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Died In The War
Oh we thought that we were strong
Oh we thought that things will never go wrong
Oh we thought that we will wind
But it seems like our life have come to an end
Oh you were always proud of your friends
You were gonna stick with them untill the end
Now where are you and where are they?
You backstabbed them and you throw them all away
Our life are falling apart
We broke into pieces, it broke our heart
We lost the fight, we died in the war
There's no pride for us to fight for
Our dreams has faded away
There's no more place for us to stay
We lost the fight we died in the war!!
You means a lot to us what you are is about us
And you represent my land
You means a lot to us you are the hibiscus
And you will stand strong till the end
You hold the pride for us
All the memory will last
You what you are
For the past and future
Some people don't care and they don't know what you're for
You are for them and me
You' ve stand with my land you shows the world what we are
You hold so much memory
I Can't Believe it true
Where have all the bootboys gone?
Where are they now?
Where have all the voices gone?
Where have all the scooters gone?
They used to be here
They used to be here
No matter what
But today their disappear
They no longer here
Oh what a sigh…
There's no more me and you
I can't believe its true…
All 4 1 and 1 4 all
Oh please tell me how did we fall
We used to be
We used to fight for our way
It is the future that we lived for
It is the game we used fight for
We were so proud
We're the strongest around
But now we are falling down….
Memories Remains
there u stood and you said
that you believe in you and me
but times have change and you know
that its not what it used to be
so here you are you stand alone
cause there is no more unity
you face the truth it's was a lie
a fabrication of you and me
*I can't believe it's true
how I wish that we could go back in time
make it all work for just one last time
even though I know falling down
I want you to know that
the memories remain.
there we were years ago
promise that we would fight till the end
we stood strong tall and proud
for own battle we speak
and were` arms so strength
but in our heart we always knew
that its would all come to an end
so here we are miles apart
and all we can say is good bye
my friend.
repeat* (3x)
here we are on a road
no more drinks n fight on Saturday night
the laughter's gone the music start
why can we put up just one last fight?
Saturday we be with our friend
We share the joy, proud with with our land
We don't care what you think about us
We don't make a mess, wedon't make a fuss
Shining boots all over the place
Proud with our life which never disgrace
People fear us,think that we're strange
Boots and braces we never chang
Walking down the road, Looking for some bastards
The boys are planning for a riot
We will last, we will stay
And all the great things happens on
Sharing knowledge tell what you know
There's no oppressing no hing and low
Stand by each other like a brother
Unite as one not to fight each other
We have some beers and we joke around
We make our way to the football ground
Riot breaks out in the second half
We have some fun but it's not enough
Skinhead girl
She's walking down the street with all her mates
She' having fun
She look so fine in her jeans and boot
Nobody there to put her down
She's not here to fool around
She believe in her culture
She believe in her root
Skinhead girl fighting for her way
Skinhead girl she's always here to stay
oooo…Skinhead girl dominates the world
oooo…Skinehead girl will never go away
Skinhead girl she's always here to stay…
Whatever happened to our culture
Whatever happened to our culture?
it seems like we no longer have a future
why must you change your ways and turn your back,
against us?
don't you remember how we used to be, in the past?
I'm sick & tired Oh oh oh
don't wanna listen anymore
why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?
unite as one, all the way
whatever happened to our dreams?
whatever happened to our hopes?
we used to fight for a future that we all, could enjoy
but now it seems like our future has been destroyed
we used to work together
we used to help each other
always encouraged to look after ourselves
but how did we all end up fighting amonst ourselves?
You'll Never See The Last Of Us
You see us walking down the street
We're the people you don't wanna meet
You push us but we don't barge
Cos we're skinheads we're in charge
It's getting hard to get thru' the day
Cos' you wanna put us away
We try and try but you don't see
You will never see the last of us
Cos' we won't go away
You will never see the last of us
Cos' were are here to stay
Hidup Kita
Kemanakah perginya teman2 setia
Suka duka gelak ketawa tiada lagi bernyawa
Yang tinggal hanya sisa hidup remaja
Membawa kita kedunia yang nyata
Tak ku kesali apa yang ku lalui teguh dibalut memori
Bersama menempuh segalanya beganding sentiasa
Menuju puncak hidup yang telah dibina
Kemanakah perginya teman2 setia
Suka duka gelak ketawa tiada lagi bernyawa
Kenangan bersama hanya tinggal diminda
Menjadi pegangan hidup yang penuh ranjau
Tak ku kesali apa yang ku lalui teguh dibalut memori
Bersama menempuh segalanya beganding sentiasa
Menuju puncak hidup yang telah dibina
Bawa kembali yang telah disemadi
Tak usah lagi menyepi
Bersama menempuhi segalanya berganding sentiasa
Menuju puncak hidup kita yang telah dibina
kan bersama semula kembalikan cahaya
nyawakan semula impian yang telah dibina
Proud To Be Malaysian
we are proud to be malaysian
we belongs to you
we will fight for you
we standing proud in our land
we always ready for you
we'll never run
we're happy living in here
we never scared we never fear
we'll die for you
you're number one
you're home for everyone
you've got so many thing
we always want
you're number one
you bring our life to shine
and you.. and you
never let us down
we are proud to be malaysian
we belongs to you
we will fight for you
Malaysia you are so great
there so much fun you serve
for me and my mate
Malaysia stand as one
where i was growing up free
where i was born
57 Komen so far
Tinggalkan komen
mane nk cari chord/tab lagu proud to be malaysian
dkt 911tabs ada,masuk ultimate chord
sape2 leh tlg bagi lirik lagu darkside of the boys dan saturday?
Dah lame aku cari
Aku hepi skrg coz dah jumpa
lirik semua lagu dlm album realiti Rock n Roll x de ke????
lagu the official memang the most paling best dalam dunia…
kat cn rupenye
aq harap akn lbih byk lg lirik band nie dn band lain2
pnat aq carik lirik2 lg mcm nie
skinhead 4 life
Kat mne nk dpt lirik terima kasih semua????
The Official nyanyi….
Leh sesape bg tab guitar lagu Proud To Be Malaysian…?
hdup indie!!!!!
sesape ada lirik/chords untuk lagu tiada erti lagi?
Реально суперское место, мне тут понравилось, правда…
Столько всего занимательного и интересного, я тут обоснуюсь на долго.
Test message
Sorry me noob…
indie music memang best tahap giler2
Good Stuff!
skinhead still alive n kicking!
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Новый способ давления на кандидата на пост Главы г. Химки
Новый способ "наказать" тех, кто посмел участвовать в выборной кампании не на стороне действующей власти изобрели правоохранительные органы г.о. Химки.
Руководствуясь не нормой закона, а чьей-то "волей" сотрудники милиции решили "проверить" все фирмы, внесшие денежные средства в избирательный фонд неудобных кандидатов.
Начались "проверки" с телефонных звонков – где директор, сколько человек работает на фирме. После чего последовали "письма счастья" с просьбой предоставить всю бухгалтерскую документацию, учредительные документы фирмы, и даже, план экспликации БТИ.
Такие запросы химкинским фирмам рассылает 1 отдел Оперативно-розыскной части № 9 Управления по налоговым преступлениям ГУВД Московской области за подписью начальника подполковника милиции Д.В. Языкова.
И всё это в то время, когда Президент дал прямое указание правоохранительным органам о прекращении всех незаконных проверок малого и среднего бизнеса. С это целью внесены изменения в Федеральный закон "О милиции" – из статьи 11 этого закона исключены пункты 25 и 35, на основании которых ранее правоохранительные органы имели право проверять финансово-хозяйственную деятельность предприятий.
Видно, об изменениях действующего законодательства местные правоохранительные органы не уведомлены. И не смотрят телепередачи с выступлениями Президента.
Может быть, эта публикация подвигнет их к исполнению указаний Президента, а также к изучению и соблюдению действующего законодательства
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kt mne lg bleh crik lirik lgu2 the official ni?
n ad cpe2 tau chord or tab lgu i can't believe it true x?
anyway gud job 4 the official…may god bless u all.
mana tidak ada lagu saturday – The official.
tak de lirik 'we are falling' ke??
sape2 leh tlg bagi lirik lagu darkside of the boys dan we are the champs
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO OUR CULTURE,sape taw chord guitar lagu ni..
oi! oi! skinhead get your hair cut !!
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lirik MyLand ada x?
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Nak cari lirik lagu remember our root…. Mne nak cri….
Thanks for helping out, wonderful information.
No one to blame lyrics??
tq lirik lagu…siga saga..
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My wife and I recently had some friends in town, one of whose maiden name is Aquino. Her predecessors, after coming to the U.S., are thought to have taken this surname from the name of their hometown in Italy (reminiscent of the naming of the Corleone family in Godfather). So while they were here, we decided to take a daytrip to find the old family stomping grounds, which are located south of Rome about halfway to Naples, sitting on a level plain near the mountains, within view of Monte Cassino. No train stops in somewhat small village of Aquino; rather, Aquino shares a station with a couple of other small towns nearby. We were told at the station that there are no buses and no taxis that go from the station to Aquino, so we walked a few kilometers to get to the actual town. There were a couple of interesting things I thought might be worth noting. First, Aquino is the birthplace of Thomas Aquinas. Here is the house he is said to have been born in:
Second, medieval and modern-day Aquino are built hard by the ancient Roman colony of Aquinum, thought by some to be the birthplace of Juvenal. The town in located on the Via Latina:
Here is the town gate and a modern sign placed there to label it:
The identification of Aquinum with Juvenal's birthplace is not, however, undisputed. The 1949 edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary affirms that Juvenal was born there, citing Satire 3.319 as evidence. Here is the passage in context (the text is from The Latin Library):
'...his alias poteram et pluris subnectere causas, 315
sed iumenta uocant et sol inclinat. eundum est;
nam mihi commota iamdudum mulio uirga
adnuit. ergo uale nostri memor, et quotiens te
Roma tuo refici properantem reddet Aquino,
me quoque ad Heluinam Cererem uestramque Dianam 320
conuerte a Cumis. saturarum ego, ni pudet illas,
auditor gelidos ueniam caligatus in agros.'
It may be problematic, though, to take the line in the poem strictly biographically. Susanna Morton Braund, in Satires: Book I (Cambridge 1996), has the following comment on line 319:
'adj. tuo may mean 'your favourite' (cf. OLD 2b, cr. Suet. Galb. I Liviae...Veientanum suum revisenti) or 'your native' (perhaps supported by reddet: OLD 2). It is usually taken to indicate J.'s birthplace; however, this involves identifying Umbricius' interlocutor with the poet Juvenal: see Introduction sec. 2. Aquinum was a town in Latium on the via Latina c. 75 miles from Rome. This lover of Rome, who does not leave with Umbricius, may have a country seat in Aquinum.'
Turning to section 2 of the introduction, this is what we find:
'The second fundamental idea is one which rescues us from trying to read the satires as self-revelation. Roman verse satire uses the autobiographical monologue as the chief mode of presentation. This does not mean that the satirists are (necessarily) using their satires to convey their personal feelings to the world. Far from it. Authors in all genres of Roman literature, including Roman verse satire, were accustomed to creating characters....[I]n the personal genres of poetry--love elegy, lyric poetry, epigram and satire--the character (or persona, 'mask') is frequently presented as a first-person voice.
'Authors and their audiences were accustomed to this convention thanks to their experience of the education in rhetoric enjoyed by members of the Roman elite....The analogy between rhetoric and poetry is reinforced by the fact that most Greek and Latin literature, including poetry, was written for oral delivery by the author or another voice to a live audience. In the light of this, the identification of the views of the characters in satire with those of the authors becomes unnecessary and crude. To read the poems as autobiographical self-revelations from which 'facts' about the poet's life may be deduced (the 'biographical fallacy' propounded by, notably, Highet (1954)) is to neglect other, more rewarding, questions.' (pp. 2-3)
In addition to the line in the poem, an inscription from Aquinum is often used to justify the belief that Juvenal hailed from there. In the introduction to C.H. Pearson's and Herbert A. Strong's introduction to Thirteen Satires of Juvenal (2nd ed., Oxford 1892) we read the following:
'Decimus Junius Juvenalis is said in a life of uncertain authenticity to have born at Aquinum. This statement is to some extent corroborated by a line in the third Satire, where the speaker suggests that his friend, who is presumably Juvenal, may some day or other be visiting his own Aquinum. It is made more probable still by the fact that a tablet has been dug up at Aquinum, in which D. Junius Juvenalis, of the cohort of the Dalmatians, duumvir quinquennalis, and flamen to the deified Vespasian, dedicates a shrine to Ceres. Helvina Ceres is alluded to in the third Satire as a deity reverenced at Aquinum. Further, there is no reason for referring to Juvenal to any other place but Aquinum, though a single scholiast says that some persons took him to have been a Gaul on account of his great size.' (p. 9)
More attestation comes from biographies, but these are often taken to be unreliable. Pearson writes:
'The biographies prefixed to his Satires in the MSS. are as numerous as they are satisfactory. Of these there are nine, seven of which are printed by Otto Jahn in his edition of 1851....Juvenal is said by all his biographers to have been the son or the adopted son of a wealthy freedman. His mother was named Septimuleia and was a townswoman of Aquinum. He had a sister, also Septimuleia, who married Fuscinus. He seems to have been brought up at a good school. His chief instructor, when he began to study rhetoric, was Protus of Berytus, a teacher who was noted for his provincial and antiquarian tastes, and whose practice it was to restrict the number of his pupils to three or four, and to converse with these in the Socratic fashion, rarely lecturing to them....The inscription at Aquinum shows that he served the most important magistracy in his native town, and held the honourable position of titular chaplain, so to speak, to Vespasian.' (pp. 9-11)
Braund, however, calls both the biographies and the inscription into question:
'Virtually nothing is known of the life and circumstances of Juvenal. It is not even certain that the name we give him, Decimus Iunius Iuuenalis, is correct. The ancient biographies seem worthless and even the best of these, attributed by Valla in his 1486 edition to 'Probus', offers the same kind of reconstruction from details in the Satires as presented by some recent scholars, a method which fails to take account of the generic convention of using first-person presentation....Nor is the inscription from Aquinum which was believe to depict Juvenal as commander of a Dalmation cohort reliable evidence, leaving aside the fact that it disappeared long ago; moreover, the date it suggested is earlier than other indicators. As Syme says, there is a 'scarcity of facts' in this field, although that has not prevented its being 'infested with credulity and romance'. His own assesment of the little evidence afforded by Juvenal's name and the poems leads him to suggest, tentatively, an African origin.' (pp. 15-16)

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SO to clean up any miss understanding, a outer body experience is "a vivid feeling of being detached from one's body,usually involving observing it and its environment from nearby." This definition comes from the Collins English dictionary. It is also known as OBE or OOBE. some people have a near death experience which can cause an OBE. However, not everyone dies to experience an outer body experience. This link shows how some people have a voluntary outer body experience http://www.wikihow.com/Have-an-Out-of-Body-Experience.
Here is a story i found on the internet:
|About a year and a half ago, my son Jay, nine years old, started having what I think are spontaneous out-of-body experiences. The first one happened when he was camping with his father and his father's girlfriend (we have been separated since Jay was one year old). Jay told me later that he was drifting off to sleep in the tent about twenty metres from where his father was sitting at the campfire. All of a sudden, he had a burst of energy and thought he had woken up as he was now sitting right in front of the campfire listening to his father talk to his girlfriend. After some time he turned around to head back to the tent, which is when he saw his body still lying in the tent, apparently asleep. When he told his father what had happened, he was scolded and told that it wasn't true, and that if it was true it was the devil trying to enter his body, so he had better stop it.
I assumed this was a dream until a few months later when he came to me one morning and asked, "Why do you take your socks off to go to sleep, Mum?" I asked him how he knew this as he is always asleep before I go to bed. He replied, "Because I was standing in front of your bed watching you take off your socks and glasses, have a drink of water and turn the light off before you went to sleep. "But I had the door shut and I don't remember seeing you," I told him. He explained that he had come into my room while his body was still in his bed asleep.
I was in hospital when he had his next OBE. He said it was late at night and he saw a nurse with black hair and a gold broach in the form of a cat on her uniform above her nametag. She was talking to me and I was crying. All of this was true: I was crying because I felt bad at not being able to be home with him on the school holidays.
Two weeks later he came to me again - he told me about things I was talking about on the phone when I was at home in bed, about what book I was reading and how I had changed my winter pajamas for summer ones before I went to sleep. Again I asked him how he knew all this and he replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "Because I was in your room again last night while my body was sleeping."
On another occasion, we were driving to see my sister's new house in western Australia for the first time. Half way there Jay said, "I can see a huge room with a piece of wood about a foot from the ceiling going all the way around the wall in this room, and the ceilings are twice as high as normal -- but I don't know where I have seen the room before." After we arrived, we had a tour of the house. When we got to my sister's room, Jay said, "Mum, this is the room I saw when we were driving to Aunty Leah's house."
An Australian Mother
From http://www.beyondreligion.com/su_personal/OBE-sons.htm


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I knew absolutely nothing about Finland in November, 2010: I had the general impression that Finland was a snow-covered tundra peopled by reindeer and cross-country skiers. That changed at a conference in Scotland where I met some historical archaeologists from northern Finland, and their research on material life on the northernmost colonial reaches of Europe itself was fascinating and ambitious. I was keen to develop an international dimension to my research on the emergence of consumer culture, and Finland was a compelling if unexpected comparison to Indianapolis: my Finnish colleagues at the University of Oulu championed an historical archaeology of Finland that encompassed medieval trading centers, a rich history as Swedish and then Russian territories, and a 20th century heritage that witnessed independence, a civil war, and a distinctive if not unique World War II experience.
In 2011 I submitted an IUPUI Arts and Humanities Initiative Travel and Resource Support Grant to explore the material evidence of emergent capitalism in Finland over three centuries. Oulu is one of the world's northernmost urban centers, a subarctic community settled by the Swedes in 1605 but part of a region in which people have lived for millennia. The grant proposal simply aspired to meet with my Finnish colleagues, inspect their excavated collections, share my own research, and perhaps craft a collaborative project in a discipline that is overwhelmingly focused on North America. The grant had a sound research agenda, but it also left some room to listen to my Finnish colleagues tell me what is important about their scholarship and heritage, and it allowed me to listen to my own curiosity.
The heart of my visit to Oulu was simply seeing the place, visiting the archaeological sites, and looking at the rich material culture the Finns had excavated from regional sites. One of the sites they had excavated was a merchant's home in Oulu that burnt in a town-wide 1822 blaze. The merchant's household contained an astoundingly massive assemblage of English ceramics that had been intended for trade in Oulu and into Arctic Lapland and east to Russia. During my Arts and Humanities grant visit we did some material analysis and started a paper on the assemblage that examined marketing and consumption on the margins of Europe. The paper compared the Finnish assemblage to marketplace patterns in the Atlantic World, which were in some ways very similar and in others quite different. That paper, "The Creamware Revolution on the Northern European Periphery: Creamware Marketing in 19th Century Northern Finland," has since been published in 2013 in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology.
What may have been most important about the Finland trip were the projects that have followed despite not being part of the original research design: We subsequently have published a series of papers on colonial landscape surveillance, World War II landscapes, and medieval marketing, all of which would never have been research questions for me if I had not ventured beyond Indianapolis. The Arts and Humanities project provided sufficient preliminary research to support a Fulbright Finland proposal, and I received a Fulbright Scholar and returned to the University of Oulu in Fall 2012. I became a Docent in American Historical Archaeology at the University of Oulu in Fall 2013, an associate faculty appointment; my colleague Timo Ylimaunu is now an International Scholar at IUPUI.
It turns out that Finland is indeed covered by snow for much of the year and has lots of reindeer and skiers, but there were lots of intellectual and cultural surprises. Oulu, for instance, is home to the Air Guitar World Championships, whose astoundingly cheeky ambition is "to promote world peace – according to Air Guitar ideology, wars will end, climate change stops and all bad things disappear if all the people in the world play the Air Guitar"; at the edge of the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi todays bills itself as the home of Santa Claus, with numerous Kris Kringles entertaining a host of tourists; and the legion of saunas covering the Finnish landscape are profoundly consequential cultural spaces and not simply sweaty showers. Much of what the grant aspired to do was successful, but some of the longer term research implications probably came from the experience of having good local colleagues and a bit of IUPUI support to start the project at all.
About the Author:
Paul R. Mullins is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at IUPUI; Past-President of the Society for Historical Archaeology; and author of The Archaeology of Consumer Culture and Race and Affluence: An Archaeology of African America. For more on his research see his blog Archaeology and Material Culture.


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Hi Everyone!
I can't believe it is Tuesday! My weekend was crazy busy. Today I would like to just take a day off, however, I am feeling pretty well so if you know me at all, when I am feeling good I tend to go full steam ahead. LOL
I also wanted to let you know that my limited edition of the Shades of Green Nicole's BeadBacking is almost sold out. If you need or want these amazing colors then get them now. They are reduced in price too!!!
When this trio of greens are gone that is it. Leaf green, Forest green, and Bright Summer green. You can get these in my Beadwright etsy store or my Nicole Campanella website
Now I want to share some beadwork. This piece is from Rachel from Thunderbolt Beadwork
I really like this piece and yes she uses Nicole's BeadBacking. Please stop by her etsy store to see all of her amazing beadwork. I think you will be surprised.
Honor and Integrity in Life in Art


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Monday, February 7, 2011
How about this... I'll start with an update and then promise (to whomever is reading this - or just promise to myself) to write a blog entry everyday this week and then I should be caught up by the end of the week. And at the end of this entry, I'll give you a heads up of what to expect later this week.
So here it goes... my biggest fear (aside from heart failure and transplant) came true. Madison was diagnosed with RSV on Friday, January 28. Is there another word for terrified? Cause I have been absolutely terrified of her getting sick. I think it's because of the unknown. I had no idea how any sickness would affect her, or what I would do if she got sick. I just wish that I could bubble-wrap her beautiful heart in an effort to keep it safe and then double bubble-wrap Madison. Dang it... sometimes it is so hard and so stressful to be a mom to a heart kiddo!
Little did I know... my mama instincts would kick in and I would know exactly what to do when she got sick. During our visit with her pediatrician on Friday, I was warned that her RSV would probably worsen, especially since she was immune-suppressed. I discussed a plan of action with her pedicatrician and returned home with breathing treatments and an antibiotic for her ear infection. (oh, Cooper also had 2 ear infections, but tested negative for RSV) We returned for a follow up visit on Monday, which Madison actually looked better. I'm still laughing cause she managed to look better only for her appointment. By the time we got home, she wasn't looking so good anymore.
On Tuesday, February 1, Madison was admitted to Primary Children's for RSV and an extremely high Prograf level. Prograf is one of Madison's heart medications. It is an extremely sensitive drug that can easily fluctuate. Dramatic fluctations in Prograf can cause a person to have severe headaches, lethargic, stomach aches and even cause rejection. Upon being admitted, Madison was pale and lethargic. Looking at her reminded me of heart failure again. I found myself being so scared again. She needed some oxygen and fluids. I wasn't prepared for her needing oxgyen as her sats have always been perfect. (even through heart failure) The entire time that I sat in the ER at Primary's I was shaking. I was so scared and wanted someone to reassure me that her heart was ok. I didn't tell anyone how scared I was, but inside I was begging for someone to tell me that her heart was ok. After her chest x-ray, a resident doctor came in her room just to tell me... "mom, her heart looks just fine. It's handling the sickness very well. Now we can focus and treat the RSV." I was so relieved... But how did he know that I was so concerned? I never said anything to him about me being scared and nervous. hmmm.. just another answer to a small prayer. (it happens to me all the time..)
Madison was released on Friday and was so excited to see her brother again. She is still sick and probably will still have RSV for the next couple weeks. She doesn't need oxygen anymore, but we have continued with the breathing treatments twice per day. Because her Prograf level was such a mess, she will have a two blood draws this week. And then once a week until her level comes back to normal.
This is Madison's first sickness since transplant and I can't believe how much does affect her heart..
1. Dehydration: increases heart rate.
2. Low electrolytes: increases heart rate.
3. Breathing Treatments: increases heart rate.
4. Low electrolytes: increase Prograf
5. Any change in electrolytes: affects Prograf
6. Any change in Prograf: affects the heart.
7. Increased Prograf: affects the kidneys.
8. Her heart can become enlarged due to the stress of being sick.
This is enough to make a heart mama go crazy!
"Some people make a list of goals and accomplishments; I seem to have a list of fears. However, once I have conquered a fear.. it feels greater than any goal that I have ever accomplished." Me
More to come...
1. One Year Post Transplant Dinner Celebration.
2. Madison's annual Heart Biopsy. (Cath Lab)
3. Registering for Preschool.
4. A letter.
6 comments:
- Shelene said...
Reading this makes my heart so sad and heavy. I wish so badly that I could have just dropped everything and come to sit with you. I would have even worn my pj's so you wouldn't have been the only one ;) We love you guys and think of you and pray for you on a daily basis.
- February 7, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- Maegan and Brian said...
So glad that she is home where she can be comfortable. We are hoping that she makes a speedy recovery and that her Prograf levels can stabalize. We have you guys in our thoughsts and prayers.
- February 7, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- Michelle said...
This comment is from one of our favorite nurses, Heidi. She commented on my Facebook post and I wanted to add it to the blog. Now I will have her comment forever. Thank you Heidi for your beautiful comment - I loved it!
Michelle...I read your blog and got tears in my eyes.
First of all....I am so glad Madison is on the mend and that you have conquered yet another fear. Yip-ee-ai-ay!!!
Secondly...I think Blogs like yours....if read by nurses like me....can o...nly make us better nurses...WE work it 8-12 hours a day....we don't LIVE IT. There are many people that work in medicine that put their ego's above the patient and families and simply NEVER try and take their shoes off and TRY and wear the shoes of the parents or patients. Reading your blog can enlighten us and we can heighten our awareness as to what goes thru your mind and heart as you conquer your fears.
Perhaps the resident that came in to reassure you was not one of the latter. Your prayers were answered and he came through with impeccable timing to reassure you.
I am in awe of your role as a heart mom and you are incredibly strong.
- February 8, 2011 at 1:29 AM
- Summer said...
Oh I wish I had known! I don't have time to check up n our heart buddies as much as I'd like to! Our prayers will continue for you and your family!
Lots of Love,
Miracle Mason's mommy
- February 12, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Becca said...
I hope everything is ok! It is so hard on these heart kiddos. Is she still getting synergies? Ellie got approved this year but I fear we won't get them next year. Glad to hear from ya though. So sorry it's not good news.
- February 18, 2011 at 7:44 PM
- Jenna said...
Hi Madison
My name is Jenna and I came across you are an inspiration and a brave courageous fighter. I was born with a rare life threatening disease. My site: http://www.miraclechamp.webs.com I love it when people sign my guestbook.
- March 5, 2011 at 2:13 PM


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If you're still scratching your head trying to decipher the "Work" lyrics hidden behind Rihanna's thick Bajan patois, you're not alone. Snapchat King DJ Khaled was rocking out to Rihanna's hit on his SnapStory yesterday, and talked about how much he loved the song. Unfortunately, it looks like he's still working on figuring out what exactly the words are. He definitely gets the "work work work work work" part right, but things quickly go awry, and he ends up belting out something along the lines of "so me go su nana." Honestly, that might be the closest anyone besides Rihanna has gotten to the actual lyrics.
Of course, we love to see Rihanna celebrating her Caribbean heritage in her music, but Americans' hilarious inability to decipher the lyrics has definitely become an internet meme. It's fun to see Khaled giving it his best shot. He talked about his admiration for Rihanna during a recent Complex interview, saying "You know I want to work with Rihanna. Rihanna, I'm getting closer and closer to you. You think I was giving up? Don't every play yourself. Shout out Rihanna. And I love her new record 'Work.'" Let's hope his unique interpretation of her lyrics will help make the collaboration happen. Until then, enjoy his struggle rendition of "Work" in the video below.


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Stimulus Package Basic Info
Many people still want to know the contents of the Stimulus package that was passed earlier this month and signed by President Obama. So here's my best non-political guide to the Stimulus.
The real name of the bill is not Stimulus Package but rather American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It's a long name but that's the official name. The bill was signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009 and also goes by the acronym of ARRA.
The bill was signed for $787,000,000,000. That's 787 billion dollars.
The Official White House Info: http://www.recovery.gov/
The White House has created a web page for information on the bill and its located at http://www.recovery.gov/.
The http://www.recovery.gov/site is produced by the White House (not Congress) and announces its own efforts at transparency. So what can you find at http://www.recovery.gov/?
1) You can find a simple bar chart of categories of money to be spent within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bar chart is on the home page of the site under the topic Where is your Money Going. The chart is simple, useful, but meant for a younger audience.
2) You'll find a link on the Recovery.gov home page in a section named On Our Way: Read the Bill pointing you to another web page where you can find the full text of the ARRA 2009 Bill. The bill itself is 407 pages long. If you want to see it immediately, click ARRA 2009 PDF.
Transparency Problems.
This isn't political, just informational, perhaps you'll agree with me.
1) Neither http://www.recovery.gov/nor the White House has published an Excel spreadsheet of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. I've searched the Internet for an Excel spreadsheet of the Stimulus and the closest I can find is my own spreadsheet of the Senate version of this bill (Senate Bill was for $801 billion, final bill was $787 billion) on my blog: Senate Stimulus Bill
2) The actual bill in PDF format, the 407 page bill, isn't searchable. Most PDF files are searchable but this the PDF for the public at ARRA 2009 PDFis not searchable.
3) It's hard comprehending the Stimulus Bill 2009 when its in billions of dollars. I suggest the White House (and Congress) use a CPT or Cost per Taxpayer value. For example, $787 billion dollars / 300 million Americans is $ 2624.34 not including interest. That means that ARRA 2009 cost every single American $ 2624.34. It will be more with interest on the loan. If you'd like to learn more, my blog at Stimulus Cost per Taxpayer has a spreadsheet so you can calculate your portion of the Stimulus Bill for 2009.
4) Information on the ARRA 2009 is either the very simple bar chart at http://www.recovery.gov/ or the incredibly long, non-searchable PDF at ARRA 2009 PDF. We need an Excel spreadsheet of this bill.
What Can you Do?
Whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent, I think its laudable that the White House is making an effort at transparency. Let's give them a little more help.
Go to the White House and give them this simple feedback:
We appreciate the White House's attempt at transparency and we encourage it. Please provide a downloadable Excel spreadsheet of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Recovery.org. Secondly, make the ARRA 2009 bill a searchable PDF file. Finally, a Cost per Taxpayer number would be useful at www.Recovery.org. Thank you.
Thanks for reading this blog. I do hope you use it to give the White House your feedback. As for me, I'm neither a Republican nor a Democrat, I'm an independent voter from Chicago, IL.


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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Interview of Author Jianne Carlo
Latest Book: Malice Striker (Viking Vengeance #1)
Buy Links: ARe B&N Amazon
Award winning author, Jianne Carlo's motto is simple: Alpha Me Please.
While strong heroines, exotic locations, and cultural differences are her forte, she goes weak in the knees for warriors and alphas. Send her a man with an attitude and she'll find the right woman to tame him.
Jianne loves hot and spicy food, stomach-plunging park rides, and is kept on her toes by her Viking husband of thirty-five years, and three, handsome grown sons. There's nothing she likes more than hearing from readers.
GIVEAWAY ALERT: One person who comments will receive a copy of Malice Striker...please put your email address in with your comment!
Q: What's the first thing you did when you received word you'd sold a book?
A: I literally jumped up and down and screamed! The dh ran into our room – I never scream – and there was a ton of confusion for a few minutes. I couldn't get a word out and he thought I had injured myself (I'm a bit of a klutz). Then he took me out for a lovely, romantic dinner.
Q: What part of the book is the easiest for you to write? Why?
A: The first two chapters. I always begin with a chapter from the hero's point of view and then the second is the heroine's (it could be vice versa). During those chapters, the characters tell me who they are and where the story's going (I'm a punster), and I'm completely obsessed with them. The outside world ceases to exist until I've finished those chapters. It's as if the characters are channeling me.
Q: What part of the book is the hardest for you? Why?
A: Since I'm a punster and most of my books have at least one mystery to be solved – the ending. Because, until, the last couple of chapters, I'm never quite sure who's done it or why.
Q: If one of your books became a movie, which celebrity would you like to star as one of your heroes? Tell us about your hero.
A: Gerard Butler would play Linc Chapman, aka Sinner, in A Paratrooper in a Pear Tree, the first book in the Hades Squad Series.
Sinner's an ex-Seal, a Master Parachutist, a bad-ass opera singer, and the middle child in a Irish-Jamaican catholic family of 10 siblings. When he was young, his older sisters made him play 'Barbie' with them (he made Ken into a mercenary warrior).
Q: What hobby do you enjoy when not writing?
A: Cooking. Honestly, cooking relaxes me. When I'm stressed out, I plan an elaborate dinner (5 or 6 courses) or, another favorite is English High Tea for a group of friends.
A couple of years back we redid our (read MY) kitchen and my pride possession is my new robo-stove. It's gas, has four burners, a grill, and a griddle. Oh what fun it is to play with my Mace (I named robo-stove)!
Q: What genre would you like to try writing in but haven't yet done so? Why?
A: Sci-fi. It's one of my favorite genres to read, but I have great author friends like Belinda McBride who are incredible in that genre and I'm totally intimidated.
Tell us where to find you: website(s), publisher's page(s), blog(s), Facebook page(s), etc. List them all!
Email - firstname.lastname@example.com
URL - http://www.jiannecarlo.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Jianne123
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/jiannecarlo
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004D8XOLM
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/jiannecarlo
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2508742.Jianne_Carlo
Scotland's King Kenneth orders his death and kidnaps his sister, the Viking Brökk—the Malice Striker—plans his vengeance: he'll steal the king's bastard daughter from Sumbarten Abbey and use her to buy his sister's freedom. But his schemes go awry when his liege lord commands him to wed Skatha—and when he finds five women instead of one at the Abbey, none of whom will claim the King as father.
When the Viking abducts Skatha and her women, she's bewildered. Why did Brökk seize her? Why does he want her for his wife? She weds him willingly enough when he threatens to kill her companions, but she vows to control her own destiny and escape. For if the Viking discovers her secrets, the laws of his people will force him to cast her aside…or kill her. And even Skatha, daughter of a goddess, might not escape the Viking's wrath.
Brökk pushed back his hand-carved chair, rose to his full height, slid his dagger from the leather sheath attached to his belt, and bounded off the dais. He landed not an arm's distance from the older woman.
Four of the five females hastily stepped back. The fifth, the smallest of the group, shuffled into place beside the rest moments later. Brökk took one long stride, hooked the older woman's neck with his elbow, and laid the tip of his blade to the pulse beating in the hollow of her thick throat.
"I ask the four of you for the last time. Which one of you is the daughter of King Cináed mac Maíl Coluim? Think you carefully on your answer, for I will punish mistruth by slitting your servant's throat." The woman smelled of lard, apples, and sour sweat. All the color drained from her plump cheeks.
The tallest female stepped forward, fingers twined, knuckles pale, the skin over them stretched taut. "I am Lady Skatha, daughter of Kenneth of Scotland."
A muffled squeak drew his attention. The two other women each held a hand of the smallest female, the one who had not reacted immediately when he jumped from the dais.
"Cease." The petite female shook off the other women's grasp. "That is the Lady Gráinne, Abbess of Sumbarten Abbey. Forgive her deceit. She seeks only to protect me. I am Lady Skatha." She lifted her chin, but averted her gaze. "The one you threaten is my nurse, Dagrún. She is but a simple woman whose birth is of no import. Pray, set your dagger to my throat, not hers."
Brökk blinked. He had not expected such courage and plain speaking from one so small and timid in appearance.
She bowed her head and the hideous wimple fell forward, concealing her features. Clasping her hands loosely at her waist, she asked in a low, soft voice, "What want you of me, my lord?"
A smirk chased his lips, but he flattened them and pulled his brows together, giving her his berserker scowl. He chose words designed to discomfit her composure. "Why lady, you are to be my bride."
She gasped and her jaw sagged for a moment, but with a toss of her wimple, she titled her head and said, "I am to belong to the church, my lord."
He glimpsed her profile for a mere breath. She had not the lush beauty of his first wife, Etta, but none could label her unattractive.
"Nay. King Harald has ordered us wed. In the Christian way. I give you a choice, lady. Say the marriage vows, or watch your nurse and your companions die."
She did not flinch as he expected. Nay, her nostrils flared, and rosy color stained the slash of chin not covered by her drab habit.
A commotion at the entrance to the longhouse drew Brökk's gaze.
11 comments:
- Debby said...
The blurb lends quite a bit of mystery to this one. Sounds great! I loved the interview.
debby236 at gmail dot com
- November 11, 2012 at 7:09 AM
- jean hart stewart said...
Sounds wonderful....lots of sales to you!!!!
- November 11, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- Elf2060 said...
Thanks for sharing, good luck with the new release.
elewkf1 at yahoo dot com
- November 11, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- Sandy said...
Wonderful interview. The excerpt ended in the perfect spot with the reader wanting to know more. Best of luck to you.
- November 11, 2012 at 5:53 PM
- Teresa K. said...
You always have some of the best reads. I love the blurb and excerpt. I wish you much success with this book.
Teresa K.
tcwgrlup41(at)yahoo dot com
- November 11, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- Jianne Carlo said...
Thanks Debby, Jean, Elf, Sandy, and Theresa. I really enjoyed writing Malice Writer. Good Luck to everyone in the contest!
- November 12, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- Jianne Carlo said...
Thanks Debby, Jean, Elf, Sandy, and Theresa. I really enjoyed writing Malice Writer. Good Luck to everyone in the contest!
- November 12, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- Julianne Keller said...
Malice Striker has a great cover! The interview was very enjoyable. I'm looking forward to starting this series.
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Thanks everyone for the comments on yesterday's paper post. I know that I've been very spoiled having a Kelly Paper just a few minutes from my house and being able to order what I need (especially for classes) at a moment's notice. Hopefully I'll be able to find something in the same price range as the Wausau 140lb that I can order on a regular basis that behaves just as well. I didn't have time to play with paint on the new paper yesterday so I'm hoping to get to that today.
Just a quick reminder that I have two classes scheduled this weekend: Friday I'm at Zinnia and tomorrow I'm at Banana Rose in Westlake Village for the first time (I'm super excited!! Both classes are a go and are almost full so don't wait much longer to sign up!)


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Is there anything better than diving into a great book with your students? I am listing some books that have been recommended by other teachers as well as myself. Teachers will refer to some of these books as core novels/texts. You might use the books for students to read independently or as instructional texts.
Picture Books
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
- The Adventures of Beekle
- Mother
- I am a Story
- A Child of Books
- What to do With an Idea
- What to do With a Problem
- Finding Winnie
- How to Train a Train
- Aberdeen
- Choose Your Days
- The Giving Tree
- Rosie Revere, Engineer
- Iggy Peck, Architect
- Ada Twist, Scientist
- The Invisible Boy
- The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles
- The Dark
- The Not So Quiet Library
Grades 3-4
- Gooney Bird Greene (3rd) series
- The Hundred Dresses (3rd)
- Riding Freedom (3rd)
- Frank Einstein and the Anti-Matter Motor (3rd)
- My Father's Dragon (3rd)
- The Year of Billy Miller (3rd)
- Because of Winn Dixie (3rd)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (3rd)
- Ruby Lu Empress of Everything (3rd)
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (3rd/4th)
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (4th)
- Mr. Popper's Penguins (4th)
- The One and Only Ivan (4th)
- Al Capone Does my Shirts (4th)
- Rules (4th)
- Turtle in Paradise (4th)
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (4th)
- Fish in a Tree (4th)
- El Deafo (4th)
- Bridge to Terabithia (4/5th)
- By the Great Horn Spoon (4/5th)


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National Pension Service, South Korea's biggest investor, may set up a private equity fund with the nation's business groups, including Samsung Group and Hyundai Motor Group, to invest in overseas resource development.
SK Group, GS Group and KT Corp. may also join the plan, Kim Seok Joo, a spokesman for the pension fund, said by phone today. The timing and size of the fund have yet to be decided, he said.
"We may sign a preliminary agreement with major companies to invest in energy resources," said Kim, whose pension fund manages 317 trillion won ($282 billion) in assets.
South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest crude importer, has said it aims to boost supplies of oil and gas from overseas resources owned by the nation's companies to 30 percent of its annual requirements by 2019 from 9 percent in 2009.
National Pension said in October it bought a stake in Colonial Pipeline Co., operator of the largest pipeline linking U.S. Gulf Coast refiners and East Coast markets, to diversify its portfolio. In September, state-owned Korea National Oil Corp. also won control over Dana Petroleum Plc in a 1.87 billion-pound ($2.9 billion) hostile takeover.
Resource Bets
Funds are increasing their investments in resources as energy costs rise. Hedge funds raised bullish bets on crude oil to the highest level in more than four years on speculation that futures will climb as the U.S. recovers from the deepest recession since the 1930s.
The funds and other large speculators increased net-long positions, or wagers on rising prices, by 4.6 percent in the seven days ended Dec. 28, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly Commitments of Traders report. It was the top total in records going back to June 2006.
The wagers gained on signs that demand will advance as the U.S. economy improves. Analysts have forecast that prices may top $100 a barrel for the first time since the beginning of the financial crisis in September 2008. Global oil use will increase 1.7 percent to a record 87.8 million barrels a day this year, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
The Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported earlier the fund will be formed next month.
Last August, the National Pension boosted their equity stake. The fund was one of the top performers in 2008, down only 0.75% that year. These large strategic investments are a sign that things are heating up in the energy sector. One blog I highly recommend you track on a daily basis is oiprice.com. The choice of going the private route makes perfect sense as there are plenty of opportunities private energy deals. Other large pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are also investing in private energy deals, which bodes well for the sector.


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He said, "ok," and rounded up a buddy to go along with him. I texted him at one point during the night and he wrote back: "Can't talk; demolishing this plate with my face." Actually, I think he wrote "can't talk, savoring," but in my mind's eye it was definitely the former.
The meal was eight courses, and below, Ross gives you a "taste" of his evening at Josey's. Enjoy!
from ross:
For dessert: Double chocolate bread pudding.
It came out piping hot, soft and mushy (the good kind of mushy) with little cascades of chocolatude oozing out of it like dark rivers of temptation. I pondered briefly whether I could fit the whole thing in my mouth at once. I feel confident that I could have actually. But I didn't. I ate it one reasonable bite after another.


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This new contest from Nokia, looks like a perfect fit for you guys and gals out there.
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Buyers need to fill-up a registration form. The information of which will then serve as the basis for their raffle entry.
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Howdee all,
As most of you know, Jeff and I and our Homey are parked in my Sicksta and her hubbies side yard in North Carolina.
Sicksta and her hubby work different hours. When Sicksta works, she leaves early in the morning for her job at Big Bloomers flower farm. Craigy works crazy hours, mostly late afternoon and evenings.
So, when Craigy works…the bed doesn't get made. I would fire him for sure…but it doesn't seem to bother Sicsksta.
I don't know about you, but I HATE coming home to a bed not made.
So, every day when Craigy leaves for work I go next door to make the bed.
This is what I find.
Jack and Kali snuggled in the bed.
Jack knows what I am up to and gives me the…please don't disturb me eyes.
Kali knows what I am up to and leaves.
Jack sticks around until he cant take being disturbed any longer.
He comes back as soon as the bed is made.
He looks at me…but doesn't seem quite as comfy as he was before the bed was made.
I try to understand what he wants..
he soon moves away from the covering.
I think we wants the bed unmade again…I wont do that..he will have to wait till tomorrow morning for that.
Here is where Kali went off to..
She likes to put indents in pillows. In her opinion pillows are made to be sat on…bedded on and mushed up. She always chooses the biggest and mushiest pillow.
Who needs a dog bed when there are mushy pillows?
And who needs a heater when there is sunshine to absorb.
They know what they want and take it
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Good news, Sims fans: EA has just announced a set of free content updates coming over the next three months. Starting from today, the October update brings ghosts back to The Sims 4. When your beloved digital people peg, they can now come back as ghosts to haunt homes or simply move back in and carry on as if nothing's happened. It'll probably get totally awkward for those remaining Sims with mortal coils still firmly unshuffled. Your spooky Sims keep all their traits and remain controllable, but because they're, well, dead, they get new abilities for you to muck around with. There's also apparently a way to bring them back from the dead – so, you know, yay mad science experiments!
In addition to ghosts, the October update brings new eye colours and, we guess because it's Halloween month or something, a set of Star Wars outfits for your Sims. So now you can dress your Sims up as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia and Yoda.
Then! Next month we're getting pools back. Hooray! This caused a huge stink online when Maxis and EA revealed that pools had been cut from The Sims 4. The more pessimistic among us said that The Sims 4: Super Massive Extra Splashy Totally Awesome Pool Party Expansion Pack would be the first of seven trillion paid-for add-on packs. We're guessing EA's top dogs saw the vitriol and thought, "We'll show those grumpy players that EA still has a heart! Give it to them for free!" At which point an entry level employee piped up to say, "'Free'? But sir, we've never gone that low before!" And THEN the EA guy totally responds with, "There's always a new low for this company. Make it so!"
And now we have pools again… for free. It's like we don't even know EA anymore.
Finally, in December, EA will release an update providing new career paths for your Sims. So while you go on holiday for the December festive season, you can cackle with glee as you push your Sims through a ton of new careers. How many is "a ton"? We don't know. It might be one, two, three, or five trillion depending on how much caffeine Maxis developers have been imbibing of late.
Oh, there's also something about gnomes coming to the game, but honestly it sounded a little sinister and played up on our fear of small people. Which, incidentally, is the reason Dane has a desk on his own on the other side of the NAG HQ offices.
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Apple iPad Mini 2 in Detail
Your search for a perfect companion, as far as a gadget is concerned, ends with the Apple iPad Mini 2. It comes with the stunning Retina Display—the reason why it is alternatively named Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display by Apple. A display of more than 3 million pixels brings pictures alive. Experience faster processing with the A7 chip and do more in a day with 10 hours of long battery life; all this in a device that fits in one hand.
- 7.9-inch Retina display
- A7 chip with M7 motion coprocessor
- Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) with MIMO support
- Up to 10 hours of battery life
- 5MP iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording
- FaceTime HD camera
- iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps included
- Over 475,000 apps on the App Store
- iOS 7 (upgradeable to iOS 8)and iCloud
- Cellular data service on Wi-Fi + Cellular models (sold separately)
Awesomeness of Retina Display
The iPad Mini features a 7.9" scratch resistant IPS display with feather touch capacitive touchscreen. It constitutes of more than 3 million pixels which can't be differentiated by naked human eye, the iPad brings out the brilliance in every picture, video and makes gaming, working a pleasure without much glare to the eyes. It offers 2048x1536 pixels resolution and an effective pixel density of 324 PPI.
Knockout Performance
Powered by a 1.3 GHz Apple A7 chipset with M7 motion coprocessor; the Apple iPad mini 2 flaunts a 64-bit desktop architecture which makes it faster and more power efficient. Do more with multi-tasking, open multiple windows at time and test the iPad to its limits; it won't disappoint you with its performance. The M7 Chip captures and processes all your motion data, sending it to app developers and Apple researchers to provide you with better services. Its journal-style apps keep coming out that will use information on where you've been and the weather at the time - tiny tasks that don't need the help of the larger chip and won't bother it too.
Lighter than What You Can Imagine
Known for its ergonomics, lightweight and premium design, the iPad mini 2 weighs between 331 g and 341 g (for Wifi, Wifi + Cellular versions respectively) and is super sleek at 7.5 mm thickness. With machined buttons, Luxe finish and smaller bezel, the iPad mini 2 is an object of envy, a premium lifestyle gadget.
iSight and FaceTime Cameras: Capture Reality in Bits
With 5 MP auto-focus iSight camera for brilliant photos, 1080p full HD videos, and a 1.2 MP FaceTime camera for video calls and selfies; the iPad lets you capture, edit and share your life and your surroundings. The iPad offers the best Video Calling facility with 720p HD capability of its FaceTime camera with wide angle lens.
Choose What Suits You BestThe iPad Mini 2 is available in two variants WiFi only and WiFi + Cellular options. The cellular version supports 4G LTE and other cellular bandwidths. Experience fast wireless connectivity with Bluetooth v4.0 and transfer/sync faster with the USB v2.0. Apple offers two premium metallic finishes for the iPad mini 2 – silver and space gray.
iOS 7 – Upgradeable to Next Gen Operating System iOS 8Running on a recent operating system, the iOS 7, iPad mini 2 comes with other exclusive features such as Airdrop file sharing, iCloud cloud storage service, Facebook and Twitter integration for a lovely user experience.
Extended Battery Life
The Apple iPad Mini 2 comes in two storage options – 16GB and 32GB. Although the iPad mini doesn't support expandable memory like other mobile devices, it offers large cloud storage. The device has a 23.8 Watt hour li-ion battery to power the device for up to 10 hours, serving you all day long as you work, play and entertain yourself. Features like the A7 chip under the hood and a 128GB iteration to satisfy those that crave a lot of HD action, the Apple iPad mini 2 is built to cater to the ever increasing demands.
Technical Specifications of Apple iPad Mini 2:
|General Features
|Colour Finish
|Silver, Space gray
|WiFi, WiFi + Cellular
|Business Features
|Document Viewer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, TXT, DOC, DOCX
|SIM Size
|Nano SIM (WiFi + Cellular only)
|Call Features
|SIM Type
|Single SIM, GSM (WiFi + Cellular only)
|200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
|331 g (WiFi), 341 g (WiFi + Cellular)
|7.9 Inches
|2048 x 1536p resolution at 326 ppi
|Other Display Features
|Retina Display, Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology, LED Backlit Wide Screen, Fingerprint-resistant Oleophobic coating
|A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor
|Primary Camera
|5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels, autofocus
|Video Recording
|Secondary Camera
|1.2 MP photos, 720p videos, FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or cellular, Face detection, Backside illumination
|Other Features
|f/2.4 Aperture, Backside illumination sensor, Five-element lens, Hybrid IR filter, Autofocus, Tap to focus, Exposure control, HDR photos, Face detection, Panorama, Auto image stabilization, Photo geo-tagging, Time-lapse video, Video stabilization, Take still photos while recording video, Face detection, 3x zoom, Video geo-tagging
|Internet & Connectivity
|Audio Jack
|3.5 mm
|Yes, v4.0
|Preinstalled Browser
|Internet Features
|Navigation Technology
|A-GPS, GLONASS, Digital compass, Google Maps, iBeacon micro-location
|Yes, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); dual channel (2.4 GHz and 5G Hz), MIMO
|Yes (WiFi + Cellular only)
|Yes (WiFi + Cellular only)
|Yes (WiFi + Cellular only)
|USB Connectivity
|Other Features
|Phone Book Memory
|Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
|Important Apps
|AirDrop, AirPlay, Control Centre, Family Sharing, iCloud Drive, Multitasking, Notification Centre, QuickType keyboard, Spotlight Search, Camera, Photos, Messages, FaceTime, Mail, Music, Safari, Maps, Calendar, iTunes Store, App Store, Notes, Contacts, iBooks, Game Center, Reminders, Clock, Videos, Newsstand, Photo Booth, Podcasts, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, iTunes U, Find My iPhone, Find My Friends, Remote
|Additional Features
|Built-in Speaker, Multiple Languages and Characters Support, Microphone, On/Off or Sleep/Wake, Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video, or listening to music, Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network, Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
|Environment friendly
|Environment friendly features
|Environment friendly features: Mercury-free LED-backlit display, Arsenic-free display glass, Brominated flame retardant-free, PVC-free, Recyclable aluminum enclosure, Power adapter outperforms strictest global energy efficiency standards
Apple iPad Mini 2 Video Review
Watch this Apple iPad Mini 2 expert review & unboxing video to completely know your iPad Mini 2 before you buy.


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I was in the hospital for having a blood vessel burst in my brain. Fortunately, there has been very little residual effect, and I was told by my neurologist that the chance of that happening again is about as likely as it happening to anyone else. If you have any personal stories where that is shown to be untrue, please keep them to yourself so I can stay in my blissful ignorance.
Obviously, I didn't cross over though I'm certain I died three times. Every time I was awakened by one of my friend's smiling faces. The final time, I opened my eyes to see Geri Jewell, star of Facts of Life and Deadwood, a longtime best friend. Normally, that would be a wonderful way to wake up, but when you're expecting to see God, it's just not the same. To top it off, she was wearing a Barack Obama hat. Not being a big fan of his, you can imagine how I felt about seeing God, who looks like Geri Jewell, wearing a Barack hat. We both enjoy a good laugh over it, but I was disappointed.
Since then, I have been recovering at home and this is the second day that I am back writing on my computer. I've spent most of the time since I last entered anything in my blog in recovery. Mostly watching Netflix and Hulu.com.
Anyway, now that I am back among the living and working on projects I have something positive to talk about. I'm waiting to hear back on several projects that I submitted to various writing contests that, if I win, (when I win), would greatly enhance my career.
I am also working on a project called Inside the G-String, which is a reality series about strippers and what makes them do what they do. I interview several of them and we find out that there are many, many misconceptions.. It has been very interesting so far and I've found out a ton of stuff I never knew. I would share it with you here but I'm saving all the good stuff for my pitches to Hollywood powers that be.
I thought I would include this sample. It is of a stripper named Tiffani I told her to imagine how she feels about what she does rather than putting on her usual smile that makes her lots of money. I would like to get some feedback about how you think she did. She is a sweetheart with a very interesting story that both of us are looking forward to sharing with the world.


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The further I get into this project the more I realize this is not just a clone that I'm building. Like the original TKBs of the 1970's this project also comes as a kit. It has the blessing of Serge Tcherepnin himself and is the real deal brought to 21st century standards.
*** Click here for the TKB Build Index ***
The virgin Pot Boards
The first part of this section involves inserting 64 x 1M resistors.
That's 16 resistors per board..
This is so much easier to do in this modern kit as these 4 boards replace the wires that joined the pots & resistors found in vintage TKBs.
Can you imagine having to wire this up back in the 1970's ??? :-(
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The evidence of Charles "Mr. morally correct" Johnson's hypocrisy is growing by the minute, as shown here:
"Speaking of President Bush's sword dance with the Saudis, here's the Iranian reaction, from Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Chairman of the Iranian Guardian Council. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)
[Video]Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Death to those who participated in the Annapolis Summit, and who got rewarded for this. Their mouths were stitched up, so that they could not speak out anymore. You really deserve death for being so despicable, and for wanting to please Bush, America, and Israel, rather than pleasing God, the Prophet, the Muslims, the oppressed, and the wretched.Religion of peace!
That insignificant man [Bush] visits Islamic countries, while all these crimes are taking place. He travels from country to country, and you are handing him a sword – a sword with which you should be chopping off his head.
Alright then, the old reptile can complain about this as much as he likes. But say, what have his own faithful minions been saying about this incident when it happened?
And last but not least, a lizard's wet dream:
Charming bunch you're herding there, Charles, and now tell me your fans are advocates of peace, will you?


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In Mississippi, a consulting forester must be a registered forester. Relying on the expertise of a registered forester to help with your harvest planning and timber sale can prevent surprises to both the seller and buyer and can help ensure landowners get the most out of their timberland.
To locate a registered forester in Mississippi, you can go to the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters website: or contact your local office of the Mississippi Forestry Commission:
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By Megan Vick
My most favorite restaurant in the world is closing soon and I have been heartbroken since I got the news. Friends are out of jobs, customers are out of delicious local food, and I am out of pickled ramps and butternut squash gnocchi (not served together, I swear).
During our last visit there, we had delicious fried green tomatoes and I have been determined to recreate them. I think I'm doing pretty well so far… the best part is, instead of frying them, I've baked them in the oven for a healthier version. This recipe makes a great appetizer for 2 or small meal for 1 person. They were so good I forgot to take a picture – shocking, I know.
Here's what you need:
- 2 large green tomatoes (preferably organic)
- 1/3 cup almond mik (either plain or unsweetened… I'm sure any plant milk would work here)
- 1/2 cup flour (almond, chickpea, all- purpose… anything you like)
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
Here's how to do it:
- Preheat oven to 425F
- Slice your tomatoes into thick slices (or quarters if you want to be fancy)
- Put almond milk into bowl – set aside
- Combine flour, pepper, salt, garlic powder together and mix well in another bowl – set aside
- Dredge tomato slices in milk, then in the flour mixture – be sure to cover both sides completely
- Put slices on a baking sheet, pan, or dish
- Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes until coating is golden brown
Pro Tip: Serve with some vegan ranch (a la Native Foods Cafe) for dipping or a balsamic reduction – Divine!!
You can thank me later! Enjoy and Namaste


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meanwhile, since i promised you guys that i will post my photo diary from my short trip to Bali last month, here's some of the first part..
dinner at Bubbagump on the first night..it's located at Kuta.
then Padang Padang beach the next day..
A little info about this beautiful beach, it's the beach where Eat, Pray, Love was shot at. i'm sure you all know this great movie in which the beautiful actress Julia Roberts acted on :)
anyway.. these are only FEW of many more photos that i took!
please do have a look on the complete photo set on my photography website www.firewoodandearth.com
you can see more photos of these gorgeous places that i've visited in Bali!
hope you all like it :)
to be continued...


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a Living Breathing Journal of My PTSD Journey. as I Paint through the Pain & Celebrate Life.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
I believe it was Einstein that said " doing the same thing over, and over again. And expecting different results= insanity". I thank G[]D for the L[]VE I have in My life, meaning My Family....... It seems just about every day of the week,I have a Doctor's appt., or physical therapy.And I feel no better, the gears are turning. But I feel like the tin man, turning to rust. [sick of being sick,and tired] I'll be off to see the neurologist.~ Because I need a new brain~
Monday, September 22, 2014
Keep dreaming, even Kenny Chesney is A Dreamer! Even I stopped dreaming for awhile, and now I dream in color. The song wild child, inspired Me= The Me I use to know, while healing I began to give up........So again I say, to all the Dreamers= DREAM! []UT L[]UD!
Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Greatest L[]VE of all [WhitneyHouston}
If I haven't told You, I finished my Grand babies book in time.~Pure Love, a hand made gift from my heart. And We made sand art in the back yard.....Better known as a gift from MeMom~I always tell My Grand babies, when they miss Me to place their hand on their heart= for I am always there.In every beat of their heart. []r to look to the sky, for I love them bigger than the sky........X[]x
Thursday, September 18, 2014
~Kenny Chesney ~[ the Big Revival]
I favor wild child, Thank You Kenny!
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Monday, September 15, 2014
~Homestuck:[ Cobalt,Theif extanded]
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
~Drepressed~Lord guide My hands
[I'm not a super hero] I thought I was, I thought after my surgery. I'd be flying around, but I'm not. I still have pain, and numbness in my arms.[ I am depressed] Not for any other reason than my health...Unsteady hands, do not make a good hairdresser,or painter. And I can't pick up my Grand babies, I pray this passes~ it's taken an emotional toll on Me. I am making my Grand Daughter a book for birthday, it takes Me so long to do the simpleness things. Lord guide my hands ......
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Tao Te Ching [ You are Rich]
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You will need to cut away old foliage in the late summer. But as you see from the above photograph taken in my garden in mid-October the foliage soon reappears. It provides an attractive plant throughout the winter.
About Me
- Lynda@kidsinthegarden
- This blog has now moved to a new http://www.kidsinthegarden.co.uk.and have a kids garden shop at http://www.kidsinthegardenshop.co.uk. Find me on twitter @kidsandgardens
Friday, 19 October 2012
Floral Friday - Aquilegia - Family Friendly Plants
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Peabody Energy Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit slipped on weaker U.S. coal demand for electricity generation because of a mild winter and utility switchovers to cheaper natural gas.
But its January-March earnings still beat Wall Street's expectations and its shares rose about 7 percent.
Peabody, the world's biggest private-sector coal company, said its net income attributable to common shareholders was $172.7 million, or 63 cents per share, over the first three months of this year, down from $176.6 million, or 65 cents, a year earlier. Revenue rose 17 percent to $2.04 billion from $1.74 billion the same period a year ago.
On average, analysts polled by FactSet expected St. Louis-based Peabody to earn 55 cents per share on revenue of $2.08 billion.
The company also forecast adjusted diluted earnings in the second quarter at 40 to 65 cents per share, reflecting lower pricing for coal used in steelmaking and electricity generation.
Peabody's revenue increase was helped by its Australia operation, which is a key supplier of metallurgical coal for steelmaking in booming Asian markets. Revenue in that segment jumped 48 percent, while U.S. revenue was up 5 percent.
"Our operations contributed higher revenues and margins per ton in all regions, demonstrating the strength of our diverse platform in the face of challenging conditions," said Gregory Boyce, Peabody's chairman and chief executive.
Peabody and other coal companies face challenges from slowing growth in China, the world's second-biggest economy and a huge importer of coal. But Boyce said China's steel production rebounded last month and the country's coal imports are at a record level.
He insisted that global industry and economic data still suggest the industry is in what he has called a "coal supercycle," with China, India and other emerging Asian countries likely to account for more than 90 percent of the increase in global coal demand over the next quarter century. Many of those countries will look to Australia to fill the need, Boyce said.
The U.S. market appears more unsettled, at least for now. The mild winter reduced demand for electricity and heating, helping to push down natural gas prices. A number of power plants are switching to gas from coal to generate power.
Some analysts believe that situation isn't likely to change dramatically unless there's a scorching summer that will stoke demand for electricity to run air conditioners in homes and businesses. The nation's natural gas supplies are at record levels, and demand would have to soar for gas prices to rise significantly.
On Thursday, Peabody _ which has mines in Illinois, Indiana, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico _ cut its expected U.S. sales volume to 185 million to 195 million tons from its previous forecast of 195 million to 205 million tons. Boyce said coal shipments fell last month after various slowdowns at mines, and "additional reductions are likely." Peabody let stand its forecast of selling 33 million to 36 million tons of its Australian coal, up from 25 million tons last year.
"Peabody is negotiating with select customers regarding reduced 2012 shipments and is lowering planned U.S. production," Boyce said.
Sterne, Agee analyst Michael Dudas said Peabody's first-quarter showing was "solid," adding in a research note that "we support reduction in U.S. shipments and are pleased to see Peabody maintain Australian shipment targets."
"Management put forth reasonable pricing expectations for its uncommitted coals and support for growth in seaborne coal shipments, which will include increased U.S. exports of met and thermal coals," Dudas wrote.
Peabody supplies enough coal to power 10 percent of the U.S. electrical grid and to price 2 percent of the world's electricity.
Peabody shares rose $1.94, or 6.8 percent, to $30.40 in afternoon trading.


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|TKV Desikachar
This past weekend was our first 500-hr yoga teacher training weekends. They will continue, about every other weekend, for the next year. The decision to take more training came out of my experiences teaching. Not to put too fine a point on it but I really felt like I had no idea what I was doing. It is fine to teach people who are generally fit and in good health but, truthfully, those students are pretty rare. Most people have some health issues that need addressing and I continually felt unprepared. What was the purpose of leading them through some sequence of postures that they could not really do (and probably should not be doing)? Where was the benefit?
Also I struggled with the distance between the subtle and profound teaching of the Yoga Sutra and my pathetic 200-hr certification. I mean, if I heard of someone teaching Zen with 200-hours of training, I would laugh out loud. Get real! So, why is yoga any different? Krishnamacharya, the founder of the lineage that I am training in, had the equivalent of six Ph.Ds and decades of teaching experience. I know that 300 more hours of training won't change things that much, but it is a start.
I chose to train with Guta Hedewig in the Desikachar tradition (TKV Desikachar was Krishnamcharya's second eldest son). I think this tradition of yoga is the closest to what Krishnamachrya himself taught and it embraces yoga as something far more than just asana practice. In fact, asana is a tiny piece of the whole picture and classes in the Desikachar tradition usually include, as a matter of course, chanting, asana, pranayama and meditation. As a devoted ashtanga practitioner, some of what I am embracing goes exactly against what my own practice has become. And it hurts! Like an alcoholic who can not imagine life without booze, at the moment, I can not imagine life without my ashtanga practice. Guta designed a daily practice for me, which (surprise) includes chanting, asana, and pranayama (she knows have my own meditation practice).
It has made me crazy. I need my ashtanga fix.
I don't know how long I can pretend to do both. Guta, who did ashtanga for almost 20 years, told me that it took her years to quit ashtanga "happily". And that's the key. It must happen happily. I guess I will keep juggling the two until I find my own key that will allow me to back away from my asana addiction happily.
Meanwhile, I have most of the first two chapters of the Yoga Sutra to memorize as chants, along with all the traditional vinyasa for getting in and out of the classical postures, and all the pranayama techniques and....


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A little whimsy, a little art and a lotta love!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Sketch a day???
Well.....I have this cute little book that hubby gave me.
It's supposed to encourage you to create a drawing a day. It didn't move me back in September when I received it but, on rediscovering it amongst my pile of 'must read next' books, I'm now keen to give it a try.
It is smallish, so gives my poor eyes a challenge, but I'm hoping to fill it with cute girls and cuddly animals.....here's hoping!
I love how, on this page, it looks as if the painter is actually putting the finishing touches on the girl's hair
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Bayreuther Festspiele 2008
25 July Parsifal I
26 July Tristan I
27 July Meistersinger I
28 July Rheingold I
29 July Walküre I
31 July Siegfried I
02 August Götterdämmerung I
03 August Parsifal II
04 August Meistersinger II
05 August Tristan II
06 August Parsifal III
07 August Meistersinger III
08 August Rheingold II
09 August Walküre II
10 August Parsifal
11 August Siegfried II
13 August Götterdämmerung II
14 August Tristan III
15 August Meistersinger IV
16 August Parsifal V
17 August Siegfried
18 August Tristan IV
19 August Meistersinger V
20 August Rheingold III
21 August Walküre III
23 August Siegfried III
25 August Götterdämmerung III
26 August Tristan V
27 August Meistersinger VI
28 August Parsifal VI
Wolfgang Wagner has announced his resignation as the director of the festival on 29th April 08, according to news reports. It is still unsure of who will take over him yet, as the festival committee has yet to choose a candidate.
5 comments:
- nat* said...
Wheee! Can't wait! It's gonna be interesting huh?
- 11:37 pm
- solitudex said...
Ha, that's when all my party activities will come to a standstill and I'll stay all night in front of the computer.
I'm so glad they have our beloved Tristan und Isolde in the programme this season.
- 3:45 pm
- nat* said...
Of course of course! Was thinking of asking a few Wagner-crazy friends over to camp at my place to listen :p just a thought though. Interested? (:
- 11:56 pm
- solitudex said...
Das ist eine sehr gute Idee, nat! =)
- 4:16 am
- daland said...
The opening Parsifal is going to be directed by my compatriot Daniele Gatti: he gave a concert performance of Parsifal in Rome earlier this year, with spectacular results. I'm pretty sure he'll do well down in the Orchestergraben.
In the meanwhile the SNYO with Lim Soon Lee is guest here in Milan on july 17 with an interesting program:
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I really never expected to be back at Chaco this summer, and yet somehow here I am, back at Chaco and working again. When I left last summer I was so sick of the place and the job that I was sure I'd never want to go back. I liked the idea of being back in school, without all the troubles of working full-time.
What I've realized over the course of the past year, however, is that although in the abstract school seems like it should be a good environment for me, in practice it's actually not that great overall. Grad school has in fact served largely to remind me of all the things I had almost forgotten about what it was like to be in college. Both the positives and negatives came back with a vengeance. Intellectually it's fantastic, of course. I do really like the opportunity to learn things and be surrounded by a scholarly atmosphere and all its advantages. Socially, however, it's problematic, and I've begun to realize that being in school tends to lure me into a sense of false security about my social life. I've always been very good at school and comfortable in a classroom context, and that has led me to neglect my social life outside of school. It's find during the week, when I see people in class, but when the weekend comes around I realize that I don't actually have many opportunities to see people. I've tried to be better about this now than I was in college, and I was proud that I went to all the regular social events in the spring semester, but overall I think it's largely a problem with the intersection of my personality and the school situation that will be very difficult to overcome completely.
I also made a conscious decision early in the school year that I was going to focus on my studies and not worry about girls and stuff. I explicitly decided that I was not looking for romantic opportunities and that I was not going to obsess over finding them. I think that was a good decision overall, and it allowed me to get a lot done with minimal angst, but by the end of the year I was realizing that there were downsides to it. Obsessing about girls had been a big source of stress in my life before, but it had also been a source of hope, and I realized that I was not really willing to give that up entirely. Of course, I came to this realization around the same time that everyone was leaving for the summer, so it didn't actually help me at all in practice, but it gave me something to think about going forward into the next school year.
Furthermore, the job I finally got working for one of the professors at my school was fine, and I got to do some interesting research work, but it turned out to be more difficult for me than I expected. I could do the work fine, but motivating myself to do it was incredibly hard, and I wasn't able to put in the number of hours necessary to both make significant money and do my best work. I began to realize that what I really prefer is a much more structured type of work, and ideally the type of job where I had to be at a certain place at a certain time, do something, and go home, with the rest of my time totally free. Having lots of control over my own schedule sounded good, but I realize now that it just meant I would never get anything done unless I had a very firm deadline, and that the rest of the time I would always be stressed out about not getting anything done. In other words, it would be too much like school, with lots of free time that I couldn't enjoy because I was worrying about getting stuff done.
So by early June I was getting pretty frustrated. Also, my roommate was moving out, so I needed to find a new roommate, which was yet another source of stress, and it took forever for me to get my first paycheck for all the work I had been doing. I was stressed out and running out of money, and getting increasingly frustrated with my life in New Jersey. Then one day it just occurred to me that I probably could still come out to Chaco to work for a few weeks, and that realization somehow made me feel better. That was the kind of job I was realizing I preferred, and it would also earn me much more money than the part-time work I was doing for the professor. I went ahead and did it, despite the many loose ends I ended up having to tie up long-distance, and I think it was the right choice.
I definitely wouldn't want to do this exact job forever, but I now know that this is much more the kind of job I want than the research work I was doing. There are frustrations, no question, but the advantages outweigh them so far, and I'll only be here for a few weeks, which hopefully won't be long enough to get totally burned out on the place again. Then I can go back to school refreshed and ready for a change, rather than frustrated from spending my summer reliving all the least pleasant aspects of school life.
So that's what's going on with me, in case anyone was wondering.


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(French toast crunch, if you must know.)
There I sat sipping my hazelnut coffee and scrolling through Google News when a woman who, judging by the volume of her voice, seemed oblivious that she was inside a restaurant where most people read and chill rather than a rock concert, came strolling over. She was greeted by a couple others and went on to explain why she was late to what sounded like a weekly gathering.
It was then that it seemed a grand idea for me to post what I overheard to Facebook.
Rather than retype what has already been put into words, I copied and now shall execute the paste:
FYI, apparently the plural of breakfasts is breakfastes ... At least according to the woman behind me.
It's clear what a people person I am, right? Well, I like people watching and documenting their behaviors. It is fascinating, sometimes, what goes on in the lives of others. This woman was either completely oblivious to how loudly she was speaking or she truly wanted every patron to know her woes and that her sister is a selfish, self-centered whiny baby. Oh, and let's not forget that having a tummy tuck was the best decision she ever made.


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The Selvedge stand at l'aiguille en fete were displaying some wonderful pieces and I could not possibly stop myself from buying a couple of the beauties. I think we all need to treat ourselves every-once-in-a-while :) N'est ce pas?
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In most of Earth May Day, the International Day of the Working Class, is a holiday. But there are some places where it is not: one of them is Saudi Arabia, another one is the Vatican and then there is the USA.
This May Day has particular relevance in this last country because the North American Working Class has been awakening and there are efforts to celebrate May Day with class-conscious protests in line with last year's Occupy movement which has made a major and widespread call for a general strike on this day.
There are surely other actions called for around North America but I do not know them at the moment. The causes for anger are the same as before the winter: nothing has changed but there has been a period of inactivity and the organization is probably not too strong. The fact that, after so many decades of apathy and lack of consciousness, North Americans have began to mobilize as a working class society and even form a movement is a very important sign. I do expect at least some meaningful mobilization today north of Río Grande.
Elsewhere I also expect some action. Even if May Day has become sort of an institutionalized holiday, the class struggle ambient has been growing a lot these last months and years and people is very angry in places like Europe, North Africa or India. I do expect at least some heat in some places even if The RevolutionTM is scheduled for today nowhere that I know of.
But these things are never properly scheduled, you know, they have the bad custom of coalescing unexpectedly under the pavement and invite you to the party when it's almost over. So be aware, be ready to fight and have a happy and radical May Day wherever you are.