It's week 11 of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along. Just one more week after this one. I hope you are enjoying our quilt-along as much as I am. Be sure to check out the Flickr group to see the super cute blocks that have been made so far.
Block 31, Merry Christmas, has been designed by Lynette Anderson. The Fat Quarter Shop also has a fabulous 50% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.
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What is your quilting style?
My quilting style has been described as sophisticated naïve. I love to combine applique with simple piecing and stitchery to create unique looking projects that are suitable for all level of quilter. I like to have some dimension in my work and often include one of my specially designed handpainted buttons.
Christmas Fun, the patterns for this sweet quilt pattern are free with the purchase of the buttons (available at my online store).
How did you get started quilting and/or designing?
I started quilting when I was 21 just after the birth of my first son, I went to adult education night school classes and made my first sampler quilt and although I have tried many other crafts I always come back to patchwork, quilting and embroidery. I began designing and publishing patterns and books in 1995 and love every moment of my working day, except maybe the pattern writing bit and that's only because I am worried I will make a mistake. I have been lucky enough to design fabrics for Marcus brothers, Henry Glass Fabrics and am currently working with Lecien with whom I have released 3 collections so far and have a few in the pipeline for 2012 (very exciting).
Do you have a favourite quilt?
One of my favourite quilts is A Kittens Tale (seen here with my beloved companions Hugo and Felix who are helping me with the binding!).
Scandinavian Christmas is also a big favourite and its been very exciting to see the fabric collection of the same name showing up on so many blogs around the world, thank you everyone for your support and encouragement.
What part of the quilting process do you like the most? Picking the fabrics and thread colours ready to begin a new project.
What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? Sewing the label on when I feel as if I have already finished.
Here's Lynette's Christmas Candy block. Head over to Lynette's blog to download the tutorial and for a coupon code to save on her designs.
Upload your completed blocks to our Flickr group for a chance to win some adorable buttons from Button Mad – Incomparable Buttons. One winner for each of our quilt-along blocks will be randomly chosen. You have two weeks to complete Lynette's Merry Christmas block to be eligible to win.
Please share the Quilt-Along graphic on your own blog. The more participants, the more FUN!


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|режисер = Маріо МонічелліЕліо ПетріФранко РоссіЛучано Сальче
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|Продюсер = Джанні Хект Лукарі
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|оператор = Джанні Ді ВенанцоЕнніо Гварн'єрі
|композитор =Армандо Тровайолі
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«Вища невірність» () — італійсько-французька кінокомедія з чотирьох новел, знята режисерами Маріо Монічеллі, Еліо Петрі, Франко Россі і Лучано Сальче. Фільм вийшов 22 січня 1964 року.

 Сюжет СкандалістФранческо є патологічним ревнивцем щодо своєї дружини Раффаелли. Новела розповідає про те як Франческо намагається викрити чергового коханця своєї дружини.Гріх в другій половині дняЛаура всіма методами намагається зрадити своєму чоловіку Джуліо. Вона організовує побачення з коханцем, який помилково виявився її чоловіком.ЗітханняГлорія ревнує свого чоловіка Паоло, але, в той день, коли він йде по справах, зраджує його зі своїм кращим другом Тоніно.Сучасні людиЧезаре'' втрачає всі свої гроші, граючи в карти, щоб оплатити борги, приймає умову — він повинен віддати картяреві, що переміг, на ніч свою дружину.

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Фільми Італії 1964
Фільми Франції 1964
Кінокомедії 1964
Кінокомедії Італії
Кінокомедії Франції
Кіноальманахи
Фільми Маріо Монічеллі
Фільми Еліо Петрі
Фільми Франко Россі
Фільми Лучано Сальче
Фільми з участю Моніки Вітті
Фільми італійською мовою

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For more than 30 years, scientists have examined the relationship between food coloring and hyperactive behavior in children, but with mixed results. To date, no conclusive evidence has been found to show that food coloring causes ADHD. Some studies, though, have suggested an association between the two. Most likely, ADHD is caused by the combination of changes in brain structure, environmental factors, and heredity.
A study of nearly 300 children by the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency in 2007 showed that the consumption of foods containing dyes could increase hyperactive behavior in children. In the study of 3-, 8- and 9-year-olds, children were given three different types of beverages to drink. Then their behavior was evaluated by teachers and parents.
It also had sodium benzoate. The third drink mixture was a placebo and contained no additives.
The researchers found that hyperactive behavior by the 8- and 9-year-olds increased with both the mixtures containing artificial coloring additives. The hyperactive behavior of 3-year-olds increased with the first beverage but not necessarily with the second. They concluded that the results show an adverse effect on behavior after consumption of the food dyes.
Food coloring consists of chemicals used to add color to food. Food coloring (dye) is often added to processed foods, drinks, and condiments. They are used to maintain or improve the appearance of the food.
The FDA regulates color additives to ensure that they are safe for human consumption. Regulation also helps ensure that foods with coloring are accurately labeled so that consumers know what they are eating. To determine the approval of an additive, the FDA studies the composition of it and how much is consumed and notes any health effects and safety factors that need to be observed. Once the food dye is approved, the FDA determines an appropriate level of use for that additive. The FDA only allows an additive to be approved if there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to consumers.
There are two types of approved color additives - dyes and lakes. Dyes are water-soluble and usually come in the form of powders, granules, or liquids. Lakes are not water-soluble. They are found in products containing fats and oils.
Some food colorings are synthetically produced. Examples of these color additives include FD&C Blue Nos. 1 and 2, FD&C Green No. 3, and FD&C Red No.40. Other food colorings come from pigments of vegetables, minerals, or animals. Examples of these natural additives include beta-carotene, grape skin extract, caramel color, and saffron.
Processed sugars and carbohydrates may have an effect on a child's activity level. These sugars produce a rapid increase in blood glucose levels because they enter the bloodstream so quickly. A child may become more active due to an adrenaline rush produced by this blood sugar spike.
Decreased activity in the child is sometimes noted as the adrenaline levels fall. However, there has been no proof to date that sugar actually causes ADHD.


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Old woman of the Tujia ethnic group outside the Longtan church, in the town Youyang, in southern Chongqing Municipality in central China.
Worship with the Tujia ethnic group in the Longtan church, in the town Youyang, in southern Chongqing Municipality in central China.
Rev. Qing Zhao Guang with his granddaughter Hung Guang Ping in his Tao-Shan church about 40km east of Nanjing.
Choir at Tao-Shan church about 25km east of Nanjing.
Eucharist in Mu'en church in Shanghai.
Worshippers at Mu'en church in Shanghai.
Morning prayer at Mo Chou Road Church in Nanjing.
Early morning outside Mo Chou Road Church in Nanjing.
Youyang, in southern Chongqing Municipality in central China.
The Nanjing Amity Printing Company on the outskirts of Nanjing produces a Bible a second or about 3-3.5 million a year.
Believer at White Cloud (Baiyunguan) Taoist Temple in the south-western Beijing.
Emma, a young Christian woman working as volunteer at the Chong Wen Men Church in Beijing.


Is Edamame Bad for You? Scary Facts You Need to Know before Eating it!
There are many kinds of green vegetables in the market. Whenever the doctor advise a person to take up green vegetables people usually think only of cucumber and string beans and some leafy vegetable forms. Among these green vegetables there is this one so-called Edamame.
Edamame is a young soybean harvested before the beans had a chance to harden. This is usually found in the cuisines in China, Japan, Korea and Hawaii. And you can buy them shelled or in the pod, fresh or frozen. It is usually harvested by hand and some people prefer it steamed with salt. This makes it more preferable to eat as its health benefits are also what humans need.
Edamame is a gluten-free and low calorie bean that contains no amount of cholesterol and is an excellent source of vitamins needed in the body such as protein, iron and calcium. We have been taught that consuming fruits and vegetables of all kinds can bring about a healthy well-being.
In addition to this, edamame has proven itself through many studies that increasing its consumption can decrease the risk of obesity and overall mortality, diabetes, heart disease and promotes a healthy complexion and hair, increased energy, overall lower weight.
Edamame has shown through various studies that it has a lot of health benefits. In fact, it contains phytoestrogens, that has been proven to decrease risk for osteoporosis, while the calcium and magnesium in soy may help to lessen PMS symptoms, regulate blood sugar and prevent migraine headaches.
Soy-food consumption has been associated with a lower risk of several specific age and lifestyle-related conditions and improving overall general health. This should be introduced to many to take advantage of.
Although a lot of plants are definitely safe to eat even when it is raw, soybeans specifically the edamame aren't one of them because some of its components that are found in raw soybeans may cause a person as little as short-term digestive problems and as much as long-term health issues.
Because of these reasons it is highly suggested if not imposed that it should be cooked or fermented because it neutralizes some of the negative side effects raw soybeans could cause on a person's health.
Today, there is a so-called GMO or Genetically Modified soybean. This is a soybean that has its DNA introduced into genetic engineering techniques. This technique was introduced by Monsanto although not all soybeans have undergone GMO, this technique may be harmful to consumers.
In countries where foods are not corrupted by GMO, eating edamame occasionally should not be a problem, but still practice moderation!
The only toxic substance that releases intentionally into our environment to kill specific living things is pesticides. This includes substances that kill weeds (herbicides), insects (insecticides), fungus (fungicides), rodents (rodenticides), and others. The use of these pesticides has been a norm already not only to farmers but also in homes, parks, schools, buildings, forests, and roads.
It is basically found almost everywhere. Because of the use of these toxic pesticides these chemicals are already found also in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink. Some of the farmers who has a vast area that harvests this so-called edamame use these pesticides to help them get rid of pests that harms their crops.
According to studies, edamame contains isoflavones that can inhibit estrogen receptors in the body that disrupts the body's natural estrogen function.
Studies have shown that soy isoflavones could cause breast cancer. It can significantly increase in proliferation of the epithelial cells in human breasts that may turn cancerous.
There were other studies to show that soy is an endocrine disruptor and may be harmful for women who are pregnant, plan on becoming pregnant, or are nursing.
Edamame in moderation once in a while, sprinkled in your salads could probably be fine. But, recently, it has become a trend where it's being sold in big bags as snacks. People are beginning to eat edamame by the bags, assuming that it's green and healthy.
Based on that one fact that soy could be an endocrine disruptor, makes edamame not a choice food to be eaten as a "healthy snack". No need to throw out those frozen edamame you have in your freezer, eat them sparingly, but start looking for other more healthful snacks.
Hernandez Walker is the founder of Juicerly.com, a site that is dedicated to studying the best juicers specifically made for certain types of consumers. His goal and mission is to help prospect buyers know the best type for them. He also advocates a healthy lifestyle in this new generation to open up to a healthy future.


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Q: Flutter : How to call a screen onclick on image of reusable appbar I have created a reusable appBar class and calling it wherever i want to use
here is the code

class MyAppBar extends AppBar {

 MyAppBar({Key key,Widget title})
   :super(key:key ,title:title,actions: <Widget>[
     InkWell(
        onTap: () {
          Profile();

        },
        child: Padding(
            padding: const EdgeInsets.all(14),
            child: ClipOval(

                child: Image.network(
                    'https://googleflutter.com/sample_image.jpg',
                ),
            ),
        ),
    ),

   ]
   );}

when click on image it is not redirecting to profile screen.
i used this also
Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context)=>Profile()));

but it's giving me error on context as it's not define.
please help if anyone know how to fix it.

A: you can have the access of context inside a build function so do it like this,
create a function variable inside you custom appbar and give it to InkWell like this,
class MyAppBar extends AppBar {
final Function onPressed;
...

InkWell(
onTap: onPressed,
child:...
   )
 }

now where you use the appbar pass that function there like this,
Scaffold(
appBar : MyAppBar(
onPressed: (){
Navigator.push(context, MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context)=>Profile()));
   },
title: ...
 ),
);

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An Office Telephone System or PBX stands for Private Branch System. Office telephone systems or PBXs allows many telephones inside an office or an organization to connect through one number which helps eliminate the need to have multiple numbers for multiple users.
Telephone systems designed to make seamless communication possible through the internet have changed how we see communication going beyond borders. Better known as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), IP Telephones are designed to make communications across borders easy and meaningful.
Gone are the days when telephones used to connect only through VoIP networks, we're in the digital age now and it makes more sense to see to the future. Now you can connect through your office to non IP Telephones with ease, anytime, giving more accessibility and control over your enterprise.


YSHS girls varsity basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday night when they toughed out a 38–24 victory over Dayton Christian. The Lady Bulldogs pulled out to a 16–5 lead by the end of the first quarter, and never turned back. They moved to 4–4 (2–2) on the season.
After a 3–0 start, the girls varsity basketball team then went on a four-game slide, with losses in recent weeks to Ponitz, Troy Christian, and Stebbins. And in a hard-fought Metro Buckeye Conference matchup against Miami Valley at home on Monday night, the Lady Bulldogs lost 41–36.
YSHS took a lead into the fourth quarter against the Miami Valley, but couldn't pull out the victory. Elizabeth Smith led scoring with 15 points, including many clutch free throws, while the team received solid contributions from Shanice Wright (10 points) and Brianna Ayers (9 points). Molly Hendrickson played aggressively all game and Julie Roberts contributed well coming off the bench, according to first-year Coach Jack Hatert. The Lady Bulldogs moved to 3–4 (1–2 in the MBC).


If you are looking into self storage options, you will probably already have noticed the wide variety of facilities and prices available across the country. From the basic, outside metal container self storage London residents will find by the docklands, to the high spec, climate controlled storage facilities found in cities across the country, choosing the right self storage unit for you will depend greatly on what you want to store, for how long and whether you require access to the storage unit during the stored period.
Location If you are moving house or putting things in storage while you go abroad for some time, you will probably want to choose self storage that is close to your permanent address. As a general rule, storing items in city centres will be much more expensive than choosing storage on industrial estates on the outskirts. Many of the self storage London based facilities are located well outside the city centre, and if you can cope with the travelling to and from the unit, these will tend to work out much cheaper than choosing something within the inner circle.
Access Consider whether you will need to access your items during the stored period. If you are leaving the country for a specified time, chances are you won't need to access your stored items during this period. This means you can choose one of the cheap self storage options, where your container of items may not be so easily accessible but only needs to be retrieved once the time is up. If you think you may need access, you should find out exactly what the criteria are. Some companies offer open access 24/7, but some will require several days' notice and possibly even a fee to be paid if you wish to gain access to your belongings.
Security Most self storage units are very secure, employing CCTV and alarms to protect your goods. Ask about their security measures and make sure you are happy with their provision before making a booking.
Climate control If you pack adequately and are just storing household goods, climate control is usually not a major consideration. However, if you are looking to put valuable items such as antiques or a classic car in storage, you should look for an up market facility with dehumidifiers and heating to keep your items safe.
Size, price and value Price is obviously an influencing factor, and although many of us would love to find cheap self storage, it is not always possible to get all the facilities you need for a rock bottom price. Consider the size of the container on offer, the access and security at the site and try to establish whether what you are being offered is good value, rather than considering price alone.


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Credit: Forest Stewards Guild
Science Tuesday: What's Your State's Prescribed Fire Liability Law?
By: Lenya Quinn-Davidson
Topic: Fuels treatment / Prescribed fire
Type: Research Synthesis
Earlier this month, I traveled to New Mexico to meet with Eytan Krasilovsky of the Forest Stewards Guild and other leaders from the New Mexico Prescribed Fire Council. I lead the Northern California Prescribed Fire Council, so I was excited to spend time hearing about issues in New Mexico and sharing stories from here. We share some interesting parallels that I hadn't realized previously: our councils formed in the same year (2009), and both regions had tragic escaped prescribed burns—within a year of each other! (The Lowden Fire, which happened in my home county in July 1999, burned 2,000 acres and 23 homes. Only 10 months later, the Cerro Grande Fire escaped from Bandolier National Monument and burned 48,000 acres and more than 250 homes.) Even now, almost 20 years later, the prescribed fire communities in New Mexico and northern California are still haunted by those events.
Yet the thing that was most striking to me was not these similarities, but some of the differences between the two places, particularly with regard to prescribed fire liability law. Our conversations in New Mexico, and some of the projects that Eytan has been working on, led me to dig through my files for papers on liability law. In the last 15 years, there have been a number of journal articles that have helped clarify different states' liability laws and the factors that have enabled reforms in some places. Though this may seem like dry reading material, the implications of these laws are huge, and there is a great need for prescribed fire practitioners to understand the legal environments within which they operate.
Take California, for example: everyone knows that this is a highly regulated and litigious state, with strict environmental laws, tons of people and a relatively poor track record of getting prescribed fire on the ground. A fair assumption would be that California has really strict liability laws, but in fact, it falls somewhere in the middle of the national leniency spectrum. This often comes as a surprise to people who live and burn here.
A 2006 paper by Changyou Sun in the journal of Forest Policy and Economics does a nice job summarizing liability laws in the United States. The paper identifies four categories of liability law into which different states fall:
1) Strict liability, which holds a burner liable for damages regardless of the specifics of an incident;
2) Simple negligence, which holds the burner liable for damages only if they can be proven negligent;
3) Gross negligence, which holds the burner liable only if they acted with reckless disregard for the consequences of their activities; and
4) Uncertain liability, which is the most common category, and means that a state has no clear legal language regarding prescribed fire liability.
California has a simple negligence law; New Mexico has uncertain liability. If you don't already know which category your state is in, take a quick peek at Table 1 to find out!
Table 1 from Sun (2006).
Liability law reform has been a major objective of prescribed fire councils over the last 20 years, especially in the Southeast. In 2006, when Sun's paper was published, reforms had taken place in 22 different states. At that time, 18 states had transitioned from strict liability to a simple negligence rule, and four states had adopted gross negligence rules. Many of the states with the most lenient liability laws also have certified burner programs, which ensure that practitioners meet certain standards. In those places, special protections are offered only to those who have been certified. A more recent paper by Sun and Tolver (2012) outlines the details of prescribed fire regulations in southeastern states, and it provides an in-depth history of laws and regulations in Florida—one of the earliest examples of grassroots-inspired changes to prescribed fire liability law.
Credit: Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
The importance of bottom-up changes to liability law can't be overstated. Sun (2006) showed that the primary driver of state liability law reform at that time was the total area of private forestland in each state, which Sun interpreted as a proxy for private demand for prescribed fire. I think this is confirmed by the demographics of prescribed fire councils in the Southeast, which we know to have an overwhelmingly private base. And it raises some important questions for us here in the West, where our burning is concentrated on federal lands, and our private lands managers are not as tightly coordinated around prescribed fire issues. Will we develop a new model for motivating reform, or will we need to work harder to inspire the private lands base?
Here in California, where we already enjoy a simple negligence rule, these reforms are not quite as pressing as in places like New Mexico, where they don't even have a law to point to. And in states with strict liability laws, the challenges are even more pronounced (albeit more clearly articulated).
I'll leave you with a final thought on liability law reform that I took away from a paper by Yoder et al. (2003), and which I found profound in an unexpected way. The transition from strict liability law to simple negligence is not just about enabling more burning, or about offering leniency or protection to prescribed burners. It's about moving society away from a victim mentality—where we prefer and choose the risks of inaction over the inherent risks of good work—toward a model of shared ownership and action. A strict liability rule doesn't do much to inspire the burner or the burner's neighbors, because it'll always be the burner's "fault" if something goes wrong. Implicit in a negligence rule, however, is a sense of shared responsibility and a respect for the unknown—core philosophies of the prescribed fire community.
Sun, C. (2006). State statutory reforms and retention of prescribed fire liability laws on US forest land. Forest Policy and Economics, 9(4), 392-402.
Sun, C., & Tolver, B. (2012). Assessing administrative laws for forestry prescribed burning in the southern United States: a management-based regulation approach. International Forestry Review, 14(3), 337-348.
Yoder, J., Tilley, M., Engle, D., & Fuhlendorf, S. (2003). Economics and prescribed fire law in the United States. Review of Agricultural Economics, 218-233.
7 thoughts on "Science Tuesday: What's Your State's Prescribed Fire Liability Law?"
Jeremy Bailey says:
Lenya- appreciate you highlighting the importance of these laws and the opportunities for Prescribed Fire Councils to inform practitioners, influence legislation and continue to help us grow toward a co-ownership of fire. In addition- thank you very much for teasing out this great insight:
"The transition from strict liability law to simple negligence is not just about enabling more burning, or about offering leniency or protection to prescribed burners. It's about moving society away from a victim mentality—where we prefer and choose the risks of inaction over the inherent risks of good work—toward a model of shared ownership and action."
Gregory D Long says:
As a Certified Burner in the state of Georgia, I am proud of our state's understanding of the need and value of burning to reduce wildfire hazards, to improve timber production, and restore and maintain sensitive natural ecosystems and wildlife habitats. We have a state-wide permitting system, an active Forestry Commission, and readily available training and certification program. More states should follow suit. Burn, Baby, Burn!
Marie Rodriguez says:
Great summary! It is interesting that liability definitions are changing in the West. Since Sun's 2006 paper, Colorado moved from and "uncertain" definition for liability to "gross negligence." Hopefully New Mexico moves forward to change our liability definitions in the near future!
Gloria Erickson says:
Thank you, Lenya. Great article. I see Minnesota is in the strict liability category. We've got our work cut out for us.
Jennifer Hansen says:
This was very informative. Thanks Lenya!
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"We dedicate this music to mother figures who work selflessly to build families and communities, to artists and creators who love passionately and live fearlessly, and to the marginalized and oppressed groups of people who sing of stars," reads the dedication statement for Brooklyn-based chamber group Karavika's sophomore album, Of Earth and Sky.
Indeed, Karavika's significance to their community comes through in this album, which was funded by friends and fans on Indiegogo following their 2012 debut. They have given back by hosting children's workshops at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, performing regularly on Carnatic Sundays at Cornelia Street Café, as well as in the Brooklyn Raga Massive – a leading organization in the Raga, or Indian classical, renaissance.
With lively, inventive arrangements, Karavika provides space for new ways to think about fusion music. Sri Lankan, Indian, and folk music of the Americas are all in evidence from the outset.
The opening track, entitled Your Passing Touch, presents a walk-down chord progression over which Trina Basu's violin and Amali Premawardhana's cello lead the ensemble in a sweeping melodic line, dovetailing dramatically over an energetic tabla performance by guest musician Advait Shah. A short breather, and Perry Wortman's mandolin takes the lead with a prominent mandolin that alternates between blues and Raga styles.
Trina Basu and Amali Premawardhana. PC Gary Winter.
They continue into an arrangement of the lullaby, All the Pretty Horses, in which Basu and Premawardhana's voices join in raw, unprocessed harmony, lending an intimate feel to the track. Sameer Gupta imparts his expertise on tabla while violin and cello pizzicati build a dark, American folk-inspired atmosphere.
Basu and Premawardhana's chemistry in most notable on Raga Behag, as they complement each other like sisters forming a single musical expression from their two instruments. It is a refreshing and reaffirming arrangement with a strong sense of purpose.
As the album goes on, many guest musicians add new sonic layers to the experience – Carnatic vocals, a bamboo flute called the bansuri, another violin, and an Indian drum called a mridangam. The group excels at creating a sense of perpetual motion and communal harmony, with each instrument boldly featured and lending support as each piece unfolds. For Karavika, Of Earth and Sky has truly been a labor of love.
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I found out early Thursday morning that my trainer and friend had suffered an unthinkable tragedy: Her son was killed and her husband severely injured in a horrible tractor accident. I've known Roman since he was born; Panama was the first horse he ever sat on (as an infant, with Leslie holding onto him and me holding Panama). He rode both my horses at V.'s 12th birthday party a year and a half ago, and I think those might have been his first rides, too. I can remember Leslie bringing him to my lessons when he was just a baby and putting him in a tire in the shade. He was such a good baby, and he'd grown into such a good kid.
And on her Facebook page, I snagged this one of Roman on my horses (I took the pictures). He was so little then! He had really grown up a lot when I saw him at Grand Prix this January.
Today she posted an update on her Facebook page: Her husband Matt will lose his lower left leg. He's scheduled for surgery in the morning. He has a very long recovery ahead of him -- in addition to the extent of the injuries to his leg, his lower back was badly injured as well, and will need extensive skin grafting -- and I'm guessing he won't be able to work for a long time to come.
One of Leslie's best friends -- and my farrier -- has, with the help of her family, set up a funding campaign for her and her husband. I wanted to share it on here to get the word out, even though I know none of you know her. If anyone is blessed enough to be able to help, please consider it, or at the very least consider sharing the link.
I'm so sorry. This is heartbreaking.


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Cordarrelle Patterson, Jack Mull going into NJCAA Football Hall of Fame
By Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Dec 4, 2019 at 4:24 PM Dec 4, 2019 at 4:24 PM
Two members of the Hutchinson Community College football program will receive the highest NJCAA honor as members of the 2019 NJCAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class.
Two-time Blue Dragon All-American Cordarrelle Patterson and long-time supporter and Hutchinson resident, Dr. Jack Mull, are among five members of the 2019 induction class.
Patterson and Mull join Blinn College's Cam Newton, Navarro administration Roark Montgomery and New Mexico Military's Steve Zabel in the Class of 2019.
Both Patterson and Mull have left an indelible impression on Blue Dragon football.
Patterson is the most-decorated Blue Dragon football player in program history.
Patterson was only the third Blue Dragon ever to be a two-time NJCAA All-American. Patterson was also named the 2011 Jayhawk Conference Offensive Player of the Year. When he completed his Hutchinson career, he owned 16 career or single-season or single-game Blue Dragon records.
In 2011, Patterson caught a career-high 61 passes for 924 yards and he accounted for 1,814 all-purpose yards in helping the Blue Dragons.
Patterson is the first-ever first-round NFL Draft pick in program history after being taken with the 29th overall pick by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2013 NFL Draft.
All he did in an impressive rookie season was set an unbreakable NFL record for the longest kickoff return in league history of 109 yards against the Green Bay Packers. For the 2013 season, Patterson returned 43 kickoffs for an average of 32.4 yards per return, one of the best return averages in NFL history.
In addition to his NFL kickoff record, Patterson became the first NFL player in history to record a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, a 75-yard touchdown reception for a touchdown and a 50-yard rushing touchdown in the same season.
After four seasons with the Vikings, Patterson played one season for the Oakland Raiders in 2017 before going to New England and winning a Super Bowl with the Patriots in 2019. This season, Patterson is with the Chicago Bears.
Last season with the Patriots, Patterson had 21 catches for 247 yards and three touchdowns. He's rushed for 228 yards on 42 carries and one score and has returned 23 kickoffs for an average of 28.8 yards with a 95-yard touchdown.
Dr. Jack Mull
Jack Mull goes way back with Blue Dragon head coach Rhoades, back to his playing days. Mull's support has been a catalyst in the Blue Dragons becoming a national power under Rhoades.
His most notable contribution to what is now known as the Jack Mull Family Football Complex, which houses the Blue Dragon coaches' offices, meeting rooms, locker room and state-of-the-art Bob & Lou Peel Weight Room.
That complex opened before the 2014 season.
Inducted as a contributor to the NJCAA Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Mull guided the introduction of the Salt City Bowl in Hutchinson, KS in 2009, an event that has attracted top-tier programs for 10 years. The Salt City Bowl's ability to garner premier competition stems from Hutchinson's state-of-the-art facility, Gowans Stadium which received a major contribution from Mull who spearheaded the fundraising project.


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The year 2007 was the first time that I visited Chania in September and I was hoping to find Pancratium maritimum. I did not find it in the tourist beach in front of our house in Kalamaki but after quite a walk I found a few flowering plants in the Agioi Apostoloi beach. A little further I came at the Chrysi Akti beach and there were many hundreds of flowering Pancratium plants. Really a beautiful sight! And what really surprised me was the fact that Chrysi Akti is a very tourist beach visited by hundreds of (mainly Scandinavian) tourists every day in September and the tourists did not damage any flower, they just left them in peace.
The Sea Daffodil is one of the most beautiful of the wild Cretan flowers and can be found on most of the northern beaches of Chania.
Other vernacular names of the Sea Daffodil are Sand Daffodil, Sea Lily and Sand Lily and this indicates where it lives: the habitat of P.maritimum is the maritime sands on the sandy beaches in the immediate vicinity of the sea and it often produces dense stands. This habitat is characterized by direct exposure to the sun and the sea winds and to continuous sprays of salt water droplets carried by the wind. This monocotyledonous herbaceous perennial flowers during the hottest months of summer. It can withstand these extreme conditions because its large bulb (about 5 - 7cm across) is buried deep underground and because it grows in sand, it is not that difficult for its shoots to make their way up through half a meter of loose coastal sands.
The Sea Daffodil flowers from July until October with large, funnel-shaped flowers, 3 – 15 in every umbel, fragrant and white. The flowers are pure white, very large up to 15 cm long (from which the pedicel is less than 1 cm) and 6 – 8 cm across, with a funnel-shaped crown, white striped with a little green line on the outside of the 6 tepals, which are near the base fused with the filaments of the stamens, on a stout stem up to 45 cm high, above 2 spathes or thin, paper-like bracts. The flowers have a sweet exotic lily scent. This fragrance is so strong that it is said that the strong perfume of the flowers keep sheep away from the coasts. The long narrow perianth segments are almost linear and 40 – 50 mm long. The very long, funnel-shaped 12-toothed corona actually consists of the fused filaments of the stamens and can measure up to 65 mm long and 40 - 50 mm wide, with the stamens at its margin, see ill. 3 and 4. (Note about the perianth segments: because the 3 sepals and the 3 petals are identical they are referred to as 6 tepals). The margin of the corolla tube is "decorated" by 12 triangular teeth, this way making the corona of the flower look like a ....crown (corona means .... crown !!!). There are two of these teeth between every of the 6 anthers (i.e. 12 teeth). The buds look like little raised fingers, enhanced with white and green stripes. The 6 tepals frame the corona in the way that it looks like a daffodil, giving the plant its common name Sea Daffodil.
The leaves appear at the end of autumn and look like long, about 2 cm wide and half a meter long, linear ribbons and by the time of flowering they have already withered and frequently the dead leaves have disappeared by sun and winds before the flowers emerge from the sand. These leaves are often twisted in a spiral.
The fruit is a large (up to 6 cm long) 3-valved capsule that at maturity opens at the sides of the 3 carpels, exposing the 10 to 40 very black seeds, see ill.6, 8 and 10. These seeds have an irregular shape (ill.11) and look like pieces of charcoal and they simply drop out of the opened capsule into the sand. They are probably dispersed by the wind and sea as they easily fload on the water.
The spreading of the Pancratium Lily in Greece during the modem age, and particularly in the islands of the Aegean Sea, has been subject for study for botanists and archaeologists. Hegi (1931), describing the foreign plants of the Amaryllidaceae family mentions that this plant belongs to the most interesting plants in the Mediterranean.
The first representation of the Pancratium Lily is mentioned by Evans, who discovered it during the excavations he made in the palace of Knossos (1896). There is a painting of this plant in the well-known wall painting with the blue-bird in the palace of Knossos which is considered as the first representation of the Sea Daffodil. Its use is described by Dioscorides and Theophrastus.
Some notes on the pollination of Pancratium maritimum and possible pollinators.
Fabrizio Grassi cs (Biodiversity and Conservation 14: 2159 – 2169, 2005) wrote an article called: "Evaluation of biodiversity and conservation strategies in Pancratium maritimum L. for the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea". According to these scientists, pollination is reported to be due to different organisms: the very large Sphinx (= Agrius) convolvuli L.(the convolvulus hawk-moth) in Southern France, sphingid moths in Isreal, or the lizard Podarcis lilfordi on the Balearic Islands.
They found that the pollinators were large hawkmoths by marking the flowers of certain Pancratium plants with a fluorescent dusting powder and capturing insects frequenting the site and noting to what extent this powder was transferred by the pollen vector. They labeled the flowers that they watched for subsequent determination of fruit set.
Eisikowitch and Gagil also measured the wind speed. They found that when the wind speed remained under 2 m/sec, moths regularly visited the flowers and these flowers produced fruit and seed. However, when the wind speed was above 3 m/sec, the moths did not fly and that the flowers which opened on such nights remained unpollinated, and did not set seed. Plants that flowered in late summer when the moths had left, even when the nights were calm, no seeds were produced. Artificial crosspollination affirmed that the flowers were still fertile. These observations show that the hawkmoths are indispensable pollinators of the Sea Daffodils and that efficient pollination is achieved only under favourable conditions (little or no wind).
Many plants depend on insects for pollination, but I find it fascinating that the Sea-lily depends on a migratory large moth that is only available in a limited period. It is very interesting that the flowering period of Pancratium maritimum (July-September) AND the time the flowers open (from the end of the afternoon until the next afternoon) coincides with the presence of the nightflying hawkmoths.
Pancratium: comes from the Greek and literally means "All Strength" (compare with "Pandocrator or Pandokrator", the Almighty), perhaps referring to the supposed tonic properties of the plant (as described by Dioscorides and Theophrastus), or to the strength a plant must have to tolerate the extreme climate of the hot and dry summer beach.


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Q: Using a hyperlink in a dotnetnuke 5 module I am creating a dnn 5 module to extend an existing website. Everything has gone pretty well so far, but I cannot figure out how to link to another file inside my module.
Currently I have 2 files and their code behinds:

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In View.ascx I have added this line:
<asp:HyperLink ID="linkToEdit" runat="server" Text="Edit Page" NavigateUrl="EditMaintenance.ascx" />
However, when I click this link I am greeted with the following error:
HTTP Error 404.7 - Not Found
The request filtering module is configured to deny the file extension.
How do I create a link to that file?

A: David is right.  Since it's a user control, you'll have to pass the full url, including the query string, into the NavigateUrl property.
Check this out:  http://www.dnnsoftware.com/wiki/loc/print/page/module-navigation


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The Public Body.02
Regina José Galindo, a different take on real estate
Our age is one of unprecedented permissiveness and militant puritanism. Pornography of every description is available at the click of a keyboard, small children are sexualised in a manner that would have been inconceivable to our grandparents' generation. Yet Newton's third law applies in psychology as well as science: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The growth of sexual freedoms has been matched by an upsurge in religious extremism, and not just of the Islamic variety. The sexualisation of children has made pedophilia into a crime that stirs up a murderous public rage. Look for instance at the calls for Donald Friend's once-fashionable pictures of Balinese boys to be dumped from public collections and even destroyed.
The ongoing debacle of the same-sex marriage saga tells us everything we need to know about our divided polity. Treated as a simple human rights issue there is nothing to discuss, but to its opponents the idea of gay marriage strikes at the very foundations of their worldview, unleashing all kinds of demons.
Artspace is stepping into this minefield with The Public Body .02. The show follows last year's The Public Body .01, which dealt with "sexualised bodies". This event passed under the radar, overlooked by a general public that shows little interest in the avant-garde fringe of the contemporary art scene.
I'm slightly nervous about drawing attention to this new exhibition, but Artspace director, Alexie Glass-Kantor, has made it clear she welcomes debate and controversy. My concern is that many people's idea of a reasonable response would be a furious call for the show, and perhaps the gallery, to be closed.
The Public Body .02 brings together the work of more than 40 artists or artist collectives in one of the most explicit surveys ever seen in this city. The curators, Glass-Kantor and Talia Linz, have continued the theme of "the sexualised body" but taken us into more marginal territory. Some works are satirical or buffoonish, others stridently political. Several artists explore the dark regions of the human psyche.
Wall to wall Leigh Bowery at Artspace
There is an emphasis on works with a strong performative element, starting with wall-sized photographs of actions by Leigh Bowery, the Australian performance artist who became notorious in London's underground club scene. Bowery would dress in outrageous, gender-bending costumes, spoofing perceptions of the body, sexual and social identity. There's also a long, grainy film of one of these performances, which is arguably the dullest item in the show.
At the other end of the spectrum is Dani Marti's video showing the art collector and patron, Peter Fay, having a first-ever experience of human intimacy in his mid-sixties. It's a gruelling affair for the viewer, let alone the participants – all agony and ecstasy, with sweaty, hairy, aging bodies exposed to public scrutiny.
Marti crosses a line here, tearing away the veil of privacy that we guard most jealously. Fay's self-exposure is brave to the point of recklessness. Yet it's impossible to be unaffected by this piece, which is the very opposite of pornographic.
Dani Marti, Still from 'Bacon's Dog' (2010)
I can't say the same about the archive of super-8 films by Richard and Pat Larter, which gleefully embrace the pornographic sensibility in the spirit of 60s' sexual liberation, which saw everything a bit kinky or dirty as a blow against a straight-laced Establishment. Both the Larters, who have passed on, were shameless enthusiasts and conoisseurs of pornography.
They were also products of a particular time and place, with everything modelled on antiquated men's magazines, or more extreme versions of tabloid page three girls. Watching an elderly Pat posing with a garter belt, spreading her legs and pouting at the viewer, one feels like shouting "Gore blimey!"
There's less comedy in the photographs of American artist, Leigh Ledare, who has made his reputation with pornographic pictures and films of his own mother. One can only wonder what sort of upbringing generates such Oedipal extravaganzas, but if your mum is a dedicated exhibitionist and you're a would-be avant-garde artist, it's a productive combination.
Ultimately Ledare's taboo-busting work is probably less confronting than Ella Dreyfus's black-and-white photos of old women's naked bodies, collapsed into a mass of sagging, wrinkled flesh. Few viewers will be able to imagine their mother as a porno queen, but we can all recognise the inevitable ravages of aging, and feel the chill of our own mortality.
Alongside these photos and audio-visual works, the erotic paintings of artists such as Del Kathryn Barton feel rather subdued. It drives home the message that the photographic image possesses a greater quotient of reality than the work of a painter's imagination, which is always more strongly aestheticised.
Aesthetics provides a measure of protection for many of the works in this show. To call something "art" makes it much harder to dismiss (or embrace) as pornography. If I've used the latter term freely it's precisely because so many artists want to challenge that shaky distinction, which is largely a matter of context or our instinctive feel for a creator's intentions.
A large part of The Public Body .02 is devoted to political statements, notably a film in which the South African performance artist, Tracey Rose, pisses on the wall built on the Gaza strip; or one in which Regina José Galindo, of Guatemala, strands naked on a block of turf while heavy earthmoving equipment tears away the ground on all sides. The paradigm for Galindo, as ever, is the frail body of the individual pitted against a corrupt and brutal power structure.
Rabbaya Naseer and Hurmat Ul Ain, 'White as Snow' (2008)
A two-minute video called White as Snow (2008) by two young Pakistani women, Rabbaya Naseer and Hurmat Ul Ain, is the sleeper of this exhibition. The artists appear to be reading from a list in Urdu, but it's really a parody of the way boys are taught to chant Quranic verses. With gentle wit they draw attention to their country's huge disparities in gender roles and expectations.
There is no bare flesh in Naseer and Ul Ain's work, no obvious attempt to cause outrage, but it could be the most dangerous piece of all. For where strange sexual aberrations raise only a smile or a shake of the head, the smallest criticism of the great public enterprise of religion has been known to set off the largest of tremors.
The Public Body .02
Artspace, 28 July – 2 October, 2017
Published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August, 2017


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It wasn't too bad today. My hubby, my daughter and her husband and I went to a local car show this evening. They have it at one of the local dealerships, All the people in the area that have old cars line them up on the lot for people to see them while they play oldies. Then they sell .5 cent hot dogs and root beers. They have it every year and it's alot of fun. The music and cars taks me back to when I was a teenager! There was even a car there that was built the year I was born (1950). I was hot because I had to wear a hat on my bald head but it wasn't too bad. I was even able to walk around quite a bit. But then I got pooped out. I am sure with time that will improve.
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U.S. Government Threatens Free Speech With Calls for Twitter Censorship
Commentary by Jillian C. York and Trevor Timm
"[T]he ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas....That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution."
— Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissent in Abrams v. United States, 1919
EFF has witnessed a growing number of calls in recent weeks for Twitter to ban certain accounts of alleged terrorists. In a December 14th article in the New York Times, anonymous U.S. officials claimed they "may have the legal authority to demand that Twitter close" a Twitter account associated with the militant Somali group Al-Shabaab. A week later, the Telegraph reported that Sen. Joe Lieberman contacted Twitter to remove two "propaganda" accounts allegedly run by the Taliban. More recently, an Israeli law firm threatened to sue Twitter if they did not remove accounts run by Hezbollah.
Twitter is right to resist. If the U.S. were to pressure Twitter to censor tweets by organizations it opposes, even those on the terrorist lists, it would join the ranks of countries like India, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Syria, Uzbekistan, all of which have censored online speech in the name of "national security." And it would be even worse if Twitter were to undertake its own censorship regime, which would have to be based upon its own investigations or relying on the investigations of others that certain account holders were, in fact, terrorists.
Let's review the various calls for Twitter to censor their site and the possible causes of action:
Private Lawyers
While the unnamed U.S. official was mum about where the "legal authority" to censor would come from, the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, an Israeli advocacy law firm, wrote a letter to Twitter saying they may be liable for criminal and civil prosecution for hosting accounts run by Hezbollah and other groups designated by the US Department of State as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) under the "material support" provisions of the Patriot Act.
Let's start with the threat from the law firm, since it's easily disposed of. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act says that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." In other words, Twitter cannot be held liable in a civil action for the speech of other parties using their site. While Section 230 provides an exception for federal criminal prosecutions--meaning websites can still be prosecuted by the government for violating federal law--the 2006 case Doe v. Bates held that private parties, like the law firm, are prevented from circumventing Section 230 by premising their civil claims on criminal statutes.
Congressional Bullying
Next, let's look at Senator Lieberman. Of course a member of Congress has no actual censorship power, so he cannot himself require Twitter to block anyone. In addition, the Taliban is not on the State Department FTO list, so the Executive branch cannot demand that Twitter take any actions to censor the Taliban under the FTO laws either. According to the Telegraph, aides for Lieberman said the move was "part of a wider attempt to eliminate violent Islamist extremist propaganda from the internet [sic] and social media." But luckily Twitter pays more attention to the First Amendment than Senator Lieberman, and has so far refused to bow to his desires. The Constitution, and a long line of judicial authority is clear that it's not the place of a single Congressman to decide what constitutes free speech online.
For Lieberman, calling for Internet censorship is nothing new. He is the same senator who in 2010 called upon Amazon to block WikiLeaks from its servers, even though the U.S. government was constitutionally barred from censoring WikiLeaks in court. Despite having no formal power in that situation either, Lieberman set off a chain reaction that resulted in nearly a dozen intermediaries denying service to the whistle-blowing site. Since then, Lieberman has called for an Internet "kill switch," which would hand the president unchecked power in a "cybersecurity emergency," also to be defined by the president, and recently called on Google to institute a terrorism "flag" system to be implemented on all their blogs.
So private parties and grandstanding Congressmen cannot require Twitter to turn off accounts of those accused of terrorism. Can the Executive? As to Senator Lieberman's threats, the Executive has not even triggered its authority to declare groups FTOs in the instance of the Taliban, so the answer is no.
As for groups that are FTOs, like Hezbollah and Al-Shabaab, some have pointed to the "material support" laws that were broadened as a result of the Patriot Act and the 2010 Supreme Court case, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project--which held that outside groups coordinating advocacy with a known terrorist group violated the "material support for terrorism" law. While the law is written very broadly, something EFF has long criticized, it has never been interpreted by any court to reach a situation like Twitter. Indeed, in the Humanitarian Law Project case, the Supreme Court, suggested just that. The case focused on specific prohibition on providing "personnel," "training," and "expert advice or assistance" for a Department of State-designated terrorist group, and the Court held that the statute "cover[s] only a narrow category of speech to, under the direction of, or in coordination with foreign groups that the speaker knows to be terrorist organizations."
Twitter is clearly not coordinating, or under the direction of, any FTOs. The company offers a service to hundreds of millions of people, corporations and organizations. It also has no way to track everything said by every person using it, or even to know whether an account is administered by an actual FTO, as opposed to say, a person or group that simply chose that name. This puts it in a difficult position even if it did want to reach out and preemptively censor. Moreover, criminalizing, or even trying to criminalize a neutral communications service like Twitter would set a dangerous precedent --like criminalizing pens and pencils or typewriters and computers based on what people choose to say when using them.
Material support laws as interpreted by the Supreme Court are overbroad, capturing speech that would otherwise be constitutional. Yet even so, we don't think the material support law can constitutionally reach Twitter here, nor should the Executive try to make it. This is not only because of our concern about the law and free speech, but it would be counterproductive to the government's own interest.
If Twitter is not required by law to ban the accounts, then shutting down these groups' accounts--no matter how odious their speech--would be a level of censorship the social networking site has heretofore avoided, and with good reason: As Wired points out, "The loss of an official Twitter account would by no means silence terrorist groups. Instead, it would make them go through the inconvenience of relying on less centrally-accessible sock puppet accounts or fanboys to repost messages and links from other outlets."
Indeed, shutting down the pages of determined groups often results in the content being publicized more widely. This phenomenon—known as the Streisand Effect—is a strong argument for the old adage that the best response to "bad" speech is more speech, not censorship.
Kenya's military—Al-Shabaab's primary adversary—apparently agrees. In a tweet dated December 20, 2011, Kenyan military spokesperson Major Emmanuel Chirchir stated: "The US is considering closing HSM account. Al Shabaab needs to be engaged positively and twitter [sic] is the only avenue."
Apparently, when anonymous U.S. officials leaked their desire to censor Twitter in the New York Times a month ago, they didn't consider the Streisand effect. Before the story, the joke among terrorism experts was about 99 percent of the account's followers were journalists and law enforcement. Afterwards, not only was the government's contention about their "legal authority" mercilessly mocked, but their comments also helped attract attention to the account they so desperately want to silence: @HSMPress has gained more than 3,000 followers since the piece was published.
In fact, the content of the tweets poses no real or immediate threat to the U.S. The accounts speak in propaganda cliché—at least when they are not correcting the spelling of a Kenyan general or hinting at a Starbucks addiction.
We hope the U.S. government has better things to do than to upend Constitutional law and proceed with unprecedented censorship over a Twitter account that gets into Internet flame wars and professes a love for caramel macchiatos.
Ultimately, Justice Holmes was right: "that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out."
On those grounds the so-called "terrorist" Twitter accounts will lose on their own accord.
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My husband and I are going on vacation and our fur babies do not like to be boarded. We have been pleased with the service and would like to have someone sit with our babies again. We are asking you to come in early the day we leave so we can introduce you to the animals.
Our home has 3 bedrooms on 3 levels in the Pike's Peak region with much to do, including hiking, visiting Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, Cave of the Winds, Lake George, Royal Gorge, Florissant Fossil Beds and so much more. Viewing the stars from our deck is magnificent without the light pollution so often seen in the city. There is also abundant wildlife (birds, deer, rabbits, squirrels, etc.) in the area. We have DirectTV with HBO, Netflix and Amazon Prime and high speed wireless internet. The location is a bit remote, so you will need your own vehicle.
Dogs eat twice per day and the cat eats dry and canned food when he asks. The dogs have a fenced yard and a dog door, but always welcome walks in the neighborhood. Abby still needs to be kenneled if there are no humans home. There would be no responsibilities related to the house, other than rolling the trash to the end of the drive way on Friday.
The dogs are not very accustomed to children, so this might not be a good fit for a family with children.


- Tangled Threads -: Do what makes you happy!
I changed the colours a bit as it's charted using Anchor threads and I don't have a complete set of anchor threads. I converted the colours to DMC and still changed them to what I liked better.....I'm a bit weird like that :) I used a softer shade of red, mine is more a pinky red rather than the very bright red that the chart called for. It's stitching up quite quickly.....and I'm enjoying it, which is what it's all about!
Some of you may remember that I have previously stitched this design.....and changed the colours then too! This is the colour scheme I went with then.....and I so wish that I had written down the thread numbers that I had used, it would have made life so much easier this time! I really should invest in a stitching diary, or something of that ilk.....does anyone record their stitching in a diary or notebook? What sort of info do you record....is it the number of hours you work on each design, or thread info etc....please let me know as I'm quite curious.
Now I'm back to being a happy stitcher once again!
Glad you decided to work on something that makes you happy. That's a great philosophy in life with very few exceptions. And you're still stitching on a kitty design. It's a darling pattern. I love the colors you're using.
Best thing to do: stitch on what makes you happy!
Glad to hear you are stitching a design that you enjoy. It is a very sweet piece. I use a notebook to write down any major changes to a design. I have tried to keep track of hours before but have not been that successful.
They are looking cute:) I agree with do what makes you happy.
I don't record anything other than pics on my blog. I often change colors mostly based on what I have in stock. If I happen to change colors due to few color code mismatches in the Anchor threads that we get here then I note down on the chart itself.
Yeah it's hard to work on a project when you hate it.
Just catching up on the kitty chart story....you are so right...stitching is meant for pleasure and if it isn't being enjoyable change to another project!! That's what I'd do too! Your new one is very sweet.
Happy week Rhona, and happy stitching.
Love this design. Margaret Sherry's cats are the best.
I have a diary and I write down which was my main project for each day. Any minor changes I will note on my blog when I post about the project. Same with fabric choices.
If I do a conversion I will make a note on a piece of paper and leave it with the chart.
Great little Margaret Sherry cats.
Great decision - those cats in mugs are so sweet and based on your progress it looks as if you're enjoying stitching them too!
Late....but with a good excuse!


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Women have been organizing since cave-dwellers first gathered around fire (and surely, even before then). Our current era, though, finds women making modern history by uniting with a renewed and palpable urgency. While this trend may be too young to be measurable, it's undeniable. In the wine business, it has materialized in a surge of activity among professional women's organizations.
Such associations vary: Each may be shaped by factors such as cultural and gender norms, geography, natural disasters or economic climate. A woman making wine in Chile, for example, faces vastly different challenges than her counterpart in Germany. Still, there remains common ground worth exploring.
What motivates these women to organize? What objectives comprise their agendas? Importantly, what might be an appropriate response by the wider, largely male-dominated wine industry?
To help answer these questions, we've taken a few snapshots: three countries, three women, three perspectives. The testimonies here are not meant to reflect any comprehensive or definitive picture, but to instead offer a glimpse.
And a glimpse is a worthy start. To see women in the wine world is to begin understanding their work and its unique challenges. Such acknowledgement is key: As Lean In's 2017 Women in the Workplace report states, "Getting to gender equality starts with realizing how far we have to go."
Thanks to these women for offering a view of their journey.
Janiene Bayliss is the founder of Women in Wine in the Central Otago region of New Zealand. Though 46% of the industry's workforce is female, when this group launched in January 2018, it was the first of its kind in the country. While still in its early stages, the group plans a range of initiatives and professional support. Bayliss owns and operates Ata Mara Vineyard, a producer of Pinot Noir in Cromwell, near Mount Pisa.
What are some of the challenges of working in wine as a woman in your country?
In our region, isolation is the biggest challenge. We are remote from any city or large town. We are also remote from each other, and with such busy lives in the vineyards that the time taken to connect with each other is often lost. That results in lack of a supportive network, local knowledge and support, and the ability to share information.
How might your group help alleviate some of those challenges?
We want to give women a voice in this industry, to ensure that voice is heard, to see that our priorities are considered. This group gives a focal point for people to make contact with us and bring new ideas to our region. We want the trade to be able to come and interact with us in a variety of ways. We will give members across our large region a voice on a range of topics that affect them in their business and daily lives.
What effect, if any, does your group's work have on policy—whether within the wine industry or as relates to broader laws and culture?
We look at what affects our industry at a local level and the regional policies that affect our businesses, from licensing laws to signage to dealing with adversity. We expect to be at the heart of what matters to our industry in our region.
Is there anything else you'd like to add?
Often, we hear that there should not be a need to have such a group in this day and age. The sad reality is that women have been losing their voice about the things that matter most to them [which are] often different from what matters to men.
Its purpose is not anti-male; it's pro-women. [We want to ensure] that there are no barriers to women's development in this industry.
"Often, we hear that there should not be a need to have such a group in this day and age. The sad reality is that women have been losing their voice about the things that matter most to them [which are] often different from what matters to men. Its purpose is not anti-male; it's pro-women."
Donatella Cinelli Colombini is the president of Le Donne del Vino, an association comprised by nearly 750 wine professionals including winemakers, winegrowers, restaurateurs, shop owners and journalists. With delegates representing each of the country's wine regions, and elected officers, Le Donne del Vino is widely considered one of the world's most thoroughly developed organizations for women in wine.
Also an award-winning producer of Brunello di Montalcino, Donatella created the first Italian winery with an all-female staff.
What are some of the challenges of working in wine as a woman in your country? What are some of the advantages?
Italian women now run 28% of the country's wineries and vineyards, playing a leading role in the new wine marketing sector. They have a natural talent for storytelling, which becomes an advantage when it comes to communication and marketing. We're doing our best to transform [this] into a competitive edge for women working in the commercial wine world. This year, we've organized wine marketing training courses, which are absolutely revolutionary in Italy. Our courses are enhancing women's potential.
We are busy promoting the role of women in society and in the workplace, but also developing their natural skills and creating new opportunities thanks to our network of contacts. We help create synergies between women working in the wine sector, encouraging shared projects, educational trips and training.
In addition to courses, in May we'll be launching the Future project, giving young women under 30 the chance to approach and work for the companies owned by our members, gaining experience.
Our association follows no political ideology, but we give voice to women working in the wine industry within the institutions. As well as wine marketing courses, we also have plans for courses aimed at working with these institutions, the Wine Consortia, which protect the Italian appellations and promote them abroad. These courses will encourage the presence of more women on the boards of the Consortia, where they currently account for 10% of board members while, as I said, they run 28% of the country's cellars.
What changes would you like to see within the wine industry for women?
We'd like to see an increased presence of women on the boards of the Wine Consortia, and work to aid the expansion of innovation.
We'd like to extend the network of opportunities and contracts to wine women all over the world. We are working on it.
"They have a natural talent for storytelling, which becomes an advantage when it comes to communication and marketing. We're doing our best to transform [this] into a competitive edge for women working in the commercial wine world."
Heidi Schröck heads up 11 frauen und ihre weine, which translates as simply "11 women and their wines." In spring of 2000, 11 women united to form the group with the mission of highlighting that some of the leading wineries in Austria were led by women.
As for Schröck's own winemaking endeavors, she took over her family vineyards in 1983. The operation covers nearly 25 acres (10 hectares) in Rust, located in the Burgenland region of Austria.
It used to be challenging in the old days, when only men were working in the industry. I myself started in the early 80s, when women were working in the second row of the wineries. Now it has changed a lot and maybe the group of 11 women were role-modeling for many of the young women who now go to wine schools and universities.
I think we overcame the "paradise bird" status.
What effect, if any, does 11 frauen und ihre weine's work have on policy—whether within the wine industry or as relates to broader laws and culture?
The work of the group made women in the wine world more present. One member, Ilse Maier, wrote the first book on bioorganic viticulture. Many of our wines regularly win contests and medals.
For me, the whole trip is going into the right direction. But … we never should stop talking about it. For me personally, it always has been enormously important to stay in contact with many other wine women all over the world. Networking and helping each other is vital.
"We never should stop talking about it. For me personally, it always has been enormously important to stay in contact with many other wine women all over the world. Networking and helping each other is vital."
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Eastern Mennonite Seminary is the outgrowth of the curriculum in Bible at Eastern Mennonite College, and the embodiment of a vision of Mennonite leaders in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for an institution of higher learning for the training of the denomination's youth.
In the second decade of the 20th century the vision took concrete form at Harrisonburg after preliminary efforts elsewhere in Virginia. As early as 1918 courses at the college level were offered in advanced biblical training. During the next ten years there was an appreciable increase in college offerings.
By 1937 a four-year Bible program was instituted and within several years it was increased to five years. In the 1948-49 academic year, the Bachelor of Theology curriculum – a two-year post-graduate program – was added. The following years witnessed the continued growth of the program and its gradual development into a division distinct from the college.
In 1960 the curriculum was expanded to encompass three years of study and the Bachelor of Divinity degree was offered for the first time. The Master of Divinity degree was first offered in 1968-69 and the Master of Arts in Religion degree in 1972-73. A one-year program leading to a Certificate in Biblical Studies was first offered in 1974-75. The Master of Arts in Church Ministries emerged as part of a major seminary curriculum revision in 1983-84, and was changed to the Master of Arts in Church Leadership in 1991. A Clinical Pastoral Education Program was added in 1999.
In 1965 Eastern Mennonite Seminary adopted its formal name and an acting dean was appointed. By 1968 a separate seminary building provided space for classrooms, faculty offices and seminary chapel. In 1986 another building, the Seminary Annex, provided additional classroom space. The following year a third building, the Seminary Commons, became available. A new building, which replaces all of the previous buildings, was occupied in the fall of 1993.
Since the 1970's Eastern Mennonite Seminary has offered credit for various pastoral training programs by extension in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2008 the EMS extension located in Lancaster, Pa. was approved as a complete degree site.
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is a graduate division of Eastern Mennonite University. The seminary is an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools since 1986. It is approved as an institution for the training of candidates for ordination in the United Methodist Church. Eligible students may receive educational benefits from the Veterans Administration.


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James Wan: Aquaman is Officially Finished
Justice League was such a bomb that it forced the DCEU to suddenly take a hiatus to assess its d...
Justice League was such a bomb that it forced the DCEU to suddenly take a hiatus to assess its direction, and Aquaman was supposed to be the movie to get the franchise back on its feet. With the release set for December, director James Wan announces that the movie has officially wrapped with post-production.
Check out his announcement:
With a lot of scenes usually taking place underwater, it's no secret that Aquaman must have been a massive undertaking when it came to CGI alone. Though the movie was set to come out December, we had only gotten the first teaser three months ago. When it comes to big blockbusters like this, usually we get the first teaser six months in advance. The fact that we got it late could be a testament to how much work went behind perfecting the effects.
Admittedly, I'm excited to get back on the DCEU horse. So far, Marvel has been kicking its ass with uber successful films like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. While Venom may have also made a splash at the box office, everyone is waiting on Marvel's true rival that is DC to give us another box office spectacle.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, "Aquaman," starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.
Aquaman is set to hit theaters Dec. 21.
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