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Another summer day, another golden chapter in the story of stinging sunburns, chlorine, and fresh watermelon, comes to an end. As the grapefruit sun juices itself atop the sharpest peak of the Rocky Mountains, the beggar sky rushes forward to drink. The blood-orange manna rolls down its chin and then its neck, staining its blue skin brilliant shades of orange, pink, and yellow. Following the feast, the sky lapses into a deep, deep slumber. Except instead of sweet dreams, its sweet supper induces bitter nightmares- blurry, dense, tumultuous nightmares. The sky rolls over in its heavenly bed. Then it starts to snore.
Twenty-seven…twenty-eight…twenty-nine… Steven and I perch ourselves on the windowsill in our shared bedroom and count the number of lighting bolts exploding from the sky and collecting in the earth. Together we will spend the next 2 hours watching the sky and earth communicate. But you see, their conversation is a scholarly and thoughtful one, and sometimes several minutes pass before vocalization occurs. It makes no difference to us. We scrutinize the sky like the most meticulous detectives trying to unveil secrets tucked up under the clouds. Sherlock Holmes and Watson.
Our bedroom is on the upper level of the house. We live at 4304 Muirfield Drive. From our windowsill we can see for miles: the brown ocean of prairie; the Harley Davidson building at the edge of town (just this year it was blown over in a windstorm); and farther still, the silhouette of the rock giant, Pike's Peak, named after Zebulon Pike, an American explorer of the late 18th century.
Our beds are both twin-size and have matching plaid comforters. Each bed has a hand-painted headboard with a tropical fish in the center. Similarly, the wall that the headboards rest upon is painted in shades of blue waves, with fish stickers glued to it. I used to lie on my bed and stare at the wall, finding faces in the shades of blue. They stared back at me, but it wasn't creepy. It was home. Tonight, the faces sleep under the mask of the night, but the semi-frequent flashes of lightning startle them.
We had an aquarium once, with real fish. It was a freshwater. Fifteen gallon, high. Eight or nine fish. One frog. A couple of albino snails. It sat on a dresser against the wall opposite our beds, centered with the gap between them. I want to say that we loved it. But then I might be lying. Probably what happened is what usually happened with the "stuff" we had: it was novel and remarkable for a moment, but sooner or later lost its luster, and something else stole the spotlight of our fancies.
When we were younger and one of us had nightmares, instead of running to our mother and father, we would wake the other up, and slide our beds together to create a "super bed." That way, we had the other nearby, as a sidekick, to battle the wretched dreams. Embarrassingly, I think I woke him up more often than he did me, even though I am the older by three years and three months. But that didn't matter to us. There was never societal or hierarchal pressure for me to be a "big bad brother." I didn't have to appear tough when I was around Steven. When my girlfriend of two and a half years broke up with me last December, I cried into his arms for at least several minutes.
In the distance, the rain starts to fall; a grey, slanted smudge confirms this. It won't be raining in Pueblo tonight. Storms often have this funny fear of Pueblo, and they circumvent the city as they tumble across the Midwest. When it does rain here, Steven and I race leaves in the little currents that develop alongside the curb. The first leaf to enter the gutter wins. When it does rain here, my siblings and I secretly pray for a hailstorm, while our parents pray for the cars and flowerbeds. When it hails, the four of us, Steven and I and our two older sisters, put bike helmets on our heads and run around outside in it. The sky loses its marbles and so do we.
Once during a hailstorm, I was parading around the yard with my helmet and swimsuit on, and a hailstone struck my big toe on my left foot and cracked the nail.
Another flash illuminates the night. What terrible dreams plague the heavens tonight! In the distance, the prairie dogs are shaking with fear in their burrows: the jackrabbits, too. The birds departed as soon as the first drops splashed upon their wings. In their startled flight, did they shed any feathers?
The feathers will be soaking wet by now.
The frog died. All of the fish, save one, died, too. The albino snails lived, I think. Yes, they must have, but I cannot remember what we ended up doing with them after it was all over.
It was a Sunday. We had just gotten back home from a family trip. Don't ask me where we were; I cannot recall. The tank desperately needed cleaning. Steven, my mother and I transferred the fish and the frog and the albino snails into a bucket of water and proceeded to clean the tank. But the obligation of Catholic mass interrupted the cleaning process. We left the fish and the frog and the albino snails in the bucket and went to mass. When we got back, all of the fish had jumped out of the bucket and onto the carpet. Later, we discovered the dead frog and began to ponder the unsolved mystery of its death. It was still in the bucket but for some unknown reason was floating, unresponsive. The bodies of the fish had gone limp and grey. We frantically scooped their slimy grey bodies up with our bare hands and put them back into the tank, where they promptly sank to the bottom, like silver coins in a wishing well. The irony was that these "coins" were both the means to the end and the desired end of our most pressing wish: live, live.
After half an hour, one had regained its color. It swam amongst the corpses of its former "tankmates" like nothing unusual had happened. Like it hadn't just eclipsed the face of death and made it out alive. We buried the dead fish in the flowerbeds. Good fertilizer, my father said.
We left 4304 Muirfield Drive to a new home down the street when I was fourteen. I had spent the past eleven years of my life at 4304 Muirfield Drive. I had shared a room with Steven for that long, too. Our new house was three times larger than our old home. My new bedroom was more than twice the size of my old one, and I had it all to myself. But for the first few weeks after the move-in, Steven and I shared my queen-size bed. Our twin beds had been sold and our matching fish headboards were in storage. Steven didn't have his own bed yet.
I remember one night Steven woke me up and claimed that something had bitten him. I rolled over in the darkness and turned on the lamp. Sure enough, red, inflamed abrasions stuck out of his shoulder. As if struck by a lightning bolt, we leapt from the bed and yanked off the sheets. A smashed scorpion lay in the exact spot I had been sleeping. Apparently, after stinging Steven, it had crawled across the bedspread toward me, but was smashed by me rolling onto my back in my sleep. Amazingly, there weren't any marks on me. We awoke our parents, who treated the stings with some ointment, and sent us back to bed. Surely not to go back to sleep? I thought. And we sure as hell didn't. For months afterward, both Steven and I checked, no, scrutinized our beds before sliding into them. I think he might still do that to this day.
It wasn't home. It still isn't. It is too big to feel homey. It is too new. I still have dreams of 4304 Muirfield Drive. I dream that I still live there. I dream that we still have Joey, our sugar glider, who after escaping his cage and defecating all over the house, was given to a neighbor whose cat ate him one night. But in my dreams he is alive and well and defecating healthily. I dream of the thirteen steps that lead into the basement and I dream of the wooden porch that gave me more than one nasty splinter. But mostly I dream of the bedroom I shared with Steven.
No, it will never be home. But now that I am away at college, I have learned something else, something more important. The location of home is irrelevant compared to the people of home. I lay in my twin-sized bed at night, with my roommate laying in his, and I imagine that it is not he, but Steven who shares the room with me.
We have a Play Station. We have a Game Cube. We have bikes and board games and action figures and toy cars. We have plenty of "stuff" to do tonight, but this evening calls for a change in pace. It calls for an acknowledgement and appreciation of the elements of the planet, and here we are, responding to the call. The lightning flashes. Ninety-seven… Our room progressively darkens and welcomes the shadows of the night, but neither of us dares to reach for the light switch, even though both of us are still a little bit afraid of the dark. Flash. Ninety-eight… At our young and tender age, we have already developed an appreciation for ambiance, and nothing is going to spoil this moment. This is home.


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True Lit Festival expands Fayetteville's literary tradition
Fayetteville has long had a strong literary tradition with writers like Miller Williams, Ellen Gilchrist and the late Frank Stanford calling the Ozarks home. Now, True Lit: Fayetteville's Literary Festival hopes to capitalize and expand that tradition. The inaugural event takes place at the Fayetteville Public Library from Sept 5 to 8. Some events will take place at other locations such as Fayetteville High School and Nightbird Books on Dickson Street. The four-day festival includes many events that are free and open to the public.
Events include a writing workshop taught by University of Arkansas Creative Writing Professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee Molly Giles; a poetry workshop with Sibling Rivalry Press publisher and Pushcart Prize nominee Bryan Borland; and lectures by best-selling young adult writer Jack Gantos. Other talented national and regional authors will participate in the festival.
True Lit's partners are the Friends of the Fayetteville Public Library, the Fayetteville Montessori School, Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville Public Education Foundation, and the University of Arkansas and College of Education and Health Professions. These organizations embraced the opportunity to create the festival to inspire all ages to embrace writing and reading and to foster the appreciation of regional literature. The goal of the festival is to help encourage people to tell their stories.
"From the first meeting in August 2012 we discovered all the partners shared a similar goal," commented Lolly Greenwood, Director of Youth Services at Fayetteville Public Library and event organizer, "We were all conducting separate literary events throughout the year and the idea of literary festival helped create a synergy to bring them all together to ignite a love of literature."
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My parents, grandparents, and all who came before them were farmers. They grew gardens to put food on the table and raised cows, pigs, acres of corn, soybeans, milo, and wheat to put money in their pockets.
At five years old, my dad moved our family into a mobile home situated in the middle of a cow pasture. There were livestock, dogs, cats, trucks, trailers, and tractors. And to accompany it all…a lot of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears.
Like a lot of people, I earned good grades in high school. I received a scholarship and earned a college degree.
I attended the U.S. Army paratrooper training school in Fort Benning, GA. I watched two people fall from the sky and "bounce" when their parachutes failed to deploy. I spent 8 years in the U.S. Army Reserves as a Second and First Lieutenant. I attended the Officer Basic and the Officer Advanced courses at the U.S. Military Police School in Anniston, AL.
I was hired for my first corporate job. It was my dream job with a large stock brokerage firm. Things didn't go as planned and I was delivering pizza and washing windows within a couple of years.
I've had grunt jobs, sales jobs, and management responsibilities. I've worked as a newspaper reporter, short-order cook, house cleaner, and janitor. I spent some time in inside and outside sales positions with varying levels of success. I was a life insurance agent, multi-level marketer, and a semi-successful car salesman.
For the past 12 years, I've worked for a large Fortune 500 corporation. I've got health, life, and long-term care insurance benefits. I've got a 401K and pension fund benefits (as long as they last).
I've put my heart and soul into my career and relocated to five different cities for various assignments. I lived in Nashville, Baltimore, Orlando, Detroit, and Tampa. I've worked my way into a mid-level position and I earn a mid-level salary. I've been promised promotional opportunities that have not materialized and I'm constantly worried about the possibility of downsizing, layoffs, and cutbacks in benefits. At this point, I have very little control over my time, my salary, or my career in general.
I'm constantly on the look-out for new opportunities. I've started several part-time businesses, but none have earned significant revenues. I feel there is a perfect business for me out there somewhere, but at this point I haven't found it.
I'm a self taught photographer, website developer, wannabe bonsai artist, and a possible future restaurant owner.
A few years ago I started a website about southern-style barbecue that features a how-to section, recipes, and products for sale. I started selling my own barbecue rubs online and cooked in professional barbecue contests.
I'm a homeowner, husband, and owner of a green cheek conure. I'm a son, son-in-law, nephew, and uncle to seven.
I watch football and NASCAR. I enjoy reading mysteries and biographies of famous Americans. I watch 60 Minutes and I like to research things.
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- Doug Worgul said...
Excellent. Story well told, brother. Keep tellin' it.


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Maybe I should file this one under "oh hell no!"
Anyway, last night I went to see the extended version of "The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies" in theaters. And to be completely honest, the movie was good, it added a lot of stuff that you didn't see in the original version, at it brought closure to many storylines.
Not to mention that it messed me up all over again! And just as I was getting over the theatrical version too.
Of course, I thought I could handle writing characters I like died due to 4 years of me watching Game of Thrones, but once again, I was proven wrong. I am very angry with you, Peter Jackson; and I'm especially angry with J.R.R. Tolkien for even making up that story that messed me up for the rest of my life!
Well, you all know what this means, don't you?
Please give me the extended version of The Lord of the Rings in theaters! I want to watch the extended versions of Lord of the Rings and chill.
And there you have it. Now excuse me while I go drown myself on Tumblr.
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THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT,v.ANNE TROVATO, APPELLANT.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered January 29, 2008, convicting her of murder in the second degree and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
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ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that two civilians, one of whom was her aunt, acted as agents of the police when they obtained statements from her in violation of her right to counsel is without merit. With respect to recordings of telephone calls made by the defendant's aunt, the conduct of the defendant's aunt was not "so pervaded by governmental involvement that it los[t] its character as [private conduct] and invoke[d] the full panoply of constitutional protections" (People v Ray, 65 NY2d 282, 286). Instead, the telephone calls were made by a person acting privately, and did not "fall within the ambit of this exclusionary rule" (People v Velasquez, 68 NY2d 533, 537). The defendant's aunt was not acting "at the instigation or under the supervision of the police" in providing the recordings of the telephone calls (People v Jean, 13 AD3d 466, 467; see People v Carvalho, 60 AD3d 1394, 1395; People v Johnson, 303 AD2d 830, 832-834; People v Lewis, 273 AD2d 254). The recordings were unsolicited by the police, and were made without "promise or inducement" by the police (People v Melendez, 285 AD2d 819, 822).
The other civilian who the defendant contends acted as an agent of the police did not testify at the trial, and no evidence that may have been obtained from her by the police was offered in evidence. Thus, there was no violation of the defendant's right to counsel (cf. People v Burchard, 20 AD3d 818, 820).
The defendant failed to show that her trial counsel's tactics, which opened the door to the admission of certain evidence that had been previously precluded by the County Court, lacked legitimate strategic purposes (see People v Caban, 5 NY3d 143, 152), and that the risks of opening the door to such evidence outweighed its tactical advantages (see People v Pennington, 27 AD3d 269, 270; People v Taylor, 300 AD2d 746, 748; People v Silvestre, 279 AD2d 364, 365). The fact that trial counsel's tactics were unsuccessful does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel (see People v Henry, 95 NY2d 563, 565, cert denied 547 US 1040; People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 708; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137, 146-147; People v Joseph, 201 AD2d 506). Moreover, the defendant's contention that her trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to reconsider a psychiatric defense which the defendant had specifically withdrawn on the record is without merit (see People v Thomas, 247 AD2d 284; see also People v Petrovich, 87 NY2d 961, cert denied 532 US 981; People v Constas, 59 AD3d 729, 729-730). Viewing the record as a whole, we find that the defendant received meaningful representation (see People v Henry, 95 NY2d at 565; People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 712; People v Orcutt, 49 AD3d 1082, 1087).
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the County Court properly refused to charge the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance. The defendant's behavior "immediately before and after the killing was inconsistent with the loss of control associated with the affirmative defense" (People v Murden, 190 AD2d 822, 822, cert deniedUS, 128 S Ct 1083). The defendant failed to establish both the subjective and objective elements of the defense of extreme emotional disturbance (see People v Smith, 1 NY3d 610, 612; People v Roche, 98 NY2d 70, 75-77; People v Harris, 95 NY2d 316, 318-320). The County Court also correctly declined to charge manslaughter in the first degree as a lesser-included offense of murder in the second degree, as no reasonable view of the evidence warranted such a charge (see People v Butler, 84 NY2d 627, 633-634; People v Ramsey, 59 AD3d 1046, 1047; People v Tyler, 43 AD3d 633, 634; People v Bien, 1 AD3d 442, 443; People v Collins, 290 AD2d 457, 458).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt of burglary in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt (see People v Mackey, 49 NY2d 274, 280; People v Caston, 60 AD3d 1147, 1149; People v Ostrander, 46 AD3d 1217, 1218).
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This is supposed to be yesterday's post, but i was too sick to go online. i had flu. But after sleeping for like about 15 hours, much better already :)
Yesterday, yee ling and I skipped school and went for dentist check-up. Well, i need to extract 4 teeth to put braces. WOW. *pain*.
After that, we headed to KLCC and watch two movies,Dance Flick and I love you Beth Cooper. I don't really like the show Dance Flick, it's kinda LAME, or maybe i don't understand the movie. Its a combination a few dance movies. I love you beth cooper, was nice, watch it BUT cut alot of scene.
The best part is, both of us ran out of $$, and we cannot do anything.We still managed to have our lunch at pizza hut and window shopped only. :( And we had to pay the taxi fare RM1 in coins. hahaha.
Although i ran out of cash, i'm still going to OU AGAIN with my sister and cousin to watch movie. Planning to watch G.I JOE and UP. :) hope mom will sponsor us some money. hehehe.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Color, Trends and Inspiration
There are always questions about trends. Trends in fashion, trends in design, trends in cakes. It is all a trickle down effect from Red Carpet fashions to home decor colors, to wedding gown embellishments, to wedding cake design. So many things to inspire, influence and spark creativity.
Here in the Twin Cities, what I have noticed most in the last year or so, is that the all white wedding cake is now sharing the spotlight with colorful, whimsical, non-traditional creations. The insides too have included less white cake with white frosting, and more chocolate cake and other more exotic combinations, to offer a very memorable "first seen, last eaten" part of this special day.
The Wedding Guys(Matthew Trettel and Bruce Vasser) are on Fox 9's Morning Show this morning to talk about wedding cakes. They asked if I could provide some cakes for this morning's segment.Of course I said yes and sent off 4 cakes that show what has influenced me lately: a footstool created from Kasmir shawls, the movie Marie Antoinette, a gorgeous wedding gown with beautiful stiching, a shoji screen from a sushi restaurant. Hopefully they will get at least a camera span.
A recent cake that illustrated this non-traditional color and flavor trend went to Katrina of Studio Laguna for her Christmas celebration. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting all wrapped up in the most elegant, rich blues with white accents. Cool colors to complement this chilly(okay, downright frigid!) season.
Be inspired, and create your perfect day.
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- Jenny said...
Jessica! I'm sure you don't remember me. I worked the counter at the New French ever so briefly. I remember you ever so fondly, well - mostly your pastries to be honest. The madeleines, the best chocolate chip cookies on the planet, and a tremendous pagoda pastry something or other (long before all this Ace of Cakes popularity). At any rate, I'll be reading the blog for certain. Best wishes to you.
Jenny Boggio (aka Jennifer Shannon)
- January 19, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Thank you so much for our gorgeous Christmas cake, I will definately be looking for excuses to order from you in the future. My family is still talking about how beautiful it was and how amazing the flavors were!
- January 19, 2009 at 6:10 PM
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Light & Bright Dining Corner
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Your home is lovely!!! I love everything so bright and clean.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Bella. But it's not my home;)Delete
What a lovely corner you've got there. I love bright furniture and painting - it brings so much life!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! I like to play with colours.Delete
Amazing pictures of the kitchen and dining corner! I love colorful paintings and vivid colors! Very creative!ReplyDeleteReplies
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How wonderful these colors really are? Great choices and captures! Yes - everything is so bright! love it!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Oh gosh! Simply adorable and well-thought corner. Love the details on the sides.ReplyDeleteReplies
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What a pretty dining corner of this room. I love your use of a white palette and then clever use of colour as proved by artwork and colourful cotton rag rugs on the floor.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! White is such an easy colour and you can always add any colours with it.Delete
I love the combination of colours it looks creative yet minimalistic. It looks bright and fresh. xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Anna!Delete
I like the idea about the colorful pictures in the corner!ReplyDelete
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Thanks! They give nice feeling to the otherwise white corner.Delete
It looks so elegant but i have a little bit worry about the white color, cause in my opinion it will be pitied if the white color is dirtyReplyDeleteReplies
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I love grabbing a cup of coffee and finding a quiet spot to just chill out in and have a moment to myself. Moments alone are very rare and I jump on them any chance I get! I am also a somewhat terrible person because I will listen to things other people are talking about, like where to get the best chicken and waffles near my house. I do this in Second Life as well. Only it's more socially acceptable when it is talked about in a group you are in. For instance these pictures were taken at Whole Wheat, which I had never heard of till it was mentioned as a place for fall pictures.
They have different scenes all set up there, like the coffee house which is where I chose for my pictures. It is really worth checking out as they are always adding to it.
I had to add this picture so you could see the adorableness of my face. It makes me look all sweet and approachable...it lies.
Coat w/hair: *COCO*_HoodedCoat(Black)+Hair
Shoes: fri. - Dottie.Sneaks (Coal)
Necklace: Cute Poison - Hespiria Moon Necklaces Silver
Head Applier: .Atomic. Gacha_Autumn Catwa Applier - Creme RARE (Season'sStory)
Eyes: IKON Triumph Eyes - Nymph
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Wolverines feature in the stories, myths, and legends of northern peoples in both the eastern and western hemispheres. The Cree, who occupy a vast swath of southern Canada and some of the northern United States, have a long-standing relationship with the wolverine. I first became aware of the Cree wolverine stories through the work of anthropologist Robert Brightman, whose book Grateful Prey is a classic exploration of the complexity of human-animal relationships in hunting cultures – in this case, the Rock Cree of Manitoba. The material that Brightman analyzes in Grateful Prey is presented in its original form – the transcribed tales of Cree storytellers – in an older, out-of-print book called Acaoohkiwina and Acimowina: Traditional Narratives of the Rock Cree Indians. The books was published by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1990, and I managed to find a copy in an obscure corner of a library, the pages falling out, the whole thing looking as though someone had typed up an individual copy with a typewriter and then abandoned it like a message in a bottle, to be retrieved decades later only by a tried and tested wolverine fanatic. Acaoohkiwina refers to the primordial time-before-humans, when animals spoke and had their own civilizations and when the Trickster Wisahkicahk adventured through the world. Acimowina refers to the time after humans arrived. So the stories incorporate both the history of the creation of the Cree world, and more recent events. Wolverines play a role in both.
Despite the fact that the book felt like it might fall apart in my hands, the stories were vivid and engaging, the voices of the storytellers enlivening the tales. Few wolverine lovers will have the opportunity to experience the deep cultural relationships that exist between humans and animals in subsistence hunting cultures, and I wanted to convey some of this here on the blog. So I wrote to Robert Brightman, and he kindly granted me permission to excerpt the wolverine stories. I also asked if it might be possible to get in touch with the original storytellers to ask for their permission, but they have passed on. So with respect and thanks to them for sharing their stories, I will present their wolverine tales here over the next few posts.
Here, narrated by Cornelius Colomb, is the story Wolverine, Wolf, and Fire Medicine:
There's this wolverine and the guy who's with him, Wolf, and they were out hunting one day. The wolf was the one that had the "matches." They make a magic fire. They just jump over the dry wood and that thing explodes and they make fire. And the wolverine never had that kind of – – of power. So he asked that wolf to have some of the powers.
Oh, the wolf said, " That's right, brother. I'll give it to you." Because, of course, he was a brother of the animals. So wolverine tried it and the damn thing exploded. "Oh," wolf said, " You're alright, brother. As long as you don't just play with what I gave you."
Oh, the wolverine said, "No, no, I wouldn't do any such thing. I need the fire."
So later wolverine is monkeying around the shoreline. Sometimes old beaver houses, that's where you see lots of dry wood. Every time wolverine sees dry wood he wants to make fire. Pretends that he's cold. Throw a few sticks, jump over it, jump over 'em, and it explodes. Few minutes, he's done with the fire and away he goes again. So every morning, wherever he goes, you see about five or six fires. That wolverine. Making fires all morning for nothing.
So the wolves got mad at him. Said, "I guess our little brother is making fun of our medicine. Every time we see him going he always fires all the way. Gotta cut off the 'match.'"
So happens, the next fire, wolverine couldn't make the fire. Tried it again. No. So one cool morning he went up on the hill. Seen lots of fires. All different kinds of animals making different fires. All kinda different smoke from there. One of them's got different smoke from the other. And him, he had nothing. He was cold. So he hollered, "Brothers! Sisters! I don't have no lights, no match, no way of making fire. But they're'll be people in years ahead. They'll be wanting to make fire. But what they'll do is start hunting us when they see our fires… [I]f we don't have any fire…that way we'll make it. But if we have fires, they'll clean us out…." Oh, all the animals agreed with him. "I think that'll be true," they say. "If there's gonna be any people, they gonna hunt us out." So they holler at him, "Okay, brother, no more fires!"
So that's how come there's no fire for the animals. Otherwise they'd be hunted out. [laughs]. It would be lots – – people would be making lots of money as firefighters nowadays. Animals would be putting on all the fires like wolverine.


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Secretary of Education Rod Paige has an editorial excoriating the NAACP for its "corrosive rhetoric" on the Wall Street Journal. It is subscriber only, but if Opinion Journal.com runs it this weekend, I'll link it (Opinion Journal runs a small selection of the prior week's editorials and op-ed pieces on weekends).
This follows-up on Pres. Bush's decision to decline to speak to the NAACP convention last weekend, which I noted here.
UPDATE: The AP reports on Paige's editorial here.
And Pres. Bush has announced that he will address the National Urban League, another civil rights group that states its purpose is "empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream."


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Yesterday was cleaning.
Today was cooking and baking.
I was going to make curry chicken and roti for dinner last night and then my mom said she was coming over with my sister. I didn't have enough chicken to feed 5 people and there was nothing in the house to "stretch" it with, so I made spaghetti and meatballs instead.
morning afternoon I convinced Princess to make pancakes with sausage for brunch. I like when she makes pancakes. Although I think she is taking my watching of calories a little to far, as the pancakes she made specially for me were on the small size.
Today's lunch was supposed to be curry chicken but while putting the seasoning together I realized I didn't have any curry powder. Princess with such faith in her mother's abilities suggested I make my own from scratch. Gotta love that girl. 🙂
I was supposed to go to No Frills to purchase a few sale items. As time passed this afternoon I was feeling overwhelmed so I went to the closest supermarket and picked up curry powder among other things. My list contained 6 items, I came home with 7. Damn cherry addiction. 😦
A while back Carla wrote that she bought her yeast at Costco as you get much more for the same price or less than what's available in the supermarkets. So when I ran out of the yeast in the little brown jar I bought a block from Costco. I had no idea what to expect. I have yet to taste the rolls I made, but they were the softest rolls I think I have ever made. 🙂 Thanks Carla.
Tomorrow will be back on the exercise wagon.
Think I can convince myself to get up in the morning and get it out-of-the-way?


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Bon Appetit has a terrific article on their website about the 10 Fast Food Restaurants that treat their workers really well. It is an inspiring article that also makes for some positive contrast to the recent news of striking fast food workers. Of the places mentioned, I have not or may not visit most of them in my lifetime due to location, but if in their areas, I would seek them out not just because their food sounds awesome, but because I know how well they are treating their associates. One of the joints mentioned I have been to a few times though, and I'm proud to say I have.
The K-Man and I lived in the Washington, D.C. area for a couple of years and during that time, I visited the famous Ben's Chili Bowl more than once. I truly revel in little independents like this, particularly when they come with a storied history and Ben's certainly has written quite the tale for itself in its 55-years.
Opened in 1958, Ben's Chili Bowl has truly seen it all. Ben's opened in the U Street Corridor and this was known as "Black Broadway" at the time. Typically performing nearby, everyone from Duke Ellington to Miles Davis to Bill Cosby hit up Ben's for one of their soon-to-be-famous chiliburgers or half-smokes. Dr.Martin Luther King was also a customer. In 1968 after Dr. King's assassination, DC was nearly undone from the rioting but when the city closed down, Ben's stayed open. Ben's obtained special police permission to stay open to serve the firefighters, police and the activists all during those tumultuous days. U Street, like much of DC, struggled to survive after the rioting, but Ben's stayed open through it all. Bill Cosby, who courted his wife at Ben's remained a lifelong fan and in the 80's, promoted the Cosby Show from Ben's. U Street was revitalized years later, and while Ben's enjoyed the fruits of the revitalization they remained, and continue to remain, blessedly the same. Their website tells of how customers asked them repeatedly to never change a thing and they listened. The booths are original and that secret sauce has never been altered. Family members of founders Ben and Virginia Ali still roam the floor, demonstrating the same warm service. Ben's Chili Bowl celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2008 with a big bash emceed by Cosby. Ten days before his inauguration, Barack Obama had to visit Ben's for a half-smoke.
And speaking of half-smokes, Mr. Cosby's favorite was also mine....the signature dish of half pork, half-beef smoked sausage with mustard, onions and that spicy homemade sauce that is to die for. Ben's uses 100% certified Angus beef and local produce to create their little wonders. And yes, there are turkey burger and vegetarian options on the menu, but the original eats have not changed a lick and this is a very good thing, Martha. It's all enough reason to admire Ben's, but hit that link at the top of the page to read why Ben's (among others) is also known for treating their associates well. There are reasons why the average Ben's employee has been there for more than 16 years. Ben's is a pristine example of how happiness and love can also certainly translate to killer flavor.
Carry on, Ben's Chili Bowl! May you continue to be the example of what a business should do...and be... for the rest of your days.


text: So, I know I have posted an image of this castle before, but I wanted to post this image in celebration of the last Harry Potter movie that comes out tonight at midnight. I can barely think of a time in my childhood when Harry Potter was not a big thing. First the books, then the movies, and now we have a world famous theme park! I grew up reading Harry Potter, along with practically my entire generation. I picked it up when I was eleven and Harry turns that same age in the first book, and as each subsequent book came out I was the same age as Harry each time (or really close to it). When I was going through the pains of adolescence, so was Harry. I know its kinda strange to relate my life so closely to a fictional character but I bet 10,000 Galleons that there are millions of HP fans out there who feel the same way I do. So enjoy the photo, enjoy the end of an era, and live on in the new age, and if you need a refresher going into the last movie watch this trailer I made of all the old trailers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIftV1C14rs


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Observational Study With Prospective and/or Retrospective Follow-up, Without Modifying Patient Treatment and Follow-up Practices for the Initial Treatment of Hypothyroidism in France (ORCHIDEE)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01197183
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 9, 2010
Last Update Posted : February 4, 2014
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|Condition or disease
Thyroid disorder can be central, caused by a deficiency in thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) production; or peripheral, caused by the decrease in the plasma concentration of thyroid hormones, more specifically of free thyroxine (free T4). Peripheral hypothyroidism is caused by the decrease in the production capacities of the thyroid gland.
The treatment of hypothyroidism is based on the restoration and maintenance of biological (judged on the basis of the standardised TSH and T4 values) and clinical euthyroidism.
A number of forms of thyroid hormones are available in the French market (Euthyral®, Cynomel®, L-thyroxine drops®), of which, Levothyrox® is the most frequently prescribed drug in this category.
The treatment of peripheral hypothyroidism, in particular, is well codified and almost consensual. In France, there is no published observational study, based on which one can document the manner in which subjects are treated. This observational study is set up to document these practices.
OBJECTIVES The principal objectives of this survey is to to get information on the use of Levothyrox in France
- Circumstances of diagnosis
- Record realised
- Terms and conditions of treatment by the general practitioner and/or the endocrinologist
The secondary objective is to evaluate the inclusion criteria for levothyroxine treatment.
For each subject the participating doctor will complete a follow up questionnaire form until the first control level of TSH after the diagnosis of hypothyroidism.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|1285 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Survey for the Initial Treatment of Hypothyroidism in France
|Study Start Date :
|October 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2009
- Initial questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Documentation of indications for levothyroxine treatment
- Follow-up questionnaire [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Documentaion of inclusion criteria (socio-demographic and clinical data, treatment information and biological values) for levothyroxine treatment. Follow-up questionnaire filled-in until the result of the first TSH level after commencement of therapy with thyroid hormones.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|35 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Recently diagnosed hypothyroid subject (either during the inclusion period, or within the 6 previous months) for whom, data related to the diagnosis is available if the diagnosis was not carried out initially by the investigating doctor
- Subject, who has given his/her oral consent for participation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject included in clinical trial or having participated in a clinical trial during the last 3 months
- Subject presenting a major and objectifiable risk of not being able to follow-up until the next TSH level (moving, problems encountered during another study, pathology affecting the vital prognosis in the short-term)
- All contraindications to Lévothyrox
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01197183
|Merck Lipha Santé Laboratories
|Saint Romain, Lyon, France, 69008
|Study Director:
|Dr. Frederic Landron, MD
|Laboratoires Merck Lipha Santé
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Frederic Landron, Laboratoires Merck Lipha Santé, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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|NCT01197183 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|September 9, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 4, 2014
|Last Verified:
|September 2010
Keywords provided by Merck KGaA:
Thyroid hormones
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thyroid Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases


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I just received a vBulletin Product Updates from you. Thank you, however I notice that you sent a copy of my Customer Number in the message.
I think this is a potential risk to the members security.
In the past I have had two keyloggers put on my PC and recently 172 hacking attempts (failed) that track back to Kerala in India so the hackers are active.
As a consequence, I try to keep information off my pc that a potential hacker could use. If a hacker had a KL on my pc, he now also has my customer number and as he would have my passwords could easily gain control of my website.
I appreciate that it could be classed as a service to me as customer, but it may be worth looking at the advisability of not posting such information to members in every update notice.
A link to where we could ask a staff member for information about our customer number would serve as well I think and be a lot more secure.
As we have seen with the amount of hacking of websites reported recently in here, sending the number is a real risk of helping a potential hacker to gain access to our websites. AL.
In answer to the obvious question, yes, I am a delusional idiot who blames his own stupidity on keyloggers, hackers, DRE, eater, theranter, 8thlegion, etc.


text: Anais had her first swimming class today. There is no pool at the school so the class was to walk to the nearest public pool about 10 minutes away. We can see the school from our apartment. I knew what time they were supposed to leave. Like a psychotic mother, I hung out the window, hoping to see her. I thought it would be fun to take photos of her walking past our apartment (the thought did strike me that I may get into trouble with French privacy laws what with the recent Kate photos brouhaha). They went the other way. I was disappointed. Similarly the other day, like a pyschotic wife, I hung out the window, hoping to see JB down on the street, arriving from the metro. I didn't spot him cross the road and come onto our side of the street. Ah well. I took these photos instead:


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Best of ASMP 2014
This is quite the honor. I've been named one of ASMP's Best of 2014.
When the call for work came out, I noticed one of the guidelines was to display a visual consistency for the images submitted. The Rice project definitely fit this description. Between the images selected and the post work done on them, the project as a whole has a 'look' to it.
And since I have a page with a lengthy interview on it(click that screencap on left to go to it) I feel I can be a little self indulgent…
Visual cohesion in a project
I find that Im approaching most new work in a specific way:
-Get the concept ironed out
-Let the technical details and execution steer the concept(a little)
-Early looks and experiments with post work while still shooting guides the rest of the footage gathered
I think the last point is what can really tie a project together. Obviously we are talking about something that takes several days/weeks/years to shoot and not a quick editorial portrait. Reviewing footage in a meaningful way while still shooting the project is really helpful. Applying early looks and experiments with post processing to the footage can suddenly bring out an a-ha! moment and guide the remainder of what you shoot and how you shoot it.
This approach worked well for me in Alaska. After several days of shooting I was reviewing footage and started noticing the shots wanted to get darkened up with just hints of light/color. This changed my lighting, my f-stops and angles for the rest of the trip. I knew what I was shooting towards so I could get there quicker with the camera and keep the images looking consistent even before they hit Lightroom.
Ok, thats it from me.
Head over and take a look at the interview. Its pretty entertaining:
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My standards roughly follow the Jewish standards in terms of coverage. I cover, more or less, to the elbow. I don't show cleavage and skirts generally come to my knee or just above. My hair is covered in public or in my home when there are men other than my husband present.
Religiously speaking modest dress within my parish (OCA Orthodox Christian) is not regulated but supported. During a liturgy it is not uncommon to see women covering their hair. At times such as lent it is likely you will see some more women covering their hair. No one really pays much attention to whether you cover you hair or not. The manner in which you cover and how much you hide is up to you. Young or old, married or single you might or might not cover you hair during service.
I am still something of an anomaly even within my parish or religious group. I cover (read hide my hair from the world) all the time. People are still a bit confused by it and attribute it to my excentric self. The most flak comes from my feminist (ish) mom and a couple of people whom I have known for some time. Generally I don't find that strangers notice or say anything. I will usually use a hat or a large scarf knotted at the back of my head. I just look like the local hippies. They're everywhere here.
I invite your comments about your standards, especially how you've come to your standards. If they are dictated by your religious group, tell me about how you may have struggled to follow those withing a culture that is less accepting of modesty.


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Guest Post by Big Daddy Autism: Knock Knock
So I asked him, "If you're not too famous or too busy yet, would you please write a guest blog for Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Of course, I'd be happy to write one for you in return, if you like. I'd better start reading up on Wilford Brimley." He agreed, so today Goldilocks and the Three Bears has 87% more humor. Enjoy his post, and then click over and read his blog, Big Daddy Autism. You'll be glad you did.


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I had to muse over this via the blog because I've been thinking about this all week and so I thought I'd open it up for debate here. When do you become a woman? I know that sounds like a silly simple question, but really, when? I'm twenty-four and when I refer to myself while speaking to other people I call myself a girl, and yet when I speak about other women my age I call them women. I've been wondering why I call myself a girl and not a woman–language is a powerful tool and so the words we choose do have an impact on the way we are percieved. I don't call myself a woman because I don't feel like a woman. But what does it take to feel like a woman and not a girl??
Anyone else do this? When did you start calling yourself a woman?


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Six months ago I wrote about a startup called Shopkick (it was then called MOBshop). The company won't disclose much of what their eventual product will be, but they've attracted some of the most high profile investors in Silicon Valley: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Reid Hoffman.
Here's what CEO Cyriac Roeding will say about Shopkick which is scheduled to launch in 2010: they aim to bridge the gap between the mobile phone and the physical shopping worlds.
In the meantime they are launching CauseWorld, "the first mobile application that let's you do good deeds simply for walking into a store." The application should be available on the iPhone appstore later today. Android is coming soon, along with more mobile platforms.
CauseWorld app users earn "karma points" when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. No purchase is required at any store, and karma points can be redeemed nine predefined good causes. Big brands like Kraft Foods and Citi (both are on board) then turn the karmas into real dollar donations to those causes. Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. are examples of the causes.
Here's how it works: Like foursquare and gowalla, you open the application on your phone and see local businesses (instead of showing everything around you, CauseWorld only shows businesses that you can check into for karmas). Enter the store, check in, and get the karma points offered to you. Once you've collected enough karmas you can donate them to a variety of causes. And, of course, you get badges for various activities.


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More than 37,000 people came to see movies with us last fall - and included in that number are the dedicated fans that came back to the theatre every day to see something new.
Whether it's documentaries, comedies, the latest Hollywood hit, or an up-and-coming indie drama, we know that there are film fans in Calgary who really love to come out for everything the festival has to offer.
So this year, we've decided to recognize our ultimate fan with something new: the Calgary Film Fan of the Year award!
If you take time off work to watch more films, annoy your friends by making a movie schedule spreadsheet, and make an effort to see as much as you possibly can over our 12-day run, then this contest is for you! We've partnered up with Evans Hunt and Stone-Olafson to figure out which one of our festivalgoers has seen the most movies by October 1. Not only does the winner get a shiny official trophy, but they will also receive a $1,000 travel voucher for Delta Air Lines!
To be entered, you must go to the Festival Box Office on the main floor at Eau Claire Cinema once you have seen your first five films - bring proof of attendance, such as ticket stubs or confirmation emails. You will receive a golden button (so you can show off, of course), more information about how to stay in the contest going forward, and the official rules. The contest runs until the end of day on Saturday, September 30, with the winner announced at the Awards Party on Sunday, October 1.
Everyone who sees 10 films or more is also able to vote in our new Fan Favourite Award, which will help their favourite film get the recognition it deserves!
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General Laws of Massachusetts mandate an annual street listing of residents as of January 1 of each year. As part of this process we are making it more convenient for the residents of Springfield to respond to the annual city census. If you did not return the form mailed to your home or if you lost the form, download a copy of the city census to print, fill out and return. Failure to respond to the census shall result in removal from the active voting list and may result in removal from the voter registration rolls. Listed below are options that we hope will make responding to your census as easy as possible:
Absentee Ballot Application Form (PDF)
Solicitud para Votar en Ausencia (PDF)
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Return completed forms to:
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We've all seen it before. One of your LinkedIn friends started a business, or more likely a side project, and lists one of their "jobs" as "Beats By Stu Tiggle" or what have you. It's awesome that you have an interest or goal that you are pursuing, and maybe it isn't quite full-time yet, but you're working on escaping the rat race. Good for you. But dude, you aren't "CEO" or "President" or some other ludicrous title. You should change that ASAP to stop looking like such a douche.
CEO's have boards under them. They lead corporations. Even if you've established an LLC, you don't have a board of directors to report to. By having a self-appointed title like that, the smug self-righteousness you possess is all the more evident, parading around the web for all to see. Get real, you and your buddy are at best "Owner" or "Founder" or something along those lines.
A friend of mine who owns a bar has a LinkedIn profile. Rather than make his title "CEO/Director of Business Operations" or "VP of Liquid Delivery," he keeps it real: "Owner and Janitor."
If you are guilty of this offense, go change your title to "Owner." The rest of the world will immediately take you a little bit more seriously.


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Fiefs de Lagrange is the second wine of Chateau Lagrange from the St. Julien region of Bordeaux. I consider Lagrange to one of the best values in Bordeaux as prices for the Grand Vin typically range from $30 to $50 in great vintages (i.e. the 2005 for example). The Fiefs de Lagrange is consistently a quality wine and a real bargain as it typically ranges from $15 to the low $20 range. The 2005 can be had as a future for $22 from Zachys in Scarsdale. This is where I bought the 2002 Fiefs for the incredible low price of $12 about 6 months ago although I have not seen that price before or since and I haven't even been able to find the wine anywhere else.
The 2002 Fiefs de Lagrange is young and full bodied. Deep garnet in color with black currant, spice, tobacco, and chocolate. It has a nice chewy texture and a long finish. The wine isn't as massive as the 2002 Lagrange but its close. This wine probably can probably stand at least two to three more years of bottle age to soften up.
Like I mentioned, I haven't been able to find the 2002 anywhere since I found it at Zachys but just about any vintage of this wine is worth checking out.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
2002 Fiefs de Lagrange (St. Julien - Bordeaux)
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
Windows and Walls
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
It's Springtime, time to open the windows and let new life enter in. Enough of closed walls!
- April 16, 2017 at 9:58 AM
- Trisha Woollcott said...
This is a wonderful reminder of how to try to be in the moment.... you catch the elusiveness of both our squiggily minds and the moments of window-sight. I'm reading the Emmannuel Books which I stole from Mom's bookshelf .... same message.... and Richard Rohr's message too in the Christian framework.... Now to figure out how to sit quietly and DO IT!
xxxxx Trish
- April 16, 2017 at 10:08 AM
- Leia said...
First, a reply to Anonymous. Well put! Let's tend our commitment to keeping those windows open, our own tender and slender spring shoots.
And to Trisha...Yes, the word is out, and has been seemingly forever. I love that the same message keeps showing up, no matter the particular bent of teacher or student. Somethin' fer everyone, yes? And as you so aptly point out, the trick is in acting on what we know, living it in the midst of our individual lives. Let's wish us all good luck with that one...and then do as we can, to the best of our abilities!
Thank you both for reading and for writing!
- April 16, 2017 at 11:44 AM
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My dearest, life long friend Elizabeth (see post below)
lost her her one and only sister, Laura Jensen, to cancer on Friday, May 27th, 2011.
Laura was one of the most beautiful, vibrant women I ever knew. She was the always full of life, joy and love. She was the best big sister you could ever imagine...I remember always wishing that she was my big sister too. And, in a way, she was. When you grow up across the street from someone from the age of one through high school, they are like family.
Our prayers were for a miraculous healing for her body, but sometimes the *miracle is on the other side. As Lizzy told me on Thursday, "God must have some serious blessings coming from this."
(Rom. 8:28, Jer 29:11)
Words cannot express how much Laura was loved and will be missed. And, honestly...I still haven't wrapped my mind around the fact that she is gone. I never thought this day would come...and my heart is still fighting the idea.
Thankfully, due to the promises of our Heavenly Father, Laura is in His presence at this very moment. The heavens greatly rejoiced as she entered the gates...and we will see her again. This life is but a breath...eternal life is forever.
(Laura with Elizabeth & her daughter Elizabeth, Dec '10)
2 Corinthians 5:1
1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Philippians 3:20-21
20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
John 6:40
40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
John 11: 25-27
25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."
Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.
John 14:1-3
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I am.


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Improving Port Efficiency: A Comparative Study of Selected Ports in India
This paper describes how seaports play a vital role in connecting national supply chains to the global marketplace in the age globalization. Improving port operations has become a priority for many countries and one of the ways to achieve this objective is by evaluating the present efficiency as per the parameters laid down for port industry. This paper measures the efficiency of the major Indian seaports using data envelopment analysis on selected input and output variables. The input variables included – storage facilities, number of berths and number of cargo handling equipments. The two output variables included were average total turnaround time and average output per ship berth day. Six out of 12 ports were identified as efficient ports. Further, an attempt is made to identify various areas for improving the port efficiency based on interviews with port managers from a selected port in India, where the researchers had an opportunity to carry a research project. The interviews were based on a series of qualitative discussions pertaining to the efficiency of ports with the port managers. The study can thus form the baseline on which further adaptation can be made to suit their specific needs.
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- Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/17566517
- Kamble, Sachin S
- Raoot, Arun D
- Khanapuri, Vivek B
- Publication Date: 2010
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 444-470
- International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
- Volume: 2
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
- Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijstl
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Globalization; Marine terminals; Port operations; Productivity; Seaports; Terminal operations
- Uncontrolled Terms: Data envelopment analysis
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01321125
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 23 2010 11:37AM


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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Scott's Nominations
In Sunlight And In Shadow - Mark Helprin
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Team Of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Down The Great Unknown - Edward Dolnick
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
A Perfect Spy - John Le Carre
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Shoot, I want to read all of these. But I can't get enough of LeCarre, and have still never read Clarke, so they go to the top for me.ReplyDelete
Perfect Spy - 6
Childhood's End - 5
Down the Great Unknown - 4
Team of Rivals - 3
In Sunlight and in Shadow - 2
Elantris - 1
Perfect spy - 6ReplyDelete
Great unknown - 5
Team of Rivals - 4
Elantris 3
In sunlight and shadow 2
Childhoods end 1
Perfect spy - 6ReplyDelete
Great unknown - 5
Team of Rivals - 4
Elantris 3
In sunlight and shadow 2
Childhoods end 1
A Perfect Spy (6)ReplyDelete
Down the Great Unknown (5)
Childhood's End (4)
Team of Rivals (3)
Elantris (2)
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What date are you thinking, Scott? 2nd Thursday in Nov?ReplyDelete
I'm thinking the 2nd Thursday in November (14th), and, at the risk of being accused of having no imagination, I am proposing a return to Joe's. What better spot (at least in Provo that I can think of) to talk about a spy novel than a pool hall? Any other suggestions would be more than welcome.ReplyDelete
The only better place would be if Joe's has a secret door that leads to a basement with cement walls and a round table lit by a single bare lightbulb overhead. And a green filing cabinet in the corner.ReplyDelete
I like Joe's. I've got to a conflict on the 14th, though. The 21st is open for me but I understand if you've got to keep the usual schedule for this one.ReplyDelete
Far as I know, I'm good for either the 14th or 21stReplyDelete
Let's do the 21st then. That will work for me as well.ReplyDelete
Just ordered it. Hopefully it comes in time for me to read it on the plane. Too bad that plane isn't flying me to Joe's.ReplyDelete
Come on, Myles. Can't you schedule a layover at the Provo airport? Or even better, book a plane ticket to your supposed destination (Prague?), then catch a last minute standby ticket to Provo using your fake passport.ReplyDelete
Prague was last week :) Actually, I'll be in Denver for a conference. Too bad it's hard to play pool over Skype.ReplyDelete
Somehow I didn't see coming that my daughter's birthday is Thursday. Since she's turning 3 and still goes to bed early, I can join you guys at 8 p.m.ReplyDelete
The Deseret News ran a story Sunday about how a group of 10 sister missionaries nearly drowned in the super typhoon. Even though there are gaps in the story, there's enough detail to make you think of Isaac's Storm: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865590735/Surviving-the-typhoon-A-story-of-fear-faith-and-what-it-means-to-be-prepared.html?pg=all
I hate to do this, but due to unforeseen circumstances, I'm not going to make it tonight (and its even my book, making it even more frustrating for me). Long story short, I recently spent 10 days get up close and personal with the flu, including 4 days days off from work sans pay. This week (or should I say 'this weak') has been my first back since being laid low and we have had mandatory overtime. Not being anywhere near 100%, it has been a rough week to say the least and I am almost completely exhausted with one more long day to go. Add to that the fact that Merilee is sick today and I feel like I am in my own personal Isaac's storm. I'll be more than ready for December, but tonight is just not happening for me I'm afraid. I hope you all have a good time and I look forward to next month. I hope everyone enjoyed the book. I really like the way he worked the letters in as part of the narrative. Anyway, have fun.ReplyDelete
Sorry you couldn't make it, Scott. We missed you. I still want to hear what you thought of the book and how it compares to all the other LeCarre you've read.ReplyDelete
Good thing I didn't catch that flight from Denver to Provo. I hope you're feeling better, Scott.ReplyDelete
I was really enjoying the writing, how the names of the characters had meanings in their respective languages, the perfection of the intrigue... I couldn't get past the sexual violence. Maybe I was identifying with the main character too much. The thought of someone treating my wife that way made me put the book down :(


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The 24th most popular mountain bike trail in Ohio.
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North of Columbus near Delaware in the Alum Creek State Park, the winding P2 trail is an advanced 6 mile mountain bike loop. The trail wind along the lakeshore through mature beech-maple forests and across deep ravines. It is best ridden counter-clockwise.
To reach the P2 mountain biking trailhead from US71, exit on Polaris Parkway. Follow Polaris Parkway to the second left for Africa Road. Follow Africa Road back under US71 and continue past Big Walnut Road. The P2 parking area is located just north of the intersection with Chesire Road. The trailhead is on the west side of Africa Road. The trail starts across the street.
Tip: The P2 Trail is closed from March 1st to May 15th for erosion control.
Overall, P2 Trail is the 24th most popular mountain bike trail of all 24 mountain biking rides in Ohio.


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text: Hi, I know it has been a week after those days and I should've move on :'). I thought I already did, but I'm not. Aku belum maafkan dia sepenuhnya. Or maybe I didn't forgive him yet. I don't know. Hati ni sakit lagi bila teringat. Masih lagi terngiang ngiang rasa panas, rasa sesak dekat dada, rasa kecewa, rasa macam macam masa jadi haritu. I don't know, I can't breathe when think about it. Semalam, I still think about that. What if, what if, what if :'). Sampai terbawa masuk mimpi. Aku tanak benci siapa siapa for no reason lagi dah, but this time I hate her. I do really hate her. Just because of what he had done. Dah seminggu. But aku still nangis before going to sleep. Still nangis bila teringat. Haha how cengeng am I. Nasib baik la bukan waktu cuti and bukan dekat rumah. If not lagi teruk aku meroyan. Thanks to Sarah, Khai, Qawiy and the others for making me smile everyday even I don't know la tu ikhlas ke tak sebab tengah serabut lagi. This the reason why I shouldn't love someone this much. I'll put high expectation on him and at the end I know he can't be that someone yang aku harapkan. Then, I'll disappointed. Sebab kadang kadang rasa usaha aku macam tak worth it. I'm trying my best not to do something that will break his heart. I don't really talk to a guy. Even adib classmate aku tu till now touching dengan aku sebab since sem 2 aku dah tak cakap dengan dia other than pasal kelas. He said aku lupa kawan when I'm actually tak maksud kan macam tu 😂. I don't simply follow any guys on twitter. Don't simply talk with other guys virtually apa tah lagi in real life. Aku kecikkan circle kawan aku sebab nak elak some stupid things happened. Yah I know, I did mistake. That's the biggest mistake that I've ever done in my life. Download tinder to make myself happy all over again. But when I'm actually not happy as I wished. Knowing nasrul makes me realise that I shouldn't be someone that I don't wanna be. Jangan paksa diri jadi someone yang kau tanak jadi just sebab marah. But those days when dah kantoi kan tu my heart broke into pieces. Rasa macam nak pergi mampus kan semua benda. But still this small part in my heart don't wanna let him go. I just can't. So rasa macam tu berterusan sampai sekarang. I know I should just forgive and forget. Everyone makes mistake. Aku bukan nak drag still berterusan sedih macam ni. Still berterusan tanak move on apa semua. But I need more time to heal. Macam patah kaki, masuk hospital makan ubat apa semua bukan boleh elok dalam masa 2-3 hari kan. Same goes to my heart. So yah it's all about time, time heals.


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Take a breath…
August 4, 2009
Hope summer is going well for you. As we enter the final weeks of summer 09 I strongly recommend you take a little time to recharge your batteries for the coming race to the end of the year. The recession has been tough on all, but on the positive side, it has slowed down the war for talent and the impact of the skills gap. After you rest up a bit, be ready to resume that race. Now is the time to think about your talent retention and acquisition strategies. What are you doing now to assure that you will remain competitive when the economy heats up again? GMS
Interview Notes
June 25, 2009
The interview went pretty well. It was actually kind of cool. I thought I might run out of things to say (yeah, right…) but actually I could have talked for an hour. That's not really the point of a radio interview, of course.
I received a number of emails from friends and colleagues.
All that said, I'm excited that The PWAC Manifesto is starting to get some traction. I believe it is important for us to understand the issues facing our society, our economy, your company and your career.
This recession has been painful and while it might not seem like it, is only a respite before the demand for talent resumes its upward climb.
Take this time to refresh your skills and take a few minutes out of your day and start thinking about how you want to live and work when things start to improve, which I believe will be later this year.
Remember, all those Gen Y's started graduating from college in 2007 and in about 3-4 years will be starting to buy houses and fill them with all the stuff we already have in our houses. Then the market and the general economy will rush to supply those new households with goods and services.
So, spend some time thinking about the future. Which one do you want?
PWACS Around US…or Not..
June 6, 2009
Friends, I'm getting the hang of this blog thing, I think. I have been collecting interesting news items and reading more about what makes a PWAC. Someone recently asked me about whether "PWACINESS" is actually a new idea or not. Haven't "elites" always existed?
It's a good point. My view is that while there always have been the elites in societies they were traditionally what I would call hereditary elites. Where monarchies existed, the elite came from the loins of the so-called royalty. In our culture, our elites came for the families of our richest citizens, many of whom EARNED their wealth in the entrepreneurial scrum of 19th Century America.
Today, elites (PWACs) will come from the ranks of the SMART. If you have the SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES, ATTITUDES, and INTELLECT to add value, companies and organizations will want, NO –NEED you regardless of where you come from.
The Talent Shortage may possibly do for people what BILLIONS of DOLLARS in spending and legislation have thus far failed to do. Create equality of opportunity for all…well, ALL that are willing to invest the time and energy it takes to cultivate these important skills.
It brings the question: Can ANYONE be a PWAC if they work hard enough? Your thoughts?


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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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That little girl said "color just doesn't really matter" and I teared up! It really bothers me that the people got concerned for the child when they saw her with her "father" and he was a different color (the white man/black daughter scenario). How are these people to judge whether or not the child felt comfortable? If this scenario happened in real life of course the child and the father would be uncomfortable! Of course the mother would be stand-offish if the waiter came at her like that! I know it was all scripted to get other people's reactions, but their reactions bother me. Do people think that when they see my biracial daughter out with her white mommy and white brother? Do they think that when I get up to go to the bathroom and leave my biracial daughter with her black father? Guess what, I really don't care what you think about my multi-racial family. If you don't like it, leave the area because we aren't. Come at me with questions and I'll tolerate you until you're rude. Lesson is to never judge a situation--you don't know the entire story. Families come in all shapes, colors and sizes and people need to realize that. ::stepping off my soapbox::ReplyDelete
@Nikki, i've gotten looks when i was out with my all white sister. people look at us as if i've kidnapped her. i teared up too when the lil girl said that. like you said, i know it was scripted, but those peoples reactions were real because they had no clue it was scripted. i almost fell out when the lady had the balls to say "i bet that's not even the real mom". really? wow. so some random black lady is going to run in and said oh yea i'm the mom? lol i think not.ReplyDelete
if yall get a minute check out some of the other ones. there's one on a white mom adopting a black girl and a black mom adopting a white girl. i just couldn't stop watching them. for some reason i've never watched that show on tv but that makes me want to a lil more.
people can be so judgemental and harsh to one another. i've often wondered if ppl look at my husband when he takes A out since she's so light and he's so dark.
just wanted to spread the info yalls way to make ya think =)
smh i would have figured the little girls would mixed or adopted. thanks for posting! loved the ending, very sweeet.ReplyDelete
@Dominique-Alexis, i would have thought the exact same thing!ReplyDelete
This is always the topic of discussion in my family. My family is mixed races. All of my uncles married outside of our race & my family is cool with the idea but the women who married into our family always talk about how people in their family feel uncomfortable with them marrying Black men. It is sad because there are children in the middle of all this. Nikki & I discussed something similar when she came to my house with Baby O...Its very sad.ReplyDelete


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Mayoi Hachikuji, Wandering Girl:
«Strange» «Spirit»【CONT】 If you have another 《Blood》 character, this card gains +2000 power.
【ACT】 Brainstorm [(1) 【REST】 2 of your characters] Reveal 4 cards from the top of your deck, and put them in your waiting room. For each climax revealed, search your deck for up to 1 《Strange》 character, reveal it to your opponent, and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.
Rarities: C = Common; U = Uncommon;
R = Rare; RR = Double Rare;
RRR = Triple Rare;
SP = Special; SR = Special Rare;
CC = Climax Common; CR = Climax Rare;
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Shawfield primary school opted for a managed plan with Venture, meaning unlimited updates for a fixed monthly price - with a 25% education discount to help with budgetary constraints. The school also benefited from a free redesign, normally costing £2500 - a new incentive developed by the senior management team at Venture. Shawfield's managed plan means they can contact our team 6 days a week between 8am and 8pm and ask us to add or change anything on the school website.
With a turn around time of just 3 weeks, Shawfield primary school launched its new website early this month and have had great feedback so far!


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Last month, immigration officials waited outside a hypothermia shelter for the homeless at a church in Fairfax County, Virginia, and picked up anyone looking Hispanic.
Now, a video shows three burly, intimidating dudes from ICE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement – loitering inside a Denver courthouse. They say for the camera they came to make arrests, but they admit they do not have a warrant. So now no one will press charges. Since January, four women have decided not to testify in domestic violence cases because they fear being deported. So now we're back to 1980. The immigrant community will not cooperate with the police, the court has to dismiss the charges, and the violent offenders go free. And you have to wonder if these cops aren't getting tipped off by the women's husbands.


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Yummy Tummy Farms will be open from 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday 8/11 and Sunday 8/12. If those hours are not convenient, please email email@example.com attn: Farmer Donald and I will do my best to accommodate your schedule and arrange a mutually agreeable alternative time.
What's Ripe?
Lots more pictures to come, especially heirloom tomatoes and more peppers- check back early and often!