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Cyber Monday: Hottest ever revenue day
The hottest day in online shopping history - at least so far - is Cyber Monday of 2013. According to data out from comScore online shoppers spent to the tune of nearly $2 billion on December 2, a 34% increase over the full Thanksgiving weekend spend.
The tally stands at $1.735 billion (desktop online spending) for Cyber Monday, and 18% YoY increase; Black Friday stands at $1.198 billion. To date nearly $24 billion has been spent online this holiday season.
"Any notion that Cyber Monday is declining in importance appears to be completely unfounded as its strong year-over-year growth rate of 18 percent resulted in yet another record for online spending in a single day," said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. "While it's true that many retailers are bleeding their Cyber Monday promotions into the weekend before and the days afterward, Cyber Monday itself continues to be the most important day of the online holiday shopping season. That said, we did also see evidence of early promotions pulling some dollars forward into the weekend, so it is possible that Cyber Monday could have even been stronger were it not for the emergence of this trend."
Meanwhile, Search Engine Land and SurveyMonkey has dived deep into holiday trends to find out how shoppers are engaging across the space. One of the more interesting findings is that more than half of people who shop for Christmas are now doing so between Cyber Monday and the week before Christmas Day, which has some experts wondering if Black Friday is on the way out. Other interesting findings include:
• 70% of shoppers are using mobiles in-store and 60% find mobile search 'difficult'
• 33% conduct mobile searches just as they conduct desktop searches
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text: Just watching a documentary about Alan Turing – ironic that, his work at Bletchley Park on the Enigma code having provided the Allies with perhaps the most important breakthrough in combatting the Nazi forces, we drove him to kill himself due to one of the very few ideologies that we shared with them. Profoundly distressing and troubling. The only thing holding us back is our prejudices.

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Ignoring the Tiger
I rarely bother reading my local newspaper. Not only does it tend to lack valuable content, and fill up the empty spaces where such content should be with gimmicks like serially-written stories penned by local readers, but its 'analysis' is sorely lacking.
Take a look at this editorial.
I wish I could at least ascribe the virtue of novelty to that sort of commentary, but statements like those were all over the place immediately after the recent Supreme Court decision regarding corporations and monetary donations. What really offends me, however, are statements like these:
Corporate giants can now use unlimited access to the media to buy and sell votes; to intimidate elected officials; to control the democratic processes; and to drown out free speech with the sheer weight of their money.
If our culture has degenerated so far that the amount of money donated to a campaign will determine the outcome of elections, then I fail to see what is actually being lost by permitting it. If the people are so uncritical and mind-numbed that their votes can be 'purchased' by bombarding them with advertisements, they're not capable of participating in a functional democracy in the first place.
Don't even get me started on the absurdity of the idea that speech is only "free" if people are forced to listen to it.
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well supporters of democracy either need to be handy with the duct tape or in total denial. is anything other than confused quacks really expected when the cracks become obvious?


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Morning Catholic must-reads
The bishops of El Salvador are pressing Pope Benedict XVI to canonise Oscar Romero.
The Anglo-Catholic blog has published the full text of the Traditional Anglican Communion's 2007 petition to the Holy See.
Terry Sanderson urges secularists to "man the barricades" following the defeat of the Government over the Equality Bill.
Pianist Stephen Hough ponders the revelation that Pope John Paul II mortified himself with a whip.
The chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus has accused President Obama of being "obsessed with promoting abortion".
And Kevin Clarke writes about the latest twist in the saga of the Apostolic Visitation of US women religious.


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When you dress well with a little flourish and take pleasure in it, most others will pick up on both and take pleasure themselves. This, for me, is part of the pleasure of dressing well. Its positive spirit is infectious.
Unfortunately, the occasional grouch will needle you. There are any number of reasons that some people behave like this, but these reasons have a common theme: they let you know that said grouch's opinions are irrelevant and held only by him or her.
I have never been able to draw, or to paint, or even to sketch. A blank canvas is, to me, an invitation for disaster. But I can, and choose to, make my clothing a visual, rhetorical, communicative statement when I leave for work, or for happy hour, or for a house party. (Sure, it's pastiche, but we live in postmodern times.) A perfectly coordinated and assembled suit is my stab at a personal Mondrian. (Boots with a suit is a velvet Elvis.)
Expand your comfort zone. Dressing well--whether at work or at play--will be its own reward.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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Here, Here! Nay-sayers be damned.ReplyDelete
How do you deal with an audience uninterested in fashion? I find it difficult sometimes to explore the outfits and styles which challenge and intrigue me without leaving a gap betwee my look and my fellows'. Balancing fashion to the occasion is important, but should I just let go and accept that I will dress differently than my crew? This seems like it might be even more common in male friend circles.ReplyDelete
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The City of St. Louis is preparing to name a street after President-elect Obama, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Delmar Boulevard will now also be named Barack Obama Boulevard, an honorary designation.
While this is unsurprising, it is also premature. While I would likely never be enthusiastic about naming a street after Obama, I certainly understand the interest in doing so. But can't the city at least wait a few years, if not out of office? That would seem the sensible (and customary?) thing to do.


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My Saturday nights have just got sadder & duller for the excellent Swedish detective series, 'Wallender' has ended its run on BBC4. It's the only programme I regularly watch so I'd be bereft were it not for the fact that I've found someone who can supply me with the DVDs. I didn't see the first series so I've got 13 more programmes to look forward to. Yippee!
I hope you enjoy Anna Trenheim's haunting theme music which sadly isn't available on CD. I've fallen for her charms so I'm now off to download her album, 'Leaving On A Mayday'.
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Farewell Kurt!
Posted by the art of curiosity at 23:22
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I never got into Wallender- I think it was shown when I was watching something else. I am quite bereft knowing that my Saturday night favourite The Bill is ending!
- 20 June 2010 at 02:05
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- 20 June 2010 at 14:25
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Do you get a lot of UK programmes?
I think we might share another favourite - the archaeological programme 'Time Team'? Channel 4 aired half of this season's series in the spring this year - they're making us wait until the autumn for the rest. This has always been January to March, Sunday winter evening viewing for me so they're messing with my body clock! How dare they ;-) How is one supposed to get through winter without treats to look forward to!
- 20 June 2010 at 14:27
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Daily Mood Alert and Food/Fitness: Tues, Feb 21
Anyone who knows my life right now knows just how appropriate this is!
Good news from the Ortho doc today. He said I am "fixed". Or at least for now. Not a bad way to start the day.
And just in time. T-4 days until the Arizona Half Marathon. WAHOO!!!! There is nothing else I can really do to be better prepared for this race. I know what I need to do. End of story. We will even be volunteering at packet pickup. Nothing like a little good race karma.
Food: You will see it all in pictures tomorrow (YES! I took pictures). Breakfast was coffee and protein bar. Lunch was egg beaters, turkey sausage and an english muffin. Snack was an apple and some carrots. Dinner will be steak and some sort of potato. There is also an orange and a nectarine. Fruit/Fiber fast after today.
Fitness: Nothing today just due to schedule. I am going to try and get a workout/short run into tomorrow before heading to the airport.
WATER WATER WATER. That desert is awfully dehydrating!
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
In other news, I think I am going to buy a new computer. I am not into the $1600 price tag when I don't have a job, BUT my current computer does not allow me to open more than 3 word documents/ excel files at once which is really impeding my dissertation writing. Also the constant freezing is a problem. I was planning to buy a new computer after graduating and getting a job, but my new plan is to pay this one off when that happens. I'm just buying it in advance. I don't know, it feels a little frivolous, but seriously, I do need word and excel open at the same time.
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- katie said...
Blah, headache. You deserve sympathy, not guilt, these things happen. As for the computer, have you tried erasing everything off of it and reinstalling everything? It is a very very big project, but I did that a few years ago and it was like getting a new computer, it worked so much better. But if you need a new computer, you need a new computer, and it'll be more use now than when you are done. For my graduation present I got a sewing machine. Tells you something about how much computing I plan on doing for a bit. :)
- Laura said...
For your computer problems, could you save a little money by buying a desktop? They are not portable obviously, but maybe you could wait on the laptop until the money starts rolling in (any day now, right?)
As for the headache and the guilt about being sick, you are nutso. If only you had such control over your body, you would be a medical marvel and that could fund your laptop desires. Besides you have to save your "sheer force of will" for when it really matters. Let yourself have a headache now and then so that if you ever get some bad illness, you can whip out the "sheer force of will" to kick its ass.
Also, feel better sweet nutso :)
- Laurie said...
A desktop would impede my productivity more than my current laptop. I cannot be constrained by a desk! I could try re-installing, but really, this computer has been on borrowed time for awhile. And I just ordered a new Dell anyway!
I'm getting over my psycho-ness regarding my headache, as I have been lying down all day and still fell crappy. Alas. I just feel bad about missing work.
- Kate said...
Taking the two hour nap yesterday seriously increased my productivity for today. I'm glad you're laying about. Be good to yourself and sleeeeeeep. :)
- Laura said...
If it is a migraine, there are awesome meds out there that can knock it out of your head (well at least they do for Shannon). I suspect you could do some googling to find out what makes migraines different than a regular ole headache. Or you could email Shannon. Just a thought.
Also, woo new laptops!
- Christopher said...
The headache is because I have gone, I bet.


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He is so adorable!! Happy birthday, Tristan! Looks like you threw him a great party!
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Your son is the cutest! I love the entire party theme, too. So perfect!
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Card Sleeve Sizes for Games
- Adam KranzelUnited States
The discussion thread for this geeklist is here. Please feel free to post comments/additions/suggestions/etc.
There is a separate geeklist here to list games that I'm looking for information about. Generally, a game will be on that list if I have either the card count or size, but not both. Games that I've seen requests for sleeves sizes for, but have no information for will also be there.
Thanks go to Khedron for the original list, and the tremendous amount of work he put into it. Data copied from his list is with his permission.
Please feel free to post comments/corrections here or on the discussion thread, or to geekmail me.
I shouldn't need to say this, but...
I strive to make the list as accurate as I can, but sometimes mistakes sneak in. I (sadly) don't own or have access to all of the thousands of games on this list, so sometimes the listed sleeves might just be a guess. If you buy some sleeves and they don't fit, or you know that the information for a game is wrong, please let me know so I can correct it. Yelling at me about how much money you wasted doesn't solve the problem, and it makes me less interested in spending the time and energy to keep the list updated.
General sleeving notes:
Swan PanAsia seems to sometimes measure its sleeves by the exterior dimensions, so the listed sizes for their sleeves can be somewhat larger than the size of cards that will fit in them.
Fantasy Flight measures its sleeves by the maximum size of card that will fit in them, not the size of the sleeve itself. This means that they will often fit cards that are slightly larger than standard size, which includes the cards in Fantasy Flight's own games.
Fantasy Flight Print-on-Demand expansions will not always fit in Mayday sleeves. Fantasy Flight or other slightly oversized sleeves are recommended.
Mayday sleeves tend to vary somewhat in size (especially the non-premium ones). Getting extra packs of sleeves is advised, as some of them may not fit some games.
For games from Alderac Entertainment Group, Mayday 'green' (63.5x88mm) sleeves are usually too short, and Ultra-Pro (66x91mm, #82689) sleeves too narrow. Fantasy Flight 'gray' (63.5x88mm, #FFS05) sleeves are confirmed to fit, and KMC sleeves are reported to fit properly as well.
KMC and Dragon Shield only 63.5x88mm and 57x89mm sleeves, to the best of my knowledge.
KMC and Ultra-Pro both make matte-finish sleeves with clear (rather than opaque) backs. They're only available in standard MtG/poker (63.5x88mm) size.
SleeveDominion has large packs of very reasonably priced sleeves for Dominion and Thunderstone. I've not used their products, so I can't vouch for the quality of the sleeves. If any has used them and can report back to me on quality and consistency of sizing, I would appreciate it.
Tasty Minstrel Games (TMG), only makes one size of sleeves at the moment, but they're of good quality, and quite inexpensive.
What do all the colors mean?
The colors on the list are the color of the packaging for that particular product.
For example, if you're searching for 63.5x88mm sleeves in a store, and can't figure out which is which, you can know to look for a grey package from Fantasy Flight, a green one from Mayday, etc.
Not all manufacturers use this system, so not everything is color coded.
Sleeve thickness:
Most 'penny' sleeves are about 40 microns thick, and most 'premium' sleeves are about 100 microns.
If you have corrections to this information, please let me know.
Arcane Tinmen: All sleeves are 80 microns.
Artipia: Standard sleeves are 40 microns. Premium sleeves are 90 microns.
BCW: Board game sleeves are approximately 100 microns. Other sleeves vary.
Docsmagic: Regular sleeves are 50 microns. Premium sleeves are 100 microns.
Dragon Shield: All sleeves are 120 microns.
Fantasy Flight: All sleeves are 105 microns.
Kaissa Games: Standard sleeves are 50 microns. Premium sleeves are 80 microns.
KMC: Standard and Mini sleeves are 100 microns. Perfect Fit sleeves are 45.5 microns.
LaTCG: Perfect Size sleeves are 63.5 microns. I have no information on their other sleeves.
Legion: Unknown thickness, but comparable to Fantasy Flight.
Mage Company: 100 microns.
Mayday: Standard sleeves are 40 microns. Premium sleeves are 90 microns.
MTL: Soft sleeves are 40 microns. Thick sleeves are 90 microns.
NSKN: All sleeves are 90 microns.
Swan PanAsia: Standard sleeves are 40 microns. Premium sleeves are 90 microns.
Tasty Minstrel: Unknown thickness, but comparable to Fantasy Flight.
Ultimate Guard: Classic Soft sleeves are 40 microns. Premium Soft sleeves are 50 microns. Supreme sleeves are 115 microns. Master sleeves are 160 microns.
Ultra-Pro: Deck Protector sleeves are 110 microns. Perfect Fit sleeves, I have no information for.
Manufacturer/distributor websites:
Many of these sleeves are carried by a number of vendors. For the sake of simplicity, I'm only listing manufacturer and primary distributor websites here.
Note that several manufacturers distribute only via eBay, but they seem to be very reliable sellers.
Arcane Tinmen (also makes Dragon Shield): http://www.boardgamesleeves.com/
Artipia Games: http://store.artipiagames.com/index.php?dispatch=categories....
BCW: http://www.bcwsupplies.com
Docsmagic: http://www.docsmagic.de/Docsmagicde-Card-Board-Game-Sleeves
Fantasy Flight (also the US distributor for Dragon Shield): http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm...]
HCD: http://hcdsupplies.com/product-category/sleeves/board-game-s...
Kaissa Games: http://www.kaissagames.com/en/eshop/catalog/category/board-g...#
KMC: http://www.kmcsleeves.com
LaTCG: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&cam...
Legion: https://www.legionsupplies.com/index.php?main_page=product_i...
Mage Company: http://magecompanygames.com/product-category/mcg-premium-sle...
Mayday: https://maydaygames.com/card-sleeves.html
MTL: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&cam...
NSKN: http://www.nskn.net/en2/paladin/
Swan PanAsia US (distributed by Mayday): http://www.swanpanasiasleeves.com.
Swan PanAsia EU (distributed by Smiling Monster) http://www.smiling-monster.com/Card-Sleeves:::1.html?MODsid=lqeggu2tubscr2j1pvi74m55o6
Swan PanAsia Taiwan: http://www.boardgamer.org
Tasty Minstrel: http://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/206978
Ultimate Guard: http://www.ultimateguard.com
Ultra-Pro: http://www.ultrapro.com/division.php?d=g
Things that (usually) won't be added to the list:
Games with a rating less than 6, or less than 10 ratings, unless someone requests that they be added. I will still happily add lower-rated games if given the information for them, but I won't go searching for it.
Games that have only been released as Print & Play, and are not planned to be published as an assembled game.
Collectible Card Games:
I don't include card counts for 'live' (still being published) CCGs. It's just too much work to keep track of all the new releases. I'll still add the game to the list, but without a number of cards listed.
For 'dead' (no longer published) CCGs I will happily add both the size and card count, though generally I won't break it down into different expansions unless someone gives me that information.
Other lists that might prove useful:
Please let me know if you have suggestions for this section.
3D Prints for Board Games
Coin Capsules Sizes for Protecting Tokens and Blinging Out Your Game
3D Printing for Pimping Boardgames
Finding the entry for a specific game:
To see this list in a view that only shows the game titles, click on 'titles only' just below this header, or click here.
To go to a specific game entry in the titles-only view, click on the number next to the game title. Clicking on the name will take you to the BGG entry for the game, and not the entry on the geeklist.
Breakdown for the titles-only view:
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Here is a questionable combination: Tuna sandwhich and a grande sugar free mocha from Biggby's.
Every week I have a coffee lunch with one of my most amazing friends. She works at the local hospital and I pick her up we have coffee at Biggby's and chat about our lives. I so look forward to this face time with her. We chat via email all the time, but sometimes it's just good to see the face of a friend.
Today was our coffee lunch. Then I came back to the office and ate my tuna sandwhich. Gotta say now I feel a bit queasy.......
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The Black Swans of Politics
by Justin T. P. Quinn
A recent article entitled "Ron Paul's dilemma" makes the case that "Ron Paul may be in the ultimate damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation as next month's Ames Straw Poll draws closer."
If Paul polls fourth or fifth at Ames, it will feed the existing narrative that he is a second-tier candidate with a devoted but small legion of fans. Ames will be, at best, a wash. If, on the other hand, Paul finishes first or second, it will feed the narrative that he's a straw-poll paper tiger with a small but devoted legion of fans that swamped Ames from around the country. The media will give itself permission to ignore the result and instead focus on the "serious" candidates.
Rasmussen makes the unfortunate factual error of stating that Ron's "legion of fans" could "swamp Ames from around the country." The Ames Straw Poll is only open to Iowa residents. A simple Google search could have prevented that mistake and allowed him to reword it differently, though at the expense of weakening his argument. A victory in Ames would not mean that Ron Paul is backed by a small group of fanatics that crawled out of the woodwork, but that he has strong core of support within the key state of Iowa. Let us ignore that fact for now.
Instead, lets focus on the substance of Rasmussen's opinion: The Ames Straw Poll is very important, but only if Ron Paul doesn't win. It doesn't matter whether or not Ron wins, or even how many percentage points he wins by. The Iowa Straw Poll can help every other candidate, but it can only hurt Ron Paul. The voters at Ames can have no bearing whatsoever on Ron Paul's viability as a candidate. A vote for Ron Paul ipso facto makes it irrelevant.
You see, Ron Paul supporters don't count, even though they are the paragon of what the ideal political activist would be. They are arguably the only true grassroots activists in existence right now. They don't wait for direction or leadership from Ron Paul himself. Rather, inspired by Paul's ideals, they act on their own. Nothing else in history comes close to what they've accomplished.
It was Ron Paul supporters, not the Ron Paul campaign itself, that invented the "money bomb." Money bombs are online fund-raising events, often held on dates with great historical and political significance, which seek to generate a large amount of donations within a short period of time. Such events are marketed through "viral advertising" where individuals take the initiative and spread the news of the event through online vehicles such as social networks, YouTube, and online forums. People who might think that their small contribution to the campaign might not make a difference, or who otherwise might not "get around to it," find themselves encouraged by a large number of their peers to take an active part in these events and donate larger amounts more often than they otherwise would have. By seeking to set ever higher records in hourly, daily, and weekly fund-raising, money bombs can generate millions of dollars in free advertising in the media as well.
Remember the Ron Paul Blimp? Once again, Ron Paul supporters acted on their own initiative to make something happen. At 200 feet long, it beat out the Goodyear Blimp as the largest blimp in North America. It also cost $600,000 to fly for the six weeks it was in the air, and might not even get off the ground this year. Flying over the eastern seaboard, it generated over $2 million in publicity. The blimp needs to be flying over Iowa now, but there seems to be little interest in it! A single money bomb could do it, easy.
Let us imagine for a minute a Mitt Romney blimp or a Mike Huckabee blimp, constructed and financed by grassroots supporters independent of their respective campaigns. They would be praised from the rooftops for their creativity and initiative. They would be asked, "What is it about Mitt Romney that gives you so much hope?" With such a spontaneous surge of enthusiasm and devotion for this man, some may begin to wonder, could he be The One? We'd never hear the end of it, but because it was part of the Ron Paul Campaign, nay, the Ron Paul Movement, it is referred to as a desperate publicity stunt of questionable legality.
In every campaign in the history of campaigning, a lost run for office means that interest in the candidate mostly dies out, but not for Ron Paul. Supporters of Ron Paul are qualitatively different from those who support other candidates. Jack Hunter summed it up perfectly.
Ask the average Paul fanatic what they like about him and all you will hear nothing but specific policies: "Follow the Constitution!" "End the Fed!" "End the War!" Paul is the purest example of what I like to call "philosophical conservatism" in that what he believes – strict adherence to limited government and Constitutional principles – is more important to him and his followers than how his party perceives him.
Even after Ron Paul lost the 2008 Republican nomination, the Ron Paul movement remained a force to be reckoned with. It was Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty that forever changed America's political landscape. It was the tireless efforts of the Campaign for Liberty that made the Federal Reserve a national issue. Through countless emails, letters, and phone calls made by people who were educated about the Federal Reserve and Austrian Business Cycle Theory, HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, gained some 319 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. The Senate version, S. 604, had 32 cosponsors. So great was the movement to "End the Fed," the majority of Americans are not only conscious of the Fed's existence and activities, but are radically opposed to it. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke now feels the need to have futile press conferences to try and win over the people.
A common soundbite you'll hear in the news nowadays (if you still watch it) is that "many are coming around to Ron Paul's points of view." The truly astonishing thing is that any politician can posses a sound, logical form of thought in the first place, much less convince people of anything. Scott Conroy's Doomsday Scenario may prove to be true, as the "famously devoted supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul wipe the sweat off their brows without batting an eye and descend on the campus of Iowa State University to propel the libertarian-leaning icon to yet another straw-poll victory". This, for Conroy, would be a tragedy. If Ron Paul were to win in Ames, the sanctity of the event and the godly wisdom of all who attend would have to be called into question.
Yes, it is very true that it is not how high a candidate can get in the national polls, but how many of his supporters he can actually get out to vote that wins elections. If you show up to vote for Ron Paul, however, well then, you're just some crazy fanatic who's part of the ever growing cult of Ron Paul worshipers. You are like a pestilence that swarms GOP events to drown out the voices of more reasoned minds, a sacrilegious abuse of the Holy Democratic System. Your votes are not to be regarded with the same reverence as those offered up to the other lying, thieving, murderous scumbags that always get elected president. You are at best an outlier, at worst, a very real threat to our political way of life. The Ron Paul Movement, the greatest grassroots campaign in political history, could destroy Iowa's position as an early primary state, and ruin the chances of any grassroots campaign for a small-name politician of ever being competitive in presidential politics ever again.
The establishment media would like to completely ignore Ron Paul by not even including him in the polls. When they can't ignore him, they use a very simple formula. On the eve of an important straw poll, say he can't win. When he does, downplay the results as meaningless. Now, on the eve of the Ames Straw Poll, they are hedging their bets with doublespeak; The Ames Straw Poll is very important, but only if Ron Paul doesn't win. It's a strategy that will likely stretch well into the primary season, but this can only work for so long.
When it become too obvious that the Ron Paul movement is taking over the country, they will resort to blatant lies and deception. This is precisely what Fox News did earlier this year when they tried claim that Ron Paul was booed at the 2011 CPAC by playing the clip from 2010. When Bill Hemmer asks Ron Paul how he felt being about booed, he laughs in a very odd, juvenile way. The way his tong moves around in his mouth, almost as if he is savoring the opportunity to humiliate Ron Paul, I imagine him once being a large, fat bully in the fifth grade. Ron Paul in fact got a standing ovation when he was announced the winner of the 2011 CPAC Straw Poll. Such an amateurish attempt at deception was quickly found out, and Fox News via Hemmer was forced to publicly apologize for their "honest mistake."
How far will the mainstream go in order to stem the tide of the Ron Paul Revolution? They already say it threatens to destroy the presidential primary system. Will they go as far as Glen Beck did, and group Ron Paul supporters in with terrorists? Perhaps a bombing or a mass shooting will be blamed on the anti-government Libertarian movement. A so-called "Libertarian Bomber" would be just the excuse needed to send federal troops to arrest people at Ron Paul rallies.
It all makes one wonder how accurate those polls are that place Ron at around 10%. It's clear that the media sees his supporters as a mere factor that skew the polls away from results that are more "representative of America." The fact is that Ron Paul does represent America. He opposes the wars, he opposes the income tax, he opposes further burdening the country with more debt, and he wants to restore sound money and end the Federal Reserve. What the media doesn't want is for Americans to figure this out.
They want people who like Ron Paul to think he can't win; his victories don't matter; he's a "fringe candidate;" only kooks support him; best to support someone else who actually stands a chance. The establishment wants to create a self-fulfilling prophecy that a Ron Paul presidency is a hopeless cause. Their plan won't work. Once the false paradigm is shattered and the people see the truth, Ron Paul will become President of the United States, and it will be all thanks to those "Ron Paul fanatics," the Black Swans of Politics.


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I'm keen, you're keen, we're all keen on quinoa!" People with high cholesterol will be singing this tune once they realize the benefits of quinoa (pronounced "KEEN-wah"), a South American seed that serves as a tasty and healthful stand-in for rice or couscous. One cup of cooked quinoa has 15 percent less carbohydrates and 60 percent more protein than a comparable amount of brown rice; it also has 25 percent more fiber, which can help lower blood cholesterol.
I am one of many people who have a lot of medications to take. I am also one of many whose perscriptions are not fully covered(donut hole on Medicare). I've cut down on the amount of cholesterol meds I am taking and am actively seeking other and less costly means to lower cholesterol. I'm also taking a niacin that says no flush and so far so good. Anyway, so far so good. I haven't been back to see my cute doc and break the news to him. i'm not looking forward to the news he will have for me.
I've been reading about the benefits of meditation for lowering blood pressure. I think it is a great idea. I also understand that some people can thoroughly relax and shut down the mental factory. But I'm having a heck of a time doing it. It seems that I can't quite focus on one thing long enough to overcome the need to focus. I'll start saying a mantra, then decide I don't like that one and sit there for the perscribed time while trying to think of a better word to use. Not so relaxing.
And I get bored. And I have an extremely low tolerance for boredom.
I play Mah Jongg. It helps.
Ideas? I'm open-----
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
I was not a small person. I have never been a small person. But there was a time a long, long time ago when I did have a decent figure. Now I have the rough equivalent of 2 people living inside this body.
I was a person who was terribly inhibited by a fear of failure. It is amazing what messages a person carries around with them. From childhood right through my marriage I heard messages that said, "not good enough, will never be good enough". As I said, that is what I heard. It may not have been exactly what was said, but it was what I heard. And coming from my mother and husband, I found it easy to believe them. So not trying to better myself was my response. Not once did I look at what I was doing and say, I can do better-for me. For making myself feel better, look better, have a prettier surrounding, have a more pleasant and gracious manner, etc. I bought into the messages that I heard. In my head.
The posted pics are the last ones of me at the lake in a bathing suit. About 6 or 7 years ago. Since I have eaten myself into true fatness, sat on my butt, and allowed myself to become a couch potato that wouldn't interest me if I were meeting myself for the first time. I use the back problem to excuse apathy. And I do find it hard to become passionate about anything. Notice that posting is not always quick.
So here I am, 65, fat, out of shape, out of passion, and damned mad about it because it is really all my fault. Today I will walk more than usual. Today I will shove aside the things I mentally let hold me back. Tomorrow, I don't know. Today I do.
Friday, January 14, 2011
How to do it.
I find that I am more than ever concerned about fashion. Of course that may be partly because I am more than ever not happy about my body. I am definitely in the morbidly obese range and I am facing a Catch-22 conundrum. I feel bad about the way my body looks without clothing. And I am not pleased with the way it looks with clothing. I feel really depressed when I see the pics of myself. I remind myself that this is what others are seeing when they look at me.
So I want to try to make some changes in those two things. But I said I feel bad, remember? And I feel depresses, remember? Depression is one of the biggest parts of feeling tired all the time for me, and maybe for you. I am on an antidepressant. I am also on thyroid meds and other things. Some may cause the weight to stick like glue. But I am also so in love with the sofa that I don't want to get off of it. Not that it is so comfortable, but the overcoming of inertia is really difficult. I am looking at this problem from the perspective of age now.
Fashion-Age These are two things that I don't put together. But I have discovered that Age does go along very well with style. And since I am not good at style I am using a method to help myself along.
1. I cleaned out the stuff in my closet that doesn't fit well, doesn't feel good, is shabby, is worn out, or I just don't like.
2. I am left with a lot of things that make me feel fat but at least they are presentable. And as time goes by I may figure out what to do with them.
3. I have looked at lots of fashion mags(I love them). And I have lamented that the models are toothpicks. For real. But I finally figured out how to use some of the things I find in there. I just take a pic of something I think is pretty, tear it out of the mag. I post it on a clipboard in my closet. And I start looking for things I have that might help make a copy of the look. Of course, I can't let my expectations get too high.
4. I have discovered that there are some looks that I like a lot which will require a change in my body. I am hoping that will be easier now that I have set goals.
5. I have also discovered that while some of the young things whose blogs I follow can go out and purchase stuff at full price when they want to, I simply can't. I also follow some blogs of girls who are thrifters and that is the way I shall have to go. I love vintage but there must have been no heavy women in the 40's. Of course, since I can sew, I plan to make a couple of vintagy pieces.
So far, this is where I am. Suggestions are very welcome.
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Labels: Age, appearance, fashion
Friday, January 7, 2011
I am writing
I am writing more about my attempts at fashion in another blog. Fashion seems to be different from style. And the blog is somewhat about my age. But my age is always a shock to me.
Until I get up from the sofa and try to do something.
I once heard an actor who was asked if it feels different being 40 say "It hurts".
I thought at the time, yeah right. If I were doing crazy stunts and growing wrinkles for the world to see it would hurt me too. However, not hurting at 40 was just postponing the time when it would hurt. There is a rather sad ad on TV about living with RA. It asks the question;"Are you existing or are you living?" That question can have all sorts of other connotations. I have to ask that question about spinal stenosis, torn minuscus, fat, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, being totally out of shape, allergies, and other pains in the _________.(you fill in blank)
And I have come to some surprising conclusions. I am allowing the physical problems to end my living and to put me on the just existing list. All of my life I have prided myself on being an intelligent, pragmatic person. I read and hear that moving around and becoming involved in something is the best way to promote good health and a general good attitude. This, in turn, promotes improvement in the things I have listed. So why, with the intelligence I think I have, have I not been doing those things that would make my life better? I am working on an answer to that. In the meantime, I have made some new resolutions. You notice I didn't say New Year's resolutions. That is because if I associate something with the new year, after Feb I might say to myself;"Not New Years anymore. I'm done" I am so terrific at letting myself off the hook. So If amyone has suggestions for overcoming apathy, I would love to hear them.
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Labels: Aging, apathy, health issues, laziness
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Steven Pippin is an English artist whom specialisies in kinetic sculpture and photography.
The vast majority of Pippin's work takes influence from a youth spent around his father, constantly constructing and wiring electric equiptement, thus resulting in his work having an industrial aesthetic, created with industrious and creative techniques- often handmaking many makeshift cameras from various bizarre objects, taking influence from the birth of technological advances in photography.
In 1999, he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, with his work 'Laundromat-Locomotion' (below), which showcased a row of 12 washing machines inside a laundromat into a series, photographed by cameras triggered to trip wires, inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's 'The Horse in Motion'.
Never before coming across Pippin's work, at first glance I assumed that it was photography of Muybridge's era- the early days of 35mm experimentation, and therefore, was completely delighted to discover just how well he had replicated this style, in such a charmingly persued and crafted way.
Whilst this style is not typically a favourite of mine, I really love the way he has set about creating it, and now feel really inspired to attempt some of these pinhole style images for myself.


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So what is boy's day? Good question. May brings the reminder that in Japan, as in the United States, one of a nation's greatest assets is her children. May 5 is "Children's Day" in Japan, the day to stress the importance of respecting the character of children and promoting their health and happiness. It is also the day for children to express their gratitude for the tender love and care they receive from their parents. On this day Japanese families celebrate Tango-no-Sekku, the Boys' Festival. With its special customs and observances, it is Japan's way of celebrating the healthy growth and development of her young boys.
A carp-like streamer (yes, like the fish) is flown outside your home for each son in the family, a very large one for the eldest, the others ranging down in size. The carp has become the symbol of the Boys' Festival because the Japanese consider it the most spirited of fish, so full of energy and power that it can fight its way up swift-running streams and cascades. Because of its strength and determination to overcome all obstacles, it stands for courage and the ability to attain high goals. The carp is an appropriate symbol to encourage manliness and the overcoming of life's difficulties leading to consequent success.
Girls are the guests of their brothers on this occasion just as boys are guests of their sisters on the occasion of the Girls' Festival on March 3. Their parents provide them with the traditional delicacies such as Chimaki (sweet rice dumplings wrapped in iris or bamboo leaves) and Kashiwa-Mochi (rice cakes containing sweet bean paste wrapped in oak leaves).


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Friday, July 5, 2013
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I decided to rekindle this blog. I really never got it off the ground just used it for storage of my articles more or less.
I'm taking it in a new direction. It is similar to my other blog. Here I include articles and pictures. All having to do with hauntings and abandoned houses, places, etc.
It is new and will probably go slow. But gradually I hope to build it up so be patient.
I include many places I've visited and some I haven't.
You can visit my other blogs at http://haunted505.blogspot.com and http://life990.blogspot.com.
You can read my articles at http://sassugrrl32.blogspot.com.


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Liverpool students hospitalised after taking '"Geebs"
In the space of a week, five students were rushed to hospital after taking a chemical used in the cleaning of car alloys
Five students from Liverpool University have been admitted to hospital in the space of a week, after taking a chemical used in the cleaning of car alloys.
According to the BBC, police were called to Liverpool University halls Bowden Court, at around 7:30 am on Sunday 16th February. Two students aged 20 and 22, and also a 16 year old girl, were immediately rushed to hospital.
The three were all eventually released after successful treatment.
A day later, police were called to student accommodation at Hatton Garden in Liverpool where they found three more students, two aged 20 and one aged 19, who also had to be rushed to hospital. All three were later discharged.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of supplying a class C drug.
Detective Superintendent Chris Green, of Merseyside Police, said that all six individuals "had taken a product called Geebs, which is actually a chemical used to clean alloy wheels and is used as a legal high."
"This substance is a chemical used to clean car wheels and even in small doses can kill.
"We will be working with universities in the city in the coming days to warn students about the dangers that drugs and chemicals can have when taken, particularly if mixed with alcohol, or other substances."
Gamma-butyrolactone, otherwise known as Geebs, has previously been dubbed a 'coma in a bottle'.
'Geebs' is legal when used in industry. But illegal if a person intends to consume. Possession can carry a sentence of up to two years, while supply can lead to a maximum of 14 years in prison.
According to FRANK, the drug can produce "feelings of euphoria, reduced inhibitions and drowsiness. The effects start after about 10 minutes to an hour and can last for up to seven hours or so". But users can also experience "unconsciousness, coma and death".
The substance first found itself in the spotlight back in 2009, when a coroner ruled that medical student Hester Stewart died after mixing Geebs with alcohol. The drug has also been linked to a number of sexual assault cases.


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Something new from Impie, Hattie & Bea!
**Note to shops – this will be available to shops in the future. At this time this item is being released as part of the Colorado Flood Relief fundraiser. Follow Impie, Hattie & Bea at facebook to receive our product release updates.**
Remind me not to make promises about Monday in future. All the powers seemed to be against me today, 'Powers'= two ornery homeschooled boys and several mishaps.
But, at the last minute I'm here to share the Autumn Hoop Keep~
Similar to the previous hoop keeps except this one has a cozy Autumn feel and is designed to coordinate with Little House Needleworks Starlight Sampler. It holds an 8″ hoop and is handy for little kitted up projects as well. This is only available through the fundraising pages at the webshop it at this time.
The design is stitched on 32 lambswool linen and uses all DMC threads. The adorable Just Pins set is available as well.
Thank you to all that have helped out at our fundraiser so far, it is truly appreciated!
While supplies last….and I have oodles….I'll send along a set of these PS mini cards with every order :0)


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- Long heart-to-heart talks with my Momma
- Cheerwine at breakfast
- Ordering a McDonald's Happy Meal for myself at age 27 just to get the Strawberry Shortcake toy
- Finding the perfect embroidered white shirt on sale
- Laughing and singing in the car with my family
You know, I'm recognizing that I have a pretty great life. Nothing is ideal, and nothing is meeting my "expectations." But you know what? Expectations are just that… expectations. You can't live life based on expectations. You have to live life based upon the here and the now, muddling through all the messy, awful stuff to see the joy and beauty in the small things. Accepting whatever comes your way with grace and with peace. Learning to love others as Christ loves… not expecting anything in return and definitely not thinking about what "I" can get from it.
Think about it. We cannot change our circumstances. We cannot change our past mistakes. We cannot change the fact that pain and heartache ARE going to come into our lives. What we CAN control is how we respond to all the bad things and how we respond to people when they hurt us.
I, for one, am going to choose to open myself up and take it ALL in - the good, the excellent, the bad, the terrible, all of it. I accept it as a gift. And it is. Because it is part of life.
And life is a gift.


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In determining when I was going to make my trip to Michigan I had to consider two factors:
The court date for the person who wrecked my old car, as apparently I'm supposed to get a subpoena to appear at his trial.
When my brother Brad would be available to make the trip, as he had suggested that we should go at the same time.
I never got a subpoena – and the trial keeps getting continued; currently it's set for September 1 – and it eventually became apparent that Brad's schedule wasn't going to align with mine.
I ultimately decided on August 13th through the 20th.
Then there was the Riff Trax Live! thing, which meant that I had to be back before 8 PM on the 20th.
I decided to make it the 12th through the 19th, but for whatever reason flying out a day earlier would cost an extra $200.
I would have been able to get a flight back on the 20th that would get me here relatively early in the afternoon, but I didn't have faith that there wouldn't end up being some sort of delay, so my week in Michigan turned into six days, though with my relatively late arrival on the 13th and my early departure on the 19th it was really more like five days.
In any case, what follows is a chronicling of the events of my vacation, which actually starts the day before I left.
I had intended to duck out of work a little early on Wednesday to get some stuff done and to give the house a thorough cleaning so that I wouldn't have to deal with returning to a mess. That plan was torpedoed by having to schedule a meeting a t3:00 and then having to make some changes to a document before finally taking off.
It was after 6 by the time I got home, so I ended up just giving the house a quick once over and doing laundry and packing until around midnight.
Thursday morning my friend Dan from work came by ridiculously early in the morning to bring me to the airport.
My flights were largely uneventful, with a long, boring layover in Minneapolis, and sometime before 5 I found myself in Michigan. I'd managed to pack everything into a small carry-on bag and a backpack, so once I arrived I was able to just pick up the rental car – the nice thing about the Houghton County Memorial Airport being so tiny is that the counter for the rental car is right there as you get off the plane and enter the building, and you don't have to make a long trek just to leave the building – and I was on my way to my sister Kim's house.
Once there we decided where we were going to eat (Perkins), and then we headed out.
After eating, my mom and I headed to her apartment. She lives in a new place since last I visited, as her rent was getting to be too high. The new place is in a complex designed for the elderly (and the handicapped), and she has a lot of friends there, all of whom were excited to meet the son she's been talking about for so long.
(One of my mom's friends is the same age as she is and is constantly taking her out to do things, in an effort, as she explained to me, to "get her away from all the old ladies in their 80s and 90s")
Her new place only has one bedroom, so there was no bed for me to sleep on. My mom offered to give up her bed and sleep on the couch – her couch is nearly impossible to sleep on – but I didn't want to put her out, so I offered to sleep in the recliner.
I've slept in it many times before, but this time it wasn't working, and was doing a number on my back, so eventually I moved to the couch and managed - simply because I was so tired – to get some sleep.
I woke up feeling unwell, but assumed that it was just the result of having gone too long without eating anything.
However, when we headed out to get lunch and for my mom to do her grocery shopping, I started feeling worse and worse, and wasn't able to actually eat my lunch for fear of depositing it all over the table.
When we got back to her apartment I took a nap and woke up some time later feeling a bit better, but that didn't last, so I decided to take another nap.
This time when I woke up I was back to normal, and Kim, my mom, and I headed out to the casino for the evening. Neither of them managed to win anything, and I only played (which is to say lost) $20 on one of the machines.
We didn't end up staying very long.
That night I was willing, at her insistence, to let my mom sleep on the couch and took her bed.
In the morning, despite her claims that she's slept on the couch many times, she admitted that the couch is largely unsleepable, and there was talk of picking up an air mattress.
One of the people living in the building was a woman who used to work as a teacher's aide at the elementary school I went to, and she's always loved me and is happy to see me whenever I'm around, so we stopped in to visit her. She's a sweet old lady – she's in her 80s, so from my perspective she's been an "old lady" for my whole life – and she was very happy to hear that I've gone on to be the "big success" she always knew I would be.
We stopped by Kim's for a while and saw an ad for a really good deal on an air mattress in a flyer, so after stopping to get some food we went to the store to buy the mattress. The one that was on sale was sold out, but they had an even cheaper one, so we picked that one up.
Afterwards I met up with my brother-in-law Dean at the boat launch and he and I (and my niece Jenni and nephew Jacob) took his boat out to Jourdan and her boyfriend's house to do some "tubing," which is to say being dragged behind the boat on an inflatable tube while Dean does his damnedest to knock you off.
I held on for a long time, despite Dean's best efforts, but eventually called it quits, as the bumpiness was causing my crotch to slap against the surface of a water in a manner that was most unpleasant.
When we were most of the way back to the boat launch, the boat's motor just stopped without warning, and Dean couldn't get it to start back up. We flagged down another boat, which hauled us back the rest of the way.
Afterwards Dean and I went to see District 9 – which was very good – and then I went back to my mom's place to inflate the mattress and call it a night. Or rather, I went back to my mom's place, found that we didn't have the 4 D batteries we needed to run the pump, I headed to Wal-Mart to pick some up, and then returned and inflated it.
It wasn't the most comfortable thing to sleep on, but it was better than the recliner, and a hell of a lot better than the couch.
On Sunday we headed up to Copper Harbor for the day, walking through Fort Wilkins (when I get around to posting pictures, this is where most of them were taken), and then grilling up some hot dogs and brats.
It started raining while the food was cooking, so we quickly ate during the downpour and packed up and headed out. Against Dean's protests – "We didn't come here to go shopping!" – we stopped in one of the little tourist trap shops for a while. Naturally at that point it stopped raining and the sun came out.
We camped at Copper Harbor a lot when I was a kid, and that particular shop holds a lot of memories for me, mostly because they sold all kinds of really cheap candy. They still do, so we loaded up on sugary confections before heading up Brockway Mountain on our way back.
On Monday my mom and I took Jenni out to lunch at the Chinese buffet place, as Jenni is the only one in her family who likes Chinese food, and that evening I went over and visited with Kim and Dean for a few hours.
On Tuesday everyone came over to my mom's for a goodbye dinner, and that night I turned in relatively early, as I had an early morning flight out.
Though I was leaving Michigan at 7:20 AM, I wasn't arriving in Virginia until nearly twelve hours later. I hadn't thought much about it, other than thinking, "How the hell many hours do I have to spend in Minneapolis?" When I looked at my itinerary, I saw I'd unwittingly booked a return flight that follows the Minneapolis to Detroit to Dulles path. I hate those. I spent over two and a half hours in Minneapolis – it would have been even longer if our departure from Houghton hadn't been delayed by fog and we hadn't been forced to circle around Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for fifteen minutes while a runway was cleared at Minneapolis – and then over three hours in Detroit.
The three flights were each about an hour long, and the whole thing struck me as being incredibly inefficient. I really need to pay attention to that sort of thing when I book flights.
On the flight to Detroit I was sitting in an aisle seat and was concerned about what sort of Lovecraftian nightmare was going to occupy the middle seat between me and the old guy sitting by the window.
I was surprised and delighted when it turned out to be a very cute and very petite young woman. I'd gotten up to let her get in, but before she sat down she had to find an overhead bin for her stuffed to overflowing carry-on bag and backpack – each of which was nearly as big as she was– and as I stood there watching her attempt to stow them away – and to keep her low-rise pants from falling down any further – I was so struck by just how adorable the entire spectacle was that it took me longer than it should have to realize that I should help her. Just as I was about to do so, another passenger beat me to the punch.
To make up for my lapse in chivalry, once we were deplaning I told her to go ahead of me so that she could get her massive luggage down. As mentioned, she was tiny and cute, and for a brief moment I imagined myself stuffing her into one of her bags – I'm sure she would have fit – and taking her home with me.
Instead I just helped her get her bags down.
I said to her, "So, all packed for your year at Hogwart's?"
She laughed and said, "Pretty much."
As was obvious from the amount of luggage and the "Class of 2009" shirt she was wearing, she was on her way to her first year of college. Once we were off the plane she moved out of everyone's way, she thanked me for my help, I told her "Good luck," and that was the end of that boring adventure.
After hours in Detroit and a brief flight I was finally back in Virginia, Scott picked me up, we stopped for dinner at Ruby Tuesday, and then I was home.
Overall it was a good trip, though I probably should have stayed a day or two longer, though really, the time goes by pretty quickly no matter how long I stay.
I'm glad to see that my mom is doing well and has so many friends. Her social life is way more active than mine. Admittedly that's not saying much, but even so.
And that was my trip home.
I took yesterday and today off as well to give myself some time to recuperate. Going back to work on Monday is going to be rough.
I'll most likely be back later to post some of the pictures, and to do a write-up on last night's Riff Trax Live! event.
(Short form: it was hilarious, but the hilarity was marred by the obnoxious laugh of the woman sitting next to me)


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I'm back. (Or so I hope.)
I was --> <-- this close to saying, well, the blog is suspended until further notice. Then I started perusing my Google Reader, and I saw this post by Cindy, and I said to myself "That's not a bad idea. Let's call it a hiatus, and move on."
I enjoyed blogging, and I enjoy the friendships I've made while blogging. There's no reason to throw that out.
So, I figure that my old posting habits aren't going to stand up to my schedule right now.. so, I'll post when I can, hopefully twice a week or so like that. I probably won't be around to all of your blogs every day, but I will be around. I've lurked a little bit on everyone's blogs, but I have been out of the loop for a lot of things.
As far as what I'm going to write about, it's almost a new slate. My running has gone down to, well, zero. Let's be honest here. Zero. I have rode my bike on a trainer, oh, maybe 4 times this winter. That's an honest 4, at least. Of course, by not altering my dietary intake, but changing the exercise output, I've put on a few pounds over the last few months. Cruel, but predictable.
I want to get back to running. I've got the schedule crunch going, so I'm hoping to get 2 runs a week in starting at some point in the near future. I need to do some strength/flexibility training, as my legs just hurt any more, and need to become more limber.
I have started walking at lunchtime, though. A good 5K walk with some solid hills and the like. Hey, it's a start.
Future posts may be about running, perhaps a few on child raising and the mis-adventures thereof. I've started doing some cooking, maybe some thoughts on that.
So, here's to the end of a hiatus, and a new beginning. Keep on rockin'.
Monday, April 19, 2010
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Chrysler made available all-wheel drive on its minivans starting off in 1991 but dropped it in 2004 since the rear drive shafts interfered Along with the then-new Stow 'n Go seats that fold into the ground.
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This week our focus crosses the East China Sea to look at one of Japan's most prestigious multinational companies. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets and is ranked 116th on the 2015 list of Fortune Global 500. Sony is among the top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders and the fourth-largest television manufacturer in the world. The Sony name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound and the company's current slogan is BE MOVED whilst former slogans were make.believe and like.no.other. Originally founded after the wake of World War II, next year will mark Sony's 70th anniversary.
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Whilst Sony's full size flagship model has been updated on a near bi-yearly basis since February 2013 the smaller compact version has been updated just once a year. The first compact series was the Z1, followed by the Z3, with the Z2 and Z4 generations being skipped. Let us take a look at the latest little brother, the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact. The newest compact model comes with a 4.6 inch screen, up 0.3 inches since the first inception of the compact. Sony has opted to stay with the same IPS panel with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution which equates to a pixel density of 323, 18 less than the original Z1 Compact. Naturally there is also an IP68 rating, something that Sony has pioneered and continues to include on higher end models.
Internally the Xperia Z5 Compact has been equipped with one of Qualcomm's latest chipsets, the MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 - keeping up the compact's signature of flagship specifications in a smaller form factor, which even still today no other manufacturer has been able to emulate. The chipset is paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage with room for a further 200GB via MicroSD. Whilst the internal storage has doubled since the original model, the amount of RAM has not changed; with the original Z1 Compact being almost two years old, it would have been nice to have seen 3GB RAM. This is one area where the Z5 Compact lags behind full size flagships. Battery wise, there is a 2700mAh unit, enough for 520h of standby and almost 15h of talk time.
Both the Z1 and Z3 Compacts used the same 21.7MP Sony Exmoor camera; this time around there is a whole new 23MP rear camera with Phase Detection autofocus and a 5MP front camera, up from the previous models 2.2MP, both welcome improvements. Other features include ANT+ support, Active noise cancellation, Bluetooth 4.1 with A2DP and apt-X, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS and Beidou navigation, 4G LTE on a single Nano SIM and a fingerprint sensor - one of the first Sony models to come with this. The Sony Xperia Z5 Compact runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and has a planned upgrade to 6.0 Marshmallow and will be available later this month for approximately $800.
Not long ago we saw the Xperia M4 Aqua. Now Sony have dropped the Aqua moniker from the 'M' line of smartphones to bring us the new Sony Xperia M5. Don't let the name change fool you, the Xperia M5 has the same IP68 certification for dust resistance and water proofing, able to withstand submersion in 1.5 meters of water for up to half an hour. Another thing the M4 and M5 have in common is the wide range of variants, both have a Dual SIM option as well as plenty of regional editions. The overall shape, size and look are virtually the same, both being built around a 5.0-inch screen. Despite the visual similarities, the M5 has many upgrades, the first being that the screen resolution has been bumped from 720p up to 1080p FullHD.
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Kiyoka's heart stops beating and is sent to the hospital in hope of a save. Her organs have deteriorated significantly and the doctor hints that it would be a test to see if she could survive the next 2 days. The news shock Junya – he's basically like a walking zombie. In denial and not wanting to see Kiyoka's state, Junya wanders around and ends up on the rooftop of a building.
While Kanon is looking for Junya, Subaru is at the hospital watching over Kiyoka. We catch glimpses of their past. We see Kiyoka at Subaru's apartment on the day before the wedding. She says "His love is burdening me…I don't deserve so much love from him…"
In the end, Kiyoka survives (damn it!!) and the three of them return 'home'. Kanon will now be temporarily staying at Junya's place. She offers to wake up in the middle night to adjust Kiyoka's sleeping posture (something that Junya has been doing for the last 3 yrs) but he kindly refuses her offer. However, when the alarm went off, Junya did not wake up so Kanon got up to help Kiyoka instead. Kanon is so yasashii (gentle)!!
Back to the brother, Yoji is now in custody. Kanon has not come to visit him and he's not expecting one either. When talking to the guard, the guard asks why he has been hiding the fact that he killed their parents from his sister for so long. His answer: "For her. She never trusted anyone. If she knew that I had killed our parents, she would have felt very lonely – that's what I thought. But I don't need to worry anymore."
Meanwhile, Kanon is enjoying the time she's staying at Junya's place. It's an odd situation really. They look almost like a happy couple except that in the background there's a corpse (well close…) sitting nearby! LOL Well at least Kanon gets to cosy up to Junya! =P She's feeling very happy and fulfilled…as long as she leaves her lost memories alone…
She eventually goes to visit her brother. Kanon asks why he killed their father and he insists it was because of a moment of rage. He also killed their mum as she was trying to protect him. All Yoji wants now is for Kanon to find happiness. They end their visit with his warning: "Don't ever meet the reporter again. He will just use you."
Ooooh! This is almost the final scene and we finally see some change in Junya! No longer is it all about Kiyoka! Kanon had promised to return home before it gets dark but is late. He's worried so goes out to look for her. At first he was just strolling, followed by walking, a bit of light running and eventually he was taking off looking for her in anxiety! You should see his face when he finally sees her! A BIIIG sigh of relief!! But just as he takes her by the arm to lead her back home, flashes of more lost memories appear. Kanon collapses.
Now this is REALLY the last scene and I can use two words to describe it…'WHAT THE _____!?!!" *GROWL*
Judging from the previews, she's going to be a real BIATCH to Kanon!! Aaaaah!!! Another week till episode 7!!
Btw, for the Last Friends fans out there! I spotted something silly! The hospital that Kiyoka was staying in is the same one that Ruka stayed in when she hurt her leg!!! AHAHA I can tell from the exterior shots on the hospital!! =P How random!! ahahahah


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Hey my name is Danny Allen and up and coming singer/songwriter from Cambridge i'm a passionate musician i play a few instruments including the guitar, piano and even the old banjo lol my granddad gave me it i have to say i love the sound. "I grew up listening to my dads rock and roll records like Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly. That really got me hooked on music. My dad also introduced me to Motown and Sam Cooke. When i decided to learn guitar the first song I learned to play was Johnny B. Goode it took me ages. I then got in to the Beatles and the bands of the 60's like the Kinks and The Beach Boys That inspired me to start singing and writing my own songs. I was still listening to bands of the time like Oasis, Blur, the Stereophonics and Coldplay had just come on the scene. Coldplay have been been a big influence on my music. I had always been aware of Bob Dylan but it wasn't till I actually went and brought Blood on the tracks i got in to his music. I think that he changed the way i thought about songs maybe the way I thought about the world". I love to perform and play live in fount of an audience it's the best feeling. It comes second only to writing and creating a song from nothing. I don't really no where they come from but they come it can take ages or just a few minutes. I don't really like to over think so i just let it form. I suppose its a process starting with an idea and ending with something that resembles a song (sometimes) lol. i love to sing i'm not the best but i put in the hours and i'm always trying to improve cos thats what life is all about making mistakes then learning from them, trying to better yourself. Well thats what I try and do, so i welcome your criticisms as long as there constructive my aim is to be the best at what i do. I hope you enjoy the music
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Tens of thousands of activists from around the world will take part in the March Against Monsanto this weekend to call for action against GM crops, citing concerns about food safety, political favoritism, and environmental effects.
Emma Hockridge, head of policy at the UK Soil Association, said she worries about the effect that dominant global biotech companies, such as Monsanto, will have. Mark Buckingham, spokesman for Monsanto UK, said: "These voices of protest are not customers. They are missing the need for agriculture to be more productive and sustainable."
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"William Worthy isn't worthy to enter our door
Went down to Cuba, he's not American anymore
But somehow it is strange to hear the State Department say
You are living in the free world, in the free world you must stay"
"The Ballad of William Worthy," Phil Ochs
Bill Worthy and attorney William Kuntsler
The current Journal of American History contains an article by H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr., a professor at IU's Maurer Law School, about Baltimore Afro-American reporter William Worthy, convicted of entering the United States without a passport after spending 11 weeks in Cuba in 1961. Like James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, and other writers, he had joined the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, which advocated objective press coverage of the Cuban Revolution. A frequent critic of U.S. imperialist policies in Iran and Latin America, he had been refused a new passport in 1957 after visiting communist China. While hundreds of Americans visited Cuba despite a State department travel ban, Worthy was singled out for prosecution under the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act. Attorney William Kunstler of the ACLU represented Worthy and successfully got the conviction overturned on appeal. A Circuit Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the right of citizens to return to the U.S. without criminal penalty.
The Journal of American History contains positive movie reviews of Trumbo and Spotlight. Michael Socolow's only quibble with the latter is the omission of contributions of reporters at the Boston Phoenix, the city's alternative newspaper, in investigating the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal prior to the Globe's inquiry. Regarding Trumbo Jennifer Frost mentions this invented scene:
Former HUAC chairman J. Parnell Thomas, convicted of payroll fraud, turns up at the same federal penitentiary as [Dalton] Trumbo. This encounter provides an opportunity for a Trumbo witticism about the irony of being put behind bars with the man responsible for putting him there. It did not happen. Thomas served his sentence in another federal penitentiary – yet still ironic – with two other members of the Hollywood Ten, Lester Cole and Ring Lardner, Jr.
George Van Til in 2012
Former Lake County surveyor George Van Til is finally back home after spending more than a year in federal prison for actions that are commonplace among officeholders. Post-Tribune columnist Jerry Davich is researching a book about corruption in Lake County, and I challenge him to look into the actual reasons behind federal investigations that in most cases have resulted in plea bargain offers that those prosecuted (persecuted) couldn't turn down. Two Gary mayors, R.O. Johnson and George Chacharis, served prison time, Johnson (for violating the unpopular Volstead Act) because U.S. Steel officials in the 1920s deemed him too independent (they preferred a segregationist) and Chacharis because he had alienated not only Steel officials but Gary Hobart Water Compan executives and Post-Tribune publisher H.B. Snyder. Mayor Richard Hatcher was one of the most investigated mayors in American history; and while U.S. attorneys could never get sufficient dirt on him, some of his supporters, such as Katie Hall, Mary Elgin, and George Van Til were not so fortunate. Like R.O. Johnson and George Chacharis, Van Til also paid dearly for not being compliant to big industry.
Keith Cooper and attorney Eliot Slosar
Chicago Tribune correspondent Christy Gutowski wrote about Keith Cooper, wrongly convicted of armed robbery 20 years ago and sentenced to 40 years. In 2005 the conviction of his co-defendant was overturned. Given the choice of a new trial or immediate release, Cooper, whose family had frequently been homeless, chose the latter. Since then, a jailhouse snitch has recanted, witnesses have withdrawn their accusations, and DNA evidence has exonerated him. Since 2014 Cooper has been seeking a pardon from Governor Mike Pence to clear his name, an action the Indiana parole board has recommended. Odds are that Pence will not act on the matter, at least until after the November election.
I've added these paragraphs to an essay about Gary Freedom Fighter L.K. Jackson, "The Old Prophet":
The post-World War II period was a time of anxiety, as America entered the atomic age with an untried leader, President Harry S Truman. The nation did not sink back into another depression, as many feared, but experienced economic uncertainty, especially for African Americans, and frequent steel strikes. In the fall of 1945 white students boycotted classes at Froebel, known as Gary's immigrant school, demanding that blacks, whose numbers had increased dramatically during the war, be transferred elsewhere. The Froebel school strike received national headlines and led to singer Frank Sinatra making an appearance at a Tolerance Concert urging an end to the walkout. At a school board meeting Reverend L.K. Jackson made an impassioned appeal to keep Froebel integrated, declaring, "We don't want any fascism in Gary."
While the recalcitrant Froebel students eventually gave in, segregated housing patterns remained, with almost all blacks residing in the overcrowded Central District; thus the new neighborhood school policy had scant impact. De Facto segregation remained the norm. During the 1940s African-American physicians gained the right to practice at Methodist Hospital, but the wards remained segregated. After an appearance by heavyweight champ Joe Louis at a Parmakers golf tournament, African Americans could finally play North Gleason Park's 18-hole course but were physically assaulted when they attempted to use Marquette Park beach facilities. Steel mill employment opportunities were plentiful, but blacks were relegated to the dirtiest coke plant assignments with little opportunity for promotion
About the only things worth listening to at the Republican convention were selections by G.E. Smith's house band, including (ironically?) the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Get What You Want," David Bowie's "Station to Station" (about "the return of the Thin White Duke" - cocaine), and "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash. Ray Smock wrote:
The Paranoid Style of American Politics, explained so well many years ago by Richard Hofstadter, is amply on display at the GOP convention where real and imagined errors or acts of incompetence become magnified from human frailty into a giant conspiracy and acts of treason punishable by death. This paranoia has been inflamed beyond anything reasonable in American political discourse. Trump has been a champion of conspiracies, preferring them to history that can be documented. The GOP convention is full of this paranoia and irrational, frightening talk about trying Hillary Clinton for treason and murder and then calling for macabre and public acts of capital punishment. This is the single worst, and most dangerous thing about Trumpism and its enablers.
Lisa Rangel, drawing "You Are My Prison" in "River's Edge" (2000)
A 2000 issue of the literary magazine River's Edge contains two of William K. Buckley's poems, both about the Calumet Region, "On Kenney Ave"("cold winds bring arctic signals through girders") and "We've Always Seen the Moon" ("a whole world on heavy canvas where relatives look cut from stone"). Two prose pieces caught my eye, Andrea White's "No Ordinary Sin" (about a friend's son involved in a hit-and-run accident) and "The Murderers" by Brigette James, about a woman incarcerated for stabbing to death her abusive boyfriend. After four years, the woman's sister declares, "we are no longer getting harassing phone calls, hate mail, or offensive stares when we are out in public, and for that I'm truly grateful."
Judy and Gene Ayres viewed the IUN display of Gary church cookbooks Judy donated and checked out the Calumet Regional Archives, where a run of Ayres Realty newsletter are housed. Steve McShane showed them several collections, including a box of Miller beach material and original South Shore posters from the 1920s. The day before, Judy took a friend of her late mother to the Lake Station Dairy Queen for her 99th birthday, repeating a practice started by her mother. The person who served her refused to take any money. That happens to me a lot, she told Judy.
Jeff Manes and members of audience
At a well-attended book signing for "All Worth Their SALT," volume III, Jeff Manes read excerpts of past columns with those he interviewed, such as woodcut artist Corey Hagelberg, St. Augustine Church deacon Paula Du Bois, and Miller Historical Society officer Cullen-Ben Daniel, and had stand-ins fill in for others who couldn't attend (i.e., Bailly Alliance leader Jack Weinburg) or had passed away (i.e. civil rights activist Lydia Grady). Naomi Millender, reading her mother Dolly's lines, also recited poems young people wrote about things they noticed walking around their neighborhood. One kid composed a poem about trash, another about a tree growing out of an abandoned building.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but the front page of your Jan. 15 paper showed our president with the Miami Heat. Now, I would like the American people to speak up.
Don't you think that our president should have our heroes who are coming back from senseless wars — without legs, arms, eyesight, etc. — at the White House? Instead of honoring our heroes who, by the way, have lost not only limbs but jobs, cuts in disability payments, and hospital staff cuts because of our economy?
I find this a little hard to swallow.
Alison Esposito, Boca Raton


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jenirro Bush scored 23 points and Christian Williams scored five in the final 22 seconds to lift Jackson State to a 54-51 victory over Texas Southern on Monday night.
Jackson State (4-14, 2-4 Southwestern Athletic Conference), which had lost its past four games, trailed 51-49 before Williams' 3-pointer gave the Tigers a 1-point lead.
After Patrick Onwenu missed two free throws for Texas Southern (5-12, 4-1), Williams was good on a pair for Jackson State.
Bush's 3-pointer with 10:38 remaining had given Jackson State a 43-40 lead, its first in 15 minutes, and it continued to lead until a layup by Texas Southern's Daniel King set up Williams' heroics.
Kelsey Howard scored 10 points and Williams nine for Jackson State, and Bush had eight rebounds.
DaQuan Joyner scored 13 to pace Texas Southern, which had won its first four conference games by an average of 27 points.
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