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我♥星期五 / I ♥ Friday : No. 13
沒有後院? 在充滿陽光的窗口種菜苗也是好的選擇。(via Sprout Home)
No backyard? Growing micro greens on the sunny windowsill is also a great option. (via Sprout Home)
Whit & Whistle的七彩龍麟筆記本, 帶在身邊心情也會好起來。
Colorful dragon scale jotter from Whit & Whistle, just carrying this around would probably make me happy.
龜和兔是我最喜歡的兩種動物。所以每一次聽龜兔賽跑的故事, 雖然我懂故事的隱喻, 總還是希望龜兔雙贏。這個Uncommon Goods的瓷器龜兔撲滿讓兩個我最愛的動物和平相處且階位同等, 太好了。
Tortoise and rabbit are my two favorite animals. Every time I'm hearing the tortoise and hare story, despite the fact that I fully understand the underlying message of the story, I always hope for both parties to win the race. This set of turtle and hare porcelain banks from Uncommon Goods allows my two favorites to co-exist in peace at the same ranking, awesome.
從Anthology看到德國設計師Dietlin Wolf用花做成平面但有立體感的版畫, 好美, 太適合這春暖花開的季節。
Saw the beautiful, full of texture collage made with real flowers by German designer/stylist Dietlin Wolf on Anthology. It's gorgeous and suitable for these blossom-filled days.
Heidi Merrick的春裝。這一季, 讓我們擁抱鮮艷的色彩, 把陰暗顏色的衣服先暫時收起來吧。
Spring dress from Heidi Merrick. It's the perfect season to embrace the bright colors, put your dark garments away for a bit!
我真心極愛這頂Coco Flip的白色及原木Coco Pendant燈罩。
I absolutely adore the white Coco Pendant from Coco Flip.
最近手癢癢的想開始認真學習裁縫技術, 看到這盒Merchant & Mills設計感百分百的裁縫箱, 忍不住希望自己已經是裁縫天才了。(via Old Faithful Shop)
Lately I've been seriously considering picking up sewing techniques. When I saw this well-designed sewing kit from Merchant & Mills, I really wish I was already an expert seamstress. (via Old Faithful Shop)
強尼‧戴普和娜塔莉‧波曼替保羅麥卡尼的My Valentine MV 帶來低調的浪漫氛圍。
Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman brings some subtle romantic magic to the music video of My Valentine by Paul McCartney.


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Makeover Edition: A Bathroom for my Shipmates
When we moved into our new home last year, I can honestly say that I missed our bathroom the most, specifically the bath. As a Mom, "tubby time" is one of the best events of the day. The kids are happy and winding down, we are completely "unplugged," all the dirt and sticky crud is fading away, and my magazine on the couch topped with a glass of red wine is just one bedtime story away. This past year, Rubber ducky and Mr. Bubbles were completely MIA. The kid's bathroom had a stand-up shower so we were subjected to our grotesque Master Bath. In the midst of the grim forest green tile and florescent overhead lighting, "Splish Splash I'm taking a bath" just didn't carry the same tune. It was then that my husband and I decided we needed to save up and renovate the kid's bathroom!
Before I tackle ANY design project, big or small, I always put together a Concept Board. These boards lay out a bird's eye view of each particular item and their cost, purchase location, and ordering detail. This way, not only do you have a practical, realistic concept, you also have the ability to bring the whole room together, creating one cohesive look.
Here was my concept board for our project. I knew I wanted to accomplish 3 things...
- Shiplap covering the walls and ceiling
- A fun nautical "kid friendly" design but sophisticated enough to serve as a guest bath
- Aged brass fixtures throughout
Now it was time to execute. I hired an unbelievable contractor named Steve to implement the design and here is the finished result!
Hope you like it!!
Here are the Before & Afters!!
~Ivory & Bone

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Important Safety Warning Labels Replace Worn or Missing Vacuum Lifter Labels
HUDSON, MA--(Marketwired - July 08, 2016) - New general safety label kits for small mechanical, electric, and air vacuum lifters up to 2,000 lbs. and vacuum pad attachments are now available from ANVER Corporation, a leader in vacuum handling technology. These new label kits provide important safety warnings that are not lifter-specific, making them ideal for vacuum lifters manufactured prior to 1999 that are in need of replacement labels.
ANVER, in accordance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B30.20-2013 Safety Standards, recommends replacing labels that do not clearly display instructions, cautionary information, safety markings, or pictograms. Often, labels wear out and become unreadable; however, they are required for OSHA inspections and other safety standards. These new safety label kits are sufficient replacement labels for ANVER vacuum lifters, and they are quick and easy to purchase in order to minimize production downtime. Now customers who own vacuum lifters with unknown serial numbers will be outfitted with general safety warning labels.
General Safety Label Kits for larger vacuum lifters, over 2,000 lbs., are expected to be released shortly. Customers are encouraged to contact ANVER to learn more about best label safety practices and additional safety components for vacuum handling devices.
About ANVER Corp
ANVER, founded in 1968, is a North American leader in vacuum handling technology. ANVER is a full-service manufacturer offering a complete range of vacuum handling products from miniature vacuum suction cups and vacuum pumps to complete Mill-Duty Vacuum Lifting Systems.
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Contact Information:
For more information, please contact:
ANVER Corporation
36 Parmenter Rd.
Hudson, MA 01749
J.J. Osmecki
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Service Tips
Here you'll find a few helpful tips, CMI checklists, and maintenance charts for the equipment we sell, rent and service. If you can't find what you need, don't hesitate to contact our product support team and they'll be happy to help!
Cutting Edge Tips
Operating Tips
Avoid back dragging
Back dragging reduces cutting edge life by causing it to break before it wears down.
Minimize excessive down pressure
Buckets last longer if the operator minimizes the amount of pressure applied when the bucket is engaged with the ground.
Avoid using blades in wet conditions
Blades wear faster in wet conditions.
Equipment Tips
Use corner attachments
Corner guards increase the bucket's strength. Not using corner guards can cause premature wear.
Use a thicker edge
More powerful machines can use thicker edges, and, in most cases, they should.
For grader blades, consider using single bevel curved blades instead of double bevel curved
The leading bevel on double bevel curved blades wears out quickly, turning it into a single bevel curved blade. Single bevel curved blades last longer and are more cost effective.
Use proper bolts and nuts
Loose bolts and nuts cause the cutting edge to be loose on the moldboard, which can lead to breakage. Use Grade 8 bolts or higher; lower quality may stretch and loosen.
Rotate the cutting edge consistently
Flipping the blade regularly can double the blade life. The flipping interval depends upon what type of material it's used for, and the application.
Protect snowplow cutting edges with a standard flat blade
The steel in carbide snow plow blades can erode, causing the carbide inserts to fall out.
Inspection Tips
Inspect loader edge position
The base edge is the primary support for the bucket system, while the primary engagement edge should be the bolt-on cutting edge. If the base edge is worn out, the bucket is not as stable.
Inspect loader wear plates and replace when needed
Increase the life of the bucket and cutting edge by replacing wear plates regularly.
Routinely inspect and secure bolts
Loose cutting edges can easily be damaged and may fall off and damage surrounding equipment.
Track Tension Tips
Adjusting Tension
Improper tension
Loose tracks can detrack. Over-tightening can cause power loss, excessive roller and idler wear, and could tear the tracks. Refer to your operator's manual for track inspection and tensioning procedures.
How to adjust
Track tension is controlled by a track adjuster located behind the front idler. Tension adjustments are made by pumping or draining grease through the track adjuster valve. Even small adjustments in track sag have a big impact on tension. A change in sag from 1'' to 0.5'' increases tension by about 3,000 pounds. Refer to your operator's manual for specific information on how to adjust the track tension of your machine.
Inspect adjuster valve periodically
Make sure your adjuster valve is working properly by visually inspecting it periodically. If the valve shows signs of leakage, bring your machine in for repair as soon as possible. Leakage can lead to a loss of track tension and increased wear.
Match Tension to Operating conditions
Adjust track tension on-site
Make tension adjustments on the job site rather than in the shop. Track tension may increase if the sprocket and chain are packed with mud or other materials. A track that is properly tensioned in the shop may become too tight when packed with mud.
Test packing conditions before adjusting
To match track tension with the specific packing conditions of the job site, run your machine for a short while on the job site, then make the necessary adjustments.
Make frequent adjustments
Changes in weather can alter the packing conditions of the job site throughout the day. Making tension adjustments in response to these changes can help reduce track wear and costs.
Do not operate your machine if the tracks are frozen
Wait for the weather to improve if your tracks become frozen. If you try to use power to force the tracks to move you might destroy them.
Avoid abrupt turns and high speeds
Do not make abrupt turns, because they place unnecessary stress on the track and undercarriage. Continuous turning to the same side can cause asymmetrical wear. Higher speeds cause more wear on the undercarriage. Use the slowest possible operating speed for the job.
Avoid excessive reverse operation
Do not operate in reverse unless necessary. Reverse operation wears tracks up to three times as quickly as forward operation. Highspeed reverse is particularly destructive to tracks and undercarriage components.
Have your undercarriage inspected annually by a trained technician to catch problems early before they lead to unnecessary damage.
Quick Coupler Tips
Quick couplers are used on most job sites. Using quick couplers safely and responsibly can reduce risk of injury and damage on the job. Follow the below tips to make sure you are taking proper precautions when using quick couplers for your attachments.
Take Precautions
Train your operators
To prevent accidents related to quick coupler systems, thoroughly train operators in their use. All operators and supervisors should receive training on making visual inspections, the procedures for engaging attachments, and methods of evaluating and testing connections.
Install cautionary labels
Most excavator and quick coupler manufacturers provide warning labels reminding operators not to use the coupler without a safety pin. Warning labels should be placed in the cab where the operator can clearly see them as well as on the dipper arm. The condition of the labels should be inspected daily, and the labels should be replaced if they become damaged or illegible.
Only use approved attachments
Do not use attachments that exceed the limits outlined by the excavator and coupler manufacturers. Not all manufacturers approve the use of breakers or other attachments. Always consult the coupler manufacturer when uncertain about attachment use.
Upgrade your equipment
Newer quick coupler models are specifically designed to prevent unexpected release of attachments. If you are using an older model quick coupler, upgrading to a new system may help prevent accidents. Alternatively, you can install retrofits.
Maintain Your Couplers
Inspect quick couplers regularly
Visually inspect quick couplers before each use to ensure that they are not subject to hazards associated with accidental release. Quick couplers should be inspected before each use to ensure that the safety pin is in the correct position. With many coupler systems the operator will need to manually inspect the safety pin. With fully automated systems the operator may be able to visually verify that the safety pin is in position from the cab.
Regularly maintain your couplers
Maintenance is essential to safe operation of quick couplers. Regular maintenance can prevent deterioration and wear of quick couplers. Manufacturer's preventative maintenance should be strictly observed to ensure safety.
Practice Safe Operation
Exercise caution when changing buckets
High-risk activities, such as bucket changing and attachment testing, should be designated to clearly defined areas. The operator must ensure that the safety pin is in place before lifting the quick coupler. Once the bucket is attached, secured, and checked, the quick coupler should be shaken vigorously to ensure a secure connection with the coupler.
Removing the quick coupler safely
Do not remove the quick coupler from the dipper while a bucket or attachment is still connected, as this can damage the coupler and the attachment. For safe removal, lower the coupler onto a structure at level height. Release all hydraulic pressure from the circuit and make sure that the machine is off before removing. To prevent contamination, immediately plug the quick coupler hoses and pipe work of the machine after disconnecting. After disconnecting the coupler, remove all dirt and debris from the operating mechanism before placing in storage.
CMI Checklists
- Excavator Inspection
- Loader/Backhoe Inspection
- Skid Steer/Compact Track Loader Inspection
- Wheel Loader Inspection
Maintenance Charts
Skid Steers
- SR150 Tier 3
- SR160 Tier 4 Final
- SR175 Tier 4
- SR200 Tier 4
- SR210 Tier 4
- SR220 Tier 3
- SR220 Tier 4
- SR240 Tier 4B
- SR250 Tier 4A
- SR270 Tier 4B
- SV185 Tier 4B
- SV250 Tier 4A
- SV280 Tier 4B
- SV300 Tier 4B
Compact Wheel Loaders
Loader Backhoes
Wheel Loaders
- CX130D Tier 4 Final
- CX160D Tier 4 Final
- CX210D Tier 4 Final
- CX250D Tier 4 Final
- CX300D Tier 4 Final
- CX350D Tier 4 Final


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Federal District Court for Massachusetts
Challenge to the lifetime licensing ban due to a non-violent misdemeanor conviction
Filed July 18, 2018
Morin v. Lyver is a follow up challenge to the lifetime ban on the issuance of a License to Carry to anyone conviction of a minor, non-violent misdemeanor if the offense involves a weapon or ammunition and where a term of imprisonment may be imposed.
There years ago Comm2A and Alfred Morin filed a similar case against then Northborough Police Chief Mark K. Leahy. That case was dismissed when the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Morin lacked standing to bring such a challenge because he failed to apply for the 'least restrictive' license that would allow him to possess a handgun in his home. Despite clear statutory language to the contrary, the court determined that Morin could possess a firearm in his home had he only applied for a Firearms Identification Card (FID) and a Permit to Purchase (PTP).
Dr. Morin has since applied for and was issued a Firearms Identification Card . However his application for a Permit to Purchase was denied.
Mr. Morin once again represented by Worcester, Massachusetts attorney J. Steven Foley.
Complaint filed
- 07/18/2018 -- Complaint


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For the second time this year, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has found himself at the centre of a major privacy backlash. In February, Toews was the lead on Bill C-30, the Internet surveillance legislation that sparked a huge public outcry that forced the government to shelve the bill within ten days. While Toews maintains the legislation will return (and implausibly argues that it could have assisted in the Magnotta investigation), it hasn't moved in months.
The toxic connection between Toews and privacy escalated over the weekend with a report that Canada Border Services has installed surveillance equipment in the Ottawa airport that will allow for eavesdropping on traveller conversations. The report led to immediate questions in the House of Commons with Toews defending the practices and even revealing that the eavesdropping activities may be more extensive than initially reported. A day later, Toews was backtracking, announcing that the eavesdropping plans were on hold pending a review from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
That's a start (the federal commissioner's office expressed concern that no privacy impact assessment (PIA) has been filed), but frankly it isn't nearly good enough to address the privacy concerns associated with this issue.


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I have to say, this has been one terrible week. Everyone here has the flu so bad. Like, really bad. First our daughter got it from school last Friday and then it really took off Saturday night. Then my husband got it and I had to quarantine myself and the baby in the bedroom since with his surgery, he cannot be around any germs or sickness.So I've been freaking out about that.
Then I got it...oh joy. Now I was really freaking out. Since I have it bad but not as bad as the other two, I have still been on baby patrol.It has not really let up at all and we all still really crappy. Natalya tried going to school today but I think we will keep out home tomorrow. She only went today out of the entire week. That's pretty bad.
So I have been so stressed out, so exhausted from almost no help and no sleep, so irritated and sore. I keep feeling like I'm going to cough up a lung here in a minute. And it all really sucks. It has me in a really bitchy mood unfortunately.
Also, today marks one week exactly until I have to return back to work. Can we say "How?" Time went by too fast. I can't believe I have to go back in exactly one week. That's going to suck a lot. But someone in the house has to work and it will be nice to finally be getting a paycheck again and not having to ask my parents to pay everything for us. That part I am happy about. The rest, not so much.
I hate to have to leave my little guy. He will be exactly six weeks old. I had to go back to work when my daughter was born when she was five weeks old.Why can't America have the same maternity laws and rules like the rest of the world where some countries give a year to be home and paid while entering motherhood? Such as life, right?
Oh and we got our Christmas presents in the mail from my parents today. My mom instructed us not to open any of them except the baby's until Christmas. She sent us a bouncer/rocker thing for him that vibrates and said we could use it on him now to see if it helps soothe him better. But what does my husband go and do?
He opened the gift that was for our whole family. My mom is going to be super pissed if she finds out he did that. My parents sent us a Wii U. So he's in the living room right now playing it up and I'm totally pissed that he opened it. I swear, men and their video games. Let's just hope that when I go back to work, he's just not sitting around the house all day playing that neglecting everything. But I know he will be. That's a guy for ya. Luckily no one in my family even knows I have a blog and my mom doesn't even know how to turn on a computer so at least I can say things like this without anyone finding out.
Anyway, I have a few photos to recap and share with you all that I have managed to take during the week even though it was a rough one, I managed a few good moments in there.
|Can you believe it got to almost 90 degrees on Monday here? Geez...it was horrible and nasty hot out that day.
|Only the cool kids wear duckies!
|I saw this car after I picked up my daughter from school today. Cheetah anyone? WOW
I also took lil' Reg's birth announcement photos today and can't wait to share the finished product with you all. I'm starting to work on them right now. They are going out in my Christmas cards this year and I'm sending those out this weekend :) {if I survive with this nasty flu bug}
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sayonara, fire island
daniel drake
I have determined to write a pretty poem:
I am sitting on a boat.
The water's rising on the quay,
the waves are swallowing the bay,
this is the price that we must pay
for being gay.
Now I am on a train:
Everything is fine.
—pretty was hard to see,
"the waves just drifted misery"—
but here Massapequa and there Patchogue.
Turn off the Pogues.
Oh, the Little Caesars and sporting goods stores
are no one's idea of glory.
But you and me, we got it alright,
like bobbing powerlines
running post to post,
we get it right.


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Perfect clamps for your tits!These are the perfect nipple clamp! They aren't too strong where it makes your nipples want to cry, they have the prefect amount of bite to them. They're comfortable to wear for long periods of time. These could bring you hours of fun!
Have the right amount of bite to them, Comfortable enough to wear for long periods, Can remove chain
Chain could be too short for some, If you pull too hard they will slide off
The Fetish Fantasy tit clamps are made by Pipedream. These would work best on your nipples. However you could put them anywhere you wanted, on your clit, or your outer vagina lips. These clamps would fit on most nipple sizes. These clamps don't cause too much pain, they're about the same pain level as clothes pins. So if you're looking to get into nipple play, I would recommend these to you.
Material / Texture
The 'Tit Clamps' are made out of metal,which has an Eden safety rating of 9. Since they're made out of metal, they're normally cold to the touch. They don't have a smell or taste. The metal chain stretches out to 12 inches.
Shape / Design / Size / Fit
I love the look of the 'Tit Clamps'. They're very easy to put on and take off. They're also very comfortable to wear. I could easily wear these for 30 minutes to an hour without any problems of them being too painful. The chain is 12 inches long, some may find it to be too short. However, I don't have a problem with the length. The chain has a decent weight to it, it's not too heavy. The chain is also removable. The clamps open up pretty wide, so these should fit any nipple size.
Compared to Jaws with Chain, Bull Nose clamps, and Sally Hansen nail polish.
The chain is removable.
The clamp itself is about 2 inches and the chain is about 12 inches.
Compared to Jaws with Chain, Bull Nose clamps, and Sally Hansen nail polish.
The chain is removable.
The clamp itself is about 2 inches and the chain is about 12 inches.
Functions / Performance / Controls
The 'Tit Clamps' are very easy to use. You simply squeeze the clamp open with two of your fingers and place the clamp wherever you would like to put it. The clamp itself opens wide enough where it could fit on a small nipple or a larger nipple. If you're into nipple play, these feel amazing on. The stay in place very well unless you pull too hard on the chain, then they tend to slip off.
Care and Maintenance
These nipple clamps are very easy to store and clean. You really shouldn't have to clean them unless you're sharing with someone. If so, you could put them on the top rack of the dishwasher, boil them, use a 10% bleach solution, or use soap and water. These clamps don't take up much room at all. You could easily store them in a dresser drawer, like I do, a toy box or even in your purse. They could fit anywhere.
These clamps came in a plastic container that you have to rip off to get them out. It's not discreet at all, it has a picture of a naked girl wearing the clamps. The packaging that it came in doesn't make for good storage since you have to rip it.
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Follow-up commentary 20 days after original review
I've had these clamps for about a month and a half now and I'm in love with them. They aren't too painful like the other pair of clamps I own. I find myself randomly wearing them for fun while I'm sitting on the computer or watching tv. They're very fun to tug on too. Love love love these clamps!
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The typical conditions that we treat at Bodyunity include:
• Back, neck and shoulder pain
• Back pain during and after pregnancy
• Nerve problems like sciatica
• Headache and migraine
• Muscle strains and spasms
• Hip, knee, jaw, elbow, wrist and ankle pain
• Joint injuries and arthritis
• Sports-related injuries like tendonitis (tennis elbow), bursitis and ligament sprains
• Work-related and repetitive strain injuries (RSI)
• Postural and mobility problems
The typical session will last for 40 minutes and involve great evidenced based scientific advice along with hands on treatments including:
Deep tissue massage
Deep tissue massage involves relatively firm, hands-on massage techniques aimed at releasing tension and adhesions in tense or shortened muscles. Tension will develop in the muscles due to stress on the body be it postural, repetitive motion, psychological or emotional. When muscles develop tension, they neurologically remain tight causing local compression of vascular, neurological and joint/biomechanical structures hampering the normal function of that tissue.
Joint manipulation
Joint manipulation involves a very small movement applied to a joint with minimum force and maximum accuracy. This often produces a 'click'. This technique aims to decrease pain and improve the quality of movement of stiff and painful joints.
Dry needling
Dry needling is using a thin acupuncture type needle to treat a trigger point in a muscle. A trigger point is a painful point that can be felt as a nodule or band in the muscle. Dry needling is simply inserting a very fine needle into these trigger points and causing a release (a twitch response) of tension within a muscle.


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Floral Bell Sleeves Top - Mauve
$9.99 $33.00
You don't want to miss this trendy Floral Bell Sleeves Top!
- Long bell sleeves
- Mock neck with a keyhole
- Allover floral print
- Swing hem
- Hand wash cold
Made in U.S.A.
Model is wearing a Small size
For complete return information, please see our return page.
Merchandise may be returned for ONLINE STORE CREDIT (no exceptions) within 14 days of delivery.
Exchanges: We DO NOT accept exchange of merchandise.
GOZON ACCEPTS RETURNS ON/FOR: Unworn, unwashed, free of any stains (including but not limited to makeup and deodorant) or pet hair, and full price merchandise with original tags attached, if applicable.
- Final Sale Merchandise
- Accessories (Lingerie, Bags, Hats, Jewelry, Socks, Scarves)
- Leggings and Biker Shorts under $15
- Sale items (Including: 20% off and 30% off Flash Deal items, Everything $9.99 items, Blow out sales, clearance and items with orders that use a discount of 20% or more)


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Company Profile
Equipped with over 78 years of industry experience, the business has been successfully managed by the Lau family and it continues to expand its business presence and branding throughout East Malaysia and Brunei.
Today, KTC is one of the largest Consumer Package Goods (CPG) distributors in East Malaysia with 6419 sales and distribution points covering over 80 districts. KTC's core business focuses on providing market access and coverage of CPG including F&B, personal care, household, baby care and other products, LED & conventional lighting, plastic food packaging products, OTC drugs and health supplements.


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Sometimes the charm of Nai Harn Beach is overlooked, with other west coast beaches getting a lot more attention. But ask the many frequent visitors to Nai Harn and they'll tell you that they love the beach for its peaceful and unspoiled character. It's also in a handy location, not far for all the action and fun nightlife spots (Patong is just 20 minutes away for example).
Beside the white sandy beach itself, there are a few interesting attractions in the area such as Nai Harn Lake, Nai Harn Monastery and a few nearby viewpoints such as Phromthep Cape and Kata Viewpoint.


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For many, our first experience of plaits comes in the form of that impatient wait as a parent quickly twists one into our hair before rushing us out the door to school. In later life, our plaiting usually goes no further than a speedy braid when our gym ponytail gets particularly bothersome or we try to re-create that overnight curl method everyone swears by.
Apart from these ultra-quick braids, many other plait hairstyles feel out of reach. We look longingly at our style heroes and their seemingly effortless halo braids with envy wishing we could do our hair like that. The thing is that we definitely can. Plaits are actually really easy to re-create once you get back into it.
When you delve into the A to Z of plait hairstyles, you'll see that even though it takes a little time to get to grips with, there's a braided hairstyle for everyone and for every occasion—it's like the nude lipstick of hairstyles. Still not sold? You will be once you've seen all the plait hairstyles we've compiled.
Created by braiding together six sections of hair, this one will take some practice, but the flat woven effect makes it well worth it.
Braids can give otherwise unassuming buns a little extra interest. Create a loose plait and then twizzle it around the base, pinning in the ends.
We love a hair accessory, and here's proof of how a few simple hair slides and charms can amp up a set of french plaits.
This plait is not only wedding guest–worthy but will also switch up your workweek look. Since it's sleek at the top and pushed to the side, the hairstyle's simplicity lends itself well to a pair of statement earrings.
Everything about this has off-duty model vibes. It's also the kind of plait that can be pulled together during a taxi ride without a mirror. If done on damp hair in the office, you'll also get a subtle wave for heading out to drinks.
This easy, wavy plait hairstyle is calling out for a summer midi dress. It also breathes new life into a go-to look.
If you've got natural or transitioning afro hair, these cornrows work well as a protective style, and the beads will be the only accessories you'll need.
That fresh-out-of-the-shower level of sleekness is given an update by the addition of a neat plait. It's polished enough to wear for a special occasion as well as updating a casual jeans-and-tee weekend combo.
Precise, chunky cornrows are a classic for natural hair and protect from damage while promoting hair growth when well-maintained. Add in an off-the-shoulder dress and you're summer-ready.
Fear not: Short hair is also invited to the plait party, and this style with a side parting and loose ends proves just how great it looks. Play around with hair ties or a ribbon to add interest.
Your 6-year-old self might just be your new style icon. A triple plait on long hair has just the right amount of playfulness without veering off into full-on kooky. You can also tie up the ends into one ponytail if you're not convinced.
The plait hairstyle of choice for impossibly sophisticated women everywhere. Unless you're a French-plait regular, it might require some double-mirror navigation, but once you do it a few times, it'll become a favorite.
Well, two is always better than one, and there's no better evidence of that than this plaited duo. It's become a social media staple for good reason: it's easy to do, manages to look great with any outfit you wear it with and most importantly, it gets the hair out of your face.
If wearing your hair down is your signature look, you can still take a baby step into the world of plaits with the addition of two tiny ones on either side.
Just going to preface this by saying that it looks like this plait hairstyle is harder than getting through the Crystal Maze, but it's actually quite simple. Once you've created two braids at the front, you're just joining the ends and wrapping them around. This is also the perfect opportunity for getting some hair extensions involved.
A plaited halo with wispy locks is probably one of the easiest styles you can choose, but it has the biggest impact. Be prepared for everyone thinking that you have your own glam squad following you around once they see this.
This barely-there twist-plait hybrid will help get you out of a hairstyle rut and will work well on any hair length and texture too.
A high pony that's still loose around the front and sides will see you through a summer of events. When you add a plait and a coral lip, it ups the romance factor.
Let's face it: We've all spent one summer (you know the one) trying to work out how to do a fishtail plait before uploading every angle of it onto Facebook. If you've worked it out now, keep it loose and messy to bring it up-to-date.
Most of us have tried this look at some point, and with some tousled waves, it suddenly looks fresh and festival-ready again.
Add some dimension to a simple plait by playing around with kirby grips and black hair ties. Rough it up a bit by pulling some strands out of the plait and you're good to go.
When you're stuck for hair inspo, try out one of these plait hairstyles to switch things up.


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James Patrick Says…
Pretty big Wednesday for me, so I'm sending out a rare bulletin. ANGEL: MASKS is in stores tomorrow, from IDW. If you're a Buffy/Angel fan pick it up and see my take on how two of the show's very important characters met. This one is at comic shops fer sure and I'm assuming even bookstores. I'm going to the mall bookstore, pointing at the rack and saying, "I wrote that," then being escorted away by security saying, "Sure you did, buddy. Sure you did."
DEATH COMES TO DILLINGER TRADE in PREVIEWS: Yeah, my first real widely released (and critically acclaimed :) ) book is collected in one volume, has extra scenes and art, and much gabbing by me trying to be important. Anyway, it's available for preorder in the Previews catalog tomorrow. It's spotlighted as well (that's a good thing). The order number is NOV06 3844
Here's a pretty picture.
I edited Dilliner, and I read JP's Angel, so, y'know... off you go.


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apparently, three months is the charm.
thirty-eight. margaret atwood, the handmaid's tale (HMH, 1986) (via oyster books).
she did not believe he was a monster. he was not a monster, to her. probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, offkey, in the shower, he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog liebchen and made it sit up for little pieces of raw steak. how easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. what an available temptation. (ch. 24)
creepy, creepy, creepy — margaret atwood's dystopia made me think of something edan lepucki said at a recent event for the paperback of california, that, when she was coming up with the dystopia in california, she thought of all the things that were going wrong in our world today and simply imagined up how the world might look years from now if we continued on this same trajectory. atwood's dystopia creeps me out for the same reason — the world featured in the handmaid's tale is not a wholly unimaginable or inconceivable one.
not only that, but offred also isn't a character who was born into that society — she was there for the change, the transition, and she remembers life from before she lost her job, had her account frozen, was put in a red robe and tasked with sleeping with a married man for the sake of conception. god, it makes me shudder just thinking about that, though the real terrifying part of this is that there are societies out there women are thusly repressed (women aren't allowed to read in gilead) and valued solely/principally for their ability to spawn and meet the needs/demands of men.
that said, i must confess that i really was not keen on the ending, that last bit that's meant to be an academic study. i felt it was unnecessary and a little jarring, actually.
thirty-nine. michael cunningham, the hours (FSG, 1998).
yes, clarissa thinks, it's time for the day to be over. we throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in canada; we struggle to write books that do not change the world, despite our gifts and our unstinting efforts, our most extravagant hopes. we live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep — it's as simple and ordinary as that. a few jump out of windows or drown themselves or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us, the vast majority, are slowly devoured by some disease or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. there's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. still, we cherish the city, the morning: we hope, more than anything, for more. (225)
cunningham writes with so much heart and so much love. there's a lovely quiet to the hours, a steadiness that gets disturbed as you get deeper into the book, into the lives of these three women's lives. on the surface, they each want such simple things, but nothing is quite so simple — it makes me think of what cunningham said at his lecture at columbia earlier this year, that there's no such thing as plot, just characters trying to get something they want with some kind of force preventing them from getting it.
it's been a while since i read the hours, so i admit to being fuzzy on specifics — the hours left in its wake a lovely, hazy feeling, though, and i remember it fondly, something i find to be common amongst books i've loved but have only read once. my book club is reading the hours for our october read, though, so i do plan on reading it again next month!
one distinct thing, though, that i remember disliking: there were two of three parts i found jarring because we're removed from the POV of the three main women. i loved the narrow focus on the women, and i felt myself shaken from the novel in those moments we're taken away from them — because it only happens a few times, it's quite startling.
forty. margaret atwood, the heart goes last (nan a. talese, 2015).
then he's unconscious. then he stops breathing. the heart goes last. (70)
again, one of the disadvantages of waiting three months to write reviews is that, well, it's been three months.
after i finished the heart goes last, i instagrammed, "trust margaret atwood to deliver your regular dose of what-the-fucks with smart social commentary, dry humor, and a dystopia that could be right around the corner." i didn't love it effusively, but i enjoyed it — devoured it in twenty-four hours, actually. i love the title, though. and can't wait to hear her read/speak in a week!
forty-one. jeffrey eugenides, the virgin suicides (picador, 1993).
we couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm. (243)
two things:
(one) this is a case where rereading produces an unfavorable change in opinion. i loved this a whole lot when i first read it a few years ago (It was also one those rare instances of liking the movie as much, too), but i had a lot of problems with it this time around. for one, i felt like i was floating over the narrative the whole time (a similar problem i had with middlesex), and, for another, it lacked introspection, but, most of all, i was creeped out by the lack of self-awareness that would have mitigated the stalking and voyeurism.
i'm not saying that literature shouldn't creep us out. literature should disturb us, take us into depths we wouldn't normally descend, but we're supposed to be getting the virigin suicides in the past. the narrative we is grown-up now; they're middle-aged, looking back on their youth; but they haven't grown up — there's frankly no depth, and the romanticizing of their creepy behavior did not sit nicely with me at all.
i also was never convinced of the narrative "we" and its "reportage" — for the former, the "we" would fade into an omniscient third-person from time-to-time, giving us stories that were either imagined or being recalled and narrated for the reader, neither of which i was convinced was the case. (inconsistent narrative voice is, apparently, a thing that bothers me a lot.) as for the latter, i simply wasn't convinced that they could get the access they could.
(two) only a man could have written this book. i'm not saying that's inherently good or bad, simply that it is.
forty-two. helen macdonald, h is for hawk (grove/atlantic, 2015) (via oyster books).
gos was still out there in the forest, the dark forest to which all things lost must go. i'd wanted to slip across the borders of this world into that wood and bring back the hawk white lost. some part of me that was very small and old had known this, some part of me that didn't work according to the everyday rules of the world but with the logic of myths and dreams. and that part of me had hoped, too, that somewhere in that other world was my father. his death had been so sudden. there had been no time to prepare for it, no sense in it happening at all. he could only be lost. he was out there, still, somewhere out there in that tangled wood with all the rest of the lost and dead. i know now what those dreams in spring had meant, the ones of a hawk slipping through a rent in the air into another world. i'd wanted to fly with the hawk to find my father; find him and bring him home. (ch. 23)
i LOVED this.
the premise of the book is simple: after the sudden death of her father, macdonald learns to fly a goshawk. it's a beautiful book about grief, full of heart and mourning and love, whether for her father, for her hawk, mabel, or for the greater world around her and the history that came before. macdonald's writing is sparse and raw and honest, and i simply loved this book. it's one of those loves that leaves me coming up empty when trying to write about it, but i loved it and highly, highly recommend it.
(i did think there was a bit too much about t.h. white, but, overall, i liked how she wove his story into her own.)
here's another passage just because:
of all the lessons i've learned in my months with mabel this is the greatest of all: that there is a world of things out there — rocks and trees and stones and grass and all the things that crawl and run and fly. they are all things in themselves, but we make them sensible to us by giving them meanings that shore up our own views of the world. in my time with mabel i've learned how you feel more human once you have known, even in your imagination, what it is like to be not. and i have learned, too, the danger that comes in mistaking the wildness we give a thing for the wildness that animates it. goshawks are things of death and blood and gore, but they are not excuses for atrocities. their inhumanity is to be treasured because what they do has nothing to do with us at all. (ch. 29)
forty-three. richard lloyd parry, people who eat darkness (FSG, 2012) (via oyster books).
i thought a lot of things while devouring people who eat darkness, but i still have no idea how to articulate any of it. i had a lot of rage, a lot of anger at this patriarchal world and its double standards of women, that much i can say.
here are three long-ish passages instead.
anne allison writes, "there is something dirty about [the hostess], the sexuality she evokes, and the world of the mizu shōbai she represents. all of this sexual dirtiness, in turn, makes the woman who works in this world ineligible for respectable marriage, ineligible therefore to become a respectable mother with legitimate children … in a culture where motherhood is considered 'natural' for women, the mizu shōbai woman is constructed as a female who transgresses her nature. for this she is degraded; for this, however, she is also enjoyed." (ch. 6)
surrounded by powerful and aggressive neighbors, korea had been a battlefield throughout its history. as far back as the sixteenth century, samurai armies had plundered the peninsula, returning across the narrow strait of tsushima with treasures, slaves, and the severed ears of slaughtered korean warriors. japan began to dominate korea once again at the end of the nineteenth century; in 1910, the country was formally annexed into the emerging japanese empire. the colonizers built roads, ports, railways, mines, and factories, introduced modern agricultural methods, and sent the children of the korean elite to be educated in tokyo. but whatever good japanese power brought in the form of economic development was eclipsed by the racism, coercion, and violence of the imperial occupation.
the policies of the japanese administration shifted over time. but by the late 1930s, its goal was not merely to control koreans and exploit their resources but also to dissolve their culture and colonize their minds. the japanese language was made compulsory in schools; students were required to worship at shinto shrines, and koreans were encouraged to take japanese names. infrequent uprisings were quelled with arrests, torture, and killings. and a vast and unequal human exchange took place, as japanese bureaucrats and settlers were shipped over to govern and farm the new lands, and poor koreans sailed in the opposite direction to find work in the industrial cities of tokyo, osaka, and fukuoka.
at first, this migration was voluntary, but as the pacific war turned against japan, its colonial subjects were forcibly conscripted, both by the imperial army and civilian industry. by 1945, hundreds of thousands of koreans were scattered across asia with the japanese forces, as soldiers, orderlies, camp guards, and military sex slaves (the "comfort women" whose existence was officially denied for almost fifty years). in japan itself there were two million zainichi, most of them concentrated in ghettos close to the the mines and factories where they were set to work. as much as anything, it was the sudden presence of so many foreigners in the motherland that showed up the hypocrisy of japanese colonialism. (ch. 14)
the most serious failure of the police was in not identifying and bringing obara to justice years before. katie vickers, for one, had reported him in 1997; she was ignored. how many others, who have never told their stories publicly, experienced similar treatment? the greatest disgrace had been another five years before that, when the police dismissed the suspicions of carita ridgway's family about "nishida," the man who brought their dying daughter to hospital. the failure was one of imagination, an institutional inability to think other than in clichés. people were types, and types were to be relied upon. the young hostess who went to a customer's place and then claimed rape must be trying it on; the respectable chap who talked of a bad oyster and food poisoning was to be believed. (ch. 24)
forty-four. lois lowry, the giver (HMH, 1993) (via oyster books).
"the worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. it's the loneliness of it. memories need to be shared." (the giver, ch. 20)
the giver was one of my favorite childhood books, but i was much less enthralled by it this time. i still love the premise of it, this dystopian world where everything is controlled and tightly managed, but i think i wanted more — more conflict, more tension, more ending.
also, i watched the trailer for the film adaptation after i finished rereading it, and what the fuck? good job taking all the layers of the giver and reducing it to your generic dystopian YA flick, cold tones, stupid romance, and all?
forty-five. stephen chbosky, the perks of being a wallflower (mtv books, 1999) (via oyster books).
i had an amazing feeling when i finally held the tape in my hand. i just thought to myself that in the palm of my hand, there was this one tape that had all of these memories and feelings and great joy and sadness. right there in the palm of my hand. and i thought about how many people have loved those songs. and how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. and how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. and how much those songs really mean. (december 7, 1991)
i couldn't sleep one night, so i finally read this. i liked it more than i thought i would, but the most surprising thing to me was how the film captured the exact tone and mood of the book. i've seen the film several times (idk, i liked the film, awkward american accent by emma watson and all), and its's one of those instances where the film didn't ruin the reading experience — like, i actually didn't mind have the actors' faces in my head. it kind of made the reading experience more enjoyable in a way. (i felt the same about the virgin suicides.) i guess it shouldn't be much surprising given that chbosky wrote and directed the film adaptation, but, regardless, crossing mediums isn't something that's always done so seamlessly, so props!
forty-six. laline paull, the bees (harpercollins, 2014) (via oyster books).
"then kindly remember that variation is not the same as deformity." (sister sage, ch. 3)
i wondered about my tendency to read books about animals as allegories (not that i read many books about animals), so, when i started reading the bees, i deliberately, intentionally refused to read it as such, and what a delight it was!
(if the author meant it to be allegorical, i apologize.)
the bees was one of the weirder, more engrossing reading experiences i've had — like, i-missed-my-subway-stop level of engrossing. we follow a worker bee through the ranks of bees — first as a nurse, as a forager, and so on — and it's a fascinating world, the hive. it's hierarchical, with the bees divided into their different roles, and there's also a cult-ish feel to it, the way the queen is so revered.
i feel like there could be a greater social commentary present, but i admit that i took the dumb reader route to this because i was resisting an allegorical reading and because it's also that engrossing. i randomly came across this on oyster, and i'm glad i read it!
forty-seven. lauren groff, fates and furies (riverhead, 2015).
because it's true: more than the highlights, the bright events, it was in the small and the daily where she'd found life. the hundreds of times she'd dug in the soil of her garden, each time the satisfying chew of spade through soil, so often that this action, the pressure and release and rich dirt smell, delineated the warmth she'd found in that house in the cherry orchard. or this: every day they woke in the same place, her husband waking her up with a cup of coffee, the cream still swirling into the black. almost unremarked upon, this kindness. he would kiss her on the crown of her head before leaving, and she'd feel something in her rising through her body to meet him. these silent intimacies made their marriage, not the ceremonies or parties or opening nights or occasions or spectacular fucks. (389)
groff's prose is exquisite, and one of my favorite things about this book was its structure. it's broken into two parts, the first ("fates") being strictly linear and the second ("furies") jumping around in time and poking holes in everything we'd learned (or thought we'd learned) in "fates."
"furies" was awesome. i loved mathilde; nothing about her life was as expected; and i loved the ways she's a survivor.
i wasn't as fond of "fates," which is why i wasn't as effusive about the novel as i thought i might be. "fates" felt a little too long, trapped by the strict linearity, like we had to flip through these pages to get to the interesting part — in that way, it did feel like "fates" was clearly foundation-building to give us the necessary backdrop for "furies" to start puncturing. one example of this is the section in "fates" that follows lotte and mathilde in their first new york city apartment. it's built of short segments of gatherings that are meant to show us the passage of time, and it's written beautifully, yes, but, after a while, it started to feel a little too convenient, a little tedious.
also, frankly, lotte wasn't that interesting, and i had no sympathy for or connection with him. he's kind of pathetic, and not in any endearing way, and then he acted pathetically to mathilde near the end of "fates," and i would've been fine if we got less of him and more of mathilde.
because "furies." "furies" makes "fates" worth it.
forty-eight. cristina henriquez, the book of unknown americans (knopf, 2014).
when i walk down the street, i don't want people to look at me and see a criminal or someone that they can spit on or beat up. i want them to see a guy who has just as much right to be here as they do, or a guy who works hard, or a guy who loves his family, or a guy who's just trying to do the right things. i wish just one of those people, just one, would actually talk to me, talk to my friends, man. and yes, you can talk to us in english. i know english better than you, i bet. but none of them even want to try. we're the unknown americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they've been told they're supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we're not that bad, maybe even that we're a lot like them. and who would they hate then?
it's fucked up. the whole thing is very, very complicated. i mean, does anyone ever talk about why people are crossing? i can promise you it's not with some grand ambition to come here and ruin everything for the gringo chingaos. people are desperate, man. we're talking about people who can't even get a toilet that works, and the government is so corrupt that when they have money, instead of sharing it, instead of using of using it in ways that would help their own citizens, they hold on to it and encourage people to go north instead. what choice do people have in the face of that? like they really want to be tied to the underside of a car or stuff dingo a trunk like a rug or walking in nothing but some sorry-ass sandals through the burning sand for days, a bottle of hot water in their hands? half of them ending up dead, or burned up so bad that when someone finds them, their skin is black and their lips are cracked open? another half of them drowning in rivers. and half after that picked up by la migra and sent back to where they came from, or beaten, or arrested. the women raped in the ass. and for what? to come here and make beds in a hotel along the highway? to be separated from their families? (237-8)
this might be the expected reaction, but my main thought as i was reading the book of unknown americans was, god, see, this is why we need diverse books.
this is a beautifully written book. it's in multiple POVs, though, narratively, we principally follow a family that's come from mexico to delaware so the daughter can attend a school for kids with special needs, and there's a whole lot of heart in these pages. one of my favorite things about it is that henriquez doesn't try to soften the reality but, more importantly, doesn't lose the novel to it. she talks openly about immigrants and the discrimination they face, but the story isn't lost to a political agenda or a social "purpose" — and i greatly appreciated that, given how easy it would have been to go the other way.
i highly recommend this.
forty-nine. jonathan franzen, purity (FSG, 2015).
around scotts valley, the dear fog appeared, and suddenly the season was different, the hour less determinate. most weekends in june, a great paw of pacific fog reached into santa cruz, over the wooden roller coaster, along the stagnant san lorenzo, up through the wide streets where surfers lived, and into the redwoods on the hills. by morning the ocean's outward breath condensed in dew so heavy that it ran in gutters. and this was one santa cruz, this ghostly gray late-rising place. when the ocean inhaled again, midmorning, it left behind the other santa cruz, the optimistic one, the sunny one; but the great paw lurked offshore all day. toward sunset, like a depression following euphoria, it rolled back in and muted human sound, closed down vistas, made everything very local, and seemed to amplify the barking of the sea lions on the underpinnings of the pier. you could hear them from miles away, their arp, arp, arp a homing call to family members still out diving in the fog. (66-7)
(god, franzen's passages about california made my face go all :SLKJ:LSJDFSDF.)
truth be told, there are few authors who deliver books of sheer enjoyment and joy like franzen does. it's not news that i'm a huge fan of franzen or that i was looking forward to purity since it was announced last november, and i had to stamp down a lot of my anticipation, so i could go into purity without that baggage. i also actively avoided any and all reviews and most interviews (which is usually the case with most books), and i still haven't read many of them (reviews) because i admit to being fatigued by the same old noise around franzen. everyone knows what opinion to have of him, so little of interest or depth is said anymore, which is unfortunate but unsurprising.
it's also a little funny because purity made me think that here is a man who loves and cares for people and the world. he thinks deeply about it, and he writes affectionately and thoughtfully of it. sure, he puts his characters in unsavory and/or extreme situations, and he doesn't write kindly of mothers, and his women aren't always "likable" or "nice," but, you know, i tend to like his women most of his characters, and that was no different in purity.
it took me a bit to get fully into purity because it really is tonally different from the corrections and freedom. (i lean more towards the side that reads a book within the context of the author's backlist.) there was a sort of dissonance in my head, especially during the first two parts of purity, and it wasn't until i got to "too much information" that i found myself relaxing into the book because there was franzen as i knew and recognized him, which is neither good nor bad and maybe sounds a little bizarre, but one reason i think we love the authors we do is that there is some core that resonates with us, some thing that makes their work knowable and familiar.
although i must also add that the second part, "the republic of bad taste," was an odd initial read because it had been excerpted in the new yorker (i am vehemently not a fan or supporter of novel excerpts being published in the new yorker) — i actually resented that it had been excerpted because the excerpt was obviously chopped up and cobbled together of parts, and it reads differently (and better) in its whole.
so there was that.
altogether, i loved it. i got annoyed with all the references to beauty (especially in regards to annagret), and there was a very questionable word choice that took me out of the narrative because i had to be five years old and laugh (if you've read it, you know what i'm talking about), but, overall, purity is a more relaxed, happy franzen, one i can get behind, even if it means the anger is gone. purity is fun — i had a hell of a time reading it, and i liked that it was plot-heavy, while retaining the idealogical and thematic explorations franzen loves, so here's a big thumbs up from me!
(franzen said in an interview with esquire uk that, "[after] this last novel [purity], i'd been planning not to write a novel again for at least a decade," to which i say, NO, PLEASE DON'T, i can't wait another ten years. T_T)
fifty. jonathan franzen, the corrections (picador, 2001).
it was the same problem enid had with chip and even gary: her children didn't match. they didn't want the things that she and all her friends and all her friends' children wanted. her children wanted radically, shamefully other things. (121)
the corrections is still my favorite of franzen's novels, and i was sad after i finished purity because i had no more franzen to read, so i decided to reread the corrections.
at this point, it's more interesting, to me, to think about what was different in this most recent read. this was my third time reading the corrections, and i was filled with guilt when i finished reading it this time because, at the moment, i was in a complicated place with my own parents and their wants for me. as i've gotten older, i've been thinking more about how parents and children conflict, specifically as we get older and start to become cognizant of our parents as being full human beings, independent of us, while we also try to assert ourselves as full human beings, independent of them.
and i think that's one reason i love the corrections so. you can argue that nothing really happens, that there isn't much of a plot (ha, remember what cunningham said, though?), but i love how it explores the complicated dynamics of family, of parents and children. parents undoubtedly have expectations for their children; they try to raise them well, provide them with everything they need, open up as many opportunities as they can; but, at one point, sometimes, it all falls apart. children have minds and wants and desires of their own, and i enjoy how the corrections explores what happens as children grow up and try to be their own people and make shitty decisions and get themselves into absurd situations and fall away from their parents and from each other — but how, in the end, they're able to come together because they're family.
i think the korean in me loves this.
i try to be concise when talking about franzen, but that never works. i don't know what it is about his books (minus the twenty-seventh city) that i love so — part of it truthfully might be that i will never write the kinds of books he does, and i say this as a good thing (i quite like the kinds of books i write/will write, thank you very much). there's something kind of awe-inducing about how full his world is; one review recently talked about how franzen probably knows every little tiny detail about his characters; and i agree and find that impressive in its own way.
and i like that he makes it a priority to give his readers a good time. i'm not a fan of art for art's sake, and i disdain that kind of pretension in literature — i want [extremely] well-written, thoughtful, nuanced books, and i'm not here for authors getting lost in their own language or their own selves.
going back to the corrections, though: i still hate caroline. and gary. but i love everyone else, especially denise and alfred, even enid. and i'm still bummed the HBO adaptation didn't happen because, god, if there were ever a perfect cast, that was it.
wow, i could talk about franzen for ages. don't ever get me started.
fifty-one. nell zink, mislaid (ecco, 2015) (via oyster books).
because people never grow accustomed to lies. they either believe them or they don't. and a big lie is never forgiven. the person who told the lie stops existing, and in his place stands a paradox: the truthful liar. the person you know for sure would lie to you, because he's done it before and confessed. you never, ever believe that person again. (ch. 4)
halfway into mislaid, i stopped to write myself a note on my iPhone: i think the thing that puts me off mislaid is that it's lacking audacity. it's too glib, too smooth, that it reads dangerously toes the line of superficiality and flippancy, never mind that zink really is making astute observations about race (and privilege) in america without being weighed down by the fact that she's white.
and then i finished it, and … i don't know. i'm so torn about it, but i don't know how i'm torn about it. i didn't love it, but i didn't hate it, but neither am i totally indifferent to it? and i don't think i liked it, but i also didn't dislike it — we can do this forever. i could see the merits in it, but, even when i'd finished the book, i still think that it's lacking in audacity and risk. i also further think that it just didn't go anywhere. no one learns anything. no one really changes. nothing really changes. nothing really happens.
and yet …?
idk i like nell zink. i mean, she writes a line like:
she would be the brontë of warm, malarial moors, the dramatist of the great dismal swamp. (ch. 3)
and she generally seems not to give a fuck (in all the good ways), so there's that.
fifty-two. jang eun-jin, no one writes back (dalkey archive press, 2013, published in korea in 2009)
i do, however, like to write when i travel. written words are less extravagant than photographs and souvenirs, and they are serious and contemplative. words penned while traveling do not lie; they're not for showing off, but for making you reflect on, and take care of, yourself. i dare say that in life, it is when we travel that our minds and hearts are the most open. it's a time when we think more than at any other time in our lives. we may even think of something that we would never have thought of in all our lives. and so, it would be the loss or the mistake of a lifetime not to write down in words those thoughts which may never have occurred to us. you can always go back and take pictures, and buy as many souvenirs as you want. but the thoughts that come to you while you travel will not come back. when you go back, the feelings and sensations you have will no longer be the ones you had before. (8)
what a great book to end september on.
it's been a very heavily white reading year, and i find myself growing exhausted with it. i've been saying for years now that i want to read more from contemporary korean literature, but i've admittedly been so lazy about it, falling back on the excuse that a lot of it isn't translated, which also doesn't actually work as an excuse because i can read korean. and, as i learned last year when i read 3/4 of kim young-ha's most recent novel, i can read fiction in korea better than i thought i could.
when i saw no one writes back at mcnally jackson (one reason i love mcnally jackson is that they actually have a section labelled "korean literature;" it's not very big; but it's there!), i had to buy it. i'd read about it earlier, and i intrigued — the narrator is a 30-something who's on a journey with his dog, staying in motels and writing letters to people he meets while in transit. he tells himself he'll go home when someone writes him back, and, every morning, he calls an old friend to see if he's received any mail.
it's a lovely, thoughtful book, and i can't help but wonder how much better it would read in korean, given how lyrically and hauntingly the korean language captures melancholy. (the korean language is fucking beautiful.) i just finished this an hour or so ago, so i'm still processing it, still kind of stunned by it.


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Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt Have The Hottest Space Date Ever In First Passengers Trailer
Passengers is a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence. And Chris Pratt. It's part romance, part thriller—oh, and it's set in SPACE. On a spaceship. It's a thrilling sci-fi romance starring the two most charismatic—and bankable—stars on the planet. In other words, take all of my money now.
In the first trailer for Morten Tyldum's Passengers, Pratt's character wakes up in space 90 years early after his hibernation pod fails to keep him asleep on a journey to a colony 120 years away. But he's not alone: Lawrence's character also wakes up, presumably due to a malfunction—or is there something slightly more sinister going on here? "There's a reason we woke up early," Pratt explains in the trailer. And now it's up to Pratt and Lawrence to save themselves and the spaceship from a disastrous fate. But first: a space date. With a robotic bartender! We haven't even seen Passengers yet, but we already know this movie is great.
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The death of a woman who suddenly died at a property in Welwyn Garden City was not suspicious, police have said.
The woman was found dead at an address in Lemsford Lane, Welwyn GC on August 18, and a man was briefly taken into custody in relation to the death.
However police have now confirmed that the death was not suspicious.
Rabbit killing in Hertfordshire linked to serial 'M25 Cat Killer', animal group claim
A Hertfordshire Constabulary spokeswoman said: "Officers launched an investigation after a woman was found deceased at an address in Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City on Friday, August 18 2017.
"Officers conducted a thorough investigation and have concluded that the death is non-suspicious.
"There will be no further police involvement and the death shall be referred to the coroner."
No-one was charged in relation to the woman's death.


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Shaping a new community in East London.
Silvertown is being revived and re-imagined as a waterside destination to live, create, work and play. With historic industrial landmarks Millennium Mills and Silo-D, Silvertown is bursting with potential. Lendlease and Starwood Capital are leading the regeneration of Silvertown.
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We will build on the industrious past of the Royal Docks to incubate local talent, grow local jobs and attract those who work hard. Silvertown will also be a place to call home with approximately 3,000 new homes being delivered.
Lendlease and Starwood announced plans for the acquisition, subject to pre-completion conditions, of The Silvertown Partnership which holds development rights in a major urban renewal project in London's East End. With an estimated end development value of £3.5 billion, Silvertown Quays will provide 7 million ft2 of residential and commercial space – and stands to significantly bolster the city's supply of affordable housing stock.
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In Colorado, the preferred method to secure loans against real property is a deed of trust, which is given as security for the debt. This is a type of secured real estate transaction used instead of mortgages, whereby a borrower takes out a loan from the lender, and a borrower promises to repay the loan through the promissory note. The deed of trust is a document that ties the promised payment to a specific real property. This is the case even if one of the owners isn't on the loan, they must still execute the deed of trust. They must give their consent to have their interest in the real property encumbered by the deed. This is precisely why non-borrowing spouses, who are also on the title to the property, are asked to execute the deed of trust at closing.
While the word "deed" is in the name, the deed of trust isn't considered a conveyance. Instead, it's considered to be a lien on real property. The powers of foreclosure and sale found within a given deed of trust follows the promissory note. Thus, when the promissory note is secured by real property, a deed of trust is transferred to another. The deed of trust and power it wields are automatically transferred to the current policy holder. This process is commonly known as the "lien theory." Consequently, a deed of trust isn't required to be assigned to be endorsed or transferred to another party in the state of Colorado. This means the deed of trust follows the note.
Colorado is the only state in the nation to have a public trustee system, resulting in all deeds of trust being required to name the public trustee for the respective property's county as trustee. If the deed of trust identifies a private trustee or any person other than a public trustee as trustee, the deed of trust will be regarded as a mortgage for all purposes and it will be foreclosed only as mortgages are foreclosed through the courts. Deeds of trust can utilize the non-judicial foreclosure process through the courts. Conversely, a mortgage may only be foreclosed through the courts.
Assured Title Agency often sees prior deeds of trust not released from record despite underlying debt having been satisfied. Colorado state stipulates that the release of a lien can be achieved if a debt is satisfied within 90 days of the loan being paid in full. Even with the statue in place, many lenders have neglected to release their deeds of trust. The state of Colorado has a Race-Notice recording notice, which means that instruments affecting real property gain priority "first in time, first in right" as they're recorded with a few exception for mechanic's liens and taxes, among other things.
For this reason, a deed of trust is subject to other interests in the property that exist at the time of recording. Exceptions include purchase money mortgages and the doctrines of equitable subrogation. Unreleased deeds of trust make visible issues because of this Race-Notice situation. This Race-Notice situation leads to unreleased deeds of trust presenting issues. Rather than the current lender's deed of trust being in "first priority position," it'll instead be behind the released deed of trust. Unreleased deeds of trust situations pose marketability of insurance risk and title issues. They can be time-consuming to investigate and difficult to correct, but most title insurance companies will do their best to assess the risk and make efforts to clear titles so that their insured(s) can be secure in their loan or purchase.
It's Assured Title Agency's hope that this article offers a clearer understanding of deeds of trust and its closing components and issues. The information presented offers a glimpse into the nature of deeds of trust but isn't necessarily comprehensive. It's merely available to address common issues related to deeds of trust in order to help facilitate a better understanding of the use and release of a deed of trust as it relates to the settlement, home title insurance, and the closing.
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Barry Van Allen
Irving's Botany - Poem by Barry Van Allen
He was a teacher,
but, I wonder if he taught me,
or I learned, against my will,
what he intended?
Make no mistake - - -
I learned some things from him,
even some of what he meant,
but, not enough to make him,
ever feel fulfilled, I think.
He was a teacher,
but, more of a professor,
professing attitudes at school kids,
that most of us weren't ready for quite yet.
All that being said,
I learned some real things,
weather I intended to, or not...
I still got taught!
... NOW... That's a teacher!
Maybe it was pounded into,
my somewhat solid head,
- - - but, the fact that some got in there,
is a testament to him.
The education system does presume,
that everyone progresses as predicted,
... according to a schedule,
that everyone pretends to...
... but, no one understands.
That is a great idea for cutting cookies,
Henry Ford adapted that so brilliantly,
when it came to building cars,
- - - But, when it comes to building people,
- - - it is a terrible idea!
A mother's soon forgotten pain,
along with loving efforts,
winds up with vague disdain,
in a teenage child's garden,
where unremembered lessons,
turn into major league rebellion,
for reasons that nobody understands,
... or ever wants to now remember,
of themselves when they recall,
when they were youngsters lost in hormones!
Still somehow, lack of wisdom,
makes them wag the index finger,
at their progeny...
with predictable results.
The only hope is that some teacher,
somewhere along the way,
casts the proper fertilizer,
and causes your wayward seed,
to be a bloom in the bright sunshine,
in the garden of humanity.
Comments about Irving's Botany by Barry Van Allen
Dee Daffodil (10/12/2007 6:39:00 AM)
Teachers...Can either make...or break...a good school year. Each year in September, I anxiously await word about who my kids will have as teachers, and what first impressions they make.
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Millions of people around the world wake up with anxiety each day. It can be hard to get anxiety under control, and many are reluctant to go to a doctor to be treated. Luckily, the following article contains advice that has assisted many people in drastically cutting back their anxiety.
Anxiety can disrupt your normal breathing, so learning breathing techniques can be really helpful in regaining control. Count in your head while breathing and allow relaxing feelings to come. To get the best results, choose a quiet, relaxing spot to do your breathing exercises.
If external events trigger your anxiety, limit the amount of time you spend watching the news or reading the paper. Let yourself get caught up on major current events each day, but don't saturate yourself in negative news that will create bad feelings.
Focus on the positives in life. Create a personal mantra, including some of your most positive experiences and repeat the mantra in the morning and evening. Positive thinking helps keep negative thoughts from consuming you, which will help reduce the anxiety that you feel.
Talk to someone about what you're going through no matter who it is. Dealing with you anxiety alone can make it a lot harder. Getting your thoughts and concerns out in the open will ease your anxiety significantly.
Your anxieties are not going to get any better if you waste your time fretting over them. You have to create an active lifestyle that prevents your mind from focusing on worries. A demanding hobby or even a pet can take up the extra time and energy anxiety once preyed on.
Do not spend your days sitting around. If you sit all the time at work, do exercises and move around on breaks. Stand up every now and again. When at home, keep yourself active with walks or jogging and reduce the amount of TV watching or inactive sitting. It is important to rest and relax, but excessive rest will actually increase anxiety levels.
When battling anxiety, be sure to get enough rest. Sleep deprivation does not only cause a lot of problems physically, but it could also cause mental problems too, as well as producing anxiety. It is good for adults to have between seven to eight hours of sleep every night.
Set goals for yourself every day and strive towards reaching them. This is a perfect way to maintain concentration during the day and minimize anxiety. Instead, your thoughts can be placed on areas that are more conducive to feeling good.
It may sound odd, but doing things which are silly, like dancing around when experiencing an anxiety attack, or hitting your face, may distract those negative thoughts. Learning effective ways to distract yourself is the best way to stop anxiety attacks before they get too severe. Give yourself what you need to the best of your ability, wherever you are when you have a panic attack.
Don't surround yourself with individuals that stress you out. For instance, if your friend is always negative, it's probably best to avoid him. If you are unable to deal with people who cause you stress, avoid them until you learn to handle them.
Reduce your intake of alcohol and nicotine. Even though a lot of folks think that these two substances can induce relaxation, they don't. Ultimately, though, the chemicals in alcohol and cigarettes can actually exacerbate your anxiety. Try things that are better for you like eating right, effective relaxation methods and enjoyable social interaction.
Distracting yourself can be an excellent tactic when you feel particularly vulnerable to anxiety. Surround yourself with people, call a friend, do a puzzle, or watch a television show you enjoy. This can prevent you from thinking negative thoughts, and help you to relax.
One of the best ways to take control of anxiety is by learning what is causing it. For instance, does work stress you out? If so, maybe there are steps you can take to lower your stress level, such as asking your supervisor if there is an opportunity for you to change to a different team or project. Understanding what causes you to feel anxious is a powerful strategy for reducing the symptoms.
Take time to thoroughly explore your concerns and fears. Tell yourself constantly throughout the day that you must not focus on negative things. Set aside 60 minutes for this purpose. When your time is over, do not let yourself focus on worries. This is a structured approach, and a great way to stay in control.
Ensure you engage in laughter as often as you can. Happiness and joy, which are the result of laughing, will keep anxiety at bay. Watch a funny film, hang out with people who make you smile, or read an amusing book. Laugh whenever you can, and you are sure to manage your anxiety.
If you are an anxiety sufferer, avoid being around those who bring stress into your life. That may sound like a no-brainer, but lots of people who deal with anxiety find various reasons to put up with discomfort and pain, such as wishing to avoid hurting people's feelings, or not wanting to rock the boat. Some people can make you feel stressed, especially if they do not make you feel wanted or comfortable.
Many times an introverted person suffers from social anxiety. A way to get over stress is to find things you like doing like running, bike riding, or art to do with other people.
Bills Promptly
Make sure you pay your bills promptly to reduce anxiety. Making late payments can increase your levels of stress and magnify anxiety. By paying your bills promptly, you will be able to feel more relaxed.
Listen to the advice your doctor gives you, and give him feedback throughout your course of treatment. An anxiety treatment is like a partnership. Your doctor can contribute prescriptions and good advice; your responsibility is to report back on their effectiveness. Your doctor will not always be around to monitor you, so you will have to notify him or her so he or she can make adjustments to your treatment if needed.
As stated previously, life could be very miserable for someone who is experiencing intense levels of anxiety. This article strives to improve that by providing tools to combat anxiety. This is why you may want to keep this article and its tips handy to review later.