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The study titled `Global Restrictions on Religion' took into account the situation in as many as 198 countries, North Korea being the only notable exception, to derive the conclusion. India was just below Iraq and well above countries like Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan when it came to social hostility in the country. Pakistan is at the third place right below India.I find this very hard to believe. WTF, indeed.
The study, which claims to cover 99.5% of the world population, deals with restrictions imposed on religion not just by social groups and individuals but also by the government. Even in the case of government induced restrictions, India fares badly with its position in the top 40 countries out of the 198 mentioned.
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
WTF news: Religious discrimination : India second
Pakistan incursions at the border.
BSF foiled major infiltration bids by militants to cross into Indian territory as Pakistani troops fired at two forward posts in the Samba sector in the wee hours on Tuesday, in the fifth case of ceasefire violation within a week.
There have been 28 incidents of such ceasefire violations till November 25 by Pakistan along the Line of Control.
During the last four years there have been 129 incidents of ground ceasefire and 43 air space violations by Pakistan.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Yet another investigating agency
The National Investigating Agency (NIA), formed in 2008 to deal with pan-India crimes and concentrating mainly on terror-related cases, has filed its first chargesheet in the state against six persons accused of procuring and supplying counterfeit currency for terrorist activities. The agency now awaits the setting up of a special court to conduct the trial, which is expected next month.
"Cost of living" index replaces "calorie intake" index to calculate India's poor
A committee headed by economist Suresh Tendulkar critically examined the old "Dandekar-Rath" poverty-line formula, drawn up in 1971. That formula looked exclusively at the calorie content of an Indian's diet; and, if it was lower than 2250 calories per person per day (an arbitrary figure), placed that person below the poverty line. Remember: this was before the green revolution, well before liberalisation. The committee recommended scrapping the focus on calorie intake alone; it should be replaced, according to the report, by a cost-of-living index that took into account other expenditure.
Ms. Clinton acknowledges Pak as a training centre for terrorists?
"We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the border area with Afghanistan," Clinton told reporters at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department.
"One of the reasons why President Obama made the decision which he announced last week with respect to our strategy going forward is because we continue to see a syndicate of terrorism that al-Qaida is, in effect, the head of that is not only an aspirational or ideological head, but providing funding and training and equipping and operational direction to a number of terrorist groups," Clinton said.
"And therefore, we will remain very vigilant at home," she said.Clinton also expressed concern over "a series of arrests". However, the article only mentions Headley. Who are the others?
Friday, 6 November 2009
Of what use is a God who can walk on water to us who drown in the flood?
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Qadir suspects match-fixers in Pakistan team- Hindustan Times
Matchfixing come to haunt again? With Pak, I guess you can never be sure.
Friday, 31 July 2009
The 'paper' schools of Madhya Pradesh
With schools like these, what will the 'Right to Education' bill achieve?
Ensure places of worships not built on streets: SC to govt
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to ensure that no place of worship is constructed in public places.The apex court asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to file an affidavit in this regard within four weeks.
Brilliant! Hope the centre implements this in true spirit.
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Rich given NREGA job cards in Bihar
It can possibly happen only in Bihar. The names of rich including chartered accountant, government employees, shopkeeper of Public Distribution System and even dead have been allotted job cards and they have drawn money as wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the state.
None other than the Bihar Rural Development Minister Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha admitted this in the state assembly in a reply to an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly Kishor Kumar Munna, who brought this to his notice.
Why is Bihar always in the news for all the wrong reasons?
Sarah Palin's resignation letter - edited
Different punishment for male and female raggers?
Males students had criminal cases filed against them. The article says the male students were from BHU, while the female students were at IIT, Allahabad. Is it too much to expect uniform punishment?
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Can you be greedy and good?: Rediff.com news
Harvard MBAs will now take an oath to uphold ethical principals! Will they now revoke the degrees of all the MBAs who passed out before?
MP's have time to debate TV shows!
Today, we have a strange situation where some Members of Parliament, elected by some of us, are telling us what to watch and what not to.
These, by the way, belong to the same set of people many of whose colleagues are murderers, rapists, child-molesters and bribe-takers. These are the same people who belong to a club which, when it meets, engages in slanging and shouting. This doesn't either help in nation-building or, for that matter, law-making.
Their ire is directed at a television reality show, Sach Ka Saamna on Star TV. The fact that in the Budget session, which should be discussing fiscal allocations and deficit management, MPs have both time and wisdom to rake this up as an issue, reflects how facetious politics has become. The fact that in today's economic climate they are happier discussing late-night television shows than day-chilling facts about unemployment and hunger deaths is a proof of the seriousness with which they go about their business
I'm worried. They decide what shows should be beamed. They decide what sites stay on the Internet. They decide what dress we should wear. They decide what festivals we celebrate. Makes me wonder as yet another anniversary is approaching, 'Did my country really get independence that day in mid August, 62 years back?'.
Thursday, 14 May 2009
"Bloodbath" in SL
"Bloodbath. That's the expression the United Nations has used to describe the killing of over 100 children over the weekend inside a narrow strip of land in northeastern Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers are still holding thousands of civilians hostage."
Friday, 8 May 2009
Water Disaster
Friday, 24 April 2009
Rahu Ketu to blame for Varun Gandi's predicament?
"Why did a courteous, poem-penning, educated young man threaten to tear the secular fabric of a country that his great grandfather and grandmother have so diligently woven into a united whole? Did he get carried away by his debut political address? Ganesha says it's the diabolical Rahu-Ketu effect that fanned the embers in Varun's brain."
If you want to know more, do click here.
Link via "It's Not Varun Gandhi's Fault"
Death due to lifestyle disease more likely than any other reason
"The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that death from diabetes and heart disease alone costs
So the average person is more likely to die from a lifestyle disease then from an automobile accident, or infectious disease such as pneumonia."
The above information is lost somewhere in this debate on veg v/s non-veg debate.
"Maoist victory"
"The West Bengal government's decision to relocate 40 polling booths near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district — as per the demands of the People's Committee against Police Atrocities, supposedly backed by the Maoists — has the obvious advantages of allowing elections to be held in the troubled area as well as keeping the tribals happy by precluding police presence near their homes. But the compromise worked out by the state government, the Election Commission and the People's Committee is also the official acknowledgement of the extent of administrative failure."
An editorial in the Indian Express claims "Maoist victory"
Economic aid to Pak linked to its "ability to confront extremism"
"Stating that the rapid expansion of the Taliban in
"While announcing the new Af-Pak policy last month, Obama had said that
Update: It's the terrorism, stupid; not
Crisis in SL
"Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that both LTTE and
"It is not against the Union Government or Congress. It is for stopping the hostilities there in that country." He said it was wrong to say that the Union Government did not take any steps to stop the hostilities in the island. Read the whole article here.
With Tamil Nadu on the boil over loss of Tamil lives in the Sri Lankan fighting and political parties calling for either a ceasefire or cessation of hostilities, the Government decided tonight to send National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon as early as tomorrow to
And in an editorial, "Nonetheless, strong words streamed in. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed many of his counterparts around the world, including from the
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Shiv Sena getting tech-savvy!
"The over four-decade old saffron outfit, founded by Bal Thackeray, is reaching voters through telephony, internet, mobile SMS and also plans a full-fledged studio to help meet needs of the electronic media.
The Sena has started a toll-free number 1800222772 on which people can register their grievances to the party over phone. Their complaints would be recorded and addressed by the party leaders."
Shiv Sena is embracing the new technologies in order to get closer to the Gen Next vote bank. Do I hear anyone tell me that all this is western influence and against our 'Hindutva' culture?
Monday, 13 April 2009
I miss you, Sir APJ Kalam!
Don't you think every citizen has a responsibility? I believe a person who has been educated, has a responsibility towards his nation. That is why I used to say every individual should be a good member of a family. Every individual has to be a good member of the society. Every individual has to be a good member of the nation. Every educated individual should be a good member of the planet earth. The question is how to make the individual into a good member? Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation there is peace in the world. Who will give us that righteousness in the heart? Our parents, our teachers in a spiritual environment.
O! How much do we miss you, Sir?
The BJP's " extraordinarily irresponsible" in Kandhamal
Their relief camps are shutting down and they have to return to houses that are, in large part, still burnt-out. They're mostly without election ID cards and quite some distance from the towns where they're registered. Where responsible politics would heal these wounds, the local — and, unfortunately, the national-level BJP as well — has taken on the task of pushing things in the other direction. Yet another step backward for the BJP in this campaign."
Samajwadi Party wants to phase out machinery and substitute humans
Among things that the Samajwadi Party officially opposes are fancy English education, computers, farm machinery, stock-trading, and shopping malls. If this stuff is seriously meant, it reveals the SP's intellectual vacuity and disconnect with the outside world. If it is a text merely meant to rally the faithful (with no bearing on actual governance), it is shocking in its condescension to the people.
Mulayam Singh's plan involves phasing out computers wherever human labour can be substituted — a plank that even the Left has left behind, because of its patent absurdity. Warming over a centuries-old man versus machine debate, the manifesto also pushes for some prelapsarian past where farmers would directly cultivate the land. India's biggest global advantage has been its IT-competent, English-speaking population — a segment that more and more young people openly aspire to — and the SP's manifesto essentially promises to send his imagined constituency spinning away from that orbit.
More at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/translate-this/446139/
An interview with JK Dutt who commanded the anti-terrorist operations in Mumbai on 26/11
Shekhar Gupta in an excellent two part discussion with J K Dutt, former Director General of the National Security Guard, under whose command the siege (Mumbai Terror Attacks at the Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House on
The first part is here and the second part is here.
Please read both the parts in full.
HC verdicts "obeyed more in breach than in compliance"
KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL lists some of the cases
" When the NDA was ruling at the Centre, they had sent Lord Rama for 'vanvaas' "
"When the NDA was ruling at the Centre, they had sent Lord Rama for 'vanvaas' (exile). Now they have again raised the issue of constructing a
Sharad Pawar, while campaigning for the Cong-NCP candidates from Dhule, Dindori (ST) and Nashik parliamentary constituencies.
To be fair to the NDA, the allies during the time the NDA was in power ensured that the mandir would not be built. But it does seem that the mandir issue is dusted and presented only during election time. If the mandir is built, then the BJP would lose an election issue, won't it?
"EC asks parties to behave"
The Commission underscored that it expects that "all political parties, their leaders, workers and supporters as well as their candidates shall scrupulously observe the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit".
And that "it sincerely hopes that they will be guided by the advice of the Honourable Supreme Court of India in conducting their electoral campaigns and set high standards of electoral morality."
"Violations of the Model Code of Conduct and, in several instances, the law of the land, seem to be turning into something of a trend, which if unchecked, is bound to seriously damage the election process and set a deplorable precedent for future elections," the Commission warned.
"Congress stands for nothing, BJP stands for something pernicious"
"...the Congress stands for nothing, while the BJP stands for something pernicious. The BJP has, in its DNA, the politics of divisiveness. It is true that the Congress has also played such politics, but out of convenience, not belief. That makes their acts no less heinous, but, in my eyes at least, it makes them slightly less dangerous because there is less chance of things going wrong, of a repeat of 1984 or 2002.
And ya, it burns me up that I need to decide who I support on the basis of who is less dangerous. That totally sucks, but such it is, so there we go."
That's Amit Gupta at talking about what Tytler and Sajjan tell him about the Congress party
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Mallika Sarabhai has some questions
After visits in and around the Gandhi
- Why is there no PHC in Jalund village?
- Why is there no ST service in Moti Adraj?
- Why are there no toilets in Borij?
- Why has a tank in Ghatlodia - that is said to have cost Rs. 60 lakhs- never had a drop of water?
- Why are there only 32 polling booths for 2 lakh people in Juhapura?
- Why are there no gutters in Borisana?
- Why is NREGA not applicable in Sonawada?
- Why do villagers in Gokulpura have to walk a 15 km circuitous route when a 3 km road could ease their transport problems?
It would be too simple to answer all these questions with "Its because the local authorities are inefficient". Of course, there is a certain level of inefficiency that is only too obvious to those who talk to villagers around Gandhi
Mallika Sarabhai, independent candidate from Gandhi
Jarnail Singh a Panthic hero?
"Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee likened Jarnail Singh to a Panthic hero and offered him a job in case he lost the one he has now. It also offered to bear his legal expenses if he's booked and need to fight his case. "
As per the Indian Express, The govt has also asked CBI "Why clean chit to Tytler, why no copy to us?"
"Spurred by concerns raised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, CBI director Ashwani Kumar was asked to provide the facts of the case and the report that his agency submitted to Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate last Thursday giving a clean chit to Tytler. The case comes up for hearing tomorrow.
Sources said Kumar is learnt to have told the government that since it had been asked by the court in December 2007 to file an investigation report after questioning Jasbir Singh, it was duty bound to submit it "only" to the court."
The ToI also reports that
"The fate of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler's nomination from Delhi North-East is hanging by a slender thread. With the "shoe throwing" protest by journalist Jarnail Singh triggering sharp reaction among Sikhs, Congress leadership is seriously considering to dump Tytler to secure its prospects in
My post on the shoe throwing incident is here.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Amar, Azam and Mulayam
Alka Pande & Ravish Tiwari in the Indian Express give the low down on the Amar and Azam saga.
Behenji for PM?
"As I see it, the two most probable candidates for Prime Minister are Mayawati and Rahul Gandhi. If Mayawati ma
Coomi Kapoor provides a "A guide on probable, possible, and not impossible Prime Ministerial candidates"
Coomi Kapoor provides a "A guide on probable, possible, and not impossible Prime Ministerial candidates"
I'm scared. Very scared.
I'm scared. Very scared.
Lalu booked in two cases, arrested in a third
"While the Kishanganj administration booked him for his verbal attack on BJP leader Varun Gandhi, the second FIR was filed at Garhwa town in Jharkhand over his chopper skipping the helipad and landing at the venue of his rally. His arrest came in a similar offence - landing his helicopter at the venue of his meet in 2005 - but he was released on bail."
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lalu-booked-in-two-cases-arrested/articleshow/4369272.cms
Election update 8th April 2009
From http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/apr/07slid1-advani-rally-in-chitradurga.htm
2. LJP releases manifesto, favours creation of smaller states
"The party believes that for better administration and development of neglected regions, formation of smaller states is necessary," party chief Ramvilas Paswan said, while releasing the party manifesto here.
"The LJP also promised to provide reservations to women and OBCs in government jobs and the judiciary for which 50 per cent ceiling imposed by the Supreme Court would be removed through appropriate legislation."
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4370300.cms
3. RJD releases poll manifesto
"The RJD poll manifesto is a mix of the UPA government's claims -- rural employment for at least 100 days at Rs 100 per day, strengthening of the Right to Information Act besides the populist move of providing rice at Rs 2 per kg and wheat at Rs 1.5 per kg to BPL families. It also promised to amend laws to treat and deal with terrorism and communal forces. RJD also promised to amend the Constitution to provide for 10 per cent reservation for poor members of upper castes. It promised land reforms and encouragement to small-scale industries in the country."
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RJD-releases-poll-manifesto/articleshow/4363277.cms
4. TDP releases poll manifesto
"Ensuring economic, food and health security would be top on the agenda of TDP if voted to power in this month's poll," TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said while releasing the manifesto at the NTR Trust Bhavan here.
On Telangana, the TDP leader said they would take all required legal and political steps for creation of a separate state."
From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4349622.cms
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Facebook site hacked again!
At this rate, Facebook will soon a lot of such groups leave and join other SNS forums. Another quick search (whatever would we do without Google) confirms that Orkut accounts have also been hacked.
Any tips on how to prevent facebook groups from being hacked, please leave your tips and suggestions in the comments section
Nitish rules out sharing dais with Modi. And 100% Bihari, says Suman.
" I am not a hardcore politician. I know what not to do in this field so I won't give anybody a chance to pull my leg. I want to change the image of cine stars who become ' Eid ka chand' after winning the election', says Shekhar Suman. In the same article, he asserts "I am 100% Bihari"
AIADMK, CPI(M) reach seat-sharing agreement
"Besides the two currently held constituencies, Kanyakumari (earlier Nagercoil) and Madurai, the CPI(M) will contest from the Coimbatore constituency."
"The AIADMK is continuing talks with the MDMK, the only ally with which it is yet to reach an understanding on sharing of seats."
The article also claims that "The talks between the two parties were prolonged because the CPI(M) insisted on the Tirupur constituency. It, however, agreed to settle for Coimbatore."
38,670 people went missing from the national capital in the past three years!
That's more than 35 people who go missing each day!
And 15% of the missing people are yet to be traced!
If this is Delhi, wonder what the national figures are.
5 questions for Mr. Lal Krishna Advani
From : Mallika Sarabhai invites Advani for open debate
Candidates and their websites.
Mr.Krishna Byregowda's(Bangalore South) has his own website and you can even join his community forum to show your support.
Hat Tip : Lavanya Hebbale Anand
Ms. Meera Sanyal (Independent candidate from Mumbai South) has her own website
Nafisa Ali switches from Congress to SP
In the same article she also says ""Amar Singh's forthright approach is what I liked the most. Initially I was to be the Congress candidate from Lucknow and when I asked Singh if he would support me even if I was a rival candidate he suggested I join the SP instead."
Incidentally she was fielded by the Congress in the last LS elections from Kolkata and had lost.
Laloo is not impressed by Varun
Laloo mentioned this after the filing of nomination by RJD candidate and Union minister Taslimuddin for Kishanganj Lok Sabha seat.
The full article is available here.
Looks like the above has also invited the ire of the the Kishanganj district administration which has filed its complaint against Lalu Prasad at the Kishanganj police station in the morning, police said. As per the report here.
Mayawati at an election rally in Gurgaon and Faridabad
Behejni addressing a rally in Gurgaon or Faridabad (the article is not clear about the location where she made the above remark).
'' We have brought the deprived Muslims under the reservation category. We will bring all other castes and even Dalit Christians , who have been neglected and deprived by the 'capitalist' governments, under this umbrella,'' she said, reading out from a prepared speech.
The BSP chief also spelt out her plan to introduce reservations across several services, including judiciary, if the party was voted to power. '' We believe in delivering what we promise to people. Don't go by the manifestoes of Congress and BJP. You never got cheap food, you did not get jobs. They could not do anything when they were in power ,'' she appealed to the crowd.
After saying all the above, she said she can't comment on the issue of the water supply from the Agra Canal as "there is a model code of conduct in place,''. However, Mayawati assured the crowd she would find a solution once the election was over.
Angry scribe flings shoe at Chidambaram
Update : Later, speaking with CNN-IBN, Jarnail Singh said he did not regret his action. "How can he (Chidambaram) happy when one community faces injustice? They were stopping me from talking. I don't think I have done the right thing but the issue called for it". From http://ibnlive.in.com/news/journalist-throws-shoe-at-chidambaram/89666-3.html
election Lok Sabha 2009 and facebook
I had been posting several election related news on a discussion thread on The Consortium of Loose, Forward and Pub going women, but this particular forum has been subject to several attempts to bring it down. It seems that some people are not really happy with this concept.
In an attempt to provide election related information to those interested, I will be posting the same info on this blog too. Readers are encouraged to comment on the same. Treat this as a test post as I'm trying to post this directly from my email client.
Friday, 6 March 2009
Email campaign to protest attacks on women in Karnataka
There's a group of Facebook called "A Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women", which was formed when Muthalik and his goons going by the name of Shri Ram Sene assaulted women in a pub, as it was against "Indian culture". This consortium first started a campaign to send "Pink Chaddis" which caught the fancy of several people and had a resounding success. Today, I guess there are more than 54,000 members of this Facebook group. Some days back - after inaction from the police department and concerned ministries even after several attacks on women in Bangalore and Mangalore – there was a fresh campaign to send emails to the Home Minister and the Police Departments. Sadly, the response to this campaign has been very poor.
Concerned citizens are urged to send emails or letters to the respective departments. The addresses are mentioned in the blog as well as on the Facebook discussion forum, "Email campaign". The Facebook forum also has some draft emails which can be personalised and utilised. The draft letter and the addresses of the concerned departments are also available here at Shakti Bose's blog. Make sure you send a cc of all the emails to email@example.com, to enable the consortium to keep track of the emails.


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This evening's experiment, conducted under the "strict" supervision of Bad Sister Heidi, finds your ears mangled in a most delightful way as she wends her wanton ways down the primrose path of her multifariously funky musical sensibility. Reverend Velveteen is striding purposefully in and out of the studio, and Father Angus is typing and grinning and attempting to get a CD or album in here or there, with little luck...BS Heidi seems to have her playlist all thunk out. Enjoyez-vous!
Roy Orbison - Loneliness - Crying
Lee Shot Williams - Everything I Like to Eat Starts with a "P" - Starts with a "P"
Math - The Cowbot's Lament - Basic
Bryan Ferry - The Cruel Ship's Captain - Rogue's Gallery
Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bande a Part
Albert Kuzevin with Yat-Kha - Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles - Recovers
Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow - Ice Cream for Crow
Killdozer - Disco Inferno - We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer
Deaf in the Family - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - For Those About to Rock
The BellRays - Maniac Blues - Live at MasterBlaster
Turn Me On Dead Man - Galaxina - Technicolour Mother
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness - Your Touch EP
Nomeansno - tracks 12, 1, 9 - All Roads Leave to Ausfahrt
The Brazilian Girls - tracks 5, 8, and 9 - Talk to La Bomb
TV on the Radio - tracks 7-9 - Return to Cookie Mountain
Kim Chi - City at Night - Music
Erase Errata - Take You - Night Life
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Spent the afternoon today at Banquet Records, my local Record Store.
The crew were celebrating their 6th birthday and we shared plenty of giggles, cake, tea and even some Skepta riddims.
Cd get's frisbeed from the whip.
Anyway, a huge big up and congratulations to the family for reaching another year. Without you the music scene here would be very different and you've helped countless Dj's and producers reach where they are.
Never forgotten.


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****This post has a lot of twists and turns and it is true rambling at its best, or I should say its worst... just to let you know you may or may not want to con't.... I'm not even going to proof read it before I post it, so I'm not sure how it turned out... or if it even makes sense to someone other than me... and it only will make sense to me, because I'm the one just typing away! If you aren't going to turn back now... then good luck and thank you for you support!*****
Blue. That used to be my favorite color for a long time. Well at least it was what I would say was my favorite color, I'm not sure it really even was. I do like that color though... well for certain things, not for clothing for myself most of the time, and I wouldn't want blue shoes, or nail polish, or hair, but anyway... Blue. I guess that is how I'm feeling these last few days. Ironically it suits all my feelings, well most. I'm blue, because I have been feeling a little bit depressed about things, and I'm also blue because I'm freezing and sick of cold weather already! (trying a little humor here)
I guess many of my feelings are guilty and confused feelings more than anything else. I guess. I have been missing having a job and "outside contact" since I stopped working 4 years ago. Not that I regret my choice to stay home with Trevor, but it was a big change for me, I had always worked. Before I was even old enough to have working papers, I babysat and did other things to make money and have some independence and responsibility. As soon as I was old enough to get working papers, I started to work as a secretary at the real estate office my mom worked in at the time. She worked week days and I would work on the weekends, at first only one day a weekend, then sometimes bothd days. Then I had expanded to many other jobs, I worked in Hallmark... they were psychos and it was a HORRIBLE job, but it was an experience none the less. I worked in dental offices, as receptionists and also as a dental assistant, and I worked for an insurance agency, and was a short order cook and bar maid. I loved all these different challenges and experiences. I am a true people person... I mean sure when I'm shopping in the mall with my kids and the 20th plus person comes up and says something "cute" (a nice way of saying STUPID-ass comment) about my twins, and/or Trevor or the three of them, or how I "got" twins, I'm not so much the people person. But, aside from that, I love to talk to new people and meet new people and just be out around people. I loved the friends that I had at the last place I worked before I had Trevor, and still do love the, but rarely keep in contact with them, because, well because I'm lame about it. I don't know why, but I just don't make a good enough effort to talk to them on a regular basis. I guess it is much easier to stay in touch with each others lives when you see each other 5 days a week! I'm totally slacking with staying in touch with anyone, even really close friends. Just one of those things I can't explain. I would love to be more on top of it and call them and get together with them, but I just haven't done it. Lame! Lame! Very lame!
I miss working! I really do. It has been 4 yrs 2 months & 20 days! Not that I have been counting. And, really I haven't been. I knew it was about 4 yrs since Trevor is 4 years old, obviously, but I haven't really thought about how long it has really been. By the time I do go back to work, or at least work full time, it will be 7 years since I was in the functioning working world. I know I will feel out of place and awkward at first, like beginning a brand new job... but I am really looking forward to that same independence I had when I was 16. I miss having a life outside of home, I miss eating lunch out and going to the bank and I miss doing my job. I loved being a dental assistant! I miss all the little things that I couldn't wait to leave behind to stay at home with my new baby! I miss the friendly patients and the ones that were regulars I miss the snacks they would sometimes bring in for us, and all the holiday treats we would get... I miss Christmas parties, and birthday parties, and getting breakfast from the bagel bakery and ordering in and eating all day, and taking x-rays and I even miss running them and then mounting them, and I miss when we would have someone cancel last minute or not show up and get a few minutes to just hang out and talk, I miss the smell of the cavicide and the way the office didn't smell like a dental office to me any more because I was used to it... and I miss the confidance I had in knowing my job and being really good at it... (as a mom I am constantly second guessing myself, and although I know I do the best for my kids, I know in my heart I could really do a LOT better, and I should try a hell of a lot harder to do that! I should feed them healthier, and read to them more and do more one on one time with each of them, and yell less and hug then and kiss then even more than I do now... and let them know just how prefect they really are and how proud I am of them, and how proud I am to be thier mom! I know I do these things, but I could do them more and I could really try to do a better job at being a mom, there is always room for improvement with anything... and motherhood/partenting should be top of the list to work on... these are my children, I want all the VERY BEST for them) and trips to the gas station to drop about 10 bucks each buying junk food by the pounds and scratch offs. lol And, I miss the ordering and cleaning and even the nagging patients, and filing and answering phones occasionally and I miss all the laughs we used to have, the laugh so hard you were crying and your cheeks and sides were burning. I miss it all. At, the same time, though I feel guilty as hell for missing it. Not that I would ever choose that over my children. I wouldn't. Obviously. But, honestly it really isn't a choice to me. I had these babies because I wanted them sooo very badly. I wanted to be pregnant and I wanted to have children, and I always knew that I wanted to stay home with them. I just always did. I didn't know for sure if financially I could stay home with them, but thankfully I am. I love every minute of the time I'm home with them, there may be stressful, crazy, hectic times, but I love them too. These are amazing years in my children's lives and I know that if I miss them now, I will never be able to get them back. I don't want to leave them and go to work... I would never be able to do that. I would be the most miserable person ever, I would miss them so much and feel so horrible for leaving them. But, at the same time I wish I could have my cake and eat it too! I wish I could have both lives. Of course, the live I would choose first is having my children and staying home to raise them! Hands down, without a doubt, no second guessing, not even a little bit, I would choose my children. And, I know that one day I will be back in the working world, and I will long for these days of laughter, hugs & kisses and nap times and watching them play and learn and change and growing up right before my very eyes. I am truly blessed to be able to enjoy my children every day, all day, I know that and I'm so thankful for that. I am.
I am also jealous of the friends that I have that are working right now, while I'm sitting here with my pj's still on and my kids playing around me, bringing me toys to look at and hugs and showing me the cool things they can do with their toy, and I'm happy and I am grateful, but at the same time I'm jealous! I'm not sure I understand what all these feeling are. Or, I guess I understand them, but I am not quite sure why they are all here. I'm happy. I do have a good life. I believe all this. I'm not trying to convince anyone of it. I love my children, I love Bryan, I love my family & friends... all of that is true. I laugh and have fun, I have girls nights out, I hang out with friends, I go shopping, we eat out, we spend money, we have nice things, we have whatever we need and pretty much what we want too! I'm satisfied with my life. I am grateful and know what I have and really appreciate it. At the same time I feel that I am gracious and kind, so I feel well rounded. I have had a lot of life experiences and done a lot of things before I had children, that is not part of it. Don't get me wrong there are still a lot of things that I want to still do in life and see and experience, of course, if you run out of things you desire in life then what is the point of living. I will get to all the those things before my days are done, and they will be even more spectacular because I will be able to share those wonders and experiences with my children, I will be able to give them some things to add to their list of life journeys.
I know this post doesn't make any sense. I keep going back and forth on topics. One minute I'm saying that I'm blue... which I guess I'm not really blue... I guess really I've just got a lot of thoughts in my mind and I just wasn't really sure what they all meant and in turn what exactly I was feeling. ~I just changed the title of this post... there is no reason really for me to be blue. I guess this is really not a post as much as it is just a place for me to sort out my thoughts and feelings... and I think I've got it.
I do miss working, and having a job outside of the house and I miss my friends from work and I miss what I used to do as a dental assistant and I miss the fun, and the outings and the social part of it all and I can't deny I miss the paycheck, all around I guess I miss the independence of it all. I also, love my children, I love each and every one of them, and I love that I can hug and kiss them at any point during the day, with the exception of Trevor, because he is at pre-k ~ which is hard for me and I have another amazing discovery ~ this one about pre-k and Trevor and all that... but I will save that for another post... but still I'm with my children the most that I possibly could be, and I love it. I am getting all this time with them that I will never be able to have again. This minute is already over, and it won't be back again... they are only going to be this little once and learn all these things for the first time one time... and thankfully I'm here for every one of those moments in their lives! I have been there for all of their first smiles, laughs, rolling over, cooing, crawling, babbling, standing up, steps, words, hugs, kisses, saying "I Love You", for tucking them in at nap time and kissing them before bed, I have been there for most of their meals and all of there boo-boos! I won't be able to be with them for all their firsts, but at least I'm there for all the ones I can be there for!
So with all this said/typed, and all the rambling I have done and thinking out loud, I guess maybe I feel better and really should not have any guilty feelings for the things that I miss in my life before my children, because although I miss them, it doesn't at all mean I regret my children or staying home with them... it just means that I am human and I would like my cake and to eat it too! I also, wanted to say that being a stay-at-home-mom is a LOT harder then I thought it would be... for many reasons... almost too many to list, but there are a lot of reasons, but I wouldn't change being a stay-at-home-mom for anything! (not even a 6+ figure salary, really!) My day will come and when it does, I will be typing on this blog only every so often and I will be complaining out my job and how much I dislike it and wish I could be home more often and how much I miss my children... ahhhhh... I guess you are never completely done wanting or wishing for something... again that is what makes life... life!
Thank you to any and all of you that have reached this part of my post... I give you a huge round of applause and thank you for sticking with me through all this anguish and discussion in my own head, that just spilled out on to the computer screen!
Also, feel free to leave some nice comments... although I'm good with my feelings now and can deal with constructive criticism well and don't really care if someone has something not so nice to say... I really don't need to be judged by anyone else, I do enough of that myself~ so keep the negative comments to yourself please, and thank you!


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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
5 skirts in the making
This afternoon, I received a package of fabric for 5 skirts. I'm doing a skirt sew along at Sawyer Brook. Even my pup thinks they are gorgeous!
Posted by Jenny at 9:43 PM
3 comments:
- Lois Evensen said...
And, your pup is gorgeous, too! :)) Labs RULE!
- April 11, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- Trisha said...
Awww! The fabric matches your pup!
- April 12, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Kathryn said...
Cool! Can I join the sew-along or have they started already? I was thinking of making a few skirts in an attempt to regain some of my lost femininity. My little E is a year old now, so I'm out of that survival season of life, and I fear my husband may soon give up on me altogether!
- April 13, 2012 at 4:10 AM
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April has been a mixed month so far, sometimes all four seasons in one hour, nevermind one day. It is a beautiful fresh month however & this easy breezy bundt cake is a celebration in itself. The recipe is adapted very slightly from one of my favourite food writers, Sky McAlpine. Olive oil cakes are really so delightfully easy (one bowl, a measuring jug, a spoon & you are set) & yet have a certain flavour & crumb that feels very grown up. They are the little black dress of the baking world. If you can, spend a little extra on olive oil, it guarantees that it is indeed olive oil & has a wonderfully nutty & distinct flavour that is worth the investment. The trio of olive oil, in season lemons & fresh sprigs of rosemary come together to provide layers of flavour that release happily in your mouth. Finished off with a lemon drizzle icing for a final hit of sweetness, this is a cake that is made to be baked again.
For the cake:
- 150g plain flower
- 50g ground almonds
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 180g soft brown sugar
- 20g golden caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 2 medium eggs
- juice & zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
- 80ml olive oil
- 60ml brandy
For the lemon drizzle icing:
- 110g icing sugar
- 2 – 3 tbsp water
- generous squeeze of lemon juice to taste
Preheat your oven to 180° C & generously butter & flour a bundt cake tin.
- Sift your flour & baking powder in a large bowl. Add in your ground almonds, sugar & salt & give a quick stir with your hands or a spoon to mix together & break down any lumps of brown sugar.
- Chop your fresh sprigs of rosemary very finely & stir into your flour mixture making sure to distribute evenly.
- In a measuring jug, measure out your olive oil & brandy. Add your eggs & lemon juice & zest & whisk together.
- Make a small well in your dry ingredients and, using a spatula, stir in your wet ingredients (a 1/4 at a time). Fold together until fully combined.
- Pour into your cake tin & bake for about 30-35 minutes until golden & the cake comes slightly away from the edges. A skewer will come out clean.
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- Leave to cool on a wire wrack completely before icing.
- To make the icing simply sift the icing sugar into a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of water at first and mix together with a small whisk or metal spoon until it comes to an icing consistency. If you want a slightly thinner icing, add more water at this stage. Finish by stirring in the lemon juice.
- Drizzle over the top of the cake using a metal spoon & leave to set.
If you like, finish with a decoration of some fresh & crystallized edible flowers, I used some primroses here, which are in abundance in Ireland at the moment. Some crystallized lemon or rosemary would also be very pretty.
Crystallizing flowers is very simple, but you do need to make them at least 24 hours in advance.
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Suicide is a difficult subject to talk about, it is highly emotional and opinion is divided. I believe it is so important to discuss it openly though, getting people talking about something removes the stigma and encourages understanding and awareness.
I'm not able to see every side of the suicide discussion because of my own suicidal thoughts. It might sound self-centred to some I guess but I genuinely find it impossible to consider how my family would feel without me, all I can see when the demons are screaming is that they would be better off if I wasn't here. In order to write a balanced blog, I needed to hear from others whose lives have been affected either by suicidal thoughts or suicide. As I have said many times before I am lucky to have amazing friends, I also have met some fab people in my Facebook group and between them I have been sent a number of heart breaking and honest stories. I hope that with the help of their experiences this blog post will be thought provoking.
So the "easy" bit for me to start with is how it personally feels to have suicidal thoughts. I've written about it before so don't want to repeat myself too much. From conversations I've had with people who don't understand how it feels, it seems that it's thought I'm thinking of only myself. This really isn't true. I am thinking of my girls and my Husband because I believe they'll be much happier without me around. The depression makes me believe I am a burden to them, that I can't be a good Mother, that I am an awful wife, that all I do is let them down and stop them from being happy. Even in the darkest moment I know I don't want to leave them, but I do want the pain, the fear and the distress I'm feeling to stop and sometimes the only way that I can see that happening is if I were to end my life.
Some people use the word selfish when talking about those who have died by suicide because of the devastation they leave behind. As someone who has been fighting mental illness for 20 odd years now, selfish is not a word I would ever use. It is a daily battle to stay alive and fighting every single second of every day to hold onto your life is exhausting beyond anything I could ever properly describe. My personal opinion is that it is not selfish to want that agony to end.
When the pain becomes intolerable and reaches a level where even breathing becomes difficult, on the other side it feels like there is peace and calm and happiness waiting.
Friends who also have their own fights with mental illness have told me that they have had all sorts of difficulties trying to talk to family members about their feelings. One friend said "My Husband made it all about himself. How could I consider leaving him? I understood his sadness but I wish he could have understood mine too". Even those we live with and are closest to find it hard to truly understand what it is like inside our heads. To actually say out loud that you feel so bad you have considered ending your life is horrifying, and whilst I do understand that it must be an awful thing to hear your loved one say, imagine how terrible things must be to have got to that point.
I know many people of course who have never had any mental health problems and not everyone sees suicide as a selfish act. It was a relief to be told that whilst they had no personal experience of suicide, many of them wouldn't criticise anyone should that be their choice. Obviously, if the worst happened and they did become affected directly by a suicide death, then those opinions would probably change but hearing their non-judgemental comments makes me feel more comfortable about sharing my thoughts and feelings.
The other side is of course those whose lives have been torn apart by a death from suicide. This is the part I needed help with the most and I have read some incredibly emotional stories from people who are struggling to find ways to deal with the fall out of losing loved ones and friends to suicide.
All of the people who contacted me said that being directly affected by a suicide death has impacted on their own mental health to varying degrees – some have even experienced their own suicidal thoughts as a result. "Since the suicide of my best friend 11 years ago, I have needed years of counselling and regularly take medication to help me sleep at night". I can't imagine how horrified the person who is no longer with us would feel if they had realised for a second that their actions would cause others to develop a darkness similar to that which they needed to be free from.
Many struggle to understand the reason why the person they cared about would take such drastic action, they wonder if there's anything more they could have done, or anything they could have done differently to change the outcome – "His suicide haunts me in many ways, because I wonder foolishly if the last words I'd have said to him had been more civil, whether he would have been able to talk to me if he needed to".
Others speak of the heartache at being left to deal with the overwhelming feelings which follow any death, but the added confusion and questions compound their grief – "They had the lucky escape. I'm still here dealing with it".
Personally I have found it interesting to discover how those who have had to deal with a suicide death feel. The shock of such an event remains for many, many years and numerous individual lives are changed as a result of the actions of just one person. I have to be honest and say I had never considered before that a suicide might cause another person to also experience suicidal thoughts. I think that's what has impacted on me most from reading everything that has been sent to me. I wouldn't wish this black cloud on anyone, it is the most terrifying illness and the thought that I might inadvertently be responsible for passing on the darkness in order to rid myself of it is frightening. Of course I can say that while I sit here feeling fairly calm and the demons are playing nicely. When theintensity hits and they're screaming at me to end it all, I hope I can remember what I have been told and that will be enough for me to fight back. No one should suffer this hell because of my actions.
As long as mental health is not considered as important as physical health by those with the money to make a difference to the medical profession, suicides will continue and desperately ill people will continue to become statistics. People who have fought battles privately or publicly, but always with a strength that should not be underestimated. People who leave behind families and friends who then develop their own mental health problems. It's a vicious circle that desperately needs to be broken.
Thank you to everyone who bravely shared their stories with me. This blog is dedicated to all those who have lost their lives to suicide, those who are trying to deal with the trauma of being left behind, and those – who like myself – fight every day to shout louder than the demons.
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Schools in and around Napa, CA
Napa Valley College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $5,736 average out-state tuition; $864 average in-state tuition
Solano Community College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $6,990 average out-state tuition; $1,080 average in-state tuition
Milan Institute of Cosmetology-Fairfield
Less than 2 years (below associate); Private for profit
Touro University California
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $0 average out-state tuition; $0 average in-state tuition
Sonoma State University
Four or more years; Public; $16,632 average out-state tuition; $5,472 average in-state tuition
Pacific Union College
Four or more years; Private not for profit; $25,740 average out-state tuition; $25,740 average in-state tuition
California Maritime Academy
Four or more years; Public; $16,632 average out-state tuition; $5,472 average in-state tuition
Popular Majors in Napa
- Social Science
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Nursing - Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
- Humanities
- Respiratory Care Therapist
- Criminal Justice/Police Science
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
- Licensed Practical Nurse Training (LPN,LVN,Cert,Dipl,AAS)
- Human Services
- Radio and Television
- Drafting and Design Technician
- Business/Commerce
- Accounting Technician and Bookkeeper
- Welder
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Psychology
- Business Administration and Management
- Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science


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It doesn't take millions of dollars, a genius intelligence, or superstar talent to make a positive difference in the lives of others. It doesn't have to involve a large time commitment or personal sacrifice either.
I am going to share a true story from my life that demonstrates how each and every one of us has the ability to achieve what I believe to be one of our strongest human desires; making a difference. This is a tale about how one little thing can change everything.
Receiving The Gift
This story starts on a cold winter day. Wide-eyed and nervous, I sat in my car, on a snow covered street and waited for "him" to arrive. Fresh out of University, this was the first week of my life as an entrepreneur. The top franchisee in the company I had joined, had agreed to meet with me, to teach me a skill that terrified me at the time; sales.
He arrived in a pick up truck a few minutes later. It was time. My heart was pounding as I stepped out of my vehicle and walked out to meet the man who would become one of my foremost business mentors and one of my closest friends in the world. His name is Kit.
When I think back to what allowed me to accomplish the things that I did and become the person that I became in the process, a lot of it started with my relationship with Kit.
Up to this point in my life I had spent most of my childhood shy and socially awkward. I'd then spent my next 5 years getting drunk and partying every night in University. I had no business being in business, but he took me under his wing anyways, when he had no obligation to do so.
He saw something in me that I didn't yet see in myself. When I didn't believe I was a leader, he told me I was until I could believed it. When it seemed like my business or personal life was falling apart, he helped me realize that there is no problem that I can't solve. Most importantly he taught me how to never stop having fun, while pursuing my goals.
He believed in me until I learned to believe in myself. That's a gift that I am eternally grateful for.
Giving The Gift
Fast forward 6 months…
I found myself sitting across from an 18 year-old girl who was applying to work for me as a painter. She currently worked as a server at my favourite restaurant and that was her only real work experience. On paper she was not qualified for the job, but I saw something in her, that to me, is so much more important than work experience.
Perhaps I saw the same thing that Kit saw in me all those months before. I saw the potential of a champion. From the day that she first stepped on a job site, wide eyed and nervous, to the present day, I have had the privilege of watching her transform and unlock the potential that I always knew was inside her.
She soon became one of my superstar employees. I then promoted her to become my first manager and trained her to run the majority of my business. It was no longer my business, but our business.
At age 20 she moved on to start her own business and built the most successful business of any rookie Franchisee in the province. What's crazy is that even though she had so much potential within her, it was a long road before she believed it herself.
When I offered her the management position, it took her months to accept the job because she didn't believe she could do it. Even after helping me build one of the most successful franchises in history and making more money in 5 months, at age 19, than many people make in twice that time, she doubted her ability to move on and start her own business.
But this whole time I believed in her. I believed in her until she started to believe in herself. I gave her responsibilities that she didn't know she could handle. When she didn't think she could do something I told her that I knew she could. She always had the work ethic, the values and the talent. She just needed a little bit of belief in order to transform her life.
Records Are Meant To Be Broken
Fast forward to the present…
One thing that I haven't mention is that these two people that I have been writing about fell in love, along the way. These two beautiful people, who are so dear to my heart, also accomplished something remarkable this past week, which is what inspired me to write this post.
This past year they ran a business together, as partners, and just recently broke the record for the highest revenue Franchise in the history of the province. They broke the same record that I set last year.
A friend of mine mentioned that it's too bad I only got to hold onto the record for one year, but I don't see it that way at all. Records are meant to be broken and I am glad that it's the man who mentored me and the woman who I had the pleasure of mentoring that are the ones to do it. It gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.
The Greatest Gift
I mentioned in the beginning that this story was about the one thing that can change everything. I said that this one thing is all we need to make a positive difference in the lives of others and that superstar talent is not required. Have you guessed what that one thing is yet? Well if you haven't, here it is… It's belief.
In my opinion, believing in someone is the greatest gift that we can give to another human being and to this world. Kit's willingness to believe in me allowed me to become the person that I am today. It's scary to think about where I may be today if Kit and my other early mentors didn't believe in me.
That's all I did for Jenny as well. That's all she needed. I don't take credit for her success. The franchisee system provided the skill development. The person that she has become was already inside of her. I was just there to believe in her.
"The power of someone believing in you – that you CAN do it – can mentally and physically change your game." – Bo Sanchez
That belief took an inexperienced 18 year old girl, who was working as a server, and transformed her into one of the most successful franchisees in the history of what I believe is one of the top entrepreneurial development programs on this planet. Think about how powerful that really is.
People used to always ask me what I did to grow my business the way that I did. The honest truth is that I had the largest business because I had the best people in my business. I had the most leaders. I always had an abundance of A-players. And the way I was able to accomplish this year in and year out was by believing in people. That's it.
Share The Gift
This is a gift that we all have the ability to share and it's a gift that this world could use a lot more of. By believing in another person, we create more of an impact than you may believe. This one, seemingly simple action sets off a chain of events that has no limit.
My mentors didn't just change my life by mentoring and believing me. They helped me unlock my potential, which allowed me to go on and mentor and believe in others. And now the people who I believed in and mentored have gone on to make positive impacts in the lives of many more people. Really think about that. By having the courage and strength to believe in just one person, you could indirectly improve the lives of 1000's.
I believe deep down to my core that we all have untapped potential within us. For some of us, it's buried so deep inside that we don't know it's there. For others, we know it's there but we are too afraid to embrace it. Sometimes all we need is one person to believe in us unconditionally to unlock it.
My Message To You
I am going to end with one last message. I want you to really hear this. If you take nothing else away from my writing I hope that you at least walk away with this. So come close and listen. Really feel this message.
I believe in you…
I know that there is limitless potential inside of you…
Your dreams are yours for the taking….
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