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Age just looks better on some people . . .
Admittedly, this one may be just me . . .
On the left, an early girly-hair and baby-faced Kiedis. On the right? Seems to have manned up. Nice.
P.S. This post should indicate to you that yes, I have in fact run out of things to write about for the moment. But it's summer -- cut me some slack.
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Almost every writer I know (and many non-writers, too) want to work in a bookstore. Can't you just imagine going in to work, surrounded by books, enjoying the peace and quiet, and occasionally helping a customer? Well, Ava Easterby (pen name Jordanna East) did work at a bookstore*. If you follow her blog–and I highly recommend you do–you've probably read some of her Jerks & Irks posts that talk about her job at the bookstore. That got me wondering if the dream job of working at a bookstore is really as wonderful as it sounds. Ms. Easterby agreed to answer some questions about her job so you can all get an idea of what it's like.
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11-13-2009, 05:52 PM #21Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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You can demonstrate a working knowledge of a topic, but if you cannot do something as simple as following the instructions for an assignment, and are possibly too arrogant to try, your knowledge won't count for much. I would say the ability to do what's required is at least as important in the real world as in the academic one.
Many assignments are designed to teach a certain skill set, including those designed to teach formatting. It matters little whether the individual student sees the task as useless or not. Those who plan to go on and get an advanced degree will find that they will not get papers published in any academic journal if they are not formatted according to the journal's chosen style of formatting.
Sure, some teachers are unable to see or recognize when a student has completed the assignment effectively, if a little differently, from what he or she had in mind. But teachers shouldn't be expected to completely change the assignment to accommodate students who personally feel the standards are stupid. If you want a good grade, follow instructions. It's not hard. Most of the time, students who don't follow the instructions given are merely lazy. Every once in a great while, I will find that a student has done the assignment extremely well by thinking in a slightly different direction than intended by an assignment. The vast majority of those who don't bother with instructions also write terrible papers, because they don't listen or care across the board.
I find it hard to believe that any boss would embrace an employee's lack of attention to his or her instructions. Is the point that assignments given in school don't amount to much, and that the person's attention to detail will kick in when it counts?Something Witty
Please note, I absolutely agree with you that following instructions point by point is frequently as important in the academic world as it is in the business world. In fact, I have argued that the academic world is a preparation for the business world. People are being prepared for the academic world where they are forced to follow many instructions mindlessly by being forced to do so in their schools.
Nothing wrong with making following instructions important as long as it does not become the number one objective of the entire program.
I note that you have mentioned that you will not get published in an academic journal if you do not follow the formatting of that specific journal. That is probably true, but unlike the way you have framed the issue, as a defense for the fastidiousness of the conventional system of education, I see this as the root of the problem.
In this case the paper is not published not because it lacks intellectual merit, but because it does not follow a certain set of arbitrary instructions. The whole point of making students and employees follow instructions is so they produce good work, the whole process is like putting training wheels on a person who is just starting to learn how to ride a bike. However, when students and employees become more advanced, they no longer need to follow instructions point by point as they see many other ways of getting the task done. At this point, insisting that the student, the employee or the scholar ( in this case the person who is trying to get published in a scholarly journal) does not make any sense. These people are already advanced at their subjects, hence they do not need the training wheels.
I think that an article submitted to a scholarly journal that doesn't follow the formatting should be accepted if it has intellectual merit. Similarly, an employee who gets the job done without following the instructions should be allowed to carry on as opposed to fired for not doing the job the employer's way.
My response to you can be summarized as follows. Learning to follow instructions is a useful skill in many contexts and teaching beginners a certain skill is one of such contexts. In some cases it may even be useful to be very strict about the instructions that need to be followed, however, in many cases; it is not necessary, it has the same impact as putting training wheels on the bicycle of an accomplished rider. This prevents the person in question from actualizing this potential as imposing such a rigid agenda is indeed stifling. The entire educational system has this stifling affect on most students and as a result they do not learn nearly as much as they would have learned if they had more latitude in their work. The same is true for many employees who are subjected to a rigid agenda."Do not argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." -- Mark Twain
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I agree with your idea theoretically, SW. Thoughts and ideas, if they are well supported, should be the most important factor in assessing a person's body of work.
Though MLA and other formats are and can be, for me personally and other academics and would-be academics, a giant hassle, and seemingly unimportant when compared to the hopefully new ideas contained in the paper one is writing. I guess this is where I can also look at the practical side of things, though. A typical academic journal might receive hundreds of submissions for one shot at publication. If I were the person reading these submissions, I would want them to be consistently formatted--not only for clarity's sake, but for ease in finding cited sources within the text and the full sources on a Works Consulted page. I wouldn't want to have to decipher which, if any, method of organization a particular person chose to use on a whim, or where they might have chosen to display sources. Also, I would not want to be the person on the other end that takes the contributor's work and tries to organize and make some sense of it for publication. It just seems to me that it's not unreasonable to have a standard, and to make each contributor responsible for putting their work into that standard format.
I do agree that in the workplace, there may be different ways of accomplishing the same thing effectively. And that maybe not each and every student will have a need for knowledge of MLA, APA, etc. But I think overall, there are far fewer exceptionally bright students that don't need training wheels, and far more students that have no concept of how to organize their thoughts in the first place. And those are probably the students that, even though it's a giant pain, need the structure of the rules and formatting the most.
My personal experience as a college comp teacher has reinforced this truth: that some students are naturals at forming original thoughts and ideas, finding adequate support, and organizing everything into an easily-understood, well-delineated argument, with little effort. Those are the students that are given a bit of slack--they know the rules well enough to break them for effect. But most students need to know what the rules are; they need the training wheels, else their writing is dang-near unreadable. Ideas are too simple, unsupported, unorganized. They often don't see the importance of even giving credit for another's thoughts and ideas. As much as I hate it, they almost beg for consequences. If they are given any slack whatsoever, they stop trying.Something Witty
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It's easier to prove to the voting parents that their child is learning in school by showing them scores of standardized tests. How do you prove to the parents that their child improved their independent thinking and the school is bringing out the child's unique abilities?
How do you create a curriculum that encourage independent thinking?
What will the grading system be like? Wouldn't the grading be too subjective because there is no standard right and wrong?
Will there be a high chance that the teacher will force his/her type of thinking on to the students?
Overall I think it's nonsense to train children in schools to be a bunch of sheep. Most humans are naturally already sheeps!
I don't agree with all this. I don't think the instructions are absurd, nor do I think they are prioritized over course objectives that are outlined on the syllabi or education in general.
Staying on topic is good. It makes it fair to the teacher. They have creative writing classes for creative types. You can also write whatever you please outside of class. But enrolling in a course is like signing a contract, and it should be no surprise you are expected to hold your end of the deal.
11-13-2009, 10:13 PM #27GinkgoGuest
To simply agree with the OP may indicate that I lack critical thinking skills. No?
From my perspective, there are those who aspire toward critical thinking, and others who couldn't care less. This phenomena could very well be independent of the educational process.
One could say that the educational systems are simply tailored for the majority of students, who lacked "critical thinking" abilities in the first place. Thus, the effect has now become the cause.
There is no need to say that conventional education causes anything but convention education, which varies from state to state, location to vocation. Therefore, your argument that all of academia is one way or another just doesn't hold true.
Mmm. To be honest, I haven't truly found this to be the case, with the exception of first-year undergraduate. A good number of professors, especially the older ones with more experience and wisdom, seem to love it when you give a perspective that is both correct and not-extremely-bookish. Younger ones less so, but you know why? Because the homeworks & exams aren't even graded by them, they're graded by their assistants.
However, salaries tend to be slightly flatter in Italy; only industrial families and politicians have a substantially higher salary (a CEO will probably get around 200'000 euros a year, not "millions" - and bonuses are mostly absent, so the salary is not strongly influenced by the success of the firm/bank - this is also why our banks didn't have a lot of problems during the 2008-2009 liquidity crisis); this probably lowers the incentives towards the attitude described by the OP.ENTj 7-3-8 sx/sp
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The way that I see it, we need people of both types - those who follow the rules and do well, and those who don't follow the rules and do well. They each create a market for the other and are very complementary.
FYI, I never did particularly well in college because I could never see the point of following convention or doing things that seemed repetitive and boring. My general intelligence saw me through university, but I hated studying. It was during honours that I began to stand out because of my "originality" and problem-solving, and it was only after I started teaching that I saw the benefits of following rules and understanding them. I can now flip between one mode and the other, and "sell" my creative thoughts in conventional ways, thus giving me the best of both worlds. That, to me, is being adaptable and "creative".
Though to be quite honest, I think it's much easier to teach someone to be conventional than it is to teach someone to be "creative". I can see the merit in trying to teach someone to think critically/creatively, but I don't know how that would be implemented in a practical sense especially with the years of indoctrination of teachers to think/teach in a specific, narrow manner. Moreover, there would be no "fair" means of grading and grade separation, because there is no objective criterion on which to grade "creativity" and "critical thinking". Also, critical thinking requires that we identify and attack underlying assumptions of theories. If we did succeed in teaching students to do that in a general sense, the education system would descend into anarchy with students' complete deconstruction of established dogma (the curriculum). In which case, you have to wonder at what ends such an "education" would serve.
I personally consider this attitude as fair, as long as it's openly stated at the start of the course.ENTj 7-3-8 sx/sp
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Because I can't drive to and from school, and because my friends are at best semi-dependable, I have to take the bus home from college on Friday mornings. Sometimes I run to catch it to make sure I'm at work on time. It took me a long time to swallow my pride and deal with having to take the bus. I mean for serious? If the government knew what they were doing to my self-esteem by making me ride this thing, they might pity me more! I know, I know. It's just a bus, and I shouldn't let that define me. It's just embarassing because you have to know where I'm coming from. I live in one of the richest counties in New Jersey. Majority of my friends have pretty, shiny, new vehicles. I'm taking the bus. And to boot, I'm the only white person on the bus. I'm really not trying to make this about race- but I know they're judging me because I've had people say it straight to my face before.
Regardless. Last week, I took the bus into the town center, where all the illegal immigrants go to find work. I'm not kidding. That's where the bus drops me off, and where I have to take another bus to my job. I was outside waiting for a good 15 minutes when my new friend said to me:
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Me: "Yes, very cold."
N.F: "You waiting for the bus?"
Me: "Yes. You?"
N.F: "Yes"
Me: "Where are you from?"
N.F: "Mexico. You?"
Me: "Canada. You legal?"
N.F: "No. You."
Me: "Nope."
And it went on and on until the bus came and we parted ways. We chatted about families, about my Daddy being in Canada, and how messed up the system is. If you had told me 5 years ago that I would be at a bus stop, in the "zone", talking to a Mexican, I would've laughed in your face and asked you "Do you know who I am?"
I suppose it's God's way of a small dose of humility. For me, and my family. You see being raised in the US, we were still legal. We were functional, contributing parts of this society and economy. I was basically raised to believe that illegal immigrants are not really worthy of being here, and overall a drain on society. Then I became something like one. And now I understand. Now I understand that while some of these people (the criminals, the gang members, those who only work here to send money back) don't deserve to be here, some of them are just here trying to get by. A lot of us have invested everything we have in the promise of the American dream, and believe me, immigrants these days are built American tough.
These last few weeks have been very difficult for myself and my family. Each day is it's own rollercoaster. But when I think about it, I know we stand a chance. Even if it's a fleeting chance in Hades, it's still ours to take. That being said, I'm going to start trying to raise more awareness for this cause. I think President Obama needs to factor immigrants into the economic equation. I think he needs to encourage them to come out of the shadows, pay taxes, and become American. I think we need more secure borders and better relationships with both Mexico and Canada. Illegal immigrants, and those who are out of status need an opportunity to make it here, because otherwise we're still not going anywhere. You can shun us, you can take away everything we have- it doesn't change a thing. The minute we leave this place is the minute we lose it all.
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I thought that the beginning of your entry was funny(you talking to a Mexican) I am a Mexican,well born in the states but still consider myself Mexican (and I am not saying that you are racist or anything)but I had white friends from the States and Canada that thought that immigrants were a drain on society and I believe it to be true to a certain extent (but I don't want to get into details because this little box is not big enough for everything I have to say)I totally agree with you in the sense that immigrants should come out of the shadows and start contributing... Anyhow before I get sided tracked and forget what I came here to do,I want to thank you for following my blog and congratulate you for yours,great entry btw.ReplyDelete
thank you Emalee and Shania for stopping by. Shania, I'd love to talk more immigration with you- seeing as you're now living in what is my "old country" :) Either way, I think it's time we all band together- American, Canadian, Mexican whatever you may be to shed some light on this issue!ReplyDelete
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Because hobbies generally incorporate pleasures into your life, maintaining hobbies can be good for your overall sense of joy in life.GratificationsAlso from positive psychology, gratifications are important activities that bring meaning and fun to life. Gratifications present the kind of challenge that requires us to use some of our best personal skills, and engages us in a sense of flow, which can put us in a near-meditative state where we lose track of time and feel removed from the stressors of life, and fully engage in what we are doing. Gratifications can lead to a reduction in stress and a sense of well-being, and hobbies are usually experienced as gratifications. If you want more happiness and fewer stress experiences in your life, hobbies provide a direct route to gratifications that can lead to this. Stave Off BurnoutHobbies bring a sense of fun and freedom to life that can help to minimize the impact of chronic stress. Those who feel overwhelmed at a job, for example, can benefit from hobbies because they provide an outlet for stress and something to look forward to after a hard day (or week) at a stressful job. Some research shows that those who are in stressful jobs that normally contribute to burnout (low-control, high-demand jobs, for example) feel less of a need to 'recover' from their day at bedtime if they have more physical or social leisure activities that aren't work-related—more hobbies. (In this study, those who had a need to 'recover' at bedtime were more likely to suffer from negative health and wellness outcomes like psychosomatic complaints and fatigue.) In other words, hobbies can help buffer the effects of a stressful job, and mitigate factors that contribute to burnout.Health Benefits of HobbiesOne study found that those who engage in physical leisure activities for at least 20 minutes once a week are less susceptible to fatigue. Other research found that enjoyable activities performed during leisure time were associated with lower blood pressure, total cortisol, waist circumference, and body mass index, and perceptions of better physical function. Such activities were also correlated with higher levels of positive psychosocial states and lower levels of depression and negative affect.Resources for HobbiesIf you've been wanting to get around to enjoying a favorite hobby but haven't found the time, perhaps hobbies are more important than you thought, and making time is more easily done than you think. If you're looking for hobbies to add to your life, the following resources can give you ideas.10 Hobbies for Stress ReliefHow To Have More FunArt Therapy: Relieve Stress By Being CreativeSources:Erikson, W. and Bruusgaard, D. (June 2004). Do physical leisure time activities prevent fatigue? A 15 month prospective study of nurses' aides. Brazilian Journal of Sports Medicine. 38(3): 331–336.Peterson, C. A primer in positive psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2006.Seligman, M. E. P. Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. New York: Free Press, 2002.Pressman, S. D. et. al. (Sept. 2009). Association of Enjoyable Leisure Activities With Psychological and Physical Well-Being. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(7): 725–732.Sonnentag, Sabine. (Mar 2006). Job characteristics and off-job activities as predictors of need for recovery, well-being, and fatigue. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 91(2). Continue Reading


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That's right. There is snow coming down right now!
As you can see none has accumulated quite yet but as I'm writing I see it starting to stick! I have to say, it is way too early for snow! It sure is pretty though and puts me into a somewhat Christmasy mood!
Though the snow flies I can't forget that it's Autumn! We have an apple tree that is abundant with apples! Time for homemade applesauce and apple butter!
My cat Nerman wanted his picture taken too! He's so cute and really likes to talk.
My dog Mama also wanted her picture taken. Actually she's really camera shy but she sure is adorable wearing her little circle scarf I made for her.
I will be traveling up North tomorrow to get ready for the Upcycled Art Show! I can't wait. I hope it stops snowing. However, it might get people in the mood to come indoors and check out some lovely gifts for loved ones!
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I just told a total stranger I saw in Asda I thought he was gorgeous!!!
He was in front of me at the self serve checkout. I was ogling him.
He left.
I left a few minutes later and he smiled at me through his open car window as he drove past me. I couldn't help myself and called out "You have made my day."
He slowed the car and leaned out and asked me why was that. I said "because you have curly hair and are wearing wellies." I asked him if he was a farmer and he said no but he had been working on a farm today. I said "My Dad was a farmer and I love farmers. You're gorgeous."
He drove away smiling, I think I made his day too.
If only........
(P.S. I think hormones are getting the better of me!)


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Skip to comments.Sort of a Trend: Raise Your Kid Totally Gender Neutral
Posted on 06/26/2011 10:39:44 AM PDT by EveningStar
...The only people who know your gender are your parents, the midwife who delivered you, and your two older brothers, Kio and Jazz. But they wont be much help, as your parents are practically indiscernible from one another, Jazz wears long pigtails and has a penchant for anything pink including pink earrings and Kio dons an androgynous hairstyle and is forever in a pair of leggings...
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
I don't mind people who oppose homophobia - but the "We're so cool 'cause we love queers" crowd are pretentious, demented creeps. They probably attend gay pride parades and pat themselves on the back for doing so.
To raise a child not as a boy or a girl is creating, in some sense, a freak. It sets them up for not knowing who they are, says Dr Eugene Beresin, a child psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
How refreshing
A professional who is not afraid to tell the press how screwed up the fatally politically correct idiots of society are.
Easy. Someone wore white shoes after labor Day.
These parents are idiots in more ways than just the obvious.
The KID knows which gender he/she is and the KID will tell others and the KID will do whatever the hell HE/SHE wants including making your life a living hell as soon as and as long as possible.
People who do this stuff do not think of children as people, human beings, but as pets. It never ever occurs to them that the 'pets' will not be totally compliant with their wishes.
So we are now just ignoring body parts. Ok, I'm blind and deaf now. I have working eyes and ears, but I am choosing to ignore them. I demand special rights and accomodations now.
It's more likely they will move TX or OK and become a oil rig worker or truck driver and vote Republican
Kids tend to rebel against this heavy indoctrination.
My niece is dating a guy in college who goes by the name Sam (but his govem name is Summer). His parents live on a commune in NM and are hippies.
'Sam' is studying Business Law and wants to work for a large corporation ... probably just to tick his parents off.
It's more likely they will move TX or OK and become a oil rig worker or truck driver and vote Republican
Kids tend to rebel against this heavy indoctrination.
My niece is dating a guy in college who goes by the name Sam (but his given name is Summer). His parents live on a commune in NM and are hippies.
'Sam' is studying Business Law and wants to work for a large corporation ... probably just to tick his parents off.
If they're the exact opposite of their parents, we'd be glad to have them.
Why not also raise them philosophy neutral????
The sperm and egg donor need to be charged with child abuse. They are unfit to be called parents.
And the girls will grow up to become Democrat Attorneys General and Supreme Court judges.
Wow man. How very telling, isn't it, that they should find common ground with Marxists? These people are pathetic. Their kids are going to think them stupid when they come of age. The whole world already thinks they're stupid except for homosexuals and atheists.
Two words: "Menendez Brothers"
The parents better watch their backs in 12 years or so.
The song "Tommy" comes to mind.
Not only that, but one that's associated with Harvard, or at least MGH is.
One only has to look at then-Harvard president Larry Summers.
His speech that was the final straw to progressives included
an anecdote that his "gender-neutrally raised" son preferred
male toys, given, well, allowed really, the choice.
That led Summers to consider and suggest that there just might be a
difference between the sexes, which is an unpardonable "sin"
at Harvard.
I was at an MIT symposium on Social Media a few years ago. Some PhD. bragging on about how thrilled he was because his young children were interacting with 'friends' from everywhere - none use 'sexist' names and they all appeared as yellow triangles and pink stars, etc. The guy thought his kids would grow up without any bias about sex-based roles. He was unable to answer when he was asked 'What did he think his kids response would be when they found out that there weren't many yellow triangles or pink stars with androgynous names in the real-world?"
Yes, Mom was a hippy.
Became a mathematician. Very well off last I heard.
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He used his emergency powers - one tool being the -" Executive Order " - to defy - process - winning in the short term but losing - big time in the long run.
Fast forward to today - we have a " egoistical maniac " who prides himself - playing to the camera - with a number of Executive Orders.
No President in our short history - has signed so many - more to say that he is something - when he is nothing - but a " human being lacking " Wisdom " - who is NOT educated on issues.
We are supposed to be a Nation of laws - and not a Nation of outlaws. Already - the many that voted for Trump - are having second thoughts. Mostly folks out of frustration - wanted change - but few saw this change for the worse - total pandemonium.
To be sincerely - when minions who have fallowed the Democrats - for decades - without any education - what is see today - is the result.
Mind you we have information - only those that discern - and chose the best information - foster - sound education.
Blacks who continue to stick to the principles of the Democrats - were instrumental - in propping up some candidates - only for them to be defeated. We must now - change our tactics - with focus principles - complete with goals and timelines.
President Donald Trump is a charlatan.
He is angry because some of Democrats hurt his feelings - so he is getting even - freezing the millions sent to the Palestinians. While the Israelis get $50 Billion plus. Thinking it is getting even with President Barrack Hussein Obama - while setting his own pants on FIRE.
Signing Executive Orders to force businesses to produce products made in the United States.
It all sounds well on paper - and his so called short but nonsensical " Executive Orders ".
It will take years to build our Steel Plants - for that matter - the many factories that once produced quality shoes, garments, all sorts of products - that are easy to built - have long lost their ability of produce manufacturing equipment - that process to build things from the ground up - will take years.
Many of us that once would not have thought of touch a product - " Made in China " - now have to learn to embrace - Donald Trump's dictates - " Made in the United States " - easily said than done.
Donald Trump clothing that he sells - his Trump embossed clothing - shirts, ties, suits - and so on - all Made in China - the man is a clown -when it comes to facts - and is a demeaning - hypocrite.
He ones put down Apple - the company that makes so many sound products - some here and other abroad - and he did it on his Apple iPhone.
The man is so nonchalant - so ignorant - so pompous, so out of sync with reality - his doom is guaranteed.
Donald Trump is going to fight the Corps of Engineers - the Lakota Sioux Nation - to see how best to forge ahead with the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Donald Trump will fail - because the Great Spirit will cut off the head of this Black Snake - something Donald Trump has no clue about - and he lies when he says the Dakota Access Pipeline will produce - thousands of jobs.
The $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline is already in deep financial trouble.
The financial backers - are pulling out - with someone is trying to put a gun to the financial backers heads - forcing them to support the Black Snake. No good will take place.
This snake will die - and its head will be cut off. Aho.
This land all of it belongs to the Native Americans. I defy the Whites - those that " speak with a fork tongue " to prove they have one single document - where the Native Americans - turned over one single square inch - willingly - all of the fake documents - with a thumb print - was demanded - under duress.
Chief Sitting Bull -
he united the Lokata Sioux Nation
to this day - he lives.
Chief Two - Bears
Chief Thunderhawk
For thousands of years - all the pristine land - that we see all over the land - once called and still remembered - Turtle Island - belonged and still belongs to the Native Americans.
The indigenous people of Turtle Island - left their imprint for all eternity - the name that really matters.
Not the name given by a pirate, a murderer, a man that is well known for the genocide - of many - Christopher Columbus.
Chief Joseph
If Chief Sitting Bull was here today - Chief Joseph - Chief Geronimo - our Elders - more women than men - they all would encourage us - to cut off the head of the Black Snake.
This land - Mother Earth - does not belong to us - it belongs to those that come after us.
In the past the Elders - who have the Wisdom passed down for thousands of years - foresaw the evils of today - including the silliness of Donald Trump - who has NO clue that he is becoming the " laughing stock of the world ".
The Democrats must not be given a pass - with al the leaks and the sordid behavior of folks like Donna Brazil and others - pretending to be innocent and normal - while all the time - pandering to the evil leaders of the Democratic Party - Bill Clinton - Hillary Clinton - closer to home - here in San Francisco - Nancy Pelosi and Diane Feinstein.
This is Ohlone Land - one of the most sensitive places on this Earth - much like an acupuncture point - for centuries - good things happened and are still present - with nature providing us all the elements of a unique cultural and eco-natural elements duly noted and more holistic - surroundings.
One of kind plants, insects, an evolvement that has amazed botanists, archeologists, anthropologists, ethno-historians, historians, stellar and astute scientists - that I have had the pleasure of meeting to deliberate - on the above issues - of real i importance.
A Muwekma Ohlone Warrior
This is Muwekma Ohlone Land - and even as we proclaim about the ownership of this land - for thousands of years - over 13, 000 years - all carbon dated - with proven artifacts.
We still have the authorities who stole the land - fabricating facts - here in San Francisco - thinking they own the land - when in fact they stole the land.
It is a shame that those who know that the Ohlone and more here the Muwekma Ohlone in San Francisco and the surround area - fail to acknowledge that the Muwekma Ohlone - have all the proof and all the necessary facts needed - to establish themselves having " patrimonial jurisdiction ".
More cultural continuous ownership for thousands of years - we have thieves and joining the thieves - others who should know better - not following unwritten protocol - passed down for thousands of years.
This land we call Muwekma Ohlone land - is now undergoing turmoil - because the " thieves " have been defeated in their plans - building a "concrete jungle " - and ignoring the dictates that this land is Sacred - more the Shellmound - Sacred Burial Grounds - a testimony that is show being - desecrated and defiled.
The Millennium Building -
58 story building - sinking - will topple
down like the Tower of Babel.
Recently a 58 story building sinking a full 18 inches - and tilting inches to the northwest. Right in the middle of the Financial District - in San Francisco - it will topple down like the Tower of Babel. And there is more .........


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row echelon form examples 3x3
Many of the problems you will solve in linear algebra require that a matrix be converted into one of two forms, the Row Echelon Form (ref) and its stricter variant the Reduced Row Echelon Form (rref) . These two forms will help you see the structure of what a matrix represents. Elementary Row Operations. Matrix Notation and the Reduced Row-Echelon Form. Gauss-Jordan Elimination.Example 2. Solve the system of linear equations (2) by applying elementary row operations until the system is in diagonal form. Show how to compute the reduced row echelon form (a.k.a. row canonical form) of a matrix. The matrix can be stored in any datatype that is convenient (for most languages, this will probably be a two-dimensional array). Matrices and Matrix Algebra. Row Echelon Form Reduced Row Echelon Form in simple steps.Any non-zero rows are always above rows with all zeros. The following examples are of matrices in echelon form REDUCED ROW ECHELON FORM We have seen that every linear system of equations can be written in matrix form.Example. is in RREF. Any matrix can be transformed into its RREF by performing a series of operations on the rows of the matrix. A matrix in row echelon form is one in which all the elements below the formed by the leading coefficients are zero and all the leading coefficients are ones.For example, lets switch the positions of row 1 ( R1) with row 3 ( R3) Row Echelon: The calculator returns a 3x3 matrix that is the row echelon version of matrix A.
For example, a 3x3 matrix in row echelon form would look something like describe properties of a matrix A is that A can be equivalent to several different echelon forms because rescaling a row preserves the echelon form - in other words, theres no unique echelon form for A. This.A typical structure for a matrix in Reduced Row Echelon Form is thus. Reduce a matrix to row-echelon form with partial pivoting.
3. Is it okay to determine pivot positions in a matrix in echelon form, not in reduced echelon form? 2. Anybody knows a proof of Uniqueness of the Reduced Echelon Form Theorem? 0. 15 Echelon form This definition is big and unwieldy the examples are easy. Definition A matrix is in echelon form if it has the following three properties: 1 All nonzero rows are above any zero rows. Example Find infinitely many different matrices that have row echelon form and that are equivalent to the matrix 0 0 4 ?1 0 000 0 0 . 000 0 3. Find the matrix in reduced row echelon form that is row equivalent to the given m x n matrix A. Specify matrix dimensions. Please select the size of the matrix from the popup menus, then click on the "Submit" button. Echelon form (or row echelon form): 1. All nonzero rows are above any rows of all zeros.(See the Glossary at the back of the textbook.) EXAMPLE: Row reduce to echelon form and locate the pivot columns. The row-echelon form of a matrix is highly useful for many applications. For example, it can be used to geometrically interpret different vectors, solve systems of linear equations, and find out properties such as the determinant of the matrix. In this example, we want to utilize your graphing calculator to solve the system 4x - 2 y - 5z 11 x y z 2.Your calculator can put a matrix into reduced row echelon form using the rref command. As an example of a particular solution, suppose we let x 3 10.Reduced Row Echelon FormRow reduction and echelon forms echelon form Examples of echelon forms. Example Check out this matrix.we sort the variables x1, x2, x3, x4 into two categories. Dan Crytser. Row reduction and echelon forms. REF -- row echelon form. 2 5 2 7. Row reduced matrix from cereal exampleSystem is inconsistent no solutions. Geometrically, this means the two lines are parallel. Example 3. Example. The reduced row echelon form of the matrix for a linear system in x1, x2, x3, x4 is 1003 2 0 0 1 4 1. The free variables are x2 and x4: their columns are not pivot columns. A matrix is in row echelon form (ref) when it satisfies the following conditions.Rows with all zero elements, if any, are below rows having a non-zero element. Each of the matrices shown below are examples of matrices in row echelon form. Reduced Row-Echelon Form: Definition Examples - Video study.com. Numerical methods 4.bp.blogspot.com. How to Row Reduce a Matrix thejuniverse.org. SOLUTION: 2x - y -5 x 3y 22 I have trouble solving i150.photobucket.com. Reduced Row Echelon Form. Steven Bellenot. May 11, 2008.Most graphing calculators (TI-83 for example) have a rref function which will transform any matrix into reduced row echelon form using the so called elementary row operations. Update: For example, a reduced row echelon form of a 3x3 matrix could be.If you give an example of a matrix we can discuss all of them. The thing is row reduced echelon forms are not unique as there are many ways to row reduce a matrix. Row Echelon Form by iLecturesOnline. Video Lecture 3 of 33 .
1: What is a Matrix?Lecture Description. In this video I will explain and show an example of a row-echelon form matrix. If only the rst three items are satised, the matrix is then in the row echelon form for instance, (2). Examples.Consider the augmented matrix in the reduced row echelon form for a linear system of 4 variables, x1, x2, x3 and x4 farther to the left than the leading 1 in the lower row. 4. If a column contains a leading 1, then all other entries in that column are 0. Note: a matrix is in row echelon form as the matrix has the first 3 properties. Example: and. leading entry of the row above it. 3. All entries in a column below a leading entry are zero. EXAMPLE 1 Echelon formTheorem 1. uniqueness of the reduced echelon form. Each matrix is row-equivalent to one and only one reduced echelon matrix. In linear algebra, a matrix is in echelon form if it has the shape resulting from a Gaussian elimination. Row echelon form means that Gaussian elimination has operated on the rows and column echelon form means that Gaussian elimination has operated on the columns. Note : 76 - 217 votesThe row-echelon form of a matrix is highly useful for many applications. For example, it can be used to geometrically interpret different vectors, solve systems of Any matrix that satisfies the properties listed above is said to be in reduced row-echelon form.For example, the following matrices are not in RREF Gaussian Elimination Elementary Row Operations. and Row Echelon Form Reduced Row Echelon Form Solving Systems with Inverse.EXAMPLE 3 Finding No Solution. Solve the system. After that, you can either use row reduced echelon form like in the video, or you can use substitution. You can rewrite all of the lines as equations (for example, z-1) and substitue them into each other to find a final answer. Reduced Row-Echelon Form Denitions Consistency and Variable Dependency Solving rref Systems The Number of Solutions to a rref System. Gau-Jordan Elimination Statement Examples. Row reduction, row-echelon form and reduced row-echelon form - Продолжительность: 6:15 Lorenzo Sadun 35 876 просмотров. Using Gauss-Jordan to Solve a System of Three Linear Equations - Example 1 - Продолжительность: 7:12 patrickJMT 947 434 просмотра. Using the reduced row-echelon form to solve a system is called Gauss-Jordan elimination. We illustrate this process in the next example.the last matrix in that Example to arrive at an equivalent matrix in reduced row-echelon form. 3x3 Row Echelon Form Example. by Tom Ahlschwede on Jan 09, 2014. image/svgxml. To show that Wiggin42s example matrix does not span RR3,row reduce it with the aim of reaching echelon form. The echelon form of a matrix is the result of linear row transformations ( row reduction) where the leading diagonal is the unit vector (1,1,1) Echelon Reduced Echelon Forms: Notes. ь A matrix may be row reduced (i.e. transformed by elementary row operations) into more than one matrix in echelon form, using different sequence of row operations.Example 2 More on Row-Echelon and Reduced Row Unformatted text preview: Section 1.2: Row Reduction and Echelon Forms Echelon form (or row echelon form): 1. All nonzero rows are above any rows of all zeros.3 EXAMPLE: Row reduce to echelon form and locate the pivot columns. Reduced Row Echelon Form. In linear algebra, matrices are required to be reduced using Gaussian elimination in various problems.An example of reducing row echelon form is given below Examples of matrices in row echelon form row echelon form. 5 Backward phase: Beginning with the rightmost pivot and working upward and to the left, Scale the row containing the pivot to make the leading entry 1 Create zeros above the pivot by row replacement. Reduced Echelon Form: Examples (cont.) Example (Row reduce to echelon form and then to REF).x1 6x2 x3. The calculator will find the row echelon form (simple or reduced - RREF) of the given (augmented) matrix (with variables if needed), with steps shown. Therefore only row echelon forms are considered in the remainder of this article. The similar properties of column echelon form are easily deduced by transposing all the matrices.This is an example of a 35 matrix in row echelon form Example. Reduce the following matrix to row echelon formRemark 1: Reduced row echelon form can be seen as combining row echelon form and back substitution in Gaussian Eliminiation. Since the general solution of a system of linear equations are independent of the elimination process (see here), the reduced row echelon form of a matrix is independent of the row operations used in deriving it. Row-Echelon Form and Back-Substitution. System of Three Linear Equations in Three Variables: x 2y 3z 9.Example 3 Using Gaussian Elimination to Solve a System. Solve the system of linear equations. Echelon form (or row echelon form): 1. All nonzero rows are above any rows of all zeros.(See the Glossary at the back of the textbook.) EXAMPLE: Row reduce to echelon form and locate the pivot columns. For larger matrices, it is the same process, except we need to recopy all but one column of the matrix to the right of the original matrix and then do the basketweave method: Example: 3x3reduced row echelon form 9. Then enter the variable you used for the matrix, close the parenthesis and press enter. Completing the row echelon form by dividing each row by the it initial coefficient this finds the z value and equations for where you can substitute z for find y and z.
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And until now, they pretend to be normal, after a lot of calling of their own clinical jobs. They contracted with some insurance by their own money, to earn from the insurance use, hearing from Miyuki's remarks in HASEGAWA hospital.
Miyuki remembered the face of her mother, when she criticised the evil clinic like hospital, "This is the messy life of Tokyo high society.", and her mother said, "Oh, riches do it, yes, I know well." in her indifferent way, a bit vague to look up sky type.
Oh, they are thrifty, I believed, and I also imformed the real situation of Tokyo, and they did know the less population how was caused by.
Thus they all failed. Miyuki's memory is too too rightous and good in remembering the situation. Not only the fact type. Supporting details were also remembered by her, because of their special system called Quartet MARC!!!!
Now Chinkoro is proud of being touched by her. Her face was too too nasty to him. And her smell. And she soon got hungry. Why my death caused her hungry???? He was really damaged by her faked kind attitude of touching his precious ear. And said, "Oh, cute guy. Handsome one, would be. Fluffy, especially this part!!!" And touched to pledge his revenge.
For her, couldn't put up with thing, however, for them, dishonor, yes. And Miyuki pledged not to touch without their accordance, as much as possible.
Miyuki's weakpoint. She likes to touch fluffy material. Too too attractive for her. thus, a kind of torture for her, not touching the far, especially of diceased ones. And they laught at her messy attitude. Hunting for what?
To compete the ability with them. Thus, another athletic games would be fine for us all. Not for eating type situation yes. Leghons are better than normal deer and rabit meat yes. Not so promissive in her experiment of the culinary.
If already diceased, and we are in hunger, and no alternative, yes. however, I avoid to win my curiocity to cook them as much as possible. For example, French cheif invites me to his special party to participate in the kitchen as a cook. And she found that he prepared a rabit for the dinner, coincidently, because his friend hunter gained a lot.
And in this case, how Miyuki should behave? Miyuki doesn't lose her dearest friends. Thus, her reply is, she uses cheken in stead of meat, and they would eat the same dish in the both meats, portly and meat. And they comments. Miyuki tried to make her effort to cook better chiken dishes rather than rabit ones. If they get to know that chiken is much more delicious and cheap, they changed their mind to use rabit meat in the near future. Miyuki will eat her delicious chekin portly with her Quartet MARC. And probably, it would be a tabboo to her from their participation. Without knowing type mistake happens, sometimes, in really. However, intentionally, of course yes. This, the ingredients discreption was so so important for our life. Sometimes, alergic problem causes someone a serious fatal disease. KARASAWA was milk alergic, yes, and he told his own quasi dead type experience in the reataurant in Hachioji Campus. Miyuki believed it, because, she had some alergic problems in her early years. for the first time, most impressive, yes. And then, another experiment yes.
Why they get tired of it? I am curious of it now. Oh, U2?, type coincidence between the three, she, especally, and her two kids. They are protected by Gods of Justice. And now, no man's land, except kinky old bugs. Thus, Clare decided to leave the house, by her own will. Good, Clare!! You are brave. And they tortured her, because of her audacious attempt. They called the police, and they said "You are the evilest one among us, Clare!"?????
For Clare, why she is in custody, was eternal mistery. Miyuki felt so strange here in Shirakawa. A kind of custody, in a wide range. Like Aun Sang Su-Chy had a fazenda, and she is in a light custody in the whole fazenda, and only kinky servants are working in this vast fazenda." like impression.
Just the same. We want to sail, yes. And no boat at all? I know where they were. On the lake! Yes, however, they scolded me to use it! They are old kinky bugs, set in the worst period of IDIOCRACY, and couldn't change their mind at all. They should vanish soon. Probably in 48 hours.
Miyuki did know the system right now. And they did it as soon as possible. Until Miyuki recognized it, was the agreement, and Miyuki really well knows type recognition, they can't have. For them, no recognition is enough, because they are incapable to recognize. Miyuki's recognition, not their one. Why they continue their contemptious harmful play until now?
Today, Miyuki's mother opened the window of the old actually non used toilet. Why? You want to another toilet in the main house? Oh, insanity problem, they has. For them, evacuation smell was nothing at all type, and for them, easy toilet is better than this nasty remote toilet system. US$10 thousand were needed to do the toilet change, Miyuki was said to her mother, and almost 20 years ago, Miyuki asked her, "Are you really want to have a toilet? Yes, expensive, however, if you like, I could manage the money."
now she remembered her remarks, and she contracted the change. Who could do it? And you said, "The old toilet is smelly, and dangerous for kids. Thus, for us all, using the toilet, clean business type in the office is the best choice." And now, she did the contract without any information to others. Why? She explained, "I thought that Miyuki indeed agreed to do so."????
She never asked Miyuki to do so. She refused by herself at that time. And now, against Miyuki's will, she contracted. Oh, she should pay. I am free from the damage caused by your any faked contract. Alzheimer patients contract easily. Thus, IKKYO believers were used in the town. They are also Alzheimer patients, yes. However, less progressed ones, the town explained to us all.
and Miyuki's laughing joke series are really popular among us all!!! She took the proof easily, and they recognize it at least in their slightest memory. During in this period, they took advantage of it, and they induce Miyuki's family to do so. thus, they got nervous, and forgot more and more, even their important things.
Why didn't you explain the reason of Clare's decision before her?, was her grand father's remarks. Clare wanted to avoid the matter. Miyuki is the less promissive for her yes, because she was jealous to Miyuki. Miyuki did know well at this point.
Sense of fashion, and her cheap way of dressing well. And her legs!!!! Horse like rabbit type ones, she has. ADACHI would like to compete with her in their costume play!!!!
And Miyuki is really cheerful guy in this town. Always damnit words so clearly and cheerfully. No time for losers, in the end!!!
And for our proissive futures, we should colaborate with others of course. Less populous world, we are living. And now, fatty mountains are here!!!! Greens from darker tones to the lightest ones. Oh, I would like to hold a sketching day in a picnic mood!!! If the Quartet agree, we would prepare some lunch to do so!!! River sketch is fine, however, until in a certain place, the rivers are not so clean. Why IKKYO believers clean up the inside the rivers?
IKKYO believers like to keep vacant, however, inside the river, they didn't toutch!!! Oh, betther than total serious killer!!!
Oh, poison, they wanted to clean up. Thus, they made a MITSUBISHI PULP company in the upper and better site of the rivers.
IZUMI-san, do you know TAKAHASHI River? In the map in front of the SHIRAKAWA-SHINYOU-KINKO or 白河信用金庫, a rural small scale bank in Hakamachi-Era, Miyuki found the name of the third river in the top of the big, 1.5m × 1.2m type turistic advertisement map. I have never heard of the name of the river. They sometimes created strange names by their own will and put them on the map, as they liked. Horikawa or 堀川 is also.
Famous ABUKUMA River is called in Nishigou era with this strange name. Why? The painters suffered from Alzheimer disease, probabalt, like Tokyo's counterparts.
All Alzheimer patients surround their home town, they really felt so. Why they are so forgetful? And this is the prohibittion no.1 for them. Alzheimer patients, yes, now. Oh, Recognition problem, yes. Idiots, yes. However, forgetful, never????
I am good at memory, they insisted as usual. And they took the test, and formidable result. All Alzheimer patient country, Japan is. Oh, I know well. They degraded easily. And they pretended to conceal the fact even now. Kids also. Infants yes.
for them, not so natural. For Miyuki's harsh attackings, they were too too inable to do so type. Fatal for us all!!! Thus, Miyuki should be concealed?????
For their request, the major did it, because Kazuo SUZUKI, the major, was revealed as the real Alzheimer patients.
Promissive, not at all type. And Funeral servant type. Spooky face with desiring other's unhappiness only type. Downward, absolutely confirmed. And they allowed to kill others, and the residents denied the facts, against the law. Three years ago, almost, he came to kill all of the patients, for his own sake to make his bigger company called AOKI. Stupid choice, with megalomaniac taste. King Ra, he wanted to be, or Emperor Shi, probably.
Their dream should be completed in their own nightmare, yes. However, outside their dream, namely, in real world, they couldn't do so. Prohibittion was forgotten type assasin projects consecutively. Serious killer's ideal town in the world, they were told. Oh, Miyuki is famous for them all.
If she gets to know it, she would like it, her real sister YUKARI assurmed. And they all failed. Just a serial killers, they are. Maniacs. Mentally illed completely. And majority of them are this type. They target less progressed Alzheimer patients. Thus, the extreme IDIOCRACY is exposed in this rural town.
Miyuki is too too rightous to say so. However, how should I do? They are majority, in precarious way, and easily move with their smart cars. Thus, universal information system, taking advantage of their own routes. Smart cars are for it. They have no memory at all. It means they can't drive a car at all type. And they can drive, even after being to be revealed as the real Alzheimer patients. Astonishing news on this matter. On 14 of May, ASAHI Shimbun informed the news with their agreement. We all astonished at the article, however, for them all, not at all type common article, it is.
the real Alzheimer patients are too too dangerous in your town. I know well on your situation. We should help us at all, anyway. Miyuki believes that at least MAYA's mother is more helpful for Clare, yes. Miyuki met her, and got astonished, because she is a foreigner. Clare didn't mention at all. And one day, Clare decalred to Miyuki, "I will stay one night in MAYA's house." Thus, Miyuki got upset her, because at least, before her leaving, she should inform on the family MAYA.
MAYA is my closest friend, Clare introduced her in the entrance. Oh, thank your for playing with my daughter. They wore uniformes yes. However, her mother, Miyuki didn't know it. Thus, Miyuki said to Clare, "At least, I will go with you to meet MAYA's mother. If she is normal, yes, OK, you can stay. However, if not, you should give up the plan, you did it without noticing to me." And on Monday, a bit rainy day, Miyuki went to her house. Near, however, it took almost 45 minutes. FUKIMORI Park was the nearest land mark. However, Clare took a slow straid. Why? I know this place, at least, the direction. Why we couldn't reach her house yet?
And finally, her house was there. Oh, bigger house!!! Miyuki thought that they were residents of an apartment like Miyuki's family. Oh, spacy!!! And MAYA's mother appeared, and "Oh, you are a foreigner!"
And Miyuki got relieved at all. Miyuki was a bit nervous, because when Miyuki asked Clare to get acordance with MAYA's family, and MAYA's mother replyed in English. Thus, Miyuki's strange detective story on MAYA's family began. Why she wrote it in English? The worst case was for Miyuki & Adachi, "SPALTAN Monster", education only type.
I can write in Engilish!, type. Vertisty graduates only type!!! To be proud of superior to others, yes!!! This is the worst situation for Miyuki and Clare. yes, Clare, you have right to communicate with any of others, because you should learn how to chose your friends. However, your closest friend's would be our enemy...might be....Thus, we should confirm the fact, anyway!!!!
Thus, for Miyuki at that time, got up early in the morning, and followed Clare's way to MAYA's family. And the result was...Oh, just it...Thank you anyway. I will come to pick up...
South Asian type, she would be. Pakistan or Punjab, northern part of the India as continent. Miyuki presumed. Ocean is near for her original house. Anyway, she looks normal people. OK, Clare, I leave you in her house. Don't abuse your priviledge!!! And bye!!!
Normal people are majority in almost all of the countries Myuki visited. In Japan, the contray happened. Thus, Oh, a foreigner. Sure, it's OK for me. Just a my hobby to think of it...
Miyuki's detective ability causes sometimes too many laughing stories. Thus, they wanted to open her ability by their own cost, they said to the public agencies, and they failed at all. Authoral Rights, for what? She can't conceal anything at all for the sake of just an Alzheimer patients consolation. Why any of them colaborate her rightous opinion? For us all, too too normal to cut wifi in the town. However, in her own country, in her rural town called SHIRAKAWA, they didn't do so, and continue to do so, using the various ways of their evil technics.
Thus, they colaborated until now. and Miyuki denied to their resque of the evacuation????
Miyuki didn't know the situation in Shirakawa at all. Alzheimer patients, evil type only now. Jasons, we call them. And Clare should evacuate from the evil town. And they wanted to catch her in her own house, thus, they called their usual authority. Three gold or 三金 was for it. Vanishing their wrongdoings, and thus, they got richer and richer, immediately.
Her mother explained Miyuki, "Sankin had two brothers, a medical doctor and a lawyer, thus, they could get rich." And Miyuki believed. Indifferent at all the richness of the family, and Miyuki did know the level of the richness. Messy contenners in the campus near Shin-Shirakawa station. Third class construction company, rural type, Miyuki categorized it immediately. Jealous? Not at all! Contemption, yes of course!!!
And then, they tried to be the night emperor, according to Miyuki's gag version. Oh, the night life, they wanted to enjoy???
For Miyuki, just seeds of joke, as usual. however, for them all, alive or death type choice. Oh, then, you should choose death, only death. In this case, you should say, "Oh, death or death situation, we are in. Thus, we should die!!!"
Oh, 貧窮問答歌! by 山上憶良 Songs of question and answer on poverty by Okura YAMANOUE.
Miyuki sang: You shall die, you shall die! ♫(^^♪♬ (In her cheerful voice, in the melody of BAMBI's opening)
SANKIN sang: Yes, we should die, we should die! 🎶 (in the similar melody, in the negative tone.with spooky unizon!)
This Okura is famous for his family adoration short light verse. Almost 1000 years ago, he wrote:
Gold, Platinum, I don't care.
My best treasures are my kids.
Simple, and at least, we had some human being ansestor in Japan.
Why they sold their kids? For Miyuki, nonsense, at all. And for them, everyday's attempt even now. They already could do it. Miyuki remembered her first slight traffic accident on the public limited road. She crashed on the pole, and the red car of her father made a concavo, and Miyuki should pay US$700 to her father.
The situation was as fallows. An non licenced for the place type car, a mother and a boy, were there inside, dashed in front of her, and she was forced to cede the space for it to pass throught. And Bung!!! No injury at all, however, the back of the car made a concavo. And the inresponsible car passed soon after the crash, without thanking at all.
Miyuki got upset, yes. however, her father said to her, "According to Transporting system law, in this case, you should not concede to them. Thus, your failure. " OK, I accepted his explanation. Then, I would never concede, in the similar case. They should pay, evel wrongdoer!, Miyuki really thought of it.
And her secong crash in the 4th of January, in 2014. In the worktool store called KOMERI, in the parking lots. Almost no one was there, thus, Miyuki was in her always claiming to the injustice among society in the car. And after she bought a electric bar type limp, she started to go backward. And she crashed with a car, in which, a MISAKA resident was there.
He was so accustomed to call his own police and insurance company, and at least, he left his name on her memorundum. Oh, he lived this place. Probaly, IKKYO believer, he was. And gained like in these styles.
Oh, they used their neuro inducing system for it, and induced disasters as always. Oh, thus, Miyuki was so yelled to speed up more and more. And Miyuki kept sane mentally, indifferent from their yell. They want to gain from their own disasters. I don't colaborate with you, DDMs sobstory cruel makers!!!!
For them, any place should be good to their own jobs. Cars are passing here and there, and Miyuki is a driver licence holder. Thus, they crashed as much as possible, and found that she has no car at all!!!!
Miyuki wanted to have an old used Jeep, given by American Force. Only she wanted to have it. And others? Not at all!!! And the jungle painting with black, dark green and lighter green. For protection, four helmets please!!!
Now, M&A are expecting that on the road, these cars, of course, faked ones, appear soon. American Air Force would attack them on raid!!!!
Downward vehicles, they should be!!! Counterparts of thet Downward Blue Impulses.
Go to INFERNO! in a GO, GO, MARINE! melody!!!
Toriton, primitive version type animation. TATSUNOKO-PRO? Mitsuteru YOKOYAMA? Miyuki forgot the name of the writer. However, at 5 years and 6, she watched it on TV, before dinner type. Normal poverty line turned to be the most poor zone, she is in now. Oh, I studied hard, including cramschool type. And entered into the best Universitly in the country, and graduated the doctoral course, completely, and gained doctor degree in the field of Legal Studies. And now, practically jobless, and her faked superiors, her real mother, junior high versity holder, and her real younger sister, versty holder, caught her in ther hand, and force her to be low to their level. And their level are, Alzheimer patients one.
Thus, they are jealous unnecessarily, and start monopolization or Muck selling business so easily, as if just a slight kindness were so precious for Miyuki only. Why they want to sell their so called unnecessary kindness to Miyuki?, because they want to do so. Just it. and they were scolded by others so many times, and they faked the fact totally against Miyuki's intention. Always, they took advantage of her isolation in the field of communication. They cut her information system, and contribute to create "Miyuki protector". Oh, Bird protector type irony, they adopted.
HACHIOJI version was too too cruel for Miyuki and birdies, and SHIRAKAWA version is too too nasty to others yes. They want to punishe her because of her rightous opinion. And they are too too kinkiest at this point.
Miyuki remembered the story written by 高橋康成 or Yasunari TAKAHASHI on Four Bronte Sisters. Mad girls in attic, it was said in British version.
They lost their sanity, already, we presumed it, and Miyuki took a picture, and they got to know the fact, and they continue to punish her, instead of correct their own wrongdoings. No mistake should be done by us two, was their attitude. And now, Miyuki should move all of her foods stocked in the fredge of the main house to in the tiny fredge of the office.
She likes cooking, thus, we should avoid her to use the kichen, they decided between them two both. And as soon as Miyuki got up, her mother declared the order to her. And she said only "yes." as usual.
yes, kindness means just being taken easily. However, within the limit. Unifersal fundamental rights, not at all. Thus, they should be punished harshly. Now your both are revealed so evil. Clare suffered a lot, because she is a really good at cooking. Always they are jealous. Too too nasty strange kinky family we have, she declared. And Miyuki was saved again. Clare was forced to participate in the third catching of Miyuki. Again and again, they tried. And Clare is now the target. And we should colaborate each other.
Just a trifle is enough, they informed to their enemy. And they did it. Always, they did it against my will. They, my mother and my younger sister. Why? Because they are both Alzheimer patients.
They really deeply think so. Why they couldn't move to Tokyo? They really thought. And now, their era came!!! IDIOCRACY in Tokyo again version, they live already. For her, faked TOKYO is enough. And they are concealed 360° always. For their choice. For them all, anyway safe is predilection. And thrifty they are, and waste lots of money for their thriftness. Alzheimer economic contradiction, they are in.
Miyuki laught at their attitude. Her mother washes her cloghing in the double long drums old type washing machine in the main house, while her daugher, YUKARI, does her faked washing with the precious water and electricity abundantly in the office building. Double use, they started. Terrible situation. They want to use their spending abandently according to their leader's order.
They sold their spirit until the bit of the tow nail, Miyuki really thought so. Clare did so yes.
And Now, Miyuki starts to clean up the fredge to coexist with others. Just a bit cleaning up is enough, probably. And the electricty no type? Just a stocker? Anyway, I will try to do it!!!
Thus, see you soon!!! Quartet MARC, forever!!!
Vanish! DDMs!!!
From MARC, with BIG LOVE!!!!


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Monday, June 1, 2009
The Smackdown
Violet raised her tiny hand in anger at me this morning for the first time. I say "for the first time" because I realize that we have 2+ years of toddlerhood left to live through and I am not naive enough to think it won't happen again.
She had just woken up and I took her right from her bed to the kitchen where I was busy doctoring up my morning coffee. Violet likes to suck on my empty Splenda packets (the child loooves paper of all sorts) and was reaching out for the box when I went to put it away. I had already thrown out the empty packet before retrieving her from bed so I didn't have any packets for her to gum. Adding insult to injury, I then put the lid back on the gallon of milk without even so much as letting her attempt to close it. Naughty Mommy, right? Well, wee sleepy Violet thought so. She howled a terrible whine and reached for my face to smack and pinch it! What a turd!
I put her on the floor so fast I don't think either she or I realized what I was doing. Part of me was laughing because--how ridiculous that this mini-person clad in bubble gum jammies was throwing an A.M. tantrum directed at me--I just wasn't equipped to handle such a bizarre start to the day before I'd had even a sip of coffee. The other more forward-looking Mommy wasn't laughing at all. She was thinking of all the potential bratty shit I could have staring down the next 10-20 years of my life. I don't care how cute her jammies are, how adorable her little dimply rear is, how sweetly her Johnson & Johnson's washed hair smells...I'm not prepared to deal with a brat. I'm just not. I'm too bratty myself...I'm afraid we'll cancel each other out.
Cringing all the way to work, I thought of the kind of bullshit I used to do to my own Mom, never thinking twice about her feelings. I'd roll my eyes at her music, giggle at her clothes, explain with exasperation for the 10th time why the New Kids on the Block were called the Fab Five. It didn't have anything to do with the Beatles. Sheesh. Danny, Donnie, Joe, Jordan, and John were soo beyond my Mom. She would never, could never, get it.
Mom--did you know that someday I'd get it? You must have hoped that day would come.
I'm not ready to have some tiny girl making fun of my Stevie Wonder songs or my Chaco sandals. I'm not ready to surrender my coolness to someone so much younger than me; someone that I made!
I know this morning's smack wasn't the same as an intentional eye roll and I know we're probably several years off from that kind of shit. Violet's tiny temper was tweaked just enough this morning that she needed to release it on someone, and I was the only one within striking distance. It was just a little glimpse of the big personality she's been working so hard at growing. The little dancing, laughing, penguin-walking, sweet-dolly-talking, doggy-patting, Mommy-snuggling, car-vrooming, swing-squealing, cousin-loving, one-year-old Violet also happens to have a short fuse in the mornings. Duly noted. And, if this is a peephole into the future with Violet, I'll keep the naked pictures handy for blackmail. Just in case.
And, yeah, Sweetie, you are naked in the tub with both of your cousins.
3 comments:
- Aly said...
I think the first smack, or even attempt, is the hardest. It's the realization that this sweet, tiny little creature you've been nurturing now has their own mind & emotions. They also have the ability to act out those emotions.
As for being the "not so with it" parent, come on in, the water's fine! I've already had Jackson sigh with exasperation at my lack of train knowledge. (Duh mom, Oliver & Percy are both green.)Just think of his eventual reaction to my love of the Broadway channel on XM. The opinions seem to grow as quickly as the child.
The good news is, they balance these growing personalities with a deeply-seeded need for their mommies, no matter how big that personality gets. At least that seems to be the case 39 months in.
- June 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Aly said...
I also meant to thank you for documenting the bath trio! This is great blackmail material for us too. :)
- June 2, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- Babs said...
Yes. I knew.
- June 4, 2009 at 6:34 AM


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