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Urban Planning and Sustainability of Hong Kong
ENV200 – Environment Sustaliability
Yik Shan, Chiang (42573521)
Ling Fu, Hung (41631994)
Pok Sze, Wong (42228034)
Wing Ki, Wong (41632591)
Wing Yee, Yeung (42573629)
On Yee, Yim (41632737)
Yik Shan, Chiang (42573521)
Ling Fu, Hung (41631994)
Pok Sze, Wong (42228034)
Wing Ki, Wong (41632591)
Wing Yee, Yeung (42573629)
On Yee, Yim (41632737)
2.Core Issues3
2.1.Geographic Limited in Hong Kong3
2.2.Lack of Environment Awareness in Hong Kong4
2.3.Insufficient Government Support5
3.Recommendation & Implication7
3.1.Geographic Limited in Hong Kong7
3.2.Lack of Environment Awareness in Hong Kong8
3.3.Insufficient Government Support9
1. Introduction
As we all know, urban sustainability is an absolutely great thing for all peoples who live in the city. However, we are questioned why it cannot fully execute in Hong Kong. We listed three core issues involve in achieving urban sustainability, which is geographic limited, lack of environment awareness and insufficient government support. We think that in order to achieve urban sustainability, both hardware and software support is need. At the later of the report, we hope to give recommendations on the above hardware and software issues in order to help Hong Kong achieving urban sustainability. 2. Core Issues
In the following part, we will explain and elaborate the core issues involve in achieving urban sustainability we listed on above. Some local examples will be given in order to support our statement. 3.1. Geographic Limited in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, we got a seriously lacking of land and large population. The population of Hong Kong in the end of 2011 was about 7,103,700 (Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong, 2012). However, the total land area of Hong Kong is just 1104.41 km2 (Lands Department, 2012). The population density is very high, which is 6544people/km2 (The Standard, 1999) (Urban Renewral Authority, 2012) (Census, 2012). The trend of population density is still increasing in a rapid rate as it was 6352people/km2 in 2006 and was even 6237people/km2 in 2001. The above data shows the urban "unsustainability rate" is higher than other country.
The usual policy of government is increasing the land by reclamation, mostly the reclamation in the Victoria harbor area in the past and Tung Chung area in the recent years. However, there are several disadvantages with reclamation such as extremely high cost and high influence to the ecosystem in the area. The development on limited land push us to develop our city in an unsustainability way.
Also, for example, the cost of reclamation of the third runway would be about HK$38.9billion and it would largely impact the Scour capability of the affected area, damaging the living area of Sousa Chinensis. However, comparing the cost of policies dealing with sustainability, it is still cheaper. The cost of Kwun Tong Town Centre Project is expected to be $HK 30billion.
Comparing with the reclamation project, which is to make a new area, the redevelopment of the existing area seems too expensive. Also the time needed for redeveloping an existing area is too long. The time allowed for the Kwun Tong Town Centre Project is 12 years. So these would also affect the achievements of urban sustainability in Hong Kong.
Moreover, due to the geographic limited, the urban form in Hong Kong has to be built very tightly. This no doubt blocks the fresh wind from the sea, which passively increased the air pollution problem. 3.2. Lack of Environment Awareness in Hong Kong
Comparing to the other countries, people who live in Hong Kong should be the top concerning of money in the world.
Also, the reason why we are over concerning on money is that we are worrying to the future. We worried on...
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Yesterday I attempted a little experiment, I wanted to see what my day would be like without any caffeine consumption.
Hmm, it was interesting. I found myself acting out, being very loud, singing uncontrollably and being very silly and obnoxious.
By the time bedtime came around I was fairly bouncing off of the walls and I actually had to drink a cup of tea in order to calm down enough to sleep. I had so much energy, was going stir crazy as I lay there listening to the sounds of car tires on the road, watching the flashes of headlights as they shone through my curtains momentarily and listened to the muted hum of the radio as the classical music quietly played gentle, soft music that should have lulled anyone into sleep, sadly not me.
Then I drank about half the cup of tea and that's about all I remember.
So I guess it's safe to say that I need a daily dose of stimulants (in my case caffeine) at regular intervals if I'm going to act in a sane and rational manner and actually be a productive person.
I was hoping that I'd be able to manage through the day without much problem because I'd like to cut down my consumption for a few reasons.
I'd like to cut down my chances at a repeat kidney stone, I'd like to cut down on my sugar intake and my multiple cups of tea are about the only real source of sugar that I consume on a daily basis. And I hate being dependant on something so much, and I know that if I don't have my tea I'm not going to be getting everything done that I want to!
Sadly I now know that I'm stuck with the tea.

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I am an aspiring writer myself and I once heard some award-winning authors in Indonesia like Ayu Utami opened a public writing courses or classes. This is not only as part of a writer's credential or "license to write" to some. But to me it means a lot more than just something to add to your portfolio on LinkedIn so there would be more people on the web know your writing expertise.
At first I was just questioning. I argued paid writing classes would be just a waste of money. I thought it was only a way of these artists of words to make more money off of their fans base. Senseless, I know. But you know the main message:paid courses are relatively useless. I could just practice or write some books I can buy anywhere.
Yet, today I discovered it is not the case. I need living mentors. I need talks, inputs, feedbacks, criticism, praise as well as mockery. And books, however they can be inspiring and insightful, won't bring me a great deal of invaluable lessons acquired through human interactions. These humans I interact with had better be a group of trusted, experienced professionals whose words I can rely on to propel myself forward.
So besides the lure of certificates to adorn the LinkedIn resume, I am now trying to convince myself to sign up for a writing course. Because seriously, I want to improve my writing skills. I want to be as professional as I can be in this very field.
So if you ask me now the same question in the title above, I guess you now know the answer.


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Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy All Hallows Eve!!
All Hallows Eve is the night before All Saint Day, hence Halloween. Here's an entertaining article on how to keep Halloween both fun and sacred: http://www.cantuar.blogspot.com. Happy Halloween!!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Halloween... A Christian Holiday?
Back in the day my mom was so confused about Halloween which led to my brother and I growing up confused. Over the years we alternated between doing the whole traditional Halloween thing in our neighborhood, the Hallelujah Night at the mega non-denominational church in town, and the "we aren't going to celebrate Halloween/ pass out candy this year." Perhaps my mom could have benefited from reading this article, Should Catholics Celebrate Halloween? I know I learned a thing or two! (Thanks, John McKeefery, for emailing this article to me!)
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Some of the Best Money I Ever Spent...
Was on a lactation consultant... Judy Eastburn was my consultant and she charged me $146.50 for about an hour and a half session. She gave me some tips, tricks and most of all support with nursing our borderline premature baby girl in the comfort of my own home. She also introduced me to the Medela contact nipple shield. What a wonderful invention! I used that sucker for eight weeks, it became a bit of a crutch for me until the day we moved into our new house and with the hustle and bustle I said the heck with it, latch on little girl. And well our baby girl was more than capable.
It's been 13 months and I'm proud to say that I'm still nursing our little bundle of joy. It's been a journey I never expected.
Our daughter was born three weeks early due to me being diagnosed with preeclampsia at my 37 week checkup. Our daughter latched on right after I pushed her out into this world and I was able to feed her some colostrum a few hours later. However, I was unable to sufficiently nurse her enough during those vital hours in the hospital. My milk just wasn't letting-down. This brought me to tears.
I, the former 20 something who didn't even like the idea of breastfeeding, became sold on it at about 29 years of age before getting pregnant. I was so sold on it that I was determined to do ecological breastfeeding, a practice among natural family planning couples (no bottles, no pacifiers, co-sleeping, nothing other than breast-milk straight from the breast). I didn't even buy one single bottle before our daughter was born nor did I register for one, why wasn't my milk letting-down? Was this because of the preeclampsia? My boobs were huge at the time, our baby girl needed to eat, God...what's going on here?... More tears...
Then the nurses at the very pro-breastfeeding, no pacifier hospital, Dallas Presby, told me we had to feed our baby formula ASAP as she was born early, had jaundice and was losing weight fast... More tears... I was terrified that if our daughter had a bottle of formula in the hospital we might never get this nursing thing down. I expressed my fears and fortunately our nurses allowed me to feed our daughter using my pinkie finger with an itty bitty, teeny tiny narrow tube along side it that was attached to a syringe filled with formula. This was to try and avoid nipple confusion from using a bottle. And I still tried to nurse every three hours for the remainder of our hospital stay followed by some pumping that was fed via pinkie / syringe.
Upon arriving home the same routine continued until Judy arrived and changed our world! There was just something about that silicone nipple shield that our daughter loved! Per our pediatrician's orders, I kept having to supplement each feeding with a little bit of formula until our daughter gained her birth weight back which took about 2-3 weeks. By now the tube and syringe were worn and I had to break down and buy a bottle at Babies R Us. So I bought the Tommee Tippee. Goodbye to the idea of ecological breastfeeding.
For a variety of reasons...concerns about keeping our daughter's weight up, my 1970s/80s pro-Similac parents, sleep deprivation, a desire to get away with my husband for a few hours when the grandparents were in town, and believing formula feedings made our daughter sleep longer at night we continued to give almost a feeding a day of formula until our daughter was about four months old. What made us stop? Spotting. One of the benefits we appreciated about breastfeeding, natural lactation amenorrhea and infertility, was possibly coming to an end. We hadn't charted in months, actually in over a year and we just weren't ready for me to be fertile again... We also realized we gave our daughter formula at night for so long because it was easier but not what was best for her. So we got rid of the formula and tossed the bottles to the side. We started co-sleeping with our daughter in our bed to ease those night time feedings from months 4-5, thank God we upgraded to a King.
Around 5 months after we had moved our daughter into her own room I actually woke up early one morning and pumped before getting in the shower. While getting dressed I gave my husband the bottle to feed our daughter and she wouldn't drink from it. So I took the bottle out with us to a moms club meeting at Saint Rita's where she still wouldn't drink from it but was indeed hungry. Then it hit me, after a month of just breastfeeding she would now only take milk directly from me. Wow!
I remained infertile until our daughter was about 10 months old. Had some heavy spotting at 9 months and then a monster of a period at 10. So back to charting/ natural family planning at least until this little one is completely weaned. She's down to two feedings a day and even though it can be exhausting and inhibiting at times, it really is amazing. God does promote mother and baby togetherness, it's part of His divine design, He built moms with breasts, gave them breast-milk, to nourish their babies, He's amazing.
I could go on and on but my wish for this post is to help and inspire others by sharing my breastfeeding story. I encourage any expecting mothers to get mentally prepared to "not give up" and if needed, hire a lactation consultant who can come to your home. As medical professionals would agree, breast-milk from the breast is best.
God Bless
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In the Shadow of Catastrophe: German Intellectuals Between Apocalypse and Enlightenment (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism 14)By: Anson Rabinbach (author)Paperback
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I dont usually write literal descriptions of products but there are so many in this collection that I wanted to give them justice without misrepresenting them. Of course I tested them out before. I like everything but I don't tend to use cuticle cream because I don't understand how it would work if I'm always wearing nail polish!! The firming hand cream is amazing and came in perfect time since my hands have been so dry this winter. Another favorite is the foot soak!! I love love love it and the lavender smell is amazing.


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THE liturgy does not say "I," but "We," unless the
particular action which is being performed specifically
requires the singular number (e.g., a personal declaration,
certain prayers offered by the bishop or the priest in his
official capacity, and so on). The liturgy is not celebrated
by the individual, but by the body of the faithful. This is
not composed merely of the persons who may be present in
church; it is not the assembled congregation. On the
contrary, it reaches out beyond the bounds of space to
embrace all the faithful on earth. Simultaneously it reaches
beyond the hounds of time, to this extent, that the body
which is praying upon earth knows itself to be at one with
those for whom time no longer exists, who, being perfected,
exist in Eternity.
Yet this definition does not exhaust the conception of the
universality and the all-embracingness which characterize
the fellowship of the liturgy. The entity which performs the
liturgical actions is not merely the sum total of all
individual Catholics. It does consist of all these united in
one body, but only in so far as this unity is of itself
something, apart from the millions which compose it. And
that something is the Church.
Here we find an analogy with what happens in the body
politic. The State is more than the sum total of citizens,
authorities, laws, organizations, and so on. In this
connection discussion of the time-honored question-whether
this higher unity is real or imagined--is beside the point.
In any case, as far as personal perception is concerned, it
does exist. The members of a State are not only conscious of
being parts of a greater whole, but also of being as it were
members of an overlapping, fundamental, living unity.
On an essentially different plane--the supernatural--a more
or less corresponding phenomenon may be witnessed in the
Church. The Church is self-contained, a structure-system of
intricate and invisible vital principles, of means and ends,
of activity and production, of people, organizations, and
laws. It does consist of the faithful, then; but it is more
than the mere body of these, passively held together by a
system of similar convictions and regulations. The faithful
are actively united by a vital and fundamental principle
common to them all. That principle is Christ Himself; His
life is ours; we are incorporated in Him; we are His Body,
"Corpus Christi mysticum."1 The active force which governs
this living unity, grafting the individual on to it,
granting him a share in its fellowship and preserving this
right for him, is the Holy Ghost.2 Every individual Catholic
is a cell of this living organism or a member of this Body.
The individual is made aware of the unity which comprehends
him on many and various occasions, but chiefly in the
liturgy. In it he sees himself face to face with God, not as
an entity, but as a member of this unity. It is the unity
which addresses God; the individual merely speaks in it, and
it requires of him that he should know and acknowledge that
he is a member of it.
It is on the plane of liturgical relations that the
individual experiences the meaning of religious fellowship.
The individual--provided that he actually desires to take
part in the celebration of the liturgy--must realize that it
is as a member of the Church that he, and the Church within
him, acts and prays; he must know that in this higher unity
he is at one with the rest of the faithful, and he must
desire to be so.
From this, however, arises a very perceptible difficulty. It
is chiefly to be traced to a more common one, concerning the
relation between the individual and the community. The
religious community, like every other, exacts two things
from the individual. The first is a sacrifice, which
consists in the renouncement by the individual of everything
in him which exists merely for itself and excludes others,
while and in so far as he is an active member of the
community: he must lay self aside, and live with, and for,
others, sacrificing to the community a proportion of his
self-sufficiency and independence. In the second place he
must produce something; and that something is the widened
outlook resulting from his acceptance and assimilation of a
more comprehensive scheme of life than his own--that of the
This demand will be differently met, according to the
disposition of each individual. Perhaps it will be the more
impersonal element of spiritual life--the ideas, the
ordering of instruments and designs, the objectives, laws
and rules, the tasks to be accomplished, the duties and
rights, and so on--which first arrests the attention. Both
the sacrifice and production indicated above will in such
cases assume a more concrete character. The individual has
to renounce his own ideas and his own way. He is obliged to
subscribe to the ideas and to follow the lead of the
liturgy. To it he must surrender his independence; pray with
others, and not alone; obey, instead of freely disposing of
himself; and stand in the ranks, instead of moving about at
his own will and pleasure. It is, furthermore, the task of
the individual to apprehend clearly the ideal world of the
liturgy. He must shake off the narrow trammels of his own
thought, and make his own a far more comprehensive world of
ideas: he must go beyond his little personal aims and adopt
the educative purpose of the great fellowship of the
liturgy. It goes without saying, therefore, that he is
obliged to take part in exercises which do not respond to
the particular needs of which he is conscious; that he must
ask for things which do not directly concern him; espouse
and plead before God causes which do not affect him
personally, and which merely arise out of the needs of the
community at large; he must at times--and this is inevitable
in so richly developed a system of symbols, prayer and
action--take part in proceedings of which he does not
entirely, if at all, understand the significance.
All this is particularly difficult for modern people, who
find it so hard to renounce their independence. And yet
people who are perfectly ready to play a subordinate part in
state and commercial affairs are all the more susceptible
and the more passionately reluctant to regulate their
spiritual life by dictates other than those of their private
and personal requirements. The requirements of the liturgy
can be summed up in one word, humility. Humility by
renunciation; that is to say, by the abdication of self-rule
and self-sufficiency. And humility by positive action; that
is to say, by the acceptance of the spiritual principles
which the liturgy offers and which far transcend the little
world of individual spiritual existence.
The demands of the liturgy's communal life wear a different
aspect for the people who are less affected by its concrete
and impersonal side. For the latter, the problem of
fellowship does not so much consist in the question of how
they are to assimilate the universal and, as it were,
concrete element, at the same time subordinating themselves
to and dovetailing into it. The difficulty rather lies in
their being required to divide their existence with other
people, to share the intimacy of their inner life, their
feeling and willing, with others; and to know that they are
united with these others in a higher unity. And by others we
mean not one or two neighbors, or a small circle of people,
congenial by reason of similar aims or special relations,
but with all, even with those who are indifferent, adverse,
or even hostilely-minded.
Romano Guardini
The demand here resolves itself into the breaking down of
the barriers which the more sensitive soul sets around its
spiritual life. The soul must issue forth from these if it
is to go among others and share their existence. Just as in
the first case the community was perceived as a great
concrete order, in the second it is perceived as a broad
tissue of personal affinities, an endless interweaving of
living reciprocal relations. The sacrifice required in the
first place is that of renouncing the right of self-determination in spiritual activity; in the second, that of
renouncing spiritual isolation. There it is a question of
subordinating self to a fixed and objective order, here of
sharing life in common with other people. There humility is
required, here charity and vigorous expansion of self.
There the given spiritual content of the liturgy must be
assimilated; here life must be lived in common with the
other members of Christ's Body, their petitions included
with one's own, their needs voiced as one's own. There "We"
is the expression of selfless objectivity; here it signifies
that he who employs it is expanding his inner life in order
to include that of others, and to assimilate theirs to his.
In the first case, the pride which insists upon
independence, and the aggressive intolerance often bred by
individual existence, must be overcome, while the entire
system of communal aims and ideas must be assimilated; in
the second, the repulsion occasioned by the strangeness of
corporate life must be mastered, and the shrinking from
self-expansion, and that exclusiveness triumphed over, which
leads us to desire only the company of such as we have
ourselves chosen and to whom we have voluntarily opened out.
Here, too, is required continual spiritual abnegation, a
continuous projection of self at the desire of others, and a
great and wonderful love which is ready to participate in
their life and to make that life its own.
Yet the subordination of self is actually facilitated by a
peculiarity inherent in liturgical life itself. It forms at
once the complement of and contrast to what has already been
discussed. Let us call the disposition manifesting itself in
the two forms indicated above, the individualistic. Facing
it stands the social disposition, which eagerly and
consistently craves for fellowship, and lives in terms of
"We" just as involuntarily as the former bases itself on the
exclusive "I." The social disposition will, when it is
spiritually active, automatically seek out congenial
associates; and their joint striving towards union will be
characterized by a firmness and decision alien to the
liturgy. It is sufficient to recall in this connection the
systems of spiritual association and fellowship peculiar to
certain sects. Here at times the bounds of personality
diminish to such an extent that all spiritual reserve is
lost, and frequently all external reserve as well. Naturally
this description only applies to extreme cases, but it still
shows the tendency of the social urge in such dispositions.
For this reason people like this will not find all their
expectations immediately fulfilled in the liturgy. The
fellowship of the liturgy will to them appear frigid and
restricted. From which it follows that this fellowship,
however complete and genuine it may be, still acts as a
check upon unconditional self-surrender. The social urge is
opposed by an equally powerful tendency which sees to it
that a certain fixed boundary is maintained. The individual
is, it is true, a member of the whole--but he is only a
member. He is not utterly merged in it; he is added to it,
but in such a way that he throughout remains an entity,
existing of himself. This is notably borne out by the fact
that the union of the members is not directly accomplished
from man to man. It is accomplished by and in their joint
aim, goal, and spiritual resting place--God--by their
identical creed, sacrifice and sacraments. In the liturgy it
is of very rare occurrence that speech and response, and
action or gesture are immediately directed from one member
of the fellowship to the other.3 When this does occur, it is
generally worth while to observe the great restraint which
characterizes such communication. It is governed by strict
regulations. The individual is never drawn into contacts
which are too extensively direct. He is always free to
decide how far he is to get into touch, from the spiritual
point of view, with others in that which is common to them
all, in God. Take the kiss of peace, for instance; when it
is performed according to the rubric it is a masterly
manifestation of restrained and elevated social solidarity.
This is of great importance. It is hardly necessary to point
out what would be the infallible consequences of attempting
to transmit the consciousness of their fellowship in the
liturgy directly from one individual to another. The history
of the sects teems with examples bearing on this point. For
this reason the liturgy sets strict bounds between
individuals. Their union is moderated by a continually
watchful sentiment of disparity and by reciprocal reverence.
Their fellowship notwithstanding, the one individual can
never force his way into the intimacy of the other, never
influence the latter's prayers and actions, nor force upon
the latter his own characteristics, feelings and
perceptions. Their fellowship consists in community of
intention, thought and language, in the direction of eyes
and heart to the one aim; it consists in their identical
belief, the identical sacrifice which they offer, the Divine
Food which nourishes them all alike; in the one God and Lord
Who unites them mystically in Himself. But individuals in
their quality of distinct corporeal entities do not among
themselves intrude upon each other's inner life.
It is this reserve alone which in the end makes fellowship
in the liturgy possible; but for it the latter would be
unendurable. By this reserve again the liturgy keeps all
vulgarizing elements at a distance. It never allows the soul
to feel that it is imprisoned with others, or that its
independence and intimacy are threatened with invasion.
From the man of individualistic disposition, then, a
sacrifice for the good of the community is required; from
the man of social disposition, submission to the austere
restraint which characterizes liturgical fellowship. While
the former must accustom himself to frequenting the company
of his fellows, and must acknowledge that he is only a man
among men, the latter must learn to subscribe to the noble,
restrained forms which etiquette requires in the House and
at the Court of the Divine Majesty.
1. Cf. Rom. xii. 4 et seq.; I Cor. xii. 4 et seq.; Eph.,
chaps. i.-iv.; Col. i. 15 et seq., and elsewhere.
2. Cf I Cor. xii. 4 et seq.; M. J. Scheeben, "Die Mysterien
des Christentums," pp. 314-508 (Freiburg, 1911).
3. This does not apply, of course, to the communication
between the hierarchical persons and the faithful. This
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Went over to Prescott Bike Festival on Sunday. It seemed well attended considering it is a new event but I've no doubt it was aided by the good weather.
There was a nice mix of cars and bikes. This car caught my eye in th car park.
First time I've seen one of the new Nortons in the flesh.
Triumph 8V (Nourish?) hill climber
Ironhead sportster, I could see myself living with something like this one day (although I'd have to change the colour)


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The Search for Indian GarbMarch 27, 2013
Posted by Kanga.
On the 30th, two good friends of ours are getting married. It's an Indian wedding, so our search for appropriate apparel began.
I started by asking for advice from my former coworkers. This gave me a few places to begin looking and some idea of what price to expect.
We started in Fujairah by just walking into a fabric shop. This was the best place – the best fabric, helpful and honest staff. Fabrics for salwar kameez usually come in pre-cut matched packages. This is a problem for me because the sets are cut with much shorter, smaller women in mind. There was a matched set that caught my eye, but the staff was honest and pointed out that there would not be enough material for someone my size. At the time, I wasn't smart enough to just buy two matching sets to double the material. 20/20 hindsight. I bought a lovely teal fabric instead – 5 yards for 100 AED ($27.00).
One of the staff then escorted us to a tailor shop in the next building along with a picture to help communicate what I wanted. The tailor took my measurements and said that it would take four days and cost 80 AED ($22). We wandered around the building to see what other shops were there. DaddyBird has been wanting his own salwar/kameez for quite a while. We discovered another tailor with some nice wares in the window. DaddyBird headed in and negotiated with the tailor for two black salwar kameez sets out of some lovely soft fabric. His bill was 100 AED ($27) per set (fabric and sewing), but it would take two days longer than my tailoring.
The salwar kameez would not really be fancy enough men's wear for the wedding. We continued shopping in other fabric stores, looking for fabric suitable for a sherwani jacket. However, we encountered blank stares when we mentioned sherwani. Even the printed out picture we showed them didn't help much. None of the fabric was to DaddyBird's liking, so off to the Mina Bazaar in Dubai we went.
I'm not sure why I continued to look at fabric for myself, but I did. You may remember that we are lousy at negotiation and Eastern style shopping/negotiation. We should have agreed on our tactics and signals before heading into the first shop. I ended up buying two fabric sets for more than I should have. In my defense, it was a matter of bad communication. The salesman mentioned the word "tailor," so I specifically asked "do you have a tailor here?" I even pointed with my finger on the counter. He answered "yes" and then indicated that it would only take two hours to sew. Thinking that the purchase price included the sewing, I agreed to prices that were too high for what I ended up with. I lived and learned. I have actually started sewing one of the pieces obtained at this shop, but found that there was a two inch hole cut in the middle of the back and that the lining material is not colorfast. The project is somewhat stalled for the moment.
DaddyBird was also checking in the shops to see what men's attire might be available, but the largest size available was 46 or 48 and he needs a 50 or 52. Several salesmen tried to tell him that the 46 would do. He actually tried one on to prove his point.
We went into a second shop with fabrics for women and endured quite a show put on by the salesman who probably would have shown me everything on their shelves if I had let him. He repeated his sales pitches frequently which included "this one is classic," "the dupatta (scarf) is mind blowing," "this one is the one for you." I ended up buying two more sets from this shop. They are of better quality than the others, but still don't have quite enough material.
More fabric was needed for lining and sleeves for both of these.
So, it was back to the first fabric store in Fujairah where I got eight yards of teal satin for 6 AED/yd ($13.00) and three yards of pink for the same big 6 AED/yd. The staff were again very helpful finding just the right shade and giving us discounts.
Then we headed across the street to the lace and trim store. I wanted a little bit of extra bling for my teal salwar/kameez and some white lace for another set of material I hope to sew, someday. ($3.75/yd)
Now, as for DaddyBird's search for a sherwani, we found a tailor in the Mina Bazaar area of Dubai. It turned out to be pretty pricy, so my six outfits don't seem so bad in comparison. I still came out cheaper than he did.
We went back on Monday for a preliminary fitting. We pick the masterpiece up on Friday. DaddyBird very wisely listened to his wifey and chose the blue material instead of the black.
It has been quite an adventure and a lot of work for just a few hours at a wedding party. We need to line up a few more weddings to get more use out of our hard earned threads. We would have missed all this fun if we could have just bought something off the rack.


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If I had to live off of one soup this Winter, this would be it. Tender daikon (Japanese radish) coins, bright green beans, buttery onions, melty spinach, & poached white fish in a salty-sour broth over rice is really all I could ask for.
I'm goin' for seconds.
Fish Sinigang
2 Fillets of firm, boneless whitefish
2 T olive oil
1 red onion, sliced in moons
Real Salt
1 large ripe tomato
2 handfuls green beans
1 large or 2 small daikon (looks like huge white carrots)
2 cubes Veggie Boullion
1 bunch spinach or 1/2 head cabbage, sliced
1-2 lemons
Saute onion & 1 t Real Salt in olive oil until translucent. Add tomato & saute 2 minutes. Add green beans, daikon & boullion cubes. Bring to boil, lower heat & simmer 10 minutes. As daikon starts to soften, add greens, juice of 1 lemon & fish fillets. Poach until greens are just how you like them, bright green. Cover 2 minutes & check fish for doneness & taste the broth. If you want, add more lemon juice or salt. To serve, ladle a bit of everything into your bowl. Add a big ice cream scoop of white rice on one side.
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Inborn Errors of Metabolismrename
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Defects in Amino Acid Metabolism
|Decreased phenylalanine hydroxylase or tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor (AR, malignant PKU). Tyrosine is essential. Increased phenylketones (phenylacetate, phenyllactate, phenylpyruvate) in urine
Maternal PKU - lack of proper dietary therapy during pregnancy
|Mental retardation, fair skin, blue eyes, eczema, musty, mousy, body odor, growth retardation
Maternal PKU - infant findings: microcephaly, intellectual disability, growth retardation, congenital heart defects
|Decreased phenylalanine and increased tyrosine in diet
|Alkoptonuria (ochronosis)
|Deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase in degradative pathway of tyrosine. AR. Benign
|Dark connective tissue, pigmented sclera, urine turns black upon standing. May have debilitating arthalgias
|1) Cystathionine synthase deficiency, 2) decreased affinity of cystathionine synthase for pryidoxal phosphate, homocysteine methyltransferase deficiency
|Excess homocysteine in urine. Cysteine is essential. Mental retardation, osteoporosis, Marfanoid, Vaso-occlusive events , atherosclerosis
|1) decreased Met and increased Cys, B12, and folate in diet, 2) increased B6 in diet
|Absent tyrosinase (AR), Defective tyrosine transporters, lack of migration of neural crest cells; Ocular is X-linked
|Lack of melanin --> increased risk of skin cancer.
|Defect of renal tubular AA transporter for cysteine, ornithine, lysine, and arginine in PCT of kidneys
|Excess cystine in urine --> ~cystine staghorn caliculi
|Acetazolamide to alkalinize urine
|Maple Syrup Urine Disease
|Blocked decarboxylation of branched amino acids (Ile, Leu, Val). Deficiency in alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase
|Increased alpha-ketoacids in blood (especially Leu). Poor feeding and vomiting --->Severe CNS defects, mental retardation, death. Urine smells like maple syrup.
|Hartnup Disease
|AR, defective neutral AA transporter in renal/intestinal epithelial cells
|Tryptophan deficiency, Pellagra. Lots of amino acids in the urine
Glycogen Storage DiseasesVery Poor Carbohydrate Metabolism
|Deficient Enzyme
|Von Gierke's disease (Type I)
|Doll like face. Hypoglycemic seizures at 3-4 months of age Other abnormalities: hyper: lipids, uric acid, lactate in the blood stream
|Pompe's Disease (Type II)
|Cardiac and skeletal muscle deposits. hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy = death. Also macroglossia, hypotonia, hepatomegaly.
Milder version = myopathy without much cardiac involvement.
|Lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase (acid maltase)
|Cori's Disease (Type III)
|Milder form Type I with normal blood lactate levels
|Debranching enzyme (alpha-1,6-glucosidase)
|McArdle's disease (Type V)
|Increased glycogen in muscle, cannot break it down --> painful muscle cramps, myoglobinuria with strenuous exercise, elevated CK at rest , then second wind with fatty acid metabolism
|skeletal muscle glucogen phosporylase
|Type I Glycogen Deposits?
|LIVER and KIDNEY
|Type III glycogen deposits?
|IIIa liver and muscle (85%); IIIb liver only; BOTH: normal kidneys
|Type I earlier complications
|Hyperlip--> pancreatitis; Hyperuricemia --> gout, frequent nosebleeds (platelet dysfunction), delayed puberty
|Type I late complications
|hepatic adenomas--> can bleed and become cancer; kidney disease, stones, FSGS, fibrosis; osteoporosis
|Type Ib classic findings
|neutrophil dysfunction and neutropenia --> ulcers in mouth and gut (Mucositis!), recurrent infections
Lysosomal Storage DiseasesSpingolipidoses
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Fabry's Disease (XR)
|Severe neuropathic pain of hands/feet, angiokeratomas, Renal biopsy = lipids, cardiac involvement
|alpha-galactosidase A
|ceramide trihexoside
|Gaucher's Disease (AR)
|TYPE I = Hepatosplenomegaly, avascular necrosis of femur, bone pain, pancytopenia macrophages that look like crumpled tissue paper
less common types can affect the brain
|Niemann-Pick disease (AR)
|Progressive neurodegeneration, hepatosplenomegaly, neonatal jaundice, cherry-red spot on macula, foam cells
|Tay-Sach's Disease (AR)
|Progressive neurodegeneration, exaggerated startle response, cherry-red spot on macula, no hepatosplenomegaly, lyosomes with onion skin
|hexoaminidase A
|GM2 ganglioside
|Krabbe's Disease (AR)
|Peripheral neuropathy, developmental delay, optic atrophy, globoid cells
|Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (AR)
|Central and peripheral demyelination with ataxia, dementia
|Arylsulfatase A
|Cerebroside sulfate
Mucopolysaccharidoses = excessive urinary secretin of GAG
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Hurler's Syndrome (AR)
|Developmental delay, gargoylism, airway obstruction, corneal clouding, hepatosplenomegaly
|heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate
|Hunter's syndrome (XR)
|Mild developmental delay, gargoylism, airway obstruction, hepatosplenomegaly. Aggressive behavior. NO corneal clouding
|Iduronate sulfatase
|heparan sulfate, dermatan sulfate
Disorders of Carbohydrate MetabolismFructose Metabolism (causes milder symptoms than analogous disorders of galactose metabolism)
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Fructose Intolerance (AR)
|Hypoglycemia, jaundice, cirrhosis, vomiting; seizures, lactic acidosis. Treatment: decrased intake of fructose and sucrose
|aldolase B
|Essential fructosuria (AR)
|Benign, asymptomatic condition. + urine reducing substance, with no symptoms
Galactose Metabolism
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Classic galactosemia (AR)
|Failure to thrive, jaundice, hepatomegaly, infantile cataracts, mental retardation. + urine reducing substance, but normal urine odor
!"E coli sepsis"!
Treatment: exclude galactose and lactose from diet
|galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase
|toxic substances, including galactitol
|Galactokinase deficiency (AR)
|Galactose appears in blood and urine, infantile cataracts (may initially present as inability to track objects or develop social smile), Relatively mild
Disorders of the Urea Cycle, De Novo Purine and Pyrimidine Synthesis, and Purine SalvageUrea Cycle
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Inhibition of TCA cycle. Ammonia intoxication -- tremor, slurring of speech, somnolence, vomiting, cerebral edema, blurring of vision. Treatment: limit protein in diet. Benzoate or phenylbuyrate
|Acquired (liver disease) or hereditary (urea cycle enzyme deficiencies)
|NH4+ (depletion of alpha-ketoglutarate)
|Ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) deficiency (XR)
|Orotic acid in blood and urine, decreased BUN, sx of hyperammonemia
|ornithine transcarbamoylase
|orotic acid (from excess carbamoyl phosphate)
De novo Purine and Pyrimidine Synthesis/Purine Salvage
|Deficient Enzyme
|Accumulated substrate
|Orotic Aciduria (AR)
|Orotic acid in urine, megaloblastic anemia that does not correct with administration of B12 or folate, failure to thrive. NO hyperammonemia. Treatment: oral uridine administration
|orotic acid phosphoribosyltransferase or orotidine 5'phosphate decarboxylase
|orotic acid
|Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
|Adenosine deaminase (converts adenosine to inosine)
|ATP and dATP
|Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (XR)
|Mental retardation, self-mutilation, aggression, hyperuricemia and gout, choreoathetosis
|HGPRT (converts hypoxanthine to IMP and guanine to GMP)
|Uric acid
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We attended Wedding Reception Number Two of the summer yesterday evening (with a slight sense of deja vu, since the event was held in the same location as for Wedding Reception Number One, exactly one week previously). Wedding Reception Number One had required active participation, as we had to perform as part of the "wedding court," as well as to use a surprisingly significant amount of mental energy to ensure that all three Offspring, plus my parents, were in attendance and had sufficient attention/care. In contrast, Wedding Reception Number Two was a much more relaxing occasion; it was naught but myself and Beloved Husband preparing to leave the house and attending the event.
There were two tiny tittle girls, who had served as flower girls during the ceremony, who were also at the reception. They seemed to enjoy alternately napping on various relatives' laps, and spending time on the dance floor. They were not remotely self-conscious, which was lovely to behold. They were just learning how to move rhythmically to the music, and focused primarily on spinning to make their special dresses fluff out into a circle around them.
Beloved Husband and I did some dancing, which was lovely. Of all of Beloved Husband's colleagues in attendance at the reception, though, only a very few stepped onto the dance floor, and those went only briefly. Seems such a shame to waste a dancing opportunity, I think.
At what point do people lose the childhood love of dance? Such a loss. Dancing is one of the very few expressions of love-of-life that adults allow themselves to enjoy. Imagine how much lighter our hearts would all be, if we let go of being self-conscious and allowed ourselves a moment to let the music move us all.
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a very happy birthday to my mom.
i know i post the below photo a lot,
but it is just my favorite photo of her!!
she is SUCH a babe.
gosh, my brother and i are so lucky.
can't wait to spend an entire weekend celebrating her...
happy birthday momma!
you are everything and more.
we love you.


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Seasickness. Just thinking of it is enough to make you feel squeamish. Fear of getting this type of motion sickness is probably the number one reason many vacationers who love to travel do not cruise. Seasickness (also called mal de mer) is the reaction of your body's inner ear balance system to the unfamiliar motion of the ship. The movement of the ship causes stress on the balancing portion of the brain.
Your brain sees things on the ship such as walls and furniture and instinctively knows from past experience that they are supposed to be still. However, since these items are actually moving with the sea and the ship, the inner ear gets stressed and confused and nausea sets in.
Seasickness often disappears within a few days, even without treatment. The brain finally adjusts to this new environment, and the sufferer gets his or her "sea legs." One unfortunate aspect of long trans-ocean voyages is that it may take a while for you to adjust to being on land again. How horrible to think that about the time you recover from seasickness that "land sickness" sets in!
Who Gets Seasick?
Seasickness and motion sickness can affect anyone. Ninety percent of all people suffer from some type of motion sickness during their lifetimes. Even experienced cruisers who have sailed dozens of times can get seasick.
They don't stop cruising, they just take precautions to lessen or prevent the seasickness.
Seasickness is especially bad when no one else seems to be afflicted, and it certainly is not limited to only wimps. Knowing that about half the astronauts take motion sickness medication when in space should make you feel a little better!
People who are prone to motion sickness in cars, airplanes, or carnival rides may also be more susceptible to seasickness. However, the motion on different ships affects people differently. Just because you get seasick in a small boat does not mean you will have problems on a large cruise ship.
What Factors Make Seasickness Worse?
Seasickness is not catching. It is not a virus, although I think sometimes if people around you are sick, it makes you feel that way too! There are three main seasickness triggers that should be avoided during your first few hours on the cruise ship.
- Do not go below deck for extended time periods. Try to find a window or porthole and keep your eyes gazing (but not fixed) on the horizon.
- Do not look through binoculars for long periods of time.
- Do not stare at objects your brain will interpret as stable. Anything that involves staring at one point such as reading a book, doing detailed needlework, or even staring at a compass might bring on a bout of seasickness.
How Can I Avoid Seasickness?
Staying busy and keeping your mind occupied are the best ways to avoid seasickness. Try to stay on deck in the fresh air and focus on anything other than the moving ship. Take deep breaths and drink plenty of water.
When on deck, facing forward (rather than to the side) seems to help most people. Remember that you need to let your brain adjust to this new unstable environment by allowing the horizon to act as the true point of reference.
Although drinking plenty of water is important, you also need to keep something in your stomach (although spicy or fatty food is not recommended). Lying down in a deck chair in the fresh air often helps many people; it's almost like you can sleep it off! Most modern cruise ships are equipped with stabilizers that eliminate much of the motion that causes seasickness. This is one time when bigger might be better-the larger the ship, the less it will rock! If you know you are prone to seasickness, try to get a cabin on the outside (with a window), and mid-ship and on a lower deck where there is less motion.
Cruising in relatively calm waters may also help those prone to seasickness. The Caribbean (except during hurricane season) is usually calm, as is the Inside Passage to Alaska. River cruises are also a good choice.
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Seasickness is often easier to avoid than to cure. Most remedies need to be taken a couple of hours before your cruise ship sails. Different treatments work better for different people, and you may need to try a few to determine which is best for you. Remember to check with your doctor to make sure that any remedy does not conflict with medication you are currently taking--prescription or over-the-counter.
What Are the Best Medications for Seasickness?Dramamine and Bonine are the most common seasickness drug remedies. These two drugs are available over-the-counter at most drug stores and pharmacies. They are essentially antihistamines, and make many people drowsy. Both Dramamine and Bonine come in non-drowsy formulas.
Scopolamine patches, worn behind the ear like a tiny band-aid, are the most common prescription drugs for seasickness. Scopolamine also comes in pill form. The patches last up to three days, provide time-release doses of the drug, and are usually very effective for preventing nausea.
What Are the Best Herbal Remedies for Seasickness?Ginger is the most common herbal remedy for seasickness. Remember how your mom used to make you drink ginger ale when you were a sick child? Unfortunately, many ginger ales on the market today do not contain "real" ginger. Most people take ginger in capsules form, and they are available at health food stores. The side effects of ginger are less than those of drugs, but sometimes cause heartburn or an aftertaste. Although there is some evidence that ginger helps seasickness, it may not be as effective as a drug remedy.
What Are Some Other Remedies for Seasickness?Wrist bands provide a type of acupressure for the relief of seasickness. There is a point about an inch and a half above your wrist on the underside of the arm where the wrist band applies pressure. Many people swear by the wrist bands and they sell in large numbers.
What Do I Do if None of the Remedies Work?Once you get seasick, you might have to call in the ship's doctor. I once had to call the doctor to our cabin for my husband, who had never been seasick (even when I was). The doctor gave him a shot, which stopped the vomiting immediately. It also knocked him out for the rest of the day. After he awoke, he applied a scopolamine patch and wore it for the rest of the cruise, with no side effects. He has been on many cruises (including sailboats and freighters) and that's still the only time he's been seasick. The doctor said that each ship has a unique movement, and for some reason Ronnie's brain could not readily adjust to the motion on that particular ship.
In summary, seasickness can be a horrible malady, but there are ways to lessen its severity or prevent it altogether. Just don't let your fear of seasickness prevent you from taking a cruise!
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First to the Yukon, Jeff King gets a feast (photos and audio)
Thursday night, the Ruby checkpoint temporarily became a gourmet restaurant, as Jeff King's prize – for being the First to the Yukon River – was served up. The musher's special meal was as much a media event as it was a meal, but that's largely because the meal was so lavish: an Alaskan seafood stew,…Read More
First to Anvik, Buser gets a 5-course meal – and $3,500 for dessert
In case you missed it from today's newscast: Martin Buser won the First-to-the-Yukon Award this morning. Laureli Kinneen reports from Anvik:Read More
Neff, Table for Two
text by David Dodman; photos and audio by Laureli Kinneen When Hugh Neff arrived into Anvik early this morning, he wasn't the only one who received an exceptional breakfast. The five-course meal courtesy of Anchorage's Millennium Hotel was a breakfast for two, and Neff decided to invite Larry Westlake, an Iditarod race judge. (It didn't…Read More
In Anvik, It's Seared Tuna, Wasabi, and Ginger: for Breakfast
photo and audio by Laureli Kinneen; text by David Dodman The Iditarod Sled Dog Race offers a wide array of extraordinary experiences. Gourmet dining isn't usually among them, with one exception: the first musher to arrive into the Anvik checkpoint – the first stopover on the Yukon River – receives a lavish five-course meal, provided…Read More


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but first,
September is almost over?!?!
what the heck? where is the year going? where is the time?
ok panic attack over.
This week was a very good week for me.
I started out slow because of a huge party starting Tuesday night and going until Wednesday evening. Our leaders told us we had to stay inside the whole time. We played soccer tennis(a fun game we play with this little cement wall outside our house using only our feet!) and watched church movies, and slept. And then Wednesday night we got permission to leave our house to go to the church for a branch activity(Our group is always part of the branch activities in Belmopan because it is technically just an appendage of the branch in a different place!) and we played soccer with the branch and had a lot of fun!
after that it was get to work time. This week we did a lot of follow up on people we found the first week and tried to find out who to see. We now have 8 progressing investigators, where at the beginning of the week we didn't have any! we also have a baptismal date with a young man named Sergio who is 20 years old and understands the lessons SO well!
But the biggest miracle this week was the Rash family. Literally the last investigators I met this week(Saturday night at 7:30) and an old investigator of Elder Rojas and Elder Freeman. Before they weren't quite ready, my comp says, but when we went with them they were GOLDEN.
Brother Francisco Rash is the father of 3 teenage boys, and his wife is Carolina. They are very smart, faithful people, and very smart. Their first language is Quechi, a mayan dialect from Guatemala, but they all speak good English, and brother Rash even knows another Dialect called Mopan Maya.(which is cool because another recent convert we have, his name is Valentine, speaks Mopan maya as his first language!) and Bro Rash speaks a little spanish as well!
During the lesson we had with them, about how the Book of Mormon and the Bible work together to teach us the gospel, Brother Rash opened up to us and told us that in the church he is going right now, he is having some problems, and he just feels like something is missing, and he told us he has a whole that he has been begging God to fill.
After we talked about that for a while, sister rash said " so are there really Prophets on the earth today? We told her gladly that YES! and this next week with General Conference coming up, it is the perfect opportunity for them to gain a testimony of prophets and revelation!
I am super excited for conference and to see how the Rash family progresses this week!
i am out of time though, so I will tell you how everything goes next week!
I know that Christ lives, and that He loves me, and that God has a perfect plan for me and for everybody.
Have the greatest of weeks!
Elder McFarland


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Thursday, June 5, 2014
wedding, day 2
So, after a day long wedding and entertaining stragglers until the wee hours, here we are, wrinkled clothes, dead flowers and all. I insisted on the bridal gear, but the judge turned up in a baseball uniform! He was on his way to a game and stampeded through the reading of the ceremony in record time, pausing to ask Jimmy if he had changed his mind since the last time they spoke. "No? Good. I now pronounce you legally man and wife. "
And of course you wanted honeymoon pictures. There weren't many, but this one captures the feeling.
After driving six hours with our dog Shag in the back seat we arrived at a borrowed hunting lodge in the middle of nowhere New York to three days of mostly pouring rain.
We got an urgent call from Jim's boss - (he was needed back due to a death in the boss's family) and we broke camp and returned home.
The honeymoon reconvened the following weekend with a day at the Bronx Zoo and the Botanical Gardens and another at Great Adventures Park in NJ. Epic.
It didn't really matter where we were or what we were doing as long as we were together.
2 comments:
- arlee said...
These stories are the best :)
- June 6, 2014 at 2:23 PM
- Deb said...
Jimmy loved telling them too.
- June 6, 2014 at 3:18 PM
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Joshua Rivkin
Joshua Rivkin
Joshua Rivkin's poems have appeared in Slate, Harvard Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best New Poets, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Inprint-Brown Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in poetry from Stanford University. In 2014 he will be a Fulbright fellow in Rome, Italy.
Articles By This Author:
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Bumble and Bumble has become a new discovery of mine. From their styling products to their shampoos, you really can't go wrong.
My hair has started to get the winter blues even before the winter has hit. I don't know about where you live, but Mother Nature really hasn't made up her mind yet on temperature. This mask has seriously been God send.
Try a little once to twice a week, leave in your hair for 15 minutes. For those of you with very dry hair go longer. Consider it an excuse to take a bath with some candles and some down time.


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Sunday, December 7, 2008
David Sherman doing stuff
2 comments:
- Professor Johnson said...
Rion! It's been awhile, and I just wanted to tell you how proud and thrilled I am for your continued success! I notice that you are teaching as well (grading papers). How in the world do you balance the grading and the writing? I admire your discipline. Your novel will be published, by the way. It will win an award for first novel, so just take your time and savor your ability to walk to the local cafe without being recognized. I think of you often, and I'm sorry that I am terrible about keeping in touch! Best, Twila firstname.lastname@example.com. (I gave up on MySpace because I don't want my students trying to access it.)
- February 4, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- Professor Johnson said...
I realize that Professor Johnson sounds so pretentious. I have a class blog for my English 101 students, so that is why my name appears this way!
- February 4, 2009 at 2:18 PM


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I knew about love and its traps. How it starts well, how mistakes are made, how in moments of confidence or unbearable pain, things are said and never can be unsaid. How caution intervenes, and you behave like a polite friend, aching with the need to renounce that caution, if only to say intolerable things again. How those intolerable things, how cruelty comes into it. And terror. Suspicion. How you are bound by those rules of politeness, self-imposed, once again, never to seek out the vital information. How not knowing become worse than knowing. How your life becomes devoted to finding out. And how you find out. I knew all that. I never speak of it.
I wanted an end to shabbiness, to pretence, to anxiety, to dissembling. The last time, the time of which I never speak, had been so unendurable and also so baffling. I found myself rising, somehow, to expectations which I did not understand: grossness, cruelty, deceit. I had been humiliated, and had been enjoyed precisely because I was humiliated. It was all so different from what others had believed of me. I had managed, somehow, to live two lives. But in the end, it was the more respectable of those lives that I had inherited. I minded, of course. Oh yes, I minded. But at the same time, I know that whatever people say and whatever they put up with and whatever they get away with, love should be simple. And it is. It is.
And then you came along. You fell into my lap like a gift from God and you enlightened my otherwise uneventful days. Ever since I had known you, I was smiling all the time. When we were together, everything seemed right. I could go on with my days, doing things I did not want to do, seeing people I did not want to meet. You pleased me to no end and I thought I had it right this time around. And ohhh how you spoiled me. Maybe because I wanted to be spoilt, at the same time, in a same way, I suppose, that fortunate women are spoiled, or lucky ones. I wanted to be treated like...like a bride, of course.
And the best thing was, I always knew when I would see you. You did not keep me waiting. You did not keep me wonder or speculate. This was so unlike the last time. I could only say that everything that had happened was miraculously reversed, and I embarked into this venture with full confidence. The worst thing that a man can do to a woman is to make her feel unimportant. You never did that. Finally, there were no images in my head. I did not write. I was happy.
But at the end, I know nothing about love. The only thing I know is I am losing you and I can feel my heart sinks at the thought of it. It seemed to me that I, rather than you, had brought this about, and my despair is extreme. Lately when I think of you, I tremble steadily, close to anger but not quite angry enough. I am tense with anxiety, with great sadness, for I doubt my ability to inspire love. If, as it seems, I have become so uninteresting so quickly, how can I put matters right at this late stage? I am not a powerful woman, able to bend others to my own will, nor am I particularly malleable, and therefore able to bend to the will of others. I could have been different, I think. Once I had great confidence, great cheerfulness. I did not question my purpose or the purpose of others. All that had gone, and I have done nothing to replace it. I have become diligent instead of spontaneous; I have become an observer when I see that I am not allowed to participate. I would do what is required of me - although I am by now so confused that I cannot quite decide who requires it.
Still, I miss you so very much. For now that I know I love you, it was your whole life that I love. And I would never know that life. Changes would no doubt take place, and I would never know what they are. And if I wish to please you, I must simply stay away. And your life…your life…would go on without me. And I would have no knowledge of it.
And yet, every single night, it is you by my side. I curl my body around you in my dreams. You are in my subconsciousness during the night and in my consciousness during the day. Even though you are stucked in my head now between the intersection of the imagined and the real, I know it is you I love and it is you I kiss...


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Sisupala was the son of Srutasravas, a sister of Vasudeva Krishna's father, similar to his relation to the Pandavas. But unlike the Pandavas, this king of Chedi was his enemy. Sisupala came and burned Dwaraka while Krishna and his army were at Pragjyotisha Kingdom. While king Bhoja was sporting on the Raivataka hill, he fell upon the attendants of that king and slew many, leading many of them away in chains to his own city. (2,44)
Salwa's Attack on Dvaraka
The attack by Salwa on Dwaraka is a much-debated topic, since it undoubtedly has the signs of being an aerial warfare. Historians are of the opinion that it could be a naval attack, described in the fashion of an aerial attack. For example, the flying car or combat aircraft of Salwa, named Saubha, could actually be a navy ship. This explanation suits well, since Dwaraka was a city in a small island, surrounded by sea.
King Salwa came to Dwaraka, burning with fierce anger upon the death of Sisupala brought on by Vasudeva Krishna during the Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhisthira at Indraprastha. Krishna was then at Indraprastha. He arrived there on a car made of precious metals and hence called the Souva (sometimes called Saubha, though a city also has that same name). He slew many young Vrishni heroes and destroyed many gardens of the city. He addressed all the Anarttas (clearly indicating that Anarta was the greater country, while Dwaraka was its capital), asking them to reveal where is Krishna. He rose into the sky on his car of precious metals, capable of going anywhere at will.
The Salwa King's capital was mentioned here as Maticka. Salwa considered Sisupala as his brother. When Krishna came back to the city, He saw the destroyed Dwaraka and the slain heroes. Krishna went in search of Salwa and found him in an island, in the midst of the ocean. (3,14)
The Fortification of Dwaraka
Salwa, stationing his forces in array, besieged that city around and above. And stationing himself in the upper regions, the king began his fight with the city. And that encounter commenced with a thick shower of weapons from all sides. The city at that time was well-fortified on all sides, according to the science (of fortification), with pennons, and arches, and combatants, and walls and turrets, and engines, and miners, and streets barricaded with spiked wood-works and towers and edifices with gate-ways well-filled with provisions, and engines for hurling burning brands and fires, and vessels, of deer-skins (for carrying water), and trumpets, tabors, and drums, lances and forks, and Sataghnis, and plough-shares, rockets, balls of stone and battle-axes and other weapons and shields embossed with iron, and engines for hurling balls and bullets and hot liquids!
And the city was also well-defended by numerous cars. Yadava heroes (Gada, Samva, Uddhava) placing themselves on commanding posts, aided by cavalry and standard-bearers, began to defend the town. (3,15)
High alert proclaimed in the city
To prevent carelessness, Ugrasena, Uddhava and others proclaimed throughout the city that nobody should drink. All the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, well-knowing that they would be slain by Salwa if they behaved carelessly, remained sober and watchful. The police soon drove out of the city all mimes and dancers and singers of the Anartta country. And all the bridges over rivers were destroyed, and boats forbidden to ply, and the trenches (around the city) were spiked with poles at the bottom.
The land around the city for a full two miles was rendered uneven, and holes and pits were dug thereon, and combustibles were secreted below the surface. Dwaraka fort is naturally strong and always well-defended and filled with all kinds of weapons! And in consequence of the preparations made, the city was more prepared than ever to meet the foe. (3,15)
Identity Signs were Made Strict
At the time of Salwa's approach, nobody could either enter or leave the town of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas without presenting the sign that had been agreed upon. And all the streets of the town and the open spaces were filled with numerous elephants and horses. The combatants were all especially gratified with allowances and wages, and rations, weapons, and dresses. And amongst the combatants there was none who was not paid in gold, and none who was not paid at all, and none who was not somehow obliged, and none who was not of tried valour! It was thus Dwaraka, abounding in well-ordered arrangements, was defended by Ahuka (Ugrasena). (3,15)
Camping of Salwa's Army
Kings, Salwa, the lord of Saubha, came towards our city with an immense force consisting of infantry, cavalry and elephants! And the army headed by king Salwa, consisting of four kings of forces, occupied a level ground commanding a copious water-supply. And forsaking cemeteries and temples dedicated to the gods, and sacred trees, and grounds covered by anthills, that host occupied every other place. Divisions of the army blocked the roads (leading to the city), and the enemy's camp also blocked all the secret entrances. Salwa's host was equipped with all kinds of arms, skilled in all weapons, consisting of a dense display of cars and elephants and cavalry abounding in banners, and well-paid and well-fed foot-soldiers possessed of great strength and bearing every mark of heroism and furnished with wonderful chariots and bows. (3,16)
The Battle outside Dvaraka
Beholding the army of Salwa, the youthful princess of the Vrishni race resolved to encounter it sallying out of the city. Charudeshna, Samva, and Pradyumna sailed out, ascending on their chariots, and clad in mail, and decked with ornaments, with colours flying, resolved to encounter the mighty and countless host of Salwa. Samva caused Salwa's general Kshemavriddhi to flee. He slew Vegavat. Charudeshna slew Vivindhya. Salwa defeated Pradyumna but Pradyumna's driver bore him away. He came back after regaining strength and attacked Salwa and made him flee. When Vasudeva Krishna came back from Indraprastha there were no sounds of Vedic recitation or sacrificial offering, the excellent damsels were all destitute of ornaments, and the gardens were devoid of beauty. (3-16,17,181,191,20)


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Carnival Fantasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas
Sail Date: May 02, 2015
Ship: Carnival Fantasy
Cabin Type: Inside
Cabin Number: M-17
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The staff onboard Carnival Fantasy was amazing! Everyone was super nice and it was interesting meeting people from all over the world. The only thing that disappointed me was not being able to port in Freeport. The weather was to bad for us to port and so we had to turn around and have an extra day at sea. But for our first cruise we did have an amazing experience and we will be booking again with carnival.
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Ruined Families – Blank Language
Last year, Greece's Ruined Families released their 'Untitled' 7", a record that was easily one of the year's very best hardcore records, albeit terse but that's the idea. So, coming up on 12 months later it's easy to see why the band's first full-length album, 'Blank Language', is something worthy of your attention.
While the 7" was one of the most pissed off sounding records of last year, this new LP makes a concerted effort to expand on not only the ferocity but also the song writing craft, injecting shameless melody into the barrage and the result is superb.
There was fury on the 7" that appeared to mirror the economic devastation of Greece's economy, the kind of anger felt by the everyday man and woman, with songs examining everything from personal strife to social decay. It's something that the band has really elaborated on with this new LP. Angry is simply what Ruined Families are and it's palpable from the off.
'Only Need Is Real' explodes out of the gates straight away with raging vocals and tremolo picked riffs. The adrenaline that Ruined Families conjure is second to none and, for 19 minutes, that's all 'Blank Language' is, a cluster of vehement energy and force. Importantly, it's maintained throughout. Where some bands can dip in and out of fervour during an album, Ruined Families know only nonstop belligerence.
Mind you, the band isn't afraid of melody either as proven by tracks like 'To New Parents' and 'Easy Livin''. Much like a meshing of sadly missed Toronto outfit Cursed and an obligatory Converge influence, Ruined Families have still managed to make their record sound like themselves, particularly with the frantic vocals that really stand out.
'Books of Weapons' and closing track 'Pedestal' coalesce many of the band's traits, whether it's the throat wrenching vocals or chaotic but punishing drumming, into a tightly clenched fist that appropriately ends the LP.
'Blank Language' is a definite triumph for the Greeks and well deserved.
4.2/5 – Jonathan Keane ::: 09/03/13
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That song is rapid.
Intense record.


text: Beautiful home on a stunning GOLF COURSE LOT in River Hills! This prestigious golf course community offers two 24/7 guard gates and is zoned for some of the best schools in Hillsborough county. This move-in ready home is perfect for a growing family! Arriving at the home you will appreciate the lush landscaping and attractive elevation! Inside awaits pretty pergo flooring throughout, along with neutral paint colors and views straight through from the front door. The formal living and dining area are combined, great for entertaining, and the living room opens up to the lanai through double sliding doors. Moving forward is a lovely kitchen with granite counters, tile backsplash, stainless appliances, and adjacent eat-in breakfast nook! The cozy family room offers a pretty fireplace, opens to the kitchen, and has triple sliders to the lanai! The master suite is secluded on one side of the house with beautiful travertine flooring, exit to the lanai, and en-suite with remodeled cabinets, countertop, garden tub, and separate shower! Three more bedrooms are on the opposite side of the home with two more remodeled bathrooms! Outside is a gorgeous pavered lanai with large covered area, swimming pool, spa, and pretty golf course views! This home is ready and waiting for you; don't miss out!


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DAFA came up the big winner in a recent rug-making competition sponsored by Vecco DIY Rug Decor products, bringing home a total of $7,000 for the guild treasury. The excitement began when volunteers representing four Dallas-area non-profit organizations (Dwell with Dignity, ArtLoveMagic, Groundwork Dallas and DAFA) received rug design kits from SC Johnson, with instructions to design rugs that illustrated the theme "Texas Pride." Coordinated by Deborah Boschert, 25 DAFA artists created individual rugs of their own design and submitted photos for a special Pinterest board. (That accomplishment earned DAFA the first $2,000.) The board appeared as part of Vecco's site, alongside the Pinterest boards of the other three organizations. The number of Pinterest "Follows" by the deadline determined which organization would win the $5,000 prize – and it was DAFA's board that came out on top.
From left: Markita Hall-Gumble demonstrates her technique for painting a
rug with Vecco's new product. Valery Guignon's armadillo rug on display.
Deborah Boschert is interviewed by Vecco about the DIY rug project.
Competition for a $2,500 individual prize continues through December 17, when the Dallas-area artist whose rug has received the most "likes" takes home that prize. See the DAFA rugs here and get ready to vote! Public voting on Pinterest to determine the winner begins on December 8 at 9 a.m. ET and ends on December 17, at 6 p.m. ET. Pinterest users can vote by "liking" an image (clicking the heart beside the rug).
-- JoAnn Musso, Deborah Boschert, Carolyn Skei


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Spin Doctors Tickets
After more than twenty years of rocking out, the Spin Doctors continue their traditional fusion of rock with soul, funk, blues and jazz elements. Their debut album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, was released in 1991 to international acclaim. It reached the Top 5 in the US, the UK and Norway with sales that certified it 5x Platinum. They have shared the stage with a variety of bands including Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic and Phish.
The Spin Doctors took a five-year hiatus to restore them after their worldwide touring success and to explore other aspects of their lives. They returned to live performances in 2009 and have continued to tour both in the US and internationally.


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Hope you have a speedy recovery.
19/366 Yellows
Fighting a cold with two deadlines looming is not exactly conducive to creativity- so I used the two balloons from yesterday for today's image.
Image taken with iPhone 5s and processed with Snapseed, Retouch, Stackables and Formulas
For today: Yellows
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For the first crack down, I chose Food Network Kitchens Cookbook. I thought this cookbook would be a good purchase because it's not inflated with TV personalities, but rather the real chefs who make the food so the TV personalities can present it.
I have had this book for a while now and just got around to really take a hard look at it. The book costs about $20 dollars, but you can find it all over. I personally bought it at Kohl's on sale and with an additional coupon (gotta love Kohl's!) The book has a lot of great pictures, good tips and interesting information. I decided to try five different recipes in the book. I tried to get a breakfast recipe, followed by a meal in one pan, a meal with a side dish in the book, and one recipe just for fun!
At first glance, the book is set up nicely and offers a lot of different dishes and side dishes. The book offers a list of master recipes, such as homemade chicken stock and parslied egg noodles, in the back of the book. There is also a nice list of gadgets you should keep in your kitchen, although the information kind of comes as an afterthought.
At times, the book can also be a bit hokey and even condescending.One such sentence reads, "Homemade chicken stock in the freezer is like gold in the bank". I know, awkward right? Although the book is a bit silly, I have yet to actually test it out.
As for the recipes, I will decide how they work after I give them a spin. I will try them out and post my thoughts later. If you would like, you can grab the book from the library and cook along with me and then decide what you think for yourself!