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The Dynamics of Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: A Panel Analysis of Regional Data from the Philippines and Thailand
AbstractWe propose a new methodological framework to empirically analyze the dynamics of growth, poverty, and inequalitythat incorporates the fact that the entire distribution of a welfare indicator, say, real percapita consumption, changes over time, and that empirical variables for growth, poverty, and inequality are often compiled from the distribution of the welfare indicator. Empirical models derived from this framework are applied to a unique panel dataset of provinces in the Philippines (1985-2003) and Thailand (1988-2004), compiled from microdata on household expenditures. The system GMM estimation results suggest that inequality reduced the subsequent growth rate of percapita consumption in both countries and differences in inequality explain a substantial portion of the Philippine-Thai difference in growth and poverty reduction during the late 1980s and the 1990s.
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I really so hope your right, and i can see your point. in recent times prices have dropped on flying and riding in general, but these are old things, as in been in the game for a while, 5000g for epic flying down to 4000g(with faction rep), makes sense 5k back in bc was a fair old chunk of gold, the other drops for riding and mounts, again makes sense, it encourages new people to stay in the game and keep giving blizzard money.
the 1000g for duel specs, was in my humble opinion, over priced, i think the first posts i saw on the plans to reduce this to 100g was met with either jubilation or outrage and demands for refunds.
But this is a new thing, and working out when it is needed, or when it will mostly be used, gives me the reason that i think the prices will rise
from 1-60 you wont be able to buy it, fair do`s with that, its not an issue, by the time your 60 your off in outlands anyway and can by regular flying, and this will keep you happy till 70
70, option to buy the epic flying 4-5k depending on rep
76, or if its an alt 68, cold weather flying, thats gonna get you to 80, up untill this point, flying in old azeroth was a mute point, it wasnt needed.
Now your 80, your back in stormwind or ogrimmar, and youve been flapping around for the last 20 level or so and your back on your horse, but now you can buy flying.
a fresh lvl 80 for the most part will have a fairly hefty bank account by this point, so yeah i can see the price rising. If id have to guess final figure, id say 1-2k
Like i said in my previous albiet much shorter post, i really hope im wrong.
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"Rhythm 'n' moves – A window into into brain and behavior"
Dagmar Sternad is Professor of Biology, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Physics, and member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Complex Systems at Northeastern University. Before joining Northeastern University she was a Professor in Kinesiology and Integrative Biosciences at The Pennsylvania State University. She graduated from the Technical University and Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, and received both her Master and PhD from the University of Connecticut. From 1995 until 2008, she was Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor at the Pennsylvania State University in Kinesiology and Integrative Biosciences. Prof. Sternad is Executive Editor of Journal of Motor Behavior, Consulting Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, and Member of the National Institutes of Health Taskforce on Children Motor Disorders.
Her research in computational neuroscience and motor control focuses on learning and control of sensorimotor coordination in humans, both in healthy and neurologically impaired individuals. This work spans behavioral experiments with mathematical models of control and nonlinear dynamics, bridging biology with engineering and physics. Research in the Action Lab focuses on single- and multi- joint human movements in perceptually specified tasks, and involves three-pronged research strategies consisting of: (1) an empirical component with behavioral experiments on human subjects, (2) theoretical work which develops mathematical models for movement generation on the basis of coupled dynamical systems, and (3) brain imaging studies that investigate the cerebral activity accompanying movement. These experimental paradigms have been extended to neurological disorders such as stroke, Parkinson's disease and children with dystonia.
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I breathed shallow as I looked at the others,
A uniform change of newly formed lovers.
I strained forward like a greyhound on a chain,
Until finally, I found her loneliness and pain.
I remember too, her being much bigger than I,
A smile of electrical force reached my starlit sky.
A bit stiff, unconscious of being pretty,
I pitied other girls who weren't quite as witty.
Often she was seen with Venus braids very big,
Looking like commercials for California figs.
I applauded her use with masks of Ivory soap,
The color of her eyes made me able to cope.


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Flier for wellness practitioner - 2013
Website - designed from scratch and built on Wix for easy updating by client
Postcard for Adi Love, musician - 2013
Postcard for holistic healing event - 2012
Flyer for Adi Love - 2012
Mobile design - splash page for a dating app- 2012
Landing page for original MatchFund.com design (startup is not yet live). I have been the lead visual, ui, ux designer for MatchFund since 2009 and continue revising through iterations as we get closer to launching.
I was one of a few designers on this project. I designed most of the homepage layout as well as some graphical elements.
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Designed while working at VIZ Media in 2005-2006
This was designed for Current.com in 2008. It is no longer live.
The goal was to create an innovative interface enabling viewers to rate shows they are watching live on Current TV in real-time via the web. This interface was implemented with Flash ActioScript by another team-mate.
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This interface received a glowing review in the New York Times Blog, read it here.
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the game it self looks to me like any other FPS MMO, nowhere neer the fun TR had.
not just that, the game costs you around 50 bucks, i know better F2P games then defiance.
i don't know about the show tho, it might be fun but seems kinda cheaply made.


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What I've Been Listening To Lately: 5/27 - 6/2
Tom Waits - Closing Time
My dad being a big fan of Tom Waits, I pretty much grew up listening to this man's voice. But it was usually the magnificent rumble of recent years; not the relatively normal singing you hear on Closing Time. Tom Waits has a different appeal on here, which is as a straightforward singer-songwriter, and I was surprised at how much I liked it.
Liars - WIXIW
Liars are back. WIXIW is very electronic, although there is a good amount of variation, including some acoustic numbers. Much better than Houseclouds.
Public Image Ltd. - Flowers Of Romance
This is my favorite PiL album I've heard. A successful fusion of post-punk and dub reggae, despite its lack of bass guitar that was one of the keys to PiL's success. Bass has been replaced by synth. It's astounding to me that John Lydon went from fronting the Sex Pistols, who were kind of shitty (if important) IMO, to leading PiL, whose music is infinitely more complex, but don't even get half as much attention.
The Cribs - In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull
Read my review of this over at Beats Per Minute.
Maps & Atlases - Beware And Be Grateful
I saw Maps & Atlases at Crowbar and reviewed the show for Beats Per Minute. Their new album, Beware And Be Grateful, scales back on the math rock trickery in favor of more traditional pop song structures. It's not nearly as cool as Perch Patchwork, but it's still decent.
Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground
Favorite southern rap album I've heard in a while, although I'm just now getting back into this stuff after being out of it for a few years. Yeah, it's dirty. Yeah, it's nothing new. It's just a strong southern rap album.
King Tuff - King Tuff
Really good garage rock album. I listened to these dudes completely randomly, with no context at all, and it turned out to be really good. This is what I'm hoping Ty Segall Band's Slaughterhouse sounds like, except hopefully Slaughterhouse will be a little heavier.
Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
I was told that this was the best Billy Bragg album so I gave it a listen. Sounds like the same kind of British singer-songwriter stuff that I've heard from Bragg elsewhere, but well done. Lyrics are sharp, as always for him.
Hundred Waters - Hundred Waters
I've been hearing a decent amount of hype for these FL guys lately. I didn't find the album mind-blowing, but it was still good to hear another FL band I wasn't familiar with doing good things. I'm not sure what to compare it to, but it's folky with a lot of electronic augmentation.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are kind of light listening for me. They're pleasant, catchy, and they have good personality, but they don't do that much else for me. Here was a pleasant listen; it's a little on the softer side, but it's good for what it is.
Grass Widow - Internal Logic
I don't have much to say about this Grass Widow album. It's good, jangly, lo-fi guitar pop. It would stand out more if that wasn't such a common thing right now. I'm simplifying things but that's what I generally got out of this. It doesn't appear to be a Captured Tracks release but it sounds like one. That's a compliment, by the way.
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The RAFP Laarbruch reunion site is mainly based around
personnel serving at Laarbruch between the years of 1970 and
1979. However we do offer our support to anyone who served
before or after these dates.
Here is a resume of the reunion by Neil Gardiner..
The first reunion of the RAF Police of
the 70's was actually in Frankie and Benny's in Sheffield in
December 2002 attended by four members of D shift Steve
Silver, Graham Fawley , Trevor Stevens and John Phillips
accompanied by their respective partners, Sue, ?, Sue and
Whilst this reunion actually took place, B shift guys, Jim
Clark, Tony Chapman, Bob Flude, Bunny Duberry, Neil
Gardiner, John Strange and John Turpin and dog handler Stu
Topley were all in touch but spread across the UK and Europe
and hadn't yet managed to get together. Through the RAF
Police Association, a few others' locations were known and
in January 2003 Steve phoned me to ask if I minded if he
organised a reunion for all shifts.
I offered my assistance and encouraged Steve to continue.
After a few months of relentless searching the internet and
calling a few people as well as writing several letters,
Steve, with really only support from Sue, got over 130 ex
Laarbruch RAF Police together for a sandbag and lamp
swinging event in the Marriott hotel near Rotherham.
Many old friendships were re kindled and from that night
Steve went on to organise the annual reunion.
Most of those attending this do had served as RAF Policemen
at Laarbruch between 1971 and 1977, so whilst a lot knew
each other, there were new friends made and Graham Fawley
took so many photos that night for everyone to take home as a
reminder of an event they would never forget.
In 2004 assisted by Kev Betts and Tony Chapman, Steve had
the reunion in Germany where 80 plus folks visited
Dusseldorf/Niederrhein/Weeze airport, better known to us all
as RAF Laarbruch for a visit to the old SSA and a typical
evening party in the old Sgt's Mess.
The following day Kev Betts provided us all with a superb
Barbeque at lunchtime in Weeze.
In 2005 we went back to the Rotherham hotel where although
a few less than in 2003 another good reunion was held and
several new faces who had not made the first reunion turned
In 2006 interest waned a little and only a few attended the
Rotherham event again.
In 2007 it was back to Germany where Kev and Tony had made
arrangements with the local Burgermeister to take part in
the parade.
In 2008 Steve yet again got a few members back to Rotherham,
but support was dropping off and only about 5 or 6 people
had attended who were new.
In 2009 the flights and boats took a few guys back to the
Weeze Fest for a weekend of parades, fun etc .
In 2010 Steve tried to get more people involved again and
over 70 said they would turn up in Rotherham again. Sadly
the numbers dwindled and only 50 people turned up on Oct 2
to say a final goodbye to Steve as he had passed away only 5
days before the reunion.
At the reunion Graham Cassell spoke highly of Steve and we
all drank a toast to his life and his efforts for us all.
Several of us sat around to discuss the future of the
Laarbruch reunion and whether or not it would continue.
The general feeling was that it should continue and Graham
Cassell asked a few of us, Trev Stevens (TC), Tony Chapman,
Roy Dodd, Mel Jones, Russ Jones and myself to consider
forming a small interim committee to see if the interest
from members was still there and whether we should continue
to hold the reunion.
One week later, Trev Stevens has set up this website for us
all to use.
I have offered to maintain the database of members and link
with Tony and Kev out in Germany.
We now need your views.
Trev, Tony and myself will shortly be sending out a
questionnaire either via email or actually live on the
website asking several questions. Please answer them
honestly and with thought.
A few of us want the reunion to continue, not least because
Steve did so much to bring us together it would be a real
shame if it all meant nothing.
I know that a few ex Laarbruchians are members of RAFPA but
not all and whilst I would encourage you to join RAFPA, I
would at this time like you all to respond to our
questionnaire to see how we go forward.
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Raine Maida on Our Lady Peace's Curve and solo work
Raine Maida has been fronting Canadian rock and roll heavyweights Our Lady Peace for 20 years. The band released their finest work in almost a decade this spring in Curve, have been touring North America most of the summer and somewhere in between all that Maida found time to write and record two solo EPs, Pachamama and Pachamama II (available for free download at his website). MSN caught up with Raine while he was in Toronto for OLP's show at Echo Beach to talk writing, family, touring and these brand new EPs.
How did making these EPs differ from your first solo outing The Hunter's Lullaby?
To me, it's the evolution of self-sufficiency to be honest. What's going on here is there's no real drums. There's real elements, but anything that's real in terms of percussion is me just playing it. I've been programming a lot of stuff and having fun doing that and making sounds. I guess the program stuff caught my fancy a little more. I definitely did it on the last record, but a lot of the times I had real drums played over top of the beats. This is kind of just programming, which is cool for me. I love playing percussion. I love improvising on top of programmed stuff. I think for me, what I love about the programming aspect and not having another layered, real, organic kit on it, is the space it allows the track. [Songs] like "Sleep" and different vibes like that, it leaves the space. The more elements you add onto the track, obviously, the less space you leave. I just really like how these things are a little colder and dryer sounding in that sense. There's just more air to it.
Did you tend to write on piano or guitar more often?
The solo stuff, which is interesting, it starts more with a beat. It starts more with the rhythms. I guess, in my head, that's how I differentiate between OLP and this stuff in terms of writing. OLP, definitely the songs that I write are more of a coffee in the morning and an acoustic guitar. This stuff definitely has coffee involved but it's more sitting at a computer with a pad and programming and stuff.
Coffee is your fuel for writing?
Yeah. I never drank coffee most of my life but the last 3 or 4 years, I started to really enjoy it. I don't know why I was scared of it before. I think I'm scared of addiction. I know people get addicted to a lot of different things. I always put coffee into that same monitor, but yeah, I love it now.
I don't remember Chantal's voice being as prominently featured on the last record.
Yeah, you're right, but only in the sense of people saying "Wow, I didn't know you could sing like that." It was people thinking it was my falsetto and stuff. I think on this one, I definitely made a point to just have her. Before, she was involved in the sense that I always had her in to get her opinion on stuff, and she played on a lot of things, a lot of piano. This time I haven't had her in at all, except for "Hey, come sing on this." So when she does come and sing on it, it's meant to be heard.
With Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland seeing all kinds of success as Whitehorse, has it sparked the idea in the two of you to put out a full on collaboration record?
I don't know. I mean, we've talked about it for years and about eight years ago, we almost started doing that, and I don't know, there's something really unique about just having a career. We just played two nights at this winery, called Jackson Triggs in Ontario, just up north in Niagara-on-the-Lake. She did the first night and I played the second night, but we both played together both nights. She sings on a song called "A Mess," on my new EP and that feels like we're making music together. I don't know if it really has to be, in my head anymore, an official Raine & Chantal solo record, or a collaboration record. I think it's just something we can do when it feels right. I would hate to do that just to say that we're doing that. It's almost forcing it to happen. I think the way we're going about it now, it's very organic, and it's just in little spots that really are special, rather than trying to make a record.
Let's talk about "A Mess." It's talking about boxing again, which is a heavy theme on Curve. Was it written during those sessions or afterwards?
That song was written three weeks ago. I wrote and recorded that song in a day. The day before... OLP just finished a north-eastern US run, from Boston to New York to Philadelphia to DC. I wanted to get another three songs up before I left. That was a song that just kind of poured out of me. Wrote and recorded it right away. The thing for me, with the boxing and the martial arts, it's just a part of my life. When I'm at home, I'm spending 3 hours at Robot Fight Club, which is where I take my kid. They do an hour of Jujutsu and an hour of Muay Thai. If I get bored, two blocks down the street is Krav Maga, so I'll jump over there. It's funny, the fighting thing is just always around. Just being around those people, it's pretty inspiring, the level of dedication. I think that's what I really love about it. Obviously the fitness part of it is pretty cool but the intensity and dedication is just something that kind of defines me. It's just such a big part of my life and seeing my kid do it as well, she's always present
Are the kids musical?
Yeah very. Not from us. A friend of ours comes in on the weekends and just does a very open class with them, where they each get a half hour with them and they can just choose whatever they want to do. If my oldest son feels like playing drums, they do a half-hour of drums. If he feels like picking up the guitar that day, they've been doing that for the last few years. They can jam. It's funny, a producer friend of mine who was in the studio the other day, while we were on the road, was borrowing my studio, and had Jenny Lewis in, and my son Rowan was hanging around. All of a sudden, I got video of Jason Lader, who helped us out on Curve, playing bass with my son, Rowan, playing drums. And I'm just like, "Oh, my God. This is ridiculous." Most of the time, I don't even know how they're progressing in their music, because we try, not to be stand-offs, but I don't want to be the person that's teaching them. I want them to be influenced by whatever moves them. I think it's healthy for us to kind of be a bit distant to their music, for now, anyway. And I love that feeling where I was just like "Holy cow, I didn't know you could play a fill like that."
You should put him on the next EP, when it comes out.
You know what, if I don't have to hire a drummer anymore, and I can just bring him out, I'd love it.
So what is the plan? Two EPs just came out, not much marketing behind them, besides you basically saying on Twitter, here's some songs for free.
I just love the idea of it. I love the freedom of it, like what we were talking about with "The Mess." I think as a musician or as an artist it's what you want to be able to do. I think that's why I was so drawn to spoken word eight or nine years ago, in the sense of, the friends that I know who do it, they can write something in the afternoon, then that night, be at some little coffee shop or club and performing it. It was so relevant to me. That was in the day, of you think about our records, and they would take three months to make, and then you only put out a single, so no one really hears the rest of the record for six months. It just seemed like this really archaic way of how art is consumed. For me, I'm at that point now, where I just can write a song in a day and just put it up. I have another three or four more songs almost ready to go and probably in September put [them] up. I've talked about making a CD or record, like eight or nine songs and put it out around Christmas. Maybe package it with these nine songs, as well. I'm not sure. It's just a very interesting time. What it also does, is it just keeps me creative, in the sense that, I feel like I'm always working on something. It's a great feeling knowing that people are going to hear it. I can just put it out there. Definitely in the old music paradigm, sometimes I didn't want to write on the road because I knew that I'd never have a chance to get to it for eight months. You don't want to have something sitting around, knowing that you can just get sick of it, and think it's crap, whether it is or not, just by the sheer fact that you've have had it and have known it for so long. There's something to be said about having that spontaneity and the instantaneousness of being able to record something and releasing it.
There's a song on one of the new EPs called "Dead Flowers" in it you say "the more we learn, the less we know." What did you mean by that?
I think we're just living in a time now where we're just so bombarded with information but our wheels are just spinning. It can feel that so often, whether it's in politics, even the charitable sector, everything's so confusing. You think with information, you would be able to do things, and simplify stuff. I even look at my kids, and I'm just like, "sh*t, it's even more difficult for them,' because they're just bombarded with so much stuff.
We've been talking a lot about the solo disc, but Curve only came out a few months ago. Before writing the record, OLP went out on the road and played Spiritual Machines and Clumsy in their entireties. How much did playing those old records influence chord changes or themes or lyrics, when thinking about making this new record?
Spiritual Machines was big, for sure. Not so much the songwriting or the way I went about writing songs, or even the instrumentation. Just in terms of the mindset. As artists, we were in a really great place when we made that record. We kind of just said, "Screw everything." The fact that we were able to get Ray Kurzweil to talk and give his little excerpts of his book on the record, we had Elvin Jones play on the record, we just had so many great things happen on that record. It felt like we were in a really great, creative place that playing that record reminded us of that space and the experimentation and just kind of where we like to exist. That energy, we were able to tap into that in the studio. It was pretty profound, the fact that we chose that record.
I've heard you say that "Clumsy" is the song that breaks the barrier between audience and band every night. How do you choose where in a set list that sits knowing it'll break that barrier?
Usually, we play that song later. Especially on this tour, for whatever reason, that barrier has been broken really quickly. Even with songs, like this last tour, we started opening with a song called "Rabbits," which is off of Curve. It's one of the later songs [on the record], but for some reason, that song really connects and does that well. I'm not sure why, but it's been pretty amazing to watch it happen. "Clumsy" definitely does that because there are parts that people sing along, but there's so many songs now that the crowd can just kind of sing on their own. It's such a fortunate thing.
How do you choose a set list? There's almost too many hit songs now, that you can't play them all in a night.
And we don't. And this is the first time on this campaign, since we've put out Curve, we've really made an effort to change the set list from night to night and make sure that it's not just, "insert one or two new songs." It's like changing it up, so half the set is different. I think we, in part, did that because we have a lot of fans, like on this east coast trip in the US, we'll have a bunch of fans who will travel, and see five or six shows in a row, so somewhat for them, and somewhat for us. Sometimes the set list doesn't go as well, the flow isn't always as right. I don't know if the audience always notices that, but for us, it's just an interesting thing for us to experiment with. It makes soundcheck exciting. It helps sound check as well, in the sense that you're trying to brush up on songs that we haven't played in a couple of weeks. It definitely makes it, and I would never say the word work, but you kind of have to be on your songs as musicians. It's cool that way.
As you know, we gotta do Five Questions. Five quick questions, one word answers.
Road or Studio?
Lennon or McCartney?
Absolutely Lennon.
When you hear a song, what usually hits you first; lyrics, melody, or
Lately, rhythm.
Song you've written that you're most proud of?
I love "As Fast as You Can" and I love "Dead Flowers."
And in one word, Our Lady Peace?
Verge. It's a precursor.
On the verge of what? Let's close it out with that one. What do you, as a band, still hope to accomplish?
I think what the hope is, is that we're slowly and meticulously becoming a band that matters. I know that can sound so damn pretentious. But I think in our hearts, the effort, and the time that we're putting into this thing, you want it to matter. It isn't about money for us. It isn't about the business. This is about making great records. Any mistakes we have made in the past, and directions we have taken that we don't like, it's about making sure that whatever we leave people with, in terms of the next 10 years, is important in the scope of music. I think Curve was a really big step in that direction for us.
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While the Religious Left is a lot more ideologically diverse than the Christian Right, the report notes, (there is no agreement on abortion, for instance) the disparate strands of religious progressives can unite on the broad theme of "economic justice," or advocacy on behalf of the poor.
While much of the discussion regarding religion and politics over the last 30 years has been mostly about the Christian Right and conservatism, the report shows some demographic trends that suggest religious Democrats will become more significant while religious Republicans will diminish in the future. more >>
More than half a million people gathered in St. Peter's Square Sunday to join Pope Francis and Retired Benedict XVI for holy mass and the sainthood ceremony for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.
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In the story of Patroclus
no one survives, not even Achilles
who was nearly a god.
Patroclus resembled him; they wore
the same armor.
Always in these friendships
one serves the other, one is less than the other:
the hierarchy
is always apparant, though the legends
cannot be trusted--
their source is the survivor,
the one who has been abandoned.
What were the Greek ships on fire
compared to this loss?
In his tent, Achilles
grieved with his whole being
and the gods saw
he was a man already dead, a victim
of the part that loved,
the part that was mortal.
How can you say
earth should give me joy? Each thing
born is my burden; I cannot succeed
with all of you.
And you would like to dictate to me,
you would like to tell me
who among you is most valuable,
who most resembles me.
And you hold up as an example
the pure life, the detachment
you struggle to acheive--
How can you understand me
when you cannot understand yourselves?
Your memory is not
powerful enough, it will not
reach back far enough--
Never forget you are my children.
You are not suffering because you touched each other
but because you were born,
because you required life
separate from me.
I regret bitterly
The years of loving you in both
Your presence and absence, regret
The law, the vocation
That forbid me to keep you, the sea
A sheet of glass, the sun-bleached
Beauty of the Greek ships: how
Could I have power if
I had no wish
To transform you: as
You loved my body,
As you found there
Passion we held above
All other gifts, in that single moment
Over honor and hope, over
Loyalty, in the name of that bond
I refuse you
Such feeling for your wife
As will let you
Rest with her, I refuse you
Sleep again
If I cannot have you.
To say I'm without fear--
It wouldn't be true.
I'm afraid of sickness, humiliation.
Like anyone, I have my dreams.
But I've learned to hide them,
To protect myself
From fulfillment: all happiness
Attracts the Fates' anger.
They are sisters, savages--
In the end they have
No emotion but envy.
Long ago, I was wounded. I lived
to revenge myself
against my father, not
for what he was--
for what I was: from the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.
Night covers the pond with its wing.
Under the ringed moon I can make out
your face swimming among minnows and the small
echoing stars. In the night air
the surface of the pond is metal.
Within, your eyes are open. They contain
a memory I recognize, as though
we had been children together. Our ponies
grazed on the hill, they were gray
with white markings. Now they graze
with the dead who wait
like children under their granite breastplates,
lucid and helpless:
The hills are far away. They rise up
blacker than childhood.
What do you think of, lying so quietly
by the water? When you look that way I want
to touch you, but do not, seeing
as in another life we were of the same blood.
I never turned anyone into a pig.
Some people are pigs; I make them
Look like pigs.
I'm sick of your world
That lets the outside disguise the inside. Your men weren't bad men;
Undisciplined life
Did that to them. As pigs,
Under the care of
Me and my ladies, they
Sweetened right up.
Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness
As well as my power. I saw
We could be happy here,
As men and women are
When their needs are simple. In the same breath,
I foresaw your departure,
Your men with my help braving
The crying and pounding sea. You think
A few tears upset me? My friend,
Every sorceress is
A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't
Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
I could hold you prisoner.
Even now this landscape is assembling.
The hills darken. The oxen
Sleep in their blue yoke,
The fields having been
Picked clean, the sheaves
Bound evenly and piled at the roadside
Among cinquefoil, as the toothed moon rises:
This is the barrenness
Of harvest or pestilence
And the wife leaning out the window
With her hand extended, as in payment,
And the seeds
Distinct, gold, calling
Come here
Come here, little one
And the soul creeps out of the tree.
A man and a woman lie on a white bed.
It is morning. I think
Soon they will waken.
On the bedside table is a vase
of lilies; sunlight
pools in their throats.
I watch him turn to her
as though to speak her name
but silently, deep in her mouth--
At the window ledge,
once, twice,
a bird calls.
And then she stirs; her body
fills with his breath.
I open my eyes; you are watching me.
Almost over this room
the sun is gliding.
Look at your face, you say,
holding your own close to me
to make a mirror.
How calm you are. And the burning wheel
passes gently over us.
Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
what despair is; then
winter should have meaning for you.
I did not expect to survive,
earth suppressing me. I didn't expect
to waken again, to feel
in damp earth my body
able to respond again, remembering
after so long how to open again
in the cold light
of earliest spring--
afraid, yes, but among you again
crying yes risk joy
in the raw wind of the new world.


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Usually when I look at Lindsay Lohan, I see that cute little girl from The Parent Trap. More recently when I look at LiLo, I think how excited am for her to be on Glee next week. However, when I look at photos of Linds from an event for A&E last night here in New York City, I think W-T-F.
Oh Linds. I think the dress, it has potential. In fact, I'm ALL about the long sleeve lace overlay. The shoes, they're pretty unoffensive, too. BUT WHAT IS UP WITH YOUR BROWS?!
Someone, anyone -- can you tell me if Lindsay looked in a mirror before stepping onto the red carpet?
I have a confession: I use a handy dandy little pencil and some shadow sometimes to define my brows. Is that weird? I feel a little awkward admitting it. No, it's not every day. It's just when I'm trying to make things a little more glam, if you will. However, I'd like to think that I have the common sense NOT to make them look like straight up dark brown lines swept across my face.
I want good for Lindsay. There's really no arguing that she's working on a serious comeback. However, a comeback demands a whole lot of effort. Yeah yeah, the acting and positive press are a huge part of it. However, arguably the look is too. Now that she's got her beautiful red hair back, it's time to focus on the rest of it. Take it from me, girl -- keep your chin up and lay off the brow pencil.
What do you think of Lindsay's look from last night? Do you ever pencil in your brows?
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Her mirror was probably clouded w/ coke dust
Do you feel so unhappy about yourself that you must tear this girl down?
I can see what she was trying to achieve, but maybe a professional makeup artist should have done it. Maybe these young starelts are used to being styled from head to toe, that they sometimes do not learn certains tricks to be able to repeat the styling by themselves. No biggie, just needs a little practice.
I'm a redhead I have to shade them in or you cannot see them, but she needs a lesson, or a makeup person.
They're a bit dark, but not THAT bad. I have really sparse brows and always fill them in with a bit of brow color.


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"Politics is the profession whereby the inevitable is made to seem a great human achievement" - Quentin Crisp
Wow, Nara Dreamland, is THAT creepy.
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There's another way to visit the park other than from dawn to dusk?
Nice to see someone acknowledge the tourist outlook once. And keep on fighting the good fight re: FastPass!
I went to the other site to view some of the videos. I watched the Tokyo DL and man, do they have a nice park! The journey to the center of the earth looked awesome.
I love that photo of Everest. Looks HUGE.
And I'm with Monorail Man - Nara Dreamland looks creepy. The Bizzaro Disneyland.
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That River Safari Movie is so awesome, but I usually enjoy myself on the jungle cruise ... can't wait to go back with them with the guns though Oh, and I really think Expedition Everest looks awesome!
I agree that visiting with out of towners always gives a different perspective. As someone who works there or visits often, you can start missing and taking for granted the basics that really hit first time guests. Taking different people can help you see the magic in some of the places you have forgotten.
After awhile, we start to see the park in paint chips, nonworking AA's or castmember mistakes..perhaps getting a new perspective helps to bring just a bit more of that magic back for us. (But it will not prevent us from going to city hall and reminding them of what is not working!)
Thanks for the article!
he has an image of it topped off... YES.. i was wating all day to see it Toped off with the flag up top!!!!!
Thank you....
i love going with people that haven't been there or that haven't been as often as i have. it's kinda cool to see their reaction. Nara Dreamland is a little strange lookin, but forgive me, what is that?
I'm surprised that park hasn't had the Disney Lawyers come knocking on their doors just like in that one episode of The Simpsons where the Lawyers went to the fair at Springfield Elementary for using the slogan "Happiest Place on Earth"Originally Posted by Monorail Man
Thought the same thing, but that is Dream LAND. And Dream Land is in Thailand, not Japan.Originally Posted by MickeyMania
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We actually had a quite a Nara Dreamland discussion in that thread as the discussion of knockoff parks continued. There's a bunch of links included. My favorite is the LP board post from the guy who went there and was begging people to not do the same.
I get Dreamland (Japan) and Dream World (Thailand) confused. They should seperate the identities of the two and call the Thailand one "Walt Dream World."
Originally Posted by Barbossa
I thought of that too and I thought maybe the copyright (or whatever) type laws can't hold up in Thailand? Interesting though. And it certainly is a creepy looking place.


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CONYERS - Employees in Rockdale County Public Schools don't yet have to worry about administrative furloughs and a reduction of paraprofessionals this school year.The Rockdale County Board of Education unanimously approved during Thursday's monthly meeting a recommendation from RCPS Superintendent Samuel King that included an adjustment in the 2008-09 school year budget, but it doesn't include administrative furloughs or a reduction in paraprofessionals. "This will allow us to continue this school year with our current status and no impact on personnel," King said at the meeting. RCPS officials came to the board earlier this month with a request to adjust this school year's $131 million budget in order to prevent a possible $6 million revenue shortfall due to recent state budget cuts and decreasing local tax revenue. One option included paraprofessional reductions and administrative furloughs, while the other option did not. The option approved by the school board includes include a 5 percent budget freeze to save $421,000, teacher abeyance for $275,000, cancellation of a board leadership retreat for $40,000, the reclassification of the purchasing director for $12,000 and reorganization of the department of teaching and learning for $69,500, which will reassign two keyboarding paraprofessionals and leave two vacation departmental positions open. It also includes a $270,300 reduction in state health employer contribution, which does not affect employees. In order to make up for the other estimated $4 million potential deficit, officials would take from the ending year fund balance of more than $17 million. While the staff cuts aren't likely to take place this school year, a staff reduction is an option for next school year's budget. School system officials are reviewing departmental budgets and already working up plans for the 2009-10 school year budget, school system officials said Thursday.
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How do you sort results of a "View" by value in the in Couchbase?
So from what I understand in Couchbase is that one can sort keys* by using
but in my case I want to sort by values instead. Consider the Twitter data in json format, my question is What it the most popular user mentioned?
Each tweet has the structure of:
{ "text": "", "entities" : { "hashtags" : [ ... ], "user_mentions" : [ ...], "urls" : [ ... ] }
So having used MongoDB before I reused the Map function and modified it slightly to be usable in Couchbase as follows:
function (doc, meta) { if (!doc.entities) { return; } doc.entities.user_mentions.forEach( function(mention) { if (mention.screen_name !== undefined) { emit(mention.screen_name, null); } } ) }
And then I used the reduce function _count to count all the screen_name occurrences. Now my problem is How do I sort by the count values, rather than the key?
The short answer here is that you can't sort reduced results. I have seen this question before and I think it is something we need to have documented. I am going to follow up with some of our engineers that work on our view engine to see if there is a way we can advise people to rewrite their map and reduce functions in order to get the proper behavior. The issue is linked below and you can follow the progress there.
To add to Mikew's answer...
Since you cannot sort by value, you may have to change a little bit your application (for now). For ths you have 2 options:
- analyze the data before inserting them into Couchbase and create a counter for the values your are interested by (mentions in your case)
- use the view you have to sort on the application size if the size of the view is acceptable for a client side sort.
The following JS code call a view and sort the result, and print the 10 hottest subjects (hashtags) :
var http = require('http'); var options = { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 8092, path: '/social/_design/dev_tags/_view/tags?full_set=true&connection_timeout=60000&group=true', method: 'GET' } http.request( options, function(res) { var buf = new Buffer(0); res.on('data', function(data) { buf += data; }); res.on('end', function() { var tweets = JSON.parse(buf); var rows = tweets.rows; rows.sort( function (a,b){ return b.value - a.value } ); for ( var i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { console.log( rows[i] ); } }); } ).end();
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MonsterKitty doesn't like winter because she doesn't wear clothes usually. So in the winter she has to wrap herself up in blankets just to go out and get something to eat. Whenever she's in her den she just cocoons herself and sits around with nothing to do until it's time to go out into the freezing weather again.
You can't see it but under the blankets in her den she's got all the cats she's stolen snuggling for warmth.
Corbin's idea of flirting is leaving compliments for someone because he's way too much of a sissy to talk to the person he likes face to face.
Mordin's just completely confused like, what does this note even mean???
Corbin is in Mordin's lab more than anywhere else because of all the upgrades he outfits, it just easier to get to them there, so you'd think Mordin would catch on that it's him leaving these notes but I like to think he's oblivious. Because it's funny.
The stuff it says behind Corbin if you can't read it is: "Oh my God I'm so dumb he's not going to know I left that why am I such a loser I should just say what I think but I can't why is war so easy but talking to people is like torture I'm just going to space myself AGAIN"
Why am I still awake oh my fucking god. On the plus side I got the folds in his cute squishy belly to look… reasonable. lol IT'S LATE UGH PLEASE DON'T JUDGE HIS FACE TOO HARSHLY
Corbin is more at home soldiering than he is at dealing with people. I mean I like bad ass always calm cool awesome Shepard as much as anyone else but how fuckin boring is that? Super boring. I wanted one that gets tongue tied in one on one interactions until he gets to know you better. Then he's like a fuckin puppy or something and gives you unwanted hugs and makes you uncomfortable with how much he expresses affection because that's not what MACHO SOLDIERS DO WHAT NO STOP
I have this hideous joke in my head that Corbin does regular mandatory hugs, and like this line of the entire crew lining up waiting for there's, no your can't get out of it because he'll find you and make it weird so just face you fate with bravery.
I'll be using little flags to identify orientation because writing out a bunch of shit on these is annoying, so it's a quick glance at. Corbin is asexual, I'm thinking homoromantic.
My eyes are blurry I can't type worth a shit good night.
My internet provider is super supportive and understanding of my life decisions.
My internet has be flickering on and off so I called their support and got the automated system (which actually wasn't so bad). It didn't answer why my internet was flickering but this happened at least. I'm too bad at phone calls to call back and get a person. Plus clearly my internet is okay again. For now…
Boring picture of boring standing around, basically just me figuring out how this loser looks. Disregard how shitty the whole thing is it's just a teST OK
Corbin Shepard in his N7 undies. It took me forever to get his face to freakin work. Now it's just the way I want it. Squishy baby face soldier boy. (His actual class is literally a soldier, which kind of sucks for a first playthrough because I had no powers??? Except all the ammo upgrades.)
Every time I saw Corbin's chubby face on top of Sheploo's ridiculously trim, fit body it always make me throw up a little, because Corbin is definitely a solid chunk of man who could probably break you in half just by accidentally bumping into you. I want my soldiers to look like soldiers mkay, not models. (Kimble's more the model type, infiltrator, never gets into the fight. Pretty boy pf)
LET'S SEE IF I CAN DRAW HIM AND MORDIN because my canon is they were an asexual couple and no one can take that away from me. If people can make Mordin sexual out of the fucking blue I can make him homoromantic. >:V
Once again, disregard how shitty this is I haven't drawn a real human face in like 50 billion years.
No one can say that I'm not an artist OKAY I DREW A SEXY LIZARD
Not going to lie, lizard people are kind of a fetish of mine.
Yo, finally updating this blog again lol I'm a lazy sucker with drawing but LOOK I did a guest comic for alcnolien's comic Medley Soup. You should go read it it's awfully cute.
The heroine of our story, Kétyé, in her usual getup while out in the field doing her research.
She still wears her traditional headscarf deal which ties under the chin and on the forehead, something she continues from her home village, even though she's probably around 4-5 years removed from that place. It helps keep her hair out of her face since it gets kinda dirty in the wilderness when she can't bathe often, but it's also just something she keeps out of a devotion to the memory of her old home. (In the city female Trémtônť don't really wear headscarves, it's more of a rural thing.)
Oh an artist's note I've forgotten how to draw but I'll still try to give this a color. :T Maybe.
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Pennypack Park is rich in natural beauty and is prominent in the history of Philadelphia. Pennypack Park contains over 1,600 acres of woodlands, wetlands, fields and meadows. It is the largest watershed park within the Fairmount Park system. Much of the park today is a part of the original Wells Spring Estate of Thomas Holme, who surveyed and mapped the original land grant to William Penn.
The original inhabitants of this area were the Lenni-Lenape Indians. The Lenni-Lenape called the creek "Pennapecka", which meant deep, slow moving water or the bear fat creek. Native Americans commonly used bear fat for cooking, possibly indicating that the creek flowed slowly like liquid bear grease. The Lenape used the creek for travel and remnants of their campsites can still be found along the banks.
On June 7, 1684, Lenni-Lenape Chief Mettamicont sold both sides of the Pennypack Creek to William Penn. It was in 1687 that Morris Gwynne built the first water grist mill in the northern section of Pennypack, which was used by local farmers. Roads such as Pine Road (opened to the public in 1705), Shady Lane (opened to the public in 1716) and Verree Road helped the farmers gain access to the mill. In 1697, the second mill was built along the lower section of the creek by Charles Saunders and Peter Dale. It was located midway between Frankford and Torresdale avenues on the north bank of the creek, until it burned on October 11, 1880. The reconstructed mill race can still be seen above the falls, north of the historic Pennypack Bridge.
To bird watch along the Pennypack Creek is to follow in the steps of the brilliant artist John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson, the father of American ornithology, who reportedly lived near Shady Lane for short periods of time. In 1958, the area bordered by Pine Road, Verree Road, Bloomfield Avenue and the Pennypack Creek were set aside by the Fairmount Park Commission as a bird sanctuary. Trained environmental educators offer various birding opportunities during the seasons, so please contact the Pennypack Environmental Center for current programs.
Fairmount Park Commission set aside approximately 20 acres of ground in 1961, to be used as an equestrian center. This area is located off Krewstown Road, just north of "Ninety Foot" Bridge, adjacent to the municipal barn. The Huntington Valley Riders and Drivers Club currently use this area for their events.
Pennypack Park currently supports a diverse range of outdoor sports. The macadam bike trail enables old pros and little ones alike to travel from Pine Road in the north to the mouth of the Pennypack Creek where it empties into the Delaware River. Rollerbladers, baby carriages, joggers and leisurely walkers all share the trail. For the more adventurous, there are other trails utilized by equestrians and mountain bikers. The Pennypack also has many beautiful scenic areas for picnics as well as isolated areas ideal for the bird watching enthusiasts.
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Raw this week is live at Colorado Springs, Colorado and as we draw ever closer to Vengeance just another week away many questions are left unanswered, many that may be answered here tonight and some more questions may be asked. With Vengeance just around the corner things are bound to get heated and personal. One story on Raw that has become personal is the Kevin Nash / Triple H / Shawn Michael's triangle. Shawn returned to Raw a fortnight ago after a four year sabbatical from the WWE, becoming Raw's new General Manager. Last week Shawn and Triple H tried to reform D-Generation X but things wouldn't go as planned when Kevin Nash decided to stick his nose into their business, he would confront the Game backstage and tell him things like 'Shawn hasn't changed', 'he is still the snake he always was' and 'what he did to Marty Jannetty and myself will happen to your soon'. Triple H and Kevin Nash would meet in the Main Event of last week's Raw show where Shawn would try and run down towards the finish and help Triple H out, going to Superkick Kevin Nash however, Nash would move out of the way and Triple H would be struck instead by the kick leaving Triple H at the end of Raw on his stomach on the mat, looking at Shawn up the entrance ramp wondering if he could really trust him or if it was an accident. This week on Raw Shawn will open the show and will address his actions to Triple H and to the rest of the world, wanting to clear things up and to make things right. How will things pan out for Shawn? What will Triple H have to say in all of this and will Kevin Nash make an appearance?
Another feud that has become heated is the one between Kurt Angle and the Undisputed Champion, the Undertaker. This feud has transcended over both brands, Raw and SmackDown where last Thursday the Undertaker laid Kurt out after a chokeslam which had him lose the United States title to Edge. Last week on Raw Kurt came through the crowd and made his presence felt by attacking the Undertaker during his match, knocking him over and having him tap out to the Ankle Lock. Kurt is going to be here on Raw this week as will the Undertaker but how will things go down? And if things get physical again who will gain the upper hand and the ever so important momentum as their PPV match draws closer.
Kane last week made his return to Raw from injury by answering the Big Show's call. Show after destroying Steven Richards claimed that there is no competition for him on Raw anymore and that no one can stand up to him. Kane will make his return to the squared circle, having his first match in months in a tag team match where he and Jeff Hardy take on Matt Hardy and the Big Show.
Speaking of the Hardy brothers, Matt Hardy and Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy were in a tag team match last week which they won, however the celebration was cut short when Matt Hardy struck his brother Jeff. Matt made it clear that he wanted the Intercontinental title. This week Matt will explain his actions and why he did what he did.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The City of Lubbock has many 1-1 numbers. 211 is an information and referral service hotline to help people in need. It offers information from local health and human service programs.
When the first hard freeze of the season arrives Saturday morning, Sylvia Barron is worried her family won't stay warm. "It gets pretty cold so I turn on the space heaters to keep it warm and use the oven. We do have a wall heater but it doesn't work," said Sylvia.
She takes care of her two children as well as two grandchildren, and she decided to reach out to 211 for help. They informed her that the only play they knew that could help her was Family Promise of Lubbock, so she called them. They told her that they are sorry but they don't provide that type of service.
Sylvia then called 211 again to let them know what she found out. 211 told Sylvia that they would send out emails and get back to her on Monday.
We asked the question, why would 211 refer her to someone who couldn't help? We spoke to The director of 211 Aida Martinez to get some answers. "We actually get a lot of those calls, in the winter months, unfortunately that money is no longer available," said Martinez. She says it is tough to get help in Lubbock, "You have to meet eligibility requirements for a lot of the agencies in this area."
Some of the requirements are to be 60 years of age or older, a veteran, or if you have a disability. What happens if you don't meet those standards? "Unfortunately, there is a huge gap right now that with the winter months coming up will fall into this same situation," said Martinez.
This situation leaves Sylvia Barron with no heater. Martinez says that Sylvia has a possibility of getting help and that it just depends on who responds to the emails that 211 sent out. However, a response could take weeks.
Sylvia, in the meantime, says she will deal with the situation and use other means to stay warm.
The 211 center did contact Family Promises and is trying to reach as many resources as possible for the Barron family. 211 says that basic needs, such as clothing and food referrals are readily available for the winter months.
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The Effect of Sibling Sex Composition on Women's Education and Earnings
AbstractThis paper documents the impact of siblings on the education of men and women born in the United States between 1920 and 1965. We examine the effect of the number and sex composition of a boy or girl's siblings on that child's educational attainment. We find that throughout the century women's educational choices have been systematically affected by the sex composition of her siblings, and that men's choices have not. Women raised only with brothers have received on average significantly more education than women raised with any sisters, controlling for household size. Since sibling sex composition affects women's educational attainment and plausibly may be unrelated to other determinants of earnings, it may provide a useful instrument for education in earnings functions for women. Our results suggest that standard estimates significantly underestimate the return to schooling for women. Copyright 1994, the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Volume (Year): 109 (1994)
Issue (Month): 3 (August)
Pages: 531-63
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