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I just have one word: YAY!
I went to a celebratory lunch that a friend hosted today and it was great to visit with neighborhood women, have a great lunch, and celebrate the election results. It's been a long time since I celebrated a Presidential election. The promise of new and better times is exhilarating.
On the knitting front, not much progress is reported. I've become semi-obsessed with my sock yarn blankie (reported about here). It's lots of fun to get going on and the squares are small, so just making one more seems to be always an option. However, I found that even a teeny square can be messed up.
I finished a hat that I wanted to send to Collegeboy for his birthday, but I decided after washing it that it's too floppy, so now I'm in the process of picking out the cast-on edge and several rows so I can knit the edge over again with smaller needles. It's too bad that when you rip out knitting from the bottom up it doesn't come out smoothly. It would take me a lot less time to fix if the darn thing would just pull out. Oh well, we will hopefully see him on his birthday weekend (it's coming up Saturday!) so I won't have to have it done ahead for mailing. I'd get so much more knitting done if I didn't have to do everything at least twice....
If you're looking for charity knitting, afghans for Afghans just announced a quick campaign - they need 300 pairs of mittens by November 20. I'm going to get started on a pair as soon as I can.
I'm going to finish my Kauni sweater this month. Here's a photo (with too much glare) of its current state - two sleeves finished but still needs neckline and button bands. I joined a NaKniSweMo (National Knit a Sweater Month) group on Ravelry in the Stash & Burn Groupies group and my goal is to finish this sweater by the end of the month. If I could just knit and not do anything else, I'd be happy.
See you tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Election Day Wrapup and Return to Knitting
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Caution: May contain nuts. The chronicles of an Anglo/Spanish family settling into a home of its own.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
La Mota - the beautiful!
The longer we live here in Alcalá la Real, the more I grow to love the views of the fortress on the hill known as 'La Mota'. More or less from every place in the town, if you look up or along, you will see it.
It's a stunning sight from any angle but glimpsed from various points of the town, it becomes a most comforting thing to look at. This is the view just leaving our apartment:
(This is just another view of our fifth floor apartment - all the balconies you can see on the top level are ours - where I precariously peep over to look for Mateo coming home from school or to hang out the washing - I haven't sussed out the complicated lines that go across the inner courtyard area... must try that soon!)
Back to La Mota and another view from the little plaza behind the apartment, taken as I was walking to the supermarket:
And looking 'up' from the supermarket itself, which is on the 'bottom' road to the south of the town.
It's everywhere you look - see how it is from Ruy and Romy's school - how wonderful to see that as you arrive and leave each day!
And turning around is the view of the school. On certain days, year 6 are out and driving around in go-karts on a track that runs in front of the school - learning traffic sense and road skills. (I suspect this might be a relatively recent addition to the curriculum judging from the state of the cars and the amount of 'parking by ear' by the bigger ex-alumnos!) Still, both Ruy and Romy are very keen for their turn at go-karting in school time! And on Tuesdays, this space is where the weekly market is held where there is some wonderful stuff to be found - my favourite stall is the herbal tea man - if only I could blog the amazing scents that come from his stall!
That blue sky is today - it's a very beautiful day, still with a nip in the air, but a sense of what heat there is to come. When the awful bug that has got most of our family gripped at the moment has gone, I am going to venture up to La Mota again (walking this time) to have a closer look and see what Alcala la Real looks like from up there.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
March will feature Rae Campbell & "Explorations In Glass"
The above image is a detail from a new glass piece by Rae Campbell. Her latest work will be featured during the month of March at Art On Broadway Gallery. The show opens on March 7 and continues through March 30. A public reception in Rae's honor will be held on Saturday, March 9, from 6 to 9 p.m.
High fired and fused glass will be the focus of these latest creations. We hope you will join us for a glass of wine and lively conversation with our artists.
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AUA Alumna Facilitates Technovation ArmeniaJuly 28, 2017
Narine Abazian is the President and Founder of Women and Information Society NGO, and a graduate from AUA's Industrial Engineering Program. Her organization, whose mission is "to contribute to the integration of women and girls in the Information Society of Armenia" is responsible for the fact that, since 2012, Armenia has celebrated International Girls in ICT Day (Information and Communications Technology). Recognition of this day works to encourage and empower girls to pursue careers in ICT.


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Officially an Attorney
We went to Utah to visit family and for Kreg's swearing in. He was sworn in as an Attorney in Salt Lake City on Oct. 31st 2011. We were so blessed to have Susan come out and also have Gram and Papa there to support our family. We have had so much love and support from our families during all of our schooling and are so grateful to them for their love and generosity! It was such a treat to See Grandma W. even if it was only for a few hours! It gets us all so excited for our weeks with her and Grandpa at Christmas!
The Ceremony was at Abravanale hall in SL and because that place is huge I wasnt able to get any pictures of Kreg in the actual ceremony so we attempted to get some outside. Oli was running wild after having to sit quiet for an hour. Papa took us to lunch before we headed over to Temple Square. It was a great day!
Zoo Day
Dress up
Bon Fire and Fox
Pinterest we have had some yummy soups for dinner to warm us up!
Countdown to Halloween
Oli had a sick cough, I wanted to make sure it wasnt an ear infection so I took him to the dr. She perscribed some albuterol for his wheezing. The dr doesnt think it is a virus and is wondering if it is allergies. I wouldn't be suprised since allergies run in Kreg's family big time but, I am hoping for a virus so we dont have to do the Nebulizer every season. For my own Record the coughing started Sept 27th.
Poor guy feels paralyzed during treatment. He sometimes wants to hold my hand through it, while I sing his favorite songs over and over.
Conference dance moves
Oli loves to dance, even if its to Hymns sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We are enjoying a Spiritually uplifting weekend watching General Conference.
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If we look at the volume traded at KLSE, it has more than 1 billion shares change hand for most of the trading days since September 2010. KLCI keeps making new highs with sustained volume may be able to convince a few newbies to believe there is a strong underlying demands. Can the wind direction change? The sectors rotation are getting narrower with exception of Finance and Plantation. Most other "hot" sectors like property, trading and services, small-cap, construction are getting a little bit cooler -- declining volume. Cyclical stocks like technology have been in very bearish territory.
This rally is driven by liquidity. The foreign fund flows have been strong since September.
That has to do with US $ investors selling dollar and buy emerging markets. Malaysia is one of the beneficiaries. They need some reasons to buy something, the story like Economic Transformation Program, etc are just to fall into the right place.
But US $ tide can turn, at least for the short-term. When the tide turns, rally can quickly fizzle out and you can see penny stocks will suffer the same sympathy selling.
If you visit prominent and savvy blogs -- all of them are turning cautious. Many of them are in wait-and-see mode. Some of them are calling for smaller bets and waiting for corrections. With most people are cautious, that means they have a lot dry powder left, therefore I don't think the bull market is over but I am anticipating corrections before the markets are ready to move higher.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Corrections coming?
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Stantorrs was a male Duros who served as the Supreme Commander of the Galactic Republic military during the Cold War against the resurgent Sith Empire.
In 3643 BBY, Ula Vii, a secret Imperial Agent, reported to Stantorrs directly and was assigned as envoy by Stantorrs himself to go to Nal Hutta. At one point, Stantorrs asked Larin Moxla about the actions of Captain Pipalidi of the attack force on Sebaddon because he was considering promoting the captain to colonel. He was replaced by Rans as Supreme Commander.
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PARFOIS, Europe's leading accessory brand, offers the best styles in accessories designed by dedicated teams of fashion designers in Porto, Portugal and Barcelona, Spain with head-turning signature pieces that are definitely not for wallflowers. With interesting shapes, functional materials, and chic patterns, these are the extras to wear for a very lovely, romantic fall.
The new fall accessory collection derives its inspiration from three various season's trends - glam rock (black & smoked silver wares; metal chains; leather cuffs); retro luxe (geometric scarves, fur stoles, gold & silver jewelry, exotic materials); and modern ethnic (rustic colors, knitted loop, folksy prints, beads & feathers).
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Esther L. White, 97, of Centralia, died Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Heritage Hall Nursing Center in Centralia.
Services will be at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia on Sunday, July 9, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Centralia. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 101 South Collier Street, Centralia, Missouri or Cancer Research Center, 3501 Berrywood Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201.


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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Another year older.
I turned the big 3-1, yesterday. I wasn't feeling very celebratory. Nothing anyone did, or didn't do. Just, after 30 It just seems like what's the point? I mean, don't get me wrong. I love my life. I love my family. I love that God has seen fit to let me live this long and I am thankful for every breath, for it's not promised. However, there is something about birthdays that makes you get all introspective.
I am not where I thought I would be. While there is nothing wrong with that, it still gives me reason to pause. Also, this year was the first year my mom, dad, and sister didn't come out and spend it with me. Then, my mom called me crying because she almost forgot, and she is broke right now and couldn't afford to send me anything or come see me. She hung up apologizing she "ruined" my birthday. She didn't. She gave me life! She remembered, and wished me happy birthday. That's all I could want :)
I got two cards and a shampoo/conditioner/anti-frizz combo set from Avon from people at work (my Avon lady sits next to me). Bee and the kids sang to me, and we had a giant frozen custard cake :) (pictured above), and I relaxed all evening. Bee kept asking if I was ok, or if I was mad, and I felt bad because it was none of that. I was just blah, but enjoying my relaxation none the less :) Today, a coworker gave me candy, inside of a giant wine glass that holds a whole bottle of wine! As well as a whole bottle of wine! haha! And BFF Rose gave me a coffee basket she made for me filled with my favorite creamers (holiday ones), Dunkin Donuts coffees (Cinnamon, Pumpkin, and Regular), a DD travel mug (.99 refills!) and a $10 gift card to DD.
For all of my introspectivenes, I am super blessed :)
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Happy birthday, Joy! I hope that this next year is full of blessings for your and your family!
- November 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM
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Forget the 4th amendment. Just fill out a form and the cops will show up by surprise and pull your husband out on the street with only the clothes on his back, forbidden to contact you even directly for at least a week.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Restraining Orders Out of Control
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Beginning January 1, 2013
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Wolf and The Druidess
This Valentine Day, if you are still having a cold spell where you live, I have a suggestion for getting through cold winter nights, take a copy of my new paranormal/Erotica romance, The Wolf and The Druidess, to bed with you along with a cup of hot chocolate, on a chilly night that should warm you up. Here is a blurb and excerpt:
A god leaves the Otherworld and even risks his life … for love.
Blurb: In days of old, deep in the dark woods, Druidess Seven discovers a wolf shape shifting into the bare, muscular body of God Gwydion. Her wicked thoughts turn from the Samhain feast to feasting on Gwydion's yummy goodies. Can their new found love survive the ultimate long-distance relationship of a god in the otherworld and a woman on earth? Is the love Seren and Gwydion share strong enough to overcome the social barrier between an immortal god and a mortal woman? Will the warning of danger from beyond the grave destroy the sensual magic brewing between the wolf and the druidess?
Excerpt:They came to a stop at the top of the hill, standing before the roaring bonfire. As the onlookers gathered around, Gwydion slipped off the druid robe and yanked the blue tunic over his head then let them both fall to the ground. He blazed like the fire he stood before and his heart pounded. Sliding his long fingers to the gold clasp at his belt, he unfastened it, then climbed out of his braies and kicked them to the side. The crowd cheered, but he had no cares for what they thought, he saw nothing but the woman before him. Scrying her in the sacred salmon pond, he'd watched her from afar, and now he would have what he long desired. Seren. With his eyes locked on her, he waited for her to disrobe and bare her body to him.
His gaze devoured her as the gold-speckled druid garment swished around her bare legs as her lithe feet kicked to and fro in a fast pace around the fire. As she slipped off the robe, it hit the dirt. Moving to the rhythmic beat of the drum, she unraveled the knot of her hemp belt and her plaid skirt dropped to the ground. Seren hoisted her tunic over her head and threw it down.
Hurrahs rang out as they danced, circling the fire. Gwydion's heart raced to the rhythmic beat of the bodhran as he jumped and kicked his feet in fast movements.
For more of The Wolf and the Druidess please visit my Website and
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- Elie said...
This sounds exciting, I love shapeshifter stories.
- February 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- doxymom said...
Love the cover. The colors really catch the eye. Your excerpt is really good. I love how you use all the colors to create a vivid picture.
doxisrcool at aol.com
- February 13, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Cathy M said...
You can't beat a sexy romance to warm you right up on a cold day. Thanks for the excerpt, Cornelia.
caity_mack at yahoo dot com
- February 13, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Virginia said...
I do love a good shape shifter romance.
- February 13, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- Karin said...
The book sounds very interesting.
- February 13, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- Jean P said...
Thanks for the excerpt, love a shapeshifter story.
skpetal at hotmail dot com
- February 13, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- heavy hedonist said...
Sounds like a very hot little bedwarmer of a story!!!
There is a typo in the blurb, though-- first the heroine's name is Seven, then Seren. Just trying to help.
- February 13, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Shauna said...
looks fun and hot! :)
- February 13, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Maria said...
Great cover and blurb...thanks for the excerpt!
- February 13, 2011 at 8:10 PM
- desitheblonde said...
this one is some thing that can catch you eye and want to finish it as soon as you can
- February 13, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- Di said...
love stories like this one - Druids can be fascinating.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Limo Crashes and Raindrops
Even though the limo got hit on the way to the church and it rained at times, we still had a fantastic day! Fortunately no one was hurt when someone rear-ended the limo on the way to the church with Jim and the groomsmen in it. The ceremony was at St.Raphael's in Bay Village and the reception was in the Holiday Inn. In between we went to the Cleveland Metro parks for some beautiful photographic opportunities. Even though we got rained on some we had a blast walking on the beach. The image above is one of my favorites from the beach.
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Kendrick on the other hand has a difficult time. Some days he is good in the stroller the entire time. Other times, like today, nothing about the stroller or snacks will satisfy him. Today he found his shadow. He found it interesting to wave his arms and watch how it changed. At one point, he tried to pick it up. He also enjoyed riding on Dad's shoulders.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Soccer Practice
Soccer is going well for Cavett. I would say that he is making 50-75% of the goals the team makes. He is fairly aggresive on the field and has gotten over the fact that you fall down and get dirty. He really looks forward to the games and practices.
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- Candace Chaney said...
great pics! Too cute!
- October 7, 2008 at 8:51 PM
- Holly at Tropic of Mom said...
Oh, he found his shadow! How sweet! Peter Pan would be so proud.
I love your new blog look!
- October 8, 2008 at 12:04 AM
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Show and Tell Monday!
Happy Monday! This past week was a bit busy so I only have a few things we finished up. Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest, we have had gray skies lately. I did make a few tags the other day. They are sparkly but I don't think the camera picked that up. My mom/partner made the hanging baskets for her chandelier. I really like them, they are covered in beautiful paper. She has three more to make a set of five. We are not sure about making them to sell or not. We also finished up the basket. Thanks for visiting and have a great day!
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- sita said...
Hi I love the baskets from the chandelier what a lovely idea! I have seen tussie Mussies like that hanging too, I think they would be great to sell!
- May 12, 2008 at 9:24 AM
- Beloved Creations said...
I love your paper works. My fav is that picnic basket.
- May 12, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Cathy said...
Carrie, I'm loving those tags! Just so pretty.
- May 12, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Patricia said...
My favorite is the picnic basket, so soft and perfect colors!
- May 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- TUSCANCOUNTRYHOMEDESIGNS said...
Carrie, love the tags, your work is so crisp and clean. You are very talented. So so pretty. I also read you big idea, great idea, I think go for it.
- May 12, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- Janet Bernasconi said...
Hi Carrie!
I just adore that chandelier!! What a great idea to add baskets. And the tags are the cutest! Great job Carrie!
Janet's Creative Pillows
- May 12, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- Lori @ Katies Rose Cottage said...
Carrie ~
You made some pretty new paper goodies !! They are wonderful, thank you for sharing them with us !
- May 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Carolyn...The Craft Diva said...
gorgeous stuff, carrie. don't know if i have a favorite...love it all. you are true artists.
- May 12, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Sweet Necessi-Teas said...
I love the tags! Just beautiful! You and your mom are very creative and talented artists! Thanks for sharing.
- May 12, 2008 at 5:57 PM
- gail said...
Hi Carrie,,, I love your tags. they are always so pretty. I need to order some from you. The hanging baskets and think they would be great to sell. You have a great eye and alot of talent... luv, gail
- May 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Miniature Patisserie Chef said...
Hi Carrie,
You are so creative! I love the new tags...they are just gorgeous!
I wonder, do you custom make product tags? I'm looking to find someone who could make product tags for me.
Pei Li
- May 12, 2008 at 6:31 PM
- K&E@forgetmenotdreams said...
You do beautiful work Carrie! I just love your tags!
- May 12, 2008 at 9:01 PM
- Theresa said...
I love the tags, so Madison Avenue looking. You really have a good eye. Can't wait to see more. If only we had 20 more hours in the day....
Theresa @ Cottage Violets
- May 12, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- kath said...
You are rocking...I love the tags and the baskets are so cute. I think you got alot done! k
- May 13, 2008 at 2:40 PM
- Susie said...
Carrie, I really enjoyed seeing your show and tell. Love the new tags. They are the rage!
Susie ~The Polka Dot Rose~
- May 13, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- Debbie said...
Hi Carrie....everything is just lovely! Thanks for showing us what you've been busy with. :)
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EU and DEFRA fund wine training project
Plumpton College has launched a training course for the UK wine industry thanks to European Union and DEFRA funding.
Keeping Oz wine on top
How can Australia stay number one? OLN and Australian Vintage invited some of the trade's biggest names to discuss its future.
Given a sporting chance
With a strong currency and impending high-profile sporting events, South African wine is better placed than ever, writes Andrew Catchpole
Cracking the Portuguese code
The country's tongue-twisting wine names maybe hard to decipher, but they offer a USP for independents. Are producers anglicising brands enough to tempt the average UK consumer, asks Richard Woodard
Consumers need a French connection
With sales of French wine still sliding, retailers are looking to demystify a complicated category for consumers. Christine Boggis reports
Seasonal savings
Limited funds this Christmas doesn't necessarily mean skimping on wine. Natasha Hughes reports
Gina Gallo
The granddaughter of Julio Gallo,
Meet your makers
Christine Boggis meets some of the dynamic people behind California's eclectic wine scene
Climate change in the vineyard gets the juices flowing
Top Californian climate scientists are investigating climate change and how it will affect grape-growing in the region on behalf of the Napa Valley Vintners' Association.
'Greenwashing' or a healthy attitude?
The golden state's winemakers reveal the pros and cons of going green. Christine Boggis reports
Seeing the bigger picture
Promoting regionality and more clout in the middle ground are key issues that California's wine trade needs to address in the UK. Christine Boggis reports from the sunshine state
Here comes the rain again
Patricia Langton looks at the 2008 vintage across the northern hemisphere
'Tis the season to be portly
To offset a rise in production costs, the trade's best performer in fortified wine will need to be even more stout and impressive this Christmas, says Graham Holter
New look for French sparklers
French sparkling wine brand Veuve du Vernay has been relaunched with new-look packaging.
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Williamstown administrators drumming up support for new school
Williamstown Elementary to host Wood BOE meeting
WILLIAMSTOWN — Williamstown High School Principal Pat Peters is encouraging residents to let the Wood County Board of Education know Williamstown needs a new elementary school.
Peters proclaimed the board's Feb. 28 meeting "Hold Their Feet to the Fire Day" and encouraged Williamstown residents to attend en mass after three of the district's five board members this week voted to not purchase a site for a new Williamstown-area elementary school, throwing the project's future into doubt.
"A lot of people think this is just about the elementary school, but the high school has horses tied to this wagon as well," Peters said Thursday. "This isn't just about an elementary school. This is about construction of a new elementary, expansion of the high school and roofs at buildings throughout the district."
The board Tuesday voted 2-3 to purchase the Fenton Art Glass factory property in Williamstown.
The site had been recommended by a committee as the place to build a new Williamstown-area elementary, which is part of a $41 million facilities bond approved by voters in November.
"Everyone was shocked when they voted not to use this site," said Peters, who was part of the committee which spent more than three years researching sites before recommending Fenton. "It's not an overnight process where you can wave a wand and say 'this is the best site.' We went through a tremendous amount of work to get this recommendation. I felt this was the best location. The team felt this was the best location."
Peters said there is no backup site for construction. Most of the sites reviewed, he said, either weren't sufficient for a new school or were too expensive to develop, and many of the properties considered when the process began almost four years ago are no longer even available.
Williamstown parent Melissa Weppler, who led the community committee which promoted the $41 million bond call and the push for a new elementary school, said Tuesday's vote was short-sighted and ill-informed.
"I think a lot of them voted purely from an emotional standpoint. They went into that meeting with their minds made up," Weppler said. "I don't think they are working in the best interest of the county as a whole, because you can't vote on something and have not educated yourself on the facts."
Legal counsel for the school board warned Tuesday the lack of a site for a new elementary school could significantly delay the project, could cause problems for the bond sale which is supposed to occur in March. If a sufficient site cannot be found in six months, the bonds might not be sold.
"They do put the entire bond in jeopardy," said Weppler. "It's not just a Williamstown-Waverly issue. It affects every single school in Wood County and all of ours kids."
Superintendent John Flint said the board will hold a meeting in Williamstown, though an agenda has not yet been set.
"The next officials meeting will be Feb. 28 at Williamstown Elementary School," Flint said Thursday. "I spoke to (board President Lawrence) Hasbargen and we decided because of the logistics of the board office, (WES) would be the best place to hold this next meeting."
Flint said while no topics have been set for the Feb. 28 meeting, officials anticipate a larger turnout from Williamstown residents.
"I think we have to be ready for that," Flint said.
Williamstown Elementary Principal Heather Bretthauer said Thursday she hopes the board will use this opportunity to revisit the topic.
"I'm hopeful the board of education will reconsider the decision on the Fenton property after getting more information and doing their due diligence," she said.


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Forex Trading: Mastering the Money Making Mindset
As a forex trader, your mindset is everything. After all, you spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer staring at blips on a screen. It's easy to get bored or antsy or angry at the day's losses. Here's how to get your head in the game without the game messing with your head.
Develop A Plan
No good trader does anything without a plan. Even when you're using one of the Metatrader platforms, like MT5, you still need to set up a plan for entry, exit, and trading styles. For example, when you enter a trade, when will you enter? When will you exit? Do you have a plan for what happens when you see a triangle develop in the chart?
What happens if the trend turns against you during your trade? How do you set stop losses? You need to devise your plan and give yourself outs before you start trading because, if you don't, you're liable to lose a lot of money.
Your plan should also include trading capital and reserves. In general, most traders don't trade with more than 1 or 2 percent of their total capital in any given trade. Likewise, they set their stop loss conservatively, say 20 pips on a microlot, to avoid catastrophic losses. As a new trader, don't be afraid to be this conservative. It works for the large players. It will work for you. Besides, you've got plenty of time and opportunities to make mistakes and lose money.
What To Include In Your Plan
Your plan needs to include a few basics like the total size of your trading capital, your overall strategy (i.e. directional trend trading, nondirectional trading, etc.), and entry and exit points.
You should also think about whether you're going to use a bot trader or rely entirely on your own manual skills. For more new traders a hybrid platform is probably best. You'll get to make key inputs and still change trading strategies if fundamentals change, but you'll mostly just let the bot execute trades based on a predetermined trading strategy.
Finally, don't forget to set profit goals and levels at which you will "skim" profits. This is, after all, what you're in it for, right?
Build In Flexibility
Flexibility in your plan means that you have to adapt to changing market conditions. Sometimes, fundamentals will override the technical trading strategies. For example, if a central bank makes a surprise announcement or there's an unexpected weather event that will wipe out an entire season's major crop yield, then you're going to want to intervene and switch up your strategy.
Strengthen Your Confidence
It takes confidence to trade forex – confidence you probably don't have just yet. But, you'll get it. Building that mental toughness takes time. You will see your trading account swell and shrink. If you're really nervous, start with a demo account. Then, you can get your feet wet without really putting any money at risk. Once you're comfortable, you can switch over to live trading.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Tsk, tsk, Malaysia is missing the obvious
By Scott Hollifield
When I read in the newspaper that Malaysia was exporting monkeys for meat and research purposes, I had two questions: Who is this Malaysia and why does she hate monkeys?
Turns out that Malaysia isn't a one-name pop star with her own private zoo but a country in Southeast Asia. It's right there divided by the South China Sea on the globe I got for Christmas in 1978. You could hit it with a rock from Indonesia. (Malaysia, not my globe.)
I can hear all the geographically challenged skeptics out there: Malaysia? Come on, isn't Malaysia actually an autoimmune disease closely related to chronic fatigue syndrome?
"Doc, I'm feeling tired and listless."
"Sounds like Malaysia. But just to be sure, I'm going to order several thousand dollars worth of tests, including a 3-foot-long catheter with an extremely painful radioactive solution just approved by the FDA to rule out Yuengling's syndrome, a condition so rare it's only been observed in two people from rural Pennsylvania."
"Is it serious, doc?"
"Yes, a 3-foot-long catheter is very serious."
258,000 and counting
Malaysia is an actual country, and it has lifted a 23-year ban on exporting monkeys for meat and research, according to The Associated Press, the source I turn to for stories about rogue nations selling beloved animals to be sauteed and served on a plate with a side order of German potato salad, or having their skulls cracked open so scientists can gauge the effects of the latest erectile-dysfunction drug on the hypothalamus gland.
Malaysian officials see exporting the critters as a form of population control — more than 258,000 long-tail macaques are living in urban areas, raising a ruckus and stealing food from people, homes and gardens.
"The moment they have less food, they attack anybody," said Azmi Khalid, the minister of natural resources and environment.
Training can be beneficial
While I understand Khalid's concern, I believe that his country is taking the wrong approach by shipping the macaques off to become monkey nuggets or cloning specimens. Rather than an overpopulation problem, this is an education problem.
If TV and movies have taught us anything, it's that monkeys have an amazing capacity to learn new skills. With the proper training, monkeys can ride shotgun on long-haul truck runs (B.J. and the Bear), caddy and drive golf course mowing equipment (The Little Rascals), befriend a sad-sack paleontologist (Friends), punch a biker in the face when an aging action star says "Right turn, Clyde," (Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can) and, unfortunately, take over the world and enslave a bare-chested Charlton Heston (Planet of the Apes.) I believe that last one is an anomaly.
My newly hired monkey editorial assistant, Kevin, is even learning how to write this column. Go ahead, Kevin, take a crack at a sentence:
"Txy TGfd3 &7beer YTR."
Good job, Kevin. It took me a while to get the hang of it, too.
As an expert in the field of human-monkey relations, I believe the United States must speak to this growing crisis in Malaysia to avoid a Planet of the Apes-like fiasco in the near future.
To do my part, I've offered my services as special monkey assistant to the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia, who, if I'm not mistaken, is also named Kevin. I will oversee the deployment of peacekeeping troops, head up diplomatic relations, manage the construction of monkey training academies and direct all aspects of the monkey re-education strategy.
Soon, Malaysia's monkeys will go from violent thugs bound for dinner tables or science labs to trucker buddies, golf caddies, biker punchers and, yes, editorial assistants who will someday write columns while the boss naps under his desk.
And then Malaysia will not be mistaken for a one-named pop star or an autoimmune disease. It will be known as a utopia where monkey and man live in harmony. Right, Kevin?
"Txy TGfd 3&7beer YTR."
■ Scott Hollifield is editor/general manager of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C. Contact him at P.O. Box 610, Marion, N.C. 28752 or e-mail
Monday, August 27, 2007
'Malaysia' Is An Autoimmune Disease?
The recent lift on monkey export ban by Malaysia has gained the attention of, and monkey-nationised by the geographically-challenged Yanks. By a random Google search:
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|Walk off 3 run shot is the game winner
Warren Cromartie's walk of 3 run shut erased a 2 run deficit and sent Expo fans home happy in game 1. Chris Speier's walk off solo shot in extras was the only run scored by both teams in this contest. Montreal won big behind Steve Rogers, who upped his record to 10-1, 2.27 on the season. Rogers becomes the first double digit winner in baseball in this young 1981 season.


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When Xenosaga first came out on the PS2, it received a perfet 10 out of 10 from Game Informer Magazine. The reviewers loved everything about it, and it was recongized as a well-polished PS2 RPG. I had friends in high school who played it and loved it. Now that the price on it has come way down, I figured I'd give this "gem" a spin in my PS2.
In case you were wondering, the subtitle for this game is German for, "do as you please." It is the first part of a series of three games. The game is set approximately 4500 years in the future, in which humanity has left earth and gone on to colonize other planets. As they explore, humanity runs into a hostile alien race called "Gnosis," which are bent on destroying these "invaders." Humans have fought back, with their own Anti-Gnosis Weapon Systems, or A.G.W.S. (pronounced "Ags") The main character, Shion, is working with Vector industries to produce a new humanoid weapon to fight these Gnosis. Shion has named this weapon "KOS-MOS," who doesn't quite understand human logic. As the game progresses, Shion and KOS-MOS meet other characters who join them as the story progresses.
One of the things I noticed right away is that the visuals are gorgeous. Everything is very detailed, and the cinematics are beautiful. It really feels like you're watching a movie sometimes.
The battle engine in Xenosaga is a rather fresh take on what's been considered a very overused system. characters get Action Points, or AP, which they can use to attack, use items, defend, or use special abilities called Ether in the game. Players can also charge up their AP to six in order to use a special "Tech Attack" against enemies. The "Boost" system is rather interesting, as well. Characters can jump ahead in turn order, which can mean the difference between life and death in some battles.
One of the things that really bugged me with this game was the sheer number of cinematics. There were several moments where I'd be stuck watching cinematics for twelve to fifteen minutes before I could resume gameplay. Thankfully, you can skip the movies by pressing start and then the triangle button, but then you risk missing some important plot detail. This drove me up the wall. In addition, there were several instances in which I had to spend time battling enemies just so I could defeat the boss at the end. I wasted a good hour and a half in this manner for just one boss. If there were more ample opportunities to level up my characters, this wouldn't be as big of an issue as I'm making it out to be. Also, I did not like the english voice-overs. I would have preferred the option to switch to Japanese dialogue, something that would make the game much more enjoyable for me. I know I tend to nitpick over these sorts of things, but that's just something that matters to me.
If I were one of the reviewers for Game Informer, I probably wouldn't have given it a perfect 10. While this game is very well polished and has a well-written storyline, it's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. I probably would have given it an 8.5 or a 9, but that's just me. Overall, if you eat, sleep and breathe RPGs, this game is worth checking out. If you're not one of those types, you're better off skipping it.
Parental information: This game does feature several scenes which may be disturbing to younger audiences, and the storyline is relatively deep. Depictions of blood are unrealistic, in my opinion. I'd recommend this for persons over the age of 11 or 12. As always, this depends on maturity level of the child.


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The text of the interview of Lorne Craner, assistant secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, with Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi from Al-Madinah Newspaper. Jeddah, July 21, 2003
Q: First I would like to ask a general question: Why are you here?
A: I am here because I have wanted to come here for quite some time. I have been intrigued to hear of ferment in the Kingdom in terms of human rights and democracy. From the outside I can say we have seen more individual small steps in the last year and a half than we have seen since 1993. Having done this type of work for a while and having seen how big things can start with small steps, I was very intrigued to come to Saudi Arabia. To see what really is going on and to encourage people, both in the government and outside the government, to continue this kind of movement.
Q: What were the most intriguing topics on your agenda?
A: After the burning of the girls' school here there were some things that we hadn't seen here before. The formation of the journalist association was intriguing. I think there has been a series of small things that if you had read about one or two, you would not think they are related. But if you put them together, then it indicates that something is going on. There is something of a trend here and that is an encouraging sign.
Q: Are you watching the freedom of the press for example? Are we freer today to express our opinion than we were before?
A: Freedom of opinion is an important thing, but definitely being able to report on things that you could not report on before. There are fewer boundaries on what is acceptable, and if those boundaries begin to fall, then that is a good thing. Because in a country where people are going to make decisions in their lives about what they need to do economically and politically, the more information they have the better the decisions they can make, and the more informed the decisions they can make. You can sense that people are able to report on things that they could not report on five or ten years ago. I think that is certainly good. Does that mean that everything is perfect? No.
Q: If this free speech environment resulted in more angry columns against America, would you accept this as a price?
A: Yes. But if you look at our history, especially the recent past and what we have done, the best example is the Philippines. We have very large bases in the Philippines. There were times when former President Marcos was not viewed as being democratic and no longer represented the will of his people, and without getting into historical details, we encouraged him to leave, knowing very well at the time that a democratic Philippines would not let us continue on those bases, and indeed that was what happened. Are we less happy now with the Philippines than we were under Marcos? No, we are much happier, because the Philippines is a very democratic country where people are able to express what they want, and the people there feel closer to the United States now than they did then.
Q: Let me bring in some other examples: Germany and Japan and South Korea; and there are other examples such as Iran and Venezuela but especially in Iran.
A: Let's talk about Venezuela first.
Q: Well, the impression here is that after Venezuela became a democracy and for the first time elected a president, you seem to have been unhappy about it. And there was a revolution there.
A: I am shocked. No, Venezuela has been a democratic country for over a century. It is one of the few still standing democracies in Latin America. It was the paragon of democracy in Latin America for many years. We used to tell people, if you want to talk about democracy go talk to the Venezuelans, because they have been doing it for decades. What happened in Venezuela in fact was that in some institutions the underpinning of democracy started to fall apart. The political parties that exchanged power for decades stopped representing the people. And as a result people turned to something new. I was down there during the election. It was a perfectly conducted election. And the president won fair and square. Is he doing things that we are not happy about? Yes, and we have expressed that. We have the freedom to express things that we do not agree with. But it was not the case that he was the first democratic president. I am not sure how many they have had over the centuries.
In the case of Iran, that is something we learned from. And it is part of the reason why we are so interested in seeing democracy in the rest of the world. If you have a copy of Colin Powell's book in English or in Arabic — I understand that it has been translated — he tells a story of going to Iran in 1978 and he is taken around by an army general and they see the Iranian army generals' brigades — I think it was called the Peacock Army Brigade. And the general says to Powell: "These are the best men, the most proficient men, they will stand by the Shah until the last shot is fired; they will never ever defect on him." Secretary Powell tells the story of coming back to the United States and he said: "I turned on my TV and there it was, the Iranian revolution." He said that the Peacock Brigade had defected on the very first day of the revolution. He also said that the general who took him on a trip in Iran was lying in a morgue; he was dead because of the revolution. He said the mistake we made in Iran was to invest only in the leader of the country and not in the people of the country. Because of that we earned the lasting enmity, for generations, of the Iranian People. And I think for people like the secretary of state, the president and Condoleezza Rice, who grew up in an era were we did these things, we invested only in the leader of a country and not in the people of a country, we learned our lesson. That is not a moral thing to do, and not a smart thing for the US to do. That is the lesson that we have learned.
Q: If we took this lesson and saw what you have learned from the Arab world, what did you learn?
A: I think it is clear in this administration — I cannot speak for the previous administrations — it is clear what this president, secretary of state and national security advisor have learned from it, which is that there should not be any region on earth where there is what is what is called a democratic exception. And that is what did occur for many years, and for decades where we were interested in democracies in Latin America and central Europe and South East Asia and Africa, but there was much less of an interest officially in this region. I think what this president, his secretary of state and the national security advisor have said is that this is not acceptable. It is not acceptable to say that we stand strongly for human rights and democracy in every region of the world, but we leave it here. Why is it not acceptable?
Q: Why was it acceptable for previous administrations?
A: You have to ask the people from those days. There were official policy-makers doing that. For this crew, this administration has had long-standing pre Sept. 11 interest in doing that.
Q: But this crew treated Chairman Arafat, who was an elected president, as a non-elected.
A: The issue is not being always in agreement with every democratically elected leader. We just had a long dispute with the Germans and the French. Nobody would doubt their leaders were democratically elected. But that does not mean that we cannot have disagreements with them. You can have disagreements with democratically elected leaders. What it really means is that while you might disagree on the substance with a democratically elected leader, that you have created a bedrock in both countries, if you are a democracy, to have a relationship that continues to exist — by virtue of both countries being democratic, and both countries accepting certain principles. So our relationship with the French will endure, and our relationship with the German will endure. But when we have disagreements with dictatorships it really freezes the relationship. Our relationship with the Palestinian people endures as you are seeing not only from the president's statements on the road map but from his constant personal involvement on the issue to try and make things better. We would like to see a state of Palestine that a) lives in peace with its neighbor, and b) where not only do they have democratic government, but a government that has democratic inclinations.
Q: Yes, but in the case of France and Germany, the US did not demand that the people choose another leader as it did with the Palestinians? That is the difference between disagreement and demanding to change the leadership.
A: I think what we said is that another negotiator on the part of the Palestinians is more likely to be able to produce peace at home and with Israel. The Palestinians have selected that person. He is involved in what many people would agree is very productive negotiations.
Q: People here see double standards as in the case of Egyptian human rights. People say that when the accused are not Americans or if they are Islamists, then America would not intervene. How do you explain that?
A: I have to tell you as a human rights person that getting people out of jail is not the be-all and end-all of human rights and democracy. The be-all and end-all of democracy is when somebody who has to leave a country and wants to return to their country after they got of prison can go back to that country. It is when dissidents who were in prison and get out of prison can go to a newspaper and write a column criticizing the government and nothing happens to them. It is when the system changes so that people can express their opinion. That is something that we are dedicated to doing in all regions of the world.
A country becoming democratic does not depend on the US; it depends on the people in that country. We cannot create a democracy. I think people would be disappointed in the results if we created a democracy in our image. I do not think people in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, or Bahrain want an American-style democracy in their country. I do not think they want an American culture in their country. Our lifestyle in America is fine in America because we have decided that this is a culture that suits us, but is not a culture for everyone. Nor is our system a perfect system for every country. We want people to get involved and be involved in the decisions of their government and adapt it — not adopt it — to the local circumstances. Just like what is happening in Afghanistan now. People around the world have to figure out how they want mechanically to run their own democracy, just as the French decided they would do it different than the British, and we decided to run our democracies different than the British, but we are all democracies.
What you get at the end of the day on the part of the people is that they feel they have more of a say in their political system. They have more control of their political system and they have more political responsibilities than they had before. It is worth it because they have control of their own lives. And that is not dependent on the US but on the people of the country. We can help, but we cannot create.
Q: Is that the case in Iraq?
A: Yes, We can give the Iraqi examples; at the end the Iraqis must be the ones who decide. We cannot decide that for them because we do not have a sense of what they want or how they want their democracy to work. We cannot transplant our system to theirs because it would not work. Our point is to ensure that the citizens have a say in what government does, and ensure that the citizens have a sense of their responsibilities in this system. But how they do it is their business. For example, just the other day there was a demonstration outside the US headquarters by thousands of Shiites. It is their right to demonstrate and express their opinion. I doubt that under the Saddam regime thousands of Shiites would have been able to demonstrate outside Saddam's palace. We may not agree with what they are saying, but as I said it is their human right to demonstrate and express their opinions. The only rule is that you cannot incite violence among American troops, but other than that, the newspapers can say whatever they want.
Q: Do you think that security is the first human right?
A: I think that there are many human rights that are important. I do not consider security the first and most important human right. There are a lot of human rights. It is very important that people feel secure, but I would not go as far as saying that security is the first human right.
Q: When you planned for this occupation of Iraq, you seem to have planned the very small details of the invasion, but it does not seem that you have anticipated what could happen after. It seems that you are planning as you go along.
A: You have to remember first of all that we did not have a lot of experience. We do not go and occupy a lot of countries. When we went into Iraq, we had to reach back for over 50 years to learn from other experiences. There were many things that we did anticipate and planned for. We expected a lot of refugees and planned for that. We were worried about environmental and health consequences and we planned for that. What we did not do is say, let us wait for another six months and see what else could happen. There were a lot of things that were anticipated and planned for and other things we did not anticipate and did not plan for. Many things that you haven't seen are because we planned for them.
Q: Was policing the country, like the museums, something you did not plan for?
A: On the museums, I have to say that the first concern of our troops in Iraq was to protect themselves and the Iraqi people, and if in the course of that they did not send enough tanks down to the museum to protect pieces of art, they had a lot of things to think about at that time. If you go back to that example you will find that most of the looting took place even before the war had begun.
Q: Here people feel that the US has double standards. There is different treatment of American and non-Americans in Afghanistan, Iraq, and in Guantanamo. While the US is one of the leading countries in the field of human rights, it seems that you are not being true to your principles. The other thing is that there is different treatment of Arabs and Muslims in America. Now you have emergency laws to deal with them.
A: Let me comment on the treatment of Muslims in America. I think that if Sept. 11 had happened in any country other than America, the treatment of those who were thought to be responsible for such attacks would have been much worse than what happened in the US. I believe one Muslim was killed in America after Sept. 11, and I believe [the killer] is now in jail.
Q: The United States is sending too many confused messages in its policies. You do not seem to be able to give one precise message.
A: I think all the explanations that have been given are valid. I do not think it is a confused message. I think it is a message with different parts. The immediate goal is to get Al-Qaeda on the run and to capture and kill as many of them as possible so that there is no more Sept. 11 and May 12. Our long-term goal is to help the people of many countries to have their voices heard.
Q: What is the difference between intervention and help in Saudi Arabia?
A: The limit is what people ask for. And I hear people and government asking for economic and political reforms. In the end it's a job for the Saudis, it's not a job for the US.
Q: Do you think that we will succeed in joining the WTO?
A: (from Ambassador Jordan): I think that if the actions that are taken that are required for membership in the WTO, I think there is a great interest both in the US and the WTO for Saudi Arabia join. It is up to Saudi Arabia to make sure that its laws and membership requirements conform to those of the WTO, I think there a big chance for Saudi Arabia to be part of the WTO.


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So I'm watching this show the other night called "Dating in the Dark". The premise of it is three guys, and three gals are put on opposite sides of a house, and they all go on a series of dates with each other in pitch dark rooms. Basically they've taken away their ability to see each other, forcing them to decide if they'd like to continue dating based on other factors. The concept is intriguing because it's all about stripping away the immediate pretense of physical looks.
Truth be told though as superficial as we'd all like to say we are not, there is more than a certain degree of physical attraction involved when you first meet someone. How important looks are, and how much further you're willing to continue, varies by the person, but it's still a factor. You'd be lying to yourself to say it wasn't. The great thing about beauty though is that everyone's idea of it can be radically different, so potentially everyone should have hope.
But imagine that you are actually blind. Since birth (or if something caused it to go away) and your world is 100% in the dark. Unlike the participants on the show, who at the end are revealed physically to whom they've been getting to know; there is no luxury of getting the lights turned on for you. How do you then determine your physical attraction? Better yet, how do the blind go about meeting people to decide if they'd like to date them (other than friends and family set ups)?
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Police arrest suspect in jewellery store theft
Photos of the stolen necklace's matching bracelets of the same pattern. Supplied image/ Wood Buffalo RCMP
Wood Buffalo RCMP have arrested a 23-year-old man from Anzac following the theft of two gold necklaces from a Peter Pond Mall store, police announced in a Thursday press release.
Jaden Dean Janvier was arrested without incident on June 10 and charged with theft over $5,000, trafficking property obtained by crime over $5,000 and two counts of failure to comply with a recognizance or undertaking.
The theft occurred at about 6 p.m. on June 9, after a male suspect entered a Peter Pond business and requested to look at jewellery, then fled the store and mall with the necklaces. The two 10kt gold necklaces are valued at about $20,000 and have not been recovered, the release said.
On June 10 police said they were looking for two other male suspects who attempted to sell the jewellery at a separate location. Police said they could not name the location where the suspects tried to sell the necklaces, or the store from which the necklaces were stolen.
The investigation is ongoing.
Janvier is scheduled to appear in Fort McMurray Provincial Court on June 26, 2017.
Police ask anyone with information regarding the incident to contact the Wood Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4000, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 if they wish to remain anonymous.


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The year 2008 marks a new chapter in my life. After 38 weeks of pregnancy journey and 3 months spent at home with Chloe, I'm now officially back at work. I must say I enjoy every single bit being a mum. Watching her grow day by day, observe and learn so much stuff makes me a proud mum :)
Though a few challenges faced in the beginning, such as not understanding her crying patterns; waking up in the midnites; her hernia condition; latching and burping problems, I'm glad that I've overcome those stages.
Only wish I have now is to be able to spend more time with Chloe. As for the coming months, we would expect to see more developments such as to turn and stay on her tummy, able to raise her head up, roll and crawl!!
At the moment, her only skill is able to turn sideway, and her pastime favourite: enjoying her very own Chicken Wing!
Oh I miss her MUCH!!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Back at work!
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
At Last: Mantidflies
One of my favorite insects...the epitome of strangeness (perhaps) within the Insecta. If you don't know about them already: what kind of ignoramus are you? No, seriously, you can be initiated into the mantidfly-adoring subculture by going here (http://gentlecentipede.blogspot.com/). I also highly recommend perusing the post whilst listening to this arrangement of Erik Satie's Gnossienne #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFoPGRM4t4&feature=endscreen&NR=1); I think it captures the chic grotesqueness of the Mantispidae quite well.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
We Wish
This was our first attempt at a group poem. There were a few requirements –
• to start with the words I wish
• to include an animal, a place and a color.
We Wish…..
I wish that I could be as fast as a cheetah. I would run through the fields of Africa and see all the green grass, and see only the green grass.
I wish I knew where to find a yellow iguana that someone told me only lives in Vermont.
I wish that someday, I will be dribbling down a court in North Carolina, as one of UConn's gray Huskies.
I wish to walk under the flaming yellow sun and feel the rays beating down on my face. I wish to dig my toes in the wet morning grass in the meadow. I wish to watch the colored birds swoop across the canopy of the jungle.
I wish that I could go to China and see the Great Wall with my family. The flag is red, and I want to see a tiger.
I wish I were a pro snowboarder who lived up in the white mountains of Colorado where there are a lot of deer.
I wish that I could be a purple fairy who lived in Monkton and had a dog named Samoa to eat cookies with.
I wish I could be a blue penguin in the Arctic.
I wish that I could wake up in my room to find a werewolf transform into a beautiful, tan human being.
I wish I was a sunlight yellow leaf slowly gliding toward the ground watching squirrels harvesting their nuts.
I wish my games were cool and not dull. One game is cool but it's about blue piranhas and not dying.
I wish I was a dancing blue peacock strutting my tail in the winds of the zoo being followed by "wows!!!"
I wish that the white snow would melt in Monkton so I could walk my dog.
I wish I could be a flying green leprechaun flying with gold across the rainbow.
I wish that there would be fluorescent yellow monkeys jumping all over New York City.
I wish at my house my golden dog wouldn't be annoying to my friends.
I wish I could fly on a bird to Vermont, the green mountain state.
I wish I could go a cruise trip to Hawaii and spot stingrays in the turquoise water from the deck of the boat.
I wish I could have $100,000,000 of cold crisp green cash to throw up in the air of my mansion with a Saint Bernard named Buddy.
I wish I could go to Canada to a zoo to see silver seals.
I wish that my school mascot was always the mountain lion, and my school would always be seafoam green. I wish that Monkton Central was K-12 and I never had to leave.
Please post your individual I Wish poems.
Feel free to make constructive comments on your peer's work!
18 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 12:59 PM
I wish thatReplyDelete
I was a fish,
So I could
Swim all day.
Sometimes I wish
I could be the ocean,
Flowing over bare legs.
I wish I could
Be stranded on a
Deserted island
So I could try
Out my surviving
Skills there.
I wish I could
Dive deep into the
Ocean while fish swim
Like colored sheets all
Around my body. -Eli
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:02 PM
I wish to walk on the ocean floor,ReplyDelete
The soft sand burying my feet,
Sometimes I wish that every lightning bolt,
To strike the sky would be a different shape,
Like the fluffy white clouds,
That float across the blanket of blue,
Sometimes I wish that every drop of rain,
That touches the ground,
Would turn into a beautiful flower,
I wish that every tree would grow with one drop of water,
And I wish that every feather,
That ever fell on the ground,
Would make a blanket for the animals on the forest floor,
I wish that in the winter the flowers,
Would still poke out of the snow,
To leave a drop of hope that spring will still come.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:03 PM
I wish I could build a log cabin in our backyard. I wish I was in Vermont, the best home ever. Oh, wait I'm already there. I wish I had 10 pet frogs. I sometimes wish I was a pro baseball player. I wish at night, on a warm summer bug-infested night, I could be in the lake with my cousin. I wish summer would never end so I could always see my cousin. FCReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:04 PM
I WishReplyDelete
I wish I could spin
in the light of the full moon,
dancing peacocks singing the song of
angels who swoop down and kiss my cheek
I wish I could be a baby.
I wouldn't have to worry about
a single thing.
And momma would love me so.
I wish I could walk on
the sand of Love and
bite the apple of Knowledge.
I would swim in the waters of
Creativity forever…
I wish I could be my cockatiel.
I would snuggle up in the curve
of my owner's neck and preen.
I would be safe from
Dog and Cat
who would want to eat me up.
And I wish that there was
no school
and you could know by
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:09 PM
I wish I was a flying green monkey tied to a nuke. I wish I was locked in a 29 foot by 29 foot building with the room filled to the top with tacos. I wish I can own every kind of dog there is in the world. I wish I could ride a donkey to Texas to buy my corvette so I can jump the Grand Canyon.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:10 PM
I wishReplyDelete
Sometimes I wish that my sister would disappear for a day and come back later the next day.
I wish that I could feed the dolphins at SeaWorld again in my life someday.
I wish that I could build a cloning machine so I could get out of school whenever I wanted to.
I wish that there weren't as many wars going on in the world right now.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:10 PM
I wishReplyDelete
I wish my little brother had a jack-in-the-box.
In that jack-in-the-box I wish their was a clown wearing a hockey jersey.
On that hockey jersey I wish their was a pocket to hold his sunglasses.
On those sunglasses I wish their was a hole in one of the lens holes.
The clown in the jack-in-the-box probably wishes that he never had to poke his head out of the jack-in-the-box because of the cut on his head and the hole in his sunglasses.
By KB
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM
I wish that I could go to college,ReplyDelete
I wish that when I'm in college I get to party a lot.
I wished I lived somewhere were there was snow all year round so I could snowboard,
I wish meet Eminem and here him sing,
I wish that I stayed young forever and nobody died,
I wish I had a lifetime supply of Osiris Adidas and Nike high tops.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:16 PM
I wish I were a million-air so I could afford all the things I fantasize.ReplyDelete
I wish I wee a pro snow boarder and rode head to head with Shaun White.
I wish that I could live in the Colorado Rockies; I would wake up take my home cut bacon and cook it on an oiled up pan. I would now I have a lot of land to Rome, I could wake up put gear on and go snow boarding.
I Wish I could go cliff jumping when ever I wanted and be able to jump from 120ft to 80ft.
I wish I had green hair so I could be one of a kind.
I wish I had a tattoo on my back and upper arms; there would be skulls on my upper arms and a dragon on my back.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:17 PM
I wish that the browned crystals on the ground would melt away,ReplyDelete
And be replaced by lush waves of green grass.
I wish I could be playing basketball at camp,
And win the championships for our team.
I wish that next year,
I will be on the same crew as my friends.
I wish that by 9th grade,
I will be able to play on the Varsity b-ball team.
I wish that I am running, red dust billowing behind me,
In an All-star Regional's game.
I wish that when I am older,
I will get a full basketball scholarship to Uconn,
Or get accepted into Stanford University.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:28 PM
I WishReplyDelete
I wish that every morning I could bloom like a flower and shine like the sun.
I wish that my great-Grandpa could come back and stay with me forever.
Sometimes I wish that I could shine like a sapphire radiantly glowing in a dark room.
I wish that I could sing all say long and make everyone around me smile.
I wish that I could go swimming with the slippery blue dolphins in the sunshine of Florida.
I wish that my cousin, Smarshmellow would go to college closer so I could see her more.
Sometimes I even wish that I lived next to the ocean and I could go swimming every day. I wish I could be in a Broadway play and be the star.
I wish my friends and I could meet Taylor Lautner.
I wish that I could play basketball with Rajon Rondo, and Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnet.
I wish that all my clothes were bright and happy.
I wish that all the pain in the world would fly away like a bird.
I wish that I could dazzle and sparkle like a million stars on a warm summer night.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes I wish I could float around like I was on the moon.ReplyDelete
And I wish I could go the mountain every day and fly through the air on my snowboard.
I really wish that I could go to the log cabin and gallop through the woods with my dogs trailing behind.
I wish that I could throw a pie at my brother to get revenge,
And I wish that I could jump in a foam pit.
Sometimes I wish that I had a housecleaner,
And I had my dream room that was fun to hang out in.
Sometimes wish that my best friends lived next door, and we could be with each other day in and day out.
I wish that I could curl up in front of the fire after a long winter's day,
Or take an ice bath after a sizzling summer day.
Sometimes I wish for something new to do every single day,
But usually I wish for nothing more than what I already have.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:39 PM
I wish that I could drive a boat all around the world. I wish I could have a lion and a bear as pets. I wish I could have a four-wheeler trail so I could go four-wheeling with my friends. I wish I could ride in plane to go to Alaska to fish for whales. I wish I had a really big flat screen TV so I could watch a movie and make it feel like I am in a movie theater.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:47 PM
I wish I could travel to Paris and see the lit city from the Eiffel Tower,ReplyDelete
And sometimes I wish that I could ski in every season but still have the warm weather, crisp leaves, blooming flowers and fluffy snow,
And I wish that every fruit that was picked another one would grow somewhere else around the world,
Sometimes I wish that whatever I drew
on a piece of paper would become real,
I wish I could see the stars every night without any clouds threatening to wash them away.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:49 PM
I wishReplyDelete
I wish I can fly around the world on a blue and red fire breathing dragon.
Also I wish I could run on the moon with a spacesuit on and be the first kid on the moon.
Sometimes I wish that I had the lasting pencil so that I can write more.
And I wish for a country of my own and I will call it … clodgoland because I want to know what a president feels like for a day or two!
Also wish I could take the class and myself to Paris to see the Eiffel tower.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Sometimes I wish I could soar through the wind, and nobody could tell me what to do. Freedom. I'd have freedom.ReplyDelete
I would just fly away if someone doubted me.
Fly away, fly away, fly away.
I would never be in a sticky situation, because I would just…fly.
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 8:12 PM
I wish we could show your blogReplyDelete
On the big screen at the second lunch
And have you read your poems
To our amazement and delight
Laughter and joy.
You could inspire us!
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2011 at 1:57 PM
I WishReplyDelete
I wish I was the oldest kid in my family so I wouldn't get picked on by my sisters.
I wish every thing in the world was free so I could get any thing I wanted.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
the charming 80s...
This custom order for Joanna reminds me of a grown up version of those awesome plastic chain link necklaces with the clip on plastic charms that i was obsessed with as a kid in the 80s. My version is sterling silver with natural stones, precious metals, and vintage charms. This is a bracelet which can also be worn as a necklace when attached to the included sterling silver chain. Email email@example.com for info on creating your own.
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|Courtyard at the Guesthouse in Nairobi
This morning I am feeling awake and refreshed and ready to head out to Kijabe and Rift Valley Academy. We will make a quick stop for some shopping before the hour and a half drive to the school. I will try and post a longer blog after getting settled and (hopefully) getting some good photos of the school and my apartment.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday doggie blogging
Stewie loves yoga. When I get out my mat, he'll sit on it while I do my asana. This past week, he decided that he was going to nest on the chair where our yoga mats were resting (you can probably guess which mat belongs to me, and which one is the Schmoogie's).
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