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I have been longing to see the Northern Lights in their splendor and glory.
Arriving in late-May or June, the nighttime skies are light
and there is no way I am able to see them.
But once darkness creeps into the Alaskan skies by late August,
it is my habit to peer out the windows in the middle of the night,
hoping and wishing.
The apartment complex where I live offers a nice service to guests:
a phone call will wake anyone who requests such
when the Northern Lights are out.
I gave them my phone number.
Around midnight, just after we had crawled into bed, the phone rang.
With the excitement of a couple rushing to the hospital for an impending birth,
we pulled on warm clothes, grabbed the hats and mittens and...
brewed a pot of coffee!
(But of course, who wouldn't?)
We could see the alighted sky from our parking lot,
but wanted to best possible show without the distraction of streetlights,
so we drove to the farm less than a mile away.
We parked and waited rather impatiently for the automatic headlights
to finally shut down.
Holding our warm coffee mugs, we stood at the edge of the dark field.
A rainbow-like arch extended from east to west across the whole sky
at the direct level of our gaze.
It was perfectly even on the bottom edge and glowed a phosphorescent green.
The top of the arch widened in the center and had hazy edges.
It reminded me of water colors that have been brushed on a page that was first wetted down so that they bled upward. Quite tame and still.
We gazed intently and soon the "dancing" began.
The uneven tops of the green arch began to stretch and reach upward in shooting manner.
They exploded and jettisoned the color from greens to white to purple.
Have you ever seen a dancing fountain
that shoots jets of water upward to music?
These glowing lights flung themselves upward, stretching and expanding until they glowed beyond the dome of night sky directly above our heads.
We were flabbergasted.
Suddenly a ball of white, smoke-like cloud exploded as from a cannon
at the far right of the arch.
It raced along the curved path, turning like a bowling ball tossed down the alley
toward the pins, enlarging and gaining color as it rolled.
Once this large mass of color reached the other end,
far into the opposite horizon,
this band of color started to undulate and fold back on itself in waves.
The motion was much like a flag furling and unfurling in the breeze.
Accordion-like waves glowing in pale whites with blue and purple streaks.
The night sky was alive. Vibrant. Stunning. Glowing. Waving.
Fading and then, in a burst of energy, tossing new colors in exotic patterns.
We stood in speechless wonder for one and a half hours.
The coffee grew cold. We grew cold. But, who cared?
We were transfixed, awestruck at this display of intensity in lights.
Energy enough to activate all the electrical grids of the USA for a year in this one night.
Far more than I had ever dreamed of witnessing.
I could now leave Alaska in peace.
I'd watched the sky dance and sing without a song.
Silent music.
Phenomenal excitement.
A graceful dancer had raced between the constellations lifting a long and billowing silk scarf of delicate shades of color over her head, letting it trail behind her as she leaped and ran.
And we were there, cheering without a word,
hearts leaping within our chests to the rhythm of her steps.
How I wish you were there with us.
I took many pictures with my little camera, even a few videos.
But, upon viewing the pictures the next morning, this is all I saw:
I'm so sorry.
And so my words, limited though they are, will have to do.
I tried to describe the glory of the aurora borealis to you.
But, to really KNOW what they are, you'll just have to visit this great state of Alaska during a time when the sky darkens with night and see for yourself.
Don't bother making hot coffee.
You won't take your eyes of the splendor of the skies.


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Zimbabwe hosts first British trade delegation in 'Twenty Years'
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Ben Freeth speaks about his fight for justice in Zimbabwe
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Côte d'Ivoire: People Displaced by Conflict Face Land Theft
Human Rights Watch
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Zimbabwean Farmers Deserve Justice for Seized Land
Drew F. Cohen
US News & World Report
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With Benin Kingdom Gallery, U.S. Museum Legitimises Possession of Controversial Artefacts
Tajudeen Sowole
The Guardian Nigeria
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Will Nigeria Finally Raise Restitution of Benin Artefacts?
Kwame Opoku
Eurasia Review
21 September 2013
"Shares for farmworkers" plan expropriation by another name
Pieter Groenewald
24 September 2013
Ownership and property – where is SA headed?
23 August 2013
Rebels Desecrate Church in Central African Republic
22 August 2013
Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Black empowerment tops agenda
Angus Shaw
Associated Press
13 August 2013
A Victorious Mugabe Pushes Ahead with Nationalization of Foreign Mines
Michael Teague
6 August 2013
Africa: Where Are the 400 Benin Bronzes?
Kwame Opoku
27 June 2013
In jeopardy: Future of white South Africans
Alex Newman
15 June 2013
Bills threaten the property rights of all South Africans
Anthea Jeffery
10 June 2013
Central African Republic: Bishops rebuke new president, demand restitution of stolen property
Catholic World News
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Mugabe threatens expropriation of foreign mining assets
Geoffrey York
Globe and Mail
24 April 2013
Grabbing at Solutions: Water for the Hungry First
Sandra Postel
National Geographic
14 December 2012
Approval of Office of the Valuer-General welcomed
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South Africa police believe they've found four stolen works of art
Robyn Dixon
Los Angeles Times
13 November 2012
'Top SA artist behind R17.5m theft'
Karabo Ngoepe
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Art Robbers Ditch Their Most Valuable Stolen Painting
Emma O'Connor
13 November 2012
South Africa police hunt Pretoria Art Museum thieves
BBC News
12 November 2012
Zimbabwe: Case for compensating white farmers
Addmore Zhou
New Zimbabwe
9 November 2012
Agri SA takes minerals claim to ConCourt
IOL News
7 November 2012
Ahead of 2013 show of looted Benin artefacts, U.S. museum plots legitimacy
The Guardian Nigeria
Tajudeen Sowole
28 September 2012
Nigeria: A Tale of Unvalued Treasures
This Day
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Demolition: Property owners demand compensation from Lagos govt
Nigerian Tribune
10 August 2012
'NCMM is pursuing restitution of looted works wrongly'
Kabir Alabi Garba
The Guardian Nigeria
3 August 2012
Land claims cash 'was not frittered away'
Carol Paton
Business Day
25 July 2012
Zimbabwe to withhold compensation to white farmers
24 July 2012
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Urged to Return Looted Artifacts to Nigeria
Huffington Post
20 July 2012
Land is not a Utopia for the dispossessed
Bernadette Atuahene
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Bid for Mugabe to face ICC prosecution
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subset: commoncrawl


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…in America, while here in Belfast, we have sticky southerly winds and the risk of thunder on Monday.
Elsewhere: in Greece the Olympics have started. As I walked past the living–room last night, the TV showed the new stadium awash with camera–flashes and fireworks. I chose not to sit down, but passed through and went upstairs to my bedroom wondering where I could get hold of any decent photos of Ian Thorpe, Australia's star swimmer.
This beautifully curved arm, well–padded with 21–year–old muscle, (*Pete drools*) is Thorpe's. Not that I'm just after Thorpe: there are plenty of swimmers and gymnasts and rowers to watch. Well, maybe not the rowers.
But seriously, before everyone reading this starts thinking I'm nothing but a perv, I actually think watching gymnasts at almost any standard, and particularly at an Olympic standard — and the same goes for swimmers — is actually compelling and impressive. It's the mixture of grace a power: a very difficult mixture to execute correctly. Whereas the body both seeks to decrease its resistance to water in swimming, and fights it at the same time, in gymnastics the body must look as if it is no longer subject to the natural forces of gravity and average human strength. That's why watching the events on TV is really the thing to do. Photos never give a good impression of the athletes' efforts - or their physical presence.
But if anyone does turn up some good photos, let me know! *grin*
And going back to America again, I have learned that people from Utah are called Utahns (which seems a bit of a messy word) by reading this story about the declaration of gay marriages as null and void after California ruled that the Governor was acting illegally in issuing them. You can get legally married in Massachusetts, and in Vermont there are recognised civil unions. I guess Vermont's welcoming stance would induce a bit of mental relaxation for a lot of gay people, in a way, and it may be all the more reason for me to live in Vermont someday, and do this. Although it's not really the real reason. I just want to, anyway.


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Archive for the tag "netflix"
Chromium 56, LibreOffice 5.2.5
I had rebuilt the libreoffice-5.2.4 packages for Slackware -current last week, because library updates in Slackware had broken the spreadsheet application 'localc'. And voila… not long afterwards the Document Foundation blog announced 5.2.5: "all users are invited to update to LibreOffice 5.2.5 from LibreOffice 5.1.6 or previous versions". Today on the first of february, we can […]
Posted: 1 February, 2017 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: OOo, chrome, chromium, drm, libreoffice, netflix, widevine
Comments: 21
Chromium 44 available (Netflix still works)
I have made new packages for the chromium browser and its widevine plugin. Chromium version 44 was released a bit earlier this week, and it took me a while to compile, because the new OpenJDK 7u85 and LibreOffice 5.0.0.rc3 packages were ahead of it in the build queue. Guess what… now that I am writing this blog […]
Posted: 24 July, 2015 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: chrome, chromium, drm, google, netflix, widevine
Comments: 22
Chromium: the answer to life, the universe and everything
Chromium and Widevine: Geeks and Sci-Fi fans, as well as otherwise properly educated people, will recognize the blog title for what it is. Chrome 42 is released. Big jump: a major version change. Mostly changes under the hood again it seems. The Chrome binaries for this version contain a new version of the PepperFlash plugin, […]
Posted: 16 April, 2015 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: cdm, chromium, google, netflix, widevine
Comments: 10
Chromium 41
Chromium and Widevine: I prepared packages for you (Slackware 14.1 and -current) for the latest Chromium browser and its optional Widevine plugin. In the Chrome Releases blog you can read the announcement for Chrome/Chromium 41 to the Stable Channel (full version is 41.0.2272.76). Chromium 41 is a major version upgrade with attention to security and […]
Posted: 6 March, 2015 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: chromium, drm, netflix, widevine
Comments: 19
Watch Netflix video in your chromium browser – this time for real
I have made change to my Chromium package which some of you will find interesting. As you might know (I wrote about it in an earlier article here on Alien Pastures) Google and Netflix combined their efforts and that resulted in native support in Chrome for the playback of Netflix videos, using the Widevine Content Decryption Module (CDM) which is […]
Posted: 2 January, 2015 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: cdm, chromium, drm, eme, netflix, widevine
Comments: 30


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Well, MM&M has reached the magic ten thousand figure. A drop in the ocean compared to some, but not bad. Thanks to everyone who takes the trouble to read this blog, and especially those who have sent in comments or e-mails. All feedback is appreciated. Forgive me if I use this as an opportunity to be a little self-indulgent, but I thought I might regale you with a potted history of the late eighties fanzine that I co-authored called Turtle Breeder.
Back in 1986, three bored individuals decided to start a fanzine. It was mooted in the pub one night with beer-fuelled enthusiasm. Unlike most projects gestated in this way, it didn't die a death with the following morning's hangover, but began to take shape as a reality. For the life of me, I can't think how the name Turtle Breeder was arrived at, but supposedly it was at my behest.
The first issue hit the streets (or rather grungy London venues and a few record shops too sentimental to refuse it) replete with a couple of lengthy q and as with the Fall and the Shop Assistants (neither of which involved me) and a hodge-podge of features, live reviews etc. It even had a crossword. Layout-wise it was an absolute mess. It was photocopied, not printed, and had a mixture of typewritten, handwritten and word-processed pieces. Still it was a start – and it did feature possibly the only ever interview with Oblivion River, a band featuring a pre-fame Sarah Cracknell and Mick Bund (Felt, Mexico 70). Helpfully, they'd split by the time we went to print.
Our second issue saw TB shrink to A5 size, but the layout and readability had improved significantly. The cover was garbage, though. What were we thinking? Still, it had some of our more interesting interviews – the late, great Biggie Tembo of the Bhundu Boys, the equally late and great Ted Hawkins, the Stockholm Monsters (neither late, nor great, and pretty snotty too) and Dead Can Dance. The latter took place at Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry's flat in Millwall in the area soon to be razed to the ground and redeveloped as Docklands, but then still pretty much a slum. It was a nice flat, though. It was also one of those arrgh moments when we discovered that the tape had picked up nothing of the conversation and so the whole article was constructed from dimly remembered bits. Issue 2 also saw a review of Inspiral Carpets' first ever demo. Were we on the ball! (oh, and a live review of Iron Maiden – what?!)
Issue three was jam packed with the Wedding Present, Age of Chance, composer Steve Martland, Test Department, Metro Trinity (featuring a pre-Republica Jonny Male and a pre-Doves Jez Williams) and the 14 Iced Bears. We went national with issue four, in a manner of speaking. By this time I'd moved to Manchester, although much was written before I left London. We had words with the Shamen (who were still a psychedelic rock quartet at the time), the House of Love and the Cocteau Twins. We also had adverts for the first time. These included one for 4AD specifically designed for us by Vaughan Oliver (how cool is that!). Unfortunately, the design he came up with was deemed to be too dark by our printers (a Manchester co-op called Raven Press who numbered Lou Rhodes among their workers). It was a white abstract and text on a dark background so they simply reversed the colours, much to the annoyance of the artist.
We returned to A4 size for issue five, with the proud banner 'Turtle Breeder: Manchester-London'. Life was good. There were demos and records rolling in regularly to be reviewed, and we had no fewer than six writers. As well as interviews with the Sugarcubes, Dee Dee Ramone, Inspiral Carpets and others, there was a good mix of non-music topics too. The layout still looks dull, though.
July '88 saw issue six hit the streets. It saw us release our first (and only) cassette compilation of selections taken from demos that had been sent in. It included tracks by Inspiral Carpets, What?Noise and Mexico 70 as well as the Chameleons' "Is It Any Wonder", some time before it was released on the Tony Fletcher EP. A copy of the tape was sold on Ebay earlier this year for £70! And no, I don't have a boxful under the bed. Wish I did. The 'zine had interviews with fIREHOSE, Nomeansno, Brix Smith, Peter Hook and Mark Burgess. It was all beginning to take over my life though. There were aspects I enjoyed, but they didn't include trying to get advertisers to hand over their cash, trying to flog a carrier-bag load of mags to disinterested students and sticking staples in my thumbs as we assembled something like 1500 copies. Writing it was fun, as was getting sent freebies (even if the majority of them were mediocre). The interview process could be good fun, but could also be like a trip to the dentist sometimes. The upshot was that I'd had enough, and TB 7 was the last.
The final issue came out at the beginning of 1989 and featured another Wedding Present interview alongside John Peel, Nikki Sudden, the House Of Love and others. I did my own 'zine called Strange Times later that year which was more a mixture of music and current affairs. But it wasn't the same and I didn't bother following it up. Strangely I bumped into one of my co-writers, Lee, in Edinburgh during the Festival in August this year (at the screening of Control in fact). I'd not seen him for a good 15 or 16 years.
It was a good two and a bit years doing Turtle Breeder. I met some good people, and had some interesting experiences along the way. It's a shame that the days of the fanzine are pretty much over – at least in its scissors, paste and inky fingers incarnation. The good thing about doing stuff like this blog is the fact that all of the administrative crap is a thing of the past, and you can simply concentrate on writing. But it's essentially a solo activity, and I miss the social aspects of being a fanzine writer. In retrospect, we may have ended too soon, but I couldn't really see it going for more than two or three further issues. We'd pretty much reached the limit of what we could achieve without the costs necessitating us being on the phone half the day touting for advertising. Turtle Breeder was far from perfect. There was a lot we could have done better. Nevertheless I'm proud of it.


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Brian liked listening to the story about penguins and watching the fish get fed.
We love Cache Valley!
Tyler pretending to be a cowboy!
Tyler's favorite place to hang out… castles and knights are cool.
Pediatricians in training! They enjoyed weighing the babies, feeding them their bottles, changing their diapers, and wrapping them up in their blankets for a nap.
Julia was in a super good mood that day. She liked me carrying her around in the Baby Bjorn carrier.
I hear the temple should be completed by the end of the year, which is really exciting.
Katie's favorite spot was inside the little school house. She would tell me what to draw on the little chalkboard at my desk and then she'd erase my drawings with a towel.


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All of us know today that the stupid Israeli people have been bombing Gaza still after the January massacre. This article Incha Allah will talk of the Israeli crimes in Gaza. First of all, they want to take Gaza land… To set things straight, I must say that we must boycot Israeli products and we must not forget who are the friends of Israel, including Coca Cola, Disney, Carefour, Marks & Spenser, Mc Donalds and many more popular brands. Many of these brands were the brands that I did not mind supporting but after the Israeli crimes in Gaza, I feel these should be boycotted. I do like the clothing styles of Mark & Spenser but if they do not get my money and your money, maybe they will think that Israel is not worth it. I do like the food at Mc Donalds and other outlets, but then they support Israel in its crimes. That is bad and they should stop it. Now I am boycotting all of these brands because it is a sacrifice that we must make. Oh, I hope the Sims products are not pro-Israeli and are not really made by Jews. I do not hate the Jewish commuity but they are too much! They are the villains in the entire story. I feel pity for them in a way since they are so abusive. The world will surely face the rough action of the Jews again and believe me, they surely would want to take China too but then China is too hard a nut for them and China will surely roll its powers against Israel. Why I am writing this? Because China is a powerful state and it can make the difference. If you think the powerful American will keep the Jewish Israelis in check, then I would say no, no, no you are wrong. They already have America in their control, they control its economy and its money and they have all the freedom to do what they want in America. The Jews took over America a long time ago! They dominate the America people with Credit Card interests which are at the lowest a 30% charge for the American card users and it is even more now. While writing this story, I get carried away with emotions. This article was supposed to be on Gaza but it turns out to be on Jews and their domination. The Jews do not care about other people's life but the Gaza people are those who are supposed to be reading the Quraan and pray 5 times a day, yet they get bullied and killed just like that by the Jews. Muslims are supposed to be able to 'doa' to ask Allah to make the Jews stop the wars and help the 'Insan' establish peace on earth, peace a mission that is yet to be accomplished. It has never been accomplished even from the time of the hippies who sang 'Give Peace a chance' in the 60's and 70's. We must pray 5 times a day and ask for pardon from Allah and be good Muslims. We must ask help from Allah that there's peace and no wars and make the Jews stop the wars because they can start bombing Gaza again anytime. The Israelis are growing too powerful and they may also want to take many other places where oil is in huge reserve. Can anyone stop them from doing that? I guess no. They can flatten other countries too if they want and much cannot be done about that. Another issue that is growing here is that of raising money for Palestine. I wonder how much of the money that was raised goes to Gaza and how does that help the Gaza people is more important. I heard some stories that a lot of the money is used for other purposes and that made me so angry. I thought all the money should go to the Gaza people, right. Actually, I saw some pictures of Gaza city on the Internet and I can say it was a beautiful city with lots of buildings and even tall buildings. It was in development. I understand now why Israel had to flatten the city and by doing so, it shows that Gaza is a ghost city and it can easily be taken by the Israelis. That was so gross of them! I do not know how the Gaza people are going to rebuild their city but I think they can do it and will have to do it. Hope that the money sent to Gaza is for rebuilding too. The Jews want land that is what they tried to do though they have no business in Gaza. So rebuild Gaza and that will stop the Jews from thinking they can take Gaza from the Palestinians. The world has seen who is the bad guy now, the Jews and Israel and that should be enough for the Muslims to think before they buy Jewish made products. The main thing to do yet is to pray to Allah that the Jews stop the wars and that we all can restore peace on this earth. This is my article regarding Gaza and wow, this is one of the longest articles I wrote so far. By the way, on the 5th of May 2009, we must get ready for the NATO and Its Policies in Asia conference. And do not forget, every month I will post an article on TRAINS! Asir Husain is a Young Malaysian writer, aged 12 and schooling at the SKTK Ampang, Selangor.
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July 11, 2009 at 9:41 am
U know i have more articles right?? tkns for putting 2 of my articles. lol!!!!
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By Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU
As the market for privately-held Directors and Officers Liability Insurance (D&O) continues to contract, it becomes more and more difficult to find quality coverage for the management liability and operational corporate conduct exposures of entities.
There's no solution on the horizon for the entities, other than carefully poring over policy language and picking only the best forms. But there is a way to address the needs of the insured persons in a much more robust fashion than what we're seeing in garden-variety, privately-held D&O policies. The solution is a Side A Difference in Condition (DIC) policy.
In order to understand how this policy works to protect the Insured Persons, let's talk for a moment about the structure of a regular privately-held D&O policy. Although the nomenclature sometimes differs with certain carriers, and a few will lump these concepts together, a traditional privately-held D&O policy is structured as follows:
Side A
Coverage for non-indemnifiable losses of the Insured Persons. These are the claims that the directors (Ds) and officers (Os) must pay out of their own pockets, whether because the entity refuses to indemnify them, is unable to indemnify them, or is prohibited by law from indemnifying them. Keeping in mind at all times that Ds & Os are personally liable for their wrongful acts, you can understand how important it is to have coverage for this exposure.
Side B
Coverage to indemnify the entity for its indemnification of the Insured Persons. Contrary to the scenarios that give rise to the need for Side A coverage, in these claims, the Insured Persons' defense and liability are indemnified (or paid on behalf) by the entity. Side B coverage then indemnifies the entity for those expenses (or pays on its behalf).
Side C
Coverage for claims made against the entity itself. This coverage defends and indemnifies the entity when a claim is made that it conducted itself inappropriately, so long as the alleged wrongful act does not properly belong under some kind of other insurance (such as general or professional liability, work comp, etc.), or is otherwise uninsurable.
Over time, carriers have loaded up exclusions on Side C; then they have bled over into Side A, such that there is sometimes virtually no coverage left in the policy. When I see one of those placements, I often remark that the insureds would get more value out of their money if they used their D&O premium to take their employees on a cruise.
There are two ways to obtain good, high-quality coverage for your Ds & Os in this situation:
- Purchase a Side A-only policy, and forget about the typical ABC format. Such a policy should not be burdened with the same kind of exclusions that have arisen due to the entity coverage on a privately-held policy. In fact, there should be only the smallest handful of exclusions, much like we see in publicly-traded forms; or...
- Go ahead and place the privately-held policy for what good coverage is in there, and then place a Side A DIC policy in excess of it.
The Side A DIC policy will provide coverage for the Insured Persons on a broader form than the privately-held form does. There are hardly any exclusions in a Side A DIC form, and although it functions as an excess layer with regard to when its limits will kick in, it does not follow form of the underlyer as to coverage. So it is both an excess layer in case the limits are exhausted, and acts as an umbrella in case the Insured Persons are faced with a claim that is excluded by the primary policy.
This is obviously a good solution for expanding coverage available to the Insured Persons. However, it can also be used to increase capacity more economically.
Side A DIC limits are priced a bit more aggressively than the primary, or even excess, limits for the whole ABC policy. So if your insured wants more limits for the Ds & Os, it makes sense to use a Side A excess policy (and I would always prefer to provide that on a DIC basis, versus follow form) to increase that limit, rather than increase the entire limit of a policy that also covers Sides B and C.
The challenge here is that you need to sit down with the insured and figure out the limit they want for the entity (which is also shared with the Ds & Os Side A, and the Side B reimbursement), and then how much they want to preserve just for the individual Ds & Os. Sometimes that's just a bit more math than an insured will want to do. For the most part, though, especially if an insured has outside directors (ones that are not owners), the idea of having limits set aside just for the Ds & Os, and having those limits provide broader coverage than the underlying D&O policy, is an attractive one.
There is one other thing you'll want to make note of when it comes to limits for the Insured Persons: most privately-held D&O policies worth their salt these days include (or can include upon request) an additional limit for the Insured Persons. For example, if you buy a $1MIL limit of coverage, there may be an additional 500K just for the Insured Persons. You would have an effective $1.5MIL total D&O limit.
If you're only looking for capacity for the Insured Persons, and the form is all you hoped it could be, then this is a fine way to obtain a bit more limit. However, this increased limit in the policy is subject to all terms and conditions thereof, so if there is a flaw in the coverage that impacts the Insured Persons (which happens a lot more frequently than you would imagine), that flaw carries over to the Ds & Os special limit as well.
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December 6, 2010
JOHN TROSSEN, PLAINTIFF,v.MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY SSA, DEFENDANT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: s.AARON E. Goodstein U.S. Magistrate Judge
John Trossen ("Trossen") began receiving Social Security disability benefits on December 26, 1989, due to injuries he suffered in a motorcycle accident where his leg required amputation below the knee. On June 23, 1999, the Social Security SSA ("SSA") informed Trossen that it determined that he was no longer disabled, (Tr. 231), and informed him that his benefits would end as of September 1999, (Tr. 232). Trossen appealed, and Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") Patrick D. Halligan determined that Trossen remained disabled. (Tr. 79.)
In January of 2003, Trossen began earning a significant income as the owner of a bait store and fishing guide. (Tr. 395-96.) Because of this substantial work activity, on April 20, 2005, the SSA informed Trossen that it appeared that he was no longer entitled to benefits as of April 2003, and it gave Trossen the opportunity to present information before it made a final determination. (Tr. 377.) Trossen' benefits were stopped in May of 2005. Because the SSA did not stop Trossen's benefits until May 2005 but Trossen had begun earning significant income in January of 2003, it determined that it had overpaid Trossen $25,806.60. (Tr. 400.)
Proceeding pro se, Trossen asked that this obligation to repay the overpayment be waived. (Tr. 403-11.) Trossen's request for a waiver was denied, (Tr. 413-19), and Trossen requested a hearing before an ALJ, (Tr. 420-22). Trossen appeared pro se at a hearing before ALJ Arthur Schneider on May 28, 2008. (Tr. 493-521.) ALJ Schneider denied the request for waiver, concluding that Trossen was not without fault in causing or accepting the overpayment. (Tr. 52-54.)
Trossen initiated a pro se appeal to the Appeals Council, but during the appeal, Trossen retained counsel. After some confusion about whether the record of the proceedings before the ALJ had been lost, (Tr. 30-36), on November 27, 2009, the Appeals Council ultimately denied Trossen's request for review, (Tr. 23-25). After numerous requests for extensions of time, (Tr. 6-7), proceeding with the assistance of counsel, Trossen filed the present action on May 3, 2010.
Upon all parties consenting to the full jurisdiction of magistrate judge, (Docket Nos. 4, 6), this matter was reassigned to this court for all further proceedings, (Docket No. 7). Trossen has submitted his initial brief, (Docket No. 10), to which the defendant has responded, (Docket No. 13), and Trossen has replied, (Docket No. 16). The pleadings in this matter are closed and the matter is ready for resolution.
Trossen does not disagree with the conclusion that he is no longer disabled or that he was overpaid benefits. Rather, the only dispute is whether the Commissioner erred in determining that Trossen is not eligible for a waiver of the obligation to repay this overpayment.
If the Social Security SSA overpays disability benefits to an individual, the overpaid individual must generally return the overpayment. However, overpaid individuals may be able to obtain a waiver of this repayment obligation under certain circumstances. First, the individual must demonstrate that he was not at fault for the overpayment. 42 U.S.C. § 404(b); Banuelos v. Apfel, 165 F.3d 1166, 1169-70 (7th Cir. 1999). Second, the individual must demonstrate that requiring him to repay the overpayment would defeat the purposes of the Act or be against equity and good conscience. 42 U.S.C. § 404(b); Banuelos, 165 F.3d at 1169-70. In the present case, ALJ Schneider found that Trossen was not without fault for the overpayment, and therefore the waiver was denied without ALJ Schneider addressing the second element of the waiver analysis. (Tr. 54.)
The Commissioner's decision denying a request for a waiver of recovery must be affirmed if it is supported by substantial evidence. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See also Banuelos v. Apfel, 165 F.3d 1166, 1169 (7th Cir. 1999), overruled on other grounds by Johnson v. Apfel, 189 F.3d 561, 562 (7th Cir. 1999). Evidence is considered substantial if a reasonable person would accept it as adequate to support the Commissioner's conclusion. Young v. Barnhart, 362 F.3d 995, 1001 (7th Cir. 2004). A reviewing court may not "reevaluate the facts, reweigh the evidence, or substitute [its] own judgment for that of the ." Knight v. Chater, 55 F.3d 309, 313 (7th Cir. 1995).
Bosnich v. Barnhart, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55216 (N.D. Ill. 2006).
In challenging the decision of the Commissioner, Trossen contends that ALJ Schneider failed in his obligation to properly advise Trossen about the availability of counsel, and upon failing to properly advise Trossen, ALJ Schneider failed to properly develop the record. As for the merits, Trossen contends that administrative finality precludes the retroactive finding of overpayment and that the conclusion that he was not at fault for the overpayment is not supported by substantial evidence.
A. Administrative Finality
At the time of ALJ Halligan's decision in August of 2000 finding that Trossen remained disabled, the prospect of Trossen opening his own business was on the horizon. (Tr. 77-80.) Trossen's efforts to get his business running were discussed at length at the hearing and ALJ Halligan was clearly concerned about how terminating Trossen's benefits as he was trying to get this new business off the ground might derail Trossen's plans. (See Tr. 480-88.) Trossen spoke extensively of his desire to get off of Social Security and become financially independent as the owner of his own business. (Tr. 480.) Notably, Trossen stated, "And I promise, as soon as I'm making money I will let you know and I won't need this anymore." (Tr. 480.)
The rules of administrative finality generally preclude the SSA from re-opening a disability determination more than four years later. SSR 82-66. Trossen contends that ALJ Schneider necessarily reopened the 2000 determination by ALJ Halligan when ALJ Schneider found that Trossen completed a trial work period between September 1999 and May 2000. (Docket No. 10 at 6.)
The Commissioner responds that ALJ Schneider's determination did not require reopening ALJ Halligan's prior determination. (Docket No. 13 at 6.) ALJ Halligan determined only that Trossen had not engaged in substantial gainful activity ("SGA") since May 14, 1998 and thus remained disabled. (Docket No. 13 at 6.) ALJ Schneider's determination that Trossen commenced a trial work period prior to ALJ Halligan's decision is not inconsistent with ALJ's Halligan's finding that Trossen did not engage in SGA ...
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Sometimes when people hear me say I'm going to run a half marathon, they look at me like I'm crazy. The first few times I got that reaction, I was so surprised... because, really, if you train in increments for a race of this distance, it's really not that hard to achieve.
But then, somewhere in the last few months ... well, summer happened, and some days I really understand those people. Do you know how much it sucks to run in hot weather?! Especially when doing long runs?
Plus, if I don't just get up out of bed right away in the morning and go on these summer long runs, things get even worse. I start over thinking everything: the distance I have on the schedule for that day, the heat/humidity that is continuing to rise, how my XYZ hurts ... given enough time pre-run, I turn into a whiney mess!
And unfortunately, that's how my training was for this race overall. Every time I had a long run on the schedule, I just started to procrastinate and whine. Which is why my training building up to this race was pretty ... uh ... untraditional, as you can see:
Week 1 - Mon 5, Wed 5, Sun 10 - week: 20 miles
Week 2 - Tues 3, Wed 5, Sat 3, Sun 9 - week: 20 miles / accumulative: 40 miles
Week 3 - Wed 10, Sat 3 - week: 13 miles / accumulative: 53 miles
Week 4 - Wed 5, Thurs 3, Sun 7 (split) - week: 15 miles / accumulative: 68 miles
Week 5 - Tues 3, Thurs 3, Sat 3 - week: 9 miles / accumulative: 77 miles
Week 6 - Wed 5, Sun (race) 13 - week: 18 miles / accumulative: 95
Notice my sporadic long runs, and how none of them exceed 10 miles? Yeah, I'm not a novice anymore. I don't have any excuse for that, regardless of how much cross training I do. The only plus in this schedule is the fact that I put in way more base miles than I have for any other race. I guess that's a win...?
So begins my race weekend.
With a shaky long distance training program under my belt, last Friday night I hopped in the plane with my husband and flew off to Chicago. All I could say at this point was: at least one thing in this scenario started out well - a stable atmosphere meant riding Bubba down to Chicago Executive went off without a hitch. Zero turbulence, hooray! (Have I mentioned we named the Cessna Bubba? I can't remember if I covered that in the Gandy Dancer race summary. Well, now you know!)
Despite the fact that I was excited to be in Chicago, I reigned myself in and had a very low key Friday evening followed by an early(ish) wakeup Saturday morning. Had to be ready for packet pickup, you know?
Which means Saturday morning I woke up fresh and ready to go!
Being such a large race in a big city, I had somewhat high hopes for this race expo. Unfortunately, upon arrival to the expo, I was a bit let down. There were maybe 20 exhibitors or so, but nothing all that cool was there. Minute Rice? Three different stands selling the same elastic glitter headbands? The local running store selling last season's clearance? Not impressed. The only exciting thing was the running store sale - they were clearancing out the shoe I run in, so I did get a good deal on a new pair, which was badly needed.
With a somewhat disappointed face (due to the bummer of an expo), I picked up my shirt and bib, and home I went.
Once home, I discovered the shirt is long sleeved - this will be nice for fall, so that's cool:
I also discovered the race bibs were f-ing HUGE! WTH! When I pinned it to my shirt, it looked like I was going to be a friggin' walking billboard for this race. You can see what I mean about being a walking billboard in the photos below. (And, I guess the fact that it fit my Lucy shirt perfectly doesn't say much for the Lucy shirt... since every other bib I've tried on it has been too small. That's some 30+ bibs, people! )
Whatever, I put my thoughts about the expo and bib aside, and spent my afternoon enjoying the sights of Chicago with my husband - and my brother in law, who's a local and graciously put up with us all weekend, btw. Shout out to the BIL and his GF!!
Eventually, our exploring lead to us to downtown Chicago and in the general vicinity of our dinner reservations. When we got within about 3 blocks of the restaurant, we stumbled upon a ton of stanchions and police... and I started to worry something was seriously wrong.
Instead, something was seriously right. Mark Walberg walked by! *Swoon*
Luckily, BIL had his camera and snagged a shot:
I think Mark even saw me in the crowd, I swear he winked at me. *Ahem*
While it was all very exciting to see Mark, it quickly became quite annoying. They had several blocks up and down the street stanchioned off and we couldn't even cross the street to get to dinner. No pedestrian or car traffic allowed!!
As we wandered the streets looking for a point where we could cross, we saw this and realized they were filming Transformers:
OK, ok - I admit, it was pretty cool to happen upon this, despite the annoyance.
Finally, we made it to our dinner reservation, where I enjoyed a wonderful dinner of bread, roasted corn soup, sweet potato/spinach/fresh herb risotto ... and Sprite. I know, gross. I can't even remember the last time I drank Sprite. But I knew I was way too low on my carbs for the day, having eaten fairly light all morning, so I figured it would be good to have something in my system on race morning... down the hatch the Sprite went (with dinner and plenty of water as well, of course)!
With a fantastic dinner in my belly, and having seen Mark just prior, I thought it was a good sign for my race. But of course I could not leave well enough alone, and I started checking the weather report as I lay in bed:
Son of A - !!! Shoot me now. 90% humidity, seriously? It's like the Minneapolis Du all over again. UGH!!!!
With the pending doom of terribly warm weather, and a somewhat tight/achy hip (that I need to see Podium Therapy for again - man, she knows how to stretch me out and make me feel like new), I fell into a restless sleep. You know the kind - where you wake up every hour in a panic. Yeah, I felt great for my 5am wakeup call.
Obviously my husband was feeling great, too, because as I suited up and got ready to go, his parting words of advice were "Cookie Monster ran the Chicago Half in 8 minutes, so you should run fast."
LOL, whuuuut?! I think he was a little out of it.
Regardless of my husband's odd pep talk, my cab driver had enough energy to make up for it. I think he was from Africa, because he spoke with an accent when he cheerily greeted me with a "What are you doing up so early on a Sunday morning?" I suppose it was a bit odd for a young woman to be catching a cab alone at 5:45 am.
Of course, I mentioned the race, and he quickly asked if I was doing the 20K or the 5K. After a short discussion, we determined a 20K was about the same as a 13 mile half marathon, after which he was genuinely impressed and asking questions. His good nature made for great company on the cluster-f of a drive that was getting to this race. (BTW, I wonder how many people were late to race start because of the jam up? At least I got a cab plenty early.)
Eventually, despite the traffic jam, I made it to the park where the race started. We'll just not talk about the cab driver's creative park job and the associated honking. Sorry, Chicago.
As I walked into the park, I happened to walk along with a very cute and excited older woman, who chattered away at me. I learned all sorts of good gossip about previous years races, how getting old sucks and slows your pace down, and how her training consisted of walking home every week day from downtown to the park we were in (apparently she lived nearby). I didn't get a word in edge wise, but she was cute, so I got a kick out of it.
With the traffic jam and my unexpected walk to get to the start, there was about 5 minutes to spare when my chatterbox friend and I finally arrived. Although I would have liked one last potty stop, once I saw the line, I was afraid there just wouldn't be time. Besides, I figured if I really had to go, there would be porta-pots on course (which thankfully, I never had to use). I crossed my fingers, said goodbye to my new friend, hopped in at the 2:15 pace group, and wished for the best.
After the gun went off, everything became a blur. I remember at mile 3 feeling pretty great, and also remember still having enough energy to do some stupid poses for photographers around the 7-10 mile marks.
I also had an interesting encounter around mile 5/6, which will be discussed in a future post. Stay tuned... (hint: there's a reason why my 5th mile was at a faster pace than miles 2-4).
In regards to the running route: although the course seemed exciting when I registered, due to the idea that the city closes down Lakeshore Drive, in actuality the course wasn't that interesting. We were so far south that we didn't see a whole lot of quintessential Chicago landmarks. However, I will concede that the first view of the lake after coming out of Jackson Park was pretty breathtaking - especially with the winds, because the waves were rolling in almost as if we were running along an ocean. Here's a map so you can see where we ran:
While I'm at it, I'll throw in my splits:
Aside from a less than scenic course, there was certainly plenty of activity going on to keep me distracted. Not only were there tons of people on course, there were also lots of spectator areas with cheer sections, various points on course with music playing, aid stations just about every mile, and tons of funny signs on course. A few of my favorite read:
"Yeah, I run... when the ice cream truck is doing 60."
"Fast girls have good times."
And, who can forget the young boy with the "Run faster, I just farted." sign? LOL!
Amazingly, I made it well into mile 11 before I even felt like I needed a break, thanks to my conservative pace and walking the water stops. Even then, the only brief break I took was to walk up a very small incline (not even worth calling a hill). Hence the 12 minute pace on my 11th mile. Other than that, I felt great. My knees weren't hurting, my hip was OK, and my ankles felt tired but good.
Eventually, I did start to hate life a little around mile 12, but only because it was hot, I was sweating, and I just wanted to be done. Fortunately, that was when spectators became thick, and I REALLY didn't want to wus out at that point and walk in front of so many people. It was also about at that time that I realized the 2:20 pace group was about 1/4 mile ahead of me, and my chances of an epic PR were in site, so I decided to just push for it.
My final push to finish backfired for me right before mile 13, though. I had a brief moment where it felt like my lungs weren't expanding when I took a breath in, and thought I was having a first time ever asthma attack.
Thinking I was going to die, I began contemplating the meaning of life...
Just kidding, I swore at myself a few times and started breathing like a woman in labor. After a few seconds of making a general ass of myself, I felt fine.
And just in time, because:
Whoop! Good thing Mark Walberg and I were now fast friends! He helped pace me to an epic PR finish.
What?? Don't you see him in the photo? Sheesh! Do I have to draw it out for you?!
Ok, ok. There was no Mark on race day. Boo.
As soon as my foot hit the mat, I had two things in mind: find my husband/BIL&GF, and get pizza. You can see what I was focused on first and foremost:
While I was searching for the exit, a gold medal was slung around my neck, and I proceeded to be trapped in a heard of people. (The silver medal was for the 5K racers).
Exiting the chute, I quickly proceeded to teeter on the edge of a full on melt down. I was exhausted, I was shoulder to shoulder in a sea of 500+ sweaty people, I couldn't figure out where to meet my family, and there was no place to sit down!! Not kidding - I was soooo close to turning into a temper tantrum throwing 2 year old. To make matters worse, there were too many people in one place trying to use their cells, so the network was not allowing my phone calls to go through.
While trying to calm myself, I stumbled upon the results tent, where they printed out a receipt with my time. If I really wanted to be an idiot, I could shell out $20 then and there to have my medal engraved with the info...
Luckily, I am smart and thus $20 richer today. However, the free print out was neat:
Finally, I found the VIP tent (which I was put on "the list" for, holla!), and I found my family. Thank god!
What followed was easily the most delicious piece of pizza I've ever had in my life:
And what happened to my friend, you ask? I never saw her again, but when I was surfing through the race photos, I found a few of her on course. I discovered her name was Mariann Zoretic, she was 68, and she finished in an amazing 3:15. I only hope that when I'm her age, I am this awesome:
And that's the story of how race bib # 35 joined my collection. Here's to another race soon... which Facebook promptly reminded me on the shuttle ride home was 40 days away (the Mankato Half). Ugh, I'm insane!


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Japanese tuners Zele International have released details of their modified 2009 Nissan GT-R called the Zele R35 GT-R Complete Edition. The carbon fibre menace has been tweeked out with an aero kit, bumpers, front and rear spoilers, and side skirts. The air ducts, grille, and side mirrors have also been revisited. Carbon fibre is also used for a roof.
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"Bad Mood" doesn't seem to come close to covering how I felt when I wrote the following, but it's what I titled it so I figure I'll leave it as is.
Due to the subject, I'll say it was difficult/awkward to write. Proof reading it multiple times tonight without finding anything to change, I'm still not sure I did a good job explaining myself in it, which maybe why I'm spending so long writing the introduction (is this an introduction? I guess it is) to the post. I guess I somehow also feel like I need to provide some sort of explanation/excuse for it, which rationally I know is unnecessary.
This was dated November 9th, 2013.
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Last evening I got into a really bad mood that I almost wrote a post about. For some reason I didn't, and I'm glad. Because even though I'm writing now about what angered and depressed me now, I don't want it to have been written from that place.
There were a few things contributing to how I felt. It may be best to break them down into separate sections, though they're all connected to bisexuality.
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There is a blog post titled Dear Straight People, and you can click the link to read it. The writer says that even though not all straight people are bad, they shouldn't take offense when us bis say bad things about them in general out of anger and/or frustration. That it's perfectly ok for us to say such things because we're the hurting minority.
This is something that I cannot agree with, for reasons that I hope are obvious. And after reading it, I got rather upset that others actually think it's acceptable to say such things about straights. When I objected on Facebook where the link was posted, the author initially dismissed my objections (which was great for my mood, I'll tell you). Though he did later edit his comment to properly address what I said, which I guess is a good thing, even if I still disagree with him.
[Edit: If I were writing this today I'd probably say that the author of Dear Straight People is completely justified in feeling angry and frustrated, but I still can't agree with the idea that it's sometimes acceptable to say "I hate straights" even if you don't really mean it.]
. . . . . . .
In response to an article about research showing that bisexuals face discrimination (you can read it here), one fellow bisexual commented that this is the reason he doesn't date monosexuals.
I guess everyone is allowed to choose who they date. But it just reminds me of those I hear about on dating sites who say "no bis" in their profiles, who so many of my fellow bisexuals complain about.
. . . . . . .
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to read the comments on an article about the new bisexual Disney princess. (If you want to know who it is, Google is your friend.) (Or I can write a post about it, if that's requested.) [Edit: It was Mulan from Once Upon a Time. It's not a show I watch, but I wound up hearing/reading a bit about it.] Some of the comments were very unpleasant, and one person referred to her as a "lezzo."
I'm sorry, what part of "bisexual" did this person not get? The princess wasn't even called a lesbian anywhere in the article, so I'm going to have to assume this person thinks we don't exist. Which was great for my mood. Not.
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"...LGBT people have to be a little bit better to prove themselves in society. While it sucks that in this case that the bisexuals might have to be a little bit 'better' or more understanding towards the lesbians, is it really a bad thing? Shouldn't everyone want to be better?"
This is something that was said that was said at the end of the YouTube video Bisexuals Respond To: "What Lesbians think about Bisexuals". I have mostly liked the person who made the video, but was astounded that she would actually say this. While I know we're often enough held to a higher standard, I was amazed and hurt that she'd seem to suggest that we shouldn't be upset by it. And even that it sounds like she almost thinks we should welcome it. After all, "Shouldn't everyone want to be better?"
. . . . . . .
Maybe I was just going to be depressed anyways last night and this morning, and these issues just happened to present themselves to me. Or in the case of the last one, I remembered it from when I saw the video maybe a couple months ago.
In any event, I found myself hating that I'm a minority, and halfheartedly wondering if I can turn straight.
I don't want to go back to that place of hurt again, where I was actually wanting to not be myself.
And if I do ever go to that place again, maybe I'll remember writing this post and remember that I worked my way out of that hurt before. And maybe that will help.
Next, just to cheer us all up after this depressing post, is a hilarious video on what lesbians think about penises. Because I need something entertaining after writing the above.


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If I could shout one thing from the rooftops to everyone, especially parents, it would be this! Let's stop judging each other and start blessing each other.
Here goes with explaining what I mean…
The other day, I was driving home from dropping my daughter at kindergarten. Ahead of me I saw a mother who was clearly struggling. Her children were just about dressed, they were young and both had scooters. The mother appeared exhausted, under resourced on many levels and she was in that terrible place of frustration and exasperation.
Her children struggled to keep up behind her and, in her state of stress and fury, she marched across the road and left them to cross without help. Both being under 6 years old, they just blindly scooted their way across the road. Thankfully I was the car approaching so gave them lots of space and allowed them to cross safely.
And, inside myself at that moment, I felt a choice between two responses arise in me. One was pretty judgmental. How could she have done that? She didn't even look back. What else is going on in their home if she does not have the strength to help them cross the road safely?
And the other response was much softer and much kinder. It came from a place of really seeing and out of this place arose a natural desire to bless. And so that is what I did. I blessed her path, and I wished her more ease. I blessed the children and I saw the truth in all of them and how they are all held and loved very deeply, even as they experience difficulty and lack in their lives.
And it really got me thinking about how we treat each other. In general and, in particular, parent to parent.
I have been quite shocked recently at how parents treat each other on-line, for example. When granted a degree of anonymity we seem to think it is ok to judge others' choices. We think we our way is right. And it seems that the judgments feel especially justified in parenting circles, where opinions on how to raise children are so strong.
The truth is, there are millions of ways we can all find to make ourselves different – separate – to others. This is what judgment does.
Blessing brings us closer together. We find common ground. We see a mother or father shouting at their child and we think 'I wish peace for you. I bless your path. And I can find this hard place in myself being reflected back at me. Thank you.' And a blessing rather than a judgment is much more likely to help them.
And, guess what... we receive a blessing as we do this and we get to chip away at our rules, our conditions and our inner landscape of where we are hard on ourselves. Everyone wins.
So let's start blessing each other, having compassion for ourselves and others and making the choice for love rather than fear with each babystep of gentleness we take - with ourselves and others (because it's really all the same thing).


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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Urban Decay Naked Palette
Last weekend, I got my hands on this highly sought for palette. I haven't even tried it yet. It was funny because I got the last two palettes and when I was at Ulta, another girl was trying to find the palette and the sales assistant had to tell her it was sold out. I twinged but held the two palettes closer...well when I checked out, the clerk had said I was lucky and then she saw my other palette and she was like, "you're REALLY lucky". I felt a twinge of guilt but oh well. Jim stated that the only way I could buy it is if I used it naked. LOL. I was like sure whatever as long as I get it. But yeah...he didn't even know what a palette was...what a dummie..
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
If you've been missinger her
8 comments:
- Kelly Jo said...
She's beautiful! A beautiful Herrick smile!
- Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:07:00 PM
- Nathan said...
Oh golly gee!!!!
- Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:06:00 AM
- Erin said...
Oh, I love her.
- Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:39:00 AM
- martha corinna said...
What a beautiful little girl, and not just because I like you, she really is so pretty.
- Tuesday, December 09, 2008 5:58:00 PM
- Woods: said...
Heather! It was so great to see you this weekend! Thank you for the amazing food! I have a couple of pictures of Maggie n Stella! I'll email them to you if you will email me so I know your address! nicolewoodnt at hotmail dot com.
- Monday, December 15, 2008 4:21:00 PM
- Three and Counting said...
so darling...she reminds me of Gabe- a big darling smile...miss you..when are you going to move back to utah?
- Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:34:00 PM
- Corrigan Clan said...
She looks so different but still so amazingly cute at the same time. What to do? Maybe we need to plan a trip to the city. Thanks again for the wonderful Christmas gifts. We missed you tons.
p.s.was the "missinger" intentional and I'm just missing something?
- Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:13:00 PM
- Cal said...
She's adorable, i've never even met her and i'm in love. What a sweet little girl you have.
- Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:33:00 PM


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Hi there. It has been awhile since my last post, i am full of good intention, but then life happens.
i have been busy with the round robin quilt we are doing at Stawell, trying to think of what to do
.Finding out i have not much material that goes with it, so having to buy more which is a real hardship of course.
Yesterday was the day we had to hand it in and receive the next one, which is a bit of a headache as all the edge are on the bias, so have to be real careful and that is not my middle name.
It was a really good day yesterday, i also went to the craft shop and bought some goodies and had a good talk with Cheryl.
Also started quilting my grandsons quilt,
This week i will also have to make a row for the row by row as that is due in less then 14 days.


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Generational Beef
Kroegers, I know you are pulling some questionable meat from the stores but if you need some fresh beef you can come to the hood and get some because it seems we have plenty.
A few weeks ago it was Ice T and Soulja Boy arguing over who was killed rap and to be honest, when both of them started talking in that urban patois I couldn't understand a single thing either of them said. They're probably both right.
Now we have Jesse Jackson wanting to geld Obama.
People are wondering if jealousy made Jackson come out of pocket like that with Obama. It's probably part of the reason with but not the complete story. Some think it's because Jessie is out of touch but that is also missing the point. Jessie is in touch with those in his generation, but what Jessie (and Ice T) haven't recognize is that time, and youth culture, has passed them by.
Life is hard when you wake up to the fact that you aren't the young hot on the block. It is a trick that time plays on us to be young for only a short time. In our youth our outlook and ideals are fresh and often unjaded by life's trials. We filter old things and want to try them a different way until it's perfected, that's when they work for us.
And that is when we are past our prime.
Jackson, like Ice T, need to fall back. Their day in the sun has set and it's time to let the newbies move through the world and make their mark. This is how things stay fresh, relevant and new.
I wasn't born during the heyday of the civil rights movement. I don't know what it was like to march with Abernathy, listen to a MLK speech live or attend a sit-in. The previous generation did that so I wouldn't have to. And in doing so the older generation helped to effect the current climate today. America today isn't like the country of the pre-civil rights era, so it stands to reason that African Americans who have been raised post-civil rights will have a different approach and outlook to everything from race relations, black pride, community and nationality.
For years people have been wondering who will take the mantle and become the next Martin Luther King, Jessie Jackson, or Medgar Evars. Part of the response of the subsequent generation is that we don't need to duplicate those icons because as a community we aren't in need of that type of leadership anymore. But in the absence of a leader some of the old heads just won't walk away. They are still on the spot telling us how it should be done, how it's always been done and how we are ill-equipped to fill their shoes (I guess in death we'll be holding seances to discover how Sharpton thinks we should do things). So although a large amount of African Americans don't have a problem with the way Obama is crafting his message Jackson still feels a bit up in arms that Obama isn't following the path that the tread.
It is the same with Ice T. I laughed at how he called out Soulja Boy for having a whack song because I couldn't recall him doing the same with anyone else back in the day. Did he step to Bobby Jimmy (now Russ Parr of the Russ Parr Morning Show) to complain how he helping to make East Coat Rap look whack? Did he tell all the gangta rapper wannabees of the 90s how they were oversaturating the market with their niche rap that mostly bordered on trite and pedestrian? No. But now as a 50 year old guy he wants to come at a 17 year old kid for making lightweight rap.
Come on, now.
Both of them have been around enough to know how the world works. The same way my mother used roll her eyes to my LL Kool J albums is the same way my eyes roll when my stepson and his friends pop his fingers to Crank Dat Supaman. (I would have referenced an Ice T song, but there's no way I would have ever played his music around my mother.)
Likewise with Jackson. I'm sure in his youth there were older people warning him not to go running around with that renegade Dr. Martin Luther King. He was a terrorist and the white folks would soon probably kill all of the uppity Negroes and him along with him. Why not just work it out through the courts?
So, yeah, I think some older cats are drinking a lot of haterade this month. I think they got it confused with the fountain of youth energy drink I'm sure someone is going to come out with soon. And they better hurry up because the Baby Boomers aren't getting any younger.


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Monday, 28 November 2011
Dragonmeet and V & A
I went to Kensington for Dragonmeet this saturday. My portfolio generated a good response, so hopefully there will be a few things to follow up. After that went to the V & A to look at the cast of Trajan's Column, having been at the real thing earlier in the week...
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Yes, it's been a while since I tapped on the keys - have I had anything to say??? not sure, the last few weeks have been a blur. Holidays, well the days drifted one into the other and towards the end hubby took some time off so we did house stuff like buying furniture for the study and moving the family room around. In this reorganisation I gained the filing cabinets in my room as they are metal and the study is now all 'wood' - still not sure how I got conned but there you are! anyway my room is once more a tip and desk space is at an all time low and getting creative has been very difficult. Never stop thinking about stuff but getting it down is a problem. Also the back to school thing has been huge this year as no. 1 son entered Year 7 (last yr. of primary) and no. 2 son started Kindy. Major excitement indeed! one wearing the uniform for the last year and one putting it on for the first time. We also managed to start swimming lessons for Lorcan which were a huge success as he passed stage 1. Lorcan used to have the grip of death on you in the water but now is keen to swim lengths, dive under and as of yesterday was floating without an aid and making good progress in using his arms to do the strokes - so it's an incredible turnaround and I'm still in awe that he has done so much in such a short time. Taidgh is very excited to be Yr. 7 and will be off to camp in a weeks time. He is also going to start keyboard lessons in the near future, is this wise I hear you ask, well at least it's not the trumpet! Anyway here a few pics of our new year start.
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Y'know, sometimes the universe replies to one's individual need for satisfaction. This time serendipity expressed itself as as a display of this person's work. I was eating cookies a la mode with my hot choco and within this timeframe decided to stumble for art; I needed a severe dosage of creative fuel. Ideas of surrealist mindscapes have called to me lately in these compact dreams I have in those anxious snippets of sleep I can claim.
My appreciation for art has its roots in Dali and the surrealists, although I cannot claim to be an expert on the subject considering that I just now discovered this artist. Calling upon the viewer to immerse oneself rather than subjugate or gravitate, I can truly get down with Varo's ideas. Where some surrealists appropriate the familiar to apply turbulent desires, the artist seems to harvest spiritual energies from within. This presents scenes both intriguing and repulsive, like a train wreck of plush dolls.
Also, in anticipation of starting a tumblr for artsy stuff that isn't quite the obituary that is artofact, I am scheduling myself blocks of the week for different types of content..in the hope that I can be productive on various levels. Revizion will be more of the music video/†╫®§Ð¥ЋɌɰÐШⁿ thing I do...as well as random personal entries considering there is a deep backlog of journal entries.. As underused as artofact is, I'd like to keep it as a fiction outlet for literature I have produced.


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My mother used to say that I shouldn't worry about diseases so much when I was a child. "By the time you're old enough to get that...they might have a cure." Not exactly words of wisdom but it kept me from worrying and it turns out that it's a little bit true.
My mom died in 2000 from cancer. Lymphoma. Now I'm hearing the word nanobees in relation to this disease. Cancer cells can be destroyed by bee poison, you know, the kind in stings. So they've created microscopic 'balls' on which they attach 'pins' in each one is bee poison. It's injected into the cancer and kills it all. Fantastic. It is just started being used now and might be available in two years for all. Maybe Mom was right about that one, if I get cancer, maybe they'll be able to cure it...destroy it.
And then there's Multiple Sclerosis and the shunt put in the blood vessel which has a lot of people up and walking who couldn't even move before. Unfortunately, they've also had some deaths caused by the shunt. But I think they seem to be on the right track and will find a way to make it work.
Two years ago, my dad passed away from Lewey Body or Dementia, they were never quite sure which it was. Both are types of Alzheimers. It's not too long ago but already they're saying they think they have a medicine that will remove the plaque from the nerves of the brain.
So both are too late for my parents but maybe my mother left something for me to look forward to. Maybe I'll be cured of cancer and Alzheimers both and be able to live a lot longer.


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We talked about them briefly in biology today.
There was a scientist named Lamarck who thought that the things that animals changed about themselves or learned would be inherited by its offspring. The example was a giraffe who needed to eat tall leaves, so it grew a longer neck and passed it on to all its children.
Then of course Darwin came along and was like "You're ridiculous".
But yah, if I could just will myself to have a crazy biological trait it would be photosynthesis. If I didn't need to have food ever, I wouldn't have to work. I wouldn't have to go to school. I could literally live in a field with my horse and we would chill. If everyone in the wolrd could photosynthesize, it would totally overthrow current forms of government. Haiti would be one of the healthiest places to live. And Africa wouldn't have to worry about too much anymore. It would make living in Canada a bit icky in the winter. Not that it's an fun now :P.
And if people were green all conceptions of what a beautiful person is would be totally changed. Would we change colours in the fall?
No, I don't have anything better to do with my time.
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This post is two days later than I had planned, entirely due to better weather and the need to visit Tobermory to a garage to get Land Rover wheels sorted out. They are alloys and have a tendency to leak air slowly out, this not helped by the state of some of the roads! The fix, we were advised, is to take the tyres off , daub the rims with sealant, refit the tyres and hope that that has solved the problem. We also managed to make a scheduled visit to the dentist for routine maintenance. In my case very necessary as I managed to dislodge a filling by biting on a prune stone. Today was spent gardening, in fact building our first raised bed and filling it with a layer of seaweed before we add the soil and compost mix. So the new garden construction has actually begun and no doubt will be reported on in future blogs.
We are well used to driving on single track roads but here it is a whole different experience. The passing places in the main are well placed so once you get realise that everyone else outside the holiday season is well practiced at into diving into passing places, so with nearly everyone obeying the rules driving becomes a relaxing past time. Not that you can afford to lose concentration, there are, even here, men with white vans hell bent on getting through whatever, sometimes justifiably, as they rush to make the last delivery before catching the last ferry to the mainland and the pot holes!
Mull tracks, sorry, roads are famous for pot holes. a couple of years ago it was said that there were over a thousand major potholes on the fifty mile long "main" road from Fionnphort in the south to Tobermory in the north. There are many stories of damage to suspensions, tyres being torn off etc.... Now thanks to a new road mending machine, shared with the nearby island of Islay, the roads are getting mended and now we have some long stretches of new tarmac. But when you are on un-repaired sections driving is a slalom not only avoiding pot holes but not venturing too far on to wet verges especially in the dark as they may actually not exist!


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Het balkon bezocht in die binnenplaats met muren vol kauwgom geplakt en beschreven met stiften? #verona
I am sitting on a train.
Ready to leave Bergamo behind me for one weekend.
I'm heading south,
to the coast.
When I take a peek outside the window, I see people coming in and out of the train. Their faces look as grey as the sky above us. Without any expression. It's weird to see how strongly the weather marks people's moods. I can see the disappointment in their eyes when they notice the rain.
Two hours later, I find myself in Verona train station. This is the city of Juliette and her balcony. And Romeo, of course. Oh Romeo… Jasmina and I wanted to go for a cappuccino in the city, near the famous balcony, but the rain kept us inside the station, waiting for our next train. I like the feeling when I'm checking people around me in a train station. It makes me feel invisible and relaxed in a place with a lot of stress and hurry.
Back on the train, I open my book and put on some music. Within a blink of the eye, I'm submerged in a total different place. It's as if I'm swimming in my own little perfect world for about 4 hours, passing by a lot of cities. My lips are playing mechanically with the gum in my mouth. I smile at the man sitting beside me as he is humming a song while looking out of the window. I feel like asking him what he is thinking about. Which song he is humming. Out of the blue, a voice above me breaks all the magic. We reached Cesena, a city not far from the Adriatic coast.
Suddenly I feel as excited as a kid on Christmas, glowing like a Christmas tree light bulb as the weather is better when I get off the train. Then I see M., and a feeling of instant happiness hits me in the face. (M. is an Italian friend of mine who I met last year, during my internship at Vlerick Leuven Gent Managementschool. When we said goodbye last year, I knew I was going to meet him again someday in my life.) It feels so great to see him back after almost one year. He takes us to our cosy hotel in Cervia, a hidden pearl at the Adriatic coast. I notice that the light in the sky changes into brighter colours as we are approaching the ocean by car. My eyes shine, just like the sky, although it is still a little grey.
Then I see the sea. Two friends meeting each other again…
We are welcomed by M.'s friends, a cold bottle of water and a Piadina con Mortadella. The "Piadina" is probably the most famous food icon of Romagna, the area east of the city of Bologna. You see little Piadina booths everywhere in this area, just like you see the french fries booths everywhere in Belgium. It cannot be compared with pitta bread, fajitas or whatsoever. Piadina is Piadina! You can eat it with a wide selection of meats like salame, mortadella, pancetta, prosciutto, … or with many different types of cheese as well as other Italian delicacies.
I lean over to M.'s friends and I pay attention to what they are saying to each other in Italian. Their accents are different, I notice. Nevertheless, I try to understand them. They make themselves understood with hand gestures and deep eye contact, also with jokes. We play beach volley together and decide to have dinner at a fish restaurant near the harbour. It's nice to see that so many young people from all over Italy have the fantastic habit to meet each other each year at Easter and I'm happy to participate to this feast.
The day afterwards, the weather is still grey and it is even raining. Not as I planned (neither did my suitcase), but that's just the way it is. M. is waiting for me outside with an umbrella and we decide to have a long walk on the beach. People say that the smell of the beach makes you hungry and thirsty. Maybe because of the salt? I don't know. After a long while of walking and talking, our stomachs started to call for food.
An aperitivo at Milano Marittima closed the day. Cervia is a place where families go to. Milano Marittima is a place where fancy people go to. It's a bit like Knokke in Belgium, but a lot bigger and more expensive. People even smell expensive. I mean to smell some Gucci's and Chanel's passing by. Later that evening, M. takes us to his hometown, Ferrara. The next morning, we start the day with a Brioche con marmellata di albicocche and a cappuccino. Afterwards, M. shows us his city. He talks with a lot of passion about the history. I like the old stories and habits about the city. M. smiles. Proud of showing his village to us. Proud, because we like it. I smile back.
Then it's time to say goodbye. I'm such a loser in saying goodbye, especially when you know it's for a longer period. A hug, a kiss, and I find myself on the train again. Ready for a 6 hour train trip to Bergamo. I look at M., standing on the platform, waiting for his train to Rome. He doesn't notice and doesn't look at me. Then he steps on his train and disappears, in the distance.
On the train ride home, I close my eyes and try to remember the taste of salt in my mouth. I'm really tired and I don't want to forget it so fast. I want to hold on to it a bit longer.
I smile to myself.


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