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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Geocaching Tip of the Day #30
Don't bury the cache you are hiding.
Generally, Geocaching rules state that you should not use a shovel, trowel, or any other pointy instrument to place your cache.
For more Geocaching info (Clubs, Videos, News!) go to FirstToFind.net!
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December 2014.
IMGGE has been appointed the Associated Partner in RD-Connect.
RD-Connect is a unique global infrastructure project that links up databases, registries, biobanks and clinical bioinformatics data used in rare disease research into a central resource for researchers worldwide.
In March 2015, RD-Connect and NeurOmics held their annual meetings in Palma de Mallorca at the beginning of March 2015. Both meetings proved to be a great opportunity for project partners, associated partners and committee members to report on progress and achievements over the past year and to plan for future work. IMGGE participated as an associated partner.

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Tonight we honored the passing of a beautiful tree that grew strong and sheltered many a bird in our front yard. We lit candles. We lit the hearth. Peace and happy solstice.
Happy Solstice
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(OXY), Hess Corp. (HES) and Continental Resources (CLR)
—have none or very little of their 2017 production hedged.
However, seven of the 10 were unhedged at the end of the
third quarter of 2016, and two others had less than 20% of
their output protected. In the fourth quarter of 2016, Apache
Corp. (APA) and Anadarko Petroleum (APC) moved from no
hedges to 33% and 24% production protected, respectively,
while Noble Energy's (NBL) hedging percentage jumped
from 4% to 36%.
The obvious outlier among the largest E&Ps is Pioneer
Natural Resources (PXD), which has the largest acreage position of any E&P in the Permian's Midland Basin. While our
universe of E&Ps was cutting capital expenditures by an average 51% from 2015 to 2016, Pioneer maintained relatively
level investment, which drove a 14% production increase. To
support that investment, the company had nearly 60% of
output hedged going into the fourth quarter of 2016, then
boosted that to 84% by the end of last year—the highest in
our group—to support a 27% increase in 2017 investment to
generate a 17% output increase.
In line with the historical trend, 16 of the 19 smallest companies had 40% or more of their 2017 production hedged by
the end of 2016. Some smaller E&Ps had substantial hedges
in place prior to the price rise in the fourth quarter of 2016;
for example, the percentage of production protected at the
end of the third quarter was 75.3% for EP Energy (EPE) and
72.3% for WPX Energy (WPX). The most dramatic increases
were RSP Permian (RSPP; 9% to 54%), Northern Oil & Gas
(NOG, 27% to 66%) and Oasis Petroleum (OAS, 40% to 61%).
The outlier in this group is the small Permian producer Approach Resources (AREX, to the far right), which took a very
different strategy after renegotiating part of its substantial
debt. This producer hedged 85% and 50% of its 2017 natural
gas and NGL production, respectively, while aiming for higher returns from totally unhedged oil output. It remains to be
seen how this strategy works out.
Approach Resources' strategy is not only different for acompany of its small size, but also for a company with highleverage. Bloomberg compared the percentage of oil produc-tion hedged with the net debt-to-equity ratios for the 37companies in our group, as shown in Figure 2. It's no surprise that one-third of the companies in the bot-tom-left quadrant, which have net debt-to-equity ratios ofbelow 2X, have relatively lower levels of hedge protection.Their strong balance sheets provide a cushion against pricevolatility.
All of the companies in the upper left quadrant, whichhave more than 50% of output protected despite solid bal-ance sheets, produce from the Permian Basin, which is re-ceiving the highest level of capital investment in 2017. Theywant to protect against lower oil realizations, which woulderode or erase the profit margin from the production growththey are expecting to generate. As you might expect, the vastmajority of the companies with higher debt-to-equity ratios(to the right of the vertical gold line) are relatively well-hedged. These producers can least afford taking on addition-al debt to fund a significant gap between spending and cashflow should prices drop. Again, the exception is ApproachResources, the strategy of which we discussed previously.
A second major issue to discuss in analyzing oil hedging,
beyond the percentage of production protected, is the average strike price of the transactions. In this regard, this new
period of renewed hedging activity is very different from
those bygone days of $100/bbl crude oil prices. Now, the futures curves are largely flat, so the average futures price from
now to December 2022 is $49.60/bbl (May 5's close). The
good news, as we explain in our Piranha! study, is that many
E&P companies operating in the right geographies can generate healthy returns at that price level after narrowing their
focus to core areas of the most productive resource plays
and taking advantage of lower service costs and rising drilling efficiencies. Two-thirds of 2017 E&P capital investment
is allocated to just five plays: the Permian, Eagle Ford,
SCOOP/STACK, Marcellus, and Bakken. Drilling and completion and lease operating expenses (LOEs—see RBN Energy's LOE-down series) have fallen more than 50% since year-end 2014 in these plays. As a result, most E&Ps have been
able to balance spending and cash flow; in 2016, the median
company investment exceeded cash flow by just 5%. The increase in 2017 hedging protection will help protect producers and allow them to fund their higher capital investment to
drive production growth.
It is unclear, however, if this protection will be available in
2018 and beyond. Only 21 of the 37 companies our friends at
Bloomberg examined currently have any 2018 oil hedges in
place, and those average less than 10% of expected output.
Negligible production is protected in 2019 and 2020. The
ability to strike acceptable hedge deals in future years will
depend on the future global supply demand balance. We'll
continue to keep an eye on E&P investment trends and
hedging activity.
If you have a Bloomberg terminal, check out Bloomberg
BI's new report that provides the source data for this blog. It
is a customized, granular look into the hedging strategies of
the 37 largest US E&P companies.
Tom Biracree is currently a director at Oil and Gas
Financial Analytics LLC. He was Senior Principle
Editor at John S. Herold Inc., then IHS Inc., for 15
years. He led the senior editorial team for IHS Energy Insight research and was responsible for structuring and content editing valuation and transaction research. Biracree wrote the Herold Oil Headliner, a daily
newsletter aimed at senior industry and financial executives.
He was co-author of the Global Upstream M&A Review and
contributed to the Global Upstream Performance Review. He
can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Hall of Faith
Have you heard of the "Hall of Faith"?
It's found in Hebrews 11, which tells the amazing stories of men and women of God through the ages who put their faith in Him.
By faith they "conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised… shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword." Their weakness was turned to strength; they became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.…
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I am a HUGE believer in setting goals. I do them every year. I have already done mine for 2009, but I may have to revise them a bit after reading this. In the spirit of sharing my secrets to success, here is an AWESOME recent find~ I fully intend (hate that word) to utilize this system this year. You can also find an E-book entitled "Spring Cleaning". It is a 10 day system to completely decluttering, organizing, and cleaning your home. REALLY excited!
This is energizing because to ME, when I think of the above stated task, I get depressed, anxious, and defeated before even beginning. My answer to this is usually to just hire someone else to come do it for me.
WHY? Because I feel (and I know my feelings are not fact, but perception is everything...) that the task is one that has no end. That it would take FOREVER. And I will be completely miserable. Oh, and I'd be overwhelmed by just trying to figure out where to start.
So, this system seems really do-able.
I will keep you posted...
I got these off an awesome BLOG called SIMPLEmom. CLICK HERE You don't have to be a mom to answer these questions or to set goals. These will help!
Vision Questions for 2009
1. What skill do you most want to learn this year?
2. What is one skill you already have that you'd like to improve this year?
3. Name three books you most definitely want to read in 2009.
4. In what specific area do you most want to encourage your spouse? What are some ways you can do this?
5. Think of one of your major life goals. What will you do this year to make you one step closer to reaching that goal?
6. Name your kids' biggest strengths. What are some ways you can specifically nourish those strengths?
7. Name your kids' most prominent weakness. What are some ways you can encourage their ability to overcome it?
8. What is one of your strengths? Think of some specific ways you can exercise it this year.
9. What is one of your weaknesses? Brainstorm some ideas on how you can overcome this deficiency.
10. Think of an important relationship aside from your spouse and children. How will you nurture that relationship this year?
11. Name a few ways your physical health could be improved.
12. Name a few ways your family's financial health could be improved.
13. In what way do you want to draw closer to God?
14. What is one area of home management that frustrates you? Think of some specific ways you could improve your attitude about it.
15. Have you ever created a family mission statement with your spouse? If so, why not do one for this year?
16. Name one specific thing you could do with your spouse this year that will deepen your intimacy.
17. What is something that is continually undone in your life? What will you do to fully complete it this year?
18. In what ways will you be involved with your local community?
19. What is one thing you'd like to accomplish by your birthday this year?
20. Think of three words you'd like to describe your 2009.


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Indian philosophical thoughts starts from far past where there is no recorded history are available.
There was no concept of religion in India, but only there were beliefs existed. More or less the whole sub continent was observing customs according to the specifics of their respective regions and lively hoods. It has been evident from the history of Kerala, a southern state which was exposed to the world through trade links directly and indirectly via Arabs, Chinese etc from ancient past. Kerala was not much exposed to any serious external invasions (Iranian, Alexander, Mongolian, English, etc) or direct conflict. In Kerala, before British started controlling the customs via centralized laws, Christianity and Islam co existed with local beliefs. Those who practiced Indian way of worship used to refer Muslims as practitioners of "4th Veda" or "Adharva Veda", but accepted them as one of the ways of worships. Lot many churches and musjids in north Kerala resembles temples and most of the old festivals shows all inclusiveness. In the neighboring Andaman and Nikobar islands and some parts of Kerala itself we can see that people of different worships lives in same family.
Hence, there are strong reasons to believe that the invaders never understood the existence of belief without religion, as they were never exposed to such openness. Interventions with prejudice pave birth to 'religions' in India. It is high time to discard the religions and to go back to beliefs.
In this context I am trying to bring some analogies between Semitic and Indian myths to emphasis the fact that there are no religions, but there are only some differences in rituals, and more or less the aim of such rituals aim the same.
=== Manu Vs Adam ===
According to Indian myths it is believed that Manu is the fore father of human beings. In similar lines Adam is believed to be the fore father of us by Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc.
=== Krishna Vs Moses ===
The stories of Krishna and Moses resemble a lot. Both of them were separated from parents as soon as they are born in a rainy night, interestingly in same way. There was a cruel ruler who was killing all new born baby boys. Krishna/Moses was kept in a basket and left it in a river. They both were born in an oppressed class and become powerful by making popular movements. Both of them brought sacred texts which do not contradict each other.
=== Jambavan / Gabriel / Jibrael ===
According to Indian myths it is believed that Jambavan is an angel, who lives in mountains, who will be present in the word from beginning till end of it, knowing everything. If we observe Middle East, most of the prophets are given sacred texts by an angel called Gabriel (Jibrael). Again it Holy Quran its is mentioned that there is a mother book of knowledge and for every sect (in terms of generations/era) a specific instance of the same is being given. Even sufi believers used to claim that the link between them and god is via Jibrael. Interestingly we have absconding periods for each of the messengers, Moses, Krishna, Yohannan, Jesus, Mohammed etc. They used to be away from the public, frequently before coming with divine messages. It can be assumed that they were in touch with the said angel for their respective copy of the message?!
=== Devas, Devtas, Asuras and Angels, Devils ===
According to Indian mythology there are some creatures which are not human, but serve and exist with the will of the absolute power. They also do their job (karma) and bows to the supreme (Brahman). They are known as Devas and Devtas. There are another sect which acts against the guidelines of supreme and tries to persuade human beings also in same way. They are referred to as Asuras. These both sects belong to same ancestry.
In Semitic religion they are respectively called as Angels and Devils(Satan). Interestingly they were also one sect before differences arose between them.
=== Conclusion ===
Putting things together, I believe that these differences in stories are mainly due to demographic and language changes. As we know most of these were spread orally and there are enough chances of mis-interpretation. This points to the fact there no religions but only one belief which is underlining the supremacy of the almighty, the Parashakthi, the Brahman, the Yahova or the Allah. It's high time to demolish all religious establishments. It's a matter of thoughts and not a matter of rules and regulations. Let the states manage rules and regulations. Let the belief be a private affair.
Religions or Beliefs? Time to think again?
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A big thanks to Andrea Goldhahn Hilburn from over on the Retroist Facebook page for the heads up on the news that today is Leonard Nimoy's 80th Birthday! So I thought what better way to honor him than to post some images from BoardGameGeek.com showcasing a West End Game that I unfortunately have never had the privilege of playing.
West End Games
The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role Playing Game
In this Indy based RPG from TSR you took on the role of one of eight characters from the Indiana Jones universe. Which is your problem right there. I mean I am a big fan of Short Round, but who wants to roleplay the little guy for 4 hours at a time? The Indiana Jones universe makes for a compelling universe though and luckily West End Game released a slightly better RPG in 1994.
The TSR version is out of print, but you can usually pick up a set on eBay for under 20 bucks. I would suggest, if you really have a hankering for Indiana Jones roleplaying, that you pick up the West End Games version. It really opens up the universe and lets you play beyond the scope of the movies and books.


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These are the main reasons the Japanese government has invested almost #163;500,000 in the recently-opened Japan Foundation London Language Centre in Knightsbridge. Its palatial classrooms and growing library of Japanese textbooks will prove useful for UK teachers.
The Japan Foundation - which is similar to the British Council - has set up seven language centres throughout the world, in Bangkok, Sydney, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Kuala Lumpur, and now London.
But the rise of Japanese in the
UK runs against a world trend. "Interest in Japanese is levelling off," says Yuji Nakamura, manager of the London centre. "People are looking to China, so the UK pattern - particularly that children start it at 11 rather than 16 - is unique."
Several factors account for the success of Japanese in the UK. One is a steady supply of proficient teachers. The PGCE course in Japanese at Nottingham University has helped - although, according to organiser Ann Convery, awareness that trained teachers of Japanese are available hasn't penetrated yet. She says: "We produced four graduates last year, but the expansion can only be steady for now because we have too few schools where students can practise teaching."
The course gets quality entrants. "Some have masters degrees, some have been to Japan. They usually have an interest in Japanese culture. And they're highly sought-after when they leave," says Ms Convery.
Two Nottingham PGCE graduates have gone to Tavistock College in Devon - one of the new language colleges that have helped fuel the rise and rise of Japanese. Tavistock is an unselective community school, and with 1, 900 pupils, the fourth-largest comprehensive in the UK. Headteacher Peter Upton says: "Japanese is compulsory in years 7 and 8. This year 305 pupils are studying it. Next year we will have more than 600."
To demonstrate the school's commitment to internationalism, Mr Upton has arranged that next year all school signs will be in four languages - Spanish, French, German and Japanese - no English.
The college has two almost full-time Japanese teachers, Anu Jain and Crispin Chambers, and one native Japanese intern. "Many parents were sceptical at first, " says Mr Chambers. "But they are impressed with how well their children have taken to it. One father is now studying with his son."
Tavistock found in Japanese an unexpected bonus for special needs. "Some of the year 9 special needs pupils are performing at least as well as their peers," explains Mr Chambers. "In Japanese, dyslexia doesn't seem to count."
Support from local Japanese companies has helped Tavistock. It has also been good for the Cantonian High School in Cardiff, which each year sends at least 20 pupils for an extended trip to Japan. Head of languages Clive Warlow uses his persuasive powers on Japanese companies in south Wales, which help fund the expensive exchanges.
Mr Warlow was a French and German teacher who learned Japanese in his spare time. In 1990 he introduced Japanese into language clubs at the school. The pupils liked it and asked for it to be on the curriculum. Now 174 children are taking Japanese - starting with the top band in year 7.
Mr Warlow says: "It's much easier to speak than French or German, although reading and writing correctly is a different matter."
Two 12-year-olds from Cantonian who are going to Japan, George Allen and Matthew Curran, were attracted to the language by their perceptions of Japanese culture, "particularly their discipline and manners", says Matthew. And the language? "It was hard at first," says George. "The characters look so alike that sometimes you say the wrong word." Matthew hosted a Japanese boy on an exchange. He taught Takahiro football and got some Sumo instruction in exchange. Neither boy can wait to go to Japan.
In Northern Ireland Japanese is big, but different. It is taught exclusively to sixth-formers, at 27 schools - 18 of them linked by e-mail to Japan. David Farrell teaches at Glengormley High School, Belfast. One of his classes recently had an hour's on-line conversation with Japan. "Our pupils nervously introduced themselves in Japanese. When the replies came our lot nearly fell off their seats," he says.
Japanese flourishes in other pockets - the Derby and Nottingham area is one. In the early 1990s, following the arrival of a Toyota car plant, the local education authority set up a Japanese resources centre.
Helen Gilhooly is co-ordinator of the Derby centre and a mentor for the Nottingham PGCE students. She notices the change in Japanese studies. "It used to be seen as too difficult. But more people are going on exchanges to Japan and coming back with a good know-ledge of the language. Twenty years ago Japanese was a kind of luxury, now that's not so."
The Japan Foundation London Language Centre, 27 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7QT. Tel: 0171 838 9955, fax: 0171 838 9966 The centre is running two free courses for teachers at Knightsbridge in July and plans INSET courses in the regions with local partners


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|Isn't it cute?!
For Christmas I gifted my 5 year old niece with an antique door handle, and basic instructions on how to build a Little Free Library. Over the next couple days we got all the materials and built it all from scratch.
This one will be going into a community garden in Shreveport, LA. Just waiting for final confirmation, then it will be put up and registered!
If you go to the Little Free Library website, you can look up ones in your area. If your town is lacking of LFLs, build one! There are always places willing to host, and you can even put them in your own neighborhood.
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Reading and Writing and . . . Uh, What Was That?
Pardon me for saying so, but I was an exceptionally intelligent child, and yet almost from the beginning I became apprehensive when numbers were mentioned in a classroom. If the chalk squeaked on the blackboard and words appeared, I perked up, but if the chalk formed numbers, I cringed. I might be able to explain that better if I could remember the very first experiences, but I can't.
Try as my arithmetic teachers might to make numbers interesting, I was a lost cause. One problem was that I've always needed to understand the foundation, the most basic principles, of anything I set out to learn. While a teacher was setting us to memorize multiplication tables, I was still asking questions like, "What is a number?" I didn't really know how to formulate the questions, but I felt that I was being thrown into the middle of a chaotic mystery rather than starting to build from the electrons, protons, atoms, and molecules.
Whether not the need to begin with basic principles is a defect in my thinking I don't know, but it's there, and very insistent. . . and in my first twelve years of school, very inconvenient. I suspect that it was related to my dislike of hypothetical practical applications.
One way the schoolbooks of the 1940's and 50's tried to interest students in math was to pose "problems" in everyday practical terms. "If a farmer has twelve bushels of wheat. . ." "If train A leaves station A at 11:12 a.m. and travels at 60 miles an hour, and if train B. . ." "You have $12.10 in your pocket, and you . . ." Even at this moment I can feel my stomach shrink as I write those words. Why is that?
Oddly enough, I begged to have number manipulation taught to me in abstract terms, for the numbers' own sake so to speak, and for the interest that resulted in wondering what would happen if this or that mathematical operation were applied. I literally pleaded for abstraction, but my feeling was that the teacher didn't comprehend what I was talking about and didn't know how to answer me. The result was that I took almost no mathematics courses.
Leaving my attitude aside, it makes sense that most children will be more interested in something they can use than in something they're just required to memorize and parrot back, but practical applications arising from a farmer's truckload of produce or a train schedule were not things we needed to know then. What I have learned in suffering from my ignorance of math in "Second Life" ("SL") today is that the motivation to learn about numbers (if an exciting abstract approach isn't taken) comes from a present desire to do something which one really wants to do out of personal enthusiasm, and cannot do without knowledge of mathematics.
To take a simple example which reveals my abysmal ignorance: The basic size of a parcel of land in SL is 512 square meters. If the parcel of land is square, how long will the boundary lines be in meters? I have no idea, but I need to know, now, because I'm looking into buying a piece of land today. How do I even estimate the boundary lines of a rectangular piece of land of 3320 sq. meters? It's not an activity that sounds fun, but it is necessary in light of my enthusiasm.
And if I want to put a roof on an SL house whose frontal width is 9.3 meters, using two pieces of roof which will rest on the existing house sides and meet in the center, how long and wide should those roof sections be? Even I soon recognized that it depends in part on the angle of the roof, which gave rise to many interesting abstract questions in addition to the practical ones.
See what I mean? As far as practical applications are concerned, a present need to know, based on personal enthusiasm for accomplishing something now, seems to me the key to motivation in learning math.
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The last time my math lethargy was dispelled was to gain advantage in an on-line game. Hilarious.ReplyDelete
Basic principles. Only recently did it occur to me how the symbology for numbers probably evolved.
In the neolithic as now, the ancients must have commonly used fingers for counting. But as transactional complexity grew, they needed a better means of keeping sums straight while they argued over value. So they carried small sticks or bones of equal length. Probably 12 of them. As substitutes for fingers, they arranged these sticks into rows, racks, and stacks.
Eventually they standardized stick arrangement, allowing them to save time by simply drawing the scratches onto a surface. Then for yet more speed, they stylized the 2, the 3, the 4, naturally rounding off the gaps in the scratches for speed. The 5 is a four-rack with a stick across the top. The 6 is a five-stack with one stick poking off from it. The 7 is a five-stack with two sticks hanging off it (and a cross-bar missing). The 8 is a double 4-rack. The 9 is a five-stack and a tail enclosing the abbreviated presence of a 4-rack below it. A ten is one double-five stack. A twenty is two such stacks, and so on.
So our numerical system isn't really 10-based, it's 5-based, then doubled. Why carry twelve sticks? There was an older system based on double-sixes, the enduring popularity of which can be inferred from the sheep's knee knuckles which have been found in many stone age archaelogical sites. The knuckles are well-worn, with a mark upon each side. The cave people played games of chance with dice, and thought in terms of dozens. Eggs are still traded by that measure.
Till you wrote this, I had absolutely no interest in these computer simulation games. But what you said about maths struck a very positive chord in me, for I had almost exactly the same reactions. It seems to me that there is a vast untapped response to numbers and relations between abstract things, which is trampled upon by ordinary teaching, which tends to use the stick before the carrot has ever been tried.ReplyDelete
I clearly remembered my first encounter with algebra, when we were introduced to x and told it was not a letter but a number, a number whose value we did not know but had to discover. Actually it was quite fascinating but I could hardly listen to the teacher because so many unanswered questions had to sit and wait their turn, in this case for many weeks: such as "Why?" "Whoever first bothered with this? Of all the silly questions which could be raised, of all the interesting childish games we could play, like each child dropping a stick off one side of the bridge and then running to the other side to see which stick was going to win the race, why invent a game of "x" where we had to find out what "x" is? A bit like "I spy with my little eye, something beginning with p." I don't know if that game is played in America.
Or why is it "math" in America and "maths" in England?
Yet numbers were interesting, if only they were not presented as a kind of punishment.
Marc, this is brilliant. You should publish a paper.ReplyDelete
Vincent, you can't imagine how fascinating, and moving, it is to me to learn that you had the same reactions to maths teaching that I did. (Why "maths" and "math"? I have no idea, but "maths" is more rational, isn't it?)ReplyDelete
Your description of your reaction to algebra describes my own reaction. We were presented with "basics" which were not really basic principles, weren't we? I had no idea in the world why algebra existed, what it did that couldn't be done with numbers before it existed, and who cared anyway. . . all those kinds of things I needed to know in order to get a grasp of the subject.
I must say that I am finding math much more meaningful and interesting when it is associated with geometric shapes and their interrelationships than I did when it was associated with Jane's pennies or the amount of fuel in a tank.
Oh thank you Vincent. Maths. Math sounds like you're trying not to listhp when you say it. Fleming! How much are you forking out for this piece of hyper-reality in cyberspace? Having an interest in architecture I guess I could construct my dream house in 2nd Life, but I have an aversion to the idea of it, for some reason, which is not rational because I haven't been there. To me it seems akin to buying real estate on the moon!ReplyDelete
I too feel a need to understand the operation of something in its entirety before I can start to comprehend it in its parts. So too I had big problems with maths, because there was no correlating philosophy of or science of mathematics taught with it which would have given it much more meaning.
Link, thanks for the comments on mathS and lithping. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only person who needs "to understand the operation of something in its entirety before I can start to comprehend it in its parts." You expressed that so much better than I did. Judging from the people who have commented on this post, my learning defect is a badge of brilliance!ReplyDelete
I will be seeing you in Second Life soon because it costs nothing, so how can you resist? For the expense of zero (I did learn some math) you can do everything that can be done in SL except own land. You can learn to create objects and build in public areas called "sandboxes". (All materials used to create objects in SL are free.) The only catch is that if you want to own land, you must become a "Premium" member for about US$10.00 per month.
I swore I would never spend a penny on imaginary land, but, to answer your question, I am now forking out $10 a month for the Premium membership. You can buy 512 sq. meters of land (on the open market, around $20-22 real money) without incurring monthly "maintenance fees" which the SL ownership imposes depending on the amount of land one owns. If you buy a total of 1024m of land, add $5 per month to the $10. That is plenty of land for building your dream house. . . as might be 512m.
Information: http://secondlife.com/whatis/
Download: http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php
Link, if you are going to give SL a spin, which I hope you will because I'd like to share ideas with you, I can save you some wasted time at the beginning by giving you a few tips and information sources.
As a math teacher, I've seen many types of learning styles. My personal preference are the students who enjoy the abstract. That is usually an indication of high math ability which should be nurtured and developed rather than suppressed and silenced as was the case for you, Fleming.ReplyDelete
Elementary mathematics has become a farce over the past 15 years. Students are often marked wrong if they indeed have the correct number answer but are unable to explain, with words and illustration, how they arrived at that answer. This is true for the simplest of problems, ie. 16 + 25 or 3 x 4.
This approach to math guarantees students with the greatest math ability will run far away from mathematics in the future. I think that is what happened to you, Fleming. You did not process numbers and equations the way the other students did. Your needs were different and were, therefore, ignored. Had you been able to learn math on your terms, your relationship with numbers would be very different today.
As far as the roof problem goes, that is a classic trigonometry problem. However, you need to declare one of two things: the height of your roof or its angle.
The width of the building is 9.3 m. If you want a symmetrical building, you'll want the peak of the roof to be at 4.65 m. If you imagine a line drawn from the top of the highest point of the roof to its base, you will form two right triangles, each with a base of 4.65m. I'll simplify the problem by making the assumption that the height of the roof is the same as the base. To find the length of the longest side of the triangle (the hypotenuse), just use the Pythagorean theorem:
the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle must equal the square of the hypotenuse.
4.65^2 + 4.65^2 = hyp^2
The longest side should be 6.576 meters.
The way that SL has sparked your interest in math makes a wonderful argument for the use of virtual worlds in education. I am taking notes on you, Fleming!
Thank you, teacher, I actually understand! Colleen, it was actually fun to follow your explanation about the roof -- although I needed smelling salts when I first read "the sums of the squares". . . not having remembered what the square of a number is. Can you believe that?ReplyDelete
Your comments about learning are very valuable to me and I'm sure others. So I wasn't just a defective piano with a dumb note for math(s); the potential was there. That's encouraging, although it's sad to think how much I missed.
For awhile I was having doubts about FLIGHTS OF PEGASUS, but when we include all the comments submitted for this post, I feel that something really worthwhile has been accomplished here.
Thank you, Colleen.


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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say a state prison inmate who was slain over the weekend died from blunt-force trauma.
Spokesman Greg Shipley said Monday that the state medical examiner's office has ruled the death of 69-year-old Roger Largent a homicide.
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says a correctional officer found Largent unresponsive in a cell at the maximum-security Western Correctional Institution shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday.
The prison agency says investigators have identified an inmate suspect. Shipley says no charges have been filed yet.
The Clear Spring man was sentenced in May to 18 years in prison for second-degree rape. The Herald-Mail reports that a Washington County jury convicted him of attacking a mentally and physically disabled woman in her home while her blind husband was upstairs.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Emo Is Dead (1985-1999)
A fellow on last.fm by the name of withinasound has compiled a most extensive library of emo music.
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text: My system and especially my speakers, Revel Ultima Studios, place me in the front few rows which is where I like to sit. Other speaker systems place you in the back rows which I don't like. I want presence and immediacy, not so much that it becomes annoying or hard on the ears or etchy, but enough to make me feel more intimate with the performer. Of course depending on the way the music was recorded effects this perception - with some music I sit in the back and in others like Cowboy Junkie's Trinity Sessions I sit a foot way from the mike. So where do you like to sit?


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Fractuality is maintained by Saquedon – Fractal Artist, Musician & Animator.
Ambient Music
Saquedon is basically a name for the fractal ambient music experiments i did around 1997, which i have collected in the album name "Fractalus", which i have never released until 2008. Back then, there wasn't anybody really interested in this kind of thing, so i played the music for myself. Since Ambient music is somewhat more popular and people are interested in doing more with other types of composition, i thought it would be nice to start spreading it.
The name Saquedon i came up with several years earlier and used it on one house/dance track which is totally not related to this. I thought the name was better suited for Ambient music, so i decided to reuse it for all my fractal work. Since my art come as much from mathematics as it comes from me, i find a personal identity for my work out-of-place. I am quite happy if you call me Saquedon.
Current Projects
I am currently working on putting various content of other projects of mine online and hopefully i can make some of it available for purchase. Things i think that will be nice for people to buy are posters and perhaps a DVD or digital content fro download. But i don't really like the current available outlets since they tend to have very high prices, so i'll have to try and setup something myself. In the mean time if you like my fractal images you can get them for most onscreen purposes (like desktop wallpaper) for free from Flickr. Also i am working on some new music of a different nature, i don't have any plans of yet to do more experiments with fractal music, since the software just ain't there (programmers can contact me!). But i do hope to have some more Ambient music online under a different name.
Recently i mostly have been busy making new fractal art images and also have been doing some animations but since this requires so much more computing power not that much.
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Note: this is the only website from me with the name "Fractuality",
there are some other websites that use the same name on the web,
but those sites have got nothing to do with me (Saquedon) or this blog.


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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Where Did My Baby Go?
9 comments:
He is cute,gorgeous,handsome,and precious all rolled into one sweet boy.Happy Birthday! Hope it is filled with all kinds of fun and special things and he does look SO grown up and so tall.
- March 18, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- NHP said...
Yes, life would just not be the same unless it was a little messy!
He looks so handsome.
Love you all.
- March 18, 2010 at 8:54 PM
- Valerie said...
Ugh, don't remind me. Henry's big birthday is next month. There is NO way that they could already be turning FIVE!!! But they sure are cute, aren't they?
- March 18, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- Neil, Amy and The Girls said...
Could he be any more handsome? That tie and vest...oh my goodness! So sweet!
- March 18, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- The Labontes said...
What a dapper little gentleman! I can't believe how fast these kiddos grow up!
- March 19, 2010 at 4:57 AM
- Julie said...
Great pics. I can't believe he's turning 5. Hope he has a great birthday!!!
- March 19, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Tricia said...
So precious - love the photos. Five is very big - very!!! I am told that all the time - Ben will be five in August. It does seem like yesterday, doesn't it.
- March 19, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Todd and Michele said...
awesome Pics! I can't wait until we can reunite these two kids some day :) Happy Birthday Ian.
- March 22, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Kathy said...
Oh he's GORGEOUS! What a great smile
- April 8, 2010 at 8:52 AM


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Story of Mishti
Parents of one-year baby girl called Misthi from Paschim Vihar near Nagloi came in contact with the Child Heart Foundation for help. Sanjeev (Father) works with the Real Juice distributor as a delivery boy and earns around Rs. 8500 a month. Misthi born with small pump of her heart. She also has blockage in the valve between her heart and lungs. Due to which she was constraint to suffer problems like, recurrent episodes of cyanosis, rapid breathing and poor weight gain. She was admitted in July 2015 at the BL Kapoor Memorial Hospital for Pulmonary Valvuloplasty surgery. The cost of operation was around 1 lakh rupees. To bear the cost of operation Sanjeev borrowed money on interest from a local Money Lender, which he can't repay till date. She was not completely cure as she again diagnosed with RVOT Obstruction for which she needs another Glenn operation. The Estimate cost of operation is around 2.5 lacs. The family is in full distress as his father is helpless to save his daughter's life due to financial incapability. The Child Heart Foundation appeals to the general public to come forward and gift a healthy and happy life to Misthi and her parent's.DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Ajay
Ajay 16 year young boy came in the free opd of the child heart foundation and diagnose with Sinus venosus Atrial septal defect. According to doctor's he needs open heart surgery and the estimate cost of this operation would be Rs. 2,50,000. His parents work as domestic servants in the farm houses of Vasant Kunj and earns about Rs. 7,000 a month. Ajay has 3 siblings. He is the only child in the family who goes to school. According to his parents, their entire income goes in the medication of ajay due to which they are not in the position to send their other children to school. Although ajay is going to school but restricted to participate in the extracurricular activities due to his illness. Thus, Child Heart Foundation appeals to the community and potential donors to come forward and help Ajay survive.
According to his treating doctor's of Ajay , the surgery is the only medium to cure his heart. Defect and he will have lifelong complications in the unavailability of surgery.DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Monica
Monica- a 9 year old baby girl living at Budh Vihar in Delhi. Monica born with complex congenital heart disease. She born with large ASD, VSD and Tricuspid Atresia. Till date, she has undergone with two successful Heart Surgery. First operation was performed in RML hospital, Delhi and second operation was sponsored by the Child Heart Foundation and performed at Apollo Hospital of Delhi.
According to her treating Doctor's she is 70% cured but needs another heart surgery for complete cure. Before recommending any heart surgery to her, doctor's wants to diagnose her heart disease via Angiography. She belongs to a poor family and her family is going through a pretty tough phase. As since 9 years her family was somehow managing the monthly medicines expenses of Monica. Suddenly, came to know before 6 months that the brother of Monica who is four year old born with severe Nephotic disease. Her father works as street vendor and whatever small amount he earns spends in the medication of his children.
Outcome after Angiography: Doctor's can diagnose the suspected Heart Disease and determine Heart Surgery to her. According to treating doctor's she will be 100% cure after the third Heart Surgery.DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Deepanshu
Deepanshu a 2-Year-old child came in the free OPD of the Child Heart Foundation for help. He born in Bhiwadi (Haryana). At the age of one month, he developed excessive crying with difficulty in breathing with bluish discoloration of peripheries and lips. He was immediately taken to a doctor who suspected heart disease. For proper investigation, an Echo was done which revealed Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). A rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects that are present at birth. Tetralogy of Fallot defects cause oxygen-poor blood to flow out of the heart and into the rest of the body. As Deepanshu was not gaining weight to repair his defect, doctors advised his parents the surgery of BT shunt when he was 3-month-old. He went through a successful surgery of BT Shunt at the age of 3 Months. The cost of surgery was 2 lakh rupees and his parents invested all their hardcore savings in the treatment. They also lends 1.5 lakh rupees from a local money lender for his surgery. His father, Sanjay Kumar works as tailor and earns around 8,000 rupees a month. His income depends on the availability of work in the market. He was in continuous follow up with pediatric cardiologist, who advised his parents to go for another surgery of TOF Repair. The estimate cost of surgery is 2.5 Lakhs and the surgery is required in 3 to 4 month. Deepanshu's father is unable to arrange money for the treatment of his child. According to treating doctor's, Deepanshu will lead a normal life after the surgery and no further treatment is required for his heart his future. Please come forward and help Deepanshu to enjoy his life. Apart from your genuine donation, you can also help him, by sharing his story with your friends or on social media channels.DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Vineet
Vineet is 1.5-year-old boy, born with TOF (Tetralogy of Fallot) in the far-flung village of Uttar Pradesh (India). Since from his birth he was not gaining weight. His parents showed him to different doctors at his village but no one able to diagnose his problem. His condition was deteriorating day by day. He is weighted only 5 Kg at the age of 1.5 years. Recurrent episodes of cyanosis are part of his life. His father works as daily laborer and earns around Rs. 200 a day. His income depends on the availability of work at his village. For proper treatment of Vineet. The Family shifted to Delhi on rent. The doctor's in Delhi diagnosed the child with TOF (Tetralogy of Fallot). The Child needs an immediate surgery of TOF repair. The total cost of surgery is Rs. 2.5 lacks. The financial condition of the family is restraining them to afford the cost of Surgery. According to treating doctor's, the surgery is the only medium to cure his heart defect and unless he will have lifelong complications. After surgery, Vineet can lead a normal life without any increased risk to his health. You can help Vineet in his battle of survival. .DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Yuvraj
Yuvraj 9-month-old born at home in June 2016. Due to recurrent episodes of pneumonia and fast breathing difficulties since from the birth, his father has taken the child to the renowned paediatric of south Delhi, Dr. Ashok Chakarvarty, who referred the child to the child heart foundation for further evaluation and treatment of his heart. An Echo was done for evaluation which showed a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects that are present at birth called Tatalogy of Fallot. The illness causes flowing of oxygen poor blood to the body and into the rest of the body. The condition resulted in fast breathing with bluish discoloration of peripheries and lips. Due to poor weight gain, doctor advised him a surgery of BT Shunt first before a final surgery to completely cure his illness. The cost of surgery is 2.5 lakh rupees. There are 4 members in the family. Both house and shop is on rent, whatever money the family has invested in the earlier treatment of yuvraj. There is no other way to save his life. Please come forward and help this family and especially Yuvraj to have a healthy life .DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Shalu
Shalu a 7-year-old girl from Agra born with Large ASD. A birth defect that causes a hole in the wall between the heart's upper chambers (atria). It causes shortness of breath, heart palpitations, fatigue, swelling in the legs, feet or abdomen and heart murmurs. Her father works in fields as daily labourer at his village and his daily income ranges between 60 rs to 200 rs. His income depends on the availability of work at his village. There are 6 members in the family including 4 children. Shalu since from her birth breath normal than faster and as there were no qualified doctor present in her village due to which no one diagnosed her exact problem. As her breathing problem was continuing since from her birth. Her father took shalu for proper diagnosis to Delhi, where she diagnosed with Large ASD. She needs a device closure to treat her illness and cost of surgery is 2 lakh rupees. Her father going from a difficult situation as its always a challenge for him to arranges money for the food of his children by working hard into the fields and arranging money for the surgery is kind of impossible for him. Although he is ready to sale his house but no one ready to buy his tin shed house at his village. According to treating doctor's she can lead a normal life after the surgery. Kindly come forward and help Shalu survive .DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Mayank Mandal
Mayank Mandal, 6 months old baby born with complete atrioventricular septal defect- a large hole in center of the heart affecting all four chambers where they would normally be divided. This defect allows blood to mix in heart and restrict the chambers and valves to not properly route the blood to each station of circulation. Normally, the left side of the heart only pumps blood to the body, and the heart's right side only pumps blood to the lungs. But in the case of Mayank, blood can travel across the holes from the left heart chamber to the right heart chambers and out into the lung arteries. The extra blood being pumped into the lung arteries makes the heart and lungs work harder than normal. Due to the illness, Mayank breathe faster and harder than normal. He also faces trouble feeding and not growing at a normal rate. According to treating doctor, high pressure has been created in the lungs because more blood than normal is being pumped there. Over time it can causes permanent damage to the lung blood vessels. His defect can't close on its own although medicines may be used temporarily to help with symptoms, but they don't cure the defect or prevent permanent damage to the lung arteries. An urgent open heart surgery is the only solution to save his life. The surgery cannot be delayed more than 2 to 3 months. His father works in a private company as Field Executive and earns Rs. 7500 per month. The family has two children and living on rent at Uttam Nagar, Delhi. The rent of the house is Rs 2500 per month. The family forced to manage their monthly expenses in Rs.5000 including food & school expenditure of the elder daughter. The family also do not have any other property in village. Mayank's father is the only earning member of the family. Whatever small investment the family has they invested in the early treatment of Mayank. The cost of Open Heart Surgery is Rs. 2.5 Lacks. Although the long-term outlook for the heart surgery of Mayank is good and he will not require any medicine or additional surgery in future. But there is an urgency for his heart treatment unless there is a threat to his survival. Please come forward and gift Mayank a healthy and long life. .DONATE CONTACT US
Story of Khushboo
Khushboo, 2-year girl from East Delhi came in the free OPD of the Child Heart Foundation for help. Pooja born with a large PDA (Patent Ductus Artriosus). Normally the heart's left side only pumps blood to the body, and the right side only pumps blood to the lungs. But in Pooja's Case, due to her hole (PDA) the extra blood being pumped into the lung arteries makes the heart and lungs work harder and the lungs can become congested. Due to which, she breathes faster and harder than normal and not growing as per the growth & standards of her age.
Although, if the PDA is small, it doesn't make the heart work harder and close on their own within a few months of life. But as the PDA is large in case of Pooja, treating doctors suggested her a device closer which will cost Rs. 1,50,000. If the hole remains open, it may cause permanent damage to the lung blood vessels. The long-term outlook of the surgery is good and Pooja will not require any treatment in the future for her heart. She will not need any special precautions regarding physical activity and can participate into normal activities without increased risk.
Her father works as an Office Boy in a Private Company and earns Rs. 10,000 a month. There are five members in the family and living on rent in East Delhi. The family somehow manages the monthly expenses. The family is unable to support the surgical expenses of Pooja due to their ill financial condition. Kindly come forward and gift Khushboo a healthy life. .


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Oh my word
Today's Word du Jour:
apocryphal |ə-päk'rə-fəl|
(adj.) (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
Let's be honest, most of the time we want apocryphal stories to be true. They make reality seem more like some demented soap opera.
From a purely dictional perspective (I know that sounds like some cockring-mounted helmet cam for porn stars, but it's not), I like "apocryphal" because it sounds so life-altering and apocalyptic, and yet so old-timey.
Like if you had just one short line in a movie, and you wanted it to resonate through the annals of cinema and be repeated by hipsters and conservatives alike, you might very well hope it's, "This shit is apocryphal!"
How many times do you think you would rehearse that in the mirror before shouting it into the camera? Too many times, I reckon.


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Saturday, September 26, 2009
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Monday, September 7, 2009
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
How Firm a Foundation
I was listening to Michael Card sing this beautiful hymn which I've heard so many times before over the years and I finally listened to the wonderfully deep words. Know what I mean??? Hope these words can encourage someone else as it has me.
(this might be my favorite stanza)
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Scenes from Late Summer
Surprise-----We have kittens


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Eloise Claire Hays arrived on March 19, 2016 at 11:15 am weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. She had a head full of dark brown hair and everyone was in love immediately. Everything went smoothly and we even got to go home early. Dr. Dey and Nurse Laura were wonderful and I couldn't have asked for a better crew. I can't believe we are now a family of 5! Here's to our new adventure!
We had to arrive at the hospital at 5 am. That's having to get up really early. Ugh. We were awake by 3 am and on our way by 4 am. Of course we have to be early in case we can't find the way or something odd happens. The process didn't really get started until about 8 am. I think they need to revamp their arrival times. Well, it's not like we really slept much the night before anyway! Oh well.
Before delivery...
After delivery.
I'd a tried a little harder if I had known this picture would be taken. Ouch!
Miss Ella Claire's very first picture.
Love at first sight.
Our newest baby girl!
These fingers are yummy.
Emily checking out this new little grub.
The nurse explaining everything she does with a new baby.
First foot prints.
Abby doesn't look like she's too sure of this little thing!
Okay, maybe she's not too scary.
EC is already so loved and taken care of.
I don't imagine these hands ever being to far away from her!
Proud big sisters.
Emily insisted on holding EC. Abby wasn't quite as sure.
She was afraid this little baby might break.
EC didn't care who was holding her as long as she was wrapped up and warm!
So sweet and so excited.
The girls picked out this owl onesie to be EC's first little outfit.
They were amazed at how little she was and how big the outfit seemed.
Sisterly love. They didn't want to leave her side.
Getting ready to go home. EC was all dressed and ready to get out of there.
She was wearing her new smocked gown Pop and Nonna bought her just a few days before.
How sweet is that little face and that little headband!
We couldn't stop kissing that sweet little face.
Can't wait to get all this precious-ness home!
EC's first week at home:
The girls were an amazing help.
Emily's favorite was feeding EC her bottle.
EC has visitors and goes for her first visit:
Unfortunately my baby brain kicked in and I didn't get pictures of everyone that came to visit the new little princess. I did at least manage to get pictures with the great grandparents though. Good grief!
Since we left the hospital early, most people came to the house to visit. No one was expecting us to be home so soon. Two of EC's first visitors were Granny T and Papa Jim.
They were just a little excited to meet the newest member of the family.
Granny T and EC.
Mimi and EC.
EC, Mimi and Papa Perry.
Since Mimi had just gotten home from the hospital herself, we packed up and went to visit them at home. Two weeks prior to EC's arrival, Mimi had hip surgery. Not only did she have surgery on her hip, but she ended up hurting her foot in the process as well. There was no way we were going to ask them to come out and visit us.
They were both thrilled to meet the tiny new bundle too!
All the way from California, Uncle Doug came for a visit just to see EC!
Just kidding. He was here for Granny T's 70th birthday bash and stopped
by to visit with us too. Its been YEARS since we've seen him or his family
and we were able to have a nice visit!
EC's first bath:
After a few days of being home and having everyone love all over her, it was time for a bath. She wasn't so sure about the whole process to begin with.
What is this wet stuff and what is this woman doing to me?
Look at that sweet little face.
It wasn't so bad after all. Now for the lotion.
Baths really wear me out.
It just doesn't get much better than this!
Welcome to our crazy world Miss Ella Claire!


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Part I identified lessons learned from a complex challenge. One lesson was that projects failed and were restarted for the same reasons. Part II explores how project failure for the same reason became normal.
Until the mid-1990s, the data centres for which I worked had practical versions of ITIL (a service management best practice) and other best practices in production. The process descriptions were only half a page long. Becoming stuck in a process was an exception. It was an exception because it was common practice to get to the root cause of a problem and to fix it once and for all. Solutions were identified with the following question in mind: "Considering all clients, the company and employees, what is the best possible solution for all involved"? We also constantly strove to answer this second question: "Do we feel that the solution is executable, that risks and costs are acceptable and that it will deliver to its value proposition?"
But then, from the mid-1990s onwards, something changed. Enterprises sought ways to manage increasing complexity and to achieve new levels of efficiencies. As best practices had produced good results, managers and clients demanded their implementation and certification. Best practices became popular. In the IT services company where I worked, this trend led to replacing practical implementations of best practices with their formal counterparts. At the time, doing so made sense. From today's perspective, however, things look rather different. The consequences included:
- The process approach changed from guiding users through the processes to requiring users to find their way through processes. Becoming stuck became normal.
- Having a best practice and its associated software tools in production became more important than achieving its value proposition.
- Following a best practice became a higher priority than meeting client, enterprise and employee needs.
- In an increasingly complex world, root cause analysis changed from unrestricted analysis to analysis within defined boundaries, such as the boundary of an organisation or a best practice.
Closer inspection revealed that traditional best practices (governance, ITIL, quality management and the likes) worked well in environments with low levels of complexity. When software tools made it possible to bring best practices to a new level, a new line of thinking emerged: Just implement a best practice, and efficiency will increase. If it does not, the cause must be poor implementation. Overlooked, though, were three crucial factors:
- Traditional best practices worked well with predictable situations in both, stable and complex environments. However, they lacked the capability to handle unpredictable situations, which are common in complex environments (observe that traditional best practices remain highly effective with repeatable tasks and predictable situations).
- With root cause analysis within boundaries, certain root causes of failure, as well as lessons learned, had no attention anymore as they were located outside these boundaries.
- As projects had to follow the processes of traditional best practices and with project management methods belonging to the group of traditional best practices, projects were confronted with more issues than they were able to handle.
This situation leads to the following conclusions:
- With root cause analysis within boundaries, matters such as unpredictable situations and lessons learned (also see Part I) were not addressed anymore. As nobody felt responsible, projects were restarted and failed for the same reasons.
- As projects were confronted with more issues than they could handle, project success rates decreased.
The question now is: What can we do about it? Check out Part III.


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The San Antonio Professional Chapter of Women in Communications offered the first Publicity Clinic on October 11, 1949, at Municipal Auditorium. Approximately 160 people attended to learn how to get press coverage for their organization's activities.
In 1984, and continuing for a number of years, the Chapter co-sponsored – with the Funding Information Center – Public Relations/Publicity Workshops for nonprofit organizations. From 1998 through 2013, the San Antonio Express-News and Trinity University added their expertise and prestige as co-sponsors of the Media Workshop for Nonprofits. It is held in March, recently becoming a biennial event.
Today's workshop features an online manual with guidelines for press releases, tips on photography, and a list of media contacts. Media professionals representing print, television, and radio (different companies each year) explain the publicity process for their medium and answer questions from the audience. It's a unique opportunity to learn from media professionals and how best to promote your organization. The workshop always draws a capacity crowd and, to date, has helped thousands of nonprofit representatives improve their media relations.
The professional members of the Association for Women in Communications have a long history of lending their expertise to the San Antonio community. The Media Workshop for Nonprofits is just one of the more visible ways we work to enhance communications for everyone.


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J does a fair amount of reading online and in lay reference books about Mom's (and her own, and everyone else's) medical conditions. She doesn't have a medical degree. Never took biology, as far as I know. Didn't finish college. But it is her unwavering belief that she knows more about medicine than any of the doctors looking after Mother.
At first, this was charming. Now it's starting to bug me.
For example, here are selections from an e-mail she sent my sisters and me this morning:
Took mom to the dr on Tuesday -- [my daughter] suggested that the blisters on her leg were from shingles, and I convinced myself that it was -- he said that it looked infected (I didn't because that leg is always a little red) but he gave her both an antibiotic and the med for shingles.
Then yesterday I took her to the foot doctor and he basically said as long as it's not bothering her, he's through with her. I looked at the x-rays and they don't look much different. He made the statement that "sometimes these don't heal", but basically if it doesn't bother her, not to worry about it. I think all these doctors try to protect her from knowing too much and talk in riddles -- to me.
J is a worrier. Okay, obsessive-compulsive. Like my dad was. Like I am, to a much milder degree. She gets off on tangents. She can spin out of control with a single worrisome thought for days at a time. She equates worry with love. She fears Mom's doctors will miss something important and can't let herself trust them, even a little bit. She is vigilant. Which might be a good thing in moderation but is problematic when it colors every interaction she has with one of Mom's medical professionals, when the hidden subtext of every conversation is, "I know you are incompetent and I have my eye on you, buster."
It's next to impossible to stop her. Any suggestion that she should just let the doctors do their jobs will be met with hurt feelings, defensiveness and anger. She's the one who stepped up to the plate to take on the lion's share of the burden, after all. This seems to entitle her to full control over all Mom's medical issues, with no questions from anyone.
She's bossy and she loves to be in control. In my family, who doesn't? Mom is passive and very happy to have J in control. Even if she's wrong.
At the same time, I realize that medical professionals, especially in these times, can be over-worked and do make mistakes. I used to work in a hospital. I have seen the results of malpractice up close. I would never recommend timid compliance for any patient.
It feels impossible and scary.
With the Schiavo case in the news (all day, all night, every day, every night) I have to wonder what will happen as Mother moves closer to the end of her life. As far as I know she has not signed an advance directive. I know she does not want heroic measures because we've discussed it. I will be talking to her about Living Wills when I call this weekend. I could do further damage to the tenuous relationships between my sisters and me by having this conversation. But it's a conversation that needs to be had.


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Question: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Name: Syaza Yasirah Bte Abu Bakar
Class: P2
Index number:14
Word Count:1439
The Ways of Knowing of sense is related to empirical observation. From empiricism we might get facts, knowledge and truth. In this case, when our senses are reliable, it is defined as trust. Truth can be determined based on the three theories of truth. Although none of them is entirely satisfactory, each of the theories seems to capture a fragment of the "truth about truth". Pragmatic theory of truth states that a proposition is true if it is useful or works in practice by being direct, obvious and the most practical. Secondly, correspondence theory of truth presupposes that an idea is true if it corresponds with a fact or reality. Thirdly, coherence theory of truth states a proposition is true if it fits in with our overall set of beliefs. Senses allow us to perceive everything around us and it provides evidence to support our knowledge claims. However, our senses can fool us at times for example, in an optical illusion. The limitation of our senses is that it does not portray the truth but instead trick us into believing what we see is true. From this, the first knowledge issue that will be discussed in this essay is to what extent do our senses give us truth. The second knowledge issue that will be addressed will be in which areas of knowledge are we able to trust our senses and what are the limits of sensory information in these areas of knowledge. Senses are rather objective and we use all of our five senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch) to give us truth or what we think is to be true. Senses are usually linked to perception but can we use our senses without perceiving things? We are able to gain knowledge or information from our surroundings based on what we sense followed by the electrical impulses that are sent to our brain. For example, when we hear a dog barking,...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Caught being awesome: FLUFFY :)
Anyway. He's miserable, mostly because he can't stand being by himself, and I would help him, but need to make dinner and take care of Rosebud. Fluffy had homework to do, so I suggested he go out there and do it and keep Hummer company. I thought for sure he would complain, but he said cheerfully, "Okay!"
He's out there now, and I can hear cheerful conversation between them. So awesome. I love you, Fluffy!
P.S. Exacto was also caught being awesome holding Rosebud while I typed this post. :)
Saturday, April 24, 2010
my favorite moment today
~ lying on my back on the trampoline with Rosebud right next to me at dusk. the static electricity made her hair stick up, and her arm went into my hair and sometimes she pulled it. we looked up at the shockingly blue sky (never blue here in AR except after huge storms followed by cold fronts). white clouds scudding across. branches and leaf crowds in trees being pushed around by the strong sudden winds. birds soaring way higher than I realized birds can soar. I looked over at Rose and she had her two fingers in her mouth (in pianospeak: it's always her RH 3 and 4 :). Exacto came out then, and lay on the other side of Rose and told me that the sky was a huge river and the clouds were boats and we were glued to the bottom of a bridge staring down. next came Fluffy and his eyes looked like the sky and his hair was sculptured from wearing his bike helmet for almost three hours, and he kept threatening to bounce us. it got cold and Rose and I came in.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
2010: the year to ENJOY
At first I thought I would apologetically introduce this post as being late. It is well into April already, after all. But then I realized that the reason I haven't written this post sooner is because I've been doing (most of the time) exactly what I'm going to write about! { pat on the back :) }
This year, 2010, is my year to ENJOY.
It is the year of Rosebud's babyhood.
It is the last year I will have all pre-teenagers.
And, really, each year of a child's life is so precious. Babyhood is particularly amazing because of the stunning amount of growth in such a short time that babies experience, but truly, I love every single year of childhood. My mom says there is something to love about every phase, and she's right, of course.
So, it is the year to enjoy Hummer as a 6-year-old, with teeth falling out and coming in all over the place, and with almost everything that he says making me laugh.
It is the year to enjoy Fluffy as an 8- and 9-year-old, outgrowing clothes faster than I can keep up with, and becoming newly aware of the world around him.
It is the year to enjoy Exacto as an 11- and 12-year-old, seeing him ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood and being able to laugh with him and have deep conversations with him.
And it is the year for DC and I to watch in awe and delight as our daughter learns and grows at an almost visible rate.
I am really glad to have chosen this as my "theme" for the year. Already I have caught myself several times slipping into the getting-stuff-done mode, or wishing-away-a-phase mode. But then I remember how fleeting this time is. That when 2011 rolls around things will be different. I just want to bottle up this time and be able to look at it and taste it and ENJOY it always.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) the nature of mortality is that years pass, and that somehow we have to learn to find joy in the present time without longing for what came before or wishing for what is ahead.
I think that that is part of Benjamin's gift to me. To see the intrinsic value of each moment of our life and savor it. To accept that time flows on, and things change, and that the things we rejoice in most are the things that will last beyond the limits of time. I love knowing that after this life, I will have one more baby to enjoy through all the phases of growing up!
And for now, I will hold Rosebud as much as I can, and hug those boys as much as they will let me, and tickle and listen to jokes and go for walks and jump on the trampoline and read stories and just . . .
Thursday, April 15, 2010
links that have been making me smile lately
Malauna's Baby Bonnet Tutorial - created just for me! :) I made one to go with Rosebud's Easter outfit, and it turned out so cute. It looks like a vintage early 20th century bonnet on her--love it!
"Lord, I Would Follow Thee" - Susan Evans McCloud, the author of one of my favorite hymns, "Lord, I Would Follow Thee", tells how she came to write those breathtakingly beautiful words. (As a side note, I was blessed to have Newell Dayley--who wrote the music--for one of my music theory teachers at BYU, and had the privilege of hearing from him firsthand how he came to write the music. Both the text and the setting are inspired.)
Nursing the Phatness - this is the cutest article! Rosebud's not at this age yet, but if you've ever nursed a baby that is 6 months or older, you will crack up reading this.
Bald Eagle family on Live WebCam! - incredible. I just checked it again as I was copying the link, and watched a mother bald eagle feeding the two chicks in the nest! I love watching how attentive she is to their comfort.
M2B:) - my current favorite in the Blog Reader. Michael McLean --of whose music I was taught to be somewhat scornful (my dad, the self-described musical bigot, says if it's not classical, it's not music:)-- has begun 2010 with a "Mission To Be Happy." He writes on this blog an almost-daily account of something that made him happy that day. His posts nearly always make me laugh out loud, and always uplift me.
Hope you enjoy! Happy Friday!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Project 365 Rosebud - { too marvelous for words }
I'm doing great with my goal of taking pictures of Rosebud every day, but apparently I can't manage to post them regularly! So these are just some of my favorites from the past couple of weeks.
I've had this Nat King Cole song stuck in my head for days, and I sing it to her all the time :).
(Click on the player to enjoy. . . . .)
Music Playlist at MixPod.com
You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words
like "glorious",
and that old standby "amorous".
You're just too wonderful. I'll never find the words
That tell enough,
Spell enough,
I mean, they just aren't swell enough.
You're much too "much",
And just too very "very",
To ever be in Webster's Dictionary.
And so I'm borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you're that your marvelous,
Too marvelous for words.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Caught being awesome: Exacto
Today the boys were anxious to ride their bikes--it's such nice weather. The only problem is that Exacto and Fluffy ride regular bikes and like to go off on long bike rides, and Hummer still has training wheels and has to stay behind. Earlier today the older two were being so sweet to him, and even let him come along, making sure he was safe as they slowly rode all together.
Between Conference sessions we decided that maybe Hummer was ready to start learning to ride without training wheels, and DC took them off and started coaching him on the grassy slope in our front yard.
After the afternoon session was over, the older boys asked if they could go again, and I was torn between wanting to let them go off and have a long ride, but feeling bad for Hummer left behind. Before I could decide, I realized they were all out there. I looked out and saw Exacto running along with Hummer on his bike, helping him learn how to balance!
It was the sweetest sight ever! I was just so impressed that Exacto would do that without being asked! Meanwhile I needed to make dinner, and figured he would give up after a few tries.
Twenty minutes later I looked out again, and Hummer was riding like a pro!! Isn't it amazing what the love of a big brother can do?
P.S. I feel like I'm coming out of a cocoon. I know I've neglected this blog terribly. I have been rediscovering who I am--such big changes recently. Rosebud has outgrown her reflux (YAY!!!!) and hopefully I'll start to write more regularly soon. . .


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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
12/28/10 - Front Squats/L-Hang Pullups
For time:
Seven rounds of:
Front squat, 185lbs, 3 reps
L-Hang Pullup, 7 reps
Rest 2 minutes, then:
Three rounds of:
Box jumps, 24" box, 15 jumps
Kettlebell swings, 2 pood, 15 swings
source: JG
time: 9:01, first pair of exercises. Time not kept second pair.
works: legs, back, shoulders, core, power
difficulty: 8
my effort: 8
Want to strengthen and/or tone your legs? This is the workout for you. For power and strength, keep the weight up and the reps down. For toning, increase the reps a bit, and dial back the weight. In both cases, minimize the rest between all sets. This is meant to be an aerobic workout.
I performed these exercises wearing a 20lb weight vest that I recently got for Christmas. It certainly made the pullups much harder - and slower. The box jumps also got more difficult. The squat was effected too. Interestingly, the kettlebell swings weren't that much harder - if at all -, emphasizing the fact that the main movement in this exercise is the hip snap and the tightening of the core to pull the weight up.
Remember to keep your back nice and tight and straight on the front squats; don't allow the weight to pull you forward too much. It should - like the split jerks from yesterday - sit on your clavicle.
As an aside, I've decided that the way you can easily notice someone that trains like this is to look for bruises on their clavicle and shins - areas the weight bar impacts in many of the Olympic lifts.
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Friday, April 3, 2015
Book Review: Greta and the Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs
This book is a reread for me. Since it has been nearly 3 years since I last read it I wanted a refresher before I started the second book in the series. I wasn't sure if it would still hold the same magic for me that it did back then when it was a solid 5 star read for me.
This second time around I was re-enchanted with the world of Mylena. Greta is a kickass female bounty hunter. But she has one major secret. She is human in world where humans are despised and blamed for the world's eternal winter. She arrived in Mylena as a young teenager sent through a magical fire while attempting to save her brother from a witch. But soon her secret is out and all of Mylena is out for her blood. She has no one she can trust not even the Goblin King Isaac, who makes her blood rush.
I'm happy to say that I was still totally in love with this book and my book crush on Isaac still beats strong. I'm a sucker for an alpha male. I'm all for a kickass main character who is vulnerable at the same time. Oh and the cover....oh how gorgeous is it? Oh how it plays to my inner cover whore.
I'm happy to say that this is still a 5 out of 5 star read for me.
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(L-R): Brinson Strickland, Pres./CEO Golden Music Nashville; Tinti Moffat, WME; Rob Beckham, WME; Paul Moore, WME; Steve Williams, Williams Riley; Rick Shipp, WME; Steve Hauser, WME; Charlie Hutto, Williams Riley; Lane Wilson, WME; and Derek George, Williams Riley. Photo: Bev Moser
An industry crowd gathered at Nashville's 12th & Porter yesterday (7/1) for a Cajun lunch and showcase hosted by Golden Music, William Morris and Jim Havey PR on behalf of new band Williams Riley. The seven piece outfit, fronted by singer/songwriter Steve Williams, charged through an energetic set including its current single "I'm Still Me," "I Wish I Would Have Said That" and possible next single "(All About) Country Livin'." The band is back on the road over the holiday weekend with an appearance in Cincinnati scheduled today and another in Frederick, Maryland on July 4. Kix Brooks even offered a video intro. WME's Rob Beckham commented, "I was immediately a big fan of Williams Riley after seeing the 'I'm Still Me' video on GAC. Great song, great harmonies. I was drawn in immediately. I have known and worked with the band's Derek George for years, and am proud to be a part of any project he is associated with."


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Debito gets all the girls. It's the eye patch guys.
Nova and Liberta try to deliver a letter to Felicita from Mama but she's nowhere to be found. She went with Luca somewhere. The chef lady says that the two were making "love potions". At that point I'm like "Whoa, Luca's love for Felicita has gone to his head!" Liberta and Nova look for the two but to no avail. They eventually get handcuffed together after chasing someone who cheated at the casino. Oh joy, I can't wait to hear the two argue even more!
Oh yeah, right in the middle of the episode you basically find out what happened with Felicita. Yet another twist with this anime that actually surprised me unlike the guy with the mask one. Thank god we don't have to listen to Liberta and Nova argue this whole episode because we go to Felicita, Debito, Pace and Luca in a forest. They talk about Jolly stealing herbs away from Luca so he made a little secret garden so Jolly doesn't take them again.
Every so often, we keep cutting back from Nova and Liberta to the others. SO MUCH CUTTING! Nova and Liberta find Felicita having tea with the others. I would have been like "NOVA AND LIBERTA, YOU JUST KICKED THE DOOR IN AND NOW YOU'RE INTERRUPTING MY TEA PARTY. GET OUT!"
…This episode man…I call it the tease episode. It's mainly because of the opening with Luca and Felicita. '-' I hope Nova and Luberta get their reward from Felicita soon. (Watch the episode to know what I'm talking about) I'm still having a huge problem with the art sometimes. Come on, sometimes characters don't have their eyes and Jolly in this episode has one. He doesn't look bad ass with it, he just looks stupid in my opinion. Let's hope they fix that in episode 8.


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Friday, October 12, 2012
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Trailing of the Sheep Festival starts today. The herding competition begins tomorrow, this is something to watch. Lots of specials and activities taking place in Hailey and Ketchum this weekend. The Lamb Feast and Folk life Fair takes place all day on Saturday. Be sure to watch as all the sheep move through Ketchum on Sunday. Lamb specials at CK's and other locations in Hailey and Ketchum. Drink specials at Mahoneys and Whiskeys......head on up for the weekend!
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Christmas season is a great time to be with the kids, doing art and craft as well as going to Orchard Road to see the Christmas decorations.
Here were some easy things that I did with them.
First, the reindeer puppet with recycled paper bag from body shop.
Simple trace two hands of your kids, cut it up and get them to colour it. And you just add in the face of the reindeer and stick the "antlers" (hands) for them or if they are old enough, they can do all that by themselves.
Next up, is a simple Christmas card. Gave them black and green paper. Cut it up and got them to paste by themselves and just decorate it with whatever you have. I have lots of stickers, so I just got them sticking it all by themselves.
And lastly, did with them a Christmas wreath which simply consist of many hands of your kid. I just folded the paper into many folds and when you place the hand over the paper to cut them, you can get multiple copies.
Then you just stick them in a circle, touch up with a ribbon and decorate it in any way you like.
Went to Orchard at the beginning of December as I felt it would definitely be less 'crowded' as compared to visiting Orchard nearer to Christmas (But CT insisted that Orchard is always crowded no matter what)
Anyway, here we are..went Tangs to shop for Christmas presents. Then, walked all the way down towards Plaza Singapura.
Then we went in search for dinner which I told CT to bring us to a place where it is conducive for eating and not crowded. Tough for a place like Orchard since everywhere seems crowded with people. But CT,being an Orchard kid now (since his office is at Somerset), knew exactly where to bring us where there werent many people. It was awesome as there was this place beside Orchard Cineleisure which was called *scape. It was a very ULU (deserted) small shopping area.
There's a fairly big taiwanese restaurant there which serve decent food at reasonable prices (probably pay about $10 per pax). Cheap,decent food with not many people in a place like Orchard. How cool is that?
After dinner, we walked back to Tangs as we parked our car at Shaw Centre which is about $3.50 -$4 per entry for the whole day!
Orchard Road was basically split into 3 sections where there were pink, blue and purple decorations
Though many commented that this years' Christmas lights is not as nice as previous years, I still enjoyed myself and I am sure the kids too. Check it out!
And of course, the famous 3-4 stories tall Takashimaya tree which I am glad they recycle every year.
My favourite Christmas decoration was Tangs! It was very colourful and the bible verse chosen was meaningful.
There were also street performance which was nice to elevate the whole Christmas atmosphere.
Had an amazing time! Hope my kids do not get the wrong idea of Christmas that its all about presents, lights and Christmas trees...
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Christmas Fun
Posted by Dawn at Saturday, December 04, 2010
Categories indoor activities, outdoor activities
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