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Question about Jl Audio 15W3-D4 Car Subwoofer
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I've had a look at the JLaudio website and they recommend 2 box designs, a ported and a sealed.
The sealed box needs a volume of:
2.125 ft3 or 60.2 litres.
To get this you would need to build the box to these dimensions:
22" x 16" x 14.75" or 559mm x 406mm x 375mm
The ported box needs a volume of:
3.50 ft3 or 99.1 litres.
To get this you would need to build the box to these dimensions:
24" x 19" x 18" or 610mm x 483mm x 457mm.
The port needs to be:
3.0" x 10.9" or 76mm x 277mm.
The enclosure recommendations listed above are external dimensions which assume the use of 3/4" (19mm) thick material. If you are using 5/8" (16mm) thick material, subtract 1/4" (6.5mm) from each dimension. Do not use any material with a thickness of less than 5/8" (16mm) as this may compromise the rigidity of the enclosure.
• All enclosure volumes listed above are net internal volumes! Driver displacement, port displacement and brace displacement must be added to obtain the final gross internal volume. All enclosure dimensions above have already taken this into acount.
• When using two subwoofers in a common enclosure simply double the required volume and, in the case of a ported enclosure, use two times the recommended port(s). Likewise, when using three subwoofers in a common enclosure simply triple the required volume and, in the case of a ported enclosure, use three times the recommended port(s).
• We recommend the use of this speaker in a bi-amplified system using high-quality satellite speakers and a high-quality amplifier. We do not recommend the use of this subwoofer with a passive crossover (coil), as this type of device will adversely affect performance.
As you can see it all depends on the space you have available, whilst the vented box will give you a more efficient bass responce especially with the low range frequencies.
If you to go and look at the information about your sub woofer and find out all the information about building or buying the correct enclosure then this is the link to the pdf file I found:
The enclosure info is on page 3:
JL AUDIO 15W3 Tech Specs and box info.
Warm regards
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- 1 parsnip
- 1 swede
- thyme
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typically when a holiday or event I've been looking forward to comes to an end, I find myself super sad, but this Easter was much different. it all started on Saturday.
the vigil was beautiful. the music was incredible, and our AMAZING friends Doug, Steph, Mr. and Mrs. Walker surprised us by showing up to support me. it meant more to me than they will ever know (oxo) and I can't thank them enough. so I had great friends, Mother as my sponsor
Saturday afternoon I could feel something was coming on. I was achy and getting chills and I knew I was in for something not fun. during mass I was weak, didn't want to be touched, felt like I was going to pass out....I felt pretty bad, but I was SO looking forward to Easter the next day. I hoped that after I slept I would be ready for mimosas and celebrating with the fam...
Sunday morning the girls were up early and ready for our egg hunt. it didn't go totally as planned, but they were excited with their new gifts~ which is ALWAYS uplifting and kinda made me feel better...or so I thought. while trying to get one of the toys out of the crazy packaging, Babe told me to go lay down because I was "moaning and groaning." ooooookay. 'nough said. done and done.
15 minutes later, I was up and we were rushing to get out the door and over to Mother and Father's. we wanted to get Eenie down for a nap there and were trying to stop her from falling asleep at home. I was starting to feel worse. as we came down the street, we passed Bill and J.Pat on their way to church. this is a good sign. it means people are up and I was hoping that once I saw everyone and got a drink or bagel in me I would be ready to throw down. ehhhhhhh. I poured a beer, took one sip and knew this Easter was not going to go as I had planned.
after resting on the couch for an hour or so, Magee told me to go up to her bed. Mother and Father walked Mae and Birdie down to the park and Chi took charge of Eenie. it is always hard for me to ask for/accept help with the girls. I know how difficult it can be and for a little minute I felt bad about taking a nap. I felt like: why should they have to take on this responsibility because I am sick? but then I realized: this is family. this is what we do. whether it be now when I need help with my kids or back in high school when Chi or Magee would call someone and ream her for hurting my feelings, my family has always ALWAYS been there to support me in any way I needed. and I need them a lot.
so, I accepted: this Easter will be a bit different. I went home earlier than I expected. I didn't eat anything that I was looking forward to. the thought of a mimosa or a beer made me sick to my stomach. this holiday was just. plain. different. but in a way, it was better. the realization that my family will not only help me in any way, but actually WANTS to help really hit me. each and every one of them stepped up and allowed me to rest and relax. it was wonderful.
Monday. I was even worse. picking up the baby was excruciating, and by the afternoon I was stuck on the bathroom floor. throwing up and blacking out every time I tried to get up...gross and awful...it was terrible. this is when Mother came in. she took the girls upstairs to play and allowed me to get in bed (yet again). Mother.
today. still feeling ill and so is poor Bill. we are convinced we got it from one young Mae. Mother was unbelievable and spent the day with Bird and the accused Mae Mae. Eenie took a nice long nap while Bill and I convalesced on the couch laughing and watching reruns of Millionaire Matchmaker
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
end of Easter and (hopefully) ever looking and feeling as bad as I do in pic #2
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- Maggie said...
Very well written Mo. Couldn't have said it any better myself. I love you.
- April 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM
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"....you look like an angel.." congrats!!!
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- Kit O'Leary said...
poor Meowreen Anthony and Bill. :,(
i hope you are both feeling better. y'all gave it to me too, ya know. hate you guys so hard.
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Yup, you could call me Dan John's son. For my own personal musings with working out and if I had to create a program a program for an athlete in which I knew I could not be there, there is no doubt in my mind that simpler is often better. Heck, simpler could be better most of the time. It could probably get people more motivated to lift because it is simple, quick, and effective. I am basically talking about the human movements that we all can do in the gym. Dan John is notorious for have a simple successful approach to lifting and if there is anyone who could prove this true, it is him. If you see the weight numbers his athletes put up, it is impressive and they are legitimate. No bad form here. But if you had to make a complete what route would you pick? These are just some of those human movmements we all have come to know.
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- Pull
- Hip-Hinge
- Squat
- Walk-Runs-Sprints under load
If you have these in your program, you are setting yourself up for success. Most times, however it is how you implement them at certain stages of the off-season that make the biggest difference. Nonetheless, these simple movements actually offer tons of variety. You may be thinking, "no way is it that simple." Here is all the types of exercises you could plug-in for each movement. Obviously we are looking for balance with each but sometimes we may need more of one then the other (i.e. usually more pulls then presses).
Push : DB/Barbell Bench Press, Push-Ups, Suspended Push-ups, stability ball Push-ups, DB/Barbell Overhead presses, Push presses,DB/Barbell Floor presses, Standing Cable press
- With most of these exercises to create variety you could perform them with 1-arm at a time or in an alternating fashion which makes it unilateral (obviously) and can stress the core in a useful way.
I.E. 1-arm cable chest press
Alternating DB Floor Press
Pull: All Rows (Barbell, DB, Chest-supported), Chin-ups (grip can be underhand, neutral, overhand), Lat Pulldowns, Bat-wings, other basic retraction exercises.
- Just like the pushes, you can make these 1-arm or alternating.
1-arm standing cable row (proper retraction)
Batwing Hold (Kevin Carr demonstrates this nicely)
**I must say that if there is one movement that is critical to learn and you could probably just knock off all the other 1-arm 1-leg stuff it would probably be Turkish Get-Ups. This bad boy is simply just one of those movements where just doing those alone could probably make you a beast.
Hip Hinge: These movements include any double and single leg posterior chain movements. I would also say that you could include explosive lifts as well since that is where the power needs to be generated. These can include snatches, cleans, and box/vertical/broad jumps.
- Deadlift variations: straight leg deadlift (knee flexed 10-15 degrees), 1-leg SLDL with either dumbbell inside or outside leg. Cable pullthroughs, glute bridges and all their variations, hip thrusts, Slideboard/Stability Ball hamstring curls.
Slideboard Hamstring Curl w/ 1 -leg Negative: Progression from normal slideboard hamstring curls.
1-leg 1-arm SLDL
Squat: These include double leg and single leg movements (as well) although I would prefer single leg movements more often times then bilateral squat lifts. Reason being that if there is usually a breakdown in form on a bilateral squat it is almost always the low back that gives not the legs. For this reason single leg lifts can be safer and have better carryover. If athletes/clients are experiencing problems back squatting, an awesome alternative is the box squat or just doing unilateral squat exercises.
The list can include: Any bilateral squat variation (back or front squat).
- Single Leg: For most of the single leg variations you can hold dumbbells at sides or in goblet position.
- DB/Goblet Reverse Lunges, Rear Foot Elevated Split Squats (dumbbells, goblet, back squat grip, front squat grip), Slideboard Reverse Lunge (a mix of squat and posterior chain), Forward lunges, single leg squats.
I really like the Double KB front squat
I would prefer these instead of pistol squats
Walk/Run/Sprint-Under load: Basically these include loaded carries, sprints with weight vest, sled pushes/drags.
There's these five movements that I provided, yet the variations of those movements are extensive. These movements are sure-fire ways to be successful for any athletic goals you may have. You would also probably be 95% ahead of the rest of the typical fitness world if this was your program. Hope this helps with some exercise selection choices as well.
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"No, no. Just waiting to see if the speed limit changes. Yep, oh yeah I know the bus stop is down there, I'm waiting to see if the speed changes. It looks like it might, very fickle these speed limits. Yes, thank you anyway. Really I know that…ok thanks."
I run full tilt to the actual bus stop, tripping a bit on the sole that has started to lift on one of my shoes. Thank God, the line isn't a mile and a half long. There's about seven or eight bored looking people standing mute at the stop, scanning through games on IPhones and texting on Blackberries.
My perfect sunny Vancouver morning has been trampled by my own idiocy and my ego, which rarely gets the opportunity to build to a wholesome size over an entire week let alone in a single morning, has been crushed in the process. It has once again been cut down to its original minuscule dimensions—a mere hanky of self worth. It wouldn't surprise me if an anvil were to fall out of nowhere on my head to really round off the slapstick comedy that is my 'going to school' ritual, so I wait for one.
I hope I at least get a seat on the bus. I think I deserve one after the upsetting ordeal I've been through already today. But seats are dirty. I wonder if they're as dirty as the handles or if they're slightly better. If you grab the handles you can wash your hands after, whereas your pants will be tainted all day by transit germs if you sit down. I think about catching STD's from bus seats and ponder the likelihood of this happening to me. It's a conundrum. Something I should look up…no…focus.
Can't focus. The thoughts about the dirty handles and germ-ridden seats leads me to start thinking about the British. They like dirty things I mean just looks at their transit!
Gross. Who cleans the London tube? Nobody? More importantly whose voice tells you to 'Mind the gap'? They're famous! Fame achieved by telling people to look where they're going. I could do that: tell people to watch their step (though I don't listen to my own advice). That's brilliant! The person who figured they could make it by doing something so simple clearly wasn't failing out of university like I am.
There is someone in a wheelchair getting off the bus and I'm realizing that because of how long she's taking I'm going to be late for school. Alright, I'll say it, this is a bloody inconvenience…though thinking so is terribly cruel of me. I feel bad for thinking thoughts like that but sometimes they just pop into my head and I now feel guilty for walking here, especially that extra little sprint at the end and the tripping, that was just rude—it's like I'm showing off how sturdy my own legs are. How dare I! How dare I cross my stubby legs when I sit, tie my shoes and feel how tight the laces are on my feet. How dare I notice if and when I stub my toe. How dare I trip on the peeling sole of my old shoes. How dare I think of becoming famous by telling people to 'Mind the gap'. I didn't mean to. She's having difficulty getting around the corner onto the exit ramp. If the bus driver doesn't help her off he's an asshole but since I'm third in line to get on if I help her I'll look self-righteous and nobody likes self-righteous people, just look at vegans and Catholics.


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What Caused the Riots? (Sa-I-Gu, Part 2)
The 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest was caused by deeply rooted flaws of American society, such as segregation, unequal rights and unequal opportunities.
Long before that fateful day, the Kerner Report of 1968, ordered by Lyndon Johnson after the Watts Riots, described America as, "Two societies, separate and unequal, one black, the other white."
However, what made the 1992 Civil Unrest different from earlier racial conflicts (largely Black and White) was the large scale participation by and repercussions for, new immigrants–referring to those who came after 1965, the year the Immigration and Nationality Act was introduced. Before 1965, immigration to the United States was determined by strict quotas based on national origins. The 1965 reform act opened immigration opportunities to Latin Americans and Asians by repealing national origin quotas and giving priority to those who had family members living in the United States and those with needed occupational skills.
The new immigrants, largely Asians and Latinos, diversified the faces of America. The rich and the powerful responded to the changing faces of America by retreating more and more into secure havens, and by heaping the burden of the ills of the society on minorities–African Americans, many of whom were still at the bottom of the society, the new immigrants and the burgeoning poor. From their backyards, drinking martinis, so to speak, the rich and the powerful (the majority Whites) turned these minorities against each other, using the tactic, "divide and conquer." (You may ask, "how?" I will try to deal with this question in the next few posts). One of the Korean women whom I interviewed for my film, Sa-I-Gu, talks about the invisibility of what she had thought to be Americans (Whites), "I thought America would be full of people with fair skin, blonde hair, a distinct nose, and blue eyes. But I never saw any of them. I thought I came to Mexico, not America."
This phenomenon reminded me of a Chinese movie by Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern, which came out in 1991. Set in the 1920's China during the warlord era, the plot is about Master Chen and his concubines. The master decides on a daily basis the concubine he will see that night. Whomever he chooses gets the red lantern lit and raised. Never clearly showing his face, the master puts his concubines in constant competition, which leads to tragic deaths.
African Americans who were left at the bottom were bound to encounter new immigrants, because many of the newcomers had nowhere else to go but to the bottom to start life in their new country. In the absence of the master's face, inevitably volatile interactions among new immigrants and African Americans happen.
Yes, I charge the flaws of American society– historical and current– as the cause of the 1992 riots. But I do not mean to declare Koreans and other new immigrants totally free from being guilty for Black anger on them. Further, I do not mean that the Blacks and new immigrants are powerless people, continually vying for the attention of the invisible powerful.
to be continued—
(On a separate note, I would like to remind you that my book, Looking for Don: A Memoir is available at amazon.com and at BarnesandNoble.com.)


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I got a funny little envelope from the mail carrier saying I owe $3.01
Since I haven't mailed anything from my mailbox, I called the local post office to find out what it was for, and he said it was most likely for something sent to me. Hmm... I have a book on the way to me that is coming past due so I suspect that it didn't have postage on it. $3 isn't the end of the world, but since I already spent a credit on it, I am not too excited to pay twice so to speak. How should this be handled?
Help documents have some guidelines for this situation Sheryl
Basically, you can refuse the book and let the sender deal with it (return postage is not included in Media Mail prices). This is the method recommended by PBS. The book will eventually go lost and your credit will be refunded.
Or you could pm the member you suspect the package is from, and politely inquire as to whether or not it's possible they forgot to add postage. If so, they might refund your credit and you can go ahead and pay the amount due and pick up the book.
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bet you the sender tried to send it media mail but used prioty box
There's several possibilities. The 'suggested postage' box on PBS labels can look like printed postage. I've had counter staff try to toss my books into the sorting bins before adding postage...I'm like "no, no, those need postage first!"
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A Seemingly Similar Solar System?
As studies of outer space are continuing, possibly increasing, some current researchers have encountered images of a solar system that is similar to our own solar system! That does seem to be exciting! I am reading through the details to find out just how much like our nook of space this particular solar system actually is presented.
The system is situated in orbit of the star Kepler-30. This is roughly 10,000 light years away from our system (no, NOT nearby….). The star itself poses intrigue because it is so similar to The Sun. We have observed, so far, that three planets are in orbit of the star.
The planets have been labeled as Kepler 30b, Kepler 30c, and Kepler 30d. Each of these worlds is larger than Earth. Kepler 30b is estimated to be 0.33 times the radius of Jupiter, and 3.7 times the radius of Earth. 30c is 1.28 times the radius of Jupiter, and it is 14.4 times the radius of Earth. 30d is .95 times the radius of Jupiter and 10.7 times the radius of Earth.
These planets are not classified as hot Jupiters! Worlds classified as such orbit their host stars at extremely rapid rates, and they are situated extremely close to the stars. Hot Jupiters are referred to as roasters because of their extreme proximity to their stars. Whereas our Jupiter fluctuates between 460,000,00 miles and 507,000,000 miles from The Sun, these worlds are squeezed within orbits of Kepler 30 at roughly the distances equivalent to the space between The Sun and Mars!
As far as scientists are aware, this is a three-planet system. It would be an unusual find to recognize that additional planets orbit at extended distances from this star, beyond those that have been located, currently. Imagine if those worlds would be Earth-like, perhaps, due to their being just far enough away from Kepler-30 to develop life-supporting atmospheres and surfaces? The gas giants within the inner orbits, and the terrestrial worlds situated outside. Hmph…..
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My Daughters
I have two. One I gave birth to and she will not talk to me. Her father and I had a horrible marriage and divorce. One of us wound up using our child as a personal therm o-nuclear warhead against the other. It is sad, and I may never have that relationship with the beautiful woman I helped create.
My second daughter, I have never met. I have been her pseudo-mom and she has been my pseudo-daughter. I love her every bit as if I had given birth to her. I used to feel a line, like if I just let myself be her mom, I would be betraying the one I gave birth to. Over the last three years though, I have grown closer to daughter number two.
I love them both, but Daughter number two has LET me be her mother. The gift she has given me is far, far, more than I can repay to her, my daughter and my friend.
Daughter number two also understands my feelings of daughter number one.
Watching Daughter number two go through something right now, hurts my heart. I wish there was something I could do for her sad and breaking heart. I just want to tell her that I love her and value her. She means the world to me, My heart hurts when her heart hearts, and my heart sings, when her heart sings. Thank you for all you have done for me. I love you, and I am here for you.
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El Borracho de Oro, on Harborne Road in trendy Edgbaston, is a Spanish restaurant that brings the sophisticated surrounds of a tapas bar to this particular corner of Birmingham. This cosy and chic space boasts a team of committed professionals who share the dream of introducing Brummies to authentic, uncomplicated Iberian cuisine through traditional tapas, cheeses, cured meats and an a la carte menu.
Spain is one of the favoured destinations of Brits abroad, so it's unsurprising that the good folk of Birmingham have developed a taste for tapas on their travels. The team behind this Birmingham restaurant are well-seasoned in bringing Spanish specialties to the UK, and boy does the passion ooze here. With owner Emma at the helm, El Borracho de Oro on Edgbaston's Harborne Road, delivers down-to-earth Iberian dishes in a modern, elegant setting.
The food served up at Edgbaston's El Borracho de Oro is a far cry from the egg & chips and Les Cadburys Fingres that the punters of Birmingham might have enjoyed on the beaches of Benidorm. The flavours on offer are a fiesta of traditional tapas. Patatas bravas, croquetas and chorizos feature of course, but also lesser-sighted – at least in the Spanish restaurants of the UK – platas such as albondigas, calamares and huge gambas (prawns) are present as well. El Borracho de Oro is more than just tapas though, with paellas and other main dishes available, as well as a huge – 60 bins! – wine selection and a range of Spanish beers and ciders on draught and in bottles. After all, El Borracho de Oro means one who gets drunk on fine liquors, so book a table now and, just maybe, take a taxi home for afterwards.
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Richard Leman, a member of Great Britain's 1988 gold medal winning team, was elected vice president of England Hockey, the new ruling body for English hockey, at the inaugural general meeting yesterday. Olympic team-mate Jon Potter becomes a non-executive director.
In January, England Hockey replaced the English Hockey Association, which ran into financial difficulties and suspended operations last May.
The new president is Ian Forster. He was elected unopposed after Mike Corby stood down because of stipulations laid down by the Sports Council, in relation to Lottery grants, that anyone involved in the financial difficulties of the old ruling body should not stand.
Philip Kimberley, a former blue-chip company executive, is the new executive chairman and Janet Baker a vice president. Others elected to the board are Mike Hamilton, the head of World Class Hockey, Chris Darling, Stewart Newton, Sheila Plant and John Sutton.
Meanwhile, at Potchefstroom in South Africa, Great Britain's women's team maintained their unbeaten record against South Africa with a hard-earned 2-2 draw on Saturday.
It was Britain's first outing since the Sydney Olympics and their team included 10 players previously uncapped.
Team leader Trish Heberle now takes control of the England team who start a four-Test series against South Africa on Saturday.


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I quite smoking for 20 years, but started again a couple of years ago. This new ad campaign by The Truth (youth smoking prevention program) makes me feel like such a jerk for smoking, but I love this ad. Between the dancing unicorn and singing leprechaun, the dark humor is actually rather chilling. And the song is so catchy, if I keep singing it it just may be enough to make me quit.
January 26 – The Magical Amount
January 26, 2008 by Wendy
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I hadn't seen that one. One I'd like them to do is a car that looks like an ashtray packed with five weeks of stubs sticking out of every possible angle. Seriously. Those cars I can smell three cars ahead. You know the kind. Tied together with duct tape, person has window up and is chain smoking. Sometimes with a child in the car. I've seen it.
Not that I'm judgmental about smokers – I used to be one too. I quit in my 20s when I got pneumonia and pleurisy. Then when both my biological parents died of lung diseases, I figured my chances of escaping lung problems were slim.
Okay, yes, I smoke, but I HATE those truth commercials! Every last one of them. I hate mind control, even splashy, clever mind control. They're not going to get me to quit by showing me unicorns. I prefer the to-the-point "this is your brain on drugs– any questions?" stuff. Just give me a photo of a black lung and a skeleton, and I'll consider quitting.
Do I sound grouchy?
I love this commercial! It's like all of that Disney toxin distilled for a good purpose! Sure, last week I was plucking the good sized butts from the ashtrays at work, but them's what killed my mother back in '95. We know it's bad, but that magical amount keeps us puffing. Will I still be plucking next week? Disgustingly probable.
Little Miss that's a pretty good idea for another commercial. When I'm riding my bicycle and smokers' cars pass me, it registers in my nose. Last summer I found a whole pack of American Spirit menthols on the roadside. Menthols are extra yucky. But that nearly full pack lasted me a week or two.
David, I really should go into Marketing, eh? I sure understand the addiction. My daughter saw my father die from pulmonary fibrosis (granted not caused by smoking) but she saw how awful it is to lose your lungs and slowly lose your ability to breathe. Yet she still smokes. She hates it, but she's hooked. She coughes her lungs out from time to time, but she still keeps going. For her, some of it is self-medicating her ADD. I can't judge, truly. I was there. I know it's hard. I've long since tried getting her to quit. She will when she's ready.
Wendy the fact that you quit for 20 years is important I think. It means you definitely have the willpower. For me it's usually some large stressor or significant mental irritant that makes me occasionally buy a pack, which I always regret.
Moonbeam! You sound kinda grouchy:-) ALL commercials and advertising are mind control. Us brainiacs are lucky that we're able to deconstruct and disarm them. Many people are total suckers for that glam bam no thank you mam crap coming at us from every possible angle. Since our culture is so media infused it's probably a good thing that those truth people are making these commercials just to keep viewers aware of how evil the corporate profiteers are.
@ Little Miss – It's people like you that I think of when I'm trying to be brave and planning my strategy to quit. Congratulations to you, and I mean that sincerely. I'm with you on believing your daughter will quit when she's ready. I think that's the case for everyone.
@ Moonbeam – If you were standing here in front of me, my response would be to sing "The Magical Amount" to you as cheerily, and annoyingly, as I could.
@ David – YES! That commercial is wonderful. I love it. The whole Truth campaign is hard to watch because, I guess, it really is the truth. But the Magical Amount ad works for me because it ridicules this magical thinking that all smokers seem to do, and it does it in such a dark and pointed way that I can't help but feel really bad about myself and my filthy smoking habit. And that's a good thing. 🙂
Hey, can I bum a smoke from ya?
The ad is asinine. They seem more like they are ridiculing themselves than tobacco companies.
IN fact, it IS true that any substance is not harmful in smaller amounts. and it IS magical thinking to assume that any "bad" substance is terrible and harmful in any amount at all.
By the way, complain away at what I'm saying–it's unlikely that I will visit this blog again, so have at it.
But the Precautionary Principle in use in this ad is the magical thinking–it has no basis in science at all. Secondhand smoke is not the devil, and in small amounts will not hurt a grownup-type person. It's not "magical." Amounts are by definition quantifiable, real things–NOT magical.
You really buy into this Truth TV crap? Shame.
@ allee – So… the what with the who now?
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Like I Always Say, or "Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?"
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Cool cyber-places
1. http://www.helpingstepbystep.blogspot.com This blog is by a 14 year old kid, David Ashby, who is walking from Orlando, Florida to Washington, DC, over the summer. For those of you counting, that's 1,100 miles. He's doing this because he wants to bring attention to homeless youth in America, and so he is not only walking the walk, he's living the life. He is only eating what he find on the streets, and he is staying in shelters. As a teacher, I am so impressed by this kid. As a human, I am humbled by him and the commitment of his friends and family. Try to check this one out before Aug. 15th.
2. http://puteraaladin.blogspot.com This site is dedicated to graphic design. It has some cool videos and interesting things. Some of them are totally over my head; what's GIMP?
3. http://poetryjabberwocky.blogspot.com This blog is funny! The writer is an American in England, who uses a poetry form to talk about what is going on in her life or things she is currently pondering.
4. http://newpages.com This site and its blog are all about independent magazines, literary journals, bookstores, and record labels, and the blog has a lot of stuff about writing contests and programs. Way cool if you are into that stuff.
5. www.etsy.com Don't know about etsy yet? Unbelievable! It is a huge site where people sell all kinds of stuff that they make themselves. Remember, my birthday is just around the corner!
6. http://a.parsons.edu/~dezsoa This woman is an artist who teaches at Parsons. I think she's fabulous.
7. http://foundmagazine.com Outstanding! If you haven't already, you must check this out!
8. http://engrish.com From Denichiwa, our Japanese correspondent.
9. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Maybe it's just me; I love this site and can get lost on it for hours...
10. http://informationnation.blogspot.com One of those blogs chock full o'stuff; it has some funny videos and weird/amusing/interesting photos...
I know of some other interesting sites, but they are secrets. Sorry!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Silver balls
An unrelated post-script: Happy Birthday, Harvo! I love you!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
motes float in the gray ray
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Mathematical Witness
August 2, 2009 5:57 PM
By Liliane Richman
The forest resisting
arching and groaning
under the rush of violent winds
succumbed to the last tree
each mature pine falling
embracing its neighbor
the crush of branches
littering of giants on the ground.
"You should have heard the howling,"
says my dear Paulette.
"The forest is dead.
Killed by a roaming cyclone
imported by global warming."
Paulette is 82 years old
lives alone and walks with a slow shuffle.
She had no water for a week
no electricity for two
no telephone, no television.
She was cold and stayed in bed all day
And wishes she were younger
to move from her ancestral home
far from this desolation.
"You know how
how long it takes
to regrow such tall pines?"
Ah, Paulette, I'm with you
mourning for the forest, the ferns,
the sap, the deep silence, the cicadas
the pines are cut through
a long incision near the bottom of the trunk
the amber colored resin
collecting in a clay pot
sent to the one existing factory
the commercial hub
of the townlet in its heyday
when you father was CEO
Once upon a time it was
Nineteen forty-two
I appeared in your family
grew up and thrived
and departed again
then returned year after year
as late as last summer
surrounded by you
and the forest
of tall pines that died
on January twenty four
two thousand and nine.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Because of this, I am always on the look out for products and practices to make myself appear better. Recently, my friend Denichiwa, who alerts and advises me regarding all things Japanese*, told me that Dove Body Wash now comes with Nutrium. *Asians, for centuries, have had some interesting ideas about physical beauty, as evidenced by making men look soft, smooth and sexy for Japanese Kabuki theater, women look like gorgeous, dead clowns in their white geisha makeup, teeth look like licorice nubs in traditional Vietnamese tooth blackening, and feet look like gnarled stumps with the Chinese trend of foot binding.
Imagine my HORROR when I find out that Dove soap, purveyor of purity, innocence and cleanliness, is using the essence of the vile, destructive, repulsive NUTRIA (media, medium; nutria, nutrium) in their product, and then having the AUDACITY to market it as a GOOD thing! Anyone who knows me knows that nutria hold a place of honor in the Top Ten Things that I Hate, sub-category Things that Evolve:Freakish Animals and Robots. For those of you still in the dark about nutria, I suggest you stay in your state of ignorant bliss; once you know about them, you are doomed to live in fear. Even your dreams will be haunted by their horrific, lurking presence. However, if you must know, here are some quick facts: nutria are an aquatic rodent, so specifically revolting that they are the only members of their animal family, Myocastoridae. Even their closest cousins, the disgusting water rats, won't claim them.They can get up to 25 pounds, and are an average two feet long, with an additional foot and a half tail. That's almost four feet of fast-swimming, baby-making, large-pooping, big-assed RAT, my friends, and that's not even the half of it! They have a double row of nipples up their back so that their rat bastard babies can suckle while they swim and they are voracious eaters, destroying so much land in Louisiana that the state began a program that paid hunters to shoot them on sight. They play host to a parasite that infests humans and causes a type of dermatitis called "nutria-itch", and their teeth are huge, constantly growing, and the color of Cheetos. What? You don't believe me? Would I lie to you? OK, you asked for it....
Indeed, this is the stuff of which nightmares are made. Don't even get me started on the snakehead fish, the common cockroach, gars, the Nile Monitor, pigeons, or the Burmese python explosion going on in the Everglades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckkZVwShd4 , http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/04/20/090420fa_fact_bilger) - it's just too much.
But I digress.
How we view ourselves, our ideas of the boundaries and specificity of beauty, and what we will do to obtain what we consider to be beautiful are all concepts that are interesting to me. There are obvious examples of those who will defy nature, good sense and the laws of gravity (see Micheal Jackson, that cat-lady, and the Texas lady who has had her breasts blown up to a size KKK to break the world's record for implants this year, even though numerous doctors refused to do the operation because it was feared her breasts would explode.) It is common practice to inject ourselves with poisons and dyes, break bones, and starve ourselves in the quest of physical perfection. We have 9 year old anorexics and bulimics, a multi-million dollar beauty industry, clothes designed to make us appear anatomically different than we really are (Spanxx, push-up bras, Speedos), tiny tots in tiaras and tube tops, and on and on, ad infinitum. We don't even know what we really think beauty is anymore; we are just sold images to emulate, and then we feel badly about ourselves when we can't live up to some ridiculously distorted advertisement. Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to tell you what is truly beautiful...
and that is....
Bunny teeth, camembreast, and turkey neck! SEXY!!!!!
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?
Suffice it to say that even though I know you are all eagerly awaiting my certain brand of voyage reportage, I'm not telling. It was such a big adventure, and this blog is devoted to smaller adventures. All you will get is drips and drabs. I'm sorry, but that's the way it has got to be. Und now ve look at pictures:
Going to the ball at 9:00 a.m.
And yet, there aren't that many fatalities...


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Steam screw SAMUEL H. BARONS. U.S. No. 115385, of 32.72 tons gross; 16.36 tons net. Home port, Rochester, N.Y. Changed name to FLORENCE YATES on June 10, 1885.
List of Vessels Whose Names Have been
Changed under the Act of March 2, 1881
U. S. Merchant vessel List, 1885
Steam screw FLORENCE YATES.* U.S. No. 115385. Of 32,72 tons gross; 16.36 tons net. Built at Buffalo, N.Y., in 1875. Home port, Rochester, N.Y. 57.8 x 14.6 x 7.0
* Formerly steam screw SAMUEL H. BARONS
Merchant Vessel List, U.S., 1891
Steam screw WILLIAM G. FOX.* U.S. No. 115385. Of 32 tons gross; 16 tons net. Built at Buffalo, N.Y., in 1875. Home port, Buffalo, N.Y. 57.8 x 14.6 x 7.0 and a crew of 3. Tow service.
* Formerly steam screw [a] SAMUEL H. BARONS, [b] FLORENCE YATES.
Merchant Vessel List, U.S., 1911
Steam screw SAMUEL H. BARONS.* U.S. No. 115385. of 32 tons gross. Built Buffalo N.Y, 1875. 57.8 x 14.6 x 7.0.
* Renamed FLORENCE YATES - U. S. - 1885
WILLIAM G. FOX - Canada - 1911 [C 130311 ]
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The Psychology Society offers students the chance to enhance their understanding of Psychology beyond the curriculum. It also gives them an opportunity to talk about topics they are passionate about and earlier in the term two of our Upper Sixth students did just that, giving an interesting talk on the psychology of horror films. This week the society met for its final event of the year, to watch Academy, BAFTA, and Golden Globe award-winning film Room, based on the book by Emma Donoghue.
This film tells the story of Joy, a 17-year-old girl who has been abducted and gives birth to her abductor's baby, Jack. The story that unfolds is about their squalid life inside the 'room', an underground shed that Joy has lived in for seven years and where Jack was born five years previously. Thus, the film relates to the A Level Psychology course where students study the topic of attachment and the effects of deprivation, including the real life story of Genie, a girl who was locked in a room by her father for 13 years. Watching Room allowed the students to see the horrific impacts of negative early life experiences through the film, along with what happens once Jack and his mother escape. The film also shows how resilient human nature is and how Joy and Jack reintegrate back into their family once they escape. The students really enjoyed the film, commenting that it was very intense and the actor playing Jack was very convincing.
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Speedy Gonzales Zips Around Congress
Update: The psychedelic, kaleidoscopic, ever-changing world of 'Berto's DOJ: Since yesterday's testimony, all the news agencies have set about trying to confirm 'Berto's surprise testimony that the spying program he tripped himself up testifying about once before was, really, as he testified yesterday, a program not heretofore disclosed, so, er ~ he wasn't technically lying to Congress the 1st time.
Everybody finds that, um, he was. At least the Congresspeople he claims were briefed about it say it was the Terrorist Surveillance Program 1st reported by the New York Times that they were briefed upon, not the unnamed "other program" he said he couldn't talk about. Still, through a spokesman, 'Berto, like his boss, stays the course when confronted. And, we dare speculate, will be able to rely on the boss's exertion of executive privilege if Congress has the chuztpah to try to get to the bottom of it.
'Berto, appearing before Congress today, finally got the castigating tongue-lashing from Leahy, Specter, & others we've all been righteously hoping for ~ & had the sense to keep the shitty smirk off his face this time, but all else seems to remain fundamentally unchanged ~ that is to say, stonewalling, when it doesn't suit his agenda to testify.
But he did come up with a few surprises nonetheless, as a result of others' testimonies. For instance, he did suddenly remember the meeting with Monica Goodling in his office, wherein, as she said, he told her what his recollection of events surrounding the dismissed attorneys general was (*in advance*), & he also defended his visit (in his capacity as WH counsel) to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital bedside, again, the direct result of James Comey's testimony.
And in that case, he reassured a worried nation, everything he had previously said about there being no concerns about the legality of the spying programs they sought to get a gravely ill & heavily sedated man to approve was true, because (*here's the bombshell*) he wasn't talking about the spying program the NYT unearthed, but another one ~ moreover, the "gang of eight" Congresspersons who sit on the exclusive little committee that Bushco will actually deign to brief on such sensitive matters of national security all agreed that would continue, with the inference that it was legal. But at least one of the Committee members begs to disagree:
"...Gonzales reiterated today that the dispute was not about the program that Bush described [the program 1st reported by the NYT] . Gonzales also said he misspoke during a news conference in June, when he said it was the same program.
"Gonzales said an emergency meeting was held on the afternoon of March 10, 2004, with the so-called "Gang of Eight," which consists of the bipartisan leadership of the House, Senate and both intelligence committees. Gonzales said congressional leaders agreed that the intelligence activity should continue, and he and Card traveled to George Washington University Hospital that evening to visit Ashcroft, who was recovering from gall bladder surgery.
"'Mr. Comey had informed us that he had not approved continuation of a very important intelligence activity, despite the fact that the department had approved that activity over the course of two years,' Gonzales said. 'The consensus in the room was that we should continue the activities, at least for now. . . . We felt it was important that he knew of the opinion of the leadership.' Gonzales acknowledged that, as Comey testified, Ashcroft declined to overrule Comey.
"Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), who at the time was ranking member of the Senate Intelligence committee, said there was no consensus among the 'Gang of 8' about the legality of the program, nor were the congressional leaders ever expected to give their approval to the program.
'"He once again is making something up to protect himself,' Rockefeller, now committee chairman, said of Gonzales."
Elsewhere in the hearing, to charges that the Department of Justice is dysfunctional & paralyzed under his command, "He disputed charges that morale in the Justice Department has plummeted under his leadership, saying that morale can best be measured by 'output.' The department's output in the last six months has been 'outstanding,' he asserted.
"I've decided to stay and fix the problems," he said in response to a question.
Despite "...withering criticism from the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), and from its top Republican, Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.)":
"'The attorney general has lost the confidence of the Congress and the American people,' Leahy said. He said the administration 'has squandered our trust' and told Gonzales bluntly, 'I don't trust you.' Specter said there was 'evidence of low morale' at the Justice Department and blasted what he described as Gonzales's lack of 'personal credibility.' He called the department 'dysfunctional.'
More to the point, "Specter raised the prospect of calling for a special prosecutor to press a potential contempt-of-Congress citation over the White House's refusal to provide certain documents and sworn testimony regarding the firing of nine federal prosecutors last year. He denounced the Bush administration's stand that it would prohibit the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia from pursuing a contempt citation.
'"Now if that forecloses a determination of whether executive privilege has been properly imposed, then the president in that manner can stymie congressional oversight by simply saying there is executive privilege,' Specter said. That would spell the end of congressional oversight and take the controversy 'to a really incredible level,' he said.
"'Now we've been exploring some alternatives,' Specter said, noting that "the attorney general has the authority to appoint a special prosecutor.' He told Gonzales, "You're recused, but somebody else could do it.'
"Specter added, 'We also have the alternative of convening the Senate and having a contempt citation and trying it in the Senate.'
"Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it will press toward a constitutional showdown with the Bush administration over the U.S. attorney firings scandal.
"Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), chairman of the committee, said it will vote on Wednesday on contempt citations for the White House chief of staff, Joshua B. Bolten, and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers. Both refused congressional demands for information on the dismissals after President Bush invoked executive privilege.
"The move puts House Democrats on a legal collision course with the White House, which said last week that it will not allow the Justice Department to prosecute executive branch officials for being in contempt of Congress.
"Gonzales's promise to remain in office comes as many Justice Department employees say they are dispirited and have little confidence in their politically wounded leader.
"Most members of Gonzales's senior staff have resigned or are on the way out. Several outside candidates turned down chances to be considered for the job of his deputy, and more than a half-dozen other top positions remain filled by temporary appointees. Some of the department's key legislative priorities -- including intelligence law revisions and anti-crime proposals -- also have bogged down because of the fight with Democrats over the prosecutor firings...'It obviously has a serious impact,' said [a] former official, who would discuss the department's internal workings only if not identified.
"Many lawmakers, including some Republicans, have said that Gonzales should resign..."
For more on the lengthy hearing today, see WaPo commentary by Dana Milbank: "With Senate & Gonzales, Familiarity Breeds Contempt," http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072402028.html
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I also just received my copy of Unsettling Wonder. I've been looking forward to this first ever issue for several months, as the descriptions of the project intrigued me:
We craft and tell stories because we've stood on the uncertain edge between the waking world and our imagination, between enchantment and fear. And we remember other stories that help us build our own stories, scraps of lumber and fragments of narrative we gather together to make stories for ourselves.
Unsettling Wonder is about going back to that place, that troubling, entrancing glimpse into story. Childhood affords us the first glimpse, but it is by no means the last. And the oldest stories—the fairy tales we met in childhood, the folklore and folk traditions that gave rise to them—can still be woven together for telling today. We want embrace and celebrate, re-imagine and re-invent, our folk traditions, the wild and variegated scrapheap of story and theme and motif that lies open to the magpie gaze of the writer.The quality of the first issue does not disappoint. My only wish is that it was a bit longer. Even so, I haven't read it all yet. But what I've read, Claire Massey's 'The Woman Who Wore Frost Slippers' and Johnny Wink's poem 'Great Grey Moles', are excellent examples of the living tradition of fairy stories in action.


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Friday, March 31, 2006
Let the Party begin...
I attempted to make Maria's birthday cake here in Romania. I used a recipe that I love from the states that is fairly easy.
I started by having a co-worker of Steve's translate the ingredients into the Romanian equivalent. For some of the items it was as close as she could think of! Then I had to convert all the measurements to metric.
Now for the baking. Of course we still haven't found measuring spoons so I estimated as close as possible. When I opened what we thought was baker's unsweetened chocolate it turned out to be regular chocolate. So I cut the sugar in half. They also have only baking powder and soda combined so we had to use that.
The final product was fair. Maria said it would do. It wasn't as "chocolatey" as in the states and it didn't rise good. Maybe that was the temperature in the oven or the baking powder/soda issue.
The frosting turned out very good so we put LOTS of frosting on the cake. I had cut the cake and made a "7" hoping the novelty of the number would distract from the not so great cake! We topped the frosting with colored sprinkles and headed to the gym for team practice.
The girls lined up shortest to tallest to prepare for the cake. Then, bless pat, they sang Happy Birthday in ENGLISH! We were stunned! Then I cut the cake and most of them ate it.
It was a pretty good start to the Birthday Weekend.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Romanian Appliances
Greetings from Romania! This is Maria sitting at our "school area" also known as the kitchen table! She and Stephen brought the flowers home to me after their last date. There are flower stands all over the streets.
We haven't been doing anything cool or exciting. I thought some of you might like to see the appliances we have here in Bucharest.
This is my stove here. For those of you who know how much I LOVE my kitchen in the states understand what an adjustment this has been for me!
This is our refrigerator. No, Maria hasn't grow that tall in the two months we've been gone. The fridge is actually that small.
This is the dishwasher - well actually the "dishwasher" is taking the picture! Ha Ha
This is the clothes washer. You can fit about 4 adult jeans in it at a time. I have to literally switch the drain under the kitchen sink when I want to wash clothes. Needless to say we wear clothes more than once here!
This is the clothes dryer. You can fit about two loads of laundry at a time. It takes most items about a day to dry. Sometimes jeans and sweatshirts take a little longer. Maria likes to pretend it's a harp on non-washing days. It actually plays a nice little tune! :)
The potty flushes by the button on top. This is a step up from the potty at gymnastics that has the tank up high on the wall and you pull the cord to release the water and flush the potty.
Hopefully we'll have some more exciting news after the "birthday" weekend!
Love you guys, Dana and Maria
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Gymnastics in Romania
This is Maria's rhythmic gymnastics team in Romania. Today she was asked to compete with them for the rest of this season. We were a little surprised and very honored. Starting tomorrow she will be practicing each afternoon with the team. She will still be doing the routines that she had in the states. The coaches may add some of the new skills she has learned here though.
I am thankful that we are being included more in the group. I actually felt like "one of the Moms" in the locker room today!
These are the coaches. The one on the right is Doina Firica. I'm not sure what the other lady's name is! Doina speaks a little English. The other speaks no English. Usually one of the other gymnasts translates.
Today when they lined up shortest to tallest to wish the coaches Good-day and good-bye one of the girls translated to Maria that she was "an official team member". Evidently even the Romanians think this is a big deal!
Monday, March 13, 2006
Sunday in Barcelona
Our last day in Barcelona until September. We went to the Barcelona Zoo and it was a very clean, beautiful zoo. We spent about three hours there. Here are some of the animals we saw.
Our flight left Barcelona around 6:15pm. We were going through Munich with only a 45-minute layover! When our flight was delayed for 30 minutes we went to check to see if we would make our connection. The staff said we would!
When we walked into the Munich airport we looked at the board and it said our flight was boarding at H34, we were at G2! Maria said, "let's run!" and she took off. We ran at full speed until we hit passport control. It took us a few minutes to get through that (and time for the Mama to catch her breath) then we were off again. Praise the Lord our flight was delayed there as well, and we made it on board with time to spare. We all conked out until the approach to Bucharest.
We arrived back in our apartment a little after 2am!
Barcelona is a great city. The public transportation is clean and well marked. The streets are pedestrian friendly and the people speak enough English that you can survive without knowing Spanish. I would love to spend a week there!
Saturday Afternoon in Barcelona
We rode the elevator up to the viewing gallery, 60m above ground. There were no stairs to climb to Maria's disappointment. She had been looking forward to seeing this monument since we have been studying US history this year in school.
There were lion statues around the base so what else should you do but ride that lion! Crazy Americans. Ha ha
After leaving the Columbus Monument we headed toward another area of town that took us through the Catalunya Square. Everyone was feeding the pigeons so it seemed like the thing to do! Maria actually got them to eat right out of her hand!
We walked up more stairs to the Museu Nacional D'art de Catalunya. The building itself is phenomenal but we didn't go inside. No one is a big art lover and we had other things that we really wanted to do. So no educational info just a really pretty building!
We attempted to find the Olympic park buildings from when Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, I believe. We found the stadium but it was locked. This is the stadeum where all the flags are still up.
I managed to get this picture by sticking my camera through a hole in the fence!
From here Maria decided she wanted to see what was on top on this huge hill (mountain to my eyes!). There was this "goat path" that led upward but Stephen had mercy on me and found a bus going to the top! What we found at the top was a great experience for them as father/daughter. It was the Museu Militar.
It was a coastal fortress. Maria thought that was cool because she's been playing a computer game, Civilization, which has a coastal fortress. She climbed up on the cannons and Steve provided background info on who would have been out there etc.
Then Maria noticed a plane coming in for a landing. She and Stephen watched it while it landed and he explained everything the pilot would be doing to land the plane. I loved this picture of them watching the plane!
That evening after supper we went back to the Art museum for the light show. They have a huge water fountain that they light up at night on the weekends and add colored lights and music. The show is fabulous! After watching for about 45 minutes we headed home for our usual coffee and dessert!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Saturday Morning in Barcelona
After that we stopped and got some fresh fruit to eat sitting in the sunshine. They also had fresh fish that just came in that morning.
We had to take the Metro to our next stop and the gentleman in the picture below was playing "Ava Maria" in the subway. I started singing and of course that embarrassed Maria!
After breakfast we went to the Temple de la Sagrada Familia. The foundation stone was laid in 1882. Antoni Gaudi, a devout Christian, worked on the project for over 40 years. Twelve bell towers will be built, 100 m. high (about 100 yds), representing the apostles, and a central dome, 170 m high, honoring Jesus Christ, flanked by the towers of Mary, 125m high, and those of the four evangelists.
We climbed the stairs to the top. Very tiring. The staircase was stone and you had to go single file, straight up a spiral stairwell. (There was an elevator but it cost 2 euros!) Maria loved the climb!
Next we headed to a famous park, Parc Guell, which was designed by the same architect. It has lots of winding paths and awesome views. This is the lizard that is at the entrance. Evidently EVERYONE who goes to Barcelona is supposed to get their picture taken with the lizard so here is Maria's.
We also found the crosses at the crest of the park. The view from up here was outstanding!
This was the view from the top:
This is probably one of my favorites...I've always had a weakness for columns. This was in the park as well. They had a sitting area and there was several musicians playing music.
Friday, March 10, 2006
We have arrived in Barcelona
We left our apartment in Bucharest this morning at 4am! Grampa and Gramma were very surprised when Stephen called them this morning! I guess it was evening for them. They reminded us what time it was in Bucharest.
We arrived in Barcelona, Spain around noon their time, which is 6 hours ahead of EST. We had no problem jumping on a bus and then the metro to find our hotel on our own. The hotel is great! It is a small hotel so the service is outstanding. It is right on the coast and we can see the water from our balcony.
This is the view from the balcony in our room. We're only on the second floor so the view isn't as great as it could be.
After we unpacked we headed out to La Ramblas. This is evidentially "the street" in Barcelona. There is a large sidewalk in the middle with eating places, artists, living art (mimes), florist shops, and everything else possible. We walked through several portions of it. We didn't get to the animal section but we will soon! We ate at a tiny little restaurant. Steve and I had pallenta, a rice dish with seafood and Maria had spaghetti without sauce. That's a Spanish specialty too, you know!
This is us in the middle of La Ramblas. As you can tell the weather here this afternoon was close to 70 F. When the sun starting going down it cooled off fast and we are back at the hotel now.
I think I'll attempt to convince my husband and daughter to venture out again for our night snack. Let's see... cappacino and ice cream should do the trick!
I'll try to post pictures of our day tomorrow. Love you all!
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Titan Park
Titan Park (pronounced TEE-tan - short a, not long a)
This is the park that is about a 10 minute walk from our apartment. Our metro stop is located right at the entrance to the park. The park itself is HUGE. Maria and I have played at two different playgrounds within the park. There is also a couple of restaurants either within the park or on the edges. We've been to two of them! We love not having to drive to go out to eat.
There is also a lake with a walking path surrounding it. This is where Steve runs mostly. I'm sure when the weather improves (it snowed a little last night) we'll be going here quite a bit.
Sunday was warmer and sunny so Stephen went out with the camera to take some pictures for his running blog. Of course Maria went with him so he took these of her in Titan park as well.
We're heading to Barcelona, Spain this weekend so keep checking for news from that trip.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Dinner with 'da girls
We started affectionately calling the school teachers from Bucharest Christian Academy, 'da girls, when Stephen first got here and they were helping him shop and get set up in Bucharest. It seemed like every time we talked he was off to another store with...'da girls.
We met Whitney through a homeschooling friend and actually met her for lunch when she was in the upstate after Christmas. We go to church with them here and they let Maria stay with them for a few hours while we had an anniversary dinner my first week here.
These young ladies have been super in helping us adjust to the living away from the states. They let us know things before hand that we needed and how to find things here. We actually packed brown sugar, chocolate chips, and peanut butter chips!
On the back row starting at the left is Amy and Laura. Seated is Luke, Whitney's friend from England, and Whitney. Luke and Whitney met on mission last summer.
We had a great time with them and the meal was outstanding! We even played a game of UNO much to Maria's delight.
Trip to the Post Office
We had to ride the bus to get there. We got an early start and got on the first bus with the morning commuters going to work. For the first two stops we were packed between strangers. I literally had people pressed in on all four sides. At least Maria was the person in front! Ha Ha. At the second stop a gentleman got on and stood close to Maria. He evidently doesn't "believe" in over-bathing! He was a little stinky, especially when your nose reaches right at his armpit!
We found the post office without a single wrong turn! Yeah for us! We gave them our package ticket and ID and they started asking questions. Yikes!! I finally got it across by pointing to my wedding band that Stephen and I are married (the package was addressed to him). They gave us our package and we had to pay 1,50 RON tax which is about 50 cents USD. Not bad.
We found our way back to the bus stop and got on another bus. Lots more room and we even got a seat. A young lady overheard our English and asked where we were from. She is from Canada and is here for a year also. She seemed as happy as we felt to run across someone speaking English.
Then the icing on the cake...our bus dropped us off right in front of the fornetti stand! And they were hot and calling our names. So we split a bag as we finished the walk home.
Not bad for two "country" girls living in a big city in a foreign country!!
Sunday, March 05, 2006
A glimpse of things to come...
The picture above is our worship choir at our Bucharest church, Calvary Chapel. The gentleman in the white shirt and black sleeves is Mihai, our worship leader (as far as we can tell). He seems to be extremely different from Ryland, our worship leader in the states. He has his eyebrow pierced and wears a fairly large chain on his hip. In fact you wouldn't think Mihai and Ryland had anything in common until they begin to lead in worship. When they stand before their church to lead, the church disappears and they stand before an audience of One! Their entire attitude is one of self-less worship of the only One worthy of our praise. The Lord Jesus Christ!
While the melodies here are familiar, popular praise songs, the lyrics have been translated into Romanian. Most of the time the English is also on the screen. Some songs we can muddle through, some we can even sing freely and actually worship, some I stand in awe at the worship around me and thank my Lord that He has allowed me to experience something that most Christians won't get to be included in until Jesus comes to take us home.
Our choir and music consists of usually six vocalists, two or three guitars (maybe acoustic since they plug into the sound system?), and a drum. I love to watch the drummer, Tekla. She is just sitting in the front row adding her rhythm to the music unless one or both of her hands are raised in love and worship to her Lord! This is her picture below. She was very embarrassed to have her picture taken. We took these before the service started while they were warming up and checking the sound system.
I must say that the time frame of their worship isn't regulated. We spent over 30 minutes this morning in musical worship, some of the songs weren't even on the screen just spontaneous. I would say the entire service lasted at least 90 minutes but even then people hung around afterward to visit and continue to worship.
I hope all of you have a good week!
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Walking the streets of Bucharest
We headed to one of the shopping areas. The streets were cobblestone and people were milling about everywhere. We looked in some glass shops and I saw some "Romanian" things I want to bring back with me. We are hoping to get out of the city at some point and we have heard that the prices are better in the areas where these articles are actually made.
I took a couple of pictures of scenes that I enjoyed. I don't know where we were or the names of the buildings in the pictures. I hope you enjoy them too.


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A 12-year-old boy from Kochi in Kerala has became the youngest dad in India. The young mother, who is 16 years old gave birth to a baby girl few months ago at a hospital in Ernakulam.
The girl claimed that the 12-year-old is the father of the child. According to The Hindu, DNA test was conducted on both the child and the boy to confirm the paternity of the child.
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