The other night I decided to make a "I'm a Paul Heyman Guy" Tshirt for my brother. It's a wrestling reference that probably 0.1% of the people who read my blogs would get but it makes me chuckle! I saw that WWE were releasing an official one. But I thought I'd just make my own as it's pretty simple to do. In the end I've decided to keep it for myself as I think its hilarious/amazing. Anyway these kind of slogan tee's have been popular for years and then popularised over and over again. One that comes to mind is Vote for Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite. You can choose whatever slogan you want, so obviously make it as geeky as you like. Although I think the varsity style ones that Ashish did a few seasons ago would work well, My favourite was always the "Bisous Bisous"one! These DIY tee's are super cheap to make too with the letters and t-shirt coming to around £6!
Basically all you need to do is cut out all the letters you need for your desired slogan, word or phrase, and then lay them face down onto your'e freshly laundered t-shirt. Cover with a piece of greaseproof paper, and then apply light pressure a hot dry iron to each letter for around 15-20 seconds. Try not to move the iron too much as you want to make sure the letter bonds to the t-shirt. But make sure you don't melt the letters or burn the shirt underneath. Be careful when putting your new customised tee the washing machine as the letters may come off, so always turn it inside out!
I'd love to know if you do this or what slogan you'd have on a tee! It's such a fun and easy way to DIY stuff, I made a similar one for my ex boyfriend with his name on but the possibilities are endless! You don't just have to use lame-o wrestling jokes like me!


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Gallup's latest party favorability poll shows the Republican Party collapsing from a favorability of 38 percent to 28 percent over the last month, perhaps indicating that the House GOP, ans specifically the tea party, is a drag on the rest of the party due to the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis.
Gallup's latest party favorability poll shows the Republican Party collapsing from a favorability of 38 percent to 28 percent over the last month, perhaps indicating that the House GOP, and specifically the tea party, is a drag on the rest of the party due to the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis.
Comparatively, the Democratic Party is near an all-time low, but hasn't cracked through that threshold yet, losing just a few points from last month.
Meanwhile, a PPP poll has indicated that a series of unpleasant and obnoxious other things are more popular than Congress.
Fortunately for the legislative branch, it's apparently more popular than Charles Manson, Twerking, the Ebola virus and Vladimir Putin.
But clearly the take-away in all of this goes back to what I've said from the beginning: there's simply no way Congress, and especially congressional Republicans, win this fight. It won't happen.


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The surprise resignation — what took him so long? — of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales suggests a curious pattern in the Bush administration.
A Cabinet official is seriously criticized, for reasons good and bad, and defends himself poorly. Calls proliferate for resignation or impeachment or prosecution/torture/execution, but the president stands by his man, who vows never to leave under fire.
Then, weeks or months later, when there's no discernible political gain (and perhaps a loss) the embattled Cabinet member resigns.
President Bush, of course, is famously loyal to those who are loyal to him, and few have been loyal for longer than Alberto Gonzales, who joined his staff in 1994 in Texas.
Loyalty is a personally attractive trait, but it can sometimes cloud one's judgment, and it has been clear for some time that Alberto Gonzales was unsuited to be attorney general, just as Harriet Miers was unsuitable as a potential Supreme Court justice.
Perhaps there was some political timing in this resignation. Congress is in recess, so several perpetually disgruntled Democrats were not in Washington.
But they all have the wire services and major network correspondents on speed-dial, so the good-bye-and-good-riddance quotes flowed profusely anyway. So unless the president has in mind a recess appointment who would not require confirmation — which would enrage the Washington establishment, but what has he to lose on that front anymore? — the timing of this resignation seems curious.
Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform said he believes it "had become clear that (Gonzales) was so much the focus of hostile attention that he could accomplish little or nothing." That's as close to a plausible explanation as we have heard.
John Eastman, dean of the law school at Chapman University, said Gonzales was most harshly criticized for the firing of several U.S. attorneys, which was justifiable, while his egregiously expansive view of the power of the federal government in domestic matters — from the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to seizing authority over ditches as "navigable waters" to defending affirmative action — got less attention than was warranted.
Perhaps that's just politics as usual; the trivial but easily grasped trumps substantive concerns every time.
It's difficult to develop much enthusiasm for any of the potential replacement candidates who have been mentioned most prominently.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had a fairly distinguished reputation as a lawyer and judge until he took his current position. But if he were appointed attorney general his tenure at Homeland Security, especially during Katrina, would become an issue. And appointment of a successor would make for a second contentious set of hearings.
A few people, including legal affairs analyst Timothy Lynch at the libertarian Cato Institute, have suggested that former solicitor general and longtime Washington hand Theodore Olsen might be confirmable with less controversy than some. He has supported many of the controversial power grabs by the Bush administration, but he also has a reputation for independence.
A senator or former senator might survive confirmation hearings unscathed. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's name has come up, but it's hard to see him leaving a safe Senate seat. Former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent, edged out last fall, might be a viable candidate. A few people have even suggested bringing back John Ashcroft, a former senator and Gonzales' predecessor as attorney general.
Eastman suggested former federal appellate judge Michael Luttig, now general counsel at Boeing, a solid conservative who has also criticized the Bush administration from a conservative perspective in a couple of decisions, establishing a reputation for independence.
One news story mentioned former Newport Beach Rep. Chris Cox, but it's difficult to imagine him leaving the chairmanship of the Securities and Exchange Commission for such a politically contentious post.
We would love to see former California Supreme Court justice and federal appellate judge Janice Brown in the post, or Civil Rights Commission member Gail Herriot. University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein understands federalism and the proper limits of federal power as well as anybody in the country. But these are unlikely candidates.
Of those that seem somewhat feasible, Michael Luttig might be the least-objectionable candidate.
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The Farmily grew by ten thousand members this weekend. I became a bee guardian, initiate bee priestess.
Mike and I built a top bar hive, and I introduced the bees to their new home on Sunday. It was intense. It was a totally psychedelic experience. I laughed out loud, I cried, I felt the truth of the universe. I watched a bee dance, I watched a bee die. I got sick of wearing gloves so I took them off, and a bee landed on my hand, and bathed herself. Bees wash their faces like cats, with their front feet and tongue, did you know that? I did not know that, until I watched it happen on my forefinger, inches from my face.
They say not to open the hive for three days, to give the bees time to settle in without disruption. It has been so hard not to open the top and peek in! I resist, and I sit by the entrance and watch the bees fly in and out. They are carrying pollen in, which apparently means the queen is alive and all is well. I listen to the walls of the hive with my stethoscope and it is BUZZING in there. Another good sign. Tomorrow afternoon, I shall peek in.
So exciting!!!! Thank you for caring for them. We need bees!
Welcome to the bee world, you will be awed and amazed. I have had 2 hives for 2 years and it is a thrilling and learning experience every time i go into the hives. I'm still at the bottom of the learning curve that's for sure.
I am living vicariously through you Shreve! Congratulations on becoming a mommy to many bees!
Decades ago a wild hive moved into part of the outside deck of where I was renting. For awhile they didn't object if I got right up to the side opposite the knothole they used as an entrance. I could put my hand on the planks and feel their collective heat, smell the pollen, honey and musk of the bees themselves, put my ear to the wood and hear their mesmerizing many-layered humming, the soft rustle of them pushing past each other. It was a magical thing.
Looking forward to what you share about this new part of your community.
PS, love the description of the bee grooming herself, something I've observed too. It is very feline, isn't it!
That is so awesome!! I can't wait to hear about your adventures in beekeeping! My mom has had anywhere from two to four hives at a time for the past few years, and it has been fun tagging along as she cares for them. And of course, the honey is just incredible!!
i so very much admire that you felt the pull to remove your gloves, and i am so envious that you watched *up close* a bee wash herself on your hand!!
You said you fixed a box for them- how did they arrive- like when your buy lady bugs? more pictures! this will be an ADVENTURE!
C ~ they arrive in a little crate the size of a shoebox!
This is really cool! We all look forward to hearing more about this new adventure.
This is a perfect additional vocation for you! My husband used to keep bees for many years and it was a fascinating and very worthwhile time commitment. Enjoy!
Oh, Shreve, how wonderful!!! We sooo need more bees and beekeepers! Colony collapse disorder has robbed the world of so many of these truly amazing and necessary creatures. I jump for joy that the world has a new hive and that it's under your guardianship.
Sending warm, fuzzy thoughts for a healthy colony and delicious honey!
I love this! Thank you for being a noticer and for sharing your joy!
Congratulations on your bees! You are perfectly situated for bees. They don't roam more than a mile or two from the hive and you and Mike don't use pesticides so they'll have plenty of healthy food sources.
You've probably done all your bee research already.
My local organic nursery has bees and Bill does a free talk twice a year on bee keeping. He also carries beee keeping supplies. Never been that adventurous. Maybe if I end up moving back to my parents' house ( they're in their upper 80s now) I might talk my Dad into letting me put a hive in his back yard. He doesn't use pesticides either and he's on the canyon so hopefully they'd have plenty of healthy food sources.
We had a bee keeper out by a garden where my dad raised veggies and the hive quit doing well. We think there were GMO soybeans in the nearby field. Grrrr!
I've only been following the Farmily for a decade – this might just possibly be the most important topic to date.
What great news! I, too just hived some lovely bees on Monday, into a top bar hive my boyfriend built for me. I've been waiting about 12 years to do this.
There is tons of great material to get info from. In case you're interested I have the two books written by Christy Hemenway on top bar bee keeping. The first one is called "The Thinking BeeKeeper". There is a lots of useful information in her book on when to inspect the bees and what to look for. Anyway, just an FYI. She is in Maine so her bees over winter in a cold climate as well.
If you're doing this for honey, check out "no smoke" hives. They have a mechanism that cracks the comb and lets the honey flow out through a tap (yes, it's literally honey on tap). There's no smoking out the bees, tearing down the hive, scraping off comb; all that kills bees. The smokeless hives let you have honey without hurting the colony!
N ~ Top bar hives are totally pro-bee, too! No smoke, no bee murder if you're conscientious. It's basically a hive that mimics what they would create in the wild, and they love it!
This is so cool! Bees need help, so what you're doing totally makes sense and is def your vibe. I don't have the space to have hives, but have many plants that bees love: orange, peach, lemon thyme, rosemary, Hesperaloe, Aloe, a fancy aloe, and the vegetables. I don't know where their hives are, and I'm happy that they frequent our garden. What's next, real HoneyRockDawn honey? I'm on board.
Love your rendition of your introduction of meeting a bee "first hand, bare handed". They're not the mad, angry things most would have you believe them to be.
Years ago I lived across the street from a neighbor who had several hives; they would come to my house for water. I had a pool in the back and a bird bath in the front. I always knew when the bird bath needed refilled because they would come for a "swim" in the pool. I never gave it a second thought to scoop them out bare handed as time was of the essence with a bee in water; never got stung once in the 5 years I lived there. They are amazing to watch, delicate in bathing and cleaning themselves.
my heart soars at the knowledge that you are a guardian of bees! i desire to also become a bee priestess. looking forward to following along on your adventure.
I cried. All the best to you and my favorite critters. If I ever tattoo, it'll BEE.
Will you sell the bee pollen granules? My cancer Dr. recommended it for energy! It works great!!


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Devin Haney on moving away: "They still don't want to fight me."
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Posted on 10/01/2022.
By: Sean Cross
"I thought it was a belt situation," world lightweight champion Devin Haney said in a post interview. FightHubBut now I've got everyone who doesn't want to throw me away. Hani is referring to his peers in and around the lightweight division, which is home to names like Lomachenko, Davis, Garcia and Stevenson. One man Hani wants to face is his Oct. 16 opponent, former lightweight champion George Kambossos, whom Hani defeated last June to become the undisputed champion. With that in mind, many expect Hani to dominate Kambosos in their rematch, just as he did in their first fight late last spring.
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"It just proves how much of a threat I really am," he says of facing one of the division's biggest names yet — at least not yet. "They think about keeping 0," he says of these potential opponents. "They don't want to lose." Despite the charges (which this writer refuses to make), Hani is being admired by the elite fighters around her, it's clearly a tough night for anyone facing the 23-year-old.
Still, it's Haney who holds all the major lightweight belts. Nowadays, anyone who wants to take control of the Red Hot Room must first get past the Las Vegas resident. "In time, these fights happen," says the fighter known as "The Dream." FightHub "I'll be ready when they are." The truth is that one of the major battles Hani wants is coming sooner than some think. Bob Arum, who promoted both Hani and Lomachenko, reportedly wants the two men to stop when the two men fight on October 29th, considering that Hani outpointed Kambosos and Lomachenko outpointed Jamain Ortiz.
If the Hany-Lomachenko fight pans out, there's no doubt that Hany will handle the pressure of a top finish. It's what great fighters do to put themselves above their head and shoulders – they do well under pressure. "I'm going to keep hitting whatever they put in front of me," Hani said. Anyone who wants to prove Honey wrong needs to do it in the ring.
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No Changes Planned at CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
By Ben Grossman
CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus says that, while the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric "may have started off a little soft," he is happy with where the show is today and doesn't plan any major changes in the near future.
"There was talk in the beginning about the nature of the show and it being a little soft, and we may have started off a little soft," he says. "But I think, if you look at the show now, the mix is where it should be and it is as hard as any other newscast at 6:30. We said from day one the show that you see in September is going to be very different than what you see in January or February, and it is."
McManus also acknowledges the idea, as recently voiced by Larry King in B&C (1/15, p. 9), that gender may play a role in Couric's ratings challenges.
"I think it is a fact there are probably people, both men and women, who are perhaps uncomfortable having a woman anchor the news," McManus says. "The way she is scrutinized, I think sometimes unfairly, quite frankly, I think a lot of that has to do with gender. I think she has to worry about a lot of things the male anchor doesn't have to worry about, things like how she looks or what she is wearing."
A source close to CBS News says no major shakeups are in the works and Executive Producer Rome Hartman is not under fire.
McManus also is preaching stability. "There are no major changes we are going to make in the near future; it will just continue to evolve. The show you see now is pretty much what you are going to see."
And noting that it took Tom Brokaw "well over 10 years to get to No. 1," he maintains that the network expected the numbers to return to current levels after an initial boost. "The media may be losing some patience, but none of us at CBS are losing patience," he says., Because none of us expected to be in a much different position than we are in right now."
CBS will make its newest franchise player a big part of its Super Bowl presence in Miami. Couric will anchor the Evening News from there on Friday, Feb. 2 and contribute a piece to the pre-game show on Sunday.
As of now, the story is scheduled to be a feature on Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, but if the New Orleans Saints qualify for the Super Bowl, McManus says, CBS may use Couric on some sort of post-Katrina story.
"But that would be a tough decision," he adds, "because to do it the right way she would need to be in New Orleans for a couple days and it would be tough to take her off of the Evening News."
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Thank you Crest 3D White for sponsoring this post. The new Crest 3D White Brilliance Toothpaste System can be found at local retailers and online.
We still have a few official weeks of summer and that means I can get ready to pull out some of my favorite fall items. Even though I spend most of my time in LA I do like to head over to NYC for a week or so during the fall months to wear my tweed shorts, cute booties and nice light jackets.
I always like to use the beginning of the fall as a way to refresh myself from the fun of the summer. From gaining a few extra pounds from tons of summer BBQ's, keeping my face out in the sun a lot longer (and yes, I always use sunblock) and overdoing it with the serums to protect my hair from the super hot sun.
I like to switch my skincare routine and use more retinol because I won't be out in the sun too long so I won't have to worry too much about how much sunblock I use during the day and I try to have at least 2-3 days a week of just juicing to try to detox my body of all the goodness I was giving it during the summer months.
I absolutely love iced coffees, teas and the occasional red wine when it's not too hot out but my teeth aren't such a big fan of those. Because of that I constantly find myself using whitening toothpastes in order to keep my teeth as white as they do after a dental visit to no avail. I've done professional whitening before but they bothered my teeth so much that I will never do that again.
Thankfully I was able to try CREST's 3D White Brilliance Toothpaste System for a few days and so far I'm happy with the results. To start, I really like how fresh my mouth feels right after using it. It's a to step process where I brush with one that deep cleans my teeth and then brush over it with a whitening finish. My teeth do seem like they're getting a whiter by brushing with this and cutting back on my staining beverages.
Now that I'm getting ready to start posting vlogs I have to make sure everything is on point. From my makeup, hair and especially my smile so I'm going to keep using this whitening system as part of my daily routine because I've got to keep my smile on point on and off line.
I love the feeling I get after using these!


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This is a story of two boys who came from the Eastern Province of South Africa. They were born 51 years apart, from two very different lineages and backgrounds, but a thread of connectivity makes their tale a fascinating one.
Vincent Alexis Mai was born of French parents in the Cradock farming area of the Eastern Cape in 1940. Siyamthanda Kolisi was the child of Xhosa parents, born in 1991, and raised in Zwide Township outside Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.
The jeune garcon from Cradock went on to Grey High School, Port Elizabeth, where he excelled at sport and achieved a solid scholastic record. The kwedien from the township went from the hard school of knocks named Zwide Township to Grey High School, where he excelled at rugby and achieved a solid scholastic record.
Vincent Mai went from Grey High School to the University of Cape Town where he excelled at rugby while studying accountancy, while articled to Deloitte & Co. In 1964 he moved to London and went on to establish a glittering track record as a merchant banker in London and the USA over a period of years. He became respected for his integrity, vision and leadership in a profession which required great determination and commitment to standards of excellence and integrity to be an example for attracting investors.
Vincent Mai established a bursary scheme at his old school back in South Africa for worthy recipients from backgrounds of lesser privilege, who deserved an opportunity to gain an excellent education at one of South Africa's great boy's schools. The first recipient of the Vincent Mai Bursary Scheme at Grey High School was Siya Kolisi,
the boy from Zwide Township.
In 2010 Siya Kolisi moved to Cape Town and became a member of the famed UCTRFC, nicknamed The Ikeys. So rapid was his progress in the tough professional rugby arena that Siya soon graduated to playing for Western Province, and in 2012 he made his debut for The Stormers, the professional rugby franchise based in Cape Town.
In June 2013, a day before his 22 nd birthday, Siya became a Springbok rugby player against Scotland in Nelspruit, South Africa. On the 28 th May, 2018, Siya became the first black captain of a Springbok team, scheduled to play 3 test matches against England in South Africa. The second test, to be played in Bloemfontein, took place on the 16 th June, Siya's 27th birthday.
The circle is not complete. It is still a work in progress. The boy from Cradock who went on to fame and fortune, and the boy from Zwide Township, are inextricably linked by a common thread. Both grew up in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Both went to Grey High School, Port Elizabeth. Both became proud and passionate members of one of South Africa's great rugby clubs, UCTRFC. Both men have achieved far more than fame and fortune in their respective careers.
The striking commonality is the courage, resilience, generosity of spirit, leadership qualities and sheer charm of both men. The Eastern Cape, Grey High School, UCTRFC (Ikeys), and their legion of admirers and friends are very proud of both of them.
The Tale of Two Boys from the Eastern Cape is a story with a rich, colourful background and how it unfolds in the years to come makes for a saga of what Franklin D Roosevelt described as, 'Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.'
'We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about the progress and
prosperity for our community….our ambitions must be broad enough to include
the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.'
Article written by Gavin Fernie
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Senators reject move | Daily Express Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur: The Dewan Negara created history Wednesday when it rejected the repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act 2018, which means that the Dewan Rakyat will have to retable the Bill with amendments.Senator Khairul Azwan Harun from Umno said Opposition Senators voted against the repeal because they believed the law prohibiting misinformation could be improved.
"I understand that this is a very unpopular law, but we must also recognise that we live in world of fast information. Just this week the PM was a target of fake news," Khairul said in a statement.
"Grand old institutions, such as that of the US democracy, have had their elections compromised precisely because of targeted misinformation. The threat is real and I fear our political landscape is too young to be further polarised because of fake news."
There are 68 Senators in the Dewan Negara– 19 from Pakatan Harapan (PH); 13 from Sabah and Sarawak parties, Gerakan, Indian Progressive Front, and representatives from the disabled, Siam, Orang Asli, and Hindraf groups; 33 from Barisan Nasional (Umno, MCA and MIC); and three from PAS.
Most of the Sabahan and Sarawakian parties are allied with the PH federal government. Only 52 out of 68 Senators participated in the bloc vote.
"I was not informed about the matter in advance about the voting. It was raised by the Barisan Nasional (BN) representative for a bloc vote to be carried out, "Vigneswaran said.
Senator Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker from MCA said Senators who voted against the repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act included Orang Asli and Thai representatives, while some BN Senators had voted for the abolition.
"I voted against the repeal," Ti said.
The Senate this time broke away from a decades-old perception of being the government's rubber stamp.


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Washington DC lawmakers and residents challenge federal move to impose Secure Communities program
Pennsylvania residents fight eviction of mobile homes for hydraulic fracturing project
In Wisconsin, candidates make final appeal in Walker recall election
Mubarak verdict and acquittals spark renewed protests ahead of presidential run-off
US High Court refuses to block case against Blackwater guards
The US Supreme Court will not stop the case against four former Blackwater guards charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. The four men opened fire at a busy crossroads in Baghdad after a car bomb exploded. The men claimed self defense; prosecutors say the shootings were unprovoked. The High Court rejected the claim that statements made by the guards after the incident were used against them. The Court did block another case though – granting immunity for two US Secret Service agents who arrested a man at a Colorado mall in 2006 after he approached former Vice President Dick Cheney, criticized his policy toward Iraq and then touched his arm. Charges against Steven Howards were later dropped. The government asked the courts for A broad immunity for so-called retaliatory arrests, but the Court limited the immunity to the two officers in this specific case.
Massacre at Mexico drug rehab center
Nearly a dozen patients in a drug rehabilitation center in Mexico were killed last night. Shannon Young reports.
Gunmen killed eleven people and wounded ten others in a Sunday night attack on a drug rehabilitation center in the northern city of Torreón. The massacre came nearly a year to the day since 13 people were killed in a similar slaughter at another rehabilitation center in the same city. Rehabs have been the site of such attacks multiple times in the past few years. The motives are unclear. Authorities and media often infer the dead may have been former gang members who knew too much, but few murders in Mexico are fully investigated. In practice, the probability of an investigation diminishes if the victims are thought to be linked to organized crime. Shannon Young, FSRN, Oaxaca.
Gazan Cheese factory destroyed by Israel … for the fourth time
Tension in Gaza escalated over the weekend as a series of Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinians and injured several others, including children. FSRN's Rami Almeghari has more.
Neighbors and friends of Gaza city's Ma'moun Dalloul offered condolences after his cheese factory was bombarded by Israeli warplanes at daybreak today. It's the fourth time in as many years that Dalloul's business has been destroyed by Israeli bombs. "This is a residential neighborhood, far away from the resistance, the border lines, the occupation. I don't know why the Israelis claim that my dairy contains a weaponry store." Over the weekend, the Israeli army launched a series of air strikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, an Israeli missile landed on a house in central Gaza Strip, slightly wounding four children. The escalation began early Friday morning, when an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian militant were killed in a trade of fire on southeastern Gaza-Israel border line. No Gaza-based armed faction claimed responsibility for the exchange of fire. Rami Almeghari, Free Speech Radio News, Gaza.
Jailed Palestinians threaten to restart hunger strike, saying Israel already reneging on deal
Palestinian prisoners in Israel say they will restart a mass hunger strike. Palestinian Minister of Prisoners, Issa Qaraqa, said today that Israel has failed to make good on their part of a deal with about 1500 prisoners that ended a protest fast last month. Israel agreed to end solitary confinement, stop detaining Palestinians without charge and allow family visits. But according to Qaraqa, at least 30 people have since been placed in Administrative Detention.
Dozens dead in daily drone strikes over the weekend in Pakistan
Three drone strikes in three days have killed dozens of people in Pakistan. As many as 17 died today when drone operators remotely fired on a village in North Waziristan. Yesterday, a so-called follow-up strike launched by pilot-less aircraft in South Waziristan killed ten people who were gathered to mourn a man killed by a drone the day before. There's been an uptick in drone strikes since the NATO meeting in Chicago where negotiators failed to agree on reopening an important overland supply route through the country. NATO leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced a plan B today: [.40] "We also reached agreement on reverse transit from Afghanistan with three central Asian partners – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan." While far more expensive, Rasmussen says that this alternate route for egress from Afghanistan will provide a "range of new options."
Tienanmen Square: June 3-4, 1989
And today marks 23 years since Chinese troops killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pro-democracy dissidents in Tienanmen Square. Hundreds of human rights activists were reportedly rounded up in advance of today's anniversary, and internet searches in the country on key terms referring to the crackdown do not garner results today. Last week, the father of one man killed in the massacre committed suicide, in protest of decades of silence from Chinese authorities about the events that led to his son's death.
Federal authorities will implement the controversial immigration enforcement program, Secure Communities, in Washington, DC tomorrow. City council members and local residents are fighting the move by bringing legislation to a vote this week to mitigate the program's impact on the city's large immigrant population. FSRN's Alice Ollstein reports.
In Pennsylvania, residents are resisting an eviction at a mobile park that is set to be turned into a water facility for hydraulic fracturing. Residents at the Riverdale Mobile Park in Piatt Township have been protesting the eviction notice for months. The company, Aqua America, said it plans to remove the park and build a water withdrawal facility that will be used in natural gas production. The official eviction date has now passed and residents barricaded roads. For more we go to the site to speak with Deb Eck a resident of Riverdale Mobile Homes Park and one of the few left who has vowed to fight the eviction. You can find more about the the efforts of Deb Eck and other residents at saveriverdale.com.
Wisconsin's Recall Election takes place tomorrow and voters will decide whether Governor Scott Walker will serve out the rest of his term. This election has been sixteen months in the making, the culmination of protests over the Governor's anti-union legislation and his cuts to public education, health care and the state university system. From Madison, Wisconsin, FSRN's Molly Stentz has the story.
In Egypt, youth groups and the Muslim Brotherhood are calling for massive protests to continue tomorrow following three days of demonstrations sparked by the sentencing of former leader Hosni Mubarak and the acquittal of his sons and members of his regime. The reaction has sharpened political differences ahead of the upcoming presidential run-off. The Real News' Jihan Hafiz has more. To view a video report of this story, go to therealnews.com.
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Follow these safety tips to ensure that everyone has a fun Super Bowl Sunday!
Millions of Americans will gather to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. If you plan to host a get-together for the big game this weekend, keep these safety tips in mind to ensure that everyone has a fun and enjoyable celebration.
Encourage your guests not to drink and drive.
Stop serving liquor toward the end of the evening.
Have the number of a local cab company handy.
For more information, visit: http://www.iii.org/press-release/dont-let-the-air-out-of-your-super-bowl-party-serve-alcohol-responsibly-when-watching-the-big-game-012815.
Do a quick check of your home and make sure all TVs are safely secured and touchdown proofed!
If you have a heavier box-style TV, make sure you either secure it to a wall or place it on a low, stable piece of furniture that is appropriate for the TV's size and weight.
Be sure your flat-panel TV is properly secured with a mount that has a safety certification by an independent laboratory.
For more information, visit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-carr/super-bowl-prep-tip-check-your-tv-for-safety_b_6554390.html.
Use safety tested power strips and cords.
Never use wiring that is worn down.
If you are grilling or frying, be sure not to leave the kitchen or grill unattended.
Make sure a fire extinguisher is on hand.
Check to ensure your home's smoke detectors are in working order.
To help avoid the possibility of food poisoning, do not keep food on the buffet at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
For more food safety information, visit: http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/01/30/first-down-food-safety-tips-for-your-super-bowl-party/.
Do not give your dog or cat alcohol, chips & dip, guacamole, ice cream, nuts, chocolate, fat trimmings, bones, or caffeinated beverages. These items can cause major health problems for your pets.
Be sure to keep your trash secured and away from your pet.
Place food on higher counters away from the reach of your pets.
Put your friends' shoes away if your dog is known for munching on shoes.
If your pet is shy, make sure you have a designated quiet area where they feel safe and secure.


Fibre, fibre everywhere – but where do you start?
We've all heard the ads on the radio, or read them in magazines, the ones telling us that 'fibre is here' or that it is 'coming to a suburb near you', but what does it all mean, and how do you choose between all the companies that want to 'light you up'?
Let's start at the beginning. What's the big deal about fibre, and how is it different to ADSL?
Fibre is like ADSL on steroids – it is faster, more reliable and more stable and instead of the old fashioned copper cables (the ones that get stolen, leaving you disconnected), it is fibre optic, a single strand of which, can power the entire world's internet today.
Think – no buffering while you're watching a YouTube video, and downloading content is quick and easy. Imagine – movie downloads that are almost quicker than making a bag of microwave popcorn.
So where do you get fibre? Fibre is currently being rolled out in metropolitan suburbs across the country and you will know if you have fibre in your area, if you've see the pavements being dug up and large rolls of cable lining your street. But there's more to this than just seeing the fibre, literally being rolled out.
The companies that are digging up pavements and laying the fibre in the ground, are the infrastructure providers – they are creating the backbone, the network, on top of which internet services can be provided.
Many suburbs have more than one infrastructure provider available – with many new ones popping up, as the fibre revolution takes hold. It is important to choose an infrastructure provider that has a good track record, strong network reliability, and also, open access.
What do we mean by open access? It means that you will have a choice of internet service providers and you can select these based on your needs, your budget and the packages they are offering. Infrastructure providers that don't support open access, or choice, will look to lock you into an agreement with the ISP of their choice.
But isn't an ISP the same as an infrastructure provider? An ISP is the enabler of what is possible with fibre. An infrastructure provider lays the fibre in the ground, and provides the network or backbone for running services, like internet connectivity and is responsible for any maintenance that is required. Without an ISP in place, that fibre will lay dormant in the ground, despite its capability to connect and transmit data.
So how do you know which infrastructure provider to choose? Start with your existing ISP if you have one, especially if you want to keep them as your service provider. They'll be able to guide your decision on which infrastructure provider they are partnering with.
If this is your first time looking at fixed line connectivity, then getting in touch with ISPs that you have heard about and asking them, or checking out other fibre areas, might be a good option.
So you've chosen to switch, what will change? Switching to fibre will allow you to use the internet like never before. It's like switching from a bicycle to a four wheel drive SUV. With a superfast connection, you can go further, faster, and uninterrupted.


This group is designed for parents and their crawlers (approximately ages 6-12 months). Come talk about the unique changes that occur at this age such as baby proofing the home and introducing solids.
This group currently meets at Willow Tree on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 10am. This calendar entry/description will only show the 2nd Monday schedule. Please note that the 2nd/4th Mondays are all the same group!


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st martin parish sheriff's office
Breaux Bridge Man Arrested After Sending Sexually Explicit Messages to Sheriff's Office Facebook Page
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office announced today that they have arrested a Breaux Bridge man after receiving a series of sexually explicit private messages, videos, and photos.
Jude Walker
St. Martin Parish Roadside Safety Checkpoint Friday
The checkpoint begins at 7:45 a.m.
Horrific Stabbing Death in Breaux Bridge; Woman Booked for Murder
The woman accused of the stabbing death was booked into the St. Martin Parish jail.
Body Pulled From Teche Near Arnaudville
An autopsy will be performed on the body.
St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Toy Drive
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office has just announced details for their 2020 Christmas Toy Drive.
Shaq Gets Appointed As A St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Officer
Shaquille O'Neal was appointed as a St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Special Reserve Deputy today. Shaq has been involved and helping law enforcement both in Louisiana and Florida for some time now.
Standoff with Armed Man in Cade Ends Peacefully
A standoff that blocked traffic on a major thoroughfare in Cade for much of Wednesday afternoon did come to a peaceful conclusion after several hours. It ended with a suspect under arrest and charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm...
Cecilia Man Arrested On Sex & Drug Charges
The man was booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center.
Deputies Seeking Driver in St. Martin Parish Hit and Run
The vehicle in question is silver in color and will likely have damage to the passenger side.


explore widely, and to make musical use of the available space.
to float up from the music's expressive core.
have collaborated in musical projects since the mid-90s, including a long running duo.
"Stories Yet To Tell" (ECM, for release Autumn 2010).
functions, and matching textures and phrases with Winstone's subtle voice.


If you're seeking flat abs, it's vital that you put together an effective abdominal workout that will challenge the muscles and help them become more defined. While getting clear six pack abs will take the loss of body fat as well, when you have nicely developed ab muscles underneath, your whole look will be a lot more aesthetically pleasing.
Some women will get lean enough to see their abs, but then lack the shape and definition due to poor workouts. The follow pieces of ab equipment will help you take your workouts to the next level so this never becomes a problem for you.
After all, if you're going to put in the hard work with your diet and the rest of your workout program, you want to be sure that when you do lose the body fat, you see the best results possible.
Let's have a look at the top 5 pieces of equipment that you should consider.
The very first of the pieces of equipment you'll definitely want to check out is the Ab Wheel. To use the ab wheel, you simply hold onto both handles with the wheel placed on the floor down in front of you with the knees on the floor.
From there, you slowly begin to roll the body forwards, moving the ab wheel across the floor. Come down as low as you possibly can go without breaking your form and then roll back up again.
Note that this is a very intense exercise and will really require a high level of abdominal strength. If at first you can only go a part of the way out, don't get discouraged – just keep working at it and soon you'll achieve a much greater range of distance.
The Exercise Ball is quite simply one of the best pieces of abdominal equipment that you could own. This ball allows you to perform not only abdominal exercises on it but other exercises as well that will increase the degree of core stimulation you receive from doing that exercise.
Perform your sit-ups on the ball or try doing shoulder presses, bicep curls, or lateral raises while sitting on the ball instead.
All will work those core muscles to a much larger extent than without it.
To help take your sit-ups to a more intense level, consider the curved ab bench. This bench is ideal for those who aren't feeling challenged with their normal ab workout routine as it's going to cause a much higher degree of gravity that you must work against, increasing the total stimulation placed on the abs.
You can easily perform your typical crunch on this bench by placing the legs under the pads and leaning back into it, or if you want to target the obliques, twisting to the side as you lower down through the motion and then come up again.
For added difficulty, consider holding a small plate weight across the chest as you execute this movement.
The bosu ball is a great piece of equipment for adding to your workout that can be used to target the core directly or indirectly. To use the indirect approach, try standing on the ball as you perform some of your usual exercises.
Squats, lateral raises, shoulder presses, and bicep curls can all be performed while standing on top and will stimulate the core to a much larger extent.
Or, if you prefer to work the abs directly, sit directly on top of the ball and try a set of the bicycle ab exercise.
If you're someone who enjoys the plank, flip the bosu ball over and place the forearms on the flat part of the ball, trying to balance yourself there while maintaining the plank position.
Finally, don't overlook the benefit of having a pull up bar as a piece of abdominal equipment. While this bar is most commonly used to perform pull-ups off of, you can also use it to perform one of the best ab exercises around – hanging leg raises.
This move is going to be great for targeting that lower ab region where most women really struggle, so is a must-have to include in your routine.
So there you have the top pieces of abdominal equipment that you should consider adding to your workout program. Each of these offers its own unique benefits and will help intensify your workout and make it more interesting.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models, migrations
import content.models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='ContentFile',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(serialize=False, auto_created=True, verbose_name='ID', primary_key=True)),
                ('name', models.CharField(validators=[content.models.name_validator], max_length=200)),
                ('version', models.PositiveIntegerField()),
                ('type', models.CharField(choices=[('pdf', 'PDF'), ('txt', 'Raw Text')], max_length=10)),
                ('file', models.FileField(validators=[content.models.file_validator], upload_to='./%Y-%m/')),
            ],
        ),
    ]

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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#include <aws/core/client/AWSError.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/HashingUtils.h>
#include <aws/elasticbeanstalk/ElasticBeanstalkErrors.h>

using namespace Aws::Client;
using namespace Aws::ElasticBeanstalk;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace ElasticBeanstalk
{
namespace ElasticBeanstalkErrorMapper
{

static const int TOO_MANY_APPLICATION_VERSIONS_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("TooManyApplicationVersionsException");
static const int TOO_MANY_APPLICATIONS_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("TooManyApplicationsException");
static const int TOO_MANY_BUCKETS_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("TooManyBucketsException");
static const int ELASTIC_BEANSTALK_SERVICE_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("ElasticBeanstalkServiceException");
static const int TOO_MANY_ENVIRONMENTS_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("TooManyEnvironmentsException");
static const int MANAGED_ACTION_INVALID_STATE_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("ManagedActionInvalidStateException");
static const int SOURCE_BUNDLE_DELETION_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("SourceBundleDeletionFailure");
static const int INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("InsufficientPrivilegesException");
static const int S3_LOCATION_NOT_IN_SERVICE_REGION_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("S3LocationNotInServiceRegionException");
static const int TOO_MANY_CONFIGURATION_TEMPLATES_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("TooManyConfigurationTemplatesException");
static const int OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("OperationInProgressFailure");
static const int INVALID_REQUEST_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("InvalidRequestException");
static const int S3_SUBSCRIPTION_REQUIRED_HASH = HashingUtils::HashString("S3SubscriptionRequiredException");

AWSError<CoreErrors> GetErrorForName(const char* errorName)
{
  int hashCode = HashingUtils::HashString(errorName);

  if (hashCode == TOO_MANY_APPLICATION_VERSIONS_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::TOO_MANY_APPLICATION_VERSIONS), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == TOO_MANY_APPLICATIONS_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::TOO_MANY_APPLICATIONS), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == TOO_MANY_BUCKETS_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::TOO_MANY_BUCKETS), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == ELASTIC_BEANSTALK_SERVICE_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::ELASTIC_BEANSTALK_SERVICE), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == TOO_MANY_ENVIRONMENTS_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::TOO_MANY_ENVIRONMENTS), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == MANAGED_ACTION_INVALID_STATE_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::MANAGED_ACTION_INVALID_STATE), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == SOURCE_BUNDLE_DELETION_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::SOURCE_BUNDLE_DELETION), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGES), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == S3_LOCATION_NOT_IN_SERVICE_REGION_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::S3_LOCATION_NOT_IN_SERVICE_REGION), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == TOO_MANY_CONFIGURATION_TEMPLATES_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::TOO_MANY_CONFIGURATION_TEMPLATES), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == INVALID_REQUEST_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::INVALID_REQUEST), false);
  }
  else if (hashCode == S3_SUBSCRIPTION_REQUIRED_HASH)
  {
    return AWSError<CoreErrors>(static_cast<CoreErrors>(ElasticBeanstalkErrors::S3_SUBSCRIPTION_REQUIRED), false);
  }
  return AWSError<CoreErrors>(CoreErrors::UNKNOWN, false);
}

} // namespace ElasticBeanstalkErrorMapper
} // namespace ElasticBeanstalk
} // namespace Aws


Welcome back - again, yes, I am on a roll. I got several cards finished over the weekend, and another couple today. This one is from the weekend.
I decided that I wanted to play with one of the Layers of Color (LOC) stencils that I bought I while ago, so after a quick fossick in the drawer I came up with the Delicious Dots Stencil, and the Merci Bouquet stamps - both of which are overdue to be 'christened' :-) - and this is the result.
This card was not without it's 'oops' moments, but overall I was pleased with the outcome.
It was thanks to one of those moments that the image of the flowers was cut out and mounted over the top of the urn, and the placement of the sentiment was the result of another.
The flowers were painted using twinkling H2O paints - they give a wonderful sheen to the colour that is not always immediately apparent.
Layers of Color: Art Stencil - Delicious Dots, Stamp set Merci Bouquet.
Ribbon, Gold embossing powder, white and pink cardstock.
Thanks for calling by and I am encouraged when you comment - it is very much appreciated.
Red, white, black and gold!!
Hello and thank you for calling by again - this time my posting showcases another Priscilla Styles image - a corset!! I must admit I love this image.
I printed the corset off and painted it with a shimmer paint that really brought it to life, and showed through the red roses after I had coloured them.
The corset image was mounted onto a spellbinders "dotted circle" background, and then I threaded the fine ribbon through the gaps at the base of the embossed dots, and added three gold rhinestones on either side of the circle.
This was put aside as I decided on the base - as I wanted the image to take centre stage, I kept it simple and white, and textured it with a cuttlebug herringbone folder.
I then added the rich red and gold ribbon, mounted the image panel on foam tape and decided the corners needed some glamour, which was provided with a vintage corner by cuttlebug, and more rhinestones.
Greetings - it's good to 'see' you back here, and thank you for visiting.
Today I had a birthday card for a young boy to make, and I resorted to a digi stamp again - this time one from Bug A Boo stamps entitled star.
Initially the image was printed onto copy paper, then glued onto card - unfortunately the glue stick 'smudged' and I was left with a lump in the surface, so out came the trusty cuttlebug, and I made a 'sandwich' using the A and B plates, then the image, the tan mat and a layer of chipboard and then the C plate - ran it through and presto, the image was smooth.
I decided to keep things fairly simple and coloured the stamp with pencils and then sponged the edges, keeping the colours clear and bright.
I then cut a star out of gold card, using pencil and ruler to design it, and edged it with gold Kindyglitz. The greeting from Kiwi Stamping and the hand written word 'star' were heat embossed on the base card. The card was assembled with the star onto the red base, then the image, and gold 'party confetti' stars glued around the edges.
This was a straightforward card to make and has a lot of sparkle to it.
Thanks again for visiting, and feel free to leave a comment - they are always appreciated.
Greetings - I have finally got my mojo back!!
I needed a masculine birthday card, so resorted to the bulldog again - this time because the recipient is a farmer and works with dogs... I doubt he uses bulldogs, but hey - it's a dog :-), and his farm is in the hill country, so this image fits very well.
The image is a digi image from Priscillastyles store which I printed out onto white, coloured the background mainly by sponging dye inks, and the dog was watercoloured.
The image was cut with a Spellbinders rectangle, and the black backing layer was a rectangle one size up and the image offset onto it, the wider edge pierced and then faux stitched with a white pen.
The dp was stitched with black thread and the layers were mounted, the ribbon attached and the embossed sentiment label secured with silver brads.
Although a simple card in the end, it went through several metamorphosis's in the making!!
Thank you for visiting, and I treasure all comments left here.
Hello to you all, and thank you for visiting. I am displaying a change of craft today.
My 'mojo' deserted me earlier this week, so I finished a project that has been in the making for so long that I had to return to my books to do some of the basics. Ooops!!
I am pleased with the outcome, although annoyed with myself for pulling a thread on the edge as I removed the lace from the pillow.
The thread used was a pearle 8 - oh, the tail will straighten out, it is still 'curly' as the thread has not been long off the bobbins.
Hello, I just had to share the fun I had with this card this afternoon.
I have a friend who has limited sight and I wanted a card for here that had images that stood out - so I went for gold embossing, dry embossing and colour contrast.
The images are from Priscilla Styles Store and after printing them onto a bright pink vellum type of paper, I heat embossed them in gold, then coloured the over-skirt on the frock with a glitter purple pen. These images were then trimmed and stuck to white card.
The background paper is some that I painted eons ago, and I ran it through the Cutttlebug in the Oriental Weave folder. The purple corner treatments are Vintage corners - again cut in the cuttlebug - where would I be without my trusty cuttlebug!!
I sponged the edge of the base card with purple ink, mounted everything onto it, and then added the rhinestones.
A quick card that I enjoyed making - I hope you have enjoyed the journey.
Thank you for visiting, and I love the comments you leave.
Yes - two posts in a day - That's what happens when you make commitments to design teams - but it is fun!
The image of a bulldog was a challenge to me. I am not a 'dog' person at all, and in New Zealand we have a gang called the Mongrel Mob (enough said) which uses a bulldog as it's insignia... not a pleasant association. But I overcame my prejudices and produced a card to the sketch given.
I started by re-sizing the image, and in one instance, I flipped it as well - another steep learning curve to this senior blonde - and after several arguments with the printer, I got it printed!!
I heated the image with my heat gun to stop any ink run, and then coloured all four images the same, with multi mediums - inks, (sponged on), chalks, and water colour pencils. The image in the largest panel was printed twice, and after colouring the dog, it was trimmed out of the second printed image and glued over the first one - the added dimension does not show much in the photograph, but it really 'pops' in real life.
I then trimmed and mounted the images on black card to 'frame' them before mounting them onto the red base card. Then came the 'bling' requirements. I could have used piercing, but did not remember in time so out came the black rhinestones - thankfully I had exactly the right number.
Thanks for calling by and your comments are very much appreciated - I love your feedback!
Thank you for calling by - I love to see that you have visited. Today I am able to share some cards that I made for a Guest Designer spot over at Digital Two for Tuesday. Cora shares the most amazing digital images sourced from old books, dress catalogues and the like.
She sent me the two images that she is sharing today, and this is what I did with them. This cottage just cried out to be a masculine card, so that is what it became.
I coloured the image with chalks, sponged the edge lightly with brown ink, and mounted it on a very dark green card. The base card was scored with the Scor-it tool. I wanted a wee bit more detail, and as I had no brads, I punched some dark brown card with a 3/8" punch, glued them on and then put a drop of dimensional magic glue over them to give some shape and gloss. What took the longest with this card was actually finalising the colour card to mount it on!
Based on this scripture John 4:10, 13-14 (NIV) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
The next card had a lot more detail in the image and the card itself - The image was coloured with a combination of mediums, but primarily watercolour pencils - I decided to cut into the image with an oval nestibility. To mount it on the purple scalloped part oval was an simple decision, but when put against the lace that edge was lost, so I eventually added the green layer, trimmed very closely, before the purple.
The detail on the purple was a gold dimensional glue.
The base that the lace, and then the oval was mounted on was a olive/gold paper which I had run through the Cuttlebug fleur-de-lis folder, distressed the edge of and then stitched onto the paler base that had been sponged with a similar coloured Whisper dye ink, Mossy Stone.
The butterflies were part of gift given as a thank you for "cat sitting". They lacked an elusive 'something', so I sat and scrabbled through all sorts of odds and ends until I came across the green bugle beads which were glued in place - they seemed to just pull the whole thing together into a pleasing result.
Greetings - the last couple of days the weather has thought that it is still winter, although officially it is spring, so it has turned cold and wet, which has meant studio time for me - not that I am complaining.
I finished this card yesterday afternoon, but could not photograph it until this morning as the light was appalling.
I started with this dark blue scrap that was on my desk and ran it through the cuttlebug in the Textile Texture folder - to add emphasis to the design I ran a brayer loaded with Brilliance Moonlight white ink over it - then clear embossed it, although the white does not show much, overall it gave the embossing a wonderful dimension.
With spring in mind, I decided to use my Layers of Color stamp set Nature Walk and stamped the flourish on the base cardstock - the joy of clear stamps (which these are) is that you can position them so easily :-).
I then stamped the flowers from the same set in Brilliance Pearlescence Orchid, cut them out and layered them with dimensional tape. The center of the smaller one was beaded using micro beads set in white craft glue.
It took a few minutes moving the flower around the card before I was happy with where I wanted to position it.
I wanted to add some lace, and in the end resorted to some paper lace I had on hand - it was white and looked too stark, so I inked it with the orchid ink, with a most satisfactory result.
The sentiment was added using the same ink as was used on the flourish - I chose this script-like stamp as it 'fitted' with the flourish.
The final detail were the rhinestones in the corner.
Overall a card that I am very happy with, and was not very time consuming to make - I also used some materials that have been 'just sitting' for a while.
Thank you for calling by, and may your day be blessed.


The Opening ceremony began with a speech of our president Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann and continued with further contributions by our student representative - Georgia Humphries, the Vice president of BI – Prof. Dr. Peter Mantel and also by the Director of UNESCO-European Centre for Higher Education – Jan Sadlak. The ceremony came to an end with the valuable speech given by Enver Yücel.
Conclusively, as per tradition the red ribbon was cut as a symbol of a new beginning at our new campus.
Below you can read the opening speech of our President Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann.
Welcome to Berlin International's new Salzufer Campus. This is a great day and we want to share our joy with all of you. Welcome invited guests, welcome students and staff members of our university. It is my privilege to greet our distinguished guest speaker Professor Jan Sadlak, member of our University's Advisory Board and former Director of UNESCO's European Center for Higher Education and Chief of Section for Higher Education Policy. We are grateful that he has agreed to share his experiences in the field of educational development. We sincerely appreciate that Enver Yucel, founder of Berlin International and the BAU Global academic network, has come to celebrate with us. A warm welcome, too, to his deputy, Coskun Ince. Their wise counsel and continuing support were an indispensible precondition for bringing Berlin International forward. We recognize with pride that Professor Senay Yalcin, Rector of Bahcesehir University Istanbul and Professor Sinem Vatanartiran, Rector of BAU International Washington D.C. honor us with their presence. A special welcome to all members of our University Advisory Board. We are here today to celebrate the Opening of Berlin International's new Salzufer Campus. This is a proud moment for our young academic institution. At earlier occasions I have welcomed you as President of BAU International Berlin. Today I greet you as President of Berlin International. This name change needs an explanation. We wanted the name change mainly for two reasons. First, we had experienced that the letters BAU led to confusion about our academic profile. People unfamiliar with the history of Bahcesehir University Istanbul simply misunderstood the acronym and this was particularly true in the German speaking countries. Here BAU is mostly associated with building or construction. Thus, BAU International Berlin was often thought as offering courses for builders and engineers. With the new name we avoid such pitfalls. Second, with the new name we hope to strengthen even more our ties to Berlin, to this vibrant and inspiring metropolis with its international, intercultural orientation. We are grateful to the Berlin Senate that has granted the name change in April this year. The new name does not signal any change of our substantive goals. We still want to attract outstanding students and employ talented staff. While sailing under a different flag the ship continues to be a proud part of the BAU Global fleet, this unique academic network that educates gifted students around the globe. What does change, however, is our study environment. Since its foundation in 2014 this academic institution follows the same vision: First, it wants to stimulate and develop the students' intellectual curiosity, their creativity and their professional skills. We want students to have a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach that enables them to cope with innovation and contribute to societal problem solving. This means that we want to provide our students with a solid base for a successful and fulfilled work-life. Second, we want to promote cross-national and cross-cultural understanding. We believe that this is indispensable in a globalizing world. Cultural competence is a precondition to navigate today's multi-cultural landscape. What is required is tolerance, mutual understanding and a commitment to protect the unalienable individual human rights. This orientation is enshrined in Berlin International's motto: Interdisciplinarity, Internationality, and Interculturality. The new Campus, we believe, will provide an educational environment which is conducive to reach these goals. In the current Fall semester the Salzufer Campus will be home to about 210 full-time students, 31 more than we had the last term. These students come from 66 different countries mostly European and Asian. Two countries are dominant: 27 percent of our students hold a German, 10 percent a Turkish passport. US Americans. British, French and Russian nationals follow with just 3 percent. This composition of our student body guarantees international and intercultural encounters. Last semester's classes were taught by 13 professors employed by our university and 26 external lecturers. While the German passports prevailed the teaching staff came from countries such as Brazil, China, Denmark, India, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. An international composition is also characteristic for the administrative staff. This multinational, multicultural mix of people is arguably our biggest social capital. The various pieces shown in an exhibition of the Designer students I had the pleasure to open early this week showed clearly how their creations have grown out and profited from the fertile ground of our international school. We try to reach out to interest students for our education philosophy. While we are doing quite well in Europe and in parts of Asia there is still room for improvement in other parts of the world. This is particularly true for East Asia, the Pacific Rim, the Caribbean, Central and East Africa. However, while we did not live up to our initially projected increase in student numbers we can claim to have grown from 25 first graders when we began to teach in the Fall of 2014/15 to 82 in 2018/19. Of course, we are convinced that the new Campus will contribute a lot to attract many more students to Berlin International. Tomorrow we say good bye and hand out BA certificates to about forty students Among them is Moataz Ghannam, a refugee from Syria whom we were happy to take under our wings. He is one of the first Syrian refugees to finish his studies supported by Kiron and Berlin International. Moataz will soon be recognized by Enver Yucel, our founder. This brings me to my final point, the Salzufer Campus which the Chancellor and I will show you virtually in more detail later on. The Campus is part of the larger 'Quartier am Salzufer' which is located close to the Mercedes dealership and the Technical University. We are glad to share number 6 with companies rooted in the knowledge industry. Nomen est omen. The name Salzufer speaks for itself. Salt has occupied an important place in religion and culture. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans invoked their gods with offering salt. But let us go back to the closer present. The road winding along the shores of the Landwehrkanal was called Salzufer because of a salt loft built in 1847/48. Our building is located at the borders of Tiergarten and Charlottenburg situated between the river Spree and the Landwehrkanal. It consists of three objects which are connected to one another. The first one was built in 1923 and qualifies for the historical monuments protection. The second building emerged between 1925 and 1926. It was designed by the famous German architect Hans Hartlein who also has built the much praised Siemensstadt. The third and last object was finished in 1975. It allows for a wonderful view over the Landwehrkanal. It is, indeed, a privilege to work here. As I have said before salt has been a source of wealth and is considered good luck by many cultures in the world since ancient times. For example, in order to get rid of the many forms of bad luck you can take a pinch of salt, throw it over your left shoulder and it protects your home from bad luck. Thus it would probably be wise to adopt Salicia, wife of Neptun, and goddess of salt, as the protective spirit - the genius loci - of our place. To offer salt and bread are a traditional welcome greeting in many Slavic and Middle Eastern civilizations. At least symbolically, Berlin International offers both salt and bread today. May Berlin International and its Salzufer Campus become known as a hospitable place where an excellent academic education blends with tolerance, empathy and inter-cultural understanding.


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Neu-Hussenbach (Gaschon)
Neu-Hussenbach is a daughter colony that was founded in 1860 by colonists from the mother colonies of Hussenbach, Dietel, Huck, Norka, and Grimm. The colony was located along the Gaschon River from which its Russian name was taken. Neu-Hussenbach belonged to the Lutheran parish of Brunnental.
According to the 1897 Russian census, there were 2,297 people living in the colony. By 1910, the population was 4,179 people. The population had decreased to 2,148 by 1926, likely due to the impacts of famine and emigration.
The first church in Hussenbach was built in 1885. In 1896, the wood structure church was destroyed by fire. A new church was built between 1903 and 1905 of backstein, a type of adobe. It was a large church and had seating for 2,500 people.
In the story "Ich bin ein Hussenbacher" by Jacob Hoffman (as told to his son, Jack W. Hoffmann and printed in the Hussenbach Review, December 1995), he states "The schulmeister (teacher) in Hussenbach, from 1880 to approximately 1919 was the Reverend David Maul. Mr. Schira apparently followed him as a teacher." It appears that Rev. Maul immigrated to the United States and was serving the German Evangelical St. John Church of Lincoln, Nebraska by 1915.
Today, Neu-Hussenbach is known by the Russian name Pervomayskoye.
"Historical, Geographical and Statistical Description of the German Settlements (Russian Language)." History of the Volga German. Web. January 2015. <http://wolgadeutsche.net/list/neu_hussenbach.htm>.
"Hussenbach (Linevo Osero)." Hussenbach (Linevo Osero). Web. May 2016. <http://hussenbach.weebly.com/>.
Sawyer, Andrew J. Lincoln: The Capital City and Lancaster County, Nebraska, Volume 1: 253, 1916.
The Center for Volga German Studies website (May 2016).


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Has the Sharp Decline in Philosophy Majors Hit Bottom? (guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel)
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The following is a guest post by Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside), on trends in the numbers of philosophy majors, following up on previous posts on the subject), with some interesting speculation at the end about possible causes. A version of it originally appeared at his blog, The Splintered Mind.
Has the Sharp Decline in Philosophy Majors Hit Bottom? (Plus Other Interesting NCES Data)
by Eric Schwitzgebel
1. Has the Sharp Decline in Philosophy Majors Hit Bottom?
Last year, drawing on the publicly available IPEDS database, I reported an alarmingly sharp decline in the number of recipients of Bachelor's degrees in Philosophy in the U.S. since 2010—from 9,297 in 2010, or 0.58% of all graduates, to 7,507 in 2016, or 0.39% of all graduates. I found similar declines in History, English, and other language majors.
In the most recent year's data (2016-2017), I'm encouraged to see no further decline either in the total number of Philosophy majors or in the percentage of graduates who choose the Philosophy major. To give you a sense of how striking this is, look at 2013-2017:
Bachelor's Degrees in Philosophy in the U.S., by year:
2013: 9,439 (0.53% of all graduates)
2014: 8,837 (0.47%)
[for methodological details see here]
After declining by about 600 majors per year from 2013 through 2016, 2017 shows a slight uptick. The 95% confidence interval around the 2017 number is 0.38% to 0.40%, so this flattening is not merely a chance deviation from the 0.05%/year downward trend since 2013.
2. English and History, However, Continue to Decline
In contrast with Philosophy, English and History are continuing to decline (though note that English and History still have many more majors overall).
Bachelor's Degrees in English:
2013: 56,021 (3.0% of all graduates)
2014: 54,222 (2.8%)
Bachelor's Degrees in History:
Despite a 9% growth in total number of graduates across all majors, in the five years from 2013 to 2017, the number of graduates declined by 20% in English and by 29% in History, and is continuing to fall fast. (Maybe, if you squint at the data with an optimistic eye, the rate of decline is slowing.)
3. In Contrast, the Number of PhDs Hasn't Declined Much
In contrast, the number of Philosophy, English, and History PhDs awarded has declined only slightly in that same five year period: from 475 to 438 in Philosophy, 1377 to 1347 in English, and 1003 to 945 in History. Consequently, the ratio of BAs to PhDs has declined considerably between 2013 and 2017. In English the ratio fell from 41 BAs per PhD in 2013 to 33 BAs per PhD in 2017. In History the ratio fell from 37 to 29, and in Philosophy it fell from 20 to 17.
Here's a chart going back to 2010:
Majors can rise and decline substantially in popularity over the years. Continuing decline isn't inevitable. I'm rooting for a turnaround.
I might be wrong, but I think and hope that the recently increasing visibility of philosophers in prominent public venues such as the New York Times has helped improve the educated public's perception of the relevance and interest of philosophy. Let's show the world the value of the humanities!
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North Otago family 'still spinning' after $18m Boxing Day Lotto win
James Fyfe
The winning ticket was bought in Oamaru. Photo credit: File / Supplied
A family in North Otago was definitely on Santa's nice list this year, winning an $18.25 million prize for Christmas.
The winning Powerball ticket, for the Boxing Day draw, was purchased at Waitaki New World in Oamaru, with the prize the second biggest given out in 2020.
The winners - who wish to remain anonymous - said they normally buy a Triple Dip ticket a few times a month, but treated themselves to tickets for the draws on both December 23 and 26.
Lotto wins makes 21 Kiwis millionaires in 21 weeks
'Completely oblivious' Waikato man had winning unchecked ticket in car for month until officials found him
"Our minds are still spinning," one of the winning family members said.
"We heard that the winning ticket had been bought at the Waitaki New World in Oamaru, which is where we always buy our tickets, but had to wait until we got home to check ours.
"I checked it and couldn't believe that we had all of the numbers. I must have checked it 10 more times."
Still not entirely convinced, the man said it wasn't until he scanned the ticket on the MyLotto app scanner and saw the words "Major Prize Winner" that he realised it wasn't a dream.
"I shouted out loudly 'it's us!'," another family member said.
"I told my children and everyone started crying. We just couldn't believe it."
The family said the win was "still sinking in".
"We have so many thoughts swirling around in our heads – it doesn't feel real yet."
Although the family had no specific plans yet on how they would spend the money, they did have some idea where it might go.
"It's very early days and we have a lot to think about – but what we do know is that we want to help people in need. Our goal is to make a difference in the lives of people who really need it – and a win like this allows us to do that," said the man.
"We also want to help our children and wider family, and at some stage will probably treat ourselves to a new car."
The biggest Lotto prize this year came in February, when two winners shared a massive $50 million between them.


Celtic Park is a haven of our games in the city and to be fair to the Derry Co Board it is made available for matches to those clubs that maybe don't have the facilities of their illustrious country cousins. The games themselves are better organised and resourced in the City than outsiders think and a number of initiatives are in place to drive the development on including work by Derry City Council. In recent years for example Steelstown have opened their own facilities and City hurling outfit Na Magha intend to follow suit in the near future.
Celtic Park is a compact ground with a decent capacity of around 18,000 and has good banks of terracing on three sides which make for good sightlines to watch the on pitch-action. When there is a full house the natural amphitheatre helps generate an atmosphere which would be unlikely in venues in Ballinascreen or Glen Maghera or indeed some so called 'better' county grounds.
The main downside of Celtic Park is the current lack of a covered stand. That is due to be addressed in the next couple of years under the Derry Co Board's development plans. In the meantime creature comforts extend to pile-inducing concrete seating on either side of the pitch. Simple advice – if you plan to sit bring something to place between your rear and the concrete unless you have loads of on-board natural padding. In ground refreshments extend to a shop selling the usual medley of soft drinks, crisps, chocolate etc.
If it's beer you're after, local hostelries round Celtic Park tend to be no-nonsense establishments where GAA folk are welcome. The ground is in the heart of Derry's West Bank so there is no danger of a lost fan from one of the 26 venturing into the wrong place. Although the locals may be predominantly soccer people, bars such as Maileys and the Brandywell Inn located within a couple of minutes of Celtic Park are does-what-it-says-on-the-tin-type-bars – the décor in the former reflects local punters' interests with a prominent the roll of honour (and that isn't a list of Derry senior championship winners!).
Five minutes or so from Celtic Park are the Derby Bar, the Park Bar and the Don Bar (identified by a mural of Don Corleone for some reason). If you point yourself in the direction of the spires of St Eugene's Cathedral you are on the right track – these establishments nestle in the lee of the spires. Note if you target the wrong cathedral you could end up in the Fountain area which wouldn't have the same 'gra for the GAA' so be careful to be clear when orientating yourself or asking directions that you make it clear you're for the match.
If you are looking a feed before or after the game you'll get decent food in the City Hotel (good but maybe a bit pricier) the Metro in the middle of the City, Beckett's or Badgers. If you plan eating on one of these joints make sure you allow yourself time to get across the city to the ground as there are only a couple of roads in and out and although it isn't far, parking can be hectic enough when there is a match on.


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Q: How to find a permutation of a specific rank? I have a problem regarding permutations. When the rank of an unknown $S_7$ permutation is given, I want to find this permutation, but I can not.
For example, I have the following questions:

Find the $S_7$ permutation which has I) rank(1000) II) rank(2000).

Apart from the answers to these examples, I am asking for the methodology to find next time this permutation.
I am looking forward to read your answers.
Thank you for your help in advance!
Note: Writing rank I mean the position where the permutation is, ordering all the permutations in ascending order. For example I have the $S_3$ permutation (213). Its rank is 3, because all the $S_3$ permutations in ascending order are as follows: {123,132,213,231,312,321}. So, we write rank(213) = 3.

A: How many permutations are there which begin with $1$? If we fix the first digit to be $1$, then we have to arrange the other six numbers in the other six slots. There are $6! = 720$ ways to do that.
Similarly, there are $720$ permutations which start with $2$, so permutations $1$ through $720$ start with $1$ and $721$ through $1440$ start with $2$. The permutation of rank $1000$ starts with $2$.
Fixing the first digit to be $2$, we find that for each digit $d$ (from $\{1,3,4,5,6,7\}$), the number of permutations which start $2d$ is $5! = 120$ (we have to arrange the remaining $5$ digits in the remaining $5$ slots). So $721$ through $840$ start with $21$, $841$ through $960$ start with $23$, and $961$ through $1080$ start with $24$. Thus the permutation of rank $1000$ starts with $24$.
You can carry on this way, zeroing in on $1000$. I'll leave it to you to finish the problem.

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Dr. Procrustes does not need to see you; he has your test scores.
I rock at the Tower of Hanoi—you could give me a stack of as many discs as you like and I can move the whole stack from one peg to the other without any hesitation and without a single error. I don't mean to be immodest about it, but it's true. My performance is like 11.8 standard deviations above the mean, which by my calculations is so rare that if a million people were born every second ever since the Big Bang, there is still only a 2.7% chance that I would have been born by now—I feel very lucky (and honored) to be here.
You would be forgiven for thinking that I had excellent planning ability…but not if you voiced such an opinion out loud, within earshot of my wife, causing her to die of laughter—I would miss her very much. No, it is not by preternatural planning ability that I compete with only the gods in Tower of Hanoi tournaments-in-the-sky. In fact, the first time I tried it, my score was not particularly good. I am not going say what it was but the manual said that I ranked somewhere between the average Darwin Award winner and the person who invented English spelling rules. After giving the test some thought, however, I realized that each movement of the discs is mechanically determined by a simple rule. I will not say what the rule is for fear of compromising the validity of the test for more people. The rule is not so simple that you would figure it out while taking the test for the first time, but it is simple enough that once you learn it, you will be surprised how easy the test becomes.
All kidding aside, it is important for the clinician to be mindful of the process by which a child performs well or poorly on a test. For me, the Tower of Hanoi does not measure planning. For others, it might. Edith Kaplan (1988) was extremely creative in her methods of investigating how people performed on cognitive tests. Kaplan-inspired tools such as the WISC-IV Integrated provide more formal methods of assessing strategy use. However, careful observations and even simply asking children how they approached a task (after the tests have been administered according to standard procedures) is often enlightening and can save time during the follow-up testing phase. For example, I once read about an otherwise low-performing boy who scored very well on the WISC-IV Block Design subtest. When asked how he did so well on it, he said that he had the test at home and that he practiced it often. The clinician doubted this very much but his story turned out to be true! His mother was an employee at a university and saw someone from the Psychology Department throwing outdated WISC-III test kits into the garbage. She was intrigued and took one home for her children to play with.
I once gave the WAIS-III to a woman who responded to the WAIS-III Vocabulary subtest as if it were a free association test. I tried to use standard procedures to encourage her to give definitions to words but the standard prompts ("Tell me more") just made it worse. Finally, I broke with protocol and said, "These are fabulous answers and I like your creativity. However, I think I did not explain myself very well. If you were to look up this word in the dictionary, what might it say about what the word means?" In the report I noted the break with protocol but I believe that the score she earned was much more reflective of her Lexical Knowledge than would have been the case had I followed procedures more strictly. I do not wish to be misunderstood, however; I never deviate from standard procedures except when I must. Even then, I conduct additional follow-up testing to make sure that the scores are correct.
Schneider, W. J. (2013). Principles of assessment of aptitude and achievement. In D. Saklofske, C. Reynolds, & V. Schwean (Eds.), Oxford handbook of psychological assessment of children and adolescents (pp. 286–330). New York: Oxford University Press.


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About Me: This is my sixth year teaching, and I currently teach in the OPEN program here at South. I've always been passionate about history and I love getting to share that with my students. My favorite areas of history are the history of Ireland, WWII history, and women's studies.Outside of school I enjoy spending time with my friends, being outside, traveling, and reading.
About My Teaching: I think education is one of the most important things in creating change in the world. As part of the OPEN program, I don't use points in my classroom. Students are evaluated on the quality of their work, their engagement in class, and their level of comprehension of the concepts we cover. The goal of this approach is to help students make a more meaningful connection to what they are learning rather than simply "getting a grade."
All 10th graders at South take AP US History (APUSH). I teach this class thematically, and the students are able to delve into significant concepts in US history while also developing a strong understanding of the course of American history.
You can view the syllabus for the course here.
This is a senior elective that explores the global conflict spanning from 1914 - 1990. The course explores more than just the military engagements: we also look at the social, economic, and political impact of the war. This year there is also an option for students to visit Europe over Spring Break - please email me for details.


WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, the nominee for Interior secretary, invoking the spirit of President Theodore Roosevelt, on Tuesday provided the strong endorsement for keeping public lands in public hands that the National Wildlife Federation, its affiliates and supporters believe is necessary to ensure that Americans will enjoy these lands for generations to come.
"Listening to Rep. Zinke during today's hearing, it was fantastic to hear the Congressman reiterate his adamant support for keeping public lands public. This is a top priority for the National Wildlife Federation's 6 million members and supporters. Conserving our public lands is absolutely crucial to maintaining healthy fish and wildlife populations, hunting, angling and recreation opportunities, sustaining the country's $646 billion outdoor recreation economy and safeguarding clean air and water. Our public lands will play an increasingly vital role in providing needed resilience as the effects of climate change intensify.
"The National Wildlife Federation also welcomes Rep. Zinke's commitment to supporting proactive wildlife conservation, permanently reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and tackling the $12 billion and growing maintenance backlog in our National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges, truly the Crown Jewels of our outdoor heritage," O'Mara added.
"The hunters, anglers, hikers, wildlife watchers and paddlers of the National Wildlife Federation want to see our public-land legacy remain intact, they also want our public lands managed better based upon the best science available and the best information about potential impacts of development. We applaud the Congressman's backing of objective, science-based management and commitment to improving public land management and land use planning policies, as well as ensuring that Americans receive a fair return on their public resources. We also appreciate the Congressman's commitment to working with local communities to advance important on-the-ground collaborative efforts, including increasing hunting and fishing access, proactively restoring wildlife habitat including the sagebrush sea, and protecting key resources through the Antiquities Act.


Picture 1: Megahouse Miniatures #5 from the "Memories of Depa-Oku" series released in 2003.
Tokyo is infamous for its cramped spaces. So much so that amusement parks or game arcades are confined to any inch of space or ....... department store rooftops.
These few months urban Tokyo has embraced the 'Go Eco' motto and rooftops have turned green but during the Showa period or the seventies, when kids could still be seen in abundance, the words "let's go to the departo rooftop" ("department" would be "departo/ デパト" in katakana) would scream fun for any 5 year old kid.
The panda ride is synonymous with the departo rooftop. Ask any person who grew up in Japan their fondest memory was riding the panda that just went in one direction, straight. The wheel attached to its neck did no aversion to its direction!
Newer ones do turn now.
The panda ride is still a top attraction today. You can see it or ride it in Hanayashiki / 花やしき, in downtown Tokyo.
Beware, one ride is never enough!