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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Friday, December 26, 2008

It's a small world

This week I had a little online chat with a friend.
She asked me whether I could remember a guy who I apparently have talked with at a concert in my home town once. I couldn't. I can't even remember the last concert I've been at there.
She said she had a One Night Stand with this great guy last night. It turned out that he is not only the ex of her cousins long-term girlfriend, but also knows this guy she had the hots for for years since they were two.
What a small world! They randomnly met in another city.

Anyway, he apparently told her he had talked with me shortly on some concert and I had something alien-like on my head. Then it dawned on me: I was in a theatre group called Ten Sing. Once a year we wrote a play, and had a choir and a band performance included. The one with the alien was the last concert I took part, and I played an alien that was studying humans. That's about 10 years ago!
Still can't remember the guy though.

As much as I feel flattered that I am remembered after such a long time, it worries me slightly that I'm remembered with little silver antennae on my head... Read more on this article...

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas!

My family had decided that we would celebrate Christmas at my bonus dad's brother's place, this year. And what a time we had. We arrive there at 3:15pm and immediately the alcohol is brought out. I don't mind, as I like the alcohol. We chat with friends and family and come dinner, we are overwhelmed by an enormous amount of delicious food. To all of our surprise, they've made enough food to feed an entire nation. We stuff ourselves full and begin watching 'Donal Duck wishes a merry Christmas' on TV - a mighty fine Christmas tradition here in Sweden.

Suddenly we are interrupted. We notice there is someone knocking on the door. 'Who is it?!' the entire crowd goes. No one answers. With frightened steps someone - I can't remember who - approaches the door and opens it. And there he is. Santa Clause is standing in the hallway. Joy lights up in everyones face as they see him and his sack full of presents. But I can't help but think that there is something odd about this Santa. I am very suspicious about him. Something just isn't right. He is very happy. He is nothing like the Santa Clause I met when I was but a child.

At my dad's. The year is 1995. In pure excitement I am looking out the kitchen window, scanning the surrounding for any signs of a fat, red man with a beard and lots of presents. Time is moving slowly and even back then I was a very impatient boy. I start to get a little frustrated waiting for him. But then - there he is, walking down the street towards our house. I let out a yelp in excitement and rush to get my father to witness this Christmas miracle. As we look out the window we see him entering the gate. But there is a problem: it is not our gate that he has entered. It takes a while for him to get back out from where he has been. I notice that he is looking very lost. I brush it off and make my way to the living room where I continue my anticipation for Santa to arrive.

After 10 minutes someone is knocking on the door. Santa has found his way, at last. My father goes to open the door while I'm sitting on the couch, about to burst from pure joy. Then he walks in and our eyes meet. I suddenly freeze all movements. He is staring at me with such intensity that I become scared. He slowly walks up to me until he is a mere 20cm's from me and looks down at me with stern eyes. He coughs, and I notice that he smells of a very strong scent. I can't quite identify what it is, so I let it pass. With a broken voice he asks me if I've been a good boy. I nod my head in a scared and nervous manner. He doesn't say anything. He simply continues to stand there, letting a minute pass. Then he drops his sack on the ground with a thump, and I flinch out of fear. Another minute passes without either of us moving an inch or saying anything before he finally turns around and staggers his way out.

I conclude that Santa is weird. My father agrees. Then I return to year 2008 and I say to myself: "This one is definitely a fake".

Merry Christmas! Read more on this article...

Monday, December 22, 2008

My friend's test came back clean. She is still in remission. They are going to do a procedure to clean out the rest of the polyps because they are potentially cancerous, but are not actually malignant. Yay! Read more on this article...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

On a nice Saturday evening like this, I like to drink my Cola out of a wineglass. I've found it to be an easy way to add a little flare to your life. Bring you that extra bit of sophistication that you so desperately crave. Read more on this article...

Monday, December 15, 2008

A perch. On the bridge.

At work. I am assigned the task to, using a forklift I've never operated before, bring a huge load of bottles to our working station. With nervous feet I approach the forklift and get on it. I stare at all the various buttons and levers with a look of sheer confusion. After three minutes I finally figure out how to turn it on and I do so. I slowly but gently get it rolling in the direction I'm supposed to head towards. As I roll down the enormous labyrinth that is Coca Cola AB I start to get the hang of it; I start to become more confident and thus giving me the courage to step on the gas a bit more. I start to feel really good. 'This is easy', I think to myself. Then I arrive at my destination. I pull one of the levers towards me and pick up my cargo. And then it happens. The thing I've been fearing for several days finally happens. Coca Cola's own Schumacher comes blazing past me and yells at me not to get in his way and that I'm slowing him down. He is very upset. In panic I try to move my forklift out of his way, granting him passage to move through. After a while I succeed and off he goes, with an annoyed look on his face, muttering 'damn trainees'.

Silence falls. I am completely still, not moving an inch from where I am sitting down. I look down on the ground in shame. And then I suddenly get angry. I never meant for this to happen. I just wanted to get my load. 'Ass-face', I scream. A completely meaningless fit of rage. Like the perch's last jerk on the bridge. Read more on this article...

Thursday, December 11, 2008

It's scary

A friend of mine confessed to me yesterday that she might be out of remission--that is, her cancer may be coming back. She was put in remission about two years ago. She fears it's moved to her colon due to the symptoms she's having. She's scared. Her boyfriend doesn't want to face the possibility of her cancer returning, so she tells me. Like any good friend, I give a cheer and say we can beat it!

But she doesn't want to, rather she doesn't want to put herself through the trio she (un)affectionately calls "cut, burn, and poison", which is surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. The last time she went through it, she described it as torture. She said she just wants to go to a tropical location, with a caretaker, where she can just pass away. She then told me how she wanted her mortal coil to be dealt with, and what she would leave me. I was horrified.

This is the girl who held my hand after I slashed my arm to ribbons, who shared to best conversations with, who was so strong in the face of everything -- except this. She wasn't even sure if there was a war yet, but she was already throwing up the white flag. She wouldn't hear my protests, saying fighting cancer destoryed her life the first vtime and it was just recently she managed to get everything into working order. But I told her it was fight and possibly lose everything, or not fight and lose it anyway. She didn't care.

I've never felt so helpless. Her test results come back tomorrow. Read more on this article...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Friday, December 5, 2008

So Janne, wonderful soul that he is, invited me to be a contributor this blog. I love blogging rather much. I have three of my own and I now have this one. So hopefully I can come up with something interesting to write about.

I'll just introduce myself right now. I'm Erica. I'm 22, American, of German/Italian decent, college chick, and I'm a professional ecdysiast. I grew up pretty rough but I think I turned out okay. I love music, mostly music I grew up with, namely Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Ausioslave, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains (I love AIC intensely, almost sexually, lol). I have some love for current music, like Paramore, Rise Against, and Porcelain and the Tramps. I like pink, all shades.

Otherthan that I'm boring. Read more on this article...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Gems among rocks.

You know how it is. You just happen to stumble upon a song that you like and you instantly fall for it. And then you look up the name of the song and what band it is, and you download it. You put the song on play, and you put it on repeat. You play it again and again, neglecting every other song you have in your music library. It comes to a point where you become obsessed over it. You find yourself trying to make out all the subtle tunes hidden somewhere along the grand saga; tunes that you won’t find unless you carefully concentrate on certain parts of the song. You find yourself unable to describe what exactly it is about this song that manages to strike that special chord in your heart.

How I love this feeling.

This happened to me today. The song is none other than ‘Karma police’ by Radiohead. I’ve had this song on my phone for two months now, and today was the first time I heard it. I have always just skipped this song, thinking that I won’t like it. But today was different. The song started playing when my hands were busy, not able to reach into my pockets, pick up my phone and change the song. And for that I am very glad. Now I can’t help but wonder how many hidden gems I have left on my phone to discover.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Day Seventysix...Beyond Tired

8.10 pm. I am tired. Another full day of work but actually today was better than yesterday. I had a few irate customers but not like yesterday's bitch fest.

Hamlet is now over. I really hope David decides to do more theatre in the future. I would really like the opportunity to see him on stage. I've never been to a play in my life. It would be a new experience and I would love for my first play to be one David is in.

Anyway, I'm headed to bed shortly. Getting up at 5.30 am is a killer. I will never ever be a morning person. I don't feel right until after noon.

Hope everyone is well..

  1. Have a nice day at work. It's soon weekend for you. Hugs

  2. i still have 20 hours of work to go before my weekend..bah

  3. now it's almost weekend for you.. yay :)
    Just one more to go, right?

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

choose any cheese at all as long as it's American

Probably the person who came up with this verbiage prefers to say:
"I'm doing nothing" to "I'm not doing anything"
because taken literally, doing "nothing" is still doing "something"

what is American Cheese anyway?

I dare you to look at this gross cheese

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”Chicken” should have a not-so-”Little” opening weekend. The animated Disney movie should claim the top spot despite some tough competition from ”Jarhead”

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The sky may be falling, but thanks to Chicken Little, the box office will be rising this weekend.

Disney premieres its first in-house computer animated film with Little, featuring the voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, and Steve Zahn. (Smash hits like Finding Nemo and The Incredibles were, of couse, produced by Pixar.) And with the strong voice cast, famous storyline, and built-in audience that the Disney name will attract, this Chicken should open fairly big. Don’t expect a $70 million debut along the lines of Nemo, but a $35 million opening should be in order.

Speaking of orders, the military drama Jarhead, directed by American Beauty‘s Sam Mendes and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx, also reports for duty in multiplexes this weekend, and will ride its decent buzz to a $17 million debut.

That’ll push last week’s top film, Saw II, back to third place, with a 60 percent drop to $12 million. Meanwhile, The Legend of Zorro and Prime will round out the top five with $10 million and $4 million, respectively.


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Thursday, 10 February 2011

Customer Insight – More Than Purely Metrics

Whilst customer insight processes can rely heavily on sets of data in order to present levels of satisfaction, retention and behaviour, it is a fundamental element of customer insight to look beyond the numbers and take something tangible away from the figures. With the right customer insight service at your disposal it is possible to make on-the-spot and strategic decisions that can significantly change operating procedures and customer interactions. In essence, customer insight has the potential to revolutionise customer services for the better.

At the operational level, having effective customer insight by intelligently analysing and using metrics can lead to much improved customer handling procedures. It is through breaking down data and seeing where deficiencies lay that it is possible to recycle this understanding into training procedures. This training in turn helps to improve specific customer interaction activities such as up-selling and complaint handling and ensures that all procedures are relevant and appropriate to a company’s customers.

As well as increased capacity to resolve issues reactively; the improved training that results from customer insight activities allows a company to instigate proactive measures, which help to solve problems and identify opportunities in the long term. The result of these procedural changes is an increase in productive customer relationships and a decrease in those that are stagnant or degrading.

Whilst it may have been explored previously the assistance that customer insight can provide in the formulation of strategies for the business is invaluable. This applies to not only upcoming marketing campaigns, to ensure they are effectively targeted but can equally apply to new products and services, to ensure that they are in the interests of a company’s customer base.

Fundamentally customer insight data and initiatives should change the entire outlook of a company, to one that is far more customer centric and focussed towards providing the best service possible. It is by employing customer insight strategies that it is possible to instigate this change, improving not only customer loyalty and retention, but also allowing a company to understand the delicate balance between customer satisfaction and revenue.

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Tel: +44 (0) 114 2709991 | Email: office@exit33.beer

Occasional Beers

Community Support Beer

Yellow Ribbon 4.0% –  November / December

Brewed to help a local group of residents with the legal fees required to challenge Sheffield City Council who are felling the city’s beautiful street trees without considering alternatives.  If like us you think mature trees should out live us then please buy this beer!!  It’s a pale ale brewed with Citra and El Dorado.

Buy a pint, save a tree!

click to read more https://savesheffieldtrees.org.uk/

Carbon Copy 6.0% –  October / November

A dark Cascadian ale (we don’t call it a black IPA because there’s no such thing!)  This beer is complex, made with speciality German malts it is very dark with a good malt profile and then the hops hit you! A heady mix of  Columbus, Bravo, Simcoe and Zeus. Get in!

Azacca IPA 5.0% – October Special

India Pale Ale hopped exclusively with Azacca hops named after the Hatian God of Agriculture. – Big in citrus and tropical fruit notes.

Simpatico 4.5% – October / November

A golden ale brewed with Amarillo & Citra hops.
Balanced with Munich malt and unmalted oats.

Centennial IPA 5.0% – November

A single hop IPA made with Centennial hops.

Golden Cascade 4.5% – Occasional

A great tasting well-balanced pint characterised by a fresh hoppy clean taste through the use of Cascade hops. This beer is brewed with Munich malt, which adds a golden hue and imparts a sweet malty and biscuity background flavour. We also add a smidge of Centennial & El Droado to bring out the fruity freshness of Cascades.  The result is malt and hops complimenting each other perfectly.

Two Tone 4.6% – Occasional

Very much like the ska revival music this beer takes its name from, we have fused tradition with attitude and energy to bring you a magnificent meld of flavours between three great hops, Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic. This brew is hop bombed after the boil to lock in those essential hop oils and then dry hopped in the fermenter to add an extra kick.

Yellow Rose 4.5% – Occasional

This Pale golden beer takes it’s name from the single hop used in the brew called Amarillo. (Amarillo city being known as the Yellow Rose of Texas)
Norfolk pale malt is complimented by sweeter Light Munich malt to enhance the soft floral nature of the Amarillo hops.

Chevallier 4.8% -Released late June

A pale ale brewed using a Herritage malt strain that was popular during the early 1800’s.  The malt has been been resurected and is again been grown in small amount.  We tasted the grains and were blown away by the richness of flavour.  Hopped using a fuggle / golding cross breed hop.  A very special Britsh ale with a forgotten history. Help us bring this malt back!

Read more about it here http://exit33.beer/chevallier-forgotten-malt/

Hopnotised 4.0% Occasional

A golden orange pale beer which takes elements from three of our favourite beer recipes.  Hop flavours abound with a liberal use of late and dry hopping techniques using Azacca, Simcoe, Chinook, Mosaic and Citra hops.  Balance and colour is provided by the sweet Munich malt

Simcoe 4.1% Occasional

A hop forward light session ale showcasing this fantastic hop with unique pine & citrus characteristics

Mad Skillz  4.6% – Occasional

A pale beer with a strong American hop profile. Dry hopped during fermentation for that little extra kick. Mad Skillz were present throughout the brewing process!

Cookie Monster 4.6%

Chocolate cookie vanilla porter. Yep you read that right!  We combined likewise ingredients that you might find in a cookie recipe including toasted wheat, oats, dark Munich malt for sweetness and chocolate malt. We also toasted lots of organic cacao nibs and added them to the mash and the boil.  The finished dark brown porter was then infused with fresh Madagascan vanilla pods in the cask.

Conquest 4.7% – Occasional

A pale ale with a huge hit of Centennial hops. Centennial is like Cascade with background flavours of pine, mild citrus, and some floral notes.  It has a clean, bright bitterness and is refreshingly easy to drink

Generation X 4.2% –  Available February / March

A pale session ale big in citrus & tropical fruit notes. Hopped generously with Azzaca, Bravo & Mosaic hops. Definitely a beer for the latchkey kids of the 70’s.  *Can be drunk without adult supervision.

Night Light 4.6% –  Available February / March

Golden orange in colour with a hop forward flavour.  Hopped with U.S hops all the way! Centennial, Columbus & Simcoe. Brewed with a large percentage of Munich malt to balance the large hop presence.

Lightweight 3.8% –  Occasional

This pale ale may be small on strength but it’s big on flavour. It has a moderate to high hop flavour, showing a citrusy American hop character, the balance being towards the late hops and bitterness, but with a pleasant biscuity malt presence.

An eminently quaffable pleasant little session ale

Triple Hop 4.3% – Occasional

Each time they brew this pale beer our brewers change the recipe to try yet another great hop combo.  Light and easy drinking with fruity hop flavours.

Citra Smash 6.5% –  Seasonal (Nov/Dec)

A Single Malt and Single Hop (SMaSH) beer. Massive amounts of late hopping and continuous dry hopping throughout fermentation ensures the distinctive citrus flavour imparted by the amazing Citra hop is there in abundance

Summer Breeze 4.3% Seasonal

(Jul – Aug)

A crisp and refreshing pale session ale with just the right balance of soft citrus hops for a thirst-quenching brew that’s perfect on any summer day

As Seals & Crofts taught us: ‘A little light a-shinin’ through the window
lets me know everything is alright, Summer breeze makes me feel fine’

Citrella 4.8% – Occasional

American cascade hops lend bitterness whilst late additions of New Zealand Nelson Sauvin & Australian Ella provide fruity floral notes. Dry hopping in the fermenter with Citra gives that unmistakeable citrus character to this fine pale ale.

Winter Pale 4.0% seasonal (Dec-Feb)

Pale ale isn’t just for the summer right? Brewed with the finest English malt and a marriage of copious quantities of two North American hops.  There’s plenty of spice and pine characteristics with subtle notes of grapefruit. The addition of El Dorado hops gives extra floral and tropical notes. It’s very refreshing with an enjoyable dry bitter finish

Ginger Daze 3.8% – Seasonal (June)

A pale ale brewed with copious amounts of fresh root ginger. Unfined and naturally hazy just as a ginger beer should be. One for the summer!

Whisky Cask Nut Brown Ale 6.0%- Seasonal (Nov – Dec)

A Strong Brown Ale Matured for 12 months in wooden whisky casks. A complex big beer, strong on malt flavour with background oak and whisky

Hop Kiss 3.9% – Occasional

 It’s an easy drinker at only 3.9% and is hopped generously but carefully.  German lager hops are complimented by  late additions of  American varieties. Also dry hopped during fermentation with the revered Amarillo variety.

Nicaraguan Rum Cask Stout 7.0% – Seasonal (Nov-Dec)

An imperial oat stout matured in Nicaraguan rum casks for 12 months.  About as good as it gets for stout lovers!

One for the Road 4.3% –  Occasional

A pale ale brewed with a fantastic  blend of hops including El Dorado, Amarillo & Azacca which make a hoppy full-flavoured session ale


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Experience Ingonish

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Middle Head (#23 Cape Breton Highlands National Park)

Walk out along a rocky headland to get great views of Ingonish and Cape Smokey. This stubborn rocky headland has withstood the pounding of the Atlantic Ocean and heavy winds jutting out into the sea, cutting Ingonish Bay into two almost equal halves. Notice how the hardy vegetation has adapted to this windswept environment: the stunted trees, the waxy leaves and plants like bayberry growing low to the ground to avoid the cutting winds.

Interpretative signs explain the human history of this area as well the flora and fauna. Great coastal views and often you can watch fisherman hauling their lobster traps just off shore. Gulls, cormorants, guillemots and other seabirds frequent the tip of this trail.

Trailhead: just beyond the Keltic Lodge
Significant Feature: Coastal headland and vegetation
Length: 3.8 km (2.4 miles) return
Hiking Time: 1 - 1.5 hours
Elevation: 0 - 45 m (0 - 150 ft.)

View Middle Head Trail map (CBHNP Map - Copyright Parks Canada 2007, 2008, 2009. Used with permission)


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Race to Fairbury-7/24-7/25

Hey Readers, you know this “super week-end” we’ve been talking about – the one with all kinds of literary conveyances in a special 3 day sale (books and such), two days worth of stock car racing, wall to wall garage sales, and specialty shop enhancements? Well, it’s coming at us at full speed – Thursday, July 23rd through Saturday, July 25th, and, we now have Fairbury’s Specialty Shop event details as they follow their week-end theme of “Race to Fairbury”. Here are some of the highlights, specials, and notables that this renown group of business wizards have got on the docket for a week-end that just keeps on unfolding:

Dave’s Supermarket – it’s summertime, it’s hot and here are some bargains to cool off with – 7 lb bag of ice for $1, Centrella’s case of bottled water $2 and these bargains actually start on Wednesday, July 22nd. 120 South 3rd Street

Fairbury Furniture – now in their new location at the Walton Centre on Fairbury’s main street, they have a huge inventory of all kinds of furniture for anyone and everyone – check them out and see how you can sit, recline, or lay down in comfort and style. 100 West Locust Street

Nature’s Design – browse through their extensive collections of floral arrangements, home decor, candles, gift items and more – nifty ideas for special interests and flower arrangements for special people. 516 South Seventh Street

Country Cupboard – all kinds of food stuffs, kitchen enhancements, and a delicious meat shoppe – got some great summer time drink mixes to cool the family down with. 24479 E 800 North Road

Heart’s Desire Antiques & Accents – they’ve got what the name implies and they’re having a big “Tent Sale” both inside and out – certainly worth a look! 805 East Oak Street

Kilgus Farmstead and Country Store – a great variety of locally-produced farm products in their Country Store and, you can get an ice cream cone for just a $1. 21471 E 670 North Road

Lost in Time/Lost Arts – this combination of restaurant, bakery, and craft supplies has a great availability of food, baked goods, homemade delectables, and everything you can think of for the crafting arts. 200 East Locust Street

Meyer’s Gifts & Services – lots of special interest items, for you or someone on your list, and, this week-end has a special of 25% off of any one item – well worth a look. 122 West Locust Street

Once ‘n Again/Frugality – a great assortment of gently used clothing, furniture, accessories, etc. and now is a great time because they’re having a summer clearance sale with 40 to 50% off of prices that were already a bargain. 118 West Locust Street

Serendipity – a huge collection of all kinds of gifts, furniture and home decor as well as a vast selection of greeting cards – they’ve got 25% off of chalk-painted furniture. 116 East Locust Street

The Spotted Owl – two floors of ideas from gifts to antiques to essentials – they’ve got 20% off of all regular priced clothing and shoes. 301 West Oak Street

While you’re maneuvering through all of these places grab yourself something to eat at any one of these fine family eateries:
Benchwarmers Pub – 103 West Locust Street
China Kitchen – 108 West Locust Street
Dairy Queen – 411 West Oak Street
Dave’s Deli – inside Dave’s Supermarket at 120 South Third Street
Lost in Time – 200 East Locust Street
McDonald’s Family Restaurant – 512 East Oak Street

So Friends and Neighbors, bring your shopping lists, your gift lists, your appetites, and your sense of adventure and enjoy a great week-end of events full of excitement, specials, and all kinds of things to do, come see how it works for you!2015-07-Bag Stuffer-color-large

  1. My parents moved back to Fairborn in 1946 from Peoria, IL We went to the races on a regular basis from the time they started having the USAC midget races. I grew up and became a confirmed dirt trak racing fan and have remained a confirmed fan of FALS racing. My husband and I have been at FALS every Sat night this summer that it hasn’t rained.

    • Thank you for writing! We love to hear that people come to Fairbury and appreciate your interest in our town!

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Web Hosting Account Suspended

My web image and html hosting site has been suspended, which is why you can't see my paintings online, cause currently unknown. Currently the best place to view new paintings will be at my Ebay auctions. I have two new Michelle Obama pancakes in progress.

I've been swept up in the current GIS controversy regarding Michelle Obama images, so I suspect that might be the cause. Again, I don't know.

As Google apologizes, bizarre Michelle Obama pictures abound online _ Christian Science Monitor

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How stupid does Congress think we are?

Congress on Tuesday gave final approval to a $26.1-billion aid package for cash-strapped states that will keep 161,000 teachers and thousands of police, fire and other local government workers from being laid off. The legislation was quickly signed by President Obama.
Prior to the vote, Obama, joined by teachers in the Rose Garden, urged swift passage.

"We can't stand by and do nothing while pink slips are given to the men and women who educate our children or keep our communities safe," Obama said. "That's why today we're trying to pass a law that will save hundreds of thousands of additional jobs in the coming year."

It would be better if Obama stood by and did nothing, considering that everything he does is intended to destroy this country, and every one of his public statements is a lie calculated to do the same.

The Republicans are right - this is just another bailout of a bankrupt economy. It's a means to SIMULATE an infusion of taxes into state and local governments, as if there were an economic recovery, and right before an election, in order to give the impression that they're doing a good job. There is no improvement in the underlying economy - just an infusion of money that should be provided by (low) taxes on a sound economy. But the GOP has no solutions either, of course, because there's none in their politically-correct scripts. The Fed has no solution, either. Only LaRouche has a solution, and it boils down to ending bailouts (in fact, taking back the recent bailouts) and issuing credit for the creation of new physical wealth in the form of great infrastructure projects, putting Americans back to work doing something truly productive, which is what gives money value.


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The Fallen Boughs of Cormanthor

Preface: In Time of Plague

1489 DR. Two years have passed since Thultanthar, the dread city of Shade, crashed and destroyed Myth Drannor, just a century after its miraculous rebirth. Once again, the forest of Cormanthor houses a ruin that is haunted by shades of its former glory, and the tempting opportunity to ransack treasures of elven make and Netherese design is proving too hard for those of dubious morals to resist.

The survivors of Myth Drannor now reside in the elven community of Semberholme, where they work to rebuild what was lost, and protect what they can from the depredations of others. Thankfully, they are not without allies. Family and blood-kin from the returned isle of Evermeet have rushed to the aid of brethren they have long been separated from, and delegations from surrounding lands, notably Cormyr, the Dalelands, and the Moonsea have offered assistance to help with the recovery.

But the troubles in Cormanthor are far from over. Two sennight ago, a young green elven monk has come bearing troubling news from his hamlet and other settlements: a strange plague has struck, laying its victims low with choking lungs and suffocating weight on their chests. Luckily, he was found by a plague doctor who was able to treat him through his illness. It was then that they made their awful discovery: while the plague does leave survivors, it saps at their breath and fortitude, leaving their health scarred forever. Worse, it resists magical treatment, despite the most fervent prayers of local clerics!

Alarmed, a convocation of the elves and its allies is quickly held, and decisions are reached. A party of representative allies is formed and briefed to investigate this new malady: twin sun elf brothers versed in spell and sword, recently reunited with the homecoming of Evermeet; from Cormyr, a holy knight of Sune, pledged to preserve the world of its beauty; the Zhentilar plague doctor, cursed with cunning expertise in the ways of poison and disease; and the recovered green elf monk, who guides them back to where the sickness began.

What their efforts yield shall be recorded in this new campaign in the Realms.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2003

HTTP Monitor, Throttling, Reverse Proxy as Web App debugging tool (No that's NOT my new nickname!)

Tech-Weblog by Christoph C. Cemper pointed me to Charles which is Java shareware app ($50 paypay after 10 days) with the the following list o' features:

  • Cookies are shown in the HTTP headers, so you can see exactly what cookies you are sending and receiving.

  • Every request and response is recorded in Charles. Redirects that are often too quick to see when
    testing with a web browser can be seen in Charles. Requests from applications other than your web browser
    (such as Flash movies) can also be seen.

  • Request and response sizes are shown in Charles, so you can see how big each request was.

  • Assets loaded from an HTML page are recorded so that you can see how many images etc are loaded by a page, and where from.

  • All files can be viewed, including JavaScript files, CSS files, HTML files etc.

  • Mirror all responses to disk, recording your session.

  • Blacklist sites so that requests are blocked.

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  • Spoof DNS name to ip mappings so that you can test a domain name before it has gone live. Very useful for testing your virtual hosting.

  • Export to CSV all of the summary data captured by Charles for analysis and reporting in Excel

  • Reverse proxy creates ports on the localhost that act as regular HTTP servers, but forward all requests to a specified web server.

  • SSL debugging enables you to view requests and responses in plain text even when communicating with an SSL secured web server.

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I can think of lots of times when I wanted to see just what was going on between the app (or broswer) and the server, and the Throttle could be used to test "What if I only had a dial up line rather that this 10 Terabit Ethernet connection" scenario testing. Lot's of geeky goodness here.

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Sunday, April 2, 2017

How the Left Views the Trumpists...

On the Left's Inability to Understand a Form of Capitalism Which Respects National Borders... and so they Confuse the Economic and Social Spheres... as this had Once been a Problem in the Twentieth Century in Another Nation State

Jersey McJones said...

LOL! People voted for Trump for all sorts of reasons, but mostly because they wanted to shake sh!t out of the "establishment." It's a dangerous way to do it, but we did, sort of. Actually, most people voted against him, but again, not because they were happy with the "establishment," but because they were afraid Trump would be too dangerous. Hillary is pure status quo. But ethno-nationalistic fervor is dangerous pack of matches, and it was a significant part of his shtick. Got the yokels howling. So that concerned people, as it should. But no, the Left does not see all Trump "supporters" as dangerous fascist radicals. Most understand that voters for and against him have many mixed feelings about that whole thing.

But right now Trump has some much bigger league problems. He has got to clear the Vodka out of the air in the White House, or he's not going to be President very long.

Thersites said...

What you don't understand is the significance of Russia.... this ain't yer Cold War Russia. Its the economic future.

Jersey McJones said...

Russia is a money pit filled with mafia. Canada has a bigger economy. Russia will not be the future of economic anything until they can provide a stable republic with law and order that can protect investment and property. Putin is a joke and his admirers fools.

FreeThinke said...

___________ ~ or ~ ___________

___ Bolshevism Revisited ___

A Leftist caught in doubt
Lifts up his head to shout:

Your treatment is unfair,
You bully! How you dare
To question my veracity
With cruel, hard-eyed tenacity
I do not know. My views
Which boldly you accuse
Of being falsely ranked
In truth are sacrosanct.

My thoughts are Holy Writ.
Your thoughts are quite unfit;
Based on selfish fears
They inspire tears
And dare to say the blame
Lies squarely in the frame
Of those whose failing lives
Look to him who thrives
And say: Your gold is mine,
You greedy, bloated swine.
You have more than you need.
It's up to you to feed
Me, the ill and weak,
Else Heaven that you seek
Will ever be denied.

And I will see your hide
Shredded, tanned and dried.
And hung outside the gates
Of each neighborhood that hates
The needy and the poor,
Who soon will storm your door
And drag you from your bed
And then lop off your head.
While the masses you denied
Will ever take great pride
Your ignominious demise
Was effected in the guise
Of condign righteous wrath
Giving Bourgeois digs a bath.

With stolen food and goods
We'll raze your neighborhoods
And laugh to see you hurt
Dying in the dirt.
We live for your demise.
We thrive on righteous hate.
It is by now too late
To make a plan to stop us
End the Founder's opus.
Our Marx destroyed your God.
He's in - not on - the sod
Feeding nematodes
In their dark abodes.

With mockery and shrill
Sarcastic gibes we kill.
We drool with sheer delight
At the thought of endless night.
Where everything that's witty,
Charming, gracious, pretty
Slumps to the nitty gritty,
As we revel in the dung
Corrupting all your young.

For 'we are the little folk, we
Too little to love or to hate.
Leave us alone, and you'll see
How quickly we'll drag down the state.'*

~ FreeThinke (2007)
* Rudyard Kipling

FreeThinke said...

The Democrats have balls of brass.
Conservatives’ are made of glass.

The former sound in far lands hinter;
That latter shatter, then they splinter.

Giving the Old Nick his due
Never works out well for you.

~ FreeThinke

FreeThinke said...

If crewmen kill the Captain, the Boatswain and First Mate,

Who'd be left to guide and save them from a dreadful fate?

Who would know how to pursue their proper, urgent goals?
Who'd prevent the ship from breaking up out on the shoals?

~ Guidance from Minerva

FreeThinke said...

Whene'r unpleasant truths are told

A leftist soon shows up to scold.

Facts unflattering revealed

To leftists will rejection yield.

When someone dares the truth to tell

A leftist soon says, "Go to hell!"
But staring at a looking glass

He should see a horse's ass!

Yet he sees only beauty there

And his bald head replete with hair.

~ Richard Bonhomme

FreeThinke said...

___ A View from the Right ___

Most liberals are very bright,

But tend to be perverted.

They love the dark and fear the light,

And will not be converted.

They answer legalistically

Each charge and witticism.

With hauteur drawn statistically

They mock each criticism.

The Truth does not engage them;

They won't admit they're wrong.

Facts they don't like enrage them,

So resistance grows more strong.

They either will ignore you,

Or treat you to ridicule,

Then brazenly they'll bore you

Telling you that you're a fool.

The process is unending

A matter of attrition.

Their strength lies in not bending
.
They'll never feel contrition.

~ FreeThinke

FreeThinke said...

The needs and views of Jews
Are forever in the news,
While billions of the Red Chinese,
The Taiwanese and Japanese
The Lebanese and Portuguese
Are treated like so many fleas.

And Sub-Saharan Africans
And all the South Americans
And 20-million Mexicans
Might just as well be garbage cans
That’s not hard to believe
From attention they receive.
While Scandinavias and the Finns
Get no reports for their losses or wins.

Perhaps the non-Jews should be greedier
For attention from the media?

~ ];^}>

FreeThinke said...

___ To A Freedom Fighter ___

You drink a bitter draught.
I sip the tears your eyes fight to hold
A cup of lees, of henbane steeped in chaff.
Your breast is hot,
Your anger black and cold,
Through evening's rest, you dream
I hear the moans, you die a thousand's death.
When cane straps flog the body
dark and lean, you feel the blow,
I hear it in your breath.

~ Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

_______ TO WHICH I SAY _______

There's no business like Woe Business

Like no business I know.

Everything about it is appealing ––

The world must stop to sooth my fevered brow.

My pathetic state lets me keep stealing ––

And then demanding you to me must bow.

There're no artists like con artists

Who want you to feel low.

They use their pathos to make slaves of us to hold

And toss our naked butts in the cold

And they'll never cease till they've got all our gold

Let's get on with the WOE

LET's get on with the WOE!

~ Oivingk Boylin

FreeThinke said...

______ Why Be A Democrat? _______

Willfulness is part of what it takes;
Haughtiness makes a component too.
Yearning for a better life’s heartaches
Beset by Self-Deception’s shuttered view

Earns suicidal urges ‘mongst the Rich,
And fosters dreams of Vengeance in the Poor
Deny this truth? You’re apt to lose your niche
Ending up locked outside your own door.

Money too diffused loses its power.
Our hope to see Equality for All
Creates a fractious mental climate sour
Resulting in Revolt bound to appall.

A misperception of our truest needs
Traps us where upon ourselves we feed.

~ FreeThinke

FreeThinke said...

__ Or What’s So Especially Bad __
__ About Chemical Weapons? __

Apparently, it’s AOK
To mow ‘em down with bullets,
But don’t dare try to kill ‘em off
By poisoning their pullets.

It’s all right too when bombs
Rain from aloft or on the level,
But when you kill with poison gas,
You’re in league with the Devil.

Lock ‘em in a building,
Then burn it to the ground.
By judges at The Hague
You’ll not be guilty found.

Go drag them from their cells
Into a courtyard to be shot.
The World Court will not chide you,
Nor tell you “Thou shalt not.”

Take mothers, babies, toddlers ––
Grandmas –– anyone who thrives ––
Then hack them with machetes
And bayonets to end their lives.

Rape and loot and strangle,
Garrote or stab at will ––
Of you The World Community,
I promise, won’t think ill.

Set ‘em loose in wood or field,
Then hunt ‘em down like game;
Let half-dead bodies lie unhealed.
You won’t lose your good name.

Rob and cripple, maim at will ––
Dislocate their joints.
Multiculturalists will know
You must have your good points.

Gouge their eyes out, slit each tongue.
Sodomize, impale their young.
Club ‘em down, then crush with tractors.
Brussels won’t call you bad actors.

BUT, urinate upon the corpse
Who tortured your best buddy,
And you’ll be tossed in the stockade
With nose broken and bloody.

And should you dare to wipe yourself
With leaves from the the Koran,
‘Tis YOU The World Community
Will call BARBARIAN!

~ FreeThinke


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the little white dress. LWD.

So white is pretty much set to be the colour of the summer.
Time to trade in the LBD for an 'LWD' and pick out a new classic.
I am already in possession of the white wet t-shirt dress from Stylestalker, but am sure to acquire another in time for warmer days.
( I know you are out there somewhere and likely to be the white Kooples lace seen on Margaux in the last photo)
Will you be purchasing a little white dress anytime soon?

minty peach.

Peachy pink, mint green and leopard.. never saw this one coming... but really like the mix, and I will never tire of the bright blue skies and signs of spring.

kisses. Katie.x

(wearing- crop jumper- h&m, trousers & shoes- Zara, clutch- Mulberry)

mint preview.

Outfit post tomorrow, but for now I will leave you with the colourful bits.
Enjoy your weekend.

found this and it made me smile so I had to share.

(Sources - Armour jewelry, Lee Angel, Maison Martin Margiela, personal photo & cuffs, Erickson Beaumon, Alexander Mcqueen, Pamela Love, Net-a-porter, Urban Outfitters, Caroline's mode- Celine)

The type of jewellery I would love to be wearing now. WOW.

when Isabel met Alexander.

Mixing a few of my favourite pieces inspired by Isabel Marant and Alexander Wang. The college jacket and cropped leather skinnies with court shoes thanks to Isabel, the leopard and grey marl because Alexander does the combination so well.
I also cant seem to resist bag from The kooples.

what makes me tick March.

Pink, clutches, cool cameras, bucket bags, that gold pig, Beckman, dream catcher, Proenza schouler, travels, clocks, excitement, anticipation, cities, tailoring, trousers, zip details, theyskens' theory, bright colours.

What makes me tick this March.
what do you love at the moment?

hot pink.

wore this mix last night - sorry there was no time for photos....

Crazy busy..... but sending you all a big kiss.
Hope you are having a good week?

fruits and stripes.

Miu Miu's apple print...Prada's banana jacket and earrings, House of Hollands banana leaf jumpsuit, Jil Sanders market bags.

Throw the mass of vivid colour blocking, colour shocking pieces available for this spring/ summer into the mix ... and all of a sudden fashion is feeling fruity = I LOVE IT.

How could i not include Topshop's plastic cherry earrings and fruit necklace... and the amazing pop editorial they are styled in (c/o fashion gone rogue)  et voila.
One delicious post.
( sources streetfsn, style.com, FGR, Jil sander)

( also looks like h&m fashion against aids collection will feature two plastic bags inspired by Jil Sanders!)


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Fashion Christmas Trees

Louis Vuitton

Victoria's Secret

Victoria's Secret

But my favourite one is the one that Pelayo has publish in her blog:

I want one like that at my home!

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I've been called brave by several people because I refuse to live in silence about my illness or that I go off and live on my own in a different country or that I am different and proud of it.  Maybe those things are brave, but they are part of me.  Bravery isn't the absence of fear, but moving forward despite feeling fear.

That's what I do, I move forward even in the most awful circumstances.  I decided to file a complaint because I was tired that he was ignoring me because the incident is still effecting us both.  I am appalled by this manager's appalling treatment of everyone.  Instead of staying silent, I filled out paperwork and mailed it off to the area office for a government agency.  Maybe that was brave.  Standing up instead of following the status quo like a lemming.  I mean I could leave, but I don't hate my job or the people I work with.  I hate what happened.

My descent into madness could have happened at anytime.  It just needed the correct trigger and the incident was that trigger.  I spiraled so far out of control that I didn't even recognize myself.  I had the choice of get better or die.  I chose to get better by developing a wellness plan that my friends and family are helping me with.  I am still motivated by the hope that he will stop being mad at me and care again because people always come back to me.  All the friends I piss off come back to me eventually because I am persistent and charismatic.  Even depressed I have that charisma.

I am getting better for me and that is possibly the most selfish thing to do.  Yet I am afraid that I can slip back into the craziness that plagued me even a few short months ago.  I carry my hope, my drive and my heart.  That is keeping me alive.  That is making me brave.  Not that I use my voice, but because I wake up everyday and decide to carry on.

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What’s gotten into the Union, Philly’s feckless MLS entry that have turned into a juggernaut after starting the season like wimps?

They earned their third straight victory last night to defeat the Houston Dynamo 2-0 in front of a crowd of 15,234 at Talen Energy Stadium.

Goals from Fafa Picault and Ilsinho, both assisted by Chris Pontius, pushed the Union to a fifth straight game without a loss.

The Union broke through in the 17thminute as Ilsinho danced around the Dynamo defense and found Pontius out wide on the far side of the pitch.

Pontius sent a ball inside the box and found a leaping Picault who jumped over Dynamo defenseman A.J. DeLaGarza and found the back of the net to give the Union a 1-0 lead.  The goal for Picault was his second in as many matches.

Ilsinho created more fireworks in the 26th minute. After a Houston free-kick was blocked by the Union wall, Ilsinho captured possession and went coast to coast into the Dynamo zone. Ilsinho sent a rocket from distant beating Dynamo keeper Joe Willis, but his shot hit the post and the match stayed at 1-0.

Ilsinho ultimately cashed in for the Union in the 38th minute. After CJ Sapong stole possession from Houston’s Romell Quioto, Sapong found Pontius who again earned an assist on a Philly goal. Pontius found a streaking Ilsinho who buried home his first goal of the season.

For Pontius, his second assist of the night ran up his total to six on the season. His six assists not only the most by a Union player this season, but also ties his personal career high for assists in a season. Pontius also recorded six assists last season for Philadelphia.

The rest of the evening was left in the hands of 2016 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Andre Blake. In his 50th career MLS appearance for the Union, Blake registered four saves on his way to his fourth straight clean sheet.

Blake also extended his shutout streak to 363 minutes, setting the record for the longest shutout streak by a goalkeeper in MLS this season as well as the second longest shutout streak in Union history.

The two goals and Blake in net was all the Union needed at the final whistle blew with the Union capturing the 2-0 home victory. With the win, the Union are now 3-0-2 in their last five contests outscoring their opponents 12-3 during this stretch.

Philly will have a quick turnaround as they are back in action on Saturday when Tim Howard and Colorado Rapids visit Talen Energy Stadium. Kick-off for this match is set for 7 p.m. and will be televised on The Comcast Network.


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Friday, February 14, 2014

You Moooove Me

Hello – How about a last minute valentine in celebration of the day?

This card started with me wanting to try a new-to-me-technique of combining embossing paste and glitter.

I was in the mood for a geometric look but did not have the perfect stencil, however the Chevron Cover Plate (Taylored Expressions) was exactly the style I wanted. So I used it to die cut a piece of cardstock to create the perfect stencil (and no cleanup once done because I could just toss the messy cardstock).

I then applied Translucent Embossing Paste (Dreamweaver) to light pink cardstock using the stencil as the guide. While the stencil was still in place and the embossing paste was wet I dusted the entire piece of cardstock with Spun Sugar Distress Glitter (Ranger). I finished by pulling off the stencil and letting the embossed cardstock dry.

Look at all of the glittery goodness!

I was in the mood for fun so I paired the glittery background with a cow image from the Critters on the Farm stamp set (Lawn Fawn). I went with a strawberry/vanilla milkshake theme while coloring the cow. Mooooo. Now I want some ice cream…

Enjoy and check back in a couple hours for more crafty goodness.

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  1. This is adorable! I love the layout and the textures you created!

Thanks for your sweet comments! I love hearing from you. :)


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Recipe by: Natural Health magazine

– 1 dry pint of strawberries
– 1 T chopped fresh ginger
– 1/2 medium sized honeydew
– 1/2 medium sized cantaloupe

Slice melon however you like, removing the rinds.

De-stem strawberries. Peel the ginger. Put ginger and strawberries in food processor and puree.

Serve melons topped with the strawberry sauce.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Snow Drops, Baby Muscari and More Jonquils!

Snow drops are my blossom daughter Beth's favourite Spring flower. They have popped up in the last two days. They are so delicate and precious, like little faery skirts or bonnets.

Look at this baby muscari, or grape hyacinth. The first to grace my garden. I can't wait for the rest to bloom!

And of course, more jonquils! What happy faces they have - and the smell is divine!
Have a blessed day!

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  1. Such lovely Spring flowers! Grape hyacinths are one of my favourites. We are just moving into Autumn here but your photos are making me look forward to next year's gardening.

I love reading your comments!


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Texas Instruments

Texas InstrumentsIn a competitive world, you want the best technology tools in the classroom; a technology that will offer distinctive advantages for your teachers and students. TI DLP® technology offers the advantages of outstanding readability, high native contrast, and affordable 1080p to ensure lessons are legible even from the back of the classroom. Yet, DLP products continues to raise the bar through innovations, such as DLP SmartSource™ 3D and lamp free technologies that expands instructional reach for teachers, engages students, and can help schools lower the total cost of ownership (TCO).

TI DLP® technology

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Fedora Contributors In India

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Indian Fedora Contributors

This is a place for recognizing, keeping track of Indian contributors to Fedora, encourage more co-ordination, mentoring and participation in regional events among other activities. Regardless of what your contributors are, feel free to sign up in this page and provide more details.

Name Role Location
Aanjhan Ranganathan Package Maintainer Chennai
AmitakhyaPhukan Language Maintainer (Assamese) Pune
AniPeter Language Maintainer (Malayalam) Pune
AnkitPatel Language Maintainer (Gujarati) Pune
Arindam Ghosh Package Maintainer Durgapur
AshokDas Package Maintainer Pune
Debarshi Ray Package Maintainer Kolkata
FelixIyadurai Language Maintainer (Tamil) Pune
HuzaifaSidhpurwala Package Maintainer Pune
IndranilDasGupta Mirror manager Kolkata
JaswinderSingh Language Maintainer (Punjabi) Pune
KushalDas Package Maintainer Bangalore
MadhavprasadPai Package Maintainer Delhi
ManojKumarGiri Language Maintainer (Oriya) Pune
ParagNemade Package Maintainer Pune
Prasad J Pandit Package Maintainer Bangalore
PravinSatpute Package Maintainer Pune
RahulBhalerao Package Maintainer Pune
RahulSundaram Package Maintainer Pune
RajeshRanjan Language Maintainer (Hindi & Maithili) Pune
Runa Bhattacharjee Language Maintainer (Bengali) Pune
Rakesh Pandit Package Maintainer Awantipura(Kashmir)
ShankarPrasad Language Maintainer (Kannada) Pune
SiddharthUpmanyu Spin Maintainer Mysore
Subhransu Behera Package Maintainer Pune
SubhodipBiswas Package Maintainer Durgapur
SusmitShannigrahi Infrastructure, Mirror manager Kolkata

Local contacts for Fedora CD/DVD

In addition to FreeMedia program, find and contact your nearest person from this list to get Fedora CD/DVD.

Community Activities

Currently managed by the following team members:

What are we doing?

From FY09

Focus Points: People, Presence, and Infrastructure.

  • Presence at community events
  • Visibility to Indian contributors and associated metrics
  • Promote Ambassadors
  • Campus and institutional tie-ups
  • More mentors
  • Get more Indian Mirrors
  • Manage the Indian localized spins
  • FreeMedia Project
  • Swag - Live CD, stickers etc and use them for release events
  • Recording community presentations and events
  • Regular and informal meetings
  • IRC sessions and classes
  • FUDCon in India at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConIndia2008
  • Regional and local language press
  • Nurture and encourage community presence external to and within Red Hat India

For FY10

Focus Points: People, Education and Mentoring

  • Presence at community events
  • A FAD in each quarter (minimum target)
  • Providing guidance and mentors for new Ambassadors
  • Consistent usage of IRC towards providing a 'Classroom' session
  • Nurture, build and encourage a community message around a select group of projects
  • Investigate and build new areas of contributions for participants to the project
  • Investigate and build upon the success provided by FEL to make in roads into Education
  • Workshops for students towards using Fedora as a development platform


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Monday, March 2, 2009

Poisoned Pet Help

I grew up with dogs. We had one dog during most times of my life. Skipper was a Golden Retriever, Irish Setter mix that we got as a puppy when I was about 2 years old. When I was about 8 or 10, we got Pepe, a purebred French Poodle that lasted about a month in our household; he bit, chewed, barked, and just plain reaked havoc in our household, so we'd given him to a family who would keep him as their only dog and actually train him (training a dog, imagine that!). When I was in high school and Skipper was about 15 years old my brother brought home a mixed breed dog whose owner was going to shoot because he didn't want her. Not too long after, Skipper died and Mandy was the only dog (possibly a pointer/lab mix or a greyhound/lab mix).

I now have a Cockeranian (Cocker Spaniel/Pomeranian mix, rescued almost three years ago). I never knew how many dangers there were in the world for dogs while growing up; my parents always took care of any problems that arose, which were few. Now, however, after adopting Izzie (a particularly ardent scavenger and chewer), I realize that there are many seemingly harmless things that dogs can get into that can actually make them sick, or worse, kill them. Like chocolate and grapes and onions and....well, you get the idea. I imagine there are many things that can harm a cat, too.

Tonight, from the Hermitage Cat Shelter home page, I found a link to "Cat Resources". From that page I followed a link entitled "Poison Control Center for Animals", and was from there led to the article "What To Do If Your Pet Is Poisoned". This is a very helpful website that is maintained by the ASPCA, who also runs the Poison Control Center for Animals. There's a phone number to call if you suspect your pet has been poisoned. There is a $60 fee for the consultation, but if it saves a pet's life, it's worth it. This site also tells you what information to have on hand when you call and, for free, lists items every household with pets should have for a first aid kit.

I urge you to visit this ASPCA site on poison control for pets. Being prepared is the best insurance against actually needing to be.

I hope you found this to be helpful, and I urge you to head over to the Network For Good badge to the right and donate to our Food For People's Pets program. You might just save a beloved pets life with your donation.

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Product Marketing

How To Advertise Your Goods And Services?

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To contend in the special deals showcase, you should separate yourself from the opposition whether in cost, item or both. And the main famous item use to advertise is promotional embroidered beanies as they are much widely been worn by humans to the cold weather or even baseball matches. There is a range of colors, styles, and patterns that you can choose from a respective company who does this job. So when they breakthrough about the finest goods to propose, the top dealer basis for attaining it prepared or the finest clarification for a test, there’s a lot of understanding and intelligence control pushing for you. The expenses are very reasonable, but the actual extra worth is the capability and devotion you put through with the items.

Different targets that advertisers utilize special things to encourage incorporate representative relations and occasions, tradeshow movement building, advertising, new client era, merchant and wholesaler projects, new item presentations, worker benefit grants, not revenue driven projects, interior motivating force programs, safety physical activity, customer recommendations, and promoting research. The company can have imaginative thoughts to draw in new and returning clients to your business. Also, they may have available upscale presents for you to provide for your bigger customer base that will meet their stylish requests.

A significant blessing or even a toy for their children! General giveaways function admirably for a unisex group. When you place thought into your giveaways individuals will remember it. Gatherings are the ideal opportunity to exploit advancement openings. The three key variables to publicizing are objective, reason, and presentation. Try not to stress over value, there can be a budget that is so low you won’t have to go anyplace else.


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Felidae Conservation Fund

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Meet Olive and Magnolia

March 2012 eNewsletter

On December 20, 2011, two severely malnourished and scared puma cubs were found under a parked car in a neighborhood in Burbank, a mile from the Verdugo Mountains. The shocked residents were not expecting to come across this wild pair and one local further startled the poor cubs by “shooing them with a broom.”

Animal Control took the frightened cubs to the Burbank Animal shelter where it was determined (from their tooth size) that they were 10-week old mountain lion cubs. They were then moved to the California Wildlife Center, a refuge in Calabasas licensed to handle mountain lions. Executive Director, Cindy Reyes, said they were about half the weight they should be for their age. In fact, due to their small size and emaciated bodies, it was thought that the cubs had not eaten in about two weeks.

What about their mother? While no one knows for sure, officials believe the pair’s mother was “either killed or somehow trapped and unable to tend to her cubs.” Fish and Game spokesman Andrew Hughan said a search would not be attempted as “the chance of finding the mother is infinitesimal.” Enigmatic and private by nature, it is likely it was the search of food that brought them out of the mountains in the first place.

Can’t they go back in the wild? Unfortunately, the cubs would not survive in the wild without their mother. As Hughan said, “they’re not good candidates to be released because of all the (human) contact, and they haven’t been trained to hunt and gather food themselves yet.” Even when adult mountain lions are found in urban areas, it is almost impossible to return them to wild areas as mountain lions by nature are territorial and it would likely end in fatal conflict if inadvertly placed into another puma’s area. Without 100% accurate monitoring of puma movement, which is impossible, it is not possible to know if the territory is already inhabited by another mountain lion. Felidae’s flagship program, The Bay Area Puma Project (BAPP) is a first of its kind large-scale research, education and outreach project working on monitoring and tracking pumas, but it is currently limited to the area in and around the SF Bay area.

A New Home. While going back to the wild is out of the question, the cubs have found a new place to call home. Olive and Magnolia have been relocated to Zoo To You, a wildlife sanctuary in Paso Robles that is the home to many dislocated wildlife in need including tigers, black bears, grown mountain lions, kangaroos and porcupines.

Zoo to You has a unique objective: for these animals to be ambassadors for their species and to create connections with people’s hearts. Zoo To You ambassador animals travel worldwide to schools and other locations to create visceral connections with people through the individual animal’s personal story and “ to develop a passion that cannot be created through lectures or videos.” As such, these animals are trained for “calmness, bravery and socialization.”

David Jackson, owner and director of Zoo To You reports that when Olive and Magnolia arrived, “they were surprisingly thin” and were so afraid they would barely come out of their den boxes. Only a couple months later and David reports that while still cautious, they are gaining weight and getting braver—even venturing down to grab meat from the Zoo Keepers during feeding time.

When you have the chance to look into the soulful eyes of a mountain lion, one realizes there is no reason for unwarranted fear. As ambassadors for their species, the cubs will teach people that humans can live safely along side wildlife.

For more information, visit the Zoo To You website


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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Its raining!

Its raining hard since this morning and its not good because you know why? this kind of weather makes me tired and lazy. But even how hard the rain is, we still need to go to the store and buy rags for our bedroom and living room. We also need to attend meeting around 1:00pm. So its wet all over here. We leave the dogs inside our house because it was muddy and wet outside. We never let them out for a long time. The meeting went pretty good, Dustin fall asleep 30 minutes before the meeting will end. Then in the afternoon after the meeting, we are invited for dinner in one of our brother and sister in our congregation. It was so nice that they invited us. They are such a nice couple and they are the one who do bible study with us. :-)

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Feng Shui Horse

The horse is one of the Chinese animal signs, and represents positive energy and success. It is good for everybody. You can put the horse symbol near the entry facing in or on top of furniture in the south area of your office or home.

Height: 100mm Weight: 174g


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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Plus Model Magazine - The Pulse of The Plus Industry

Plus Model Magazine, works with renowned plus sized models, celebrities, agencies, retailers, photographers, and has helped discover many new plus models. Each month they lead the way in curvy fashion, news and media. I looked forward to the hot editorials, personal interviews and new ground breaking videos! PMM, is the only magazine of it's kind and making history as it leads the way in this current time of what some call "The Plus Size Revolution".

Every day I'm grateful for this magazine, for so many reasons, I'll list just a few: 1) Featuring curvy, confident women in beautiful, real bodies on it's cover - something that mainstream media and even other plus publications, does not do. 2) Showcase new fashion talent emerging in the plus world: models, designers, photographers, bloggers, stylists, etc... 3) Provide a great service to fresh models, getting them professional images/tears. 4) Representing and giving the plus size community a positive voice in media. 5) My personal deep gratitude, taking a chance on a new designer like myself.

PMM has been unselfishly nurturing to Fennimas, and taken my company to new heights of exposure, making it a recognizable name in the plus community. I am proud to be associated with Plus Model Magazine, as a recurring contributor and fan. The generosity and "eye for talent" of editor Madeline Figueroa Jones, is reflected in her uber talented teams. When you walk on set for a PMM shoot, read it's articles, watch their videos, and become mesmerized by their fashion editorials, one gets that warm and tingly, goosebump feeling of viewing great art or witnessing something positively profound. This magazine has changed my life and continues to do that for so many other fresh faces in fashion.

Please see highlights below of Fennimas, working with Plus Model Magazine!

Model: Nikki Gomez

Model: Vashia

Model: Kasia

Model: Jordan Tesfay

Model: Sheridan Watson

MS WALK 2010!

At Shecky's - Girls Night Out 2010!Super Model and Actress, Producer: Mia Amber Davis

Editor of PMM and Model/wearer of all hats: Madeline Figueroa Jones (above and below with the Glamazons!) Stylist: Ischel E., Model: Griselangel, MUA: Tara Taylor, and Me at FFFW!
*photograph by Lucas Jones

Model: Audrey Lea Curry
*photograph by: Velvet D' Amour

Fashionista in training: Madison

Stylist: Ischel E. and Editor of PMM Maddy, on set of Fennimas Men's shoot!

Models: Kyle Rapps, Griselangel, Clint Walker

Model: Griselangel

Maddy and Me, hehe!

YFF Conference: Melinda, of

YFF Conference: Gabby, of

YFF Conference Creator: Gabi, of

Model: Shannon Hiett

Model: Kailee O'Sullivan

Model: Nikki Gomez

Make up Artist: Tara Taylor and Me

Wardrobe Stylist: Ischel E. and Model: Suzette Banzo
Sweet interview with New MTV TJ and Creator of Young Fat and Fabulous, the always stylish Miss Gabi Gregg, interviewed by Suzette!

Model: Joanne Borgella

Model: Bernadett Vajda
Model: Emma Meyer
Model: Ivana
Plus Model Magazine interviews Fennimas:
Thank you to Plus Model Magazine, and all of the amazing teams and models that Fennimas, has had the great opportunity to work with! The above images are true highlights in my career and the faith and support of this magazine has changed my life in a way that will leave me forever grateful. Special thanks to Maddy, for so many reasons I won't even begin to list...most of all for leading by example how to be a curvy, confident, no game playing, business women in an industry that is happy to see you fail. You are a pilar in this community which all other foundations are being built upon. I, as a fat girl, jewelry designer and fan will continue to look to Plus Model Magazine each month (shoot, each day) for what's new and hot in the plus world.

Closing this post with a reminder to all us fat girls in fashion: It's a true testiment to yourself and your curves to uplift each other in the plus community with support and positivity. We are still the "underdogs" in fashion and if you want to see change on the size of models, actresses and other faces in the media to reflect what you see in the mirror everyday; then please stand together as soldiers in the same war. Get behind the companies like PMM who are helping lead the way, or make your own voice and start your own buzz.....don't ever slander those who are making bold strides (it makes you look bad, not the person you're talking shit on). BE PART OF THE CHANGE, don't hate on the ones who ARE doing it. Compettition is an illusion for people who are weak and don't believe enough in themselves to know there is enough success for everyone. Dreams are are in ample supply...get yourself one and go for it!

Sending you much love, respect and success!

  1. Wow Rachel, this was really and heart felt. Thank you for being such a wonderful person and for having enough guts to stand up for what you believe in. Speaks volumes about who you are as a person.

    Love you bunches,

  2. AMEN! Well said:-)! I adore PLUS Model Magazine as well & I'm honored to be a Contributing Writer! BTW, I LOVE your jewelry!

  3. This was well said! Plus Model Magazine is the reason I want to be a model and also the reason that I can keep that dream alive! It is the reason that I even knew about the fatshion community in the first place! So thank you everyone who contributes to the magazine.

    Also, I love that you spoke upon the cattiness that comes with the Fashion business. We'll all be doing ourselves a favor by helping one another then tearing each other down!

    Also, Fennimas Jewelry is exquisite, daring and utterly amazing. I am so glad that you have had the opportunities to show your talents to the world! Now if I can just add a piece to my wardrobe...

  4. Oh waw there is allots of nice woman with jewelry.
    jewelry new york