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Tuesday, January 18, 2005

I feel a severe compulsion to

So here I am.
I'll start where I can remember which is all of Friday. 4-5 days is your limit folks.
Friday at school is a haze in my memory. I remember a little of Thursday as I was on a School Council team interviewing prospective replacements for our retiring headmaster. The one I liked, who I had a secret suspicion was Christian didn't make it into the second round of interviews, but my second choice was chosen by the powers that are the school governors. He's coming from a really rough school in Oxford. He'll probably be able to handle Matravers. Seems very hands on.
Friday evening, I went to music practice for church. Twas interesting trying to sing with a new person who is tone deaf. Was harder with our pastor there, a really good singer. I was competing with perfect pitch and no pitch. I had to stick my fingers in my ears and everything.
Saturday. I got up and practically went to the bank in my pjs as I wanted to get there before it shut. I was getting out car tax money. Little Car is now on the road and taking my darling to work. The silly insurance companies won't be sorting anything till April, so Little Car was really very God given in her timing. But that's besides the point atm. I got back from the bank had a shower and re did my hair darker again. Which I liked.
Saturday evening Rob and I babysat for some friends of my parents and we had a thoroughly good time. I plaited Abigail's hair and played with Bratz dolls, whilst Rob and Kieran played motor racing on the PS2. After I put them to bed Rob and I watched Spiderman 2 and then played Crash Bandicoot Nitro Races or something which I really liked. Spiderman 2 is really rather good visually. I love the opening credits, as they give just the right period comic book feel.
It was a really great evening, so much so that I felt guilty taking money for it. It was one of those evening when I felt grateful for my relationship in a different way. I'd forgotten how much Rob and I have become friends. We were friends in one way when I had a crush on him all those years ago. But we're best friends now. I can have a great time with him without being sat on his lap, or holding his hand, or talking mush with him. We can have a laugh dissecting a film. Or trying to beat each other at a video game. It's cool just be together. I really am grateful for this.
Rob kipped in our front room, and on Sunday we took Little Car on her first adventure. She went to church, and then she went to Halfords where we got a Shaun the Sheep air freshener because she smelt so bad. We also got a tax disc holder for our newly purchased tax disc, and a demist cloth and some T -Cut to make her all clean and shiny. Then it was off into Trowbridge for a Boots first aid kit, as they're cheaper than Halfords, and to Argos to look at car alarms. Now Little Car isn't really worth anything, and no one would really want to steal her, there are some suspicious people round Rob's way who most people think trashed his moped when they could get it started when they tried to steal it,so we're being on the safe side.
She's going to the posh car wash on Saturday.
I've mostly been knitting a kittyville hat for Lori,and some cool black and white fingerless gloves for Sarah. Pictures when I can. Oh ook I'm tired typing going down hill.
Monday and today have been schooley. I chopped a chunk out my thumb on Monday in Art, trying to make a print block. Which I proudly finished on Monday night at home. My choreography has been going well too. I'm quite excited.
I'm finally actually knitting something for myself. A pair of convertible fingerless gloves mittens in schocking - yes -schocking - pink with quite probably a nice shimmery edging from my Christmas stash. So this is the end of my mighty entry. I'm off to prepare for desperate Housewives, another educational program. Oh you know Like Sex and the City.
How not to live you life....hehe

1 comment:

.:petal:. said...

As always things sound lovely Alex :) Im really happy for you. Little car sounds fab, I wanna see!!! And desperate housewives is a brilliant show! Im glad youre watching **hugs** Lots of love Fran xxxxx


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Leanne Caret

Leanne Caret
Executive Vice President,
The Boeing Company
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Defense, Space & Security

2017 National Space Symposium

The Broadmoor Hotel
Colorado Springs, Colorado

April 4, 2017

Think about this: If Earth were the size of the globe (about 12 inches diameter in most classrooms), the Space Station would be about 3/8” away, and we’ve been there 304 times.  The moon would be 30 feet away and we’ve been there 9 times. And Mars . . . Mars would be 10 miles away – and we are on our way.

I come from a Boeing family. Both of my parents worked for the company. They actually met working at the Michoud Assembly Facility outside New Orleans, where the legendary Saturn V first stage was built. I grew up on Merritt Island, next to the Cape. And though I was too young to really remember or appreciate the launches my father took me to see as a child, I will always remember years later, building model rockets with him, learning about the principles of flight, and listening as he shared that part of his life with me. Once I was old enough to really appreciate what it was he did, I could understand for the first time his deeper connection to his work, which I saw so often during his career with the company.

Today, I have the honor of a lifetime, leading a team of nearly 50,000 men and women who come to work each day to continue that legacy of innovation with that same sense of purpose. I have always shared with my team that my number one source of inspiration comes from our customers, and from doing everything we can to support them in their missions. Their success makes this world a better, safer place.

So, how does that connect to the challenges and opportunities we have before us today?

When we think about the deeper purpose behind our vision at Boeing, we think about it in terms of four words: Connect, Protect, Explore, and Inspire. Those concepts span everything we do — in commercial and defense. But what is unique about space is that it is perhaps the one domain that encompasses all four of those lofty aspirations at the same time.

For our part at Boeing, we recently reaffirmed the importance of space in our own strategy by naming the satellite market and human space exploration as two of our six key focus areas for Defense, Space & Security.

All of which is to say that together with our customers, what we do in space has the power to do amazing things — to Connect, Protect, Explore and Inspire the world.

The reality of our lives today is defined by staying connected. Of course, that connectivity is largely enabled through space systems. In the last 10 years, the demand for that connectivity has surged — not just in terms of the number of users or throughput of data, but in how indispensable space-enabled capabilities are to the routines we live out each day. That is true in both military and civilian contexts.

For example, with the recent addition of Wideband Global SATCOM-9 to that satellite constellation, the system gained with one spacecraft, ten times the bandwidth and capacity of the entire legacy communications system. With broadcast, multi-cast and point-to-point capabilities, what WGS-9, and other advanced digital payloads, are really offering us is the ability to connect, on a scale unlike anything we’ve ever seen.

The possibility for many of these advancements began with the late Dr. Harold Rosen, who passed away earlier this year – a visionary, who saw the potential to connect humanity like never before. Dr. Rosen and his team made the world a smaller place with the launch of Syncom in 1963, a triumph of imagination and engineering genius.

In those days the challenges were primarily technical. For us today, some of the steps we must take to see the continuation of that legacy are not simply technical.

To ensure these all-important connections are available to more people, more affordably, and more reliably for the future, we must make the best use of the available spectrum, as new systems are being developed. 5G is the future of telecom, and to ensure it lives up to its promise and potential, we strongly endorse regulatory support for multi-use applications in that spectrum, including both terrestrial and satellite based systems.

Cost-effective global service delivery can only work through the seamless integration of ground-based and space-based networks. Satellites can play a critical role in bridging the “digital divide” and make broadband service available to everyone, especially those in rural or underserved areas. Staying connected in the future will take leadership in this area to coordinate spectrum arrangements that offer the greatest opportunity for all.

Through continued investment and innovation, next-generation satellite networks have the potential not only to support 10 to 100 times more devices, with near-zero latency and unmatched data rates, but to do so with 99.999 percent reliability and a 90 percent reduction in network energy use. That is inspiring.

But as I shared earlier – it isn’t just about technology. We live in a global environment, where other considerations matter.  For American satellite manufacturers like Boeing — and for many of our customers all around the world — the effective shuttering of the U.S. Export-Import bank has been a source of uncertainty and frustration for too long. Without a quorum, the bank cannot finance the deals that underwrite technological progress.

Several Boeing satellite deals have been lost or delayed as a result of Ex-Im being closed to our customers. Looking beyond Boeing, more than $30 billion in U.S. export sales are currently held up because Ex-Im does not have enough board members to approve transactions in excess of $10 million. Meanwhile, 85 foreign credit agencies continue to operate around the world, putting the United States at a disadvantage, precisely when investments in the future should be accelerated.

That figure represents just one segment of the broader economic reality of this industry. The global impact of the combined private sector and government investments in space represent $330 billion per year and hundreds of thousands of skilled jobs. Those are connections, too, that are worthy of consideration when we think about space.

And so, when I think about the power of space to connect the world, I consider both the literal connections we enable, and these more nuanced connections as well.

While “Connect” spans both commercial and military space, on the military side, there are additional factors when I think of the second of our four missions — Protect.

Our national security assets operating in space make the world a safer place. They protect us. It is that simple.

But, the reality is anything but simple, as we all know. It is because of outstanding teamwork between industry and government that we can design, develop, deploy and rest easy because of the security these systems afford us. Our partnerships are essential.

At Boeing, we are especially proud of our near-two decade partnership with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency as prime contractor for Ground-based Midcourse Defense. Over that time, together, we have matured homeland defense since its infancy and continue to augment the system to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

That is only one example, but there are many. And as these systems grow in importance, the number of threats they face increases as well. That’s why, for me, “Protect” is such a huge part of industry’s mission in space. Like any system we build — whether it be a Chinook, a Minuteman ICBM, or an X-37 space vehicle — survivability is integral to the overall design, and we devote a lot of ongoing effort to improving survivability over time.

We remain just as committed to the safety of our astronauts, protecting them from the dangers associated with launch, reentry and the harsh and unforgiving environment of space.

The point is: durable, reliable systems are fundamental. As our military space systems grow in capability, they must also gain resiliency. And we cannot refrain from making progress in that direction.

This is difficult work. Making meaningful improvements requires significant investment, years of combined expertise, and ongoing collaboration. But that is what is required to meet the challenges of today and counter the threats of tomorrow. That’s a responsibility my team and I take quite personally.

The security and protections afforded to us by these systems are not highly visible or even widely known, but that doesn’t make them less critical to our warfighters or to our nation’s defense. What we do matters, and thanks to what we collectively have achieved in this area, we are able to enjoy our freedoms.

One of those freedoms is our ability to explore. When Neil DeGrasse Tyson spoke at this conference in 2012, he made a point that there hasn’t been a true space frontier since the 1970s, when Project Apollo drew to a close.

But now, just five years after Dr. Tyson made those remarks, I believe there is evidence to suggest that we have passed a turning point on the question of frontiers.

It is impossible to ignore the buzz of activity and anticipation around space exploration that has taken hold in the last several years. That’s not only true within industry – and with all sizes of companies getting involved, which is exciting to see – but also at NASA, which just last month saw Congress and the President reaffirm authorization of its current programs as well as Journey to Mars – for the first time since 2010. Reaffirming a national policy of human space exploration is a boost to all our collective efforts.

Thinking about all this activity, I would add to Dr. Tyson’s observation that what we really have are two distinct frontiers in human space exploration. One, of course, is what he was referring to – long-duration, pioneering journeys to new corners of the solar system.

But we are also on the cusp of realizing the true potential of a second frontier — the commercial frontier in low-Earth orbit.

Remember that while Apollo’s exploration of lunar destinations ended in 1972, it was project Apollo’s next step — the Apollo Soyuz Test Project and its historic rendezvous of U.S. and Soviet spacecraft in 1975 — that opened the gateway to the International Space Station’s development with the Space Shuttle, and to today’s parallel frontier of collaboration, research, and cooperation in low earth orbit.

This frontier represents the normalization of access to space and the imminent reality that regular travel to orbit will enable a new space economy supporting future generations of research, commercial operations, and even tourism.

Since the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the last time in 2011, we have seen how critical, assured access to space is for the United States, to retain its place as a global leader in this domain.

The advancements we’ve made in public-private partnerships through programs like Commercial Crew are significant steps toward routine access to low-Earth orbit and to the International Space Station. I am very excited about advances on our Commercial Crew spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner, which will return American astronauts to orbit on an American rocket from American soil. And, for the first time ever, Starliner will demonstrate the use of a commercially developed vehicle for reliable human transportation to space. This unique time in the history of Space Exploration was so perfectly highlighted earlier this year when we unveiled the Starliner spacesuit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It was unprecedented, engaging and fun.

But make no mistake: our progress on Starliner is serious. In February, we completed a successful parachute drop test. Just this week we achieved our first power-on test of the vehicle, and are looking forward to our first launch.

So, we’re getting closer to the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, thanks to progress we’ve made through commercial crew partnerships, the planned addition for a commercial airlock on the U.S. segment, and other advances.

But, we’re not there yet. For 16 years, the International Space Station has offered scientists a one-of-a-kind platform for exploration and investigation. Its benefits as a National laboratory include findings in medicine and science that benefit all of humanity, while continuing to teach us about how humans will not just survive, but thrive, in deep space.

That’s why I hope to see continued government and commercial investment in low-Earth orbit. Until we do establish a regular cadence in deep space, the International Space Station will remain vital to our ventures beyond Earth.

Ultimately, the timeless human drive to explore new and undiscovered landscapes cannot be stifled. After far too long, without clear objectives defined, I am thrilled that humankind does finally have a path to Mars that is realistic and achievable.

Exploration on that scale is a dramatic step for the human race, and must be planned for and executed accordingly.  As humanity plans to take its first cautious steps toward ever-more-distant destinations, we at Boeing are honored to be working with NASA on critical hardware to enable those bold, historic missions.

When the Space Launch System lifts off for the first time, its thunderous engines and earth-shaking power will announce the arrival of a next-generation heavy lift capability for NASA, with the reliability and performance befitting a journey undertaken on behalf of our entire civilization.

The Space Launch System will enable missions further into space than ever before. With SLS and Orion, we will see a return to the vicinity of the Moon, and maybe its surface. The Moon offers opportunities like government-commercial partnerships and international collaborations. And through programs like Next Step we’ll establish a deep space gateway – a point of departure for missions that will bring human beings near, and eventually onto the surface of Mars.

Together we have the drive, direction, leadership, and technology required to take part in the first human exploration of Mars in our lifetimes. And so I believe the frontiers of exploration are very much alive, and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of it.

One of the really amazing things about space is that you don’t need to be directly involved to benefit from the advances we make in this field. And you certainly don’t need to be an astronaut to feel the excitement and majesty of a launch.

Spaceflight is inspiring! When a future astronaut does eventually set foot on the Red Planet, it will be a special moment for every man, woman and child on this planet.

That’s why so many of today’s students – tomorrow’s leaders – are studying STEM fields to prepare themselves to follow up on what we are doing today. Thanks to the “Genes in Space” competition, dedicated young people have an opportunity to take a direct role in real, meaningful research onboard the International Space Station, at once advancing our knowledge, while offering them a life-changing educational experience in turn. Conversations, debates and ideas about our future in space fill the imaginations of young engineers, pilots and scientists. The possibilities that space represents, push us in our own ways to learn something new, to think a little different, and to better appreciate the world we live in now.

As the poet T.S. Eliot wrote, “The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

Shortly after the final moonwalk of Apollo 17, then-President Richard Nixon sent a message to the crew noting that a monumental chapter in space exploration was drawing to a close. But the tone was optimistic, not mournful.

 “America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow”.  This was the message that traveled from the Oval office to that capsule a quarter-million miles from Earth on that day 45 years ago.

I believe by working together as a community of space leaders to Connect, Protect, Explore and Inspire the world we are honoring that vision.  I believe our destiny in space is assured. And I am thrilled to be working alongside all of you on this amazing journey, as we discover the future possibilities in space together.

Thank you.


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MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 (or III), more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players.

The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks inside a single file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. Matroska is similar in concept to other containers like AVI, MP4 or ASF, but is entirely open in specification, with implementations consisting mostly of open source software. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only.

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Journal Entry 1 by pennygirl from Athenry, Co. Galway Ireland on Sunday, February 18, 2007

5 out of 10

If you are a fan of the discworld you will like anoteher fantasy story by Terry Pratchett. I read this book but i can't remember the story as you can see it made a big impact but i am more of a fan of the death collection within the discworld series.

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Journal Entry 3 by microsquid from Cobh, Co. Cork Ireland on Sunday, June 14, 2009

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The first Guards book I've read and I really enjoyed it :) Trying to figure out the Pig Latin is half the fun and I admit I had misguessed on the murder weapon as I thought he was borrowing from the Name of the Rose (he wasn't) Horray for Discworld!

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Journal Entry 7 by bookguide at Wijchen, Gelderland Netherlands on Tuesday, April 24, 2012

10 out of 10

I just picked up another Terry Pratchett from the revolving globe outside the Berkeley Library at Trinity College, during the treasure hunt / release walk during the BC convention in Dublin, during which I also talked to Microsquid. This made it the fifth Discworld book on Mount TBR, so I decided I'd better move at least one along, which was the reason for reading this one now. So far I haven't been disappointed by any of Terry Pratchett's books, and this is no exception. I've only read three so far, and not consecutive books in the series, but this is not a problem; they can all be read independently, although there is the odd reference back to previous books which die-hard fans might have understood better than I did.

I loved the zany characters in this (and all the other) books, and the Commander Vimes / Captain Colon dialogues reminded me of Morse and Lewis. In many ways this was a reworking of a detective novel in a fantasy world, with the craziness of Discworld incorporated into a standard story, with an action-packed finale. As such, the form is very recognisable, while the imagery is completely different from all those TV detectives we're used to, and it's packed with humour. One thing remains the same though; I couldn't put the book down because I really wanted to know "whodunnit". I read the book in two days flat, and it was rather fitting that I spent the whole afternoon reading today (April 23rd), as it's Shakespeare's birthday and World Book Night. The book would make a great film, and I found the way it was described very visual. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Terry Pratchett hadn't based the action sequences at the end on existing films.

I'll end with a quotation which particularly amused me:
"Death, who was by nature an obsessive personality himself, realized that he was in the presence of a master........ Death was nonplussed. Most people were, after the initial confusion, somewhat relieved when they died. A subconscious weight had been removed. The other cosmic shoe had dropped. The worst had happened and they could, metaphorically, get on with their lives. Few people treated it as a simple annoyance that might go away if you complained enough....... I FIND THE BEST APPROACH IS TO TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES." (Death taking life, get it?)

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I'm a diskworld fan so I couldn't resist this book in Castricum :-)

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“What is China but a people and their stories?”

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This is not officially one book, but actually a graphic novel in two volumes. The stories are interlinked however, so I’m reviewing them as a whole. We’re in China 1898 and Christian missionaries are roaming the country with the intention of saving souls. Boxers is told from the perspective of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant who is fed up with these missionaries looting his home and draws strength from ancient Chinese Gods to fight them off. With an army of Boxers he fights for the glory of China, but not everything is at it seems, because in Saints we follow Four-girl. She was born on the same countryside, but took to Christianity and the kind preacher who showed her affection. Taking on a Christian name after baptizing, Four-Girl is now called Vibiana and has to find a way to balance her heritage with her new found faith.

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Boxers & Saints is based on the true story of the Boxer Rebellion. It’s somewhat of a bloody tale and the book can be quite moralizing at times.

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What I like about Boxers & Saints is that the book can be read in whatever order you prefer. I started with Boxers and then read Saints, but many have done it the other way around. Whichever way you choose first has a big influence on the progress of the narrative, but I think the result will be the same. Yang does an amazing job writing both books from such different perspectives, that you start to believe that one of them is right. This shifts immediately when you read the second book and you find that the problems are much more complicated than they seem. Boxers & Saints is a great exercise in imagining other people complexly, especially if these other people are so different from yourself. The art is beautiful, using very rich and vibrant colors to portray the gods while using much more muted tones for the sober Christians. Yang tells a heavy story in a very playful way, but he never underplays the horror that took place during the Boxer Rebellion. The only problem I had with it was the clear moralistic message, and although Yang delivers it so strong that you can’t disagree with it, it’s also a bit heavy-handed. Besides that, the book left me feeling terrible, so a job well done!

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The Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has accused the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) of poaching its members.

The Dallas Morning News reported this week that “a sharply worded letter from the Girl Scouts of the USA accuses the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America of conducting a ‘covert campaign’ to recruit girls into its programs to boost the Boy Scouts’ falling membership.”

The letter came from GSUSA president Kathy Hopinkah Hannan. She wrote that the Boy Scouts are “surreptitiously testing the appeal of a girls’ offering to millennial parents.” She also wrote that the Boy Scout leaders have made “disparaging and untrue remarks” about Girl Scout programs.

“Rather than seeking to fundamentally transform BSA into a co-ed program,” she wrote, “we believe strongly that Boy Scouts should instead take steps to ensure that they are expanding the scope of their programming to all boys, including those who BSA has historically underserved and underrepresented, such as African-American and Latino boys.”

A spokesperson for the Boy Scouts contended that the BSA and the GSUSA had been in conversations regarding joint programs. Effie Delimarkos said the BSA had hoped to identify “potential areas of opportunities for alignment in the future.” However, the GSUSA’s Hannan characterized the conversations and proposals as a “hostile takeover.”

The BSA has been an American institution for more than 100 years. During that time more than 105 million men and boys have participated in the program. However, recent years have seen a significant decline in Scouting membership and revenue. In 2014 the Boy Scouts began allowing openly gay boys into Scout troops. The next year, membership fell by about 6 percent, the largest single-year decline in membership in the organization’s history. Between 2013 and 2016 (the last year for which numbers are publicly available), membership has fallen by about 10 percent.

Scouts began accepting gay adult leaders in 2015. Earlier this year, the BSA began accepting transgender boys (girls who identify themselves as boys). The Mormon Church, Scouting’s largest faith-based partner, announced in May it would pull about 185,000 boys out of the program in response to these developments.

Evangelicals have also been exiting the BSA. In 2013, a group of evangelical leaders formed Trail Life USA to provide a safe haven for boys and men who value many aspects of the Boy Scout program, but believe the pro-gay drift has gone too far. At an organizational meeting in 2013 in Nashville, Bill Bunkley, one of the group’s leaders, said, “We’re here to honor the legacy of the Boy Scouts of America but now, quite frankly, we are called in a new direction.” Since that organizational meeting, Trail Life USA has grown to nearly 30,000 members, many of them former Boy Scouts.

John Stemberger, TLUSA’s first board chair, said that Trail Life would be open to all boys, but it would be an “explicitly Christian” organization. Its motto, “Walk Worthy,” is a reference to Colossians 1:10, which exhorts Christian to “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”

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  • trmlogan

    Informative article. It would’ve been good to also mention the alternative faith-based Girl Scout programs, which might be one of the reasons they are so hostile toward losing more members: American Heritage Girls and Frontier Girls.

  • James L Riggs

    What the heck? Since when has the Boy Scouts discriminated against blacks and hispanics?

    • Chuck Armstrong

      It did not say discrimination… it said underrepresented. Meaning that the majority of BoyScouts are white.

      • Dazedandbemused

        And therein lies part of the rub. The birth rate is down to levels not seen since the Great Depression, not enough to maintain zero population growth without immigration. But most immigrants are from countries where scouting was the province of small middle and upper classes, i.e., the sectors of those populations least likely to emigrate. So the BSA is left to recruit from immigrants who have no scouting tradition behind them and from an African-American community with a 70% rate of out-of-wedlock births, i.e., largely absentee fathers. The BSA’s grossly overpaid professional staff needs cash and girls are an easier sell for them than currently underrepresented minorities. But they know not what the do. Co-ed is almost done killing Scouts Canada where camps are being sold off to cover unfunded pension liabilities. The BSA will get there and right quick. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

  • Stephen Randel

    Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are both corrupted beyond rescue and redemption thanks to liberal, secular P.C. elitist “leadership” starting with Mr. Gates. Redeem the to time, go Trail Life, America!

  • James Brown

    Next you’ll be telling me the Young Men’s Christian Association [ YMCA ] isn’t Christian. smile


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There has been a lot of talk and controversy concerning colleges that use Native Americans as mascots. However, Northwest Nazarene University is considering changing their school mascot not because they are the Indians but because they are the Crusaders. Here are some highlights from an editorial praising the potential change:

Pushed not by the NCAA, but by its own conscience and a thoughtful appraisal of its current appropriateness, Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa is considering changing its mascot.

... Given the university's global missionary and outreach programs, the board should do away with the Crusaders.

...In the very places where the Church of the Nazarene is reaching out through its colleges and universities, the term conjures up extremely negative images.

Church-affiliated schools exist throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, places where crusaders actually existed — and not as a creation of Hollywood. In England, the school's "Crusader Choir" was asked to not use its name. Instead, the choir was referred to as the NNU choir in programs.

... The task force concluded in its report that because of the popular understanding of the name "Crusader," NNU was not serving its stated mission, particularly in its goals of "Christlike Character" and "Social Responsiveness."

... Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego changed its name several years ago from the Crusaders to the Sea Lions — not the walrus-type sea creature, but a lion emerging from the ocean.

... It's the school, not the mascot that people should — and do — give allegiance to.

NNU will continue to compete in intercollegiate athletics, continue to win and lose and continue to create lifelong memories on its fields and courts, no matter what mascot adorns the walls or the media guide.
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The Baby Shower Menu

babyIn my last post I mentioned a meatball recipe that I served at a co-ed baby shower.  I thought today you might be interested in seeing the whole menu (with my modifications, because you know I can’t leave most recipes well-enough alone).  And maybe even some photos?

In addition to the meatballs, I also served my homemade chips and salsa.  Then there were Paula Deen’s famous BLT deviled eggs.  I did modify that recipe some, by substituting about 3/4 of the called-for mayonnaise with sour cream.  I like sour cream better for deviled baby7eggs, it gives them more a twang, and they are less…mayonnaise-y.  I also added just a touch of sweet relish to the recipe for a little more flavor.

There was also fruit salad, but alas, it was not as cute as the picture above.  I was going to make that salad and the grocery stores had NO whole watermelons and NO whole cantaloupes.  So, I settled for a mixture of watermelon, mango, green grapes, kiwi, blueberries and raspberries, finished with a honey-coconut water dressing as described in this fruit salad recipe.  It’s a very simple dressing:   2 teaspoons of honey to 1/2 cup of coconut baby2water (for a large party-sized batch you probably need to double that).  It adds a hint of sweet refreshment to fruits, especially fruits that are out of season and not at their peak flavor.

The baby’s room is being decorated in what the mom called a “rustic” theme, and so we agreed on a rustic decor for the party consisting of lots of navy blue and burlap.  (My next post will be about decorations.)  I found a recipe for little mini cheese balls and I thought, “Hey!  Those look very rustic!”  They were also very delicious and were very fast to disappear.  Definitely a recipe you could make days in advance, and just insert the pretzel sticks the day of the party.  I served alongside some rustic crackers for spreading.

Also somewhat rustic looking were these tortellini skewers.  You boil up some cheese tortellini baby3al dente and gather some olives, basil leaves, mozzarella balls, and cherry tomatoes, and thread them on skewers.  The only problem was I couldn’t find the colored tortellini so mine weren’t as colorful as the ones in the picture.  But, they were still quite tasty, because I marinated the cooked tortellini overnight in Olive Garden brand Italian dressing.  Then I gave the finished skewers a very light drizzle of the dressing just before serving.

baby6Next, I offered up some little finger sandwiches.  These “Lemony-Cucumber” sandwiches were really delicious (would be even better served in the summer when cukes are at their peak).  I have some tips on these, though.   First, use a very good quality cucumber, preferably Kirby or Persian cucumbers.  Remove the seeds if using Kirby.  Slice neatly using a mandolin if you have one, and take care to dry the slices for a while on paper towels.  Also, I recommend what the recipe calls for–a really good quality, hearty wheat bread.  I used Nature’s Own brand, which is good for regular sandwiches, but it just didn’t stand up well to these when it was time to slice them.  Finally, in hindsight I wish I had done two things differently.  One is using Irish butter, which I think would have really enhanced the flavor (see my thoughts on that here.)  The other is sprinkling just a touch of kosher salt on the cucumbers before making the sandwiches, just to bring out their flavor a little more.

Last but not least, since this was a co-ed baby shower, I wanted to offer up one more hearty baby5recipe for the men besides the meatballs.  So, I made this taco crescent ring.  There was not a single slice of it left when the party was over so I am assuming people liked it?  I did not serve it as shown, but simply with sour cream and salsa (who has time for fresh lettuce when you’re prepping all this other food?)   I’ll warn you that it is NOT as “big” as it looks in the picture.  It looks ginormous in the picture but it comes out probably 10-12″ wide when you’re done.  It does not come out as pretty as this picture (thanks, food stylists everywhere, for making the rest of us feel inferior).  I also recommend baking it and serving it from a pizza stone.  The pizza stone bakes the crescent rolls up better than a metal pan, and, keeps it warmer longer during serving.

baby4Finally, for desserts I served cupcakes and marshmallow pops.  What are marshmallow pops?  Marshmallows with a straw inserted in them, then dipped in white chocolate, and decorated with sprinkles, drizzles, etc.  This picture is of very well-done ones that I found on Pinterest.  Mine were not this pretty, but they did look nice enough.  Several pieces of advice on this one.  First, get good paper straws that are both decorative and sturdy.  I bought mine from an Etsy shop called Eve’s Party Market.  They sell tons of different designs to match your party decor and their prices are quite reasonable.  Second, use good white chocolate, not “vanilla bark.”  I used Ghiradelli, which was at my warehouse club for the upcoming holidays.  It was quite affordable and it melted beautifully and it coated the marshmallows very smoothly.  They looked “glazed” when finished.  Third, with chocolate use only oil-based food coloring.  If you try to use liquid or gel coloring you run the risk of ruining the texture of the chocolate.  You can find oil-based coloring in a ton of colors on both Etsy and Amazon.  Fourth, the chocolate is much-improved with a touch of flavoring.  I used cotton candy flavoring (also available on Amazon).  But, I didn’t read it carefully when I started and it was glycerin-based, not oil-based.  So in one batch of melted white chocolate I put too much and it completely ruined the batch.  The chocolate “seized up” and wouldn’t flow smoothly.  I had to throw that away and start over, using only a couple of drops of the flavoring.  So, buy oil-based flavorings made especially for candy making.

I do not make pretty cupcakes, so I didn’t even attempt that.  I had a friend who bakes make a couple dozen for me.  She did 12 chocolate and 12 vanilla, and tried her best to color the vanilla ones “khaki.”  It came out looking like peanut butter frosting, but it was still vanilla and it was delicious and the colors were in line with the rustic party theme!  I have a ton of fancy chocolate cake decorations that a friend of mine gets for me where he works (thanks, John!  xoxox) so I decorated those myself.  You can see those in the photo gallery below.

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Did I say no health-care reform?? Oh come on. I was just kidding! NYAA!!
Did I say no health-care reform?? Oh come on. I was just kidding! NYAA!!

Rick Scott Is Changing His Mind About Things, Part I: Health-Care Overhaul

At first Rick Scott was all, NO HEALTH CARE FOR OUR STATE, EVAR!

And then everyone started to hate him because they realized he's a beady-eyed pustule with dumb GOPer agendas and an affinity to eat people's souls (allegedly!).

But now, all of a sudden as if by magic and wonderment, Scott is changing his mind about the very things that could and would potentially wreck his hopes for reelection.

On Wednesday, in one fell swoop, Scott announced that he's dropped his opposition to Obama's health-care plan for the state (after he insisted that Obamacare would destroy business and enslave the children).

What a hero!

Rick Scott said things to the AP yesterday. Among them: "I don't think anyone involved in trying to improve health care should say 'No, no, no.' Let's have a conversation."

A conversation?

The fuck outta here with that, Rick-o.

Literally one week ago, Scott said this: "No one has been able to show me that that health-care exchange is going to do anything rather than raise taxes, raise the cost of our companies to do business."

He's also said: "Look, government health-care programs everywhere in the world do three things. They promise you the world. They say, oh we're going to cover everything. Then what they do is they run out of money and they underpay hospitals, doctors, and guess what happens? They don't want to take care of you. There's fewer of them, just like what's happened in England, Canada, places like that."

Which is not only ridiculous but patently false. And dumb.

And then the election happened, and people fought through the butt-pain of waiting in line for half a day to vote -- a butt-pain perpetrated by Scott, no less -- and went ahead and voted anyway. And when they got to the booth, they essentially told Scott to stuff his health-care opposition into his asshole.

The crap officially hit the fan for Scott at that point.

"Florida's Scott Suffers Defeat Without Being on Ballot" read one Bloomberg headline. (ATTENTION: GIANT HUGE VERY BIG PICTURE OF RICK SCOTT'S FACE IN THAT LINK. CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED)

And, just like that, Poof! Rick Scott is now open to a health-care overhaul, and he suddenly loves poor people and wants to kiss your babies and marry your puppies.

What a crock.

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13th Ranked Bears Topple Amherst, 6-3

13th Ranked Bears Topple Amherst, 6-3

Jan. 19, 2005

Amherst, Mass. - The 13th ranked men's squash team held off a spirited fight by the 14th ranked Amherst squad and came out 6-3 winners. The team went 1-3 down after the first set of matches and then won all five remaining matches.

The Bears earned wins at the top three spots in the lineup against Amherst. Sophomore Dan Petrie (Cincinnati, OH) earned a 9-2, 9-6, 9-3 victory at number one, followed by junior Breck Bailey (Greenwich, CT), a 9-2, 9-=0, 9-2 winner at number two, and freshman Ed Cerullo (Brooklyn, NY), a five game winner at number three.

Junior David Krupnick (Philadelphia, PA) was a five game winner for the Bears at number five against Amherst.

Brown also got individual victories against the Lord Jeffs from senior Jay Beidler (Lake Forest, IL), a three-game winner at number seven, and junior Brian Rifkin (Brooklyn, NY), a three-game winner at the ninth position.


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Men's Cross Country

Austin Snyder
Austin Snyder
Year: Senior
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
High School: Berkeley

Brown Track & Field/XC Accomplishments: Member of the Cross Country Heps and Regionals Squad freshman, sophomore and Junior years. Qualified for 2012 NCAA East Region Meet in the 10000m but did not compete due to injury.

2010 Outdoor Track & Field: After being selected as the Mens Cross Country freshman of the year, Austin Snyder only competed three times during outdoors due to injuries, but was still able to set personal bests in the 1500m and 5000m ... Austin was the Brown Springtime Invitational 5000m champion in a time of 14:50 and competed at the Ivy League Championship meet in the 10000m.

2009-10 Indoor Track & Field: Did not compete indoors as a freshman ...

Personal Records:
5000m: 14:30
10,000m: 29:48

Before Brown: Three time league champion, All-Section Honor in the 3200m with a 5th place finish in 2009.

High School PR's:
1600m: 4:27
3200m: 9:21
XC: 15:08

Personal: Son of Dan and Linda Snyder with sister Zuzu Snyder ... Concentrating in Visual Arts/Geological Sciences


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It's OK Thursday #81

Each week when I put the number beside my post title, it blows my mind that we've had a link-up be successful for this long. Y'all rock my face off.

If this is your first time linking up, thank you and WELCOME!

All you have to do is type up a post listing what's OK with you, grab the button for your post, and come back to link up.

Let's do it!

Its Ok Thursdays

It's OK..

..to be super stoked about the business cards I ordered for Blissdom - post to come on them!

..to be behind on blogging (obvs) and have no ideas to write about, oops!

..to wish Nate realized just how good my shows are - he thinks they're lame and won't watch with me

..to have satisfied my peanut butter M&M craving yesterday, thanks Shelley! ;)

..to be super pissed when Old Navy didn't have the flats I wanted in my size

..to want to branch out more with my style - I need to start accessorizing, dressing cuter, etc.

..to be way behind on reading y'all's blogs. I'm hoping to catch up ASAP. I miss reading all the shenanigans.

..to think the new Harlem Shake youtube sensations are hilarious. Nate and his co-workers did one, it's too funny. Check it out HERE!!!

..that I'm super stoked about my Blissdom roomies - holla Whitney and Meg!

..that I slept on the couch the other night because I felt guilty keeping Nate up with my tossing/turning/snoring, oops!

..to feel like I hit the jackpot on giveaways lately

..that I got this far in my post and just now realized that it's Valentine's Day!

..that Nate and I are waiting to go out to dinner tomorrow instead of tonight since it'll be craaaazy out tonight

..to love coupons - especially for Ulta!

What's OK with you this week? Come link up and share with Neely and I!

Nikki said...

I love getting dressed on the few occasions I get to wear what I like to call real people clothing and when I do I always try to accessorize to the best of my ability. I feel ya! Going out to dinner tonight is just not on option in my world tonight. Way overplayed. Happy Valentines Day!

SMD @ lifeaccordingtosteph said...

I'm trying to be a little more style minded when I get dressed too!

I am so behind on blogs. If you don't keep up on the daily BOOM you're under a pile of things to read.

Amber said...

jealous you were able to satisfy your pb m&m craving.. those things are like crack to me.. I eat one bag and then I need another and then another... then I am in a food coma somewhere murming.. m&m m&m...

Julie said...

I love Ulta too - heads up, if you're going this week you're going to spend money because EVERYTHING Ulta is on sale. YOu're not going to be able to just go get what you're needing, I'm proof of that!

Have a great Valentine's Day!

Katie said...

Ultra....should I just be done with it and sign my paycheck over to them?? Have fun on your date tomorrow night!

Katie said...

Oops, obviously meant Ulta, but the iPhone did not agree! It thinks it's smarter than I am...

paper roses said...

am with you on the wanting to dress cuter....it's hard when you are my age. Believe it or not, I've never been in Ulta though I frequent all the other stores in that shopping center. I will have to try it out. Have fun on your date night,,,Valentine's day is over rated.
by the way...I've tried several times to link up, and have been unsuccessful. not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've linked up before and haven't had any issues.

love the link up!

paper roses said...

I love this link up but I still cant get mine to post. So I will keep doing my weekly It's Okay post until it works.

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A miracle (pàñihàriya) is an act or occurrence contravening the known laws of nature and which is believed to have a divine cause. The most commonly reported miracles include sudden non-medical healings, the appearances of deities, messages from deities, etc. While the Buddha accepted the possibility of miracles, he had a rather sceptical attitude towards most of the supposed miracles reported to him. Once, somebody asked him to perform a miracle so that `even more people will have faith in you'. The Buddha replied that there were miracles which thoughtful or sceptical people would have doubts about. There was, however, a miracle that all could have confidence in, what he called `the miracle of instruction' (anusàsàni pàñihàriya). This miracle consisted, he said, of teaching morality, acceptance, peace of mind and meditation (D.I,214). The Buddha summed up his attitude to miracles when he said: `Whether miracles are performed or not, my purpose in teaching the Dhamma is to lead whoever practises it to the complete freedom of suffering. Then what is the point of performing miracles?'(D.III,4).

Some religions claim that their founder could perform miracles and that this is proof of his or her unique divinity. But there are problems with this position. Firstly, it requires denying the reality of the miracles claimed by other religions. As the miracles done by one religious founder are often just as well attested and often the same as or similar to those supposedly done by another, the claim that one founder was divine and the others were not, is unconvincing. Secondly, history offers many examples of individuals with miraculous powers who later turned out to be only too human. This being the case, the link between miraculous abilities and divinity or divine favor is a tenuous one. Buddhism has always pointed out that Devadatta, the Buddha's ambitious and scheming cousin, developed his psychic powers to a very high degree. From the Buddhist perspective, being able to perform a miracle is no proof of moral or spiritual perfection. And lastly, unusual occurrences, if genuine, are much more likely to be due to an individual's psychic abilities than they are to divine power. This, at least, is the Buddhist position.

The Buddha and some of his disciples were sometimes attributed with miraculous powers (e.g. D.II,89; III,38). Some people believe the stories about the Buddha's miracles to be literally true, while others see them as having an allegorical meaning or even being a later addition to the scriptures. Either way, attaining enlightenment does not depend on believing in miracles and none of the central doctrines of Buddhism are of a supernatural or miraculous nature. See Ganges, Pseudocyesis and Saïkassa.


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Pilgrimage (cetiyacàrikà or vandanàcàrikà) is the act of travelling to a place of religious significance for specifically religious reasons. In Buddhism, pilgrimage is neither an obligation as in Islam nor a penance as in Christianity, although it has long been and remains even today a popular practice. The Buddha recommended that his disciples visit at least once in their lives the places where the four most important events in his life took place Ý Lumbinã where he was born, Uruvelà where he was enlightened, Sàrnàth where he first proclaimed the Dhamma and Kusinàrà where he passed away (D.II,141). However, while going on pilgrimage is good, being virtuous is far more important. The Jàtakamàlà says: `More beautiful than any garland, sweeter than any taste, truthfulness generates great good and is less arduous than practising austerity or pilgrimage to far-off shrines.' The first Buddhist we know of to have gone on pilgrimage was King Asoka who went to Uruvelà in about 260 BCE and to Lumbinã some ten years later.

The most famous travel book of all time and one that has been continually in print for 14 centuries was written by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang. This Buddhist monk spent 16 years on pilgrimage in India and later wrote an account of his journey which is filled with such detailed and accurate information that it continues to be studied by historians, geographers and travellers in India even today. See Saïkassa