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"My Grandmother's Last Birthday," published in Mused, Volume 10, Issue 2 (Summer 2016)
For my grandmother's last birthday, they threw her a party in the luncheon alcove of the Valhalla County Country Club. She was turning 81, and the general sentiment among the family was that anyone who'd lived to such an august age deserved to be fêted to their–the family's–hearts' content. In fact, they'd meant to do the honors the previous year, when she turned eighty. That was a nice round number, a milestone, another decade down and, let's face it, almost certainly the last. But my grandmother had thwarted their plans by being in the hospital with pneumonia at the time, and they'd been put off, at least for a year. The wait had only increased their enthusiasm.
Adding to the sense of urgency was Granny's fervent conviction, expressed on several occasions, that she wasn't going to last another year. Taking her at her word, they reckoned they'd better get on with it while they still could. By they I mean my mother, my Aunt Johnna, my Aunt Gladys, my Aunt Rennie, and an assortment of younger, interchangeable, already quite aunt-like cousins whose names I won't bother with. It's enough to know the type: they post on Pinterest and wear sweater sets and speak in the voices of second grade teachers. Some of them are second grade teachers. These cousins eye me warily, and there's a kind of forced cheeriness in our dealings, but they needn't worry, I haven't made a mocking remark about any of them for several years now. Not where they can hear me, anyway.
I was involved in a minor scandal in high school when a couple of my dyed-haired, Doc Marten-shod friends and I put out an anonymous little zine dedicated to the brutal ridicule of everything around us. Few were spared, least of all my cousins, and many a feeling was hurt. We managed to keep the operation on the d.l. for a few months, but eventually Old Gaither, our principal, was able to prove what everybody suspected, and my friends and I spent a grueling Saturday morning scrubbing the locker rooms, among other equally unpleasant punishments devised by our victims from among the faculty.
Somehow, though, the experience failed to sour me on the idea of being a writer, and these days I put my wits to use as managing editor of Round About Town. In case you aren't from around here, RAT, as we affectionately refer to it around the office, is the hippest of several weekly publications in the biggest city for eight hours in any direction–that's driving hours. But I do still get back to Selby from time to time, mostly to visit my aforementioned dear old granny, from whom I seem to have inherited all my good characteristics and most of my bad ones. I wouldn't have missed her party for the world.
I was always my grandmother's favorite, a fact which she never made any effort to conceal from anybody. I'm the only one in the family that she ever taught to ride, for example, and that includes her four daughters. My grandmother was a consummate horsewoman. There's a picture of her on the living room wall at Aunt Gladys's house–her mouth a tense line, her eyes narrowed, clearing a jump on Swamp Fox like it was the most important thing she would ever do in her life. Swamp Fox was the first of a long line of legendary Appaloosas with whom my grandmother won so many ribbons that Aunt Rennie finally sewed them together, quilt-like, into a wall hanging. There's a fluidity to the image; it's hard to make out where the horse ends and Granny begins.
My grandmother was the daughter of a farmer, and she married a farmer. After his untimely death (by tractor, as it happens), she ran the farm on her own. My best childhood memories are all of the place–the sweet surfeit of warm blackberries and muscadines, the cloying smell of tobacco sheaves hanging drying in the barn, touch-me-not flowers that pawed at your fingers like blind, rubbery animals, and always Granny, at the center of everything. Astride a horse with her hair blowing back, barking out orders to Winston and Skinner, lowering the stone steps to the cellar to put up pickled beans or peaches, shucking corn and stringing green beans on the back porch. Though I watched the transformation take place, it's still hard for me to reconcile that Granny, a tough, still-youngish woman in jeans and flannel shirts, her green eyes alert under the brim of a cowboy hat, with the frail but still spirited old woman whose eighty-first birthday was to be celebrated.
Since she wasn't at all certain that she'd still be around come October, Granny thought the party should be a late-night masked ball. But, as the rest of them didn't feel that a costume party would convey the appropriate gravitas for such an occasion, and as it wasn't in fact Halloween yet, that idea was scrapped early on. I put in my vote for an open bar, or at the very least pitchers of mimosas on the tables instead of lemonade, but as most of my kin are teetotalers, these suggestions too were shot down. In the end it was to be a Saturday brunch buffet: fresh fruit, French toast, a preponderance of casseroles, fresh-cut flower arrangements, and a whole bunch of other Southern Livingesque accoutrements that I forgot just as quickly as my mother rattled them off to me over the telephone. She'd taken to giving me weekly updates on their preparations, though it was all about as tangled up in my mind as a sackful of live bait. From what I could tell, plans were being made, unmade, and remade constantly according to the four of them's differing visions. The only thing they all agreed on was that Granny was the showpiece, to be trotted out (teeth in and hair combed, it was stipulated) at the appropriate moment to smile sweetly for the photos, and not to talk. This last was particularly impressed upon her, that she need not say a word; it was her day, and she ought to sit back and enjoy it… quietly.
The day of the shindig finally dawned, sunny and unseasonably warm for April. I took more pains with my appearance than I'm generally inclined to do, achieving a rather Elizabeth-Taylor-as-Cleopatra make-up effect, though I did abandon the predominant color scheme in favor of my habitual black. By luck, my arrival coincided with that of the crew they'd sent out from the Star to do a special interest piece. The photographer–it was Junior Banks's youngest boy–had captured my likeness from a number of angles by the time a phalanx of my pastel-colored cousins whisked him off to admire the general décor–and not without a sulky look or two in my direction. To pass the time I pulled up a seat at one of the tables that afforded a view of the front patio and vestibule, surreptitiously spiked my lemonade from a flask in my handbag, and watched the blitz of hugs and handshakes outside. The invitees were primarily the extended family, with a smattering of the pillars of the First Baptist Church. That included the Reverend Maynard J. Hunt, who'd done most of our marrying and burying over the years and was always good for a fire-and-brimstone sermon, and Lester Blanton, our illustious county commissioner. In they came, by twos and fours except for the Silases and a horde of little old ladies–my grandmother's cronies from the Senior Center–who had sallied forth together by bus. They gabbled and cackled like a flock of geese as they negotiated the front ramp, tapping along with their canes and walkers. Everyone was dressed in their Sunday clothes and bearing gifts for Granny, who, thus far, was conspicuously absent.
The first item on the agenda was the buffet, which went off without incident except for Scooter Harwell dropping a serving-spoonful of grapes in the maple syrup and little Abigail Folk getting her fingers in the chocolate fountain and smearing the back of her mother's dress in a way that called to mind intestinal difficulties. Partway through the meal, Aunt Gladys ushered Granny in on her arm with a slightly anxious mien, like the escort to a foreign dignitary whose unusual customs might not go over well in the homeland. There was a standing ovation from the guests–though to be fair half of them were already standing, still waiting their turn in the buffet line.
They'd done Granny up in the lavender suit and lacy-collared white blouse my mother bought to bury her in the previous year, before Granny came through her pneumonia. Her hair had been curled, Shirley Temple-style, and I thought I might even have detected a trace of purple eyeshadow, though that may've just been a trick of the light. Aunt Rennie fixed Granny a plate–to keep her out of the buffet line, I reckoned–and Aunt Johnna planted her at the front table behind a lilac and lily centerpiece of such proportions as to remind one of the Birnam Wood scene from Macbeth. It was at this point that I excused myself from the back corner table I was sharing with all eleven of the Silases and took up a seat on Granny's right at the table of honor. It was empty except for her.
"You gettin' a load a this?" she asked me in a low voice. Her beady eyes gleamed.
"They're all here for you, Granny."
"Hn!" she snorted. "They're here to get their pitchure in the Star."
As if on cue, the Banks boy strode over, camera in hand, and asked, "Mind if I take a few photographs for the paper, ma'am?"
"Naw, I don't mind," Granny said politely. He pushed the centerpiece out of the way, the shutter went to clicking, and sure enough, several of the guests queued up as if Granny had been a department store Santa. The unctuous reverend was first in line.
"Missus Viola!" he boomed, dropping into an empty chair and wrapping a tentacle around Granny's shoulder, "I swear, you don't look a day over twenty-nine!"
"Y'ain't 'posed to swear," Granny muttered under her breath, but that was all she said until the photo session was over.
When everyone had eaten, the children, who'd been straining under the yoke of sitting still and behaving, made a mass exodus to the playground, leaving clip-on bowties and frilly hair ornaments in their wake. After that it wasn't long till the teenagers, as if convoked by some unheard voice, began to amble toward the back steps, and the men made their way to the vestibule, thumbs through beltloops and bellies stuck out over dress pants. That left the women, who in any case were the target audience. Aunt Johnna gave a satisfied look around the room before installing herself at the podium they'd set up to the left of Granny's table, where she commenced to alternately blowing into and pounding on the microphone.
"Is this thing on? Psssss, psssss. Is it on, y'all?" Several women's voices answered in the affirmative.
"Well, then, let me tell y'all about my mama, Missus Viola Mae Hicks Washburn!" Aunt Johnna sang out, giving her frosted hair a winning little shake. "Y'all wanna hear about my mama?" Cheers and hoots from the crowd.
"To begin with, my mama was supposed to've been a man!"
General laughter from the women, though I'm sure that many of us had heard this story before. I had, a number of times, with new embellishments at each retelling. I glanced over at Granny, who was looking dourly into her lap.
"My mama's mama, Missus Vaughtie Jean Gardner Hicks, was eight months pregnant when she climbed the hill up Mine Fork Holler to find out what her baby was gonna be. People told that the longer you waited, the more likely Miz Zelda was to give you a correct answer. For you younger ladies that wasn't around back then," Aunt Johnna paused dramatically before going on in a stage whisper, "Miz Zelda was a witch."
Oooos from the audience.
"We're talking about a woman without the first tooth in her head, and the snuff juice would ooze into the corners of her mouth when she was talking. Am I right, y'all that knew her?"
Another pause as my aunt looked around the room with palpable gratification to see who was testifying, who ewwing or pretending to gag.
"She dressed like an old gypsy woman, with a big shawl wrapped around her no matter what time of the year it was, and she had these long red fingernails–" Aunt Johnna languidly waved her own perfectly-manicured lavender nails in the air. "But people flocked to her. She had a reputation for knowing things, and part of that was being able to tell the sex of babies. The first thing Miz Zelda did when a pregnant woman turned up at her door was to take her money–it was a quarter back in my grandmaw's day–and then she'd lay her out on an old cot and hold a gold chain up over her belly." Never one to disappoint, my aunt produced just such a gold chain from the pocket of her pantsuit and swung it before our eyes. It gleamed in the track lighting.
"Miz Zelda held that chain over my grandmaw's belly and solemnly declared that baby to be a boy. When my mama was born, the only way Miz Zelda could account for it was to say that another woman out in the western part of the county lost a boy baby that same night, and she figured there must have been some switching around of the two babies' souls."
Aunt Johnna went on in this vein for a good twenty minutes or so. She tallied up my grandmother's achievements, most of them to do with horses, but she wasn't far into it before I'd tuned her out and let my mind wander instead to a conversation I'd had with Granny a few years back. It was on a Saturday, not long after they'd sold the farm and moved her into Aunt Rennie's house. Just to be kitschy, I showed up with my hair tied back in a handkerchief adorned with dozens of little horse heads that I knew Granny would get a kick out of. I'd smuggled her in some candy, and though I didn't much like circus peanuts myself, I was eating a handful with her for solidarity's sake.
"You feeling alright?" I asked her. She was quieter than usual, I thought.
"The pitchure of health," she answered dismissively. She had something on her mind.
"Whatcha thinking 'bout, Granny?" I prompted.
She turned her watery green eyes on me. "Bailey," she said. "I never interfered in your upbringing. I let Thelma raise you how she thought was best, and she did a decent job. You've done something with yourself, and you always was sharp as a tack. But I'm a tell you something. I know Thelma don't approve of you." It was the closest she'd ever come to mentioning my sexuality. "But you just be you," she finished, grinning at me. "Because that's who the good Lord made you to be." Then she reached over and patted my hand, which was sticky from half-melted circus peanuts.
There was a pause while I got ahold of myself. "Thank you, Granny," I said.
"And don't ever get old, Bailey," she added wryly. "It sucks being old."
We both sat chewing reflectively for awhile longer, then, after scraping orange goo off our teeth with a finger, we played some Yahtzee and a couple hands of Spades. When I left, she was snoring noisily in her rocker under one of Aunt Rennie's homemade macrame afghans.
Aunt Johnna was still holding forth with spirit when something of particular interest to me began to take place behind her. An unsavory-looking fellow with a receding and rather greasy-looking hairline had quietly arrived and was connecting up a spotlight behind my oblivious aunt. If the others noticed him, it never occurred to them that he might be part of any scheme of Granny's. They admitted as much afterward. Aunt Johnna finally wrapped it up, to wild applause from the ladies, and my mother was just pushing her chair back when all at once the lights went down and pulsing electronic music burst from the speakers, sending rhythmic vibrations through everyone and everything in the room.
All eyes followed the spotlight toward the main entrance, where a young man was beginning a suggestive dance, biting his bottom lip seductively and swiveling his shoulders from side to side. He looked like something off the cover of a romance novel, all feathered hair and muscles, in a sleeveless black t-shirt and tight, satiny black pants. As the music throbbed, he slithered and come-hithered his way across the floor, gyrating his hips and turning his smoldering gaze around the room. I guess he was sexy, if you're into that sort of thing.
He frisked down the aisle between tables, stopping midway to remove his shirt with one deft movement. He swung it over his head, shaking his hips suggestively, and let it fly–right onto the blue head of one of Granny's Senior Center chums. A couple of the old women hollered, a sound that frankly conveyed more alarm than excitement. As he neared the front of the room, the spotlight snaking along with his every move, in a final coup de grâce, he wiggled himself free of his satiny pants. He made a lascivious production of balling them up, then they too went flying. Underneath he had on some Speedo-style drawers decorated with the American flag, stars up one side and stripes down the other.
Now I ought to stop and explain at this point that Kathleen doesn't usually come to these things. She can take my mother in small doses, but the synergistic effect of all four of them together can be overwhelming. This time, however, she turned up just before the music got going to help me with Granny. The old gal's not as spry as she once was, but I bet you the three of us were out the door in less time than it takes to throw your britches at the elderly, which is saying something.
We took our leave surreptitiously, by way of a side door, but I did turn around one more time to survey the hubbub we were leaving in our wake. The last glimpse I got, Junior Banks's boy was snapping away, Uncle Bird, red-faced and grinning, was slapping his prodigious thigh, Aunt Johnna was thrown back in a chair fanning herself, and the good Reverend looked positively apoplectic. By the time we were missed in all the excitement (I knew because my cell started ringing off the hook), the three of us were down the road a pretty good piece en route to Myrtle Beach. I'd promised Granny.
"Well, I guess we gave them old biddies an eyeful!" she'd sung out gleefully as soon as we slammed the car doors.
The best part of the whole thing was the next day's edition of the Star. There we were, in full color, all over the front page: me in my above-the-knee rat-stomper boots and form-fitting cocktail dress that left little to the imagination, sleeveless to reveal arms as toned as Michelle Obama's and covered with vintage 1950s tattoos, Granny with a mischievous grin on her wrinkled old face, and the stripper in his patriotic undies. It was something to behold.
I reckon we gave Selby plenty to talk about for the foreseeable future, but the one person who was not talking–not to me, anyway–was my mother. I think it was disappointment, as much as anything else, that no one got to hear her speech. It took a good bit of groveling on my part, but I was finally able to convince her that the only thing Kathleen and I did was provide the getaway car. It was all Granny, conception to execution.
Still, I was mighty glad to see her get her jibe in, because, true to her word, Granny made her grand departure before the summer was out. So you see it was my grandmother's last birthday after all.


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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Celeste - Coloring Sample
Now... off to sleepy town!
Upon seein' the previous image, Neil (my counterpart)commented that she was too thin, (not as solid as we want her to seem). One of the things that I need to come across on her is that she's very strong, confident, and capable (maybe even a little arrogant!) I've been trying to change her up and make her bigger/stronger/thicker w/ real curves. Also, she's sexy without ever trying.
She does have 'grey' skin, so I'm still trying to experiment w/ the right shades. It's hard for that not to come of as pastey, but I still need to have a healthy glow to her skin. I'm glad this one seems to be a step in the right direction.
This coloring style is faster than my current style. (I usually clock between 8-10 hours to color a piece, this one took me about 5-6, and I can probably shave some off of that once I get more comfortable w/ it.
When I looked at this image again this morning, I realized it's too 'light'. The highlights are a little over-done. So I need to look at fixing that. Probably be some differences between this and the finished version.
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Wow, this IS different from the first pic I saw of Celeste (with the guy, already forgot his name, sorry!)!! I like the style; her hair looks really frosty, though, compared with the earlier image (dunno if that's what you were going for?) She's much less pasty here and the image seems to have more dimension, which I kinda like :DReplyDelete
Thank you very much for the comments! I agree, she did come out different in this image. I'm still experimenting w/ her look.ReplyDelete
I want her to be 'thicker', and have more weight. She's a strong confident grrl! And a kicker of much asses! :)
I like this because it looks almost airbrushed. But, I think I like the previous style better, only because that's what Im used to. I think I agree with Neil - she's a little too thin.ReplyDelete
I like that coloring style too. I really do... but I don't like that it takes me SOoooOOOoooOoOOO long to color that way. I have committed to giving this 'painting' style a serious try. And yes, she's a little too thin 'round the middle... I'll have to pay more attention to that on the next drawing of her. I just want her to be thick/solid... Kinda like Wonder Woman when Adam Hughes draws her. I never get the impression that his girls are weak. They all have a 'thickness' to them. If'n only I could draw like that guy!!! :PReplyDelete
Don't sell yourself short, Ben! Adam Hughes does some awesome stuff, but so do you. You just have a different style.ReplyDelete
If by 'different' you mean he kicks copious amounts of a$$ w/ every expertly placed pencil stroke, and I scribble w/ crayons... then Yes! :)ReplyDelete
Seriously tho', Thank you! I'm am trying... I'm trying to break out of my style a little, and flex my artistic muscles. Something I've been needing to do for far too long. And the whole thing will be televised live! Wheeeeeee!


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 63251
gcc crashed ( cpp0 segmentation fault )
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:41:53 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.4.18 i686)
Description of problem:
I was trying to compile a 10 line test module and accidently entered gcc -Wall
-D -c test.c -o test.o instead of gcc -Wall -D MODULE -c test.c -o test.o. The
program crashed requesting to make a bug report
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How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1.take any c code, say junk.c
2. gcc -D -c junk.c -o junk.o
Actual Results: bash-2.05# gcc -D -c test.c -o test.o
<command line>: macro names must be identifiers
gcc: Internal error: Segmentation fault (program cpp0)
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/> for instructions.
Expected Results: This was a silly error. It should have quited after
complaining about a NULL argument
Additional info:
bash-2.05# gcc --version
gcc --version doesn't tell much, gcc -v is better.
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Much as I appreciate the relaxing nature of a chick flick, it is almost tiring to watch the international cinema produce, every year, happy-ending romances in the line of Crazy Stupid Love, Love Actually, Leap Year, or No Strings Attached. Stuck in love makes no exception to the rule: it is about love and the way beautiful people respond to being over-loved or loveless. It is almost depressing the way these movies tell the stories of incredible good-looking people, misleading the rest of the world into believing that good things only happen to beautiful people or that such stories are real. It feels as if the rest of the world doesn't stand a chance unless they are handsome, successful, intelligent, ageless, living promising lives.
So far, my disappointment has been obvious, yet, there is interesting how, once again, a writer becomes the leading character in a movie that apparently talks books. In the tradition of Wonder Boys or Deconstructing Harry, this movie is about what happens to writers when they take time off from writing. Contrary to the general opinion that misery is the best creative resource, William Borgens (Greg Kinnear), successful writer and proud father of two budding literary wonder kids -Rusty and Samantha- hasn't felt very inspired since his wife, Erica (Jennifer Connelly), left him for a younger man. Love turns him into a lovesick puppy who would rather stalk on his former wife than make him plunge into writing. Of course, we, the viewers, are totally understanding of his obsession since Jennifer Connelly does anything but growing old. Her daughter's beauty, played by Lilly Collins, fades away to her mother's never-ageing looks.
Books and life have a cunning way of mingling, once again exposing the thin line between reality and fiction. The richer our experiences and readings are, for that matter, the better writing we produce. Except for the part where the father is willing to overlook Rusty's accusations regarding the promiscuous life of his sister, Samantha, for the sake of cumulative training on human relationships. As a parent shouldn't he at least try, let alone encourage, to get his daughter to value relationships based on anything but random sex? Apparently, he is too focused on wrapping his mind around her book being published and on making sure his son doesn't share the same bed with his junkie girlfriend. That, Stephen King's telephone walk-in as himself and claiming his novel IT is as good as Moby Dick were the drawbacks of a movie wishing to show us how much a writer struggles to embrace every day life in a creative manner.
In this melting pot of fuck bodies, drugs, addiction, casual sex, edgy daughter-mother relationship, soul mates, writing ambitions and books as far as you can see, a couple of things are really inviting: What We Talk about When We Talk about Love by Raymond Carver and A Good Man is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor. Two excellent authors you should definitely bother to read, while playing Between the Bars by Elliott Smith or The Beatles' Polythene Pam. Your choice! Or in the words of Benjamin Franklin, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.


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Frank McCourt, the owner of the Dodgers baseball team, commented on the recent divorce settlement, explaining, "he is still the sole owner of the Dodgers." Frank and Jamie McCourt have come to an agreement after a lengthy legal battle over their assets.
The future of the Dodgers is still unknown, although it is up for debate amongst the court. The settlement solely relies on the team's long-term television contract that has been reached between the Dodgers and Fox television. In the case that Commissioner Bud Selig rejects the agreement, the settlement would no longer exist and both parties would continue with the divorce in court. As of now, Mrs. McCourt and her attorney have decided not to challenge the agreement between the TV station and the league.
An upcoming trial before the Judge will decide whether or not Frank McCourt will take sole ownership of the baseball team or if it will sell as a community property. In the case the Judge sees the team as a community property, both parties will receive half of the assets each, which would constitute the team being sold (as stated in the agreement).
Jaime McCourt will walk away with all of the homes they previously owned together, as well as $100 million, in the event the Judge rules that the team is a separate property. Under the settlement, Frank McCourt will pay Jamie $650,000 a month for spousal support. The Commissioner claims he will not make a decision until he fully investigates all of the Dodger's finances. The hearing for the ownership of the team is scheduled to take place in August.
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When we see pictures of beautiful places or read stories about them, the immediate reaction is – I wish I was there. Travel stories appear like fairy tales full of lots of fun. But unless your idea of travel is a luxury trip once in a year to an exotic location, travel has the other side. Like any other thing in life, frequent travelling has a downside as well. There is a lot of effort spent in reaching a picture perfect location. It's not easy always and at times difficult as well. These are some of the challenges that one faces while travelling:
1. A Big Hit On Pocket: No matter where you visit, the cash flow will always be outwards. Travelling is expensive and when smaller expenses add up at the end of trip, you will see a big hole in your wallet. It will require a sacrifice of other things you wanted to buy and thus you are left to rethink about what you want and what you need.
2. Exhaustive: No matter how much you love travelling, there will be some days when you will feel tired. It can be caused by stress at airport due to multiple checks, waiting overnight at airport to catch a connecting flight, long journeys on bad mountain roads or simply a long day in city. Our bodies have been adjusted too much to the comforts in our daily lives and starts complaining when it is not available on road. The worst part comes when after all days of travelling you need to return to work.
3. Unpleasant Surprises: It doesn't matter how much you have planned out everything, there will always be a surprise element. Not all surprises are good and there will always be an unpleasant experience. It may be a bad room in a good hotel, delays in flight/train schedule, being on receiving end of rude behaviour and the list can get very long.
4. Home Sickness: There will always be times when on a long trip, you might start missing the home. Home sickness on a broader term refers to the people/things with which you are comfortable. I miss the food which I eat at home when I travel for longer days. Of course there is fun in exploring new food options available at new places, but at the same time I will miss home cooked food on longer trips.
However does that mean I will stop travelling ? Will these small problems on the way, be able to demotivate ? NO, NO, NO ! Even if sometimes thorns hurt, I will keep picking up the roses. After all to form a flower bouquet at the end, one needs to ignore the thorns.


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Ants are fun to watch. They are constantly moving and digging tunnels in the sand. Do you think there is anything that would make ants dig tunnels faster? Questions like this are what science projects are all about.
First you will need to think of a question that you have about ants.
- Does light or darkness effect how quickly ants dig tunnels?
- What kind of food do ants like the best?
- Can temperature effect ant behavior?
- Do ants dig tunnels better in sand or gel?
After you decide what question you want to answer, you can do a little research and make an educated guess, or hypothesis.
- You might think ants will work longer and faster when exposed to constant light because they may think it is morning all the time.
- When certain foods are offered, you might predict that most ants will chose sugary foods instead of vegetables.
- Maybe you guess that colder temperatures will make ants think it is winter, and they will go down in their tunnels to hibernate.
- After learning about the new kind of Ant Gel Habitats that are available, you might think that ants would be able to dig tunnels faster through gel than in sand.
Next you will need to set up an experiment to test your hypothesis. The following are some example science experiment ideas:
Experiment #1 - Light vs Darkness
Test the effect of light and darkness on ants. You will want to have two observatories for this experiment. Place the same number of ants into each observatory. Keep one observatory in the dark for a specified amount of time. Keep the other observatory in the light during the same time period. Note the differences in how much tunneling has been done. Was your hypothesis correct?
Experiment #2 Ant Food Preferences
Test the ants reaction to different foods. You can place ants into a large plastic tub. Place different foods in each corner of the tub and see which food the most ants go to. Take pictures for displaying at the science fair. Do they prefer certain foods? Some good foods to try are sugar, salt, citrus fruit, green vegetables, meats, granola. Try comparing Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein. Which do they like the best?
Experiment #3 - Temperature
Test the effects of temperature change on ants. This experiment could work well if temperatures outside are between 35 and 45 degrees fahrenheit ( make sure it is not freezing ). Notice the activity of the ants as they move around when at room temperature. You may want to make a video recording that you can show at the science fair. Now place the observatory outside. After about 10 minutes observe the activity of the ants. Was your hypothesis correct?
If it is not significantly colder outside than inside your home, you may also perform this experiment by placing your ant observatory in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes. The cold temperature from the refrigerator should produce a similar effect on the ants.
Experiment #4 Sand vs Gel
Test ants ability to tunnel in Sand vs. Gel. Ants naturally live in sand. However, you may have seen ant habitats like the Light-up Gel Ant Farm which contain a gel which the ants live in, eat, and tunnel through. You can perform a test to see which is better for ants to tunnel in. You will need 1 ant habitat that uses sand and 1 habitat that uses gel. If you put the ants into both at the same time you will be able to see if ants can tunnel better in man made gel or in sand. Browse our Ant Habitats.
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State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced a new 'Loot Lo' offer under which it offers 60 per cent discount and up to 500 per cent more data on BSNL postpaid plans. The plan covers seven recharge options and is available starting today i.e. November 1.
BSNL Loot Lo offer is applicable on following seven plans- Rs 225, Rs 325, Rs 525, Rs 725, Rs 799, Rs 1125, and Rs 1525.The telco is offering 500MB data to those who opt for Rs 99 and Rs 149 plan. Here is what the above mentioned recharges will get you.
— Rs 225 plan: 3GB data
— Rs 325 plan: 7GB data
— Rs 525 plan: 15GB data
— Rs 725 plan: 30GB data
— Rs 1125 plan: 60GB data
— Rs 1525 plan: 90GB data
The offer is valid nation-wide. Also, these plans will get you 3G data as BSNL does not offer 4G connectivity nationwide for now.
BSNL in September also launched two new plans of Rs 249 and the other at Rs 429 for its prepaid users. The Rs 249 recharge will get you unlimited local and STD calling from BSNL to BSNL and 1 GB of 3G data a day. The offer is valid for 28 days which means 28 GB data in total. BSNL's Rs 429 recharge voucher is also for prepaid users only. It offers 1GB data for 90 days along with unlimited calling benefits.
BSNL recently also partnered with domestic handset maker Micromax to launch a budget phone Bharat 1 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone at Rs 2,200. The company has launched the Bharat 1 aka Desh ka 4Gfone to compete against the Reliance Jio's JioPhone which is effectively free. JioPhone buyer has to pay Rs 1500 which is refundable after 3 years.
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Another Mem Fox book. Another favorite.
Poor Wombat. He so desperately wants to be part of the Nativity play. But he's big. And loud. And clumsy. But worry not, there is a place for everyone and each of us has our own gifts that we can bring.
Such a great story. I always read this one at Christmas for obvious reasons. But we also talk about being yourself and that everyone is needed. Told you that was one of my favorite themes in books.
As with Mem Fox's other books this one is chock full of Australian-centric animals and terms. I also love this aspect of her books. I mean, how often do you get to read about emus, koalas, and kookaburras? Well, outside of Australia that is.
I highly suggest you include this one in your Christmas collection. Don't worry you have plenty of time to find it. You'll be glad you did
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Those "what if's" are what Synergy Comp President, Lew Kachulis, experienced firsthand. Lew was president of an insurance agency and learned how many companies viewed workers' compensation — a confusing, burden some expense that bruised bottom lines — and he knew there was a way to make things better for everyone involved. Synergy Comp grew out of Kachulis' belief that workers' compensation could be a catalyst for positive change in the workplace if teams took a more hands-on approach in preventing injury.
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nuclear energy is better than our current energy system
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other nations are having a lot of success with this technology and will have a leg up over us.
I will attack my opponent's points then give some of my own.
My opponent talks about how much we have advanced since Chernobyl. But we cane ver be sure. Chernobyl was a horrible tragedy that has left lasting effects to this day on soil. In places like Belgium where they were hardly hit the ground is still not farmable. People got cancer from this horrible tragedy and animals were lost. We might say we are ready but we can never be truly ready. We never know when another Chernobyl might happen and leave a lasting stain on the Earth. Nuclear is just to big of a risk.
I will now observe the rather broad resolution in where he stated "the current system". The current system is filled with several energy sources. We have every thing from oil to natural gas to hydroelectricity. The current system is an efficient system. It gets gas in our cars and allows us to live the lifestyle we do today. So when he states "the current system". We see a great system. Solar and wind are coming along as cheap alternatives. Gas and Coal and Natural gas has helped for a long time. We can't say "the current system" and see some horrible world. We sat "the current system and we see a futuristic system looking to lower pollution and benefit society.
the current system involves the potential for alternative energy, as a stretch. it in fact involvves millions of deaths per year from air pollution and oil spills and other calamities
We can't truly be ready for such a calamity. Our current system allows for a diverse portfolio of efficient energy methods. Wind and solar both are becoming more common.
Wind and Solar are both clean, little to no pollution energy sources. Nuclear is risky and can be catastrophic to the environment and human health.
this debate was about the 'current system' which clearly is oil v nuclear with a focus. con is tryin to switch it to alternatve
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Supreme story revolves around Jagruthi center iTrust in Anantapur, For years , Thousand of acres of Trust is the livelihood for 15 thousand farmers. Corporate broker Vikram Sarkar (Kabir dulhan singh) eyes on Trust lands , he creates fake documents to takeover Trust lands. Trust caretaker Narayana (sai kumar) moves to court over Vikram's brutality for lands, while court gives one month time to bring the hire of Trust and the original documents , Narayana goes to London for original papers, Vikram also reaches and kills the original trustees, Narayana bring their son to Delhi, where the boy goes missing.
On the other side, In Hyderabad, Balu(sai Dharam Tej) works as a taxi driver and his cab name is "Supreme", He has a dad (Rajendra Prasad) who is a drunked and Balu also takes care a eighty year orphan young boy(Mikhail Gandhi) . Balu has no great expectations or ambitions in live. He bumps over area SI ,Bellam Sridevi(Raashi Khanna) and falls in love . One day the young boy gets kidnapped and taken to orissa. Balu on a mission to bring the boy back and encounters Vikram gang and Ravi Krishna , which drags Balu into Trust lands controversy . How Boy is related to trust? and How Balu saves the boy and his Girlfriend …forms the story.
Like his previous films, Sai Dharam Tej tried to imitate his uncle's mannerism in this film too. However , he has shown his mark in action scenes and dances and was impressive. Rashi khanna's role has no connections with the story but she has worked out to fill the glamour quotient of the film. Raashi comedy is good in first half.
Kabir as baddie is stylish, Ravi Krishna has impressed in mass role as comedy villain. Sai Kumar and Rajendra Paras has shown their mark in their roles. Mikhail Gandhi was impressive with his cute expressions . Prithvi, Posani, srinivasa reddy comedy timing was good.
Pataas fame director Anil Ravipudi has tried his level best to continue the same success formula of Pataas which includes Comedy at regular intervals and action episodes. However the logic goes missing especially when Hero tries to rescue boy in orissa. Director has failed to reach the expectations although the movie is good as far as entertainment is concerned. The love scenes between the lead pair would be a bit dragging. The story is predictable in the first twenty minutes itself and second half goes on single track without any intertainsting twists.
Music by Sai Karthik is not upto the mark, only Andam Hindolam song can be remembered .Sai Sriram's cinematography is excellent . Screenplay is simple , production values are good.
Supreme film seems to be inspired from Salman Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' , in which salman takes up the task to handover a small girl in Pakistan, Here Sai Dharam Tej is on a task to handover the young boy to Anantapur on time. Overall Supreme is a decent comedy entertainer with predictable storyline and performances.
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BY SUSAN KIM | SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. | October 6, 2004
The county's building department is to be commended for working tirelessly to make certain that the needs of fire victims are prioritized.
Dianne Jacob
If homes could be built from red tape, San Diego County disaster survivors would have it made.
Many fire survivors have been living in travel trailers and tents since they lost their homes to wildfires nearly a year ago. Disaster response groups stand ready to rebuild at least some homes but after months of delays in obtaining county permits, soon fire survivors will be waiting in winter temperatures that could plunge into the 20s.
One veteran disaster response leader said it's the worst delay he's ever faced on a post-disaster site.
County officials, however, say some plans submitted were faulty and permit seekers have not allowed enough time for the review process.
"The county's building department is to be commended for working tirelessly to make certain that the needs of fire victims are prioritized," said Dianne Jacob, chairwoman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. "Faced with plans that were submitted late and fell far short of county standards, our patient staff worked alongside all involved to modify the planned structures so that they will, indeed, be safe once constructed."
This is the first disaster of this magnitude to hit the county. "Because San Diego had never needed long-term recovery, we had a lot to learn," said Teresa Manley, chair of Community Firestorm Recovery Team (CRT), a consortium of community groups and faith-based organizations.
And at least some county officials simply didn't know how groups like MDS work.
An official in the county's building department said the county's permit process requires a review by the land-use department's zoning section and by the environmental health and public works departments. A building engineer then evaluates applications for compliance with state and local zoning codes.
Meanwhile more than 2,000 homes still need to be rebuilt.
"With winter coming - and some areas of Julian and Cuyamaca do get snow in the winter - families are beginning to be desperate," Manley said. "Some are even building without permits."
At this point, it looks like recovery will be a long haul, agreed Anne Subia, executive director of Urban Opportunities Unlimited (UOU), a group of urban churches active in community outreach. "Of the 2,500 homes lost to the fires almost one year ago, less than 80 have been rebuilt - so we have a huge task yet ahead," she said.
Of the families it is assisting, CRT has found that up to 98 percent of them are underinsured. "Many of these families have insurance companies that provide only one year of additional living expenses, and they have not even begun the construction process," Manley said.
Volunteer crews from Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS) have plans for four houses ready to go, and another six in the making, said Freeman Hershberger, project director for MDS. But so far, they haven't been able to get code approval from the county for any homes.
In an informal meeting in June, local building officials told Hershberger the MDS house plans were inadequate, and suggested what would be needed. When MDS filed for permits last month the county identified more problems. At a third meeting, last week, additional alterations were required. Hershberger met with a different county official each time, he said, and he and others have wondered why the changes weren't made in one sitting.
"I have been in construction for 27 years and this was the worst I've ever faced," he said. "If you don't want us here - you tell us."
For many fire survivors, the faith-based response groups - and the modest homes they're building - are the only hope, he added. "People are living in metal sheds. They don't have any money. These people need homes. We're not talking about fancy homes.
"One is 864 square feet. One is 880 square feet. They're two-bedroom and one bath."
"I know California codes are different," he said, "but that difference doesn't justify this kind of delay. We have to have some common sense here."
Jacob said county officials aren't trying to push volunteers away. "San Diego County salutes the Mennonites and other faith-based groups for the wonderful work they're doing to assist fire victims," she said.
Last week, the county agreed to assign one planning staff member to review plans, hoping to alter the perception that Hershberger and others are getting conflicting instructions from each new county employee they meet.
The county also said that the process should go faster after one initial stamp of approval, since obtaining additional permits for similar homes should be easier.
That could be a positive step for fire survivors - who could really use some good news at this point, said Subia.
The county has issued 655 permits to rebuild homes and 536 more permits are in the approval process.
MDS, UOU, Christian Aid Ministries, Church of the Brethren, and other faith-based groups are working through CRT. The organization's primary focus is on raising funds for building materials for the elderly, at-risk, and severely underinsured.
"The county has waived permit fees for fire survivors and given them front-of-the-line privileges, but it is still a time-consuming task, often requiring multiple visits for changes," said Manley.
"I think the most helpful thing the county could do...would be to have a staff member located at our construction office one or two days a week," Manley added. "Fire survivors could bring in the plan, have it pre-stamped, and then go to the county for permits."
The recent steps by county officials may move the process along, said Hershberger, but he wasn't willing to give it a vote of confidence yet. "It's tough to say everything is great," he said. "I'm trying to look at it in a positive way. I want to give the county the benefit of the doubt."
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If Doug Ford wins the PC leadership race and ultimately the provincial election we can kiss goodbye high speed rail and every other transit project.
(02-13-2018, 01:37 PM)jamincan Wrote: I call dibs on chairing the High-Speed Rail Consultation Council next year; I encourage the rest of you to apply for the Southern Ontario High-Speed Rail Review Body the following year, or the Ontario High Speed Rail Directing Committee the year after that.
What is all this nonsense anyway? We don't need special advisory groups and multiple ostentatiously public reports to get new expressways built.
Although to be fair the last big expressway-related news was the cancellation of the GTA West highway proposal so maybe things are starting to change.
Building HSR *right* is a lot more important than building yet another highway.
If you were going to build one 401, from scratch, the first time, wouldn't you want to make sure it was perfect and had the best chance of succeeding?
For daily ion construction updates, photos and general urban rail news, follow me on twitter! @Canardiain
Incidentally, most highway construction planning has occurred in a piecemeal fashion and there hasn't really been an over-arching vision guiding it, yet we have a pretty comprehensive highway network in Ontario and improvements continue to be made.
I also really don't think this is a situation of the perfect being the enemy of the good. This is simply stalling by our leadership. I don't really think you can say that there has been any progress on this project since it was first announced. It has been bounced around like political hot potato and no one has had the guts to actually start the difficult task of executing their vision.
(02-13-2018, 03:16 PM)Canard Wrote: Building HSR *right* is a lot more important than building yet another highway.
OK, that's a fair point, and you're right.
It just feels like getting highways built is no problemo — just do nothing and the MTO will make sure it happens. If you don't want a highway built, you (as cabinet) need to tell them clearly that they are not to proceed. But railway improvements don't happen without massive political involvement. Although actually having written I realized that's not quite fair — Metrolinx is pursuing all sorts of improvements to GO that aren't politically requested, such as signalling improvements, new GO maintenance facilities, and the like.
Anyway, I hope this time it leads to an actual system, and a good one that really meets a need, not just one that makes for a good (and expensive) ribbon-cutting ceremony.
(02-13-2018, 03:33 PM)BrianT Wrote:(02-13-2018, 01:46 PM)creative Wrote: If Doug Ford wins the PC leadership race and ultimately the provincial election we can kiss goodbye high speed rail and every other transit project.
Maybe we can convince him to do an above ground subway that goes 350km/hr with a route that goes from Windsor to Cornwall (and off to Montreal)
As long as it stops in Scarborough, I think he'd be all for it.
And the new highway 7 has taken a few decades too.
I generally think its less about any particular differences between roads and rails and more about the general slowness of massive infrastructure projects (and Governments) - especially transportation ones that require dealing with a really large area (vs. say even the LRT which is at least limited to a smaller geographical area).
Good points. And especially the 7 I think has been good for several announcements over the years.
Maybe the real key is the need of politicians to make as many announcements as possible for as little actual spending as possible.
(02-14-2018, 12:26 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Good points. And especially the 7 I think has been good for several announcements over the years.
Bingo..... Tell the people what they want to hear and you will get votes...
Following through with actions ? That is just crazy talk...
Well, following through means spending money. Which means taxes. So, yeah, talking about it gets you a lot more gain than actually doing something.
we elect people to make those tough decisions though. Anyone can make the popular decision to save money. That is what Ken Seiling did well, He din't shy away from LRT. HE saw it not for his generation but the future generations. We like to call that a transformational leader... It takes courage and strength to hold the line... I applaud him for it. Others would do well to learn from leaders with integrity.
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