who authorized it be held accountable. Those responsible could include VP Cheney and even the lawyers who wrote legal opinions with specious reasoning to support the use of torture. This accountability has meaning, since torture is a crime.

Similary, there is a question of accountability in the case of Dr. George Tiller, a Dr. who provided health care for women in need, and who was shot and killed as he attended church on Sunday. In addition to the suspect in custody, should anyone else be accountable? I think so, even though the criminal actions involved may not constitute a crime.

There are anti-abortion leaders and groups that call abortion doctors murderers, and those that foment violence against abortion clinics. Some have expressed gratitude for the killing of Dr. Tiller. The very tactics used incite hatred of these health care providers - pamphlets and vocal cries of "murderers", "blood on your hands", etc. and huge trucks emblazoned with images of bloodied fetuses.

Let these actions be considered a crime in the court of public opinion. Let anti-abortion leaders oppose abortion responsibly, recognizing that abortion clinics and doctors are lawfully and with honest dedication providing a medical service.


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To all present, future & past AlteredBarbie & ChatterBox Arts International art collectors, supporters and artists. AlteredBarbie is back with a new show. 2017 is an expansion of the concept of icon. Please use your artistic license to expand upon Barbie into realms of the icon and super heroes & heroines of your preference. Looking forward to curating this show at Back to the Picture and working with all of you new and then some again!

2017 AlteredBarbie’s San Francisco Iconic Super Heroine & Hero to the Rescue exhibition.
We the Artistic PEOPLE of San Francisco making it ALL Great Again !!

Grab your favorite Doll Icon in your medium of choice and create heroic pieces of art on what it means to make this world great through your personal Super Heroine or Hero! Other icons besides Barbie are Welcomed.
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I want to thank all who have supported my curatorial career up to this point.  My deepest and most humble thank you goes to all the artists and volunteers who have given their time and art to such an iconic San Francisco event. Others I would like to thank are: Jody Banks, Jaime Prieto, Anthony Hall, Back to the Picture, Dana Marek of Shotwell 50, David Pang of Tea Roots, Jennifer Hasegawa, Velocity Circus, Donna Camille Davis Life Coaching, Cynthia Tom, Mauricia Gandara & Pernilla Perssons, Chrys Moore Albaugh, Lavonne Sallee, Amy Levine, Annie Mockler, Shirley, Adam Kennedy, Sean Manzano, Randy Rollison, Shahn and Cameron, & Ethel Merman, Cole Hardware, Mendels, SCRAP, ChatterBox Arts International, Lagunitas Beer, The Armory, The Press! All of the Press! Thank you!
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Райский курорт для идеального отдыха Вонгдеуан Бич Резорт расположен на уединенном пляже Вонгдеуан на Ко Самет. Пляж в форме полумесяца предоставляет невероятный вид обоих сторон залива с кристально чистой водой и белым песком. Живописный восход и закат на пляже обеспечат вам незабываемые впечатления. Мы предлагаем бунгало в компоновке Beach House, Poolside Cottage, Thai House, Cottage, Deluxe и номер Standard. Мы обеспечиваем такой уровень сервиса, что становимся для вас вторым домом; курорт имеет постоянных клиентов, которые приезжают сюда из года в год.

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Vong Deuan Resort is located on one of the Top Ten most beautiful beach in the world, Samed where one can be closed to nature. Koh Samed is located in Rayong Province in Eastern part of Thailand. Only 2.5 hours drive from Bangkok to Ban Phe. You can either take a taxi of Bus from Bangkok at Eakamai Bus Terminal. From Ban Phe, there are regular shuttle boat service and also 24 hours speed boat service. Just 45 minutes by a shuttle boat and 15 minutes by speed boat .

Vongdeuan Beach as its name mean "Moon Crescent" is famous for its moon-crescent shape bay with a crystal clears water and white sandy beach. Vongdeuan Resort is located on the seclude central of the beautiful Vongdeuan Beach. Your holidays will be fulfilled here. The sunrise at Vongdeuan beach is spectacular and unforgettable.

All bungalows stand in among the shade of the tropical flora. Each room has its own private bathroom and terrace, electricity and water is served 24 hours.

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18 Rooms, Double/Twin bed (Queen & single bed size)
Standard room is simple, yet lovely and comfortable. Set among the natural sustained garden. Connectible Room suitable for a Family.

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12 Rooms, All Double bed (King size)
Deluxe room is simple, yet lovely and comfortable. Set among the natural sustained garden.

10 Rooms, All Double bed (King size)
Each room has its own private sky-light bathroom, hot and cold water, and terrace with garden's view. Oriental Style thatch roof cottage that filled with a sense of relaxing.

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18 Rooms, All Double bed (King & Queen size)
Sensation of a Traditional Thai Style with Teak wood furniture. (garden view)

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Each room has its own private sky-light bathroom, hot and cold water, terrace which located right at the beach front.

An open air seaside restaurant with a complete menu is served courteously and efficiently all day amid gracious and comfortable surroundings facing the sea and a mile long beach of white sand

Vongdeuan Resort Restaurant also carries a varied selection of local Thai and International cuisine. Dining at Vongdeuan Resort Restaurant is truly delightful culinary experience. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily with carefully prepared using of the fresh ingredients.

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Vongdeuan Resort is located on the secluded central of Vongdeuan Beach in Koh Samed, situated in the eastern coastline of Thailand. Vongdeuan Beach is the moon-crescent shaped beach as its name with a sandy white beach and crystal clear water. An ideal place for relaxation, a getaway from a busy city life.

Koh Samed is a highly popular destination of Rayong, located in National Park. Blessed with lovely scenery and beaches, it is easily accessible.

Only 2.5 hours drive from Bangkok, you will reached Ban Phe. From Ban Phe by shuttle boat, it takes 45 minutes to Vongdeuan Beach, 15 minutes by speedboat.

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There are lots of elements that you need to get right to have a really well designed room. One of my favourite parts of the process and one where you can make a big difference is in the final styling touches. A bit like choosing the right jewellery to finish an outfit beautifully, it should never be overdone, just enough to give the effect that you wish to achieve.

Interior styling detail by Amalfi White Living

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

still fighting gender discrimination in erotic fiction

here's a call for submission from an australian publisher and my letter to the publisher in response:

Call for SubmissionsFemale Writers Wanted for Lady Smut... A new bi-annual Erotica Anthology.

So you're a woman who likes to write a dirty story? Or perhaps you like to read erotica and want to try your hand at writing? Women of all persuasions and perversions are encouraged to submit saucy erotica in any written form (not pictures) up to 1500 words. The ten-fifteen authors selected to appear in the bi-annual (twice a year) publication will receive (AU)$25 plus a copy of the publication upon printing.

First edition Deadline: May 30, 2007. Submissions via EMAIL ONLY, as a PC-readable MS WORD doc. Send all writing to writingsafari [at]

At the top of your submission, please include your legal name, pen name, address, phone number, and email address.Successful applicants will be notified via email by mid-June. You absolutely must be a female over 18 years of age. You will need to sign a basic contract stating we have permission to print your story, and that you wrote it. You may publish your story elsewhere, and retain full copyright of your work.

Stories should primarily be written with a female audience in mind. And they should turn us on! Themes might involve solo, group, gay, lesbian, trans, bi, voyeurism, machine, phone/internet chat, hetero, D/s, drag, as well as other non-classifiable categories. No bestiality or underage characters.If it's saucy, we want to read it!

I recently saw your call for submission "Female Writers Wanted for Dirty Smut"

I wanted you to know that I, as a female writer and reader of erotic fiction, have some concerns about this call. This e-mail is not meant to be offensive or angry in tone, simply a statement from someone who is still puzzled by a publisher's need to limit calls for submission according to gender. Here are a few thoughts...

In the world of erotic writing, women account for a much larger segment of published writers than men. So the gender inequality is actually the other way around from other fields and professions. Also gender is not something that proves what a good or bad writer someone is.

How do you check to see if someone is a woman and what constitutes a woman? Even if you verify according to someone's legal name, you have no way of knowing whether or not this name is female or male. Michael for instance is a name that is gender neutral. Someone who is preop transgender for example with a male body is still a woman if inside her heart she thinks of herself as one.

And men who write erotic fiction, such as Mike Kimera, M. Christian and others, write incredible and moving erotic fiction, some of the best I've ever read. Don't you think your audience deserves to read erotic fiction which is of the highest quality possible? Don't you think that you should opt for the best writing rather than care about what gender a person is?

I just find it odd in this day and age to see gender discrimination, especially in the field of erotic fiction. If a publication asked for heterosexual writers only, they'd be barbecued at the stake. Even for GLBT fiction, most calls do not discriminate according to sexual orientation when requesting stories.

As a woman writer, I don't want a special category in order to be published. I want my work to be judged based on its own merit. I do not submit my writing to any publication that advocates gender discrimination.

I hope that you change your mind and open your call to all, regardless of gender. I realize that your rationale for narrowing the field to women writers only may have to do with marketing concerns, with keeping the number of submissions down, with all sorts of possible justifications, but it doesn't's still discriminatory and I urge you to change your mind.

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Amanda Earl

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Friday, October 01, 2010

2000 Blacks Got to be Free

As I continue to get myself "musically prepared" for tonight's Roy Ayers show at Yoshi's, I thought I would post another classic track that he collaborated on with Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti called "2000 Blacks Got to be Free". This funky gem was featured on the 1980 album Music of Many Colours, which was a collaborated effort between Kuti and Ayers that also featured the track "Africa - Centre Of The World ". Even though I highly doubt Ayers will perform this eighteen-plus minute track in tonight's set, I couldn't help but share this amazing song that truly brings out the musical brilliance in both artists. Enjoy!

Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers - 2000 Blacks Got to be Free

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Yep, an absolute stone cold CLASSIC!!!

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FANTASTIC TRACK, in my sets since the day I heard it! ;)))


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On September 10, 2003 in Prague at the International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future, the United Nations declared 2005 through 2015, “The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).”  To nobody’s surprise, the UN also named UNESCO (The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) as the lead agency for this global effort.  The official launch ceremony took place on March 1st, 2005 in New York City.[1]

Few Americans paid attention.  They should have.  On June 12, 2002, President Bush had announced that America would rejoin UNESCO and “…participate fully in its mission….”[2] According to UNESCO, “The Decade of ESD is a far-reaching and complex undertaking… that potentially touches on every aspect of life. The basic vision…is a world where everyone…learns the values, behavior, and lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive societal transformation.” [3]

Unfortunately for America, the “values, behavior, and lifestyles” that UNESCO requires for “societal transformation” run contrary to a Christian Worldview and American principles of liberty.

What is Sustainable Development?

The term “Sustainable Development” (SD) was introduced in 1987 at the World Commission on Environment and Development.  Their report entitled, “Our Common Future” defined Sustainable Development as: “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”[4]  Lurking just beneath this innocent sounding goal, however, is a radical agenda that has more to do with controlling the economy and society than sustaining development.

Our Common Future, for example, reveals that SD involves “…a progressive transformation of the economy and society (p.43), …international interdependence (p.47), …redistribution [of wealth] (p.50) …less material and more equitable growth (p.50-52), …ensuring a sustainable level of population (p. 55), …merging environment and economics in decision making (p.62); …and a new ethic that will include the relationship between man and nature above all (p.71).  Clearly there is more to SD than simply good stewardship of natural resources.

At the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, so-called “representatives of the peoples of the world” adopted a document called, “Agenda 21,” the global roadmap for SD implementation.[5]    The Chapter Titles of Agenda 21 reveal the extent of government control necessary to implement SD, including goals to: Change Consumption Patterns; Promote Sustainable Human Settlements; Plan & Manage All Land Resources, Ecosystems, Deserts, Forests, Mountains, Oceans, Fresh Water; Agriculture; Rural Development; Biotechnology; Ensuring Equity; an increased role for Non-Government Organizations (NGOs); and even defining the role of Business and Financial Resources.  All this is to be accomplished on a global, national, and local scale.[6]

Since freedom-loving people would never willingly submit to such totalitarian control, education is the “keyto sustainable development.  Chapter 36 of Agenda 21, called Education, Public Awareness, and Training, makes clear an intention to integrate Agenda 21 into ALL curriculum as a de facto international education standard.

America’s Education Standards

Is ESD part of the plan for American education?  According to Dr. Robert Paige, President George W. Bush’s first Secretary of Education, the answer is “YES!”  On October 3, 2003, celebrating our new partnership with UNESCO, then-Secretary Paige addressed the UN Round Table on Education.  He explained:  “The United States is pleased to return to UNESCO… There and here, we agree that we must make education a universal reality. Our governments have entrusted us with the responsibility of preparing our children to become citizens of the world. … UNESCO…knows the importance of education on a global level by coordinating the Education for All initiative (EFA). EFA is consistent with our recent legislation, the No Child Left Behind Act. [7](emphasis added)  In other words, the United States and UNESCO’s goals for education are one in the same and mandated through No Child Left Behind.

In fact, ESD has been a goal in America for many years. To save space, I’ll connect the dots only as far back as 1990 – the year President Bush Sr. endorsed UNESCO’s EFA Initiative and promised implementation by the year 2000.  In June 1993, President Clinton signed an executive order to create the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD).  In 1994, the PCSD published “Education for Sustainability: an agenda for action,” calling on educators “to serve society by fostering the transformations needed to set us on the path to sustainable development.” [8]  That same year, the EFA/ESD goals became President Clinton’s “Goals 2000,” establishing the framework for our National Standards, Curriculum, and Assessments.  All 50 states adopted Goals 2000 in order to receive the funding that came with it.[9]

Today, President Bush’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) holds states “accountable” to implement their previously signed agreements.  States and districts that refuse to “align” their standards, curriculum, and assessments with these so-called “world-class standards” will lose federal funding.  NCLB requires full implementation by the end of 2014 – which just so happens to be the final year of The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.    What a coincidence!

The US Department of Education carefully insulated themselves from critics of this radical agenda by funding tax-exempt, non-government organizations (NGOs) to do their dirty work.  Sometimes the NGO is several layers removed from its true funding source.  For example, the Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit, published through the University of Tennessee in July 2002, was “made possible by a grant from The Waste Management Research and Education Institution,” (an NGO funded by the US Department of Education).[10]

According to the Toolkit: “From the time sustainable development was first endorsed…in 1987, the parallel concept of education to support sustainable development has also been explored.  …Initial thoughts concerning ESD were captured in Chapter 36 of Agenda 21…” [11] One goal the Toolkit holds for education is: “World Citizenship: A Global Ethic for Sustainable Development” defined as “encompassing the constellation of principles, values, attitudes and behavior that the people of the world must embrace if sustainable development is to be realized.”[12]

ESD, Global Citizenship, and America’s National Curriculum

Promoting World Citizenship over National Sovereignty is now Official US government policy for education.  Evidence may be found by looking at The Center for Civic Education (CCE) – an NGO funded by the US DOE in 1994 to write America’s “National Standards for Civics and Government.” The CCE and its model Civics textbook, “We the People,” continue to be specifically named and funded by No Child Left Behind.[13]  (All publishers are now rewriting their textbooks to conform to the official model.)

To illustrate their mission, the CCE posted an article on their website called:  “Teaching Democracy Globally, Internationally, and Comparatively: The 21st Century Mission of Schools.”  It explains:  “In the past century, the civic mission of schools…was education for democracy in a sovereign state…. In this century, by contrast… education will become everywhere more global…. And we ought to…improve our curricular frameworks and standards for a world transformed by globally accepted and internationally transcendent principles.” [14] (Emphasis Added)

In other words, education is no longer about preserving liberty based on American principles, but transforming America based on international principles.

The international “constellation of principles, values, attitudes, and behaviors” that our children “must embrace” are imbedded in today’s curriculum and divided into three major themes as explained in Agenda 21, the US Agenda for Action, and the US ESD Toolkit:  They are: Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society

Sustainable Environment – A New Ethic

The “sustainable environment” education standards are captured in “The Earth Charter,” commissioned by the UN in 1987 and approved by UNESCO in March 2000.  Claiming to represent “the values and principles for a sustainable future,” it is actually an Earth-centered religious treatise carried to schools throughout the world in a mock ark-of-the-covenant called, “The Ark of Hope.”[15]  The four sides of the ark carry depictions of the four pagan spirits: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.  Mikhail Gorbachev, who participated in writing the Earth Charter, said: “My hope is that this charter will be a kind of Ten Commandments, a ‘Sermon on the Mount,’ that provides a guide for human behavior.”[16]

In the United States, the tenets of the Earth Charter are included in the ESD Toolkit, including its goal of “a shared vision of basic values to provide an ethical foundation for the emerging world community.”[17]

One good example of the “new Earth ethic” is, “Dear Children of the Earth,” a popular children’s book written as a letter from Mother Earth.  Heavily illustrated with mystical paintings of animals, children are frightened into believing people are a cancer and threat to the sustainability of the planet.  The text, under one illustration of a dying Rhinoceros, explains: “The animals have told me, ‘We are worried, Mother Earth. We are afraid because our homes are being destroyed by people who don’t know better, or don’t care. …Tell me, my children, where will the animals live when my forests are gone? Where will the whales and dolphins swim when my oceans are too dirty to live in?”[18]

Likewise, mainstream textbooks include such scare tactics based on questionable science. For example, one popular second grade textbook celebrates Earth Day by asking second graders: “How would you feel if there were no trees?”[19]Another popular fifth grade social studies textbook parrots the dying-earth theme by summarizing: “The Earth needs your help…we are all children of the Earth.  It does not matter what country you look at. We are all Earth’s children and we should treat her as our Mother.”[20]

Do these lessons have an effect on our children’s worldview?  A recent St. Paul Pioneer Press “letter to the editor” from a second-grader indicates the message is taking root:  “The black rhinoceros is becoming extinct because of us. …When we cut down trees to build homes for us, we are destroying homes that were already there.  Some people say, ‘why should we help save the black rhinoceros?’ I say because to me they are no more or less than we are. …The animals are dying 1,000 times faster than they would be if it were just plants and animals in the world.”[21]  So much for this 7-year-old’s self-esteem lessons!

Sustainable Economy – Socialist Global State

The threat of environmental catastrophe is used to justify global governance including a planned economy.  Children are indoctrinated to accept total control through biased economic lessons in their social studies texts. Compare the positive language describing government control over the economy to the negative language describing free-market systems:

  • Under a lesson on Stalin:  “An economy completely controlled by government is called a command economy.  Within just 20 years the Soviet Union became one of the world’s strongest industrial nations. Thousands of railroad lines crisscrossed the country, linking towns and cities that had never been connected before.”[22]
  • Castro’s Cuba:  “For some people life became better under Castro’s communist dictatorship. There is less poverty since Castro gained control.” [23]
  • Mao’s China:  [Next to a picture of Mao surrounded by cheering peasants]: “The Communists…had become very popular…. The Communists also worked with farmers, showing them ways to produce more crops… They provided housing, medical care, and food supplies for city workers. They supported education for all, along with equal rights for women.”[24]
  • American Economics:  “Understanding Imperialism: The chief motivation behind imperialism is usually economic gain. Powerful nations can establish new markets for their manufactured goods…. Despite the importance of economics, Americans usually cited other reasons to justify their imperialism. Many Americans believed that they had a right and obligation to extend what they considered their superior culture to people less fortunate than themselves.”[25]
  • Under a Cartogram depicting America controlling most of the world’s wealth:  “Do you remember how imperialism affected countries in Africa and Asia?  The natural resources and labor from those countries helped build the strong economies of…North America…” Although the countries of the world are linked by interdependence, not all of them share equally in the world’s riches.”[26]

The message for our children is: True economic success comes from government control, but in America, success came from imperial aggression.  Missing are the failures of socialism.  McMillan’s, The World Past and Present, for example, ends a lesson on the Soviet Union by asking 7th graders: “How do people in Moscow recycle some products?” [Teachers answer:] “Torn stockings are used to stuff pillows or to scrub dishes; milk cartons take the place of pots and pans.”[27]  Apparently, these measures were not the result of economic failure, but an ecologically conscious Soviet citizenry!

Are these lessons having an effect?  According to the National Center for Education Statistics report, “What Democracy Means to Ninth-Graders,” the answer is YES:

  • 84.2 percent of 9th-graders now believe it’s the government’s responsibility to set prices.
  • 63.5 percent believe government is responsible for “reducing differences in income and wealth among people.”
  • 58.6 percent now believe government must “provide an adequate standard of living for the unemployed.”[28]

What’s frightening is that the US Dept. of Education considers these “attitudes” correct answers and identifies them as “international principles of democracy!”

Sustainable Society – Global Interdependence

The ultimate goal of Education for Sustainable Development is to prepare children to accept the total transformation of America under global totalitarian control – for the good of all.     A popular McMillan 7th grade teachers’ edition explains the methodology used to build understanding toward the goal:  “A growing awareness of deep national and international interdependence is vital… [This book] systematically builds students’ understanding of the economic, cultural, political, and ecological connections among peoples.”[29]   Here are some social studies lesson examples from a variety of grades and publishers:

  • 2nd Grade Silver Burdett and Ginn Teacher’s Edition: “Why is the Earth one community? …Second graders develop a sense of being involved with other people and of the earth being everyone’s global home.”[30]
  • 4th Grade Houghton-Mifflin: “To be a community, people must share the same customs and have some common purpose…. You also belong to the world community.  …The things we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us. …What might ‘global village’ mean? Ask [students] to find out more about the idea of a ‘global village.’…[31]
  • 5th Grade Houghton-Mifflin:  “Today, the debate over how land is used involves the entire world.” [32]
  • 7th Grade McMillan, Teachers’ Edition: “Encourage students to think of such possibilities as government or voluntary agencies to regulate the sale of land, size of factories, hours of labor, supervision of children, etc. Discuss all possibilities.”[33]
  • 5th-9th Grade Constitutional Rights Foundation Curriculum: “The police power also allows the government to restrict the use of property…or force an owner to give up his or her land under the exercise of eminent domain….  Governments sometimes use the power of eminent domain to protect the environment. Taking land for environmental reasons generally falls under two categories: (1) controlling pollution and (2) preserving natural areas.”[34]

Publishers all sound the same because the National Standards for Civics and Government written by the CCE require conformance.   The CCE’s model textbook funded through No Child Left Behind is called “We the People, the Citizen and the Constitution.”  In reality, it functions to shift children away from our Founding Principles toward accepting new citizenship ideals.  Chapter 37, titled “How May Citizenship Change in the Nation’s Third Century” explains the goal: “This lesson looks to the future. You focus on some major developments taking place in our society that are likely to affect the very nature of citizenship during your lifetime.”[35]  A critical thinking question at the end of the lesson reveals what they mean: “Do you think that world citizenship will be possible in your lifetime?”[36]

By following the book sequence, one may easily see how students are programmed to respond, “Yes” to world citizenship and prepare to accept new principles.  For example, the textbook demotes America’s Bill of Rights as an antiquated “document of the eighteenth century, reflecting the issues and concerns of the age in which it was written.”[37]  The lesson then promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as “positive” rights and the next phase in mankind’s social evolution.[38]  Although the entire Universal Declaration of Human Rights is contained in the appendix, the textbook fails to teach what it says about the source of human rights in contrast to America’s Declaration.

According to America’s Declaration of Independence, our Founders understood the self-evident truth that “all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights….” Therefore, they recognized the primary function of government was to protect those inalienable Creator-given rights.  The Universal Declaration by contrast, limits Human Rights to an enumerated list, and then gives government the power to take them away.  According to Article 29.3 “These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.”   In other words, under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, man – as represented by the United Nations – becomes god!

Once government becomes our god, citizenship takes on a new meaning.  According to the CCE, “citizenship” is defined as “the status of being a member of a state, one who owes allegiance to the government.”[39]  NOT allegiance to the principles of liberty – but allegiance to government the ultimate source of rights.   That was exactly Hitler’s definition of citizenship!  According to the CCE, “civic virtue” now means: “The dedication of citizens to the common good, even at the cost of their individual interests.”[40]  …Even at the cost of liberty.

Are these lessons taking hold?  One distraught mother showed me her daughters test response to the question: “Is the United States a ‘sovereign state?”  Her “correct” answer: “Yes; because our government has absolute authority over the citizenry.”[41]   Our children – America’s future citizens, voters, and government officials – are being prepared to accept total government control in the name of “sustainable development!”

20 million American children have now graduated from the Center for Civic Education’s program of indoctrination. Many Christian schools have also adopted the “We the People” textbooks – unaware.  Please don’t build your house on the sand, simply because the sand is free! The warnings of scripture are clear: While we were sleeping, the enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.  Our Founders sacrificed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to give us our liberty.  Don’t let the torch of freedom flicker and die on our watch!  Wake up oh sleeper and strengthen what remains…!

[2] President Bush’s speech to the UN General Assembly, Sept. 12, 2002

[4] Our Common Future; World Commission on Environment and Development, [no date] Oxford University Press, New York, see Chapter 2, “Towards Sustainable Development” p. 43.

[5] The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development,  September 4, 2002,  UN Agenda Item 13, p. 1.

[8] Education for Sustainability; 1994; US Gov. Printing Office; ISBN 0-16-048783-8, Introduction.

[9] For a detailed analysis of international agreements implemented in the United States, see America’s Schools: The Battleground for Freedom, by Allen Quist. Chaska Minnesota, EdWatch, 2005, especially pp. 57-63, ISBN 0-9675196-4-0 [available through].

[10] see and follow the funding link.

[11] McKeown, Ph.D., Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Version 2, 2002. (Available at

[12] McKeown, ESD Toolkit, p. 22.

[13] National Standards for Civics and Government; Center for Civic Education, Second Printing 1997, Calabasas, California: see inside cover: “Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and The Pew Charitable Trusts”

[14] Patrick, Indiana University, Bloomington, June, 2003; p.1-2.

[15] See

[16] LA Times, May 8, 1997

[17] McKeown, ESD Toolkit, p. 23.

[18] Schimmel, Dear Children of the Earth; Northword Press, Inc; Minocqua, Wi, 1994,

[19] Living in Communities, Teacher’s Edition; 1995 Silver Burdett Ginn; Morristown, NJ, p.207

[20] This is My Country, Teacher’s Edition; 1994; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, MA, p. 343.

[21] St. Paul Pioneer Press; Monday, December 1, 2003, opinion page

[22] World: Adventures in Time and Place, 1997, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, New York, p. 538.

[23] The World Past and Present, Teacher’s Edition, 1993, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, p. 649.

[24] World: Adventures in Time and Place, p.552.

[25] A More Perfect Union, 1991, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, p. 534.

[26] The World Past and Present, p. 660.

[27] The World Past and Present, p. 663.

[28] What Democracy Means to 9th Graders, US Results From the IEA Civic Education Study, US DOE, NCES 2001-096,  2001, p.62

[29] The World Past and Present, Teachers Edition, 1993, p. T15.

[30] Living in Communities, 1995, p. U6-C.

[31] This is My Country; HMSS Teachers’ Edition, Boston, 1994, p. 334 & 336 margin.

[32] America Will Be, Houghton Mifflin, 1994, p. 92

[33] The World Past and Present, p.285.

[34] The Challenge of Governance, p. 30.

[35] We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution; 2002, 10th printing, Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA, p. 200.

[36] We the People, p. 203

[37] We the People, p. 207

[38] We the People, p. 208.

[39] National Standards for Civics and Government, Appendix C, Glossary “citizenship” p. 151.

[40] We the People, Glossary under: “civic virtue”, p. 266.

[41] Chapter 1 Quiz on “Role of Government” – 7th Grade, Sept. 2002, Golden Valley Public School, question #6.


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We are a full service stucco and remodeling company located in San Mateo, Florida.Our Primary geographical market is North East Florida. Offering quality craftsmanship in all phases of stucco, at customer friendly rates.

American Lathing of North Florida, Inc. is a company that puts the customer first. This is achieved through our attention to detail, quality craftsmanship and good customer relations. We have worked diligently to establish and maintain our reputation of integrity and quality construction throughout our years in business. Our reputation has been built by providing the homeowner and builder with professional products and installation. Our Success is due largely to referrals from previous customers and repeat business, including local and commercial business owners in and around North East Florida. Our main goal is to provide quality craftsmanship and treat each customer with equal respect.

We specialize in Quality Work at Reasonable Rates.

Residential, Commercial, Remodels, and Stone...

Locally Owned, Operated, Licensed and Insured.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

A Healthy Dinner Meal

Take back the dinner hour: We've created a week's worth of great-tasting meals with real nutritional punch. Each one is under 500 calories -- wham! High in filling fiber -- bam! Low in saturated fat -- pow! Not to mention, each recipe puts a premium on KALAMAZOO, MI – Organic white quinoa, Green Garden swiss chard, Mattawan Artisan Creamery feta, charred strawberries and extra virgin olive oil.


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Monday, February 19, 2007

10 Mistakes that Will KILL a Forum

1. Unless you're trying to become the next Million Dollar Hompage, a ton of ads just wont work for your site.Excessive Ads - Hey, there’s nothing wrong with making some money off your forum. But, when your advertisements begin to take up more space on your forum than your content, you’ve got a problem. People visit forums to talk to other people with similar interests. They want to share their ideas or ask questions. They DON’T want to have to sort through 3 pages of ads, to find one page worth of content. Think of it this way, you don’t tune in to your favorite TV show to watch the commercials do you? Well neither do your visitors.

2. Cliques - OK look, your forum is supposed to be an online community, not an online clique. If your community is not open and welcoming to new members and fresh ideas, your forum will quickly stop growing, become stagnant, and eventually die out. People want to be accepted. It’s perfectly fine to have a group of friends in your forum, just be sure you don’t isolate yourself from the rest of the web.

3. Trolls - never a good thing for a forumTrolls - Everyone’s encountered a troll whether you knew it or not. The Urban Dictionary defines a troll as “someone who gets pleasure by typing annoying/controversial/offensive words on internet forums or message boards.” If you run a forum long enough, probably every one of your members will annoy you from time to time. That’s just human nature. Trolls on the other hand, bring absolutely NO value to the forum and instead sit back and generally annoy you along with everyone else on the forum. They simply aren’t worth the hassle. To top it all of, many times, not only are trolls an annoyance, but they end up starting…

4. Fights - Now don’t think for one second that everyone on your forum will agree with each other all the time. It’s just not going to happen. In fact, you don’t even WANT it to happen. Controversy is good remember? However, there’s a BIG difference between a healthy debate/heated discussion and a fight. Once a discussion or debate devolves into name calling and personal attacks, it’s time to shut it down. If you let fights fester, they’ll begin infecting the rest of the forum and will likely end up driving away people on one, or both sides of the issue. You’ll also lose members who simply don’t want to hear the pissing and moaning anymore. The internet is a vast and wonderful place, if your site loses its appeal, your members can abandon ship and jump over to an alternative with just a few quick keystrokes.

5. You need moderators that are Kung-Fu MastersHeavy Handed Moderating - Have you ever heard the saying that “absolute power corrupts absolutely”? Or maybe, “the power’s gone to his head”? Both of these things can befall you, or your moderators if you don’t watch out for it. Forum Moderators or Administrators are given power to keep the rest of the forum in line. But, as Uncle Ben told Spiderman, with great power comes great responsibility. To continue the string of cliches, Moderators/Admin’s need to tread lightly but carry a big stick (basically they need to be Kung-Fu Masters). All forums and communities need a chain of command, but given the right situation, one Mod on an ego trip can splinter your forum while you’re on your lunch break.Don’t get me wrong, spam needs to be deleted, fight threads need to be locked, and the rules need to be enforced. However, you and your mods must always remember that your forum exists due to the contributions of your members. Arbitrarily closing threads critical of you or the forum can be dangerous and secretly deleting posts is just asking for trouble. If you’re involved in the argument, ask another moderator to step in. Take a breather, calm down, and make sure none of your decisions are motivated by anger or selfish ambitions. If you’re unsure which course of action to take, ask the rest of your staff. Whatever you do, always be open about it. When you screw up, and you will, man up and admit it.

6. Lack of Moderation - Yes, I just got done telling you that Over Moderation will kill your forum. The truth is, so will a lack of moderation. If you find yourself spending hours a day just trying to control your forum spam, it’s time to find some Mods. Get friends or family to help out or promote some trusted and long time members. And most importantly, use them. Consult them, give them a heads up before implementing changes, and listen to them when they offer up suggestions. You may even want to create a private “Moderators only” section where you can discuss any issues that pop up. But whatever you do, make sure you give your members a nice place to come. You wouldn’t invite friends over to your house if it looked like some back alley. The same holds true to your forum.

7. Don't over post. You'll smother your forum.Over Posting - Look, people don’t come to a forum to hear one person talk all the time. It’s a community, not a soap box. If you want it to be all about you, start a blog. It’s very easy to dominate a forum, especially in the early days. There’s not a lot of activity and you’re eager to keep the conversations going. But, you need to give others a chance to answer questions, give advice, or offer up their opinions. If a post goes ignored for too long, by all means reply, but you’ll smother your forum if you’re the first to reply to every single post. As the old saying goes, “Better everyone think you a fool, than to open your mouth and prove them right.” And who knows, you might even learn something…

8. Violating Privacy - This one’s a no-brainer. When people sign up for your forum, they almost always have to give you some information. Whether that’s an email address or some other bit of privileged information, don’t compromise it. Don’t sell your email list or start spamming your members with your latest chain letters. Trust me, they won’t appreciate it. See, I told you this one was simple.

9. Your site visitors aren't turtles... they want Speed!Slow Site - You remember how slow dial-up internet access used to be? It sucked right? Especially if you’d ever used a high speed connection. Well, having too many ads (yes, it’s worth mentioning again), widgets, plugins, or those cool ad-ons included in your forum can drag your site back to the dark ages. Navigating around a forum requires more clicks than on an average site, and members spend a longer than average time on your site. If every one of those clicks takes your users to a page that is slow to load, it’s going to take a LOT longer than it should to get around the site. We’re now firmly entrenched in an age of instant gratification and if your site is slow to load, your members and visitors simply won’t put up with it. They have too many other sites out there to sit around and wait for yours to get it’s act together.

10. Actually… there is no #10 - Oh wait! Over promising and under delivering. This is pretty much a good rule for life in general but it definitely applies to forums. If you tell your members you’re going to do something (add a feature, take care of a problem, listen to suggestions) then you’d better do it. Be very careful in what you promise and remember, this is a forum so everything is in print. You’d be surprised what people remember and call you on later. A couple of slip ups will likely be forgiven (they have in our case) but if you make a habit of getting people’s hopes up, only to disappoint them, don’t be surprised if you have fewer and fewer people to cry wolf to next time.

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Shannon & Ryan’s Olin Park Wedding

I have the hardest time with blog post introductions!  So much to say – but I struggle with words so I let my photos do most of the talking for me.  Besides, if a photo is worth what they say it is, this post has over 50,000 words!

Shannon & Ryan’s July wedding day dawned cloudy and horrendously humid.  So humid in fact, that our camera lenses fogged up the instant we walked out the door!  Despite the weather, they got married and it was beautiful, as you will soon see.

KFP_0191-2KFP_2046 KFP_0188-2Conveniently, Shannon had painted her living room wall blue.  Almost the same shade as the bridesmaids’ dresses! Blue is the best.

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Her dress though….Love the lace!!!

First looks are one of my favorite moments of the day. Due to the humidity these two had to wait for our lenses to defog!  Talk about ruining the moment!!!  They were such good sports about it!

It started raining right about when this photo was taken, so it necessitated taking photos indoors.  Thank goodness for huge doors and natural light!

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Shannon & Ryan’s ceremony was short and sweet and so very true to them.  Their good friend Forest officiated for them.

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Despite torrential rain during what was supposed to be portrait time, (it even forced us to close down the shelter for a while), Shannon stayed her sweet and positive self. So thankful for their trust in me!  KFP_0810-2KFP_0823-2KFP_0831-2

Despite the rain still coming down, this awesome bridal party was willing to step outside for a lovely portrait!  I love photographing in Olin Park and was thankful for their willingness to brave the weather for a couple of quick shots.

Shannon is a teacher and her Pinterest and DIY skills cannot be questioned.  She worked so hard to track down and put together a lovely camping themed reception.

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And of course you can’t go camping without s’mores.  Shannon put together the cutest little s’mores bar!

These two were tickled pink about their (root) beer!

Shannon & Ryan built and customized this awesome corn hole game for their reception!!!KFP_2117KFP_2114

In case anyone was wondering, Ryan won. 😉

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Ladies and gentlemen, my husband Brian.  He joined me in time to help shoot the reception (his first time doing anything of the sort), and he rocked it.  In addition to several of the reception photos above, he took the below shot.  It’s one of my favorites – a tender moment during a slow dance.  Words cannot describe how happy it made me to have him along and I’m so thankful that he agreed to help out!  Here’s to many more?

IMG_4620KFP_2881Shannon and Ryan, thank you for trusting me with your wedding day, and for not giving up when the weather interfered with literally everything.  Your sweetness and smiles made this day so perfect and I am so incredibly happy for you both!!


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Sunday, March 1, 2015

COVER REVEAL: HEARTS BEWARE (Paranormal Romance Bundle)

Look for a Bundle of Love in  <3 HEARTS BEWARE <3  **4 Great paranormal romance stories in one for 99 cents (a quarter per book) Authors: AP Jensen, Elizabeth Loraine, Norma Jeanne Karlsson, and Amy Rachiele.  Add to your TBR on Goodreads!

Clutch of the Demon: AP Jensen
Cara is a demon hunter. When she interrupts a chain of events orchestrated by a master demon, he punishes Cara by infecting her younger sister with a fatal disease. Time is running out. Desperate for a cure, Cara hears a whisper of a mystical being trapped beneath stone that may be able to help her for a price…

Phantom Lives: Elizabeth Loraine
After the sudden death of her parents Abigail Black decides to take her life back from her abusive boyfriend, Dallas, and start over. She is drawn south from her childhood home in Memphis into a world she thought only existed in her dreams. Ones that she has had since she was a small child, of a place so real, she could describe everything and everyone in minute detail. And there's Bill, a man who has her cautiously believing in love again.
Suddenly she discovers the place in her dreams really exists and it is calling her to it. Why?
Another page turning romance adventure from Elizabeth Loraine. Phantom Lives intertwines the modern world with the post Civil War world of Collier, a plantation Abigail has had dreams about her entire life. Now she is about to find out why. It's a fantasy world of spirits and immortals built in a way which fans of Ms Loraine’s will again thoroughly enjoy. Find out who Abigail was in the past, and how it changes everything.

Misunderstood Miracles: Norma Jeanne Karlsson
The small things are never what they appear to be...  Isolation is important when you’re different. Thirty years of protecting himself ends with one blast intended to end his life. The explosion happened. The building collapsed. Kane Rand walked away. He always walks away, which is why they want him. They can try to shoot him, stab him, set him on fire or anything else they can come up with to subdue the mob enforcer. It won’t work. Kane is impenetrable. His skin keeps him safe while his cunning mind and deadly skills keep him alive. There’s nothing to protect his heart. Alannah Carey steals his unprotected soft spot with one look. Now he’s in the fight of his life to keep her safe, his family alive and himself out of the hands of an agency that’s been trying to capture him from the time he was born. The miracle of life soon becomes a tortured cell where survival is the only option. Or in Kane’s case, a breeding ground for vengeance.

Vampire’s Need: Amy Rachiele

Fleeing for her life, Sybrina leaves behind everything to escape the dark creature that wiped out her family. It now wants to finish what it started. Sybrina stows away aboard a clipper ship and poses as her recently murdered brother, Paul. The year is 1866. Can Sybrina solve the mystery of the creature that exsanguinates it victims? Elijah is a vampire. He watches Sybrina from a far. His life is bland and he feels the need to protect her, following her across the ocean. But does he need to do it or his motivation deeper? Does it stem from him wanting her?

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Corn poo photo and the old man is still here! And read to the end, I put a video that's amazing on here!!!

That would be Roscoe's ear. He's sniffing the corn poo. See the hair? It must be coyote poo! ENORMOUS coyote poo!
Here is a better perspective. Roscoe standing near it! Yikes! That's a BIG poo!! Like Kielbasa size poo!! Do they make corn Kielbasa? -

Rest easy, though, the old man Zeus is still with us. I need to update a photo of him. He's really looking old, but his three pills are helping him hang in there and I really think he's doing pretty well. He must be on his ninth life!
This shot is from gathering the horses from the back pasture. Notice which dog is on a leash?? The Pin Heads have no interest in herding.......er.....chasing the horses. The "herding" dog? He is leashed.

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We are still working on those super fast recalls, hoping to get Spur to be FIRST to get to me. He's getting better. More confident. See? He's neck and neck with Roscoe!! He can totally out run Colby, but he lets her win. He used to always let Roscoe win, too, he would be last to arrive. Not so much any more. He beats Roscoe more and more. All this stuff with Spur is slow to come along. He's WAY faster than Roscoe, but that social intimidation has been tough to work through. When it's just Spur by himself, he's super fast. With the others, he worries.

We keep plugging along!!! I need to get some new videos of his teeter work. We are back to doing some crazy bang it games. I nailed two old license plates to the ends, so when it hits it BANGS and rattles!! I have a cookie sheet on the ground, so the metal to metal bangs, then the recoil also rattles because the license plates are not nailed tight.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

What made me so sore?

I forget how much exercise this is. OI!
This was two days ago and I am STILL sore! Running on rubber is different. Not sure why, but it is. Maybe I should go out for a run this morning? It helps me SO much, but good GRIEF, I hate it. I shouldn't say I hate it, because I sure do feel better when I am doing it, but I really struggle to do it. It just isn't ME, so let's just say I REALLY don't like running! But, it sure does help me and I sure do like running agility. I suppose I could make one of those New Year's resolutions. -

Run a mile or two, um.......what if I made it really reasonable and a mile once/week? Is that just really lame? Yes. But, if I give myself a very, very EASY goal it may be attainable and surpassable. Is surpassable a word? I don't think so, but who says you can't make up words? Something is better than nothing, right? And I do have to start somewhere.

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  1. WHOA! Look at Spur go! Amy he looks AWESOME! Woo hoo, he is awesome. Seriously, I love it. He looks great. I am with you on the "get butt into better shape so I can really run agility with my dogs..." ughh. I went for my day 1 baseline run today with Griff, and he was like SERIOUSLY lady, let's get going. He thinks I am totally a lame, slow, 2 legged dead weight... haha