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As a result of amendments introduced in the original GPEL model the new version of GPEL model became an openly stimulating instru ment. In case everybody paid in addition to meet the level of tuition set by an institution of higher education then it would have been irrelevant from financial point of view whom to accept. Then this plan would not have worked as a stimulating mechanism aimed at attracting best school leavers who would bring more funds because the best and not so good school leavers would have brought the same funds equal to the tuition amount set by an institution of higher education25. In transi tion to this plan when in some cases imbalance between tuition and value of GPEL categories is not reimbursed and in reality institution for higher learning redistributes funds received from paid students in fa vour of free education students stimulating role of GPEL manifests itself very clearly because enrolment of weak school leavers instead of strong ones will considerably influence financial state of the institu tion. At the same time, there is a risk not to recover these financial losses by way of raising tuition. Excessively high level of tuition in the circumstances of limited solvent demand of population can frighten potential consumers making them to choose other institutions of higher learning. Thus, institutions of higher education are interested in attracting precisely best school leavers out of all possible candidates for education in a given institution of higher education.
2.Computation of GPEL categories Value calculation of GPEL categories is done on the basis of such parameters as: higher education budget, share budgetary expendi ture distributed by GPEL, GPEL scale, distribution of persons ac cepted to institutions of higher education by GPEL types.
Situation when value of a GPEL surpasses declared tuition is excluded because such cases are very rare.
While developing GPEL model it was envisaged that all expendi tures of higher education budget for current year would be distributed by GPEL. However, later amendments were introduced to this scheme.
In developing proposals on GPEL implementation (2001) the struc ture of higher education budget (according to RF Ministry of educa tion) was the following (Fig. 5).
Scholarship fund was taken out of GPEL model on the following grounds: because there will be a new system of scholarships accord ing to which there will be a division of scholarships on academic (pro gress in education) and social (material well being of student's family) ones, then distribute scholarship fund on GPEL basis in proportion to the number of students is inexpedient.
This argument did not hold water because in transition to new scholarship system the share of scholarship fund allocated to institu tion of higher education was determined depending on the number of students who study at the expense of budgetary funds. Then the vol ume of scholarship funds was to be distributed by a decision of Scien tific Council into two parts: for paying academic and social scholar ships. Theoretically one and the same student can receive simultane ously two scholarships: academic and social. The same procedure of distributing scholarship funds was envisaged in case of GPEL system.
From the overall amount of received through GPEL budgetary funds, it was possible to separate the share of scholarship fund and then by the decision of Scientific council divide it into academic and social parts.
Fig. 5. Higher education budget structure Another issue posed a serious problem: should those students who did not get into 50 per cent best ones studying which any charge re ceive a scholarship (and in what amount). If scholarship fund includes all funds received by institution of higher education on GPEL system then the students who pay additionally for their education above the GPEL value should partly get scholarships. Due to the fact that it was unclear how to do it, in order to avoid difficulties it was decided to ex clude scholarship fund from distribution on GPEL system.
Expenditure of equipment was excluded too on the following grounds. First, budgetary allocations on equipment constitute a very small share. Institutions of higher education very often have to pur chase expensive types of equipment. That is why it is necessary to con centrate and not to scatter funds as it happens in case they are distrib uted on GPEL basis. Second, implementation of coefficients of "capital intensive" on types of institutions of higher learning is difficult because lately technical institutions of higher education opened such specialties as economics and management. The same arguments were given re garding budgetary funds allocated on capital repairs of buildings and facilities. Correspondingly, these funds were excluded from GPEL model. Later on "transfers to population" were also excluded from GPEL model as weakly linked with the number of students.
Calculations were made along three main versions when on GPEL basis were distributed:
- Salary including unified social tax, other current costs and payment for utilityservices (70 per cent of the higher education budget);
- Salary including unified social tax and other current costs (about per cent of the budget);
- Salary including unified social tax (about 25 per cent of the budget).
In the final analysis RF Ministry of education and Ministry of finance chose the second version. Payment for the utility services, which then constituted 11 per cent in the budget of higher education, was excluded from the GPEL model. The conclusion was that these type of expenses should not be distributed according to GPEL model because facilities and building were distributed between institutions of higher learning when first priority was given to technical specialties and it is necessary to heat and light these facilities and buildings despite the fact that these institutions of higher education are not so popular and students with low GPEL categories will go to study there.
It can seem that the choice of the share of higher education budget, which is distributed according to GPEL model does not have any rela tion to the higher education accessibility. However, it is not so. The higher the share of budgetary funds to be distributed according to GPEL model, then the higher, other things equal, will be the value of each GPEL category. In this case ratio between the value of each spe cific GPEL category to the tuition is higher and this fact will influence consumers more.
For example, in case 70 per cent of the higher education budget is distribute according to GPEL system, i.e. with the utilityservices, value of GPEL categories would have varied between 21.9 thousand and 3.thousand rubbles. During 2002 experiment 59 per cent of the higher education budget was distributed according to GPEL model. Then value of GPEL categories was the following26 (Table 11).
Table Value of GPEL categories in 2002 experiment GPEL category GPEL value, in rubbles 1 14,2 7,3 3,4 2,5 1,Without a category At the tuition of 18–19 thousand rubbles (common tuition in provin cial institutions of higher education) it turns out that the share of 3 rd category set in the experiment constitutes 21.7 per cent and the share in GPEL model with the distribution of the utility services constitutes more than 34 per cent. It is clear that in the second case consumer will exert more influence on institutions of higher education, on the one hand, and on the other hand, consumer from a low income family will be able to choose more actively an institution of higher education and specialty.
Let us examine other parameters of GPEL model, which influence calculation of its value and, correspondingly, indirectly tell on accessi bility of higher education to different strata and groups of population.
For quantitative description of GPEL model and for analysis of transition results to the new financing system on the basis of GPEL model (leaving outside calculation of GPEL value) it is necessary to make assumptions about:
- Distribution of the results obtained by all persons who passed USE by GPEL categories that is ration between USE results and GPEL categories;
Approximate correspondence of 1 to 5 categories of GPEL to GPEL definitions, which were introduced originally: 1st GPEL category is rather А+, and not А++, 2nd – А, 3rd – B, 4th – C, 5th – D (with financial provision), but without category D (having the right to enter a university).
- Ratio between each GPEL category. Final value of each GPEL cate gory depends on that. GPEL scale depends on the priorities facing educational policy in each moment of time and in principle these priorities can change with years;
- Share of persons entering institutions of higher education who re ceived different GPEL categories (it is assumed that the higher the category of GPEL the higher the share of persons who own it enter institutions of higher education);
- Distribution by types of institutions of higher education ("strong", "middle of the road", "weak") of persons who own different GPEL categories.
Distribution of persons who successfully passed USE by GPEL cate gories Distribution by GPEL categories must reflect real progress of school leavers and students of initial vocational education as well as knowl edge of those persons who finished school or other educational establishment, which provide complete secondary education, in previous years and decided to pass unified state examination this year in order to continue education in a university. It was envisaged to introduce five GPEL categories where A+ category corresponds to the best USE results and D category corresponds to the worst USE results.
It was assumed that the share of persons receiving categories A+ and D in the overall number of persons who passed ESU should correlate to the share of best school leavers who finished school with a medal, on the one hand, and school leavers will lowest marks, on the other hand.
According to statistics the share of school leavers finishing secon dary education with gold or silver medal on average in the country con stitutes 3 per cent. Unified state examination carried out in 2001–demonstrated that the share of those who pass USE with low marks or can not pass it at all come to 20 per cent. These estimations allowed justifying assumption made in GPEL model regarding distribution of persons who passed USE by GPEL categories. Two possible variants of distribution of persons who passed USE by GPEL categories were ex amined – "rigid" and "flexible". It was assumed that according to "rigid" model the share of persons passing USE and receiving A+ category would constitute 3 per cent and that only 10 per cent of those who passed USE would receive second category A.
"Flexible" model envisaged high share of those who received cate gories A+ and A (А+ – 5% and А – 15%). However, categories B D to gether comprise 80 per cent of all those who passed USE and in "rigid" model this indicator comes to 87 per cent. In 2002 experiment "rigid" model was implemented. However, the share of persons who received first GPEL category surpassed 8 per cent, which was close to "flexible" model.
Distribution of GPEL categories by each of mentioned models is given in Table 12.
Table Distribution of persons who successfully passed unified state examination by GPEL categories GPEL Rigid model, % of persons passing Flexible model, % of persons passing category unified state examination unified state examination А+ 3 А 10 B 40 C 30 D 17 Calculation scale is another important parameter of GPEL model, which determined final value of different categories. This scale should provide ratio between values of different GPEL categories. Two scales were examined: radical and moderate. Their parameters are given in Table 13.
Radical scale gave advantage to most capable young people of those who passed USE. Other things equal, its implementation reflects government's desire to make more accessible for most talented (judg ing by USE results) young people education in prestigious institutions of higher education, which are in high demand. Moderate scale is de signed to level the value of GPEL by categories. Its implementation en visages more equal distribution of funds by GPEL when in the circum stances of shortage of financial resources the state strives to guarantee at least minimum level of assistance for the majority of students.
Table Value ratio between different categories GPEL GPEL category Radical scale Moderate scale А+ 3.5 2.А 2 B 1 C 0.5 0.D 0 Distribution of persons who entered institutions of higher education by GPEL categories A decision to enter (or not to enter) an institution of higher learning taken by an individual to a great extent depends on GPEL category. If GPEL category is low it can make a school leaver to postpone enrol ment till the next year and repeat an attempt to pass USE once again in order to improve the result or to refuse to obtain higher education in favour of, for example, secondary vocational education. Because not everybody who passed USE enter universities the structure of enrol ment into institutions of higher education by GPEL categories does not coincide with the structure of division of persons who passed USE by GPEL categories.
In given model calculation of structure of enrolment into institutions of higher education by GPEL categories was made from an assumption that the share of those who after passing USE decide to enter universi ties constitute 75 per cent (in the cities this number is higher). It is logi cal to assume that all individuals who receive GPEL categories A+ and A take decision about entering universities. The most numerous is the group constituted by persons who received GPEL category B by USE results. From that group the number of those who will try to enter a uni versity will constitute 90 per cent (part these young people will not try to enter due to financial constraints and desire to pass USE in the future).
The share of those who will try to enter a university from category C will also be relatively high – 70 per cent. The lowest share of those who will try to enter a university are among category D – 30 per cent. Because they demonstrated the lowest marks when passing USE and the level of their knowledge does not correspond to the requirements set by institu tions of higher education. Besides, according to GPEL model do not receive any budgetary financial assistance in their future education.


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Although the title to this blog entry could encompass 10,000 blogs for 10,000 years, both divine healing and god's love are subjects that have been increasingly calling my attention for the past several weeks. My husband and I have both become disillusioned with the standard "church" and with the standard "religion". We are both desperately seeking that personal relationship with Jesus. It can be frustrating at times- it seems as though there is a universe up for grabs for whosoever has the faith to grab it. Divine healing is only the beginning of the miracles that can be performed by someone who is truly in tune with the holy spirit. God's love is so overwhelming and unconditional that sickness could not possibly be in His plans. Therefore if it is not of God, then what is it?
I have been listening to Curry Blake's healing seminars as of late and I am still in the very first handful of mp3s. But he has said some very profound things that have impacted how I live my life and how I view everyday things. He said that there is only black and white and if something is gray, then it is black. Simple enough, but the implications are truly profound. If something is not godly, then it can only be of satan.
I am truly inspired and encouraged by the teachings of men like Curry Blake, and of the information provided by websites such as: revivalorriots.org, iamaspirit.org, and several others that have captured my attention. There are multitudes of Christians out there who have become tired of religion. The legalism that has placed conditions on God's unconditional love has kept countless Christians from realizing a true relationship with Jesus- the saddest consequence of all. Many well-meaning individuals attempt to comfort each other with words such as: you were stricken with this illness in order to further God's glory. But, if we are truly God's children as it plainly says in the bible, then how can God want his children to suffer? There are so many bible verses that reference healing and I am still in the beginning stages of reviewing them all.
I will continue to post as this journey unravels itself. I am excited to keep learning about divine healing and I am encouraged to keep seeking an even-closer relationship with Jesus.

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The trinity is a implied and necessary Christian doctrine for soteriological reasons. Your diatribe displays your simplistic hatred for Christianity and that is about all. Any Christian who think he or she can explain the trinity in a rationalistic and logical way is crazy and I would agree that they would be fools to do so. What you are doing here is creating a parody of such Christians- but not dealing fairly with the real topic of trinitarianism. Where is this deep animosity to Christianity coming from? Were you forced as a youngster to go to Sunday School? Have all of the Christians you met been idiots like the caricature you create?
One thing I have seen before- sometimes God calls those who are the most zealous againt Him to join the team. Maybe He's working on you and you just keep "kicking against the pricks".


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As of today, KDE SC 4.6.5 is in natty-updates for all users. This brings 11.04 up to date with the final KDE SC 4.6 update produced by KDE plus some additional high priority fixes. This is the third time in a row we've done this:
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Words of wisdom from Paula Deen
Quotes from Paula Deen's Kitchen Wisdom:
"Bein' rich is having leftovers. Good leftovers make yo' tongue fly outta yo' mouth and smack yo' brains out." Leftovers sound painful. Painfully good.
"Nobody better get between a fat girl and her food, 'specially if the girl's me." Amen.
"I never met a Campbell's soup I didn't like." Me neither Paula, me neither.
"Michael said one day that I was the only person he knew who put butter in her cornflakes." I don't know anyone that does this, but it sounds strangely delicious.
"Oh I would be so teed off if I didn't put butter on my biscuit one mornin' and I walk out there and a truck hits me. And there my ass is, lyin' out in that street to die healthy. Oh, nooo, darlin'." Perhaps I should rethink this whole diet thing.
"And if I find mold and spoiled food and opened cans without covers and a funny smell in someone's refrigerator when I'm lookin' for a can of soda-well, I'm going to be too plump busy to go to her barbecue." Ditto.
And finally my personal favorite...
"You know, I am so sick of cuttin' on my television and everyone on it is obsessed with livin' forever. Well, I have a news flash: Ain't none of us gettin' out of her alive."
You don't get much more real than that.
18 comments:
- Too Many Hats said...
I was reading those with her Paula accent - cannot read them any other way :)
- September 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- KiraAJ said...
hehe so was i Too Many! BUT i bet i sound way worse seeing im not good at her accent then u throw in my aussie accent on top of it LOL my son wanted to know what i was crackin up about so i read it out allowed to him accent n all and he raised one eye brow and looked at me and walked away...his 6 mind u LOL.. I love Paula ive always wondered what it would be like having her in ur family or just as a friend!
- September 3, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- April said...
LOL, I love those.
- September 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- The Royal Family said...
paula deen always makes me think of this chocolate cheese ball recipe thing and makes me want to try them.
yummmmmm great now i'm hungry!
- September 3, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Carla said...
Amen, Sister, Amen:)
- September 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Jen said...
Paula is awesome! Those are some good quotes there.
- September 3, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Aleta said...
ROTFLMAO - "ain't none of us gettin' out of her alive." OMG - SO freakin true! We need to enjoy life, no? That includes GOOD FOOD! Hehe. Loved this post!
- September 3, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Jody said...
You know Paula is someone you love while hating at the same time.
You can't help but find her funny and cute and wonderful.
But at the same time there is this tiny part of you (errr me) who thinks MY GOD SHE IS ANNOYING.
But those sayings are right on aren't they.
- September 3, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Kat said...
I had so much fun when I saw her in person. She is just hilarious. And all these quotes?! I had no idea...
- September 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Jody said...
LMAO you totally win. Rachel Ray is WAY more annoying and irritating!!
- September 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- foxy said...
too funny! apparently i need to get myself a paula deen cookbook... that is my kinda woman!
- September 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- CaraBee said...
I love Paula! I have one of her cookbooks (Thanks to the uber-awesome Lula) and I watch her show all. the. time. I also kind of have a crush on her sons. Both of them. Something about men with those accents AND they can cook. Yummy.
- September 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Shannon said...
That's some sound advice right there. Love me some Paula Deen. Just wish Ang and I could've met her when she was here...
- September 4, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- Cathy said...
I love Paula..
- September 4, 2009 at 2:11 AM
- Queenie Jeannie said...
Paula Deen is fabulous!!! Her restaurant in Savannah is wonderful!
- September 4, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Roxane said...
I love Paula! I wish she was my neighbor...seriously!
- September 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Angie's Spot said...
I'm so glad you're enjoying the books! Paula is my main gal. She just doesn't know it yet. :-)
- September 5, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- Morgaine Pendragon said...
These are so awesome! I love Paula! I had the opportunity to meet her a few years ago while in Savannah at her restaurant. She is sweet and down to earth.
- September 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM


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"New Zealand wants a world-class education system, but if students can't afford heating, housing or sufficient food how are they supposed to focus on learning?" said tertiary education spokesman Gareth Hughes.


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Again, this prop gun is for my Kiritsugu Emiya cosplay for Otakon 2012.


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Tonight is our Son's High School Homecoming dance
His date was so thoughtful she gave him a tie to wear that matches her dress
so excited to see everyone all dressed up
Lovely! Some of your pink outfits would go nicely with the pink shoes I featured on my Pink Saturday post! =]ReplyDelete
I am in love! But then again I am a Ralph lover!
Sad thing is.. I would buy all these outfits...but I live in scrubs and jeans and COWBOY BOOTS!!!
Lovely dresses and blog. Blessings, DEReplyDelete
lovelovelove Ralph :)ReplyDelete
Just lovely! so classic! Blessings on your weekend.ReplyDelete
The pink color is so pretty and soft and feminine! I love the pink jacket!ReplyDelete
Simply beautiful!
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LOVE the pink!!! Love Grace Kelly too! :)
And how sweet that your son's date gave him a tie for tonight's dance!
Happy "Pink Saturday" to you! :)
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Very lovely! Delightful. Love the soft pink colors.
this post makes me soooooooo happy. thank you for gorgeouslovely images and sweet thoughts.
This is a fabulous Ralph Lauren showing. I think I love every piece. He has a style that is always perfection.
Happy Pink Saturday, Pam.
If I were a Hollywood star I'm gonna wear that dress on the forth photo for Golden Globe. Its super cute.
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Design notebook – possible problems
by Number One | 20161003
'Lo again, Visitor. The next phase of preparation for your Major Design Project is upon you. This job will require weekly work before you can claim your paycheck. Are you ready?
To help you get ready for your Major Design Project, this is a long-term job. Every week, you'll need to come up with at least one idea for a problem that might work well as the core of your Major Design Project. Good problems
- are broad enough that there are many possible solutions (if you can think of the perfect solution right away, it may not be a broad enough problem)
- are narrow enough that
- they can be addressed via a project in about 15 months
- both the problem and solutions can be clearly defined in measurable terms
- require a product solution (problems that require a digital-only solution are not allowed in Design Technology)
- are genuinely needed by a specific group of people (and may be usable by a much larger group)
- improve the world; maybe they're more sustainable than existing solutions; or maybe they address a social need that is going unmet; or they serve a population that would not normally be able to acquire new designed products; and so on
- allow for a wide range of creativity in creating solutions
Do you understand all that, Visitor? If so, click the button.
All right, we're on the same page now. So, each week, I expect that you'll write up a design problem in your Portfolio. Number One will see your post and comment back. Once he approves the idea, he'll tell you to come back here to collect your paycheck. That's your cue that you've done a good enough job defining that problem that Number One thinks it might work as an idea for your Major Design Project.
The overall goal here is to collect at least 4 very feasible ideas for your project by the beginning of November. If you can write up more ideas than that, you'll be ahead of the game and in great shape to start Criterion A of the project. The more good ideas you can gather to pick from, the more likely you'll produce an outstanding project.
First step - write up your first problem in your Portfolio. Then click the button here.
Ok, Visitor, now it's up to Number One. He'll write back a comment on your post indicating when you can pick up your paycheck(s) here. You keep coming up with other ideas--at least one per week, except WwW--and come back here each time Number One approves them.
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To those of my dear, delicious friends who witnessed my disgraceful breakdown yesterday, I am most terribly sorry.
To those of you who tried to help (Henrik and Narcissus, most especially), you have my undying gratitude.
And to Lin-Sjian Yujao — I'm not sure a mere apology suffices for my rudeness yesterday while you were a guest in my tea room. I can only pray your forgiveness and that you will give me a chance to amend for my wretchedly poor behavior.
You were all right to remind me that I am not the only one left waiting for the fulfillment of these things, nor would I be the only one left bereft over the delay. My favorite rumormongers in the city assure me that the block is only temporary and I can resume my work upon it fairly soon. They counsel me to patience, as so many of you have done. Such counsel is bitter indeed, but the bitterness can be made sweeter with such friends to share it. I truly cannot thank you enough.
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He did not only love dancing, he also fond of singing. We may not understand his lyrics but our one-year old boy can create his own rhythm although sometimes he's mimicking songs he watch in the television. There's nothing wrong with dreaming for him to become a great singer or musician in the future, right? We will never know that one day, he would be the next people's top singing idol or a talented guitarist using schecter hellraiser 7 string!
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I surprised myself the other day with asking Nathan if he wanted to buy a piano. Wait, what? See, it's still surprising.
I've been noticing lately that every time we go over to his parents' house, Nathan always settles down in front of the piano and plays "Rainbow Connection," one of his favorite songs. The other day began a full-house search for the sheet music for "Ashokan Farewell" (that song that plays over and over during the Ken Burns Civil War series). It's another one of his favorites. We didn't end up finding it and I forget what he ended up playing instead.
He even tries to get me to play, but I can only handle either the top or bottom parts of Heart and Soul and when he tries to play the other part I get thrown off.
has always been musical: he played French horn in high school band and
has been playing piano since grade school, not to mention singing in
Lately he's even found a little protege. Our
niece, Sophie, loves the piano. Every time he starts playing she has to
be right there watching and banging away on the other end of the
keyboard. She even insisted once that her high chair be moved so she
could watch him play.
happened to glance at the newspaper the last time we were leaving his
Mom and Dad's house and saw that someone is selling a Story and Clark
upright piano for $100. We're going to wait until it gets a little
closer to Thanksgiving and call about coming to see it.
If we choose to buy it, hopefully we can get my brother-in-law's help moving it after the holiday.


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Recently I realised that I have been redefining my notions of ownership and place. Actually, perhaps it's the intertubes that have been inspiring the redefining and the consequential conversations with @Girlwonder_ that confounded the confusion over place. These conversations reduced us to considering what a dropbox (cloud service) for milk would be and how feasible a cat share scheme would be.
It is all because someone stole my bicycle a few months ago and though they don't know it, they did me a favour. I had known that I would be moving cities (possibly countries) in which case a bicycle was something to be sold or transported at both financial and time costs. Now in London I have replaced my bike but only because Bojo hasn't extended the bike scheme to this zone yet.
This losing, replacing and managing physical property has however raised some questions over my ownership notions. Much of what I now consume are services not things, I don't purchase paper newspapers, nor physical media such as DVDs or CDs. I try not to purchase digital films or music – opting instead for on-demand streaming services such as Netflix, Lovefilm or Spotify. I don't own much so I don't have to manage collections nor pay for their storage and this makes it increasingly easy to travel, time shift and device switch.
This also changes my working practice, I'm writing my doctoral thesis at the moment and my study, unlike those of my older peers is blissfully devoid of physical books and journal papers (I've lost that urge to read from paper), yet I have four hundred journal papers and four chapters (close to 50%) of my thesis stowed in the cloud. I can access and work on this anywhere that I have internet access. My requirements have therefore shifted from continuity of place to a multiple screens requirement and internet access. Moving and travelling is easy for me.
More recently however this means that I am often confused when the milk I placed in the fridge in Paris in the morning is no longer there when I open my London fridge in the evening – thus the milk dropbox discussion. Of course this cloud and on-demand service approach to ownership and access can work well outside the internets too. My gym and office space is flexi-location, my bicycle could be an on-demand service if Bojo extended the scheme in London and services such as Vault Couture and handbag hire bring wardrobes closer to on-demand services.
Of course cat share schemes are a thing in Rent-a-cat Tokyo and someone will soon implement airport petting zoos – I'm sure of it. Healthcare is likely to be revolutionised by servitisation, but in the meantime servitisation trends are changing notions of ownership and place – most clearly demonstrated in the digital sphere. It would be interesting to see the resolution and responsiveness of off-line services get closer to the efficiency and responsiveness of digital services.
We generate so much data that could be used to curate such services around our lives, so where are the Foursquare responsive milk-men and location switching postal addresses? Postcodes don't work for me anymore, but identifiers that route my post to whatever city I happen to be in at that time would be useful, c'mon Royalmail. Oh, and the milk, we're out again.
This basically means I need an internet fridge doesn't it? Fu@k yeah Internet fridge.


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Medical Appointment
Sorry, we were too pooped to blog last night. Yesterday morning was our official medical appointment for immigration. Our Olivia passed with flying colors. She is a tiny but long. She's 70 cm long and 14.2 lbs. They said we need to fatten her up some as she is in the 3 percentile for weight. Boy, did she come to the right family! She continues to amaze and entertain us and it's incredible how well behaved and content she is when we are on outings. The only time she fusses is if she's hungry, wet or tired and we have learned to identify the sounds and behaviours of each of these needs. She still likes to get us up twice in the night, but that's ok cuz I could just lay with her and stare at her forever.


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Locally grown veggies, freshly caught fish and farm fresh eggs are what's cooking at the Blue Dolphin Café. (St. Armands Circle and Longboat Key)
Breakfast or lunch, Word of Mouth at 711 South Osprey Ave. features fresh eggs and locally grown veggies with their homemade 7 grain bread.
St. Armand's Circle is a perfect spot for people watching and most shops stay open for that after a good meal.. stroll.
While listening to piano and song, start the evening with a refreshing cocktail at Crab and Fin's sidewalk lounge. Stay for their succulent seafood or head to Café L'Europe for superb intimate dining in temperature controlled indoor/outdoor spaces. Award winning Spanish cuisine is on the menu at Columbia's wide corner location with open-air and sidewalk dining.
At the top of the Holiday Inn at Lido Beach is the Sand Dollar Restaurant; although it's not flashy, trendy or hip, the views are spectacular.
Another location with amazing views is Lido Beach Resort's 8th floor bar & Grill. Patrons of the bar are treated to Lido's beach with glimpses of Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island. After dark, the dining area offers a panoramic shot of Sarasota's lighted Downtown.
Families will be delighted to find a good selection of eateries on and off Circle that are very reasonably priced like the Old Salty Dog on City Island.
Longboat Key…
Three restaurants come to mind when looking for something casual and on the water. The Dry Dock, at 412 Gulf of Mexico Drive, features superb views from the second floor restaurant and waterside covered patio. At the north end of the island is Mar Vista neighborhood bar and restaurant with spectacular bay views.
For sunsets, the Chart House is spectacular yet, the Lazy Lobster at 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive has excellent fare and lush patio gardens.
Longboat has two Zagat rated restaurants … Euphemia Haye and Maison Blanche.
Excellent downtown eateries include landmark establishments like Bijou Café, Selva Grill, Caragiulo's, Barnacle Bills, Beulah's, Mediterraneo and Salute.
A little music with a meal is always pumping at Mattison's while the Blue Rooster features down home cooking with plenty of Blues.
Looking for waterfront? There are a few along Sarasota's Bay-front. There's Marina Jack's spectacular second floor dining or if you'd rather be cruising, their yacht is available for sunset buffets.
A burger and brew can always be found at O'Leary's in Centennial's Bayfront Park while the Ritz Carlton's "Jack Dusty" features outstanding fare and a partial view of the bay.
On Anna Maria Island…
With a slew of Zagat Ratings and Golden Spoon Awards, Anna Maria's Beach Bistro is probably one to reserve for those great impressions and special occasions. Arrive before sunset as the dining room is right on Holmes Beach.
The legendary Sandbar Restaurant is a casual spot where indoor/outdoor beachside seating features perfect sunset watching. That's also true of the Beach House on Bradenton Beach. Both locations have access to sand for that balmy moonlit stroll.
On Siesta Key…
If you don't mind the drive, there's a great spot with excellent credentials… Ophelia's on the Bay. Featuring dockside dining on Little Sarasota Bay, this is where manatees and dolphins raise their young and where mangrove islands are filled with shorebirds tending to their broods.


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We had Jane going to town a couple of nights ago and by the time we pulled out the video camera she had semi calmed down. I was making Jane laugh in our bedroom and Will heard us from the other room. When he came in he tried to make her laugh too and she just stopped. You should have heard the crickets! Here is round two......(we still need to figure out our camera. we are not professionals, but it works for now).
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Club Penguin Island: First Impressions!
Greetings Penguins!
As many know, CPI is now available in the Australian iOS App Store and doesn't require Beta access – meaning everyone can download it! Well, as long as you live in Australia..
Anyways, over the past day or so I've managed to gain access to Club Penguin Island (CPI) – through methods I will share if requested. With that, I have compiled a list of my first impressions on the new mobile game and decided to write about them here. Without further ado, let's get started!
Visuals – Let it snow!
Unlike original CP which looks incredibly dated with its flat 2D appearance, CPI is completely 3D, providing the team with much more flexibility in terms of interaction with the environment – a key feature of this game. The visuals within this game are very appealing, with saturated colours and plenty of detail. However, the lack of snow across the world is something that I'm not personally a fan of. CP was always designed to be a winter wonderland, CPI's current rooms feel like a summer vacation hotspot. Visually, it doesn't really feel like Club Penguin at all. Replace the penguins with ToonTown characters and nobody would realise the world was designed for CP penguins. Give us more snow!
Gameplay – New Yet Familiar
Much like original CP, CPI focuses on interaction with other players in a warm (literally!), welcome environment. However, that's not all the game has to offer. Mini-games are gone and instead replaced with daily quests provided by various CP mascots. The quests are somewhat fun, if not too easy (the first few at least). They offer far more engagement than the current tasks assigned to original CP parties, that's for sure. But Operation: Blackout style quests would be an excellent and much welcome addition.
Role-playing has also been dramatically enhanced. Players can purchase food/drinks for their penguin, a much richer clothing-customisation system, and an environment in which you can truly interact with. It destroys original CP in every way in this category – but one problem persists – Membership.
Do You Want To
Build a Snowman Be a Member?
Like original CP – Membership returns. Unlike the freemium in-app purchase model which plagues the majority of apps and games within the mobile market, CP opts for the standard subscription-based model as before. The only issue is that this is not commonplace within mobile gaming. Paying $8 or so a month for a mobile game is something that I can't imagine many parents agreeing too. Especially when considering the investment of a mobile phone to begin with (handset costs, contract costs, data costs etc!).
The model itself simply isn't suited to mobile gaming. The smartphone app market is incredibly saturated, being unique is vital – but so is offering players a good deal. The majority of features within CPI are Members-only. From buying food to completing most quests to using certain emoji to even wearing ANY items – you must be a Member! This aggressive approach to the freemium model is somewhat understandable, but not when considering CP's history of allowing non-members to gain access to clothing items and the majority of gameplay throughout the game's lifespan.
Maybe this is why the team didn't transfer old items to new accounts? Even if they did, you can bet it'd be Members only..
All in all, I feel that this game would only be truly worth player's time if they purchased a Membership. If not, stick to the original CP until it eventually dies. Otherwise, find another game to play. There are many, many solid games on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Look at Super Mario Run, offering a one-off payment (at least for now) for the entire game. Not monthly subscriptions!
Another good example is Pokemon Go – a game that enjoyed tremendous success over the summer. It offers in-app purchases yes, but players are never forced to spend money on it to play the proper game, especially not via a subscription service.
All things considered, CPI is a welcome and much-needed evolution for CP. It keeps the game fresh and modern, and offers a enjoyable and quality experience should you invest in a Membership. For those of us with many other costs to consider – such as smartphone contracts, I'd recommend other games. Undoubtedly, for the die-hard CP fan this is THE go-to game. I'll certainly pop on every now and again. But for now, the neutered non-member experience – especially considering CP's history, makes this game a less than enjoyable experience for most.
Are players willing to pay a subscription for a mobile game? Perhaps. But I'd imagine it'll be significantly less than those willing to pay a subscription for a PC game. In-app purchases are admittedly an annoying approach but a tried-and-tested one nonetheless. This model works for Pokemon Go. This model works for Clash of Clans. One-off payments work for Super Mario Run. Subscriptions work for..maybe Club Penguin Island?
Who knows?
Until next time, Waddle on!
– Jimbobson
Club Penguin Island: Dividing From The Very Start
Greetings Penguins!
As I'm sure many of you will know by the time you're reading this (ha, people reading my blog?! Ha!), Club Penguin Island was officially announced as the successor to CP, codenamed by many as Project Super Secret – until now! Interested users can pre-register for the 2017 game and will receive a batch of special items for their interest.
After the many troubles of actually trying to reserve a username (wow, that system really needs work), you'll eventually be ready…to wait until next year to play the game! However, some lucky users who have pre-registered have received an e-mail, inviting them with the potential to test their games in an elusive closed-beta. And that's where the dividing begins..
Not just mobile only, but USA/Canada only!
When Club Penguin had their beta test way back in 2005, they invited 15,000 players from Penguin Chat 3 to come over and test the game. USA? UK? South Africa? No problem!
Club Penguin Island (CPI) however have instead opted to geo-lock their closed Beta test. This means that only users in either the United States or Canada will be able to participate. Even faking your location won't save you here, as the game itself will apparently be region locked.
The fundamental issue here is how the game is already dividing users. Mobile-only is something that was a controversial move on Disney's part and one that left those either without a mobile device (or at least a recent one) out of luck. A true example of capitalism.
The reasoning behind this geo-lock isn't clear. Surely if CPI is to be a quality mobile game for the masses, testing outside of North America would be logical? But I guess as long as the game works there the rest of us will be happy. Right?! This alienates users, particularly those of us who have played the game for a long time. It's almost bad enough that our items, coins, Puffles etc won't be transferred.
But wait! It gets even better..
An Apple A Day Keeps Android Away
CPI will use Apple's TestFlight service to beta-test the upcoming game. The issue is that this service is limited to 2,000 testers – making the CPI Beta far more exclusive than even the CP Beta of 2005. Simply put, many many fans are going to miss out and I highly doubt they will be too happy about it.
Wait, TestFlight? Apple? Surely not..Yep! The test will also be iOS exclusive. It's no secret that I'm a big Apple fan and own iOS devices and a MacBook. However, excluding international and/or Android users at this stage is extremely unfair. Android operates far more devices due to the plethora of mobile devices using the Google-owned OS, though admittedly the OS is far more fragmented than iOS and CP hasn't being shy in flirting with Apple and its' products in the past.
The First Rule Of Beta Club Is..
So, we're aware of how exclusive this Beta test will be. But so what, right? It's the actual game that counts and
we all most of us will get to play it presuming we have a recent mobile device! I just hope there's not too many in-app purchases..
..Nope! Well, kind of. Basically, Membership will still feature. This means that CPI will be a subscription-based game and we will be required to pay for certain features. An annoyance? Yes, but micro transactions are much, much worse.
So there it is, CPI will be the exclusive of exclusives – at first. Geo-locked Beta testing (on iOS only), mobile only and for the most part, membership only. It'll be a fun experience regardless and I look forward to playing the game when it is eventually released.
Until next time, Waddle on!
-Jimbobson (Or whatever username I get in CPI because 'Jimbobson' isn't allowed at this time..)
Merry Walrus Party – Critical Review!
Happy New Year Penguins!
2015 is officially here, and what better way to celebrate the change of a single digit than criticising CP's efforts once more. The full 2014 review will be posted shortly, as for now though the focus is on December – the festive season that would once mean a Holiday Party would embrace the island with its' festive mittens. 2014 however, brought something new to the board. This time, we instead had a Merry Walrus Party – an original attempt to create a multicultural holiday with unique traditions. But was this just a Christmas party with a gimmicky name, or a grand event that will excite for years to come? Let's find out!
Focused upon the original character of Merry Walrus – a walrus whom is so heavily based on Santa Claus that even the "Ho Ho Ho!" catchphrase remains unchanged, the party hopes to celebrate a variety of traditions in order to avoid isolating any players of different religions and beliefs. Aunt Arctic (surprisingly!) discovered a book in which told the festive beasts' tale and decided to make other penguins aware of his existence. Thus, Merry Walrus eventually comes to the island, bringing Coins for Change with him in hope to spread some festive joy around the island.
It's by no means a complex plot, nor does it really explain where he's been all these years. There was also no indication of why penguins chose to celebrate this event instead of Christmas/other holidays. 2014 has seemed completely distant from other years as each party, even if it shares the same name, seemed completely different to previous versions. See Music Jam for more details.
I'd love to see Herbert introduce himself like in the animated special. He didn't feature at all which was annoying. Him and Merry Walrus could've had an epic face-off! Or, perhaps Herbert could've captured Merry Walrus and instead posed as him in order to ruin the holiday. Instead, he simply sits forgotten in his lair – wherever that may be.
Regardless, the plot was fairly weak. Did it need a complex plot? Not really, but it would've been nice to hear more of the origin of Merry Walrus and why he's basically Santa in disguise. How did he obtain these magical powers? How did he find the Blue Crystal Puffles? There's many gaps in the plot which is a little disappointing – but to be expected with the team's recent efforts.
Like with most modern events, the Merry Walrus Party featured a series of daily quests. Unlike those of the Halloween party which were unarguably more challenging that those of the Frozen Party – the quests were straightforward and didn't really require much skill or thought. Sure, some were quite fun to figure out – but the fun lasted a matter of seconds rather than minutes. For each quest completed, 500 coins would be donated to Coins for Change in the player's name. It seems a little cheap to do it this way as penguin's are not donating by choice. Instead, they are simply trying to obtain the items and the exclusive Puffle.
One area in which the quests did shine was variety. Sure, it wasn't PSA-standard variety but it wasn't complete repitition like the Frozen & Pirate parties. Let's just hope CP spends more time focusing on the quests this year – otherwise even the younger players will begin to notice that boredom replaces excitement when experiencing new parties.
The Christmas/Holiday parties have always been nicely decorated. Whether it be the simple decorations of the original in 2005 or the sophistication of more recent versions, these parties have always had top-notch artwork. Even the PSA HQ and EPF Command Room were decorated for such parties – something in which didn't occur at any other point within the year. This defines how significant the holiday-themed parties are and always have been.
With a new name comes new decorations – you'd be forgiven for thinking this. Though we did get plenty of new artwork – including the original Merry Walrus float – some rooms were simply recycled from previous versions (namely the Town). Fewer rooms were decorated, but this was to be expected. There was no decorated Ski Lodge, Dojo Courtyard or even Iceberg. What perhaps surprised everyone though was the absence of an evening sky. Instead, the same-old everyday sky was used. Though it doesn't sound like a party destroying factor, it certainly removed the atmospheric elements that a change in sky has upon the island. Think of how the past Holiday parties, this years Music Jam and every Halloween since 2007 does this successfully (yes, the Music Jam did something successfully!).
Even the Forest, one of the better rooms thanks to its' huge tree, didn't compare to that of the Forest in 2009 in which featured a much bigger tree. There was no room in which I thought beat any previous attempt. This is especially disappointing considering that each version of a party – particularly a major annual event – should be an evolution of – not a reduction of – the previous version. It's like Apple removing the Retina display from the next iDevice. It's ridiculous.
Here's a new category for y'all. Since this party is nor a takeover nor a usual Holiday party, I thought it'd be a good idea to discuss how the Merry Walrus party, a party in which hoped to be original by creating a new look on the festive season, tackled such a challenge. I always found that the Holiday parties were particularly guilty of not including enough religious variety. It seemed to simply be a Christmas party under another name. Heck, even the 2006 Christmas party had a reference to Hannukah, a Jewish holiday. CP simply renamed the party in an attempt to seem more multicultural, but the actual content was still completely Christmas-based.
The Merry Walrus party had a unique opportunity to incorporate new and unique traditions in which penguins would celebrate. It didn't have to relate to any religion at all, but instead we once again got a Christmas party under a new name. Merry Walrus himself was basically Santa Claus – there's no denying it. They even gave him a sleigh and reindeer in the form of Blue Crystal Puffles. In the mascot department, CP had just created a blatant Santa Claus clone whom lacks any creativity or originality. He even delivers presents in the same method.
Sure, some traditions were unique, such as throwing food around. Decorating a tree with ornaments however, is not an original idea. To say this was meant to be a new party doesn't collaborate with the content. If a room can be recycled for a new, supposedly unrelated party, how can it be considered new? Ultimately, the Merry Walrus party was a Christmas party with very limited creativity.
Items lately have seemed to also lack creativity. They all seem to be based on fashion in reality, as opposed to the zany, fun items of the past. Sure, we get numerous Puffle Costumes, but these are simply re-coloured versions of older items. And wow, do we get a lot of those nowadays. This month's festive fashion was inspired by Merry Walrus' own wardrobe, with all items released at the party featuring the colours blue and white. All the non-members out there got a nice treat in the form of an all-head item lineup, something that plagued the 2011-2013 years.
Yep, another party in which featured a limited-edition rare Puffle. Obviously a Members exclusive, the Blue Crystal Puffle was one of the better ones released this year. It wasn't a creepy Puffle Creature, but it did seem like a Blue and White Puffle's offspring. It inherited the colour blue, with the strong ice powers of the White Puffle. Regardless, I'd say its' my second favourite of the year – with the first being the Ghost Puffle. One area I was less happy with was how powerful and mystic this Puffles are supposed to be – yet Merry Walrus is happy giving random penguins several of them. He sure trusts us penguins!
I don't see the Puffle epidemic slowing anytime soon. I doubt any will feature in the Star Wars takeover, but I could be wrong. With updates to Puffle Wild and possibly yet another Puffle Party this year, we can expect to see a plethora of new ones. We do know one thing about each one however – they will all be for Members.
Coins for Change
What started as an amazing charity-event that inspired players and the rest of the world alike, has since declined in popularity so much so that the goal almost wasn't reached this time around. Old staff members such as Rsnail actually logged in to encourage users to donate – that's how few people were actually donating by choice. Add to this the fact that each completed quest donated 500 coins to the charity, combined with how each Penguin Styles catalogue purchase went towards the total – and the event should've been the biggest success to date.
Instead, we struggled to make the target. Disappointing by any standards, CP noticed this before releasing the party and thus attempted to incorporate cheap and easy methods to reach each milestone. Even with this, it wasn't enough. Sure, the goal was eventually reached – but it has never taken that long. Especially considering the 2 weeks-duration. This effectively shows how CP is declining in terms of players and indeed quality.
Overall, the Merry Walrus party did disappoint. It lacked the decorations of the previous versions, and the influence Christmas had upon the party completely destroyed its' attempt at being original. It wasn't the worst party this year (we all know what party gets that award), but I'd of much preferred Rockhopper and his usual traditions instead. Sure, it was definitely time for a change, but I doubt anyone would agree that Merry Walrus was the change everyone wanted. I hope (and expect) next years to be much much bigger, and to show how the residents of Club Penguin would really celebrate the holiday season – as opposed to a poor attempt at a Christmas-clone. To conclude, a Christmas party by any other name isn't necessarily as sweet. All in all, a disappointing end to a very disappointing year.
Random CP Fact #35: There are currently only two known walruses on Club Penguin. These are Merry Walrus and Tusk, Sensei's childhood best friend. Interestingly, both seem to be polar opposites (no pun intended).
Until next time, Waddle on!
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Just to let you all know the Serendipity Staff will be headed out early tomorrow to go snow shoeing and end up at the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse for some delicious food. I am very excited to go on this trip with my co-workers and boss. Thanks Tami for treating all of us.
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I probably should have posted this earlier, but I have been very busy updating my blogs, all 18 of them so you can see my time is spread thin. I am working hard on making the blogs more modern with the addition of article pages opposed to having to search for topic words or type of articles needed. This post is about many of my holiday recipes in one accessible place.
My Holiday Recipes for you to enjoy.
1. My Curried Sweet Potato and apple soup
2. Healthy Holiday Recipes for Turkey and Ham
3. Holiday Turkey with Homemade Bread Dressing
4. Recipe for a delicious meatloaf with potatoes and cheese
5. Healthy Recipes with #Turkey Breast
6. Healthy and Nutritrious #Pumpkin recipes
7. Holiday #recipes: Almond butternut squash au gratin ad sour cream mashed potatoes
8. Homemade pumpkin pie for the holidays
9. Homemade Luscious Lemon Meringue Pie
10. Free Recipe for Homemade Pecan Pie
11. How to make homemade apple pie with a flaky crust
12 . How to make Peach Cobbler A'La Mode with Ice Cream Recipes Included
13. Pecan divinity and chocolate covered peanuts
14. 5 very delicious smoothie recipes
15. Yogurt and homemade granola parfait recipe
16. Dessert Recipes for the holidays
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Celebrating the life of Walter Lee Rowe, Jr.
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Walter Lee Rowe, Jr., 60, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on July 2, 2017 at Harbor Grace Hospice from medical complications. Walter was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 3, 1957. A native of Decatur, GA, Walter is a graduate of Georgia State University. His parents, Walter Lee Rowe, Sr. and Mamie Snead Rowe, preceded Walter in death. He is survived by his sisters; Donna (Brian) Rowe Weatherby and Denise (Roger) Rowe Cabe; and many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews who affectionately referred to him as PaPooh. A private family memorial will be held at a future date. Memorial donations in memory of Walter may be made to Harbor Grace Hospice, Inpatient Unit, 320 Parkway Drive NE, 4th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30312.
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Poetry: Good for Your State of Mind
Poetry is a unique and creative art form that allows us to express and share aspects of our mental lives. We can convey our thoughts and emotions, or experience those of another writer, with a depth and insight that go far beyond simple description.
Someone might say to you, for example, that she feels "very depressed." But if she were to craft a poetic treatment of those feelings, she might find herself using images of bleak winters and barren landscapes, which could then perhaps suggest abandoned hopes and lost opportunities to the reader.
I like to hear poetry - atleast sometimes - I pause from my other activities and allow myself to be briefly transported into the world of the words, where they have been selected and organized just right by the poet to convey feelings and shared symbols from one mind to another. Poems are about compression too: I often marvel at how so few words can express so much emotion.
But don't think that reading or writing poetry will make you depressed. The creative experience of writing poetry is a type of self-reflection, and some therapists describe poetry writing as a recovery tool. In fact, there are even poetry therapy groups where the participants explore their reactions to poems and follow exercises in writing new ones.
No matter what you happen to be feeling, you can try expressing a moment's moods and sensations creatively, using combinations of words. Just start writing — don't think too hard while you're scribbling and try not to censor or stifle what is becoming visible on the paper. After you've opened the floodgates, and gotten all the raw material down on paper, then's the time to unleash your inner editor.
You might learn something about yourself and, if you let others read what you've written, they'll learn more about you.
And if you're feeling particularly daring, share a poem right here in the comments section.


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I am not a diagnosis. I am not a label, a prescription, or a set of axis. Those things took everything I had from me, but now, for the first time in 27 years, I am more than the diagnosis that once defined me. Now, I am a survivor. This blog is an attempt to sort out the anger, the lost memories, my lost childhood, and the way I see myself.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Defining Mental Illness
A behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual
That reflects an underlying psychobiological dysfunction
The consequences of which are clinically significant distress (e.g., a painful symptom) or disability (i.e., impairment in one or more important areas of functioning)
Must not be merely an expectable response to common stressors and losses (for example, the loss of a loved one) or a culturally sanctioned response to a particular event (for example, trance states in religious rituals)
That is not primarily a result of social deviance or conflicts with society
I have some problems with this definition from the start. You see, we all have behaviors, syndromes, and patterns that occur in our psychology regardless of our mental state, but that's just so you ignore how sneaky point 2. is. There are many schools of psychology, but in American and especially with the APA, only the medical model matters because it is profitable, and the DSM is attempting to make it science. The sneaky part is in the wording:
A behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual.
psychobiological dysfunction.
This syndrome is inside you and caused by a biological irregularity. That's what the DSM is trying to clarify. The problem is that there is no evidence to support such a claim. There are no biological tests or makers or x-rays, and your psychiatrist will continue to diagnose patients using behavioral criteria alone. They will continue to use drugs to treat these disorders, even though they aren't sure how the drug treats the disorder because they don't know what causes it anyway. What they are sure of is that, in a few years, the general public will believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that any and all disorders are biological and must be treated with medications.
In fact, the DSM V has done more advertising than it has actual defining, and what I take away from this new definition is that a mental illness is defined by the total possible profit the APA and the Pharmaceutical companies see to be made in the diagnosis.
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I never liked the term 'mental illness,' or rather the unfortunate and wholly incorrect connotation it carries with it. Everyone in the world is 'mentally ill,' in some way, in its truest form. We (society) use(s) the term to group people (which, when used for anything beyond data correlation (ie - to make judgments about people) is generally not a good thing) to bunch together people with problems that have interfered with their lives to a degree where functioning in society becomes difficult or cannot be done.ReplyDelete
Sometimes that's biological, sometimes behavioral, sometimes both. None of that changes the fact that everyone in the world goes through hardships, has problems, days they find it hard to cop e, interact, get out of bed, etc. 'Mental illness' is just the name (imo) given to those people where the problems have become so severe as to impede them from what life they'd like to lead.
There is no 'normal.'
Mental illness is the title that allows a clear definition between "us" and "them". It also cements the idea that there is something "wrong" with you. I spent most of my life so focused on the things that were wrong with me that I never really considered much of anything else. It's also a misnomer because mental illness isn't a sickness. It's not a truly medical diagnosis. You can show mental illness on a scan or an xray. No blood test will establish it. Yet, it is allowed to be the final say in so many decisions in a person's life.ReplyDelete


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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Everyone is talking about Le Mis. But almost a year later i'm still thinking about and drawing"Book of Mormon"
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Holiday cards
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Cowboys and Showgirls
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Our would be American symbol
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Don't tread on me bro!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Not a word.
sample page from my upcoming comic. sans word balloons. I recently changed the lead character's names from"Jake" and "kelly" to "Dick" and "Jane"......I decided to let them sort out who gets what name.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
A horse of a different color
Just a fun little painting.I'm not sure why I made the horse purple. Trying to get a sense of movement and action in a stylized drawing.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
drew myself a baar, til it was half past 3.
quick sketches in Photoshop. Going to the zoo is a battle of wills. The animals stand around doing nothing. forcing you to stand around and do nothing. Its a conflict. do you wait for the beast to move, or do you give in and go get cotton candy.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Riding Daddy!
Get your mind out of the gutter.
Saw this at Burger King on Monday morning. I've seen kid carriers for the back. But never the shoulders. I looked for this product afterword, but could not find it
Saw this at Burger King on Monday morning. I've seen kid carriers for the back. But never the shoulders. I looked for this product afterword, but could not find it
Monday, June 25, 2012
Waiting for the ACME delivery man.
Almost in time for pride weekend.
I cleaned my plate!.
Cupcake girl.
I love the way you dress (2004)
Starving no more!
"I should start an art blog"
"You did that a few years ago"
"No I didn't"
"yes you did, but never updated it"
" oh yeah!"
then i realized I was arguing with myself.
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BONES 11x04 Stills: "The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves"
October 13th, 2015
We've had the promo for as long as we'd had the press release, but now it's time to see the stills!
FOX has released the Bones 11×21 stills for penultimate episode of the season, "The Jewel in the Crown." As the promo and the press release hinted at, the team investigates a murder over a diamond when a body was found with one lodged in its jaw. French inspector Rosseau (played by Sebastian Roche) approaches the team with an accusation against the Marquis De Chaussin (played by Gilles Marini) — the victim's husband, who lives in Virginia. Elsewhere, Booth discovers he suffers a temporary eye illness (hence, those glasses in the promo), and Hodgins thinks he's being followed by a ghost. Plus, Daisy's back!
Click through for more Bones 11×21 stills!
In "The Stiff in the Cliff," airing on June 23, the team must solve a murder to protect one of their own. Which one? Thanks to the Bones 11×20 stills, you'll find that out soon enough!
Per the press release, the team has to determine whether the death of famous billionaire Henry Charles (whose remains were just found in Antarctica) was murder or not. When (spoiler alert!) it's confirmed he was killed on an expedition ten years prior, Clark is in the suspect shortlist, as he was also a member of the expedition. Elsewhere, Felicia Saroyan (now played by Raney Branch) comes into town to help her sister with the wedding planning, making some old family friction resurface.
The squintern of the week is Wendell, and Christine will also make an appearance.
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Ah, long time no see!
After what has felt like forever, Bones will be returning to our TVs in less than 10 days! A few weeks after announcing its April return, the show was renewed for a shortened, and final, season next year. Bittersweet news!
By the way, if you are still waiting for the recap for the second part of the fall finale — look for that early next week! It's been waiting to be posted for months now, but we felt like it would be a good refresher to have before the spring premiere. We just didn't expect the spring premiere to be in mid April.
But let's get to it.
The spring premiere, is airing on Thursday, April 14th at 8/7c. "The Death in the Defense" picks up eight weeks into Hodgins' rehabilitation for his tragic paralysis. The case itself will find the team investigating the death of a public defender, who had plenty of past defendants with motives to kill her.
If you think this is the kind of case that would bring Caroline back to our screens, that's correct! The squintern of the week is Wendell. You can find the rest of the press release here.
Without farther ado, here are the Bones 11×11 stills!
Halloween has passed and gone, which means… the holiday season is upon us! And to celebrate, Bones will have its first ever Thanksgiving episode on November 19.
As per the press release, the team will investigate the murder of a high-powered political journalist who had recently published an article exposing corruption in the NSA. This obviously riles resident conspiracy theorist Hodgins up, as the team realizes their every move is being watched. On a happier note, Brennan is secretly planning a surprise for Booth, and the team will celebrate Thanksgiving together.
The squintern of the week is Rodolfo Fuentes and the kids (Christine, Michael Vincent and yes, Parker!) will make an appearance as well.
So click through for the Bones 11×08 stills!
For a show set in DC, Bones hasn't necessarily delved into the politics world as often as you would have thought. However, that will change on November 5th, when "The Senator in the Street Sweeper" airs.
As per the press release (or the title), we can infer that the shredded body of a U.S. Senator is found in a street sweeper. This leads Booth, Brennan and co. to Capitol Hill, where they'll meet with the majority whip Hayley Winters (played by Brenda Strong) and the victim's chief of staff, Eric Morales. On the personal side of things, Aubrey looks into Jessica's past as they start developing a relationship — just to make sure nothing will taint his dream future in politics.
Click through for the Bones 11×06 stills!
That's it, that's all you should know about this episode.
Just kidding. "The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves," airing on October 22 at 8/7c, has more than the Emmy-winner going for it… It also has a Superbowl Champion (Ronde Barber)!
Per the press release, when the remains of a real estate agent are found, seemingly destroyed by coyote-wolf hybrid, Brennan enlists Dr. Beth Mayer's (Betty White's character) help — not only is Dr. Mayer very accomplished, but she is also very knowledgeable about the fantasy football world, a key part of Ross' past. Moreover, as Booth and Aubrey dig into this, they find he had a Twitter feud with NFL star Lou Drivers (played by Ronde Barber) and was also owed a large sum of money from the league's commissioner. Meanwhile, Brennan resists feeling competitive as Mayer impresses everyone with her expertise.
The squintern this week? Oliver Wells.
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It's Booth and Brennan's first (official) day back at work!
After the events of the two-parter premiere (airing on October 1st and 8th, respectively), the duo is back at their respective positions at the Jeffersonian and the FBI and things seem to be back to normal… for the most part.
Their first case back? As per the press release, remains that have been found at a fish farm. Someone has been harvesting several of the victim's organs before dumping him on the water, and Angela will track the seller and buyer to uncover important details on the case.
Meanwhile, Booth readjusts to his position, only to find Aubrey has taken over his former office; Hodgins pushes Angela to showcase her photography work, and Cam is struggling with her decision of choosing work over her relationship. (Wendell is this week's squintern, by the way.)
Check out the Bones 11×03 stills! The episode will air on October 15th at 8/7c.
After releasing the finale stills just over a day ago, FOX just released the stills for Bones' penultimate episode this season, "The Life in the Light," airing on June 4 at 8/7c on FOX!
Per the press release, after the remains are found in a forest fire, the Jeffersonian team will investigate the murder of an ex-con (and former biker gang member) turned yoga instructor by wandering into both of the victim's past worlds. Elsewhere, Booth's still working hard to beat his gambling addiction and regains Brennan's trust.
Also worth mentioning: Wendell is the squintern of the week; both Christine and Gavin Chadwick (Booth's gambling sponsor) are in this episode.
So follow along for the Bones 10×21 stills, courtesy of FOXFlash:
What comes after the latest Bones episode and those cliffhangers of sorts, you ask?
May Sweeps may be over, but there are still three more episodes of this tenth season of Bones to go; this one will air on May 28 at 8/7c.
According to the press release, "Woman in the Whirlpool" will find the team diving into the victim's cookie-jar-collector community in order to catch his killer. (He is a well-known cookie jar collector who's been found in a riverbank.) Elsewhere, Booth's coming to terms with Brennan's decision as he moves out due to his gambling addiction (and subsequent lies), and Aubrey has his eye in one of the Squinterns.
(Notable guest stars include Alex Skuby as Booth's long-time GA sponsor Gavin and Laura Spencer as squintern Jessica.)
Without further ado, the Bones 10×20 stills:
200 episodes is the big milestone every show would love to hit and the one that's usually brings the special celebration, quite deservedly.
It was a big moment for Bones but something even more unique is coming up: The moment the show airs "The Big Beef at the Royal Diner," it will become the longest running drama for FOX Studios with the perfect episode count for such a milestone: 206, the number of bones in an adult body.
Bones is celebrating it in an unique way: all 206 bones will be mentioned throughout the episode!
What will be the case about?
The team will investigate a popular TV chef's murder, starting by the local restaurants he had been reviewing. From the episode's title, you can imagine this will ultimately lead them to the Royal Diner, where Booth and Brennan will have to question its staff, risking their status as 'favored patrons.'
Meanwhile, Hodgins will sell the invention from the previous episode for millions and Brennan creates an anatomically correct song for Christine so that she can learn all the bones in the body.
(via The Futon Critic)
Click through for the Bones 10×16 stills, courtesy of FOXFlash!


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I'm heading down to see Hannah again tonight (well, tomorrow. Tonight I fly to Dallas). Maybe this time I'll take a picture or two. Maybe.
We're both signed up for a local 5k. Then Hannah's going to wrestle a longhorn. She's preparing for when the rodeo comes through, in hopes they'll offer her a job. None of this corporate stuff anymore. I'm planning to apply to drive the rodeo clown car.
...wait, what? ...They have cars!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
San Angelos Number Two
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Illustration Class of 2007
Wear Black
Class of 2007 a -Masters of Illustration- in our final days after our filming session yesterday. At this point, with most of the thesis behind us, we are preparing for our show. First Class Storytellers, a Capstone- Opening June 7 at the Museum at FIT NYC. 20 months went fast, however was very intensive, for the most part each of us has changed tremendously and vow to continue our dedication to illustration and growth.
Heck, I love you guys!
* That would be Chad in the center
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- Heidi Younger Illustration said...
I'll start the comments, first off, thanks Vincent Di Fate for taking the photo, second, thanks Melanie for setting up every thing, and thinking of us.
I do wish everyone the best. I nearly can't believe the end is so near... tear.
- May 3, 2007 at 10:10 AM
"When in doubt, wear black" - Kenzo
- May 4, 2007 at 8:57 AM
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