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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Beggars can't be choosers
1. Although I don't advocate giving alms to beggars and I generally don't give unless the person asking for is very old or handicapped. Other day while travelling near a traffic signal a very cute little girl knocked at my car window and in her very sweet voice asked me for money. I had a one Rupee coin in my hand which I gave her. To my surprise she refused to take that saying " kum se kum 2 rupees to do. Mein ek rupee nahi leti"
2. While travelling in a local train I came across again a small child crying and begging. Can anyone believe what she was begging for not money but A Chocolate? I felt every emotional by seeing her. I offered her money but she wanted only chocolate reason being ," paise to meri maa le legi, mereko to chocolate he khani hai"
3. One of my friends has a similar experience. She was travelling in an auto rickshaw and at a traffic signal some eunuchs asked her for money which she refused to give. Seeing this they started abusing her which made her very scared and she took out a 2 Rs coin from her purse. She was stunned when they threw the money on her face saying ," Humko bhikari samjha hai. Kum se kum 5 rupees de"
4. In another incidence the person refused to take 2 rupees saying , " 2 rupees mein kya aata hai, kum se kum ek pav vade ka paisa ya ek cup chai ka paise to do"
5. Yesterday a young lady stopped me on the road and asked me to give her money to buy ration for herfamily. I told her, "You come to my house and clean my utensils. I will give you money, or if you want I can keep you on to clean my utensils regularly". She just refused saying, " paise dena ho to do, kaam nahi maanga hai". i told her that I am giving her respectable job, and she will not have to beg. but she replied, " jab aaram se mil jaata hai to kaam kyun karne ka"
The beggars infact have become choosy in what they want and how much they want.
Moreover they are happy to get this easy money which many so called kind hearted philanthropists give thinking that they are doing some noble deed, some punya ka kaam and they will surely get a place in swarg( heaven )for their kind deeds.
Some so called social workers and their organizations take pride in distributing food items, blankets, money etc to these people without realizing that they are in fact making them dependent, lethargic who think that it is very easy to squeeze money out of kind hearted people by playing on their emotions.
It is a very common sight to find people asking for money to perform last rites of their relatives who is lying dead on the roadside (really??) and if you offer them some material goods they just refuse. They want only money.
All these incidences prove one thing that the famous saying THAT BEGGARS CAN NOT BE CHOOSERS is false. Under the present circumstances it doesn't hold true these days. BEGGERS ARE CHOOSERS AND THEY TAKE ONLY WHAT THEY WANT.
20 comments:
- Neha said...
this is very common on mumbai streets...you come across so many such beggars...they purposely keep touching and poking you with their dirty hands so that u give them money, they keep touching ur feet, they insult and abuse you when you dont pay them...I have stoped giving them money long back...it is better to donate money to registered NGOs, at least you know it is going to right people...
- September 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- AnjuGandhi said...
Neha you are right
it is better to give to egistered NGOs
although at times these NGOs get so much that they don't know what to do with it
i had a very satisfying experience with one of them
i had gone to one of sneh sadans in mumbai and saw a small child wearing a very bright shirt
somwhow that shirt looked very familiar.
suddnely i noticed a defect in that shirt and i realised that the shirt belonged to my son wich i had given long time back to headoffice of sneh sadan. i recognised that shirt because of the defect
i was very happy to see that things given by me some years back was put to good use
- September 8, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Anju, I could not translate the comments at your encounters but I get the meaning. Sad but true. When I was in Belize, I refused to give to a beggar who was very disable, because I found out he was wealthy and had an accomplice. He had a big shiny car parked back off the street and he and his partner, him in a wheelchair, walked to the town main street. I really felt bad until I was told my local connections what he was doing.
- September 8, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- The Panorama said...
I was almost laughing when I read this. I have also come across people who ,upon getting 1 rupee say it is not enough. Yet I do understand, ek rupai me kya ata hai aaj kal? And why shouldn't the poor demand something of a society that has ensured they stay where they are for generations?
I feel one should address the real issue here: poverty that forces people to beg. And actually, I understand why the woman didn't want to be a maid. I see how the maids are treated and paid a pittance.
I think the important thing is not to judge the poor.
There are huge socio -economics factors into play when a person turns into a beggar. By saying simply that they should take a job and get out of it is not so simple.
But that is the way I think:)
Good post , Anju ;)
- September 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Butler and Bagman said...
I have no experience with begging in India but I remember with amazement watching the beggars at Vatican City in Rome. Being in proximity to the Pope apparently made the area a kind of world-class begging championship. I promise I am not trying to sound unsympathtic and I understand the plight and need for some people to beg and depending on the situation, I often give what I can. But there is also a certain professionalism in any occupation. I have no doubt the Vatican beggars were truly needy. But, unfortunately, they had to compete with their peers and around the Vatican being competative required major disfiguration or deformity. Watching over a few days, I also saw that, while pitiful to those of us with pity in our hearts, they were very aggressive and territorial with each other over location.
- September 8, 2009 at 10:05 AM
If I feel really bad, I make the child (only children) eat infront of me, like banana at traffic lights, nor Glucose biscuits (I keep in car)... sometimes I have caught the child, and made him or her eat samosa chaat etc infront of me. There is a chance that if we give cash they might spend it on cigarettes or gutka :(
Once an old women pleaded for money for medicine, my husband said she is acting, I didn't think so, so I told her I'd come with her to the medical store, guess what? She threw a fit, saying I was wrong not to trust her! She walked away in a huff!
- September 8, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Shruti SriHarsha said...
oh my GOD!! Am quite shocked to see such Beggars....
I know beggars who curse here, if you do not pay them anything and I used to just Ignore them. Only if I see a child begging, I feel bad and end up paying something....Once I even got boy who came hungry a plate of Idly...
But such comments from them is just not done....
Anju...Thanks for your comments..you are so right about the husband's house thing...thats why u see, I mentioned as Second home thought this will always be the place I lived all my 26 yrs...Last 2days am feeling so different and am yet to come out of the Mixed feel...
- September 8, 2009 at 7:29 PM
- RoyalTLady said...
You have interesting posts which are hard to refuse comments. I have one male beggar, pretty young probably late thirtees, healthy looking, smartly dressed, not totally blind, daily he sits by the steps at the wet maarket...
Once he told me, he owns three flats and they are all bought from money he begged. Wonderful!
Often when I met an old beggar, I would offer food if I were in a restaurant. Now there much less beggars around because the NGOs and government agencies take care of them.
- September 8, 2009 at 7:42 PM
very true!! i have once written a post abt how a bunch of beggar kids..whom i normally see in th morning beggng in the street came to an ice-cream parlor with a 500rs note!!! ever since then ive never givn alms to children..i dnt want thm to grow up learning the easy way..there are instances whn they have started beatng me for not giving!!!
- September 8, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- Deepa said...
Good post. It is difficult to take a definite stand on begging. I hear it is a 100 crore industry in Mumbai. I had read an article years ago about how orphaned children / kidnapped children are maimed and turned into beggars. Apparently there is this butcher in Ulhasnagar who specialises in limb amputation. It is horrifying.
When you say begging, I remember two films. One is the celebrated Slumdog Millionaire which show the maiming of children. And the other is Traffic Signal which shows (with some amount of humour) how begging is a LIVELIHOOD!
Of course, when one is faced with a beggar, its very in your face. I find people give money for various reasons - which keep changing. For instance, if you're coming or going to a place of worship, one tends to give money to beggars. Like saying 'Hey God...check me out. I'm a do- gooder!' At traffic signals, we may give money just to get them out of your way. And some people give money because something about the beggar touches a chord in you. Take my sister for example. If a woman with a baby is begging, she will invariably give money - since she's a mother with a young child herself.
I rarely succumb to the calls of beggars. But I do have a sense of empathy - I understand the push factors which lead them into begging since I'm associated with NGOs and the world of social work.
- September 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- BK Chowla said...
It is very common.Inflation has been quite effective.
Yes I must tell you one.Once a beggar was given a Rs 2 coin at the Mehrauli signal.Hold it,this one refused to accept the money saying....main bhikari se bhik nahin leta.
- September 9, 2009 at 12:01 AM
- AnjuGandhi said...
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- September 9, 2009 at 3:16 AM
- AnjuGandhi said...
QMM, sorry this time I just forgot to translate the Hindi text in English. I just meant that the beggars refused to take one rupee as they want more than that
Panorama the economic reasons are the main cause of begging and for that the whole economic structure of the society will have to be changed and that is like dreaming and wishing for impossible
Regarding the job of maid or a servant, atleast it is better than begging but this requires hard work and some discipline whereas they are used to easy money ( although begging is also not easy. They have to run after each vehicle, go to so many people ;-) )
B and B you are right, begging also involves professionalism. Rather it is a full fledged profession. Areas are marked for each beggar and no stranger can encroach on others domain. For that matter permission of big bosses of this profession has to be taken before they start this business of begging. And depending on the income generating capacity of the area , commission has to be given by the persons begging to the area in charge.
IHM even I offered to buy lunch for some one as he was asking money to buy food. But he refused the offer of food, he wanted only cash.
Most of the time the money given to the children is either spent on buying gutka or their bosses take this amount and give mere peanuts to the children. ( we saw this in slumdog millionaire)
Shruti talking about curses when my daughter's SSC results were awaited, on the very day some eunuchs came to our house and asked for money and when I refused they not only abused us but started chanting some mantras. We got so scared that we immediately gave them 100 Rs lest their curses and mantras bring ill luck to us. ;-) such is the power of their behavior.
RoyalT lady it had come in Bombay newspapers last year that one of the beggars has 3-4 flats which he has given on rent and he himself lives on the pavements near the traffic signal and he also had fat bank balance.
Verbivorehere very true . at times they throw the money given to them on our face if it doesn't meet their expectations.
Deepa we Indians are so emotional that any one can play with us and then the concepts of Punya and swarg etc are always in our mind which forces us to do these actc
BK Chowla Sometimes I really wonder that may be one of these days one of them will come and tell us that if you cant give us more than 5 rupees then come along with us and join our profession.
- September 9, 2009 at 3:19 AM
- Ooglers Googlers said...
Think from a different perspective. what is wrong in begging and demanding specially as KIDS? I mean, the unfortunate kids who have been forced to be in this scenario/profession, have no choice other than to continue begging and ask for more. I agree that they should not curse/abuse, but they too are forced to do this given the environment we live in.
It's a very common alarming problem to which I don't really see a solution. No matter how much NGO's invest their time and effort in cleaning up the mess, the politicians and anti social elements in the country will not let this happen.
Nice observation though.
- September 9, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Ms. Neha Gandhi said...
hhaha...this is soo very true...
these beggars have bank accounts which flourish by the act of begging..i once read an article..where on a good day a beggar earns more than construction workers...
- September 9, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Apanatva said...
समय बदल रहा है |
आज के माहौल मे कई पुरानी कहावते कोई मायने नहीं रखती है | फिर एक अच्छी पोस्ट |
- September 9, 2009 at 7:37 AM
- Gayathri said...
HAHAHA..so so very true..always happens here too..You give 1re,they ask for 2..you give 2re,they ask for a torn dress..you give the torn dress,they ask for something better!!
- September 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM
- Durga Nandan said...
Amma always gives them your point number 5.
But never has one accepted it.
Haughty and lazy idiots!
It has become their rights now. Humph!
- September 10, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Mustaf said...
Your observations are correct, but I would like to differ at some of the conclusions you have made.
If a NGO is not very well known, i would rather spend my money on those beggers than those NGO, how do we ensure that the NGOs are spending money in the right area?
And i am not sure whether beggers have hefty bank balance, as we know in most cases beggers are a big source of income for other people, who make them beg and extract their share of money.So, it could be highly possible the more he begs, his/her own share at the end of the day will be bigger, so this is not something they do by themselves (in most cases) rather, they are forced
And abt their habit of asking more or refusing to take lesser than they wanted, i would say situation makes them like this. The environment has a big influence on human character, if we think ourselves staying in those rotten slums, begging whole day in the streets, i dont know how much ethics/values we can carry with us..
- September 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM
- Roshmi Sinha said...
I too have come across such incidents. Infact... I have seen beggars snatching ice creams, cold drinks and other eatables right from the hands of people... in super markets e.g., Food World. Very shocking, indeed! No wonder... we are living in the 'Kali Yug'.
There is a need to control 'this' population else crime and other anti social activities... will spiral out of control.
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Today i needed to do something that turned out to be impossible to do in the conventional manner. I was doing a report on some items that are measured in days, each row in the report was actually a group, and i needed to calculate a median for that group. Step by step, here is how i did it.
First, here is the report layout i started with:
as you can see i have two row groups, with the detail row of the second group hidden (because i don't want to list all the details, there are hundreds of them).
Initially this seemed quite simple - for each detail row i would call a custom function which would add the value to an array, and then in the group footer i could just call another custom function called CalculateMedian() to get the median of the group. But the problem is, when i called CalculateMedian(), my array was empty, so i had no values to calculate with. I double checked, and yes the AddToMedian() function was being called for every detail row, so wtf? After some digging around and some Googling, i found one or two blog posts that mention group header and footer expressions get evaluated before the group detail expressions - this meant i was trying to calculate the median before the values had even been added to the array! What the???!!!! Who the fuck came up with that brilliant design, and why? I can understand processing group headers before the details (for sorting puroses, etc), but surely footers should be done last? I mean, for 99.9% of cases, footers will contain aggregate or summary information, right? (I don't care about the other 0.1% of cases and whatever they are trying to put in the footer, if they want to do non-standard stuff then they should be prepared to feel the pain of getting it to work).
So, i couldn't use the group footer to show my summary information, a different approach was required. To achieve my median calculation, three things need to happen:
- at the start of each category group the array used to accumulate the values needed to be emptied.
- i needed to iterate the detail rows of each category group, as there is no other way of passing the group values through to a custom function.
- at the end of each category group i need to calculate and display the median value.
To begin with, i replaced the table that had the division and category row groups on it with a list container for the division group (call it the DivisionList). Above that i put a rectangle with a textbox for each column title, this replicates what was in the heading of the table:
After that, i nest another list inside the DivisionList container, this has a grouping set to group by category and is called the CategoryList:
Note that immediately inside each list container i have a textbox which shows the name of the grouped item. The CategoryList is now going to perform the same function as each row did in the original table, so i add a few more textboxes to hold the values for that "row":
Note that i have already added the expressions, the important one is the median textbox, which has the expression:
So this leaves the big question: i have the required grouping set up, and my aggregate/summary expressions in place, but how am i going to achieve objectives 1 and 2 from above, which was to reset the array holding the values, and to iterate rows in the category group so that i can place the individual values into the array the median is calculated from?
Hmmm, how can we iterate the values? I know - let's bring back the table, just give it one column:
if you are paying attention, you will see that it is inside the CategoryList container, with all the textboxes. Check out the expression, as the values get placed into the table rows they also get lodged in the array that is used for the median calculation. That's objective #2 resolved, now for objective #1, resetting the array. It's time for sly trick #1, using the knowledge that the table header expressions are processed before the table detail expressions, we can do this:
see what i did? I used an expression in the table header to reset the array. I also set the visibility of the table to hidden - i don't want this to show on the rendered report, remember? Sweet, now i have just one little detail left to take care of - how can i ensure that the table rows are filled before i call CalculateMedian() from my median textbox?
To achieve this, i employ sly trick #2: reports are rendered top to bottom, left to right. I've not seen this documented anywhere, it's just what i've observed, i've depended upon that behaviour in the past and it hasn't let me down yet. So, make the table 0.1cm wide, and make it the same height as the textboxes that are in the CategoryList container:
see that orange kind of spot on the report there? I added some colour to the table just so you could see what i've done. Now that it is resized, i move it to the left and above of the category label (IOW move it to location 0,0 of the CategoryList container, look for the orange spot). This ensures that it gets filled/rendered before the rest of the textboxes in that list container:
And that's all. Now, i just adjust the height of my list containers, and i run the report. This is what the final result looks like:
As you can see, the final result is almost the same as if i had used a table, but with this method i get to calculate the median on grouped rows - what a mission that was :(
For those of you who need it, here is the code for accumulating the median values and calculating them. It's pretty sandard stuff, nothing too exciting.
Dim Public Shared MedianArray(0) As Integer
Public Function ResetMedian()
ReDim MedianArray(0)
End Function
Public Function AddToMedian(fieldValue As Integer)
Dim i As Integer
i = UBound(MedianArray) + 1
ReDim Preserve MedianArray(i)
MedianArray(i) = fieldValue
AddToMedian = fieldValue
End Function
Public Function CalculateMedian() as String
Dim arraySize as Integer
Dim ii as Integer
Dim jj As Integer
Dim itemMoved As Boolean
Dim temp As Integer
'sort it & calculate it
arraySize = UBound(MedianArray)
If arraySize = 1 Then
CalculateMedian = CStr( MedianArray(0) )
Exit Function
Else If arraySize > 1 Then
For ii = 0 To arraySize - 1
itemMoved = false
For jj = LBound(MedianArray) To UBound(MedianArray) - 1
If MedianArray(jj) > MedianArray(jj + 1)
temp = MedianArray(jj)
MedianArray(jj) = MedianArray(jj + 1)
MedianArray(jj + 1) = temp
itemMoved = True
End If
If itemMoved = False Then Exit For
'calculate it
If arraySize Mod 2 = 0 Then
'average the two middle values
CalculateMedian = CStr( (MedianArray(arraySize / 2) + MedianArray((arraySize / 2) + 1)) / 2)
'get the middle value
CalculateMedian = CStr( MedianArray(Floor((arraySize / 2)) + 1) )
End If
End If
End Function
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My friends and I got a VIP pass to watch Poe's show at The Sayers Club. This woman inspires the bejeebus out of me. I hadn't seen Poe for a year, and she asked if I'd won an Oscar yet. Recollecting the most interesting thing I'd done in the past year, I told her about Chaosmos, the board game I helped produce. I was ashamed by my response. I wish I could have told her that I directed a feature film or wrote a novel, but alas, I feel like I screwed up the past year majorly.
Chaosmos was a cool project, but it wasn't mine. I didn't do anything in 2013 that was mine. 2013 was a year of other people's projects. 2014 has been much the same way. I've got to see my personal projects through. I'm surrounded by too many inspiring artists to squander all the creative mojo on half finished projects.
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Rock Spring has a vibrant and welcoming music program for all ages. We have three adult ensembles and two children's ensembles that bring music to worship on a weekly or monthly basis. You are warmly welcomed to participate with any of our choirs outlined on the following pages. Perhaps you have an instrument that you play and you would be willing to offer your musical gifts in worship.
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Dairy-free Halloween Tips
I know that Halloween has already passed, but I wanted to post what we did for Halloween to make it fun AND safe for my kids.
1. I purchased extra candy that was dairy-free. I let the kids go door to door and accept the candy given. When they got home, I went through all their candy and sorted out the dairy-free candy and the non-dairy-free candy. I then let them trade for dairy-free candy. This way they didn't feel left out or excluded and still had fun. Some neighbors know of our allergy and were very kind to provide something extra special for my kids:) I love great neighbors!!! (Note: Due to too many dental bills, I keep their candy up high and give them a little bit each day. At this rate, we may never get through it!!! Maybe I'll send some with my husband to work:))
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Breakfast: Pumpkin Pancakes with chopped pecans and Apple Spice Syrup (found in my cookbook: www.milkallergycompanion.com)
Lunch: Tomato Soup ("blood"), Bone Breadsticks, Fingers (carrots with hummus and almonds as finger nails), Spiders (cucumber slices with pretzel sticks stuck on with hummus), Swamp Juice (green Kiwi/Strawberry Juice with swedish fish)
Dinner: Toes (hot dogs with ketchup as toe nails), Monkey Brains (potato salad), Salad, and Water
Dessert: Dairy-free Chocolate cupcakes with fun decorations (recipe on my website)
Other ideas: "Teeth" - apple slices cut in teeth shapes stuck together with peanut butter, "Bats" - baby carrots with lettuce wings, grape tomato head stuck together with toothpicks.
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This tutorial is written for those with a working knowledge of PSP.
Supplies Needed:
I am using Corel PSP X2 version but any version will do.
Tube of choice. I am using the beautiful artwork of Nicole Brune. You can purchase a license to use her art at CILM.
Freebie Add-on kit by Catherine called Mon Amie La Rose ~ found HERE Absolutely love this mini-kit! Thank you Catherine! ♥ *scroll down a bit*
Mask_81 by Chelle found HERE
Font used is Scriptina, a payfont.
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1. Open a new transparent image 600 x 600 pixels and flood fill white.
Add a new raster layer, Selections ~ select all
Open paper1, copy 'n paste into the selection. Selections ~ none.
Open mask of choice, minimize. Layers ~ New Mask Layer ~ from Image ~ find mask & apply.
Merge group. Duplicate masked layer.
2. Add a new raster layer, selections ~ select all.
Open rose spray. Copy 'n paste into the selection. ~ selections ~ none.
Duplicate ~ mirror. Using move tool, move the right rose spray slightly down.
3. Open first basket (empty one), resize 20%. Copy 'n paste as a new layer.
Open second basket (with roses), resize 20%, copy 'n paste as a new layer.
Try to overlap the two baskets as perfectly as possible.
Once happy, lock these two basket layers on your layer palette by clicking on 'lock' to read '1'
3. Open tube of choice, resize if needed, copy 'n paste as a new layer between the two basket layers.
Erase any part of the tube that extends beyond the bottom of the basket.
Duplicate tube. Move duplicate copy above the uppermost basket.
Again, erase any part of the top tube layer to make it appear to be peering out through the handle. See reference tag.
4. Add dried flowers rosy cluster (without D/S), resized 20%. Paste as a new layer below the basket layers. Move slightly to right.
Duplicate ~ mirror. Duplicate mirrored copy again, resize 80% and move slightly upward behind tube 'n basket layer.
Rotate with pic tool (deformation tool) slightly. Duplicate ~ mirror.
Add any other flowers as desired.
D/S all layers except masked layers, original tube layer & empty basket layer.
5.. Add your copyright, URL, watermark and name.
Merge all flatten and save as a .jpeg or merge visible and save as a .png
I hope you enjoy your new creation! Another version with a different tube seen below.
*Remember this tutorial is merely a guide so feel free to use a different tube and/or scrap kit*
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I made another skirt today. It is from the same Etsy pattern mentioned in my last post. It is such an easy pattern to make and yet it looks really cute and fresh and stylish. I love it! And you can see that the new owner does as well.
I also made a dress for Barbie, with some leftover material. No pattern, just built it on her. That was easier said than done when it came to finishing this tiny garment. But I think it is cute and my little girls loves. That is all that counts.
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Cap sleeves, darts in front to show off her waist, gathered skirt is a bit poofy.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Is He Brantley? Or Not?
Brantley Gilbert's name has been put through the ringer! An Indiana native, Thomas Michael Barth, has been charged with two counts of theft after posing as Brantley. According to the Warsaw Police Department, over the course of three months the man emailed and texted multiple businesses and ordered over $8,000 worth of personalized products and clothing. The man also used Brantley's name to order a computer along with an estimated $4,000 of music equipment. A report from police states that Brantley and his manager had reported complaints numerous times about the guy and ordered him to stop. The man turned himself in after being interviewed by police.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Trace Helps The Veterans
Trace Adkins will help send 33 World War II veterans on a free trip to Washington D.C. later this month. The event is part of what's known as an Honor Flight, or WWII Heroes Flight, which gives vets the opportunity to visit the WWII Memorial, the U.S. Capitol, see the changing of the guards at Arlington National Cemetery and more. Trace will perform the national anthem at a public sendoff in Tyler, Texas on May 31st.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Scotty Draws Interest To Baseball
Scotty McCreery is playing his final season of baseball with Garner High School in North Carolina. Between touring with Brad Paisley, last year's American Idol champ finds time to pitch for his hometown team. While he's not always there to practice with his teammates, Scotty tells ESPN he and his dad will throw while on the road, just to stay active. Before his rise to fame in music, Garner High games would bring about a dozen spectators, according to Scotty. But, since his time on Idol, they're seeing around 100-150 in the crowd, with fans traveling from around the country to see him play ball. Scotty also told ESPN that players on the opposite teams talk smack on the field, saying, "Oh, 'American Idol' kid's throwing," "Stick to singing!" But, he says he gets the "last laugh" when he gets them out later in the game.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Dierks Goes Crazy For New Music Video
Dierks Bentley had tons of fun on the set of his new music video for "5-1-5-0." Dierks and his crew ventured to a motocross park to play music and go mudding, and he even brought his Chevy truck "Big White" along for the fun. Dierks said, "We went and checked one out down in Georgia – just outside of Savannah. It was a chance to put the truck on the back of the bus and take it down there and just hang out with these people all day long – play music. It was the most fun video shoot I've ever done. It didn't even feel like a video shoot." Many people that stopped by the motocross park that day found themselves as extras in the music video. One spectator said that Dierks performed from the bed of his truck at one point! The music video for "5-1-5-0" is expected to be released in about a month.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Alan On The Opry
Alan Jackson will take the stage on the Grand Ole Opry tonight. He plans to debut new songs from his forthcoming album, Thirty Miles West. Alan tells fans, despite the changing times; his music has stayed the same, "My voice has gotten a little deeper sounding to me, I think, 'cause I've gotten older. I don't know that I've changed that much musically. I still have always recorded songs—I've tried to—that are just fun things like 'Chattahoochee' and then much later you have like '5 O'Clock Somewhere.' And then I've had songs from heartache like 'Wanted' in my early career that are not dissimilar to this song that's out now." Alan's current single, "So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore," is the latest off his upcoming album, due in stores June 5th.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
CMA Music Fest Lineup Expands
Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town have joined the CMA Music Festival's nightly concert lineup. Miranda will perform at LP Field on June 7th with Jason Aldean, Glen Campbell, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley and the Zac Brown Band. Little Big Town will appear June 9th with Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Hunter Hayes, Faith Hill and Kenny Rogers.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Bleeding Heart
Today, walking home from Mass, I was suddenly struck by an old, painful memory. It was an experience I had had while doing the Pauline mission some thirty years ago. And I felt all the impact of it as if it were happening for the first time. I wanted to just cry (I don't think I cried when it happened, though I had been quite shaken). This suffering of mine, even though it was objectively very slight (embarrassingly so), is still present and very much alive in me. For the rest of my walk home, I wrestled with this stupid memory; an experience of the past suddenly so vivid that I could "offer it up" just as validly as if it were happening in the present. (There is no "past" or "present" with God, anyway; what does he care if you are offering up something from thirty years ago?)
And while in my case, it is kind of apparent that this is an unresolved, psychological sort of situation, I am beginning to grasp something of a connection with the Immaculate Heart of Mary and its unhealed wound. Her experiences, especially witnessing the sufferings of her Son, remained alive and present and painful in her heart and memory, too. She could never "get over it." It was always there, even after the Resurrection, the way the Risen Jesus still (even now!) bears the wounds in his hands, feet and side.
Because Mary "treasured and pondered" all the mysteries of the Lord's life in that heart of hers, we can still find them there. The heart that stretched itself so wide as to treasure all God's action has room for us, too. The treasures she stored up can be found there, received there, even distributed to others from that wound in her own, unhealed and bleeding heart.
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- Lisa said...
Sister Anne, thank you for sharing this very personal experience. It really is very relevant to me. So I appreciate receiving it here. It correlates to how I am relating to the Immaculate Heart right now. So in some ways I believe it is an affirmation.
- Sat Jun 20, 06:25:00 PM CDT
- J.T. said...
As I spent time with Luke's gospel, it occured to me that Mary understood something that we as parents sometimes forget, or never come to fully know. Our children are God's children. They are not ours in a possesive sense like a pet or a home. We are priveleged to be blessed with them, we are blessed to be chosen to guide them and love them and show them the way of the Lord, but they are not "ours" to control. Jesus was showing this to Mary and she accepted it, as difficult as it may be.
- Sun Jun 21, 06:43:00 AM CDT
- Sun Jun 21, 08:28:00 PM CDT
Somethings that have happen to us are so hurtful that I guess we never "get over" it. It's a sorrow or a loss that we grieve over no matter how many years. I think it's okay when that happens. Now that I'm older and wiser I just tell myself it's just a feeling, feel it then let it go. I don't think you can stop the hurt from re-appearing...that's just life. All's we can do is try to learn from it, and even in some way grow more closer to God because of it. Because without God we wouldn't have made it through the pain. God Bless Sister.
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You cannot discuss marriage without mentioning one of its major components: sexual coupling. This aspect is conveniently ignored by those people who are in favor of "gay marriage" because, let's face it, sex between men is revolting. The sexual union of two men produces, at best, internal disfigurement and, at worst, disease and even death. The sexual union of two women isn't possible; therefore, the "marriage" of two women is a sterile joke. On the other hand, sex between a man and a woman often produces the miracle of life. So there you have it. One marriage produces nothing or causes bodily harm; the other, life. No starker contrast could be made, and yet we're told that gay marriage should be on equal footing with traditional marriage. This is insanity and quite dangerous. A society that mocks its venerated rites must suffer the unintended and unforeseen consequences.
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Article X—Good Works "We believe good works are the necessary fruits of faith and follow regeneration but they do not have the virtue to remove our sins or to avert divine judgment. We believe good works, pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, spring from a true and living faith, for through and by them faith is made evident."
The relationship between faith and works has been explored and debated for centuries and I am confident the post will not end the discussion. My hope is that it adds to the discussion in some meaningful way, and that it instigates conversation among you the readers.
At the root of the faith and works discussion is whether or not we can earn a right relationship with God, or if it is something that is given to us. More plainly, can we earn our salvation? A quick review of the previous posts and the Scriptures reveals that there is only one way to experience justification and regeneration(salvation), at that is through the acceptance of the offer of grace through Jesus Christ. There is nothing we can do to earn that which God is offering to us through no effort of our own.
Still there is a danger in this understanding. It is easy to accept what God has done in Christ Jesus for us and think that is the end of the story. What if salvation is not the end of the the story but the major turning point of the story? The goal of following Jesus is not salvation, the goal is to be fully the person God has create and called us to be. For me, and perhaps for you this requires significant growth, especially after accepting the grace of God finding justification and regeneration. My natural or normal way of being in the world does not always reflect the life of the One who has called and restored me. As I grow in faith and understanding, however, my life, my works hopefully begin to reflect God more.
Our good works do not instigate regeneration, not at all, they are a product of a life that is forever different because of the work of God in our lives through Jesus Christ. Management of sin and elimination of judgment are not the goal of good works. Good works are the evidence that our lives are no longer driven by our sinful nature or lived in the fear of judgement. The works are proof that God is active in our lives, and it is no longer sin but it is Christ that is alive and at work in me.
May we be people that cultivate a relationship with God that producing good works. May we avoid doing good works hoping that it will produce a full relationship with God. I pray that my life and good works show evidence of a great God who by love and grace offered in Jesus Christ is in the business of transforming the hearts of all people.


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text: This coming July and August we hope to be standing on the weekly historical market in Veere demonstrating how etchings are made. Last year Francesco made an etching of Veere, and we wanted to make a few more of the surrounding towns and villages, so we started with Middelburg and Zierikzee. All measure 6 x 9 cm and were made on copper plates. The etching of Zierikzee was also treated with an aquatint for the water. I can't wait for the markets to begin!


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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Stories for Posterity 3: Child Psychotherapy at the Royal Free Hospital in the 1970s
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Psychotherapy is the treatment, by psychological means, of problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with the patient with the object of (1) removing, modifying, or retarding existing symptoms, (2) mediating disturbed patterns of behavior, and (3) promoting positive personality growth and development.ReplyDelete
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Mental health interventions for children vary with respect to the problem being addressed and to the age and other individual characteristics of the child. Although such interventions share some approaches, treatment methods can be quite different from each other.ReplyDelete
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The United Kingdom Health Professions Council (HPC) have recently consulted on potential statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors. The HPC is an official state regulator that regulates some 15 professions at present.
Psychotherapy in Massachusetts is widely available in hospitals, clinics and private practices and a wide range of therapy strategies is available.
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I saw this idea back in October at one of the BCUK Sussex meets, the guy who showed me the burner goes by the name of Monkey Boy on the forum, hence the title of this post and had made it as an alcohol burner for the Crusader Cook Set, as like many i think he wanted a better more economical way to use the Crusader Burner unit than using Green Heat or Hexi blocks.
The idea is incredibly simple and i really don't know why i never thought of it myself, now I've made no secret over the years about how crap the Crusader Cooker unit is and this fact is even backed up by the guy who designed it i believe?, but when I'm out and about and don't want to take a Trangia,Hobo stove or even have a small fire, i do use my Crusader Cooker unit, after all I'm not cooking anything on it, I'm just warming up some water that I've bought from home for a cup of tea or coffee, but in the colder months stuff like Green Heat just doesn't cut the mustard, i know some of the stove guru's will say it never cuts the mustard, that's their choice, but i choose to use it.
This little burner unit though is so simple and so effective it's unreal and best of all, it's made from junk, the burner as you will see from the picture is a small Vaseline Lip Balm tin, which is filled with glass fibre loft insulation which in turn is kept in place by the wire mesh from a cheapo tea strainer, the whole thing weighs less than a gnats privates and sits in the burner tray of the Crusader cooker a treat, which coincidentally is where it lives when stored as well, as it's low enough to not interfere with the bottom of the metal mug when it's all packed away.
I cant store meths/alcohol in the burner though as the tin was prone to forming a vacuum, so i had to pierce a small hole in the lid in order to get it off, I've noticed the newer tins have a better design, so the hole is not necessary.
In use i filled the burner with meths so it was just starting to pool on the surface of the fibreglass, lit it and then put the mug, containing 500ml of cold water on the unit and put the lid on and in not too long a time the water was at a rolling boil, with fuel left in the burner.
I don't know how long it took to boil, as i don't work by the clock when I'm cooking or warming things up when I'm out and about, I've always worked to the ethos of "it's done when it's done", after all whats the rush, you are out there to enjoy yourself, there are just too many variables to consider when cooking outdoors, so i don't bother considering them.
So thanks to Monkey Boy for sharing the idea with me, personally i think it's inspired.


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A photo-book project seemed like a good place to start. I could do it from my computer and all it required was making sure I had all the digital pictures I needed uploaded before we left California. The project I found on Pintrist had you cutting and pasting pictures onto an old board book. I decided it would be easier to just have one printed by one of the many photo-book companies. I chose to use Shutterfly because (a) they almost always have great sales on their books and (b) they offer a great variety of little stickers and such that you can use to spice up the book. I've also used Snapfish in the past to make photo books after our long trips but have been happier with Shutterfly's options for baby books.
The first project was an ABC book for Henry that I actually finished before he was born. I used photos from our travel adventures (which you can read about here) to illustrate all the letters. Shutterfly already has a template for this type of book which made it easy to do in the last few weeks of my pregnancy. He is still a little young to really get it - but he loves looking at all the bright colors. We like it because we can tell him stories about all the pictures making it sort of a story book as well.
The Facebook took me a bit longer. I collected good pictures of everyone's faces (and as many as I could of people with H) and put them into a book highlighting the faces of his family and friends. H loves to stare at the faces. As an added bonus, it will help him remember everyone later in life since, as a military family, we are often far away from our family and friends. This project was well timed since we are spending the summer so close to many of our family and friends.
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I was born and raised in the Hampshire overspill town of Basingstoke where my father worked as a self-employed Dental Technician. As a young man of seventeen, I left school, went into banking (expecting to become a Bank Manager) and soon discovered that I wasn't to be considered 'management' material, and so I left there and joined a Community Church before leaving for Bible College in Vancouver, Canada. Now I was more highly favoured than any of my siblings, possibly because I was the firstborn son, possibly because I was quiet and amenable; and my Dad (very kind and generous man that he is) financed my theological adventures. However, after returning from Canada, I entered a dead-end job as a production scheduler within a printing company followed by a period of travel, reservation sales, and unemployment. Eventually, I joined a research company where I settled down into the type of work I enjoyed, leading me to take a role into self-employment and, subsequently, running my own business that morphed several times from copywriting to research to import and distribution and sales, training and the culinary world of fine dining. Quite a discombobulated career!
Now there are significant times in your life where you look back and reflect on your life, your character, and your credentials. One such time was last summer when I took a day retreat to create space and nurture a personal vocation and calling. The day included sessions on where I have been, where am I going, 'beginning with the end in mind' and creating a personal mission statement and with whom should I go? During the day, I was asked to imagine my funeral, and what I would like people to eulogise about me that was true and what I wanted them to say, including family, friends, colleagues, the marginalised and God. Now that is pretty challenging especially when you are asked to write your epitaph.
So why was this day important to me? Well, firstly it enabled me to sharpen my unique story and dip into my history. Thus by defining my origins, I discovered key moments that gave me assurance to who I am and what it is I do best. And secondly, and, more importantly, consider the inner superhero that is helping overcome the adversity of bankruptcy, despite its severe harshness to establish a legitimate authority as someone who can be trusted and believed in when I speak about indebtedness and its effects on human life, society and economic justice. The day also revealed how my past choices (even my mistakes) make me more authentic and relatable.
Now, I hear you saying, what's this got to do with me? In fact, what's this got to do with my business, employment, work or whatever? Well, two answers. The first is a kind of spiritual one. I believe that nothing happens without a plan revealing itself, and the best way to move forward is to serve that plan by foretelling it and speaking into being. And secondly, more visionary: when we grow in confidence about our story, it becomes infectious, and the effects of the story manifest itself upon others. The more your vision attracts others, the more you make the right relationships and luck. You align with your gifts, intensities, and disposition. You position yourself for maturity and acceptance. That's what I am doing with this story, positioning myself for new opportunities and growth by sharing my bio and hopefully it will resonate with you? And by doing so, I'll encourage you to find your inner superhero so that you too can be truly authentic and, at the same time, remain true to your values.


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My gramps and grams are in town which means two things:
1) I will be enjoying grandma's homemade cookies and jam very soon.
2) I will almost certainly have to take the dreaded duck tour I have thus far managed to avoid.
The outcome of these possibilities may be illustrated by the following equations:
c2 + j > dt (cookies squared plus jam is greater than duck tour)
dt+ ch = bfe (duck tour plus Cheers equals bleeding from eyes)
So. Let's hope I still have the gift of sight the next time you hear from me. At the very least I will have the gift of cookies.
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Sunday, September 02, 2012
Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Dime Mystery, September 1941
How about a weird menace pulp? If you're not familiar with that subgenre, they were sort of horror, sort of mystery, and sort of spicy adventure. There were popular for only a few years, but during that time a lot of good authors turned out scores of creepy stories with logical explanations for all the apparently supernatural shenanigans going on.
I don't know about you, but with a cover like the one on the September 1941 issue of DIME MYSTERY, if I had a copy I'd be reading it right now. This is actually from the transitional period when DIME MYSTERY was becoming less of a weird menace pulp and more of a detective pulp, but clearly there are still some spooky goings-on in its pages. Hard to beat a magazine featuring Day Keene, Russell Gray (who was really Bruno Fischer), and William R. Cox, stalwart pulpsters all.
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- Todd Mason said...
And while such institutions of shudder as HORROR STORIES and TERROR TALES folded, and DIME MYSTERY changed its focus, there remained an undercurrent of shudder in popular fiction, not least magazine fiction, with DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE continuing to publish, along with every other sort of crime fiction, some relatively mild shudder stories, and such turn of the '60s titles as WEB TERROR (which had failed commercially as a not-bad sf magazine, then as a bottom-drawer imitation of MANHUNT, under different titles) decided to go even the most lurid of shudder pulp fiction (and it could get lurid in the '30s) or the more contemporaneous "true" men's sweat magazines one worse (or better, if you preferred) with heavy doses of sadism of every stripe...WEB thus staggered into the mid '60s, and a few other magazines (including a set where the entire contents were apparently written by cult-bad-filmmaker Ed Wood) followed in that mode...with a continuing trickle (perhaps the precisely correct term) up through today, where a few of the webzines aren't afraid to at least visit similar gutters, if not often to wallow as enthusiastically (though there are those, as well, and even worse-written).
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
just another summer afternoon...
Sitting on my front porch with a cold ale and my laptop, I looked up to see a family of grazing deer.
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- Jennifer Zandstra said...
This big city girl is jealous! :D
- Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:25:00 PM
- RJW said...
This past winter we had a herd of about 12 that came down to the apple orchard next door to eat in the 3 feet of snow we had. It was fun to stop and watch them. They stayed there for about 2 weeks.
Rob (Utah)
- Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:22:00 PM
- Adrienne said...
We don't have deer by our house but we do have thousands of Canadian honkers. When they fly over in a perfect V about 10 feet over our heads and you can hear the beat of their wings it is just wonderful....
- Monday, August 18, 2008 11:11:00 AM
guess you're not worried about them eating your roses or hostas ;).
- Monday, August 18, 2008 11:18:00 AM
- Carolina Cannonball said...
Any minute now Ignorant Redneck or Fr. Erik will pop by and chastize me for missing the oppurtunity to have venison for Sunday dinner.
- Monday, August 18, 2008 11:30:00 AM
- ignorant redneck said...
Mmmmmmmmmm....it's grillin' time!
wanna borrow my mosin, with some hp ammo?
(Actually, I was going to say how much I miss wildlife in the yard, after living in an urban area--but then, mmmmmmmmmm, venison!)
- Monday, August 18, 2008 11:32:00 AM
- Dad29 said...
IR beat me to it.
That there's a whole winter's supply of venison chops, burgers, ribs, and steaks.
Sorry, I won't lend my .30-06, but you should have one of your own, anyway.
- Monday, August 18, 2008 3:31:00 PM


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San Diego, CA (KSWB) — A man admitted in court Wednesday to slaying of his estranged wife inside a men's restroom at San Diego City College.
"I'm guilty alright, I'm guilty! They're telling me not to be guilty. These people are driving me crazy," Armando Perez shouted during his arraignment at the San Diego Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.
Lawyers for 39-year-old Perez entered a not guilty plea to a murder charge, which is protocol for the type of case, and he was ordered held without bail.
Perez was handed over to San Diego homicide detectives Tuesday after his extradition from Mexico City. Perez was arrested in Tijuana in February in connection with the Oct. 12, 2010, slaying of Diana Gonzalez.
Perez, who is charged with murder and a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, faces life in prison without parole if convicted. U.S. authorities agreed not to seek the death penalty in return for the defendant's extradition from Mexico.
The victim's sister, Janette Gonzalez, cursed at the defendant in Spanish as soon as Deputy Public Defender Kevin Milmoe entered the not guilty pleas on behalf of Perez.
The defendant was taken into a holding cell when he asked Superior Court Judge Robert F. O'Neill why he had to plead not guilty.
As the defendant was ultimately led out of the courtroom admitting his guilt by saying, "I'm guilty alright. Don't tell me not to be guilty."
The judge scheduled a bail review for Monday and a preliminary hearing for Sept. 5.
Deputy District Attorney Teresa Santana told the judge that the couple wed in December 2009 and the defendant had a history of domestic violence against his bride.
At one point, Perez told the victim he would kill her or her family if she ever left him, the prosecutor alleged.
When she enrolled in classes at City College in the fall of 2010, Perez went with her even though he was not enrolled, Santana said.
In September of that year, Perez was jailed for domestic violence against his wife, and she took out a restraining order against him, the prosecutor said.
The night of the murder, the victim's family gave her a ride to school and students in her class noticed Perez perched in a tree and later saw him waiting for her, according to the prosecutor.
The victim's parents reported her missing, and later a man discovered her body in a men's restroom on campus. She had been stabbed in the neck and all over her body, Santana said.
Perez ran from the scene and took the trolley and hid out in Mexico for more than a year, the prosecutor said.
Charges were filed against Perez three days after the victim was killed.
"Law enforcement on both sides of the border never wavered in their efforts to locate the defendant, to track him down, to arrest him, to bring him here to San Diego to hold him accountable for Diana Gonzalez's brutal murder," District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis told reporters following his arraignment.
"This court process is very difficult because it forces the family to relive this whole experience, this tragedy, over and over again as it plays out in the courtroom and in the media," she said.
The victim's cousin, Beatriz Luna, said her family is at peace knowing the killer's crimes will not go unpunished.
"We have never wished death to anyone, but what does the person who leaves a 10-month-old baby without her mother deserve?" Luna asked. "What does the person who snatches a 19-year-old daughter from her parents deserve? Death would be fair, but we have to leave that aspect of human life to the creator."
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The last time I saw her was in 2005 in Copenhagen. I saw her half a dozen times since I moved back from Europe ten years ago, and I was acutely conscious every time I departed from her that this was very possibly going to be the last time I would see her, and I tried for that reason to make a mental image of the moment. So the last time was at her flat, overlooking the Oresund, and we sat and had tea and talked about my children and my work. She quickly became tired, so I had to go.
It's self-indulgent to feel existential when someone close to you dies. Or perhaps the self-indulgence of the existentialists was to go around cultivating as a constant personal style that feeling you have when someone close to you dies. Still, the existentialists have all the good quotes that describe the feeling of limitation that death brings home, and also the struggle to deny those limitations. One of my favorite expressions of this, which for some reason came to me today, is from Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky:
Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, five times more, perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps 20. And yet it all seems limitless.It all seems limitless, but it's not. Which is why the most important thing is to keep one's own moral compass in good order every day, and without exceptions. Because soon it will all be over, and all that will matter, really, is whether you maintained that compass. And one thing I can say without the slightest equivocation is that keeping such compass was something my grandmother did as effectively as anyone I have known, and she did so without ever being sanctimonious.
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Objective-C has a concept called "Categories" - I just learned about these things a couple of days ago listening to a podcast and wasn't quite sure when or where it would be appropriate to use something like this.
At a high level a "Category" is a way to change (add or modify) the behavior of an existing object. For example - if you needed to print a string backwards in your application; one option would be to subclass the string object. Another option would be to create a category to add a method to perform this operation.
The benefit of a category is that the new method is available to all of the Objects of that type. Another cool benefit is that you don't have to change any code at all to take advantage of the behavior change. All types of the categorized object get the new behavior.
The downside to this? I'm not sure it seems pretty powerful but as they say "with great power comes a great responsibility"
Here is the problem and the solution I solved by using categories:
(IMHO) The Apple API has a bug in the MapKit. If you add a MKPinAnnotationView the CallOut has a (seemingly) random z-index defined which causes the following to happen:
You can see the red pins are on top of the call out window. Very irritating - I was about to give up when I googled one last time and found this posting. Here is how I fixed it by using a category:
Here is the header:
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
@interface MKPinAnnotationView (ZIndexFix)
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event;
and here is the Implementation:
#import "AEBMapViewCategory.h"
@implementation MKPinAnnotationView (ZIndexFix)
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
[self.superview bringSubviewToFront:self];
[super touchesBegan:touches withEvent:event];
So basically I overrode the default behavior of the [touchesBegan: withEvent:] method.
That is all the code I changed to make the picture above look like this:
If anyone else solved this problem differently I'd love to hear about it.


text: TIFFANY PEREDA wrote >Also, going to Philadelphia and Bethesda, MD for business, > any restaurant recommendations? Also, any good HFS > recommendations where I can stock up? I am always jealous > of the folks who have access to the much-praised Trader > Joes. We don't have them in Chicago. In the Philadelphia area, you can accomplish both at The Garden of Eden Natural Foods and Country Kitchen just across the river in Mount Laurel, NJ. It's on Rt. 73 just south of the NJ Turnpike. The restaurant section is pretty informal (paper plates and plastic utensils) but it's good basic comfort food. Their daily vegetarian platter (changes daily) is usually pretty good. I haven't had dinner there, but eat lunch there frequently. Further down Rt. 73 is Zagara's, a "gourmet" supermarket similar to the Fresh Field's chain that has several stores in the area. They have a large selection of vegetarian and/or organic foods. ------------------------------


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What I am excited about reading this fall is a new kid's writer + illustrator from Toronto called C-TON. His stuff is very cool and you could read it for hours...he reminds me of Richard Scarry drinking way too much coffee. My son and his buddies thought his stuff was very cool. His website gives a good indication of the depth of his work which covers adult as well as kid's stuff. I am looking forward to seeing the book in its entirety.
CTON'd Super A-maze-ing Year of Crazy Comics 978-2-89579-209-3 Paperback $20.00 OWLKids


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Video for Decimator from the album Subhuman.
New video for "Decimator"…February 19, 2014
second album "Subhuman" out now…November 29, 2013
SubhumanNovember 5, 2013
Armed Response + Snout To The Grindstone FREE till the end of January…January 9, 2013
Till the end of January, both the new live album Armed Response and Snout To The Grindstone are FREE from The Paraffins' Bandcamp page. Grab them while you can!
All new proper album coming soon too 🙂
"Armed Response" live album out now…January 8, 2013
The Paraffins' live album Armed Response is now available FREE from Bandcamp page. Featuring ultra lo-fi highlights of 2012's shows in the USA and UK. Click here to get your grubby mitts on it: http://theparaffins.bandcamp.com
…and yeah, it's meant to sound like that.
now on Bandcamp…February 15, 2011
Snout To The Grindstone is now available from The Paraffins' new Bandcamp page. Click here to visit: http://theparaffins.bandcamp.com
free halloween ep…October 28, 2010
Here's a new ep from The Paraffins, recently recorded for the Way Of The Tomb night at the Flying Duck in Glasgow. Contains a skweee-tinged take on John Leyton/Joe Meek and a funereal Pet Shop Boys cover.
Free to download, click below…
The Paraffins – Thirty One Ten Ten EP


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i fell in love with this boots at first sight. but unfortunately they ran out of my size so i had to wait for 2 weeks while they made my shoes. and it finally here now!
i purchased this from Galdy, one of the cheap shoe-maker in town. i never been a fan of this company. they're mostly produce uncomfortable flat shoes. but they do good with this boots. it has moderately-pointy toes, good material, with padded inner body and sole. it was worth the price. and i'm happy!now i need some heeled shoes. *duh!*


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- "Why can't we go out to dinner again tonight?" (discuss the family budget or the cost of doing so)
- "I really want that American Girl doll. Can you buy it for me?" (talk setting goals and saving)
- "Why do I have to put money in my Share jar?" (it's time donate those dollars - make it tangible for them)
...will help them feel more comfortable with money and money choices. Money is a tool with which kids should be comfortable. Talking to them about it will keep it from becoming a "taboo topic."
By not talking to your kids about money, you'll miss the chance to engage with them in these ultra-important teaching moments. It will increase the chance that money will move into the realm of "taboo topic" and that can lead to misunderstandings and, worse, financial illiteracy when they get older. Talking to them about money doesn't guarantee money smarts, but not doing so carries tremendous risk.
Are you worried they might not understand? You'd be amazed what they can understand at a young age. Check this out:


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Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.
- Those wacky Japanese - pro Japanese soccer team vs. 100 little kids
- In Canada's Dreams
- 5 Second Films are awesome!
- Very cool - dad waves kid goodbye on bus every morning dressed in different costume
- Pure badass - Nepalese soldier single-handedly kills 30+ Taliban fighters. Here's my question - he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) which is the second highest award for bravery. What the heck would he have had to do to get the highest honor (the Victorian Cross)?


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Today we're celebrating the birthday of Owen Wilson, who turns 43. Best known for his comedic stylings, Wilson got his acting start with the 1996 Wes Anderson film, Bottle Rocket. From there, he appeared in big-budget films like 1997's Anaconda and 1998's Armageddon. He started to nab roles in comedies in the early 2000s appearing opposite the likes of Jackie Chan (in 2000's Shanghai Noon) and Ben Stiller (in 2000's Meet the Parents and 2001's Zoolander). Wilson nabbed an Academy Award nomination with Anderson for writing the original screenplay for 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums, a film in which he also played a supporting role. As his fame grew, he started to score some leading roles in films like 2004's Starsky & Hutch (opposite Stiller) and 2005's Wedding Crashers (opposite Vince Vaughn). Most recently, he could have been seen in 2011's Midnight in Paris or The Big Year, and you'll next be able to hear him in the 2012 animated comedy, Turkeys. So, to celebrate his 43rd birthday, I've created a list of my five favorite Owen Wilson performances. I hope you enjoy the videos I've provided. Once again, happy birthday, Owen!
5. Ken Hutchinson
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
4. Jedediah
Night at the Museum (2006)-----
3. John Beckwith
Wedding Crashers (2005)
2. Dignan
Bottle Rocket (1996)
1. Hansel
Zoolander (2001)


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Well, it was a real yoga class for dogs. Now you may have to stretch your imagination a bit and use the term "yoga class" a bit loosely. But there was a real yoga instructor and a handful of people with their dogs and their mats. I knew this was going to be a challenge for me because my greyhound (Peanut) doesn't know how to 'sit' and is not very fond of obeying commands – unless the command is 'lay there and don't move.'
It was quite an interesting hour. Not sure either of us got much out of it, but it was certainly entertaining. Here's the class in a nutshell - a Peanut shell . . .
First we needed to make eye contact, which is not an easy task with a aloof greyhound, but Peanut did her best.
Here she is showing off a brand new trick that she didn't know she could do.
Here she appears much more interested in Daddy and the camera than in yoga.
Looks like I'm the only one doing any yoga here. Peanut is just relaxing.
She's just not getting it. This is supposed to be 'updog.' Not 'lay-there dog.'
Wait, she's catching on. That almost looks like a 'down dog.' I'm so proud!
And then she figured out where the treats were coming from and it was all over!


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It's true that we were able to balance the budget this year during our legislative session, but at what cost? Balancing our budget required an infusion of $71 million of federal stimulus money from the national government. Crawling on our knees when times get bad is not a good sign of a healthy, fiscally responsible state that budgets for the future. South Dakota can take care of South Dakota [Scott Munsterman, "Fiscal Leadership Is a Must," Let's Wake Up South Dakota, 2009.08.21].
Yeah yeah yeah. South Dakota has never taken care of South Dakota. We have consitently taken more money from the federal government than we pay in.
I look forward to Munsterman's putting some meat on the plate: tell us exactly what $71 million worth of programs you plan to cut. I'm sure $71 million in budget cuts will go over splendidly in the Republican primary. And then in November... well, we can only hope candidate Munsterman will give us the chance to test that strategy in the general election.


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Ron Paul is one of those rare politicians who make sense more often than not but find it hard to make a big enough impact to actually change the status-quo. Why? I don't know, maybe this whole democracy thing is a delusion, maybe you always need some special interest group behind you to win an election.
I found this speech by Ron Paul, a very thoughtful speech indeed.
These are the most interesting points I found in the speech.
- What if we wake up one day and realize that terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others.
- What if conservatives who preach smaller government wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government.
- What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empires eventually destroys all great nations.
- What if Christianity actually preaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression.
- What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes.


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Tuesday, July 08, 2014
On The Econ Beat: The Degradation Of Downtown ABQ, Plus: How To Get Out From Under A One Horse Economy, Also: State Tourism And The Austerity Hawks
Sure, the homeless problem is a tough nut to crack, but giving up is not a strategy. This is the state's largest city and while downtown has struggled for decades, we've now been overtaken by docility and confusion. . .
The degradation of downtown is in part a symptom of the city and state's larger problem--the loss of billions of dollars in federal spending and nothing much to replace it. . .
Like ABQ, Reno, NV has been a one horse town when it comes the economy, For us it's that federal spending. For Reno it's gambling. ABQ is still searching for how to diversify the economy--or even if we really can. Reno has rolled the dice as the gambling decline forces its hand:
. . . Reno stirs images of worn-out casinos, strip clubs and quick divorces. But it is trying to change that reputation and reduce its reliance on gambling by taking advantage of its location and low taxes. . . Instead of poker payouts, Reno now boasts of e-commerce ventures, an Apple data center and a testing ground for drones. It also hopes to attract a large factory to build batteries for Tesla's electric vehicles. "People believe in this town, and they're tired of being presented as this joke," said Abbi Whitaker, a local business owner who helped create a marketing campaign to reshape Reno's image. "When you're at rock bottom there's a good chance to reinvent how you go up."
On, forget it. Let's all just move down to Hobbs and party like it's 1999:
Although the Albuquerque metro jobs picture remains bleak, the oil patch in southeast New Mexico and in Hobbs is booming. Now economic development officials in the area are hoping to lure Albuquerque workers. The Hobbs Chamber of Commerce placed an ad in the Sunday Albuquerque Journal for its Hobbs Jobs website in the hope of luring Albuquerqueans and other New Mexicans to move to the oil patch.
All ready for your Hobbs advenutre? Here's the jobs site.
Like a very slow leaking tire, the generations old housing bubble in Santa Fe has been gradually deflating. And that's actually good news for most City Different residents. A real estate agent says:
. . ."People were waiting for the market to get better and that it would magically spring back to 2007 levels. They have seen the writing on the wall — it's not going to be overnight. It's going to be years, perhaps a decade, before we see those levels, so they need to get motivated."
More realistic pricing seems to be driving the volume, according to agents. And more low-cost homes under construction are bringing prices down, while higher inventory and a poor economy are keeping the lid on price appreciation. The median sales price in the second quarter of 2014 fell 10 percent in the city, to $270,000, and 8 percent in the county, to $409,500, according to the Association of Realtors.
Santa Fe will always be a manget for celebrity types, but the go-go days are gone and never to return. The capital city of the future will be more like the 70's with working classes srill coexisting with the big money and celebrity crowd, but not as dominated by it. . .
he results--while not stellar--are heartening:
New Mexico didn't attract many more tourists in 2013 than it did in 2012, but it did attract bigger spenders. State visitation inched up just 0.63 percent last year, according to new tourism numbers. Data show that 32.2 million people visited the Land of Enchantment in 2013, up from 32 million in 2012. Though the bump was modest, Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson said 32.2 million still represents a state record for visitation. But she suggests the better news is that travelers are opening their wallets wider. State- commissioned research from Longwoods International indicates overall spending by visitors grew 7 percent in 2013. That represents a gain of about $300 million.
Secretary Jacobson has a point about attracting tourists who spend more, but we still have much room for improvement in attracting raw numbers of visitors. Our northern neighbor of Colorado is getitng nearly double our number:
Colorado hosted a record 60 million visitors who left almost $17 billion in the state in 2012. . . Last year, visitor research showed 57.9 million visitors spent $10.76 billion in 2011. This year's studies show the number of marketable vacationers — travelers who chose Colorado over other destinations — increased 2 percent in 2012, and spending climbed nearly 6 percent over 2011, which had ranked as the best year for the state's tourism efforts.
The tourism news highlights the contradiction in Santa Fe's economic thinking. By increasing the budget for tourism and advertising, we attract more visitors and stimulate business. Similar investment in infrastructure etc. will have similar results. Such a suggestion is greeted as apostasy by the ringleaders of austerity politics--Dr. Clifford at the Department of Finance and Senator John Arthur Smith at the Legislative Finance Committee.
Still, the state's current ranking as last or nearly last in the nation in job creation, the migration out of the state and ABQ's freshly announced double-dip recession would seem to vindicate our position. It's really just a restatement of that old bromide: "You have to spend money to make money."
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