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There comes a point, I think, in all our lives when we come to terms with our own irrationality. We spend so much of our time trying to reason our way into doing what we really want to do that it eventually becomes easier to simply accept our flaws and do it regardless of the reasons.
Lately I've found myself drawn to reading the bits and pieces of life stories here on E2, hoping to discover some of the lessons that I've missed in my own life. Predictably I haven't learned much from doing this. If anything, the only lesson I've taken away is that the future is nothing but an ongoing series of increasingly difficult trials. Of course, E2 is a seriously skewed sample to be drawing any conclusions from.
After all, we journal only when we hurt.
When I think about the next two, ten, twenty years I can't come up with one reason (well, maybe one reason) why I want to experience them. There are reasons for me to be alive but these are all reasons not to be dead, something very different from reasons to live. It's probable that I am just going through one of those 'phases' they teach you about in high school health classes. In the age of helicopter parents and boomerang kids and 'what is it about 20-somethings anyways?' I'm told that it's very common for college students to feel listless. Hell, it's one of the great themes of growing up. Still, I frequently wonder whether it is more selfish to deny myself to others by ending my life or for others to imprison me within an unhappy life to prevent their own grief.
For now life is a continual struggle of understanding who I am and coming to terms with that person. Of trying to decide which parts of me are fungible and which are static. I'm told that it's common for college students to feel this way as well. When does a behavior cross the barrier between idiosyncrasy and pathology? Alienation, motivation, sexuality. They're like Antaeus.
Studies have shown that pessimists are actually better at gauging reality than optimists. Optimists consistently judge beneficial outcomes to a random event as more likely while pessimists come far closer to a realistic judge of their chances. So I ask myself, would I rather be right or be happy? "It'll pass" they say, "Just give it time and it'll pass." And I am very tired. It's like buying cable TV and getting a free month of HBO. It's nice at times, sure, but when the month runs out you have to ask yourself 'is it worth the subscription cost?'
Or, if you're not 100% satisfied we will refund your misery
Today I went to my first AA meeting. A closed GLBT meeting, which was better than I could have hoped for, seeing as in order for these meetings to be as comfortable for me as possible I must find individuals I have something in common with aside from being an addict. And I can't be the only lesbian who's ever done things with a guy because she was trashed.
I showed up to the meeting about 15 minutes early so I sat in the parking lot smoking a cigarette. That was when I spotted a familiar face in a car nearby. It was Brooke, a woman I met last summer and went on a couple dates with. Long story short, we have a lot in common, including our personal problems. We had spent plenty of time talking about all of the above. Our shared musical tastes, photography, writing, and our struggles with alcohol. She had been sober for several years and had encouraged me to come to a meeting with her, just to check it out, since I expressed a desire even back then to get sober. If I'd known what would happen next I would have taken her up on it. She disappeared suddenly from my life last August when some nondescript thing became too much for her to handle, and she cut off contact from everyone. I spent months blaming myself, fearing I came on too strong, what have you. I always thought about her. Perhaps the most painful part of all was hindsight rearing its ugly head. She had expressed a strong interest in me first, one I did not reciprocate, even rebuffed a bit. If I had to put a qualifier on it, I'd say I was still afraid of putting myself out there at the time. Given the events of the past year, I can safely say this is more true than ever.
That didn't stop me from feeling happier than I have in months when she hugged me. It wasn't because I'm still attracted to her, or because she somehow looks even better than ever, or because her hair smelled really good. It was because there was a tangible reason for me to be there tonight, at that particular AA meeting. It was no longer about me being a drunk; she was meant to come back into my life, as a positive, healthy, sober role model and friend.
We walked inside together, and several people were already setting up the tables. The long tables were arranged in a circle and there were three candles per table. Brooke introduced me to everyone and explained that this was my first meeting. The reception was overwhelmingly positive, with everyone coming to shake my hand and tell me how glad they were that I could join them. Needless to say this shattered every illusion of AA I'd ever had, of bitter bleary drunks forced to attend via court order. These were all energetic, high-spirited people, many of whom appeared to be my age or younger.
The lights were turned off, the candles lit, and the meeting got underway with the obligatory recital of the Serenity Prayer. Like many folks there, as I would learn later, I take issue with "God"; the word more than anything else. Still, the prayer strikes a chord with me. In this case I like to think that "God" is whatever the person wants, the inexplicable force that gives credence to the mantra "everything happens for a reason." The force that brought the paths of Brooke and I to a crossing point once again.
The introductions followed. This was perhaps the hardest part of the whole thing as, just like in the movies and TV, every person really does lead off with "my name is ______ and I'm an alcoholic." I closed my eyes when my turn came up. When I'd finished and opened my eyes Brooke was smiling at me. "We're glad you're here. I'm glad you're here," she whispered. I somehow made it through the whole meeting without crying but I almost lost it then.
Today was a "discussion" day, meaning that everyone in the group had an opportunity to say what was on their minds. Many of the folks, perhaps for my benefit, rehashed their early days in the program. One woman had come to her first five meetings drunk. Another gentleman realized he had hit rock bottom when he woke up in a motel bed with a stranger and couldn't remember how he got there. Brooke spoke of something that resonated all too true with me; the transition she went through of discarding her "old self", including the people she ran with when she drank. I had a story to tell, about why I came to this meeting covered in bruises and walking on crutches. I told the story of last Wednesday, of the fight with Tom and our entire sordid past, of waking up naked with him masturbating furiously beside me and being too wasted to say anything about it, of him asking me to have sex with him for his birthday last year and of the fight that ensued when I refused. I confessed that he wanted help too, and I wasn't sure I wanted to help him get it.
Apparently I'm not a demon. Apparently I'm justified in being angry. I'm always angry, but I never felt the need to justify it before. Somehow sitting in an AA meeting, telling that I really don't want to help another drunk, seemed despicable. I felt despicable. But it seems I'm not the one who should feel this way.
Brooke and I hung out for a short while after the meeting, sitting out in the parking lot smoking and talking. We couldn't stay long, as she had to work in the morning and I had a midterm to take. We caught up briefly on our current situations, and she apologized to me. She apologized for disappearing and worrying me. I told her when she was ready to talk about it, I'd be around. We exchanged phone numbers and email addresses and made plans to go to a second meeting together on Friday. I drove home listening to the Brandi Carlile CD she'd burned for me last summer and smiling genuinely for the first time in a long while.
I got home and knocked out my homework quickly, as I couldn't wait to tell everyone about the smashing success of my first meeting. Of everyone I told, however, I think only Rachel was genuinely happy about all the news I had to share. Chalz is still under the delusion that this is a short-lived phase in the same vein as my past "vows of celibacy", not to mention he turns into a sniveling twat when I meet girls, so I wasn't really surprised that he wasn't exactly foaming at the mouth with glee. And Tom...well...I didn't have to tell him, and perhaps I shouldn't have, but I did. I told him I went to the meeting and I told him I reunited with Brooke there, the latter being a recipe for a tantrum. The Cliff's Notes version is that our most recent falling out involved her. Really it had nothing to do with her personally as he'd never met her; it was more along the lines of "I hate you because you get more girls than me". This time he decided to toss a little condescension into his "I'm only telling you this because I care" schtick, in the form of telling me it's probably not a good idea for me to date or sleep with another AA member.
Now either I have a reputation that precedes me or he's being a jealous little twat waffle again. I'd say it's a little from Column A and a little from Column B. As I'd explained to everyone else, we are just friends, and seeing as this time last year I would have given anything just for her to speak to me again, that's more than enough for me. That's not even the problem here. The problem lies in something that Brooke and the others opened to my perceptions tonight: the inevitable severing of ties as I endeavour to sobriety.
I have two notable abusive relationships. The first, obviously, is with alcohol. The second is with Tom. I know it's not so easy to walk away from an abusive relationship of any kind, be it romantic or platonic. It's not so much about being weak as it is human nature to adhere to what is familiar. Some people just get used to being treated badly to a point where not only can they not fathom someone treating them with respect, but that being abused is actually comforting.
I think this is why Tom and I have been friends for so long. We fell into a routine we both know is bad-drinking, fighting, apologizing even though we know it's all lies, repeat ad nauseum-to a point where we simply do not know how to interact normally whilst sober, and perhaps we never will be able to. I acknowledge that this is what is happening but I don't like it. I don't know if it's the fear of the unknown, or a deep-seated desire for things to remain the same no matter how bad they are, but I simply cannot accept it as reality. For the time being, I'm chalking it up to the fear of the unknown, something that's perfectly normal. It's not like I'd dive back in to the life again at the drop of a hat.
No, I can't lie. I would. That's why I'm in AA. That's why even though I promised Tom I'd come see him on his birthday this Friday, I probably won't. He says he wants to partake of sober frivolity on his birthday for the first time in fifteen years. I simply don't see this being a decision we'll both be 100% content with. It doesn't help that my primary reason for looking forward to Friday is seeing Brooke again, maybe seeing if she wants to go to the park or grab a coffee after the meeting. I think he knows I'll do this. I know there'll be consequences and I'll face them.
I think I'll say that prayer tonight before I go to sleep.
One of these last few days was National Coming Out Day. I don't know which one, since I was mostly updated on this matter via Facebook, and Lowering the Bar: Internet Discourse in the age of Facebook seems to be quickly adopting something akin to a Hallmark Holidays, where various political and social causes are encouraged beyond what they would be if someone actually had to put effort into it. Not to say that "National Coming Out Day" is not something that some people are putting effort into coming out. But most of the people updating their facebook status aren't them.
But, I thought I would tell a little story about my own coming out. A way to unbottle my shame. A little over a year ago, I was at an organization that I volunteered at. I had not been there for a while, and I was "taken aside", to be softly told that I had done something "inappropriate". Now, since it had been several weeks since I had been there, I had no idea what this was. While I was blinking in confusion, I was further told that when I don't know someone, I should be careful about what I say. And that I should make an effort to not say the type of things that I said, which people might take wrongly. I asked for further details, but apparently they were not forthcoming. All I was told that at some point in the past few weeks, I had said something to someone that they did not like.
So I went home, but was later told via e-Mail who I had said the thing that I said to, although I was not told what I had said. The person who I offended was a teenage girl, and I quickly became very depressed, to the point of suicidal thoughts, at the thought that I was so perverse and unsocial and overall gross and disgusting, that I had sexually harassed a 17 year old girl. This was just proof to me of what I had often suspected, (and have been told in so many words by a member of this site): that I had no social skills and needed to spend time in the real world to realize that women were afraid of me. For over a week, I suffered a perception of myself as someone who is both normatively and factually not able to socialize with others. This was actually when I decided to move to Montana, where socialization and my chances to hurt and offend people, would be very limited.
First point: I got over the incredible self-recrimination, in part because I realized that since I could never remember saying anything to the person that I said something to, there was a chance that I perhaps did not. And that I was misunderstood. Or that someone out-and-out lied about me.
Second point: I do not, as the kids say, have teh gay. And yet this is the story that I chose to share vis-a-vis National Coming Out Day. And why?
We live in a society that is saturated in shame, and feelings towards the self that can honestly be described as fear, doubt & disgust. Sometimes things are obscure because they are hidden, but sometimes things are obscure because they are too obvious. I could go and search for specific examples of what I mean when I say that the basic state of people in my society is an overall anxiety over the fact that we are dirty and worthless. But I will just say that it is so omnipresent that specific examples are both hard to find and unnecessary. And much of this constant low-level shame is sexual in nature. (Much of it is economic, but that is a subject for another node) Not that people shouldn't feel guilt over actual actions that transgress others, but shame at simply being a person is an unneeded thing. And yet here we are, decades after the sexual revolution, when sex is an open and encouraged part of life, when things have ceased to titillate us, and the basic social attitude of sex from generations past, that sex is a predatory, filthy activity is still with us.
So while I applaud any attempt to lesson the shame that people must feel based on their identity, I also wonder what National Coming Out Day means: does it mean that gay people should be free from the general anxiety and shame of society? Or just the specific shame of being gay? Because if it is the first, I don't see why they should be given a free pass while the rest of us must constantly be sandbagging the levees that hold back self-hatred. Also, I don't think that factually overcoming such a widespread social attitude can be done by fiat. Or perhaps the day is just to overcome the specific shame of being gay, but that the individuals involved just continue to live lives of quiet desperation and inadequacy in every other manner. In either case, it seems to be a fairly pointless action.
Of course, we could just try to move into the 21st century by doing away with a hierarchal society that strips people of their intrinsic worth and then sets them on a hamster wheel to reclaim it. But that would be, I am sure you must agree, UNPOSSIBLE.
Creepy Crawlies
I led the witness Jellybaby to "pretend there's a baby in my tummy" because leaving out the "pretend" was psychically stressing mummy and daddy. We played crawling-hand-spiders at the breakfast table this morning and she came up with "there's a pretend baby spider in my tummy". There's a horror movie I don't want to see.
We were talking about birthdays & I said "I want a chocolate cake". She said she wanted a Spider cake (as her birthday is just after Halloween) which I plan to make with string licorice. I asked "Do you want chocolate in it?" "No," she replied, "just spiders." Yum!
I am so happy! I got a new pair of shoes yesterday, black suede only $30. I love them. There's a school dance tomorrow night, I might go. Who am I kidding? Of course I'll go, I love those things. The thumping speakers, the free food, the girls, the free food, the getting a friend to clear the floor so I can amaze everybody by busting my ass going wild dancing and just not caring about anything, oh and did I mention the free food? There's a funny thing about these dances, all the "cool" guys just sit on the side looking bored and talking about how much it sucks. While me and my nerdy friends are out on the floor dancing with the girls and having a great time. I hope they don't give away those plastic hawaiian leis this time, last year I ended up wearing 72. They were on my neck my legs my arms, everywhere! I had to cut them off before I could sleep that night. Light sticks would be fun though. The only problem with it is the music, it's all tasteless garbage with mindless beats and meaningless lyrics. But it's still a whole lot of fun. After the dance my friend Nick is sleeping over my house it will be awesome!
I generally consider a fair deal of my knowledge and belief to be separated into thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. (I even wrote a song about it!) On my mind recently has been the most trivial example in the cosmic sense, but one that proves there are many more smaller revisions between these three stages. I speak of Programming. When I started learning, the resources on the Internet sucked. They were mostly C with classes, and pretty simple and dirty. Same went for web design. The class I took in middle school just covered where to find lots of free animated GIFs, and how to get them into FrontPage. CSS might not have been invented yet, but I definitely didn't know about it if it was. I gradually learned better C++, after screwing around with Python, Ruby, and a few hacker games here and there. Learned a bit of the STL, some principles of good design, how to be a good programmer. I have a few books that go in great depth on that. I've been trying to learn to develop games the last couple of years. See first, I looked at these tutorials using the Simple DirectMedia Layer, from Lazy Foo Productions. They are simple one-offs, mostly procedural. I was really ecstatic when I found the Dev Hub tutorials, because that was the first time I ever really used OOP in a project and learned to put things together in a system. But the examples were broken. The graphics tiling does not work properly. I spent a lot of time trying to fix this, stepping through it in GDB, checking variable values, and I couldn't figure it out. Things seemed to be happening the way they should of, but my characters were walking through a void. I finally decided yesterday that this whole thing was stupid. The program is too large to understand easily. Every time I come back to it, I have to orient myself on each separate class all over again. It barely does anything, rather it is built to be general. So I've decided I'm just going to code simple demos for each concept I have. Make one for just getting the tiling right, then parallax scrolling and a camera that keeps panning right, then add an entity, then jump around. I read somewhere once that Linus Torvalds was screwing around with hardware interrupts or something, just really low level stuff, and changing one pixel on his screen or something like that, and Linux eventually evolved from that. The story was probably apocryphal, but the basic concept stands. I guess.
More importantly, I found an article on prototyping a game in seven days. The most important rule they said that struck me was "Nobody Cares About Your Great Engineering." See, this is the revision in my belief that's come about. I was having so much trouble coding things for so long, worrying about having perfect code. Maybe it helped drive me for a while. I had this unattainable ideal that I wasn't even fully cognizant of. Even with full knowledge of all the modern programming paradigms, project management, x86 assembly, compiler design, memory implementation, formal computer science, and random vaguely related branches of pure mathematics I probably wouldn't know what that ideal was, and I don't come close to having that kind of knowledge. Nor do I want to; I'm pretty sure the knowledge of esoteric mathematical formalisms is directly correlated with sexual impotence. That's what really happened to John Forbes Nash in A Beautiful Mind. But these guys that wrote this article, they threw games together in 7 days each, and for one thing, they faked the fancy math and code if they didn't need it, and for another, they didn't waste time trying to earn a Nobel Prize for Programming. Now, they didn't exactly make Cave Story, but they had some nice concepts, and the graphics were decent. And they didn't have to collaborate with anyone. Instead they got together this whole team and decided everyone would compete. So from now on I'm going to be a lazier programmer, and work at it a bit more often.
Another interested article I found was on Data Oriented Programming. It began by decrying the evils of OOP. That's pretty good to me. Now of course, they said to continue thinking in OOP a bit, and said it was still good for a few things. Not many. Just GUIs really, but this is a game developer. I haven't gotten to the really technical details yet, but basically you have an input and and output, and you're writing the part in between. Now that I think about it, that might be a little like functional programming in the vaguest way. Taking a function and transforming it with another function. But instead, you're doing that to skeletons or something. He keeps saying something like "bake what you need in advance" but I haven't heard that term outside of 3D modeling, so I'm pretty confused. Unless that's what he meant. Also, he said the same as those other guys, that speed is the goal in coding a game. It just needs to be reasonably bug-free and fast, but not necessarily bullet-proof. Save that for flight control systems, he says. Which made me think, maybe the reason computers slow with age is because they've encountered more cosmic rays. Or maybe it could be the actual electronics aging in of themselves. Usually I used to think it was all software-related, like some problem with the master file table in an NTFS partition. I got this laptop running Fedora about a year ago, so I'll wait and see if it slows down the way Windows does.
I also watched some of these on-demand art instruction things from ConceptArt.org. Jason Manley was talking about color theory, and he said that if you relax your eyes just right, then you'll start to see colors more pronounced in everything. Carl Dobsky thought it was like being on drugs. I wondered which drugs they meant, but I think Ecstasy might do that. I haven't gotten to try it. I went outside today and tried to see color. The roads were slick from rain, and they looked a deep royal blue and purple, and a bit teal in this one shadow. The sidewalks had a color between red clay and red wine, but only when I could see the color of the roads strongly enough. Some things made it hard to see, but the main trick is to not have a single real focal point. It's tough to balance, because you need to focus on objects a little. If you hold your hand out in front of you, just look at it, you might notice you're actually focusing on a particular part of your hand. Creases in your fingers, or a nail, or a tendon. We tend to shift our focus between several small points, rather than taking it all in at once. So that's what I'm trying to do now. Maybe next time I'll actually break out the paint.
I've really got a lot of work to do, though. And no will to do it. And all these hard links are a real bitch. Plus, I don't have any special life-changing advice or personal epiphanies to share today. Brush your teeth, drink your milk, stay in school, and believe in yourself.
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What and who (and where) is The Jewelry Studio and Llyn Longwell?
A little history — After a career change and working in metal smithing and jewelry design, several of us opened a gallery and workshop in Oak Park. Later, pursuing fine jewelry led me to find and partner with Diane Richardson owner of The Gold Hatpin, a collector and expert in antique jewelry. Together we decided to open a unique shop having both antique and fine jewelry along with contemporary and custom designed pieces. Now The Jewelry Studio represents my 25 years or so of loving jewelry– designing it, fabricating it, finding it in lost corners and finally bringing it to you my customers at the best price possible. It's an exciting shop with jewelry from across the ages, from many countries, styles and prices. At any time you will find diamond earrings, filigree necklaces, silver bangles and always Diane's very special antique diamond engagement rings. Or, we could show you the latest in the kinds of designs featured at Tiffanys or in Vogue. It's all here, rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces in gold, platinum and silver elegantly simple or set with diamonds, pearls, sapphires and many other precious and semi-precious stones.
Now to the Where–The Jewelry Studio is in historical DownTown Oak Park, just west of Chicago, a short walk from the Green line, tucked inside Oak Park Antiques–125 North Marion. There's plenty of parking; just call (708) 445-0610 and we can give you directions; lunch recommendations, too, if you'd like.

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'the bunkie' small space architecture by evan bare + nathan buhler
view over lake
evan bare of 608 design and nathan buhler of BLDG workshop have conceived 'the bunkie' as a medium to experiment
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that cross boundaries between architecture and furniture design. the concept uses identical techniques used in
the manufacturing process of high production plywood furniture. the frame is built using a CNC router to cut highly
accurate parts which fit together like a puzzle.
clad in plywood and barn board (or other materials) – everything can be built in a factory and shipped flat-packed
on-site for final assembly. the interior was designed to maximize the potential for small spaces – living quarters that
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sleeping extra guests without building permit requirements.
a multi-functional room has been developed that consists of three modes: sleep, play and open.
'sleep mode' employs two queen sized murphy beds built into one main wall – a small dining table and set of four
chairs are visually integrated into the main feature wall, and can be detached for use in play mode. open mode
would provide the most square footage to be used for meditation, yoga,
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sleep mode
designboom has received this project from our 'DIY submissions' feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication.
see more project submissions from our readers here.
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IKEA house kit?
interesting concept will be nice to see it come true.
Also where did you store the table when the bed comes out?
where would the toilets be?
Not quite IKEA, but yes, a kit.
We are currently working to produce the first prototype
The table mounts above the fireplace on the feature wall next to the chairs
Sans toilets in this version. No plumbing, no major electrical, no building permits, simple
Gorgeous concept. I covet one.
How are the table legs stabilized when the table is in use?
Great idea! But for those who love privacy as well as openness these aims would be simultaneously better served by having
two of the four sides be adjoining walls and the other adjoining two sides, be windows andor sliding glass doors.
This would be a nice swimming pool shed.


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The national teams from Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala have joined the field for the 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup after they claimed the final three berths available at the South American Qualifier in Copa Renaissance Caracas last weekend.
The US $7.5 million Omega Mission Hills World Cup will be played at the Mission Hills Resort at Hainan Island, China, from November 24-27, and the field is now completed after the South American Qualifier.
Brazil's Adilson Da Silva and Lucas Lee took control of the event in the second round while Mexico's Óscar Serna and José de Jesús Rodríguez, in second place at the start of the day, earned their spot comfortably by finishing runners up.
Meanwhile, Guatemala's Pablo Acuña and José Toledo pipped Argentina's Rafael Gómez and Julián Etulain to claim the last place available.
The Brazilians were especially solid when playing the format of alternate-shot foursomes, which decided the qualifier at the 6,568-yard par-71 course.
Following an early double bogey at the par-three second, Da Silva and Lee pulled away by carding eight birdies for a best-of-the-day 65 and an aggregate score of 31 under par 253.
"We combined very well and we hit many good shots this week," commented Da Silva, an experienced 39-year old that lives in South Africa, where he has won nine times on the Sunshine Tour.
"Today, after a start that shook us up a little bit on the second hole, we managed to keep our heads up. We just played shot by shot after that and it all came together."
Also a competitor on the Asian Tour, Da Silva made last Sunday's twenty-five hour trip from Macau to Caracas worth it.
"I'm thrilled!" he beamed, "I'm over the moon! To have the opportunity to come here and represent Brazil, and then end up winning the qualifier is like a dream come true."
Mexico's Serna and Rodríguez were only a couple of shots behind the leaders through fourteen holes but, following a two-hour suspension due to a thunderstorm, they ended up struggling. Two bogeys on the final four holes slowed them down to a 68 and a 25-under par total.
"We lost our pace after the rain", said Serna, only days away from his 33rd birthday and now planning the trip to his fourth World Cup.
"It would have been nice to try and win it, but our goal was to secure a berth and we did it. We are extremely happy because we played very well."
For Rodríguez, who currently leads the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit, next November's World Cup appearance will be his first.
"This is huge for me and for all the people who support me," said the 30-year old winner of eleven career titles.
With Brazil and Mexico comfortably ahead late in the day, the battle for third between Guatemala and Argentina carried plenty of drama. The Argentines were ahead by three through eight holes, but their bogey on the 9th proved costly when Toledo sank a twenty-footer for eagle and a three-shot swing saw them tied going into the back nine.
Guatemala seized the momentum with a birdie at the 10th and moved two strokes ahead after Argentina bogeyed the 13th. At the par-four 15th Toledo hit his tee shot out of bounds and, following the thunderstorm delay, carded a double-bogey to get back to level with the South Americans.
Despite being caught with only three holes left, the young Guatemalans showed great poise by bouncing back with a birdie on the 16th. With Gómez and Etulain only managing to make pars on the last three, Toledo sank a six-footer for birdie on 18 to seal the last berth by two strokes.
"I still can't believe all that just happened," said Acuña, who played the World Cup for the first time in 2008 after winning this event with Alejandro Villavicencio as his partner. "It's extremely satisfying to know we have earned a spot back in the World Cup."
This qualifying event, contested by fourteen teams from the Americas, was conducted by the Tour de las Americas on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours.


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Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
An artistic destiny fulfilled, visionary director Robert Wilson (Quartett, 2009 Next Wave) joins the world-renowned Berliner Ensemble for its New York debut in a bold new production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera-a seminal work of 20th-century music theater. Presented at BAM in its US premiere, Wilson's production recasts the story of Peachum, Polly, and Macheath in a bewitching setting informed equally by the striking designs of German Expressionist cinema and the shattering, seductive world of Weimar-era cabaret.
Direction, Stage, Light concept by Robert Wilson
Costumes by Jacques Reynaud
Music direction by Hans-Jörn Brandenburg and Stefan Rager
Co-direction by Ann-Christin Rommen
Co-design scenery by Serge von Arx
Co-design costumes by Yashi Tabassomi
Dramaturgy by Jutta Ferbers, Anika Bárdos
Lighting by Andreas Fuchs and Ulrich Eh
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Brookfield East girls run down Greater Metro relay title
Brookfield East is closing in on another Greater Metro Conference track and field triple crown. The twist this year is that it is the Spartans girls who are the team to beat.
East won the Greater Metro relays Wednesday at Milwaukee Marquette's Quad Park. The Spartans finished with 130 points, 35 more than second-place Brookfield Central.
Khadiya Hollingsworth won the high jump with what should be a state-best jump of 5 feet 8 inches once the mark is posted to the state honor roll. Alisha Harper won the long and triple jumps with marks of 17-2 and 36-6½.
In the boys meet, Menomonee Falls, which also won the indoor title, edged Brookfield East, 118-110. The Indians won the 400, 800 sprint and 330 shuttle hurdle relays and Adriann Roscher finished first in the high jump (6-0).
North Shore: Homestead, Germantown and Whitefish Bay finished 1-2-3 for boys and girls.
The Homestead girls got first-place finishes from Monica Caputa in the high jump (4-10) and long jump (16-3½) and a second-place finish in the triple jump (32-6).
Other top performances came from Whitefish Bay's 1,600 relay of Grace Murray, Reilly Koch, Kaitlyn Jackson and Cami Davre. They won in a state-best time of 4:03.72.
For the Hometead boys, Blake Leeson won the high jump (6-0) and John Marita won the discus (148-7).
Germantown 14, Homestead 10: The Warhawks remained undefeated in the North Shore with the help of an eight-run sixth inning. Senior Erica Berry went 3 for 4 with two RBI and four runs.
Brookfield Central 5, Sussex Hamilton 1: Crystal Sicard struck out seven in the complete-game victory.
Muskego 11, Mukwonago 0: Brianna Witter went 3 for 3 with a home run, double and five RBI.
New Berlin West 4, Greendale 3: Kailey Nealon smacked a home run and drove in three in West's four-run first inning.
Oconomowoc 6, Wisconsin Lutheran 5: The Raccoons scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to grab the victory.
New Berlin Eisenhoer 11, Pewaukee 0: Katie Schlegel and Courtney Wenzel hit home runs for the Lions.
Milwaukee Reagan 6, Milwaukee Hamilton 0: Alondra Garcia scored twice for Reagan.
Milwaukee King 8, Milwaukee Riverside 0: Suzy Scotty scored two goals for the Generals.
Milwaukee South 15, Milwaukee Vincent 2: Josiah Kern allowed two hits and struck out 10 for the Cardinals.
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For this jacket, I was inspired by the recent trend of wacky printed tailored suits. I love anything wacky and printed, so it was right up my alley! I also started making a pair of matching pants, but those are still a work in progress (they're mostly done, but I get hung up on the little finishing details).
I used the Burda "Shawl Collar Jacket" pattern, but shortened the length a couple inches.
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Wacky printed cotton with a black satin lapel
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GOP Does Anti-Obamacare Dance, But Burwell Still Cruises In Hearing
Thune pressed Burwell on what Republicans have called a 'carve-out' for labor unions that they say allows unions to avoid a re-insurance fee. He inquired if the policy would force others to pay more. When Burwell's answer wasn't to Thune's satisfaction, he let her know it.
"That's simple math," he said. "I think the answer is yes, and I'd like to hear you say yes."
When Burwell gave the same answer that she gave to many other questions, saying that she hoped to better understand the issue if she is confirmed and that the administration is working to implement the law as sensibly as it can, Thune shook his head.
"That's theory. This is mathematics," he said. "Are people going to pay more? The answer is yes."
It typified the more substantive, if still somewhat subdued, Republican tone during Burwell's second confirmation hearing -- which followed a widespread observation among the media that the GOP had declined to make much fuss during her first hearing last week.
Ranking member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) decided to debut a bill aimed at Obamacare on the day of Burwell's hearing. The legislation would require any state that tried to build its own Obamacare website, but failed and switched to the federal HealthCare.gov, to repay the federal grants it received.
Oregon, which spent $248 million toward building its site, according to Politico, is the only state to make that change -- though Massachusetts, which spent $57 million, could do the same.
"Could you give me and the American taxpayers a public commitment today that HHS will not give any more dollars to those of failed exchanges for more failed experiences?" Hatch asked, and Burwell said that she would use "the full extent of the law" if there was evidence of malfeasance.
Hatch and other senators emphasized two other favored points throughout the hearing: The Obama administration's alleged unresponsiveness to their oversight and a pattern of supposed lawlessness in making "unilateral" changes to the law. They also delved into less high-profile policy issues, like the law's medical-loss ratio policy and Medicare Advantage cuts that Republicans have railed against.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) joked that another top health official, Marilyn Tavenner, "seems to have gone into the witness protection program" since she appeared before the committee during HealthCare.gov's disastrous launch. He then took a shot at the "lawless" behavior of the White House, the recent subject of a Ted Cruz release.
"Do you think it is possible for you to change the by any-means-necessary culture at HHS that some of us in Congress view as bordering on lawless?" he said.
But considering that Sen. Tom Corburn (R-OK) introduced Burwell with his full endorsement, the outcome doesn't appear in doubt. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who chairs the committee, said that he expects to report Burwell's nomination to the full Senate after committee members had the opportunity to submit additional questions to her by 6 p.m. Thursday.
And Cruz's tease that Burwell's confirmation could be an opportunity to try to repeal Obamacare looks even more disconnected from reality than it did a month ago.


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Monitoring Report Server Performance
Use performance monitoring tools to monitor report server performance to evaluate server activity, watch trends, diagnose system bottlenecks, and gather data that can help you determine whether the current system configuration is sufficient. To tune server performance, you can specify how often to recycle the report server application domain. For more information, see Configure Available Memory for Report Server Applications.
Use a combination of technologies and tools to get comprehensive information about how the system is performing. Microsoft Windows Server operating systems provide performance information through the following tools:
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Task Manager provides information about programs and processes running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor key indicators of your report server's performance. You can also assess the activity of running processes and view graphs and data on CPU and memory usage. For information about using Task Manager, see the Microsoft Windows product documentation.
You can use Performance Console and Event Viewer to create logs and alerts about report processing and resource consumption. For information about Windows events that are generated by Reporting Services, see Windows Application Log. For information about Performance Console, see "Windows Performance Counters" later in this topic.
SQL Server utilities also provide information about the report server database and temporary databases used for caching and session management.
Monitoring specific performance counters enables you to:
Estimate system requirements needed to support a predicted workload.
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Monitor application performance under certain loads, whether real or artificially generated.
Verify that hardware upgrades have the desired effect on performance.
Validate changes that were made to the system configuration have the desired effect on performance.
SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services (SSRS) includes the following performance objects:
MSRS 2011 Web Service and MSRS 2011 SharePoint Mode Web Service to monitor report server performance. These performance objects include a collection of counters used to track report server processing typically initiated through interactive report viewing operations. These counters are reset whenever ASP.NET stops the Report Server Web service.
MSRS 2011 Windows Service and MSRS 2011 Windows Service SharePoint Mode to monitor scheduled operations and report delivery. These performance objects include a collection of counters used to track report processing that is initiated through scheduled operations. Scheduled operations include subscription and delivery, report execution snapshots, and report history.
ReportServer:Service and ReportServerSharePoint:Service to monitor HTTP-related events and memory management. These counters are specific to Reporting Services, and they track HTTP-related events for the report server, such as requests, connections, and logon attempts. This performance object also includes counters related to memory management.
If you have multiple report server instances on a single computer, you can monitor the instances together or separately. Choose which instances to include when you add a counter. For more information about using Performance Console (perfmon.msc) and adding counters, see the Microsoft Windows product documentation.
Custom Reporting Services performance counters are provided only for MSRS 2008 Web Service, MSRS 2008 Windows Service, and ReportServer:Service. The following performance objects provide additional performance monitoring data for the report server.
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"The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference."
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"The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it."
"Telling someone the truth is a loving act."
"Skills are cheap; chemistry is expensive."
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Ryan: GOP Leaders Tempering Member Expectations Ahead Of Debt Limit Fight
Despite three looming deadlines -- the debt limit, the sequester, and expiration of annual federal appropriations -- all of which, if missed, will trigger automatic cuts to federal spending, Republicans can't expect that Democrats will accede to all of their demands.
"[W]e aspire to give the country a very specific and clear vision about what we think is the right way to go on the major, big issue of the time," Ryan said. "We have to at the same time recognize the divided government moment we have and the fiscal deadlines that are approaching -- what those involve and then how we're going to proceed forward."
Ryan hinted that he'll use his budget resolution this spring to restate the GOP's long-term goal of smaller government in the future, but he emphasized that the GOP must set it sights lower right now.
"We will present the conference with a budget and then bring it to the floor, we discussed some of our aspirations for what that budget hopes to achieve," he told reporters. "So that's from the budget perspective. But as far as what we're going to achieve with respect to sequester, and debt limit, and CR, we're just trying to facilitate a conversation."
Ryan also said Republicans are weighing short-term debt limit increases -- a temporary solution to the current brinksmanship that Democrats oppose. He also said it's his own view that if Congress does breach the debt limit, the Treasury Department can prioritize its obligations to avoid defaulting on payments to creditors -- an idea the Obama administration says is unworkable both technically and politically.
But his overarching message was clear. Republicans will try to use coming deadlines to lock in cuts to social programs, but they won't be swinging for the fences the way they did in 2011.
"We think that the worst thing for the economy is for this Congress and this administration to do nothing to get our debt and deficits under control," Ryan said. "We think the worst thing for the economy is to move past these events that are occurring with no progress made on the debt and the deficit."


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Q: I keep peeking at the clock while I am meditating, afraid I will go over my time. How do I break this distracting habit?
A: You have a biological clock that is quite accurate. Give it the opportunity to work. It only needs to be spot checked with a clock occasionally. As you get settled in the habit of regular meditations, keeping the time will become second nature. So, trust yourself. It's okay if you go over your time inadvertently. Better that than being distracted. First let go of the habit of watching the clock. Don't mind the time at all. Be easy about it. Your body knows pretty much when twenty minutes are up. After a few weeks of daily practice you will open your eyes for the first time during a meditation and the clock will show that twenty minutes have gone by. You will be amazed how easy it is. Then timekeeping will continue automatically with no effort at all.
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April 2, 2013 -- More than 100 pieces of the best artwork from the 10th annual Northwestern Oklahoma State University Art Society Art Show will be on display from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Runnymede Hotel in downtown Alva during the annual First Friday Art Walk festivities. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served by the Nescatunga Ladies.
April 27, 2012 -- Two photographs, a drawing and a dress made from recycled newspapers earned the top awards during the Ninth Annual Northwestern Oklahoma State University Art Society (NAS) Art Show. These items and other winning entries will be displayed in a special show at the Runnymede Hotel on April 30 and May 1, which is free and open to the public. A reception for artists and the public will be Monday, April 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Biographical Sketch
1996: George Mason University; PhD, Developmental Physiological Psychology
1995: George Mason University; MA, Experimental Neuropsychology
1988: Virginia Tech; BS, Psychology
I have been with the psychology department at UAF since Fall 1999 and have served as Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies, Psi Chi Advisor, and Department Chair. I spend most of my time in the classroom teaching courses that focus on biological perspectives to understanding human behavior. I remain passionate about helping students navigate through the research on how neurons, brain chemicals, hormones, genetics, drugs, and disruptions to normal biological function influence how we act, think, and feel. I have also developed an interest over the years in factors that influence performance in sport and exercise. The course I teach include Physiological Psychology, Drugs & Drug Dependence, Intro to Psychology, Sensation & Perception, Psychopharmacology, Senior Seminar, Sports Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and special topics courses in Behavioral Neuroscience.
I joined the department in 1999 after completing a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacology and neuroendocrinology at Loyola University Chicago/Stritch School of Medicine with Dr. Loek Van de Kar. My graduate training at George Mason University with Dr. Robert Smith included a focus on developmental models of drug effects. My research projects have reflected my interests in (1) animal models of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, (2) lasting effects of early exposure to psychotropic medications, (3) gender/sex differences, (4) mechanisms of estrous cyclicity, and (5) how ovarian hormones (e.g. estrogen) influence the effects of psychotropic drugs. These projects have offered students an interdisciplinary approach to scientific methodology and a unique opportunity to bridge the social and natural sciences. I am currently pursuing new interests that include (1) long-term effects of adolescent exposure to drugs, (2) the role of pubertal hormones on drug effects, (3) transactional models of culture and physiology and their impact on behavior, and (4) educational models of service-learning and community engagement.
When I am not teaching or buzzing around my office or lab, I can usually be found in the navigator's seat flying around the Interior of Alaska, floating down a river in a kayak, attempting to make something more than noise out of a harmonica and guitar, beating up a punching bag, or cheering on our student athletes.
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End-of-year celebrations for children are a festive way to mark the transition from school days to summer vacation. How you word the invitation for an end-of-year party will set the tone for the final event of the academic season. Party planners who use humor and cheer in their invitations can create a positive and fun vibe before the party begins. Remember to make directions and details for the party clear to encourage a successful event.
Mention the date and time of the party. Make your wording as clear and specific as possible. If you can, give a time frame to estimate how long the party will last. Spell out the month and the day of the week on which the party will be held to help avoid any confusion with numbers.
Use a cheerful, encouraging tone. This party celebrates both the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. Bright adjectives and exclamatory sentences are completely appropriate. Use them liberally.
Choose your font and paper carefully. Elegant, classy letter-faces should be avoided in favor of more upbeat and quirky text types; ensure that the font is still legible, however. Be creative in picking your material on which to write the invites. You could compose them on a deflated beach ball or a sandal-shaped cutout, for example, to reference the summery beach days ahead.
Determine how parents will be involved in the event. If parents are invited, be sure to include this information in each invitation, using a phrase like "Be sure to invite your parents to the party!" If you need parents to volunteer, ask politely in the invitation and mention who parents can get in touch with to participate. For example, each invite might read: It would be great for parents to volunteer if possible, please! Anyone interested can contact my mother, Ms. Gibson, at our home phone number: (555)555-5555.
Decide if you'd like for your guests to bring things for the party. Call the party a potluck if everyone should bring something to share. Mention this in the title of your invite, as follows: End-Of-Year POTLUCK Party! Let's bring yummy things for us all to share!
Finally, highlight any special requests, such as particular foods or games, you'd like parents to bring or send with their kids: Games like Twister or Connect Four would be great for this party! Please e-mail or call if you have fun activities like these! Also contact me if you can bring soda, chips, or cookies to help out! Thanks!
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Riedel Magnum Decanter
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Enhance your enjoyment of fine wines by decanting them into this classic serving vessel. Proportioned to hold a magnum of wine (or the contents of two standard 750-ml. bottles), it promotes full clarity in older vintages while giving younger ones a chance to open up and develop. The sleek, contemporary shape complements most stemware, making the decanter ideal for both casual and formal entertaining. The sparkling lead-crystal decanter is crafted in Germany by Riedel, a family-owned company famous for fine glassware since 1756. Dishwasher safe. 60-oz. cap., 10 1/2" high.
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- Wash under warm water; detergent is not necessary.
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I purchased these for dry goods storage and appreciate the tight seal, uniform look of buying multiples and super function. Around a pound of almond flour, for example, fits in this size. I also purchased the .50 L 6-pack and together they have such a stunning look, especially when filled with nuts, almond flour, seeds, etc that I may leave them counter top despite limited counter space. I have them stacked, only two high, but three would be sturdy as well. Glass is thick, seal is tight and rubber ring is quality. Nothing cheap about these...and hey, they are Italian-made ( a perk in my book). They match exactly with the same brand .50 L jars, though the online photo here looks different - no tint at all to the glass. Also, they come well packed, no breakage...they are so sturdy, I dropped one on the linoleum floor and it did not break! GET 'EM!
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With the debut this weekend of the new trailer for HBO's next season of Game of Thrones, fans can get excited by more of King Joffrey being nasty at 0:06, Tyrion in handcuffs at 0:41, Arya remembering her sword skills at 1:00...and some new dude, at 0:45 and again around 1:06.
Viewers of the show who have also read the books on which they're based will probably be able to guess who this new character is, but TV-only Westeros devotees have some surprises ahead. Here's our breakdown of some of the new characters and actors who'll be appearing for the first time in Season 4, which picks up the plot partway through the third book in the series.
The truly un-spoiled should stop here. Information follows that is about one level of giving-things-away beyond watching a trailer.
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First, the guy in the trailer who tells Tyrion that Lannisters aren't the only ones who pay their debts is the Red Viper, Oberyn Martell, played by Pedro Pascal. He is a prince of Dorne, the region at the south of Westeros. He is a brother of the late Princess Elia Martell, who was married to Rhaegar Targaryen and whose rape and murder by Gregor Clegane during the ouster of the Targaryens has yet to be avenged. Though she's not obvious in the trailer, Indira Varma will appear as Ellaria Sand, his paramour.
Other news in the realm of new characters includes:
-The actor Roger Ashton-Griffiths will appear in Season 4 as Mace Tyrell, father of Margaery Tyrell and Lord of Highgarden.
-Morag Craster, played by Deirdre Monaghan, is a character who does not appear by name in the books, but the character of Craster — a Wildling who is medium friendly to the Night's Watch and is presumably Morag's father and/or husband — first appeared on the show in 2012. Other characters with no direct book parallels are the one-named Lhara, played by Sarine Sofair, and Lord Blackmont, played by Daniel Rabin; while House Blackmont is a Dornish family from the books, which includes a "Lady Larra" who has a son, but it's not yet clear exactly how that family tree will translate to television.
-Several casting items indicate that the series will spend some time in the Vale, home of familiar characters like Lisa Arryn. Ser Donnel Waynwood (played by Alisdair Simpson) and his mother Lady Anya Waynwood (played by Paola Dionisotti) will appear for the first time, as well as Bronze Yohn Royce (Rupert Vansittart).


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I'm thinking of starting a new volunteer job in an office setting, so I did an online five-minute typing test this morning. I got 77 words per minute, but I made two errors, so my time was adjusted to 75 words per minute. What's your typing speed these days? This is the site I used, I'm sure there's lots of different ones available.
Last time I tested, I was at 85% with high accuracy; 95 (and sometimes 100+) with less accuracy. I used to be a transcriptionist.
I scored a zero because I quit midway through. I'll just hire a secretary. But really, my typing skills are horrendous. I have to go back and edit about 90% of my posts. (ETA: See? ) Amazing. Your nickname must be Speedy Petey!
I just assumed you relied quills, inkwells, and magical hipster conversion technology. 60 words per minute is beyond my capabilities.
I got 98 words per minute with 0 errors. I think the last time I did this it was slightly lower though, but it may have been with a different website.
Haven't done a typing test for ages. Got 62wpm with no errors, but I did go back and correct quite a bit.
95 words with 0 errors. But I did backspace to correct an error. That's a fun test. But I want to read the rest of the story!
117, adjusted with 112. That's a bit faster than I thought; but I type a lot. My composing speed is more around 50 wpm or so; transcribing (especially with the words right there; which is easy) is a lot faster.
at my score. I took typing in high school and it was the only class I've ever flunked. Took an adult community college class and was asked to leave (they gave me my money back) and the only way I managed 25 words a minute when I joined the Air Force was that they let me practice the paragraph over and over before they actually timed me. Its sad.
72 wpm, no errors. I used to get that on a manual typewriter when I was in Grade 10! But I couldn't backspace to correct my mistakes back then either. I stuttered a few times while I was doing the test so I'm sure that cost me some words too.
Wow, you are all amazing!! I won't even attempt such a test.....I flunked typing in grade 9 cuz I thought the teacher was a bitch, and so now I'm the two finger, hunt and peck type of typer! This just took me like 2 minutes to type..... I am a doofus.
My father still pecks with two index fingers, and he's been a computer programmer longer than I've been alive. He got a computer science PhD back when there were only 50 or so in the entire country. He says he spends most of his time thinking. Typing speed only matters if you're doing secretary work or transcribing work. My sister used to hunt and peck, until AIM came out and she'd be chatting with 5 friends while writing a paper. Her typing improved to lightning speed very shortly after. She types faster than me, and I just got 87wpm on that test.
Way back in the dark ages when my high school offered "secretarial skills" course, I took typing for the simple reason that I wanted at least one class with no homework. I did only average in it, so it dragged down my grade average, but I was happy to take it for two years just for the break. Boy oh boy am I glad I did, even if for the wrong reasons at the time - I had no idea then, and I don't think many did, that typing skills would become so important for just about everyone in the near future. Glad I didn't choose shorthand classes instead!
Woah! This takes me back! When I was in high school, we used manual typewriters (think very slow) and getting 35 wpm was basic level, 60 wpm was what you aimed for to get a job. If you had 80 wpm, you were stellar and executive secretary material. My mother was a national typing champion who did about 120 wpm and they wouldn't let her compete at the Canadian National Exhibition because they said she was too fast! When she applied for jobs in our town, she would have to take a typing test (to see if she could do 60 wpm) and she would always leave them gasping when she'd do 100 wpm. "I used to be much faster" was her comment afterwards. All that on manual typewriters!
I dispute that test. I clocked in at 87 wpm (0 errors)??? I typed 40-45 in high school & college, and I can't believe that I've improved THAT much since then. I'll have to find another test. Typingtest.com got me at (adjusted) 56 wpm. I think the difficulty of the material makes a big difference. Typingtest.com had some actual, y'know, punctuation, capitalization, dashes, quotation marks, etc.
I got 98 on the test offered here and 91 on typingtest.com. Typingtest.com is definitely harder, but I think part of that is that the first place highlights the text as you type it and typingtest.com shows it below, so if you make an error it can take longer to catch it and fix it.
On typeracer.com, my best is 140wpm. But honestly, I do not recommend it. Sometimes I regret having the ability to type so fast because it's caused RSI. Yeah I try to type more slowly, but inevitably I end up typing fast because I often don't feel the pain until I stop. Will try the test on this thread soon.
I got 44 wpm on typingtest.com. That sounds about right. I applied for a secretary position a few years back and typed 48 wpm. I'm amazed so many of you type so fast!
Wow, no wonder I only have 1300ish posts here after more than a decade. I type at a sluggish 40 words per minute on a good day. Thank goodness I took typing in high school, or I would be hopeless. Little skateycat struggles with printing so much that we have investigated typing as a different way of writing. We got him Typing Instructor for Kids, and I will sit with him or near him to help him get through the lesson. He's up to 10 words a minute, up from 13 characters a minute (I counted one day!). This year he did parts of his spelling assignments in Microsoft Word, and he actually said that it made him happy to do his homework that way.
100 words with 3 errors. I don't really count errors though, because of autocorrect. Plus, I was taught to leave 2 spaces after a period, and the program that tests only has one.


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Utah has some incredible scenic byways, my favorite being Hwy 12 from Torrey to Bryce Canyon (if you've never driven that route, promise yourself to do it this year). Driving Legacy Parkway is a pleasure because of the lack of advertising and sound walls — the unimpeded views of the mountains.
If lawmakers and their friends in business tell you not to worry, that they have no plans to do something, even though a new law would allow them to do it, go ahead and laugh — and look for the crossed fingers behind their backs.
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Her father died when she was 5 years old. She went to Wycombe Abbey at the age of 11 in 1901 where she came under the influence of Frances Dove, whose biography she wrote. She left in 1907 spending time in Paris before going to Girton College Cambridge. She and her mother became active members of Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) which campaigned vigorously for the extension of the franchise. [edit] Aboard the Titanic
On 10 April 1912 Elsie Bowerman and her mother Edith boarded RMS Titanic at Southampton as first class passengers cabin 33 on deck E, for a trip to America and Canada to see her father's relations in USA. They were both were rescued on lifeboat 6.
After the Titanic disaster, they reached America and carried on with their plans to visit British Columbia, Klondyke and Alaska.
During World War I Bowerman worked with a Scottish women's hospital unit in Romania and in March 1917 had had to retreat to St Petersburg where she witnessed the Russian Revolution at first hand. Back in England in 1917 she carried on with her suffragist work and supported the Pankhursts in organising mass meetings to encourage men to join the Forces and women to volunteer for war work
After the war, Bowerman studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1924. She was the first woman barrister at the Old Bailey and practised until 1938. During World War II she worked for two years with Women's Voluntary Services, and after a time at the Ministry of Information spent three years with the Overseas Services of the BBC. In 1947 she went to the United States to help set up the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. On her return she lived near her mother at St Leonards-on-Sea, and then moved to a country house near Hailsham where she died after a stroke.
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Andy Pelphrey kicked and cracked six eggs while barefoot in 10 seconds.
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Hey Rob this is Andy Pelphrey, I still can't post comments so I'm logging in under my wifes name. Along with egg #4 also egg #2 didn't break either. It sounded like it did when it hit the ground but it didn't. I can still remember the pain my foot felt when I kicked the 2nd egg! It felt like a peice of steel when it made contact with my foot! I kicked 8 but those were the 2 that didn't bust. I had 2 brown eggs in the bunch and I think #'s 2 and 4 were them. They were not store bought like the others were.
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Doesn't sound like number four broke. Which other one didn't break Andy?


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