Tamar Braxton News - 'Braxton Family Values' Star Tamar Braxton ...

Out with the old and in with the new ? new digs, that is!

The younger sis of Grammy award-winner Toni Braxton, Tamar Braxton, 35, and her hubby?Vincent Herbert ? the?music executive who discovered Lady Gaga ? have decided to sell their French Country-style mansion in the star-studded city of Hidden Hills, Calif.

The Tamar & Vince reality stars just purchased their?12,402 square foot?pad in September 2011, but have already opted for a change and have launched the mansion back on the market for a whopping $7,595,000.

How much did they raise the price?

According to The Real Estalker, the Braxton-Herbert clan?originally?purchased their property for less than their asking price of either $6,900,000 or $3,400,000 based on multiple listing sources.

The mansion encompasses 1.31 acres of land, including a McMansion-style double height entry-way, curved staircases, a spacious living room, and a cozy library featuring specialized panels and a house-warming fireplace.

Plus, their lovely abode has a fancy dining room with open-beamed ceilings, and a wine cellar, in addition to a bar in the game room ? all of which revoleves around an?island kitchen that centers the family room with a fireplace and surround-sound home theater.

Aside from the gorgeous hilly views from the backyard, the landscaping is fab ? including several porches and patios, a barbecue pit, fountain, swimming pool, and spa for the perfect outdoor party.

That?s not even everything. The formal listing includes a plethora of other special amenities that make the five bedroom mansion extra special.

How do you think the Braxton-Herbert house sounds? Click through the gallery above of photos from the mansion when it was first purchased, and weigh in below.

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A Strong Belief in Wicker: Love List to Life

About this time last year I was very moved to read an article in the Sunday paper about an extraordinary woman. Marie-Therese Khan was only 35 when she suffered a catastrophic brain stem stroke, that left her with locked-in syndrome, much like Jean-Dominique Bauby who wrote The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.?

Marie-Therese had lived the last 17 years only able to communicate by blinking. Living in a nursing home as a young woman, fully dependent. She was surrounded by such a loving and supportive family and community. Living what to me seemed like a life like hell. And yet, she blinked out a Love List to Life. 100 lovely reasons why she was thrilled to be alive. Sadly Marie-Therese died just a few days after finishing her list. ?

I think perhaps her most astonishing one is?

15. Daydreaming- I can still boogie board down a wave in my dreams.?


I kept thinking about Marie-Therese, and wondering if I too could find 100 things to fill out my own Love List to Life.


I've been stewing over this list for a while now, letting it spring to the surface. And now even more recently I read a Guardian interview with Haruki Murakami (who I haven't read yet, but am becoming more and more intrigued with), reprinted in the Sydney Morning Herald where he wisely suggested that "If you don't know what you love, you are lost."


So, lets see.... (and not necessarily in order)

1. My son. I was to only have one child, but he gives me such joy. And just as Aesop's Lioness states "I may only have one son, but he is a lion".


2. That I married a man who is intelligent, creative and such a great father. Who doesn't like coffee either.?


3. My family


4. My friends


5. That I live in a time where it is easy to keep in contact with friends from all around Australia and the world. Yes, facebook has it's faults, but how astonishing is it really?


6. Reading


7. To pass on a joy of story and reading to the next generation.


8. Spring flowers.


9. Paris. That it exists. That I've been there. Twice. That I will go again.?




10. Mangoes. Slurping them over the sink is still the best way to eat them.?


11. Champagne. ?


12. That even though my son is eleven we still do bedtime stories, not every night, but we always have a book on the go, and more to look forward to. It's been hard work, and yet easy, to keep it going this long.?


13. Asparagus.


14. My dogs running full pelt to great me at the door when I get home. My son trying to beat them.?


15. Trying to become a bird watcher. So much to learn!


16. My son's laugh as he plays a rough-house game with his father.?


17. Listening to an audiobook in the car on the way to work.?


18. Blogging. Every new post opens up a new world of connectivity.


19. The little barks the dog does when she's dreaming.?


20. Travelling to new places.


21. That I took the circuitous path.?


22. Trying to take photos of birds, and occasionally getting one in focus.


23. Soup. Particularly pumpkin soup, and most surprisingly celery soup, but pretty much any soup.?


24. Learning, and sometimes remembering, fabulous new words. ? ?

25. Sleeping in.


26. Even though I am one of life's procrastinators, I do love the feeling of finishing a job, especially if it's one that I've put off (again and again).


27. A nana nap of an afternoon. Although I have been known to have them of a morning too.


28. Getting time to read the papers on the weekend. Especially the weekend they were printed.?

29.?Raspberries.?Chocolate.?Chocolate and raspberries.
30. Doing the kenken on Saturday.?

31. Doing the Stuff quiz with the family each day. ?

32. The orange freesia that juts up in the middle of the footpath in my street each spring. Did someone plant it? Was it blown there by the wind?




33. My quest to read 1001 Children's Books. I'm somewhere above 190/1001 now.


34. Those precious times I can be home alone.?


35. That if you eat enough asparagus in the spring, you will have a supply of purple rubber bands to last you throughout the year


36. Lemon desserts


37. Watching the French news on SBS and pretending that I understand most of it.


38. Eating Maltesers at the movies.?


39. Chatting on the phone with a friend.

40. Skype


41. Eating dinner outside in the summer


42. A picnic lunch with the family, or anyone for that matter.


43. Berthillon


44. Gospel music even though I'm not religious at all.


45. Meeting internet friends


46. Having days off mid-week


47. Reading Paris blogs, although they only fuel the fire.?


48. ?Walking the dogs


49. The Northern Lights. I haven't seen them in decades, but their memory is strong, and I hope to see them again sometime, and maybe the Southern Aurora too.?


50. Reading the French Classics. Oh so different to the rather staid worlds of the Austen and Bronte brigade.?


51. A scalp massage at the hair dressers. Definitely the best part of a hair cut.?


52. Holidays. Even if you don't go away.?


53. Anticipation.


54. The wit of Oscar Wilde


55. African drumming


56. Reading the obituaries.?


57. Pinot noir. Five appellations of Syrah from the Upper Rhone. ?


58. Listening to old daggy 70s songs in the car.?


59. Friday night movie and pizza night.?


60. Doing the school run. I don't get to do it that often- it's special.


61. The wildlife I get to see on the school run now- goats, birds, often kangaroos.


62. That I live in a world where I can medicate my hayfever.


63. A quiet night in watching the ABC or SBS.?


64. That digital cameras make a photographer (of sorts) of all of us.?


65. Learning family history and the surprises it has brought so far. And the many, many new relatives. ?

66. Colours. Jacaranda blue. Yves Klein Blue. Purple and Yellow. Learning to appreciate red. ?


67. Seeing Sydney Harbour, it's a thrill every time still, even now.?


68. Rainbows, in the sky, or made by those prisms you hang in the window.


69. Movies made before I was born.


70. ?Wrapping presents (as long as they're easy shapes)


71. Dr Seuss. Still. I think he was a genius. ?


72. ?Watching a funny tv show.


73. Those movies that even though they're on tv all the time, if you see 3 minutes of it- you're sucked in to the end. A Few Good Men. You've Got Mail.?


74. Waynes' World. Possibly still my favourite movie ever. Will I ever grow up??


75. Ordinary household objects that have a special history. The pie dish that was my grandfathers. The trivet I bought in Paris. The red silicon spatula a friend sent me.?


76. Yum Cha. My record is 5 days in a row in Melbourne. A great time with friends, a mix of old favourites, and always something new.?


77. Japanese food. Agedashi tofu. Chawan mushi. Edamame. Sushi. Sashimi. Asahi. Aaaah.


78. Slide nights. I always liked them. Facebook albums are the modern non-daggy equivalent.?


79. Organising a surprise for someone.


80. Doing a jigsaw with my son.?



81. Having favourite charities that I donate to regularly. Knowing that two people somewhere get their cataracts done every month, and by that simple act they regain their sight using money I don't notice.?


82. Sponsoring a child. Knowing a child in Colombia is having a better life because of it.?


83. Listening to some of my favourite shows on Radio National.?


84. Curiosity.?


85. ?Stroking a cat. I miss that actually. Dogs are nice, but not the same.?



86. Sending and receiving postcards.


87. Attending writers festivals.

88. Opening the windows for the first time in spring, to air the house out properly.

89. The sun on my back.

90. That I live in a place and at a time where food, shelter and access to health care can be taken for granted.?

91. The smell of sheets and bedding line dried in the sun. ? ?

92. Taking the audio tour.

93. Laughing.?

94. Perfume.

95. Playing card games or board games with the family. ??

96. Hearing birdsong.?

97. Stopping at a lookout.?

98. The look on my dog's face as she asks you to throw the ball.

99. Learning that it's all in the story.?

100. Not knowing what will thrill me next. ??

There are some special moments that happen at my work, but I chose not to include them.?

I'm glad to finish this list. It's taken me too long really. I'm sure if I was to start it today, it would come out differently. And that's fine. ?I thought of it again recently after meeting someone who was in a very fragile way. Life's not all bad, we have a lot to be grateful for.?

What about you? Can you write a Love List to Life? I'd love to see your list too.

Source: http://astrongbeliefinwicker.blogspot.com/2012/10/love-list-to-life.html

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The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing at the inauguration of the 10th International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition - Petrotech-2012, in New Delhi on October 14, 2012. The Minister of State for Petroleum and Nat

The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing at the inauguration of the 10th International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition - Petrotech-2012, in New Delhi on October 14, 2012. The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Corporate Affairs, Shri R.P.N. Singh and the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri G.C. Chaturvedi are also seen.

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Jack Osbourne & Lisa Stelly?s Wedding Photo

Jack Osbourne was good enough to marry the woman he knocked-up immediately after meeting her because weddings mean cake, and who doesn?t like cake? The couple already shared their pregnancy and birth announcements with the UK?s Hello! Magazine who actually announced the birth for them. And the couple?s Hawaii wedding was also exclusively shot by the magazine for whom the couple will be on the new cover. Inside the issue: the Osbournes including Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack, his wife Lisa Stelly, and their five-month-old Pearl Clementine.

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Scientists discover that shape matters in DNA nanoparticle therapy

Saturday, October 13, 2012
This illustration depicts DNA molecules (light green), packaged into nanoparticles by using a polymer with two different segments. One segment (teal) carries a positive charge that binds it to the DNA, and the other (brown) forms a protective coating on the particle surface. By adjusting the solvent surrounding these molecules, the Johns Hopkins and Northwestern researchers were able to control the shape of the nanoparticles. The team?s animal tests showed that a nanoparticle?s shape could dramatically affect how effectively it delivers gene therapy to the cells. The cartoon images in the foreground, obtained though computational modeling, matched closely with the gray background images, which were collected through transmission electron microscopy. Credit: Credits: Wei Qu, Northwestern University, simulation cartoons; Xuan Jiang, Johns Hopkins University, microscopic images

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Northwestern universities have discovered how to control the shape of nanoparticles that move DNA through the body and have shown that the shapes of these carriers may make a big difference in how well they work in treating cancer and other diseases.

This study, to be published in the Oct. 12 online edition of the journal Advanced Materials, is also noteworthy because this gene therapy technique does not use a virus to carry DNA into cells. Some gene therapy efforts that rely on viruses have posed health risks.

"These nanoparticles could become a safer and more effective delivery vehicle for gene therapy, targeting genetic diseases, cancer and other illnesses that can be treated with gene medicine," said Hai-Quan Mao, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering.

Mao, co-corresponding author of the Advanced Materials article, has been developing nonviral nanoparticles for gene therapy for a decade. His approach involves compressing healthy snippets of DNA within protective polymer coatings. The particles are designed to deliver their genetic payload only after they have moved through the bloodstream and entered the target cells. Within the cells, the polymer degrades and releases DNA. Using this DNA as a template, the cells can produce functional proteins that combat disease.

A major advance in this work is that Mao and his colleagues reported that they were able to "tune" these particles in three shapes, resembling rods, worms and spheres, which mimic the shapes and sizes of viral particles. "We could observe these shapes in the lab, but we did not fully understand why they assumed these shapes and how to control the process well," Mao said. These questions were important because the DNA delivery system he envisions may require specific, uniform shapes.

To solve this problem, Mao sought help about three years ago from colleagues at Northwestern. While Mao works in a traditional wet lab, the Northwestern researchers are experts in conducting similar experiments with powerful computer models.

Erik Luijten, associate professor of materials science and engineering and of applied mathematics at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and co-corresponding author of the paper, led the computational analysis of the findings to determine why the nanoparticles formed into different shapes.

"Our computer simulations and theoretical model have provided a mechanistic understanding, identifying what is responsible for this shape change," Luijten said. "We now can predict precisely how to choose the nanoparticle components if one wants to obtain a certain shape."

The use of computer models allowed Luijten's team to mimic traditional lab experiments at a far faster pace. These molecular dynamic simulations were performed on Quest, Northwestern's high-performance computing system. The computations were so complex that some of them required 96 computer processors working simultaneously for one month.

In their paper, the researchers also wanted to show the importance of particle shapes in delivering gene therapy. Team members conducted animal tests, all using the same particle materials and the same DNA. The only difference was in the shape of the particles: rods, worms and spheres.

"The worm-shaped particles resulted in 1,600 times more gene expression in the liver cells than the other shapes," Mao said. "This means that producing nanoparticles in this particular shape could be the more efficient way to deliver gene therapy to these cells."

The particle shapes used in this research are formed by packaging the DNA with polymers and exposing them to various dilutions of an organic solvent. DNA's aversion to the solvent, with the help of the team's designed polymer, causes the nanoparticles to contract into a certain shape with a "shield" around the genetic material to protect it from being cleared by immune cells.

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Temple Theatre presents The 39 Steps October 18 - Triangle Arts ...

Home ? Events ? Temple Theatre presents The 39 Steps October 18 ? November 4, 2012

by: Tri AE

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Temple Theatre is thrilled to present Alfred Hitchcock?s?The 39?Steps! ?*Adaptation by Patrick Barlow.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have this intriguing, thrilling, riotous and unmissable comedy! The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London musical hall north by northwest to Scotland?s most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies? A cast of 4 plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinary entertaining adventure. This fast paced comedy thriller is great fun for ages 9 to 90!

The 39 Steps?is directed by Jerry Sipp, stage managed by Samantha Gass, Eileen Greenbaum-Mintz is the Set Designer, John Marty is the Lighting Designer, Steven Harrington is the Technical Director and Jonathan McKone is the?Master Electrician.

Tickets for The 39 Steps?are $23 for adults, $19 for active military/Lee County Educators/groups of 10+, and $13 for students.

Tickets are available by calling Temple Theatre?s Box Office at 919.774.4155,

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The 39 Steps?is sponsored by Pfizer

Showtimes:

Thursdays at 2pm and 7pm

Fridays at 8pm

Saturdays at 8pm

Sundays at 2pm

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For Biden and Ryan, debate becomes a laughing matter

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Wall Street posts worst week since June, banks weigh

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A public law school faces trial over liberal bias

In this undated photo released by the University of Iowa, law school writing center employee Teresa Wagner is seen. In a trial that begins Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, Wagner will claim that she was repeatedly passed over for jobs on the law school?s faculty because of her prior legal work opposing abortion rights. (AP Photo/Photo Courtesy of University of Iowa)

In this undated photo released by the University of Iowa, law school writing center employee Teresa Wagner is seen. In a trial that begins Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, Wagner will claim that she was repeatedly passed over for jobs on the law school?s faculty because of her prior legal work opposing abortion rights. (AP Photo/Photo Courtesy of University of Iowa)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? Praised by colleagues as smart, friendly and passionate about the law, Teresa Wagner was a leading candidate when two jobs came open to teach writing at the University of Iowa law school. An alumnus, she was already working part-time at its writing center and received positive reviews from students and a key committee.

But after she interviewed with the faculty in 2007, one job went to someone without teaching experience and the other wasn't filled. She was passed over for other jobs in the coming years. She now says she was blackballed because of her legal work against abortion rights and will take her complaint to a jury this week in a case that is being closely watched in higher education because of longstanding allegations of political bias at left-leaning law schools.

Conservatives have maintained for years that they are passed over for jobs and promotions at law schools because of their views, but formal challenges have been rare, in part because of the difficulty of proving discrimination. Wagner's case is considered the first of its kind.

"This will put a spotlight on a terrible injustice that is being perpetrated throughout American higher education," said Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, who says he routinely hears from rejected conservative professors. "What makes Teresa Wagner's case so extraordinary is she came up with the documentary evidence of what was really going on."

But some scholars worry that challenges like Wagner's could force law schools to begin openly considering the political views of job applicants, opening the way for more lawsuits and court interference in hiring.

At a federal trial that starts Monday in Davenport, Wagner will argue that the law school faculty blocked her appointment because she had opposed abortion rights, gay marriage and euthanasia while working as a lawyer for the Family Research Council and the National Right to Life Committee in Washington.

Wagner says the opposition to her was led by professor Randall Bezanson, a law clerk for Justice Harry Blackmun when he wrote the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in 1973 ? an opinion Wagner spent her earlier career opposing. She says 46 of 50 faculty members who considered her appointment were Democrats, while one was Republican. Wagner will offer as evidence an e-mail from a school official who backed her candidacy warning the dean that some opposed her "because they so despise her politics (and especially her activism about it)."

Wagner declined an interview request before trial, but told Fox News in April that liberals were protective of prestigious faculty appointments. "Republicans need not apply," she said.

Lawyers representing the law school will argue that Wagner was passed over after botching an answer during a 2007 job interview with the faculty, a claim her attorney calls a pretext.

A number of studies in recent years have examined party affiliation, ideology and donations to candidates and concluded that law professors are overwhelmingly left-leaning.

Many law schools recruit conservative scholars to join their faculty and top law schools pride themselves on having prominent representatives of different perspectives. Some law schools, especially those affiliated with the Catholic church and other religions, also lean strongly conservative. Still, many liberals concede they outnumber their colleagues on faculties around the country but say reasons such as career choices may explain the disparity, not discrimination in hiring.

Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said business conservatives with expertise in regulatory and antitrust law are well-represented on faculties. But he said he would be hard-pressed to name any professor at a non-religious school who opposed the Roe decision before winning tenure.

As a lawyer for conservative groups, Wagner wrote papers and books and filed court briefs on behalf of conservative social causes after graduating from law school in 1993.

She moved back to Iowa City with her husband and four children in 2006 to raise their family. She says she had the necessary experience for the law school openings because she had taught writing at George Mason law school in Virginia and an ethics class at Notre Dame. In 2002, she'd turned down a job offer from Ave Marie Law School, a conservative Catholic institution then located in Ann Arbor, Mich.

"I thought she was going to be dynamic in the classroom," said Ave Marie dean emeritus Bernard Dobranski. "She was very lively and vivacious."

But Wagner says an associate Iowa dean told her to conceal her connection to Ave Maria during the interview because it would be viewed negatively. Before professors voted on whether to recommend her hiring, she claims Bezanson spoke in opposition.

In a deposition, Bezanson said that he "picked up someone saying she was conservative" during discussions but denied that was the driving factor in his opposition. "However anybody voted, nobody is ever stupid enough to say anything about that in a faculty meeting," said Bezanson, an expert on free speech.

The law school says Wagner told them she would not teach legal analysis, which professors found unacceptable since it was in the job description.

Professor Michael Vitiello, of University of the Pacific law school in Sacramento, has argued that claims of liberal bias at law schools are overblown. He said Wagner's case posed intriguing questions about whether political views should be considered in hiring decisions.

"There is something very interesting, seeing conservatives suing on job discrimination claims because suddenly they are portraying themselves as victims," he said. "This case is filled with all sorts of ironies."

Olson, of the Cato Institute and author of a book on legal academia, said the jury's decision "could shake up lots of hiring practices. If they say state universities are under scrutiny to make sure they are not discriminating against viewpoints, then a lot of people can sue, a lot of cases are going to be pretty good and the universities are going to have someone looking over their shoulder."

Associated Press

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San Marco Assayed 8.0 g/t Gold, 42.6 g/t Silver, 0.83% Copper and ...

San Marco Resources Inc. (TSXV:SMN) reported additional assay results from underground sampling of old workings and provided updates on additional exploration activities at its Angeles property in Sonora, Mexico.

As quoted in the press release:

Assay results from the first level, 5.85 meters below the main adit are:

• Structure: 5.93 g/t gold; 59.2 g/t silver; 1.35% copper; 5.43% combined lead/zinc over 1 meter; ?Footwall: 5.03 g/t gold; 17.2 g/t silver; 0.33% copper; 0.73% combined lead/zinc over 1.7 meters.
• Structure: 4.93 g/t gold; 36.0 g/t silver; 1.17% copper; 2.06% combined lead/zinc over 1.4 meters;?Footwall: 1.47 g/t gold; 20.9 g/t silver; 0.44% copper and 1.03% combined lead/zinc over 1.4 meters;?Hangingwall: 3.4 g/t gold; 23.1 g/t silver; 0.16% copper and 0.53% combined lead/zinc. over 1 meter.
• Structure: 3.04 g/t gold; 42.6 g/t silver; 0.61% copper and 3.45% combined lead/zinc over 1 meter.

A second level approximately 11.2 meters below the main adit is mainly collapsed, however a small area where the main structure is exposed assayed:

• Structure: 8.0 g/t gold; 33.6 g/t silver; 0.83% copper and 1.77% combined lead/zinc over 1 meter. ?The footwall could not be sampled due to rubble.

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Politicians are people, too: the tragedies that shaped Biden and Ryan

Sometimes I suspect that at least 85 percent of our political gridlock is driven by a failure of empathy, a failure to imagine what it might be like to believe something else. And I mean that for everyone--citizen, candidate, pundit, and office-holder alike.

Like most people on the left, I spent the years 2000 to 2008 in a state of more or less constant indignation. I got mad when I looked at George W. Bush, when I heard George W. Bush, and when I thought about George W. Bush. The conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer coined a phrase to diagnose this liberal malady, Bush Derangement Syndrome, which he described as ?the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency--nay--the very existence of George W. Bush.?

My own personal Bush Derangement Syndrome, while chronic, turned out to be manageable, all things considered. Among my liberal friends, though, things got pretty gnarly. When Bush endorsed the surge in Iraq, I remember listening to a few of my friends dismiss the whole plan as doomed. The glee with which they voiced their alarming predictions disgusted me, because it meant they were tacitly wishing failure on our nation, and more death and pain to our soldiers and the Iraqi people, all because they couldn?t stand to see Bush succeed. I?d been to Iraq as an embedded journalist, and wrote a book about the Vietnam War, and thus had pondered the American responsibility to Iraq quite a bit. My personal view of the Iraq war was that it was a grievous error, but I nevertheless believed that pulling out of Iraq in 2007 would have served only to transform a stupidly, tragically bad call into an even bigger catastrophe.

What allowed me some measure of empathy and compassion for Bush was an apocryphal story widely shared among political journalists. The story went that members of the Bush clan were so stunned that feckless, temperamental George was on the verge of capturing the highest office in the land that they?d barely been able to contain their bafflement when he showed up with his hand on a Bible at an inauguration. The presidency was an office the Bush clan had long assumed the more reasonable and even-keeled Jeb was born to inhabit--and who knows? Maybe he was. George W., intimately familiar with his family?s regard for him, is said to have used this tacit, gentle disdain as one of his chief wellsprings of motivation in the second half of his life. Among other things, this would go some way toward explaining Bush?s decision to finish what his father left unfinished--namely, the continued existence of Saddam Hussein?s odious regime.

Now, I have no idea how true any of this is, but there?s considerable anecdotal evidence to back it up, some of which can be found in Jacob Weisberg?s excellent book, ?The Bush Tragedy.? Viewing Bush as a man humanly trapped in a complicated web of family tension and expectation, as someone who spent much of his 20s and 30s prodigiously screwing up, only to assume the most powerful position on the planet ... well, I?ll tell you what: with such a rich lode of psychological material, Shakespeare would have gone to town.

This stuff never made me like or admire Bush, but it certainly--and usefully--kept me from hating him. There is nothing so poisonous to the tree of antipathy than an honest effort to imagine the how and why of another human being. Except for Dick Cheney, since I fail to see how understanding the mindset of the alien Skrull race who carved him from space rocks and rocketed him to planet Earth would in any way enrich my understanding of the former vice president.

We have a new syndrome now, of course, Obama Derangement Syndrome, though, curiously, Dr. Krauthammer has yet to formally diagnose it. I will go out on a limb and say that Bush Derangement Syndrome is to Obama Derangement Syndrome what a sore throat is to the Ebola virus. Judging from their Facebook posts, I have otherwise intelligent, rational family members who appear to believe that Barack Obama dropped out of Satan?s womb at an all night abortion party. And judging from last week?s conservative effort to remind America that it elected a black president, it would appear that there?s literally nothing certain citizens among us will forgive President Obama, not even using a so-called black accent when speaking to a predominantly black audience. (To my conservative pals: That people change or modulate their speaking style depending on the audience and occasion is something you learn in Toastmasters 101, as it?s one of the oldest rhetorical tricks in the book. ?To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.? That?s Paul of Tarsus, a man I suspect most conservatives think was an OK dude.)

Believe me, all sorts of things irritate me about President Obama, especially after his snoretastic debate performance last week, but when I imagine him as a young stoner in Hawaii, pining for a father he didn?t know--a father, no less, who appears to have been a notably crummy human being--struggling with his racial identity, struggling with his ambition, struggling with the weirdness that is growing up Hawaiian, struggling his entire sense of self, I see that his careful adulthood modulations and infuriatingly cool temper are the arc of something recognizable and even something grand: the first black American doing his best to survive within the incomparably severe pressure cooker of the modern presidency. Even if you don?t agree with his policies or politics, looking at President Obama as a hateful creature fished from the ponds of a global Islamist-Marxist conspiracy probably suggests more about your basic goodness and humanity than his.

In light of that, I?ll tell you what I?ll be thinking about on the day of our vice-presidential debate: the tragic and cruelly shaping backdrop looming behind both candidates.

One day, a 16-year-old Paul Ryan walked upstairs in his Janesville, Wis., bedroom to tell his father he was late for work. But Ryan?s still-young father was dead of a heart attack. Looking at Congressman Ryan, I?ve often thought about the dreadful moments that followed his 911 call. Did he sit at his father?s bedside? Did he pray? Did he run outside and weep? In thinking about that, I feel closer to him, and less willing to dislike him, and I actually get a little amazed by how clearly I imagine I can trace that heartbroken teenage boy to the fiercely assured and rugged-individualist Midwestern conservative he became.

As for Vice President Joe Biden, in 1972 he suffered what I think we would all accept as one of the most nightmarish turns of fate imaginable. His wife and daughter were killed in a car crash in Delaware only weeks after he was elected to the Senate. And from here, too, I imagine I can trace the growth of Biden?s strange fusion of goofball serious-mindedness, his tendencies toward grandiosity (and carelessness), his apparently sincere concern for the down and out, the lost, and the broken.

It may or may not be true that people are stronger at the broken places, but the broken places are absolutely where people are most compelling. This is true for your accountant, your spouse, your children, and your presidential candidates.

I?m almost 40 years old, and one life truism I?ve discovered is that it?s virtually impossible to hate someone you bother to get to know well. Our national discourse would be far better off if we made an honest effort to think of our politicians as men and women with verifiable histories and complicated humanness rather than as phantasms of ideologies we hate. Doing so might also make us more willing to see the best in one another, which would be nice, seeing that habitually assuming the worst in others remains a fine way to ruin what?s best in oneself.

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Check Out That Household Boarder | FamilyTree.com

Often overlooked while researching the U. S. Census or State Census records is the fact that other people, not related can lived in a family home. It was very common practice for a family to take in boarders, an individual who rented a room in the house on a weekly or monthly basis. Besides the lodging many times a meal or two were also part of the rent. It was a excellent method to help bring in additional income for the household. Some houses were already too full when there were many children plus grandparents living with the family. However, once some of the sons or daughters moved out there could be a spare room to rent out. These boarders many times became very friendly with the host family. Here is where you need to take a closer look.

As you examine a census, note all the people in the household. Most of the time, the census taker did note that a person was a boarder, but it has been found that the boarder was also a relative of someone in the home. They might be a brother-in-law, a uncle or cousin and that was not noted on the census.

What becomes fascinating are future relationships. For example, a young single man, age 25 was renting a room in a family's house. He was not a relative, but from being around with the family had the opportunity to meet a niece of the head of household when she visited the family. They eventually married and now that young man becomes a member of that family. This situation happened countless times.

A real life example was the John O. Turner family of Wilson, Arkansas in 1900. John and his wife, Lucy had their five children, plus an aunt and a brother-in-law in the household. The aunt and brother-in-law had different surnames. Add to the house were two boarders. There was Dr. Elton L. Wilson and William Johnson who was a day laborer, both single. John and Lucy Turner were close in age to the two boarders and could have other female relatives they could have introduced to either of the boarders. So sometimes it can be of benefit to follow after a certain census date to the next ten years later and see where a certain boarder was living and if they were married and to whom.

It is amazing how many times such events happened. My own great grandfather met his future wife, my great grandmother because he worked for her father (Capt. Groff) at his business and stayed at the family's large house as a boarder because he was from another part of the state.

Never overlook anyone in a household on the census, they just might be an ancestor.

Above: The Groff home in 1900.

Source: http://www.familytree.com/blog/check-out-that-household-boarder/

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How to Publish to Kindle... Within 24 Hours! | John Lagoudakis ...

How to Publish to Kindle? Within 24 Hours!

October 11, 2012

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Local library wants to provide more for hsers?what would you ask ...

• Wednesday, October 10, 2012
• Classic Literature

Funny you should post this. Our library just had a forum for homeschoolers to show what they do offer and asked what we wanted. Our library informed us that every service they offer to school teachers are available to us as well. So, we get double checkout period that teachers? get. They offer teacher requests for classroom use ? books on a particular unit ? we give them a week?s notice and they pull age appropriate materials for us to check out. They will be sponsoring book clubs during daytime hours for homeschoolers as well as a curriculum night for parents and a homeschoolers? showcase where students can display their work, whether it be science experiments or history displays or something. We are working on them getting homeschooling reference books to put in a special collection. They are also looking at reclassifying the Great Courses DVDs as books so that they have a longer loan period (currently only a week.) Our big dream is a homeschooling center similar to the Homeschool Resource Center in the Johnsburg IL Library. We are looking to get a committee together to help make plans and we will seek a grant to make this happen. I could not believe how receptive our librarians are to this.

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Source: http://www.earic.com/history/classic-literature/local-library-wants-to-provide-more-for-hsers-what-would-you-ask-for-home.html

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DOMSAI Terrarium Office Plants to Green Your Work Space

Entry #1712, October 11, 2012

Are you tired of looking bundles of papers, computers and other office essentials? Want to experience even a little piece of nature outside inside your office? Well, you might just want to add a Domsai terrarium office plant on top of your table. This decorative piece of cactus dome will definitely change the view of your office on the spot, and green your area at the same time.

Green your workspace with DOMSAI terrariums

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This teeny weeny decorative cactus container is designed to hold and grow cactus beautifully in a blown glass dome. It comes in white and gold colors. For those who want it in white, the dimension is 14 X 14 X 28h cm. The Domsai gold is a bit larger than the white that has a dimension of 20 X 20 X 35h cm. The Domsai comes in different designs like bulb like dome, curve, pointed tip, random sphere and tube-like structure.

Here are some great features of Domsai terrariums for your office enhancement:

Simple and Elegant

The design of Domsai is very suitable for any type of office theme. Color white and gold give an impression of serenity, productivity and calmness. You can select from wide varieties of innovative styles available for your office that fits your character. Domsai also has different varieties of cactus you desired.

Being Green

Having a plant in your office can really make a difference. It makes you feel the refreshing look of the cactus and have a feel of the environment even in your office. With cactus, you can be sure that it demands less water and maintenance. But being less in maintenance doesn?t mean less in appearance. In fact, cactus has a unique and gorgeous look that you will certainly appreciate.

Whimsical terrariums to green your office desk

Mobile

Your office arrangement is not a permanent thing. Hence, the Domsai fits this scenario. With its dimension, you can move it easily from one area to another ? quick and simple. You can also be certain that wherever you choose to place the Domsai, it will make your home office environment more enjoyable!

Get hold of this cute and fancy Domsai in your office and you will get more than what you paid for.

For more office ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

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Source: http://stagetecture.com/2012/10/domsai-terrarium-office-plants-to-green-your-work-space/

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