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Actually, Le Yao Yao could swim.
When she was a child, there was a time that she had accidentally fallen into a pond. She nearly drowned, but fortunately, someone rescued her.
From that moment on, her father decided that she should learn how to swim.
At least, if she were ever to fall into the water again, she could save herself. After all, you can’t always rely on others to save you.
So, she joined a swimming class and actively pursued swimming.
In a few days, she learnt how to swim. Also, whenever she was home back in the 21st century, she would swim in the pool there as well.
But since Le Yao Yao was too angry just now, she didn’t want to come out. She was just holding onto her breath and sulking underwater.
However, after a minute or so, she needed to breathe, so Le Yao Yao quickly began to swim underwater towards shore.
When she came out, she heard a splash. It sounded like someone else had jumped in.
Hearing this, astonishment appeared on Le Yao Yao’s face. Then, she looked at the empty shore and realized the King of Hell had jumped into the lake.
Although the King of Hell had enough conscience to jump in to save her, it didn’t mean she could forgive him for his actions.
So, Le Yao Yao silently climbed ashore and disregarded the King of Hell.
She was very mad. He can take his sweet time searching!
Although Le Yao Yao was soaked, it couldn’t extinguish the raging fire within her. So, Le Yao Yao left and returned indoors without turning back.
Everyone was stunned. Le Yao Yao had said she was going to use the washroom, but she returned drenched?! They were all wondering what had happened.
Originally, Le Yao Yao was in a fowl mood. But when she saw how much everyone cared about her, she felt much better.
However, she didn’t want to tell them the truth. So, she said she ended up tripping over the lake because she was too intoxicated.
Since no one was sober, they actually believed her. Suddenly, the room erupted with laughter.
Hearing Ru Shuang’s suggestion, Le Yao Yao lightly nodded and agreed.
Although it was summer, wearing soaked clothing was still extremely uncomfortable.
Hearing this, Dongfang Bai stood up. Although there was a smile on Le Yao Yao’s face, he could also sense the slight resentment between his brows.
He wasn’t sure what happened between Le Yao Yao and Leng Jun Yu, but Dongfang Bai was certain it wasn’t anything good.
But since Le Yao Yao didn’t want to explain, he will not ask.
Since Ru Shuang was worried Le Yao Yao would catch a cold, she wouldn’t allow Le Yao Yao to walk her home.
So, Le Yao Yao made Ru Shuang promise she’ll get home safe and then they went on their separate ways.
Le Yao Yao hurried towards the direction of Prince Rui’s residence.
After she returned, she quickly washed up and then went to bed. She had a quilt wrapped around her body like a tube.
Due to the cool breeze, her mind was a bit dizzy. In no time, she went to see the God of Dreams.
But while she was experiencing her sweet dreams, someone in Ruyi tavern was falling apart!
It was a quiet night. But Leng Jun Yu’s heart had never experienced such fright before.
His thoughts were running through his mind like a whirlwind.
He still hasn’t found him!
The moment he thought of this possibility, Leng Jun Yu felt a strong fear; but more so, regret!
If he hadn’t been drowned in jealousy, he wouldn’t have forcefully kissed him.
Leng Jun Yu clearly knew how much “he” hated it whenever he did things without his consent.
Although Le Yao Yao was only a servant, he had quite a temper.
“He” didn’t like it when others tried to force him to do things he didn’t want to do. When “he” was mad, he would rage and even hit back.
But it was because Le Yao Yao was so unique and unmatchable that he likes him so much.
However, Le Yao Yao was missing now. Leng Jun Yu had been searching for so long, but he was still unable to find him.
Leng Jun Yu had never felt so discouraged and broken before.
It was as if a knife had stabbed into his heart.
If only he could turn back time…he definitely wouldn’t have forced him. Instead, he would only admire from afar….
But now, it was too late! He has no more chances!
Thinking of this, Leng Jun Yu was heartbroken and could no longer suppress his sorrows. He made a huge splash and roared to the moon.
Leng Jun Yu’s voice was comparable to a ferocious beast. His volume was so loud that it went straight through the clouds.
“Senior brother, what’s wrong?!” shouted Nangong Jun Xi.
Nangong Jun Xi has never seen his senior brother so upset before. So, he was very concerned.
As for the depressed Leng Jun Yu, he slowly closed his eyes and wouldn’t make eye contact with Nangong Jun Xi. He put all the blame on himself.
He honestly has no idea who in the world had the ability to make his senior brother so sad.
All of a sudden, Leng Jun Yu reacted as if he had been shocked by lightning.
Based on Leng Jun Yu’s reactions, Nangong Jun Xi was sure something bad had happened between those two.
But Leng Jun Yu was in no mood to reply to Nangong Jun Xi.
Because, he realized he had been played!
The moment he recalled how unbearable the pain was, how scared he was to lose him, he felt like an idiot!
The more he thought about it, the more the flames ignited within his heart.
Scary…I can’t swim, and this just took a dark turn.
Better learn how to swim quickly, just in case you transmigrate and happen to fall into a lake or something.
lol. you have a good point. i’ll start in the summer.
ho ho ho our couple playing too much xD, thanks for the chap.
Lol i was also thinking the same thing!
Oh what a night.Prince Rui may not recover from this. I dread what tomorrow will bring to Yao Yao.
Le Yao Yao’s spicy and sour dishes sleep mumbling might have a extra oomph in the morning like her legs hitting Leng Jun Yu’s crotch again after waking up from his angry appearance.
Hohoho….. Seems like our little rabbit will be punish heavily by our furious prince!!!
Uh-oh!! I kinda think sleep will be out of the question tonight.

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Weis’s book constitutes the latest and most comprehensive outcome of the interest already surrounding the figure of Marie Duplessis for quite a number of years. As the title suggests, Marie (or, better, Alphonsine) embodies the rather rare case of a real-life character inspiring not only a major writer’s work, but also what the author himself considers “probably the best loved opera in the world” (p. 1). In the case of an operatic work that has almost completely displaced its literary sources, the interest towards the real “fallen woman” has already produced quite significant fruits, both in English and, most notably, in French.
From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemmings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history.
Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to explore this music's resonance with today's listeners. Interacting with creators and performers, as well as with the works themselves, André reveals how black opera unearths suppressed truths. These truths provoke complex, if uncomfortable, reconsideration of racial, gender, sexual, and other oppressive ideologies. Opera, in turn, operates as a cultural and political force that employs an immense, transformative power to represent or even liberate.
Viewing opera as a fertile site for critical inquiry, political activism, and social change, Black Opera lays the foundation for innovative new approaches to applied scholarship.
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This month, Opera Rara embark on back-to-back recording projects — Donizetti’s Le duc d’Albe and Gounod’s La Colombe — with their Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder conducting the Hallé. Following last year’s release of Donizetti’s Rita which marked the company’s 50th complete opera recording to date, this is Opera Rara’s second collaboration with the Hallé. La Colombe will be released in November while Le duc d’Albe will be available next spring.
This summer, On Site Opera (OSO) will present a new production that personifies the company's mission to produce operas in non-traditional locations ideally suited to the stories they tell. This June (9-13), OSO will stage a site-specific production of The Barber of Seville at the opulent Fabbri Mansion (House of the Redeemer) on New York City's Upper East Side.
La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly - and oh yes, “the one with ‘Nessun dorma’ in it”, Turandot - make Puccini the world’s most popular opera composer, and one who earns ever more admiration as a musical dramatist and expressive melodist. Is there still some residual snobbery about his genius? Thirty years ago, I remember being shocked to hear William Walton confess in a television interview that in old age, he had come to love Puccini’s music even more than Verdi’s. Now I begin to sympathise.
Four stars of the Metropolitan Opera will headline the Opera Las Vegas fully-staged, live orchestra production of Puccini’s tragic love story Madama Butterfly at Judy Bayley Theatre on the UNLV campus on June 12th and 14th.
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According to a report from The Verge, Spotify will renegotiate its broader global licensing deals with the three major US music publishers: Warner, Sony, and UMG.
These agreements lay out everything from advance money to revenue splits to a Most Favored Nation clause, which makes major aspects of the contract amendable if another label gets a better deal. Spotify needs these deals to ensure that it can stream the large swaths of music controlled by these labels.
However, it all began with India when Warner decided to revoke its publishing license right before the launch of Spotify in the country. The current global deals between Spotify and Warner Music does not cover expansions into new territories. This means that Spotify needs to make a separate deal when launching in new countries.
Of course, something went wrong while negotiating with Spotify for its new deal for the 2019 global licensing deals, and as a result pulled out of India entirely.
Spotify and Warner Music are currently fighting this out in court, and if Spotify wins this could set a dangerous precedent for other streaming services. Spotify plans to use a rather absurd law in India that allows a “broadcaster” to play copyright music even without the copyright license.
In related news, Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV are gaining subscribers at a rapid pace. Bloomberg reports that both services have a combined subscriber count of 3 million. The report says that both Hulu and YouTube are vastly outpacing its competitors such as Sling, PlayStation Vue, and DirecTV Now.
Hulu’s service seems to be more popular as it’s closing in on 2 million subscribers, while YouTube TV has just over 1 million.
Despite this, it seems that the overall streaming TV industry is starting to slow as most companies are jacking up prices due to higher costs from the TV networks.
But the initial burst of signups at Sling, DirecTV Now and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Vue has slowed. DirecTV Now suffered a 14 percent drop in customers in the most recent quarter after raising prices. Sling is offering a 40 percent discount to attract new subscribers.
Finally, in the media subscription service, AMC’s Stubs A-List seems to be a wild success, Bloomberg reports. Despite only being on the market for 8 months, the company has added 700,000 subscribers within that time frame, on track to one million subscribers by the end of the year.
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In fact, it does not go. It is.
You, on the other hand, have the ability to go where you like. If you know where you want to go, and if the road will get you there, then by all means follow it.
But first you have to know where you want to go. I find that it means I have to be able to articulate it. If I cannot say where I want to go, then I do not know.
In my professional life, I have always articulated what I wanted to happen. In doing so, I was able to call the end result into sight, and I could see the path toward it. Sometimes I envisioned the shortest path; other times, not so much. But I have always tried to work backward from a desired end state. I knew I wanted to be a college professor. I plotted the ideal path, working backwards from that goal, to where I started.
So also with my important personal relationships. If we are able to say what we mean to each other, and how we intend to live our lives so that those relationships have integrity, we will, more likely than not, be able to have relationships that thrive, even in stormy times. When you say you have worked for a relationship, what you really mean is that you determined from the start what it needed to be, and you worked backward from the desired end state to make it happen.
But how about our physical goals? Are we able to articulate what we want to happen, and then work backward in a reasoned way to ensure that we make it happen?
Or do we look for a path that got someone to a place, and follow that path? No matter that we aren’t starting where that person did. No matter that the path ill suits our footwear, or our fitness. No matter that it leads where the other person wanted to go, no matter that the end is approximate, or maybe not, to what we want.
As I come to the end of an interesting year, I have to be accountable for that year. Some good things happened. I got stronger—a lot stronger. I got faster, running my fastest 200 meters in five years. I did two powerlifting competitions and learned a lot about a new sport. I stayed healthy.
In terms of a path, I landed on a new one, but I didn’t really go anywhere. On the new path, these nice things happened, but I didn’t go anywhere. It’s like when I was a kid, growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky. There were woods on our property, and I would go back and get as lost as I could. I would spend hours “generally” aware of where I was.
But I did. And it had amazing effects on my other sport.
So what do I do now? Where do I want to be? How do I build the road to there?

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What Files Must Be Backed Up before an Analyst Software Reinstall?
Back up the API Instrument project folder in the Analyst Data folder (located on the C or D Drive / Analyst Data / Projects / API Instruments) prior to any reinstall or upgrade of the Analyst software. To upgrade an older version of Analyst, remove and back up the Analyst Data folder and any remaining short cuts on your workstation. Reboot the PC and install the new version of the software.

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Since the enactment of Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and the follow-up regulations from the SEC, real estate crowdfunding has been a widely used strategy allowing investors access into the marketplace. Investors can either focus on the equity or debt side of the real estate investment. Each real estate crowdfunding platform varies on market focus and how investments are structured. Lisa Knee, partner and leader of the firm’s National Real Estate Private Equity Group, spoke to Allen Shayanfekr of Sharestates to get his perspective on driving growth in the current marketplace.
Sharestates Inc. started in February of 2015, and now you have over $1.21B in funded loans to date. Crowdfunding is becoming increasingly popular and mainstream; how do you maintain a distinct advantage in today’s environment with your competitors?
Sharestates’ distinct competitive advantage has been and continues to be our real estate expertise combined with our underwriting criteria. Unlike other crowdfunding platforms with a core competency in technology, our core competency has always been a deep understanding of real estate. To date, we’ve funded more than $1.21B in loans, but we’ve also maintained a foreclose rate under 2% with zero loss of investor principal since the business opened its doors in 2015. We attribute our longevity in real estate crowdfunding in large part to our ability to maintain such a low level of defaults, because bad deals do not make it past our strict 34-point underwriting process.
What is the most interesting trend or key issue you have seen in 2018?
One of the key issues that we’ve seen play out in 2018, which we will continue to see play out in the coming years, is the affordability of housing. Most recently, we’ve seen multifamily rent growth slow with record levels of new construction coming online, yet there does not seem to be evidence of large swaths of renters turning into homebuyers. With home prices at an all-time high and mortgage rates expected to rise, many first time buyers are waiting on the sidelines to see what happens. As a result, the rent-vs.-buy equation has tilted toward renting, especially in costly markets. By the same token, most of the new multifamily developments in high rent markets have focused on luxury product. In the coming years, it will be interesting to see how developers pivot to meet demand.
Do you remember a specific experience (e.g., could be related to a deal or a property strategy, etc.) where you wish that you had done something differently? If you were to do it over, what would you change?
I don’t spend a lot of time Monday-morning quarterbacking our deals. We’ve been very careful and methodical in our approach to real estate crowdfunding and built a book of business with real estate developers that have a proven track record of success. As I said before, Sharestates’ core competency is real estate. We’ve built a technology platform that’s second to none, but most importantly we’ve built close personal relationships with our borrowers. We understand their perspective, and we work very closely with them to ensure we have mutually beneficial and realistic goals. To date, it’s paid dividends to our investors who have enjoyed returns of over 10% on average every year that we’ve been in business, with zero loss of principal.
I’d like to follow up on that previous question. On the flip-side, and without giving away a competitive advantage, what is a practice that you have implemented that you think everyone in your space should be doing, and why?
It’s not the most exciting area to talk about, but we take compliance and data security extremely seriously. We want everyone in our industry to take compliance as seriously as we do for the sake of our clients and the trust we’ve built within the broader real estate and financial communities. Our industry is still relatively new and unregulated, which is why we’ve ordered third-party audits of our company’s finances and technology in the same manner a traditional financial institution would. We’re adopting best practices and industry standards that go above and beyond what’s required, including Service Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) Type 1 certification, to show our commitment and lead the way for our industry.


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Things to Do in Order to Improve Student’s Experience.
The reputation of the college and universities that students attend is built concerning the experience they get from the schools. It’s thus important for educational establishments to focus much in the improvement of the student experience by making the learning process more enjoyable and positive for the students during their many years in the institution. Reference will be given by students from a given institution to their family members and friends if the experience they had from it is positive and enjoyable. The following are some important guides of improving student experience.
In an institution where most of the students’ time is spend in handing in paper documents, uploading zip files and emailing documents the productivity of both the students and staff is lowered. This tiresome experience can be faced out by digitizing learning processes to upload and organize documents. For instance the school can install NextG software which present a good platform for learners and teachers to work on application via mobile devices given that they can use technology to connect with the students, submit work and interact with their assessors. For this the teachers are able to get access to the student’s files and share them out and receive immediate feedback.
Learners should be having a podium where they can have the competency of disclosing their opinions and understandings they have being achieving in an institution. Student satisfaction that is known within the institution might hence give the student a voice in interpretation their response and working towards making their lives better. From these internal investigations the learners would be having the opportunity of noting their weak points and concentrating their efforts in reducing their faintness.
Collecting information about your institutions will give you the chance of having a deeper understanding on students likes as well as dislikes. Data collected on the students will give the organization the proficiency of learning more regarding the student’s discernment as well as the overall things that content them. This would thus relay more information on various things that the institutions ought to be effecting in their administration that will follow to the objective stay of students in the situation.
This assist in equipping the students with better learning experience as it offers an innovative knowledge on the students by using their devices in coming up with various innovations. From the computer-generated reality the students face the truth that often occurred in the outside world with negligible hazards from chemicals. The learner will therefore integrate skills of thoughtful the real condition and can achieve some of the subtle real world situations that can seem had without better knowledge.


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It just about broke my heart to listen to him, and I silently prayed for the ability to tell him, in words he could digest, the truth I so desperately longed for him to grasp.
This is when I tried desperately to affirm his thoughtful resolution–wise beyond his 12 years–while telling him that he should never feel that he had to work harder in order for his life to be worth something; I explained that he was perfectly, wonderfully important as he is, and that working hard is a good thing, but is not necessary to make his precious life any more valuable than it already is . . .
Today, as I distributed the completed newsletters, he and his grandfather came back from an afternoon outing. Seeing me, he asked if it was what he thought it was, and I smiled as I told him that it was indeed–“hot off the press.” He asked if he could have one and, after teasing him a moment about whether or not he was allowed to see it, I gave one to both he and his grandfather. Then I happily observed his proud explanation of how he had contributed a “quote” for the newsletter, which he showed to his grandpa. Seeing that he was willing to share his own words, I then asked him if he also remembered what I had told him yesterday. And I was deeply moved at his eager reply, as he gave an accurate account of my admonition. My only prayer is that it can find a resting place deep in his psyche, coming back to the forefront of his memory as the journey to adulthood assaults him with trials that wage war against his sense of self, and of significance.
translation: Carsyn 5 [i.e. 5 years old]. I like to come to anna’s house to read a book. from carsyn to anna.
As he handed this note to me, Carsyn sternly instructed me that I must keep it. I don’t think I will have difficulty doing as I’m told . . .
A request from my Aunt for some of my Zambia photos has left me sentimental from looking through my photo files . . . so in honor of said sentimentality, here’s one of the shots that didn’t make it to my blog.
I belong to a privileged minority of folks who enjoy what they do. I love my job [most of the time, that is ☺]. More importantly, however, my job is good for me. Hopefully I am good for it as well . . .
But what I find myself enjoying lately about it is the way in which it forces me out of my routine. I have a tendency to create structured routines no matter what my phase of life my be: this routine can change drastically from one phase to the next [i.e. American librarian to teacher in the Zambian bush], but upon transitioning, I rapidly develop a new routine. This is a good thing, and I do it because I need to . . . but it can become a bit neurotic at times.
So I love the fact that my job involves “surprise” encounters. It certainly holds its fair share of regular, scheduled tasks [writing/producing the newsletter, getting new residents settled, updating files, etc]. But the most interesting/challenging tasks—and definitely the most amusing ones—often come from the unexpected events . . .
As I often do, I made a house call instead of simply making a phone call, to see if Ms. Emily wanted to sign up for the next holiday event. When I knocked she opened the door more promptly than I am accustomed to, making me step back a bit, pausing as I tried to remember how I had planned to address her [I generally compose questions before actually asking them].
Before I had a chance to say anything, however, she ushered me in the door with a comment as to how “relieved she was to see me.” My emergency-radar jumped in here, as she was one of the residents I had not yet met—I assumed, then, that she must have some urgent need for assistance.
“What,” I queried, thinking I must have heard her wrong.
But I had not. It turns out that Ms. Emily was terrified of the “gophers” she had seen in her apartment. Translated, thanks to some further questioning and investigation, this means that Ms. Emily had seen a rat. Ahhh, of course, I thought, once I had solved the mystery and duly reported the infestation . . . and I smiled to myself at my private joke. Considering the way I have been replaying the image in my mind of her “Gophers!” revelation, I think this will be just one of the many mental files this job offers that serve as reminders that sometimes real life is just too darn funny to take too seriously. A good reminder for all of us who are prone towards the stressing/worrying tendencies!
Thanks to a kind friend, who made the journey when I could not, I have just now seen, for the very first time, a photo of my father’s grave . . .


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A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administrations efforts to end DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program). Last year, California and other states filed a request to stop DACA from being rescinded. While that case has not yet been resolved, a San Francisco U.S. District Judge, William Alsup, has issued a ruling that halts the DACA program from ending while the legal challenge moves forward.
In the mean time, there has been significant movement toward reaching an agreement to address the issue of what to do with Dreamers (Dreamers is the term used to refer to recipients of DACA). In an earlier meeting, Trump met on-camera with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders to discuss the need for a DACA solution and urged them to create a clean bill, offering that he would sign whatever they brought him. However, the more recent alleged use of vulgar/derogatory words in a DACA bill review meeting and a recent post on twitter, which included a list of demands for a DACA deal that includes funding for a border wall, has cast uncertainty around what a DACA solution would look like.
In a previous post, I indicated that some members of Congress wanted to tie a solution for Dreamers to the vote on a government funding agreement that would avoid a government shutdown. Ultimately, that was pushed down the road with the approval of a second temporary fix, called a Continuing Resolution or CR, which avoided a government shutdown until January 19. That government shutdown deadline is again looming and the flurry of activity around creating a DACA solution may again be tied to the budget impasse. If DACA solution supporters decide to withhold votes for a government funding solution (or another CR) that doesn't include a DACA fix, it could result in a government shutdown.
Education Rights for Undocumented Students Unaffected by Trump Canceling DACA.
For access to a free DACA Information letter (available in English and Spanish) to use with parents and your community, click here.

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Spend the summer in one of the coolest areas in Detroit! You can walk to everything!
Studio apartment overlooking Eastern Market & Dequindre Cut. Tennis courts & a big park right outside the doors! Half a mile from Campus Martius. Walk to Detroit riverfront. A quick 3 mile bus ride away from Wayne State & Midtown. Belle Isle is a few miles away too! So much is right here- bars, restaurants, breweries, shops, casinos, music halls.
Furnished with everything you’d need- queen bed, loveseat, desk, tv, DVD player, record player w/bluetooth, wifi, printer, room fan, air purifier, coffee pot, juicer, crock pot, blender. I’ll even supply linens, dishes/cups/silverware/utensils/spices & other misc kitchen supplies. And a market cart for those weekend trips to eastern market. You just need to bring your suitcase. My place is decorated modern, boho & kind of feminine. Think urban outfitters and Pinterest. So if that’s your vibe, you’ll like it.
No smoking/vaping (cigs or pot) or pets bc I’m super allergic. Looking for someone clean, considerate and responsible...Someone who will treat my place nice while I’m out of town. And maybe water the succulents once of twice. Available May-End of August, exact dates flexible. Price includes utilities (electric/AC/water), WiFi, Netflix/YouTube red (I don’t have cable), and gated off-street parking. Laundry & a small gym in the building.
Studios in this building are listed on Airbnb for $80/night, so save some cash by renting for the whole summer!


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At Hope Link, we know what it’s like to be in the hospital for long periods of time with your child. It can become isolating, frustrating and exhausting in every possible way. Hope Link’s Carebasket Project allows us to uniquely love on families who are currently dealing with a serious pediatric hospital stay. Our goal is to bring a little life, love and encouragement to the patient, the caregivers and the siblings.
Most of our Carebaskets are given out through the Child Life department at OU Children’s Hospital; however, we do provide baskets to other hospitals and facilities as we are able. Our Hope Link Carebaskets are full of goodies for the patient, based on their age and gender. We also include items for caregivers and siblings, offering support and encouragement to the entire family.
This project runs on donations and is only possible because of the generosity of those within our community. If you, your organization or group would like to donate to the Hope Link Carebasket Project, please contact us. We would be more than happy to take the assistance!
AS WELL AS AGES FIVE AND UNDER AND FIVE AND UP.
CHILDREN FIVE AND UNDER: Coloring books, books, crayons, music, DVDs, small toys, bubbles, stickers, temporary tattoos, etc.
CHILDREN FIVE AND UP: DVD’s, Books, journals, disposable cameras, tissue (Kleenex), toiletry items, snacks in individual packages, etc.
PARENTS: Gift cards (Sonic, McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, etc), tissue (Kleenex), toiletry items, lotions, journals, devotionals (simple), bottled water, snacks in individual packages, and other things to make them feel special.

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Africans definitely don’t joke with our grilled meat! Step into any social or family gathering and you’re likely to see a barbecue spot with as many people around it waiting for their turn to help themselves to some hot and spicy meat! As a matter of fact, where two or more Africans are gathered for a drink or two, expect some assortment of grilled meat/chicken on their table.
Below is out selected top 3 best African grill delicacies for your perfect weekend and foodies Friday.
Braai means “barbecue” or “roast” in Afrikaans. Check out the video and recipe below.
West Africans can attest to the fact that Suya (meat kebab) tastes so heavenly. This is a very popular street food and delicacy in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Niger and some parts of Sudan.
Check out the recipe for Suya courtesy geniuskitchen.com.
Make the ground peanut powder: Remove shells and skins from roasted peanuts, if necessary. Grind the peanuts into a fine powder (briefly pound them in a mortar and pestle; crush them with a rolling pin; or use a food processor). Be careful not to grind them into a paste.
If the peanut powder is oily, wrap it in an absorbent paper (paper towel) and squeeze for a minute or two.
Stir the spices into the powder, mixing well. For really spicy hot suya, use more cayenne pepper — for a milder dish, substitute paprika for some (all) of the cayenne pepper. Divide the peanut-spice mix into two parts, putting half in one bowl and half in another. Set one bowl aside.
Dip and roll the meat in the other bowl of the peanut-spice mix, making sure the meat is completely coated. Allow meat to marinate for thirty minutes or more. (Get the outdoor grill going or pre-heat the oven while you are waiting).
Place the meat on skewers (alternating with the onion, tomato, and sweet pepper, if desired).
Broil in a hot oven, or grill over hot coals, until meat is done. Use a meat thermometer to check for doneness. Serve immediately with the reserved peanut-spice mix, for sprinkling or dipping as desired. (Do not use the mix that came into contact with the raw meat).
Arguably the most popular dish in Kenya, “Nyama Choma” means “roast meat” in Swahili. It is usually eaten with ugali, a meal made with maize, millet or sorghum flour and kachumbari, which is an onion and tomato salad.
Check out the recipe for Nyama Choma courtesy whats4eats.com.
Prepare your grill and have it hot. Toss the meat with the oil, then thread it on skewers. Stir the salt into the warm water until it is fully dissolved.
Grill the skewered meat, basting it occasionally with the salt water, until it is cooked to your desired doneness.
Remove the meat from the skewers and serve with kachumbari salad and ugali.


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There are so many games for the elderly and few of them really are interesting and brain tickling too. Jigsaw puzzle games are one of those kinds. It provides total fun and entertainment. This game has been enjoyed over a long period of time. It is a fun way to use your intellect and the best way to relax with your retired colleagues. Though, most of the puzzle and jigsaw games are available online nowadays, but the best way is to play with it is with your friends sitting at your home that gives immense joy and also keeps you in touch with your old buddies.
John Spilsbury has been known as the creator of the jigsaw puzzle in the year 1760. Jigsaw puzzles for the elderly promote various brain activities. They are still not obsolete and they are fun as they provide enough workouts to the brain. You can also compete with your grandchildren to involve more fun and challenge in the game. It is mostly a means of productive usage of time in your retired days. It also promotes family bonding and a can be a good party game. You can be astonished on how complicated can the puzzle become when you just left one of the clues missed. That’s what all about a jigsaw puzzle.
You can find many of the jigsaw puzzles in the game store. They are available in plenty and of different patterns. Originally, the puzzles were made from painting a picture usually on flat cardboard pieces. They are designed in a manner that it gives a confusing look and give a challenge to its players. Few examples that you ought to find on these jigsaw puzzles are scenes from nature, building, castles, mountains and also some based on technology. You can also buy some jigsaw puzzle accessories like boards, cases that are going to make it more interesting activity for the elderly.
There are many jigsaw puzzle games for the elderly but it depends on how many puzzle pieces the game should be. The more the puzzle pieces the more it’ll be a fun. You can even go for a 1000 puzzle piece; it is a jigsaw puzzle that is a bit hard but has a benefit too. For this game, you can call all your buddies at home for a tea party and then you all can enjoy it together as this will require different teams to solve. You should not be in a hurry to solve the puzzle. Always insist on taking your time, trusting your intuitions and sharing joy with your buddies.
So what are you waiting for, go and grab this interesting game for the elderly and call over all your buddies at home and enjoy. I am sure this will give you enormous amount of fun as it is interactive and requires team spirit. Make sure that you choose the best jigsaw and chose the right level as these are two very important factors before you start playing it.

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Generally, he's a good thinker and writer. But not on this subject.
UPDATE: Federal laws relating to guns were pretty sparse until 1968, so indeed there was little reason for the Court to take a 2A case. If I recall correctly, around 1902 there was a law banning pistols from the Postal Service mails. Then the 1934 NFA, applicable only to full auto, short barrels, and a few other things, and still allowing those if registered and taxed. A 1938 National Firearms Act, which didn't do much -- provided for licensing dealers (I don't recall who had to get one) and they had to keep simple records of purchaser's name and address. A few prohibited person categories, chief one being convicted violent felons. Hard to see much of a 2A test case there!
Also, Prof. Wm van Alstyne has pointed out that the first case in which the Court struck down a Federal law for violation of right to speech and press... was in 1965! What we regard as normal judicial function, a careful review of laws for constitutionality, people bringing test cases, the cases getting to the Supremes, is very much a function of the last 30-40 years. That the Court didn't recognize a right as important until recently represents quite a common situation.
One point that is often over looked is that Guard members are paid not by the states but by the Federal government. Therefore in this instance as well as many others it is not entirely independant of the Federal government as some claiming that it is the same as the state militia of long ago.
Is the good Judge Posner entirely unable to read the text of the contemporary statute defining the militia? Can't he read further how those militiamen were expected to arm themselves? He's simply defaulting to the tired old idea that the National Guard is the militia, so the Second Amendment must be moot.
I find this approach as absurd as Justice Stevens' assertion that he could not conclude that "over 200 years ago, the Framers made a choice to limit the tools available to elected officials wishing to regulate civilian uses of weapons." That's precisely what the Bill of Rights was intended to do: limit the government.
I don't know who the guy is who commented on Posner's article (Alan Vanneman or something like that), but OUCH.
While I too find Judge Posner to be a generally astute and sensible man, I found it difficult to force myself to read this piece. In addition to seeming to believe that the National Guard constitutes the entire militia, he also seems to think it somehow meaningful to assert that the Second Amendment doesn't create a right to maintain private arms for hunting or self defense. That's right; it doesn't. Neither does the First Amendment create a right to free speech, peaceful assembly or free exercise of religion. He also asserts that it would be silly for the founders to have wanted individual militia members to keep their arms in their own homes, in case some other part of the militia should need additional arms at some other location. Much better, I suppose, to have them stored all in one central location for General Gage's convenience.
Awwww.. After this unrelated but excellent opinion a few years ago (my favorite bit is paragraph 15), I had him pegged as being rather libertarian-ish. Looks like that was just one of those "magnificent legal edifices" Kozinski was talking about in Silveira v. Lockyer.
Sorry, I couldn't finish it. I am all out of patience for stupidity, intentional or otherwise.
He's always had money and security.
He'd have been a Tory in 1775.
I find the references to "law office history" most interesting. This phrase originated with Professor Cornell if I am not mistaken.
Essentially what Judge Posner states about historical arguments is that any historical information not coming from historians, all of whom he apparently views as disinterested, is without value and constitutes a snowjob. I suspect that he feels this way because he personally does not like the decision.
If Judge Posner actually thinks that historians are disinterested, perhaps he is interested in a bridge in Brooklyn. After all, historians are human.
Judge Posner would do well to read my History News Network article pointing out the numerous shortcomings of his so called "disinterested historians" in their Heller amicus brief. He is wrong about a great many other things as well.
The link for the History News Network article is here.
What is remarkable about the "law office history" remarks is that Posner, a legal scholar, conspicuously does not discuss the only caselaw that would prove/disprove his militia-conditional hypothesis, that is militia caselaw. You can't prove a militia theory by reference to gun possession cases, you have to prove it with militia cases. If Posner has a militia theory, he owes it to his audience to justify it by reference to militia law.
He does not, because he cannot. The militia caselaw flatly contradicts his militia theory. There is no 2nd Am limit in militia law. The only federal law ever struck down as an unconstitutional interference with the state militia was Lincoln's draft, enjoined by a PA state court, and that decision was overturned in weeks.
Collectivists had an offensive and a defensive position: their offense was to attack the RKBA both via originalism and via gun caselaw. Their claimed defensive position was the "collective" right, which they defended by reference to originalism . . . but never by reference to militia caselaw. They were, and are, hugely vulnerable on the militia-law position they claim to defend. But nobody ever attacks them there, nobody ever confronts them with militia caselaw and forces them to articulate a coherent position and support it with militia law cases. Instead we are trapped in an endless argument over the validity of the RKBA position vis a vis originalism.
We should be arguing about the validity of the collectivist position vis a vis militia law. That would be taking the fight to them, rather than letting them bring the fight to us.
This was an amazingly poor piece by Posner. Ignoring a rather large body of scholarship so cavalierly isn't the Posner I've read in the past.
This piece was quite the epitome of bad reasoning.
1. National Guards are the constituted militia spoken of in the Second amendment. They were not in existence until the 1900's. How can they be the militia when in the 1700's they didn't exist?
2. The idea of someone not keeping their arms at home, but in a storage facility shows that they do not own their arms? This absurd reasoning was ridiculous. The use of "private arms" in the function of militias is well documented. Indeed it was a privately manned militia that was "funded by merchant contributions and manned by Boston college boys" (Kramnic, I.(1987) The Federalist Papers)to take down Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts!
The answer to that question was yes. There were those with criminal records who served in the militia. Even today there are those with criminal records that serve with the National Guard. So if Criminals can serve in those capacities with governmental authority, why would the founders look to strip them of privately owning arms? The issue of criminality has only been a recent issue when it comes to owning firearms. I could be wrong on this, but I would be hard pressed to find much second amendment case law in the 1800's that mentions criminal background as a precursor of denying arms.
I basically stopped reading after he started going on about "conservatives do this" and "liberals do that". Once he started in on that, it became an political opinion piece by someone who happens to be a judge.
Prior to the nfa there was almost no fed law to contest re the second. The first may have been a 1927 law banning the *mailing* of handguns.
The fed seemed to understand that the people would truck no interference with their right to own (keep and bear) guns.
In 1934 the fed again exercised it muscle with the nfa for the safety of the people and law enforcement in the face of *criminals* using machine guns. Of course as with near every gun law enacted the only folks inconvenienced have been the law abiding.
One of the Amicus briefs details fed law prior to 1934, I think the one by Cramer and Hardy.
Judge Posner, the Heller dissenters, the academic historians and law professers who influenced Justice Stevens, and all of the gun control advocates who have denied a private rights purpose for the Second Amendment and asserted there is a government controlling militia related purpose for the Second Amendment are wrong. There are several entirely different lines of research and sets of facts that conclusively indicate this. The early arms related caselaw, the militia related caselaw, and the period history of the Bill of Rights are three such separate fields of information that turn out to directly contradict what supporters of gun control believe (and I emphasize believe because the facts uniformly contradict their beliefs).
J. Norman Heath's research into the militia caselaw of the early republic clearly shows that the Second Amendment was never understood to protect state authority relative to the militia in court cases dealing with conflicting state and federal militia laws. Mr. Heath has a post above about this subject. His article, "Exposing the Second Amendment: Federal Preemption of State Militia Legislation," is a masterpiece that anyone interested in the Second Amendment, and especially those in the legal community, should be familiar with. It can be found in the Journal on Firearms & Public Policy, Vol. 14, Fall, 2002, published by the Second Amendment Foundation.
Clayton Cramer's research into the arms related caselaw of the early republic provides a similar result based on the specific field of caselaw he studied. His book, For the Defense of Themselves and the State: The Original Intent and Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, published by Greenwood Press in 1994, is another essential source of information that those interested in the Second Amendment should be familiar with, especially any in the legal field.
My own research into the period historical sources has produced extensive and conclusive information directly contradicting the beliefs of gun control advocates and their supporters regarding the militia powers related nexus of the Second Amendment. As just one example, there is a set of three 1788 George Mason documents (a letter, complete Bill of Rights, and partial list of amendments) that settle this matter conclusively all by themselves. These documents indicate that the Second Amendment was completed and included in a Bill of Rights by Mason and Virginia Antifederalists prior to development of any proposed militia powers related amendments. For those interested, my research has resulted in two books, The Origin of the Second Amendment, a docment collection, and a new definitive history of the Second Amendment, The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms.
It should be clear from Judge Posner's article that he was relying on the accuracy and authority of the "disinterested" historians for his views as was Justice Stevens. Most of those who signed the historians' and law professors' Heller amicus brief were relying on the accuracy and authority of the writer, Professor Bogus and a few of the historian signatories for their accuracy and authority. The entire gun control advocate belief structure is a massive house of cards with almost everyone relying on someone else as having the detailed information backing up the beliefs. The three different lines of research descibed above all prove that there is nothing backing up the controllers' beliefs. Everyone accepting their beliefs is relying on someone else in a complex and fallacious web of appeal to authority, and not one of the supposed authorities addresses the overwhelming evidence directly contradicting them.
Finally, let it not be forgotten that Judge Rheinehardt of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals thought it best to go back to his Silveira vs Lockyer decision and remove all the citations to the "disinterested" historian, Prof. Michael Bellesiles. BTW, it was Clayton Cramer who first started that ball rolling.
I think Mr. Posner well knows what the 2nd Amendment is about.
Any honest, intelligent, literate, well-read human would.
He won't ever admit it. Can't. Doesn't fit with the correct world view.
So we debate with his ilk unproductively presenting facts, history, literature, tradition, sense. Won't matter.
Can't be so because they don't want it to be.
So they make s**t up.
Believing that the [second] amendment does not authorize an individual's right to keep and bear arms is wrong. The right to bear arms is an individual right. The military connotation of bearing arms does not necessarily determine the meaning of a right to bear arms. If all it meant was the right to be a soldier or serve in the military, whether in the militia or the army, it would hardly be a cherished right and would never have reached constitutional status in the Bill of Rights. The "right" to be a soldier does not make much sense. Life in the military is dangerous and lonely, and a constitutionally protected claim or entitlement to serve in uniform does not have to exist in order for individuals to enlist if they so choose. Moreover, the right to bear arms does not necessarily have a military connotation, because Pennsylvania, whose constitution of 1776 first used the phrase "the right to bear arms," did not even have a state militia. In Pennsylvania, therefore, the right to bear arms was devoid of military significance. Moreover, such significance need not necessarily be inferred even with respect to states that had militias. Bearing arms could mean having arms. Indeed, Blackstone's Commentaries spoke expressly of the "right to have arms." An individual could bear arms without being a soldier or militiaman. Leonard W. Levy, ORIGINS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS 134-35 (Yale Univ. Press 1999).
O.K., time for just a little nitpicking.
Generally, I agree with most parts of the above quote from L.L. Levy. However, the statement that Pennsylvania's novel Declaration of Rights language "the people have a right to bear arms" was "devoid of military significance" needs to be questioned. If by "military significance" it only means that the government was not involved in any organized defensive activities relating to the right, this statement would be true, although it is a rather strange and confusing way of stating such a concept. If what is meant is that there were no organized defensive activities associated with the people having a right to bear arms, that statement would be incorrect.
When this "right to bear arms" that "the people have" was written into the 1776 Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights, the Revolution was underway, and the people of Pennsylvania were associated for defense in the exact equivalent of militia companies only referred to instead as associators because they were not under government control. This came about previously - immediately upon the news of hostilities having broken out over a year earlier on April 19, 1775, in Massachusetts. Pennsylvanians spontaneously formed companies, elected officers, and trained for mutual defense all across the colony. The descriptions of this activity by the Patriot leaders, who were meeting in Philadelphia as the Congress, are amazing and apparently completely forgotten in modern times. These activites were analougous to defensive military action under government control but without the government control because the orgnaized defensive action was directed against government officials and forces that were viewed as violating the constitution and Pennsylvanians' rights.
While there had never been a militia law in Pennsylvania like those in all the other colonies by the time of the Revolution, Pennsylvanians had on a number of notable occassions prior to the Revolution associated for mutual organized defense without any authorization or involvement of government. On only one prior occasion was there a law organizing such associators' activites, and that law was dissallowed by the British BECAUSE associations are voluntary and individuals decide whether to associate or not.
Thus, the language "that the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state" in the Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights most assuredly had "militiary significance" under any normal undersanding of that phrase. That military significance was directed at assuring an effective defense on the part of the people against possible unconstitutional actions of force by the new government in the future. Without their own suitable arms, such defensive actions would not have been possible and the Revolution would never have occurred.
What a shocking ignorance of history, especially his ignorace of the Founder's views that militiamen wouldn't keep arms in their homes. One need look no further than the Militia Act of 1792 to find out that the Founder meant exactly that.
Of course, any student of history know that militia's have always owned and kept their own weapons. It is one of the key features that distinguishes them from regular soldiers. Ever since the first Greek wife handed her husband the family arms and said "with it or on it" militias have owned their own weapons.
J. Norman Heath posted above concerning the militia caselaw of the early Republic. Also, I commented above on his "masterpiece" of an article relating to that subject. Just happened to run across his article, "Exposing the Second Amendment: Federal Preemption of State Militia Legislation" on the net since then. It is located at Guncite.
This is something well worth reading. Enjoy!


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Everspin announced its financial results for Q2 2017. Revenues for the quarter reached $8.9 million (up from $6.7 million in Q2 2016) and the net loss reached $5.2 million (down slightly from $5.4 million in Q2 2016).
This was a record quarter for Everspin in terms of revenues, which shows the continued growth of its first-gen toggle MRAM. Everspin is now focused on bringing its STT-MRAM to market, and the company announced that its 256Mb STT-MRAM chips entered production to be used in SMART Modular's NVM Express PCIe Card.


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One of the things I always teach in our Cisco ASA workshops is how to preview commands in the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) before sending them to the appliance. It's easy and it's also a great way to familiarize yourself with the command-line interface (CLI). Here's how to do it: In the ASDM, click on Tools>>Preferences. On the General tab, in the Communications section, check the box to "Preview commands before sending them to the device".
Here's another handy learning tool for the Cisco ASA: You can run the ASDM in demo mode. You must first download the ASDM demo software from Cisco using your Cisco login. Make sure to download the appropriate demo version for the version of ASDM software you're running. For example, I recently downloaded and installed asdm-demo-621.msi. Once the demo software is installed, you can run it by starting the ASDM launcher and checking the box to "Run in demo mode". ASDM demo mode provides a great way to explore the ASDM and familiarize yourself with its extensive capabilities.


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One of the by-products of cleaning out our basement is now I have about a dozen huge boxes of unlabeled and unsorted photographs. Luckily they are in clumps or groups that were taken about the same time.
Now, what am I going to do with them? I don’t have the heart to throw them away. But wait! Yes I can. I can scan them, put them in a digital image state and then throw them away.
So, for posterity purposes I am hiding them in digital maze that will probably never be looked at again but might be around longer than the human race. .. but they could be looked at again – but why?
This will be these pictures last hurrah for a long long time.
I took these pictures in the late 1970s at Sandra’s house. Just by Mr. Harley handing Joe some kind of plaque with his name on it I suspect it is an unsanctioned retirement ceremony. All of them were my co-workers in the Time Keeper Data Collection Site.
The lady above on the right pinning something on the other lady is my old buddy and co-worker Alice. Alice was one week older than me. She lived a fast life. She was always late. If she was so fast how come she was always late? That is because she also lived a disorganized life. I will always think of her with her red wig tilted on her head and one closed because the smoke coming up from the cigarette in her mouth. Alice also had a drinking problem. Alice had a heart of gold. She died of a liver disease.
We knew her as Alice. Her husband, 3 kids, and 19 siblings knew her as Barbara Jean.
I think the other lady, the pinee, is Joe’s wife.
Harry is dead too. Harry used to like to tell me what kind of mess his son got into, or as he used to say, “that boy of mine…” His son was about 25 and lived at home. I met his son once – that boy of his just didn’t seem to have the enthusiasm or gumption to find a job or move out or ask a girl for a date.
Mr. Harley was very scholarly and very courtly. He seemed always very gentlemanly to make every feel comfortable. Numeric-wise, I think his time on earth has come too.
Who is not pictured because he wasn’t there was Mr. Jonas. Mr. Jonas was Wayne Williams Sunday School teacher. He felt strongly Wayne Williams was innocent but got railroaded because of a screaming public.
Popcorn did not like me very much to start off with. It took him years go adjust to me. His wife was murdered and I sincerely felt his grief. I got emotional when I told him how sorry I was. We spoke on friendly terms after that.
Santes is the guy in the middle. He was a supervisor by default. Santes was easy going and was constantly getting chewed out by the person over him. But he kept on smiling. Santes wife was a postal clerk who looked mean enough to eat nails and spit out the pieces in your face.
The guy on the right is Chuck. Chuck was a ladies man. He thought he was a ladies man and he was. He had several female friends at the Atlanta Post Office . He thought therefore he was? Is that the way it was. He was also a smooth talker, who seemed to talk more than he worked. About ten or so years after I transferred to Marietta one of our ex-coworkers called me and said Chuck was very ill and it was doubtful if he would live much longer. I called him and he was so much out of it I am not sure he knew who I was or not. He died less than a week later.
Sandra was the hostess of this get-together. Sandra was very outspoken and once got fired for fighting a supervisor. Later, she got her job back because it was proven she could not have slugged him, based on the facts he said, thanks to my photographs.
I always admired William. He was a hard honest worker with scruples you wouldn’t believe, yet he didn’t make a big deal of his high morals. One time at the Parcel Post Annex which was miles away from the Atlanta Post Office it was discovered that the timekeepers were doing every thing wrong, and abusing their position. They all were fired and William and I were sent in to run the time keepers office until a new crew could be trained. For several months William and I each worked 12 hours a day, relieving each other, 7 days a week, everyday of the month, for a couple of months with no time off what so ever. Life pretty much sucked then. His initials were WAP, which is what I called him.
Sully was very outspoken in a loud manner. You might say he was usually negative in a positive manner. One time Sully and several of his friends pooled their money and bought a bus. They had plans on using it to carry clubs or organizations to special events. Everyday we got to hear of new problems their bus and their clientele were causing. I think they finally sold it to recoup some of their investment.
One time during a storm a tree fell on Sully’s house. He climbed on top of the house with a chainsaw to cut the limbs in smaller more manageable pieces. He almost did the same for him leg and arm. He had a chain-saw accident which almost killed him. When I transferred to Marietta he was still out.
Now, these pictures, like some of their subjects are put to rest.
In Marietta, downtown right in the middle of the town is Glover Park.
In the warm months there is a concert every Friday night. Anna and I have been going since they started. We don’t make every concert but we make most of them.
Ever since the first one we both notice a man who is always dressed the same: plaid Bermuda shorts and black socks. He is middle age. He is always alone.
He always takes a strong through the park just over the half-way point.
He looks very much like Stephen King.
There was too much music and noise for him to hear us.
He stopped. Across the walk from us was an empty park bench. He sat down and seemed to be looking right at us for five or six minutes. He didn’t seem any hurry to get up and get back on the move or maybe prowl.
He looked like he was studying us. His facial expression was puzzlement, like trying to reach out to us, mind-wave wise. Fortunately, I think his mind ran into a cement wall.
Then he got up and walked away.
The Good Old Boys and Girls Tuesday night get together minutes for September 29, 2009.
Paul Roper had people that knew and remember Geri Bundesman to autograph a glossy black and white picture of her and her husband.
But seriously, I think we can say attendance was between 35 and 37.
The food was plentiful and juicy, spicy, and all else that goes with a good meal. And we had peach ice cream too. Rupert served.
One person ordered his food to go.
This is Paul Roper’s car. Notice the spattered bug on the hood. Noticed how well polished and shiny it is. Notice the handsome photographer’s reflection? Or it might look sort of like a giant splattered bug.
I haven't tossed any genealogy information onto this blog for over a week. It is long overdue.
We are still looking at my PETTY surname.
290. MAUD LEICHER9 CAMPBELL (LEROY MALCOLM8, LEROY MALCOLM7, NANCY6 PETTY, ABNER5, ZACHARIAH4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born Aft. 1890, and died Unknown. She married MR KLEINE.
348. i. HARRY W.10 KLEINE, b. Aft. 1910.
291. HARRY W.9 KLEINE (MAUD LETCHER8 CAMPBELL, LEROY MALCOLM7, NANCY6 PETTY, ABNER5, ZACHARIAH4, JOHN3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 04 Aug 1915 in Las Animas, Bent, Co, and died 1980 in Grand Junction, , Co. He married MARGARET WADHAMS 21 Oct 1932.
i. MARILYN10 KLEINE, b. Aft. 1932.
292. EDNA JOSEPHINE9 HAYHURST (ALSEY JOSEPHINE8 PETTY, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 11 Mar 1846 in , Carroll, Ar, and died 28 Jan 1887 in Waelder, Gonzales Co, Tx. She married JOHN C. PEACOCK 10 Jan 1881.
349. i. DELLA NEVADA10 PEACOCK, b. Sep 1868, Elm Grove, Caldwell Co, Tx; d. 16 Jun 1947, Clarksville, Red River Co, Tx.
293. NANCY JANE9 PETTY (ALEXANDER ANDERSON8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 24 May 1852 in Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx, and died 11 Aug 1867 in , , Tx. She married JIM BLACK.
i. UNKNOWN10 BLACK, b. 11 Aug 1867; d. 11 Aug 1867.
294. JAMES LANDA9 PETTY (JAMES MARION8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 1860 in Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx, and died 1891. He married ALCENA RIDDLE118 14 Sep 1880 in , Caldwell Co, Tx, daughter of HARVEY RIDDLE and MARY. She was born 1862 in Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx, and died 1947.
i. EDGAR10 PETTY, b. 1886, Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx; d. Unknown.
ii. CHLOE ESTER PETTY, b. 1888, Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx; d. Unknown; m. EDDIE BAIZE.
295. JASPER NEWTON9 PETTY (JAMES MARION8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 24 Aug 1864 in Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx, and died 12 Jul 1932 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx. He married DORA BEATRICE POGUE 01 Nov 1886. She was born 07 Oct 1867 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 26 May 1938.
i. ANNIE MYRTLE10 PETTY, b. 22 Aug 1886, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. 14 Jun 1969; m. PERRY PRESTON WILLIAMS, 20 Nov 1904; b. 15 Apr 1882, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. 28 Jul 1914.
ii. LORA DEANE PETTY, b. 16 Sep 1889, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. Unknown.
350. iii. THOMAS EARL PETTY, b. 25 Nov 1891, Voca, McColloch, Tx; d. 01 Jun 1950, , , Tx.
iv. GRANDVILLE LEWIS PETTY, b. 30 Nov 1893, Voca, McColloch, Tx; d. 18 Sep 1962; m. (1) ETHEL BARNARD119, 25 May 1921; m. (2) MAGGIE VOIGHT120, 12 Oct 1927.
351. v. NOLAN EDGAR PETTY, b. 18 Feb 1900, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. 08 Dec 1955.
vi. BEULAH ARRENA PETTY, b. 22 Jul 1905, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. 13 Jan 1987, , Bastrop, Tx.
vii. FOY WALLACE PETTY, b. 31 Dec 1907, Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx; d. 03 Sep 1961.
296. THOMAS LEVI9 PETTY (JAMES MARION8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 17 Nov 1866 in Pettytown, Bastrop Co., Tx, and died 1945 in Childress, Childress Co, Tx. He married MARY ANN "MOLLY" DESHEA 03 Nov 1895. She was born 19 Feb 1867, and died Bef. 1944 in O'DONNEL, Lynn Co, Tx.
Died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Johnson.
Molly was a small dark skinned woman -- part French.
i. CHARLEY IVAN10 PETTY, b. 02 Sep 1886; d. 30 Jun 1888.
ii. ETTA PEARL PETTY, b. 16 Nov 1887; d. 30 Jan 1889.
iii. TEMPLE LEE PETTY, b. 13 Feb 1891; d. Bef. 1990, Carlsbad, Eddy Co, NM.
iv. THOMAS MARVIN PETTY, b. Aft. 1892; d. Unknown.
v. STELLA RUTH PETTY, b. 23 Mar 1895; d. Unknown, Childress, Childress Co, Tx.
vi. MARY AMOLINE PETTY, b. 05 Apr 1897, Santa Anna, Coleman Co, Tx; d. 1961, Carlsbad, Eddy Co, NM.
vii. RAYMOND HUBERT PETTY, b. 03 Jul 1904; d. 30 Apr 1977.
viii. BERTIE LOVEL PETTY, b. Aft. 1905.
ix. LEON BRIN PETTY, b. Aft. 1906.
297. ANNIE L.9 PETTY (JAMES MARION8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 12 Mar 1868 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 21 Sep 1957 in Waelder, Gonzales, Tx. She married JAMES ELBERT PETTY 27 Aug 1889 in , Bastrop, Tx, son of JOHNSON PETTY and CYNTHIA PEACOCK. He was born 02 Sep 1863 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 08 Aug 1946 in Waelder, Gonzales, Tx.
i. LULA MAE10 PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown.
ii. NOVELLA PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown.
iii. BARTON PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown; m. EMMA MANEBY.
iv. CHARLIE PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown.
v. DESSIE PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown.
vi. GLADYS PETTY, b. Aft. 1889; d. Unknown.
vii. ELBERT PETTY121, b. 22 Dec 1890, , Bastrop, Tx; d. Unknown.
viii. JAMES ELLE PETTY, b. 18 Aug 1895, , Bastrop, Tx; d. 1940.
ix. MAYNARD PETTY, b. 26 Jan 1901, , Bastrop, Tx; d. 15 Sep 1946.
298. ALFRED MANNON9 PETTY (JOHNSON MANNON8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 14 Jan 1861 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 13 Feb 1937 in Brady, McColloch Co, Tx. He married SARAH RIDDLES 17 Feb 1886 in , Bastrop, Tx, daughter of HARVEY RIDDLES and MARY SMITH. She was born 28 Oct 1869 in , Bastrop, Tx, and died 14 Nov 1959 in Brady, McColloch Co, Tx.
i. EFFIE MAE10 PETTY, b. Aft. 1886; d. Unknown.
ii. RUDELLA PETTY, b. Aft. 1886; d. Unknown.
iii. JESSE JAMES PETTY, b. Abt. 1888; d. Unknown.
iv. SAMMIE DEE PETTY, b. Abt. 1890; d. Unknown.
v. TEMPLE RAE PETTY, b. 23 May 1906, Brady, McColloch, Tx; d. 27 Dec 1930, Brady, McColloch, Tx.
299. JAMES ELBERT9 PETTY (JOHNSON MANNON8, JOHN A.7, JOEL6, JOSEPH5, FRANCIS MOORE4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2, HUBERT1 PATEY) was born 02 Sep 1863 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 08 Aug 1946 in Waelder, Gonzales, Tx. He married ANNIE L. PETTY 27 Aug 1889 in , Bastrop, Tx, daughter of JAMES PETTY and ARRENA FOWLER. She was born 12 Mar 1868 in Red Rock, Bastrop, Tx, and died 21 Sep 1957 in Waelder, Gonzales, Tx.
Children are listed above under (297) Annie L. PETTY.
An old high school classmate and I have been emailing. I won’t say “an old high school friend” because back then we were not exactly friends. We ran with different crowds.
He ran with the goody-two-shoes crowd and they were mostly running from us.
That was a joke. We lived in a détente teenage society. Back then we more or less ignored different bunches…and in turn they ignored us. We were polite.
But lately, I feel Brad and I have kindled a friendship.
With rumbles of the Bell Reunion on my blog reminded Brad of his days at Larry Bell Park. Actually poor Brad lived on the other side of the tracks. True. The side he lived in did not have the luxury of hours old fresh eggs, or the pleasure of picking out your own live chicken and wringing its neck, or the joyful act of using a Sears Roebuck catalog in the outhouse. And on the Brad’s side of the tracks they had boring Thanksgiving dinners – but on our side Thanksgiving day, if cold enough was a designated hog killing day and that was always fun watching the blood spurt and the guts spill out of the stomach.
Brad, had to cross the tracks to his Wednesday night job as an usher at the Larry Bell Auditorium for the wrestling matches events.
I had several good reads of him describing the wrestling bouts and challengers and the show of bloated egos.
I used to go to the wrestling matches too. My daddy sometime would go and hangout talking local politics while I got into the crowd and made fool of myself. I broke my arm one time there falling off the bleachers.
All this wrestling talk remind me of a MAD magazine article that came out written by Harvey Kurtzman and illustrated by fellow Georgian Jack Davis.
It was the first issue of MAD as in magazine form. Up until that point MAD was a comic book. The publishing date is July 1955, the month I turned 14, which was during my Wrestling bout craze.
What is Vickory Cab's telephone number?
Where was the Apple Cab company? What about Howard's Taxi? Where was his office?
PANIC comicbook was a publication by EC Comics. Interesting, one of its competitors was its sibling. Both PANIC and MAD were published by William M. Gaines, who owned EC Comic books.
PANIC had an upper hand on the non-EC comics because PANIC employed the very same artists as MAD, and MAD sat the standards – all the lampoon comics wanted to look like MAD, it was the best seller. Artists Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and Will Elder did MAD and PANIC.
This was during a time that comics were getting a lot of criticism for their gruesome stories and pictures. EC also led the parade on that, publishing such comics as TALES FROM THE CRYPT, SHOCK, etc. So, I think Gaines was doing a reshuffle of his publications. He knew now, with the new pressures, MAD was doing the best – so why not have another lampoon-type of comic?
This story is drawn by Will Elder, which was the most popular trend setter at MAD.
In this story, LI’L MELVIN, frankly, it was like Elder was a loose cannon. I don't think he had the Kurtzman guidance because Kurtzman was not the editor. Elder put more little tiny side jokes than he put in MAD. I think he also wrote it. I read that he had written some of his own stories for PANIC.
In comic books many times there are more going on than meet the eye. And sometimes even a double story that only the fellow artist or writers can appreciate or get the full-jest of.
For instance, once Harvey Kurtzman carried a sample of his art work to a newspaper in New York City, and the man over things like that was Walt Kelly. Of course, Walt also did the comic strip POGO. Walt Kelly, according to Kurtzman, gave Kurtzman “the bum rush” out of the offices. Harvey Kurtzman was hurt and offended. Elder and Kurtzman were friends, notice how he treats the POGO characters in the story.
Another thing, you might not realize is the story behind the story of JOE POLOOKA’s characters popping up in the story. Al Cap, the creator of LI’L ABNER, and Ham Fisher, creator of JOE PALOOKA, were bitter enemies. Early in Al Capp’s career he worked for Ham Fisher doing a running story about hillbillies in Kentucky or maybe Arkansas. When Al Capp went out oh his own he did a strip similar as the strip he did for Fisher. Thus, a bitter court fight over copyright infringements. Ham Fisher lost and it wasn’t long until he took his own life… so, bare that in mind when you see the below story.
Another interesting thing is the last page where Elder gives an almost raspberry salute to all those "concerned" parents and investigating committees and others critical of the newly innovation of comics.
Today was the Bell Center’s 20th Reunion here in Marietta. Many of us who used Larry Bell Park for sports, recreation, and entertainment back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s have a reunion to come and celebrate living another year.
And some of us can’t wait to start pigging out on the delicious barbecue chicken breasts and barbecue pork and all the sides. We all have Georgian accents.
ZZ Top or a Smith Brother?* Nope! Neal Lawrence is the organizer. Neal did a great job putting all this together. And the whole time he seemed very relaxed and on top of everything. He knew all and saw all. I think credit should be given to the Mrs also.
Rock/Eddie Hunter roamed around and took pictures. They are not anything special. They are just pictures people at a common watering hole enjoying company with each other – like they did in their formative years 50 or so years back – only this time they can drink their beers legally. But, they still have to watch to not get caught smoking.
So, on with the pictures - Let them roll Rock! Or maybe Rock & Roll?
*However, Neal plays Santa Clause during the Christmas season.


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Purifying the heart is a process.
First, one must understand the necessity of having courtesy with God and the importance of fulfilling its requirements. Second one must be aware of the diseases of the heart; aware of their existence, of their ailments, and of the deleterious complications and infirmities that ensure from them, and recognise that these diseases prevent one from attaining this courtesy. Knowledge of the diseases of the heart, their causes, and how to remove them is an obligation on every soul, every adult human being.
This whole matter points to the heart as a spiritual organ. The unseen aspect of the heart contains a seed that has the potential of becoming like a cancer that can metastasise and overtake the heart.
The analogy is that there is a dormant element in the human heart that, if nurtured and allowed to grow, can damage the soul and eventually bring its ruin.
"If the son of Adam sins, a black spot appears in the heart.
And if the person makes repentance, it is erased.
whole heart becomes pitch black."
Incidentally, this notion of associating the colour black with sin is not racist in its origins. The attribution has been long used among some black Africans who refer to a person who is wretched as "black-hearted".
The Qur'an says about successful people on the Day of Judgement that their faces become white (Qur'an, 3:106). This does not mean white as a hue of skin; rather it refers to light and brightness, which are spiritual descriptions not associated with actual colour.
A black person can have light in his face and a white person can have darkness and vice versa, depending on one's spiritual and moral condition.
Imam al-Ghazali considers ailments of the heart to be part of the Academic potential. he believes one is obliged to know this about human nature in order to be protected. Other scholars simply consider these ailments to be predominant in man; that is, most people have these potential qualities, but not necessarily everybody.
It is interesting that Imam Mawlud [the author, rahim-ullah] says it is impossible to rid oneself of these diseases without a trace. What this implies is that purification is a life-long process, not something that is applied once and then forgotten. Purity of heart never survives a passive relationship. One must always guard his or her heart.
There is a well known hadith that states that every child is born in the state of fitra. For some reason, Muslims often translate this into English as, 'Every child is a born a Muslim'. But the hadith says fitra, which means that people are born inclined to faith-born with an intuitive awareness of divine purpose and a nature built to receive the prophetic message.
What remains then is to nurture one's fitra and cultivate this inclination to faith and purity of heart.
© Purification Of The Heart, Imam Al-Mawlud's Matharat Al-Qulub, translated by sh. Hamza Yusuf.


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text: This Men’s Hybrid bike is from Scott and is called the Sub Cross 40. It is great for comfort and convenience for touring and transportation. The Sub Cross is set up to spark confidence and help you enjoy your biking.


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Bode’s a big brother! Welcome baby Hadley!
Bode welcomed a new baby sister on Thanksgiving, she came early just like he did, but is perfect in every way! Mom, Liz’s babies seem to like to come early, but they don’t come easily, seeming to favor the ‘wrong side-up’ position.
I’ve been following Liz, Jeff and their growing family for years now. It started with their engagement, to their wedding and now to the births of their children. They’re always a joy to catch up with, so happy and easy going. And Liz looks AMAZING for just having given birth, right!?


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An innovative take on street art.
When the liquid-repelling spray NeverWet came on market in June, those who thought they could magically waterproof everything were met with disappointment -- and soggy smartphones.
But NeverWet spray isn't totally useless, and it might just fuel a new form of graffiti: street art that only shows up in the presence of torrential downpours.
Atlanta-based artist Nathan Sharratt had been exploring the idea of rain drawings ever since he saw a video about superhydrophobic coatings over a year ago. Sharratt first tried a single-layer coating spray that repelled water but wasn't strong enough to create a noticeable difference between dry and wet for more than a few minutes in the rain. When Sharratt heard that Home Depot was running a contest for creative uses of the new NeverWet two-layer waterproofing spray system, he revived the rain drawings project and submitted the following artworks, which ended up making top 10 in the contest.
Sharratt sprayed NeverWet on a stencil to bring out the design.
The spray coating, although not totally invisible, is inconspicuous when dry, and obvious when poured on.
Watch the drawings reveal themselves in these videos (the second video includes DIY instructions).
According to Sharratt, creating the stencil was the most time-consuming part -- the “I'm Only Happy When It Rains” stencil took a few hours to design on a computer and cut out, while the more complicated “The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow” stencil took over five hours. Spraying takes only a few minutes (not including the recommended drying time of 30 minutes between the base and top coats). Sharratt writes via email that the process is analogous to making a regular spray paint stencil, timing just depends on complexity of the design and whether or not the stencil is pre-cut. The material costs about as much as regular spraycans. Sharratt was able to make both stencils (with two or three coats per layer) plus some smaller test runs using one set of NeverWet cans, which costs about twenty dollars.
According to Home Depot, the coating can be cleaned up with soap and water. Sharratt writes that the coating isn't slick as one might expect. When subject to abrasion, the coating flakes off like paint on smooth surfaces (which is why waterproofing iPhones with NeverWet won't go well) and doesn't leave a residue.
Looking ahead, Sharratt has plans to make a huge rain drawing on the side of a 14-story marble building, as well as smaller works on road intersections in Atlanta. And he's not the only one playing with this new material. Another Home Depot forum user submitted a similar project to the contest, and there is also a different rendition on Youtube, embedded below. Will these new stealthy works of art begin invading our streets? We'll just have to wait for the rainy days to find out.
All images by Nathan Sharratt and used with permission.
*Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that Sharratt's submission took third place in the Home Depot contest — it made top 10, not listed in any particular order.


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We are really excited to start planning our summer camps for 2019 season in Coachford. For nearly a decade we have been running award-winning summer camps in Mallow and are really excited to have the chance to bring this formula to the Lee Valley. We have always prided ourselves in Instructor lead full-day camps Monday - Fridays.
What will be in store?
Coachford is particularly exciting for us as we will be putting together a camp that not only mixes individual activities but also touring trips throughout the Lee Valley. Your kids will go on a full day exploration where they will put all of the skills they learnt throughout the week into use. Every activity will be based around planning their end of week trip. They will learn how to build and start a fire that they will cook over when they camp for lunch. Build shelters should they get stuck out in the rain. Learn navigation and the ability to plan which direction they want to go. All the while travelling using the leave no trace methodology. You won't even know they were there! Combine these skills with, Kayaking, Paddle Boarding and raft building and you have little explorers coming home to you!
One of our most popular summer camp options is our day camps run throughout August.
Each year we give away over 1000 half priced adventure days and we are delighted to bring this to Coachford.
Each day our campers will get a half day of water activities on our incredible inflatable aquapark and kayaking. Then they will get to experience one of our unique land adventure zones, Challenge, Target or Wilderness.