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I really appreciate you taking the time to call in, view my artwork and leave such wonderful comments.
Sending you all love, hugs and blessings,

June xxx

Friday, 30 March 2012

Play to me Gypsy..

Another little cat medley! An old painting, a lovely cat and a music overlay. Hope you enjoy.

I think the anaesthetic really got into my system. I had a little fall this morning and my arms seem to have lost all strength so I had a dickens of a job trying to get up. I'm still feeling a bit fragile with a tender mouth and face.

There is no friend like the old friend
Who has shared our morning days.
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise.
Fame is the scentless sunflower
With gaudy crown of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Ira Huberts said...

I'm always amazed at your splendidly smooth transitions June, what software do you use to achieve these results? Fab creation! Ira x

Junibears said...

This is all made in Photoshop Elements 5 Ira. Some transitions seem easier than others! LOL!
Thank you for your comment. xx

Cheryl said...

oh June,hun,this is just brilliant,so love the detail on ,this and its one fab image bless you hun for your call today so kind of you take care my sweetie,and take it easy Cheryl Has Spoken,hugs CHeryl xxxx

Lizbethem said...

I love that Gene Pressler gypsy girl...and now a gypsy kitty!
Do take care, June.

Brenda Brown said...

This put a smile on my face June - love the whole concept and brilliant manipulation of images.
Hope you feel better tomorrow and take care of yourself.
hugs {brenda} xox

Sarina said...

What a lovely gipsy.Look at het beautiful eyes, so catlike, hihi.
Have a great weekend, June,

Netty said...

Am so sorry to hear of your fall dear June, hope you feel a lot better soon.
Loving how you've altered the Gypsy Girl. Hugs Annette x

Nancy said...

Love your gypsy!! Sorry to hear about your fall ~ hope you feel better very soon!!
Nancy xx :D

Bill said...

So crazily wonderful! I've always been a gypsy at heart.

By the way, Freddie told me you've been sneaking a few little nips, and it isn't the anesthetic at all!

Junibears said...

I wish Bill! I'd love a good old razzle dazzle night on the town!!
Thank you for all your kind comments. xx

pchickki said...

Oh you silly, this is just too cute!!!


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A Maryland court ruled Thursday that the spousal privilege preventing spouses from being compelled to testify against one another applies to a lesbian couple married in Washington DC, recognizing the rights of same-sex married [JURIST news archive] couples though Maryland does not allow the practice. Judge Donald Beachley of the Maryland Washington County Circuit Court [official website] ruled that the spouse of a same-sex married couple was privileged [Herald-Mail report] from testifying against her spouse in a criminal domestic violence case. Maryland does not allow same-sex marriages, but the couple was married in Washington DC, where such marriages are legal, in August 2010. Deborah Snowden was charged with assault and reckless endangerment for allegedly threatening Sha'rron Snowden with a knife. When called to the stand, Sha'rron refused to testify against Deborah invoking the spousal privilege. Beachley then suspended the proceedings to hear arguments on whether the privilege could be invoked. Beachley ruled under the "principle of comity" between states, following Maryland's law which usually recognizes valid marriages from other states even if those marriages would not be valid if performed in Maryland. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal [advocacy websites] filed a joint brief [text, PDF] arguing that Sha'rron should not be compelled to testify by virtue of the spousal privilege. Susan Sommer, Director of Constitutional Litigation at Lambda Legal, lauded [press release] the decision: "Long-standing Maryland law recognizes a valid marriage even if it had not been entered in Maryland. The court's ruling treats this couple like any other married Maryland couple and should guide the way for other Maryland courts."

Earlier this month, the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California [official website] ruled [JURIST report] that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive], a federal law barring same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional. The same-sex couple had tried to file for Chapter 13 joint bankruptcy for married couples. The court applied a "heightened scrutiny" standard but found it did not even meet rational basis review. Same-sex marriage continues to be a controversial issue among states. Also this month, a federal judge in California refused to vacate [JURIST report] an earlier ruling finding that Proposition 8 [JURIST news archive], California's ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional. In April, the Delaware House of Representatives voted in favor of same-sex civil unions while the Indiana [JURIST reports] Senate approved an amendment to its state constitution banning same-sex marriage.

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Libyan leaders, including National Transitional Council (NTC) [official website] Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil [BBC profile], met Sunday to begin a discussion regarding the formation of the country's interim government. During the meeting, which is set to last three days, the leaders are expected to work out the details of the new government [CNN report] and the positions therein, which will include a premier, vice premier and 22 ministers. Meanwhile, the NTC's troops continue to scour the country looking for ex-colonel Muammar Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who has publicly announced his refusal to surrender. Leaders of the international community who helped oust Gaddafi have pledged economic and military support [Bloomberg report] to the new Libyan administration.

Libyan leaders continue to make progress within the international community. Last week, the new ruling regime vowed to investigate allegations of human rights abuses after the World Bank [official website] recognized the NTC [JURIST report] as the official government of Libya. The NTC was responding to an Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] report alleging that both sides [JURIST report] of the Libya conflict [JURIST backgrounder] are responsible for human rights abuses, and warning the NTC to act quickly to investigate these allegations. The World Bank said it would engage the NTC as the official Libya government [press release] and is helping to rebuild the economy and infrastructure of the nation. Additionally, during a meeting earlier this month chaired by French President Nicholas Sarkozy [BBC profile], the NTC assured world leaders [JURIST report] that Libya will be a society of tolerance and respect for the rule of law.

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While working with a variety of WordPress custom themes and building sites through WordPress system, we are often being asked of how to change the small text titles on the page. For example the call-center number is put on the top of the page and it has just changed, or the footer has an address or link to social networks.

There are two options to make these titles editable:

  1. The easiest way is to change the text in template directly through «Appearance – Editor» section, or through FTP access, but you will need the basic knowledge of PHP and HTML codes. And the very point of the content management system is to let you work with your web-sites without these skills.
  2. You can also create various areas (sidebars) and use text widgets for each title. This option is quite volumed and not so user-friendly. Again the HTML code could also be present in the widget code to make block looks correctly.

Which way is better? When choosing the solution of this problem you should care about the usability and convenience of editing firstly. User should see intuitive user interface! So none of these options is user-friendly!

We often make experiments with different interface types while editing custom data for WordPress based sites. One of the results is Just Custom Fields plugin, which became quite popular among bloggers and developers. Now we present another plugin which we expect to be even more popular – Just WordPress Variables. This plugin allows you to create a set of text variables, which can be easily edited all in one menu. These variables can be used in a theme through special functions or in content of your posts and pages with the use of shortcodes.

  1. Download, unzip and upload to your WordPress plugins directory
  2. Activate the plugin within your WordPress Administration Backend
  3. Go to Settings > Just Variables
  4. Create text variables you want to edit in your theme. Press “Save changes”
  5. Now new menu item is available Appearance > Theme Variables. Here you can set values for your variables.
  6. Insert special function into your theme template or insert shortcode into the post content to see that all works fine.

First screenshot: Create/edit variables page. You can create variables of two types: textbox (single line textbox) and textarea (multi-line textbox). You can also setup the default value and variables order for convenience.

Second screenshot: Variable values edit page. The main user’s menu. Here you can change the value of the text. The entered value appears on the site after you save the form (if you already pasted the special function into your template)

Variables usage:

For now the plugin supports only two types of variables usage:

Template function:
To print the value inside the template you will need simply to insert the following code:

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Note: The variable code can be found on values edit page (see screenshot below)

The value output can also be inserted in post or page content, or in content of text widget. You will need to enter the following shortcode:

[justvar code="code for variable"]

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Women's History Month

The Importance of Lady Tea Time

"Kindly Peruse This Cordial Invitation" read the email’s subject line; the "Ladies of the Milk and Sugar Club" were inviting me to tea. On Wednesdays at 5:00pm we met in crowded dorm rooms, sipping chai and swapping stories. The invitation’s anachronistic language nodded to the oddity of holding Lady Tea Time in our liberal arts college setting—most of us had performed in The Vagina Monologues, after all—but each week our conversations were unironic, unarchaic. During Lady Tea Time, it was safe to voice my deepest, darkest gynecological fears. Finally, those fears could meet the raw laughter of recognition. Lady Tea Time helped me turn "Women’s History Month" into a weekly practice, rather than a yearly one.

Making Women's History

I’m a scholar of women’s history, so you’d think March—the official Women’s History Month—would be the highlight of my year. You’d be wrong. As I (and many others) have written about before, it’s insufficient to devote one month a year to the story of more than half the population, and problematic to ghettoize women’s history as if it isn’t integral to our understanding of all history.

But you’d also be right. Because a governmentally proclaimed Women’s History Month presents the opportunity—one that I gleefully embrace—to engage people in the work of making women’s history. By “work” I don’t just mean study. Sure, it’s great for teachers to use March as a time to focus on women’s stories in their classrooms. But women’s history also suggests a model for radically shifting our understanding of history from an academic subject to a worldview, and even a social justice imperative.

A(wo)men to Women's History Month

I remember in my second grade classroom where the “History” bulletin board sat. It was in the far left corner, front of the room, right in my eye line. And I have a very clear memory of being infuriated as the “Black History Month” board was taken down and then replaced by “Women’s History Month.” My early feminist and anti-racist indignation was not kept silent—I often asked my teacher why we had only one month for African American history or women’s history…my question, as many have asked before and since, was:

Shouldn’t it all be the same? Shouldn’t we be learning everyone’s history?

Like You Need an Excuse to Speak Out?

The idea of Women’s History Month is relatively new.  National Women’s History Week only became an official event in 1980 and was expanded to Women’s History Month in 1987. But here’s the surprising thing: unlike Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July, which come every year, Women’s History Month is renewed year after year by a presidential declaration. It’s not automatic that we set aside time every year to think about women’s history and women’s roles in society; it’s an ongoing, conscious process.

This Women’s History Month, we invite you to think about women and change. Has Women’s History Month made a difference? Have you noticed a difference in how you live your life or perceive the world? Differences between your outlook on the world and the way your mom, your aunt, your daughter view things? Do we still need Women’s History Month?

Political Judo: Why Words Matter

The New York Times had an interesting article today on how female politicians are leveraging offensive and sexist remarks by Republicans to mobilize their base and help with fundraising campaigns. It’s an empowering and deeply satisfying act of political judo, using your opponent’s attacks against them so their smear campaigns only leave them covered in muck themselves.

Meet Carrie Brownstein: A Triple Threat

Although there’s nothing Jewish about her music, Carrie Brownstein is a bonafide Jewish rock star, as well as cowriter and co-star of the hit sketch comedy show “Portlandia” on IFC.  In an interview on the MAKERS website, she reveals her early interest in acting, her start in rock music, and her success as an actor and comedy writer.

Meet Rosabeth Moss Kanter- She Led the Way for Women in the Workforce

I remember how excited I was to discover Rosabeth Moss Kanter in the early 1980’s. She was one of the few females writing about leadership and organizational change management. I hungrily devoured The Change Masters as a relatively new nonprofit CEO navigating roiling changes in the healthcare and political landscape while learning to lead a complex organization toward continued growth.

Meet Beate Sirota Gordon – Who Knew?

Beate Sirota Gordon (1923-2012), feminist and Asian arts impressario, was only 22 years old when she wrote women's rights into Japan’s constitution. In her postwar career as a director of performing arts, first for the Japan Society and then the Asia Society in New York City, she introduced Americans to Asian visual and performing arts, from Japanese wood block prints to Burmese music to Vietnamese puppets.

Stuck in a “Pissed Off” Time Warp

Sometimes when I’m speaking about my alma mater, Smith College, I’ll start with Gloria Steinem. Forget being the largest of the Seven Sister schools, or having the first women’s engineering program, or even the amazing education I received. For bragging rights, I go straight to fellow Smithie Ms. Steinem.

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The 2011 Firefighter Combat Challenge returns to Casper this year and the date of the event, September 11th, brings special meaning to it for those competing.

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“Its kind of a big date. Its the tenth anniversary of 9-11 and to be able to hold a competition that revolves around firefighters is pretty special to us. We got pretty lucky being able to get those dates.”

Casper Firefighter, Bill Bohman, explains that the Firefighter Combat Challenge started out as a physical fitness test for firefighters that called for specific tasks to be accomplished against the clock. He says it’s just in the nature of firefighters to be competitive and so it evolved over time into a  competition.

He says, for the event next month he’s heard there will be good attendance from around the region.

“It sounds like there are quite a few people who are going to come up – Omaha, Nebraska, the United State Airforce Academy, hopefully some teams from South Dakota, a lot of teams from Colorado, and we might even get some Canadian competitors.”

The Casper Firefighter Combat Challenge, Downtown Throw Down, will be on Saturday, September 10th and Sunday, September 11th, on the 200 block of South David Street in downtown Casper.  We’ll let you know the final schedule of events when we get closer to the date.

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Monday, December 31, 2007

Fun Week + A TZP Cherry on Top!

This past week has been fun-filled with family and more family! I couldn't have wished for more than what I got as I witnessed yet another decade of this oh-so-exciting life in the most grand way! And the best part of it came quite differently than what I had imagined. I was really wishing to do something special for M&V for their anniversary the day after but I couldn't as the situation didn't permit but then again we decided to do something totally different and quite spontaneously.

We had gone to the temple in the afternoon on Friday and the plan was to surprise them to a romantic dinner at a lovely restaurant that I had picked out weeks ago... but we ended up canceling it all at last minute. Just for a movie, with an awesome company. Boy! are the four of us thankful for it or what!?! We loved it - "Taare Zameen Par". Sometimes it makes me think, what we do is so important and all those deeds leave a mark behind no matter how big. And Aamir Khan is quite good at that, if I say so. The man's brains ooze creativity and he shows it off in a magnificent way each time.

A few days earlier, I hadn't really gotten a chance to check all my emails but I did get a moment to take a peek at Ami's blog and noticed that she had liked the movie so when we had to decide what movie to watch, I suggested this one. M&M cried like I could take a plunge in the puddle of their tears. Poor V was sandwiched between them for more than 3 hours. And we ran out of tissues while in the theater. But I think anyone would do the same who actually realizes what the film tries to convey to the audience. The songs are wonderful but I wouldn't want to listen to some of them while I drive or while am away from mommy.

For me, the best moment of the film was when Ishaan wins a prize for this painting and comes on stage to accept it. Throughout the movie, I did not feel even a single moment that he was acting; this kid has acted so naturally. And the titles at the end of the movie are brilliant. They reminded me of the beginning title song "ek dooje ke vaaste" of "Dil to Pagal Hai" but this was far more excellent than that. I don't want to ruin the surprise for the rest of the audience who is yet to watch the movie but the only thing I can say is, if Aamir Khan does not get an Oscar for this movie, then Oscars will have much more to lose than AK himself. I hope the movie will make more adults more tolerant and accepting towards the kids who are different than everyone else. Three cheers to Aamir Khan!

PS. Did parts of movie remind you of Calvin and Hobbes? To me they did (specially the 3 x 9 = 3) and that made watching the movie exciting for me!

NB. If you do get to check out Aamir Khan's website for this film, don't forget to read the Director's Note.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Holidays & Family Get-togethers

Aren't they wonderful? I think they work like therapy for everyone. They cheer you up, make you happy and recharge our beings.

They are hard to plan if you want everyone to get together in one physical location, but once it happens... the joy that comes with all the loved ones is out of the world. If everyone does their part and makes efforts for themselves and families, it is possible.

May be for the same reason, almost all the holidays are about reuniting with families and celebrating. Celebrating for we are part of the loving family that we have, for being blessed with all good people around us, for having an ability to appreciate and feel the love for our families. This holiday season and many more to come may everyone be more generous to forgive their loved ones and reach out to share. Share the love and happiness with all who really matter. A nice story that I read recently:

A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full.

The students responded with a unanimous yes.

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.

The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

"The golf balls are the important things - your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

"The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.

"The sand is everything else--the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.

The same goes for life. "If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you"

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

"Take time to get medical checkups."

"Take your partner out to dinner."

"Play another 18."

"There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."

"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter."

"Set your priorities."

"The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a cup of coffee with a friend."

Happy Holidays to you & your family!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

તમે ક્યારેય રિસાયા છો?

મને કોઇ રિસાય એ જરાય ન ગમે. જે કોઇ રિસાય ને એની કિમ્મત મારે મન ઘટી ગઇ સમજો. અને મારા માટે જ નહિ, બીજા ઘણાઓ માટે આ વાત સાચી હશે.

એક જણ ખોટુ લગાડેં તે એક નહિ પણ અનેક લોકો ને નુકસાન કરે છે. સૌથી પહેલા તો જે વ્યક્તિ રિસાય એને જ મોટામાં મોટો ગેરફાયદો થાય. પુછો કેમ? જે વ્યક્તિ રિસાય એણે પોતે રિસાયા છે તે દેખાડવું પડે. એમાં જ સૌથી વધુ પ્રયત્ન કરવો પડે - નક્કામો શક્તિ નો વ્યય થાય અને પછી ખોટું લાગ્યું હોય એટલે સ્વમાન ઘવાયુ છે એવો પણ દેખાડો કરવો પડે. જો એમાં પાછુ કોઇક મનાવવા આવે તો ગુસ્સો કરવો પડેે એટલે બી.પી. વધી જાય તે નફામાં. અને છેવટે તમે જે કાઇ પ્રવ્રુત્તી બીજા કરતા હોય એમાં થી તમારી જાતને બાકાત કરો એટલે તમને તેમાં પણ સામેલ થવા ન મળે. અને આ બધા ઉપ્રાંત આજુ-બાજુ વાળા લોકો ને તમે બહુ મોંઘા છો તે બાબત ખબર પડે એટલે તમારી છાપ પર થોડી માઠી અસર થાય. કેમકે હવે તમે તે લોકો માટે મનપસંદ વ્યક્તિ ન ગણાવ. અને કોઇ હાઇ-મેઇન્ટેનન્સ હોય એટલે લોકો બને ત્યા સુધી તમને કોઇ જલસામાં સામેલ કરતા પહેલા બે વાર વિચાર કરે. એટલે આમ જોવા જાવ તો "બાવા ના બેય બગડ્યા" જેવું થાય. મોટા મોટા ઉમ્મરવાળા ભણેલા લોકો ને મોઢા ચઢાવતા જોવો ત્યારે થાય કે ખરેખર ભણ્યા પણ ગણ્યા નહિ.

હવે ફરી વાર મોઢું ચઢાવો તે પહેલા એક વાર વિચાર કરજો, કોના ફાયદા માટે છે? તમારા કે સામેવાળાનાં?

San Gregorio State Beach, CA

The beautiful San Gregorio state beach is located off of California's Pacific coast hwy 1 at the hwy 84 intersection near the town of San Gregorio, about 10 miles South from Half Moon Bay. The place has picnic tables and is perfect location to spend the day at!

A person sits on the edge of a cliff

Fishing on the Beach

A couple stands at the edge of the hill overlooking the Pacific ocean

A couple watches sunset

The trail on the hill and the bridge (highway 1) over the San Gregorio Creek

Kids play in the creek water that flows into the ocean

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Monday, December 10, 2007

You can catch more flies with honey than with the vinegar, if you want to.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Choice of Words

Every once in a while we come across people who use so called bad words freely when they talk. Sometimes they apologize saying "Pardon my French" after they say their favorite words and at other times they just say them. I've been thinking about this on and off since quite a few years when I first came across this phrase "Pardon my French".

Actually, it was one of the Indian aunties (who also used to be our neighbor) from whom I first heard this phrase. We were driving some place and some driver cut in front of her and she said one of those famous words that you don't hear in a decent conversation. Later on, she apologized but I thought, is that how you lash out at someone? I thought there were better ways to get angry/show your anger than that.

Then at other instance, we were visiting some relative of a family friend who were from Navsari (that's a city near by from Mumbai in India). Actually, we were not visiting but our family friend had to drop off something at their place so we stopped by on our way to a function. We must have spent less than 10 mins at their place but by the time we were out, my dad was really upset and told us all to never step foot in their home. Later on, I found out from aunty (because dad was so upset he refused to even say the reason) that the host using a bad word practically every other word in their sentence. And it made me think... why would someone do that? Have these people got no respect for their language?

In the past, I have come across some colleagues, male and female (I was so shocked at first!), also who'd freely use such words at work during normal conversation or when something goes wrong or something bad happens unexpectedly.

And then there are drivers or other people whom you meet randomly on the street or highway that are having a really bad day that they decide to take it out on you by giving you some bad gesture. I really feel sorry for them. It's too bad they don't have anywhere else to let that anger out but on the road at a stranger who hasn't done anything bad to them.

I remember once a not-so-close friend of my sister told her, "Wow! I've noticed that you never use any bad words. How do you manage that?" and my sister had responded with a smile that she just didn't like that kind of behavior. Later on, my sister and I had just laughed at the thought that people actually had to make an attempt not to say bad words.

Of course, majority of the people I encounter during the day are very decent and aren't very rude to say whatever without thinking but then again I wonder, why do people choose to speak and act so low? What kind of pleasure are they getting out of it? It does them more harm then good I believe. I wish these folks became little more decent than they are, for the greater good.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Golden Oldies - an article

It was so nice to read the Golden Oldies article by Hardeep Jandu, Nov 21 2007, a couple of weeks back.

While reading the article, it took be back a dozen or so years when I started feeling the same about Indian music and I still do, just stronger now.

The part that I found most interesting was this one and it conveys my feelings so closely that I couldn't agree any more with the author.

It seems to me that in trying so hard to be forward, Indian film has lost its culture and dignity. Aside from a few rare aberrations, everything is a remix. In trying to be modern, we have gone backwards. We have equated sex and flashing bulbs to moving forward. Forget about lip-syncing! Now, the vogue is just gyrating to DJ-ed tabla beats. What is the next generation going to face?

The fact is that India is a young independent country, though we have inherited years and years of ancient traditions. We can choose how we want to represent ourselves. Our films should reflect the age-old Indian values of integrity and community, values which must be kept for posterity. And, by teaching through example, we can ensure that our children do not only internalize the importance of superficial success and shiny lehengas.

The "modernization" of Indian cinema reflects the fact that India is changing rapidly, but perhaps changing so rapidly that she is falling off track. The era of clean and simple cinematic escapes may be over, but we should still be careful as to which direction our film industry is going. The media produce what we consumers seem to want. Instead of becoming a society that looks for cheap-cheap-cheaper thrills, perhaps we should focus on how to represent India the way she deserves to be represented -- with respect, depth, and dignity.

I really wish there were more people like Hardeep, who actually shared their thoughts and spread the word around so that eventually it can reach to the music directors of today who might think that the music of yesteryears does not create magic any more and is just not as cool as the remixed stuff.

And I was very pleasantly surprised to know that Hardeep is actually a high school student living not more than 20 miles from where I am. God bless you, Hardeep! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.


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In addition to regular stints in Iraq, he has followed stories to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Morocco and other countries in the region.

Arriving at NPR in 1995, Kenyon spent six years in Washington, D.C., working in a variety of positions including as a correspondent covering the US Senate during President Bill Clinton's second term and the beginning of the President George W. Bush's administration.

Kenyon came to NPR from the Alaska Public Radio Network. He began his public radio career in the small fishing community of Petersburg, where he met his wife Nevette, a commercial fisherwoman.

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These days, a visitor to the Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman is likely to be a pale European seeking some winter sun, or perhaps a diplomat seeking to broker a deal between longtime rivals such as, say, the U.S. and Iran. But Oman's reputation as a go-between is well-earned and stretches back centuries.

Back when Northern Europe was overrun by Vikings, Oman had a vast maritime trading empire.
 Now the country is training a new generation of Omanis to care for that legacy, and along the way remind the world of its rich maritime history.

It's a festive time in Oman, the sleepy sultanate on the edge of the Persian Gulf. The national day is Nov. 18, marking Oman's liberation from Portugese colonization, and the capital Muscat is bedecked with banners, scarves and flags. The spicy-sweet smell of frankincense is everywhere, as are images of Oman's absolute monarch for the past 44 years, Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

Three and a half decades after young Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and triggered a 444-day hostage crisis, calls of "Down with America!" again rang out on the streets outside the former U.S. mission.

So far, so predictable. But this year's rally featured an unusual twist, according to official media.

The Islamic Republic News Agency reports that the rally's final communique condemned America as an "oppressor power" that must be resisted.

Iranian officials attacked the latest United Nations report on its human rights record Friday, blasting what they called efforts to impose a Western lifestyle on the Islamic republic.

But for Iranians and others who hoped President Hassan Rouhani would begin to turn around his county's human rights record, the U.N. report provided a depressing but not surprising answer. It said executions in Rouhani's first year in office had increased to what U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed called "alarming" levels.

The Urfa plain in southeastern Turkey — not far from where Syrian refugees watch fighters from the so-called Islamic State wage a brutal war in the name of a primitive version of their faith — is one of the most fought-over landscapes in human civilization.

But on the plain — soaked in blood since the days when Sumerian and Assyrian kings ruled Mesopotamia — there's a place that's even older, so old that its denizens hadn't mastered the arts of pottery, writing or making war.

The American-led coalition opposing the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is starting to move toward vetting and training ground forces to do battle in both countries.

But it's a slow process, and it comes after years of frustrations for veterans of the Free Syrian Army, or the FSA, who have gathered in southeastern Turkey, a place with a long history of epic battles and religious fights.

Syrian defenders of the mainly Kurdish border town of Kobani say an increase in coalition airstrikes — and better coordination with the air support — have helped them hold off the more heavily armed fighters from the so-called Islamic State.

Iran's president brought an unsettling message to the United Nations on Thursday: Middle Eastern terrorism has been globalized, in part thanks to mistakes made by Western powers, and the threat cannot be eliminated by outside force alone.

President Hassan Rouhani, feted at last year's U.N. General Assembly as a welcome change from his combative predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told the world body that his part of the world is "burning in the fire of extremism and radicalism."

With so many members of Iraq's Yazidi religious minority killed, abducted or left homeless in recent weeks, one more death — due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound — might almost pass unnoticed. But friends and family of 33-year-old Naif Khalif Omar say his suicide is resonating in a community that sees only a bleak future ahead.

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Ever since the Islamic State seized Mosul more than two months ago, it's been difficult to get a detailed picture of life inside Iraq's second largest city.

The northern Iraqi village of Al-Qosh was humming with activity — and some jitters — when NPR visited back in June. The Assyrian Christian villagers had opened their schools and homes to Iraqis fleeing the takeover of nearby Mosul by Islamist fighters calling themselves the Islamic State.

Iraq's ethnic Kurds are longtime U.S. allies and have put up the toughest resistance to the Sunni extremists in the so-called Islamic State that has captured swaths or Iraq's north and west.

They're getting help from U.S. air strikes, but also need heavier weapons of their own to match the firepower of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Weapons have been promised by the U.S. and other countries, but getting them through the central government in Baghdad has hampered the mission, according to Kurdish commanders.

A massacre of members of the Yazidi minority in the Iraqi town of Kocho made headlines last week. Around 80 men were killed by militants from the so-called Islamic State, the extremist group that has swept through much of northern Iraq.

But that was not the only massacre, according to the Yazidis. In a camp for the displaced near the Syrian border, people call 21-year-old Abbas Khader Soullo a walking miracle. To explain why, he unbuttons his shirt and shows his bullet wounds.

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The news from Turkey lately has been mostly bad: A mine disaster this spring killed more than 300 workers; a corruption probe in December raised allegations of high-level graft in the Cabinet; and resentment continues to smolder against mega-projects that are threatening Istanbul's remaining green spaces.

After two days of nuclear talks with his Iranian counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry is returning to Washington. Sunday is the deadline for a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Vienna that the talks could be extended.

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

And I'm Robert Siegel. Iranian and American diplomats are facing a July 20th deadline to come up with a nuclear agreement. A deal could prevent any Iranian attempt to build a bomb. Failure could bring back the mutual hostility of the past. As NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Vienna, nuclear fuel, uranium, is the crucial issue.

The fighting is so bad in Iraq that yesterday NATO promised to defend member country Turkey from any spillover violence. Turkey borders two countries that some analysts now call failed states, Iraq and Syria. That's forcing Turkey to consider policies that could change the map of the region, even the possibility of more independence for Iraqi Kurds. That's something Turkey has vehemently opposed for decades. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Istanbul.

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Negotiators trying to ensure that Iran has only a peaceful nuclear program have less than a month to reach an agreement. A week of talks in Vienna yielded the potential beginnings of a deal. But thorny problems remain unresolved.

As NPR's Peter Kenyon reports, U.S. and Iranian negotiators also spent time fending off questions about the crisis in Iraq.

Iran and six world powers are meeting in Vienna this week in their latest attempt to hammer out a comprehensive nuclear agreement by July 20.

That's when a six-month interim agreement expires. It can be extended for up to another six months, though all sides say they're aiming for an agreement this summer.

Iran is negotiating with the so-called P5 plus one, which consists of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China — plus Germany.


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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Bird on Glass, 2.

Ruth wanted to know more about my “bird on glass” feeling earlier this month, and I have continued to ponder it. It’s that “outside looking in” feeling of alienation or distance, at times a longing to belong.

Oddly, I felt it on a day of being inside looking out.  Only the metaphorical (but based on literal) bird was looking in, and not really. The bird was seeing the reflection of the sky, not wanting to come in or to belong to any human group. Just mistaken and confused.

Of course, Plato’s cave is pertinent here.  If we are inside one way of looking at things (the cave) and learn that all we are seeing is a reflection flickering on the cave wall, we’d have to realize and turn around to be able to walk out through the mouth of the cave into the true world.

Likewise, if the bird could just turn around, she would see more sky, more trees, and her true home. Yes?

Why do we get confused and bang our heads on the wall, or our wings on the glass? Yes, it can lead to death! The bird’s death, the heart’s death, the death of the soul perhaps. Or the dulling of the mind, the numbing of our existence.

My dad turns 80 in a couple days, and I was just telling him how he has comforted me during my moments of alienation, reminding me that my true community includes the dead, and people in the future, people not now living but who have written things down or painted things. Yes, the writers and artists are no doubt my true community. (And his.)  Especially the writers, but I am married to an artist, and I drew before I wrote, so I feel an affinity there, for sure.

In the recent tributes to Adrienne Rich, I encountered this quotation: “You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.” I do. It does. Reading and writing are my natural activities, my (good!) habits of being.

But it’s true that we are living in a time of quick info, often gained through quick visuals, sound bites, quick, too-quick, and often dubious “facts,” some of which (in the political arena) are outright lies. Very little paying attention and sustained attentiveness going on and rigorous attachment to what is real or true here. So that probably intensifies my “bird on glass” feeling. Though I am part of a natural world, I am not part of this “new” world. And it is hard and shiny.

Mostly, though, I simply feel the slight distance of the artist, the person standing on the edge and looking, listening, paying attention. I’m not eavesdropping on purpose or to use anything I hear in a harmful way. I just understand that I am not in the “in” group at hand or of much interest to them. I am what I am, and it’s hard to explain to people who are not really interested.

“What are you up to these days?”

“I have a rich inner life.”

See what I mean? (It’s OK to laugh. I do.) But I see the irony here, too. In my answer, alas, they are on the outside looking in, and not able to see what I am up to because it is part of the inner life. (Although I do make it outer in my writing.)

Then again, as I said, they are seldom really interested. Not in my inner life, anyway. I hope they are interested in their own!

I love this piece on vulnerability in Maureen’s blog today. Partly because I imagine many people feel vulnerable and have rich inner lives, and that if we could connect, share, respect and protect each other, truly pay attention to each other, many feelings of alienation would fade….

And I have to say, I do feel I belong to a community here, of people who read, write, and care about each other. Thanks. And thanks again, to artist Pamela Callahan, for her birds.

Grace Curtis said...

Kathleen, What a lovely post. As I read, I went to Maureen Doallas' blog, and I watched Brene Brown's wonderful TED presentation on the Power of Vulnerability.

Your post and the others struck a chord! I recently left a secure job after 28 years to take a different path with my life--to write. There are so many days I am just fraught with insecurity. Those are the day I think, maybe I shouldn't have left my day job. :) This seemed to be just what I needed today!

Thank you so much!

Kathleen said...

Oh, Grace, I am glad this was a good thing for you today. You are not alone in being a writer who left a secure job. Several of us have done that! I left a secure job...and then I left a part-time, insecure job! But I feel really "secure" in who and where I am now. Other than the probably necessary discomfort of "outsider" status. I think there will probably be a Bird on Glass, 3, too.

Collagemama said...

So much going on in this post. It will take several go-throughs. My first thought was that much of my marriage felt like the bird hitting the glass over and over, seeing and wanting an illusion/reflection that didn't really exist inside, unable to perceive any options except more smashing. Not very well explained, but in this analogy the relationship is the house.

Molly said...

Kathleen, thanks for this. You have put words to my experience of the world in so many ways in this post. Except that I'm not sure I could've articulated it so beautifully.

nene said...

No matter what, Kathleen, you are in a community that appreciates you. You've been there, you've been out there and now you are here, you are appreciated. I'm not sure what that means but it's well intended. 8-)

Maureen said...

Love your post today, Kathleen; the birds have their own voices here, complementing your own beautifully.

And thank you for mentioning my post. Brene Brown is a terrific speaker, and what she says about vulnerability, allowing ourselves to find that safe place to reveal what's deep inside, resonates as a lived truth (hers and mine).

Thank you, Grace, for visiting WWP.

Kathleen said...

Thanks, dear hearts. I was off making pancakes for teenagers, or I'd have approved/published your comments earlier, and you'd have had a chance to read each other's comments! Sooner. (You still can!) (But if I don't have comment approval on, I get spam and commercials, etc.)

Emily said...

I often feel like i'm outside looking in, though less than when I was a kid and teenager, thankfully. Even when I read blogs of similar people, I pick up on the subtle nuances and details that make me different than them. It's exhausting. I'm still learning that it's OK to be different.

Kathleen said...

I'm still learning that, too.

Lin said...

Kathleen - Reading your post, I thought of John Lennon's lyrics from "Watching the Wheels." I just love your answer, "I have a rich inner life." I may have to steal it for my next encounter when someone asks what I'm up to. Vulnerability is especially hard for women, I think. We've worked a long time to position ourselves as steely strong, capable wonder women, for better and maybe not so better. It brings me back to Ann Morrow Lindbergh's little book, "Gift from the Sea" where she contemplates what it means to live fully as a woman artist, mother, wife. Bird on glass is a beautiful image. I hope your community grows. Wonderful post!

Kathleen said...

Thanks, Lin. Yes, yes, let's keep telling each other about our rich inner lives and maybe they'll become our rich outer lives, too!

nene said...

Great piece, Kathleen. I think those of us who care stop by and shop at these sites. All with different income levels, metaphorically speaking, but at minimum interested enough that if there's something we can afford we will buy it.

I've been in Plato's cave looking at the light where the egress supposedly exists, since my awareness to this light.

Artists much like you and your husband are not uncommon in their feelings of a separation between the natural and the the 'new' hard and shiny. Sometimes there are a few of us, 'outer looking inners' who understand.

Have a grand and full weekend.

Tu amigo!

Even those of us who 'dabble'(vs. to find our skill

Ruth said...

I appreciate the thoughts and time spent that my questions prompted very much. A wonderful exploration. My own sense of what you've written here, thoroughly, led me to my poem "Alone"—which I've been feeling quite a lot lately, in spite of being surrounded by good company. No matter what, we are alone ultimately. It's hard not to feel distant and lonely at least some of the time. I comfort myself that I may not feel that way tomorrow. And yes, writing for me is the way in, and out (and where I feel soul power).

Kathleen said...

I loved your poem, Ruth. The ultimate aloneness, yes. And the soul power from togetherness with nature. And in writing.

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Like the Senate map, plaintiffs argued that the six-judge panel that drew up the House map did so behind closed doors and thus violated the state’s Sunshine law.  Robert Hess, one of the attorneys defending the map, said the panel was not subject to the Sunshine law.

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Topeka, KS – Kansans settled into the old ways of filing tax returns are being given a sobering caveat . Budget woes have caught up with the state revenue department and obvious signs are near at hand.

If you hadn't thought electronic filing had come of serious age, listen to Freda Warfield of the Kansas Revenue Department. She's talking about filers who expect refunds when she says--"If they file electronically and have direct deposit, they can expect a refund in five to seven days. Individuals who still file by paper and are expecting a refund, it can take up to 16 weeks this year." Four months to get that money the state is holding for you.

Warfield says budget reductions haven't allowed hiring of temporary staff who usually open envelopes arriving by mail. More than 400,000 Kansans filed by paper last year. More than a million did it electronically. State figures show more tax preparers are using the electronic method in recent years.

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Mayor appoints new Kenmare city councilman

Five new appointments were announced at the Kenmare City Council meeting Monday, including one new council member.

11/16/11 (Wed)

Five new appointments were announced at the Kenmare City Council meeting Monday, including one new council member.

Mayor Roger Ness appointed Ken Barnhart to replace alderman Butch Norrie who resigned last month. The seat will be up for election in July 2012.

Other new appointments were: Julius Brekhus replaces Don Gravesen on the Airport Authority board.

Shane Harris replaces Ron Wirtz, and Linda Freeman replaces Ken Barnhart on the Fund Itt Committee.

Ron Wirtz replaces Audrey Wirtz on the Planning Commission.

Conditional Use Permits

Two Conditional Use Permits that allowed the placement of man-camp style trailers in town for a nine month trial period are due to expire.

It was discussed that public hearings on the issue will again be held. First off, however, the permit holders must make requests for renewal.

Shane Harris has one of the conditional use permits to rent space to place two office trailers next to his business on the east side of Highway 52.

Jim Wink has the other permit, also for a location on the east side of Highway 52, where a mix of a couple bunkhouse trailers and a couple traditional mobile homes have been parked for use by CP Railroad workers.

Public Works Director, Mike Thompson, stated, “I don’t think we’ve had any trouble.”

Donation requests

Four requests were considered for donations from the city gaming fund (from Minot Hockey Boosters charitable gaming activity at South of the Border). The fund currently has a balance of $3126.

The council discussed its past history of using the gaming fund primarily for youth related activities and causes. They then denied a request from Wheels and Meals for $500 for roof repair.

They denied a request from KPS Adult Tech Education to buy an iPAD to be given away as an incentive for people to attend their training classes.

A request from the Tobacco Free Coalition for $400 for postage and post cards was also denied. The Coalition was advised by the council to submit an application to the city sales tax health care fund.

The council did approve a $1200 donation to the Kenmare FFA towards sending 12 students to the FFA Leadership Conference in Washington, DC next summer.

A request from the Fire Department Auxiliary for a raffle permit was also approved. The raffle will include a Las Vegas trip and other local prizes.

Fund Itt loan and

interest buydown

The council gave its approval to a Fund Itt, zero-interest loan of $5000 to Seykora’s Meat Processing to be used towards a down payment on the purchase of the business.

They also approved a Fund Itt grant to Seykora’s Meat Processing to buy down the 5.75 percent interest to zero on a $72,500 loan for a term of five years. Total cost of the buydown will be $16,752.55.

The council was informed that Kenmare One Stop has paid off the balance of a Fund Itt loan used towards the down payment at the start-up of their business.

Gartner’s Jack and Jill has paid off the balance early on their Fund Itt loan.

Employee benefits

The Personnel Committee has been reviewing additional benefits for the city employees, including life insurance through PERS.

Alderman Hedberg said offering the life insurance is a good benefit for the employees at a low cost. He said it is provided by ING insurance, but is about half of their regular rate.

Hedberg said the 50-54 age range would cost $12.16 per month for a $75,000 policy, while the cost for younger employees is as low as $3 to $4 per month.

Mayor Ness recommended the Fire Department also consider the life insurance for its members. “I think everyone, their families deserve this. Let’s make it happen.”

Hedberg said the employees can purchase additional coverage for themselves, as well as for their spouse and children.

He said the city needs to enroll by the November 30th deadline.

The council approved purchase of a $75,000 life insurance policy for each of its full-time employees.

Water meters finally ready

“We can officially say people don’t have to read their meters anymore,” Mayor Ness stated to the council.

The Water Committee reported all the new radio-read meters are now operating.

One minor glitch, there were 13 “double reads” out of the 518 meters tested. Thompson said that problem would be easily fixed.

In other action:

• Steve Eberle of Ackerman-Estvold Engineering updated the council on projects underway, including start on the new water tower, and placement on sewer line under 4th Avenue SE.

• Contracts for city garbage collection expire at the end of the year. The Garbage Committee has sought proposals to have the garbage collected and hauled away at the same time, rather than having it collected around the city, then deposited in rolloff bins at the old landfill, then later hauled to the Minot landfill. As yet, the city has received no proposals. Mayor Ness told the committee to have a recommendation for the December meeting.

• The Personnel Committee is working on hiring a new city patrolman.

• The Fire Department wants to use the siren and lights from the old city patrol car for their Humvee. Police Chief Gary Kraft said the old patrol car should be offered for sale on bids after it is stripped of its police equipment.

• Kraft said the Ford Expedition patrol vehicle will get a newly rebuilt engine, thanks to a $5000 donation from Vet’s Club Gaming.

• The city recently purchased the house, shop, and property of Butch and Connie Norrie in southeast Kenmare. Norrie now wants to rent the shop for awhile to store his equipment. The council agreed to a $500 per month rent, plus propane heat and electricity, until May 1st. Hedberg said no action will be taken on renting the house until they are sure the new city patrolman can find housing.

• Councilman Todd Ankenbauer stressed the need to clear the city streets of trucks, motorcycles, campers, and other vehicles before snow removal begins this winter.

• Council member Terese Skjordal asked that the city skating rink be cleaned up of weeds and flooded for use this winter. Thompson said he could do that after the ground freezes.

• The council approved paying $420 of a $5500 bill incurred by Kacy Keysor to bring water service into his new home. Thompson said a sleeve on the city line had spun, resulting in there being no water at the tap after the service was connected. “This is the first time I’ve seen that,” Thompson said.


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Titanfall’s Monsters and Burn Cards Revealed

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Early access to Titanfall’s art book may have revealed the existence of alien monsters you could possibly encounter on the battlefield as a leaked Burn Card list reveals all the perks you can equip on your pilot.

Over on IGN, the site uncovered that Titanfall could possibly include in-game alien life as enemies both warring factions will encounter on the battlefield thanks to an advanced copy of the game’s art book. One level, called “Boneyard” is set on Planet Leviathan, which is named after massive, flying creatures which caused such a problem that the planet was deemed uninhabitable. There are also multiple, smaller lifeforms that are featured in the art book as well. Could they be Titanfall’s equivalent of the Flood interfering with the Spartan and Covenant war?

The art book (which you can order here) also hints at non-Titan vehicles, such as tanks and combat drones. The book also reveals weapons that were not included in Titanfall’s beta, such as the Avenger chaingun, electricity-firing Arc Cannon and plasma-shooting, long-range Rail Gun.

Additionally, MP1ST managed to put together a complete list of the Burn Cards included in Titanfall. These cards act as a perk system for pilots (each player character) and each card offers a distinct, one-match bonus upon each use. These items made their debut in the beta, and thanks to some persistence, a complete catalog was compiled.

While we have provided a few examples of the unveiled list of cards, anyone who would like to see the entire Burn Card list can do so at visiting Redditor Druidka’s Imgur album.

Titanfall is due to drop in from orbit on March 11 for PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

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See Rihanna’s Nude Fragrance Ad

Want to see Rihanna‘s nude fragrance ad? And no, it’s not like that. While RiRi is fond of showing skin at any and all times (dinner, nights on the town, videos, while shopping), the singer isn’t nakey nakes in the ad for her newest fragrance Nude. She’s actually draped in swaths of soft pink fabric and peach hued lingerie.

RiRi, currently a hot topic because of her seemingly renewed relationship with Chris Brown, now known as ChRihanna, shared the image via Twitter, posting: “Here is my new add for a brand new fragrance #NUDE !!! Make sure you smell sexy, especially naked, this fall.” Ah, so wearing this is as sexy as being naked as the day you were born? Got it.

It’s ironic that RiRi isn’t wearing her only her birthday suit in this ad, given the fragrance’s name and her penchant for nudity. You’d expect her to bare it all, but she covers up. Guess only certain people get to see her totally naked, like Breezy.

The hair chameleon is also rocking thick blonde waves, a stark contrast from her current dark, boyish pixie.

She shared some of the images from the shoot back in May, which were much sexier and more suggestive. The end result, which is this ad, is unbelievably tame by RiRi standards.

So PopCrushers, will you sniff the newest Eau de RiRi?

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Tornado victim’s family finds valuables in rubble

SHAWNEE, Okla. - The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s office is collecting unclaimed property during debris cleanup, following the destructive tornado that tore through Shawnee and Bethel Acres.

Two people lost their lives during that frightful twister on Sunday, May 19.

Yellow flowers, a white cross and an American flag serve as a memorial where Glen Irish's home once stood in Bethel Acres.

"He was a wonderful father, wonderful grandfather and wonderful great grandfather," DeMoss said.

Irish, who was 79-years-old, leaves behind three kids, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

His daughter, Terri DeMoss, said her Dad, who called her "sissy," was at her place before the tornado hit, but insisted on going home to his trailer in Steelman Estates.

"Sissy, it will be ok, I'm just going to go home, eat and watch tv," said DeMoss.

However, everything did not turn out ok and now all DeMoss has left to hold onto are her memories and valuables, such as some unique swords, officials dug up from underneath the rubble.

"It was total devastation," said Palmer.

Undersheriff J.T. Palmer said their collection of unclaimed property consists of things such as medications, guns and pictures.

"We encourage anyone who is missing stuff to call us. We have it here and we'll keep it in storage until someone comes and asks about it," Palmer said.

For DeMoss, she said she's thankful to have her swords back but stressed materialistic things can be replaced.

As for her father, physically he might not be here anymore but his legacy of being kind and big-hearted will last forever.

"Everybody, not just his family, everybody that he came in contact with loved him," said DeMoss.

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s office is sending a big thank you to the sheriff’s office in Oklahoma County for sending a command post and 35 deputies to help after the tornado hit on May 19.


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Another Income Tax Cut Bill Stalls

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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has stalled a leadership-backed bill to cut the state's income tax and then declined to explain why the bill has been laid over.

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The decision Tuesday by Tulsa Republican Sen. Mike Mazzei comes one day after a separate income tax proposal Mazzei sponsored was soundly rejected by a House committee.

When approached by reporters after the meeting, Mazzei declined to respond to questions and said he had a pressing meeting to attend.

The bill must be approved by a Senate committee before Thursday in order to proceed to the full Senate.

The Senate and the House have two separate proposals to cut the state's top income tax rate.

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As prison inmates in Ohio gain their freedom, state officials are trying to get many of them enrolled in health coverage for low-income people. In Virginia, where the General Assembly is at an impasse on the budget because of the dispute over expanding Medicaid, hospitals seek to convey their message about the economic costs.

Columbus Dispatch: State’s Inmates Going On Medicaid
After serving their time, many Ohio prison inmates will be released with more than street clothes and a few bucks in their pocket. They're likely to leave with health insurance. State officials are helping inmates enroll in Medicaid, as they are now eligible for coverage under Gov. John Kasich's expansion of the tax-funded health-care program (Candisky, 4/20).

The Richmond Times-Dispatch: Community Hospitals On Front Line Of Medicaid Battle
For the second time in its 60-year history, Community Memorial Healthcenter is looking at a budget this year that's going to be written in red ink. ... The affiliation agreement announced earlier this month between Community Memorial and VCU will help the local hospital improve its bottom line and access to quality health care in the region, but it won’t solve the problem of how to make a profit at an institution with patients that are predominantly elderly, poor or uninsured. For [CEO W. Scott] Burnette and other hospital administrators, one obvious solution is for Virginia to accept billions of dollars in federal funds to expand health coverage of uninsured patients, either through Medicaid or a private insurance alternative, under the Affordable Care Act (Martz, 4/19).

And in Washington and North Carolina --

The Seattle Times: Progress, Challenges As Medicaid Rolls Swell In State
Washington state has blown past its targets for signing up new Medicaid participants under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The program’s ranks have grown roughly 25 percent in the past six months, helping fulfill one of the act’s key goals to provide health care to nearly all Americans. By the end of March, more than 285,000 adults who are newly eligible to participate in Medicaid had signed up for coverage. That's twice the number officials had hoped to reach by then, and a target they hadn't expected to hit for three more years (Stiffler, 4/18).

North Carolina Health Report:  Minorities More Likely to Fall Into ACA Coverage Gap
In states such as North Carolina decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of minorities who remain uninsured will be higher than that of whites.  According to experts, because many minority groups are not qualifying for marketplace insurance, it will be even more difficult to improve public-health outcomes in those populations (Porter-Rockwell, 4/21).

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This was really cool! The whole sky was peachy colored!

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November 09, 2011

Hey I have posted peachy clouds! Remember those clouds that one time you came over and the clouds where freaky awesome?? yeah those. ;P

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November 10, 2011

yerp. :P

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so cute! i love it that he/she is sticking it's tongue out :) Come check out my pix if you have a chance! thanks :)

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DIY Dollhouse Furniture

Do you have a little one who loves to play house?

DIY Doll Furniture - An Everyday Story I was wandering about a toy store last Christmas trying to decide on a gift for my daughter Sarah (2.5yrs). She is still at the wonderful age where I can take her along to the toy store and she is none the wiser.

On this particular occasion, as I picked up this and that I noticed that Sarah had spent the entire time playing with a dollhouse. As she chatted away, she put little people to bed and others took baths. Her sweet reenactments of our daily lives very quickly helped me decide on a gift. Sarah plays with her dollhouse everyday. Taking care of ‘her kids’ is her favourite game.

Now a dollhouse just simply wouldn’t be complete without furniture. These tiny chairs and tables are beautiful in their simplicity. They take next to no time to make and are free; being made from beautifully textured branches.

How to make dollhouse furniture

How to make dollhouse furniture - An Everyday Story You’ll need:

  • some branches – at least wide enough to fit your child’s little dolls
  • a saw
  • a chisel
  • a hammer
  • some sandpaper

How to make a chair:

  1. using the saw, make a cut where you would like the top of your chair seat
  2. cut about 2/3 of the way through the branch – this will be your seat
  3. make a series of cuts up the branch
  4. using the chisel and hammer, gently chisel out the cuts – this will be the back of your chair
  5. give your little one some sandpaper and have them help you sand the chair smooth

How to make a stool:

  1. simply cut your branch to the height you want for the stool
  2. sand your stool

How to make a table:

  1. using a thicker branch simply cut a thick slice to make a table
  2. use the sandpaper to smooth

Easy DIY Dollhouse Furniture - An Everyday Story

Once you’ve made your first set, your mind will be buzzing with ideas for making new additions. You could make:

  • a little bed from a long thin slice
  • or use some twine and some smaller branches to make a clothes line
  • add a fabric scrap for a rug
  • some upturned acorn caps for bowls and some little wood chips for plates

Natural DIY Dollhouse Furniture - An Everyday Story

Buzzing with ideas.

And if you have older children, this would be a wonderful project for them to take creative control over as they fill their dollhouse with beautiful, natural furniture.

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Kate lives with her husband and two children, Jack & Sarah, in Canberra, Australia. She is a former high school teacher who now happily spends her days homeschooling. She writes about their Reggio Emilia-inspired homeschooling on her blog, An Everyday Story.

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For the Fourth Sunday in Lent From “Sitting on the Rainbow” Artwork by Elsa Ingulsrud Scripture Reference: Numbers 21:4-9 and Ephesians 2:8

Preparation: Bring a cross to hold up so that the children can look up to it.

How many of you can remember a time when you felt very sick? (Children can raise their hands or respond.) Have you ever felt so sick and weak that you couldn’t get out of bed? Or so sick that you could hardly move at all?

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