Oops! Wrong pic. It was Steve Jobs.
Coffee Break #65
Very sad....money isn't everything...
Certainly isn't.
OH GEEZ
trying to get back his alimony?
Someone just tweeted, 'NYC getting back to normal. Just saw some woman steal a cab away from a blind guy.'
Nice.
Cannot believe that frivolous lawsuit! Husband should be jailed!
I agree, RD
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/28/first-grader-faces-in-school-suspension-for-growing-hair-long-to-donate-to/
"Gareth's earring is a small diamond, which he has worn for five years with no problems"
Ummmmmm.....he's in 1st grade means he's had an earring since he was 1.....What the heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having coffee and it taste wonderful!! The sound of generators are the only sound I hear this morning, very few birds have dared to venture out as of yet.
Oooo the birds were mad at me yesterday didn't get the birdfeeders back up fast enough
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It was great to not hear wind this morning. Even when I went to bed last night (around midnight) I could hear its roar. 61° & sunny.
Did you hear that the MLK memorial was made in China?!! Carved there, out of Chinese granite. Is there no end to this?!!
REALLY? Unbelievable!
Info from Wikpdeia......so much for creating jos here in the US, too Phooey!!!!!!!!!!!
Sculptor and stone choice
Sculptor Lei Yixin's signatureIt was announced in January 2007 that Lei Yixin, an artist from the People's Republic of China, would sculpt the centerpiece of the memorial, including the statue of King and the "Stone of Hope". The commission was criticized by human rights activist Harry Wu on the grounds that Lei had sculpted Mao Zedong. It also stirred accusations that it was based on financial considerations, because the Chinese government would make a $25 million donation to help meet the projected shortfall in donations. The president of the memorial's foundation, Harry E. Johnson, who first met Lei in a sculpting workshop in Saint Paul, Minnesota, stated that the final selection was done by a mostly African American design team and was based solely on artistic ability.
Gilbert Young, an African American artist known for a work of art entitled He Ain't Heavy, led a protest against the decision to hire Lei by launching the website King Is Ours, which demanded that an African American artist be used for the monument.Human-rights activist and arts advocate Ann Lau and American stone-carver Clint Button joined Young and national talk-show host Joe Madison in advancing the protest when the use of Chinese granite was discovered. Lau decried the human rights record of the Chinese government and asserted that the granite would be mined by workers forced to toil in unsafe and unfair conditions. Button argued that the $10 million in federal money that has been authorized for the King project required it to be subject to an open bidding process.
The memorial's design team visited China in October 2006 to inspect potential granite to be used.The project's foundation has argued that the quality of the Chinese granite exceeds that which can be found in the United States.
Young's King Is Ours petition demanded that an African American artist and American granite be used for the national monument, arguing the importance of such selections as a part of the memorial's legacy. The petition received support from American granite workers and from the California State Conference of the NAACP.
In May 2008, the CFA, one of the agencies which had to approve all elements of the memorial, raised concerns about "the colossal scale and Social Realist style of the proposed sculpture," noting that it "recalls a genre of political sculpture that has recently been pulled down in other countries." The commission did, however, approve the final design in September 2008.
In September 2010, the foundation gave written promises that it would use local stonemasons to assemble the memorial. However, when construction began in October, it appeared that only Chinese laborers would be used. The Washington area local of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers union investigated and determined that the workers were not being paid on a regular basis, with all of their pay being withheld until they return to China.
And we may now have to abandon the space station after the Russian rocket blew up. Can we do ANYTHING anymore?!! What a stupid decision to rely on the Russians.
Started a new thread, please join me.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1217089/
After only 59 replies????? Are you on 300 baud, Celeste?!! ^_^
WOW....What was I thinking? I plead head spining from Irene!!!!! LOL
I needed a break from flooding and trees down today... took photos
http://youtu.be/D6jOkojhz6Q
NICE! The next to the last shot looks like he's giving the evil eye! LOL
it was!!!
Thanks for posting that video, Allison......cheered me right up! My 3 grandkids are starting school today.....pre-k, k, and 1st......my DIL must be smiling!
We had our 1st service call today at the medical examiner's office....gotta keep those bodies frozen!!!!!
oh lord
Good grief!
betcha guys never thought of who takes care of that sort of thing, didya?
Dry ice!!!
Today is National Lazy Mom’s Day ...I'm going to try my hardest to celebrate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I didn't feel like cooking today, but God had other plans....my DIL's father was admitted to the hospital today, & is not doing well.....and my son was laid off from his job as a landscape architect.....3 little ones, & my DIL doesn't work.....so I cooked up a batch of comfort food to bring up to the farm....I think they can use it, plus prayers.....my son is Garret, his FIL is Carl.....
Prayers for the family
Same here.
Someone tweeted today, 'Breaking news - Labor Day Officially Moved to China.'
Prayers being said. They could use some comfort food.
Sorry to hear that Robin, prayers being said for your family.
Hoping for the best for all.
Such a shame, Marilyn. I'll pray for them and hope for the best. I'm sure they appreciated the comfort food.
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