Akehurst are a Semi Pro Band - Playing . They have 4 members which consists of Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums
Ladies play a vital role in the family AND the church. This ministry exists to strengthen, encourage, and help meet the needs of our ladies. We meet once or twice a month to fellowship and take on efforts to help people within our community and our church. Come meet with us and experience the LIFE that only comes from Christ.
Federal regulators are investigating a crash involving a self-driving shuttle and a truck in Las Vegas, reports Reuters. Although it wasn’t a major crash, the incident made headlines because it occurred …read...	
After months of average, uninteresting commuting, the Bolt EV has seen a flurry of activity since our last update. Since our last update, the Bolt has done another road trip to …read...	
I may be a little scarce around the blogosphere for the next few days. My mom is in town visiting and I'm trying to soak up all the quality time I can without being glued to my phone/laptop/iPad.
She got here Wednesday evening, and so far we've mainly shopped....no big surprise there. She's actually staying longer than originally planned, so it's nice to not have to try and cram everything we want to do into just a couple of days. Arsen is going to be traveling for work next week and will be leaving on Sunday, so she's going to stay to keep me company/protect me from strangers while he's gone. He'll be back Tuesday night, just in time to celebrate the 4th. Hopefully we can find something fun to do around Frisco since we can't leave town....working a big kid job is not cool! How are you supposed to celebrate your freedom if you have to be at work at 8 am the next day?
So I'll be back with actual posts early next week most likely. Until then I'll leave you with the cutest thing ever that we saw at PetCo today. These little birdies must be in love...it seriously looked like they were kissing the whole time we sat there and watched them. So adorable!
A few days ago I asked Arsen if I could go shopping and buy some things for the house. This was via text message, and his response was "20 Bucks". I text back, "Heh?". As in, "Are you kidding?". He wasn't. Fun hater.
So, I was forced to get creative. I went to TJ Maxx, but couldn't find anything there really. I thought about heading over to Ross, but I was getting a bit discouraged. I was walking to my car to go home, but then I noticed that the dollar store was right next door to TJ Maxx. So I thought, why not?
I went in and started looking around and immediately found these fun, colorful baskets. I've been needing baskets for a few things around the house, but when I go to buy them I can't make myself do it. You can't really find decent baskets for less than $10 or so, and that adds up quick. So these were perfect. I picked up five.
As soon as I got home I thought of the perfect spot for one of them. Under our kitchen sink we have a gazillion cleaning products, and they're always a big jumbled mess. So I put one to use.
Much better! I've got plans to use some of the others to organize my craft stuff upstairs. But I feel like that's going to turn into a much bigger project, so I'm putting it off just a bit.
I got a bag of candy as well, but didn't really feel the need to take a pic. If I'm being honest, I ripped into the bag the minute I walked in and didn't even think about it until it was too late.....
But for all of the things I got my grand total was a whopping $10.83. Are you kidding me???? If I would have bought all of these things at Target or WalMart, I'd have spent, what, like 30 or 40 bucks? WHY do I not shop here more often?
So the moral of the story is my husband being greedy (smart, whatever) with our money turned into a super successful shopping trip and a lesson in shopping smarter. So thanks Arsen, ya did good.
If I'm going to have a drink, it better be a yummy one. I'm not a fan of anything where I can taste the alcohol. Don't really care for beer, I'm okay with wine but not a big wine drinker, and liquor? Not so much.
So when I find a yummy drink, I get super excited. I'm one of those girls who is indecisive when it comes to ordering a drink. I always end up asking whoever I'm with what they're having and usually trying that. And that's exactly how I discovered this little gem. My lovely friend Sarah informed me that they are the most delicious drink around, and she was right. If you've never tried one and you like sweet drinks, give it a shot! Here's what you'll need:
This weekend my dad finally decided to grace us with his presence. Even though he lives just a little over two hours away, we usually only see him once every couple of months. So I was so very happy that he decided to come stay for Father's Day.
Saturday we had a big Armenian feast at the house. Arsen's parents came over and prepared everything, and it was amazing as always. We invited a few friends over to join us and everyone was thoroughly impressed with the food.
We had a great time with a whole lot of drinks, food and laughter. After probably two hours of sitting and eating and toast after toast after toast, the guys decided a game of poker was in order. I'm not much of a game player, and I'm definitely not much of a gambler, so I left them to it.
My friend Amelia and I decided an evening of watching HGTV's House Hunters (and catching up on blogs for me) sounded much more exciting. This is what my evening looked like:
Addie has been pretty mopey for the last couple of days...I think it's because she hasn't been getting 100% of my attention since I've been cleaning house and hosting people. She wouldn't even sit on the couch beside me for most of the night. So this is what her evening looked like:
All in all it was a fun evening, and I'm glad my dad was here to share it. Sunday morning we got up and had lunch at Babe's here in Frisco. It was our first time there, and ohmygoodness was it good. They serve everything family style (mashed potatoes, cream gravy, green beans, corn) and then you choose a meat. I had chicken fried steak, which is pretty much my favorite meal in the world, and it did not disappoint. So yummy!
After lunch dad headed back home, and I think Addie and I were both a bit sad. We walked him out to his truck, and as he drove off Addie watched him until he turned the corner. Then she just stood there staring straight ahead for awhile. Then she slowly lowered herself onto the sidewalk and put her face on her front paws with the saddest look on her face. Break my heart why don't ya!
I'm so glad my dad came to visit, and wish we could see each other more. Maybe when I have those grand-babies he's been wanting he'll start coming around more ;)
It's true, I'm getting old. And I'm actually starting to embrace it, because really, what choice do I have? I may only be 27, but the differences that I'm discovering from Celeste at 22 and Celeste at 27 are astounding. I'll give you a few examples.
Last night I met up with several girls from my last job (who I miss terribly). We went to Mi Cocina for dinner and drinks, caught up on life, and had a wonderful time. I had one glass of sangria with my quesadillas. It was a large glass, but it was ONE glass. I got home around 8:15 and started a load of laundry....and went to bed. At like 8:30. Because that one glass of sangria made me so unbelievably sleepy (and a bit tipsy) that I just couldn't take it. If I had one glass of sangria when I were in my early twenties....well, I would have had more than one glass, but still. I wouldn't have been sleeping thirty minutes later, I'll put it that way.
Also, everything physically is much more difficult. If I take a quick jog after work, it's never really a jog. It's a walk for 90% of the time and then I try not to pass out as I jog the other 10%. And if I do a semi-difficult work out, I basically can't move the next day from the soreness. This last Christmas my cousin's little girl was making some of us "do tricks" for her, and when it was my turn I decided to do a herkie (a cheer-leading jump) and really blow her socks off. I pulled it off, and she was definitely impressed, but I paid a price. A bruised ego and sore thighs for days.
I remember my mom showing me how to do a cartwheel when I was around three or four. She took me out in the backyard and did one, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Now I realize how incredibly painful that must have been for her. I admire her even more.
Another unfortunate side effect of aging? Hangovers. I'm not a big drinker these days (although I feel like I talk about it a lot on here), but if I happen to go out with friends, stay out late and have a few drinks....oh. my. goodness. The horrible, pounding headache, the constant nausea, the complete lack of motivation to do anything other than lay in a dark room. So not worth it. My college-self would be so incredibly disappointed and ashamed.
And let's talk about pop culture for a moment. First of all, I don't know who ANYONE is when I watch E News these days. Where are all these people coming from? But when I'm watching TV and I see a risque commercial for a movie or television show I find myself thinking "What if a young child were watching this? How will I ever let my kids watch TV???" And the fact that they are allowing for so much cursing and sex scenes on mainstream channels...it blows my mind! I remember my parents making remarks about things like that when I was younger and thinking they were so old and lame...and here I am. Same with music. I love pretty much all music, and when it comes to hip-hop or whatever it may be, I'm in it for the music, not the lyrics. But when I start listening to what is actually being said, I am shocked! Where do they even come up with this stuff? Craziness.
So, there you have it. I am officially on the way to becoming an old lady. Occasionally it causes a bit of an identity crisis, but for the most part I'm dealing with it. I guess it happens to the best of us...
We got to spend a few hours on Friday afternoon with my dad, just chatting and looking at old photos. There were some hilarious ones of of my cousins as children (I'm much younger than all of my cousins on Dad's side, so by the time I was around they were all grown), my parents with bad 80s hair and clothing, and my grandparents hanging out at the dance hall my dad used to own before I came around and ruined all the fun ;) I wish I would have taken some of them so I could share the hilarity with you.
I also took a few photos of his baby horses while we were there. My great picture taking expedition was hindered by an unreal amount of disgusting grasshoppers. I hate all bugs, but anything that jumps is at the top of my list. Crickets make me want to cry, and grasshoppers are almost as bad. They were sticking to our car, jumping everywhere, and there were just so many of them. I made Arsen take Addie and I took off running and screaming into the house when we got there so they wouldn't touch me. So needless to say, I took the photos that I did get from a safe distance on his porch.
We then went to my moms for the evening. She's recovering from her gallbladder surgery, so we really just sat around and talked for the most part. Her medicine made her a little drowsy, so we called it an early night. Nothing too exciting, but I'm so glad I got to see her!
Saturday morning we got up bright and early to head for Tulsa. We met up with my friends Nick and Alicia, who just had a baby on St. Patrick's Day and are now living in Indiana. Alicia and I were roommates our freshman year at UCO, and Nick lived on our hall, which is how they met. That year there were four of us girls (Alicia and I and our friends Amanda and Andrea) that were pretty much inseparable. We all met our first day at UCO, and I think coming to school as a freshman not knowing anyone you naturally form a close bond with those around you. I moved to California about two years later, so I unfortunately drifted away from them a bit. I still keep in touch with Alicia pretty frequently, but I hadn't seen any of them in about three years. It was so much fun to catch up and reminisce about our time in college together, and to meet precious little Lizzy! Miss those girls.
Saturday night was spent with my best friend Rachel and her sister Lyndsey. We had a yummy sushi dinner and then went to a nearby bar to have a few drinks. It's hilarious how well Arsen gets along with these girls that I've known almost my entire life...you would think he's known them just as long. In all honesty all they do is make fun of each other, but that's how Arsen shows his affection. But not to me, because I start taking it seriously and then it's not so fun ;)
After our four hour drive home on Sunday we were ready to relax. So that's exactly what we did. Picked up some In N Out, watched TV, and went to bed before 10 pm. For an old married couple that's just about the perfect evening.
Now we're preparing for my dad to come visit this weekend for Father's Day. He never comes to Texas, even though he's only 2 hours away, so I'm super excited! We're planning a cook out and Arsen's parents will probably be joining us, so it should be a pretty good time. I foresee lots of vodka shots and toasts to our future babies in our near future...
Ten up-and-coming designers have one more reason to be happy: The German Design Council has selected them for the YDMI Days 2011 in Hong Kong. The young professionals can look forward to a diverse program and the unique opportunity to present themselves and their work to a wide international audience at one of the most important brand and design events in Asia.
Well into the 20th century, inductive reasoning and the concomitant problem of its justification concerned what is now known as universal inference—inference from instances (a is black and a raven, b is black and a raven . . .) to a universal generalization (all ravens are black). A slightly weaker form concluded from the same premises just that the next raven to be observed would be black. Since then, however, the forms of inductive reasoning have burgeoned and ramified, so much as to outrun useful categorization. Some thinkers go so far as to count all synthetic reasoning as inductive. Many, indeed most (but with important exceptions), contemporary accounts of induction are probabilistic; they seek canons of reasoning to augment the laws of probability. Among philosophers the most widely favored accounts of induction today are varieties of Bayesianism, which takes its name and its inspiration from Sir Thomas Bayes’s 1764 paper (Bayes 1958, cited under Origins and Foundations of Bayesianism); a nice exegesis of this paper is given in the opening chapter of Earman 1992 (cited under Recent Bayesian Developments). Bayesianism takes probability to be strength of belief, suitably constrained, and this invites coupling induction with theories of decision and action. Induction has also traditionally been called to support if not to verify scientific laws, sometimes by straightforward universal inference, in other cases—the reasoning of the great physicists of the classical period is perhaps the most famous example—in more intricate systems of equations.
Textbooks abound for courses in induction and the philosophy of science. Skyrms 2000 and Hacking 2001 are accessible to the general reader. The former includes also an introduction to deductive logic, while the latter includes many historical and applied examples, both scientific and mundane. These books complement each other nicely. The encyclopedia articles—Fitelson 2006, Huber 2007, and Vickers 2011—present a good survey of the current state of the discipline. Salmon 1998 is a collection of articles, not a few of which are original and significant contributions, and others of which are expositions of difficult material.
A thorough survey of its topic, with quite general application to inductive reasoning. Parts may be a bit technical for the logically naive reader.
A serious and lucid introduction, as rigorous as it is accessible. Includes also an elementary exposition of the principal theories of probability.
A thorough account of its compound topic. Parts may be a bit technical for the novice, but the distinct sections are self-contained.
A collection of related papers, most of which treat some facet or form of inductive reasoning. The questions discussed range from basic to sophisticated, but the style is simple and understated throughout.
This book serves the novice as well as the expert. A rich, thorough, and completely up-to-date exposition of the main questions and currents in the study of inductive methods. Originally published in 1966 (Belmont, CA: Dickenson).
Explains and discusses various prevalent formulations of the problem, and efforts at their resolution.
Fairbairn, (William) Ronald Dodds (1889–1964), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, was born on 11 August 1889 at the Red House, Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, the only child of Thomas Fairbairn (1854–1925), chartered surveyor and secretary of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, and Cecilia Leefe (1854–1946). Ronald Fairbairn...