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اضطراب خصلتی و استرس پس از یادگیری بر یادگیری ادراکی تاثیر نمی گذارد
|کد مقاله
|سال انتشار
|مقاله انگلیسی
|ترجمه فارسی
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Volume 98, Issue 3, October 2012, Pages 246–253
چکیده انگلیسی
While it is well established that stress can modulate declarative learning, very few studies have investigated the influence of stress on non-declarative learning. Here, we studied the influence of post-learning stress, which effectively modulates declarative learning, on perceptual learning of a visual texture discrimination task (TDT). On day one, participants trained for one session with TDT and were instructed that they, at any time, could be exposed to either a high stressor (ice–water; Cold Pressor Test; CPT) or a low stressor (warm water). Participants did not know when or which stressor they would be exposed to. To determine the impact of the stressor on TDT learning, all participants returned the following day to perform another TDT session. Only participants exposed to the high stressor had significantly elevated cortisol levels. However, there was no difference in TDT improvements from day one to day two between the groups. Recent studies suggested that trait anxiety modulates visual perception under anticipation of stressful events. Here, trait anxiety did neither modulate performance nor influence responsiveness to stress. These results do not support a modulatory role for stress on non-declarative perceptual learning.
مقدمه انگلیسی
Stress and the corresponding release of glucocorticoids modulate declarative human memory (reviews: Het et al., 2005, Joels et al., 2006, Sandi and Pinelo-Nava, 2007 and Shors, 2006). For example, exposure to ice-water (CPT; Cold Pressor Test) directly after presentation of pictures improved memory of the pictures when tested 1 week later (Cahill, Gorski, & Le, 2003). Pharmacologically induced elevations of cortisol levels deteriorated word learning (Kirschbaum, Wolf, May, Wippich, & Hellhammer, 1996). The influence of stress on learning and memory is heterogeneous and varies depending on the emotional content and the valence of stimuli (Buchanan and Lovallo, 2001, Cahill and Alkire, 2003, Cahill et al., 2003, Rimmele et al., 2003, Schwabe et al., 2008 and Southwick et al., 2002), timing of stress (before the learning: Lupien et al., 2002, Maheu, Collicut, et al., 2005 and Schwabe et al., 2008; after the learning: Andreano and Cahill, 2006 and Cahill et al., 2003), the intensity of stress (Andreano and Cahill, 2006, Maheu, Collicut, et al., 2005 and Kirschbaum et al., 1996) and memory type (Kirschbaum et al., 1996 and Luethi et al., 2009). Most studies addressing the influence of stress on memory used paradigms tapping into declarative memory. In contrast, only a few studies investigated how stress modulates non-declarative memory formation (Kirschbaum et al., 1996, Luethi et al., 2009 and Lupien et al., 1997). In one of these studies, participants were first exposed to a stressor and then performed a battery of memory tasks including classical conditioning with emotionally positive and negative stimuli, as well as perceptual and conceptual priming tasks (Luethi et al., 2009). Stress had no influence on the priming tasks and the only significant effect in the conditioning task was found with negative stimuli. These results indicate that stress may influence non-declarative learning to some extent, however, it is not clear which phase of learning was affected because memory recall was tested shortly after performing the tasks. Hence, little time was allowed for memory consolidation and for the stress response to decline prior to memory recall. For declarative learning, different phases of learning are influenced differently by stress (Het et al., 2005 and Roozendaal, 2002). It is therefore important to systematically study the influence of stress on different phases of learning also for non-declarative learning. Furthermore, previously tested non-declarative learning tasks are rather short-term and may not depend on the post-learning phase, i.e. consolidation, which has been shown to be sensitive to the influence of stress and changes in cortisol levels (Roozendaal, 2002, Sandi, 1998 and Shors, 2006). Here, we used a visual perceptual learning paradigm, known to be sensitive to post-learning manipulations (consolidation), to study how stress influences consolidation of non-declarative perceptual learning.1 Perceptual learning is the ability to learn to perceive (review: Fahle & Poggio, 2002). Visual perceptual learning is a non-declarative form of learning that improves discrimination of basic visual stimulus features including vernier acuity (Crist et al., 1997 and Herzog and Fahle, 1997), contrast (Kuai et al., 2005 and Yu et al., 2004), motion (Ball and Sekuler, 1982 and Liu and Vaina, 1998) and textures (Censor et al., 2006, Karni and Sagi, 1993, Mednick et al., 2005 and Stickgold, LaTanya, et al., 2000). In a texture discrimination task (TDT), participants determine the orientation of an array of target elements within distracter elements (Fig. 1A). Task difficulty is controlled by the ISI (Inter-Stimulus Interval) between the target display and a mask display (Fig. 1A). The ISI limits the temporal availability of a stimulus and reflects the time needed to obtain a workable percept. Thus, the ISI is a measure of perceptual performance and becomes potent with experience (Karni and Sagi, 1991, Karni and Sagi, 1993 and Karni et al., 1994). A short ISI indicates good performance. Importantly, consolidation and sleep are often needed to improve texture discrimination (Censor et al., 2006, Karni et al., 1994, Mednick et al., 2003, Stickgold, Whidbee, et al., 2000 and Yotsumoto, Chang, et al., 2009). For example, performance between two sessions did not improve unless they were separated by a night (Karni and Sagi, 1993, Karni et al., 1994, Stickgold, LaTanya, et al., 2000, Stickgold, Whidbee, et al., 2000 and Yotsumoto, Chang, et al., 2009). Furthermore, training another task directly after the TDT abolished performance improvements (Yotsumoto, Chang, et al., 2009) suggesting that this task is sensitive to post-learning manipulations (see also Beer, Vartak, & Greenlee, 2012). Finally, sleep deprivation increased cortisol levels (Meerlo, Sgoifo, & Suchecki, 2008) and disrupted consolidation of the TDT (Stickgold, LaTanya, et al., 2000). Accordingly, these results suggest that (1) TDT can be disrupted by post-learning manipulations and (2) these manipulations may involve stress and increased cortisol levels.


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Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
by Michael E. Porter
|Ratings: MUST READ
|Right Things: 5.0; Right Way: 4.5; Right Team: 4.5;
|Leadership/Management Maturity:
|___ Entry (0–1yrs); ___ Early (1–3yrs); ✔ Competent (3-5yrs); ✔ Proficient (5-10yrs); ✔ Expert (10+yrs);
|Target Audience:
|C-Suite, Senior Leadership, Management/Leadership Development
|Target Business Stage:
|Start-up Stage; Growth Stage; Established Stage;
|Est. Reading Time:
|8-10 hours, 397 pages
Competitive Strategy is a must read for any business professional who interacts with business strategy. By default, that includes all business dreamers, start-up leaders, and the management, executive, and C-Suite personnel for any growth or established company…and anyone aspiring to fill any of those positions.
Required reading by many MBA programs, Competitive Strategy clearly maps fundamental market realities that have either directly or indirectly inspired most leading business thinkers to rise over the past 40 years.
Key Concepts Include:
- How to accurately evaluate market conditions and map changes that impact the competitive environment in which your company engages.
- Core competitive positions to take in any market condition and how to respond to moves from your most dangerous competitors.
- How to develop superior longer-term offensive and defensive competitive strategies in dynamic market conditions.
- How to identify and avoid the most damaging competitive conditions and company situations
Competitive Strategy is a MUST READ regardless of whether your business is a for-profit or non-profit; or must deal with government bureaucracy in order to succeed. Several of Dr. Porter's follow-on books take the core principles introduced in Competitive Strategies and applies them more directly to special or unique industry, national, or global conditions.
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|Author Bios
|1980 by The Free Press (Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.)

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Friday, February 6, 2009
100 days smarter!
Can you believe we have been in school for 100 days? During calendar math we discuss the date, come up with various ways to make the day's number, and practice our place value while anticipating the 100th day. We celebrated by counting while dance/exercise, skip counting by 2s and 5s, and even making patterns by coloring our names. We made hats with 100 dots, created a special mix out of 100 yummy pieces of our favorite snacks, and wrote about what we would do with $100. The most popular response was "buy Webkinz" so if you are looking for a special present to let your kid know how proud you are of them or an "I love you Valentine's Day treat"-you can't go wrong with a Webkinz. Our day ended with "Do you think you can get to the center of a Tootsie Pop in 100 licks?" I couldn't help but chuckle when remembering that Mr. Owl cartoon commercial where he is asked about how many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop from when I was a kid. 1,2,3 crunch...3 You know the one. :)It was great fun to count and see their faces. All but 2 thought we could but after the 100 licks...no one did. Thank you for sharing your children with me for 100 days. We have so much more to do in the 80 days left before summer vacation. :)
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Throwback: Calvin goes skydiving in 1993
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. —
Why would anybody want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
Because they can.
After we take a 'crash course' in skydiving (you'll see why that term fits), we take the plunge from more than 12,000 feet in the sky above Tullahoma, Tennessee.
In this installment of "Calvin's Consumer Guide to Grown-Up Fun" from 1993, we learned two things..
First.. jumping out of an airplane does absolutely nothing to cure a fear of heights.
And second many work-related injuries are covered by workman's comp.


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- Caroline sounds awful
- The Swishing
- Kenton thinks of Jolene
- Zebedee's relative gives $15,000
- Silent film night
Caroline sounds awful
When Lynda comes in to tell Caroline that someone has claimed the watch (who? What? Why? … we'll never know), she finds Caroline in a very bad way indeed with her back.
[Lynda] "You're obviously in a lot of pain … go home."
Caroline won't hear of it. She has work to do.
So, Lynda calls Oliver to make him make Caroline do it.
Which again, Caroline won't hear of. She's also got the meet and greet to do at the swishing.
[Oliver] "That, my dear, is no longer your responsibility. It's not up for discussion. You're going home. Now!"
Caroline actually does as Oliver bids, for once.
The Swishing
When Susan arrives, she's very impressed by the way the church hall has been decked out.
[Susan] "Glittery swags and bows!"
She's also looking to the champagne, though Jennifer reminds her of her duties:
[Jennifer] "The cloakroom attendant is absolutely pivotal at the start."
Ah, but Susan has passed that particular burden onto Hilary Noakes. Though just at the start. Exactly when it'll be busy …
… Susan reckons she hadn't thought of that.
Oliver then turns up to take Caroline's place.
[Jolene] "Brave man!"
[Oliver] "Happy to serve, wherever required … except the changing room of course, got to watch the blood pressure these days."
And he does very well. Even encouraging the ladies when trying on clothes (though not in the changing rooms, just in the main hall):
[Oliver] "Very nice Mrs Freeman. Goes very nicely with the fascinator."
(there was no fascinator. Mrs Freeman was just standing in front of a fern)
Poor Lynda turned up very late, due to having to stay on at work to cover Caroline:
[Lynda] "Someone may still appreciate a Thai died kaftan … regretted it as soon as it was lifted from the tub twenty years ago."(sounds wonderful!)
Lynda is disappointed that there's not much left for her to choose from:
[Lynda] "Apparently we're reduced to Sabrina's cast offs. Talking about putting all your goods in the shop window."
[Jolene] "That's not Sabrina's blouse …"
(oops. That'll be Jolene's blouse then)
[Lynda] "Lovely material though Jolene."
[Susan] "Yes, the sequins are gorgeous!"
After the Swishing, seems all went relatively well. They raised £500 on the door, and there wasn't too much bloodshed, though:
[Jennifer] "Annabelle's burgundy ankle boots provoked a feeding frenzy."
Jolene would have loved the boots, but they were too small.
[Susan] "It was like watching Cinderella, wasn't it?"
[Jolene] "Who was Mandy Beesborough kidding?."
The boots also didn't fit Gemma Hawkins or Pat Fletcher. But they did fit Alice.
Well, we always knew Alice was a bit of a princess.
Kenton thinks of Jolene
Kenton got Rhys to come in early to let Jolene away early to get to the Swishing.
[Jolene] "Don't know what he's being so nice for, he's up to something."
The plot thickens … what indeed is Kenton up to?
Being nice is so suspicious.
Zebedee's relative gives $15,000
Seems the Connecticut relative of Zebedee has come up trumps.
He's going to pay for the upkeep of Zebedee's grace, and has donated $15,000 to the organ fund.
Well done, that man.
Silent film night
So, after the excitement of the Swishing, the next organ fund event will be a silent film night, with piano accompaniment.
[Oliver] "And Patrick's playing. Not Valda … well, we don't want to out everyone off."
Poor Valda.


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This is a link to a study that says that strollers facing away from the parent stress the baby. Did it really take a study to figure this out?
It seems like it would be fun for a little baby to be pushed around, looking at it from an adult perspective. But as a baby, I think it would be a little frightening, you have no frame of reference and you can't see any familiar faces facing forward. In the stroller the world is coming at you fast. I think human babies are made to be held and it is such a short time in the big picture that its even possible. I know its not for everyone, but I love wearing the baby and keeping them close when they are tiny.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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- Erin said...
I wish I had known all the babywearing options before Liam. I had an OTSBH with Isaac, but didn't like it very much because it put a lot of strain on the one shoulder (and was so bulky!) I discovered wraps with Li and I love it! So comfortable, since the weight is distributed evenly and it was like a second womb. I am really looking forward to wearing my newborn again!
- Hill Rat said...
I'm a big fan of the Baby Bjorn myself, but I also like the stroller too.
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About Me
- clara
- I'm just a mom in the world. A crunchy Catholic mama of 6 trying to make sense of it all and stay positive. 5 boys here & 1 in heaven. One awesome man who I get to grow old with. I help new moms breastfeed. I`m happy. I don`t go to shows or dance clubs every night but I would if I could. Where`s the nanny? When I see her she`s SO fired! One of my boys is super sweet and sensitive, another one is a holy terror. I learn a ton from all of them daily. Like Nigella says, as any parent of small children knows,there comes a point in the day where you can`t go any further without a drink! I love cocktail hour. I`d like nothing more than to be with my family and some good friends surrounded by tropical plants drinking a margarita listening to the Eagles. I don`t care about trendy, I like that grungy 70`s vibe.


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Every small joy you ignored in the busyness of normal life is suddenly captured in vivid color. The miracle of a single orchid blossom...that orchid plant that all you did was water on your sill for an entire year...it bursts into bloom, and you are overcome by the symmetry of the blossom and the pinks and yellows, and there in the mundaneness of a Wednesday evening in your kitchen, you are face to face with God in a moment of utter praise for an ordinary miracle.
Life is shrouded in mystery. Why did I get cancer at 28? Why was it the aggressive kind that took four years to bring under control? Why does every check-up come with mixed celebration - no radiation in December, yes, but March? The doctor says probably. Tumormarkers rising, falling again. Scans inconclusive, then negative again. Hope is the thing with feathers...YES, but to me that quote rings true, not because hope is beautiful as a swallow captured in the hand, but because it is an elusive thing, a wide-eyed bird you can hold in the palm of your hand for only a brief second, feeling the pounding heart of fear under your fingers, the whisper of the wings fluttering as hope threatens to take wing away too soon.
You learn, on the hard road, to grasp quickly and tenaciously at the small blessings. You learn, on the path marked with suffering, to read deep the meaning of the allegories, the lessons shrouded in mystery. The hearing loss that marks today is a question of trust: do I value my hearing enough that I will give up faith in an everlasting, unchangeable God for the gut-wrenching and useless practice of worry, anxiety and helpless planning for tomorrow? Do I cling to the Cross, do I look down at the footsteps marked before me on this road, the very footsteps of the Christ I long to follow? Do I prepare again to sweat blood in Gethsemane as I pray that the cup may pass? Or do I fling the cup as far from me as possible, rage at the cup, rage at the God who proffers it, rage at my circumstances, rage at my helplessness?
I have made my choice, long ago, and I will not waver. I choose the path of joy and thanksgiving. I choose the easy burden He trades me for my difficult one. I trust Him to carry my pack of rocks - the yoke of cancer, infection, complications, endless consequences of a dreadful disease I did not ask for and do not understand. I trust that whatever outcome He has planned for me is exactly that - planned eons before my birth, eons before my diagnosis, and ages before this small infection that has cost me the hearing in my good ear. I choose to believe that He is bigger than, greater than, and more important than any sacrifice I might still be asked to make on this temporary road of life.
I choose to mark this day - with it's doctor visits, painful procedures, aching ear, silence, and orchid blossoms on my window sill - a day of thanks. Day 7 of my 30 days of November gratitude. For He has richly blessed me beyond measure. The least I can do is accept whatever tribulations He asks me to journey through, to take the cup despite the blood, sweat, tears, and prayers. To take the "no" answers with the "yes" and "maybe". To wait upon the Lord for my deliverance and the answer to my prayer for healing.
Will you join me? Count a gift each day for which to give thanks this November, the month of Thanksgiving? Will you join in the tradition of the pioneers - plagued by disease, death, and hopelessness - who set a feasting table in the presence of their friends and enemies and gave thanks for what little food and kindness they experienced in a foreign land? I arrived nearly 5 years ago in a desolate foreign land of a difference sort - the land of Cancer, where my landscape changed from the naïve, carefree life of a young mother at home with children to the desert of doctor's appointments, scary lab tests, surgeries, and radiation treatments. I expected something different. God gave me a whole new life to live. I chose to trade cursing for blessing, even in the immaturity of 28. I am going to keep choosing it now, 33 and still living in this foreign country despite that magical word "remission" spoken back in February.
Please join me - and see the orchid blossoms instead of your pain. See the joy of this day, instead of your suffering, your fear, your disappointment, your anxiety for the future. Trade your heavy burden for that which is light. He offers you His burden to shoulder, the burden where death has already been defeated, where sickness has been healed, where sorrow has been forever wiped away for an eternity of celebration. Can't we count one small joy, and focus our eyes on this and the prize that lies ahead, instead of whatever plagues us in our daily walk? It is such an easy trade. Mindless, really. Join me. Not on the road marked with suffering, but on the road marked with a million small graces, like diamonds in the dust, just waiting to be noticed and reveled in.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:29-30)


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Things, in order:
We went to Colorado. It was wonderful through and through from having thirty-some-odd people sleeping in one house (now that's not fair — a few were sleeping in tents outside) to the multiples of desserts after every breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
We moved. We had help from our ward of origin, help from our destination ward, and help from one hard-working and patient mother-in-law to keep kids occupied and to stay up until midnight scrubbing walls and retouching paint with me. Our new place, in a nutshell: it's old, but it's clean, and our kind landlady works hard to keep it that way. She puts fly traps by the dumpsters and hoses down the sidewalks. The cabinets and doors have been coated with white paint so many times that they've lost all their sharp edges and they're sticky to open and close. The walls are a light beige, and the carpet is a darker beige, and the kitchen floor is a linoleum-impersonating-hardwood. It's a separate kitchen, large, with one pocket door to connect it to the rest of the apartment and one door to go out the back stairs. It had no fridge and no dishwasher when we signed the papers, but mercifully we got discounted rent for the first two months and bought those items with what we imagine as the profit. It's a portable dishwasher, on casters, and I've never been so grateful to have one. The faucet sticks right out of the wall rather than up from the sink, and the countertops are chipped blue and beige tile. Our kitchen window looks directly into the kitchen window across the way, where a cat likes to sit. Our dining room table has found a home just outside the kitchen door and in the very large shoe-box–proportioned front room, where all of our couches and bookshelves and desks and shoe baskets and DVD towers line every inch of the wall.
We have a balcony. It's supposed to be shared, but really it's ours, and we (with permission) populated it with two comfortable chairs from Target and a little table we found by the dumpster. We have two large bedrooms with large closets and fan/light fixtures that are operated by remote, and if you're not careful you can turn off the light in your own room with the remote while simultaneously turning on the light in the room where your children are asleep: your downstairs neighbor can do the same. A small, room-like hallway connects all these rooms, but it seals off with another pocket door, and there we keep a tall bookshelf and a towel tower and a surprisingly large closet with built-in shelves. One bathroom with teal-and-dusty pink countertop tiles, a space heater from the fifties mounted into the wall, a tiny toilet, a window that overlooks the plant nursery behind our building, and a shower with tiles that are a patchwork of mismatched colors and patterns. The glass sliding door has a swan frosted on it.
We have, for the first time in our married lives, a garage. It's incredibly spidery and dusty, but it's ours. It has plywood storage lockers for keeping my sewing stuff and my oil painting supplies and old textbooks. We didn't have a garage door remote at first and had to step out to manually punch in the code every time we pulled in or out, but we have one now. I've never seen such an active alley life, back there with all those garages in a row. The garages are workshops, mancaves, personal gyms, restaurant warehouses (literally), and party venues. There's always — always — an assortment of familiar-looking-but-I'm-still-not-sure-their-names neighbors out there, garages open, bench presses in operation. There is often a car parked in front of our garage door, but we just have to ask the closest person whose car it is, and they can invariably fix the situation within minutes.
We went to Disneyland in honor of Andy's having earned his Master's Degree. It was crazy fun, and the kids did far better than I thought they would (Corryn napped in the stroller, and Elliot didn't sleep at all). They lasted until about 9:30 and then slept all the way home.
I got a new illustration gig with the same publisher as last time. It was supposed to only last until mid-August, but it hasn't even really started yet besides discussions and sketches, which is pretty much how it always seems to work.
We went to the zoo. Our Groupon-purchased zoo membership will expire next month, so we're trying to use it up while we can.
We went to North Carolina for a family reunion on Andy's side. Again, it was about thirty people crammed into one house, but this was a gigantic beach mansion and only one couple got squeezed outside onto an air mattress on the deck. I spent a few days before the reunion proper with the kids at Andy's aunt's house (the aunt is only a few years older than us) with her three young children, and my kids had a blast there. As did I, making new friends with Andy's aunt and uncle. Andy spent those three days in Washington DC with his immediate family doing some site-seeing and some research for schooly stuff, but that sounded terribly un-kid-friendly to me, so instead Julie and I went to kids' museums and such. At the beach house on the Outer Banks, we were in easy walking distance of the Wright Brothers Memorial, which we visited. After having my mind properly blown by the insane and almost arrogant persistence of the Wrights, I stepped on a cactus and found twelve dollars on the ground. I also tried boogy boarding and skim boarding for the first time — no good at either. The kids were so scared of the ocean water that they freaked out even if I got near the water, afraid it would sweep me away. They played exclusively in the sand and in the private swimming pool. Andy's parents rented biked and graciously rented a kid trailer as well as letting us borrow the bikes. But the thing is, I don't ride bikes. At least I didn't until Andy dragged me out one sweaty, tear-filled, humiliating, scary, and triumphant afternoon. But I did it. And on our very last night in NC, Julie let me borrow her smooth-riding "granny bike" and walked by my side as I rode down a trail in a lovely forest just by their house, over a wooden bridge and by a river. I finally see the appeal of bike-riding, I really do, but it's still not going to be a big hobby as we have no money, no time, and no space. I also ran on the beach our first morning at the beach house, another first for me. It was sunrise and it was so serene and lovely. But I ran barefoot, and my feet were so torn up by the sand and my calves so dang sore that I couldn't run for the rest of the trip. There were lots of late-night talks on the beach with various members of the family about things big and small. There were lots of games and laughing and staying up too late and eating things that made me feel terrible. It was a true blast.
We came home. The children did amazingly well on the six-ish hour plane ride with one stop and no meals. Except for the really smelly diaper that made all of our neighboring passengers cover their noses with their shirts.
I read books. In the past three or four weeks, I have read Orson Scott Card's Treason (so fun), Joanna Brooks' The Book of Mormon Girl (so sweet and sympathetic and emotional), and almost the entirety of J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey (which I've read many times before and will read many times again, because it my well be my favorite book of all time and I don't even know what adjectives would describe it).
We have been visited by old college friends. Eliza came to visit the day after we moved, when the house was in chaos, and Chris (now a Los Angeles resident) came for dinner and a night of cinema-and-media-Masters-MST3King-a-terrible-movie, when the house was still in chaos. Those visits, plus the trip to Holly's wedding in May, has pretty much filled my college-friend-reunion Bingo board, though there are still a few big blanks.
Food. I have learned to love hummus. I've been eating salad nearly every day (when I'm on top of things, I like to have a salad spinner full of greens and various tupperwares full of chopped celery, cucumber, tomatoes, grilled chicken, and maybe some other things in the fridge, ready to make a salad instantly. Apples and walnuts thrown in, too. I still eat a lot of carrots and smoothies and apples-with-peanut butter. But I'm a new convert to crunchy peanut butter, which I've never liked before. I often make a Thai coconut-chicken soup that LJ made for me in May, though it's never as good as hers. I now consider myself "low-gluten", or I tell people I just don't eat a lot of wheat, but I'm fine if I have a little here and there, and I don't worry about it in sauces and things. I eat oat granola on vanilla greek yogurt. I tried a peach and actually liked it. I bought popsicles molds because it just gets so dang hot in our apartment that sometimes the only thing that can cool you down is frozen fruit inside your body.
The kids are growing and growing and losing some of the babyishness in their faces and instantly outgrowing their shoes and saying all sorts of surprising things. It's fun to compare them, not in any sort of competitive way, but in a way that highlights the big and little variations that please me so much that sometimes I think God just made so many people just for the fun of it. Take their palates for example. Corryn has always been one for savory things, for meat and cheese and most vegetables, but not really for breads and too many fruits or sweets. Elliot is her exact opposite. One night several weeks ago, we went to a small cafe and got the kids a plate of french toast, bacon, and eggs to share. We split the food evenly and served it to the kids. Corryn ate all of her eggs and bacon; Elliot, his french toast. They refused to eat the remainders on their plates, so we switched their plates and they finished off each other's. Corryn is not nearly the language master that Elliot was (who knew all of his letters by 17 months and Corryn, who will be two next month, still only knows "O" with any consistency), but she seems to have caught on to much more abstract things much faster. I asked her, "Who is in our family?" once without ever discussing it with her directly before, and she answered, "Mommy! Daddy! Ellia! Minnie!" She calls herself Minnie, which is her attempt to say Rinny, which is one of her pet names. I don't think Elliot got that concept for a long time, and couldn't even correctly answer "What's your name?" for a while. She caught onto counting later but faster, and now she counts things that are the same without me realizing what she's doing until she triumphantly says, "Fwee!", which is the sum of all of her calculations. She also has a big imagination, and the complexity of her pretend play rivals that of her brother, though her attention span for it does not. She also is the most naturally thoughtful child I've ever met, and she will share anything with anyone. She will give Daddy her last bites of ice cream happily and then say in her super-sweet, quiet voice, "Fammwy! Fammwy!" as if she already knows what a family is really about.
Thanks to Andy's dedicated tutelage, Elliot is now reading astoundingly well. We use the Bob books that we found at Costco, and I think they're great. Elliot can sound out just about any one-syllable word that you throw at him and several two-syllable words as well. He's not perfect at it, of course, but he's not even three and a half yet. He's also a really, really impressive little artist. Sometimes he'll draw random shapes until they look like something, then get excited that he accidentally drew something cool and draw a dozen more. This includes fingers (single fingers, with fingernails), teeth, and letters. He also draws all sorts of monsters, skeletons, robots, aliens, spiders, astronauts, snowmen, and general people, sometimes mad and sometimes happy and sometimes scary and sometimes with hearing aids. He drew his first portrait of our family recently, and he also just started taking toys, setting them down beside his paper, and drawing pictures of them. Still-life! Reference drawing! With really surprising detail, like numbers of fingers and little surface elements. Drawing can easily occupy him for an hour at a time, and I don't want to throw any of them away.
This morning, we rode the metro down to Long Beach for the free Long Beach Funk Fest. The kids were intrigued but not thrilled with the loud music, but they loved getting to bang on drums and make a funky little necklace and make instant friends with all sorts of fun and friendly people.
Andy is about to start his PhD at USC. We've been in LA for two years, and that feels both long and short, and we'll be here for over twice that again.
And things keep changing, "slowly, then all at once."
Saturday, August 18, 2012
If she's determined to have a nervous break down, the least we can do is see that she doesn't have it in peace.
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Off the page class
Have a great day, hugs xo Jackie
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That looks amazing Jack. Glad to hear you had a great 'creating' time out and met some lovely ladies!ReplyDelete
Now, where are YOUR creations you've been playing with?? They deserve their time in the spotlight too! I love them and know everyone will want to see them too! Show them, Show them, Show them, Show them, Show them, Show them, Show them, phew that will do, I'm tired ;)
Hugs and love Kylie ox
Very pretty....love all the lacy effects.ReplyDelete
Hi Jackie,this is very pretty,and Kylie make's me very curious for your other projects lol.ReplyDelete
Hugs Heidy
Hi Jackie,ReplyDelete
This is amazing. there is so much going on on this page I'm going to have to keep coming back to it. It's one of those where you'll see something different every time. Fantastic detail. I am also curious about your other creations. I want to see them too.
Fiona x
Mmmmmmm what else have you been up to miss Jackie??? show me show me show me show me show me show me!! hehehehhe Love what you did at your class - very flash!!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous card Jackie.ReplyDelete
Hugs Riet.xx
very nice babe, i to love the off the page projects, its nice to step out of the square a little isnt it,lol,ReplyDelete
well done chicky babe!!!!
love to see more
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Gorgeous Jackie! So nice to see someone else doing off the page projects! I find them so rewarding, but time consuming lol. Great job! *hugz*ReplyDelete
O I am so jealous!! I love this collections type creations. just gorgeous! Wish I had someplace close to go do wonderful classes like this!! Just gorgeous love it!!!!ReplyDelete
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Have you heard? Hat of Bunny's Grand Opening at Scrap TakeOut is today! To celebrate, everything in her shop will be 40% off for the first week - a great time to pick up her gorgeous new kit: Out of Focus!
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T.C.S. Appellantv.A.S. Appellee
Appeal from the Order Entered October 14, 2013 In the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County Civil Division at No(s): 2013-20150
BEFORE: GANTMAN, P.J., OTT, J., and MUSMANNO, J.
Appellant, T.C.S. ("Father") appeals from the order entered in the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, which sustained the preliminary objection of Appellee, A.S. ("Mother"), to the trial court's jurisdiction to determine custody as to one of the parties' two minor children. We affirm.
The relevant facts and procedural history of this appeal are as follows. Mother and Father are the parents of two minor children. Their first child, B.S., was born in Pennsylvania in 2007, and the parties married in 2008. In December 2012, when Mother was approximately three months' pregnant with the parties' second child, E.S., Father asked for a divorce. Shortly thereafter, Mother moved from Pennsylvania to her parents' home in California, taking B.S. with her. On February 28, 2013, Father filed a complaint for custody of B.S. On May 9, 2013, the trial court entered a temporary custody order for shared legal custody, primary physical custody to Mother, partial physical custody to Father, and physical custody of B.S. from June 25, 2013 to August 27, 2013, to Father.[1]
In June 2013, the parties' second child, E.S., was born in California. Father then filed an amended complaint in the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, for physical and legal custody of E.S. in addition to B.S. Mother filed preliminary objections, asserting the trial court lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act to make a custody determination with respect to E.S. Father asserted the trial court has and should exercise jurisdiction under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The trial court sustained Mother's preliminary objections on October 21, 2013, dismissed Father's amended custody complaint, reinstated the original custody complaint solely as to B.S., and retained jurisdiction over that complaint.
Father timely filed a notice of appeal on October 28, 2013, but failed to file a contemporaneous statement of errors complained of on appeal, pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1925(a)(2)(i) and (b). On October 30, 2013, Father filed his Rule 1925 statement.
On appeal, Father presents the following issue for our review:
(Father's Brief at 4).
In Father's sole issue, he argues Pennsylvania is a more convenient forum to determine custody with respect to both children, because the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas has already commenced a custody action with respect to B.S.; the court's failure to exercise jurisdiction over E.S. goes against the interests of justice. Specifically, Father contends Lebanon County is the more appropriate forum, as contrasted with California, because of the existing custody action regarding B.S. Father asserts the idea of simultaneous proceedings in two courts goes against the interest of substantial justice. (Father's Brief at 12). He twice argues that Mother drafted "Preliminary Objects" solely to evade the interests of justice and to frustrate Father's ability to contact B.S. and E.S. Father avers that both parties agree custody should be determined by a single court but submits Lebanon County is the more logically convenient forum. Father concludes that this Court should remand for further review. We cannot agree.
This custody matter implicates jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act ("UCCJEA"). See 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 5401-5482. Our standard of review for decisions regarding application of the UCCJEA jurisdictional criteria is as follows:
A court's decision to exercise or decline jurisdiction [per the UCCJEA] is subject to an abuse of discretion standard of review and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of that discretion. Under Pennsylvania law, an abuse of discretion occurs when the court has overridden or misapplied the law, when its judgment is manifestly unreasonable, or when there is insufficient evidence of record to support the court's findings. An abuse of discretion requires ...
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I've been busy for the last couple of days (plus the occasional technical difficuties aka stupid internet connection) so I didn't have anytime to post anything new. And here we are, December! So that's one more month till 2008. Damn, it's gonna be 2008 soon? Hahaha! If only I have a time machine and went back to the 90s so I can upset my younger self by telling him/myself that there aren't any flying cars, intelligent robots and human colonies on Mars. Hehe… Kinda reminds me of all those crazy things I used to believe in such as:
Black & White world – When I was a kid, I thought everything in real life were literally black & white because all those old movies didn't have any colour. So I kept asking my mom when did colour get invented and where did they come from. I forgot what my mom said; I think she said it came from the rainbows. LOL.
The concept of Gravity – Since Kindergarten, I knew there was a force called Gravity which pulls us to the ground. But in those days I thought Gravity is a giant magnet in the center of earth that pulls everything the 'goes up' to 'come down'.
I'll post more later (hopefully)….I got to go now…tomorow's going to be a busy day…sibuk2


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Really love the site, Indie Film Trailers. It's a site I wish I would have created on my own. I also wish there were more sites that were a nesting place for independent film trailers. Occasionally I will scan the web attempting to locate other such sites, but I have not had much success. If you know of other sites that welcome independent filmmakers to post their movie trailers, please enlighten us.
With that, here is the link to our "Honey, I'm Home" Movie Trailer now on Indie Film Trailers.
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I am so confused right now.. For a long time, I have been doing what "I'm supposed" to be doing rather than what I feel like. Working in this job, applying for MS. I feel like just grabbing a few crayons and running amok with them inside my house, coloring the whole house like a retard.. My life is too restricted.. I just feel like leaving all this and running away. Worst part is, I don't know what I want to run to. Am I hating this job because I hate what I'm doing? Or is it that it takes up too much time? If its the latter, I don't think I'll be happy in any job. But what if I'm doing what I like doing? Then I might not feel bad spending time on my job. The problem is, I don't know what I want. There are people laughing at me for not following my heart, ridiculing me because I'm doing this to myself.. I don't know what's right anymore.
When I choose what I want, what if I get bored with it? What if there is no money in it? Lots of traveling? Hours that stop me from having any kind of social life? Will I look back at this job and feel like coming back? I just don't know what I want from my life. Do I want to exercise my creativity? Do I want fame? What am I willing to lose for it? Since when did life become so hard? Am I being too idealistic? Should I just bury all this and stick to my job and go for my MS? But I am not happy. I don't know the reason for my unhappiness. This is how I've worked all my life. If I'm unhappy, I find the reason. That's the half the battle won. And then I do everything I can to get rid of it. People, clothes, books... whatever it is, no matter how much the sentimental value. Why cant I find a solution to this? I am ready to leap. I just don't know how far and into what.


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I'm not sure that's true…
Since the summer began, and specifically more often once Grandma was diagnosed, I've been told over and over that "God will never give you more than you can handle."
I've mulled over the statement more times than I care to admit. I've said it myself so many times, in situations where I want to explain away the hurt and the pain. It's a wonderful sentiment. This idea that God will only give you just enough to handle, that He's knows our breaking point and doesn't tip the scale into Too Much. It's a way to offer comfort to the hurting, this idea that God knows you can handle this because you're this strong.
"But…" I turned to Jon in the car one day, "I don't think its true."
This idea that its because of our own strength that God won't give us too much to bear doesn't seem to fit with what I know to be true of God. I think it turns focus inward, into ourselves, and into our own strength. After all, if we're strong enough to handle the unthinkable, where's the need for God at all?
God doesn't like seeing His children hurt. He hurts when we hurt. "God is close to the brokenhearted…" It's a promise, my God is compassionate and merciful in that way. When the pain is especially sharp and raw, He is holding me and hurting with me.
Its similar in watching Devyn and Hudson navigate the muddy waters of elementary schools, friends, classmates, and bullies. When one comes home with hurt feelings, I hurt and ache along with them. I don't have to experience the hurt firsthand to ache when they ache. The same is true of God. He's there in the hurt and pain, wanting to take it from me, as I want to take it from them.
But I certainly don't think He withholds circumstances from us because we're too weak. WHEN I AM WEAK, HE IS STRONG. I think when life is throwing challenge after challenge at you, God knows you're not strong enough to handle it. He's simply waiting for you to turn to Him and say, "I can't do this on my own. I NEED you! Its because of my strength IN you that I am able to bear this."
God allows the hard and the painful, not as a punishment or a test, but to allow us the opportunity to depend on Him and solely Him. We will never understand the big picture (which is a whole other post in itself) but I can trust two things…
- The big picture is gorgeous. He's placing people and circumstances in such a way as to create a Masterpiece. The pain I feel today will be used in another piece of the puzzle tomorrow.
- When I allow God to work in me and through my pain, His glory is revealed. I'm not doing this in my own strength, for that was depleted a long while ago. Any strength or circumstance withstood, has been because of Him and His strength.
Please don't think I don't appreciate the sentiment or the intent behind the statement. That's surely not the case. It's a beautiful idea and I'm thankful for the thought! But any strength perceived in me is just that, a perception. These days He's carrying me, and I'm perfectly ok to be in that place.
"Yet, I still belong to you; you hold my right hand…" Psalm 73:23


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We're excited by a range of new materials hitting our jewelry shelves of late. We blogged a while back about natural wood and precious metal combinations like Blue Wild Indigo and Tashi.
Be-Je Designs has taken a different tack: enamel. There is something about the slick surface of enamel that is irresistibly touchable. It's tough, has great luster and, when coated selectively over a base metal like stainless steel, has a great play between the metallic sheen and enameled gloss.
With so many materials available this season, we thought we'd ask you what you prefer. Are you into off-beat woods and industrial-cum-chic surfaces like enamel? Or are you a more classic gold and silver gal? Embroidery? Something else? Take a vote and let us know!


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• Captures and Secures the Clients video data.
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31 December 2012
New Year
In a few hours, there will be flying cars, and cruising through our galaxy would be possible. I mean, that's what the New Year is supposed to bring about, right? Super cool technology that wasn't possible/available in the year before? Wrong. Not a lot of change happens in the few hours it takes for us to go from December 31, 2012 to January 1, 2013 - except maybe for the fact that it's a new day, new month, new year. It's really nothing more than a change in numerics, but what the New Year does bring forth is a sense of renewed hope and another chance to improve yourself. I don't get why we fuss over the New Year - every day is a new chance; why wait twelve months? But I guess it's just the mere fact that everyone will be celebrating this minor change that makes everyone want to jump on the 'tomorrow, I will be a better person' bandwagon.
A lot of people end up ditching that bandwagon as soon as the first week of the year passes. Some might last for a month or more, but we always eventually end up going back to our usual selves. We make ourselves feel better by promising to actually change the following New Year, and it's a vicious cycle from there. Good for you if you actually stuck to your New Year's Resolutions - you're the kind of person the rest of the 99% of the human population looks up to. However, I, myself, am guilty of such mentality. My Project 365 earlier this year (and countless others) is enough proof to prove my laziness. I am unfortunately a walking advertisement for ningas cogon. I should probably look into getting them to rename it as Nina's Cogon, don't you think?
But to hell with that mindset. This will sound very hypocritical of me, but I want to prove to myself (more than anyone else, really) that I can change and become a better person. I will stop (or at least try to) being lazy and actually finish whatever project I have planned for myself. I will most likely tweet about my progress, so if you find that I am on the verge on giving up, you have my permission to virtually slap me in the face. 2012 has been a whirlwind ride (more on that later), and I will make sure it is only just the beginning. I'm getting extremely excited just thinking about all the happenings planned for 2013 - the Dear Creatures shoot (Hi Monica!), Birdy's concert with Lakyn and Lewis Watson, the One Direction concert in Australia, and future 1DPH events. Come what may, you know? I'm ready to face whatever hardships or good fortune 2013 is going to throw at me.
I'm also very thrilled about being given my own domain, so a buttload of thanks to ate Mary for buying it for me! If you're reading this, thanks for being so nice and helpful! I hope Harry Styles and/or Nick Jonas kisses you full on the lips for the New Year.
I originally intended this post to be a review of 2012 and a '2013 Bucket list' post, but then I got sidetracked, so allow me get back to the right path.
2012 has been the best year of my life so far. I have met so many new people that I can no longer live without. I may have lost a couple of friends in the process, but I'm sure it is for a purpose (and hopefully that purpose is for growth). I have gone through a lot of hardships as well, if you consider having a bunch of other strangers your age send you abuse through the internet, that is. I am thankful, though, because these people have made me open my eyes to the real world - and it is one that is out to get you. But, of course, with all bad things come a hidden blessing. I'd like to think I am a stronger and much wiser person than I was a year ago. I will continue to try and take things in stride, and as a reminder to anyone who is going through similar problems: things can only hurt you if you let them.
So cheers to the New Year! Expect more frequent blog posts (*fingers crossed*), vlogs, and whatever I come up with this coming year. I'd love to hear about your 2013 Bucket list, so feel free to comment below and maybe we can compare! I hope everyone has a fantastic time tonight - my mom let Ozni and I wear my onesies to the party. Enjoy yourselves, and be sure to push through with at least five things on your bucket list this year!
P.S.: Enjoy this playlist I made for you guys!
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I actually read the whole post which is very unlikely of me. I'm usually a lazyass who doesn't read really long text posts but whatever. HAHA. Ah, New Year. I just hope 2013 won't bring me too much crap. .__. And lucky you for getting your own domain (I want one too huhu)! Also, I know I've said this awhile ago but I love your banner ok. It's so cute ugh. <3 Advance Happy New Year, Nina!!! <3 Hope I get to meet you soon hehe.ReplyDelete
Aw yiiiiissss thanks Jeline!!!! You'll get your own domain soon - don't worry! And thanks :) Ate Maine (the one who designed it for me) takes commissions so maybe you can speak to her about it :) Happy New Year and let's hang out with Darren soon! <3Delete
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2. Name a star
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Hi Nina! Just wanna ask you something. Uhm, are you editing your pictures? If yes, where? Thank you! And btw, you're such a gorgeous girl. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Happy New Year to everyone in the Newton Booth neighborhood! I hope this finds you all well and in good spirits to start the new year.
If you're interested in starting off the year by taking a cooking, nutrition or other class, you're in luck. The Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, right here in our neighborhood at 1900 Alhambra Blvd. (Alhambra & S Streets) is offering a new schedule of classes for January, February and March. I don't have time at the moment to describe all of the classes here; so please check them out at this link. Or call the Co-op at (916) 455-2667 for more information or to sign up.
I'll have more blog postings soon about upcoming events, so please come back! Thanks.


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In celebration of their 50th anniversary and as part of their Corporate Social Rsponsiblity, PDIC invites all of us to join their first ever running event: "Takbo para sa Pagbangon ng Leyte". The race aims to promote public awareness on PDIC and its role in protecting the environment, and to raise funds to build disaster-resilient shelters for families in Leyte in partnership with Gawad Kalinga.
Takbo para sa Pagbangon ng Leyte Race Details:
Date: May 4, 2014
Venue: PNB Financial Center, Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City
Events: 3km/5km/10km
Beneficiary: Gawad Kalinga
Assembly Time: 5am
Takbo para sa Pagbangon ng Leyte Registration Details:
Registration Fee: 3K (P400) | 5K (P400) | 10K (P600)
Online Registration: http://www.pdic.gov.ph (March 17-April 21)
*Race kit will be delivered
In Store Registration: (March 17, April 28)
PDIC Office
Toby's MOA & SM North
Takbo para sa Pagbangon ng Leyte Singlet Design:
Takbo para sa Pagbangon ng Leyte Race Route:
Why join the "Takbo sa Pagbangon ng Leyte" benefit run? You get to do some much-needed exercise, appreciate wellness, have fun with your family and friends, lead and live a healthy lifestyle, and help rebuild the communities hit by typhoon Yolanda in Leyte.
How much is the registration fee? 3K (P400) | 5K (P400) | 10K (P600) Your donation in the form of your registration fee will include entry to the "Takbo sa Pagbangon ng Leyte" benefit run, and participation in other activities during the event.
Can I register my friends and family members? Yes. However, for interested participants below 18 years old, their waivers must be signed by their parents/guardians. Registration forms may also be submitted by a representative to the registration centers listed above, provided that the forms are completely executed by the participants themselves, and the waivers are signed by the concerned registrants or by parents/guardians for participants below 18 years.
You may also register online at http://www.pdic.gov.ph
Can children run for this cause? Yes. For the safety of everyone, only children 7 years old and older are allowed to join. Children up to 6 years old, and accompanied with a responsible adult, may enjoy the programs and exhibit at the Activity Area.
Children aged from 7–12 years old may register for the 3K category ONLY and should be accompanied by an adult or guardian. Those who are 13–17 years of age may join in any of the three categories provided that their parents sign the waiver.
Can I run with a stroller and with my toddler? Sorry, adults are not allowed to run with children on strollers. No wheels are allowed in the course.
Can I run with my pets? Sorry, no runners are allowed to run with pets.
What is included with my "Takbo sa Pagbangon ng Leyte" registration?Participants will receive a Race Kit containing the Singlet, Race Bib and a Timing Chip (D-Tag).
Do I need to be a professional runner to register? No. The "Takbo sa Pagbangon ng Leyte" is all about having fun, being fit, and helping rebuild communities for typhoon Yolanda survivors. You can run, jog or brisk walk with your family and friends. Who knows, you may even bring home a prize or special award.
Does individual race time get recorded? Yes. The D-Tag that comes with your Race Kit and attached to the shoelace in a specified manner on Race Day exactly measures the time you will cross the start and the finish line. It is used in most professional races and has been tested as a reliable mechanism to measure running performance and pace (including splits) accurately. The official race results will also be uploaded in the website.
Will there be parking area available? Yes. Participants and guests are advised to park their vehicles at the allocated parking area at the PNB Financial Center on a first come, first served basis. There are also pay parking areas along Macapagal Avenue at your convenience.
Will there be water available on the race route? Yes. Drinking water will be provided at select points along the route but runners are also encouraged to bring their own water bottles and undertake proper hydration and nutrition for the run.
Will there be toilets/portalets available? Portalets will be available at the activity area.
Will medical help be available on the race route?First aid stations and medics will also be available.
Will there be a baggage tent? Yes. Baggage deposit service is available at the activity area. Please do not leave any valuables inside your vehicle and bags. Organizers will not be liable for any loss of valuables.
Where do we go after the Race Proper? All race participants may claim free drinks at the Activity Area after the race and their checked baggage, if any. Participants and guests will converge at the Activity Area for a short and meaningful program highlighting our shared advocacy, and the much-awaited awarding of prizes.
Are cameras and phones allowed during the race? We discourage bringing these items and other valuables. Race photographers will be available to shoot from a medium distance.
Are there refunds? Registration fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. Just make sure you are good to go before signing up.
Is change of category allowed? Change of category after registration is NOT ALLOWED.
What happens if there is bad weather? A little rain won't stop the "Takbo sa Pagbangon ng Leyte". Event will take place rain or shine. For weather updates and advisories from the Organizer days before the event, visit http://www.pdic.gov.ph.


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I've already talked about Banned Book Week in a previous post, so this post is just going to showcase some other titles that are being challenged.
Each day, all across the country, one of our most basic freedoms — the right to read — is in danger. In communities large and small, censorship attempts threaten to undermine our freedom to read. Without our constant support, the First Amendment freedoms that we so often take for granted — the right to read, explore ideas, and express ourselves freely — are at risk. I urge you to participate and read one of these books or any of the other books previously challenged. For the complete list of challenged books for 2010-2011, see the PDF here.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Little, Brown
Publish Date: September 12, 2007
Banned in the Stockton, Mo. School District (2010) because of violence, language, and some sexual content. Retained in the Helena, Mont. School District (2011) despite a parent's objection that the book contained "obscene, vulgar and pornographic language." This New York Times bestseller won the National Book Award in 2007 in the "Young People's Literature" category, and is on many recommended book lists
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Delacorte Books
Publish Date: January 9, 2007
Challenged at the Theisen Middle School in Fond du Lac, Wis. (2010) by a parent who believes that the book has inappropriate subject matter for children. "Some (of the characters in the book) are sexually active, and alcohol is part of their recreation."
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publish Date: April 1, 2007
Challenged as a suggested reading in a class where juniors and seniors earn college credit in Hillsborough County, Fla. (2010). Four high schools — Plant, Middleton, Hillsborough, and Bloomingdale — voted to keep the book and place a "Mature Reader" label on the front cover. Three high schools — Sickles, Robinson, and Lennard — will require parental consent. Gaither High School and Riverview High School voted to ban the book. Riverview's report stated: "This book has extremely inappropriate content for a high school media center collection. The book contained explicit homosexual and heterosexual situations, profanity, underage drinking and smoking, extreme moral shortcomings, child molesters, graphic pedophile situations and total lack of negative consequences throughout the book."
The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic
Publish Date: September 14, 2008
Challenged and presented to the Goffstown, N.H. school board (2010) by a parent claiming that it gave her eleven-year-old nightmares and could numb other students to the effects of violence.
Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publish Date: April 9, 2006
Removed from a spring break elective course at the Bedford, N.H. School District (2010) after a parent complained about the novel's sexual content. The complainant further suggested that the school only allow "youth versions" of particular books or organize a parental review system over the summer that would look at books that students need parental permission to read. A checklist has been proposed that Bedford school officials would use to rate books and other instructional materials.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Author: David Guterson
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: January 12, 1994
Retained in college-level classes at Richland, Wash. high schools (2011). Teachers said the book was selected for the curriculum twelve years ago because it deals with prejudice against Japanese-Americans in the Pacific Northwest during and shortly after World War II.
Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publish Date: June 1, 1989 (First published in 1932)
Challenged at North County High School in Glen Burnie, Md. (2010) by a small group of parents who circulated a petition to have the book removed from use by county schools over concerns about explicit sexual content. The 1932 novel depicts a dystopian future where science and technology have run amok resulting in a morally bankrupt society. Retained on the list of approved materials that Seattle, Wash. high school teachers may use in their language arts curriculum (2011). A parent had complained that the book has a "high volume of racially offensive derogatory language and misinformation on Native Americans. In addition to the inaccurate imagery, and stereotype views, the text lacks literary value which is relevant to today's contemporary multicultural society."
Shooting Star
Author: Frederick L. McKissack Jr.
Publisher: Atheneum
Publish Date: August 25, 2009
Retained in the Broken Arrow, Okla. Sequoyah Middle School library (2010) despite a parent's concern about several swear words in the text. The book is about a high school football player who, after becoming discouraged about his size, starts using steroids to bulk up, resulting in negative effects on his life and personality.
Author: Sapphire
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: June 11, 1996
Challenged on an extracurricular reading list in the Horry County, S.C. school library (2011). The 1996 novel is based on the story of Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, who grows up in poverty. Precious is raped by her father, battered by her mother, and dismissed by social workers. The story follows Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, through her journey of learning how to read and be on her own. The novel was made into a critically acclaimed movie, Precious, in 2009, which received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, for the 82nd Academy Awards and Sundance Film Festival praise.
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Author: Nikki Sixx
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/VH1
Publish Date: September 18, 2005
Pulled from an optional, supplemental reading list in an Advanced Placement psychology course in Brooksville, Fla. Hernando High School (2010) because of complains about explicit language, descriptions of drug use, and photos. Written by the former bassist for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, it is a cautionary tale about the
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Avid readers of this blog and F135engine.com know that the Pratt & Whitney F135 is a direct descendent of the F119 that powers the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor. Now, the F119 has successfully reached its first hot section full-life capability of 4,325 total accumulated cycles during a recent test at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. This achievement was made possible through an accelerated engine maturity program and the resulting overhaul will provide additional insight into the long-term performance of this engine, as well as the F135.
This accelerated program, called "Compass Vector," is a Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force partnership to fly certain engines twice the normal rate under various environmental conditions. The resulting data highlights new sustainment opportunities that will maximize readiness for the world's most advanced operational fighter jet.
Meanwhile, production numbers for the F119 and F135 continue to climb at 360 and 21, respectively. The F135's scorecard now stands at more than 828 flights, 1,200 flight hours and 86 flawless vertical landings.
Fortunately, the Department of Defense has now terminated the F136 extra engine that never flew, wasn't wanted by two consecutive presidential administrations, and wouldn't be used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and other initial F-35 customers. In stark contrast to attempts by others to override the express wishes of the customer and taxpayer, Pratt & Whitney's latest ad pays tribute to those House members (later joined by the Senate), who rejected earmark-laden, pork barrel politics in favor of fiscal responsibility when it's needed most.
Implausibly, GE claimed until the very end that their still-developmental F136 engine could somehow outperform the Pratt & Whitney F135 that has powered every F-35 flight as above. But don't take our word for it; check out the latest reasoned opinion delivered by defense industry sage Dr. Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute.
We commend Congress and Secretary Robert Gates for their courageous decisions to defund and then terminate the F136. Whether it's on the flight line or Capitol Hill, actions continue to speak louder than words.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Progress Versus Promises
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"When I dare to be powerful, when I use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid" - Audre Lorde
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
What F@ckery is this? AL SHARPTON TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DUNBAR VILLAGE RAPE SUSPECTS!!!
I am a reasonable and sensible man. I consider myself pretty patient and sometimes very forgiving. However, when I reach my limit things don't stay so pretty. You see I use to have a pretty short fuse that used to get me into TONS of trouble. I learned to control that fuse for the most part because explosive anger takes away from one's credibility and demonstrates to outsiders that I can't control myself.
Today is one of those days where my anger will be evident in this blog post. I hope Al Shaprton has a heart attack and a stroke all at the same time. He is a useless, piece-of-shit, civil rights era reject, and isn't worth the flesh his sorry ass is printed on! Today, yes TODAY that fat bastard will be in West Palm Beach, Florida to advocate for the RAPISTS involved in the Dunbar Village Rape Case. To be fair, he'll also be in West Palm Beach filing a lawsuit to prevent the State of Florida from holding their Democratic Primary.
What disgusts me most about Al Sharpton and his "chitlin eating ilk" is their hypocrisy. After my counter protest of Sharpton and his Hate Crimes March in Washington, DC, I had been contacted by a resident of Dunbar Village, Ms. Citoya Greenwood. Ms. Greenwood thanked me for bringing more attention to DV and also wanted some assistance in planning a community town hall meeting to address the needs of the residents of Dunbar Village.
For those who are still unaware, DV is a hell hole on earth. It is the place where 12 black male teenagers forcibly entered the apartment of a 35 year old Single mother and her 12 year old son. It is the place where these junior sociopaths raped, tortured, and sodomized this woman for three hours. It is the place where her son was beaten, tortured, and mutilated and forced to have sex with his mother at gun point by these 12 little bastards. For months, not a single black "leader" or social justice group did anything to assist the victim and her son. It was not until bloggers like Symphony at Essential Presence, Gina at Whataboutourdaughters?, and Professor Tracey at Aunt Jemimas Revenge started blogging about this tragedy that MSM began talking about it. The rape occured on June 18, 2007. Where were you when it happened? Did you hear about it?
Fast forward to November 2007. I learn that the Pompadoured, Do-Nothing, Hypocrite himself, Al Sharpton would be in DC chiding the government for it less than stellar record on prosecuting hate crimes. This would set the stage for a confrontation that would ask him and his supporters, "Why the hell are you STILL silent?" There would be 5 of us and countless stories in several national newspapers. You would have thought that the publicity surrounding the ineptness of our black leaders would have shamed them into doing something to actually HELP the residents of Dunbar, but no. They greeted our protests with the usual response, "I didn't know" or " Well no one asked me" as if these opportunists EVER need an invitation to be media whores. Did the Jena 6 or Genarlow have to ASK anyone to get involved? Still, Al in fact was a liar. He had been invited to Dunbar on several occasions and for every invite he spurned or simply ignored the request.
It was not until Ms. Greenwood had contacted him directly, while he was in West Palm Beach for a completely separate event, that he and his NAN reps decided to tour the housing project. He had promised to be a part of the community Town Hall meeting (its dates were changed multiple times to accommodate HIS schedule) and he had even promised to spend the night in Dunbar Village just to get a feel for what the residents had been dealing with for years. He failed to show for the meeting and canceled 1 hour BEFORE he was supposed to show up citing inclement weather and travel conditions. No flights from NY to FL had been canceled. He simply failed to show. Ms Greenwood spent two months organizing and planning this meeting. She contacted elected officials, community groups, legal aid groups, and HUD officials. She single handedly brought them all together and Rev. Al PROMISED to be there. After all, the meeting was to convene on a Tuesday evening because that was the only time HE would be free.
He failed to show and Ms. Greenwood was forced to make this announcement to her community. She is now being harassed by other residents, Laurel Robinson, HUD Director for West Palm Beach, and has become a target because she chose to be a voice for the marginalized.
Reverend Al COULD NOT show up for Citoya, the rape victim, or the residents of Dunbar Village, but he can show up to ADVOCATE for RAPISTS! What kind of FUCKERY is that?!?!?!
The message is clear people. Negroes like Al want us to believe that Black people LOVE criminals. If we didn't, why are NATIONAL organizations so quick to run to the defense of violent black offenders and rapists? Why are black female victims ignored in MSM, while black male perps get TONS of media coverage followed by a rationalization spin doctoring that excuses their crimes?
I posted a piece that Professor Tracey wrote last Saturday about the Soul on Ice Effect and how it relates to the dehumanization of black women and children. READ IT!
I am drawing another line in the sand TODAY.
Posted by BLKSeaGoat at 11:50 AM
Labels: Al Sharpton, black men, children, domestic violence, Dunbar Village, rape, sexism, social justice, violence
2 comments:
- Naima said...
Wow you do have an anger management issue, stroke and heart attack at the same time. While that was cold I do agree with what you said. Maybe they need someone to go Karl Rove on their asses so we can get some results.
- March 12, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- BLKSeaGoat said...
LOL. Naima this was the REFINED post. My original posting called for people going apeshit on him and any other buffoon who sympathizes with his position.
I wish I could physically CASTRATE each little demon who raped that woman. Real Talk.
- March 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pre-School Storytime
Join us for Pre-School Storytime! Stories, films and music for little ones and the people who love them. Please take note of our new time - Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30a.m.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
My Antonia Book Discussion
On Saturday February 20, 2010, 2-3:30pm, the Barker Library will be holding a book discussion of this year's Big Read title, My Antonia by Willa Cather. Register at the Circulation Desk for our book discussion and receive a free copy of My Antonia along with a Reader's Guide. Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
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Big Read Open House
Please join us for an Open House as we celebrate this year's Big Read title, My Antonia. Come visit the library and sign up for our upcoming book discussion, check out our bulletin boad and displays and enjoy a musical performance by Kathy and Hannah Petersen.
Saturday February 13th, 2010, 2pm-4pm
Refreshments will be served.
Saturday February 13th, 2010, 2pm-4pm
Refreshments will be served.
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These are two child & pet and child & toy portraits I've done recently. If you would like one please email me for more info, or look at the listing on my etsy shop. Make sure you order asap if you are thinking for a potential Christmas present! Many thanks!
If you order in the next week you can use the code EARLYBIRD to earn 20% off anything in my shop!


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Obama Unaware of Status of Aunt, Campaign Says
Responding to a report that a Kenyan relative of Senator Barack Obama was living in the United States illegally, his campaign on Saturday said that he had no knowledge of her immigration status and that "any and all appropriate laws" should be followed.
The woman, Zeituni Onyango, referred to as "Auntie Zeituni" in a passage in Mr. Obama's memoir, applied for political asylum in the United States in 2004, but a federal immigration judge rejected her request and instructed her to leave the country, said a government official with knowledge of the case who asked not to be identified because of its sensitive nature. Ms. Onyango's legal status was first reported by The Associated Press on Friday.
Ms. Onyango is the half-sister of Mr. Obama's father and is part of an extensive network of paternal relatives with whom Mr. Obama has had limited contact, his aides said. Mr. Obama, who was largely raised by his maternal grandparents in a modest apartment in Honolulu, first met Ms. Onyango when he traveled to Africa as an adult.
On Saturday, David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Mr. Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, characterized the senator and Ms. Onyango as having "not a real close relationship." Mr. Axelrod said it had been "years, not months," since the two had spoken.
Ms. Onyango attended the ceremony when Mr. Obama was sworn in to the United States Senate in 2004, but campaign officials said he had provided no assistance in getting her a tourist visa and did not know the details of her stay. At the time of the ceremony, Ms. Onyango and another relative said in interviews that they had flown to the United States from Kenya to witness the moment. Mr. Obama last heard from her about two years ago when she called to say she was in Boston, but he did not see her there, the campaign said.
The reports about Ms. Onyango came on the last weekend of the hard-fought presidential campaign. Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, said his campaign had no comment.
Federal Election Commission records list a Zeituni Onyango on Orton Marotta Way in South Boston as making a series of contributions, totaling $265, to the Obama campaign, with the most recent contribution, $5, made on Sept. 19.
Mr. Obama's campaign said the money was being refunded. It is illegal for foreign citizens and immigrants without green cards to make political donations. Aides said that the donations came through the normal channels, and that no one at the campaign knew that Ms. Onyango was related to Mr. Obama or of her immigration status.
The Times of London first reported on Thursday that Ms. Onyango lived in "modest circumstances" in public housing in Boston. On Friday, The A.P. reported that she was in the country illegally and that her case had led to an unusual nationwide directive from the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring that any deportations before Tuesday's election be approved at least at the level of regional directors.
Kelly A. Nantel, press secretary for the agency, said she could not comment on whether a special hold had been put on any deportations related to the election because it was "law enforcement sensitive."
Ms. Onyango lives in a disabled-access apartment in South Boston, and worked as a volunteer resident health advocate for the Boston Housing Authority from December 2007 and August of this year, the Times of London reported.
On Saturday, a police officer was stationed outside the low brick public housing complex where Ms. Onyango lives. The officer said she was not at home and told reporters not to enter the building.
Several neighbors interviewed said they did not know Ms. Onyango and were surprised by the sudden attention to their modest complex on a narrow street in a mostly working-class neighborhood.


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Tyga – Hit Em Up ft. 2Pac x Jadakiss (Produced By DJ Mustard) [New Music]
As Tyga gears up for his for the release of his Hotel California album he gives us a single that features the voice of Tupac – because we all know he's dead – and Mr. RAspy himself, Jadakiss. Enjoy this on a day after the resurrection of Christ now the proverbial resurrection of Pac.
[DOWNLOAD HERE] Tyga – Hit Em Up ft. 2Pac & Jadakiss (Produced By DJ Mustard) || Audiomack Link


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Most of the times, during a fight or small quarrel or some misunderstanding situation, we don't mean what we said. We were angry at that time and sometimes don't realize what came out from our mouth.
Have you ever experience this? I know I have…..
We tend to say things that may hurt the other person's feelings and end up wih no solution but more anger.
This is unhealthy. Yes I know, easy for me to say than doing it. But the reality is we never really HATE the person that we quarrel with but instead we LOVE them dearly and that is why we can't stand it when they do something wrong or against us!!!
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This is a small collection of a unique area in Western Minnesota that has a small prairie containing a small forest surrounding it. The land is a nature reserve and therefore fairly wild. It is, however, surrounded by cornfields and cow pastures so you will hear the occasional distant cow. The prairie grasses and plants are abundant as is the insect and bird life. In fact, hot late summer days on the prairie often sound like night with their thick bed of crickets. But all these recordings happened in the middle of the afternoon.
We went there twice, once on a hot day in September, and again, 2 years later on a chilly early spring day in March and recorded in the exact same places. In June of 2015 we went there a 3rd time and recorded in QUAD! Prairies and Small Forests 2 Everything was recorded with the Sennheiser MKH 30/40 MS combo and was decoded (and printed XY) in post so no need to do anything to these files or worry about Dolby decoders. All we did was edit out slates, human movement, airplanes and such, otherwise the recordings are natural and un-layered.
All files are optimized for Soundminer integration, with comprehensive metadata embedded.
• Recorder used: Sound Devices 702.
• Format: 24/48kHz
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• Sennheiser MKH 30/40 MS Combo (already decoded)
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Enough already..you're ruining it!
There is something about getting lost in another world, whether it's fiction or real life, and getting so caught up in that world that it follows you throughout your day and every day life. And yes, I have no trouble admitting that the books that grab my heart strings the fastest and stay with me long after I'm done reading the last page are the ones about love. Not just between two people, but love in general. I've never been so overwhelmed by a book such as The Time Traveler's Wife. The underlying story of how a woman waits for the one man she couldn't help loving, her entire life was so heartbreakingly beautiful..I think I wept for a good hour after I closed the book. Seriously. That story is my favorite to this day - yes, even above Harry Potter. I think a lot of what I feel for and about a book also comes from where I am at in my life while reading a certain book. Or I at least always always personalize the story or relate it back to a similar event happening or that has happened in my life.
Once I read a book like that, I love to go back and reread favorite passages, pages, or even chapters over and over again just to relive the book a little bit. Now here's my dilema.
I am SO OVER all the Twilight Saga drama. It is over done, overrated, and is starting to become purely annoying. The movies, although New Moon was a much better success than Twilight, never even came close to being as good as (some of) the books...I love love love Kristen Stewart but she is a wretched Bella, and I my hopes for the next two are so low to begin with, that my growing annoyance with the whole thing is starting to overpower the love I had for those books. Maybe I'm being melodramatic myself, but I am also one of those people that will refuse to adapt to the growing technology that has created electronic books. The kindle and whatever else those evil things are called are just too much for me. There is nothing special about the keys, a flat screen, and pushing a button to get to the next page. But the smell of a new book, crisp new pages or even better..old fragile pages, bent and worn covers because you've read the book too many times..mmhhh :) what's not to love???!
So who knows. Maybe I'm just a little whiny. Maybe I'm just a little sour puss..but there was a point to my blog. That I am sick and tired of all the Twilight Saga drama!! Which is not normal for me. I got all my books at midnight, I was at all the midnight showings so far..but at this point, I don't want all that obsession, drama, and midnight showing bs to come back into my life. I'm just over it. It's so over done and at the end of the day, there is nothing special anymore about Edward and Bella and I've totally jumped sides and would pick Jacob :P And that has nothing to do with the fact that Jacob's abs are so much prettier than Edward's. He's simply warmer..and I hate being cold ;)
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The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my favorite books, and I've read it several times. Everytime after I finish it I just sigh...and I always have tears in my eyes. It is the most amazing, heartbreakingly beautiful love story I've ever read.ReplyDelete
And, I love me some Twilight as well! The movie sucked, New Moon was better and I've decided to have high hopes for Eclipse. I may be disappointed, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. lol. Plus, I LOVE staring at Jacob, although I am still Team Edward. haha!
See..you are me when I was waiting for New Moon to come out. Now I'm just done. Of course I still love staring at Jacob..and I'm not going to deny that I don't love me some dreams of Jacob :PReplyDelete
But it's almost like the specialness of the whole story is gone cuz of all the drama around it. mee..anyway :) Love yourself some Twilight!
I agree about some of the specialness being gone...I loved Twilight before it was big and the teeny boppers are ruining it a bit for me. lol. I totally see where you're coming from!ReplyDelete
Yea..the teeny boppers are definitely part of it. When I was doing my practicum student teaching @ Rocky Mountain HS and Blevins Middle School last semester..ALL the girls were reading it and I just thought "REALLY? Middle SCHOOL??"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 12:10 AM
Now you can get the toys at burger King :pReplyDelete
I'm not a 'twi-hard' and I hardly read books as much as I used to...but I do agree about the kindle thing...I love holding a book in my hands, and the sweet smell of new pages or the musty smell of old ones! (o; Mertle


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I have found some great statement necklaces in Warehouse over the winter months. I really like this one because it is pretty chunky yet still maintains it's elegance with the Jewell encrusted segments.
The unusual design of the necklace is really attractive and quite edgy so it's right up my street. I actually also really like the chain as it is different to all of the other chains on the necklaces that I have.
What do you think of this necklace? Do you have any statement necklaces from Warehouse?


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Considerably milder than of late and blessed with blue skies and sunshine, though the birding wasn't overly productive... probably not helped by the fact that I didn't get out until 2pm.
Freeman's Pools: 2 little grebe, 2 mute swan, 2 gadwall, 2 shoveler, 11 mallard, 2 wigeon, 2 moorhen, 8 coot, 1 snipe, 3 oystercatcher, 2 redshank. A meadow pipit was feeding on the bank.
Frog Pond: 31 wigeon, 2 mute swan, 4 mallard, 1 snipe.
Wildfowlers' Pools: 80+ mallard, 3 teal, 6 moorhen.
Aldcliffe Marsh was very quiet with a little egret, a few lapwing & oystercatchers, 2 shelduck and 2 mute swans plus a kestrel hunting along Dawson's Bank. Approx 110 Canada geese were on Heaton Marsh.
Freeman's Wood: Rather quiet, the only 'highlights' being the roosting tawny owl, a couple of bullfinch and a jay (which was a well-dudey yeartick!).