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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sight and sound
Yesterday Jessica and I rode the Yurikamome driverless bullet train.
I don't have any photos from this ride because I was filming from the "driver's seat". It looked very yesterday's idea of the future, with skyscrapers and a rail high above the city and everything being man made. I recommend.
Then we went to Roppongi Hills and the Tokyo City View observatory. The idea was to film and take fabulous photos of the Tokyo skyline. Unfortunately everything turned into crap, as it sometimes does.
Instead I took some pics of myself...
...and a few pics through a poorer kinda pay telescope.
Afterward we saw the The Kaleidoscopic Eye exhibition at the Mori Art Museum (included in the ticket) and had conveyor belt sushi. Both were equally good. I recommend.
Today we went to the Ryoji Ikeda retrospective at The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT). Another good exhibition and a very special museum.
The museum had a tranquil almost cultlike ambiance. Everything - both exhibitions and the museum in itself - was so well put together regarding light, sound and materials that it formed a strong experience of being a world of its own. Wherever you'd go silent guards dressed in black, many in face masks, would follow or watch you. The beautiful Northern design inspired restaurant with shadow play and waiters in white robes inspired a feeling of being at a rehab or spa run by an estheticly stringent hippie cult. I recommend.
Some general observations:
If you walk through a crowd, barely no one will as much as nudge you.
The crows sound like ducks.
There is a lot of noise and music - in the streets, in the shops, in the restaurants and particularly in the restrooms (probably to save you from hearing your own embarrassing sounds).
Following signs is very tricky, how they've been organized often seems almost counterproductive.
No one will pick your pocket, people don't even lock their doors, steeling seems unthinkable.
Shop keepers don't get annoyed with you if you walk around their tiny shop isles with a huge shoulder bag, or if you touch everything.
There's a lot of people employed for every job, whether it be construction or shop keeping or whatever.
You must take off your shoes before entering a fitting room.
...and then there's the veil.
You don't tip.
You can smoke indoors (and most restaurants will have smoking and non-smoking sections), but not outdoors in the streets. There are designated outdoor smoking areas.
If you're a (non-fish eating) vegetarian in Tokyo and you don't speak Japanese, you're up for a rough time.
If you're a (non-fish eating) vegetarian in Kyoto and you don't speak Japanese, you're up for a delicious time.
There are no public clocks or waste paper baskets and also very few joggers.
The restroom blowdryers are much stronger than ours.
Tomorrow - the last whole day of the journey - there might be this.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Lunch at Kichijoji
Today was a Sunday of delicious eating and walks in Inokashira park and sudden rain, thunder and lighting.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Two Dogs Cocktail
I let this pic taken outside Kyoto train station sum up our stay in Kyoto and also the pig flu scare.
Everywhere you went you'd find students in group, all clad in school gear and with masked faces.
Kyoto was lovely, I'd gladly go back, and I still think of our hotel room at Pension Station Kyoto fondly. In all its friendly floweriness it was the perfect setting for a music video or a horror flick with goldilocksy young women laughingly jumping up and down on the beds, wearing those kinds of long lacy white sleeping gowns that girls always wear when they get stabbed through the chest in 70's horror movies.
One of the many little shrines.
I have been told these creatures represent fertility. I'm not sure though.
If you feel lonely you can try this...
...or there is this, if you're of the more hands on, self reliant persuasion.
It seems you were right Karolina.
Uguisudani is the part of Tokyo where you find all the shops that sell to restaurants. Anyone can shop there, although sometimes you have to place an order and buy at least five of everything.
It proved to be a very bewildering and annoying place, a bit like Alice's wonderland.
It's fine as long as you're not hungry...
...but then you realize that all the food is artificial display food...
...and that all the alluring street menus are empty...
...and that there's nothing to eat in this restaurant orientated part of town. Finally we found a place that served the most appalling toast. You think you can't go wrong with toast? Guess again.
Lately I feel as though I've O.D:ed on photos and blogging ever so slightly. It's something I thought would never happen. Everywhere I turn there's a photo opp, something I usually have to look for or make in Sthlm, but in the last few days I've been reluctant to even point my camera and click. Sometimes it's nice to just look at stuff, without intent.
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|What difference does foundation make?
Foundation is a big deal. The chances are if someone only ever wears one or two make up products they'll be mascara and/or foundation. Foundation can come in various formulas with varying degrees of coverage. Coverage ranges from sheer/light to full/heavy. You may never ever need medium to full, or maybe you'll just want to use it at certain times of the month. Foundations can also be luminous and dewy, satin or matte finish.
I tend to go for medium to full coverage as I have blemishes and scarring and also get flushed really easily. Sometime I will opt for sheer foundation with a full-coverage concealer if there are only a few spots to hide. I also prefer matte finishes to my foundation as I'm naturally oily and a dewy base would make me an oil-slick by lunchtime.
There's no right or wrong coverage or finish for you; it all depends what you feel most comfortable in and what you feel makes you look your best. The most important thing to get right is the shade. Two tips: swipe a few shades of foundation vertically down your jaw line as this is usually the most true-to-colour part of your face; and always check how the foundation looks in day-light rather than just indoors.
Read on to see the differences between light coverage, full coverage plus doubling up.
First off, I apologise for all the squinting. It was super bright outside when I took these.
This is me without foundation. I have plenty of blemishes plus scarring from past ones. I have blotchy cheeks with some broken capillaries. As a whole my skin looks very uneven.
|No foundation
Here I am wearing a BB cream which provides light/sheer coverage. A BB cream is like a tinted moisturiser but with added SPF. BB creams have the down side of usually only being available in one shade...and usually that shade is far too dark for me. This one, Dr Jart+ Water Fuse Beauty Balm Cream SPF20 is my favourite. This one actually suits me and I love it for good skin days. My over all skin tone looks more even. My spots do still show through and not all of the redness in my cheeks is covered.
A traditional sheer foundation would be available in more shades. I don't have any as I normally want more coverage.
|Dr Jart+ Water Fuse BB Cream
Here I am wearing one of my heaviest-coverage bases, Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation. It is great for my oily skin, very little shine comes though during the day, and it doesn't smudge at all. The redness in my cheeks is covered and although some of my spots still show, I won't have to use very much concealer to cover them.
Other full coverage foundations I love are Illamasqua Rich Liquid and MAC Studio Fix Fluid.
|Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation
This shows the fullest of full coverage (still without any concealer). Here I applied MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus foundation in NW15 over the top of Double Wear. It is a mattifying medium coverage powder foundation which comes in a huge range of shades. It contains lots of silica to absorb oil, so for me is just an extra protection from that. Although you can use this powder foundation on its own, I only ever use a light coating of it on top of something else.
Although my spots are still visible a tiny bit, the redness has gone from them and so I probably wouldn't bother with extra concealer.
|MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus foundation
By no means do you have to wear foundation. As I don't have great skin, foundation just provides a good even base so that the rest of my make up looks the best that it can. I wear foundation because if I wore all the other parts but my skin was still red and patchy it would detract from everything else.
If you don't have uneven skin you might wear a light foundation to target specific concerns. As well as serums, moisturisers and primers, your foundation can be another layer that is hydrating, mattifying or anti-ageing.
I hope this post helps to show why some people wear foundation and what the benefits can be. I think I've shown that by wearing foundation you don't automatically become a 'cake-face'. The coverage and finish is up to you!
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LUMBERTON, N.J. (CBS.MW) -- Inrange Technology shares closed up 35 percent Wednesday after the company upped its fourth-quarter targets and announced a buyback of up to $20 million worth of its Class B common shares.
The storage networking technology company INRG, -0.45% believes revenue will be in the range of between $60 million and $66 million, with the per share figure ranging from a 2-cent loss to a 2-cent profit. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call had been expecting a 2-cent loss for the fourth quarter.
"Our business has rebounded from the difficult third quarter, in which our results were negatively impacted by uncertainty in the market after the events of September 11th," said Greg Grodhaus, president and chief executive officer. The company expects to realize some benefit from its recent cost reductions. "As a result, we believe that there is upside to our original fourth-quarter guidance, with a possible return to profitability during the quarter," said Grodhaus.
In addition, the company, which is a unit of SPX Corp. SPX, +1.09% will take a restructuring charge of between $8 million and $12 million, related to severance costs and associated work-force reduction charges.
Inrange based its buyback decision on the company's "continued confidence" in its business and the "relatively low price of the stock."
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HORSE RACING: Indian Blessing, Midnight Lute best of trainer's Breeders' entries.
By Art Wilson
Bob Baffert, accustomed to performing on the big stage, will have four chances to pad his Breeders' Cup win total Saturday when he saddles four horses in the World Thoroughbred Championships at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.
The 54-year-old Baffert entered Indian Blessing and Cry and Catch Me in the Juvenile Fillies, Midnight Lute in the Sprint and Tough Tiz's Sis in the Distaff on Tuesday as post positions were drawn for Breeders' Cup XXIV, which will be a two-day event for the first time.
Three new $1 million races – the Filly & Mare Sprint, Juvenile Turf and Dirt Mile – will be run Friday and the eight traditional Breeders' Cup races will be contested Saturday, including a $5 million Classic that has drawn one of the strongest fields in its history.
Midnight Lute, 4-for-9 lifetime and coming off a powerful victory in the Grade I Forego Handicap at Saratoga on Sept. 1, and Indian Blessing would appear to give Baffert his best shots at a fourth Breeders' Cup victory.
Both horses will be ridden by Garrett Gomez, who has mounts in nine of the 11 Breeders' Cup races.
Midnight Lute, a 4-year-old son of Real Quiet, drew the No. 2 post in the 11-horse Sprint and is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a race that also includes Southland standouts Greg's Gold, Idiot Proof and Bordonaro.
"The post does not make much difference for Midnight Lute," Baffert said. "He's surrounded by really fast horses and will have to get lucky turning for home."
Indian Blessing, the tepid 3-1 morning-line choice in the Juvenile Fillies, comes in off a 4<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2-length victory in the Grade I Frizette at Belmont Park on Oct. 6 and is unbeaten in two starts. The daughter of Indian Charlie drew the No. 4 post in the field of 14.
Cry and Catch Me, a winner of the Grade I Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 29, will start from post 13 and retains the services of jockey Mike Smith. The Street Cry filly is 6-1 on the morning line.
"Four is a good post for Indian Blessing, but I would have rather seen Cry and Catch Me a little closer in five, six, seven or eight," Baffert said. "But they're both doing well; that's the main thing."
Tough Tiz's Sis is Baffert's lone longshot at 20-1, despite the fact she won the Grade I Lady's Secret at Oak Tree in her past start Oct. 7. Smith gets the mount after Victor Espinoza opted to ride Balance in the 1<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>8-mile race.
"I try not to worry too much about the posts," Baffert said. "Good horses can overcome a lot of things."
The Classic drew a star-studded field of nine, including the top older horse in training, Lawyer Ron, and five talented 3-year-olds in Street Sense, Curlin, Any Given Saturday, Hard Spun and Tiago.
Lawyer Ron, trained by Todd Pletcher, will be ridden by John Velazquez and comes in off a neck loss to Curlin in the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Sept. 30.
The 4-year-old Langfuhr colt, 12of 25 lifetime, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite despite the fact he drew the rail and is winless in three tries at Saturday's 1<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>4-mile distance.
Smith retains the mount on 12-1long shot Tiago, who drew the No. 9 outside post.
"It doesn't matter with him," trainer John Shirreffs said. "He's going to drop back and come running anyway, so it's OK."
Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, No. 2 post, is the co-second choice at 3-1 along with Preakness winner Curlin, who will start from the fourth spot.
"I would like to switch with Larry Jones (Hard Spun's trainer) and have the eight," said Carl Nafzger, Street Sense's trainer. "That's a great spot for him. The two just means you have to run a little more early to get position."
Nashoba's Key, who will put her 7-0 record on the line in the Filly & Mare Turf against 11 others, drew the three hole and is the 3-1 morning-line choice.
The 4-year-old filly's connections – trainer Carla Gaines and 17-year-old jockey Joe Talamo – are both Breeders' Cup rookies.
Talamo will also ride Lewis Michael in Friday's Dirt Mile in an attempt to become the youngest rider to win a Breeders' Cup race.
Gaines was pleased with her filly's post position.
"It's very suitable for a mile and three-eighths," she said. "It's not way on the outside so she should be able to save ground.
"I think she will be placed forwardly with her natural speed going long. She should be sitting just off the pace."
The heaviest morning-line favorite is European invader Dylan Thomas, listed at 7-5 in the 1<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2-mile Turf.
Notes: Idiot Proof broke the Monmouth record for six furlongs when he won the Jersey Shore Stakes on July 4 in 1:07.47. That prior success here could be an edge in the $2 million Sprint where Idiot Proof is 10-1 from post No. 7, with David Flores set to ride. The 3-year-old is 5-for-8, including a victory most recently in the Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita. "Idiot Proof is as good a horse as any I've had," trainer Clifford Sise said. … Even though he has four horses running in the Breeders' Cup this weekend, Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel will remain in California with Happy, his 8-year-old dog who has been a longtime presence around the barn. "Happy is very ill," Frankel said. "I'm not going to leave. I've got lots of good help and I know the horses will be in good hands." … Forefathers became the first horse to enter two Breeders' Cup races: the $1 million Dirt Mile on Friday and the $2 million Sprint on Saturday. With the Breeders' Cup expanding to two days this year, the rules were changed to allow dual entries in races on different days. It is highly improbable that Forefathers will run in both. Zayat Stable, the owner, and trainer Bill Mott can scratch out of either race until 45 minutes prior to post. The likelihood of a Forefathers scratch from one poses a problem for bettors placing advance wagers starting at noon Thursday. At that time, they probably won't know Forefather's status for either race.
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We LOVE Clayton's primary teacher..Sister Holien..he loves being in class, remembers things from the lessons, she brings treats, she is awesome...so we loved the headband Clayton wore home on Sunday - it is red with "I can tell the truth" written across it, but he won't take it off!!!! He wore it the rest of Sunday - understandable - he woke up and wore it Monday when we went to Mesa with Lisette to breakfast, we got him to take it off to go inside the restaurant but it was back on when we got out...he wore it the WHOLE day and then he came downstairs with it on when he got in his PJ's...he wore it Tuesday and I hid it last night so he can't wear it again...is that mean??!!! So as a side note - I think this is funny but Stevan not so much...Clayton and I watch Glee together - he loves the episode where Kurt is wearing a headband and leotard singing Beyonce's "all the single ladies" Well last night he came down wth his PJ shirt tucked into his pj bottoms - funny in its own right...with the headband on, singing "all the single ladies"!!! Ha Ha - one of the reasons I hid the headband..a little to close for me :) Still - a good laugh!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
the HEADBAND
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Undefeated Tigers
back row - Lauren, Chowder, Tristen COACH Stevan
front row - Ethan, Oliviya, Gavin
Our STAR Tristen
Here are the pictures from Tristen & Stevans team...We should have had a picture of just Tristen and Stevan but I didn't think of it at the time :( The Tigers are undefeated so far this season - they have about 4 more games and are looking like they will remain champions...I am pretty sure their team was undefeated last year too!!! Tristen is making $$$ - we pay her $1.00 per goal and she is making out just fine.... Let's Go Tigers!!!! (or Bruins if you are talking to Stevan!!!)
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Student of the Week
Can you say Cheese!?!
Vice Principal Nelson giving Tristen her award :)
Tristen and the other award winners
Little T was Student of the week!!! We got the letter yesterday and showed up at her assembly this morning...she was soooo suprised to see us there :) We are soo proud of her!!! When she got home she found the note her teacher gave her to give to us..she read it and said to me "So that's why I was the only one who got a letter!!"
Yay Tristen :)
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Pony Tail Madness
So you all know how important ponytail holders are in a little girls life..these things are like gold..so its a funny thing that my girls are forever leaving ponytail holders wherever..they NEVER take them back to the bathroom and put them in the "hairbox" which has ribbons and other goodies to help make their hair look beautiful. I normally buy a pack a month to keep them in the style they've been accustomed to but decided last month I was over it - I was tired of constantly picking them up and finding them all over the house....well they got down to locating only a handful and have been pretty stingy - fighting over them and having crying fits because Ashlen stole the one Tristen wore and so forth. So Ashlen decided to buy some with her own $$$ and wore all 15 around her wrist because she was afraid that Tristen would go into her room and steal them. They were both told that if they were on the floor or left out in plain sight they were up for grabs...so Tristen has been paitiently waiting for Ashlen to slip up and has been finding them on the floor (thats what she says) and hiding them for her own use....well Ashlens stash is shrinking and this morning there was a huge fight..apparently Tristen found one in the Loft and was pretty vocal about her new found ponytail..Ashlen got mad and accused her of stealing it from her room - we heard the commotion and called them in - Ashlen only had 7 or 8 ponytails on her wrist..Tristen had a huge smile on her face - Stevan took the ponytail in question and we ended it. So imagine this morning please - 2 girls hysterical over stinkin ponytail holders!!!!!! Really?!? I am going to go buy more ponytails and we are going to ration them........we'll keep you posted on the situation..we may lose an eye over this next time - we gotta be on our toes!!!!! Can't wait for make-up and clothes to be an issue :)
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We have a thief amoung us :(
On Wednesday I needed to go help Stevan out at a job and so we left Clayton in the capable care of my mother at Lisette and Devin's house...Well Wednesday was crazy - Clayton was feeling a little ignored I think - we were running from job to practice and so when Stevan caught up with Clayton that evening he was a little surprised to see Clayton pull a watch from his pocket and put it on his wrist. Stevan asked Clayton where he got is and he replied that he got it at Uncle's house. So then Stevan asked if Uncle gave it to him and he said no...did grandma give it to you? no - well then who gave it to you?? He back peddled at this point a little and said that yes, Devin had given it to him. So Stevan pushed a little more and kept asking him questions....then gave him until the count of 3 to tell the truth..Well Clayton ran up the stairs to his room when Stevan got to 2 and he was found with his head buried in the pillow and his hands covering his butt. Stevan went up there and spoke with him about lying and stealing and then proceeded to spank him...I guess he put up a fight...when I got home from taking to practice Stevan filled me in and gave me the watch...he had been talking with Clayton about the need to return the watch and tell Devin he was sorry..to which Clayton wasn't happy about. I took the watch and grabbed Clayton and walked him over to the Merrills house so he could tell Devin how sorry he was. Knowing Devin..I walked into the house noting before anything could be said that he needed to NOT make it easy on Clayton and let Clayton say what he needed to say before saying it was OK...So Clayton walked up to him, handed over the watch and said sorry for stealing...AAARRRGGG....sodo you think that will happen again?!?
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Mason's flying pics
Thanks to Brother Wood..He took Mason and Robbie and Damien on a little trip while we girls were at Zoey's baby shower - what a treat - Mason was a little aprehensive but was sure glad he went :)
Captain Wood and Co-Captain Farrer
view from above :)
Brother Wood making sure the parachutes are ready...just in case.....j/k
Mason and Damien - I hear that Damien was getting a little fresh with Mason in this pic........
Mason and Damien
Mason ready to go :)
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Monday, October 12, 2009
CA trip
We had a quick trip to CA this past weekend. It was Zoeys babyshower and Paul's mission farewell. We were able to do a lot of visiting and we went to In-n-Out with Danica and Tris and Debby...we had fun at the shower and enjoyed looking at Robbies hunting pics...we have plenty of Elk meat (thanks Robbie)..we saw Aunt Jaci and had a blast just hanging out. Mason had some fun - he got to go flying in Brother Wood's 4 seater plane. He, Robbie and Damien took a break and went for lunch in Chino Hills while we were doing the baby shower thing...I will post pics later. We were treated to Stromboli ...Zoey is an excellent cook..and we just had a blast :) We were sad to go....but we'll see them again soon :)
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Clayton is 4!!
Clayton told us early this year he wanted a party with his friends...I was hoping he wouldn't remember but he did...so we invited some friends and went to the park at Anthem and had Happy Meals with Jada, Kinlynn, Reese, Brayden, Caleb, DJ & Ryker. I think the kids had a great time - I know Clayton did. Our little boy is 4!!!!!
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1985 GMC S15 Sonoma Exhaust Manifold
A cracked exhaust manifold is not a good thing, so get it fixed fast or you'll be sorry. The goal of performance exhaust headers is primarily to decrease flow resistance (back pressure), and to increase the volumetric capacity of an motor, resulting in a rise in power output.
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Department Of Justice Meaning in Urdu
1. Department Of Justice, Doj, Justice, Justice Department : محکمہ انصاف : (noun) the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870.
Legislation, Statute Law - law enacted by a legislative body.
All : تمام : completely given to or absorbed by. "Became all attention"
Civil : شہری : applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military. "Civil authorities"
Department, Section : محکمہ : a specialized division of a large organization. "You'll find it in the hardware department"
Enforcement : نفاذ : the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to.
Federal : وفاقی : characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities. "A federal system like that of the United States"
Constabulary, Law, Police, Police Force : پولیس : the force of policemen and officers. "Call the police"
Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation : قانون بنانے کا عمل : the act of making or enacting laws.
Responsible, Responsible For : ذمہ دار : being the agent or cause. "Determined who was the responsible party"
Right : دائیں جانب : a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east. "Take a right at the corner"
State : حالت : the way something is with respect to its main attributes. "Narrate me the state of your heart"
Joined, United : شادی شدہ سے متعلق : of or relating to two people who are married to each other.


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A few of my better-known worship songs include "In the Secret" and "The River is Here." I recorded a project in 2015 called "Breath of Heaven," and my "Still Shining" Christmas worship project is releasing in October, 2016.
I've traveled to many countries and all around the United States to lead worship and teach. I've also authored two books on worship: "To Know You More – Cultivating the Heart of A Worship Leader" (InterVarsity Press, 2002), and "The Worship Journey: A Quest of Heart, Mind and Strength" (2011).
I've also served on the pastoral staff of four different churches between 1985 and 2008, and continue to actively serve the local church.
I have a wonderful wife named Linda, and eight children ranging from 29 years old to 14 years old and two grandchildren.


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Which one?
Number one, number two, number ten?
I think it was forty-something,
At some point,
before he lost count
And said, Who cares?
Some nights
All alone in my room
Among all his gifts
I throw them at the wall,
One by one. Crash.
What am I to you?
Just another number?
A trophy? A prize
To add to your collection?
But those nights
When he calls me to him
And remembers my name
I forgive him;
And when he says
That I'm the only one
I swallow all his lies
Sweeter than honey
Wishing they were true.
[2008 or 2009]
This actually is my very very first "women of the Bible poem", although back then I didn't know I'd ever challenge myself to write poetry for all of them. This was a piece of English homework back in IB days, where we were asked to write a poem in the style of Carol Ann Duffy. From the start, it was "Mrs Solomon" in my head, but because I didn't want to give my non-Christian classmates any more reason for rejecting the Bible (Solomon being generally respected by most Christians - except my mother haha - despite his "women problem") I changed the title. I have changed it back though (to be honest partly because at some point I felt "I've written one about one of Solomon's wives already, let's be lazy").
I do suspect Carol Ann Duffy's poetry has influenced my poetry a bit, especially the idea of writing about the women behind famous men, even though I only ever read her poetry in school.


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Last week, the council voted to enter into employment contract negotiations with Stewart Graybill with the intention of naming him full-time borough manager at the next council meeting in July.
Yardley has had the difficult task of finding a replacement for Bill Windslade, who died in March. Although Windslade was officially a part-time manager earning $75,000, the hours he spent doing the job added up to full time, council President Joe Hunter said. Because of that, council members made the position full time when they were searching for a replacement, he said.
Hunter, who was part of the search committee along with two other council members, said Graybill has the experience the borough needs.
�There won�t be anything that he hasn�t seen before,� Hunter said. �And he�s friendly; that�s a good fit for a small town like Yardley.�
The borough received 112 applicants for the job since the search began in April. Of those, 94 were rejected for lack of requirements or experience, Councilman Rich Wayne said. Of the 18 left, 15 were slated for interviews but six withdrew, either before or after being interviewed.
The search committee ranked candidates on various criteria: accounting/budget experience, local government experience, employee management, customer service, project management, grant writing and personality.
Once the search committee had its three top candidates, one withdrew. Committee members asked follow-up questions of the two finalists before selecting Graybill, who hails from York.
�Stewart early on was identified as one of our top candidates,� Wayne said. �He is familiar with municipal budgeting, zoning, code enforcement, planning, audits, police, fire, employment law and municipal code.�
Graybill was city manager of Sunbury in Northumberland County from 2009 to 2010.
�Sunbury did away with the manager position, so it was nothing to do with Steward,� Hunter said about Graybill leaving his last employer.
Graybill is familiar with working in a small town, such as Yardley, which has 2,511 residents.
Sunbury is home to 9,810 residents, according to Census date from 2009.
Before Sunbury, Graybill was manager of Red Lion Borough in York County from 2006 to 2009. And prior to that, he was manager/administrator in North York Borough, also in York, from 1997 to 2006.
In 2009, Red Lion had 6,067 residents, and North York had 1,689 residents from 1990 to 2000, around the years Graybill work there.
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I'm quite picky about my house staying clean, but with each additional kid that comes along the level of cleanliness seems to drift further and further from my ideal. I hate that crazy feeling when I start the day with a clean house, but all of sudden I look around and realize that messes seem to have exploded from every nook, cranny, and doorway. Shoes in the bathtub. Toys in the coat closet. A bike helmet on the tv. How long have those shoelaces been in the plant? Not a day goes by that I'm not painfully aware that if I just sent all these kiddos off to public school my house would be a lot cleaner. Over years of homeschooling and housekeeping though, I've figured out a few things that have helped me to balance two of my loves – teaching these cute littlies of mine and living in a clean, organized house. Here are my tricks for combining homeschooling and housekeeping.
Establish Clean Times
My house can't be perfectly clean every minute of every day, but it can be clean at times during the day. {Right now as I type my kids have my kitchen transformed into a play-doh restaurant and I'm getting served fantastically fancy plates of plah-doh entrees.}
Your house shouldn't be clean all the time, because that wouldn't be realistic or a very fun place to live. The kids will have to pick up when the play-doh fun is over, but messes are perfectly okay. We paint, color, do science projects, build things, and generally get messy a lot, but we also have clean-up times. Our clean times are before school starts, at lunch time, and before dinner. Before school starts we do a quick whole house pick-up, make sure the breakfast dishes are done, and I throw a load of laundry in. {I say "Have you gotten ready for your day?" And that means Are you dressed with hair combed and teeth brushed? Is your bedroom picked up with your bed made?} At lunch time we pick up after any school projects we've done in the morning, then also clean up our lunch dishes and switch the laundry. The rest of the house is still clean because we've all been busy
making messes studying in the school room. Then before dinner we do our formal chores to get the whole house cleaned up before we eat (more about formal chores later!).
Offer Free Bed-Making Service
The second thing I've learned is to offer free bed making service. This has big stipulations though. I'm only willing to make the bed if the kiddo jumps out of it right away when I awaken them. Our morning starts pretty early (about 6:30 A.M.) because my big kids have violin lessons every morning, so it's my incentive to get them up and moving. If you get right up and get going, Mom will make your bed. If not, you're on your own.
Have a School Bin For Every Kid
The school part of our day is actually the messiest time at our house. All of the kids have their school stuff, and my little ones also have toy bins, puzzles, bean bags, art supplies, and other little things to keep them busy and happy while I'm teaching and helping others. This year I switched from storing everything on bookshelves to having bins for our school stuff and it has made life better all around. Each kid has their own bin with their books, paper, flashcards, etc. At the end of the day they can put their stuff in their bin and shut the lid. The mess is all inside instead of on display on my shelf. Hallelujah.
Keep A Donate Bag By the Door
This is something I've done for years. Too many people keep stuff around that they simply aren't using. I believe if you aren't currently using something, you should let it be useful to someone else. There are very few things that I'm willing to store. I keep a donate bag handy and then when I notice that my son's pants are high waters I toss them in the donate bag. When I get new cookie sheets for my Christmas, I toss the old set in the donate bag. I immediately put things in the donate bag when I notice we just aren't using them anymore. The less stuff you have, the less stuff you have to dust (and pick up, and put away, and vacuum around!)
Keep a Snack Basket or Snack Bins
I teach piano lessons every afternoon, and it seems that my children get hungry for a snack smack dab in the middle of my lessons. They always scoured the fridge, heated up leftovers, spilled milk as they were pouring a cup, and got out way more food than they needed to be eating. I started piano lessons with a clean kitchen and by the time it was finished it looked like a food-filled tornado had struck (at the exact time I had to be fixing dinner . . . talk about discouraging.) Hence, the birth of snack bins at our house. When I get home from the grocery store I spend a few minutes making snack-size baggies of snacks to fill the snack bins. My kids know they are allowed to choose ONE snack, and then throw the baggie away. They are self-sufficient, but in a controlled way. And my kitchen stays clean.
Hold 20 Minute Pick-Ups
Every so often our schedule gets crazy or things get out of whack and the house gets messier than normal. When I notice lots of messes I call for a 20 minute pick-up. I set the timer and we all (Mom and Dad included) race around the whole house cleaning up as much as we possibly can in 20 minutes. It's rare that we don't have a pretty spotless house after 20 minutes, right down to the floors vacuumed and the toilets scrubbed. The kids know there's something good at the end if we're successful – either a game as a family or a yummy treat usually. If they don't get things picked up, I either take things away until the kids do jobs to earn them back or donate the items to charity. It turns into quite a game. . . like that old game show "Beat the Clock!"
Use Chore Charts
Our formal chore time is managed by chore charts that I made years ago. Our chore time is when the vacuuming and dusting, glass cleaning, and garbage removal get done. It's when the floors get mopped and the toilets get scrubbed. There are a million chore systems out there, and I'm sure many of them work well. Here's what works for us. These little charts I made stay on the side of our fridge, one per kid. See the little stars on the right? Those are cleaning superstars. When they do a good job on their chores they earn a cleaning superstar from me.
The pieces are attached with sticky back velcro, which means I can change them out as needed. I just typed them and mounted them on card stock and laminated the cards, attaching the velcro to the back. The pieces are just stickers that my kids chose. I stuck them on to the same cardstock and laminated those as well, attaching the velcro to the back. It also allows me to rotate their chores. They look at their chore chart and then go to their room assignment where they can find a little cleaning checklist card hidden on the backside of each closet door. When they have completed the list they go put their sticker on their chore chart. They have to be done by dinnertime.
From the Mailbox to the Trash
Mail and paperwork pile-up is a big messy problem in most households. On my way back from the mailbox I've made it a habit of stopping at my outdoor trash can. Throw away or recycle all that junk mail before it ever makes it inside your house. I even take all the bills out of their envelopes and discard the envelopes before walking in. We have a clip hanging on our wall for the bills that haven't been paid and a little box for non-bill items that need to be taken care of. Once a week I "push papers" and get everything taken care of and filed appropriately.
Laundry Responsibility
I do most of our household's laundry myself. It's one of the few chores I do on my own. I cycle it through and then it all goes on to my bed for folding. Once it's folded I give each kid their own basket and they are responsible for putting it away. They are also responsible for getting their own hamper of clothes down to the laundry room when they need things washed.
A Kid At My Side
Other than laundry, I keep a kid at my side when I'm doing a household chore. If I need to fix dinner, I ask one of the kids to come help me cook. If I need to take the garbage out to the road or haul in firewood or water the plants, I ask one of my kids to come lend a hand. We do the jobs together and chat as we go. I don't do this because I need the help or can't stand to be alone. It's actually more work for me, and alone time is something I crave. I do it because I want my kids to learn to be hard workers and appreciate all the things moms do – the things I do for them every day. They learn how to do all the things I do. And it pays off. If I have the flu, my nine year-old daughter can cook dinner without any help at all. My 11-year-old will take care of hauling in the firewood and starting the fire. My 5-year-old can water my plants. They can all change diapers and take out the trash. They have learned how to work and take care of things when I can't, and they're willing to because they see how much I do for them every day. Often moms lament that they can't get their teenagers to keep things clean, but usually that's because they didn't expect them to when they were toddlers.
The Bottom Line
The bottom line is that we intersperse work in everything we do. We don't let the house get totally out of control. We clean as we go and we all work together. We really don't spend huge chunks of time cleaning up – just a bit here and there as we go. Hope you found at least a tidbit or two of knowledge that you can use in your quest to combine homeschooling and housekeeping at your place. Do you have any tips for me?
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We have lots more tips and ideas for homeschool families on our homeschool helps page. You can also check out our curriculum in our curriculum guide. Like cleaning, we learn as a WHOLE family. We have a family-style homeschool with all of learning the same things together. It's all manageable because of the routines we have put in place that keep us all on track.


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The Nationals will have an ode to their past before Game 5 of the NL Division Series on Thursday, as former Nats starter Livan Hernandez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch to current first baseman Ryan Zimmerman. The two were teammates for five seasons in Washington.
Hernanez was supposed to kick off the Nats' series against the Dodgers with the first pitch for Game 1 last Friday, but Hurricane Matthew affected his travel plans flying in from Florida. The Nationals instead had injured catcher Wilson Ramos do the honor.
Hernandez, 41, had two stints with the franchise. He was with the Montreal Expos from 2003 through 2004, two seasons in which he made the All-Star team, and continued to pitch as a member of the Nationals into the 2006 season once they moved to Washington. He then returned in 2009 for three more years before leaving to pitch for the Braves and Brewers in 2012, his final MLB season.
Known as 'Livo,' Hernandez was a fan favorite in Washington and holds the team record for career starts as a National. Since leaving the game as a player, he has spent time with the Nationals organization as a special assistant.
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It was a biafra- related project. Massive house, posh decor, classical music playing in the background. I was there because someone had recommended me as a Project Manager. He came and sat down. His presence filled the room literally. Because I hadn't made up my mind, I asked him to tell me his story. I needed to connect to the project emotionally before I could make a commitment.
It lasted more than 4 hours. I sat there and watched this very distinguished man in his early sixties deal with emotions that made me worry about his blood pressure. During the war, he fought as a soldier. He wasn't even 16 before he was conscripted. He told me his story from the perspective of someone who fought on the Biafran side and survived. It was gut wrenching. He had to stop several times during his narration to collect himself.
I went away with the sense that whatever I needed to do to ease the pain I saw in his eyes, I was just going to have to do it. 40 years after, one Biafran soldier has not moved an inch from where he was in 1967. I believe it is the same with survivors of all the other horrors that happened and are still happening - Zaki biam, Asaba massacre, Kaduna/Jos riots, Boko Haram - survivor are angry, bitter, resentful, heartbroken and totally unable to overcome their hurt.
Nigeria is a country that has been pillaged, raped and abused for ages. I think if we can have a sincere conversation about the things that have happened in this country, we will be better for it. A reconciliation effort like the one that took place in Rwanda is what we need, but that's the ideal. In the absence of that, I make a case for forgiveness. I'm saying let it go even though no one has told you sorry.
For the rest of us, for whom these experiences are unfamiliar or distant, show some sensibility. Your tactless comments and 'Get over it already attitude' is like stepping on a wounded soldier. Why would you want to do that to anyone?
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Nigeria Under-23 trainee Theophilus Solomon enhanced his reputation as a feared striker in the Croatian top flight division with his fifth goal in all competition for Istra in their 6-1 win over Rovinj in a Cup game.
Solomon scored and set up two more goals for Istra, where he is on loan from league leaders Rijeka as they rout the third division side to comfortably secure passage to the next round of the Croatian Cup.
Heavily linked with a winter move away from Croatia, where he is presently one of the top scorers in the league. The 20 year old is reportedly high on the radar of Premier League side Swansea City and Sporting Lisbon of Portugal.
However, Benfica have now joined the queue as their scouts was also at the stadium to run the rule over the forward, who was once upon a time a target of Serie A side Juventus.
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GENESEO, N.Y. – The Morrisville State College men's soccer team battled back from a two goal deficit Friday night to host SUNY Geneseo, but fell short as they dropped the non-conference tilt with the Knights by a 2-1 final in Geneseo.
With the loss, the Mustangs drop to 0-3 at the start of the young season.
Senior Cody Gaines (Hoosick Falls, N.Y.) recorded the loss in net, making six stops, five of which came in the first half of action.
Geneseo posted their first score just 5:38 into the contest off a penalty kick, as Morrisville State was whistled for a handball in the box.
They increased their lead to two in the 63rd minute with an unassisted tally from eight meters out, before the Mustangs cut the lead to one with their own penalty kick goal at the 66:35 mark.
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Stihl brand chain saws require frequent sharpening to function at their best. A well-sharpened chain saw will be safer to use and will make working with the saw easier. You can sharpen the blade of your Stihl chain saw by hand or with an electric sharpener. One brand of electrical sharpeners is the Oregon, made by Blount. The chain grinders from Oregon are not hard to use, but sharpening your blade requires that each link must be done individually.
Put on work gloves to protect yourself from the sharp chain. Make sure the chain saw is turned off.
Take the three retaining bolts off by unscrewing them with the wrench counterclockwise. The retaining bolts are located where the bar of your chain saw attaches to the engine.
Pull the bar from the chain saw's engine. Remove the chain from the bar.
Choose the proper cutting stone and the right depth and angle settings for your particular Stihl chain saw. These details will vary depending on what model you have. Consult your Stihl owner's manual to determine the right settings.
Place your Stihl's chain saw blade on the Oregon's metal guide rails. Tighten the chain in the guide rails by using the hand knob at the bottom of your Oregon electric sharpener.
Lower the Oregon sharpener's arm and set the grinding stone flat against the first chisel tooth of your blade. Turn on the sharpener and sharpen the first tooth. It will look shiny and be sharp to the touch when you are done.
Loosen the rail guides and turn the blade over to sharpen the other side.
Repeat this process with each of the individual links.
Put the chain back on the chain saw and replace the bar.
Screw the bolts back into place clockwise to tighten the bar.


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A 45-year-old Portland man who threatened to kill a 6-year-old boy on a Greyhound Bus because of the boy's Hispanic heritage is charged with felony malicious harassment.
James E. Brennan is also charged with misdemeanor counts of assault, battery, and disorderly conduct during the same bus trip.
Witnesses say Brennan threatened to kill three different adult passengers — using a shotgun, pistol, or ax — and then shoved the bus driver after the driver stopped the bus to get Brennan off.
Deputies did not find any weapons on Brennan or in his belonging but did find eight empty beer cans.
Deputies began their investigation just after 7:15 p.m. Thursday when they were called to the Stage Stop truck stop on Interstate 84.
Witnesses say Brennan got on the bus in Twin Falls earlier that day and began drinking beer as the bus went west down I-84.
That was when witnesses say Brennan began yelling racially-biased epithets and threats of violence towards several passengers — including the boy.
The bus driver became so concerned for the safety of the passengers that he pulled the bus over at the I-84 Stage Stop exit ramp to get Brennan off the bus. Witnesses say that's when Brennan threatened the bus driver with violence before shoving him.
It was around that time when an Ada County Sheriff's deputy and Idaho State Police officer arrived at the scene. Brennan then grabbed a few of his personal items and got off the bus. Brennan was taken into custody and eventually arrested after deputies interviewed several passengers on the bus.
Brennan is set to make his initial court appearance Friday afternoon.
The felony crime of malicious harassment is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Idaho code defines felony malicious harassment (18-7902) as:
"It shall be unlawful for any person, maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin, to:
(a) Cause physical injury to another person; or
(b) Damage, destroy, or deface any real or personal property of another person; or
(c) Threaten, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited if there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section will occur.
For purposes of this section, "deface" shall include, but not be limited to, cross-burnings or the placing of any word or symbol commonly associated with racial, religious or ethnic terrorism on the property of another person without his or her permission.


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If you've been to Japan you no doubt have a story to tell about motorcycles or scooters and it probably has the words crazy, insane, or mad in it. Motorcycling here is removed from anything I've ever seen. If you leave an inch it will be taken and if you leave three inches someone is sure to squeeze past you.
When I came to Japan I was pretty set on just leaving the motorcycles we had in the states and picking up something new in Japan. Motorcycles are plentiful and prices are cheap enough that it actually made sense. And how could having more motorcycles be bad?
The problem I'm having now is that the CBR250 is really about the perfect motorcycle for Japan and I happen to have one in the good ole US of A in storage. The CBR250 is perfect for a number of reasons. It is small and lightweight and very agile. Perfect for when obasan wants to step out in front of you while you're riding full speed ahead and you have to make a sudden swerve in a tight spot.


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Operation Underground Railroad and Indian Rescue Mission (IRM) conducted a successful rescue operation in Kolhapur, a suburb of Mumbai, India, on May 22nd.
Operators from IRM had been investigating many hotels in a red light district area that were suspected of forcing women to have sex with guests. They received a tip about a specific hotel, so IRM investigators went to confirm this intel and see how much it would cost for each girl per night. On both occasions when they inquired about prices, approximately 8-9 handlers or pimps offered them girls.
The girls were being held at an off-site location at a house and could not leave that location unless ordered. Once ordered and paid for by a customer, the girl would be brought to the hotel.
The IRM investigators contacted Bhagyashree at the Kolhapur Police Department along with prosecutors from the Kolhapur court.
The police were staged around the corner from the hotel as the investigators entered the hotel and asked if they could purchase three girls. Once the investigators agreed to pay, the police raided the hotel. The team then went to the house to rescue the remaining girls and arrest the other traffickers.
Nine traffickers were arrested and jailed. They will be tried in the Kolhapur Court.
After medical examinations, the six survivors were able to begin the recovery process at a local shelter.
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Africa's most informative media
I have watched with a rising sense of alarm at a rather odd
development most noticeable amongst many Nigerians of southern
origins. A palpably large section of this group of Nigerians
seem to believe that for their offspring to speak any language
besides the English language is an abomination. It has become
fashionable to see parents ensuring (and enforcing) that their
children speak only in English almost from birth. The children
are actively shielded from acquiring their parents' first
language, which more often that not, is a Nigerian language.
The logic of this eludes me, as the prospects of the loss of an
important part of one's cultural roots can only be anything but
desirable. In the wholesale adoption of western cultural mores,
our peoples of Southern Nigeria seem to additionally attach an
aura of elitism to the fact that their children do not speak,
say Yoruba or Igbo. They would proudly announce that their
children are not permitted to communicate in the native language
as if this alone would increase their children's chances in the
real world. They seem convinced that every possible connection
between the children's ethnic/native origins must be severed.
Bad as it is that this occurs within these Nigerian families in
the Diaspora, I find it singularly unforgivable that its
manifests very rabidly in Nigeria proper. What possible
advantage can a young girl of Edo origin, living in Benin City,
attending a "posh" local private primary school have if she
cannot communicate well in Edo? Are her parents arming her well
for her future by denying her a potent tool that she will need
to communicate with, live with, identify with and most of all
deal with her local community in the foreseeable future of her
By the way, I do not buy that bandied fable that a child who
speaks only in English will do well in all other academic fields
and most certainly in English as a subject. Linguistic
researches in the 1970s and 1980s, have conclusively settled
that issue. It was established that second language acquisition
was remarkably enhanced in children who had learnt their native
languages first. They had a quicker and better understanding of
say English, when they had first been taught to speak Yoruba or
Efik as infants.
There are families who will ensure they only hire nannies or
domestic house helps who will pretend to one form of spoken
English or the other. They are further empowered by the
children's parent to make sure they (the children) don't lapse
from the straight and narrow of this dictate. Many-a-domestic
have lost cherished employment for flouting this rule. We then
have very young children who should be comfortable with speaking
and understanding their native languages first, now babbling in
some grammatically and linguistically ghastly form of English
often to almost comical effects. Indeed there are older children
(pre-teens) whose elitist parents have ensured they can
virtually speak only English, the correct way. I have seen
amongst this lot, children with almost racist disdain for local
Nigerian languages. A twelve-year old daughter of a family
friend once jolted me by asking,"but Uncle, who will we speak it
to?" This reflects their clearly elitist thinking planted and
nurtured by their parents. The parents of this child wrung their
hands in feigned helplessness when my partner and I demanded an
explanation for what we considered a tacit acceptance of the
notion that our cultural heritage did not amount to anything. We
have fought so hard and come such a long way from the era when
such beliefs were fashionable amongst the neo-colonialist
thinking of ways back. We have too much to be proud of as it
relates to human development to let anyone make us ashamed of
whom and what we are.
I have seen some children in the Diaspora with parents of
Nigerian original ancestry who are not taught or encouraged to
learn their native Nigerian language because these parents are
seeking to ensure the children's full integration within the
host country of residence. I ask them, do these Nigerian
descended children out-perform children of Asian origin who live
within these same communities? In the United Kingdom and the
USA, I have noticed countless times with heart-swelling pride
when I watch Asian children (almost all!) who smoothly switch
from (Queen's) English after saying good night to their friends,
to their native languages when they start to chatter about their
day to their mother or father who picks them up at close of
school each day. What are we ashamed of?
Guilty parents should borrow from the leaf of parents from the
northern part of Nigeria. I am yet to see someone from Nigeria
with Hausa/Fulani origin anywhere in the world, of speaking age,
who cannot communicate in his or her native tongue. This is a
direct credit to the thinking that they are actually proud to be
Hausa or Fulani and that they are willing to propagate this
thinking to generations unborn. I see a nasty future when we
could actually have cultureless black peoples parading in the
one instance as Nigerians who have lost any form of cultural
identity with Southern Nigeria (yet they live there) and in
another as UK/US/Western European descendant of someone who was
once an Igbo or Ijaw man!
Just when some parts of the world are starting to dare to
believe that black people have shrugged off the odious toga of
being a backward race, let's not now start to dig a low pit for
ourselves by thinking that our languages and indeed our cultures
are inferior or even dispensable. We must passionately keep our
many positive cultural traits (languages, etc) and can then take
from the outside world those many things that will complement
and complete us. The cultures we ardently attempt to emulate and
identify with are the same ones that now (albeit, reluctantly)
marvel at some of the great things our ancestors have done for
humanity. I continue to find it strange that our peoples do not
see that we are still never fully accepted anywhere other than
in our cultural enclaves regardless of how much pretending we
do. That we can sometime think we will become better by losing
this 'identity' is frankly hilarious. Let your kids know what
they really are.
by Ayo Abdullah, firstname.lastname@example.com
Source: gamji.com
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