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Dungeons and Dragons Threatens Prison Security, Court Rules
« on: January 27, 2011, 02:06:26 PM »
I'm not quite sure what to make of this: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/dungeons-dragons-threatens-prison-security-court-rules/?test=latestnews

Basically, the ruling states that gaming encourages gang-like organization because the "Dungeon Master" tells the players what to do. I guess I was playing it wrong all those years when I let the players make their own choices.  :shock:
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This brings back memories of the nineties here in Norway, when the police linked dungeons and dragons to satanism and ritual murder.

For any roleplayer such events prove how deluded and mistaken peoples' opinion of roleplaying can be. I'd go so far as to claim there is
a stigma tied to roleplaying. How could such a harmless and nerdy pasttime become so frowned upon and socially unconventional?
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We had some major issues with a D&D vs. Palladium gang war. It was insane. You could be walking down the road minding your own business and a D&D player would toss the dice and say they beat my THAC0. Me, being a Palladium gangsta, defied the hit and always took my parry roll. Occassionally I would still get hit but when I parried they were pissed! It was crazy, that would happen all over the place. Not even Grandmothers were safe from the die rolls!

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The Computational Turn

The Computational Turn in Arts and Humanities

9TH MARCH 2010

Organised by David M. Berry, Department of Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University.

Keynote: N. Katherine Hayles (Professor of Literature at Duke University)
Keynote: Other Invitees to be confirmed.

The application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities are resulting in new approaches and methodologies for the study of traditional and new corpuses of Arts and Humanities materials. This new 'computational turn' takes the methods and techniques from computer science to create new ways of distant and close readings of texts (e.g. Moretti). This one-day workshop aims to discuss the implications and applications of what Lev Manovich has called 'Cultural Analytics' and the question of finding patterns using algorthmic techniques. Some of the most startling approaches transform understandings of texts by use of network analysis (e.g. graph theory), database/XML encodings (which flatten structures), or merely provide new quantitative techniques for looking at various media forms, such as media and film, and (re)presenting them visually, aurally or haptically. Within this field there are important debates about the contrast between narrative against database techniques, pattern-matching versus hermeneutic reading, and the statistical paradigm (using a sample) versus the data mining paradigm. Additionally, new forms of collaboration within the Arts and Humanities are emerging which use team-based approaches as opposed to the traditional lone-scholar. This requires the ability to create and manage modular Arts and Humanities research teams through the organisational structures provided by technology and digital communications (e.g. Big Humanities), together with techniques for collaborating in an interdisciplinary way with other disciplines such as computer science (e.g. hard interdisciplinarity versus soft interdisciplinarity).

Papers are encouraged in the following areas:

- Distant versus Close Reading
- Database Structure versus Argument
- Data mining/Text mining/Patterns
- Pattern as a new epistemological object
- Hermeneutics and the Data Stream
- Geospatial techniques
- Big Humanities
- Digital Humanities versus Traditional Humanities
- Tool Building
- Free Culture/Open Source Arts and Humanities
- Collaboration, Assemblages and Alliances
- Language and Code (software studies)
- Information visualization in Humanities
- Philosophical and theoretical reflections on the computational turn

Participation Requirements

Workshop participants are requested to submit a position paper (2000-5000 words) about the computational turn in Arts and Humanities, philosophical/theoretical reflections on the computational turn, research focus or research questions related to computational approaches, proposals for academic practice with algorithmic/visualisation techniques, proposals for new research methods with regard to Arts and Humanities or specific case studies (if applicable) and findings to date. Position papers will be published in a workshop PDF and website for discussion and some of the participants will be invited to present their paper at the workshop.

Deadline for Position papers: February 10, 2010
Submit papers to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tct2010

Workshop funded by The Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, Power, Empire, and The Research Institute in the Arts and Humanities (RIAH) at Swansea University.

Clement, Tanya E. (2008) ‘A thing not beginning and not ending’: using digital tools to distant-read Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans. Literary and Linguistic Computing. 23.3 (2008): 361.

Clement, Tanya, Steger, Sara, Unsworth, John, Uszkalo, Kirsten (2008) How Not to Read a Million Books. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu/~unsworth/hownot2read.html

Council on Library and Information Resources and The National Endowment for the Humanities (2009) Working Together or Apart: Promoting the Next Generation of Digital Scholarship. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub145/pub145.pdf

Hayles, N. Katherine (2009) RFID: Human Agency and Meaning in Information-Intensive Environments. Theory, Culture and Society 26.2/3 (2009): 1-24.

Hayles, N. Katherine (2009) How We Think: The Transforming Power of Digital Technologies. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/27680

Kittler, Fredrich (1997) Literature, Media, Information Systems. London: Routledge.

Krakauer, David C. (2007) The Quest for Patterns in Meta-History. Santa Fe Institute Bulletin. Winter 2007. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.intelros.ru/pdf/SFI_Bulletin/Quest.pdf

Latour, Bruno (2007) Reassembling the Social. London: Oxford University Press.

Manovich, Lev (2002) The Language of New Media. MIT Press.

Manovich, Lev (2007) White paper: Cultural Analytics: Analysis and Visualizations of Large Cultural Data Sets, May 2007. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://softwarestudies.com/cultural_analytics/cultural_analytics_2008.doc

McLemee, Scott (2006) Literature to Infinity. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee193

Moretti, Franco (2005) Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History. London: Verso.

Robinson, Peter (2006) Electronic Textual Editing: The Canterbury Tales and other Medieval Texts. Electronic Textual Editing. Modern Language Association of America. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.tei-c.org/About/Archive_new/ETE/Preview/robinson.xml

Schreibman, Susan, Siemens, Ray & Unsworth, John (2007) A Companion to Digital Humanities. London: WileyBlackwell.

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Spotted Shopping: Vanessa, Cameron and More!

01/05/2008 at 06:00 AM ET

VANESSA MINNILLO, scooping up some gadgets — what’s in the bag? — during a supersized visit to Sharper Image in Bel-Air, CA recently.

CAMERON DIAZ snapped up two Jenni Kayne jackets last night at the new Blue & Cream store in NYC’s Lower East Side! She walked away with a gorgeous Rabbit Fur Jacket and a Tulip Sleeve Coat to ward off the chilly Big Apple temperatures.

KELLY CLARKSON, spotted at the Cosmetic Market store in Nashville along with a female pal. The singer purchased makeup items from Bare Escentuals.

— Also in Nashville: SHERYL CROW, shopping at the upscale Private Edition beauty mega store. During her trip, the singer picked up the Clarisonic Cleanser and two Poppy Lipsticks. And a bonus? She indulged in an hour-long hydrating facial.

GABRIELLE UNION, loading up on jeans — of the boot cut variety — at Paige Premium Denim. In addition to the denim, the actress scooped up a black babydoll top, a turtleneck and some reading material — a book written by designer Paige Adams-Geller called Your Perfect Fit.

SHARON OSBOURNE, scoping out face cream at a Madison Avenue Barneys New York. At the shop, she visited several counters and then came to 3LAB. After sampling the products, Osbourne left with, yep, the $400 cream.

30 Rock star JANE KRAKOWSKI, hitting up the Samsonite Black Label store on Madison Avenue for a post-holiday treat. She’s already gushed about how hot her Vintage Black Mini Bag would look on the red carpet, and Krakowski bought the Vintage Rolling Duffle to go with her collection.

CHRISTINA MILIAN hitting up the A/X store in Miami and leaving with bags filled with coats, jeans and dresses. She liked the Disco Print Tunic dress so much that she wore it out of the store!

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I have always been one of those girls that wanted to see the world, I wanted to explore, I wanted to travel, I wanted to know what else was out there and I am so grateful that I am able to make that dream come true.

I have thousands of places I want to visit but for some reason Zurich has been constantly on my mind lately.
I find that place fascinating, like a fairy tale town, so enchanted and for some strange reason, I am completely intrigued and attracted to it.

I have to make my way there sometime soon, I want to see it with my own eyes, without listening to the stories of what people think of it.

I want to experience it myself, walk its streets and get lost in them, I want to fall in love with it…

And that is what I want to day dream about on a Sunday Afternoon…Zurich

P.S- I need that coat in my life.

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  1. I am from Zurich and yes you should definetely visit it, it is so beautiful especially in the summer! I invite you to come:-)kisses from switzerland(besides I am half dutch and I LOVE Amsterdam… its my dream to live there sometime…

  2. Have you already visited Zurich, since this Post?Btw.: Zurich isn't far from the beautiful Lake of Constance, where I live at the German side of the Lake :)

  3. Why don't you come to Fashionweek in Zürich, the very first!!I'm gona be there to =)

  4. Zurich is beautiful! Absolutely gorgeous, it is definitely a city to visit. There are little cobbled alleyways hidden within the city which are amazing, and then there's the high street – full of so many high fashion stores and starbucks cafes! Just strolling around the main centre, you'll find more than 3 H&Ms! :D Hope you get to see it. I'm glad I've seen Zurich, but you've seen Paris…and I haven't. ;) So we're even. :P

  5. Hey andy! I dont know if u remember me but i met u during paris fashion week outside the dior show…could i ask u for a favor? could u send me an invitation to please! Thank you! Love your style!

  6. eres una de als razones por las que muchas personas, mas latinas creo yo creemos en nuestros sueños, gracias por compartir todo con nosotros! Y estoy segura q vas a visitar Zurich muy pronto!:)besos

  7. I hope your dreams wil come true.Enjoy Zurich as much as you can't and post lots of pictures so we can imagine waht it looks like (although I would love to go there myself) I would also love to have that coat in my life :)-The Trendy Fashionista

  8. I've never been to Zurich too, and I'm also curious what's it like. I hope you soon find some time to go there, so you can tell us about it and ofcourse I hope for myself I can go there..have a nice sunday evening!xx

  9. my brother stayed in zurich for one weekend and he said that it's a wonderful city but also VERY expensive. You should take a lot of money with when you go there. ;D

  10. hey andyi was so pleased to hear you want to come to zurich. i live in that beautiful city and it's just amazing. there's the lake and right behind you can admire the mountains. i just love zurich. on the fashion side you will love it too, there are many stylish people on our streets=) if you need tips for going out or shops and nice places just let me know.oh by the way, you should do a little meetup when you come here=)i love your blog. you're the best=)fabi

  11. hi andy :) i'm not from zurich, but also live in switzerland. our country is small, but you can do lots of things here. i hope you can go to zurich asap :)by the way: today, 2010/08/01 is our national holiday :)the night will bring many fireworks, good food, some drinks and a lot of fun. wish you all the best, i love your blog so much!

  12. I was in Horgen a couple of weeks ago, which is practically right nex to Zurich! That lake is the most fantastic thing I've ever seen!

  13. you'll love Zurich! it's so beautiful.Also, the whole style of the shoot is so you!Dree xxstyle-on-sea.blogspot.comps: am dying for a camel coat as well :D

  14. tiene pinta de tener un corte perfecto;)___________________________________________

  15. . Dear Andy.. I'm from Switzerland & Zurich is really fantastic! I <3 this city. I am very pleased that you want to come to Zurich, because your blog is one of my favorites, really! . There is much to discover, believe me. If you need some tips and insiders, write to me. I'll give you informations.. love,rina.

  16. I used to live in Zurich, so I would love to hear about how you see it and feel about it! Looking forward to participate in your journey(s)!

  17. wow. i have never been to zurich yet but i think it's amazing city too.good luck then! hope your dreams come true :)

  18. Hope you'll visit Zurich, it's s beautiful city, I'm gonna study there in fall.. And let me know, before you leave for a trip to Zurich;) Oh an by the way, Copenhagen is great too, my mom's from there. Hope you'll enjoy it! I was there last week:)Kisses from

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SUMMIT COUNTY — When I started bushwhacking up along Meadow Creek Saturday, I wasn’t sure what I would find, but I wasn’t expecting icicles. Yet in the deeper, shadier sections of the gorge, there they were, looking wintry. Technically, they’re probably not really icicles, so I’ve decided to call them splashcicles, since they form when water from the creek splashes up and coats nearby branches or logs, only to drip down again.

Evergreen branches coated with ice.

Spring splashcicles along Meadow Creek.

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  1. You see more on a casual morning walk than most of us see when we visit an exotic country. I know you’ve traveled far and wide, too, but thanks for sharing the beauty right under your feet every day of the year.

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Can today's high school graduates expect the same quality of life that Americans for generations have enjoyed?

  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. It may be possible, but only if our government can solve the long-term threat to Social Security, Medicare and other programs and get the nation's long-term debt and national security back under control.
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Jun-13-13 1:45 PM

BACK under control?

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Jun-14-13 12:51 PM

Todays group of graduates are unmotivated slackers that expect stuff to be just handed to them. I have no doubt most of them will flounder in their home town, telling each other how great of a job they have at the local bar, while living in mommies basement

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The generation currently in charge have not left anything but problems for the younger generation to deal with. fromtheport calls them slackers. I disagree. I think their parent's were so arrogant, they screwed this country up beyond repair. I feel sorry for today's grads. The baby boomers really dropped the ball for their kids. How ironic that the generation following "the greatest" generation will go down being known as history's burnouts.

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Jun-15-13 7:53 AM

@fromtheport - just where do you expect them to work, and how do you expect them to support themselves? Jobs are evaporating. Another 150 were just lost in Lock Haven.

Yes, you could work multiple part time, minimum wage jobs and try to make a go of it, but when rents are so high, fuel, food, on and on, a dollar only goes so far.

There are only so many gas industry jobs to go around, and some people just don't have the physical strength to work 14+ hours a day.

Much of this has nothing to do with being a slacker as it has to do with lack of opportunity.

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Jun-16-13 7:48 AM

What quality of life have we lived that's so great?

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Jun-16-13 4:07 PM

Taco - we, the baby boomers, are the grandparents. Saying we dropped the ball is a an overstatement. Many of us have successful children.I do.

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Jun-17-13 12:28 PM

While I do agree that today’s generation is lazy and feels that everything should be handed to them, and if they get a college degree they should automatically receive a job with their diploma. I do not feel that the past 3 generations have been “enjoying their quality of life”. We are to a point now that if you are not saving for your future you will not be able to retire, but you will continue to pay for others to be retired. The plan going into social security was a good one, but the government of course botched another great idea.

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Jun-17-13 1:27 PM

The world will end tomorrow!

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On the saints for pilots and more on dear St. Joseph Cupertino

Flying Saints: Who is watching over pilots?

Repeat from 2009
By ERIC CHANDLER, For General Aviation News
Like every cheapskate pilot on a layover, I grabbed the free newspaper, which featured an article about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of pilots.
I was glad to find out who’s on my team. I safely finished my trip and decided to thank the patron saint of my profession by learning more about her.
Thérèse was a French woman from Lisieux who became a Carmelite nun at the age of 15 and died young from tuberculosis. She was known as the “Little Flower” and canonized very soon after her death. She felt she could best serve God with “the little way” — doing what she could for people in the small details of life. Mother Teresa of Calcutta even took her name to honor her. That’s all very interesting, but unsatisfying. I resolved to learn why she was connected to flying.
I got more than I bargained for. It turns out there are actually three patron saints of aviation: St. Thérèse, St. Joseph of Cupertino and Our Lady of Loreto. The latter two were a lot easier to figure out.
St. Joseph was an Italian Franciscan priest who lived in the 17th century. He levitated. Poking him with pins and burning embers wouldn't stop his soaring. “The Flying Friar” would only land when his superiors ordered him down. Like a lot of pilots, he was very dedicated to flight. Okay, St. Joseph, I understand why Pope Clement XIII gave you the nod in 1767.
Our Lady of Loreto also makes a good aviation saint. There is a humble house in the Italian city of Loreto that’s enclosed inside a cathedral. This house is supposed to be where the Annunciation occurred when the angel Gabriel told Mary she would bear the son of God. Angels reputedly carried this house from the Holy Lands through the air to Italy in 1294. All of these events, combined with some good lobbying by the Italian Air Force, made her a shoo-in to be the patron saint of air travelers by order of Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
Photo from The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles  THE PATRON SAINT OF PILOTS: This oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicts “The Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto.” Our Lady of Loreto is just one of three saints looking out for pilots.
Photo from The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. This oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicts “The Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto.” Our Lady of Loreto is just one of three saints looking out for pilots.
Our Lady of Loreto flies the highest of the three saints. Many references claim Charles Lindbergh carried her medallion across the Atlantic. Italian Umberto Nobile carried her medallion over the North Pole in the dirigible “Norge” in 1926. He visited Loreto to thank her and paid her back by helping put out a fire in the basilica while he was there. Astronaut James McDivitt carried her medallion on the Apollo 9 space flight in March 1969.
There is a chapel in Loreto that has a painting depicting American astronauts and an image of the angels bearing the Holy House of Loreto. This building is sometimes called the American chapel or the aviation chapel.
St. Therese even visited the cathedral of Our Lady of Loreto on her way to Rome to seek an audience with the Pope to plead her case to become a nun.
None of this gets me any closer to my answer about Thérèse of Lisieux. She describes herself as a “little bird” in her autobiography and she’s also the patron saint of the missions. In the early 20th century, flying would’ve been one of the ways missionaries traveled to the far-flung outposts of the church. Maybe that’s the reason.
I’d like to follow in the footsteps of previous visitors to Loreto, including Mozart, Descartes and St. Thérèse. Maybe the images of flight in the American chapel there would give me a clue about her link to the sky.
Lately, I fly military airplanes. While I still don’t know why St. Thérèse of Lisieux is a patron saint of aviation, I do know one thing: When it was a dark night over Iraq, I was glad there were three flying saints checking my 6 o’clock instead of just one.
Eric Chandler flies F-16s with the Minnesota Air National Guard in Duluth. He’s made two trips to Iraq with the 148th Fighter Wing Bulldogs. He has been on military leave from United Airlines since Sept. 11.

St. Joseph Cupertino, pray for us

Today is the feast of one of my personal patrons, St. Joseph Cupertino. He is one of the patron saints of pilots and one of the patron saints of those students taking exams.

Prayers to him work. I know this from experience. He was "mentally challenged" and I love the story of his examination to be allowed to be a priest.

Apparently, seminarians of religious orders would meet with the Bishop and his team of examiners before Ordination. The examiners would open the Scriptures several times at random and the students would have to give the age-old four-fold interpretation of the passaged pointed to by the examiners. This four-fold interpretation would include a theological interpretation, a pastoral interpretation, an allegorical interpretation and an eschatological interpretation, that is pertaining to the end times.

Being mentally challenged, barely able to read and knowing little Latin, Joseph was put at the end of the line by his fellow seminarians, who thought perhaps, the examiners would give a little slack to the last participant.

However, when Joseph was standing before the team of examiners, the first passage they randomly selected was the Annunciation.

Joseph had an idee fixe about the Annunciation. There was nothing humanly possible he did not know about that passage in Luke. He spoke for 45 minutes.

The examiners said something like this, "Well, it is obvious you are an excellent Scripture scholar, so we are not going to ask you to interpret another three passages."

Joseph would elevate at the Consecration. Some of the brothers in his Franciscan monastery thought he was possessed. So, they got the priest to start an exorcism on him and during the prayers Jesus, Joseph and Mary appeared to all in the room, confirming that Joseph was full of the Holy Spirit and not demonic ones.

Pilots, pray to him and students taking exams, pray to him.

He is a dear, dear saint.

If the American Bishops Were Doing Their Job, I Would Not Have to Blog

This takes time and thought, but please watch the whole thing. This is about Shadow Parties. Pay attention to language on politics. Facts, not fiction.

Learn the truth behind the fake Catholics who have helped an atheist billionaire dominate the Democratic party

Was important in 2010, and is more important now...For those who are not Americans, watch this anyway, as the same thing is probably happening in your country as well. And how America goes, the West goes...

A few reasons why you must watch this; Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, (not Catholic), chairman Fred Rotandaro in 2010 on the Huffington Post online stated that "gay sex comes from God", "I have never seen a rational reason why a woman should not be a women priest", and a stark statement against the Church's stand against contraception.

You will notice the George Soros Network segment. Our bishops should be paying attention to this information and stop holding hands with these many influential people. Saul Alinsky groups are mentioned. Pay attention to the graphs.

I am also concerned with the number of former USCCB employers who worked full-time for the Obama campaign. Catholics United, (not Catholic), is another group with which we must be concerned. The Planned Parenthood Interfaith Breakfast mystifies me--one of the speakers there is connected to the leftist, anti-Catholic groups outlined here.

54% of Catholics voted for Obama in 2008. The last 20 minutes are essential viewing. The Pope is highlighted at the end.

"The Catholic Bishops need to put an end to this and put an end to this now," stated Voris.

You must watch the whole thing, all the way to the last few minutes. Watch, pray, reflect, act.

Like Voris states about his own media work, I say, if the Bishops were doing their job, I would not have to blog. "Souls are at stake."

We are the mustard seeds.........

Watch Michael Voris and subscribe to him.

Read JihadWatch and subscribe to that.

Read Courageous Priest and subscribe to that.

Read LifeSiteNews and subscribe to that.

We are in a battle and those who deny it will be swept away.

Learning the Truth is not a luxury, but a necessity.

Richard the Lionhearted outside Parliament in London

So, a child in France has no right to a mother and a father....

No one is happy in France about the gay-marriage bill. France 24 gives an interesting view on this legislation.

There seems to be two sides which clash, while the government plans some type of compromise. Maybe...

Here is part of the article, but the entire approach is a mess.

 (Mr.)Quinqueton heads the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) reflection group, “Homosexuality and Socialism,” which has been working with the Socialist Party on LGBT rights issues since 1993, when even civil unions seemed like a pipe dream. Today, the PACS civil union pact has been in place for 13 years, and Quinqueton and his fellow campaigners are nearing the final step in their battle for the same legal rights as their heterosexual counterparts.

Gay marriage was a hot topic during the run-up to the presidential election in May this year. While incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy laregly evaded the issue, François Hollande pledged to bring France up to date with many of its Western counterparts by making marriage available to all, thereby attracting a large chunk of the LGBT electorate.

Hello, so why does one think Hollande pushed for that vote?

On Tuesday, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira unveiled a rough outline of the Socialist government’s proposed bill, pencilled in for spring 2013. The new law “will extend the current arrangements of marriage to members of the same sex,” Taubira told Catholic newspaper La Croix. That means that a gay person can marry, adopt children and become a 'parent' of their partner's biological child in the same way that a straight person can today, she explained.
As to be expected, Taubira’s comments ruffled feathers among French hardline conservatives and Catholic advocates, who used the opportunity to reiterate their belief that marriage should only constitute a union between man and woman and that children should be brought up within a mother-father family unit. Christine Boutin, the leader of France's Christian Democratic Party and one of France’s most vocal conservatives, called for a referendum on the issue and warned of “heavy consequences for society” if the law were to go ahead.

So, as in America and Great Britain, Catholics who follow the teaching of the Catholic Church are called "hardliners".  Sigh, one cannot be a follower of Christ without being pilloried this days. And, the problem with the lgtbs is that they are not getting aid for artificial birth techniques.

What bothers me greatly is the quotation here below, that a child has NO RIGHT to a mother and a father.

What? Who decided that? Not God.

Judith Silberfeld, editor of LGBT magazine Yagg, told FRANCE 24 that the website’s readers were “incensed” by the Socialists' apparent change of tune. “We didn’t know exactly what to expect [concerning the precisions of the bill], but we had, nonetheless, been promised medically assisted procreation (MAP),” she explained. “Ms Taubira’s comments on Tuesday threw everyone into confusion.”

Confusion is the word of the day here..................

MAP, which involves methods such as artificial insemination, is popular among lesbian couples starting a family in countries where they are able to access services legally (such as Belgium and Spain). In the run-up to the May election, in which Hollande was elected president, the Socialist Party promised to make MAP – already available to straight couples in France – accessible to lesbians too. “Whether someone is heterosexual or homosexual, for us that doesn’t matter,” Paris MP George Pau-Langevin said during a debate in February. “What counts for us is prepared, stable parenting.”

Well, people God gave us the paradigm for stable parenting....these people are so self-righteous.

Catherine Michaud, who heads GayLib, an LGBT movement associated with the conservative UMP party, agrees. “A child doesn’t have the right to a mother and father,” she told FRANCE 24. “It has the right to two loving parents.” Michaud, 28, argued that the very process same-sex couples are forced to go through proves their commitment to parenting. “As a lesbian couple, me and my partner can’t just wake up in the morning and say, we’re going to have a baby,” she said. “But without MAP, procreation is near impossible. It would be terribly hypocritical for the Socialists to introduce an ‘equality’ bill without allowing us the same parenting rights as our heterosexual peers. Half-hearted equality is not equality.”

Once homosexuality became part of the civil rights argument, people have become more and more confused.

A snippet from Pat Buchanan

Part of an article from Pat Buchanan:

The Islamic word, especially across the Arab region, is undergoing a transformation, a Great Awakening. Muslims from Nigeria to Mali to Ethiopia to Sudan to the Maghreb and Middle and Near East are growing more militant and more hostile toward Christianity and other faiths.
And as we are not going to change our position on Israel, or our culture, such as it is, or our First Amendment, clashes between us are inevitable.
Perhaps the best course of action for America is to lower our profile in that region, bring most of our diplomats and troops home, and let these people work out their destiny themselves.
Second, given the costs and consequences of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and intervention in Libya, let the Syrians settle their war themselves. There is no guarantee the fall of Bashar Assad, given the jihadist and al-Qaida presence in the forces seeking his overthrow, will be an improvement for the United States.
Third, the United States should tell the Egyptian government that its failure to provide security for our embassy was an outrage, that if we cannot see them as a friendly government with common interests, we will not hesitate to cut off aid and warn U.S. citizens not to travel to Egypt.

From Courageous Priest and if you do not know this site check it out...

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Dissenting Clergy Have No One To Blame But Themselves

Father John Trigilio, Jr., President of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy (a national association of more than 500 priests and deacons), publicly repudiates the Austrian Priests’ Initiative, “Call to Disobedience.” Recently, Msgr. Helmut Schüller gave an interview to CNS (Catholic News Service) where he reiterated his group’s dissident agenda: making clerical celibacy optional, allowing Protestants and divorced and remarried (without annulment) Catholics to receive Holy Communion, accepting same-sex unions, and ordaining women to Holy Orders.

The CCC, on the other hand, “unequivocally and completely renews the sacred promise of obedience taken by every cleric. Orthodoxy (assenting to all Magisterial teachings) and orthopraxy (obeying the lawful disciplines of church authority) are indispensible and inseparable to ordained ministry.”

Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy in the U.S.A. ( has fellow associations in Australia (ACCC) and the UK (British CCC) with more than 300 and 100 members, respectively. All three branches espouse fidelity to the Roman Pontiff and to the full deposit of faith as taught by the Pope and Bishops in union with him. “It is incomprehensible how the Austrian Priests’ Initiative can blame Rome for their dissent. Such an act of rebellion against church doctrine is nothing less than heretical and rebellion against church discipline is just plain schismatic.”
Thomas McKenna, Executive Director of the Confraternity said, “The Catholic faithful need to know that these miscreants are not by any means representative of the majority of clergy. Most priests and deacons are faithful sons of the Church but they do not get the same publicity and attention the secular media lavishes upon the vocal minority of dissidents.” Father Trigilio is asking all members of the CCC to renew the Oath of Fidelity every Thursday (in honor of the Last Supper when Holy Orders was instituted by Christ) during the upcoming YEAR OF FAITH (Oct. 11, 2012-Nov. 24, 2013) to show solidarity with the Holy Father and the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church

From men to women on modesty: "My greatest temptation... was in church".

Kristine Cranley has an excellent article on the blog, which is a group of Catholic students from Texas A and M. Smart kids.

She asked men about modesty and her article is revealing in many ways. To be honest, I am tired of fighting the modesty battle with Catholic women, and even some priests who do not want to deal with this serious problem and it is serious. Leading people into sin is sin. One good priest I know said it was a terrible thing to see girls dressed as they are. But, this needs to be said from the pulpit.

Read what Kristine writes here. You can follow the link to the entire article.

I’ll never forget my shock when in college a friend admitted to me that he found it difficult when women wore white shirts to Mass because you could often see one’s bra straps through them. I had never thought to check! I thanked him for the information, and thanked God I wasn't wearing a white shirt at that moment!

Or when my own brother discretely told me that my smashing new white pants were … well … see through. “When girls wear white pants” he informed me authoritatively, “guys check”.

Or, perhaps most embarrassing of all, the time a man asked me to stop wearing ‘midriff shirts’ to Mass. I was too embarrassed to admit I didn’t know what a midriff shirt was. (I have since googled it and am quite certain that I have never owned a midriff shirt, but my pants that fateful day had been a little loose and fallen below my shirt line, and he had noticed).

Too loose. Too tight. Too low. Too high. Who teaches us about these things anymore?

I thank God for the men who have been courageous enough to share with me the ways my clothing has affected them. Certainly we are all responsible for guarding our eyes from what might cause us to sin. And yet I’m confident that most of you ladies reading this desire to help our brothers in Christ to live purity of heart, just as we are grateful when they help us to do the same. But how are we to learn to love each other well in this regard?

Why Modesty?
First of all, I want to assert that the reason we dress modestly is NOT because our feminine bodies are bad or ugly or intrinsically ‘occasions of sin’. Simultaneously, it is NOT because all men think about is sex, or that they are incapable of looking at us without lust. Rather modesty involves speaking the truth with our bodies. While women are generally aroused through emotional warmth or physical touch, men are aroused through visual stimuli. Whether we intend to or not, revealing too much of our bodies sends a message that we are sexually available to them. As one young man recently explained to a group of women here at St. Mary’s,“there are two steps to having sex. Taking off one’s clothes and actually having sex. If someone is already half undressed, it’s difficult for one’s mind not to go to the second step”.

But meanwhile, the world seems ‘hell-bent’ on destroying in women a proper sense of what is and is not modest. Has not modern day fashion slowly desensitized us to exposing almost every part of our body that can possibly be exposed? One style may show off more and more of the leg, another the chest, the navel, the back, etc., so that slowly we’ve become increasingly comfortable with having any or every part of our bodies revealed to the public. Is it possible to wear any less clothing than a string bikini? Even being clad in solely our undergarments would cover more than many swimsuits do nowadays.

It is true that norms of modesty do shift somewhat from culture to culture. There have been cultures where women have never worn shirts and therefore their being topless was not considered sexually suggestive for the men in their society. But question of importance for us today is what message do our outfits, in our present culture and day, send to the men we are blessed to know and love?

Survey Says
Personally, I have found the responses given on the ‘modesty survey’ extremely enlightening in this regard. This survey anonymously interviewed men seeking to live chastity on their views regarding women’s clothing. Their answers were astounding. The following is a sample of some of the survey questions, followed by the men’s responses (emphasis original):
  • Girls can dress attractively without being immodest. 98% agree/str. agree
    • Age 20 - I actually had a T.A. in one of my classes who was a beautiful woman who dressed modestly, and I had trouble paying attention to anyone but her! Her clothing never caused me to stumble and never once did I have a physical reaction to her. Instead, my heart warmed (maybe even fluttered a few times hehe) and it just made me smile. There's also a young woman from my home town who I've known for some time who has MASTERED this art. She is just gorgeous....wait, I'm rambling.... sorry. But see what I mean? The women who dress modestly AND attractively leave a much longer lasting impression on men.
    • Age 20 - There is a huge difference between being beautiful and being hot. Beauty is being attractive for who the girl is as a person. Hot is being attractive as nothing more than sex appeal.
  • Showing any cleavage is immodest. – 70% agree/str. agree
    • Age 40-49 - I find it totally distracting. It's EVERYTHING I can do to keep my eyes on her eyes when cleavage is showing.
    • Age 22 - Why? Why must you? What is your reasoning for doing it? You can be fashionable with out doing it, so why?
    • Age 20 - This is the biggest thing which causes me to fall.
  • Immodest clothing is not a problem (for you) when a girl in your own family wears it. – 21% agree/str. agree
    • Age 24 - Maybe I am alone in this, but my "Hey! Female skin!" radar doesn't stop to check DNA first
    • Age 16 - I radically disagree. It does not matter if the girl is my sister or not, it is still an assault on godly beauty, and my chastity. You see, what lust (and the whole industry that is producing all the magazines you see at the grocery store and worse) does, is it takes away the personhood of the object of lust. So then, immodesty in a mind surrendered to evil turns the woman into a thing -- it removes personality, true beauty, being made in God's image, and leaves only a thing that satisfies evil desires. Therefore, because of how destructive lust is it does matter that my sister and my best friend dress modestly.
  • Bending over so that cleavage is visible down the front of the shirt or dress is a stumbling block. 90% agree/str. agree
    • Age 16 - Um... Yes. That image usually sticks in my head for weeks.
    • Age 21 - I cannot agree stronger. This is a big one for me. It would appear some shirt are MADE to do this. I appreciate it when girls hold there hand to their chest as they bend over. It demonstrates not only a respect for themselves, but also to me.
  • General comments to women
    • Age 24 - Sisters in Christ, you really have no concept of the struggles that guys face on a daily basis. Please, please, please take a higher standard in the ways you dress. True, we men are responsible for our thoughts and actions before the Lord, but it is such a blessing when we know that we can spend time with our sisters in Christ, enjoying their fellowship without having to constantly be on guard against ungodly thoughts brought about by the inappropriate ways they sometimes dress. In 1 Corinthians 12 the apostle Paul presents believers as the members of one body - we have to work together. Every Christian has a special role to play in the body of Christ. That goal is to bring glory to the Savior through an obedient, unified body of believers - please don't hurt that unity by dressing in ways that may tempt your brothers in Christ to stumble.
    • Age 26 - In high school, the place of greatest temptation toward lust was my church. Girls wore things to church that they thought were fashionable and dressy, but they would not have passed the dress code at my public high school. Church should NEVER be a guy's greatest source of temptation, in any way. Please, be especially careful when picking out your dress clothes for church, and make sure they are modest when sitting and kneeling (if you kneel in church), not just standing in front of the mirror.

In summary: cleavage, tight pants, short shorts, the infamous ‘midriff shirts’, exposed backs or bra straps: all these things compromise the grace-filled beauty of our feminine presence to our brothers in the Lord.


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I am working on a computer at work and i would like to save some of my passwords in the browser autocomplete. Is there any way to encrypt the Documents and Settings folder for my user so that another user with administrator rights cannot login as me or read my passwords.

Thank you.

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Internet Explorer encrypts your web passwords using your login password, so even if an admin changes it and logs in as you, they won’t read your passwords.

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Bitlocker can encrypt anything on your computer, but only comes as part of the Windows 7 "Business" and/or "Ultimate" editions.

If you're worried about securing your passwords in web-pages, look at "LastPass". It stores all passwords in an easy-to-use interface compatible with Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc. Additionally, without the master-password, nobody can get your passwords. (they are never stored un-encrypted. Not even the LastPass team can recover your passwords if you lose the master password.) The best part is... the program is cloud-centric... one account, use it everywhere.

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KeePass is a great tool for this purpose. However, it doesn't integrate into your browser. I've used it for years on workstations and even on Android phones. Obviously this doesn't encrypt your entire Documents and Settings folder, but it will address your desire for protected passwords.

For storage of files I'd suggest looking at TrueCrypt. You can create a single-file "disk" (much like a disk image used by virtual machines) and store anything you need therein. TrueCrypt will mount it just like a normal drive on your workstation.

Both products above are open source.

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At some point today my email client warned about an smtp certificate change of self signed certs. I took a screenshot of the certificate fingerprints and refused the connection because it does not seem to make sense.

The server in question has a valid https certificate, but on their website nothing about their smtp cert, nor about it having changed.

Now if they answer me that they didn't change it, this is probably an ssl injection and I would like to send them details including which exit node did this.

It would also allow me to compare with tested exit nodes like this service: xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/badtornodes/

I must have a default tor logging settup on linux. Where can I find which exit node I was connected to at a given time?

/var/log/tor/log seems to have only warnings and upwards in it...

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Tor does not log such information by default, since it would go directly against Tor's purpose of providing anonymity.

Your server's administrators, on the other hand, can easily determine the relevant exit node themselves, since after all it connected directly to the SMTP server – and most mail servers keep timestamped logs of incoming connections.

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You 're right... Obviously they have them. Didn't think long enough... On the other hand, they probably have much more people connecting than I do, and I wouldn't mind to test for myself. Any easy way to have limited logging for tor like an hour and have the logrotating secure remove the logs? Maybe I can just up the loglevel, retry connecting to that server immediately and then wipe the logs myself... –  ufotds Aug 14 '12 at 20:37
You could (I think Vidalia even allows doing it without restarting Tor). But since 3 hours have passed already, I'm quite sure Tor has already forgot about that particular exit. –  grawity Aug 14 '12 at 20:58

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My apache-knowledge is minimal.

What I have:

One apache on
One apache on

Both use same pfSense-gateway and share same external IP. I would like point two different domains to this external IP. On domain1.com, the 10.* server should answer and och the domain2.com, the 172.* server should answer.

Can this be done?

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A couple linked questions involved, but I asked questions about a similar situation. serverfault.com/a/415895/123250 –  JoshP Oct 14 '12 at 20:47

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You need a front end web-server acting as a reverse proxy that forwards requests based on the HTTP Host header. The front end could be a separate server or one of the existing servers.

The Apache HTTPD server has a mod_proxy module that can be used for this.

A reverse proxy (or gateway), by contrast, appears to the client just like an ordinary web server. No special configuration on the client is necessary. The client makes ordinary requests for content in the name-space of the reverse proxy. The reverse proxy then decides where to send those requests, and returns the content as if it was itself the origin.

Google coughs up some random example

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Sorry for the delay in responding to the suggestions that were posted in my first question (ISP 5 Device Limit - double NAT the solution?). I've been travelling and have not been able to try anything. Below is what I've tried and where I have not been successful. Any more help gratefully appreciated.

I figure I need to give a more comprehensive overview of what I've got and how it's set up. First of all - I am using all Apple products here. I am iMac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Airport Express and Time Capsule. I used to like the way that it 'just worked'. Now I find that it requires a bit of encouragement before it 'just works'.

So, as I stated in my original question; my ISP has a router in my building that is limiting me to 5 devices. I am hard wired into this router and I can neither access it physically nor logically (they won't let me access it). Also, I only appear to be able to connect to it through the LAN ports on my Time Capsule. Any device I connect appears to be on a rolling IP list with the following settings:

Devices then get assigned IPv4 addresses in the range (as far as I can see) from onwards.

SubNet Mask DNS Servers,

I have my Time Capsule / Router in Bridge-Mode which means I am limited to the 5 devices and cannot use Guest Networks etc.

What I've tried today.

  1. Static IPs:

    On all devices, I went from DHCP to Static and put in the same information when they had connected using DHCP. Somewhat surprisingly this did not work. None of the devices enjoyed any connection to the router and certainly no internet connection.

  2. Intentional Double-NAT - Time Capsule to 'DHCP and NAT':

    By selecting DHCP and NAT on my Router I was able to connect devices to my Time Capsule in the range to This offered no internet connectivity and didn't really help the situation. In this mode, however, I was able to force the devices - individually and laboriously - to look for the Router and previously listed DNSs by inputting the numbers from 'Bridge-mode' into the STATIC settings and then resetting the connection. The Router then appeared to assign a distinct IP address to the device and it worked on the network. I had this working for more than 5 devices. However, this is not a great solution because as soon as one of the mobile devices left the building it needed repointing to the Router. The connections were also not very stable. Especially when trying to hold onto a VPN.

  3. Spoofing a few MAC addresses:

    I'm afraid I don't really know what this would achieve, nor how to do it on an Apple device…

So … I'm almost back at Square One. I have had to withdraw to the Bridge-Mode position again with the 5 device limit to see if there's a better course of action to follow.

ANY help would be much appreciated. I am positive that I cannot be the only one suffering under this 5 device limit!

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Fixed it.

In the end, I did two things.

1.Connecting the Ethernet cable into the WAN (rather than LAN) port of the TC. 2.Resetting to TC to factory defaults and setting it up again. The only discernible difference being that IPv6 went from Automatic to Link-Local only.

Regardless, it now just works. I think I was thrown by the '5 Device Limit' that I was told about which led me to try and get around that limit and trying to be too clever about it all!

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I'm not sure where the problem lies, as for the page I am developing I can't remember giving a "no" to geospatial information, but through whatever means I have a Chrome installation that is acting on a refusal to share geospatial information.

How can I clear Chrome's memory that I at some point rejected permission to geospatial information? Will some form of "clear browser data" give me a fresh slate?

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  • Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.

  • Select Settings.

  • Click Show advanced settings.

  • In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings.

  • In the dialog that appears, scroll down to the "Location" section.

  • Click Manage exceptions.

Source: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=142065

Also be sure to check all other Privacy and Content settings for default behavior.

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And your response didn't just provide the option of clearing a setting; it also let me see that I had provided geolocation to the site in question. –  Jonathan Hayward May 5 '13 at 15:52
For information, when you use Chrome for Android, you have to open Chrome's menu, tap "Settings", "Content settings", "Web sites settings", then search for the website in the list and tap to open it, then finally check or uncheck "Access to my position". If you want Chrome to forget a "no", you have to check and uncheck it, which will cause Chrome to remove the saved decision (the site doesn't appear in the list anymore). –  pomeh Sep 17 '14 at 12:45

You can probably just change your setting by clicking the site icon:

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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Autumn reads around the world

Quick book list

The Light Between the Oceans, by ML Stedman
Gripping, unusual, set mostly on a lighthouse off Western Australia, a bestselling first novel by an Australian lawyer now living in London. Tom, traumatised after WW1, takes a job as lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, 100 miles off the coast where he hopes that the emptiness will bring him peace. After many miscarriages his wife hears a baby's cry and discovers a dead man and a baby in a washed up dinghy by the lighthouse. She feels her prayers have been answered. Her husband is not so sure.  The ensuing tragedy is inevitable. Well written, haunting.

Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Another Australian historical novel, this time set in New South Wales.  I discovered this was the third book in a series about early settlers in Australia. Fascinating stuff.  An illiterate but intelligent rich girl Sarah is born in 1816, her father an ex-convict who’s made good in the new colony of Australia. Three hundred acres, a fine stone house, William Thornhill is a man who’s re-invented himself. He never looks back, and Sarah grows up learning not to ask about the past.
 Her stepmother calls her wilful, but handsome Jack Langland loves Sarah and she loves him. What could go wrong? But there’s a secret in the Thornhill family. It comes out, as secrets will, and casts a long chill shadow over life in the Hawkesbury valley.
Click on Kate Grenville’s website for more details. She’s won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and has been shortlisted for the Booker.

Thursdays in the Park by Hilary Boyd
Nice to read a book with a goodlooking grandmother as heroine. Most of the North London protagonists seemed to have had Issues with a capital I and, again, dark secrets. The writer has been a marriage guidance counsellor and has written several non-fiction books on health related subjects, parenting etc, so knows about these things. (Bargain on the Kindle.)

The Forgotten Waltz by Ann Enright.
Well written but, trouble is, the heroine, embroiled in an illicit affair, is not an appealing character, nor is her lover, so I lost patience with them all. The Irish setting is interesting though. Here’s a Guardian review.

The Road Back by Liz Harris.  Published by the small indie women's fiction publisher, ChocLit. ( Good price on the Kindle). The unusual setting draws one into the romance. When Patricia accompanies her father on a trip to Ladakh, north of the Himalayas, in the early 1960s, she sees it as a chance to finally win his love. What she could never have foreseen is meeting Kalden – a local man destined by circumstances beyond his control to be a monk, but fated to be the love of her life. Despite her father’s fury, the lovers are determined to be together, but can their forbidden love survive?

callmemadam said...

Thanks for the hint about Thursdays in the Park. I've downloaded it and look forward to reading it.

Cara Cooper said...

An interesting list Susie. I have Liz Harris's book and am really enjoying it.

Debbie White said...

More to add to my 'to read' pile, Susie! Thanks for that.
I have Liz's book too.

LindyLouMac in Italy said...

Lovely autumnal photos and more great sounding books. I am pleased to report that two (Boyd and Harris) out of the five are already on my Kindle and The Light Between the Oceans is going on my wishlist. Thanks for your recommendations.


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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Just a Few Accomplishments

This is the beaded ornament I am making for the Guild. Since no one from the guild is a blogger, I can confess on this site that I am the secret Santa.................. I have some dear friends that are members of the guild so even before I joined I did a wee giftee for each member attending the Christmas gathering. One year it was strawberries for needles. The next year it was a Wonder Wallet from Lazy Girl Patterns. Last year as you know it was the beaded tassels.
I figure I will need to have at least 60 ready by Thanksgiving. If I need a few more I can make them up before the meeting. So here are four done and 56 to go. There are 12 ornaments to each container. If I get 5 containers completed I will be in good shape for the event.

Finally the hat and socks and sweater are done. The smocked dress was done also but I managed to get something from the iron on it when i was blocking the top so it will have to be washed. I will mail what I have to Jean so at least that part will be done.

Lem and I stayed home for the holiday weekend. We did swap the winter clothes for the summer clothes. Now the closet is nice and organized.

We have a dear friend coming next week for a visit and I got the closet in the guest room cleared our for her and two drawers in the chest of drawers emptied for her use.

I didn't even get half of what I wanted done. I spent Sunday afternoon with a heating pad and that really cut into my time to stitch...................

JudyL said...

The hat and sweater are so cute. You do everything, don't you? Love that beaded ornament. I've never done anything with beads. NO! Do not send me any beads. I do not need another hobby. But, I think the beaded things are very pretty.

Shirley said...

I also love the hat and sweater, where did you get the pattern? I have a new grand daughter and would love to knit the sweater for her.

Hanne said...

You are a very skilled beader Suze. I always enjoy looking at your work.

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Produce a Congressional agenda–like the Senate’s bipartisan children’s health coverage expansion–and allow the President to veto it.

Produce other bipartisan bills–like the Salazar-Alexander amendment to incorporate the findings of the Iraq Study Group–that the President will also veto. I suspect there’s a bipartisan energy independence bill that the President will veto as well, at the behest of his friends in the oil business. And that there’s a higher-ed tuition reduction bill that the President will veto.

In fact, I’d bet the Congressional Democrats’ abysmal ratings would improve markedly if they (a) showed an ability to work with moderate Republicans and (b) passed a positive agenda, dealing with issues the public cares about, that Bush will veto.


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Posting will be light today, as we are in various stages of transit. However, we will be back in business shortly, and Ana promises lots of dispatches from Yearly Kos. In the meantime, please look at this as an open thread and tell us what is catching your attention.

UPDATE, as I head to the airport: This story made me really angry. I’d love to know what TIME’s Work in Progress blogger Lisa Cullen thinks of it.


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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Perfect Vanilla Cupcake with Honey Swiss Meringue Buttercream

I have been on a quest to create the perfect vanilla cupcake recipe.  Vanilla - so simple, yet so vulnerable.  I wanted a cupcake that was fluffy, moist, and flavorful - and I was going to have to make that recipe myself.

The Perfect Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Sift all of the dry ingredients together except for the salt.  Add salt and whisk dry ingredients to combine.
196 grams of flour
9 grams of baking powder
5 grams of baking soda
4 grams of celtic sea salt

Beat together the sugar and olive oil.  Beat in all of the eggs and vanilla extract.
200 grams of white sugar
96 grams of olive oil
1 egg + 3 egg yolks (approximately 100 grams) - room temperature
A 7 oz. container of Fage 2% Greek yogurt - room temperature
20 grams vanilla extract (approximately 2 tablespoons)

Combine the dry into your wet mixture in thirds, beating until combined.  Finally, mix in the yogurt.

Bake at 350 degrees for 14 minutes.  Don't disturb them for at least 10 minutes.

Honey Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting

I'm using the basic swiss meringue buttercream recipe.  You can find an excellent explanation of it here.   I'm changing it just a bit to include some delicious honey flavor.

5 egg whites
1 cup of white sugar
A pinch of cream of tartar
4 sticks of butter softened and cut into tablespoons
1/2 cup of honey

Follow the directions from Sweetapolita or Martha Stewart.  I've always used Martha's recipe just because it was the first one I came across.  After everything is combined (after it looks curdled and gross - just keep going!) add in the honey and combine.  It's a very light and mild frosting.

A Few Tips

  • Room temperature is king.  Have all your ingredients at room temperature.  If your eggs are still cold, sit them in a bowl of room temperature water.  After baking, keep your cupcakes at room temperature too.  Nothing will kill a cupcake more quickly than the refrigerator; you will have some dry little cupcakes.  Keep them in a box or a tupperware.  I find that my frosted cupcakes are still delicious a week later.  The eggs are cooked, so there's nothing to worry about.
  • Buy a food scale, because you obviously can't follow this recipe otherwise.  We are talking science people!  They're thin and cheap.  Buy one and keep it tucked in a cabinet until you need it.
  • For the frosting, I always heat up the water first before you put the bowl of egg whites over it (otherwise you're spending a lot of energy beating when it's not even cooking yet).  I can tell when it's ready to come off the stove by rubbing the mixture between my fingers; if there's any grit then it needs to keep cooking.  Lastly, I always transfer it into a different bowl after I take it off of the stove so it will cool more quickly.

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Layla's Pink Woodland Room

As promised, I am finally sharing the photos of Layla's big girl room!

When I designed her nursery, almost three years ago, I got a lot of inspiration from what I saw right outside her window - trees, birds, etc. and this time was no different.  We have lots of little critters running around our backyard and Layla is obsessed with all of them so I decided to bring a bit of the outside in to create a whimsical woodland room with some pretty girly touches.

But no room reveal is complete without the "before" photo!

This is what the room looked like when we bought our house 6 months ago.

Cozy little corner with lots of cute pillows and an Ikea Dresser with Anthropolgie knobs.

Wicker chair, sampler, painting (daddy's little girl) I gave Scott the Xmas before Layla was born, birdhouse and mini paper deer head.

This Ikea oval mirror fit perfectly over the dresser and the Love Mae bird fabric decals were too cute to pass up!

I had been hoping to find a place for this set of green lamps from Target -
so happy they found a home here.

Ikea four poster bed and PB Teen Quilt (on sale and I couldn't have asked for a better color match!) - along with a few  of Layla's closest friends.

Bed close up - I am so in love with the colors in here!

More Love Mae decals and a good view of how the handmade curtains (courtesy of Noni) tie everything together.

I made this little bed side "table" out of an old lamp shade that I stripped down, covered in leftover curtain fabric and wrapped with pink and white baker's twine.
I like how it's not too tall or intrusive but still functional.

Closet corner with tutu - of course.

Bookshelf with Layla's "night time" books along with her yarn letter and Orla Kiely inspired canvas art I made with Modge Podge, brown kraft tape and colored paper.

Well there you have it!  One bedroom down two and a half to go  - since Hadley's nursery is almost complete!  I had a great time putting it together for her and it has become one of my favorite rooms in the house.  The first time Layla saw it she ran around smiling and touching everything.  When I asked her if she liked her new big girl room she yelled YES MOMMY! and that was all I needed to hear: )

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Katie said...

What a GREAT JOB on the room. So bright and cheery...sure to be a little girl's dream.

Joining you from the Etsy blog team.

artisanallunwound said...

Love the dramatic change. So bright and cheerful! TFS

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Feb 14, 1999

GLASGOW - The opening event of day at the Tollcross Park swimming pool gave Susan Rolph (GBR) her first gold medal of the meet. Competing in a full body suit the British record holder had to hold off a strong challnege by Johanna Sioberg (SWE), who lead at mid point with 26.54, to 26.87 for Rolph. Rolph's winning times was 54.93 to Sjoberg's 55.21.

In the mens 200 freestyle, Gustavo Borges (BRA) was a comfortable winner in 1:45.55. Borges moves into second place in the mens freestyle category, with 47 point behind Ian Thorpe (AUS) with 64.

World record holder Fred deBurghgraeve (BEL) took the lead in the second hald of the 100 breaststroke, as Jens Kruppa (GER) had the mid-point lead with 28.27 just ahead of de Burghgraeve's 28.46. In A strong finish for deBurghgraeve got him first in 1:00.04. His third in the current World Cup circuit. In second place, Kruppa, had a time of 1:00.71, and the category lead with 71 points, deBurghgraeve close behind in second with 68 points.

Yana Klochkova (UKR) added her second victory in the 400 IM to the Yesterday's win in the 200 IM of 2:10.80, was a new world cup meet record. Her winning time of 4:36.24, was close to her personal best of 4:35.93. Carrie Burgoyne (CAN) finished in second place with 4:40.34. Later in the womens 100 IM Marianne Limpert (CAN) held off Sue Rolph (GBR), 1:02.12 and 1:02.25. Limpert consolidated her IM category points lead with 86.

James Hickman (GBR) in his favourite event the 100 butterfly was an easy winner in 52.14. Sabir Muhammad (USA) was second with 53.04 and Milos Milosevic (CRO) third with 53.04. Twenty minutes later Hickman won his third by winning the 200 IM in 1:58.56 over Scott Tucker (USA), 1:59.71.

In the womens 200 backstroke Kelly Stefanyshyn (CAN) won with a 1:01.13, over Zoe Cray (GBR). Stefanyshyn with her two wins here moved to first place in the backstroke category points race with 81. In second with 80 Antje Buscschulte (GER) not competing here.

Chen Hua (CHN) from Zhenjing, who on the first day won the 800 metres, in 8:22.25, in a new Asian record, won the 400 free today in 4:04.50 a new World Cup meet record. Claudia Poll (CRC) second with 4:07.17 and Carline Smart (GBR third with 4:09.56. Chen is new distance prospect from China and her 400 time moves to eight fastest ever.

Chris Fydler (AUS) won the men's 50 freestyle on the last stroke with 22.33 just ahead of Sabir Muhammad (USA) with 22.35.

In the women's breaststroke Samantha Riley (AUS) swept all three events. In the 50 she touched first in a fast field with five swimmers under 32 second. Her winning time was 31.29. Yesterday in the 100 she touched ahead of long-time rival Penny Heyns (RSA) 1:07.63 to 1:07.88. And in the 200 breaststroke today she posted the fastest time of the year with a 2:23.89. Heyns was disqualified but leads the category points total with 72 to Riley's 54.

Graeme Smith (GBR) won the 1500 free in 14:59.33, over 13 seconds ahead of distance category leader Thomas Lohfink (GER) with 73 points.

Stev Theloke (GER) swept the men's backstroke events. In the 200 backstroke he had to catch 17-year-old Orn Arnarson, (ISL) who had a fast start and the early lead. Arnarson, had the lead until very near the finish. Theloke won in 1:56.65, by only 0.12 sec.

Susan O'Neill (AUS) won the 200 butterfly. Although challenged by Katrin Jake (GER), the Aussie touched first in 2:08.82 to Jake's 2:09.16. In the last of the 34 events on the program Johanna Sjoberg (SWE), took the 50 fly in 26.68, a new personal best over 17-year-old Fabienne Dufour (BEL), 27.33. Sjoberg's win yesterday in the 100 fly in a Swedish record of 58.16, give her the fly points category lead with 63.

With two world cup meet records, two Asian and ten national records were bettered in Glasgow. Great Britain led the medal totals with 22 medals, of which 5 golds, 5 silvers and 12 bronzes. Australia also won 5 golds, plus 2 silvers and 2 bronzes.

The next FINA World Cup Meeting, the 9th of the series and the 2nd in Europe, will take place in Malmoe, Sweden, early next week, i.e. February 16th and 17th. Medals Table and Meet Results in Special Events World Cup Coverage.


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So what exactly does really good breaststroke look like? Let’s check out U.S. Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy – a very, very fast breaststroker. What makes her so efficient in the water? GoSwim has a nice short video segment to a new breaststroke DVD:

Jessica has a very efficient front end of her stroke.  Notice how, as she ends the streamline and prepares for the next stroke, she points her thumbs down and faces her palms out to the side of the pool. If you tend to leave your palms facing the bottom of the pool when you start the breaststroke pull, you won’t keep tension on your palm and will wind up massaging the water.

  • First tip: Try to start each pull with the thumbs down position. If you do that, you’ll have even more grab on that first part of the stroke. It is challenging when you first start this, but worth it!
  • Put it to work: Try some 25s where you do breaststroke pull with either a flutter kick or dolphin kick. Take it slow and make sure each stroke begins with thumbs down, palms out. The Wide Y Sculling Drill covered in an earlier posting on our website is an excellent drill to establish this position.

Let’s look at Jessica’s outsweep. Jessica has a wide outsweep, but notice how she “turns the corner ” into her catch as her hands reach her head. That “corner” position is key. Many swimmers bring their hands well behind their head and that is what causes their elbows to get caught behind and beneath them. This is a death blow to the front end of breaststroke as you expose too much of your chest and shoulders to the water (creating resistance) and it is tough to get your hands back under you to shoot them forward quickly.

  • Second tip: Feel free to pull wide in your breaststroke, but understand that where you turn the corner from outsweep to insweep is at or near your head. Don’t let your elbows go back behind your shoulders. Keep the elbows high (near the water’s surface) on the outsweep and insweep before shooting your hands forward.
  • Put it to work: Take those same 25s from the first tip and concentrate on feeling exactly where you switch from outsweep to insweep. Work to keep those elbows high!

Now let’s look at her kick. She does a great job of bringing her ankles up close to her rear end. She finishes each kick nicely and she has incredible ankle flexibility. Her knees may seem wide (as they are drawing outside her hip line), but when you look at the width of her shoulders, she is within the line of her shoulders,. The idea is to try and keep your knees no wider than your hips or shoulders. We do that to minimize resistance by minimizing how much we are extending our limbs outside our cylinder. (See my post on Cylinder Freestyle.) I try to think of pigeon toeing my knees as I draw my feet up. You certainly don’t want to keep your knees locked together! But many swimmers struggling with breaststroke kick simply allow their knees to separate too far.

  • Third tip: The first action in your breaststroke kick is to draw your ankles to your rear end. When you draw your feet up, it is okay to allow your feet to separate – you don’t try to draw them up tight together because your knees will drift apart. Finish the feet together at the end of your kick, and allow them to separate as you draw them up. Here’s the danger. If you try to go as wide as Jessica does with her feet, there is a chance that you’ll use your knees to separate first, and then try to draw your feet up. That is a death blow to breaststroke as you present your entire thigh to the water, creating enormous resistance. As long as you always think “Draw ankles to butt” as your first action in the breast kick, you should be fine.
  • Put it to workTry some 25s kicking breaststroke first with a board, and then do some 25s kicking in a superman position on your stomach. Make that first action to draw your ankles up and try not to let the thighs move forward of your body line. If you are struggling with your draw, a drill that might help is Wall Kicks (below). You can also try doing some breaststroke kicking wearing a pull buoy between your thighs. This will really narrow your kick!

Drill – Wall Kicks

This drill teaches you to use the muscles in the back of your legs and in your hips to recover your heels rather than using your knees.

  • In the water, position yourself at the edge of a pool – deep enough that your feet do not touch the bottom. If the pool has a gutter, position your arms in the gutter. If there is no gutter, position your arms on the pool deck. The object is to “hug” the pool as closely as possible with your face, chest, hips and knees initially touching the wall. Point your toes. Recover your heels toward your hips without letting your hips come off the wall. It is close too impossible! But, the more you narrow the gap between your hips and the wall, the more successful you will be at breaststroke kick. Note which muscle groups need to fire up to make this successful. Low back muscles and your abdominal muscles play a big role in the short axis strokes of breast and butterfly.

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Ceramics Personal Project 1 (CAEL3001)

This unit is designed to enhance and broaden the skills of students who already have a sound foundation in the ceramics discipline and are working at an Advanced level. Students must propose a personal research plan leading to a body of work in consultation with an academic staff member.

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Lecturer and directed contact over 12 weeks, plus self-directed study; total student effort of 60 hrs

1x assessment task in week 4, 5 or 6 (20%) and 1x15 min oral examination of presentation of studio projects (80%) in week 15

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If you wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for your own interest but not towards a degree, you may enrol in single units as a non-award student.

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If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to underake cross-institutional study in one or more units of study at the University of Sydney.