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so how often do you hang out with the yeti? every friday swilling down a beer or two?
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im actually surprised at all the people that claim to have seen these creatures...
i also wonder what the number of dope fiends alcoholics as well, bet the numbers are similar.. Now dont get me wrong im sure there are those good people that genuinely think that think they've seen one or perhaps smelled one.... but a picture is worth a thousand words... some matted hair would be nice as well..... perhaps these fellows that 'hang out' where these creatures exist could bring some physical evidence
other wise its just so much malarkey...
The one you encountered ?
Bath salts really need to become illegal.....
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Lol you made up Sasquatch story's and call me a troll.... This is creepy story's from the outdoors not "monster quest" where we need to hear a bunch of made up bull**** about a creature who's supposed existence when no body, ****, hair or anything else that would actually back up the evidence has ever been found.
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flame war!
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And don't call me names because I refuse to belive in something that has no evidence supporting it.
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C,mon. Stop fighting. If you dont want to believe the guy then dont read what he has to write.
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That is nuts. It's too bad you didn't get a chance to talk to the young lady to see if she knew what this guy's problem was. Maybe she cut him off 2+ hours ago on the interstate and he followed her (I've heard of crap like that before).
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This thread is great!! I have two stories both occurring in the ocean. The first was when I went SCUBA diving for the first time in Panama City. I started to descend following the anchor line and as I looked down there was a long silver fish hovering right by the line. I was excited to see a fish right away. Well as I got closer to it I recognized the species as a barracuda. Needless to say I desended as fast as I possibly could after seeing those nasty teeth!!
The second story I have occurred sometime in the early 90s. My brothers and I had been taught to swim at an early age so we were very adept at this skill. When my grandparents retired they bought a condo on the beach in Vero Beach, FL. We would go every summer to visit and give our parents a break for a while. My grandma would take us down to the beach early in the morning and would watch us swim in the ocean. I was never really afraid of anything in the ocean. As I mentioned before I was a very good swimmer and I had even come close to a couple of sharks during these swims in the Atlantic. One day I decided to go snorkeling. I was cruising through the water chasing little crabs and putting them in a bag trying to one up my little brother who was doing the same. After snagging one I decided to look up to find my brother. As I did I came face to face with a giant gray blob floating in front of me. I screamed so loud under the water that my brother heard me several feet behind me. I swam as fast as I could toward my brother who was laughing hysterically. I turned to look at whatever the massive grey blob was only to find out it was a manatee with its young lazily floating around the warm water. It's probably the most scared I have ever been but, looking back on the situation, it sure was a funny encounter!!
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I also post on the www.asylumprojects.org and www.opacity.us websites and have had the opposite experience with asylums. (I've visited several, including many abandoned or less active ones.) I think part of it is the feelings/state we bring when we enter a place. That being said I am about as sensitive as a brick when it comes to spirits. Dunno what it is, my wife sees em and is sensitive, I could probably have a ghost pee in my coffee and I'd miss it and be ****ed my coffee tastes like crap.
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As I read farther I see this has become the general creepy stories page so I have a couple others to add. First took place while on a work trip to Chicago and is the more recent, the others I remembered as I read some other stories.
So I hate driving in Chicago, but I do it often and was stuck going to a training down town for work. Rather than drive I decided to take the bus to the airport and hop on the L to get to my destination, that way I didn't have to try and find and pay for over night parking (I had previously picked a reputable place and was one of several people who had their car broke into when the guard left for a side action). All was good, it was a nice fall day and kind of cold but nothing too bad. I caught my bus early and was downtown to catch the L around 5:00pm. The L took forever getting downtown though and by the time I was getting near the hotel it was already dark. The exit I needed from the L station to get to my hotel was in a mall that closed at 5 and everything was dark and closed up. As I am getting off the train to exit to street level I have to follow this narrow winding path that runs all the way up through the center of this mall and comes out a side door. Of course there is no one else around so I start up the stairs not realizing how many flights it is. About the 2nd short flight I start to hear footsteps behind me, which freaks me out as no new train had arrived and I hadn't seen anyone else get off on my stop (in fact the whole train had been pretty empty as everyone was going out of town, not in at that time). So I grab my stuff and hussle up the stairs moving as fast as I can without running and trying to look at the corners to see who or what is following me. Finally I see there is a security gate with some guards milling around waiting to clock out. I pull all my stuff up next to the gate and bend to "tie my shoe" and wait for whoever is following me. Turns out it's some young kid in a hoody with ear phones in bopping along behind me. I decide we can play the game and I bend to tie the other shoe and act like I'm looking for something in my bag and let the kid go by. As he approaches he seems kind of miffed when he sees the security people behind the gate and rolls past. After I am finished I stroll on out and make for the taxi stand outside the mall without looking at the kid making sure that there are more people around. After a few seconds I saw the kid duck back into the malls L entrance and never saw him again, but I heard later there was an increase in security on the L lines in that area after several muggings occurred.
The other good one i have doesn't really involve me too directly as I never saw anything in this house, but my brother and I spent plenty of time in the place and he told me the other night he swears up and down he was there for one of the weird events.
As I think I stated in this part of the forum before it seems I am totally insensitive to ghosts I guess. I've had plenty of strange occurrences and scares, but usually they have all been explained by something. This particular one was just weird though.
So growing up I lived in a small town in Michigan and my friends parents owned a home down town that was one of the older homes in town. Prior to their owning it, it had been the family home of the people who owned one of the largest and oldest mortuary services in town. The house itself had never been used for showing or funerals but did have extra storage and a large dumbwaiter type elevator (large enough to fit a casket on stand) that ran from the first floor to the basement where a backup cooler and refrigeration unit had been put in the 1940's. The only confirmed time that the house ever had bodies stored for more than a passing storm outage was during WWII when several young men from the area that were part of a platoon killed in the pacific theatre were all returned for burial. (The house had a backup cooler and trays for body cold storage, but was usually left off. The mortuary would turn it on when the weather threatened snow as they had to store bodies in their own cooler at the mortuary by packing the cooler with ice as the power was out for almost 2 weeks after a storm one year.) We were often warned not to play in the elevator and to be careful in the basement, but played their anyway. Both my brother and his friend swear they heard weird noises, saw shadows, and had other odd occurrences in that house, but I never was around or saw anything myself. The oddest of these occurrences happened to my brother and his friend. The two were playing one time and swore something locked them in the dumbwaiter elevator and wouldn't let them out. (The dumbwaiter ran by pull cord from the inside as well as outside, but you couldn't open the doors between floors) I happened to find the elevator between floors and ran the dumbwaiter up to the first floor, not knowing they were "stuck" between floors. The two of them booked it out and I at the time thought they were scared because they had gotten stuck in the dark. Haven't been back to Michigan since I graduated almost 15 years ago so it seemed funny that my brother told me the story of that day when he did. Hadn't thought about that old place in years.
Crazy guy was in his late 50's or so, and the gal in her late 30's / early 40's was there with her son or boyfriend who looked to be in his mid 20's. The old guy was looking to start something, but between the guy near her, and me standing 20' away mostly concealed behind a pump, I think he weighed his options and calculated correctly that his odds weren't good.
Trust the inner radar. I attract crazy people like a moth to a porch light, but I've been able to dodge, redirect, or completely avoid trouble 100% so far. The last fight I got in was in front of my 9th grade Geometry class, and he went down hard. I try to avoid stupid wherever it may be found, and I find that it's pretty much everywhere.
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"Some people can tell when a person isn't able to be trusted from the first time they meet. No reason can be given, but they're usually spot on."
This is especially true. If somebody gives you an uneasy feeling, there is always a reason whether you can put your finger on it at the time or not. I have gotten this feeling from people that I have known for years, and it has proven to me that even people that you thought you trusted can change. My wife doesn't have this "gift", but she has learned over the years to trust my instincts without a second thought.
Whether you are in the wilderness, the city, on the highway, or in the mall parking lot, you should trust those instincts. You may never know for sure if they were right or wrong, but chances are very good that they are trying to save you from a bad situation.
Always practice situational awareness of your surroundings. You see, hear, smell, and sense more than you are ever conciously aware of.
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Quite a few pages back in my story about my wife and I honeymooning in a haunted house in the Smokies, I mentioned that I had another one to share that I believed to be paranormal. It is hard for me to re-live it, but here it goes.
The setting was in a small Western Kentucky town where I grew up not long after marrying my high school sweetheart.
We looked at a trailer to rent in a smallish trailer park on the edge of town. It was very nice until we came to the master bedroom. The matress on the bed had a large blood stain on it that stretched nearly all the way across the matress near the head of the bed. The landlord acted ashamed and said that she had told "Rodney" (her maintenance man) to get rid of it.
I asked her what had happened and she quipped that evidently somebody had lost their cherry. Odd, at the head of the bed?
Oh well, we rented it and moved our own bed in. Found out that Rodney was a strange dude, but very helpful.
We had been living there for almost a year and had our first son now, an infant. Thats when strange things started happening in the trailer. Things started moving from one place to another, like from the kitchen to the bedroom. The babys room to the bedroom. the bathroom to the bedroom. Always to the master bedroom. We blamed it on each other.
One night we heard a very close, but muffled sounding gunshot and we both jumped out bed to check on the baby. He was wide awake, but unharmed. My (then) wife started looking out of the windows and throughout the trailer, but I went straight to my gun cabinet to check in there even though I was sure none of the guns had been loaded. Nothing.
We were convinced that it had come from inside of the trailer, our bedroom to be exact, but there was no evidence to prove it. That was the first time we seriously discussed the blood stained matress and what may have caused it.
The next day I looked Rodney up and point blank asked him what had happened in the trailer before we moved in. He said that he wasn't supposed to say, but he could tell that something had happened. He told me that the previous tenant had put a pistol to his head and committed suicide right there in that bed. I felt like I had been punched in the gut and now knew what we had heard.
That day we decided to move, but we still had to find another place.
Two nights after the "gunshot" incident we were awakened by what I can only describe as the baby's terrified screaming. We both ran over each other running down the narrow hall to his room. She got there first with me right on her heels.
When she turned on the light we both saw a dark shadow over the crib for a brief second before it shot straight into a wall and disappeared. She grabbed the baby and took him out of the room. We were both stunned to find that the babys skin was very cold to the touch and it took quite some time to get him calmed down.
I was both scared and ****ed now. Something was messing with our child and I didn't know how to protect my own family against this "presence".
We moved in with my parents the next day until we found another place and there were no more incidents after that.
I bumped into Rodney about a month later and asked him for more details of the suicidal man. He said that the young couple had moved in. She was well along in her pregnancy, but the child was born very sick and passed away at around two months old. They were obviously distraught, but she took it very hard and for some reason blamed him for the baby being born sick. The relationship eventually dissolved and she left him. Less than a week later he committed suicide.
To me, that was a plausible explanation for why the "events" didn't start happening until we brought our newborn child into the trailer.
I am stubborn and I eventually decided that I still wasn't quite 100% convinced that what had happened there was paranormal even though I couldn't explain it any other way.
The night in the attic at the house in the Smokies 22 years later dispelled all doubts and made me realize that such things are real.
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"Oh well, we rented it and moved our own bed in."
swamp_shadow, I've had run-ins similar to that before. It fortunately never happened in a situation where my family was threatened though. That's something you don't want to mess around with or stick around to deal with.
I think that you definitely did the right thing, there's no telling what the outcome may have been otherwise. I don't believe in riding out that type of stuff. Head down the road and don't bother looking back! I'm glad to hear you guys were able to get out of there, and that things worked out for you.
Unexplainable dark shadows visibly fleeing through walls are no joke, and people who believe it's a matter of hallucinations, medication, or psychology have no clue what they're talking about. When you see something like that, it completely sets your every nerve on edge, and puts your senses on hyperdrive, especially when it's instantly confirmed by someone who just saw the exact same thing that you did.
Hearing the baby scream and the ice cold skin are only secondary indications to back up what you saw with your own eyes. It's not something you ever want to see again in your life, that's for sure. People talk big and tough about stuff they haven't experienced, but after experiencing a situation like that, it isn't fun to joke about that type of stuff anymore. It leaves you with a very vulnerable feeling and a healthy amount of caution and respect for the unknown.
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I don't know, are you attractive and single?
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would you like that i come over and say how cute you are and than i start to pet you!! you like that??
I don't know, are you attractive and single?
4 month update
This dog is *AMAZING*..... we have completed an advanced obedience course (for confidence building & socialization, she already had the skills) and start another class for Rally tomorrow. She goes everywhere with me. She ADORES our family, all the kids, the chihuahuas, the corso, the Ibizan, all of them. She plays and explores but for the most part, she prefers to be by my side. She is very, very athletic-- I take her walking, running, hiking and biking. I never need a leash, you couldn't call her from my side if you tried. I take her on mountain bike trails, river bikeways, etc-- no leash- and she stays right next to me. She responds immediately to all commands, even in the presence of squirrels, lol. She has really blossomed in the last 4 months and I anticipate she will continue to bloom. I have taken her to festivals and through crowds. Everyone comments on how beautiful she is and wants to pet her. There have been several people who just reach out and pet her without asking (with no reaction from Jetta), so I purchased a vest that says "DO NOT PET-- IN TRAINING" so that we can continue our immersion into crowds and such without having to worry about her having her personal space invaded. We got LOTS of compliments at the training facility on how much she had progressed and how impressed they were with her (including several GSD owners).
After living with her for 4 months, it's clear she will *never* be a social butterfly. She is NOT a "nervous" dog-- she doesn't react to wheelchairs, loud noises, umbrellas, cars backfiring, you name it-- it doesn't phase her....she simply does not like strangers to touch her. I'm ok with that. The past week I've had contractors in and out of the house all day doing a remodel on a bathroom....when I first got her, she would have barked, snarled, reacted, etc.....now she of course barks when they first walk in...I tell her to QUIET and she's fine. She lies quietly next to me unless they try to approach her, at which point she will very clearly state she is not interested. When I'm up and about, she walks around and past them quietly but she absolutely would not seek any type of petting or attention from them. That's ok. It's obvious she's quite stable and happy with HER family and doesn't need fawning over by strange people.....I'm actually GLAD she's that way since my husband travels a lot for work (he's a truck driver).
Though I think we still have progress to be made, I am thrilled with where she is, considering where she came from.
We are proceeding with Rally and in the spring will start tracking classes and I still would like to do IPO if she's evaluated as acceptable for it. There is a regional IPO trial coming up in a few weeks about a mile from my house and we will be going down to watch and have her evaluated.
Bottom line-- I got a solid dog who needed a little help in the area of socialization and I couldn't be happier with her. I NEVER wanted a GSD....I had never lived with one or been around them and I definitely didn't want to deal with ALL.THAT.HAIR. LOL....but now, I honestly wouldn't sell this dog for a million dollars and I can't imagine my life without a GSD from here on out. THE most loyal, intelligent dog I have ever owned bar none.
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Just an update on my girl....she's been here a little over 2 weeks and she is doing GREAT. She has no issues with the stairs any longer and she sleeps in my room with me. She's pretty much *always* with me, as she prefers to be :-) She's definitely become "my" dog. She's integrated well with our pack, with only a few minor skirmishes. She enjoys her daily long walks, and occasional runs. She transitioned very well and quickly from kennel dog to house dog.
Oh, and I did call and speak with her breeder who was very happy to give me some tips and advise.
Yesterday we went out and did a completely unrehearsed obedience practice. I don't know exactly what she knows yet as I've just concentrated on letting her settle in, but I felt she wanted/needed to do a little work so we did a quick little routine. Mind you, I have *never* worked her before, and only guessed at what she may know--as you can see from the brief video, on our very first try she did a great heel, sit, down, stay, sit-stay, down-stay, recall, & finish and I was very pleased with her focus, considering we've never done a single training session. I'm very impressed and am just dying to get her into obedience classes next month and to start training with a Schutzhund Club soon.
Thanks for all the support and information.
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There is def a difference between a protective reaction and a fear based reaction and I think they are very important to distinguish.
I see many dogs labeled as protective, but then you see them in person and they are simply a jumble of nerves.
My goal in getting a GSD is to have a highly intelligent, easily trainable, active companion for myself. I am not looking for a dog that loves every person they meet, I'm hoping for a dog that will be indifferent to strangers. And will be a solid confident, non-nervous dog. My last dog lived in a state of fear and I never want to see a dog live that way again.
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The biggest problem with the internet is people who dont take the time to read things completely and then add what they thought was written to their question.
The reality is this. GSDs are not dogs for just anyone. Dogs are living beings. GSDs were intended to be protective dogs. They are also dogs who are very connected to their owners. Call it loyalty or call it intuition but they know what we are thinking. If you wander around in public feeling like a nervous wreck because you are AFRAID your dog will bark at a person or a dog, you can be sure your dog will do just that. Unless he is a dull, overly friendly Labrador. We are talking about dogs with protective instincts and no, I dont mean dogs with poor temperament.
I have some very protective, serious dogs. I can take them into cramped Vet waiting rooms with other people and dogs right next to me and they dont make a sound. Just sit patiently watching me to see what we are going to do next. The main reason I can do that is my attitude. I behave as if there is nothing my dog needs to be concerned with. They know I have the situation under control and that I dont need their help. If you want your dog to think before he acts, you need to behave in a way where he CAN think clearly. You should also take a good look at the people you come into contact with. Many behave just like I do when I am trying to bring aggression out of a dog in protection training.
HUGE numbers of people disturb their dogs with their own behavior. This is especially true when their dog has barked at someone or something in the past and the people start to get ready for it to happen again....so it does. This is because their behavior is telling their dog something is wrong every time a dog or a person approaches. I behave the way these people do when I am working my dog in protection. I play the part of a person who needs their dogs help. I DONT behave that way when I take my dog out into the general public. Its a pretty simple truth but people have a hard time accepting it. If you want to be in control of the dog, you have to be in control of yourself. I dont blame dogs for wanting to bark at some people. So many are simply un-natural in how they behave. I am constantly reminding people to RELAX ....some of them. Id like to throw in the blind to work on the HB. As I said, I behave like those people when I really want a dog to be aggressive in SchH protection. Its just not something you can ignore and expect the dog to not be affected by.
I own a boarding kennel, I see MANY poorly bred GSDs . Im not talking about those kinds of dogs. I am talking about dogs who were bred to have a higher level of social aggression. When I say manage I mean controlling yourself as a handler and communicating with your dog. Not simply leaving all the decisions up to them. It shouldnt really require much more than a spoken word .
There are dull dogs and there are hair triggers, the GSD was intended to be a medium threshold dog. That means watchful and ready....doesnt have anything to do with being reactive a term that has been completely perverted by the many dog trainers now. People should spent a bit more time looking at their own behavior when they handle their dog. All dogs strong and weak, would be so much better off if they did.
Also, there are dogs who are like what Stefan is talking about. Not accepting of strangers but very affectionate dogs with the family, etc. That does not put those dogs in the poor temperament or reactive category. They have always been in the breed and are necessary. The ignorance and labeling by inexperienced people is the main reason we are seeing less and less of them and why we are seeing so many more clowns .
My dogs dont much care for affection and pets from strangers. Therefore, I dont allow it. I dont care how many dog experts are out there insisting that they are so good with dogs so should be allowed to do something stupid like that. You try to pet my dog and youll wish the dog bit you...... instead of dealing with me.
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Thread: Do you live on rice and beans?
Do you live on rice and beans?
What does a typical week look like meal wise if you are "living on rice and beans"?
If I had to live on beans and rice (thankfully I don't) I'd make....
Cowboy casserole, tortillas and chip
h/m refried burritos and tacos
bean burgers
baja black bean casserole
bean stew over h/m biscuits
bean crisps
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I make alot of stir frys
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We've never actually lived on rice and beans but we've always stretched out food budget with red beans. Our fave. southern meal is red beans (pinto beans) cooked in the crockpot on high over night and all day with some meat (like a chunk of pork roast bought on sale ofcourse, portioned up and frozen in just the right amounts for such needs), fried potatoes and onions and cornbread. Omg, makes my mouth water just to type it out. (we rarely eat fried taters anymore due to changing out eating habits, but still) It's a cheap, delicious and filling meal (aromatic too, so see you get something for all your senses for not much money ..... ).
When we are eating cheap we eat lean hamb. browned with an onion and cabbage (all bought on sale ofcourse) and wrap the browned, drained meat mixture in a tortilla and serve with mustard, we call it beerox....if you eat real beerox you know it's not the same but it's close enough for gov't work.
Tacos, chili cheese dogs, hamburgers, spaghetti, etc.....those are our cheap meals........oh, roast with taters and onions cooked in the skillet with em, pork chops with bakes potatoes, meatloaf, mac cheese and baked potatoes (most of these meals we don't eat anymore......lol, dang it).05-29-2008, 09:27 AM #5
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We eat alot of beans Tacos, rice & beans, beans alone with sofrito (homemade marinade)....
We love rice and beans, I also make arroz con pollo (chicken w/rice).~TRACY~*
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Arroz con Pollo is a staple in my house and CHEAP. We make it all the time (I'm 1/2 puerto rican). We also make a side of kidney beans to go with it. One large pot will cost only a few bucks to make and can last us for almost 5 meals!05-29-2008, 11:49 AM #8
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I need to find some recipes... because I tried rice and beans (and I'm NOT a fussy eater) and I nearly BARFED!
I think I did something terribly wrong.
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I would suggest adding salt to taste though, in the last 30 minutes or so of cooking.
To the OP, as far as using beans in recipes, I've used them in black bean nachos, refried bean burritos, taco soup, and I've also used them chilled in cold salads.
I can find just about any use for them, sometimes we do just rice, beans and cornbread, but I use them for alot of other applications as well.
I try to do a bean cooking day at least once a month, I have cooked pintos, red beans, kidney beans, black beans, you name it.
Once done, I let them cool and package them into my foodsaver bags in 2 cup portions and freeze until I need beans for a recipe.
That way I can add the seasonings I want and they taste soooo much better than any store bought.05-29-2008, 02:23 PM #12
We eat lots of beans in different ways...chickpea tacos, bean & rice burritos, red beans & rice, BBQ baked beans, veggie chili, as sandwich filling, in salads, black bean/lentil burgers. There is so much you can do with them!
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I ASPIRE to eat beans....but so far, the only ones I know how to make are the canned heinz tomato ones on toast Love to see your faves to give them a try! DMIL makes good homemade beans, but since I found out she puts 6 cups of sugar in the pot I stay away :S05-29-2008, 03:02 PM #14
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[QUOTE=PrairieRose;909701]We've never actually lived on rice and beans but we've always stretched out food budget with red beans. Our fave. southern meal is red beans (pinto beans) cooked in the crockpot on high over night and all day with some meat (like a chunk of pork roast bought on sale ofcourse, portioned up and frozen in just the right amounts for such needs), fried potatoes and onions and cornbread. Omg, makes my mouth water just to type it out.
Oh my, this is one my favorite meals. Even better if you've got a homegrown tomato to slice to go with it! I love pinto beans cooked way down where the juice is a dark brown--I'm drooling just thinking about it.05-29-2008, 03:28 PM #15
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some ppl simply don't like beans. and that's ok.
however a few ideas i've come up with are:
rice/bean casserole... use stock and/or cheese soup or ricotta/parm mix, mixed veggies (or your choice of veg) and pop in the oven.
make "patties" of mostly rice and some beans (can mash or keep whole). make sticky rice (you can make rice sticky by what you cook it in.), add some veg's and the beans... fry 'em up. there ya go! top it with cheese, salsa, whatever you want. or make it a burger!
make stuffed peppers, stuffed pasta shells, tomatoes, whatever... using a "dirty" rice (no meat). can use beef broth if you prefer that taste.
make a soup with rice/beans.
how 'bout a "stew" of chunky and/or root veggies with beans. either add beans to the stew OR top the rice with some stew.
take cornbread muffins, add some rice for bulk and to extend a recipe...also peppers, onions, spices too!. have beans on the side as your "meat". (note: cook rice prior to adding to mix. only a half cup for 6 muffins needed - can extend to about 9 muffins).
make a cheesy rice/bean mix. just rice/beans and top w/yer choice of cheese.
what about chili topped with rice (sprinkling), cheese,onions/chives.
there are TONS of options...
i should do some kinda "creative" cooking thing.
too bad i have all this creativity and NO ONE (willing) to eat it.
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Her illustrations are full of heavily drawn lines, deep colours and shading and that blocky texture which comes only from printmaking. She uses an intaglio etching technique called aquatint, passing various layers of inked plates through printing presses onto paper to build up colour.
As a working artist and professor at Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Niffenegger is still getting used to being viewed by the world as a novelist. Bemusedly describing the moment she hit the big time with The Time Traveler's Wife in 2003, she says, "I was teaching when the novel came out and everybody said 'My goodness, a brand new writer!' which was kind of hilarious, really. Now people say to me all the time 'What is this funny little art habit that you have?'"
Publishing was nevertheless a primary focus for Niffenegger in the early Eighties when she was at art school and started making artist books by hand. She made up to ten copies of some of her books, but mostly they were unique. "For many years I was making these stories which are carried by the pictures," she says. "A lot of my books have very minimal text."
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Leading up to COP21 Paris, there was overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is happening, and human-induced. With global warming, species extinctions and habitat degradation all accelerating, chances for ecosystems to respond and survive are diminishing. But the election of Donald Trump as incoming United States president and a Transition Team focused on "vetting" Energy Department professionals has dealt a potential blow to global responses.
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At Forrester's Forum For Technology Leaders in Lisbon (June 2-3), Marcello V. Ronco, Senior Vice President and Head of Core Banking Production Line of UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions (UBIS), will be speaking about the bank's BT transformation journey and, in particular, its mobile banking initiative. Marcello is co-leading with Marketing Directors within the organization the restructuring of UniCredit Retail in Italy, Germany and Austria, to realize the company's ambition to become a truly digital omni-channel bank. In his session, Marcello will explain how to change a traditional IT department so that it is set up to support a modern multichannel bank, and why IT plays a strategic role to ensure the right level of customer service through mobile banking.
As I prepared for my role as Forum Chair, I spoke to Marcello about his views on the age of the customer and the impact it has on financial services organizations such as UniCredit. Here is what Marcello shared with me, and I hope you will enjoy his answers as much as I did.
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I have just returned from our Forum For Marketing Leaders in San Francisco, and am now looking forward to being the host at Forrester's Forum For Marketing Leaders in London (May 13-14). Our analysts are excited to share with the European audience our latest Forrester thinking on brand-building in the post-campaign era and how to balance achieving business objectives whilst delivering highly contextual, real-time customer value. We will be joining forces with key industry keynote speakers such as Kristof Fahy, Chief Marketing Officer at William Hill, Amy Nelson-Bennett, President at Molton Brown Global, and Francesca Nieddu, Managing Director, CRM and Sales Planning, Intesa Sanpaulo.
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The past five years have been awful for most European retail banks. The financial crisis, and the resulting recessions in most of Europe's economies, nearly destroyed some banks and crushed the profitability of many of the remainder. Worse than that, it was a problem that was partly or largely of (some) banks' own making. Banks are being forced to shrink their balance sheets, sell off non-core businesses and cut costs (i.e. fire employees) just to survive. And Europe's ongoing financial crises are far from over as banks' fortunes are closely entwined with those of their indebted governments.
There's one small silver lining among these dark clouds. Over the past 15 years, eBusiness has evolved from providing an electronic brochure to become a fundamental strategic function within retail banks. One of the effects of the financial crisis has been to force most European banks to focus on how to generate profits in their core retail banking operations by serving customers efficiently. Digital banking is a big part of the answer. So, despite the bleak economic outlook, most retail banking boards know that they must continue investing in digital channels. Digital strategy is an increasingly important component in overall strategy.
I'm still surprised when I find heads of eBusiness who remain marginalized within their firms, reporting into IT or marketing rather than a centralized distribution channels function alongside branches. The leading banks no longer make that mistake. That has greatly increased the power and influence of digital banking executives, but also their responsibility for the overall success of their businesses.
Here's our view of the top five priorities for eBusiness and channel strategy executives at European retail banks:
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There are a number of firms that we watch closely at Forrester because they stand out for sustained innovation. Behind the technology giants like Google and Apple, there are a number of established firms that are using technology to adapt rapidly and successfully to changing customer behaviour and needs. One of them is Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Over the past four to five years CommBank has introduced a series of digital innovations to serve its customers better including:
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One of the things that continues to surprise me about many banks' multi-channel strategies is how little most banks have integrated their ATMs into those strategies. Cash machines are by far the most commonly used banking channel. According to Forrester's Consumer Technographics data, 74% of adults in Western Europe use a cash machine at least once a month, far more than use either branches or online banking that often.
Despite the introduction of Windows-based operating systems and colour screens, most banks aren't doing much to engage customers on this most-frequent touchpoint. Most do little more than promote the product of the month to all comers. Only a few leaders, like Singapore's OCBC Bank and Spain's La Caixa, have integrated ATMs into their CRM systems, which lets them do clever things like remembering customer's normal withdrawal amount, wishing customers a happy birthday and making products offer that are relevant to that particular customer.
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Most of us have already heard that Sybase will become part of SAP — or, to be more precise, that SAP and Sybase announced that SAP's subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Sybase. When this acquisition takes place, there will be various impact areas across SAP and Sybase's combined portfolio. Rather than discussing this big picture, I would like to focus on SAP for Banking.


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As Jackie found out, things can get a lot better once you know more about what's going to happen.
Here are some important discussion questions you might want to ask your parents about their divorce.
Once you get the answers to these questions, and any other questions you can think of, the future will probably seem less frightening. After all, when we know what's coming up, we can get ready for it!
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Communicating with your parents about the divorce doesn't just mean asking them questions. You've probably got a lot of things to say to them, too. You might feel like they're so caught up in dealing with each other that they may be overlooking your very important wants and needs. It can happen, because divorce is a sticky business, and your folks have a lot to worry about. You shouldn't be afraid to let them know that their actions and decisions have a big effect on your life, and that there are some things you need them to do for you.
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Even though we've had a run of warm days here in New York City, I know that cold weather is lurking and being a creeper on all of our nice weather fun. While my skin is enjoying the current temperatures, I know I need to prepare for when that changes. Here is a look at how I will be changing up my routine for this fall/winter season.
Hydrating Serum
Dry radiator heat and windy days take a toll on my oily skin. Yes, even oily skinned gals get dehydrated. A hydrating serum like Kate Somerville's Quench Oil Free Hydrating Face Serum is a great one to add into a routine because it adds the desired hydration without leaving a heavy feeling on the skin. Available at Sephora for $75.00.
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My anti-aging efforts do not take a back seat during fall/winter but I do find that I need to pamper my skin a bit more during the colder months. Moisturizers that help to heal, soothe and nourish are always in constant rotation for me. Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream has been a staple for years because of it's gentle yet effective way of keeping my skin hydrated and calm. In fact, the entire Kiehl's Ultra line of products work great. The overnight masque is perfect for nights that skin is extra parched, the cleanser gently cleans all skin types and the SPF lotion is a household favorite since both my husband and I both use it. The couple that hydrates together stays together – isn't that the saying? (It's not but just go with it.) The Ultra Facial line is available at Nordstrom.
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Ranch Good Days has been seeking to become an accredited boarding school in order to further their program. A letter sent to CPS last year is still sitting on a desk in Austin and has never been answered. Unfortunately there are those in Austin who seem to be working against them...to the point of stalking, unauthorized video-taping and harassment.
Recently, a young girl from the RGD program was pulled out of class during a STAR testing day, by a representative of the licensing / accreditation agency and subjected to extended questioning. This was done without notification to or the permission of this child's parents / guardians and without notification to or permission of Dr. Donna Otabachian, the director of Ranch Good Days. This young girl, already trying to overcome past trauma, wad left feeling intimidated and bullied by this intrusive questioning. Questions were reported about Dr Donna, not her.
If you feel that the licensing and accreditation process should not involve the harassment and illegal questioning of a minor child then I would encourage you to contact the Texas Attorney Generals office and request that they investigate this matter and that proper disciplinary action be taken against the individual in question.We also wish the investigation include a answer as to why the letter that was sent asking how the Ranch is to proceed to become licensed is still sitting unanswered after several months.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Men in black, Mork and Mindy, shining lights in the sky and more than 20 years of other alien visitations and bizarre sightings recorded in Britain's own "X-Files" were made available online to the public on Thursday.
The nearly 9,000 pages of UFO-related documents, drawings, letters and parliamentary questions recorded by Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) from 1985 to 2007 are the eighth batch of UFO files to be released to the National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos).
The files are available to view for free online for one month and include the tale of one woman and her daughter from the leafy London neighborhood of East Dulwich who said they saw lights in a worm shape, wriggling around in the sky before being visited by two men in space suits and dark glasses early one chilly January morning in 2003.
The men, who carried a clicking transmitter, introduced themselves as Mork and Mindy (ironically also the name of a hit U.S. television comedy in the late 1970s and early 80s about an alien who lives on Earth). The beings warned the woman not to look at the shapes in the sky because of possible radiation and offered to wash her eyes with a solution.
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Although entertaining, the files may prove a blow to conspiracy theorists who believe the government is withholding information about extra-terrestrial visitors.
"Lots of people continue to believe that the release of these files is just a whitewash and the government is concealing the fact that we are not alone in the universe," David Clarke, National Archives consultant and Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University told Reuters.
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Thanks for the links. The game looks exactly what I expected it be, a quality modern take on old school gaming. I could only notice two negative aspects, one was the mentioned keyword-centered dialog system which I can't imagine providing the options for C&C that Fallout did and the other was that the speed that the characters moved looked out of sync with the animations, given that they are aware of that it shouldn't be hard to tweak.
I'd just like to interject here and point out that I'm not going to say anything to spoil the mood, Chief. I'll just float here and watch. Don't mind me, just sitting here, floating and watching, that's me.
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 04:36:08PM +0200, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Thing is that CouchDB is talking HTTP to curl (or any other HTTP client) and > not through POSIX interfaces with the OS and other programs. This point is mute as curl is an application designed for a POSIX environment, therefor its IO handling is designed for POSIX standards, therefor it doesn't matter the input is coming from, only how the client expects to be able to handle it. But in any case, using curl like this is misdirection. We haven't built CouchDB to be user agent specific and there are many more POSIX aware clients out there. > So maybe curl should add a newline there to be POSIX compliant. This would be awful and certainly not curl's mandate. Principal of least surprise, etc. > But I can see curl saying "I don't touch the payload" for a good reason, too. Right. > I don't really know what's practical now, but I don't think your argumentation > is tight. Can you point out any flaws in my argument other than the above which I think I have refuted reasonably well. The summary of my argument is as follows: * POSIX defines text files are being terminated by newline characters * POSIX aware software, including a very large subset of potential CouchDB user agents, expect that text files are terminated by newline characters * CouchDB does not currently terminate text files with newline characters and this has already proved troublesom in a minor fashion but could easily cause larger problems for unknown use cases. * Patching CouchDB to terminate text files with newline characters does not have any negative consequences pointed out so far. Even if this was some hazy idea of best practice and not a standardised procedure, we're dealing with a situation that only has upsides and no known down sides. Combine that with the triviality of the patch involved and I really can't see the case for rejecting this change. > Maybe we can bring that before the resident ASF HTTP experts? Sounds reasonable. -- Noah Slater, http://people.apache.org/~nslater/
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The trajectories of the U.S. and Chinese governments on cyber security have officially diverged with the May 19 unsealing of an indictment against five Chinese nationals accused of cyber espionage against U.S. companies.
Tag Archives: Espionage
US Indictment of Chinese Military Hackers: Cybersecurity Gets Personal
Director Ron Deibert interviewed in Danish media
Director Ron Deibert spoke about the NSA spying scandal, and his new book, Black Code.
Communications Officer Irene Poetranto in The Jakarta Post
Citizen Lab Communications Officer Irene Poetranto authored an op-ed in The Jakarta Post on 14 December. In Time for greater transparency, Poetranto writes about the recent spying allegations by the Australian spy agency and the market for surveillance technologies.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert talks about the NSA spying scandal
On Friday, 7 June, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert spoke to Matt Galloway of CBC Radio's Metro Morning show about the NSA spying scandal.
Why the U.S. is not in a cyber war
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For several weeks, it has been difficult to open a newspaper or watch a Sunday talk show without hearing about the advent of "cyber war."
Obama's cyberwarfare strategy will backfire
Source: Jason Healey, US News
America's generals and spymasters have decided they can secure a better future in cyberspace through, what else, covert warfare, preemptive attacks, and clandestine intelligence.
Civil society hung out to dry in global cyber espionage
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune authored a new article in CircleID on the often overlooked dimension of cyber threats and cyber espionage: the targeting of civil society actors.
Meet the German jazz pianist selling spy software to totalitarian regimes
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Martin Münch says he knows who the bad guys are, and that he's one of the good guys.
Was Canada's Delisle spying for the Russian mob?
Brian Stewart's piece for CBC News features Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on the Russian cybercrime underworld.
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As we reported late yesterday, Motorola has hired Sanjay Jha from Qualcomm in order to head up the company's handset business and act as co-CEO. As Fortune writes, the move comes just months after Motorola said it would separate the handset business from the rest of the companies, in an olive branch to dissident shareholder Carl Icahn.
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Lack of Confidence
I am battling a major lack of confidence. I have a list of projects that I would like to complete on my Watkins 27, and I'm having a very hard time starting.
I need to pull the propeller to remove barnacles, Figure out why my electrical system isn't working properly, Replace the drains in the cockpit, Replace the masthead light, And service the diesel and transmission.
This is all so new to me. It's hard to decide where to start.
The problem with my electrical system could very well be the broken masthead light causing the short. I've never been to the top of the mast before, I need to locate a boatswains chair.
If any of you sail netters happened to be in Islamorada Florida and would like to lend a hand please feel free to contact me.
Re: Lack of Confidence
Take it one piece at a time. If you look at the mound of stuff you have to do, you'll be overwhelmed easily.
If you have the money, sometimes it helps to just bite the bullet and pay people to do stuff to work away at the list and leave you with fewer things to do. Sometimes others with experience can get stuff done faster than you can and, depending on how you work, can save you money in the long run.
Why not pay a diver to scrape the prop? We get our stuff done for < $50 by a local guy.
What exactly is the problem with your electrical system?
Re: Lack of Confidence
When I purchased the boat a few months ago everything worked well. Now, the stereo won't stay on long enough for a cd to start. The fan runs at 1/3 original speed. I have replaced the fuses.
I have two batteries, 3 solar panels.
It doesn't look like shore power does anything besides run ac power. It's not charging my batteries. I am guessing the solar panels aren't working properly as well but do not know how to check them out.
I have so many questions for the PO, but he passed away in January.
Re: Lack of Confidence
It sounds like nothing is charging your batteries.
Get one of the marine electrical books and map out your system and figure out what you've got.
It's likely that the solar will only charge if the battery switch is turned on. It depends on how the charger is wired in.
It's not uncommon for shore power to only power shore outlets, and for a boat to not have a shore power charger. Shore power chargers are pretty big and would be hard to hide on a 27' boat.
Re: Lack of Confidence
How are the solar panels wired to the batteries? Is there a charge controller?
Re: Lack of Confidence
I'm showing 12.5 volts on my built in meters.
Re: Lack of Confidence
What are you showing if you cover the solar panels with a towel?
Re: Lack of Confidence
You need to pick one, small project. Focus on that. Do your research. Get it done. Then move on to the next thing. And then the next thing.
Electrical system your biggest issue right now? Fine. Start reading about 12 volt electrical systems. There are thousands of web pages out there with good explanations. Start by searching around here. Look at the "West Advisor" page on the West Marine website. BoatUS has a page with some explanations. Google will yield many thousands of hits, you'll just have to filter the wheat from the chaff.
You can do this. You just have to look break it down into small enough chunks of work that starting with the first one doesn't overwhelm you.
Good luck.
Re: Lack of Confidence
That is a good list. Personally, I'd fix the cockpit drains first since that can be a 'boat sinks' kind of problem.
The electrical is really a can of worms and can be difficult to really fix, and certainly to do properly. Corrosion and iffy connections can really make things hard to track down. Lots of time with a voltmeter and ohmmeter. A knowledgeable DIYer can do it certainly, but if you aren't confident that is one that might be worth paying someone to look at.
The diesel and trans service you can probably do yourself.
Re: Lack of Confidence
I've spent the last hour in the cramped starboard engine room access area. If anything, I've damaged more than I've fixed. I am going to call a marine electrician.
It's a rats nest of wires, some not connected to anything. I can't tell whether some parts are old and disconnected on purpose or just broken.
The cockpit drain I understand. Broken piece. Raplace it. I am going to shift to that after I find an electrician and schedule a visit.
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Little succulent joys from work
October 17, 2016 § Leave a comment
I've always dreamed of telling people that I have a green thumb. That I have the capability of creating a stunning garden that is fit for a full-page spread in Better Homes and Gardens magazine one day.
The truth is I haven't REALLY had much experience taking care of plants. Growing up, I would occasionally help my parents water the tiny flowerbed in the backyard of our Miami home. There was an abundance of sunshine and water, and the vegetation grew as if someone placed an Engorgement Charm on it. As an adult, I like having green plants around the house, but usually opting for durable houseplants, like aloe or philodendron heartleaf, that don't die easily from negligent care. To be fair, my small Taipei apartment hardly gets any natural light. Even my mother, who is a self-claimed gardening guru, has difficultly keeping plants alive in the apartment. Since moving in, I've kept away from plants and gardening, wistfully thinking that I'll get another shot of it in a not-too-distant-future, when I find a new apartment that has more space and sunlight.
I stumbled across a tiny succulent nursery near Dahu park (大湖公園) during a family outing back in April. My inner-hipster immediately fell in love with the succulents and all the wondrous colors and variety that they come in. The small ones cost about NT. 50-100 (USD $1.50 – $3), a fair price. I decided to get 4 – two for my mom, and one each for myself and my boyfriend.
Succulents are considered low-maintenance. Idiot proof even. The instructions I received were to water them once a week and make sure they receive a lot of sunlight. Easy right?
This is just a post about GIFs and why I like them
June 28, 2015 § 1 Comment
There's no nice way to put it. I'm having a pretty shitty few days. This GIF is for the for my shitty feelings that I've been dealing with:
This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for over two months. It could have joined the graveyard of unfinished posts but I am determined to resurrect it from the dead. GIFs hold a special place in my heart mostly because they are such excellent forms of expressing and convey emotions. This also gives me a chance to share some of my favorite GIFs in existence.
Future Me Is an Idiot, and I'm an Asshole
June 19, 2015 § Leave a comment
Story of my life
Postcard #9 Wellington Lights from Mt Victoria, or The Architecture of Happiness
March 30, 2015 § Leave a comment
This post first appeared on "The Postcard Chronicles"
"The Architecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations"
For the past several weeks, I've been slowly digesting Alain de Botton's beautiful prose in The Architecture of Happiness. The book was made popular after making an appearance in 500 days of Summer, when Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character decides to rededicate his passion in architecture. I picked up the book by chance, after reading another de Botton book, On Love, which was filled with thought-provoking quotes on love. This book is a combination of philosophical tibits, aesthetics theory and art history concepts, all deeply intertwined. Though I'm only half-way through, it has spurred some sporadic thoughts that I thought I'd share.
Exploring Taiwan: Real-life Spirited Away & Houtong Cat Village
February 20, 2015 § 1 Comment
Kicking off the new year's goal of exploring more of Taiwan, Matthew and I have decided to take a weekend trip to the famed Jiufen (九份), the inspiration behind Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' and Houtong (侯硐), an old coal mining village that became a haven for stray cats. It was a relief to leave Taipei and get some fresh air. The train ride was an hour away and only costed NT.50 (about USD $2), which makes me question myself why I don't go out into the outside world more.
Jiufen was an old gold mining town that prospered back during the Japanese occupation in the early 20th century. The town is tucked into the mountains and enjoys a stunning view of the Pacific ocean. The small area meant that the buildings are densely built, narrow roads and alleys that winds around the mountainous town.
I highly recommend exploring Jiufen at night. Mostly because you can avoid the throngs of tourists that visit during the daytime but also because the night scenes were significantly more interesting.
The quietness of the town at night was slightly eerie and surreal. Besides the random passerby or two, we didn't come across anyone during our nighttime exploration. It felt like a ghost town, especially with the dilapidated structures and the endless rows of graves. The nighttime sounds that you grow accustomed to hearing in the city, scooters, neighbor arguments, tv sets, were nonexistent. Instead, you heard the ocean breeze and the occasional crickets chirping.
After walking through numerous dark alleys and narrow staircases, we stumbled across this brightly lit tea house:
It was just like a scene out of Spirited Away. The dark town backdrop just highlighted the bright building even more, absolutely stunning to look at.
New year, new projects
January 15, 2015 § Leave a comment
Whether you're a believer of creating New Year's resolutions or scoff at those that do, it's hard not to feel the sense of a fresh beginning as we usher in a new calendar year. Whether it's the blogs recycling their '10 ways to stick to your new year's resolution' article or your local gym pushing out discount memberships for those that are finally ready to shed some weight, the hopeful, infectious verbiage is scattered everywhere.
This year, I've decided to share my goals with everyone on this blog. One big part is because I want to start writing more (this new year's cliché is killing me as I type it) and the other reason is to introduce a new and rather ambitious project that my sister and I are working on.
2015 goals:
1. Read 12 books by the end of the year – My reading goal last year was 20 and I smugly thought that would be an easy goal to accomplish because "I'm super nerdy and I LOVE reading <3". I finished 2014 with a disappointing 6 new books read. This year, I'm lowering my reading challenge to a (seemingly) more manageable 12 books. Feel free to recommend new reads in the comments or over at Goodreads.
2. No technology (phone or laptop) 20 mins prior to sleeping – Smartphone addiction is a real thing and it's scary. Everyone is compulsively checking their phones, even if there's nothing to check. Real life is beginning to resemble scenes from Her already. I'd like to curb my overage daily usage, shutting down just before hitting the sack and using that time to read seems like two birds one stone.
3. Blog once a month – Not even going to bother explaining this one.
4. Go somewhere new in Taiwan every quarter – Taiwan is a stunning island and there are still so many places I want to visit while I'm still here. There are tons of great places I'd like to visit abroad in 2015, but the grass is pretty green on this side of the fence and it needs to be frolicked on.
Taipei on two wheels – Riverside Park
April 13, 2014 § 1 Comment
If you ever considered biking on the streets of Taipei, you may be bombarded with scary riding stories from locals. Most of Taipei do not have marked bicycle lanes or signals. The easy, relaxed atmosphere that bikers enjoy in Amsterdam or Copenhagen is basically nonexistent. The streets of Taipei resemble something of a battlefield, with its army of scooters, manic taxi drivers and monster buses at every turn. It's a feat that can be daunting for bikers who aren't comfortable riding in chaotic conditions.
The Riverside Park is the answer to that. Bike lovers can enjoy a beautiful bike lanes while seeing a different side of Taipei. Though never mentioned in popular guidebooks, hunting out bite-size adventures at the Riverside Park is by far one of my favorite pastimes. Riverside Park (河濱公園) is a city-established parkway that wraps itself around the whole Taipei city, running along the Danshui and Keelong River. It's a quick way to escape the hustle and bustle of the city without leaving the city, with extensive bike paths that can take you from southern Taipei (Xindian) all the way to the northernmost part of the city (Danshui). In addition to wide bike lanes, you will also stumble upon an assortment of parks and recreational facilities such as tennis courts, basketball courts, dog parks and more. It's a refreshingly new way to see Taipei, as it exposes you to different facets of daily life. There are many different parks, entrances and bike rental stations scattered around the city, so it is worth checking out the full map to know which parts of the riverside you want to be exploring.
One of my favorite spots is the dog park @迎風河濱公園 where you can shamelessly pet other people's dogs without being a creep about it.
There are also designated graffiti walls for people to tag around the park. The walls are painted white periodically, so it's a good place to get your spray practice on.
Bikes can be rented at stations around the river for around NT. 60/hour. You have to provide a government issued ID or a NT. 2000 deposit if you don't have an ID. Many people prefer renting UBikes (map), Taipei's bike sharing service. The first 30 mins is free and then NT.10 per 30 mins for up to 4 hours. There are different rates for 4 hours or more, so be wary of long bike rides. You'll need an Easycard and a functioning Taiwan phone number for the 1-time registration.
And of course the delicious food trucks and coffee stands that are available everywhere!
Have you ever biked around Taipei? Feel free to leave your stories in the comments!


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- Combine all ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on high for 5 minutes, stirring after every minute. The mixture will seem watery at first, but will combine into a runny dip once all the cheese is melted.
- Serve immediately with tortilla chips for dipping.
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Paris Saint-Germain are set to begin their extensive remodelling project this summer by signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for €70m. The Gabonese forward has scored 85 goals in 125 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, being crowned the Bundesliga top scorer, Bundesliga player of the year and African footballer
Xabi Alonso and Philipp Lahm retire on an emotional day at the Allianz Arena following Bayern Munich's 4-1 win over SC Freiburg.
Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title was seen by some as merely a "consolation prize." But the idea that Bayern failed is either ludicrous or ... a compliment.
Bayern Munich has won the last five Bundesliga titles, 10 of the last 15, 14 of the last 21, and 26 overall. simply remarkable.


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My dog is 16 and has been deeply hyperventilating for the past 2 days. What's wrong with him?
My dog is 16 and looks like a miniture black lab. He has many anxiety problems, is deaf, and half blind. He has a scream like bark since he has no hearing or knowledge of how loud he is and has been waking up the neighborhood at 2 in the morning these past few nights. He has been hyperventilating for the past 2 days now and only stops when he's asleep. He has cut down on eating and paces back and forth on the front porch and has been sleeping on top of his cage. He has also been making daring attempts to jump off of the 6 foot balcony to get loose. What is wrong with him? Has he just gone crazy from old age or could something medical be wrong with him?
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Both... you need to take him to the vet for a senior well exam to find out. If he's already had one, then a regular check-up and the vet's knowledge of the dog should suffice. To reduce his anxiety, try calming chews, treats, collars and room sprays. I am a fan of the room sprays, especially for frisky cats. He could be sick, having dementia etc. Check him for fleas, splinters etc.- anything that would be obvious, before you make the appointment, and good luck! He's an old man and I'm glad he has a caring owner to look after him in his waning years! ^_^
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Advice on new Battery
Hey guys, so my stock battery has finally died, and im in need of a new one. I dont know much about batteries, so i was wanting some opinions on what i should get to replace my stock one. Thanks in advance for the help.
p.s. sorry if this is the wrong subforum, wasnt exactly sure where to post.
anything that will fit in your battery tray. Go to autozone and get it, they usually have warranty's on them. You just tell them your year and car model and ask them which one they would recommend.
If you have cash to spend, I think Optima batteries look pretty. Braille makes a small/lightweight battery if that's important to you. Otherwise, what he said ^
thanks for the opinions guys, ill probably just buy one from autozone. i had planned to do that and chatted with a friend who told me they were shit and i needed an optima for performance. i usually take what he has to say with a grain of salt, and decided to ask more opinions.
I bought a Optima Yellow top and very happy with it! Altough pretty $$. you will be very happy! I did some tests not on perpose but so far I've left my inside lights on all night and twice I've left my headlights on all night and the car started up no problum! I love these Batteries I got three one in my WRX, one in my Dads Forester and one in my dads 72 Nova.
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If your time-travelling hunting expeditions have netted you a fortune in apatosaurus ambergris, feel free to pick up one of these ornamental "Unnatural Selector Ray-Blunderbuses" from none other than Weta Workshop, New Zealand's most famous prop house. They're only making 50 — and the least expensive number edition is $4,500. Everything works...except the ray.
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Shark Week has earned Discovery Communications billions of dollars since it began 1987, by demonizing endangered marine animals in horror shows. This has raised a wave of hatred against them resulting in their mass slaughter with almost no public sympathy, nor protest.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Discovery's "Shark Week" Abuses Emma, Tiger of the Bahamas
Here is a video of one of their film crews abusing the beloved Emma, a sociable tiger shark of the Bahamas.
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Stupid people.ReplyDelete
Do you really think they will ever change??.......ReplyDelete
A filthy marketing stunt - that´s what Shark Week is, and the Discovery greedy directors will never change it. What a sad requiem for a channel that once pretended it was educational.ReplyDelete
I am so glad for this Knowledge about Discovery as I am bored with the time they give to commercials anyways so now they have sealed the deal I done with them and their BS just like BBC & CCN all full of SH..T.ReplyDelete
I used to work in the Bahamas and constantly heard rumors of one of the live aboard boats baiting the water in the same way to fish for tiger sharks in order to pull them out of the water like a trophy for guests to take photos of the sharks. Talk about not being environmentally aware!ReplyDelete
Some things never change.ReplyDelete
Did any of you see her thrust her jaw forward? She was tasting and testing in the most inocuous way......ReplyDelete
Used to love Discovery- not any more!
Done with DiscoveryReplyDelete