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From the Vault: Programmer Productivity Tips
I'll start the day with something old, and then end the day with something new. There's plenty of something borrowed, and I've already talked about something blue.
In July I wrote a list of Productivity Tips for Programmers that I liked quite a bit. This is a subtle reminder to myself that I should be following them.
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I must be mad, but I thought I'd give my perspective on the whole advocacy discussion that blew up today. I should be chilling but the discussion was fascinating on so many levels I couldn't help myself. This will, no doubt, be less eloquent than other blog posts on the topic but, of course, I ain't gonna let that stop me!
To be honest, I was a bit surprised by how things blew up. As far as I could see, most of the people who were upset about the discussion do advocate. For me, advocacy can mean going out and telling your users what a great service you provide (marketing) or it can be simply providing the best service your users could ask for (which requires a certain amount of activity on your part – in the sense of seeking to find out what your user wants). In terms of the latter, the old maxim often used in retail applies: a dissatisfied customer will tell 8-10 people of their bad experience (that's a drum that is pounded loud and clear in retail). It therefore follows that, should you provide good service, those customers will act as proxy advocates for you – telling other people about the great service you provided. So, you may not have engaged in advocacy per se, but you have sewn a very powerful seed.
Let's face it, corporations gave up a long time ago in simply shouting slogans at people and thinking that was enough to 'advocate' their products. Things have become much more sophisticated. Top companies know that the peer groups are the most powerful advocates you can have. It is one reason why a lot of current business thinking has moved away from top-down authoritarian structures and developed nice cosy environments that keep the employees happy and, subsequently, speak positively about their employer when they are with family and friends. The change in management culture is not due to a sense of entitlement towards employees, it is one part of a carefully constructed marketing strategy.
In the age of social media, this 'casual' advocacy has become more important. People tweet about products and things they are doing and that has a much bigger impact on people than an advert on the TV. Of course, this doesn't work for everyone in your peer group, but you can be assured that your message will influence someone. Essentially, almost every public act is an act of advocacy (because you are doing it 'publicly' and we are simple creatures, easily influenced!). One might argue that buying a certain brand in the supermarket counts as 'advocacy' (the act of buying being, after all, an endorsement or support for a particular brand). Therefore the creation of proxy advocates is, in my view, very much central to any marketing strategy.
And I guess this is where I find difficulty with those who are up in arms about the recent discussions. As far as I can see, if you are committed to excellent standards of service in your library, you are an advocate (creating proxies). If you have 'librarian' on your Twitter bio and have ever tweeted about libraries, librarians or related issues, you are an advocate. If you tell your friend with an e-reader "hey, did you know you can get free ebooks at the library?", you are an advocate. If you work in a private library and make your colleagues' jobs easier by providing an effectively (and efficiently – it is the private sector after all!) run library, you are an advocate for that service (you are justifying its existence by making the company more efficient). Essentially, pretty much everyone on Twitter who works in a library is an advocate.
Activism is something I engage in (in a rather lazy fashion to be fair). It means writing to the council, chucking in FoI's, writing about the problems facing libraries, trying to drum up support in the local community by highlighting the cuts and the impact they will have. Now, that is not for everyone and only a fool would suggest that everyone should engage in it. It's hard work and saps away your free time. I wish everyone was an activist (that is the nature of my own political views) but hey, we live in the UK and us Brits aren't known for it! But much as I would like everyone to do it, I know some can't or unable to. I don't hold it against them (I hold it against our society in general…kidding!). We make our own choices in this life and it is not for me to tell people whether they should act or not. If you feel you cannot be an activist, fine. If you don't want to give up your spare time fighting councillors and local politicians, fine. But advocacy? Well, keep on doing what you are doing!
I should add that the Code of Professional Practice for Library and Information Professionals states the following:
C: Responsibilities to Colleagues and the Information Community
The personal conduct of information professionals at work should promote the profession in the best possible manner at all times. Members should therefore:
1. Act in ways that promote the profession positively, both to their colleagues and to the public at large.

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However, that hasn't stopped me from planning new photo shoots. I'm currently obsessed with storm photography. I told Sean that several weeks ago and he cautioned me about getting too close to storms, but honestly I'm not trying to get in the middle of a storm/tornado and take pictures. I'm referring to photos more like these:
Photo Courtesy of Tornado Titans on Flickr
Photo Courtesy of Matt Granz on Flickr
Photo Courtesy of Matt Granz on Flickr
Aren't these shots absolutely beautiful? As a native Oklahoman, storms have always been a big part of living here. I'm determined to get a beautiful shot like this so I can hang it proudly in our home.


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I thought I had all the tire sizes down...knew what I wanted. Then comes something new. Kind of. Now comes the 2.6 inch width!? I already ride 3.8-4.0 inch fat. I have 2.2 Conti Race Kings on my FS, and narrower on my other two bikes.
Word is 2.6 will be less squirmy then the 2.8-3.0s. Can't be any worse than my fat! Wait it out? Or just buy?
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Very introspective week so far. Tuesday I was a witness to a bad car accident. It was close to my house, on a 55 MPH undivided road. A pick-up truck, driving two cars in front of me, swerved into on-coming traffic. It crossed the on-coming lane and went up a bank along the shoulder of the road. The truck passed the on-coming car on its passenger side, while driving on the 45 degree bank. No break lights were coming on. It then swerved back across both lanes and onto the bank on the other side of the road. There the truck hit an out-crop of rock and rolled. It flew into the air. When it stopped rolling, the truck was upright but facing the other direction. The car in front of me slammed on its brakes. I slammed on my brakes. I heard the tires of the car behind me squeal. We all jumped out of the car, simultaneously dialing 911. I ran down to the truck. There were parts of the truck, and the contents from inside, thrown all over the ground. The driver was an old man with a long gray beard. He was bleeding but conscious. I asked him his name and if he was OK? He wasn't sure where he was on what had just happened. He tried to open his door but I told him to stay where he was until the ambulance got there. (It turned out all his doors were jammed from the roof being smashed and he couldn't have gotten out.) First on the scene was a cop followed by two fire trucks, two ambulances, two additional police cars and 5 or 6 cars with volunteer EMTs. There were lights flashing and people running every where. It felt like controlled chaos running in slow motion. The fire fighters cut open the doors. The EMTs crawled across the passenger seat with a neck brace and back board in tow. Other fire fighters checked for gas leaking onto the ground. I moved out of the way just in time to avoid being tripped by a fire hose being drug to the truck. My chest started to tighten. I was having trouble breathing. "This is what it must have been like at our accident," I thought to my self. "Only more emergency responders… and Life Lion… and Hagerstown Hospital's helicopter…" I started feeling dizzy. "I think I am going to throw up."
A police officer walked over to me and asked if he could get a statement. I told him what I saw and gave him my cell number. He gave me his card and walked away to take another witness's statement. I looked for my SUV. All I wanted to do was to get to my house. It was the middle of the day and I was just running home to get a folder I left on my desk. Now, if I could just get home, I might not leave my house again. But, I couldn't get out. My SUV was blocked in by all the emergency vehicles. I stood and watched as they moved the driver, strapped to a back board, from the truck onto the gurney. I just stared as they lifted it into one of the waiting ambulances and drove away. Then I realized that the space the ambulance used to occupy was large enough for my SUV to slip through. I asked a fireman, who was standing there, if he would help guide me out. I got into my car. It was still running. I backed up, pulled forward, backed up some more, then slowly drove between two fire trucks. I was out. The road was empty because both lanes had been shut down. As I approached the road block, the flat-bed tow truck was driving through it. I thought about the photo of our car sitting at the garage. "I have got to keep my damn head clear or I am not going to be able to drive." I went through the road block and turned onto the detour. As I weaved through the back roads I gripped the steering wheel so tight that my knuckles were turning white. Every on-coming car caused me to ride the shoulder. "I just need to get home… I just need to lay down a little…"
I pulled in my garage and turned off my car. I couldn't move. "I'm home", I told my self. For some reason it didn't help. Getting home wasn't going to make the nausea go away. Today, for the first time, I thought about what it must have been like at the scene of our accident. This one was pretty crazy and ours would have been worse. I had never really given it much thought. I don't remember it so how could I have pictured it, or even written about it. I couldn't wrap my head around why it bothered me so much. The first responders did a great job today. I know they did a great job at our accident. They helped save my life. Where was all the anxiety coming from?
I got out of my SUV and walked inside my house. I called Tonia. I told her what happened and that I was a little shaken but I would be OK. I walked into my bedroom. I looked at my bed and then at the floor. My running shoes were laying there. I picked them up and set them on the bed. "The old John would run to clear his mind", I told myself. I changed my cloths, put on my shoes and headed outside. I was too afraid to leave my dead-end road, so I just ran laps up and down the street. Two miles later I was starting to feel the pain of running and the release of the images in my mind. "How many aspects of the accident have I not thought about? How many more demons did I still have to face and beat?" Little did I know I would be facing another in just two days…
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Arrival in Chiangmai - usual trouble with immigration arrival forms. Address in country...what to write?
2004 - Ban Apa village...?
think CEI immigration eventually accepted MAG's Ban Huay Khom address
2005 - K's House Hostel, Kyoto
incredulous KIX immigration demanded full Japanese address + tel. no. + fax no.
2005 - Baan Bua Guesthouse, Chiangrai
no problem even though we planned to stay there for only one night out of 10, & went to Ban Apa again!
2006 - Ban Tammila Guesthouse, Chiang Khong
Chiang Khong? *raised eyebrows* พรุ่งนี้จะไปประเทศลาว phrung4 nii2 ca1 pai1 pra3 thet4 lao1 - explanation accepted with big fat smile!
According to friendly airport policemen, the public bus tends to stop only outside the domestic arrival hall - if it stops at all. True enough, missed two #6 buses that zoomed off even with locals literally yelling & chasing after them. There was a faded metal sign that could pass off as a bus stop, but it had an equally faded map for a route that had long ceased to exist. Chiangmai's public bus service has been an on-off affair, & recently revived for the Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 exhibition.
Meanwhile several songthaew drivers came up to us, including one who wanted 80 baht to go to the Arcade bus station...
driver: YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE?
cat: no thank you
driver leaning out of window: why you don't want to take? YOU SHAME IS IT? YOU ARE SHAME! YOU ARE SHAME TO TAKE! YOU SHAME TO TELL ME? EIGHTY BAHT I BRING YOU GO! WHY YOU SHAME? *repeats tirade a few times*
stunned cat: รอรถเมลดีกว่า์ ror1 rot4 meh1 dii1 kwaa3
driver: *guns engine & drives off in a huff*
If he keeps yelling at prospective passengers like this, he'll just keep making empty return trips from the airport into the city ;)
& then came the #11 bus (route map) that stopped to let someone alight. 15 baht flat fare for a pleasant half hour tour of the old city in air con comfort, stopping only to drop a monk off at a temple. According to the bus ticket, you can transfer between bus & elephant:
The GreenBusThailand company logo clarifies the link between buses & elephants, the ancient mode of inter-city transport:
The cat has always bought tickets from conductors on board buses, even at bus stations. So it headed straight for the Chiangrai-bound government buses, only to be directed to the ticket office queue. Had never departed from a major city before, so this was its first encounter with computerised bus ticketing system, assigned seating, baggage service complete with number tags, & properly timed departures in Thailand...!
The 11:30AM ordinary bus takes 4 full hours to reach Chiangrai, & so the cat lunched at one of the noodle-shop-that-is-always-found-at-any-bus-station, the first of many many noodle soup/feu/pho/khaaw soi meals to come. An ang moh backpacker was buried in a novel at the next table, & we helped each other watch our belongings while taking turns to use the noodle shop's loo =)
He ended up on the same bus to Chiangrai, which has 5 seats per row with a gap too narrow to be called an aisle. Plenty of struggling to get to his seat near the back. Lucky cat had been assigned a seat directly behind the driver =P
Bus wound past the greenery of Khun Chae National Park, before breaking the journey at Mae Kajan bus station on the outskirts of Mae Jedi, one of those places with beautiful old wooden houses, where English signs are still hard to come by. Continued past Wiang Pa Pao & Mae Suai, making several stops for people alight & board, which makes it far more interesting but slower than the air con buses. Many Lisu & Lahu were spotted along the way.
Soon the familiar Si Sai Mun & Prasop Suk junction signboards rolled into sight, & the bus pulled into Chiangrai bus station precisely at 15:30PM...
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How Far Along: 34 weeks!
Feeling: Better! I've found that if I don't have the elastic top to my pants touching my belly, then it doesn't hurt, burn and itch.
Weight: I'm gaining, which means the boys are growing!
Cravings: Powdered donuts. Addicted.
Mae & June: Still working on Mae and her hot spots. June has been very at tentative to me, above and beyond the usual, which makes me nervous because they say that dogs can tell when someones going to go into labor before they know.
Sleep: Who needs sleep when you have to pee every hour?
Energy: The last couple of days I have had a ton of energy, walking more, less tired, but still swollen.
Looking Forward To: This hot, sticky weather to leave. Take that with being super prego is a recipe for a grumpy lady. I'm also looking forward to my ultrasound tomorrow and to see how much the boys have grown!!


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By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to postpone Texas' congressional elections, rejecting a claim by a Hispanic civil rights group that an interim court-drawn map discriminated against minorities.
Without comment, the court rejected an appeal by the League of United Latin American Citizens to the map, which had been drawn up by a three-judge federal court panel in San Antonio.
The map is expected to remain in place as Texas tries to revive a different map that had been drawn up by its Republican-controlled legislature.
On August 28, a three-judge panel of the federal court in Washington said that map violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of black and Hispanic voters.
Texas has said it plans to appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Another panel of the court in Washington last month struck down the state's requirement that voters show photo identification before casting ballots.
The Hispanic rights group, known as LULAC, said the court-drawn map had similar flaws to the legislature's map.
"We will fight it out with the legislature to make sure it complies with the D.C. court order," Luis Vera, LULAC's national general counsel, said in a phone interview. "In the meantime, it is the black community and the Latino community that suffer."
Whatever map is ultimately adopted is expected to remain in place through the 2020 elections, after which a new map will be drawn to take that year's U.S. Census data into account.
The Texas congressional delegation now has 32 members, including 23 Republicans and nine Democrats. It will grow to 36 members in the next Congress.
The case is LULAC v. Perry, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12A234.
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Over the past 30 years, a larger and larger portion of America's income growth has gone to those in the top 10% of incomes, and especially those in the top 1%. This is a major change from the prior 60 years, in which the top 10% and the bottom 90% shared in the income gains.
A stark and startling example of this trend is the fact that, adjusted for inflation, "average hourly earnings" in this country have not increased in 50 years....
The reason the decline of the middle class is important is not just about fairness. It's about the health of the economy as a whole.
Collectively, the middle class represents enormous buying and spending power, and in the past 60 years this spending power has helped the U.S. economy become the envy of the world.
But now, however, the middle class is increasingly strapped. And the resulting impact on spending is constraining the growth of companies that sell products and services to American consumers.
The causes of this middle-class decline are many, from globalization (jobs being shipped overseas), to the decline of private-sector unions, to the wholesale embrace of a "shareholder value" religion that values profit over everything else that companies produce. But the result of the trend can be seen vividly in two charts.
First, wages are now at an all-time low as a percent of the economy.
Second, corporate profits are now at an all-time high.
To truly "fix" the U.S. economy, corporations are going to have to be persuaded to invest more of their excess profits in their employees, both by hiring new employees and paying existing employees more. "Wages" to employees become spending money for those employees, and the spending produces revenue for other companies. If corporations can collectively be persuaded to reinvest more of their profits in their people, in other words, they will help restore their own revenue growth.
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Middle Class: Fuel of Economic Growth
Henry Blodget connects the decline of the middle class to sputtering economic growth over the past decade:
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Alternately, we can all come to share the happy views of Karl Marx and his followers, that Capitalists and Workers have opposing interests and that Capitalists strive continually to exploit the lower classes.ReplyDelete
Granted, economists told a different story in my childhood, decades ago, when worker productivity and worker income rose at comparable rates for year after year, and this was described as a law of economic nature.
But hey! Childhood ends, and the happy story books get closed, and we have to move on to adult reality. Ask Mitt Romney toexplain matters to you.
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January 13, 2010
This is Cranberry after her new haircut. She looks like a totally different dog. She feels like one too, she is nice and soft. I think she feels better too because she is sure full of "piss and vinegar" since she had it done. The owner at Sascha's has taken a liking to her as well. She wasn't in the front window when they went to pick her up, she was in the back in his arms!!!
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|Iced Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
Friday, September 16, 2011
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday everyone! With the exception of a bit of sewing work I need to get done, I'll be spending my day in my kitchen baking up a storm for tomorrow big party! There's going to be about 40 people joining us in our backyard for Brewfest so I've been staying pretty organized by typing out a detailed menu including timing the, er, "courses" and by writing up a food preparations schedule. I've planned a plethora of food that can be prepared in advance for the most part so I can enjoy the party with my guests. Martha Stewart would be so proud of me! Last night I baked these cookies! They are so cake-y and yummy, like the top of a muffin. And super easy too! Click the link below for the recipe!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Design Crush
I must share this Marchesa Spring 2012 ready-to-wear collection! It's a totally give me a designer crush. Also, I can't believe this is "ready to wear". You'd really think these are made to order pieces. Regardless, they are absolutely lovely confections and I'm loving the smoky colors & wispy fabrics!
|The center one is SOOO pretty and reminds me of spun sugar!
|Bishop sleeves have been something I've been toying with this summer.
|I picture Julianne Moore walking the red carpet in the gown on the left!
|FEATHERS! More proof of the feather trend.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
It was 45 degrees when I got up this morning, so you can no longer ignore that it's getting chilly outside. This gives me a mixture of emotions because our big backyard party is this weekend and when I planned everything I have a sunny 75 degree day in mind. Now I'm questioning my menu (are cold sandwiches still good?) and trying to re-plan for a chilly day. We are going to have a fire pit going in the evening which helps but now I'm trying to round up a bunch of cozy wool blankets for people to keep toasty under! I have some beautiful wool in my fabric drawers that I never used so I think I'm going to whip up some blankets from that and bring them out in a big basket, something like this:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday Shoesday!
Today's Tuesday Shoesday is a round up of 1920's style shoes from Anthropology. Wear any one of these pretty pairs and you're be doing the Charleston like a real Jazz Baby!
|Clockwise from top left: Fountain Spray Wingtips, Sloane T-straps, Grenadine T-straps, & Cleary Heels
Monday, September 12, 2011
Vintage Wedding Gowns
Today on 100 Layer Cake, their featured bride has the most gorgeous vintage wedding dress and she paid, get this, $12 for it at a vintage warehouse! Unbelievable! I just had to post some picture because she is so cute (& so are her bridesmaids!). The fabric of her dress is an embroidered cotton voile, which for whatever reason they hardly make anymore. If I could get my hands on some I would for sure design it into the vintage warehouse! Unbelievable! I just had to post some picture because she is so cute (& so are her bridesmaids!). The fabric of her dress is an embroidered cotton voile, which for whatever reason they hardly make anymore. If I could get my hands on some I would for sure design it into the Laura Whitney Couture collection!
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|Boots by Fly London - colour Camel
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Pattern overload ...
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Goodness me, that shawl is beautiufl, it looks like lace and I'm loving the colour. Thanks for the close-up of that glorious skirt.ReplyDelete
Have fun at the pub! xxxReplies
Switched the skirt round to the other side to go out and changed my boots to a more dressy pair xxxDelete
I mentioned Marion Foale here the other day - and there is her first book under the texting mits!ReplyDelete
I am totally in awe of your skills and speed. A lovely wall hanging and a knitted shawl in the blink of an eye!Replies
Yes I followed up on what you said about her Julia. I can't believe the book is 35 years old, it's so on trend now.Delete
Don't me fooled the scarf was easy peasy and the hanging was done in an afternoon with a friend. It wouldn't have happened left to my own devices haha
I do love a bit of pattern overload myself, so I can only approve. But oh my, that triangle shawl is fantastic, from its lacy texture to its wonderful green colour. Well done, you! xxxReplyDelete


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But Jonah ran away from the LORD - Jonah 1:3a (NIV)
It was a rainy Monday morning and Robert Grey and Bill Peterson were checking out deep sea fishing gear at the local sporting goods store. "I really think this is a great idea that you came up with." Bill told Robert as he picked up a rod "Maybe I can catch me a shark." "Not with that thing." Robert said, "That thing is barely big enough for a crappie."
"Well, than," Bill said as he grabbed for a little bigger rod, "Will this one be big enough?" "No, no, no!" Robert shook his head and picked up a rod and handed it to Bill. "What's this?" Bill asked "It looks like an oversized flag pole." "That, Bill," Robert laughed, "is the fishing pole you'll need to catch your shark."
"Wow!" Bill said as he started to fall over, "I'm not sure I can handle something this big." "Wait till you see the fishing tackle you're going to need." Robert said as he pulled Bill into the next aisle. When they got in there Bills eyes almost popped out of his head, his mouth dropped open and he dropped the rod knocking over a big display.
As Bill's eyes slowly scanned the shelves in front of him he saw lures and hooks that were bigger than his tackle box. "How will I ever hook my worms on one of those?" Bill asked as he pointed to a lure. "Ah, Bill." Robert said as he shook his head, "We don't use worms, we use chickens." After a few minutes of silence, Bill said "Maybe this cruise trip isn't such a good idea."
"You know what will happen if we stay?" Robert reminded Bill, "Besides we already have the tickets and I can't wait to see the Bermuda Triangle." "Isn't that where all those weird things happen?" Bill said with some concern in his voice, "And things disappear?" he continued. "Don't worry" Robert tried to assure Bill, "That's only a myth. The only place I know of where weird things happen and things disappear is Harold's bedroom."
"I guess you're right," Bill sighed, "Maybe I'll just sit on deck and play shuffle board with all those old people." "Well, you better enjoy it." Robert said, "I worked hard to make sure we would be gone on this trip the same time Randy was planning on having us go on that mission trip to Puerto Rico. Doing mission work is the last thing I want to do."
"I don't really want to do mission work either." Bill said in agreement as he put the flag pole back where Robert found it. "I think the travel agent said we could use the cruise ship's fishing gear." Robert said to cheer Bill up, "Maybe I'll go for something bigger than a shark, like a whale." "I guess that might be fun." Bill said and started to smile, "Just as long as the whale doesn't swallow us."
The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.
Jonah 1:1-3 (NIV)
When we think of Jonah we almost always thing of how he ran away from a God given command and was swallowed by a whale. We may think that as a prophet of God he should have known better but do we ever think about how much we are just like him. Like Jonah, many of us would rather run the other way, come up with excuse, plug our ears, or pass things on to someone else than do what God would have us to do.
Like Jonah we have a commission to make God known, to share the good news of Jesus Christ to the world.
- Matthew 5:14-16 - You are the light of the world - like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. (NLT)
- Matthew 28:18-20 - Jesus told his disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and earth. Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and then teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you; and be sure of this--that I am with you always, even to the end of the world." (TLB)
- Mark 16:15 - Jesus said to his followers, "Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone. (NCV)
When we fail to heed God's commands like the ones above than we are nothing better than Jonah or...
- The fool - Matthew 7:26-27 - Everyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house, and it fell with a big crash. (NCV)
- The lazy Servant - Matthew 25:14-30 - Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last ... But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master's money ... But the master replied, 'You wicked and lazy servant! ... Then he ordered, 'Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver ... from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' (NLT)
Trying to escape God makes things worse. Jonah knew that God had a specific job for him, but he didn't want to do it. Tarshish could be one of any number of Phoenicia's western ports. Nineveh was toward the east. Jonah decided to go as far west as he could. When God gives us directions through his Word, sometimes we run in fear or in stubbornness, claiming that God is asking too much. It may have been fear, or anger at the wideness of God's mercy, that made Jonah run. But running got him into worse trouble. In the end, Jonah understood that it is best to do what God asks in the first place. But by then he had paid a costly price for running. It is far better to obey from the start. - (Handbook of Bible Application)
Here's Something to Ponder
- What is God wanting you to do?
- Will you respond as Jonah did?


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It's pretty much the perfect word for today.
February was a weird month: hot and cold and up and down and long and short and really just strange. The weather over the last few days, in fact, was record-setting cold. But this month began calm and clear and sunny, we broke 60 degrees for the first time in weeks, and I got a letter from my love. The temperatures are up, my spirits are up, and I have high hopes for March. I think I'm really just looking forward to April: a vacation, a visit from a beloved old friend or two, and the halfway point of this deployment? I'm definitely ready for all of that!
I took this picture in my front yard, looking straight up at the brilliant blue sky under one of my gorgeous palms. I think they're King Palms...they are gorgeous. Seeing them out my window while I listen to the parrots squawk and the waves pound against Sunset Cliffs makes me so ridiculously happy. I feel like I'm on vacation all year round.
I feel a lot more certain about the way things are going. I feel like I finally have good solid goals and a way to reach those goals. It makes me happy. It's amazing how wonderful life is when you have someone believing in you, y'know?


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Open House Details:
I had retired stamps, some crafts I made, cards for sale, raffles and a make and take card.
For food I had a Tastefully Simple (boy was that some good stuff)
Make and Take card
I had ten people come.
Even two to men( they said they come to shop I think it was more for the food) but they did shop
I had 3 Raffles of retired stuff. So for every $25.00 in sale you got a ticket to put in for one of the raffles.
We played a game called catalog Scavenger Hunt. My gals had fun playing the game.I had also had a retired stamp for the game. if you played the game you got to put your name in for the drawing.
Here are some photos for the even.
Tammy, Christine, Charlotte, Phyllis(mom)
Sherry, Linda, Lisa, Christine
Joe come to help Vinny shop.
Vinny and Tammy
Vinny come to shop
Tammy and Lisa doing there make and take card.
I had a great time and I think everyone that come did too.
I can not wait to start making more things with all the new Items .
The Winners of the Raffles
Tammy, Phyllis, Charlotte
Winner of the Game Raffle
Way to good Gals................
Thanks for choosing me to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!! Bonnie http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/bonniemountford


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One of the most controversial figures in the CFL in recent years is Mike Kelly, who coached the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 7-11 record in 2009 and then was fired after being charged with assault in an apparent domestic dispute. (Those charges were apparently dropped later in return for Kelly agreeing to take an anger-management course.) Kelly's record alone probably wouldn't have been enough to keep him so well-remembered, as there have been plenty of coaches who have done even worse (Bart Andrus, anyone?) , but his entire tenure in Winnipeg was marked by feuds with everyone from media to fans, as well as some bizarre rants. He's not really in a position to have a meaningful feud with media or fans at the moment, but the rants are back, and now they're in blog form.
To be fair to Kelly (pictured above right after his 2009 arrest), a lot of the stuff he's posted so far isn't all that wrong or controversial. Yes, leadership and taking responsibility is rather important, and there are some issues with all-volunteer boards running teams (that doesn't mean community ownership is bad, though; see how well the Riders have done with a volunteer board working with a full-time president, Jim Hopson). Yes, having people with optimism and vision is probably a good thing. It's his latest post that's jumped the shark, though, and not surprisingly, it's on the subject of the media.
Mike Kelly writing about the proper way to handle CFL media is about as logical as a salmon writing a guide to harvesting a field of grain. He doesn't have a lot of experience on the subject, and much of the experience he does have from the 2009 campaign was more of a lesson in what not to do than what to do. Most of his post talks about the media policy he tried to put in place in Winnipeg, which was an abject failure. He blames that on not being able to hire an experienced public relations director, and he couldn't be more wrong there. Public-relations staffers do have an important job, but the best PR staff in the world can't be expected to enforce a policy that widely deviates from league-wide norms and attempts to make it impossible for media to do their jobs. Kelly's proposed policy would have turned the Bombers from a relatively open organization to one of the most restrictive in all of professional sports, as you can see from the details he presents:
All requests will be made through our media relations department. No calls are permitted directly to the players or the assistant coaches without clearance through the media relations department.
The Head Coach is the primary spokesman for the team. Media will have access to the coaching staff but will have guidelines as to what subjects they are allowed to address....
Practices at training camp will be open to the media. Once the regular season begins, media will only be allowed to cover the first 15 minutes (individual period) of practice and then will be escorted from the practice area by a media relations representative.
Kelly goes on to mention that he tried to ban players from speaking to reporters by phone, and he then tried to make himself the only contact for media, but only made himself available for two hours each day. His policy was an abject failure, but not for the reasons he claims; it had very little to do with the lack of an experienced PR director, but rather never got far because of its inherently ridiculous nature. Much of what Kelly proposed goes beyond even NFL teams' notoriously difficult access guidelines, and it was never going to work in the looser structure of the CFL. It's understandable that Kelly didn't necessarily have a full understanding of how the CFL media structure worked, as he'd spent most of his coaching career in the NFL and NCAA ranks before coming to the Bombers, but his attempt to set himself up as the unitary authority in Winnipeg was doomed from the start.
What's clear from Kelly's post is that not only were his media policies flawed, they were based on a faulty understanding of the media's role in the CFL. That's an understanding he apparently continues to maintain, as demonstrated by his concluding remarks:
With the outstanding growth the CFL is experiencing in terms of viewership and an inter-active fan base, the league and each club will realize that controlling the message and providing limits to the media is the only viable path to defer distractions that ultimately affect the product on the field.
Game Day is for the fans and they are entitled to the best product available. For that to happen, the team needs a level of insulation to prepare in a way to give the fan the utmost for their entertainment dollar.
As is typical in his post, Kelly's conflating unrelated causes and effects. Of course the fans are entitled to the best product available on the field, but I find it awfully hard to believe that product's going to be damaged by the majority of media coverage. There are particular instances where this could happen, such as media revealing a particular trick play in advance, but that hasn't happened much at all and there are policies in place to make it unlikely it will. Most CFL media coverage isn't about the X's and O's, but rather the people involved, and the vast majority of pieces aren't going to have any negative impact on a team on game day. In fact, you could argue that a head coach working around the clock to keep players and assistant coaches from talking to the media and trying to handle all media inquiries himself has far more potential to damage the game-day product, as the time he spends trying to control the media could be more profitably devoted to watching film and planning strategies.
Moreover, Kelly (pictured at right executing a facepalm after a 39-17 defeat against Hamilton in November 2009) misunderstands the role of the media and the effect of clamping down on access. Sports media outlets aren't trying to put out information for its own sake; the goal is generally to provide information to the fans, so trying to shut down the media is not something to "give the fan the utmost for his entertainment dollar", but rather to deny fans as much access to the team's players, strategies and decision-making as possible. That's a particularly calamitous move in the CFL, a league whose popularity is directly related to the amount of information and access available to fans. Even the NFL recognizes the value of fans, media and information to an extent, so it's unclear why Kelly wanted to try and become more draconian than that league.
Kelly's take here is emblematic of a deeply flawed approach to media relations that some teams and leagues have tried, but generally not for long. His approach is the equivalent of rewriting histories to favour your side and chanting slogans such as "Freedom Is Slavery" and "Ignorance Is Strength", and unlike the world of 1984, a boot stamping on a human face forever doesn't work in the realm of sports media relations. Denying access doesn't stop the signal, it just makes it so your side of the story doesn't get out there. Plenty of great coverage can be done without official access, and that coverage tends by nature to be less favourable for teams, as their perspective isn't included.
The CFL generally recognizes the problems with trying to clamp down on the media, and the league's been very smart about providing a wide variety of access to media outlets. There are still issues, of course, but the current policies are far more positive for everyone than Kelly's dystopian vision of the future. Teams and the league get plenty of positive publicity, media get access and fans get lots of information about their teams. That approach has worked just fine for most of the CFL's current coaches, whereas Kelly's controlling policies resulted in several messy fights and a lot of bad publicity for the Bombers. It's not like they led to great on-field success either, as the team finished with a 7-11 record and missed the playoffs. Kelly's blog shows that he still doesn't particularly get the CFL or the role of the media, and thus, it's probably a good thing that he's a blogger instead of a CFL head coach these days.
Jessica Paré Leelee Sobieski Teri Hatcher Lauren Bush Natalie Zea


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Publication Details
Title:Seaward extension of the Fairweather fault
Authors:Carlson, P.R., Plafker, George, Bruns, T.R., and Levy, W.P.
Publication Date:1979
Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey
Ordering Info:USGS Publications Warehouse
Bibliographic Reference
Carlson, P.R., Plafker, George, Bruns, T.R., and Levy, W.P., 1979, Seaward extension of the Fairweather fault, in Johnson, K.M., and Williams, J.R., eds., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B135-B138.
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- This publication is part of a larger work. Please see C 804-B for more information.
Bedrock; Generalized; Geology; Marine Geology; Structural Geology; Structure


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Saturday, September 23, 2006
7 Comments:
- Andy Ramblings said...
Darn missed that one.. Anyone got a digital recording of it?
- Rachel said...
Hi Andy,
You can watch the programme by clicking on the link - they have it on the BBC site.
I thought Gordon Brown fluffed it. I don't think he'll be the next leader. A personal tragedy for him, but I couldn't see voters buying him. We'll see how he does in tomorrow's key speech
- joty said...
Havem't had a chance to catch it, this "view it again" is so good!
So Cherie is in trouble with her latest "Liar" comment see Guido Fawkes
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- Rachel said...
Joty, think your coment corrupted...do you want to ry again? It am eover as 'let me £$YE' was what she actually said
- said...
'let me £$YE'
Sorry Rach, interesting the computer translated Cherie as pounds, dollars and yen... ;)
"Let me by" was it how it should have read. She pissed on his parade.
Lets hope computer "say yes" this time.
- said...
Cherie made a joke about Prescott's affair "The Cabinet is like an Ikea cabinet - one dodgy screw and it falls apart." Love it!


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Toto (Sid Lucero) has but one dream - to go to America. So he's turning every rock to find the means to get there. But the American visa is a huge stumbling block. It doesn't help that the amiable hotel bellhop has very few treasures to show at the embassy. His checklist is a tall order: a rich family, a fat bank account and the steadfast resolve to hurdle every rejection. Now where can he acquire the aforementioned?
On the side, Toto peddles pirated DVDs and postures like Tom Cruise. He meets Eve Porter (LIza Dino), a fil-am guest in the hotel where he works, who accepts his marriage-for-convenience proposal, But it will cost him. Another guest, David (Blake Boyd), a gay businessman from Texas, becomes an unexpected mentor and friend. But even the best laid plans don't always turn the way we want them to.
John Paul Su's "Toto" is a comedy of manners, though this time it zeroes in on the working class. Many stories have been told about the much-vaunted American dream. Heck, even Cameron Mackintosh's "Miss Saigon" (recently screened in SM Cinemas nationwide) sang-and-danced for it. Bela Padilla's more recent "I America" was screened at the Cinemalaya with very similar story and setting, it even has Thou Reyes playing another gay friend named Whitney!
People dream for different reasons although most Filipinos do it for the opportunities they present. Economic and financial security are, after all, as basic a need as breathing air. Sid Lucero, in an Inquirer interview, mentioned that he dreams of just flipping burgers, feeding people and surfing - that's his piece of the American dream. I don't have an American dream. I may be as colonial in manner and sensibility, but my heart lies in this archipelagic mess. This takes me to the wayward ideation that getting to America is, by itself, a measure of success. Babaw huh. Filipinos should put a lid on this and readjust their criteria to something more substantial. Your stepping on American soil does not automatically make you the epitome of success, but a mere statistics of migration.
This exactly is the reason why I am hardly fond of movies with such themes. Opportunities are available right within our shores. You don't need to go to, say Hong Kong, earn P7,000 a month as a domestic helper, and call yourself an achiever, do you? Propagating the mystic of migration does a disservice to the talent of the Filipino. Despite all these, the diaspora continues.
"There is desperation all over, but one tendered with glee and enthusiasm.
"Toto" makes the journey to acquiring a visa more upbeat, and Sid Lucero does a great job depicting the resolute spirit of the Filipino dreamer. There is desperation all over, but one tendered with glee and enthusiasm. This is the Filipino's penchant for seeing the silver lining in the midst of misfortune and apathy. Doing Toto is like walking on thin ice because it is a crucial balancing act. Besides, Lucero once admitted that he isn't too crazy about slapstick comedy - or just comedy, in general. Thou Reyes is adorable as the protagonist's gay best friend who would rather go behind bars than see Toto fail. In some ways, he mirrors what true love is all about, i.e. that sacrifices are part of the package. Reyes is insightful, vulnerable and funny.
I saw this movie last year at the Indie section of the Metro Manila Film Festival. I wasn't over-the-moon then, but I wanted a second viewing this time so I could place it alongside "I America" which is one of the better outputs from this year's hundred-and-one film festivals. Both movies are a companion piece. Robin Padilla's "La Visa Loca" (2005) is a distant cousin. I may have readjusted my perceptions about it but I am of the opinion that stories like these should be given a rest. Make no mistake, Director John Paul Su's movie is well made, adequately paced, entertaining and has great performances all around. But the subject matter is a bit of a pickle.
In my book, getting an American visa is a mere procedure and doesn't deserve a parade. Or a whole movie for that matter. More importantly, stepping on American soil is not a measure of success, and shouldn't be celebrated as such.
|Toto, Tessa and Yam share more than friendship.


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And then, start brainstorming!
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In a grand ceremony of Republic day today, Indian Government is planning to reveal the secret of its cold blood and genes of unresponsiveness.
"Yea, there are inquiries from many countries which really want to understand India's great power of remaining cold on any attack. We are planning to reveal how we learnt not to react and how our bodies are flowing with cold blood," said Salman Khurshid to India Satire correspondent in an interview.
Recently, India kept its blood chill after one Indian was died in Pakistan just ahead of 4 days his release because Policemen beaten him with animal approach. India's strength of remaining cold was demonstrated not just this decade but before independence when India remained cool with British and at the time of separation with Pakistan. These genes of unresponsiveness were fairly used by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru against Pakistan and China who broke down Indian constituencies. This technique also used by Indira Gandhi who despite the defeat of Pakistan allowed remaining Kashmir in their territory. The same technique adopted by Atal Bihari Vajpayee with his Samjhauta rally. Now, the recent UPA government is also using the same cold blood genes to tackle issues like many terror attacks such as train blasts, 26/11 and killing of our soldiers and countrymen. The same example of cold blood India had shown with Chamel Singh, an Indian national, who was about to complete his five-year imprisonment on charges of espionage, has died in a Pakistani jail, amid reports that he was "mercilessly beaten" by prison staff two days before his death.
"We usually talk each other that at least India would take revenge this time. Oh no still it managed to keep its blood cold. Wow, such wonderful patience. We are really surprised to know how India manages to do such wonderful things," said Israel, Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Finally, after consistent persistence by all the countries in the World, India decided to reveal the secret of its blood. India will reveal the secret today in Delhi in a grand ceremony of Republic day where it allow world to collect its blood samples and further research them.
Salman Khurshid said "World is amazed that India is the most peaceful country with unresponsive nature. These kind of cold blooded breeds are found on deadly dead planets. However, to the matter of fact we kept it secret not to reveal it. We thought that our formula should not go in the hands of terror countries such as USA, Israel, China etc. which these countries may use to remain unresponsive to any peaceful terror attack. However, due to insistence of many other countries we finally decided to show the formula how we keep our blood cold despite the enemy might kill my neighbour's mother, wife, his children and all other people. Our blood is also design to meet the extreme situation criteria such as even the entire country is killed by Pakistani terrorists, their military or even their Police force we will keep our blood cold," said the External Affairs Minister.
Even many scientists are amazed with India's cold blood like characteristics.
"I don't understand how they can manage to remain cool despite serious attacks on country's sovereignty," said an Indian scientist requesting anonymity.
He said "These chilled politicians also manage to become rude, strict and hot blooded when their own countrymen gets angry. This attitude is really god gifted needed to be properly researched."


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Sept. 17, 1935-June 16, 2012
Hazel Addoria Easterlin of Goldsboro went to be with the Lord June 16, 2012.
She was born Sept. 17, 1935, in Goldsboro, the daughter of the late Carrie Dennis and Lloyd "Josh" Mitchell, and was the fourth of seven siblings.
Hazel is survived by her five children, Billie Rose Frazier of Goldsboro, Victoria S. Gilleland of Tucker, Ga., Kim Moses and her husband, Thomas Moses of Wilmington, Heather S. Preysz of her husband, Louis Preysz IV of Jacksonville, Fla., and Aubrey Easterlin III and his wife, Colleen Easterlin, of Denver, Colo.; her sister, Carolyn Menendez of Elizabethtown, Ky.; her brother, Douglas Mitchell of Pikeville; and her sisters-in-law, Jean and Nancy Mitchell of Goldsboro.
Known as "Granny Hazel" to her 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, she will always be loved and dearly missed.
Hazel requested that her ashes be scattered on the graves of her beloved parents at Patetown-Pelt Cemetery in Patetown, and that no formal service be held.
Professional, sympathetic and dignified service is entrusted to J.B. Rhodes Funeral Home and Cremations of Goldsboro Inc.
Published in Obituaries on June 19, 2012 1:49 PM


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And tonight, she absolutely outdid herself.
I have had this vision for Bradley's room. Courtesy of Pottery Barn, of course.
A GIANT map of the world hand painted onto the wall.
There was one problem with that plan, though. I am a TERRIBLE artist. As in awful. The worst. There is really no way to overstate it.
Laura Catherine, on the other hand, is gifted, gifted, gifted in this area. And tonight, she gave me a beautiful gift. A map of the world hand painted onto the wall.
We started out with a map projected on the wall.
Here, I will boast of my participation. I turned the projector on and Googled the map.
You are impressed. I know.
Then we traced out the map in chalk.
And from that, Laura Catherine gave me this.
A BEAUTIFUL map of the world, with my baby's home continent right in the middle.
After she left, I stood in Bradley's room almost in tears, thinking about the fact that he will be living here soon. Right here in this room. Thank you, Laura Catherine, for giving me a beautiful place to bring my son home to...soon.


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When I was a kid, I wrote before I could actually make words. I had an ongoing mail correspondence with my grandfather that started when I was probably three or four years old. I wrote him a lot of squiggles, and then he replied with his own squiggles. I spent a lot of time with paper and pencils and crayons. I wasn't always writing, but I was always creating. I was always telling stories. One time, I found myself very excited that my dad had just painted our long downstairs hallway white, and I just knew how proud of me he was going to be when he saw my masterpiece of large red and purple connected circles, a life-sized (well, toddler-sized) story I created just for our house as a surprise while he was watching TV. I clearly remember smiling from ear to ear as I gripped my most favorite and very fat crayons in my fist and did the biggest arm circles I could muster.
As is often the case with parents of artists, mine did not understand my artistic vision for our home, nor did they appreciate my bold storytelling on their walls.* My crayon license was suspended for what seemed like an eternity. My mom swears it was only a week. This, as I remember it, was the first rejection I received for my art. Definitely wasn't the last.
I didn't always know I'd be a writer, but I devoured books like it was my job as a kid (don't tell, but I once read a book at one of the few World Series games the Cleveland Indians made it into) and absorbed authors' stories like they were my own. I didn't always know I'd be a writer, but one time, in fifth grade, I wrote a Haiku about the color green that my teacher and parents thought was pretty great, so great that it still hangs near my old bedroom in a frame. and really, from then on, storytelling became something more than just my little diary and my fake radio programs where I interviewed myself as different characters and recorded them on cassettes with my little brown Sony tape recorder. I didn't recognize what a big piece of me writing was for a very long time because it was always a part of me. I always wrote, I just didn't recognize it as something different from, say, my nose or eye problems, because, like those things, writing was just always there.
Fast-forward to now, and I am finding myself in a state of complete and utter shock. I am ecstatic. I am overwhelmed with excitement and joy and cannot believe this is really happening to me. THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING TO ME RIGHT NOW. A few days ago, I received and accepted an offer for representation from an incredibly bright and talented literary agent, Sarah LaPolla, with Bradford Literary Agency, LLC for the novel I've been working on since 2008. That's six years of working on (and off) the same novel.
I submitted my manuscript to many agents three different times, received a lot of rejections, did a ton of revision multiple times without direction, and I even put the book away for months at a time. There were some moments when I'd revised so much that I couldn't even understand where I was in the text anymore--I felt like I couldn't understand the story any longer because I'd been so buried in all the changes and minutiae that I lost sight of the big picture.
When rejected and dejected, I told myself that it was okay, that not everyone's first book gets published first--and sometimes it doesn't get published at all. Some days I was pretty sure that I'd never get to see it in print, much less find an agent who would get it there. And last year, when I was a high school teacher, when I had no time to touch the manuscript at all, when all I wanted to do was fix the story in the way I was starting to understand that it needed to be fixed, it was then when I realized that I had to make this book my first. The story is just that important to me--and if you're following author Nova Ren Suma's blog posts lately (http://distraction99.com/2014/06/14/the-book-of-my-heart-imaginary-girls/ <--great stuff), I can confidently say that this book is the book of my heart.
When I announced to my students that I was leaving, telling them what I was leaving to do (work on my novel in the free time that my new job would afford me), I was overwhelmed by their responses. In one particular class when I announced my departure, the students groaned and complained and were generally unhappy (it wasn't easy for me either!), one student, who I even believe reads this blog, said something that I will never, ever forget. He spoke up, quieting his classmates bemoaning my new for a moment, and said something along the lines of, "Yeah, but, guys, she's a writer first, everything else second." And he was so right--regardless of my unpublished status, regardless of the fact that I'd written nothing besides lesson plans and some blog posts for an entire year, regardless of the fact that I didn't feel like I could even call myself a writer still, I was a writer first. I am a writer first. I've always been a writer first.
When I got the email to set up a phone call with my now-agent (I cannot believe I can say things like "my agent" now), I cried while I drove home from work--for the full hour of stop and go traffic. I cried because I hoped the phone call would be an offer for representation. I cried because it might not be, what if she just liked the book but was going to say "Eh, nevermind!" in the end? I cried because, more than anything, I really did believe it was going to be what it was--an offer for representation--and, more than that, because I was about to have a moment that would bring my dream to fruition, and, really, change everything for me. More than anything, though, I cried because I could not believe someone else thought this story is important, that the book should be read by more people than me and my parents, and that everything I'd worked toward for so long was about to start happening.
I tried to prepare myself, the night before the phone call, for every possible outcome of the situation, but I did not imagine how incredibly surreal it would be when the best possible outcomes occurred. I got the offer, I got incredible news about the state of the book, and had the shocking realization that it is entirely possible that my goal, the one of publishing (or, at least, having sold) a book before I'm 30 (in October), may actually happen. I don't have words for what this is like.
I am so excited to have been welcomed with open arms into the community of writers I've been a bit shy about trying to join before this week (oh, but I've been reading you all on Twitter for months--I'm @EmAeEmEn). I cannot wait to see my work in print--I have no idea what that is going to be like, except I am pretty sure that I will be a blubbering mess. I am so humbled to think that at some point, the whole point of writing this book for me--to send the message of "You are not alone" to readers who can relate to my characters--that it will actually mean something to more than just me finally.
Thanks for supporting, and thanks for reading. And a big welcome to anyone who is new here at willitmatterwhenimdead.com.
As always, I will now ask the question that I used to start this blog in hopes that it would kind of keep my random content connected and focused: What about getting an agent and seeing a big dream come true? Will that matter when I'm dead?
Hell. Yes.
*Just for clarification's sake: my parents are and have always been very supportive of my artistic endeavors. They didn't bat an eye when I decided to be an English major, and cheered me on when I went to get my MFA. They just didn't appreciate my choice of canvas as a child.


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The Louisville Cardinals opened up their Super Regional series with the Oklahoma State Cowboys and came away with a 9-0 shutout victory. The Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the first inning on three hits to get the partisan crowd in the game. Zack Pitts gave the Cardinals seven strong innings while giving up four hits and two walks. His record goes to 10-3 on the season. Oklahoma State starter pitcher Oliver Odle ( was lit up for five runs in 3+ innings of work and was lifted after Chris Dominguez hit an opposite field homer to lead off the fourth inning. Isiah Howes went 2-5 with 2 RBI to lead the Cardinals offense. Jordy Mercer was the only Cowboy with multiple hits in the game.
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I really enjoyed the Dream Team calls and want to share our intentions:
Ingrid: Keep a Gratitude journal/writing something down whenever I feel like it. See what comes into being.
Kim: Creating a visioning book or board with images and words.
Kristine: Effortless wealth/whatever I feel like doing will bring this.
Jeanne: Seeing myself as a speaker. The wise time-manager.Aaron: Fun, enjoyment space.
Ingrid Cheng, Holistic Health Club
Kim Selbert, Laughter Yoga
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Jeanne Kuntz, Wellness Coach
Aaron Ross, PebbleStorm: "Make money through enjoyment"
CEOFlow: "Liberate the life in your organization"


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Fortunately I'm sleeping well too, 8 hours a day is really important to keep me productive and in good mood. And I'm glad that I changed my biological clock from going to sleep around 11pm to 10pm, so I can get up around 6 and begin to work at 7am. I know that most of you are morning person and get up around 5 or 6, but this is not common among people I know here. Most of my friends or people I know go to sleep around 12pm or later, so I'm the weird girl who behaves like old lady. Before finding you guys, I wondered sometimes if I'm really weird, but now I'm 100% that we're the healthy group, we have nothing to shame of, we're the role model for the rest of young people. Don't you think? (well...maybe I'm over exaggerating..... it's just that I'm needing high self steam lately)
okay. Back to eats
Breakfast: back to my favorite oatmeal.
- 1/3 cup old wessex
- 1/3 cup almond breeze vanilla
- 1/2 banana
- 1/2 apple
- pinch of salt
- vanilla
- 1 tbsp flax meal
- 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
Dessert: ricotta cheese + pumpkin + cinnamon.By 5.30pm I was totally stupid, so I went to the gym to regain energy. Pre-workout snack was muffin with laughing cow and hummus. Plus argentinian two hearts chocolate.I jogged for 30 min on the treadmill (6 m/h) and 25 min elliptical machine while I read Self. My stat:
Duration: 55 min
Average Heart Rate: 149
Maximum: 202
Calories burned: 377
Dinner: Sauteed romaine lettuce with garlic, salt, sugar and canola oil. Also made a warm salad of cauliflower, mushroom and chickpeas, seasoned with 1/2 package of Goya and pepper. I had them with 1 cup of rice. oh.....I had some baby carrots with hummus as appetizer too.
It was a huge plate of food....I was really stuffed when I finished. But I always have room for dessert. My favorite fage with frozen strawberries.And now, while I'm blogging, I had another argentinian chocolate called Bon o Bon, a classic!
I think most of you are having great time with your family! (I'm so jealous!)
I wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving! I'm looking forward to read your post with delicious eats!!


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If you're missing the president's stop in Des Moines today, plenty of other events in the near future:
- House 73 candidate Dick Schwab is hosting an event Sunday 2-4 at the Timber Dome Lodge in the Solon Nature and Recreation Center. 25 bucks would be nice. Guests include several of the Democratic legislators who have represented greater metro Solon the past couple decades: John Patchett, Rich Varn, David Osterberg, Ro Foege and Nate Willems. Bob Dvorsky will be on his way to Charlotte as one of Johnson County's four Democratic national delegates. Spouse Sue, of course, is a superdelegate as state chair, as is Congresman Loebsack; Bob and Dennis Roseman were elected at the 2nd District convention.
- The who's who of local politics and labor will be at the annual Iowa City Federation of Labor picnic, starting at noon Monday at LOWER City Park (the last few years have been upper). Burgers, brats and beverages provided; bring a side dish. You'll get speeches, music and solidarity.
- The Republicans are doing stuff too. The Herman Cain train stops by the Ped Mall at 6 PM Wednesday. I missed Cain at caucus time so I may just have to see that.
- It's Democratic Convention Week, and the Dems are having a speech watch party Thursday night at a venue to be determined.
- And just a little further down the road is the Harkin Steak Fry on Sunday, September 16th from 1:00-4:00 in Indianola. 2016 alert: the speaker is Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.


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Yes, I do realise that I've made something similar before, but the best recipes are the ones you keep going back to. This twist to a classic ginger crunch, is my new favourite. You could even go wild and combine my other recipe with a twist, to create the ultimate hybrid. Here's the first with added stem ginger, for an extra ginger hit.
If you didn't know already I love citrus, especially limes and lemons. I also love coconut, and have coconut milk on my porridge every morning, but I especially love it in baking, like Anzac biscuits or adding it to granola. So paring, some of my two favourite things, with ginger is obviously going to be super tasty, and I won't lie, the inspiration behind the pairing of the lime and ginger, is from ginger mojito( recipe coming soon!!).The icing I did to taste, but this is a rough guide, it will depend on the size of your limes, and strength of your ginger will also alter, depending on the freshness. Feel free to double the base mixture, if you prefer it a bit thicker and a 1:1 ratio, I like a slightly thinner base than icing, as its a bit easier to eat. If making this in advance, leave the base in the oven for a few extra minutes, for it can really crisp up like a biscuit, as it will soften slightly when you put the icing on top.
for the base:
1 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 cup sugar
125g butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
for the icing:
150g butter
90g golden syrup
2 tbsp ground ginger
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
zest of 1 lime
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp ginger syrup
1. preheat the oven to 180c
2. for the base beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
3. add in the rest of the ingredients, and mix until evenly combined(it's a quite dry mixture)
4. press into a large tin, bake for 20 mins or until golden and firm to touch
5. leave to cool. meanwhile make the icing
6. melt the butter, both syrups and ginger until smooth, then add in the icing sugar and zest. add in the lime juice to taste. Adjust the lime and ginger to taste
7. pour over the base, and smooth to the edges.
8. sprinkle of extra lime zest if wished, and leave to set before slicing.


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Try this recipe for a snack mix with the tangy twist of ranch dressing. By adding nuts, you are getting protein along with the complex carbohydrates found in the pretzels, fish crackers and cereal. Eating a protein and carbohydrate together will make you feel full longer. Nuts offer a dose of heart healthy fat and by choosing whole grain fish crackers and wheat cereal, you are boosting the fiber content a little which will help you feel fuller faster. This is a great snack for kids to prepare by themselves or with just a little help from an adult.
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1 cup Wheat Chex cereal
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1 tablespoon canola oil
Combine crackers, pretzels, cereal and peanuts in a large bowl or bag. Drizzle oil over dry ingredients and stir to coat evenly. Sprinkle ranch dressing mix over the mix. Toss or shake well. Store in an airtight container.


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So originally this was going to be a post all about how much I love Peru, and to make you all drool with jealousy as I wax poetic about sandboarding in the Peruvian desert... but instead, I feel the need to share with you life's inexplicable drive to temper every amazing experience with a little bit of dog shit.
You see, it seems that, despite all appearances, my subletter has turned out to be batshit crazy.
Oh, and an alocholic and a drug addict to boot.
I received this mind-blowing news around midnight of my last night in Brazil--when I was slightly drunk from our last-night-out festivities--and proceeded to have a complete and total mental breakdown to which Slater was witness and caretaker. I am doing better with it now, but there is still a little part of me that is in shock.
Today I finally received a response to my two highly-apologetic emails to my landlord, first saying that she felt I intentionally mislead them about subletting (I didn't!!) and second detailing just some of the lunacy that has unfolded over the past several weeks, including:
- Crazy Fucking Subletter (CFL) wandering around the street barefoot and without underwear, completely disoriented and unaware of her surroundings, so that one of the landlords had to collect her and return her to the apartment, subsequently missing a day of work. At this point he noticed that the apartment was filthy and my poor kitty apparently not well-cared-for.
- CFL and friends on the roof, and CFL later being out on the fire escape knocking on windows of other apartments, discombobulated, while her friends were still in my apartment.
- Perhaps as a result of the above, or perhaps due to some other incident, the neighbors have called the police on CFL, so the cops have been in the building taking her of her.
I am somewhat terrified as to what, exactly, I am going to return to. Are my landlords going to kick me out for this? Has my apartment been completely trashed? Are things missing, broken, or stolen? Is my cat malnourished and miserable? These are all of the thoughts cycling in the back of my head as I am off on this great adventure. I am sitting here in one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, but part of my brain is back in New York, wondering what sort of shit storm awaits me when I get back, and wondering why it is that whenever something in my life is going so wonderfully, something else has to go straight down the shitter alongside it?


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There is honesty in grief.
If we are living with the death of a loved one, we honestly know the ache. We honestly know the pain. We honestly know that some days will be rough. We honestly know that some moments will be filled up with all the tears we can cry, because our loved one is gone. We want them back. We honestly do. We honestly miss them.
We LOVE them. We genuinely, wholeheartedly LOVE them, otherwise...the ache wouldn't run so deep...the sorrow wouldn't be so heavy.....if it weren't for the great LOVE, there would be no grief.
Both love and grief are why I find myself seven years later wanting my Momma to be here. For Mother's Day. For everyday. For any day.
Sometimes I want her here for my own sake. Other times for my husband and our son. For my Daddy, my sister, my nieces and nephew. For her siblings, her friends....but ALL the time, for the sake of LOVE.
My Momma's Momma passed away when I was in high school. I still remember Momma saying things like how she wished Grandma Haston could've been able to see me get married, how she wished she could've been here on so many occasions. I didn't fully understand the ache then...but oh how I get it now.
If we are honest, which I hope we try to be, we will never hide behind a faith that eclipses the sadness of death. Death stares us boldly in the face, reminding us that life is sacred. *ALL life is sacred, even in death.* Through the mucky, deep, incredible tears that we cry, death and grief remind us of the love that still exists...regardless of the death that has ripped us apart.
One day I was talking to some friends about grief, and the heartless things that are so often said. More often than not, these things are said in the name of "god". (Bless their hearts...my friends didn't know what they signed up for with everything that floats around in this head of mine! They are truly good friends, who allow a safe space for me...which is so important for all of us.) After talking about some of the things we've been told, or have heard being said towards others after losing their loved ones, my friend had a response that pretty much sums up what countless people I know have wanted to say, but just never could find the right words. She said something like this, "I would punch anyone in the throat who said that to me. Like God planned for the Holocaust? Or the Newtown Shooting? Or some poor little girl being kidnapped and murdered by some scuzzy man? If there is a God, he didn't plan any of that."
We have got to be careful with our words about God, because when it gets down to it, we are all just guessing. Perhaps in all of our vast and often misguided certainty, we can remember that when it comes to death...we don't have all knowledge and wisdom. And maybe, just maybe, this life isn't about obtaining all the answers, but learning to love ourselves and others. Maybe it's about joining in with those who hurt....I could be wrong. But I know of way too many instances in this life when the very being of God met with so many only after the absence of certainty and presence of grief had to meet.
We all say things that hurt people, we all make mistakes. We learn, and hopefully, do better the next time. There is grace, always. There is grace for when we hurt others, and when others hurt us.
But there needs to be some more honesty in our faith when we talk about being so certain on all the things of God. If we are ever brave enough to talk about this deep hurt, and somebody does use their god, faith, or bible, as a means to silence the grief we all know never really stops...then perhaps my friend's words of wisdom above are needed.
May we never, ever, use God as a crutch. May we never tell already hurting hearts bibly-ish things in order to explain their pain away. I believe with my whole heart that God is better than that. God meets us in our pain, and never tries to quiet our grief. It's not that God is bigger than our grief....God is just in our grief. Sometimes we can get so certain about having all the answers, making everything have some meaning, that we forget some things have no meaning. Sometimes in life, there is just hurt and grief. Maybe the only meaning in those times is to welcome the honesty of it all, that we don't have answers....but we acknowledge the heavy ache that death leaves us with. Grief reminds me, as well as so many others living with it, that sometimes there is not an answer, there is just hurting. Sometimes, there is only grief because we miss our brother or sister or mother or father or son or daughter or wife or husband.......and time won't take that away. I've found that time only reminds me of the absence she has left behind.
The deaths of our loved ones will always leave an absence that refuses to be replaced. Our lives were never meant to be replaceable!!! Each one of us bears the image of God, and each absence leaves an immense empty space in this world.
There will always be this great void in our hearts calling out to the loved ones we wish to have had more time with. Grief like that never goes away, we simply learn to go along with it. I do not think God expects us to find answers, replacements, lessons, reasons, or Bible verses to quiet the sorrow within. I dare say God loves life enough to understand our aches...and to understand our doubts, anger, questions, and sorrow.
*Life is sacred enough, and love is sacred enough, and God is sacred enough to let us grieve.*
I'm glad my Momma said so many things about missing her Momma. I'm glad she teared up when thinking of her. She unknowingly gave me permission to grieve out loud...and that has meant so much. I have never thought about that until this very moment of writing it out.
Whether it has been a day for you, or 47 years, I hope you know you are safe to grieve in a God that welcomes ALL of you. Whether it's Mother's Day, Father's Day, another holiday, or just any day that heightens the ache you have...may you know the ache is from the LOVE. God welcomes your doubts, anger, grief, frustration, tears, and questions, even the ones that will never be answered. Why would we ever expect less from the One we dare to call God??? If the god we follow can't handle all of us, then we need to find out what it is we're following.
Sweet one, you are not alone.
May you feel free to grieve the loved one you miss as you walk along the dirt of this big ol' place.
May you remember the deep ache you have is because of the deep LOVE you have. And Love will always win. Always.
***Love has no end, nor the grief that holds its hand.***
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Mother's Day and Throat Punchin'
There is honesty in grief.
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Not too early a start but I soon realised I had an appointment at the RSPCA animal home at 11 to deliver compost to Julia, who's doing a garden there. So I got 4 sacks of very mature compost plus a sack of leafmould, and cycled it round there. Julia was waiting for me and she took me to see where she's making raised beds, and showed me her compost bins which she's using to compost animal bedding. On the way out I asked the person in the office what they suggested I do with any squirrels I caught in my live trap. They said they wouldn't be able to accept them.
I didn't spend long there but as I left I noticed some clear plastic sacks of garden waste had been dumped in the undergrowth, so I emptied them out (it was all biodegradable) and took the sacks with me... they'll come in useful for something composty...
I cycled back towards town, and passed the Minster Vets in Salisbury Road, and decided to find out if they had a policy on squirrels. After some discussion, the answer was they would have to kill it or 'put it down' as this is euphemistically called, and charge me £24 for doing so. A very unsatisfactory situation. This issue of 'pest animals' is a real ethical dilemma for me. I think I need to write a note about ethical dilemmas.(now done!)
I came back via Country Fresh, and after lunch went to do a load of leafleting in the Tang Hall area.
In the evening I attended a 20s Plenty for York meeting at Anna's, and was glad to meet a York Press reporter who's keen to cover the campaign. I have a few actions against my name. Our main focus is to persuade people to fill in the consultation, despite it being very poorly worded. The information about the consultation is here, but a pdf of the YourCity is here, with the 20 mph consultation on page 4. The council also provide this information. I'm backing the 20's Plenty for 3 main reasons: lower speeds mean if there is a collision, there is a reduced likelihood of injury or death; reduced speeds mean less acceleration and braking, and therefore reduced fuel use; lower speeds mean quieter roads. Additionally, lower speeds may encourage people currently scared of cycling to get back on their bikes and cycle to work, school or the shops.
I came home via Country Fresh again and brought a broken pallet back. Not a lot of wood in it, but it would have ended up in a skip if I hadn't have brought it back. It will make good kindling.
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The Rise of Nyarlathotep
Samuel Paletta
an agent of the Bureau of Investigation; now deceased
Health: 9
Sanity: 9
Stability: 9
Investigative Abilities
Accounting: 1
Architecture: 1
*Assess Honesty: 2
Bargain: 1
Bureaucracy: 1
*Cop Talk: 3
Credit Rating: 4
*Evidence Collection: 2
Forensics: 1
*Interrogation: 2
Intimidation: 2
Language: 1 (English, Italian)
*Law: 2
Locksmith: 1
Outdoorsman: 1
Reassurance: 1
Streetwise: 1
General Abilities
*Athletics 10
*Driving 6
Filch 4
*Firearms 10
First Aid 7
Scuffling 4
*Sense Trouble 8
Shadowing 6
Stealth 5
Weapons 1
Drive: Duty
Pillars of Sanity:
Helping Those in Need
Moral Code
Colt 1911 .45 ACP pistol (on person)
Winchester 1912 12-gauge (stored in car)
Thompson M1921 submachine gun (stored in car)
Samuel Paletta, Italian father and Irish mother, was a year into Harvard Medical school when the United States joined the Great War. Unable to stand by with his country calling, he quit school and volunteered for the Army. Due to injuries sustained in May of 1918, he was sent back home where he returned to Harvard. However, having seen enough gruesome bodies, he did not return to medical school, but instead joined Harvard Law. Upon graduation he became licensed in New York, but instead of opening a practice or joining a firm, he was recruited into the Bureau of Investigation to help combat the growing power of the prohibition era mafia.
He met a tragic end while leading a raid into a cult suspected of a string of murders throughout New York.


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One of my favorite paintings ever, by Nancy Griffin. I'm lucky enough to have a husband that will occasionally splurge on artwork for my birthday :)
And she and I built this built-in bookcase. Yes, we already have way too many books for it. I'm trying to convince myself to get rid of some of them.
Papaya wall hanging :)
The scroll painting on the wall was a going away gift from some of our students in China.
Paris photos by Jessica Smit, a great friend and talented artist. Check out her paintings here.
We've done a lot of work on the house, but there are definitely things that still need updated, hopefully we will eventually get to them. I probably would have gone slightly more muted with some of the colors, but I have a husband that likes very bright colors, so they were a compromise. I picked the two very neutral colors out myself and they are maybe a little too boring so its probably good we have to compromise. :) And I think its obvious that the year we lived in China has definitely influenced our style, although I've always had an affinity for Asian things so maybe not. Also, as far as store items go, I have kept back a few of our auction finds that I just loved: a wood mid-century modern chair that now sits at Cory's synth (which doesn't appear in any of the photos), a cool old phone chair, and there is a floor lamp I'm considering that we haven't found a shade to fit yet. We also bought a very cool mid-century upholstered chair from Sandhills Sage to replace a chair in the living room that was in terrible shape. The basement still looks like a basement and the two tiny upstairs bedrooms still need a lot of work. Anyway, this is our house so far...


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Hello everyone! We're so excited to finally have a home on the internet for Hearts and Crafts. Its been a long time coming and we have lots of exciting things happening in the near future that we'll be sharing with you here.
Our next Hearts and Crafts market events are Sunday December 11th, 2011, and Sunday, February 5, 2012, both at Java's Cafe. The deadline to apply for these is rapidly approaching- check out the "Apply now" section for more information and a link to the application!
We'll be updating often with more information about other fun upcoming events, so keep checking back!


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