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Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Valentine Tag
Is valentine days important to you?
Duh..who the hell in this world don't like Valentines Day??!!XD
Do you have any boyfriend or girlfriend?
Lol yeah=]
How long have you been in a relationship with him/her?
A month and 14 days!!XD
Do you have a crush?
What do you think of him/her?
I think she's the sweetest girl i ever wanna meet!!!=]
What is the best Valentine's Day Celeberation have you ever had?
Coming Soon..=]
What type of guy/girl you like?
I like girls with radiant impression!!!
What is you perfect Valentine's Day?
Get to spend the whole night with her and my friends, drinkin!!!XD
What do you want for Valentines Day?
I want to spend time with her for the whole night^^
Who do you wish to see on that day?
I wish to see Suelyn and my friends...each with a girlfriend!!!!*hinting=Justin, Suilun, Yuming*
Do you believe in TRUE LOVE?
Lol i do...but i believe in 'Love in first sight'=]
Tag 6 person to answer this question.
Suelyn, Suilun, Wei Gin, Xin Yi, Kelvin, Jarrel
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
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T.G.I Sunday!!!!
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Tag Along: 12 parts of Questions
12 Parts of Questions
Part 1: On The Outside
Name: John Wong
Date of Birth: 27.June.1992
Current Status: In a relationship X3
Eye Colour: Dark brown
Hair Colour: Black,and brown
Righty or Lefty: righty
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Part 2: On The Inside
Your Heritage: Chinese
Your Fear: Heights, my own confidence
Your Weakness: looking at old citizen suffering under hot sun picking up old newspaper=[
Your Perfect Pizza: Loadz manXD
Part 3: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Your thoughts first waking up: great ma girlfriend "Good Morning"=]
Your bedtime: After 12 i think..
Your most missed memory: so many..sweet memories and bad=/
Part 4: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Lol it depends..movies then pepsi and if mcD coke=P
McD's or Burger King: McD of course..
Single or Group Dates: Lol it depends toXD but mostly i pick single=P
Adidas or Nike: hahahaXD why all also gotta say......depends also.....jeeezzz.....Adidas for sports*love them*and Nike for casual*respect them*
Lipton Tea or Nestea: Nestea=]
Chocolate or Vanilla: prefer Vanilla
Cappucino or Coffee: COFFEE!!!!!!! STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XD
Part 5:
Do You...Smoke:of course no....
Curse: According to my calculation...the percentage of John cursing perday is 91%XD
Drink: HELL Yeah!!!!!! BOOZ!!!@.@
Part 6: In the Past Month
Drank alcohol: HELL Yeah!!!New Years Eve
Gone to the mall: Lol like every week=P
Been on Stage: Its been awhile since we've been on stage=/
Eaten sushi: Nope=[
Dyed your hair: to lazy to think of dying=P
Part 7: Have You Ever?
Played a stripping game: ......
Change who you were to fit in: Lol so many people...
Part 8: Age
You're hoping to be married: Lol dont know how to answer this....
Part 9: In A Guy/Girl
Best Eye Colour: Brown or bluish=]
Hair Colour: Highlight of brown..
Short or Long Hair: Long...
Part 10: What Were You Doing?
1 minute ago: thinking of how to answer this tag
1 hour ago: having ma lunch
month ago: Trying to get the girl of my dreams??=]
1 year ago: In Tissa 1 having uber fun XD
Part 11: Finish The Sentences
I love: Her<3
I feel: Lonely><
I miss: Her and Tissa 1=]
I need: more emo, punk songs to fill up my phone!!!!
Part 12: Tag 5 People
One: random
Three: random
Four: random
Five: random=.=''
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year Peeps!!
Hey to all of you out there!!!!!!i would like to wish you guys the most prosperous New Year!!=]
On New Years Eve went over to Justins*Gaylord* place to celebrate New Years Eve....*suppose to be at Curve during that moment*..=.=..ok..then had some food prepared by the maid*i think* it was not as bad as it looks!!!!!XD*haha jk jk XD
Featuring!Mun Wai!!
and his team of Twister players!!!!XD
Charmaine the Emo one.
Butt sniffing frenzy!!!!!!!
AND MORE butt sniffing frenzy!!!!!!
hahaha i have found out that all of them playing TWISTER likes emo-ing....hmmm...X
ok here is my favourite moment of the entire party!!!!
THE Opposite Talk
*credits to Hitz.fm crew=P*
this is how the game goes...you are to do the opposite of what i talk not wat i do...long story..i'll play with you 1 day XD
ok there is a punishment when you fail to follow!!!drink and eat!!!! Aight you eat the leftovers from the party*duh* and the drink XD Yuuuuuuummmy!!!!!XD
the Backsitterz Combotail!!!=]
yummy and the ingredients are as shown below^^
you think its not so bad...haha wait till its drunk!!!XD
it was fun=] ended the year 2007 with a bunch of friends!^^next day went 1u walked around and decided to go play a round of softball on the roofXD
here are some pics=]
my bat=]lol
just a pic of my equipments for the gameXD
another pic of it! lol to bored while waiting=.=
pure pro^^
no comment for gay lord...XD
while on the way home my randomness took this pic lol*why the hell do i care to actually post it=.=*
that is all folks thanks for reading and may you all have a Wonderful New Year!!!!
~Dr3amX over and out~
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Hannah and i created a technique for de-stressing ourselves.
we'd write down are feelings at the time on piece of paper, or a letter to the person we were upset with and then have much enjoyment ripping the paper into tiny winy pieces.
i have to say i felt much better.
im so over everything at the moment. i cannot wait for the next few weeks to be over red rover.
i get home from school, watch Will And Grace, One Tree Hill or Dawsons Creek until i fall asleep. (yes of course i shower and eat).
Im in such a rut at the momemt and im dying to get out of it.
I love hearing about "Love Stuff". it makes me happy to hear that other people are happy with eachother.
im currently waiting, wanting, wishing; for something sponaneous to happen.
Ohh and Phoebe got a job interview with india!! me in china and her in india our food selections at lunch are going to be a hit!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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text: Spring brings the third annual Arts at Oakland event, on the evenings of May 20. Arts at Oakland Presents: Persephone will feature the work of visual artist Sanithna Phansavanh, in collaboration with contemporary dancers and the musical group Flight of Swallows. I'll be playing percussion, flutes & theremin. Visitors can enjoy food, beer, wine, and specialty cocktails as they experience the cemetery through the imagery & movement.


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Books as Means of Social Control
The means by which individuals are induced or compelled to conform to the usages and life values of the group are so numerous and varied that a classification is not possible. Though Informal control is the most effective type of social control, its effectiveness is somewhat lessened in large communities. In modern times the informal methods have given place to formal ones such as laws, education, coercion and codes. Education is the most effective means of control and the family is the most significant agency.
Pakistan is a multilingual, multi-ethnic and multi-religious society. But the Pakistani education system has always maintained the particular ideology which indicates that Pakistan is an Islamic state rather than a country with a majority Muslim population. This ideology has been reflected in the contents of government school textbooks and successive Pakistani governments have used this formal education system as a tool to social control to transmit and legitimize its political intentions (Mesti).
The research was carried out through both Primary and Secondary research methods. The Primary research was conducted by distributing a set of Questionnaires to two groups of research participants. The research participants (samples) were LUMS students. One research group comprised of students who haven't yet taken the Pak. Studies course in LUMS and the other comprised of those students who have taken the course. The Questionnaires were based on MCQ type questions. The Secondary research was carried out with the help of resources mainly from the internet and included scholarly articles, research papers, and newspaper articles etc. The secondary research was carried out to support the topic and to obtain relevant information. PRIMARY RESEARCH
The questions asked in the Questionnaires were regarding the history of Pakistan as taught to us through text-books. The answers by both the groups differed significantly. By analyzing the answers of both the groups, we found that those who have taken the Pak. Studies course in LUMS are of the view that the material that we are taught in text-books in schools and colleges is highly misleading and controlled. On the other hand, the other group was completely unaware of the reality and believed that which was taught in the schools and colleges as truth. The answers of both the groups showed how significantly the people of Pakistan (especially students) are controlled through the text-books. The findings are further analyzed in last section of the research paper and the questionnaires have also been provided with the research paper for reference. The phenomenon of social control through text-books was introduced in early 1980's in Pakistan. General Zia-ul-haq in order to legitimize his military coup and to socially control the people opted for the manipulation of the textbooks and so-called Islamization of the society by attempting to redesign all the textbooks of pre-university levels to include "distorted narration of history, factual inaccuracies, inclusion of hate material, a disproportionate inclusion of Islamic studies in other disciplines, glorification of war and the military, gender bias" (Mesti). Ministry of Education, the Curriculum Wing, the Textbook Boards and their collaborative writers, are largely from elites, who form a powerful group in Pakistani society. They empower themselves and their intentions through the manipulation of their social status and through the power of access to write textbooks the way they want. In this case manipulation is one of the discursive social practices of dominant groups geared towards the maintenance and extension of their power through providing information aimed at influencing the knowledge and the beliefs of the recipients. Put clearly, social control is...
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I adore C.S. Lewis. I have enjoyed Narnia and Screwtape…Mere Christianity, The Four Loves, and The Great Divorce… Currently, I'm in the middle of God in the Dock, a collection of essays and magazine articles. His writing is clear yet deep.
But even more intriguing is his story: an Atheist turned Jesus-follower, writing books that today's Christians find relevant and encouraging. Today's quote is one I have heard, but as I copied the words, I realized just how true they really are.
Who else would know our true selves more than our Creator?
The more I create (however lowly and humble) the more I know this to be true.


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Fuzhou (China): Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu today made history by clinching the women's singles title of the China Superseries Premier badminton tournament after she thrashed Chinese Sun Yu.
Seventh seeded Sindhu won the first game 21-11 but then was defeated by her Chinese opponent in the next 17-21 before registering a 21-11 triumph in the final game to clinch the title.
The final match of the series lasted for an hour and nine minutes and was also Sindhu's maiden Superseries Premier title.


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Was ther for lunch and had grilled cheese and tomato soup (the special). It took 30 minutes from order to food. Way too long, esp at lunch.
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Was ther for lunch and had grilled cheese and tomato soup (the special). It took 30 minutes from order to food. Way too long, esp at lunch.
If your doing the bike path from Saint Germaine to Boulder Junction this is a great place for lunch, service is excellent, food is excellent, doesn't get any better then that. Chicken Supreme wrap is my #1 favorite and everyone I was with enjoyed what...More
Fresh perch fried along with fries or potato salad, yummy slaw and baked beans. Pizza is a staple here.
Our server was really good. I feel bad I don't remember her name. Games kept kids busy. You can watch the games on the TVs. The food was good. If you like hot wings, try their buffalo wings.
We had a Friday night perch fry here a couple of weeks ago. It was good. Plenty of fish, and good fries and cole slaw. The service was slow and the decor is "Biker Bar," but we liked it enough to go back. Our granddaughter...More
Hey! You're "UpNort'" for a reason (will anyone read this review is who is a complete "virgin" to this experience?). So after dreaming about or actually landing that gi-normous muskie, go to JJ's, get a VERY COLD beer or three and order the Walleye Sandwich....More
We went here after biking for a late lunch (not many choices and we had already been to the Boulder Beer Bar). The Chicken Supreme Wrap was excellent. The meat was actually warm. Hubby had bacon and blue cheese burger grilled med rare (they got...More
Each spring, my husband and I look forward to opening our cottage and going to JJ's for lunch. We've never had a bad meal and the staff is very friendly. I love the chicken Caesar sandwich and the sweet potato fries. My husband's favorite is...More
Thin crust Hawiian pizza was 5 star! Very good! Good service. Easy parking. Cold beer. I'll be back. JK
We ate there at the end of our snowmobiling trip and it wasn't the best food around but wasn't terrible. I'd definitely pick a different place to eat next time.


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Optimizing the usable bandwidth and loss through core design in realistic hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Amezcua-Correa, R; Broderick, Neil; Petrovich, MN; Poletti, F; Richardson, DJ (2006-08-21)
Journal article
The University of Auckland Library
The operational bandwidth of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (PBGFs) is drastically affected by interactions between the fundamental core mode and surface modes guided at the core-cladding interface. By systematically studying realistic hollow-core PBGFs we identify a new design regime robust in eliminating the presence of surface modes. We present new fiber designs with a fundamental core mode free of anticrossings with surface modes at all wavelengths within the bandgap, allowing for a low-loss operational bandwidth of similar to 17% of the central gap wavelength. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.View record details
Control of surface modes in low loss hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers
Amezcua-Correa, R; G??r??me, F; Leon-Saval, SG; Broderick, Neil; Birks, TA; Knight, JC (2008)
Journal article
The University of Auckland Library
We report on the fabrication and characterization of hollow-core photonic bandgap ???bers that do not suffer from surface mode coupling within the photonic bandgap of the cladding. This enables low attenuation over the full spectral width of the bandgap - we measured a minimum loss of 15 dB/km and less than 50 dB/km over 300 nm for a ???ber operating at 1550 nm. As a result of the increased bandwidth, the ???ber has reduced dispersion and dispersion slope - by a factor of almost 2 compared to previous ???bers. These features are important for several applications in high-power ultrashort pulse compression and delivery. Realizing these advances has been possible due to development of a modi???ed fabrication process which makes the production of low-loss hollow-core ???bers both simpler and quicker than previously.View record details


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This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule, the creators of iPhone applications like Ocarina, has a cool "Feel the Love" contest running. Users who have Leaf Trombone can register to win $500 at http://www.smule.com/. You just need to sign-up, and get as much love from your friends as possible. They can listen to your registered performance, and send you love using Leaf Trombone or Leaf Trombone Lite- which is free! Whoever gets the most love wins!
AOL might be re-focusing on its dying access business. This three years after Time Warner Chief Dick Parsens said AOL was transitioning to an ad-supported business. Today, according to ad age, Jeff Levick, president of Global Advertising at AOL said, " We have a renewed perspective of the value of this group of people." Apparently, AOL sees an opportunity to get some good behaviorial data from them. And, AOL's subscription access business is still a good cash cow. According to Citi Investment Research, nearly 90% of AOL's EBITDA comes from its Internet access business. So it is not a surprise that AOL will try to continue milking it.
Giant electronics maker Sony plans a big marketing campaign this Fall for its E-reader. This is to gain market share against Apple's Kindle, which is the E-reader of choice these days. You have to wonder whether any company can be the killer innovator in electronics anymore. After all, Sony's built a mega-business around innovative electronics notably the transistor radio more than fifty years ago and the walkman back in 1979. Now, it has been beaten by an online retailer. How does this happen? The lesson is that anybody can create a gadget these days. Watch for the Missy Book Reader - coming soon.


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Spencer rolled over today! And he seemed pretty happy about the whole event, too! I captured the tail end of his second roll over one video, and waited patiently for a third, but Spencer decided he was done. The milestone took place at Chuck & Angie's house. Spencer and I enjoyed the gorgeous weather during the one mile walk each way. Their 15 month old daughter, Ashleigh, must have said "baby" at least one hundred times - she thought Spencer was pretty cool.
I forgot to say Happy Queens Day on Friday to my coworkers & friends in Amsterdam. During a conference call last week, we could hear some of the festivities already underway in the background.
That evening we met up with Heath & Kim & Chloe for dinner and a visit. Spencer's bath drew quite a crowd, and he proved once again that he is not quite ready to eat cereal from a spoon.
Shortly before Spencer was born our dishwasher died and it was more cost-effective to buy a new one than to spend money on the expensive replacement parts. (Having a quiet dishwasher now is very nice, I have to admit.) Jim did all of the work himself. Right now, he's in the kitchen saving the day as a handyman again. Last week, our microwave developed an interesting new feature: it would turn ON when the door was opened! After doing some investigation and research, he picked up a new microwave and will be finishing the install momentarily.
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Fathers and Sons
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher:Penguin Books
Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" explores the ageless conflict between generations through a period in Russian history when a new generation of revolutionary intellectuals threatened the state. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated from the Russian by Peter Carson, with an introduction by Rosamund Bartlett and an afterword by Tatyana Tolstaya. Returning home after years away at university, Arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend Bazarov to his father and uncle. But their guest soon stirs up unrest on the quiet country estate - his outspoken nihilist views and his scathing criticisms of the older men expose the growing distance between Arkady and his father. And when Bazarov visits his own doting but old-fashioned parents, his disdainful rejection of traditional Russian life causes even further distress. In "Fathers and Sons", Turgeneve created a beautifully-drawn and highly influential portrayal of the clash between generations, at a time just before the end of serfdom, when the refined yet vanishing landowning class was being overturned by a brash new breed that strove to change the world.Peter Carson's elegant, naturalistic new translation brings Turgenev's masterpiece to life for a new generation of readers. In her introduction, Rosamund Bartlett discusses the novel's subtle characterisation and the immense social changes that took place in the 1850s Russia of "Fathers and Sons". This edition also includes a chronology, suggested further reading and notes. If you enjoyed "Fathers and Sons", you might like Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories", also available in "Penguin Classics". "One of the first Russian novels to be translated for a wider European audience. It is a difficult art: in this superb new version, Peter Carson has succeeded splendidly". (Michael Binyon, "The Times"). "If you want to get as close as an English reader can to enjoying "Turgenev", Carson is probably the best". (Donald Rayfield, "The Times Literary Supplement").
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This is a wonderful way to help me quit drinking soda. I tried to quit with just drinking water and I didn't have to much luck . With this infusing pitcher I have had much more success. . I got a ebook of different recipes . It has a lot of amazing recipes. All I do is put my fruit , vegetables, herbs or whatever I want in the infuser . Then I can add my water , tea or whatever . These recipes are wonderful replacements for soda . I save a lot of calories and sugar . I'm so in love with my new infuser. It is Shatter proof acrylic so if I drop it , it isn't going to break. I received this infuser at a deeply discounted price in exchange for my honest opinion.
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Funny Book Titles
Good morning, book-lovers. How funny is this website of better titles for popular and famous books? Their take on The Very Hungry Caterpillar is my favorite.
Today Luke and I are working ("working") from our favorite coffee shop in Davidson, which conveniently happens to be next door to our favorite independent bookshop. Another convenient detail? I'm due to cash in on my loyal customer store credit and pick up my 10th hardcover book for free. I would love to hear your book recommendations. Right now I'm debating between Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken, Swamplandia by Karen Russel or The Informationist by Taylor Stevens. What have you read and loved?
(PS, the latest installment of my Decatur bookstores feature is going up later today so keep an eye out. The bookstore in question is only the greatest, most wonderful children's bookstore in the state-country-hemishphere-world-universe: Little Shop of Stories!)
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We woke up to the most beautiful new fallen snow.
Who else but God can create such beauty?
Beautiful indeed.Love the huge icicles.God the master artist creates the most lovely scenes.THanks for sharing these beauties.
Looks like a winter palace over there!
Awe-inspiring post, Jessica.
Beautiful! The sun was shining on icy branches the other morning and I was dying to get some pictures... or course Erin was sleeping, though, which dashed those plans!
I agree...to God be the glory!


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Am gonna hit the Big Three next year and I am just wondering if I should start taking collagen supplements?
Been reading and doing some proper researches on it and I am considering between Meiji Collagen Powder and Milcolla Collagen Powder. I tried the AFC collagen pills but I am taking way too many pills… lol!!! I am taking my prenatal multi vit on alt day with the 丛草 capsule that my MIL bought for my, vit C, folic acid, EPO, etc….
So!! should i start additional collagen intake?


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Strolling, Sipping, and Shopping
This weekend is packed with very special and diverse events for Makers-on-Hudson throughout the Hudson River Valley.
|Mermaid Bag by SOHandmade
On Saturday, why not take a walk across the beautiful Walkway Over the Hudson? The Hudson Valley Art Market will be presenting Make Her Day, a lovely selection of "artists and artisans, musings and musicians, sippings and samplings in addition to multi-generational Make-Your-Own gifts in order to truly Make-Her Day!" Sarah, of SO Handmade, will be there from 11 - 4. If walking across the river is not your thing, then just stop by for a leisurely stroll around the market and get your Mother's Day shopping done.
|Wet Felted Painting, Iona Island, Hudson River
Kathryn, of HuzzahHandmade, is the Artist of the Month, at ReMADE, in Beacon, N.Y. Kathryn's felted wool paintings will be featured for a month beginning this Saturday. She will be on-hand for the opening from 6 - 8PM. Please stop by to share a glass of wine, some refreshments, and to see her new work. ReMADE is a little gem of a shop that includes only handmade, locally sourced work. It's Second Saturday in Beacon so there will be lots to do and see.
|Ceramic Platter by Hester's Studio
For your next stop this weekend, also in Beacon at the Howland Cultural Center, please meet Hester, of Hester's Studio, who will be bringing her hand-built ceramics to Mid Hudson Etsy Makers Pop Up Market.


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Here's a test shot I'm working on for the film "Estefan". It's still pretty rough, but let me know of anything you think should be improved.
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Warrior Vector Displaced
Here is a progress shot of the warrior. I had a breakthrough this weekend. I got mudbox to export out sculpt layers as blend shapes in Maya. The result of this will be a very high level of detail at a very low polygon cost. I have the face blends shapes done and am taking time this week to add muscle blend shapes. Here's a shot of him with what I have so far of his costume. This is rendered in Maya through mental ray with a vector displacement map.
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Even though deafteens.org did not make a lasting appearance online, the story behind developing the website is, to me, a miracle. I got to see teens, families and communities come together to take an idea and make it a reality. That to me is the best part of deafteens.org.
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text: THE ROLE of religion throughout history has been extremely powerful. Indeed it could be argued that it has affected human beings in every stage of society. In a hunting/gathering society human beings felt themselves surrounded by inexplicable forces. An erupting volcano was the voice of a god, lightning was a battle of invisible titans and the mysteries of birth and death could not be explained by any natural process. Into this enigma of existence strode the shaman, the soothsayer and the modern priest, imam and assorted holy men. A career in the black arts of superstition was rewarding.


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February was the first month for the Queen Bee Card Swap. There are seven of us participating, all local to our area. First we created packets of supplies to swap. The idea is to use materials from the packets in your cards each month. But we do not have strict rules. Really, we just wanted to swap cards with each other. Kristy gave me some really great supplies:
I colored in some of the images she stamped and created a simple flower card series:
This was a great project to use up some cardstock and shades of brown ribbon. Can you tell I am ready for spring? Looking forward to next month's swap!


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United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division
July 7, 2014
FRANK BURKS and CORNELIUS L. JONES, JR., Plaintiffs,v.UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., Defendant.
MARIA VALDEZ, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs' complaint alleges racial harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. ("Title VII"). This matter is now before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 61]. For the reasons that follow, Defendant's motion is granted.
At all relevant times, Plaintiffs Frank Burks and Cornelius L. Jones, Jr. were employees of defendant UP, which is an employer within the meaning of Title VII. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶¶ 1-2.) Both plaintiffs were hired by UP as Signal Helpers, reporting to orientation in Boone, Iowa on January 3, 2011. ( Id. ¶¶ 5, 19; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 1.) They were the only two Black employees in the orientation group. (Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 1.) During orientation, they were told by Morgan Riley, Manager of Signal Construction, that they would be employed as Signal Helpers through December 31, 2015 or until the company moved in a different direction. ( Id. ¶ 3.)
Both plaintiffs were aware that they were required to be familiar with and comply with UP's policies and procedures, and they were provided with a copy of UP's equal employment opportunity ("EEO") and affirmative action policy at the time they were hired. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶¶ 6, 20.) Both were subject to a Collective Bargaining Agreement that covered the terms and conditions of employment. ( Id. ¶¶ 7, 21.) The job of Signal Helper was subject to a ninety-day probation period. ( Id. )
A. Burks's Employment History
After his orientation, Burks was assigned to Zone 5, under foreman Craig Krogmeier, who in turn reported to Riley. ( Id. ¶ 8.) The job duties for Signal Helper included installing, constructing, wire, digging trenches, climbing poles, and assisting, but Burks primarily dug trenches. ( Id.; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 8.) Burks was first terminated on February 9, 2011, after only twenty days on the job. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 9.) He was discharged by Chad Smith[2] at Riley's direction because "it wasn't working out." (Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 4.) Burks complained to Melissa Schop, in UP's EEO department, alleging racial discrimination in connection with his termination. ( Id. ¶ 8; Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 10.) Schop investigated the complaint and found no evidence that Burks's termination was based on race. Instead, she concluded that he had not been properly coached or given an opportunity to improve his performance before being terminated. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 10; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 8.) Burks was then offered reinstatement in exchange for signing a general release containing a new ninety-day probationary period. Burks claims that he was "forced" to sign the release because he needed employment, but he does not allege any facts demonstrating that he did not voluntarily sign the agreement on May 5, 2011. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 11.)
Burks returned to work on May 24, 2011 on Zone 5 in Boone, Iowa, reporting to a new foreman, George Hoy, who also worked under Riley. ( Id. ¶ 12; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 9.) Burks was the only Signal Helper on the gang. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 12.) Burks believed Hoy to be a racist based on Hoy's alleged harsh treatment of him. (Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 9.) Burks claims that during the morning of May 28, 2011, he was required to dig trenches for four hours in the rain, which was accompanied by lightning and thunder. ( Id. ¶ 9A; Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 13.) The U.S. Government Weather Station in Boone, Iowa reported zero precipitation on May 28, 2011, and the National Lightning Detection Network reported zero lightning strikes for a fifteen-mile radius surrounding Boone, Iowa for the same time period. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 13.)
After only seven days of working under Hoy, Burks sought a transfer. ( Id. ¶ 15.) Burks admitted that Riley reviewed his performance fairly and accurately for the seven days he was on Hoy's gang, and he further admitted that Riley allowed Burks to be paid for Memorial Day even though he was not entitled to be paid for the holiday. ( Id. )
Following his complaint, Burks was transferred to Zone 4 reporting to foreman Rod Storbeck, who in turn reported to Riley. ( Id. ¶ 16.) Burks claims he did not suffer any racial harassment or discrimination once he worked for Storbeck, and he liked the job so much he thought he "went to heaven." ( Id. ¶ 17; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 9A.) Thereafter, Riley signed off on an evaluation of Burks's performance that Burks considered to be fair and accurate. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 17.) Burks successfully completed his probationary period on August 23, 2011 and was later notified that the Signal Helper position was being abolished as of October 10, 2011. ( Id. ¶ 18.)
B. Jones's Employment History
After his orientation, Jones was assigned to Zone 5, reporting to foreman Clay Smith. He was later assigned to Zone 4, reporting to Jeremy Bates for a few months before returning to Smith's gang on Zone 5. ( Id. ¶ 22.) Although the job description for Signal Helper included the duties of laying wires and cables into the ground and changing signal lights, Jones primarily dug trenches. ( Id.; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 22.) Jones satisfactorily completed his probationary period around April 3, 2011. (Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 10.)
Jones claims that Smith once made him sit in a truck that was still cold and another time, Smith made him loosen up bolts out in the cold, although he admits it was a one-person job. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 23.) After he returned to Smith's gang from Bates's gang, Jones claims that Smith did not call him for a job and thus he did not get paid. ( Id. ¶ 24.) Jones also claims that Smith threatened to write him up for not picking up a shovel on May 20, 2011, but he does not know whether Smith fulfilled the threat, as Jones only saw one write-up from Smith, and it was not for this alleged infraction. ( Id.; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 24.)
On May 30, 2011, Jones alleges that Smith told him to stop shoveling, but he did not tell anyone else to stop shoveling at that time. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 25; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 29.) At some point in 2011, Smith also told a Caucasian employee who had not filed an EEO complaint to stop shoveling. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 25.) Jones claims, however, that Smith screamed at him but did not scream at any other person on the crew to stop shoveling. (Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 25.)
On June 8, 2011, Smith commented that something (either a gate or a truck) was now "working like a striped monkey" or "running like a striped-ass monkey." (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 26; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 26.) Jones admits that Smith did not make the remark to him or to any other person, but he was present when it was made and thought that it was in reference to his biracial children. ((Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 26; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(B) ¶ 26; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 27.) Jones thereafter lodged an internal EEO complaint with Schop about the "striped monkey" comment. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 27; Pls.' LR 56.1(b)(3)(C) ¶ 28.) After investigating the complaint by looking online in the Urban Dictionary, researching in a book called "The Color of Words, " and speaking to two African-American colleagues, Schop concluded that the comment was not racist. (Def.'s LR 56.1(a)(3) ¶ 27.) Jones contends that after he made the complaint, Smith would only communicate with him through others. ( Id. ¶ 28.) Jones made no complaints to anyone at UP about any racially discriminatory conduct other than the "striped monkey" comment. ( Id. ¶ 29.)
Jones was notified on October 10, 2011 that the Signal Helper position was being abolished in Zones 4 and 5. ( Id. ¶ 30.) Paul Skinner, a Caucasian employee who did not file any EEO complaints, had his position as a Signal Helper abolished at the same time. ( Id. )
C. Plaintiffs' Applications for Promotion
Before they were allowed to take the Skill Battery test required for promotion from Signal Helper to the position of Assistant Signal Person, employees were first required to apply online for an open position. ( Id. ¶ 31.) Burks in Jones were not eligible to apply for the Assistant Signal Person position until ...
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awk '{print "cd /home/user/stuff;./bin/stuff "$3" `dirname "$3"` auto-`date +%Y-%m-%dT$H-%M-%S`"}' work-to-do > sgecommands
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This script takes a filename from the third whitespace separated field of each file of the file "work-to-do" it uses this as the argument of a command (at /home/user/stuff/bin/stuff). The second argument of this command is the directory of the first argument. The third is a name generated from the current date. These commands are generated and then submitted to an SGE queue using qsub (the queue is called myqueueq). As always probably useless to anyone but me.
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I have just invested in some second hand pedals via mobile , an interactive purchase,
the owner Josh is on holiday in Salt lake city and his bike was behind the gas station in Torrey,he said take what you want and pay what it's worth...brilliant!!
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I've been doing my fair share of reading these days. The Marriage Plot, the Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, and now, Jack Kerouac's famous novel On the Road.
All books take you somewhere, but Kerouac's novel literally takes you across the country in a wild, mad, ceaseless journey to find something. To find "it." The narrator is Sal Paradise, a writer looking for inspiration. He traverses the U.S., from New York from California, jumping trains, hitching rides with women, men, truckers, and Mexicans. He does drugs, stays up all night, picks cotton, and breathes in the Pacific. It's captivating.
Saturday, I tuned into Car Talk (we only have a few more months to listen, folks) and heard a woman in her 40s asking Click and Clack about her own personal road trip. She was leaving her hometown, and heading to Oregon and California to drive down Highway 1 and through the desert.
All this talk of road trips really does give a girl the itch to travel. Wouldn't it be just brilliant to leave this messy house behind and drive around the country for three months?
With that as inspiration, I've pulled together my very first "roundup.' I've pulled together a smorgasbord of items I would need (and want) on the road.
Perhaps you're going on a road trip this summer. Is there anything you'd simply have to have?
By the way, Hollywood is making a modern movie based on Kerouac's On the Road. Here's the cast. Here's the trailer. Yes, that's Kiersten Dunst. I'm in.


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I think I was just a big jerk to my new neighbor.
I came home from dinner and there was a strange girl on my stoop. As I was getting out of the car, another strange girl came out of my door and left both the doors to my house open. (Cardinal sin #1, according to the somewhat anal landlord.)
Note: By strange, I mean strangers-to-me, they were in fact both your typical upper-or upper-middle class white girls from Penn.
By the time I said goodbye to my fun-friend Anitha, I had missed saying anything to the girls. So I waited at the entryway, because I know that I would be freaked out if I went to get a box from a car and some weirdo chick bolted into my house and locked the door.
This was the conversation:
Me: Hi! You must be my new neighbor. I didn't want to scare you by going into the house and closing the door without introducing myself.
Her: Hi, my name is ___. Sorry I can't shake your hand with this big box in my hands.
Me: I'm Kathryn. Do you want help? Can I guard the door for you while you and your friend bring the boxes inside?
Her: No, no. I was just going to prop the door open. Is that okay?
Me: (Here's where I get all craptastic in the neighbor department) Oh, this neighborhood can be a little dicey sometimes, and everyone in the building helped me move in, I don't mind helping at all!!! I think I owe something to the universe or something for all the help I got.
Her: No, no. We'll just move the boxes in first and not take them upstairs until we get them inside.
Me: Okay, are you sure you don't want any help.
Her No, thank you. Nice to meet you Kathryn. (Making mental notes about how paranoid and freakish her new neighbor Kathryn is)
Me: Okay! Goodnight! Welcome to the building. (Making mental notes to stop being weird and screechy with new-little-cute-girl neighbors who have no idea how to handle non-frat-boy-non-sorority-girl neighbors.)
Me: (sarcastically in my head) Great. That went well.
PS to this post... I got my new phone. Once I get all the numbers entered and figure it out, then I will resume normal contact with the world.


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Check please!! Your waiter tonight, Dave Dwonch, tells a tale of working for the Schulz family during some hard times. Mostly during the lean years when alterna-comics like the Far Side and Calvin were ruling the papers. According to Dave the family asked him to step in and come up with the end all be all of specials to air during the holiday season. Dave is a deep thinker and came up with what he thought might be the best plan of attack. Well as you see from above, what he came up with did not exactly fly with the conservative, family friendly network execs. They just could not wrap their mind around Chuck eating poor Lucy after she ripped that damm football away, again. Well we have been doing some digging in the Schulz family archives and we dug this up for you completists. Don't forget to tip!!
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LAMBS - Blister
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Mr Bill & Friends - The Collaborative Endeavors
Soundcloud and this is a collection of these tracks, full of glitch goodness and gnomish science.
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OuD!n13 - Lost in This World
Feel like a small moon.
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ProleteR - Feeding The Lions
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Romo & Sincjack - Chase the Universe
this nerve-soothing EP from US producers Romo and Sincjack. I used the second track in my first mix, but honestly, I don't quite remember where I found it. Probably on the Dusted Wax Kingdom's Facebook Page. Your favourite netlabel for a reason :)
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The Baron
I'm beginning to think that it may not be as hard as I thought to find good rock'n'roll in the free world. But compared to free electronic music, it is quite rare.
There you have it. Rock'n'roll, blues-rock, hard rock, progressive rock, a condensed of all this in these three, and they are completely free, you don't even have to ask yourself how much you'll give.
I'm going to search for more non-electronic free music, but I'm not promising anything because you never know...
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Birthday Special : Boogie Belgique - Blueberry Hill
I'm writing this in advance so I hope there is snow today. Cheers to all the people supporting and/or following the blog. And thank you.
Keep sharing :)
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|E.'s new shirt (please do not pin or re-post)
She wanted to wear the shirt as soon as she saw the applique, before I'd managed to attach it to the shirt. I'll call that a success.
I used the Tiny Tumble Tee pattern, the baby version of the Tumble Tee from Imagine Gnats. The shirt's a long one, since it can double as a a dress, and E. is skinny, so she hasn't yet outgrown the tiny version. The two shirts I made her about a year ago from the same pattern still fit. The neckline's still a little gappy, but I didn't feel like experimenting with neck binding today. It fits over her head and stays on, and it's comfortable.
I used a chunk of blue jersey knit that came from a friend's destash. I had to cut the back of the shirt in two pieces and seam it together because I couldn't convince it to work any other way. Leftovers can be awkward shapes. The Pokemon fabric came from the same friend. I found the only piece on there with a whole Pikachu, ironed it onto some interfacing, and then ironed the whole thing to the shirt with some Stitch-Witchery. Then I tried out the applique stitch on my sewing machine. It appears to have worked, but of course, the proof's in the washing (not the pudding). If it stays on after a few trips through the washer, I think it will do.
I'm not sure what's on the docket for Kid's Clothes Week tomorrow. Probably another Pokemon applique of some sort, since I cut out about half a dozen other Pokemon to use. Perhaps a pair of shorts for the warm weather. We shall see.


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Well, let's just say it's the rest of the herd. OK? Sancho is a smaller build than the others so we'll put him with Baby Ray in a separate area .
Chocolate is the only Siri. He has longer locks. All the rest are Huacaya
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Greedy Russian military officers crash two trains into each other with the warheads aboard one causing a nuclear blast. The accident is a cover for the theft of some of the weapons for sale to terrorists and rogue governments. In the U.S., intelligence officer Lt. Col. Tom Devoe, isn''t fooled. Neither is Dr. Julia Kelly, the acting head of a White House task force on nuclear smuggling. Devoe and Kelly team up to find the nukes, but one warhead is missing. It''s in the hands of Dusan Gavrich, a grief-stricken terrorist planning to call the world''s attention to the war in Croatia with a nuclear explosion in Manhattan.
In a small Illinois village in the 1950s, everyone knows the gorgeous and rich Abbott sisters, but working-class brothers Jacey and Doug Holt are the lads that have the girls' hearts. While shy Doug only has eyes for Pamela, womanizing Jacey switches between sisters Eleanor and Alice. His mistreatme
Matilda is an extraordinary girl, a child of wondrous intelligence. Unfortunately, her neglectful and deeply stupid parents, Harry and Zinnia Wormwood, are too wrapped up in their own lives to care, or even to notice, that their daughter is a budding genius, in love with books and with learning. When the Wormwoods finally grant Matilda''s wish to attend school, they bundle her off to Crunchem Hall, a bleak brick prison where students cower before the whip, hand and fist of principal Agatha Trunchbull. Amid Crunchem''s darkness, Matilda finds a single light in warm-hearted Miss Honey, the first-grade teacher who recognizes the girl''s remarkable skills--including a very special talent that allows the spirited girl to turn the tables on the wicked grown-ups in her world.
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From the "Woodgate's View" blog, December 31, 2012. An excellent piece. Read it in it's entirety by clicking here.
"[My relationships were] like I was in these movies where the script was only half-written. When I'd get to the end of this half-script, the other actors wanted me to ad lib. But I had never gotten the hang of that. That's why these movies were always box-office failures. Six of them in the past twenty years. I always blew the lines." ~ from my horrible first novel "Learn How To Pretend." (unpublished)(obviously)
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Jean Rhys
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An unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair in her quest for self-determination, Jean Rhys' "Good Morning Midnight" includes an introduction by A.L. Kennedy in "Penguin Modern Classics". In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young, single women. In "Good Morning, Midnight" Rhys created the powerfully modern portrait of Sophia Jansen, whose emancipation is far more painful and complicated than she could expect, but whose confession is flecked with triumph and elation. One of the most honest and distinctive British novelists of the twentieth century, Jean Rhys wrote about women with perception and sensitivity in an innovative and often controversial way. Jean Rhys (1894-1979) was born in Dominica.Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into various jobs before moving to Paris, where she began writing and was 'discovered' by Ford Madox Ford. Her novels, often portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities, were ahead of their time and only modestly successful. From 1939 (when "Good Morning, Midnight" was written) onwards she lived reclusively, and was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with her account of Jane Eyre's Bertha Rochester, "Wide Sargasso Sea", in 1966. If you enjoyed "Good Morning Midnight", you might like Rhys' "Voyage in the Dark", also available in "Penguin Modern Classics". "Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling, cynical, and surprisingly moving". (A.L. Kennedy).
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Let's put another Dj(ane) from Berlin [Anja Schneider] and watch some pictures:
After writing my last blog post I stumbled upon this intersting book: Smiling Berlin. Lasse Walter shows Berlin's mentality via pictures. The coolest ones I could find I like to share with you.
Brunching in Berlin takes hours and hours. Love to watch the crowd consisting mainly of the three PARs:
-party hoppers
-party poopers
Graffiti is part of the Berlin cultural self-concept. There is said to be a graffiti saying "Pups mal" (Just fart)
There is art in every corner of Berlin. Sometimes there is a stylish store, or a painted wall (of course, there is East Side Gallery where they painted on the Berlin wall what is now the biggest freestanding outside-painting in the world), or just a mushroomish kind of thing:)
... Never leave a place out where you could be creative;) ... Dancing outside in the streets is the greatest. Unfortunatelly Berlin no longer carries out the Loveparade (neither does another city after what happened this year in Duisburg). But there are a lot more festivals in Berlin where you can freak out: Karneval der Kulturen, carnival, festivals inside the different boroughs or the Christopher Street Day where about 600.000 gays and friends are going crazy half-naked.
**Noch ein paar Berlin Impressionen fürs Fernwehkonto hier**


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The Sacrifice of Praise
Impossible it seems,
Amidst my shattered dreams,
To break the power of discontent
To which my selfish soul is bent.
And yet I make the choice
In all things to rejoice;
To offer thanks in everything
And teach my weary heart to sing.
It is my Lord's command,
And by His strength I stand,
So, even in my darkest days,
I make the sacrifice of praise.
If I will but obey
And cast my doubts away,
He always will the faith impart
To praise Him wholly from the heart.
A sacrifice it is
To bend my will to His,
But, oh, the peace and joy it pays
To make the sacrifice of praise!


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I've gone and taught myself to knit! 😀
Dun dun DUN!
Well, technically I learned from a YouTube video, but there wasn't anyone standing by showing me what I was doing wrong or telling me what to do. I wish there had been though! Knitting is no joke!
I still need a LOT more practice, and I know my form is absolutely horrid, but I am super proud of myself for finally doing it!
I was determined as soon as I was directed to this fabulous YouTube video by Chandi from Expression Fiber Arts.
This video is so helpful and Chandi is adorable.
I was browsing through the crochet category on WordPress and I came across this blog. Thank you so much for finding this video!
I had tried to knit in the past, but the video I watched was sooooo confusing and I couldn't even cast on. It was terrible. I hid my needles in my yarn bin (ottoman) never to be seen again.
Until now.
It's pretty slow-paced – much more so than crocheting, but I'm sure as I get more used to it and can hold the needles better it will get a lot faster! When I'm comfortable with the basic knit stitch, I'll move onto the next thing – the purl! Can't wait!
It's a nice little break from crocheting, although I was basically taking a break already. ;P
Oh, and it turns out it's more comfortable for me to knit left-handed even though I'm a righty which is funny because my sister is a lefty and knits right-handed! According to the video, it's because I crochet and I'm used to holding the yarn with my left hand.
In case you're wondering, and most fiber arts lovers do, I'm using Lily Sugar & Cream Stripes in "Violet."
It's fun to learn something new!


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专辑名称: A Thought Crushed My Mind
专辑歌手: Blindside
发行日期: 2000.01.18
专辑语种: 英语
专辑类型: Alternative Rock/Metal
唱片公司: Tooth & Nail Records
压缩比率: MP3 CBR 128kbps
来自瑞典、1994年成军的Blindside散发出的光芒,仿佛北欧金属音乐的新慧星,在平静的北国天空划出一道惊叹号! Nu Metal代表P.O.D力挺这几个与他们同样浑身刺青,活蹦乱跳的毛孩子.
The style of this album is extreme. This is hardcore all the way. I think their goal was to see how many guitar strings and drum heads they could break while still keeping a beat. This is truly "loud" music right here. The energy on this album is incredible.
Some of you like music like this, and many of you do not, but before you disregard this album, let's look at the lyrical content. "Vow of silence," the album opener for A Thought Crushed My Mind, is about hiding from God, and how God's love can set you free. The next two tracks are similar, but come from a little bit different perspective. "My mothers only son" talks about a guy who does not want to admit he has a problem. Then at the end of the song Chris says "so why don't I have the guts to tell You he's me." The next track is "Act," a song about not dwelling in the past. From here, the song meanings shift a little.
"Silver Speak" offers beautiful lyrics about being persecuted for being a Christian. "Where Eye Meets Eye" follows nicely as it is practically a worship song. It is a shame that the vocals are hard to understand by just listening to it. "Nara" is a cool song, but the fact that it is sung entirely in Swedish hinders it. "In the air of truth" is another beautiful worship song about asking God to do something in his life.
"Across Waters" is an interesting song. It is about breaking up with a girl, but it is no way typical. It is bassically a prayer for him and the girl that they would each follow God's plan. "Nothing But Skin" is a very emotional and heartfelt song that Chris wrote about himself. Following the closer, there is a really cool industrial-style hidden track.
The overall theme of A Thought Crushed My Mind is to be real with each other and God. We need to admit that we are not perfect and allow God to work in us. Blindside's lyrics are very poetic -- so much that I think they are too good for this style of music. I love hardcore, but lyrics this good should be heard more clearly.
01. Vow Of Silence
02. As You Walk
03. King Of The Closet
04. My Mother's Only Son
05. Act Listen Listen
06. Silver Speak
07. Where Eye Meets Eye
08. Nara
09. In The Air Of Truth
10. Across Waters
11. Nothing But Skin


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Villa Miramar
Beach villa with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and private pool in Aldeia do Meco, Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Booking cost: £0.00
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Villa to rent in Aldeia do Meco, Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Modern villa with swimming pool and sea view, located into a really quiet area close to Aldeia do Meco village, 3 km away from the beach and 40 km away from Lisbon.
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Villa overview - owner's description
Modern villa with swimming pool and sea view, located into a really quiet area close to Aldeia do Meco village, 3 km away from the beach and 40 km away from Lisbon.
A large living room and dining open space with fireplace overlooking the ocean.
Modern kitchen, very well equipped.
1 bedroom en suite with double bed + bathroom with bath tub and shower
1 bedroom with double bed
1 open bedroom on the mezzanine upstairs with 2 single beds
1 bathroom with bath tub and shower
Internet Wi-fi
The villa itself is integrated in a quiet neighborhood.
It has a garden and private pool (8m x 4m – depth 1.40m )
An attractive outdoor dining area with a table and chairs for 6 persons, BBQ and sun beds.
Trampoline, table tennis, Football table and 2 bicycles.
Parking for 2 cars.
Restaurants: 9 Km
Supermarket: 7 Km
Pharmacy: 7 Km
Beach: 3 Km
Alfarim: 5 Km
Sesimbra: 8 Km
Lisbon: 40 km
Setubal: 33 km
Bicas beach is 3 km and Meco beach is around 5 km away.
The villa is located 1km away from a few shops.
Sesimbra is 8 km away and Alfarim. is 5 Km away, where you can find a reasonable range of shops, bakery, butcher, bank, post office, supermarkets, and for those who like to cook their own fish/seafood, there are nearby fish markets at Sesimbra.
The region has excellent wine cellars that you can visit. Wine, cheese and the small Swiss roll (tortas) are the specialties of the region.
Sesimbra, the closest city, is famous for fish and shellfish restaurants.
Praia das Bicas is 10 minutes walking, Sesimbra and Praia do Meco beaches are 5 -10 minutes by car.
Surfing is popular at Praia das Bicas.
For diving, Portinho de Arrábida and Sesimbra beaches have some of the most interesting diving in Portugal.
Sailing, windsurfing and canoeing can also be enjoyed nearby at Lagoa de Albufeira.
For the golfers, there are 5 recommended championship golf courses: Quinta do Peru (20 km), Aroeira I & II (27 km), Montado (30 km) and Tróia (40 km).
For horse riding lovers, there are a few riding schools in the region:
- Centro Hípico do Convento de São Domingos, Azeitão
- Centro Hípico Granja Paraíso, Sesimbra
- Centro Hípico Quinta do Picão, Azeitão
There is also a choice of other local activities such as wine tasting tours, boat trips, diving, fishing expeditions, kite surfing, dolphin watching, cycling trails and climbing.
The region is rich in historical heritage, as there are several old churches and castles to visit.
Breakage deposit: 400€
Preferred changeover day: Saturday, in July & August
Earliest arrival time: 16:00 pm
Latest departure time: 10:00 am
This villa does not have any reviews but the agent has 38 reviews for their other properties.
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Outside this villa in Aldeia do Meco, Lisbon Metropolitan AreaThis villa is in a village and in a quiet area near the beach. It has a pool, a balcony, a barbecue and a sea view. Car hire is recommended as the villa is less than a 15 minute walk to at least a couple of shops, bars and restaurants; however parking is available if required.
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- 24 June - 29 June 2018: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 30 June - 20 July 2018: changeover day is Saturday and the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 21 July - 24 August 2018: changeover day is Saturday, bookings must be for whole weeks only and the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 25 August - 31 August 2018: changeover day is Saturday and the minimum stay is 7 nights.
- 1 September - 21 December 2018: the minimum stay is 4 nights.
- 22 December 2018 - 4 January 2019: the minimum stay is 7 nights.
Surcharge when booking length less than 1 week
£70.29 per night if the booking is for less than 7 nights, paid with booking
3 bedrooms, Sleeps 6:
- 1 double bed and en suite
- 1 double bed
- 2 single beds
2 bathrooms including 1 en suite, 1 Separate WC
Swimming pool
Private pool, Size 8m x 4m
CD player, Internet / WiFi, TV Languages in English, Local
Living area seats 6, Dining area seats 6, Iron / board, Towels / linen, Washing machine, Car hire recommended
Cooker, Crockery, Cutlery, Dishwasher, Fridge, Freezer, Glassware, Kettle, Microwave, Oven, Pots / pans, Toaster
Balcony or terrace, Barbecue, Parking, Sea view
Table tennis
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Vintage Adverts: There's an authority on every subjectPosted: February 7, 2015 Filed under: 19 magazine, 1970s, Inspirational Images, Jaeger, Jan de Villeneuve, Vintage Adverts Leave a comment
I… I don't even know where to start with this one. Except that the clothes are lovely and that it has the lovely Jan de Villeneuve in it (and how she's managing to look so cool with all that going on in the background I will never know…).
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YouTube is the third most visited website in the world, and by far the most dominant video platform on the internet. It has been around for over five years, and many could not imagine their life without it. So despite having a noticeable advertisement coverage, how is YouTube making a loss year after year?
It seems that all YouTube videos have ads both within the video and in the space around the video. However only 30% of YouTube videos contain any form of advertising. This is because many YouTube videos aren't about good advertising topics. For example, a video tutorial about a game wouldn't attract much advertising, as the only possible ads would be advertising the game. However if a person is watching a tutorial of a game, it is very likely that they already own the game. In addition to tutorials, YouTube contains a lot of alternative and offbeat videos that are not suitable for ads.
If YouTube was not owned by a wealthy company it would not exist today. Luckily YouTube is owned by a multi-billion dollar company Google. Google is willing to fork out hundreds of millions of dollars each year to keep YouTube running, hoping that eventually it will start turning a profit. Unfortunately there is no guarantee it will, because as the site gets bigger and makes more money, the cost of running it will also increase.
So why is YouTube so expensive to run? YouTube consumes much more bandwidth than most other websites due to the fact that all of the content is videos. Videos take up an enormous amount of bandwidth, and there are a lot of them. In addition, all of the videos have to be kept somewhere. Even the ones that were uploaded years ago and have gotten no views. And then there is partner revenue sharing, staff wages and other costs that come with running a company.
Google has been paying for YouTube for over five years now, and has not seen any return in the investment. Recently YouTube has been trying to get into the commercial content area (movies and TV shows), so that it can attract high paying advertisers. These new ventures must be successful if YouTube is to survive. It is likely that Google's shareholders have been putting pressure on Google to squeeze some money out of YouTube, which explains the company exploring into new areas. However if not successful, sooner or later Google will be forced to give up YouTube. And who will buy a company that has been losing hundreds of millions of dollars annually for its entire life?
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That's interesting, I'm surprised as I imagined YouTube made money
me too, I imagine that with all the adds and users it's making good money.


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Reversa seduces top honours at CMA Awards gala
Taxi Montreal's brilliant work for the brand won both Best of the Best and Gold in its New Media category.
Reversa's saucy seductresses scored top honours at last Friday's Canadian Marketing Association Awards Gala at Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle. The Montreal-based Dermtek Pharmaceuticals brand took home Best of the Best for its 'See More Side Effects' website, seemoresideeffects.ca, which features confident older women seducing hunky twenty-something men. The clever concept helped Reversa translate its $50,000 online investment into a 30% POS boost. The work, by Taxi Montreal, also won Gold in the New Media: Interactive and Pharmaceutical categories.
Another big winner was Fallsview Casino Resort, which won Gold in the Leisure and Customer Management: Customer Loyalty categories for a fun DM invitation it sent out last year for a New Year's Eve party. The single-sheet piece, by Toronto-based agency Proximity, at first glance looked like a typical black tie invitation, but folded out to reveal a funky disco shirt and details about a party featuring the popular disco band Kool & the Gang.
Rogers also took home multiple Golds in Interactive: Email and Integrated over $1 million.
And Montreal-based Twist Image was awarded the first ever Digital Innovation Award for its work for clients like Bombardier, TELUS, Unilever and Rogers.
MC's Bianca Barbucci, VP/MD of Publicis Montreal, and Stephen Brown, SVP/GM of Toronto-based Fuse Marketing, received surprise kudos as Honourary Lifetime Members for their outstanding contributions to the CMA and the marketing industry as a whole.


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Via Neddy at EotW, we learn of the story of a squabble between Karin Morin and her daughter, Daisy, a 22-year-old senior at Stanford. At issue is the university's policy of allowing gender-neutral living arrangements — that is, men and women sharing the same room — in its co-op dormitories. In the co-op, housing arrangements are decided via consensus. Daisy skipped out on the meeting on housing arrangements, an ended up in an "unusually large" quad room with two women and a guy. She didn't take issue with the set up she was assigned, and didn't want to cause a stir after everyone else had arrived at a consensus.
But the elder Morin was less sanguine about the proposition, and said that Stanford had misled them about its housing policy.
Stanford and at least 50 other colleges and universities are promoting through their dormitory arrangements an ideology of gender that we personally reject and oppose. There will probably be plenty of families willing to bet their children's happiness on the prestige of a Stanford degree. We, however, are not among them. We told our daughter that we would not pay for her final quarter — if she wanted to stay at Stanford, she would have to take out a loan. When she protested that we were changing the terms of her attendance at the university, we told her that as far as we were concerned, it was Stanford that had changed the deal. Our morality is not for sale.
Obviously, her parents reserve the right to not pay tuition to Stanford, but it seems like it would be more spiteful to Daisy (who took out loans for her final semester.) In Daisy's response to the NYT blog, The Choice, she suggests that that's sort of the point.
Living in a co-ed room at Stanford is entirely optional. I certainly knew that there was a possibility of living in one in my house. I could easily have chosen not to live in the house and/or not to live in a co-ed room. … It made no sense to inconvenience a lot of busy people over something that wasn't actually a problem for me.
This conflict has very little to do with Stanford and gender-neutral housing. Is has everything to do with my parents having a hard time adjusting to the fact that I'm out of the house (I'm the oldest), I'm 3000 miles away, and -especially- that I'm a liberal agnostic while they are conservative Catholics. The NR really should have looked into this situation a little bit before publishing that article.
It's also worth noting that these policies are an attempt to create safe space for LGBTQ students.
Some may leap to prurient conclusions about a policy allowing a young man and woman to share a dormitory room. But perhaps surprisingly, the policy here is less about sex than about sexual politics and the increasingly powerful presence of gay and lesbian groups on campus. …
Still, sexual orientation is a complicated, and growing, issue for college housing offices. While gay students at some schools have pushed for coeducational rooming, those on other campuses have moved in the opposite direction, seeking to segregate in housing of their own.


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Half term has definitely crept up on us. We were invited into the school to watch P1s class assembly. Since joining this school and especially since starting Year 1, she has completely blossomed. Every time we watch her at school she seems to grow with confidence. P1s assembly was about penguins and the South Pole. This is what she's been …Read More »
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"I think I wouldn't be as worried if she was actually being sick"
My big lady is off school again. It started Monday evening. She was tired, has been for over a week, and refused to eat. She managed half a sausage for her dinner. On Tuesday morning she woke at 6am complaining of feeling sick which I put down to being hungry. I tried to get her to eat her breakfast but …Read More »


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At times, our worries and anxieties can overwhelm us. In addition, our worries can distort our perception of what is reality and what is not. Here is a brief list of techniques that you can use to help gain a better perspective on things during your anxious moments.
When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something relaxing. A person should take a deep breath and try to find something to do for a few minutes to get their mind off of the problem. A person could get some fresh air, listen to some music, or do an activity that will give them a fresh perspective on things.
Remember that our fearful thoughts are exaggerated and can make the problem worse. A good way to manage your worry is to challenge your negative thinking with positive statements and realistic thinking. When encountering thoughts that make your fearful or anxious, challenge those thoughts by asking yourself questions that will maintain objectivity and common sense.
When overwhelmed with worry, a person may encounter a lot of scary thoughts coming at them all at once. Instead of getting upset, remember that these thoughts are exaggerated and are not based on reality. From my interviews with various professionals, I've learned that usually it is the fear behind the thoughts that gets us worked up. Ignore the fear behind these thoughts and your worry should decrease.
Be smart in how you deal with your fears and anxieties. Do not try to tackle everything all at once. When facing a current or upcoming task that overwhelms you with a lot of anxiety, break the task into a series of smaller steps. Completing these smaller tasks one at a time will make the stress more manageable and increases your chances of success.
Remember that all the worrying in the world will not change anything. Most of what we worry about never comes true. Instead of worrying about something that probably won't happen, concentrate on what you are able to do. Everything else you can leave in the hands of God.
In every anxiety-related situation you experience, begin to learn what works, what doesn't work, and what you need to improve on in managing your fears and anxieties. For instance, you have a lot of anxiety and you decide to take a walk to help you feel better. The next time you feel anxious you can remind yourself that you got through it the last time by taking a walk. This will give you the confidence to manage your anxiety the next time around.
It is not easy to deal with all of our fears and worries. When your fears and anxieties have the best of you, try to calm down and then get the facts of the situation. The key is to take it slow. All you can do is to do your best each day, hope for the best, and when something does happen, take it in stride. Take it one step at a time and things will work out.
Stan Popovich is the author of "A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods" - an easy to read book that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For info go to: http://www.managingfear.com
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