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Mac DeMarco has announced his third album This Old Dog, and his first full-length since 2014's Salad Days. He also shared two new songs from the record: "My Old Man" and "This Old Dog."
The Special Edition version has an alternate gatefold cover, a mystery poster, and comes with a randomly-colored vinyl variant. You cannot pick the color of the vinyl, so you will receive your LP on yellow, yellow / blue, green, green / blue or blue vinyl.

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Once a long evening at work gets past a certain point, I have to start reminding myself to go home – but not before a quick blog update. This evening, up to half an hour ago, was spent on what I call a Blunderbuss case response, or some might call it a Filibuster. I find it necessary when someone involved in a case goes "non-linear" and stops responding to reason or logic, and reverts to passing on the customer's colicky cries of petulance.
A Blunderbuss is a response so thorough and comprehensive that it should serve to silence any cries of "more!", both in quantity (words) and quality (technical depth). A reasoned response to a Blunderbuss will not be quick; conversely, a too-quick response means it has not been read through to the end, at which point I stop talking to the person in question until they put in some work of their own.
I have a new work PC on the way to me, after years of struggling with an underpowered relic. I've even had to farm out strenuous processes to other systems, anything involving heavy file reads or writes in particular. The new PC is a HP Compaq tc4200 Tablet PC, which I requested because of a long-running interest in the kinds of uses to which I might put it. The guy in this story, Big Head Todd, was given one to play with, and seems to tick all the right boxes. My last notebook is well over three years old and still going strong, but looks like something the cat dragged through a hedge backwards, so "built like a tank" is just what I need to hear.
Though it won't belong to me, I'll have full use of it, including on my travels; those will probably take me back to Dubai at the end of this year. I won't believe I have it until I see it, despite the way I've been able to track its progress from the factory near Shanghai, in my general direction. It's currently sitting in a warehouse outside Dunstable (near Luton, England), because it missed some arbritrary forwarding cut-off time, and the estimated delivery date suddenly changed from Tomorrow to next Tuesday. Hedgehog.
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Students and the Shaping of the Curriculum.
Wheeler, Burton M.
Whenever the issue of student participation in curriculum reform is raised, the opposition can be expected to express itself in two ways: (1) the rational argument which justifies faculty control in terms of rightness; and (2) entrenchment or keeping control away from the activists. There are costs and risks, as well as potential gains in greater student participation. There are also costs and risks to denying student participation. While defending the prerogatives of the faculty with regard to curriculum planning in the fields of specialized, preprofessional training, students should be involved in working out effective ways of accomplishing the real objectives of liberal education. Reasons for student involvement include: (1) faculty often solve curriculum problems by adding courses; (2) often faculty have no skills for curriculum development; and (3) the experience and insights gained by these students who do help plan will become part of the student culture. Problems that are possible with student planning include: (1) many students feel they cannot change anything around them; (2) students become entrapped in their own organizational patterns; (3) students are anxious for adult approval; and (4) a sense of impermanence hovers over student groups. (KJ)
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There is a wonderful essay by Richard Ford on rereading, "A Different Hunger," from Eighteen Bridges, a new literary magazine published by Lynn Coady and Curtis Gillespie out of Edmonton.
Mostly we don't have the time to reread books, of course. I know I don't. … The point here (unsurprisingly) is that rereading a treasured and well-used book is a very different enterprise from reading a book the first time. It's not that you don't enter the same river twice. You actually do. It's just not the same you who does the entering. By the time you get to the second go-round, you probably know—and know more about—what you don't know, and are possibly more comfortable with that, at least in theory. And you come to a book the second or third time with a different hunger, … and what you do and don't have time for, and what you might reasonably hope to gain from a later look.
The first issue of Eighteen Bridges is available on-line, and it's full of riches, including a story by Lisa Moore.
Read an interview with Lynn Coady about her new venture here.
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Uganda became active in the Stomping Out Malaria initiative in February of 2012. With 122 volunteers placed in every region of the country there is potential to create an effective malaria prevention plan.
According to the Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI), "Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda accounting for 25-40 percent of outpatient visits to health facilities, 15-20 percent of all hospital admissions, and 9-14 percent of all hospital deaths. Nearly half of all inpatient deaths among children under 5 are attributed to malaria." A World Health Organization (WHO) study states that only 10% of both children under 5 and pregnant women are currently sleeping under mosquito nets. This is a major factor in the 16% of children under 5 who die from malaria each year in Uganda.
In most parts of Uganda, temperature and rainfall allow stable, year-round transmission at high levels with relatively little seasonal variability.
Currently 100% of the Ugandan population is at risk of contracting malaria.
Featured Volunteer Project:
PCV Mathew Boddie working with the Ngora Parish Harmack Company (NPHC), a business skills training group for youth that offers opportunities to continue their education, developed the Off the Ground and Under a Net initiative. Youth in the area who have completed P7 (7th grade) or above and are unable to pay for further education can come and learn about the fundamentals of microfinance. In the process of learning those skills, youth within the company will receive equal portions of profit made. The NPHC primarily sells hammocks; to date, they have sold just fewer than 450 hammocks to other companies, travelers & volunteers, Ugandan citizens, and health centers.
Their newest ambition is to have the youth become actively involved with important issues faced by the community. NPHC started making mosquito net hammocks which they sell at subsidized costs. The group decided on this initiative after realizing the number of children who sleep on the floor, without a mosquito net to prevent malaria. It is their mission in Ngora to get every youth, especially those under the ages of 5, Off the Ground and Under a Net.
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|Between 70,000 and 110,000 deaths per year are attributed to malaria.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
My tryst with literature...the juicy kind...
I loved to imagine...the ideas would envelop my mind, move me to explore my thoughts, entice me to enter a realm of possibilities that answered every curiosity that mentally perplexed me. It was a way of release, a way of living out fantasies that may have never come to fruition but satiatied my desire to experince them.
My fingers would guide me, make me sit down and chronicle every notion. I did that for a while. I never really worked on articles or short stories. I was always anxious to get that full manuscript.
My first manuscript, though unpublished, took two years to write. I played with scenes, rearranged words, and found myself frustrated with the prose. I wanted so badly to complete it so I could self-publish it, but it lacked structure. A Touch of Love received its copyrights in 2007, the same year I was to experience a complexity that led to the publication of Extra Baggage.
When I first got on the scene at Florida A&M University as a dually enrolled high school student in 2003, I would always see this guy. He was mysterious. His looks were entrancing, eyes hypnotic, smile, melodic, voice and swagger, tantalizing, but he had this confident appeal, an aura that was intimidating. I would watch him at fraternity parties, hopping around, chanting, and find myself dazed, wanting to introduce myself.
He didn't notice me at first, never acknowledged me if he did. He enjoyed engaging the crowd, but those eyes never quite landed on me...until a couple years later. We'd see each other out, smile that inviting smile that made both of us wonder if there was a possibility, but by the time we started flashing inviitations, we were both in serious relationships.
I was still curious though. Thoughts of him taunted me, but I respected him and his relationship too much to make them known. I respected my own relationship too much to let the thoughts go beyond my mind, but every time I saw him, my curiosity grew. So, I started writing, analyzing the possibilities, dissecting the idealistic introduction, interaction, seduction, the actions that made lead us to euphoric realities...it consumed me, and my words left me feeling and experiencing the possibilities.
The book, Extra Baggage, was being birthed. Its sensuality captivated all of my senses, making me rush home to further develop my prose. Although it was romantic, I had other pressing issues to ponder. I was working at a nightclub as a bartender. I had been there for two years at that point, and partially being raised by my feminist aunt made me very cognizant of the degradation and humiliation of women in media. I watched women dance to misogynistic rap music and buy into double standard notions that disrespected us, mistreated us, abused us, and raped us of our humanity.
As a psychology major, studying Afro-centric ideology, growing into an adult and challenging cultural perspectives and worldviews, I was very passionate about addressing these issues in my book, but I couldn't be too militant. I wanted to guide the reader into her own thoughts about these issues. Unlike writings of amazing philosophers like Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson, I wanted my readers to understand what I was saying without allowing my academic jargon to confuse or discourage them. I had to meet them on their level.
A lot of African American girls and women may pick up a romance novel before picking up a book on philosophy. When I enter a book store, I look for Eric Jerome Dickey, Mary B. Morrison, or Toni Morrison to stimulate my senses and relax me. Cornel West gets my attention for a good thirteen pages before my eyes get tired of simultaneously reading his ideas and looking for words in a dictionary to fully understand the text. I agree with almost all of his words, but it's mentally exhausting to piece everything together. I wanted my readers to analyze these ideas without getting frustrated. I wanted a stimulating situation that would entice them but educate them simultaneously, so I factored that into Extra Baggage.
I found a way to make my fantastical relationship with my college crush work through a business relationship while entertaining the idea of each other. Although Extra Baggage is a fictional prose, it began with that mysterious man who caught my eye when I first stepped foot on campus. It ended with an in depth analysis of a psychological disposition that plagues the African American race. All the while, Extra Baggage arouses every sense of the body, calling its readers to journey this tale with me...and that is only the beginning...
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AIM BREAKFAST – 24 November 2016
Set Menu AIM:
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Total number of AIM Companies trading: 968*
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Walls & Futures REIT-Has raised £1m at £1 to acquire, refurbish or develop residential properties in the UK . Due to arrive on
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Crossword Cybersecurity* (ISDX:CCS) 200p £4.8m
The ISDX listed technology commercialisation company focusing exclusively on the cyber security sector has previously announced a proposed £1.4m fundraising £1.9 to be supported by current shareholders, certain directors and new institutional investors. Proceeds to be applied to expanding sales and marketing activities to accelerate sales growth, developing new cybersecurity products based on university research and general working capital. Admission of the shares is due today.
IronRidge Resources (IRR.L) 16.25p £38.45m
IronRidge has announced the acquisition of a highly prospective gold portfolio over Province Scale gold mineralised structures within Ivory Coast, West Africa. Access rights secured via Earn-In Agreements to six tenements covering a total of 2,310km sq. Tenements located on province scale structures along strike from multi- million ounce gold mines and defined deposits. Can earn up to 100% of various projects via an earn in. All projects are well serviced, with an extensive bitumen road network, well established cellular network and good high-voltage transmission line network.
Imaginatik (IMTK.L) 1.62p £2.47m
Trading update from the Innovation company for H1 Sep16. The Company expects to report a significantly reduced loss after tax of £0.26m (2015: £0.41m). Approximately half of the loss is attributable to adverse foreign exchange movements arising as a result of the strong US dollar. Recognised revenues expected to be approximately £1.84m for the period (2015: £1.96m) with overall bookings of £1.95m (2015: £2.25m). This contains a number of multi-year contract renewals, which provide the Company with a good level of cash flow into H2. 4 new customers.
Inqo Investments (ISDX:INQO) £10.4m 89.5p
H1Aug16 results from the South African based social impact company. Since Oct 2014 Inqo has negotiated loan settlements with its two institutional lenders that at have resulted in a R30m interest saving. PAT of R6,989,880 (August 2015 six month period: Loss of R3,035,766) equating to R0.60 per share with revenues of R5,324,300, a rise of 65%. Inqo expects to continue to benefit from the improved trading at Kuzuko Lodge while first revenues from its Bee Sweet Honey investment will accrue in the 2017/8 year.
MS International (MSI.L) 163.5p £27.4m
MSI has 3 arms. Defence, Forgings and Petrol Station Superstructures. H1 Oct 16 results. PBT increased to £0.61m (2015 – £0.40m) on an uplift in revenue to £25.00m (2015 – £23.98m). EPS amounted to 3.3p (2015 – 2.4p). The balance sheet remains robust with net cash and short term deposits of £9.76m (£12.8m). This has been maintained notwithstanding the cash impact of costs relating to the strategically important construction, together with first phase equipping, of a new substantial fork-arm manufacturing plant in the US. No forecasts in the market.
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The supplier of bespoke software systems, IT based solutions and support services to the media, broadcast, space, government, defence and commercial sectors, has announced the conditional acquisition of ANNOVA Systems, a provider of media software solutions, based in Munich. Max consideration of €267.8m including €11.4m upfront funded by Deutsche Bank. FYDEC15 ANNOVA rev of €7.5m, EBIT €1.1m. Expected to be strongly earnings enhancing from 2017 onwards. FYDec16E PE 13x.
Hornby (HRN.L) 31.25p £26.4m
HYSep16 results from the international hobby products Group. Group revenue of £21.9 million (2015: £22.3 million). Underlying Group loss of £3.6 million (2015: loss of £3.4 million). Refinanced in July via £8m equity raise. 'The current financial year is a period of transition for the Group as we reshape and streamline the business. As previously announced, this is expected to result in full year revenue reducing significantly year on year.' FYMar17E £44.1m rev. PBT loss of £6.3m improving to £1m profit in FY18E.
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HYSep16 results from the audio-visual content interaction specialist. This was a key period for the Company, which saw the deployment of Mirada's full Iris Inspire platform over the five cable networks of Izzi, the telecom branch of the Televisa Group. Over 525k set top boxes deployed so far. This deployment has allowed the Group to significantly improve its financial sustainability. Revenue up 23% to £2.78m. Adjusted EBITD A loss of £0.01m (£0.18m profit) predominantly due to increased sales, marketing and operational activities. No forecasts in the market.
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FYDec16 trading update from provider of innovative, highly engineered technology products principally to the global gaming industry. Progress has accelerated in Increased demand for Quixant's computer platforms for the gaming industry was evident from several customers. The Board now anticipates that total revenue for the will be not less than $86m and profit will be ahead of market expectations (FY16E PBT
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The private rented sector specialist, has announced the completion and letting of its 1,000th rental home. This milestone event takes the gross development cost of the H2. New homes completed by Sigma's PRS platform to £120m since construction commenced in December 2014. The rental income stream from these new homes is in excess of £8.0m per year annum. FY17E only looking for £7.57m. Also announced the completion of its first self
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Larkin arrived at the cat sanctuary at the end of April, but I've been waiting to post about him as he's been making a lot of progress from how he was when he arrived.
Initially, it was unclear whether Larkin was feral, as he was so frightened of people. He'd had one of his ears tipped, indicating that someone had trapped, neutered, and released him. Our vet thinks he's around one or two years old.
Larkin started off hiding in a small cage draped with a towel sitting inside his large walk-in cage, then gradually worked up to peering out the main cage door at cats and humans going by.
He was quite curious about the cats, but any human coming to close would send him diving back into his hidey hole. Soon a note appeared on the sign on his cage door describing him as "timid but very affectionate."
Sanctuary staff then moved him to a new cage where he could be more out in the open and check out what everyone around him was doing. After that, he really started to gain confidence. He now loves being patted and is an enthusiastic player.
In fact, he now not only permits human contact, he actually makes quite an effort to get our attention!
RAPS is short for Regional Animal Protection Society, a registered charity and operator of a sanctuary which houses and cares for nearly 500 homeless or abandoned cats in Richmond, BC, Canada. The Neko Files is a celebration of the sanctuary and all those who live and work there.
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- AnonymousJuly 2, 2014 at 8:41 AM
oh what a handsome fellow, I will have to visit him on SundayReplyDelete
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he is now called Scooter and lives at my house!!!! lucky me!ReplyDelete
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1. Sliced Apple with Peanut Butter
SO delish! Slice up your favourite apple (mine is Gala) spread some natural (no sugar) peanut butter or almond butter and it's a quick, easy and filling snack.
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2. Homemade Trail Mix
Add in your favourite nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts) with your favourite seeds (pumpkin, sunflower) and even some dried fruit or dark chocolate. I find this fills me up and gives you lots of nutrients and good fats!
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3. Hummus and Veggies
If you like humus this is such an easy snack. Cut up vegetables the night before work to fill a container. I have a store bought container of hummus at work that I leave there to constantly dip into the goodies. Bring enough veggies and this will surprisingly fill you up!
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4. Chia Seed Breakfast
I don't eat breakfast at home but I have a stash of chia seeds at the office for my morning breakfast. Fill 2-3 tablespoons full of chia to put in your bowl. Then fill 1 cup and maybe another 1/2 cup if you like and let the chia soak for 15 mins. I like to add in fruits and nuts. Once the chia has soaked up the milk it will turn into a type of pudding - coated mixture...this means it is time to eat. Chia is very good for you, tons of protein and good essential oils :)
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Victoria Case New Release Day!!!!
It's NEW RELEASE day at Victoria Case Designs. Once again Victoria has outdone herself with some super cute images. Hurry over to the store to get your own and check out the VC Blog for some wonderful cards made using these images!
I got the pleasure of working with lil' ball player, isn't he adorable? I used this cool basketball paper that I had in my stash, which was perfect to also create my basketball from.
Paper:pp- Basketball words-Sandy Lion, embossed basketball paper-The Paper Company
Inks: CTMH black
Image: Victoria Case Designs, All Star sentiment-The Paper Company Baseball set
Copics: EOO/E51/E21/R20/YR04/YR07/E33/E35/E37/C1/100/blender
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At the same time, Infoterra's staff has been specifically trained for handling the GMES Space Component Data Access (GSC-DA) Programme requests, ensuring a maximum level of service quality and fast response times. Further, the necessary modifications to the German Aerospace Centre (DLR)'s TerraSAR-X ground segment have been implemented in parallel.
The adaptation of delivery standards to ESA requirements was part of the first phase of a contract Infoterra received in 2009: a € 2.4M framework agreement covering the delivery of TerraSAR-X radar satellite data to ESA's GSC-DA user community.
Consequently, an interface allowing for a semi-automated product and metadata exchange between Infoterra's commercial ground segment and ESA's Coordinated Data Access System (CDS) was put into operational service in June. With this implementation, Infoterra has successfully completed the first phase of the interface development activities within the CDS, which is a key element of the GSC-DA Programme.
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Within Phase 2 of the programme (starting in 2010), the agency plans to install a harmonized data ordering interface that will enable ESA's experts to directly assess and access the acquisition capabilities of all civil Earth observation missions involved.


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Saturday, January 9, 2010
I created Poppy from polymer clay.
She is sculpted around two hand blown eggs.
A large duck egg for her body and a hen egg for her head.
I then embellished her with different mosses, poppy pods,
twigs and other things that Mother Nature supplies.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Today I praise God:
1) for the Birth of the church at Pentecost.
2) for the Holy Spirit that guides the church.
3) for the church that proclaims the truth and is like a mother to me that wants to help me in my life journey.
4) for my family.
5) for the opportunity to prepare Tom for his first communion.
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The Economic Evaluation of Time Can Cause Stress
The Economic Evaluation of Time Can Cause Stress
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Psychological stress can cause decreases in well-being, increases in disease, and faster cellular death. Because the workplace is one prominent source of stress, it is both practically and theoretically useful to comprehensively understand which workplace practices may be stress-inducing. In two experiments, we found that people nudged to be in an "economic mindset" (who thought of time in terms of money while working on a realistic "at work" task) self-reported higher levels of psychological stress (Experiments 1 and 2) and also evidenced more physiological stress — levels of salivary cortisol were 23.53% higher (Experiment 2) — compared to participants whose monetary value of time was not made chronically salient. We suggest several possible mechanisms through which the economic evaluation of time may cause stress. A commodified view of time can increase impatience and make someone feel pressured to "use time wisely". And thinking of time like money can diminish the meaning of a person's work and psychological attachment to the job, thereby making tasks more stressful. Thus, increasingly common work arrangements that commodify time may increase stress.


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UPDATE: Sant Ritz is going to attain TOP soon! Please contact me at 83187083 for more information.
Strategically located at the city fringe, Sant Ritz is primed to reap the benefits of the Singapore government's policies. It sits within Bidadari New Town, one of 3 areas earmarked for development as prime residential area in the Master Plan.
With Potong Pasir MRT Station at your doorstep (within 50m) and a future mall coming up opposite the condo (next to Potong Pasir MRT), Sant Ritz offers unbeatable accessibility and convenience. By road, it is well connected to the city and other parts of the island via PIE, CTE & KPE.
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Condo units available include 1 bedroom + Study, 2 bedroom, 2 bedroom Penthouse, 3 bedroom, 3 bedroom Penthouse, 3 bedroom Deluxe, and 3 bedroom Deluxe Penthouse.
Row houses (2 or 3 bedrooms) are also available. Row houses with have full privacy as the condo block does not overlook the row houses.
For full list of unit types and sizes please see below.
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Lease: 99 years with effect from 1st October 2012
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Frank Sinatra was so disgusted with dirt that he showered 12 times daily, a new memoir by her widow reveals. Barbara Marx Sinatra was the fourth wife of the renowned actor and singer.
Barbara's new memoir "Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank" gave some insight into their marriage. Sinatra died at the age of 82 in the arms of Barbara on the 14th of May 1998 after suffering a heart attack. His death came as a shock to millions of his fans throughout the world.
Barbara and Sinatra were married for more than two decades. The marriage lasted more than all the three previous marriages that Sinatra was involved in. The book talked about Sinatra's aggressiveness when he had taken in gin. Part of the book that talked about that issue said when Sinatra had imbibed gin, then Barbara would stay away so that she will not upset him.
The book said, "I don't know that I handled his moods. I lived with them. He could be moody. I didn't want to be around him if he drank gin. Gin, I think, made him mean."
The book touched on several other topics including how the two met and Sinatra's energy level.


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1. The last band I saw live was the local high school marching band. Oh, that's not what you meant? Then I guess it was maybe Crosby, Stills and Nash. If that doesn't date me, nothing will.
2. What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is going to Michillinda Lodge. Fabulous food, wonderful view, no cooking, and no cleaning up.
3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is started.
4. Thoughts of spending time at home doing things around the house fill my head.
5. I wish I could wear sexier shoes.
6. Bagpipes make me wish to visit Scotland.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to spending time at home, tomorrow my plans include doing some volunteer work, and Sunday, I want to watch The Amazing Race!
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Then we can discuss about other cool 3D related stuff.
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Cheryl Blair, Guns, hunters, hunters shoot dogs, Hunting, hunting accidents, John Bergeron, killing animals, Norton MA, NRA, state trooper Bergeron
It seems like every other day I read another story about hunters who shoot other hunters, shoot themselves, fall out of trees, shoot family pets, or shoot innocent people who happen to be out in the woods.
Whenever I post these news items, I also hear the same lame arguments from hunters and the same profanity-laced comments towards me and anyone else who dares question their so-called right to play god and kill helpless animals. Unless a person lives in an environment where there is no other way to survive, hunting is not about survival or protecting the "balance of nature" within habitats. Hunting is about blood, death, fear, pain, and ego. Most of the comments are predictable, illogical, and very tiresome. Until I actual hear from a hunter who is willing to admit that they kill because it gives them a thrill and they love killing things, I do not plan to approve any other comments from hunters.
In today's hunting story, a state trooper and hunter in Norton, Massachusetts, shot and seriously wounded an older woman who was out walking her dogs. The would-be killer this time is John Bergeron and the victim a neighbor named Cheryl Blair.
The woman's husband, who is also a hunter, commented that Bergeron and other hunters need to be more careful about where they aim their weapons. Duh. How about they aim their guns at themselves, pull the trigger, and tell us what "sport" it is to kill?
Interesting, I think, that the trooper is not facing charges and that the "investigation is continuing." If this guy can be so reckless and stupid, he should lose his job. Perhaps the next time he unloads his weapon "by mistake," it will be to shoot an innocent person during a traffic stop or some other minor issue.
Here's the story from the Associated Press –
NORTON, Mass. — The husband of a Massachusetts woman who was accidentally shot by an off-duty state trooper hunting deer after dark is questioning the trooper's target identification.
The Boston Herald reports that the trooper apologized to the family. But the victim's husband, also a hunter, says hunters need to pay attention and know their target.
Cheryl Blair was walking her two dogs Saturday when the trooper, John Bergeron, mistook her pets for a deer.
She is in a hospital recovering from surgery for a fractured pelvis.
Authorities say the shooting was accidental. A state police spokesman says Bergeron was properly licensed and faces no criminal charges. The investigation is continuing.
Bergeron, a neighbor of the Blairs', did not respond to a request by the newspaper for comment.


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A brother was leaving the world, and though he gave his goods to the poor he kept some for his own use. He went to Antony, and when Antony knew what he had done, he said, "If you want to be a monk, go to the village over there, buy some meat, hang it on your naked body and come back here."
The brother went, and dogs and birds tore at his body. He came back to Antony, who asked him if he had done what he was told. He showed him his torn body. Then Antony said, "Those who renounce the world but want to keep their money are attacked in that way by demons and torn in pieces."


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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
"I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall".--Eleanor Roosevelt
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- Sandee (Comedy +) said...
Bwahahahahaha. She did have a great sense of humor. Have a great day. :)
- December 3, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Daisy said...
Wilben, I was reading your interests in your profile. It made me laugh to see Yosemite National Park in there with the others. HA!
I like your sense of humor. :)
- December 4, 2008 at 4:43 AM
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"Many years ago, when I was still in high school, my early outdoor nude exploration was done under the cover of darkness. It was just much easier back then before I realized that there could be opportunities to hike nude in the daylight.
And most of my night swimming anytime, anywhere is done in the nude. Why bother with the other way?
Most recently, two night hikes come to mind. At Lake Willoughby in Vermont, I took a recent acquaintance on his first naked hike on public lands, up the Mount Pisgah trail. . . We started before sundown, but were well under cover of darkness by the time we reached the summit, and walked down in total darkness. Light rain the entire time and having another naked hiker along, a first for me, made this trip extra special. The other recent experience was exceptional. It was during my naked venture into the Camden Hills SP in Maine this past September . . . The overnight hut there, is located down a short trail, below the bluff on the summit of Bald Rock Mountain. Around 2am, I awoke to the brilliant light of a near full moon flooding the interior of the hut, so I hiked up to the summit without a net, and sat overlooking Penobscot Bay, enjoying the view for the better part of an hour. You can see a substantial part of the bay, and many islands from this vantage point, about 900 ft up from the water. Seeing all of the features of the landscape brilliantly lit by moonlight, observing the navigation markers down on the bay, watching the shipping coming and going, and seeing the lights of Camden and other nearby towns. It was all just stunning.
After awhile, I went back down to the hut and crawled back into my bag. A few hours later, I awoke to voices coming from the summit. So I slipped on my kilt and went back up to join some locals who had hiked up with a thermos of coffee, to watch the sunrise. The sun rose from directly behind Cadillac Mount on Mt Desert Island, 60 miles to the east, and couldn't have been a more perfect start to another great day. I quite agree that night hiking naked has its own special charms." - Dan
Has anyone reading this ever freehiked at night?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Night Freehiking?
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One of the elements that makes woodworking projects stand out is the attention to detail that the woodworker builds into their works. In some cases, one of the details that help to define a piece and break up large areas of plain wood ... is something called Fluting. A commonplace that you might find fluting would be a surround of a fireplace. Often there are wide pieces of wood around a fireplace and one way of making these plain pieces of wood more attractive is to "flute" them. You will also find fluting on table legs, bookcases, large wooden beds and other things that use wide boards in the construction.
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My goal with this jig project was to make a jig that I could use on many different projects that I could rely on as being accurate and for making repeatable flutes when I need them ...
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The heart of this jig is a piece of 1/4" ready rod which will be used to re-position the trim router to specific distances to cut the fluting. Because there are all sorts of different sizes of round-nose bits, and different distances that you may want to cut these, there are no real guidelines except to make the fluting according to what looks best to your eye. For example, fluting on a table leg would be done with a very fine bit, and would probably only have a couple of flutes cut whereas fluting on the surround of a fireplace might have 3 or for flutes cut on a much wider board or even something like MDF that would later be painted.
I started off with a piece of 1/4" thick plastic, and cut it according to the base size of my existing trim router, but made the base about 1/2" wider on each side, they also allowed some extra space toward the back of the plastic base plate where I could attach the "L" bracket.
I used 1/4" plywood for the sides of the jig where the plastic base would ride against and be trapped. I decided on plywood because it has less tendency to expand width-wise, and therefore should work well for the sliders for the base.
I used the existing base as a guide to make the bolt holes and recesses that would hold the new base plate to the trim router. Next, I glued the sliders to the plywood base of the jig and made sure that the new plastic base would slide easily back and forth.
I also took some time to cut a slot at the base of the jig where the router bit would protrude into the wood and I affixed the backboard to the edge of the jig.
As you can see in the video, I also attached the top of the anchor board with bolts to the bottom slider, this is in case I have any unknown adjustments I want to make in the future.
For the "L" bracket I simply used an off the shelf hardware store "L" bracket and cut the extra hole off the one side and slightly enlarged it the ready-rod would go through the hole. Attaching the "L" bracket was a bit more work than expected, I had to use flat head screws and countersink the holes from underneath the plastic base, this is so the screws that hold the "L" bracket on would not interfere with the sliding motion of the trim router moving back and forth over the base of the jig.
**** If you make this jig and use my methodology, do NOT tighten the bolts to the "L" bracket and the plastic base to tightly and use a lock washer. The holes in the plastic and not very far apart and past experience with plastic and tightening it too much means sometimes the plastic will crack and you have to start all over again so do not over-tighten.
Next, I had to drill a hole through the anchor back and fasten the "T-nut" in place. This was fairly easy and I pre-drilled the holes for the screws to make sure it didn't re-position the T-nut as I tightened the 2 screws.
The final assembly was easy, threading the ready-rod through the T-nut, then affixing it to the "L" bracket and fastening it so that it is locked to the bracket but still spins freely, and lastly to fix some sort of a crank or turning knob to the ready-rod to be able to turn it easily. I figured out a long time ago that cranks work best for counting turns and just for the speed of having to crank the ready-rod into place.
Testing ...
The real joy of making jigs is to see if they work and how well they work. I have never seen any kind of a jig like this for cutting flutes so I was very interested to see just how well it would work. I aligned it up on some scrap wood I had and made the first pass ... wow, I was amazed how straight and easy it was to make this cut. I turned the crank to the number of turns I had pre-determined ahead of time that should be appropriate, re-positioned the jig for the second cut and in no time it was done.
Both cuts were excellent ... straight, even cuts and it was easy to re-position the router in the jig. This tuned out to be an excellent jig ... another keeper for future projects.
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Mi gente is Spanish for "my people." In a recent conversation with a Puerto Rican friend about the massacre in Orlando, at which 49 brown and black people were shot dead, there is strong opinion that the coverage of the event has been whitewashed. "Whitewashed" is a term used by cultures other than Caucasians and describes the stripping of all things organic and cultural to a particular event. It is not a positive term. It is not a positive action. I want to bring this conversation into its rightful place, because in some sense people of color (POC) have been stripped bare of the vigils that have been held in many places of faith over the last week.
I attended several of the ceremonies and I'd have to agree, there was a definite lack of representation from the brown and black communities. The sadness is exacerbated by the fact that it was a gay bar that was shot up and the vast majority of the victims were part of the LGBT+ community. This community, is mi gente, even though I identify as a cisgender, straight, white person. Some POC would not allow me to claim this, and in all sincerity it is a stretch, I agree.
Let's take a moment and unpack these thoughts. Why are they mi gente? Well, because half my family and one of my children is gay and I am an ally, so we are all part of the LGBT+ family, together. They are mi gente because we are all children of God and loved unconditionally and equally by our Creator. So, our familial lines bleed together as our bodies and hearts bleed together. Why then is it a stretch for me to claim them as mi gente? Because to do that whitewashes and attempts to normalize the atrocity, as if I suffer as the brown and black community suffers. Which is simply not so. I do not profess to intimately know the culture and customs that white America has stripped from POC, those who invest their time, talent and treasure in the same economy I do.
The majority of the vigils that were held this week to mourn for Orlando where organized and attended primarily by white folks. Where are the brown people? Where are the black people? Why are they not standing up? Why are they underrepresented? It is not for lack of want, I can assure you. Many are in hiding, in fear of additional victimization and harm. (This I know because I met with them.) They are huddled together in private masses and vigils held in homes where safety is not an issue. (This I know because I met with them.) Some would argue and say that the brown and black community should be grateful that the white community "stepped up" to organize gatherings. And those I spoke to are glad and grateful the white community has mourned along with them.
As a white American, I want to ask where our support for our brown and black brothers and sisters is on a daily basis. How do we engage with their culture in a way that celebrates our diversity and agape love for one another? It's a nice sentiment to come out in droves to show support after tragedy; But white folks, where is the support during times of peace and harmony? How dare we commandeer their vigils? How dare we profess to know the ache that lives in their homes and in their hearts? How dare we whitewash religious services with comfortability and practices that are common to the mainline, white, Christian community in hopes to ease their pain?
To mourn with mi gente, I need to learn their language of love, so I can love them how they need to be loved, not how I perceive it so. We must learn to love our multi-cultural country – embrace our diversity. We must learn to sit in our discomfort and listen to the pains that spill from our brown and black family. I do not write this post to divide us, but rather to unite us. While my words may seem harsh, in reality it is my attempt to raise awareness of the additional victimization that takes place when white America rushes in to solve an issue we don't know anything about.
The white LGBT+ community is a sibling to the brown and black LGBT+ communities.
How can we make a difference then? We can listen. We can support. We can mourn by the side of our ethnic family. We are all one family, true, as we all come from one Creator. However, around half of the victims were brown and the other half were black. There was not a single white victim. Therefore, as a white American, to claim them as mi gente only works to ease my pain. If I am truly interested in showing up for my ethnic siblings, and sincerely desire to ease their pain, it must be on their terms. In the blurred lines of the kingdom of God they are mi gente, but the love they need at this time will acknowledge, respect, and appreciate our cultural differences.


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As winter rolls in and temperatures fall, please continue to water your garden. Why? Watering keeps your landscape healthy. Winter's cold weather, low humidity, and strong winds can dry out plants and damage their roots. So keep watering—and keep the following tips in mind as you do.
- Water only when air temperatures are above 40 degrees F.
- Before watering, check the root ball. If it is wet, you do not need to water.
- Apply water at mid-day so it will have time to soak in before possible freezing temperatures at night.
- Direct water to the roots, not the leaves.
- Apply enough water to thoroughly wet the roots. Shallow watering is not good for your plants.
And here's something to think about while planning next spring's landscape: Where you place plants in your garden will affect their watering needs. Plants located next to buildings, walls, and fences will receive reflected heat from those structures and are more subject to damage. In addition, plants in windy locations will experience faster-drying soil and will need more water.
As always, get in touch with the pros at Art of Stone Gardening, Georgia for on site consultations and more great landscaping ideas.


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суббота, 27 марта 2010 г.
Palm Sunday
Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, early 1900's Bible
card illustration Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast
which always falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday.:
the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days
before his Passion. It is also called Passion Sunday or Palm
Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
In many Christian churches, Palm Sunday is marked by
the distribution of palm leaves (often tied into crosses)
to the assembled worshipers. The difficulty of procuring
palms for that day's ceremonies in unfavorable climates
for palms led to the substitution of boughs of box, yew,
willow or other native trees. The Sunday was often
designated by the names of these trees, as Yew
Sunday or by the general term Branch Sunday.
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The Beginning....or The End ~ Prologue
The throne room was a huge cavern. Malevolence rolled across the expanse like a living, breathing invisible monster. It radiated throughout the chamber in suffocating waves that flailed the mind, stripping all who entered of reason and will replacing it with terror and utter supplication to the desires of the source. The walls, ceiling and floor were polished ebony of the impeccable quality. Globes of brilliant smokeless white light were held in place by gold brackets of the most intricate workmanship. In the middle of the room stood a throne of skulls and smoked gold. The skulls were from all manner of man and beast. The armrests were an abhorrence of childs visages, innocently sweet countenances twisted cruelly by the harshness of untimely and horrid ends into little more than empty blank gazes staring into an eternity of suffering. The seat; the mortal remains of some seafaring demon of the deep its gaping maw of razor-edged teeth cradling a cushion of the finest crushed black velvet embossed with threads of pure gold. The skulls of small dragons, minators, ogres, and various fiends from nether realms were impaled on the fanged edges of the upper jaw turned to face the front of the dais locked forever in the grimace of death throes. On this perversion, sat the origin of this evil. The Master.
He was a giant by human standards, nearly seven and a half feet tall whose muscles looked as though they had been hewn from obsidian. Shadows of near substantial form encircled his massive form in a living robe of vileness. He has been human once but greed, twisted passions and an insatiable hunger for all the dark Arts could offer had wrenched every remenant of decency and goodness out of His very being and banished them forever. His fathomless eyes danced cruelly with the fires of hell as he thought of is latest conquests.
A dark clad figure slipped into the room without so much as a whisper. It blended in so well with the shadows as to be invisible. Invisible to all, save the One who ruled the shadows.
Come forward.
The deep baritone of his voice resonating throughout the hall and with a small flick of a clawed finger bade the figure to kneel. The figure was lying prone on the floor before his talon had ceased its decent. Arms outstretched in silent pleas for the mercy of release that would not be forthcoming.
You sent for me, Master. The figure spoke in hushed whispers, eyes downcast lest its soul ever be lost in the smoldering depths of the Masters gaze.
That one has passed through the Barrier to the Other Side and taken a new name and form. Find and eliminate it. This dagger, The Master slowly blinked His flaming eyes and an inordinately carved dagger encrusted with crimson gems flickered into being in front of the figures downcast eyes. will sing if I am pleased with your work. Mayhap I shall consider your plea for release then. My emissaries will be waiting for you after you have crossed over.
The Master rose to His full stature. His living cloak whispering tales of eons of abominations as the walked over to the figure, still prone on the ebon floor. With feline grace, He leaned down taking the figures chin in His powerful clawed hand. He forcing the head up with cruel viciousness and stared fiercely into the figures panic filled eyes.
Do not disappoint Me else the consequences shall be dire.
Yes, Master. I understand,
Master. The figure, now dismissed, fled from the throne room in complete
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Where do I begin! The anticipation of my birthday was crazy! I wanted to know what was happening so BADLY….but at the same time wanted it to be a surprise. I had so many different options going on in my mind that it could be…ruling some things out or in depending on what people said. My friends are amazing! My lovely "girlfriend" T and Mr. 72 put so much effort into planning this. I can't THANK them enough. I don't think I have ever had such an amazing, spectacular, fun, silly or special birthday in my life. THANK YOU to V3 for putting up with the two mentioned above and helping to plan my birthday too! You all deserve medals I think…better yet, a GOLD Star!
So the clues that led me to know what we were doing? When the beginning process started, T mentioned it was family friendly. Hmm…intriguing. My mind is going a few different places. Then, a few weeks before I mentioned to Mr. 72 that I wanted to wear orange pants on my birthday. Why, he asked. Well, why not? I said. He said well that would be fine. Not sure why this led me to the idea of going to the circus…maybe because of the family friendly comment? One of my favorite places on earth is the circus or a carnival….that would be amazing. Then a few days before the event, I showed Mr. 72 my new outfit, and he said "that's actually perfect". Ensue confusion because little did they know, I googled to see if the circus was still in town, nope. Darn. There are couple other things I've been wondering about…maybe I'll figure it out.
The day of: I start driving to Mr. 72's house for the 5:30 show up time. My thoughts, ok, there's one of three options; trapeze flying, house party, roller skating. All very good options. Then I get a text, "bring socks". LOL I call back saying I'm not driving home because I'm 10 feet from your house. I will text T to bring me a pair. Roller Skating at Skate Land it is!!!! Woot!! This is what I wanted for my birthday the whole time! Stoopid silly fun! I love it! Dodging kids, getting sideways glances from parents, holding hands with Mr. 72 while skating, doing the chicken dance, getting yelled at for skating backwards with my girlfriend and subsequently falling on my ass. They even got cheesecake and cookies, pizza, soda and GLOW STICKS!!! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! Thank you to all my dear friends that made it out, it was such a special birthday and so happy I could share it with you. I hope you had as much fun as I did.
I was also surprised at getting any gifts on my birthday…I guess after a certain age, I just don't think about getting gifts that much at birthday parties….I was just happy I had friends that showed up! LOL. But I can't go without mentioning that Mr. 72 got me an amazing birthday gift, holy crap. Thank you so much! A new zoom lense! I have been complaining that my lens has no zoom to take pictures of him riding his motor bike at the track so he got me one! (Granted this helps him too, lol) But still!
Then a few of us headed out for some cocktails at Coach & Willies in downtown Chandler. Thank you to whoever got me the inappropriate shot. The apple(?) shot was yummy. Mr. 72 actually embarrassed me a little with his silliness….he's so freakin cute sometimes. We talked about disgusting things too much, lol. Throw in some British accents and you were basically there! I loved this night. I can't be appreciative enough for my friends, you are the bestest.
Then on my actual birthday. Exactly what I wanted. A lot of time with Mr. 72, I got to see my baby boy and my parents. It was perfect.
Mr. 72 went with me on a retro shopping trip in central Phoenix. We stopped at my favorite shop, Retro Ranch. This place is the amaze-balls. I could spend all day in there trying on old vintage clothes, poking around at the records and jewelry, and deciding what home decoration I need. I actually found an antique GE Light Meter! Holy Cats! (thanks "nelle" for that term). I will post about that soon.
We stopped over at Bizarre Guitar and Drum and Mr. 72 got to eyeball all the drums and symbols and such. He actually found something he had been needing so that was a major bonus! I learned about the Black Beauty drum. One day Mr. 72 needs to own one, his face gets all excited just talking about it.
Then…..we went over to a retro store that I used to love. Not going to name names because I hope they fix the issue but….the store has a store cat….and everything bad that goes along with having a cat. Everything smelled like cat piss. Makes me sad cause I really liked that store. I have no sense of smell so if it was bad for me, it must have been horrible for everyone else. I ran out of these without looking at anything. <sad face>
We got our grub on at Two Hippie's Breakfast Joint. Yum!!!!! I will be back. I had the Feta Spinach Garlic Burger… wow, it was incredible! I had a urge to do what my sister does and order something strange, so I got that and boy I don't regret it! The fries were perfect too and the orange Fanta was just icing on the cake!
We also checked out an antique store, Home Again Furniture and Antiques, on the corner that I hadn't gone to. This store was packed! It was fun browsing and showing each other things we remember from our past or just different and cool stuff. You should check this store out when you have a chance.
After spending some good time with my baby boy and parents, they kindly watched him so me and Mr. 72 could go on a romantic dinner at Flemmings. Mr. 72 was my usual gentleman and ordered his little lady a glass of wine and her steak. Maybe I'm old fashioned in some regards but I love when he orders for me. It was DELICIOUS! The bread and homemade butter was so good I even had some after I had my steak! The restaurant even gave me a $25 gift card and truffles since it was my birthday! WOW. I subsequently gave the truffles to my parents as a Thank You.
I couldn't have had a better birthday if I planned it myself. Thank you to everyone who made it so special for me. I will never forget my 30th Birthday. What an amazing weekend spent with the people I love the most. What more could a girl ask for!
Here's some more pictures, enjoy!


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When I was in college one of the toughest things I had to do was to convince my parents that I really could work in theater and support myself.
The first summer I work in summer stock I worked crazy hours and made no money. My parents knew how much I worked because the theater was in the same town as my dad. That fall I needed some money for a car repair so I went to the bank of Mom and when the bank of Mom would not approve my loan I went to the bank of Dad. The Bank of Dad told me that he would give me this loan but it would be the last loan and that if I was going to work in theater I was going to have to figure out how to not ask him for money.
Since I was in my junior year I felt a little past the point of switching majors I decided that I would have to make it work.
Also by this time I loved what I was doing.
So I've worked hard over the years and been smart with my money and with work. Sometimes with work it is feast of famine meaning that there will be times when there is more work than I could ever handle followed by times when there is no work at all. But I think that this pressure to prove to my parents that my job is real and can support me has put me in a better financial state than my siblings who did not have to prove that nursing or engineering were good careers. My brother has yet to land a job in his field and my sister quit nursing after a couple years.
So as I pointed out to my dad a couple years ago, technically I'm his most successful kid.


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The walking group for the Frith Hill Trench Walk, organised by Surrey Heath Museum for Heritage Open Days, met at Tomlinscote School in Frimley,
Led by Roy Sellstrom BEM, the walk revealed the earth movements and visual signs of the use of the area as a military training area. Frith Hill was a practice area for trench warfare, and the site of a German Prisoner of War camp during the First World War.
In his researches Roy discovered a map of the trenches in Frith Hill. These have now mostly be filled in. It's fascinating to realise that of the paths in the area, though difficult to recognise, many are on the filled in trenches.
Roy pointed to post World War II trenches, some small and for only two soldiers. He also pointed out a mine crater [see photo below], previously thought be elsewhere, see Remains of Mine Explosions, and read the following report of the event at the time.
"Blackdown Camp, October 1916, Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers: The company moved into an excellent hut-camp, … leaving No.4 section to complete Claycart Bridge. The chief interest at first was the mine that had been made on Frith Hill, some of our men assisting in the tunnelling. It was to be blown up by 5,000lbs of gun cotton, and was the first of three that were to be blown for experiment and training. To make the affair more like an operation at our front line, our company made wire entanglements all about the imaginary 'No man's land' above the charge, and practised the consolidation of the mine craters after seizure by infantry."
"On the great day , VIP's arrived, the Sandhurst cadets came over and were shown by us how to consolidate a crater. All the windows for miles around were left open, so as not to be blown in by concussion of the explosion. At the last moment the spectators, numbering several thousand, were moved from ½ to ¾ of a mile away. The guns and trench mortars began to fire blank, machine guns and rifles the same, up went the mine, and attacking parties seized the craters with much cheering and throwing of dummy hand-grenades and bombs, while our Sapper party, under Lt Davidson, started entrenching in the lip of the craters."
"The actual explosion and upheaval of the mines was most disappointing. The charge had been divided, by order from above, so that two little craters were made instead of one large one. We hardly felt any concussion, heard no noise, and the spectacle was far from alarming. The soil was thrown up about thirty feet, in the form of a plum-pudding, then it subsided through a dense volumes of smoke. So slight was the effect that it was said that parties in a dug-out 300 yards away did not know the charge had been blown under they were told of it by a runner."
Here are the photos from the walk,


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"We CAN be Grateful. It might sound contrary to the wisdom of the world that one who is burdened with sorrow, should give thanks to God, but those who set aside the bottle of bitterness and lift instead the goblet of gratitude can find a purifying drink of healing, peace and understanding .
Focusing on what we are grateful FOR is the wrong approach. It is difficult to develop a spirit of gratitude if our thankfulness is only proportional to the number of blessings we can count. True, it is important to frequently Count Our Blessings and anyone who has tried this, knows that there are MANY. But I don't believe that the Lord expects us to be less thankful in times of trial than in times of abundance and ease.
We need to seek gratitude as a disposition, a way of life that stands independent of our current situation. Instead of being thankful FOR things, be thankful IN our current situation, whatever that may be.
The choice is ours.
We can choose to limit our gratitude based on the blessings we feel we lack.... or we can choose to be grateful No. Matter. What. This type of gratefulness transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the blessed warmth of summer."
"We sometimes think that being grateful is something we do AFTER our problems are solved. But how terribly shortsided that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain.
Being grateful in times of distress does NOT mean we are pleased with our circumstances.
It does mean that through the eyes of faith we look beyond our present day challenges. This is not a gratitude of the lips, but of the soul. It heals the heart and expands the mind. Being grateful IN our circumstances is an act of faith in God.
Gratitude is an expression of hope and testimony. It comes from acknowledgeing that we do not always understand the trials of life, but trusting that one day we will."
I actually didn't mean to quote so much, but he just says it so well! ;)
I'm not the best at being grateful in times of trial, but I think I've come to attempt it in my own way. I'm stuck in a pretty crappy situation...not being able to fully move on while 'the other woman' is still living behind me and in my ward. It's hard to go to church when I'm reminded of all the pain and hurt that I've suffered.
There are many days I wish I could just curl up in a ball in my room and never leave.
But instead of doing that, I try to find happiness in other places.
I try to plan things with my family that we can have fun with, whether we are exploring new places, playing games, visiting family, etc
I try to find happiness in my work, in the things I need to get done around the house, in taking care of my family or serving others.
My hope is that this will carry me through until circumstances change.
Right now, it's the best that I can do.


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Having enjoyed a recent conference about Library 2.0, I would like to collect here some resources for library staff who are interested in the future development of library services, and the way they are likely to grow.
I will add blogs of note, and resources I find interesting, to try to make a one-stop shop for staff.
Of course, (certainly in the USA) you may already find plenty of 'one-stop shops' - as each wants to be definitive, but they are loaded away from Europe and the UK, and Wales in particular, so I think the market could stand just one more 'one-stop shop'. :-)
Librarians like making lists...


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Forbes began their piece about reputation management with the controversial declaration that New Years resolutions are a little overrated. They fail every year and yet they are consistently glamorized during December. They conclude that New Years resolutions must have an excellent PR guy. After all, the New Year is not a true clean slate. The conditions of failure are still there. It is not as though one enters into the New Year as a different person. Yet people get excited about it because it has a good reputation. The question that this will raise is how an entrepreneur could convoke that sort of hype for her business. Forbes offered a few tips for developing one's online reputation.
Write Articles And Make Videos
One of the mistakes that entrepreneurs tend to make will be to focus too much on their product or service. That might sound like an odd mistake to make. After all, crafting one's product is an essential element to marketing. Yet as onlinereputationreviews.com suggests, developing a reputation will also involve selling oneself. If the people are going to respect her as an intellectual and expert in the industry, she will need to create a relationship that transcends the business/customer paradigm.
People will need to visit her website to see real content. The wise entrepreneur will write helpful how-to or list articles and make charismatic videos about topics that [1] relate to her industry and [2] educate and entertain.
Assess Your Current Reputation
It might be something that people do not think about, especially if the entrepreneur is in the public spotlight for the first time. But the fact is that anybody who is in the spotlight, even those who are seemingly universally loved, will have to undergo criticism. It could be a competitor who wants to steal her customers or just somebody who is envious of her success. Knowledge is the first step to overcoming this. Forbes advice that she does a Google search of herself to see what comes up.
Reputation management can help to navigate through a difficult time or even hoist a company into success. Most entrepreneurs will testify that it is well worth the effort.


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Former members of NTHU's International Volunteer Society, along with director of extracurricular activities Professor Michael Lu (back row, first from left,) and Professor Wang Jyun-cheng (back row, third from left), who helped establish the Society.
The International Volunteer Society's reunion was attended by former deans of student affairs: senior vice president of academic affairs Professor Chen Sinn-wen (front row, fifth from left); President Hocheng Hong (front row, fourth from left); and dean of general affairs Professor Ping-Chiang Lyu (front row, third from left).
Participant at an education camp held in Belize in 2015.


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Portrait of a Family
Last week Freida created her first self-portrait of her family! She had been coloring happily in the kitchen, while I was eating lunch and plugging away (at a design project my husband is currently working on) at my desk. Every once in a while she'd come into the living room to proudly show me her masterpiece. Most of them were of rainbows, clouds, and crocodiles (can anyone shed some light on how these 3 things connect? :), and I was in total awe when she brought in a paper, demanded that I close my eyes, and went on to surprise me with a full-on description of her drawing of our family! Isn't it so fun when they suddenly draw something coherent with reality, and we get to see it from their point of view…?!
Here were a few of her descriptions:
"The mommy is pink because she is a girl. She's wearing lots of hot-pink lipstick and playing guitar."
"The daughter is pink because she is a girl. She's stretching next to the Daddy because she is growing."
"The baby is little because she is a baby. Her legs are like that because she can't walk. She's crawling. And growing."
My absolute favorite part of this drawing is her depiction of the father: "The Daddy is big because Daddy's are so big."
I find it so interesting that children naturally view their fathers as big (apparently, even when daddy weighs much less than mommy! :). I think it's such an baffling and interesting fact that although the fathers work primarily away from the home, have much less involvement in the every-day life of their children vs. the mother, yet get the "big" role in their child's understanding of life and of people. I had a friend over the other day, and when she saw this drawing hanging in the dining room she immediately commented on how ridiculous and unfair it is that even though the dads do "nothing" in comparison to what the moms do daily for their children, the children still view the dads as the largest part of their life! We spoke about it for a while, and I simply had different views on the matter. I think it's genius, and obvious! It's as if the children anthropologically understand that the father is the "hunter and gatherer" of the family! Isn't it amazing?
Honestly speaking, I think about this pretty often. Both of my girls smiled first at their daddy, and when Freida was a baby she would immediately change her mood (for the better!) when my husband walked through the door at the end of the day. I thought it was due to the fact that we, the mothers, put the father on a pedestal so often; from "don't worry, daddy will fix it when he gets home." to "oh, just you wait until I tell your father about this!" – we are constantly raising the daddy-bar. Setting the table for dinner and waiting at the window until daddy pulls into the driveway is really exciting for the kids, and watching Freida call Manasseh to say goodnight before she retires on the nights he can't make it home before 7pm is simply wondrous. She LOVES him, and to her, he's totally king.
Anyways, I used to think that was why they smiled at him first. But recently my mother told me something that changed my mind about all that… She said she thinks all the kids smile at their father because of how happy their mother gets when daddy comes home! That totally hit home for me, and is a much more obvious reason – our mood changes when our husbands come home, and that, in-turn, is felt by our brood as well. Plus, they see us brighten up in our husbands presence and that's makes all the difference to them. How beautiful is that?
P.S. I love how the baby looks like a baby!
I jotted down a little word-for-word description of everything right as she was telling it to me, plus the date of the drawing. Doing it there and then makes it easier to keep stock of all the things our children make that we want to keep filed. Also, Ikea is the best and cheapest destination for framing things – with a matte and all!


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Historical note: The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer; originally it was described as 1 to 6 bits (typical I/O equipment of the period used 6-bit chunks of information). The move to an 8-bit byte happened in late 1956, and this size was later adopted and promulgated as a standard by the System/360. The word was coined by mutating the word `bite' so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. See also nybble.
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I'm done!
I just did the final of my meetings with Katie, our adoption counselor, and Brian's in with her now for his portion. After today, we'll be done with all the meetings needed for the homestudy, so that's a nice milestone to pass.
Today's meeting started with: "How would you describe yourself?" I hate that question. I mean, I don't mind talking about myself; I think a lot of my friends will recognize that I often wear my heart on my sleeve. But that question is so vague and so open that it's always a difficult one for me, especially to start off with! Luckily I managed to say something that passed for acceptable, so we moved on.
We turned in autobiographies to Katie a couple weeks ago, and most of today was spent with Katie delving into more detail based on that material. I got to spend a lot of time talking about my childhood, my brothers, my parents, and anything/everything related to that. Once I got going, I actually think Katie had a hard time stopping me from talking! Don't worry, Josh and Matt, I didn't tell any stories that were *too* bad...
The homestudy meetings have really not been a nerve-wracking process so far. I was a bit apprehensive going into them, especially since they included a tour of our home to make sure it wasn't a death trap. But I think a lot of my nervousness was due to a misunderstanding of what the meetings would entail. The homestudy is a legal document that certifies our home to receive a child, and so I was expecting the vetting process to be difficult (and perhaps even adversarial). As it turns out, the OA&FS homestudy is more than just the legal document; it seems they're really trying to profile us as a family, so that expectant mothers considering adoption can get a sense of who we are. To that extent, the meetings really ended up being more like a set of long interviews by a biographer, and less about judging us and our home.
Anyway, so today's meeting was the last of those for me. After this, we have a few more documents we need to turn in (thanks to everyone who wrote us recommendations - they've all been received!), and then Katie will use them all to write our homestudy in about 4-8 weeks. So things are moving forward pretty quickly! If all goes well, we should be in the pool of waiting families sometime mid-June. Exciting!


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Wayne here,
Today we had some more snow! It started late last night and continued on to this morning sending about 3 inches of snow our way. It was really pretty to wake up and everything is covered in a fluffy, white blanket. The snow was all powder to start off with, but as the day went on, we have gotten some ice on top and it is very crunchy outside right now. Anything that has melted during the day has quickly become ice. Tomorrow morning will be a lot worse than this morning.
Mom took us three dogs out this morning to play while her baby slept (she is already sick and didn't need to be outside any more than necessary) and we had a blast! We kicked up the snow everywhere we went. I love snow! It is so soft and cold.
When we all came inside, us three dogs decided that is was time for a nap while mom read a book. At least it is warm inside our house and not windy! I hate it for the people who have to get out in this mess in the morning. They are going to have a time getting to and from work! Mom and dad are both scheduled to work tomorrow night, hopefully the roads won't be too bad.
Have a great day and enjoy the snow if you got some!