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Friday, July 1, 2016

Dilly Dust Deviled Eggs #CookOutWeek

Today is the final day of #CookOutWeek!

I feel like this week flew by and it has been so fun sharing different recipes with you and drooling over the delicious offerings of my fellow bloggers!

 Click here to checkout my welcome post and read all about #CookOutWeek and our amazing giveaway!  I started off #CookOutWeek with a delicious recipe for Strawberry Margarita Popsicles, next my Veracha Feta Burger  and Avocado Tomato and Feta Dip yesterday.  Today I made a perfect recipe for a potluck with one of our sponsor ingredients from Swine Dining. Swine Dining gave bloggers an awesome opportunity to try three of their products.  I was sent Wimpy’s Rub (a sweet and smoke rub), Dilly Dust (seasoned dill), and their Jamaican Me Hungry seasoning (sweet with a great kick!).  Swine Dining is unique because their of their spices are made in small batches by hand. The seasoning are all delicious, but my favorite seasoning is the Dilly Dust and I decided to feature it in my recipe I am sharing today.

When I think of a summer potluck I think of grilling, pasta and potato salads, bars and, my personal favorite, deviled eggs. I love making deviled eggs for a cookout and once I tasted the Dilly Dust I knew it would create a perfect appetizer. It seems that deviled eggs are always the first to go when they are on a food table at a party, but they can be a little time consuming unless you have a few easy tricks up you sleeve. My favorite way to save time when making the eggs is to beat the filling with a hand mixer to make it light and fluffy. Next, place it in a sealable bag and pipe it into the eggs- so much easier and cleaner than trying to spoon it in each egg!

For this recipe I used the Dilly Dust and a bit or garlic. The flavor is delicious and Ron and gobbled up up the eggs as fast as we could. We both decided that we absolutely loved the Dilly Dust in the filling. I have not added dill to deviled eggs before, but these eggs have me sold!

I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday weekend! I am doing a Barre class on Saturday morning and Ron has to work for a bit, but after that it is vacation and family time!

Today is the last day of #CookOutWeek recipes, don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter in the link above and checkout the link-up below!

12 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
1/4 cup mayo
1 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp Dilly Dust

Cut eggs lengthwise and place yolks into a small mixing bowl. Add mayo and mix with a hand mixer or a whisk. Stir in pepper, garlic and Dilly Dust.  Scoop into a sealable bag and cut off the corner. Pipe the yolk filling into the eggs. Serve immediately or refrigerate.

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  1. Can't get enough deviled eggs! Will have to try this Dilly Dust.


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The couple times I've gone to LA to visit, one of my favorite things to do is to drive through the Hollywood Hills in a rental car with the windows down. The views are spectacular, the breeze is lovely and how can you not feel glamorous cruising past the giant houses where movie stars live? The cake version looks like a rough drive, but munching on it would remind me of sunny vistas and gorgeous escape.

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Officially on the market

Well we finally had to do it. The Army has decided it is time for us to move again but do not know when and where yet! Typical! So it has been crazy and I am so tired of cleaning and organizing. I am gonna keep it short and will post a picture just to share. I hope we sell it soon cuz I don't know if I can keep up with it. Living in the house you are trying to sell with 2 kids, 2 dogs, husband and your daily routine and life. I don't think I can keep this up living in a perfectly cuaft house with no mess and empty spaces. This is CRAZZZZY! Aaaahhhh!

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This sucks! Your house is SO Pretty! Well, still crossing my fingers that you can somehow, someway, come back to Cali.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Ohio's Rare Plants

Just west of Castalia, the Ohio Division of Wildlife owns a 2,272 acre plot of which includes a large remnant of native prairie. I have visited this location in the summer, enjoying the full beauty of head-high grasses and forbs, but today’s photo features its crowning glory of spring: the endangered small White Lady’s-slipper Orchid, Cypripedium candidum.

They were a bit past their "prime " this year, as the weather has played havoc with much of Ohio's normal botanical timing. But mark mid-May on your calendar for next year and see them emerging from the rubble-like natural formations of tufa rock. These orchids, smallest of the lady’s-slippers, are fit for a pint-sized princess. Breath-taking to behold and mixed in with many other mega-rarities, if you go to visit be careful where you step as rare plant life is found everywhere.

It is an impressive sight. Friends Jimmy and Susan "ooh and ah" over the smaller-than-normal crop of White Lady's-slippers. This must have been an "off year" for barely thumb sized orchids, and the field did not show signs of a spring burn.

Geology and fire play key roles in the production of this field of orchids. The plants are calciphiles, and would not exist if not for the lime-rich tufa rock. (A whole blog should be written on tufa rock and I may challenge some geologist to do just that!) It is also tough for them to compete with prairie and woody plants that tend to pioneer on open prairies- without fires. Burning this prairie has become key to maintaining the balance of vegetation, and without the fire- the orchids would not be able to continue in this unique habitat.

For comparision, here is a mid-May photo from 2008. Not only was the bloom count higher, but the orchids were much larger as well.
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On the Heels of the South Red Rehab, City Announces O’Hare Line Overhaul

The Rosemont station on the O’Hare Line. Photo: std70040/Flickr

Yesterday morning, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Par Quinn announced that the O’Hare Branch of the Blue Line will receive $492 million in station and line upgrades. At the press conference at the Logan Square stop, CTA President Forrest Claypool called the project “the largest single comprehensive investment in the Blue Line since the Jefferson Park line extended to O’Hare 30 years ago.”

The O’Hare Branch serves 80,000 customers daily, with more than 25 million yearly trips. Its recent increase in ridership surpasses that of the system as a whole, with a 45 percent increase over five years and 60 percent increase over the last decade. The improvements will “better equip [the line] to handle ridership demands today and in the future,” Claypool said. The plan, dubbed “Your New Blue,” will upgrade the 12.5-mile section from the Loop to O’Hare, the world’s fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic, and the city’s “first connection for visitors,” according to Emanuel.

Claypool, Deputy Governor Cristal Thomas, 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett, Emanuel. Photo: Kristen Maddox

The mayor emphasized the connection between public transit and economic development. “When you put a new station in as we’ve seen in the Red Line North and the Red Line South…[the local economy] can be strengthened by having a public transit system that people can actually rely on,” he said. “With 25-percent growth in ridership, there’s a growing revitalization in those neighborhoods, and the Blue Line must continue with that revitalization.”

Thirteen stations are slated for some type of improvement. Grand, Chicago, Division, Damen, California, Logan Square, and Jefferson Park will get extensive renovations. This includes station remodeling and public art that reflects the respective neighborhoods. Addison will get repairs to the concrete platform, as well as a new elevator, which will make it accessible for people with disabilities.

Track improvements will eliminate slow zones between Grand and Division, and Damen to Belmont. The project also includes power upgrades, new signals between Jefferson Park and the airport, new water management systems to reduce leaking in the tunnels, and upgraded wireless service for riders.

Chris Bushell. Photo: Kristen Maddox

The CTA projects that travel times from O’Hare to Downtown will be reduced by ten minutes. Chris Bushell, the agency’s chief infrastructure officer, said the trains will run at a “consistent, reliable, 55 mph. Travel speeds will be increased where possible, but the speed increase comes from the combination of all the improvements, most importantly from installing new signals. These will increase train capacity, improve efficiency, and reduce ‘dwell times,’ when trains wait in stations.” The agency has already secured city, state, and federal money for the project.

Claypool said he wants to make sure the rehab is completed “on time and on budget.” The four-year project will involve temporary weekend closures, similar to those experienced during Red Line North station upgrades last year, rather than a complete shutdown of the line, as was the case with this year’s five-month Red Line South reconstruction. Bushell said this is because the Blue Line infrastructure is “vastly different” than the South Side line.

Improvements to the Blue Line’s Forest Park Branch may follow the O’Hare Line rehab. The Illinois Department of Transportation is looking into rebuilding the Eisenhower, which could include reconstructing the train line in the expressway’s median, although Bushell stated that the specifics of this project will depend on the result of the IDOT study.

  • Mishellie

    Im glad to see that Jefferson Park will be upgraded. It looks like it’s rusting to pieces. California , Western, and Chicago will be nice as well. I do hope they maintain some of the vintage charm of the Damen stop – I always think it’s a nice station. They could add a staircase on North Avenue that you can enter through though – that way the bus riders getting off won’t have to rush across that street and around the corner to get to the station.

  • John

    Wow, let’s put that side by side with the earlier story about IL-53:

    Blue Line: 80,000 riders per day (so over 16M per year), 12.5 mile rehab, $492M (roughly $30 per ride, first year)

    IL-53: 12,000 vehicles per day (so over 2.4M per year), 25 mile greenfield build, $2870M (roughly $1200 per ride, first year)

    Is that right? (IL-53 vehicle count comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_355)

  • IL-53 is new construction and this is just a rehab so the two can’t really be compared on a level field.

    But it is worth pointing out that the cost per mile of the new IL-53 extension will be over $100 million per mile for a roadway that is really not projected to bring in a lot of money by those using it (as opposed to CTA which gets more than half its expenses paid by its users).

  • John

    Oops – intended to use 250 workdays per year, used 200 carelessly. But I get points for consistency, right?

  • Coolebra

    A rehab that is necessary irrespective of any travel time savings, so all the hay being made about the cost to get a ten minute travel-time savings is misplaced – the savings is a co-benefit not an underlying rationale for the investment.

  • What does “extensive station renovations” entail? Will they reopen the closed egresses at Grand?

  • That’s true. This is needed to maintain the blue line. It isn’t an upgrade that some other cities get because they decide to make their transportation better, not just maintain it ;)

    And I prefer these fix-it investments for now because instead of building something new that will need to be maintained, they’re making what exists better. However, transportation options out on the NW side leave much to be desired, I believe that should be established too.

  • madopal

    I really had hoped that when any Blue Line renovations happened, they would work on traffic calming around the stations along the Kennedy. I can’t think of more pedestrian-hostile stations than those. But it appears that no work has been announced for that at all, right? It’s all track/internal station work?

  • Roland Solinski

    Is that 12000 figure an estimate of traffic on the extension? Otherwise, your 53 traffic count is off by a factor of ten. AADT on IL-53 is nearly 160,000 around the I-90 interchange and tapers to about 70,000 at the north end. http://www.dot.il.gov/trafficmaps/adt_chicago.pdf

  • JKM13

    Well if its going to happen, maybe they can do something to reduce the noise/exposure to elements on the stations in the middle of the Kennedy. Would love to know the decibel level on the platform at Irving or Montrose some days.

  • Chicagio

    I agree, is there any better example of a failed opportunity than the Jefferson Park station where you could have a great bus-metra-EL intermodal transfer point? (Hell it even has good highway access to the edens & kennedy)

  • Kevin M

    Isn’t there already a North Ave. enterance on the north side of the street? Or, is that exit-only currently? I agree that a turnstile, like that on the west side of the Western station, makes a lot of sense for Damen.

  • Kevin M

    I *really* hope the California station work includes adding an additional staircase and, maybe, an auxiliary turnstile on the east side of California. This station is a bottleneck for pedestrian traffic during rush hours.

  • I think a problem here will always be that you have people speeding off a freeway (not always, depending on traffic) which makes them go faster for the first few minutes after exiting the high speed roadway.

  • Something else odd about the Jeff Park station is that if you’re coming from the east and NOT on a bus, it’s ridiculously hard to figure out how to even get to the station (assuming you don’t already know). There’s a pedestrian overpass that crosses the highway, but you have to go under and partway behind the Metra station to find it; besides that, it’s walking or biking alongside big busy car-filled streets in a semicircle to loop around and get to the station eventually.

  • Joseph Musco

    1) The 2012 CTA Infrastructure Accessibility Task Force report ranked 1) Damen, 2) California, and 3) Belmont as the NW Blue Line stations most in need of ADA-accessibility. So why is Addison the stop that gets ADA-access?

  • Roland Solinski

    The budgeted amount for Damen is $20M, which is certainly enough to make the station accessible. $20M could be enough to completely rebuild the station like Armitage on the Brown Line, which had similar issues of a restricted site and historic-preservation concerns.

    I think we just have incomplete information about the scope of the work for each station. I’d wait for a more complete description before assuming that Addison is the ONLY station to get an elevator, especially since Addison has one of the lowest budgeted costs at only $5M.

  • madopal

    Yes, but you can design the roads with on/off ramps so that there isn’t foot traffic crossing it. Those ramp crossings are so harrowing, I’m betting it keeps a ton of people from walking to the station.

  • Jakub Muszynski

    I always wish I could talk with friends on the platforms, but it usually ends up being too loud on the platforms on the Kennedy.

  • I am looking into this now (should have started earlier but I didn’t see your comment).

  • In the IATF documents that Joseph links to it is estimated that adding two elevators to Damen would cost $12 million, or about 2.5% of the $492 million project cost.

    Addison is the only station to get an elevator. Full station-specific details have been posted on the CTA’s website.

  • It doesn’t seem like that’s the case. The CTA’s website makes no mention of different doors or a new entrance plan.

Spruced-Up California Station Reopens After Six-Week Closure

The freshly renovated California station on the Blue Line’s O’Hare branch reopened today after being closed for six weeks, an interminable wait for locals who rely on the train stop. Originally opened in 1895, the station recently received both structural and cosmetic improvements. These include a larger building footprint, refurbished walls, stairs, and platforms, new […]

High Speed Rail Association: Use Metra Tracks for O’Hare Express

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aviation commissioner Ginger Evans stated earlier this year that creating an express train to O’Hare Airport is a priority for this administration. However, the Blue Line is already a fairly speedy way to get to the airport, which could easily be upgraded via a few short-term improvements. Therefore, the city might be […]


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Today’s Headlines

  • Deal With Indiana Commits Illinois to Spend $250 Million on Illiana (Tribune)
  • City Tells Uber X to Stop Picking Up Riders from Airports (Tribune, Sun-Times)
  • City Touts Effectiveness of CTA Security Cameras (NBC)
  • ACLU Worried About 360-Degree Panning By Red Light Cams (Sun-Times)
  • Pay-By-Phone Parking Will Expand to More Downtown Areas (DNA)
  • Kane County Is Getting New Pace Bus Shelters (RTA)
  • Man Killed in Barrington Motorcycle Crash (Tribune)
  • Vehicular Homicide Victim Antonio Mendez Remembered by His Mother (DNA)
  • Ventra System Is Calculated to Make Money Off Tourists (John Jackson)
  • “Ugly Ol’ Halsted” Stickers Comment on the State of the Bridgeport Strip (DNA)
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  • Cash Rules Everything

    The Illiana expressway is baffling. It seems like the one of a few select issues that liberals and most fiscal conservatives would agree is horrible idea…yet plans for it get finalized.

  • I’ve been told that South Side and south suburban legislators lobbied Quinn hard to go through with the project because it will create jobs for their constituents. However, the Illiana won’t create nearly as many jobs as advertised:

  • Fred

    I generally think that government conspiracy theories are dumb, but for this project I can’t come up with a single rational explanation as to why it is going forward. Some associate of Michael Madigan MUST be in line to make a boatload of money, so he must be pulling strings in the background to make it happen. If someone has a non-tin foil hat explanation for this project I would love to hear it.

  • rohmen

    I’ve used Uber X in the past, and feel like they do fill a hole in service that taxis are currently not filing (i.e., on demand pick up at a certain location with knowledge that the driver will actually show).

    That said, Uber as a company seems to be embracing a model where they intend to profit as much as possible by cutting corners and blatantly encouraging drivers to break the law. First, it was cutting corners on insurance, which they only fixed once cities started calling them out on it and the public became aware of the grey areas in coverage Uber was operating under.

    Now its blatantly encouraging their drivers to violate the law by illegally picking up passengers for a fare at the airports.

    I’m all for free market competition, but it’s not true competition when you basically have a player who can charge drastically lower rates because they’re willing to operate outside of the clear boundaries of the law.

  • Wewilliewinkleman

    Since Taxis (and their passengers) pay a $4.00 tax to pick up a rider at the airport, how will Uber and the rest of the other ride share drivers remit this tax? Honor system? I don’t think so. One of the reasons we have the system at the airports is to collect that tax. If the ride share companies want to bypass the entire system, they have to be collecting and remitting that tax. Also, gypsy drivers used to be a real problem at the airport.

  • Wewilliewinkleman

    If it was going to be an entirely privately funded and built toll road, I’d probably hold my nose and say yes. However, since we are calling on taxpayers to make sure it is profitable for private operators, I think it reminds me of the sweet deal the White Sox owners got for a new Cominsky Park. No rent unless the gate was greater than a certain number (that I can’t be sure of). So for years, they haven’t contributed a cent towards their ball park paid by us taxpayers.

  • rohmen

    Agreed on the tax issue.

    And the really horrible thing about uberx in my mind is their complete willingness to throw their own drivers under the bus. The ban on gypsy cabs and the duty to pay a $4 tax for departures isn’t a gray area.

    Uberx instructed their drivers to do something blatantly illegal, without disclosing the illegality of the conduct (and in fact making it seem like there had been a change in policy). Was uberx going to defend these drivers against the City’s enforcement efforts if/when a driver was caught picking up a passenger illegally??

    They did the exact same thing with insurance–telling drivers (and the public) that they were properly covered without warning/disclosing to the drivers that their own personal insurer would drop coverage immediately if the driver was found to be driving for hire during an accident.

    Uberx has now proven themselves shady in multiple situations

  • Wewilliewinkleman

    Maybe not paying the tax makes it a “more pleasant experience.”

  • Fred

    Just hop on one of the free hotel shuttles, then get UberX to pick you up at the hotel. You could also “hitchhike” somewhere off airport grounds. Just stand in the arrival pickup area and start asking people if they would drop you off somewhere off property. You’ll probably get told no most of the time, but I’d bet it would work 100% of the time if you were willing to ask enough people.

  • rohmen

    All of which would be completely legal conduct, and none of which is conduct that uberx actually instructed its drivers and customers to consider doing.

  • Fred

    Actually, it would be interesting if UberX were to strike an agreement with one of the local hotels to do just that. An official Hyatt O’Hare/UberX shuttle. UberX could even throw them some money monthly. Or they could get their own lot just off property and run their own shuttle. There are plenty of ways UberX could get around this if they so chose.

  • rohmen

    Not to beat a dead horse, but the point isn’t that there are workarounds uber can use to avoid this law (there are, as you rightly note), it’s that uber didn’t even try. Instead, they just instructed their drivers to ignore the law in order to maximize their profits in this City.

    That’s not ethical business conduct, and it suggests to me that ride-share companies likely do need to be regulated to the extent they’ve already demonstrated a willingness to engage in such clearly unethical conduct.

  • Fred
  • rohmen

    This is some of the stuff that started making me see red in relation to uber:


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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A Night I Will Never Forget....

When I was in nursing school, I was deeply intrigued of the "fight or flight" phenomena. It amazed me how the human being's brain would take over the body's entire function and zone out, focusing on survival in order to get through a life-threatening situation. Never in a million years did I expect I would be smacked in a situation that would allow our most primal instincts to take over.

Last week, heavy rains brought about a flash flood in my city. Davao City, the city where I live, is one of the safest, most peaceful and practically disaster-free city in the country. But all of that was dispelled the night of June 28, 2011. At around 9pm, it started raining heavily. To me, this was nothing out of the ordinary since this is a tropical country and yes, it is the rainy season. It continued to pour heavily, nonstop, for two straight hours. I live near a creek, so we were starting to feel a bit uneasy about the heavy downpour because this could lead to one thing: flood.

It was a typical night and I was doing what I would usually do at night. I can still remember I was sitting in front of my computer, chatting with my friend, Thach, via this online game I was playing and watching TV on the side. Then, just like that, in a snap of a finger, my whole world was in utter disarray.

I could hear our neighbors rushing towards the street, carrying with them their children and their pets. I can hear them shouting and crying. That's when I knew the water in the creek has overflown. I hurriedly shut my pc down because I know it's time to put it in a safe place, high up where flood water wouldn't reach it. My sister was distressed because the flood had reached the level of our gate. That was not a good thing since her car was parked in our garage and if the flood rose any higher, it would reach her car and wreck the engine and the electronics. She hurriedly drove the car to higher ground. My dad was still on his way home at that time so we told him to park his car somewhere safe. It was such good fortune that my mother borrowed my car earlier that afternoon so we had one less car to worry about.

I was left in the house with our house-help and we started disconnecting all appliances and put them on high shelves, thinking the flood water would not reach past our waist. When my dad finally got home, my sister was still making her way back home. She called me, telling me that she was having a hard time treading the flood because it was already at waist level and the current was quite strong. This caused my dad so much worry that he decided to fetch her. Thank God he was able to reach her on time and got her home safely.

When they finally got back to the house, the flood water had started to enter the house via the drainage system, while the flood water from the outside was starting to creep into the house. We attempted to place some of our appliances at an even higher ground but it was a feeble attempt. Things happened so fast until such time, the water level inside the house was steadily rising at a really fast rate.

It dawned to us that things are going terribly downhill the moment the power was shut off to prevent electrocution. Our house was quite elevated, so I could imagine that the water level outside was pretty deep already. add the strong current, our doors were already shut tight, and we could not open it because of the strong pressure from the opposing forces between the current of the flood water outside and the water from inside our house.

The water would not stop coming in. Flood was rising at an alarmingly fast rate and if the water continued to rise at that rate, we would all be in grave danger if we stayed inside the house. We needed to go to higher ground. The moment my dad said we had to leave the house and all our belongings inside, I went numb. It was like, we have lost the battle, and bowed down to the flood. But there was no time to grieve over our losses, we had to seek shelter from the flood, we had to save ourselves from drowning. Since the doors were already shut tight, my dad had to destroy the screen of the screen door so that we could climb over it.

It was around 2am when we climbed our fence and made our way on top of the roof. When we left, I saw that our furniture and appliances were floating inside our house. We rushed out thinking of saving only ourselves that I was able to bring only my handbag and my cellphone, nothing else, same with my sister and my dad. We were up on our roof cold, tired, thirsty and traumatized. We had lost all our belongings, our clothes, the things that we have worked hard for. From above our roof, the sight was just devastating. The water reached to about 2-3 meters in depth. I could see how the flood raged on. The street no longer looked like a street, rather, it looked like a river with really strong current. I could see branches and debris drifting along with it.

Finally at nearly 5am, the water had subsided and was only about knee deep. As swiftly as it rose, the water receded at at equally fast rate. We immediately got down from the roof to release the flood water trapped inside the house so we can start cleaning up the mud. We didn't waste any time sitting or sleeping, we went straight to work and cleaned up the mess.

The aftermath was devastating. The house and all of its contents were all over the place. It was a mess. Everything was covered in mud. Our furniture, our appliances, our clothes, EVERYTHING, was covered in mud and some got washed out when the water started receding. It was heart wrenching to see the what the flood has done to us. What breaks my heart is the defeated look in my father's eyes the first time he set his eyes on our house. I wanted to cry too, but there was no time to wallow in grief. There was so much work to be done, and we can't waste any of our time or what's left of our strength wallowing in despair. Some of our immediate relations and close friends came by to help us out. I am so thankful to them, we could not manage to do the cleaning up alone.

Despite the hopelessness of the situation, all is not lost. There are some things we were able to save. First off, our cars were safe from the flood. It was sheer blessing that my sister followed her intuition and braved the rising waters and drove it to a safe place. And it was a blessed coincidence that my mother happened to borrow my car the afternoon of that fateful day.

Another is that my documents and my laptop were saved. I managed to put the documents at the topmost shelf in my cabinet before the flood, so they are all dry, readable and remains to be valid. On a last ditched effort, I grabbed my laptop and was able to place it at the topmost shelf on the cabinet that was close to the door where we exited on our way out of the house. I was planning to take it with me on the roof but I had to climb through the screen door and my hands were full, so I was most likely going to drop it so I decided to shove it on the top shelf and prayed to God the flood water would not reach it.

And most importantly, I am most thankful to God that my family and I are safe. None of us were seriously hurt or injured, save a few cuts and bruises from climbing up and down the roof but overall, we are in good condition. Our lives are much more important than all of our material possessions combined and doubled. As long as we are all together, we can rise up from this disaster we just faced.

Some were not as fortunate as we were. A lot of people had lost their belongings too, washed away by the raging water of the flood. There are some whose homes got ravaged and destroyed by the flood. And there are others who lost their loved ones in this terrible disaster. My heart and prayers go to them. I cannot begin to imagine the pain they are going through right now. Which makes me come to realize that what our family have lost is just a minute fraction of what other families have lost in the flood. Our ordeal is quite easier to get over as compared to what others are going through. Therefore, we are not that unfortunate, in fact, we are still quite blessed because all four of us are alive and well.

As of writing, we are still on the process of cleaning up and sorting out. It's quite a tumulus task, but I know in time, we would be done with it. Things will never be back to the way it used to be, the damage was quite vast and the experience was just way too distressing, but I'm hoping we can bring it as close to how it used to be and I pray that we can get past this whole ordeal. Life must go on.

**Photos lifted off from Mr. Roland Jumawan's Facebook Photo Album.....**

Carrymel said...

Oh my God, that is definitely a night you will never forget :( When I first read the title I didn't know the news would be so devastating. I am so sorry to hear about what happened to your family with this flood. You know, I hear about these things in the news and I think "wow, this happened so far away from me", but I feel like I know you from reading your blog and this is really heart-feld. I don't know what I would do if this happened to me. . .I was literally tearing up as I read this.

I'm happy to hear that your family is safe, above all else, and that you were able to get to higher ground. Please keep us posted on how things are going. Your family is in my prayers, hun.

ChiChi81 said...

Things like this makes me realize that we are not invincible. Disasters are looming above us, and strikes us when we least expect it. It was so hard for me to come to terms with what has happened but I know I have to deal with it soon. I knew writing about it is one step in getting over this ordeal. It was a bit difficult, I was cringing at more than one occasion, having to relive the whole thing, and I wasn't sure I could finish writing it down but I did. So yeah, I guess I'm beginning to move on ;)

Thank you so much for your concern, it means a lot to me. I will do my best to keep you posted.
Have a great day.

Haze said...

Ohh hun I am so sorry to hear that this happened to you and your family. The important thing is that you are all safe. I am amazed at your bravery and optimism, and spirit. I am confident that you can rebuild what was broken.

Haze said...

Ohh hun I am so sorry to hear that this happened to you and your family. The important thing is that you are all safe. I am amazed at your bravery and optimism, and spirit. I am confident that you can rebuild what was broken.

just tututiny said...

OMG Chi! I watched this on the news when it happened but did not know anyone was a part of it until now. I am glad that everyone from your family is safe and that you were at least able to save some stuff, i.e laptops and documents. You are right, there is no way to plan for these things. Natural diasters happen all the time and when it does you just need to hang in there and hope that your family and friends are safe. I worry about this all the time now that I have kids. So I always make sure that no matter where I am, my kids and hubby are with me. That's why hubby and I never take trips on our own because if something were to happen we would not have our kids with us. Thank you for sharing this heartwarm story with us, it continues to keep me mindful of the fact that family is most important. [[HUGS]]

LeeAnne, Style N Season said...

Human are so strong and brave and advance, yet so small and insignificant too in this wide world, not to mention the universe. Thankfully you and your family are safe. As devastating it was, that's the most important!

Yep, I haven't followed you in July, so I'm reading this post now instead of then. Anyway, I just want to tell you that I've written my Four Things post, as promised, and I'm tagging you back! Do check it out! ^__^

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Friday, October 22, 2010

{Lace Flower Tutorial}

Today I made one of the cutest, easiest flowers ever!
In case you haven't noticed, I'm a sucker for pretty flower accessories! Want to make your own?

Let's get started.
{again, I apologize for the quality of the pictures,
still working with a broken camera here!}

You need:

decorative lace trim
small circle of matching felt {the size you want your flower}
glue gun
pin back or clip

I bought my lace at Hobby Lobby on sale for $1, an awesome price for 12 feet of lace. It didn't give a width, but mine was about 3/4" wide, this is what the packaging looked like:

1. add a thin line of hot glue around the top edge of your felt circle and attach your trim.
2. continue working from the outside in, adding more hot glue and attaching as you go.
3. The picture doesn't show this step well, but when I got about an 1.5" from the end, I added a dab of glue and rolled the last bit in. Then I added a dab to the center of my flower and pushed the rolled end down to create a rolled center. I hope that makes sense...

To add the pin back, cut a piece of felt slightly larger than your pin. Mark lines where the ends are, cut small slits along those lines. Then open your pin, feed the pin through one slit and the closure through the other slit. This step is optional, you could just glue your pin straight to the back of your flower, I just find this gives a more finished look and gives a better hold with the pin sandwiched between two pieces of felt glue together...

Glue your pin to the back of your flower, add it to a shirt and your done!

You could attach an alligator clip to the back as well and easily switch between a brooch or flower clip...

OR add a strip of folded tulle through the pin before attaching...

and you have some cute temporary tulle leaves on your flower...

...that you can easily remove if you want a simpler look...

I can't wait to get lace in a few different colors. How easy would these be to add to a pillow, necklace, purse...or how about these in place of these fabric flowers for the 3d wall art I made here.

Make sure you check out this week's link parties to the right --->
Have a great weekend!

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RyDeb.White said...

I am so excited you posted this! I almost bought some lace just like that at Hobby Lobby thinking I'd love to make a cute flower, but then realized I didn't even know how. I didn't realize it was so simple-thank you!

Laura Blue said...

Love it!

Crystal said...

Those are so pretty. I love the idea of using lace.

Beverly Girolomo said...

I love lace, & this is a great
tutorial sweet & simple. Comes out so pretty. Thanks for sharing

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CentOS7 一整個不習慣

CentOS7 與先前版本指令的差異，我會用到的地方，做了一些整理

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the bad service level on StartLogic

I order a service plan on StartLogic , $95.4 USD per year, and $9.99 for domian name.I last year, My customer don’t want to use their site service any more, So that I contact Startlogic, and let them to delete my credit card data, I use another mail account to recive their service mail, I just check the mail, StartLogic charge me for $95.4 USD.

My Issue
1.I let their service engineer remove to cridet card data, they forget remove it, and domain name does not pay any more, and site service charge me $95.4.
2.They charge me site service without domain name, I can not use their any service. They do not know this?
3.The bull shit customer protect policy, they don’t think about the customer ues or not , they just need you pay the service fee.

Why I don’t use their any service but I still need pay? I don’t know the reason they could charge me.

I use their service for 2 year, I have several think.
1.Their site techology is not good enough, I can not use Chinese file name, but other hosting site.
2.Their site speed is not stateable. I think they over sell to many customer, do you want your site is slow?
3.Their engineer does not have well

In last, I cancel my account, And they deduct my $35 for early stoping service. God , I need to pay the credit card service fee for the oversea order, and $35 deduct.

Totaly I lost for $40 USD, Do you want to a hosting plan, I will not suggestion you to order Startlogic hosting plan.

2012/01/09 再回來看這篇，StartLogic和他們的相關網站都有發信叫我搬回去，價格更低，而且宣稱服務改善，我怎麼看，網路上還是一堆人在罵，老實說，這個服務用一次就好，沒有必要把自己辛苦經營的成果拿回去賭看看。那樣的主機，只會吸引到不好的客服，如果你注重SEO，還是付多一點點的錢，買好一點的主機吧。

2017/02/07 五年後回來看這篇，目前我們自己架主機，自己管理，不用再受主機商的鳥氣。不要以為國外的主機商鳥，台灣的主機商也很鳥，比如說智邦、匯知、捕夢網數位科技，都一樣啦。


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If you're new to a Rotaract Website, you're probably wondering who and what we are? Well, Rotaract is:

a club for men and women aged 18 to 30 - anyone can join, there are no restrictions on sex, colour, occupation or even height!

an international organisation which exists in over 120 countries, and there are more than 100,000 members worldwide.

a great social life: booze cruises to France; greyhound racing; Halloween and Toga parties treasure hunts; summer BBQ's; bowling; badminton; volleyball and pub games nights - so as you can see the list of activities is endless and everyone is welcome.

for meeting new people and making new friends.

for personal development - there are many opportunities offered by Rotaract that will benefit you in both your personal and working life - for example: conferences and courses; outdoor pursuits and organisational positions at club, district and national level.

broadening your horizons wth the opportunities to learn more and discover new experiences - for example: guest speakers at club meetings; trips to places of interest; international culture and cuisine and foreign travel.

and finally, helping the local community is where fundraising is FUN, and where you will discover that community work can be challenging but very rewarding - for example: hampers at Christmas; children's picnics; swimathons; charity collections; gardening and cemetary clearing; helping local charities and volunteer groups, and fundraising through social events.


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Our Mission

Our mission is 4 fold. Win the Lost – Disciple the Found – Heal the Broken – Send the Whole.
It’s a bold statement, and we are seeing God use us to accomplish each of these.

Win The Lost

As of our 3rd anniversary we have seen 217 people give their lives to Jesus and have devoted themselves to serving Him.

Heal the Broken

The thing we hear most at Christ Chapel is: “This is a safe place.”  We couldn’t agree more. Christ Chapel is a safe place for everyone. It’s a safe place to come even if you don’t believe in God. You’re not going to be judged by a bunch of people who are pretending to live perfect lives. We are all broken and if not for the Love of Christ, would be without hope.

Disciple The Found

Each week, our messages are filled with the hope of the Gospel and designed to encourage all of us to grow in our relationship with God.

Send The Whole

If you are a Christ follower you are a disciple, and you have been called to ministry. We understand this and it is our mission to teach and train the Body for service to God.


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Supreme Court Moves to the Right?

One of the law blogs I follow is SOTUSBlog. It is the blog for following the procedural developments and decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). So, whatever their ideological bent, the team at SCOTUSBlog certainly knows what is going on.

Which is why I found their latest post so interesting. According to them, the appointments of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the SCOTUS have resulted in a significant shift to the right: "In almost all of the meaningful cases decided thus far – measured by their effect going forward – the conservatives prevailed."

The pivotal vote in many cases, as expected, was cast by Justice Kennedy. Although in terms of raw numbers Kennedy has split pretty equally between the Right and Left, SCOTUSBlog believes that on the significant, precedent setting cases, he has gone Right. Moreover, the reading of dissenting opinions from the bench by some liberal Justices is taken as evidence of a high degree of frustration. SCOTUSBlog also expect Justice Kennedy to cast the deciding vote to the Right in upcoming criminal law and, notably, a religious freedom case.

Jay KTX said…
That's encouraging news! Thanks for the update.

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Flawed design or scientific shortsightedness?

Here is a very interesting news brief on some recent biological research on the appendix. A team of researchers has proposed that the appendix may not be a useless organ after all. It may have an important part to play in synthesizing and protecting 'good' bacteria that line the intestinal track. What's interesting about this research is that the appendix has long been a favorite example of an evolutionary 'fluke' that a good Designer would not equip our bodies with, according to skeptics. What if more such flukes turn out to be useful after all? Would that provide supporting evidence for the design hypothesis? I'm not sure either way, because of the massive complexity of the biological process. But it does provide some food for thought.

Layman said…
So is this an example of the godlessness of the gaps?
BK said…
Yup. For years, when people have supported the idea of evolution, they have pointed to the appendix as an archtypical piece of the evidence. Why, they reason, would God have designed this useless, pointless organ if God really designed humanity? I expect that we will see a great deal of backpeddling on this one.
Jason Pratt said…
It gets even better when it comes to junk-DNA, which constitutes 98% of our genetic code. Starting to turn out it ain't quite all 'junk', maybe, after all.

What's more interesting about that particular topic to me, though, is that I recently read (corrections welcome btw) that when scientists talk about how our genetics are 98% similar to chimps and 99.4% similar to gorillas etc. (or whatever the precise similarity is tagged at)--what they really mean is that 98% (etc.) of the 2% of our genetic code deemed to be active and pertinent to our development as a species.

The rest of it, I'm now hearing, ain't.

This is news to me, if true; because I routinely get the impression when listening to evolutionary apologists, that the 98+% similarity is supposed to demonstrate our close descent relationship to those other animals. Which seems plausible enough all things considered. Until that other factor starts being considered in the all things.

I think we're owed some clarification on this, one way or another, before matters go much further. I honestly don't care one way or another whether I'm 98% similar genetically to an ape (though if I had my druthers I'd rather it be to a cat. {g} But that's just personal taste.) But if I'm only 2%ish similar to an ape genetically, then I'm going to start being highly curious as to how that other great mass of genetics (which wasn't even supposed to have been being used by our bodies, up until studies in recent years began suggesting otherwise) managed to change so radically if we're descended from the same ancestor and are supposed to be so closely related. And maybe even more curious about how that great mass changed so radically but the crucial 2% didn't.

Anyone hear/have any thoughts on this?

BK said…
I don't know about the question that you have, but I do know that junk DNA is proving to not be junk more-and-more as time goes on. I have written previously about junk DNA on the CADRE site, and have had at least five opportunities to show other functions for junk DNA that were discovered since that time. It really is important to note that junk DNA ain't really junk.
Puritan Lad said…
I can't help but recall the debate between the RR Squad and Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Brian from the RRS attempted to show flaws in the design of the universe by pointing out that he had nipples. In doing so, he acknowledged the very design he saw as "flawed". (You can have a flaw in design unless you first have design). Otherwise, flaws are meaningless, and should never enter our minds.

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Ethics and the Third Person -- results of the Fall

[Note: the contents page for this series can be found here. The previous entry, starting Chapter 45, can be found here.]

[This entry continues Chapter 45, "A History of the Fall".]

The first sinners have breached the derivative unity between themselves and God, insofar as it was possible for them to breach it. If God did that to Himself, if the Persons of God did that to Themselves, utter death would immediately entail for God, and for all of reality. We humans can only have been designed along similar, if derivative, principles. These creatures with great power and responsibility have chosen to rebel against the reality upon which they nevertheless inescapably depended.

As I reach this point, I remember something I deduced earlier: humans are 'human', to whatever degree, due to what I have called the synthetic shape. This shape is itself the most fundamental relationship to God that we have: all our other relations to Him, including our personal relations to Him, depend on that shape. In fact, all our relations to anything depend upon that shape. (Before I am accused of putting too much value on that shape, let me redress the balance by reiterating that the shape itself depends ultimately on the intentions of God, including the actions of God which are subsidarily a part of His primary action of self-existence.)

But our first ancestors must have decided to intentionally push themselves away from God, to change the relationship from one of harmony to dissonance. They had the capability to do this, and that is what they chose.

And one consequence to choosing that act, would be the changing of the synthetic shape.

The intentive actions grounding that shape are God's, but He has partially disassociated Himself from them, so that His 'wooden puppets' can be 'real boys and girls'. But this means we (or at least our ancestors) have had some ability to help shape our individual relationships to God.

When our ancestors willed themselves into opposition against God, not out of some accident of calculation or ignorance, but consciously setting themselves as people against the conscious Person Who was grounding their whole existence (including their ability to take such actions), then one result must have been a change in that synthetic shape--the relation, even the physical relation, of their wills to the underlying will of God. They might as well have said: "We want the shape to be like this instead of like that."

And in essence, that's what happened.

But the shape of that synthesis also grounded their ability (and still does for you and I today) to interact with other aspects of reality--and what they had been synthesized into existence within, was the automatically reactive field of Nature.

Their choice would consequently involve immediate reactions within them at the natural level--because that is the way 'Nature', as 'Nature', works.

Whatever those results could be, one thing at least must be true: the results could not possibly have granted equal or better efficiency (considering the overall sum of our efficiency) in our first ancestors' relationship with Nature.

But I think I can go even further than that. God would have created them to be masters of Nature; but now their relationship, not only to Himself but also to Nature, must change. They have demanded that it shall be so; their demand in and of itself would make it so.

This was not a situation where they could make their demand, and then God could say: "Petition refused, and for your own sakes I might add!" I do agree that such petitions and such a response would have been possible then (and still are now): our first ancestors might easily and excusably have asked for something out of ignorance or incompetence (they cannot be omnicompetent, for they are not God), and God might have then refused it for their own good.

But this demand was something that, by being what it was, necessarily (as a result of the situation of our creation and our relationship to God and to Nature) entailed the granting of their wish.

There were other actions even of that particular sort which they must have been capable of (and of which we still are today), but those actions would only be something of a joke: "God, I wish I could make wishes!" "No problem!"

But to wish to rebel against God, is not a joke. It is itself the first act of rebellion.

The action has been taken, and consequences of some sort shall follow, must follow. God gave them the ability to contribute to the changing of derivative reality, including themselves and their relationships; they chose to change; change must follow, or else God did not actually give them that ability to make changes.

But remember that none of this would (strictly speaking) have taken God by surprise. Our history is brought into existence and given the divine contribution of shape as (quite literally) part of one infinitely complex act of God. The infinitely positive efficiency of God's Unity is present at all points of our space and time: what He sees us doing in one place and time, He knows elsewhere and elsewhen.

This does not compromise our freedom to act: if I see you act, does that mean you are not free to act? If I saw you act five minutes ago, and see you act now, does my seeing you now somehow compromise the freedom you had five minutes ago when I was also watching you?

No. It is because God sees us and knows us at all points of space-time that we (or even space-time itself) can exist, and also that we can act within each of those points of space-time which we individually intersect.

So no, these results are not surprises to God in any way. Moreover, we should expect the result to be part of God’s design: if God creates derivatively active creatures intimately linked to their natural environment, then it makes sense to design into them what shall happen to them if they rebel against Him.

God will have built in safety valves.

A servant assigned to be a steward with power and responsibility over a kingdom, cannot be allowed to exercise all that authority and power once he has rebelled. Disruption in the kingdom shall already follow; but God will minimize it as far as possible--within the boundaries of other plans of His.

So, for instance, to minimize the disruption absolutely, God could have simply annihilated Adam and Eve on the spot. But that hardly fulfills love and positive justice, or even a merely punitive negative ‘justice’, to Adam and Eve--for they would be completely gone, and so would not exist any longer to be recipients of God's love and justice! Since God never has nor never shall (on peril of reality's self-destruction) set aside His love and justice, then I think annihilation must necessarily be out of the question. Some other plan must have been put into effect by the 'Fall'.

Would it be love and justice to our first ancestors to let them stay forever in the misery that they shall necessarily engender by their attempts to refuse the source of their own lives? God created them as purposeful creatures; but they cannot fulfill at least some of those purposes (His and theirs), because in their current condition they are in dissonance against God (and thus against His creations also) to one degree or other. Nor would it be love to simply let them stay that way forever--and God, Who is intrinsically and essentially love (if trinitarian theism is true), will never set aside His love for us.

Yet, justice must not be set aside, either; not even the negative justice that follows from committing injustice. Consequences must follow contingently upon those specific actions, as part of the fulfillment of fair-togetherness (i.e. of righteousness), even when that fulfillment must be against unrighteousness; consequences these newly fallen sinners shall have to face, one way or another--and, of course, how they 'face those consequences' is itself an action, entailing more consequences, which they must also choose how they shall meet, and so on, and so forth.

One of the consequences that must follow is, as I have said, the changing of the synthetic shape. Shall God merely 'poof' it back to normal? No; He gave those people power as people to help choose how that shape shall be, and for God to merely 'reset them' (the way I might reset a computer if one of the computer-controlled pieces does something that threatens to ruin my game) would be for God to cease treating those people as people. If they had not already become people, then God might have chosen to 'reset' them--it is certainly possible for Him to do this. But they had already become real people, or else they wouldn't have been able to rebel in the first place.

So the new shape must stay, even if the people must be removed to another part of the playing field (so to speak); and whatever God may choose to do with that new corrupted shape, He will not infringe, for love’s sake, on the personal ability and responsibility of those people to keep contributing to the shape. Surely He will have tweaked, and will continue to tweak, the synthetic shape as much as possible within the parameters of what else He wants to accomplish; but that is still a limit, even though a self-imposed one on His part.

So the synthetic shape remains--but in a new and necessarily more inefficient form.

Yet, once they realize the penalties they have brought on themselves, can Adam and Eve choose to put the shape back exactly as they found it?

[Next up: a question of salvation]

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

BLOC PARTY Official After Party @ The Hoxton

Thanks to Twitter, and Toronto blogger Gracie Carroll & Plaid Magazine, I was able to attend the official Bloc Party after party on Tuesday Sept.11 at The Hoxton. Russell and Matt, half of the band, played a DJ set for the party but sadly I didn't see the other two. Nonetheless, it was still such a great event. Not only was it super awesome to be in their presence, but I also fell in love with the venue - it's different than a lot of the other places I've been to and it's got such a cool vibe!

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Matt Tong!

If you haven't heard of Bloc Party're welcome.

- Christina
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The Seven Most Common Business Writing Mistakes—
and how to avoid them

by Christine Dubois

Do your business letters go straight to your customers' waste baskets? Are you tearing your hair out composing your latest brochure?

Good writing doesn't have to be hard. With a little practice, you can learn to write easily and effectively. Start by avoiding these common mistakes:

1. Writing to impress. There was a time when complex words, formal phrases, and vague, convoluted sentences were considered professional. Not any more. Nowadays, people want writing that's clear, informal, and personal. Your customers won't take the time to wade through businessese, bureaucratese, or any other writing disease.

If you really want to sound professional, try this: Use plain English. You've been speaking it successfully for years. Write like you talk. Simply, directly, conversationally. Use familiar words, short sentences. It's easier for your readers--and for you.

2. Believing everything your 7th grade English teacher taught you. Many people are still carrying in their heads the dire predictions of long-dead English teachers. But contrary to what Mrs. Johnson may have told you, the world will not end if you split an infinitive. Lots of things you learned never to do are OK now. Like using sentence fragments. And starting sentences with "and" or "but." You can even use personal pronouns. Just let your ear be your guide.

3. Forgetting your audience. We all know people who get so wrapped up in telling their story they ignore the people they're talking to. It can happen on paper, too. Picture your audience when you write--what are their interests, skills, and passions? What is their socio-economic or educational level? What do they need to know? Keeping your audience in mind will help make your writing more personal and to the point.

4. Fuzzy thinking. Can you summarize your message in one sentence? No? Then stop writing and start thinking. Clear writing begins with clear thinking. If you don't know what you're trying to say, your readers won't either. Before you write, state your main point in one sentence. Hang it where you can see it. It will help keep your writing on track.

5. Saving your main point until the end. A popular method of organization is to introduce the topic, present facts and arguments, and end with your recommendation. There's one problem: Most readers don't ever get to your recommendation. Instead, begin with your main point, conclusion, or recommendation. "Because orders have increased by 50 percent in the past six months, I recommend we hire two additional staff people." Then give the supporting data. Remember the summary sentence in #4? It's a great way to begin your business letter or report.

6. Too much passive voice. In passive voice, things happen without any direct human involvement. "It has been determined that . . . " "There has been an overpayment in your account." If the person doing the action isn't in the sentence (or is hiding behind the preposition "by"), you're writing in the passive voice. No one wants to do business with a company run by phantoms. Get real people back in your writing by using active voice. "My partner and I have determined . . . " "You paid more than you owed us."

7. Using abstract language. "Hunger is a major problem in our city." "The quality of education is declining." "Good writing is important." What's wrong with these sentences? They're too general. They won't stick in anyone's memory. To stay with your reader, your writing must present a concrete image. "Five-year-old Becky goes to bed hungry the last week of every month." "One quarter of the sophomores at Goodtimes High don't have the math skills to balance a checkbook." "A warm, personal writing style can build rapport with your clients--and improve your bottom line."
Flesh out vague statements with specific examples.

Avoid these common writing mistakes, and your message will reach your customers' hearts and minds--instead of their waste baskets.

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11 Most Lovable Christmas Ornaments You Would Have Never Seen Before

For Christmas we are always on the lookout for some of the most unique and pretty kind of ornaments for our Christmas tree as well as for the house decoration. When I was searching for something amazing and different I caught hold of these lovable and cute looking ornaments which I couldn’t resist from sharing with you all. So have a look and believe for yourself. I am pretty sure you would love to have these for your Christmas tree as well.

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Harry Lee Sims (BLAKELY, Ga.)

BLAKELY, Ga. - Dr. Harry Lee Sims, age 73, of 507 Lakewood Dr., Blakely, Ga., died Oct. 17, 2010, at Bainbridge Hospital, Bainbridge, Ga. Dr. Sims was born in Augusta, Ga. on Jan. 8, 1937. He was a Minister and a member of Colomokee Baptist Church, Blakely, Ga. Survivors: wife, Shirley Littlefield Sims, Blakely, Ga.; daughters, Debbie Jarrett and husband Eric, Blakely, Ga., Sandy Mayo and husband Mike, Satsuma, Ala., and Sherry Harrell and husband Greg, Valdosta, Ga.; sisters, Shirley S. Matthews and Marie S. Daugherty, both of Blakely, Ga.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Seaborn Sims and Lillian Beatrice Bilton Sims; and one sister, Joyce S. Pollard. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Colomokee Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Odom and Rev. T. J. Bennett officiating. Interment will be in Colomokee Cemetery. Pallbearers are Eric Jarrett, Jr., Jason Jarrett, Sean Harrell, Brandon Harrell, Dean Daugherty, Devin Daugherty, Darron Pollard, and LaWayne Favors. Visitation will be held Tuesday night from 7 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home, Blakely, Ga., in charge of arrangements. (229) 723-3421. You may visit our website at www.manryjordanhodges.com to sign the guest registry and send condolences. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-October 19, 2010


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    Rosner named Director of Argonne

    Robert Rosner

    The University has appointed Robert Rosner to the directorship of Argonne National Laboratory effective Monday, April 18. His appointment was approved by Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman.

    Rosner succeeds Hermann Grunder, who has served as Director of the laboratory since 2000.

    “Robert Rosner is a distinguished scientist who has already made major contributions to the laboratory, and I am confident he is the right man for this job,” Secretary Bodman said. “His scientific accomplishments and leadership will build on Dr. Grunder’s outstanding work and ensure that DOE’s labs continue to contribute to a better tomorrow.”

    Rosner has served as Argonne’s Associate Laboratory Director for physical, biological and computing sciences and as its Chief Scientist since 2002, and in those roles he implemented reinvigorating changes in multiple areas of research while also achieving an outstanding record in safety and security, according to President Randel. In addition, he was the architect of Argonne’s 20-year strategic plan for science and technology.

    “Bob is a distinguished computational astrophysicist with broad interests across the basic and applied sciences and extensive Department of Energy experience,” Randel said. “I am confident that Bob will provide decisive leadership and insightful strategic vision for Argonne, while developing the effective partnerships between the department, other government agencies, industry and academia that have become so important to the scientific future of the nation.”

    Rosner’s appointment culminates a six-month national search by a search committee comprising representatives from the University, Argonne and industry. Chairing the committee was Harvey Plotnick, a University Trustee and a member of Argonne’s Board of Governors.

    Said Rosner, “I am honored to have been asked to serve as Director of Argonne, a national laboratory of great distinction, with a wonderful tradition of first-rate science and technology research and a scientific, technical and support staff second to none. It is humbling, and a challenge for me personally, to follow a succession of remarkably capable Argonne Laboratory directors, from the first director—Enrico Fermi—to my immediate predecessor, Hermann Grunder. The future of this laboratory is very bright—we are recognized leaders in much of the science and technology that makes the United States competitive in the 21st-century global economy. I look forward to working closely with the Department of Energy, the University of Chicago and the terrific staff of the laboratory in pushing the frontiers in all of these areas, and enjoying every bit of it!”

    As Chief Scientist at Argonne, Rosner oversaw the laboratory’s scientific programs and research and planning activities, and served as the chief proponent of collaborations between Argonne and Chicago, other universities and other national laboratories.

    As Associate Laboratory Director, he led an organization consisting of eight divisions and four national user facilities, with an annual budget of more than $200 million and a staff of more than 800 scientific and engineering personnel. In the area of high-energy physics, he was instrumental in the creation of the Accelerator Institute, addressing one of the “Grand Challenges” of the DOE Office of Science.

    Rosner also is the William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Last autumn he was the Rothschild visiting professor at the Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University. His scientific specialty is plasma astrophysics—the physics of the sun and the stars—and he has been instrumental in establishing the University as one of the world’s leading centers in that field. He also led the collaboration of Argonne and University scientists who created the Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes and directed the center from its founding in 1997 to 2002. The center develops simulations of exploding stars with computer codes that can be adapted for application to other fields and is funded by the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration.

    Randel said that Grunder, who served as Laboratory Director for the past four years and who will be named Director Emeritus, “leaves an indelible stamp on a great institution, for which I am personally very grateful. He will be missed, and his legacy will be felt for many years.”

    As a result of Grunder’s initiatives, working with University Vice President for Research and Argonne Laboratory Thomas Rosenbaum, the University and Argonne established joint centers and institutes in a variety of areas. In close collaboration with Rosner, Grunder led efforts on the Center for Nanoscale Materials, the Theory and Computational Science Building, and the Rare Isotope Accelerator. On the national level, Grunder led multi-lab consortia that drafted national roadmaps for nuclear energy and advanced computational science.

    Argonne was the nation’s first national laboratory, chartered in 1946. An annual operating budget of $475 million supports the work of approximately 2,700 employees on the Argonne campus, located 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.

    The University has been Argonne’s manager and partner throughout its history. Argonne was formed in 1946 as an outgrowth of the Manhattan Project’s Metallurgical Laboratory at the University, which in 1942 produced the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

    Today, Argonne performs research in basic science, including experimental and theoretical work in materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, high-energy physics, mathematics and computer science; energy resources; environmental management; transportation; and national security.

    Argonne also designs, builds, operates and manages many scientific and engineering research facilities and makes them available to outside researchers from industry, academia and other government laboratories. Six of these facilities are official U.S. Department of Energy National User Facilities or User Centers. The department’s Office of Science is the steward of 10 national laboratories in the national laboratory system, including Argonne.


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being perfected in tbe refreshments
which consisted of a salad course
with coffee and ice cream aud rain
bow cake, Mrs. Moss was a charm
ing hostess and vbose who enjoyed
her hospitality besides the honoree
were Mesdames F. P. Bryan, Willie
Millier, H. W. Scott, S. A. Morrall,
L. D. Crouch. J. M. Lone, Walter
Wise, Austin Clark, Wallace Wise,
W, H. Moss, S. A. Pose?; R. C.
Swearingen, J. D. Mathis and Miss
Julia Wise who assisted Mrs. Moss
in dispensing gracious hospitality
throughout the afternoon.
The good roads fever has been at
a high temperature recently in ano
around Trenton. The town council
has done some excellent work on
all roads leading into town. The
energetic, progressive and public
spirited farmers on and near the
Aiken road leading from old Pim
Housi to the Aiken line have clay
ed and made a road equal to the
national highway leading into Ai
ken? Apart from that, and the most
important of all is that the progres
sive citizens of Trenton, Edgefield
and Johnston and all the resident*
along the Augusta road have put
forth every effort in the way of
liberal subscription furnishing
teams and labor to grade and clay
the old plank road from Trenton to
the Aiken line and np to this writ
ing have completed same within
about three tuiles of the Aiken
line. Every good movement bas a
leader and we unhesitatingly make
the statement that had it not been
for the untiring energy and push of
that whole souled, public-spirited
gentleman, Mr. Geo. T. Swearingen
this work would never have
been accomplished. We venture the
assertion that there is not a man in
Edgefield connty that would have
put forth the effort and indomita
ble will power to thus have render
ed such service to the public with
out compensation and as we swift
ly glide over the once deep sand
beds of the old Augusta road that
have been recently converted into
the much longed for clay, we will
all intuitively sing "Kock Geo.
Swearingen in a big arm chair."
Our county supervisor, Mr. Gus
Edmunds, with the convicts render
ed valuable service in this work.
Mrs. Leslie Eidson, has returned
home from a much enjoyed visit to
relatives in North Augusta.
Miss Sara Thrailkill from Ridge
Spring was the attractive guest of
Miss Fannie Harrison for the week
The young men of Trenton will
give a dance in the Wise hall on
Friday evening of this week. Balk's
orchestra will furnish tho music.
Mrs. F. W. Miller entertained
her card club on Thursday after
noon. The new games were very
much enjoyed and afterward a love
ly lunch was served.
Mrs. Annie Easterling, Mrs. W
I. Fowler, Miss Elizabeth Teague,
Miss Susie Roper and Mr. Robert
Easterling motored from Aiken to
Trenton Sunday to visit Mrs. J*. I).
Miss Belle Privette spent the
week-end with Miss Ruth Salter.
Miss Fannie Miller will come
from Chicora on Thursday to re
main until Tuesday' with her home
folks and friends.
Mr. B. R. Tillman, Jr., has come
home from Washington to look af
ter his asparagus interest.
Mrs. J. H. Tompkins Enter
Thursday evening Mrs. J. H.
Tompkins entertained with a bridge
party at her elegant new home on
Main street, a large number of
friends being houored with invita
tions. The decorations were pink
carnations. The hostess bad to ar
range 10 tables in order to provide
for those who participated in th?*
game. The lady's prize, a beautiful
box of stationery, was won by ?Miss
Virginia ^\.dd ison, and Dr. H. C.
Mitchell was awarded the gentle
man's prize, a deck of cards. Ice
cream and cake were served at the
close of the game.
Seed Irish Potatoes.
We can supply you with the cele
brated Buist Irish potatoes for
planting, none better on the market.
We have the Bliss, Early Rose,
Cobbler and other popular varie
Penn & Holstein.
Eegs For Hatching-Barred
Plymouth Rock eggs of the purest
strain; 15 for $1.00. Mrs. D. W.
Smith, Edgefield, S. C. R. F. D. 2.
Come to us for your garden seed
We sell Buist's seed, the kind thai
never fail to germinate. The best
cost no more than inferior seed.
Penn & Holstein.
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In Honor of Mrs. Carwile.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. R. A.
Marsh entertained beautifully in
honor of Mrs. Thomas W. Carwile,
j bridge being the ohief form of
diversion. Five tables were ar
ranged. The decorations consisted
of cot flower.? and evergreens. The
first prize u as won by M rs. J. D.
Holstein and the consolation prizo
fell to the lot of Miss Virginia Ad
dison. The hostess presented the
guest of honor with a pair of silk
hose. After the prizes were pre
sented a salad course was served,
the guests being seated in tho din
ing room, which was also tastefully
decorated for the occasion.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Bettis
Cantelou gave a lovely card party
in honor of Mrs. Carwile. Being
near the date for the celebration of
Washington's birthday, the hostess
decorated in the national colors aud
the score cards were minature
hatchets. . The first prize, two
decks of cards, was awarded to
Mrs. J. H. Tompkins, and the con
solation prize, a George Washing
ton hat filled with bonbous, became
the possession of Mrs R. A. Marsh.
The hostess served a salad course
with coffee and whipped cream.
Letter From Edgefield Schools
The meeting of the McDuffie lit
erary society was held Friday, Feb
ruary 25. The minutes were read
and the roll called, after which we
proceeded with the regular pro
gram. Current events, Pearl
Quarles. Janice Morgan read a very
interesting and amusing selection,
entitled "The valentine party."
Talented Willie Peak rendered well
an exceedingly humorous recitation
which kept the members roaring
with laughter for some time. The
next number on the program was
the debate. Resolved, "That there
I should, be a divorce law in South
Carolina." Affirmative, Permelia
Hudgens, Horace Jones. Negative,
Lydia Bronson, Claude Harris. Jea
nie Sirakiu8, Mr. Lyon and Fred
Mays were appointed to act as
judges, and their decision was in
favor of the negative. All the pa
pers prepared on this subject were
splendid, and many good points on
both sides were brought out and dis
cussed. The following subject for
debate at the next meeting was de
cided upon. Resolved, "That the
term of the Edgefield High School
should be cut to eight months next
year, and the money saved be ex
pended on the laboratory, library
and athletic apparatus." We were
delighted to have Miss Lucile Reel
become a member of the society.
After the report of the critic the
society adjourned to meet March
The music club met in the high
school auditorium Saturday after
noon at four o'clock. The following
young ladies rendered a most en
joyable program: Grace Tompkins,
Genevieve Norris, Helen Dorn,
Ruth Lyon and Jeanie Simkins. At
the dose of the program delicious
fruit was served to the members.
In behalf of the school, I wish
to thank the people of Edgefield
for their manifest interest in our
work shown by the large attendance
at "John Barleycorn." After all
the expenses were settled, the
amount realized was twenty dol
School Correspondent.
Items of Interest From "Rose
Dr. Prescott was operated on last
Monday at the University Hospital
in Augusta. The operation was a
serious one, and Dr. Prescott is now
in a critical condition. We hope
and pray that he may be epared to
get home agaiu.
Last Thursday at Dothan church
Mr. Tom Mathis and Miss Bertha
Hudson were married in the pres
enoe of a large circle of friends.
Rev. J. T. Littlejohn performed the
ceremony. The church had been
beautifully decorated by the young
ladies of the community. Miss Link
of Abbeville placed ihe march.
Mr. John Hudson, with Miss Lila
DeLaughter, were the first to enter,
followed by the following: Mr.
Marion Mathis with Miss Fannie
Burnett, Mr. L. S. Reese with Miss
Iiene Scott, Mr. Tommie Burnett
with Miss Melford Scott. Next
came the bride and groom. After
the ceremony the happy couple re
ceived the congratulations of their
friends. We believe everybody at
the church was invited to the home
of the bride's father, where a splen
did dinner was served. We extend
our best wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Mathis foi a long and useful life.
Mr. W. G. Heath of Antioch has
a pig that he has educated. The
pig has learned to go to the table
for its meals. Sits up in a chair
and eats from a plate at the table.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Tal
bert a boy. Mother doing well;
father happy.
Rose Cottage.
Cold Spring, S. C.
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(Continued from First Page.)
ideas and thoughts. It is really a
season of revival, very stimulating
to the clubs and renewed activities
always result. Mrs. W. F. Scott,
president, opened the meeting and
extended cordial greeting to all
present and Mrs. N. G. Evans in
behalf of the representatives pres
ent, responded in a very happy
manner. Mrs. P. N. Lott gave ah
excellent paper on "Forrestry," and
Mrs. W. E. LaGrone read a splen
did paper on "Germany cannot
win." These will be sent to the
state chairman of literature and Re
ciprocity to be used in the contest.
Mrs. Mims Walker, president of
ihe^ music club gave a pleasing
piano solo and this was followed
by the addre?s of Mrs. A. B. Bren
ner president of the city federation
of clubs of Augusta, who spoke up
on "The unfolding opportunities
for club women." Every one was
charmed with her and much interest
was kindled as she was listened to.
Miss Nannie Gunter very sweetly
sang "Spring is coming," this con
cluding the program. A salad course
with coffee, followed by fruit blanc
mange and cake was served by Mes
dames J. L. Walker. W. E. La
G rone, W. P. Casselles and M?BBJS
tva Rushton and Zena Payne.
Small bouquets ot violets were the
fa.vors and the programs were hand
painted with decorations of violets.
A very pleasant party ?of the past
week was given by Mrs. L. S. Max
well for Miss Eloise Strother and
w;i8 in a way, a farewell to her.
Miss Strother has won many warm
friends during her stay here and
they regretted that she was soon to
depart. Mrs. Maxwell was assisted
by her mother, Mrs. H. W. Crouch
in entertaining. The lower floor was
en Boite and was decorated in beaui
tiful palms and presented a bright
and animated scene with the vari
ous groups around the tables ar
ranged for progressive rook. Six,
games were played and Mrs. W. E.
LaGrone making the highest score,
was given a dainty hand embroid
ered handkerchief. The other guesfs
of honor Miss Strother and Mes
dames Gus Smith of Mullins, and
James Cullum, of Hartsville, weie
also given hand embroidered hand
kerchiefs. Mesdames W. B. Ouzts
and Earl Crouch served a most at
tractively arranged salad course.
The friends and relatives of Rev.
Leon M. Latimer will be interested
to know that he is entering upon a
broader held of work. For fouir
years he has been pastor of the first
Baptist church of Sylacanga, Ala.,
and dining his pastorate a $25,Out)
edifice was erected. He has recently
accepted the call of the Anniston
church of Alabama, and entered up
on his work March 1st. The church
of Auniston is a handsome brown
stone one, with a membership of
700. Sunday school 500. The Syla
cauga Advance, in speaking of the
change sayss: "While Mr. Latimer
is a comparatively young mau, he
is considered one of the ablest
preachers in the slate, and it is
with a feeling of deep regret that
Sylacauga gives him up. He is well
beloved by the members of his con
gregation and is held in highest es
teem by every citizen." Mr. Laii
mer is the son of Mrs. Susie Mob
ley Latimer and his boyhood days
were spent here and it is with great
pleasure that his friends learn of
the good that he is accomplishing.
The Emily Geiger chapter, D.
A. R., held the February meetiug
with Miss Lillian Mobley on Mon
day afternoon, the meeting being
presided over by the regent, Mrs.
M. T. Turner. Roll was called and
all answered with patriotic senti
ments. During business letters were
read from Mrs. Calhoun, state re
gent, concerning the state confer
ence to be held here next Novem
ber 10-18. The chapter is highly
elated that their invitation has been
accepted and will pleasantly antiei
pate this gathering here of repre
sentative women of the state, m
fact the whole town is enthused.
The subject for the literaiy period
was "George Washington," and
with Mrs. J. L. Walker as leader, a
delightful hour wa3 spent. Current
events were given by Mrs. P. N.
Lott. George Washington, com
raanderand chief," Mrs. W. F.
Scott; "Washington's love affair,"
Mrs. F. M. Boyd; "Ode for Wash
ington's birthday," Mrs. W. E. La
Grone; "Homes and haunts of
Washington," Mrs. O. D. Black;
music, "Hail Columbia." Awhile
was spent socially and the hostess
served tempting refreshments that
were artistically arranged.
On Saturday night the home of
Mr. Mike Herlong who lives aboul
3 miles from here wa? almost des
troyed by some dynamite which he
had 'stored away in one of the rooms
of the ell. In the afternoon he,
with others, was using the dyna
mite and placed 17 sticks that were
left over in the house to keep it
dry. The family was sleeping in the
front of the house, the explosion
occuring in the night and complete
ly tearing away' the ell, and: the
froot portion was so badly damaged,
it will have to be rebuilt. That none
of the occupants were killed isa
To be Held at Edgefield, S. C.,
Friday, April 7,1916.
All the people of Edgefield county
are given a cordial invitation to at
tend Field Day.
The trustees, patrons and friends
in each district are urged to accom
pany their school, and thus give en
couragement and inspiration to the
Parade-T. J. Lyon.
The parade will b?? formed prompt
ly al 10:30 o'clock on Main street,
leading from the public square to
the depot. Schools will be placed
in line in alphabetical order. Each
school should carry a banner with
the name of the school on it. A
$10.00 prize will be given to the
school having the greatest per cent,
of its enrollment present. Edge
field school is not eligible for this
prize. In case of a tie the prize
will go to the school making the
best appearance on parade: In or
der to raise money for this prize
each school will be assessed. If
twenty schools are in the parade
each school will pay fifty cents. If
forty schools enter each would pay
twenty-five cents.
Welcome Address-Ex-Gov. J. C.
Each school is limited to two
contestants except in the humorous
(Harris Copeuha en.)
50 Yard Dash-Boys under and
over fourteen.
100-Yard Dash- Boys under and
over fourteen.
220-Yard Dash-Boys over four
440-Yard Dash-Boys over four
i teen.
Running High Jump-Boys un
der and over fourteen.
Running Broad Jump-Boys un
der and over fourteen.
Standing Broad Jump-Boys un
; der and over fourteen.
' Standing High Jump-Boys un
der and over fourteen.
. Rope climbing contest open to all
Sack Race-Open to all boys.
Shoe Race-Open to all boys.
Three-Legged Race-Open to all
(Misses Ella V. Hiott, Hortense Padgett.)
. 50-Yard Dash-Open to all cirls.
i-.*?-Running High Jump-Open .lo
all girls.
Running Broad Jump-Open to
all girls.
Standing Broad Jump-Open tQ
all girls.
Standing High Jump-Open to
all girls.
Rope Climbing Contest-Open to
all girls.
Flag Race-Girls under fourteen.
(Miss Sara Nicho! .)
In this contest eacli ?ol is al
lowed one boy and oaf- to be se
lected from the sever rade or
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Armour's, Roystei
We will be abl
1 Call on R. C. Pa?
Worth Care
Do you read the h
your baking powder
of tartar or, on the ol
or phosphate?
Royal Baking Pc
cream of tartar, detr
adds to the food only
Other baking pow
phosphate, both of
used as substitutes
because of their ches
Never sacrifice q
ness for low price.
I above. The contest will be in
writing. Paper will be furnished
the contestants, bot each one should
bring his own pencil well trimmen.
Each pupil will be numbered and
they will write their number plainly
at the top of the page.
This contest will take place in
the evening. Each school is al
lowed one boy and one girl to be
selected from the sixth grade or
above. No selection can be over
ten minutes. Eighty per cent, will
be allowed for delivery and twenty
per cent, for solection. Each con
testant will be numbered and no
names will be called. Gold medals
will be presented to the boy and
girl who makes the highest per
Appropriate prizes will be award
ed to the winner in each contest.
Competent and impartial judges
will be selected for each contest.
(Mesdames W. C. Tompkins, 6. N. En
nert, Miss Mamie Sill.)
Dinner will be served on the
school grounds. We urge that
everybody, who can possibly do HO,
bring well filled baskets. The com
mittee will take charge of your
baskets at the school building.
There will be no charge for en
trance to any contest. The only re
quirement being to notify the Cen
tral Committee, giving the names
of contestants from each school.
Let every teacher of the county do
this as soon as possible.
(Miss Elizabeth Rainsford.)
In the afternoon a game of basket
ball will take place. The teams
will be selected from Edgefield,
Johnstou or Trenton. A series ot
games will 1?3 played between the
teams of these schools prior to Field
Day. The two teams making the
highest score will play for the
county championship.
For further information address
- Edgefield, S. C.
c|o T. J. LYON.
Second-Hand Cars: We have 4 sec
ond-hand Ford cars that we will
sell at a reasonable prici.
Edgefield Auto and Repair Shop.
izers foi
ash Eertili?
monia Fertiliz
?dgefield Mereai
the Best Goods I
*'s, Swift's, and Ame
emical Company's Go
e to furnish some Two .
joods for Making Cotto
igett or A. E. Padgett
ibel to know whether
is made from cream
her hand, from alum
>wder is made from
/ed from grapes, and
' wholesome qualities.
rders contain alum or
mineral origin, and
for cream of tartar
[uality and healthful
Not Fit to be Kissed.
"What ails papa mother?" said a sweet
little girl,
Her bright laugh revealing, her teeth
white as pearl;
"I love him, and kiss him, and sit on
his knee;
But the kisses don't smell good when
. he kisses me."
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"But mama" her eyes opened wide as
she spoke
"Do you like those kisses of 'bacco and
They might do for boys, but for ladies
and girls
"I don't think them nice," as she
tossed her bright curls.
! III.
"Don't nobodies' papas have moufs
nice and clean?
With kisses like yours, mama-that's
what I mean;
I want to kiss papa, I love him so.
But kisses don't taste good that have
such a smell."
"It's nasty to smoke and eat 'bacco
and spit;
And the kisses ain't good, and ain't.
swe?t not* a bit;"
And her blossom like face wore a look
of disgust,
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Goldilocks Politics

You know the story of Goldilocks. A little girl enters the house of three bears, examines their porridge, chairs, and beds before falling asleep in on bed, then gets discovered by the three bears and flees into the woods. The tale is very old, but I'd like to apply it to a very modern issue....political discussion.

On one level it illustrates finding the right fit : not too hot, not  too cold; not too hard, not too soft;
not too big...oops, too small (chair breaks). And it is true that it is important to make sure we are not going to extremes and instead are finding the right fit that will work for us.

But as I pondered using this fable as an example of that I was struck by how there is something that is usually missed in this cute little tale. The girl entered someone else's house and was messing around with their furniture and food. She had no business there and at the end was chased out by those whose house it was.

What does this say? Sometimes we argue over details and miss the big picture. We argue over the details of law and policy and forget that there are real people affected by our actions. There is no human face to our discussions. We talk about immigration without considering immigrants and their situations. We talk about gun violence and forget the shooting victims (case in point: the NRA response to the Newtown shootings). We talk about healthcare without discussing the sick.

We often criticize younger people for doing something hazardous...saying that they think they are invincible, that bad consequences will never happen to them.  This type of thinking is not limited to the young. We do it every day when we debate policy while thinking it is about some "other" group, not us. And even if we would never be affected by it, we still must think how it will affect others.
As the English poet John Donne once wrote, "no man is an island, entire of itself....we are all a part of the whole"

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Early Literacy: Resources

City of Lake Oswego Oregon Official Website

The importance of developing literacy skills in the first three years of life has been documented by early childhood experts across many disciplines.  Here are some resources that discuss best practices, link to research, and provide up-to-date information on current thinking.

Brain Building Oregon (Presented by the The Early Learning Division of the Oregon Department of Education)
Provides resources for parents and caregivers as well as for professionals in the field of early childhood education.

Reading Rockets (A national multimedia literacy initiative of WETA Television)
A comprehensive site of literacy information, research, and blogs.

Talking is Teaching
Offers a variety of ways to interact with babies and young children to promote early literacy.

Too Small to Fail
Provides information on children's brain development and early learning.

Presents activities for learning in babies and young children

Zero to Three
Visit the "Care & Education" page of this expansive site for information on early childhood development and learning.

Our Ability to Speak Doesn't Begin with Our First Words. It Begins in the Womb. (PRI's The World, March 3, 2016)

Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development (The New York Times, December 23, 2015 )
This article presents research revealing that caregivers said more words to children per minute when engaging with children using traditional toys than they did with children using electronic toys, and more words overall when interacting with books.

Baby Brains: The First Year (National Geographic, January 2015)
A look at how babies learn to distinguish sounds and begin to make sense of language from the very earliest days of life.

Play and Children's Learning
Selection of articles about the impact of play on early childhood learning. (From the National Association for the Education of Young Children)

The Word Gap: The Early Years Make the Difference (Teaching Young Children, the publication of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, February/March 2014))