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That Was Then, This Is Now

About the author

Breathing a breath of fresh air into Christian writing, Inspirational Speaker, Paulette Harper is a woman of purpose, passion and power. Paulette seeks to inspire women from all walks of life. Her desire is to empower, equip and transform the lives of women through her preaching and teaching from the Word of God. As a licensed and ordained minister, Paulette’s passion is to minister the Word of God with boldness and accuracy so those who are dealing with life’s complexities will become whole and walk in their God given potential.

A woman of destiny, Paulette has accepted the call from God and established herself as a best seller, award winning author. Ms. Harper’s writing career begins in 2007 with her first published book “That Was Then, This Is Now” which achieved national recognition by being awarded a finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award and ranked consecutively on the Black Christian Publishers Bestsellers List for Independent Publishers, Non-Fiction. Published articles have appeared on CBN, Internet’ Café, WOW magazine, Black Pearl Magazine and Divine Inspirations.

“Victorious Living for Women” (an anthology) is her second book; which features 40 incredible women who share stories of their life experiences, from their heart to yours. Collectively, theses women have endured personal tragedy and have emerged empowered, encouraged and victorious. Paulette’s third book “Completely Whole” will be released in 2010.

Paulette is the visionary behind “Write Now” (releasing the word in you) literary workshops designed to coach inspiriting writers in the areas of creativity, development and publication of Christian books. God has given her a desire for writers especially those who want to write for the Lord. Through these workshops it is her desire to provide information that will help inspiring authors dream come to reality, by providing tools, resources and opportunities to help them succeed.

To schedule Paulette Harper for a book club meeting, interview, book signing, speaking engagement, workshop, seminar, or other appearance, please contact her at

Paulette currently resides in Northern California.

About the book

How could God have a purpose for me amidst this mess? Why do such bad things happen to good people? If you’ve recently asked yourself these questions, Paulette Harper’s That was Then, This is Now has the answers. Struggling to recover from a broken marriage and disappointed dreams, Paulette Harper gropes for meaning and understanding, and through her searching, God reveals Himself to her in ways she never before imagined possible. By sharing her struggles with transparency, she illustrates how a heart attitude of surrender allows God to use a broken vessel for His ultimate plans of glory. Non-fiction Inspirational ISBN# 978-1-60462-554-7

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Raenita Wallace said...

Congratulations! It's always good to see someone doing their part to fulfill the Great Commission.


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Few people who live in my town really know the fountain of Vanvitelli. It' s a symbol of Civitavecchia. It's the gateway to the town, so  it almost guards Civitavecchia and the sea.
I took the picture yesterday while I was running along the port.

Last week I went to Rome twice for job and tomorrow I will be still there where I will run the "Race for the cure".  Its goal is to raise money for a specific type of cancer research.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

French air force bombs Central African Republic... again

One of the more beneath the radar conflict zones in the world is the northern part of the Central African Republic (CAR). This is probably in part because it borders the more high-profile war zones of Darfur and eastern Chad. But the CAR isn't doing much better.

Last November, French fighter jets bombed rebel positions in the northern CAR. More recently, an entire town was laid waste following clashes.

"Never before has the UN seen a town where 70% of houses have been torched," said the UN's humanitarian coordinator to the CAR.

The UN says that some 14,000 people have fled the town [of Birao] to live in the bush, while just 600 remain in their homes.

There are now some 250,000 displaced people in CAR - three times more than a year ago, the UN says.

While both rebels and the military regime blame each other, The BBC's Joseph Benamsse in the capital, Bangui, says it is clear that both regular troops and rebels are responsible for the destruction of Birao.

A female medical worker in the town added, "French jet fighters also contributed to the destruction as they hit some houses."

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hedwig.child were we really separated forcibly, or did he just run off with the good stuff?
...or did i?
and what about sex?
is that how we put ourselves back together?
is that what daddy was trying to-
or can two people actually become one again?
and if we are driving on the autobon when it happens, can we still use the diamond lane?
silentbob listen, you

hedwig child

you keep talking and i dont know who you are, but u are cool cuz you like rent.

that is all
hedwig.child i don't know who i am either. i just came across this thing and started typing in stuff. rent rocks. 001227
eklektic i finally saw "hedwig and the angry inch". and tommy gnosis reminds me of austin. and i am offically in love with the song "wicked little town". 020819
burden on nights
like this
when the world's a bit amiss
and the lights go down across the trailer park

that is all kinds of tasty.
thea i have a little white stuffed owl. the girl i talked about it alice told me she was adorable and i was so proud of myself. i've got a ujournal, go me. 020821
sweetheart of the song tra bong Gummy bears will never be the same.

Flowers from Safeway When the earth was still flat,
And the clouds made of fire,
And mountains stretched up to the sky,
Sometimes higher,
Folks roamed the earth
Like big rolling kegs.
They had two sets of arms.
They had two sets of legs.
They had two faces peering
Out of one giant head
So they could watch all around them
As they talked; while they read.
And they never knew nothing of love.
It was before the origin of love.

The origin of love

And there were three sexes then,
One that looked like two men
Glued up back to back,
Called the children of the sun.
And similar in shape and girth
Were the children of the earth.
They looked like two girls
Rolled up in one.
And the children of the moon
Were like a fork shoved on a spoon.
They were part sun, part earth
Part daughter, part son.

The origin of love

Now the gods grew quite scared
Of our strength and defiance
And Thor said,
"I'm gonna kill them all
With my hammer,
Like I killed the giants."
And Zeus said, "No,
You better let me
Use my lightening, like scissors,
Like I cut the legs off the whales
And dinosaurs into lizards."
Then he grabbed up some bolts
And he let out a laugh,
Said, "I'll split them right down the middle.
Gonna cut them right up in half."
And then storm clouds gathered above
Into great balls of fire

And then fire shot down
From the sky in bolts
Like shining blades
Of a knife.
And it ripped
Right through the flesh
Of the children of the sun
And the moon
And the earth.
And some Indian god
Sewed the wound up into a hole,
Pulled it round to our belly
To remind us of the price we pay.
And Osiris and the gods of the Nile
Gathered up a big storm
To blow a hurricane,
To scatter us away,
In a flood of wind and rain,
And a sea of tidal waves,
To wash us all away,
And if we don't behave
They'll cut us down again
And we'll be hopping round on one foot
And looking through one eye.

Last time I saw you
We had just split in two.
You were looking at me.
I was looking at you.
You had a way so familiar,
But I could not recognize,
Cause you had blood on your face;
I had blood in my eyes.
But I could swear by your expression
That the pain down in your soul
Was the same as the one down in mine.
That's the pain,
Cuts a straight line
Down through the heart;
We called it love.
So we wrapped our arms around each other,
Trying to shove ourselves back together.
We were making love,
Making love.
It was a cold dark evening,
Such a long time ago,
When by the mighty hand of Jove,
It was the sad story
How we became
Lonely two-legged creatures,
It's the story of
The origin of love.
That's the origin of love.
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suvy Rocks. 030709
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silentbob wow. december of 2000. i didn't even know there was something to reference. 030724
oldephebe oldephebe- *scribbling frenetically in the margins*
wow there's a page on hedwig the angry inch movie here?
you guys are eclectic
right at the avante guarde edge
good to be in blather
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Unemployment and Debt is Crushing a Generation

The surge in youth unemployment is making the more responsible and far-sighted mouthpieces of the ruling class nervous. Bob Herbert recently wrote "For those concerned with the economic viability of the American family going forward, the plight of young workers, especially young men, is particularly frightening. The percentage of young American men who are actually working is the lowest it has been in the 61 years of record-keeping, according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston."

He continues, "Only 65 of every 100 men aged 20 through 24 years old were working on any given day in the first six months of this year. In the age group 25 through 34 years old, traditionally a prime age range for getting married and starting a family, just 81 of 100 men were employed."

Now couple this with the mountains of student loan debt that accompany young people as they leave school. From the Wall Street Journal: "The new numbers highlight how debt has become commonplace in paying for higher education. Today, two-thirds of college students borrow to pay for college, and their average debt load is $23,186 by the time they graduate, according to an analysis of the government's National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, conducted by financial-aid expert Mark Kantrowitz. Only a dozen years earlier, according to the study, 58% of students borrowed to pay for college, and the average amount borrowed was $13,172."

Elite mouthpieces usually couch these articles in terms of worries about social stability, or weak profit margins because of reduced consumer spending. Frankly, we need a lot less social stability if it means changing the operation of the United States in a fundamental way. This doesn't necessarily mean smashing things or lining up in a voting booth. There are effective ways to force social change and the examples exist throughout history. But it requires solidarity among a disparate group of people, finding the sources of ruling class power, and developing strategies to weaken them.

1 "Students Borrow More Than Ever for College " - WSJ
2 "A Scary Reality" - NYT Op-Ed
3 "Americans Out of Work - Is Double Digit Unemployment Here to Stay ?" - Time
4 "Young Workers, A Lost Decade" - AFL-CIO
5 "One in six young people not in work or education" - Guardian UK
6 "College Tuition, Then and Now" - Blended Purple

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Republicians and Unemployment

I have heard many Republicans recently claiming concern about the plight of the unemployed. This is because a Democrat is in office, nothing more or less. It's OK to admit the economy sucks because the other side is supposedly in power.

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Wednesday, April 29

Wouldn’t it be lover-ly?

I’ve been dreaming of having my very own booth at an antique market.  Wouldn’t it be fun to gather goodies and display them to sell?  There are SO many of these markets around with so many beautiful ideas too.  I would want MY booth to be very special and stand out from the rest!

My mother and I used to decorate the store front of my dad’s pharmacy in Ohio.  We had so much fun changing out the displays every month.  My mother was and will always be my inspiration!  She taught me to grow and arrange flowers, taught me how to sew, helped me learn how to re-purpose things, and most of all how to appreciate the little things in life.

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I have so many things in my home now that would sell really well in an antique shop!  None, I am willing to part with however!  It seems that the things I love others like too.  Is that enough to venture in to a retail type business?

It would be nice to have some extra income to support my thrifty habits though!   How do you get started doing something like this?  Is it worth the time and expense?

I wouldn’t want MY booth to be a copycat of the others.  What would make it special and more attractive?  Color perhaps?  A specialty of some sort?  I have way too many favorites to concentrate on ONE thing!

Maybe an Etsy shop?  Sell on Ebay?  What about the hassles of shipping?  I don’t think I would want to spend so much time at the post office!

Just dreaming here this morning. Time to go to work!

What are you dreaming about today?

Love,  Kathi

(photos from Flicker)

Tuesday, April 28

A few of my favorite things

I walked around the house the other day and took some photos of some of the things I’ve collected over the years.  Thought I would share them with you…

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My little collection of carousel horses.

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A free (!) dresser and thrifty shelf in my craft room

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Mother’s Spode china. Love it!

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A lovely sampler made by my Mother in 1987

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One of my fat cats.  Henry.

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A little wooden stool I spray painted yellow.  Stacked with magazines I need to go through – again!

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Some pretty blue glass.  The covered dish belonged to my mother.

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Shell art (Mother again) and a little glass jar with things I collected on the beach.  Reminds me of “home.”

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A thrifty robin and candle holder.  I made the little grapevine “nest.”  The colorful paddles and vase were thrift store finds.

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Little wooden boxes.  I use them to store colored pencils, pens etc.  The metronome was a gift from a friend.  The small dark box contains some tiny wooden candle holders that are painted like little people!

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I love the way the sun shines in the front door!  I’ve changed up the wall where the clock is and moved my buffet there.  The buffet was found inside a shed (free) at a house I rented in Florida.  The owner had used it as a tool cabinet.  I refinished it and it looks great!  Can’t get a good photo of it this morning.  Sorry.

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I found these three embroidered florals at thrift stores.  My dad made this cute wooden stool and I just painted it blue!  The towel was a gift from one of my patients.  Isn’t it fun to see what you’ve collected over the years and how they all find a place of their own?

Hope you have a beautiful day!

Love, Kathi

Sunday, April 26

Dinner and a DEAD battery

I decided I would treat my self to a take-out dinner at Logan’s Roadhouse Grill tonight.  I called in my order - sirloin steak, baked sweet potato and broccoli (YUM) then I drove over to pick it up.

When I got back into my car it wouldn’t start.  Just a weak “click” and nothing else.  Click click click.  Nothing.  There was no one around to help me so I called AAA.  I’ve been a member for 30 years so they had better come help me fast!  My food was getting cold!

I tried to eat in the car while I waited.  Have you ever tried to eat steak with a plastic knife and fork?  Don’t bother…

Before long, my hero arrived and jump started my car.  He informed me that the battery was dead, kaput, done for.  I’m not surprised since it’s the original 2004 battery that came with the car.  Guess I shouldn’t complain!

He offered to put in a new one for me for $129.  I said, “thanks, but no thanks” and drove off to the auto parts store down the street.  It was after 5 pm and I didn’t think they would be open, but they were!

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A really nice guy sold me a new battery for $89 and installed it for FREE!  Can’t beat that!  In less than 10 minutes too!

Later while I was enjoying my cold and really tough steak I thought, “you know, I could have been stuck at home tomorrow morning trying to go to work when this happened.  I could have been somewhere else and not had dinner sitting beside me.  I even had a cold diet Pepsi with me so I didn’t get thirsty while I waited for AAA to come.  The weather was perfect - warm and sunny.  AAA came right away and the guy at the auto parts place was so helpful . . .

God was watching over me and taking care of me this evening just like He always does.  It’s just that sometimes I fail to notice His goodness or say “thank You” as often as I should.

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High.  To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness at night.”  Psalm 92:1

Blessings,  Kathi

Saturday, April 25

Not one, but two!

This is the quilt I got today at my neighbor’s garage sale for $3. Seems they had a lot of things for $3 . . .

When I came home and opened the bag, I found that there was not just ONE quilt, but TWO! They are BOTH handmade, have lovely stitching and the prettiest prints!

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There are a few small stains but I think with some care they will come out pretty as can be!

Get to know your neighbors! Not only will you make a new friend, or two, you just may find some treasures when they have a garage sale!

My “new” little sewing machine!

etsy red sewing machine $38.50

No, not this one. It’s $38.50 on Etsy.

pink sewing machine $99.00

Not this one either. $99.00 on Ebay!

green ebay sewing machine $79.00

Nope, not mine either. $79.00 on Ebay!

THIS one is MINE!

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I found it at my neighbor’s garage sale!

Isn’t it pretty!? In perfect condition too! Love the dovetailed wooden base and the shiny red knob on the handle! Did I mention it was only $3.00 ?

Those are my “new” Ralph Lauren sheets behind it. They were $3.00 too.

Time to get back out in the yard, but I just HAD to show you what might be my best find ever!

I'm linking up with Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality on Monday. Check out all of the other thrifty finds from this weekend!

Happy Saturday!  Love, Kathi

Garage sale right next door!

This will have to be a quick post with no photos.

I just got home from my neighbor’s house with an armload of treasures!! I got a gorgeous old quilt with shams, a perfect apron, a Ralph Lauren sheet set and the cutest little PINK antique toy sewing machine!!! All for $10!

I really MUST go mow my yard and pull weeds, but I’ll be sure to show you my finds later!

Hope you too have a happy Saturday!

Blessings, Kathi

Friday, April 24

Maggie, Maggie, give me your answer do…

I think that Nugget must have been looking over my shoulder this morning. I guess he read the letter that Maggie wrote to Oliver Wendell I thought maybe he was just tired but now I’m sure that he is just sad.

He looks at me with these eyes and I wonder what it will take for him to find happiness again? The love of his life is interested in someone else. Has that ever happened to you? If so, then you know how Nugget feels right now. Poor baby…

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His world is crumbling around him. He can’t even lift his head.

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We had a little chat this morning. I was just trying to cheer him up. These are some of the things he would say to Maggie, if he had the chance.

"Miss Maggie, we could be so good together. We could share stories about our moms. We could hunt lizards together. I’m great at catching lizards! I even got a squirrel once! I could be your great hunter and show you lots of places to find things. My heart is so sad right now. How could you choose a big old dog like Oliver when you could have a sweet little man like me?

I know I don’t dress the part of a charming suitor. I don’t have any nice clothes or collars to get spiffied up in.

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I just have my purple dog collar and a flea collar that’s so old it surely doesn’t kill any fleas. I don’t have any fleas Maggie, I promise. I’m soft and silky just like you.

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You look so lovely in your photos. I just can’t take my eyes off you. If only you could get to know me better, I’m sure you would like me. Everyone likes me. I can do tricks too. I can leap sideways over my big brother. I can spin circles at dinnertime. I can even jump up on the dining room table! You know there is always something good up there!

Maggie, if you could only give me a chance. Just one little chance, then I could smile again."

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Hopefully yours, Nugget

Saturday, April 18

Measure twice, buy once!

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Why has the day gone by without a thing being accomplished? Why do I feel so tired and unmotivated? I started the day late but with plans to hang my drapery rod in the living room and work on my “new” drapes/valances.

Not sure where my mind was when I purchased the drapery rod?

After fighting with sealed plastic packaging for almost 15 minutes, and trying a razor blade, I had to chop it out with scissors! I scratched my hand in the process. That plastic is SHARP!

I laid it out on the floor and it didn’t look quite long enough? So I measured my window again and I measured the rod. I went to the trash and looked at what was left of the packaging and read the size. It is about 20” too short!

Reminder to self: Measure twice, buy once.

I have so many projects in mind. I thought maybe today I would get ONE thing done!? After the drapery rod disappointment my weak enthusiasm got weaker. A trip to Mickey D’s didn’t help. Now I craving CHOCOLATE!

I usually have my best energy in the mornings. It’s almost 6pm now and getting close to my bedtime. Well almost. Looks like tonight will be one of those veggie nights on the sofa with my “new” thrift store blanket (photo above), a cup of tea and perhaps a big bowl of chunky monkey ice cream?

Do you ever have a day when a small disappointment stops you dead in your tracks? How do you brush it off and go on to something else? I can’t seem to get beyond the drapery rod thing. It just took the wind out of my sail.

I did put away all of my Easter decorations earlier. Guess I did get something accomplished today . . .

The sun will come out tomorrow,

Tuesday, April 14

“Instant” Oatmeal

Ingredients: Quick cooking Quaker Oats, brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon.

Optional: nuts, dried apples, dried cranberries, shredded coconut . . .

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Mix together in plastic container and you’ve got oatmeal to go!

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When you’re ready for breakfast, fill a coffee mug 1/2 full of the oatmeal mix. Add water to cover, then microwave for about 45 seconds on “hi.” So easy! So QUICK! So good for you!

So much better and so much less expensive than this:

Like I used to say to my kids, "Be good, don't fight!, eat breakfast!

Love, Kathi

Sunday, April 12

Why is it SO hard to get a good photo of this dog!?

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Perhaps it’s because Nugget just won’t be still.  Unless he has his “stegasaurus.”

Hobby Lobby Sale!

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I went to Hobby Lobby for the first time yesterday.  Good thing it’s not close to me!  I had a 25% off coupon, but today there’s a 40% off coupon!  This is one place I really need to stay away from!  There’s a Michael’s Art and Craft store not too far from me.  Need to stay out of there too!  I have enough '”stuff” here already to open my own store!

Hallelujah! Jesus Loves You!

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History, mythology, and art are filled with stories and images that speak of the beauty and majesty of the elegant white flowers. One of the most famous Biblical references is in the Sermon on the Mount, when Christ said, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

Often called the "White-Robed Apostles Of Hope," lilies are said to have been found growing in the Garden of Gethsemane after Christ's agony. At Easter time, Churches bank their altars and surround their crosses with masses of Easter Lilies, to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and hope of life everlasting.

The pure white lily has long been associated with womanhood, too. In early paintings, the Angel Gabriel is pictured extending a branch of pure white lilies to the Virgin Mary, announcing that she is to be the mother of the Christ Child. In other paintings, saints are pictured bringing vases full of white lilies to Mary and the infant Jesus. Tradition has it that when Eve left the Garden of Eden she shed real tears of repentance, and from those remorseful tears sprung up lilies. The spiritual principle held here is that true repentance is the beginning of beauty.

A mark of purity and grace throughout the ages, the regal white lily is a fitting symbol of the greater meaning of Easter. Gracing millions of homes and churches, the flowers embody joy, hope and life. Whether given as a gift or enjoyed in your own home, the Easter lily serves as a beautiful reminder that Easter is a time for rejoicing and celebrating.

I found this beautiful discussion this morning online. Click on the word “lilies" for the link. The photo is from Flicker.

Hope you have a wonderful Easter Day, filled with hope and the promise of the Resurrection.

Blessings, Kathi

Saturday, April 11

Ribbons and Windows

$7 bedskirt

Here’s the king-sized bed skirt I found on craigslist!  The little flowers are RED. I’m going to pick it up this afternoon.  For $7 (yep, that’s seven dollars!)  I think it will be the perfect thing to dress up the white sheets I’m going to use to make drapes for my living room!  Now I’m looking for some ribbon trim to finish them off.

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I love grosgrain ribbon!  Look at all of the pretty colors!

This ribbon is just adorable!  Not the right colors for my curtains, but I love it!  I’ll probably use either red or green grosgrain instead…  Does anyone know if grosgrain ribbon is colorfast?

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Too plain.

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This is more like it!  Love the little ties at the top!

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Aren’t these just the cutest rods?  I bought some cheap rods with leaves on the ends.  I think they need little birds like this!?  They are gold too.  Looks like there might be more spray painting going on here again!

Hope you have a blessed Easter weekend.

Love,  Kathi


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UPDATE: I’ve posted an updated solution.

(There is a solution here, skip down a ways if that’s all you care about, but the introduction might help some)

Frustrating situation at work today. Here’s the situation. I’m currently building a new report system in .NET (currently implement in classic ASP, like the rest of the site). We’re going to be using the latest version of Crystal Reports (2008, or, version 12) as it supposedly solves some issues with scheduling and other server-side issues.

I’m at a point where I’m actually starting to implement the Crystal Report components and objects into the system to produce report previews, exports, etc. The first thing I do is write the code for exporting (it’s fairly simple). First, Excel exporting, because it’s the most common format our customers/users will use.

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At work I’ve been developing a inital draft for the new company website. Based on some browser statistics, Firefox holds 41% of the browser market, with IE6 and 7 close at 26.5% and 27%, respectively. However, I’m willing to bet a good 30% of the people using Firefox (a statistic pulled out of my ass, of course) are geeks and/or in the IT profession (including web designers). The company I work for is a manufacturing company, who sells machines that make gel capsules. So I have to assume the a larger percentage of the audience will be using IE7 and 6 (IE6 is still out there – there’s a lot of companies still using Win2000).

That about puts them all on the same plate, which means I have to develop for three different browsers, all with their own little perkiness. Of course, I could just use tables – hell, tables work anywhere. Or I could make a navigation bar with images only. But as a geek and supporter of standards, I of course have to use CSS only. And the navigation menu isn’t in a line of text. No, it’s an actual list element. And it’s floated and horizontal, with no bullets.

And the best part – it’s a rollover, drop-down menu. Without Javascript. Of course, that was the point, except in order for IE to accept rollovers properly, I had to use some Suckerfish javascript. Well – at least it was tidy, and worked. Sprinkled throughout the code are little hacks and tricks to make everything fit in place, like !important flags and .margin-top: -2px tricks. In my quest to achieve standards compliance and full accessibility, I have broken my core religious believes and broken my balls over gettings everyone to play nicely. Isn’t it just easier to say eff that browser I don’t care about you? Well, certainly. But then I’d be a rational, productive person.


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Final Learning Agreement + Work Schedule

I have finalised my Learning Agreement and Work Schedule drafts to be approved.

Preview of Learning Agreement

Preview of Weekly Work Schedule

By planning my work in this way I can:

  • Ensure I am planning a reasonable and achievable amount of work
  • Keep on track throughout the year
  • Avoid spending too long on certain tasks and not leaving enough time for others
  • Communicate my plans to others
  • Achieve the set Learning Outcomes
  • Utilise my available time most efficiently

I now feel more confident in what I can achieve throughout this project and have a better idea of how manageable it will be. These documents will be useful to keep referring back to, making sure my work stays on the right path.

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Game of the Week: Epic Cluck

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Epic CluckBe the leader we know you can be and lead all your chicken friends in Epic Cluck.

Don’t Be a Chicken!

Epic CluckYou and all of your chicken friends need to get up the mountain, and it’s up to you to get them there in Epic Cluck! in Epic Cluck, you’re the leader of a group of chickens and you have to get them to the top of the mountain. On top of the mountain is a pile a gold that you aren’t the only ones who want. You aren’t just climbing a mountain, you and your chicken friends will have to avoid and tackle obstacles that will stand in your way. You and your chickens can buy tools to help, and learn new skills to collect loot and make the trek easier. If you thought climbing a mountain was hard work, try doing it as a chicken in Epic Cluck.

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5 Delicious Ways to Invest in Organic Food

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Organic Vegetables at Produce Market

Whether you want a feel-good investment or are seeing a trend, organic food investing might be an area of budding growth for years to come.

Here are a few green investments to keep on your radar.

Sprouts Farmers Market (ticker: SFM). Deutsche Bank calls SFM stock “one of the best growth stories in retail”.

Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) and WhiteWave Foods Co. (WWAV). Hain Celestial’s brands include Earth’s Best, FreeBird, Hain Pure Foods, Health Valley, Rosetto and Spectrum Essentials, and WhiteWave makes Horizon Organic and Silk. Both companies are recommended by Palash Misra, a director at Stax, a strategy consulting firm in Boston.

United Natural Foods (UNFI). United Natural Foods is a leading food distribution company of natural and organic foods, supplying stores such as Whole Foods Market, Sprouts and Roundy’s Supermarkets.

Iroquois Valley Farms. This private farmland finance company in Illinois buys farmland across the country and leases it to organic farmers.

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Holiday Home Shopping

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

If you are in the market to buy or sell a house this holiday season, you are in good company.
Both buyers and sellers can benefit from the holiday season and here’s how:

If you are a seller you are often told that most homes sell in June and the average prices typically spike seasonally in June.
While this may be true for the most part you should consider a few things before waiting:
1) The buyers may be fewer during the holiday season but they are typically motivated so you get fewer “tire kickers”.
2) There are fewer listings on the market typically and therefore not as many sellers fighting for the same buyer.
3) The buyers are typically more courteous around the holidays and more patient with seller schedule restrictions.
4) The holiday mess attendant to this time of year is viewed as a “happy mess” and buyers usually can see past the out of town family member’s luggage, gift wrapping paper, smells of cookies and perhaps turkey.
5) The cost to you of waiting which can include additional mortgage payments, political changes/decisions, market pricing changes, interest rate changes, mortgage restrictions designed to cool hot markets like Vancouver and Toronto but have a negative effect on markets like Edmonton, oil prices, etc. In other words circumstances can arise that are largely out of your sphere of control.

When is the best time to sell? The answer is a question, “When is the best time for you to sell?”

If you are buyer you are either looking for a home to move into or you are looking for an investment/revenue property.
Here are the things to consider as a buyer buying during the holiday/Christmas season:
1) Typically the sellers that are on the market are motivated for some reason, after all “nobody wants to move during an Edmonton winter right?”.
2) There is fewer competition from other buyers so unless it is a court ordered foreclosure you can have a period of time to do your due diligence after your offer is accepted to get your financing in order, get the home inspected, etc.
3) The cost to waiting applies to you too:
a) if you are currently renting and a purchase will result in lower housing costs for you which is often the case with today’s low interest mortgages.
b) When you buy a place you begin to pay down some of the principle with every mortgage payment, in time the equity builds in your home providing the market prices don’t drop drastically.
c) Real estate historically goes up. Ask your parents what they bought their house for 20 or 30 years ago and you might be surprised. When you buy you start to benefit from this appreciation, providing again that the market doesn’t drop drastically or you time highs and lows of the market poorly.
Note: Points 4 or 5 mainly apply to first time buyers but what if you currently own and the prices are high or low for that matter? If you are selling to buy you will do well on the sale and not so well on the purchase in a high priced market swing and conversely you’ll do not so well on a low market sale and better on the purchase. These things balance themselves out for the most part providing you are buying and selling in the same time frame.
Timing the market is more for investors than home owners who need some place to live and view renting as temporary option at best.

Underlying it all is the motivation factor. I was once told by my mentor Dan McDonald that real estate is only frustrating for anyone involved be it a buyer, seller or REALTOR® if either or both the buyer/seller are not motivated. If both parties are motivated to buy or sell and are reasonably well educated on the current market they can usually come to terms and a purchase can happen.
This is why the holiday season, Christmas and winter in general can be a great time to buy or sell as the players in the game are motivated in more cases than warmer less hectic times of the year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Kevin Grenier REALTOR® ABR® SRS
Realty Executives Polaris

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Het Matrozen- Instituut van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roei-Vereeniging

Eerder verschenen in het 107e nummer (augustus 2017) van Amstelland, tijdschrift van de Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging Afdeling Amsterdam e.o.

Mijn zoektocht naar de verblijfplaatsen van Gerard Koper (1858-1942) was vastgelopen en daarom probeerde ik via zijn halfbroer, Hendrik Cornelis Antonius (Anton) van Amerom (1873-?), verder te komen.

De vader van Anton, Dirk Jan, was de tweede zoon van de Leidse schilder Cornelis Hendrik van Amerom die als stuurman bij de marine eigenlijk nauwelijks in den lande was.
Niettemin zag hij kans bij een bezoek aan den Helder met Gerard’s moeder, Hillegonda Smit een kind te verwekken en vervolgens met haar te trouwen. Bij de geboorte van Anton was hij al niet meer aanwezig. Anton verloor zijn moeder al op zijn tiende en werd daarna door de familie in Amsterdam opgenomen.

Op zijn veertiende werd hij aangenomen bij het Matrozeninstituut te Amsterdam. Doel van dit instituut was: het opleiden van jonge mensen tot matroos voor de koopvaardijschepen.

Staat opgenomen en/of Afgemonsterden, Aangemonsterde en/of Ontslagen Kweekelingen Matrozen Instituut 1893’

Afgezien van een melding van 16 december 1892 dat Anton was vrijgesteld van dienstplicht kon ik lange tijd over Anton ook niets meer vinden. Totdat iemand mij er op wees, dat het Stadsarchief van Amsterdam ook de “Staat van opgenomen en/of afgemonsterde,
aangemonsterde en/of ontslagen kweekelingen” digitaal  beschikbaar had. (Zie illustratie)

Daar kwam ik Anton weer tegen en ik kon hem volgen vanaf zijn aanmelding, via zijn stages bij diverse binnenschepen, totdat hij voor het laatst weer aangemeld werd tegen het einde van het jaar 1892. Echter, bij de vergadering van 23 februari 1893 van het schoolbestuur wordt hij aangemerkt als deserteur. Oktober 1897 wordt hij formeel uitgeschreven, hij wordt kennelijk niet meer verwacht.

Door dit onderzoek weet ik nu, dat Anton deserteert rond februari 1893, zijn halfbroer Gerard eind augustus 1893 hetzelfde doet en dat de vader van Anton, Dirk Jan van Amerom, begin november 1893 van Antwerpen naar Rotterdam vertrekt om vervolgens
maart 1894 weer terug te zijn. Dirk-Jan overlijdt spoedig hierna. Gerard duikt twee jaar later op in Amerika. En van Anton: geen spoor.

Portret van twee negentiende-eeuwse meesters – Leven en werk van Hendrik Jan en Cornelis Hendrik van Amerom, J.C. van Heijningen-de Zoete & H.W.J. van Amerom. Delftse Uitgevers Maatschappij B.V. 1987 (ISBN 978-9065620897)

Obituary Egon Matijevic (27 April 1922 – 20 July 2016)

Appeared earlier in the IACIS Newsletter 63 of January 2017.

Egon Matijevic (right) with Ger Koper (left) and Dick Bedeaux (middle) in the bar during the International Workshop Particles and Surfaces: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications held in Oud Poelgeest, near Leiden, NL, March 13-16, 1999.

The first time I learnt about Egon Matijevic was while studying the book on light scattering of small particles by Milton Kerker. In many places of the book, references to articles with Matijevic were made in particular where fine particles were discussed. The book as well as the methods to make standard particles by Matijevic were then – and probably still are – widely used in cytology, the study of cells, in particular connected to cancer research.
When I later turned to colloid science, my interest in the work of Matijevic grew again: he was the master in synthesizing particles of all kinds of composition, shapes and sizes. It was very clear that he made Potsdam, NY for a while the Colloid Center of the Universe. It is not for nothing that in this period he was president of the IACIS (1983-1985) and that the IACIS conference of 1985 was held in Potsdam, NY.
When I regularly visited Clarkson University in the late 90’s, Matijevic in his 70s was still very active at Clarkson University and it was very clear that he still played an important role in its leadership. He published 581 papers and held 17 patents. As a mentor, he instructed 15,000 undergraduate students and advised more than 50 PhD candidates, 50 MSc students, and 130 postdoctoral scholars. He delivered more than 70 plenary and keynote lectures at meetings and symposia in dozens of countries worldwide, including the prestigious Faraday Discourse at the Royal Institution in London.
Matijevic was a brilliant scholar whose prolific and inspired research helped to shape modern colloid and surface science. His techniques have found applications in products like the capacitors used in microelectronics, magnetic memories, and the ceramics used in electronic components. It is for this reason that we invited him in 1999 to our workshop on Particles and Surfaces: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications (see above picture). The organization of the workshop required discussion leaders that were themselves adequately knowledgeable in the field of their session and Matijevic did not disappoint us!
59 years of service to Clarkson University, indeed their oldest and longest serving active, full-time faculty member, have now come to an end. Many like myself will cherish good memories of him despite his at times strong opinions and incredible drive. As IACIS we should be thankful for him taking the leadership as well as organizing an IACIS conference.

Ger Koper

little Hill and BIG Hill

Appeared earlier in the IACIS Newsletter 57 of September 2014.

Terell L. Hill (1917-2014)

On the 23rd of January, Terell Leslie Hill, a very productive scientist and a prolific writer, passed away at the age of 96 in Eugene, Oregon (USA). Many of us have been trained and used his An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics, often termed “little Hill”, and looked up the finer detail in Statistical Mechanics: Principles and Selected Applications, “Big Hill”. The younger generation will favor the Statistical Mechanics book by Donald A. McQuarrie, his student, which carries largely the same spirit. The most interesting aspect of this and other work of Terell Hill is that most of his scientific papers were subsequently published as text books, sometimes not much later than the originals appeared in print. It is particularly in this way that his work is much better known than that of contemporaries.

In 2001, Hill coined the term nanothermodynamics as a more fashionable version of the phrase that he used for his work on the Thermodynamics of Small Systems. Indeed, this touches our field, the thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of systems of colloidal particles, polymers, or macromolecules. Specifically, Hill stated: “This subject, which now might appropriately be called nanothermodynamics, was investigated at some length by the author in 1961-3.” (Nanoletters 1 (2001) 111-112).
Other books by Hill, all extremely relevant to our field, are on Free energy transduction, on Cooperativity Theory and on Linear Aggregation Theory. Importantly, all are affordably available through Dover Publications . Without doubt, these little books make Hill’s contribution to modern science BIG!

Ger Koper, NL editor.

The Vroman effect

Appeared earlier in the IACIS Newsletter 56 of April 2014.

Leo Vroman (1915-2014)

On the 22nd of February, Leo Vroman, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator, passed away at the age of 98 in Fort Worth (USA). In 1946, he published his first poems in the Netherlands, and since then has won almost every Dutch literary poetry prize possible. On we find about him: Leo Vroman is the “grand old man” of Dutch poetry. He began writing poems well before World War Two and is still regarded as one of the most lively poets writing in Dutch. This liveliness has much to do with the form and tone of his work, at once loosely conversational and full of ingenious rhymes and playful neologisms.

So, a poet died … and a dutch one at that! Why should we care?

It is indeed not because of his poetry that Leo Vroman is remembered here. He was a scientist, a hematologist to be more precise, that discovered the now called Vroman effect which is exhibited by blood serum protein adsorption. The effect is, that proteins with the highest mobility, and not necessarily with the highest surface affinity, arrive first to the surface and adsorb. The slower proteins arrive later and replace the first-comers when they have a higher surface affinity. This does require some mobility of the already adsorbed proteins. The classical example is when fibrinogen displaces earlier adsorbed proteins on a biopolymer surface to be subsequently replaced by high molecular mass kininogen.
The topic has been studied for over 50 years by now and in 1992 a Festschrift appeared in honour of Vroman’s 75th birthday that was fully devoted to this. As of today scientists are investigating the effect. On the one hand, one tries to find a rationale for the behaviour and on the other hand there is the desire to obtain better control for biomaterial design and maintenance. What is maybe the most striking phenomenon is that protein adsorption is at least partially reversible; for synthetic polymers this is at times hard to achieve. But then, protein replacement is also far from trivial involving “tricks” like head on adsorption of the second to the first, turning around of the complex, and subsequent detachment of the first from the second that is now adsorbed at its bottom. It will be some time from now before such a trick will be performed by a synthetic molecule.
Leo Vroman himself called himself unbelievably lucky to observe the phenomenon and to do further research on it. His driving force was the development of blood-compatible materials, a topic that he followed until late in life. Even in 2009 he contributed a review where he enthusiastically reports on the development of live blood vessels. Indeed, he significantly contributed to his field but the effect is surely of interest to Colloid and Interface Scientists as well.

Ger Koper, NL editor.

“Nonsense, McBain”: a century of micelles

Appeared earlier in the IACIS Newsletter 50 of February 2013.

J.W. McBain (1882-1953)

It was one of these wonderful little COST CM1101 workshops, this one being on Malta the very beginning of this year, where Andreea Pasc from the Université de Lorraine told us that this year micelles are having their hundredth name day. The reference that was given, is a funny one as it does not pop-up when doing a typical literature search. It is actually pointing to a discussion following a lecture by Wolfgang Pauli from Vienna (!) on the viscosity of protein solutions in which James W. McBain indeed uses the term as an alternative to “colloidal ion”, the more common term in those days, in a short contribution entitled Mobility of Highly-charged Micelles.

While searching, one comes across the statement in the header. No doubt one of the present sources is the worthy website by Michael Blandamer of the University of Leicester that serves as a very reliable reference on applied thermodynamics. Fredric Menger’s 1979 review on the structure of micelles is what is mentioned as the source. According to these authors — and all “copycats” — it was made by “a leading physical chemist chairing the meeting” of the Royal Society of London. Of course, it would then be interesting to know who might have made such a bold remark. From the citation one finds that the authors got this information from McBain himself, who in 1926 wrote[1] the — to me — slightly different “… So novel was the finding that when in 1925 some of the evidence for it was presented to the Colloidal Committee for the Advancement of Science in London, it was dismissed by the Chairman, a leading international authority, with the words, “Nonsense, McBain. …” From where Fredric Menger, more than 50 years after McBain’s account, got his information is unclear but it remains to be seen whether the chairman indeed was a physical chemist. She could have been a physicist for that matter …

[1] in “Colloid Chemistry”, Vol. 5, J. Alexander, Ed., Reinhold, New York, 1926, p 102.

Ger Koper, Newsletter Editor

Where is Faraday’s gold?

Appeared earlier in the IACIS Newsletter 48 of October 2011.

While preparing a manuscript on high yield synthesis of uniform gold nanoparticles, a discussion on the stability time scale of colloidal dispersions developed in which it seemed appropriate to mention the world record in this: the more than 150 year stability of the gold sols prepared by Michael Faraday. In 1856 Faraday turned his attention to the interaction between light and matter after noticing that very thin films of gold kept the shiny yellow reflection but transmitted green light. He made numerous samples of colloidal gold of which he learned how to obtain the various colors as well as how to make them stable. In 1857 this work was described in the Bakerian lecture to the Royal Society. Many of these samples are lost but according to common knowledge, some of them remain in London.
For the manuscript at hand, a primary source was needed to refer to but whatever we could find; they were all – at best – secondary sources: information collected by others. One of the more explicit sources, the website of a well known manufacturer of colloid scientific equipment, mentions the Science Museum in London. Many other sites and documents do likewise.
After sending an electronic request to the conservator of the museum, the following answer was received “The situation is a little bit complex. Until 1999 we had a Faraday exhibit which displayed gold films deposited on watch glasses made by Faraday alongside a tall vessel containing colloidal gold (Zsigmondy’s method) which otherwise had nothing to do with Faraday.” The interesting consequence of this statement by the conservator of the Science Museum could be that there are quite a few false statements about and very likely even pictures of vessels not older than a few years instead of the 155 as claimed!
A further message from the conservator of the Science Museum reveals that some gold sols, of which pictures circulate the internet, could be in the Royal Institution (Ri), also in London. The confirmation came from the Curator of Collections who stated that “They are on permanent display within the Michael Faraday Museum area of the Ri, on the lower ground floor of the building, within the only section of Faraday’s original laboratory that still exists.” In addition, pictures were sent of which one accompanies this article and demonstrates the Tyndall effect that betrays colloidal dispersions.
In conclusion, the gold sols made by Faraday are indeed in London but not in the often mentioned Science museum but in the museum of the Royal Institution. We are happy to have spent some time finding out the truth about these gold sols and not to have merely repeated a false statement.

Ger Koper


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Meet the Toshiba Encore 7: a seven-inch Windows tablet

There hasn’t been a 7” Windows 8.1 Tablet on the market, until now.

Microsoft corporate Vice President, Nick Parker, introduced the Toshiba Encore 7 at Computex. And just like the name indicates, it’ll have a 7” display.

So why did Microsoft take part in announcing a tablet from another manufacturer, when they have their own line of hardware in the tablet game? Well this is where it gets interesting: it turns out that Microsoft worked closely together with Toshiba to create the Encore 7, along with AMI, Goodix, and Intel.

We’ll see if Microsoft’s involvement in the development of the slate will actually yield for a better user experience, especially with the price point: the Encore 7 will allegedly by retailing for around $150 so it’s difficult to imagine that the device will have top of the line specs. A streamlined software experience will need to be the name of the game to ensure that the tablet is usable.

Expect the Encore 7 to drop within the coming months. Are you excited to try Windows out on a 7” tablet? Or is Windows 8.1 better suited to larger screens? Let us know in the comments!

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Memory and Medicine: A Historian’s Perspective on Commemorating J. Marion Sims

By Susan M. Reverby

Contentious debates over the removal of Confederate general statues that dot our landscape have led the AHA to make an eloquent statement about the meaning of memorialization and history in context. Statues of what in the end are vanquished leaders of a traitorous army, put up during the height of American racism, are a concern, but what about the so-called “Father of American Gynecology” who perfected his techniques on the bodies of enslaved women? The prestigious science magazine Nature waded into this question recently and all hell broke loose.

This painting by Robert Thom, part of the Great Moments in Medicine series, is the only known representation of Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey, the three enslaved women Sims operated upon. Fair use

In Central Park, just across from the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, stands a 14-foot marble statue of J. Marion Sims (1813–83). Sims was a gynecologist whose practice mostly centered in a small town outside of Montgomery, Alabama. His claim to fame was the invention of the speculum and his 1840s surgeries on slave women to correct fistulas in their vaginal walls. Fistulas, now seen primarily in parts of Africa, were common in the 19th century. For black enslaved women, fistulas were often a result of rape, repeated pregnancies, poor nutrition, and untreated infections.

Sims moved to New York in 1853, opened a women’s hospital and cancer institution, was president of the American Medical Association, and became an internationally known surgeon who operated on the poor and royalty alike. In his 1889 autobiography, The Story of My Life, Sims tells us that he perfected his fistula sutures on the bodies of three slave women known only as Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey. There exists just one well-known representation of these women in a portrait commissioned by the Parke Davis pharmaceutical company as part of its Great Moments in Medicine series. Vibrant copies of these portraits were sent out by the millions to doctor’s offices across the country between 1948 and 1961. These are the only images of the women we have.

Sims has been controversial for a long time. Even in his day there were questions about his techniques and endless surgeries on these women—whose agony he admitted—to perfect the techniques. Since at least the 1960s, feminist historians, medical ethicists, and community activists have raised an outcry about the adulation of Sims and the ways in which the women upon whom he operated are unknown.

The debate about Sims has been on multiple sides. While he was accused of doing these initial surgeries on black women without anesthesia, he did so in an era when ether was just beginning to be used and it was assumed that women and black people were capable of enduring more pain than white men. The use of black bodies, both alive and dead, alas, was and still is a common medical practice in research.

An East Harlem community group has been trying for years to get the New York statue taken down, arguing this racist symbol should not stand primarily in a community of African American and Latina/o/x New Yorkers. In contrast, other physicians, most notably Lawrence L. Wall of Washington University Medical School, who himself has operated on women with fistulas in contemporary Ethiopia, have argued that Sims’s life-saving surgeries should be applauded and put in their historical context.

In the face of the move to pull down the Confederate general statutes, the organizing against Sims’s tributes has taken on new meaning. On August 19, protesters gathered in front of the New York Sims statute to demand that city remove it. In Columbia, South Carolina, where a bust of Sims has prominence on the statehouse grounds, the mayor is planning on getting it removed. Sims’s likeness still also stands on the lawn of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

More recently the prestigious science journal Nature waded into the debates with an unsigned editorial insensitively titled, “Removing Statues of Historical Figures Risks Whitewashing History.” An uproar followed with the publication of multiple letters, the invitation for more, and a scathing critique in the Atlantic Daily called “Nature’s Disastrous ‘Whitewashing’ Editorial,” which excoriated Nature for its failure to understand that removing the statue would not be an erasure of history. The critique more or less supported, without citing, the AHA’s position.

Three days later, Nature “corrected” the title to read: “Science Must Acknowledge Its Past Mistakes and Crimes.” This was quite a reversal, and an editorial note went on to admit that the original version was “offensive and poorly worded.” The editors argued, “Our position is that any such memorials that are allowed to stand should be accompanied by context that makes the injustice clear and acknowledges the victims.” This position is not unreasonable, except that it is tone deaf to the ways in which the current debate is happening. Museums serve one purpose, and public monuments another. Museums are the keepers of cultural heritages and can allow for multiple explanations. Public monuments of individuals, in contrast, idealize their lives and accomplishments. Keeping Sims up with just a plaque to the slave women he operated on really does fail to do what seems necessary now as a corrective to the rising violence from white supremacists.

Sims is not the only doctor whose memorialization is being questioned. In 2013 the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association voted to change the title of its most prestigious award after much discussion. Originally named for Thomas Parran, the US surgeon general in the 1930s–40s, his support for immoral research studies in both Tuskegee, Alabama, and Guatemala was the reason for the name change. Similar discussions are now going on at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, where the main hall is named after Parran, the school’s first dean. Historians of medicine have given consideration to these problems and how to think about those we write about in the “court of history.”

Now is the time for Sims to go as well. His statue could be given to the New York Academy of Medicine or to the Brooklyn Greenwood Cemetery where he is buried. A statue to these women should replace him, even if a sculptor would have to imagine their appearances. It is time to stop thinking about the “heroics” of American doctors alone and to consider the people upon whose bodies those exploits were made. A statue of Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey builds new ways to understand the history of medical research and to acknowledge the damage certain practices continue to have as they reverberate over generations. This is how we can contribute to understanding the political function of memorialization and the making of history.

Susan M. Reverby, PhD, is McLean Professor emerita in the History of Ideas and professor emerita of women’s and gender studies at Wellesley College. In 2017–18, she is a fellow at the Charles Warren Center, Harvard University Department of History. She is most recently the author of Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy. Her exposure of sexually transmitted disease inoculation studies in Guatemala led to a federal apology.

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Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) – are you liable to pay?

The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 (containing Additional Dwelling Supplement or “ADS” provisions) came into effect on 1 April 2016, adding an additional cost to buyers who purchase an ‘additional’ dwelling at a price over £40,000. The tax amounts to 3% of the total purchase price and the tax appears to have contributed to a decline in “buy to let” purchasers entering the market.

Consider the following examples which illustrate that whether ADS is payable is very much dependent on individual circumstances, and ADS applies in more situations than many of our clients may have been aware.

Example 1

Where you do not own any dwelling but your partner (spouse, civil partner or cohabitee) does then you may have been under the mistaken belief that since you do not own a dwelling yourself, the ADS does not apply to you and you can purchase your own buy-to-let flat. However under the rules of “deemed ownership” it is deemed that you and your partner are treated as one ‘economic unit’ and you will potentially be liable for the ADS on the purchase of a new property.

The Scottish Government has felt that this rule ensures that couples cannot complete simple transfers of title in order to purchase multiple properties without paying the ADS tax liability.

Example 2

Where you own multiple dwellings and are selling your main dwelling (your primary residence) and you are replacing this with a same day purchase of your new main dwelling then even though you own other properties you will not be due to pay the ADS because you are replacing your main dwelling.  However, under the same example, if it was not your main residence that you were selling but another property you had, as you are not replacing your main residence then you will be liable for the ADS.  An example would be where you owned multiple buy-to-let flats and were selling a dwelling that you had let out and were buying a new dwelling for any reason. The tax is liable because you will own multiple dwellings but will not be replacing your primary residence by selling your existing one and buying a new one.

On a similar note where you buy a new main dwelling and later (within 18 months) sell your main dwelling (therefore replacing your main residence) you will have paid the ADS up-front on your purchase but are entitled to claim the ADS back. If you are not replacing your main residence then you are unable to claim the tax back later.

If you sold your main residence in the last 18 months and are buying a new main residence in replacement of your main residence within that 18 months you will not be liable for ADS.

Example 3

Where a company is purchasing its first dwelling it will always be liable for the ADS. It is unsurprising that the Scottish Government has blocked such an obvious way of avoiding/mitigating the additional dwelling supplement tax.

Example 4

Where you own a house which is your main residence and you buy a piece of land then if that land has planning permission for a residential dwelling but no building work has commenced nor does it have any existing structures on it then you will not be liable to pay ADS on this purchase as the land you are buying will not be considered as a dwelling.  Although you intend to build a dwelling on it, the use of the property at the effective date of the transaction overrides any past or intended future uses.

However the land may be considered as a dwelling if at the effective date there exists a structure or building already on it (even if you intend to substantially refurbish or demolish it), a dwelling is currently being built on it, or if a contract exists for a builder to construct a dwelling on it i.e. an off-plan property.

Example 5

Where you are selling your own main residence and replacing this with a new main residence, and for the purposes of this example, let us assume that you are very wealthy, and in addition to the large mansion you are purchasing you are also acquiring, as part of the deal, a “gate house”. You will be liable to pay ADS on the part of the purchase price that is attributable to the “gate house” as this part is considered to be an additional dwelling.

These examples are not exhaustive and as you can see from some of the examples above, whether you are liable for ADS is very much dependent on your particular circumstances. Therefore, should you believe that you are potentially affected by the additional dwelling supplement you should take individualised legal advice and this article should not be relied upon or construed as providing legal advice.  Should you require any legal advice regarding any of the issues raised in this article, or should you wish to discuss your next purchase, please get in touch with either Mark Allan, Associate, by email at or your usual contact at James & George Collie.

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The Future of Hybrid Events

Streaming Live Events for the Broadcast Quality Generation

According the 2015 MPI Meetings Outlook, virtual attendance is expected to grow 3.1 percent in the coming year, compared to 2.4 percent for live attendance.

It suggests further, “planners must know about new technologies to be able to provide them to clients without their having to ask.” [1]

In this post, we will review how internet broadcasting creates value by streaming live events and how hybrid vents are being produced for the future to the "Broadcast Quality Generation." [2]

Extends the Value of the Ballroom

Budget or time constraints may limit some people from attending a meeting live, but they can still connect to the event via the live event internet broadcast, thereby increasing the size of the overall audience beyond it's physical space.

Extends Value of the Message

A valuable resource is created for employees by recording it and hosting the event in a secure, webcasting portal. This allows you to make the content available to individuals who want to revisit the material.

Event ROI

Hybrid events helps organizations manage costs and increase event ROI. By broadcasting all or part of an event, organizations save on food, travel, and accommodation expense while still communicating and engaging their audience.

Hybrid events offers the dual benefits of reduced environmental impact and improved cost-savings. By hosting a hybrid event, you can reduce your organization's carbon footprint and support sustainability initiatives.

The Future of Hybrid Events

As internet broadcasting technology continues to evolve, more emphasis is being placed on the experience of the internet broadcast portion of an event in order to fulfill an organization’s communication goals.

Multi-Location Event Broadcasts

We are seeing an increase in demand from organizations engaging us to produce hybrid events from two different locations (Point-to-Point) and/or broadcast events from multiple locations, simultaneously (Multi-Location), as part of the overall event.

Virtual Event Apps

We have also been asked to deploy our Mobile Event App for use by the virtual audience to engage with the presenters, presentations and attendees, in addition to the traditional on-site deployment.

This trend illustrates the evolution of hybrid events from the position of “broadcasting out, one-to-many” to the point where many events can be brought together as one single event through the power of internet broadcasting.

If you'd like to learn more about broadcasting hybrid events from mulitple locations, please call our office at 630-214-9817 or click the button below to learn more.

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[2] Limelight Networks, "Delivering to the Broadcast Quality Generation"

Topics: Internet Broadcasting, Broadcast-style Webcasts, Event Technology, Digital Event Production, Hybrid Events


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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Atlanta Industrial Real Estate Market Trends - 4th Quarter 2010

Less Is More

Activity in the Metro Atlanta area tumbled in the fourth quarter of 2010. Down
30 percent (almost three million square feet) from the third quarter 2010 total,
activity of 7,000,261 square feet is the lowest seen in the 12 county metro area since
the second quarter of 2009. That being said, seven of the 12 sub-markets examined
for this report actually saw an increase in activity. The decrease in activity for the
remaining five sub-markets, however, was overwhelming.

Activity in both the I-85 North and the Airport/Clayton & Henry County sub-markets
dropped more than a million square feet each. Yet, amazingly, these two sub-markets
still recorded positive net absorption. Two other sub-markets, Gwinnett/North Fulton
County and City of Atlanta South of I-20, also recorded positive net absorption. Again,
Gwinnett/North Fulton County accomplished this feat despite a 50 percent reduction in

The flip side of this coin is the Fayette/Coweta County sub-market. This sub-market
saw a 130 percent increase in activity; nevertheless, it fell to negative net absorption.
Furthermore, the -50,341 square feet recorded was far deeper than that seen in the third
quarter number of -142 square feet.

While a decrease in activity is always disappointing, this quarter’s results prove that
success depends on more than just deals consummated. Net absorption for the fourth
quarter of 2010 came in at -294,602 square feet . . . the best Metro Atlanta has seen in
over two years.

Of course, the offset to activity in the net absorption equation is the amount of space
returned to the market and that was the distribution sector’s saving grace. Those same
sub-markets that dropped so significantly in activity were successful in keeping more of
their tenants in place. In the fourth quarter, Gwinnett/North Fulton County returned half
the amount of space given back to the market during the third quarter.

Although the Atlanta distribution sector has certainly seen fluctuations in activity over
the past three years, those deviations alone are not responsible for the lows in the net
absorption suffered. With any luck, the increase in tenant stability we experienced at
the close of 2010 will continue as we begin a new year and, hopefully, will usher in
a return to positive net absorption.

Submarket trends and summaries can be downloaded instantly here

Wilson S. Covington
Senior Vice President


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Ivan the terrible

This doesn’t look good. We now have a category 5 hurricane heading towards us. A lot of people are still without power from Frances and there are food & gas shortages in many areas.

One response to “Ivan the terrible

  1. I'm just glad it's leaning a bit more west now!


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Free OUR Data, Sign the Petition

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Just a quick post to get a bit of knowledge out there about this here petition on the Number 10 website.

For years, the Royal Mail (a company which we (being the taxpayer) are the majority shareholders of) have been the sole custodians of something called the PAF (postcode address file), which, amongst other things, links postcode data to geographical location.

The Royal Mail charge for the use of this information, which means that, often, fantastic location based web services are impossible to run without paying huge sums of money to the Royal Mail.

In the US and other countries, this information has been free of charge to everyone, meaning that anyone can build great location-based mashups with nothing more than a list of addresses.

It’s a real shame that we can’t do the same thing in the UK, and it’s an even bigger shame that it’s a publicly-run body (that, let’s not forget, uses public money to gather that data) that’s stopping us doing this. It’s even more maddening that other public sector organisations have to use taxpayer’s money to get this data.

So, yes, while Number 10 petitions have a track record of never achieving anything but a condescending response from Gordon Brown’s PR team, I think it’s important that we just give it a try. It’s even more timely as the recent Power of Information Taskforce Report mentioned that if organisations such as the Royal Mail et al opened up their datasets, the loss in revenue would be counter-balanced by the gain in tax revenue from new startups utilising this data.

So go on, give it a crack, you have nothing to lose but two minutes of your time!


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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7

UPDATE [8 APR 2011]: The RSAT Tools for Windows 7 SP1 has been released and can be downloaded here –
One of the most useful tools for administering a server from your desktop is the RSAT toolset, which are available via the MMC console. With these components, you can administer the AD, and various other components of the Server Manager Console via the workstation.
In Windows7, you have to install the RSAT tools to accomplish this task. KB974877 describes the tools, and provides a download link:
Once the tool has been installed, you need to enable them via the control panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows features on or off.
Then, pick and choose the features you need.

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Denim’s Advocate

Denim’s Advocate

Captured by the talented Conan Thai, Chelsea Wichmann plays Denim’s Advocate in this shoot. Wichmann can work an outfit as effortlessly as she can work a camera. The ability to communicate through wardrobe and images takes a creative team who understand each other’s vision and although the outcome is paramount, what really resonates is the experience and journey to get there.

Wichmann is wearing Refind Denim’s Breakup Boyfriend Shorts

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Mariners Insider

Morning reading: Paxton strong in AFL debut, a plan for the Mariners

Post by Ryan Divish on Oct. 10, 2012 at 10:41 am with 2 Comments »
October 10, 2012 11:13 am

James Paxton got the start for the Peoria Javelinas in their Arizona Fall League opener and the hard-throwing lefty didn’t disappoint, pitching three strong innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five.  Mariners prospects Carson Smith, Bobby LaFromboise and Logan Bawcom also got work in the game. Smith picked up the win in relief. Nick Franklin started at second base and went 1-for-4. Here’s the boxscore.

From the story

Paxton, who went 9-4 with a 3.05 ERA in 21 starts for Double-A Jackson, held Surprise to a second-inning single by Red Sox prospect Michael Almanzar and a walk in the third, throwing 29 of 47 pitches for strikes. Fellow Mariners prospects Carson Smith, Logan Bawcom and Bobby LaFromboise combined with Matt Stites and Kevin Quackenbush (Padres) to close out the win.

“I felt really good,” Paxton said. “I felt like I was a little rusty with some of my pitches, especially on the curveball; it wasn’t breaking quite as much as I’m used to. But I felt pretty good for my first time out.”

Paxton fanned three in the first, pitching around an error by Reds shortstop Didi Gregorius. He struck out two more in the second and erased his only walk when he got Cardinals prospect Kolten Wong to bounce into a double play in the third.

“It was big,” Paxton said of the double play. “I think the third baseman [Cody Asche] came across and got it on a hop. He made a nice play and Nick Franklin turned it well at second. It got me out of that inning, so it was big.”

Elsewhere in the Marinersphere ….

Dave Cameron of USS Mariner and Fangraphs posted his annual “Off-season Plan” looking at what he would do with the roster if he were GM. It’s a very smart and well thought out plan. I agree with most of it. And can’t find much fault in his thought process.

I really like the idea of signing Melky Cabrera. Yes, he’s a cheater. But the guy can play a little. Switching hitting outfielders that can hit and play a little defense are never bad. He would also be quite cheap considering his malfeasance.

The A’s stayed alive in the playoffs last night with a win over Detroit. Coco Crisp’s catch was pretty sick.

Like the leaves turning color and the air growing cold at night, another rite of fall is taking place - Alex Rodriguez is struggling in the clutch. It’s so enjoyable.  ….

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  1. bbnate420 says:

    Not surprised about Paxton. He was pitching well at the end of the regular season, and he was just plain dominant in the AA playoffs.

    I think most of Dave Cameron’s plan is pretty reasonable. I’m wary of giving Swisher that many years, he will be 38 in the last year of the deal. Not sure if his production will drop without the Yankees lineup and stadium. He did have very good numbers in Oak, which hardly had a great lineup around him and is not a good hitters park. Hopefully, Cabrera could hide his roids better or just revert to his 2011 numbers if he’s clean. A 2011 Cabrera would be a big upgrade in our OF. I wouldn’t bother with the Villaneuva signing, especially with the team not wanting to spend a lot of money. Beavan or Ramirez is a fine fifth starter, and I would expect either Hultzen or Paxton to come up at some point in 2013.

  2. bbnate420 says:

    I didn’t realize how good Swisher has been offensively. He would definitely be valuable in that he could play 1st, DH, and corner OF as well. Provides insurance if Smoak goes into the tank again.

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