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Everyone warming up now? Did you see these pics and video from the Ted?
Icy Turner Field Video ~ View of the field ~ View of the dugout
I was iced in for a few days -- good times! Hope you all stayed warm and safe!
Here are a few more links you may want to check out...
- Video of Freddie Freeman discussing the rookie career development program (love the attempt at beard stubble here.)
- This week is rookie development week at the Ted -- Carroll Rogers has more details at the AJC blog on what that entails and she lists a few of the invitees.
- Random super-cute video of JJ talking about Curacao (from 2009? this is the first time I have seen it, I think)
- MattE went to the Pirates early minicamp and reunited with McCutchen. (I won't be posting every MattE article I hear about, but this was interesting to me and I know I have a lot of MattE fans who read the blog, so here you go.) Also, there's the pic of him in the sidebar in the Pirates tee, and it's weird. 5 years in Braves gear... it'll take me a minute to adjust.
- I'll be entering the Babes Love Baseball Ballpark Photo Contest (ends Friday 1/21)! I just have to decide which picture to submit... I have three in mind. If you enter, please share your entry pics. I'll share mine when I decide which pic I'm entering! :D
- Did you see Alison's super-cute BMac doodle? Hee hee. (ETA: She added more!)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thawing Out
Everyone warming up now? Did you see these pics and video from the Ted?
Posted by Lauren T. at 9:13 PM
Labels: Former Braves, Freddie, Interviews, Jurrjens, MattE, Social Media, Turner Field, Video
2 comments:
- abraves25 said...
Please, keep the MattE stories coming. i know i speak for many here when i say this. we love him!!
- January 20, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- Lauren T. said...
Will do! :) He seems like a good guy. I'll keep following his career, for sure.
- January 20, 2011 at 10:29 PM


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Air Date:April 25, 1977
Taped:March 29-30, 1977 at KTLA Studios
Guests:The What's Happenin' Kids, Rip Taylor, Rick Dees
Also appearing:Patty Maloney, Mike Kagen, Bruce Vilanch
Opening number, "Get Ready" (Robinson) (all)
Greeting sketch in which the Bradys decribe the Water Follies and Krofftettes- who they are and what they do. The guests are introduced.
(Commercial break)
Musical number, "Walk Right In" (Cannon/Woods) (Mike, Carol, Greg, Peter, Marcia)
Curtain closes. Mike and Carol look through her old high school year book. The two wonder how it is different for the Brady kids going to school at the ABC television studio.
Dissolve to:
The Brady kids lament on how much they hate school, especially at the studio. Merrill enters ringing a school bell, he is their substitute teacher. Bobby teases him. The What's Happenin' kids show up because their classroom is closed for the week. They join the Brady kids. A studio guard enters carrying a very angry woman he believes to be a Brady child, instead it turns out to be a little person (midget) and the mother of four children. Cindy assures the guard she is not a child but an actress by the name of Patty Maloney. Peter invites the What's Happenin' kids to be on the Brady Bunch Hour. Bobby says for them to come over to the Brady house to discuss the details. Rerun asks what's for dinner and Dee makes some sarcastic jokes about his weight. Merrill begins teaching a lesson about Lana Turner.
(Commercial break)
Greg says someone else besides him is going to sing (the audience applauds). After fighting with the audience, Greg tells them to shut up. He introduces Alice. No one applauds. Greg says they can clap now. Much applause.
Musical number, "Thank God I'm A Country Girl (Boy)" (Denver) (Alice and characters from the world of Sid & Marty Krofft).
Alice says that when she took the job on this show, she said she wouldn't sing. Now having tried it, she finds it to be fun. Alice then invites the audience to see what took place when the What's Happenin' kids showed up at the Brady house.
Dissolve to:
Peter asks everyone if they have any ideas about what to do on the show. They all try to decide what famous character they want to be. Cindy wants to be Snow White and have the others be the Seven Dwarfs. Dee says "Good luck passing off Rerun as a dwarf." Jan says they should drink an imaginary potion to become their fantasy character. Rerun says "I'll drink it!", Dee replies with "That figures." Rerun pretends to drink the potion and becomes Muhammed Ali, Dee says maybe he should be the Astrodome. Rerun then decides to be OJ Simpson and starts leaping over the furniture. Jan becomes Julie Andrews, Bobby says he thought she was Jerry Lewis. Dewayne then becomes Muhammed Ali. Roger wants to be Pat Boone. Peter dives off the sofa and says he's a Water Folly. Dewayne asks what that is. Dee says "Something that rolls around on the floor and acts DUMB." When Bobby asks Dee what she wants to be, she asks if she can be head of the network. When the reply is yes, she says, "Good, because you're all cancelled!" Roger becomes "Reverend Ike", Cindy is Mary Tyler Moore, Peter is the Six Million Dollar Man.
Bobby and Dee sit on the sofa doing nothing. Mike and Carol enter and ask what is going on. Jan reports they have asked the What's Happenin' kids to be on the show, Mike becomes nervous and says he'll drive the kids home because it is getting late. Cindy asks if she can go, Dee replies "You could if Fred (Rerun) wasn't going, he takes up half the back seat." When they are alone, Carol tells the Brady kids that their friends can't be on the show this week because the guests have already been booked. She chooses Peter to break the bad news.
(Commercial break)
Marcia and Carol welcome every one back for the second half of the show. Marcia says it will be much better than the first half, which was "depressing". Carol feels sorry for Peter who had to tell the What's Happenin' kids they couldn't be on the show and invites everyone to see what happened.
Dissolve to:
Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy are dreading their meeting with the What's Happenin' kids. Peter can't decide how to tell them they won't be on the show. Alice comments about the depressing atmosphere. The kids arrive and demonstrate some humorous imitations of the Bradys they would like to do on the show, Peter then explains that they can't do them. Roger, Dee, Dewayne and Rerun are upset at the news and get up to leave the house. Peter panics and says he'll find a way to get them on the show.
Filled with sudden inspiration, and a bright idea, Peter displays an evil smirk.
Dissolve to:
Greg asks Peter if he wants to be pushed in the pool before or after he introduces Rick Dees. Peter says he is not being pushed in the pool, and calls in the What's Happenin' kids. Peter says they can be on the show by being pushed in the pool instead of him. Dee is not amused and neither are the others. They gang up on Peter and push him in. Greg laughs. They all introduce Rick Dees.
Musical number, "Dis-Gorilla" (Dees) (Rick Dees)
(Commercial break)
Skit involving the Grand Opening of "Merrilino's House of Perfect Pizza". Bobby is working for Mr. Merrill and asks him when he will be able to play the piano. Several customers arrive, including Mike & Carol. Mike notes that Bobby is dressed as a waitor, Carol is annoyed and reminds Merrill they are there to watch Bobby play not watch him serve pizza. Merrill introduces "Bobby Pepperoni" the piano player. Two more customers arrive, a very big man and a very tiny woman. Merill makes a scarcastic remark and is kicked in the ankle.
The two customers talk extremely loud, Carol asks Merill to have them be quiet. Merill is afraid of the guy and refuses. The man yells insults at Bobby, Carol asks Mike to do something about it. Mike is also afraid. More insults are hurled at Bobby. Carol stands up to the two and tells them off. The guy approaches Mike and threatens him. A pizza is dropped in Carol's lap, Carol smashes a pizzza into the guys chest. Mike smashes another pizza over his head, and the bully begins to cry. Carol notes that he is a big coward, Mike claims that he merely met his match.
The rest of the Brady kids show up, Merill yells at them for being late. A trashy-looking man dressed in leather tells the Bradys to shut up so he can hear the piano player, Mike gets up to confront him. The guy busts the table in half and says "shut-up" again. Mike cowers back to the Brady table and notes the guy wants to hear Bobby play. Bobby is featured playing the end of Maple Leaf Rag by Joplin. Much applause.
Dissolve to:
Musical Number, "This Masquerade" (Russell) (Carol)
(Commercial break)
Carol tells Mike that the kids are saving their energy for the Finale about "Disco Songs" so it is up to the two of them to make the introduction. Mike says they do not have more energy than the kids, Carol replies that since they have six children the kids must think they're bionic.
"Turn the Beat Around" (Jackson/Jackson) (Jan et al)
"Those Were the Days" (Raskin) (Mike & Carol)
"Enjoy Yourself With Me" (Gamble/Huff) (Greg)
"Disco Duck" (Dees) (Rick Dees)
"Tangerine" (Mercer/Schertzinger) (Alice & Merrill)
"Dancing Machine" (Davis/Fletcher/Parks) (What's Happenin' Kids)
"Disco Lucy- 'I Love Lucy Theme'" (Daniel/Adamson) (Bradys)
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (Sayer/Poncia) (all)
Carol says there is a man holding a card up saying that it is the end of another show. Peter asks why he gets pushed in the pool every week, Greg says because the man holding up the cue cards says to do it. Marcia warns them that the man is holding up another card. Jans notes that it says "Thank the chests??" (idiot) Mike says it is "Thank the guests". Bobby says to thank John Stearwald for holding up the cards.
The Bradys sing "United We Stand." (Hiller/Simmons)

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The government's advisors on architecture have published new guidelines for planning decision makers in local government in an attempt to ensure that new housing developments are successful. "Actions for housing growth: Creating a legacy of great places" has been produced by CABE – the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment – and recommends 10 practical actions.
CABE says the idea of the advice is to unlock the potential in the housing growth programme for the creation of well-designed cities, towns and neighbourhoods that are sustainable, functional and distinctive as well as being attractive to investors and homebuyers.
The ten steps include realising the scale of an opportunity; providing clear leadership in decision-making bodies; the integration of design skills with all planning and development processes; collaboration with partner organisations and the involvement of local communities in the change process as well as putting sustainable development at the heart of all thinking and action. CABE also says that design quality is fundamental to successful housing growth and should be considered strategically from the outset. Good design, it says, ensure places work well in such things as giving pedestrians priority in road layouts and making public spaces safe and attractive.
Sarah Allan, enabling advisor at CABE, said, "What is needed is leadership and commitment. Perceptions have to shift. Councillors and board members of local delivery vehicles need to see themselves as promoters of good design, not just regulators."
The new guidance also offers examples drawn from this country and Europe, showing what can be achieved. It recognises that different places will need different solutions but the Commission believes the practical advice can be used to find the best solution to challenges posed in each area.


text: Illuminati is this the most powerful unseen organization on the planet? Rumor has it that you can't just submit an application or donate money to join this cult. All members were chosen. Now I don't know exactly what has to be done upon being selected nor what roles alleged members play once selected. What I do know is this those celebrities that are known to have ties to the illuminati are mere puppets on a string. The illuminati uses musicians to promote their existence. To find out more information google Illuminati and do your own investigating.


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What is a desk anyway? It's the place where you are camped out getting something done, creating, pondering, browsing...all of the above. Right? So while I couldn't...sadly...camp out by the sea, I made my desk, at least for an hour, by a big fountain. This is why they call this thing a Midori traveler's notebook. It travels, with lots-o-notebooks inside! I was doodling things into my planner, and listing things in my listbook and having a happy ole time in a world surrounded by iphones.
I have to say though, there's really nothing wrong with being on your phone. It connects you with the world! Being able to check on my business, my family, and my friends remotely--amazing. But I also need pretty paper and stitching time.
It's good to get away from your regular desk sometimes, especially when the weather is gorgeous. I also have to share, I've made it, finally, to the first floor of the cross-stitch dollhouse. Woo hoo!
Four rooms to go before the end of the year. This is the start of the living room. The last room to stitch will be the garage. My nephews will love that I'm cross-stitching a car!
I leave you with the other sight I see everywhere right now. It's pumpkin time in the Ozarks! And I need those mums in my life. Have a beautiful week.
Eat, Write, Dream, Stitch


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I like going on a Friday when the crowds aren't there. It means there aren't nearly as many vendors but that works for me when it's 180° in the sun. As ever though, there is always plenty to see and laugh about. And sometimes buy.
|My score of the morning, a brand new mini fishing pole for the Turtle. 5 bucks!
There was a lot more for entertainment. Including the drive.
|The Dive Bar (sounds and looks good to me!)
|The famous across from the beach Elbo Room - yes, you'll get a Culebra pour
|Ft. Lauderdale beach
|I missed the entirely tattooed guy on the Harley.
He was bare chested and there wasn't an inch of uninked skin to be seen,
|Just in case you need to know where to buy your Masarati.
|A classic place I'll never go to visit.
|The skyway over Federal Highway, from the parking lot to Weird World
|Jonny's old pal
|Let the weirdness begin!
|None for sale, just one of the wacky owner's cool collections
|An 'if I were rich, maybe I'd buy this' car
|So much stuff I can't even see it
|Make your own caption
|Some of the old Pirate World rides from a Florida long ago
While back inside...
|What I wish I could wear. What I probably should wear.
|Whatever part of your body you're not happy with, this place can fix it.
|Zach, I'm so sorry I didn't buy these for you!
I thought about it too late, as in, just now.
|Elvis time
|I've seen hundreds of these types of tables but never benches.
Of course they are here.
|My idea of immortalizing exotic animals
|The biggest mango ever
|From dasheen to sugar cane, it's here
|This manmade canal goes to the ocean. Jonny says he sees manatees in here often.
This is from the skyway back to the parking lot.
|Decision time
|Just looking at this case was enough to gain a pound or two.
I resisted pretty easily, it was that 'too much of too much' thing.
Later, that eclair will look much more enticing.
|and it is!
I went for the eggs and gyro meat (what, are you kidding, gyro meat on a breakfast dish?? of course I'm ordering that!) with tzatziki sauce. There was so much meat, even though I shared, it made a go-home (in foil) packet.
|The damage done (okay, the home fries, not so good)
Have a forge forward fearlessly Friday. Do something fazeless.


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Friday, September 24, 2010
A Fourth Murdered Mayor
The latest is Prisciliano Rodríguez, from Doctor González, Nuevo León, which is about 25 miles from Monterrey. This is the fourth in the past six weeks, and the fifteenth since Calderón came into office. The issue has gotten a lot more attention since the August murder of Edelmiro Cavazos, of Santiago, Nuevo León, and it's something that should be more of a priority for the feds. Any reduction in the threat of organized crime will have to include a cooperative effort from all levels of government, and the widespread targeting of mayors makes cooperation at the municipal level a lot harder.
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Praise Jesus! He's not GAY (anymore)!!
And for some reason, this just cracks my sorry ass up.
And, he and his wife are going to become psychologists!
Still laughing. Even harder.
6 comments:
- DonPato said...
Wow Rev. Haggard must really want his job back? That's amazing now he's straight, but then he was straight before right?
He just had a gay relationship? Of course that just proves we CHOOSE to be gay as all those Evangelist claim.
So you can just switch back and forth sort of like turning on the four-wheel drive and turning it off again.
How many of you guys can switch back and forth like that?
- February 07, 2007 12:02 AM
Hey, you increase your dating odds if you can switch back and forth at will!
- February 07, 2007 1:12 PM
- Elizabeth said...
This is my favorite part:
"He is completely heterosexual," Ralph said. "That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing."
So he acted out situations where "things" took place, and "discovered" that he is heterosexual? If that's not denial, I don't know what is.
- February 09, 2007 6:19 AM
- Lin said...
You have GOT to see the Alexandra Pelosi documentary on HBO where "Praise Jesus! HE's not GAY (anymore)" features quite front stage. You have to see this!
- February 26, 2007 10:13 AM
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Director : Shawn Levy
Genre : Comedy and a pinch of Drama.
Cast : Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Rose Byrne.
Two salesmen who lost their job because digital age is catching upon everybody's life looks for an intership in the biggest tech giant in the world.Google.How will they cop up with the new young generation and their fast life??..Will they succeed in their journey towards better life?..Will they able to complete the google challenge?.Well, watch the movie to know that.
I'm sure the story writer might have thought how to put these funny duos back to college life in a more convincing way.Because 'old-people-back-to-college' story has been told many times.And they did succeed by putting these awesome actors in the shoes of two people who are too old for the new technology.It is really a feel good movie and i loved it.It is definitely worth a watch and undoubtedly one of the best movie for both actors.There a briefly detailed scene in a strip club with a lot of nudity and if you watch a censored version you may not understand the flow of the story.I mean the scene is an important part of the story.As support cast Dylan O'Brien,Josh Brener,Tobit Raphael and the gorgeous Tiya Sircar(man i love her!) plays important parts of the story. So what are you waiting for.Go watch the movie now.Buy an unrated copy or a censored one from Amazon.com now for the cheapest prize.


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Monday, December 26, 2011
Did You Survive?
Our big family Christmas get together was held at my Aunt's house. I promised no Facebook photos, so I assume no one wants to appear on my blog either. Chickens! Probably for the best. It got wild. There was eating, singing, dancing, four excited doggies and a wicked Dirty Santa game. We came home with a popcorn maker, buffet warmer and a mosaic tile table. Poor College Boy entertained the tourists at one of the above mentioned theme parks, so we didn't do our family celebration until Christmas night.
Here's hoping your holidays were filled with laughter and great food. Like the song says, it really is the "most wonderful time of the year." Even if your sickly dishwasher dies Christmas Eve. Guess what Santa brought me for Christmas?
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In the last post I reference Google's tool for soliciting ideas from users. I pointed out several things that I think need to be addressed in order to make the tool useful. But rather then complain about the concept I want to point out someone doing it the right way. The site I'm referring to is My Starbucks Idea. The concept is pretty much the same as what Google is trying to accomplish. One thing to note, this is not a magical Starbucks concoction that would be impossible to replicate. They are using Salesforce.com's Platform As A Service (PaaS) product called Ideas. Wasn't that the Easter egg dye we used as kids? I digress.
Once you have an account you get one vote per idea if you choose to vote. It can be positive or negative. This is actually a recent addition and one this community begged for early on. Where Starbucks excels is in the way users navigate through the ideas. This site has been up much longer than Googles so there are over 490 pages of ideas. Clearly this isn't practical for normal users to mess with. The solution was to provide several navigation options.
This is essential since many people coming in may expect that their idea has already been submitted. The more votes an idea gets the more likely the company will notice it and try to address it. This makes working through the system much faster for people that want to be quick.
The ability to quickly navigate to a Category is displayed in two ways. One is a drop down selection and the other is in the left hand navigation. Redundancy is nice as it gives users two ways of getting to the same spot with fundamentally different methods. I could go on about this one, but I'll save that for another day.
Quick Links
The links under the main navigation is an additional method of getting to some highly visited pages. The options are: Popular Ideas, Recent Ideas, Top All-Time and Comments.
User Comments
The key here is allowing for customer discussion. This isn't a suggestion box with blind voting, but rather a lively discussion area. Obviously Starbucks is not basing their decision to do something based purely on the customer feedback. However, the feedback provides excellent insight into what customers are looking for and expecting. Especially the loyal wants that want to keep giving their money to Starbucks.
Communication is 2Way
The central component here is that Starbucks is engaged with their customers. This isn't just a community sounding board that employees are monitoring. They actually participate. They will comment back to customers in discussions. Users feel like they have a voice and are being heard. Not just commiserating with fellow coffee drinkers.
Google can get there, but if you are looking for a solution for your company I would argue that the Salesforce.com solution is great. Just make sure you are prepared to commit resources to engaging the community.


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I did not bring out my camera because I did want to offend him, but after about 3 loud shouts and he was still in the house, I started to shoot some video of his compound, just to show you that one of his puppy was in the cage and you will get the idea where is Jacky staying.
We started chatting a bit and he did not sound worried or care very much. He thought we were charity animal rescue people or something that doing this for free, idiots! I am sorry but yes he is an idiot. However when we were about to leave, he did say thank you and asked me about the medical fee. You know, Khairul and I do not like the idea of asking money and from the conversation that we had with him on the phone, I doubt he will spend more than 10 dollar for animals. Anyway we told him at first we thought Jacky is a stray, we tried our best to save him and thats it, but I continued .."any amount that is comfortable with you is fine with us.', that's our exact words.


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FITCHBURG � Christopher Maloney, a 1989 graduate of Fitchburg State University and the chief U.S. probation officer for the District of Massachusetts, will deliver Fitchburg State University's spring commencement address.
FSU's 118th undergraduate spring commencement exercises are scheduled for 10 a.m. May 17 on the main quadrangle.
Mr. Maloney will receive an honorary doctorate at the ceremony.
"Christopher Maloney has enjoyed a distinguished career in community corrections, working to create a safer country by strengthening probation and pretrial services in the federal court system in Massachusetts and elsewhere," Fitchburg State President Robert V. Antonucci said. "His work has changed how offenders on probation or parole and defendants awaiting trial are treated, motivated by the desire for better outcomes and enhanced security."
Mr. Maloney's selection continues a recent tradition of Fitchburg State welcoming back accomplished alumni as commencement speakers, including Michael J. Deitemeyer, president of Omni Hotels & Resorts; R.A. Salvatore, best-selling author; and Patrice Nicholas, director of global health and academic partnerships at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.
Mr. Maloney was born and raised in Dedham and completed a bachelor's degree in sociology at FSU in 1989 and held positions after graduating in community corrections.
He became a regional administrator for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in Washington, D.C., from 1997 to 2002. That December he was named chief of the Office of Probation and Pretrial Services' program services branch.
In 2004, Mr. Maloney was named chief U.S. probation officer for the District of New Jersey, where he served until his appointment in Massachusetts in 2011.
Mr. Maloney has helped develop financial literacy and workforce development programs for probationers, established a program for offenders with a history of domestic violence and oversaw the development of programs to help female offenders, among many other accomplishments.


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What others are saying about Jerry Bromiel...
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Bruce D. Beach, CPA – Founder & CEO, BeachFleischman, P.C.; past Tucson Chamber of Commerce 'Man of the Year'
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Led by murder victim family members speaking out... Telling their stories of love, forgiveness and understanding. Hoping for an end to the cycle of violence.
Monday, April 02, 2012
Oakland California Tragedy Today: PRAYERS Needed for All involved
This tragedy took place not that far from where I lived and went to college when I was young and not far from relatives and other loved ones. Many of my friends attended Christian schools -- this will affect so so many people of all ages.
I think it's the 1st or 2nd greatest loss of lives in a school shooting since one years ago -- yet follows a killing of several in an Ohio High School cafeteria recently? (Feel free to correct me since I am writing this rapidly just before I need to close the computer.)
I am just sick to hear that SIX people have been killed and others injured at Oikos Christian College this am! Just as any of us at The Journey of Hope would be if this had taken place at any school ANYWHERE. For one thing, many of the folk represented by The JOH are victims' family members or victims themselves.
Simultaneously we MUST keep working not only on healing and protecting yet also toward PREVENTION...
Mental Illness -- like affected the current man to face the death penalty in Oklahoma -- could be the cause? (See the post just below.)
At any rate - how can we all help our society, our world, our churches and groups, our hurting people everywhere, our young and restless and disenfranchised to find a way out of such horror? (Whether afflicted by someone else of self?)
We know that drugs (even addiction to pain pills) and many other overly accepted problems including alcohol for many who have a family history , gambling, debt, heart-sickness, etc. can lead to such unresolved anger and depression if not worse...
How can we help our families, ourselves and each other to prevent such tragedy?
Let's talk about this over time, shall we?
Let's find the great comfort of PRAYER right now for the victims -- victims' family -- as well as the college staff -- and for the officers who had to take courage to do their jobs and now live with this memory -- and for the perpetrator and his loved ones as well who may have been unable to help their loved one no matter what they did.
Sometimes we need to take a little more time with our loved ones or someone upset at a public place -- if safe -- to listen. Yet even God has plenty of murdurous children he couldn't save.
We need to go to a 12-step group if we or our loved one is addicted. (Believe me, I know it is of immense value to each and all -- the 12 steps are beautiful for anyone.
IF we are lacking in friendships -- why don't we make or nurture some really healthy ones? Or maybe we can help someone else to do the same within safe boundaries, of course.
What about starting a conversation group in our community, neighborhood, school or church, mosque, synagogue or congregation about these issues?
Killing people for killing has never worked although removing and preventing the person out of control from hurting others is necessary.
To forgive is not a contradiction yet this usually takes much time and some are only able to do so without emotion. That's better than carrying venemous hatred and resentment into the rest of our lives.
So let's talk and let's pray...and consider the amazing tools and inspiration to be found in The Journey of Hope stories as well as the following places:
World Without Hate (the movement started by Rais Bhuiyan)
The Parent Circle (where parents who've lost children thru the turmoil in Palestine and Israel come together to forgive, to heal, to love and to seek other options to violence.
Look up Desmond Tutu on Forgiveness
What about the 13th Chapter of Corinthians in the New Testament? What about your favorite Psalm or Surah on God's great mercy and forgiveness?
What about KNOWING prayer gets through?
What sites or activities do you recommend?
Thanx for coming by -- keep in touch.
Pray without ceasing...
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Out of job leads. Out of money. In debt up to my ears. Got phone bill to pay. Didn't get much back from safety deposit on old apartment. And grandma is expecting me to start school again and move out in the fall.
I hate this.
Wednesday, July 20
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Transparency? Well, it ain't AERO Glass, that's for sure.
Continuing my recent theme of whether we're seeing performance for the massive collective compensation we're underwriting at MSFT (much to the dismay of several employees, apparently, based on their subsequent comments), I did some research to see what payout MSFT finally decided on with respect to the Shared Performance Stock Awards (SPSA's).
For those who don't recall, in 2004, MSFT instituted the SPSA program as "a long-term incentive program for executives and other senior leaders that makes a significant portion of their stock-based compensation dependent upon the company's growth and customer satisfaction over a three-year period." This group was comprised of the so-called "top 500" executives (now magically morphed to at least 600 given the rabbit-like nature of MSFT's headcount multiplication) or effectively the supposed top brain trust of the entire company. To the best of my knowledge, the actual metrics were never publicly disclosed beyond that vague "company growth and customer satisfaction" drivel. Some of that makes sense competitively, but having virtually all of it be secret doesn't, and makes it impossible to independently verify subsequent performance against those objectives.
The payout amount was to "be determined by adjusting upward or downward from the target in a range between 33% and 150%". The target, by the way, was set at 31.7M shares. So where did it end up? Turns out, that's easier asked than answered. In reviewing the recent 10-K which you can find here, we see the following:
The performance period for SPSAs issued in fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006 was July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006 (January 1, 2004 through June 30, 2006 for certain executive officers). Following the end of the performance period, the Board of Directors determined that the number of shares of stock awards to be issued was 37.0 million, based on the actual performance against metrics established for the performance period.
This seems to answer what the final amount was: 37M shares versus the original target of 31.7M - an increase of ~17%. So was the final sliding-scale payout %, arrived at by the board of directors and based on performance against these publicly unavailable (and therefore unverifiable) metrics, 117%? Good question. Of course, since I pointed out that the "top 500" has likely morphed to at least 600, maybe that bumped up the actual versus the target? That could be consistent with rumors that the final payout % was 101%. But wait, MSFT is committed to transparency, right? So there's no way they wouldn't tell shareholders what payout % they finally arrived at on these singularly important metrics, for these critical employees, and given the significant $ involved (~$1B), correct? Well, not surprisingly, I couldn't find that articulation in plain English anywhere. So I fired up my email and put the question to MSFT Investor Relations. Here's their response (which, I should point out, was at least timely, as usual):
While we do not disclose the percentage for the SPSAs, you can view the number of shares to be issued under the recently completed SPSA performance period in our Form 10K filing on our Investor Relations website at http://www.microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx. Below is an excerpt from the 2006 10K filing, which discloses that information.
In other words, the % is none of my business - or yours, for that matter. Why is that? What could possibly be jeopardized by telling us that, for example, the payout was 90% or 102.3%? There doesn't seem to be any obvious operational or competitive explanation for withholding that info - especially given the company's commitment to transparency (cough, sputter, wink). And clearly, as a shareholder, it would be nice to have some relative feeling for how the management team assesses its own performance over the past 3 years. But there is a pretty obvious political explanation - a management team giving themselves 100%+ bonuses during a time period when the company was plagued by product delays, delivered its worst YOY growth rate in its history as a public company, and badly lagged every major market index (to name only a partial list), isn't great optics or likely to sit well with frustrated shareholders - or potential investors.
Oh, and in the MSFT spirit of arguing that one approach provides better alignment with shareholders, only to later change it and argue the reverse, the new SPSA program will be yearly not every 3 years:
The Company will grant SPSAs for fiscal year 2007 with a performance period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
So does that mean that executives no longer need "longer-term incentives", or that long-term "company growth and customer satisfaction" are no longer goals? I'm sure that by the time the shareholder meeting rolls around, management will tell us how the new and improved 1 year term "better aligns executives with shareholders" - just like the move from 1 to 3 years was meant to do, or the move to grants from options, etc. etc. etc. Not sure about you, but every time I hear MSFT say that they're making compensation changes to better align with my needs, I know that of all the possible outcomes, that particular one is the least likely.


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There have been so many things that I have loved about 2010, but I have tried to make a list of my top 10.
- Sharing so many wonderful times with my family and friends, they are what really makes life worthwhile and the times I look back on with happiness and forward to with excitement
- The holidays with my family to Wales, Wellington Country Park, Butlins and camping trips in Kent
- There were two quite major milestones in 2010; my husband and I both turned 40 and celebrated 10 years of marriage
- There were also a number of crafting firsts; my first quilt, my first knitting and stitching exhibition at Ally Pally, my first blog and my first homemade Christmas
- The creation of the potting shed in the garden and the acquisition of our second allotment plot
- Growing vegetables and eating them all year round, including plenty for Christmas dinner
- The mushroom foray at Wildwood, I can not wait until mushroom season next year
- My bike...I love my bike. It is probably one of my most prized and used possession along with my sewing machine. My bike is at the top of the list for a makeover in the new year
- Dancing and running
- Realising that you can ask for help and people listen, you are never alone despite your perception
|Leeks for Christmas Dinner
|My potting shed in the snow
|Homemade wrapping paper and tags
Wishing everyone a very happy and creative new year xxx


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I admit it, I have gotten quite lazy with my posts. After the excitement (and drama) of building a home from the ground up, what else is there?
The fixes.
Let's go back to our 30 day. We had a few issues, only one of which was major. I kind of think that one major issue, led me to notice things of a similar nature in the home. The major issue- our hallway in the basement was crooked. Crooked, narrow- whatever- I just knew it wasn't right. I had to convince my husband that I wasn't crazy when I said the basement hallway narrows as you walk in. If you look at the floor plan of the basement, you will notice there is one long wall as the entry way to the main part of the basement, and a diagonal wall, connected to it, right at the very end. This diagonal wall was 3 inches too long and made the longer wall bow out. Yes- I spotted a 3 inch difference.
Now if you notice- in the last pic there is a missing face plate for my light switch. My PM kept saying he would replace and never did- I will explain a little later on why that never happened.
As far as the other things that I noticed- for your viewing pleasure
I will say that I am actually a little jealous of other RH communities where the PM goes the extra mile, and you get a nice shiny key chain at close and your SR comes by bearing gifts to help celebrate your new home and your new adventure. None of that happened here, and I am little disappointed about that.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Name: Joseph
Location: New York, NY/Mumbai, India by way of San Diego, CA and Dallas, TX
Age: 25
Diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at age 8
How has your condition impacted you? RA and Heart Disease have impacted my life tremendously. At a very young age, I had to learn to deal and live with my conditions. This made my childhood very difficult. I was unable to grow up the normal way healthy kids do. I would dream of being as strong as my athletic twin brother and living a disease-free life. I found yoga and decided to follow my dreams of a disease free lifestyle. Since then, my life has changed and any pain I feel in my body only fuels my desire to transcend the limitations within myself - mentally, physically, and emotionally.
What would you like for other people to know about your condition? I was diagnosed with JRA when I was 8. I had many complications from the physical stress and from taking all the medications. Between the age of 11 and 13, I had major knee surgery, suffered from migraine headaches and had stomach ulcers. At the age of 13, I had a heart attack. I found yoga when I was 19 and have been been in remission for the past 6 years of my life.
What would you like to tell someone who was recently diagnosed with your condition? Not to settle for the cards you have been dealt. If you do not learn to have joy in life and accept your condition(s), then you might as well live in a box. We are given our condition to learn from it and to become stronger and wiser about the way we live our lives. All conditions can be controlled, if not reversed, through our own minds. It's our willingness to change and not live under the shadow of our disease that gives us joy in life.
Here is the first quote that popped into my head after I wrote this. It's from my teacher, Bikram Choudhury - "Having doesn't mean anything if you don't know how to use it."
I like this quote because it reminds that my conditions were a gift. A gift which taught me that anything in great life is worth suffering for. :)
Thank you so much Joseph! Your smile and positive attitude are contagious!!
Be sure to check out more of Joseph's amazing success with Bikram Yoga here.
Posted by Jodi at 9:49 AM
Labels: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
5 comments:
- Leslie F. Miller said...
He really is an inspiration.
- October 21, 2010 at 10:02 AM
oh wow. what an amazing story not just about RA but life, too. if we could all have such a great attitude, the world would be such a great place. fantastic!
- October 21, 2010 at 11:19 AM
- niraj said...
Great guy,and I am fortunate to have him as my Yoga Instructor here in Mumbai.......
- October 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Hey, he is a TEACHER and a HEALER not an instructor...yes, you're fortunate to be together with him
- October 22, 2010 at 4:12 PM
I love Joseph's smile! He radiates peace & joy. Just found Yoga myself & feel so recharged after class.
- November 16, 2010 at 5:45 AM


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It may be my playful character, but I love to experiment and take seriousness out of outfits. Sure, I still like those elegant, clean chic styles. For me it is just amazing how easily we can adapt ourselves to one style and choose another direction in a few steps.
Having no boundaries (but budget I guess) and being able to purchase almost everything, is one kind of freedom I am not about to give up.
Pretty thankful for that revolutionary fashion empire unlike the e.g. 80s, as everything you could buy were a few type of pants, shirts and colours.
What do you think?


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This photograph appeared in the New York Times this morning with the article "Tourism Saves a Laotian City but Saps Its Buddhist Spirit", and is of tourists jostling each other to take photographs of Buddhist monks during their alms gathering in Luang Prabang. What a disgraceful spectacle!!! I realize that Laos is in dire need of the jobs and money that such tourism brings, but the damage that this does to its traditions and ways of life is irreversible. Many other South East Asian cities have degenerated into touristic zoos...Siem Reap and its fabulous Angkor temples is one of them.
I visited Luang Prabang 3 years ago, and I recall seeing tourists photographing the monks early morning, but they were not as aggressive and so 'in-their-face". In fact, they stood at a respectful distance from the monks, some even standing on the other side of the road (as I did), to show respect for this age-old ritual.
This is from the article: "Now we see the safari," said Nithakhong Somsanith, an artist and embroiderer who works to preserve traditional arts. "They come in buses. They look at the monks the same as a monkey, a buffalo. It is theater."
How would these tourists feel if the roles were reversed? Haven't these monks the same feelings and sensitivities we all do?
I see this shameful behavior time and time again wherever I go from tourists who are clueless -or are uncaring- as to their reprehensible behavior. Some nationalities are worse than others, and I (as participants in my photo expeditions only know too well) have no second thoughts in directly confronting such tactless people.


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News, rants, thoughts and commentary from a Christian, conservative, curmudgeon viewpoint.
Friday, February 3, 2012
3 comments:
- Teresa said...
And Ron Paul wants us to believe that Iran isn't a threat? What a nut. I hope Israel bombs Iran.
- February 3, 2012 at 8:27 PM
- Magister Christianus said...
First, good to see you posting again! Second, I saw this earlier on a blog, but did not hear of it elsewhere. Is the mainstream media covering this? I realize there is a Super Bowl coming up and skinned Planned Parenthood knees to kiss, but this seems like something we should sit up and notice.
- February 3, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- eutychus said...
Hi Teresa. Not a fan of Mr. Paul, myself. Steve-Thanks for the welcome. I just noted a few headlines and thought how odd, even for Iran, that all of these popped up at once. Skinned knees and football will always over-rule thoughtful news coverage. I think there is a tendency to discount bizarre things coming out of Iran because, well, its Iran, but I suspect it will come together at some point. What they (Iran) do with it and when- aye, there's the rub...
- February 4, 2012 at 2:25 PM


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Located in the Northern part of India, Chandigarh is the capital of the state of Punjab. It is one of the most well planned and modernised cities in India. The city is known for its planning and lavish lifestyle. Spacious Roads and Green Patches are a feature of the city. Only 250 kms from Delhi, it is a beautiful weekend destination. Apart from its beauty, Chandigarh is also an important IT Hub for many Private and Multinational Corporations. The city has a large population of young people, and is very famous for its Nightclubs and Bars. The city also has a lot of Parks, Lakes and Green Areas. It is a modern city with Natural touch. Its tourist attractions have made this city famous among Indian and International Tourists. Its closeness from Delhi has increased tourism here.
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Pleasure of Flying in an A380
The Airbus A380 is the biggest passenger plane ever built. Its First Flight was from Singapore to Sydney in 2007. The plane was launched with Singapore Airlines as its First Customer. Soon, other big carriers also got it in their fleet. It is a Giant Machine with State of the Art Technology, Innovation and Sophisticated Flight Controls. It is 40% more spacious than a Boeing 747. It is the first jet built with two full decks of seating, and can hold up to 850 passengers in an all Economy configuration. Usually, it is used in a 3-class configuration with 525 seats. The seating configuration differs from Airline to Airline. The extra space makes this plane more spacious and comfortable than any other Aircraft. The Airbus A380 has always been our favourite, and mentioned in many of our Blogs. Thus, we decided to dedicate our 100th Blog to this Gigantic Airliner. In this Blog, we will share Facts and Features of this Mind Boggling Jet. Let's get started…..
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Role of Tourism in Nation Building
Tourism is extremely important for a country. The impact is so huge; it can make or break an Economy. When a Tourist arrives, he/she gives Bread and Butter to numerous people. There are many countries in the world which have less Tourism. They focus on other industries for their survival, and often ignore the importance of Tourism. We recently posted 2 Blogs on increasing tourism in a country and city, where we discussed ways of enhancing tourism. In this Blog, we will tell you how a tourist gives employment to numerous people. We have divided the information industry wise for better understanding. Let's get started…..
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The Popular City of Bangkok
Bangkok is one of the most popular cities on earth. Home to over 8 million people, Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. Bangkok is a Hot, Humid and Bustling metropolis drawing tourists from all over the world. The city is famous for its vibrant street life, Temples, Kick Boxing, Bars, Food, Shopping and Nightlife. Apart from that, Bangkok is a south East Asian Financial and Political Powerhouse. It is also one of the Hottest Travel Destinations judged on criteria like culture, attractions, cuisine, shopping and value for money. It repeatedly wins Travel Awards for being popular among tourists. Bangkok is truly a traveller's paradise…..
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How to Increase Tourism in a City
There are thousands of cities around the world, but only few are Tourist spots. A city which has good Tourism is always very popular. Tourism helps the city in people to people contact, Cultural Exchange and creation of Jobs. Cities like London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Sydney are some of the most popular among Tourists. These cities were developed in order to bring large number of tourists. What makes a city popular among tourists? In this Blog we will discuss just that. In the First Part of this Blog, we discussed ways of increasing Tourism in a country. In this Blog, we will discuss on ways of increasing Tourism in a city. Let's get started…..
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How to Increase Tourism in a Country
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Hi everyone,
My family will be taking my New York City born-and-bred mother for a 75th birthday weekend in Williamstown mid-June. I'm wondering if anyone might recommend a good place for earlyish dinner on the Saturday night -- it would be a party of 9, including a couple in their 70s and a couple of reasonably well-behaved kids ages 9 and 6. We're looking for someplace celebratory but not overly formal, with good, fresh food and a comfortable atmosphere, ideally not too loud. And one of us is a vegetarian. Price is no object, but as I said, we're not looking for anything very formal. Any ideas?


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The Team Today: Saturday Skateby Jen Sharpe / Edmonton Oilers
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Sam Gagner took to the ice with the team for the second consecutive day, and Head Coach Pat Quinn said he is hopeful the young forward will end three weeks on the injured list by dressing Tuesday night in Nashville.
"He still has some discomfort but not nearly what he was experiencing earlier on," Quinn said. "I haven't talked to him since he skated today but he seemed to move well out there, and if he's saying that he's going to play then that will be what happens."
Like their fellow hockey fans, the Oilers are anticipating an exciting Olympic gold medal final between Canada and U.S.A. Sunday afternon. With his extensive international resume, Quinn shared his thoughts on the nerves and butterflies Team Canada will experience tomorrow.
"It will be an incredible day of excitement," the coach said. "As a fan, I'm just anticipating great hockey, great competition. And if I was in a coaching or playing position, then you think of it different ways.
"I'd try not to be scared, try to be really prepared and have all the information for the players about themselves and the others. You will have reviewed your line matches and everything 100 times over as a coach, and then calm your own butterflies, because they'll be there for everybody in that organization. I don't care how veteran you are, they're going to be there at the start.
As for what he'd like to see from Team Canada, Quinn kept it simple.
"As a Canadian, looking at our team and how they've improved every day, all I would hope for them is that they continue that improvement," he said.
Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com
Vancouver native Gilbert Brule spent a few days in his hometown during the Olympic break and was impressed by the celebrations.
"It was insane downtown -- I was down there a lot. Robson Street is just all shut off, along with the big streets. It's just shoulder to shoulder people and a great atmosphere."
Along with catching a medal ceremony, Brule witnessed teammates Denis Grebeshkov and Lubomir Visnovsky face off against eachother in the Russia-Slovakia men's hockey game. When asked who he rooted for, Brule played it safe.
"It's just like whoever wins, wins," he said with a smile.
But Brule showed his true colours when asked about Friday night's Canada-Slovakia semi-final game.
"I think Slovakia's going to surprise some people but obviously I think Canada's going to win."
Fellow forward Ryan Potulny agreed that Slovakia has been a surprise and said he's cheering for Visnovsky to do well against a strong Canadian team.
"The games are very competitive and some of the teams surprised some people I think too," Potulny said. "Hopefully Lubo does good. It's good for him. What an experience to play in the Olympics and to go this far. It's good to see and I'm happy for him."
Not as happy as he'll be if the U.S. faces Canada in the gold medal final, however.
"There's a lot of pride in the game," he commented. "As you saw the first time that they played, I think both teams have some pride and I think Canada was taken aback a little by the U.S. beating them. They've came out in these last two games and they look pretty strong, so I think maybe they've got going now."
Ethan Moreau missed his second consecutive practice Friday morning, and Head Coach Pat Quinn later confirmed that the team captain has reaggravated a neck injury.
"He's still having trouble with his neck that he has been fighting all year long," Quinn explained. "He quipped it again apparently before practice yesterday, so our medical staff has kept him out to see if we can quiet it down. It is the same injury that bothered him earlier in the year -- just a reoccurrence of something going on in his spinal area in the neck."
Quinn expects Moreau to play Tuesday night in Nashville.
Friday's practice marked Sam Gagner's first appearance on the ice since injuring his knee February 6 in Colorado. After the skate, Gagner made a special appearance at a Boys & Girls Club in Edmonton to announce a donation of $5,000 in sports equipment courtesy of Nike.
After signing dozens of autographs and talking with the kids, Gagner grabbed a hockey stick and fired a few pucks on net in the gym.
Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com
"I think guys are happy to get back," Patrick O'Sullivan said after the skate. "I think the most important thing, the thing everyone notices, is we mentally feel refreshed and excited about coming to the rink and playing the sport that we love and get to play at the highest level at."
After enjoying eight days off during the Olympic break, O'Sullivan said it feels "almost like training camp again" and the players have to ease themselves into the on-ice drills.
"I think guys are trying to get their legs under them and get back used to skating. It's amazing how much you notice being off the ice, and you try to prevent injury as much as you can and at the same time feel the puck a little bit.
"It's a little weird with not all the guys being here, but the guys that are in the Olympics haven't stopped playing, so it's our job to get back into it and be prepared for the game that we have coming up," he added.
Fellow forward Dustin Penner also has his sights set on Tuesday's return to action in Nashville.
"It's back to work for us," Penner said. "We have to get ready for the last 22 games, 21 games here because it's going to come fast and hard here in the last five, six weeks."
The Oilers fought a pair of flu outbreaks earlier this season, but this time around the club is encouraging a different kind of fever within the locker room. The Olympics were the hot topic among players, staff and media Thursday afternoon, specifically Team Canada's commanding performance vs. Russia Wednesday night.
When asked if he is also cheering for Oilers teammates Denis Grebeshkov (Russia) and Lubomir Visnovsky (Slovakia), Penner gave the patriotic answer.
"Unfortunately for Grebber and Lubo, I'm cheering for Canada. I hope they do well but I was cheering for Canada last night."
American O'Sullivan has different allegiances but admitted Canada is the team to beat.
"The success that Canada's had in international hockey speaks for itself. It's not a mystery. And in my opinion, they have the best team at the Olympics, but it's a one-game situation and I know firsthand that a team that's not as good can beat a team that's better if you get good goaltending, if you get a timely goal or two.
"So anytime the U.S. beats Canada, it's something for the American guys to be proud of because it doesn't happen all that often."
Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer


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Man child started his summer job through the city's youth works program. We are very excited because he has applied in the past and has never been selected. The program is only for 6 weeks but it is better than nothing.
Preparing for this summer job came with my usual reminders and hints – make sure you have something clean to wear; make sure you have all your paper work together; be sure to check the bus schedule so you know when to leave and how long it takes to get there; make sure you have exact bus fare; make sure you have your cell phone and it's charged; and if you are not taking lunch, make sure you have money to buy something to eat. I got the usual response "I know Ma". Man child asked "do you think I should set my alarm clock?" My reply "Yes, since you will be heading to college in a few months, you need to get in the habit of setting your clock and getting YOURSELF up cause I am NOT going to be there".
The big day arrived and at 5:45 am his alarm clock rang and I heard him hit the snooze button. For the next 20 minutes the clock sounded every five minutes and he hit the snooze button. I sat at the dining room table, drinking my tea, wondering how long I should let this continue. Finally, at 6:20 am, he headed to the bathroom. Then, he decided that the shirt he wanted to wear needed to be washed. He ran to the basement to put a small load in the washer. I said nothing. At 7:15 am, he was looking for his hair brush, the iron and his wallet. I asked again, "do you have everything you need and enough money?" His reply "Ma, I got this".
I left my house for work at 7:45 am. Man child was still running around in this underwear. I estimated that he should have left the house by 8:15 am to catch his bus at 8:25 am. It is about a 20 minute bus ride so he should arrive at the job site on time. I sat on the train with my kindle reading a scripture to start my day. Then, I let out a HUGE breath and I said a prayer for my Man- child.


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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Poetry Birthed Me
of literary conception. Exposed to the sunlight of inspiration,
my soul was naked, I had no protection from/ this new world's
affection. I learned how to walk barefoot on extended metaphors
on the heels of emotional strain/writing away hidden pain,
my days of growth experienced much more than life can explain.
I grew up on a two way street with no shelter from poverty's rain
but I never allowed it to drench me because my strength
always stayed dry even when I heard single mother's cry.
Their tears where my motivation to survive
because through a certain amount of years, I wasn't expected
to be alive, but I continued to strive as to my left/every day
I watched dreams die. I watched them break down on street corners
in the daily hustle of exposed crime. I saw youth taken from
this world too soon as tomorrow's hope faded
inside a neighborhood addicted to dope.
Every time I thought the desperation was too much to cope
I turned to my right and saw the brighter skies.
There were eyes awakened as artists painting new realities
of imagination. Goals were achieved as souls begin to believe
in the craftsmanship of their expression/there was no more
self-denial or depression in a society filled with a new
determination and aggression. So I decided to take those steps
to the right never forgetting what I was leaving behind
to my left because it was all a part of the becoming of a poet/
it was all necessary in the nourishment of my muse
because poetry birthed me and left me standing as a man
overcoming adversity. It showed me the many ways
we are able to embrace diversity despite differences/despite
the different shades of the worlds we all share. It helped
me grow up and walk through obstacles of fear because there
was a whole new air to breathe just by inhaling the emotions,
the pain, the tears, the smiles and everything that blends
life into poetry.
© 2011
Tarringo T. Vaughan
Posted by Tarringo Vaughan at Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Labels: Literature, Poem, Poet, Poetry
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Wednesday, July 03, 2013
10 comments:
- The Choll said...
Cherry Ames! I love, LOVE that series. Second only to the "Judy Bolton" mysteries for action-packed do-goodery.
- 11:42 PM, July 03, 2013
- Isla said...
That sounds like a good week! :-)
I hope your mother is getting well very soon. All the best!
- 12:50 AM, July 04, 2013
- Rose said...
Cherry Ames? That reminds me of my favourites of that vintage: the Donna Parker series, about ten books?
- 2:46 AM, July 04, 2013
- Margo said...
I didn't realize you were working in addition to everything else. My respect for your busy life is renewed!
And I hope you show us a picture of the chambray dress - I adore chambray and I'm sure you would do it up fine.
- 7:01 AM, July 04, 2013
- Lisa said...
I'm glad to hear that your mother is going in the right direction.
- 7:18 AM, July 04, 2013
- The Mayo Family said...
Checking in on you & your Mom & yours!
Your summer sounds like it's moving along nicely! Smile
So glad to hear that your Mom is improving! A answer to prayer.
I see that your quilt is off the etsy bar? Smile Time for another or something small I know summer is hard to get sewing accomplished when there is so much...'summer' going on! Ha
Enjoy the July 4th holiday in how ever you all celebrate!
P.S. Are you doing any patchwork projects in the sewing room?
- 7:38 AM, July 04, 2013
- Farrah said...
It sounds like a good summer! I didn't realize you're working again.
- 5:16 PM, July 04, 2013
Cherry Ames? Will have to check that out!
What is your work? (other than that which involves your family, of course...;))
- 10:44 AM, July 05, 2013
You are streaking? I'm curious as to how you are holding up to every day running. I began streaking back in April, and love it now, but the transition was rough. Sandra
- 9:51 PM, July 05, 2013
- Anna said...
Karla, I'm working on just one case (for my brother) that involves more interviews than any sane person would want to do :) Fortunately it's just phone calls at my own convenience, but they do have to get done.
Sandra, I've moved to running 5x a week to make it *easier* actually, and I've shortened my runs to 2.5 four days, and a longer run of 4-5 miles on Saturday. It's 15/week for now and I like it! Less exhausting.
- 7:11 AM, July 06, 2013


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This is not like it is in the movies, I think, absurdly, as Sara Mohamadeian tests whether I will fit inside my own locker. I don't; I am skinny but not quite locker-skinny. I am saved by bony shoulders, bony elbows. My bony heel finds the place where her balls would be if she had any. I remember her stumbling body intersecting the disinterested passing crowd, the surprised look on her smooth olive-skinned face.
I am emerging from Tech Ed, squirreled away in a back hall where no one will give much thought to the omnipresent scents of scorched wood and acrylic. A small boy bolts by me, left to right, and as I look left I see his broad-shouldered pursuer closing the distance. My foot seems to find its own way into his path, and though he nearly takes me with him, it is so funny to watch him kiss the floor, potatoes tumbling free of the sack. "Thanks!" pipes the elfin boy, and is gone. The bully is faster on his feet than seems fair for a kid his size, but though I lead him by precious seconds, neither one of us is too swift for the wall of Mr. Paradise, whose unerring hands find our collars with frightening precision. Where the principal lets my would-be aggressor off with a warning, I am given three days' in-school suspension. "You could have broken his neck when he fell." No good deed goes unpunished.
Mrs. Covington is making each of us stand up and tell our geometry classmates our names and one thing we like and one thing we dislike. When it's my turn, it never occurs to me to lie as I get to my feet and say (projecting, but not yelling, like my parents and theater teachers have always urged), "My name is Charlotte, and I like reading in the bath. I do not like boys." For the rest of the year, I am branded a lesbian. A weird lesbian. A few months later, I discover I do like one boy. He is in my geometry class.
I don't curse and I tell other people they shouldn't, either. I correct others' grammar. I'm just trying to be helpful. The bathroom walls let me know that I will not be thanked for my efforts.
I fake sick as much as possible. My mother's policy is to refuse to keep us—me, my brother, and my young sister—home unless we are A) vomiting, B) running a fever over 100 degrees, and/or C) bleeding from a massive head wound. The school nurse, however, is more easily manipulated into giving me brief reprieves from pains imagined and real (the constant knot in my stomach is very real indeed, and I am often pallid or watery eyed). Soon the clinic bed is among my only reliable friends.
Not a single boy asks me on a date.
At a mandatory school dance, a cluster of girls takes pity on me, drawing me away from the wall. I stare at the orbits their broad hips circumscribe. "I can't do that," I confess.
Cue the encouraging chorus of Sure you can! Come on!
"No, I—I think I was born without some vertebrae or something."
I demonstrate. My underdeveloped midsection can only rock side-to-side or back-and-forth, a fused unit without grace or autonomy. The others laugh, delighted, and I flush brightly enough to attract small moths. One girl sidles up and puts her manicured hands on my hips. "Loosen your spine. Like this." Like… this? "Wow, okay. Maybe you really are stuck." Maybe I really am.
The thing that most eludes me is the art of initiating conversation with another human. I plummet headlong into passionate soliloquys about some facet of natural history or meteorology or astronomy, and look up to find the sea of glazed eyes are now meeting one another with baffled, unsubtle mockery. This happens often enough that eventually I learn not to speak to my peers or, if possible, to anyone.
I bury myself in literature. I wonder how people get to be authors or actors or artists or politicians. I wonder how a person gets anyone else to listen at all.
Private school helps. Eye contact and attentive, patient smiles are more common there. I act in two school plays a year. I take voice lessons, for whatever those end up being worth. I join clubs and learn to manage more than two friends at a time. I come to crave the rush I feel when an audience approves of me; I begin to seek audiences whether or not there's a stage.
The internet helps. The internet goddamn saves me. I use bulletin boards and roleplaying games as focus groups for facets of my personality. I practice being clever, until eventually I start to actually be clever. I am perfectly at home in this vast world without faces or status, where anonymity and intimacy are one and the same. From the earliest days of screeching modems, I am amazed to find that I am not alone, and I see how much we need each other.
I realize that everyone is scared as shitless as I am, and just like that, the world sheds its mystery.
One year at Dragon Con, I gather enough courage to approach Todd McCaffrey, Anne's son, after a panel. I ask him to sign my badge, and as he obliges, I ask about whether there might ever be hope for a book of fan stories about Pern. He likes the idea but thinks the legal logistics would make it nearly impossible; he hands my badge back to me with a smile, and I walk away in a daze. Oh my god, I think, I just had a conversation with Todd McCaffrey. He writes actual books that actual people actually read.
Nearly ten years later, after Todd makes a good-natured quip at my expense during a panel, I scoop sand from our painted wooden "firelizard clutch" in a casual pass behind the panelists' table. In moments, applause and hoots of laughter follow me from the room as Todd sits in a comical stupor, sand falling free of his head and clothes, calling "Thank you, Charlotte!" at my corseted back. In Dragonwriter he'll describe me as "a force of nature," and gawking at the words I'll wonder if there's sand in my hair.
In the last two years, I have thought often of the day I was pushed into my locker. I thought about it when a video I wrote hit 100,000 views, the Huffington Post, and Dan Savage's Twitter feed. I thought about it when I got on stage in front of hundreds of people—twice—to explain why nerdgirls are awesome and writers are (lovable) assholes. I thought about it when I marched against Amendment One. I thought about it when the advance check came for my first published piece of writing. I think about it every time any artist I admire pays me a compliment or, miracle of miracles, becomes an unlikely new friend. Most recently, I thought about it when I inked my name into the offer letter promising me my dream job.
Every time. Bang. Bang. Bang. I look back on it now and think, When did I pop the fuck out of that locker? I am still me, I have always been me. Who is this woman with the firm handshake, with laugh lines beginning to show? How did she possibly grow up without noticing? Is she worthy of these people? Did this shit really just happen?
My 17-year-old cousin, a talented artist and member of her homecoming court, the kind of windows-down, speakers-up girl my inner 14-year-old still regards with awe, recently tweeted, "I wonder if freshmen look at me like I looked at seniors when I was a freshman. I thought they all looked so old. But I don't feel like I do."
It's rare to glimpse an opportunity for wisdom and know that moment for what it is. It's rare to know exactly what to say. My fingers wasted no time finding the keyboard:
"You should probably get comfortable with that feeling."


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COUSINS, BELIEFS and HANDS & TEETH at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (August 8), doors 9 pm. $12. RT, SS.
Five years ago, Aaron Mangle graduated from art school and decided to work on his Halifax garage rock band, Cousins, in a more focused way. He and drummer Leigh Dotey hit the road, and have only come off it for brief intervals to make records. They released their third, The Halls Of Wickwire (Hand Drawn Dracula), in May, and it made this year's Polaris Prize long list.
"The way we've found any success and got people interested in working with us has been by playing all the time," says Mangle while loading up a washing machine at a Halifax laundromat. "So we have a reputation for being hardworking. We set a precedent for ourselves - people know we will tour. We don't have any hits. We don't have any albums that sell really well. But we have a reputation for doing a good show."
Besides the Polaris nod, recognition has come in other forms lately: the band secured a respected booking agent as well as a record deal with Toronto's Hand Drawn Dracula, which allowed them to record Wickwire with Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh and engineer Josh Korody at Candle Recording.
The result is a raucous but soulful and cohesive effort. Already they're on to album four, at Jay Crocker's studio back in Nova Scotia.
Yet despite this progress, notes of disillusionment creep into the conversation. Mangle says touring can take a toll on the band's relationships, health and finances. He's wary of festivals that don't properly pay performers. And he feels like granting body FACTOR is a way for the federal government to prop up the music industry by filtering money through artists who don't get to keep it but still have to claim it on their taxes.
"We're getting more recognition and paid better at shows, but we still don't have any money. We're working harder, and more money is coming in, but Leigh and I aren't able to pay ourselves. Other people working for us are getting wages and salaries, but I don't have any money to pay rent next month."
But is playing music still meaningful to him?
"Playing music and having people respond to it, engaging with other artists and engaging the world as an artist, and living in a way that you design for yourself - that's really valuable to me. The problem is trying to figure out how to do that within an industry that's corrupt and doesn't care about artists at all. I don't feel like a victim - I'm extremely grateful for the opportunities and success we've been enjoying. But I don't really like the industry."


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iPhone is a trend?!
Well, I gonna tell you that Windows Phone 7 will be another trend soon. We have BB's gangs, iPhone's gangs, Android's gangs and another one is in the market now – Windows Phone 7!
What's the big deal? The thing is WP& got my man immediately when it lauched in Singapore last Thursday…yes my man brought back Windows Phone 7 this morning when he's back from Singapore.
He texted me last night:
My Man: "Save this no. (+65XXXXXX54)"
Me: "Why?"
(Because he already gets himself a Singapore number earlier on)
My Man: "This is my WP7 number"
Me: "You bought the phone?! Don't bluff me la…"
My Man: "Why you don't trust me?"
Then the text did not go on because I went to bed early with the other lover of my life – my lil Jo.
Till this morning, when I picked my man from the airport…"Nah….WP7!" he told me…arrogant.
Because my man did not buy it for me!
That's what I posted on my FB status and his BF from Australia laughing at me….Ken at Kangaroo land…you laugh that for now, till the day you married you will be stop laughing!


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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Drats, Another Mistake...Looking Forward to 2013!
In my previous blog, I referred to the Eddy/Mac club and eddymac.com. Not quite right. It's actually the Mac/Eddy Club and maceddy.com. My sincerest apologies to those good people. I would imagine the mistake would have the same teeth-gritting reaction for them as mine when I see a listing on eBay identifying George Montgomery as Bob. Or Douglass Montgomery. Or Bob being identified as Robert Young. Meanwhile, as a mia culpa, another Eddy portrait, this one downloaded from the maceddy.com site. A gorgeous portrait.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., November 27, 2013 – The American Red Cross is helping 29 people after two fires yesterday in Cranston.
The Red Cross is helping a family of two adults and one child with emergency housing and food needs after a fire on Regina Avenue in Cranston. Red Cross volunteers Mike Cote and Paul Lagreca responded to assist the families.
The Red Cross is working with 26 people – 10 adults and 16 children – in eight families after a multi-unit building fire on Dyer Avenue in Cranston. Families are getting help with a range of needs, including housing, food, clothing and household needs. Red Cross volunteer and paid staff responded to work with the families. Volunteers were Gary Brownell, Melissa Shires, Steve Anderson and Steve Carr. Red Cross workers Elizabeth McDonald and Phil Stocking responded as well. Four additional families may need assistance. The Red Cross will work with those families as they become available.
The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits to all the displaced residents containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items a family might not have been able to gather in the rush to escape the fire.
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...COR... BLIMEY... AND... THRICE!!! I was going to blog last night when I got to the hotel but really... it was 9pm California time and that means it was... erm... something stoopid o'clock time in the UK. The flights over were great... the connections went according to plan and I got here in one piece... a little tired but... in one piece. So, after a lot of squealing and catching up and hugging and more squealing and unpacking and laughing and talking ... *you get the picture* we retired to the Land of Snoozles.... and I was in bed thinking "la la la, I am wide awake, I will never get to sleep" only to be awoken several hours later by Ellen bringing me my muchly needed cup of coffee.
So, after a lovely cuppa and a nice hot shower we were ready to embark on Day 1 of CHA. OMG! What can I say? Amazing, awesome, exciting, incredible... it is everything I thought it would be... and then some. The new products we saw so far are all LUSH... we all need them... like NOW!!! We went and saw Dina Wakley first and did a cute make and take with her... now, my first one was total pants so I made another and now I can't find it... it is in a bag somewhere... I will find and blog tomorrow with that one.... this is Dina... how cute is she!
Then we headed to Blossom Bucket cos we heard that THE Wonder that is Wendy Vecchi was there... but she wasn't! We missed her! Boohooo... but the lovely ladies let us do a make and take there too and I will pop that photo on here tomorrow too. So, we then heard a rumour that THE Wonder that is Wendy Vecchi was on the Ranger booth... so we headed there... and yep, there she was. So we stood and
And here she is with Dyan Reaveley who was also demo-ing on the Ranger booth too...and I got a piccie of them... bless!
Ellen, Candy and I then went and grabbed a bite to eat... check out the size of that burger!!! And yes, I scoffed the lot! I worked out I hadn't eaten since 2pm yesterday which was TOO long... hurrah... I managed to eat the whole lot without wearing any too!!!
And here are Ellen and Candy ... I don't think they were really running away from me.... much rofl
And here is an arty shot... PALM TREES!!!! From the hotel window we can see snowcapped mountains... and palm trees... how cool is that! I will get a photo of that tomorrow when it is day light again!
And then poor Wendy, she was followed... and I grabbed a photo opportunity... isn't she just the sweetest lady! *can you tell I love her!* And oh my! You should see the new goodies she is bringing out... AMAZING... I cannot wait to get my mitts on them!!!
I think that is all for now... I needs to get a wash and do my face and then we are going for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory... Cheesecake? Me? RESULT!!! Thanks for looking... TTFN!
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If you are using WCF service as your mode of communication between client-server applications (and why shouldn't you, this has been a great source of communication available since .NET 3.5), then there are chances that something wrong happened and you get a generic
Communication Exception at your client. This post will highlight how to find the cause of such error.
The exception raised sometimes in our WPF/Web/WinForms client is:
System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly.
Silverlight guys should be able to recall the famous
NotFound exception that was thrown every time anything was wrong. Well, the above communication exception is typically raised when something was wrong at server and it was forced to terminate the service request. The best way to debug such exceptions is to enable WCF Tracing. This is dead simple and requires the following addition to
web.config under
configuation section:
<system.diagnostics> <sources> <source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Information, ActivityTracing" propagateActivity="true"> <listeners> <add name="traceListener" type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener" initializeData="wcf_service_traces.svclog" /> </listeners> </source> </sources> </system.diagnostics>
Now we will get a file named:
wcf_service_traces.svclog that can be opened via
SvcTraceViewer.exe (included with Visual Studio installation). Typically we don't need to worry about locating the file as
.svclog extension will automatically be associated with that utility. In the utility, look out for error rows highlighted in red:
For my case, most of the errors were related to
DataContractSerializer that was unable to serialize my business entities. So I wrote a quick method to test if an object can be serialized or not. Here's the method that was called from each of my unit tests.
public static void TestSerialization<T>(T objectToSerialize) { DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T)); using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) { //will throw an exception if cant serialize serializer.WriteObject(stream, objectToSerialize); } }
The above method will throw an exception if the entries cannot be serialized and we can look into the exception details to find the actual error. I hope you will find this method and post useful.


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book, dating, love, marriage, married, men., rDNA, relationship advice, relationships, single, writing
So, I've wanted to do this for over 5 years now. I kept saying I was going to write a book which this blog is entitled, but do you realize how hard it is to actually write an entire book with more than 20 pages? It's not that I couldn't it, or that I'm short on content…I'm just not sure if I'm ready to devote all of that dedication and discipline, you know? I mean, it would cut right into my dessert tv time (dessert tv: television shows that you know are absolutely terrible for your brain…but it just feels so good to watch!Hmm…maybe I should start a blog about that…) My biggest problem is that I have so much to say, I don't even know where to start. I'll start writing and suddenly, I get a brilliant idea for yet another fantastic, super helpful relationship book. I stop and I start this new book idea and 30 pages in, I get another super fantastical idea that begs to be worked on. Result: 10 great ideas for awesome relationship books, with ZERO actual books for friends to read. And its gone on like this for years.
Recently, a friend of mine told me I should buckle down and get serious about it…about writing this book called, Relationship DNA that I told her about. Basically, its about my theories on why some people seem lucky enough to find love, while most others end up jumping from relationship to relationship, going on date after date, dealing with heartache after heartache, never truly finding complete and long lasting satisfaction and love in their romantic lives. The scariest thing is you don't even know why! Heavy right? But it's not really. The upside to lolly-gagging about it is that I've had to do a lot of research to support my ideas, and have refined and have discovered, added and changed a few things so that I don't end up with something cute, but superficial and worthless.
At the core, the idea is simple. It's all about why you're probably still single. More importantly, it's about why we women love the way we do. I believe the answer lies in what I like to call our rDNA, which is our relationship and dating natural ability. From an early age, we are wired to be drawn to, behave and think a certain way in our relationships with men. The real interest usually kicks in when I start to talk about the five different rDNA profiles. Yes…there are profiles…we're all suckers for profiles aren't we…Ooh,What am I? What am I! I'll tell you, eventually. First, I should tell you how you get your rDNA. This might seem like a no brainer for some of you and if you guessed it, then you're ahead of the curve. For women, it all starts with daddy, whether or not you knew him or not.
Professor Linda Nielsen of Wake Forest University set out to try figure out how fathers affect their daughters, distinguish the grades of quality and just how fathers are central in the personal development of their daughters. She, among others, believes that the quality of father-daughter relationships has far-reaching effects and has found that the quality of such a relationship is a direct affect of many of the troubling problems we face today such as, poverty, teenage pregnancy, sexual diseases, out-of-wedlock births, drug and alcohol abuse, high rates of incarceration and a whole host of other issues. This coincides with a growing number of research studies that finds that having a present, involved and caring father corresponds with a variety of healthy outcomes for children. Ultimately, the kind of relationship the woman had or has with her father will affect her relationship or marriage.
That's right ladies. If you've been looking for love in all the wrong places, you can blame it on your daddy, present or not. Whether or not you're in a long term relationship, your level of happiness will be affected by this very reason. I had one of those absent dads and early on in my life, I experienced the effects of having such a relationship. Drama! I'll tell you all about it in my next post, called Daddy Issues, which will probably be the intro to the book. I think it helps lay out why I think the way I do about love and relationships.
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Today, Kashmir is a topic discussed in almost every Indian household on a daily basis. The pictures of the neo-Islamists of Kashmir – young boys and girls who grew up more in the shadows of Kalashnikovs and Grenade Launchers than of Chinar or Devdar grab the maximum eyeballs in the media. In these times, when the tradition of tolerance, of peace – "Kashmiriyat" – that was native to Kashmir has remained little more than an academic term, Kashmir Blues deals with the struggles of a man to revive, retain and preserve that tradition in the part of the Kashmir valley that is his.
The story begins with Naia, a young American woman, who discovers through her dead parents' letters to her that she was lifted from India by her mother. Turmoiled, Naia leaves for India to find her biological parents. She is joined by Leon, her photographer friend, always on the look-out for adventure and with a penchant for discovering life beyond the cocoons of the safe American life.
They almost immediately meet up with Naia's biological parents – the stiff, hard headed diplomat Viren and his neurotic wife Saroj, who had never really got over the loss of her baby. While Naia trying to bond with her biological parents and individualistic, self centered brother Karan, Leon meets up with Samaad. Samaad has a front business of selling carpets, but in reality, he is the leader of a group of villages, who, having stumbled upon a mine of precious stones, are now trying to use that bounty to fight off outside infiltration, to preserve their traditional way of life.
Things have been interesting and tight till here – the premise at the start of the story having reached its conclusion – Naia having met her biological parents, Leon having a whale of time clicking the diversity and cohabitation of India. At this point, Leon befriends Samaad and leaved with him the beautiful, treacherous mountains of Kashmir.
The story changes completely here, and the story loses plot. Among the majestic mountains of Kashmir, the character of Leon loses his individuality, and gives himself up totally to Samaad, forgetting who he was in the beauty of his surroundings and in the power of conviction and strength of Samaad's character. Similar is what happens to Naia who had joined Samaad in Kashmir in a lopsided love, and even with Karan, to a certain extent, who joins them later.
While all these happenings show the power of Samaad's character, it does so at the expense of the other characters, who become passive, almost irrelevant to the story. This thread drags, and the simplistic goings – on in the corridors of power in New Delhi do not help. The experiment in the villages is ultimately found out and politics wins over love and emotions.
While the novel starts with Naia, her characters itself is not fleshed out in detail. She is a passive character, things happen around her, to her, rather than she making them happen. Leon is perceptive, but even he is too engrossed in experiencing and capturing what is already there, rather than making things happen. These characters ultimately become very diffused and give themselves up to Samaad, and remain so till the end of the story.
In the absence of a central protagonist and with a meandering, diverging storyline, it is Deshpande's perception of groups of people and places that hold the reader's interest. Her observations about the feel and smell of the cities of India, the food, the sights is uncanny. The common thread of the metaphors of brown dog and characters smoking Hashish and references to Lord Shiva are the high points of the story, and maintain a continuity.
All in all, a novel written through a keenly observant eye for detail in places and objects, but one which could have done with more coherence in the core areas – central theme and core characters.
Rating: 2.5/5
Title: Kashmir Blues
Author: Urmilla Deshpande
Publisher: Tranquebar Press.
Pages: 355.
Price: Rs. 325/-