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In 1989 the world voted a global ban on the ivory trade. Since then, tens of millions of dollars in illegal ivory has been smuggled and hundreds of thousands of elephants have been slaughtered. No single ivory trafficking kingpin has ever been identified and sent to prison. Instead, the international community has blamed the illegal ivory trade entirely on China with little or no analysis. They have ignored another major driver of the ivory trade: that driver is RELIGION. The most common use of high-end ivory globally is the carving of religious icons. Across all religions, the faithful attempt to manifest their devotion through these carvings.
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Stone Age hunters liked their carbs
Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates – contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.
The Stone Age hunter's food contained large amounts of protein from fish, lean mean, herbs and coarse vegetables and has formed the basis of one of today's hottest health trends: the paleo diet.
The modern version of the Stone Age diet excludes foods rich in carbohydrates. This exclusion of carbs is based on the idea that Stone Age hunters didn't have access to bread, rice or pasta.
But is it true that Stone Age hunters and gatherers didn't eat any carbohydrates at all?
Sabine Karg, an external lecturer at Copenhagen University's Saxo Institute, specialises in archaeobotany. She says that Stone Age hunters, unlike many followers of the modern Stone Age diet, joyfully munched away at carbs when the opportunity presented itself.
"Carbohydrates have been part of their diet. In flooded settlements from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, traces of roots and seeds from various aquatic plants and wild grasses have been found."
Stone Age hunters were not picky
The modern version of the paleo diet forsakes everything that's reminiscent of bread, rice, pasta, legumes and milk.
But according to Karg, the Stone Age hunters were nowhere near that fastidious about their food.
Easily digestible food with high energy content is a welcome feature if you have to make the effort of finding the next meal yourself, and traces of foods containing carbohydrates have also been found in the old settlements.
"What archaeologists find in their excavations is dependent on both the preservation conditions and how the people had prepared their food," says Karg. "For us, the conditions are particularly good in flooded settlements where organic material is well preserved, or in burn layers or fireplaces where we can find charred plant residues," she says, giving an example:
"We have found seeds of wild grasses, aquatic plants and root vegetables, all of which have formed part of the hunters' diet. Especially after an unsuccessful hunt, they had to go out and dig up roots."
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Monday, September 27, 2010
It's been a long while
My paternal grandma just passed away on 11 September (yeah what a memorable date!) from liver cancer at the age of 84. I have learnt a lot about her death and has been reading it up (under the Buddhists' perspective on death) and it has helped me to deal with my grandmother's death. My grandma, Magdelene, was diagnosed with liver cancer about two months ago and the diagnostic was bad. At most she will live for about three to six months. I have been (along with my parents and my family) visiting her weekly in Johor, Malaysia, where she was living with my uncle and his family. I feel that the regular visits were helpful to me or rather all of us as we were slowly accepting that she will not be here forever. She was in a lot of pain. But grandma Magdelene was a strong woman and she refused morphine and bear with the pain. My auntie and cousin would give her longevitology therapy daily to ease her pain. Occasionally she will joked with us and told us she will be migrating soon and probably to Australia.
Three days before her passing, she told my auntie that she will be migrating soon. She was in such pain she was admitted to the hospital and the doctor said that she will not survive more than three days. And on the third day morning, she has passed away peacefully with her sister by her bed while my uncle and their family went out for breakfast. My family and myself rushed to her in the morning but just couldn't make it in time. I did not have the chance to say goodbye but at least I know that she was no longer in suffering and is in the safe hands of God (grandma Magdelene is a Catholic). I gave her my last love and said some prayers for her and felt a sense of ease and sadness at the same time.
Grandma Magdelene had a grand farewell. My little cousin who is my grandma's favourite grandchild, dreamt of her on the day she passed away. She said that my grandma was very happy and she took her to a place (I guess it's heaven) where it was cold and they were cloud hopping! And there was a long table full of delicacies and grandma Magdelene was holding an older woman's hand (who was her mother). Everyone felt happy as we know that grandma Magdelene was free from suffering and has moved on to another life. In Buddhism, we believe that death is not the end and it is another journey.
I felt I have understood life and death a little more and will continue to live life to it's fullest and continue to be a better person every day.
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- Melanie Gray Augustin said...
Teresa, I'm typing now with tears in my eyes. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Such a beautiful post especially the part about your cousin's dream. I'm sure that's where she is now.
Lots of love to you and your family.
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This piece takes about 30 minutes (or less).
Cut a 2 pieces of fabric that are a little wider than you want your finished bag to be. I use the zipper I bought as a measure, because I hate math and would rather just never use a tape measure. I just cut it an inch and a half or so longer than the zipper. I like to just trim the edges down afterwards- better longer than shorter, right? The picture above is before I cut my big piece in half to make 2 pieces.
For height of the bag, just cut it a little longer than you want your bag to be. So, you have two pieces of fabric that are a little wider than your zipper, and a little longer than the depth of your desired bag.
Open your zipper package and remove the zipper from the packaging. I don't know why they staple it down, I mean- it's really wedged in the package, so it's not going to bolt once the package is open, right? Anyway…
If you are don't know/care what interfacing is and instead are using double-sided quilted fabric like me, choose which side will be the outside of the bag. Now, place the "top" of the fabric against the zipper. The darker print is the right/outside side of my cosmetic bag for this project. The right side of the zipper will be up against the right side of your bag. See how my zipper is facing the outside of my bag?
Pin and sew this. Repeat with the other side. Now you have both "top" parts sewn to the zipper- and it looks kind of like your bag is inside out.
Open the zipper a few inches (this part is important).
Now sew down one side of the bag- my mother-in-law told me to do a little reverse stitch to lock it in at the beginning and at the end of the line of stitches, and so that's what I do!
Repeat along the bottom. Then back up the next side. Where the stitches cross at each corner, cut a little diagonal- this will help your corners look like actual corners, rather than nubs.
Trim any excess fabric off.
Then, reach into the bag, and open up the zipper as much as you can manage. It's a little difficult since its upside down, but its doable with a little concentration. Well, maybe it's just difficult for me because my fine motor skills are lacking. You probably will have no problem.
Once you do this, you should be able to zip your zipper up easily and you will have a lovely cosmetic bag.
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Minnesota has been called the tundra of North America. But rather than shiver with self-pity and stare into their glasses of grog, people here make the most of the cold, snow and ice.
The St. Paul Winter Carnival, in its 113th year, is scheduled for Jan. 29 to Feb. 7, with some 75 events spread across the state's capital, including dog-sledding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Showshoes, skis and sleds designed for disabled people will also be available.
''People in the upper Midwest do not run away from winter,'' said Rhonda Pape, a spokeswoman for the event. ''They celebrate it.''
To that end, there will be a forest maze of Christmas trees, a children's playground of snow, a giant snow slide and an ice-sculpture competition. Two parades -- on Jan. 30 at 2 P.M., and Feb. 6 at 6:30 P.M. -- will meander through St. Paul.
The festival takes as its theme the legend of the battle between spring, symbolized by Vulcans dressed in red, and winter, represented by the royal family headed by King Boreas and the Queen of Snows, wearing blue. During the Feb. 6 parade, the nighttime skies will blaze with the fire of torchbearers. A button that entitles visitors to attend all events costs $3. A ride on the giant snow slide, in the form of a castle with six runs from the top, costs $1. Information: (800) 488-4023.Continue reading the main story
St. Paul doesn't have to keep the winter bonfires burning all by itself. Minneapolis, its keen cross-river rival despite the Twin Cities nickname given to the pair, revels in the cold, too. Between them they have 94 skating rinks, enough symphony concerts per year to give New York a run for its money, and more than a dash of political entertainment. This is the state, after all, that elected a professional wrestler, Jesse (The Body) Ventura, as governor. People are waiting to see whether he will wear his old feather boa from his wrestling days when he holds news conferences -- or maybe to help him keep warm at the Carnival.
''Julius Caesar'' will be presented by the Guthrie Company at the Tony-award-winning Guthrie Theater, from Feb. 26 to April 4. Tickets are $15.50 to $37.50. The theater is at 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis; (612) 377-2224.
''Triple Espresso,'' which calls itself a ''highly caffeinated comedy,'' is running at the Music Box Theater, 1407 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, through May 9, Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets are $26.50 to $29.50; (612) 871-1414.
Japanese New Wave cinema will be the subject of a film series Jan. 8 to 29 at the Walker Art Center, known for its collection of 20th-century American and European art. Among the films are Hiroshi Teshigahara's ''Woman in the Dunes'' (Jan. 15) and Susumu Hani's ''She and He'' (Jan. 22). Admission is $6 a show; (612) 375-7622.
For anyone who has not gotten enough of the Titanic, an exhibit about the doomed ship will be on display at the St. Paul Union Depot, unused as a station for the last 30 years and partly restored, from Jan. 1 through April 30. Among the 300 artifacts, salvaged between 1987 and 1994, are the bronze cherub from the ship's grand staircase, a gilt chandelier and letters, found in luggage. Tickets are $13.95, children $6.95; (612) 989-5151. The depot is at 214 East Fourth Street, St. Paul.
Penumbra Theater, an African-American theater company, will present ''Indigo Blues'' Feb. 10 through March 21. The play is about two sisters who are in love with the same man, whom they believe is dead, and who comes back to town. Tickets: $19 to $23. The theater, of the same name, is at 270 North Kent Street, St. Paul; (651) 224-3180.
The Beaux-Arts State Capitol building, with a self-supporting marble dome that has an 89-foot exterior span, is easy to find -- just look for the statue in front, known as the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses representing earth, wind, fire and water. Tours of the building, which was completed in 1905, are available daily and run about 45 minutes. Open 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Friday; 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturday; 1 to 4 P.M. Sunday. Admission is free. The Capitol is at 75 Constitution Avenue, St. Paul; (651) 296-3962.
F. Scott Fitzgerald drew much of his material about the lives of the wealthy from his old neighborhood along Summit Avenue, within walking distance of the capitol. It is known for its long stretch of grand Victorian-style homes, including the 42-room mansion of the railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, at No. 240, with 13 bathrooms and striking hand-carved woodwork throughout, used the newest technology of the time, including an electronic security system and gas fireplaces. It is open for tours Wednesday to Saturday. Admission is $5, $3 ages 6 to 15; (651) 297-2555.
The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, a display of medical quackery, shows many goofy remedies and contraptions -- some of them verging on instruments of torture -- that were once deployed in the quest for health. It is in the St. Anthony Main complex, 201 Main Street Southeast, Minneapolis; (612) 379-4046. Winter hours: Friday and Saturday noon to 9 P.M.; Sunday until 5 P.M., and Tuesday to Thursday 5 to 9 P.M. Admission is free.
A piece of jade weighing 640 pounds, part of a large permanent Asian collection, is on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis. The Jade Mountain, as it is known, is carved with village scenes. The museum has recently completed a major renovation and expansion. Closed Mondays. Free. (612) 870-3131.
The biggest attraction in Minnesota (a state with no sales tax on clothing) is the Mall of America, with more than 400 stores, 25 restaurants, a walk-through aquarium and a seven-story Ferris wheel -- all of it not far from the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport -- at 60 East Broadway in Bloomington. Information: (612) 883-8800.
Where to Eat
Palomino, 825 Hennepin Avenue, in LaSalle Plaza, Minneapolis, (612) 339-3800, bills itself as a European bistro, specializing in dishes influenced by the cuisines of Italy, France, Greece and North Africa. The decor, meanwhile, blends hand-blown glass chandeliers, African woods and a marble bar. The salad is prepared with shiitake, crimini or portobello mushrooms grilled over white oak and served over mixed greens with walnuts and Gorgonzola, bruschetta spears, smoked turkey and wine salami. One of the most popular entrees is the braised Ellensburg lamb shank served over a butternut squash risotto and pearl onions, with sweet baby carrots and roasted garlic, and topped with a veal demi-glaze. Dinner for two with wine runs about $60.
Georgio's, 2451 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, (612) 374-5131, is known for Tuscan specialties like its chestnut-flower crepe stuffed with spinach and ricotta, and a salad of roasted root vegetables with beets, parsnips and red onion, topped with Gorgonzola and a mustard vinegar dressing. The pan-roasted monkfish comes wrapped in a house-cured pancetta with lemon thyme sauce. The decor is rustic, with murals of the Italian countryside. Dinner for two with wine runs about $70.
For a romantic spot, try the Muffuletta Cafe, 2260 Como Avenue, St. Paul, (651) 644-9116, with its exposed-brick walls, soft lighting and bright abstract paintings. Among the entrees on a menu that is primarily French and Italian is bow-tie pasta with wild mushrooms, sage butter and shaved romano. Dinner for two with wine runs about $60.
J. D. Hoyt's, 301 North Washington Avenue, (612) 338-1560, in the warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis, has a roadhouse atmosphere with dark woods, a copper bar and a charcoal grill in the middle of the restaurant. It's a place for people with big appetites, featuring an appetizer called the buddy bowl, with beans, rice and farm-raised catfish and shrimp, and vegetables. A popular entree is the pork and rib combo, with Cajun hash browns. Dinner for two with wine or beer, about $65.
Patrick McGovern's, at 225 West Seventh Street, (651) 224-5821, occupies a renovated 1884 building with publike decor -- brick walls and ceiling fans -- in the famous Seven Corners neighborhood of St. Paul, once known for its gangsters and other assorted rogues. The homey fare includes a hot turkey sandwich with homemade gravy and mashed potatoes. Beer comes from the Vine Park Brewer, just across the street. Dinner for two is about $20.
Dan Kelly's, 212 South Seventh Street in downtown Minneapolis, (612) 333-2644, draws big lunch crowds with its sandwiches, including a reuben ($6.95). The interior is done up in dark paneling and shades of Kelly green. Dinner specialties, averaging $12, range from ribs to pastas. Two can dine with a moderate bottle of wine for $60.
Where to Stay
The rates listed here are for double occupancy.
The Minneapolis Marriott City Center, 30 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, (612) 349-4000, fax (612) 332-7165, has 583 rooms, some recently remodeled in greens and pinks, in a triangular 31-story building downtown. The hotel is connected to the City Center shopping mall. Rates range from $59 to $159.
A huge fountain with a rotating marble ball sets off the lobby of the Radisson Plaza, 35 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis; (612) 339-4900, fax (612) 337-9766. Its 357 rooms are decorated in a traditional style with dark greens and burgundies. The hotel has a health club and two restaurants. Rates: $89 to $279 (suite).
The Best Western Kelly Inn, 161 St. Anthony Street, St. Paul, (651) 227-8711, fax (651) 227-1698, has 126 clean and functional rooms in a 10-story building near the state capitol. Rates range from $84 to $195 (suite).
Budget: 1900 Dupont Guesthouse, 1900 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis, (612) 374-1973, is a mile from downtown. The 1896 restored mansion has three spacious rooms filled with antiques, all with private baths; a second-floor library is available to guests. Rates: from $89 to $119.
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites opened in May near the Convention Center at 225 South 11th Street, Minneapolis; (612) 341-3300, fax (612) 341-1174. It has 96 rooms, including 44 suites, an indoor pool, a whirlpool and a fitness center. Rates range from $64 to $119.
Luxury: The 19-story Marquette Hotel, 710 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, (612) 333-4545, fax (612) 288-2188, is a favorite of visiting dignitaries. It is known for its spacious rooms, some of which have computers and whirlpools. The 278 rooms are done in contemporary style, and the elegant lobby looks out on a fountain in the Crystal Court shopping plaza. Room rates range from $180 to $379 (suite).
The Hyatt Whitney Hotel, 150 Portland, Minneapolis, (612) 339-9300, fax (612) 339-1333, is decorated in a classic European style, including a lobby done in rich cherry wood. Not far from the Mississippi River, the hotel has 97 rooms, including two floors of suites. Room rates range from $145; suites from $250.Continue reading the main story


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7 Real Techniques Brush Sets For Starters
Real Techniques brushes are like prized possessions for the makeup brush lovers. It was not available in India a few years back, but now you may have noticed that these highly raved brushes can be bought with ease. Thanks to Luxola and Nyaka.
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MOSCOW. (Lev Dzugayev, member of the RIA Novosti Expert Council) - March 13, 2007 is set to become a major landmark in Georgia's modern history.
On that day its 160-strong parliament almost unanimously adopted a declaration on Georgia's full and immediate accession to NATO.
Only one MP, Gocha Jojua from the National Forum opposition party, abstained. He explained before the voting that while sharing the values inherent in the NATO entry he could not assume responsibility for the potential consequences together with the ruling United National Movement.
This brought back to my mind the words of outstanding Georgian philosopher Merab Mamardashvili, who warned futilely in the late 1980s-early 1990s that Zviad Gamsakhurdia was pursuing a fatal policy. Many people remember what happened next, and the fate that befell the first Georgian president. But bad memory is typical of some politicians. Otherwise, they would not be committing the same mistakes with amazing zeal, facing their compatriots with new socio-economic and political upheavals.
This was the case when Zviad Gamsakhurdia was elected by more than a 90% vote. Before long, the world saw what his idea of Georgia for Georgians was really about. Ethnic purges and a massacre in South Ossetia were part of it. In a couple of years, tanks and armored personnel carriers were in downtown Tbilisi, and the first president was toppled.
This was also the case when Eduard Shevardnadze, who came next, received a more than 90% vote. Shortly after, he started a war in Abkhazia, in which Georgia sustained a devastating defeat. Hundreds of thousands of Georgians became refugees as a result of this adventure. In 2003 the so-called rose revolution swept away this leader as well.
Current President Mikhail Saakashvili also scored a landslide victory with an over 90% vote. Less than a year later, his "wise" policy resulted in the use of force and bloodshed in South Ossetia again, breaking the fragile trust which Ossetians and Georgians had been building with such difficulty over the previous decade. Under Saakashvili, Russian-Georgian relations have reached the chilliest phase, while the prospects of peace settlement with South Ossetia and Abkhazia have become very vague. In the estimate of the Gorbie Public Opinion Research Center, today 65% of the polled Georgians are displeased with the economic situation in the country despite the triumphant reports about Tbilisi's substantial achievements. Learning the lessons of the recent past is not Mr. Saakashvili's cup of tea.
Indicatively, Tbilisi has invariably blamed all problems on the intrigues of the outside forces (namely, Russia), which have been preventing new Georgia from using its creative potential. At any rate, the Georgian political elite has not said a word about their political responsibility for being a fish that is caught twice with the same bait.
Tbilisi has revealed stunning unanimity on the NATO entry. "We will become members of the world's strongest military and political alliance. Georgia has been dreaming about this for centuries," the Georgian leader said. At one time Georgia wanted to become part of Russia in a bid to save itself from the troops of the Persian Shah, and in the 1970s the then Comrade Shevardnadze proclaimed that "for Georgia the sun rises in the North."
President Saakashvili also emphasized that some forces inside and outside the country were exploiting the prospect of Georgia's NATO entry for the return of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He explained that NATO did not take part in domestic conflicts. Meanwhile, at the NATO summit in Riga Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze said it would be much simpler if Georgia were first accepted into NATO, and then the talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia started with NATO's participation. So, who is exploiting the issue?
The day before the discussion on a declaration on entering NATO in parliament, Tbilisi spread information on the bombing of the upper part of the Kodor Gorge by helicopters that crossed the border with Russia from the North. No evidence of them being Russian was submitted, but the bombing was one of the main arguments in favor of signing a memo on national accord. Burjanadze stressed that it was particularly important to sign it because of the events in upper Abkhazia. Georgia will do everything to join as soon as possible an organization that brings peace and stability to the entire region, she promised.
Tbilisi is doing much to brainwash the Georgian population with the idea of an outside threat, and its efforts have already produced results. When the Baltic Survey and the Gallup Institute asked Georgians whether they wanted their country to join NATO, 83% of respondents said "yes."
This situation is very similar to the events in Georgia in 1989-1992, when Tbilisi was portraying ethnic minorities as the enemy, failing to respond to the challenges of the times, and finally suffered a disaster that led to the collapse of the proclaimed state. Today, Tbilisi has again proclaimed Russia its enemy; it is unable to settle domestic conflicts, and is making attempts to mobilize society politically. What will come next? The consequences for which deputy Gocha Jojua does not want to assume responsibility.
International public opinion polls have also shown that 86% of Georgians would like to know more about NATO. They are interested in how Georgia will benefit from joining it, and what responsibilities it will bear as a NATO member. NATO's actions in the Balkans and in Iraq have given a tell-tale answer - all problems in Georgia will deteriorate, and it will have to play NATO's games. It is a big question whether NATO's entry meets the genuine interests of the Georgian people.
The opinions expressed in this article are the author's and do not necessarily represent those of RIA Novosti.


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Tuesday, August 19:
No Lunch – 11:30 Dismissal
Wednesday, August 20:
No Lunch – 11:30 Dismissal
Thursday, August 21:
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1:00pm - HS Boys Varsity Golf @ Lincoln Scramble @ The Elks – Bus leaves 11:30 AM – Please dismiss 11:20 AM
Friday, August 22:
Lunch: Breaded chicken sandwich or Spicy chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, warm cinnamon apples, pineapple chunks, ½ pint of milk
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4:15pm – Cheerleading
4:45pm - Volleyball
Football – Purple & Gold Scrimmage Game –
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Boys' Golf Try-Outs will be held on August 13,14, and 15th at 7:00am at The Rail. Please bring your current physical form and insurance waiver to WHS before the 13th or to the coach on the first day of try-outs. Please call Coach Trine with any questions at 217-415-5907.
Due to a technical error with the senior athlete pictures that were taken in June, all senior athlete pictures will need to be retaken. This retake will take place immediately following school on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. All senior athletes will need to report to the back gym at the high school with their uniforms at 11:40 am. If you have any additional questions or concerns please contact Debbie Price at 217-414-1330.
Williamsville Sports Boosters Clothing Sale will be held on August 18th, 4pm – 9pm, at the Sherman Athletic Club.
Freshmen Orientation will be held on Thursday, August 14 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in the high school cafeteria. All freshmen are encouraged to attend. Students will be given information regarding policies and procedures and will have a chance to tour the building. We do ask that students wait until the first day of student attendance to bring supplies for lockers


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Egypt: The People's Assembly and the Shoura Assembly were dissolved by the Egypt Supreme Council of Armed Forces (ESCAF) on 13 February 2011.
Guinea: The parliament was dissolved following the December 2008 coup
Tunisia: On 8 and 9 February 2011 respectively, in accordance with Article 28 of the Constitution, the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Councillors invested the Acting President with the power to rule the country by decree on key issues. The Parliament has since ceased to function.
1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.
2 - United States of America: The total refers to all voting members of the House.
3 - Tonga: No women were elected in 2008, however one woman was appointed to the Cabinet. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there is one woman out of a total of 32 members.


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NFL Running Back Cedric Benson Out of Control
By Garth O'Brien | June 9, 2008
Filed Under Athlete DUI
Austin, Texas. This NFL off season has been a big party for Cedric Benson, but his recent adventures landed him on unemployment. The Chicago Bears released Benson today after his second brush with the law. On May 5th, Benson was arrested for boating under the influence and resisting arrest near Austin, Texas.
This past weekend Benson was arrested for DUI in Austin, Texas. Police observed Benson drive through a red light which Benson contends was yellow. During the traffic stop Benson allegedly failed the field sobriety tests and refused to provide a breath or blood test. However, Benson's attorney claims Benson did want to provide a blood test and did pass the field sobriety tests. All of us are patiently awaiting the police to release the video of Benson's arrest.
Even if Benson is innocent of these recent criminal allegations the Bears organization has had enough. General manager Jerry Angelo released this statement, "Cedric displayed a pattern of behavior we will not tolerate. As I said this past weekend, you have to protect your job. Everyone in this organization is held accountable for their actions."
Wonder if the Cincinnati Bengals are looking for another thug? They love athletes that are constantly breaking the law. Maybe Benson will be wearing orange and black this coming football season.
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One Response to "NFL Running Back Cedric Benson Out of Control"
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October 22nd, 2008 7:06 am
Another celeb-athlete got off and Cedric is once again starring for the NFL as a running back. You know what? I don't even blame him. I blame the system for whatever happens in his future. Not one, but two DUI's. Not just in a car, but also in a boat. I mean, wtf? Anyhow, this guy deserved to be suspended by the league and to have his license revoked. I don't get it. If Joe Q Public does this he's sent to jail for a year!


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The Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Peel police officer after a man survived a six-storey fall in Brampton last month.
Police were called to a Rugby Rd. apartment complex for after a disturbance on June 26. As police were about to enter the apartment, a 34-year-old man fell and suffered multiple serious injuries.
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I have Gestational Diabetes. {GD, for short.}
At my last OB appointment, I had to take the 1 hr glucose test. Something every pregnant woman looks forward to, right? Hahaha! It's not really the worst thing in the world, but it's definitely no picnic either. Fortunately my experience this time around wasn't so bad. When the lab tech took my blood, I was told that the results would be in the next day and no phone call would basically mean all is well.
Naturally, when 5PM rolled around the following day, I was ecstatic! No GD this time! I can eat ALL THE CARBS without feeling guilty! Woohoo! Thursday rolled around, which meant so many yummy snacks at PWOC. I celebrated by sampling, um...a lot...of the options. (Come on. You know you'd do the same!)
Later that day as I was cooking dinner, the phone rang. It was a number I didn't recognize, but it was local so I answered. It was my OB's nurse, and the news wasn't good. I failed the 1 hr test. It wasn't exactly a surprise, but I was still taken aback. I think it's only normal considering it took them 48 hours to let me know. You'd think that having a history of GD would prompt them to call me a little quicker with the results. Anyway, I did get upset about it. I had thought I was fine - that I wouldn't have to prick myself 4 times a day from here to Millie's birth day. I wouldn't have to count every carb, or try to find something I could eat if we went out to dinner. Pregnancy hormones being what they are - and doing what they do - I broke down and cried.
After talking with my bestie and my MIL, I decided to give my OB a call the next day and beg out of the 3 hr glucose test. If you've taken it before, you know that this test is far worse than the 1 hr. You have to fast after midnight, go in early and drink that sickeningly sweet drink, and then endure 3 blood draws - each 1 hour apart. When I did this with Charlotte I almost passed out twice. The lab techs had problems drawing my blood, and I really just felt awful the entire time. I really didn't want to repeat this experience....and with my husband out in the field. Thankfully, my OB is awesome and allowed me to test my sugar at home this week.
After finding out I failed the 1 hr test, I decided to get back on the low carb train. As a result, my blood sugar has been nearly perfect. So this is me....accepting that I have GD once again. It's not exactly fun (my fingers are already killing me!), but it's not the end of the world either. I've also noticed that I have quite a bit more energy than I did before. I know that this is due in large part to my blood sugar levels...and all those stinkin' carbs I had been eating. Now, I do still feel tired throughout the day - that's just pregnancy for you. (Not to mention wrangling a toddler!) But I can tell that I feel able to do more and that's a big deal. I honestly kind of hate that I didn't realize this before. I mean, you'd think that someone who had been down this road once before would recognize the signs/symptoms. I hate to think what it did to my little baby's pancreas, too. (Theirs will produce more insulin to keep their sugar where it should be...which isn't a good thing!)
This is my life: giving myself "ouchies" 4x a day. Le sigh.
There's nothing I can do to change it now, though, so I try not to worry. As long as I can keep my sugar under control with diet, I will be happy! That was my goal once I was diagnosed with it last time, and that's my goal this time as well. I'm not a fan of carb-counting, but I know it's for the best and it's definitely a healthy way of eating and living.
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Heathcotes Positive Behaviour Workshop
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Service Managers can be seen here working with NAPPI UK consultant Scott Edwards, at our latest positive behaviour workshop.
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|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Photo by Karen Roe via Wikimedia Commons
Inanimate things are primarily used to create the world that your characters live in; they tell us about everything from setting (town, countryside, planet) and culture to weather and time period. Objects also provide clues about your character's life, personality, desires and motives. Financial circumstances, family history, educational level, personal habits, likes and dislikes - the list goes on and on.
Read the following excerpt and determine what the author is trying to convey by the setting:
"It was a room of diligently austere splendor. The only furniture was the low marble table and our nine cushions evenly arranged around the carpet. The only decoration was a framed black and gold-leaf depiction of the Kaaba at Mecca." from Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
What does the above description tell us about possible locations, and who the occupants of the room might be?
How characters use, view and respond to objects can reveal a lot.
- Characters can use objects to project a desired image of themselves. (Designer clothes, vehicle, artwork.)
- Characters can use objects to transform themselves. (Magical cloak, body modification, costume.)
- Characters can form unhealthy attachments to objects. (Hoarding, need to carry talisman, Tolkien's Ring.)
- Characters can form emotional connections with objects. (Treasured photo, Grandma's teacup, toy from childhood.)
- Characters can value objects/material things over people. (Dad cannot move in with me because he's a slob and will ruin the furniture. I resent you because you got a bigger slice of the inheritance. I would rather die than let you have this {object}.)
- How do my characters use objects to project themselves?
- How do my characters use objects to transform themselves?
- Did I use plenty of objects to "show not tell" things about the characters in my story?


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Mirrored DesksJanuary 15, 2014
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i absolutely love mirrored furniture! it adds just the right amount of glam to any look. i love all three, but would have to say the classic parsons is my favorite.ReplyDelete
Molly {Dreams in HD}
I love mirrored furniture! We have mirrored nightstands on either side of our bed. I think I could use more and desk #2 would be perfect!!!ReplyDelete
Nothing says glamour like a mirrored piece, I am with you on this love! Horchow has beautiful pieces that I have had my eye on for YEARS! I love it in all settings especially a romantic one.ReplyDelete
Love the sassy pencils and those boxes!ReplyDelete
that horn cup is to die for!! Great picksReplyDelete
The Style Scribe
Gorgeous! I wish my work space looked even a fraction of how this looks.ReplyDelete
The Z Gallerie desk is on my wish list! I want to use it in our next place as a makeup vanity in the bedroom.ReplyDelete
Champagne Lifestyle on a Beer Budget
I can't decide which is my favorite. Probably the glam!! If I didn't have my dad's old desk in our office, I'd totally get a mirrored one now! xoxoReplyDelete
OH P.S. the accessories you picked are amazing. I'm obsessed with that pillow. xoReplyDelete
Loving these! Definitely down with the Parsons. That piece will last and you can't beat the price! So prettyReplyDelete
I love that classic chic look. This is a great post Albertina! Loving the mirrored desk, although knowing me it would be totally smeared with fingerprints!ReplyDelete
This is beyond chic! I totally was looking at this office image just the other day!ReplyDelete
Ooh so chic and classy! Loving the Parsons as well. It would go with anything.ReplyDelete
I love the look of a mirrored furniture but am terrified I would scratch it up or have it covered with finger prints!ReplyDelete
Ha, you are so clever! I love the parsons desk best I think. One day when I grow up I'll have one of those. :)ReplyDelete
We think we would be so much more productive working at these lovely desks and the Parsons would mirror (hee, hee!) our taste beautifully! Thanks for including our orchids and bouquets in this lovely post, Albertina.ReplyDelete
We would be sooo much more productive if we could work at these chic desks and think the Parsons desk mirror (hee, hee!) our taste beautifully! Thanks for including our flowers in this lovely post, Albertina.ReplyDelete
I love the look of mirrored furniture. I just put a mirrored console from Target in one of my client's homes and it's gorgeous! It looks way more expensive!ReplyDelete
Love the mirrored desks and the accoutrements, especially the romantic ones!ReplyDelete
I have been meaning to tell you - I saw Nicholas on MSNBC the other day discussing his book. Fascinating stuff and very cool to be able to draw the connection to one of my blogging buddies!
Have a lovely night, Albertina! xoxo
I am a HUGE fan of mirrored furniture! I have mirrored pieces in pretty much every room in our home. And these desks are absolutely gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
The Glam Pad
Haha! Love your play on words; clever indeed!:-). I love the classic and the glam.ReplyDelete


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Olivia proudly presents her first ever completed bedtime reward chart.
I will carefully place this precious document in her childhood diary and I am pretty sure in years to come as we are looking back at all her memories I will have forgotten how antique this single piece of paper became to me!
There are six columns on the free printable that I designed and we sailed through the first half of the chart without any problems at all. That was months ago.
Since starting her chart we have moved house, had a bedroom revamp and I, myself had to go into hospital for a few nights. No wonder her routine was disrupted. So the last three weeks' worth of stickers actually took months!
But the sticker chart is now completed and hopefully we can get back on board with full nights spent sleeping like a princess in her own bed.
The moral of this sticker chart was not only to train and offer an incentive to my little girl to stay in her own bed, but to show her that we never gave up. For me it was so important to install boundaries from a young age and I have always lived Motherhood by routine, maybe sometimes on the edge!
So whether this sticker chart took weeks, months or years (God help me) to fulfil, we did it. I taught my Daughter how important it is to complete something and obtain achievement.
Today will mostly be spent jumping around like lunatics and over emphasizing this positive experience to our three year old.
The sarcasms of parenthood.


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"Each rock that Steve Roach turns in the desert releases a sonic perfume as we can't hear anywhere else! You doubt it? Try The Ancestor Circle"
1 The Circle Opens 9:04
2 Memories Unsuspended 24:49
3 Espacio Escultorico 9:36
4 Spirit, Stone and Bone 4:19
5 Procession of Ancestors 10:20
6 Temple of Dust 15:12
Projekt | PRO 00310 (CD 73:23) ****
(Tribal ambient music)
The circle opens with hootings. The roarings of the winds from "The Circle Opens" rage of their scarlet rustlings in a slow sonic tornado where the percussions are cawing like some big bullfrogs and where the synth lines let filter sibylline chants that the winds flog of fine wrinkles of electric smoke. The rhythm is ambient. It waddles like a delicate contemplative tribal trance under the rustles of arrhythmic percussions, as tribal as organic. It lulls itself without ambitions none, except to maintain its ambient effect, under the humid breezes of dark caves where stroll voices of spectres. Like an astral journey where souls moisten the walls of the memories, "The Circle Opens" introduces us in this unexpected collection of a music forgotten in the vaults of Timeroom. "The Ancestor Circle" has found its source when Steve Roach discovered a series of music recordings written and played with the missed Mexican musician Jorge Reyes at the time of the album Vine, Bark and Spore in the spring of 2000. The first four tracks are pulled from these sessions while the last two ones were developed in the spirit of May 2000. Steve Roach added new sound elements, bringing a contemporary touch while he reassembled and mixed this album in the same studios, in the summer of 2014. And the spirit of Jorge Reyes is there, without a shadow of a doubt.
The cornerstone of this album built around two decades is undoubtedly "Memories Unsuspended", which seem to drawn its inspiration from the music of the trio Suspended Memories where the duet Roach/Reyes united their atmospheres with the textural guitar of Suso Saiz. The initial winds arise from caves to travel on the desert plains where the singings of the reptiles shiver as the ropes of crossbows. Winds whip these quivering percussions and melt with the shamanic chants while "Memories Unsuspended" shows a kind of crescendo constantly rebuffed by the strength of the static winds and these spectral voices which decorate a contemplative ambient tribal trance. The voices are at times powerful and disturbing, while the percussions, and their organic envelopes, seduce as much as these tides of winds which jostle the wild passivity of "Memories Unsuspended". The music plunges into a kind of crazy clanic trance with wild incantations, shrill winds and superb percussions, as tribal as organic, which rustle in an opera for spectres of the desert. And big hollow winds calm the violence of the age-old spirits, slowing down the crusade of "Memories Unsuspended" which shares its last 10 minutes between rhythms abandoned in textural ambiences and a shower of synth lines where the shamanic meditative aromas and the cabalistic colors of twilight merge into a fascinating symphony for forgotten ghosts. Each rock that Steve Roach turns in the desert releases a sonic perfume as anywhere else! Whatever in solo or with Vidna Obama, Byron Metcalf or Mark Seelig, the wizard of the contemporary sounds always succeeds so much to astound that to seduce in a music style where lack of originality and feelings led inevitably to the boredom. And so progresses "The Ancestor Circle". The ambient passages, in particular the very good "Espacio Escultorico", are constantly pecked by superb percussions and layers of synth perfumed with harmonies and moods as poetic as sibylline. In order to underline what I am saying you have to hear tracks like "Spirit, Stone and Bone" and "Procession of Ancestors" to seize all the musical depth which bring those percussions along the winds and the strange chants of the breezes which wrap the hypnotic arrhythmic movements of "The Ancestor Circle". One would really imagine being near a secret world that Roach depicts with the correctness, the righteousness that we know him for. Ambient, wrapping and intense, "Temple of Dust" abandons a little the prayers and the shamanic trances to offer us these soft meditative soundscapes unique to Steve Roach's directory. It's the calm after a violent sound storm where the meditative rhythms are far from being soporific.
Sylvain Lupari (November 4th, 2014)
This webzine is online since August 2010 and is completely dedicated to Electronic Music (EM) identified as the Berlin School style and its derived. You will find interviews but mostly reviews of ambient, sequenced and symphonic EM with a glimpse on other related genres. You have questions or want your music to be reviewed? Please read the 123 FAQ section attentively. Bear in mind the main purpose of this Blog. So welcome in and I hope it will guide you into the wonderful world of EM.
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STEVE ROACH & JORGE REYES: The Ancestor Circle (2014)
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My name is Morgan Ball and I am a student at Iowa State University. I am currently interning with Annie's Project and Added Value Agriculture.
I grew up on a farm and I was involved in showing cattle and sheep. I played soccer in high school and I love being outdoors. I am studying agriculture communications and I hope to work in extension after I graduate.


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Which basically boils down to Don't Panic (preferably in large, friendly letters on the cover).
Is there really such a thing as a 'mobile challenge' for libraries? Well, yes and no. Yes, the use of internet on mobile devices is growing fast, and is adding a new way of searching and using information for everyone, including library patrons. The potential of 'always on' is staggering. And it is a challenge.
However, it is also just another challenge. After twenty years of continuous disruption, starting with on-line databases, then web 1.0 and web 2.0, change is not new any more. Libraries are still gateways to information, rare and/or expensive (the definition of expensive and rare depending and varying on the context, also changing of course). And the potential of the paperless office may finally come to fruit with the advent of the iPad, but meanwhile printer makers are having a boon selling ever more ink at ridiculous prices.
So, what to do?
There are three ways to adapt. On one side are the forerunners, with full focus on the new and shiny. Forerunners get the spotlights, and tend to be extroverts that make good presentations. However, not everyone can be in front - it would get pretty crowded. It takes resources, both money and a special kind of staff. Two prominent examples given at several of the Cilip talks were NCSU and DOK Delft. Kudos to them, they're each doing exciting stuff, but they are also the usual suspects, and that's no coincidence.
On the other extreme, there's not changing at all. For the institution, a certain road to obsolescence. For a number of library staff the easy way to retirement. Fortunately, their number seems to be rapidly dwindling, but nevertheless, finding the right staff to fulfil the jobs at libraries or publishers when the descriptions of these jobs are in flux was a much talked about topic, both in the talks and in the breaks.
In practice, most libraries are performing a balancing act in between. And it is perfectly acceptable to be in the middle. Keep an eye on things. Stay informed. Make sure your staff gets some time to play with the toys that the customers are walking around with, and if they find out what's on offer in the library is out of sync, do something about it.
|[from tuesday tech]
The response on our humble little project has been very positive. We may have hit a nerve, and I'm really glad to hear that it is inspiring others to get going. Go-Go Gadget Libraries!


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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Meeting an Idol
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As Venus Raj discovered, no one likes the perfect.ReplyDelete
I haven't read a single book you've mentioned here. Started reading "To kill a mockingbird" but somehow stopped halfway through it. I think the reading stories thing in me disappeared after I started reading science text books.ReplyDelete
And perfection is overrated. There's beauty in imperfection. :)
1) Hello :-) I like your writing; it feels like I'm listening to a friend.ReplyDelete
2) I love meeting authors (no matter how I end up feeling about them). Something about the new ability to "hear" a voice as I read a piece brings them down to Earth.
Writing is very much a subjective art. There are some mass appeal works, as those you mentioned, but much like in music, beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. I worked in radio for a number of years and had the pleasure of meeting a lot of celebs in various genres. Musicians, actors, authors, etc. While some were exactly like their public perception, many were not at all and it put "fame" into a new perspective.ReplyDelete
Hi :) And thanks for the comment on my blog!ReplyDelete
I *love* yours and I'm your newest follower :)
AAH I'm sooo happy, this blog is EXACTLY what I like to read :)
Ive met a few 'idols' in my past and quickly learned that they never meet up to the expectations you form in your mind/heart. I spent years chasing the rodeo circuit and along the way met country singers, top rodeo stars and others who I admired from afar. And some of them were great, sort of like your average friend when they would come to the after rodeo parties. Others Id have happily trampled with my horse. But to keep my illusions I stay away from those I think I like.ReplyDelete
Thanks for commenting on one of my blogs- it led me to yours and I enjoy your writing!!
@rudeboy: Which was unfortunate. I loved her.ReplyDelete
@A: Glad you agree. I'm almost perfect in my imperfection.
@simpledude: You worked in radio? I'm a little bit envious really.
@ali: Awww. Thank you! :-)
@mama sky: I do that too sometimes, staying away from people I really like. I didn't enjoy being disappointed by a personality I didn't like from a person I admire.
Yes, its such a hard thing to be perfect.ReplyDelete
But then there would be no point in arguing with them, because they would perfectly convince you and would never let doubt creep in.
Gosh, if anybody could be so perfect, he would be the World dominator.
But yes, to strive for perfection makes us better doesn't it?
@blasphemous: True. That is the paradox I think. We want perfection, but we also do not want it.ReplyDelete
Yeah, what started out as an on-air personality (DJ) career working in small worthless towns around the Midwest turned into a nice career as marketing & promotion director for a few stations in my hometown (not small or worthless). Fun gig thats for sure, with lots of free perks. Pay left a little to be desired though.ReplyDelete
I am so glad I came over to check out your blog. I'm definitely going to follow.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to the day I can enroll in college myself :)
@simpledude: Yes, that's what people tell me. When I worked in a magazine I had the same problem.ReplyDelete
@justonefemme: thanks! And good luck with college. :-)
@liz: I can't believe I missed your comment. Thanks. You're very sweet. :-)
Well the problem with your "idol" is that he's transfigured with the idea that he needs to imprint his ideas on all of you (students) when teaching is not at all like that. I'm no teacher, but having read of many great masters in teaching (from the liberal arts, to the performing arts, to the sciences) it's hard to believe that modern day society can only come up with these: ego-inflated, narcissistic, I'm-right-you're-wrong attitude. Even if they PRETEND that you have a right to your opinion, they condescendingly and reluctantly allow it, right? Teachers, since the ancient times, are meant to be projected on by their students. That was their original purpose. Not for teachers to project themselves and/or their ideas unto the students. That's horrible. If anything that creates bias and ignorance, which to Lao Tzu was a big no no. And who knows, maybe he's right that you're not reading it properly, but who is he to even presume that even at the conscious level? Famous? so what? The greatest minds aren't famous or esteemed.ReplyDelete
This is so true. I think that this reveals not only the fact that everyone has faults, but also causes us to realize the faults in ourselves, such as the human compulsion to hold people/ideas/things to a much higher standard than that which they are capable of reaching.ReplyDelete
"Catcher in the Rye" is the only one you mentioned which I have not read. I very much enjoyed "Mockingbird" while reading, and "Gatsby" as well, that is, after it digested a while and we discussed it in detail. And I completely agree with your view of "The Lottery." I must not have been reading properly either.
My english lit professor was a lot like your prof.ReplyDelete
His opinion was better than everyone else's and I happened to be one of the few who disagreed. That year was interesting to say the least. We were up to our necks in Shakespeare during the first semester and for the second, he decided he wasn't going to do much so he handed us a dissertation to have completed by the end of that semester. Bah! No more debates and arguments!
That year taught me that some people just don't want to listen to anyone else except themselves and that I was never going to be a writer! So here I am, 30 years later, a blog, a neurotic cat and equally neurotic husband and my knitting needles and hooks. Makes for some interesting posts and photos.
Thanks for visiting my blog :)
Yours definitely caught my eye and my brain. I'll be back!
PS. I also idolized that professor before I started his lit class. He went down so many pegs in my esteem of him, I had to lift a tile to find him :P
@pragmatic spector: It wasn't that bad I think. But I did sort of feel like I shouldn't disagree with him too much.ReplyDelete
@miss meg: I agree. And I love that you agree with me on "The Lottery". It wasn't bad, it just wasn't great either.
@marieange: Hahaha. In fairness to my professor, it wasn't that you weren't allowed to disagree with him; it was more you weren't allowed to disagree with him too much.
And thanks for dropping by!
in the words of Albert Einstein Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.ReplyDelete
Hmm history professors never lived up to expectations either. I'm pretty sure my supervisor fancied me, she used to stare at me that little bit too long in tutorials. Worrying.ReplyDelete
what an interesting blogReplyDelete
i remember in english class, all the guys were so interested in catcher because they so identified with him. and i thought he was a great character. but, i just needed a solid conclusion to that book!ReplyDelete
Never meet your idols .. ever...ReplyDelete
Unless of course you decide to bed them.. in which case the disappointment is prolonged for atleast another 45 mins.. if your lucky
@becca: that's a nice quote. :-)ReplyDelete
@alexandra: Hahahaha. Good luck with that one.
@K: Thank you.
@thelayeredpancake: Hahaha. It is a bit hanging.
@Pavla: Hahaha. That's an interesting take on the topic.
I totally get your point about an 'idol' not living up to one's expectations. After having the opportunity to meet my celebrity crush I realized I felt ZERO chemistry with him... despite the fact that in photos he appears to be hung like a horse... but I digress.ReplyDelete
Your assessment that a twist must be deployed gradually is spot on. But then what do I know? I was the kid who managed to piss off one my high school English professor's because I understood some of the classics better than she did. It was war from then on out...
Oh, and apologies again for grossing you out with the booger picking/eating story and video on my blog.
Have a great week, The Empress
if this is who i think he is, i met him too at a book signing. he wasn't warm and didn't charm the audience. i was disappointed. he was every bit the academic. but this didn't stop me fro menjoying his books.ReplyDelete
btw, i disagree on the lottery. i think jackson gave enough clues.
@the ranter's box: No problem. And thanks for dropping by. :-)ReplyDelete
@eon: Hahaha. No names please, or clues. Thanks.
Re: the lottery, that is what he said as well, which is why he told me I wasn't reading it properly.
Haha. I've taught 'The Catcher In the Rye' before and I'm pretty sure every 17 year old boy in that class felt EXACTLY like Holden. Fuck I love that book. I've been in a similar situation but in a Philosophy class. He was a guest lecturer and I was so excited. Talked to him post class and he found it difficult to focus his eyes anywhere above my neck line. He was still an awesome Philosopher just a major arse-hat who had lost the respect of this bright eyed kid.ReplyDelete
@corianda: That sounds like a much worse experience than the one I had. :-)ReplyDelete
I had him for my Humanities I class, and I'll forever be grateful to him for making us read "Catcher in the Rye," my ultimate favorite book. Holden reminds me so much of my father, I made my mom and siblings read it and they think the same, too.ReplyDelete
I also remember "The Lottery." And "Hills Like White Elephants," I think.
Thanks for dropping by my blog.
@Dea: I didn't know he taught Hum I. He liked Hemingway, I remember.ReplyDelete
Thanks for dropping by too.
Idols.. they are more than Human!! The "Photo" you put up - deity is India. We worship day and night!! Sometimes.. Idols.. can be more than what they just look like. It is all in the perception..Who really cares some damn *** thinks "HE/SHE/IT" is imperfect?ReplyDelete
@Aflame: Thanks for dropping by!ReplyDelete


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5 Ways to Create Positive Energy in Your Home.
By: The Balance Design Team
We believe your home should be a haven, a place of peace and revitalizing energy, an escape from the stress of the day. While this involves very personal and varied priorities, there are a few tried and true ways to surround yourself with positivity in your home.
Stephanie's Tip: Art Wall
Nothing speaks to me quite like seeing my personal items displayed in a collection on the wall. Photos of places I have traveled to with loved ones, carvings, personal and family art, and ceramics can look amazing when arranged in a balanced and interesting manner. A collection like this is uplifting to look at and fun to tell friends and family the reasons why the specific items made the wall.
Elisabeth's Tip: Bringing the Outdoors In
There is something about bringing home a new plant that heightens our senses and improves our mood. By reducing pollutants, carbon dioxide, and dust in the home, indoor plants are healthy as well as beautiful. There are other ways to let the outdoors in, however. Embrace artwork and photography with botanical designs, or the earth, sky, and everything in between. Open up your windows and doors, let a little dirt inside!
Shelby's Tip: Organization/Minimalism
Nothing makes me happier than quiet coffee time on a Saturday morning in a clean house. It's my nirvana. Living in town in a small space really makes you embrace the "less is more" philosophy. I have learned to pare down my belongings to a minimal, organized approach. Everything in my house is a piece that is used often; I don't collect items that I do not need or use (a la Marie Kondo), and everything has a place. Most importantly, organization and minimalism means that the items I surround myself with are only the items that I love.
Danielle's Tip: Meaningful Pieces
As easy as it is to get swept up in what's new and different, there's something to be said for keeping a little history around. Maybe it's a rug that's been in your family for generations, or a piece of furniture lovingly handcrafted by a talented friend. To me, what really makes a home happy is when it has a soul — when it's not just an assortment of the best looking items of the season, but a collection of important and meaningful pieces that carry with them memories and personality.
Melody's Tip: Paint
Paint can uplift the feel of any space. A clean white interior, for example, can create a feeling of unparalleled tranquility and comfort, an area to clear your mind and help you gain positivity and motivation. Equally uplifting can be a room packed with color! The contrast of cool and warm tones create an inviting place to share with others, and there is no better positivity gained than sharing a good space with great friends.
More important than a home that looks good is a home that feels good. What are some ways you cultivate positive energy in your home?