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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Adjustment to Life as an Expat in Singapore
And I will be honest. I feel there are too many people who paint the picture of a perfect Singapore and a continuously happy life for everyone that lives here.
I'd like to say that those people are full of it. I'd also like to know if they get kick backs from the Singapore Tourism Board.
Now, I'm not saying that Singapore isn't a great place to set up shop. I'm just saying that there is not one single place on this Earth where everyone is happy. There are cool places to live and neat experiences, but not everyone is happy...all of the time.
That's what I experienced and I felt very alone in my experiences of a less than perfect Singapore.
Gregory Trivonovitch, a Researcher and Associate Director of the Culture Learning Institute at the East-West Center in Hawaii, has determined that most expatriates experience four different emotional stages of acclimating to their new culture: The Honeymoon Stage, The Hostility Stage, The Integration/Acceptance Stage, and The Home Stage.
When I first read about these stages in the first year I was here, they meant squat to me. I just knew that I was (insert random emotion here) and I was fairly sure I was going to feel that way forever. Or until I left this island.
Now that I'm in my last moments of expatriate life, I am able to look back and form a more accurate assessment of my time in Lion City, as a whole.
I'll go through each of the stages as I experienced them.
1) The Honeymoon Stage - characterized by excitement, exhilaration, and anticipation. The newcomer will be fascinated by everything new to them in their new culture.
I experienced this stage from the moment I got to Singapore and for about two months after that. I wanted to see everything, do everything, and learn about everything. I loved the weather. I loved the Chinese New Year celebrations. I loved every green palm tree that lined the side of the street. I just loved loved loved Singapore and the fact that I lived somewhere so exotic and far away.
2) The Hostility Stage - characterized by frustration, anger, judgmentalism, fear, and sometimes depression.
Unfortunately, this stage came on for me at month three and stayed around for many, many months. I even remember the exact day that it came on in full force. It was an unsuccessful trip to the grocery store. Followed by three other unsuccessful trips in the same day. I could not find any ingredients for the things that I knew how to cook. I also did not have a car. So a quick trip to the market to pick up items for a potluck dish I was bringing to a get together, ended up being a six hour ordeal that ended with me in tears, empty handed, at our front door.
Going from a lifestyle in which a grocery store is a five minute drive from your house to a place where it's a two hour trip on public transportation is a big change — to say the least. Add in the fact that Singapore is insanely crowded and public transportation is a claustrophobic nightmare during rush hour. I had a tough time.
I had a tough time for a long time. There were many tears shed in my house, and on the walk home from the bus stop, and at work, and various other random places in Singapore.
I'd never lived outside of the States. So the culture baffled me at times. I didn't get why people shoved me on the train. I didn't get why customer service representatives didn't want to make customers happy. I didn't get why I had to wait in line for everything.
I just didn't get it.
3) The Integration/Acceptance Stage - characterized by the person feeling more comfortable and relaxed in their new surroundings
This stage, for me, came about a little while after I got my second job in Singapore, almost a full year after I'd arrived. It was after that time that I finally felt a sense of familiarity with Singapore and I had finally realized my most important lesson.
I needed to stop trying to make Singapore into my version of America and appreciate it for what it is.
I know for most people this is a "duh" statement, but for me, it took a little while to realize. Instead of me searching for every American restaurant I could find and being depressed when I couldn't get a Taco Bell Gordita or a Wendy's cup of chili anymore, I needed to embrace what Singapore did have to offer. It was then that I learned that I loved Indian food, briyani and mutton curry to be exact. I found that I really enjoyed Asian-style bean sprouts and iced Milo. I also loved the Love Letter cookies during Chinese New Year. If I hadn't finally opened my eyes to what was actually around me rather than looking for what wasn't there, I would have never found out any of this.
4) The Home Stage - this occurs when the person still retains their allegiance to their original culture, but also feels "at home" and functions well with their new culture.
I'm not quite sure when I slipped into this stage, but I know I'm in it. When we returned back from our trip to Thailand, I called my mother to tell her we were "home". It was the first time I'd ever referred to Singapore as "home". Of course, she promptly corrected me and told me that home is Kansas and that I'm merely in Singapore. My mom's pretty protective like that. :)
To me though, it was a pretty big deal that I used that word. It spoke volumes to me about my comfort level with this culture I've submersed myself into. I was proud of myself. As self-absorbed as that sounds. I was.
I still miss my family and the wonderful things back home (like Target, Five Guys burgers, and Cold Stone Ice Cream), but I'd come a long way from the person I was two years ago.
And now it's time to go back. It's bittersweet. But I think I'm ready.
But you better believe I'm not leavin' until I hoard boxes of Milo powder, some tablecloths from Arab street, a few pieces of Blue and White pottery, and various other things I may never find again.
In conclusion, I want to note that Trivonovitch says, "these four stages are cyclic in nature, not linear, and a person will encounter periods of adjustment continuously as he or she moves from one situation to another." I completely agree. There were many times when I felt like I was fully in the Integration/Acceptance Stage and I would completely lapse back into the Hostility Stage after a lousy day.
As an expat, you may experience your stages in a completely different order or in a completely different way. Your expectations are the most dynamic tool that shapes your experience in this new culture.
Expect to be happy. Honestly believe that you will be. And most likely, it'll happen.
In the meantime, feel free to comment or email me any questions, concerns, or frustrations you may have in your experience.
I've been there too. And if I haven't, I'll listen. (or read.)
20 comments:
- Brad Farless said...
Hm. This is a really cool list and when I think about the time I've spent here, I can very clearly see the points where I hit all of these.
I went through the Honeymoon in about 4 months, then went to Integration. Since then I've been swinging back and forth between Hostility and Home. I don't know where I am now though, because with my being so close to leaving, I can't really think of Singapore as home. I'm not feeling overly hostile right now either.
I sort of think of the Philippines as home, because I've been there quite a bit, and my wife's family is from there, but I know it'll be another culture adjustment and probably involve these steps again. On the upside, the Philippines is a lot more American than Singapore, so it should be a much smoother transition.
Thanks. This is a pretty neat post.
- April 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
It's a wonderful post. I can completely identify what you're going through, although for me it's in reverse. I'm a Singaporean living in Boulder (CO) since Fall 2008. Although, like Brad, I still swing between hostility and home, I've slowly come to accept and appreciate the U.S., especially Boulder, as it is. Thanks for the wonderful post again.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:11 AM
15 years stuck in 2) (or somewhere between 2 and 3: resignation)
What is wrong with me?
(can't take the difference in income in Singapore society)
- April 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Thanks, Megan, for this very insightful sharing. Like the other poster above, I'm in the "reverse" situation from yours (Singaporean living and working in San Jose, CA), but can nonetheless identify with all the stages you described.
I guess I'm still mostly in the "acceptance" stage myself. While I love California for its people and lifestyle, I'm not sure if I'd ever truly think of it as "home" though. But perhaps I'll get there eventually.
It does make things a little easier that Singapore is relatively Westernized and that English (or at least a not-too-unintelligible variation!) is the lingua franca there. Culturally, it allows S'pore and the US to meet halfway, as it were. I'm sure the adjustment would be starker and more difficult in, say, inland China or Nepal.
Anyway, all the best for your imminent return home. It's been a pleasure reading your delightful blog!
- April 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- fong said...
Hi Megan, I discovered your blog today by clicking on a link from another blog. I chuckled when I read this post (as well as your other posts) because I am a Singaporean girl living in the United States, and I've definitely gone through the stages that you mention here. I used to take two hours on public transportation to get to grocery store in Chicago -- because I wanted to buy Asian food, even though there was a regular grocery store just five minutes away. I used to fixate on new Asian restaurants open in town, even though they were pretty mediocre and I could get a perfectly good meal from Chipotle down the street. I feel I only started enjoy living in the U.S. when I moved into the "integration" stage, and I started to appreciate what was around me.
I've been living in the U.S. for 11 years now. When I first came for college, I thought I would stay for a few years, but I ended up marrying an American boy. The longer I was away from Singapore, the murkier where "home" was for me. I now live and enjoy living in California, as well as visiting my family in Singapore, and I would just say that for me, "home" is I am with my husband. I hope that you will adjust well to life back in the U.S. and love home wherever you find it.
P.S. In addition to also finding cold pizza for breakfast weird, I also find cold fried chicken to be weird. And ranch dressing! Eeek. That said, I think Singapore is a food paradise for ... Singapore food. It's true you can't get very good non-Singapore food in Singapore restaurants.
- April 7, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Love this post. I for one will be sad to see you go. It's funny that you posted this, I was just having a conversation with a friend yesterday about we are at with Singapore. (We status often on this). I told her I turned a corner when I realized it's never going to be like life back home. When I stopped trying to force it to be, I had a big "ah ha" moment too.
Now I try not to let those little things bother me so much and I can honestly (and surprisingly) say I am enjoying this "simpler" life. I am happy to have made it to this point. It's taken me time, but for whatever reason recently, it really is feeling more and more like home. I know now I will be sad when the time comes to leave.
Thanks for sharing your insights with everyone. I really do hope you continue some sort of blogging when you go home. ~Karen
- April 7, 2010 at 8:19 PM
ahmahmam well said; Im so lost not even sure which stage im stuck at
I realy miss peoples love around
- April 8, 2010 at 3:51 AM
There will also be phases going back 'home'. The reintegration is harder than most think. Time and experience changes people and this has happened to you and the people you will be coming back to.
- April 8, 2010 at 8:12 AM
So the gist of the lesson learned is to live like the locals do wherever you go to. That's how the place is set up, to meet the needs of the locals. So if you cannot adapt, then life will be tough.
Megan, are you going to try some of the more "scary" local food such as pork offal soup, snake soup or turtle soup before you leave? Not sure whether you have tried roti prata? This is a croissant type of Indian pancake. Don't think that you can find this in USA. Do wonder in a hawker centre (not the air-conditioned food court in shopping malls as the stalls are more or less similar in all malls) to try some of the less common food. You may be surprised.
- April 8, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Megan said...
Thank you to everyone who has shared their experiences and for the really nice feedback about the post. I find it incredibly interesting how differently we experience similar situations. I guess such is the beauty of humanity. :)
To the last anonymous commenter: Yes! I do plan to try some more local foods that I've been too chicken to try so far. However, I do have a personal policy of not eating animals that I once kept as pets. For a girl who lived in rural Kansas for a time, this list is pretty extensive. Therefore I cannot eat turtles, hamsters, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rats, snakes or gerbils. I just can't eat them. It'd feel too cruel, like I was eating their cousin or something. I'm ridiculous, I know.
As for the pig organ soup, I just can't do it. It's too gross to think about eating coagulated blood and intestines.
I also won't eat shark's fin soup because of the inhumane way that they obtain the fins.
So my list of things to try is a little on the short side. I do promise to be extra adventurous in my last few days! (within reason)
- April 8, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Brad Farless said...
I tried sharks fin soup on two occasions. Once was at a restaurant and once was at a wedding dinner.
Considering how brutal the collection tactics are I expected to feel like I'd just put a small bit of heaven in my mouth, but it wasn't even that good. Certainly not good enough to justify the killing of a whole animal solely for its fin.
I tried it twice to see if there was any great difference in quality, but there wasn't, and I don't think I could eat that again. It's just too inhumane.
I love my cats, but I would probably try cat and dog once anyway. I've eaten snake. I don't think I'd eat rodents, and I agree with Megan about the pigs organ soup. I've never had any desire to eat intestines. You can get that in the US anyway. I've had roti prata! It's great!
I think my food adventure is pretty much at its end for Singapore, but unlike her I'm moving on to yet another foreign country.
There's a food item in the Philippines that's basically a baked brick of blood. It has a real name but it's known commonly as a "Betamax" because it looks like a Betamax cassette I guess. With things like that on the menu, who knows what I'll get to try while there?
I really miss Cracker Barrel and other foods from home!
- April 8, 2010 at 8:57 PM
"For a girl who lived in rural Kansas for a time, this list is pretty extensive. Therefore I cannot eat turtles, hamsters, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rats, snakes or gerbils. I just can't eat them."
What? You're in Singapore, not an episode of Fear Factor. They don't eat hamsters, or dogs, or rats, or etc etc, for goodness sake. You've been there how long?
- April 8, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Megan said...
Ha ha, yes I realize they do not eat all of the animals I listed in Singapore. My point was that to eat even one animal on that list was as weird as eating ANY of them. To me, eating a turtle or a snake is just as barbaric as eating a dog or a guinea pig.
- April 8, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Joleene said...
Loved this post! I am glad that you were able to have the full experience overseas. I also know that Cori wont let you have too hard of a time adjusting back to being home.
- April 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM
hey! stumbled upon ur blog recently and have been reading every since! even tho i don't know you i feel a bit sad that u are leaving (maybe cos there wont be a meginsing blog post anymore?). but have a safe and wonderful trip home!!
anyway, im from singapore i i would never, ever eat turtles, snakes, sharks' fin or anything on ur list too. >.< though i admit, i do love pigs organ soup. heh
- April 9, 2010 at 6:41 AM
ever* since. pardon the error! my fingers type faster than my brain can edit. haha.
oh and i wanted to add in to what someone above said, do try roti prata! it's not too strange for someone who hasn't eaten it before and i do think it's awesome. though of course u may not trust someone who loves pigs organ soup. ^^
- April 9, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- Megan said...
Oh just to let you all know, Roti Prata was the second thing I tried in Singapore and by far my favorite! It's so delicious that my husband has been begging me to learn how to make it for when we're back in the States.
We even have been buying the frozen stuff from CS to make at home. That stuff is addictive.
- April 9, 2010 at 7:05 AM
aww Megan. this post is heartwarming. and i'd be so sad to see you go back. do continue to blog will ya? maybe now about life back in the states so now we know how you function there!
- April 9, 2010 at 7:53 AM
When in Philippines, eat balut. No, I shall not tell you what it is but I cannot bring myself to even think about it but the locals tell me that it is absolutely delicious. Don't think you can find Balut in Singapore but in theory you can get it everywhere. It is from egg (can't remember whether it is chicken or duck) ... no, shall not elaborate anymore ... just tell a local to buy balut for you and eat it !
- April 9, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Brad Farless said...
My wife is from the Philippines. I know what balut is. It's the stuff of nightmares and should come accompanied by the sounds of wailing and the screams of dying children. I shall never put that grisly horror anywhere near my face.
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Wright County Board Minutes
The Wright County Board met in regular session at 9:00 A.M. with Mattson, Eichelberg, Sawatzke, Jude, and Russek present.
On Page 1 of the 12-24-02 minutes, Jude referenced acceptance of the Dassel Cokato Enterprise Dispatch as the alternate Official County Newspaper for 2003. He stated that several years ago a bid from a newspaper from outside of Wright County was unable to be accepted and had requested the Attorney's Office clarify the legality of the bid from the Enterprise Dispatch. According to the Attorney's Office the Dassel Cokato Enterprise Dispatch does meet the required criteria. Jude moved to approve the minutes of 12-24-02, seconded by Eichelberg, carried 5-0.
Doug Gruber, Auditor/Treasurer, requested Item #2 "On Sale Liquor License - Business Name Change, Formerly, "Harley's Pub & Eatery" (Rockford Twp.)" under the Auditor/Treasurer be pulled from the Agenda. On a motion by Eichelberg, second by Mattson, all voted to approve the remainder of the Agenda.
On a motion by Eichelberg, second by Mattson, all voted to approve the Consent Agenda.
1. Performance Appraisals: K. Horsch, D. Reddemann, Aud./Treas.; C. Strand, Sher.
2. Claim, MCIT, $3,748.00, 2001 Workers' Comp Payroll Audit.
3. Schedule 2002 Employee Recognition Ceremony 2/11/03, 10:00 A.M.
1. Authorize County Board Signature For Release Of Federal Funds For Repair Of Joint Co. Ditch #15.
2. 2003 Tobacco License Renewals: Don's Auto Service & Repair, Inc.; Albertville Off Sale LLC; Heidi's Market; Hack's Liquor; Casey's General Store #2412; Pat's 66 (Albertville City); Lantto's Store (French Lake Twp.); Clearwater American Legion Post #323 (Clearwater City); Casey's General Store #3647 (Cokato City); Lake Center Store (Corinna Twp.); Tom Thumb #564 (Delano City); H&H Sports Shop; Cenex Lake Region Coop.; Elletson Bowl & Recreation Center Inc.; American Legion Club Post #131 (Maple Lake City); Ken's Service; Monty Tobacco; Broadway Kwik Stop LLC; VFW Post #8731; O'Ryan's Conoco; Kmart; Maus Foods; River City Lanes (Monticello City); Squire Inn; Casey's General Store #1881 (Montrose City); F&F Foods (Otsego City); Casey's General Store #2156 (Rockford City); Petrol Pumper #66 (Silver Creek Twp.); Jubilee Foods; A&M Liquor; Millside Tavern (St. Michael City); Mark's Service Inc. (Waverly City).
1. Authorize Signature On Agreement With Superior Billing, Inc. And Financial Consultants Company, Inc., For Billing And Collection Of Jail Pay-For-Stay Fees.
2. Authorize Signatures On Three Additional DNR State Grants For Snowmobile Enforcement For The Cities Of Monticello, Otsego & St. Michael.
3. Acknowledge Hire, Cole Petroske, Corrections Officer, Eff. 1-6-03, ( Step 1).
Board Chair, Jack Russek, presented a retirement plaque to Ken Jude for ten years of service as County Commissioner from 1992 - 2002. He was also presented with a $10 gift certificate to Target and a ten year service pin. Russek offered congratulations and thanked Jude for his years of service to Wright County. Jude stated they were good years, that he had no regrets, felt people knew where he stood and was proud to be his own person. He felt Wright County has a good staff and excellent department heads. On behalf of the County Management Team of Commissioners and Department Heads, Don Mleziva also thanked Jude for his years of service. Wayne Fingalson specifically mentioned Jude's efforts as Chair of the Hwy 55 Coalition and that of the ten coalitions throughout the State, the Hwy 55 Coalition has made the greatest strides. Sheriff Miller, Elmer Eichelberg, and Tom Kelly also spoke offering congratulations and appreciation for his contributions and service.
Eichelberg moved to approve the November Revenue/Expense Reports, seconded by Mattson, carried 5-0.
Jude moved to approve the claims as listed in the abstract, subject to audit. The motion was seconded by Mattson and carried 5-0.
Wayne Fingalson, Highway Engineer, requested a Transportation Committee of the Whole Meeting be scheduled to: 1) review and recommend projects for submittal to ATP for FY 2006, and 2) discuss turnback of a portion of CR 117 to the City of Monticello. Sawatzke requested that discussion on Wright County Adopt a Road Project be added as a third agenda item. Sawatzke moved to set a Transportation Committee of the Whole Meeting on January 10, 2003 at 9:00 A.M. with the addition of the third agenda item, seconded by Mattson, carried 5-0.
Fingalson requested authorization of $1,000 for Wright County dues payment for the 2003 Highway 55 Corridor Coalition. He stated Article 12.5 of the Hwy 55 Corridor Coalition Joint Powers Agreement calls for the Board to formally approve the County's financial contribution for the coming year by December 23rd of each year. In 2001 Wright and Hennepin Counties entered into a formal agreement with the Minnesota Transportation Alliance with each county providing "seed money" of $10,000 each. Fingalson clarified the $1,000 was included in the Highway Department budget. Jude moved to authorize the $1,000 dues payment, seconded by Eichelberg. Sawatzke stated it was his recollection that cities and townships along the corridor would be reimbursing the County and questioned how much had been paid back. Fingalson, Jude and Russek stated the $10,000 was seed money to get the Coalition going with the hope that future membership of cities, townships, businesses, etc. would contribute a sufficient amount to keep the Coalition moving without continued funding from the County. Fingalson stated that in 2002 the County did not pay anything, and feels the Hwy 55 Coalition stands a good chance of receiving 1.5 million in funding. Mattson stated the County Board Minutes of 2001 could be reviewed for clarification. Motion carried 5-0.
Norman presented the OSHA Inspection, Results, Citations, and Penalties report for review and discussion. He stated he felt the findings were minimal considering the size of the County and the number of buildings. He referred questions to Pat Melvin, Special Projects Administrator, who had accompanied the OSHA inspector on his inspections. Melvin distributed a listing of six citations with total fines of $4,800.00 and an expedited informal settlement amount of $3,360.00. Discussion centered primarily on a fine of $1,200 for an alley way not cleared of snow and ice and a fine of $1,200 for sidewalks not cleared of snow and ice in the location of the Sheriff's Department. Torfin stated the Sheriff's Department/Jail is a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation. It was clarified that there is no provision for snow removal when the custodial staff is off over the weekend. It was mentioned that many city ordinances require snow removal from sidewalks within 24 hours of snow accumulation, and that in the meantime sidewalks may be snow covered. There was general consensus to contest the citation for snow removal in the alley as that is City property and to accept the remaining five citations and fines. Jude moved to accept the five citations and directed Administration to contest the citation for the alley way snow removal in the amount of $1,200, seconded by Mattson, carried 5-0.
Russek thanked the County Board for the opportunity to serve as Board Chair for 2002.
Bills Approved
American Business Forms 223.96
Assn. of Minnesota Counties 700.00
Barthel, James 113.76
Bauman, Lawrence 288.42
Beaudry Propane, Inc. 1198.50
Central MN Mental Health Cntr 587.50
Douglas, Ralph 292.50
Hickman Service, Inc. 138.45
Int'l Conference of Bldg. Offcl 195.00
Jerry's Towing & Repair 101.18
Karels Towing 104.88
LaPlant Demo, Inc. 530.20
Marco Business Products 560.66
MN Assn. for Court Management 250.00
MN Department of Corrections 15,650.00
Star Tribune 492.60
Wal-Mart Store 01-1577 618.60
14 payments less than $100 650.29
Final Total $22,696.50
The meeting was adjourned at 9:41 A.M.
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Everyone's favourite skater/photographer/all round internet famous guy, Jerry Hsu has recently put out another photography zine. Entitled Our Moment Together, this collection sees Hsu turn the camera on the hordes of kids who scramble to take photos of him. At times their fandom is endearing as you see the joy in their faces, but in others instances, the result is strange and almost zoo like. Either way, it's a sign of our weird camera phone engrossed times and an insight into what it's like being Jerry Hsu.
In a limited edition of 300. Grab Our Moment Together over on Deadbeat Club here. And if you missed it, read our piece on Hsu's Table For One project from Issue 01 here.


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Peter Corley-Smith
Born in India and educated in England, Canada and the USA, Peter Corley-Smith served as an RAF pilot with the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War. After the war he became in turn a miner, surveyor, cartographer, commercial helicopter pilot and college instructor before becoming a history curator. Now retired and living in Victoria, his experiences include wartime flying in the RAF (SOE) and 20 years as a helicopter bush pilot across the Canadian North. He has been a college instructor and, more recently, a history curator at the Royal British Columbia Museum, where he is now a Research Associate.
Peter Corley-Smith has received wide recognition for his books on British Columbia's aviation history. Titles include: 10,000 Hours: Reminiscences of a Helicopter Bush Pilot; Helicopters: The British Columbia Story (with Dave Parker); and Barnstorming to Bush Flying: British Columbia's Aviation Pioneers 1910-1930, the first book in this series. In 1990 he received the Helicopter Industry Association's Award of Excellence in Communications at its international convention in Dallas. Peter died in November 2002.
Lives Lived: Peter Corley-Smith
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Peter Corley-Smith, pilot, miner, surveyor, English instructor, Museum Curator, historian and author, passed away in Victoria on November 17, 2002. His was a life well lived. Born in India in 1923 and educated in England, he had a life-long interest in flying. During the Second World War he joined the RAF and flew Sterlings on special missions for the Special Operations Executive, the SOE. These long and dangerous flights took him all over occupied Europe in support of the underground movements. His squadron was being retrained for bombing when the war ended.
After the war, he went mining in the Gold Coast of West Africa and then, after a time in England where he met the love of his life Nina, he moved to Northern Rhodesia for another spell of mining and surveying. They were married in 1951 and it was, to quote Peter, "the one unquestionably sensible thing I ever did." In 1954 they moved to Canada where Peter hoped to get back into flying, being intrigued by the vastness of northern Canada. He took helicopter training, signed on with Spartan Air Services based in Ottawa and flew for a decade all over northern Canada. Then in 1959, now with two sons, Gerald and Graham, Peter and Nina moved to British Columbia. Later Peter began flying for Vancouver Island Helicopters, and it was a long and happy association. He liked the company, the work and in particular the people whom he respected and trusted. Peter recounted his bush flying years in his delightful autobiography 10,000 Hours, Reminiscences of a Helicopter Bush Pilot, first published in 1985.
Now in his early forties, Peter decided it was time to shift careers and enrolled at the University of Victoria where he studied each winter and flew in the summers. "The fun of sleeping in a wet sleeping bag," he reflected, "was beginning to wear off." In 1968 he graduated with an Honours BA in English and then went on to receive a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Montana in 1970. Shortly after, he began teaching English at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, continuing to fly in the summers. Peter's wide and practical experience in aviation and mining helped persuade skeptical technology students of the value of communication skills and literature. "If a bush pilot can read novels and poetry, then maybe I can too…."
In 1974, Peter flew his last summer season for VIH and the next year began working for the B.C. Provincial Museum (now the Royal B.C. Museum) on the Museum Train, that was touring the province with exhibits each summer, while teaching in the winter at BCIT. Then he became full time Extension Officer and worked on traveling exhibits and a speaker's tour program that he greatly enjoyed. He moved over the History Section and became a curator, not long before his "retirement" in 1988. Retirement, and his appointment as a Research Associate at the RBCM, meant more time for writing. While at the Royal B.C. Museum, and continuing after retirement, Peter lectured all over the province. He spoke to school children in dozens of remote communities such as Wells, Pink Mountain, Telegraph Creek, Kaslo, Atlin and Mcleese Lake as well as larger centres. He was anxious to tell youngsters about flying and the history of their communities. He assisted many museums and historic sites and was a long time supporter of the SS Moyie, the former CPR paddlewheeler and a National Historic Site at Kaslo. He was made a life member by the Kootenay Lake Historical Society.
Peter was a frequent contributor to Aviator, and as founder Jack Schofield points out, he was a great supporter of the magazine during its struggling years. Despite his years in the RAF, his real interest was civil aviation and the pioneers who flew in such challenging conditions in British Columbia and the north. Peter authored many articles and 10 books including 10,000 Hours, and the highly regarded, three-volume history of B.C. aviation and its pioneers: Barnstorming to Bushflying; Bushflying to Blind Flying; and Pilots to Presidents, all published by Sono Nis Press. He co-authored with Dave Parker two companion books on helicopter flying in B.C., Helicopters, the B.C. Story and Helicopters in the High Country. With Bruce McAllister he wrote Wings Over the Alaska Highway in 2001. His books are an impressive record, permeated by a sparkling and incisive wit, and provide a carefully researched, insightful illustrated history of aviation in British Columbia. He received the Helicopter Industry's Communications Award in 1990. His other books are a two-volume history of the Royal British Columbia Museum and a history of the Victoria Golf Club.
Peter leaves his wife Nina and their two sons and families. Gerald is a helicopter pilot and Safety Officer with Highland Helicopters in Vancouver and Graham, who has a PhD in marine biology, is presently a researcher in Oregon. When word reached his friends on the historic sternwheeler Moyie at Kaslo, the flag was lowered to half-mast in tribute to Peter.
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Peter was my uncle, I met him as a small child, age 3, regret to say family then lost contact. His sister, my mother, died in 1986, in Cornwall, England, where she had lived since 1958.
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Helicopters in the High Country
40 Years of Mountain Flying
co-authored with David N. Parker
Helicopter flying in the high country, pioneering new and dramatic techniques, brought fame and endless challenge to a small group of determined and innovative pilots in British Columbia and led the way towards a world-renowned reputation in commercial helicopter operations. Beginning with Okanagan Helicopters in the late 1940s and Vancouver Island Helicopters in the early 1950s, British Columbia helicopter companies led the world in flying the high country.
Helicopters: The British Columbia Story
A Compelling History of Helicopters in British Columbia
co-authored with David N. Parker
Helicopter flying changed aviation in British Columbia forever. The early fragile-looking machines made vast areas of the province readily accessible for the first time. Soon they were being used in surveying, mining, forestry, agriculture, fire-fighting, search and rescue operations and as air ambulances.
Pilots to Presidents
British Columbia Aviation Pioneers and Leaders, 1930-1960
The long-awaited sequel to Peter Corley-Smith's highly acclaimed aviation histories, Barnstorming to Bush Flying and Bush Flying to Blind Flying.
Before jet aircraft and radar, when the largest airliners carried just 24 people, aviation pioneers challenged the windswept heights of British Columbia to secure aviation's future. Bush Pilots flew to every corner of British Columbia while pioneers began the first inter-city and transcontinental flights, laying the basis for modern air travel.
Legends grew around flights to the Headless Valley, the rescue of bomber crews in the "Million Dollar Valley" and other exploits. Peter Corley-Smith, with meticulous research, reveals the history and the real people as more intriguing and understandable than the improbable myths.
10,000 Hours
A Helicopter Pilot in the North
This is a first-hand account of a veteran helicopter bush pilot who flew early Bell 47 helicopters all over the Canadian Arctic in the 50s and 60s. The helicopter, able to land where fixed wing aircraft could not, brought an enormous change to surveys, mining and exploration, opening up the North and its resources. Written with insight, candour, and good humour, this is a book to read and enjoy and then read again.
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Leah celebrated her 3rd birthday at CATCH AIR, it is basically a giant indoor playground. She was surrounded by family and friends and truly had the time of her life! There are way too many pictures to post, but here are a few of our favorites!
Super Yummy Jack-in-the-Box cake
Leah and her Grandpa
Leah, Ethan, and Makenzie
Mya, Leah, Kelly
Ethan and Makenzie meeting ELMO
Leah, Kylie, Mya
With Grandma and Grandpa
Leah and her first Love, Grant
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Happy 3rd Birthday!!!
Leah celebrated her 3rd birthday at CATCH AIR, it is basically a giant indoor playground. She was surrounded by family and friends and truly had the time of her life! There are way too many pictures to post, but here are a few of our favorites!
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Birthday Gymnastics...
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Gonna Do it this time...
I really really want to keep this up to date...So it starts now! I promise (or at least I promise to try to update this at least once a week!
There is no way I can catch up, so I am going to back up about a month to Leah's 3rd (YES! THIRD!) Birthday and go from there!
I can not believe how time has flown. It seems like she was just born yesterday, yet I can't remember my life with out her. She is the smartest, sweetest, stubbornest little girl I know! She makes me laugh, she makes me cry, but most importantly, she makes my life complete.
The birthday girl...notice the swollen bruised face...she fell off the jungle gym
the day before and we spent the previous evening in the ER!!!
Leah's class party! (with Ms. Brittney)
Daddy surprised all of us and took off of work to be there to celebrate!
One of Leah's two favorite teachers, Ms. Nika
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Happy 4th Addi Grace!
Leah and her "Big Girl" BFF Addi Grace. We all had a ball at Addi's 4th birthday party at Little Gym!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
I'm Dreaming of a White Valentines Day!
Valentine's Party at Legacy-Leah, with her boyfriend Grant and her best friend Mya!
It snowed the Friday before Valentines Day. Leah and Daddy had lots of fun!
My Valentine's Day Flowers from Leah and Daddy!
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
January 2010
Happy New Year!
Setting up our Bowling Game
Slumber Party with Elly
Leah in a Box!
Sleeping with her babies!
Doughnut for Dough...An ALS fundraiser in support of the wife of one of Kidd's cowokers.
Auntie Ashley Double fisitng babies!!!
Uncle Will stepped in as a last minute replacement and did a great job! (L-R:Chris, Daddy, Uncle Will, Tristan)
Watcing the competition
Mya's 2nd Birthday
The Silly Birthday Girl. Leah's BFF Mya
Cameron, Mya's big brother LOVES Leah
Cameron and Leah again!
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Catching Up Again!!!
Joanna's Shower
Makenzie Joy and Ethan Isaac
Thanksgiving 2009
Austin's 2nd Birthday
Aiden's 1st Birthday
Christmas at Legacy
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In my role, I have to do many speaking engagements, both internally to staff and externally to varying audiences. I used to use scripted speeches because I was nervous about not using quite the right words or missing key messages. Jodi encouraged me to document and use personal and other stories to illustrate key messages. In the last six months I've been speaking from the heart using those stories. It is going very well. The audience is more engaged and better appreciates the messages I try to communicate. I get very positive feedback, and it gets easier the more I do.
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Now I am looking at situations differently and making better use of my time. I am selecting words to describe situations differently and that has helped me to have a more realistic perspective of the situation. I also have gotten better about making a point to put down tasks after a certain time to either take a break or to give attention to another priority. This has helped my stress level immensely. Jodi asked me questions and challenged me to change the words I chose and to try that outside of our sessions. She also followed up to see how it worked and shared what she observed about my behavior and emotional state after each "experiment."
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Now I am being more patient and less in a rush to effectuate operational improvements while nevertheless putting transition elements into place incrementally. I'm laying the foundation. I'm leading and coaching by example. I have learned not to be in such a hurry. Now I'm seeing more of a collegial transition, more buy-in for the changes we need to make. Changes are happening, while the friction and anxiety are reduced.
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This is the essential book for Falun Gong practitioners, qigong practitioners, and anyone interested in self-improvement.
They were, of course, practitioners of Falun Gong; a practical philosophy rooted in an ancient oral tradition. It is a philosophy that stresses the necessity of integrating high ethical standards and physical well-being reflecting the Buddhist, Taoist, and qigong traditions of ancient Chinese culture.
At present, there are an estimated 100 million practitioners of Falung Gong in China (making it nearly twice the size of the Chinese Communist Party) and an ever-growing number of practitioners in the West. In short, it is a significant movement that has had a profound influence on people throughout the world.
This essential guide and introduction to Falun Gong includes 22 photos of the essential Falun Gong exercises. With clarity and precision, Li Hongzhi explores a variety of topics including:
- The true nature of qigong. - Falun Gong's relation to qigong and Buddhism. - The true meaning of integrated cultivation of mind and body - The origins, meaning, and genuine elimination of illness - How to practice Falun Gong exercises.
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Xing Danwen
Xing Danwen was one of the first artists of her generation to realize the potential of photography as an artistic medium. Although she studied painting at the influential Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, it was the directness and immediacy of the photograph that captured her imagination.
Xing's photographs of the landfills of electronic waste in Guangdong Province in southern China started as a commission from a newspaper, but she soon turned it into an independent project. The eerily beautiful images are stark commentaries on urbanized consumer society in China and around the globe. Products made in China return there to be reprocessed, causing unprecedented environmental problems.
Image credit: Xing Danwen. Born in Xi'an, China, 1967. Lives and works in Beijing. disCONNECTION image b4. 2002. Digital pigment print. Smith College Museum of Art. Museum purchase in honor of Joan Lebold Cohen, class of 1954. ©2015 Xing Danwen.


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February continued to work out very well for me. I'm not entirely sure anymore if it was just the super soft site I was/am playing on or something I changed in my game while simultaneously switching sites. I've put in some hours at Stars and FTP again when my fishy Euro site was down or low on traffic without any difference in winrate.
Granted I've played all of 54k hands this year due to 6 tabling the Euro site for most of it, so it's not much of a sample for winrate, but I may just start putting some more hours and hands in for FTP Rush so we'll see how it pans out. I'm definitely liking how fast I can jump back up the FTP rakeback ladder so quickly. With a few inexpensive mods, I've found I really don't mind the software at all.
Back to results, I find myself being much more appropriately aggressive after putting in some fundamental work on the math behind my actions and my opponents' ranges. For the past 2 months I've felt like I've been "in the zone" when it comes to making good decisions and hand reading like a fiend.
I've had moments of clarity like that in the past, but they'd always been fleeting, eventually leading me back to my breakeven play style. Two weeks here, three days there. I don't know if this will continue, but every few days I find myself thinking back to that basic off the table study I did at the beginning of January, sometimes running scenarios through my spreadsheets, and it continues to work for me. I think I'm a much tougher opponent to play against for it.
What I'm definitely most proud of so far this year is my play from the blinds. It's easy to win on the button, but I think the loss rate from the blinds really shows who feels on top of their hand reading game. Having loss rates of -2 in the SB and -26 in the BB is a huge factor in my overall winrate so far. I have historically run at about -20 and -45, respectively.
It's taken me a very long time and I've done similar work before, but I'm finally fully accepting that the math does not lie, no matter how counter-intuitive it may be at times. For me, the battle between ego and theoretical strategy is a big one at the table. I need to keep that in check. All of your study amounts to nothing if you're going to be making spite calls and spewy shoves.
March has started where February left off. I'm going to have a conservative goal of 40k hands. The game plan for site selection is going to be FTP/Stars and primarily Rush/Zoom due to the increased traffic while my winrate sustains.
Jan. 34 buyins | 16k hands | 21 bb/100*
Feb. 44 buyins | 32k hands | 14 bb/100
* modified from last review, forgot to include Stars results.
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Bonsai Information Security
Andrés Riancho is an information security researcher and the founder of Bonsai, where he is mainly involved in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Research. In the research field, he discovered critical vulnerabilities in IPS appliances from 3com and ISS; and contributed with SAP research performed at his former employer.
His main focus has always been the Web Application Security field, in which he developed w3af, a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework used extensively by penetration testers and security consultants. Andrés has spoken and given trainings at many security conferences around the globe, like OWASP World C0n (USA), CanSecWest (Canada), T2 (Finland) and ekoparty (Buenos Aires).
Andrés founded Bonsai in 2009 in order to further research into automated Web Application Vulnerability detection and exploitation.


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On display in the Special Collections Department, Norlin Library Room N345:
Once Upon A Time:
Early and Illustrated
Fairy Tales
In honor of Professor Emeritus Jacques Barchilon
On display June 8 – December 18, 2009
Once Upon a Time presents a three hundred year span of fairy tales, featuring important works by Charles Perrault, Mme. D'Aulnoy, Boccaccio, Jean de la Fontaine, the Brothers Grimm, and Giovanni Straparola. The exhibit also includes nineteenth and early twentieth-century book illustrations of these works by artists such as Gustave Doré, Walter Crane, and Arthur Rackham.
Jacques Barchilon & The Fairy Tale
Like all French educated children, Jacques Barchilon was quite familiar with Charles Perrault's fairy tales early in his childhood. But he had little notion that his adult life would involve a scholarly career devoted to research and publications on the 17th and 18th C. French fairy tales.
After service in the Free French Forces (1943 to 1945) Jacques Barchilon emigrated to the United States, resumed his education, and eventually came to Harvard University in 1950. At the time, he was mainly interested in graduate work in Comparative Literature and History. His life-long interest in historical research was renewed by some of the outstanding scholars teaching there, and naturally (almost fatally) led to a general study of the French Seventeenth-Century fairy tale, and resulted in pioneering works, beginning in 1956. A list of his publications, subsequent to his doctoral dissertation, would be a monotonous bibliographical exercise mentioning his books and articles in a variety of scholarly journals. It might be more interesting to briefly develop some of his ideas on the significance of fairy tales.
Fairy tales, or magic tales, are everywhere on this planet. All cultures, all nations, each in their own languages, do have their tales. And now, more than ever, thanks to the diffusion through the various media, tales and their characters are known worldwide. There are French and Italian versions of Beauty and the Beast, just as there are Japanese and Russian analogues of this tale in Norway and elsewhere, to mention just one example. Furthermore, fairy tales are part and parcel of folklore studied in international scholarly associations.
Fairy tales have a history and cannot be studied in depth other than in their beginnings. There is no sense studying Sleeping Beauty unless one remembers that there were earlier Medieval German and French versions of that immortal story.
Fairy tales are known to have different styles in their various forms, as they belong to the literary heritage of a given culture. The French versions of Perrault are different from those of the Grimm Brothers or those of Andersen. Comparative studies never fail to reveal a web of references, which not only entertain their audience but also satisfy deep psychological needs. They are "universal dreams" of the human race.
A little more that three hundred years ago, in the last 10 years of the seventeenth century, the French literary fairy tale was born and began a vogue that lasted well into the following century. It is impossible not to notice that in our own day a similar interest in the fairy tale is "exploding" on the literary scene. This scholarly echo is manifest in these United States as well as in France, England and Germany. A profusion of critical works extolling the interpretation of fairy tales as exemplifying their sociological, psychological, feminist (or not) significance have been published. Specialized journals such as Marvels & Tales, or Fabula are vehicles for contemporary scholars.
In conclusion, because these words are meant to accompany this Once Upon a Time exhibit of the University of Colorado Special Collections, let us say that for Jacques Barchilon, and his colleagues-librarians, a certain passion for beautiful or early editions of fairy tales is quite evident in this display, which is provided for visual and intellectual pleasure. Viewers: enjoy!
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN--(Marketwired - March 01, 2017) - Apexian Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel compounds to treat cancer, today announced that it has received FDA authorization to initiate the Phase 1 study of its lead compound APX3330, an inhibitor of the APE1 protein. APE1, when found at high levels in patients with advanced cancer, correlates with decreased overall survival.
Leveraging the wealth of pre-clinical data that has identified APE1 as a critical molecular "switch" that controls the activity of cancer regulatory proteins, including transcription factors HIF-1-alpha, AP-1, NF-kappa B, and STAT3, the study has been designed to affirm the safety of APX3330 in cancer patients, to measure the drug's inhibitory effect upon the APE1 protein, as well as to confirm APX3330 ability to disrupt cancer cell signaling.
Patients that are eligible for the study will receive oral doses of APX3330 and undergo regular safety assessments as well as CT imaging to identify evidence of anti-tumor effect.
According to Rich Messmann, M.D. Apexian's Chief Medical Officer, "This study includes a robust assessment of APX3330 anti-cancer activity, including analysis of biomarkers such as APE1 protein levels, RNA-sequencing assays, and the evaluation of circulating tumor cells, all of which will provide insight into the characteristics of patients most likely to benefit from treatment with APX3330."
Steve Carchedi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Apexian Pharmaceuticals, commented: "We are very excited to have reached this important milestone in the evaluation of APX3330 in patients with cancer and will begin study accrual in the coming months."
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Apexian Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing safe and effective therapy for patients with high unmet medical needs. Apexian's lead drug candidate is APX3330, an inhibitor of the APE1 protein, a critical node in cancer cell signaling. To learn more about Apexian Pharmaceuticals, please visit the company's website at www.ApexianPharma.com
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Technological Interventions in the Public Sector
One of the most vital aspects of the Center for Technology and Governance (CTG) at ITU is the technological interrventions it launches in collaboration with public sector departments in order to improve governance and empower citizens.
One such initiative is a project designed by CTG for the Punjab Planning and Development department. In this project, CTG will collect three forms of data on public works from various districts in Punjab; data on roads, building and water supply. This data will then be used by concerned government servants in geotagged format using CTG's Government Open Data Kit (G-ODK) platform for proper monitoring and evaluation of public works in the province. G-ODK is a drag and drop smart phone application builder designed for data collection for effective M&E and is supported by a back-end dashboard for data analytics.
The main aim behind systematically collecting this data and making it accessible is to enable concerned stakeholders to effectively monitor the progress of these public works with reference to their allocated and released budget, thus aiding CTG's goal of increasing transparency in the public sector.
This effort is spearheaded by Mr. Burhan Rasool, who is an advisor to CTG. CTG is looking forward to deploy this pilot project in the month of May.


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11 Sep 2016 There is this Dog.
She bounded in on September the Eleventh, three years ago today.
The rescue had named her Greta, and before that she'd been "Zippy" and "Hyena." (Yes.) She was anxious and alert, and more than a little bit wary (but boy did she know how to sit for a biscuit!). John and I named her Coraline, for the Neil Gaiman character, because she was smart, brave, wily, and had figured out her own way forward. It was a match.
Though we were taken at first with her gentle, calm demeanor – we quickly discovered, after a couple of tentative weeks, it had masked a goofy, energetic, love-bug. She is indeed gentle and kind, but also smart and wickedly funny. And though she can be the soul of patience, she isn't shy about expressing her displeasure.
She is tireless in her pursuit of cheese.
She is a relentless cuddler.
She can nap like nobody's business.
These things we do together – and our lives are so much better for it. We go on adventures.
There is a heart shaped spot in the middle of her belly (she might as well have put it there herself). She's getting chattier these days – always with something to say – and when she smiles (and she smiles all the time), it stretches from ear to ear. She has no idea how beautiful she is, so we just keep telling her. She makes our lives better, every day in every way, and I've no idea how we got so lucky.


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Nurse researchers can build excitement among staff nurses and all interdisciplinary team members by fostering nurses' interest and participation in evidence-based practice (EBP.) The purpose of conducting nursing research is to provide EBP for the discipline of nursing. EBP states that nursing practice should not be based solely on traditions or personal experience, but should be based on scientific research findings.
It is important to remember that EBP and nursing research are not one and the same. When nurses want to focus on making their practice evidence-based, they should quickly review what is currently being practiced and determine whether changes are needed. If problems exist with the current practice or if you want to know whether your current practice is up to date, start with reviewing the literature. Literature reviews can be accomplished with the help of medical librarians or search engines
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Why to go for ready made paneers available in supermarkets when we can easily prepare healthy and fresh paneer at home within minutes. I got some tips for preparing fresh paneer at home from my friend who just finished her PG in Home science..Here I'm sharing those tips with you :)
- Milk : 1 litre
- Lemon juice : 1 tblspn
- Salt : 1/4 tspn
- Heat the milk .Once it starts boiling, keep the stove in simmer mode and add lemon juice. Stir it well. Now add salt too. When the milk curdles completely, switch off the flame.
- Allow the milk to cool and then sieve it. You can squeeze the sieve with hand for easy separation of the whey. You can even press with a spoon. (I skipped the usual hanging part.) Put it in a muslin cloth. I used a thin bath towel.
- Cover it well and keep it in a plate. Put another plate of same size on top of it and then keep a weight on it. I used my pressure cooker filled with water :)
- After one hour take out your paneer and cut it into desired shapes.


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Well there's another resolution thoroughly broken. Yes I went to the craft store, again(see 2016 Resolutions Update: Round 2). And bought way more than I needed, again.
I just thought I'd go to Joann to buy a couple small sheets of craft foam for a certain project. Then I remembered I had a nice coupon, and they had some things on sale…
…so I came back with all of this.
I got several packs of sew-on snaps and hooks and eyes. They are a staple for making clothes, for people and dolls.
I also got a pack of soft Velcro. This stuff is also great for doll clothes too.
From the maker's of my favorite embellishing glue, it's Aleene's Tacky Glue! Yay! Okay, I actually needed it for a certain project. You will see why later.
Behold, eco-felt in a wide assortment of beautiful colors!
It was on sale for 33 cents a sheet, and since felt is so useful for small crafts I couldn't pass it up.
Those were all fairly essential craft supplies, but this is a little different. It's a pendant, shaped like a tambourine. I found it with the jewelry supplies. Many of the beads and stuff were half off including this.
Honestly, the only reason I got it was because I thought it was the perfect size for dolls. Imagine it, dolls with musical instruments. In fact, I saw several others charms and pendants that also would have worked for dolls.
That's one of the reasons why I got these. They are 3 mm. faux pearls, also half off. Perfect size for making tiny pieces such as more of those doll necklaces or doll purses I made (see 5 a Week: Jewelry for Dolls and 5 a Week: Cute Felt Bags for Dolls with a Tutorial).
Strange to say, but I also got this to use to make doll stuff. It's 16 gauge copper wire. What I will make with it, you will have to wait to see.
These wooden dowels will also be used with the wire, but only a couple will be used. The rest I will have to find other uses for. Well as the package says, they have "thousands of uses." But I just need to find one.
That goes for the rest of these supplies. Whatever I make with it, it will at least be interesting. Look forward to it.


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Stormwalker Series, Book 1
I'd purchased the entire series at once, MONTHS ago, but hadn't gotten around to reading it until I put it up as a challenge at IR & AA Paranormal (which I don't think anyone is participating in). This book was a tough read. It wasn't that it didn't turn out to be good, it was just that it was so slow moving into it, not to mention their were characters that I took no interest in.
Janet Begay is a young Native American woman who can harness the power of storms and use them for her bidding. Now you would think it would be amazing (if you want amazing storm power, see Eugenie Markham aka Dark Swan, but not the final book cause it's garbage), but since Janet is so ... Whack ... She kinda tries to deal with it in the quietest way possible. I mean sure, she has a reason. Her mother wants HER to be an all powerful badass (who wouldn't want that for their daughter?).
My main problem with this book is that I wanted the bad guy to win. That usually doesn't happen for me but with this, it did. I had nothing that really connected me to Janet other than the fact that she has mommy issues, a really hot boyfriend that I would love to take from her and a whole host of people in her life that don't matter. So why not let the bad guy win?
Her grandmother: God lover her. She's a fiery Native American woman with a lot of insight and a really cool trick. I dig her because she's very matriarchal but offers nothing to me other than her scowling she does when Mick comes around.
Her father: A boring man, probably beautiful, but a boring and plain father nonetheless. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but he offered me nothing.
Her 'friends': First there is Maya, the electrician, who I want to die a horrible death simply because she's a huge b!tch. Second, there's Fremont, the plumber, who's basically ... A sniveling man. Third, Coyote, a god who runs around as Coyote, then shape shifts into a naked man who wants to have sex with Janet while offering her advice.
Her boyfriend: Mick is a beautiful, magnificent, wonderous creature ... And I use that term losely ... Who should rid himself of Janet and find someone more worth his time. But I get it, the alpha male likes a strong female but VERY feminine. A damsel that needs saving. That's his Janet. I would really enjoy an entire book dedicated to Mick. His origin, what he's been doing with his time and what his future plans are.
Her mother: Goddess of Beneath. A witch of a woman who'd been inhabiting bodies of women in order to create a daughter she could use, because ... Well ... Janet wouldn't let her use her. Mother is very cut and dry, not really any depth at all.
A variable: Nash Jones, is a sheriff and a Null. A huge variable when it comes to the war Janet's mother is raging that she needs Janet to help her win. He's a single minded dick that I would like to die but live at the same time. I think I really just want him to open his eyes and stop being a dick.
Her: Janet ... Boring as sin. Apparently not as naive as she used to be, but still there is nothing interesting about her. She doesn't have a personality I like very much which is why I can't connect with her.
Overall, despite all the bad things I've said, the book is decent. I think that ALL the bad things I've said make for one big pile of shit that you can dig into. Yes, I actually put the book down for 2 weeks before I picked it up again, but after the halfway point, you can't put it down.
3 Stars
IR: Janet (NA), Mick (a mix of maybe Asian and White), all the rest are NA except Nash (W) and Maya (Mex).


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Tue, 19 July 2016
Shek is joined by Handsome Hank, Patrick Claybon and Matt Harmon to discuss Arian Foster joining the Dolphins and the best sounds in all of sports. The guys also determine if it's okay to admit you're a bigger fantasy football fan than a fan of your NFL team. Plus, the guys talk about the best runners-up in NFL history and wrap the show by reviewing the Carolina Panthers' 2016 schedule in the latest installment of "On the Record".
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The Louvre Museum
The Louvre museum contains approximately 6,000 European paintings and was originally designed as a palace. It has been influenced by major events in the French history and has experienced changes and additions to the original structure by many architects and decorators.
Its collection, which ranges from Egyptian art of 5000 BC to XIXth century work, is divided into seven departments: Oriental and Islamic Antiquities; Egyptian Antiquities; Greek, Roman and Etruscan Antiquities; Painting; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; and Graphic Arts.
The Louvre which began as a fortress built in the late XIIth century. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture. Throughout the XVIIth century, as France assumed a dominant role in Europe, the Louvre's holdings increased dramatically. Particularly important acquisitions during this period were major works by the great Dutch and Flemish painting masters.
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.The central position held by the Louvre in the artistic life was magnified by Napoleon I, who began its Egyptian collection. The overall museum complex was completed under Napoleon III (1852-70). Subsequently, the Louvre expanded its collections greatly through gifts and bequests. Its departments now include Oriental (ancient Mesopotamian), Greek and Roman, and Egyptian antiquities; sculptures from the Middle Age to modern times; furniture and objets d'art; and European paintings and drawings.
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Using both quantitative and qualitative data input, the tool has be set up to rate each category based on endpoints that correlate with values, key phrases, Global Harmonizing System (GHS) classifications, and other government agencies designations.


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I made these Jelly Fish lanterns for my daughters 2nd Birthday Party. The theme was "Under the Sea" since it was a pool party. Their really easy to make and I'll show you how!
Paper Lanterns, I made 7
Spray Paint, if you want a different color
Lots of Ribbon
I already had a bunch of lanterns leftover from my wedding. They were all white, so rather than buying new colored lanterns I figured I spray paint some aqua.
While the paint dried I started making the white lanterns. First, assemble the lantern's, I then tied it to a chair so it would be easier to attach the ribbons.
Next, start adding your ribbon. I used tape to secure it to the lantern. I ended up using 3 different types of ribbon and added 12 pieces per lantern.
Once the aqua lanterns were dry I started the same process with the ribbons.
I hung all of them on the ceiling using ribbon and a clear thumbtack.
That's it! They were so easy to make. I'll share the rest of the party details next week, so stay tuned.
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Improve Your Credit Fast After Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is by no means game over for your financial life — there are steps you can take to begin rebuilding your credit and eventually, your overall financial health.
The road back to financial well being starts with rebuilding your credit score. "One of the first things to do is to get a free copy of your credit report, which you are able to do once a year from each of the three major credit reporting agencies — check this for errors and make sure you also determine your FICO credit score and work diligently to build up this score each month."
Bankruptcy can impact your credit for as long as 10 years, but the more active a role you take and the sooner you get started, the quicker you can bounce back from bankruptcy.
Know Your Credit Score — Many people put this one off, because it can be painful. You know your credit score is low so does it really matter how low? Yes, it does. Get a copy of your credit report and know your score. Review it for any inaccuracies and make note of your debts. Only then can you come up with a plan to pay off your debts and improve your credit. WisePiggy.com is a great resource to get your score truly for free (without having to enter your credit card number).
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Open a new Bank Account — Opening a new checking and savings account will demonstrate financial stability. It can also give you a fresh slate to practice good financial habits. When you open your account, talk to the banker about signing up for automatic online bill pay. This will ensure that your bills are paid on time, which is a major factor in good credit.
Apply for a Secured Credit Card — If big credit card bills led to your bankruptcy, you may feel like this is a terrible idea. Why go down that path again? The best answer is that secured credit cards are one of the easiest ways to build credit and improve credit scores. Compare interest rates of different cards, so you can select a card with the best rate and a low annual fee. A rate around 15% is good and an annual fee less than $30 is desirable.
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Get a gas Card or a Retail Card — Gas and retail credit cards will also improve your credit. If you drive a car, you will have to purchase gas. You should make those purchases work for you. Gas and retail cards typically don't require applicants to have good credit and, in fact, cater to folks with blemished credit.
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Six months have already passed since i began working from my smartphone. This week's post on The Enterprise Mobiliity Forum, "Mobile-Only: The Halftime Report", covers the lessons learned and next steps for the coming 6 months. Let me know what you think!
Benjamin Robbins is a Principal at Palador, a consulting firm that focuses on providing strategic guidance to enterprises in the areas of mobile strategy, policy, apps, and data. You can follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.


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At our Stitch and Bitch afternoons everyone is welcome with or without a project. Maybe you have a question about a new project, maybe you got stuck, maybe you just want to get out of the house and meet up for a good chat.
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6 Flasks Furnace. Ø4"x8" without flance. Digital Tempurature control 8 Paterns. (32 Step/ Pattern). Air circulated system designed by Old Moon engineer. Hight quality After Burn System. Stanless steel body.
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40 Flasks Furnace. Ø4" X 8" without flance.Digital Tempurature control 8 Paterns. (32 Step/ Pattern).Hight quality After Burn SystemStanless steel body