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Learning a new language sounds like a lot of fun.
It's fun and challenging at the same time! xxDelete
I love Duolingo, I used to use it to learn french and it was so helpful. I love learning parts of new languages, it's so difficult so it's something to be proud of, great post!
I agree! It can be quite challenging but so rewarding when you get it. It makes me feel so accomplished haha! xxDelete
I love Duolingo! I am also teaching myself french with it :D
Nicole x
That's awesome Nicole! Good luck with it :)Delete
I wish I took my french classes seriously several years ago. I've tried Duolingo in the past but I'm not sure why I stopped. This is a beautiful post, well done!
Aw thank you Zinny! You could try one more time just to see if it floats your boat :)Delete
I love Duolingo. Currently unsure if I want to focus on spanish or french. I have been doing a little bit of both. I do want spanish cos i want to do some mission work in south America. But Duolingo is awesome for a free app.ReplyDelete
They're both awesome languages. Mission work is amazing and if you're going to South America then Spanish is certainly very beneficial! xxDelete
Never knew that about Europe but I've always wanted to learn a new language to boost my CV. Unfortunately however, languages are not my thing, I can barely speak my own indigenous language.
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Haha, that's fair enough. Thanks for stopping by Sarah :)Delete
I actually made learning German one of my 2018 resolutions because many of my friends studied it as sixth form and it always seemed like such a fun language to learn, and given that I already speak two fluently, it would be pretty cool to know a third. As well as helping job/educational prospects, I think that learning a language, in particular if you are doing it by yourself, involves so many transferrable skills and in general improves your mental agility. I loved reading this post and can for sure agree with everything you've said!
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You speak two languages already? That's awesome! I agree with you totally, it does have a lot of transferable skills. I'm glad you pointed that out. Aw thanks for reading Maria, glad you liked it! xxDelete
I would love to speak another language, I just hate going on holiday and having to ask emm.. do you speak english?
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Hahaha that can be so frustrating at times eh? Thanks Vanessa! :)Delete
I am just hearing about Duolingo and I am about to download it right away! Thank you for this enlightening post.
Yay, I'm so glad you're going to try it. It's been really helpful, I hope you feel the same way. Thank you for stopping by! xxDelete
This is an amazing app...
Great review.
I would love to learn a new language! I used to listen to language CDs in my car haha. It was such a great way to pass the time and learn something new!
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I actually really like the idea of a language CD, sounds pretty effective. Thank you Emily :)Delete
I totally agree that learning another language is always a good thing to do. I went through a stage for a couple of weeks of practicing French with Duolingo, but it tapered off and then I just stopped. I've always wanted to learn French though, because it's a great skill to have, and because it's important to challenge yourself sometimes and work away on a personal goal because they're so satisfying when you achieve them, so good on you for doing it!
Amen to that. Nothing feels better than setting up a personal goal for yourself and then achieving it no matter how challenging it was. Thanks for stopping by! :)Delete
Oh wow this is so cool. I wanted to learn (out of languages) French too since I was in uni. I even bought a beginner's book but this duolingo would be more fun and helpful. Thanks for inspiring me to continue this again especially that I'm planning to visit Paris. How exciting :)
Aww I'm so glad that I could help you, I hope you've enjoyed Duolingo so far and how exciting that you're going to Paris. Thank you Mercy! xxDelete
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Thank you Kristine! xxDelete
It's a great resolution to have for the new year! I had some colleagues teach me a little of their language and I'd love to try learn more, I just don't have a lot of time now with two toddler,s haha! Maybe when they are bigger :)
Hope that you are having a lovely weekend! Another extreme weather weekend here. So hot, we are staying near the air conditioner.
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Aww I can imagine! Yes, maybe when they're bigger. Thanks for stopping by Mica :)Delete
Learning Turkish is something I've always wanted especially because I'm school in Cyprus and that's their national language so I started with Duolingo as well and I was listening to some podcasts too then I don't know what happened lol. My Turkish is still pretty much beginners and I have just a year left here but I like to think I'll still continue learning it even after graduating
I hope your French improves as much as you want it to this year and HAPPY NEW YEAR ( even if I'm a few days late lol, I've just been very tired lately )
Oh I didn't know that Turkish was also spoken in Cyprus, that's cool! I hope you're able to pick it up again. Haha thank you babes and happy new year to you too. Hope you're feeling better! xxDelete
This is an interesting post. I'm bilingual and agree with a lot of things you wrote. I'd love to learn one (or more) languages -mostly for professional reasons because I chose a career that involves lots of travel. Your mention of Duolingo is giving me some ideas... How do you like it? How often do you use it? Would you recommend it? || www.lorikemi.comReplyDelete
Oh how lovely, I bet you go to fun places all the time! I really like Duolingo. It's been very helpful with my reading and writing but not so much with the speaking. I use it everyday and yes, I would recommend it. I'm always recommending it haha! xxDelete
I can't thank you enough for this post! I always love when people promote the learning of languages. It's such a useful skill to have, and learning a language can teach you so much about your own. I mean, learning English has given me so many amazing opportunities - I left France to live in England, and would never have done it if it wasn't for my love of the language. This is an awesome post, thank you!
Julia x
Aww thank you so much Julia! It warms my heart that you think so highly of this post, thank you so much. Language learning is so much fun in my opinion and I'm happy to talk about it on here. I'm glad you're living out your dreams, thank you :)Delete
I've always wanted to learn Chinese.
Okay... It's official.. I'm learning Chinese. This is like the second post I'm seeing on learning a new language and I feel the universe is speaking to me 👂👂
Off to get the Duolingo...
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Yes girl, it's definitely a sign from the universe! Good luck with and thank you for stopping by ! <3Delete
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Later today, Microsoft is holding a Windows Mixed Reality Event. Ahead of this event, information on the Samsung Odyssey Mixed Reality headset got leaked. The specifications suggest that the device from Samsung will be a high end Windows Mixed Reality headset. The standard headsets have a resolution of 1440 x 1440 but the OLED screen of the Samsung headset will come with a resolution of 2880 x 1600 and will offer a 110 degree field of view. Furthermore, the headset also comes with built-in headphones and dual-array microphones but you will still be able to plug in your own headphones.
The Samsung Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality headset will go on sale on November 6th for $499. This means that it will be more expensive than the headsets from Acer, HP, Lenovo and Dell and will also be available three weeks later than these devices which will go on sale on October 17. Samsung's headset will ship together with the Windows Mixed Reality Motion Controllers.
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So it was during this self-reflection that I found and committed myself to my one word for 2015:
{not works}
For what does the Scripture say?
"Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith is counted as righteousness,
Romans 4:3-5
For years, I have counted my works: my sacrifices, my ministry involvement, my people reach. It was a self-centered tally, an effort at being noticed and being praised, a misdirected focus.
What is counted as righteousness? Not works. It's faith. And, really, only God can measure that. It's a personal surrender, a doulos-mentality of bowing our hearts and hands to a Lord who needs nothing from us. It's a one-track-mind that sings out JESUS with every choice, every word, every breath. It's a life bowed low in worship that He may be seen instead of us.
I need to stop counting what I do.
Righteousness isn't avoiding sin. It's pursuing God.*
{not involvement}
For which of you, desiring to build a tower,
does not first sit down and count the cost,
whether he has enough to complete it?
Luke 14:28
I had two burnouts this year, complete with health problems and borderline depression. One emerged during a full-fledged writing project and the second slammed me after a season of coaching. During both sleep-depriving and body-aching sessions, I missed my young kids terribly, who usually get all my attention. Sporadically through the year, I also took on mini-assignments that would torture our home life for a 48-hour push to the deadline.
This can't happen. I need to count the cost before I involve myself. Otherwise, I will feel like Bilbo--"like butter spread over too much bread."
Before choosing to involve myself, I need to weigh the time needed, the energy I have available, and the impact it will have on my family. I must remember that my first commitment is to my husband and children. Extra projects I take on must fit around those larger and more important commitments and not rob our home of peace, joy, and health.
{not stress}
Count it all joy, my brothers,
when you meet trials of various kinds,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
And let steadfastness have its full effect,
that you may be perfect and complete,
lacking nothing.
James 1:2-4
When interruptions come, I cringe. But that's not the right response, so says the Bible--
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through Him we have also obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character,
and character produces hope,
and hope does not put us to shame,
because God's love has been poured into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:1-5
It's like a writing assignment in class. (I'm an English teacher, so bear with me here.) Growing up, the word "essay" might as well have been a curse. It meant putting aside hobbies, hanging out, and being a couch potato so we could get the assignment done--and done well enough to get a good grade. My friends and I would groan when saying, "I have to write an essay!"
Then one day in college, another student changed my perspective forever. My friend randomly asked her friend in the cafeteria to hang out with us. "No, I can't," she responded with a smile. "I've been working on an essay all morning and need to finish it by tonight." I waited for the usual complaining, but instead she said, "I'm really enjoying it!"
And we should. We should enjoy writing essays. We're being forced to prioritize something different than ourselves. We're being forced to learn things that are important and life-relevant (if your English teacher is a good one, that is). We're improving how we write and therefore how we communicate with other people so as to be heard, understood, and considered. We're being given a gift through the challenge of an essay.
And likewise, we should count it joy when we face trials. We're being forced to reevaluate our priorities and look outside of ourselves. We're being forced to learn things that are important and life-relevant (because our God is a good One!). We're improving how we trust God, apply truth, and deal with difficulty and therefore how we influence and help others. It's a gift in the form of a challenge.
So my response should not be stress and groaning but rather joy.
Now, here are two practical things I will do this year to encourage my focus on "count."
- I will blog about this word at the beginning of each month! There is a graphic in the right sidebar that you can click on to see all these posts throughout the year and follow how this focus realigns my world.
- I will be counting gifts! Ann Voskamp's book One Thousand Gifts really made an impact on me last month when I read it, and I've been casually writing down blessings since then. I want to make it more of a habit by designating a journal for this that comes with me everywhere. Thankfulness truly does keep our eyes on God!
So there is my one word for 2015, the word I will whisper throughout my day to realign myself to what matters:
Instead of works, faith is counted as righteousness.
When involving myself, count the cost.
And if I'm gifted with a trial, count it all joy.
Abide in Him,
Have you made new year resolutions or chosen one word? Will you share with us?
Have you read One Thousand Gifts? Do you count blessings too?
You're invited to read others' "One Word for 2015" at Velvet Ashes' The Grove.
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*This line is paraphrased from a conclusion made by Eric Metaxas in his excellent biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.


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ok i have had the instinct for just under a month and like the phone. the problem i am having i used it a couple of time coming home from work. 1 it will tell me i am on a different street that i am on a street or two away or further down the road that i am on 2 when going on a main freeway i was to be on it for 13 miles and as i drove the freeway it say's off course i looked down and it tells me i am in a different location maybe a couple hunderd feet away. or on a diffferent raod next to the freeway and tells me the directions to get back on the freeway. is this common or is there a update to help with this.
Navigation has pretty much worked flawlessly on my Instinct since I got it in July. The only time I had a problem was when missed my turn off and the the gps was slow to recalculate the new route. For about 15 seconds it showed that I was off course, but then came up with the correct location and route.
When I'm driving on the freeway, I've had great results, but even the response on surface streets has been equal to or better than my Tom Tom gps.
I have the same problem. I was driving from school to home and all of the sudden it will tell me I am on a different street, or it asks me to make a U turn to return to my previous location. This is pretty weird because i checked the map on the phone and it showed my correct location, but the pone would say something different. Like the screen shows correct loaction, the route is fine too, but the voice it's all nonsense. Have you check that?
One thing to check is to be sure the phone has a clear view of the southern sky. The GPS satelites cannot always get through the roof of your car. If the phone is on the passenger seat or your lap, it may not be getting a full GPS signal and will have a large location error.
I've found this to be true with the phone as well as GPS's - they require a good view of the sky to get the satelite signals.
ok thanks i will try that
Get a windshield mount that holds the Instinct closer to the windshield. That should help. Also, remember that it sometimes takes a minute or so for the satellites (there are at least 3 from what I've read, so that they can triangulate your position) to get an initial lock on you when you start up GPS. Once you're locked, you should stay there unless something obstructs, like a car roof.
the gps system on the instinct is WORTHLESS. i cannot use it because it continuosly tells me i am 1.) off track or 2.)on a street that i am no where nere or 3.) it sends me in tthe wrong direction then takes forever to recalculate a new position. there is no such thing as turn by turn direction with the instinct. it is better to pre-print info on google maps. nothing has helped the problem, not the telenav update (made it worse) not the opening of a sub roof. not the docking on the windshield. nothing. i hate the gps on this phone. it has never worked for me in the 4 months i have had the phone
I love the GPS. The only odd thing mine does is it thinks i am in the neighboring city when I am at home in my basement, and it almost always tell me my destination is on the wrong side of the street
Yep the nav rocks my favorite features on the phone. The only problem I have, is when driving around the downtown area Charlotte the directions always lag too much to be of any use.
I am assuming opening a sunroof / exposing moon roof will help with a weak signal?
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There is going to be NO Fluoride added to the water in the Isle of Man! Brilliant news.
For once they actually listened to the people and all the facts and made the right decision. In my opinion it wasn't the answer to poor dental health particulary in the youth on the island, but to me we should be working to educate and change peoples lifetstyles and diets rather than mass medicate.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Finale Pt. 2
Well, folks, there you have it. The end of Project Runway Season 8 has come and gone. And before we get talking about the conclusion of what was arguably the series' most dramatic season to date, I'm going to protect the innocent...
SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't yet watched last night's Project Runway Season Finale and Reunion (and have somehow avoided the onslaught of blog posts, Facebook statuses and tweets), look away before you turn to stone!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Family Jules: Who Wants to Roll in the Hay?
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It's almost time for Halloween—a night of trick-or-treating, haunted houses and slutty cats (with rough tongues, of course). Modern Family and Cougar Town got into the Halloween spirit with two hilarious episodes last night.
I'm fixin' to take a look at the best moments...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Trailer Tuesdays: Megamind
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Yes, I know. This Trailer Tuesday post is tardy for the party. I thought I could get away with it if it was still Tuesday on some remote island near the International Date Line, but no such luck. You can call this Watch This Wednesday if you'd like. Or, you could quit arguing semantics with me and check out this awesome trailer.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Magical Monday Moments: Glee Inspires Political Ad
I am not one to often enter into heated political discourse (though it does happen on occasion), and this post is by no means meant to begin a political debate. That being said, it's pretty clear that I'm an enormous Gleek, so I just couldn't pass on posting this video for this week's Magical Monday Moment.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Finale, Pt. 1
A lot happened last night on the penultimate episode for this eighth season of Project Runway... and yet not much happened at all. We got some brisk visits from Uncle Tim, a brief look at the Fashion Week collections and an elimination that was weeks, nay months, in the making.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Family Jules: We've Been Shawshanked
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The laughs just keep on coming with Modern Family and Cougar Town this season. Seriously, what did we do before these shows? How did we know how to properly drink red wine? And how did we even begin to grasp the intricacies of Columbian culture?
Let's take a look at the best moments of last night's episodes...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Trailer Tuesdays: Scream 4
Monday, October 18, 2010
Magical Monday Moments: Glee Does Rocky Horror
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Glee's sophomore season has been off to a rather bumpy start, hasn't it? And it seems as though no one can agree on the best and worst moments—I wasn't a huge fan of "Britney/Brittany" episode but loved "Duets," while others made "Grilled Cheesus" a Twitter trending topic for days and thought "Duets" was a disappointing slump. And while part of the problem certainly has to do with our huge expectations, it also has a lot to do with the hype the Glee franchise builds for itself.
All that being said, I am 100% buying into the hype for next week's episode...
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Episode 12
Good gracious, we have a lot to cover from this week's Project Runway. The final challenge before Fashion Week was quite a doozy and, while the episode itself dragged on for eons, the end result was shocking to say the least. Let's get to it...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Family Jules: Eat the Sword
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Deep dark secrets were revealed on last night's Modern Family and Cougar Town. Unflattering bike shorts, secret one-night stands—nothing was sacred and it it had me both laughing and running into the bathroom to cry (seriously, not all gay men do it...).
So before I head out for my troga class, let's Lady and the Tramp this bitch and take a look at the best moments...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Who Is Going to Fashion Week?
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It feels like this season of Project Runway has been going on for years. Remember Jason in the bowler hat and the party store challenge? They feel like distant shadows of the past! Though the journey has been long, the end is now close at hand.
On tomorrow night's episode, we'll find out who will advance to compete at Fashion Week! Check out the preview below:
Any else get Battlestar Galactica flashbacks as Tim dramatically calls out "The Final Five"?
Of course, there won't be five for long, assuming they don't pull a Season 3 and send four to the finale (or a Season 4/5 and have four designers create collections and only allow three to compete). So who are the Top Three going to be? Here are my predictions...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Trailer Tuesdays: Morning Glory
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Diane Keaton. Rachel McAdams. Harrison Ford. Do you really need more than that to want to see the upcoming Morning Glory?
Okay, fine then.
Magical Monday Moments: Smell Like a Monster
Okay okay okay... yes, I know it's not Monday. But due to a wondrous three day weekend (thanks to a certain 1400s voyage), this Magical Monday Moment is actually a... Terrific Tuesday Treat?
We could argue semantics all day. Let's get to this week's gem...
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Episode 11
If you were to watch only the previews for each episode of this season of Project Runway, you might think it was actually a season of The Real World. Ambulances speeding to the hospital! Breakdowns on the runway! Accusations of cheating that bring this season screeching to a halt! But you and I, dear readers, know a different story. A story in which publicity departments do their best to bump up the drama in a season that perhaps isn't as chock full of drama as we originally thought.
Let's take a look, shall we?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Family Jules: I'm a Mob Wife
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Safety was the name of the game last night on Modern Family and Cougar Town with an earthquake shaking things up and Neighborhood Watch protecting and
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
New Dance Central Demo Video Released
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You may recall a few months ago reading my post about Dance Central, a game coming to the Xbox 360 that utilizes new Kinect technology to allow players to perform advanced choreography. The more accurate your moves, the higher your score. Despite my total lack of gaming abilities, this is one game that has my So You Think You Can Dance-loving heart all aflutter.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Trailer Tuesdays: The Tempest
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We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep.
The Tempest was Shakespeare's final play and one of my favorites — and one of the only pieces I enjoyed reading in my high school British Literature course (don't even get me started on Jane Eyre - ugh). So when word came 'round that Julie Taymor (Across the Universe, Frida, Titus) was directing an adaptation of the comedy about revenge, love, freedom and power, I was more than excited. Even better, Helen Mirren was announced as Taymor's pick for Prospera, a gender-bended version of the magical protagonist.
So now that a trailer is circling the blogosphere, does the growing anticipation for the December premiere continue? Take a look:
Monday, October 4, 2010
Magical Monday Moments: Dog Washing on The Apprentice
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I can remember being on a JetBlue flight six years ago on the night of The Apprentice Season 1 finale and seeing almost every screen on the plane tuned in to NBC to see who would be hired - Bill or Kwame (six year old spoiler alert: Bill won). There's no doubt that the show gained major popularity because of its endless boardroom drama and The Donald's addictive catch phrase "You're fired." But it's not always the tension and screaming that make the show something worth watching, which brings me to this week's Magical Monday Moment (and a slight rant):
Friday, October 1, 2010
Project Runway, Season 8 - Episode 10
My oh my, Project Runway fans. Last night's episode certainly ran us through the gauntlet, huh? A memorable episode indeed with emotions at an all-time high.
Before I start tearing up again, let's get to it, shall we?
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House GOP sticking with Montana candidate despite assault
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans stuck with their candidate in Montana's special House race Thursday even though he was charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly slamming a reporter to the ground.
Speaker Paul Ryan said Greg Gianforte should apologize, but the GOP leader did not disavow Gianforte's candidacy or call on him to drop out. And Ryan indicated that Gianforte, a wealthy tech company founder, would be welcome in the House Republican conference if he wins what appeared to be a tight race against Democrat Rob Quist.
"If he wins, he has been chosen by the Montana, the people of Montana," said Ryan, R-Wis. "I'm going to let the people of Montana decide who they want as their representative. That's not our choice. That's the people of Montana who choose that."
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. goes over his note before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
"I do not think this is acceptable behavior, but the choice will be made by the people of Montana," Ryan added.
Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio, who chairs the House GOP campaign committee, said: "From what I know of Greg Gianforte, this was totally out of character, but we all make mistakes."
"Today's special election is bigger than any one person; it's about the views of all Montanans," Stivers added. "They deserve to have their voices heard in Washington."
It was unclear what impact the late-breaking news would have on the election, especially since a significant portion of voters already had cast early ballots. Montana is a Republican-friendly state where Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a wide margin.
Gianforte and Quist, a cowboy-hat-wearing musician, are competing for the state's sole House seat, left vacant when Trump appointed GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke to serve as Interior secretary. Gianforte has strongly embraced Trump throughout the campaign, and the race has been watched closely for signs of whether Democrats can make inroads in GOP areas ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
Wednesday's incident occurred at a Gianforte campaign event in Bozeman, Mont., when Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian, approached Gianforte to ask him about a new Congressional Budget Office analysis of House-passed health care legislation. It was a moment when Gianforte was not taking media questions, and the candidate quickly became enraged and threw Jacobs to the ground, punching him and breaking his glasses, according to audio of the event and witness accounts.
Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault and would face a maximum $500 fine or six months in jail if convicted. The Gianforte campaign defended its candidate in a statement describing Jacobs as a "liberal journalist" who was asking "badgering questions" and displaying "aggressive behavior."
The charges themselves or even a conviction would not prevent Gianforte from serving in the House. The chamber's rules say winning candidates can be seated as long as they meet the constitutional requirements of age, residence and citizenship.
Democrats condemned Gianforte and called on Republicans to denounce him. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California criticized Gianforte as "a wannabe Trump."
"And we've really got to say, 'come on, behave, behave,'" Pelosi added. "That was outrageous."
Reactions were mixed from rank-and-file House Republicans who exited a closed-door conference meeting Thursday morning on unrelated issues. Similar to when they're asked about the latest controversial pronouncement or action by Trump, most lawmakers were reluctant to discuss the issue at all, with many saying they didn't know enough about it to comment.
A few others offered a variety of views.
Asked if assaulting a reporter is appropriate behavior, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., replied: "Of course not. It's not appropriate behavior. Unless the reporter deserved it."
Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, said that "You don't want to have any violence out there. Period. You want civility and you want to make sure everyone's safe."
Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, offered perhaps the most forthright take on the political ramifications of the incident when he said of Gianforte: "I'm not sure whether it will hurt him or help him."
Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Stephen Ohlemacher contributed to this report.
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CLEVELAND – Buoyed by delegations of dozens of fellow strikers from Toledo and Lansing, Mich., 250 Red Cross blood service workers, members of Teamsters Local 507, entered the third month of a bitter strike with a spirited rally in front of the agency's headquarters here April 18.
They cheered Bill Dudley, speaking for 150 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 75 forced to strike Toledo Red Cross in late March.
"Red Cross puts profits above people," Dudley said, adding that the strike has broad community support. Lucas County Commissioners passed a resolution backing the union the previous day, he said, and similar action is expected at next week's Toledo City Council meeting.
"On May Day we are holding a big rally at the Government Center in downtown Toledo," he said. "Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will speak. We are going to win."
Mike Parker, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 580 in Lansing, said the strike is "part of a much larger fight. We are on the front lines of a war on working men and women in this country."
Last week, Red Cross held a "phony bargaining session," he said, after 150 members of his local and the Office and Professional Employees walked out.
"These people have no soul," he said. "They don't care if you and your child have no health care and low wages. We are out because we have no choice. They care about people with multi-million dollar homes on the beach and elevators in their garage. They are rotten, greedy bastards."
He praised the stamina of the Cleveland strikers.
"I know it's tough," he said. "I can't imagine what it's like to be on strike over eight weeks. We haven't won yet, not yet. But we will win because we stand on the right side. We want to build solidarity. We want to build community. We want to help our kids get to college."
Al Mixon, principal officer of the Cleveland local, said the strike was having a big financial impact on Red Cross. The agency's blood drives in the 19-county Northern Ohio Region are down from 25 a day to four, he said.
"To use a sports analogy, we are close to the goal line and we can't afford to fumble now."
The agency, he said, "is playing on the bad economy" to impose contract terms. It sent discs to employees with its health care proposal, he said, stating that the Red Cross "reserves the right to change or terminate employee health care benefits at any time for any reason."
Long stalled talks are set to resume Tuesday, he said. "We are in a war," he added.
The Red Cross, he said, hopes to pay for $40 million in fines imposed by the Food and Drug Administration for tainted blood by taking it out of its employees.
Stacks of door hangers urging residents to withhold blood donations until the strike is settled were distributed.
"My husband has a lot of medical problems," Judy Wickham, a Cleveland nurse, said. "We can't afford the prescriptions. We are three months behind on our electric bill. We went to a food bank last week for the first time. One hundred twenty-four dollars [in strike benefits] is not a lot, but it's enough. I'm not crossing [the picket line]!"
Flyers at the rally stressed that the Red Cross has "capitalized on the merits of Disaster Services" to gain public support, but "Blood Collections and Disaster Services are two completely separate entities."
The blood is collected free of charge from donors and sold to hospitals for $250 to $500 a pint providing the agency with $2 billion in annual revenues.
The collection workers average around $15 an hour and face heavy production goals. In Toledo, the agency is seeking to eliminate two of the three 10-minute breaks employees receive during a 12-14 hour day, union officials said.
In Lansing, the agency is defying orders by the National Labor Relations Board to open its books and has hired a top anti-labor law firm to appeal the case in federal court.
While the agency's board was previously based on blood donors and community representatives, "during the Bush years a coup occurred that brought in right-wing CEOs from Walmart and other companies," said Chuck Musser, a mobile unit assistant in Lansing. "They are anti-people and anti-labor. They want part-time employees with no benefits and minimum wages."
The proceeds of blood sales now benefit the agency's 20 top executives, he said, including CEO Gail McGovern who gets over $1 million in salary plus perks and received $400,000 for moving into a new home.
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I'm currently reading all sorts of stuff on economic theory and world poverty, hoping to write a "thought piece" on sustainable systemic change for the Vincentian family. If you don't like statistical measurements and poverty analysis, or statistics bother or frighten you, read this instead. Our Vincentian Family representatives at the UN deal with these issues as part of their work.
What follows is a "map" of "Poverty versus Inequality." John Freund, C.M., put me on to it. Often poverty measures show the percentage of poor people, but not the unequal distribution of wealth within a given country. The Gini-coefficient of inequality is "the most commonly used measure of inequality. The coefficient varies between 0, which reflects complete equality and 1, which indicates complete inequality (one person has all the income or consumption, all others have none). Graphically, the Gini coefficient can be easily represented by the area between the Lorenz curve and the line of equality.
On the figure to the right, the Lorenz curve maps the cumulative income share on the vertical axis against the distribution of the population on the horizontal axis. In this example, 40 percent of the population obtains around 20 percent of total income. If each individual had the same income, or total equality, the income distribution curve would be the straight line in the graph – the line of total equality. The Gini coefficient is calculated as the area A divided by the sum of areas A and B. If income is distributed completely equally, then the Lorenz curve and the line of total equality are merged and the Gini coefficient is zero. If one individual receives all the income, the Lorenz curve would pass through the points (0,0), (100,0) and (100,100), and the surfaces A and B would be similar, leading to a value of one for the Gini-coefficient."(1) Click on the map below. You'll be redirected to a map that shows poverty line stats (boundaries) and the Gini index (pinpoints) for each country.


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State rests in trial of man for execution-style murder
The family of Lake Charles native Sheila Denise Vallian didn't know Clevert Lee Tyler — the man accused of murdering her in cold blood after little more than a month's relationship turned sour.
But nonetheless, in Judge John Stevens' small, mostly empty courtroom, Vallian's uncle, Perry Martin, sat in the closest seat he could to Tyler and his defense, just a few feet from the man who allegedly brought Martin's niece to her knees before shooting her in the 1300 block of Collis Street in Beaumont on June 12, 2012.
"I wanted to get a picture of who he is," Martin said in an interview. "As you heard, they didn't know each other very well, and I had never met him."
Tyler was indicted July 10, 2012, and pleaded not guilty Tuesday, June 4, to Vallian's murder. His defense made no opening statements.
Martin was one of the few family members who could stand the sight of bloody crime scene photos and confessions by Tyler caught on video inside a police officer's cruiser.
Moments after Vallian was shot, prosecutors said Tyler called 911 and told police he had just shot his girlfriend.
"I just killed my girlfriend," a man identifying himself as Tyler said in the 911 tape. "I shot her between the eyes."
Prosecutors played the 911 tape for jurors in Tuesday's courtroom. In the recording, Clevert Tyler encourages police to detain him. Tyler's defense did not dispute the identity of the caller.
But after giving police his name, address and home phone number, prosecutors said Tyler wasn't done there.
After playing a tape of Tyler waiving his miranda rights, evidence in Tuesday's court showed Tyler led police to a remote area where he left Vallian in the middle of the street after allegedly shooting her.
"Come get me and I can tell you where she's at," Tyler said in the 911 call.
Prosecutors also presented video of Tyler inside the BPD cruiser admitting he was wrong in shooting Vallian, telling police they should check texts on his cell phone to see why he shot Vallian.
J.R. Humble was the BPD officer who interviewed Tyler at his home and at the scene of the murder. He testified Tyler told him Vallian fell to her knees on Collis Street when he produced a 9 mm pistol and he killed her execution-style.
"I'm willing to bet she was begging for her life. I know her so well," Martin said. "I bet she was begging for her life and he showed no remorse by pulling the trigger."
After two days of police and forensic testimony, it seems Tyler had his fill Wednesday, June 5, when Deputy Bradley Bruns, a firearms and ballistics expert from the Harris County crime laboratory, connected Tyler's 9mm Highpoint pistol to the shell casing found at the scene of Vallian's murder.
"I'm being set up!" Tyler retorted. "Everything is fabricated!"
Judge Stevens immediately ordered the jury be dismissed before threatening to either gag or remove Tyler to a holding cell where he could listen to the proceedings.
As the jury exited, Tyler made further outbursts, accusing the jury of being "Masons."
"This isn't a trial," Tyler said aloud in court despite his attorney's best efforts. "This is a lynching."
Tyler was eventually escorted from court Wednesday before the state called Vallian's mother to the stand. The state rested at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.
A jury of mostly African-American females could deliberate as soon as Thursday, June 6, according to sources familiar with the case.
If convicted, Vallian's family said they will likely seek the death penalty.
"I have no objection to the death penalty," Martin said. "None whatsoever."
On Thursday, May 6, after making outbursts in court, Tyler's defense called an expert psychiatrist to evaluate Tyler's ability to stand trial. The defense's expert witness said Tyler was not of a frame of mind to fully understand the charges against him and was "lucid" and "evasive" with most of his answers. Judge John Stevens reset the trial for Monday, June 17 to give prosecutors their own chance to have Tyler evaluated by an expert of their choosing.


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Just two weeks shy of her 50th birthday, superstar Julia Roberts got quite the honor at the amfAR Los Angeles Gala at the Ron Burkle Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills.
The star-studded event, which was chalk full of huge A-listers like Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Sean Penn, Heidi Klum and more, was hosted by The Late, Late Show host James Corden. Despite the controversial week in Hollywood news, the stars managed to have a ball of a time at the charity event.
In addition to speeches and a lively auction, both Chris Martin and Fergie performed for the glittering crowd. Guests also celebrated in the fight against HIV/AIDS with Belvedere Vodka.
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Half Term Mono Printing
May 31, 2018 @ 11:45 am - 3:00 pm£2.00
Using simple techniques, you can create your own one-off prints. Add different layers and fill the page with your creative ideas. Be inspired by Huguenot designs and create something completely unique!
There's no need to book as this is a drop-in session, just come along to the museum between 11.45 and 3pm
£2 per child or free with a family day ticket for £10. This ticket is valid for the day of purchase and entitles a family (2 adults / 2 children or 1 adult / 3 children) unlimited access to the museum and free admission to any of the family activities occurring on that day. This can only be purchased from the Museum and cannot be pre-booked.)


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Falling into Suomi: How an American fell in love with Finland
Lecture | September 12 | 4-5 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Gordon F. Sander
Institute of European Studies, Nordic Studies Program, Department of Scandinavian
Gordon F. Sander's lecture is based on his new book "Off The Map: A Personal History of Finland".
He is also the author of "The Hundred Day Winter War" and a contributor to The New York Times, Politico and other publications. He was recently elected to the Order of The Lion by the President of Finland for his services to Finland, the first American journalist to be so honored.
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DTA Architects win RIAI Silver Medal for Housing for Third Time
Posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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The Dublin-based architectural practice DTA Architects, headed by architects Derek Tynan and Niall Rowan, has won the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland's (RIAI) highest award for housing design, the Silver Medal, for its work on a social and affordable housing scheme built in Santry Demesne, Dublin.
The award, which is only made every two years, is for schemes completed in the years 2009 and 2010. The DTA design was chosen from nine shortlisted schemes. This is the third time that DTA Architects have won the Silver Medal award. The award was presented vby State Architect Ciaran O'Connor at a ceremony in Dublin Castlte on 9 February at the NAtional Housing Conference.
The judging panel, made up of six leading architects, said of the winning scheme: "The housing responds in an assured and carefully calibrated way to its context…The concept of the interlocking units is a clever idea that is deftly executed to provide a genuine sense of intrigue, space and ownership, semi private and private space oscillates between front and back. The units are spacious, bright and have their own sense of individuality without any level of contortion that can sometimes arise when executing this type of spatial juxtaposition. There is real architectural skill in designing housing of this nature that works from outside to in and vice versa. One can imagine the lives of families interrelating and growing up happily in apartments such as these."
The members of the Housing Medal Jury were: MickMcDonagh (Chair); Michelle Fagan; Ruth O'Herlihy; Gerry Cahill; Shay Cleary; Peter Carroll.
Robin Mandal, RIAI President, commented: "It is timely that such a wonderful social and affordable housing scheme has won our highest housing award. This demonstrates that there is no need to compromise on excellence in design for any type of housing. Good design is good design and is not budget dependent. This winning scheme sets a high bar for other social and affordable schemes and they should be measured against this Silver Medal winner."
Niall Rowan, Partner Silver Medal winners DTA Architects said: "We are really delighted that the Medal is awarded to a high quality housing development which is directly the outcome of a period during the mid-noughties of a government commitment to investment in social and affordable housing. This project for social and affordable housing was initiated by Fingal County Council Housing Authority, commissioned by their Architects' Department, approved by Councillors under a Part XI process and directly funded by the Department of Environment Community and Local Government. The design responds to a brief which put strong emphasis on own front door access and apartment mix/size, with an unconventional and typologically innovative organisation of predominantly three bedroom and duplex apartments, all with generous internal open space, and compatible with sustainable family and lifetime occupation. These individual apartments are combined to create a overall form coherent at an urban level, framing and centring on a new public realm environment, in direct response to the challenges of an edge city site which was dislocated from its immediate surroundings by roads, boundary walls and undeveloped sites. As housing faces new challenges in terms of procurement and regulation, we believe that it is critical that all stakeholders maintain an ambition to provide quality for all housing tenures and types, as a long term investment in communities and the physical environment."
Two schemes were Highly Commended for the Housing Medal:
Timberyard, Dublin. Architects: O'Donnell + Tuomey
Moire Moire Moire. Architects: ODOS Architects
About the RIAI
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is the Regulatory and Support body for Architects in Ireland. Support services are also provided for Architectural Technologists.
The RIAI engages with government, the professions, industry, clients and the public to promote the value of quality and design in architecture: to deliver attractive and sustainable built environments; to enrich our distinctive culture and heritage; to contribute to the competitiveness of our economy; and to improve quality of life for the people of Ireland, today and for generations to come.
The RIAI is designated as the competent authority for architecture in Ireland under EU Directive 2005/36/EC. As official registration body under the Building Control Act 2007, the RIAI is committed to discharge its obligations for administration of the Register of Architects in Ireland. Although the RIAI carries out a statutory function as the Registration Body and Competent Authority for Architects in Ireland this is carried out on an entirely self-funding basis. The RIAI does not receive any Government Funding or State Aid for this Statutory Function.


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I've been carrying a SPOT Messenger on my adventures since 2007. A SPOT is a satellite pinging device that can be used to request aid in an emergency, or just track your route. My wife is more comfortable knowing this extra bit of safety is along on each trek.
I use the tracking ability of the SPOT to ping a satellite about every 10 minutes. At any time during my hike, visitors here can see where I am on the trail. At the end of the trek, I have a map of my adventure and I can add geotagged pictures to my online adventure. Here's an example trek.
There is an annual fee, but here's a way you can save 20% off your service plan ...
- Purchase a SPOT device - locally at REI, Cabella's, Gander Mountain, Bass Pro Shops, EMS, Sportsman's Warehouse, or online at their web sites, or wherever you can get a good deal. It's not too difficult to find a very good deal on the device - I got mine free just before Christmas!
- Activate your SPOT device with whatever rescue and tracking options you want.
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By referring you, I also receive a discount on my next annual service plan, so we both win!
If you have questions about the SPOT GPS Messenger, I would be happy to answer them.
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2017 Hike 100 on NCT
The North Country Trail Association is at it again. These people are sneaky about tricking us into hiking more miles!
Anyone that hikes a total of at least 100 miles on the NCT in 2017 can get a free patch, plus they are offering prizes and free resources to folks that sign up for the challenge.
If you really get into this, there's even a Grand Prize for someone that also fulfills their Built It Challenge - that's just doing two simple activities to spread the word and get others involved in the NCT project.
They've got forms, mileage log sheets, a flyer to print and share, and other stuff to help you out. Learn all about this fun challenge and the rules at their page.
I did the challenge last year, along with about 1,500 other people, and plan to repeat this year. Anyone want to get it done all at once and thru-hike the SHT in September?
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Alive in Mexico
Testing is important. I didn't test my blogging process for my phone before leaving on my trip so I am unable to share daily updates. :-)
I'm having a great time exploring and will share a report of my hikes when I get home in a few days.
Food is great. Weather is great. People are great. It's all great!
I'm having a great time exploring and will share a report of my hikes when I get home in a few days.
Food is great. Weather is great. People are great. It's all great!
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This is one of my favourite quotes of all time. It was introduced to me by my eternally cheerful, empathetic and optimistic yoga instructor Josie, who is known by all students to begin each class with a thoughtful and inspiring quote. The quote really resonated with me during that particular yoga class, and when my daily life gets crazy hectic, I return to it. It empowers and reminds me to stay calm, centered and joyful no matter what happens in my life. I chose a photo that I took from my travel to Taiwan's Alishan (Mount Ali) to match this quote. A few years ago, I went to see the sunrise on Alishan and I have to say, it was one of the most breathtaking moments in my life, to be surrounded by such a gorgeous scenic view, tranquility and pure fresh air. At that moment I felt so at peace with everything and myself. Whenever I think of this quote, my mind immediately connects me back to this beautiful moment on Alishan.
I hope you find inspiration and inner peace from this quote and scenic photo in your own daily life. Keep smiling!! 🙂
What do you do to find or keep inner peace? Please share. 🙂
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Irang likes the home she lives in. It is made out of bamboo. Every morning the sun would peek behind the half-opened door, leaving a glimpse of golden gleam on the left bamboo wall. The gleam falls exactly on the part where bunch of moss had grown on.
The moss must have grown out of richness. It is rich with water (that part of the wall is always damp) and always gets a generous amount of sunlight. Irang could spend humming a whole round of song watching the moss breathing in and out the early air of the day. Sometimes, she even could stare for two rounds of song-humming even.
Then Umi will call her to bath.
No, Umi never shout from the kitchen while she was cooking. Never did Umi yell from the bedroom. Umi has always got out from the bedroom before the sun wakes up, Irang knows this. She knows it as much as she knows Umi wouldn't yell calling her to bath. No. It was always sudden, while Irang was staring intently at the moss, she felt perpetual movement of caressing, stroking her hair. Irang would look up. Umi would smile to her.
"Irang, take a bath."
And Irang would take the towel form her mother's lap, and march to the bathroom.
Most of the time, Umi helps Irang take a bath. Her mother would firstly scoop water with water-dipper made out of coconut shell, then put her hand on Irang's shoulder, so that Irang would bow abit, and Umi shall pour the water on her head. Cold, she felt it flowing from the top of her head to the base of her feet. She whimpers, her jaws shake. She wonders if, when she ran out of the door and kissed by the sunlight, moss would also grew on her all-damp skin. She did ask her mother once, whether she could got out in the middle of bathing to stand under the sunlight.
"Why would you?"
So that my skin covered with green, soft moss, she said.
Her mother blinked two times. Then she took up on the soap foam, rubbing it to Irang's skin a little harder than before. "You're prettier this way."
Irang didn't say a word, and silently nodded. Irang has never seen her own face too clearly. She only sometimes see faint features of her face reflected by the sunlight on the surface of the water filling the black bucket her mother accidentally left outside after watering the paddy. Irang only sometimes see the silhouette of her frizzled hair, on those days she doesn't bother to comb her hair and her mother's too occupied with her pan in the kitchen. Irang sometimes tilts her head to the right of her shoulder while she was reflecting on the water surface, and felt abit like her mother.
Her mother is pretty.
But that morning, Irang couldn't find out why that person whose face looks a lot like her mother didn't seem very pleasant. Left alone looked pretty.
It was dawn, the sun hasn't waken up. That person moves oddly. Her left leg looks limp, and she walked rather difficultly. Irang was watching her from behind the hole of the bamboo door. She suddenly realised she hadn't drawn a breath, and didn't remember since when. She then tried getting the air in and out of her lungs without having herself hears the breathing.
That person wore clothes similarly to the way her mother had always done. There was great deal of patterned fabric constricted round her legs, that seemed to make her even more difficult in walking with her left leg limb. The hair—it was pitch black and tied up into a big bun hanging from behind of her head. Just like Irang's mother's. She was trudging from afar. Closer, and closer to the door of her home.
"Has she came?" A familiar voice. Irang jumped.
Umi had waken up. Standing on the doorway of her bedroom, Umi hadn't had her waist-length hair tied up. She looked at Irang's face (Irang unable to open her mouth) and blinked two times. She then took lots of steps, as far as that confining linen allowed her to stretch her steps, rapidly toward the door.
Umi opened the door.
That person already stood right in front of their doorway. Irang couldn't imagine. How did she do it? Crossing such distance in that very short span of time, with her manner of walking. That person stared back at Umi's eyes, and sighed.
"Couldn't even manage to tie your hair first, huh," said that person. She walked in before it's allowed. Irang glanced at her mother's face. Umi didn't seem disturbed. She silently closed the door.
That person walked into the middle of the room and glanced thoroughfully throughout the room. Irang wished she at least knew her name, so she could call her before that person's pair of eyes fall on Irang. But her mother didn't say a word.
Her gaze fell on Irang's. Irang held a tip of her mother's sarong in reflect, but stared back. In a moment that felt like countless rounds of song-humming, that woman's forehead eventually crippled. Her eyebrows went low and contorted as if the woman insists that the brows should met. In her eyes Irang saw a gleam of emotion Irang never saw in her mother's eyes. At that moment Irang knew it is that gleam that made her looks felt unpleasant, despite having features so much in resemblance with her mother's. Staring at Irang, the gleam in the woman's eyes emboldened even more so. It was disgust.
"What child!" She shrieked. She closed her lips so very tightly a moment after. As if she couldn't help those words from falling out from her mouth.
Umi closed Irang's sight with her hand. "How dare you, womyn. The first time you step in here and you greet my child with a tone and a face contorted so!"
Irang didn't hear that woman's response, but Irang could hear the woman moving around and about. There are sounds of nails scratching on hard surface. Umi still put her hand on Irang's eyes.
"Here! And here too! You have always been like that, cannot even bring yourself to take care things properly!"
"This is my house," Irang heard Umi uttering those words in lowly voice. "My house, my home. And you don't order things or tell how things should be, in here. You don't."
"O now you dare, sister!" That woman emphasised the last word with sinister tone. "If you dare enough, why don't you let the child see herself in the mirror!'
"What's a mirror, Umi?" Irang asked, still with the sight obscured by Umi's hand.
Irang heard a long, high-pitched laughter filled the early air of the day. Irang was sure it is still the early times of the day.
"She grows up without knowing what a mirror is! A girl couldn't possibly turn into a woman without knowing what a mirror is! Who's in fear now, Sister? Are you afraid she will feel terrible with her own face? Isn't it you who afraid of having a child whose face so horribly different than yours?"
"Get. Out," said Umi. Irang didn't remember Umi have ever said anything that sharply, that dryly. "You. Get out of my house. Get out of here, now."
"So be it! I can't stand being in a place so damp and horribly sighted either!"
Several sounds of a person moving around, several sounds of footstep, door opening hastily and, finally, closing bangingly. Irang felt the familiar hand making the familiar stroke on her hair. The other pair of the hands excused itself from Irang's eyes. Irang looked up and saw Umi's face becoming wet from tears. Irang held Umi's hand. Umi couldn't hold her smile back. May I know why, Umi, said Irang.
"What is it you want to know?"
Why don't you ever let me see a mirror, said Irang.
For a moment, Umi gazed emptily toward the direction she's staring. After awhile, Irang abit not sure that Umi actually heard her question. When she's about to repeat her question, Umi opened her mouth.
"I don't want," Umi said, with utmost care towards every word she's saying, "I don't want you to grow up with the idea that looking into the mirror is the only thing that matters. Because it is not."
People who have mirrors think that way, Umi?
"We, women, tend to think so," Umi said gravely
Then I don't want to be a woman.
"What is it then, you would become of?"
A lady! A princess! (Umi laughed) A dancer! Or a girl. I can be just a girl. I don't know, Umi, but being a woman sounds too plain for me.
"You could be just anything you want," Umi took my head into her bosom. "I'm glad you do know that."
But how do I look, Umi?
Umi blinked. "You look just fine."
I want to know what kind of princess I would be. I want to look into the mirror. You have a mirror, Umi?
"I kept one tightly in my drawer. For that time when the moment finally arrives." Umi stood up and walked into her room. Not a round of song-humming Irang could finish, Umi got out already. Clenched in her hand was a holding-mirror with complicated-looking motives. Umi handed it to Irang. Irang took it, ready to flip it to the reflective side, but Umi held her hand.
"Please do keep in mind," said Umi, looking Irang directly into the eyes. "There is nothing in this world put out of place. Everything is in its right place."
Irang nodded. Like the moss that grew in our home out of richness of water and sunlight! I have never wished to get rid of them, Umi. They're so pretty.
"Indeed," Umi smiled.
And yet, neither of them did see. Not even from their corner of their eye. That the moss is no longer there, no longer free.
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This is awesome. Some spot-on parodies/tributes. And a hell of a lot of effort.
This is awesome. Some spot-on parodies/tributes. And a hell of a lot of effort.
You've probably been alerted to this video already by one social media feed or another, because the internet loves CGP Grey. But I thought it was neat and so I am posting it.
The dragon is a pretty clear allegory for aging, or at least all the health problems that come along with aging. Solving the problem of aging is a tall order, but we can extend lives by solving other problems... and maybe those extended lives last long enough for the next life-extending innovation, and the next, and before you know it we're all eternal robots with hearts of sapphire.
This was actually really good. I dunno how much of it can be easily debunked, but the 30 minutes flew by. If China's really doing what this guy says they are, then we'll all have proof soon enough whether it works.
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We're all over here wailing about the environment, but you know damn well it's Asia (specifically China and India) who need to step up their game.
And holy crap, look at these bar charts.
He does a real good job of demonstrating why Interstellar's black hole looked the way it did. I knew they talked to a lot of science folks to come up with that depiction, but I had no clue why the result was what it was.
That's pretty damn cool.
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CIDA was established in 1968 to administer the bulk of Canada's official development assistance (ODA) program. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supports sustainable development activities in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world. The measure of its success lies in its contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Canada's broader international policy objectives.
CIDA's aim is to manage Canada's support and resources effectively and accountably to achieve meaningful, sustainable results and engage in policy development in Canada and internationally, enabling Canada's effort to realize its development objectives.
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I would like the Ryan plan approved
Sarbanes Oxley repealed
Obamacare repealed
Dodd Frank repealed
Food Safety Modernization Act repealed
Spending freeze on all levels and take all federal public service pay levels for new hires down to the Military pay scale
Appointment of originalist Justices and a purge of activist Judges
Hold a tight grip on containment of Iran and keep a stiff check on Russian influence
Mending of ties with Allies we have lost during the past three years.
A cap of 17% debt to GDP ratio for all of Federal Government spending. I would like inflation removed from our GDP accounting to reflect currency loss.
I want all government agencies to be re-looked and some elimated outright.
I want you to have a plan to seriously curb the fourth branch of government – non-elected officials including the EPA
Put a check on the regulatory overburdon that is suffocating our business and industry
We need major tax reform (Fair Tax PR-25)
Secure the border – then decide what to do with current Illegal occupants.
Focus on Latin America and it's increasing Islamic activity as it will become the premier threat facing America in the near future.
Something must be done about the Diebold voting machine mess – paper ballots
We need charter schools
purge the Justice Department
Cafe standards removed or rolled back.
01/01/12 – Repeal the NDAA.
The way un-employment rate is set is a dastardly way of accounting. Un-employment is not going down, those people are just dropping off the rolls. This measurement is useless and must also subtract dropped from the rolls against the current rate.
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text: Hey guys an gals! Have not been around much been some what busy but here is some reveiws for ya! Alright my Bear 5th Gens Ive had for a minute now, but after riding them on a few decks an a couple sets of them. Well I can tell you Bear did it, yeah they did it good. The old 552s are awesome an I still have an love the two sets I have but these 5th Gens are noticably cleaner. Oh an a bit l lighter! Woop, woop lighter for them trick n shiz! So all round if youre lookin for a good all round truck Ima go ahead an say grab a set of Bear 5th Gens, they got yo back! Boss Hawgs from obvisouly Hawgs Wheels. They are nice, very smooth center set an predictable wheel. Not what I thought I was buying but still rather pleased. Ive yet to take these past 30 or so but I can say Ive done 30 an a lot of tech slides an tricks. The center set is great for getting techy. They are small enough to keep you light an to throw around, but big enough to get you over the small cracks an small pot holes. I live in Michigan an ride tail for a reason. All in all Id say theyre a good 7 outta 10. This might change, either way after some real speed but thats where Im at now. Hope yall liked the read, hope I helped someone out, and hope you put your damn phone down an go skate now.


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