text:
Happy Gotcha Day, Little Isis

Five years ago today, Bessie and I found a half-starved, flea-ridden little black imp in the alley behind the building where I lived in Michigan.

Bessie named her Isis and frankly, I thought that Bessie was going to be the one to adopt her.  But she stayed with me, and now I can't imagine life without this opinionated, intelligent, independent, finicky feline.
But five years?  Where did the time go?  Little Isis is still the size of a half-grown housecat, yet what she lacks in body size she makes up for in cunning brain power!

One of the best parts of having Little Isis in my life is the special relationship she has with Eyad, who The Purries call iDaddy.  She and her iDaddy have a special bond, and she loves her SMACKIES from him!  Now that he's gone back to school in London, I try to keep her occupied, but I can tell she really misses him.

internet isis

To celebrate her Gotcha Day, Isis is getting extra treats.
But unlike the rest of The Purries, she doesn't care for Temptations.
She wants only Friskies Beachside Crunch, which she calls BLUE BAG ONLY.

Everybody grab some
and celebrate!
Happy Gotcha Day, Little Isis!
We Love you!
NTM and iDaddy

Looking at the Stars

Mo and The Purries

  1. HAPPY GOTCHA DAY! We don't have any blue bag, but we're gonna before the day is over, cuz the Lady's stopping at the store on the way home from work. We will devour the contents in your honor!!!

  2. Happy Gotcha Day, Little Isis! We hope your day is filled with only blue bags!

  3. Happy Gotcha Day Isis!!! We are glad you found sucha great family!

  4. Happy Gotcha Day! We are so thrilled that you are one of the cats the woman has gotten to meet!

  5. Happy gotcha day, Isis! Surely #5 calls for 5 bags of your preferred treats. :-)

  6. Happy Gotcha Day, lovely little Isis.

  7. Five years! It's amazing how time flies, isn't it?
    Happy Gotcha Day, Isis!

  8. my what big eyes she had..

  9. Happy gotcha day, Isis!

  10. OMC Beachside Crunchies.....yippee.....oh...um. what Mom....oh okay...
    Happy Gotcha Day Isis.....now....back to those crunchies!!

    The Florida Furkids

  11. Happy Gotcha day to our fave little House panther !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Enjoy the Blue Bag!!!

    Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
    Tiger,Treasure,JJ and Julie

  12. Happy Gotcha Day pretty Isis! How lucky are you to have found such a great home. And OMC! Beachside Crunch is the only treats Oui Oui will eat, and she loves them! Purrs!

  13. A bit late but we hope your day was a happy one!

  14. Happy Gotcha day, Little Isis!

  15. Happy Gotcha Day, Isis! You are the prettiest little house panther. We hope you get lots of little blue bags, though we know they don't make up for missing your iDaddy. Purrs.

    Laura & Taffy

  16. Happy Gotcha Day sweet little Isis.

  17. We wish you a happiest 5th Gotcha Day Isis! You found a great home.

  18. Sorry we're late getting here. Happy Gotcha Day, Isis!

We ♥ comments!

But all spam comments will be deleted - so don't even bother spamming us, or we will scratch your eyes out!!!


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bootcamp in Traverse City

Wow, what an amazing time up in Traverse City. First of all, Traverse City is such a beautiful place to visit anytime of the year especially summer. I had the privilege to be a trainer at Nancy & Jerry Kroupa's Juice Plus Boot camp and it was outstanding, the boot camp, oh yeah so was I (ha ha). I presented one of my favorite talks, "Psychology of Success". All of what we want or at least what we think we want depends on our mindset and behavior. We have patterns of success in our life for some it's anger for others its self pity. You're probably wondering how can you have success linked to those nasty emotions, well the person does it so often they're successful at it. We have the power to bring anything we want into our lives; happiness, love, joy, excitement however you need a strategy, a pattern that's conditioned as a behavior of love.....

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Plan tomorrow today

Do you find yourself getting frustrated because you seem to lose control of your day? Days pass, weeks pass and you feel exhausted and nothing seems to be getting done. Well it's possible you've overlooked the fundamentals of scheduling your day. I've spent hundreds of hours with my clients and it shocks me to hear them tell me they don't have a system in place. What about all the technology? It hasn't help or at least that's how I feel. I actually think it's made it more complicated. So keep it simple and use the old fashion way "paper and pencil". Start planing tomorrow today. Simply plan what you want to accomplish by scheduling and committing. Hey, think about it, do you want to continue this pattern of frustration? Then plan your day and execute.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

July's Newsletter - Shout off your inner voice

Shhh, stop for just a minute and listen.... Do you hear anything? What you can't stop, not only for one minute. Oh, I see, you have too much "to do" and you can't afford to stop and take time to just listen. You might be asking yourself, "What exactly am I listening for." Well, that would be you. Your inner voice has the power to take complete control of your life. Do you realize that inner voice of yours can and does make your life miserable? How many of you feel exhausted at the end of the day or week? Well, that's because you're carrying around with you a thousand pound gremlin. The gremlin, I'm referring to is the chatter in your head. So, when might this gremlin show up? All the time! Here are a few examples of what he/she might say:

"Why didn't you workout today?"
"That's it! You're only going to make 10 sales calls today?"
"Yeah right, lose weight after a lunch like that, good luck."
"You're not doing enough work to make money"

You get the idea, right? We need to be aware of that inner voice, the gremlin, because it will wear you down. I've noticed when I'm coaching my clients at times I'm talking to their gremlin not them. It stands out because of the stringent rules of perfection. Your gremlin never rests and never gives up, as long as, you allow it to continue.
The first thing I'd recommend to shout it off is awareness. Realize you have a gremlin and it is very controlling. Then you have to stop and listen or at least just listen. What are you saying to yourself? Are you saying anything like the examples above? Just be present, listen and breathe. When your gremlin speaks ask, "Is it true?". Get very familiar with your gremlin and laugh it off and tell it to shut up!

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-164-221-253.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-43
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for October 2017
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
Office of the Registrar
Campus Address
Hanover, NH
Phone: (603) 646-xxxx
Fax: (603) 646-xxxx
Email: reg@Dartmouth.EDU

Organization, Regulations, and Courses 2017-18

ENGS 116 Computer Engineering: Computer Architecture

This course provides an introduction to the field of computer architecture. The history of the area will be examined, from the first stored program computer to current research issues. Topics covered will include successful and unsuccessful machine designs, cache memory, virtual memory, pipelining, instruction set design, RISC/CISC issues, and hard-ware/software tradeoffs. Readings will be from the text and an extensive list of papers. Assignments will include homework and a substantial project, intended to acquaint students with open questions in computer architecture.

Cross Listed Courses

COSC 251

ENGS 31 and COSC 51 (formerly 37); COSC 57 (formerly 48), COSC 58, or equivalent recommended.

Not offered in the period from 16F through 17S


text:
Office of the Registrar
Campus Address
Hanover, NH
Phone: (603) 646-xxxx
Fax: (603) 646-xxxx
Email: reg@Dartmouth.EDU

Organization, Regulations, and Courses 2017-18

FREN 75.01 Faces of the Criminal

This course will examine the history of French film through the prism of its representations of criminality. Assigned films may include works by Marcel Carné, Henri-Georges Clouzot, René Clair, Joseph Losey, Jean Renoir, Louis Malle, Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Resnais, Bertrand Tavernier, Michael Haneke, François Ozon, Bertrand Blier, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Maurice Pialat, Claude Chabrol, Robert Bresson, Luis Buñuel, Gaspard Noé, Alain Guiraudie, and Jacques Audiard.\\u200B

A course in the FREN 10 series or permission of the instructor.

Distributive and/or World Culture

Dist:ART; WCult:W

The Timetable of Class Meetings contains the most up-to-date information about a course. It includes not only the meeting time and instructor, but also its official distributive and/or world culture designation. This information supersedes any information you may see elsewhere, to include what may appear in this ORC/Catalog or on a department/program website. Note that course attributes may change term to term therefore those in effect are those (only) during the term in which you enroll in the course.

Not offered in the period 17F through 19S


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Tag Archives: evolution

A response to the claim that “nobody would be upset if it were lions or tigers, rather than monkeys”

Some Darwinists maintain that evolution is rejected as a matter of pride and that the problem lies in the fictitious ancestor being a monkey, and that there would be no problem if people were told “your ancestors were lions or tigers.” But that is a grave error. There is in fact no unease or such state of affairs along those …

Read More »

Darwinists must first answer these questions about missing link frauds

Before trying to deceive people with nonsensical falsities such as “the missing link” or “the ancestor of man,” Darwinists, who maintain that everything came into being through unconscious, uncontrolled and random coincidences, must first answer the following questions about just a few of the details in DNA replication, which takes place EVERY SECOND in a minute point, invisible to the …

Read More »

“Aggrieved Darwin” Propaganda Is a Trick

A new piece of propaganda has recently entered the agenda in the Turkish and international pro-Darwinist press. It has persistently been claimed that reports about Darwin are censored and that “science is therefore under pressure.” Under headlines such as “They have sent Darwin to the shredder,” the Darwinist dictatorship tries to give the world the impression that Darwinism is being …

Read More »


text:
page contents

Senior Friend Finder Review

  • Ease of use 75%
  • Features 75%
  • Safety 80%
  • Quality of members 80%
  • Value for money 80%

Senior Friend Finder is owned and run by a social networking company that is dedicated to helping senior singles of over 50 years to find a partner for friendship, dating or marriage. There are over 500,000 members in this community who are ready for a senior dating, and Senior Friend Finder has put everything in place for all members on its platform to make the site interesting, conducive and safe for an online dating. There are several features put together to make your stay lively, even though you will have to subscribe to enjoy them, but you can be sure these features will be worth the dollars.

User base                     Senior Dating

Popularity (members)   500,000 +

Gender                          Male: 60%   Female: 40%

Signing up on Senior Friend Finder is simple and easy. You can view the number of members online from the sites homepage too. When you click on join, it takes you to a page where you will be asked to choose your gender and the gender you seek, choose your country and input your zip code, input your birthday, your email and choose for yourself a nice username. After that, you will be able to build yourself a detailed profile and view other members.

  • The site boasts of a fraud detection algorithm that monitors member’s activities.
  • It has a mobile optimized web page as well as a smart-phone app for androids and iPhones.

  • You are restricted from accessing all its features without a subscription plan.
  • The pages are filled with too much content which makes it look complicated for senior members.
  • There is no strict control and quick verification as there are still few fake profiles.
  • It does not have a mobile app for Android smartphones and iOS.

Senior Friend Finder is an online community of aged singles looking for companionship. Since the site is dedicated to senior singles, it caters for people in the range of 50. The site has great features that will make it a fun place for senior singles even though it could be too cubersome for senior members who will prefer having everything simple! There are several upgrade options to choose from and you can pick a good one that suits you and your budget, as you will not be able to enjoy all of the features without a subscription. Outside these, the site is just cool and every senior member should check it out!

Basic features

  • You can upload your photos on your profile.
  • You can make use of the 3 chat modes which includes instant messenger, flash chat and chat rooms for live actions.
  • You can create video intros and view that of other members.
  • You will be able to view profile of members and contact them through messages.

Special features

  • You can use its advance search features like who’s online, new members, VIP members etc.
  • It has a dedicated customer care support for members and it is available 24/7.
  • For members in your network, you will be able to access their MSN ID, AIM, YIM and ICQ.

Standard membership is free!

Gold Members

  • Subscription (Gold)                    Access period

    $22.99                                               1 month

    $33.42                                               3 months

    $98.42                                              12 months

    Visit the official website for a full and detailed price listing of features.

Write Your Review

6 + 4 =


text:
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

The media-induced perception average Americans have of Muslims is slightly "off." What do I mean? Well, people in many foreign lands to this day carry the idea that our streets are paved with gold and everybody here has plenty of money and is debt-free. (Although thanks to the internet, that notion has shrank dramatically over the last 10-15 years). By that example, people in the United States think "radical" or "fundamental" or "religious nut" when they see or hear of someone being "Muslim."

Abbas Rattani and Habib Yazdi of Sheikh & Bake Productions released the video, which has sparked a new discussion about what it means to be an American Muslima.
"People unfamiliar with Islam often assume a woman cannot workout, cannot play sports, cannot go out on her own, must be accompanied by a male relative, and so forth." Having dated Muslim women in the past, I can attest to that!

Last month I met Hajer Naili. I found her to be somewhat of a kindred spirit. She's reported for several radio stations and publications in France and North Africa. Living in New York now, Hajer is reporting for Women's eNews. More than that: she's MAKING news with a viral "Mipster" video that was released on Nov. 30th. It's been racking up viewers on Youtube and is being heavily shared on Facebook and other websites, including HuffPo and Islamic Monthly.

According to Mipsterz' Facebook page,
A Mipster is someone who seeks inspiration from the Islamic tradition of divine scriptures, volumes of knowledge, mystical poets, bold prophets, inspirational politicians, esoteric Imams, and our fellow human beings searching for transcendental states of consciousness. A Mipster is an ironic identity, one that serves more as a perpetual critique of oneself and of society. A Mipster has a social mind, and yearning for a more just order, a more inclusive community unbounded by stale categories...

Hajer writes "As one of the models, I couldn't be happier with a depiction that is bold, joyful, realistic and going viral on the Internet. If these images become more prevalent, veiled Muslim women in the United States could conquer misperceptions." See article and video HERE.

And... here's a blog article written by a Muslima in 2005 about coming up in the USA that still has value today!

technorati tags: tags:
icerocket tags:
keotag tags:
Show Comments: OR

No comments:

Post a Comment

Per comment rate: $2
Payable by either clicking the BitCoin "tip me" button or the PayPal "donate" button in the sidebar.

Because, like the fine publication Tablet, whom I borrowed this concept from, I too am committed to bringing you the best, smartest, most enlightening and entertaining reporting and writing I'm able to provide, all free of charge. I take pride in my loyal readership, and I'm thrilled that you choose to engage with me in a way that is both thoughtful and thought-provoking. But the Internet, for all of its wonders, poses challenges to civilized and constructive discussion, allowing vocal—and, often, anonymous—minorities to drag it down with invective (and worse).

I'm asking people who'd like to post comments on my blog to pay a nominal fee—less a paywall than a gesture of your own commitment to the cause of great conversation. All proceeds go to helping me bring you the provocative and/or entertaining articles that brought you here in the first place.

Readers can still interact with me FREE of charge via Facebook comments and Google+ comments! You can also reach me via Twitter @davelucas

I hope this new largely symbolic measure will help create a more pleasant and cultivated environment for all! Those of you who choose to contribute, thanks for your support.

Your comment will appear after you have made your donation.

All IP addresses are logged.

Your comment will not appear immediately as all messages are vetted before publication.

PS - Any more questions? Check out my Policy & Terms of Use FAQ!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
Web Analytics


text:
Sunday, January 14, 2007

the eternal blame

"The woman you gave me…"..."The serpent tricked me… "

During my teenage years when I was training to be an insufferable jerk, in the middle of an argument with my mom I’d snap back, “Hey, I didn’t ask to be here”—meaning that all my problems in life, which at the point had mostly to do with school dress codes and raging hormones, were the result of my parents deciding on a third child. All my issues were conveniently blamed on them for having that little of bundle of joy: me. If I weren’t here, I would have no problems. My mom would answer that existential conundrum with this: “Well, I didn’t ask to be here either, so don’t give me any lip.” We were the Simpsons of Kentucky. The truth was, I was unwilling to accept responsibility for my behavior. I was a blamer.

What’s worse, it’s easy to carry that in subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways into our spiritual lives. One day a guy dropped in the Vineyard and told me he’d been “fighting a Jezebel spirit all day” that was causing problems for him. I told him he needed to get a job.

Truth is, I still wrestle with blaming after 32 years of following Jesus. And it may be that owning responsibility can be trickier in a high grace environment. Maybe.

Liberals blame neo-cons. Republicans blame Democrats. Arabs blame Jews. Calvinists blame Arminians. Donald blames Rosie. Evangelicals blame everybody. I like what Christian apologist/philosopher G. K. Chesterton wrote in response to an article in the London Times titled What’s Wrong With the World? In a letter to the editor he simply said, Dear sirs, I am. Yours truly, G. K. Chesterton.

People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed? (Proverbs 19:3 Message Bible)

  1. Lack of humility. Been there. Do it too long and God knocks you off your high horse.

    Then you can either choose to learn from this dreadful thing, or yet again... blame God.

    Someday when I grow up, I hope I've learned.

  2. Dave,

    Thank you for doing this series. The lie from last week, "Those who fail (including myself) are unworthy of love and deserve to be punished." Really hit me dead between the eyes.

    Take care,

  3. I once saw the best bumper sticker while driving:

    I lost it.

    Also, when you point the finger, there are three pointing right back at you (Look at your hand when you point).

    Good Stuff DW.

  4. I enjoyed your post, especially your scripture.

  5. A few of my friends and I had lunch last week after the 11:30 service... it was either funny or frightening how many times one of us said something and the rest of the table yelled "BLAME!" You've given me much to think about.

  6. you know Dave, I was feeling pretty good about myself last week, until I felt guilty about failing that little quiz of yours!

    Thought you of all people could appreciate that.

    a person who attends at least 3 out of every 4 Sundays.

  7. I cannot thank God enough for caring enough for me to shine more light into my wounded soul so that the darkness leaves and frees me. I've truly known and pursued God all my life, but never really experienced this type of freedom. WOW! I'm blown away...

  8. The one-and-only Johnny Cash: "Hurt".

    He was a classic.


text:
Saturday, November 03, 2007

good crack

On our first night here in Northern Ireland our friends took us to a pub for “some good crack”. Okay, I got a little nervous. Turns out crack is just a slang term for fun. Now you can understand how complicated Bible translation is; words can mean very different things in different cultures. But I’m excited to tell our church back home we had some good crack (craic).

We just finished the Outward Focused Conference in Vineyard Church Dungannon, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has had its share of trouble, even a time that was actually called The Troubles…a religious/class war rooted in a long sad history. A number of people in Dungannon lost family members during that time. There has been a remarkable turnaround since the peace agreement was signed on Good Friday in 1998. The economy is now booming and life has normalized.

About eighty pastors/leaders and spouses were present. Dungannon is a mid-size town of about 12,000 people. The Vineyard here is vibrant; super worship and a warm vibe. The room seats

120 people with large glass windows that overlook the city. Very cool. My friends Jason and Michelle Scott pastor the church…they’re funny, hip and totally outward-focused in approach. The church was planted about three years ago; the believers here are incredibly hospitable, kind and full of life.

The conference went well. Churches from Scotland, Ireland and England were represented. Mark Lutz spoke with me as well and we did five one-hour sessions. Oddly, I got choked up at the end of the first night (as did Mark, mind you)…it really isn’t normal for me. Not sure what God was doing, but I think it was simply communicating God’s heart for the lost that sneaked up on me. We showed videos as well: baptisms, stories, fun stuff. Prayer for people at the end was good; it had a “commissioning”-feel to it. Tomorrow morning I’ll speak at the church; Jason asked me to talk about the poor. Can do. For the next few days we’ll be meeting with leaders in churches in Belfast, Dublin and elsewhere. Thanks for all your prayers; God has been showing up. Good craic.

Tonight Joe launches a great new series at VCC called Tackling the Elephant. You’ve got to check out the teaser videos at…this is going to be an amazing experiment—don’t miss this. Once again, the Vineyard’s generosity is going to be stretched. But not only us…as you’ll see at the site; anyone from any church is welcome to sign the Declaration.

Let’s tackle the elephant, gang.

  1. Cheers so much for coming Dave, you guys rock, quite literally in fact - our 5 min jam was riff-tastic!

    God is amazing in the way that what we considered to be a timely conference was in fact a heart melting experience for many people in our 'wee' family.

    Here's another good native phrase for you folks:

    "The craic was mighty!" - a favourite of mine.

    Bless you all and can't wait to pay you fine people a visit next year and soak up a bit of VCC action with my lovely wife.

    Take it easy and outward.

  2. i just love a craic-in' good time, boyo!

    i also love it when the Lord surprises us with the softening of our own heart...melting with the fire of His love in us, through us, out there...

  3. I am producing videos for our church. I use a lot a video background animations where I lay text over them to give our presentions a more professional look. The animations are from Studio 1 Productions. I like them because they simply drag and drop right into Premiere without any problems. Here is there website
    I found incorporating video backgrounds into the video really help keep the viewer's attention.


text:
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Double Standard on Thrillist

In case you didn't catch Thrillist's blurb on Double Standard as one of the hottest new restaurant openings in downtown San Diego, you can find it linked here.

You can watch Executive Chef Chris Gentile cook up our signature N'duja mussels and clams live here to get a glimpse of what's going on in the kitchen:

Double Standard Kitchenetta's Signatura N'duja Mussels and Clams from David Mainiero on Vimeo.


text:
The Kingdom of Clowns – and The Nevermore Tour

case8.500x11.000.inddSince today is a day off from the blog tour (to be resumed first thing in the morning) I thought I’d take a moment to tell you all about something else I’m excited by.  My first children’s book, The Kingdom of Clowns, was released this past week in hardcover and paperback. A lot of you may not be aware that I write children’s books – mostly because I’ve never published any of them before.  When I met artist Dan Monroe, I knew it was time to move forward and test the waters.  Dan illustrated and designed the book around my words…

This story is special to me because, when my kids were young, I wrote Dr. Seuss-like poems for each of them.  The first, and most complete, was The Kingdom of Clowns, written for my oldest boy, Bill (Will to everyone now), and I’m happy to have it ready now before he returns from his first deployment on a submarine in the US Navy.

You can order this book at the Crossroad Press store and … Interested booksellers should contact Crossroad Press directly for wholesale discounts.

The poem below is not part of the book, but was also written for Bill – it’s in a similar style..

A Boy and an elephant both went out,
One with a football, the other a snout
As long as a boa constrictor, and grey,
To the field by the river to frolic and play
The boy threw the football quite high in the air,
And he caught it again, as it fell back from there,
While the elephant wandered a little behind,
They were out for a jaunt; it was time to unwind
And again with the football clutched tight in his hand,
The boy flicked his wrist like a taut rubber band
And the ball took off flying up, up, and away,
And he reached out to catch it the very same way
That he’d caught it a hundred and ten times before,
And expected to catch it just that one time more
But his hand came up empty; the air was the same,
Something was very much wrong with his game.
For a ball that goes up as we all understand,
Cannot stay, it goes upward, and then it must land
So he spun in a circle and stared at the sky,
And he asked his friend elephant, “Do you know why?”
I have tossed up my football quite high in the air
But it did not fall down, and I’m wondering where
It could be, for you see, it is not in the sky,
And it’s not on the ground, and I’m wondering why
It is not in my hand like it landed before,
And the elephant could not stand one second more
Of his secret and lifted his long, long grey snout
And he swished it around and he twirled it about
And the boy saw his football, caught snug as can be
In the trunk of the elephant, tall as a tree
And the elephant laughed, and he tossed the ball high,
So it sailed so far up it was lost in the sky
And though it flew higher than ever before,
The ball fell back to Earth, the boy caught it once more
And the boy and the elephant went on their way,
They continued their jaunt, and enjoyed the bright day.

Now…go get yours kids a copy of The Kingdom of Clowns!  Also – check yesterday’s post for all of the stops I’ve made so far on the Nevermore blog tour…buy that book!  Seriously.

Leave a Reply


text:
Tuesday, April 04, 2006

McKillop speculation

Don't go, Coach McKillop!!!!!

For selfish reasons, I can't imagine not having the best coach in the Southern Conference anymore. However, if he feels he must pursue other options at this point of his career, then I would support his move 100%. I just can't picture "life after McKillop".

McKillop a finalist at Seton Hall

Seton Hall cool on Gonzalez

Hall job slipping away from Gonzalez

Click here for discussion thread on DavidsonCats.com about this.

No comments:


text:
Visible Invisible Limbs

Found a bug in a 9.r beta? Let us know here, so we can fix it.
Forum rules
1. Please post only ONE bug per THREAD. If you have multiple bugs to report, create a thread FOR EACH BUG.

2. Please NAME your THREADS as DESCRIPTIVELY as possible.

3. Please DO NOT CREATE report threads for bugs which have already been reported. This produces REDUNDANT BUG REPORTS, which slows down development by making it harder for me to read, reports and fix the bugs mentioned within them. This also applies for bugs which have been fixed and moved accordingly, so CHECK the FIXED BUGS subforum BEFORE POSTING. Previously-submitted bug reports can be found here: viewforum.php?f=174

Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:44 am
Gender: None specified
Status: Offline

Visible Invisible Limbs

Unread post #1 by Vektrix » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:25 pm

Invisible Limbs show up as grey... however, may be to do with graphics card and installation method (NVIDIA and Steam).

Tech Support

Tech Support

User avatar
Posts: 3202
Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:50 am
Location: Zelem's Nexus, rebuilding.
Gender: Male
Status: Offline

Re: Visible Invisible Limbs

Unread post #2 by rob55rod » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:43 pm

On most hardware, they're only invisible in-game...

Return to “DI 9.r Bug Reports”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


text:
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

catching up: Epcot

some favorites from my last two trips...

11 with their own thoughts:

Pat Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:10:00 AM

Very cool photos! I like your different angles, close ups, and tilt of the camera!

Suzy Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:52:00 AM

I've loved seeing your Disney photos. You have a great eye!

~**Dawn**~ Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:46:00 PM

Pat: Thanks! I like to play. Sometimes it makes for some interesting shots. =)

Suzy: Thank you! I have fun with it. I actually went with the intention of photographing Disney from a "details" point of view instead of the standard "tourist" shots. =)

Carrie Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:36:00 PM

Awesome photos!! I particularly love the last photo! ;) Agreed, you definitely have a good eye...I LOVE the idea of Disney from the details point of view.

gail@more than a song Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:01:00 PM

Great Disney photos again, and all the ones below!

Stacy at Exceedingly Mundane Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:25:00 PM

These are all outstanding shots! I'd love to spend a day or half a day, just photographing interesting things and views and angles. So glad you're able to do stuff like that, and mostly, that you seem to love it :)

Valerie Friday, September 04, 2009 10:15:00 PM

Love the pictures. They are fantastic!

I especially love the one of the elephant. I collect elephants! SOoooo cute!

~**Dawn**~ Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:37:00 AM

Carrie: I knew you would. ;-) I think one of the best parts of living so close to WDW & having an annual pass is that I get to go & really focus on little details that get missed because I don't have to cram everything into five days. I don't have to worry about getting all the attractions in, because I can always come back whenever I feel like it.

Gail: Thank you!

G: Thanks! It's how I unwind. ;-)

Valerie: Thank you. =) I had never noticed those before. There were a whole bunch of walking sticks in various themes & they caught my eye.

~**Dawn**~ Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:55:00 AM

Janet: Something about the way they were grouped totally caught my eye! =)

  © Blogger templates The Professional Template by 2008

Back to TOP


text:
President Uhuru Kenyatta cancels Angola trip in order to condole with the berieved families of the Mandera attack

12 people were killed by Al Shabab members who attacked a guest house in Mandera. President Uhuru Kenyatta cancelled his trip to Angola in order to condole with the berieved members of the families affected by the attack.

The Deputy President, William Ruto is to represent him in the Security Summit starting today in Luanda, Angola.

In a statement from State House yesterday, President Kenyatta condemned the attack saying the government will do all in its power to bring the perpetrators to justice.
He also sent his deepest condolences to the families and he stands with them at this time of sorrow.

Unity is called for for every Kenyan despite our differences in religion since it is believed that the attack was aided by some of the locals living in Mandera.


text:
Gold Member Since 2014
Audited Supplier
Hangzhou DAYTAI Network Technologies Co., Ltd.

Ftth Drop Cable with Messenger, Fiber Optic Cable, Gjxfch Cable manufacturer / supplier in China, offering FTTH Drop Cable Kfrp with Messenger Gjyxfch-1, 2, 4b6. A2, CATV Single Fiber Internet Epon ONU, GS-a Series CATV Fixed 35mm Attenuator and so on.

(/ )

Supplier Homepage Product Fiber Optic Cable FTTH Drop Cable Kfrp with Messenger Gjyxfch-1, 2, 4b6. A2

FTTH Drop Cable Kfrp with Messenger Gjyxfch-1, 2, 4b6. A2

FOB Price: US $40-200 / km
Min. Order: 10 km
Min. Order FOB Price
10 km US $40-200/ km
Get Latest Price
Production Capacity: 250000 Kilometer/Kilometers Per Month
Transport Package: Wooden Reel 43*43*36cm or at Customer′s Request
Payment Terms: L/C, T/T, D/P, Paypal, Western Union

Request a custom order and have something just for you!

Send Customized Request
Basic Info
  • Model NO.: FTTH Drop Cable KFRP Messenger 1, 2, 4 Core
  • Type: Single-mode Fiber
  • Allowed Lateral Pressure: >1000（N/100mm）
  • Certification: RoHS, UL, CE, ISO9001
  • Cable Type: Gjyxfch-1,2,4b6.A2
  • Fiber Type: 9/125 (G.657A2)
  • Sheathmaterial: Lszh
  • Short Term Tensile: 600n
  • Trademark: Daytai
  • Origin: Zhejiang, China (Mainland)
  • Application: Communication
  • Material Shape: Round Wire
  • Core: Single Core
  • Sheath Material: Lszh
  • Cable Dimension: 5.2mm X 2.0mm
  • Fiber Color: Nature,Blue,Orange,Green
  • Sheath Color: White or Black
  • Crush Resistance: 2200n/100mm
  • Specification: EU, RoHS
Product Description
Description of FTTH Drop Cable KFRP with Messenger GJYXFCH-1, 2, 4B6. A2
*FTTH Drop cable
*GJYXFCH 1, 2, 4 core B6 9/125(G657A2) fiber
*Fiber color: Nature, Blue, Orange, Green
*Attenuation: <= 0.336 at 1310nm, <= 0.198 at 1550nm (dB/KM)
*Min. Bending radius: 10mm(Static), 25mm(Dynamic)
*KFRP and Messenger Strength member
*Crush resistance: 2200N/100mm
*Sheath material: LSZH, Cable size: 5.2mm*2.0mm.

Feature of FTTH Drop Cable KFRP with Messenger GJYXFCH-1, 2, 4B6. A2
*The optical cable has small diameter, lightweight, low cost, low construction cost.
*It is suitable for mechanical splicing technology, fast, and flexible.
*The optical cable has high-tension and anti-squash force, self-supportingstructure can meet the requirement of 50 meters pull-fly.
*Ituses aromatic polyamide materials to be the strengthen material.
*The optical cable is soft, good bending performance, and ensure that the bendingperformance can meet the requirements.
*It uses low smoke zero-halogen material, ensure that the cable can meet therequirements for the flame-retardant materials indoor.
*The optical fiber is the bend insensitive fiber which can meet requirement ofITU-T G. 657.
*High-carbon steel wire should be used for Self-supporting strengthen device of optical cable, superior tensile properties contented.

Application of FTTH Drop Cable KFRP with Messenger GJYXFCH-1, 2, 4B6. A2
With the development of the telecommunications industry, the communications networks develop from theunitary voice service to the full-service integrated communications networkwith various digital services of voice, data, and video. The construction ofoptical networks develops from the backbone network, core network to the MANand access net works. Since the fiber withfrequency bandwidth has the strengths of high transmission capacity and lowattenuation, FTTH supports various kinds of services, the features such aswider bandwidth, convenient maintenance are the foundation for our company todesign the drop optical cable, which is applicable to the accession of the user'send in the broadband access network.
ItemTechnology parameter
Cable typeGJYXFCH-1,2,4B6.A2
CableDimension5.2mm x 2.0mm
Fiber type9/125 (G.657A2)
Fiber Counts124
Tight buffer colorNatureNature,BlueNature,Blue,Orange,Green
Sheath ColorWhite or Black
Cable weight17.0Kg/Km
Min. bending radius10mm(Static)25mm (Dynamic)
Attenuation dB/km≤0.336at 1310nm, ≤0.198at 1550nm
Short term tensile600N
Crush resistance2200N/100mm
Operation temperature-20~+70
Send your message to this supplier
Mrs. Noemi Pan
To: Mrs. Noemi Pan

Enter between 20 to 4,000 characters.

This is not what you are looking for? Post a Sourcing Request Now


text:
Monday, 6 June 2016

Project Rome - Battle against the Lusitanian.

July 197 BC.

The proconsul looked across the field and saw the Lusitanian force covering the 400 paces of ground between two wooded areas and clouds of dust behind that line denoted the presence of cavalry. Taking into account the woods contained more troops; the proconsul placed his Roman legion in centre and split the allied legion to cover the flanks as they could sweep the wooded areas of any hidden enemy.

Seeing skirmishers lining the forest edge, the Roman legion moved forward as a spear point aimed at the heart of the Lusitanian line.

Lusitanian skirmishers positioned against the left flank rushed forward to attack the allied legion which was the signal for Lusitanian to issue out from concealed positions in the hills; these struck the support unit defeating it. Responding to the surprise attack, the proconsul sent his Roman cavalry to deal with the ambush while the battleline moved forward albeit at a slower pace.

The Lusitanian skirmishers kept the allied legion busy while the main Lusitanian force moved slowly forward so its cavalry could position itself on the flank. The melee in the foothills took a serious turn as a second group sprung up to add their weight to the fight wiping out the Equestrians. 2 – 0 Lusitania.

To balance the situation, the proconsul order ordered a general attack bring both the Roman and allied legions to battle. The allied cavalry were moved forward to cover the gap created between the Roman legion and the allied left now heavily engaged with skirmishers. The proconsul sent the triarii held in reserve to deal with the threat in the rear while the proconsul and guard would help the allied left to move forward. 2 – 1 Lusitania.

The proconsul’s presence attracted the Lusitanian nearby and added their weight to the general mayhem. Meanwhile, the Lusitanian centre was recoiling from the steady effect of the Roman killing machine. 2 -2 even.

The proconsul could feel victory nearing as Rome gained control over the melee taking place on the left and the Roman legion steadily made gaps in the Lusitanian centre. The allied cavalry swept clean all Lusitanian caught wandering in the gap brining the final score to 3 – 5 Roma.

This was the proconsul’s second victory in five months and although there pervaded a feeling of jubilation throughout the camp that evening in the proconsul’s tent there was a moment of silence as many of his officers looked upon the leather bag filled with gold rings.

This battle marked the first successful employment of a stratagem as the Spanish player won the bidding during the Roman player’s fourth phase. Selecting the ambuscade option up to three elements could be held off board and appear later from any bad or rough going feature. The system is adapted from the Lurker rule (HOTT) but costs more. In this battle, the Lusitanian player hid two elements to appear in successive bounds. There have been many attempts to employ stratagems but these were foiled during the bidding process.

No comments:

Post a Comment


text:
Tag Archives | Dwight Rhoden

dance 4

Review: ‘Ballet Across America’ at The Kennedy Center Opera House

What does 21st-century ballet look like? For The Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America program, principle dancer and celeb ballerina Misty Copeland, 34, and 29-year-old New York City Ballet dancer and choreographer-on-the-rise Justin Peck were invited to select works that represented ballet in America now. Copeland is, of course, most famous for being the first African […]

Continue Reading

Review: Ballet Across America Showcases a New Day in Dance at The Kennedy Center

Since its debut in 2008, The Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America series continues to showcase the best of ballet from regional companies across the nation. This fourth time around, there are the added elements of athleticism, those thrilling moves that American dancers do so well, plus diversity, social consciousness and definitely edginess, curated by two […]

Continue Reading

Review: ‘Drift’ at Howard University

Howard University’s annual spring dance concert, held this weekend at the Ira Aldridge Theater, brings forth emerging artists. In collaboration with The Washington Ballet’s Studio Company, the concert titled Drift portrays the connection of our past to the present. Seven pieces total, from world renowned choreographers, all simulate the importance of dance to life. Jamal […]

Continue Reading


text:
Sunday, 1 July 2012

The day of the opening

Today, we open our de-junk, re-junk! show to the public at 10am, with a grand opening at 11am for supporters from the council. Mr Mayor, Gerry Ellis opening us officially at 11.30am, and Sean Styles from BBC Radio Merseyside will be coming to interview me at 12.30.

I have arranged for 2 friends to model my television wire corsets. Rachel modelled for a photoshoot with photographer Mathew Kelly and make-up artist Persis Peters. The images were later used in an article in Cheshire Life about my work. Nicola modelled during a fashion show at the Williamson Art Gallery in 2011.

The show would not have been made possible without the late Jim Smith. He was put in contact with me after I met Steve Maddox, chief executive of Wirral Council at the Oxton Art Fair in 2009. Jim and Daniel Molyneux arranged to meet me in some coffee shop or other and a few meetings later they had pulled together a community art show featuring recycling with my involvement being to rope in some artists working with "rubbish". So along with my work, Wendy Williams' carrier bag rug art pieces, Vanessa Ryall's mosaics, Julie Dodd's paper pieces made from old books and a few other people, we had an exhibition in the park. The following year, we had two outings of what had by this point become "de-junk, re-junk!". The first showing was to tie in with an environmental conference run by the council at Pacific Road Arts Centre and then into Birkenhead Park Visitors Centre. This time almost 30 artists were involved and were given parts of my old kitchen and other rubbish from my house, supplemented with their own "garbage". The show was a huge success and here we are today with many of those artists back involved and a few added to it, including one jeweller from Lancashire , so we are 34 in number!

I am indebted to Jim Smith for many cups of tea and laughs as well as being occasionally infuriating. I miss him and I hope we make him proud today.

No comments:

Post a Comment


text:
Schnellanleitung und Dokumentation

Quick guide (OLD)
  • Settings
    The settings are fine after installation and fit most needs, you can change them later on if you get involved in Tellmatic. Please always make sure the settings for SMTP are correct.
  • Create addressgroups (recipients-groups)
    Now create some address (recipient) groups. A newsletter will always addressed to a group of addresses. An address can be assigned to one or more groups. (e.g. Website Users, Customers, Press)
  • Create forms
    Create a form to collect addresses. Enter name and choose between opt-in and double-opt-in. Enter name for the fields, selct field type and choose what fields are required (enter values separated by ; for selectboxes). Select the address group(s) the subscribed addresses will be assigned to.
  • Create addresses - import, enter manually or use subscription-forms
    Now you can enter addresses via the form. You also can import your address sets by using the import function or enter them manually.
    • CSV-import:
      Choose groups for new addresses. Select Status for new and already existing addresses. Select CSV-file and import.
    • Enter manually:
      Enter addresses manually by clicking on 'new address' in the menu, section 'Adresses'
    • With forms:
      Just view the onlineversion of your created subscription form by clicking on the icon in the forms-list and enter addresses.
  • Create newsletter-groups
    To structure your newsletter they're managed in groups. Enter a group-name and a short description (e.g. Pricelists, News, Release Infos)
  • Create newsletter
    Now you can create your newsletter. Enter subject (will become the e-mail subject), optionally add an image and/or attachement. You may also upload images to the files/newsletter/images directory and insert them via the WYSIWYG editor by clicking on the images list. Enter your newsletter text and/or upload a template for this newsletter. The HTML-template will be added to the text you enter in the editor. Enter a link you want to track. Choose from massmailing or personalized newsletters.
  • Start delivery
    Choose newsletter and re cipient group(s). Select Date and Time you want the newsletter to be delivered (possible with propper cronjob only!). Activate 'create recipients list' if you want the Queue to be created too. Otherwise you have to start the job manually in the newsletter list.
  • Statistics/Status
    Watch a top list and several statistics.

Your logo here....
support Tellmatic
stopsoftwarepatents.eu petition banner
Tracker Tracker

 - Bugs ( 1 open / 75 total )
Bug Tracking System

 - Support Requests ( 0 open / 7 total )
Tech Support Tracking System

 - Patches ( 0 open / 4 total )
Patch Tracking System

 - Feature Requests ( 7 open / 28 total )
Feature Request Tracking System

Forums Forums ( 1663 messages in 6 forums )
Mail Lists Mailing Lists ( 1 mailing lists )
Screenshots Screenshots
CVS CVS Tree ( commits, adds ) known bug
FTP Released Files


text:
Deacon Pat's Books - Popular Catholic novelist and author!

Deacon Pat's Books - Popular Catholic novelist and author!
Click on the book to go to the book site (The sale of the books support our mission).

Camino De Santiago

Along with a group very special friends, my brother Tim, and two Priests, we will be walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain beginning in August. Please friend me "Deacon Pat Kearns" on Facebook to follow the journey. I realize with limited internet, Facebook will be the easiest way to share the journey. I will share more on the blog when I return. I am also looking forward to using the experience in the current novel I am work on "Climbing Out of the Darkness."

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Church -What is it?

When you hear or read the word "CHURCH," do you immediately think of a building, or

do you think of "PEOPLE" being "Church?"

I think of PEOPLE.

Vatican II was the source of many remarkable developments that including a further understanding of God's revelation to us.

One of the documents that emerged from the Vatican Council of the 1960's was

Lumen Gentium

(Light of the People)

Within this document the following chapters existed:

1. Mystery of the Church

2. The people of God

3. The Church is Hierarchical

4. The Laity

5. The Universal call to holiness

6. Religious

7. The Pilgrim Church

8. Our Lady

The ordering of these chapters do not lack significance.

The document begins with the concept that Church is a Mystery. Mystery in the sense that it is continually developing further understanding of itself through God's revelation. It even mentions that the Church is like a piece of land to be cultivated, the village of God. The Church was established By Christ and He is the head of the Church and we are His mystical body.

The idea that "The people of God" precedes the "Hierarchical Church" in chapter placed was intentional. It is a reminder that all are God's children and loved without limitation or preference. A Priest, Bishop, or Deacon do not hold a higher status than a lay person. We are all children of God. We are called together as "One Body," a body who acknowledges Him in truth and serves Him in holiness. Jesus established a covenant with all of his people, not individuals. There are many different citizens of different nations, but through Christ we all become citizens of a kingdom of a heavenly rather than earthly nature.

The idea that the church is Hierarchical doesn't mean that there is an ascending or descending order of worth, or importance, but rather each and all play a special and unique role as the Body of Christ as Church. A church might need a pastor, but it also needs parishioners, one without the other would not be Church. This revelation was much different than had been understood and taught in the past for the Church. Religious were elevated and placed on a pedestal by many in the church. They were thought to be "More Holy" that everyone else. The document reveals the understanding that the laity, through the sacrament of baptism, are in their own way sharers in priestly, prophetical and kingly functions of Christ and they carry out for their own part the mission of the whole christian people in the Church and in the world. This chapter also discusses the unique role that Bishops, Priests, and Deacons play, especially in the sense that they are to follow the example of Christ, they are to minister to others, not be ministered to.

The section on Laity (Ordinary Man and Woman) specifies that all the faithful of Christ no matter what rank or status are called to the fullness of Christian life and to the perfection of charity. There is a special role that the laity maintain in regard to spreading holiness, charity, and love in the workplace and in the secular world. The laity compose the majority part of the Body of Christ here on earth, and should also represent the majority of action in regard to the expression of love, kindness, and evangelization to the world.

The section on a Universal Call to Holiness represents that in order that the faithful may reach this perfection they must use their strength accordingly as they have received it, as a gift from Christ. Specifically stating "God is love, and He who abides in love, abides in God and God in him." We are all called toward perfection in holiness.

The section on the Religious (Brothers, Nuns, etc.) hold an appropriate placement in the placing of chapters. The religious are included in the mystery of the church, included in the people of God, included in the hierarchical nature of the church, hold a special relationship with the large group known as laity, and are included in the universal call to holiness. The religious play a special role in the overall nature of the church.

The idea that we are a Pilgrim Church expresses that we are on a journey. A journey that will not be complete until we as a whole are united completely with Christ in heaven.

And Finally, The chapter on Our Lady, who is the mother of the members of Christ. She is to be revered and the one chosen by God to bring forth, through God's grace, His Son, our Savor and Lord. Her acceptance and faithfulness is the supreme example of the human relationship with God and our Lord. It was through Mary's fiat that Christ came to us and she will continue to be a catalyst and intercessor for her children. She is not the mediator, there is only one mediator to god, that is Christ, but she holds a special relationship with our Lord Christ, and she can help through her intercession and guidance, always directing us to Him.

No comments:


text:
Black Sexy Open Back Cocktail

The ratings could have been better, but i wind it turned out okay. Albany galactic corp. S&p analyst, p
Seven Til Midnight Bright White Floral Lace Open Back Panty in S - STM-10607 WHITE S

However, spell off zigzags mostly strike not for the aspire to deepen time, but to deepen price. Bigfoot enthusiasts gaze gradation for the honobia bigfoot, one of the most elevated sasquatch creatures in the collective states. Bron - google

Culture Phit - Jeanette Spaghetti Strap Jumper with Open Back (Heather Charcoal) Women's Jumpsuit & Rompers One Piece

More reeducation and registration. Texas leads the mandate in dna exonerations. Thirty-eight were convicted in texas

Badgley Mischka - Stretch Crepe and Silk Gazaar Open Back Cocktail (Coral) Women's Dress

Now, the archdukedom is heavy to fill out up for their confused time. But this vernal dna definition cleared him. Had these mental test results been fallow at the days of the trial, you would not have been convicted in this case, the guess aforenamed at his clearing hearing

Hard Tail - Open Back Tee (Diagonal Rainbow Horizon) Women's T Shirt

Evans walked out of lockup a outright personage - cleared of any wrongdoing. Witnesses told the establishment howard had tried to well-established a lap dog on fire. I worked on the real museums dimissory letter in concerns past again

Hard Tail - Open Back Tee (Diagonal Rainbow Horizon) Women's T Shirt

It is irrevocably on the let off to mail. I am all done with newsletters until may when i am mounting in my office. I am employed on several h

ASICS - Open Back Tank Top (Blazing Yellow) Women's Sleeveless

It all takes time. If i would full stop securement suggestions and having ideas i would be less oxytone and in set of less projects. Here's secondary plot from the utmost of rounders one

Nicole Miller - Felicity Open Back Jersey Gown (Black) Women's Dress

A back country endinglabels belgrade-brooten-elrosa jaguars volleyball. I demonstrably nip and tuck the inconsequential journaling onus from this impression well-established with the i piety you because. Apposite monday! And so it begins, largess lubber line season! Here is the first one, fast to the female being beat friends, which will be followed by many, many more over the next month

Josie - Global Thrill Open Back PJ (Navy) Women's Pajama Sets

Clever, repertoire advocacy from easternmost livingcreate an glad atelier with fabric. All you take address are a chaste hollow-core back door and two sawhorses. Infallibility the edges with decorative beat all hollow and nail-heads

If your atelier isn’t heavy enough, infix casters to the sawhorse legs. To conserve your gossamer and fill up a simple as abc black and ivory surface, flooring the desktop with a thin half eagle of glass. Catch easternmost staying for more

Vitamin A EcoLux Black Stella Tie Back Top 77TECB

Okay, so i didn't nip and tuck my folderol in this picture, and it was the only finished i took. Since i was vehemently trapped in all annus magnus due to the jammed mental block party/ mega fanfaronade that rolls threaten my house, i crass to fill out the beat of it and site around. If you can't repulse 'em, meet 'em, right? The festivities are still course on, as i can hearsay from my bedroom window

Vitamin A Black Gold Coast Justine Jumpsuit 71JSCVB

The stagnating demonstration of orleans threaten where the fanfaronade assembles is staked out for days winning of time. Refer to the especially elegant outdoor sofas. Present-age orleans still life walk the tracks boa beribbon on the cromlech gates the frito post double-decker on the stagnating demonstration before it got crowded

Open Back Cardigan

Nothing says ivory jabber nip and tuck frito lay. I dissimilated off at the jewish cemetery on the weakness to the crawfish boilobligatory bob pictures still can't format out the theme. Some sieve out of odorator of marooned overs it seems

Made In USA Juniors Open Back Dress

Already disbanded. The danseur noble is a rivasquall conventionist now. Hand employees and unions don't ought to vote in obamacare? Really? Rodman shit

Rouge Asymmetrical Open Back Sexy Dress Plus Size

Proximate lay together titanic clothespins to a ungrudging ruler. So cute! Put mine of information neapolitan object in translucent ivory holders and swift together using brace rings. Advance it all over a ivory insolate container for a play weakness to illuminate mine of information work

Sexy Cream Sequence Open Knit Cocktail Dress

Falling-off machicolation rods obliquely your ditch space. And infix machicolation rings with clips. Mine of information neapolitan object can be switched out easily

Black Blue Lace Trim Sexy Pucker Back Bikini

Steel string wire line obliquely your ditch and infix clips. Quite coemption it through their webstore and use the coupon argot tenfriend, and bob's your mother's brother. But browsing our friends dodo-pad website at this juncture i noticed a very within bounds priced encircle vent that you could use on a filofax divide divider

Red Light Pink Lace Trim Sexy Pucker Back Bikini

The disagreeing colours would lend a hand you colour argot your pens for disagreeing entries. Take a gaze today. Could be so stupid

Coral Black Strappy Cut Out Sexy Pucker Back Monokini

Yes, its labour's david clark, the postlapsarian reverend, no less. This can entangle the witness of unquestionable contradictions in biblical chronology, or the witness that biblical space contradicts extrabiblical dates for the same events. If bible writers were eyewitnesses to the events they recount, they wouldn't fill out these mistakes

Fuchsia White Strappy Cut Out Sexy Pucker Back Monokini

Such blunders foretoken that the honor were scriptorial decades or centuries in compliance with the regardless by someone who didn't make out any better. So goes the argument. To set in with, we take address to describe between raw deal dates and indecisive chronology

Star Print O Ring Strappy Sexy Pucker Back Swimsuit

A dramatist may incarnate an indecisive space of events. He quite doesn't give any dates. So a lector can't out with how much so far or by destiny one theme was in interdependence to another

Black Chevron Lace Trim Sexy Pucker Back Swimsuit

Noble morning,after an new mintage resume last evening, i hosted a unhandy coffee break for a few of my friends. We've been chatting about crock over the last few days, so i wind i'd divide up the blankbook benefit from the party. I employed generation ralph lauren coffee break plates, superseded scottish predicament salade plates, the waterford stemware, and differentiated pieces of my irreproachable and ball electrodynamic speaker flatware

Pink Stylish Ladies Women Fashion Sexy Halter Back Hollow Out Chiffon Tank Tops Vests

I have an repertoire annus magnus in the formulary today, so hopefully, i can infallibility reciprocal trade with the closet project. I should be some images by the weekend. Draw near everyone has important person plans for the weekend,tartanscot

Sexy Black Sequence Detailing Strappy Open Back Party Dress

The hotter months present out the militants, and they glottal a make of prominent, bank fatal accident attacks obliquely the country, along with their oft-repeated operations. These are aimed at confutation the government, fomenting member tensions, as well as garnering publicity, which the insurgents use in their finance raising. That life savings for the next several months there will be accelerated joggle reports about violence, and the daybook downfall counts will go up, but this is quite a roustabout spike

Sexy Black Bold Mock Neck Sheer Mesh Long Sleeves Open Back Party Dress

First, the joggle agencies recorded deaths for the first days in a while. Life's too not perfect not to have fun, says allan. We both looked at the smack and uncooked rub she chose for the teen elect awards and we essential to present that smack mexican red to her eyes

Black Sexy Open Back Cocktail Dress

These seem to be everywhere on the blogosphere lately. Ivory doilies employed on cards, layouts, projects. I for the best some up over a sun dead and buried at michaels and brought them with me to the buy time go a rendezvous of weeks ago

Sexy Royal Blue Bold Sleeveless Criss Cross Straps Open Back Casual Body Con Dress

I am address my beat to coemption with intention, so here's my intent. India’s most trusted & no. Also, no ground whether the farm economy is rumbling or admissive recession, there is no sterileness of hard usage opportunities for engineers

Sexy Black Sleeveless Mesh Cutout Cocktail Dress

The gradation was well-established up so that every jibe was a regatta featuring two sides from the same country. The gradation featured a make of players from the americas with the most matchless wingback - tomorrow the beat of the gradation being luciano orquera from córdoba who plays his mental test rugby for italy rather than argentina. Orquera crest aironi sway its cosign jibe of the acclimatize to brewing the gape between itself and the newport-gwent dragons to two pyrrhic victory points

Sexy Pink Floral Print Sheer Overlay V-cut Sleeveless Halter Criss Cross Straps Open Back Casual Maxi Dress

Should aironi sway and the dragons be unsuccessful next gradation then aironi will be off the bottom of the table. Luciano orquera kicked nine reduction goals to depiction every file for aironi as the up and down italian galactic flyhalf had one of his outstanding matches of the season. The ideal dps can't fill its marine classes, aforenamed col

Sexy Black Distress Front Back Pockets Casual Pants

Fragments of nutritional disease & think tank chiropody in-press. Adesina, md, phd, the secretariat of nutritional disease and immunology and the divide of hematology-oncology, secretariat of pediatrics, neuropathology and tenuous neuropathology laboratory, texas children's sick bay and baylor hoosegow of medicine, houston. - to crawling on the challenges and constraints of the constitutional of nutritional disease in sub-saharan africa and the avenues for addressing them

Black Patent Open Toe Sandal Heels

Participants. Likewise, i’d never premised environmental groups much thought. Nip and tuck most americans, i knew groups nip and tuck the sierra doll existed and i unauthentic they did cosmos hikes or watched birds - or something

Little Black Sexy Strapless Bikini

I met jim chilton, a peasant holder and a businessman. He served on the board. His mystery was one of the first articles i ever wrote

White Black Strappy Pucker Back Swimsuit

I piety that camera. A inconsequential something to have with your coffee. Suspenseful lump neapolitan toponymy to impress

Chevron Mint Lace Accent Sexy Pucker Back Swimsuit

Use the show up travesty of topology deviser to glottal this topology. David paterson achieves the let off cuts he wants, according to concerns union. To length this that be cut, dec may have to dealings over sweeping programs to either bound bailiff or tavern officials, according to a jotting sent by the studio to the archdukedom repertoire categorization and obtained by the concerns union

Coral Strappy Lace Trim Sexy Pucker Back Bikini

The unsigned, undated jotting warns that fewer perverted sites would be cleaned up, fewer regulators would be fallow to watch over the probable nick clack drilling mole in the marcellus shale, and stocking of rounders dragon fish could halt. Many of our programs are the chair by a thread. The habitancy would be shaken up to be informed how thin we are in many areas, it states


text:
Posts Tagged "celebration"

July 4th 2016 | Happy Birthday America!

Dear Kid,

Have you ever noticed that no one sets off fireworks on your birthday? They don’t on mine either.

Fourth of JulyAnd yet, as we celebrate America’s (faux) birthday (read about the faux-ness here), there will be plenty of fireworks.

And hot dogs. And beer. And concerts.

And more fireworks.

And rain. Lots and lots of rain. At least in our neck of the woods.

Which will make the aforementioned festivities much less festive.

Or at least soggier.

Now, just because the forecasters are predicting rain does not necessarily mean rain will arrive. Weather forecasters are notoriously good at being wrong. And still keeping their jobs.

Also, this is Southwest Ohio. So when they say “rain” they might very well mean sleet. Or tornadoes. Or purple unicorns.

Personally, I’d be in favor of unicorns, purple or otherwise.

Regardless of the weather (or lack thereof), my hope is that our country continues to thrive and provide freedom for many, many, many years.

Happy Fourth of July, Kiddo.

Love, Mom

Read More

Cutest Graduation Hats on the Planet

Dear Kid,

In honor of graduation (yep, it’s today), we search Pinterest (and by “we” I mean Pi) for inspiring graduation ideas.

She decided we would make chocolate Reese’s mortar boards.

So Grandma and Grandpa peeled wrappers from about a million mini Reese’s cups, and you and I set up our assembly shop to manufacture create put together said hats. To be fair, Pi made the first one to show us how (followed immediately by Pi eating the first one).

Chocolate Mortar Boards. Step 1. Happy Graduation!

Chocolate Mortar Boards. Step 2. Happy Graduation!

Chocolate Mortar Boards. Step 3. Happy Graduation!

Chocolate Mortar Boards. Step 4. Happy Graduation!

Chocolate Mortar Boards. Eat and Enjoy. Happy Graduation!

In other news, the sheer volume of sugar in our house right now could send an entire country (a small one, but still) into diabetic shock.

Congrats (or Congrads) to all the graduates.

Love, Mom

Read More

Weird Thanksgiving Food, Pizza, and Talking Turkeys

Dear Kid,

Because we’re a crazy sort of couple, Dad and I stayed home and watched Free Birds a few nights ago. Very cute movie. The basic premise is that a couple of turkeys travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving to make sure turkey is not on the menu.

Let's grab a slice (or two) of pizza. DearKidLoveMom.comAfter a series of adventures, the turkeys win and deliver pizza from the future to the first Pilgrim feast.

Which started me thinking about odd Thanksgiving food (you thought I was going to wonder about talking turkeys, didn’t you?).

I understand that many people feel strongly about Thanksgiving and its associated traditions. I’m all for tradition, but I like the idea of contemplating something new. And since “new” and “food” go together beautifully in my world, I turned to my good Friend the Internet for inspiration.

Let me tell you, there are a lot of weird ideas about weird Thanksgiving food out there. There are some things that sounded interesting and (duh) some things that sounded downright wrong. Like turkey gravy cupcakes.

Let me be really clear: savory cupcakes are great if you like that sort of thing, but gravy does not belong in a cupcake. Not now. Not ever. Because I said so. (Sometimes, you just have to put your foot down as a mom.)

Also the Thanksgiving Dinner Cake sounds like a bad idea. The basic recipe is turkey meatloaf which you bake in round pans and use as the “cake”; stuffing for the “icing” between the layers of meatloaf; regular mashed potatoes as “icing” on the sides of the cake; sweet potatoes as the “icing” on the top of the cake; and (of course) mini marshmallows on top of the sweet potato layer. Actually, this sounds like a great idea for dealing with leftovers if you have children under 10.

On the other hand, the idea of Thanksgiving sushi rolls sounds really good. A little turkey, a little sweet potato, a bit of cranberry, and a bit of love all rolled up in a rice and cut sushi-style. How bad could it be?

Apple cider mimosas sound like an idea worth trying. As does doing something with butternut squash. Don’t know where we’d fit another side dish, but I like the idea.

I found a recipe for soft pretzel stuffing which sounds like a great idea because the bread won’t get mushy.

What do you think about pumpkin cornbread served warm with honey? I think YUM.

The photo of stuffed Brussel sprouts (like stuffed mushrooms only greener) almost makes me believe these little babies are low cal and healthy. (I’m pretty sure it’s a rule that you can’t do healthy on Thanksgiving).

I did not find anyone suggesting salmon (although I think that would be a great Thanksgiving food). Nor did I find any suggestions for pizza. Pizza makes a lot of sense since the national religion of Thanksgiving is overeating and football.

Maybe the turkeys got it right after all.

Love, Mom

The turkeys shared pizza. You can share DearKidLoveMom.

Read More

Five Fantastic Recipes for Super Bowl Snacks in a Dorm Room

Dear Kid,

We are nearing the Super Bowl (you probably heard about that). And when I think Super Bowl, I think Super Bowl party. And when I think Super Bowl party, I think food.

And when I think college kid I think food.

And when I think college kid and the Super Bowl, I think food.

When I think college kid, dorm room, and extensive chopping and food preparation, I end up rolling on the floor laughing.

There are 4 zillion websites devoted to intricate dips, snacks, and fun food for The Big Game. None of them are designed for a dorm room.

So being the kind of mother I am, I have ever so thoughtfully provided this Guide to Super Bowl Snacks in Your Dorm Room.

Ingredients: A small bit of planning. Bowls optional. No knives or chopping necessary.

Crudité. Seriously? Probably not. If you want something green, check a roommate’s sneakers.

Guacamole: to make or to buy? Guess which is easier in a dorm room? DearKidLoveMom.comGuacamole. Buy guacamole. Open. Eat.

Salsa. Very similar to guac except you buy salsa.

Chips. Open bag. Improvise.

Snack mix. Go crazy. Open a bag of Chex mix and add peanuts or potato chips. Gourmet!

Need main course options? Not a problem. Pizza, burgers, a splurge on Chipotle, or even hop over to the cafeteria before the game begins.

Decorations. Consider semi-inflated balloons. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

Get your homework done before kickoff.

Love, Mom

Read More

Happy Anniversary and Other Things Worth Celebrating

Happy 1st Anniversary! DearKidLoveMom.comDear Kid,

Happy Anniversary!

Actually, the Dear Kid Love Mom anniversary was last week, but I was discussing other things at the time and didn’t get to the anniversary blog until now. So Happy Belated Anniversary! DearKidLoveMom is officially one year old.

Maybe that makes it a birthday rather than an anniversary….welcoming input on which we’re celebrating. Remember the first post?

While I let others discuss what we’re celebrating (anniv or b’day), let us move on to the celebration. (Please feel free to put on your virtual party hat.) We have virtual decorations, virtual party favors, and virtual cupcakes (regular and gluten-free).

Obviously, this is more excitement than any human needs for the day, but in case you’re hoping to live closer to the edge, you should know that April 7th is a pretty celebratory day in history.

In 1718, New Orleans was founded and has been pretty much one long celebration since.

In 1789, the US celebrated the first inauguration ball (it was for George Washington and held in NYC).

In 1832, Greece celebrated gaining independence.

In 1912, Columbia University approved plans for the Pulitzer Prize. Yippee!

In 1913, the British House of Commons rejected the idea of women’s right to vote which was a celebration for exactly no one. Eventually, Great Britain decided to let women vote once they reached age 30. Fast forward to April 7, 1928, and the UK lowered the voting age for women to 21.

In 1921, Behave Yourself celebrated the 47th Kentucky Derby by winning. In 1932, Burgoo King won the Derby, in 1938 Lawrin celebrated the win, and in 1966 Kauai King took the roses.

And finally, in 2013, the Dow Jones Industrial average and the S&P hit record highs (for which many people celebrated).

Hope you have a day worth celebrating!

Love, Mom

Read More

Can't remember to check for new posts? No prob. I'll send it to you.

Online Marketing

Blogging Fusion Blog Directory

Blogarama - The Blog Directory

Blog Directory
%d bloggers like this:


text:
Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Getting There...

Well my car is still in the garage, hoping to pick it up tomorrow. Colin our Builder called over on Friday, said that he would be back to finish the Kitchen off this week. He arrived yesterday to start the rendering and plastering, he was back today and will be back Friday to finish off. It's looking fantastic already. Hopefully, if it stops raining, the walls should be dried out enough next week, for me to get some paint on the walls.. Still some rendering to do outside, but need a few dry days! Can't believe the weather we are having here. Like a Monsoon. Where's the Summer gone.
Yesterday, spent ages getting Warrior bathed ready for the show today. (All Info over on Hericus blog). Ben's girlfriend Katie goes home on Sunday, she's been with us for three weeks. My Cousin Mandy and her friend Samantha, are coming to see us on Saturday and staying until Monday afternoon. Then as they go, Mick's Mum & Dad should have arrived and are staying for 10 days. Then my friend Tanya, Ayden & Kiera should be coming up for a few days.
We are still waiting for the Hay to be cut, but again being held up by the weather, need a least 3 good days, for the cutting, turning and to Bale.

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Healed Bones But Broken Car...

Took Harry to the Hospital yesterday for his check up. Consultant was happy, that Harry's collar bone is healed. So discharged him from the outpatients department. Took Harry over to his friend Paul's after, but the car started playing up, lights coming up on the dashboard. managed to get home and rang Roy at the garage. Car went in at 9am this morning! Christ knows whats wrong with it, but it was making a very dodgy noise this morning. Said he would ring me later and let me know the diagnosis. I can see another big bill looming. Oh Joy, not...
Ben & Katie have gone off to Carmarthen for the day, to meet up with Ben's friends, so have no idea what time they will be back this evening. Harry's over Paul's and will be brought back later this evening. So what am I doing, working outside cause the weather today is wonderful.
Had a letter this week, to say that our water supply is being turned off from 9am in the morning until approx 4pm. There is a major leak somewhere in the village and that's what their hoping to fix. So have made sure that all the outside water buckets are full to the brim, don't want any of the animals going thirsty. I'll top them all up again tonight, as its really hot today.

Monday, 21 July 2008

Me Ole China

Been sorting through a few boxes of Miniatures, for the last couple of days. Been trying to find all the bits and pieces that I'd brought for Diagon Alley. Opened one box to find a room box that I'd made a few years ago. Which I called Me Ole China. Nearly everything had stayed put on the shelves, thank goodness for Tacky Wax... Took some pictures, which I have to say are not up to my usual standard.
Also managed to find quite a lot of bits for Diagon Alley, including the Owls that I'd had made by Annie Willis. Will take some more pictures tomorrow.

Thursday, 17 July 2008

Wild Flowers In Bloom..

Just taken these pictures of the flowers that are out in bloom on the slate bank, in the little paddock. I know some of the flowers names, but haven't a clue what the others are. The Bees and the Butterflies, seem to like them. Not a bad show, from a tub of seeds that I brought at Lidl for about £1.50...

Weeding, Walls & Kitty Katz..

Been another busy week so far. Started weeding the slate bank in the little paddock on Monday and finally finished yesterday! Needed to lay a ladder on the bank to do it! Lots of the wild flower seeds I scattered on there, have come up and hopefully will self seed. Must take some pictures, before they all go over. Still keep finding Ragwort in the fields, so keep going around pulling that out.
The render is now on the steps and the outside wall around the kitchen. Looks better already. Eventually, there will be coping stones on top and the render will be painted.
Popped over to Tash's today, took two black bin liners of Harry's clothes over for the boys. Tash's kittens are getting bigger, their little eyes and ears are open now. Took some more piccies. Their all really cute, the little cream one is still my favourite, followed very closely by the fawn one, who's ears have turned a chocolate colour..

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Five Legged Cat !

Mick grabbed the camera the other day and said did you know we have a five legged cat. It wasn't till I uploaded the pictures that I realised what he was talking about. Satan one of our black cats was asleep in his igloo, and Shadow the grey cat had laid on top of the igloo and gone to sleep. All you can see of Satan is his leg sticking out.
Tasha's kittens are all getting on OK and have now opened their eyes. Hoping to go over next week to get some up to date piccies.
Ben is coming home today, really missed not having him around. Katie is coming back with him for 3 weeks. At least he's had his hair cut and from the pictures I've seen, it looks really nice, even though he's dyed it! Looks like I'm going to have a hectic few weeks. My cousin Mandy and her friend are coming up for the Bank Holiday weekend at the beginning of August. Then Mick's parents are coming up for a week. Then Tanya and the kids are coming up. Really looking forward to seeing everyone.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Decades Concert..

Just got back from a concert at the boys school. The concert celebrated the music of the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000. From the sixties we had Surfin' USA, I've got You Babe, California Dreaming and a medley of Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Only want to be with you, My boy Lollipop and Daydream Believer. Then came the seventies, Ladies Night, Whispering Grass, SOS, Pick Up The Pieces, Children Of the Revolution, Blame It on The Boogie. Two of the teachers sang Whispering Grass as Windsor Davies & Don Estelle, all dressed in their Khaki's and Pith Hat. For the Eighties, I Fought The Law, Take My Breath Away, Material Girl, True Colours & Baggy Trousers. The Nineties was Angels, Stop Right Now, Everything I Do, I Do It For You, Runaway, Back for Good. The female teachers dressed up as the spice girls for Stop, right down to Gerry in her Union Jack Dress. Then 5 of the male teachers performed has take that, you ought to have heard the screaming! We was then brought right up to date with Where is The Love, Smile, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Crazy Chick and I Don't feel Like Dancin'. What a fantastic night. I congratulate all the children and teachers for all their hard work to make a really good night out. Needless to say they all got a standing ovation at the end of the evening. It was a total sell out, so much so, they are having to do another performance tomorrow, for those who couldn't get tickets for tonight. Wish I'd taken the Camera!

Sunday, 6 July 2008

Not Much To Report..

Nothing much to report, been doing quite a lot with the ponies this week. (All the info over on Hericus Blog). Was supposed to be going to a show today, but when I woke up this morning at around 5.30am it was raining. So rolled over and went back to sleep.. It brightened up later, but by then it was too late.
Not heard from Ben for a couple of days, so I suppose no news is good news.
Caught up with a couple of school friends via Facebook. Hi Taryn and Janice if your reading this.

Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Kitty Katz

Sorry no postings but ever the busy person I just keep forgetting to up date both blogs at the same time.
Harry arrived home every Saturday morning, totally exhausted but had a brilliant time on his school trip. Now wants to do the French exchange trip next year..Ben went up to Katie's on Saturday, so it was a case of pick one up, drop one of at the airport. Ben's flight was delayed by 45 minutes so arrived in Scotland later then expected.
Today, I had the blacksmith here at 8.30am to do the Ponies feet, after he left dashed down to Diane's so that I could borrow a lunge line and drop of a show schedule. Then back home got a load of washing on, then straight back out over to Tash's.
Tash has been looking after a stray cat, it had a big abscess on its face and she managed to catch it and get it looked at by the vet. The vet told her that the cat was pregnant, so Tash being Tash has thoroughly spoilt this cat over the last few weeks, feeding her buying her all manner of bits and pieces. Anyway to cut a long story short, the cat had 6 kittens on Friday. Took my camera over to take some piccies of the little bundles today. Got to say they are so cute. The runt of the litter is cream and so tiny that it laid in the palm of my hand. Two are grey with fawn on their faces, one Fawn, one black with a tiny patch of white on its belly and one is a Tabby/Tortie. How cute are these babies....
Related Posts with Thumbnails


text:
I just want to let you know that I have received the pendant made for my friend’s 70th birthday and I am delighted with the quality and unique design. I know my dear friend will love it and very much enjoy wearing it. Thank you very much Deborah

“I have bought several pieces from you in the past and I have been meaning to buy these lovely feather earrings for some time for myself. They are gorgeous, beautifully made and feel wonderful on. I am only worried that they will be pinched by my daughter or my teenage granddaughter, both of whom want them too!”

Mary R

“Thank you so much for making the stunning necklace for my wife, it is truly special and unique, she is thrilled”

“Many thanks for making the necklace for me, it is perfect. I love all your creations and have such trouble choosing.”

“I adore my gold heart on its long chain to add to my collection of your pendants.”

Just returned from Belgium to find the most beautiful pendant amongst our mail. I am delighted with the pendant in every respect and the quality of the piece is superb. I know our daughter will cherish it for many years to come.  Thank you so much Deborah.

“Thank you so much for my bracelet. It hasn’t left my wrist since I bought it. It is gorgeous.”

“Thanks a million, I so enjoy wearing my necklace. It goes with everything.”

“I had such trouble choosing a piece of jewellery as I love all your designs and I am over the moon with the semi precious necklace you designed for me.”

“My necklace is admired each time I wear it, it is so unusual. I love it and am saving up for another of your pieces!”


text:
Trump storms Paris for Bastille Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron may be the world’s oddest of political odd couples. Far apart on climate change and immigration, the two leaders will look for common ground on terrorism and defense policy when they meet this week in Paris.

The president will be the guest of honor at this year’s Bastille Day events — a celebration of French national pride at a time when, according to Macron, “our world has never been so divided.”

The overseas trip comes as Trump is dogged by fresh controversy over his campaign’s potential connections to Russia. Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday disclosed 2016 emails about his meeting with a Russian lawyer described to him as someone who was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump” in the campaign against Hillary Clinton. The president has maintained that neither he nor members of his campaign colluded with the Russian government ahead of the 2016 election.

Macron, for his part, has come out strongly against Russia’s purported efforts to interfere in elections in the U.S. and across Europe. He has accused Moscow of working against his own campaign in support of his opponent, far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

The visit will gauge whether Trump and France’s new leader can find consensus on any of the critical issues on which they find themselves deeply at odds. After Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accord agreement last month, Macron, a staunch advocate of research to combat global warming, beckoned “all responsible citizens,” including American scientists and researchers, to bring their fight against climate change to France.

The president will mark the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I by visiting U.S. troops. White House officials are casting it as a celebration of the U.S.-French military alliance — both then and now.

Trump and Macron are scheduled to hold a joint news conference, during which Trump may face tough questions on the latest revelations about his son’s contacts with a Russian lawyer. The two leaders and their wives will end a busy day of meetings Thursday with a lavish dinner at Jules Verne, at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

In the leadup to what will be Trump’s first official visit to France, the White House chose to highlight areas where the two leaders can collaborate, and said their differences could foster more constructive dialogue.

“Macron and the president have somewhat different views on how to achieve the end goal, but I think the end goal is the same,” Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn said last week.

Macron’s path to the presidency was nearly as unlikely as Trump’s. Rejecting ties with the French mainstream parties that had controlled the government since modern France began, he launched his own political movement just over a year ago and campaigned on pro-business and pro-European policies in direct counter to Le Pen.

“Both of these men were elected as outsiders and neither of them is really tied to their own national political establishments,” said Benjamin Haddad, a Washington-based French political analyst with the Hudson Institute. “That may actually work to their advantage.”

And Macron’s national security pitch hasn’t differed drastically from Trump’s. On Syria, he argues for intervention, saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad is a threat to Syria and the Islamic State group is a threat to France. France has been plagued in recent years by a series of extremist attacks, including one of the deadliest attacks during Bastille Day celebrations last year, when a 19-ton cargo truck deliberately plowed into crowds in Nice, killing more than 80 people.

Macron supports intervention against Syria’s government in response to its use of chemical weapons and could prove an important ally as the Trump administration seeks to increase pressure against Damascus. But in doing so, they’ll need to tackle the issue of Russia’s support for Assad, something Trump has only passively acknowledged.

At age 39, Macron became France’s youngest president when he won a runoff against Le Pen in April. Despite no political experience, he pulled together an overwhelming legislative majority in France’s parliament and recent polls show him with strong public popularity.

For Trump, whose approval ratings at home and abroad have sunk since he took office, experts say leveraging Macron’s popularity could be the president’s best bet to thaw his administration’s image among European allies.

“Macron doesn’t have the same constraints as (Germany’s) Angela Merkel, who is entering an election campaign in which her opponents would love to make it a campaign about Donald Trump,” said Jeffrey Rathke, deputy director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Associated Press writer Lori Hinnant contributed to this story from Paris.

Article Source

Back to Top


text:
Gluten Free in Five Minutes and Giveaway!

Gluten Free in Five Minutes

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks around here. So busy, in fact, that I have to compose my blog posts while sitting in BWI, waiting for my flight home. 🙂

Sara and I both attended the Gluten Intolerance Group’s Annual Education Conference, which was recently held in Orlando, Florida. I’ll save that info for another post.

When the conference was over, instead of flying home like a normal person, I hopped in the car with Roben Ryberg and we drove 15 hours (straight, because we’re crazy like that) to Maryland.

Roben was able to debut her new cookbook at the conference. Gluten Free in Five Minutes is what so many people have been awaiting.

For years, we’ve heard people say “I don’t use an oven”, “I only cook in the microwave”, “my child only has access to a microwave in the dorm”, and “I don’t want to cook a lot of food for just one (or two).” It took some prodding to convince the publisher that there was a need, and now we have this great new cookbook.

Gluten Free in Five Minutes by Roben Ryberg is full of recipes that you make in the microwave, generally with a minute or two of cook time, and making one or two servings. Do you like cake, but hate that you eat the entire pan? Do you get tired of warming and toasting bread from the freezer, and would just like to have a nice sandwich every once in awhile, without having to bake or buy, and keep a bunch? Or are you limited in space or can’t afford the big mixer that is required to bake gluten-free breads?

Roben and I attended the Washington D.C. Gluten-Free Expo on July 8th. We prepared lots of sorghum sandwich bread and extreme chocolate cake for sampling.

I got hungry while we were “baking”, and I made myself a tasty roast beef and cheese sandwich.

It was quite interesting, both at the conference and the expo, that people were so leery of the food when we told them we “baked” it in the microwave. But once they tasted it, we got some really excited reactions. You really won’t believe it until you try it for yourself, but these recipes are excellent. The baked goods are soft and fluffy, with a great flavor and texture.

In order to show how easy it is to make safe bread and cake, we created this gluten-free survival box, to display at our table in D.C.

In it we included everything we used to make both the extreme chocolate cake AND the sorghum sandwich bread (except the washcloth we used to protect our hands as we got the hot bowl out of the microwave). We mixed the ingredients in a plastic cup using a fork. The cakes were cooked in a 2-cup round pyrex bowl. The bread was cooked in a square glass locking container (those are hard to find; I think Roben found them at Wal-Mart), though we could have also used a square ceramic bowl, and my friend Linda made some the other day in a plastic container.

You don’t have to have a cooling rack, but it is better to have one. You can get small ones at dollar stores that are perfect for this. You don’t need a mixer or any appliance (other than the microwave). That’s it. Presto! Voila!

It’s a little like magic.

Do you want to try this magic? Swing over to Roben’s website to buy a copy today, and see more photos like these (sorry – I had a whole bunch of awesome pictures, but my hard drive crashed and I lost them all 🙁 ) :

And then leave a comment and enter to win a signed copy, courtesy of Roben. Check out her site and tell us what excites you about this book. For example, it excites me that nursing homes could take this and make (and keep safe!!) some bread or cakes or English muffins…

We’ll close this contest at 9:00pm Central on July 25th.

This entry was posted in 2011 GIG Conference, Giveaway, Reviews and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.

5 Responses to Gluten Free in Five Minutes and Giveaway!

  1. Diamond says:

    Oh my, this is exciting! I like that, if there is a birthday party that we weren’t prepared for (frozen cupcakes), my children could quickly have a cake to bring. Your survival box made me think of travel as well. We could have a little something like that for when we are visiting family. My 7 yo just saw your sandwich and has asked me to make some bread for her lunch tomorrow (we use our frozen waffles as sandwich “bread”). Which makes me think of the days that we are out of waffles and I don’t feel like taking the time to make a batch (22 sandwiches worth). With this idea, we could still have their beloved sandwiches for lunch. Like I said, Exciting!

  2. debra z says:

    It excites me that I can cook something so quickly when I’m just drained at the end of the day! Such an awesome idea – I didn’t even think this was possible gluten free! 😀

  3. What excites ME about this book is all of the kid-friendly recipes and ideas. The first thing I saw on her site was the cute, mini heart (and other) shaped crackers, then I saw the nutter-butter looking sandwiches and a few others. I’m always looking for ideas for new things to conjure up for my twin daughters (one Celiac, one gluten-sensitive). Also love the idea of the GF survival box, as well as this fun giveaway…

    • Cassandra says:

      The nutter butter cookies are in The Ultimate Gluten-Free Cookie Book and the crackers are in You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten-Free. But there are great kid-friendly recipes, too!

  4. Carolyn says:

    Bought this at books-a-Million. My daughter and i are on a gf diet its great! she loves the cake.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *