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An Inconvenient Tooth
Hailed as a harmless chemical that would prevent tooth decay, new evidence shows how fluoride could be linked to serious health problems.
Fluoridation was first advanced in the US at the end of the second World War. Proponents argued that fluoride in water and toothpaste would help to protect teeth and prevent decay. Over the following decades, fluoride was added to public water supplies across the country.
While the benefits of fluoridation have been held to be unquestionable, accumulating evidence points to a frightening prospect: that fluoride may have serious adverse health effects, including infant mortality, congenital defects and IQ.
LEADING EXPERTS CHANGE THEIR MINDS
Dr. Hardy Limeback, DDS, PhD, is head of the Department of Preventive Dentistry at the University of Toronto, and president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research. He is Canadas leading fluoride authority, and until recently the nations primary fluoride promoter. Two years ago he changed his mind. He publically apologized for 15 years of misleading the people of Canada on the issue of fluoridation. Dr. Limeback said that Toronto, fluoridated for 36 years, has a higher incidence of cavities than Vancouver, which has never fluoridated their water. He said the Centers for Disease Control are basing their fluoride recommendation on 50-year-old studies that dont reflect new research.
Dr John Colquhoun was the Principal Dental Officer for Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, and a staunch fluoridation advocate until he was given the task of reviewing the world-wide data on fluoride effectiveness and safety. His review is titled Why I Changed My Mind About Fluoridation. In it, he details how data was manipulated to support fluoridation in the English-speaking countries.
Dr. Phyllis Mullinex was commissioned by the US Army, MEDCOM to research possible neurological effects of fluoridating the water supply at Fort Detrick, Maryland. She worked at Harvard University Dental School. She expected a routine investigation. However, her results shocked even herself when she found that rats fed fluoride developed a variety of neurological defects. She was forced to advise the army not to fluoridate and lost her job as a result.
Perhaps the most incredible turnaround is by the Environmental Protection Agencys Union of Scientists and Engineers. In May 1999, they announced they oppose their own agencys stand on water fluoridation. Senior vice-president of the union, Dr. William Hurzy wrote, recent, peer-reviewed toxicity data, when applied to EPAs standard method for controlling risks from toxic chemicals, require an immediate halt to the use of the nations drinking water reservoirs as disposal sites for the toxic waste of the phosphate fertilizer industry.
FLUORIDE AND TOOTH DECAY
Tooth decay has indeed decreased around the world. However, fluoride is not the cause. Tooth decay has declined as much or more in non-fluoridated areas as in those with fluoridation. This has been reported in Germany, British Columbia, New Zealand, Cuba, Finland, and the United States. Some small studies show slight benefits of fluoridation. One American study of 39,207 children showed reduced decay of deciduous teeth in 5-year olds in fluoridated areas compared with unfluoridated areas, but no reduction in decay in permanent teeth. The larger studies worldwide show little or no dental benefits of water fluoridation.
The Journal Fluoride, Vol. 27, #1, 13-22, 1994 reported that in a study of 98% of the children in New Zealand over 14 years, fluoridation had no dental benefit on these children. In fact, non-fluoridated communities had slightly less decay. Tooth decay correlated with the level of income and nutrition, not fluoridation.
A study of over 400,000 children in India also showed no benefit of water fluoridation. Studies in England and Scotland found the same result. Dr. Albert Schatz, discoverer of streptomycin, found the same thing in Chile in a study spanning 40 years. A recent study in Tucson, Arizona by Dr. Cornelius Steelink, University of Arizona, showed an increase in decayed, missing or filled teeth with increased fluoride in the drinking water.
As a result of these and other studies, almost all major nations except the US and Britain have stopped fluoridating. 98% of Europe has stopped it. Ireland, one of the few European nations still doing it, is considering discontinuing it. Canada has advised against giving it to children less than 6 years old. India, China and Japan studied it thoroughly and discontinued it (1).
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The South Charlotte Cardinals will field at least one team that will practice three to four days a week (see schedule below), then play games versus other area middle school teams from Charlotte and surrounding areas. The season starts on Sunday, February 10 through Saturday, May 4, 2019.
If we have the numbers to do so, we will field two teams. After the first two weeks of practice, to ensure adequate playing time, we separate the boys into two teams (Cardinals RED & Cardinals WHITE).
PRACTICE/GAME LOCATION Elon Park, South Charlotte. Definitive locations and schedule are based on final registrations.
Due to the anticipated number of students wishing to participate, registration forms will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Please note that schedule and field location subject to change due to availability and final registrations. Also, while we will make every attempt to reschedule practices & games that are canceled due to inclement weather, we can not guarantee that canceled practices or games will be rescheduled.


Exit the airport on Route I-95 South. Take Route 476 North to exit 9, Upper Darby/Broomall. At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Route 3 West (also known as West Chester Pike). Go approximately 4 miles on Route 3 West to Route 252. Cross over Route 252, proceed for a half-mile and enter the main gate on your right.
Take Route 76 West (also known as the Schuylkill Expressway) to exit 331-A. Take Route 476 South, Chester to exit 9, Upper Darby/Broomall. At the top of the exit ramp, bear right onto Route 3 West (also known as West Chester Pike). Go approximately 4 miles on Route 3 West to Route 252. Cross over Route 252, proceed for a half-mile and enter the main gate on your right.
Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 6, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange. Drive West on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to exit20, which is the Mid-County Interchange. After paying the toll, follow Route 476 South to exit 9, Upper Darby/Broomall. At the top of the exit ramp, bear right onto Route 3 (also known as West Chester Pike). Go approximately 4 miles on Route 3 West to Route 252.
Take New Jersey Route 295 to exit 11, which merges onto Route 322 West, crossing the Commodore Barry Bridge into Pennsylvania. Take I-95 North to Route 476 North. Follow Route 476 North to exit 9, Upper Darby/Broomall. At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Route 3 West (also known as West Chester Pike). Go approximately 4 miles on Route 3 West to Route 252. Cross over Route 252 proceed for a half-mile and enter the main gate on your right.
Take I-95 North, exiting onto Route 476 North . Follow Route 476 North to exit 9, Upper Darby/Broomall. At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Route 3 West (also known as West Chester Pike). Go approximately 4 miles on Route 3 West to Route 252. Cross over Route 252, proceed for a half-mile and enter the main gate on your right.
The Hotels listed below have SAP preferred rates and advanced reservations are recommended. Please request the SAP Preferred rate when reserving.
Complimentary Shuttle Service - between hotel and SAP Newtown Square training location only.
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Courtyard Valley Forge - Hotel includes: Free wifi (No longer offeres shuttle service to SAP).
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Fairfield Inn Valley Forge Accross from the King of Prussia Mall, includes complimentary deluxe breakfast, complimentary High Speed Internet Offers and complimentary shuttle to SAP.
Hampton Inn Great Valley Complimentary breakfast, wifi, and refrigerator and microwave units in all rooms. Complimentary shuttle service to SAP and Mangers reception with beer/wine Mon-Wed.
Radnor Hotel - Closest preferred hotel to SAP; includes come WiFi, and comp breakfast. (No longer offeres shuttle service to SAP). Glenmorgan Bar and Grill plus 24-hour room service and fitness center. Walking distance to numerous restaurants and shopping. Convenient airport transportation available.
Wayne Hotel - Includes comp WiFi, comp breakfast and comp transportation. Paramour Restaurant and Bar on-site plus Room Service. Walk to an incredible selection of restaurants, boutiques, cafes and spas. Easy Access to local regional rail. Convenient airport transportation available.


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Q: Extract results from Coverity I need to find a way to extract Coverity results (new defects only) via the command line for reporting purposes.
Our team is running Coverity (version 6.5.3) on a nightly basis (linux platform), and the results can be viewed through Firefox via Coverity Connect.
When the Coverity script runs, it collects metrics via "cov-analyze" or "cov-analyze-java", then commits the results via "cov-commit-defects".
I've tried to analyze the output from the Coverity run looking for a file that shows the defects count, but my problem is that all I can find is the raw count of defects found, not the total of untriaged defects.  Clearly after the commit, Coverity knows which are new defects vs. old defects that have already been triaged, and only reports the new.
I thought maybe there'd be an export utility in Coverity, but I'm not seeing it.

A: If you upgrade to Coverity Connect 8.0 then there is.
There is an API to export views in CC.  You can export them as either XML or CSV.  IIRC, there is a way to invoke it from cov-manage-im as well.

A: what about using cov-manage-im and grep'pin for NEW?
CMD-Line may look as following:
cov-manage-im --mode streams --update --name "$STREAM_NAME" --host=yourhost --user=your_user --password=your_PW | grep NEW

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Senate Confirmations: Bodde, Millard, Sievers, Malac, Peterson, Pittman, Barr
November 19, 2015 By domani spero in Ambassadors, Confirmations, Congress, Foreign Service, FSOs, Senators, Staffing the FS, State Department, U.S. Missions Tags: Ann Calvaresi Barr, Deborah R. Malac, Elisabeth I. Millard, H. Dean Pittman, Libya, Lisa J. Peterson, Marc Sievers, Mozambique, Oman, Peter Bodde, Senate Confirmations, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Uganda, USAID/OIG
Posted: 7:48 pm EDT
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The Senate has now adjourned until 3:00pm on Monday, November 30, 2015. There will be no more roll call votes. Prior to adjournment, the Senate confirmed a short list of nominees for ambassadors. It also confirmed Ann Calvaresi Barr as USAID Inspector General.
There will be no further roll call votes during this week's session of the Senate.
— Senate R Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) November 19, 2015
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #366, Peter William Bodde, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Libya; confirmed: 95-0.
–Bodde, Peter W. – Libya – August 2015
The Senate also confirmed the following nominations by voice vote:
Executive Calendar #367, Elisabeth I. Millard, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Tajikistan.
–Millard Elisabeth I. – Republic of Tajikistan – Jul7 2015
Executive Calendar #368, Marc Jonathan Sievers, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Sultanate of Oman.
–Sievers, Marc Jonathan – Sultanate of Oman – July 2015
Executive Calendar #369, Deborah R. Malac, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda.
–Malac Deborah R. – Republic of Uganda – September 2015
Executive Calendar #370, Lisa J. Peterson, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Swaziland.
(no Certificate of Competency posted at state.gov/hr)
Executive Calendar #371, H. Dean Pittman, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mozambique.
–Pittman H. Dean – Republic of Mozambique – October 2015
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Executive Calendar #344, Ann Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, United States Agency for International Development.
Senator Grassley Lifts Hold on 20 Foreign Service Nominations, Places New Hold on "P"
November 19, 2015 By domani spero in Congress, Foreign Service, FSOs, Nominations, Realities of the FS, Senate Hold, Senators, SFRC, Staffing the FS, State Department Tags: Brian James Egan, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), David Malcolm Robinson, Senate hold, Thomas Shannon, Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Posted: 4:10 am EDT
The nominations were received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations in June 2015. On August 5, the SFRC cleared a short Foreign Service list (PN573-4) containing 20 nominees for "appointment as Foreign Service Officer of Class Two, Consular Officer and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America." The nominations went nowhere due to a Senate hold exercised by Senator Chuck Grassley.
According to The Hill, the Senator has now lifted his hold on nearly two dozen nominations, but has moved his hold on to a bigger fish. There goes "P."
Grassley's office confirmed that the Judiciary Committee chairman had lifted his hold on 20 foreign service officer nominations.
But the Iowa Republican also added a hold on a top State Department nominee, telling leadership that he intends to block Thomas Shannon's nomination to be the under secretary of political affairs.
Grassley is also continuing his hold on Brian James Egan's nomination to be a legal adviser for the department, as well as David Malcolm Robinson's nomination to be assistant secretary for conflict and stabilization operations and coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization.
Grassley ends blocks on foreign service nominees: https://t.co/Keqh7ordP3 pic.twitter.com/ohqJWTSEbH
— The Hill (@thehill) November 19, 2015
Senators Grassley and Cotton Now Have 25 @StateDept Nominations Glued Down, and Going Nowhere
Senator Grassley Places Hold on 20 FSO Nominations Over Clinton Inquiry
Snapshot: Ops Center, the State Department's 911 Help Line
November 19, 2015 By domani spero in Ambassadors, Americans Abroad, Foreign Service, Realities of the FS, Security, State Department Tags: crisis management center, Deborah Jones, Libya, Operations Center, Ops Center, US Embassy Tripoli, Watchstanders
Below is a snapshot of the Ops Center extracted from State Mag:
In 1961, Ops started 24/7 operations as the Department's communications and crisis management center. The Watch runs 3 shifts per day (24/7). It has 45 Watchstanders (34 Foreign Service, 11 Civil Service officers) CMS: 14 Person Team (5 FS, 9 CS officers). The Ops Center also includes a military advisor, two Diplomatic Security Watch liaison officers, a management officer, an innovation officer and a staff assistant.
On a typical day, officers facilitate communication between Department officers, posts overseas and interagency partners, track and alert Department officers and interagency partners on breaking developments, build four daily briefs for Seventh-floor leadership, distribute senior leaders' briefing material in advance of high-level interagency meetings and manage and prepare posts for crises wherever they may occur.
Watch officers must be prepared to brief the Secretary, Department principals and other officials on current world events at a moment's notice and do so succinctly and accurately. They also prepare written products for the Secretary and other Department principals, including breaking news alerts, daily overnight and afternoon briefs, and situation and spot reports on world events.
"It's not surprising that when the fighting in Tripoli began in July 2014 and the embassy came under indirect fire, my first call was to the Ops Center," said U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones, a former Watch officer and senior Watch officer. "We maintained an open line (literally) during our 19-hour trek across the desert, mountains and oases of western Libya into Tunis, until we arrived at the C-17 awaiting us at Gabès Air Force Base."
Extracted file available as pdf to read/download here: https://cldup.com/r-7BJR-pgh.pdf
Why Are Court Cases Related to US Passports and Immigrant Visas in Yemen and Pakistan Sealed?
November 19, 2015 By domani spero in Ambassadors, Americans Abroad, Consular Work, Court Cases, Foreign Service, Functional Bureaus, Oversight, State Department, Trends, U.S. Missions, Visas Tags: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Immigrant Visas, Pakistan, Passport revocation, sealed court cases, State/CA, State/OIG, U.S. Passports, US Embassy Islamabad, US Embassy Sana'a, Yemen
This past October, we blogged that the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California ordered the State Department to return the U.S. passport of Yemeni-American Mosed Shaye Omar which was revoked "based on the involuntary statement he provided at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a on January 23, 2013" (see Court orders @StateDept to return Yemeni-American's improperly revoked U.S.passport).
While researching another court case, we discovered the Hasan v. State Department case. This is a case where the petitioner asked for judicial review of a US Embassy Yemen consular official's decision of ineligibility for an immigrant visa on behalf of a minor child. Following the filing of this case and the closure of the US Embassy in Sanaa, the US Embassy in Cairo apparently became the post designated to handle visa applications from Yemen. US Embassy Cairo reviewed the prior ineligibility, reversed US Embassy Sana'a's decision and issued the immigrant visa. The parties subsequently agreed to dismissed this case with prejudice at no cost to Mr. Hasan or the State Department. Except for the court ruling stipulating the dismissal of the case, all other files related to this case are sealed in court.
1:15-cv-04312-GHW | Hasan v. U.S. Department of State et al.
A closer look at other cases filed in the New York District Court indicates several other court cases against the State Department, US Embassy Yemen, US Embassy Pakistan, Ambassador Matthew Tueller, Ambassador Richard Olson and related federal agencies have also been sealed.
We suspect that these are cases related either to U.S. passport revocations, non-issuance of U.S. passports or immigrant visas in Yemen and Pakistan.
Following the federal court decision ordering the State Department to return the passport improperly revoked by the State Department, we asked State/OIG about this trend and we're told that the OIG does not have "anything on this issue on which it can comment." It was suggested that we check with Consular Affairs. And of course, we have previously asked CA about this, but we do not really expect them to address this in terms of oversight.
The court documents in the Omar case suggest that Consular Affairs is revoking U.S. passports contrary to the rules in the Foreign Affairs Manual. But this is not the only case. If all similar cases have the same threshold as the Omar case, it is deeply troubling not only because the revocation appears not to follow State Department's written guidance, State also never seek to denaturalized the plaintiff. Which basically leaves the plaintiff still a citizen of this country but unable to travel anywhere.
Which brings us to the question as to why these court files are sealed in court. It is possible that these cases all relate to minor children, could that be the reason for sealing the court records? Or is it something else?
Below are some of the cases we've located; all sealed unless noted otherwise:
1:15-cv-06425-NGG | Abdu v. U.S. Department of State et al — filed on 11/10/2015. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and US Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller.
1:15-cv-05684-FB | Alzonkary et al v. Holder et al — filed on 10/02/2015. Defendants include Secretary Kerry, US Embassy Yemen's Ambassador Tueller and CA's Michelle Bond.
1:15-cv-05587-JG | Mansour Fadhil et al (on behalf of minor children). Defendants include Secretary Kerry.
1:15-cv-06436-FM | Al Zokary v. United States Department of State et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and US Embassy Yemen's Ambassador Tueller
1:15-cv-04312-GHW | Hasan v. U.S. Department of State et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and US Embassy Yemen's Ambassador Tueller. The case was dismissed in August 2015 with a stipulation that it be dismissed with prejudice and without costs or attorney's fees to either party. All files except the Stipulation are sealed.
1:15-cv-01767-ILG | Hasan et al v. U.S. Department of State et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson.
1:14-cv-07093-PAC | Issa et al v. Holder et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and US Embassy Yemen's Ambassador Tueller.
1:14-cv-02584-ER | Alsaidi v. U.S. Department of State et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and Karen H. Sasahara in her official capacity as charge d'affaires ad interime of the U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. The case was dismissed in 2014 with a stipulation that it be dismissed with prejudice and without costs or attorney's fees to either party. All files remained sealed.
1:13-cv-06872-PKC | Mohammad et al v. Beers et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry. The case was voluntarily dismissed in July 2014, all files remained sealed.
2:13-cv-04178-ADS | Arif et al v. Kerry et al. Defendants include Secretary Kerry and Embassy Islamabad's Ambassador Olson. The case was dismissed with prejudice in September 2013, with each party bearing its own costs, fees, including attorney's fees, and disbursements. The files remained sealed.
One passport case from November 2013, 1:13-cv-08299-AJP Kassim v. Kerry is not sealed. The case was dismissed in March 2014 with a court order for issuance of U.S. passport to plaintiff. "Within 30 days of the entry of this order, Plaintiff will submit to the Department of State a new un-executed but signed passport application (Form DS-11) with passport photos and a copy of the front and back of a valid government identification card. The Department of State will issue Plaintiff a U.S. passport book and a U.S. passport card within 30 days of receipt of Plaintiffs passport application and supporting documentation (described above in subsection 2(a)). This action is hereby withdrawn and dismissed with prejudice and without costs or attorney's fees."
One immigrant visa case from 2014, 1:14-cv-03748-KAM | Chaudhry et al v. Holder et al. is also not sealed. The defendants include Secretary Kerry and Embassy Islamabad's Ambassador Olson. The case was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice in light of the State Department granting of an immigrant visa to Plaintiff.
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IOM Seeks $10M Initial Funds For Humanitarian Evacuation of 11,000+ Fm Yemen, And Wassup With the F-77?
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Brutal execution by stripping naked, whipping, and nailing to a cross was carefully crafted by the Romans to inflict the maximum amount of pain and degradation because they wanted to kill not only the individual but also any followers. That is to say, by demonstrating their iron-fisted authority over Jesus, the Romans hoped to kill any aspirations in any of his followers to "take up their cross and follow."
Read the passage: Luke 23:1-49, The Message or Luke 23:1-49, The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).
This post refers only to the shorter text for Passion Sunday.
Click here for the longer reading, Luke 22:14--23:56.
Click here, Luke 19:28-40, for commentary on the Palm Sunday text.
About the only thing I like about this lesson is that I get so many others things done while avoiding the hard work of engaging this painful text.
Nonetheless, this lesson is crucial. Unless we immerse ourselves in it, the Good News of Easter loses its impact and power.
The conflict within the Gospels is NOT between Jesus and "the Jews." English translations of the Bible mistranslate the underlying original Greek word for JUDEANs. Judeans, especially those from the capital city, Jerusalem, look down on Galileans as uneducated, backwoods, small town, hillbillies. Jesus is a Galilean. The idea of a Galilean being presented as King of the Judeans is huge, collective insult. Of course Judeans would defend their honour and shout for the Galilean yokel to be crucified.
This man (Jesus) is performing many signs.
both our temple and our nation.
Abiding in God's love and remaining loyal to God by proclaiming God's Kingdom of non-violent justice would unavoidably bring Jesus into direct conflict with Rome's violent injustice.
Unlike all other victims of group-sanctioned violence, THIS story ends forever the selecting and killing of scapegoats to carry and atone for the sins of the community. (The metaphor of Jesus as the Lamb of God ought to refer to the Passover lamb - which is NOT a sin offering.) If not for the first time in human history, then certainly for the final time, ritual killing for atoning of the community's sins is revealed to be a charade - the victim is innocent - "there is no basis for the accusation." (Luke 23:4) God does not now, and never did, want death in order to forgive. God begins with forgiveness, unconditionally, freely, because that is who God is - God is love.
We need to hear the story for inward-formation, not information. We need to hear it as a self-correcting story that confounds our accommodation of violence. Hearing this story as one that makes violence purposeful / meaningful / significant / redemptive is a form of violence if it legitimizes violence. God did NOT send Jesus to die as a sacrifice for our sins. God sent Jesus to proclaim that God's Kingdom of non-violent justice was at hand, and BECAUSE of our sin, we killed the one who taught us to call God, Daddy.
Even though I refer to this text as a "story," remember that it is about real people who, like us, made decisions and took actions for complex and complicated reasons. They were NOT actors in a play. They were, like us, freely acting within their own limitations and faults. And as we read the lesson, we'll see how at many points discussions are held, possibilities are considered, and decisions are made that could have been made differently. Jesus' death is not inevitable and unavoidable; his death is not ordained by God.
OK. Having laid out my "interpretative framework" let's take a look at a very long, "shorter" passage.
Which brings us to Chapter 23 of Luke.
Verses 1 to 5. Keep remembering that the "assembly" and "crowd" throughout this Chapter are the Jerusalem, Judean, elites and their officials, slaves, and followers.
The fact that the authorities do not have an honest charge to make against Jesus is emphasized by Luke reporting additional - and false - charges in these Verses.
And notice that the authorities specifically bring up that Jesus is from Galilee, and has been teaching EVEN to here. This hillbilly Galilean has dared to come EVEN to Jerusalem! Gasp.
It is difficult to know at this time and distance how much Pilate, as a Roman outsider, would be aware of the internal politics between Judeans and Galileans.
It is however very easy to know at this time and distance that English translators have mis-translated the Greek for "Judean" as "Jews."
Are you the King of the Judeans?
Luke does not record Pilate's tone of voice in asking this question. It could be a simple, neutral tone. It could be an accusatory tone. It could be a mocking tone.
And note that as before, Jesus makes no honour claims for himself, but instead uses the accusation as the truthful answer to the question.
Whether intended or unintended, it would certainly be heard by the Judeans as a major insult to them: A Galilean as our King! Outrageous!
Luke also gives no explanation for Pilate declaring that he finds no basis for an accusation against Jesus.
Verses 6 to 12. Pilate does know enough about the difference between Judea and Galilee to send Jesus to Herod.
Luke had reported Herod's curiosity about Jesus earlier, Luke 9:9.
Jesus' refusal to answer Herod's questions is challenging and insulting to Herod's status - in effect acting as one in a position above Herod. This results in Jesus being mocked to put him back in his place.
But once again, the mockers inadvertently confirm Jesus' status by placing a kingly robe on him.
Verses 13 to 25. As before, we find that the accusers are the ones who inadvertently are telling the truth about Jesus: "He has done nothing to deserve death."
And so, as the story continues to unfold, we know that an innocent man is being condemned to an undeserved death.
This story will haunt and undermine and reform succeeding generations of justice within Western culture until the principle, "presumed innocent until proven guilty," is established.
Verses 26 to 31. It is possible that Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry Jesus' cross because Jesus himself has already lost so much blood from the beatings and whippings that he is too weak to do it himself.
Wailing and beating of breasts by women is traditional Mediterranean expression for grief. Jesus' response that the day will come when people will say, "Blessed are the barren," is a sharp reversal of normal expectations of blessing.
Verses 26 to 43. The mocking and testing of Jesus continues from every side. Notice that once again Jesus is challenged 3 times, "IF ...?" or "ARE YOU ...?"
Jesus responds only to the one statement, "WHEN ..." because this request presumes the truth that Jesus has a Kingdom that he will come into.
Verses 44 to 49. As with any good story, I recommend not commenting on the special effects here - darkness, tearing of the temple curtain. Special effects are never meant to be the story - they are always meant to help tell the story - something very special is happening now.
Luke began the story of Jesus' ministry as an adult with the Spirit descending on him like a dove; (Luke 3:21-22) with Jesus filled with the Spirit and led by the Spirit into the wilderness for 40 days of fasting and testing; (Luke 4:1-13) and filled with the power of Spirit to return to Galilee where he declared his God-given mission. (Luke 4:14-21) He ends it with the Spirit leaving Jesus - "He breathed his last."
Certainly this man was innocent.
And possibly to counter later claims that the whole idea of the resurrection was a hoax, Luke reports that all of this - and his burial - were witnessed. There can be no not-really-being-dead; switching of bodies; or other deceptions.
As this day, Friday, ends as night falls, the Sabbath day, Saturday, begins. And so the women and other followers of Jesus rest - as accorded by the commandments.
The Sabbath day ends with sunset on Saturday, but because it is dangerous, and custom forbids proper people to be out at night, our story will resume with first light on the third day, Sunday.
Note: Historical background information is primarily from Bruce Malina and Richard Rohrbaugh, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels (see link below), pages 318-321.


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"Mueller report expected to be released Thursday morning"
No, making sure the integrity of our elections is safe is far more important.
Never thought I'd see the party of Reagan declare loyalty to Russia.
Dude.. The biggest integrity weakness is election fraud by our own people. There is no logical defense of not having Voter ID and every friggin country on Earth has it just about.
It is impossible to hack our election as a foreign power.
I recall the punch card crisis with Gore /bush election.
Exactly...but the leftist tools just can't let go of it.
They're too invested in the lie now so they CAN'T let go.
Ironically one of the things they did in the Gore/Bush recount was to count the ballots the way the candidates wanted them counted.
When they did it the way Bush wanted it...Gore won by 1 vote.
When they did it Gore's way, Bush won by about 300 votes.
You can't make this shiit up.
It is part of their mental disorder.
They all are...they can't believe their party lied to them.
The Russian hoax by the dems is 1,000 times more serious than Watergate.
And it's not just the Russian hoax...the Obama admin weaponized the government against his opponents and their supporters.
We have yet to see the report. All we have at this point is a 4-page memo written by Trump's stooge. We will see what we will see.
...the Obama admin weaponized the government against his opponents and their supporters.
Yes.. this is textbook FASCISM... Authoritarian weaponizing of government agencies against political enemies.
Mueller presented his evidence. Trump did not resign. In fact there was no evidence of anything.
We have not seen the report. Do you think it is 400 pages of nothing?
It is a report on a two year investigation. There is no evidence of collusion, 400 hundred pages of no collusion.
The left isn't calling it "collusion" anymore... that narrative has gone bust.
Yes...now it's Barr Barr Barr.
The dems forget...the voters are watching and they are tired of this shiit game the dems are playing.
Overall, Gore got more votes in this country that Juniorbush. Juniorbush became president because of the Electoral College.
First Trump said that he wanted the entire Mueller Report made public. Now he is trying to block it.
I would like to know exactly how many times the Trump Campaign met with Russian agents.
Many times less than the dnc. Your folk used Russian paid intel to dispute a legitimate election. Your ilk are a threat to democracy.
You're just stupid and uninformed.


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One day, Gal chanced upon Guy's diary. In one particular entry, Guy wrote about a gal called XiaoAi, who had been with him for many years and constantly giving him her support. Guy wrote that he is grateful to her.
Guy's friends knew about XiaoAi, but also knew that it was not the real name, but a nickname given by Guy. At a recent class gathering, being mutual friends, Guy's friends keep hinting that XiaoAi is actually Gal A.
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Ha'aretz: Once a Messiah, Trump Could Turn Out to Be the Israeli Right's Worst Nightmare
contact@ifamericansknew.org March 13, 2017 Trump
Chemi Shalev writes in Ha'aretz:
You don't have to love Donald Trump to enjoy him sometimes. Over the weekend, Trump spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and upset – and if he didn't, he should have upset – the entire Israeli right. A U.S. president who states his commitment to a "comprehensive agreement that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" and who emphasizes "his personal belief that peace is possible and that the time has come to make a deal" is one who spells trouble for Jewish settlers and their champions. From a messiah elected by divine miracle to deliver Israel from the injustices perpetrated by his predecessor, Trump could turn out to be the Israeli right wing's worst nightmare.
Swept away by their celebration of Barack Obama's political demise, the Israeli right paid little attention to the fact that while he was proclaiming his wish to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and as his Jewish aides were promising Israelis that they'll be able to settle wherever their hearts desire, Trump was uncharacteristically consistent in his pledge to seek an Israeli-Palestinian deal and in claiming that such a deal was possible. As someone who views himself as the greatest dealmaker in the universe, he didn't hide his ambition to close "the most difficult deal of all." This resoluteness should have triggered multiple alarms among the settlers and their supporters, but the unhinged demonization that the right wing did to Obama, as well as its recurring wish to experience divine deliverance from oppression to redemption, blinded their eyes to the troubles that may lie ahead.
Obama, after all, had to take into account the pro-Israel lobby, the Republican-led Congress and the staunch Israel supporters in his own Democratic Party. Netanyahu exploited them all, sometimes successfully, as he did in 2011 by derailing Obama's peace plans, and sometimes unsuccessfully, as in the nuclear deal with Iran. Trump is a completely different story. The GOP won't dare confront him as it would Obama. It has already shown remarkable ideological flexibility in domestic affairs, as the new GOP health bill meant to replace Obamacare shows, and in foreign affairs, as in Vladimir Putin morphing into a right-wing American hero. In a confrontation with Trump, Netanyahu could find himself alone in the battlefield, without any real allies to rely on. If Trump is his BFF, as the prime minister is now telling everyone, perhaps he has nothing to worry about. But if Trump cares only about Trump, which sounds much more reasonable, Netanyahu may rue the day he was happy to be rid of Obama.
The question whether Trump said or didn't say the magic words "two states" is meaningless. There are numerous ways not to reach an agreement, including building new settlements so that hope for contiguous Palestinian territory is lost forever, as well as annexing the city of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem, or all of Area C in the West Bank, or establishing Palestinian pockets of autonomy, cantons or apartheid-like Bantustans. But there is only one way to achieve an agreement, even if the Israeli right has convinced itself and others that if they deny it often enough it will disappear forever, voodoo-style. The picture could become clearer on Monday and Tuesday, following the talks that Trump's emissary Jason Greenblatt will hold in Jerusalem and Ramallah. Source
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What a wonderful surprise......seeing this photo showing the "doll show" portion of those big events.
My eyes went immediately to the bride doll, tall, middle of the long table....and recognized her! My doll.
My Grandmother ("Miss Pearl" at the Smart Shop) dressed her for Santa to bring to me, Christmas of 1st grade.
We've chatted about these pet & doll shows at past retreats, but I don't remember ever having seen any photos. That makes this extra special...thanks SO much!
I received this picture in Adobe PhotoShop, a much larger format (.psd). I reduced the file size and converted it to .jpeg for the Internet so it would load quickly.
Give me a day or two and I'll attempt to isolate and enlarge your doll.
Did you win the blue ribbon???
How exciting for you!! Isn't this blog great?!!
FYI, Nita and I believe that the older lady, whose back is to the camera, is none other than Miss Ollie herself. If it isn't, it certainly does look like Nita and I both remember her looking.
I keep coming back to this photo....hoping some of you will recognize more of the children.
Would love to know who the really-blonde-headed little girl (to right) is........I see her in several of the photos.
I keep trying to convince myself that the little girl standing sideways... second to the right of the lady you think is Miss Ollie.....might be ME. I don't think I would have ventured too far from the doll table as a 1st-2nd-grader, all captivated by seeing so many dolls in one place.
(plus, I have absolutely no other memory of those animal rides, dogs, etc.......except for seeing a parrot!).
Hair is about right, and age would have been pre-glasses....but there's just not enough to see to know for sure.
Maybe the "want-to" is just there!
This photo also looks like something straight out of a Little Rascals cartoon to me!


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"We weren't expecting such a rager of a night"!
While Imaad Shah – one half of nu disco/funk act Madboy/Mink – had heard good things about the burgeoning music scene in Chennai city, he didn't expect Chennai to party quite as hard as it did, or for the night to rage on as madly as it did. IndiEarth At The Park this past Saturday, May 10th proved to be an explosively potent elixir of good music, good vibes, and good people all united under the umbrella of music.
"We've been touring over the last month and had seen some fun and wild nights," says Imaad. "We'd also heard lots of good things about Chennai city — IndiEarth has a reputation for putting together good nights and good gigs. But the gig exceeded our expectations! For the last three or four songs, people were actually singing along, a lot of them had downloaded the EP before the gig. We really felt a sense of people digging the vibe of our music."
Madboy/Mink – comprising Imaad Shah on guitar/synths/production and vocalist Saba Azad – seeks inspiration from eras gone by, filtering these influences through an aesthetic that is distinctly 'Madboy/Mink', and unique to their individual tastes and sound. "We use guitars, synths, vocals, and a fair bit of samples — that forms the backbone of the set," Imaad told IndiEarth. "The productions are mine and we play all our elements live. Our sound is hard to describe – it's funk/disco from the 70's and 80's, there's also a Harlem swing vibe from the 20's and 30's (which is back when dance music was in its raw form). We're trying to go back to the roots of that. I'm also very inspired by 40's and 50's French swing, Django Reinhardt style – I mean these guys were geniuses. The kind of guitar sound this guy achieved with just two fingers – it's mind blowing"!
Madboy/Mink
This past gig at IndiEarth At The Park was part of the duo's tour to promote their latest EP "All Ball" – available for download here. "Our sound is essentially a mixture of the stuff that turns us on," Imaad continues, "We're both junkies of music from all sorts of genres – our musical vocabulary is huge, but when it comes down to songwriting, it's just us". Their electrically charged performance was as musically stimulating as it was dance floor friendly, and was met with a sweaty floor full of Chennai fans dancing into the wee hours of the morning.
Also on the line up for the evening was Chennai based singer/songwriter act The RJD Experience, featuring Ritesh John Dharmaraj, who opened the evening with a mesmerizing acoustic performance. "This gig was all about playing my stuff – my original material, for people. I wanted to finally get my originals out," says Ritesh. "My songs have a lot of harmonies and vocal melodies, groove and rhythm that stems from my drumming background. I'm actually a drummer, but it's not like I can play a drum beat and write my own music right? [laughs] So I had to pick up a guitar".
The RJD Experience
The crowd was highly receptive to Ritesh's soulful vocals and rich melodic textures — have a listen to his single 'Soldier' right here. "The show went really well!", he smiles, "The crowd liked it, it was absolutely brilliant. I want to thank IndiEarth for giving independent artists this opportunity. I've played a lot of shows, and most often the band is just on the side, or people come out just for the alcohol. This time at IndiEarth At The Park people came just for the music, they came to watch the artists. And the only guys who are making this happen are you guys. I really had a ball!"
Check out all the pictures from the night on the Facebook album here.
The next edition of IndiEarth At The Park in June will feature another unique line up of independent artists – watch this space for more details.
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Hello, I hope you are well. Today I'm joining with Five on Friday to show five things that have been happening here. This week has been a strange one. I've been full of cold all week and haven't felt well at all. I don't know where I'd caught it from. The last 2 that the family had, I managed to avoid. The teens have been off school and college since Wednesday due to closure / no buses, all because of the snow. I'm not sure how Lincolnshire compared to other parts of the country in the UK but, they were happy to be off.
My garden, the 2 large trees that the Christmas lights are usually strung around.
No washing out today. In the summer, this border is usually full of colour and bushiness.
The bird table with a variety of seeds, nuts and fat balls. A feeding table which provides some entertainment for the lovely QT. He 'chatters' away to them when he's safely inside out of harm's way. He's only caught 1 bird in the 3 years we've had him, though he's never out for long.
Talking of QT, he went to the vets yesterday having routine thyroid blood tests. Good news, he's gained much needed weight and his blood pressure is down. The meds are working. He was cuddled and praised for being so calm and quiet during the test. I don't think I'd like a needle in my neck vein on a regular basis but then who would. His next check should be in 6 months time, so stabilising.
My bulbs are happily growing in strength. Though it's bright, it's not particularly sunny so the dancing sunshine (plastic plants) 'don't feel like dancing'. The teens had one each, many years ago. The one wearing shades was in teen 1 bedroom but the swaying side to side in the morning sun, 'disturbed' his sleep. Oh dear! They sit on a windowsill downstairs now.
Last weekend we made up some more mincemeat. I know it's not Christmas but we'd run out. I can't eat sorbitol containing fruit (fruit with a stone) including apples and cherries, so it's easier to make our own. Whenever I make a pie, it's handy to make up a few mince pies with any leftover pastry.
M has made 2 lots of bread this week in the Kenwood mixer. 1 loaf and 6 rolls at a time ready to prove in front of the fire. We've given up on breadmakers, they keep breaking, so we bought a mixer and prove the bread then bake it ourselves. To make - put all the ingredients in the mixer, mixing for 1 minute on low and 3 minutes on number 2. Place the folded dough in well greased tins, or divide into rolls on a lined baking tray. Leave to prove until doubled in size and bake the rolls for 15 mins and the loaf for 30 mins at about 190* / Gas 5. I think the book is out of print so I've included the recipe with the baking times & temperature, that we find works well. If using the fast acting yeast, only one rising is needed.
M has been off work a fair bit too, as a driver instructor it's a brave person that'll take a new learner out of the icy roads. On Monday alone, the test examiners were cancelling tests and that was before the weather turned really heavy with snow. The beer bread was put out ready to make, a Christmas present which is still waiting to be made.
I've been listening to some Erica Jacobs digital library books whilst crocheting sneezing. If you'd like to make your own, here is the flower pattern and here is the square pattern. I used Wendy 100% cotton red, Stylecraft 100% cotton white and a 3mm crochet hook. I also finished my first crochet block for 'Weekend Stitches' on my blog, including blocking it, a process I've never done before but am impressed by. Before I blocked the square, the corners were curling up and the 3 middle sections were tight and narrower than the rest.
Had a snow day? Got things ready to do and promptly 'not done' them? 'Crafted' anything?
Please leave a comment, have a good week.
I hope you're feeling better now. I've managed to avoid all the bugs so far this winter, though I hope I haven't jinxed myself by saying that now. We've had quite a bit of snow here, the local schools have been closed, I'm glad that Mick's able to work from home. I think we've seen the worst of it though now. I'm glad to hear that all's well with QT, our furry friends are such a worry at times. It's a while since I've made my own bread, I seem to go in phases baking my own and then going back to shop bought. I've got a breadmaker but I only use it for making the dough, I always bake the bread in the oven as it turns out much nicer. It's amazing what a difference blocking makes.
So sorry you felt poorly. SO many people have been so ill this year. Love our crochet, it is just so relaxing isn't it? Stay safe in all the snow.
Hope you are feeling better. Thankfully no snow here but the temperatures have dropped so it is cold. I am working on a quilt and always have a crochet project on the go.
Thank you Mamas Mercantile, yes feeling much better now. The snow is nearly all gone now. Teen 2 had a text from school saying 'back to school' tomorrow. He's not keen but... he did have an extra 3 days off school last week.
Hope you are feeling better. We had a run of much enjoyed snow days and now we're getting the calendar news, day sliced off of spring break this month and the school year extended 'til the 25th of May. Such a cute cat, glad for the good report!
Making bread is very satisfying I think. We have a Kenwood, too. It takes the hard work out of bread making but is still fun. What a good idea to make little mince pies with leftover pastry! We make jam tarts, which is not quite so yummy.


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Q: Error calculation in the Backpropagation not working correctly We are currently working on a project that involves Neural Networks. Our task consists of upscaling an 16x16 image all the way up to a picture with the resolution of 64x64.
The model used in the code example consists of only one Hidden-Layer with 5 Neurons in it. Furthermore the Hidden-Layer uses a ReLu function and the Output-Layer a simple linear one. The activations get saved and loaded , when they need to be accessed.
There is something wrong with the calculation of the Lost/Cost and therefore the weight's get updated the wrong way. The weight's keep getting bigger if their postive and more negative if they are negative.
We have seperated the Back-Propagation of the Hidden-Layer and the Output Layer, since they calculate the errors differently. There are also some Shape errors in the Back-Propagation for the first Hidden-Layer after the Output-Layer , which could indicate that the calculation is somewhat wrong. We used the website : https://ml-cheatsheet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backpropagation.html to get our errors calculated.
We are by no means expert's on the topic and would be happy to accept any help that we can get, so feel free to ask us any questions you like.
{def linearfunc(x): #The Linear Output function used for the Forward-Propagation
    return(x)

def linderiv(x):  #The Derivative of our Linear function used for the Back-Propagation
    return(1)

def backward(): #Back-Propagtion

    alpha = 0.001                                                       #Learning Rate

    Weights_Output = np.random.randn(5, 12288)   #Weights of the Output Layer / 5 is the number of neurons in the Hidden-Layer and 12228 the number of neurons in the Output Layer
    Bias_Output = np.random.randn(12288,1)       #Bias of the Output Layer / 12288 is always derived from the features of the Output Image, which is 64*64*3 (3 For the RGB Values)

    Weights = np.random.randn(768,5)             #Weights of the only Hidden-Layer / The number 768 is derived from the number of input features of the images being 16*16*3
    Bias    = np.random.randn(5,1)               #Bias of the only Hidden-Layer

    #Start of the Back-Propagation for the Output-Layer
    DW_Output  = np.zeros((12288,5))                                    #Preparing the shapes of DW in the Output-Layer for the Back-Propagation
    DB_Output  = np.zeros((12288, 1))                                   #Preparing the shapes of DB in the Output-Layer for the Back-Propagation

    da_dz2    = linderiv(Z_Output)                                      #Applying the derivative of the Linear Function to our Z's in the Output-Layer / 1 Step

    y         = np.load('DatasetY.npy')                                 #Loading our Output Features of our Dataset with the Y values
    a         = np.load('Activations.npy')                              #Loading the Activations of the previous Layer before the Output-Layer / Our only Hidden-Layer

    Error_Output = (activations_Output-y) * da_dz2                      #Computing DZ(The Error) of our Output-Layer by using the formula Error = (Activations in the Output-Layer - Y-Values) multiplied with the derivative of the ReLu function applied to the Z's of the Output Layer
    DW_Output = np.dot(Error_Output , activations.T)                    #Computing DW of our Output-Layer by using the dot product of DZ_Output and our activations and then divide by the number of images in our Trainingset
    DB_Output = np.sum(Error_Output, axis = 1, keepdims = True) * (1/10000)#Computing DB of our Output-Layer by summing up all of the DZ's along axis 1 to get the right shape

    Weights_Output = Weights_Output - alpha * DW_Output.T               #The Weights of the Output Layer perform the Gradient Descent Step / The first time they update they all go way too high or too low
    Bias_Output = Bias_Output - alpha * DB_Output                       #The Bias of the Output Layer perform the Gradient Descent Step / The first time they update they all go way too high or too low

    #Start of the Back-Propagation for the Hidden-Layer

    dw  = np.zeros((5,768))                                                 #Preparing the shapes of dw in the only Hidden-Layer for the Back-Propagation
    db  = np.zeros((5, 1))                                                  #Preparing the shapes of dw in the only Hidden-Layer for the Back-Propagation

    a_2    = np.load('DatasetX.npy')                                        #Loading the activations of the Layer previous to out Hidden-Layer, which would be the Input Features

    da_dz   = z >= 0                                                        #Applying the derivative of the ReLu Function to our Z's in the Hidden-Layer / 1 Step
    da_dz   = da_dz.astype(np.int)                                          #Turning all the TRUE values into 1 and all the FALSE values into 0 / 2 Step

    Error = Error_Output * np.dot(Weights_Output.T , da_dz)    #<< Gives a shape Error when Updating the Weight's #Computing dz(Error) in our Hidden-Layer by using the Weight's and the Error from the Output Layer and multiplying that with the derivative of the ReLu function applied to the  z's of the only Hidden-Layer
    dw = np.dot(Error, a_2.T) * (1/10000)                                   #Computing dw of our Hidden-Layer by using the dot product of dz and our activations and then divide by the number of images in our Trainingset
    db = (np.sum(Error, axis = 1, keepdims = True)) * (1/10000)             #Computing db of our Hidden-Layer by summing up all of the dz's along axis 1 to get the right shape

    Weights = Weights - alpha * dw.T                                        #The Weights of the Hidden-Layer perform the Gradient Descent Step / The first time they update they all go negative
    Bias = Bias - alpha * db                                                #The Bias of the Hidden-Layer perform the Gradient Descent Step / The first time they update they all go negative}


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I am back with another great deal from Silhouette! This one is usually the favorite deal, the Sihouette Cameo and Vinyl Bundle! Want to take home this great bundle for $269.99?
I also have a tutorial so you can make a sign for your laundry room, like the one I made for the DIY blogger house.
Let's get the deal details out of the way first for those of you who may be interested.
Want to snag up this deal while it lasts? Well you can do that by simply clicking on the blue link below, and entering the code: IDEAROOM upon checkout!
Order the Silhouette Vinyl Bundle Now!
*This deal runs from August 23, 2012 through the 31st!
All right, now let's talk about how I made this laundry sign. I simply took a scrap piece of plywood that I had laying around and cut it so that it measured about 18 x 8 inches.
I painted it yellow and then antiqued it with Martha Stewarts Tintable Antique Effect and some brown paint. Simply mix the two mediums together and paint it onto your board. Then take a lightly wet sponge and remove it from the areas you want less antiquing effect.
I let the paint dry and made up this laundry sign template on my Silhouette CAMEO machine and cut it out on some black premium vinyl (which you can pick up today for a great price :)!!
Then I simply transferred the vinyl to my painted board.
This sign was then used to decorate the DIY Blogger House. Want to make one for your house? You can get this exact same template on the Silhouette online store. Just search for Laundry signs and you can't miss it!
That sign is AWESOME! Thanks for a chance to win.
I love the laundry sign! Ok, I have been dying to know how you made/where you bought the yellow wall art on the right-hand wall in the first picture. I fell in absolutely LOVE with it when you guys revealed the Parade house.
Diggin' the sign~I have a thing with signs…SIGNS, SIGNS, everywhere signs!!
I love signs!! I have wanted one of these for a long time! I could do so much!!!
Oh, loving the new sign! So adorable!
Thanks! Glad you like it! And thanks for taking the time to let me know! Nice comments are always appreciated!!


The Gowanus Canal Conservancy is looking for volunteers to participate in their next monthly Clean & Green event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., October 17 at Degraw Street off Bond Street, west of the Gowanus Canal.
Volunteer tasks will include fall bulb and wildflower planting, picking up trash, and weeding beds. A mixture of 1,500 daffodil, tulip and crocus bulbs have been donated for this project with the hopes ofcovering a fair amount of ground. Volunteers will also be helping Conservancy members install specially hand-crafted bird and bat houses in select locations.
All volunteer efforts will help the NYC Parks Department's GreenStreets program and help street ends thrive, while improving both the health and beauty of the Gowanus Canal.
Volunteers under21 years of age must have a parent or guardian give permission at the site and be available to supervise.
To volunteer, email volunteer@gowanuscanalconservancy.org with your name and phone number, call at 718-541-4378 or go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org.


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Meanwhile, phone records showed the man last used his phone in the Alder Lake area. That area was searched as well.
At 3 p.m., searchers spotted a vehicle over an embankment in the 49800 block of Mountain Highway. Using ropes they lowered themselves down to the vehicle.
It turned out to be a stolen truck that had apparently been dumped off the road.
At 4:45 p.m., searchers found the missing man's vehicle parked on Mashel Prairie Road. Inside it was a list of geocache locations. Team members set out on foot to check each location.
An hour later, a searcher heard a dog barking and followed the sound.
Eventually, the deputy spotted Daisy on a steep embankment above the Mashel River. It would take another 30 minutes of hiking through thick brush and woods to reach the barking dog.
The searcher found Daisy next to the man. The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office would rule he had died from heart disease.
The man's body was retrieved, and Daisy was returned home.
"Without the barking of his loyal companion Daisy, we never would have located the missing man," the Sheriff's Department wrote in a news release.
Search-and-rescue team members during Thursday's search for a missing Eatonville man and his dog. Pierce County Sheriff's Department
Craig Sailor
Craig Sailor has worked for The News Tribune for 20 years as a reporter, editor and photographer. He previously worked at The Olympian and at other newspapers in Nevada and California.
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Yay! I'm so excited for the cute kit (and I sent you an email). Thanks!
I received your package in the mail today, and already looked through the book to see what my first project will be. I'm thinking an argyle pillow. Thanks so much!