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Thought of the Day
No matter how smart, intelligent or brilliant you were in your teens, scoring As and A stars in your exams, once you are being "anointed" with the label "scholars", you may just find yourself entrenched and kept in a environment which will not be conducive to your proper development of mental and social faculties.
That label of "scholars" along with the mindset of "Natural Aristocracy" will destroy your common sense and empathy towards the people you were supposed to lead.
It has proven in history, the best leaders come not from the group of "elites" but rather the intelligent people from the streets.
In our Singapore's system, the PAP government tries very hard to "monopolize" all the talents we have in our system by installing the elitist streaming in our education system. They will give scholarships to those identified "early talents" and bond them to civil service or statutory boards. It is one way to monopolize talents and keep them for PAP's selection so to prolong its monopolistic rule over Singapore.
However, just look at the numerous scholar-Generals, or rather, what we call "Paper Generals" we have today.
These scholars were holed up in SAF and lack the exposure of the "REAL WORLD" out there. They have wasted their time in SAF without exposures to the REAL world outside their war gaming computers. Their administration of the SAF is based on simple top-down military command hierarchy without the need of more sophisticated management skills.
Thus, it is no wonder that when they were treated like some Elitist Gods and sent to the various GLCs or statutory boards, they screwed up badly. No matter how intelligent or smart you are, as long as you are not groomed in a proper way, in the most appropriate way but only the SAF way, you will be made redundant and useless outside of SAF in the end, regardless of your rank. This is the sad state of affairs for Singapore. We have wasted so much money and most importantly, these "once potential talents" by keeping them in the worse place for development, so much so that they are causing harm to our whole country as a whole.
These Paper General cannot survive beyond SAF. Even when they were posted to the GLCs and private entities, they expected to be in top management positions, even though they have no REAL WORLD Corporate experience whatsoever, and know NUTs about running the companies, worse, the country! However, they have this "Scholar-Entitlement" mindset. They were "helicopter" into such positions and eventually, they would find that they cannot manage such corporate unless they get their own KAKIs from SAF who knows the exact "military style" of management! This is exactly what happened in SMRT and PAP leadership!
I would not mind if these "retired" Paper Generals were willing to start from middle management to learn the corporate way and work their way up but no, they were expected to be able to "plug and play" which is quite ridiculous! It can only happen in Singapore because PAP government has created a web of GLCs to allocate these paper generals nice management positions to stroke their ego of "natural aristocracy"!
Singapore will definitely decline in the coming decades basically because SAF or the civil service is not exactly the best or right place to nurture our talents for running corporations and the country.
And all these, are the wrong doings and mismanagement by PAP.
Goh Meng Seng
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
TOTD: EZ-Link and Cash Card Redundancy
Thought of the Day
I was driving a friend's car the other day and found the car braked suddenly while I was cruising, my foot wasn't pressing on any pedal. It nearly gave me a heart attack and a RED LED indicator popped up CTBA... and I got worried when the "Temperature indicator" jumped from the usual 34 degree to 37.
I asked my friend why was this so, was the car having some problem. I got a smacking that I am just too OLD generation and didn't know "NEW (CAR) Technology" at all. I was using "old driving method" to drive a NEW HIGH Tech car!
Cruising is a method I learned from my late father to save petrol and this works especially well for manual gear car.
But I learn from Google (yes, please check Google before asking "High Tech" question, else, will get another suaning... :D ) that the "High Tech Car" nowadays will put brake on if it detected no contact of either the brake or accelerator pedal! Or that when the car was travelling at low speed and there is potential accident, it will apply brake on its own! This is to prevent drivers who are too tired from getting accident when they fall asleep with their feet off the pedal!
Wah, I say... but seriously, that's too "intrusive" for my "Old Method - Petrol saving driving"! And that temperature indicator is not about the car temperature but the surrounding temperature! Well, I told my friend I didn't know the street temperature can get as high as 37 and why do we need to know the "outside temperature" when we should be more concerned about the overheating of the car itself?
My friend scolded me, don't use "Old Method" to deal with "New Technology"!
Actually, this makes me thinking for the day. My friend has a point. When New Technology is evolving, we should be mindful to use new methods of operation to deal with it.
One fine example was the bloody redundancy of "Cash Card" and "Ez-link" card. Why would we need TWO cards when we actually could combine them into one-for-all usage Cashless card?
Cash card can be used for purchases but very few people use it because it was cumbersome. It came up with two types, one with Sim the other "Flash" card.. But some carpark can only use one of them! Such redundancy is caused by the "Old Method Mindset" using "New Technology"!
On the other hand, we have a handy EZ-Link card which we could just Tap away but it could not be used for purchases at 7 Eleven or supermarket! And it can only be topped up at the MRT/Bus stations or ATM machines.
Same for Cash Card. When you go to petrol station, they can't just top up the cash card for you but required you to top up at the ATM machine!
What the Heck! What's wrong with these people at LTA and those in charge of "Cashless cards"?
In Hong Kong, one Octopus Card, can do it all! Carparks, Supermarkets, 7 Eleven, Bakery Shops, Bus, MTR... and you can top it up at any 7 eleven shops or OK shops!
Apparently, these High End Natural Aristocrat Scholars sitting up there are only concerned about their "turf" instead of consumers' convenience and services! In fact, both cards evolved because of transportation needs, be it ERP gantries or public transport. LTA should have combined them all in the first place by setting the protocol and standards!
This is the "Old Methods" using "New Technology" stupidity we are seeing in Singapore... and we still want to pride ourselves as "First World High Tech Cashless City"?
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Location: Steinway Piano Gallery
Students of member teachers: $40. Students of non-member teachers: $80
Student may receive one or more of the following: cash awards, trophies (1st place winners only), performing in Winners' Recital
The purpose of this contest is to recognize and encourage talented young musicians by providing a competition setting to showcase outstanding performance and encourage pursuit of further music study. This competition is open to pianists, singers and instrumentalists.
This is a grade level contest and is open to students in 9th through 12th grade, or maximum age 18 (age determined as of March 10th). Students must enter at their grade level (cannot enter above or below grade level).
- Once repertoire lists have been submitted no omissions or substitutions are allowed.
- The program is at the discretion of the entrant, but MUST include at least two pieces from different style periods. If more than two pieces, it must be within the time limit. One piece MUST be from the Baroque or Classical periods.
- Questions about the suitability of repertoire should be addressed to the Repertoire Committee.
- Pieces using unconventional performance techniques, such as plucking, hitting, or strumming the strings inside the piano; tapping on the case or soundboard with knuckles or other object, etc. must be approved by the Student Events Chair prior to registration, as this depends on what the facility allows.
- Compositions for prepared piano, i.e. that involve the use of foreign objects attached to the strings or other parts of the action, are not allowed due to contract limitations with facilities.
- Concerto Performances are not permitted.
- Singers and Instrumentalists may consult the UIL Class I Solo list.
- No changes or additions to the submitted repertoire are allowed.
- The allowed performance time is 15 minutes for 9th-10th graders and 20 minutes for 11th-12th graders.
- A program may exceed this length but the performer will be stopped without penalization
- Student chooses order of the pieces performed. Repeats are left to the discretion of entrant.
- Music must be memorized.
- Students must provide original music for the judge or they will automatically be disqualified.
- Number the first measure of each new line of the music.
- All pieces MUST be memorized.
- The schedule is randomized for each grade level contest, so requests for time changes are not accepted.
- If a contestant cannot attend, the chair should be notified in advance.
- If any division or grade level of a contest has five or fewer entries, the judge may (but is not obliged to) withhold one or more possible awards. However, the total number of awards cannot exceed the number of contestants.
- Judges may declare there is no winner and the decision of the judges is final.
- The contest is an open event allowing an audience.
- Cash awards will be given to first and second place. Honorable mentions may be awarded at the discretion of the judges. No ties are permitted for cash prizes.
- First and second place winners are eligible to play on Winner's Recital.
- All parts of the application must be completed by the deadline.
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It seems daily we wake up to more news of continued upheaval, war, injustice, and senseless violence everywhere. Despite the many initiatives put forth and strategies employed, a lasting solution for global peace remains elusive. In a world teeming with turmoil and unrest, people yearn for changes that will bring peace.
And in our own personal world, we're often beset by troubles. Even we believers may think that if something in our lives would just change, we'll find inner peace: If only I had a smoother family life or the right job, all would be well. If only I didn't have this problem or that hardship, I'd be at peace.
But are changes in our circumstances alone the way to inner peace?
The source of peace
To see how we can have true inner peace, let's first look at two verses in the Gospel of John.
1. John 14:27:
"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
This verse tells us a few things. First, the Lord Jesus said what He gives is His peace, the peace of the One who is the eternal God of peace Himself; He is the unique source of peace. Second, the Lord gives us true peace, which makes it altogether different from what the world gives; no matter what changes are brought about, that peace isn't real or lasting.
2. John 16:33:
"These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but take courage; I have overcome the world."
Here the Lord Jesus said that in Him we may have peace, not just that He will give us peace. This tells us peace isn't something separate or apart from Him; it's in Him, His person. That's why it's vain to look for peace anywhere else.
We should also notice here that the Lord didn't promise, "You will not have affliction." Nor did He say, "You might not have affliction." He said plainly, "In the world you have affliction." Although we're saved, we're still living in this troubled world of suffering and distress. But the Lord Jesus comforted us, promising that in the midst of afflictions, we may have peace in Him.
These verses help us see that having true inner peace doesn't depend on whether we have a smooth environment but on whether we look to the Lord, the source of peace, whatever our circumstances may be, especially in the midst of troubles.
But how do we look to the Lord to have the true peace that's in Him?
The key to experiencing peace
Paul gives us the key in Philippians 4:6-7:
"In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses every man's understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus."
Unsettling news, poor health, marital friction, workplace struggles, and many other things naturally fill us with anxiety. We can't escape difficulties, but we can have the peace of God. The key is prayer and petition with thanksgiving. By turning our heart to contact God in our spirit through prayer we commune with Him, and this brings in a marvelous result. Note 1 in the New Testament Recovery Version says,
"The result of practicing fellowship with God in prayer is that we enjoy the peace of God. The peace of God is actually God as peace (v. 9) infused into us through our fellowship with Him by prayer, as the counterpoise to troubles and the antidote to anxiety (John 16:33)."
In sweet fellowship with God, we're revived and refreshed. As we petition Him particularly concerning our needs, God infuses us with Himself as peace. We're turned from complaining about our situation to thanking Him. Our environment may not change, but we're changed. And our hearts and thoughts are guarded by the peace of God, saving us from being consumed with worry.
Enjoying the peace of God daily
We can enjoy God's peace at any time. Throughout the day, when anxious thoughts come to us we can turn our heart to Him, pray, call on His name, sing to Him, or simply talk to Him to be in the God-infusing fellowship with the Lord. We'll then have God as the true inner peace and rest, a much-needed antidote to our easily troubled soul.
To read more on how believers can deal with anxiety, take a look at our post What Philippians 4:6 Teaches Us about How to Deal with Anxiety as Christians.
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USA, 1925 • Directed by Fred Niblo
Cast Ramon Novarro (Judah Ben-Hur, Prince of the House of Hur), Francis X. Bushman (Messala), May McAvoy (Esther), Betty Bronson (Mary), Claire McDowell (Princess of Hur), Kathleen Key (Tirzah), Carmel Myers (Iras), Nigel de Brulier (Simonides), Mitchell Lewis (Shiek Ilderim), Leo White (Sanballat), Frank Currier (Arrius), Charles Belcher (Balthasar), Dale Fuller (Amrah), Winter Hall (Joseph) Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Scenario Carey Wilson, adapted by June Mathis, based on the novel by General Lew Wallace Titles Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell Photography Rene Guissart, Percy Hilburn, Karl Struss, and Clyde DeVinna Art Effects Ferdinand P. Earle Settings Cedric Gibbons and Horace Jackson Editor Lloyd Nosier Costumes Theaterkunst, Hermann J. Kaufmann Assistants for Chariot Race William Wyler and Henry Hathaway
Presented at SFSFF 1996
Print Source Turner Entertainment Company
Musical Accompaniment Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer
Program Note by Melissa Chittick and Stephen Salmons
The filming of Ben-Hur began in 1923 when the Goldwyn studio sent cast and crew to historic locations in Italy. But labor strikes and political tension between Fascist and socialist workers soon led to frustrating delays and spiraling production costs. Filming proceeded sporadically until 1925, when Irving Thalberg suspended the shoot, scrapped most of the footage, and brought the production back to California.
Almost everything had to be reshot, including the enormously complex chariot race sequence. Eight hundred men working in continuous shifts took four months to reconstruct the spectacular Circus Maximus set in Culver City, at what is now the intersection of Venice and La Cienega boulevards. To film the famous race, 42 cameras were placed at every conceivable vantage point to capture the action. Cameras were buried in the ground, suspended from cables, hidden inside statues, and even concealed behind soldiers' shields. Three separate camera cars were used to capture close-ups of Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman, who drove their own chariots.
In 1987, film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, working in conjunction with the Czechoslovakian Film Archive and Turner Entertainment Company, produced the 35mm restoration of Ben-Hur, complete with the original color tints and two-strip Technicolor sequences. Brownlow writes, "It was a great privilege to be able to work on Ben-Hur. Turner had taken good care of their dupe-negative, but the Technicolor sequences had faded to a muddy brown … so we made enquiries and discovered that the Czech Film Archive had all eleven Technicolor sequences in one complete, uncut roll. A shot censored at the time, Christ's hand on the cross, came from a private collector in Germany. By following the cutting continuity — or post-production script — we were able to restore all the tints to the film, which had been preserved in black and white."
Melissa Chittick and Stephen Salmons are the founders of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.


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The next Tech City: Is East Kent a viable alternative for UK start-ups?
Following Level 39's Grow For It event where East Kent was hailed as the next tech hub, we look into the business opportunities in the area…
"Whatever way you look at it: East Kent is an ideal home for business." This was the key statement put forward by Kent County Council leader Paul Carter CBE at an event held in Canary Wharf's Level 39 for its East Kent Grow for It initiative.
Looking to incentivise technology and digital entrepreneurs to either start-up or relocate to East Kent, the campaign has gained support from leading industry names such as angel investor Dale Murray CBE, Jude Ower of PlayMob and Microsoft cities and regions strategist Linda Chandler, who see the area becoming the next "destination for growth".
But what does East Kent have to offer start-ups and growing businesses and how far is the area developing into an emerging tech cluster?
With 17,000 businesses currently located in East Kent, an alleged workforce of 306,000 and property prices said to be up to 80% lower than in Central London, tech start-ups looking for an affordable alternative to the capital are gradually moving into the area.
Low-cost office rental and shared workspace
According to Carter, property prices are not only lower than in London but 60% lower than in the wider South East, while salaries are claimed to be up to 20% cheaper.
Workspace and co-working opportunities, in common with East London's tech scene, are widely available with a variety of creative and digital start-ups sharing office space across Folkestone (pictured), Canterbury and Margate.
Fruitworks for example, a "pioneering" co-working space in Canterbury founded by serial entrepreneur Liam Gooding offers hot desk space in its 2,000 sq ft warehouse in order to help support start-ups to develop and grow their ideas.
Alongside co-working, East Kent also houses the Discovery Park Enterprise Zone in Sandwich, a 220 acre site of offices and lab facilities for science development. Businesses that locate to the park before March 2015 can receive 100% discount on business rates of up to a maximum £55,000 per year for five years.
Charles Armstrong, self-proclaimed 'social scientist' and founder of East London co-working office The Trampery, suggests that over the last three years regions such as Canterbury and Ramsgate have been "integrating tech hotspots" and "businesses are starting to link to each other" but that the "network can be strengthened" by more tech start-ups moving to the area to collaborate.
Access to finance: Expansion East Kent Regional Growth Fund
Facilitated through the government's Regional Growth Fund, Expansion East Kent offers interest free loans, with £35m available, to growing businesses who have the potential to create jobs in the area. Entrepreneurs looking to apply must be able to provide an element of private sector investment within the business proposal and must demonstrate the need for financial support as well as growth potential.
High Speed Rail: Connectivity between London and East Kent
A "unique blessing" to the area, as argued by Seven Hills co-founder Michael Hayman, East Kent's high-speed train service HS1 is one of the key attractions in developing a start-up cluster in the region.
Since the opening of HS1 in 2009, businesses can travel from East Kent to the capital within an hour and can also get to France within 90 minutes using the Dover Ferry crossing or via Ashford International station, opening up wider commercial opportunities in Europe.
Hayman suggests that over the next five to six years, this link will play an "important part in mapping out the growth of East Kent as a tech cluster".
East Kent could take years to develop into a prominent cluster to rival London, with Murray commenting it would take two to three years for a business to get off the ground, but with the council and prominent business leaders actively pushing to make it happen, the appeal of Tech City may be genuinely rivalled sooner than we think.
Competing with Tech City
However, the appeal of Tech City is still one which many entrepreneurs feel cannot be matched. Bertie Stephens, co-founder and chief executive of Tech City-based Flubit.com and member of the 2013 Young Gun alumni, argued in a Tech City Insider blog that whatever you call it; Old Street, N1, Tech City, Silicon Roundabout, it is "without a doubt the place to be if you wish to launch your start-up career."
Weighing up the advantages of the Tech City area, Stephens asserted that with a prestigious location like that of East London, "you can attract top talent to come and work for you" and that if "you forget about Old Street, you may as well forget about your tech start-up."
An area with an established network of start-ups, investors and tech hubs such as Google Campus, Level 39 and its ilk, a Tech City location for a technology business has become in some ways "more important than your business model".
How far its reputation will change as East Kent develops into a start-up cluster will be an interesting process to watch.


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Compact Radar Sensor Cue and Slew Camera
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The lightweight Raytheon BBN Compact Radar Sensor system provides long-range intrusion detection. The EDGE UK project used multiple Compact Radar Sensors to auto-slew a camera enabling visual confirmation alert. The radar was also used to maintain track on the alert object and the location information was displayed on a commanders tactical command and control display.


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I can't recall when or how exactly I found your blog. It was shortly after little Lucy's death. I will never forget reading it. I sobbed. Totally and completely sobbed.
I have a little boy that is the same age as Lucy and I just couldn't imagine the kind of pain you were going through.
My first baby (who is Lucy's age) was a huge change in my life. I wanted him, planned for him, but shortly after I delivered him-I found that motherhood wasn't all the glory I had expected it to be. I was tired, missed my gratifying job, felt fat and my whole life had suddenly changed in a matter of seconds. After a few months, I realized what motherhood was really about and just accepted that I just wasn't going to get the sleep or freedom that I had once enjoyed.
BUT the reason I tell you this is because when I came across your blog a couple years or so ago, things changed for me. All of the sudden I had a new perspective on the love I held for my Caden. He was my world and my every reason for belonging on earth. I cried tears of sadness of the time that I had spent wishing that things were different in my life thinking about you and how you would have given anything to have changed your situation. It was a great wake-up call. I will never be able to thank you for sharing your experience so candidly.
Another reason I love you and your blog so much is because we are very similar. I am a Mormon girl who loves to sing, dance, exercise, travel, enjoy good friends, and ski. But I also deal with depression, anxiety, and sometimes it causes me a lot of pain. One of the things I struggle with is the fear of death. You'd think with the knowledge we have with dying that I'd not worry so much about it, but it doesn't really help. I worry all the time about losing my husband, my children, or dying young myself. In some ways it's been a blessing because I always live like I'm dying and try to savor every moment I have with my kids, hubby, etc. I enjoy reading people's blogs who are very real with their feelings. I think it's healthy to be so honest. Some people don't understand it, but I totally get it. This mortal life can be so terribly hard and wonderful all at the same time. I'm forever thankful for people like you that have been through something so terribly unexpected and difficult and yet you have picked yourself up and done so much for the community around you. You share the good times and the bad. It's so refreshing.
Thanks for writing. Keep it up. I always look forward to them.
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I recently came across a fascinating eBook, Understanding the Political Spectrum by R.G. Price. The 92 page book gives insight on what the political terms Left and Right actually mean and how they've changed throughout history. It seems as though everyone has their own interpretation of these terms, but are vastly confused what is truly meant by them.
Like many people I've long struggled on how to identify myself politically. On any given issue I could give you a straight answer, but I never seemed to fit a predefined ideology. Why should my view on global warming have any relevance on what I think about gun control?
Price explains that one of the major problems in American politics today is the widespread misconception of what the political spectrum actually looks like. He acknowledges that both the Political Compass and Nolan Chart are useful tools to solve this issue, but argues that they are both incomplete. Particularly their use of "authoritarian" and "libertarian" paints a picture that can easily be shown to be contradictory.
Price paints a different picture of the political landscape with his Rational Spectrum:
There are a few things on The Rational Spectrum that may raise a few eyebrows. First is the use of Social Right and Social Left for the vertical axis. Price explains that both the Social Right and the Social Left don't oppose each other on any given issue, but rather that they are both opposing Liberalism (The inner circle on the spectrum). In America today, liberalism may be more often thought of as "libertarian-ism."
Liberalism in its classical sense, to put it simply, is anti regulations and anti authoritarianism. Therefore it is always the opposing force when discussing any social issues and economic issues for both the Left and Right. First, let's look at some examples of specific social issues to give this point more clarity:
Social Right
Anti Gay Marriage vs Liberalism (freedom to marry regardless of sex)
Anti Marijuana Legalization vs Liberalism (freedom to use marijuana)
Anti Abortion vs Liberalism (freedom to terminate a pregnancy)
Social Left
Affirmative Action vs Liberalism (freedom to hire)
Gun Control vs Liberalism (freedom to buy, own and use guns)
Global Warming Regulations vs Liberalism (freedom to pollute)
Price goes onto explain that the Social Right and Social Left may even agree on some issues, but for drastically different reasons. One example he gives is the issue of pornography. The Far Right is against pornography because they believe its immoral- often times for religious reasons. The Far Left on the other hand is against pornography because it represents the objectification of women. For Liberalism, however, pornography is perfectly acceptable because it's just another form of human expression. Every social issue is a fight for regulation.
Now let's look at the horizontal axis. Perhaps less surprisingly, this deals with economics and is what is traditionally meant by the terms "Left" and "Right." However, Price makes a unique distinction in that Laissez-faire Capitalism is a centrist idea rather than a far right one which many other political spectrum's claim. Price argues that the far right is actually Corporatism which wants regulations to reduce competition and create Oligopolies. The far left or Socialism in contrast, wants regulations on businesses so that their benefits are shared across society.
Similarly, the moderate left advocates for Social Democracy while the moderate right advocates for corporatistic capitalism. Social democracy is a mixed economy where capitalism is retained, but social welfare provisions are in place to make capitalist's activity tolerable to society at large. I encourage you to read this article to better differentiate this and socialism. Likewise, corporatistic capitalism is in favor of corporate power, but to a lesser extent then the far right.
I highly encourage everyone to read Price's work. His clarity will help shine a light on the disarray that is the American political spectrum. Cheers!


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The objective of my sculptural installation work is to create a relationship between the viewer, work and the space. These created settings resemble a staged scenario that rely on a viewer to complete the work. Michael Fried describes this scenario as theatrical, anticipating the viewer's presence, an active participation
My work creates spaces of subdued lighting and shadows, revealing layers of reflections that are neither inner nor outer, but both. Unlike viewing a painting on a wall or a sculpture on a plinth, the viewer enters the space and in some way becomes part of the staged setting. The strategy of the installation is to encourage the viewer to actively participate within the space. It is less about arrangement of the objects in the space, but more about how the arrangement generates experiences.
My last exhibition Above, Below, In-Between (12th Aug-29thOct, 2010) was at University of Western Sydney Gallery at Werrington North Campus. This installation was purchased by UWS for their new teaching facility at Blacktown Hospital as permanent foyer installation. The work was transfigured to accommodate the 8.8 metre high ceiling of the foyer creating free flowing layers of objects suspended in space.


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With growing consumer appetite for bandwidth rich video and other services, this technique could help with optical lines. Optical lines may one day reach all the way to your home.
The technologists applying the technique remark on the simplicity:
"At the receiver, if you superimpose the two waves, then all the distortions will magically cancel each other out, so you obtain the original signal back," Liu told the BBC. "This concept, looking back, is quite easy to understand, but surprisingly, nobody did this before." Venture Beat has more.


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No, Bringing Back Mental Institutions Won't Stop Mass Shootings
I have a mental health problem. A couple of them, actually. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the big one. I was diagnosed at 26 and take medication daily for that. I also have some mild depression that comes and goes and is currently settled down on the couch with its shoes off.


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Microsoft PDC10 Nights at Microsoft India - Mumbai
Finally, we kicked off a much awaited Microsoft PDC 2010 event at US. The event went live with keynote by Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer.
You can visit http://player.microsoftpdc.com/ to attend all the keynote & session recordings.
And for those could not travel to PDC we have arranged PDC 2010 event at Local Microsoft Offices. We have invited community folks to our office so that they can attend and meet the like minded people.
We had made arrangements at different Microsoft office across India such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore & Hyderabad IDC Campus.
At our Microsoft Mumbai offices we have invited people from Mumbai & Pune region. This was yet another fantastic event organized by Microsoft India.
That's me in the center (3rd from left) & the core UG Leads from Mumbai & Pune covering entire Microsoft West Region. Thanks to all the attendees for making this event a great success.


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Am I the only one who wonders about her lost toys?
The doll in the picture is Baby Sue. She was the first baby doll I remember.
I loved her so much I gave her baths, slept with her, took her on baby carriage rides, and washed and ironed, with my mom's help, her clothes.
I still remember how flexible she was, with bendable rubber legs and arms; the intent expression in her eyes; and the the way her painted on brown hair never got mussed up.
So why did I abandon her?
I know I moved on to fancier dolls: Chatty Cathy, Tiny Tears, Kissy, Barbie, and a nutty doll named Shrinking Violette.
And my mom, like most moms, was anxious to clear out, to share our old toys with kids who needed them.
But in recent years, I've thought about Baby Sue more and more. I think there's something about menopause that sends us thinking back, years and years, to our very start.
At best, Baby Sue is in someone's collection somewhere. I don't like to think of the worst.
At least I have this picture!
I miss you Baby Sue!
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I know I've done Custard here before – but this is Lemon Brandy Custard. Made from my very own (well, Mrs Beeton's very own) Lemon Brandy plus her regular custard recipe.
Instead of using the custard as a sweet sauce for dessert, I used it this time as a topping for Baked Apple Custard (see Day 89). The instructions for putting together the custard in that recipe weren't specified, so I played it safe and turned to her other custard recipe for guidance. As a flowing sauce or as a baked topping, it works really well.
INGREDIENTS – 1 pint of milk, 2 eggs, 3 oz. of pounded sugar, 1 tablespoonful of brandy. [Lemon Brandy was used in this case ]
According to this recipe, you're supposed to faff about with various saucepans full of boiling water etc. – but I decided to take a risk and just do it all in one saucepan, at a reduced heat.
"Can't hurt to try," my boyfriend commented dubiously.
To my great delight, it worked perfectly. I had to continually whisk for a few minutes to ensure it wouldn't burn, or clump, or whatever it is that custard does if it doesn't work perfectly, but the frothy, thick sauce that greeted me at the end of 3 or 4 minutes' worth of whisking made it all worth while.
Normally when I decide to 'cheat' or take shortcuts with a recipe, the outcome ensures that I abundantly regret not listening to the author. This was the first time I could remember where cheating actually worked in my favour.
However, as already mentioned in Day 89, my boyfriend complained that it was "too eggy".
"What's that supposed to mean?" I grumped. 'Why is everything just 'OK', 'alright' or 'fine'? Why? Why? Why can't things be "really good"?"
"Hey," he cried, "Sometimes I say something's really good. Sometimes. And when I say it, because I don't often say it, that's how you know I really mean it"
I think at this point that I just have to accept that we're always going to view food in totally different ways. I see it as something exciting, he sees it as fuel. But, at least I have the comfort of knowing, if he doesn't like something, I can always blame it on Mrs Beeton.
Well, sometimes, anyway. And, as I realised afterwards, two opinions about the same dish are far better than one – it makes the review more objective, if you will.
But still… sometimes…!
Lemon Brandy Custard (Recipe 404): http://www.mrsbeeton.com/10-chapter10.html#404
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Rated 5 out of 5 by alamanda14 from LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SHOE!! Please LifeStride do not ever stop making these shoes!! I am in heels for 10 hours a day so needless to say my feet always hurt me at the end of the day until I started wearing these shoes. I am not a woman with a lot of shoes but I am a woman who will spend whatever it takes for a comfortable pair of shoes and this is them. I have the black patent leather version (2nd pair) and there is no "break in" time with these shoes like you have with a lot of other patent leather shoes I have tried. I even tried LifeStride's Invest shoe and I still find this shoe to be the most comfortable heel I have ever put on my feet in the 44 years I have been living.
Date published: 2019-01-03
Rated 4 out of 5 by FootSteph from Color & Comfort = Cool These peep-toe sling backs are great for work, after I break them in a bit. The padding is wonderful - little cushions of clouds for your feet. The fit is a bit smaller than expected, which works well for me since I wear a 4.5 M and I ordered a 5 M, but they are just a smidge narrow, and the top of the peep toe digs just ever so slightly into the top of my foot. Not enough to exchange, and after several wearings they are stretching a bit. Maybe I'm a wider foot, at least in this brand... So, length is great for me, cushioned padding is heavenly, heel height is good, just a bit narrow, and style is cute.
Date published: 2016-05-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by CocoPuff from Comfortable shoe! Just like the other LifeStride shoes I've purchased, this is a comfy, stylish shoe. I purchased this shoe online after not purchasing LifeStride for some years. Size is perfect so they are still true to size!
Date published: 2017-04-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by Momrocks45 from perfect shoes I bought these to wear to a wedding with a long dress. They fit well (8.5 wide) and are true to size. I will wear these to the wedding, as well as with pants or skirts. Great shoe for the price (on sale). Lifestride is one of the only brands that carry stylish shoes ( I am 54 and am not ready for old lady shoes! Lifestride carries great shoes in wide sizes and I am very grateful for this brand!
Date published: 2016-08-24
Rated 4 out of 5 by Elizabeth702 from Good shoe You can't beat these for the price. I bought them to wear to a wedding. They looked good with my black dress. When I first tried them on I thought wow these are actually comfy. (They have a little cushion in the bottoms.) My feet hurt by the end of the night though unfortunately. I have wide feet though so if you have normal feet they should be fine. They get pretty narrow around the toe area and that's where I was hurting. I also got them a little dirty and they cleaned right up. If you want sparkly heels and don't want to spend a lot this is a good shoe.
Date published: 2016-09-26
Rated 4 out of 5 by Slingback shoe lover from Good shoe I am a size 9 and that's what I purchased online. Fit is comfortable. I have not worn outside of house yet but did wear around home about an hour. I usually do this when I order online to see if I will keep. I will keep these. The shoe is nice looking and does not look cheap. If you have any type of problem with feet swelling I will suggest ordering half size up.
Date published: 2017-07-06
Rated 4 out of 5 by marshamell from Very comfortable I needed a pair of shoes for a wedding that would not kill my feet. When first opening the box, I was worried that the heel might be too high to be comfortable. I walked around my apartment and found them to be so comfortable. What a pleasant surprise.. I can't wait to wear them to the wedding. I know they will look perfect with the dress and will be comfortable.
Date published: 2016-06-07
Rated 4 out of 5 by mainely75 from Dance the night away For my sister's wedding, I couldn't have picked a more comfortable shoe! I was able to wear the shoes all night including on the dance floor. The other bridesmaids weren't so lucky. I would absolutely recommend going at least a half size up - I wear 6 1/2 and the 7 was a good fit. These aren't the sexiest shoes - kind of matronly, but the comfort more than outweighs any complaints I could have.
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Rarely has a regular-season victory been celebrated with such fervour at Franklin's Gardens.
The sheer outpouring of relief was palpable as Saints finally ended their painful losing streak.
Seven Aviva Premiership games had come and gone without the taste of triumph.
Saints had only won one of their past 13 matches in all competitions.
So this meant so much to the supporters who had stuck with their team, roaring them on from the stands.
The atmosphere in the final moments of the match was reminiscent of that Leicester Tigers Premiership play-off semi-final in 2014.
A win on this occasion may not have brought the big prize of a trip to Twickenham and the potential of a league title, but it was still extremely significant.
Saints needed to arrest the slide that started when they lost at Gloucester in early October.
And, after showing immense steel to battle back from 19-8 down, they got their new year's wish.
A penalty try, earned in the same area of the field as Tom Wood scored against Leicester, put Saints ahead.
And just as against Tigers, they still had to gather the kick-off and keep the ball.
They did, and Harry Mallinder booted the ball out from almost the same blade of grass Stephen Myler did in that semi-final.
It sparked similar scenes of celebration, with the coaches punching the air in delight, just as Jim Mallinder did when his team toppled their old rivals.
And the noise levels were not much different, with the Saints fans letting go of their frustrations and soaking up some much-needed cheer.
The performance was far from perfect, with plenty of basic errors made by both teams.
And the lineout was again a bit of a struggle for Saints, with Gloucester reading it well.
But those issues were eclipsed by the desire and new-found resilience the green, black and gold displayed.
Their defensive performance was night and day to the one they produced at Twickenham seven days earlier.
And in attack, they eventually managed to find enough composure to prevail.
It was the perfect tonic at the start of 2018 and the only frustration is that there is not another league game next weekend.
In fact, Saints don't return to Premiership action until the trip to Bath on February 9.
And that is a shame because they would love to build up some momentum in the league under the guidance of Alan Gaffney.
The Australian's arrival earlier this week clearly had an instant impact, but he is keen to stress it is the other coaches who have done all the hard graft so far.
Gaffney has just come in and given a few words of wisdom to his new charges.
He has helped to lift confidence levels with his shrewd advice and he joked that he didn't know what all the fuss was about after this win.
He has now seen two games at the Gardens since moving to Northampton, taking in the Wanderers' win against Worcester and this victory against Gloucester.
It has been a nice start for the 72-year-old, who will know things will get tougher against Clermont Auvergne and Saracens in the weeks to come.
But for now, Saints can be forgiven for simply savouring this long overdue Gardens success.
How they rated...
Saints looked more balanced with the Samoan at full-back and he showed a few glimpses of his style... 7
Made a couple of key interventions as Gloucester tried to put Saints under pressure and was much improved... 7
He always puts his body on the line for the team and the Australian made some important hits here... 7
Produced one lovely offload during the first half and relished the front-foot ball he got before being forced off injured... 6
Came in for his first league start since November and was hugely impressive, scoring the first try and playing a key role in the second as he gathered the kick-off... 8
Aside from a couple of misplaced kicks from hand, this was an accomplished display from the youngster... 7
Lifted the tempo for Saints during the second period and showed good awareness to write his name on the scoresheet... 7
Has helped to steady the scrum and he certainly fronts up around the park, making his presence known... 7
The captain had received some criticism from pundits but he produced a decent response here... 6
A better display from the prop, who held his own in the scrum and didn't let his team down in open play... 6
Provides plenty of physicality for Saints and though he couldn't get his offloading game going, he was still crucial in possession... 7
Yet another big display from the lock, who carried the fight time and again, putting Gloucester under pressure... 8
Threw everything he had into the game, showing his desire once again and making some important contributions... 7
Was the only Saints player to impress at Twickenham a week earlier and he picked up where he left off here, making a couple of key tackles and some good metres... 8
A huge display from the No.8, who never takes a backward step and who is a picture of energy... 8
Replacements (who played more than 20 minutes)
KIERAN BROOKES (for Ford-Robinson 47)
Looked strong in open play, carrying well and showing his freshness after a spell on the sidelines... 6
TOM STEPHENSON (for Burrell 48)
Looked really impressive after coming on, making plenty of metres and putting Gloucester on guard... 8
MIKE HAYWOOD (for Hartley 55)
The hooker wasn't able to improve the Saints lineout, which was being read by Gloucester, but his energy was key in helping the team over the line... 7


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10 Pin Bowling
The Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc. offers the following NCCP workshops.
Community Sport Initiation: This one day workshop will provide coaches with fundamental Learn to Bowl skills so they can coach grass roots athletes. Coaches will learn how to plan effective practices, to detect and correct bowling skills, and how to conduct a meaningful practice session.
Competition Introduction: For coaches that want to improve their coaching and instruction skills, this two day workshop focuses on the technical and tactical bowling skills needed to help athletes compete at the provincial level. Throughout this interactive course, you will learn to analyze your athletes' skills, strengths, and weaknesses, as well as be prepared to help them manage psychological issues such as anxiety and focus.
Competition Development: Designed for coaches of the advanced bowler, (athletes competing in national and international events), this 18-hour workshop will focus on advanced coaching techniques and technical expertise. While in-class and at the bowling lane, coaches will learn how to analyze performance and manage a competitive bowling program. The following multi-sport modules are required in order to become certified at this level:
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Oklahoma A+ Schools Unlocks the Learning in Every Child
Oklahoma A+ Schools, by being in the business of helping schools to think, plan, and behave more creatively, truly changes the lives of Oklahoma children.
Kylie's story is one example of the impact OKA+ is making. Kylie was a new student who felt behind since 2nd grade. Coming from a broken home, she was moving into a new school and entering an OKA+ classroom below grade level in her reading and math ability. After 5 months of being in her new creative surroundings, Kylie was given a research project on the American Revolution. Her teacher was concerned about her ability to handle the reading levels that would be required to be successful. However, the teacher knew she had to trust the OKA+ process, which allows for creativity and students demonstrating understanding in multiple ways. Kylie's teacher said, "I was right to do so! Kylie owned the project and never looked back. She embraced the freedom to use her artistic ability, created a beautiful presentation board, and helped other students succeed as well. Through the process, she also learned to love the poetry of Phillis Wheatley."
Thanks to the OKA+ model, Kylie improved in math and moved from a 3rd grade reading level to middle 4th grade reading level in five months. Once a failing student, Kylie is now an above average student who found self-confidence, passion, and a desire to do hard things. Her disposition has transformed!
OKA+ Schools provides an academics + arts model of education that is founded on eight essentials. This is what helps students, like Kylie, succeed. Research has shown that one of the most important factors for student success is having a highly trained teacher facilitating their learning. OKA+ is dedicated to providing quality professional development to schools, so that every student has the opportunity of success.
With a donation, OKA+ Schools can continue to train Oklahoma's teachers and provide access to educational resources with zero cost passed on to schools or districts. The power to adapt, think creatively and change quickly will determine the success of Oklahoma's future. OKA+ Schools is helping schools to cultivate and impact Oklahoma's greatest resource, our children. OKA+ Schools wants to thank you for imagining a better education and a better life for every child in Oklahoma.
For 15 years, OKA+ has served 300,000 students and 20,000 educators in rural, urban, and suburban Oklahoma. Rich or under-resourced; OKA+ Schools advance learning and student success in core subjects in public, private and charter schools.
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The Heartland Museum, opened in 2007, is governed by the Board of Directors of the Heartland of America Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit private organization incorporated by the State of Oklahoma in 2001. The Board of Directors meets monthly. The Heartland Museum was funded by private donations and one HUD grant. The museum is operated by volunteers with the assistance of one fulltime SWODA (Southwest Oklahoma Development Authority) senior-citizen employee and two work-study students from the local university.
Weatherford, Oklahoma is a mid-sized progressive town on Interstate 40 about 70 miles west of Oklahoma City. The Heartland Museum, located on a nine-acre tract (owned by the Museum and paid for in full) on the south interstate frontage road and close to downtown Weatherford, is bordered on the north by Interstate 40 (accessible by Exits 82 and 84), on the south by FarmRail railroad tracks, on the east by a busy city/county road, and on the west by interstate right-of-way. The main industries in and around Weatherford are agriculture, ranching, oil and gas production, education, retail trade, and more recently, wind energy. Weatherford is home to Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
The Heartland Museum can best be described as a pioneer history museum. The artifacts are, for the most part, displayed in booths and cabinets representing the major themes of agriculture, education, family life, Route 66, patriotism/military, transportation, religious faiths, arts and music. Among the community shops represented inside the main exhibit hall are a general store, drug store/pharmacy, telephone office, barber/beauty shop, medical office, funeral home, and newspaper office. Diverse minority cultures of the area are represented in the museum's artifacts and exhibits, specifically Native Americans, those of African descent, and German (Mennonite) and Russian settlers. Free-standing buildings on the museum grounds include an original Route 66 diner, one-room school house, and blacksmith shop. Among its outreach programs, the museum provides a video wind energy program and visit to a local wind turbine.
Currently, the Board of Directors of the Heartland of America Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma is seeking funds to build an annex to shelter and preserve transportation and farm implement artifacts characteristic of the history and culture of the area.
The exhibit hall of the existing museum has one aisle devoted to transportation and farm implements. We also have farm implements exhibited outside the building. Most importantly, numerous other transportation and farm implement artifacts cannot currently be accepted because of lack of space to shelter them properly. The proposed annex will free up space in the existing climate-controlled building for other exhibits. Architectural/engineering sketches show the proposed annex adjacent to the existing museum building, connected by a wide hallway. A reliable bid from a local contractor is for $600,000 to construct the annex. Although the museum operates on a limited budget, approximately $150,000 is held in reserve to apply toward the cost of the annex. The target year for groundbreaking and start of construction is 2017-2018.
The new annex will be a basic open-warehouse-type metal building with an attractive front facade. The building will have electricity, ceiling fans, heat, and air conditioning. Entrance will be through the present museum building, utilizing driveway, parking lot, lobby, admissions office, gift shop, and restrooms of the existing building, thus keeping costs of the annex to a minimum. The temperature inside the annex will be maintained at a comfortable level, but not strictly climate-controlled as in the present exhibit hall.
Housed in the new building will be a wide assortment of antique cars, trucks, buses, wagons, buggies, bicycles, and possibly a small airplane and a railroad car, plus old tractors and antique farm implements. With these artifacts displayed in categories of historical sequence, new outreach programs can be developed for children, youth, and adults about the impact of advancing transportation and agricultural technologies on the culture of western Oklahoma.
Learn more by visiting http://www.oklahomaheartlandmuseum.com/ or contact Janis Lovell, 580.772.0426, email@example.com
El Sistema Oklahoma 2015 from St. Luke's OKC on Vimeo.
Starting in 2013 as a mission of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in partnership with the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, El Sistema Oklahoma has established its own 501(c)(3) status while remaining tightly connected to our original partners. We extend our scope beyond music achievement to focus on our students' social growth & well-being, utilizing music as the tool to connect with & inspire them to achieve in all areas of their lives. Instruments, instruction, healthy snacks, academic and social support are all provided without charge to our families.
El Sistema Oklahoma serves 220 students, in grades 3-8, for the 2015-16 academic year. These students have daily access to trained musical faculty and volunteers who are invested in their success. Our students come from 11 metro school sites. 81% of our families qualify for the free/reduced meal program. Children are not auditioned and do not need any prior musical experience before joining El Sistema Oklahoma.
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UPDATE: On October 15, 2016, El Sistema students performed at the University of Oklahoma as part of the halftime celebration.
"Don't give up on people like us. Don't throw in the towel. Just give us a chance—we might surprise you."
-Savannah*, a participant in OHC's Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma reading and discussion program at Women's FIRSTEP recovery center.
Participants in the reading and discussion program funded by the Oklahoma Humanities Council as part of the Women's FIRSTEP Work Training Recovery program struggle with drug and alcohol addictions. Most have also suffered physical and emotional abuse.
This acclaimed program brings a humanities scholar to the FIRSTEP facility to inspire discussions on great literature and the human experience. The program enhances the women's ability to begin productive working lives and re-join their children and families.
"Each night of the reading group, we're not just girls in rehab," says Savannah. "We're with our friends, talking about a book, just being normal. For some of us, it's been a long time since we were normal. We talk about the things we find in the books that are funny, the things we find that are sad. . . . It's like we're in a different world."
Savannah continues: "To be able to read and understand, and often read things twice to make sure you get the right understanding -- that requires concentration. As addicts, we really haven't had that in our lives for some time. Studying for the reading group, it's you in your bed or outside, just reading and focusing and concentrating. We're all about changing and becoming new people, fixing ourselves and admitting all that we've done wrong. There are so many things in the books we've read, like my favorite one, The Color Purple, where you say to yourself, 'Maybe that works,' or 'Maybe that sounds like me, or someone I know,' and you can take it and adjust and move forward."
Another participant, Terry*, explains, "When I came here, my whole purpose was to change, and I can't do that without broadening my horizons. I was drinking myself to death, and I came here for help. The reading group is something totally different than what I ever would have done. In school, reading was never my thing, ever, but I thought, 'This is a way to change, right here.' Now I read and write with intelligence. I have words that I never had before."
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New Costs Regime - Conditional Fee Agreement & Damages Based Agreement
A further revised form of CFA and a new draft Damages Based Agreement, catering for the new costs regime on 1 April 2013, are now available on the Library page. The BMIF have approved both drafts. Those contemplating entering into a damages based agreement are urged to read the accompanying Note and the DBA Regulations carefully and to confirm that BMIF cover is in force before signing any such agreement.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about my large posterior. Well, I will never complain about it again. You see, it saved my little girl's life last week...at least my genes did...
|Anna, Elizabeth, Barnes, Big Barnes and Frosty the Unicorn Monster Snowman
We were in the mountains with our friends the Harrises. It had "snowed" in Winston, but Sparta had gotten 3-5 inches, still hardly anything in the mind of this ex-northerner, but hey, you take what you can get. Anyway, I've been eyeing some hills and I convinced some friends to try them with me.
It was a warm day. By the time we got our snowpants on, grass was already starting to poke through. But these hills were pretty epic. Miniature ski runs...not so miniature actually.... Barnes and I took turns riding with the kids down. Little Barnes finally convinced us to give him a turn, which ended with a smooshed briar patch, tears and a bloody lip.
Not to be outdone, Anna Rose wanted to go it alone. So I ran down the hill to catch her before she careened into the aforementioned briar patch. Elizabeth was up top. The next thing I see is Anna Rose shooting off like a bullet - the wrong direction!
I yell/tell her to jump off. But there's no chance. She has no understanding that bailing out on a run is sometimes the smartest thing to do. She's holding on for dear life. So I take off after her. But there's no getting to her in time. She's flying straight for the woods...fast...
It's then I see, out of the corner of my eye, the gigantic log she is going to hit. "Jump!" I scream. No chance. The sled slams into the log. Anna Rose flies. I mean SOARS in the air. Full air cartwheel head over feet, feet over head, flip-a-doozie-land-in-a-heap like a ragdoll. I was sure something, maybe a lot of things, were broken.
She's crying. She swears that she will never sled again as long as she lives. (I might not let her!) I make sure she can feel her toes, her fingers. I check her arms, legs, nothing seems broken. It's a miracle. Then I realize, no, it's her big-old-Erickson-booty! By the grace of God that's what she landed on!
She was a little stiff the rest of the day. But after lunch we were able to make a snowman together.
|We made a friend for the Unicorn Frosty.
Then the kiddos took a well-earned nap-to-a-movie in the basement.
The next day, she was back to her running, jumping, full of life self. Thank God for big tushies. Not to mention the fact that my girl is one stinking amazing tough young lady.


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And crafting if you can believe it. I don't yet have any pictures to show for it, ya know, since the one thing I have totally finished I forgot to take a picture of before I gave it away, but that's alright.
The point is, I have not been swallowed by work, and actually have been busy making quite a few things. I have....6 things in progress....I think 6, at least that's how many I can think of. With any luck, 3 of them will be finished very soon. I can't wait until the end of April when I can really get down to business again, but I'm doing alright all things considered.
I guess that's really all I have to say. I just thought it was time for a check-in here. In the meantime, are you familiar with pinterest? I am obsessed. And I am almost sorry for sharing the addiction. Almost. Have fun and I'll be back soon with pretty things :)


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WHEN the train and beef-herd, with which Billy Cody had gone, arrived
in the vicinity of old Fort Kearney their first serious adventure
occurred, and for a while the boy thought of his mother's prediction,
that he "would be killed or captured by Indians."
Not expecting an attack from red-skins in that vicinity, the
party had camped for dinner, and most of them were enjoying a siesta
under the wagons, Billy being among the latter number, while but three
men were on duty as herders.
But suddenly they were aroused by shots, wild yells and rapid
hoof-falls, and down upon them dashed a band of mounted warriors, while
others had killed the three guards and the cattle were stampeding in
every direction. But the train hands quickly sprung to their feet,
rallied promptly for the fight, and met the advancing red-skins with a
volley from their Mississippi yagers, which were loaded with bell and
buck-shot, and checked their advance.
Knowing that they could not hold out there the train-master
called out:
"Boys, make a run for the river, and the banks will protect us."
All started, when Billy called out:
"Don't let us leave these wounded boys."
They turned at his word, to find that two of their number had
been wounded, one seriously in the side and the other in the leg.
Raising them in their arms they started at a run for the bank,
ere the Indians had rallied from the fire that met them, and reached it
in safety, though the man who had been shot in the side was dead ere
they got there.
A short consultation was then held and it was decided to make
their way back to Fort Kearney, by wading in the river and keeping the
bank as a breast work.
A raft of poles was constructed for the wounded man, and the
party started down the stream, protected by the bank, and keeping the
Indians at bay with their guns, for they followed them up closely.
As night came on, utterly worn out with wading and walking, Billy
dropped behind the others; but trudged manfully along until he was
suddenly startled by a dark object coming down over the bank.
It was moonlight, and he saw the plumed head and buckskin-clad
form of an Indian, who, in peering over the bank to reconnoiter had lost
his balance, or the earth had given way, and sent him down into the
He caught sight of Billy as he was sliding down, and gave a wild
war-whoop, which was answered by a shot from the boy's rifle, for
though taken wholly by surprise he did not lose his presence of mind.
Hearing the war-whoop and the shot, and at the same time missing
Billy, the men came running back and found him dragging the redskin
along in the stream after him.
"It's my injun, boys," he cried exultantly.
"It are fer a fact, an' I'll show yer how ter take his scalp,"
replied Frank McCarthy the train-master, and he skillfully cut off the
scalplock to Billy, adding;
"Thar, thet is yer first scalp, boy, an' I'm willin' ter swear it
won't be yer last, for Billy, you is ther boss boy I ever see."
Billy thanked McCarthy for the gory trophy, gave a slight shudder
as he took it, and said significantly:
"I ain't so tired as I was, and I guess I'll keep up with you all
now, for if the bank hadn't caved in that Injun would have had me."
At daylight they came in sight of Kearney, and after a volley or
two at the Indians still dogging their steps, made for the fort and
reached it in safety.
The commanding officer at sent out a force in pursuit of the red-
skins; but they neither found them or the cattle they had driven off.
After a short stay at Fort Kearney Billy returned with a train to
Leavenworth, where the papers dubbed him the "Boy Indian Killer," and
made a hero of him for his exploit on the South Platte.


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John Gribble gives a part of every day to creating. Whether it's pinpointing the perfect word for a poem or plucking out a ditty on a guitar, his life and livelihood in some way proves creative. As a poet and teacher, Gribble has spent the last 20 years in Japan organizing others to find their artistic way.
An active member of the Tokyo Writer's Workshop, Gribble took over as organizer in 2009. He also currently organizes the Japan Writer's Conference.
As a teacher at both Tokyo University of Fine Arts and the National Police Academy, Gribble also finds his imagination tested: "Teaching is such a creative occupation. You write and think to prepare, and then you must respond to whatever is put in front of you. It's a form of performance."
And Gribble, who had spent 25 years in California working with musical promotion and therapy, recently returned to music, "playing guitar mostly for my own amusement and my neighbors' annoyance," he says jokingly.
All joking aside, Gribble finds that being an outsider in a foreign country actually has advantages for creativity: "In Japan, I'm less involved with the scene, so to speak, and less affected by the fashion than if I were involved in the arts in America. Here, you are somewhat on your own — which can be very liberating. One isn't as tempted to 'follow the herd,' the way I often see when I visit the United States. It's a balance, of course, because community for creativity is also important."
Building those communities in Japan has become an important part of Gribble's work here. His efforts have sustained the Japan Writer's Conference, an annual weekend symposium of writers in English who share their knowledge in free lecture sessions.
Now in its seventh year, the event was founded by poet Jane Joritz-Nakagawa and a team of women writers. The founders started the conference with the intent that another writer would continue the event on an annual basis, and Gribble eventually did.
"A group of us who had attended the first conference thought it was so good, we didn't want it to die. By default, I ended up being the lead dog on this," he says. "Apparently it meets a need and people have responded to it. There are a lot of people in Japan writing in English, closet writers or wanna-be writers or those already working in publishing, and this is a wonderful way to validate their efforts, to come and hang out with other people on the same page. A chance to promote a sense of community."
By the third year, Gribble took over as organizer, and has watched the conference grow to include international writers and more Japanese writers working in English: "Our participants really understand what we want to do: to provide a conference that will be useful for writers, translators and editors, rather than a literary gathering or language teaching gathering. Those things happen also in Japan, but we are focused in what we want to do. This year in Okinawa (on Nov. 2 and 3) we have presenters from Singapore and Australia and Canada, plus writers from all over Japan.
"Putting together an event is a creative act, too," he continues, "and you have to learn when to force issues and when to let it go. Usually at the conference itself, I don't do much. I just walk around and see how things are going."
Gribble learned how to organize big events from the music industry in California back in the 1970s and 1980s. He graduated from California State University at Los Angeles in 1971 with a BA in English literature, but he had also taught guitar while still an undergraduate. "Back in the early and mid-'60s, there was a guitar craze. Anyone who could play a bit and explain things could be a guitar teacher."
Giving others a musical outlet fascinated Gribble, and he eventually went on to study music therapy at California State University, Long Beach. He worked extensively in hospitals, schools and prisons. An inmate of the California State penitentiary system helped Gribble to revise his own guitar instruction textbook: "At that time, I was doing a lot of group lessons, at music therapy conferences or for people with special interests in learning guitar, so I developed an approach for teaching large groups how to get basic guitar skills down in a quick and relatively painless way. An inmate in the California State system was teaching himself from my manuscript, and we started a correspondence; if he had a question, I would straighten it out for him and then straighten it out for myself, on the manuscript. He really helped me to make things clearer."
In addition to his work with lessons and in music therapy, Gribble helped to organize performances, learning from "organizational geniuses" in the musical industry of Los Angeles. Yet after 25 years feeding his muse with song, he was ready for a change.
Long divorced, with two nearly grown-up children, Gribble met his future wife, Miwako Kashiwagi, a Japanese social worker who had come to Los Angeles in the 1970s to learn about geriatric care. While in America, she took guitar lessons from Gribble. A long-term friendship turned into a relationship and, in 1993, the two married and moved to Japan.
Soon after arriving in Tokyo, Gribble connected with the local expat writer's group, the Tokyo Writer's Workshop. Working on his MFA in poetry through Warren Wilson University's limited residency program, Gribble published two books of poetry and became active in the English writer's scene with frequent poetry readings. He is currently working on a new book of poems, and a translation of the works of haiku poet Hashi Kenseki with a colleague, Masaya Saito.
One of his most important boosts of creativity in Japan, however, came from a most unlikely source: the police academy.
"A friend of mine from the Tokyo Writer's Workshop introduced me, and I started teaching English at the National Police Academy. It's been a very rich, very full experience, and they've taught me more about Japan than anything else," he says. "In the past, I've acted as a suspect for part of interpreting practice. I've given lectures on law enforcement culture in different countries and why somebody from one country responds differently to a police encounter than another country. Right now, it is more of a presentation class, where the officers go out and find a newspaper article and present about that topic in English."
Whatever Gribble is working on, he finds a way to engage his imagination: "Finding creative outlets is really important for our own health. It doesn't matter if you have a lot of public success. Those successes are fun, but I don't live for them. If I can spend an hour a day making music or revising a poem, or doing some editing work for someone, it really helps with all the rest. Life should be creative."
For more information, see the Japan Writer's Conference website www.japanwritersconference.org or the Tokyo Writer's Workshop Meetup www.meetup.com/Tokyo-Writers-Workshop/.


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text: 3rd year or 4th year college here, taken in Tagaytay. That's me and my bestfriend Ruthie and another friend Elrin back in the days when life seems a lot lot easier. No pressures. No responsibilities. No credit cards haha. No bills. Argh! I miss those days when all I think about was getting myself ready to school every morning. I miss those days when I hang out with my friends in the lagoon to have fun study. You know what I miss the most? Geeting back in those college jeans once more! Why is it sooo hard to lose weight? I really need that best weight loss supplement to get rid of unwanted fats here and there and get myself fit in those jeans again.


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I live with my parents, and I love it… most of the time.
When I was 16, I'm pretty sure I uttered the words "I can't wait to be 18 so I can leave this house!" (Haven't we all?!?)
Well, here I am 15 years later. I still live with my parents, and I wouldn't change it for anything. Before you start thinking that I'm mooching off my parents, I'd like to clarify, I am not. Before my son came into the picture, I lived in my own place, with my husband. Once I got pregnant, we started talking about buying a two-family home together, since my mom would be helping with the baby. (In case you're wondering, she did volunteer, I didn't coerce her!)
So, a few months before turning 30, I became a proud homeowner and my parents became my neighbors. Instead of paying a nanny (or daycare) and paying rent on an apartment that wasn't mine, I was investing in real estate, securing our future (because you know, rents are going to keep going up, and my mortgage won't!) and I'd be close to my parents. Of course, if someone had said to me, this is what you will be doing when you're an adult, I would have laughed so hard I would've probably peed in my pants.
When you're a teenager, all you can think about is moving away, where no one will tell you what to do, or even better – what not to do! But I do love living with my parents… most of the time. Like 97.5 percent of the time; the other 2.5 percent they kind of get on my nerves. (But what is 2.5 percent in the grand scheme of things, really? Nada!)
We each have our own apartment, so, estamos juntos pero no revueltos. Together, but not all scrambled up… we all have our privacy. But it's not all rosy all of the time. Parents have opinions, and, of course they (or so they like to think) know best.
One day I stayed out past Enzo's bedtime and my mom (AND MY DAD) called to say that it was so late (seriously?! It wasn't even midnight… and I NEVER do that) and ask why was Enzo still out? (You'd think I was taking him to clubs every weekend.) Then there are the silly questions like "Where's Enzo?" Me: "Sleeping." "Did you feed him?"
First, I'd get mad she was even asking. But now, I've changed my strategy. Now, I say something like, "No. no. I just threw him in bed with no dinner or milk. He had eaten plenty today anyway."
My mom may say things that are a tiny bit annoying, like reminding me how messy and disorganized I am (she's right) or obsessing over my curtains (or lack thereof).
But she does come to the rescue if I run out of milk or toilet paper. (Both of which do happen.) She also shares her food with me. And sometimes, there is nothing greater than the comfort of your Mami's cooking after a long day.
Even with the tiny things that drive me crazy, I do love our living arrangement. One of the most important things for me is that Enzo speaks Spanish, and that he learns about our cultura. Living with my parents definitely helps– Abuela makes seco de pollo, Quaker and other treats, she plays cumbias and watches novelas. Papi watches fútbol (and novelas, too!) and feeds him Ecuadorian cheese or rosquitas. Enzo looks forward to Papi coming home from work so they can go for a walk. There is major bonding going on and that is priceless.
Living with your parents is not for everyone… But I love living with mine. The question for me is not how can I live with them, but rather how am I going to live without them?
Diana Limongi-Gabriele works hard juggling a full-time job, motherhood, family, grad school and her blog, LadydeeLG, where she writes about issues she is passionate about, including teaching her son Spanish, motherhood, parenting, Latino issues, good quality food and women's issues. Diana is a regular contributor for Mamiverse. She has an MA in Migration Studies, and is pursuing an MPA in Nonprofit Management. Her most important job however, is being mommy to Enzo, a French/Hispanic/American (one day trilingual) 2-year-old boy. You can connect with her via Twitter, @dianalimongi or on Facebook.


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Ping's G2 irons first hit the market in the fall of 2003 and featured four different models to match ability levels of all types of golfers. The clubheads are all perimeter-weighted and utilise a low centre of gravity to promote forgiveness and higher trajectories. The G2 set contains four wedges -- a pitching wedge, utility wedge, sand wedge and lob wedge.
The Ping G2 pitching wedge measures 35.5 inches in length, while the utility wedge, sand wedge and lob wedge measure 35.5, 30 and 30 inches, respectively. The length of a golf club affects both distance and accuracy. Longer clubs allow for increased swing speed, but may make it difficult to keep the ball in the fairway. All Ping golf club shafts can be custom-fit to match your height.
The Ping G2 pitching wedge features a loft of 47 degrees. The utility wedge has 50.5 degrees of loft, and the sand and lob wedges contain 54 and 58 degrees of loft, respectively. Loft is a measure of the angle of the clubface to the ground. Clubs with higher lofts tend to fly higher in the air and straighter, but not as far as lesser-lofted clubs.
A golf club's lie angle is a measure of the degree of uprightness of the toe of the club to the ground. The correct lie angle is essential for hitting accurate shots, and you can the lie angles of your Ping G2 clubheads custom fit to match your stance and posture. Ping G2 pitching, utility, sand and lob wedges feature factory lie angles of 64.38, 64.38, 64.7 and 65.11 degrees, respectively.
Offset is a measure of the distance between the club's face and the hosel, or the point at which the shaft connects to the clubhead. Offset clubs can help golfers hit straighter shots by delaying the impact of the clubface with the ball slightly. Wedges tend to feature less offset than lower-lofted clubs, such as the 3-, 4- and 5-irons. Ping G2 pitching, utility, sand and lob wedges feature offest clubheads of 0.21, 0.21, 0.2 and 0.2 inches, respectively.
Bounce is a measure of the angle between the clubface's leading edge and the ground. Wedges that have a lot of bounce can prevent the club from digging into the turf and hitting "fat" shots. Ping G2 pitching, utility, sand and lob wedges have bounce angles of 12, 12, 13 and 14 degrees, respectively.
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text: dan tonner 58 #526 Posted May 11, 2018 Hey Major Tom; Congratulations and a tip pf my hat for a fine looking airplane. I have often heard references to the "RV grin"; the picture of the man in the pax seat (you, I assume) suggests the "Savannah Smile" equally paraphrases our experiences. Fly Safely, Canada Dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Millwall midfielder: 'We are our own worst enemy'
GEORGE Saville said Millwall are their "own worst enemy" after they let Sunderland off the hook in the 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Saville's two goals from free-kicks had put his side 2-1 ahead at the break, but Jordan Archer's mistake from Adam Matthews' cross helped the Black Cats pull level.
Saville was supportive of Archer afterwards, saying "we win together and we lose together", as he admitted the Lions should have notched their first away win of the campaign.
"It's a point to take home but we're disappointed we can't take all three. On balance of play, it's probably a fair result," Saville said.
"I had a bit of a helping hand from the goalkeeper with the first goal and the second one had more pace on it.
"I haven't watched them back but I liked the second one, even though he got a hand to it.
"If you hit the target, you get the goal and you get rewarded, so I'm just grateful it went in.
"I really believed we could go on to win the game, especially towards the end of the first half.
"We were pushing on and we had a period of 10-15 minutes where we looked really good going forward.
"Conceding so early in the second half away from home is the last thing you need.
"That gave them the momentum in the second half. It's a mistake. Jord (Jordan Archer) won't be happy and he'll be the first to say it was his fault.
"But we win together and we lose together – we'll pick him up and go again on Tuesday [against Hull City].
"There are a few positives to take out of today. We were our worst enemy sometimes but it's a point and we move on."
Savile made his first Northern Ireland start over the international break, but was left devastated after the 1-0 aggregate defeat to Switzerland denied them a place in the World Cup in Russia next year.
He said: "I've come in over the last couple of months and the last week in Switzerland was great on a personal level.
"It was probably the worst I've ever felt coming off a pitch. It was not a nice feeling but I gave what I could for the team and my country, so I'm looking forward to going back.
"It's a shame we didn't qualify but my focus now is on Millwall.
"There are no more internationals until next March but the Christmas period will get busy with Millwall, so it's time to climb up that table, get a few wins and see where it can take us."
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George C. Stoney, a dean of American documentary film and a leader of the citizens movement that gave every American the right to a public-access television show of his or her own, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 96.
His death was announced by his daughter, Louise Stoney.
Mr. Stoney, who taught filmmaking at New York University from 1970 until the last year of his life, was acclaimed in equal measure for his roles as a filmmaker, teacher and prophet of social change at the barrel of a camera.
Besides mentoring two generations of students, many of whom became prominent in the film industry, Mr. Stoney devoted himself to training community activists in the use of film as a tool for voiceless people. His role in the creation of public-access television was rooted in a hope that it would become an outlet for that kind of community-building documentary film.
His 50 documentaries included "Occupation," about Canadian students who took over a McGill University building in 1970; "The Uprising of '34" (1995), about the brutal legacy of a textile workers strike crushed by factory owners; and "All My Babies," (1953), a film originally commissioned by the Georgia Department of Public Health to educate midwives working in poverty-stricken rural areas. It became a classic.
In filming "All My Babies," Mr. Stoney, the son of a North Carolina preacher, met all the safe-practices requirements demanded by the health department. But in the hope of better transmitting the information to a largely illiterate audience, he recruited a 51-year-old midwife named Mary Coley to play the protagonist in a series of dramatic re-enactments. The movie, which includes a 15-minute sequence showing a live birth, was widely considered a propaganda masterpiece, in the best sense. It became a staple of medical school curriculums, and was distributed by Unesco and the World Health Organization.
In 2002 the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, a list that essentially defines the American film canon. It appears on the list alphabetically, between "All About Eve" and "All Quiet on the Western Front."
Mr. Stoney had only recently joined the faculty of New York University's film school in 1971 when he helped found the Alternate Media Center, a university project for training students and community members how to use video cameras, a technology that was new at the time. That project led to his interest in another newly emerging medium — cable television — and the opportunity its vastly expanded spectrum presented for grass-roots filmmaking.
With other media-savvy activists, including his Media Center co-founder, Red Burns, Mr. Stoney helped create the National Federation of Local Cable Programmers, which began lobbying industry and government regulatory agencies. If cable companies were going to put their cables beneath or above public streets, they argued, they should be required to give citizens a share of the new cable broadcast spectrum — public access. That requirement was added to federal communications law in 1984.
"There would be no public access if not for George Stoney," said Rika Welsh, another early member of the cable programmers lobbying federation and a board member of Cambridge Community Television, the public-access operator in Boston. "He understood what it could be, and believed in its potential to bring communities together."
In an interview several years ago (on a public-access show), Mr. Stoney said public-access television was not just about public access. "We look on cable as a way of encouraging public action, not just access," he said. "It's how people can get information to their neighbors, and their neighbors can get out on the streets to organize."
In a separate interview, he said public access was never meant to "make anybody famous." Its goal, in fact, was kind of the opposite: "To celebrate the ordinary things people do to help one another."
George Cashel Stoney was born on July 1, 1916, in Winston-Salem, N.C., and worked his way through the University of North Carolina, earning degrees in English and history. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and received certification in film education at the University of London. He worked as a field research assistant in the South for civil rights groups in the 1940s, was a photo intelligence officer during World War II and afterward worked as a newspaper reporter. He made films for state government agencies before beginning his own film company.
In addition to his daughter, Louise, his survivors include a son, James; a sister, Elizabeth Segal; one granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter.
In one of his last interviews, he was asked if his "prime purpose in life now" was in the area of cable access or documentary filmmaking.
"Well," he replied, "my prime concern now is my family and my friends. Politics is important. But my primary interest is in the people who are around me. I'm always a bit suspect when people lose their roots in their family and in their community."


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During the Italian Open, tennis pro Nick Kyrgios threw a chair onto the court after receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
The Mastery of You is an elegant book that takes you and yourself on a ramble. It bends down with you to look at the reflection of your soul on the river. Renu Persaud whistles prose and verse, walking behind you and the mastery of you, watching you working on questions, thinking, dreaming and glaring at each other.
There are about 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Each galaxy has an average of 100 Billion stars.
From 1978 to 1989, Deng Xiao Ping led China into a massive socioeconomic reform based on gradual openness to the world and to capitalism. Describing his political philosophy, he's known to have said: "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice".
In August 1939, one month before the start of World War II, Einstein sent a letter to the U.S President Roosevelt recommending the utilization of nuclear chain reactions to create an atomic bomb.
This book takes you in a magic journey of absurdity, chaos and nonsense. History repeats itself. Characters almost incarnate themselves. Garcia illustrates life as a series of events that go from absurdity to unreasonable coherence.
After three years and five seasons, The Americans has finally been nominated for the Emmy's Best Drama Series. The show depicts the life and operations of two covert Soviet agents in the U.S in the 1980s. Members of the K.G.B 'Directorate S', the agents live as a married American couple, with a perfect accent and two children.
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