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So yesterday me and my guy went in our local jewelery store and he darted for the e-ring case. I have absolutly have fallen in love with the Endless Diamond rings. The wonderful sales lady had paired it with a set of bands so I could get the full effect OMG Im soooo i love with it!!!!
The only picture I have is without the bands…..I hope he listens to me and gets me this ring!!!!!
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I've already had tears in my eyes while watching the Inauguration this morning. So many people at the Capitol -- it's mind-blowing.
Wow, Al and Tipper Gore following Dan Quayle down the steps to the platform. It took me a minute to remember Quayle's name -- evidence of his lack of an imprint on American history.
George H.W. and Barbara Bush enter. The only exciting thing there is that George is moments away from returning to civilian life, having challenged the entire Middle East with stupid phrases like "Bring it on" and "Shock and Awe." What a maroon.
It's a miracle the world is still intact, in spite of his devastating eight years in a position of power so undeserved and FAR beyond his abilities.
Speaking of inept, Cheney is in a wheel chair today because he hurt his back while moving boxes from his office yesterday. Ha! Karma for shooting his friend while hunting.
Jimmie and Rosalyn Carter, I've always loved them -- epitome of decency.
Bill and Hillary next. Bill's not looking happy, no smiles. You can almost hear his thoughts, perhaps something like "This should be Hillary's and MY day..."
As much as I like Hillary, I hate to admit that if she had won the Presidency, this inauguration day would have been lackluster.
Barack is in a league of his own, able to attract more than one million people on a freezing cold day. The excitement is palpable, the attendance overwhelming.
The military bands and intros of the former Presidents. Their appearances easily emphasize Obama's youth and energy. Nice touch!
The long shot of the mall packed with people is breathtaking.
The moment is almost here, they just announced the Obama girls, what a couple of cuties! And their grandmother. Right on, Mrs. Robinson! Your help as a caretaker paid off in ways you probably never imagined.
Laura Bush and Lynn Cheney, yawn. Nice, but not impressed w/ either. Stepford-like, ya know?
Michele and Jill, the new ladies in charge, looking fabulous! So classy, both of them, and not afraid to share their opinions either...
George and Dick will be next, can't wait to see the wheelchair again. Maybe he'll try to enter walking, out of sheer pride.
Nope, he's being wheeled out and hangs a LEFT to go down the ramp. How sweet is the irony in his being forced to go left?
George makes his last appearance as "President of the United States," or POTUS for "West Wing" fans.
George kisses Hillary, now that's a photo op!
Joe Biden next, looking competent.
The camera takes a peek at Barack as he approaches the entrance and stops to wait for his announcement.
The NBC voice over suggests what a lonely moment this must be for Barack, truly carrying the weight of the world.
Old white guys next, followed by Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi.
Please be quiet and move out of the way. I can't stand it.
Regal trumpet-playing reminds me of a coronation.
And then, an unbelievable ROAR from the crowd, and a shot over the mall of hundreds of thousands little flags waving through the crowd like flocks of birds.
People cry. What a sight for this challenged country's eyes! It is one of the most memorable events in decades.
Diane Feinstein speaks briefly. Love her.
A prayer comes next -- sudden silence.
Personally, I could have done w/o the Our Father--it doesn't belong in politics.
ARETHA, sporting a wild hat with an oversized bow, sings My Country Tis of Thee.
Her finale, "Let freedom ring" brings on another ROAR.
Joe's sworn in at 11:57 a.m., January 20, 2009. Pretty good timing.
Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma, holy cow. Beautiful, moving strings.
Lone clarinet plays 'Air and Simple Gifts' followed by a mix of piano, strings, clarinet.
It's here -- THE OATH! Justice Roberts mixes up the words -- how embarrassing for him. Maybe next time he'll bring the cheat sheet. What was he thinking?
Barack gracefully makes his promise, and the Marine band plays.
I think of my father. Wherever his soul is today, he is watching this with tears in his eyes. He was a very proud World War II, Iwo Jima Marine, 5th Division.
President Barack Obama.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Inauguration
Labels: 44th President, Barack Obama, inauguration, O Happy Day
2 comments:
- eb said...
Yes, it was a happy day.
I could do without the whole religious component entirely. I wouldn't mind some sort of invocation about harnessing the good energy the the day brought and the karmic effect of doing good.
I find it interesting that Obama is young, I'm only six months older than him, but I'm old. How the hell does that work?
Yeah yeah, it's all relative.
- January 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- KMae said...
it was a fAbulous day!!!
This was a good accounting of it!
Aretha's hat sucked, but no one can top that voice!
I was bawling.
- March 2, 2009 at 6:43 AM
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Whether you've been dreaming for years about that perfect river cruise or you're a seasoned veteran of the leisurely and enriching holiday, we've spotted a few journeys on the horizon that will delight. Here are our favourite upcoming river cruises, which we think will suit everyone who enjoys getting out into the world and experiencing the culture, tastes and life of the unknown.
Best For … Foodies
One could be forgiven for overlooking the gastronomic appeal of Vietnam and Cambodia, what with the glut of ancient sites and temples between them. Although a cruise along the Mekong will inevitably be full board, many holidays to this region also include a land element, allowing you to sample the delights of shrimp pancakes, cha ca (fish sauteed with dill) and pho (the national dish of Vietnam, a sort of light stew), among other tasty dishes.
On Viking's well-judged 15-day Mekong tour, there is a promise to serve regional specialities on board alongside the usual menu. The trip combines hotel stays in Hanoi, Siem Reap and Ho Chi Minh City with a seven-night river voyage.
Best For ... Sybarites
Several river cruise companies boast luxurious cabins, round-the-clock service and innovative balconies. One clear contender is Uniworld's Antoinette. On board is a three-metre Baccarat crystal chandelier in the lobby, a mosaic-lined dipping pool and a small cinema.
Guests sleep on handmade beds with high-thread-count linen and are waited on by butlers. Staff are restaurant trained.
Scenic Tours' European Space Ships have sumptuous suites with private balconies and high-definition televisions linked to iPads. Other touches include tailor-made GPS touring devices and a degustation menu served at Table Le Rive (no added cost but reservations essential).
Unparallelled service: APT Amps Up Its Culinary Offerings On The Mekong
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Best For ... Culture Seekers
With so many ships plying the main arteries of Europe, cruise operators are always looking for ways to offer something extraordinary. On its 15-day Magnificent Europe cruise, APT is including a private banquet at the 14th Century Namedy Castle in Germany, a private classical concert at Vienna's City Palace and an opera recital at the State Opera House in Budapest. The biggest attraction, though, is a journey on the privately chartered Majestic Imperator train, used by royalty during the days of the Habsburg Empire.
Best For ... Families
River cruising is not normally associated with very young children; indeed, the last thing more senior guests would want is little ones running up and down the sundeck. For older children, however, the concept is attractive.
US operator Tauck offers several 'family riverboat adventures' in Europe that include tailored activities. The Danube itinerary, for example, includes medieval games at a castle in Slovakia, a Ferris wheel ride at a historic theme park in Vienna, a riverside bike ride, strudel-making on board, marzipan-sculpting in Passau and visits to locations that featured in The Sound of Music.
Uniworld designates some cruises as multigenerational, with a few treats added for children aged four to 18. CroisiEurope is family-friendly, with discounts sometimes available for younger children.
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Tony Andreu netted a second-half hat-trick as Norwich City racked up a 10-0 friendly win at Hitchin Town.
The Premier League newcomers travelled to face the Southern League Premier Division side to celebrate the Hertfordshire town's 150th year of football and led 2-0 at half-time thanks to a Cameron Jerome brace.
The floodgates opened after the interval, with French midfielder Andreu taking centre stage as Gary O'Neil hit a double and Gary Hooper, Wes Hoolahan and Steven Whittaker also found the target.
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S.E.A Aquarium (the largest aquarium in the world)- Singapore for kids
S.E.A. Aquarium at Resort World Sentosa (photo by Choo Yut Shing)
Just before heading back to London, TT checked out the largest aquarium in the world.
The S.E.A Aquarium is the latest offering from Resort World Sentosa. Not to be confused with the SEA chain of Aquariums in Europe (including that near County Hall London which I have somehow not managed to check out) it is currently the largest aquarium in the world.
It is possible to get there by public transport and its website provides detailed instructions but if you are traveling with children the easiest way is probably to take a taxi. The designated taxi drop off point in the car park is just a short distance away from the Aquarium.
I went with friends and their children on a weekend. The queues to purchase the tickers were long so it was fortunate that my friends had the foresight to buy advance tickets online. You can buy a pass valid for use on any day within a four month period for SGD 33 which makes it really flexible for people who have it on their to do list but who are just not sure which day they are not going to do it. Do check the website to make sure that the Aquarium is not closed for maintenance or private functions on the day of your visit.
The entrance to the Aquarium is a spectacular glass corridor which gives you the illusion of walking through the ocean alongside the sea creatures. This is a highlight for my friend's children who could have spent the entire day marvelling at the spectacle if not for the crowds pushing us on.
Jellyfish (photo by Aapo Haapenen)
The crowds on a weekend with the accompanying jostling and picture taking mar the illusion of being at one with aquatic creatures somewhat. Instead of feeling relaxed and at ease I felt harassed. Only a few exhibits left an impression on me given my haste to move on. The glowing jelly fish pulsating in the water was hard to ignore and equally mesmerising was the school of synchronised fish moving from one direction to another in perfect harmony.
Open Ocean display (photo by Choo Yut Shing)
The Open Ocean display is easily the star attraction. It offers a floor to ceiling panoramic view of oceanic giants. I was spellbound by the manta rays as they glided effortlessly through the water. It was however rather disconcerting to be able to look into hotel suites on the opposite side. These suites offer their residents a view of the Open Ocean but at the same time provide Aquarium visitors with an insight into the TV shows those residents are watching! Guess there is only so much fish gazing one could do.
One can only imagine how much better the experience would have been if it were less crowded. There were some interactive activities for children but we simply did not have the time to try them. I guess that just gives us another reason to return!


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A Writer's Toolbox:
A writer needs a mental toolbox to keep from getting discouraged, every time he or she encounters a problem.
1. The top level of your toolbox should have:
vocabulary - "It ain't how much you've got, honey, it's how you use it." Don't dress up
your vocabulary, using words you don't really know. Use the first word that
comes to your mind, if it is appropriate and colorful." Build your
vocabulary through reading.
- vocabulary includes slang, shouts, and noises that aren't standard English.
- ". . . vocabulary is not the same thing as feeling." So, copying another
writer's words and style won't guarantee a success.
- vocabulary also includes profanity, which is sometimes necessary. People
often say, swear words are a sign of ignorance. Well, ignorance is a
common characteristic, so if you want realistic characters, they have to
speak like real people. And besides, sometimes a swear words can be quite
Example: "I'm busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest."
"Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up first."
grammar - "The best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. But, unless he is
certain of doing well, he will probably do best to follow the rules." - William
- Proper grammar can sometimes stiffen a sentence.
- Avoid the passive voice! It's weak. Too much of it annoys the reader.
Example: The body was carried from the kitchen and placed on the parlor sofa.
Better: Freddy and Myra carried the body out of thekitchen and laid it on the parlor sofa.
- Avoid using adverbs! They're like weeds. The worst kinds are for dialogue attribution -
they explain how a writer says something:
Examples: "Put it down!" she shouted menacingly.
"Give it back," he pleaded abjectly, "it's mine."
"Don't be such a fool, Jekyll," Utterson said contemptuously.
Better: "Put it down!" she shouted.
"Give it back, he pleaded, "it's mine."
"Don't be such a fool, Jekyll," Utterson said.
Why are these words so bad? Because, if you know how to write, we already know how your
characters sound, and these extra words get in the way. They can even become a joke, known
as "Tom Swifties".
Examples: "I made this basket all by myself," Tom said craftily.
"My pencil lead is broken," Tom said pointlessly.
"I'm sort of fond of modern art," Tom said abstractly.
"You got a nice butt, Jill," Tom said cheekily.
- Watch out for pronouns! Too many creates confusion.
Example: "He did it to him before he could do it back."
Better: "Patrick did it to John before he could do it back."
- Don't use extreme verbs for attribution, like "grated, gasped, jerked out".
Simple words like "said, told, shouted, pleaded" are fine.
2. The second level of your toolbox is for style:
style - Every writer has his/her own style or voice. Some are wordy, some are poetic,
some may remind you of a certain colour or flavour. Style reflects the mood of the
writer - serious, comical, nostalgic, bitter, and this mood colours the story.
- Telegraph style: Some writers use sentence fragments "telegraph style" to explain
what they see. It adds variety of style, speeds up the pace, and creates clear
images, but don't overuse it.
Example: "The boat was thirty feet of sleek white fiberglass with gray trim. Tall masts, the sails tied. Satori painted on the hull in black script edged with gold." - Survival of the Fittest, by Jon Kellerman
- Journalistic style: This writing is short, to the point, factual, and unbiased.
- You can also add different forms of writing: personal letters, diary entries,
newspaper articles, etc.
they look as for what they say. You can tell how hard a text is just by
looking at the paragraphs on a page.
- Every paragraph should start with a topic sentence, followed by support-
and-description. Don't wander off topic!
- In fiction, paragraphs are less formal, and should flow naturally, like
talking. "It's the beat instead of the actual melody."
narration - Narration moves the story from point A to point B and finally to point Z.
- Narration should be graceful. What does this mean? It means telling what
happened, respecting the story and the intellect of your audience. Graceful
narration is tactful, understated, and accurate.
description - Description creates a sensory reality for the reader. It's not just a question
of how to describe, but how much to. "The key to good description begins
with clear seeing and ends with clear writing."
- "Thin description leaves the reader feeling bewildered and nearsighted.
Overdescription buries him or her in details and images. The trick is to find
a happy medium."
- "It's also important to know what to describe and what can be left alone."
For example don't go into detail about all your character's clothes. "If I
want to read descriptions of clothes, I can always get a J. Crew catalogue."
- "I can't remember many cases where I felt I had to describe what the
people in a story of mine looked like––I'd rather let the reader supply the
faces, the builds, and the clothing as well. If I tell you that Carrie White is
a high school outcast with a bad complexion and a fashion-victim
wardrobe, I think you can do the rest, can't you?"
- Overdescription slows down the pace of a story and can bore your reader,
and worse, it can ruin the bond between you and your readers. The more
these characters match the picture in your head, the less the readers can
create their own interpretations. "Description begins in the writer's
imagination, but should finish in the reader's." A few details will do, and
the best are usually the first that come to mind.
- Physical descriptions of characters are no shortcut to personality. So, don't
mention "sharply intelligent eyes, a determined chin, or arrogant
cheekbones." It's lazy writing. A cardinal rule of good fiction is, "never tell
us a thing if you can show us, instead . . . I tried never to come right out
and say 'Annie was depressed and possibly suicidal that day' . . . If I have
to tell you, I lose. If, on the other hand, I can show you a silent, dirty-
haired woman who compulsively gobbles cake and candy, then have you
draw the conclusion that Annie is in the depressive part of a manic-
depressive cycle, I win. And if I am able, even briefly, to give you a
Wilkes'-eye-view of the world––if I can make you understand her
madness––then perhaps I can make her someone you sympathize with or
even identify with."
- Locale and texture are more important than character's physical features,
but follow the same rule as above––enough detail to put a picture in the
reader's head. "If I think longer I can come up with more stuff . . ., but
there's no need for more. This isn't the Taj Mahal we're visiting, after all,
and I don't want to sell you the place."
- There are two ways to describing things: straight (literal) and poetic. both
can be great. Be careful with poetic descriptions, because a bad simile
(without a logical connection) can ruin a story.
Example: "He sat stolidly beside the corpse, waiting for the medical examiner as patiently as a man waiting for a turkey sandwich."
What does that mean? Men don't always wait patiently for turkey
sandwiches. Everyone is different, and sometimes you're in a hurry. And,
what is the writer really saying? That the man waiting for the doctor is
bored, or could care less about who died? This is not clear writing.
- Poetic language can be a lot of fun when done right, even when vulgar:
Example: "It was darker than a carload of assholes"
"I lit a cigarette that tasted like a plumber's handkerchief."
Here the meaning is clear, and it gives you a clue as to the kind of person
telling the story.
- "The most common pitfall of figurative language is the use of clichéd
similes, metaphors, and images. He ran like a madman, she was pretty as
a summer day, the guy was a hot ticket, Bob fought like a tiger . . . don't
waste my time (or anyone) else's with such chestnuts. It makes you look
either lazy or ignorant."
dialogue - Dialogue brings your characters to life, through speech. It defines them, the
good and the bad. People reveal themselves by what and how they speak, often completely unaware. Let your characters speak freely, and you'll learn about them organically, just as your readers do.
- "The key to writing good dialogue is honesty . . . the dialogue has to ring true
to our ear." This will often get you in trouble with critics who can't see the difference between a flawed character and a flawed writer. Never let the "Legion of Decency" dictate what or how you write. Stephen once wrote about a character who killed a dog. He then received hate mail from people wondering why he hates dogs so much. These are people to ignore.
- Dialogue tells us about characters, little bits at a time, like solving a puzzle.
This is much more engaging for the reader than simply telling her, "this character is smart, while this one is stupid, and this one is short tempered."
- A big part of the readers' enjoyment comes from believable characters - their
behaviours, surroundings, and their talk. The more realistic a character, the more it echoes with the readers' own lives and beliefs. There's a guilty pleasure we get from reading good dialogue, like we're eavesdropping on an interesting conversation.
- "Bad dialogue is deadly . . . Dialogue is a skill best learned by people who
enjoy talking and listening to others––particularly listening, picking up the accents, rhythms, dialect, and slang of various groups. Loners such as Lovecraft often write it badly, or with the care of someone who is composing in a language other than his or her native tongue." One can forgive a writer for bad dialogue, so long as it's scarce. Stephen King praised H. P. Lovecraft as a genius while noting, of the millions of words he had written, fewer than five thousand were dialogue.
3. The third level is for:
plot - "I won't try to convince you that I've never plotted any more than I'd try to
convince you that I've never told a lie, but I do both as infrequently as possible. I
distrust plot for two reasons: first, because our lives are largely plotless . . . and
second, because I believe plotting and the spontaneity of real creation aren't
compatible. . . my basic belief about the making of stories is that they pretty much
make themselves."
- "I believe stories are found things, like fossils in the ground . . . The writer's job is to
use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible. Sometimes the fossil you uncover is small; a seashell. Sometimes it's enormous, a Tyrannosaurus Rex with all those gigantic ribs and grinning teeth. Either way, . . . the techniques of excavation remain basically the same.
- "No matter how good you are, no matter how much experience you have, it's
probably impossible to get the entire fossil out of the ground without a few breaks and losses. To get even most of it, the shovel must give way to more delicate tools: airhose, palm-pick, perhaps even a toothbrush. Plot is a far bigger tool, the writer's jackhammer. You can liberate a fossil from hard ground with a jackhammer, no argument there, but you know as well as I do that the jackhammer is going to break almost as much stuff as it liberates. It's clumsy, mechanical, anticreative. Plot is, I think the good writer's last resort and the dullard's first choice. The story which results from it is apt to feel artificial and labored."
- The century's greatest supporter of Developing the Plot may have been Edgar
Wallace, a best-selling potboiler novelist of the 1920's. Wallace invented––and patented––a device called the Edgar Wallace Plot Wheel. When you got stuck . . . you simply spun the Plot Wheel and read what came up in the window: a fortuitous arrival, perhaps, or Heroine declares her love.
situation - "The situation comes first. The characters––always flat and unfeatured, to
begin with––come next."
- The most interesting situations can usually be expressed as a What-if question:
Examples: What if vampires invaded a small New England village? (Salem's Lot)
What if a cleaning woman suspected of a murder she got away with (her husband) fell under suspicion for a murder she did not commit (her employer)? (Dolores Claiborne)
- Situation is much more intuitive and organic. "I want to put a group of
characters (perhaps a pair; perhaps even just one) in some sort of predicament and then watch them try to work themselves free. My job isn't to help them work their way free, or manipulate them to safety––those are jobs which require the noisy jackhammer of plot––but to watch what happens and then write it down."
- "What happens to characters as a story progresses depends solely on what I
discover about them as I go along––how they grow, in other words . . . If they grow a lot, they begin to influence the course of the story instead of the other way around." This kind of writing is called "character driven". You decide which characters are most important to the story as the situation develops, and that's how you determine which will be the protagonists, and which will be supporting characters.
Note: "character driven" is different from a "character study" in which the whole book revolves around the life and thoughts of one character, without any important situation. Virginia Woolf and James Joyce wrote character studies, using stream-of-consciousness.
believable characters - avoid cardboard characters! In real life, "no one is 'the bad buy'
or 'the best friend' or 'the whore with the heart of gold' . . . In real life we each regard ourselves as the main character." Treat all your characters this way, and remember, "every character you create is partly you."
- "I have never demanded of a set of characters that they do things
my way. On the contrary, I want them to do things their way. In some instances, the outcome is what I visualized. In most, however, it's something I never expected. For a suspense novelist, this is a great thing . . . if I'm not able to guess with any accuracy how the damned thing is going to turn out . . . I can be pretty sure of keeping the reader in a state of page-turning anxiety. And why worry about the ending anyway? Why be such a control freak? Sooner or later every story comes to an end somewhere."
- "Make sure these fictional folks behave in ways that will both
help the story and seem reasonable to us."
- Believable characters are crucial, but it's not enough. They also
need to be vivid and interesting. This is typically much easier with villains than with average heroes.
pacing - "Pace is the speed at which your narrative unfolds. There is a kind of unspoken
(hence undefended and unexamined) belief in publishing circles that the most commercially successful stories and novels are fast-paced. I guess the underlying thought is that people have so many things to do today, and are so easily distracted from the printed word, that you'll lose them unless you become a kind of short-order cook, serving up sizzling burgers, fries, and eggs over easy just as fast as you can."
"Like so many unexamined beliefs in the publishing business, this idea is largely bullshit . . . which is why, when books like Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose or Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain suddenly break out of the pack and climb the best-seller lists, publishers and editors are astonished. I suspect that most of them ascribe these books' unexpected success to unpredictable and deplorable lapses into good taste on the part of the reading public."
"Not that there's anything wrong with rapidly paced novels. Some pretty good writers––Nelson DeMille, Wilbur Smith, and Sue Grafton, to name just three––have made millions writing them. But you can overdo the speed thing. Move too fast and you risk leaving your reader behind, either by confusing or be hearing him/her out . . . Nevertheless, you need to beware––if you slow the pace down too much, even the most patient reader is apt to grow restive."
"The best way to find a balance is your IR."
back story - is all the stuff that happened before your tale began but which has an
impact on the front story. Back story is always an important element to a story, because even when you write all the events in chronological order, "every life is in medias res." "How much and how well you deal with those years will have a lot to do with the level of success your story achieves, with whether readers think of it as "a good read" or "a big fat bore."
- Back story helps define characters and establish motivation. "Get it in as
quickly as possible, but it's also important to do it with some grace." Giving back story isn't simply about giving information, it's about building a drama. It's an art.
Example: "Hello, ex-wife," Tom said to Doris as she entered the room.
Better: "Hi, Doris," Tom said. His voice sounded natural enough––to his own ears, at least––but the fingers of his right hand crept to the place where his wedding ring had been until six months ago.
- "The most important things to remember about back story is that (a)
everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn't very interesting. Stick to the parts that are."
research - "Remember that word back. That's where research belongs: as far in the
background and the back story as you can get. You may be entranced with what you're learning about flesh-working bacteria, the sewer system of New York, or the I.Q. potential of collie pups, but your readers are probably going to care a lot more about your characters and your story."
- There have been very successful writers who rely on fact and research. But,
for every one, there are a hundred wannabes. "story belongs in front, but some research is inevitable; you shirk it at your peril."
- "Also, enough details––always assuming they are the correct ones––can stem
the tide of letters from picky-ass readers who apparently live to tell writers that they messed up (the tone of these letters is unvaryingly gleeful)."
4. The fourth level of your toolbox is for theme and symbolism - things to develop after the story is complete.
theme - Theme and symbolism are decorative ornaments to your work. They might be
present in the story, and they might not. But, the story always comes first. "Starting with the questions and thematic concerns is a recipe for bad fiction . . the only possible exceptions to this rule I can think of are allegories like George Orwell's Animal Farm (and I have a sneaking suspicion that with Animal Farm the story idea may indeed have come first; if I see Orwell in the afterlife, I mean to ask him)."
- Themes can also be a handy tool in your kit, working like a magnifying glass.
When done right, a theme can give your work resonance - a memory that lingers in the heart and mind of the reader.
- "Writing and literature classes can be annoyingly preoccupied by (and
pretentious about) theme, approaching it as the most sacred of sacred cows, but (don't be shocked) it's really no big deal. If you write a novel, spend weeks and then months catching it word by word, you owe it both to the book and to yourself to lean back (or take a long walk) when you've finished and ask yourself why you bothered––why you spent all that time, why it seemed so important. In other words, what's it all about, Alfie?"
- In Stephen's book The Stand, he determined the theme to be, "violence as a
solution is woven through human nature like a damning red thread."
"Near the end of the novel . . . Fran asks Stuart Redman if there's any hope at all, if people ever learn from their mistakes. Stu replies, "I don't know," then pauses. In story-time, that pause lasts only as long as it takes the reader to flick his or her eye to the last line. In the writer's study, it went on a lot longer. I searched my mind and heart for something else Stu could say, some clarifying statement. I wanted to find it because at that moment if at no other, Stu was speaking for me. In the end however, Stu simply repeats what he has already said: I don't know. It was the best I could do. Sometimes a book gives you answers, but not always, and I didn't want to leave the readers who had followed me through hundreds of pages with nothing but some empty platitude I didn't believe myself. There is no moral to The Stand, no "We'd better learn or we'll probably destroy the whole damned planet next time"––but if the theme stands out clearly enough, those discussing it may offer their own morals and conclusions. Nothing wrong with that; such discussions are one of the great pleasures of the reading life."
- Some other common themes in Stephen Kings works include:
"How difficult it is––perhaps impossible! ––to close Pandora's technobox once it's open."
"Why, if there is a God, such terrible things happen."
"There is a thin line between reality and fantasy."
"Why is violence so terribly attractive to fundamentally good people?
symbolism - "Symbolism does serve a useful purpose, though––it's more than just
chrome on the grill. It can serve as a focusing device for both you and your reader."
- "Symbolism doesn't have to be difficult and relentlessly brainy. Nor does it
have to be as consciously crafted as a kind of ornamental Turkish rug upon which the furniture of the story stands."
- Your story doesn't have to have symbolism. If it's there, great. "If it isn't so
what? You've still got the story itself, don't you?"
irony - Stephen King didn't offer advice on this, but mentioned it as something to look
for and develop, along with theme.


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Unlike the other MUN / model United Nations, this third annual GMUN 2011 (Global Model United Nations) surely unforgettable.
by: Dyah Ayu Prima Rukmi - International Relations 2008
First, it was directed by the UN itself.
Second, it was held in Incheon, the International city of South Korea and it was summer – summer in Korea, could you imagine that?!
What is the surprised-center in this model United Nations? We were expecting for UN Secretary-General's presence in the conference – His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon. We have this very rare opportunity to take photograph with him! But unfortunately, not all of the delegation from all committee in The General Assembly can take a picture with him. He left the Premier Ballroom earlier than we expected after His Excellency gave speech to all of the delegates. Although there are some disappointed faces (yes, from The Forth Committee which didn't get the chance), still, the delegates were cheering and they agreed to make it as their once-upon-a-time life experience.
So, that's enough for five seconds euphoria, now we're back to tell you about this four days conference. Indeed, The General Assembly was divided into four committees, well known as the First Committee about Disarmament and International Security – this committee usually took debate issues about security, defense efforts, and sensitive international issues that directly face to face with hard politics. Let's call it as the best friend of politic-military actions.
The Second Committee is about Economic and Financial – many ideas about welfare are really in tight correlation with this committee. International issues was hot on the floor, in GMUN 2011, the issue in this committee was about the sustainable development and improving market. The Third Committee well-known as Social, Humanitarian and Cultural committee being attracted to the issue about education and gender. It is not too exaggerating if we are regarding the Third Committee as the spotlight for soft politic concern. And now the Fourth Committee for Special Political and Decolonization part of The General Assembly. It's been a pleasure to talk the real politic with representing each of our country interest. Diverse point of view of each country politic must meet in the same spot in order to come out with the single-consensus understanding towards the topic. That's the challenge!
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Friday, November 9, 2007
Regarding the Oct. 30 editorial "The Ghost of Brownie":
When wondering whether a government action is the result of conspiracy or mistake, the smart money bets on mistake. The furor over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's recent "phony" press briefing shows that many have become so reflexively cynical that they no longer even ask. They assume that conspiracies are afoot.
In this case, there was no conspiracy and no reason to hatch one. The California wildfire operations had gone reasonably well, especially FEMA's efforts. There was no bad news to hide and no hard questions to duck.
Here is what happened: There was pressure to inform the public quickly, and the staff, exhausted from round-the-clock duty, dropped the ball on announcing the news briefing. I was busy with meetings and unaware before the briefing that reporters had not been given adequate time to arrive and that the phone line for reporters was "listen only." The staff tried to salvage the event by asking the kinds of questions they had been fielding that morning.
Mistakes were made by a well-intentioned staff, and I made two. I did not ensure that the staff had made adequate preparations, and when I found out in the middle of the briefing, I did not intervene. Because I was in charge, I take responsibility for letting this hastily planned briefing go forward.
However, neither I nor anyone on the staff is guilty of any attempt to deceive.
The writer was director of external affairs for FEMA until last month.
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We had so much snow this weekend that our Monday book group meeting was cancelled due to uncertainty over whether people could make it to the library or, if they got there, if the library would be open. Actually, we could have gotten there just fine. There is one (and, I think, only one) advantage to living on a main road, which is that the snow plows get to you first. Wouldn't want to slow those chickens down on their trip to the Tyson factory. And, sharing a driveway with the fire chief, even our drive gets plowed for us promptly. However, it worked out pretty well for Travis, anyway, since he found Calico Bush a completely uninspiring read and was Not on track to have it done by today. So we stayed home and did our usual thing (and I did not point out to the children that school was not in session across the street).
I think it is going to be a pretty good week!
No misery here, though! I got a Christmas present in the mail! Well, UPS, really. Anyway...
And my freezer is now completely emptied of stale ends of bread loaves. What with the snow and cold, I've been a little more generous than usual with the birds. The crows are so darned cute, the way they are so big and jump around so cautiously, that I've even been putting peanut butter on the bread. Turns out they are very enthusiastic about pinto beans, too! Tomorrow they will be getting the mostly-but-not-completely-stale hot dog buns.


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This is the last of my sketches of buildings from my trip to Hoboken on Saturday.
After lunch a few of us walked down some of the side streets away from the water.
I loved the signs sticking out of the buildings and the canopies over some of the windows. I even got to sketch some cars which I still need a lot of practice doing.


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Anybody who knows me understands that I love to know what former MetroStars/Red Bull players are up to. So get used to seeing something on here everytime I hear of one of the near 200 players making a move.
Today, former Project-40/MetroStars defender Nelson Akwari signed with USL2's Charlotte Eagles. He joins former MetroStars #1 Draft Pick, Steve Shak.
Akwari joined the MetroStars in a weighted lottery on August 12th, 2002. To make room for Akwari the team waived Dustin Sheppard. Akwari was performing with the US U23's at the time. Akwari played in 7 games with the MetroStars, starting just 3. His debut was in an exhibition against Chivas where he recorded an assist.
In 2003, he was traded to Columbus along with the MetroStars 2nd round draft pick in 2004 in exchange for the 17th pick overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. The Metros used that pick on current Red Bull player, Tim Regan.
Akwari struggled to blossum into a talented defender for the Crew and did not consistently see action. The Crew then lost Akwari to Real Salt Lake in the expansion draft in 2005. With Real, Akwari started to find a home in the back and looked to secure a starting spot heading into 2006 after a groin injury halted his most succesful campaign towards the end of the season. He got his chance to make a comeback three games into the 2006 season but it wasn't enough to earn a permanent spot as he only ended up playing in 18 games. In the 2007 preseason, Real Salt Lake coach deemed Akwari unworthy of a spot with the team and waived him.
Best of luck to Akwari! His career went from a potential candidate for the USMNT to starting in just over half a MLS team's games in one season down to USL2 the next season.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
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A few weeks ago I got a box from Cromer's that contained three bags of popcorn — Caramel Corn, Cheesy Sweet Monkey Munch, and Sweet n Sassy Caramel Corn.
I absolutely love caramel popcorn. I've tasted well over 100 different kinds from quite a lot of popcorn companies. The recipe for caramel popcorn is relatively the same, but the ingredients used are varied. Finding the right combination is the key.
I started out my tasting with the Caramel Corn. It was really, really good and it only lasted a few minutes. It wasn't a very large bag, but it did contain enough popcorn for two to enjoy, however, there was nobody around to share with so I consumed it all myself. Next up was the Cheesy Sweet Monkey Munch. It basically tasted very similar to the Caramel Corn flavor with just a minimal flavor of cheese. It really needed more cheese flavoring. The final flavor, Sweet n Sassy Caramel Corn, turned out to be my favorite. It contained a mixture of spicy ingredients (onion, garlic, etc.) that tickled my tongue. It starts out as a sweet caramel flavor and then the spicy flavors kick in as you are chewing and stay on your tongue for a few minutes. I was craving for more when the flavor was gone.
All the popcorn from Cromer's was fresh and crunchy. I highly recommend the Caramel Corn and the Sweet n Sassy Caramel Corn flavors.
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i was hired to build an e-commerce site for the car accessories business .
the company is selling : seat covers , floor mats , air fresheners ...
i will give for each article one key word and another 3-6 words for SEO .
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3) driving them to buy for example : "Stop waiting, you are only a few clicks away from joining thousands of other satisfied customers in spoiling themselves and their cars with the accessories they deserve "
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my milestone will be : one article to review and if i will like the writing then payment will be every five .
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day 2. nothing much really, left New Jersey for Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell,
and some other government building which I wasnt really interested in. Natalie and I were far more interested in this particularly huge grass patch outside the bell showcase.
i also swapped over to my 10-24s because i got really sick of running backwards to take pictures.
had chinese food in chinatown, i realized how out of place every china town looked. it just looks, dirtier + huge tacky signboards with bad/wrong english. but...hey they serve great chinese take out in qt boxes.
took a domestic flight out to Orlando, Florida. and we had Denny's for dinner, and Walgreen shopping was mad, everything in the cosmetic section was cheap / on discount i.e. 99cents for lipstick. dont know what has gotten into me but lately, i prefer looking at cosmetics more than clothes. what's worse? i hardly use them.
oh happy Sunday everyone!


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Field of Concentration
Students at the end of their senior year must pass a comprehensive examination in a departmental field of concentration. (See section on Departmental Comprehensive Examination.) The senior thesis is ordinarily written in the field of concentration, but there is no requirement in this regard.
Students commonly choose to focus on the following fields of study:
- Africa
- Ancient Greece and Rome
- Asia
- Europe since 1700
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- History of Science and Technology
- Intellectual and Cultural History
- Latin America
- Medieval and Renaissance Europe
- Modern Imperialism and Colonialism
- Near East
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- War, Revolution, and the State
There are no formal requirements for most fields of concentration, but students are encouraged to take at least three courses in their chosen field. Two fields of concentration do, however, carry special requirements:
United States History
Those students choosing to concentrate in American history must take a minimum of two courses in pre-20th century American history. (See Distribution Requirements for a list of appropriate courses.)
History of Science
History majors wishing to concentrate in the history of science need not meet the departmental prerequisites or distribution requirements. But they must take ten to twelve courses that satisfy the following requirements:
- Two courses in science, engineering, or mathematics in addition to those used to fill the University's science distribution requirement.
- Four of the following courses:
- EGR277/HIS277, Technology and Society
- HIS 290, The Scientific World View of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- HIS 291, The Scientific Revolution and European Order, 1500-1750
- HIS 292, Science in the Modern World
- HIS 293, Science in a Global Context: 15th to 20th Century
- HIS 294, What is the Scientific Revolution?
- HIS 295, Making America: A Technological History of the United States
- HIS 391, History of Contemporary Science
- HIS 392, History of Evolution
- HIS 393, Race, Drugs, and Drug Policy in America
- HIS 395, History of Medicine and the Body
- HIS 396, History of Biology
- HIS 397, Translation in the History of Science
- HIS 398, Technologies and Their Societies: Historical Perspective
- HIS 399, In the Groove: Technology and Music in American History, from Edison to the iPod
- HIS 489(see HUM 470) Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
- HIS 490, Perspectives on the Nature and Development of Science
- HIS 491, History of Ecology and Environmentalism
- HIS 492, Problems in the Development of the Life Sciences
- HIS 493, Science and Religion: Historical Approaches
- HIS 494, Broken Brains, Shattered Minds
- HIS 495, The Soviet Science System
- HIS 498, History of Pseudoscience
Note: With the permission of Prof. Guenther, one of these courses may be replaced by a cognate course from another department.
- Four other history courses.
The independent work and departmental comprehensive examination requirements are the same as for all other departmental majors.


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A blog about the daily life of a rabbit slave, shelter volunteer, and professional pet sitter as I try to build a life in which my passion for animals can shine.
A Big Event
I haven't been allowed on the computer for days! Mom has been really busy, getting ready for a big awareness event as she calls it. I guess she will be taking our foster bunny and some others to a place to meet people and talk about the rescue group she works with. It's called Rabbit Rescue Inc. She is telling me to write that if anyone is in Toronto today, it's in the Bloor West Village, 2100 Bloor Street W. at Global Pet Foods from 10-3 and there are cute bunnies and vegan treats.
I like vegan treats (since I'm a vegan, duh!) Mom gives me these cookies that are really for horses, but we all go crazy for them here in the mornings. Abbey even gets up on the couch and binkies back and forth! Today I dropped mine in Mom's shoe and had to call her back to help me find it.
Okay, I have to go, she is kicking me off again. Hrrmph! I need my own computer.
Posted by Fez and the Gang at 7:29 AM
3 comments:
- The Bunns said...
You eat like a horse!!!
If you get your own computer, report how. We can't imagine getting one.
- April 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM
- FrecklesandDeb said...
Sounds like a great event!
It's a bummer to have to share a computer, isn't it? Freckles wants a laptop so she can blog on the go.
- April 21, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- archi ann said...
I think you should get your own computer too - it should be an apple because they are really tasty. i especially like fuji apples.
that's cool what your mum does for rabbits, even if she has a dog too. i have a big dumb puppy that lives here and drives me nuts.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:17 PM
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D runs in our city's half marathon every Thanksgiving (well the last one anyway), and I was supposed to run with him this year. Since I didn't really stick with the running program I started three months ago; I decided running 13.1 miles at 7 am on Thanksgiving was probably not the best idea.
It does not mean, however, that I didn't hear the alarm blare loudly first at 4:30 this morning, and then again at 4:39.
So I went ahead and got up. Lest you think getting up at 4:39 am is a bad idea, it's really great. Really.
I get to see D before he leaves.
I started the Sweet Potato Souffle so I'm not doing that at the last minute.
I might work out. Hey! I really might.
We are driving down to the inlaws later this morning so it will be nice not to rush. Everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
it's 5:40 and i've already been up for an hour
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- Geohde said...
I always think that the distance at least sound slightly more petite if you live in a country that does miles, and no kilometeres like here.
Sod it, I'd take a cab after the first 5-10 K, but I'm a lazy thing....
- November 24, 2007 at 4:09 AM
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It's impossible to rate which current issues are the most despicable, but surely the forced evacuations at Standing Rock and the deportation of undocumented immigrants rank among the top. Some reports have stated this week that all deportees, whether originally from Mexico or not, will be forced to relocate to Mexico regardless. In Texas, an undocumented woman reported to have been hospitalized with a brain tumor was arrested, her hands and ankles bound, and taken to a deportation center. Hundreds of police and militarized 'guns for hire' forced Native Peoples from their peaceful, prayerful protest at Standing Rock. Arrests were made upon those unwilling to leave the site. Outcries from social media have stated, "This is not us." However, in her seminal 2004 New York Times article "Regarding the Torture of Others," Susan Sontag precisely pointed out that we, American citizens, could not separate ourselves from the actions at Abu Ghraib. We ARE Abu Ghraib. And like it or not, we have to face the truth that as a whole, we American citizens ARE emblematic of Immigrant Deportations and we ARE reflected in the militant stance against Standing Rock. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs states in her creative and informative essay published at Bitch Media, if we don't face our history, it will be impossible to improve our current cultural dilemma.
I've also included articles this week that focus on the complicit actions of many Americans in the face of violence against people of color; bell hooks' ideas on the necessity of a new Feminist vision; and the many different faces of the disabled community. Roxane Gay offers her own wisdom in a recent article from Brooklyn Magazine and Naseem Jamnia relates her connection between feminism and the Sufi order. So, if you missed any of these stories this week, READ ON. Your comments are always welcome.
"I don't want to go to the store, to church — they are looking everywhere, and they know where to find us," said Meli, who asked that her last name not be used out of fear of getting caught. "They could be waiting for us anywhere. Any corner, any block."
"Immigrants Hide, Fearing Capture on 'Any Corner'"/ by Vivian Yee/ New York Times/ February 22, 2017.
2. Perhaps most importantly, Tyson considers all the ways in which an American populace was complicit in its acceptance of violence against black people—and then considers all the ways in which it is still complicit in the deaths of people of color today
"How the Blood of Emmett Till Still Stains America Today"/ by Vann R. Newkirk II/ The Atlantic/ February 16, 2017.
3. People have less time, less energy, and fewer resources to participate in civic life when they lack reliable access to food and shelter, when they are overworked and scrambling to stay afloat, when they have been burdened with immense debt by the cost of an education or housing or health care, when they have been criminalized, marginalized, terrorized.
"Tyranny of the Minority"/ by Rebecca Solnit/ Harpers/ February 23, 2017.
4. And it may be that we will have to come together in ways that Lorde never imagined, but without facing and reclaiming our history, we won't have what we need to overcome this new and recurring fascist moment. It's a birthday party called "face our history," even and especially the parts that scare us, that we may transform fear into creativity, love, and action.
"Audre Lorde's ABC's of Fighting Fascism/It's Time For All of Us to Face our History"/ by Alexis Pauline Gumbs/ BitchMedia/ February 17, 2017.
5. There's more than just one kind of disability. So it's not just about ramps or accessible bathrooms, it's about sign language interpreters and Braille for reading materials and sensory materials (like headphones) for people with ASDs. And to successfully institute that, they're gonna have to get rid of what they think disability looks like.
"Be the Change: Six Disabled Activists on Why the Resistance Must Be Accessible"/ by Carrie/ Autostraddle/ February 13, 2017.
6. "In the history of colonization, they've always given us two options: Give up our land or go to jail. Give up our rights or go to jail," one woman says in the video. "And now, give up our water or go to jail. We are not criminals."
"Women of Standing Rock Make A Powerful Plea Before Evacuation"/ by Elyse Wanshel/ The Huffington Post/ February 21, 2017.
7. I think that we have to restore feminism as a political movement. The challenge to patriarchy is political, and not a lifestyle or identity. It's as if we have to return to very basic education for critical consciousness, around what visionary feminist politics really is about.
"bell hooks on the State of Feminism And How to Move Forward Under Trump: BUST Interview"/ by Lux Alptraum/ Bust/ February 15, 2017.
8. "It's where I'm from," Gay says of the Midwest. "It's definitely taught me about isolation and loneliness, and that informs a lot of who I am." Many of the stories in Difficult Women are set there, and her characters cannot "be categorized by a simple term like flyover country." Plus, Gay points out, "there aren't a lot of people writing about blackness in the Midwest."
"The Rise of Roxane Gay"/ by Molly McArdle/ Brooklyn/ February 22, 2017.
9. As an intersectional feminist, I believe it is my duty to believe that there are others who have been oppressed for things outside of their control. They, too, deserve their voices, and it is only through understanding a person's differences that we are able to understand how we are also similar.
"I'm an Intersectional Feminist Because of My Sufi Faith"/ by Naseem Jamnia/ Ravishly/ February 20, 2017.
Joyce Hayden left her university teaching job two years ago in order to pursue her own artistic work. An assemblage artist, painter, and writer, Joyce is currently in the process of acquiring an agent to represent her memoir, The Out of Body Girl, which describes her 8 year relationship with a charismatic gambler and the dangerous road that eventually led to her freedom. Her chapbook of poems, Lost Handprint, is forthcoming from Dandelion Review. A freelance editor and writing coach, Joyce's writing services and a selection of her artwork can be found at her website joycehayden.com. Joyce is available for commission art work, including celebration shrines for loved ones and pets.


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Canton Fair 2017 Review
Canton Fair 2017 Review
Canton Fair is a trade fair held in the spring and autumn seasons each year since the spring of 1957 in Canton, China.
The Fair is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Local Government of Guangdong Province, and organized by China Foreign Trade Centre.
Canton Fair's full name since 2007 has been China Import and Export Fair, renamed from Chinese Export Commodities Fair.
Canton Fair is the largest trade fair in China . Among China's largest trade fairs, it has the largest assortment of products, the largest attendance, and the largest number of business deals made at the fair. Like many trade fairs it has several traditions and functions as a comprehensive event of international importance.
For more news and information on Canton Fair 2017 Inviation and Travel, please visit http://cantonfairtravel.com
Canton Fair basic facts
First held: April 1957.
Interval: Three phases per session; two sessions per year.
Spring session: April 15-19 (Phase 1); April 24-28 (Phase 2); May 3-7 (Phase 3), 2017.
Autumn session: October 15-19 (Phase 1); October 23-27 (Phase 2); October 31- November 4 (Phase 3), 2017.
Venue: China Import and Export Fair (Pazhou) Complex (380 Yuejiangzhong Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510335 (In 104th Session, Liuhua Complex no longer in use. )
Gross exhibition space: 1,125,000 m².
Number of booths: Over 55,800 standard stands (105th Session).
Varieties: Over 150,000.
Business turnover: 262.3 Million USD (105th Session).
'Number of trading countries and regions: 203 (103rd Session).
Number of visitors: 165,436 (105th Session).
Exhibitors: Over 22,000 (with 21,709 Chinese exhibitors, 395 international exhibitors, 105th Session).
Fifty trading delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises), take part in the Fair. These include private enterprises, factories, scientific research institutions, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and foreign trade companies. The 107th Canton Fair saw 399 different companies from 27 countries.
The Canton fair leans to export trade, though import business is also done here. Apart from the above-mentioned, various types of business activities such as economic and technical cooperations and exchanges, commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, consultation, etc. are also carried out in flexible ways.
For more news and information on Canton Fair 2016 Inviation and Travel, please visithttp://cantonfairtravel.com
Canton Fair 2016:
Phase One: 15th-19th April, 2017 9:30-18:00
Phase Two: 23rd-27th April, 2017 9:30-18:00
Phase Three: 1st – 5th May, 2017 9:30-18:00
For more news and information on Canton Fair 2017 Inviation and Travel, please visithttp://cantonfairtravel.com
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As we begin 2015, we look back on the challenges and triumphs that made up 2014 and how we can learn from it and grow.
The past 12 months has brought considerable joy and equal parts despair. For anyone who watches the news or keeps up with current affairs, we've seen a fair share of tragedy both at home and abroad.
Many of these events have helped to shape humanity, and to both strengthen and inspire us.
In the wake of terrible tragedy that we've been witness to, it is both humbling and touching to experience solidarity – people coming together to ride out tragedy in a communal show of support and mateship.
Events such as the Sydney Siege, ISIL attacks, the Air Asia tragedy, and more recently the South Australian and Victorian bushfires have – despite the atrocity of these events – helped bring people together; united in grief and determined to protect our communities and fellow brothers and sisters.
With 24/7 news coverage and instant exposure to tragic events via the Internet, it can be extremely difficult to cope with the onslaught of feelings which may arise from these events; guilt, depression, anxiety, fear. It's as if everywhere you turn there is some sort of tragedy – overseas, in your country, in your neighbourhood, or even your family.
When we as young people hear about such tragedies in which people are killed or hurt or suffering, we can experience strong emotions which can be overwhelming.
Everyone is different when it comes to dealing with tragedy or 'bad news'. Some people may be affected quite significantly – feeling a lot of empathy toward the strangers they see who are hurting. Others may 'turn a blind eye' or learn to become 'hardened' toward such events.
When it comes to tragedy – whether experiencing it first-hand or watching it on the news – there are a few helpful tactics which may ease your feelings of shock or despair.
Coping with tragedy
– Talk about it. Michigan State University experts uncovered that the most important thing for young adults is to be able to talk about these traumatic events. Talking to your family, friends, or a mentor can be an extremely helpful way to identify and address your thoughts and feelings. By talking to someone, you allow yourself to unload your feelings and associated emotions which have most likely built up from experiencing negative events.
–Accept your feelings. If you feel overwhelming despair or a need to cry, then do so. Allowing yourself to experience these emotions is natural and can actually be therapeutic. It is okay to feel angry or upset; recognize these feelings and allow yourself time to work through them. As a human being you are going to experience all kinds of emotions. Emotional acceptance means that you are accepting your emotional life and affirming your humanity. By accepting negative emotions brought on by tragedy, you are allowing yourself to learn about it and to grow as a human being.
–Put things into perspective. When we are constantly bombarded by negative news and tragic events, it is easy to fall into the thinking loop that is "What if this happens to me?". For example, many of us may be – understandably – hesitant to fly on a plane or attend major events where the likelihood of terrorist threats are 'high'. But by allowing fear to take hold of you and living your life, you are not doing yourself any favours. Put things into perspective. What really are the chances that something will happen to you or your family and friends? Is it really likely that you'll be involved in a plane or car accident? Although these tragic events do happen, it is wise to keep informed with the facts or likelihood of such events. For example, the odds of being killed in a single plane flight is 1 in 4.7 million. Similarly, the odds of being caught up in a terrorist attack or siege is about the same as being hit by an asteroid.
–Limit media exposure. In today's round-the-clock media saturated world, tragedy and despair has become a common part of our daily lives. From repeated news coverage of tragic events, to traumatic pictures caught on camera, it is no surprise that such exposure can have a serious impact on our emotional health. In order to achieve some peace of mind and to help lighten the burden of bad news, it is a good idea to limit your exposure to negative media in the form of news, current affairs programs, and even social media. It isn't about being ignorant to what's going on around you, more so of self-preservation and allowing yourself and your mind a break from negative news which can impact negatively on your psyche and overall health.
–Celebrate the good. Watching the news in hope of tuning into a 'feel good story' is like finding a needle in a haystack. Among the constant news of drama and despair you'd be lucky to hear a story of triumph or celebration, and when you do it is most often followed by more news of tragedy. Because of society's predisposition to reporting on all things bad, it is vital to begin looking for all things good. Look for good things that are happening in your community and the world, and give a shout out to those who are working for a good cause.
–Make a difference. Often when we see tragedies on the news or in the media, we feel an overwhelming sense of helplessness. What can I possibly do to help? Although you may not be able to directly help to protect those who are suffering or to offer direct help, there are small things that you can do which will lead to the help and improvement of your community and those around you.
- Donate blood.
- Donate food, clothing, or money to related charities or victims of tragic events.
- Join a peace or volunteer group.
- Get on board with social media campaigns advocating human rights.
Feeling afraid for your safety or feeling despair for others is a normal reaction when it comes to news of a tragedy. When there is a natural disaster such as a bushfire, and earthquake, or a tsunami – or when there's a tragic accident such as a plane crash or car crash it can be hard to cope with the feelings of helplessness and emotional reactions that come out of it.
On the one hand it is a measure of safety and self-preservation to shield yourself from negative news, but on the other hand such acts of tragedy has proven to be uniting and oftentimes, integral to building personal strength and faith in humanity.
One way of dealing with tragedy and the negative emotions borne out of it, is to try looking at things from a godly, rational point of view. To "clear thinking faculties" (2 Peter 3:1) and remind yourself when you are feeling helpless, that tragedy is oftentimes a result of "time and unforseen circumstance" (Ecclesiastes 9:11).
Uniting and coming together in the face of tragedy is one of the greatest ways to cope with events out of our control.
Together we pray that 2015 is a year of more good than bad, more triumph than challenge, and more happiness than fear.
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VAR identifies emerging REALTOR® leaders
EXIT Realty Virginia Regional Owners, Tom and Nancy Shaver, congratulate Kimberly Plourde, Broker/Owner of EXIT Realty Central in Norfolk, on her recent induction into the Virginia Association of REALTORS® 2010 Leadership Academy.
"Only a select 20 Virginia REALTORS® were accepted to the 2010 Leadership Academy on September 16th," said Shaver. "Membership in this program illustrates Kimberly's dedication to her profession and identifies her as an ascending REALTOR® leader.
The Virginia Association of REALTORS® website says, "Through this program, VAR attempts to identify emerging Realtor leaders in the state, encourage them with motivational activities, and assist in sharpening their leadership skills in the hope they will exert a strong positive influence on the future of the Association and real estate profession. There is a limited number of seats, and selection is based solely on the information applicants provide on the nomination form."
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November 1, 2004.
JOSEPH E. COHEN, Trustee for the Estate of VisionTek, LLC, Plaintiff,
RIC LEWIS, ROBERT SHANE VANCE, SCOTT A. HERKELMAN, JOHN R. MALLEY, JOHN F. HALL, BFG TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ADVANCED EQUITIES, INC., KEITH G. DAUBENSPECK, DWIGHT O. BADGER, CHRISTOPHER R. PRAVECEK, JOHN SLEVIN, JOHN VOSICKY, NVIDIA CORPORATION, HILTON SESSEL, MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP., and BARBARA LEWIS, Defendants.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: MARTIN ASHMAN, Magistrate Judge
Before the court are the motions of defendants Nvidia
Corporation ("Nvidia") and Hilton Sessel ("Sessel") to dismiss
Counts XXIII and XXVI of the Second Amended Complaint of
plaintiff Joseph E. Cohen, Trustee for the Estate of VisionTek,
LLC. For the following reasons, the court denies both defendants'
motions to dismiss those counts. I. Background
Prior to its Chapter VII bankruptcy proceedings,*fn1
VisionTek manufactured and sold microelectronic modules called
"cards" for the enhancement of graphics in computer games and
personal computers. In August of 2002, several VisionTek
employees left to either form, or work for, a new company, BFG
Technologies, Inc. ("BFG"). The Trustee's Second Amended
Complaint ("Complaint") is a seventy-page, twenty-seven-count
filing that characterizes that exodus as a conspiracy to
misappropriate VisionTek's trade secrets and confidential
information; solicit its employees, suppliers, and customers; and
form a new company to compete with VisionTek and run it out of
business. The Trustee has named the former employees in counts
charging breaches of their non-competition agreements and
confidentiality agreements.
Defendant Nvidia Corporation ("Nvidia") manufactures hardware
and software components of graphics cards and was a key supplier
to VisionTek. Defendant Hilton Sessel ("Sessel") was Nvidia's
director of sales during the relevant period. According to the
Trustee, Nvidia and Sessel were essential participants in the
conspiracy: if Sessel had not agreed to terminate Nvidia's
relationship with VisionTek and do business with the new company,
BFG, the former VisionTek employees would not have carried out
their plan. Thus, in Count XXIII, the Trustee alleges that Nvidia
and Sessel committed tortious interference with the contractual relationships
VisionTek had with its soon-to-be-former employees. In addition,
the Trustee claims that Nvidia and Sessel falsely indicated to
BFG and others that the purchase of VisionTek inventory would
subject them to liability. Under Count XXVI, the Trustee contends
that this constituted tortious interference with prospective
economic advantage. Nvidia and Sessel move to dismiss these
counts, arguing that the Trustee has improperly embroiled them in
a dispute between VisionTek and its former employees.
A. Trustee's Allegations
For the purposes of considering the defendants' motions to
dismiss, the court accepts all of the Trustee's well-pleaded
allegations as true, and draw all reasonable inferences in the
Trustee's favor. Bressner v. Ambroziak, 379 F.3d 478, 480
(7th Cir. 2004). Founded in 1988, VisionTek, as already
noted, manufactured and distributed computer graphics cards for
use in computer games and home computers. (Complaint, ¶ 23). As
a participant in the highly competitive consumer electronics
industry, VisionTek was understandably concerned with maintaining
the confidentiality of its trade secrets and its design,
development, and manufacturing methods. (Id., ¶¶ 24-25). To
that end, the contracts it executed with its employees included
confidentiality and non-competition agreements. (Id., ¶¶ 30-33,
36-38, 40, 42-44, 46-49). In 2002, VisionTek began discussions with Advanced Equities,
Inc. ("AEI") regarding efforts to raise capital. (Id., ¶ 57).
The parties entered into a non-disclosure agreement to protect
any confidential information that might be exchanged during the
course of their discussions. (Id., ¶ 58). By July of 2002,
discussions had progressed to a point where the parties had
raised the possibility of AEI purchasing some or all of
VisionTek's outstanding shares, and AEI conducted a due diligence
examination of VisionTek. (Id., ¶ 60-61). On August 5, 2002,
three VisionTek representatives Ric Lewis, Robert Vance, and
Scott Herkelman met with AEI representatives Keith
Daubenspek, Dwight Badger, Christopher Pravecek, John Slevin, and
John Vosicky to negotiate AEI's purchase of VisionTek. (Id.,
¶ 64). In these negotiations, the VisionTek representatives
sought to secure positions and ownership interests in the
successor company for themselves, but their demands were
rejected. (Id., ¶ 64).
Meanwhile, according to the Trustee, its employees were
fomenting a mutiny. The Trustee alleges that these same eight
individuals, and perhaps others, were engaging in clandestine
discussions in which they agreed upon a plan to derail the
AEI-VisionTek negotiations and create a new company that would
include many of VisionTek's employees. (Id., ¶ 65). During
these discussions, these individuals "reviewed and utilized
[VisionTek's] confidential information," which they had
accumulated during the employees' tenures with VisionTek or
during the AEI-VisionTek negotiations, in order to analyze and
evaluate the feasibility of creating a new company. (Id., ¶
66). Pursuant to their plan, the new company would solicit VisionTek's employees,
customers, and suppliers, taking over VisionTek's business and
eventually driving it from the market. (Id., ¶ 67). In order
for the scheme to succeed, however, the mutinying VisionTek
employees would have to solicit and convince certain key
suppliers to cooperate by severing their business relationships
with VisionTek in favor of the newly formed company. (Id., ¶¶
68, 88).
advise[d] one or more individuals and/or entities
with which [VisionTek] was conducting, or had an
expectation of conducting, business, that [VisionTek]
did not have the legal right to sell [VisionTek's]
inventory. Nvidia, through Sessel, threatened to hold
such individuals and/or entities liable should they
do business with [VisionTek].
reservations were made for Lewis, Vance, Herkelman
and Slevin to travel to Atlanta to meet with Sessel
of Nvidia. Upon information and belief, the purpose
of this meeting was to discuss the plan of Slevin,
Vosicky, Daubenspek, Badger, Pravecek, [AEI], Lewis,
Vance, Herkelman, and possibly others, to form their
own company to compete with, and destroy,
[VisionTek], and to confirm Nvidia as a supplier to
the new company.
Lewis, Vance, Herkelman, Malley, Hall, Slevin,
Vosicky, Daubenspek, Badger, Pravecek, and AEI . . .
solicited suppliers of [VisionTek] to stop doing
business with [VisionTek] and to do business with
BFG. The suppliers that were solicited included: . . .
Nvidia . . .
As already noted, the Trustee names Nvidia and Sessel in two of
his Complaint's twenty-seven counts. In Count XXIII, the Trustee
alleges that Nvidia and Sessel are liable for tortious
interference with contractual relationships. According to the
Trustee, the two defendants were aware of the various
confidentiality and non-competition agreements VisionTek had with
the employees that left it to form and work for BFG. (Id., ¶¶
91-92). The Trustee claims that, nevertheless, Nvidia and Sessel
intentionally, and without justification, induced those employees
to breach those agreements. (Id., ¶ 93). In Count XXVI, the Trustee alleges that VisionTek "had a reasonable
expectation of entering into a valid business relationship with"
oddly enough the newly formed "BFG and others relating to the
purchase of certain of [VisionTek's] inventory." (Id., ¶ 91).
The Trustee further alleges that Nvidia and Sessel had knowledge
of this expectation, and intentionally and unjustifiedly
interfered with it by falsely stating that purchase of
VisionTek's inventory would subject "BFG and others to
liability." (Id., ¶ 92-93). According to the Trustee, such
actions were "intentional, malicious, and without legal
justification" and "served no legitimate business purpose."
(Id., ¶ 94).
B. Defendants' Arguments
Nvidia and Sessel move to dismiss both counts. The two
defendants argue that Count XXIII fails to state a claim for
tortious interference with contractual relationships because the
Complaint alleges that VisionTek's employees solicited Nvidia to
do business with BFG, as opposed Nvidia or Sessel inducing any
VisionTek employees to breach their contracts. According to
Nvidia and Sessel, the Trustee complains of nothing more than
Nvidia ending one business relationship with VisionTek, and
commencing another with BFG. As for Count XXVI, Nvidia and Sessel
question how the Trustee can allege that VisionTek had a
legitimate expectation of doing business with BFG, which was
established by and composed of the individuals the Trustee claims
set out to destroy VisionTek. The two defendants also contend
that the Complaint fails to allege that any statements they made about their own legal rights were asserted
in bad faith. Beyond that, Nvidia and Sessel find fault with the
Complaint's demand for punitive damages. Finally, Sessel argues
that the court cannot exercise personal jurisdiction over him
without violating his Fifth Amendment rights.
II. Analysis
The standards for pleading under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure are liberal: "[a] court may dismiss a complaint only if
it is clear that no relief could be granted under any set of
facts that could be proved consistent with the allegations."
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 514, 122 S.Ct. 992,
998 (2002) (quoting Hishon v. King & Spalding, 467 U.S. 69, 73,
104 S.Ct. 2229, 81 L.Ed.2d 59 (1984)). The purpose of a motion to
dismiss is to test the sufficiency of the complaint, not to
decide its merits. Gibson v. City of Chicago, 910 F.2d 1510,
1520 (7th Cir. 1990). "All that's required to state a claim in a
complaint filed in a federal court is a ...
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I had Rebekah Caputo in mind when writing this post but I think you all should watch it as there are some cool designs. About one minute into the clip you'll see one of the designers sat at his drawing board producing rough concept sketches. I will post some related concept art I produced for Auto Trader end of this blog.
I also though this was pretty cool too.
Back in 2010 I produced some concept art for a character for an Auto Trader TV ad. You may have seen it.
Here are some of the concept sketches I produced.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Garden-Starting...No, Garden-Trying
But, in our gardening zeal we forgot the most important aspect of a successful garden: good weather. I don't mean "good weather" as a constant temperature in the mid-80s, a few perfectly formed cumulus clouds floating by being sure to detour around the sun so as not to block its gentle beams, and a cooling breeze that kicks up only when I need to dab the ladylike glow of perspiration from my SPFed 55 brow. No. All I'm asking for, in official Spring mind you, is for the ground to quit freezing and the damned snow to stop flying!
Shug and I awoke to three inches of snow blanketing our prepped earth, with one valiant and reckless scallion plant trying to maintain its posture under the weight of a heavy cap of ice. Ruby tried to make us feel better by promptly pooping on the mound of lonely soil, letting us know ALL that digging and shoveling and tilling did NOT go to waste - its the perfect doggy potty, she seemed to communicate.
With more snow in the forecast today, Shug and I may have to postpone our planting even longer. I'll keep you posted on how the gardening battle wages.
Do you like gardening? Do you have any tips on how to get your veggies to flourish? Any organic gardening tips? I will take any and all suggestions!
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An investigation into the barriers to effective implementation of the new integrated creative arts course, in selected teachers training colleges in Kenya
Mawang', Lucy Lugo
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Since independence the education system in Kenya has undergone numerous changes and reforms: consequently Primary Teacher Education has witnessed a lot of restructuring as a result of reforms in primary education. In 2004 reorganization of the primary teacher education syllabus was done in an attempt to harmonize it with the revised primary and secondary curriculum. This move saw an introduction of the new integrated Creative Arts course in which Music, Art & Craft and Drama have been integrated as Creatitve Arts course in all the primary teachers' training colleges in Kenya This study intends to investigate the barrier to effective implementation of the new integrated Creative Arts course in selected primary teacher training colleges in Kenya The study was undertaken in three, conveniently selected public primary teachers' training colleges, where a total of 20 Creative Arts tutors and 75 students were randomly selected to form the subjects of the study. The data was obtained by means of questionnaires and attitude rating scales. The raw data from the field was then analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS), this forms the basis of data presentation. The study revealed the following barriers to effective implementation of the new integrated Creative Arts course in the primary teachers' training colleges in Kenya Inadequate preparation of Creative Arts tutors for the implementation of the course therefore lack of knowledge to interpret the curriculum inadequate time allocation and overloaded curriculum, inadequacy of physical facilities and equipment, inadequacy of teaching /learning resources, negative attitude of the students and some tutors towards the course therefore lack of commitment and lack of clear policies in evaluation and syllabus coverage.


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Here is a free stream of Meyhem Lauren and Buckwild's new album Silk Pyramids out now on iTunes. It comes with features from Action Bronson, Troy Ave, Retch, AG Da Coroner, Heems and more.
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When you say something you later regret or you make a mistake, do you go into churn mode—where you turn it over and over in your mind and hammer yourself along the way? I do. Or, as a recovering churner, I will say I used to. So this advice is for me and you.
Forgive yourself. Then let it go.
As you let it go, promise yourself that you'll bathe yourself in the same kind of compassion that you so easily lavish on others. And remember that self-compassion goes a long way. It helps us:
– Love ourselves—flaws and all.
– Know that we're all works in progress—and not just any work. You are a marvelous masterpiece in the making.
– Practice softening our eyes and the rest of our bodies, so we can see ourselves as God sees us.
– Know that life-long learning doesn't have to cost of anything more than a look in the mirror.
– Be on purpose so we can choose differently next time around.
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