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In this courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, center foreground with back showing, is seen sitting between members of is defense team during a hearing in Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (Photo: AP)
(TheBlaze/AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage apparently will be allowed to keep his beard during his military trial, after a new judge indicated Tuesday that she won't force him to shave.
The previous judge's order requiring Maj. Nidal Hasan to be clean-shaven or be forcibly shaved before his trial had tied up the case for more than three months, but an appeals court ousted that judge earlier this month.
The new judge overseeing Hasan's case told him during a hearing Tuesday that the beard, now thicker than when he first appeared in court with it in June, violates Army regulations. The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, said she won't hold it against him-- but that military jurors might.
Hasan answered "yes, ma'am" when Osborn asked if he grew the beard voluntarily. In a previous court hearing, he said he grew the beard because his Muslim faith requires it and not as a show of disrespect. Osborn asked defense attorneys to draft jury instructions about the issue.
Jurors likely will be told not to consider Hasan's appearance when deciding on a verdict.
This April 9, 2010, file photo released by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows U.S. Major Nidal Hasan at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. (Photo: AP)
Hasan, 42, an American-born Muslim, faces the death penalty or life in military prison without parole if convicted in the 2009 rampage that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen others on the Texas Army post.
Osborn was appointed to the case two weeks ago, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces removed the former judge and tossed his order regarding Hasan's beard. The ruling said Col. Gregory Gross did not appear impartial while presiding over Hasan's case and that the command — not a judge — is responsible for enforcing military grooming standards.
This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Photo: AP)
Hasan's trial date still hasn't been set. Osborn first has to rule on several pending motions. Defense attorneys also want Osborn to reverse Gross' rulings on nearly two dozen earlier motions, including requests for change-of-venue, a couple of experts and some investigative reports.
Defense attorneys also said they will again ask that Hasan be allowed to plead guilty. At an August hearing, Gross said he was not able to accept a guilty plea on the 13 charges of premeditated murder, because Army rules prohibit a judge from accepting a guilty plea in a death penalty case.
Hasan also is charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.


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Washington's beloved pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will be allowed to stay at the Smithsonian National Zoo for five more years, Chinese officials announced Wednesday amid a lavish state visit by China's president.
The panda pair will remain in Washington until December 2015 for cooperative research under a five-year, $2.5 million extension of the 10-year, $10 million agreement that expired last month, China Wildlife Conservation Association Secretary General Zang Chunlin said.
The announcement came as Chinese President Hu Jintao was in Washington, where he meet President Barack Obama at the White House.
Pandas have a long history intertwined with U.S.-China politics. The first panda couple, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, arrived in 1972 as a gift to the American people and lived more than 20 years at the zoo after President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China. Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing produced five cubs, but none of them survived.
"This is a great opportunity for the American people to know more about Chinese culture and this is also an opportunity to advance our friendship and to deepen understanding," Zang said through an interpreter.
The exchange has helped foster friendship between China and the United States and raise awareness of the need to protect giant pandas. Zang said the exchange also has produced some technical advances. The zoo has resolved problems with captive giant panda breeding and helped breed a male cub, Tai Shan, he noted.
Officials plan to sign the new agreement Thursday morning at the zoo's giant panda habitat. National Zoo officials could not be reached for comment on the announcement Wednesday.
Millions tuned in to watch Tai Shan grow up on the zoo's panda web cam and he gained a near-rockstar following before he was returned to China last year at age 4, upsetting many fans. Under the Smithsonian's panda loan agreement, any cub born at the zoo must be returned to China for breeding.
"The cubs belong to China and when they (reach) a certain age they should be returned to China," Zang said. "It's very hard for the local people to say goodbye whenever they have to part with these giant pandas."
Tai Shan was born in 2005 following artificial insemination. Since then, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have tried to mate and doctors have artificially inseminated Mei Xiang, but with no luck.
As part of the current agreement, Zang said China will send experts in areas such as breeding and cub raising.
"We hope to see some good results at an early date," he said.
Washington's beloved pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will be allowed to stay at the Smithsonian National Zoo for five more years, Chinese officials announced Wednesday amid a lavish state visit by China's president.


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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
The reason I titled this post as "Sauce" rather than "Jam" is that our jam didn't quite set. We followed the recipe from Food in Jars, but I'm sure it was user error on my part. I'm not the biggest rhubarb fan, but the flavor on this is a nice combination of sweet strawberry contrasting with the tartness of rhubarb. We sampled the leftover sauce that didn't fit nicely into jars drizzled while still warm over lemon curd ice cream. My friend described it best, "There's so much going on inside your mouth, and none of it is bad."
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
2 cup chopped rhubarb
4 cups chopped strawberries
3 cups sugar
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1 packet liquid pectin
Prepare jars and lids for canning prior to making the sauce. To make the sauce, stir the rhubarb, strawberries and sugar together in a large non-reactive pan off the heat. Once the sugar has begun to dissolve, place pot on burner and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, add the lemon juice and zest to the pot, and let it bubble gently for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. As the jam cooks, use the back of a wooden spoon to mash any large pieces of fruit. Add the pectin, stir to combine, and let cook for a few more minutes. Cook until sauce reaches desired consistency, testing using the plate method.
Remove jam from heat, and ladle into prepared jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Tighten lids, and boil 10 minutes in a hot water bath. Remove from water bath, and cool completely. Store any unsealed jars in the refrigerator. Makes about 2 pints.
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Face Painting Fun
This is one of those posts that I'm overlapping between blogs. I had to share the amazing work our face painter this past weekend did!
Capri was so, so, so happy with her face – you rarely see her smile and show her teeth!
At this weekends Apple Blossom Days we had a wonderful face painter – Angela from Be Bold and Amazing. The girls had such a wonderful time getting there face painted, getting tattooed, and of course, watching her every move.
On Saturday night, the girls INSISTED that they get a bath so they could have there faces washed off for a NEW one the next day…
So – here's the girls on day 2 of the Face Painting Bonanza (maybe I need to rename Apple Blossom Days and more people will show up?)
Savannah ended up having her face painted both days too! I just love how a little paint brings out whole new kids!
Here's my friend's son Gavin giving me his Spiderman 'pose'. Love it!
And here's our local chicken whisperer – Sarah – all painted up like a dragon!
Hopefully we'll see Angela at the orchard again this fall!
2012 Wisconsin Splash! Magazine
When you stop by the orchard this weekend – be sure to grab a copy of the newly out – Wisconsin Splash! magazine. It's a great resource for happenings in the area – places to visit, special events, etc. Jared and I already started a list for our family! When you're browsing through the magazine – you may recognize a few faces in the article on Barn Quilts… And…you may recognize those mouth watering caramel apples – and if you don't the part of the article on us will remind you! This is a super fun article that tells you about the local food favorites – a must read!
Another Weekend of Fun at the Orchard
and this weekend actually looks like we're going to have some decent weather!
We'll be having all the FUN we had planned for last weekend plus a bit more fun! We have an AMAZING Face Painter coming to the orchard to decorate your kids face's (or yours if you wish), LOTS of beautiful flowers for sale, a great make n take table so your kiddo's can make gifts for Mother's Day or just to decorate your yard.
The Multi-Family Garage sale is still going on. Along with all of the low priced clothing we have – there are lots of other fun goodies too!
Including this fantastic swing set – my mother-in-law had it at the other orchard and since we have plenty of equipment at ours now – it's up for other kids to take home, put in their yard and have hours of fun on! Don't walk too quickly by this great trailer – it has a cover on it that fits perfectly to make it water proof, the sides come off for easy access, the back has a ramp if you need to drive things onto it, and it is super light so it can safely be pulled behind a vehicle other than a truck. When you're over at the orchard be sure to stop by my fairy garden – it's still not quite done yet but it's getting closer!
Face Painting!
I'm really excited to be telling you all that we're going to have a fabulous face painter at the orchard for this weekends Apple Blossom Events.
Ang from Be Bold and Amazing will be here on both Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 4 to paint faces and/or tattoos. Her prices range from $5 & up for face painting ($8 on average) and tattoos go from $3 and up.
All of the products she uses are made-for-skin products.
I knew as soon as I saw her work that she would have at least 2 happy customers :)
Next Weekend is Mother's Day!
Yes – it's going to be a stormy rainy day. Luckily – we have a fabulous Make N Take Craft Area set up INSIDE the shed. Your kiddo's can work on a beautiful wind chime or painted gourd birdhouse while mom and dad browse through the two shed rooms full of garage sale goodies. Here Cedi is working on one for me! I can't wait to see how it turns out! Or – if you're mom is not into birdhouses or wind chimes grab some of our beautiful plants that are for sale. we have a beautiful selection of flowers and even some herbs. Someone that stopped in yesterday picked up a bunch for her Lodi 1st graders to plant. She has them bring in an old shoe and plant them in those – what a fabulous idea! If you want to bring something, like an old shoe, to plant yours in at the orchard, we'll help you do it! There are LOTS of these beautiful Geraniums for sale – in lots of color variety!
Don't forget – our gift shop is also open. You can pick a special piece of handmade jewelry up for mom, a selection of canned goods, honey, maple syrup or some other cute little item we have in our shop!
This is a perfect opportunity to support your local farmer/business AND make mom smile!
Streusel Strawberry-Rhubarb Cupcakes
Streusel Strawberry-Rhubarb Cupcakes
1/2 cup flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 cup butter, room temperature
9 oz. strawberries
1/4 cup milk
2 3/4 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 egg whites
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla
8 drops red food coloring
1 cup finely chopped rhubarb
3/4 cup whipping cream
2 Tbsp. mashed strawberries
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 24 cupcake tins.
In a small bowl, combine streusel ingredients together with a fork until crumbly. Set aside.
Blend together the strawberries and the milk. This should make 1 1/4 cups of strawberry puree. (Add additional strawberries if needed to make 1 1/4 cups of puree.)
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In large mixing bowl, beat shortening 30 seconds. Add sugar, about 1/3 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat 2 additional minutes on medium speed. Beat in egg whites, one at a time, until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract and food coloring.
Beat in flour and milk, alternating with portions of each, starting and ending with flour. Stir in rhubarb.
Divide batter evenly among cupcake liners, filling to about 2/3 full.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool in pans 5 minutes, and then cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting, chill mixing bowl. Beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Stir in mashed strawberries.
Frost cupcakes either using a large piping tip or spreading whipped cream on top of each cupcake. Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving. Makes 24 cupcakes.


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TRANS-SIBERIAN JOURNEY MOSCOW TO BEIJING: Jump aboard for the ride of your life! From one capital city to another - Moscow to Beijing, via Mongolia - a land of uncommon beauty inextricably linked to the powerful legacy of Genghis Khan. Explore the curiously named capital - Ulaan Baatar and opt to camp out in a ger in stunning Terelj National Park.
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This holiday can also be arranged on a private basis. If you have a specific departure date in mind, please contact us and we'll tailor this holiday to suit your needs.
Moscow. Upon arrival at Moscow airport you'll be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to relax.
Day 2 is free for you to explore the capital or book an optional Moscow walking tour where you'll visit Red Square, home to the historic GUM department store, Lenin's mausoleum and the iconic St Basil's Cathedral.
Overnight: Moscow | Breakfast x 1
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Moscow - Ulaan Baatar - breakfast. Spend day 3 at leisure in the capital before your evening transfer to Yaroslavl rail station for the train to Ulaan Baatar. Settle into life on board the Trans-Mongolian Express as it winds its way east.
Days 4 - 7 are spend on board the train which follows well-worn ancient tea caravan routes. Travelling via Irkutsk and skirting along the shores of breathtaking Lake Baikal, enjoy the views as your journey continues via far Eastern Siberia. The train branches off the main Trans-Siberian line at a place called Zaudinsky, which lies just beyond Ulan Ude.
Overnight: Train | Breakfast x 1
Ulaan Baatar. On the morning of day 8 the train pulls into Ulaan Baatar, the laid-back provincial capital of Mongolia set in the rolling foothills of the Bogd mountain range on the banks of the Tuul River. Transfer to your hotel and spend four days at leisure exploring the city. Or book an optional two night excursion to Terelj National Park:
Terelj National Park & ger camp add-on: Upon arrival into Ulaan Baatar on day 8 transfer to nearby Terelj National Park, stopping for lunch and visiting Turtle Rock en route. With scenic alpine surrounds this protected area is host to diverse flora and fauna and famous for its unique granite rock formations. Spend two nights camping out in a Mongolian ger on the steppe. On day 10 transfer back to Ulaan Baatar stopping to visit a nomadic family en route. Then spend day 11 at leisure in the capital.
Overnight: Ulaan Baatar | Breakfast x 3
Train to Beijing
Ulaan Baatar - Beijing. Morning transfer to the rail station for your onward train to Beijing. Beyond Ulaan Baatar the landscape becomes a panorama of uninterrupted steppe. Continuing south the train enters original Gobi country, then continues on to the border, where after formalities the train crosses into Chinese territory on day 12. On day 13 travel through the Shaanxi province of China en route to the capital. Arrival scheduled for mid-afternoon into Beijing where your Trans Siberian adventure comes to an end.
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Hi Cheryln! I just wanted to also thank you as it was an amazing experience and we were impressed with every On The Go representative we met in Moscow, Ulaan Bataar and Beijing! They were all so helpful, friendly and also informative! This was my 2nd OTG tour and I would do another in a heartbeat :) "
Hi Cherylyn,
I have to say we had an amazing time on the Genghis Khan Trans Mongolian with On the Go. Guides Jin and Nomin were outstanding. It was faultless ! Will definitely book with you again. "
Just wanted to let you know that we had such a great adventure on the Trans Siberian trip. I'd like to thank you so much for all your help as it made the trip alot easier than it would've been if we'd had to find our own way. It was pretty full-on but on the go provided such great support and value for money.
Thanks again. "
Hello Ryan
I write to let you know what a marvelous time we had on the trip that you arranged for us. Paul and I wish to thank you and all of the people who met and assisted us along the journey. The whole thing worked like clockwork, every time we arrived somewhere, we immediately found our names held on display, it was truly remarkable. It is not possible to pick out anyone person in particular for praise as everyone we met were friendly helpful and made our journey so very special. We must mention, however, Regina's assistance in Beijing, having only the one full day there, she arranged for a hire car, driver and guide, to take us to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden city and a section of the Great Wall, along with stops for lunch, dinner and visits to a Jade factory, a and cloisonne factory, what a wonderful experience! Beijing and the Great Wall all in a day!
It goes without saying that we will be recommending 'On the Go Travel' to our friends, many, many thanks to you and all the the wonderful people who helped us along the way.
Best Wishes "
Hi Charlie
Back safely on time after the most amazing seven weeks!
Everything went so smoothly, all agents / guides / drivers / hotels were absolutely superb .. we can't fault anything at all!
thank you so much ... an amazing trip ... organised and executed by a superb team!! Off to do the washing now .. "
We have had the most amazing time and have to say that although we were just a little anxious about people being there to meet us with tickets etc that was in fact so smoothly done and very reliable. When we got to Beijing and came off the train there was an "On the Go" sign held up for another group which we immediately went to in error such was the confidence we had by then gained of the company. A great big well done and long may it continue. We are thinking about where next already.
Thanks to the whole team. "
Dear On The Go,
Its taken me a long time to write and say thanks for all your help in organising a magical adventure for me and a friend earlier this year. I did receive one of your feedback forms, but not having a printer and getting back into the "Rat Race" is one of the many excuses I can offer!
In February this year, timed to fit in with my birthday I flew to Russia and began my trip of a lifetime! The guides that met us at each stop on the Trans Mongolian Express were fantastic, what unique, friendly and infomative people!
The timing of arrivals by our guides was fab, we were never left waiting or wondering where to go and they were all so friendly. Our guide in Mongolia was so kind she remembered my birthday and bought me a gift, a purse with a Mongolian girl on the front which I use everyday and whenever I'm down because my purse is empty, I cant help but smile and remember her kindness!
To wake up on my Birthday in a Mongolian Ger was amazing and to have a monk from the local monastry ask to stroke my boots was fantastically trippy! I wore "yeti type" purple fluffy boots and the Mongolians couldn't get enough of them! Everywhere I went they looked in amazement, on the train to China I was asked by a Mongolian Scholar what animal they were!
In one of your brochures it mentioned how once returned from a Trans tour I'd be able to tell "witty anecdotes around a coffee table", and how true this is, as you have read the tales are endless! I'm considering writing a book of them!
Thanks so much for all the hard work you and your staff did to help create my adventure, I have already spread the word on your excellent service and will consider to do so....and when that purse fills up again I know where to "On The Go!"
Thanks for reading, "
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Hi Cheryln! I just wanted to also thank you as it was an amazing experience and we were impressed with every On The Go representative we met in Moscow, Ulaan Bataar and Beijing! They were all so helpful, friendly and also informative! This was my 2nd OTG tour and I would do another in a heartbeat :) "


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"I wish I could make a living doing something I loved" – Sound familiar? Many of us think along these lines at the beginning of a new year; Christmas and New Year's celebrations are over and people are faced with going back to a job that they most likely aren't very excited about.
But that doesn't have to be the case! The beauty of being a Human is that we can make choices and we can change things. It's often just our insecurities that prevent us from taking the plunge, our overactive imaginations asking questions like: "What if I can't make it in a new career?", "What if I try it and don't like it?", "What if I don't have time to study a new course?"
The problem is they are all negative "What if" questions, try asking yourself some positive "What if" questions too, like: "What if I start on the path to a new career and find it inspiring and rewarding?", "What if I discover something new about myself?", or "What if it makes my life more satisfying?"
The problem with asking yourself "What ifs?" is you can never truly know the answers unless you take a course of action, and with a change in career that often involves doing a course and re-educating yourself, which in itself is a scary prospect and adds to the negative "What ifs".
Distance learning means that you can fit doing a course around your job and your home life, yes it will be hard work, but changing your career should be a challenge, albeit an enjoyable one.
The biggest "What if" around education at the moment is of course this years hike in enrolment fees; "What if I can't afford to do the course?", but if you are interested in learning Interior Design then I must remind you that if you enrol and start a degree course with our friends at distance learning college, The National Design Academy, before July this year, you will still receive government funding.
If you don't qualify for a degree course yet, NDA also provide Level 3 Diploma's in Interior Design from £395 that anyone can do and then progress on to a degree. If you are unemployed and receiving benefits the diploma is only £105.
I know I've gone on about this before, but if money is an issue (when is it not?) then now is the time to decide if you can start on the path to a new Interior Design career, because it might never be this cheap to study Interior Design in the UK again.
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Watches are tools. This is a refrain constantly heard from fanboys on watch forums who increasingly resemble the very description they apply to their timepieces. This being the 21st Century, a world chalk full of smart phones, cars with push-button mobile concierge services and miniature robots that clean your carpets while you're at work, if watches are tools they are of the antique variety, even the monstrosity of a dive watch pictured above.
'But wait', I can hear the man who carefully posts hairy-armed wrist shots of his new NOMOS say, 'up until the 1970's, the ONLY way to accurately and efficiently tell time while scaling Everest, diving the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, flying across the Atlantic, organizing a commando raid or meeting a friend at the corner of 42nd and Lex was with a MECHANICAL watch!' While we do not, out of nostalgia, continue to use rotary dial phones, research via hard-copy encyclopaedia or send telegraphs, we have a tremendous degree of nostalgia for wristwatches.
I confess that, to a degree, this is a feeling that I share. The idea of a collection of microscopic levers and gears consistently keeping track of time to within a matter of seconds of accuracy a day, while being jostled, bumped and subjected to all of our daily movements, is mind-boggling. I wear mechanical wristwatches every day – but I'm entirely conscious of the fact that I'm wearing an inefficient relic simply because I like it.
We now have devices that are better suited to most of the uses we previously ascribed to our wristwatches. Dive computers are far more accurate and safe than dive watches (not to mention the distraction of diving with $10,000 on your wrist). Scientists have far more accurate means of time-telling than mechanical wristwatches, meaning that anti-magnetic watches are no longer necessary. It's even harder to imagine a doctor taking your pulse with a pulsometer on his watch dial (unless he plays very fast-and-loose indeed with his medical license).
In other words, it's largely misguided to consider watches to be tools in the 21st Century. Using a wristwatch as a tool is like playing a round of golf with hickory shafted clubs – a quirky, fun in its novelty, 'experience'. I think we can all agree that it would be lunacy for a professional to utilize these very same clubs for a serious match. Yet this is the very fantasy propagated by so many self-appointed horological arbiters.
In my experience there are two complications that remain useful and practical in modern society: the GMT and chronograph functions. Both of these functions instantly communicate information to you at a glance; even faster than switching between apps on your iPhone. For the uninitiated, a "GMT" watch is one that provides the time in two different time zones at the same time. It was a complication introduced by Rolex in 1954, in association with Pan Am Airlines. Pan Am wanted a way for their pilots to be able to keep track of specific timezones wherever they went and Rolex obliged by producing the GMT-Master (an original, bakelite-bezeled model is pictured below). Since then, nearly every mainstream commercial brand has produced a GMT watch of one sort or another (the majority of these aren't "true" GMT watches, as they've merely added a second hand that goes half as quickly around the bezel as a normal hour hand, thereby providing 24-hour time, with the need to move the bezel in order to set the "second" time zone; a true GMT has two completely independent hour hands).
A chronograph, on the other hand, offers stopwatch functionality; it allows the wearer to continue to keep track of the time of day whilst also timing a specific event. Particularly popular in the 1960's and 70's with car racers, they allowed laps and pit stops to be timed on the fly. Best known of these include the Rolex Daytona, Zenith El Primero (the first mass-produced chrono movement), Longines 13ZN, Heuer Autavia and the vaunted Omega Speedmaster, at one time, the only mechanical watch rated for space flight by NASA (pictured below).
It is unlikely that you will require your chronograph to time anything remotely as important as an engine burn on Apollo 13 prior to re-entry (as all instrumentation was dead, the crew's Speedmasters were used). Frankly, the most common use I have for mine is timing steaks on the barbecue – but, I enjoy it nonetheless and it lets me leave my phone on a table and relax.
I have a stronger bond with my GMT as I have been travelling in Europe continuously for nearly the last three months. Primarily for work, but partly for pleasure, a glance at my wrist always told me what time it was in Toronto, all the while telling me the local time in London, Florence or Istanbul. Simple, yet incredibly effective and genuinely useful for a traveller when moving across timezones where the math isn't quite as simple or memorable as PST vs. EST. Furthermore, it's almost a wearable passport, the only thing that has been with me everywhere I've gone.
So, while it may be tempting to go for that watch depth rated to 3,000 feet for your scuba fantasies, the reality is that you'll never use it, other than for bragging rights. If you have one watch you wear almost every day, while an 80 hour power reserve is an impressive achievement, it's one you won't really need. Even a simple, uncomplicated watch is one that is largely superfluous in a world where every phone, car dashboard and computer screen has a prominent time display on it. Watches aren't tools anymore – they're occasions. That is, except when you want to know when you should flip the steaks or what time it is at home in Big Sky, Montana while you're in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul – in those cases, with the right watch, there is no more efficient means than a glance at your wrist.


text: The Apple vs. Samsung case... it's like a bad wreck that you don't really want to see, but you can't tear yourself away from. You rubberneck just to see what new gruesome body part is visible, and when you do, you are disgusted all over again. That's exactly what we have here today. Apparently, the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, on the Apple vs. Samsung case has been opening his mouth again, and jamming his foot further down his throat. He was strangely willing to sit down for an online interview with Gizmodo, and here are just a couple of bits of swill that spilled out of his mouth. Guess what though? Determining whether something was patentable was precisely one of the duties that the jury was responsible for, and was expected of them. It makes you wonder if any of them even bothered to read the jury instructions. Here's an exchange where Mr. Hogan was questioned about prior art. His response was nonsensical, and he was called out on it. When it comes to criminal lawsuits, a jury trial makes perfect sense. When it comes to patent lawsuits, it makes no sense whatsoever. In many ways, I feel sorry for Mr. Hogan and the jury. These folks were expected to determine one of the most important cases in the history of tech, and they don't really understand patent law or technology properly. We really need experts determining the outcome of trials like this one. Experts in patent law, and experts in technology. Ah well, even though his statements are likely inadmissible, perhaps the appellate judges will figure this stuff out on their own, and set things right for Samsung in the long run. Sidenote: Oh, and btw... just to give you guys a heads up. Now that Apple is emboldened by their success, they will be amending their ban-request lawsuit to include the Samsung Galaxy S III and the OG Galaxy Note as well. ~ MobileBloom Source: Phandroid


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National Organization for Marriage again declines to release donor list
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � The National Organization for Marriage, which has battled to keep its donor list confidential, has omitted donors' names from its campaign disclosure filing in the gay marriage referendum.
The organization's quarterly filing with the ethics commission on Thursday indicates it spent $250,000, which went toward television ads that will soon begin airing. NOM also has declined to release donors' names in the 2009 gay marriage referendum, when it donated $1.9 million.
Maine's law requiring disclosure of contributors has been upheld in the courts. For now, though, the 2009 case has yet to be resolved with the ethics commission.
Matt McTighe from Mainers United for Marriage, which supports gay marriage, says the "law is clear and NOM refuses to follow the same rules" that other campaigns abide by.


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The gods spoke with anger to her words of suffering desperation and turned her loveliness into an unbearable cage. What did she do to deserve such an eternal penitence?, there are no words to describe the magnitude of her sin and yet, all her victims saw a longing trace of sadness lost in her eyes, just before they become cold stone, she saw into their souls claiming for some merciful human touch, that prohibited need always unsatisfied.
Disconsolate Medusa, do not cry for the hurtful lack of love that fills your empty nights, pray just pray with humble ordeal for the forgiveness that will reveal the better days to come, just pray full of faith and love might show its precious glow, for those who await and believe a new bright age arises now.
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SpeysideSingle Malt Scotch Whisky
Geographically, Speyside is a region in Morayshire within the Highlands of Scotland. For whisky purposes, it is distinguished as a sub-region of the Highlands due to the concentration of distilleries in the area and some stylistic similarities between them.
Wild beginnings
Following the Excise Act of 1823, the first licence to legally distil whisky in the Highlands was granted in 1824 to George Smith and his son John Gordon Smith of the Glenlivet distillery in Speyside. For many years afterwards, George carried a pair of hair-trigger pistols to protect himself and his family from reprisals by illicit distillers. John made do with a cutlass.
Famous name
Glenlivet's popularity was such that in the early days of whisky, dozens of distilleries had a 'Glenlivet' suffix appended to their names by owners or bottlers at some point. Notable culprits included Macallan-Glenlivet, Glenfarclas-Glenlivet and Aberlour-Glenlivet.
Speyside or Highland?
Historically, there was some debate over which Highland distilleries qualified as being in Speyside. Many famous Speyside distilleries, including Dalwhinnie and Macallan, still label themselves as Highland on their packaging, leading to some confusion among whisky fans.
To clear the matter up, the Speyside region was defined in The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009. Under the new regulations, distilleries including Glendronach, Ardmore, Tomatin, Macduff, anCnoc and Royal Brackla, previously considered by many to be Speyside distilleries, became officially classed as Highland.
Did you know?
- Glenfiddich is the world's best-selling single malt. Glenfiddich, Glenlivet and Macallan make up one-third of the entire single malt market.
- Diageo's Roseisle distillery, which opened in 2009, is Scotland's largest distillery with a capacity of 12.5 million litres per year.
- Between them, the active Speyside distilleries account for more than 60% of Scotland's single malt whisky production.
Typical Character and Style of Speyside
- Apple
- Vanilla
- Oak
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- Nutmeg
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Missional: More Than a Buzz Word
The term "missional" has become a popular buzz word over the past couple of years. Because of its frequent use, some people have assumed that "missional" is a new word. However, the term was used by Dr. Francis DuBose, former professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, in a wonderful book titled God Who Sends published in 1983.
Despite the fact that missional language has been in use for at least a quarter of a century, it is being applied today in such a wide variety of ways that it many times results in confusion. Some view missional as the latest church growth strategy, or a better way of doing church evangelism. Others see missional as a means to mobilize church members to do missions more effectively. While still others believe missional is simply the latest Christian fad that will soon pass when the next trendy topic comes along.
I would argue that those who believe missional is merely an add-on to current church activities, or perhaps even a passing craze prevalent only among church leaders, have simply not fully grasped the magnitude of the missional conversation. While it may sound like hyperbole; the move towards missional involves no less than a complete and thorough recalibration of the form and function of the church of Jesus.
But if an accurate and faithful understanding of missional is that significant to the life of the church, then how are we to best define the word? In other words, are there core characteristics that should inform the way we understand the missional concept? I believe there are at least three major theological distinctions that help to undergird the missional conversation. Without such a foundation we run the risk of simply attaching the word "missional" onto everything the church is already doing, and therefore ignoring the necessary paradigmatic shift.
1. Missional Church is about the missionary nature of God and His Church.
Those in the missional movement recognize both God and the church are intrinsically and principally "missionary" in nature. God is a missionary God who sends a missionary church. In fact, a survey of the term "sending" in its various forms in Scripture reveals the missionary nature of the Triune God, as well as the very essence of the church. The redemptive activity of God, his relationship to the world, and his dealing with mankind is described in Scripture by the word "sending." The word "sending" is the "sum and substance of God's creativity and activity" (Georg F. Vicedom, The Mission of God, 9).
Scripture is replete with sending language that speaks to the missionary nature of a Triune God. God the Father sends the Son, and God the Father and the Son sends the Spirit, and God the Father and the Son and the Spirit sends the church. In the Gospel of John alone, nearly forty times we read about Jesus being sent – either from the evangelist or from Jesus' own lips. In the final climatic sending passage in John's Gospel, Jesus sees himself not only as one sent but also as one who is sending: "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" (John 20:21).
It is important to make clear that the church is a vital part of the missional conversation. However, the church must not be seen simply as an entity that sends missionaries; as admirable as sending and supporting missionary activity might be. Instead, we must recognize that the purpose of the church is derived from the very nature of a sending, missionary God, which in turn compels it to be sent as a missionary people, both individually and collectively.
2. Missional Church is about incarnational ministry (versus attractional/extractional) in a post-Christendom context.
Those with a missional perspective no longer see the church service as the primary connecting point for those outside the church. While there is nothing wrong with attracting people to participate in various meetings of the church, the missional church is more concerned about sending the people in the church out among the people of the world, rather than getting the people of the world in among the people of the church. Some have described this missional-attractional distinction as a challenge to "go and be" as opposed to "come and see."
The attractional model, which has dominated the church in the West for the past several decades, seeks to reach out to the culture and draw people into the church. However, this approach only works when there are no significant cultural barriers to overcome when making the required move from outside to inside the church. "And as Western culture has become increasingly post-Christian, the attractional model has lost its effectiveness. The West looks more like a cross-cultural missionary context in which attractional church models are self-defeating. Furthermore, the process of extracting people from the culture and assimilating them into the church diminishes their ability to speak to those outside." (Alan Hirsch, Defining Missional, Christianity Today)
On the other hand, missional churches see their primary function as one of actively moving into a community to embody and enflesh the word, deed, and life of Jesus into every nook and cranny. Alan Hirsch speaks of the "missional-incarnational impulse," where the word "missional" expresses the sending nature of the church, while "incarnational" represents the "embedding" of the gospel into a local context. In other words, "missional" speaks to our direction – we are sent; while being "incarnational" is more about how we go, and whatwe do as we go. Eugene Peterson's "incarnational" rendering of John 1:14 in the Message paraphrase illustrates this well when it states, "The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood."
3. Missional Church is about actively participating in the missio Dei, or mission of God.
Many times we wrongly assume that the primary activity of God is in the church, rather than recognizing that God's primary activity is in the world, and the church is God's instrument sent into the world to participate in His redemptive mission.
This key distinction clarifies the difference between a church with a missions program and a missional church. A church with a missions program usually sees missions as one activity alongside many other equally important programs of the church. A missional church, on the other hand, focuses all of its activities around its participation in God's agenda for the world. God's mission must form and inform everything we do. All activities of the church must be catalyzed by and organized around the missio Dei.
As the sent, missionary people of God, the missional church understands its fundamental purpose as being rooted in God's mission to restore and heal creation and to call people into a reconciled relationship with Himself. It is God's mission that calls the church into existence. In other words, we can no longer see the church as the starting point when thinking about mission. Instead, the church must be seen as the result of God's mission. In the words of South African missiologist David Bosch: "It is not the church which undertakes mission; it is the missio Dei which constitutes the church." Or stated in a slightly different manner; "it is not so much that God has a mission for his church in the world, but that God has a church for his mission in the world" (Christopher Wright 2006, 62).


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Beating Them Back!
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DescriptionSo you're the new recruit from Stormwind, eh? I'm Marshal McBride, commander of this garrison. Glad to have you on board...
<McBride looks through some papers.>
<name>. It is <name>, right?
You've arrived just in time. The Blackrock orcs have managed to sneak into Northshire through a break in the mountain. My soldiers are doing the best that they can to push them back, but I fear they will be overwhelmed soon.
Head northwest into the forest and kill the attacking Blackrock worgs! Help my soldiers!
You've bought us a little time, <name>, but we've got even bigger problems to deal with now.
RewardsYou will receive:
|Northshire Abbot's Cinch
GainsUpon completion of this quest you will gain:
- 250 reputation with Stormwind
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We pursue the verification of security properties of infrastructure clouds. See talks at EU CSP'12 or ACM CCSW'11.
We consider two domains:
We apply model checking to verify that the topology is free of security violations (static case) or that administrators cannot reach a state that violates the policy by their cloud operations (dynamic case).
We analyzed isolation security for a production infrastructure of a global financial institution.
PhD in Security Verification of Dynamic Infrastructure Clouds (CS033)
The research prototype of our cloud security assurance analysis has been transferred to IBM as part of the IBM PowerSC Trusted Surveyor product in 2012. The research started during my time at IBM Research and continued in an industry collaboration at Newcastle.
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Verification of Infrastructure Clouds (ACM CCSW'11)
Sören Bleikertz, Thomas Groß, and Sebastian Mödersheim. Automated Verification of Virtualized Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the CCS Cloud Security Workshop(CCSW) 2011.
Sören Bleikertz and Thomas Groß. A Virtualization Assurance Language for Isolation and Deployment. In proceedings of IEEE POLICY 2011.
Sören Bleikertz, Thomas Groß, Matthias Schunter, and Konrad Eriksson. Automated Information Flow Analysis of Virtualized Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2011.


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It was a fierce battle, played Sunday under searing blue skies in front of scores of proud parents from Woodbury, Edina, Minnetrista and Blaine. But what started as a teen soccer game ended as a kind of morality play in shorts and spikes that has put a coach's job on the line and parents questioning the coach's, and their own, ethical decisions.
The scene: Minnesota Thunder's 12-and-under girls soccer club, playing above their level, fought to a gutsy 1-1 tie through two overtime periods against the favored 13-and-under team from the same club. That set the stage for a dramatic penalty shootout. The winner would go on toward the state cup, and likely, the regional tournament.
The back story: Last year, the team that is now called the Thunder was upset by a younger team that went on to get clobbered in state tournaments.
The coach involved in that game and Sunday's game was the same guy, Mark Abboud. At the time, he vowed not to let it happen again, and even warned parents that in the unlikely event that the 12-year-olds tied the favored team, he'd let the older team move forward. No one objected.
Even the "12s" knew they were supposed to lose. But you know kids. Instead of giving a half-hearted performance, they played like champions for 90 minutes.
That's when what they call a teaching moment happened.
Abboud told his girls that the "classy" thing would be to "roll the ball" nicely to the goalkeeper, virtually ensuring the "better team" moved on. The girls were shocked, but followed orders.
When it was over, they "sobbed so hard they were shaking," according to one parent.
Now, Abboud's actions are being investigated, and some are calling for his job. Others blame themselves for underestimating their kids, teaching them all the wrong lessons and trying to protect them from inevitable, painful tournament losses.
It's Minnesota youth sports' existential moment.
One parent, who requested anonymity, said Abboud is a great coach, "but this was morally wrong. He told them to go against everything they've ever learned about competition and sportsmanship. He might as well have told them to rob a bank."
So who is this heartless coach who denied his feisty team an upset? Probably the most contrite man in Minnesota.
"Within one minute of the game I knew it was a mistake," said Abboud, who played pro soccer in the United States and Europe. "It was an absurdly idiotic decision that at the time I thought was in the best interest of the team. My girls were distraught, my parents were irate."
In his team blog, Abboud wrote that he will never forget watching a star player take a weak kick at the goal and walk off in shame. "The silence was deafening. I felt the sun on my face, brushed a tick off my lower leg, and listened to the highway traffic on I-94," he said. "I felt sick to my stomach.
"I'm actually excited you are doing a story," Abboud said Tuesday. "I won't try to justify anything. I hope if my girls learned anything, it's that everyone is human, everyone makes a mistake. I hope they do not judge me by one act."
Yet, Abboud said if he is reprimanded by the league or fired, he'll understand completely. "Maybe that's a sign I should try something else after 15 years."
The kids, as you might guess, are fine. An optional training Monday night was attended by 13 of 16 members. They had a ball.
While some parents remain angry, others are questioning themselves.
"I told my daughter [Britney] that Mark Abboud didn't put you in this situation, I did," said Loren Monteon, a parent. Getting clobbered by bigger players at state "is not my idea of a fun tournament experience," he said. "Mark made my daughter the athlete she is. If he's not there, she's not going to be there."
On the way to the game, Scott Barlow discussed the possibility of a loss with his daughter, a team star. "I said 'Anna, go out there and ruin their plans.' "
She scored the lone goal and played ferociously. But still, "I'm not sure what Mark did was wrong," Barlow said. "I know as a coach, you make six thousand right decisions and one wrong one. The kids love Mark."
Sports are about winning, certainly, but also about loss. The best don't always win, and sometimes the underdog comes through; there are lessons in that too.
The great moments in sports, and life, don't usually come from the expected. They are about Ali vs. Foreman, Kirby Puckett and "see you tomorrow night." They are about horses named Mine That Bird coming from last to first against 50-1 odds.
Just maybe, they are also about a bunch of 12-year-olds winning the state cup above their level, but now we'll never know.
"I failed my daughter for not thinking this through," said Colleen Heslin. "I had the option to say, 'Mark, let's rethink this.' His intentions were pure and honest, but misguided. As I sat on the bench and watched them play their hearts out, I thought, 'My God, how did I just let this happen?'"
Since Sunday, Heslin said, "I've been thinking, which message is right: Win at all costs, or work toward the better good of the club, or is it even the better good? I don't know. With all these soccer moms and hockey dads, are we too caught up in it, this competition?
"After all," said Heslin. "This is 12-year-old soccer we are talking about."
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Excerpts from the soon to be published The Calm Book , by Tzirelchana; mom and writer devoted to promoting world calmness.
In Hebrew , the word Seder means order. So much of this time of year is about creating order, sometimes excessively.
My inner teenager, that pimply kid who still lives in my heart still wants to throw her socks on the floor and stack her books and papers on the window sill. "Its my life and I'll do what I want," is her song. The adult me has to fight back, hard.
And lately my adult has been winning. Just last week, I said goodbye to a carton full of last year's bestsellers, old copies of my college alumni magazine and other miscellaneous debris including some chometz.
Today, April 2, I feel order in my home but in my mind, a good space to be in for Pesach when we celebrate our freedom. END


text: Red Rocks 6 Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I just finished reading the old thread on potter's who influenced your life, started by Marcia. How about an off-shoot? "The top 5 books on pottery that influenced you the most. I would list mine as: - Marguerite Wildenhain - The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts - Bernard Leach - The Potter's Challenge - Michael Cardew - A Pioneer Potter - Charles Counts - Pottery Workshop - Frederick Olsen - The Kiln Book I am always looking out for new books (or old ones for that matter) on pottery and the philosophy of pottery – so hopefully this will start a thread of us sharing books that have inspired us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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Chief | 26/05/10
Domino is proud to announce the arrival of the debut album from Chief, Modern Rituals, on 16th August 2010.
Two years ago the four members of Chief finished their stints at New York University and returned home to the US west coast, their suitcases stuffed full of soaring melodies, shimmering guitars, lovelorn lyrics and heart-stopping harmonies.
Chief's Evan Koga (vocals/guitar), brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa (on vocals/ guitar and drums, respectively) and Mike Moonves (bass) evoke a grand sense of nostalgia with their heartfelt melancholy. Written and recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Grammy winner Emery Dobyns, Modern Rituals has sunshine seeping through every note.
But if California is emanating from every crevasse then the resulting sound is as universal and world wearied as it gets. The album is thematic in its tales of romantic disappointments, left lovers and floundering emotions and the band's musical touchstones include the great denimed romantics: Love, The Beach Boys, Neil Young and The Band.
Breaking Walls will be released as the first single on June 21st. You can listen to a stream of the track here:
For a flavour of the band live, here's a link to some live footage of Chief performing 3 songs for Doublesixclub TV last summer:
Modern Rituals will be available on CD (WIGCD248), LP (WIGLP248) and via digital download (WIG248D). Full tracklisting is as follows:
1. The Minute I Saw it
2. Nothing's Wrong
3. Wait For You
4. This Land
5. Breaking Walls
6. In The Valley
7. Stealing
8. You Tell Me
9. Summer's Day
10. Irish Song
11. Night And Day
The band will be performing live in the UK as follows:
25th June: London, Hyde Park, Hard Rock Calling with Pearl Jam
27th June: Glastonbury festival
9th July: Canterbury, Merton Farm, Lounge on the Farm Festival
10th July: Herefordshire: Nozstock
17th July: Suffolk, Latitude Festival


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Speakeasy Seedbank
[Savage Purple x Old Family Purple]
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Genetics: Savage Purple x Old Family Purple
Breeder: CSI: Humboldt aka Nspecta
Count: 7 Feminized Seeds
Savage Purple = SFV OG x Purple Urkle
Old Family Purple = Triangle Kush x Purple Urkle
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Thinking towards next year, want to change out the RV roof AC unit for a marine AC unit. I'd like the floor space up top the Coleman is eating up, and it's a bit noisy too. I've been searching online, and I could use some advice/recommendations..
The Coleman roof AC keeps the place quite nice, even on 100+ degree days, as long as we keep the bedroom and basement door shut. We have a small window AC unit in the bedroom that works great, no need to change it. Just guessing, but the dims of what I'll actually be cooling is 12' wide and about 20' long plus a couple of feet of hallway, 7' high, so roughly 1700 cubic feet.
Not sure the BTU of the Coleman, but around 12,000 I think. It's the "standard" unit that's been around since the 80's (and has been on top of every RV I've ever owned!). I'll be using 110v power.
Found a few brands-- Dometic, Webasto, Mermaid, Arctic, but so far I'm liking Marineaire... I'm thinking 12k BTU's is a bit lean, but I don't think I need 16k, and Marineaire has a 14k unit (with heat pump) and at $1500 the price seems reasonable (compared to Dometic, f'rinstance)...
BUT, I'd like some input from those with a little more experience than me!
Also, FWIW, install will be cake, I have oodles of room for the unit and air plumbing, power available, and 2 capped thru-hulls under the boat just itching to be used...
Any advice will be greatly appreciated!


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Calls for gambling on elections to be 'outlawed'
ANTI-GAMBLING campaigners Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon have called on the Federal Government to ban betting on elections.
The independent politicians, both of whom were elected in part due to their opposition to poker machines, said they were "dismayed by the high visibility of betting odds" in election coverage.
"Gambling on elections is improper and should be outlawed," Mr Wilkie said.
"The Federal Government should prohibit gambling on elections.
"The promotion of election betting in the news media only serves to normalise gambling and generate free publicity for online bookmakers."
The Member for Denison suggested betting on elections opened the system up to corruption.
He said as long as the practice remained legal political parties needed to ban candidates and staff from wagering on election outcomes.
"Election betting also raises the risk of insiders placing bets on outcomes they have control over," Mr Wilkie said.
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If you asked any of the experts, they would tell you if you're going to release a song for the summer, it should probably be fun and upbeat and definitely not a ballad. Brett Young's latest single, "Mercy," is a huge hit despite not following that formula, and Brett says, "We put a ballad out that was going to live through the summer. And we did that because the response we were getting from this song every time we played it live or every time we tried to like, leave before an encore and pretend we weren't going to play it live, it was just overwhelming."
Brett and his people considered other songs to be his fourth single, but with "Mercy" he says, "The response it got it kind of took all logic out of the equation because it was such a no brainer. And this song was an 11th hour song that almost didn't make the record but not because we didn't love it, because of how late I wrote it. And so this has been a really fun one for me."
Not only is "Mercy" Brett's fourth single, it's his fourth Platinum certified single off his Platinum certified debut album.
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Nintendo revealed today that New Super Mario Bros U will run in full hd at 1080p. Previously the game had only been shown in 720p. Good news for Wii U buyers!
MAJOR NEWS: Nintendo has since removed the mention of 1080p and now only says "in high definition"
Mario in HD
Jesus of gaming is now back with higher resolution
Odd. I though the first part Nintendo games were 'confirmed' 720p. Oh well, I'm not complaining. Matter of fact I'm happy to be wrong, or at least misinformed. A better looking game is a nice place to solid gameplay.
If Pikmin 3 can be 1080p with all those characters on screen I'll be impressed
Give it some time, a lot of Wii U games will run in 1080p. I wouldn't be surprised if they held back Rayman Legends to implement 1080p resolution.
I already know that the haters will be all over this, "Um, it better be in 1080p!" Yea okay!
Looking good Nintendo, keep it coming...


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Enjoy this gourmet kosher dessert recipe by one of my most favorite nieces, Shirley C.
Mamiye- ooooops! Shirley C. Dana!!!!
S'mores Tart or Bars- An Easy Dessert for all of the Jewish Holidays
by Shirley Dana
S'mores don't have to end with the summer. Here is an amazing recipe for gooey, melt-in-your mouth s'mores bars that are truly appropriate all year round after any type of meal. I've made this recipe in a pyrex and cut the bars into squares after they cool. Last week, I even made it in a tart pan, and drizzled chocolate on top for a "fancy" s'mores tart. Enjoy this incredibly easy, irresistible dessert!
S'mores Bars or Tart:
- makes 24 bars (9"x13" in pyrex, or one 10" tart)
- ½ cup of butter, room temperature or use Earth Balance to make it pareve
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 ½ cup chocolate chips melted
- 1 cups marshmallow fluff (not melted marshmallows)
- 1 bag mini marshmallows
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture and mix at a low speed until combined.
- Divide dough in half and press half of dough into an even layer on the bottom of the prepared pan. Pour melted chocolate over dough. Place in the fridge until the melted chocolate becomes hard enough to be able spread the fluff on top of it in an even layer without them mixing together. Sprinkle with a few handfuls of mini marshmallows. Crumble the remaining dough in pebble-size pieces on top of the marshmallows.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the dough is lightly browned, and the marshmallows are golden and puffed. Cool completely before cutting into bars, or removing from tart pan.
- Optional- toast sliced almonds, sprinkle the tart with the almonds,, and then drizzle melted chocolate on top!!!


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Congressional reaction to Obama's Syria speech
Reaction from members of Congress and others to President Barack Obama's speech on Syria on Tuesday night:
-"As the Obama administration continues to pursue a diplomatic resolution, the president justly made clear tonight that the threat of military action remains on the table as we continue to work to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction." - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
-"The administration's handling of the U.S. response to Syria has been so haphazard it's disappointed even the president's most ardent supporters. This rudderless diplomacy has embarrassed America on the world stage." - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
-"We should all push as hard as possible for a diplomatic solution, which would require Syria to give up its complete stockpile of chemical weapons and agree to cease future production and use, in a way that can be verified." - Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
-"The president is right to explore international control of Syria's chemical weapons and to postpone any congressional action. This is a challenging approach but better than a go-it-alone strike that effectively leaves Assad controlling all of those chemical weapons. I do not support authorizing an American attack that could entangle us in a bloody, costly regional conflict." - Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas.
"Any action in the already volatile country would only make the situation worse. Considering many of the rebels have connections with al Qaida-linked groups, the alternative is no better." - Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.


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It's another Magical Monday over at Paper Cupcakes! This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog the challenge is brought to us by Shirley. She wanted to see us "make a scene" by either using some type of scenery image or make a scene using some images. I decided to use several images from Paper Cupcakes. They were: Make A Wish, Kiss Cupcake, Much Love, Deco Flowers Vase 1, Small Orchid and Variety Tickets. I colored all my images with Bic Mark-its and added some stickles on some of the areas. Used pop up dots on a few of the images I cut out. I wanted it to look like a table that was set for a party/celebration. Of course after I added all those images that was pretty much the overall design, so I decided to add the ticket for the sentiment and the bow to add a little something extra.
The next card I made my mom for her birthday card. The image is called "Fair Fairy", but the image did not have the company name on it. I think it is from "A Day for Daisies", but if I am wrong please feel free to correct me in the comments. I wish everyone would put their company name on their images for easy identification. Anyway, I love this image and my mom loves fairies too, so I thought this would make a lovely card for her. I colored her with my Bic Mark-its as well and added some stickles on her to make her sparkle.
I also made her a book mark to match her card:
Here is another book mark I made using an image from "Whoopsi Daisy" I made this for the progressive challenge over at Crafter's Digital Art Center. They give you some free images and to receive the next set you have to actually take part in each challenge. I plan on using the others, so I best get on the move and get them completed. You actually only have to use one image and post it to get the next set, so that is doable, but I would like to attempt to use them all at least once. So, wish me luck.
I really liked the color combo of my mom's things, so I used the rest of my scrapes and made the following book mark for myself.
Morgan is now in her third week of High School and Avery starts second grade this Thursday. So, things should start falling back into a regular school routine once again. I must say I will miss those sleeping in days though and I do love having my children home for the summer.
Exciting news: Morgan made it through the auditions for the Musical and was in the top 10 for call backs out of about 150 children. She was the only freshman and the rest were Sophomores and Seniors who got called back to audition for the major roles of the musical. Needless to say she was thrilled. There were only 4 leading character roles(2-male and 2-female). Although, she did not land one of the leading roles, she is in one of the next biggest roles. She is just thrilled for her first High School musical and needless to say we are so proud of her and look forward to the upcoming musical which will be Guys and Dolls.
Well, going to enjoy my last few days with Avery prior to school this week. So you too, make it a great week and thanks for stopping by! Leave me a note, I would love to hear from you!
August 22, 2011
Magical Monday - Let's Make A Scene
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Medical marijuana allowed in Connecticut, dispensaries months away
Connecticut took the controversial, historic step as of Oct. 1 to become the 17th state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.
Now what?
In what some in the government and the medical community described as a compassionate effort to make the drug available to cancer patients and others who may benefit from its effects, the state quickly put in place a mechanism for doctors to certify eligible patients and for patients to receive temporary medicinal marijuana ID cards.
But detailed regulations governing how patients will receive the drug and who will grow and dispense it still are months away.
For now, doctors can prescribe the medication and patients with valid ID cards are allowed to have it, but they are on their own as far as how and where they obtain it, officials said.
Patients suffering from one of the illnesses covered by Connecticut's law, said to be the most restrictive among the 17 state laws so far in place, need written authorization from their doctor, said Michael Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning in the state Office of Policy and Management.
Connecticut's law allows properly registered patients "to lawfully possess up to one month's supply of marijuana," Lawlor said. "For the time being, one month's supply is 2.5 ounces."
"Regardless of how someone came into possession" of the marijuana "or if they are growing their own, if they are properly registered, et cetera, they cannot be arrested," Lawlor said.
Once regulations are in place, "the state will license growers" and, ultimately, "you will obtain it via licensed pharmacists who will be specially authorized to sell it," Lawlor said.
Marijuana won't be available at the local Walgreens or CVS, however, and "whether insurance covers it is up to the insurer," he said.
"It all starts with the doctor, so that if the doctor certifies it ... the patient can then register as a qualified patient and they will receive from us a card which identifies them as a qualified patient," said state Consumer Protection Commissioner Bill Rubenstein.
"We're not advising people how to get marijuana, but it was the compassionate judgment of the General Assembly ... that people who" suffer from debilitating illnesses that can be made less painful through the use of marijuana should be able to get it sooner rather than later, Rubenstein said.
Under Connecticut's law, an application for a temporary registration certificate will be available online and registration will involve a three-step process. Doctors initiate the process by certifying patients, who then can go online to complete the patient portion of the application. If the physician certifies the need for a primary caregiver, the caregiver also can log in after the patient and complete the application.
One prominent advocate of medicinal marijuana, Dr. Andrew L. Salner, chief of the Department of Radiation Oncology and director of the The Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center at Hartford Hospital, said that while he hasn't yet certified any patients to receive medical marijuana, he wouldn't hesitate to.
"On the one hand, I think that we really need to wait for the Deptartment of Consumer Protection to put in place the regs ... and hopefully in a matter of months, that will be ready to go," Salner said. "But on the other hand, there are people who can benefit from it."
And while "it's a relatively small percentage of my patients who can benefit from it," he said, estimating that it's probably less than 5 percent, there are some patients for whom "that's going to help" lessen their pain, reduce nausea or stimulate their appetites.
Salner worries that certifying patients now, before a legally authorized distribution system is in place, can put those patients or their families "potentially in harm's way," but "at least it may help them from the danger of prosecution," he said.
"I think there right now is a bit of hesitancy from some doctors to write the certification ... because they are pushing patients onto the black market," said Erik Williams, executive director of the Connecticut chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
But even with only part of Connecticut's medicinal marijuana program in place, for would-be recipients, "as of Monday, when marijuana became legal for people who are certified ... that changed the legal framework for them -- dramatically.
"Yes, we certainly would want to see a means for production and distribution to be in place," Williams said. But "I'd say it's far and away the most well-crafted, regulated system out there" thus far.
The state is required to have the regulations in place by July 1, and "once accepted by the General Assembly, we can begin accepting applications" from would-be growers, said Rubenstein.
The law requires the state to have no fewer than three and no more than 10 certified growers authorized to participate in the program.
To qualify for medicinal marijuana, a patient needs to be diagnosed by a Connecticut-licensed physician as having one of the following debilitating medical conditions: cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with "intractable spasticity," epilepsy, cachexia, wasting syndrome, Crohn's disease or post-traumatic stress disorder.
That list may be expanded at a later date. A Board of Physicians has been created to make such decisions.
Still not entirely worked out is how the price of medical marijuana will be set, Rubenstein said.
"I think the statute provides us a great regulatory latitude" and price "is something that we could consider in creating the regulations," he said, although "my preference would be to let the market set the price."
While he believes in the market, "our hope is that medical marijuana would be priced to cost," Rubenstein said, adding that "black market prices are generally higher than competitive prices."
While Connecticut's medicinal marijuana law has been described as the most restrictive yet passed -- an important detail when looking at recent federal intervention in California, where some believe medicinal marijuana has become too easy to obtain, "we've tried to take the best pieces of each" in crafting it, Rubenstein said.
"Looking at other states, we learned from good example and we learned from bad example," Rubenstein said. "We're treating this distribution system the way we would treat any controlled substance pharmaceutical manufacturing operation."
"Our task (in Connecticut) is really different than other states," he said. "Colorado licenses about 300 producers. Connecticut will license no more than 10."
One thing Connecticut doesn't allow authorized recipients to do -- as have some other states, such as Maine -- is grow their own, he said.
Patients also have to be a Connecticut resident at least 18 years old to obtain the drug, according to information on the website of the state Department of Consumer Protection, which regulates the drug's use. A prison inmate cannot qualify, regardless of medical condition.
The new law prohibits use of marijuana on any bus, school bus or any moving vehicle; in the workplace; and on the grounds of any school. It also prohibits use of marijuana in any public place or in the presence of anyone under age 18.
The law also prohibits any use of palliative marijuana that endangers the health or well-being of another person, other than the patient or primary caregiver.
Information on the medicinal marijuana program is available on the Consumer Protection Department's website.
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Thurman Allen, or sometimes listed as Allen Thurman, spent the rest of his live in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada. Thurman and Olga had five children, and one son, Clifford, died at about age 8. Raymond Verne Poe was my biological father. The three daughters were born between 1924 and 1934. Since I don't know if they are still living, I will not write more about them.
Thurman and Olga divorced and I believe that Thurman married a Myrtle Dailey about 1960. I don't know anything more about Myrtle or any children she may have had before marrying Thurman.
If someone has photos of Thurman, Olga or Raymond, I would appreciate copies. I am still looking for documentation of the facts that I've presented. I would enjoy collaborating with anyone researching this Poe family line.
This blog posting was inspired by Amy Johnson Crow in her challenge of writing about 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. No Story Too Small