I started blogging on Blogspot in January. I had a vision, and a plan. It’s changed a bit along the way. I’ve grown in ways I didn’t anticipate. I have begun endeavors that I wouldn’t have dreamed.
Writing here has changed my relationship with money. It has helped me face the [...]
On the way back to Toronto after our day tour in Niagara Falls, we passed by a town called Niagara-on-the-lake. It is a historic town located near Niagara River and Lake Ontario where historical sites like Fort George were either restored or preserved to maintain its antique beauty.Here are some pictures I took as we drove by More pictures are available in multiply. Just add me as a frie
May Allah bless his soul... Al Fatihah. The Star Online > NationThursday July 17, 2008 MYT 11:25:00 AMPM's former press sec Azhar diesSHAH ALAM: Azhar Osman, former press secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, passed away at 9.09am Thursday morning after a long illness.Azhar, 48, will be buried this afternoon in Shah Alam, according to his wife Marzita Mansor.He leaves behin
Today marks 6 months since the sudden passing of actor Brad Renfro… In honor of him, please watch a video from his band Frodad vi YouTube… The song is called “Hey Momma Darlin” off the album “Thriving to Flourish“, which they recorded a few years back… R.I.P
For more info: myspace.com/frodad
Cox recalls friendship with MurcerMLB.comDuring that 1969 season, Cox and Murcer shared a Manhattan residence and developed a friendship that continued to grow over the course of the following four ... Read Story
Book Details*Author(s): Bryan Basham* Paperback: 911 pages* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.* Language: English* ISBN-10: 0596516681* ISBN-13: 978-0596516680DescriptionLooking to study up for the new J2EE 1.5 Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam?This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the brand new J2EE 1.5 exam. If
Blogging is the greatest thing for user interaction since the beginning of message boards and forums. People love to express their opinions by posting on their Blogs and others love reading and commenting on them. Niche Blogs seem to be the best examples of this interactive and enjoyable behavior, probably because it truly is sincere [...]
I got this chalice from Ruby! Thanks so much birthday girl! Actually,if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't learn so much about the blog world."I would love to pass on the chalice , that has honed my blog skills and to those others whom i feel will benefit from the holy elixir of blogging. These people deserve it , much as the same way i feel , i do :). . ."So, I pass this chalice to Janet, who inspired
The other day I received this award from Irene at Try and Try Again. It has taken me a couple of days to pass on this award. It was really hard to choose just 5. I have found so many new blogs to love on Entrecard. If I did not choose you, I am really sorry. Please do not think that I do not love your blogs also. Rest assured that I feel some guilt in having to pick just 5. If I did not love so ma
The Arkansas Family Fun family lost a huge, little friend over the weekend in a hit and run accident (don't even get me started). In memory of our friend, an excerpt of a message sent to us by one of our favorite authors:
A long time ago a man named Paul said it better than even I can:
And now faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
He had more to say
I've been tagged again this time by Mommy Ruby of PMO. My friends online is indeed increasing! And i really want to have more so i grab this tag and ready to keep the flame burning =) The Flame of Friendship. A symbol of spirit of unity. The burning icon of love. Undying picture of hope. The hot symbol of oneness. The Flame of Friendship. And now it’s your turn to flame yourself! Meet new fri
I just found out a short while ago that my grandmother, Katherine Holmes, passed away this afternoon. It hasn't really even begun to sink in yet, but she will be greatly missed. She was one of the most kind, caring and loving people I have ever been privileged to know. She was the epitome of what a grandmother should be, and her loss will leave a big hole in our family. Here's a picture of her
Ive waited years for a moment like this..years for a moment with YOU...the feeling of knowing everything will be ok,Its arrived... we had a moment..and now that moment is gone...Did you mean what you said? what was unspoken?Did your eyes mean what they said as they looked into mine..no words needed it seemed..Why am i left second guessing a moment i thought so true?Why do you want this, me, if you
AP reports: “Elderly Man Paralyzed in Hit and Run The Associated Press Connecticut police have released video showing a 78 year old man being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Several cars and people can be seen passing Angel Torres as he lies motionless in the street before a police car arrives on the [...]
After such a spell of bloglessness I've decided that it would only be fitting to write about a recent well-publicized event. Last Sunday June 1, 2008, fashion icon and creative genius, Yves Saint Laurent passed away at the age of 71 from a brain tumor. I am actually fairly impressed that his death has generated such a large media frenzy. Normally things within the fashion world are cut off from th
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Tens of thousands of people understand why PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy, PMP, is a worldwide best-seller.
Is it Rita’s years of PMP exam preparation experience? The endless hours of ongoing research? The interviews with project managers who [...]
I sold 26 books in my book store yesterday. I am so glad I did that. The only thing that’s going to suck is packing all of those up for shipping. I have to send some books off today and pick up more manila envelopes and bubble wrap. I won’t have enough cash and will [...]
Once in a blue moon an artist emerges becomes a dot on the time line of their chosen medium. Today one of those innovators, Bo Diddley, passed away....From the Houston Chronicle:Bo Diddley was a musical innovator who helped forge the sound and contributed to the style of rock 'n' roll. He sported a trademark fedora, played an iconic square-shaped guitar and from it he extracted a deep, rusty rev
Yesterday was a truly sad day for rock and roll as one of it’s original founding members passed away. Bo Diddley died yesterday of heart failure after months of ill health at the age of 79, and so I thought I would take today to mourn his passing, offer condolences to his family and [...]
[Cross-posted] Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is such a shock to the fashion media because he was the world’s greatest couturier. When we broke the news on Sunday night at Lucire, it was obvious that we were marking the end of an era. The casual observer might say that the end occurred in 2002, when Saint Laurent retired to his house in Marrakech. But while he remained al
Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is such a shock to the fashion media because he was the world’s greatest couturier.
When we broke the news on Sunday night at Lucire, it was obvious that we were marking the end of an era.
The casual observer might say that the end occurred in 2002, when Saint Laurent retired to [...]
Now forgive me, but folk here still has yet to supersaturate his brain cells such that they are inundated with lipofuscin granules or to the point of rupturing liposome’s filled and releasing hydrolytic enzymes in my brain. I know I may have a bazaar taste in literature and that I have yet to read Tru to the game or Fly Girl, but truth is that I have read a nice coterie of books.One that I have
CALLING PROGRAM AND PASSING DATA:There are two ways of starting an ABAP program from another ABAP program that is already running:By interrupting the current program to run the new one - the called program is executed, and afterwards, processing returns to the program that called it.By terminating the current program and then running the new one.Complete ABAP programs within a single user session
Now forgive me, but folk here still has yet to supersaturate his brain cells such that they are inundated with lipofuscin granules or to the point of rupturing liposome’s filled and releasing hydrolytic enzymes in my brain. I know I may have a bazaar taste in literature and that I have yet to read to Tru to the game or Fly Girl, but truth I have read a nice coterie of books.One that I have thoug
It's not so much a prediction as much as it is a fact: Peter Putnam will not duplicate his performance from last year's NPC USA Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he won the light heavyweight class. But history will not fail to repeat itself because there will be a better bodybuilder standing in his way. Putnam will not be repeating his winning performance b
I found this series on You Tube Clips via The Black Republican posted back in April.
If you have the time you should watch them together because it really shows why liberalism is such a socially corrosive disorder
What is leadership?
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man [...]
Rounding the corner, I tripped on my shoe lace. As I bent down on one knee I looked straight out as my hands grabbed my laces and began their dance. A blinding flash, as the sun made a quick turn off a marble surface in the distance. Which happened to make my hands slip upon something they knew as well as my lungs know to breathe. I looked down to concentrate on what I was doing and finished the k
If youre an explorer and love adventure, then get Passing Strange tickets fast! And if you love to watch the thrill from a distance, you should still get these tickets, for Passing Strange is a beautiful depiction of escapade and exploration. Having opened on February 28, 2008 at the Belasco theatre, this show has already made many fans.Stew and Heidi Rodewald have come up with their first ever mu
I can’t remember where I found this, it was signed, Anonymous. Share this with with everyone this Memorial Day.
A GENERATION NOW PASSING
They’re not getting any younger and every day there are fewer of America’s World
War II generation.
They may seem like any other group of old people-retirees, now just old men and women [...]
So I saw the following story on the BBC and my initial reaction was that it made me cringe. Now, one argument is that if you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about but knowing that your every move is being tracked and stored by the government just doesn’t give me the [...]
Seemed everybody else did and I didn't. Does that make me a bad person? Does that make me a bad blogger? Am I just an insensitive, neurotic, elitist, euro-drinking New York snob who could not give a rat's ass if the patriarch of California wine died? I don't know. That is why I created the second official Rockss and Fruit Poll on this question. The poll is to the left below the CellarTracker chann
Chances are good that if not for Robert Mondavi, I would not be in this business. And I didn’t even know him.
A friend from Southern called me today and said he had the same thought as he was driving.
I suspect, if you are in the industry, you had a similar experience reflecting on his passing [...]
Found this amazing video where a train (supposedly in Bangkok) passes through a busy market place. It just doesn’t look like a bustling market at the beginning of the video when the train arrives; check out the little space provided by the street vendors for the train.
If that was cool, wait till the train passes [...]
Earth orbits around the sun a bit more quickly than Mars. Most of the time, the apparent motion of Mars, as seen from Earth, has Mars slowly making steady progress across the background starfield. Over the past few months, however, Mars has appeared to be traveling backwards. This is because Earth caught up to, and passed the point of Mars orbit around the sun. The Astronomy Picture of the Da
–on the web
Earlier today an e-mail went out, presumably from 10 man cum slam and orgy fuck boy, Danell Hooks, confessing that he was HIV. Now comes the word that an Ethiopian evidently got into the fuel supply and cyber forged the whole thing.
The original e-mail said this: hello all this is hooks [...]
Author: sunshinenjoy, Posted on Saturday, August 27 @ 03:33:29 IST by RxPGI had my TOEFL on 26th August,2005, and I got a scaled score of 233-290. With the quality of essay I wrote, I am hoping to get anything above the 280 mark.* After GRE, TOEFL seemed to be something like a cakewalk. I did a few CDs, like kaplan, cambridge, and powerprep. But just doing the powerprep is more than enough.* The L
What to Do if a Baby Keeps Passing GasThat question is popular for a new parent who have a baby with gas problem. every baby, especially a new baby has gas. That's normal for a baby with gas. But, if you found that your baby keeps passing gas and cry a lot during that and you hard to stop the crying baby, so that's not normal anymore.What to do if your baby keeps passing gas and could not stop crying a lot? If you found that, the first thing to do for a parent is do not Panic. because if you panic , that will not help you or your baby. Then find the main causes of that passing gas problem. The common problem for baby under I year old with that kind of symptom is baby colic problem.Please refer to this article before: Baby Colic Symptoms to see the symptoms for baby colic problem. You will
"The Little Flower of East Orange" co-presented by LAByrinth Theatre and the Public Theater on the Martinson Stage, May 3, 2008
(photo: Monique Carboni)
Steven Adly Guirgis' new play is about to close its run at the Public. It's a compelling story with some terrific performances.
Danny (Michael Shannon) opens the play in handcuffs, presenting the story as a memory. He's an alcoholic and drug
Bijender Sharma writes from Dharmshala:
Tibetan Solidarity Committee said here today that, Chinese government decided to carry the Olympic torch on the top of Mount Everest, they took group of international media to the site and incidentally, the second Olympic flame arrives in Tibet.
Authorities have placed immense restriction in areas of Tibet where the torch route [...]
Passing TimeSOLDclick for larger viewSculptures in Paint SeriesDetails: 1 x 8 x 8 inches Original Butterfly Oil PaintingGallery wrapped linen canvas hardwood panelNo frame necessary, Ready to hangValid Certificate of AppraisalCertified Original Oil Paintings copyright MkM 2008 k Madison MooreA Painting A Day Objets d' Art by k. Madison Moore
Many home owner and condo associations are running into issues collecting money due to people not being able to afford (or not wanting to pay) their monthly dues. Some home owners just turned in the keys, moved and can't even...
Keep an eye on the domain. Somebody else is going to pick up the SMP and continue the work.. in a fashion that is true to the original mission. Until that’s up, I’ll keep this here and won’t delete it.
As a refresher, here’s the mission:
I am part of the fellowship of churches called Calvary Chapel. [...]
Cameron Diaz has released an official statement to the public regarding the untimely death of her father. “My mom, sister and I are deeply appreciative of the overwhelming outpouring of love and support during this difficult time for us and all of our family. My dad was loved by so many people and his humor and...
Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam # Author:Andrew Stellman , Jennifer Greene# Format:PDF 42.3MB# Page Count: 692 pages# Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (March 27, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0596102348# ISBN-13: 978-0596102340A PMP certification is more than just passing a test. It means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems, and proves that you know your stuff. Once you're certified, your projects are more likely to succeed because you have the skills and knowledge to make them successful. Not only that, it can mean a better job, more money, and greater respect from your peers.But studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy, even for experienced project managers. You wa
Few decent human beings (save those still suffering the mental disease of allegiance to capitalism–which is inculcated into us from birth and constantly perpetuated by the filthy whores of the corporate media) could imagine Jesus Christ walking onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange without a whip in hand to drive out our rotten-to-the-core modern day money changers. "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?" "I tell you the truth," Jesus said, "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me…." "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal
Here I am passing time until I hear from Dr. D what's up with my mother. An hour or so ago I got a call, "Hello, this is ..." (St. Nick said something and obliterated this part.) "Your mother has been in a car accident." I now know her car was totaled, she is fine (her wrist is hurt and Dr. D is taking her to the med center now), but she had left her keys in the ignition, so she couldn't get in
NYMEX TRADERS BUSTED FOR ‘FRONT RUNNING’ TRADES
A former board member of the New York Mercantile Exchange and six others were busted yesterday for bilking commodity investors out of millions of dollars in a scam that involved bribery and evidence tampering.
Natural gas trader Steven Karvellas, a Nymex board member from 1996 to 2006, yesterday pleaded [...]
A good friend of mine (not to mention a good friend of Shelties in general, Sheltie rescue, and performance Shelties) died a few days ago. Jean Clodwick finally lost a long battle with cancer.
Jean and I became friends at the 2004 ASSA National right here in Utah when we both became embroiled in a controversial [...]
Here we have a bunch of redneck folks going about their business in a rather fancy public restroom. It is clear that no one planned for the redneck moment that occurred, but they all readily joined in once that moment began.
None of the characters in our little drama display any outward signs of a redneck appearance; in fact, they all appear rather prosperous. But redneck is a mind set not a
How Despicable
Is It That Bushtard's Failures
Will Remain With Us
Long After He Leaves
For Paraguay, A Place That
Protects Criminals
War Criminals To
Be Exact, Leaving The Next
President His Mess
Everything Bush Touched
Turned To Crap, Hence, His Name Is
Miserable Failure
The Bush Legacy
Of Lies, Deceit, Oil And Blood
And War Profiteers
Exxon, Blackwater
Halliburton, You Know All
Of The Names By Now
But Atleast The Right
Wing Is In The Toilet, The
Repuke Front Runner
Is Bush On Steriods
The McCain Zombie Arose
And Killed Huckabee
The Romulan From
Massachusetts Spent Nearly
All His Romney Bucks
On A Failed Campaign
But He Gave Us Some Good Laughs
Oh, Those Right Wingers
I'm Glad To Know That
Republican Turnout Is
Low For Primaries
Bush: Iraq violence is a 'very positive moment
Passing and catching are the most neglected fundamentals in basketball. It is essential that players develop these skill in order to mount a succesful team offense. Effective passing and receiving in the form of scoring assist is a measure of the degree of offensive teamwork and also can be an important tool for controlling game tempo offense. Because passing is the quickest way to move the ball and challenge the defense, it shoul be the primary weapon of your teams´s offensive attack. Develop the notion that passing and catching are the best offensive team plays getting the ball to an open player to set up a easy scoring opportunity. Passing guide Players need to look for the pass before dribbing. A player´s first instinct when catching the ball is to dribble, and only continual emphas
If you've ever run a relay, you understand that the most important aspect of the race is the passing of the baton. You can have the fastest runners on each leg of the track, but if the hand-off is not perfectly coordinated, you can loose the race in those minute seconds. That's why you practise the hand-off like your life depends on it. You work on timing, you work on pacing your steps, you mark the track so you can see the precise moment that the runner behind you hits that exact spot where you have to take off and trust that they will not fail you by breaking their stride. What's extremely tricky is that both parties are running at full speed and must depend on coordination and an innate sense of rhythmic timing to make that pass seamle
I saw my first Broadway show this past weekend - a relatively new show that - called Passing Strange. I was especially excited to see it because I had read a blurb in the Boston Globe earlier in the week about how this particular show is produced by Boston-based theater producer Spring Sirkin. Even on Broadway in NYC, there's a little bit of Boston in the air.The show recounted the tale of a teenage boy that leaves his middle-class suburban home in LA in search of himself and in search of what's "real." His travels take him to Europe with brief stints in Amsterdam and then Berlin while he searches for himself. He never really succeeds until he comes full circle and returns back home to LA at the closing of the musical.Passing Strange is a small production with a sparsely decorated stag
Are you saving family heirlooms for your children/grandchildren? Are you sure that they are worth saving or that the people who you are saving them for really want them? A big favor you can do for your loved ones is to ask instead of assuming.
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I was contacted recently to try the Kona Kampachi from Kona-Blue. The fish is sushi grade and known for high omega-3 levels and being free of detectable mercury. It's served at Morimoto's restaurant, so I felt confident it would be good.
I don't cook often with fish and knew this was a good opportunity to break out of my comfort zone. And when presented with the choice of receiving fillets,
This is the final of Probationary Period. On this partl; Probation Review, Passing Probation, Dealing with Un-satisfactory Performance, Probationarry Period Extension, Termination, Right of Appeal.Probationary ReviewsThe probation procedure introduces a number of probation interviews/reviews to ensure regular two-way communication between the line manager and their employee, allowing timely
Blogging is the greatest thing for user interaction since the beginning of message boards and forums. People love to express their opinions by posting on their Blogs and others love reading and commenting on them. Niche Blogs seem to be the best examples of this interactive and enjoyable behavior, probably because it truly is sincere [...]
Some physical effects are visited upon the witness although they are not immediately registered by the ordinarysenses.A. ParalysisAt the time of an engine failure in the presence of a UFO, the witness may be surprised to discover that he isunable to move. A specially graphic example was the experience of a farmer in Saskatchewan. He climbed downfrom a swather to investigate a 3 m., silver-colored, dome-shaped object that was hovering close to the ground andspinning in deep grass. Upon backing away and remounting the machine, he noticed four more similar objectsspaced out along a nearby slough. The first object then rose up to about 60 m., followed by the second, then thethird, and so on. During these maneuvers, he was paralyzed. In a taped interview, he later said, “I sat there like I w
1. Google is a funny name.
2. The letters in the name prove my point: 7 + 15 + 15 + 7 + 12 + 5 = 63 — 6/3 = 2 — 2/2 = 1 — 1 year until Google goes under.
3. I've been surfing Google [...]
An UntoldCityLife.com’s Travel & Places by Xiao Loong Zi on a Penang X’mas trip
From Cititel 11th Floor
For just 3D/2N, 2 Guys and 1 Girl nearly lost in the island of Oriental Pearl for the sake of Penang-style crazy X’mas. In fact, all 3 of us been to Penang before. This trip was actually initiated [...]
December 23, 2007Once again, one of our last remaining World War Veterans has passed away, on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the age of 109 years. Only two known American World War One Veterans survive him.J. Russell Coffey, a retired teacher as well, enlisted late in the war, it ending while he was still in Basic Training. Coffey never saw combat.It was just in March of 2007 that the Last WWI Combat Veteran was laid to rest in Portland, Oregon's Lincoln Memorial Park. Retired Army Cpl. Howard V. Ramsey was laid to rest one month before reaching his 109th birthday.After Cpl. Ramsey's death, there were nine. Now there are three, one from the Canadian Army.Also earlier this year, Emiliano Mercado del Toro another of America's few remaining WW1 Veterans died at the age of 115. Charlotte Winters, the last known female WW1 Veteran died this March at 109. All have been said to have remained bright and alert until the last few months of their lives.Moses Hardy, the last Black US Veteran di
Click on the links below to view video footage of reaction's to the passing of Pimp C from his hometown. Coverage by Port Arthur, TX station, KFDM-TV. From viewing the two vid's, you can tell that the town loved the city's pride and joy!Friends And Family React To Pimp C's Deathhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1138292619/bclid1137896012/bctid1333281883Reaction To Pimp C's Deathhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1138292619/bclid1137896012/bctid1333272836
Jive Records statement:
It is with great sadness that Jive Records announces the passing of Chad "Pimp C" Butler, a member of the celebrated rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz). Jive Records' President...
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Heavenly Father, Comforter and Protector, I come asking You to watch over Sean Taylor. Please take the soul of this young man into Your arms, comfort him and welcome him home, into Your eternal kingdom.
Lord, I ask that You touch his family, friends and fans. Grant them the graces necessary to shoulder this cross. Although it appears to be the darkest of times, let them realize Your Light of Love shines upon them and that Your children grieve with them and pray for them.
In Jesus name,
Amen.
Following is the post from the evening of November 26, 2007, as we all prayed and waited for God’s will.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope
~~ Romans 15:13
Dear Heavenly Father, full of grace and love, I come to ask your comfort for Sean Taylor and his family of relatives, friends and fans.
Thank You Father for your mercy and healing power. If it is your will, heal our brother, bless his soul and le
My lawn is dead. All hail the passing of the lawn.It didn't last long once summer started, what was a tangle of mallow, weeds and grass, is now prickly, spiky and thorny. What was green, is now brown.I can't send Amy outside in trackpants, or all she does is track in dead grass and spiky seeds. I am constantly picking grass seeds out of clothes, the carpet and the clean washing.There are a few patches of green left, mostly from the grass that is stealing (stealing!) the water from my peach tree. The other green patches are the thistle bushes under the clothesline and the mallow near the door. There is no grass, just weeds.We need rain. Not because I care about a green lawn (I don't) but because I have hardly any water to keep the garden alive.At the moment, I am watering the garden using bath water. I have enough water in my tank to last us a week. Remind me to order water okay? $110 for 3000 gallons.*sigh*Have you entered my competition yet? All you have to do is comment on this po
Press Secretary
Scotty The Underbear Writes
A New Book, Tells All
Apparently, He
Was Lied To, Suprise Suprise
By The Bush Admin
What's Interesting
Is That He Names All Of Them
You Have To Wonder
Who Gave Scotty The
'Go Ahead' To Speak Out And
Name The Bush Admin
We All Knew It Was
Cheney, Libby Takes Orders
Only From Cheney
But Now It Was All
Of Them, Rove, Bushtard And The
Bushtard Chief Of Staff
I Suspected As Much
A Crime Gang Is A Crime Gang
The Bigger Question
What Is Anyone
Going To Do About It, Will
Nancy Apologize?
You Tell Me, Because
There Has Not Been Any Form
Of Justice Lately
Former WH Press Sec.: Bush, Rove helped pass along 'false information' on Plame
President Bush, Karl Rove, and other top administration officials were "involved" in misleading the White House press corps about the outing of ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame, a forthcoming book from former Press Secretary Scott McClellan alleges.
Entitled What Happened, the new tell-all features McClellan
Just passing through. that's how it's always been. Usually with my grandma. Once all alone. Most recently with my mom. This time it's for a few days. This time I'm tired. And lonely. This time I just want to go home. Not for a few days. I will be more than ready by then.
By this time I’m positive that y’all have heard on the unfortunate situation Mr. West is enduring. His mother recently passed and although its is the job of us as journalist to report important headlines, there is a necessary discretion that most ignore for attention. Salacious headlines are entertaining as long of the threshold of insensitivity and basic human respect is not disregarded.
But as most things dear, this was violated by NY magazine’s website that recently titled the story “Kanye West’s Mom Goes Out Olivia Goldsmith Style“. In reference to the famous author of The First Wives Club, who passed under similar circumstances. There is no place for ridicule in a situation like this, it is unmitigated dishonor. Shots out to Sandra Rose who broke the article. Still afflicted by the insensitive gall? Email Nymag and demand respect…
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There is a post up at Wired about a charity, Soldier’s Angels, pushing a project, Project Valour-IT, to provide laptops operated by ‘microphone or using other adaptive technologies’ so that ‘our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field’.
Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss woke up in a military hospital in the summer of ‘05, unable to use his hands after being hit by an IED — and feeling humiliated, broken. ” Being fed, bathed, taken care of like an infant” not exactly a fitting role for a tank company commander (and blogger) who’s used to being the one who helps others. It sure as hell wasn’t a role that I wanted,” he noted.
But that began to change, when the Soldiers’ Angels charity provided him with a laptop, and a buddy got him voice-controlled software to operate it. Suddenly, he was able to connect to the ou
A recent story out of Maine, where a middle school planned to hand out birth control to students, sparked shock and dismay. The story ran in papers across the country.
Now comes the survey that shows most people aren't so opposed as you might think.
The Associated Press reports this morning that 67 percent of 1,004 people interviewed support giving contraceptives to students in schools. 62 percent said they believed doing so would reduce teen pregnancy.
"Kids are kids," said Danielle Kessenger, 39, a mother of three young children from Jacksonville, Fla., who supports providing contraceptives to those who request them. "I was a teenager once and parents don't know everything, though we think we do."
By The Write Thought
I wanted to first thank you all for the opportunity to be the moderator for The Write Thought, it has been an amazing experience for me in which I have had the opportunity to make some great new friends, read some amazing stories, great comments, and well, it’s just been an awesome time! Thank you all!
Next, I want to thank Erin (erinsav) of What Winners Do for taking over the reigns of moderator here at The Write Thought. Being a community blog, I think it’s good to share the responsibility (be it small) of moderator. But also give someone new a chance to blow some fresh air into our community.
Don’t worry, I still plan to post now and again; when I have something to say
Thanks all,Ej.
By The Write Thought
It seems that our little blog is barely limping along, no posts now in way too long, post are becoming farer and fewer in between. I’m not sure what happened. But I would like to pass the torch of moderator along to another. Perhaps someone who is better suited, strong in recovery, to breath new life into what is really an amazing place. The truth is, I just don’t have the desire, the ability, or the experience to flag this ship. I was hoping to find a volunteer(s), who would like to become moderator(s). This really entails very little time, or perhaps you would like to give the blog a make over, or have ideas on how to breathe life back into this old horse.
If anyone other than MICKY is interested (lol), let me know.
Thanks,
Eric
I am not a huge .NET fan, but I am mature enough to overcome my personal likes and dislikes in a professional setting and use whatever is needed. I recently ran into a situation programming in C# that I needed to create a method that took it’s parameters by reference. Why would you want to do that? Well, a parameter passed by reference is… well a reference to the original memory location of the variable. This means that when you pass a parameter into a method by reference any changes made to the parameter within that method are preserved when the method goes out of scope. Ok, now we have that out of the way.
To create a method which takes a parameter by reference in C# you simply use the ref keyword in front of the parameter declaration. Easy! To illustrate this point I will use the standard swap method.
public void swap(ref int x, ref int y) {
int temp = x;
x = y;
y = temp;
}
To call this function I would have initially done the following:
int x = 5;
int y = 10;
s
GOD help me in myremoval exam for tommorrow on my nursing course. I know anything is possible to YOU. So please help to pass my exam tommorrow, bless also my classmates so we can all pass our exam. We leave everything it to YOU GOD. I trust in you.
- ann from Philippines
In am praying that God work a divine miricle so that I can finally pass my state exam. The bible says that after you’ve done all that you can to just stand. I have worked very hard, studied and put forth great effort. Please pray-touch and agree with me that God will allow [...]
When talking about state standardized tests like the FCAT, educators often talk about "cut scores." Here in Florida, a special committee advising the Department of Education has focused its attention on how the 10th-grade FCAT "cut scores" seem unfairly high.
But as this Washington Post story indicates, kids and parents don't know much about that phrase. They want to know what it takes to pass the test. As in, how many questions do they have to get right.
And that answer isn't always so clear. Each state can set up its own rules, as this Post sidebar shows. Many don't make those rules readily accessible or understandable, either.
Now the Congress is revising No Child Left Behind, and to resolve some of this confusion, a call is rising in support of national standards and a national test. But others are suggesting that since states pay the bulk of the education bill, that's not appropriate.
It seems clear something needs to be done. Should be interesting to see what happens.
Aunt Dot passed away today. She was 84.I received a call from one of my aunts this morning, telling me that Aunt Dot wasn't able to tolerate being off the respirator this morning, and so the decision had been made to remove it entirely and let her pass. They were waiting to notify all of the family and give people the chance to come to the hospital before pulling the tube.I joined much of the family at her bedside in the hospital, all of us saying our goodbyes and sharing a few funny stories. My aunts told me they found a bunch of garden hoses in Aunt Dot's apartment, and we laughed that we were probably all getting garden hoses for Christmas. Her guest bedroom contained bags of junk that she had purchased when the downtown Lazarus department store closed years ago. Those trinkets were still being used to provide gifts, and the beginnings of the Christmas gift bags were sitting in the room, too, with names already on the bags.The time came, and the tube was removed around 2pm. Some o
Aunt Dot passed away today. She was 84.I received a call from one of my aunts this morning, telling me that Aunt Dot wasn't able to tolerate being off the respirator this morning, and so the decision had been made to remove it entirely and let her pass. They were waiting to notify all of the family and give people the chance to come to the hospital before pulling the tube.I joined much of the family at her bedside in the hospital, all of us saying our goodbyes and sharing a few funny stories. My aunts told me they found a bunch of garden hoses in Aunt Dot's apartment, and we laughed that we were probably all getting garden hoses for Christmas. Her guest bedroom contained bags of junk that she had purchased when the downtown Lazarus department store closed years ago. Those trinkets were still being used to provide gifts, and the beginnings of the Christmas gift bags were sitting in the room, too, with names already on the bags.The time came, and the tube was removed around 2pm. Some o
This is from the the first Ultimate Fighter Finale and it had alot to live up to as it had to follow Forrest Griffin vs Stephan Bonnar. Basically just total domination from Franklin.Ultimate MMA videos for your viewing pleasure. Also news and comments from the world of mma.
It is with deep sorrow that the Chicago Blackhawks announce that team President, Mr. William W. Wirtz, 77, passed away early Wednesday morning at Evanston Hospital after a recent battle with cancer.
Mr. Wirtz is survived by his wife, Alice, five children, Rocky, Gail, Karey, Peter and Alyson, and seven grandchildren.
Along with being the President of the Chicago Blackhawks, Mr. Wirtz was the
I had been given bloggy awards, and I am behind in passing it on. Therefore, I will do it now before the year ends ...First was the Blogger Reflection Award. Thank you Julie of Joyful Days for giving it to me. Instead of individual blogs, I would like to pass on the award to the wonderful bloggers at the Oikos Online.When you go to the link of the Blogger Reflection Award given to me, there is a rule posted there. I apologize for not following the rule exactly. I meant to follow it, but then I proscrastinated trying to come up with good paragraphs on why I am awarding it to 5 specific bloggers... (so I decided to post away a modified award giving)Second is the Nice Matters Award. Jamie gave this to me (how nice of her!). Most of the nice bloggers whose blogs I read already received this ... and I would like to spread this love around .. so like Jamie, I'd pass this on to those who are nice but have not received this award yet (or at least I didn't know they received it already)
Rounding the corner, I tripped on my shoe lace. As I bent down on one knee I looked straight out as my hands grabbed my laces and began their dance. A blinding flash, as the sun made a quick turn off a marble surface in the distance. Which happened to make my hands slip upon something they knew as well as my lungs know to breathe. I looked down to concentrate on what I was doing and finished the knot, double tied.Damn size fourteen shoe laces. After size 12, they make one size only that you can hang a full size man with. Sometimes I think they are artifacts of the appropriate length to hang myself after a full night on a bender of Martinis and M+M's. Granted a strange, mixture, but indeed this morning was one of those days I was second guessing it. I first encountered the pair on a train returning from Montreal. An older man had got me a Martini, being only twelve at the time I asked for a bag of M+M's to go along. Over the airs of a Piano player, in those days was quite common, doin
The following is a study used lucid dreamers to determine the
subjective measurement of time in dreams - by Daniel Erlacher and
Michael
Schredl from Germany.
Time required for motor activity in lucid
dreams
Daniel Erlacher - Institute for Sport and
Sport Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Michael Schredl - Sleep laboratory,
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
Summary
The present study investigated the
relationship between the required time for specific tasks (counting
and performing squats) in lucid dreams and in the waking state.
Five proficient lucid dreamers (26-34 years old, M = 29.8, SD =
3.0; one woman and four men) participated in this study. The
results showed that the time needed for counting in a lucid dream
is comparable to the time needed for counting in wakefulness, but
motor activities required more time in lucid dreams than in the
waking state.
Introduction
The relationship between subjectively
estimated time in
