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Friday Family Photo--The wedding

This handsome young couple, Edna and Jesse Weybright, were married

December 25, 1911. Jesse was the 2nd cousin of my mother and her

siblings--which means they had the same great grandfather, who came to

Ohio from Pennsylvania around 1803. So the groom is my 2nd cousin once

removed. He was about 21 years old here, and my mother hadn't been

born yet. We didn't know any of these people because our branch stayed

in Ohio (near Dayton) until about 1894 (some longer), then on to

Illinois, and this group moved on to Colorado and the family has been

there over 100 years.

Isn't that just the most wonderful hat you ever saw?

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I just want to make sure everyone read THIS article in the Washington

Post, it freaked me out this morning.

Two hours before the dawn call to prayer, in a village still

shrouded in silence, Sabah Kerbul's executioners arrived. His

father carried an AK-47 assault rifle, as did his brother. And with

barely a word spoken, they led the man accused by the village of

working as an informer for the Americans behind a house girded with

fig trees, vineyards and orange groves.

shitshitshit. and then you go talk to the US Army guys and they tell

you they are fully "plugged in"and know exactly what is going on,

Habibi people who keep you "informed" are being executed by their

families. what surreal movie this country has become.

I am just a bit freaked out because the people I work with are making

me spend the night over in Tikrit, I only hope no one sees me coming

into town with the infidel americans again.

you know something has gone really wrong in your country when ou start

benefits of large family i

The Benefits of a Large Family--I

The next few days (maybe even weeks) are going to be dedicated to

expounding on the benefits of a large family. So often, we are

bombarded with the "disadvantages" of having children, but no one

talks much about all of the incredible benefits! It's high time we

place the value of children in its proper place. Feel free to leave

your comment about your favorite benefit of having a large family, or

just benefits to having children in general. Of course most of these

benefits are based on the assumption that the children are raised in a

Christian home, and trained properly according to God's standard of

child-rearing.

Todays benefit is:

A large family supports the common adage that "many hands make light

work". It is so true! Every time someone gasps at all my children and

says, "I don't know how you do it! I can barely handle my two!" I

assume they don't have a clear picture of what a large family can look

like.

I have done less house work in the last few years than ever in my

life. And the work I do is less boring because I have so much little

help! Now, unless you are about to scoff at my "slave-driving", let me

clarify. Work is GOOD for children. In our entertainment-centered

culture, that theory is becoming less popular, and parents are often

accused of heaping unfair amounts of work on their poor, deprived

children. I'm not denying that somewhere, some family requires too

much of small children, but most of the time that is not the case.

In most families, the work and play and fun is healthily balanced and

the children learn proper responsibility, while sharing the work load

and developing a strong bond of unity between the members. Any time

people are a part of a team, having a common purpose with a common

goal, those people develop of sense of closeness that is unmatched by

any other. Working together as a family accomplishes that level of

unity.

A child as young as 1 or 2 can begin to pick up things off the floor,

and straighten their rooms under the direction of an older child. If

all the chores of a household are divided between mom and three or

four or five children, nobody has to do a lot of work. My five

year-old can completely clean the kitchen by herself, from the

loading/unloading of the dish washer, hand washing, drying, putting

away, sweeping the floor and wiping down the cabinets. What's even

better...she LOVES it! She begs to do it! AH YES, the joys of

children!!!

futurama fun for whole family except

Futurama - Fun for the whole family. Except Grandma and Grandpa.

futurama

A dedicated fan has framegrabs of four seasons' worth of Futurama

title cards.

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Working to prep a class later in the semester, I came across a letter

written in 1615 by Galileo to the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, in which

he defends his ideas and complains about those who accuse him of

heresy. His arguments are striking in light of recent debates about

teaching creationism alongside evolution in the schools:

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed

us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego

their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can

attain by them. He would not require us to deny sense and reason in

physical matters which are set before our eyes and minds by direct

experience or necessary demonstrations. This must be especially

true in those sciences of which but the faintest trace is to be

found in the Bible.

People who are unable to understand perfectly both the Bible and

science far outnumber those who do understand them. The former,

glancing superficially through the Bible, would arrogate to

themselves the authority to decree upon every question of physics

on the strength of some word which they have misunderstood, and

which was employed by the sacred authors for some different

purpose. And the smaller number of understanding men could not dam

up the furious torrent of such people, who would gain the majority

of followers simply because it is much more pleasant to gain a

reputation for wisdom without effort or study than to consume

oneself tirelessly in the most laborious disciplines.

(Full text may be found here.)

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Cat furniture

Published by Pilgrim/Heretic.

I have lots of pissy and spiteful and furious things to say about how

our government is mishandling the crisis in New Orleans, but if I keep

thinking about that, my head will explode.

So in the interest of levity, I bring you instead a little bit of

weekend cat-blogging. We took advantage of a Pier One sale last

weekend to spruce up the dining room; OneCat and TwoCat of course

assumed that new furniture must be intended to showcase not plants or

vases but their own beautiful selves.

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friends and familythe choice is really

Friends and Family...The Choice Is Really Up To You

One of the main reasons that I chose to study the field of Sociology

was because I have an insane, maybe manic, interest in the dynamics of

friendships, family, social connections and social disconnections. I

am passionate about learning the in's and out's of a person's personal

experience especially how society was involved - i.e. peers, family

background, living conditions, where they grew up..and other social

factors.

One of the main things that I find with my clients is that they may

have a hard time with interpersonal relationships (social

connections). Not that they are some "social" you-know-whats but

sometime outlining boundaries and sticking to them is a very difficult

task.

As you well know, when we all grow up and get older our goals and our

boundaries change. When we were younger it may have been that we were

friends with someone because they were a good time, fun to party with

and didn't steal your boyfriend. But as you get older you maybe

looking for different qualities in a friend...trust, support, respect,

a rock you can lean on..not a fair-weather friend etc. Sometimes

cleaning out your "friend" closet while it might sound harsh might be

a necessity. If someone is dragging you down, being a negative

influence in your life or is just plain sucking your will to live...it

might be time to re-evaluate your boundaries and demand to be treated

as you treat others.....that maybe the same for family too. Just

because blood is involved does not mean you need to be talked down to

or treated like a moron.

Can you communicate this with the important people in your life and

let them know that you are an important and special person and no

longer want to be treated like a rug?

Good question, take some time to think about who and what are really

city of oakland to pay 35 million to

City of Oakland to Pay $3.5 Million To Family of Accidentally Shot Officer -

Sad Story - Oakland Trib

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City to pay millions to slain cop's family

FROM STAFF REPORTS - OAKLAND TRIBUNE

OAKLAND -- The city of Oakland is expected to pay $3.5 million to

settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of an undercover

Oakland police officer shot to death by two fellow officers who

mistook him for a criminal, officials said Friday.

The settlement, which must be approved by U.S. District Judge Maxine

Chesney, would putan end to a case that was another blow to a

department already reeling from the Riders police misconduct scandal.

The approval of the Oakland City Council is not required.

A spokeswoman for Oakland City Attorney John Russo said the city's

insurance carrier will cover the cost of the settlement, not taxpayer

funds.

On Jan. 11, 2001, undercover Officer William Wilkins, 29, was

arresting a car theft suspect at gunpoint near 90th Avenue and B

Street in East Oakland after spending most of the evening working for

the Alameda County Drug Task Force.

At about 11:15 p.m., Officers Andrew Koponen and Tim Scarrott arrived

on the scene and opened fire after ordering Wilkins to drop his

weapon. According to court records, they thought Wilkins, who did not

identify himself as an officer, was going to shoot the other man.

Wilkins was hit nine times, and died in surgery.

A longtime friend of Wilkins, Officer Torrey Nash, arrived on the

scene just before shots were fired by Koponen and Scarrott.

In a deposition, Nash recalled saying "Hey, it's Willie" from about 30

yards away, but acknowledged he probably wasn't speaking loudly enough

for Koponen and Scarrott to hear him.

In an e-mail to several news media organizations, Koponen said he is

relieved the case has been settled and is looking forward to moving on

with his life. Both Koponen and Scarrott still work for the Oakland

Police Department.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Wilkins' widow, Kely, his now

6-year-old son and his parents, accused the department of not

adequately training uniformed officers on patrol to recognize

undercover officers.

As a result of the shooting, all police officers now receive

additional training, officials said.

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