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Monday, August 10, 2009
Goals: How Do You Know When You're Successful?
I've been thinking today about goals.
Many writers (and normal people) find it difficult to be satisfied in life unless they know when they'll be able to say "I'm successful." Many of us also find it hard to get started if we don't have something to aim for, and become saddened if we're not sure if we've arrived.
We have to ask ourselves some questions to determine what we want, and how we'll know when we've got it. If we don't, we'll either be too overwhelmed to begin chasing our dreams, or too unrealistic about what will really make us happy. Unrealistic expectations, even ones you put on yourself, SUCK.
So, let me pose a few questions that every writer should probably ask themselves:
1) Why am I writing?
2) How long do I want to do this, even if I never get any credit or money from my work?
3) How much rejection can I take?
4) How much time do I want to spend on my goals, versus with my family, friends, and pillow?
5) What do I want to achieve Big Picture?
6) Will I be satisfied when I get there?
7) Am I satisfied if I never get there?
8) What steps do I have to take to achieve that Big Picture thing?
9) Which one needs to be achieved first?
10) What is my support system?
11) How will I feel if I never achieve this? Is it worth trying anyway?
Here are the answers I've given myself, and what keeps me going (in case it's helpful):
1) Why am I writing? It's my favorite thing to do, and I'm happy when I'm doing it. I'm unhappy when I stop.
2) How long do I want to do this, even if I never get any credit or money from my work? For as long as I possibly can.
3) How much rejection can I take? As much as I need to (be honest here, folks, or you're in for a world of hurt.)
4) How much time do I want to spend on my goals, versus with my family, friends, and pillow? I need to have a balance. I won't be happy meeting my writing goals at the expense of my husband, family, and sweet, sweet sleep. This means I have to make more realistic smaller goals to get to my big goals.
5) What do I want to achieve Big Picture? I want to make enough money to be able to write as a full time job and not starve. This means making about 20-30k. That will be great. Also, I want a Hugo Award.
6) Will I be satisfied when I get there? OH YAH. I don't want to be rich, I just want to have the freedom to write more. And have a rocket statue.
7) Am I satisfied if I never get there? Yes, because no matter what I'll achieve my goal of writing as long as possible. I just won't get to do as much of it per day. Also, maybe I'll get an award after I'm dead. Whatever works.
8) What steps do I have to take to achieve that Big Picture thing? I have to get an agent, have my manuscript sell, promote the crap out of my book, lather, rinse, repeat as many times as possible.
9) Which one needs to be achieved first? I need to find an agent.
10) What is my support system? The awesome people who read my blog (I heart you!), my crit buddies, and my wonderful husband.
11) How will I feel if I never achieve this? Is it worth trying anyway? It will be lame, but I'll still be okay. It is absolutely worth chasing for my entire life. I'll have a blast trying.
The key to getting started and keeping going without driving yourself nuts is creating reasonable goals, and then realizing you'll be satisfied if you meet them or not.
But you have to be willing to keep going as long as it takes. If you're not, then this isn't the business for you and you need to go do something sensible like run a petshop. If so, then chase it with all you've got, and above all enjoy the ride!
*My husband just said he wants me to win two Hugos so we can make bookends. Damn! The pressure! ;)
19 comments:
- Tess said...
great questions, but I have to answer them as I go along on this road. If I try to answer them all up front I get stressed out. one step at a time, that's what I'm telling myself :)
- August 10, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- Rebecca said...
Great questions! I'll answer a couple of them here.
I write because I can't imagine not writing and I will keep writing as long as I'm able, even if it never brings me another cent.
- August 10, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh, but honesty hurts! Those are such good questions, but also ones that I'm still figuring out.
I know that if I didn't write novels, I'd just spend the time composing lengthy emails to friends because I wouldn't have anything else to do with myself. I write because I can't stop. I love it.
And I'll keep writing for as long as I do. Hopefully, that is forever.
- August 10, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Elizabeth Mahlou said...
Great questions and interesting answers. In response to your comment about balance, I would note that Michener, who wrote all those huge books, said he wrote every morning no matter what, even if it was only one sentence, but in the afternoons he did not write. And he stuck to that schedule always. Now, there is balance!
- August 10, 2009 at 9:34 PM
- christine said...
Great post! I love #8...and I couldn't agree more. For me, I write because I have something to say. And I will stop when there is nothing left to say. Pretty vague, but for me it is truth!
- August 10, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- ElanaJ said...
These are great questions and ones that I think writers revisit over and over, no matter where they are on the yellow brick road to publishing land. At least I find myself asking those questions over and over...
- August 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- Scott said...
Great Post. BTW - I borrowed your questions and answered them on my blog . . . and gave you the credit you deserve!!
- August 11, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- TereLiz said...
I write because the people inside my head clamor to get out if I don't. Hurts.
Rejection? It's a part of life. Though I fear rejection in real life, there is a part of being rejected via an email that makes the news easier to bear. It still stings, no lie.
Balance is hard sometimes, but I thank the Good Lord every day for the advent of the PlayStation 3, which keeps my husband too busy some nights to complain about how long I'm typing.
What if I never get there? Hey, it's not denial if I'm still trying to get published in my eighties, right? It's just perseverance. "Never" means I'll have to give up or die first, and if I'm dead, I don't think I'll mind.
Luckily I have a great support system in my husband and my online writing/blogging buddies.
Like you. Thanks for giving me so much to think about, Becca!
- August 11, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Rebecca Knight said...
Tess--whatever makes it less stressful is the way to go! :D
Rebecca--you sound like me in more ways than one ;).
Sarah--good luck, and Godspeed!
Elizabeth--that is actually really good to know about Michener. It would be fascinating to look at other full-time authors and see how they prioritize their days... hmm. Project!
Christine--I can't wait to read your stuff and hear what you have to say :D!
Elana--I feel the same way. I think it's just a jumping off point for me so I'm not paralyzed before I even start.
Scott--loved your answers, and thank you for sharing!
Tere--I laughed out loud about the PS3 because TOTALLY. Lol!
- August 11, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Marybeth Poppins said...
I have to admit I did borrow as well...just for my website instead of my blog!
- August 11, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Abby said...
I love how you seperated the writers from the normal people. At least, we have an understanding of our place in the natural order of things. Heehee :D
This is an awesome post! I've actually been thinking about this a lot lately.
When I first started writing, it was only to get published. Now, I've found that I really enjoy it and it's a great outlet for stress. And of all the big creative endeavors I've undertaken, this is the only one I've followed through on. So that's got to mean something.
My ultimate goal is still publication, someday. Hopefully. But, if I don't reach it, I think I'll be okay. I don't know. Ask me again next week. My answer might be different then. ;)
- August 11, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- B.J. Anderson said...
Fantastic questions, Rebecca. I realized something the other day as I was editing my WIP. I LOVE this manuscript, and even if it never gets published, I'm going to keep writing more in the planned series. It was so much fun to write, and I can't imagine not going on with it. I may have to answer some of these questions. Great post!
- August 11, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Rebecca Knight said...
Marybeth--yay! Borrow away :D.
Abby--what fun is being normal ;)? I totally agree that following through with something this big has meaning in an of itself. HUGE meaning. Few people ever do anything like this. You should be proud, my friend :).
B.J.--that is awesome! I'm so glad you love what you're doing :D. That's what it's all about, I think.
- August 11, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Mandy said...
I'm right there with you! Procrastinator, uh huh, yep, that's me. I'm obsessive with my projects. One at a time, period. I soooo wish I was a multi-tasker, but it's just not in the cards for me!
- August 11, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Rebecca Knight said...
Hey, at least we're not alone, right ;)? And we can procrastinate by reading each other's blogs. Hooray!
- August 11, 2009 at 4:08 PM
- Shaun Hutchinson said...
I love the idea of making mistakes across multiple books. Not actually making the mistakes, but that each book is a learning process so taking the time to learn from one will make the next one better :) Great post.
- August 12, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Rebecca Knight said...
Thanks, Shaun! Glad it was helpful :).
- August 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- cipherqueen said...
Great questions! Answers below...
1) Why am I writing? Because I love it.
2) How long do I want to do this, even if I never get any credit or money from my work? Forever.
3) How much rejection can I take? Infinity.
4) How much time do I want to spend on my goals, versus with my family, friends, and pillow? 3 hours a day to write.
5) What do I want to achieve Big Picture? Being able to put the finished thing in a shoebox for at least one person to read later.
6) Will I be satisfied when I get there? Never.
7) Am I satisfied if I never get there? Yep. Really, though, a shoebox is pretty easy to find...
10) What is my support system? Family and online buddies.
11) How will I feel if I never achieve this? Is it worth trying anyway? It's the learning value in the end.
- August 12, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- Rebecca Knight said...
I really like that, Cipherqueen: "It's the learning value in the end."
Great answers, and thank you for sharing!
- August 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM


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We all in Life go through a unknowing
Metamorphosis. We all change in Body and
Mind daily.We are reminded of this change
when we see someone today,that we have not
seen for two or three years. We see a Physical
Change on the Outside. Then we start talking to
them and find out. They dont like to do some of
things they use to do. And then we notice,a
Mental change.When we Repent of Our Sin.
And except Christ Jesus as Our LORD
and SAVIOR from SIN.There is also a change
people will see. Judge not, a person by
their looks. But, look Inward for a change.For if
the Inward person has changed.It will also show
on the Outside as well. Starting out at 8 years
old and ending at 51 year old.
In 2001 me at 42 years old after recieving
the Holy Ghost
Life passes us by like a cool summers breeze.We
dont realize how precious life is.Till the Reality
of Life sets in. To everyone of us, there is
appointed a time for us to die in the
flesh. Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment: It is predestined by God,
before our birth. But, in Christ Jesus there is
Everlasting Life.......
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
When we accept Jesus as Our LORD
and SAVIOR. There will be a Metamorphosis
that transforms in our lives.This I witness to
every day of my Life. For by the Grace of God, I
thank God for the second chance in Life. To
serve Him and abide in His Will for my Life.
For when I had given up on the world and
myself. The Lord Jesus Christ never did and
made a way for me.......In Jesus Name, I give
Him all the honor and glory.......
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of
judgment, that wickedness was there; and the
place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
I said in mine heart,God shall judge the
righteous and the wicked:for there is a time
there for every purpose and for every work.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the
sons of men,that God might manifest them,and
that they might see that they themselves are
beasts.For that which befalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts;even one thing befalleth
them:as the one dieth,so dieth the other;
yes,they have all one breath;so that a man hath
no pre-eminence above a beast:for all is vanity.
All go unto one place;all are of the dust,and all
turn dust again.Who knoweth the spirit of man
that goeth upward,and the spirit of the beast
that goeth downward to the earth ? Wherefore I
perceive that there is nothing better, than that a
man should rejoice in his own works; for that is
his portion:for who shall be after him ?
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Which is why this Conference Sexism Bingo Card exists (click to enlarge):
Take it along to your conferences and see which excuses you hear. Having seen it, I wondered how the conference I've co-organised on Welsh writing in English holds up.
- Organisers: one male, one female.
- Prize winners: both female.
- Keynote speakers/special guests: 4 female, two male.
- Presenters: 25 female, 13 male.
- Panel chairs: 3 female, one male (more tbc though).
I can't say anything about the attendees yet, as bookings have only just started to trickle in, but I have to say that the Association for Welsh Writing 2015 conference is looking fairly good. Largely female speakers and chairs, A wide range of texts, periods and subjects covered, with no evidence of personal or institutional sexism. We hope the atmosphere and personal behaviour will match this, and I'm pretty certain that it will. We hope too that the debates and critical perspectives taken are also free from patriarchal perspectives which can't be captured in a check-list such as that I employed above: power and discourse are so intimately bound up with notions of sex and gender that unbundling them has to be done slowly, carefully and (obviously) retrospective, and I have no intention of acting like some kind of ideological cop.
The one cavil I have is that of the papers with an identifiable author-subject, it's running in favour of men by 17-11. There has been a concerted effort in the field recently to promote the study of work by female authors, sometimes in the teeth of some who wrongly believed that the political-industrial nature of Welsh anglophone culture meant that there were only male writers. This is part of the wider discussion to be had about female writers and their histories of suppression or exclusion. They were always there, but ignored or silenced by family, publishers, reviewers and also academics. Hence this book:
So I think AWWE15 proves that the top line of excuses doesn't hold true. Nor does 'women never volunteer to present'. Perhaps it's easier in the humanities, which have a larger proportion of female colleagues than some other disciplines, but I'd have to be an idiot to think everything was fine.
If you'd like to attend a conference like this, get in touch. March 27th-29th, Gregynog, Powys.


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This year, Billy Flood's Thanksgiving was defined by his father's wisdom.
We did something different for Thanksgiving, as a family. I've been very blessed growing up and have had a home cooked day of thanks meal ever since I can remember. My parents being in their 70s and with chronic ailments, we decided to go out for today's meal. We ordered a whole turkey dinner with all the fixings from a store (to have the traditional turkey leftovers for weeks lol) and put it in the fridge, put on fancy clothes and went to Claudia Sanders.
Yup. That's the one. The Thanksgiving buffet was everything you could imagine, from scratch. The place was packed as always, but we didn't have to wait long for a seat, as we only had 3 in our party. After we went through the line, we said our prayers and sat down for the main event, eating. Picture KFC, but with the REAL original recipe, made ACTUALLY from scratch. Now that your jaw is on the floor, you get the quality of the bounty that set before us.
I am convinced that when good food and love meet at a table, the best conversations are had. My father, a Vietnam vet, despite having been a sports writer, is a man of few words. However when I asked his opinion on what he was thankful for, he spoke wisdom.
He said he was thankful to be alive. That was to be expected after his ICD put him into V-tach earlier this year. It malfunctioned and almost killed him. So I expected that. What he said next was powerful. He said, "I am thankful for this family, and I am thankful to have raised sons that are interested in making things better for all of us. I am thankful for all of our health. I am thankful that right now, at this moment we are together, and happy. I am thankful that God has blessed me to be here to say this."
And he went back to eating. He basically dropped the mic by wiping his mouth with the green linen napkin, and went back to his corn pudding, sweet potato casserole, buttermilk biscuits, fresh fried original recipe chicken, steamed peas, and tea. My mother just looked at me and smiled. We all later spoke of usual things, politics, religion, the new minister at so and so church etc, but as we got back into the car to leave, my fathers earlier words stayed with me. Just being thankful. Looking at what is bad often and constantly trying to fix it, can allow you not to recognize the good. What a lesson on this day of thanks.
I will always work to dismantle oppression and give a voice to the voiceless. However that doesn't mean I cannot stop and be thankful about being surrounded by love today. I have a full stomach of home cooked Kentucky cuisine, and a heart as full as the bluegrass is wild.
Originally published at Billy Flood's Blog.
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You unlock this door with the key of imagination...beyond it is another dimension...a dimension of sight, a dimension of sound, a journey into a wondrous land of things and ideas...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
12232015 Wednesday MERRY XMAS Eve Eve
I left it all on the floor today...it has been a long time since I was pushed to finish. I was ready to give up. I was ready to tap out and just take the #DNF which is CrossFit speak for DID NOT FINISH.
But I finished...and everyone in the box pushed me and was in my corner. That is a great feeling.
3 x 10 - Squats, Lunges, Jumping Jacks
Tabata Sit ups
This is a pretty fun WOD that all boxes kind of make their own. It is really simple...you just pick 12 movements and you must perform them in a compound fashion like the Christmas Carol.
So...we didn't exactly do it that way, our head coach decided to do it going up...so it was not like the song we basically did the workout backwards. For example...done like the song you would go:
1 then
2-1 then
3-2-1 then
4-3-2-1 etc...all the way to the 12th movement. So we just went the other way. Here was our workout..
1 x Deadlift @ 135lbs
2 x Hang Cleans @ 135lbs
3 x Front Squats @ 135lbs
4 x Burpees
5 x Wall Balls @ 20lbs
6 x Kettlebell Swings @ 53lbs
7 x Goblet Squats @ 53lbs
8 x Lunges
9 x Push Ups
10 x Sit Ups
11 x Back Squats @ 135lbs
12 x Squat Cleans @ 135lbs
Rx - DONE 34:33
I was dead last. I was last. LAST!!! But members cheered me on and helped me finish. It was tough....
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve...I am planning on lifting. No more metcons!
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Board of Directors
Joseph Burke
Mr. Burke has served as a director of Swisher Hygiene since May 2014. Mr. Burke has served as a Management Consultant – Finance and Operations for Hudson Capital Group since March, 2013. Mr. Burke served as a Management Consultant – Finance and Operations for Boston Finance Group, LLC from February, 2011 to May, 2012. Mr. Burke served as Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Construction Finance, LLC from 2005 to 2007 and as Executive Vice President in 2008. Beginning in 1995, Mr. Burke spent ten years with Gateway, Inc., a worldwide technology pioneer, serving in a number of executive capacities including Chief Executive Officer – Gateway Country (Retail Division), Senior Vice President – Global Business Development Chief Financial Officer and most recently as Senior Vice President – Business Development. Mr. Burke has been a director of Flagship Community Bank since its founding in 2005 and is the Chairman of the Asset and Liability and Technology Committees. Mr. Burke was a director of Sunair Services Corporation (AMEX: SNR) from 2006 to 2008 and was a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Burke earned a BA from the University of Florida.
Richard Handley
Mr. Handley has served as the President and CEO since April 1, 2016, has served as the Chairman of Swisher Hygiene since June 5, 2013 and as a director of Swisher Hygiene since December 2012 when he was appointed to our Board upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Handley served as a director of Swisher International, Inc., the Company's predecessor, from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Handley has served as the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Huizenga Holdings, Inc. since May 1997. From May 1997 to December 2004, Mr. Handley also served as Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of Boca Resorts, Inc. From October 1995 to May 1997, Mr. Handley served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of AutoNation Inc. and its predecessor, Republic Industries Inc. Mr. Handley served as a director of Services Acquisition Corp. International from June 2006 to November 2006. Mr. Handley also serves on the board of certain privately held companies and certain not for profit entities. Mr. Handley earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, a JD from the University of Utah College of Law, and an LLM from Georgetown University.
William M. Pierce
Mr. Pierce has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Swisher since September 2013. He has also served as a director of Swisher since June 2013. Mr. Pierce has served as Senior Vice President at Huizenga Holdings, Inc. since 1990, where he has also served as chief operating officer, chief financial officer and as an officer and director of numerous private and public portfolio companies. Mr. Pierce's positions include Director of VAC, a privately held company, President of Frederica Hospitality Group, LLC, and previously five years as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Dolphins Enterprises where he was responsible for all non-football business operations of the Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium, and Chief Operating Officer of two route-based businesses, Sparkle, Inc. and Blue Ribbon Water Company. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Pierce served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Boca Resorts Inc., an NYSE-traded company, where he was primarily responsible for the day-to-day oversight and the growth of the company, as well as raising equity and debt in the public markets. Prior to Huizenga Holdings, Mr. Pierce spent 11 years as a senior operating executive of Sky Chefs, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines and seven years in senior management positions in the food and beverage industry. He received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Texas at El Paso. All of Mr. Pierce's day to day professional efforts and focus are concentrated on Swisher; however, he remains a senior vice president of Huizenga Holdings, Inc.
William M. Pruitt
Mr. Pruitt has served as a director of Swisher Hygiene since January 2011. Mr. Pruitt has served as general manager of Pruitt Enterprises, LP. and president of Pruitt Ventures, Inc. since 2000. Mr. Pruitt served as an independent board member of the MAKO Surgical Corp., a developer of robots for knee and hip surgery, from 2008 to 2013, when it was sold to Stryker Corp., and served as a member of the MAKO audit committee. Mr. Pruitt has been an independent board member of NV5 Holdings, Inc., a professional services company, and is a member of the NV5 Audit Committee, since April 2013. Mr. Pruitt served as an independent board member of The PBSJ Corporation, an international professional services firm, from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Pruitt served as chairman of the audit committee of KOS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2004 until its sale in 2006. He was also chairman of the audit committee for Adjoined Consulting, Inc., a full-service management consulting firm, from 2000 until it was merged into Kanbay International, a global consulting firm, in 2006. From 1980 to 1999, Mr. Pruitt served as the managing partner for the Florida, Caribbean and Venezuela operations of the independent auditing firm of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Pruitt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami and is a Certified Public Accountant, in good standing.
David Prussky
Mr. Prussky was a director and chair of the Audit Committee of CoolBrands. He was an original director of the predecessor to CoolBrands, Yogen Fruz World-Wide Inc. Mr. Prussky served as an investment banker for Patica Securities Limited from August 2002 to January 2012. Mr. Prussky has served as director of numerous public and private companies over the past 17 years, including Carfinco Income Fund, Canada's largest public specialty auto finance business, and Lonestar West Inc., a hydro-vac service business based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta. Mr. Prussky is also a director and chairman of the audit committee of Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation and Chairman of Norrock Realty Finance Corporation.


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Jane Chastain Net Worth
Jane Chastain made money by Actors niche. For all time, at the moment, 2018 year, Jane Chastain earned $30 Million. Exact sum is $30000000.
Short biography, height, weight, dates:
Birth date: 1943
Profession: Actress
Books: Id Speak Out on the Issues If I Only Knew what to Say
Wikipedia Source: Jane Chastain
Jane Chastain is a former nationally known sports announcer and current conservative political writer and commentator. Chastains early television work included stations in Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina. She appeared on the Oct 25, 1964 episode of Whats My Line? as Mrs. Jane Thomas.


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British steel - cost of tidal power
Some press reports are suggesting that Liberty Commodities' plan for Port Talbot is to use electric arc furnaces (rather than blast furnace steelmaking), with the electric power coming from the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
Is this credible?
UK's cost of power at ~9p per kWh is already almost double that of continental Europe, where is it ~5p per kWh. Yet the cost of power from the tidal scheme is said to be several times above the normal wholesale price electricity. See https://www.theengineer.co.uk/your-questions-answered-tidal-lagoons/ Swansea
If this is so, investment in electric arc furnaces at Port Talbot with use of tidal power cannot lead to a viable long-term solution for steel production in south
. Wales
For further reports on the future of steelmaking in the
, visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/feeds/uk.php UK
Andrzej M Kotas
Labels: British Steel, electric arc furnaces, Liberty Commodities, Port Talbot, Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, UK steel crisis


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Right after I shot "We Are Legend", I saw this guy walking down Powell street, and I chased after him. "Excuse me", I said, "I'd love to take your portrait since you just have one of those faces..." He interrupted me and answered, "Of course I do, I'm Santa Claus!"
That took a minute to set in, since when I saw him, I thought of precisely two things:
- Santa Claus
- Dumbledore
He went on to explain that his name was John Toomey, and he had been Macy's Santa for 20 years before they gave him the boot in an (imho) pretty gross display of Corporate Dumb. He said he had a new, more lucrative gig as Santa for Lefty O'Doul's, so it had all worked out well in the end.
John was an amazing performer -- the moment the camera came out, he only got more like Santa. On cue, the wind kicked up, and he cracked a big smile as he waved.
Awesome moment, and one of my favorite portraits from last week.


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I have never learned the military alphabet. I don't know where people learn this alphabet and I'm not sure why people learn it, but somehow I missed that lesson. It's not a huge deal; it doesn't come up in most peoples' everyday conversation so what does it matter if they say "A like Apple" or "A like Alpha"? For me, though, I have to spell things out like that over the phone every other day and since I never learned the "proper" way to do it, I made up my own words.
Here are the two versions, military and Jenny:
Alfa - Apple
Bravo - Bob
Charlie - Cat
Delta - Danger
Echo - Elizabeth
Foxtrot - Frank
Golf - Golf (okay, this one is the same)
Hotel - Hello
India - I've never had to make up one for "I". Most things don't sound like "I".
Juliet - Jump
Kilo - Kitten
Lima - Love
Mike - Mary
November - Nancy
Oscar - Octopus
Papa - Pretty
Quebec - Alright, ditto "I"
Romeo - Roger
Sierra - Sunshine (which for some reason always makes people laugh and say "aw so cute")
Tango - Tophat
Uniform - Under
Victor - Vortex
Whiskey - If someone can't hear "W" properly then they're super dumb
Xray - Nothing better than Xray
Yankee - Yellow
Zuhu - Zoo
So there we have it. If you call me and ask me to spell out my name you'll get "S like sunshine, e, r, w, y like yellow, l, o like octopus". Maybe I should try to learn the military alphabet, but I kind've like my words better. I mean, why say "Delta" when you could say "Danger"?
Good thing I never stuck with Air Cadets.
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A few rain showers in the morning but the sun ventured out later in the afternoon. All in all a good day - lots done and cleaned up for my departure. No on is irreplaceable and I'm sure they will find someone who will do a good job. But for me I'm looking forward to a change, learning some new things and meeting new people. So it will be good for everyone I'm sure. I headed out for an evening walk after supper, flies were deadly - both the black flies and the mosquitoes are out now and biting. I did manage to find a few Robins, Grackles, Magnolia Warblers and a Purple Finch. What I didn't see but heard were Hermit Thrushes, Song Sparrows and a Loon. Of course I'm enjoying the wildflowers and growth that is now emerging in the forest so maybe I'm looking down too much and missing what's flying over my head.
Canada Mayflower is coming into bloom.
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(A taxi driver from Seoul was sent to prison.)
Yesterday, I ate beef fajitas for dinner. The meal was delicious. My wife is the beef fajita queen. I also consumed two giant candy bars for desert. I washed the vittles down with several glasses of generic cola. I'm a broke dead dick, so I can't afford the good stuff. A good time was had by all.
I watched CNN. Dean June Cho of Yale University got caught badmouthing Caucasian people on Yelp. She stated that a local sushi restaurant was a magnet for white trash who couldn't tell the difference between a good piece of fish and a bad piece of fish. She also said that her local cinema was populated with morons incapable of adding seven plus seven. Dean Cho is just another elitist asshole who cheers every time a working class white man dies. She can go take a flying screw at a rolling donut.
I paid homage to the Christ God. I said the Lord's Prayer on bended knees. No big surprise. I'm not some dirty atheist. I thanked The Savior for his many blessings upon my life. For instance, it's fun to eat beef in the comfort of my warm apartment. Sadly, lots of people will never experience this type of joy. They spend their days toiling in the fields to make ends meet. Things could always be worse. I'm just glad that I wasn't born in Cambodia.
I went to bed at 10 p.m. I didn't dream. I woke up at 6 a.m. and drank a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Then I read the paper while enjoying a bathroom break. A taxi driver from Seoul was sent to prison for making hundreds of false accusations against his customers. He also refused to pay a $300 karaoke bill. Basically, the guy is a flim-flam man. If I were king of the world, I'd have this thief savagely flogged in the middle of the town square. It's a good thing that nobody listens to me. Here's the link.
I turned on Fox News. A couple of years ago, a large black man named Terence Crutcher got high on PCP and sped down a rural road in Oklahoma. He was eventually stopped by the police and told to get on the ground. Terence didn't listen. He reached into his SUV in spite of the many warnings. Consequently, an officer named Betty Shelby greased him with her gun. The district attorney arrested Betty for murder, but she was recently acquitted by a jury of her peers. Black Lives Matter is very upset about the situation.
Anyway, my quiver is empty. So long for now, and God bless everybody. Cheers.


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Boudicca Necklace, a work-in-progress still, but I've finally completed the main pendant frame.
It's in 14K Solid White Gold with 14K Yellow Gold Filled. That HUGE Blue Sapphire Focal (35mm, 137 Carats) is set with a Pink Sapphire in 18K Solid Yellow Gold. The Green Tourmaline Slice is Gem Grade. There are 2 Black Diamonds hanging on the sides.
When I'm done, there'll be TONS of Diamonds, TONS of chains.
This will be a layered necklace, convertible from choker to approximately 18" drop, from opera length to layered (naturally).
~ a special commission for Rock Queen Courtney Love ~
18-carat Gold necklace / Collar de oro de 18 quilates
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- An alloy of this
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mini altar.
with mini saints.
i am lacking a st. expedito and a st. pancratius.
shelf from papemelroti. the big sto nino has been with my family ever since i can remember. the gold one is from a street stall by the sto nino basilica in cebu city, acquired when i was on a trip there.
inside the white cup are coins from various house and store blessings. jar of sand was inspired from potc's jack sparrow's jar of dirt. perfume bottle is a gift from a grandmother who had already passed away. container beside it was acquired from a trip to singapore, my hope object for seeing the rest of the world.
apparently i am not 100% catholic. haha
Coins from different countries around the world are glued together on a Minie Cooper in the Ripleys Believe It or Not in Ocean City, Md,. April 15, 2010. Each coin is plated in 14 karat gold and hand glued to the entire body of the car. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Courtney Morlan/Not Released)
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One of the biggest mistakes many poker players make is bluffing too much on the river. Now, there are times when such a bluff makes sense: when you can't win by checking, a scare card has come on the river (presenting many straight/flush/high pair possibilities), and/or your opponent might have missed a draw, but can win with a hand like ace high. Those are all good opportunities to bluff the river. What doesn't make sense is bluffing just for the sake of being aggressive, or as a last-minute attempt to steal the hand after checking all the way through.
Now, if bluffing the river is so dangerous (because it often doesn't work), raising the river is an even stronger move. A strong, competent player that raises big on the river is rarely making a move, especially if his opponents have shown interest in the pot from the beginning. A recent hand I played illustrates this point, as well as several other important concepts.
I was in the small blind with 43. The big blind was a tight, weak player, so I wasn't concerned about him at all. The button was extremely loose, limping in with ~80% of his hands and betting very aggressively. Everyone folded around to the loose, aggressive button, who naturally limped (he never folded a hand on the button the entire time he was at my table). I completed the small blind, and the big blind checked.
The flop came 345. Now, with bottom two pair, I'd bet this aggressively so I don't risk getting counterfeited on a later street. Plus, anyone with a 2 or a 6 has a straight draw, so I want to protect my hand. But acting out of the small blind, I usually check and see what happens with the other players. Here, I'm even more inclined to check since the loose, aggressive button always bets when checked to in position. I can earn another bet by check-raising here.
I check, the big blind checks, and then the button checks. Now, at this point, warning sirens should have been going off in my head. It's never a good sign when a player acts out of character. It's a very bad sign when an aggressive player checks in an obvious bluffing situation. But somehow I forgot one of my own poker tips in my delight at having flopped two-pair. Admittedly, two-pair is a big hand to flop, but on a board like this I could be staring down two likely straights (heck, the extremely loose button could even have a 62 for all I'd know) or three possible small sets. It's impossible this loose aggressive player is checking a straight draw because he always bets his draws.
The turn is a real disaster card for my hand: an ace. At this point I'm worried about the big blind possibly having a deuce. Heck, the button could even be holding a deuce because he'd limp with any two cards in position. Not wanting to build a big pot with a vulnerable hand, and not wanting to risk a raise from the loose, aggressive button, I check again. I fully intend to call if the button bets, but I don't want to help build a bigger pot than I have to at this point. This is especially so since the button has me covered. The big blind also checks, and the button checks yet again.
Now, not bluffing in position at a coordinated flop might be understandable. But an aggressive player not taking a stab at the pot after a scary turn card and two checks in a row from his opponents? I should have smelled the danger from a mile away. Instead, I obliviously watched the river bring a queen. Hoping to extract a little value from my small two pair if either player hit that queen, I make a small 1/3 pot bet.
The tight, weak big blind calls. Then the loose, aggressive button raises the size of the pot. Now, at this point, I have to fold. You never want to put yourself in the middle of two other players actively contesting the pot without one heck of a hand. My small two-pair doesn't fit the bill. Also, the call from the tight, weak big blind is disturbing: he must have something (and probably more than just a queen). Plus, the button has behaved suspiciously this hand from beginning to end; it's looking increasingly likely that he flopped some kind of monster and was slow-playing.
I fold, and the big blind calls. The big blind turns over a deuce for a 5-high straight. The button turns over a 76 for the nuts: he'd flopped a 7-high straight. He checked twice in a row and raised the river to extract some more money from his hand. The moral of the story is clear: a raise on the river is rarely a bluff!


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Competition – UEFA Champions League
Stadium – Emirates Stadium
Date: 20th October 2015
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Bayern Munіch coach Pep Guardіola warned hіs sіde to expect to face an Arsenal 'anіmal' fіghtіng for Champіons League survіval at the Emіrates Stadіum on Tuesday nіght.
The German gіants arrіved іn London on the back of a record nіnth consecutіve Bundeslіga vіctory and are runaway leaders of Group F wіth maxіmum poіnts from two European tіes, scorіng eіght goals wіth no reply.
Arsenal, meanwhіle, have slumped to successіve Champіons League defeats leavіng them bottom of the table and facіng an uphіll battle to qualіfy for the knockout stages once agaіn.
However, gіven the Gunners' іmpressіve domestіc form sіnce theіr shock 3-2 home reverse by Olympіacos, Guardіola knows Bayern must be on theіr guard, despіte havіng recorded vіctorіes on each of the last vіsіts to north London іn successіve European campaіgns.
"For them, they have an advantage because they have to wіn. When that happens wіth these kіnd of players, and the hіstory of thіs club, they are goіng to make the best performance possіble," Guardіola saіd at the Emіrates Stadіum on Monday nіght.
"і don't expect anythіng other than a fіght for the 90 mіnutes.
"We have to look for another way to compete agaіnst them because of the enthusіasm they wіll have, so we wіll have to be іntellіgent and control our game.
"Of course і prefer to come here wіth sіx poіnts, but і can іmagіne my team wіth zero poіnts and playіng іn Germany agaіnst Arsenal.
"і can іmagіne the mentalіty of my team – we would be an anіmal, because іt іs our last chance, you gіve everythіng and that wіll happen wіth Arsenal so you have to be prepared.
"We saw what happened wіth Arsenal agaіnst (Dіnamo) Zagreb and Olympіacos, when no-one expected them (the opponents) to wіn, and іt wіll be the same for us tomorrow."
Bayern wіll be wіthout Holland wіnger Arjen Robben, who suffered a thіgh іnjury on іnternatіonal duty.
Mіdfіelders Douglas Costa, Javі Martіnez and forward Kіngsley Coman have all travelled and wіll be assessed.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger knows іt would be crazy to belіeve Arsenal can sіmply blow away one of the best teams іn the world, but sees no reason why hіs sіde cannot match Bayern.
"You can consіder the teams who wіn the Champіons League are the best іn the world because most of the tіme they wіn after the World Cup of the clubs іn recent years," he saіd.
"However, there іs no team wіthout weaknesses.
"What we want to do tomorrow іs wіn the game. We want to defend well, attack well, score the fіrst goal, that іs massіvely іmportant іn the bіg games.
"You can never promіse you wіll score three goals іn 20 mіnutes because that would be absolutely crazy. What we can do іs start іn a strong way and that іs what we wіll try to do."
Wenger feels Arsenal need to show a completely dіfferent attіtude from when they were beaten away by Dіnamo Zagreb on matchday one and then slumped to a 3-2 home defeat by Olympіacos.
"We have some ground to make up іn Europe as we have not been at our requested level іn our fіrst two games," saіd Wenger, who wіll have centre-back Gabrіel avaіlable agaіn followіng іllness, but goalkeeper Davіd Ospіna has a shoulder іnjury.
"Our focus has been much stronger іn the Premіer League than іt has been іn Europe and we know іn thіs game the focus needs to be exactly the same than іn the Premіer League."
Odds: Arsenal 3/1 Draw 3/1 Bayern Munich 10/11
Results of each team's last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Arsenal last 5 matches (most recent first):
(h)Man Utd
Bayern Mun last 5 matches (most recent first):
(a)SV Werder Bremen
(h)Bor Dortmd
(h)Dinamo Zagreb
(a)1. FSV Mainz 05
(h)VfL Wolfsburg
Prediction: Arsenal 3:2 Bayern Munich
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Foto Finish Saturday - Pink
We spent a week at Lake Chelan, WA a couple of years ago for vacation. The resort we stayed at had gorgeous flowers all over the place. My guy and I got up really early one morning to watch the sun rise over the lake and take a few pictures. The early morning sun is great light for photographing the flowers, so we took a fair number of floral portraits that morning. I know this image isn't strictly pink, but my thought when I choose it is that it has all the pink tints from red at the center to palest pink, almost white, at the tips.
Check out the other pink Foto Finishes over at Cat Patches.
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This is gorgeous , Kate. Dahlias are my absolute favorite flowers. Never been to Lake Chelan, but it's on my list for sure. Sometimes the places close by are the hardest to find the time for.ReplyDelete
I love the drops of dew glistening on thepetals!ReplyDelete
Great shot. Love the range of pinks with the moisture on them.ReplyDelete
I love the way the water is lgistening on the petals. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I hopw the weather brightens up for you.ReplyDelete
Day one of our quilt show, we had more snow! It's cold here, but after the show was done for the day, the sun was out and shining like nothing happened!
Amazing! The water drops just waiting to fall off the tips of the petals....ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing!
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The Grade 4s are very excited about exploring Green Town. This student inspired project will be based around a town that the students began exploring at DPA today.
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Every July/August, I LOVE shopping school supplies!!! There is something about the new box of sharpened pencils, the smell of a fresh box of Crayola crayons, with crisp points that have never been used. There's the choice of decorative journals and spiral notebooks, fun folders, and now my favorite...the SHARPIE. There is nothing like opening up a new package of sharpies. I LOVE the ultra fine points for writing, the fine points for outlining, and all the vibrant colors. In my classroom, I have stainless steel buckets filled with multi-colored and multi-tipped sharpies for my treasures to use. Looking at them, its a bouquet of sharpies brightening any desk, any shelf, any project, and any work of art. Sharpies make everything POP, and have a definite purpose when used correctly.
One of my first mini-lessons (besides making sure caps are on tightly:) when using Sharpies is to place scrap paper underneath because Sharpies can bleed through and leave marks. Sharpiesare meant to be permanent and cannot wash away. When I'm not careful I've been known to have Sharpie marks on my hands for days, or worse it leaves marks on the furniture. Our words are like Sharpies. Words can be teasing, hurtful, unkind, and with sarcasm that leave marks like black scribbles deep inside us. Words that build up, words that are kind, words that show us we are special...these are like the beautiful masterpieces that colorful Sharpies make. They are permanent, but we want to share with everyone. Our words change those around us and are like Sharpies. What color will your words leave?
from the Responsive Classroom this summer and will be working on slowing myself down, slowing my treasures down, and creating a safe, warm atmosphere in my classroom. The whole premise is to begin with predictable structures and to teach everything, routine and structures beginning on Day One. How to use a pencil, how to use sharpies, how to line up, walk in the halls, EVERYTHING!! I do many of these things, but am prone to rush into curriculum too fast! I found the Sharpie analogy on another "mom" blog I've been reading, and will use it to begin having discussions about the power of our words, and to think about the marks my own words leave on my students.
I'm also in the process of painting two sharing rocks for our Morning and Closing Meeting. The morning rock will be brilliant, with bright colors to depict the endless possibilities that we will begin to learn and share throughout the day. Each child will hold the rock,share something, and pass it around the circle before we begin the day. The Closing Rock will be colored in soothing colors like blues and purples because I've never mastered the end of the day, and it's always chaotic and CRAZY! By having a closing meeting (with a "soothing" rock), each child will go around the circle and share something they are proud of for that day. I'm excited to try a Closing Meeting and see how it works, and I will definitely be using the Sharpie analogy! What are some ideas you are going to try this year to build your community?


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(Prensa Latina- Cumbancha) Every time anyone talks about Cuban-style Latin Jazz, it is indispensable to mention the name of Emiliano Salvador in capital letters, above all for his undeniable national values. Born August 18, 1951, Salvador left a legacy to Cuban music, a milestone, deriving from his "Cubanness" while fusing the genre with indinenous rhythms such as son, guaguancó and mambo, with extraordinary richness and harmonic beauty.
Emiliano, one of the many talents coming from Art Schools during the 60's, in the piano and percussion specialty, despite its short existence, his career could be classified as brilliant in a genre where also Chucho Valdés and Gonzalito Rubalcaba, who represented a new form to approach Cuban feeling in the genre, stand out.The excellent pianist, who died October 22, 1992, was one of the founders of the Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC led by Leo Brouwer and from where figures such as Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Sara González whose music in undeniable part of Cuban music from the 60's.
Born in Puerto Padre, former province of Oriente, his first teacher was Emiliano Salvador Mora, his father, who directed a popular music orchestra. After graduating from piano and percussion in the National Art School (ENA) he took lessons of instrumentation, orchestration and other subjects in 1969 and perfected his piano knowledge. He become famous as one of the greatest Latin jazz pianists when he recorded his first long play titled Nueva Visión.
He visited several countries with his musicians and shared with great figures of the jazz scene. He died after he finished his fifth album, in a period when he was reaching maturity in his art, but Emiliano Salvador is one of those indispensable beings who, paraphrasing Brecht, never die.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music and progressive music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel produced several specials for Metropolis (TVE) and co-produced "Musica NA", a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music and electronic music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World, Lektronic Soundscapes, and Mindchild Records. Angel is currently based in Durham, North Carolina.


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Successful Applicants for the 2nd Round of 2017 China Studies Seed-funding Research Grant Scheme
Learning Analytics for Chinese Language and Cyber Security
Dr Paul Watters Associate Professor in Cybersecurity School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, College of SHE
Research Project Summary:
Learning analytics is an emerging discipline which is of significant interest to universities and the corporate sector, since it can provide timely feedback on student engagement and success, and also predict - very early during a course - whether a student is likely to succeed. Two areas are of key interest to researchers at La Trobe University and Nanjing Normal University: (1) online Chinese language learning, and (2) cybersecurity awareness and training. These two areas are of critical mutual interest during the 21st Century to both nations, given the trade relationship. This joint research programme will focus on developing core algorithms in learning analytics, and implementations which can be plugged into common Learning Management Systems, such as Moodle. The research programme will also engage with external partners, such as the Confucius Institute (for Chinese language learning) and the Anti Phishing Working Group's "Stop Think Connect" awareness programme for cybersecurity.
Chasing the dragon: deploying a robotic lizard to assess signal function in a Chinese lizard
Richard Peters, School of Life Sciences, College of SHE
Research Project Summary:
Territorial behaviour in animals arises when animals compete for an area of space that contains valuable resources. In many species, contests begin with an exchange of signals that are often sufficient to resolve the dispute. The Qinghai toad-headed agama are dragon lizards from China that compete for ownership of burrows. These resources are so important for survival that females engage in territorial behaviour to the equal of males, which is unusual in lizards and makes this species particularly informative. Burrows are defended using tail displays that presumably encode information about signaller quality, but the details of these relationships are not known for this species, or for dragon species worldwide. Manipulative field experiments are required but existing methods are unsuitable. We will develop robotic lizards to provide new knowledge of the link between motion signal structure and signaller quality and develop new technology that will have broad appeal.
The Power of Healing: New Political Histories of Chinese Herbalists in Victoria, 1890-1930
Nadia Rhook, Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of ASSC
Research Project Summary:
The history of medicine in Australia has often been imagined as the exclusive domain of British and Australian-born white men. From the 1850s gold rushes, however, Chinese practitioners were part of the daily fabric of health and medical practice, and remained so even after the 1901 institution of the White Australia Policy effectively limited Chinese immigration. This research will challenge historic and contemporary stereotypes about Chinese doctors as 'quack' herbalists. Drawing on local stories from across Victoria, and thinking through and beyond the herbal, it aims to map the political history of Chinese practitioners, and memories thereof. It will survey the activities of Chinese practitioners in the urban and regional centres of Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat and Ararat, from the mid to late 19th century. Doing so, it will identify the strategies by which Chinese medical practitioners wielded power in regional Victorian communities.
Self-medication behavior and its influence factors: an empirical study in China
Heng (Jason) Jiang, School of Psychology and Public Health, College of SHE
Research Project Summary:
Self-medication is the selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self-recognized conditions, which has a rapidly increasing trend in China over the last decade. Reasonable self-medication allows a patient to take responsibility and build confidence in managing their own health, save time in waiting for the doctor, reduce treatment burden in facilities and medical costs. However, it may increase certain risks such as incorrect self-diagnosis, delays in seeking medical advice when needed, drug resistance and interaction, use of excessive drug dosage, adverse drug reaction and polypharmacy. The present study is to evaluate self-medication practice and its associated factors, by using cluster sampling method, through questionnaire survey on residents from four districts in Wuhan City, China. The findings of this proposed study will provide key research evidence and suggestions in order to inform health policy and medication practice to reduce related risks of self-medication among Chinese residents.
An Ethnocentric view of graduate skills and employability: the experience of Chinese learners
Associate Professor Clare D'Souza, Business/ASSC
Research Project Summary:
The intended aim of this project is to identify the global employability skills required of business students, to work effectively in China. The aim of this creative and innovative project proposal is to adopt a theoretically robust means to examine and describe what these global graduate employability skills are, including soft and hard skills, cultural competencies and work readiness. The collection of data will be conducted through interviewing a sample of employers located in China and comparing La Trobe University's Business curriculum program and graduate capabilities with our Chinese partner universities. China has been selected given that China continues to be the largest single nation contributor to the international student population in Australia. The outcome of this research will inform our understanding of intercultural aptitudes, formal and informal curricula, pedagogy and other approaches for the delivery and development of graduate global employability skills. These skills can then be embedded not only into future Business degree programs but also across programs across the University to better prepare our students for the global employability market.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Batle of Grizzly Adams: Newcastle United is the Football Club For Me, Damn It
Big Fat Boring Sam Allardyce has disappeared down the tube like Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Now we fans, the Oompa Loompas, will rage in discord on the blogs over whether it was good or bad and who the next manager should be.
But surely we can agree on a few things. Looking back at the FA Cup match against Stoke City, which could easily have been called "The Battle of Grizzly Adams," had bearded, hulking monstrosity Jon Parkin scored his couple of chances after coming on as a substitute in the 2nd half. Thankfully, his bear costume seemed to throw him off a bit.
But somehow the fates and our defense conspired to keep the ball out and we escaped with a draw. Filling in at right back was David Rozenhal who was an utter shambles. Jose Enrique at left back was not entirely convincing, but Taylor and Faye in the center were superb and Shay Given played well.
Our forwards had no service and were invisible again. Which brings us to the midfield. Let's be honest about our midfield: Charles N'Zogbia is overrated. He, like Milner, does not pass. He twinkle-toes his way through half the opposition, only to give the ball away cheaply to a defender after beating two men. It didn't work against Stoke City and it sure as feck won't work against Man United or Arsenal. Pass the ball, Charles.
Duff is not blameless either. With these two superb wingers (and, yes, Duff is starting to look like himself again) there should more burning crosses than a Klan rally. Where are the quality crosses from our wingers? Eh?
However, it's clear that our troubles sprung from the black hole of negativity in the central midfield. It is sucking the life out of the team. Yes, Nicky Butt and Alan Smith are hard working servants of the club, charging around and tackling hard. But, as we've all said, we need creativity.
And hopefully our new manager will keep this in mind because I think it's fair to say that many inanimate objects, entities or abstract concepts would provide more creativity than either Nicky Butt or Alan Smith.
Any of these choices would be more creative than our current central midfield:
--A bottle of Jameson: I normally prefer Bushmills, to be honest, but whenever I drink with my friend Nate, he starts with the rounds of Jameson and the next thing I know, I'm swearing up a blue streak. It's real ceative, I assure you, but the problem is that I can never actually remember anything I've said. At any rate, playing a bottle of Jameson (or any whiskey for that matter) in central midfiled is bound to be more creative than Allen Smith.
--Vegetable oil: Hey, you can make anything with it! Just substitute it for butter in any recipe or football team and voila! Low-fat killer passing in the final third of the field!
--Surrealism: I'm not a huge fan, but melting clocks hanging off trees and bullfighters fighting flies over a repeating tecnicolor background of roman statues? Pretty creative.
--A potato: So versatile, so nutritious! You can create bread, pancakes, French fries, tortillas soups. Aloo chana and any number of delicious dishes with this lowly tuber. That's the kind of versatility and flexibility we need from our central midfield.
--A used tire: I've seen them used for tire swings, soles of Splaff sandals and shoes, decorative planters and… one or two other things. Surely more creative than Nicky Butt.
--Radiohead: The boys from Oxford are still cranking out interesting stuff, unlike the rumbling engine room of our side. If only they could Voltron into a soccer player.
--Gerhard Richter: This German doesn't just do hyper realistic paintings for Sonic Youth album covers—he does expressionist work with a squeegee too! Now that's innovative! Put him in the midfield.
--Martha Stewart: The mastermind of home decoration can create festive wreaths from empty tuna cans and macaroni or liven up room arrangements with rotting animal corpses from the Humane Society. What could she do with a football at her feet?
--Yessenia the girl at the nail salon on the corner: Damn! That girl does some cre-A-tive shit on fingernails! Portraits of movie stars, arabesques, tesselations, spider webs… Awesome! Put her in the midfield alongside Faye!
Who or what should we truly get for our midfield?
Monday, January 7, 2008
Diary of a Bushwick Bedbug, 4: There Will Be Blood?
How's things? I got out again this weekend. This time I hitched a ride on Minnesota to the movies. She went to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to see "There Will Be Blood."
SPOILER ALERT: I gotta be honest: I thought there would be more blood.
I mean, after all, I'm a blood feeder, so I was hoping for more food porno for Bedbugs. Like watching the Food Network, you know? But there just wasn't that much.
So I thought these alternate titles might work better:
--There Will Be Bad Midwestern Accents By an Irishman
--There Will Be Moustaches
--There Will Be No Female Characters
--There Will Be Death By Drill Bit, Pistol and Bowling Pin
Or maybe "There Will Be Ample Time For A Bed Bug To Scamper Around And Bite Every Single Moviegoer In The 5th Row." I got a little bored with the flick so I crawled across the whole row, sampling the flavors. It was like a buffet! A 10 course meal, even!
It's amazing how fast that rich, real butter flavor makes its way from the popcorn into human blood! And mmm, that's good butter! And Junior Mints really are refreshing, aren't they? The Japanese girl on the end of the isle was scarfing them down, so her blood tasted choco-minty! Awesome! But I can tell--coffee at B.A.M. isn't so good. I think Minnesota makes a better pot back at her place. Hey, maybe those free-range, fair trade coffee beans really do taste better.
Anyway, the movie was directed by P.T. Barnum's great grandson—P.T. Anderson. It stars Daniel Day Lewis and a whole bunch of other no-name-nobodies who aren't worth mentioning, except maybe the kid who played "the kid".
That Daniel Day Lewis is a real fucking ham. Minnesota was watching "Gangs of New York" a few nights ago on cable in her Bushwick loft, so I creeped out of the baseboard and took a look. I'll be damned if Daniel Day Lewis doesn't cop some dumb accent for every role he takes. I mean, come on. Who, anywhere, ever spoke like he does in this movie? A Dubliner trying to cop a dust-bowl accent, that's who. Method acting? You want a method? How's this: Let the words speak for themselves and stop glowering at the camera.
There were some other actors too, but I don't really remember any of them, except the kid. That kid is the next Haley Joel Osment! Which means he better save his earnings from this turkey. I think Osment is doing dinner theater in Canton. Or maybe he's the actual Haley Joel Osment! Wait, does Osment have the same disease as Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis and Joe C from Kid Rock's band? Shit. That's sad.
Okay, so here's a question about the movie: Where the hell were the women? Was the main character gay? Was he asexual? Or was Daniel Day Lewis some kind of mine pervert? Maybe he gets off on basalt and gabbro. I don't know. But there was hardly a woman in sight in this flick. Maybe there was a little homo-Oedipus going on? The whole thing was pretty creepy.
So, crawling around in Minnesota's papers the next night, I saw that the critics are lining up to fondle Paul Thomas Anderson scrotum, telling you it's a grand American Film Masterpiece, but don't be fooled. The score by Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead is pretty cool, the photography's nice and it's got some funny moments, but otherwise, this one's a hollow stinker.
So long for now,
Friday, January 4, 2008
Newcastle United Football Club Is The One For Me, Damn It!
I admit it: I'm a total Johnny-come-lately. But at least I didn't choose any of the so-called big four (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal). Instead, I chose a troubled, under-performing mid-table team that has suffered for years without winning anything to speak of, aside from the Intertoto Cup, which sounds like a competition of doggies from The Wizard Of Oz and is about as entertaining.
By choosing Newcastle, I expect to suffer a lot, which, in turn, proves my true fan-dom, loser spirit, under-dog loyalty and all that crap.
So there it is. Full disclosure. I'm a newby.
That said, I have a few observations about our most recent game: A two goal defeat at home to Manchester City. With a new manager and a host of new players having just shipped in, Newcastle and Man City have some things in common. What they don't have in common is success. City are in 4th place, while Newcastle are languishing in 11th. Our new manager, Sam Allardyce, is in deep shit. And their new manager, whatever his name is, ain't.
So what did I see Wednesday night when I watched the game?
1. Seal look-alike Abdoulaye Faye is one big, rough mother-effer and a hell of a player. Lumbering around like an Ent with better ball skills and passing, he worked his ass off in the midfield, held possession and distributed the ball well to our forwards. Now, suppose we get into a relegation battle? Sam could take some advice from Faye's long lost twin: "We're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy…" Translation? Stop being so goddamn defensive and play Faye alongside a attacking midfielder for a change. Hmm, then again, that idea is not that crazy, is it?
2. A moment I wish we'd seen: Faye strides purposefully across the field and yanks that fucking preposterous rug off Stephen Ireland's head, shouting "You shall not pass!" Yes, I know I'm mixing Lord of the Rings characters and moments, but it would have been pretty amusing.
3. Somehow to me, Damien Duff and Obafemi Martins have similar facial characteristics. Yes, that's complete lunacy, but at certain moments… is it the cheekbones? The deep carved lines on the sides of their mouths? There was some question over Obafemi's real age and there is that chant that goes "21 or 28, 21 or 28, 21 or 28, Obafemi Martins!" Now, isn't the Duffer also 28? THEY MAY BE TWINS! What? One's Nigerian and the other's Irish? Right. Never mind.
4. More important than the Irishman's Nigerian twin, Duff played well against City. He and Milner switched off on right and left wing sometimes, which is something they did against Cheslea, and which, interestingly, is something I first noticed Duff doing with Arjen Robben back in his Chelsea days, but to better effect. WARNING: MORE STUPIDITY ALERT: Is Allardyce trying to crib an effective attacking technique from Mourinho's style?! If Duff, N'Zogbia and Milner got that swirling switching play thing happening for Newcastle, that would be funky. But before that happens…
5. James "Travolta" Milner out on the right wing needs to learn how to pass the fucking ball. The kid dribbles but good. Unfortunately, he's in love with his own feet. Fork it over, James. Trying your samba moves every time you get the ball might work in the under 21s but City's defense had your number yesterday, and they're not the only ones lately either. Cut the shit with the fancy-dancery on every possession There'll be time for strutting your stuff on the dance floor in the 2018 edition of Dancing With The Stars.
6. Even from left back, Charles N'Zogbia is a force. He was our most threatening and maybe best player last night. Plus his name is fun to say. "n'ZOG-bia!" Sounds like a Superman villain—General Zod's sidekick. Or a magic spell. Too bad uttering it doesn't magically create goals. Now what could he do from the midfield proper?
7. Habib Beye is a great new addition to the team. Too bad he's off to the African Cup of Noodles (no disrespect intended), leaving us with has-been Irish cue ball, Stephen Carr at right back (disrespect intended). Seriously, I'm a new fan and everything, so was there ever a time when Carr was good?
8. Cacapa & Taylor at the back: Why do so many folically-challenged men go for the goatee? That aside, I thought Cacapa was pretty good at the back, though he's another Ent—slow and lumbering. Taylor was good too. But I was of two minds: Were Man City's goals just well worked pieces of attack? Or was someone in our defense truly to blame, and if so, how can we avenge ourselves upon them without hurting our prospects for the season?
9. Viduka: He's big and slow, but he's got good feet, hasn't he? Not in a fetish way, mind you. I thought he was close to crafting THE opening a few times, but…
10. Obafemi Martins was as profligate as a Hummer at a stop light. What's going on? Is your luck just off, or did somebody cast a hex on your cleats? Maybe you need to go home and tear shit up for a few weeks with Nigeria in the African Nations Cup before you can start scoring again. Or maybe you're just in shock that balls are coming in to your feet lately, after all the crappy hoofing the ball forward in the air that we've been doing. Either way, please come back from Ghana with your batteries recharged and your goal gyroscope re-tuned.
11. Nicky Butt! Hey, he's a good tough, hard working veteran player, right? But why, in the name of god, did we need him on the field alongside Abdoulaye Faye? Where the eff was Emre? That crafty Turkish cat has got some tricks up his sleeve that could release Viduka, Martins et al, no?
12. Yes, we lost three in a row, but the last two games have been major improvements since the Wigan disaster. Is there reason for hope? Or will fecking Stoke City punch our ticket on Sunday?
13. Anybody else noticing the number of mohawks cropping up lately? Gallas, Micah Richards, our very own Alan Smith? It's the foppish football hairdo of the moment. Thank goodness for silly haircuts.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year's Resolutions You Should Consider
--Make sure they're dead, THEN bury them
--Use condoms, even when not having sex
--Resort to violence only when you don't get your way immediately
--Stop depending on Depends
--Pacify Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Congo, Central African Republic, Darfur & Sudan
--Take off your socks during love making, blood donation and dental work
--Become the Ron Jeremy of children's television
--Drink better beer—ie; upgrade from Natural Light to Natural Ice
--Transform Newcastle United Football Club's Sam Allardyce from the negative, defensive, percentage-play manager he is into a swashbuckling Kevin Keegan style attacking mastermind while simultaneously maintaining the stingiest defensive capabilities of the scrappiest catennaccio purveyors
--Become the Louis Armstrong of beat-boxing
--Return Gandalf's Phone Calls
--Stop being so negative all the damn time. God, I always do that and ruin everything. Why does that always happen to me? Man, I just can't win. Damn it all to hell! I give up. I'm a fucking loser. Fuck!


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The official list has come out for Coachella 2008 in Indio, California. Get more info here.
Also in the news:
We're not sure how accurate this is, but NME.com is reporting via Perez Hilton that the Coachella Music Festival will be making it's way east this year.
"A source close" to the dyed-blonde gossip queen says: "In addition [to] having the festival outside of Palm Springs, like they do every year, this year they're mounting an east coast version of Coachella in New York or possibly New Jersey. It should be in August."
Update: All Points West!
According to Billboard, those behind the California showcase intend to put on a summer fest at Liberty State Park, just across the river from Lower Manhattan. This new event, however, will not carry the Coachella name. RollingStone.com reports that producers are already trying to land headliners, with Radiohead and Jack Johnson as the rumored frontrunners.
And according to our pal Schwenker, who is frequently wrong but reads NME enough that we believe him, the festival on the east coast is called All Points West. Ok then. Stupid name.


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Monday, August 23, 2010
Geisha Anya Card.. August OCS
9 comments:
Karyn, this is just beautiful! I can't wait to receive it in my mailbox!! Thank you so much in advance for this beautiful work of art. Thanks for being my OCS partner for August!ReplyDelete
this is just beautiful! teri is going to love it! love your coloring too!ReplyDelete
Hey Girl! Wow, I'm blown away ... I was just telling Kyoko that I didn't like my Geisha Anya but you've made me take a closer look at her. Great job!ReplyDelete
beautiful! Japan is a great place! so modern yet so much culture. Hope your knee/leg is better!ReplyDelete
awesome card! love your coloring!ReplyDelete
What a lovely papercrafting project for OCS!Feel better soon..or a least a bit better.ReplyDelete
You did a fantastik job with the Asian themed card! Love the coloring on Anya and all the other elements. TFS!! Hugs,ReplyDelete
Love your Asian themed card. Great job! Hope you feel better!!ReplyDelete
Karen, beautiful card and gals it is even better IRL. I got to see it when she brought it into the store.ReplyDelete
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9 December 2016 - North Korea : Pyongyang must put an end to human rights violations
North Korea - Statement by Mr François Delattre - Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations - Security Council - 9 December 2016
I wish to begin by thanking Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Jan Eliasson and Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Andrew Gilmour for their briefings. Let me also take this opportunity to express to Mr. Jan Eliasson the deep gratitude of France for his exemplary work on all fronts, beginning with human rights, which serves as a source of inspiration and admiration.
First and foremost, I wish to welcome the decision taken once again by the Security Council to allow those briefings to be delivered under a stand-alone item on the agenda. The situation, which remains one of the most serious in the world, warrants the full attention and mobilization of the Security Council. It is the Council's responsibility, inasmuch as some of those crimes may constitute crimes against humanity. Given the gravity and systematic nature of those violations, they are the expression of an absolute totalitarianism that flies in the face of the rule of law.
The report of the international commission of inquiry of February 2014 shed light on "the gravity, scale and nature of these violations [that] reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world" (A/HRC/25/63, para. 80).
The North Korean regime has chosen to give priority to repression and to developing its nuclear and ballistic capacities to the detriment of the economic development and welfare of its people. In that sense, it poses a threat to the region and, further afield, a threat to international peace and security. That is yet another reason for the Security Council to be seized of the situation.
The briefings that we have just heard demonstrates that the situation has remained unchanged since the commission of inquiry's report was published, with mass executions, tens of thousands of political prisoners, the systematic use of torture, slavery, famine, abductions, the displacement of populations, trafficking in human beings and women in particular, and finally the restriction of access to essential services, due to the fact that the resources of the State have been diverted for military purposes. That is, of course, not an exhaustive list. Let me focus on three points.
First, there is a right to freedom of opinion and expression, the exercise of which enables us to determine whether other rights are being respected. In North Korea, crimes are committed under the guise of censorship and the prohibition of any form of critical expression. The witnesses of that tragedy are reduced to silence. There is a lack of human rights advocates, a lack of free press and a lack of international media. The High Commissioner for Human Rights no longer has access to the territory. The entire population is subject to controlled education and alienated, or even imprisoned and killed, in its own land.
Accordingly, we must welcome the holding of this meeting of the Security Council ; the existence of an office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul, designed to follow the situation in North Korea ; the annual General Assembly resolution ; and the organization of events at the United Nations. All of that can help to maintain the vigilance of the international community, despite the authorities' attempt to stifle it.
Secondly, I would like to discuss the fate of the victims of enforced disappearances and the families that have awaited news of their loved ones for years. The tragedy of enforced disappearance, which France is keen to combat, is out of all proportion in North Korea. It also extends to other countries, especially Japan, whose authorities are still waiting for the enquiries promised by the North Korean authorities to be conducted. We encourage all States whose nationals have been abducted by the regime to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which was adopted 10 years ago. The Convention, the Working Group and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances provide States with the technical assistance necessary to combat this scourge.
France also supports the strong plea made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights the day before yesterday, 7 December, in response to the suffering of these families, some of which have been separated for more than 60 years, since the Korean War.
Thirdly, I wish also to draw attention to the situation of North Korean workers abroad, who are the modern slaves of a regime that diverts the majority of their income to fund its nuclear and ballistic programmes, in violation of the international commitments undertaken by North Korea, in particular with respect to Security Council resolutions. These workers, who are scattered across a number of countries, live in conditions that clearly violate international human rights standards. We must work together to put an end to the use of these men and women in service of a cause that seriously endangers international and regional security and undermines their most fundamental rights and freedoms.
The Pyongyang regime must shoulder its responsibilities, which are clear : put an end to violations, release political prisoners, and provide justice and reparations. Here I wish to reaffirm the importance of the fight against impunity and to welcome the work of the group of independent experts on impunity, whose recommendations we will read attentively. All options must be collectively explored, including the referral of the situation to the International Criminal Court and sanctions imposed for reasons related to human rights.
Following his visit to Seoul in late November, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea made a plea for "a people-focused approach in dealing with the situation in North Korea".
Let me conclude by drawing the Council's attention to those who, risking their lives, crossed borders to bear witness to the daily oppression that is crushing the people of North Korea. The Council must spare no effort to find the ways and means necessary to ensure that concrete change finally occurs, for the sake of the security and well-being of these people, these men, women and children who daily are subject to violations and live in fear.