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The Chief's Take
The Dream Deferred
I first visited the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires as a 24-year-old Newsweek reporter back in January 2000. I’d begged my editor to send me because I’d been floored by the opportunity the school promised: Take a five-week course and, if you finish around the top 20 percent of your class, get hired straight into the minor leagues—calling outs and balls and ground-rule doubles in small-town ballparks across the country. Could it really be that simple to launch a career in the national pastime? And a clashing companion thought: What brave soul would volunteer for the workplace abuse that umpires endure from angry players, managers, and fans?
I observed the school for a couple of days, touring the facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida, and writing a short squib for Newsweek’s front section. It wasn’t nearly enough. As I watched those students in their dorky, pressed-and-creased umpire slacks, jogging across infields and yelling stuff, and making weirdly specific arm gestures, I yearned to don the protective equipment and get behind the plate myself. Heck, what if I was a natural? The rewards could be huge: Umpires who make it to the big leagues fly first class, stay in luxe hotels, make mid-six–figure salaries, and appear on TV every night while enjoying an inches-away view of the best baseball in the world. Beats journalism.
Alas, I went home. Time passed and life intervened. The dream sank into hibernation.
But this January—after more than a decade and a half, and with the help of some new Slate Plus members—it reawakened. I enrolled in the Wendelstedt School like any other student. (The school comped my tuition; Slate paid for travel, room, and board.) I completed the two-week “fundamentals” curriculum and received a state-accredited diploma.
So now you can call me “ump” (though we prefer “umpire”), or you can call me “blue” (though we often wear black these days—who’s blind now, pal?). But if I don’t cotton to your sass I am fully empowered to eject you from the premises.
So please get your emotions under control. Before I boot you, I’d like to tell you what I learned.
We came to umpire school on all sorts of missions.
The self-proclaimed “oldest rat in the barn” was a 62-year-old semiretired endocrinologist from Key West. He gives back to his community by umpiring Little League games. He wanted to get better, and he had the spare cash and the free time, so he figured why not attend the premier umpire school in the country? He clearly felt it was worth it: You should have seen his face light up when MLB ump Dana Demuth gave him a personalized tutorial on the finer points of pitch-calling.
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Near the other end of the age spectrum was a 20-year-old kid who’d been a cashier at a grocery store in Wisconsin. He’d seen a TV documentary about MLB umpires and became obsessed—even memorizing their uniform numbers. (Classmates would quiz him during downtime: “Angel Hernandez?” “55.” “Laz Diaz?” “63.”) With no prior experience, he signed up for the school on a whim, shelled out his $3,500 or so for tuition, room, and board, and hustled down to Florida to follow his dream. He gave his all, transforming his persona from meek to blustery in the span of a few days.
Several of the students seemed to have been born with an odd love for officiation. These dudes had been reffing basketball and soccer games since they were 12. Canadians among them reffed ice hockey, too. Something about the clarity of rules, and the reassurance of order and adjudication, appealed to the deepest reaches of their brains. Hall monitor types. Authoritarians. I did not identify with them, which was the first indication that I might not be temperamentally suited to umpiring, but more on that later.
There was only one woman at the school. She was Taiwanese and had come from Taiwan with a small group of professional umpires who wanted to learn from the best in the sport’s founding heartland. She was the only one of her crew who spoke English, so she served as a translator and ambassador. She was little and smiley but had a growl when she needed it. Everybody loved her.
The bulk of the students were ex-jocks who’d washed out of college baseball and were looking for a way to hang around the game. You could see how athletically gifted they were in the way they leapt from behind the plate after the ball got put in play. They somehow looked coordinated and cool even in those gray, pleated polyester pants that look less like sportswear and more like what you’d wear to fax something.
We all boarded in the same mildewed hotel in Daytona Beach, eating buffet meals together, nodding in the hallways and elevators. For a few days, we shared the hotel with a bunch of folks who’d come to town for a jet ski convention, during which the halls reeked equally of marijuana and gasoline. Summoned to my balcony by a commotion in the wee hours of a Saturday night, I gazed down at men drunkenly pushing Jet Skis into the hotel pool—and then revving them up and doing flips with them.
One evening in the dining room, a friendly 25-year-old umpire classmate named Alex sat next to me with his loaded buffet plate. We got to chatting, and I asked him what had brought him to the school. Alex told me he was a drummer in a successful “Americana band” in San Francisco, but he’d long been umpiring on the side to supplement his income—making $45 for a seven-inning weeknight high school game or maybe $500 for a weekend tournament. He loved to be around the sport, and even felt he could express his personality in the way he handled games and made calls. Enrolling in the school was his way of getting serious about umpiring.
“You know, it’s kind of like being a touring musician,” Alex mused a few nights later, talking about that ump life as we rolled frames at the bowling alley across the street from the hotel. “Lots of travel, lots of downtime. And I can always go back to music if being an umpire doesn’t pan out. I’ve just got to give this a chance while I’m still young.”
The Training
If you’ve never called “OUT” at the top of your lungs, punctuating your scream with a mid-air fist clench, I can assure you: it’s satisfying. In the opening days of umpire school, we did it over and over, lined up in formation on outfield grass under Florida sunshine, about 130 identically dressed, aspiring umpires OUT-ing in unison.
Our instructors were professional umpires, some from the minors and some from the bigs, and there was a distinctly militaristic vibe in the culture they strove to create—as though they were drill sergeants and we were raw recruits. We weren’t allowed to be hesitant, or soft-spoken, or shlumpy. In all things, we were required to commit to maximum aggression. It felt as though we were prepping for martial conflict. Our emotional bearing was the most important foundation to build.
“Ready … call it!” instructors shouted through bullhorns. “He’s out!” we were to respond as one, pounding with our right fists on an imaginary door. At first our voices wavered, our raised arms noodled, and our overall mien lacked sternness. But the instructors would not brook any wussitude. They got in our faces. They demanded volume. By the sixth or seventh “HE’S OUT!” we looked far more authoritative, fists fierce, vocal cords growing hoarse.
After we’d gotten these stationary calls down, we began practicing on the move. Three quick steps, come to a stop, settle in to watch the (imaginary) tag at second base, then rise up to make the call with finality. It felt absurd. It looked more absurd.
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But it’s vital to get these mechanics—the physical gestures that accompany a call—down cold. You can’t be thinking about body language when you make a controversial ruling in front of a stadium of frothing fans. Reflexively confident posture and crisp movements help sell the call, even when you’re not sure you got it right. It felt like playacting at first, but after a while my accusatory HE’S OUT bark felt natural.
By day two we were drilling “hat and mask work.” The home plate umpire must smoothly whisk off his protective mask the moment the baseball gets put in play. He must do this without jarring loose the hat he wears beneath the mask, thereby causing it (the hat) to blow across the infield in a supremely undignified manner. Any action that makes an umpire look foolish, or casual, or dorky, or in any way less than 100 percent serene, is considered highly unprofesh. After a few days of drills, and much shaming from instructors, I could yank off the mask without my hat coming along for the ride.
Soon, we were umpiring simulated games and calling plays on the basepaths. These scenarios become terrifyingly complex. Did the pitcher have his foot on the rubber when he threw that pickoff attempt into the stands (in which case the runner is awarded one base) or was his foot off the rubber (in which case the runner is awarded two bases)? Quick! Decide! The variables ramp up. More baserunners. Infield fly rule a possibility. Catcher’s interference. Balks. Sometimes I would rip my mask off, rise up, get set to make a call, and just freeze without saying anything. Once, when I tore off my mask to watch an outfield hit, my hat came loose and blew into my face so I couldn’t see. I mumbled something quiet and incoherent while half-raising one arm and using the other to corral my cap as the whole field stared at me in disgust.
I figured I’d be decent at the book learnin’ aspects of the course, but our classroom work was no easier. Turned out I didn’t know the rules of baseball half as well as I thought I did. Our written exams—closed rulebook, no cheating—asked questions like: What’s the maximum legal circumference of a catcher’s mitt? How much pine tar can be on a bat handle? What is the minimum distance to the left field fence in a ballpark constructed after 1950? This stuff gets headspinny even when you’re sitting with a pencil and plenty of time to think. Imagine standing on the field, thousands of bloodthirsty fans awaiting your ruling after the pitcher balks, the catcher commits interference, and a batted ball strikes a baserunner headed for third—all on the same play. (Correct call, after a comically Byzantine order of operations: The runner is awarded third base and the batter returns to the box with the same count.)
The final and in some ways most intimate piece of the umpiring puzzle is balls and strikes. You lean over the catcher’s shoulder, your breath on his neck, facing the oncoming heat. We practiced with motorized pitch machines—pitch after pitch, forcing our eyes to track a foam ball through the zone without moving our heads. Sometimes, the ball breaks in unforeseen directions. What seems like an easy call from your couch, with the k-zone superimposed on your TV screen, becomes less obvious when you’re squatting behind the catcher and a rocket-fueled, tailing fastball paints the edge of the plate. MLB umpire Ed Hickox described for us what it’s like to call a Clayton Kershaw curveball that seems headed for a hot dog vendor behind the first-base dugout, then somehow breaks across the zone at the last moment: “It takes an extra second to let your mind accept it, but damned if it’s not a strike. And that’s why you wait to make the call until you’ve got it clear in your head. Those 50,000 people in Dodger Stadium didn’t know I initially had the motherfucker as a ball.”
In all our field work, three concepts were paramount: 1) Get into proper viewing position so you’re not “looking up the ass end of a play,” and then come to a stop before the play happens. You can’t see what’s going on when your angle is changing and your head is bouncing. 2) Take your time before making any ruling. Like Hickox said: Take a slow breath and get it straight in your head before you commit to a self-assured STRIKE ONE or SAFE or HE’S OUT. As the instructors reminded us: “It ain’t shit until you call it.” 3) Never, ever, ever convey doubt. Even if you’re wracked with doubt. Own the call, sell the call, and stand by the call.
There has to be an ultimate arbiter so the game can move along. That’s you. Until you’ve ruled, everything remains in dispute, and the proceedings come to a halt. It’s almost more important to issue a final ruling than it is for that ruling to comport with reality. (Unless you get to the big leagues and there’s video review, in which case your preliminary judgments will get overturned by an all-seeing eye. It sounds belittling.)
umpire.
Umpires defend the thin line between order and chaos, enforcing the rules. They’re nobody’s friend and take guff from all sides.
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The Mentality
When I first visited the school back in 2000, I was fascinated to learn that the instructors were all huge fans of the cop show NYPD Blue. They talked about it constantly. It occurred to me that yes, of course, umpires identify with cops.
It makes sense: You’re defending the thin line between order and chaos, enforcing the rules. You’re nobody’s friend, and you take guff from all sides. You’re expected to perform perfectly from day one. You’re dressed in a uniform that signals authority but also makes you a target of derision and hostility. Hickox, who actually works as a police detective in the offseason, noted that he’s required to write up a report after both an arrest and an ejection.
In the minor leagues, umpires work in pairs. Which means you have a partner and you watch each other’s backs. You never doubt your partner on a matter of judgment, and if you suspect he’s misinterpreted a rule you don’t make it obvious. You might develop a signal (say, taking off your hat in a certain way) to let him know you want to confer.
At school, we were taught to view our classmates as a band of brothers, a fellowship of noble adjudicators. We were enlisting for a career in which we’d field abuse from all sides. Only those of us who relished that thought, and were excited to cover for each other, had any hope of going far.
Because authority depends on the perceptions of those who are subject to it, umpires are obsessed with maintaining a commanding presence. Our voices were to be loud, thick, and monotone, our manner laconic, our faces untroubled. We were expected to have our clothes clean, ironed, squared away. We were directed to a local tailor who would hem our pants. A surprising amount of discussion centered on whether to tuck our warm-up windbreakers into our waistbands.
When I arrived at school, my hair was a bit shaggy and I wore my eyeglasses during drills. But after a day or two, this felt all wrong. I got a buzz haircut to match the instructors’ trim styles. I ditched my glasses even though I couldn’t see quite as well. Perfect vision seemed less important than not looking dorky on the field.
Back in 2000, I’d overheard the instructors talking about a student named Mike. Mike wore thick eyeglasses and jogged in a kind of flouncy way, and his general bearing was pretty nerdy. “He makes all the right calls,” one instructor said to another, “but he doesn’t have the look.”
This seemed crazy to me. What did it matter how he looked if he was correctly arbitrating the game?
Brent Rice was a classmate of Mike’s in 2000. Brent graduated near the top of his class, umpired in the minors for a while, and is now the chief instructor at the Wendelstedt School. I remembered him from my prior visit. When I asked him about Mike, he knew exactly who I meant. He recalled that the late Harry Wendelstedt, the school’s namesake and a legendary MLB ump, had actually helped Mike pay for more slender corrective lenses to make his glasses less obtrusive—so he wouldn’t look quite so bookish.
Mike was good enough to umpire in the minors, where Brent worked with him. And sure enough, Brent told me, Mike had problems because he didn’t look the part. Players and managers assumed they could dominate him and gave him a hard time. Eventually, he quit to be an accountant.
The Arguing
When you tell people there’s an umpire school, they always ask if there’s a class on arguing. There is, sort of. As the course goes on, the instructors start to question your calls more aggressively to see if you keep your cool. Later, they perform a simulated dugout-clearing brawl, although I left the school too early to participate in it.
Chief instructor Brent Rice knows what it’s like to stay cucumber cool in the face of outlandish behavior. He was behind home plate for perhaps the most ridiculous baseball tirade of all time. Watch Rice keep his wits as minor league manager Phil Wellman has a meltdown—at one point using the rosin bag like a grenade that he throws at Rice’s feet. Rice ignores it and calmly folds a new piece of gum into his mouth.
I asked Rice to let me in on the secrets of ejections: Are there certain words that get a manager run immediately? Not exactly. There are basically three ways to get tossed: 1) Keep jawing after the umpire has given a warning and drawn a line in the sand. 2) Say something personal about an umpire, or an umpire’s family. 3) Get physical.
Umpires have a phrase to describe giving someone the boot: “Adios, Jones!” Say it while jabbing your index finger skyward. It’s liberating.
The Career
Let’s say you graduate from umpire school with top marks. You keep your cool when a 250-pound first baseman is shrieking in your face. You remember intricate, nested clusters of rules within eight seconds while people are shouting at you. You can see around a sprinting baserunner while ripping off your mask without sending your hat on a journey. What happens next?
First, you go to a sort of one-week polishing camp run by Minor League Baseball. If all goes well there, you’re hired and await your assignment. Rookie ball is a typical first rung on the umpiring ladder.
You make about $2,000 a month. You drive yourself from ballpark to ballpark. Your travel expenses are covered. You work about three hours a day, outside, watching baseball. All of which sounds pretty great to a 22-year-old dude with no wife, no kids, and no yen to work in an office.
As you move up, crowds get bigger. Where you once might have umpired Little League games with 40 spectators, now you’re in front of 3,500 people, then 7,500. You start and stop the game. You decide if a rainstorm warrants a postponement. You’re managing unpredictable situations with other people’s money and satisfaction on the line. It’s a heady dose of power for someone barely out of college.
At umpire school, the pro baseball players were a specter—an imaginary presence on the basepaths. We kept getting told how unbelievably fast they are once you get to the minor leagues. (And how dumb, and how quick to argue.) You’d better anticipate where they’ll go next, because you’ll never catch up without a head start. And oh, the pitchers: There’s a world of difference between calling a “right down the dick” (charming umpire slang for “straight”) 75 mph fastball in a rec league and calling a heralded pro prospect’s slider that zags in over the edge at 89.
If you make it to the show—which might take six or seven years, or more—everything changes again. The crowds are 45,000 now and the fastballs push 100. The egos are bigger. The stakes are higher. Some grocery cashier in Wisconsin might even memorize your uniform number.
That Wisconsin kid didn’t make the final cut. Neither did the endocrinologist, though he wasn’t trying. But my friend the Americana drummer got the nod. He’s currently waiting for his minor league assignment. I can’t wait to reverse-heckle him when he comes through town: “Great call, blue! Way to move to a terrific vantage point on that play!”
I won’t be joining him in the pros. I’m not right for the job; I know that now. Relative to my classmates, I was somewhere in the middle of the pack when it came to the basics. I move reasonably well. I have decent instincts. I learned the rulebook. But I have a couple of fatal flaws, too.
I have limited reserves of concentration. I can see myself getting lost in thought in the middle of a game, contemplating some abstract notion, and completely missing a play. I also hate to make decisions. It’s nightmarish to think I’d be forced to make lots of high-stakes decisions quickly with thousands of people watching. And that’s the whole gig.
But perhaps most important, I have no aura of authority. I’m soft-spoken, and chill, and deferential, and the opposite of intimidating. I’d probably resort to ejecting the ballboy in the second inning in a futile effort to establish some cred.
My last day at the school, I was calling balls and strikes with the pitch machine, being tutored by Demuth, the MLB umpire. During a break, while the machine was reloaded, I goaded Demuth into showing me his third-strike call. The “punchout” is an umpire’s signature mechanic. A third-strike call is the one place where he is allowed, even encouraged, to demonstrate some flair. When minor league supervisors assess rookie umps, they sometimes tell them to work on their punchout. Demuth’s punchout is a flick of the right arm followed by a jab. Streamlined and badass.
Demuth then asked me to show him my own punchout. I didn’t have one. I knew some umpires like the “rip the phone book in half” move, or the “start the chainsaw” move. I decided I’d go as big as possible, hopping backward while doing a sort of furious ninja strike. As I did it, I pulled my right calf.
I tried to hide the pain from Demuth, but inside I was yelping. I could barely walk, so I stood still and hoped my discomfort wasn’t obvious. Demuth gave me an encouraging review of my punchout form. When he turned away, I found the nearest place to sit down and let the pain radiate through my body. That was the moment I knew I wouldn’t make the show.
Still, my two-week course diploma qualifies me to umpire high school games. I already have the gear: my mask, my athletic cup, my polyester slacks, my home plate brush. I might get out there one day and make some calls, bark at some kids, try to nail down that punchout.
If you see me, keep your lip in check or it’s adios, Jones!
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UPM intensifies prevention measures for the restart of construction work
Press Release 8.4.2020 10:00 EEST
(UPM, Paso de los Toros, 8 April 2020) – The Uruguayan construction sector with its 45,000 workers is scheduled to restart works after the Easter holidays on Monday 13 April. In the face of the national health emergency caused by COVID-19, UPM is reinforcing its health guidelines and protocols relating to resumed construction works at its new pulp mill project and to guarantee a safe work environment for surrounding communities.
The project currently employs 947 people at the construction sites in Paso de los Toros, Pueblo Centenario and Durazno city. Altogether 477 of the workers are local residents from the region, including 376 from Paso de los Toros. The rest come from different parts of Uruguay. There are also 70 workers from outside of Uruguay who have been in the country since before the start of the health emergency.
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Controls on access to construction sites will be intensified with new access points and more work shifts to reduce concentration of workers at any one time.
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For workers who temporarily live outside their home town or city UPM will provide an emergency medical service. This way all remote workers will be able to obtain a diagnosis and instructions on how to proceed with potential symptoms quickly without a visit to health centres in the local town. Furthermore, UPM will provide housing areas for contractor companies in Paso de los Toros if needed for temporary 24-hour isolation.
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Gender differences on the MMPI across American and Korean adult and adolescent...
Gender differences on the MMPI across American and Korean adult and adolescent normative samples The purpose of this study was to examine whether gender differences on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A; Butcher et al., 1992) items are comparable across 2 distinctive cultural samples: Americans and Koreans. Using large, representative adult and adolescent samples from both cultures, we found that the American samples were associated with a higher proportion of items with gender differences than the Korean samples. The American adult sample produced gender differences on a higher proportion of items than did the American adolescent sample, but no such age difference was found between the Korean samples. Despite these differences between cultures and between age groups, content dimensions underlying items with gender differences were very similar across cultures and age groups, centering on stereotypical gender interests, behaviors, and emotions. https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/bibliography/2010-2019/2013/han_gender_2013 https://www.upress.umn.edu/logo.png
Kyunghee Han, Hyung I Park, Nathan C Weed, Jeeyoung Lim, Adam Johnson, and Christopher Joles (2013)
Gender differences on the MMPI across American and Korean adult and adolescent normative samples
Journal of personality assessment, 95(2):197--206.
Adolescent normative sample
United States norms
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Srecko Sostar reacted to JW Insider in SECULAR EVIDENCE and NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY (Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, etc.) January 1
OK. It's 2021 now, I will move on to the second part of your answer, which is even more incorrect.
I asked:
Outside of the Watchtower publications, JWs or Adventists who defend an inherited chronology, can you give me a reference for any "Exilic scholar" who thinks it was more than 50 years between Jerusalem's destruction and Babylon's downfall by Cyrus? Can you show any "exilic scholar" who thinks that Jerusalem was destroyed within 2 years of 607? Can you show any "exilic scholar" who thinks that Jerusalem was NOT destroyed within 2 years of 587?
You answered:
JSTOR gives me a couple of references that show you are wrong. The first is :
Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. The End of Exile: The Reception of Jeremiah's Prediction of a Seventy-Year Exile Author(s): Steven M. Bryan Source: Journal of Biblical Literature , Vol. 137, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 107-126
I quote from page 108, where Bryan shows no problem with the following date for the destruction of Jerusalem:
". . . the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/86" (p.108)
He is also aware that some scholars have made a point about the 70 year period from the (second exile and) destruction of the temple by Babylon (587/6) to the reconstruction in 516/515 since this also is a 70-year period (which he does not accept as the period referenced by Jeremiah, which he says had already been recognized as fulfilled.) [Note that C.F.Whitley, another example from Niles' "Appendix C" is a proponent of 586 BCE to 516 BCE, with full knowledge that 586 BCE refers to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, and 516 to the reconstruction under Haggai/Zerubbabel.]
So your reference to Steven M Bryan is a failure.
Now to Rainer Albertz. Without looking, I have already come to trust that this was also just an empty claim.
So, here it is. Not surprisingly, you failed at this one too. Here is his chronology from the book:
Israel in Exile --The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. by Rainer Albertz · 2003
Note: "conquest of Jerusalem, 2d deportation (July / August 587)." He sees that the Bible chronology fits the standard archaeological foundation for the chronology. These dates are also 20 years off from the ones promoted by the Watchtower publications.
Of course, I'm sure you already knew both of these attempts were failures before you even provided them.
Srecko Sostar reacted to AlanF in Creation-Evolution-Creative Days-Age of the Earth-Humanoid Fossils-Great Flood January 1
True Tom Harley said:
You should call up Fred Franz on the earth-heaven phone and instruct him that the dozens of books and magazines that discussed them at length should never have been published.
The Publications Indexes contain dozens of references, such as "confirmation", which purport to use science to support the idea of an earthwide Flood. For example: w68 7/15 "Was There an Earthwide Flood?"
For a thorough disproof of the Flood, and copious references to Watchtower material, see
Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. By your 'logic', Watchtower writers were not Bible teachers until about 1980.
Srecko Sostar reacted to 4Jah2me in Neighbours becoming enemies January 1
Out walking today I noticed how people are avoiding each other more then ever. They look at each other as if they do not trust each other. Of course the 'virus' may be the main problem but is it the only problem. Naming it 'social distancing' did no help, but was that done deliberately. It brought to mind the words from the scriptures 'like sheep without a shepherd'. I often think it is my 'old age' that puts fear into me. When I was young I longed for 'excitement' but now I just want 'peace and security'. It is impossible to separate happenings in this world from God's word..... 2021, a 'new year' but it will of course bring with it new problems. I am in England but I care not about Brexit or politics, I care about people. Are any of you, in any country, noticing that neighbours are distancing more or becoming more suspicious of each other ? Or is it just my frame of mind ?
Niles, himself gives an overview of many past scholars, and he is not confused at all by the scholarship. First, of course, here are the dates he accepts, as seen in Appendix C. This applies to the second question, of course, as he is also an "Exilic" scholar, too. He apparently understands exactly how the standard dates align with the Bible chronology.
Now you mentioned Appendix A, where Nles gives an idea of the broad range of views from scholars and Bible commentators, past and present. I don't see any of them confused about the chronology of those 70 years of Babylonian domination between about 609 to 539 (plus or minus a couple of years). Most of them chose that very chronology as the interpretation of Jeremiah's 70 years. Apparently every single one of them understood that chronology to be able to place the destruction of Jerusalem in 587-586 BCE, or the larger exile (e.g. Ezekiel, et al) from 598-597 BCE. Everyone has a right to their set of Biblical interpretations for the varying uses of the term "70 years" whether literal, close, symbolic, an approximation, or even believing (as Niles himself does) that various Bible writers may have used it to refer to multiple periods. But this does not imply any confusion about the chronology.
Every one of them understood the chronology of the time of Babylonian domination, or they could not have all consistently put dates like the ones pictured above, on all the Judean events. I will repeat again: Apparently 100% of them used the date 587 or 586 for the destruction of Jerusalem. No confusion about the chronology, just different interpretations of which start and end dates to use within that fixed chronology. For those who don't know, I'll reproduce the columns from the first 3 pages:
Did I mention this? Every one of the above accepts a chronology within a couple years of the standard chronology, and every one of the above accepts a chronology that is about 20 years different from the "special chronology" that the WTS promotes.
(I add that last part about the 20-years difference, because there are people who think that 605 BCE, above, is only 2 years different from the WTS chronology of 607. It's actually 18 years different. Because the WTS publications present the above 605 date as 625 BCE.)
The last 8 listed scholars from the final two pages (not included above) discuss variations of Biblical interpretation about the 70 years, but they are not at all confused about the chronology of the period of Babylonian years of domination in the region. I'll just pick any one of them to see what they say about the period of Babylonian domination:
The first one, Anneli Aejmelaeus, we don't have to look up, because Niles already tells us she understands the significance of 587 BCE (Jeremiah 25) and 597 BCE.
So I'll pick another and then look up whether Bryan and Albertz fit the criteria of dating the destruction of Jerusalem more than two years different than 587 BCE.
Maybe next year, though. This should be my last post of 2020.
Someone named RR(?) was selling a book on eBay while making a claim it came from Tom Cabeen, implying it might have been printed on WT materials. I thought it was nearly impossible, having been there from 76 to 82. I got Cabeen's number through contact with his son (who went to college with my son). Cabeen was sure he had never seen the book before.
Anyway, I asked Cabeen if he knew how COJ was doing healthwise. Cabeen didn't know for sure, but told me how sad it was that COJ only tried to do the right thing when one of his Bible Study "RV's" asked him about why the WTS uses this special chronology. COJ was sure it could be defended and did his best, but, of course, discovered what anyone would discover if they were being honest and thorough. I told Cabeen that when I was tagging along with Brother Schroeder's "entourage" for an International Convention tour in 1978 that I had to stay in Athens for some extra time while Bert Schroeder went to Wiesbaden. When I was supposed to catch up with him in Wiesbaden, I was told he had alread gone to Hamburg/Copenhagen/Stockholm for some meetings (no conventions) and without any of his small entourage. The rumor was that this was about the COJ manuscript, although I couldn't know absolutely for sure. We caught up again when he came back to Hamburg then on back to London and Brooklyn.
I told Cabeen this, and he already knew about part of it. I understand Cabeen might be biased, but he said that Schroeder had already determined to get COJ disfellowshiped several months before that convention trip. So I can believe that something like this happened with Gerard Gertoux. Gertoux seemed willing to discuss anything except 587 BCE, which made him suddenly clam up.
Srecko Sostar reacted to JW Insider in SECULAR EVIDENCE and NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY (Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, etc.) December 31, 2020
CC, You keep dragging me (and @Arauna ) into this. Arauna is right. We should be able to explain complex things with simple words and simple sentences. So here goes:
Ann O'maly commented on a paper written by Gerard Gertoux. In her comments, O'maly happened to make mention of a mistake that might have just been a typo. Gertoux's "typo" indicated that 360/12=15, instead of 360/12=30. No big deal. Chavez (CC) sarys Gertoux is right about 15 degrees, and O'maly must be stupid. For evidence CC posts content saying that 360/12=30 and that 360/24=15 and that 30/2=15. CC apparently doesn't realize that all CC has done is prove that O'maly was right. That's the whole story: CC has tried to prove O'maly wrong, but all his evidence directly shows she was right. His evidence blew up in his face. That's the whole story, except that Arauna has sided with the idea that 360/12=15, without even knowing, probably, that this was the entire argument. It's EXACTLY as if:
O'maly said 2+2=4 CC told her she was stupid, because 2+2=5 CC "proves" it by loading up a lot of Googled sites that prove that 2+2=4 CC claims his superiority and O'maly's stupidity, by misreading his evidence that "proved" to him that 2+2=5 Arauna places her bets on the side of 2+2=5 and criticizes O'maly for believing that 2+2=4. But why go to so much trouble to defend a typo in the first place? Why the need to pretend O'maly is stupid and wrong and incompetent just because she caught a simple mistake? That was not even the point of O'maly's comments.
I think it only goes to prove a more general point we have seen on this thread. Hatred of people interferes with good judgment. And conversely, if people think someone else (like a Furuli, a Gertoux) is on the side of 1914, then it doesn't matter if they are making ludicrous claims. 99.9% of Witnesses apparently aren't really going to test them anyway. It's easier to just say they must be right, and Witnesses should defend them. For people who do not wish to look into the facts, it becomes an 'us versus them' proposition.
But there's another way I can tell that it doesn't matter what the evidence shows, and this is only about assumptions, and not real study or research:
It's because Gerard Gertoux has agreed with the same date that Carl Olof Jonsson gives for the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. I have even communicated with Gerard Gertoux to find out why.
Srecko Sostar reacted to Witness in THE GREEK SCRIPTURES ARE FOR THE TRUE ANOINTED ONES. December 31, 2020
Where does your loyalty stand, with the organization and a GB who are not inspired, or with God and Jesus Christ? Where is the humility of men who cannot even consider their anointed brothers in Christ, but choose a vast army of unanointed "Gentiles" to do their bidding? Are you as arrogant as they are? If God truly blessed the organization, he would make it possible for all of "Israel" to come together and lead it in truth. Yet, instead, for rejecting lies, "Israel" can be condemned to "death" through disfellowshipping. They are the victors against this Beast/organization. (Rev 13:15; 15:2) In the end, only those who put their faith in God and Jesus, are saved. This is why the road is narrow and cramped. Don't you see? Your leaders boast of how the organization is growing by leaps and bounds. Growing! That road is not narrow, it is broad leading to destruction. Only those who listen to Christ, his pure teachings, will be on the road leading to life. Every word proven to be a lie by these men will be their judge.
Matt 12:37 - For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Srecko Sostar reacted to AlanF in SECULAR EVIDENCE and NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY (Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, etc.) December 31, 2020
Irrelevant scripture. Try Jer. 25:12, 27:7.
You'll never get the point if you can't manage to read the proper scriptures. So I'll help you. Jer. 25:12:
<< But when 70 years have been fulfilled, I will call to account the king of Babylon and that nation for their error,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and I will make the land of the Chal·deʹans a desolate wasteland for all time. >>
According to ScholarJW Pretendus, the beginning of this "desolation" began when the Jews returned to Judah in 537 BCE -- a completely nonsensical idea. My point is that there was no such desolation for another ~1,200 years.
Note that the scripture says nothing about either the city of Babylon or about the Babylonian empire, but about "the land of the Chaldeans". The "land" comprises more than the empire; the empire is a political entity, but the land is a physical entity. The political entity ceased to exist in 539 BCE. In the course of time, the physical entity fell into ruins and became "a desolate wasteland". Capiche?
Srecko Sostar reacted to JW Insider in Creation-Evolution-Creative Days-Age of the Earth-Humanoid Fossils-Great Flood December 31, 2020
I'm making a catch-all place for the discussions on these topics that were currently under different topics/subjects. As I move old posts into this new topic, the oldest ones will appear to identify the starter/owner of this topic, even though that person didn't create this topic.
Srecko Sostar reacted to 4Jah2me in Creation-Evolution-Creative Days-Age of the Earth-Humanoid Fossils-Great Flood December 31, 2020
Yep, I'm 71 and and at age around 20 (50 year ago) the Org was teaching me about the 7,000 year creative days and about the 6,000 years of human life, then it would be / should have been, Armageddon / Jesus' 1,000 year reign. That would have then been 49,000 years and then i think the Org was also mentioning a Millenium ???
Now, that was a foundation teaching of the Watchtower back then. A doctrine of importance to all JWs, and those W/t leaders were thought of as having God's Holy Spirit.
Srecko Sostar reacted to AlanF in Creation-Evolution-Creative Days-Age of the Earth-Humanoid Fossils-Great Flood December 31, 2020
Arauna appears stuck in the pre-1980 Watchtower world, when the Society was promoting its version of Young-Earth Creationism (more properly, bits of normal YECism mixed with Russellism) and YEC Flood Geology. About 1980 the Writing Dept. abandoned much of this nonsense and mostly quit trying to justify Noah's Flood, and gradually began referring to the "creative days" as being "millennia long" rather than 7,000 years. Stuck-in-the-mud JWs like Arauna never noticed -- which was exactly why the Society never announced these changes. It would have been a bit too much for the old ones to give up on a century of Russell's nonsense.
These topics are rarely discussed by JWs today, to the extent that ones under about 45 usually know nothing about the 7,000 years nonsense, much less Watchtowerish Flood Geology. Most of the younger JWs have no problem accepting normal geological dating, such as 66 million years ago for the Cretaceous Extinction of the dinosaurs. Only dinosaurs like Arauna have trouble with such dating.
Arauna said:
Rather, be ashamed of it.
Recognizable humans have existed as such for more than 2 million years. Their ancestors have existed for about three times that. A great deal of evidence indicates that a variety of human species have existed just in Europe and Asia during the last 60 thousand years and more -- Neanderthals, Denisovans, probably one other similar to them, and others more distantly related like Homo floriensis and perhaps even Homo erectus. The DNA of the first three is found in all non-Africans today, in percentages ranging from 1% to 5%. All of this is impossible within the Watchtower's 6,000 year timeframe for humanity.
Archaeological remains abound. Gobekli Tepi in Turkey is something like 12,000 years old and is obviously far older than 6,000 years, even to non-archaeologists. Some 74,000 years ago the giant volcano Toba in Sumatra erupted and killed perhaps all but a few thousand humans on earth due to drastic cooling of climate. Above the ash layers in India have been found human artifacts that indicate that another wave of migration out of Africa occurred within some 15,000 years of the eruption. On and on goes the evidence of humans living in Africa, Europe and Asia for tens of thousands of years, and in the Americas for at least 15,000 years.
The Bible and the Watchtower Society are out of sync with reality.
Srecko Sostar got a reaction from 4Jah2me in Creation-Evolution-Creative Days-Age of the Earth-Humanoid Fossils-Great Flood December 31, 2020
Kind of ???? reasoning. WTJWorg somehow holds on position how life on Earth begun before 6 Creative Days and that one (JW members) should not really believe that fossils (plant and animal) are millions of years old.
The word “day” as used in Genesis can refer to long periods of time. In fact, at Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. , the word “day” is used to describe all six days of creation.
The Bible’s narrative allows for the possibility that some major events during each day, or creative period, occurred gradually rather than instantly, perhaps some of them even lasting into the following creative days.**Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. .... How long, then, were the creative days? The Bible does not say; however, the wording of Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. indicates that considerable lengths of time were involved. -Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content.
But, at the same time WTJWorg scholars speaking how God's (Jesus') Kingdom is literally 1000 years long and as such is last part of 6th Creative day, which 6000 years ended in 1975 CE. By that they came to general conclusion how each Creative day last 7000 years. Or, if not every single day, but this final 6th Day have to be 7000 years long. :))) This is WTJWorg Chronology too!
*** another example of "overlapping" :)))
Insight into/about WTJWorg doctrines leads us to conclusion how, TIMELINE or WTJWorg CHRONOLOGY about 1000 year Kingdom and about Creation Day are not synchronized.
And as i see, TTH and Arauna don't care nothing about that, but are very proud how their Organization standing in such impossible position.
You making problem about 70 years, but have no problem about thousands or millions of years !!?? Dogmas and chronology about 607 BCE to 1914 CE and 1975 CE, as one part, in connection/relation to 1000 years of (future) Kingdom and Length of Creative Days, as second part, destroys your hopes and theology every single day, and you are not aware of that.
You can't have both. Awake!
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Srecko Sostar reacted to Ann O'Maly in A "Conversation" about 1914 as it appeared in the Watchtower's "1914-2014 Anniversary Celebration" issues. December 31, 2020
Jeremiah is the source of the 70-years prophecies, though. Later interpretations and references to them need to harmonize with what Jeremiah actually said. The root of WT's divergence from mainstream understandings of the 70 years is its insistence that the 70-year period relates to the length of time the land would be 'desolate, without an inhabitant.' However, Jeremiah nowhere says this. He talks about a '70 years servitude' to Babylon and a '70 years for Babylon' but not that the land would be uninhabited for 70 years. It is this (mis)understanding that locks Watchtower into its chronological scheme.
As far as I can see, WT nearly always ignores the problem of Jer. 25:12's sequence of events. One time it attempts to resolve it (w79 9/15 p. 23-24) by claiming the nations continued serving the king of Babylon after the city had been conquered and its king removed by Cyrus because Cyrus then became king of Babylon - the 70-year period was only up two years after the conquest and it was when Cyrus let the Jews go that the Babylonians were punished. Not only is this convoluted tripe not in keeping with the wording in Jer. 25:12, but it goes against Ezra's wording too at 2 Chron. 36:20:
"He [Neb] carried off captive to Babylon those who escaped the sword, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia began to reign"
As for WT's solution to Jer. 29:10 - it doesn't offer one. It sticks with its translation 'at Babylon' and sidesteps the context by applying it to exiles taken 10 years later.
But we still have the wording of the texts to get past. The 70 years are fulfilled, then the Babylonian king is punished / then God will turn his attention to the exiles. It's not the other way around.
Srecko Sostar got a reaction from 4Jah2me in SECULAR EVIDENCE and NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY (Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, etc.) December 31, 2020
Why all this is so similar to, and remind me on, "overlapping" solution?
WTJWorg made Terminus Post Quem and Terminus Ante Quem for "this generation will not pass" in "old lights insightful knowledge". Without going into the nuances they created about the interpretations of the term "generation", it was clear to everyone, at that time, and especially today, that "that generation" should have lasted from cca 1914 + 70-80 years according to JW scholars, with "happy conclusion" to the end of 20th century. :))
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Srecko Sostar reacted to Ann O'Maly in SECULAR EVIDENCE and NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY (Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, etc.) December 31, 2020
You're asking us to believe that the King of Babylon was called to account two years after he was forcibly deposed and his city conquered. Riiight.
When did Babylon become a desolated wasteland, by the way?
Thank you for also confirming that Young did, in fact, resolve the 587/586 dilemma and that you initially told a whopping fib. 👍
Srecko Sostar reacted to AlanF in A "Conversation" about 1914 as it appeared in the Watchtower's "1914-2014 Anniversary Celebration" issues. December 31, 2020
"Admit" is the wrong word. This is what proper scholars have been saying for decades. And of course, JW critics have said it at least a hundred times on this board.
As I, Ann O'Maly and others have shown, the 70 years ended in 539 BCE when the king of Babylon was punished. Go back 70 years and you get 609 BCE. No problem.
Also note that your argument assumes that "70" is an exact figure -- which is open to question.
Nope. I've already explained the details of this many times.
Neither the decree nor the conquest started the Return. The return occurred nearly a year after the conquest of October, 539, not later than about September, 538.
As Ann and I and others keep pointing out, the Bible and secular history are in excellent agreement about virtually all significant chronology. It is only the Watchtower's distortions that are out of sync. You have only to read the many sources that I and others have pointed you to.
Precisely! Ann and I are in agreement on this.
Nope. The Watchtower Society and its apologists are adamant that the 70 years were a precise period of time that cannot be moved even by one month. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
There was no specific decree to rebuild the temple at a specific time. Cyrus' decree allowed the Jews and other captives to return to their homelands, where they could rebuild temples on their own timetables. Ezra is quite clear that this happened with the Jewish temple in the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Return from exile, i.e., Iyyar of 537 BCE.
You're going in circles now. It's entirely possible that "the 70 years" was an approximate period. This has been discussed by scholars for centuries.
Perhaps for after-the-fact rationalization, but not as a foundational figure upon which to base the Society's claim that in 1919 Jehovah anointed Watchtower leaders to a special position of spiritual authority "over all Christ's earthly belongings".
The only date one can be dogmatic on is 539 BCE, since a great deal of evidence supports it as the date of Babylon's fall and the end of Nebuchadnezzar's dynasty. And of course, no scriptures pinpoint 539 -- only secular data does that. And Jeremiah 25:12, 27:7 and 29:10 clearly show that the 70 years ended when that dynasty became no more.
Yes, but that is exactly the ass-backwards thinking that has resulted in the Society lying about so much to do with its bogus chronology. What about intellectual honesty?
And remember that the originators of the "606-607 chronology" (Christopher Bowen, E. B. Elliott, Nelson Barbour and C. T. Russell) were adamant that 606 BCE was the starting date for the 70 years. They certainly did no ass-backwards calculations. Rather, they began with secular data (i.e., 536 BCE for the fall of Babylon, (also wrong)) and applied their interpretations of certain Bible passages to arrive (wrongly) at 606 BCE + 2,520 years = 1914 CE. You want to work backwards from 1914. Why?
Yes, but given your JW background, and the fact that you don't lie about these things, in contrast to many other JWs, you can be forgiven.
🤣 at Cesar's Googling and lengthy, but irrelevant, copy-and-pastes in a vain attempt to hide his embarrassing blunder, and that further drive home the point that he had no clue what Gertoux or I were talking about.
👋👋👋 Well done!
Date is disputed. Other non-WT models are out there that fit the 390 years with the conventional timeline.
As has been shown ad infinitum, Jer. 25:12 falsifies your claim that the 70 year period of the nations' servitude to Babylon ended with the repatriation of the Jews.
... is another subject beyond the scope of this thread and it similarly involves an erroneous WT starting date.
Again, WT interpretation of these periods is upended by sound exegesis and by WT following its own new approach regarding types and antitypes:
Humans cannot know which Bible accounts are shadows of things to come and which are not. The clearest course is this: Where the Scriptures teach that an individual, an event, or an object is typical of something else, we accept it as such. Otherwise, we ought to be reluctant to assign an antitypical application to a certain person or account if there is no specific Scriptural basis for doing so. - w15 3/15 p. 18
Neil, whatever WT fantasies you have swirling around in that stubborn skull of yours, you know what you've just said above isn't true. You know Young's articles well enough and are familiar with his conclusions. Doesn't your conscience prick you when you lie like that, especially when you can be caught out so easily? Have you no shame? Smh. 😦
"In this paper, the method is applied to all Scriptures in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 2 Kings, and 2 Chronicles relating to the date of Jerusalem's fall to Nebuchadnezzar. It is shown that all texts involved are in harmony with themselves and with each other, and the only year possible for Jerusalem's fall is 587 BC."
Hello guest! Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. "The conclusions from the analysis are as follows.
"(1) Jerusalem fell in the fourth month (Tammuz) of 587 bc. All sources which bear on the question—Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and 2 Kings—are consistent in dating the event in that year."
Since love doesn't keep account of the injury and covers a multitude of sins, I will not go back and show you what you have actually said. Besides, I've never wanted to make this into a contest of who is smart or not. I've never claimed to be smarter than you or anyone else here. This just happens to be one of my strong interests -- and of course it's an interest that is recommended in the Watchtower itself. It's easy to make mistakes in this area of study. I've made quite a few while learning and might still be making some. I'm hoping to be corrected where I am making mistakes. But it gets easier, and makes more sense every time I read another book and compare it with the evidence and the appropriate Bible passages.
But I'm sure you'll agree that there's nothing wrong with taking an interest in this topic:
*** w11 10/1 p. 26 When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One ***
But why be interested in the actual date when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II razed the city of Jerusalem? First, because the event marked an important turning point in the history of God’s people. . . .
Second, because knowing the actual year when this “ultimate catastrophe” began and understanding how the restoration of true worship in Jerusalem fulfilled a precise Bible prophecy will build your confidence in the reliability of God’s Word. So why do Jehovah’s Witnesses hold to a date that differs from widely accepted chronology by 20 years? In short, because of evidence within the Bible itself.
The problem, of course, is not just taking an interest, but discovering that the Watchtower's solution produces too many contradictions and cannot be supported without manipulation or rejection of the Biblical and archaeological evidence.
Of course the only right thing to do when one discovers that the evidence leads to a different conclusion is to be quiet and wait on Jehovah. At least that's what I was told even by the persons who first showed me a few pieces of this evidence in 1977 and 1978. If you speak up, you could be disfellowshipped, I was warned. So I stayed pretty quiet about it for more than a third of a century (i.e., 33 years) but I have kept studying about these things off and on.
But my conscience bothered me a bit, because Jehovah is the "God of Truth." (Psalm 31:5) If we see our brother take a false step we shouldn't just ignore it. When I asked about these things with responsible persons in the organization, who I respected, I realized that the only defense was "empty speeches." (Non-answers, avoidance, evasion, misquotes, and very weak or completely unrelated evidence.) Mostly you begin to see that no one really has looked at the evidence. Or, if they are like Furuli, they try to exploit a weakness in one or two tiny pieces of evidence, and won't even admit that their theory is already demolished by 1,000 other bits of independent evidence.
So for me, I must follow my conscience.
(2 Timothy 2:14-18) . . .. 15 Do your utmost to present yourself approved to God, a workman with nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of the truth aright. 16 But reject empty speeches that violate what is holy, for they will lead to more and more ungodliness, 17 and their word will spread like gangrene. Hy·me·naeʹus and Phi·leʹtus are among them. 18 These men have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are subverting the faith of some.
Hmmmm. Thanks? Well, that should convince her! I think she trusts your judgment pretty much the way she judges mine.
ScholarJW Pretendus continues making the same mistake that most JW apologists do with chronology as well as many other beliefs: they're ass-backwards in their thinking. Since 1914 is all-important, they must perform all sorts of mental gyrations to justify it. Such as claiming that the 70 years is of fundamental importance to both Bible and secular chronology. But the period ONLY has importance to the 1914 chronology and the huge house-of-cards belief structure that rests on it.
And of course, ScholarJW Mendacicus continues lying about "the 586/7 BCE dilemma" when he knows quite well that Rodger Young put that issue to bed back in 2004. He knows this because he's completely unable to refute Young's paper; all he can manage is his usual limp but loudly proclaimed refrain, "It's wrong cuz the 70 years!!!"
Again confusing Jehovah with the Watchtower Society.
JW Insider, although we disagree about some things, happens to be about most honest JW I've ever come across. Coming from me, that's saying something!
"Clear as daylight." LOL! LIke teaching that organ transplants are the same as eating organs? Like teaching that "the resurrection of the saints" in 1881 was a fact of history for half the Watchtower's history? Like teaching that Christ returned invisibly in 1874? Like teaching "Armageddon is right around the corner" for decades, despite Jesus' warning in Luke 21:8 not to do that?
I could go on with such examples for a long time, but you get the idea: as claimed "speakers for Jehovah", Watchtower leaders speak with forked tongues: they are false prophets.
In the end, assuming your God actually judges people for their actions, who do you think will fare better: Unthinking, willingly gullible drones? Or people who actually think about what they're taught and make decisions according to their consciences?
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Jurgen Klopp rues penalty call and Mohamed Salah’s treatment after Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he has had worse days than the goalless draw at home to Stoke but felt his side were unlucky not to get the benefit of some refereeing decisions.
After Mohamed Salah uncharacteristically missed a sixth-minute one-on-one which he usually buries, Trent Alexander-Arnold was denied by Jack Butland and Danny Ings had a goal ruled out for offside, the Reds toiled against resilient relegation-threatened opposition.
Salah was well man-marked by Erik Pieters for the duration but Klopp was unhappy with some of the challenges which left Jordan Henderson nursing an ankle problem and Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez also sustaining minor niggles.
Towards the end, Salah was seen to be limping slightly but he confirmed to Press Association Sport after the game he was fine, while Klopp also felt his side should have had a penalty when Georginio Wijnaldum’s cross late on hit the arm of Pieters.
“We obviously met Stoke in the moment when they think a point could be enough, otherwise they have to play different,” said the Liverpool boss.
“They think they can win their next two games and have a chance with that then we can’t change their opinion.
“We had two opportunities to take the lead and we scored the offside goal.
“Handball? Yes, probably. At the end we didn’t score. That’s not the best day of my life but I had for sure worse days.”
On the close attention Salah received, Klopp added: “Mo is the most attacked player probably in the Premier League but he deals with that.
“I am not responsible for judging the rules, that is the ref and if he thinks that is OK and sets that level I cannot change it.
“It is not a grey area. It is rules. If it is a foul, it is not a grey area.
“It is football, it is physical but if it is too much, it is too much: free-kick, yellow card, whatever. I cannot change that.”
With just two games remaining, Stoke are running out of time to escape the bottom three and their approach at Anfield—where they have not won a top-flight match in 55 attempts—did not look like they were going down with a fight.
However, manager Paul Lambert was happy to take the point.
“We came here and played a fantastic game against a team with one foot in the Champions League final and has been scoring for fun, with one of the best players in Europe at the moment scoring for fun,” said the Scot, who has not lost at Anfield in six visits as a manager.
“We have handled everything that was thrown at us and might have sneaked it. The performance of the team as outstanding. We couldn’t have asked for anything more.
“It makes the last couple of games really interesting and I’ll take that.”
Lambert dismissed Liverpool’s claim for a penalty.
“They are going to ask for that at the Kop end but if that was given, I may as well have walked away. It was never a penalty,” he added.
Lambert also praised defender Pieters, who coped superbly with the threat of Salah.
He said: “That was the best Erik has played under me. I thought he was outstanding. It was a big challenge for him against Salah and I thought, manfully, he stood up.”
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Law Times: Ruling on CPP a win for accident victims
A Supreme Court of Canada decision that ruled the Canada Pension Plan is not a policy of insurance is a win for accident victims across the country, says a Toronto lawyer.
In Sabean v. Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance Co., a unanimous seven-judge panel of the nation’s top court ruled the insurer could not deduct a Nova Scotia man’s CPP disability payments from his excess insurance payments according to the province’s standard SEF 44 endorsement.
The endorsement, also known in other provinces as a family protection endorsement, is meant to cover drivers when they’re injured in a crash caused by an underinsured driver, but it allows insurance companies to deduct future payments from a “policy of insurance providing disability benefits.”
The insurer claimed this should include the CPP, but Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, writing for the court, said that lay people reading the endorsement “would understand a ‘policy of insurance’ to mean an optional, private insurance contract and not a mandatory statutory scheme such as the CPP.
“Thus, future CPP disability benefits do not reduce the amount payable by the insurer under the Endorsement,” the judge added.
Deanna Gilbert, partner at Toronto personal injury firm Thomson Rogers Lawyers, says the decision has significance nationwide, since provinces with private insurance systems use virtually identical wording in excess coverage policies. That includes Ontario, where its version of the family protection endorsement is known as OPCF-44R.
“It’s not one of the Supreme Court’s more complex decisions, but it is a very important one because of its wide applicability,” Gilbert says. Ontario accident victims should be especially grateful for the decision, she says, since it bucks recent trends in the personal injury field.
“In the last few years, we’ve seen more and more barriers put in front of accident victims seeking fair compensation,” Gilbert says, pointing in particular to controversial changes to the accident benefits system enacted last year. Since June 2016, catastrophically injured victims have seen their combined attendant care and medical and rehabilitation services limited to $1 million, down from the previous cap of $2 million.
Non-catastrophically injured victims, meanwhile, also saw their maximum combined benefits significantly cut.
“There’s less and less money available to injured folks these days, so I think the Supreme Court made the right decision removing this hurdle,” Gilbert says.
The Supreme Court case dates back to a 2004 motor vehicle crash in Bridgewater, N.S. that left Andrew Sabean with injuries. Nine years later, a jury awarded him $465,000, but the at-fault driver only had enough insurance coverage to pay $382,000.
Sabean turned to his own insurer to make up the $83,000 difference, but he resorted to the courts when he was told Portage La Prairie considered CPP a policy of insurance for the purposes of its family protection endorsement and that the insurance company intended to deduct his future disability benefits payments from the total.
View the full article written by Michael McKiernan on LawTimesNews.com: Focus: Ruling on CPP a win for accident victims
If you have any questions, please contact, personal injury lawyer Deanna Gilbert at 416-868-3205 or by EMAIL.
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Schools could turn into Covid-19 'super-spreaders', says teachers' union
Nonkululeko Njilo Reporter
The reopening of schools later this month may lead to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a teachers' union said on Monday as it called on the basic department of education to 'think carefully' about the move.
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The reopening of schools later this month may lead to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a teachers' union said on Monday as it called on the department of basic education to “think carefully” about the move.
This as the DA conceded that pushing out the reopening date — now set for January 27 — would cause more harm than good.
The National Teachers' Union (Natu) said pupils from historically disadvantaged schools had fallen behind in the curriculum coverage last year, which saw many pupils not completing the academic year.
“Many learners remain unaccounted for between March and December 2020,” said general secretary Cynthia Barnes. “It is for this reason that we call upon the Department of Education to ensure that its risk-adjusted strategy is sensitive to the fact that some schools are bound to suffer more than others, if schools open before the conditions are right.
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“We have no choice but to appeal to the department to ensure that all the non-negotiables are delivered to all schools in time. Otherwise, to further contribute to, and exacerbate, the disparities among the South African schools would be irresponsible and indeed unsympathetic to the plight of thousands of our teachers and children.”
The union said it appeared that the department would fail to provide the required PPEs, water, sanitation facilities, ensure social distancing and employ substitute and temporary teachers on time — as it did last year. The non-compliance with health and safety requirements contributed significantly to the rate of Covid-19 in schools, the union suggested.
“Natu appeals to the department to think very carefully about when schools could safely open. We therefore challenge the department to be as focused on saving lives as it is on saving livelihoods. It would appear that, in deciding to keep the economy open, the department does not know where to leave schoolchildren when their parents work. Accordingly, the school is seen to be a necessary tool for babysitting the children.
“Natu is concerned that when these children return from different vacation points after the Christmas break, these schools could turn into super-spreader sites for Covid-19 infections,” said Barnes.
Department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga did not respond to queries at the time of publishing.
Meanwhile, the DA has called for basic education minister Angie Motshekga to provide clarity on whether schools will reopen on January 27, amid speculation of an extension to mid-February.
“We do not support such a delay as this will likely do more harm than good and will only lead to schools being subjected to the same chaos that they were subjected to during the 2020 academic year,” said Baxolile Nodada, DA's shadow minister of basic education.
The party said a Covid-19 vaccine was the only solution to the challenges confronted by the education sector, adding that teachers needed to be classified as front-line workers.
“We strongly believe that the opening of schools should not compromise the health of learners and teachers. It is for this reason that the DA calls for educators to be classified as essential front-line workers in order for them to be prioritised after health-care workers and at-risk civilians for the Covid vaccine,” said Nodada.
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Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District
Barb Limbacher
Times-Reporter Correspondent
Friday (July 10) meeting
KEY ACTION Heard district trash truck drivers were recently trained in safe driving habits. The drivers compile a total of over 240,000 miles per year.
Discussion: Treasurer Erica Wright and Steven Tharp, operations coordinator, guided the truck drivers on safety, dealt with drivers rolling through stop signs and not coming to a complete stop, and not buckling their seat belts after they stop at a site. Cameras were installed in the district trash hauling trucks this past March. The district employs eight full-time drivers and four part-time drivers.
In another matter, Executive Director David Held said social media has been a big factor in shaming people that dump items that are not permitted. The deputies take a photo and it is placed on social media. Held said often the deputies or truck drivers find a bill or item in the illegal trash that was dumped and that individual can be identified.
OTHER ACTION
- Learned Tharp was named the Buckeye Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North American 2020 James S. Bridges Solid Waste Professional of the Year award winner.
- Heard the tipping fee revenue is down 10% in 2020 from 2019 in the first five months of the year.
- The 2020 appropriations for yard waste drop-off sites was $300,000 with $221,658 awarded this year. The 2020 sites are Lake Township, Canton Township, the village of Brewster, the city of Dover and Lawrence Township (Tuscarawas County.)
- Heard the records commission met and approved the 2020 certificate of records disposal RC-3 form for submission to the Ohio History Connection for records that will be destroyed on or after July 27. The records are from 2016.
- Heard there is a lot of tire dumping and illegal trash dumping in the three counties. Sheriff deputies investigate these violations. No more than 10 tires, at one time, can be dropped off at a tire collection site.
- Heard the 10-year solid waste plan was implemented by the district. The three-year update of the plan begins in September.
- Upgrades at the Stark County recycling bins have all 35 sites completed, Tuscarawas County five out of 14 sites completed, Wayne County, 11 out of 21 sites completed.
- Canton recycling center is open from noon to 6, Tuesday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.
- The Household Hazardous Water Collection Center at Dover Buehler’s was canceled in June. A collection is slated for October at the New Philadelphia Buehler’s. The date will be announced later. The Wayne County HHWC is still seeking a location to accommodate drop-offs.
UP NEXT meets at 9:30 a.m. Sept 4 at the district office at 9918 Wilkshire Blvd., Bolivar.
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Ex-gay Research by Dr. Robert Spitzer is ‘not’ Retracted
Misuse of Science
It is always entertaining when fringe Left-wing actors fall victim to their own theistic worship of the scientific method and its inherent perpetual self-correction. Not long ago, a medical research team published its findings associating a list of disease pathologies uniquely common to homosexual activity. Later, the reseach team published an angry letter protesting “right-wing misuse of their data to advance their arguments.” Oh, really ? People used scientifically proven facts to advance their arguments ? A tragic misuse of science to be sure…
Long time sex behavior researcher Dr. Robert Spitzer was a leader in the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in the 70’s. Of course, our understanding of the psychological and medical costs of homosexuality were still quite limited at that time. Spitzer argued that even though homosexuality may be an aberrant adaption, it was a harmless one not requiring treatment. Sadly, the 1980’s would follow bringing the AIDS pandemic that continues to disproportionately haunt homosexual conduct to this day. Heterosexual involvement would come later mostly due to tainted donated blood supplies, bi-sexual cross-infection and shared needle use. It remains exponentially less virulent among healthy heterosexuals nonetheless. Better research and education on the association of disease and homosexuality could have saved millions of lives not only on the subject of AIDS but many other diseases which have demonstrated a higher comorbidity among those engaging in same sex contact. To date, this of course remains a political correctness crime of the highest order – no matter how many lives it costs.
Spitzer found Homosexuality to be Harmless
While Dr. Spitzer found homosexuality to be harmless, he also worked to support the commonly accepted notion that while same-sex attraction had rooted motivations, these motivations could be therapeutically treated to address and correct the desires. This kept hope alive for many who had unwanted same-sex attraction but were unable to change without assistance. In October of 2003, Spitzer published a study to prove his point.[1] Instead of inspiring an exciting intellectual foray into neuro-science and therapeutic psychology, the paper sparked outrage by the well-entrenched LGBT activist community who did not want anyone to know that change, even for those who thought it impossible, was possible. It could incur individual pressure on them to change when they had no desire to do so. The LGBT juggernaut, in full motion by 2003, brought every pressure to bear on Spitzer and anyone having anything to do with his study. Sadly, Spitzer would fall victim to Parkinson’s Disease and begin suffering the deleterious effects throughout the following years. After suffering years of scorn, the aging and sick researcher expressed his sorrow that the study seemed to have caused more harm than good, and that he wished he could retract his interpretation of the data. His comment spread like wildfire through LGBT advocacy channels and the supportive mainstream media as a retraction of his study. However, the study was not and is not retracted.
To investigate why this was so, pro-homosexual advocate Alice Dreger, of the leftist periodical Psychology Today, contacted the editor of the peer-review journal ‘Archives of Sexual Behavior’ where Spitzer’s study was published[2] In her article she elaborates a conversation with journal editor Ken Zucker who expressed a willingness to publish any statement by Dr. Spitzer regarding his study but a refusal to retract the study itself due to the fact that the study results remain valid and unimpugned. In response to Dr. Spitzer bemoaning privately that he wished he could retract his interpretation of the data, Zucker responded aptly,
“I said, ‘I’m not sure what you want to retract, Bob. You didn’t falsify the data. You didn’t commit egregious statistical errors in analyzing the data. You didn’t make up the data.”
Personal regrets are no basis to retract a scientific study
Presently, two things have not happened. Spitzer’s study has failed to be impugned or disproven. It remains a highly cited publication. And secondly, Spitzer never did request a formal retraction of his personal interpretation of the data. And so as it stands, Spitzer’s study results remain concurrent with like studies, media reports of the Spitzer study being retracted are simply false and both hope and successful treatment for those with unwanted same-sex attractions continues.
Dr. Robert Spitzer died in December of 2015. It may only be that his formal retraction of his personal views on the data is still making its way through the mail. In April 2012, scientific journal monitor Retraction Watch noted supportively that the study would not be retracted because the personal regrets of the author that the LGBT community did not like the results was no basis on which to retract a scientific study.
[1] Spitzer, R.L. Arch SexBehav (2003)32:403.doi:10.1023/A:1025647527010
[2] How to Ex an “Ex-Gay” Study, 4/12/12, ‘Psychology Today’
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i don't know her July 4, 2019
Does Gwyneth Paltrow Even Know Her Co-Stars?
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
After being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for over a decade, you’d think Gwyneth Paltrow would be pretty familiar with her superhero co-stars. But Sebastian Stan, the actor known for playing Bucky Barnes in the Captain America and Avengers films, says Paltrow doesn’t remember him, despite meeting several times prior and starring in two Marvel movies together.
In an Instagram post from Paris Fashion Week that shows Stan and Paltrow posing with the fashion designer Valentino, Stan alluded to Goop not being aware of his existence. “Glad I got to reintroduce myself to @gwynethpaltrow for the third time. We are in the same film,” he wrote with the shrug emoji.
Just barely managed to photobomb the great @pppiccioli and legend @realmrvalentino here... Thank you both for inviting me to my first couture show in 🇫🇷👨🏻🎨. Also glad I got to reintroduce myself to @gwynethpaltrow for the third time. We are in the same film...🤷🏻♂️ #valentino #couture 📸: @maxmontingelli
A post shared by Sebastian Stan (@imsebastianstan) on Jul 4, 2019 at 4:25am PDT
This isn’t the first time Paltrow forgot about Stan. A video taken during the Avengers: Infinity War premiere seems to show Paltrow asking Chris Pratt who Stan was, Cinema Blend reports. “Who’s that?,” you can hear Paltrow ask in the clip, with Pratt responding that it’s Sebastian Stan, aka the Winter Soldier.
GWENYTH PALTROW REALLY ASKED HER PUBLICIST WHO SEBASTIAN STAN WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INFINITY WAR PREMIERE JDKDKSJDJD PLEASE HELP ME pic.twitter.com/VXPu93rbNp
— A (@fierysadness) June 7, 2019
Paltrow also recently learned she was on Spider-Man: Homecoming on an episode of Jon Favreau’s new Netflix series The Chef Show. While talking about the movie, Paltrow said, “I wasn’t in ‘Spider-Man, I was in Avengers,” and Favreau had to correct her.
Tom Holland, who plays Spider-Man, has also said Paltrow doesn’t remember him. “I’ve only worked with Gwyneth one time on Spider-Man: Homecoming which she doesn’t remember, which still to this day breaks my heart,” Holland said in a video with PopSugar. He also mentioned a time when she asked for a photo with him and Robert Downey Jr. during the set of Avengers: Endgame. “I think she posted it and she said, ‘Robert Downey Jr., myself, and this guy.’ I was just the guy,” he said.
I love April 4th because it was the day god gave us @robertdowneyjr HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear heart. Love me and that other guy in the photo
A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on Apr 3, 2018 at 11:38pm PDT
What’s going on here? Is this Mariah Carey-levels of “I don’t know her” energy or is Paltrow just trolling her co-workers? (Which, if so, would be pretty hilarious.)
To be fair, the MCU is massive, with a million characters to remember. Or maybe Paltrow doesn’t watch the movies she’s in. Still, let’s hope she remembers Stan the next time she meets him. Aren’t there some memory-boosting capsules or a crystal egg on Goop that could help with this?
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Tyre Labelling Tyre Labelling
The New EU Tyre Label
What is EU Tyre Labelling About
To reduce the impact tyres have on the environment and to promote road safety, a new EU regulation came into force on 1 November 2012 that is designed to make it easier for motorists to compare different tyres. From this date all new tyres for cars, vans, 4x4 and most trucks have to display a standard format label that indicates three key aspects of a tyre; fuel efficiency, wet grip performance and external rolling noise. Similar in style to energy labels for white goods, these labels provide comparable information about a tyre regardless of the brand or tread pattern. By using clear pictograms, the label allows motorists to make informed choices when buying tyres, ranked on a scale from A (best) to G (worst). Certain types of tyre, such as; T-type temporary use tyres, off-road tyres, racing tyres, vintage car tyres and retread tyres are excluded from this regulation.
Tyre Labelling in More Detail
Tyres are responsible for between 20 and 30% of a vehicle’s fuel consumption. As a tyre rolls it uses energy and so a tyre that has a lower rolling resistance will use less energy and this has a direct impact on fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions. Choosing tyres ranked A (best) over tyres ranked G (worst) can reduce fuel consumption by up to 7.5%. This equates to a typical annual fuel saving of 120 litres or £168 (based on 12000 miles and £1.4/l). Currently D is not used on the scale to provide a clear distinction between higher and less efficient tyres.
Wet Grip Performance
Wet grip performance is one of the most important safety characteristics of a tyre. Tyres with good wet grip have shorter braking distances on wet roads. Two types of test are used to measure a tyres grip when braking from 50mph in wet conditions. Results are combined and ranked from A (best) to G (worst) and, like with fuel efficiency, grade D is not used to help more easily distinguish between tyres with shorter and longer braking distances. Each grade equates to a difference in braking distance of approximately 3 meters. Therefore fitting tyres ranked A over those ranked G can reduce braking distance in the wet by 18 meters, which clearly could help avert a road traffic accident.
External Rolling Noise
The inclusion of external rolling noise as a key aspect of a tyre’s performance is to encourage motorists to buy low noise tyres and thereby reduce noise pollution. A microphone measures the rolling noise of a car travelling at 50mph with the engine turned off and the results, in decibels, are given for each tyre. In addition ‘black sound waves’ are used to indicate quieter tyres (1 black sound wave) in comparison to noisier tyres (3 black sound waves). Currently 3 black sound waves is the legal limit, 2 will be a new lower limit to come into effect sometime by 2016 and 1 black sound wave is 3 decibels below this future lower limit. Three decibels may not seem a lot, but it is effectively halving the noise level.
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Dec 2nd, 2020 - 11:20am Posted by wookubus
A new 4-CD/5-LP super deluxe box set of Black Sabbath‘s platinum certified 1972 album “Vol. 4” has been announced for a February 12th release on Rhino Records. The official press release for the set reads as follows:
‘Black Sabbath unleashed the group’s fourth album in two years in 1972 with Vol 4. Stacked with classic tracks like “Supernaut,” “Changes,” and “Snowblind,” the record harnessed the group’s surging popularity to reach the Top 10 on the Albums Chart in the U.K. and the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., on its path to being certified platinum by the RIAA.
The innovators of heavy metal revisit Vol 4 on a new collection that includes a newly remastered version of the original album along with a trove of 20 unreleased studio and live recordings and comes with extensive booklets featuring liner notes with quotes from the era from all four band members, rare photos, and a poster with previously unpublished early artwork of the album using the working title Snowblind.
Bolstered by a fresh remastering, Vol 4’s ambitious arrangements and complex grooves have never sounded more inspired and menacing. Originally released in September 1972, the album marked two major changes for the members of Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. While their previous albums – Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Master of Reality – were produced by Rodger Bain and recorded in England, they instead chose to produce Vol 4 themselves and record it at the Record Plant in Los Angeles.
The generous addition of bonus material on VOL 4: SUPER DELUXE EDITION begins with six previously unreleased studio outtakes from the original sessions for the album. Each one has been newly mixed by Steven Wilson using the analog multi-tracks. Highlights include outtakes for “Supernaut” and “Changes,” as well an instrumental version of “Under The Sun.”
The set also features 11 additional studio recordings (also newly mixed by Wilson from the analog multi-tracks) that spotlight alternative takes, false starts and snippets of studio dialogue. These tracks transport listeners into the studio with the band and offer some insight into the making of the album. Along with several alternative takes for “Wheels Of Confusion,” these recordings also include outtakes for “The Straightener” and “Snowblind.”
The collection concludes with a searing collection of live performances that re-create a typical setlist from Black Sabbath’s tour for Vol 4. Recorded in March 1973 at various stops along the band’s U.K. tour. The recordings were originally slated for a live album that was ultimately shelved.
Although some of these performances have been previously available in various states, the release marks the first time that a full 1973 live Sabbath show has been recreated. The live audio has been newly mixed by Richard Digby Smith using the original 16-track analog tapes to achieve a level of fidelity not heard on any previous incarnations.’
Disc One: Original Album Remastered:
01 – “Wheels Of Confusion / The Straightener”
02 – “Tomorrow’s Dream”
03 – “Changes”
04 – “FX”
05 – “Supernaut”
06 – “Snowblind”
07 – “Cornucopia”
08 – “Laguna Sunrise”
09 – “St. Vitus Dance”
10 – “Under The Sun / Every Day Comes And Goes”
Disc Two: Outtakes – New Mixes:
06 – “Under The Sun” (Instrumental)
Disc Three: Alternative Takes, False Starts & Studio Dialogue:
01 – “Wheels Of Confusion” (False Start with Studio Dialogue)
02 – “Wheels Of Confusion” (Alternative Take 1)
06 – “The Straightener” (Outtake)
07 – “Supernaut” (Outtake)
08 – “Supernaut” (Alternative Takes with False Starts)
09 – “Snowblind” (Alternative Take 1 – Incomplete)
10 – “Under The Sun” (False Start with Studio Dialogue)
11 – “Under The Sun” (Alternative Take with Guide Vocal)
Disc Four: Live In The UK 1973:
02 – “Sweet Leaf”
03 – “War Pigs”
05 – “Killing Yourself To Live”
07 – “Wicked World” (Includes Excerpts of:)
ii. – “Orchid”
iii. – “Into The Void”
iv. – “Sometimes I’m Happy”
08 – “Supernaut” / Drum Solo
09 – “Wicked World” (Reprise)
10 – “Embryo”
11 – “Children Of The Grave”
12 – “Paranoid”
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Lorenzo Mattotti illustrates the unfathomable
Lorenzo Mattotti is the hotshot of Italian illustration. Meeting him is his Parisian workshop in the 10th arrondissement, where he has been working for about fifteen years, was pretty special. A visit full of ink, oil pastels and coloured pencils. The artist experiments with images, tracing their every detail. His new graphic novel, Guirlanda (éd. Casterman), was on display at Galerie Martel until last Saturday. With a black and white phantasmagoric aesthetic, he is surgical in his eye for details. It’s impressive to say the least. Co-written with his friend Jerry Kramsky, Lorenzo Mattotti’s work taps into the unfathomable with a lightness of touch that is both amusing and poignant. It’s an intriguing ramble beyond the thresholds of reality, dotted with the duo’s literary references. Lorenzo Mattotti evidently has a deep love for books. His numerous bookshelves are full of them. It’s to books that this illustrator, living between Paris and Italy, owes his love of painting – he paints in a monochrome room next to his workshop – and his love of notebooks, which he frantically fills when struck by inspiration. Fourteen years after the publication of Bruit du givre, the maestro is more than ever on top of his game. Keep an eye out for the latest issue of the New Yorker – which he has been working for since 1992 – and especially for his movie adaptation of Dino Buzzati’s classic The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily.
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“Our Most Beautiful Festive Tables “, with
Jennifer Hart-Smith
Jennifer Hart-Smith’s approach to patisserie is very different from those we have previously come across. Or perhaps it is just an approach that goes much further, and that pushes the boundaries in the use of plants. A revelation for this Franco-Australian, who began her cookery career with Tookies, a brand of shortcake biscuits that can be personalised. She tells us that right from the start, she was intrigued by the idea of replacing one sort of flour by another, and by including more healthy ingredients into her recipes. This desire came to fulfilment when she gained a diploma in naturopathy, which ever since has become a byword for her work. Trips to Parisian parks with a plant-gatherer, journeys to the Drôme department to discover its riches of nature; Jennifer Hart-Smith continues “compulsively” to learn in the field. Up to the point where she and plants become as one. Her cakes are masterpieces which are as beautiful to behold as they are good for us to eat. Prepared with ingredients that are local and organic, they highlight the colours of the seasons, in a melody that makes them as beautiful as works of art. Just what we would dream of for our festive table! And that’s why Jennifer Hart-Smith has invited us today. For The Socialite Family, the chef has recreated her vision of more relaxed and “easy-going” festive receptions. A fruit dish in Limoges pottery inherited from her grandmother, Opinel knives, floral features… we are invited to share her universe as expressed in her new apartment.
Jennifer, could you tell us about yourselves?
I am a half French and half Australian. After studying design at the École Boulle, followed by typography in San Francisco, I spent a few years in France, working for start-ups like Deezer. At the same time, I regularly worked in restaurants, both front of house and in the kitchen. It all clicked when my daughter was born. I needed to get back to my roots and be creative in a more “personal” way. I therefore took a CAP – a vocational qualification that gives a Certificate of Professional Aptitude – but within a few days I found myself wanting to switch out one kind of flour for another and include healthier ingredients in the recipe. After a few internships, training in luxury hotels, stores and restaurants, in 2014 I created Tookies: small, custom-decorated cookies. Very quickly, lots of top brands put their trust in me and have continued to place regular orders. I have also graduated with a diploma in naturopathy, which is a discipline that I have really enjoyed studying in my free time over these last three years.
Could you explain your “responsible patisserie” venture, Tookies?
My view has always been that, while cakes and cookies aren’t meant to be healthy, they can at least avoid being harmful to your health. They can be natural and free from refined and artificial ingredients. In other words, we use unrefined sugar and whole grain flour, with a focus on sensual pleasure that is good for your body and the planet with organic, local and seasonal ingredients.
Where do you get your passion for plants from?
I think it’s something I’ve always had. My grandmother has an amazing garden, covering several acres, two hours from Sydney. It has nothing but native bush plants in it. She talked to me about their names and their qualities. When I was younger I only listened to half of what she had to say. I was more intersted in my schoolmates. But I think the seed was still planted at that time. When I was pregnant with my second child, Milo, I watched people gathering in plants from Parisian parks, and others in the Drôme, and I became obsessed with learning what they were doing and copying them in the field. I had guides by François Couplan and Delachaux on my bedside table. I found it restful and thrilling at the same time. It felt like people had been keeping it from me my entire life. And, in a city like Paris that is short of green spaces, being interested in plants makes you a bit crazy. My naturopathic studies also led me to look into phytotherapy and aromatherapy. Always with that link to plants and living beings.
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With French and Australian influences, how are you preparing for the festive season at your home?
It needs to be an easy going, Australian style. I love the idea of adding guests at the last minute. We have a mixture of friends and family each year. We drink a lot of natural wine. Everyone fights to play their favourite songs. It’s joyful and messy at the same time, like a matter of life and death.
Do you have any decorative accessories or tableware that you like taking out at this time of year to show off what you’ve created?
A lovely Limoges blue and gold fruit bowl which belonged to my great-grandmother, which I use to serve dessert. Every year I’m in charge of Christmas. It puts me under a lot of pressure! When my father is with us in France, he always tells me in advance to “try not to make something too healthy for us!“
How do you get your children to join in with your preparations for Christmas? Do they cook with you?
Decorating the tree, definitely. Baking gingerbread and other cakes and cookies. But they are like me; they’ve seen too many cookies during the rest of the year.
What’s the story behind your apartment? How did you furnish it?
We only moved in recently, four months ago. We live near Gambetta and we wanted to remain in the neighbourhood at all costs. We found it by word of mouth. A couple, both architects, had lovingly refurbished it but they were looking to move to Bordeaux. All we had to do was unpack and move in. I still feel like it could use a personal touch; for example, a few travel souvenirs. But all the essentials are already in place. The cosy sofa, the large living room table: finally, we were able to put in some furniture that we cared about.
What are your plans for the future? Who will you be working with?
I’ve just bought some premises so that I can have my own lab in the 20th arrondissement. Until then, I’d shared a lab with others or worked in my partner’s kitchen, as he has his own restaurant. Apart from that, I’m going to be working on a book, and a slightly bigger plan for a restaurant/kitchen where I will be the pastry chef!
I love the idea of adding guests at the last minute. It's joyful and messy at the same time, like a matter of life and death!
Need some inspiration to bring your table settings to life? Discover our series “Our most beautiful festive tables” in collaboration with Opinel. The first episode takes place in Héloïse Brion‘s family home; she is better known for “Miss Maggie’s Kitchen“.
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By JEFF JOHNSON
(Dec. 10, 2013) — Labor wants our engineers and machinists to design and build the 777x and the new composite wing here at home in Washington state. We believe that this is in the best interest of the company, their customers, their shareholders, their workforce, and our state.
Three weeks ago, Boeing handed Machinists a long-term, complex, take-it-or-leave-it contract proposal that would replace their existing contract that doesn’t expire for three more years. Machinists’ were given one week to absorb and vote on a proposal that would significantly reduce their share of the prosperity that they produce for the company. It shouldn’t surprise us that they voted against the proposal given these circumstances.
Machinists District 751 members know at a gut level what aerospace analysts have been saying for months: Washington state is the best place in the world to build the 777x and the composite wing given the proven expertise of our workforce. We have the most experience of any other state in building twin aisle aircraft, including two decades of experience building the 777.
There are other reasons to build the 777X in Washington. Productivity, for example. We rank top among the aerospace states in output per worker.
Washington also has the greatest diversification of aerospace related firms in the country and 90% of these firms are within 60 miles of a Boeing facility. We have some of the lowest energy costs in the country, a decent transportation infrastructure — which will get even better once the Washington State Legislature passes the next transportation package — and we have impressively strong local, state, and federal representation on behalf of the aerospace industry. The Legislature just passed the largest state tax incentive package in the history of our country, made major STEM investments in aerospace workforce training programs, and significantly streamlined the building permitting process for the aerospace industry.
It is this combination of factors that will allow the company to bring the 777x to market on time and profitably. This is the message we took from the comments made by the CEOs of Emirate Airlines and Qatar Airways at the recent Dubai air show — don’t repeat the production mistakes of the 787, build the plane in one place, the place where you have the most experience.
How do we go forward? While I can’t speak for the Machinists, I bet if the company was willing to sit down and negotiate a fair and equitable long-term extension of the existing contract an agreement could be reached.
Given the inter-generational workforce at Boeing — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, sons, daughters, nephews and nieces — it should come as no surprise that replacing the defined-benefit pension program is strongly opposed. Machinists have sacrificed wage increases over the decades in exchange for a guaranteed secure retirement income. This defines the middle class. We don’t get rich but we work hard to live comfortably throughout our work lives and into our retirement years. It would be unthinkable for parents to deprive their children working as Machinists at Boeing for an opportunity to reach this level of retirement security.
The Machinists stood up for community standards and the community stands behind the Machinists. All of us take pride in the fact that Boeing planes are the best designed and best built planes in the world.
At a community rally in downtown Seattle hundreds of community and labor leaders came out in the rain to support the Machinists. The most commonly voiced refrain at that rally was “Build it here — Build the 777x here.” This is the type of product loyalty and commitment to a workforce and a company that takes generations to achieve. That’s something you just can’t buy.
Build it here and we all will prosper.
Jeff Johnson is President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the Evergreen State, representing the interests of more than 500 local unions and 400,000 rank-and-file union members. This column also appears in the current edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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By Jeevan Brar on March 29, 2016 Soaps
— The Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives are trimming their casts. It was first reported by Deadline that Y&R beauty Sofia Pernas (Marisa) had been let go by the CBS soap due to budgetary reasons and had quickly booked a role on CW pilot Transylvania. A spokesperson for the show later announced that Pernas would remain on recurring basis with the show. Meanwhile, Daytime Confidential broke that both Pernas and her on-screen love interest Robert Adamson (Noah) were bumped down to recurring due to lack of story — which is surprising as both young performers had recently excelled on the frontrunner.
Last Monday (March 21), it was announced by DC that NBC’s Days of our Lives was cutting Brandon Beemer (Shawn), Martha Madison (Belle), Sal Stowers (Lani) and Marie Wilson (Summer).
It’s troubling that the Sony soaps have cut young actors, three of whom are “legacy characters” (ie. the children of supercouples). Is it that hard out there for soap writers to come up with stories for characters in their 20s and 30s? In order for the last remaining soaps to survive, the younger characters need as much story as the older generation. Following Madison’s exit as Belle this year, Deidre Hall’s Marlena Evans will no longer have any children in Salem. Why is it that no writing regime at the Y&R has been able to come up with solid story for Victor Newman’s (Eric Braeden) grandson?
This was a genre that used to thrive on multi-generational storylines. It’s what hooked generations. You don’t need two or three generations at a time rooting for Victor and Nikki to reunite each sweeps! Let’s build some younger favourites.
— Jaime Lyn Bauer will reprise the role of Laura Horton on Days of our Lives this September.
— Sean Blakemore will return to General Hospital as Shawn for one episode next week.
— Fans aren’t the only ones rolling their eyes at the redecorated Chancellor mansion on The Young and the Restless! Check out what Judith Chapman (ex-Gloria) had to say here.
— Next week on General Hospital (City/ABC): Sam (Kelly Monaco) and Jason (Billy Miller) pursue a new theory on Monday (April 4) while Hayden (Rebecca Budig) informs Nikolas (Tyler Christopher) that she knows what he did. Curtis (Donnell Turner) later makes Hayden an interesting offer. Nathan (Ryan Paevey) makes a partial confession to Maxie (Kirsten Storms). Julian (William deVry) cuts a deal with Nina (Michelle Stafford) that she can’t refuse while Tracy (Jane Elliot) takes a turn for the worse.
On Tuesday (April 5), Jason and Sam come to a conclusion about Hayden and Nikolas. Anna (Finola Hughes) pulls a fast one on Paul (Richard Burgi). Tracy needs to have surgery.
Carly (Laura Wright) reminds Sonny (Maurice Benard) of the consequences of going after Carlos (Jeffrey Vincent Parise) on Wednesday (April 6). Ava (Maura West) returns home to find something terrifying. Carly asks for Jason’s help on Thursday (April 7), while Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) surprises Kristina (Lexi Ainsworth).
Sam and Carly butt heads over Jason on Friday (April 8). There’s a noticeable change in Tracy.
— Next week on Days of our Lives (Global/NBC): Deimos (Vincent Irizarry) gazes at a photo of a woman from his past, who just happens to look like Nicole (Arianne Zucker) on Monday (April 4). Ciara (Vivian Jovani) confronts Chase (Jonathon McClendon) before he’s taken away on Tuesday (April 5).
Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) shares an emotional moment with Summer (Marie Wilson) before her surgery on Wednesday (April 6). Abigail (Kate Mansi) finally comes face to face with Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) on Thursday (April 7). Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) takes care of a drugged-up Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) when he stumbles upon her being out of sorts on Friday (April 8) while Abigail prepares for her revenge on Ben.
— Next week on The Bold and the Beautiful (CTV Two/CBS): Liam (Scott Clifton) demands answers from Quinn on Monday (April 4), while Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) celebrate their new life as newlyweds. Katie (Heather Tom) plays on Brooke’s (Katherine Kelly Lang) guilt when she is caught in the act.
Bill (Don Diamont) reaches out to Justin (Aaron D. Spears) to help find Liam on Wednesday (April 6). Liam is accidentally reunited with a loved on. Bill later brings Steffy on board regarding Liam’s disappearance on Thursday (April 7).
On Friday (April 8), Wyatt and Liam manage to turn the tables on Quinn.
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PATA Gold Awards 2020 Open for Submissions with New Categories
Bangkok (Thailand) – March 20, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Organisations and individuals making outstanding contributions towards the successful promotion of the travel and tourism industry throughout the Asia Pacific region are encouraged to submit entries to the PATA Gold Awards 2020. The deadline for submissions is May 14, 2020. The PATA Gold Awards Dinner and Presentation will take place during PATA Travel Mart 2020.
Sponsored by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) for the 25th consecutive year, the PATA Gold Awards sets industry standards for excellence and innovation. In 2020, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is delighted to be enhancing the PATA Gold Awards by introducing several new categories in order to reinforce its position as innovative and prestigious award for the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry.
PATA will present three Grand Title Winners for best of show entries in the following broad categories: Marketing, Sustainability and Human Capital Development with 23 Gold Awards to be bestowed. New categories that are now open for submissions include Climate Change Initiative, Tourism for All, and Youth Empowerment Initiative.
Ms Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of MGTO, said, “The relentless growth trajectory of tourism has opened new avenues of development, however by its nature the industry is prone to disruption in the face of events like the COVID-19 outbreak. As a tourism city, Macao is glad to support the PATA Gold Awards, and encourages government and private tourism stakeholders to join this platform. By showcasing its best practices, organizations and individuals can contribute to our ongoing dialogue on how we can work together to build a vibrant, yet sustainable and resilient tourism industry in these volatile times.”
“We are sincerely grateful to MGTO for sponsoring the PATA Gold Awards 2020 and for their continued commitment to a responsible and sustainable tourism industry. These awards provides us with the perfect opportunity to recognise and reward the very best the Asia Pacific travel industry has to offer,” said Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA. “The winners of these awards set industry standards for excellence and innovation and serve as examples for others to follow. This year, we have streamlined the number of awards to truly highlight the accomplishments of the winners, therefore I encourage all organisations that demonstrate excellence in conception, creativity and fulfilment to submit their applications today.”
Winner privileges:
– Gain a major boost to the organisation’s marketing and public relations profile
– Attract valuable media coverage in various PATA communications channels including the weekly PATA newsletter, press releases and social media channels
– Entitled to leverage the prestigious PATA Gold Awards Winner logo on collateral materials
– Highlights of the winning entries on display at PATA Travel Mart for delegates to enjoy
– Featured in the winners’ showcase booklet and PATA Gold Awards video
Judged by an international panel of experts, the Gold Awards recognise exceptional achievement in three broad categories with 23 Gold Awards and three Grand Title Winners on offer:
– Marketing (14 Gold Awards and one Grand Title Winner)
– Sustainability (8 Gold Awards and one Grand Title Winner)
– Human Capital Development (one Gold Award and one Grand Title Winner)
The PATA Gold Awards’ details, brochure, and information about past winners are all available at www.PATA.org/goldawards
For further information, please contact goldawards@PATA.org.
Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for-profit membership association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. The Association provides aligned advocacy, insightful research and innovative events to its more than 800 member organisations, including 95 government, state and city tourism bodies, 20 international airlines and airports, 102 hospitality organisations and 70 educational institutions, as well as thousands of young tourism professional (YTP) members across the world. The PATA network also embraces the grassroots activism the PATA Chapters and Student Chapters, who organise numerous travel industry training programmes and business development events across the world. Thousands of travel professionals belong to the 35 local PATA Chapters worldwide, while hundreds of students are members of the 22 PATA Student Chapters globally. The PATA mPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts and insights to members’ desktops and mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA’s Head Office has been in Bangkok since 1998. The Association also has official offices or representation in Beijing and London. PATA’s Annual Theme for the 2020 calendar year is Partnerships for Tomorrow.
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Green light for green cards in travel bans
Khulud Fidama, 26, of Dearborn, Michigan, stands with her family outside the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to speak against President Donald Trump's travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. Elaine Cromie
by Staff writers and Sarah Blake
30th Jan 2017 12:30 PM
SECRETARY of Homeland Security John Kelly has stepped in to approve entry to the US of Green Card holders as confusion reigns over immigration bans.
"I hereby deem the entry of lawful permanent residents to be in the national interest,” a statement issued by the Department of Homeland Security read.
It follows widespread confusion across US border and customs control points as teams attempted to interpret and apply Friday's executive order that halted entry to the US by people from seven Muslim-majority countries - Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.
It was not clear at first whether this extended to Green Card and dual citizenship holders.
This had affected even pilots and aircrew of international flights who held appropriate papers, with Emirates reporting it had to adjust rosters urgently.
President Trump has launched an attack on two key Republican senators who expressed alarm at the chaos caused by his executive order. He took to Twitter to express anger at John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
"They are sadly weak on immigration,” Mr Trump said. "Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III”.
They had lashed out at the executive order, saying it "will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism”.
"Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred,” their statement said.
"This executive order sends a signal, intended or not, that America does not want Muslims coming into our country. That is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security.”
British business leaders have also spoken out against the ban.
The British Chambers of Commerce and the Institute of Directors said the ban would be bad for business.
An IoD spokesman said: "The sudden, severe and indiscriminate restrictions imposed on passport holders from seven Muslim countries could seriously undermine business and trade.
"Both in the US and the UK, a number of industries including tech rely heavily on highly skilled brainpower from across the world. If businesses are restricted from accessing workers then many companies may have to rethink where they place their key staff in future, and that would ultimately have consequences for the prosperity of that country.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has secured an exemption for Britons from the "Muslim ban” after frantic moves to prevent a backlash against the policy damaging her government.
A Foreign Office statement said: "The only dual nationals who might have extra checks are those coming from one of the seven countries themselves - for example a UK-Libya dual national coming from Libya to the US.
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sNAPshot: Domestic public finance for implementation of NAPs
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Submitted by Christian Ledwell | published 25th Nov 2016 | last updated 11th Jan 2021
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network’s Targeted Topics Forum (TTF) on Financing NAPs: Options for Implementation explored the wide range of financing sources and mechanisms that can be used to support the implementation of NAPs. Figure 1 summarizes a range of such options, including domestic public finance, international public finance, and private finance.
To date, domestic finance has received less attention—in part because many of the countries most vulnerable to climate change do not have strong revenue streams to draw from to finance needed adaptation actions. In spite of this, we know developing countries are already investing in actions that will help them adapt to climate change, although they are not necessarily labelled as such. This would include investments in sectors like agriculture and infrastructure that enable farmers and buildings to better withstand climate risk. Without implying that developing countries should rely on domestic finance for all of their adaptation needs, domestic budgeting and finance can help to ensure predictability of resources available to implement adaptation priorities across different sectors and levels of government in the medium to long term addressed through the NAP process. Integration of adaptation into domestic budgeting and finance can also support access to international climate finance by showing government commitment, country ownership and counterpart funding.
This overview brief* introduces three key aspects of using domestic public finance to implement NAPs: entry points in the national budgeting process, generating domestic finance using fiscal instruments and tracking adaptation finance. While these issues can be connected to the other broad categories of financing for implementation of NAPs illustrated in Figure 1, this brief focuses on how these aspects relate specifically to domestic public finance.
*Download available from the right-hand column.
Budgeting for adaptation across sectors in the NAP process
Like any national plan or strategy, implementation of priorities and actions identified through NAPs requires a financing plan and corresponding allocation in the national budget. This includes planning investments for adaptation interventions, as well as planning for recurring expenditures on operations and maintenance to sustain initial investments.
For this reason, it is important to integrate adaptation into both planning and budgeting procedures. There are usually both mediumterm and annual components of the planning and budgeting cycle: Medium- to long-term plans likedevelopment strategies that incorporate adaptation priorities may be used to inform allocations included within a medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). An MTEF may in turn inform annual sector budgets, which would ideally reflect the need to allocate funding that may be needed to implement adaptation priorities, on top of the funds that would be needed for the sector to go about business as usual.
Ensuring that adaptation is included in national budget cycles requires collaboration between actors in different ministries and agencies: those in ministries of climate-sensitive sectors need to understand the linkages between their sector’s adaptation priorities and the national budget, and the ministries of planning and finance need to understand the cost and importance of implementing adaptation actions. As a part of its NAP process, one way that Togo is addressing this challenge is by developing a practical guidebook on how to integrate climate change in different steps of its planning and budgeting cycle. The guidebook—which represents a collaboration between the country’s ministries of environment and planning—targets planning officers in different climate-sensitive line ministries. It provides step-by-step guidance for addressing adaptation in their programs and budgets.
Generating domestic revenues for adaptation: Fiscal instruments
Governments can use a range of known fiscal instruments to raise revenue and promote changes in behaviour by reforming incentive systems. Earmarking revenues from fiscal instruments such as taxes, subsidy reforms, or green bonds for adaptation purposes presents opportunities to increase domestic funds available for adaptation. Table 1 below describes some examples of different fiscal instruments and their potential to finance adaptation.
Tracking domestic funds used to finance adaptation
Results of tracking adaptation finance can support reporting, monitoring, and review in the NAP process, demonstrating how resources have been allocated to implement adaptation priorities and assess progress, effectiveness, and gaps. Tracking domestic public funds used for adaptation is also an important way of demonstrating country ownership and commitment to acting on adaptation priorities. A key challenge related to tracking includes identifying what constitutes adaptation finance: given the close integration of adaptation considerations into development, sector, and subnational planning, it can be difficult to separate out and determine how much should count as adaptation finance versus businessas-usual finance. Programs, projects and other initiatives often have adaptation benefits but are not necessarily labeled as adaptation. Kenya is an example of a country that has attempted to address this challenge through development and implementation of a system for tracking national adaptation and mitigation finance through the domestication of the Rio Markers covering climate change, which are already used by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to track international flows of climaterelated official development assistance that includes climate change as a primary objective, and/or that includes climate change as a significant objective when supporting climate-sensitive sectors.
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Dazé, A. (forthcoming). Vertical integration in NAP processes : Guidance note.
Terton, A. & Price-Kelly, H. (2016). sNAPshot: Philippines’s approach to initiating sector integration of adaptation considerations.
Ledwell, C. (2016). Financing Adaptation and Resilience through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Fuel Duty.
Gagnon-Lebrun, F. (2016). Finding money to pay for adaptation: Economic instruments.
Climate Bonds Initiative. (2015). Bonds and climate change: The state of the market in 2015.
OECD. (2016). OECD Statistics on External Development Finance Targeting Environmental Objectives Including the Rio Conventions.
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Prime Minister David Cameron visits Weston Homes Aura development in Edgware as part of London new homes pledge
David Cameron, Prime Minister, accompanied by Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East, visited the Aura development by Weston Homes in Edgware as part of David Cameron’s election pledge to support the new homes market in London.
Aura was chosen for the visit because it provides an example of best practice in local level regeneration; how a housing development in the capital can provide employment and skills training for young people; and how a housebuilder can successfully focus on selling homes to ordinary Londoners for end use.
Dave Walker, Regional Sales Director at Weston Homes; Jim Wood, Construction Director at Weston Homes; and Derek Cook, Project Manager at Aura, accompanied the Prime Minister on his tour of the development, which included a visit to homes under construction. The Prime Minister visited the parts of the development currently under construction and spoke to bricklayers, scaffolders and other construction staff about the development and asked them questions about construction skills and training, employment generation and selling homes to Londoners.
Pleased to welcome @David_Cameron to @WestonHomes site Edgware today. New homes for local people. #Conservative pic.twitter.com/zKApOeOjsB
— Bob Blackman (@votebobblackman) April 15, 2015
The Conservative Party’s Housing Plan for London sets a target of 400,000 new homes in London by 2025 and half a million new jobs to be created accross the capital by 2020. Fifty thousand new homes are planned for the first 12 months of the new initiative with Edgware and its surrounding area identified as a key regeneration and development zone, one of 20 being created across the capital.
David Cameron also spoke to the Weston Homes directors about the Government’s Help to Buy initiative, tax relief for first time buyers and the regeneration of brownfield land sites across London.
Built on a derelict brownfield land site which had previously suffering from decay, vandalism and squatters, Aura provides 189 homes of mixed tenure including one, two and three bedroom apartments and three, four and five bedroom townhouses. The development is designed around a central waterfeature and set in beautiful landscaped grounds and is aimed at providing homes for Londoners and local residents.
“#Conservatives ‘only ones with a plan’ for new homes” – @David_Cameron http://t.co/pn8nGPunU1 via @Harrow_Times pic.twitter.com/gimOX7FVlb
— Weston Homes Plc (@WestonHomes) April 15, 2015
Since its launch, Aura has proven extremely popular with local Londoners looking for a new home with over 60% of the development now forward sold at prices ranging from £240,000 for a one bedroom apartment up to £495,000 for a three bedroom house. Over half the purchasers at Aura (54%) have been first time buyers: of these 21% have benefitting from the government’s Help to Buy initiative. An additional 35% have been second time mover end users or individual British based buy to let investors. Twelve percent of the development has been provided to a Housing Association to provide homes for people on low-incomes or requiring housing subsidy in order to have a home. Just 11% of the homes have sold to overseas investors.
Bob Weston, Chairman & Managing Director of Weston Homes said: “We were delighted to host the Prime Minister David Cameron and Bob Blackman at Aura. Weston Homes believe that the Conservative Party understands and supports the London and wider UK housing market and industry. The Conservative Party’s policies on the Help to Buy initiative, Right to Buy and Tax Relief for first time buyers are all things that will help to increase home ownership across the country and maintain the health of the housing market.”
Bob Weston continues: “The Government’s ‘Help to Buy’ initiative has been a highly welcome measure which has helped to kick-start the housing market and now over 30% of our sales are to ‘Help to Buy’ purchasers. Weston Homes is highly supportive of the ‘Help to buy’ initiative and we believe that sales evidence from across the country demonstrates that it is helping first time buyers and people on lower incomes purchase their own home, ensuring that younger purchasers get a foot on the housing ladder.”
Bob Weston says: “Our aim is to deliver quality housing in across London and the Home Counties which contributes to regeneration, job creation and much needed housing for local Londoners and British people of all ages. We also offer Help to Buy at Aura, which has assisted one in five buyers at the development.”
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Top 10 sexiest concept cars of 2014
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Our favourite concept cars from the motor shows of 2014
Detroit motor show
It’s not often a Japanese brand upstages the American big three at their home motor show, but that’s exactly what Toyota did with the radical FT-1 at Detroit in January. Even better in an era where online leaks are more common than boring cars is that the radical FT-1 was completely unexpected. Hinting at an all new Supra sports car, the radical FT-1 drives the rear wheels with a petrol-electric drivetrain, something gamers could sample in the virtual world almost as soon as it clumsily exited its motor show box; it was made available as a download for Gran Turismo 6.
Kia GT4 Stinger
As if one sexy import wasn’t enough, Kia decided to make a left-right punch to the traditional American muscle with its GT4 Stinger concept. The very orange rear-driven coupe has the on-road presence sports car buyers crave yet with clean lines that reinforce the design maturity of the Korean brand. Under the skin, too, the GT4 had the goods, with a 235kW four-cylinder turbo and 20-inch tyres. Think of it as Kia’s answer to the resurgence in affordable sports cars, with Toyota’s 86 (and its Subaru BRZ twin) at the top of the hit list.
As Maserati was preparing to pop the Prosecco corks for its centenary celebrations it was also readying a styling and head-turning concept said to spruik the future look of its cars. As the brand begins expanding into more mainstream market segments – such as mid-sized sedans and SUVs – the Alfieri rammed home the point that Maserati can also build some of the world’s most elegant two-doors. The Alfieri has since been confirmed for production as a hero sports car to rival the likes of Porsche’s iconic 911.
Land Rover Discovery Vision
New York motor show
Presence is something modern Land Rovers do well, from the Evoque to the big daddy Range Rover. Little wonder the Discovery Vision concept attracted its fair share of attention at its motor show debut in April. With clean, sleek SUV lines hinting at the new Discovery family (due in 2016) the Vision was as much about expanding and simplifying the Land Rover lineup as it was previewing a much needed fresh look. It also previewed some interesting technology, including gesture controls for functions such as the indicators, and Transparent Bonnet, which uses cameras to project an image on to the bonnet to show what you’re driving over.
Sales might be disappointing but there’s no doubting Infiniti’s confidence and ambition. The sleek Q80 that was one of the stars of the Paris motor show was all about previewing a new sleek four-door to take on the luxury establishment by delivering “feminine elegance and muscular menace in equal measure”. Think Audi A7 and Mercedes CLS as prime rivals. Now that the Infiniti Performance Director, Sebastian Vettel, is driving Ferraris here’s hoping hard charging Aussie Daniel Ricciardo steps up to make the new breed of Infinitis more enticing.
Lamborghini Asterion
Show cars are typically about testing a new design language or showing off new technology, all with the aim of gathering feedback before rushing into something new. Not the Asterion. The chunky, almost retro-inspired two-door was all about having fun and showing what Lamborghini could do if emissions regulations forced it to revert to electric propulsion. The company says there are no plans to bring the muscular 669kW supercar – complete with V10 engine and electric motors that can drive the car on electricity alone for 50km - to showrooms, despite partial electric production cars from rivals such as Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche.
Mini Superleggera Vision
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
Not all Minis have to be cutesy and chunky, as the Superleggera Vision concept proved when it was shown off on the shores of Lake Como in Italy in May. The roadster was more MX-5 than practical city car, prompting speculation the German-owned British brand would be trying to crash the drop-top market dominated by the Mazda MX-5. Created in conjunction with Mini and Milan-based coach builder Touring Superleggera the one-off concept looks light and agile enough to take advantage of the latest generation of three- and four-cylinder turbocharged engines.
Toyota Sleeper Camry
Camrys are decidedly unsexy, uninspiring and unfast. Most of the time at least. The Sleeper Camry shown at the Speciality Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas in November adhered to the unsexy Camry cliché but bucked the boring trend by being able to cut a quarter mile in less than 10 seconds. A modified body looks for all the world like a fleet pack Camry, right down to the factory-inspired alloy wheels. But flip the lid and there’s a 630kW V8 drag engine built into a tubular frame. Needless to say it’s the first Camry we’d own!
Audi Allroad Shooting Brake
As car makers continue to downsize and cater for growing demand for all things small it’s no surprise shrunken SUVs continue to make headlines. Except that the Allroad Shooting Brake is more like an overgrown TT than a baby soft-roader. The high riding two-door showed off the more angular new look of the since-revealed TT coupe as well as the Virtual Cockpit said to improve functionality within the driver display. Along with the TT Sportback and TT Offroad Concept from shows later in the year it also adds weight to expectations the TT family is set to grow.
Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo
It’s good to see a show car that is looking waaaaay into the future, like Nissan’s Concept Vision 2020. It’s difficult to see anything like it emerging from the often conservative Japanese brand, although there are elements you could see appearing on a future GT-R. Indeed Nissan admits it is one idea of how a future “high performance Nissan” could look. The PlayStation generation were the first to try the new supercar as a virtual download for the latest Gran Turismo game.
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Differences in myosin heavy-chain composition between human jaw-closing muscles and supra- and infrahyoid muscles.
Jaw-closing muscles have architectural features suited to force production; supra- and infrahyoid muscles are better adapted to produce velocity and displacement. It was hypothesized that this difference in function would be reflected in myosin heavy-chain (MyHC) composition (equivalent to contraction velocity) and fibre-type cross-sectional area (equivalent to force). MyHC composition was determined in muscles obtained from eight human cadavers, using monoclonal antibodies against MyHC isoforms. Jaw closers contained 4.2 times fewer type IIA fibres and 5.2 times more hybrid fibres than suprahyoid muscles, and 3.9 times fewer type IIA fibres and 3.2 times more hybrid fibres than the infrahyoid muscles. In the jaw closers, MyHC-I was expressed in approx. 70% of all fibres (pure+hybrid), in the suprahyoid muscles in approx. 40%, and in the infrahyoid muscles in approx. 46%. In the jaw closers, type I fibres were 40% larger in diameter than in the supra- and infrahyoid muscles. It can be concluded that the jaw closers have characteristics of slow muscles, and that the supra-/infrahyoid muscles have characteristics of fast muscles.[1]
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| manuscript(s) = {{plainlist | [[Die Blume des Kampfes (Cod.5278)|Cod. 5278]] (1420s?) | [[Gladiatoria (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)|Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º]] (?) (1465-80) | [[Eyb Kriegsbuch (MS B.26)|MS B.26]] (1500) | [[Bũech von fechter Vnnd Ringstückhen zũ Ross vnnd Fuoß (Cod.10799)|Cod. 10799]] (1623) }}
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The final manuscript, [[Bũech von fechter Vnnd Ringstückhen zũ Ross vnnd Fuoß (Cod.10799)|Cod. 10799]], is dated 1623 and is again textless. Unlike its fellows, though, it is illustrated with watercolors of high quality; it is also the most extensive of the three by far, encompassing nearly every device from both works as well as a number of unique devices that suggest that it was either not derived directly from the other two known manuscripts or that it used additional sources currently lost to us. The two older manuscripts include [[war book]]s derived from [[Konrad Kyeser]]'s famous treatise on siege warfare ''Bellifortis'', and the artist of the 10799 also included the few ''Bellifortis'' illustrations that seem to portray knights and soldiers, perhaps indicating that he did not understand what he was copying. Aside from the ''Blume des Kampfes'' material, the 10799 also has a good deal of extra content including portrayals of laying down and taking up the sword, Germanic sash wrestling, armored dagger and buckler, and the [[sword dance]].
There is a fourth Germanic manuscript potentially connected to this tradition, the [[Gladiatoria (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)|Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º]]. This manuscript, dating to between 1465 and 1480, includes a version of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]'s [[record]], a complete set of illustrations from [[Gladiatoria]], and a heavily-abridged version of ''Bellifortis''. Tucked away amidst these works are illustrations of fencing with sword, spear, axe, and dagger that parallel the teachings of the ''Blume des Kampfes'' but only occasionally replicate the artwork exactly. While this may simply be a case of an overambitious artist reinterpreting the illustrations he was copying, the differences are too many to include the manuscript in the concordance below.
There is a fourth Germanic manuscript potentially connected to this tradition, the [[Wolfenbüttel Sketchbook (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)|Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º]]. This manuscript, dating to between 1465 and 1480, includes a version of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]'s [[record]], a complete set of illustrations from [[Gladiatoria]], and a heavily-abridged version of ''Bellifortis''. Tucked away amidst these works are illustrations of fencing with sword, spear, axe, and dagger that parallel the teachings of the ''Blume des Kampfes'' but only occasionally replicate the artwork exactly. While this may simply be a case of an overambitious artist reinterpreting the illustrations he was copying, the differences are too many to include the manuscript in the concordance below.
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“Die Blume des Kampfes”
The Flower of Battle
Ludwig VI von Eyb
Ascribed to
Nicholai de Toblem (?)
Johannes Suvenus (?)
Illustrated by Unknown
Date before 1420s
Fencing manual
Wrestling manual
Language Early New High German
State of Existence Original hypothetical; multiple incomplete copies exist
Manuscript(s)
Cod. 5278 (1420s?)
Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º (?) (1465-80)
MS B.26 (1500)
Cod. 10799 (1623)
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Die Blume des Kampfes (“The Flower of Battle”) is a nickname given to a group of three German manuscripts that share a common technical syllabus and set of illustrations. It might be based on the tradition of 14th century Italian master Fiore de'i Liberi, from whose treatise Fior di Battaglia it derives its nickname, given that his works include considerable technical overlap. It is equally likely, though, that they represent an earlier German tradition of which Fiore was himself an initiate. Fiore mentions in his prefaces that he owned books on the art and he also names two older masters in his tradition, Johane Suveno and Nicholai de Toblem; it is possible that either or both of those masters authored texts which inspired both this tradition as well as Fiore's own writings.
The oldest manuscript in the Blume des Kampfes group is the Cod. 5278, which dates to the late 1420s and contains only simple line drawings somewhat reminiscent of the art of Fiore de'i Liberi, though lacking many signature characteristics such as garters and crowns and generally less organized than the Friulian master's work. The second entry was completed in ca. 1500 by Ludwig VI von Eyb, and contains a significant degree of overlap with the 5278 but also a wealth of new material. While the artwork, though colored, is of similar quality, Eyb's treatise improves on its predecessor by including detailed German descriptions of the devices in most of its sections. Whether this text was authored by Eyb or present in the sources upon which he based his work cannot currently be determined.
The final manuscript, Cod. 10799, is dated 1623 and is again textless. Unlike its fellows, though, it is illustrated with watercolors of high quality; it is also the most extensive of the three by far, encompassing nearly every device from both works as well as a number of unique devices that suggest that it was either not derived directly from the other two known manuscripts or that it used additional sources currently lost to us. The two older manuscripts include war books derived from Konrad Kyeser's famous treatise on siege warfare Bellifortis, and the artist of the 10799 also included the few Bellifortis illustrations that seem to portray knights and soldiers, perhaps indicating that he did not understand what he was copying. Aside from the Blume des Kampfes material, the 10799 also has a good deal of extra content including portrayals of laying down and taking up the sword, Germanic sash wrestling, armored dagger and buckler, and the sword dance.
There is a fourth Germanic manuscript potentially connected to this tradition, the Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º. This manuscript, dating to between 1465 and 1480, includes a version of Johannes Liechtenauer's record, a complete set of illustrations from Gladiatoria, and a heavily-abridged version of Bellifortis. Tucked away amidst these works are illustrations of fencing with sword, spear, axe, and dagger that parallel the teachings of the Blume des Kampfes but only occasionally replicate the artwork exactly. While this may simply be a case of an overambitious artist reinterpreting the illustrations he was copying, the differences are too many to include the manuscript in the concordance below.
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Formatting Questions? Try This...
I've gotten a lot of formatting questions lately, everything from how to do slugs and shot headings to the correct way to show different sides of a phone conversation.
I've emailed some of you back directly (and some of you I'll get to shortly, I promise), but I also wanted to introduce a great formatting resource to those of you with questions.
The second edition of Christopher Riley's The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style came out last month, and it's the go-to place for questions and quandries on script formatting and style, whether you're writing a movie, a single-camera TV spec, or a sitcom.
It covers everything from margins to fonts to montages to sound effects, and while this isn't a "creative" book-- it's a rulebook to screenplay
formatting-- it's invaluable in helping you translate the vision in
your head to something articulate and understandable on the page.
Not sure whether to use a FADE or a WIPE? This book will tell you. Need a screenplay program that will work within Microsoft Word? This book has your answer. Unsure how to deal with deletions or revisions in a production script? Search no more.
I literally keep a copy on my desk-- my hand is on it right now-- and I consult it CONSTANTLY.
Anyway, do yourself a favor: pick a copy (I'll include a link below) and use it till it's dog-eared. You won't be sorry.
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What Your Watch Says About You
By Ken Kessler
Updated March 28, 2011 12:01 am ET
As an indicator of one's status or taste – or lack thereof – watches have become the new shorthand. Since the Great Watch Revolution of the 1980s, when mechanical timepieces returned in force as a backlash against cheap-and-nasty quartz, and when vintage watches started to appear in auctions in greater numbers, awareness of the wristwatch has acquired a new significance.
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Texas A&M Aggies vs LSU Tigers: Predictions, Odds and Roster Notes
Andre Viljoen - February 25, 2019
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
When: Tuesday, February 26th at 9pm EST.
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Texas A&M Aggies (Away)
Head Coach: Billy Kennedy {Overall: 12-14, .462 W-L% | Conference: 5-9, T-10th in SEC}
The Aggies take their road trip from Arkansas to Louisiana and will encounter a bigger challenge as they take on LSU in the 2nd leg of the season series. LSU won the first game 72-57 at Reed Arena back on January 30th. Sophomore guard TJ Starks led the way with 21 points but also coughed up five of the Aggies’ 16 turnovers in the loss.
In A&M’s most recent matchup, the Aggies came away with a 87-80 road win over the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on February 23rd. Sophomore guard Savion Flagg led the team with 22 points and 9 rebounds, while junior guard Wendell Mitchell pitched in with 20 points. The win was the team’s fourth in their last five contests.
LSU Tigers (Home)
Head Coach: Will Wade {Overall: 22-5, .815 W-L% | Conference: 12-2, T-1st in SEC}
With the exception of a home loss against Florida, the Tigers have been on a recent tear in conference play, taking down heavyweights Kentucky and Tennessee in the current month. Saturday’s win over the Volunteers came in overtime as LSU prevailed 82-80. Freshman guard Ja’vonte Smart led the Tigers with 29 points while junior guard Skylar Mays added 23 points.
Coach Will Wade will try to get his team level headed and focused after the big win on a struggling Texas A&M team that should play with nothing to lose. An upset would not be out of the question, as the two teams have split the 14 games since Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012. Nonetheless, leading scorer Tremont Waters should be licking his chops at this matchup, as he managed to erupt for 36 points in College Station.
Texas A&M Roster Notes
The Aggies have no roster news to report.
LSU Roster Notes
Sophomore guard Tremont Waters is listed as day-to-day with an illness.
Head-to-Head: Christian Mekowulu vs Kavell Bigby-Williams
Christian Mekowulu
Power Forward | 6-8, 245lb (203cm, 111kg) | Covenant Christian HS (GA) | Lagos, Nigeria | Senior
Kavell Bigby-Williams
Center | 6-11, 250lb (211cm, 113kg) | Harris Academy Beckenham | London, UK | Senior
The matchup to focus on will be a battle in the paint between two senior bigs. These two players started their college basketball careers at other schools before transferring to their current squads, which has given them valuable experience for their respective teams that are largely powered by underclassmen.
No one would mistake Christian Mekowulu as an offensive stalwart, as it is simply not his game despite averaging double figures last year at Tennessee State. The Nigerian does not dominate in one area of the game, but is good enough of a rebounder and defender to not be a complete liability.
Like Mekowulu, Kavell Bigby-Williams is far from being his team’s primary scoring option, although he has reached double figures 11 times this season. The former Oregon Duck has made his mark as a dominant shot blocker, with two 5 block performances in SEC play against Alabama and Mississippi, along with 9 blocks in a December game against Grambling.
Texas A&M at LSU Predictions and Odds
Oddsmakers have LSU as 11 point favourites at home over the Aggies, while the over/under for the game is at 153.
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Deputies: Teen arrested for accidentally shooting 9-year-old nephew
On Thursday afternoon, deputies responded to the Red Roof Inn at 4999 49th Street North in unincorporated St. Petersburg for reports of a shooting.
Author: 10 Tampa Bay
Published: 8:34 PM EDT May 22, 2020
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting involving a 16-year-old and his 9-year-old nephew.
Once there, deputies say they found the younger boy shot in the arm.
According to witnesses, the 16-year-old was handling a firearm in the hotel room when it accidentally went off hitting his nephew in the arm.
After the shooting, the teen took off and discarded the gun -- which deputies say was stolen.
Deputies caught up with the teen and arrested him.
He is charged with felon in possession of a firearm, grand theft of a firearm, and violation of probation for burglary.
He was taken to the Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center.
The 9-year-old was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Maersk/MSC/SML Cooperative Working Agreement
FMC Agreement No. 201332
Synopsis: The agreement authorizes the parties to operate a vessel string in the trade between ports in China and South Korea on the one hand and ports on the Pacific Coast of the United States. It also authorizes the parties to exchange space on the jointly operated string for space on other specified strings in the Trade, and to charter space on specified services in the Trade.
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201332-001-MC 4/17/2020 6/1/2020 The amendment adds a new Article 12 setting forth a temporary, alternative arrangement between the parties that will apply on an interim basis in light of the suspension of the USWC3 service.
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Wetpaint Starts Licensing its Facebook-Based Media Distribution Tech
Curt Woodward
Turns out all that celebrity gossip-mongering had a point.
Wetpaint, the well-funded Seattle digital media startup headed by Blue Nile co-founder Ben Elowitz, is now licensing its Facebook-focused content distribution system to outside publishers.
The first deal is with Hubert Burda Media, a German publisher that owns Web and traditional magazine titles. Terms weren’t disclosed, but it’s a very significant deal for Wetpaint in more ways than one.
Most obviously, licensing brings in another stream of revenue to add to traditional online advertising—something that media companies of all sizes are struggling to survive on. That’s a nice addition all by itself.
But here’s what’s even more significant: By selling its expertise in growing an online audience, Wetpaint moves from being just a publisher into also being a technology provider. If you didn’t catch that nuance, the press release hammers it home by describing the startup as “a technology platform company.”
“While the world watched us build this celebrity and entertainment property, we’ve been secretly building the world’s best platform for acquiring audiences,” Elowitz says. “Under the covers, we were very deliberate.”
You could sense this kind of shift coming for Wetpaint, which actually started out life as a provider of wikis and other kinds of Web-publishing software. The company, which has raised some $40 million since its founding, then changed its focus to begin publishing its own websites, particularly focused on celebrity gossip and entertainment news.
That particular category tends to be obesessively followed by young people, especially young women—a coveted demographic for advertisers. Wetpaint’s mission was to build a fast-growing website, with a twist: the company focuses heavily on Facebook to build and interact with its audience.
By tapping into the data generated by social network users, Wetpaint says it can learn much more about what its audience wants to see, and when it wants to see it, and even in what order—in a recent interview, Elowtiz told me how swapping out one “Jersey Shore” actor for another in a story’s headline could bump up traffic by 10 percent.
Elowitz says the proof is in the site’s growth. In the roughly 18 months since the entertainment sites launched, Wetpaint now claims about 12 million monthly unique visitors. That’s a pretty impressive climb, and Wetpaint also touts the way social network-based publishing lets a publisher more closely control the relationship with their audience, “rather than doing a rain dance to get Google’s algorithm to like you.”
Which brings us back to Burda Media, the German publisher that’s signed on as the first to license Wetpaint’s “social distribution system.” The startup will provide the larger publisher with its software, which can plug into existing content management systems, along with training and a “playbook” for getting its content seen and consumed by people through Facebook, Elowitz says.
“With a lot of these really big media companies, they’re just learning social … and they don’t have a center of excellence in the company” for seizing hold of Facebook distribution themselves, Elowitz says.
More deals with publishers could be on the way. And if the Facebook-based publishing system finds fans among big publishers, keep an eye out for big growth at Wetpaint’s Seattle offices.
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Frosty Fest Returns To Rocket League On December 14
Rocket League’s coolest event is returning this month, as the fourth annual Frosty Fest is scheduled to kickoff on December 14. The event brings with it several new Challenges, Limited Time Modes, and plenty of exclusive unlockables.
When the fun begins on Monday, you’ll find a host of new Event Challenges listed under the Challenge Menu. Completing these will earn you rewards such as the Holiday Bow Topper and Holiday Hearth Wheels. Golden Gifts are also making a return, and unlocking them will grant you various items from the Accelerator, Elevation, and Triumph Series.
Oh, and there’ll be a free item in the Item Shop – Mr. Floeberg. Just log in during the event and claim your free Antenna for an easy way to get into the holiday spirit.
Several Limited Time Modes are also available during Frosty Fest, with a new mode becoming active every week. The first one making an appearance is Winter Breakaway, a variant on Snow Day mode that sees you chasing a puck around a hockey rink-inspired arena. The following week (December 21) will see Spike Rush making a return, then Heatseeker on December 28. The snowy festivities will wrap up on January 4.
Rocket League recently launched as a free-to-play title, so if you’re a new player this is a great way to get your hands on some exclusive customization options for your car. At the very least you should log in to pick up Mr. Floeberg – who definitely wasn’t inspired by Frosty the Snowman.
If you don’t want to wait until next week to start earning new gear, Season 2 of Rocket League is up and running, giving you a slew of new Challenges to tackle, unlocking music-themed items in the process. A new arena, new vehicle, and new soundtrack options have all been added to Rocket League, making December the perfect time to try out the high-octane sports game.
Frosty Fest returns to Rocket League on December 14 and runs until January 4.
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Jon Bitner is an Associate Editor for TheGamer. His passion for gaming started with his first console (Sega Genesis) and he hasn’t stopped playing since. His favorite titles include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Team Fortress 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Pokémon Sword & Shield, Old School Runescape, Skyrim, and Breath of the Wild. He can usually be found playing the latest RPG, FPS, or some obscure mobile game. Before working as Associate News Editor, Jon earned a Biology degree and worked in the Biotechnology sector — experiences that taught him how to put words together and make sentences. When not playing or writing about the gaming industry, he enjoys sleeping, eating, and staring at birds.
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Mutilated cats draped over barbed wire fence in White County
by: WLFI Staff Reports
Posted: Jun 25, 2019 / 08:59 AM EST / Updated: Jun 25, 2019 / 08:59 AM EST
WHITE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – A couple found multiple mutilated cats draped over a barbed wired fence in White County.
Guy Hoaks said he woke up to the sound of a large vehicle driving by their front house and stopping.
“It was about 9:30 in the morning, our dog started barking,” said Guy. “But by the time I got there the loud vehicle was gone.”
Guy believes the driver of the vehicle was the one who placed the cats on the fence.
Marna Hoaks is astonished this would happen in their friendly town.
“They were mangled really badly,” said Marna.
She says they look like they were beaten on a wire fence and then left there to die.
A community member from Battleground, Erma Robbins says she is distraught that anyone could do this in their town.
“I don’t understand why anybody has to abuse pets, ever,” stated Robbins.” Why they would do it is way beyond me…I have no idea,”
The Hoaks reported the incident to the White County Sheriff’s Office, where they took photos of the cats.
The sheriff’s office has not commented on the case.
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Explaining the Supreme Court lawsuit from Texas and Trump challenging Biden’s win
US President Donald Trump waves upon arrival, alongside Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton (L) in Dallas, Texas, on June 11, 2020, where he will host a roundtable with faith leaders and small business owners. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
by: Ariane de Vogue and Dan Berman, CNN
(CNN) — Although all 50 states have certified their election results and the Supreme Court swiftly rejected an emergency request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block election results in the commonwealth, the justices are now grappling with a new controversial bid from Texas, supported by President Donald Trump and 17 other Republican-led states.
They are asking the Supreme Court for an emergency order to invalidate the ballots of millions of voters in four battleground states — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — even though there is no evidence of widespread fraud.
Critics of the President and his allies say the case reflects an audacious and legally dubious gambit to keep the lawsuits flowing in order to prolong baseless claims that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was somehow illegitimate.
Who is suing?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Tuesday. The President on Wednesday filed a motion to intervene — basically a request to join the lawsuit, asking for the same result. Seventeen GOP states are backing the effort as well.
What do the Republicans want?
Essentially, to swing the election to Trump.
They’re asking for the court to block the electors from Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, pushing Biden back under the magic 270-vote total to win.
First the court would have to allow Paxton to file the suit. Then the court would have to block certification of the Electoral College vote, determine that the four states had allowed massive amounts of “illegal” votes, have the states revisit their vote counts and then resubmit the numbers. The court could also, Trump’s filing suggests, let state legislatures determine who wins each state or throw the entire election to the US House of Representatives, where each state delegation would have one vote — and since Republican delegations outnumber Democratic delegations, Trump would win.
Is there any precedent?
“In a nutshell the President is asking the Supreme Court to exercise its rarest form of jurisdiction to effectively overturn the entire presidential election,” said Steve Vladeck, a CNN Supreme Court analyst and University of Texas Law School professor.
The Supreme Court has 6 conservatives. Does that guarantee Trump will win?
No. The court has thus far shown no desire to intervene in the presidential election.
On Tuesday, it rejected the plea from Pennsylvania Republicans to invalidate the state’s presidential tallies. It issued one sentence and noted zero dissents. (Justices don’t always have to make their votes public.)
Trump has suggested publicly that he hopes his nominees — Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch — will side with him on any election dispute. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are also ones to watch. No justice is required to recuse him or herself from the dispute; Barrett, notably, did not recuse herself in the Pennsylvania lawsuit.
When will we hear from the court?
The Supreme Court is going through standard procedural protocols, placing the case on its docket and giving the four battleground states until 3 p.m. ET Thursday to respond.
The court could act after those filings arrive or wait until Texas files a brief replying to the arguments made by the battleground states. The justices acted quickly in rejecting the Pennsylvania lawsuit on Tuesday, but they could bide their time as they have in other election-related cases.
They do “meet” Friday for their regular conference, now held over the phone.
Unlike a traditional cert petition (request for the court to hear a case), it will take five justices to agree to allow Paxton to file his suit.
If the court refuses to take up the lawsuit, it’s another nail in the coffin for Trump’s hopes to reverse his election loss.
If it acts in the other direction, it will be another dramatic and unprecedented turn in the 2020 election, guaranteeing the President will continue to challenge Biden’s victory.
What is original jurisdiction?
Paxton seeks to file the lawsuit against other states, and in such instances he is allowed to come directly to the Supreme Court
So-called “original jurisdiction” cases are almost exclusively meant to handle inter-state disputes that can’t be resolved elsewhere, such as border disagreements or suits over water rights.
Trump, in asking to intervene in the lawsuit, is basically using Texas’ legal coattails.
But while Texas is using a shortcut to the Supreme Court, justices would have to agree that it can’t be solved in other courts — for instance, federal or state courts.
“There’s nothing unique about Texas’ claims here, most of which have already been brought in other suits against the same four states,” said Vladeck, noting that if Trump and other states are joining in, it could weaken the suggestion the Texas case is unique.
Justices might be wary of opening the floodgates to all political disputes between states ending up on their docket.
Benjamin Ginsberg, a longtime Republican election law expert and CNN contributor, told CNN on Wednesday that he didn’t think the court “for an instant” will consider taking up the case.
The GOP “used to be a party for states’ rights,” Ginsberg said. “I can’t imagine something that is less faithful to the principle of states’ rights than a Texas attorney general trying to tell other states how to run their elections.”
Sen. John Cornyn, the senior Texas Republican, told CNN that “I frankly struggle to understand the legal theory of it. Number one, why would a state, even such a great state as Texas, have a say-so on how other states administer their elections? We have a diffused and dispersed system and even though we might not like it, they may think it’s unfair, those are decided at the state and local level and not at the national level.”
What evidence do Trump and Republicans have?
The lawsuit includes several of the same claims that state and federal courts have rejected time and time again over the past month regarding alleged voter fraud and the legality of mail-in balloting.
“Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a justification,” Paxton wrote, officials in the battleground states “usurped their legislatures’ authority and unconstitutionally revised their state’s election statutes.” He said they had done so through “executive fiat.” He pointed specifically to mail-in ballots, which he said were placed “in drop boxes” with “little or no chain of custody,” which weakened signature verification and witness requirements, which he called “the strongest security measures protecting the integrity of the vote.”
The President for weeks has pushed increasingly desperate appeals and baseless conspiracy theories about his second term being stolen.
“Our Country is deeply divided in ways that it arguably has not been seen since the election of 1860,” Trump’s motion to intervene states. “There is a high level of distrust between the opposing sides, compounded by the fact that, in the election just held, election officials in key swing states, for apparently partisan advantage, failed to conduct their state elections in compliance with state election law.”
Seventeen GOP-led states are siding with Texas and the President: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.
Who are Trump’s new lawyers?
The President’s campaign has been represented by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and attorney Jenna Ellis. In the current motion, however, Trump is being represented by John Eastman.
Eastman is known for recently pushing a racist conspiracy theory — that Trump himself later amplified — claiming Vice President-elect Kamala Harris might not be eligible for the role because her parents were immigrants.
Trump has also asked GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas — the former solicitor general of the state — to represent him at the Supreme Court in the unlikely event it hears oral arguments.
A cold start to the week
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Ventura’s back to lead Maplewood girls
Marisa Ventura scored 22 points and averaged 6 steals and 6 rebounds last year
by: Vince Pellegrini
Posted: Oct 28, 2020 / 05:18 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 28, 2020 / 08:42 AM EDT
Credit: Sezeryadigar/E+/Getty Images
Maplewood Rockets
Coach: Mark Yoder
2019-20 Record: 22-2 (15-1, NAC)
Returning Starters: Juniors – Marissa Ventura, Baylie Starcher and Hannah Gaylog
…Coach Yoder’s group won the 2020 NAC championship by finishing the season with a 15-1 league mark. Last February, the Lady Rockets were upset in the District Semifinals by Bristol (47-35). The two teams had split their regular season meetings by narrow margins in each contest.
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The Lady Rockets won 22 of their 24 games last season. “We need to play an aggressive full court defense,” indicates Yoder. “We need to make a high percentage of our three-point shots also this season.”
A trio of juniors – Marissa Ventura (21.8 ppg, 6.2 spg, 5.6 rpg, 2.4 apg), Baylie Starcher (10.0 ppg, 3.9 apg, 3.3 rpg) and Hannah Gaylog (2.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg) – return to lead Maplewood this season.
2020-21 Schedule
Nov. 24 – Chaney
Nov. 28 – at McDonald
Nov. 30 – at Fairport Harding
Dec. 3 – at Lordstown
Dec. 7 – Windham
Dec. 10 – Mathews
Dec. 14 – Pymatuning Valley
Dec. 17 – Southington
Dec. 21 – at Bristol
Jan. 4 – Heartland Christian
Jan. 7 – at Badger
Jan. 11 – Fairport Harding
Jan. 14 – Lordstown
Jan. 16 – Lakeview
Jan. 21 – at Windham
Jan. 23 – at Mineral Ridge
Jan. 25 – at Mathews
Jan. 28 – at Pymatuning Valley
Feb. 1 – at Southington
Feb. 4 – Bristol
Feb. 8 – at St. John
Feb. 11 – Badger
by Jen Steer / Jan 17, 2021
KANSAS CITY (WJW)-- The Cleveland Browns season came to an end in Kansas City Sunday evening.
They fell to the Chiefs, 17-22, in the AFC Divisional round. The Chiefs will now face the Bills in the AFC Championship.
KANSAS CITY (WJW)-- The Cleveland Browns fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, 17-22, in the AFC Divisional Round on Sunday.
The Browns won the toss and deferred to the second half. The Chiefs drove down the field and then the former NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes ran it in for a touchdown. The extra point was no good.
Cleveland Browns battle Kansas City Chiefs in AFC divisional playoff game
by P.J. Ziegler / Jan 17, 2021
*Watch the Browns drive-thru rally from Saturday in the video above.*
CLEVELAND (WJW) — Game Day. It's the day Browns fans have been waiting for, for a long time. It's a chance to see their team play in an AFC divisional playoff game. The Browns will meet the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Martha Stewart’s vaccine video came with a disclaimer
Yes, Martha Stewart received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine near a facility named for her, but rest assured, she says she didn’t jump the line.
The lifestyle mogul posted a video Monday on her verified Instagram account showing her getting vaccinated near the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown in New York.
Stewart, 79, explained that she did not receive any special treatment. States have been scrambling to administer the vaccine in the midst of a record-breaking number of infections and deaths.
“To allay your concerns that I jumped the line know that I am in the approved age group for this batch of vaccines and I waited in line with others,” the caption read.
Stewart was “so proud of and grateful to the doctors, nurses and medical staff who are wading through the red tape and confusion of the distribution of these very important vaccines,” she said.
“I am excited to have received my dosage and look forward to the booster,” she said. “The doctors told me 10,000 applications were received by Mount Sinai right after the state released this batch of vaccines.”
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Hard White Maple
Maple Burl Veneer Pack - 4 pcs
$55.99 /Pack
1-4 $55.99 /Pack
5+ $50.39 /Pack (10% off)
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This craft veneer pack contains 4 sheets of raw, unbacked wood veneer that have been sanded as well as trimmed on the edges and ends. The sheets are sequence sliced so you can match them for a variety of projects such as: Furniture repair, Game boards, Boxes, and much more. Each piece measures 1/42'' x 8'' x 18'.
Size 8" x 18", 4 pieces, 4 square feet
Quantity 4 sheets per pack
Hard Maple Cutting Board Strips
Sapele Ribbon Stripe (Quarter Sawn) 4/4 Craft Pack: 10 Board Feet
Cherry Cutting Board Strips
Premium Black Walnut 6/4 Project Pack: 20 Board Feet
What Does The Janka Hardness Rating Mean?
The Janka hardness test is the international standard for measuring the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.
It's expressed in psi, or pounds-per-square-inch. The test measures the pressure required to embed an 11.28mm (.444 in) diameter steel ball into wood to half the ball's diameter. The measurement was developed to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring; however, we include it here and compare it to the rating of red oak to help you make a buying choice.
There is a difference between hardness and being difficult to work with. Generally speaking, the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish. Harder woods create good, solid long-lasting joinery in furniture.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain, and varies from piece to piece. So a Janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces. Use the Janka hardness rating as guide, not a definitive answer.
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What Does Specific Gravity Mean?
Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of wood to the density of water.
A wood doesn't float, for example, if it's specific gravity is 1.00 or greater.
We display the specific gravity for each of our woods using it's kiln-dried measurement (instead of the non-dried measurement).
It's Just a Guide
The trouble with this number is that the specific gravity of a wood changes with its moisture content. So use this number just as a ballpark guide to estimate how dense a wood is. We've also compared the number to that of red oak, as red oak is the most commonly used hardwood in North America.
Why Does It Matter To You?
Most of the time, the higher the specific gravity, the more abuse your tools take. Conversely, woods with low specific gravity don't make good choices for furniture and are more difficult to create nice, strong joints with.
Just use this as a guide to help you make an informed choice.
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1) This was a small sum of money, said to have been so called originally because it was intended for a charitable or religious purpose. However, by the Tudor period it had come to be associated principally with bargains, especially as ‘earnest’ money, paid over at a new tenancy agreement or when a servant or workman was first hired.
In 1531, Christopher Scawceby sought to take possession of a public house called the Bull, in Beverley, but his ownership was disputed by John Raffelles and the case was heard at the court of Star Chamber. Much of the evidence had to do with a goddes penney allegedly paid to Scawceby without the landlord’s knowledge. In 1633, Abraham Shaw of Northowram was to hire all workmen and pay them their Godspenies only of his proper cost. Pepys was certainly familiar with the term, noting in his diary that ‘at the making all contracts and bargains they give so much, which they call God’s penny’. The same term was used for the small rebate given when cattle were purchased. In 1914, Mrs Jagger said it was considered unlucky in Honley not to have a coin returned as part of a sale, although she described it as God’s silver or luck penny.
related prick wage fest earnest arles
places Beverley Honley Northowram
sources Jagger, History of Honley Halifax Antiquarian Society... YAS Record Series vol. 1
dates 1531 1633 1914
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Four Seasons Pillow Cover GIVEAWAY! {CLOSED}
Posted on May 12, 2014 by Cherie
CONGRATS CATELYN! You are the winner of this giveaway and you should have received an email from me! Thanks to everyone for entering!
It’s Giveaway Day!
If you’re not familiar, Sew Mama Sew hosts a huge collection of giveaways, for either handmade items or supplies (like fabric and patterns), twice a year. Today is the day when all the giveaways are listed, and you have until Friday to enter as many as you want!
I’m going to be giving away this Four Seasons Pillow Cover that I made from Kokka’s new Irome fabric collection. The pillow cover measures about 15×15 inches and is perfect for a 16×16 inch throw pillow. It has a simple envelope style closure in the back – no buttons or zippers. The pillow form is NOT included.
Giveaway details: CLOSED!
– Giveaway will remain open until Friday, May 16th at 5pm PST
– Winners will be chosen at random and will be contacted by email
– Open to all (I will ship internationally)
– Void where prohibited
– Leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite season is and one reason why!
PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH
– Follow you & mie on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you do so.
– Follow me on Pinterest and leave a comment telling me you do so.
– Follow me on Instagram and leave a comment telling me you do so.
(maximum number of entries is 4)
I might try and post another giveaway later today with some fabric and other goodies, so check back in for that. In the meantime, be sure to take a look at all the other giveaways happening this week on Sew Mama Sew: Handmade Items and Supplies.
Best of luck!!
*This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram. We hereby release Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram of any liability. No purchase necessary. you & mie takes no responsibility for packages lost by the postal service. Giveaway starts Monday, May 12th and ends Friday, May 16th at 5pm PST. Once the giveaway ends, winners will be chosen at random and contacted within 24 hours by e-mail. This post will be updated with winners’ names. Winners will need to respond within 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is void where prohibited.*
This entry was posted in giveaway and tagged Giveaway, giveaway day, pillow by Cherie. Bookmark the permalink.
261 thoughts on “Four Seasons Pillow Cover GIVEAWAY! {CLOSED}”
Katrin on May 12, 2014 at 11:06 am said:
I like summer because we finally get to see the sun. Thanks!
Sarah on May 12, 2014 at 11:07 am said:
SPRING . . . I LOVE SPRING! WHY? green, green, nd more green everywhere . . . buds forming, then opening to flowers while fragrances fill the fresh air. LOVELY lilacs and in June roses are blooming galore! LOVE your creative 4-Seasons pillow, lovely, INDEED! Sarah in Minneapolis
Beth on May 12, 2014 at 11:08 am said:
I like spring best – it is nice to be warm again!
Already follow you on facebook!
Kim S on May 12, 2014 at 11:19 am said:
I love Summer. It’s a fun time to hit the beach and take a nap.
Meghan on May 12, 2014 at 11:26 am said:
Fall is definitely my favorite season. Thanks for the giveaway!
Now following on facebook.
I already follow on Instagram
Leo on May 12, 2014 at 11:32 am said:
autumn – the forrests turning red, so many redsa nd purples in the flowers and all the berries, red and black currants, raspberries, etc etc …
Alyce Rodriguez on May 12, 2014 at 11:35 am said:
My favorite is fall because of the cooler temperatures and the changing colors of the leaves (at least where I grew up in Texas). Now I live in Panama and there are only 2 seasons, rainy and dry.
Jolien on May 12, 2014 at 11:35 am said:
Spring is my favourite season, with summer as a close second. Good weather, not too hot and the flowers. Mainly the flowers and blooming is what makes it my favourite season.
Really like what you’ve done with these fabrics! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Also following you now through FB.
And following your Pinterest boards now as well. 🙂
Tamie on May 12, 2014 at 11:44 am said:
I love spring time as all the plants and flowers start to green up and the weather is not too hot yet. Thanks for participating in the Giveaway Day.
I’m following you on IG too.
Allison on May 12, 2014 at 11:47 am said:
I love fall because it’s the perfect temperature, and the leaves are so pretty here in MN.
Sue Faulkner on May 12, 2014 at 11:58 am said:
Each season offers it’s own special memory for me. I think it would be fun to have the pillow stand in a special place with that season on top. Rotating it as the seasons change. I have a quilt rack that is mounted on the wall and It would be fun to change the quilt to match that season.
Pam T. on May 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:
I love Spring and seeing my garden come alive with color! Your pillow cover is fantastic!
katiemhall on May 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:
I love fall. Love to get to sleep with the windows open and see the leaves change.
Emilee on May 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:
Fall is my favorite, because of the weather!
I now follow on fb!
sara mcconnell on May 12, 2014 at 12:03 pm said:
I love fall because. . .well, HALLOWEEN which happens to double as my bday!!
I’m following you on Facebook, too!
i follow on Facebook!
IG follower here 🙂
and i think you’re pinterest might keep me busy for a while haha, LOVE LOVE LOVE. thanks for the amazing giveaway, xoxo
Leasha Waddingham on May 12, 2014 at 12:27 pm said:
Spring, it’s the biggest change we see throughout the year with new flowers growing and the sun making an appearance. Plus everyone seems to get a spring in the step. (Excuse the pun)
I like spring because of all the flowers.
buntyw on May 12, 2014 at 12:45 pm said:
I love Spring – I love the colours!
Following you on facebook!
tantemono on May 12, 2014 at 1:09 pm said:
My favorite season is fall, with the warm colors of the trees or of the vineyards, and a lovely event to party: my birthday 😉
Georgiann on May 12, 2014 at 1:18 pm said:
Fall, definitely!
padme2014 on May 12, 2014 at 1:19 pm said:
I like fall because it is still warm but not too hot and it isn’t too cool yet either
khbnelson on May 12, 2014 at 1:21 pm said:
I follow you on Instagram too 🙂
meagangracie on May 12, 2014 at 1:25 pm said:
I love spring flowers
leigh7911 on May 12, 2014 at 1:32 pm said:
This year – fall. Because the small human starts kindergarten. 😉
Soul Stitching Dolls on May 12, 2014 at 1:43 pm said:
Summer! Looooooove summer:) I love the heat! I love to hear kids playing outside and my daughters birthday!
Follow on Facebook 🙂
Follow on Pinterest:)
Now following on Instagram!
jessica on May 12, 2014 at 1:54 pm said:
Spring! the end of winter, daffodils, sunshine! Thanks for the giveaway!
jesshea on May 12, 2014 at 1:55 pm said:
Elisabetta on May 12, 2014 at 2:10 pm said:
Spring has the longest day lights but the air is windy and fresh
Thank you so much for this nice prize, you made a great work!
I like and follow you on FB
And now on Pinterest too
Danijela on May 12, 2014 at 2:24 pm said:
Spring,longer days,more outside,walks…Lovely giveaway,thank you for the chance to win it.
Tammy on May 12, 2014 at 2:28 pm said:
I love Spring! I am in the UK, I find autumn and winter very depressing and Summer is too hot, but I love to see the world waking up and the beauty of spring!
Vicki H on May 12, 2014 at 3:08 pm said:
Spring for the flowers and warmer weather.
Sandy K on May 12, 2014 at 3:08 pm said:
Summer is my favorite season. I love the heat and going to the lake on weekends.
Jess on May 12, 2014 at 4:01 pm said:
Autumn. The years we get cool crisp air with a lot of sunshine are my absolute favorite. Everything is pretty (unless it does nothing but rain) and there are less allergens. 🙂
And I follow on Pinterest.
Victoria on May 12, 2014 at 4:03 pm said:
Autumn, so beautiful, chilly but sunny.
Following on pintrest
And now facebook!
Ginette on May 12, 2014 at 4:47 pm said:
I love the fall because of the beautiful colours and snuggling with a cozy sweater or quilt!
Donna Lee on May 12, 2014 at 5:06 pm said:
I love Spring with its beautiful flowers and cool breezes before the heat of summer hits.
Sarah on May 12, 2014 at 5:10 pm said:
My favorite season is winter because everything is so white and beautiful, we can use lots of cozy quilts, and drink hot chocolate, and because of Christmas!
deb (two cheeky monkeys) on May 12, 2014 at 5:32 pm said:
I love Spring because of the warmer weather and the gorgeous spring flowers.
BreannaS on May 12, 2014 at 5:35 pm said:
My favorite season is always the one I am currently in unless it is the dead of winter. I have been trying hard to enjoy the moment instead of wishing it away.
I liked your page on FB
I am following you on pinterest
I am following you on instagram breannasack
ohangelina on May 12, 2014 at 5:46 pm said:
hi, it is truly a work of art, wouldnt i be soo lucky to win it !! 🙂
i follow you on pinterest.
i liked your fb page 😉
Lili Bayou on May 12, 2014 at 6:16 pm said:
I love the charm of every season, especially now I’m in Korea because they each are so defined.
Laura on May 12, 2014 at 6:37 pm said:
My favorite season is fall, because I love the weather!
I follow on Pinterest!
Karen Ann on May 12, 2014 at 6:54 pm said:
Definitely…..I need the sun and heat!!
Lori Smanski on May 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm said:
I love summer because of all the family and friend back yard get togethers, not to mention I totally dislike cold
following on FB
following on pinterest, I think
Tasha on May 12, 2014 at 7:10 pm said:
I love Fall. JEANS + JACKETS!
kazkitty on May 12, 2014 at 7:20 pm said:
Summer because I love the heat and the beach! 🙂
sorahart on May 12, 2014 at 7:44 pm said:
I love summer…lazy nights, barbecues, shorts and flip flops. I love it all!
Facebook follower!
Gina on May 12, 2014 at 7:59 pm said:
I love these fall because it is not too hot and it is not too cold. I love the blue skies, pumpkins, apples, and kids in costumes.
Erin on May 12, 2014 at 8:32 pm said:
Oh, I love this pillow! My favorite season is Spring because all of babies were born then, and my yard blows up with pretty blooming trees. 🙂
AND….I follow you on the Insta! 🙂
….and pinterest!
catelyn on May 12, 2014 at 9:10 pm said:
My favourite Australian season is Autumn as I can still layer up but not freeze.
I also like you on fb
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savingsarahgrace on May 12, 2014 at 9:12 pm said:
I love summer. it’s when i feel like i’m on top of the world and i can do anything. it’s when i feel most inspired. it’s when i feel everyone let go of so many burdens that they carry all year and just shake it out. bbqs. hiking. paddle boarding. all the beautiful colors and the long days.
And also on instagram.
Vicki on May 12, 2014 at 9:42 pm said:
Fall…the colors and cool weather.
Safiya on May 12, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:
I like autumn and shedding of the leaves from trees as I enjoy walking on dry leaves 🙂
Morgan on May 12, 2014 at 10:29 pm said:
My favourite season is Spring (not as hot as Summer can be!) but in your pillow I’m in love with the Winter quadrant!
Nancy C on May 12, 2014 at 11:26 pm said:
It’s absolutely beautiful and colourful! My favorite season is Fall (probably due to being born during that season and I find that I like natural earthy fall colors too- brown, reds and greens). Thanks for the chance to win this beauty!
I’m a follower on Instagram (urmysunshines) 🙂
I follow you on facebook too.
Chris on May 12, 2014 at 11:32 pm said:
My favorite season is winter! I just think the snow is so beautiful.
Geez, I’m starting to sound like a stalker but luckily a good one not a creepy one 🙂 I follow you on Pinterest too.
quiltzyx on May 13, 2014 at 12:15 am said:
Spring – cool weather, clear skies & blossoms everywhere!
Sasha on May 13, 2014 at 12:16 am said:
I like the excitement and promise of spring. The break from all the cold days, the start of the flowers coming out, planting in the veggie plot, fantastic!
Jeifner on May 13, 2014 at 1:47 am said:
Fall as it’s still dry out so it’s not snowing and it’s not hot either.
I’m a new FB follower as well 🙂
Tammi on May 13, 2014 at 2:10 am said:
Springtime is my favorite, it is so glorious here in the Pacific Northwest!
I follow you on Instagram too!
Lee on May 13, 2014 at 2:46 am said:
I love Fall the best! Cooler weather and lovely colors! thank you!
Kay on May 13, 2014 at 3:55 am said:
I follow on facebook. x
I love Spring the most as the days are lighter again and all of the beautiful flowers come out.
Rox on May 13, 2014 at 5:10 am said:
Spring. I love everything in bloom after a long winter but I’m not too fond of the allergies that go along with the blooming. 😉
Ashley Lewchuk on May 13, 2014 at 5:12 am said:
Definitely Fall – I love the changing colours and the ‘fresh start’ feeling of the year – nothing like it!
Also, I follow you on Pinterest
postcarddotworld on May 13, 2014 at 5:44 am said:
very very nice cover pillow!
Linda Stewardson on May 13, 2014 at 6:35 am said:
Spring because everything comes back to life.
Rebekah on May 13, 2014 at 6:46 am said:
I love the summer! I hate being cold. 🙂
HeatherC on May 13, 2014 at 6:49 am said:
I love spring for the nice weather.
Helen on May 13, 2014 at 7:07 am said:
And I follow you on Pinterest
Desiree on May 13, 2014 at 7:18 am said:
I like winter because I like to be cold
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AmyL on May 13, 2014 at 7:52 am said:
autumn – i enjoy the crisp air in the morning, the warm afternoons, the leaves changing, and how its harvest season and all the goodies on the farm.
i follow on instagram
Victoria M on May 13, 2014 at 8:33 am said:
I an a fall fan. Cooler weather, pumpkins, bonfires, colorful foliage, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Homecoming parades, family fun.
I follow on Facebook. Love that pillow and may have to make one myself if I do not win it.
I love fall the best – because leaves, pumpkins, apples and crisp autumn air!
agnes on May 13, 2014 at 9:42 am said:
My favorite season is a CA winter – rainy and cool!
I follow you in IG
Tiffany Bohland on May 13, 2014 at 9:45 am said:
I love fall – it’s still semi warm. The leaves are gorgeous, and it’s finally settled into a comfortable sit on the porch everyday type of season. 😀
jen on May 13, 2014 at 10:17 am said:
I love fall bc of the cool nights and bonfires!!
Ig follower!
Nicola on May 13, 2014 at 10:43 am said:
I like spring because it isn’t too hot, or too cold. It is also such a pretty hopeful season.
colleensaltarelli on May 13, 2014 at 10:51 am said:
Spring! All the animals come out and the green plants pop up, just a happy time all around 🙂
sue on May 13, 2014 at 11:41 am said:
I LOVE the fall the best, as the weather cools a bit and the long HUMID (YUK) summer days are replaced by cool crisp days!
Karen B on May 13, 2014 at 11:49 am said:
I like fall because we usually have the best weather here and that’s when they start selling winter squashes! yum!
Katie Y. on May 13, 2014 at 12:23 pm said:
I like the fall, because that’s when I get to meet my new kiddos each year. As a teacher it is an exciting and frightening time, and I love every minute! The weather is also nice that time of year… 🙂
blair1978 on May 13, 2014 at 12:23 pm said:
Spring – i love that day in May when you look around and the whole world glows green
I also follow you on Pinterest
And I also follow you on Instagram!
Hayley on May 13, 2014 at 12:47 pm said:
Lovely pillow. I love spring – the weather starts to improve, you can smell the perfume of the flowers, the days get longer…but it’s not stinking hot
littlehouseonthedairy on May 13, 2014 at 1:02 pm said:
I like each season when it is fresh and new. Then after a while I am tired of it and ready for the next!
ciara on May 13, 2014 at 1:21 pm said:
autumn, because the sun is still out, but it’s not so hot & there are fewer bugs. i also love corn mazes!
cynthia on May 13, 2014 at 1:47 pm said:
Fall is my favorite season–the promise of cooler weather, apples and pumpkins, the gorgeous leaves changing colors, putting on a jacket after a long hot summer.
I follow you on facebook!
Mruna on May 13, 2014 at 2:20 pm said:
My fave season is monsoon… totally yearning for it to rain as the heat of summer is getting unbearable and also the rain makes my garden so lush and green and a delight to see!
Following on pinterest!
Debra Kay Neiman on May 13, 2014 at 2:40 pm said:
I love the Fall, just my nature I guess. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
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Angelia L. on May 13, 2014 at 2:54 pm said:
I love the new life that comes with Spring!
Justina (Tina) Albright on May 13, 2014 at 3:08 pm said:
Spring because everything in the northeast becomes colorful instead of white.
Connie Rodriguez on May 13, 2014 at 4:58 pm said:
I love spring, its like a rebirth, you are inside for long cold wintry days and then the sun starts to warm everything up and soon blossoms appear, birds start singing, and we start cooking on the grill
Abby W on May 13, 2014 at 5:22 pm said:
I like summer because it is sunny and warm. After a long Michigan winter there is nothing better.
I follow on FB.
I follow on pintrest.
I follow on Instagram.
callherhappy on May 13, 2014 at 5:33 pm said:
Right now? Spring because that winter was BRUTAL!
Amy Forkner on May 13, 2014 at 5:40 pm said:
Fall is my favorite season because the temperature is perfect and the trees are so pretty!
Kirsten on May 13, 2014 at 6:41 pm said:
I like summer because I’ma gardener and things get good and abundant in the summer.
thecottagedream on May 13, 2014 at 6:47 pm said:
My favorite season is fall. Not so much here in Southeast VA but in Michigan. I the the cooler temps and the smell of the air. Pumpkins and jumping in the leaves. Visiting the apple mill.. apples! So much to love.
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littlewifeylifey on May 13, 2014 at 7:12 pm said:
Spring is my absolute favorite! Spring is when I usually go home to Arkansas to visit my family. My parents are gardening pros, and every spring I love to just watch them garden & soak up all their tips. Incredible spring weather, blooms, and soaking up the sun on the front porch with sweet tea in hand is an added bonus 🙂 This pillow is absolutely beautiful! I hope that my home is graced with its presence! 🙂
Susan Solberg on May 13, 2014 at 7:38 pm said:
My favorite time of year is spring. I like the hope that comes when plants start blooming, birds chirp, it starts warming up, more sunshine, and the list goes on. I even love spring thunderstorms!
RobinSue on May 13, 2014 at 7:42 pm said:
I love spring – bright colors, birds chirping and longer days.
alexis on May 13, 2014 at 7:42 pm said:
Spring! Although in the fall I might like that best. Flowers and sun are pretty great right now.
Following on IG
Following on Pinterest too
Betsy Naragon on May 13, 2014 at 8:00 pm said:
I tend to like fall the best, unless it happens to be spring. Then I like spring the best. For sure…I loathe winter! That pillow is so lovely!
I’m following on IG!
Lindsay on May 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm said:
I love Spring, it reminds me of first falling in Love and the excitement of new things.
Mandi on May 13, 2014 at 9:13 pm said:
I love summer b/c I’m a teacher — freedom!
Kat H on May 14, 2014 at 1:29 am said:
I love spring. It’s just so full of potential! Flowers, baby animals, the promise of summer. So green and fresh and alive. I love it! 🙂
Lia on May 14, 2014 at 5:03 am said:
Fall, because my birthday is in October 🙂
Many thanks for the chance to win!
heather7420 on May 14, 2014 at 5:06 am said:
Fall is my favorite. I love how it starts to cool after a long hot summer and the leaves start to change color 🙂 Thank you for the chance to win
Sallie on May 14, 2014 at 6:07 am said:
Fall because of the cooler weather, football, and pumpkins.
ashley on May 14, 2014 at 6:14 am said:
I love summer, because I love cooking out, drinking lemonade and being warm.
Kristen on May 14, 2014 at 8:32 am said:
I love fall, i love the weather, I love the leaves with all their colors.
Julia on May 14, 2014 at 8:51 am said:
Spring – because of the flowers!
Solducky on May 14, 2014 at 9:19 am said:
I love fall! Changing leaves, great smells, and cozy jackets!
emme on May 14, 2014 at 10:01 am said:
summer for the heat!
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sofeleringer on May 14, 2014 at 10:19 am said:
I love spring with the light and warmth coming back after a long and dark winter here in Norway.
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Libby on May 14, 2014 at 1:03 pm said:
I love fall. There’s a warmth and a crispness to it. You feel like getting things done !
sandyandcosmo on May 14, 2014 at 1:19 pm said:
I love everything about fall, the crispness in the air, the leaves changing colors, and fresh apple cider!
I follow on pinterest.
Holly U on May 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm said:
Spring. I love to see the earth come back to life! Thanks
Charlotte L on May 14, 2014 at 1:53 pm said:
Spring is my favorite, new life everywhere! Thanks for the chance.
Dana Cargill on May 14, 2014 at 2:16 pm said:
My favorite season is spring. I love flowers & it seems the most beautiful ones bloom then.
mrsunclefuzzy on May 14, 2014 at 5:55 pm said:
Summer is my favorite season and my favorite thing to do in the summer is ride motorcycles
I follow on IG
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Bonnie on May 14, 2014 at 8:24 pm said:
I like the summer because it is so cheery!
I’m following you on facebook!
Crystal on May 14, 2014 at 8:35 pm said:
I love the fall
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Following via pinterest
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Tania on May 14, 2014 at 8:56 pm said:
Fall is my favorite time of year. I love seeing the leaves change to red, orange & yellow. Also the crispness that is in the air and watching football with my husband.
quiltmom anna on May 14, 2014 at 8:57 pm said:
My favorite season is spring or fall- I love the new growth after a long winter season but I love the colors of autumn leaves- it is a very hard decision between the two seasons
Thanks for participating in the Sew Mama Sew giveaway.
Regards from Alberta,
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Regards from Alberta.
Fran on May 14, 2014 at 11:00 pm said:
I really like Autumn (Fall) – I’m not a big fan of heat & humidity & we have quite a lot of both of these in Australia during Summer & I’m always happy when the temperature dips & the evenings are cooler & milder. Thanks for the chance to win your lovely pillow, those Irome fabrics are beautiful!!
I’m a.new follower on Pinterest, thanks.
And I’m a new follower on Instagram too, thanks.
Nancy on May 15, 2014 at 1:30 am said:
I love Spring because it represents things becoming anew. Pretty pillow cover!
RedSetter on May 15, 2014 at 4:30 am said:
Spring, not too hot and the promise of everything new and fresh.
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Gisel-la Roca on May 15, 2014 at 5:07 am said:
Spring!! Not too cold , not hot
Kathy H on May 15, 2014 at 6:19 am said:
i like autumn the best, the break from the heat and the wonderful colors.
Damla on May 15, 2014 at 6:31 am said:
I love spring, because it’s neither cold nor too hot.
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jenniferbowden7 on May 15, 2014 at 7:10 am said:
I love Fall. I love the smell of rain of freshly fallen leaves. Thanks
Holly on May 15, 2014 at 8:03 am said:
Fall, because I live in New England and the foliage is spectacular.
sewsingular on May 15, 2014 at 10:19 am said:
Summer because I go boating and camping!
I adore spring because I love seeing the flowers popping out everywhere.
Lyn on May 15, 2014 at 5:23 pm said:
When I lived in the northeast I loved fall the best…the leaves changing color, starting to fall, walks in wooded parks with a chill in the air, coming home and making hot chocolate and starting a fire in the fireplace…. Now that I live in Texas, well, the trees don’t change color and it doesn’t get that chilly in fall. But we have lovely springs with beautiful wildflowers…large swathes of blue, yellow, red, pops of pink and orange…. lovely!
Rachel R. on May 15, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:
I love the fall… Everything is peaceful and I love the changing colors.
Following on FB!
Rebecca T in CA on May 15, 2014 at 8:04 pm said:
Spring. It is when everything starts fresh!
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Beth T. on May 15, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:
Autumn is my favorite season. The colors are incredible, the change in weather is welcome, and then there is Thanksgiving.
Stacy Alfano on May 15, 2014 at 9:28 pm said:
I love fall because its so pretty!
Kelly Wilson on May 15, 2014 at 10:05 pm said:
I am a Facebook follower. Thanks for the opportunity! I really like your pillow design. Notwendy at gmail dot com
I follow on Pinterest. Thanks! Notwendy at gmail dot com
I follow on Instagram as notwendyok. Thanks! Notwendy at gmail dot com
Autumn has always been my favorite. I love the cooler weather, the trees changing color and the beginning of the holiday season. Eggnog! Pumpkin Pie! Cornbread Stuffing! Mulled Cider! Yay! Notwendy at gmail dot com
camelama on May 15, 2014 at 10:16 pm said:
My favorite season is fall. Cool temps but not too cold, leaves changing color, pumpkin pies… 🙂
carolyn on May 16, 2014 at 5:06 am said:
thanks for the giveaway– my favorite season is fall because of the fall colors and apple picking my favorite!
NiinaMaria on May 16, 2014 at 5:28 am said:
Autumn! I love the storms and excuse to stay indoors to read.
Followed you on FB.
Jane on May 16, 2014 at 6:26 am said:
I love the fall b/c of the temperatures and the colors! Although Springtime and the magic of all of the newness after winter has lately been trying to steal my heart 😉
I follow you on instagram
SS on May 16, 2014 at 6:50 am said:
I love Spring because I am always so happy to see green again after long New Hampshire winters.
Nancysue on May 16, 2014 at 8:20 am said:
I love fall because you can work outside without the insanely hot temperatures…plus there is the pumpkin pie reason.
I follow you on pinterest. What did we ever do without pinterest. thank you al gore..:) (sarcasm)
I follow you on Facebook 🙂
Sue on May 16, 2014 at 8:45 am said:
I live in Florida and I love winter! Not too hot, not too cold, just right!
Nupur on May 16, 2014 at 9:25 am said:
I love summer for the fresh produce, watermelon, picnics, beach days and lazy summer reading!
I’m following you on pinterest. I am Nupur_OHS
Rachel Martorano on May 16, 2014 at 11:54 am said:
My favorite season is Autumn. I love the leaves changing color and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. 🙂
I’m a new FB follower. 🙂
I’m a new pinterest follower. 🙂
I’m a new instagram follower (ravensrascals)
Cheryl on May 16, 2014 at 3:14 pm said:
I love the spring b/c of the cooler weather and beautiful flowers!
Kathy on May 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm said:
I love Fall, even though it is a busy time of year for teachers.
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