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Buy Fijit Friends Interactive Toys Online - Prices, Names & Cheapest Cost
Fijit Friends Interactive Toys For Children
If you are looking for Fijit Friends then you are in the right place. Here we take a close look at the new toy craze for children known as Fijit Friends. We review the toys, find out what exactly Fijit Friends can do, look at Fijit Friends prices, names and where exactly you can buy them from online. If you want the ideal gift for children at Christmas then Fijit Friends could well be for you.
Fijit Friends from Mattel are predicted to be one of the biggest selling Christmas toys this year. If you want to get ahead of the crowd and buy your child one of these adorable little toys then here is a good place to start. So now before we look at prices and where to buy them, what exactly are Mattel Fijit Friends?
Sage, Logan, Willa & Serafina
What Are Fijit Friends?
Well put simply Fijit Friends are cute lovable doll like toys that are interactive and ideal for young children. Aimed mainly at ages 6 and upwards these toys are going to be huge over the next few years. Unlike a teddy bear or a doll, Fijit Friends are made from rubber. They are soft and comfortable on a child's hands and will bend and stretch when children play with them.
There are four characters in the Fijit Friends range. There names are Willa, Sage, Serafina and Logan. Each character has their own unique color, style and personality. The idea behind these loveable characters is that they are an interactive toy that your child can chat to, dance with and play with. The technology used in these is very impressive and they really do have a nice range of abilities to keep your child entertained.
Each Fijit Friend can respond to over 30 different phrases spoken by your child. So for instance if your child says 'How do I look?'. The response will be 'Oh Yeah looking good.' There are 150 phrases in each Fijit Friend and they are all designed to be warm friendly encouraging remarks designed to make children laugh and smile. The Fijit Friends also have the ability to tell jokes and there is an extensive list of material that they can deliver.
Another unique ability of these toys for children is that they can actually dance. You play a song and a piece of software will recognize the beat and move in time to it. They bend and stretch of their own accord and will dance along with your child. They also have four songs programmed into each friend and your child can learn the song and sing along. The songs are unique to each different character so if you buy Sage you will get a different set of songs to if you buy Willa.
The idea behind having four separate character names is that each one has their own personality. This is designed so you can pick the best one for your child. So you have Willa who is the purple stylish one of the group. Serafina is the pink one and is very girlie and sweet. Sage is green and is the adventurer who likes to do things a little differently. Then finally you have Logan who is blue and is the sporty one who loves to be out and about getting involved in anything physical.
Fijit Friends Prices & Where To Buy Online
As we mentioned at the outset of this article, Fijit Friends are set to be one of the most in demand toys over the Christmas period, so where can you get yours early? Well one of the best places online to buy your toys is over on Amazon, here the prices for Fijit Friends are quite reasonable and they still have plenty in stock. For an individual Fijit Friend you are looking at around $45. You can buy a set of four but this doesn't really seem to work out much cheaper.
The toys are10.5 x 4.9 x 8.5 inches which makes them just a nice size for children. The recommended age is six years and up although there are no small or dangerous parts that should be an issue. Each toy takes 5 AA batteries but these are included with the toys which makes them slightly better value. The instructions included are fairly easy to follow and you should have no problem getting to grips with this new toy.
As well as the main four Fijit Friends characters you can also buy accessory packs for each friend. You can pick these up for around $15 dollars and then include things such as ears to put onto your Fijit Friend and even a friendship bracelet that your child can wear. These are not essential items but chances are that if your child has one of the toys they would also like the accessory pack as well.
One Of The Newbies
New From Fijit Friends
Since the original four Fijits came out there have been more characters introduced. Early in 2012 we were given the Fijit Friends Newbies, these smaller versions of the toys are also interactive and will actually communicate with one of the original toys if you put them next to each other. The Newbies are cheaper and you can usually pick them up for around $15, so they are very good value.
The latest release from the line are the new Yippits which are now available. These are the latest addition to the family. These are really impressive looking and we will see four new characters with lots of new moves. Again these can be paired up with the originals toys and you can get them singing and dancing in harmony. These are likely to be cheaper than the original toys but more expensive than the Newbies, we expect the Yippits to retail at around $50. If last year is anything to go by then the Yippits could well be one of the biggest selling toys over the Christmas period.
As you can see these really are lovely little toys and will be very popular with children for a long time to come. The prices of Fijit Friends are still quite reasonable so no doubt these will be snapped up in no time. If you want to buy these online then as we said, Amazon is a good place to try. These toys really are wonderful interactive fun for children and will no doubt delight many children over the Christmas period.
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Buses rerouted
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According to a release from the City of Jacksonville, a portion of the transit's A route that travels on Hargett Street between Johnson Boulevard and New River Drive will be temporarily detoured onto Lejeune Boulevard.
Two stops will be affected by the detour, but stops will be added on the temporary route.
The detour is due to a portion Hargett Street being resurfaced by the NC Department of Transportation.

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How strange to find myself back in Rapid City hardly a year after I last visited the place. How odd to ascend the steps into the Mount Rushmore Memorial and see again so soon the chiseled faces of dead presidents. Yes, in one of those quirks of fate, here I am again in this remote and rarely visited area of the country, this time on business. Tonight I am spending the last of five nights in Rapid City, South Dakota.
I cannot claim to have seen much of Rapid City during my first visit. My wife and me boarded then at a comfortable three star hotel near the interstate but spent most of our time in the Black Hills. I noted then statues of former presidents on the street corners in Rapid City, but had little time to assess the character of the city other than remark on its overwhelming white Anglo Saxon constituency. It's Wonder Bread land around here. This is certainly not bad in and of itself, just weird when you live in Northern Virginia and cannot go to the store without hearing a half dozen languages.
Now, sequestered at least at night at the Alex Johnson Hotel in "downtown" Rapid City, I have a chance for a fairer assessment of the city. I put "downtown" in quotes because the ten-story Alex Johnson Hotel is by far the city's tallest downtown structure, for human habitation anyhow, in this city of sixty thousand or so souls. At least Rapid City has a downtown area, with most of the buildings but three stories high. At least there are few boarded up businesses in Rapid City, which was not true of Salt Lake City when I visited it last year. The Dakotas are fairing reasonably well in the economic downturn. While there is no sign of vigorous growth, at least there are few signs of the more prevalent economic decline found elsewhere across the country. There is plenty of free street and off-street parking here in downtown Rapid City and nary a parking meter in sight. The businesses downtown may not draw hordes of people, but the rents must be cheap enough where it doesn't matter that much.
There is an historic old movie theater across the street from the hotel, as well as a comic book store and a salon called (no kidding) "The Best Little Hairhouse" (if only it were in Texas). Within a few blocks of the hotel there are also train tracks and an imposing Aby's Feed & Seed. So those of you thinking of moving to Rapid City need not worry about a city that is overly industrialized. For tourists, Rapid City is a conduit to the Black Hills and many wonderful natural attractions that lie in all directions of Rapid City. As for Rapid City itself as a tourist destination: eh, not so much, unless you like to see statues of presidents and other notables on street corners. For the residents, the city is wholesome and clean, which certainly can't be said about most cities its size, as well as billboard friendly. I have not found one single homeless person here in downtown Rapid City. Instead, this being a deeply red state, I find lots of pickup trucks, guys wearing ten gallon hats and a really crappy local paper.
There are hints of coastal values. You can find Starbucks here, although Seattle's Best seems to have a bigger lock on the local coffee business. There are a few trendy fashion outlets but only one really nice hotel (a Radisson). As for the Alex Johnson Hotel, which saw its first guest in 1928, it is comparatively old and quaint and recently underwent an expensive renovation. This makes it kind of historic for an area without a long history. The restoration aimed to maintain the hotel's original character. My bed is certainly comfortable (and rumors of bedbugs have proven false) but in retaining much of its character, it still feels more like a two and a half star hotel rather than a three or four star hotel. Buffalo heads on the lobby wall and a Native American themed chandelier can be found in the lobby.
My room has character and quirks. The original tub and toilet have been retained. Chips on the toilet bowl have been epoxyed back into place. The tub comes with two sets of faucets, the lower one if you want a bath, the upper one for a shower. The faucets also turn in peculiar directions. I am used to hotel doors shutting themselves, but mine does not. Opening the window can cost you $30. The walls must be original, because for three nights my neighbors had noisy parties that would have hardly been noticeable at most other hotels. Only earplugs and keeping the air conditioning fan on all night allowed me to get any sleep. The elevators are also showing their age: ascending slowly and sometimes jerkily, and pausing for an inordinately long period before shutting. On the plus side, I've enjoyed some fabulous sunrises and I could not ask for a better view of the Aby's Feed & Seed. And there is a Seattle's Best in the lobby.
There is also pretty good dining to be found here in downtown Rapid City. Two thumbs up for the fine dining at the Firehouse Brewing Company around the corner, if you don't mind paying thirty to forty dollars for a really good meal (with dessert and drinks). You can also find more plebian fare at Sanford's Grub and Pub that is doubtlessly themed on the 1970's TV show Sanford and Son. The restaurant comes complete with enormous and very reasonably priced meals, friendly waiters, wheel rims as part of the decorating motif and various garage sale junk on the walls. If you want tasty and greasy food for not much money, Sanford's is your dining choice in Rapid City. Of course, there are plenty of places to dine in Rapid City that specialize in grease and easily digested carbohydrate entrees, including a place on the city's outskirts where you can have all the pancakes you can eat for five dollars.
The Black Hills hug the city's southern and western sides, but there are lovely buttes to be seen in any direction. The Black Hills are a misnomer, too small to be hills, but still puny compared to the Rocky Mountains a couple hundred miles to the west. Still, having spent Monday before my meeting with friends in the Black Hills, I found even more reasons to overlook Rapid City's conservative values and mediocre newspaper and think of it as an eclectic retirement destination. A group of us arose early on Monday to witness an annual buffalo roundup, which was fun but somewhat anticlimactic, as there were no thundering herds of bison. Rather we watched a couple hundred bison moving slowly at the insistence of a few dozen cowboys and their 21st century equivalents, men in SUVs thundering across the treeless hills of Custer State Park. What was worth the pre-dawn hassle of getting up to see a buffalo roundup was the enchanting, beautiful, must-be-seen Sylvan Lake, high up in the Black Hills we visited later in the day. The dam on one end makes the lake artificial, but on a temperate late September day with blue skies and light breezes, the lake (along with some rock crevices) proved to be deeply satisfying to my jetlagged eyes.
Until Wednesday, the weather was surreally warm during the day, but it has cooled off a bit. This is in contrast to the Mid Atlantic, which has been drowning in rain and cool weather during my absence. With work behind me, I look forward to returning to the greener and cooler East tomorrow.


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Tamale High Court Rules That A 36-Year Old Man Cannot Divorce His Wife Just Because She Cannot Have Children After He Made Her Abort 11 Times While They Were Dating
It was jubilation for Ramatu Idrissu and her family at Tamale High Court yesterday after a judge refused a divorce application by her husband-Musa Idrissu, a 36-year old pharmacist.
Musa had tried to divorce his wife a year ago, citing her inability to have children–and the fact that doctors have said she cannot have any as his main reason.
The girl's Uncle who lives in South Korea wrote a letter to the judge hearing the divorce case, bringing the judge's attention to the fact that Ramatu cannot have children today because while dating Musa, she had 11 abortions, all caused by Musa.
Ruling on the case, Justice Issaka Mumuni said it wouldn't be equitable to allow Musa to get rid of Ramatu just like he wants to and that he has refused the divorce application.
He, however, added that should Musa wants the court to grant his divorce, he must meet with Ramatu's family and compensate the wife for his contribution to her current predicament.
Apparently, the family is asking for 126 cattle, a two bedroom house and an undisclosed amount.


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Sofia Gubaidulina: New Chamber Music for and with Guitar in Munich
In the evening of the 31 May 2013 there will be a special concert with music by the composer Sofia Gubaidulina presented at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Several performers will present Gubaidulinas works "Repentance" for violoncello, three guitars and double bass, the world premiere of the new version of "Sotto voce" for viola, double bass and two guitars as well as the Sonata for Piano and others.
Sofia Gubaidulina, born in 1931 in the Tatar Soviet Republic, is one of the world's most honoured composer-personalities today. Her extensive oeuvre comprises nearly all genres, ranging from solo pieces to the two oratorios "St. John Passion" and "St. John Easter" which she herself designates as her principal work. Her chamber works for and including the guitar are relatively few in light of this large body of work, in which she has also repeatedly come to terms with unusual instrumental combinations, but they extend from 1960 to the immediate present with "Sotto voce" (2010) for viola, two guitars and double bass. A concert at the Munich Academy of Music will enable listeners to gain insight into these multifarious sonic spectra on the occasion of an SA-CD co-planned by the Bavarian Broadcasting Company and the Swedish label BIS. Alongside Prof. Franz Halász and students of his class, the interpreters will include Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Prof. Wen-Sinn Yang (violoncello), Philipp Stubenrauch (double bass) and Debora Halász (piano). The common feature uniting Sofia Gubaidulina's guitar works are her astonishingly idiomatic way of writing for the instrument: the composer explores the sonic spectrum of the guitar in ways that could not have been imagined before. In combining it with the string instruments, she attains the most surprising timbres whilst allowing the guitarist to brilliantly present his/her instrument as well as the work of this charismatic composer.
31 May 2013
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Great Concert Hall, 7 PM
Lucas Brar, Franz Halász, Jacob Kellermann (guitar)
Hariolf Schlichtig (viola)
Wen-Sinn Yang (violoncello)
Philipp Stubenrauch (double bass)
Debora Halász (piano)
Prof. Franz Halász (conception and direction)
One day before (30 May) there will be a workshop with Sofia Gubaidulina in the afternoon.


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DHCPCD.CONF(5) System Manager's Manual DHCPCD.CONF(5)Powered by man-cgi (2021-06-01). Maintained for NetBSD by Kimmo Suominen. Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.
dhcpcd.conf -- dhcpcd configuration file
Although dhcpcd can do everything from the command line, there are cases where it's just easier to do it once in a configuration file. Most of the options found in dhcpcd(8) can be used here. The first word on the line is the option and the rest of the line is the value. Leading and trailing whitespace for the option and value are trimmed. You can escape characters in the value using the \ character. Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored. Here's a list of available options: background Background immediately. This is useful for startup scripts which don't disable link messages for carrier status. blacklist address Ignores all DHCP messages which have this address as the server ID. This may be expanded in future releases to ignore all pack- ets matching either the IP or hardware address. clientid string Send the clientid. If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex. For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the clientid is an empty string then dhcpcd sends a default clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address. duid Generate an RFC 4361. compliant clientid. This requires persis- tent storage and not all DHCP servers work with it so it's not enabled by default. The duid generated will be held in /etc/dhcpcd.duid and should not be copied to other hosts. hostname name Sends specified hostname to the DHCP server so it can be regis- tered in DNS. If hostname if a FQDN (ie, contains a .) then it will be encoded as such. fqdn [none | ptr | both] none disables FQDN encoding, ptr just asks the DHCP server to update the PTR record of the host in DNS whereas both also updates the A record. The current hostname or the hostname spec- ified using the hostname option must be a FQDN. dhcpcd itself never does any DNS updates. dhcpcd encodes the FQDN hostname as specified in RFC1035. interface interface Subsequent options are only parsed for this interface. leasetime seconds Request a leasetime of seconds. noarp Don't send any ARP requests. This also disables IPv4LL. nogateway Don't install any default routes. nohook script Don't run this hook script. Matches full name, or prefixed with 2 numbers optionally ending with .sh. noipv4ll Don't attempt to obtain an IPv4LL address if we failed to get one via DHCP. See RFC 3927. nolink Don't receive link messages about carrier status. You should only set this for buggy interface drivers. option option Requests the option from the server. It can be a variable to be used in dhcpcd-run-hooks(8) or the numerical value. You can specify more options seperated by commas, spaces or more option lines. quiet Supress any dhcpcd output to the console, except for errors. require option Requires the option to be present in all DHCP messages, otherwise the message is ignored. It can be a variable to be used in dhcpcd-run-hooks(8) or the numerical value. You can specify more options seperated by commas, spaces or more require lines. script script Use script instead of the default /libexec/dhcpcd-run-hooks. timeout seconds The default timeout for waiting for a DHCP response is 30 seconds which may be too long or too short and can be changed here. userclass string Tag the DHCP messages with the userclass. You can specify more than one. vendor code,value Add an enscapulated vendor option. code should be between 1 and 254 inclusive. Examples. Set the vendor option 01 with an IP address. vendor 01,192.168.0.2 Set the vendor option 02 with a hex code. vendor 02,01:02:03:04:05 Set the vendor option 03 with an IP address as a string. vendor 03,\"192.168.0.2\" vendorclassid string Change the default vendorclassid sent from dhcpcd-version. If not set then none is sent.
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Lucien Gau Solid bronze Bouillotte table lamp 15195 Empire
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This Lucien Gau table lamp is made of solid bronze.
It is equipped with five lights with a green Empire shade.
In addition, this beautiful lamp benefits from a decoration of golden leaves. Besides, the whole body of the lamp is covered with an old gold coating. With this table lamp, Lucien Gau shows once again all his know-how.
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Originating with Charles Gau in 1860, the LUCIEN GAU firm, Founded in 1934, benefited from the savoir-faire of several generations of Parisian fine bronze-smiths.
Today Lucien Gau is one of the leading European names in lighting and is active on markets in more than 30 countries world-wide.
A production plan at Melun near Paris FRANCE covers an area of 5,000 m² and groups all the phases of fabrication from transformation of raw materials to packaging and dispatching, making any type of décor.
A integrated design office and prototype studio enable Lucien Gau to handle original designs or restoration of period pieces, and to collaborate with creators, decorators and architectural firms.
Les Styles comprises over 2000 original models in traditional sand-cast bronze with hand-worked patina. There is also an important range of light fittings that use bohemian crystals or strass.


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A24 and New Line Cinema are partnering on the release of James Franco's comedy "The Disaster Artist," which received a standing ovation as a work-in-progress screening at this year's SXSW Film Festival. A24 will have domestic distribution rights for the film on all platforms, while Warner Bros. Pictures will oversee the international distribution. The film was produced by Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema.
"The Disaster Artist" will open in limited release on the awards-friendly date of December 1 and will open nationwide on December 8, 2017.
READ MORE: 'The Disaster Artist' Review: James Franco is Very Good as a Bad Actor in His Loving Tribute to 'The Room' — SXSW 2017
As we reported earlier this year, the week before the film's SXSW debut, the film's UTA sales agents decided to invite buyers to the SXSW screening, and more distributors will watch the film this week in New York and Los Angeles. At the time, a New Line rep denied it was actively trying to sell the movie and said that it was keeping its options open, especially in the immediate aftermath of the screening's positive reaction. Still, the film's SXSW screening was attended by a number of buyers.
"The Disaster Artist" tells the true story of the making of the film "The Room," which has been called "the Citizen Kane of bad movies." Franco plays filmmaker Tommy Wiseau, and directed the script from Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell. The film co-stars Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, Jacki Weaver, Ari Graynor, and Jason Mantzoukas.
READ MORE: James Franco's 'The Disaster Artist' Is the Biggest Sales Title at SXSW, If the Studio Decides to Sell
A24 previously worked with Franco, releasing Harmony Korine's 2012 film "Spring Breakers." The company similarly released "Ex Machina" by acquiring the domestic rights from Universal Pictures.
"The Disaster Artist" is a New Line Cinema presentation in association with Good Universe and RatPac-Dune, a Point Grey production in association with Ramona Films.
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Early this morning, I painted the cellar door. The "Auntie Em door," we call it.
I enjoy painting. I like the methodical motion of the brush. I like the protective quality of paint. I like that I can let my mind wander. The morning was warm and still. Copper, the basset hound who lives down the street, kept me company. His bark is low and mournful. If Copper's ever in a movie, he'll be played by James Earl Jones.
Yesterday my friend and I saw The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. While painting, I thought about the movie and my trip to India next week. One of the new visitors is clearly wrong for India. "How can you bear this country? What do you see that I don't?" she asks.
Tom Wilkinson responds, "Light, colors, smiles. It teaches me something." She could only see poverty and squalor.
Occasionally a carpenter ant would crawl near a freshly painted spot. I just blew them safely off and kept brushing.
Our side porch is usually a quiet place for morning tea. Busy white-breasted nuthatches yammer insistently, whacking sunflower seeds into the bark of trees to "hatch" out breakfast. Squirrels fuss at one another over territory they've staked out. I don't see why some branches have a higher status than others, but apparently they do. This morning a rollerblader in earbuds whirred by. Mostly, though, it's quiet.
I heard Can Guy before I saw him, his grocery cart rattling down the alley. Can Guy gathers aluminum cans from dumpsters around the university. Our alley is on his route.
Everyone in our neighborhood was busier than I was this morning. I sat on the porch swing taking in summer.
Sheltered by two chestnuts and a walnut, the ferns in our backyard are unfurled by now. Beneath their canopy live two baby bunnies Tom and I have watched all spring.
Some of what I have learned about photography:
Here's stuff in the top right drawer of my daughters' dresser:
I made a light box from 1/2 inch PVC pipe for less than $10. The instructions couldn't be written more clearly. If you buy PVC at Lowe's, have the guy cut it. Unless you have a PVC pipe cutter. Then I bow down before you and you totally should cut it yourself.
Light boxes online come with a baffling array of expensive bulbs:
I bought inexpensive bulbs from Lowe's with Kelvin rating of 6500 and a clean, white light. I also bought cheap clip-on reflector work lights.
Tom added two sheet metal screws to the top rail. I punched holes in poster board and hung it from the screws to form a backdrop. Easy peasy.
I want to build a light box so I can take photos of food, old square nails, and other things I haven't thought of yet. I'll put the box on an unused workbench in our basement. This project doesn't take long unless you first need to clean out the basement, weatherproof the cellar door, hang curtains, and run a source of electricity.
So far, the best part of the job is finding a bottle of sparkling wine. I took the wine upstairs. Then I finished cleaning up the area. The cellar door needed some new felt strips. It's warmer now.
While I was at it, I hung an old curtain. I get creeped out at night if I can't see someone looking in. No one looks in. I'm not that interesting.
With the workbench cleaned up, floor swept and curtains hung, it was time for supper and maybe some of the wine I found.
I'll work on the light box tomorrow.
Two mornings this week, Tom shoveled while I stayed inside eating toast. This morning I made blueberry muffins. In the great division of labor, I'd rather bake than shovel. I feel guilty though, especially since it's starting to snow again.
Blueberry Muffins
Preheat oven to 375. Line muffins tins with paper liners. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and stir to combine. Fold in the frozen blueberries. Divide among the muffin tins and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake about 20-25 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.
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About me
My name is Alexandra España and I'm an illustrator based in Terrassa, a city very closed to Barcelona.
Since I was a child I spent hours and hours drawing, it has always been my passion, although what I really wanted was to be an astronaut! The illustration would leave it for my free time in space 😉
Over the years, I changed my opinion and ended up dedicating myself to what I like best: to illustrate! Of course, without forgetting my frustrated childish dream … that is why in my portfolio you will find many references to space.
I love history, especially contemporary history. And I'm interested in everything related to the social and political sphere. In fact, I think there's nothing I'm not interested in…
So if you have any idea or proposal and you want to count on me, do not hesitate to contact me!
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Exactly 3 years ago this week, I made the single most difficult yet best decision of my life: to end my marriage of almost 16 years. In the decade-plus that... Continue Reading
Hi, I'm Amy!
This whole single mom life may not be what we signed up for, but I believe when life gives you lemons, it's time to make lemonade! I have 3 amazingly awesome and resilient kids who are the center of my world and my biggest why for everything I do.
But like you, I'm more than "just a mom." I'm into natural health and wellness, getting things done myself, and THEATRE! My body runs on coffee and adaptogens.


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So I went from creating small intimate pieces of art not more than 8x10" on an average, to creating a 4ft by 7ft shrine installation for the Eighth Annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival. Wow! what a ride!
I have been fascinated with Shrines of all kind for all of my adult life. Road side memorial shrines, the amazing eclectic Voudou shrines in New Orleans, Dia de los Muertos shrines, Catholic shrines, and personal shrines of all kinds. Within my home I always have a main shrine in my bedroom with images, statues and words of the things dear to my heart, and then I also am realizing that a lot of the vignettes spread around my house are really just small shrines as well.
So that is one part of my history, the other part is that I have always been an advocate and participant in the sex positive cultural movement. I believe that by removing shame, stigma, and judgement from one of our most basic human experiences (sexuality) we will all be happier and healthier. Last fall on a little mini retreat, it hit me that I had never seen an altar to Sexuality, an altar celebrating the sacredness of our sexual experiences in all it's diverse, messy, and controversial expressions. I wrote and sketched with lots of energy and excitement and then I closed my notebook and went home to work on production for the x-mas season, not thinking much more about the idea.
Then a call for installation proposals came from SEAF, it was there first year to promote and include interactive installations. I figured it was too much of a coincidence to ignore an opportunity from the universe that linked up with my inspiration so clearly. So I wrote up some artsy, big word sounding proposal and sent it in, not thinking there was much of a chance of being picked.
Well the committee wanted the installation, (YAY!) but.... they could not offer me any funding (BOO!) I knew it would be a fair amount of money in supplies(SEAF did end up compensating me for some of the supply cost) and A LOT of hours of my time, so it took some serious consideration to go forward. But obviously I went forward, I couldn't pass up this opportunity for experience and this opportunity to express something so important to myself and I felt to the world.
OK so how does a small scale assemblage artist become an installation artist in 3 months? Freak out... write lots of emails, explain to people that you need their panties, discarded sex toys, love letters, pornography in the name of sacred art not because your creepy.... Freak out... write more emails.. explain again... worry that I am not getting enough contributions... PROCRASTINATE... realize I just have to start... nail things to the wall of my studio... EPIPHANY... use the same techniques for a small shrine as a large shrine just more nails... dunk everything in instant coffee and throw some paint on it... be touched by the powerful objects and symbols people entrust me with..... shed some tears.... realize that visually shrines are about excess and flowers.... learn how to make faux Polaroids... be amazed and touched by the generosity of my friends and family... get the shrine looking just about the way I want and then realize I have to tear it all apart pack it up and recreate it at Seattle Exhibition Hall.... FREAK out... pack, label and bring half my studio to Seattle... spend 9 hrs recreating the shrine in the antithesis of a good environment for creativity... lets just say, LOUD thumpa thumpa music, full on smoke machine, flashing lights, and electrician in my personal space every 10 mins (they were testing the stage set up that day) LOSE MY BRAINS TEMPORARILY.... then finish it with MUCH thanks to my assistant for all her help and for keeping me fed, hydrated and marginally sane.
I did it! It was finished and up, now I just had to put on pretty clothes and comeback and schmooze with people. It was highly rewarding to watch people interact with it throughout the festival and to share it with my friends and family who were such a huge support!! The question that I got asked the most was what will happen to the shrine when the festival is over? I had been so busy creating I hadn't thought much about the after. I hope to find other places to display "Sagrado", I think it would be really powerful for it to be displayed in a more mainstream environment. Most of the visitors to the Seattle Erotic Art Festival are pretty sexually savoy so there was very few shocking or controversial responses. I think it would be a very different response in a more mainstream venue. Any one know a gallery that wants to stir things up? I have also considered reworking it structurally to take it to Burning Man in the future. But for now Sagrago is packed up safely in my storage space waiting for the next opportunity, and I do find my art brain thinking in a larger scale.


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Online bookmarking site Delicious is shutting down. There are ways to export your bookmarks from Delicious, and several comparable bookmarking services. I wasn't that heavy a user, so I'm just posting here those sites I still want to be able to find again, many of which were optimistically tagged "to blog."
Misnopalesart's Flickr stream (calaveras Gocco art)
Sheaff: Ephemera (Victorian trading cards images, etc)
Historical Anatomies on the Web
A Journey Round My Skull: Mummy Was a Robot, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil
AJRMS: The Swamp Ladies of Estonia
AJRMS: Mimpish Squinnies
AJRMS: In the Grotto
AJRMS: Frolicsome Flowers of Evil
Book Power Poster
Andy Smith Illustration
Vintagraph: Vintage Posters (WPA, 1950s design, etc)
Patterns for Colouring
Plan 59: The Museum of Mid-Century Illustration
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Christopher Silas Neal: Art
William Hundley's "Entoptic Phenomena" (jumping sheet series)
Animation Backgrounds
Around Minneapolis--Flickr Sets by "e."
Bob the Builder as Aphrodite by Suzanne Ozolins
Tom Giesler's My Anatomy
Brent Stirton, Photojournalist (Gorilla Killings project)
Theme Park Brochures
Bnice2mice's Flickr set of crocheted objects
Clark Little's photography--waves
Earth Album (Flickr/Google Maps mashup)
Vintage Ad Browser (browse ads by decade)
Ad Access (ads 1910-1960)
Books and Libraries
20 Best Websites to Download Free eBooks
Top 25 Free Ebook Sites
Nina Simon's The Participatory Museum (book to read online)
ReadMe: wiki of book recommendations from MetaFilter
The Books of the Century: Titles of US Bestsellers by Decade
Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians
ALA Professional Tips Wiki
IMLS: 21st Century Skills
Book Two: Five Things
Getting Deeply Local at our Libraries (Kathryn Greenhill)
Public Engagement, Public Empowerment (Kathyrn Greenhill)
We Are All Making New Media: What Libraries Need to Know (Kathryn Greenhill)
"Because of Libraries We Can Say These Things" (poem by Naomi Shihab Nye)
Educause's 7 Things You Should Know series
Introducing the Post-Library Commons World (Brian Mathews)
Public Domain/Free Use Resources/Image Generators
Free Photos Index
Open Clip Art Library
Public Domain Pictures (free stock photos)
Flickr: All Free Stuff pool
Photos 8: free stock photos
FedFlix: government-produced films in the public domain
RedKid: Image Generators (marquee, magic 8 ball, punk rock jacket, fortune cookie)
Generators: Cassette, Custom Receipt Maker, Custom Eye Chart, Lolcat
13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators (Mashable. Includes Xbox achievements, etc)
The Rasterbator
Fun/Games/Things to Make
95 Old School Games You Can Play Online
Screamin' Beans
Homemade Percussion and Junk Music
Linguistics Puzzles
Imaginary Foundation: You Can Make a Difference Flier
Gay History: Online Documentaries (MetaFilter)
SnagFilms: Watch Free Documentaries Online
Universal Subtitles -- captioning tool for YouTube videos
12 Fun Hacks for Getting More out of YouTube (Mashable)
YouTube Time Machine
Expert's Guide to YouTube
Viral Video Chart
TubeChop: Chop YouTube Videos
Soundation: Mix Music on the Web
Rap Genius
Dewey Music
Harry Partch's Instruments
Reference (including computers) and Language
Nolo's Law Dictionary Online
This to That: Glue Anything to Anything
If It Were My Home (country comparisons)
Food Timeline
Perry-Castaneda Map Collection
List of Company Name Etymologies
How Products Are Made
Global Health Facts
Constitution Finder
Omniglot: Writing Systems and Languages of the World (inc. idioms)
FSI Language Courses
American English Dialect Recordings
Online Conversion: "Convert just about anything to just about anything else" (inc. "fun" conversions--your weight on other planets, morse code, etc)
145 Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Tools/Apps
Speech Accent Archive (international)
Burn a DVD-Video Disc
Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101
Google's SEO Starter Guide
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse ("Empowering Consumers. Protecting Privacy")
Printable Paper: print graph paper, lined paper, etc
Government Comics Collection
Photoshop Tutorials (Mashable)
Poetry and Journals
[Responses ar as valuable as intellectual responses.] by Nada Gordon
Appeal by Lorna Dee Cervantes
La Petite Zine
U B U W E B: Sound Poetry and Musical Experiments
Jacket Magazine


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Are you looking for hybrid repair in Berkeley? Why not take your hybrid to the dealer? Aren't they the experts? Well, first, it's not "the dealer" it's "a dealer". Each dealership is an independent entity, just like independent garages. Some of them are great. Some of them are OK. And some of them are just plain awful.
I teach hybrid repair at Contra Costa College and many of my students work for dealerships. Sometimes a student will come in and teach me something new they've learned in training, which is really cool and makes me proud to see them learning and sharing. Other students aren't having such a good time. I had one tell me their dealership was discouraging apprentices from attending training because they would get an increase in pay as they became certified in different areas. Can you imagine the culture at a dealership like that? A policy like that is so short sighted and misguided. I certainly would never want my car to go to a place like that!
To be clear, not all dealerships are bad, and there are many very skilled mechanics working at dealerships. However, dealerships tend to be more expensive than independent shops, and you'll need to do your research before selecting one.
Just because some dealerships are bad doesn't make Art's Automotive good. So, why should you bring your hybrid to us? One reason is that we've been doing this for a very long time. We've been repairing Japanese cars in Berkeley since 1980, and servicing hybrids since 2002 — just 3 years after the Honda Insight was first sold in the US. I suppose it's possible we've been doing a poor job of it for the last 18 years, but I don't think that's the case.
As I mentioned, I teach hybrid repair at a local community college. I also helped write the ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) L3 test for hybrid competency that is used worldwide. In addition, I've done technical writing for several publications, including publications distributed by two Japanese auto makers. I also have sat on community college advisory boards and participated in NATEF (National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation) accreditation audits.
I'm not the only person at Art's that has an impressive resume. Chris is also a published automotive tech writers, writing for Nissan TechNews magazine. He has also worked with ADM (Automotive Media Data) on a training video. We have six ASE certified Master Technicians and everyone here has been trained to work with what the automotive industry considers high voltage.
The most important tool for repairing hybrid vehicles (or any vehicle for that matter) is a factory scan tool. Any car made in the last 5 years is going to have at least 20 control units connected on different networks. A generic OBDII scan tool connects to one control unit, and can only access about 20% of the information on that one control unit. Without a factory scan tool, a mechanic will be lost and all he'll be able to do for you is waste your money trying to figure out what's wrong. Even some basic maintenance can end in serious problems if attempted without a factory scan tool.
We have a factory scan tool for every make we repair, several for some of the more popular makes like Toyota. We do most hybrid diagnosis from the driver's seat these days. Not while driving the car, but by pouring though the data recorded by the car's control unit both before and after the problem occurred. Without a factory scan tool, you may as well use a Magic 8 Ball for diagnosis.
Some Toyota hybrids can discharge the high voltage battery pack if the gasoline engine won't start. Not even the dealerships had a charger in their tool kit in the early days. We commissioned a high voltage charger, which we still have and use to this day. If you're interested in the story, you can read the story in PDF format here in an article I wrote for Master Technician Magazine back in 2010. Master Technician Magazine is now gone, but the publishers are still going strong — http://automotivetechinfo.com/
We also have equipment for testing for isolation faults, which are a relatively common problem with hybrid vehicles. All automotive high voltage systems are isolated from the body of the car for safety. If a high voltage system shorts to the body of the car, a self-diagnostic routine will usually catch it and set a P3009 or P0AA6. Often, the computer disables the car for safety once it has come to a stop. We have a tool typically called a "megger" or "megohmmeter". Both of which are sort of like "Kleenex" — a brand name that's become the most commonly used term. The generic name is a insulation tester. Anyway, we have a couple of these.
We also have equipment for motor testing, which is uncommon for dealerships and extremely uncommon for independent shops. One of these tools is the milliohmmeter, which measures very small resistances such as motor stator windings. The other tool is a tool called the AllTest Pro. This is a tool that measures impedance (the combined effect of resistance and reactance) as well as being able to test permanent magnet rotors.
One of the big fears people have is losing their warranty coverage. Many dealerships will play on this fear and imply (buy usually not say outright because it's not true) that taking the car to an independent will void the warranty.
To maintain your warranty, you'll need to do the service outlined in your maintenance guide. You can't skip items or do them late. If you use cheap parts and they cause a problem then the manufacturer isn't responsible for the repair. However, any licensed repair shop can do the maintenance on your car. As long as they do all of the required work correctly with quality parts, your warranty will remain intact. We look up the maintenance items on the manufacturer's website so there is no doubt the car is getting at least the minimum required to maintain warranty.
We also may recommend additional service based on our experience with a particular vehicle or based on our opinion in general. However, we don't try to confuse the two. We let you know which items are required for warranty and which items are things that we here at Art's recommend. It's your car. You can choose your own maintenance philosophy and we're not here to bully or guilt you into doing things our way.
a few hybrid repairs we've done here
Highlander hybrid inverter repair
Mice short out a hybrid battery
High voltage leak in hybrid battery
Honda Civic Hybrid encoder fault


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I love living in Portland, Oregon. Great nature parks. Great libraries. Great museums.
One such museum is the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), and they always have something interesting going on. Back in April, I was able to take my son to see the Kratt Brothers. They were discussing their new children's program on PBS Kids, Wild Kratts. Many of my readers might know them from their earlier programs, Kratt's Creatures and Zoboomafoo. I loved these shows when I was young, and my son now enjoys watching clips and episodes of Wild Kratts on the PBS website (we do not own a television). Each episode starts out with Chris and Martin Kratt discussing a specific animal, sometimes on location. Then they morph into their animated forms and fun and adventure ensues as we learn about adaptations while the Kratts foil the plans of various villains who want to exploit the animals. Oh, and they don creature power suits.
For an event that required parents to sign up for free, but limited, tickets through the OMSI website, I expected that we would get to meet the Kratt Brothers. Their presentation for a room full of kids was about thirty minutes, and they had a question and answer session as well.
Patrick seemingly entranced by TV characters talking about animals:
But did we get to meet them, take our kid's picture with them? Nope. After the presentation, they darted out the side door of the auditorium so fast that my son was unable to give them a small piece of octopus art he had made for them. And tears gushed. (I passed off the art to an OMSI employee I knew and asked her to make sure they get it). It was a fun event, and I support PBS and most of their children's programming (Wild Kratts and Dinosaur Train can't be beat for educational shows). The event, however, felt very controlled, and it lacked a sense of personal connection.
The auditorium was full for the Kratt Brothers, children's television celebrities. Some parents were even complaining on the museum's Facebook page that they were unable to get tickets, or heard about it too late.
In July, Patrick and I went to OMSI for two more events. Earlier in the month, we headed over to the planetarium early on a Saturday morning to witness the the very last launch of the Space Shuttle: Atlantis (STS-135). The planetarium usually shows the launches of the shuttles, but this was the LAST! We had to go. We sat in the planetarium, groggy but excited, watching NASA television for an hour-and-a-half until the countdown.
It was a great moment for me, because the three-decade history of the Space Shuttle program matches my three decades of life; and great for Patrick because he loves all things science and it's something I wouldn't want my son to miss.
We applauded during that final liftoff, while some of the other folks in the crowd teared up. How many people were there in the planetarium? I'd say about 40 (mostly adults), and that includes news teams who were there to film it (you can see Patrick and I for a brief moment here). That number does not begin to fill up the planetarium.
Two weeks later, we were fortunate enough to go to OMSI again to see a presentation by "OMSI Kid" and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (he is from Camas, Washington – just over the Columbia River from Portland – and his mother volunteered for OMSI). Barratt flew on the third to last shuttle mission, aboard Discovery (STS-133) as mission specialist.
Barratt spoke of that last Discovery mission, the future of NASA's space exploration, and the history of the name Discovery for ships of exploration (sea-going and space). He included a question and answer session, and gifted to OMSI an "I am OMSI" shirt he wore while on the International Space Station in 2009.
Before the presentation as people were entering the auditorium, Barratt posed for pictures and gave his signature. After the presentation, he did a formal photo op and signed NASA photographs.
Two things struck me about the Space Shuttle and astronaut events. Neither had filled up the planetarium. More people had come out to Barratt's presentation than the final launch of Atlantis, but still tickets did not run out like they did for the Kratt Brothers. And while Patrick could not keep his eyes off of the Kratt Brothers, he was difficult to keep his attention in Barratt's presentation. That is not to say he wasn't excited to meet an astronaut! But there's an obvious difference between them. Barratt is not a television celebrity, and children haven't viewed him at a particular time every morning. I am not trying to diminish the Kratt Brothers here; I'd rather my son watch their show and talk about them then what shows on any other channel. I just think Barratt should have more exposure, and it would have been great to see his event overflowing. While I'm sure there's more to the turn outs and dymanics of each event, the greatest factor is that one is television-based and the other is not.
What did Patrick have to show off seeing the Kratt Brothers? A sticker. Barratt? A signed photograph and a picture with him. Which do you think will have a more lasting impression on a curious young mind?


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Our professional per-inspection and post rug inspection is the post important part in our rug cleaning process. Your rug is inspected thoroughly both on the top surface and then turned over so every bit of the bottom surface can be inspected. This process of hot water extraction, provides a deep clean for rugs, more thoroughly eliminating dirt and residue from cleaning products than any other method. Sometimes with older or more fragile rugs, we provide dry cleaning. Whatever kind of rug you have, we will carefully examine it, determining what the specific ideal cleaning process is for it.
Our professionally trained technicians never rush a rug inspection - they provide an immense level of attention to detail, unparalleled by any other cleaning service. Your rug will be inspected on both the top level, and the backing, so every inch of it can be assessed. With ultra-violet light tools, spots like urine, mildew, spittle, and mold can be revealed. The structure of our tailored rug washing process will depend on the type of stains on the rug, as well as it's fibers, construction, and dyes. If a weak, worn, or extra sensitive area is shown, we take extra steps to make sure they are blocked off, in order to avoid any sorts of rips or tears.
Many people are surprised to hear that vacuuming removes barely any dirt, much less than the true amount of dust that lingers within rugs. Using compressed air, our technicians can use the perfect amount of pressure to remove all particulates from your rugs safely, without damaging any of the fibers. Our patented air pressure tool removes all dry soil that is sitting in between the knots and foundation of your rug.
We have a few patented methods of rug cleaning which we employ, depending on the type, or severity of the stain. Submission rug washing is done with a rotary scrubber, compression tool or squeegee, with disinfectant. We only use softened water and PH balanced soap. Of course, we only use cleaners that are safe to use with wool, silk, or cotton.
When cleaning off animal excretion, insect mildew, urine, or mite infestations we use a full decontamination bath. This completely gets rid of all animal odors, as opposed to simply masking them, as many other rug cleaners do.
Full drying is achieved through hanging, gravity, hair, and light heat. The rugs are lifted up out of all cleaning solutions, and dried quickly, yet gently. If the drying process is slowed or done to fast potential damage can occur
After we complete all these cleaning processes, we need to remove any foreign matter that might be stuck to it. As we do this, we pay immensely close attention to preserving the integrity of the fiber and the dye as a major priority. As we finish, we rinse and comb out all the rug's fringes as a final step.
Our courteous, efficient, and dedicated servicemen will deliver the carpet directly to your location at a time of your choosing, as well as installing it within your home - so you can enjoy the pristine beauty of your carpet, the same as when you bought it.
We at Premier Rug Cleaning company in New Jersey offers genuine rug cleaning.
Since pictures say a lot more than words, first see some pictures here from our area rug cleaning in NJ. View also our videos of rug cleaning and rug washing and helpful tips on rug cleaning.
Marcie, R
I called Aladdin for a quick cleaning quote, it turned out to be the best call I've made in a very long time. My oriental rug was so dirty and stained that required 2 hours to get it cleaned. The guys were so professional and did an excellent job. I would call them again and again and would recommend them to all my friends and family.
Veronica M.
HONEST!!!! I called today and spoke to Alvi. Told him that I had some guests over and there was a red wine stain on my new hand hooked wool rug Fast, friendly, and efficient. Alvi and his team get the job done in a thorough yet expeditious manner. I couldn't have been more pleased. I would absolutely use again being so candid and honest, and sharing her professional opinion, instead of just telling me that a cleaning would get the stain out. I will be using this company in the future for any rug or carpet cleaning. In my book, they are highly reputable!
Marcie, R
Frank A.
I got a hand-me-down oriental rug that was in desperate need of a freshening up. Aladdin Rug Service did a great job cleaning it -they actually put it through two rounds of cleaning as they weren't pleased with it the first time around. They were very professional handling the delivery and brought me an "old" rug that looks as good as new! I highly recommend using them for all rug cleaning needs.
Nicole K.
Frank A.
I got a really pretty runner to put in the foyer by my front door. Really pretty... and pretty stupid to pick something light in color when our New Jersey winters are a mess. Lesson learned. My rug looked terrible. I called Aladdin Rug Service came and picked it up, and a week later brought me my Oriental rug runner looking like new.


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By Tamas Mondovics
Bloomingdale area residents are both relieved and revitalized following a recent court hearing in connection with their continued effort to halt the development of the now famous Bloomingdale Big Box and residential complex project within their neighborhood. It took two weeks for circuit judge William P. Levens to deny the County and Developer Red Cast Bloomingdale LLC's motion to dismiss a law suit filed by Bloomingdale area residents represented by Can-Do (Coordinated Active Neighborhoods for Development Organization), which first took its fight to court late last year.
As part of his decision, Levens also ordered all parties involved to select a mediator by Tuesday, April 15 and to schedule a mediation session no later than Monday, June 30.
The hearing was prompted by Hillsborough County and Developer Red Cast Bloomingdale LLC, after they filed a motion to dismiss the case with prejudice based upon the belief that it is not valid.
The topic is the Bloomingdale Mixed Use Development (MUD), which was approved by the County and proposed by developer Red Cast Bloomingdale LLC. involving plans for 158,800 sq. ft. big box store—most still believe to be a Walmart or a similar retailer—with 720 proposed parking spaces, five out-parcels as well as a residential complex with 261 apartments or condominiums.
"I feel very good about the decision," said plaintiff and Bloomingdale area resident Fred Brown just moments following the news. "It continues to demonstrate our concerns on how the county went about granting approval for the developer." Brown emphasized that Can-Do and area residents continue to believe that the public should have been notified properly of the project, which he said "was not."
"Going through the back door business is over when it comes to destroying our communities," Brown said. "Brandon and Valrico don't need a big box or another Wal-Mart. We have plenty of big box stores sitting empty currently."
Attorney Pamela Joe Hatley representing Bloomingdale area residents attended the court hearing on Tuesday, March 18 facing five attorneys from Hillsborough County and two attorneys representing Red Cast Bloomingdale LLC. Hatley said that Judge Levens did not provide an immediate ruling, instead decided that he would make a decision within a fairly short time after he had carefully reviewed the issues in question further.
"Our fight isn't over and this is not a done deal," Brown said. "I believe the community has sent a very clear message to the county, the commissioners and the developer concerning this project."
For more information, visit http://www.kwuick.com/BloomingdaleBigBox/SitePages/Position.aspx.


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"It is rare–if not impossible–to find examples in history that match tobacco's programmed trail of death and destruction carefully. A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer. DR. Gro Harlem Brudtland, Director-General, World Health Organization (1998-2003)
If you smoke cigarettes, you are a nicotine addict. And the CEOs who knowingly manufacture and sell you your nicotine fix are criminals. Just because lobbyists keep paying congress to support your "legal" cigarettes doesn't change the facts. For many smokers, you no longer have control of your life. Without your fix, you can't go on. No matter how high the cost becomes, you will find a way to get the money. That's your life, your primary concern.
If you have children, they have slower growth and are sick much of the time from breathing the smoky, polluted air in the house. Everything inside smells like stale, putrid smoke. That includes your car, too. Your children are helpless to stop the suffering. They go to school smelling like smoke. Their eyes burn.
"Parental smoking increases a child's risk of some of the most common and troublesome health problems of childhood, including colds, bronchitis, ear infections, and asthma. It also increases an infant's risk of dying of sudden death syndrome." Click on image.
This is known as child abuse.
From the book, Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You.:
- The use of tobacco, primarily in the form of cigarettes, kills four million people a year–11,000 a day.
- Based on current trends, it is estimated that more than 500 million people living today will die as a result of smoking.
- By 2020, it is predicted that tobacco use will cause over 12 percent of deaths globally.
In the United States:
- Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, accounting for about 440,000 deaths per year–roughly one in every five deaths.
- If current trends continue, more than six million American children living today will die prematurely because of a decision that they will make…the decision to smoke cigarettes…
Smoking cigarettes causes twice as many deaths "as six other major causes of death in the United States (combined): alcohol abuse, drug abuse, AIDS, motor vehicle crashes, homicide, and suicide."
When you inhale cigarette smoke, "some 4,000 toxic byproducts are absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to every cell in the body. Nicotine and other tobacco smoke components can be measured in such seemingly remote tissues and fluids as seminal fluid, cervical secretions, the eyes, and the hair…it affects everything." (See link above)
The research and documentation is thorough and definite. No one should use tobacco by smoking or chewing. It can only bring suffering and death. Using it is not a sign of sophistication. It is a drain on the budgets of many families and adds more expenses for medical treatment as a result of illnesses and major diseases, including cancer. People avoid you (Yes they do.) You aren't respected for your lack of judgement.
You pay more for health insurance or you can't get insurance at all. Companies won't hire you because of your health risks. In this world of globalization companies have their pick of several billion educated, healthy workers worldwide. In this environment, your chance of finding a job is nil.
If you are serious about quitting smoking, don't make excuses. Just make the decision to stop and follow through. I've found that those who wanted to quit, did so by simply quitting "cold turkey." They took off a couple of weeks and did it. They also started working out to improve their blood circulation (treadmill) and light weights to tone muscles. They included a more healthy diet. Find a friend who can work out with you and give you support.
Only you have the power to make it happen. If you succeed, a world of possibilities awaits.


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Can Conor Sheary play at the NHL level? To see what the Penguins actually have in him, he needs to play with some top talent in camp and a positive sign is the Penguins coaching staff has identified that.
In a golden opportunity tonight, Sheary will see some time on the top line, playing with Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist.
Sheary who has a lot of support from the management team, is among the top candidates in the mix for one of the two final forward spots.
Internally Sheary is believed to have a leg up on the likes of Scott Wilson and Bryan Rust for now, but with it being a mystery on how he'll fare at the NHL level, he's one of those bubble players where his performance in the preseason will have a ton of weight into the decision.
With Eric Fehr to start the season on long-term injured reserve, the Penguins would like to fill the 12th and 13th forward spots with a skilled forward and a hard nosed player.Want the Full Story? Get "Inside Access"


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Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, quae sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, quia te contemplans totum deficit. *** Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore, Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more, See, Lord, at thy service low lies here a heart, Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Be Still and Know That I Am God
As I was praying the other day, a woman quickly came into the chapel, very reverent, and knelt, in very quick movements, but very reverently. She sat down in the row in front of me, the next chair over, and proceeded to quickly pull out a STACK of printed prayers and devotions. Every movement she made was done very quickly with a sense of almost desperate urgency.
I was kneeling and had my breviary open in front of me, reading quietly, occasionally stopping to digest some line or some other related thought popping into my head. Before she had come, the chapel had been so quiet, so peaceful...but suddenly this person appeared and....well...
She was a fidgiter.
Normally I'm not too disturbed by people coming and going in the chapel. I might look up, but that's my own hyper-vigilance bourne out from years of training and attitude. I'm not usually too bothered by these people and quickly can return to what I'm doing, even forgetting what or whom I saw.
But the fidgiters...they're a whole 'nuther story.
They're very devout, typically, excellent Catholics, know their faith or at least tend to seek more knowledge, and always...they are seeking greater devotion. These people (always women, in my observation) clearly love Jesus and are seeking greater union with Him. It's a wonderful thing, and I love these people. They're the backbone of the parish.
But they don't seem to know what it means to "Be still and know that I am God."
As I'd mentioned, the woman in question came in with a stack of prayers on various papers, and I think she had a few small booklets, too. As she was immediately in front of me and just to the side, I couldn't help but be distracted, no matter how much I tried to focus on my own conversation with our Lord.
She paged through her papers, pulled one and then another out, variously reading them through. Her movements were rapid, she was trying to be quiet, but it wasn't the noise that was distracting; it was the movement. The constant movement. She moved in and out of her row several times, likely for various devotions, only to return to her stack and go through it for the next thing, only to set that down, maybe go through her purse again for another leaflet, maybe finding it in another place.
I don't know what devotions she was trying to complete. All I knew was that her body language of worry and quickness intruded into my own prayer, and made me try even harder to shut it out, to realize I had to be willing to deal with others and their methods of prayers.
In moments like that, I try to remember what St. Therese of Lisieux said about the Sister with the rosary that constantly rattled against the pew. I know that I need to deal with this thorn in my side, and so, in the end, I'm not irritated, only distracted. There's no sin in distraction, only temptation.
The woman in question got out of her pew once again, knelt in the center aisle, crossed herself very quickly and irregularly, several times, and then returned to her seat, collected her things, and left the chapel, quickly, silently. And again..it wasn't that she was making noise. It was her constant movement that was distracting.
On Prayer
So let's talk about prayer a little bit, for this woman is not alone. A priest who was at my parish previously once gave a talk in which this behavior was addressed; he spoke of people who come to the chapel for Adoration, but they bring a stack of prayers and devotions. They don't remain still ; they are constantly in movement, offering their novenas and litanies and list of prayers that * must* be said. And then they leave.
He asked, "Where, in all that, have they had time to LISTEN to Jesus?"
I've taken his words to heart. Although I've never gone so crazy on devotions, the temptation has been there. I've found wonderful novenas, captivating litanies, several prayers applicable to my situation or the situations of others, and really....lots of things that could take up an hour or even a brief visit.
As it is, it's tempting to just drop into the chapel and let loose with my own complaints, supplications and demands. None of us is without a laundry-list of issues to bring to the foot of the cross.
But that's NOT what Adoration is about.
Sure, Our Lord invites us to bring our concerns, ask for help, petition on behalf of others, and pray our litanies that honor Him and His Mother and the Saints. Those prayers are important. But maybe it's even MORE important to just come to Him and sit at His feet, silently, allowing Him, for once, to speak to US. To love us. To be present with us, and help us to understand how to be present with Him.
Adoration is not about the nearly-obsessive compulsion to pray a thousand devotions, to "get through" them each time, no matter how many indulgences they carry. If we're only rushing from one prayer to the next, seeking one indulgence, then another, with a desperate neediness to complete the words in the time we have...that's NOT prayer. It's...words. It's EXACTLY what Jesus cautioned us AGAINST! The multiplication of words does not get us or others to heaven!
One Hail Mary, spoken deliberately and with devotion, is far more valuable than a thousand litanies spoken without a thought other than to get the words out in a specific period of time.
I love devotions, and many devotions draw us into contemplation. But not when we're praying one devotion while thinking about the next one we HAVE to complete during our "prayer time."
Compare it to this: You are going to visit a friend you highly respect and love dearly, more so than your own life. And so, when you visit them, you rush in, skip a calm "hello" in favor of rattling off a bunch of things you think this person needs to know. And as soon as you get through your list, you're off. In the meantime, your dear friend listens patiently, not able to get a word in edgewise, and then in exasperation watches you rush off, knowing that he has something to say to you that, for once, will give you some peace.
And the amazing thing...this friend will take this abuse over and over, as long as He needs to.
But what He really wants is a relationship with you.
Jesus appreciates the honor of your visit, the litanies, the intercessions, and WANTS to hear of your troubles. Even though He already knows you more intimately that you know yourself, He wants you to talk to Him about it. And He wants to respond to you. And sometimes, like any good friend, he wants to just spend time with you, even in silence.
There's nothing like companionable silence, where both understand one another and can simply exist together.
THAT is contemplation.
So many sincerely devout Catholics become so focused on what is written that they forget that prayer is relational and requires reception of the other half of the conversation. And sometimes, it requires hearing ALL of the side of the other.
It's not that I'm not guilty of this. I've gone into the chapel with my own laundry list, and even now that I'm praying LOH, I have to take care not to rush through the prayers because sometimes Jesus uses only one line to get my attention. If I'm praying a litany, sometimes it's one title that makes me stop.
Sometimes the devotion isn't about completing the devotion, but being willing to listen to Jesus as He tells us what about that prayer is important in our relationship with Him.
In speaking with a priest this afternoon, we both lamented that people can't seem to get through the written devotions in order to grasp the beauty of contemplative prayer. It's not that everyone experiences mysticism, but rather, that they are willing to put aside the STUFF and just engage with Jesus, one on one.
There are so many beautiful devotions in our tradition, and they ARE important; but they are only tools. If we let the tools take control, then we are not developing a relationship with our Beloved; we are building obstacles.
So to all Catholics who love Jesus and love their devotions; please take note of what you're doing with your time and take even a day to leave your stack home. Just be present with Jesus, knowing that even if you don't know what to say...He DOES. And if you ALLOW Him to speak, you'll be amazed at what He has to say.
I promise.
For those of you who don't have the Blessed Sacrament exposed, know that Christ is just as present in the Tabernacle, and values your presence there where He is hidden just as much as He does where He is exposed in the monstrance. Truth be told, although my parish has Perpetual Adoration, I've had some of my most intimate encounters with God in the church where Christ is present but enclosed.
Jesus is there. He is waiting, and all he needs is a little bit of silence...and He will change your life forever.
I promise.
13 comments:
- Hidden One said...
I like this post of yours very much, Adoro.
- Friday, August 01, 2008
- Lillian Marie said...
Wow! Thank you for the reminder!
All too often I go into Adoration distracted. I found that if I give Jesus my 'laundry list' of challenges, temptations, problems, etc. in the first 5 minutes, I am able to listen to Him the remainder of the time that I am there. It's almost as if I have to get it out before I can listen, otherwise, I will be fidgety (and have been fidgety) before the Lord.
If I do this, by the time I leave, I am so relaxed and I realize that nothing else matters, other than Him. He will provide for everything else in my life that I need.
Great post!!!
- Saturday, August 02, 2008
- Banshee said...
The worst thing is that, when I'm feeling fidgety or nervous, or feel like I'm making too much noise or moving too awkwardly, it tends to make me fidget even more!
- Saturday, August 02, 2008
Maureen ~ Yeah, me, too!
- Saturday, August 02, 2008
Adoro, I think you forget there are different types of prayer, and all are legitimate. I consider the hundreds / thousands of souls who have reached high states of holiness, using only vocal prayer (the ones on sheets!). It's NOT my style, either... but it is equally pleasing to God, if that is as far as they've come. Infused contemplation is a gift, and not everyone is ready for it. You can't MAKE a soul into a contemplative. You can't even make YOURSELF into a contemplative! God must bring a soul to that point!
- Sunday, August 03, 2008
smk ~ I think you misunderstand! I'm not in any way denigrating the use of vocal prayer and I use it, too. I'm also not a contemplative; I've never experienced infused prayer, as far as I know. Most people don't.
The point is that rushing from one thing to the next and rattling off a bunch of words doesn't allow God to speak. Not matter what form of prayer we're using, we HAVE to give God a chance to respond. Some people literally take their list of prayers to the level of superstition - "If I don't say all these prayers, God won't be pleased and He won't answer my prayers. I HAVE to say all these prayers or it won't work!" Do they realize they're doing that? No, of course not. And are they holy people? Sure!
So please don't take this post to be a slam!
- Sunday, August 03, 2008
- Melody K said...
Adoro, I know what you mean by the "fidgeters". I also think "whisperers" are a sub-variety of this. There are several good, devout people in our parish who whisper their prayers; the rosary or whatever devotion they are doing. If they happen to be in church (where sound travels very well) during my Adoration hour, they drive me nuts! Which is a failure on my part rather than theirs. I take comfort that the Little Flower also was bothered by annoying things other people did. But I'm nowhere near her level of selflessness.
- Sunday, August 03, 2008
Well, I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm a fidgeter! :) I don't get to go to Adoration as much as I'd like but when I do go I feel very awkward. On Sundays the church is alive with movement and muffled whispers, but during Adoration it's so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Every move I make I feel like someone is watching me. Thankfully, we have a Divine Mercy Chapel to the side of the altar. You can still see the monstrance in there, so I go there instead. I'm always alone in there and can concentrate.
Beautiful writing! I'm enjoying reading through your posts. You mirror a lot of what I'm feeling most of the time. I just have a very difficult time getting it out. Keep up the good work!
- Saturday, August 09, 2008
Adoro, I am not Catholic but I do agree with what you have said. We "rush" God with our prayers and don"t wait for Him to answer us because we are controlled by time instead of remembering that God created time and is in control of it. I have been guilty of this myself but I have learned that if I really want an answer to my prayer that I must be still, let go, to release, myself (time) to Him so that I will know without a doubt that He is God and will speak to me.
- Friday, September 05, 2008
- Adoro said...
Thanks for your comment, Anon, and your observation. I do think that this problem isn't limited to our respective religions! I'm just grateful that God is so patient with us!
- Friday, September 05, 2008
Great post! Anyone who does adoration regularly can identify with your experience.
I like to begin adoration with a very slowly said (not aloud!) decade of the Rosary to quiet my soul.
But my favorite way to pray is just to imagine myself resting on the heart of Jesus -- like St. John. Sometimes I picture myself as a little girl all dressed up with ribbons in her hair, and she is hugging onto Jesus for dear life! Other times, she simply falls alseep in his blessed arms, and he leans over and kisses her cheek and strokes her hair.
NO words, just resting in Him. Whenever I do this, I come away feeling so peaceful.
Thank You Jesus for allowing such intimacies, and for remaining with us in your Most Blessed Sacrament!
- Wednesday, March 16, 2011
- Vivien said...
I love this post. I'm a recent convert to Catholicism and just getting used to the litanies and devotions and prayers. It's very easy for me to get caught up in the words and simply rush through them to be done. Thanks for reminding me to take my time and actually think about what I am praying and what Christ wants me to see from it.
- Monday, October 31, 2011
- Adoro said...
Vivien ~ Thanks for your comment and Welcome Home!
We all try to keep from rushing through words. I still work on this with the Liturgy of the Hours, but a religious sister gave me a very proper rebuke one day.
I was visiting a contemplative community and joined Sister for prayer. As I read, she followed but after prayer she chuckled at me. "I can tell you're not used to contemplative prayer." It had to do with the speed at which I'd read the psalms...I rushed. I had to learn to slow down, and take my cue from their community.
LOL...that lesson has remained with me! Even for an active community, I had been rushing!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011


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