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Article published on August 11, 2017.
NB and nudge reviewer Philipa Coughlan was so impressed by her discovery of the novels of Ron Butlin she tracked him down to find out more…
Philipa Coughlan: Your recent novel Billionaire's Banquet places two student friends running a catering business against the backdrop of Thatcher's economic policies. Did you want to write about how those times affected Scotland as opposed to a London-centric view?
Ron Butlin: I found myself setting Billionaires' Banquet in Edinburgh because it is a city I know well. Like Hume, the main character, I donned a secondhand set of evening-clothes and waited on the rich at play. An eye-opener, to say the least. Mrs Thatcher was not popular in Scotland (an understatement!). Hume admires her, the other characters are more concerned about the search for mathematical truth, falling in love and so forth. Like everyone everywhere. The novel is a weirdly updated Upstairs, Downstairs, where fat cats and street-kids, lovers, losers and the rest struggle to survive.
PC: In the book, the freedom of student life both sexually and without the economic constraints of student loans often leads to shock and emotional disaster. What sort of student were you?
RB: I was an easy-going student when it came to all-night parties, chance conversations in the street about Kant, and afternoon hash-cakes on the roof. Not so easy-going when it came to essays and exams. I did my bst. Like most of my generation I took the future totally for granted i.e. assumed there would always be one. My philosophy studies were not undertaken in the hope of finding job-security for life- I took life for granted also. How things have changed! Something happened back then, some pieces of grit got into the works of history -and here we all are in 2017, not so easy-going any longer. Billionaires' Banquet is at once a part-affectionate look at those long-ago days and a very hard look at the present. Thankfully, humour wins out and readers tell me the novel is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny as well as being profoundly unsettling. Several said they could not put it down and consumed it in one or two sittings!
PC: Your prose is tight and thoughtful where each word means something. Is this a reflection of being a poet before a novelist?
RB: Very likely. I always start with a few words that pop into my head and simply see where they take me – most of the time I don't know if these words will turn into a poem, a story, or even a novel. My approach is Don't Plan and Don't Think. I have learned to trust my imagination. Only as I write do I begin to get glimpses of what it is I'm writing about. Not a method I'd advocate, but I seem stuck with it. For example, my most recent play, Sweet Dreams (for Oran Mor in Glasgow), starts with a man coming on stage and taking off his jacket and trousers to reveal he's wearing pyjamas underneath. I was as surprised as the audience, believe me! Gradually I realised that this was someone so totally exhausted with the stresses of contemporary living, the pressure of keeping up with emails and the rest, the endless restructurings and uncertainties at work, that he just wanted to sleep! Like Billionaires' Banquet the play is a comic satire – with a very serious centre. It rang a lot of bells for a lot of people. Poetry tends to argue through image whereas prose argues more through narrative and character. Billionaires' Banquet is not in the least 'poetic' thank goodness. Nevertheless, my 'poetic' imagination took me into all kinds of unexpected places. As always, I drafted and redrafted many times, hoping to make each word count. All 73,000 of them!
PC: The Sound of My Voice, published in 1987, won many awards and was for me one of the best books I have ever read. Was the subject matter of an alcoholic unravelling chosen for any particular reason?
RB: I had a friend who was heading towards full-on alcoholism. He lived an almost double life- emotional chaos in private, status and success in public life (he had a high post in the civil service) Gradually, as the novel shaped itself, I realised I was remembering visiting my friend a long time ago and seeing his chaotic life up close- the wild and shambolic evenings, the suited-up mornings as he left for Westminster. But he is not Morris, and the story is not his. As I wrote, the novel took on a life of its own. I didn't write the chapters of The Sound of My Voice sequentially, but in dozens of separate unrelated sections. Every few days a new section would begin suggesting itself. Eventually, when there seemed to be no more new sections to come, I gathered all I'd written and started over again – rather like having lots of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, except there was no picture to keep me right! Only when I was getting near to what might become the finished picture did I really have any idea what the novel was about. That moment of realization was truly exciting!
PC: Steve and FranDan Take On The World is a recently published YA novel. You say writing for 11-14 year olds is a new venture. What made you tackle this genre and would you do so again?
RB: I don't think I have enjoyed writing a book so much as my recently published and first ever YA novel, a thriller for kids (10-14 yrs) – Steve and FranDan Take On The World is a rattling adventure story involving hidden treasure, baddies, capture, escapes- you name it! To my delight kids seem to love it. 'An awesome story with meaning' said one 12 year old critic on LoveReading4Kids. Others chime in saying 'I enjoyed it so much I stayed up till 11pm each night to finish it'. 'Humorous, exciting, packed with adventure, ' I couldn't put this book down', 'Brilliant….I would give this 5/5'. I assumed at first, I was beginning my next adult novel to follow on from Ghost Moon (nominated for the international IMPAC Award). With serious purpose and top-heavy intentions, I savoured the first few words that had popped into my imagination while waiting in the supermarket queue. By the time I was on the bus home, the words had become a sentence. Then a second sentence. Rather unexpected sentences. But there you go. Who were these people? That of course, is the kind of question I never ask until a book is near completion. I just take whatever my imagination gives me and do my best to run with it . Result – things just kept getting wilder and wilder. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and my first thought was – how are they going to get out of THIS! My wife, Regi Claire, is a very fine writer, and also a very fine cook. For the last 20 years near enough I have read to her while she cooks. We have got through over 150 books, including several of Dickens' longest! When writing Steve and FranDan Take On The World, Regi wanted me to read each daily instalment. She, too, was gripped. So too, was our dog Leila, who features in both the novel and on the cover. After Billionaires' Banquet was completed, I imagined I would begin on another adult novel. No chance. I had no sooner started on what promised to be yet another powerful work on the human condition when Steve and FranDan showed up and elbowed it out. Thank goodness. I have now nearly finished their second adventure and am determined to return to the deep waters of man's struggle to make sense of his destiny etc. etc. But, as my mum used to say, we'll see.
PC: You have written seven opera libretti, three taken up by Scottish Opera. But your past included meeting Paul McCartney in a lift and writing for a pop- group. What were they called and why, as you say are they justly forgotten?
RB: As a highly poetical teenager, I wrote soulful lyrics for some friends who had a pop group. At one point, the band was given a spot on the Tony Blackburn TV show, wearing tartan mini-skirts and with dry ice blowing about their knobbly teenage knees. When I say that these two and a half minutes of stardom was to be the high-point of the band's career, you can imagine the rest. Let us leave them their anonymity, and pass on. The rest of the world certainly has.
PC: Between 2008-2014 you were the Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate). How did the role affect your poetry?
RB: As the Makar of Edinburgh I became a more public poet. The first time I found myself commissioned to write on a given subject, I protested (to myself at least) rather pompously 'Am I expected to write to order? My creativity cannot be turned off and on like a tap!' Then I found it could. Mind you, I got off to a very good start – the Malt Whisky Society of Scotland asked me to write a poem in praise of whisky. How hard is that? Naturally, I had to do a lot of research…I continued with my 'normal' poems, of course. Indeed one has gained a degree of celebrity in Scotland. I wrote a very humorous poem, in Scots, protesting to Edinburgh Council about the year-after-year delays in constructing the new tram network. I was heralded as 'the voice of in Edinburgh'. The poem was republished in newspapers and online. Letters were written, comments posted. The poem was set to music and sung by choirs. Really, I expected to be un-Makared! Instead, I survived and was re-appointed for a further 3 years. In my final year one of the poems I had written –The Electric City of Heck – became the inspiration for an entire arts festival, Hidden Door 2015. I must say I felt very proud and deeply touched.
PC: Ian Rankin is a good friend and great admirer of your work. Any thoughts about a crime novel?
RB: A crime novel? I love reading crime novels and thrillers and can say with total confidence that writing one would be utterly beyond me. I wish it were otherwise.
PC: I'd describe you as a polymath, someone with a wide expertise which spans many subject matters. Which area of writing causes you the most difficulty?
RB: I'm afraid the glib answer is the true one. Typing. I'm useless at it. I write everything longhand, correcting and revising as I go, covering the pages with comments, arrows, bubbles, zig-zag crossings out and so forth, until it is almost unreadable. While I can still manage to make out what I've written, I summon up my two-finger typing skills to put it into the computer. Then, mercifully I print it out ready for more re-draftings. Back and forth, back and forth I go until I have done all that I can. Finally, I show it to Regi. My wife is one of the best editors I have ever come across. My clear freshly-typed pages are soon returned covered with her comments, her arrows, bubbles, zig-zag crossings out and so forth. And so it goes on. Every writer should have a Regi Claire. I comment on her work too. We trust each other.
PC: You have worked as a male model, barnacle remover and valet-footman in countries right across the world. You are a character in a novel yourself! Is there a place to visit or job to try still on your 'to do' list?
RB: I've travelled very widely and lived in Paris, Toronto, in the hills above Barcelona, the Far East and even spent time in a commune so far out in the Australian wilderness that I had to learn to ride a horse to get around. I now live in Edinburgh. I was brought up in a very small village and would love to live again out in the country. It probably won't happen. My compromise is that I live in Edinburgh as if it were a village, and the streets have become a network of friendships. Regi is Swiss. We may come to spend more time there. I hope so.
My next job is my next book – what else?
Find out more at ronbutlin.co.uk
Follow Ron on Twitter @RonButlinMakar
Billionaire's Banquet by Ron Butlin, published on 15 April, 2017 by Salt Publishing, in paperback
Steve and Frandan Take on the World by Ron Butlin, published on 18 May, 2017 by BC Books, in paperback
An edited version of this interview appears in the summer 2017 edition of NB magazine
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Cincinnati Bridge is located in Pawnee County, Nebraska certified as a historic location on Monday June 29, 1992. This location is a protected historic place because of historical significance relating to Transportation, more specifically a Road-Related. Cincinnati Bridge was nominated by as a historic location by State Government based on Architecture/Engineering and its significance in Engineering.
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Other Name: Fries' Mill Bridge;Big Nemaha River Bridge;NEHBS No. PW00-42
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Historically Significant Years Associated With This Location: 1879, 1880
Level of Governmental Significance: State
Architect, builder, or engineer: King Iron Bridge Co.
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Scalable Parallelization of Specification Mining using Distributed Computing
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Mining specifications from logs of execution traces has attracted much research effort in recent years since the mined specifications, such as program invariants, temporal rules, association patterns, or various behavioral models, may be used to improve program documentation, comprehension, and verification. At the same time, a major challenge faced by most specification mining algorithms is related to their scalability, specifically when dealing with many large execution traces.To address this challenge, we present a general, distributed specification mining algorithm that can parallelize and distribute repetitive specification mining tasks across multiple computers to achieve speedup proportional to the number of machines used. This general algorithm is designed on the basis of our observation that most specification mining algorithms are data and memory intensive while computationally repetitive. To validate the general algorithm, we instantiate it with five existing sequential specification mining algorithms (CLIPPER, Daikon, k-tails, LM, and Perracotta) on a particular distributed computing model (MapReduce) and one of its implementations (Hadoop) to create five parallelized specification mining algorithms, and demonstrate the much improved scalability of the algorithms over many large traces ranging from 41 MB to 157 GB collected from seven DaCapo benchmark programs. Our evaluation shows that our parallelized Perracotta running on four machines (using up to eight CPU cores in total) speeds up the original sequential one by 3-18 times The other four sequential algorithms are unable to complete analyzing the large traces, while our parallelized versions can complete the analysis and gain performance improvement by using more machines and cores. We believe that our general, distributed algorithm fits many specification mining algorithms well, and can be instantiated with them to gain more performance improvement and scalability improvement.
Dynamic analysis, Execution profiles, Hadoop, MapReduce, Parallelization, Scalability, Specification mining
Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
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Data Management and Analytics
The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data
Bird, Christian; Menzies, Tim; Zimmermann, Thomas
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WANG, Shaowei; David LO; JIANG, Lingxiao; Maoz, Shahar; and Budi, Aditya.
Scalable Parallelization of Specification Mining using Distributed Computing. (2015). The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data. 623-648. Research Collection School Of Information Systems.
Available at: http://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2831
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Crystal teardrops clink and flash in the chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the eighteenth floor to the Grand Foyer. They shimmer and shape the light and set a tone for the prices in the Gift Shop just ahead. You can't help looking up and knowing in advance that they're only fair, the prices, considering this kind of elegance and good taste.
Pinched snug from the rear so the high-quality cotton conforms to the muscular plastic torso, T-shirts of superb design and imagery offer the exotic flair of the place and can continue to do so long after Hotel Oaxtapec guests go home. These Ts cost more than a normal T, but while you might save a few pesos elsewhere you would hardly accrue the exotic identity these Ts can provide for years to come.
They capture the essence in the air with their colorful illustrations, so you can feel the tropical tingle in winter in your chilblain loft in northern Minnesota, even under a sweater. You may even recall the hot breeze whispering love and anarchy in nature, just as you feel it here.
You want to buy one of these mementos to have and to hold, to wear and feel again from far away. You want others to see it too by simply looking your way, so they'll know where you've been and will see the full range of your experience.
So, surrounded by such comfort and potential for exotic character, what are a few extra pesos?
On the front of each T is a wild animal silk-screened in garish pastels, lifelike as the species recently roaming, screeching, and preying here. They don't anymore, those wild others, nor can their screech and scratch be heard beyond the hill or down the road.
The only habitat over the hill is employee housing. Hardly marbled and mostly lit by naked bulbs, these modest bungalows are a blessed billet for the likes of Antonio Garza, who rises yet again from flat on his back to sitting up. As if taking a tally of his power to make more money in tips on a single morning than his father made in a week on the road crew, he counts, "Eighty-two."
Down and up again, he represses the grunt, "Eighty-three ..."
Antonio knows the value of sit-ups. They're very close to money in the bank. Beyond intrinsic value he knows that doing them first thing in the morning is worth plenty. Just look at today, waiting until after eating, before siesta, with the day half-done and the day's energy half spent. He will reach a hundred twenty before deciding if a hundred twenty-five will do, or if today feels good for a hundred fifty. He knows the hundred fifty standard must stick once established, so he mustn't press prematurely. But he also knows that today is the day the bar will rise. A washboard stomach doesn't last forever, nor can the ripples deepen without strenuous effort. Then again he is late, a condition common to a man on the rise but never acceptable to a punctual man. For the sin of tardiness he will give penance. "Eighty-eight. Eighty-nine."
He remembers, like it was only this morning, the day long ago when Milo the Beach Manager told him with no warning to take off his starched white jacket and go. It was a moment of startling chagrin. Who could not foresee the ax, given Milo's apparent envy? Yet close on the heel of this apparent ax was certain joy on the tip of Milo's finger shooting seaward with Milo's pronouncement, "Go to the Jet Skis."
The Jet Skis could not be called a promotion by anyone but Antonio, who proved his prowess by drawing more guests to the Jet Skis than his predecessors and delivering a happier ride than ever before, thereby generating more revenue and additional goodwill. It was a simple progression from the Jet Skis to the towboat that pulls the big banana, and from there to pulling the parasail. Antonio made them laugh no matter what their fantasy, as he does to this day. Fast or slow, no problema; he eases them into spending as if that's why they came, as if spending is to fun and sun what tequila is to margaritas.
From the Jet Skis and the parasail he sent them back to their chaise lounges by the pool talking about "the wonderfully entertaining fellow working the beach. You really must experience him." Thus came the rewards. "Ninety-four. Ninety-five."
It was only a matter of time, never mind Milo who can't see the value of rippling muscles and a glittering smile-and a nonstop monologue to make that smile contagious.
Now he, Antonio Garza, is maestro of pool activities. Soon he will have more money than a coffee can will hold. He won't get another can but will next fill an entire plastic bucket, one of those five-gallon buckets that begins full of jalapeños but then is promoted to holding the Garza fortune.
Five gallons of money?
It seems too much to imagine.
Then again, it depends on the currency. You could have a million-peso bill and need only a little envelope. Or a check. It could be made out for ... anything!
Hey, what else can you think about in a strain like this, upping the bar in one jump by twenty percent? You think twenty percent is a gain to sneeze at? No. It is a gain to measure and feel, each huff to the next.
Antonio's best T-shirt hangs neatly in his closet, facing front so the sleek panther is ready to spring, even between washings. Shiny dark and graceful as any beast, he and panther are ready for one more wearing before washing, because washing every day will wear him out. Besides, Antonio detects playful curiosity in the women by the pool when he and panther ripen a bit. Mrs. Mayfair likes it. Then again, he must use caution in all things, given the risk of misperception on a rise so rapid. Far from predatory, Antonio Garza is only playful and willing.
Mrs. Mayfair would buy him another expensive T at the mere hint of desire, so he might drop a tacit word or two. She'd surely take his hint to heart quick as a white-eyed tit on an early worm. She would buy three Ts and get so lovey, clingy and tonguey that frankly he'd rather ripen.
"A hundred eleven. A hundred twelve," each syllable of each number receiving clear enunciation. "A hundred thirteen. A hundred fourteen."
This keeps the pace slow and even, allowing for proper form on each sit-up, so that each can make its rightful contribution.
She's smart like that, Mrs. Mayfair, so rarely does she miss a beat between herself and Antonio. He smiles in pleasant recollection of Mrs. Mayfair's warble. He hears her whispering her hot, coarse need. What else should a young man recall while doing sit-ups? Does she not contribute to his overall campaign? Besides, he hears her because her need is endless, with no regard for a man's limits or private moments.
Still, she's more alive than most, and who could tire of her body with the matching red hair? His smile is sustained on her refrain that he please "Make me feel wanted. Please, Antonio. Make me feel ..."
Wanted? Okay.
So instead of one hand behind her head he put two, accelerating the roughness she seemed to long for. Well, he hopes she longed for it. She seemed eager at the time for the two-handed head grab and the vigorous pumping action.
"One hundred twenty-two. One hundred twenty-three."
No, he should do the right thing. He will buy a second T-shirt on his own. "One hundred twenty-four."
His father condones this decision based on manhood and independence. His photo hangs on the wall by the table beneath the tiny Jesus.
Gustavo Garza died a man of no means, except of course for the immortality made available to a man through his sons.
Antonio and Baldo often stare at what remains of their father with the same glazed gaze they shared over the simple grave and wooden box holding he who kept them fed and for the most part clothed. Nobody cried, so most surmised that their dazed wonder was not for their father but rather for the uncertainty of tonight and tomorrow. Antonio was too old for crying anyway, a man already in the technical sense. Besides that, he was overwhelmed and stupefied at his father's passing.
Baldo was young enough but neither cried nor whimpered. Some doubt his grasp on the meaning of loss. Some doubt his grasp on any meaning. Some doubt that he's ever uttered a sound, but Antonio knows better. Baldo knows right from wrong and wants to fit in, as long as it fits with what he knows. He speaks with a nod or a gaze, a skewed glance or a sudden turn. He looked up to Antonio at their father's funeral, and emitted a tiny, fearful croak like that of a fledgling bird teetering on the edge of the nest. Looking down at life's reward, Antonio put an arm around his little orphan brother for assurance; they would make do. So they have, thanks to Antonio, who sees things for both of them and translates as necessary for his younger brother, who often needs help in seeing the fit.
Baldo makes another sound as well. It was first heard years ago on the night their father brought home a gift of a tiny bird on the cusp of fledging. Floppy and downy as any nestling, it suffered further disadvantage from too much beak. How could such a bird ever fly if it could hardly lift its head?
Gustavo Garza picked it up from the ground, where it had lolled and squawked beside the fallen tree where its nest had been. The tree and thousands more had to go so development could proceed with a roadway. With a roadway, the world can arrive.
The roadway should have been built sooner, with so much beauty for tourists here at hand, including the weather, the water, and the languorous sandy beaches. Progress is not free but requires a few minor casualties, like a dead bird here and there. But you can't stop progress for those who would perish anyway, given their limited ability to move out of the way.
Gustavo knew these things as he knew the indiscretion of a D-9 Cat with a front-end loader, so he stepped in front of the grumbling earth mover to reach the fledgling bird. At times a man of sentiment, Gustavo Garza that time reached for a token to bring home, for his sons to see and play with it before it died.
Gustavo picked it up again a few hours later to set it out back for a quiet death under the stars. That's when Baldo barked, which is the second sound we know he can make. From deep within came the startled complaint, until the little bird was brought back in. Back inside Baldo held it. He stared at it, cooed in its face, and finally jammed a bean down its throat.
It was cooked and mushy, the bean, and required some follow-through to work it down the tiny gullet, but it filled the bill and was followed by another. Then they sat and stared at each other, Baldo straight ahead while Toucan, as the little bird was called, looked at his mentor sideways, one eye at a time. They helped each other along, one stuffing, the other gobbling, then cocking his head with curiosity, and longing.
Antonio remembers those days of strange noises from under the table where Toucan lived. He laughed along with his father; neither knowing which fledgling made this noise or that. Baldo was a child then and Antonio was hardly more, yet their father spoke to the elder as the repository of a father's teaching and a father's responsibility. Hardly loquacious as his elder son, Gustavo crooked a weary finger at Antonio and nodded sanguinely. "Your brother is different," he said, which of course any boy of twelve could plainly see.
Of course, a father is partial, so the mute boy was spared the quirky profile but was rather viewed as both more and less. As a workingman on intimate terms with the daily vicissitudes of food and shelter, Gustavo surrendered now and then to sentiment but not to gloss. He leaned in and said, "He knows things. I cannot tell you what he knows. I see things myself and don't know what they are. I ... sense things but don't know what to make of them. Baldo, your brother, knows things that you and I cannot know. He knows."
Knows what?
Well, Gustavo said he didn't know what, and maybe Antonio isn't too sure either. In the next few weeks Toucan dropped his baby down and sprouted feathers and was moved to the old cage outside the little casa, because a chicken belongs outside, no matter what its shape or size or color. Baldo moved the cage from the ground to a rickety stack of bricks, because Toucan was no chicken and should not have suffered ground hazards after surviving so much already.
Gustavo died a few months later. He gazed up glassy-eyed and feeble, saying he made many mistakes but always did his best. On a sigh he was gone.
Things changed when Gustavo died.
For starters, in the week following the burial, Baldo smashed the cage with an old board, then beat it to a mangled mess. There it sits, once a birdcage, its perches and swings now broken and mangled in a heap.
Toucan watched the thrashing from a nearby limb, presumably enjoying the demolition of his confinement.
Baldo didn't exactly speak that day, but he mimicked Toucan's guttural surge. Their harsh duet entertained and relieved both of them.
"A hundred forty-eight. A hundred forty-nine. A hundred fifty."
There, it is done. A hundred fifty per day will be the new standard and will be done in the morning. Antonio does not stop but goes directly to a hundred stomach crunches and a hundred twenty-five push-ups. Make that a hundred fifty each, for balance and symmetry and penance in advance. A little credit on hand can't hurt.
Antonio remembers his poor dead father, gone now these past five years but seeming absent for much longer. Well, maybe it's six or seven years. Time changes its pace for a boy with no father in the formative years, at once an orphan yet a father to his younger brother.
Dead already at an age younger than Mrs. Mayfair is now, Gustavo Garza showed twice the wear and tear and asked for nada, except maybe some warm tortillas for los niños. Maybe it's best that he died.
Antonio ponders death, because such thoughts also occur during blind, dumb effort. He huffs and knows that his father's early demise was not best. How could death be best? It cannot be. Antonio wonders if his father could have taught him what he's learned on his own. We can never know how Gustavo Garza might have influenced his exceptional son, the elder one.
Perched stoically below the tiny Jesus, Gustavo peers at his
sons with just the right thing to say for all occasions. Mute as his
younger son, Gustavo seems wiser now, knowing those things that
eluded him in life. Yet his surviving image still shines with a
patina of dried sweat, as if toil bespeaks his afterlife as well. A
photograph can't sweat, unless it's a miracle, like the famous
Madonna that cries, and not from a leak in the roof. So, perhaps
such a miracle is here before us.
Excerpted from Toucan Whisper, Toucan Sing by Robert Wintner Copyright © 2002 by Robert Wintner
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I have finally had my car fixed, nearly cried when I got the bill CHF 1100...!! So it is beans on toast and camping in a tent for the rest of the tour!!I am now in Wengen doing the boring stuff like accreditation and listening to fat lazy journos telling tales about their lives!! I will be up on the hill tomorrow to shoot the training runs, not sure if I will go for arty shots or action shots yet, one of the photographers has shown me his work from today, and lovely shots with the Jungfrau in the background, so I may have to replicate that for you guys if you want that!! let me know.To get to Wengen itself you have to park your car at the bottom of the mountain and get a train up! there are some fantastic views and if you ever get the chance to come here then do so it is gorgeous.
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Adelboden Slalom
Today belonged to Austria with Mario Matt winning and Benni Reich coming in second, the swiss yoddeling was not as load today, as the top Swiss guys went out on the first run. Britains or should I say Scotlands Alan and Noel Baxter both failed to complete the course, and are now off to ski a europa cup in Austria. I had a good day shooting wise, considering we had rain sleet snow and sunshine to contend with! I am now stuck in Adelboden until at least tomorrow night as I wait for my car to be repaired, then it is off to Wengen. Hopefully Bode can put this weekend to the back of his mind and kick some arse oops bottoms in the speed events. Some of you may have even seen my ugly mug on TV, I believe they zoomed in on me as I was laying on the snow taking snaps. Autographs are available for a huge fee!! Oh and by the way I had to wear a coat today as it was raining!!! Already people are giving me abuse for being a girl!
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MEDINA, Ohio -- The Medina City Schools Board of Education discussed a variety of topics -- including the upcoming levy, student recognition and ways to save money -- at its monthly work session Feb. 5.
Superintendent Aaron Sable talked about a recent levy information meeting that was hosted by the Kids First organization, as well as how the administration is planning to move on with its levy efforts.
The school board is asking voters to approve a 5.2-mill continuing substitute emergency levy on the May ballot.
Sable and district communications director Amy Busby have both met with other officials, as well as staff members, in order to discuss how they can collaborate while moving forward.
"We both think it is extremely important that our staff has a voice ... and I think that it is more important than my voice," Sable said in regards to working with educators and others in the community on the levy campaign.
"These are the individuals that are working directly with students and can share with the community, firsthand, how the passage of the emergency levy originally helped change the instruction that's occurring in the classroom," Sable said.
The new levy would replace a 5.9-mill, five-year emergency levy that will expire at the end of December. It currently brings in about $6.6 million. The new levy would not raise taxes if approved.
In addition to discussing the levy, the school board talked about improving student recognition. This has been a popular topic with the community recently.
"We want to make sure that we're really developing a strong focus on recognizing our students for their academic achievement, both at the building level as well as our Board of Education having the opportunity to do that as well," Sable said.
He said he wants to make sure that the board and others in the school district are having more a more public discussion about this so that people know that, while athletics are important, so is the academic side of Medina City Schools.
One program the board would like to put in place is separate award ceremonies for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors at the high school. In addition, the board will be rethinking how the district ranks students academically, as well as the graduation requirements at Medina High School.
One of the final topics discussed during this work session was the ways in which the district could save money in the schools' day-to-day operations.
One way is through a program called CPS. This program uses a "Mastercard type platform." This would allow the school district to receive rebates on purchases, according to Director of Business Affairs Jon Burkhart.
This is a program that has been used a lot in school districts near Dayton within the last few years, and it is a way to use the district's buying power to bring some money back to the schools.
Another way the district is hoping to save money is by changing the way it uses the Blackboard Learn software.
The district pays $12 per student in order to use Blackboard. The district currently has 611 classes in Blackboard that are active; 30 of those belong to the elementary schools, Ryan O'Cull, the district's director of technology.
The hope is that these 30 classes could be moved to a less-expensive software program that would better suit the needs of elementary school students and also save a little money for the district.
Making use of Google classroom is also an option that is being considered. While it does not have certain features, such as a parent portal, several teachers are already using it, and it is a program that will save money and be useful to students.


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We meant to leave at 9... We tried to get out the door at 10. We finally made it to the BX at 11:30. Taco Bell was not our intended destination, but lunch was first.
We drove to Shipwreck beach!
I found some sea glass!!
We were probably too far south, because we didn't even see the ships. We spent a good 30 minutes beach combing and walking the shores... Once we got in the car, we drove further northwest to Osorezan... "The gates of hell"
PS there is no cell coverage in hell!
We hiked the hills (and I wore a skirt and flip flops) dodging the sulfur pits and mini hot springs that were all over the grounds! It wreaked of sulfur! (Doc convinced nic it was rotten eggs!). It was devilishly hot under the intense sun! When we finally made it out, they suckered us into sorbet! Blueberry, vanilla.... Or Mugwort!
I wrinkled my nose and went for the blueberry!!
We started back along the coast... We are drawn to the ocean! We kept craning our necks to get a glimpse of the surf crashing on the other side of the wall! The water was beautiful!
Madame blueberry handles well on the squirrelly, swirly Japanese roads! We drove to Tomari... The winding coastal mountainous, roads were at the edge of beautiful jungle like forests! We were surrounded by breathtaking trees!
Finally arrived back on base, made ramen for dinner (spicy ramen for doc, a beef ramen for me, and nic chose cup 'o noodles.... Very adventurous eater!!), and we ordered an air conditioner! Wednesday can't come too so!!!
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Shoot, destroy, and plunder enemy ships! This pirate adventure will test your skills out on the ocean. Your goal is to gather as much loot while eliminating enemy pirates. You can shoot cannons from the side of your ship, and get close enough to steal!
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Here are a few highlights from our Japan and Russia units.
Japanese tea ceremony. This year I directed Anna and Lydia to a website, bought the green tea and Japanese treats, but had the girls lead the ceremony.
Haiku poems
Origami. This is a card Lydia made for her Gems Secret Pal.
This was a fun little activity. I ordered this kit from Amazon--quite inexpensive. It was a little difficult to set up, but with Nicolas' fine motor coordination and patience we were able to make it stand up. The pictures represent before and after you put the solution in the troughs for the paper to soak up. You are basically growing crystals and because the paper is dyed in strategic areas it appears colored. For us this was nice representation of Mt. Fuji and the beautiful cherry blossoms of Japan.
Anna made these dolls from this website. Aren't they adorable!
They also colored these Japanese dolls and put them together.
I splurged at World Market and bought this set of Japanese nesting dolls since they fit both the Russian and Japanese units.
The only project we did for our Russian unit (besides making yummy borscht) was to make our own Faberge eggs. We used this website to get us started.


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2. Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), 11.4%
4. Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO), 3.7%
5. IPG Photonics (NASDAQ:IPGP), 5.2%
6. LKQ Corp. (NASDAQ:LKQ), 13.2%
7. National Oilwell Varco (NYSE:NOV), 5.3%
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Align Teams Up with Exocad to Expand in Digital Scanning
Align Technologies ALGN has continued to develop its iTero scanner line and is fast expanding its footprint in the growing field of digital scanning. In sync with this strategy, the company has announced plans to advance its iTero Element intraoral scanner through the strategic partnership with Exocad GmbH.
Per Align, this collaboration with CAD/CAM software provider, Exocad GmbH, will enable the Chairside CAD software (a chairside prosthetics design software application) to be specially integrated into Align's iTero Element intraoral scanner. With this integration, the Chairside CAD software will support same-day dentistry via the iTero Element scanner. The integrated system is expected to be marketed by the middle of 2018.
Align claimed that within minutes after scanning, this new iTero Chairside CAD software has capacity to design and produce precision-fit tooth restorations for patients via connected, in-office milling systems.
Additionally, this system has been claimed to deliver an enhanced patient engagement, showcasing 3D crown design, streamlined workflow between iTero Element scanners with integrated restorative design software and market-leading certified milling systems. Per Align, this technique will be an affordable option to perform same-day dentistry in the restorative practice.
Interestingly, revenues from the Scanner and Service segment improved 25% in the last quarter. Moreover, the company saw an increased adoption of iTero scanners for Invisalign case submissions instead of PVS impressions, especially in North America, thus driving Invisalign utilization. Per a report by Research And Markets, the global market for 3D Dental Scanners is projected to witness a CAGR of 10.2% over the 2017-2021 period.
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(What a silly question, Meema.)
There's another blog drawing out there, this time sponsored by Kristin Nicholas of Getting Stitched on the Farm. She's cyber-launching her new book and is giving away five packages of TWENTY 50-GRAM SKEINS of her signature yarn, Julia (50% wool, 25% kid mohair, 25% alpaca). One entry per person, winners to be drawn on December 10. Good luck getting one of the other four prizes - the first one is obviously for me!
02 December 2007
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I found you out here on the blogs!
And you're writing about knitted togs??
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The lim'ricks are winding the cogs.
- 8:42 PM, December 02, 2007
- Cate said...
M and I entered! Thanks for the heads up. :) See you on Wed.
- 11:38 AM, December 03, 2007
- Knitting Linguist said...
Thanks for sharing the contest information! I'll take the second of those prizes any day (the first is definitely for you). Thanks so much for the compliments on the simurgh stole -- I have only taken it off to sleep since finishing it. It goes very nicely with denim skirts (my uniform of choice) :)
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Perhaps the weather hasn't quite got the memo that it is indeed September and the mercury should be on the decline, it is still up around 40 degrees every day. Hopefully soon the temperature will decrease and the summer heat will die out. Insh'Allah.
Back in September 2013 I blogged about a trekking route from Riyam Park up into the hills above Muttrah – you can read the original post with information on the hike by clicking here – and for the past couple of weeks I have returned to this hike again and again for both fitness and to get back into an outdoors way of life.
After posting pictures of my outings on 'The Duncan Adventures' Facebook page many people have requested more info. So here we are. I hope that this helps some of you to get out and explore!
This trek is great as it will only take you around 2 hours, it is still in the city so no need to travel too far or have a 4×4, it is completely free and the views of Muscat are great. What more could you want?!
We started from the car park of Riyam Park in Muttrah and headed up into the hills from there following the old diesel pipeline as it snakes up the steep mountain side. A small note, to locate the start of the hike look for a yellow house at the foot of the hillside. Go round the back of this property to see the steep steps heading up to mark the start of the trail, it is not very well signposted at the start.
The initial hike up the steep steps is tough going which requires walkers to have moderate fitness levels. You travel high up very fast but the good news is that the first part to the hike is the worst part. Phew!
Once you reach the higher points you can stop for some 'selfies' with the monument incense burner in the background like me and Melissa did.
Recently I purchased a "selfie stick". Everyone who see's the stick laughs at how ridiculous it looks but they are soon amazed at how handy it is, especially on these kinds of adventures!
Reaching the grave yard signals that the hike is over and from there on out it will be a nice lesuirely stroll back onto the Muttrah Corniche and back to the car in Riyam Park.
After exiting the grave yard gates you can either continue staright on or take a right up the concrete steps. We like to go up the concrete steps where there is a small grocery store and purchase a lovely cold bottle of water. By this point I have drank everything I carried.
From there the stroll is easy peasy! Continue straight towards the sea, once you reach the main road with the Port on front of you take a right and continue walking along the Corniche until you reach Riyam Park again. So simple!
Total distance – 4.9km/3 miles
Time taken- Around 1.5 – 2 hours
Calories burnt- Hundreds!
What I packed in my rucksack:
– Fully charged phone
– Selfie stick, I love this thing!
– A few rials to buy more water at the end
– A full bottle of cool water
– Banana for a high energy snack
– Factor 30 sun block
– A small towel to wipe sweat from my face whilst walking
– Wet wipes to clean my hands
Things to remember:
– This hike is not suitable for small children due to the loose gravel underfoot
– Wear sensible footwear, sneakers/trainers are best to get a good grip on the rock
– Remember to bring plenty of water and stay hydrated
– Always wear sun protection cream, no matter the time of year the Omani sunshine can be harsh
– Tell someone where you are going incase of emergency
Once we reached Muttrah again I spied this graffiti/art on the wall.
I don't know what it means or who did it but I love the design and the colors!
Visit the Oman Tourism website for more details and other trekking ideas by clicking here and then here for further info.
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R.E.M.: Automatic For the People (25th Anniversary Special Edition)
Every streetlight a reminder: a quarter-century after its initial release, R.E.M.'s crowning achievement is available as a deluxe set.
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The Replacements' Blithely Adolescent Spirit
Bob Mehr's biography of the band that regularly pulled defeat from the jaws of victory makes for compelling, heartbreaking reading.
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A Studied Aesthetic: 'Temperature's Rising: An Oral History of Galaxie 500'
"I was always drawn to the simple and the well proportioned rather than the flashy." Naomi Yang's aesthetic speaks for her band in this handsomely assembled presentation of words and depictions about their memorable music.
08 May 2013
R.E.M.: Document (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
As before-and-after a dividing line as any band ever drew, and easily one of the top hundred albums of 1987. Now with more grainy photographs.
27 Sep 2012
Ranking R.E.M.: The 10 Best Albums
One author's farewell ranking of the top 10 R.E.M. LPs illustrates that some albums that were monster hits have not aged especially well, while another album entitled Monster has, and that the usual suspects remain indelible after all these years.
12 Oct 2011
Sebadoh: Bakesale (Deluxe Edition)
Bakesale is a totemic touchstone of a record, one that is arguably as important to the development of indie rock as a form as Guided by Voices' Bee Thousand and Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
15 Jun 2011
Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock
What the world really needs is a straight-up account of one of the most important rock groups of all time. Now we have it in the form of music scribe Andrew Earles.
11 Nov 2010
Tommy Keene: Tommy Keene You Hear Me, A Retrospective, 1983-2009
With this two-CD overview of Tommy Keene's career, there is plenty of good music and good, if not great, power-pop songs.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Guilty pleasures.
The night we had burgers, I added homemade onion rings. I thinly sliced three large yellow onions and used Don's Chuckwagon Onion Ring Mix. Great vacation treat that may or may not make it into my home menu plan. :D
Also, I made two batches of my friend Dana's recipe guacamole. My mouth is watering just thinking about that stuff. I wasn't a huge guac fan until I fell in love with hers. Treat yourself!
4 avacados, mashed
juice from 1/2 a lime
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/3 red onion, finely diced
1 - 2 jalepeno, seeded and diced
2 - 3 roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
5 - 6 shakes of tabasco
1/2 - 1 c shredded cilantro
salt & pepper to taste
Mix avacado, lime juice, garlic, onion, jalenpeno, tabasco. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Stir in tomato and cilantro. Enjoy!
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6 comments:
- elizabeth said...
you know how i make quac? i mash avocado and add a little lime juice and sea salt (sometimes i skip the lime juice too).
i am lazy and like this just as much as the real thing ;)
- July 26, 2009 at 8:50 PM
- Leanne said...
I bet that's good, Libby. :)
- July 27, 2009 at 6:20 AM
The onions rings were excellant and I'm not an onion fan. I'm going to make those!
- July 27, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Leanne said...
The secret is to slice them thin, so they're not so strong. :)
- July 27, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- MindiJo said...
Yum. You know what else I noticed in this picture? The pickles. Oh how I miss those delicious pickles. They don't have that brand here. I have a similar guac recipe. Mine has OJ and lemon juice in. Which keeps it from turning brown. So it lasts DAYS. Yep. My guac does.
- July 30, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Leanne I made your recipe for gauc tonight it was super yummy :) Thanks for sharing it!
- July 21, 2012 at 4:05 PM
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