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Some of the most exciting music ever written has been for the genre of science fiction. John Williams; Star Wars, ET and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, come to mind when thinking about music and Sci-Fi. Over term 1 grade 5 and 6 students have used a number of technologies to create short compositions that represent the characters, setting and atmosphere of their planned science fiction narratives.
Core to my philosophical beliefs as a music teacher is the idea of demystifying the role of the composer so that the students themselves can be composers too. As in other areas of the curriculum students are taught to be writers, readers, mathematicians and historians. One sure way to encourage students creative thinking process is to allow them to collaborate with others to create short compositions. This can be done through using tuned and untuned percussion instruments. However, technology can empower students by giving them agency to arrange and compose through computer software tools such as Garageband and Soundation.
For their compositions the grade 5 and 6 students used Soundation. Its a powerful online music generator, that allows the students to arrange a number of pre recorded sound samples and loops.The electronic nature of these loops were ideal for the sci fi sound the students were trying to portray.
When planning their Sci Fi narrative the students worked in small groups or pairs and used a fantastic mind mapping tool called https://www.text2mindmap.com. Using this plan/outline the students then each week composed short vignettes to support the characterisation and atmosphere for each section of their narrative.
Please listen to some examples are below. However, you can find more at the bottom of the page
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Project Management Institute
The Project Management Institute (PMI) website offers information that lets the user know how important project management is to the user. PMI is a project management firm that gives its consumers the tools and services that they need to complete and organize projects to produce the best result. The website is laid out to allow the user to see current projects, seminars offered, industry news and past projects.
The content found on the following links of the website provides information on the importance of Project Management in organizations and how vital it is for corporate success.
PMI's Career Framework for Organizations:
This link provides information on organizations that offer a defined career path to their project managers can retain their project management talent. PMI helps organizations to create a career framework with the necessary tools and resources that will enable the organizations to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their employees.
The following components comprise PMI's career ladder:
a)Skills and Competencies: PMI helps to identify the Project management skills and competencies that are key factors for job description development by categorizing the skills into competencies of professional, interpersonal and leadership. b)Assessments: Human Resource departments can utilize the career framework assessment tool to identify employee strengths and weaknesses in order to implement effective training programs. c)Job Descriptions: As already stated above, the information derived from PMI"s career framework can be utilized by the organizations to develop job descriptions. Organizations that follow a standardized job description policy are able to focus better on the recruitment process for open positions. d)Professional and Development Activities: PMI provides a range of professional development activities to help organizations as it is important for organizations to help their employees...
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Analyzing the KM Achievement Gap: Are We Getting the Most Out of Our KM Programs?
A KM Webinar
Most leading organizations have developed enterprise KM capabilities in some form, aimed at capturing and reusing their collective knowledge to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness. However, many organizations find that knowledge-sharing momentum declines dramatically after the initial enthusiasm wears off. In many cases, KM may have started to feel like a burden rather than something that delivers clear benefit to the organization.
Like any business process improvement or turnaround project, addressing this requires strong engagement and buy-in from the organization's executive leadership, together with a clear-eyed and analytical diagnostic of how the KM program is really working today. Often, the business case for KM needs to be updated and re-stated in order to get real leadership commitment, and executives will need concrete advice on what they can do differently to re-energize the program. In parallel, the team needs to clearly identify trends and gaps in overall participation, knowledge contributions, content quality, and use of shared knowledge. Comprehensive, in-depth data gathering and analysis on these topics, together with focused user interviews, can help identify concrete opportunities to improve KM activities and outcomes.
During this discussion, Iknow outline some of the key features and methodologies that can be used in a KM renewal program, and how they have been used in practice to close the "KM achievement gap."


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Even though that means, as usual, I am giving up sweets,
I don't really think of this time (traditionally for self-reflection) as one of deprivation.
It feels good to know that you can go without a usual comfort
and think about other ways you want to re-center your life.
This year, I am going extra hard and sacrificing all sugar-- eek!!
(Usually I limit myself to a specific thing, like brownies).
It will be uncomfortable at first, but I am going to power through!
So today, on the last day before giving up sugar, this is going to be me:
Happy Mardi Gras!
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For many smartphone users their built-in GPS has been a saviour, helping with directions or perhaps identifying the closest Starbucks when in need of a caffeine fix. Apps that use geolocation services have many benefits, but as lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington recently heard, there is also a dark side.
Spying apps, also known as stalking apps, are of great concern to victims of domestic abuse and some law enforcement, consumer and privacy advocates are backing their calls to ban them or at least impose restrictions.
The spying functions these apps provide are extensive: they can pinpoint someone's physical location, follow travel routes, read email, text messages and instant chat conversations, check the phone's internet browser history, and even listen to and record phone conversations.
The device's microphone can be remotely activated so it's used as a bugging device. Photos, the address book and calendar appointments can all be viewed. User names and passwords can be lifted making it easy to peek into someone's Facebook or other online accounts.
The phone's activities are logged on the app provider's website and the tracker, possibly a stalker, can review them at any time when they access their secure account. The apps are stealth – they don't appear as an installed app so whoever's phone they are put on have no way of knowing they are there.
The app makers market their products to parents and employers looking to keep tabs on their children and employees, but also to spouses who suspect their other half of cheating.


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Monique in a royal blue Tadashi gown, wore a gardenia in her hair as a tribute to Hattie McDaniel.Now that Monique has won an Academy Award--Oscar if you will, for Best Supporting Actress, perhaps she'll stop hating on the "skinny heffas". But all jokes aside, we're glad the stand-up comedienne got her just due for playing the menacing mother-from-hell, Mary in Precious. I haven't seen the movie and don't plan to. I find it a little disturbing that the only time we can get an award such as this is when we play a character such as that. Either way it goes, we're glad Monique took home the trophy, even if she had to look a hot mess to do it.
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This week in my basic cake design class we learned how to do transfers. We used piping gel to trace a basic design( I chose the fish) and we laid it down on our frosted cake. My cake was a White Almond Sour Cream Cake (WASC) with vanilla butter cream and strawberry filling. We torted our cakes, I used the Wilton leveler that I had just bought. It worked pretty well for 3 bucks. We then piped a dam around the middle of the cake. I filled mine with strawberries and places the top on. We used the big piping bag with the cake icer tip and iced the sides of the cake. This part I am used to since I have been making cake for awhile so it went fairly fast. After the cakes was iced I waited for everyone else to finish. They weren't as speedy.
We let the cakes sit for awhile while we learned some new techniques. After that we traced our images with our piping gel and transferred the pictures to the cakes. It was fairly easy to do and turned out nicely. I had brought pre colored butter cream to class so I just had to trace my fish with different colors. I got done really fast and the lady that sits next to be told me I could go work in a bakery tomorrow. Haha, probably not going to happen.
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The cold weather in Georgia makes this an ideal time to knit or crochet something warm for someone you love. Fortunately, we have a number of wonderful books in our collection that will inspire you to pick up your knitting needles or crochet hook!
By Nikki Gabriel
The Handknitter's Yarn Guide is a must-read for knitters who want to understand which fiber will work best for a given project. Author Nikki Gabriel begins by examining the yarn categories (super fine, fine, and light; medium; bulky and super bulky) and then reviews specific fibers. For each fiber or fiber-blend, she provides detailed information. Descriptions include the general qualities of the material, the pros and cons for using a particular fiber, and its care requirements. She also explains what projects tend to be best for a given yarn and provides the recommended needle size.
Although this book does not include patterns, knitters will find it worth their time and effort to gain a better understanding of the different fibers available in today's yarn and craft stores.
By Carol Meldrum
If you are finding it hard to reserve time for knitting during the holiday season, or if you need a few last-minute gift ideas, 30 Min Knits might be the solution to your problem. The projects are divided into two categories -- easy and intermediate. Easy projects are meant to help beginning knitters with skill building, while intermediate projects include advanced techniques that will challenge more experienced knitters. Patterns are written using standard abbreviations, and techniques are illustrated at the end of the book. While some of the patterns included might be a little silly (such as the Salvador Dali mustache), several are quite nice.
Edited by Judith Durant & Edie Eckman
If you are casting about for project to make as a gift for someone special this Christmas, Crochet One-Skein Wonders might be just the book for you. Editors Judith Durant & Edie Eckman have brought together patterns from crochet designers around the world. Readers will be able to choose from 101 projects, each of which uses a single skein of yarn. Patterns are organized by yarn weight and cover a broad range of projects, including mittens, scarves, purses, children's toys and more. Most patterns are only one or two pages long, and each is illustrated with a color photograph. With so many choices there is sure to be at least one project that will be perfect for someone you love!
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My Week in NYC
Jun 27th, 2010 by jazzandbeyond
This show chronicles a couple of days that we spent in New York City catching some great jazz shows. We saw the Bob Reynolds band and Vinson Valega group at 55Bar on Tuesday, and the next evening a free concert in Central Park featuring McCoy Tyner with Ravi Coltrane and Stanley Clarke Trio with special guest Hiromi. You'll hear all of them plus more on this weeks podcast.
Featured Album
Can't Wait for Perfect at Amazon.com
Track * Artist * Album
Belief * Bob Reynolds * Can't Wait for Perfect
What She Didn't Say * Bob Reynolds * Untitled
Think of One * Vinson Valega Group * Biophilia
East to Wes * Sheryl Baliey * A New Promise
After Much Discussion Josie Moves East * Mike Lee and Ted Chubb * New Tricks
Fly With the Wind * McCoy Tyner * Fly With the Wind
One Wheeler Will * Ravi Coltrane * Blending Times
3 Wrong Notes * Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi * Jazz in the Garden
My Favorite Things * Hiromi * Beyond Standard
Dear Ken,
after a while of listening to older shows of yours on my iPod, I tuned in on this recent podcast.
It's high time to finally congratulate on your fine choice of music - no frills, just plain jazz - and in particular on the detailed information on the players and musicians.
Thus your show enables me to participate in the latest developments in American jazz from Germany. Thank you for a great job and keep on with the good work!
Take care
Thanks for the kind words, Horst. I love doing the show each week and appreciate getting the feedback from listeners like you. Its wonderful that the show, through podcasting technology can get such a wide reaching audience.


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By: Nicole
Every time you turn on the TV, chances are you will see a commercial. Television advertisements have become a norm and are sometimes a nuisance and frequently ignored. More often that not, however, whether or not we are consciously watching a commercial or not, we are listening to a message that makes its way into our lives and affects us in the consumer decisions we make. One type of commercial often seen is car commercials. Every car company puts out some type of advertisement to get their product- their cars- out there in our everyday lives so that we will be more likely to by them.
However, many of these car commercials are about so much more than the car itself. In Practices of Looking, Sturken and Cartwright use the term 'commodity fetishism' to define one aspect of pop culture. They identify commodity fetishism as "the process of mystification that exists in capitalism between what things are and how they appear." This is seen all the time in car commercials- people watch them and are fed the message that a car will give them self-worth, popular status, or a sense that they are a part of something important just because they have a certain type of car. Car commercials are largely about appearances.
Another way Sturken and Cartwright describe commodity fetishism is that things are "valued not for what they do but what they cost, how they look, and what connotations can be attached." This is also seen all the time in car commercials, which advertise what car you should by if your want to look cool, be environmentally friendly, be affordable and several other suggestions but never really put much effort into informing viewers what the car actually does. With car commercials, that isn't really necessary- everyone knows what the purpose of a car is- so companies try to sell other qualities of the car that they are selling.
One specific example of a recent car commercial is the ad for the Toyota Sienna Mini Van.
Here, the message is that if you buy this product, you could essentially be "awesome", and this is especially catered towards parents. The commercial uses words such as "modern", "stylish", and "super good-looking" to describe the car.
Another Toyota commercial, this one for the Toyota Highlander, has nearly the same message.
The message here, which the kid is presenting, is: "Just because you're a parent doesn't mean you have to be lame." These commercials also describe the car as stylish, cool, and classy.
There are many commercials that have similar messages, selling the car in a way that suggests certain images and attributes that go along with owning a certain brand of car. An Audi commercial puts value in being "green" and environmentally friendly while a Honda Civic commercial portrays than owning a Honda means that you're "living cool."
Sturken, M. and Cartwright, L. Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture.


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Just some guy obsessed with women wearing boots. Here you'll find all sorts of mostly safe-for-work bootage. The emphasis is on booted women in the popular media.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Fur, Leather, Boots
2010's Age of The Dragon's claims to be a land-locked retelling of Moby Dick. Except they added a stunning spear-wielding brunette in a tasty outfit of leather, fur and buckled knee-scrapers. Well, and dragons.
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JaDaMaBaPa #2
with Jan van den Dobbelsteen, and Danielle Lemaire | 2:13 min
|ILLUSEUM | Witte de Withstraat 120 | Amsterdam | 7/4/2009 | www.illuseum.com
JaDaMaBaPA ist he second group improvisation (length about 28 minutes) by Jan van den Dobbelsteen, professor for fine arts at Academy St. Joost, Breda, and his student Danielle Lemaire. The recording is from July 4th 2009 and was together with a performance by illusionist Ramana opening act for the exhibition Dierbaar bestiarium at iLLUSEUM, Amsterdam.
ABOUT: The ILLUSEUM is a contemporary wondercabinet shaped by the artists: Grace de la Luna, Gerard Riksen and Alexander van der Woel. Since 2001 they have been making exhibitions, staging performances, concerts and festivals. In theme-exhibitions they show their work and that of others in a constantly changing installation.
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Why gasoline is high
Perhaps you have not noted how the market is tied to GDP and how well the economy doubling is directly tied to investors buying oil futures or long on oil because the economy is goinggangbusters. So if you have money in the market as I do you will benefit from the bull market.
If gas and oil drop it will happen onlyof there is a known glut of refined oil.
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Architecture, Building & Planning
1 year full time, 2 years part time
02 August 2017
This is a fast-track conversion course for first degree holders from an unrelated disciplines and existing practitioners who want to become a Chartered Surveyors through the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB
Throughout the course you develop your practical and theoretical knowledge and critical understanding of issues and subjects relevant to your chosen field for study and your personal, interpersonal and professional skills and capabilities, including those of self-direction and self-management. You develop the skills to operate as independent reflective practitioners and you gain transferable and specific vocational skills, which can be used to gain professional employment in a rapidly changing environment.
On the course you strengthen your knowledge of theory, contracts and practice through activities such as case studies and simulations. You also complete an individual in-depth dissertation that requires a critical and evaluative approach to professional practice and theory. Through your dissertation you complete technical and professional tasks, and apply contractual solutions, while drawing on your developing knowledge.
You benefit from a range of teaching, learning and assessment techniques which allow you to work on complex, professional briefs that have an emphasis on the latest thinking from the construction project management sector.
Areas studied on the course reflect the wide and varying nature of the construction project management profession and include economics in relation to the construction industry and how it impacts on the profession, as well as construction law and dispute resolution methods. You also learn to carry out the health and safety management of construction works, and gain knowledge of building technology and sustainability.
The course also enables you to study and appraise the project planning and programming requirements of projects, so that you can actively plan, monitor and control the construction works during the life of a project. You gain evaluation skills on the construction production management module, and discover the procurement methods used in the industry and gain knowledge to be able to advise and appraise on the contract administration requirements and choices for a wide range of different projects.
You study and complete research of a particular area of interest in order to produce a dissertation. In addition to this, the course also includes an interdisciplinary development task in a different country. On this task you work with students from across related subjects to increase understanding of the other roles in the profession that interact on a day-to-day basis and how the role of a construction project manager fits in with these roles. It also develops the skills and knowledge that are essential to becoming an effective professional practitioner.
Our course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and is also accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).The course's reputation means many international surveying firms recruit students for roles spanning the globe.
Professional recognition
This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
After completing the course, you will be able to proceed to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Assessment of Professional Competence or the Chartered Institute of Builders professional development programme.
There are many employment opportunities for construction project managers with regional, national and international construction and civil engineering contractors.
Visit the Construction Project Management MSc page on the Sheffield Hallam University website for more details!
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Character Creation
Make 4 Level 1 Characters. They must each fill the traditional roles of "Tank", "Dps", "Healer" and "Support". You can play hybrids of these two roles but must still have one of each role.
NO Psionics and NO Dragon Herald, Dragon Shaman, Dragon Hunter, Dragon Drinker, or Dragon bloodline,
Rules for Paladins: Paladin and Antipaladin can be picked and your alignment must be the following to be either class and it must be within one step of your god's alignment.
Paladin Alignments: LG, LN, CG, NG
Antipaladin Alignments: CE, CN, LE, NE
All characters in your party must also be close friends, family or adventuring allies.
IMPORTANT: All characters will be given one unique item or feature decided by the DM. The player can ask for a different item or feature if it doesn't fit their character concept.
Character creation uses 25 point buy.
Do not roll starting gold. Pick any armor from the core rulebook EXCEPT Full plate and Half-plate. Can also pick any shield if can be used. No Masterwork
Pick 1 weapon if not dual wielding. Pick 2 if dual wielding, No Masterwork
Casters speak to me about starting equipment.
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Sand Lake Michigan in Kent county.
Sand Lake, Michigan is located in Kent county within the zipcode 49343. With a total of 0 golf courses in Sand Lake, it lies at an elevation of 610 feet above sea level. The current date and time in Sand Lake Michigan is June 23, 2018, 4:02 am. Add a course for free by clicking here or contact us here.


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CEDAC Field Program organized its one-day monthly meeting on 11 October 2010 at CEDAC head office in Phnom Penh with the participation of project officers, project coordinators, program officer and project M&E officers. I (Yim Sok Sophors) was also the one who participated in the meeting. It was to notice that two Australian volunteers also participated in the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, the objective, program and self introduction were conducted and then the participants shared interesting information from the field as well as the progress progress from one another. Mr. Yi Kim Than director of CEDAC Field Program presented achievement of CMDG in 2009 to the participants and then an plenary discussion how CEDAC can do to achieve the CMDG was discussed among the participants. Finally, we agreed to select 14 villages to be CMDG villages. It means that CEDAC select those villages from its current target villages and working to measure the progress of CMDG. During the meeting, I also shared with the participants my understanding about Prevalence, Indicator and Target. Hopefully, the participants could gain more understanding relating to these technical terms.
The meeting enabled the participants to get more information relating to the progress of each project under the affiliation of CEDAC Field Program. I also think that it was a good opportunities for two volunteers to learn more about what CEDAC Field Program is doing. Furthermore, the participants will bring what they have learned from the meeting especially the CMDG to discuss and train their staffs in the field offices. The next meeting of CEDAC Field Program will be held in Kompong Cham Province in November 2010.


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The Lotus Esprit Turbo was the quickest iteration of the iconic Giorgetto Giugiaro designed Esprit – remembered as one of his first wedge-shaped creations alongside the Porsche Tapiro, Bizzarrini Manta, Maserati Boomerang, and the BMW M1.
The most famous Esprit, and arguably the car that put the model on the map, was the one used in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. The Bond car had been (fictitiously) modified to work as a submarine, and in 2013 the car used during filming was bought by Elon Musk – who has since said that he's going to fit it with a Tesla-designed electric powertrain and convert it into a real submarine. Here's hoping.
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Official Selection: SXSW 2016, Chicago Critics Festival 2016, Seattle International Film Festival 2016
"Moves smoothly between truly frightening beats, laugh out loud dialogue, and some painful observations on a pitiful life" – Rob Hunter, FILM SCHOOL REJECTS
Dan (Steve Zissis) and Mary (Jennifer Irwin) encounter a ghost in their vacation home and they're none too thrilled about it. They decide to go to a professional for guidance. The first spiritualist they consult confirms the presence of ghosts, but insists that they're completely friendly, cautioning that forcing them out would be "an asshole move." Perhaps, but Dan in particular isn't feeling so granola about this whole haunting thing, so he opts for a second opinion from Os Bijourn (Mark Proksch), known in some circles as "an industrial-grade exorcist". True to his rep, Os is a hardliner and feels that any spirits should be forcibly removed ASAP. This is where the real problems begin for everyone, ghosts being the least of the worries, as a bizarre battle of wills is set in motion that will make the heavens weep. Or, at least, will make Dan and Mary's vacation home a terrible place to be!
A creepy and offbeat funny feature debut from Carson D. Mell, a writer on EASTBOUND AND DOWN and SILICON VALLEY, ANOTHER EVIL is both a weird, intimate comedy and a different kind of haunted-house chiller that allows the tensions of its situations to develop into their own unusual groove. Bringing his very clever screenplay to life are a terrific cast of E&D, Quentin Dupieux and Todd Rohal vets, including the always-hilarious Steve Little. Rippling with character-driven slacker humour and moments that are genuinely strange and unsettling, ANOTHER EVIL is a parapsychological gem of charm and discomfort.
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Shah Rukh - The King Khan
Time Magazine has called him as probably one of the most recognizable actor in the world. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London has his wax figure along side Prince Charles, the Beckham couple (David & Posh), Amitabh, Saddam Hussein and many other international stars. He is non other then the current Superstar Shah Rukh Khan!
King Khan as they all call him has taken the Bollywood by storm since his debut film Deewana in the year 1992. The boy from Hansraj College in Delhi has excelled in almost everything that he has done in movie industry till now.
Shah Rukh Khan's initial days were very tough.He had come to Bombay as any other ordinary man from Delhi, with that passion of becoming a actor one day, he used to stay as paying guest as he had no money to buy room for himself. And today here he is, building a multi storey building for himself and his friends to live together.
He started off his career in a TV soap called "Fauji", after which he signed another hit TV serial called 'Circus" - after this serial he gained popularity in the mass and then went on to movies. Since then he has given many hits and has worked with almost all actresses in bollywood (current and some past genre actresses).
He started off with the first hit movie "Deewana" later he went on with negative role in movies like "Bazzigar" and "Darr", where he was liked by everyone. Other hits include "Dil To Pagal Hai" with Madhuri Dixit and "Kuch Kuch Hota Hain" with Kajol and Rani and "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna". Not to forget the classic "Devdas" and "Paheli".
He has been there and done it all. His one characteristic that brought him to where he is today is his believe in "What you do – do it the best and leave it on GOD". In all he is an amazing actor, a human being despite of all thick and thins he has gone through to reach the top. He will surely rule Bollywood for another 10 years. He really deserves what he has got.
Do watch his upcoming movie "Chak De India" which is showcasing HOCKEY the national game of India. Chak De is the first such glamorous movie being made on HOCKEY. Hats off to this guy in trying to do something different and yet winning peoples heart on whatever he does!
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Monday, June 14, 2010
My goals are layed out
Along the side of my page is a list of goals I plan to achieve. It's so aptly named: Goals to achieve! As time goes by some will be completed and some will be added. This is a perpetual list. I intend never to stop reaching for my goals and learning something new everyday! Thanks to my friend James, through a post on facebook he wrote, I learned about absolute truth. This is just an example. It's not like I researched it until my fingers bled and my eyes stung. But I did learn something new...
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Room A 5
Friday, October 7, 2011
october 7, 2011
Econ -
Students are reading Chapter 5, Section 2 which deals with Supply Shifts and the Elasticity of Supply. The assignment for October 6 is to read section 2 (pages 117 - 123), and to answer questions 1 - 6 on page 123.
AP Econ -
Students are to read Chapter 5, which deals with
The United States in the Global Economy
(pages 85 - 99).
Today we are covering the Foreign Currency Market. There will be no assignment over the weekend.
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Those of you that know me well, know that my brain is my own worst enemy. It does a very good job of making me feel like a nobody, a failure, or think that I'm just not good enough. Recently I have been going to therapy... yes I said it, THERAPY!! At first I wanted to hide the fact that I needed the help but now I am proud of myself for taking that giant step. I want to do everything I can to be the best me I can, to be happy and healthy, and to love myself for who I am.
This week's session was an extremely difficult one. Usually while sitting down, talking my feelings out I have LOTS to say.... but not this time. I was asked to list things I loved about myself. Now, when asked this, most would be able to ramble on but not me.... I sat there almost in disgust that I would have to do this, eyes wide with shock, and silence for about 5-7 minutes. I had absolutely nothing to say and until my tears started pouring down my cheeks, I had NO idea what to say or do. I didn't want to say one word because all I could come up with were things that I would love to change about myself.
That night I went to bed feeling horrible.... how could I possibly not have one positive thing to say about myself. I was given the assignment to make a list of all the things I love about me and things that make me happy... not only to write it down but to post it somewhere I can be proud of and look at daily.... so i thought the best way for me to shout out my LOVE for me, would be here!!!
Things I LOVE about me....
1. I love my eyes.... sometimes I feel like they are my best feature...big, bold, and a crazy hazel color
2. I love my laugh... I've been told many times it sounds like a chipmunk but for some reason I love it
3. I love my determination
4. I love the fact that I always want to be helping someone
5. I love the fact that at heart, I am still a little girl... i love pink, love disney movies, and definitely act like a princess sometimes
6. I love the fact that I mother all my guy friends.... I have this need to give them advice.... especially on girls... haha i guess they are all more like my brothers and I'm sure it gets annoying to them, but i love it
7. I love the fact that I dream big and as soon as I love myself, will go for those dreams
8. I now love the fact that I can admit when I need help
Things that make me HAPPY...
1. My amazing husband John....he is always there for me during the rough times and always knows how to calm me down
2. My puppy Chloe... she is the CUTEST thing ever... yesterday my mom, aunt, and cousin made fun of me because they think I baby her too much!
4. My cousin London.... growing up we were the best of friends and although as we got older we drifted apart, I still love being with her. I have missed her more than she knows!!!
5. Someone I feel like I need to tell them how much I admire, is my mom... she is the most amazing woman I know. She has put up with SO much from me, been there for me in the hard times, and has accepted me for me. I LOVE YOU MOM!
6. Most of all.... I love my family.... ALL of them!!! I don't know what I would do without them!!!
Learning to Love ME has not been easy... and I'm sure it will continue to be hard at times but I am definitely on my way!!!


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Join us for a public reading of Frederick Douglass' famous Fourth of July address. Emma Hodgdon, our wonderful Tufts Summer Intern, will be representing the Robbins House.
Mass Humanities coordinates annual public readings of Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" with communities and organizations around the state. A group of people take turns reading parts of the speech until they have read all of it. These events open up discourse on race relations and citizenship, and raise awareness of the influential role slavery continues to play in our history and national discourse.
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Go figure we don't believe advertisers anymore! ha! I don't think I even have words to respond to this commercial…Do you?????
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State Farm never seems to forget their emotional importance in peoples lives. Again, job well done!
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This video captures my feelings exactly! ha! Bring on the Fanta!
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This commercial is brilliant! Great positioning on the part of Heineken! That's just about how everyone is in the car after a night out! ha! It get's you engaged and curious from the start of the commercial as to what its for – and BAM "Oh babbyyyyy youuuuuuuu…" I'm down for a heine just about now. Commercial definitely touched down on the stickiness factor – expect this commercial to go viral.


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Dear J—
One of the comic readers that I use is able to pull down scan lagoons from various servers to make the reading experience fairly transparent, if only quasi-legal (on the other hand, if there's no official translation of early – or later – Adachi then shouldn't I have a chance to read it, or perhaps I should just suck it up, learn Japanese, and get official used copies of books littering every shelf in the house? Digital storage is turning out to be easier and more convenient, although in some cases I'm not able to read them due to file type or obsolete software.
Back about ten years ago, though, that meant having to hop on IRC and finding the right channel maintained by the translating team: sure, there was a website, but not a whole lot beyond a pointer to the IRC channel and some sketchy instructions. That friction has been alleviated, though I still miss the old routine of finding chapter after chapter, then assembling them into my own volumes and then sorting the images and … You know what? This is 2016, and thankfully I don't have to deal with that stuff.


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Well, I've (we've) blown off all my (our) other homework just to get this up for kids a whole DAY early (well technically not a day, but whatever)!
This time I (Mia) decided to do this thing that is kinda psycho and time-consuming instead of line-by-line notes...but it really helps one to easily identify vocabulary, cases, etc.
As always, enjoy! (and you're welcome) ;)
279 And truly Aeneas mad/frenzied stood speechless at the sight,
280 and his hair having stood on end in horror and his voice is choked/halted by his throat.
281 he is eager/burns to depart in flight and to abandon these sweet lands,
282 having been astounded by such a warning and the by the commandment of the gods.
283 Alas, what can/would he do? By what statement/speech would he dare to approach the frenzied (by love) queen (namely Dido)?
284 What first beginning could/would he take?
285 And yet he divides his mind, now here quickly, now there
286 he takes into various parts and turns (his mind) through all things.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Quiz- Book IV: Lines 279-286 (Can You Believe This Is Up A Whole Day EARLY!)
3 comments:
- Tyler said...
ooo thanks I (we) love you Mia! lets hope I don't use this again AND fail the test anyways!
- March 15, 2007 at 5:22 PM
- Parinda said...
book 4: 450-451
tum vero infelix fatis exterrita Dido mortem orat; taedet caeli convexa tueri
translation=then in truth, terrified by her fate, unlucky dido prays for death, she is weary of gazing on the arch of heaven
- March 15, 2007 at 10:00 PM
- Michael said...
Mia, you are quite possibly the most wonderful person in the world right now. And thanks parinda also for those last 2 lines :)
- March 15, 2007 at 10:40 PM
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They say Budapest is "the Paris of the East", a moniker that I'm sure causes French Parisians to bristle. But, the truth is that it's a worthy title. Despite being a former Eastern Bloc capital, Budapest has somehow managed to retain its fin de siecle style and glamour.
As most folks are aware, the current city of Budapest resulted from a merger between the cities of Buda and Pest in 1873. This odd historical conjunction resulted mostly from the building of the Chain Bridge (shown above) which was the first bridge to span the Danube, thus linking the two cities together forever, and cementing Budapest as the trade capital of Eastern (well, Central really) Europe.
Nevertheless, even after 130+ years, there are still stark contrasts between the Buda and Pest sides of the city. For one thing, Buda is incredibly hilly, with winding roads and cliffs that soar straight up from the river. Pest, on the other hand is perfectly flat, with ample space for tree-lined boulevards and open squares. The Buda landscape is dominated by a hilltop castle and lots of expensive homes set into the hills. The Pest side is where you'll find the dense urban city with designer shopping and palatial hotels. Buda has a funicular railway, and Pest has about 90% of the subway system.
Speaking of subways, Budapest has one of the oldest in the world. The original #1 line still has oak-paneled platforms and wooden train cars with turn-of-the-century brass and leather fittings. The other two lines were built during the Soviet era and look exactly like you'd expect: cold, metallic, monochromatic, devoid of all character. The efficiently color-coded Soviet-era stations feature the world's most uncomfortable plastic molded seats. Maybe Soviet efficiency is also the reason for the swiftest-moving most-dangerous escalators I've ever ridden on. Then, when you exit the station, your ticket is checked by a cadre of stout, matronly women wearing "official ticket inspector" sashes and looking like they really enjoy catching out the odd fare evader.
One of the highlights of any trip abroad is trying out the local cuisine. Sometimes this is a test of will. Scotland comes to mind here. But, Hungarians love good, strong, no-nonsense home cookin' (as it were). "Paprika chicken" is the standard dish you'll find on every menu, and it's absolutely delicious. Something akin to spaetzle is also very popular, and it also is extremely tasty. We had a couple of off nights (I would suggest you follow the guidebook tip and avoid any place that advertises a "tourist menu" because the food there will be markedly inferior.), but on the whole, dining in Budapest was a treat.
Budapest is also world-renowned as a spa town. Centuries ago, the ancient Romans discovered mineral hot springs, and a local industry was born. Today, people come from hundreds of miles in every direction to soak in the "healing" waters. For the locals, visits to the baths might be as common as eating dinner. And, the baths are beautiful. Huge palatial buildings were constructed around them in the 1890s, complete with Bernini-like fountains and overblown baroque decor.
There's a whole etiquette built into the Hungarian spa-going experience, and Derek and I tried to study up. Do you wear a bathing suit? How do you pay? Do you have to bring your own towel? How do you move between the various pools? Is there a path you're supposed to follow around the complex? What about the dreaded tipping question? And, finally, which baths do you go to? There are at least 15 major spas in central Budapest.
Ultimately, Derek and I opted for the largest and most elaborate spa, the Szechenyi Baths, named after Count Istvan Szechenyi, a 19th century Hungarian politician who has the sort of reputation that, say, Franklin Roosevelt has in the US. (The Chain Bridge is also named after him, and his picture's on the money.) Sadly, after we got there, we seemed to lose all memory of our etiquette research, and I'm sure the locals immediately pegged us as idiot foreign tourists. The baths themselves however did not disappoint. They were absolutely breathtaking, and the warm, mineral-rich water felt luxurious. There were indoor pools and outdoor pools, each with it's own regulated temperature, ranging from freezing cold to boiling hot (thankfully, most were in a nice comfortable hot-tub-ish warm range). Old men sat playing chess on boards fixed to marble pillars in the water. Families with kids splashed about. Inside, a classful of middle-aged women performed graceful water aerobics. But, mostly people just sat and relaxed. And, it was very relaxing. I nearly fell asleep a few times. A picture is worth a thousand words, so click here.
The relaxing baths were a welcome relief after days of hurried sightseeing. Budapest has lots of amazing landmarks (too many to name here), but my favorite was the Fisherman's Bastion. It's really a completely useless building (a "folly" as the Brits would say), a huge white marble sandcastle of a structure that wouldn't be out of place in Disneyland. That's probably why I love it. And, from its perch atop Castle Hill on the Buda side, it has the most spectacular views of the city.
By the end of the trip, Derek was exhausted, so I let him rest while I checked out two of the city's most dubious attractions: the House of Terror and the World's Most Beautiful McDonalds. No, I'm not kidding. About either of them.
The House of Terror is a museum detailing life in Budapest under the two successive totalitarian regimes that controlled that country: first the Nazis (under the banner of the Arrow Cross party), then the Communists. It's housed in a building that was used as a headquarters (complete with a basement full of torture cells) by both camps. Oddly enough, it's smack in the middle of Andrassy Avenue, which is sort of the Champs-Elysees of Budapest. Inside, the experience is supposed to be a bit like the Museum of Tolerance or the Holocaust Memorial Museum, where you chronologically journey through the harrowing rise and fall of fascism and communism. But, in reality, it feels more like a trip through the Museum of Design or maybe the Knoll furniture showroom. It's like a very elaborate, very stylish modern art installation. Instead of making the regimes look horrific, the museum makes them look, well, sexy. Which is almost as horrifying as the horrors the museum purports to be exposing in the first place.
At the extreme opposite end of the cultural spectrum, there's McDonalds. It turns out that Budapest has a giant tri-level American-style mall (complete with a TGI Friday's and a multiplex). The mall is next door to the central train station, a masterpiece of brick, steel and glass, built in part by Gustave Eiffel (of the eponymous tower fame). Attached to the station is the famous McDonalds. Well, it's not that famous. Honestly, I'd never heard of the Budapest McDonalds before I came here. But, once I read about it, I had to see it. I mean, how do you pass up seeing "The World's Most Beautiful McDonalds"? (Five words I'd never seen strung together before, and probably never will again.) And, the verdict? Yes, it was very beautiful. (Click here for a picture.) I imagine it once used to be a lounge or booking hall for the station that's since been restored to it's original glory. It is the only McDonalds I've ever been to with chandeliers and gilt plasterwork on the ceiling. And the food? Well, a Big Mac is a Big Mac everywhere. I recommend sticking with the paprika chicken.
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Soften cream cheese and spread evenly on a pizza pan. Add the salsa, spread evenly amongst the cream cheese. Add all veggies- evenly! so every bite get a mix of everything! chill for a half hour- server with corn chips- enjoy!
Take a chip and DIP!!!
Cut avocados in half and scoop out contents. Add all ingredients together, add as much salt and pepper as dsired. After everything is well mixed together refrigerate for half hour so ingredients combine then serve!! (I served with corn chips)
My table setting
What themed dinner party will I do next? Hmmm....
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One of the many items on The List was to get Niall a desk. Mind, we had a desk the first couple years we were married. It was inexpensive and looked it, but worked. And it never got used. Niall spent so much time "working" from the sofa that he sprained a muscle. (I'm serious.) After moving the cheap desk three times I finally shipped it off to the US (long story, but there was method to my madness and it didn't cost us anything) and then took it to get donated when we visited Utah last summer.
I was not about to get another pressed wood desk just to have Niall "work" from the sofa.
Lately, however, Niall has insisted that he's desperate for a desk. Our budget was 25 pounds and it doesn't go far. For over a month I kept getting outbid on ebay, checking the "Desk-Cardiff" feed I set up on gumtree.com and hitting up the charity shops on a regular basis. No luck.
What I did find were frames that would work for all of Niall's degrees.
And a frame for the print Niall got from the steam railroad. (Did you know he's kind of obsessed with trains?)
We kept looking for a desk. I was not going to get another fake wood one, just to ship it off to America as well. But Niall insisted he had to have one, and said I needed to lower my expectations. (Given the ones I was outbid on were going for 3 figures.)
And then, magic! Monday morning my Vienna reader told me a wooden desk was for sale in Cwmbran for 12 pounds. No picture, but I didn't care. I contacted the seller and made arrangements to pick it up. It was a 30 minute drive, but worth it. Somehow I managed to cram the desk into our little hatchback along with the baby and myself and get home safely.
Niall and I carried the desk upstairs (even with his bum knee, I guess he really is desperate for this desk.) It smelled a bit of smoke and wet dog. And it was banged up. But it's a lovely hardwood, and nice and deep.
I cleaned it with water and wood soap. Then rubbed it with steel wool and boiled linseed oil (the combination works wonders, I tell you!), then let it sit. A few hours later I rubbed it with cotton (or with an old sock, if you will). Then polished the handles with Brasso. (I wanted to replace the handles but Niall vetoed the idea.) I found a little tag saying the desk was made in Worcestershire.
I wanted to refinish the top but Niall said he likes it just how it is and needs it NOW. So I put it together and it's sitting in the loft. It smells fine. It's waiting to be used. Maybe someday it will get a proper desk chair.
But only if Niall will actually use it.


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Inspiration for this piece was taken from a 19th century painting of a Japanese market square scene. Both figures have paperclay heads and limbs and wool bodies over wire armatures. Madam is dressed in charcoal silk and other fabrics. Her hair is strengthened paper clay over floral wire.The overall height is 15 1/2".
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A Morning Stroll
Labels: ooak paperclay doll
4 comments:
- Robin's Egg Bleu said...
Absolutely beautiful!
- March 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- niknik said...
Интересная работа!
- March 2, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Sue said...
Splendid! Wonderful piece!
- March 3, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Sandy Pine said...
I love the mother's face and the baby is so small..I love the little legs dangling at her back.
Sandy :-)
- March 5, 2010 at 2:38 AM
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You hold special plecas in our hearts too, more than we can ever show! Just look at these four, they love doing this with you! You have captured and saved a moment in time, one we will have forever! They grow and change so fast, but having these to look back on, will always keep this time in our lives close to our hearts!!!! We love you!!!!!!


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windows vista RC1 available
September 6, 2006
At long last, Microsoft has made available the first release candidate of its long awaited operating system Windows Vista, currently slated for consumer release on January 30, 2007. License keys are only available to members of Microsoft's Customer Preview Program at the moment, but more keys should be available next week for those wishing to try out the OS on their home PCs (see this page for details). Anyone can download the ISO image files, however, which are sized at 2.6GB for the 32-bit version and 3.7GB for the 64-bit version.
RC1 is the last major milestone in Vista's development timeline, being feature-complete and ostensibly bearing a strong resemblance to what will become the final release. Testing and debugging will surely continue right up until the "gold master" is pressed, but the interface design and overall user experience are largely fixed now, representing a pleasant evolution from the Beta 2 release which ran more slowly and suffered from several major usability issues. Vista may not ever match Apple's OS X operating system in elegance or ease of use and may not represent much of an upgrade for average users of its predecessor, but it is shaping up to be a polished release that incorporates a number of important, though in many cases non-obvious, advances.
One easy way to test out Vista is to install it on a virtual machine using a utility such as VMware Workstation. While not inexpensive, this and other products allow you to quickly and easily create a container in which to install and run Vista–or any other OS–without having to worry about partitioning the hard drive or its associated perils. Video acceleration is unavailable under VMware, though, so you won't be able to see the translucency and nifty effects built into the new Aero interface, but everything else works quite well (if a tad sluggishly).
In other news, Amazon.com recently began taking preorders for the release, with prices ranging from $99 for an upgrade version of Vista Home Basic, roughly equivalent to XP Home Edition, to a whopping $399 for the full version of Vista Ultimate, which combines all of the features of the business and home versions into one package. Of course, most people will be purchasing systems with Vista preinstalled, making the pricing somewhat easier to bear. Still, eager users with Vista-ready machines should start saving their pennies (every little bit helps, you know?).


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Welcome to the season of flats (and blisters)! Over the weekend I reorganized my shoes collection with my mother. Thanks for your help mom! I put all of my flats into a 36 pair, over-the-door shoe rack, my heels into a shoe wheel and my boots back in their bins (no way around that). I can't really open my door fully anymore, but who cares, my flats have a home. It was a much-needed revamp – I have too many shoes to disrespect. Speaking of vamp: leopard flats equal vampy! Shoe before / after photos after the outfit.
trench: Banana Republic
blazer: Uniqlo
dress: Purdy Girl
leopard flats: Calvin Klein
song on my mix: Bedrock by Young Money
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shoe situation after:
flats and flip flops: 40+
boots: 10
heels: 20
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supercute flats!
What an improvement. You have so many cute shoes, but I especially love the leopard flats you're wearing. So pretty!
melissa, that shoe wheel is very scary…. i hope it doesn't eat cooper.
see you this weekend, biznatch.
that shoe wheel is crazy. i've never seen anything like that before in my life. i love you white blazer and leopard shoes. such an interesting combination.
I also have a bit of a shoe problem. During a shoe clean-out a few months ago I discovered that I own close to 100 pairs of shoes. You'd think that would be enough to call a truce to buying more, well that and the fact I'm out of closet space, but who can resist a great pair of heels and the perfect price??
the shoe wheel seems genius! my shoe situation looks pretty much exactly like yours….wish i had more closet space!
love ur outfit, esp the blazer!:) i agree with the comment above, the shoe wheel is awesome!
Thats one of the best shoe organisers i have seen 🙂
P.S i totally love the jackets !!
I'm going to steal every article of clothing you're wearing in this post!!! LOVE IT!
Oh man, I need that shoe wheel in my life, pronto!
haha love the random bra in the last picture
You have sooooooo many shoes! I'm jealous.


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Do you own a tablet of any kind?
of the non-electronic kind, yes. i have a couple of drawing tablets and tablets used for notes. i also have vitamin tablets that i need to take daily.
What's something people always assume about you that isn't true?
that i know what i'm doing. 😛 and i think i'm perceived as "stuck up" because i don't talk much, but it's more that i don't know what to say because i'm so socially awkward, rather than me thinking i'm better than the other person.
On a scale of 1-10, how much do elevators scare you?
maybe about a 2? maybe 4, if they're especially sketchy.
When you're upset, do you vent to people or do you keep to yourself?
i vent. well, i keep it to myself until i can find someone i can vent to.
Have you ever watched a meteor shower?
no, but i would love to.
Do you tend to put things off until the last minute?
i used to do that a lot before, but not so much now.
How do you react to random strangers suddenly trying to make conversation with you?
i am suspicious, because it's surprising that people would want to talk to me.
Do you have a lucky number?
not really.
Would you go out to dinner with Oprah?
if she's paying, sure. 🙂
Did you ever play sports?
Do you feel guilty if you throw food away?
Do you think you could make it as a baker?
no, but i do think about being a chef every now and then.
Are you one of those people who are wearing scarves with everything?
Have you ever been in a castle?
we had a tiny little theme park here called "castle park." i've been in that castle.
When you were little, did you ever play with Playdoh?
yes. even when i was not so little. 😛 i actually had a great play dough recipe that was made with kool-aid and made the play dough soooo soft, but i have lost that recipe, and searches on the internet have not turned up the one that i had, which is a bummer.
Would you rather write a mystery or love story?
i'm not clever enough to write a mystery, so i guess it'd be a love story.
Tell me about your worst fashion mistake:
i make a lot of them; i'm not very fashion-conscious.
Do you hate it when people smoke around you?
How are you wearing your hair right now?
just down.
When's the last time you were sick?
i am currently quite sick. 😦
Would you rather have OJ or milk with your breakfast?
i'd rather have water, but if i had to choose, it'd be orange juice. orange juice may be a little too sweet for me, but milk tends to give me tummy troubles.
What were you doing thirty minutes ago?
watching tv.
Do you own any school related clothing articles?
Would you rather call people or have them call you?
they call me.
Can you carry a tune?
not very well.
Who was the last person who unexpectedly texted you?
dominos. haha. they're apparently having a Super Bowl special. but from an actual person, it would be a coworker. she just texted that she missed me, which was totally unexpected.
Whom do you text the most?
my sisters. we have a group message going, and not a day goes by when someone doesn't ask something or talk about remember when…?


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A Wiccan, a Tea Partyer, and Richard Dawkins walk into a bar…
Too soon? Okay, the actual topic wording,"Is modern humor too mean-spirited and dumbed-down?" was Norm's idea. He'll be there, but no presentation or anything, obviously. I'll ask for a volunteer moderator, then for Norm to explain why he wanted us to discuss this and what he meant.
By humor, I suppose we mean mainly:
Television: I love the Daily Show and Colbert. But, they rely heavily on the crude and vulgar. And, have you seen some of Comedy Central's other programs and their stand-up shows? Other networks, too. Forget the tame Simpsons. There's a new generation of rude, crude shows like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Ugly Americans, and (old now but still nasty) South Park and Family Guy. Almost every barrier to language and sexuality and derision seems to have been erased.
Movies: Am I wrong, or are movie comedies way more low-brow than they used to be? American Pie. Dumb and Dumber, The Hangover, Knocked Up.
Internet: I love the Onion, but I imagine the same trend is going on on-line, too.
I think one notion we should get into is the tradeoffs between increasing artistic freedom and this rude and crude downside. Remember, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, and George Carlin were considered obscene at least in part because they talked about taboo subjects. With increased freedom comes increased ability to openly discuss our society's problems, as well as increased ability to think that being offensive is funny by itself.
For links, um, I guess you could peruse:
- List of the political late night monologue jokes (search able by subject) .
- Comedy Central's website. You can watch clips of South Park, etc.
- The Onion (Sample story headline: "Nations' Boyfriends Dreading Free Event in the Park Season")
I think this will be a fun one and a nice break from the usual heavy stuff. See you there!


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Update on Press Kits and News Releases
PRESS KITS – PRINT, ONLINE or CD?
Online press kits take too much time to review and print.
CDs are easier to use than online kits, but take time to load, click through and print. Many people send printed kits with a CD version enclosed.
Printed kits are still popular and always good, but keep them short and to the point. Plain vanilla will do just fine. Editors and reporters don't want to buy anything, they simply want to cover what is newsworthy about your company or organization. That should be the focus of your kit's contents.
If you have the budget, produce kits in all three versions, print, CD and online. That way you'll reach everyone.
You can't go wrong asking the media what they prefer and provide them with it.
One Editor's Comments – "At a trade show, for example, I can pick up 20 printed press kits and go through them in 15-20 minutes to pull out the information I need, toss what I don't. If I had to go through 20 online kits, I would need several hours. So, I prefer printed kits, although I do like the stuff to be available online, as well, especially if I need to find something I forgot or I didn't see in my manual review."
Content, not graphic appeal is what counts for editors and reporters. And page one is still the important document.
Double space is the standard for traditional news releases; single space for e-mail is easier to work with editing and cut and paste functions.
Get to the point, give the facts, no editorializing. Editors and reporters want news.
Don't suffer over your text. Reporters and editors are unlikely to use it as is. They will write it in their own style.
Don't sweat the lead sentence or paragraph, give them the facts and information, they'll do the rest.
Minimize the use of adjectives, adverbs, and connectives. These "fillers" make your copy longer and interfere with the news.
Avoid hyperbole. Editors and reporters can tell whether your company or product or issue is newsworthy. Exaggeration is a turnoff!
Press releases sent as attachments are universally disliked. They can be hard to open in some cases and sometimes can close down the system.
Don't use throw-away quotes such as "We are pleased to release our new product" or "We are delighted to welcome Mr. Jones to the management team". Instead say "Our new product will reduce retail costs, etc." or "Mr. Jones's 20 years of experience with Wal-Mart will fuel our launch into the retail market".
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Morning all
I'm a newbie so after some advice please. I've suffered with tiredness, muscle aches and lack of libido for a number of years on and off, mainly on. Doctors have been unable to find anything despite numerous blood tests and just said I probably needed rest (despite getting 8-9 hours sleep most nights, although rarely wake up feeling refreshed). 6 months ago I felt really REALLY tired again, unable to move from the sofa for a few days. More blood tests revealed slight vitamin D deficiency. 2 months later I was diagnosed with depression and put on Vensir (venlafaxine). Although Vensir has helped my mood somewhat, my energy levels are still at zero, vitamin D seemingly making no difference. After researching hypothyroidism I do seem to have a number of the symptoms, in particular the above and dry itchy eyes with dry skin on my face which I didn't think twice about. However some of the other symptoms I don't really have, or could be as a result of being on Vensir.
I don't know if the doctor has checked my thyroid with all the blood tests I've had - is it routine to check as well as vitamin levels, iron levels etc?
Does hypothyroidism cause the same symptoms all the time or could they fluctuate slightly over months/years? Are there certain things such as libido which are generally affected first?
I'm 36, don't smoke, drink on occasion and of normal weight. I have a varied healthy diet so shouldn't be deficient in anything. Up until the tiredness really set in I would go to the gym regularly but I've had to stop because of the tiredness.
Many thanks for any advice you can give


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The Antichrist: Is He Already Among US Incarnate?
There are many anti-Christs now here an among us!
Anti = Instead of, opposition to, effectiveness against, or counteraction, opposite, against. These are all Anti Christs that exist now. All or any Oppose to Jesus as The Christ as the Lord and Saviour of the WORLD of both Heaven and Earth as the only way unto the Father God Creator of all!
They can be a single individual, to a whole society of peoples, or even a religious sect or group. But the Antichrist that we are most concerned with is not yet here not yet. He will not, I'll repeat it, he will not! Take a second seat to any of these that are here now, but in fact he will be leading them all.
Satan is the Fallen Lucifer, he will most likely appear as Lucifer once did appeared as a beautiful Cherubim an angel of light! But still he is this anti-Christ spoken of in the story and of the Good Book. Satan is the very reasoning behind this whole Book, the Bible it is his Trial that is taking place, it is his story and we have become guilty by association, participation, and the denial of God, with him and of his lies of there is no GOD, but him.
Satan has many sons and daughters, here now among us now, in our homes, at our work or jobs, and at or/ and in our churches, he is the head, over the heads of many of these churches. Satan loves to portray himself as God and as Jesus he loves to pretend to be them, he does this to prove to GOD that we don't know him as THE GOD!
But, God has made provisions for this, God has set aside an election of those from the every beginning. Some Saints, some Teachers, some Martyrs, some Evangelist, and Then Jesus Himself, God in Human Form. To prove the lie, to test those here upon this earth as to whom they will believe.
No, Satan or Anti-Christ is not physically here!
Ever since the fail temptations of the Christ, Satan has been bound and held behind the throne of God. As well have been his host or the fallen angels who will be release just before his release from heaven. When he in his God given body will be thrown out from Heaven and back upon the earth to draw as many as he can to him. Before Christ will return and set everyone straight with no doubts left.
You will know when Satan is here he will only have a short amount of time roughly five and a half months, according to some only five months, others think several years incorrectly. They read over the fact that God has shortened the devils time for the sake of the Elected those that will contest with Satan as the god of this world or the Antichrist.
Also there will be two witnesses that will come before the Antichrist and start calling for a repentance to God which the world will not hearken too they will be killed by this one claiming to be god and they will lie three and a half days in the streets and then, they will be raised up by Jesus this is the Lords Day the return of the true Christ and his Host or His angel army.
Satan's spirit as well as his children and followers are here awaiting his return, the signs are quite clear and they are increasing and strengthening daily right before the worlds very eyes. It will be as it was in the time of Noah they will be taking and giving in marriage and they will play with the human form and the will be altering the Human genome's, they will be sacrifices of Babes. Many of these things are now taking place and are being ignored.
There will be wars and rumors of wars and great earth quakes and a diversity of places, but fear not it is not yet time, but first there will come a great falling away. This most likely will happen when Satan appears on the scene in his God given body. He will do many wonders, great and powerful acts, such as calling down lightings from the heavens not the skies but the heavens themselves. Things that man has never seen, some so great that he might even fool the Elected, if this were possible. This is why God has shortened the time that Satan has, to do that, which God will allow him to do, which is to draw to him all the unbelievers.
The whole World will know and will whore after him, there will be no doubt as to who he is, and claiming to be! And we all, will know that something that has never been since the beginning of time, is occurring, but most wont know they are being deceive once again.
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I will pray for you. You have been deceived.
I posted a rebuttal to what you said about Judas in the comments section of my hub. It is the very last comment I did not mention your name..I didn't know how to reach you so I thought after you read this you could delete it. If interested go to
Interesting article and as Christians, the only worry we should have about the anti-Christ is leading as many people to Christ as we can because I believe God's church will be raptured before the anti-Christ gets here. We'll be coming with Christ to throw the devil into the lake of fire and won't that be grand?
Indeed these things for which you speak of are not far.
Great article.
God keep you.


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Families are complicated. Military families can be twice as complicated.
I debated a long time about telling this story, after Moira and the Mennetti kids first showed up on the scene in SHADOW WALKER. The Mennetti family is one dogged by tragedy, secrets, and danger. I was afraid readers wouldn't understand or accept the level of danger these two children were in, or how broken this family really is. But then, I wrote this scene, and I knew this was a family who deserved to have their story told.
"Frightened" – Excerpt from NO STRONGER BOND (Project Prometheus, Book #19)
Awkward wasn't the word for the silence hovering over the dinner table. Moira shifted imperceptibly in her seat, fighting the restless urge to intervene. Her brother, Mason, always told her she had a fix-it personality, when it came to interpersonal relationships. She certainly always tried to smooth things between their ultra-conservative Catholic parents and her irreverent drag queen of a brother. Now, as she listened to the clink of the children toying with their food, and the droning tick of the grandfather clock in the living room that she usually only noticed after the kids went to sleep, she fought the urge to fix this very broken family she was thrust into the middle of.
Jason sat with his head bowed, casting furtive glances at the man he barely remembered, while Lisa kept inching her chair closer to Moira, her wide eyes full of outright fear. Not that Moira blamed her. Commander Mennetti was an imposing figure even to her, and she was a grown woman with a badge and a gun. The furrow between his dark brows didn't help the matter, either.
"You know, it'd probably go a lot easier if you'd lighten up." Before she could stop herself, the words were out of her mouth. The glare the Commander favored her with might have frightened a lesser woman – it certainly frightened both children, who were instantly glued to Moira's side, Lisa crying softly, now. Moira simply lifted her head and gave it right back to him. "You're frightening your children."
"If you hadn't been waving a gun around, earlier, threatening to blow my brains all over the sidewalk, they might not be so frightened," he parried through gritted teeth. "Don't you know better than to keep a loaded gun around little kids? Around my kids?"
"I'm a Federal Marshall. It's my job. Someone has to protect them, and they certainly couldn't count on their parents, could they?"
His fork clattered to the plate, and she instantly regretted the harsh accusation. Michelangelo Mennetti had been half a world away, fighting to protect more than just his children. She shouldn't be blaming him for their trauma. But, dammit, how could the man not know who his wife was working for, or how deranged she was?
"I didn't know." The words, spoken softly and filled with such agonizing regret, could have been an answer to her unspoken question, or to the accusation hanging in the air between them. It didn't matter; they tore at Moira's heart just the same. She had to remember, this man barely knew his kids. Jason had just started kindergarten when Mennetti was deployed, and his wife had been pregnant with Lisa at the time. They'd never had a chance to be a family.
Her heart hurting for this broken family, Moira put her arm around Jason's shoulders, first. He was trying so hard to be brave, but she felt the slight tremble of his shoulders. Thanks to their mother, both children's experience with men was rocky at best. They didn't trust easily – they knew the consequences too well.
"Jason, you remember your dad, don't you? Remember the pictures you showed me of the park and the rocket?" She was careful to keep her voice soft and soothing.
He nodded, and his gaze went to his father, again, before darting away.
"He won't hurt you, Jason." Her eyes narrowed on the man in question, and she made certain he understood he better never prove her wrong. She saw something in him that reassured her, even as she sensed Jason relax beside her.
"C'mon, bud," Mennetti urged, his lips tipping upward in a smile that nearly stopped Moira's heart as he faced his son. "I know you remember."
Jason's face screwed up in an angry frown. "You promised me you'd be there if I needed you. You weren't there! You weren't there!"
With that angry yell, Jason broke free of Moira's grasp and bolted from the dining room. The pound of his feet on the stairs and the slam of his door caused Mennetti to wince, and he started to rise. Moira shook her head. "Let him go, for now. He'll be okay. He has to know it's okay for him to be angry with you, that you won't follow him or hurt him for it."
Lisa, on the other hand, was having nothing to do with her father. She clung to Moira with a death grip, and Moira wasn't about to traumatize her any more than she already was, right now. Rising from her seat, she scooped Lisa into her arms, and favored the man still at the table with a glance. "Let me get Lisa settled with her toys and books. Then, we need to talk. There's a lot you don't know."
As she carried Lisa up to her room, Moira faced her own uncertainty. When Michelangelo Mennetti learned exactly how his children came to be in her custody, would any of them ever be safe again?


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Former cancer doctor Fata and victims back in court
He's the local doctor ordered to pay millions of dollars after giving hundreds of patients cancer treatments they didn't even need.
On Tuesday Farid Fata and his victims were back in federal court.
The doctor that has become known as the mastermind behind one of the largest health care frauds in American history was present in federal court Tuesday, keeping his head down wearing an orange jumpsuit.
He is serving a 45-year sentence for providing more than 500 patients with drugs they didn't need...telling many of them they had cancer.
"He told me I had multiple myeloma, well come to find out two and a half years later I didn't have anything," said Robert Sobieray.
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"I'm just glad I'm able to see my little granddaughter," Mitchell said. "I only have one little granddaughter. She's three. And I'm just glad I'm able to see her."


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With tons of rip-roaring vampire action, there is no way in hell that 'The Strain: The Fall' #2 will disappoint horror fans out there. "The Fall" attacks the vampire genre with plenty of action, suspense, and humor. This is one helluva comic book adaptation of the best-selling trilogy of novels by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan.
Written By: David Lapham
Art By: Mike Huddleston
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $3.99
Release: August 21, 2012
After being released from jail, Gus Elizalde was suddenly kidnapped and held hostage by a group of vampires. A hidden breed of ancient vampires has had it with The Master and his growing plague of parasites. This secret ancient race has chosen Gus to destroy their own kind. If Gus succeeds, he will become richer beyond his imagination. But if he fails, the bloodsuckers will murder his mother and make him watch. Now that the vampires have overrun Manhattan, Gus needs help from the local gangs to take back the streets.
What I really enjoyed about writer David Lapham's adaptation is that he kept Del Toro's commentary about social and ethnic barriers. The storyline moves away from Manhattan and into the inner-city of New Jersey. It turns out the local gangs are the only ones tough enough to go head-on with the vampires. There is an interesting scene between Gus and two gang members because the conversation goes in-depth into personal motivations. The gang members aren't interested in saving the world; they just want their money.
The subplot continues with Ephraim's downfall as he fails to stick to his sobriety. While on guard duty, Ephraim takes a quick shot of liquor to cool his nerves. Rightfully so, Vasiliy, the bulky-sized ex-terminator, looks at Ephraim with real worry. As a constant reminder, Ephraim has to provide hope for his son, but he can't do that if he's drunk all the time.
In his artwork, Mike Huddleston builds a suspenseful atmosphere in the opening pages through the camera shots. Using crooked angles, readers will get the feeling of paranoia and disorientation that Gus is going through. As the suspense heightens, Huddleston focuses on Gus' facial expressions through close-ups. In a later scene, Huddles makes great use of shadows, using the streetlight as his only source, during Gus' conversation with the gang members.
Huddleston knows how to make his illustrations exciting when it comes to action. As Ephraim and Vasiliy find themselves cornered by the vampires, this is where the panels get all bloody. Letting loose, Vasiliy lifts up his nail-gun and starts shooting, aiming for the bloodsucker's forehead. The bloodsucker's face is screaming with his mouth wide open as Vasiliy chops off the head with his sword.
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Rating: 4/5 skulls.
Reviewed by Jorge Solis