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It was a long journey, but glad we made it to grandma's house
Grandma and the family were super excited to see him and pretty much couldn't put him. We saw pretty much the entire family while we were in Missouri and there was even meet Baby JCM party. It was a great trip.
Missouri Landscape
The last time I was in Missouri I had mentioned to my wife that I wanted to go to the Fantastic Caverns. Missouri is known for there caves, there are a ton of caves that can be visited throughout the state and Fantastic Caverns just happens to be down the street. What makes this cave system different is it is America's only Ride Thru Cave system. Pretty cool. Well, be loaded up the family and took an adventure. I enjoyed the tour and we saw a lot of cool things in the cave. It was a pretty massive cave system and a few years ago it did flood and it has 2 sink holes. When we go back, I wouldn't mind visiting another cave as I find that kind of thing interesting.
He has grown so much!
After visiting grandma at their place we once again had a long journey ahead of us. We had a 3 hr drive back to St. Joe, and it took us 6 hours as JCM was having some gas and we were needing to stop to sooth/calm him down. It was a long trip but we made it. He was a trooper.
All ready for St. Patrick's day.
Tired little guy from the trip
His overall's which are super cute on him.
While in Missouri we also went to Jamestown. Jamestown is a historic place and home to the Amish. There is also a lot of antique stores and we walked through all of them and ended up with some pretty cool things that we mailed home.
JCM meet Ma and Paw, great grandma and great grandpa.
I enjoyed taking photos of grandma and Ma and Paw's land.
Such a handsome little guy!!
Missouri was great, but we were very happy once we made it back home. Once home I resumed my training as I had a race coming that I was using as a training run. The American River 50 miler didn't go as planned, but I write more on that later. For now, I hope you enjoy the pictures of JCM just as much as I do.


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In October 2010, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood previewed a range of limited edition bags created through the Ethical Fashion Programme in collaboration with the International Trade Centre, the joint body of the United Nations (UN) and World Trade Organisation (WTO), during the Paris Gold Label show.
The bags are now ready to hit the stores and will debut for retail purchase in February 2011.
The Ethical Fashion Programme is significantly different from charity initiative – in reality it is "Not Charity. Just Work". Here is what the EFP shared about their mission and work;
"We work directly with those living in the world's most challenging conditions with the aim of empowering them in a sustainable manner, through quality work that minimizes the negative impact on the environment.
We support the work of over 7000 women who live in conditions of extreme poverty, but who have a strong desire to improve their lives. Through our network, some of the poorest people in the world have access to a job and an income which benefits the entire community.
The Ethical Fashion Programme has a holistic approach that is 100% dedicated to supporting disadvantaged communities to change their lives".
Handmade in Nairobi, the Vivienne Westwood EFP bags are created using recycled roadside advertisement banners and safari tents by marginalised communities of women such as single mothers, widows, HIV/AIDS victims and those living in extreme poverty. The bags will be produced in 3 designs – Get a Life (Banner), the Gaia Heart and the quilted Orb.
The Ethical Fashion Programme works in partnership with big distributors and high-end designers who source fashion and lifestyle products from marginalized communities of women and micro-producers in Africa. Working directly with those living in the world's most challenging conditions, from urban slums to impoverished rural areas it aims to empower them in a sustainable manner through quality work that minimizes the negative impact on the environment. Through orders from companies such as Vivienne Westwood, some of the poorest people in the world have access to a job and an income that subsequently benefits the entire community.
The international fashion industry is becoming increasingly more involved in charitable and developmental initiatives and we are glad to say that the trend is present in Nigeria as well. In October 2010, Temple Muse organized the "La Dame La Muse", a fashion collective in tribute to Nigeria at 50 & celebrating the formidable African Woman. The sale of the one-of-a-kind garments and proceeds from ticket sales for the event raised funds for the International Women's Society (ISW) Home For Abandoned Children. In addition, the coffee table book – Celebrating Fashion Today by the IWS also raised significant funds for charity. We hope to see even more positive initiatives in 2011.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Movie Monday #9
Movie Monday is a weekly meme hosted by me, in which case, I talk anything about movies!
Today's Movie Monday will be about The Host
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Title: Prodigal
Author: Rektok Ross
Publisher: Ic13 Books
It was supposed to be Lexy Quinn's year.
The hard-working wallflower has finally landed the coveted spot as Editor of her school's newspaper. Then the rug is ripped out from under her when she finds out her mom is sick, and the family is moving half-way across the country to Preston Hills, Texas. Lexy can't think of a worse place to be than at a school full of snobby rich kids where she'll have to start all over to get people to notice her writing, or–who is she kidding?—notice her at all.
When the most swoon-worthy boy in town, who also happens to be the jock celebrity quarterback, gives her an exclusive interview, Lexy's life takes an unexpected turn. Ash Preston is the perfect guy and, even better, he sees Lexy as she wants to be seen. But can she trust him?
PRODIGAL is a different kind of love story, where faith, romance, and God converge . . . and it just might change the way you look at your life.
When I first read the blurb on the back of the book, I knew I had to read it. Once I started I couldn't stop, it was just that good. Prodigal was a very sweet, touching and heart warming story. The author is a very talented person and knows what a reader wants in a book.
The story is told in the main character's POV. In this case, it'd be Lexy. Lexy is sort of a wallflower but has managed to score a spot as the editor of her school's paper and is looking forward to her new status. But just when things are going to change for the better, devastation is brought upon when her parents tell her that her mom is sick and they need to move to Texas.
Just as she suspects, school is already starting to become her worst nightmare. The kids at Preston are super rich and Lexy is already on the bad side of the very famous Blythe Preston....without knowing, Lexy has attracted the attention of Blythe's ex who goes by the name of Brian. Brian helps Lexy out and they soon become friends but he seems to have something against the school's hottest guy, Ash Preston (Yes, he's Blythe's older brother).
Ash is the school's star quarterback and has the attention of the whole female population of the school. However, he doesn't show much interest in anyone and prefers to be by himself. But when Lexy comes along, he starts to show feelings for her and they start to get closer.
Lexy has to interview him for her job on the newspaper in the school but after she starts to ask a few personal questions, Ash seems upset and they start to grow distant. Lexy can't help but wonder what she did wrong...
Although they try to ignore their feelings for each other, they somehow end up back together but Lexy denies it and pushes him away...the worst part is that when she finally admits her feeligs for him, he says that he doesn't have any towards her and that it's too late. Worst of all, to prove things right, Lexy's so called friend at school starts to date Ash.
What will happen to Lexy and Ash? What about Brian whom Lexy wants only as a friend? And what about the secrets Ash is keeping away from Lexy?
Prodigal is a wonderful and enticing read which will get you hooked from the start. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to seeing more form this author. The book has a perfect combination of heart warming and heart wrenching stories whic will leave you breathless.
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This is a running commentary on contemporary social, political and religious issues. From the Introduction of James Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty -- Truth, Lies and Leadership" "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary" Reinhold Niebuhr
Monday, May 15, 2017
Goodfellas, Gotti, Hitler and Trump
The 'Badfellas' presidency rolls on - The Boston Globe
"This presidency operates like a criminal enterprise, the likes of which we've only witnessed in Martin Scorsese gangster films."
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I thought the above a brilliant opinion and an insightful analogy of Trump to "Good Fellas " (one of my favorite gangster films) and Mafioso John Gotti. I keep asking myself what the hell does anyone see in this guy Trump who is as transparent as a fishbowl and as evil as a piranha. He has zero heart and absolutely no conscience. He is government of himself, by himself and for himself.
So what do I like about "Goodfellas?" It is, I suppose, the power of these men; the feeling of safety one might have in their presence. The irony, of course, is that there is no safety in their presence and, in truth, they are not even safe from themselves.
The baddest character in "Good Fellas" is played by Joe Pesci. Everyone was scared stiff of this guy whose vicious temper could turn on a dime against someone and have them killed if they as much as looked at him the wrong way. In the end the killer of killers Joe Pecci's character is whacked. No one is safe in the world of "Goodfellas." All it takes to get whacked is one bad move and someone removes even the remover. The rats are everywhere and worse for those in the world of "Goodfellas" no one knows who the rats are just ask Billy Bulger.
Over the weekend I watched the docudrama "Downfall" which was a reenactment of the last days of Adolph Hitler in his bunker in Berlin as the allies with the Russian bear are closing in. Destruction is everywhere and it is brutal--second only to a nuclear blast. Accounts of that time in the bunker say Hitler was prone to wild rages, fury and anger one could only describe as cyclonic. He is told his beloved German people are surrounded and thousands will die if Germany does not surrender but he does not care, will not surrender and thinks the German people worthy of death because they did not win for him.
The simile of Hitler's last days of rage reminded me of Trump in the White House now as a Russian bear of another sort is closing in. Trump's tirades and accusations against even those who support him are said to be explosive. There is no trust in the White House now as everyone fears everyone else but the most fear is reserved toward Trump who carries the key to everyone's survival.
Inside "Goodfellas," Trump and, yes, Hitler, too, lurk feelings of utter powerlessness and weakness deep in the marrow of their bones. They do not feel powerful at all. They feel impotent and weak. If they felt truly powerful they would not have to tell us over and over and over again how powerful, successful and wonderful they are even when events dictate otherwise and the emperor can be seen not wearing any clothes.
The end of Trump's reign of terror may not be pretty or swift. Trump and his henchman's end may happen in impeachment, conviction and, I hope, jail. It would be like a thousand pound weight lifted off the American people's shoulders. Maybe then our Republic will survive and paraphrasing what President Ford said of the crook Nixon: our long national nightmare will be over!
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Logan's Run Annual (part 1)
The setting is the 22nd century, after two centuries in which the population has exploded, with under-21s making up a huge percentage of the population since the 1970s. By 2116 AD, the maximum age allowed is 21, and citizens reaching this age (sleepday) are painlessly euthanized. Anyone refusing is chased down by the Sandmen. Logan 3 is a Sandman who becomes a Runner on his sleepday. On the run with another runner named Jessica 6, Logan is tracked down by his former friend, a Sandman named Francis who [SPOILER ALERT, highlight the blank to read] reveals himself to be the man they are seeking who can help them reach Sanctuary—a space colony near Mars.
The movie followed in 1976, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York and Jenny Agutter. In the movie, the population is housed in domes to protect them from the irradiated, post-apocalyptic world outside. Sandman Logan has his "life clock" altered so that it appears he is about to turn 30 and is sent out to find Sanctuary... only to discover that it doesn't exist but that the largely barren outside world can be lived in.
The annual opened with a 3-page strip that outlined the background of the show and introduced the characters, including Rem, a cyborg played by Donald Moffat in the TV show.
The stories and strips were written by the late Steve Moore and the artwork is by one of my favourite artists, David Lloyd. This is from early in Lloyd's career but just look how good he is. I first saw his work in the British Fantasy Society Newsletter and their Dark Horizons magazine in the early-1970s and he produced illustrations and covers for semi-prozines like Fantasy Tales into the early-1980s.
One of my all-time bucket-list projects would be to adapt one of Ramsey Campbell's The Face That Must Die as a graphic novel and have David Lloyd draw it. I read the novel back in 1979 and the way my imagination interpreted it was like a series of Lloyd's drawings... it was incredibly creepy.
David went on to bigger, better and more financially rewarding things than an imaginary graphic novel. Nowadays he runs Aces Weekly, a fabulous award-winning online venture that's well worth checking out. (You can find some free samples here.)
But back to Logan's Run. I'll post a few more stories over the next couple of days. Enjoy!
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- Shaqui said...
One of my favourite annuals too and you're right, David Lloyd's art is a joy in this one, especially the three-page opener you show here. I'd love to know what happened to all these Brown Watson original artworks...
- Aug 25, 2014, 6:39:00 AM
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
An Open Letter to Prof. Josef Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
Dear Joe,
Some years back when you were still the head of the Holy Office ("of the Sacred Inquisition" is, as you know, stilled chiseled in stone over its dark building immediately next to St. Peter's square), I wrote you an open letter concerning the role of women in the Catholic Church. At that time I addressed you with a familiar "Dear Joe," relying on our relationship from the late 60s/early 70s when I was frequently a Visiting Professor at the Catholic Theology Faculty of the University of Tübingen, and you were Professor Ordinarius there. I did so in the thought that this form of address would tell you that I seriously hoped you might open your mind and heart to hear what I wanted to say to you. I have no way of knowing what success I may have had, if any, in that regard. However, relying on our former "collegiality," I am approaching you once again in this fraternal fashion.
I am disturbed that especially of late you have been giving signals that are in opposition to the words and spirit of Vatican Council II, during which you as a leading young theologian helped to move our beloved Catholic Church out of the Middle Ages into Modernity. Further, while a professor at our Alma Mater University of Tübingen, you, along with the rest of your colleagues of the Catholic Theology faculty, publicly advocated 1) the election of bishops by their constituents, and 2) limited term of office of bishops (see the book Democratic Bishops for the Roman Catholic Church).
Now you are publicly rebuking loyal Catholic priests for doing precisely what you earlier had so nobly advocated. They, and many, many others across the universal Catholic Church, are following your youthful example, trying desperately to move our beloved Mother Church further into Modernity. I deliberately use the word "desperately," for in your own homeland, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe, the churches are empty, and also are so many Catholic hearts when they hear the chilling words coming from Rome and the "radically obedient" (read: "yes-men") bishops. In my own homeland, America, the birthplace of modern freedom, human rights, and democracy, we have lost — in this generation alone! — one third of our Catholic population, 30,000,000, because the Vatican II promises of its five-fold Copernican Turn (the turn toward 1. freedom, 2. this world, 3. a sense of history, 4. internal reform, and above all, 5. dialogue) have all been so deliberately dashed by your predecessor, and now increasingly by you.
Joe, you were known as one of the Vatican II theologians who promoted Pope St. John XXIII's call for aggiornamento (bringing up to date) by the reforming spirit of returning to the energizing original sources (resourcement!) of Christianity (ad fontes!—to the fountains!). Those democratic, freedom-loving sources of the Early Church were exactly the renewing "sources," the "fountains," of renewal that were spelled out in detail by you and your Tübingen colleagues.
I am urging you to return to that early reforming spirit of your youth. I am reminded of that spirit now in preparation for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies (JES), which my beloved wife Arlene and I launched in 1964. There in the very first issue of JES are articles by your friend and fellow Vatican II theologian Hans Küng, and yourself (!), looking to bridge over the isolating Counter-Reformation gulf that divided the Catholic Church from the rest of Christianity, and indeed the rest of the modern world.
Joe, in that spirit, I urge you to return to your reforming fountains: Return ad fontes!
Leonard Swidler, Ph.D., S.T.L. firstname.lastname@example.com
Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue, Temple University
Co-Founder, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
See also the previous PCV posts:
Hans Küng's Letter to the Bishops
Belgium Catholics Issue Reform Manifesto
American Catholic Council Issues "Declaration for Reform and Renewal"
Council of the Baptized Launched in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Hans Küng Says Only Radical Reforms Can Save the Catholic Church
Urgent Tasks for for Church Renewal
The Call of the Baptized: Be the Church, Live the Mission
Gerald Arbuckle on the "Critical Role of Dissent"
Creating a Liberating Church (Part 1)
Creating a Liberating Church (Part 2)
Creating a Liberating Church (Part 3)
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Anybody who 50 years ago used a familiar form of address when speaking to a German professor would not be remembered these days except with mild distaste at the remembrance of such a crude American.ReplyDelete
This would particularly apply to someone who keeps referring to the "spirit of Vatican Council II" and not to the 16 documents of the Council.
Much like with the Council of Trent of the 16th Century, the final imprint of a Church Council takes many years to make its mark on the Church.
Much like Alinskyite radicals, some of those in attendance at the Council quickly converted the Catholic news media to their views on how the Council should have decided the issues facing it and those were quickly spread, in error, to the worldwide Church. Only today are we seeing the teachings of the Council being brought into conformance with the actual documents of the Council:
The Constitutions:
Dei Verbum on Divine Revelation
Lumen Gentium on the Church
Sacrosanctum Concilium on the Sacred Liturgy
Gaudium et Spes on the Church in the Modern World
Gravissimum Educationis on Christian Education
Nostra Aetate on Non-Christian Religions
Dignitate Humanae on Relgious Freedom
Ad Gentes on the Mission Activity of the Church
Presbyterium Ordinis on the Ministry and Life of Priests
Apostolicam Actuositatem on the Apostolate of the Laity
Optatem Totius on Priestly Training
Perfectae Caritatis on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
Christus Dominus on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church
Unitatis Redintigratio on Ecumenism
Orientalum Ecclesiarum n the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rites
Inter Mirifica on the Media of Social Communications
It's time to stop pleading for a return to the airey-fairy fantasies of a spirit of Vatican II that existed only in the minds of people created what they wanted, and not what was written down.
And if you do decided to cite arguments from thje documents of Vatican II, don't act like the Protestants and cited verses out of the entire context of the documents. In other words, don't plead for the use of the vernacular language without acknowledging that the documents say that Gregorian Chant has pride of place in the Church's liturgy and that
In particular, always include this sentence from Sacrosanctum Concilium in any comments on the Liturgy: "No other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority."
Whining will get you nowhere.Replies
You're right about "anybody" addressing a German professor 50 years ago with a familiar form of address, except - we are not "50 years ago", and one professor to another, of similar ages, could well use familiar forms.Delete
In your reminder to Prof Swidler of the full documents of the council, you seem to be ignoring that one who has been teaching theology for 50 years is likely to have more than a passing understanding of them. During much of that time, according to your own bio, you were "slothfully inactive" as a Catholic.
Are you not as disrepectful to him, as you accuse him of being to a fellow theologian?
Michael, thank you for publishing Leonard Swidler's thought-provoking statement. I dare this Easter time to hope that the Spirit can find ways to cast light even into the darkest places in the church--and so I'm glad that Leonard Swidler cares enough to write this letter to his former colleague and to address him fraternally as he does so.ReplyDelete
Blessings and happiness to you this Easter day, with gratitude for the wonderful gifts you offer so many of us at this site and Wild Reed.
Well, well, well, Ray. How can you read all those documents, study the schema development they went through before acceptance, and look at the difference between Catholic practice now compared to pre-Council practice and say that there is not a "spirit" of Vatican II? Haven't you experienced events in your life after which your mind opened to new and life-altering insights? It is metaphorical to call the expanded consciousness that comes after an event the "spirit" of the event, but why scold people for using that metaphor? Len and Joe are two distinguished old brothers. I do wish Joe would listen to Len.ReplyDelete
"not be remembered these days except with mild distaste at the remembrance of such a crude American."ReplyDelete
What need is there of such unfortunate language? Isn't this exactly how the opposers of the Church wish to see us - 'Look how these Christians do not love each other.'
A little charity would go a long way. And yes, we are not living fifty years ago - the Church has moved on - New every morning is the Love.


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There are many opinions about the arguments in and around the Supreme Court review of same sex marriage. Two stuck out to me as particularly absurd and offensive, likely because they struck closer to home.
In one case, Michigan's special assistant attorney general, John Bursch, argued that a central reason for the state being interested in banning same sex marriage was to protect the bond of children to their biological parents. Does he mean that my bond to my son (who we adopted) is not as significant or as strong as if he were of my own biology?! The relationships some stepparents have with their stepchildren isn't relevant? There are so many situations where a child is not bonded with a biological parent, but is intensely and beautifully bonded to another someone else as their parent that this is incredibly offensive.
Sure, one would be hard pressed to argue that a child not being parented by both biological parents isn't ideal, but it's reality. But this kind of language perpetuates stigma and horrid stereotypes. Many of these "not ideal" relationships can be incredibly beautiful and meaningful (and more so than the "ideal" situations). No one had better ever tell me that my relationship with Brendan is "less than" in any way. And I know all of the adoptive families I know would feel the same way.
In a similar vein, I saw an image of a protestor with a sign that said, "Every child deserves a mother and a father." Again, one could argue that maintenance of the biological relationships might be ideal, but it's not reality, and signs like this dismiss the impressive parenting of many people. There are many reasons someone becomes a single parent, for instance. The children should not feel "less than" in any way because of stupid statements like this.
I'm shocked at the short sightedness of these kinds of arguments to the Supreme Court of all places! Do these people not realize their claims also undermine "traditional" marriage? These assertions are some of the most absurd statements. Maybe it just indicates some people are really just grasping for straws and aren't truly focused on the wellbeing and health of children and families everywhere...


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11 September 2001, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania
And a peaceful decade thereafter? Is my memory that short or had there been no spectacular terrorist attack in Europe since then until last Friday? Until I went to bed on Friday around half past nine p.m., no news from the radio turned on had reached me. The tidings I woke up to yesterday were at first more horrible than when the whole picture of the massacre sank in.
In terms of scale and atrocity of the attacks in Paris compare to acts of violence committed in Madrid and London, but one difference deserves to be noted. In Paris victims were folks who sought entertainment, while in Madrid and in London the fatalities and the wounded were public transport passengers. As I attempt to put the attacks into psychological perspective, I wonder whether who terrorist target to kill, instils more or less fear into the society. Commuting to work or school or moving around the city is one of down-to-earth, repetitive everyday activities one cannot avoid. Going to a concert hall or sitting about outside cafeteria is what one associates with pleasure, breaking away from and forgetting for a moment about the daily grind. Would you suffer more if you realised you could be murdered by terrorist on your way to work or when you go out to relax?
When it comes to pure politics, the attacks will quite likely stoke up anti-migrant sentiments across Europe and send support for xenophobic right-wing lunatics on the rise. Those urging to close borders and stem the uncontrolled flow of migrants will not necessarily become more audible, but more will listen to them. A cool-headed analyst would remind you the 9/11, Madrid and London attacks were carried out well in advance of wave of migrants at the gates of Europe. Countries becoming targets of terrorists have one thing in common – they have got involved into the war against terrorism.
A noteworthy question which naturally comes up in such circumstances is how to crack down on ISIS, the vengeful and vindictive enemy. The simplest solution which comes to mind is dropping a nuclear bomb on the territories of Iraq and Syria controlled by ISIS. Simple solutions, however, tend to be silly and do more harm than good. The example above has two primary drawbacks: firstly, nuclear bombing would involve deaths of thousands of innocent civilians (not yet killed or driven out by the ISIS soldiers from their homes), secondly it would trigger brutal retaliation, conceivably even a doomsday. ISIS is not confined to territories it controls but has its envoys spread far and wide across the world and ready to hit no matter how high the price to pay would be. The most reasonable way to combat ISIS would be, in my opinion, to cut them off money they rely on to come by. Let's face it. ISIS lacks natural resources it could sell, it also does not produce anything, it can only destroy, but in order to get hold of the weapons and keep control over its territory it needs financial resources from the outside. The only question is who their sponsors are and what their reasons behind supporting ISIS are.
Is it (yet another) the end of the world as we know it? After a much more dazzling 9/11 attacks the world looks broadly the same as before them. The main observable difference are the meticulous security controls on the airports, for many passengers being a pain in the arse and oddly enough not abided by in many less civilised airports, as evidenced by the recent tragedy in Egipt.
The world needs to face several challenges with terrorisms coming to the fore as one of the core perils to the Western civilisation in the 21st century. We need to live with it and carry on, otherwise terrorists will win the most important war, the psychological one. I remember well how may parents were scared in March 2004 (it was during my first school year of commutes to Warsaw), when trains exploded in Madrid and many feared that trains of Warsaw underground could also be attacked, since Poland had sent its army to Iraq and Afghanistan… There's no other way than coming to terms with a risk of being killed by a terrorist, which is anyway probably lower than the chance of being killed in a traffic accident.
Dedicated a few hours of the weekend to the New Employer, with nothing in return. More reflections on this next week…


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Tony Solomon is first vice president and regional manager of Marcus & Millichap's West Los Angeles office.Mr. Solomon began his career with Marcus & Millichap in May 1998 as an agent in the Los Angeles office. He became sales manager in July 2000, and left the firm in 2001 to pursue other business opportunities. He rejoined the firm as the sales manager of the West Los Angeles office in November 2010 and was promoted to regional manager in April 2011.Prior to returning to Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Solomon was a broker at two other commercial real estate companies, earning recognition as a top multifamily broker at each firm. He has been a litigation paralegal and manager of land use operations, and is a feature-length screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America, West.Mr. Solomon graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Valentine's Day Already??
Alright it may be a tad bit early for Valentine's Day cards but I am home for 2 weeks so what better time to start on them? This is the first one I made so far. I used Bazzill paper Guava Sensation and Cherry Splash for the papers. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and I have had it forever. I used PaperTrey Ink's Fancy Flourishes and embossed the hearts with silver embossing powder. I used the Nesties for the Valentine Wishes cutout and the squares and scallops. Then pulled out my Cuttlebug embossing folder "hearts" for the background.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that travel was not difficult. Goodness it sounds like everywhere except the midwest was hit with either rain or snow. And lots of it! They are talking about a winter storm coming our way way tomorrow night. I don't think it will amount to much but I am still ready for spring!
Happy New Year to everyone! Blessing and good health to all in 2011!
Until next time, Happy trails to you.....
Sheri and Miss Lucy
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Merry Christmas to all
Our family just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope Santa is good to you all and that you can take time to reflect on the reason for the season.
Bill Sheri and Miss Lucy
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Merry Christmas
I am a day late in posting this week. I usually try to post every Saturday but yesterday was my birthday and we ran all day long. First to do our Saturday errands and then last night we all went to dinner and then to look at Christmas lights. It was such a nice evening and we saw some amazing light displays.
This is my last Christmas card for the year. It is another Penny Black sticker card with glitter on the holly berries and an embossed background. The green ribbon on the right looks black but it isn't, trust me :) I could not get it to come out green for the life of me.
I am off for two whole weeks now. I am so excited! And the school year is officially half over. The last day of the semester was Friday. Boy has the year gone fast!
If I don't get a chance to jump back on here I want to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas. Please know that I appreciate each and every one of you. I really do appreciate the comments and the emails you send. Keep it up and bring your friends!!!
Until next time... Happy trails to you.....
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Christmas Time
I can't even believe that two weeks from now it will be all over. Are you finished shopping yet? I have one more gift to buy. This is my Christmas card for this year. I used PaperTrey Ink stamps Merry and Bright and the sentiment is from Merry and Bright Additions. This card was published in a magazine called Through the Classroom Door a publication by Suzanne Dean, http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
We had blizzard conditions here yesterday. The warmest it got was a wind chill of 23 degrees below zero. We got very little snow though so that was good. Brrr and our little Lucy refused to go out so I had to walk her. Thank goodness for my new coat. I was toasty the whole time!
Until next time... Happy Trails to you!
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Snowman Time
Boy, it seems like just yesterday we were starting a new school year and now Christmas is upon us. I think I need to start shopping! I have a few things but am far from finished. I need to organize and figure out what I need. I think most of it is gift certificates so that will be easy. Our school winter program is next week and as if the kids weren't crazy enough right now this may just send them over the edge. We have two more weeks before break and each day gets crazier!
My card today is a stamp off I got last summer and I believe it is a Magnolia stamp but I am just not sure. I used my Copics to color and then paper from my stash. Frosty's hat uses Fun Flocking for the ball on the hat and I sprinkled glitter over the snow on the ground and also on the lantern.
Thank you Eulanda for changing my blog header and making it look so Christmas-y. I LOVE it!
Until next time, Happy Trails to You....
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The Consolation of
…that's what Simeon was waiting for. Israel
Reading the account in Luke of Simeon's encounter with the infant Jesus is like witnessing someone opening the best Christmas present ever. Simeon had been waiting his whole life to meet the Messiah. The Holy Spirit communicated an astonishing truth to him at some point…maybe while he was playing stick ball on a dusty Jerusalem street…maybe when he was polishing up some brass candelabra for the temple…maybe when he was reading the scrolls in "Hebrew school". This prophet who bridges the chasm between the old covenant and the new got the revelation: "He's coming, Simeon. And you won't die until you see his face."
I'm not sure, but somehow I don't think Simeon was expecting the Christ to be unwrapped from the particular package he arrived in. Most Jews of the time thought Messiah would appear as an earthly king. Powerful. Wealthy. Stunning. When an ordinary Jewish carpenter and his young wife entered the temple with their baby, it had to be God Himself once more communicating with Simeon. Perhaps the old man heard this in his prophetic ears: "Here he is, son. Look upon the face of your deliver…"
However it all went down, this was the seminal moment of Simeon's life. I can just imagine it. He takes Jesus in his arms, and blesses the one who was his consolation. Consolation for all the darkness, sadness, loss and fear Simeon carried as a result of the Fall. Consolation for the 400 years of silence between God and his fickle, wandering people. Consolation, indeed, for the whole world, including the pagan Gentiles. How I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in the temple. Mary and Joseph (who have already had some wild prophetic visions of their own) are finding out for the first time that Jesus is not only going to be the salvation of the Jews, but of THE WHOLE WORLD. Luke says that "Mary and Joseph marveled at the things which were spoken of Him."
The recorded encounter of Simeon with Jesus Christ is concluded with Simeon hinting to Mary of her future suffering, and declaring that this simple child from the tribe of Judah will precipitate the fall and rising of many in Israel, and be a sign that will be spoken against, that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. If you really think about all of that, your brain will explode. In this helpless, dependent, fully human being there will be such an intimacy with individual people, that the innermost thoughts and intents of their hearts will be known by this God-Man.
Jesus did not come to save the masses. He came to save you. And me. He came for all the individual hearts that make up the many. He didn't leave one soul out of the mix in His mind boggling plan of redemption and glory. He entered this broken world to make "the crooked straight and the rough places plain." He was not only the consolation of Simeon, and the consolation of
, and the consolation of the Gentiles…but your consolation. He did not come as a rich monarch from heaven (which He is, by the way), but as a humble Judean kid actually wrapped up in rags and sleeping in an animal's feeding trough. God understood it would be no consolation to us to have a Savior unacquainted with the hardships, struggles, irritations and disasters of this life. No, a true consoler is one who knows…one who shares the burden...one who enters in to be a help. Israel
In eternity yet to come, we will no longer need consolation. There, far from the days of sin and darkness, Jesus will be revealed as the Mighty One of Israel, and all will be joy every minute of every timeless day. But while we continue to walk the pilgrim road to home, what a Christmas present it is all the time to be loved by the Great Consolation Himself. I pray God will cause each of us to "marvel at the things that were spoken of Him."
Merry, Merry Christmas.
Your friend on the pilgrim road,


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Song: Disco 2000
Artist: Pulp
Album: Different Class
(I couldn't bring myself to remove the Spanish lyrics, but this is here anyway, in case of link death.)
So, this has been stuck in my head the past 24 hours. Gorgeous, a stomping-ass beat, and, oh…. that chorus. One of the most sparkling and unbelievable I've heard in a while. Just try to resist it, I double-dog dare you. The themes of dreaming youth and the nostalgia that hibernates aren't anything new, yet I was affected by the simple story, the naïve uncertainty of lines like "won't it be strange when we'll all fully grown?", the reflection of "I never knew that you'd get married, I would be living down here on my own on that damp and lonely Thursday years ago", and the ambiguity of intention at the end: "What are you doing Sunday, baby? Would you like to come and meet me, maybe? You can even bring your baby." To say nothing of those ooh-ooh's we're gifted. If you can resist those too, well, you're made of fucking stone : )
So, the Spanish subtitles. I just wanted a version that had the album mix, as opposed to the official video, below, which uses a 7″ mix, and it's one of the only I found. (Besides, "Disco 2000" in Spanish!) I kinda like the song without the video. I guess they both share the overall theme of expectation, anticipation, and uncertainty, but the events of the video, cute as they are, work out a bit too nicely. It's a fun video, but I actually prefer the bittersweet and unrequited longing, juvenile as it may have been, that I get from the song alone. I feel more weight there. Also, everything sounds much bigger and brighter on the album mix, especially the chorus. After all, it's the chorus that knocks this one out of the park. Won't you sing along?
[Edit: Special mention must be made of the totally cheesy "Deborah, Deborah!" at the beginning. Yes!]


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I am officially the mother of two middle schoolers! I have been M.I.A most of this summer and have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off!
I had a summer job that ended a week ago! (sad face) So, I am now on the job hunt yet again. On top of running around doing so much school shopping for two grown men ... I feel like I need a fresh wind in my sail. I have been on the slow end of polish purchases lately. I know some people who would say that is a good thing but, I MISS MY POLISH SHOPPING! I would agree that the money is being well spent on other things like kids and bills! LOL!
I am really trying to get my inspiration on so that I can get back into the swing of things. I am planning on reorganizing my stash by color and hoping that will help me with some ideas. Sometimes just getting out all of my polish and sitting in the middle of the pile is enough to get my creative juices flowing or, it could backfire and prove that I am a hoarder and throw me over the edge at which point my husband could find my on the floor covered in colorful liquid and tears! LOL!!! Who knows? I will let you know how it goes.
Hopefully, I will be able to feel inspired and you will be seeing some post from me again sooner than later.
May 25, 2012
As you may have noticed I have not been able to figure out how to post rather than update to my musings page but oh well! : ) E and I have been working on our first post together! WooooooooHooooooooo! I know you are so excited! LOL!
I did a post a while back on my Swaggin' Nail Mail from my girl Kimmie Kyees. You can read some of our history in that post. I have known Kim for the better part of nearly 20yrs and she is, what I would consider, one of my best friends. We have been through so much together and really, watched each other grow up! Not only is she a great friend but, she just so happens to be one of the biggest names in nail art today. She works with the Hollywood elite making sure that their nails always look amazing! It is really awesome to have someone to chat with about polish who actually loves it just as much as E and I do!
E and I were talking one day about possibly doing and interview with Kim for our blog. You know, some tips and tricks from a manicurist to the starts! Fun right? (insert panic attack here) Although, I was excited at the prospect of being able to bring our readers something so cool, I also didn't want to be "that girl" that jumped on the band-wagon and bothered Kim for something. So, I did the next best thing... I called her sister Tiffany (who, BTW, is an awesome musician and photographer in LA). LOL! The convo went something like this... "Hey, do you think your sister would be willing to do a short interview for our blog? I mean, I don't wanna be that girl... you know, the starfucker that wants her to do something for me now that she is 'famous'!" Tiffany replied, "You are stupid and I am pretty sure that she knows better than that after a million years of knowing you. On top of the fact that she loves talking about nails so why the hell not!?" Yes, that is pretty much exactly how it happened! LOL! With that said, I finally bit the bullet and asked Kim and, of course, she said yes!
But, I digress, with so much information about Kimmie in our first ever combined post, we thought it would be fun to use my personal musings to add some pics of Kimmie and I over the years! So that is just what I'm gonna do. Below you will find some of our finest moments in history!
And Kim, if you are reading this... I love you girl and I am sorry for any of the images that may or may not be all your fault in the first place for carrying your damn camera around EVERYWHERE we went! MUAH!
May 7, 2012
I am not entirely sure why I cannot add a new "post" to this page but I plan on figuring it out soon! LOL
For now I will just date whatever I add. Hopefully that will be OK!
I wanted to take a moment to say how much fun I am having with this forum to share my love of polish! It really has been a blast so far! It has also been something really nice for E and I to be able to do together even though we live so far away from each other. It has kept us in contact and given us something to actually be able to do together without having to be in the same room! Woooooohooooo for technology!
Now onto polish! I mean, that is what we are all here for! I have been on a budget for most of my adult life and although I wish I could spend as much as I want to on my hobbies, I cannot. :( With that said, my husband has been very happy with my latest epiphany... I really like inexpensive polish! I mean, I really like it and not just because of the price either. I have been buying polish for a while and been really blessed to have a great friend that sent me so much to get my collection really going. But, I have found it harder and harder to justify spending $10 on a bottle of polish. Don't get me wrong, there are several that I would love that cost more than that but I just really cannot do it.
I have been really careful to plan out my polish shopping trips in order to save the most money. You know, watching out for sales and looking for coupons. E has helped me out with this as she is the QUEEN of bargain shopping. However, there are those times when I am in the store and something catches my eye that I just have to have. Enter the drugstore polish market!
Wet'n'Wild, Sinful Colors, Sally Hansen and, my latest find Studio M, have saved the day and my pockets! Not to mention, made it possible for the occasional splurge on a more expensive polish. You can usually find any of the above mentioned polish for $3 or less at your local drugstore or grocery store. And, can I tell you, that I am loving the formula and color choices that I am seeing from the less expensive brands. The megalast line from Wet'n'Wild, for example, is fast becoming one of my favorites. Rimmel London, you can find for under $4 at most stores and I absolutely love the one and done formula that they bring to the table. My latest find was at my local Meijer store and for $2-$3 you can get a bottle of Studio M polish that will knock your socks off! I will posting on this line of polish soon and I promise you will be surprised and what I have found!
Well, I think I should stop ranting at some point. I hope you got the message and take some time to stalk the shelves of your local drugstore. You might be really surprised by what you find.
So, I have been having a kick ass time shopping for new polishes and trying new things... honestly, I am sure my husband is ready to kill me by now with all polish mania going on in my house at the moment! You must understand that I live in a house with three boys (four if you count my dog). So, the possibility of this blog taking off and becoming a forum for me to get my girly out is enough to make me want to jump up and down. E and I have been spending tons of time on Skype just talking polish and doing mani's "together"! LOL We have managed to get some work done on the blog as well. It is coming along smashingly and I cannot wait to be able to get the word out a bit more.
I have continued to expand my horizons and my budget purchasing some pretty daring colors for myself! I really feel like a kid again, rediscovering my love for wacky polish and statement colors! My most recent love affair has been with green. I never really played around with color to much limiting myself because of my skin tone but, with E urging me to step out of my comfort zone I have really been enjoying the journey!
Well I guess that's it for now! I can't wait to get out my next couple blogs and see what you all think.


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...And I think I got sick from the pudding I made
Oh well.
I've spent this morning:
- Reading blogs
- Making goals
- And cooking
The Red Party is tonight!
And my birthday is coming up soon. Retro-cocktail party birthday? Yes, I think so :)
Have an excellent Friday!


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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Power Substation
Sorry I've been missing in action this week. Things are catching up with me. Have had many adventures commuting between
the two universities at opposite ends of the universe; and other adventures involving involving the fact that neither of the aforementioned institutions of higher learning feel much urgency when it comes to paying people they've employed. Today I got word that SFU will almost surely pay me this week, but as for UBC, "after the September rush is over" is all they're willing to commit to. Guess September came as something of a surprise to them. It's not as if it happens every year. Doesn't matter, the students are great, and the UBC paycheque is going to be pathetic anyway.
I did start meeting my student employees this week; one of them is going to teach me how to read Chinese characters for the numbers up to ten, to facilitate the Chinese newspaper scanning project, in which page numbers loom large. She also promised to teach me a few phrases so I can say please and thank you in the Chinatown stores. The Chinese newspapers are especially fascinating because I live in Chinatown. The ads usually give the store name and address in English, and it's amazing how many of them are still around: Ming Wo, Dollar Meats, and Hon's, but when it was still on Main Street.
And when it was on Main Street, which is where it was thirty years ago when my mom used to take me there on nights she couldn't face cooking, it was about a block away and across the street from the Main Street Power Substation, above. Shabby, but still impressive. Picture by Winnifred, of course.
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In celebration of Vogue's Fashion's Night Out, Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, has created LES KHAKIS DE CHANEL, a collection of three Le Vernis Nail Colours. Ultra sophisticated shades Khaki Rose, Khaki Brun and Khaki Vert can be worn alone or combined for an urban chic camouflage effect.
It looks like Khaki is making a comeback --- on your paws! I'm smelling a trend alert brewing....
PRICE TAG: $25.00 per bottle
Would you wear these shades?!


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Saturday, March 14, 2015
My First 5K
If someone would have told me a year ago that I would be running a 5K I would have told them they were crazy. ME, run a 5K? Heck, me run at all? Go figure, I did do it and it has changed my life! I've never been one to exercise and honestly have hated it my whole life. But with the changes I have made to my life recently, I'm finding that I really like exercise and how it makes me feel. ACCOMPLISHED.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Our Faux Flokati Furs in Use!
We're so excited about one of our newest additions to the Beautiful Photo Props Shop, our Faux Flokati Furs! At just a fraction of the cost of the more expensive Flokati furs, ours are just as fluffy and soft with a 3 inch pile!
With all of these gorgeous colors, which one is your favorite?
With all of these gorgeous colors, which one is your favorite?
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Incoming Secretary of State speaks about new role
September 10, 2013
Archbishop Pietro Parolin, who has been named by Pope Francis to become the Vatican's new Secretary of State, spoke candidly about his new post in an interview with the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal.
Archbishop Parolin, a veteran Vatican diplomat, said that the Holy See should be actively involved in international affairs. "I wouldn't like a diplomacy that is on the front pages, but a diplomacy that is more effective," he said. Many observers have remarked that Pope Francis seems to favor a more active role in diplomatic affairs—especially as evidenced by his drive to prevent US military intervention in Syria.
In his interview with El Universal, Archbishop Parolin also said that the Church should be governed with a "more democratic spirit, a sense of listening carefully." He said that he was confident Pope Francis would opt for "collegial leadership."
Archbishop Parolin, whose appointment as Secretary of State was announced August 31, will assume his new role on October 15, replacing Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. He is currently serving as apostolic nuncio in Venezuela.
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Fifield Companies and multifamily developer Wood Partners said Thursday that they will immediately begin construction on K Station's fifth and final apartment high-rise in the West Loop, having secured the financing necessary for the project.
Named K2, the 34-story project at Halsted and Kinzie will include 496 units and 348 spaces. Initial leasing is expected to begin in April 2013 with the building completed in June 2013.


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Raggedy Revival have beautifully made pencil rolls on sale at just £7.50 including the pencils! These are great and will appeal to a wide age group. They come in different fabrics that suit boys and girls and toddlers and teens. I have placed an order for a 3 year old and an 8 year old. They also have Superhero Capes for £7.00 great for any little boy or girl who never stops running around and has a great imagination !
Made for you by Rosemarie Yardley we have these great button necklaces that come in a range of colours. They come in short length for £8.50 and long length for £9.50. These are truly unique as no two are the same.
Plain Jane Textiles have a range of pretty products for the home and children in this price range. All products come in more patterns & colourways than those photographed so please pop in and check out the full range. Girls Handbag and matching hairband £12, Kids Apron £12.50 (boys version available), Laundry Bag £13 (boys version available), Small wash bag £14, Small Doorstop £15.
Jenny Cross has made a great selection of necklaces for you to choose from for just £12 each. They are really well made and she uses quality unusual glass beads making them a truly lovely gift.
Muddy Puddle Crafts have a range of dotty products for the home all around a tenner. Most products can be made in red, duck blue, green, plum, coffee, dark red and pink. Peg it Forget it Plaque £7, Door Wedge £7, Script Hanging £7-7.50, Teardrop Heart £9, Tissue Box £12.
Mary O Grady from Leominster has made a range of necklaces and matching jewelry all of which are packaged in boxes making them a special gift. The necklaces range from £8.50-£9.50 and the matching bracelets are £7. Featured last week were the co ordinating earrings from as little as £3.50.
Recycled Hippies have been busy knitting these unique funky fluffy socks for £11. Great for chilling round the house or in bed we have 3 colours in the shop to suit different tastes. They also have some pretty scarves with great detail for £15.
Pink Gem from Tenbury Wells have a wide selection of scarves on offer for just £9.50. They are a great size and are really versatile and come in loads of colours. They also have a huge selection of fashion jewelery starting from £7.50 for bracelets and £12.50 for necklaces. All styles and tastes are catered for.
I hope you come in and check these products out further they would all make a great christmas pressie for someone. We hope to see you soon on Thursdays and Fridays 10-3pm and Satudays 10-4pm.


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A little less than 3 weeks until we shove off for a really, really long time.
The other night I had to say goodbye -- REALLY goodbye -- to my dad and stepmom, as I won't see them again before we go. This was my first REAL goodbye before this very long journey we are undertaking.
What do you say? I didn't know. It felt really awkward. And wrong. No words seemed appropriate. I mean, I'm trying to not be overdramatic here.
But we're talking TWO AND A HALF YEARS. Holy moley.
What are the appropriate words, do you think?
"See you around..."
"See you on around the bend..."
No, those just seem lame.
I honestly don't have a roadmap here. I don't know how to do it.
Families dealing with incarceration do.
I checked out a website for such families. Here is a great tip which I liked alot:
"Tell your loved ones: 'This is not forever. Only our love is.'"
You know who else knows? Military families.
It's clear that in dealing with deployment, military families fall back on the idea that they are serving their country, and sacrifice is a part of the package. In short -- they buck up.
So that's what I will do. I will be brave. But there's still the problem of the words. What to say? I'm a "words" gal.
But you know what? I'm discovering that this is one of those times when there ARE no words. And that is as it should be.
There is only this:
And this:
And this:
And this:
No words...


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Back in 2009
The pullout of Israeli forces from Gaza just before Obama's inauguration has been a subject of analysis and heated discussion in Israel ...meanwhile, I decided to guess at how history might judge what just happened here at the start of 2009. So do you agree with Mr. History's simplistic assessment?
And what do you think happpens next?!
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Virtual Reality is the latest in a long line of new technologies which can be harnessed by teachers to help them make their classrooms come alive; to improve further the learning experience of their pupils. Over the past twenty years', teachers have used videos, DVDs, classroom projectors, interactive whiteboards, and 3D projectors and now they can call upon Virtual Reality. So, what is Virtual Reality (VR) and how it so different?
What is Virtual Reality?
In order to experience Virtual Reality, the user needs to put on a headset in which a 360° panoramic image is projected. The technology is simple, it works very much in the same way that enabled a previous generation of children to enjoy 3D images through a Viewmaster. The headset projects a slightly different image to each eye, which gives a 3D effect. As the viewer moves his head to the left and right, the image moves giving a strong feeling of being in situ. By turning around, the viewer can see what is behind him; by looking up he can see what's above him-it's 'real'!
Surprisingly, it is possible to create a VR experience for less than US$5 by purchasing a simple cardboard kit into which a smartphone can be inserted. The 360° panoramic images used for the 'virtual experiences' are produced in two ways. They can be filmed by a 360° camera, in just the same way that Google Street View is mapping cities of the world. Or, they can be computer-generated as in console action games, such as Call of Duty. There are thousands of 360° videos available free on YouTube (just search for '360° videos') and this number will increase exponentially as 360° cameras become commonplace.
What makes Virtual Reality different?
The greatest difference between VR and, say, watching a DVD is that VR is an active rather than a passive process. It feels like the real experience. Because the viewer is controlling where he looks and what he focuses on, this inevitably leads to greater engagement. Indeed, Virtual Reality allows the user to experience what is going on in a way that feels authentic. The first time that I put on a VR headset, I went on a roller coaster ride – the experience was so immersive that I had motion sickness! This was not a passive activity it felt real – I experienced every dip and turn. It is this characteristic of creating an experience that makes VR such a versatile and powerful tool for the classroom.
Virtual Tours
I am sure we can all recall the experience of trips out of the classroom during our own school days. To be able to see what had been discussed in the classroom gave a clarity and strong memory association that no text book can ever hope to achieve. A huge strength of Virtual Reality in schools is that it gives almost limitless scope for teachers to take pupils on trips anywhere in the world without leaving the grounds. A class can visit China and experience what it is like to walk up and down the crumbling steps of the Great Wall, they can take a stroll along Wall Street gasp at the view from the top of the Burj Khalifa, or even to dive the Great Barrier Reef. All these 'visits' are available in the classroom within a matter of minutes – a further bonus for the teacher is that there's no risk assessment, no budget and no buses!
But Virtual Reality allows teachers to go further, for VR makes it possible for a pupils to experience the impossible.
Time Travel
Virtual Reality allows pupils to go back in time to experience key events in history. It is possible to be there as Martin Luther King makes a great speech; they can wade through World War I trenches, they can be in a dog-fight in the Battle of Britain, build a pyramid in Cairo witness the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
Space Travel
VR has also made Space Travel available for all. The publication by NASA on YouTube of 360° panoramas of Mars and Pluto makes it possible for teachers to take their classes to outer space. Pupils can explore the Martian landscape from atop the Mars Rover - no space suit required.
Personalised Learning
In the past few weeks at JESS, Dubai, Year 5 have met some ancient Egyptians, Year 4 have been to London, Foundation 2 travelled into Space and Year 6 went to Ancient Greece. The children 'felt' what it was like to be there and the experience helped them to develop mature responses at a significantly deeper level than would ever be possible from watching a video. Possibly the greatest strength of VR is that the experience is personalised – the child is in control of the experience, he can go at his own pace, choosing to look at what he wants, taking time to look for detail, moving on only when ready.
Teachers should always be on the look-out for new ways to enable young people to learn, to help them understand more about the world around us and Virtual Reality can now be the latest addition to their toolbox of ways to inspire – and what an exciting addition it is!
This article was published in Emirates Airlines' Absolutely Education Issue One (Feb 2017)
This article was published in Emirates Airlines' Absolutely Education Issue One (Feb 2017)


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Two hour shuttle ride from the airport to our hotel (should have been more like 20 minutes). It was cheap, but slow.
Checked in to lovely hotel, Hyatt Regency (thanks Priceline).
That's the view of our hotel from the beach. We were on the mountain-facing side of the hotel, but on the 24th floor. Great views of the mountains and the "strip."
Dinner at Rock Island Cafe.
Read all about the possible insects.
Woke up early (5am island time).
We set out to find the hotel that we stayed in ten years ago and found a Trump Tower in its place.
A long walk to the grocery store to pick up some breakfast foods.
Dinner at Planet Hollywood (we HAD to stick with tradition).
We're out of focus. We haven't quite figured out the whole arm-stretched self-photograph thing.
A few hours at the beach.
Polynesian Cultural Center.
Canoe Pageant
Visiting the islands.
This was in Samoa. The guy climbed the coconut tree. Holy moly.
This was in Tonga. Any instrument you can play with your nostrils is my kind of instrument.
The luau.
The show.
Resting in Fort DeRussy Park.
Church at this beautiful place.
A long drive around the island.
Surfers on North Shore.
A private tour given by a local, native Hawaiian who is passionate about Hawaii's history, language, and culture.
Brother DuPont took us to high places that overlooked gorgeous valleys and explained what we were seeing, and what we might have seen anciently.
He explained the overthrow of Hawaii's last queen Lili-uokalani. This was her palace.
Anniversary dinner at Orchids.
Our table was right next to the water. We saw the sunset and ships go by.
We got all dressed up and everything. Eating at Orchids was a life-changing experience. For reals.
Bumming around.
TC captured this photo of the sunset from the pool terrace of our hotel while we were waiting for the shuttle to come get us to take us to the airport.
Flight home.


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by Mark Gabrish Conlan • Copyright © 2012 by Mark Gabrish Conlan • All rights reserved
I ran New Best Friend, a 2002 movie recently shown on Lifetime even
though it was apparently originally made for theatrical release (the production
companies are something called FGM Entertainment and Tri-Star Pictures, and the
ratings board gave it an "R" "for strong sexuality, language and drug use" even
though its TV rating was "PG-S," indicating that the dirty language had been
removed and the drug use toned down but the sex remained). I'd had this one in
the backlog for a while and I was looking forward to more soft-core porn — the
hottest scene in the movie is a split-screen during the opening credits in
which on the left side of the screen Alicia Campbell (Mia Kershner) is shown
living a nerdy "grind" student's life while on the right side her friend Hadley
Ashton (Meredith Monroe, who'd actually be good casting in a biopic of her
near-namesake Marilyn Monroe
even though here she's playing more like a cool "Hitchcock blonde" than an
out-and-out sex goddess) is half-naked and making out with her boyfriend Trevor
(Scott Bairstow, fourth-billed and the first male listed in the cast — and the
director, Zoe Clarke-Williams, and writer, Victoria Strouse, are both women).
All this is happening in Colby College in Lawrence County, North Carolina, and
the film tells two parallel stories. The frame is an investigation being
conducted by the newly appointed acting sheriff, Artie Bonner (Taye Diggs),
into why Alicia Campbell started the year as an honor student, spiraled down
into drink and drugs as Hadley befriended her, and ended up comatose and near
death from an overdose. The flashback shows us the story of Alicia's last year
at Colby, as she and Hadley are paired up by a sociology teacher to do a final
class project on the theme, "Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way." Alicia is the
child of a single mother (Glynnis O'Connor) and she's determined to get into
law school, but her ability to pay for it is dependent on her getting financial
aid. Hadley and her two friends, Sidney Barrett (Dominique Swain) and Julianne
Livingston (Rachel True), are all rich bitches who don't have much to worry
about in the way of finances, though Hadley is after her father to give her a
job and he doesn't want to because he knows there's nothing he needs in his office
(whatever it is — Strouse's script is clear that Mr. Ashton is incredibly
affluent and works in a fancy office, but it's not at all clear what he does for a living), and he insists to her that
he'll only consider hiring her if she gets her grades up and makes straight
Hadley and Alicia form a quirky friendship out of their forced association
on the project, which is going to playgrounds in grade schools in poor
neighborhoods and interviewing the students while Hadley's friend Warren (Eric
Michael Cole) films them — and in one chilling scene that shows the noblesse
oblige of the 1 percent Hadley
slips one of the poor Black kids they're interviewing a $50 bill and, instead
of being horrified, Alicia tells her (maybe honestly, maybe hypocritically) what
a wonderful thing she's just done. For several reels it's a typical story about
a poor little not-so-rich girl worried about whether the rich will accept her
and whether she can ever really be part of their clique, and whether the pretty
but rather gauche-looking Alicia can make it with the girls and attract a
boyfriend (or more than one boyfriend) from their circle. In order to do this
she crashes one of Hadley's parties — held at the home Hadley's dad has bought
for her, with a circular front porch that practically becomes a character in
the movie itself — and starts helping herself to the plentiful booze and drugs.
She starts to slip off the rails, but the rails get greased for her when she
learns that though she's been accepted to Colby's law school, the school
doesn't have a big enough budget to give her the financial aid she needs to be
able to afford it — and immediately she starts drinking, drugging and binging
full-time, to the point where in a neat role reversal Hadley has to assume the
reins of their school project in order to make sure it gets completed on time
and both their grades in the class are secure.
New Best Friend has one big flaw — it's structured to parallel
Alicia's downfall with Bonner's investigation of her case, and some of the edits
are awfully abrupt — we cut from Alicia the party girl to Alicia the coma
patient with a breathing tube stuck in her nose, and back (at least in Citizen
Kane, a pretty obvious model
for this story's structure, Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz were careful
to keep us aware of when we were
and whose point of view we were experiencing at any given moment) — but as
annoying as the constant flashing back gets, this is a genuinely powerful and
ambiguous movie in which we're generally uncertain about both Alicia's and Hadley's characters and how we're
supposed to feel about them. In other Lifetime movies this has just seemed like
sloppy scripting, but this time around it seems as if it's what writer Strouse
and director Clarke-Williams intended — and it's an indication of the power of this movie that most of the
debates about it on the imdb.com message boards have revolved around the morals
of the characters. Hadley seems at first to be your standard-issue spoiled rich
bitch, but her uncertain relationship with her father and her desperation to
please him gives her a degree of pathos — and Alicia is even more ambiguous,
seeming as Bonner delves deeper into his investigation to be less the naïve
little good girl she comes off as in the beginning but a woman with secrets and
an ability to manipulate the other characters to get their sympathy. At one
point she insists that she's never had sex with a man — to which Susan, who
asked her The Question, says she's had 42 different male partners — and later
Alicia and Susan get it on themselves, provoking jealousy from Julianne (who's
African-American — essentially the daughter of one of the token Blacks in the 1
percent, proving that the capitalist elite may find racism, sexism and
homophobia useful divide-and-conquer strategies against the 99 percent but
doesn't need them to maintain its power
and can let a few women, people of color and Queers into its ranks as long as
they behave), though it's clear that for these people Lesbian sex is just an
expression of their polymorphous perversity and not either a lifestyle choice
or a "born this way" status.
Later Susan says she was molested by her father
and Alicia says, "Me, too, by dad number two, for five years" — indicating that
Alicia is actually manipulative and good at sucking for sympathy with whomever
she's with. Alicia also makes a play for Hadley's boyfriend Travis, justifying
it because Travis was complaining that Hadley had cheated on him with Warren
(their videographer), and there's a sequence in which the characters are in
some sort of outdoor location on campus and Hadley takes a fall on a grating
while Travis is with Alicia telling her how honest he finds her, unlike
you-know-who. The payoff comes when Hadley misses a date with her father —
she's used to him standing her up but this time he shows and Alicia, who's
carefully kept his messages from reaching Hadley, turns up instead, has dinner
with him and practically flirts with him. Do they get it on or don't they?
Strouse doesn't tell us yes or no, but he's obviously taken enough with her
that he offers her the job Hadley wanted and
also to pay for her to go to law school at his alma mater, Stanford — and Hadley, whose own relationship
with her dad seems to echo that between Natalie Wood's character in Rebel Without
a Cause and her father (namely, that he was so afraid of being
sexually attracted to her he wouldn't even touch her in ordinarily legitimate
ways), has a jealous hissy-fit. She scores 100 percent pure
pharmaceutical-grade cocaine from an orderly in the hospital where she was
being treated for her fall — he's tall and a bit dorky but not bad-looking and,
of course, sex (or the offer of sex) is the lure Hadley uses to get him to do
her bidding — then sneaks it into one of the multicolored envelopes in which
the local drug dealer puts his considerably weaker (20 percent pure) cocaine
product, puts it in a stash in her dresser that Alicia was used to stealing
from, and Alicia does the whole packet and goes into a coma. (Hadley later
explains she didn't want to kill Alicia, just to make her dad see that Alicia
wasn't the goody-two-shoes he thought and therefore was unworthy of his help.)
Bonner figures all this out because the medical examiner recovered residue from
Alicia's nose showing that the "hot" dose was pure cocaine and not the usual
street product, and that gives him the clue he needs to unravel the whole case
— despite the efforts of the college dean (Edmund Kearney), whose "pull" with
the City Council will decide whether Bonner gets hired as the sheriff
full-time, to get him to call off his investigation because the town gets 90
percent of its tax revenue from the college and its students, and anything that
discredits the college and makes the rich parents less likely to send their
kids there is going to hurt the town. So in a way New Best Friend is a story of two people — Alicia and Bonner —
both of whom are aware in no uncertain terms that in order to get ahead they
have to suck up to the super-rich, only Alicia tries to deal with them from a
position of deceit while Bonner retains his integrity, pursues his
investigation to the end and ultimately resigns as acting sheriff in a
handing-over-his-badge scene much like the ending of Dirty Harry — after he does the Law and Order thing and arrests Hadley right after she receives
her degree in Colby's graduation ceremony, the most publicly embarrassing place
he can take her into custody. It's a surprisingly effective film that works on
many levels (though it's clear from the imdb.com reviews that a considerable
amount of the original's soft-core porn lubricity was cut from the Lifetime
version): as a tale of school friendships gone horribly awry, a just-say-no
movie (in the earlier scenes Alicia, the dedicated, non-partying student,
reminded me of me) and a parable of class and class consciousness reflecting an
F. Scott Fitzgerald-ish love-hate relationship towards the rich.


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Stop! Meggo Time!
I am absolutely amazed at how low key she is. Really, I think adopting saved us a lot of headaches. I know any child with my genes would not be this calm or thoughtful. Despite the lack of shared genes, I have no doubt this is my kid. The other day her Grandpa (my Dad) was telling her he is the funniest man she will ever meet. She responded by loudly filling her diaper. I think that made him love her even more.
My favorite time of the day right now is "tummy time." I have read that is is supposed to annoy babies into crawling, but Meg just sees it as a time to suck on her arms. She has also come to know it as her daily "photo shoot"
See how she poses? Really, she was made for the camera -- which is good since she is most likely the single most photographed baby in the world right now.
Oh, how I love her.


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- Bang Showbiz
- 23 December 2010
Radiohead's 'OK Computer' has been voted the best album of the last 25 years in a poll by Q Magazine
Radiohead's 'OK Computer' has been voted the best album of the last 25 years.
The British indie group topped the list of the best 250 albums released between 1986 and 2011 - beating U2, Nirvana, Oasis, Muse and The Strokes - in the poll by Q magazine.
'OK Computer', released in 1997, is seen as the band's defining work, and saw them fuse their melancholy indie pop with cinematic ambition and the influence of computer generated sounds. The record was instantly hailed a classic in their native England and helped establish them as one of the most popular underground bands in the US.
A spokesperson for the magazine said: "As this poll testifies, our readers see it as the benchmark against which all other albums are and continue to judged against in Q's lifetime."
Grunge pioneers Nirvana's genre defining 'Nevermind' album, from 1991, was voted in second place while guitar group Oasis followed with their second album '(What'sThe Story) Morning Glory' and their debut 'Definitely Maybe' in third and fourth respectively.
One of the youngest bands on the list, The Arctic Monkeys, made sixth place with their debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' - recorded when frontman Alex Turner was still a teenager - beating Irish rockers U2, who's 'The Joshua Tree' album was seventh.
Rounding out the top ten are second entries for Radiohead, with 'The Bends' and U2, with 'Achtung Baby', and the most recently released album to make the top 10, 'Black Holes And Revelations' by Muse, which came out in June 2006.
Altogether in the top 250 - voted for by readers of the magazine - U2 have the most albums with seven, Radiohead follow with six, Muse and Oasis both have five, while Coldplay, Blur and Kings Of Leon have four.
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2. Nevermind, Nirvana
3. (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
4. Definitely Maybe, Oasis
5. Whatever People Say I Am, Arctic Monkeys
6. The Joshua Tree, U2
7. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
8. The Bends, Radiohead.
9. Achtung Baby, U2.
10. Black Holes And Revelations, Muse.
11. Is This It, The Strokes.
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Coldplay.
13. Parklife, Blur
14. Screamadelica, Primal Scream
15. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes
16. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
17. Hot Fuss, The Killers
18. Kid A, Radiohead
19. Funeral, Arcade Fire
20. American Idiot, Green Day
21. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers
22. Absolution, Muse
23. In Rainbows, Radiohead
24. Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon
25. Demon Days, Gorillaz
26. Origin Of Symmetry, Muse
27. Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses
28. Urban Hymns, The Verve
29. Automatic For The People, R.E.M
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This city hotel opened in December 2007 and offers 299 luxurious guest rooms, 24-hour security, a butler service and a business centre as well as a shoe shine service, a secretarial service, babysitting and childcare services, and disability-friendly facilities. There is also over 1500 m² of event space with a ballroom accommodating up to 1000 guests. Further facilities on offer to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a lobby area with a 24-hour reception and 24-hour check-in/check-out service, a hotel safe, a currency exchange facility, lift access, a café, a bar and restaurants. Guests may also take advantage of the room and laundry services for an additional fee and there is parking (charges apply) available for those arriving by car.
## Location
This hotel enjoys an ideal location in the heart of Orchard road, offering immediate access to exceptional shopping and entertainment venues: It lies within a 10-minute walk of the Tanglin shopping centre, Forum shopping centre and the MRT station. The hotel is within 1 km of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the National Orchid Garden, as well as several high commissions including the British, Australian, Brunei and United States High Commissions. It is a 15-minutes drive from Holland Village, the Singapore Cruise centre, Singapore Art Museum, Merlion Park, Clarke Quay, Arab Street, China Town and Little India. Singapore Airport is 25 km from the hotel.
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The hotel offers luxuriously appointed non-smoking guest rooms and suites that are generously proportioned and feature custom-made furnishings. The executive deluxe rooms feature a king-size bed or 2 double beds and refined elements, including lacquered wall panelling and inviting window seats upholstered in rich designer fabrics in selected rooms. Amenities include satellite TV, Bose CD/DVD player, a desk with high-speed Internet access and a speaker telephone with free local calls, ironing facilities as well as bathrooms with separate bath and shower stall, bathrobes and slippers. Furthermore, a hairdryer, a minibar, tea and coffee making facilities, a king-size or double bed, centrally regulated air conditioning and a safe are provided in all accommodation as standard.
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The hotel spa (charges apply) will take guests through a succession of revitalising experiences inspired by the finest ancient rituals of the art of bathing. The hotel also has a jogging trail, indoor and outdoor tennis courts (charges apply), a sauna, steam room, an outdoor pool with a poolside snackbar and a complimentary 24-hour gym. It is also possible to relax in the hot tub.
## Meals
Gourmets will appreciate the taste of modern France at Les Saveurs. This classic, yet relaxed restaurant serves 3 meals a day: delicate Chinese dishes are masterfully prepared. For lighter options, LaBrezza, a trendy Mediterranean terrace restaurant, offers flavoursome recipes from the exotic regions. The hotel also has an exclusive wine bar, Decanter, where a wide range of prestigious fine wines can be sampled by the glass while the Astor Bar offers decadent canapés.
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American Express, MasterCard and VISA are accepted at this hotel.
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Oh man, where do I even begin? We spent the last weekend, along with the help of our generous friends, moving furniture, boxes, and clothing from our old home into our new home. You would think that moving out of a 580 square foot place would not take too much time or energy. But, you would be wrong. How do we accumulate all of this stuff, I am not quite sure. What I am very sure of though is that our next move will be permanent :)
I think what really affected us the most this weekend was the task of painting the walls of our new (very old) home. It was a lovely shade of yellow, green, and purple before we got our hands on it. Now it is a fresh mint green and grey. I love it. And just like I predicted, we feel like we moved into a mansion. Stone and I keep laughing at the fact that we sometimes will try and say something to the other and don't know what room to find each other in! It is awesome.
Speaking of awesome things. Ikea. We have been building things from Ikea this weekend like crazy and I have to say I am pretty impressed with their instructions, it means four girls can piece together a sleeper sofa in one hour flat. Sounds like a riddle :)
Hope you had a wonderful weekend and HAPPY OCTOBER! xo.