As Valentine's Day presents go my gift this year has to be the best yet – none other than a Valentine's Day baby!
I'm so pleased to be able to announce the arrival of our third baby Marigold May in the early hours of Valentine's Day morning, a week after her due date.
Constant enquiries about whether I was having 'twinges' – YES!
Constant enquiries about whether anything was 'happening' – NO!
Constant enquiries about whether I'd tried x, y or z – NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!
At 9lb 2oz she's almost two whole pounds heavier than her brother and sister were when they were born, so it's rather ironic that I'd decided to call her Littlest B here on the blog.
But I'm definitely not changing it now, so please say hello to Littlest B!
It turns out I was right not to write a birth plan, but more on that next week.
Did you get a Valentine's Day present this year? I'd love to hear what it was!
It's a great middle name even if I say so myself!
Aww lovely, congratulations on your beautiful new baby!
She certainly is a good chunk – I like that phrase!!
Oh wow what a beautiful name and perfect day to arrive!
Thank you – we love her name!
Yes the best in the world!
Yes that does sound like a great present – hope you made the most of it!
Cute isn't it! I can't help buying more clothes even though we don't need them!
I know – she's making me broody too & she's mine!!
How precious and I love her name! I am intrigued by the article you will be writing about not having a birth plan. I am all done with kids but that was something very important to me so I look forward to fresh perspective.
I love that sleeper she is wearing!!! And Marigold is such a sweet name. Congratulations! We have a holiday baby too. My last one was born on April Fools (before noon to boot). And it's so funny how weight varies in kids! My last baby is my last and he is my peanut. He was 9 lbs 12 oz. and 20 inches long. But he was still my peanut, 2 inches and 2 lbs. 4 oz. smaller than his bigger brother!!!
Goodness you had big babies! I don't know where the weight variant comes from – I was pretty much the same weight and size in all my pregnancies!
Thank you – yes we are!
Congratulations of the new arrival. Our 'little one' (9lb 10ox) was a few days late too. The waiting was really tough on my wife, especially since a doctor had told us three weeks earlier to expect the arrival any day!
It's so annoying when doctors & midwives say that! I was also told to expect an 8lb baby!!
Awwwww congratulations to you and your little family she is beautiful!
Thank you! Yes you're not the first person to say that!
Thank you – we love her name too, she really suits it!
Thanks – apart from on Downton Abbey I don't think I've ever heard it!


Light moving at an exceptionally high rate of speed south to north.
Exceptionally fast craft moving south to north.
Tonight, July 18, 2018 sometime between 9pm and 9:30pm, my wife and I were sitting out watching the early stars and planets appear. The sky was clear. We were sitting facing due south.
As we were watching the skies we saw a single light to the south that was moving rapidly towards us, to the north.
We see both military and civilian aircraft all the time. We see them at great altitude (probably airlines coming from the east (maybe Chicago, New York, etc.) headed to the west (maybe Seattle). We also see low craft such as airliners that are leaving Spokane airport headed west, or airliners coming from the west headed to Spokane airport. Occasionally we see military aircraft coming and going from Fairchild AFB to the east of us.
Except for exceptionally high altitude craft, we usually eventually hear some amount of engine noise.
It is not unusual for us to occasionally see a satellite or the International Space Station cruise across the sky.
I give all this background because I want to express that we know the usual aircraft that frequent our skies. What we saw tonight was not anything like what we have seen in the past.
This single light, no larger than a bright star, was traveling very fast. My guess is that we watched it coming from the south to directly above us in maybe 10 seconds. We were not able to watch it as it continued north. Our assumption is that from the far south to the far north it would have traversed that distance in maybe 20 seconds. The trajectory was straight with no hint of deviance from its path.
This light was solid and did not have any light strobes associated with it. There was no way to discern a shape or altitude, other than we could not hear even the faintest engine noise, giving us the impression that it was at a very high altitude.
Never have I seen anything in the skies moving that fast.


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I am sharing this completely delicious picture painted by a friend of mine as I float today in a bubble of nostalgia.
During my telly years, I tended to struggle to keep up all my friendships – what with two small children and five live programmes each week - but working as a freelance writer has allowed me to realign priorities and I have been meeting up with my old boarding school pals pretty much every year…for more than a decade.
This last week we all got together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our school and one of our number Gale McGarry brought along some pictures of her latest paintings for an exhibition this coming Friday – June 21st. Wow. I always knew that Gale was a talented artist but my goodness.
So three cheers for nostalgia bubbles and catching up with the people we care about.
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Two Yemeni Prisoners Released from Guantánamo to Ghana; 105 Men Remain
Yesterday, the Pentagon announced that it had released two Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to new homes in Ghana. These releases are the first since November, when five Yemenis were given new homes in the United Arab Emirates, releases that followed the release of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, and the Mauritanian Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, at the end of October. With these releases, 105 men remain at the prison — including 46 also approved for release, ten facing (or having faced) trials, and 43 others awaiting reviews promised five years ago but not yet delivered. Three others had their ongoing imprisonment approved by the review boards, and another three are awaiting the results of theirs.
The release of these two Yemenis is progress, of course, and, as we heard last month, another 15 releases are expected in the near future. With the 14th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo taking place on Monday, this is a good time for President Obama to be making sure that men are being freed, to maintain the focus on his intention to close Guantánamo before he leaves office, and to neutralize the sting of critics pointing out that, on January 22, it will be seven years since he promised to close Guantánamo within a year.
The two Yemenis released — who were both born in Saudi Arabia, but to Yemeni parents — are men I identified in June 2012 in a major article about the failures to release prisoners approved for release, entitled, "Guantánamo Scandal: The 40 Prisoners Still Held But Cleared for Release At Least Five Years Ago." The five years in the title, of course, is now eight and half years, and both of these men were first approved for release long before President Bush left office. They were then approved for release again under President Obama, following the deliberations of the high-level, inter-agency Guantánamo Review Task Force that Obama established shortly after taking office in January 2009.
156 men were approved for release by the task force, but 30 of these men, all Yemenis, were assigned to category called "conditional detention," invented by the task force, which stipulated that their release was dependent on some perceived improvement in the security situation in Yemen. However, as the entire US establishment is unwilling to repatriate any Yemenis, their release, like their remaining compatriots approved for release without a "conditional detention" tag, has instead become dependent on third countries being found that are prepared to take them in, and that can meet the US's security concerns. Of the 30, the first was one of the five men released in the UAE in November, and the two men released in Ghana are the second and third of the 30.
The first of the two men released in Ghana is Mahmoud Bin Atef (ISN 202), born in 1979, who was actually approved for release over ten years ago, as I explained in my June 2012 article:
In the classified US military files relating to the Guantánamo prisoners, which were released by WikiLeaks in April 2011, bin Atef's file was a "Recommendation for Continued Detention Under DoD Control (CD)," dated December 28, 2007, which repeated a similar recommendation issued on December 16, 2006. However, he was approved for transfer/release after Administrative Review Board Round One, which was held at Guantanamo in 2005 (see PDF).
The discrepancy, as is typical at Guantánamo, came about because of the existence of multiple review processes and the complete absence of any competent oversight. Similar discrepancies can be found in many other cases between the military reviews (the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and the Administrative Review Boards) and the files released by WikiLeaks (the Detainee Assessment Briefs), and it is also worth noting that eleven men approved for release by reviews then had their habeas corpus petitions successfully challenged in court by the Justice Department — again, without anyone providing competent oversight.
The second man freed in Ghana, Khalid al-Dhuby (ISN 506), born in 1981, was approved for release nine years ago, on Christmas Day 2006. In my June 2012 article, I wrote:
In the classified US military files relating to the Guantánamo prisoners, which were released by WikiLeaks in April 2011, al-Dhuby's file was a "Recommendation for Transfer Out of DoD Control (TRO)," dated December 25, 2006. A transfer recommendation was also made after his Administrative Review Board Round Three, on May 22, 2007 (PDF, p. 195).
I can't really explain sufficiently how disgraceful I find it that men approved for release years before President Obama took office were held until the eve of the 14th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, but that is part of the disgusting reality of Guantánamo, and the lamentable truth is that, as I have been saying for many years, when President Obama inherited around 66 men already approved for release under President Bush — including these two men — he should have released them immediately.
The failure to do so gives a rather longer perspective to the comments in the Washington Post about the state of Guantánamo following these releases. After noting that 105 men now remain in the prison, the Post stated, "That figure includes 46 inmates who have already been approved for settlement overseas but whose release has been held up amid negotiations with potential host countries and, more significantly, by lawmakers' distaste for prisoner transfers." The Guardian, in turn, wrote that, although Obama's task force "decided both men posed a minimal risk to national security and ought to be transferred … years of a self-imposed ban on transferring detainees to Yemen, congressional acrimony and internal bureaucratic "foot-dragging", according to [a] US official, kept both men at Guantánamo, alongside dozens of others."
So who are Mahmoud Bin Atef and Khalid al-Dhuby?
As I mentioned in an article in September 2010, Bin Atef was accused of arriving in Afghanistan for jihad in June 2001, training at al-Farouq, and fighting on the Taliban front lines. In an interrogation, he apparently stated that "his enemies were the Northern Alliance," and also stated that "he never shot at or killed anyone," and that, although he "was asked to take an oath to Osama bin Laden, [he] did not take one since he might have been obligated to do things that he might not want to do."
Bin Atef is also one of around 50 prisoners held at Guantánamo who, as I described it in 2010, "survived the Qala-i-Janghi massacre in November 2001, which followed the surrender of the northern city of Kunduz, when several hundred Taliban foot soldiers — and, it seems, a number of civilians — all of whom had been told that they would be allowed to return home if they surrendered, were taken to a fortress run by General Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance. Fearing that they were about to be killed, a number of the men started an uprising, which was suppressed by the Northern Alliance, acting with support from US and British Special Forces, and US bombers. Hundreds of the prisoners died, but around 80 survived being bombed and flooded in the basement of the fort, and around 50 of these men ended up at Guantánamo." With Bin Atef's release, only about eight of these men remain at Guantánamo.
Speaking to the Washington Post, his attorney, George Clarke, said he was "nearly killed" during the massacre. He called his client "a low-level member of the group," and said, "He wasn't part of any planning."
The Associated Press had more from Clarke, who explained how Bin Atef was "a block leader at Guantánamo, serving as a liaison between guards and detainees." He said, "Do they think he is a threat? No. He's a positive character. He's a very smart guy and I really wish him the best."
Clarke also pointed out how, "like many other prisoners freed from Guantánamo and forced to start new lives in unfamiliar places," the two "will face a challenge in Ghana." However, he added, "Bin Atef at least was eager for the opportunity to find a job and start a family," as the AP described it. As Clarke said, "He wants to get the hell out of Guantánamo. I don't think there's a detainee there now who wouldn't take any place."
I wrote about Khalid al-Dhuby in an article in October 2010, when I stated:
Allegedly recruited for military training in Afghanistan after being shown videos of atrocities in Chechnya, al-Dhuby reportedly arrived at [the] al-Farouq [training camp] in late July 2001, and trained for a month and a half until the camp closed. He was then taken to Tora Bora, where he "stayed in one of several caves large enough to fit three or four people," and then left the area with a group of other men. He said that as they passed through a valley he "saw planes dropping bombs on their location and stated the bombing went on for one night," and added that he "hid from the bombs until the next morning," but that many of the men traveling with him "were killed and injured by the bombing." After the bombing, he was seized by Northern Alliance soldiers and held in an Afghan prison in Kabul before being handed over — or sold — to US forces. At Guantánamo, he maintained that he had never fired a shot at anyone, that he "was not a fighter or a killer," and that he only "wanted to train to protect himself and his family as well as defend his country."
In the Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg noted that al-Dhuby "apparently had no lawyer, unlike Bin Atef, and nobody to speak for him on his release." She also pointed out that he "had an older brother at Guantanamo," who "was sent to Georgia," in November 2014, adding, "The brother, Salah Mohammed al-Thabbi [aka Salah al-Thabi or Salah al-Zabe], also Saudi-born, was approved for release as far back as 2004 but had nowhere to go because he was Yemeni."
The Guardian noted that the US official who spoke to them said that "quiet negotiations with Ghana to take Guantánamo detainees unfolded over the past year." The AP had more. In a statement, Ghana's foreign ministry suggested that the men's stay may not be permanent. "We have indicated our readiness to accept them for a period of two years, after which they may leave the country," it read.
Andy Worthington is a freelance investigative journalist, activist, author, photographer, film-maker and singer-songwriter (the lead singer and main songwriter for the London-based band The Four Fathers, whose debut album, 'Love and War,' is available for download or on CD via Bandcamp — also see here). He is the co-founder of the Close Guantánamo campaign, the co-director of We Stand With Shaker, which called for the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison (finally freed on October 30, 2015), and the author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison (published by Pluto Press, distributed by the University of Chicago Press in the US, and available from Amazon, including a Kindle edition — click on the following for the US and the UK) and of two other books: Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion and The Battle of the Beanfield. He is also the co-director (with Polly Nash) of the documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" (available on DVD here — or here for the US).
See the following for articles about the 142 prisoners released from Guantánamo from June 2007 to January 2009 (out of the 532 released by President Bush), and the 130 prisoners released from February 2009 to November 2015 (by President Obama), whose stories are covered in more detail than is available anywhere else –- either in print or on the internet –- although many of them, of course, are also covered in The Guantánamo Files, and for the stories of the other 390 prisoners released by President Bush, see my archive of articles based on the classified military files released by WikiLeaks in 2011: June 2007 –- 2 Tunisians, 4 Yemenis (here, here and here); July 2007 –- 16 Saudis; August 2007 –- 1 Bahraini, 5 Afghans; September 2007 –- 16 Saudis; 1 Mauritanian; 1 Libyan, 1 Yemeni, 6 Afghans; November 2007 –- 3 Jordanians, 8 Afghans; 14 Saudis; December 2007 –- 2 Sudanese; 13 Afghans (here and here); 3 British residents; 10 Saudis; May 2008 –- 3 Sudanese, 1 Moroccan, 5 Afghans (here, here and here); July 2008 –- 2 Algerians; 1 Qatari, 1 United Arab Emirati, 1 Afghan; August 2008 –- 2 Algerians; September 2008 –- 1 Pakistani, 2 Afghans (here and here); 1 Sudanese, 1 Algerian; November 2008 –- 1 Kazakh, 1 Somali, 1 Tajik; 2 Algerians; 1 Yemeni (Salim Hamdan), repatriated to serve out the last month of his sentence; December 2008 –- 3 Bosnian Algerians; January 2009 –- 1 Afghan, 1 Algerian, 4 Iraqis; February 2009 — 1 British resident (Binyam Mohamed); May 2009 —1 Bosnian Algerian (Lakhdar Boumediene); June 2009 — 1 Chadian (Mohammed El-Gharani); 4 Uighurs to Bermuda; 1 Iraqi; 3 Saudis (here and here); August 2009 — 1 Afghan (Mohamed Jawad); 2 Syrians to Portugal; September 2009 — 1 Yemeni; 2 Uzbeks to Ireland (here and here); October 2009 — 1 Kuwaiti, 1 prisoner of undisclosed nationality to Belgium; 6 Uighurs to Palau; November 2009 — 1 Bosnian Algerian to France, 1 unidentified Palestinian to Hungary, 2 Tunisians to Italian custody; December 2009 — 1 Kuwaiti (Fouad al-Rabiah); 2 Somalis; 4 Afghans; 6 Yemenis; January 2010 — 2 Algerians, 1 Uzbek to Switzerland; 1 Egyptian, 1 Azerbaijani and 1 Tunisian to Slovakia; February 2010 — 1 Egyptian, 1 Libyan, 1 Tunisian to Albania; 1 Palestinian to Spain; March 2010 — 1 Libyan, 2 unidentified prisoners to Georgia, 2 Uighurs to Switzerland; May 2010 — 1 Syrian to Bulgaria, 1 Yemeni to Spain; July 2010 — 1 Yemeni (Mohammed Hassan Odaini); 1 Algerian; 1 Syrian to Cape Verde, 1 Uzbek to Latvia, 1 unidentified Afghan to Spain; September 2010 — 1 Palestinian, 1 Syrian to Germany; January 2011 — 1 Algerian; April 2012 — 2 Uighurs to El Salvador; July 2012 — 1 Sudanese; September 2012 — 1 Canadian (Omar Khadr) to ongoing imprisonment in Canada; August 2013 — 2 Algerians; December 2013 — 2 Algerians; 2 Saudis; 2 Sudanese; 3 Uighurs to Slovakia; March 2014 — 1 Algerian (Ahmed Belbacha); May 2014 — 5 Afghans to Qatar (in a prisoner swap for US PoW Bowe Bergdahl); November 2014 — 1 Kuwaiti (Fawzi al-Odah); 3 Yemenis to Georgia, 1 Yemeni and 1 Tunisian to Slovakia, and 1 Saudi; December 2014 — 4 Syrians, a Palestinian and a Tunisian to Uruguay; 4 Afghans; 2 Tunisians and 3 Yemenis to Kazakhstan; January 2015 — 4 Yemenis to Oman, 1 Yemeni to Estonia; June 2015 — 6 Yemenis to Oman; September 2015 — 1 Moroccan and 1 Saudi; October 2015 — 1 Mauritanian and 1 British resident (Shaker Aamer); November 2015 — 5 Yemenis to the United Arab Emirates.
Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, Prisoners released from Guantanamo, Qala-i-Janghi massacre, Yemenis in Guantanamo Tagged George Clarke, Ghana, Guantanamo, Khalid al-Dhuby, Mahmoud bin Atef, Salah al-Thabi, Taliban, Yemenis in Guantanamo
Here's my latest article – on the eve of my departure for the US – about the two Yemenis released from Guantanamo and given new homes in Ghana. What a long and unacceptable wait it has been for them. One was told the US no longer wanted to hold him in 2005, the other on Christmas Day 2006. How is this sort of delay in giving men their freedom supposed to be at all acceptable? Close Guantanamo now!
...on January 7th, 2016 at 10:05 pm
Thanks to everyone liking and sharing this. The photo above is of Mahmoud Bin Atef, who was told in 2005 that the US no longer wanted to hold him. No photo is publicly available of Khalid al-Dhuby, who appears to have had no lawyer. He was told he was approved for release on Christmas Day 2006. I hope Ghana welcomes them!
Lindis Percy wrote:
Posted on CAAB website – thank you Andy and safe journeys.
...on January 8th, 2016 at 12:24 am
Thanks, Lindis. Much appreciated.
Jan Strain wrote:
Andy, Dude – Be safe and yell loudly 🙂
I shall do that, Jan. Count on it!
Sara SN wrote:
Safe and successful travels, Andy!
Andy – Maybe the NW will be on your next tour… Or I can get closer to one of your tour cities. (Or over to London to actually work a gig 🙂 )
...on January 8th, 2016 at 8:13 am
You're always welcome here, Jan. I'm definitely intending to get the book of my collected writing published this year, and visiting a few places I've never visited before, and seeing people I've wanted to see for years – in Seattle and Portland, for example!
freedetainees.org – Pentagon Blocks Prisoner Releases From Guantánamo Including 74-Pound Yemeni Hunger Striker – OpEd says...
[…] in "conditional detention" in 2009. One was freed in the United Arab Emirates in November, and the other two were freed just days ago in Ghana, in the first of 17 planned releases from the prison in early […]


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Ester Vilhelmina Textorius, född Peterson 22 augusti 1883 i Västerås, död 13 februari 1972 i Stockholm, var en svensk skådespelare, främst känd för sina komiska roller. Hon var från 1904 gift med skådespelaren Oskar Textorius, som avled 1938.

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Ester Textorius kom in på teaterbanan genom att svara på en annons från teaterledaren Emil Hillberg och scendebuterade 1901 på Halmstads teater som Paula i pjäsen Fri vilja. Efter studier för Hillberg och Josefina Gullberg verkade hon under några år i olika teatersällskap i landsorten, och fick under dessa år vid ett tillfälle agera mot den berömde dramatenskådespelaren Gustaf Fredriksson. Till hennes favoritroller under dessa år hörde Käthe i Gamla Heidelberg. Ett av de sällskap hon kom att uppträda med var Oskar Textorius' och hon och sällskapets ledare gifte sig 1904.

1907 gjorde Ester Textorius sin Stockholmsdebut i en fars på Djurgårdsteatern. Säsongen 1909–1910 var hon engagerad hos Anton Salmson vid den nystartade Operett-teatern på Östermalm och från 1911 knöts hon till Vasateatern där hon var till 1918. Hon medverkade under dessa år i åtskilliga operetter, men trots att hon hade framgång med dessa ansåg hon inte själv att hon hade tillräcklig sångröst utan föredrog talroller. Hon spelade också revy, och skribenten Arvid Selling menade därvid att Textorius hade precis "det rätta tjufpojkshumöret" för denna teaterform.

Tillsammans med sin make spelade Ester Textorius 1907 in tre skivsidor för Lyrophon, vilka 1912 följdes av en enstaka inspelning för Odeon. Däremellan hade makarna även gjort gemensam filmdebut 1911 i Anna Hofman-Uddgrens kortfilm Stockholmsfrestelser. Elsa Textorius blev dock aldrig någon etablerad filmskådespelerska och medverkade endast i en handfull filmer under de kommande decennierna, främst på 1940-talet.

Åren 1919–1925 var makarna Textorius verksamma i Göteborg, Ester bland annat vid Folkteatern. De återvände därefter till Stockholm där maken fick tjänster som regissör vid Oscarsteatern och Vasateatern, och 1931–1933 var chef för Odeonteatern. Ester Textorius bistod honom därvid med teaterns administration.

1938 blev Ester Textorius änka och gjorde samma år sitt sista scenframträdande på Dramaten i Pauline Brunius' uppsättning av Kvinnorna.

Filmografi

Teater

Roller

Bilder

Källor
 Karleric Liliedahl: Svenska akustiska grammofoninspelningar 1903-1928 (Stockholm 1987)
 Arvid Selling: Teaterfolk (Stockholm 1912)
 Dödsrunor i Svenska Dagbladet och Dagens Nyheter 1972-02-16

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Svenska skådespelare under 1900-talet
Svenska operettsångare
Kvinnor
Födda 1883
Avlidna 1972
Skådespelare från Västerås

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Red Pill Music by The Decency
Kevin Alfred Strom 2018-10-21
Kevin Alfred Strom · 21 October, 2018
reviewed by John Young
… he has smashed a giant fist through the music establishment by demonstrating just how much is lost with the "pop" song writing formula.
THERE ARE MANY forms of artistic expression. The reason there are so many forms of art is because not all ideas are as effectively conveyed in one form as they might be in another. How does one describe the Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel in words? Though one may make the attempt, words will fall short. Thus, it has taken me a while to write this review.
Any artistic review necessarily includes the experiences, knowledge and biases of the reviewer. I am a pro-European-American activist, and have been for a long time. So any review I write will be very different from that of Sarah Jeong. In addition, as a musician, composer, arranger and producer … my appreciation of music is not the same as an unskilled teenager trying to impress his friends.
White Art Collective is an ambitious project to promote artists of European descent and our culture. It encompasses all forms of art from painting and music through cinema. To find out more, see the "About" page on their website.
Most germane to the immediate review, White Art Collective has published Red Pill Music, an album by The Decency, a singer-songwriter and musician from the UK. I listened to this album several times over a period of weeks, and to say it defies trite description would be an understatement. Although most of the music uses synthesizers, musical styles range from thoughtful and beautiful piano pieces (Decency) and cinematic soundscapes (A Higher Calling) through rock-n-roll (Public School is Communism) and everything in between.
A problem that is common in self-produced albums is what I would call a "lack of dynamism." It can be difficult to capture emotion and range. Sources of feedback are often loved ones who won't tell you that you need to do "another take" because they either don't want to hurt your feelings, or they are sick and tired of hearing you play the same piece for the 20th time and just want it to end already so you can take out the trash. This album most definitely does not suffer from that malady. Every piece, whether vocal or instrumental, is dynamic and expressive, completely capturing the artist's intent.
The lyrics on this album are nothing short of amazing. If you were to go to a class on song writing at the Berklee College of Music, you'd learn that to write a "hit" or "pop" song, you'd need to have ambiguous lyrics that subtracted enough information that anyone could relate to them. Though this album has no ambition towards "pop" music, The Decency has included everything he wanted to say, clearly and without ambiguity. By doing this, and doing it with artistic flair, he has smashed a giant fist through the music establishment by demonstrating just how much is lost with the "pop" song writing formula.Far from a "one trick pony" his songs cover contemporary events (It's Okay to Be White, MAGA), greater philosophical issues (Sins of the World Wars, The Leader of the Socialist Party) and matters we need to ponder as individuals to understand our own role in what we face (Self Knowledge, A More Realistic View of Love). He also covers both the darker (The Demons Among Us) and more uplifting (The Red Pill) aspects of our current situation. The album also includes several instrumental pieces of exceptional merit, demonstrating not only clear mastery of the instruments, but an intimate understanding of their emotional application.
There can be no single description of the musical compositions, whether instrumental or lyrical, because The Decency covers a range of styles from orchestral to electronica to rock. This isn't like an album by AC/DC (who I happen to love) where every song follows a similar pattern and style. It's more like a trip to a fine art gallery, where each corner contains something different. What I can say is that there is not a single "dud" on this album, and that every piece demonstrates an impressive understanding of every aspect of music composition and arrangement. When I say that, it makes the album sound technical, but that's not what is going on. This album shows what happens when someone who has consummate skill and knowledge merges that with dynamic emotional content to yield true art.
The production value of the album is also high. Music production – the process of mixing and mastering – is a skill in its own right that is under-appreciated. When listening to live music, our brains have a way of directing our attention in a fashion that cancels out anything suboptimal. But recorded music makes even the slightest problem glaring. Without getting too technical, recorded instruments and vocals tend to walk all over each other or sound artificial and it takes skillful application to turn these performances into something that remains cohesive while highlighting what needs to be in the center. Red Pill Music is very well produced, entirely on a par with any mainstream music production you will hear, except with better content. The mastering is also excellent. Volume levels are consistent between tracks and the songs retain excellent and natural dynamic range.
Although, as mentioned, there are no duds on the album, a few songs stand out as favorites of mine. These include "Public School is Communism," "A More Realistic Vision of Love," and "The Demons Among Us," though I don't skip any tracks when listening.
I highly recommend this album and if you are a thoughtful person, I believe you will enjoy it too. I am very impressed with Red Pill Music. This is not really the sort of "fun" music you might jam out to with your friends while driving to the beach, but it is definitely an album you will listen to again and again when alone, deriving new insights and appreciation from it every time you listen.
You can buy the album via the White Art Collective.
Disclosure: Neither the author, nor the original Web site, nor this site, have have any financial linkage or receive compensation from either the artist or publisher. Permission is granted to use this review for promotional purposes with a link back to its source.
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I repeat that the impressions that I convey are gained from those more spiritual than me!
With Him, among men He was alone.
Companions He could call His own.
And a perfect love shown.
His excellencies may be fully known.
Till the time when He takes His throne.
The wine press of wrath.
As a crystal-like jasper stone.
Spent in Jehovah's house, he would grow.
You motherly activity had assured.
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With a wife's common sense, laughed at.
And insisted that he alone remain.
Heart had its peace ‑ its sought country.
As with other posts I cannot claim the thought as original. That is just as well..
Take the tone of it.
One with a heart his flock could all rely on.
To lead his flock ‑ or lead his men to Zion.
In love He suffered and in grace He leads.
And David carried off his severed head.
The Lord has quelled a more injurious foe.
Is Saviour now as risen from the dead.
While Israel was glorious and free.
As King of every people, tribe and nation.
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All things by love and vigour He sustains.
From each experience David formed a psalm.
And found a song as carried through depression.
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Q: Adding ACF image field in navigation not showing up I am trying to add an image to the header.php navigation using Advanced Custom Fields PRO, However, it does not show up. I have tried various solutions such as (in functions.php):
add_filter('wp_nav_menu_items', 'my_wp_nav_menu_items', 10, 2);

function my_wp_nav_menu_items( $items, $args ) {

    $menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object($args->menu);

    if( $args->theme_location == 'top' ) {

        $logo = get_field('logo', $menu);
        $color = get_field('color', $menu);

        $html_logo = '

';

        $html_color = '';

        $items = $html_logo . $items . $html_color;
    }
    return $items;
}

I have tried to print out the args array but it shows up as empty.
Second solution I've tried (in header.php):
<?php $image = get_field('logo'); ?>
<img src="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt']; ?>" class="logo" />

Thank you in advance <3
edit: Ive also tried using:
        <?php
global $wp_query;
$postid = $wp_query->post->ID;
echo get_post_meta($postid, 'logo', true);
wp_reset_query();
?>

bot there is no output. If I change it from true to false I just get an empty array
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A: You've passed $menu in get_field function instead of location of field :)
$logo = get_field('logo', 'locationGoesHere');

Always use e.g. var_dump($logo); to check if you retrieving anything from database, if you fail at that point then you shouldn't look any further than that :D
If you are unsure about location of your field you've created then go to tools in ACF and "export" your options to JSON/PHP -> look for your field logo and below that nested field you should have key 'location'.


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Q: Apple Clang; using C++11 with libstdc++ I have an issue when compiling a simple Hello file with an empty function taking initializer_list argument when using both -stdlib=libstdc++ and -std=c++11
If I use only -std=c++11 (which means compiling with libc++)
then the file compiles and prints Hello!
If I comment function_test and I use both -std=c++11 and -stdlib=libstdc++
then the file compiles and prints Hello!
If I keep the function function_test and I use both -std=c++11 and -stdlib=libstdc++
then I get the following error:
$ g++ -stdlib=libstdc++  -std=c++11   -o test test.cpp
test.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'initializer_list' file not found
#include <initializer_list>
          ^
1 error generated.

Here is my file
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void function_test(initializer_list<int> something){}

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
   cout << "Hello!" << endl;
   function_test({0});
   return 0;
}

Here is my apple clang version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin15.3.0
Thread model: posix

A: --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
                                       ^^^^^^^

Notice the "4.2". Your libstdc++ is way to old for C++11. Upgrade it to some 5.x version for full C++11 support.

A: I found out that upgrading to a newer version of libstdc++ is just not possible with apple-llvm(clang). So using some features of C++11 with libstdc++ is not possible. The reason is this one:

Mainline libstdc++ has switched to GPL3, a license which the
  developers of libc++ cannot use. libstdc++ 4.2 (the last GPL2 version)
  could be independently extended to support C++11, but this would be a
  fork of the codebase (which is often seen as worse for a project than
  starting a new independent one). Another problem with libstdc++ is
  that it is tightly integrated with G++ development, tending to be tied
  fairly closely to the matching version of G++.

source:
http://libcxx.llvm.org/docs/
Thanks to all the answers/comments that helped me reach the answer.


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Gran Turismo Sport update version 1.36 is out now for the PS4. Here's what is included in this brand new update.
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Choice of quiche, served with choice of side.
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A side of three turkey sausage links.
A side of three strips of bacon.
A side of sliced ham.
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Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, banana peppers, cucumber, and black olives.
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Three chicken tenders, served with french fries. Includes choice of dipping sauce.
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You might be at a point in your life when you are asking, "Do I need life insurance?" Maybe you've just reached one of life's major milestones like marriage, parenthood, homeownership or retirement. Maybe you're trying to finally get your finances in order. Or maybe you've recently witnessed a close friend or relative struggle financially after the loss of a spouse or parent.
A life insurance policy could help provide financial protection for your loved ones when you're gone — protection that could help them cover final expenses, pay off debt or replace lost income. A policy could also allow you to leave behind an inheritance or donate to charity after you pass away. Life insurance is there to meet the needs of people from all walks of life.
Here, we will explore some scenarios that could help you develop a deeper understanding of the value of life insurance — and decide if a policy could be a good choice for your needs.
Change — whether good or bad — is a part of life, but there are ways you could prepare for the unknown. This is something that Stella, a 42-year-old marketing consultant and single mother of two, plans to keep in mind when planning for the future. When she and her husband divorced a year ago, she received full custody of her two young children. Their house was put in her name, and she became fully responsible for making the mortgage payments.
While Stella does receive some child support, her financial responsibilities have increased significantly. Additionally, she wants to make sure she can afford to put both of her children through college. After reviewing the life insurance policy she and her ex-husband purchased when they got married over a decade ago, Stella realizes she wants to change her beneficiary and increase her coverage to provide adequate protection for her new situation.
A universal life insurance policy could be a good fit for Stella and her family because it offers flexibility — as it's designed for a changing future. You can change the amount of your coverage, your premium payments or your death benefit at any time. A universal life insurance policy also builds cash value you can access, subject to the terms of your policy.
First comes love, then comes marriage — and after the wedding bells have stopped ringing, you might start thinking about a baby in a baby carriage. That's the case for Harry and Aja, who are a newly married couple in their late 20s.
After planning a large wedding and going on a tropical honeymoon, the young couple decides to start living on a shoestring budget. They believe that cutting back could help them meet their goals of buying a home and starting a family. So, they want a life insurance policy that could help them both protect their future family and address their upcoming needs.
Because they're on a budget — and are still uncertain about what the future holds — a term life insurance policy could be a good fit for them. Term life insurance could provide coverage for a period of 10, 15, 20 or 30 years. Some term life insurance policies are also convertible, which means that they could have the option to exchange their term life policy for either a whole life or universal life policy down the road.
Members of the sandwich generation are responsible for caring for both their parents and children, which could cause additional financial concerns. Alex, for example, is a 53-year-old vice president of technology. His two main priorities are his aging parents and his 14-year-old daughter — and Alex is "sandwiched" in between.
Alex wants to ensure that his parents live comfortably as they get older and wants his daughter to go to a top college someday (hopefully close to home). In addition to caring for the needs of his loved ones, he also wants to stay on track with his retirement preparations.
As Alex is concerned about having enough income to live on in retirement, a whole life insurance policy could be a good option for him. With a whole life policy, he would get protection for his entire life. Additionally, this policy type builds cash value — and may also pay dividends, which could be received as cash payments.
A life insurance policy could provide Alex with a sense of security and allow him to focus on preparing for his retirement — while also saving for his daughter's college fund and providing assistance to his parents.
Reflecting on your needs and goals, speaking to a financial representative — and learning how life insurance might help people in different situations — could help you discover the answer to that question. Now, there's not a one-size-fits-all policy when it comes to life insurance, but learning more about universal, whole or term life insurance could help you find the right choice for your needs.
Your needs might also change over time, and coverage that works for you now might not be sufficient down the road. When life changes, consider periodically examining your life insurance coverage to see if it still meets your needs. A financial representative could help you explore your options.
Peace of mind could be one of the most valuable benefits a life insurance policy provides. Whether you are moving into a new part of your life after a big change or simply getting your financial plan together, a life insurance policy could help you protect your loved ones from the uncertainties of tomorrow.


黑龙江快乐10分走势图 www.8mrz.cn Mother Nature has created a land full of natural beauty, ready to be explored, in the blue immensity of the Atlantic Ocean: the Azores.
To the East, on the island of Santa Maria, the beaches of warm white sand are inviting, and the vineyards covering the slopes like an amphitheatre resemble giant staircases. S?o Miguel, the largest island, is seductive with its Sete Cidades and Fogo Lagoons. The power that emanates from the earth is felt in the geysers, hot thermal waters and volcanic lakes, as well as in the tasty "Cozido das Furnas" slowly cooked inside the earth.
In the Central Group, the islands of Terceira, S?o Jorge, Pico, Faial and Graciosa are set harmoniously in the deep blue sea, where whales and dolphins can be spotted, to the delight of visitors. On Terceira, the World Heritage town of Angra do Heroísmo, as well as its festivals, is steeped in history. Faial is the cool blue of the hydrangeas, the marina painted colourfully by yachtsmen from all over the world and the extinct Capelinhos volcano, which resembles a lunar landscape. In front is Pico, a mountain that emerges from the sea, with vineyards planted in black lava fields, a unique culture that also has World Heritage status. On S?o Jorge, the highlights are the Faj?s and the cheese, a unique specialty with an unmistakable flavour. Graciosa, graceful in both name and appearance, is an island of green fields covered with vineyards that contrast with its peculiar windmills.
In the Western group, on the island of Flores, the beauty of the natural waterfalls and lakes carved out by volcanoes is dazzling. The tiny island of Corvo has a broad, beautiful crater at its centre, and attracts many species of birds coming from both Europe and America.


A couple weeks back I showed you all what I had sewn for MissE in my Sewing for Kindergarten post. I got a few request to break down the post and give you more details on each one. So this week I will go through all the looks of the week. Today is all about Monday's Jumpsuit.
Little MissE is not a fan of exercising, apparently she doesn't like her gym class especially when it's outside. They have to run so much as it makes her sweaty. Have I ever told you she was a princess? She doesn't like the sand and getting dirty, she is quite lazy and gets oh so tired quickly especially when walking is involved. Poor little girl! So I thought it would be nice to get her in the mood by making her a fun gym outfit!
Something easy to put on, comfortable and a little stylish while we are it. I found the fleece a while back at my local thrift shop and just love this color- always have. The zipper is also a thrift find, I must be hoarding it for ummm 10 years, now! So all in all this outfit cost be maybe 5$.
I made the neckline low, to accommodate the zipper I had on hand. I also added some elastic to keep the neckline from drooping and it adds a little femininity and cute detail. Perfect for layering and to add some color.
I added some kangaroo pockets, because who doesn't love pockets? It also gave the jumpsuit more of that urban sweatshirt look I was going for.
I added an elastic band at the back waistline, to give a little shape to the jumpsuit while keeping the overall fit relaxed especially on top. Sorry for the blurry photo, it was the only shot I took.
I made the sleeves just like a kimono sleeve. Kept all the edges raw and rolled both the sleeve and cuff hem, that way I can just roll them down as she grows.
Next up is a little underwear and camisole set I made years ago for a collection I had created. It fits MissE perfectly now.
The fabric is a lovely 100% cotton pique, it has the smallest little holes and is just so sweet. I still have plenty left as I had bought quite a bit to sew up my collection. The ruffles are made from a cute polka dot print also 100% cotton and also have plenty of that leftover. Maybe I should start selling some on Etsy or something.
Lot's of cute ruffles, wouldn't you say? I need to make a few more of these for the colder winter months. Maybe I should add that every item in this post was self drafted.
So don't forget to come back tomorrow for Tuesday's outfit.


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Plan and deliver events, promotions and service initiatives, to achieve marketing objectives in line with the overall strategy for the centre and intu.
Brief and liaise with external agencies, to produce creative and compelling advertising, PR, digital and promotional campaigns that will drive footfall and repeat visits to the centre.
Work with the Assistant Marketing Manager to implement the digital marketing strategy, using the website, e-shots and social media to create and develop original and engaging content across all digital platforms.
Assist with the management of the centre's website using the content management system.
Work with the Assistant Marketing Manager to use the centre's database as a tool for segmentation and communication in order to drive registration.
Regularly communicate with stores through regular retailer forums and face-to-face visits, to ensure that they are fully aware of upcoming initiatives or opportunities to get involved in centre activities and are fully engaged with the available marketing support.
Develop promotions and incentive schemes, in line with marketing and business objectives, to increase gift card sales.
Continually evaluate all marketing campaigns and activities to ensure they remain within budget and can demonstrate a return on investment.
Provide timely and appropriate responses to customer communication received through the centre website and all social media sites - including enquiries and requests for information from students.
Assist with the editing and production of the centre's customer magazine, with particular emphasis on engaging retailer support.
Where appropriate, assist with the implementation of the centre's PR strategy. PR activities should always drive additional awareness for intu where possible.
To collate and store all press and media cuttings, and distribute to the centre and wider intu teams as appropriate.
Coordinate the production of the centre's staff magazine.
Assist with the management of print production and centre literature.
Assist with the implementation of a Corporate Responsibility plan, that addresses the needs of the community in line with the corporate objectives. Communicate regularly with the intu CR team in relation to ongoing initiatives and local CR campaigns.
Where appropriate, to plan and implement a strategy, in line with the marketing and business objectives, to attract tourists to the centre and encourage repeat visits.
Assist with the management of the Merchants/Tenants Association in conjunction with the General Manager, Marketing Manager and Administrator.
Provide administrative support to the marketing team.
Any other duties as appropriate.
To ensure compliance with the company's Health & Safety Policy.
To work collectively with other intu centres to identify examples of best practice across the group, then work together to roll out these concepts within other centres.
To comply with corporate policies and procedures.


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US Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Passes 500 Days in Orbit
By Mike Wall 2014-04-24T11:23:00Z Tech
An X-37B robotic space plane sits on the Vandenberg Air Force base runway during post-landing operations on Dec. 3, 2010. Personnel in self-contained protective atmospheric suits conduct initial checks on the robot space vehicle after its landing.
(Image: © U.S. Air Force/Michael Stonecypher)
An unmanned military space plane has achieved a major longevity milestone, zipping around Earth for 500 days on a clandestine mission for the United States government.
The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane launched on its third and latest mission on Dec. 11, 2012. As of today (April 24), the vehicle has been aloft for 500 days — far longer than its officially stated maximum orbital lifetime of 270 days.
This NASA Marshall Space Flight Center image shows on-orbit functions for the reusable X-37B space plane, now under the wing of the U.S. Air Force.
(Image credit: NASA/MSFC)
"Clearly, and understandably, the Air Force initially set the expected parameters [of the X-37B] conservatively, not really knowing what it could do until it was tested — which is what they are doing now," said Joan Johnson-Freese, professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. [Photos: The X-37B Space Plane's 3rd Mystery Mission]
"Personally, I think it's commendable that they are pushing it to the extent that they appear to be," Johnson-Freese told Space.com via email. "That's the only way to really know what it can do."
The X-37B/OTV spacecraft undergoes final testing at Boeing for a 2010 test flight. Click to enlarge.
(Image credit: U.S. Air Force)
A tiny robotic space shuttle
The reusable X-37B looks like NASA's now-retired space shuttle, only much smaller. The robotic space plane is 29 feet (8.8 meters) long by 9.5 feet (2.9 m) tall with a wingspan of nearly 15 feet (4.6 m). Its payload bay is the size of a pickup truck bed. (The space shuttle's payload bay, by comparison, could fit two entire X-37Bs inside.)
Like the space shuttle, the X-37B launches vertically with the aid of a rocket, then returns to Earth horizontally for a runway landing. While the shuttle needed a pilot, however, the X-37B comes home autonomously, without any guidance from human hands.
The U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane is a miniature space shuttle capable of long, classified missions in orbit. See how the X-37B space plane works in this Space.com infographic.
(Image credit: By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist)
The Air Force has two X-37B space planes, both of which were built by Boeing's Phantom Works division. These two planes have flown a total of three missions, which are known as OTV-1, OTV-2 and OTV-3. ("OTV" is short for Orbital Test Vehicle.)
OTV-1 blasted off in April 2010 and circled Earth for 225 days. The second X-37B vehicle launched in March 2011, initiating the OTV-2 mission. This spaceflight lasted 469 days, finally touching down at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in June 2012.
The current OTV-3 mission employs the first X-37B, the plane that flew OTV-1.
There's no telling when OTV-3 will end, experts say; the X-37B is solar-powered and thus can keep circling Earth for long periods. Further, observations by amateur satellite trackers indicate that the vehicle has made just one or two maneuvers during OTV-3, suggesting that the craft has plenty of thruster fuel left, said Brian Weeden, a technical adviser with the Secure World Foundation and a former orbital analyst with the Air Force.
The current mission "seems long, but that's based off of the original [270-day] estimate. We don't have anything else to go on," Weeden told Space.com. "And it's not long for other satellites. It's common for satellites, especially typical national security satellites that are well-designed, to be in orbit for years to decades."
The Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane sits on the runway after landing at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on June 16, 2012. The vehicle spent more than 15 months circling Earth on a mystery mission.
(Image credit: Boeing)
Mystery missions
The Air Force does not divulge specifics about the X-37B's orbital activities, asserting that the vehicle's payloads are classified.
This secrecy has spurred some speculation that the X-37B may be a space weapon of some sort, perhaps tasked with taking out other nations' satellites. Military officials have repeatedly refuted this notion, stressing that the vehicle is merely a testbed that helps demonstrate next-generation space tech.
"The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space, and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth," Air Force officials write in an X-37B fact sheet.
This broad claim is probably true, Weeden said. He suspects the vehicle is testing out experimental sensors and satellite hardware, perhaps for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, which builds and operates the country's spy satellites.
While mystery surrounds the X-37B and its missions, amateur satellite spotters are piercing the veil a bit. For example, their observations suggest that the space plane is circling Earth at an altitude of about 218 miles (350 kilometers), Weeden said.
"That's really low for a satellite," he said. "It's well below the radiation belts, and it's well below the most dense debris field."
Further, the X-37B ranges from 43.5 degrees north latitude to 43.5 degrees south latitude as it zips around Earth during the OTV-3 mission. So whatever the space plane is looking at likely lies within that stretch of the globe, Weeden said.
"It's not looking at Russia. It's not looking at Europe," he said. "My guess would be somewhere in the Middle East."


Here you can see Chari leaning her head back on the backrest. We always felt that this feature of a chair is all important. It makes full relaxation possible.
The backrest extends up from the seat a full 36 inches.
Notice the way her fingers wrap around the arm. Our thick lumber really fills your hand! It feels nice.


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I have had this piece for years. I bought it at a thrift store ages ago and wasn't really sure what to do with it. Recently a local business asked me if I had a piece or two I would like to consign there (how flattering). I asked the owner what size piece she was looking for and this antique dresser seemed to fit the bill.
I asked her what colors and kind of wandered through Pinterest looking for something to jog my inspiration. I just felt like it needed to stand out. I came across this Pin (which as an aside might end up being the inspiration for our new kitchen one day) and instantly I knew- it's got that fun, but still classy, Mackenzie-Childs look going.
It wasn't going to be simple, but it was going to be AMAZEBALLS!
I got it out and gave it a good cleaning and scuff sanding all over and totally sanded off the finish on the two top pieces.
I taped it of and gave that interior top two coats of Shabby Paints Worn White.
Then I taped off the first part of a checkerboard pattern. I used smaller pieces of tape to make sure they were straight and evenly spaced.
When it was all set, I used a custom mix of Shabby Paints Buffalo Brown and Licorice to paint in the design.
While I was waiting on all those taped designs to dry, I painted the body (Tiffany) and "stained" the top pieces with a custom mix of Hazelnut, Black, and Sheer Shabby Paints (re)VAX. I used the same custom mix for the dark squares to paint the wooden handles too.
When it was all finished, it still needed something so I decided to line and wrap the drawers. I had some great super thick wrapping paper and the colors just worked. After a sanding to make sure everything would stick, I used spray adhesive to get the drawer side surfaces ready then I laid the paper pieces out on the sides.
Don't be in a hurry and it's super easy.
To do the inside of the drawers, I dry fit them first and trim with a metal putty knife.
Then I use the spray adhesive and use a plastic putty knife to remove the bubbles as I press it in. I like to seal the top of the paper, but if it's thick, you really don't have to.
Then I really considered not glazing it.
I really think it just needed a bit more.
Now I feel like it's just perfect, though it may no longer be classified as an "antique" dresser.
Not kidding, this is amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you ma'am- I'm so happy you like it!


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4 Steps To Develop a Personal Code of Standards in Our Children
December 2, 2014	3,626 Views
1. Understanding a Personal Code in a Catholic Sense
2. Standards of Production
3. Behavior
4. Morality
This is the ninth article in the series How to Get an Elite Prep School Education on a Homeschool Budget.
Master teacher John Taylor Gatto identified fourteen themes that elite private schools inculcate in their students to prepare them to take on leadership positions in the professions, business and government. We Catholic home schooling parents should strongly consider integrating some or even all of Mr. Gatto's themes into our home learning. More than ever, American society needs leaders who are well formed, not only academically, but also spiritually.
Faithful Catholics will also see a need for energetic young people to enter the priesthood and consecrated life, and to serve our parishes and dioceses as faithful laymen. In his ninth theme, Gatto says each young person must arrive at a personal code of standards and that developing this code is a "long range, comprehensive thing that needs to be checked regularly." Students must be brought to formulate and adopt a personal code of standards, in production, behavior and morality.
This theme may seem to be a bit suspect to some Catholic parents. After all, why develop a personal code of standards? Shouldn't our children live according to Catholic standards?
Studying Holy Mother Church closely, especially the saints, answers that question. We realize the Church has always been characterized by a proper understanding of diversity and that diversity applies here. We must all, for example, maintain a detachment from material things. That's clear from both the Tenth Commandment, as well as Our Lord's exhortation to "Consider the lilies of the field."
Not all of us, however, are called to live without possessions or hot water, like Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity do. Catholics must all care for the elderly, but not necessarily invite them into our homes as the Little Sisters of the Poor do.
Personal standards must always start with Catholic values, but those values will be lived differently in each individual.
As I associate Gatto's theme to Catholic families, our children must first learn and integrate principles of Catholic daily life, but then develop from them a personal code of standards for living.
This could mean a commitment to the poor and elderly, devoting one's life to pro-life action, or dedicating oneself to furthering Catholic education. But whatever pursuits our children aspire to, they must set high goals, develop plans to meet those goals, and then follow through enthusiastically.
Gatto believes our children need high standards for production, behavior, and morality.
What, you may well ask, are children expected to produce? A perfect score on a spelling test would be a good start. How about a well-thought-out book report with no grammatical errors?
When speaking of "production", and children, the "product" they are primarily responsible for is their schoolwork. The part we parents play is to insist that they do their best, always looking to improve.
Give your children a schedule of assignments everyday, and insist that they will be done correctly and completely. Make sure that your students' work is neat with no obvious erasures or cross outs. Letters have to be on the line and numbers in careful columns. Threaten to make them redo sloppy or poorly done assignments, but rave about their excellent work to Dad, and post it on the fridge.
Settle for no less than their best, and teach them to take pride in a job well done.
Without doubt, it is the parents' job to ensure that their children know and obey the Ten Commandments and live according to Catholic values. On this we cannot waver.
The true task, however, is to inculcates these values and behaviors so that our children take ownership of their own actions. I think this is the "long range comprehensive thing that must be checked regularly" Gatto refers to. It will take some time.
Parents spend their children's early years teaching the rules and insisting that they be obeyed. Around the age of reason, maybe seven-years-old, we need to start encouraging the children to police their own actions. I started this process with questions.
What time do you think you should come home? Do you think this is your best work? Do you think that was a kind remark you made? I nudged them to the right answer, and Mom always had veto power, but questioning themselves about their own motives, actions, and words is one way to make children personally responsible for their behavior.
As the teen years approach, parents must seek to strike a balance between allowing our children independence while keeping them on the straight and narrow. I am convinced we cannot find this balance if we insist on a strictly enforced, rigid set of rules. We have to allow them to make their own plans, as long as they do not violate God's laws.
We trust them, trust them. Yikes! Time to pull in the reins. When my children would accuse me of not trusting them to make a decision about this or that (Piercing your belly button! Have you lost your mind?), I would remind them that I trust their good intentions, but their young judgment may be seriously lacking.
Nevertheless, the goal is not to inflict our sound judgment or good morals on our kids. The ultimate goal is for them to use their own sound judgment and strong values to police themselves.
Catholic homeschoolers have a unique opportunity to form our children's personal morality, and to lead them to adapt Catholic values as uniquely their own. The whole moral life can be summed up in four words: Do good; avoid evil. Parents spend the first part of their children's lives teaching them the difference, through word, example, and religious studies.
As time goes on, we want them to understand not just what good is, but that they need to do good, and finally that they want to do good, all the time, even when no one is looking.
Traditional Catholic practices will be a huge help with this endeavor. Teach your children to examine their consciences every night at bedtime. Here's an easy exam for the youngest children:
Think of God, His name and day,
Parents too, who care for you.
Are you kind in every way?
Pure and honest, truthful too?
Perhaps nothing will help your children grow in the moral life more than frequent Confession. Monthly is a minimum; weekly is the goal. Encourage their confessors to give them ongoing spiritual direction. Finally, a solid — single gender — retreat can be very beneficial, helping teens to refine their moral principles away from their everyday lives.
Encourage your children to develop strong values to live by. The Church, our nation and the world will reap the benefits.
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