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After my stamp convention Laurel & Erin met me in SLC and we went sightseeing and had lots of fun! We took a tour of Welfare Square and sampled the delicous bread, butter, jam, and cheese and got to help our Sister missionary tour guides teach the 4 other people on our tour (who were snowbirds from Florida) about fast offerings and taking care of people. It was really neat. The missionary couple who drove the tour van were so cute too, they took our picture for us.
Next, we went to the Bingham Copper Mine. It is HUGE and very cool to see. So that was interesting and fun too. Mostly we just had fun talking and laughing along the way!


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We have half days of school this week due to conferences. There will be more time to do fun stuff!
We went down to the park today to collect leaves for a leaf book. Our trees aren't big enough to have many big, good leaves yet!
They brought their swords to chop down leaves apparently.


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Sunday, February 24, 2013
What's Behind Flogger Name-calling
Although I posted an answer in the comments, responding to that question is worth a blog post all its own.
First, what difference does it make whether I agree or disagree? That doesn't change the facts of what I wrote about Mackey and the floggers - that disparaging the intelligence of people they disagree with is a front-line attack of the flogger mentality.
It doesn't change the fact that they throw around terms like "lunacy" and "clown" and "idiots" -- or, in the case of Eric Wittenberg and his sycophants, "galactically stupid" and "troglodytes" and "knuckle-draggers." And we can't forget Brooks D. Simpson and the Crossroads crew -- "rampant idiocy" and "ignorant morons" and "cretins" -- and that's just a tiny sampling.
Corey's question to me betrays his leftist, "group-think" mentality, which attempts to categorize people, lump them together in groups, and then make everyone in the group mental clones who all think alike and believe alike. Thus, if you can find something to smear one member with, it can be applied to the group as a whole. So if you're a supporter, defender or advocate of Southern heritage, you think exactly like all the other supporters, defenders and advocates of Southern heritage. It simply cannot be acknowledged by these floggers that a variety of thought -- and some disagreement -- exists within the Southern heritage community.
The same assumptions are evident in Brooks Simpson's attempt to smear groups like the Southern Heritage Preservation group, with the statements of one or two members, and then to expand the smear to all Southern heritage advocates. He occasionally attempts to create negative significance of the fact that someone in the group didn't make a comment -- and then attributes the "ominousness" of the silence to the whole group, and from them to the whole Southern heritage community.
Andy Hall's take is a bit different. He apparently thinks you're a fake Southern heritage advocate unless you think and believe exactly like "real Confederates." Although when he quotes a "real Confederate" he doesn't say how he knows everyone in the Confederacy held the identical thought or belief. At least, I've never encountered such substantiation from him.
You see, leftism despises individuality and it shows up all kinds of ways. Among these floggers it is an intolerance for anyone who arrived at their views of history in any way but the accepted one -- that is, via the teachings of professional educators who all churn out classrooms full of mental clones...
In a broader application, you see it in Obama's and the feds' eyeing -- drooling over -- private pensions. They'd like nothing more than for the feds to sieze this enormous pool of money... Why? To help the totally-broke and deeply-in-debt federal government? That may be the excuse, but what lies behind it is the leftist/progressive/socialist mentality that cannot stand the idea that people are individuals rather than undifferentiated unit of the hive -- and they especially can't stand for the individual to OWN something, like a private pension, that not everyone has. In the most extreme view, socialists believe no individual should own anything. The state should own everything, and administer it for everyone else.
But back to the floggers. Apparently the only thing they love more than portraying people they disagree with as morons is portraying them as ... you guessed it ... racists. This is why Brooks D. Simpson attempts to associate me with Brad Griffin (Hunter Wallace) and why he puts the false idea that if you haven't denied something on his blog then you support it. That is the reason for Corey posting about it time and again at his blog, such as his recent post about modern Southern Nationalists (which really has nothing to do with his purported interest, the civil war).
The obsession with racism and with denigrating people's intelligence clearly (to borrow a Levin/Hallism) demonstrates that their interest in the "civil war" is to use it as a tool for evilizing or stupidizing people they don't like.
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See, what have I said, it is very easy to send you off into a rant. I did not claim you think the same as the secessionist, that is why I asked IF you Agreed with his comments. What you fail to understand about our criticisms is that there is a right and wrong on some things. And when someone is wrong...we call them out on it.ReplyDelete
It's not a rant, Corey. It is an observation on flogger behavior and attitude. Who is to say you are right and the people you criticize are wrong? YOU!?! Ha. I don't accept the floggers' knowledge, intelligence or authority to do that.ReplyDelete
Besides, if you believe somebody is in error, and you want to "correct" them, you offer the correct data/info as you see it, which is the best you can do, since you aren't omniscient and infallible. You don't say "you idiot" and "what a moron" and "Stupid!" -- and the fact that floggers resort to this sort of name calling so often is proof that they care more about insulting and trying to hurt people -- not to mention feeding their own insatiable and needy egos -- than they do about history or accuracy or any of that....
My post was not about what the secessionist said; it was about Mackey's reprehensible, intelligence-insulting name calling. The fact that you asked me whether I agreed with the secessionist means you suspect I do -- and that comes from exactly where I said it comes from -- your habit of leftist group-think.
Connie, facts are provable. The secessionist claimed that Lincoln did not extend rights to anyone...he is a moron or did not pay one single bit of attention in 8th grade history to not know what Lincoln did. I am going to side on the first...he is a moron and willingly not wanting to accept the claim that Lincoln freed the slaves.ReplyDelete
He seems to be the kind of guy who would know this type of stuff since he wants secession...despite the fact that every secession attempt in this country has failed.
My question to you is just that...a question. I don't know if you agree with him...that is why I asked the question...you are making the assumption that I already believe you do.
People like you and the secessionist cherry pick your history to fit your agenda...you somehow...despite the mountain of evidence before you think that what the south did in starting and fighting the War of the Rebellion was right. The secessionist is trying to use that idea to call for secession again...not knowing the history behind the South's reason for secession...yep...slavery.
Facts, especially from the past that nobody today lived through, are open to interpretation. If facts were provable, all you "historians" would never have any differences; you would all have to accept and agree with the "proof." But Simpson and Levin (and likely others), for example, sure find enough differences from other "historians" to periodically bellyache about them on their blogs.ReplyDelete
As for interpretation, there are people (almost always leftists) who seriously claim blacks weren't REALLY freed until the civil rights movement... That they were still slaves until the middle of the 20th century. So it depends, among other things, on how you conceive of "free" and "slave" and many other concepts.
The idea that Lincoln "freeing slaves" means he wasn't a tyrant is a no-go.
Why are you concerned with the fellow in the video? He's a nobody, no threat to you or the status quo self-appointed civil war thought police floggers, right? He was just somebody Jon Stewart found to hold up for ridicule to his audience -- because leftist do love to ridicule Southerners.
Your focus on this guy is another example of the flogger mentality that NOBODY, but NOBODY be allowed to have a different viewpoint. They must be ferreted out, uprooted, tossed out.
People like you claim to have facts on your side. You don't. You floggers are worse cherry-pickers than the most dedicated Southern heritage advocate. I see the mountain of evidence, Corey. I see the parts of it that you deliberately ignore -- that there was more to it than slavery.
But even if slavery had been the only reason, that gave the north absolutely NO MORAL AUTHORITY for invading the seceded states, killing Southerners, burning their towns, laying their region waste and keeping them and their descendants in poverty for generations afterward -- because despite having outlawed slavery within their states' borders (to drastically reduce their black populations), the north was chin-deep in -- yep -- slavery. Made their riches off of it... Love of oppressing and ridiculing others (to feed their own egos), love of wealth -- that's the Yankee way...
The point you are missing Connie is the guy on the video is ridiculed because he is historically wrong to say that Lincoln did not extend rights to anyone. Lincoln did...to African-Americans through the EP and the 13th Amendment.ReplyDelete
So should he be ridiculed...Yes...without question and so should you if you believe what he says or does not say.
Don't have the facts on our side...when document after document show the south seceded and fought for the protection of slavery how can the facts not be on our side.
And to say the North had no moral authority to invade the south is a strawman...You would love people to believe that even if the south had not seceded the North would have still invaded and that is not true. But you would love it to be..so you could try and deflect the cause of the war away from slavery...if those mean Yankees would have destroyed the south anyways.
No, Corey, that is not why he is ridiculed. He's ridiculed because he is a white Southerner. When was the last time Jon Stewart subjected Larone Bennett to such ridicule for saying basically the same thing?ReplyDelete
No, he should not be ridiculed. Whether I think he's wrong or not isn't the point. Anybody who is wrong -- and they aren't necessarily wrong just because they see something differently than you do -- should not be ridiculed for it.
Is that what you do to your students if you don't they say something you don't agree with? Ridicule them?
If you are truly interested in truth and facts, you would present what you consider to be arguments against what he says, but that's not really where you're coming from. The Yankee approach is to sneer, smear, mock, ridicule and try to hurt people. That's how I know people like you, who pretend to revere "facts", are far more dedicated to to abusing people you don't like than you are dedicated to truth and facts.
Sigh. You've been told this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. When are you going to GET IT?
The states of the lower South -- the "first wave" -- seceded IN PART over slavery. Even Mississippi's secession declarations, which says "Our position is thoroughly identified with slavery," include OTHER reasons for seceding that. Your side ignores that, or lies about it, twists and manipulates it to say it was ALL about slavery. It wasn't. Georgia's includes even MORE reasons...
The states of the upper South seceded because they were about to be bullied by the feds into sending troops to invaded the seceded states. You don't know this? If you have "document after document" you should know it. It's right there in the flippin' documents. But you see, you aren't about facts and documentation. You are about proving what you already believe, and you take what's in the "documents" that you think does that and you ignore the rest.
Southerners fought because their land was invaded by a ruthless and brutal army that came South to kill them. Got that? TO KILL THEM. They fought to protect themselves, their families, their farms, communities and entire region and culture from an Army sent TO KILL THEM.
Read my lips, Corey. THE NORTH HAD NO MORAL AUTHORITY -- NONE WHATSOFREAKINGEVER -- for invading the south. Where do you get this demented idea that "i would love people to believe that even if the south had not seceded the North would have still invaded." Link to where you imagine I've made such a claim. You can't because I haven't. Never stated it, never hinted at it.
You need to return your crystal ball and get your money back, and through them chicken bones in the trash, because they're not working anymore. Unless you know you have nothing to base this demented statement on, and you're just lying about it. If the South had not seceded, the north would not have invaded, because it would have had no reason to. As long as the South was under the avricious yankee thumb, and the money continued to flow northerward, everything was copcetic in Yankeeland.
The reason for the invasion after secession was because the north knew it couldn't make it as a nation on its own, without Dixie. "Preserving the Union" really meant, "Keeping our cash cow under our avaricious yankee thumb" and "keeping the South's money flowing northward." As long as the north had legal /political -- or failing that, practical -- means for taking the South's money, it would not have invaded. (Continued next comment)
I haven't ever tried to "deflect" the cause of the war away from slavery. Slavery was ONE of the causes of secession for SOME of the states. The cause of the war -- the fighting -- was the presence of a barbaric army of invasion in the Southern states. So reality and facts do the "deflecting," meaning I don't have to. Even Sherman said slavery was not the cause/reason for the war, but the pretext for it.
Look up "pretext" -- oh, heck, you won't so I'll do it for you:
1. something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse
2. the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with this intention.
What this means, Corey, is that slavery was not the cause of the war. It was the excuse put forth to conceal the real reason, the true purpose, of the north's invasion and war on the Southern people. And all the yankee posturing about its moral position on slavery is just the misleading appearance/behavior put forth with the intention of hiding the north's true reason for warring on the South.
So when are you going to get it through your head that that damnyankee army did NOT march south and invade the Southern states to free slaves? That was tacked on well into the war. It's in document after document... Why do you ignore it, if you respect the documents?
Yes, the north knew it was laying waste to its cash cow with the war, but after the war, because it was still "in possession" of the Southern states, it picked the bones of the Confederacy, and continued to milk the emaciated region dry -- made virtually the entire population of the South slaves, robbed state treasuries, bought up miles, literally miles, of virgin timber for pennies an acre, paid wretched sawmill and mining workers with "scrip" instead of real money, to keep them enslaved, instigated discriminatory railroad freight rates so it woud be prohibitively expensive for Southern companies to ship finished goods (textiles, steel) to the north -- or even to other places in the South -- so all it could ship was cheaper, raw goods (which was then turned to finished goods in northern factories, which, of course, sold them at a handsome profit)...
In practical application, what this meant was that it was cheaper for a clothing store in Atlanta to have finished dresses shipped down from a northern factory that it would have been to have finished dresses shipped ninety miles from a factory in Dalton. So the factory in Dalton didn't make dresses. It made bolts of cloth and shipped them north where factory workers enjoyed much higher wages for sewing dresses out if it.
Discriminatory freight rates against Southern manufacturing did not end until nineteen-fifty-two, Corey, when I was three years old.
Damnyankees didn't care about freeing slaves -- that became the perfume of "moral superiority" yankees sprinkled on their thieving and murdering during the war, and their rapacious post-war depredation that made the entire South into one big plantation for them exploit to satisfy their eternal greed.
And the hatred! Oh, the hatred of the North for the South because it had the temerity, the audacity, the utter GALL to prefer independence to being "in union" with the north (i.e., under the north's avaracious thumb). That is what still fuels the hatred for the South you still see constantly -- in your blog, in Hollywood films, on filthy television like "The Early Show..." It's what fuels the visceral hatred you see for Southerners in comment threads following nearly any news article about the South, but especially anything with any connection whatever to the Confederacy.
In my earlier comment, these sentences:ReplyDelete
"Is that what you do to your students if you don't they say something you don't agree with? Ridicule them?"
...should read:
"Is that what you do to your students if they say something you don't agree with? Ridicule them?"
Connie, there is nothing in the above Dec. of Secession that does not deal with slavery...it is all about what the south feared the North would do to her institutions!
Corey, some of the concerns listed by Mississippi have no inherent connection to slavery. They were a problem for Mississippi -- enough for the state to seceded over them, among other other reasons -- because some elements of the north were using slavery as an excuse to victimize Mississippi in these areas unrelated to slaveryReplyDelete
Could you please point them out, I don't read it that way.ReplyDelete
Thanks in advance!
Sure, Corey. In fact, I've already pointed them out. Here ya go:ReplyDelete


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Here is my summary of "The Story of the Boy and the Piece of Rope" which I found here. It starts off pretty well, then gets, well, odd:
A small boy twists together some straw into a rope, then creates the rope into a loop, which he shows to his mother. 'Mother, look at this long piece of rope I have made. It is so long, I cannot even measure to the end of it.'
The mother chastises him for being foolish, and the boy runs away. Along the way, he meets a travelling potter who needs a new rope to fasten the wares he carries around on his back. He trades the boy a pot for his rope. Later, the boy meets up with a woman carrying a pot of water on her head. When she turns around, the pot falls and breaks. She trades the boy a bag of barley for his pot, and the boy travels on his way.
That night, he stays at an inn, and his bag of barley is stolen. The innkeeper has no barley, but instead replaces it with a bag of rice. The next night, his rice is stolen while he is staying at the next inn along his way. The innkeeper had no rice, so (here's where it starts getting really weird) he offers him the carcass of a horse that died during the night.
At the next inn, his dead horse is stolen; having no dead horses, the innkeeper replaces his loss with a slave girl who had died that morning. Later, the boy comes to a well, and while resting, placed the dead body of the girl in a sitting position with her back against the well.
A slave from a neighboring house stumbles against the body while trying to draw water, and knocks it into the well. The boy pretends that the girl has drowned on account of this, and demands a replacement from the householder.
He is given a new slave girl--this one alive; he takes her home, marries her, and they live happily ever after.
First of all, Korean inns in the olden days were remarkably disreputable places, but ones whose owners seemingly felt a personal responsibility for the illegal behavior of their patrons.
Secondly, the story starts out well, with the lad managing to trade up incrementally on his loop of rope, but it veers to the illogical (not to mention macabre) with the dead horse: a) who wants a dead horse?--it's the epitome of useless, there's no point in even kicking it; b) how is he going to carry it around, as he has traded away his piece of rope earlier? and c) is a dead slave girl actually equivalent to a dead horse? I mean, you can eat horse meat, but ...
Thirdly, what is the moral of this tale? Yes, I am assuming it is supposed to have one, just because they usually do. Well, more than that, that is their function: to illuminate cultural history, to instruct proper behavior, to reinforce cultural norms.
Anyway, Korea has quite a supply of folktales, as you might expect from any sufficiently ancient culture. In addition to the file above, here are a few other places to look, if you are interested:


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Living Word Lutheran Church in Milbank, SD is growing. The new congregation reports it now has 352 baptized members.
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Lucas, OH has successfully taken their first vote to withdraw from the ELCA.
First Lutheran Church, Northwood, IA failed in its first vote to leave the ELCA, 133 voted to stay in the ELCA while 94 voted to withdraw.
Spirit of the Desert Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, is the only mission congregation of the LCMC in Nevada.
Salem Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Long Lake, SD has voted the leave the ELCA and join the LCMC.
St. James Lutheran Church, Leola, SD passed its second vote to leave the ELCA, January 22, 2012, 58 in favor 11 opposed.
We have removed from our list of churches that voted to leave the ELCA--Roslyn Lutheran Church, Roslyn, SD. According to a posting on the Synod's web site, Roslyn successfully passed its second vote; however, the congregation does not believe the vote was successful. Fron Lutheran Church, their sister congregation in the same parish did successfully vote to leave the ELCA. No word on what the Roslyn Lutheran Church has planned for future action.
ELCA churches throughout the country are continuing to vote to leave the ELCA. Stay tuned....


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XCRI-CAP Demonstrators – success!
We're pleased to announce that we have been successful with two tenders under the JISC "Making the most of course information – xcri-cap feed use demonstrators" call, part of the Course Data Programme. Both projects will be in conjunction with our partners InGenius Solutions.
Advanced XCRI-CAP search widget – AX-S Widget
This project will build on our existing ASAP (Advanced Search Algorithm Protocol). Our proposed new project will develop a website widget to link the ASAP search function to any course related website, taking one or more XCRI-CAP feeds as the database of records. The widget can provide any website with 'best of breed' subject search results, with each course record's data clearly marked for its relevance to the search criteria, for integration within a wider search facility or simply for immediate display.
Extending XCRI-CAP with KIS data
This project will join up the XCRI-CAP and KIS data sets to provide meaningful and practical outputs. Specifically, it will:
- link KIS data to XCRI-CAP data as part of a 'Course Discoverer' service to retrieve courses by KIS data and/or course data;
- link KIS data to XCRI-CAP data and produce extended XCRI-CAP feeds for use by further XCRI-CAP/KIS enabled services.
Congratulations to everyone else who has been successful with these tenders. Project websites for each project will be coming soon.


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"So this is what my Twitter timeline looks like in real life."
That was Gang Badoy opening her hip and well-received keynote speech at the Tatt Awards 2012 last June 29 at the NBC tent.
The founder of Rock Ed Philippines and one of the bonafide icons of the social media era, Gang said that while she's thankful to everyone online for the wonderful sense of community brought about by the social media phenomenon, she stressed that it's also equally important to be "a community of reason."
"Go on Twitter not just to be heard but to learn, learn to be nice to one another online and know when to speak up, shout out for someone and shut up," she urged. "If we can't yet be a community of kind people then we can at least be a community that tries."
Gang's words resonated loudly as Globe Tattoo broadband once again honored the digital rock stars who, like her, have influenced, inspired and touched the lives of people through their strong online presence.
Led by the ever effervescent TV host and writer Bianca Gonzalez who bagged the ultimate prize with The One award, this year's awardees were a happy mix of top celebrities, online advocates, YouTube sensations and trending superstars.
Hosted by Esquire cover girl Georgina Wilson, YouTube star Ashley Rivera (a.k.a. Petra Mahalimuyak), Miggy Chavez of the band Chicosci, and RX 93 DJ Gino Quillamor, the Globe Tatt Awards 2012 was truly a star-studded affair.
It featured spirited performances by Arnel Pineda, Rico Blanco, Up Dharma Down, Chicosci, Funk Avy, Pulso and singer/comedian Mikey Bustos who also provided the hilarious pre-taped introduction spiels to each major award.
Now on its second year, the Tatt Awards has grown exponentially bigger as Globe's head of Tattoo Nomadic Broadband Business Dong Ronquillo announced that this year's 1,050 nominations are more than twice the number they received from last year.
From the 50 finalists that comprised the top nominees, winners were chosen partly through online voting and by consensus among the Tatt Council members composed of Ronquillo, Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines Vice President Pao Peña, photographer Wyg Tysmans, singer and comedian Mikey Bustos, TV host Rovilson Fernandez, National Youth Commission commissioner Gio Tingson, journalist Maria Ressa, blogger Loi Landicho a.k.a. The Professional Heckler, TV host Raymond Gutierrez, musician Francis Reyes and eventologist Tim Yap.
For being The One, Bianca received some pretty cool prizes that include P100,000 in cash, a one year subscription to both Globe's Tattoo@Home and Tattoo Superstick, a Blackberry Playbook and BlackBerry phone bundle.
The other major winners of Tatt Awards 2012 winners who all received P100,000 cash and one-year subscription to Tattoo@Home are the following:
• Stylisimo: Cecile Van Straten of chuvaness.com
• #ThoughtMover: Kimpoy Feliciano (@kimpoyfeliciano)
• Video Slinger Award: Real-life couple Jamyhille and Paolinne Michelle, more popularly known as JAMICH (youtube.com/JamichTV).
• The Visualizer: Ryan Vergara and Garovs Garovillo, of Everywhere we Shoot (everywhereweshoot.com).
• The Advocate: PAWS (facebook.com/pawsphilippines)
• Indie Rocker: Gloc-9 (facebook.com/glocdash9)
• The Explorer: Bogart The Explorer (facebook.com/bogarttheexplorer)
• Game Changer: Jinoe Gavan of takbo.ph
• Tech Junkie: Jason de Villa, of technoodling.net
In addition to the above major awards, special awards were also given to several entertainment figures.
Vice Ganda's primetime weekly show, "Gandang Gabi Vice" won #Trending TV; radio jocks Chico, Delamar and Gino Quillamor of RX 93's "Morning Rush" was voted #Trending Radio; and "Becky Nights" of Divine Lee, Jake Galvez. Matt Gozun, Buem Rodriguez and Divine Lee won #Trending Podcast.
Singer-actress Julie Anne San Jose was the big winner of two special awards, namely Trending Personality and the People's Choice award.
Journalist Howie Severino received the Safe Surfer award in behalf of GMA Network's Think Before You Click campaign which was honored for its advocacy towards responsible internet usage.
Rounding up the special awards are "rookies" Robbie Becroft of robbieoffduty.com and food blog Pepper.ph as they tied for the Freshest award given to new blogs that created the most impact.
Another YouTube sensation, Luigi Yotoko, took home the The Prodigy award given to a social media rock star under 18 years of age.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Weekend Details
Saturday it was up early and headed to Q-town to drop little Duke off with the Dawkins for a weekend stay. We ended up getting to Port St. Joe about 12:00 had some lunch and toured the new resort...which I LOVE!!
Sunday we played beach bums ALL day, then the boys played golf that evening and we saw a turtle!! Normally we see gators or snakes but turtle was neat!
Monday we went to see the rest of the fam in PC it was PERFECT weather! We had a great dinner that night...I had grit cake and shrimp and turtle cake YUMO!
Tuesday we did some more beaching it up and headed back home.
But there were this group of men that were staying next to us who took up the WHOLE beach with their fishing poles. Literally, they had 30 poles on the BEACH! What were they fishing for you ask...SHARKS! YES sharks...I went crazy! For starters they were trashing the beach with fish guts, beer bottles, cig butts, and glow sticks (they hung from the line at night so ppl could see it). But my main concern was the cute little children playing in the water....like 20 foot from where they caught a 6 foot shark!! They were fishing with a half of a sting ray and fish. When confronted about they danger they were putting everyone on the beach in, their response was "we didn't think about that!" HOW COULD YOU NOT!?!?!?!
It was a GREAT trip...my parents are still there lucky dogs!!! But if anyone is up for a beach trip, let me know I am ready to go back! :)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
We're back!!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
He got the Job!! :)
Other than the exciting news about my hubby, nothing else really going on!! Tee and I are still working on school...slowly but surely! This weekend we are going on the parade of homes with my parents and Tee's mom! I am looking forward to seeing those NICE homes again and dreaming!! Then we are going to see my Mema and Pepa's new camper! Yes, my Pepa was able to talk Mema into a new Camper!! It is not BRAND new but it is new to them and from the pictures looks to be REALLY nice!!!! By the way: their old camper is for sale if anyone knows anyone interested in a 1992 fifth wheel!!
Other than that no plans this weekend either. Tee is at his Spring garnet and gold game and I am trying to kill time before the finale of GREY'S!!! Good night :)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
It's a wrap! Sry its a long one! :(
Friday, May 1, 2009
I feel SAFE now!! :)
This weekend is all about R&R for the Dawkins. Tonight is date night (movie and dinner), tomorrow Tee has early morning practice, I plan to tan, and hopefully we will have time to go check on momma. Mom had surgery today and she is doing good, it was not the ACL like they originally thought she had a sist (SP?) and it caused some damage to the knee cap!?!?! NOt really sure but she is home and doing well. BORED TO DEATH, tee and I are probably going to go out there tomorrow and take pizza and Chinese, play games/wii and keep mom entertained! Sunday: rest...rest...rest...rest...REST!!!
Hope yall have a GREAT weekend!! If anyone is bored and wants to hang out, plays games, eat pizza/Chinese. Let us know, mom would love all the company she can get at this point!!


text: Has anyone ever fretted a fretless Modulus with graphite neck? Any issues to consider? (I would be taking this to my local luthier, not doing it myself!) The bass in question is a fretless Quantum 4. Any idea of a ballpark price for this? Would the resulting sound be similar to a "regular" fretted Q4? Thanks! Joel (if this has been answered before please point me to the thread--I searched but couldn't find anything)


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We (me) sat down with Sean Chaney (at our respective computers) of Vertigo Cycles to ask him about his preparations for the 2014 NAHBS. Since he is the person hand-buildering my next frame, I can't wait to meet him in March.
TD: Oh... well. Why not?
SC: If I told you the truth, I'd be banned for life and I'd like to go back some time. It would be easy to say that I've been entirely too busy to commit the time to do everything necessary to make a real go of it. That would also be a true answer.
TD: If you were coming, would you rather sleep on my couch or share an air mattress with dirtwire.tv's Thom Parsons?
TD: If you were coming, how many free beers do you think you could drink at The Spoke Easy's Official Unofficial 2014 NAHBS After Party?
TD: If you were coming, what bike would you bring?
SC: Definitely a fat bike. I don't think they're getting enough exposure these days and I highly doubt that other builders would think to bring one.
TD: What do you think Don Walker wears under his kilt?
TD: What will be the one thing we won't want to see any more of after the 2014 NAHBS is over?
SC: Don Walkers Celtic scrotal adornment
(artist rendering)TD: Whose frames would you most like to finger after eating a Bojangles Country Fried Steak Biscuit (limit your response to one builder)?
SC: Whatever builder is attempting to garner the most attention with a paint job
TD: Would you pay $5 for a Budweiser?
SC: If it was the only available option and I needed it to wash out the taste of something worse like…
TD: A Bud Lite?
SC: …a Bud Lite.
TD: Should anybody ever pay more than a dollar for twelve ounces of anything from Budweiser?
SC: I can't imagine why anyone should, but I don't have a very good imagination. Wouldn't it be more efficient to buy a bottle of vodka? Money would be saved and fewer couches and Thom Parsons would be peed upon.
TD: Should fat-bike tipping be discouraged at the show?
SC: Absolutely not, but what's the fun in it? Antagonizing someone who can't or won't fight back isn't any fun. This is the bike industry, if you manage to enrage and engage anyone at all, you're only likely to get a soft slap fight out of it.
TD: Do you think Sacha White is immortal? If not, how do you think he'll ever get through his current 75 year wait list?
TD: How long before Richard Sachs makes an Enduro™ specific frame?
TD: How could NAHBS be better?
SC: Get rid of the awards.
SC: Move it to a city with a high probability of winter transit complications
TD: What do you different than other frame builders that will be at NAHBS (in regards to frame building, not stupid human tricks like rolling your tongue or juggling acetylene tanks)?
SC: I don't Scotchbrite my bikes after welding anymore. You can't hide anything that way. Everything gets finished before welding. There are no secrets, no surprises, no buffing away contaminated welds.
SC: I'm sure it depends on the city. In Portland, it's about 1000:1.
TD: Think that's enough?
SC: Is that a rhetorical question?
TD: Shall we play a game?


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Checked shirts are great in lazy days. Checked shirts might make you look slightly masculin. Checked shirts are the perfect excuse to smell roses, create bracelets from vintage pieces and pose... pose with peep-toes and Ray-Ban wayfarers like only a woman like her can!
A bit of worshiping is not that harmful, is it? :)
Rivero (for Eiriz)


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post1665119572371006235..comments2018-06-22T18:01:03.564-07:00Comments on djkardkreations: NBUS Challenge #9!Darnellhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-43275598952447122912017-02-18T00:39:50.176-08:002017-02-18T00:39:50.176-08:00Only just found this post (after much scrawling do...Only just found this post (after much scrawling down) as I was in America at the time - just think, I could have come to visit you and brought you flowers, or chocolates, or a strap for your earlier bits that went south.
Just so glad you are ok now and I do hope that you really are well and back to your normal lovely self.
Hugs, Neet xxxNeethttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-44090928459606105082017-02-02T13:46:59.321-08:002017-02-02T13:46:59.321-08:00Wow! Where does the time go? It's February alr...Wow! Where does the time go? It's February already. :) Pretty soon we'll be looking back at 1 year from the 1rst HLS retreat! Hope all is going well and that you are healing up quickly. I think maybe I'd like to give the ATG a try if I got the chance. :)firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-72906347371693114352017-01-30T12:30:34.548-08:002017-01-30T12:30:34.548-08:00Darnell sorry for the confusion, but I forgot to a...Darnell sorry for the confusion, but I forgot to add signature under the picture of the symbol, what I dream. This time it had to be a chameleon Pens [CP]. Just in case, though hardly count on winning :-)
I hope that with you is already OK and you came back to power.
Hugs,
BożenABożena Adamusińskahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-79514434539638319032017-01-30T05:51:57.685-08:002017-01-30T05:51:57.685-08:00Hi Darnell, Glad to hear that your surgery went w...Hi Darnell,
Glad to hear that your surgery went well - continuing to send you healing wishes!! I linked my card to this #9 challenge but forgot to say what prize I was interested in. I would like to be considered for the GC if I win. Thanks so much, hope this isn't too late!!!
Maura (#143 in the links)Maura Rhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-57270901243793702872017-01-30T01:10:29.624-08:002017-01-30T01:10:29.624-08:00Darnell wishing you a speedy and pain free recover...Darnell wishing you a speedy and pain free recovery and hope you are soon back to full health and are able to jump up and down once again albeit more gently.

Take care and lots and lots of hugs

Mariebaileyrosy.comhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-36473788184044380692017-01-29T19:56:09.657-08:002017-01-29T19:56:09.657-08:00Hi Darnell. Hope you are OK. Thanls for hosting th...Hi Darnell. Hope you are OK. Thanls for hosting this fun challenge even when you willbe having your surgery!
I am droipping off my second card. I can not remember if I mentioned which prize I would like to win this week I think I would love the chameleon pens but would take anything! teeheescrappymo!https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-81322513359341252422017-01-29T17:58:04.574-08:002017-01-29T17:58:04.574-08:00Hope your procedure went well and the recovery wil...Hope your procedure went well and the recovery will be quick!
Didn't think I would manage a card but I did! Both the die and background have been in my NBUS box for way too long! Unfortunately I wasn't able to cooperate this cool technique. Your card looks fabulous!
Hugs,
Susanne (GC or ATG)Susanne Vargashttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-29354511977360285962017-01-29T15:51:55.480-08:002017-01-29T15:51:55.480-08:00I hope your surgery has gone well. And wish you a ...I hope your surgery has gone well. And wish you a speedy recovery. I have linked my creation. If I win, I'd like to pick the GC. Thank you.
-Berina
Moxie CraftieBerina RGAhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-35317496148723953002017-01-29T14:36:40.007-08:002017-01-29T14:36:40.007-08:00Dear Darnell, I hope your surgery has gone well .....Dear Darnell,
I hope your surgery has gone well ... wishing you a speedy recovery.
Your card is amazing, I love your CASEing, soooo perfect.
and I would like to choose gift card (GC) please, thank you for the chance to win it.
big hug xxTina Z.https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-88513381947057958522017-01-29T14:34:36.106-08:002017-01-29T14:34:36.106-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tina Z.https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-1447625580551575182017-01-29T13:01:10.406-08:002017-01-29T13:01:10.406-08:00Forgot - going for GC and CP :)Forgot - going for GC and CP :)Cornelia (fun stamping)https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-84301230239360821202017-01-29T12:11:57.515-08:002017-01-29T12:11:57.515-08:00Hi Darnell, oh I hope your surgery has gone well, ...Hi Darnell,
oh I hope your surgery has gone well, and your are feeling comfortable at the moment, and not in any pain.
 Get Well Soon.

Thank you for your wonderful comment the other day.

Congratulations on your 5th Blog Anniversay you are so very kind to be offering these wonderful prizes.
May I say Good Luck to everyone that enters.

Love and big gentle hugs from my house to yours.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Jenny Lhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-2804723220186595402017-01-29T11:26:59.506-08:002017-01-29T11:26:59.506-08:00Back once more in the land of wifi, I just want to...Back once more in the land of wifi, I just want to say I hope you are now feeling good with all your bits and pieces reassembled and suitably situated around your anatomy!
I feel so flattered that you chose my card to case and I love your creation based on it. Sadly I haven't had time to enter this time as we only got home this morning!
Continue to get well my friend!
Big healing wishes!
Chrissie💋Chrissiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-85972452495360564062017-01-29T09:48:57.861-08:002017-01-29T09:48:57.861-08:00Hope you're over the worst by now & starti...Hope you're over the worst by now & starting on the road to recovery, Darnell. If my card is lucky enough to be chosen from amongst all the lovely entries I'd like a gift card please.
Helen Jhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-74645052939356310612017-01-29T07:41:45.570-08:002017-01-29T07:41:45.570-08:00What a fun theme and great card Darnell! Keeping y...What a fun theme and great card Darnell! Keeping you in my prayers for a speedy recovery. GC drawing please.Donnahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-27115850524766190022017-01-29T00:33:44.456-08:002017-01-29T00:33:44.456-08:00Hi Darnell, It's lovely to be joining you agai...Hi Darnell, It's lovely to be joining you again in another fabulous challenge. First of all though, I'd like to send you lots of love and a virtual hug after your surgery and to say that I hope all went well and that you get well soon. xx Thank you for giving us all the chance to win such fabulous goodies and if I was lucky enough to win, then I would choose the Mini Misti Stamping Tool, thank you. Good luck to everyone :) Crafty hugs, Sandra xSandma's Handmade Cardshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-55280067677868486492017-01-28T22:50:58.347-08:002017-01-28T22:50:58.347-08:00Hi drarnell. Finally getting over to enter my CASE...Hi drarnell. Finally getting over to enter my CASE card. Hope you like it. The photo is a little dark but it was night time when I took the shot..whoops!

This is such a fun challenge. I am hoping to get back with a partially hidden sentiment card tomorrow.scrappymo!https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-18043299232115234352017-01-28T19:51:55.364-08:002017-01-28T19:51:55.364-08:00I hope your surgery went well and you are on the f...I hope your surgery went well and you are on the fast road to recovery! Don't worry about commenting. Not important! Get well, that is all that matters and get your anatomy back in place :)

Thanks for yet another wonderful challenge!Cornelia (fun stamping)https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-1619662472854326842017-01-28T15:04:24.410-08:002017-01-28T15:04:24.410-08:00Darnell Hello, I hope you feel good after the trea...Darnell Hello, I hope you feel good after the treatment and quickly return to power. I also hope that your jaw and breasts already returned to their seats after the first shock :-). Firmly embrace and thank you for another great time.
Hugs,
BożenABożena Adamusińskahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-30389345021749584602017-01-28T12:31:52.074-08:002017-01-28T12:31:52.074-08:00HI Darnell, I hope you are recovering well. I so w...HI Darnell, I hope you are recovering well. I so wanted to try the "hidden sentiment" technique but didn't have time for it... But thanks for the inspiration, will surely try it another time. I just linked my card and if I'd be the lucky winner, the chameleon pens would be AN AMAZING prize, wow! CP Thank you for the chance to win! Many hugs! Nonnihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-52489189723277644122017-01-28T12:18:15.111-08:002017-01-28T12:18:15.111-08:00My second comment on this post...I posted earlier ...My second comment on this post...I posted earlier hoping you would see my comment before your surgery...
By now, surgery should be over and I hope all went well...Miss seeing you on line...It's never the same without you.

I finally made a card for this challenge...(At least, it's not at the last minute this time...Thanks for all the fun challenges!JD/ Jillhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-46735473437941225622017-01-28T08:18:22.919-08:002017-01-28T08:18:22.919-08:00Hi Darnell My goodness! I'm obviously behind d...Hi Darnell
My goodness! I'm obviously behind due to my own foibles so a day late wishing you well. That's obviously been brought forward but hopefully will get you sorted and unprolapsed. Everything crossed for a speedy recovery dear girl.
Love the cards. The embossing folder is fab.
Take care.
Ang xMRS DUCKhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-3052711899883522112017-01-28T04:06:43.705-08:002017-01-28T04:06:43.705-08:00Firts of all, great challenge, fabulous prizes and...Firts of all, great challenge, fabulous prizes and gurjuss inspiration. Thanks for sharing. I really hope your operation goes well and you be on your best health soon. Take care and looking forward to see what you'll come up next. Best wishes and hugs from Slovenia, KetiKeti's Projectshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-13548380803735380142017-01-28T00:08:57.284-08:002017-01-28T00:08:57.284-08:00What a gorgeous CASE of Chrissie's card, that ...What a gorgeous CASE of Chrissie's card, that technique looks fabulous with the red heart. I've played along and would love the opportunity to win the ATG! Fabulous prizes by the way :D
Apologies for not getting here in time to wish you love and luck before your surgery yesterday. I hope it went well and that you'll be right as rain very soon. Sending gentle hugs xxNeets Bhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-709379730385988881.post-14721217349458235792017-01-27T23:32:22.649-08:002017-01-27T23:32:22.649-08:00Hi Darnell :o) Gorgeous card!! Love it! Thank you ...Hi Darnell :o)
Gorgeous card!! Love it!
Thank you for another NBUS challenge. I linked up my card. This time I didn't go with optional twist. :o)
Also, thank you for the opportunity to win some amazing goodies. You are so kind!! :o) [CP]
Big hugs!
Milka xxMilka Gubohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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The EU Referendum two weeks on, my response to the Chilcot Report, a visit to Arlington House - and much more in a look back on my last week.
EU Referendum – Two weeks on
It's been another hectic and fast-moving week, with continuing political and economic uncertainty following the Referendum result.
In the last two weeks I have received over 1200 emails from constituents, the vast majority of whom – like me – voted to stay in the EU and are now concerned about the next steps forward.
My own view, at present, is that Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which starts the exit procedure, should not be invoked without a vote in the House of Commons. Before any such vote takes
place, MPs and my constituents are entitled to know the basis upon which the government intends to proceed. The process should not therefore be rushed and it certainly should not start straight away.
Leaving the EU will also require repealing the European Communities Act 1972, which again is a matter for Parliament. Before that happens, my constituents have the right to know the terms on which the government seeks to withdraw from the EU and the type of relationship the Government suggests we should have with the EU in future. Again, I believe there should be a full and open public debate about this before any vote in Parliament is taken.
Given the huge public concern about this, I will be holding a public meeting along with Council leader, Sarah Hayward, at 7.30pm on Thursday 14th July in Camden Town Hall to discuss the way forward.
I hope you and as many local residents as possible are able to join me.
Chilcot report
As you will know, the long-awaited Chilcot report was published this week. Seven years in preparation, it was a damning indictment of the way in which the war was run. As Sir John Chilcot pointed out, invasion was not a 'last resort', troops were ill prepared and there was no clear plan for reconstruction of Iraq.
I argued in 2003 that there was no clear legal basis for the war in Iraq and Chilcot's findings this week – in particular that "there was no imminent threat from Saddam Hussein" and that "the strategy of containment could have been adapted and continued for some time" – reinforces this.
I wrote about this in The Guardian, where I argued that as well as learning the many lessons from Chilcot, we need to establish a new framework for future intervention – one that ensures military action can only take place where there is a properly evidenced and robust legal basis, accompanied by a fully prepared, realistic and risk-assessed plan.
You can read my full article here:
and summary of my comments in the Camden New Journal here: http://www.camdennewjournal.com/starmer-chilcot
Air Pollution
Air pollution is now responsible for nearly 10,000 deaths a year in London and new research shows that 6 secondary schools and 36 primary schools in Camden are in areas exceeding safe pollution levels. Tackling this must be a key priority, so I was pleased that this Sadiq Khan launched a Clean Air Action Plan and a public consultation on how to reduce air pollution in London.
You may have seen my letter in the Camden New Journal, highlighting the dangers of air pollution. I will also be holding a public meeting on this issue in the coming weeks.
In Brief
As ever, there has been much else going on.
- On Monday, I held another meeting of the Victims Forum looking at how we can improve services and support for victims, and how we can take the next steps to introduce a Victims Law.
- I visited Torriano and Netley schools, to see them participate in the 'send my friend to school campaign' – linking pupils on Camden with some of the 37 million children around the world who miss out on their education. [http://www.sendmyfriend.org/]
- I attended a fundraising evening in Highgate ward – not only a fun event, but also raising badly needed cash for our party!
Arlington House
Many of you may have walked past Arlington House without giving it a second look, as you make your way to and from Camden Lock. Which is why it was fascinating to have the opportunity this Friday to visit this amazing institution.
Built in 1905 it provided generations of poor, working class men, with descent, affordable accommodation. Many Irish men will have lived here for years as they built the tube or the railways we now use. How many would recognise it today!
Once it housed up to 1,200 men (and only men) in cramped accommodation. Today it provides 95 rooms for homeless and vulnerable adults.
I met William Malonda, from Congo, who collapsed with a heart attack just as he was returning to Africa. He is now on the mend, thanks to the care of the NHS and his room in Arlington House.
But there are also 44 low-rent studios, which are much sought after, since they provide low-cost homes in the heart of Camden.
Kylie Paton, who works in IT is delighted to live here.
"It is so hard to find somewhere unfurnished. And this is lovely and quiet, except when there is live music nearby, and I can just open my window and enjoy it!"
There are also art classes for residents and 13 artist studios, all of which are rented out.
There is a firm that provides training in all aspects of maintenance – from building and decoration to window cleaning. Arlington House has teamed up with a firm and plans to make around 50 jobs available.
Once a dark, Victorian institution Arlington House is now a buzzing community, which offers a welcome to people of all kinds: from the homeless street-sleepers to firms looking for a conference centre.
Upcoming events
On 14th July at 7:30pm I will be holding a public meeting in Camden Town Hall on Brexit and the next steps.
On 21st July at 2pm I am also holding a public meeting at the British Library on housing policy, which continues to be the biggest problem affecting Camden.
I hope as many local people as possible will be able to attend.


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My short trip to Portland put me in the Christmas spirit; gingerbread houses are so much fun. I have great memories of building homemade gingerbread houses during Christmas time – always a favorite of my dad.
Take a look at the pictures below. This was a display of houses assembled and decorated by the art students at Milwaukie High School. The Milwaukie Albertson's donated all the kits and set up the show in their store bakery section for everyone to see. There was a voting box for "best in show" as well as a donation box and a silent auction for the houses, all proceeds going directly to the Milwaukie HS art department.
Maybe this will give some folks out there ideas for their own gingerbread projects.
My two cousins and I certainly enjoyed decorating our own house – ta da!


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Thursday, November 12, 2009
This last tid bit is way over due.
I'm still here...
just haven't been posting.
I did want to share with you
a photo that I took on the
morning that we left for home.
Saturday, October 17th, 2009.
I hated to leave.
Seems like I always hate leaving.
Our vacation was a good one...
time just went by too fast.
I hope to have another vacation
in the spring.
Vacation is something that
I always look forward to.
I love the all beauty of nature
that God has given for us to enjoy.
Labels: fall vacation
6 comments:
- Twisted Fencepost said...
Snow??? In October???!!!
That's crazy! Someone should really have a talk with Old Man Winter. He's had too much coffee or something.
- November 12, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Janet, said...
Love the dusting of snow. It's so pretty.
- November 12, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- Denise said...
hard to imagine snow in October..... Please send some here.. Good to see you and always look forward to hearing about your day.
I am so busy now but hope to have most of it wrapped up by next week.. I miss being in the blog.....
- November 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- HDMac said...
OH... that is way too early for snow. lol But, it does happen! We have snow forecast for 500 ft around here tomorrow... don't think it will affect us where we are though!
- November 13, 2009 at 12:23 AM
- prashant said...
It's so pretty.
Work From Home india
- November 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Mojo said...
You should try www.vacationpostings.com
they are awesome...
- January 25, 2010 at 1:50 AM
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The Ohio State University
Dr. Philip Payne, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, has been appointed as the Inaugural Director of the Data Analytics Collaborative, which is part of the Discovery Themes Initiative at The Ohio State University. The
DAC, under the auspices of the broader OSU
Discovery Themes Initiative (https://discovery.osu.edu/), is the virtual and
physical foundation for the recruitment of up to 100 new faculty across the
campus, whose expertise focus in the data analytics domain. As the
Director of the DAC, I will be responsible for both overseeing the recruitment
of these new faculty members, as well as engaging the existing data analytics
community at OSU, in order to create a singular and preeminent presence in data
analytics at our university. This undertaking, as part of the
Discovery Themes Initiative, has the potential to fundamentally
reshape scholarship and innovation at OSU.
Dr. Payne's background, research and experience align well
with the potential and promise of the Data Analytics Collaborative. He is
an internationally recognized leader in the field of clinical research
informatics and translational bioinformatics. His research has focused on
the use and application of knowledge engineering and human-computer interaction
design principles. And, his work has been published in more than 140
peer-reviewed journal and proceedings articles, books, book chapters and
technical reports.
In addition to serving as chair, he leads his department's
Laboratory for Knowledge Based Applications and Systems
Engineering. He also serves as the co-director of Ohio State's
Comprehensive Cancer Center's Bioinformatics Shared Resource.
He is the associate director for data sciences in the Center forClinical and Translational Science (CCTS); the center is funded with assistance
from an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award. CCTS is responsible
for the coordination and delivery of data analytics services and capabilities
to the university's biomedical research community, Nationwide Children's
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If I'm being honest, I'll have to admit that I wasn't all that aware of LSA's theme this semester. I discovered it on the first day of classes while sitting in the lecture hall, staring at three huge screens with Professor Mika's disembodied voice explaining how he would incorporate the theme into his course.
I'm also not a huge sports person…especially by Prof Mika's standards, because the one sport that I do follow closely is golf.
Besides golf, I don't find myself taking part or being a spectator of sports very often unless it's the Olympics or Wimbledon. So to sum it all up, the theme of this semester at a face value doesn't hold very much personal meaning.
However, that doesn't mean I haven't given it some consideration. What does Sport and the University mean? From a very simplistic point of view, the phrase 'sport and the university' refers to collegiate sports and the community around it. But that can't be it- that involves only a specific population of a relatively large college.
To me, the Sport and the University theme is an attempt to draw in even those who don't particularly care about sports and have them gain an insight into the world of those who do. I've noticed that among this student body in particular, "they're an athlete" is a label that nearly approaches stigma. When people realize a classmate is at UMich on athletic scholarship, the thoughts running through their heads are obvious. Maybe they're not as smart as me. Well, obviously they'll focus more on sports than on studies. No wonder they eat so much….I mean, I've heard it straight from the mouth of babes.
What I think is important to consider is how the athletes themselves regard sports. I don't personally know any at UMich, but I have a fair number of friends who are college athletes. One interesting case is my friend who I'll call Nick. Ever since freshman year, Nick wanted to go to UMich. He was (is) the guy who would livetweet the football games and wear a maize and blue shirt every day of the week. He rejoiced in putting down Ohio State and Michigan State in conversation and visited the campus at least five times before even applying. I thought hell would freeze over before Nick went elsewhere for his college education.
When he got into University of Michigan, everyone thought that he'd commit as soon as possible. He didn't. He hemmed and hawed and twiddled his thumbs well into spring…until finally he decided to go to Albion College.
When I asked him why, he just shrugged and looked at me.
"They're letting me swim at Albion," he said. "I thought I wanted to go to U of M, but I've been swimming for fourteen years."
Nick's not the only person I know who made this kind of decision. One girl went to Albion as well, but for soccer. Another friend of mine went all the way to Butler so that he could continue his cross country/track career and yet another turned down University of Michigan to swim at MSU. Most of them could have gone to another college with a more prestigious standing, but instead chose to go where they could keep on being an athlete. What we forget about most athletes is that if they're still playing after high school, they've probably been playing for the lion's share of their life. To suddenly stop would be like lopping off a limb.
To put it into terms that we've been centering our discussions and lectures on, these particular students have tied their 'work' and 'play' together. The decision to do one directly affects the other. How and where they do their work affects whether or not they play.
A few days ago, we read "Death of a Grasshopper" by Bernard Suits. Suits defines gameplay as activities with intrinsic value. They lack instrumentality- they are not activities taken out with some material gain in mind. In our discussions and lectures, we've been tossing back and forth the idea of whether or not college sports counted as play. A lot of my classmates thought that the amount of rules involved and the fact that many college athletes are on scholarship rule it out from being play.
The thing is, Nick and the other students I listed off earlier are not receiving scholarships. They're on the team and they're competing the way they did in high school, but that's it. What's more, they're not planning on becoming professional athletes. Nick and his fellow student athletes in this case are playing their respective sports for the sheer sake of playing them.
For them and for other athletes like them, "Sport and the University" is not the linking of two different institutions. Instead, they approach the theme as one singular idea. They're inherently and internally linked due to the amount of value and significance they place in their athleticism. Where they go for college is important for their career future, but not so important that they would give up the joy of continuing their sport.
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As we go forth in our semester of Political Science, I think little mini-analyses like these will help flesh out the theme more and more. I think that's the point- to use the courses that are incorporating the theme to delve into the world of college athletics.


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P.S. Pictures of the apartment should be coming soon. We are almost done getting everything in and set up!
6 comments:
- kathy said...
I love the new picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where do you find such cute, modest outfits????? Love you, ~AK~
- April 9, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Lloyd said...
I enjoyed reading the posts on your blog. Congrats on the house. God bless, Lloyd
- April 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Elisabeth K. said...
Praise the Lord! I am so thrilled for you both...God is in control :D Love you tremendously!
- April 9, 2010 at 11:01 PM
- Bethany said...
Thanks Aunt Kathy. A friend took that picture for us on Easter Sunday. She did the editing to it as well and then sent it to me. It was so sweet! As far as the clothes go. It is really hard to find modest clothing that looks nice. Honestly I find most of mine at Goodwill, although occasionally I can find really good deals at the end of the season in places like J.C. Penney. I think I got that shirt when I was in Indian visiting a friend. She has some great outlet malls near her with super prices. I also find that when I remember to pray about it the Lord loves to surprise me with delightful finds!
- April 10, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Carissa said...
So happy to hear that it rented!!!
That is such a cute family picture... glad to hear that your move went smoothly.
By the way, I find the BEST deals when I pray about needs that we have... God never ceases to amaze me!!!
- April 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- Georgetta said...
So excited to learn the "old" house is rented. God did it for me when I was living in FL and it is exciting to hear He did it for you. I knew He would. That picture of Emma and those BIG eyes is priceless. Reminds me of you. One similar to that was always my favorite of you. Love, Gram Moody
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Why I hate alts in mmorpgs
For me an mmorpg is about playing a role in a fantasy world. Immersion is hugely important and becoming attached to a character is hugely important to me. Nothing and I mean nothing shatters this fourth wall like Throgmage the sorceror announcing in chat - "Oh I see we are short of healers for this raid. Hang on a minute and I'll switch to Throgmonk". For all I love Guildwars it is probably the worst game in the world for this because of the relative ease of getting an alt to the level cap. All long time players have a stable of alts and when embarking on a co-operative mission you will often be asked questions like: "Will I bring my necro or my ranger?" How can you become attached to characters that have become so interchangeable?
So I would like to get rid of all alts permanently. I guess before I make this decree law it makes sense to look at why people use alts and see if we can meet the genuine needs of players in other ways.
One of the reasons people use alts is as a method of overcoming inconveniences in the design of the game. For example many games do not give players adequate storage space for items so players create a string of alts called mules purely to store stuff relying on the ingame postal system to shuttle stuff back and forth. Like-wise a player may leave an alt parked at an auction house to eliminate the hassle of having to travel back and forth. Wouldn't it be much better to simply fix the design of the game. With a bit of thought this could even be done without breaking immersion. Giving players access to large storage is a no-brainer but how about introducing an "auction catalog" that players could access from any postbox allowing them to mail in bids and goods for sale. Effectively every postbox in the game becomes an auction house.
Another reason why players use alts is that players sometimes find themselves in situations where they really need access to skills or abilities that their current class and/or craft profession does not have. Perhaps a player with tailoring skill really wants to use a device only an engineer can use or perhaps the player's guild needs more healers and wants the player to level up a priest. I think these difficulties can be again put down to bad game design. If a tailor needs an engineering gadget let them buy the gadget off an engineer and use it. Do not include items that are locked to certain professions. A bit more creativity might be required to solve the lack of healers but I think it is still doable in a non immersion breaking way. Despite its immersion breaking failings Guild Wars does have a number of good ideas that would help here. First off there is the possibility of allowing henchmen. Probably woudn't work for a main tank but with apologies to any devoted healers out there I have to admit that computer controlled henchmen can play whack a mole very well. An other approach from Guild wars is to allow characters to learn skills from another class. Obviously this needs some thought about mechanics. For example a warrior may learn monk skills but this isn't much use if they don't have the mana to use them and cannot equip healing gear. I could certainly incoporate multi-classing into my game reality without breaking immersion "Throg was a skilled hunter but on reaching his 50th birthday he felt a desire to look behind the surafce of things and explore the spiritual side of existnce. He spent 6 months in a temple learning the monk arts." A benefit of this to game developers is that it could be used to extend content - players who reach the end level in one class may be tempted to go back and learn the skills from other classes.
Of course some people create alts just to have fun experiencing content as a different type of character. In truth I don't object to this so maybe I'll pull back on my call for an outright ban but allowing people to create an alt character on the same server as their main encourages practises such as mentioned above to arise. In addition to spoiling game immersion such player invented work arounds allow game developers to put off fixing major flaws in game design. One draconian solution would be to deny players the right to have more than one character on any given server. This has the disadvantage that you won't be able to use you alt characters when playing with your friends.
Many of the abuses of the alt system (and I haven't even mentioned twinking) rely on the in game postal system to transfer items and cash between characters. Perhaps controls could be implemented here. How about a straightforward ban on transferring stuff between characters on the same account. I know this could be got around by using a third party as a go-between but it might be just enough hassle to put most people off.
In the design of LOTRO Turbine seem to share some of my feelings about the use of alts. There is a hefty 20% charge levied on items sent through the post system which penalises anyone using an alt for storage or crafting and may even dissuade people from twinking (but I don't think there is a levy on cash). The role play elements of familial relationship (allowing characters to be sons and daughters of other characters) could also be used to explain alts within the context of the game.
5 comments:
- Jessica said...
Lol. This has to be the first blog I've ever seen on mmorpgs. But it works. My friends get sick of me talking about them, so perhaps I should just blog it too. Although I have to say, guilds wars... not the best choice of mmorpg :( WoW on the other hand has a very nice selection of RP (I'm guessing you'd choose?) that are very into the whole immersion thing. Always trying to convert the non-wowers though, my apoligies.
- 7:54 pm
- mbp said...
Hello Jessica, you would be surprised how many mmorpgers keep blogs. I played GW for about 6 months after quittign WOW. It is not a fully fledged mmorpg but it does an awful lot of things right and I have a lot of respect for the game. Although I am a big fan of immersion I haven't had the nerve to join a real role play server yet. I am worried I wouldn't be able to keep up with people who insist on speaking Tolienesque elvish.
- 8:37 pm
- Jessica said...
I'm not so sure... I've read a few of the RP forums as I'm a bit of a forum troll and I don't think I've ever yet read anything on alts ruining immersion. Surely not that many RPers take it so far to speak tolienesque elvish?
If you'd like a blog banner for your blog btw, I'd be happy to do it for free if you provide some screenshots of your character. I'm mostly working on ones for people with photos at the moment but it would be nice to have something a bit different to display.
- 8:46 pm
- mbp said...
Thats a very kind offer Jessica. I know my blog really does need some graphics. Poor Throg is wearing a patchwork quilt of stuff at the moment but if I can put together some half decent screenshot I might just take you up on that.
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Back in the old days there were working hours. You went to work and then around five p.m., you packed up your stuff and went home. If there were an emergency you might stay until five-thirty.
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