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Take A Pic! Turn Your Photo Into Different Styles!
Digital photography is one of the latest innovations in the new technology. A dramatic transformation can take effect on a photo taken with the use of a digital camera. Through canvas printing, a person's photo can be turned into an artwork that is often seen in art museums and galleries. However, in canvas printing a photo can have different styles that can be a perfect present or a home decoration. There are different styles available that would definitely match personalities and would be perfect for any occasion. Some of the styles to choose from would be: Traditional photo to painting, Photo canvas, Pop art canvasses, and Collage, each has different kinds.
Traditional Photo To Painting
- Painterly Canvas – Photos are digitally hand painted turning them in an exquisite wall art. It transforms your photo into an art piece that would beautify your walls.
- Davinci Portrait – Inspired by Leonardo Davinci which combines past and present in making a classic masterpiece. It uses canvas material and high grade archival quality ink.
- Watercolor Photo Painting – Uses watercolor to enhance emotion and expression of a photo to produce a stylish and lovely watercolor photo painting canvas.
- Oil Portrait Canvas – Digitally brushes photo into painting with one stroke at a time. Using quality materials, this would be perfect in having a personalized oil portrait canvas
Photo Canvas
- 3 Panel Triptych – Giving an eye capturing and modern look for your canvas photos.
- Canvas Splits – Perfect for photos of your favorite landmarks and places. For increased durability and resistance, these will be glossed and crafted with a durable UV protection.
- Photo Canvas – Your personal photo can be a masterpiece with photo canvas. Kids and children's photos would be great but any type of photo can still enliven your wall.
- Poetic Canvas – Your most treasured photographs along with your favorite poetic and romantic lines that will be inserted beautifully.
- B/W Canvas – Black and white can be an excellent choice for many kinds of photos. This would be perfect for landscape images, infant photos, pet portraits, etc. This one never goes out of style.
Pop Art Canvas
- Modern Pop Art – With its painstaking detail and vibrance, it simply captivates the eyes. This customized pop art consumes 8 hours to be completed and is made from quality archival materials to last.
- Pet Pop Art – It turns the photo of your pet into a painting. Close up head shots would be an excellent choices for this one.
- Warhol Style Pop Art – This enhances decors. Your walls will pop using a Warhol's pop art style combined with your favorite photo with the use of vivacious colors.
- Opie Style Pop Art – A modern and minimalist style that would be perfect for workplaces and houses. It is also a unique gift idea.
- Che Pop Art – Turning your photo into a pop art with the iconic Che pop art can be perfect for styling your pad or as a present.
Collage Canvas
- Photo Mosaic – When having a hard time in choosing, you can send your multiple pictures and see for your self how they are created into an eye catching and magnificent mosaic canvas.
- Fancy Collage – Digitally designed to create a unique gift fro different occasions: anniversary, Valentines, and weddings.
- Photo Fit – Have your photo collage be handcrafted with the most quality materials that can last for a lifetime even with direct contact to sunlight.
- Elegant Collage – It also never goes out of style and a fun way to enjoy photos as large canvas. Whatever photos you can think of such as pet, travel, babies, etc. would be great.
- Pure Collage – Select, upload and arrange your photos in order and you can have them in a few days. These can be place on the entrance to the living room or even in offices.
With so many options above, one can never go wrong in using photos not just for decorations or presents but even to preserve memories that will always be a part of our days.


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I hate to go and ruin my mild-mannered, angelic reputation, but I must admit something:
I have grouchy days.
I mean, every day I have grouchy moments. That's normal. Right?
But then I have grouchy days.
They are entire days full of grumbling.
I snarl at every single other driver on the road.
I growl under my breath at people who have 37 items in the 12 Items or Less check out lane.
I bark at my children because they should know by now that 7:58 p.m. is not a time for disarranging the living room.
But here's my latest barometer for grouchy days (because I honestly do not notice I am having one until much later than you'd think - I am, for the most part, oblivious that I am being completely unreasonable until I start recounting all my injuries to Ty late at night):
Sure enough. That puppy is more useful than a Swiss Army Knife!
It is how I realized that there weren't more idiots on the roads today, the world was not conspiring against me by making sure I stood in the longest check out line at every single store I visited, and my children weren't being any more naughty than usual.
When I happened to end up on Pinterest this afternoon and found myself fighting back comments like, "sick," "completely superfluous," "seriously?", and "what a waste of time," I had an A-Ha Moment:
I was having a grouchy day.
Now raise your hand if you started singing, "Take On Me" when you read 'A-Ha Moment'.
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Ulster Pastoral
Stepping out into coolwet morning air, unlock the bike,
tighten my knapsack straps, my breath trailing behind me.
Out onto the street and up, muted clicking of the chain through derailleur,
the rapid bump of tire-nub and the rush of passing cars.
Up the long hill, my legs pumping, warming,
through the town and up, deep breaths and up,
this long slow hill and all my muscles humming;
then, leveling out, and a slow glide across the overpass,
the breeze climbing down my shirt, my jacket flapping.
Over my shoulder, the ridge reclines, bluegreen and wrapped in fog, not quite awake.
Ahead, rolling foothills and low curling mist easing through the treetops, soft puffs of smoke.
The wheel crunches on the shoulder, ploughing through gravel.
Garlic mustard and wild onion sweeten the air. Robins alight in meadows
hopping and pecking. Occasional rabbits
panic and freeze, panic and freeze.
The hawks watch and wheel, waiting for the sun to break through and warm their wings.
Skirting the edges of culverts, the sluggish seep of runoff nourishing mallows and lilies,
the lime carpet of algae rimmed with froth,
the shale piles in thousands of weathered arrowpoints, mounds of slategrey cloven rock,
my legs moving up and down, up and down in tight circles, breathing in time.
Leaning barns with quiet ghosts and rough rust-red tractors watch over fields lain fallow,
The deer flick their tails and dip their heads down as I pass;
Heading east, the sun is a vague corona above the trees;
it pushes through the clouds, guiding me upward,
© jrs
Saturday, May 13, 2006
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As I mentioned before, we have had over 60 days without measurable rain fall. It is causing a huge wildfire problem here and in many other western states. I looked for a map with all of the fires on it and counted about 38 fires currently burning here in the western United States.
|Wood Hollow fire by ©Jason Stevens
Two of these horrible fires are 20 and 40 miles from my home. The smoke and fires are currently being blown North of us, so we are not personally in danger, but many people are.
|Wood Hollow fire ©Jason Stevens
These amazing photos of the Wood Hollow fire are by our good friend. They are better photos than even the ones on the news. It is so scary. Our town is fasting and praying for rain and I'm sure many others are as well. We sure need it!


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NEWLY-PROMOTED Porthmadog have rediscovered their early-season sparkle and this latest win over Caernarfon was their third successful Welsh Premier success.
Manager Viv Williams was full of praise for his young side. He said, "This was a great win for us and the youngsters are getting stronger with experience.
"I targeted 10 wins for safety at the start of the season and this was No 6. It's happening for us gradually and we're now scoring goals regularly."
The hosts' hero was Gareth Caughter, making a rare start. He bagged a brace, his second on the hour from Carl Owen's supply proving to be the winner.
The Canaries took a ninth-minute lead through Calvin Davies before Gareth Parry equalised. Carl Rogers levelled Caughter's earlier effort, before the striker's winner.


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I feel like it has taken ages to get here, which is absurd when you think about it. I've launched Deny the Moon before, right? So there really isn't much to be said this time around.
Well, okay. So my book is no stranger to the Smashwords or Kindle shelves. I know to many people, this relaunch hardly seems like a big deal and that's okay. It doesn't have to be a big deal to everyone else.
Personally, I think it's phenomenal. I feel like I have finally accomplished something.
"But Melissa," you say. "How do you feel accomplished now, but didn't before?"
"Because," I tell you while demonstrating a perfect Captain Morgan pose, "I have finally finished!" I am done. Finally. Completely. Done.
I no longer feel compelled to go in and tweak this scene, or fill in this part. I don't feel as though there are things still left unsaid. I am content. To be honest, I never thought I would get that way about a book, but there it is. I can look at Deny the Moon and feel nothing. No wiggle of anxiety. No panic. There is nothing left to say.
Does this mean Deny the Moon is perfect? Hell no. This is my first book guys, my debut novel. I'm still getting my feet wet in this whole writing thing, and I am sure from a technical standpoint there can still be fixes to be had, but the truth of the matter is I am done having them. I have put the book through all the paces I had access to, have revised and rewrote hours of content, had a multitude of eyes peruse it's pages in search of problematic paragraphs, and there is no more I can do. It's my baby, and she's ready to meet the world.
So, as of today, you can snag yourself a copy in two ways:
- Via Smashwords for Free!
- Or, if you don't mind throwing a nickel into my hat, you can also get the Kindle version for $0.99.
There's really not much else to it.
Thank you, to everyone who has listened to my ups and downs while getting through this. It means the world to me. And the best part about being done? I have finally unclogged the blockade that was keeping me from writing book two. Since the relaunch, I have written an entire page of content for Raging Spirit, something I was beginning to worry would never happen. I will totally take that as a sign to move forward.
Hopefully, you will enjoy what I've offered to you. Whether you are new to the series, or just want to brush up on the new content, I recommend giving it a read. And as always, feel free to leave an honest review. I'll keep plugging away at the sequel, and another surprise I have up my sleeve for you.


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Mario Theme
We've seen quite some Mario themes here, like parts of stages, stars, blocks and even a complete stage! So here is some more to decorate your room with! The pack includes ! block in four colors, ?block, normal block, warp-pipe, Mario Hammer, Flagpole and a thin Super Mario block.


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My all time favourite series, Doctor Who is back on BBC One every Saturday evening at around 7PM. For anybody not in the know it stars David Tennant as the Doctor, a strange time-travellor, who saves the universe on a near-daily basis. Oh, and if that's not enough to tempt you, it also stars the delicious Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and it's an incredible amount of fun. So watch it or miss out!
Seriously though, I hold this daft old programme dear to my heart because I grew up watching it. During my childhood, when my parents divorced, I knew that I could always rely on the Doctor. He was my best friend at times, and I loved the adventures he brought me on every week. The show grabbed my attention in ways I hadn't known before, and some of my earliest memories are acting scenes out on the playground of Heaton Park Primary School, aged just six. I can also remember watching the show, and then going away to write short stories about what I'd just seen. Looking back, these stories are awful, but still, they remain special in my heart.
Because Doctor Who gave me some building blocks to build upon. Watching the programme has inspired me to pick up my pen and write., Watching the programme has inspired me to act. But most of all it's taught me that no matter what, its good to struggle on. If you only try, anything is possible. And I still believe in that philosphy today.
Thank you Doctor Who...Here's hoping that one day I can pay you back.


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Friday, February 6, 2009
Taking A Stroll Around The Writer's Block
I worried this would happen. I was on such a roll with my novel, and then I stopped when this job came along because I obviously had to spend all my spare time writing the "test" cover blurbs. (Which ended up being very real cover blurbs, not test ones at all.) Now that I've got the job and a schedule and can spread out the writing, things have calmed down a bit and I can have a little bit of down time to write my book. But, after not touching it for two weeks, my suspicions that I would go back to it and hate it were confirmed. It is so beyond frustrating I can't even tell you.
Bill said, "No. I don't care if you hate it. You are going to keep writing it. You will never finish a book if you keep doing this, and you've done it a million times. You were too excited about this one to give it up." This is one of the few things I do that Bill is passionate about, so I know I have to do what he says. And he's right. I was way too excited about this one to give it up. But I still think it's going to be hard to get back the love for it that I once had.
Bill also keeps telling me, "This is your first book." Meaning, it doesn't have to be a masterpiece, in fact, no matter how hard you try, it won't be. And, although I know he's absolutely right, everything in me says differently. I think it does have to be a masterpiece, or at least a huge success, and these are my arguments to back this up:
1. J.K. Rowling. First time she ever picked up a pen and started writing, the world was gifted with the phenomenon that is Harry Potter.
2. Stephenie Meyer. No explanation needed.
3. I truly believe a person's first published work will make them or break them. If my first book is crap, or even mediocre, who would publish me again? Who would buy another book that I wrote again? No one.
4. If I'm going to spend a year or more of my life writing a book, it will be my masterpiece. It will be a part of me, my own creation, my baby. It has to be amazing. I don't do mediocre. That defeats the whole purpose of doing this. I write to feel. And I don't feel mediocre. I feel amazing, or heartbreaking, or powerful.
So you see, it does have to be a masterpiece (sorry honey, you're wrong.) Bill says I'm putting too much pressure on myself and therefore I am self-destructing before I've even started. About this, he is absolutely right. I've done this my whole life. But I don't know how to fix this. Even the great Stephenie advises new writers to write as if no one will ever read it. I can't do that, because if I thought no one would ever read it, I wouldn't write it. I write every word with the reader in mind, because that's how I judge whether or not what I'm writing is readable.
By the length of this post, you can see I have no problems writing. I can write and write and write till the cows come home. But what I don't have is a story to tell. So I'm asking you, O Faithful Readers of mine, to help me out. Give me some ideas. What do you think I should write about? You can be serious, be funny, give me a one word answer (excluding the word "vampires"), or give me a full-on plot. Then I will pick my favorite and write the book and make millions. Just kidding. But I might pick my favorite, just for fun.
So...what should I write my book about?
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- PRP said...
Sorry, I had to...
- February 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Kate said...
Haha Karen!
Philipa Gregory the author of The other boleyn girl (she is my favorite) writes all her books on real people in history but just fills in all the blanks that no one knows. I say find a love story or drama from a long long time ago and let that be your starting point, and just fill in the blanks?
Good luck, I am so excited for you!
**also, my dad has been writing a book for 40 years now...it is still his goal to publish it and I know he will! dont give up!**
- February 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Shayla said...
Awesome, Karen! I love that idea. :-) The number one reason I don't ever finish anything I sit down and start writing, excluding blogs and emails...too much pressure to be perfect. I do it to myself every time. I read a couple of awesome writing books that really helped me fill a notebook or two with writing. One of them was called "The Artists Way" by Julia Cameron. Not that you were looking for a book to read. Anyway, I'm all about writing from experience. Take something you KNOW something about and then run with it. Not much help, huh? Sorry. :-)
- February 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- andrea said...
I was going to say almost exactly what Shayla said- have you thought about taking experiences from your own life? Heck, write about a girl who meets her soul mate online! I definitely think the love story would be the perfect genre for you. Just make it steamy! :-)
- February 6, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- JenFielding said...
I try to think of great plots everyday while I'm stuck reading retarded ones. It's got to have the unlikely romance, like Superman and Lois, Edward and Bella. The unlikely character (make it the guy this time though :)) and the relationship you want to happen but know it shouldn't. There has to be either one major conflict or a few lesser conflicts that keep you turning the pages waiting to find out what happens next. A lot of times that can come from a unique setting, like a small town with old fashioned rules or a major event in the character's life like a recent death, move, or other lifestyle change. This is all really broad but maybe it will get the juices flowing. All I know is that I can't wait to read it, and I'm not willing to wait 40 years, not even 4 years...
- February 6, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- Heather said...
No ideas, good luck.
Just write and it will all work out. There will always be someone who doesn't like your work, so as long as you love it don't worry about the rest.
- February 6, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- AOlson said...
I like to read books that are almost real. Does that make sense? Like Harry Potter(My absolute favorite) and Twilight. I like when the author creates these "worlds" that a mother/wife can escape to that is obviosuly fiction, but just real enough to make you think it really could be real.
Don't know if that was helpful. Good luck:)
- February 6, 2009 at 3:46 PM
- Noelle said...
you talk about stephenie and jk rowling and they have the same thing in common - an obsession with A character. both of them knew this character and built the story around them.
you have watched so many movies, how about writing a screen play? it's smaller, more consise and you can write your perfect movie. :)
i am amazed that you are even taking it on. writing a novel is such a huge undertaking i am so impressed that you keep trying. find someone you love, write their story and hopefully you'll love it too.
- February 6, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- Rachael said...
So, I can't come up with any ideas at the moment, big surprise from the girl who can't even come up with a name for her unborn child, right? But I think you should just continue with what you started. Just keep going and going. That is what first drafts are for. Just finish a story and then go back and change, rearrange, what ever you have to do to make it wonderful. You have alot of people backing you up, so come Alicia, man up and get going!! We can't wait to read your masterpiece!
- February 6, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- Amy said...
I want you to finish the one you already have! I've been curious about it and I want to read it! And who would buy another one of your books? I would!
p.s. I think something about soap poisoning would be fantastic. I've always been interesting in that topic.
- February 7, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- hatch said...
You write and I will read it.
Sorry I have no ideas for you. I know what ever you come up with it will be good.
- February 7, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- K.Hatch said...
You have a gift.....finish what you have! i can't wait!
- February 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Vanessa said...
Um, I just wanted to say that you are awesome and that I think you will come up with something great:)
- February 8, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- Tara Cobia said...
So I have to tell you that although it must somewhere say that I have a blog. Don't you worry about not being invited. My friend helped me create it and only David and I are viewers of it, not to mention that it has only one post from the first day that reads, "So we finally took the plunge". that's it. Nothing more. If I ever turn into a blogger, don't you worry, you will definately be on the invite list! :)
- February 8, 2009 at 11:44 PM


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"There must ever be a holy fear mixed with the Christian's joy...fear without joy, is torment; and joy, without fear, would be presumption...'Blessed are all they that put their thrust in Him'...Do we trust Him? Our faith may be slender as a spider's thread, but if it be real, we are in our measure blessed...'Lord, increase our faith.'" - Charles Spurgeon, Commentary on the Psalms
The Lord has been teaching me a lot about fear, holy fear, lately. I don't think it was something I ever really thought about, at least correctly, too much. I knew the song from Proverbs 9:10, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Lord is understanding." So, most obviously, I was quite unwise in not considering it too much. I loved the Lord and I trusted Him - why would I fear. The Bible, on so many occasions says that the Christian need not fear, because simply the Lord's name is a strong refuge (Prov. 18:10) and the victory is ours against Satan and his whiles (Eph. 6). I have realized, though, that those who fear the Lord little, have a little God!
God is huge. He is awesome - in every sense of the word! He is holy, and will not be sinned against. I have been reading through the Old Testament, and have seen the laws and ordinances God laid out for the children of Israel. His reasoning behind each of them compares not at all with the statement He consistently makes: "for I am the Lord your God." Done. End of story. He is God - what He does is good because He does it. His actions are just because He is just. He is the definition for those words. His love is great. His wrath is powerful. He is God!
"And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: fear Him whom, after He has killed, has the power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!" Luke 12:4-5
I think we/Me, as believers, tend to think so much about what the world thinks in our approach to the Gospel, seeing it as everything to us, but awkard or possibly inconvenient to share with a coworker or neighbor. And, we get so comfortable just living for the Lord in our fellowhip groups... But when I sit back and really think of, dwell on the character of my God - my eyes well up with tears, my heartbeat increases, and I even get a little sweaty. I can only help but cry out like the tax collector, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" (Lk. 18:13). Consider God's truth. His attributes. the Cross. Salvation, Election, Sin...Heaven and Hell - eternity! My mind cannot comprehend all of that, let alone be unaffected by it.
In light of all of that, GRACE! I feel like I always come back to grace. My whole life is but God's grace. I cannot explain it, and I surely do not deserve it.
Now, back to Spurgeon: fear and joy. They seem an unlikely pair. (at least to me)
Psalms 2:11, 12b, "Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling...Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him."
To fear the Lord, alone, is terrifying. Without the joy of His grace and mercy and love there is only His holiness of which I fall so desperately short and His eternal wrath is all that there is after this earth. On the other hand, joy, alone, allows me to presume upon the Lord and abuse His grace. Forget that my life is His, bought with a price (1 Cor. 6:19-20) So, we serve Him, because He is God and He is worthy! We rejoice in Him, because despite His awesomeness and our undeservedness, He loved us first! It is vital that as believers we look to our Savior as God! Without Him we will surely perish. By His grace, we are saved. It is a dreadfully wonderful concept
"Blessed are all those who put their thrust in Him." - Lord, increase our faith!


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Myboys proved this to be true today, not once but twice!
I let the boys into the backyard to play for 5 minutes while I got ready this morning and when I came out Ryan was COVERED from head to toe with dirt! He had so much dirt in his hair that he actually looked like he really had hair :)
Simon had thrown handful after handful of dirt on his brother's head. The worst part is that we were supposed to be headed to the park for a ward playdate in 10 minutes!
Oh, and FYI, Simon has discovered that if you move the decorative rocks in the backyard there is dirt underneath. Brown gold.
So, I brushed them off, stuck them in the bath, scrubbed all the dirt out of their hair, nose, ears, etc., and found fresh clean clothes. We made it to the park (almost an hour late) and had a great afternoon.
Then, as I was fixing dinner, the boys snuck outside again to play. This is the scene I found:
Yep, Round Two of "How dirty can we get while mom isn't paying attention". This time I just laughed and let them play in the dirt until dinnertime. Boys will be boys.


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Back to School Night
It is official - school is in full swing. Tonight my school is having Back to School Night. We have Meet the Teacher Night before school starts, then always about a month in we have Back to School Night. I think I am already to go. I have typed up my letter and have all my information stapled together. I have treats on the desk for parents. It is a really cute poem tied to a bag with yummy cookies. When the parents arrive I will have my powerpoint ready to go. I use this to help me remember to talk about all the important points I want to make. It really helps me because I get so nervous speaking in front of a room full of adult. Isn't it funny how we can speak all day in front of a class full of kids, but as soon as a room fills up with adults we get nervous? The pictures below show the slides I will be using in my powerpoint. I hope everything goes well. I am off to freshen up my makeup and get ready to greet my parents.
This is the poem that is attached to the bag of cookies. I tie it on with cute ribbon that matches my room of course!!!
These are the slides I will use tonight that will help me get through my Back to School Night "speech"!!!
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Volcanic Alert Bulletin WI-2013/05 - White Island Volcano
29 January 2013, 1:00pm - Recent change in seismic activity at White Island; Volcanic Alert remains at level 1, Aviation Colour Code remains Orange.
Early this morning the continuous volcanic tremor which has been recorded during the past few weeks at White Island has changed to a pattern of intermittent tremor. When occurring, the volcanic tremor remains strong. The current level of unrest means that there is a greater than usual hazard to visitors.
The crater lake is drying out and the frequent bursts of mud, steam and gas are still vigorous. During the last few days, the bursts have thrown mud and rock several tens of metres out from the lake area. Steam and gas clouds above the volcano are often visible from the Bay of Plenty coastline.
GNS Science's past monitoring of the island shows that weak ash eruptions have often followed drying out of this type of mud-filled lake. More vigorous explosions of mud, rock and perhaps molten sulphur are possible in future with little or no warning. The current level of unrest means that there is a greater than usual hazard to visitors.
The amounts of volcanic gases measured last week were similar to those measured in December 2012 and do not suggest a large eruption is imminent. However, both the ongoing mud bursts and the strong seismic activity indicate that White Island is still at an elevated state of unrest.
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So I'm gonna keep my car and not get a new one. I will keep driving my 1999 4Runner, but I will make sure it's in good condition and I will get a new stereo put in so that I actually like my car. We own it outright and it's a Toyota so even though it has 112,000 miles it should be great. Then we will get Bea a nicer car in September when her lease runs out. We will never lease again. It was good for a season where we wanted a newer more reliable car, but couldn't afford the down payment. But now with no monthly on my car and some savings we can get Bea a new Nissan Pathfinder or Honda Pilot or something like that. We'll see.
I'm excited to look for a new stereo!!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Posted by Eric Wakeling at 2:09 PM
Labels: car, living simply
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- Melissa Brosch said...
Good decision on keeping your car. Its the cheaper way to go in the long run.
- be_a_Mary said...
There was a millionaire in Santa Barbara who was a 'guest professor' at Westmont. I adutited his "Personal Finance" class. He was VERY rich and drove a 84 Datsun. "Cars are depriciating assets" he said. He determined that it helped keep him humble, driving an old car and living in a 'normal' house. I really respected his modesty.
Anyhoo, my point, if it runs and fits your practical needs, good choice to keep it.
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I have been missing in action from my blog this week. I would have taken a picture of all of the hats I have been knitting, but uploading the pictures takes time and frankly, I can't be bothered right now.
Audrey's holiday bazaar is in 6 days. Less than one week. I have become a knitting fiend. And I have to say, a significant portion of my stress is the fact that I don't know how many hats to knit. I've never done this before and I've developed a sort of bi-polar attitude toward my progress. In a 60 second period I can swing from "Oh my word I'm a crazy person who has just spent the last month knitting 500 hats" to "I'm going to sell out in 10 minutes, and then what will I do?". I don't know what to expect. And yet I keep knitting. Diane from Venue has told me to start bringing the holiday items, so I'm feeling that pressure as well. To date I have:
a pile of plush cupcakes
a pile of felted pears
3 snowman hats
2 candy cane striped stocking caps
1 viking hat
8 cupcake hats
2 pumpkin hats
1 strawberry hat
1 watermelon hat
1 blueberry hat
5 different hats that I think are adorable, but no one on Etsy seems to think so
It's been all knitting all the time. And I have a special order to do, I still working on that birthday cake, I have my mom's socks, and Ryan keeps checking in with me to make sure I have the right yarn to make his Harry Potter bookscarf from my new birthday book.
Oh yeah, and I have a family and a life to lead. And by "a life to lead" I mean it's my job to make sure other people in this house have a life. I cleaned the bathrooms yesterday. It had been a while. A long while. The kids were commenting. So I spent some serious time cleaning bathrooms. Alice's new litter box is in the boy's bathroom and between the boys and Alice, that room is practically a bio-hazard. When I'm not looking I think Alice is sneaking a little shovel into the bathroom and digging a hole in her litterbox, tossing the contents of the shovel over her little kitty shoulder. On to the bathroom floor. I have to clean that up twice a day. NOT that I'm complaining, mind you. Alice has not had an accident in weeks--even though she is too lazy to take her 15 year old bones down to the laundry room litterbox, we are delighted that she has agreed to use the litterbox 7 feet away from our bedroom. I have to tell myself that each and every time I clean up the cat litter.
I have boys to take to school, swimming lessons, birthday parties, kid's choir and playdates. I have laundry. L A U N D R Y. I have thank you notes to write for birthday gifts I received 2 weeks ago. Notes I really want to write because I received some very thoughtful gifts. These people who live here keep telling me they want to eat. Most of them don't actually eat what I give them, but I still feel obligated to provide them with food when they ask for it. And then I feel the need to clean up the food. And today we're having lunch with Ryan at school because he is a Student Of The Month, and Students Of The Month get to eat at a special table, invite their families (who are instructed to bring McDonalds. It's really funny--a big long table lined with McDonald's bags, because that seems to be the universal special lunch of choice) and hear a presentation from the Principal.
I've volunteered in Ryan's class, and I've volunteered in Eric's class. I completely cleaned my kitchen from top to bottom--including washing out the pantry and the refrigerator--because we brought fruit flies home from the grocery store (Mike and I spent hours cleaning out the kitchen on Saturday. Hours. And we still have fruit flies). I repaired my garden after the septic tank guy came and I've made about 3 trips to Target this week.
THAT is why I have not been blogging.


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CHENGDU, China — High in the mountains of western China, on steep, almost inaccessible terrain, the last giant pandas roam dense forests of bamboo, conifer and birch. Enigmatic creatures seldom seen by humans, they survive in several reserves in small, isolated groupings.
Recently opened to the public, the Wolong Natural Reserve here in Sichuan Province, 200 miles from the border of Tibet, is the largest of these areas. Wolong and a few other refuges are the last stand not only for the giant panda but for other rare species such as the golden monkey, the tragopan pheasant and the giant panda's small raccoon-like cousin, the red panda.
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, is the jumping-off place for panda country, also for travelers heading to Tibet. About 1,000 miles inland from Shanghai and a little more than 900 miles from Beijing, this prosperous city lies at the western edge of China's breadbasket. Teddy Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, came through Chengdu on a hunting expedition with his brother Kermit in 1928 and shot a panda. Agreeing to fire simultaneously, the two share the dubious honor of being the first white men to kill a giant panda.
From Chengdu the road to Wolong leads west through intensely cultivated fields where farmers winnow their rice on the surface of the asphalt roads. Occasionally one sees a neglected pagoda; a tree sprouts from the roof of one.


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By Henry Meyer
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Russia told Israel it would cancel the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Iran in return for access to advanced Israeli drone technology, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable provided to Le Monde by WikiLeaks.org.
Russia also offered $1 billion for the technology, Israeli Defense Ministry official Amos Gilad said during a Dec. 1, 2009, meeting with U.S. Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher, Paris-based Le Monde reported today, citing the cable sent by an unidentified U.S. diplomat.
Israel declined to provide Russia with its latest unmanned aircraft, saying it was concerned the technology would end up in Chinese hands, Gilad said, according to Le Monde. Russia in September canceled an $800 million contract to supply an S-300 air-defense battery to Iran after the United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions against the Persian Gulf nation.
WikiLeaks, a nonprofit group that releases information the government wants to keep confidential, has begun posting on its website what it says are more than 250,000 U.S. State Department documents written from December 1966 to February 2010. Department spokeswoman Nicole Thompson declined to confirm information in the documents, saying it is the agency's policy not to comment on specific leaked materials.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's administration found "nothing interesting" in the cables published by WikiLeaks, Interfax cited Medvedev spokeswoman Natalya Timakova as saying. Igor Yevdokimov at the Foreign Ministry's press service said he couldn't comment on the WikiLeaks documents before tomorrow.
The Kremlin said in June that the S-300s were covered by the new UN sanctions, which banned sales of weaponry including fighter jets, attack helicopters, warships or missiles.
Delivery of the S-300 missiles would "represent a significant increase in the defense capability of Iranian forces," U.S. Army General David Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 16, when he was commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak signed a defense cooperation agreement with Russia on Sept. 6. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the time that Russia had already bought Israeli drones and it was interested in equipping the unmanned planes with Russian laser technology.
WikiLeaks provided advance access to the documents to news organizations including Le Monde, The New York Times, the London-based Guardian, Madrid-based El Pais and Hamburg-based Der Spiegel.
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New Solutions Deliver Maximum Performance and Optimum Portable Broadband Access
IRVINE, Calif. -- Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced its new Intensi-fi® XLR wireless LAN (WLAN) VoIP router system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform solutions with enhanced features that include 3G support, industry leading performance and best-in-class power consumption. System OEMs can now leverage unparalleled Broadcom® wireless silicon integration and a proven VoIP software suite to develop advanced routers. 3G functionality can be added to these new platform solutions using a USB interface, bringing Internet and network services to homes where broadband is otherwise unavailable.
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-- 3G USB modems enable consumers to utilize their cellular network to create an instant Wi-Fi hotspot for whole home Internet and VoIP services. According to InStat, revenues from external 3G modems alone will reach $2.34 billion globally by the end of 2010.
-- Running a VoIP stack on the wireless router enables consumers to make high quality phone calls over the Internet. VoIP routers bring cost benefits to consumers since calls are charged as part of the Internet service instead of a separate regular telephone charge. Added services like multiple lines, conference call and caller ID are also provided at no additional charge as part of typical VoIP offerings.
-- Broadcom's 802.11n design platform with external 3G support includes router options for low-end to high-end solutions as follows:
-- The Broadcom BCM5356U (a single-stream 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11n router SoC solution)
-- The BCM5358U (a dual-stream 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11n router SoC solution)
-- The BCM5358 (a dual-stream 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11n router SoC solution with VoIP support)
-- The BCM47186 (a dual-stream 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11n high-performance Gigabit Ethernet router SoC solution with VoIP support)
-- To provide a strong wireless backbone for the networked home, Broadcom optimized this new 802.11n router platform with Accelerange(TM) technology -- a unique set of hardware and software enhancements that ensures more robust wireless coverage.
-- The powerful 533 MHz MIPS32 74K core CPU memory subsystem architecture allows for consistently enhanced voice quality even under high Internet data traffic conditions.
-- Broadcom uses a 65 nanometer CMOS design process and a high level of integration to reduce the number of system components on-chip, which in turn, lowers the rest-of-bill-of-materials (RBOM) cost by up to 35 percent. These new router SoC solutions further reduce cost by using two-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs), making high-end routers more affordable to consumers.
-- The new Intensi-fi XLR platform builds upon the architecture of Broadcom's current 802.11n platform, and maintains data rates of up to 300 Megabits per second (Mbps).
-- Broadcom's proven VoIP solution includes:
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Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 4,050 U.S. and 1,650 foreign patents, and has more than 7,900 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
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Pakistan players were pivotal in Dhaka Gladiators' win in the inaugural edition of the Bangladesh Premier League. PHOTO: BPL
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to hold back its players from participating in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was met with disapproval by the cricketers who rarely get a chance to take part in similar cash-strapped events.
The second edition of BPL – starting on January 18 – signed 26 Pakistan cricketers including Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi who were sold for the highest amount at $280,000 and $275,000 respectively. The list of Pakistan cricketers also includes those who have yet to play at the international level with the upcoming tournament was the golden opportunity for them to earn handsome purse.
However, they were deprived of the chance as the PCB decided to refuse to issue NOCs to them following Bangladesh's cancellation of their team's tour to Pakistan.
"The PCB's CEO Subhan Ahmed said if we don't send the Bangladesh team on tour to Pakistan, they won't give NOCs to their players to participate in the BPL," said BCB's media committee chairman Jalal Yunus. "We will hold the tournament without their participation and it will start as per
"As per practice and procedures in vogue, a home board has to approach the visiting players' Board seeking release of its players for their schedule. I couldn't imagine that they could deliberately wait for so long to inform us that they won't give the NOCs."
BCB bypassed PCB for player signing
Meanwhile, a PCB spokesperson said the BCB contacted Pakistan players directly instead of talking to the Board.domestic cricket competitions," said the official. "In the BPL's case, the BCB, their representatives and the players' agents were in contact with the Pakistan cricketers and the PCB was kept in the dark. Even the auction of Pakistan players at BPL was done without PCB's prior permission. It is a cause of embarrassment when boards are bypassed and players are approached directly."
Players unhappy with PCB decision
Meanwhile, Pakistan Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez said the players will whole-heartedly accept the PCB's decision on the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) but there are only a few who share his views.
"It's not fair and there should have been some other solution," a domestic cricketer told The Express Tribune. "If the decision was inevitable, the board must compensate the money that we will lose due to the forced withdrawal."
Meanwhile, a senior PCB official said the board did not hold any discussion on compensating the cricketers.
"We haven't discussed anything on providing compensation to the players yet and it will be premature to say anything on that."
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Designing Android Video Games Yourself Isn't That DifficultEverybody is turning intelligent with smartphone apps. Smartphone applications have completely revolutionized the globe of business, songs, art, science and a lot more. But the most noteworthy change has come in the digital gaming business. Gaming industry is now much more and more concentrating on mobile platforms. It is creating such video games which customers can run on their smartphones. These days, the app shops have tons of gaming apps; nevertheless, it has become difficult to decide which applications are the very best.
Here is another thrilling and lively game. You need to "kill" the cockroaches by pressing them with your finger as soon as they appear about a plate with bread within the restricted time. The sport is over when the time is up. The greater accumulated time you get, the lengthier time you can play. The vivid animation and background audio make this sport much more thrilling and interesting.
While there is no 3G access on this gadget it operates on WI-fi. So anywhere you have a wireless connection, you can browse and obtain content. 1 of the biggest factors that differentiates the Kindle Hearth from other tablets that have unsuccessful in the past is the Amazon app store. This provides customers access to thousands of Game Guardian and programs. They even function a "free app of the day" to permit you to get totally free content material. Many well-liked games such as Angry birds have been featured through this plan.
Companies like Panasonic, LG, Samsung and RIM have launched some truly aesthetic tablets recently. With the start of subsequent generation tablets tablet marketplace has noticed tough competitors. This competition has also affected the demand for Android improvement companies. As all the newest tablets run on Android OS and have broad support for latest software, these are no less cool than the iPad and iPad 2.
Spiders adore to consume bugs and this fundamental concept is transformed into a free puzzle for the Android OS. This is a neat game exactly where you tap on particular sections to make the spider's internet disappear. For every piece eliminated, the spider gets a chance to transfer closer to its prey. The puzzle is you require to believe prior to you act and reduce the spider off from the prey. So, can you help save a lifestyle from a hungry spider?
An very polished platform sport that pulls off the shock outcome of being extremely playable on an Android trackball. The hefty momentum of the character means you're only switching path with the ball or d-pad, letting you whizz about read more the ranges with ease. Then there's jumping, base-bouncing, collecting and all the other typical platform formalities.
This is a fairly costly sport but is very good. It is the actual Guitar Hero game on your phone and is very good to pass the time as nicely as pay attention to some songs. It arrives with 15 songs and you pretty much tap the dot when it comes into the gap. You can perform with buddies and see who will get the high score. It is priced at $9.99 which drives some individuals absent, but it is a very good game that you should have on your phone.


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After almost 8 years, here we are an entire day spent with No Television, No Computer, No black berry and phone. Nice Candle light dinner and cuddled together. Well before you let your imagination run wild, I was just trying to put a positive spin on the power outage here. Whining you say?!
If you are from Chennai like me, you know it's nothing, especially during summertime; power outage is such a common affair. But as kids we were never bothered with it. In fact it was fun with all local kids playing together and telling stories, but those were the old days...
But the reality now is we have lost power here since yesterday 3:00pm due to heavy thunder storms in around DC suburbs. As of now we haven't got any power. This is first time I have faced such long power outage here in US. The last time it happened was in 2003, which lasted for 5 days, I heard. But that time I was abroad on vacation.
Let's see how long this one lasts.
Well may be I can practice on my flute with few gallons of gas saved!


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It's an all female crew tomorrow at dawn. Look low in the northeastern sky starting about an hour and a half before sunrise and the first thing you'll notice is the lunar crescent filled out with ample earthshine. To its left will shine radiant Venus, the brightest planet in the sky. Both Venus and the moon or Luna have deep mythological roots. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty, while Luna was the female complement of the sun. She rode a chariot wearing a crescent-shaped crown on her head.


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Stocks Stand Up to Terror
Last Week's Quick Rebound Reflects the Dow's Tendency To Shrug Off Most Attacks
Investors live with concern that a terrorist attack will tank the stock market. But a look at some of the past century's biggest terrorist attacks shows that has rarely happened.
The trend could be seen in the surprisingly rapid U.S. stock recovery after the terrorist attacks in London last Thursday. More broadly, an analysis of market reaction following 15 different terrorist acts going back to 1920 suggests that, while terrorism may be a generalized cause of fear, it has rarely been a major mover of markets....


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Lindsay Lohan has reportedly opened a joint bank account with her girlfriend Samantha Ronson.
According to the Daily Express, the Mean Girls star suggested the account in a bid to prove her commitment to their relationship.
"Lindsay was reportedly earning £122,000 per episode for her stint on Ugly Betty last year and she's put that into [the] joint account to show Samantha how much she loves her," said a source.
"Having a joint account with Sam is a huge step for her."
The insider added that Lohan also wanted to reimburse the DJ for the amount of money that she had spent on romantic vacations for the couple.
"Sam's very generous to Lindsay. She pays for everything when they go away together and Lindsay wants to show her gratitude by doing this."


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PATRICIA MCQUEEN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,v.JAMES BROWN AND STEVEN COOK, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
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These matters are consolidated appeals of two summary dispossess actions concerning an apartment in a building with three dwelling units in Atlantic City.
Patricia McQueen, the landlord, is the owner of a three-floor apartment building located at 517 North Ohio Avenue in Atlantic City. Pursuant to a written lease, dated August 1, 1994, McQueen leased the first-floor apartment to Steven Cook and James Brown (the tenants) at a monthly rent of $500. McQueen brought two successive actions for possession of the first floor apartment leased to the tenants.
McQueen's primary residence is in Philadelphia but, for the past twenty years, she and her mother have used the second-floor unit of the apartment building on weekends, holidays, and vacations. McQueen's apartment is fully furnished and she receives certain bills there. McQueen's cousin, Winfred Young, who does not pay rent, occupies the third-floor apartment.
In the first dispossess action, filed in May of 1999, McQueen sought to remove the tenants for non-payment of rent. At the time the complaint was filed, the tenants had been withholding rent for six months, owing approximately $3000. The tenants claimed that the rent was illegal and, therefore, unenforceable because McQueen had not obtained a municipal occupancy permit as required by Chapter 194 of the Atlantic City Municipal Code (the ordinance). The trial judge agreed, concluding that no rent was due and owing because McQueen had failed to obtain an occupancy permit before renting the apartment to the tenants in 1994 or at any subsequent time. The court dismissed the complaint for possession, concluding the lease was unenforceable.
The second action for possession was brought immediately after the dismissal of the complaint for non- payment of rent. In the second action, McQueen sought to remove the tenants under the Anti-Eviction Act, specifically N.J.S.A. 2A:18-53, claiming the unit was exempt from the Act's good cause grounds for eviction because the premises were owner-occupied with not more than two rental units. The judge dismissed the complaint, concluding that McQueen's limited occupancy of the second-floor apartment, consisting of eight or nine days per month, did not qualify the unit as "owner-occupied" under the statutory exception; therefore, she could not evict the tenants without good cause.
On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed the judgments dismissing the complaints in both summary dispossess actions. The Appellate Division concluded that the lease was not automatically void simply because the landlord failed to obtain and occupancy permit as other equitable factors must be considered, including: consideration of the public policy underlying the ordinance violated, whether voiding the lease will further that policy, the burden or detriment to the parties if the lease is voided, and the benefit which the party seeking to avoid the bargain has enjoyed.
In applying those factors, the Appellate Division found that the trial court erred by declaring the lease void and unenforceable. The court noted that the policy behind the ordinance - a process to ensure that rental housing would be safe and habitable prior to the tenant moving in -is not advanced by a rule that would declare the lease
void because the landlord did not obtain an occupancy permit where the tenants have been living in the unit for almost five years, receiving the benefits of occupancy, without demonstrating that the unit was uninhabitable. According to the Appellate Division, it would have been better for the trial court to adjourn the matter and allow the landlord the opportunity to apply for the appropriate permit and then conduct a hearing to determine if the tenants can prove that the premises was uninhabitable. The appellate panel also noted that declaring the lease void after such a long period of time results in an unjustifiable burden on the landlord, and an undeserved benefit to the tenants who were permitted to live rent free in the premises for the period the landlord did not have the permit.
In addressing the second summary dispossession action, the Appellate Division noted that the issue of McQueen's part-time occupancy of her apartment in the building and whether that was enough to enable her to be considered an "owner-occupier" was one of first impression. The Appellate Division concluded that, based on the legislative history of the Anti-Eviction statute, and the Act's plain language, the "owner-occupied premise" exception should be construed as not requiring the owner-occupier to permanently occupy or use the unit as the owner's principal residence to qualify for the exception. The amount of time that is required for the owner to live in the residence is fact-sensitive, and the court was satisfied that, in this case, eight or nine days a month was sufficient to qualify McQueen as an owner-occupier.
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HELD: The judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the Appellate Division opinion. Failure of the landlord to obtain an occupancy permit prior to leasing an apartment unit as required by local ordinance is not alone sufficient to void the lease. In addition, when an owner of a building of not more than two rental units maintains and personally occupies his or her own unit on a part-time basis in good faith, the unit qualifies as an "owner-occupied premises" under the exception to the Anti-Eviction Act.
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In my experience with college students the legal requirements of mandated reporting of suspicion of child abuse and neglect is mostly unknown. One positive outcome from the recent events at Penn State is to bring public recognition to both the legal requirements and the moral obligations of all persons to protect children from abuse. Many legislatures are reviewing the mandated reporting statutes to determine their efficacy in light of these recent revelations.
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On Repatriation Road,
In Pickering Brook, I drove
For a long time
And saw almost nothing
Except the narrow road
Ahead and trees on both sides
With nothing behind me
And nothing ahead of me.
Then, I saw a tractor on one side
And a low gate on the other and
I knew I was reaching a place.
Some place.
Then, I saw a tiny little house
All alone there behind some flowers.
It had a front porch with old chairs
And some other muted things.
In front of the house was a tree,
Three times taller than the house!
I kept going.
I kept going
Chasing the end of that road.
Until I reached the end of the road.
And then I went back home.
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\Found this older farm house in the Palouse. Looked to see if I could find someone to see why they let the grass grow this long. Couldn't find anyone.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Sunset dove to her right, barely avoiding another attack from the roc. She pushed herself back up, eyes locked onto the towering avian in front of her. Her legs burned and her lungs strained for air.
The roc whipped itself around to face Sunset, its enormous wings sending forth a large gust of wind. Sunset dug her feet into the dirt, raising her arms to shield her face from the flying leaves and twigs. She heard another deafening screech and upon lowering her hands, she spotted the roc launching itself at her claws first.
Sunset didn't have time to think. Instinctively, she dived left. She could feel a strong wind soaring past her body, then her thighs.
And suddenly, pain.
Sunset landed in the grass screaming. Looking down, she saw that the creature's sharp claws had managed to make a long cut up her right leg. The wound had started to drip blood onto the grass below, sending a wave of panic through her. She attempted to stand but a sudden sharp pain sent her tumbling back down onto the ground with a yell. She spun her attention back to the roc and to her horror, the creature was approaching her one step at a time.
No, no, no, no! Sunset dug her fingers into the dirt and attempted to crawl away. Her mind raced to think of a solution. A way out. Maybe she could use fire like Twilight did? Or maybe there was another item she was holding on to? As the seconds ticked by, a grim realization dawned on Sunset. She attempted to push it away, but as the roc neared her, she knew it was the truth.
There was no way out.
Sunset slowly turned back around, locking her gaze onto the fierce, remorseless green pupils of the roc's. She hung her head and closed her eyes.
Our luck had to run out sooner or later, huh? She could hear Twilight's laughter. The joy on her face as she tweaked a screw on the TPT. Just a few hours ago they couldn't wait to press the button to venture out to worlds unknown. And now she wished they never did. Just stay safe. And don't make the same mistakes I did. She begged in her mind. I'll miss you.
The roc gave a deafening screech and Sunset shut her eyes as tight as she could. She awaited her end, hoping that the roc would have the mercy to make it quick. However, as the seconds ticked by, Sunset heard nothing. She shot her eyes open and the sight in front of her caused her jaw to drop.
Twilight was standing in front of her with one arm outstretched, the roc's razor sharp beak mere centimeters from her palm. It darted its furious gaze between both girls, sending a chill down Sunset's spine.
"T-Twilight?" Sunset called out in a nervous voice, but Twilight didn't reply. Suddenly, the roc reared back, its head piercing the canopy of purple leaves. "T-Twilight…" Sunset spoke again. But now, the nervousness had been replaced with terror.
The roc whipped its head forward, cutting through the air with its beak. Upon spotting who the attack was aimed at, Sunset felt her blood go cold and her heart freeze in fear. She yelled as loud as she could, tears forming at her eyes as the creature landed its attack.
A shockwave exploded from Twilight's position, shattering the nearby trees into splinters and wiping every blade of grass from view. Sunset stared in awe as a translucent ripple flowed from where the attack landed to all the way around her and Twilight, forming a sphere. Darting her head forward, she spotted the beak no more than an inch from Twilight's hand.
"My advice, if you ever try to hurt her again," Twilight spoke in a grave tone. "Don't." She pulled her arm back an inch before slamming it into the roc's chest, sending it careening through the trees with a shockwave.
Sunset watched as the roc tumbled through the forest like it was made of paper, felling every tree it collided with. When it finally stopped, it quickly regained its footing before flying up into the skies above and into the mountains.
Sunset returned her gaze back to Twilight, a mixture of shock and fear slowly creeping up her body. "T-Twilight?"
Twilight spun back around, immediately rushing over to Sunset. "Sunset! I'm sorry. I-I'm so sorry." Twilight attempted to move her friend but a pained groan quickly stopped her efforts. She glanced down, noticing the bleeding slice on Sunset's right leg. "I shouldn't have smelled that flower. I shouldn't have left you. Please just … hang on. I'll fix this."
"W-wait, Twilight, you remember?"
Twilight nodded. She slung Sunset's arm over her shoulder, lifting her up and escorting her towards the base of a tree.
"How?" Sunset asked through strained breaths.
"Aeon?" Sunset felt her anger building just from the mere mention of that name. She slumped against the trunk, a feeling of exhaustion rapidly overtaking her.
"Aeon found me. She put a bitter-smelling bag to my nose and all my memories came rushing back. And…" Twilight paused, drawing a confused stare from Sunset.
"And she gave me two of these." Twilight reached into her pocket, pulling out a small vial filled with a clear liquid. However, what truly caught Sunset's eye was the tiny metal flakes suspended within.
Twilight nodded, placing the vial squarely in Sunset's palm. Sunset lifted it to her eyes, watching the metal pieces glitter from the sun's shining light.
"Why would she help us?"
"She said she owes us. Well, more accurately, me. My best guess is from that incident with Sombra," Twilight explained. She spotted Sunset twisting the vial in several angles as if she was looking for something. "Drink it."
"No offense Twi, but I don't exactly trust her."
Twilight thought for a moment before reaching down and grasping Sunset's other hand. "Then trust me."
Sunset looked up, locking her gaze with Twilight's. Twilight was wearing a smile and even though the expression was small, Sunset knew the meaning behind it was anything but. For a few seconds, there wasn't a word muttered between the two. The only sounds she could hear were the rustling of the leaves and chirping from the birds.
Sunset gave Twilight a quick smile of her own before turning her attention back onto the vial in her hand. She drew a deep breath, holding it for a second before exhaling. Popping the cork at the top, she lifted the vial to her lips and tilted it back.
Sunset swirled the liquid around in her mouth for a second and she was swiftly hit by a torrent of sweetness. Her face contorted into a disgusted expression, drawing a giggle from Twilight. She swallowed it as quickly as she could, shaking her head once it was down.
At first, Sunset felt nothing. However, without warning, an intense surge of energy course through her veins. She gasped loudly and shot her eyes open as wide as they could go. What in Celestia's name… Sunset pushed herself onto her feet. She expected to be greeted with a crippling pain but instead, she felt nothing. Glancing down at her leg, she caught sight of the wound swiftly closing upon itself.
"Twilight I feel… feel..." Sunset stammered, attempting to think of the proper word to describe the sensation flowing through her body.
Sunset took several steps forward and a confident smile appeared on her face. She glanced back at Twilight, nodding. "Alive."
With the training teleporter in her hand, Twilight strolled up to Sunset, a worried look on her face. "What do we do?"
Sunset stared at the device in Twilight's hands for a second, but the answer was clear to her.
"We end that dimension destroying being once and for all."
Sunset reached for the middle button on the teleporter. She hovered her finger over it for a couple of seconds before retracting it altogether.
"What's wrong?"
Sunset looked to her with a smile. "You wanted to press the button back when we started. I don't want to rob you of that joy." She winked.
Twilight gave an elated laugh. "Alright. Initiating dimension hop with the Talisman." Sunset's ears perked up upon hearing the word. She took a glance at Twilight and a quick wink told Sunset that she knew exactly what she had said.
Twilight tapped the middle button and instantly, a portal fizzled to life in front of them. "Let's go, Sunset. We can end this." Twilight was about to step in, when she felt Sunset reach down and grab her hand. She faced Sunset, her eyes wide and her mouth agape.
"Together, this time."
The words sent a red hot blush through Twilight's cheeks. She tightened the grip on Sunset's hand and stepped through the crackling blue light. All the while, one word repeated constantly in her mind.


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A relaxing cruise!
Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas
Sail Date: July 02, 2010
Ship: Carnival Fantasy
Cabin Type: Inside
Traveled As: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review Summary
The ship may be one of the older ones in the Carnival fleet but it has been refurbished and everything looked to be in fine shape. Would sail again on the Fantasy with out hesitation.
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Don't Miss: Straw market in town
Don't Miss: Your own boat! LOL
Pros: Good food, good service,a good comediene and a great ships band and quick debarkation.
Cons: Over the hill stale singer & entertainer that performed not once but twice.
Recommends Carnival Fantasy? Yes!
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As we begin a new school year, it is time for fresh excitement about Kentucky education. In just the past few months, key developments have positioned Kentucky for more rapid improvement than we've seen at any time since the early 1990s. Here's a quick summary of what's happened and why it matters.
First, Kentucky is developing new academic standards that will be shorter, clearer and better aligned with college readiness and global competition. Senate Bill 1, passed this spring, commits us to that major revision and to matching tests that will start in 2012.
Second, national developments will strengthen our SB 1 work. Forty-six states have committed voluntarily to develop Common Core standards in mathematics and language arts, with Kentucky poised to be one of the very first to apply those expectations in our teaching, our testing and our accountability process. Kentucky will also benefit from the federal Department of Education's commitment of $350 million to develop robust testing based on the Common Core approach.
Third, state leadership is now unified on education in a way we have rarely seen. Leaders in both parties and both houses of the legislature backed SB 1, and they and Gov. Steve Beshear intend to see it succeed. Terry Holliday, our new commissioner of education, is off to a great start, as is Bob King, the new president of the Council on Postsecondary Education. Together, Commissioner Holliday and President King have already launched major collaborations, including a longitudinal student data system to track students' progress from pre-k to college and beyond.
Fourth, we have growing clarity about a central fact: standards, tests, data systems and state political commitments will only yield higher achievement if they are implemented well in classrooms. At this spring's Prichard Committee meeting, Sir Michael Barbour identified teaching quality as the essential factor in the success of top-performing school systems around the world. In his words, "The only way to improve outcomes is to improve instruction."
Barbour, a partner of McKinsey & Company and a former official in the administration of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, made a compelling case for four main strategies that work to build consistently effective teaching for all students:
In hindsight, it is easy to see that our 1990 reform often fell short on the teaching quality front. We offered rewards for success and consequences for failure, and we assumed our educators were already equipped to respond to those incentives. In reality, they needed more direct and robust support—just as athletes reaching for a major prize need sustained coaching to deliver their best performance.
- Recruiting and training strong candidates to enter the education profession.
- Strengthening current teaching through collaborative professional development that changes classroom practice.
- Using data from tests and school inspection systems to measure progress and to intervene when progress is too slow.
- Developing school leadership able to forge those three elements—new teachers, support for current teachers, and data on results—into schools that deliver rapid achievement growth for all students.
Teaching quality work could be the Achilles' heel of our new efforts as well. Senate Bill 1 did call for new attention to effective instruction, directing the state department to ensure training for current educators on implementing the new standards and directing the Education Professional Standards Board to ensure that teacher preparation programs do the same thing for teacher candidates. Unfortunately, those two agencies have endured a decade of funding cuts. Stripped to the bare bones, they will be very hard pressed to implement robust new learning activities with their current funding.
That makes the fifth and final reason for new excitement especially important. The federal government is offering $4 billion in competitive "Race to the Top" grants for states that can show the best records of past reform and the best new plans to push those reforms further. Commissioner Holliday has already mobilized his staff and an impressively representative advisory board to draft a strong Kentucky application.
Together, these developments offer Kentucky a great opportunity. If we seize the day, working together with great energy in the coming months, we can ensure that our new standards translate into new teaching strength in every classroom and new levels of achievement for all our children.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Key developments, fresh excitment
In today's C-J, Sam Corbett sums up the big opportunities now open to our schools. Sam chairs the Prichard Committee, and here's his column:
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Day 1 of My Trip Home
I went home today to begin researching my anticipated series of articles on the Civil Rights movement in my hometown, and one of my first stops was to the city's Legacy Museum of African-American history. It sits on a hill on the edge of the downtown area, and I took this picture looking back into the city. It's amazing to consider the amount of history and the different types of architecture jammed into this one little view -- a view which, I might add, I thought I had captured without so much "tilt" to the photo.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Midday Moscato- Raven Symone: P&P Please Do or Don't??
Ok ladies, I'm not sure if it's midday yet but I need your opinion. Raven Symone (whom I absolutely love and respect as a business person) was spotted at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards wearing a pearl covered dress. This dress by Ines Di Santo is fully beaded with pearls of all different sizes accented with Swarovski crystals. Raven looks phenomenal but what do you, perlas, think of the dress??... Please Do? or Don't? Let me know...Besos, P&P.
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She looks gorgeous overall, but I think the pearls on the dress are a bit too much. I do not know why I am not feeling it, I just not. I think the crystal would be enough. I think that kind of detail need to be left to wedding gowns.ReplyDelete
Shawn, I think I agree with you. I felt that it was kind of wedding dress-y also. Maybe just around the bustier part but the whole dress? Im not so sure. But Raven looks awesome though!! I love the soft curls!...Besos, P&P.ReplyDelete
She does look very good and her hair is gorgeous. I think she was looking for an elegant look but missed the mark.ReplyDelete
She looked gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on Pearls and Polish. It's always nice to know that someone is actually reading this! LOL...Besos, P&P.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Best I Read Articles Again: You Should Too
George Saunders spent about a week in a Tent City in or around Fresno, this is his report (he wrote it for GQ).
George Saunders, known primarily for his short fiction, writes some of the best creative non-fiction I've come across. While this story mostly entertaining, it starts teaching you lessons eventually. This part here that I now excerpt really gave me pause, had me think about some of the less-fortunate/deranged people I've worked with/gotten to know/tried to "help" over the years.
The Cratchit Confusion
At times, as indicated above, the PR found certain residents of the Study Area irritating, even maddening. At one particularly low point, when very tired, not himself at all, the PR, who in real life prided himself on his kindheartedness, even wrote, in the project notebook: "Exterminate the brutes." For several days afterward, he felt bad about this while, at the same time, continuing to feel exasperated with the Study Area residents. Then the PR realized the error of his thinking, an error he thereafter thought of as The Cratchit Confusion.
Bob Cratchit, the hero of Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol, is poor yet virtuous. He is honest, forthright, hardworking, clean, and articulate. He loves his family and is forgiving of those who oppress him. He is, in other words, easy to sympathize with. In the real world, however, the unfortunate may not be so likable. They may be stupid, dishonest, lazy, or mean. They may obfuscate, they may attack those weaker than themselves, they may claim their poverty is the fault of an unfair world, they may invent lives for themselves in which they are heroic sages, ahead of the curve. These negative qualities, in fact, may be the root cause of their misfortune.
But to love the unfortunate, it is not necessary to feel fond of them or tenderness toward them. Momentary irritations are inevitable, the PR came to feel; they are also irrelevant. All we must do is what we would do if we could see the unfortunate purely. Our minds can be kind when our hearts cannot. In time, he predicted, his irritation would recede and all that would remain would be feelings of sadness and protectiveness toward the Study Area residents, who, after all, had not killed or abused him but had let him walk among them with impunity, and had even been kind to him, if not always to one another.
I hope you feel inclined to take the time to read his big long article. It is not always squeaky clean, but I think we'll all survive.
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- Gwendolyn said...
Great article, thanks for sharing. Mental illness and homelessness go together like rama lama lama etc. I saw my homeless friend Michael last week and we hadn't talked for more than 2 minutes before he headed into space alein territory. It makes me sad because it's a problem beyond money...I think?
Curious--is The Braindead Megaphone better, worse, or incomparable to The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (if you read the latter)?
- Brigham said...
Hello Gwendolyn, I hope you come back and read my answer:
The Braindead Megaphone is totally different as it's all essays like the one above. It is a very good collection, I could not recommend it more. There's an essay where he goes to Dubai, and essay where he works with the militia along the US/Mexico border, and an essay about Johnny Tremain, to name a few. It is great.
- Gwendolyn said...
I came back for your answer! Thanks Brigham, I'll give it a try.(And for the record, I do know how to spell alien.)


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Once upon a time, different forms of media could be counted on to deliver entertainment in nice, discrete packages. Books were books. Movies were movies. TV programs were TV programs. But times have changed.
Media scholar Henry Jenkins draws our attention to the phenomenon of "transmedia storytelling" in which elements of narrative fiction are "dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience." This trend can be seen in the Star Wars franchise (which has developed lore via seven feature films, two animated series, several video games, more than a dozen comic books, and close to a hundred novels), movies like Southland Tales that can only be understood with reference to "prequel graphic novels," alternate reality games such as Perplex City and I Love Bees, and the rise of fan-designed fiction and fan-designed role-playing games for titles ranging from Harry Potter and Fringe to Dexter and Firefly.
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Urantia Book PAPER 106: UNIVERSE LEVELS OF REALITY
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106:0.1 It is not enough that the ascending mortal should know something of the relations of Deity to the genesis and manifestations of cosmic reality; he should also comprehend something of the relationships existing between himself and the numerous levels of existential and experiential realities, of potential and actual realities. Man's terrestrial orientation, his cosmic insight, and his spiritual directionization are all enhanced by a better comprehension of universe realities and their techniques of interassociation, integration, and unification.
106:0.2 The present grand universe and the emerging master universe are made up of many forms and phases of reality which, in turn, are existent on several levels of functional activity. These manifold existents and latents have been previously suggested in these papers, and they are now grouped for conceptual convenience in the following categories:
106:0.10 These levels of reality are convenient compromise symbolizations of the present universe age and for the mortal perspective. There are a number of other ways of looking at reality from other-than-mortal perspective and from the standpoint of other universe ages. Thus it should be recognized that the concepts herewith presented are entirely relative, relative in the sense of being conditioned and limited by:
106:0.11 Reality growth is conditioned by the circumstances of the successive universe ages. The central universe underwent no evolutionary change in the Havona age, but in the present epochs of the superuniverse age it is undergoing certain progressive changes induced by co-ordination with the evolutionary superuniverses. The seven superuniverses, now evolving, will sometime attain the settled status of light and life, will attain the growth limit for the present universe age. But beyond doubt, the next age, the age of the first outer space level, will release the superuniverses from the destiny limitations of the present age. Repletion is continually being superimposed upon completion.
106:0.12 These are some of the limitations which we encounter in attempting to present a unified concept of the cosmic growth of things, meanings, and values and of their synthesis on ever-ascending levels of reality.
Urantia Book 15:2 ORGANIZATION OF THE SUPERUNIVERSES
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15:2.1 Only the Universal Father knows the location and actual number of inhabited worlds in space; he calls them all by name and number. I can give only the approximate number of inhabited or inhabitable planets, for some local universes have more worlds suitable for intelligent life than others. Nor have all projected local universes been organized. Therefore the estimates which I offer are solely for the purpose of affording some idea of the immensity of the material creation.
15:2.2 There are seven superuniverses in the grand universe, and they are constituted approximately as follows:
15:2.10 Excluding the Paradise-Havona spheres, the plan of universe organization provides for the following units:
15:2.11 Each of the seven superuniverses is constituted, approximately, as follows:
15:2.12 All such estimates are approximations at best, for new systems are constantly evolving while other organizations are temporarily passing out of material existence.
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