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A few days ago my husband and I went to Big Bear Lake for a mini vacation. This area in the Los Angeles Mountains is very beautiful with its rugged looking mountains, tall evergreen pine trees and large rocks scattered all over the mountainside. Big Bear Lake is about 6,600 feet above sea level and the Summit is 8,700 feet above sea level so the air was thinner and so fresh to breathe in and out.
While we were driving through the forest of tall pines and seeing all the various rock formations we were very excited to "explore" all of the Big Bear area. We love nature and to visit this lovely area was very rejuvenating to our bodies. Big Bear does receive snow in the winter months and has great skiing and snowboarding "spots" for their winter sports. In the summer, mountain biking is a very popular sport with twisted trails around the rock formations challenges all bikers. The lake itself is wonderful for fishing, swimming and boating.
I noticed in walking around that people were very happy in this small community; It seems like a great place to visit or to live in. Since I live by the ocean in Southern California, I have not had an opportunity to ski the mountain slope nor ride a ski lift for that matter. The ski lift in Big Bear is open all year for winter sports as well as the summer sports. I decided that I was going to ride the ski lift up to the summit with my husband; something I had never thought of doing since I had a fear of heights!
When Bill asked me to go with him, I did not hesitate, I just climbed on and did it!!! I let my fear go and I just went with the flow. The lift up the mountain was fabulous! I had no fear, only excitement for what I was seeing and feeling. I actually felt like I was one with the tall pine trees. My feet brushed the top of these tall stately trees and the smell of the pine was heavenly. As we climbed the air became more thin and more cool and fresh to breathe. It was so quiet the only sound I heard was the bump of the pulley going up and on the other side going down.
I thought to myself,
I felt the angels' presence and it made me smile, I knew I was loved and protected and that my husband was as well. The lift then stopped on the summit and we got off to hike around. We hiked on a scenic trail and the view from where we stood was so beautiful, the mountains went on forever it seemed like, mountain range after mountain range. I was amazed at all the butterflies that were flitting around at such a high altitude, lizards scurrying around and many chipmunks were staring at us as we walked by their tree homes. All of this was so uplifting and I was so thankful that I could take in all this beauty before me.


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by Larry Rosenberg
As a Globonder, striving to enhance your business success and influence for the good of the world, have you written a book yet? To do so is to raise the bar of your reputation, which leads to relationships and revenues.
Several things give evidence of your professional and business competency and stature, such as advanced degrees, top universities, prestige affiliations, awards/honors and publications. Perhaps the most dramatic sign that you are an authority in your field having authored a book. Articles are good too, but a book puts you in a bigger league.
You can author your book alone or with others. It could also be the work of a ghostwriter, editor or book doctor; but as long as your name is on the cover, you get the credit. It can be a thin or thick volume; the length matters less than the fact that you are the (apparent) author. Hard or soft cover is not that key anymore. It used to count that your publisher was well known, but this is less important now that self-publishing and e-books are considered reasonable options. Hopefully the book will get many and good reviews, but then you need only quote the good ones. Then there are the book's sales: short of a best seller (which I wish on you!), no one has to really know how many copies you sold or have in storage.
What does your book demonstrate? That you have something that you believe is worth writing in book length and publishing. The book shows that you took the time, effort and expense to produce it. If you feel deeply about the content of your book, then the world needs to access and benefit from it and you! It enhances your reputation as a speaker and trainer, if your book mentioned in the introduction and is for sale at the event. Few things are more symbolic of your graciousness and status than giving your book as a gift to someone, and especially personalizing it with your hand-written inspirational message in the front of the book.
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Alison Powell received an MFA in Poetry from Indiana University in 2005. Her work has previously appeared in journals including Boston Review, AGNI, Crazyhorse, Black Warrior Review, Puerto del Sol, Antioch Review, and other journals, as well as in the anthology Best New Poets 2006. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.
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On the Desire to Levitate
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On the Desire to Levitate is the first collection of poems by Alison Powell. This striking collection includes vivid, unflinching meditations on aging, mythology, poetry, and family. In tight, elegant lines that alternate between homage and elegy, these poems explore known subjects with a rebellious eye: a defeated Hercules and a bitter Eurydice, a sympathetic Lucifer, and generations of adolescent girls as mythical adventurers moving within a beloved but confining Midwest.
"By turns tough, talky, triumphant, and tragic, like the Midwest itself, Alison Powell's On the Desire to Levitate lifts us above the lush landscapes of her vision. Hers is an elegiac imagination that, in its very lyric confidence, manages to affirm that flight is never simple—all while making it look effortless. In love with language, folk song, the raw fields, and eminence, these poems sing while conjuring. Presto!"
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In this post, I'll talk about various issues I encountered when trying to fit my water shader (discussed previously in part one and part two) into the engine for my game, which uses deferred rendering. Not all of the discussion is relevant or particular to deferred rendering.
I'll just quickly describe how I integrated it into the deferred engine.
We render opaque geometry to the G-buffer as usual. And then, we run our lighting pass into our final frame buffer as usual. Following that, the water is rendered into the frame buffer, and then other translucent geometry (particles, fog, precipitation, etc…)
The forward-rendered water uses the depth and diffuse buffers from the G-buffer. The diffuse buffer is used to get the correct color to show for the water bottom, and the depth buffer is used in order to determine the world position of the terrain on the bottom of the water. This is necessary to calculate the amount of "accumulated water" along the eye vector (see my previous posts for an explanation). Even though I don't currently, I may also end up using the normal buffer (see later in this post for an explanation).
One thing to note is that I need to do a special trick to store two separate depths in my G-buffer. Why is this? Well, the lighting passes and some of the post-lighting passes (fog, soft particles) need to know the scene depth, usually to reconstruct world position.
The issue is: are they interested in the world position on the water surface, or the terrain at the bottom of the water? The answer is " both"!
For instance, fog and particles (most likely) want to know the surface of the water. However, the water pass itself needs to know the position of the objects/terrain underneath water in order to correctly calculate light extinction and scattering (simply using water depth – as opposed to accumulated water along the eye vector – does not produce satisfactory results).
So how can I store two depths? I have 32 bit depth buffer, 16 bits which are reserved for the actual depth. Another 8 bits is for an ambient occlusion term, and the final 8 bits has no purpose in my engine (yet). It turns out I'm not particularly interested in the ambient occlusion term where there is water. Thus, where there is water, I can use the other 16 bits to store the depth of the water surface.
So my G-buffer now looks like this (please excuse the crude drawing):
The "secondary depth" is denoted by D' above.
How do I put it there? At the end of the G-buffer pass, I render the water geometry, but with color writes only enabled on the B and A channels of the Depth buffer. Then, later on when most clients request depth from the Depth buffer, I take the max of D and D'. Special clients – such as the water shader trying to figure out accumulated water – specifically request just the primary D.
Whew! Now onto the interesting stuff…
Lighting artifacts at the edge
Once I got it up and running, one of the first things I noticed was a bright rim around the edge of the water. What could cause this?
I use simple hemispheric ambient lighting in my game. The ambient value is modulated by the direction that the normal faces. This makes it brighter for geometry that faces the sky, and darker for geometry that faces the ground (typically you would lerp between different colors, but currently I just adjust the intensity). I was applying this correction in my water shader too. However, I was doing it blindly, based on the water normal which points to the sky.
It's clear from the above picture that it would suddenly get brighter at the water surface, since terrain near the edge generally doesn't face upward. To fix this, I instead use a normal that is tangent to the water surface. This of course has the opposite effect of darkening the water edge, especially when seen adjacent to terrain that faces generally upward. But this is much less objectionable. None of this is physically based anyway.
Here's an example of the problem and the fix:
Once this was done, I still noticed additional obvious "white rim" problems. For example, the left shoreline here:
This was of course because I had not yet implemented shadows on the water surface yet. The left shoreline is shadowed, but the water edge is not. I'll discuss shadows more in depth later in this post, but here is an example of with and without shadows (this time on the right shore):
Of course, there are yet additional issues here. Have a look at the following image and note the white rim along the edge prior to shadows taking over (so it couldn't be from the aforementioned shadow problem).
Of course, this is happening because I've made the correction for ambient light, but not the directional light (sunlight). I can't do what I did for ambient light – use a normal that is tangent to the water surface – because directional light actually comes from a particular direction on the world surface plane! If I chose an arbitrary tangent vector, I would get vastly different results depending on the direction of the light.
Probably the right thing to do here is to actually apply correct lighting to the surface underwater. However, this would require an additional sample from the g-buffer, coming with some performance penalty. I haven't yet decided if fixing the artifact is worth the cost.
I didn't really think about this until implementing the shadows to fix one of the white rim artifacts mentioned above, but you have a decision to make: shadows on the water surface, or the bottom of the water? Or both?
The more transparent the water is, the more it makes sense to do them on the bottom. But for silty water, that would look completely wrong. The correct solution is to calculate the shadows twice. Even this isn't completely correct though, as the light hitting the bottom of the water gets there through a much more complicated path. All we're trying to do is to approximate the process and come up with something reasonable.
You can compare the four different scenarios here:
Bottom shadows for silty water just look horrible (even disregarding the artifacts present due to a quick and dirty implementation), and surface shadows for clear water are somewhat reasonable. So I will stick with surface shadows for now.
I've come across a number of articles/posts on the internet talking about how deferred rendering makes refractive effects for water easy. It some ways it does, – because we have a diffuse buffer from which to sample – but there are some big drawbacks.
You can read all about refraction here, but basically light waves change direction when they pass from air to water (or vice-versa).
When rendering the point on the water's surface above, if we just read from the g-buffer at that screen position, we'll get the point directly behind the water surface. Since water has a different refractive index than air however, we actually want the point determined by the refraction vector shown above.
It's straightforward to calculate the refraction vector via Snell's law (or a rough estimation that is more suitable for a shader). However, figuring out which point to sample from in the G-buffer is not. We could perform an expensive ray march until we find the best point, but this comes at too significant a cost in performance.
Generally what is done is that we use the incorrect point (directly behind the water surface from the viewer), but offset the texture coordinates by some amount based on the ideal refraction vector. I won't go into details on how to do this – an internet search will yield several options (here is one).
This produces satisfactory results, save for one thing. Since it just gives us a texture coordinate for the G-buffer, we might be sampling from geometry that was rendered in front of the water. And in fact, the point we want might not be in the G-buffer (this is a common problem with screen-space algorithms of all types). If you look at the diagram above, I've lightly shaded (may be tough to see on some monitors) an area underwater that is invisible from the user's perspective, where our ideal refraction sample would lie.
The artifact is fairly noticeable. Look at the area surrounding the leaves on this plant. We're essentially seeing the plant leaves underwater!
My workaround – which looks more acceptable in a static image than when in motion – is to check the depth of our sample point (an additional texture fetch). If it's in front of the water surface, then abandon it and sample from the original point (additional texture fetch, or dependent texture fetch). The result:
It's better, but it's also significantly more expensive. I may make refraction effects an optional thing that can be enabled/disabled depending on performance (and given that in my game things are viewed from a fair distance above the world surface, refraction doesn't provide a huge visual benefit anyway).
An additional problem comes when you need to sample from outside the G-buffer. The artifact you'll notice here is streaking along the edges of your image. To fix this (I haven't tried it yet), I think we can just gradually scale the refractive texture offset to zero near the edges of the image. This will produce some motion artifacts, but hopefully they won't be too noticeable.
That's it for this post, hope you enjoyed. I'll suspect I'll make at least one more post about water, as there are some additional issues I want to explore.


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Can't they write something other
Than goddamn Haikus.
Ryu, Zangief, Sagat, Ken
Akuma, Ken, Ken
We see our lovely
over and over again
it is our lovely
rod of iron pain
musou again with a cane
missing the point of skill Pick your five and one
R, S, T, L, N and E
Now watch Vanna move
Why choose something else?
When this option always wins.
Button Mashing rules!
—>MisterApple, who severely needs help with this arrow thing. I've chosen someone
That I don't normally use,
Ha ha... Just kidding.
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"At the same time, it takes just as much faith to believe in atheism. To make the absolute statement "God does not exist" is to make a claim of knowing absolutely everything there is to know about everything and of having been everywhere in the universe and having witnessed everything there is to be seen." --- GotQuestions.orgAlso, I hear all the time that since I can't prove that God exists that I should just believe on the off chance that he might exist (see Pascal's Wager).
"We both have faith systems, Robert, because neither you nor I can prove scientifically God's existence or lack thereof. Science means knowledge and nobody was there to scientifically observe creation to "prove" anything, you must take it by faith." --- Pastor HeathWhat nobody can tell me is me how to make myself believe. I get all kinds of advice, but no actual solutions. I base my beliefs on what I know and what I percieve. It's counter-intuitive for me to base beliefs on what I don't know. There's no switch that I can flip that'll make me believe something that I have no proof of.
If I base my beliefs on something that I don't know, then I am worshiping a God of Ignorance. That's not the kind of God that I want to believe in.


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Pappy and Mads in the pool:
Cecilia and I before someone's anniversary dinner. Mads is just an extra in the photo, she didn't go. Neither did Jimmy or Jeff. Punks.
This is the cake I made for Jeffrey and Josh's birthday. J.A.P X2 because they both have those initials! That's Madelynn's cake on the side, after all, she wouldn't be here if Jeffrey didn't have a birthday.
These are from a fishing trip. I caught a trout! Jeffrey drank some brew,
and caught the bottom of the ocean.
Haha, I'm kidding, he caught a fish too. Just not in this picture, he's really pulling on the ocean when this was taken.
Woo-hoo Florida! We had a fabulous time and I was only one day past home-sick when we left. Good timing!


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This week, students at DePaul University are being asked to get involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and vote on a non-binding resolution that asks the university to divest from companies that do business in the Jewish State. But for some Jewish students on the Lincoln Park, Chicago campus, the campaign behind the proposed measure has created an atmosphere of intimidation, not free speech.
Rachel (last name withheld), a sophomore at DePaul, explained that the "DePaul Divest" campaign, begun two months ago, has transformed this campus from one that used to be "safe and community-giving."
"This entire campaign and entire sit-in going on in the SAC (Schmitt Academic Center) is totally unsafe for Jewish students and I have had a lot of Jewish students text me and call me today and tell me they are not comfortable walking through that part of our campus, which is really disheartening."
Rachel added, "About two months ago when SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) started the 'DePaul Divest' campaign, I no longer felt safe on this campus and I no longer felt I could be a proud Jewish student."


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Regarding my work on 454 pyrosequencing error rates with Professor Holmes this summer, I was recently asked about how to calculate a p-value for comparing two draws from a Binomial distribution to test the hypothesis that the number of substitutions seen in the sample is significantly greater than the number of substitutions seen in the control. There is actually no need to use the Poisson approximation, and the Binomial distribution very naturally takes care of varying coverage. I explain my approach here.
Archive for December, 2008
Binomial p-values for comparing pyrosequencing samplesDecember 10, 2008
OK, Matlab isn't that weirdDecember 10, 2008
So as Johan pointed out I made a pretty big mistake in my previous post because rand(10000) does not generate 10000 random numbers, it generates a 10000×10000 matrix of random numbers. Here's the corrected code:
tic a=binornd(1,0.9,10000,1); toc tic a=rand(10000,1)<0.9; toc tic for i=1:10000 a=binornd(1,0.9); end toc tic for i=1:10000 a=rand<0.9; end toc
And here are the corrected times:
Elapsed time is 0.002682 seconds. Elapsed time is 0.000368 seconds. Elapsed time is 0.462683 seconds. Elapsed time is 0.000401 seconds.
This does seem a lot more reasonable. The extra overhead in calling binornd presumably explains why (2) takes a lot longer than (1). (4) is almost as fast as (2) because (4) is automatically vectorised. However, it appear the compiler does not manage to vectorise (3) because it is a load slower than (2).
Although reasonable, there still seems to be a lot of inefficiency in how the random number generator's output is used in binornd. rand generates a random number between [0,1]. If it generated a true real from the uniform distribution on [0,1], we could construct an infinite sequence of independent binary random variables just by taking it's binary representation. Let's assume that it does generate a true draw from the uniform distribution up to the numerical accuracy defined by the 64-bit internal representation of a double: we then have 52 random bits (since out of the 64bits 52 define the fractional part), 52bits of information. The distribution I actually want to draw from (0 with probability 0.9 and 1 with probability 0.1) has information bits. When we do the rand<0.9 operation, we throw away 52-0.469 bits, which is pretty wasteful in any situation where the random number generation is critical, such as Monte Carlo simulation.
Matlab is weirdDecember 5, 2008
Try running this code in Matlab:
tic a=binornd(1,0.9,10000,1); toc tic a=rand(10000)<0.9; toc tic for i=1:10000 a=binornd(1,0.9); end toc tic for i=1:10000 a=rand<0.9; end toc
This is the output I get:
Elapsed time is 0.001861 seconds. Elapsed time is 3.184994 seconds. Elapsed time is 0.455896 seconds. Elapsed time is 0.000405 seconds.
This seems very strange. I can see that the second approach is wasteful: generating a random number between 0 and 1 contains a lot more information than the one bit the cutoff reduces it to. But why is the final loop so fast? Aren't loops meant to be bad in Matlab? It's reassuring that the binornd function is faster than the second approach, but even more strange that it's then slower in the loop in the third approach!
My conclusion is that Matlab is a very strange platform, and that you should be very careful assuming one way of doing something will be the fastest. It also pushes home the point that it's a pretty dodgy environment to use for performance testing of algorithms!
"Ridiculous stats"December 1, 2008
So Johan recently showed me this ridiculous nature article, where they do linear regression on winning olympic 100m sprint times to conclude that by 2150 women will run faster than men. Two responses (here and here) criticize the article, but I thought I should compare to the obvious Bayesian approach: GP regression. I used Carl's code to perform the regression in Matlab, with squared exponential covariance function, and I optimized the hyperparameters using the minimise function. The two plots below show the results.
These plots show that GP regression agrees pretty well with intuition: the data tells us nothing about what will happen past about 2030.


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According to exotic dance trainer Cati Jean, if Jessica Biel's film career dries up she could take up dancing with no problem.
Trainer Jean worked with the actress to prepare for the film Powder Blue. There will be a very limited release on May 8 before the film comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 26.
Times of India reports:
"Jessica is so good and so focused. She has the beauty element, she has the body – she has all the package that you want in a professional dancer," the Sun quoted Jean as saying."She could be a professional dancer if she wanted to. She is strong, she is flexible. She has everything," she added.
Jessica gets down and dirty in the film that also stars Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze.
The film features some well-known talent but the word out is that the main draw of the film is that Biel strips.


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Thursday, August 4, 2011
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- Natalie said...
Great job! Looks like it was a lot of fun to make. The colors, the die cutting, the stamps! All very cool!!! How do you like Close To My Heart? I just got into Creative Memories and have my first party on Sept 2nd! I am so excited! I can't wait to share all the tricks and techniques I've learned from the crafting community, too!! Check out my blog http://timelesslegacydesigns.blogspot.com/ and follow by e-mail if you'd like!
- August 12, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Vannessa said...
Beautiful:) I would put it in my home:)
- August 13, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- BecciRay said...
I LOVE CTMH - but I am mostly in if for my own hobby. The colours, coordinating inks, marker and stamps are EXQUISITE. I was hooked several years ago when I needed some ideas for layouts - I was brand new to scrapbooking. The Workshop-On-The-Go programs were what got me in the first place - the fantastic materials were what made me stay.
- August 17, 2011 at 7:17 PM


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Help feed the birds
>> Tuesday, January 1, 2008
I saw a photo the other day of a Christmas tree trunk used as a prop for peanut butter used to feed birds. I agree it is a good idea. I have been doing this same thing for a couple of years now, but with a twist. I am one of those families that doesn't buy a Christmas tree every year. Yeah, that's right, I have an artificial tree and it is just as beautiful as any real once-live tree and it works just as well to satisfy our need for celebration.
Anyway, I put thick globs of peanut butter on my existing trees and the birds love it. I simply smear a large glob in the crotch of two branches and they find it without any problem.
Whenever I go grocery shopping with my wife, or when I do it myself, I look for the cheapest, largest jar of peanut butter I can find and the birds and I are set.
Birds eat up the peanut butter quickly so it never sits around long enough to spoil during those warmer days of winter we are beginning to experience more frequently.
Every winter we see an increase in the number of birds as well as in variety because of the suet feeders (and the fact that very few people put food out for birds). Downy Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, Redwing blackbirds, Chickadees, Starlings, and Dark-eyed Juncos all come around to enjoy the free offering. At times, the noise from the birds is almost deafening but it is a very satisfying noise as I know they have a better chance of survival due in some small part to me and cheap peanut butter.
There are many recipes on the internet for suet-based or peanut butter-based mixtures but I find that plain peanut butter works just as well.
Here is a very basic recipe that can be used as a 'starter' mix and keeps well even in warmer weather:
peanut butter (you can use smooth or crunchy, I have not noticed any difference in bird activity so do it for yourself)
oatmeal (Quaker oats or whatever)
lard (do not substitute vegetable shortening)
white flour (just to make it not so sticky)
Melt the lard and peanut butter, and stir them together. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour the mixture into freezer containers or muffin tins or a brownie pan, about 1 ½ inches thick. When cool, cut into squares, wrap in wax paper or plastic, and store in the freezer. You can add a bit more peanut butter to make a softer mixture which allows you to stuff into any holes or nooks in your tree.
You can get as creative as you want with recipes by adding pieces of fruit, corn bread mix, popcorn, raw seeds, fruit juice, eggs (as cannibalistic as this sounds the will eat it.) Just keep in mind that most of this embellishment is more for you than for the birds, sure they will eat it but you really don't need to go to the extra expense.
So, be creative and join in on the fun of bringing birds to your yard.


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Title: Assistant Professor Positions in Finance, Management, and Accounting
- Employer: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Business Department)
- Location: Spain
- Position Type: Assistant Professor
- Deadline: Dec 31, 2017
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The Department of Business Administration at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (uc3m) invites applications for full-time tenure track positions in the areas of: Finance, Management, and Accounting.
We seek highly qualified candidates who are committed to a career in research and teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or have completed the requirements for such a degree by the date of employment. Knowledge of Spanish is not required. The appointment is expected to begin in September 2018.
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The deadline for applications in Management is November 1, 2017.
The deadline for applications in Finance is November 27, 2017. We will conduct interviews at the AFA meetings in Philadelphia, on January 5-7, 2018.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Distinguished one-time resident of my hometown dies
She sure was unlucky when it came to husbands (although she doesn't seem to have been as unlucky as they were).
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Paco, she was born in the same town as my maternal granddad. The little I know tells me we could be related!
- June 14, 2011 at 7:41 PM
- Paco said...
PC: Hey, that would be quite the ice breaker at a party!
- June 14, 2011 at 11:12 PM
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Where is nice to live near Lincoln?
This will be my first time living in England and I have no real knowledge of the area. I am happy to live in the city or in the countryside, as long as the area is safe and the drive to Witham St Hughs isn't too long. A few shops I could walk to would be handy.
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There wil be plenty to rent in WithAm st Hugh's which is a pleasant housing development. There are a few shops, you could live and work there, no need to commute! Lincoln itself is very nice and has lots of amenities as well as areas of histotrical interest, if you don't want to live and work in same place.Answered on Mar 9 2014, Report content
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Irreverence is back by popular demand! The first episode of Everybody's Stupid was such a hit that we could hardly deny you any more! We've decided that we'll be premiering a new episode just about every two weeks for the next twenty weeks! That's a lot of irreverence!
Anyway, pour yourself a drink, microwave some popcorn (just don't burn it if you're in the office) and rejoice because Episode Two of Everybody's Stupid is here!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Everyone is Stupid
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Oh. my. god. HAHAHA!
- November 14, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Everyone is Stupid is Cra-zy! Keep 'em coming!
- November 20, 2008 at 2:25 PM
This is GR8!!! Can't wait 4 the next 1.
- November 21, 2008 at 8:44 AM
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Introduction to the best essential oils for skin
Scientists and doctors worldwide have acknowledged the skin problems as a very serious threat which they battle every day. After extensive research, we've compiled some of the best prescriptions and recommendations that we could find, but we also kept in mind that these solutions had to be natural.
Organic Essential Oils can prove to be of much use to you if you decide to try them out – they're extremely healthy and exceptionally quick. We've listed the top 10 along their main attributes and recommended uses.
Best oils for the skin
Tea Tree – Used for clearing, purifying and removing acne. Can easily dry out any blemishes. Best used when your skin is swollen and red from irritation.
Jasmine Oil – Very versatile essential oil. It is perfect for people with regular and sensitive skin, and it's great for the removal of scarred tissue and larger stretch marks.Combining it with another skin care piece might be a good call.
Lemongrass – People with pores are advised to use the Lemongrass oil. Just a couple of drops would be sufficient to make your skin firm and supple. Helps improve your tone as well.
Peppermint – People refrain from using this essential oil mainly because they don't know how healthy it is. It might be a bit odd on the skin, but it's one of the healthiest oils. Perfect for calming down an irritated skin or a rash.
Chamomile – Can be used before and after the damage occurred. If used before, it will shield the skin against cuts and infections. If used after, it will soothe the pain and purify the skin. Very easy to make and quite affordable.
Carrot Seed – One of the essential oils that has additional properties, carrot seed oil can be used as a sunscreen, as a rejuvenator, or to improve your sight.
Ylang-ylang – A catalyst essential oil, Ylang-ylang is able to revert the outward appearance of most damages caused to the skin.
Sandalwood – Older people would find much use of sandalwood oil as it hides the wrinkles and rejuvenates the skin.
Coriander – Very smooth and sensitive, Coriander oil can be used on virtually any type of skin.
Rose – Rose oil is capable of normalizing the tone of skin after extensive usage. It' great for people who have problems with photosensitivity and who get sunburns easily.
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Boutique nursery featuring rare vegetable heirlooms located in San Diego, California.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Summer Cover Crops
Summer is finally upon us in now sunny San Diego and to celebrate Seeds in the City is coming out of hibernation with a new post. Thanks for your patience!
Cover crops can be a very beneficial addition to your soil that most farmers and gardeners plant in the winter to ready the soil for spring planting. In addition to adding organic materials to the soil they can solve compaction problems as well as suppress weeds and attract beneficial insects.
In between the spring/summer and fall/winter garden you can also have a cover crop. Our soil is in definite need of a quick pick me up before the fall planting commences so I looked into a few options.
Our issues were specific, we needed a quick growing crop that could tolerate summer heat and could be tilled under in a matter of weeks. We ended up going with Buckwheat which is ready to till under right after it flowers in a mere 4-5 weeks and Soybeans. Here is a short breakdown of some options;
Canola (Rape) - Smothers weeds, fast growing and suppresses nematodes.
Clover - Great for attracting beneficial's and some can be quite pretty. Downside is a lot of clover varieties require up to 1 year before they can be turned under.
Cow pea - Smothers weeds, suppresses nematodes if allowed to bloom before tilling, adds nitrogen to the soil and it's edible!
Soybean - another edible choice that adds nitrogen and thrives in heat, till into the soil when 50% of the plants have flowered or wait to harvest the beans.
When you cover crop is ready to till under cut it to about 2 inches above the soil and let dry a couple of days. Then gently dig it into the top layer of your soil, preferably by hand.
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Summer has been rather elusive this year. We've finally warmed up too, although yesterday's temps were a bit extreme.ReplyDelete
I like that buckwheat doesn't take as long before it can be turned into the soil. Although, now that I'm gardening more with California natives, I have to keep reminding myself that this buckwheat isn't the same genus as our native Eriogonum species. I think the cover-crop buckwheat is Fagopyrum.
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serious on games, and serious games with a focus psychology
Monday, 19 March 2012
It's time to reboot this project and make a plan to discover the world of serious games.
In the mean time a short clip showing one of the first computer animated series.
Brilliantly portraying the life of video game characters.
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Originally native to southern Mexico and now cultivated in many tropical countries (including Brazil , India , Indonesia , South Africa , Vietnam and Sri Lanka ), the papaya plant has been touted by traditional healers for centuries as a source of powerful medicine. Not only is papaya fruit delicious and loaded with vitamins and phytochemicals, but other parts of the plant have been used historically to treat health problems too.
Now University of Florida (UF) researcher Dr. Nam Dang and his colleagues inJapan have announced new evidence that the papaya fights cancer cells. In fact, they discovered that an extract made from dried papaya leaves produced a dramatic anti-cancer effect against a broadrange of tumors grown in the laboratory — including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas.
The study, recently published in theJournal of Ethnopharmacology, not only showed that papaya has a direct anti-tumor effect on a variety of malignancies, but it also documented for the first time that papaya leaf extract increases the production of key signaling molecules called Th1-type cytokines.
That's important because this regulation of the immune system raises the strong possibility that the use of papaya could help the body's own immune system to overcome cancers. In addition, it suggests papaya could be helpful in treating or preventing other health problems such as inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
The research team found that papaya's anti-cancer effects were strongest when cancer cells received larger doses of the papaya leaf extract — yet, unlike many mainstream cancer therapies, there were no toxic effects at all on normal cells.
In a statement to the media, Dr. Dang pointed out that the ability of papaya extract to stop cancer without toxicity is consistent with reports from indigenous populations in Australia and in his native Vietnam .
What exactly does papaya do to halt malignancies? To find out, the researchers focused on a T-lymphoma cancer cell line. They discovered that at least one of the mechanisms that makes papaya extract a potent anti-cancer weapon is the natural compound's ability to cause malignant cells — but not normal ones — to die.
The researchers hope to follow up these experiments by eventually testing the papaya cancer treatment in animal and human studies. Up next for Dr. Dang and his colleagues: they've applied to patent a process to distill the papaya extract through the University of Tokyo and they are working to identify all the specific compounds in the papaya extract that are active against cancer cells.
To this end, Dr. Dang has partnered with Hendrik Luesch, a UF Shands Cancer Center professor of medicinal chemistry who is an expert in the identification and use of natural products for medical purposes. Dr. Luesch recently discovered yet another natural cancer fighter — a coral reef compound that blocks cancer cell growth in cell lines.
Health Benefits
Sweet and tasty papaya makes an excellent breakfast and is good in fruit salads. It can be blended with yogurt to make a delicious digestive smoothie. It also works well as an added ingredient in green salads. It tastes particularly good with lemon juice squeezed over it. The health benefits of papaya include heart disease and cancer prevention, cold and flu prevention and healthy digestions.
Papaya Nutrition
Papaya is an excellent source of vitamin C, with one medium papaya containing about 150% of the Daily value. It is also a good source of vitamin A, in beta-carotene form. It is also a good source of vitamin K, vitamin E and folate as well as the mineral potassium.
Papaya for Heart Disease Prevention
One of the health benefits of papaya is related to the fact that it contains high doses of three vitamins involved in heart disease prevention- vitamin A, vitamin E and beta-carotene. In addition, the high levels of folate found in papayas can help lower levels of the heart disease promoting amino acid homocysteine.
Papaya for Cold and Flu Prevention
Foods high in vitamin C, such as papaya, help boost the immune system. Vitamin C has been shown to help ward off symptoms of influenza A, the common cold and pneumonia. Vitamin A provides additional immune system support.
Papaya for Neural Tube Defect Prevention
Because papayas are rich in folate, they have applications in preventing neural tube defects. Eating folate-rich foods pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy can help the fetal spinal column to develop normally.
Papaya for Digestive Health
Papaya contains special digestive enzymes, called papain and chymopapain, which help digest proteins. Papaya is often used as a detoxification food and to give the digestive system a break, because it is so rich in its own digestive enzymes. Papaya also contains anti-oxidant vitamins C and E as well as folate, all of which can help prevent colon cancer.
Papaya/Pawpaw apaya (Carica papaya) originates from tropical American
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Early Childhood Education Boosts Kids' Health
Jul 17, 2017
"At the presentation, Glied noted the way in which pre-kindergarten could be a vehicle for health improvement, proving that universal pre-kindergarten not only accelerates diagnoses, but increases the number of kids treated early. "Kids who can't see well or hear well in classroom might have a very different attitude towards school and their peers," she said."
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Not everybody can afford a fancy Stationery Package, Letterpress detailing and Monogrammed RSVP cards, printed onto the finest paper handmade by Tibetan monks. But the alternative doesn't have to be something which looks like it came from your local nursery during craft hour (unless your particularly talented in the craft department and can replicate 60+ homemade cards of excellent quality and appearance, in which case well done you).
Print Your Own stationery is the budget solution to personalised Wedding Stationery without the huge price tag. You take care of the printing, folding and mailing and you simply buy a customised digital template with all your personal details pre-loaded and ready to roll. Etsy has loads of stores which specialise in just this, of which mine is just a single straw in a very large haystack. Finding a design which suits you and your big day is the challenge, but well worth the hunt.
So I introduce you to VanillaRetro, my store, which designs with the retro bride in mind. Have a peek and if there are any designs which you like, get in touch and I'll be happy to help. Or if I'm not your style, there are loads of other Etsy stores which just might be.
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Dux for a Cure
Anyone who had ever lost anyone to cancer knows the daily struggle.
Based in Vermont, the Mud Dux tri-club is about to take on their newest challenge - compete in the 2017 IRONMAN Mont Tremblant triathlon and raise $140,600 to benefit the MMRF. Two of the three DUX on this mission have lost their mothers to cancer; one to ovarian cancer, another to bladder cancer. This is why the Mud Dux have chosen to raise $1,000 per IRONMAN Mile in their quest to conquer the world-renowned IRONMAN Mont Tremblant. That's a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 run, a total of 140.6 miles completed in under 18 hours.
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I love our town. We've lived here 13 years & it continues to grow by leaps & bounds. Currently, it's one of the most sought after places to live in the US. We moved here only because of location & as long as I live in Texas, I hope to stay here. Yesterday, we drove by the Town Hall & discovered a beautiful tribute to those lost on that horrific, undeserving day. I'm proud to live in this town. ♥
This, below, broke my already broken heart.
I was home that morning, feeding our 5 month his bottle. Everything after that is a blur, other than my mother phoning. She was panicking. I offered to bring her office a television so they would have access to the footage. She declined. And as the rest of the world did, I watched the footage throughout the day, keeping my husband updated. I know so many of us went to bed that night & laid in silence. Praying.
And to this day, we continue to pray. Living life, just a little fuller. Tomorrow is not a promise, it's a gift.
May God continue to bless those & their families affected by such a horrendous, selfish act.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Remembering 9.11.01. Moments.
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Gorgeous photos. I love the Field of Flags tribute
- September 11, 2011 at 7:55 PM
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2 gored in 2nd running of bulls in Pamplona
Thursday, July 8, 2010; 2:37 AM
PAMPLONA, Spain -- Two people have been gored and at least four more injured in falls in the second running of the bulls of the famed the San Fermin fiesta.
Navarra Hospital's Dr. Fernando Boneta says one man is seriously injured after being gored in the thorax.
He says another man has been gored in the leg and is in better condition.
Four more people have been hospitalized in Pamplona for injuries, mostly from bruises sustained in falls during the run Thursday.
The names and nationalities of the runners gored were not immediately available.
Thousands took part in the dash to keep ahead of six fighting bulls and six bell-tinkling steers tasked with trying to keep the beasts together along the 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the northern town's bull ring.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) - Hulking bulls were set to be released again on Thursday to run after daredevils through Pamplona's historic old quarter after two sprinters were injured as they tried to keep ahead of the beasts during the inaugural running of the bulls race.
An 18-year-old runner from Melbourne, Australia, suffered three fractured vertebrae and was in serious condition at a hospital, and a 20-year old Spanish man received an eye injury but was in less serious condition, the Navarra state government said on its Web site.
Tourist Jack Harrington was bracing himself to run on Thursday morning after watching the first race.
"It looks exciting, like on of those things on the check list you do in life, so I might want to check it off," said the 62-year-old dentist from Lake Tahoe, California.
But retired pilot Peter Rostow, who dashed about 35 yards (meters) alongside the bulls on Wednesday, said the bulls' speed took him by surprise.


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JERRY JELLIS,PLAINTIFF,v.LT. VEATH, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Murphy, District Judge:
This matter is before the Court on the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Doc. 30). Plaintiff Jerry Jellis, a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections ("IDOC") who currently is incarcerated in the Menard Correctional Center ("Menard"), brings this action pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his constitutional rights by persons acting under color of state law. Named as Defendants in the case are Lt Veath and John Aubuchon, who are guards at Menard, Donald Hulick, the warden of Menard, and Michael Randle, the former director of the IDOC. Jellis alleges that Veath and Aubuchon were deliberately indifferent to Jellis's serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and retaliated against Jellis for the exercise of his First Amendment rights. Jellis also alleges that Hulick and Randle ignored Jellis's complaints about the conduct of Veath and Aubuchon. By order entered August 31, 2010, the Court dismissed Jellis's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See Doc. 6. On appeal from the dismissal, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Jellis's First Amendment retaliation claim and remanded the case to this Court for further proceedings on the claim. See Doc. 30. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1. The Clerk of Court shall prepare for Defendants VEATH and AUBUCHON:
(1) Form 5 (Notice of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of a Summons), and (2) Form 6 (Waiver of Service of Summons). The Clerk is DIRECTED to mail these forms, a copy of the complaint, and this Order to each Defendant's place of employment as identified by Plaintiff. If a Defendant fails to sign and return the Waiver of Service of Summons (Form 6) to the Clerk within thirty (30) days from the date the forms were sent, the Clerk shall take appropriate steps to effect formal service on that Defendant, and the Court will require that Defendant to pay the full costs of formal service, to the extent authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
2. It is further ORDERED that, with respect to a Defendant who no longer can be found at the work address provided by Plaintiff, the employer shall furnish the Clerk with the Defendant's current work address, or, if not known, the Defendant's last-known address. This information shall be used only for sending the forms as directed above or for formally effecting service. Any documentation of the address shall be retained only by the Clerk. Address information shall not be maintained in the Court's file or disclosed by the Clerk.
3. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff shall serve upon Defendants (or upon defense counsel once an appearance is entered), a copy of every pleading or other document submitted for consideration by the Court. Plaintiff shall include with the original paper to be filed a certificate stating the date on which a true and correct copy of the document was served on Defendants or counsel. Any paper received by a district judge or magistrate judge that has not been filed with the Clerk or that fails to include a certificate of service will be disregarded by the Court.
4. Defendants are ORDERED to timely file an appropriate responsive pleading to the complaint and shall not waive filing a reply pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g).
5. Pursuant to SDIL-LR 72.1(a)(2), this action is REFERRED to United States Magistrate Judge Wilkerson for further pre-trial proceedings.
6. Further, this entire matter is REFERRED to United States Magistrate Judge Wilkerson for disposition, as contemplated by Local Rule 72.2(b)(2) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), should all the parties consent to such a referral.
7. Finally, Plaintiff is ADVISED that he is under a continuing obligation to keep the Clerk of Court and each opposing party informed of any change in his address; the Court will not independently investigate his whereabouts. This shall be done in writing and not later than seven (7) days after a transfer or other change in address occurs. Failure to comply with this Order will cause a delay in the transmission of court documents and may result in dismissal of this action for want of prosecution. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Waiting and Preparing
Even more than that, I wonder if our family is ready to welcome this new baby boy. Calvin and Hobbes are certainly eager, asking nearly every day how long it will be until the baby comes out. But my husband and I are so busy and tired these days, him with classes and a huge deadline at work, me with church and the boring details of life that have to be taken care of...not to mention running around after two very energetic boys. On top of all of that, we have spent the past week being sick ourselves or staying up with sick boys. The weariness of life is weighing heavily on me.
In the midst of this exhaustion, I find myself more grateful than ever for the rhythm of the church calendar. While I enjoy the routine and work and growth of ordinary time, the coming of Advent offers a welcome reprieve, a time to slowly and intentionally prepare for the celebration to come. I am so thankful for the traditions that we established last year and for the experience that we had as we observed Advent as a family.
We will continue those traditions this year...
a lunchtime reading of scripture and placing of the Jesse Tree ornament as we follow God's own story of preparing for His child...
slowly enjoying our Christmas picture books and adding some new ones...
a Saint Nicholas Day celebration with gingerbread cookies, this year with some friends joining us for a little party...
evening prayer with the Advent wreath and the Story of His birth slowly unfolding...
gradually bringing out the decorations and assembling the nativities...
and decorating the tree on Christmas Eve...
As we observe these traditions, slowly preparing for His birth, making gifts and doing a bit each day in order to be ready for the celebration, I will be doing my own preparing. A bit each day. I'll pull down the tiny clothes, wash and fold. I'll pack a bag and make notes about whom to call when. I'll clean out the crib and finish the nesting and organizing. Just a little each day while beginning to imagine life with this new babe. I'll wait and prepare until my home and my heart are ready for that magical moment when a slippery, screaming new baby is placed in my arms and my heart grows even bigger to hold the love I didn't know I had.
And I pray that all of our hearts will find ways this season to prepare, a little bit each day, for the coming of the Babe whose life, death, and resurrection make all things new.
For more reflections on celebrating Advent, visit the Carnival of Anglican Advent Traditions at Kerry's blog. Posts will be up on Friday.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
It's Keeping Me Up At Night
The abortion issue is one I have always felt strongly about, but for some reason, this election has brought it even more to the front for me. Perhaps it is my cynicism of politicians and government in general. I just don't see how any of them do much good for the economy or the environment or many issues. At least, what they do gets overturned by the next president and so often doesn't have lasting impact. But I do see that they could do lasting harm or good to the soul of our country on this one issue.
And then today I read this article. While I honestly don't know what I would have voted on Prop 8 if I lived in California, I do wonder what is wrong with our society. While many people I know would have voted "no" on Prop 8 and are also pro-life, I know even more who would have voted "no" and are pro-choice. How can one argue for the fundamental right of a gay couple to marry and not vote for the fundamental right to life of another segment of our society? A gay or lesbian couple might live a relatively happy, self-indulgent, carefree and safe life, even without marriage. I am not denying that there is real hatred and violence toward gay couples out there or that not being able to marry isn't painful. What I am wondering is how avoiding that pain is fought for as a fundamental right by the same people who fight for a woman and doctor's right to inflict immense pain on an innocent child?
Surely the rights of the most innocent of us not to be ripped violently limb from limb while conscious and to be left to die on a cold metal tray or suffocated in a hazardous waste bag is even more fundamental. (If you think abortion is less than that, then check out some of Jen's links on this post.) Surely without the right to life, the right to marry whom and when one wishes is not even an issue.
There is so much I could say to try to convince people of this, but I fear our culture has been too blinded to the evil of it. We are unwilling to look at the gruesome facts because the intense anger and false rhetoric on both sides of the argument blind us to the very simple truths at the heart of the matter: the truths that we have dehumanized and are systematically killing a portion of our population. I do ask you to take a look at the posts I linked to above. They say it so much better than I.
And if you read those and agree that this baby in my womb has a right to live, even if he were to be unwanted by me (because there are plenty of loving couples out there who would want him), then please go and sign this petition.
Lord, have mercy.
I realize that this post just skims the surface of a very big issue. I am not averse to answering counter-arguments, but please do not post them just for the sake of posting them. I have read some version all of the counter-arguments there are, I assure you, and I am still convinced, more than ever, of my stance on this issue. So feel free to ask respectful and thoughtful questions, but please keep it civil. Thanks.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Family "Rules"
With that in mind, we have decided to institute some sort of system that rewards good behaviors and discourages bad. Something more than consistent timeouts and other disciplines is in order. I had thought of doing a sticker chart, but I am copying a good mommy-friend of mine instead. We are going to have four basic behaviors that we work on, written out and visible to the boys. I am going to put marbles or small, polished stones (from a craft store) in a clear cup. When one of the boys expresses a good behavior, we will move a stone from the full cup to an empty one. When they do something negative, we will move a stone from the reward cup back to the original cup. Once the reward cup is full and the starting one empty, we will get some sort of family reward, like a trip out for ice cream.
Calvin has helped me to come up with the list of good behaviors, and he seems excited about the idea of having some visible sign of how well or poorly he is doing. I think this will really motivate him to work on some areas. I'm hoping Hobbes will go along with it because his brother is excited. (He usually does.) So here is our list. (I plan to put a scripture reference or two with each in an attempt to begin some scripture memory with the boys. Number 2 is specifically addressing our main issue with Calvin, and number 3 is mostly for Hobbes.)
In our family...
1. We respect daddy and mommy by obeying them the first time they ask without grumbling or complaining.
2. We use kind and polite words when we talk to others. (No violent language, talking back, interrupting, or yelling.)
3. We respect one another's need for space. (No hitting, biting, kicking, or grabbing.)
4. We work together to make a clean and welcoming home for friends by cleaning up our things when we are done playing and by doing our daily jobs.
Please tell me what you think, should I add or delete any? Any editing suggestions? Does this sound like a good idea? I am excited about the idea of collective reward, because I want to emphasize that these behaviors are about us as a family, creating a home of peace and respect and laughter. I am hoping it will help the boys works together, especially as Calvin would have a tendency to get really down if he had a separate reward system and wasn't doing as well as Hobbes. This way, it's not all dependent on him. He's already anxious enough as it is, no need to add pressure.
I'd love to hear what you think, especially the more experienced mommy-types out there. I am definitely up for suggestions!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Link Love
My friend, Farrah, makes the most lovely ring slings (and her babies are pretty cute, too). She's hosting a party over at her online shop through midnight Friday. So if you need to buy a unique, handmade baby gift for someone or want a little sling love for yourself, head on over. The details are in this post.
Also, it's hard to believe, but Advent is just around the corner. Last year, I participated in the Anglican Advent Carnival and met all sorts of wonderful bloggers. Kerry is hosting the carnival again this year, so please head over and visit her site if you want to participate. Submissions are due by the 23rd. You won't be disappointed! You need not be Anglican to participate, just liturgically minded.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Where Hope Lies
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
33:1 Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
2 Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
4 For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
5 He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;
he puts the deeps in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
13 The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
16 The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Name, Name, Bo-Bame, Banana-fana, Fo-fame...
Just so you know, each of our boys has a Biblical first name and literary second name. We are thinking of going with the same idea this time around. I am sort of lobbying for using my dad's name as a middle name, so if you have a good literary and Biblical name wrapped into one that would help my cause.
So...feel free to leave your suggestions. While we're at it, I need a blog pseudonym for him, too. There aren't any other male characters with names in Calvin and Hobbes (except the bully), so I need help. The boys really want to name him Wall-E, but I don't think I can use that, even on a blog.
If you read this blog, you probably know me enough to know what I like for a real life name. Any good old Appalachian names will get top consideration, as will names from Southern literature. Just remember that we want our boys to be named for people whose characters are worth living up to. No Thomas Sutpens around here, thank you very much.
Monday, November 3, 2008
The Little Things
We had a rough weekend with Calvin. All of the excitement of Halloween combined with a lot of social events and tons of sugar made sleep difficult and behavior a disaster. But, whether difficult or fun, as each day goes by he is becoming more of a male and less of my little boy. He spends significantly less time cuddling and playing quiet games and a lot more time imagining monsters and dragons and turning everything into weapons these days. There is so much more rough-housing and craziness in our house lately, and Hobbes is being pulled right along with Calvin as he enters this new world.
I do not begrudge him this growing up, though we are working on curbing the violent imagination and replacing it with stories of courage and adventure. I know that he needs more time outside imagining that his swing is a space shuttle or his ball bat is a weapon for fighting monsters. I am trying not to demand too much cuddle time and to just enjoy it when he offers. I am learning to respect his space (and hopefully, he is learning to respect mine).
I do already regret how much of his preschool years I spent worrying about the little things. The laundry and dirty dishes and floors that needed sweeping never did seem to go away. In fact, they are still with me. But Calvin's sweet, funny little toddler self is already becoming a memory. I don't think I totally let it go by unnoticed. We did really enjoy the funny and sweet moments. But I wish we had enjoyed them even more, slowed down to savor his quirky attempts at humor and his precious cuddles in our bed in the mornings.
Perhaps we can never enjoy those moments enough. The mundane stuff of life is always happening around us, calling us away. Clothes do need to be cleaned and meals cooked. So many little things demand my attention. But the most important things are those boys asleep in the other room.
So tonight, when Hobbes asked me to lay with him as he fell asleep, I did. There was laundry to be started, a weekly menu to write up, and plenty of e-mail to answer. All of those little things waiting to be done. But they had to wait 15 minutes...while five little fingers that are growing bigger every day gripped my thumb and pulled me close...while little eyelashes settled over sleepy eyes...while little breaths became slower and slower...while a little brother kicked inside my womb...because those are the little things that matter.
Now if only I can remember...
Sunday, November 2, 2008
For All The Saints...
The whole service was about the reality of the Kingdom of God and the hope and security that we have in that Kingdom. We sang some of my favorite hymns, and the pastor preached on the freedom from fear that comes from knowing that, ultimately, Christ is King, resurrected and coming back. Those who know Him will also come back, to a Kingdom fulfilled, a life beyond our imaginings. We don't have to fear death or hardships or uncertainty if we live in that truth.
It was a timely message, with the election coming in just two days. Whether you are excited or fearful about the election, the truth is that God is the supreme authority. Our actions may determine the next President, but God already knows whom that will be and what the outcome will be. No President can save our country, neither can he destroy it, outside of God's will. I suppose the message is, do not fear either candidate but also do not hope too much in the power of either candidate to save our messed up country. The only right recipient of our fear and hope is the one who rules over all nations. Makes the election results seem small in comparison.
Be still and know that He is God.
A verse from one of the hymns we sang today. (It's one of my favorites.)
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future, as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.


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Stayed in Tokyo for a year from 2004 to 2005.
I do not know why most Japanese do not speak English well. They studied English in school and there is at least one English language school nearby most train stations.
I have a funny thought. Maybe the government does not want to encourage people to know English too well ?? Easier to control the people when they read only Japanese newspapers, Japanese books, watch only NHK TV, surf only on Japanese websites ??? But why so many English language schools ? For show, so that you can't blame the government for not encouraging people to learn English ???
Met many Asian friends, from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam and etc. They too, do not speak English well. I found Singaporean having advantages over our Asian friends in many areas because we know English. I also met young Singaporeans traveled on their own in different parts of the world. They can do it because they speak English (and of course they can afford too). Japanese need to go in group.
I went to Chinese schools. I was quite upset with the government when I saw Chinese schools being replaced by English schools in the old days. But now, I think it was the right decision.
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In Singapore we import a lot of Japanese products, we watch 40 inches TV, use big refrigerator, drive big Japanese car. But in Tokyo, the Japanese watch small TV, use small fridge, drive small car because their houses are small, car parks are small, roads are narrow.
Japanese women prepare breakfast for husband to eat and lunch for husband to bring to work. After work, they do housework and look after children. They have no foreign maid. When go dating, Japanese girls will take their own train ride there, pay their share of bill.
As compare to them, Singapore women, girls are so lucky.
Other than crowded city centre, people cycle in Tokyo. Women with high heel shoes cycle with a child in the front basket and another one in the rear basket. The working class cycle from their apartment to train station to take a train to work.
People cycle at footpath. It was annoying at first but later I got used to it.
As compare to Singapore, the cyclists in Japan are better protected from road accidents. How many cyclists were killed on Singapore roads ? Shall we not change our policy to protect them ?
Used to love Japanese food before my stay in Tokyo because Japanese food here in Singapore is very expensive and going to Japanese restaurant is such a high class enjoyment. But after eating Japanese food everyday in Tokyo, I started to have a funny thought. I doubted the Japanese really know how to cook. That is why they eat raw food most of the time.


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OK Liberals, Show Me What You're Made Of
It's being alleged that the auto bailout bill has now had pay raises for judges inserted into it by one Harry Reid, and that all congressional scumbags are getting raises in January. I don't know who that is, but if it's true, might I assume that you're every bit as much opposed to this bill as I am, and that you'd like to hunt this guy Reid down and do terrible things to him, his family, his relatives, his dog, his home, and his landscaping?
And if you think I'm being partisan, we don't have to stop there… just name your guy, and I'll shake and bake him along with you…
Then I get to name another, and so forth until this becomes a tradition.


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Monday, May 16, 2011
There are so many puns in the world I honestly had a hard time doing this project on account of every pun I know is either extremely stupid or simple. After long hours of thinking hard and deep about what pun I could demonstrate, I went with "My life in a nut shell" in which I literally ate a sunflower seed and wrote "LIFE" in the middle. Some students suggested the pun was the seed of life, but my pun was up for interpretation. Although I didn't get my pun documented in class, it looked extremely similar to this picture below.
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06:23:37 AM May 30th 2016
Not actually sure if Frankenstein the classic movie is such a good example. Or the book. Mad scientist, yes. But as far as I can remember the story contains very little in terms of rejection by his peers, medical establishment failing to recognize that he's right, that sort of thing is not really covered in the film, is it?
10:13:53 PM Dec 7th 2010
There's a new book out this week: They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge, by John Monahan. It seems pretty relevant to this page.
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ok... i am really tired, but i have to tell you about my evening. i went over to a friends house tonight and got together with "my girls". the 4 girls that were in my laurel (church) class last year and graduated!
we had a fun time! our intention was to go over to barbi's (the other leader) house and have dinner and watch a movie! the only movie we watched was herbie- fully loaded. and that was because barb's kids were watching it! the rest of us gabbed all night long!
barbi made taco soup and i made dessert! when i got there at 5pm, michelle and bethanie were making a salsa kind of dip. it was so great to see them! i saw bethanie just the other day and she is so wonderful! i haven't seen michelle is soooo long! she is amazing! i have really missed her! ashlee was in the bathroom with barbi, doing her hair! it was so cute! i went in and there they were ... just chatting about life, boys, school... whatever!
michelle had to leave to go to a game and then rachel came over. i haven't seen rachel forever too! she looked amazing and is doing so well. i am so proud of her!
we all just sat and talked... we played a game i like to call the question game... someone asks a question and everyone has to answer. it is so fun!
i love these girls! i am so proud of each of them and the beautiful women they are growing up to be! i am truly honored to be part of their lives! i am a better person because of it!
a huge thanks goes to barbi- for letting us use her home, for letting me hold and play with her 4 week old baby, for being a good and kind friend who i love!
bethanie- for having the courage to make good choices, for being so kind to everyone- especially barbi's kids. and for keeping in contact with me... the old married lady...
rachel- for being beautiful, for accomplishing things that i would never have to courage to do! running in a marathon is a big deal! for setting goals and not being afraid to do them!
michelle- for standing up for what you believe to be good and true, for staying true to yourself, for loving life and all that it has to offer. and for being someone that i look up to.
and ashlee- for being the great example that you are, for not being afraid to stand up for what you believe, for having the courage to love someone when it might not be all that easy.
i love you each and am blessed to be your friends! love ya girls!
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