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After the visits around Christmas and New Year, it was back to normal in January. Normal plus whatever work had piled up on my desk while I was busy enjoying life with my family. Business finally picked up with more tourists in the streets and more bookings - needed after a near-disastrous beginning of the season. One day chased the other and suddenly we were in February.
January is a bit of a blur, I'm not sure I did anything, except working. I'll let you know if I think of something ;) February was quite eventful, though. I started off with tour leading our boat on a full charter with 23 Austrian divers. I won't go into details, but I'll just mention that I truly, honestly and completely deserved a cold beer when we returned with all guests and without causing permanent bodily harm to anyone J
My colleague, Bernie, had taken care of things in the office while I was on the boat, so unexpectedly there weren't any extra piles of work waiting for me. Luxury :D A week later Bernie and I decided unanimously and spontaneously that I should go on the boat one more trip. Two boat trips in one month, SWEET :D Office work isn't that boring with a boat trip here and there to remind me why I moved to the warm countries in the first place.
Last Saturday, we took 17 children from the Home & Life orphanage on a boat trip with fun, games, swimming and food. It was magic to see that many happy & smiling faces on the Oktavia! I am impressed that "my owners" made this possible – many people talk a lot and do very little. They immediately liked the idea and made it possible. Amazing :D
The orphanage is a beautiful place, a family home rather than an institution. Unfortunately, they don't get support from the government, so they rely on private funding, which makes life very difficult. We do whatever we can to raise awareness and get donations, so that this incredible place can keep running. A day on the Oktavia didn't get them any more food on their plates this month, but at least the kids (and adults) had a fun day out :D
Now it's time for the month-end closing and as usual I find myself digging out all sorts of things that have higher priority. Such as updating my blog ;) I'm about to book my flights for this summer – I'll be in Denmark mid-June to mid-August (ish). And I am seriously considering some major investments……….a vacuum cleaner (already decided) and a mountain bike. The vacuum cleaner makes sense – sweeping with a broom just doesn't do it for me. The mountain bike would be nice to have, but must admit that I wouldn't have much opportunity to use it in high season – and in low season a canoe would be more useful in the streets here :0
Enough said…it's back to work now……..take care lovely people


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Here's a film that's a different kind of war film. What did you feel about it? What did you feel about the characters, their situation, and how we should respond? What specific choices do you think made the film unique?
Archive for the 'English 208–2013' Category
hurt lockerDecember 6, 2013
the fountainNovember 22, 2013
Sometimes movies that try for serious philosophical messages fall short in terms of entertainment, and maybe in terms of the message too. At other times, they may be great. How did you feel about this one? What did you like or not like? Did it seem compelling, or was it too preachy and confusing?
Good Kurds, Bad KurdsNovember 13, 2013
What was your response to this documentary? What did you feel hit hardest in terms of both emotions and logic? One point about documentaries is the filmmaker usually wants to influence our behavior or thinking. What do you think Kevin McKiernan wants us to do or think in response to his film?
unforgivenOctober 25, 2013
Unforgiven seems like a simple film, but it's also a puzzle. Much of it shows all the stories of the Old West to be lies. But then Clint Eastwood's character, Will Munny, after saying he's done with killing and will honor his late wife's memory, kills a room full of people without getting scratched even though they all have guns. And we're left with the question of why his wife fell in love with someone who was a mass murderer. What are we supposed to think? Why would Eastwood (also the director and writer) give us these questions? What did you think of his character and of the movie?
"Five Friends" filmmakerOctober 16, 2013
What did you learn about this filmmaker and his film? Exactly what was the issue? Why did he think it was important? Did he show any clips? Overall, how did you react? What was good and bad about the evening?
the exquisite corpse projectOctober 8, 2013
Write a couple paragraphs telling what you thought of The Exquisite Corpse Project and the filmmakers who came to talk about it. Did you enjoy the movie and the evening? Did you enjoy the discussion? Did you discover anything new about filmmaking? Were there any additional questions you wanted to ask or have thought about asking since?
Miss RepresentationSeptember 24, 2013
Since this is a documentary, say what you think its arguments are, what techniques it used, how well you think they were used, and how you responded. Write two good paragraphs.

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Friday, 18 March 2011
Bristol Rock, St. Pauls Jammin'...
The year is 1980. Margaret Thatcher is at Number 10, youth unemployment is exploding and the sound of the inner cities is about to change British music forever. As an uplifting bassline emerges from a nightmare cacophony of police sirens and smashing windows, an accusatory voice calls "OK, Babylon… who pay your earning to set Bristol burning?" The song is 'Riot' by 3D Production. You probably haven't heard it yet, but you should. 'The Bristol Reggae Explosion' is an eye-opening release from Bristol Archive Records, charting the city's overlooked contribution to reggae. From the authentic roots style of Joshua Moses to the dub stew of Restriction, this largely forgotten music stands up with the best of British reggae – bands like Steel Pulse, Aswad and Misty In Roots. "Before Massive Attack and Portishead, the M4 might as well have been on Mars," says Dubmart's Martin Langford, who wrote the sleevenotes. "The people on this compilation didn't reap the rewards." Ironically, their rare recordings are now in such worldwide demand that "a nice copy of the Joshua Moses 12" will set you back £100". In most cases, this is the first time these songs have been released since their initial small runs on vinyl. The album opens with 'Bristol Rock', a 1981 masterpiece by Black Roots. Inspired by the grave of Scipio Africanus at Henbury, it relates the experience of black Britons to that of a West African youth who died in captivity 250 years earlier. Haunting and provocative, it can't have been far from John Peel's mind when he said: "If anyone tells you that there is no such thing as good British reggae, first tell them they're a herbert, and then listen to Black Roots."
"We came from Jamaica at a young age," remembers Jabulani Ngozi, the band's rhythm guitarist. "We went through the school system in Bristol. We tried to get work, but work was not easy to get." The band grew out of a soundsystem that played unlicensed 'blues' parties in St Pauls, and the community's support was crucial. "Without it we would never have made our first single," says Jabulani. 'Bristol Rock' was funded by proceeds from their first concert, attended by 1,200 local people.
Black Roots applied reggae's language of struggle to Thatcher's Britain. "Everything was going against the mass of the people," Jabulani says. "We wanted to rise up against all of that. The music was there to ease that depression away." By 1981 they were playing to 2,500 people, supporting John Holt at Hammersmith Palais, and they went on to record 10 albums and numerous sessions for Radio 1 without ever signing a deal. "EMI had an interest in us at one time, but they wanted us to go a certain way. They wanted us to make the lyrics a little more conservative." While their uncompromising attitude limited their success, it didn't stop them becoming a live sensation. They played with everyone from Jamaican stars like Eek-A-Mouse and Toots & The Maytals to homegrown icons like Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Their challengers for Bristol's reggae crown were Talisman, a band from Easton. While both groups were big draws on the student circuit, they never played together, and there was a bit more to their relationship than professional rivalry. "It never came to fisticuffs, but there was definitely an extended vibes," says Bekele, Talisman's frontman. Archive Records' Mike Darby has described 'The Bristol Reggae Explosion' as "a personal crusade to get Black Roots and Talisman on the same record".
With influences from rock and African pop, Talisman had a wide-ranging appeal, but they didn't pull their punches. Their classic 'Dole Age' describes Margaret Thatcher as "a criminal" who "dig out me belly and cut out me tongue". Talisman were a multi-ethnic group at a time when – in Martin Langford's words – "reggae was seen as an fundamental part of West Indian culture. I'd be looking through the reggae section in a record shop, and black kids would say 'you shouldn't be looking at that', but it cuts both ways. My African friends would get spat at in the street just because they were black."
Bekele agrees. "The thing back then was 'white boys can't play reggae'," he recalls, "so for us to have two white band members, that was unusual. There were very few white boys who could mix with a reggae band, or go to blues." The mix worked in their favour, though, combining with their hypnotic live sound to bring in a varied crowd. Soon they were playing with bands like The Clash and Killing Joke. "The punk crowd identified with our philosophy," says Bekele. The band's crossover success peaked with a support slot for The Rolling Stones at Ashton Gate – "our one and only stadium gig" – but Talisman's success as a live band didn't translate into big sales. "We didn't think about the business side – we just saw the audiences and wanted to play to them."
By the late 80s, live reggae was in decline, and bands like Black Roots and Talisman began to wind down. The new digital dancehall style drew Jamaicans away, while Britain was transformed by a crumbling of cultural barriers. "Reggae defeated itself by infecting everything else," says Martin Langford. "Hip-hop, house, jungle, garage… black youths had a new British identity, and they started creating music to reflect that." Bristol's music was particularly transformed by the rhythms and dynamics of reggae. As half of Smith & Mighty, Restriction's guitarist Rob Smith went on to be an architect of the 'Bristol Sound', while Talisman have reportedly been cited as an influence by Massive Attack.
It's hard not to see 'The Bristol Reggae Explosion' as a timely release. "I don't know what other forces are at work," says Bekele, "but the Conservatives are back in power and their policies are throwing up unemployment again." Talisman have reformed, and are playing The Fleece on Fri 27 May to celebrate the release of their 'Dole Age' retrospective (review coming soon – it's great). Meanwhile, 2010 saw Black Roots play their first gigs in 20 years, culminating in an emotional homecoming at Trinity. "We seen a lot of old faces," says Jabulani, "still running and jumping and singing along like we hadn't gone anywhere." He's writing songs again, and hopes to have a Black Roots album out by the end of the year. The message from both bands is clear – if people want them, they'll play. As Jabulani puts it, "music is what we do, man. To uplift other human beings, to show them what life should be."
This article originally appeared in Venue magazine. The Bristol Reggae Explosion 1978 - 1983 is out now on Bristol Archive Records.
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Labels: Blood Red Sounds, Bristol Sound, History, Reggae / Dub
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Mugstar / Thought Forms / Vertical Slum @ The Louisiana, Bristol, Friday 4th February
Tonight's three band art-rock pile-up arrives courtesy of Rocket Recordings. Vertical Slum's Ian Green spatters volatile, Byrds-gone-garage guitar work over vacuum-tight rhythms in the style of Hendrix and The MC5. If Green's singing packed the punch of his guitar playing, they'd be something else.
Superficially, Thought Forms recall My Bloody Valentine, but where that group used sensory derangement to connect with the world of dreams, the Bristol trio seem to be using it to invoke the spirits. Their stomp-box sorcery, ritualistic drum patterns and sparingly used female vocals bring to mind everything from North African desert music to the cosmic rock of Acid Mothers Temple. They could easily be Bristol's best shoegazers, but they're at their most thrilling when they kick off the footwear and wade into the deep.
Psychedelia of a groovier kind, Liverpool's Mugstar were John Peel's last great discovery, and they remain the best kept secret in British rock. Tonight they're devastating – vintage psych guitar lines and whacked out Radiophonic synths probing deep into the universe; bass and drums locked in relentless forward motion. Irresistibly weird, yet fiendishly danceable –Mugstar are the house band at the end of the world.
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Labels: Blood Red Sounds, Live music, psychedelia, Rock
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A friend offered to let me take some photo's of her granddaughter a few weeks ago to use for reference photos. I think we spent most of the time searching for butterflies as she was fascinated by them. I did take over 100 photos though so have plenty of material to work from. This is the first of several paintings I will be doing over the coming months and is being painted for the family. I still have a long way to go before it's done but that moment when an adorable face like hers appears on the paper was I thought worth a post here.
Any guesses what she might be looking at?


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Ruth Todd Biographical Material:
- The memorial volume on the life and work of Joseph Cushman was organized and edited by Ruth Todd. Published by Cushman Laboratory after his death, it includes chapters written by Ruth Todd, Alice Cushman and John Reeside, among others.
- Great Names in Micropaleontology, a book chapter written by Ruth Todd on the contributions of Joseph Cushman (in Foraminifera, Part 2, Academic Press).
- An unpublished biographical sketch of Joseph Cushman written by Ruth Todd and submitted to Karl Gelpke of Sharon, Massachusetts.
- Joseph A. Cushman and the Study of Foraminifera was written by Ruth Todd as a chapter of the Geological Society of America's Centennial Special Volume 1. Used with permission from The Geological Society of America.
- Ruth Todd compiled biographical notes for a Joseph Cushman biography. These are her year summaries beginning in 1929 and continuing until his death in 1949.
Ruth Todd audio clips
Ruth Todd describes her arrival at the Sharon MA lab to begin her work with Dr. Cushman
Ruth Todd talks about Cushman fishing in Randolph NH and his work with genealogies
Other Biographical Material:
- A biographical entry written by Joseph Cushman for his 1928 Harvard Class Notes.
- James Waters' memorial of Joseph Cushman published in The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1949. (J. A. Waters, 1949. Joseph Augustine Cushman, 1881–1949. Memorial published in The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Volume 33, Number 9, p. 1457–1468. AAPG ©1949. Reprinted by permission of the AAPG whose permission is required for further use.)
- Lloyd Henbest's memorial and biography of Joseph Cushman published in the proceedings volume of the Geological Society of America's annual report for 1951. Used with permission from The Geological Society of America.
- Cushman Foundation Special Publication on the history of micropaleontology and Joseph Cushman's contributions to foraminiferal research.
- Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Sharon Lab clipping
- Tracing Yoshiaki Ozawa's Experience from Foreign Study and Travel : A Review of Personal Correspondence and Other Auxiliary Material in the Cushman Collection of Foraminifera. Also: Supplementary Material.
- Visit the Cushman Foundation's website
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
- A 1941 notice from the Bridgewater Historical Society reporting Cushman's donation of a powder horn and rifle to the Society.
- A Boston Herald newspaper clipping reporting the honorary degree Cushman received from Harvard, 1937.
- A Boston Globe 1936 clipping reporting the election of Joseph Cushman to the position of President of the Paleontological Society of America.
- A family memory book page with an unattributed newspaper clipping reporting Joseph Cushman's death in 1949.


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1907, 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003.
1pm to 3pm (13:00 to 14:59)
Unlucky for:
* signing contracts
* agreeing to proposals
* taking risks
* scheduling engagements
methodical, orderly, conservative, successful, realistic, balance and harmony, patience, research, the host, home-loving, control, controlling, planning, social, attention to detail.
fussy, self-centred, dependent, insecure, indulgent.
Rabbits and Pigs
Oxen and Dogs
Rams are the realists of the Chinese Zodiac.
Rams like for everything to be in its proper place, and are very orderly creatures. They are overly methodical in everything they undertake, and plan things down to the final detail.
Rams fear failure above all else. Being realists, the Ram sets themselves achievable targets and goals and find recurring success. No over-ambitions for the Ram.
Rams like for things to run smoothly, and will move mountains to ensure the equilibrium for themselves, their family and friends. To this end, Rams can be interfering and at times, meddling.
Rams can come across as a little dull and un-spontaneous.
Rams make excellent secretaries and personal assistants, as they take note of the finer details.
Those born under the sign of the Ram are often masters of the waiting game and bide their time and patience, until they consider the time is ripe to strike.
They are meticulous in all that they do.
In matters of the heart, Rams form happy relationships with other Rams (who 'get it') and with Horses. Oxen are not compatible at all in the long-term and Rats are too quick for the Ram.
The Ram is a home-loving creature who loves nothing more than playing host in their well-furnished homes. Not only do they enjoy the company of others, but they also like to display the homes they've made for themselves.
Rams make wonderful friends, but can be initially cautious and wary.


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A bloody coup attempt by a large number of soldiers, including high-ranking generals was quashed by the security forces on July 16 as thousands of civilians hit the streets across the country against the rebel soldiers in a night that put a black mark on Turkish democracy.
Only Chief of General Gen. Staff Hulusi Akar was saved among the top commanders held hostage by the Gülenist coup attempters, as whereabouts of others remained unknown, said deputy Chief of Staff Ümit Dündar on July 16.
The air force's command, the gendarmerie command and some units from the armored forces took part in the coup attempt, he said, adding that it was quashed.
As coup attempters lost almost all key governmental, military and private buildings they occupied as of July 16, Turkey's top soldier Gen. Hulusi Akar, who was taken hostage by the coup attempters at the General Staff headquarters in Ankara with other leading commanders, was freed at the Akıncılar Air Base through an operation.
However, six of a group of around 5,000 civilians, who tried to enter the base in a reaction to the coup, were killed by the rebel soldiers.
Akıncılar was apparently was the base that plotters used as one of their centers to command.


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The best month so far!!
Transfer £200
Bank £56.13
Wallet £8.00
Change £41.18
Total £305.31
Whoop whoop!!!
I also did well on eBay this month as I sold my stereo and speakers, wardrobe and one of my display cabinets along with a lot of the items that were in it!!
Percentage breakdown
Treats - 15%
Groceries - 6%
Takeaway - 6%
Clothes - less than 1%
Savings - 15%
Bills - 55%
Charity - 2%
Misc - less than 1%
So again my treats and my savings were the same percentage which I'm quite happy with.
Treats this time included a hen do, nails, birthday do, book launch, angel card reading and lunch, Mothers day lunch and I've booked a ticket for a gig at Hyde Park and a hotel to go with it!! It's called Hit Factory Live and promises to be an 80's music fest - Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Rick Astley. They have also said that a duet will be performed that hasn't been heard live in 23 years and the money is on it being Jason & Kylie!!!
So there goes another month. No interest in my flat so it's still on the market...


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Monday, November 17, 2008
Is Bobby Jenks Worth Fernando Martinez?
Today, Newsday had an article about the Mets interest in closers and cited that Omar Minaya is shying away from K-Rod and liking Bobby Jenks instead. Omar, you sly negotiator you. Is this a little ploy to get K-Rod's bid down to a more reasonable level?
I like Bobby Jenks and think he would be a worthwhile closer for the ballclub. The problem is Jenks requires a trade where K-Rod is a free agent. The word is that Jenks would cost a couple of young prospects, including Fernando Martinez.
So is Jenks worth giving up FMart? I don't think so.
With other options out there in free agency or that can be bought for less, I think the Mets are better off going for KRod or Fuentes in free agency than giving away FMart. Save him for when we need a really big deal, like trading for Matt Holliday in July 2009.
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Fernando for Jenks? I'd pass, event though I think Jenks is probably a better bet than any of the free agent guys. If he's going to do a deal for Jenks, he should offer lesser prospects and offer to take on Vasquez's contract.
Looking at the free agent names the Mets have been linked to thus far (just about every pitcher plus Raul Ibanez), I'd say Omar's plan is for Fernando to be the leftfielder in 2010.
For 2009, if Omar can't move Castillo, Murphy will stay in left (possibly with a platoon partner) and he'll move to first in 2010 when Delgado goes. If Castillo goes, Murphy plays second and Omar signs Ibanez or some other second tier guy to play left until Fernando is ready. Either way, it sets them up to make a play for Holliday as a free agent after next year if Fernando doesn't pan out or they dump Church.
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Collaton St Mary Village
Collaton St Mary village lies a couple of miles West of Paignton, Devon, in the South-West of England. The village sits on either side of the main road between Paignton and Totnes and you can find it on this Google® map, or see a great aerial photo from Bing®.
Collaton St Mary has a long history and boasts a fine church, and an active local community.
Adjacent to the church is the Parish Rooms building, shared by the community and forming a permanent home for Collaton St Mary Pre-school and a number of local clubs, societies and classes. The building is available for hire for a variety of different kinds of event. Opposite the Parish Rooms and Church is Collaton St Mary Primary School. The original school building was converted to a domestic dwelling in 2001, with a new school building now located on the former school field.
Centenary Weekend: 22 & 23 September 2012
So many memories were recalled at the weekend during the Open Day on Saturday 22nd September, and Cream Tea which followed a Centenary Celebration Service in Collaton St Mary Parish Church on Sunday 23rd.
Amongst the many community events, stage shows, the Social Club, Skittle Team, Horticultural Shows, Whist Drives, wedding receptions, family parties, children parties and school days, all were recalled with laughter and tears!
Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning
Collaton St Mary Playgroup organised a coffee morning in the Parish Hall to join in with the nationwide event to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Care.
Roof Fund-raising: New Roof Completed in May 2011
Having provided the community of Collaton St Mary with a functional village hall for nearly 100 years, a re-roofing project was desperately needed to ensure that the building could remain open, and safely continue to provide facilities for the Playgroup, Toddler Group and various recreational, educational, health and fitness, horticultural and community programmes for ages 0 – 90 years, in addition to private receptions and parties, and still remain in the heart of the village.


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My choice was a variety of Log Cabin in red, white and blue. The instructions for making this top follow.
Log Cabin Medallion:
1 piece 2-1/2"
1 piece 3-1/2"
1 piece 5-1/2"
1 piece 6-1/2"
Of various blue and red print fabrics, cut 2-1/2" strips. Subcut these strips into pieces that are 3-1/2" and 5-1/2".
To assemble the mini-block, sew a 2-1/2" background piece to the 2-1/2" center block.
Working counter-clockwise around the block, next sew a 3-1/2" background strip to the first 2 pieces.
Then, alternating red and blue, add a 3-1/2" strip, then a 5-1/2" strip.
Still working counter-clockwise, attach a 5-1/2" background strip.
Last, add the final strip, a 6-1/2" background strip. The photo on the right shows the progression of the block as each piece is added.
Your mini-block is complete, as shown in the photo on the left. Four mini-blocks, set with the red and blue fabrics to the center and the background fabrics on the outside edges, comprise one complete block, 12-1/2" unfinished.
The pieces can be chain-sewn, and when the four mini-blocks are completed, I squared them up with my 12-1/2" square ruler on a rotary cutting mat. The rotary mat isn't a necessity, but it certainly saves moving the block to trim it. The photo below shows the finished 12-1/2" block. I like the way the center looks as if the fabrics are woven. The four squares of the dark blue fabric seems to form a "square" in the back of the block.
These quilts can be bed sized or simply a good size for snuggling under. I will probably bind it in the navy blue fabric of the centers. I plan to do some machine quilting on the top... some stitch in the ditch, and perhaps another design of some sort on the blocks and/or on the background fabric. I'm still learning to do free motion quilting, and I my attempts are definitely not very professional yet. Another photo of the finished flimsy is shown below.
The quilts are to be presented in a coordinating tote bag or pillow case. I will make a pillow case, but haven't yet decided on the fabrics I will use.
I made quilts for all of my children and grandchildren for Christmas gifts. Only Griffin chose not to get one, but opted for lounge pants and slippers instead. I had made him a Storm at Sea quilt some years ago, and I made some pillowcases to match in an Orca whale pattern.
To the right is a photo of my Minnesota grandchildren and their mother, with their Christmas quilts. Notice how 4-year old Charlotte has hers proudly spread out so that the whole quilt is visible. My son is absent from the photo, as he was the photographer! Charlotte's quilt is another log cabin variation, made entirely of scraps (except for the borders) from other quilting projects. My son said she giggled when she opened it, loving the kittens playing on the border. Quentin's Cars 9-patch is shown in an earlier blog, as are Ava's and their parents' quilts.
I will make another Quilt of Valor, perhaps something with a 5" charm in the pattern. I am thinking it may be a variation on a Rail Fence block. I will take photos and do a tutorial on that, also.
Today I made some microwave bowl potholders, too. They are the neatest things! And so handy... I'll do a tutorial on my blog on those soon. In the meantime, I hope you are staying warm and that your dreams are colored with crocuses and daffodils. It won't be long before they appear... unless you are living in the frigid northlands!


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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Soda Bread
One of my favourite spring memories is soda bread.
Every year, my mom made Irish soda bread for St. Patrick's Day. Again, Mom is not Irish. Not a drop of Irish - or any Island Mutt - blood in her. But man can she make a St. Patrick's Day feast. I always looked forward to coming home from school to the delicious smells of our kitchen, but certain days were always better than others - and coming home to the scent of freshly baked soda bread, heavy with raisins and caraway? That was the BEST.
I don't have mom's soda bread recipe, which is a lapse that sorely needs to be corrected. So every year, I try to ninja up a version that comes close to replicating the delicious smell of the kitchen of my youth on March 17. This year, I think I came pretty close. The crumb isn't as dense and fine as Mom's, and the bread isn't quite as sweet, but it's a pretty darn good, flavourful, crumbly soda bread, and it was easy as pie to make.
Irish Soda Bread
Serves 4 or so
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup beer (I used more of the Mysterious 40 from the New England Boiled Dinner)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups AP flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1. Dump the raisins in a bowl or cup and cover with the beer. Let soak overnight. If you don't have time for that, 30 minutes will do, but overnight is much better.
2. Heat the oven to 375F
3. Add the vinegar to the milk and stir vigorously. Let it sit while you continue on.
4. Mix together the dry ingredients except for the caraway in a large bowl. Cut in the butter (this is easiest if you cut up the butter into chunks first) with either a pastry cutter, two forks, or your fingers. You're done cutting in the butter when the mixture looks like large crumbs.
5. Drain the raisins. Stir the drained raisins, the caraway seeds, and the milk and vinegar mixture (this will look awful and curdled most of the time. Don't worry about it) into the dry ingredients just until everything comes together into a sticky dough.
6. Shape the dough into a round loaf and place on a greased (or parchment-lined. Or silicone-lined) sheet pan. Slash the top of the dough in an X pattern.
7. Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean and the bread is golden. Cool for 30 minutes before slicing in - if you can resist the delicious smell that long.
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Iran just fired 17 missiles which will be capable of striking US bases in the Gulf, and Israel, with nuclear bombs when Iran has the bombs. There is little that the Red Rascal or Duke can do, any more than when J.R. Ewing on Dallas plotted to bomb Saudi oil fields to raise the price of oil.
Learning to weld in high school shop was the only part of education that earned me a nickel. But college made me the sophisticated gentleman I am today. And 18 years after high school, a BA gave me a career; nothing to do with welding.
Congresswoman Lacey Davenport has been appearing on the FLASHBACKS page recently -- in the 25 Years Ago storyline. I must say how very much I miss her. She was a wonderful character, and there has been no one to take her role.
Re. WHY GO TO COLLEGE? The problem is that when I went to an Ivy League school, they didn't have any classes in critical thinking or logical analysis. I did take a very good English class that focused on composing essays. But as for the rest of it, it's something that you're simply expected to absorb via osmosis as you go through school. If these are the true things we go to school, then perhaps the curriculum should be redesigned to focus on them more directly.
Why go to college instead of Googling? Why learn to play an instrument when you can play a CD -- so you can actually participate in life!
"Thou shalt make no machine in the likeness of the mind of man." Dune, by Frank Herbert. Now, more than ever.
"Why go to college?" Just Google "What does it mean to be a student."
Why go to college? To learn to think critically, to analyze and to compose logical arguments and to write a cohesive essay. Facts (all the facts) are necessary as evidence and to falsify hypotheses. Multiple choice exams have difficulty testing these, although written answers on tests can test these. There are ways around the problem of stealing term papers from the web. Inability to write well is due to the public schools, but these are grossly underfunded and overchallenged.
Re: DOWNSIDES. Suffered enough? Methinks not. To be such a knucklehead the only limit to his suffering is when the next knucklehead gets caught. It probably will just be another couple weeks.
Re. the Chester strip on Sunday: "I quit my job, sold my house, gave away my stuff..." Jesus asked his followers to do the same thing.
Today's strip is a keeper! Tammy's face in panel three is comedy gold.
Wow, Roland, my man, ease up on the sexual harassment. I would be willing to bet that just discussing your underwear is now listed on the no text policy, along with the strict "no genitalia discussion with a coworker policy" detailed in the employee manual. I know it's disappointing. You have your fan base, but if you are sued into brand-ruining infamy, people just won't understand your intent.
I applaud almost all of your story lines, but I think the Congressman has suffered enough without your prolonging the agony about online photos. We all have our downsides.
The latest round of rapture mania has become the perfect setup, turning Zonk's cliched one liner into the perfect punchline for the whole sorry episode. Brilliant!
IRREPARABLE HARM offers a paraphrase. Here's what Adams wrote: "I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain." That's the natural progression of elite families and wealthy societies. Unfortunately for the sophisticated grandkids, there's always some other individual or society just starting out at the "war and politics" phase, or its economic equivalent.
Chester's experience in Sunday's strip echoes a major event in 19th Century religious history. In upstate New York, a popular preacher named William Miller predicted the Second Coming would happen in 1844. His followers (in many places in North America) sold their homes, farms, and possessions and waited for the event. When it didn't happen, some went off to other sects while others stayed by Miller, assuming he just had his math wrong. Church historians have called the aftermath of Miller's prediction "the Great Disappointment."
Re: BOTH WAYS. The suicide rate among veterans speaks to the irreparable harm being done to our servicemembers, our children. I offer another quote on war and chiildren: "Let us study debate and detente, so our children may study industry and agriculture, so our children's children may study music and the arts." To me the most scary part of our current war is that we are at war with a 'nation' that seems to teach their children, "Our anger, our revenge and our wars are for generations."
I wonder what would happen if Melissa had Ray for a first sergeant. The possibilities are endless and mostly good.
If Chester was so sure he was going to be Raptured, I wonder why he sold his house. It's not as though he'd actually have been able to "do" anything with the money in Heaven...
Chester! Some folks would consider having quit your job, given away all your stuff, and having to live in your car (a Mercedes no less), as actually having been raptured up to heaven.


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Last week was tough. It was the first week of the semester and the new students all wanted library cards at the same time. We noticed a definite increase in the number of requests, so we were busy. I also had to pick up seven boxes with journals from a faculty library and shelve them at the new storage. There are five faculty libraries that will merge into one and they are now hard at work trying to reduce their collections. If we have the first 20 years of a specific journal and they have additional volumes, they donate their part to us. They will also give us large sets of journals later, so the new storage will soon be full.
I spent the weekend at home, mainly because of the bad weather. It's cold and windy. It happens to snow today, but I guess it will be gone again by tomorrow. In the far north of Sweden it's a little colder than here, they have had down to 42 centigrades below zero. The record is around 52, I think. Not pleasant.
My new laptop was finally installed properly and that was a lengthy process. I handed it over to the technicians at work, so they helped me get some programs installed. Since I work at a university, I'm allowed to use work-related programs also at home. However, getting them to function was not easy and it required a lot of problem solving by the technician. I'm grateful for this, because I have not enough knowledge to deal with these issues.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Bolinas, CA
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beach romp
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taking in a little culture
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
My investigator skills tell me that my moms are abandoning me this weekend. I was upset for a minute then I remembered that my uncles spoil me rotten. See ya moms.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Mazey the Airedale
I met Mazey, a new airedale at the park last week, isn't she cute.
P.S. My moms will be out of town on an airplane for the weekend and since I am not allowed to fly first class or any class for that matter (there has to be something we can do about this atrocity) I will be staying with my uncles.They are good about posting a lot to keep my Mommas informed about me while they are away so stay tuned. Love,Neko
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Weekly Summary
I know I have been out of touch and of course it's all Mom's fault. She says work has been busy. Enough with the excuses Mom. I thought I would post a variety of photos taken throughout the week in the rare moments that I wasn't being neglected. First you see me all ready in the car to go to the park to see my friend Hank and play in the mud, then me and Mom cold chillin' on the couch.Oh and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO THE Thuglets for the award, I am so glad Cora is feeling better. All of the blogging Dogs make my everyday. Love,Neko
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Saturday, January 5, 2008
Puddle Dip
It's all about the puddles these days. We are getting much needed rain in California and this pup is in mud heaven.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Bulb with Beeker
Yesterday my Moms and I went to the Albany Bulb with my friend Beeker and his Mom. I was so happy to see him and all of the art. Most of the art is made from drift wood and old scrap (there used to be a dump there). You will notice there is even an Airesculpture.
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Frigatebirds sleep for short bursts while flying -- one of the ways they can stay aloft for months at a time.
[Niels Rattenborg of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (and other colleagues)] found it relatively easy to capture 15 of the birds to implant electroencephalographs (EEGs) into their skulls. Because EEGs measure electrical activity in the brain, the researchers were able to tell when the birds were awake or asleep. An implanted accelerometer clued them into how fast and in what direction the animals flew.
When they downloaded the data from the tiny devices a week later, the researchers found that while frigatebirds do sleep while flying, they sleep very little—about 45 minutes each day in short ten-second bursts, usually after dark. By contrast, on land, the birds sleep one minute at a time throughout the day and night for a total of roughly 12 hours each day.


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Two members of the police's General Operations Force (GOF) were injured in a shooting incident while pursuing three criminals at Kampung Simunul, Semporna, in Sabah, about 130km from here earlier tonight.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 – Two policemen were injured tonight in a gunfight with armed men in Pulau Simunul near Semporna, Sabah but police say the shootout was not linked to the Lahad Datu standoff with Filipino militants.
Sabah police chief Datuk Hamzah Taib said a team of policeman had gone to the island in search of several people after receiving reports that they possessed firearms.
"The policemen entered the village and were walking on the stilt boardwalk when they were fired upon and two of our men were injured," Hamzah said as fear gripped people in Semporna and Tawau that a group of gunmen had attacked security forces.
Hamzah said that follow-up operations are ongoing.
"For now, we believe it is unrelated to the situation in Lahad Datu," he said.
He denied that any police station had been attacked.
The situation is tense in the east coast of Sabah after Malaysian security forces clashed with Sulu gunmen near Lahad Datu on Friday, leaving two police commandos and 12 gunmen dead.
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But God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"
"It is," he said. "And I'm so angry I wish I were dead."
10 But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?"
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In my recent absence - this is where my mind has gone.
I'm sure I'll be back.
Just not sure when.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
dreaming of...
...New Zealand and all the fun adventures that country has to offer...
We were crazy ladies and decided to bike around NZ...that's right - bicycle! We went from Auckland on the North Island to Nelson on the South Island (!). Then realized our level of crazy (actually we were running out of time), so we got ourselves some wheels, a beauty German traveling buddy and did a tour of the South.
We did lots of hikes, drives, touristy things and I even jumped out of a plane (in spite of being terrified of heights).
Oh - and I got to swim with the dolphins. Crossed that off my bucket list.
A few pictures of this gorgeous country.
A few pictures of this gorgeous country.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
52 FAB - week 2
This week's fabulous included 24 hours with my niece and (soon-to-be) sister in law!
Not to mention meeting my friend's baby Norah (who was born in February).
It was a wonderful 24 hours of catching up, playing and giggling and even doing some shopping. Jess, Madeline and I crossed the border and hit up the outlets and target...girls shopping trip!
Thursday, May 31, 2012
update of nothing.
I can't believe May is actually over (as of tomorrow.)
It was a fabulous month, filled with lots of fun adventures (Jays game, birthday dinners, cottage weekend, sporting life 10km, celebrating wonderful mothers and eating lots of good food).
June becomes the month of birthdays in my family - my mom, brother, niece, (soon-to-be) sister in law and my dad. June is also going to bring some weekends at home and another cottage weekend (we just decided!)...oh and the longest day of the year.
Currently I am loving:
~ the many hours of daylight we are getting (!)
~ seeing my niece tonight and spending the day with her (and my sister in law) tomorrow (!)
~ my morning tea
~ pampering this weekend (finally getting my hair cut and indulging in a massage)
~ anything BBQ'd
~ upcoming plans
~ the flowers in the garden
~ open toed shoes
I hope you have a nice weekend.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
52 FAB - week 1
For my first week of FABULOUS - my fab for the week is actually work-related!
Recently I was trained as a car seat technician at work, and this week I was able to do my first car seat clinic with the Peel Paramedic Association in Mississauga. It was a little nerve racking, as I had never fully installed a car seat before (since I have no kids, I have not had the pleasure...or frustration).
But...the day was seriously fabulous.
The weather was gorgeous (and I ended up with a burn to prove it).
We were outside for 4 hours helping parents or soon to be parents install their car seat safely was so fulfilling knowing I was helping ease their minds and improve the safety of their children.
Throughout training I was shocked at how complicated car seat installation can be, and how frustrating it must be for parents who have so much to think about and plan for their new addition and most likely haven't received any information about car seat installation, other than the manual. Every car and every car seat work differently together, so it is always a challenge and there is no one perfect way to install, however there is always a safest way. According to the OPP clinics, around 80% of the car seats they see are not installed correctly...this number was shocking to me! With all of the things parents do for their children, keeping them safe in a car should be pretty high on the list, but I can appreciate it is hard to know what is the safest.
So as a plug for prevention and safety (which is my job) - if you are having a baby, please take advantage of car seat clinics (most of them are free - check out St. John Ambulance, OPP or paramedics in your area for clinic dates and times). They will provide you with the proper information and help you install your car seat so that it is safe.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
5*things - random edition
1. May is still my favourite month, and with all the exciting adventures (see here and here) it lived up to every expectation and the weather blew EVERYTHING out of the water. It was unbelievable gorgeous here this month, and I am so happy to have thoroughly enjoyed all the outside time, and hope it continues through the summer!
2. I got cirque du soleil tickets (this show) for my birthday (I LOVE these shows); as well as tickets to see my favourite punk band face to face. Isn't it fabulous when birthday's keep giving in events like these, will be nice to have both of those nights out with awesome people.
3. BBQ is the best.
4. We had dinner last night with my brother at The Harbord Room - it was delicious, the atmosphere was very chill ~ we had a great time. I would definitely recommend checking this place out.
5. I am going to do a (new) year long fabulous project. When I was 29 - I decided to do a 365 day fabulous project, where I found something fabulous in/about every day. It was wonderful and I wish I had this blog at the time, but I logged it on livejournal and deleted my account (silly me!). So this year I am going to do a 52 FAB - and post 1 thing each week that (to me) is fabulous. I am starting this week - so look for that coming soon!
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Friday, May 18, 2012
This past week has been busy and fabulous.
We celebrated his birthday and went to a Jays game.
Matt and I celebrated our 2 wonderful mothers (and thought of countless others who make this world go round).
We ran the Sporting Life 10km race for kids with cancer (my first, his second race ever). It was the largest race in Toronto with 25,000 participants signed up!
We celebrated his birthday and went to a Jays game.
(so handsome!)And my birthday was celebrated with delicious fajitas and a pending trip to the cottage (we are leaving in T minus 4 hours - eeek!).
This weekend will be filled with work, visiting and hopefully lots of outdoor time, a great Canadian long weekend...is it time yet?!
Happy long weekend for matty, rufus and myself!
Happy long weekend for matty, rufus and myself!
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Here's an economist's take on Microsoft's new file formats. From the article: `While Microsoft could have kept the traditional ``.doc'' as its default format for MS Word, this would not have served its purpose: eventually, after enough of the world pays for Office 2007, holdouts will be dragged along, kicking and screaming. Then, in four or five years, Microsoft will begin our agony all over again.'
I'm not sure I understand what this means. After all, wouldn't it be in Microsoft's best interests as a monopolist to have everyone use its own established file formats? Why introduce new ones and create confusion in the marketplace? A later paragraph makes things a bit clearer: `So, by creating incompatibilities, some subtle and some obvious, that make its old software obsolete, Microsoft can sell its operating systems at high profit margins without fear that people will wait until the price drops. The price will never drop, because Microsoft will just roll out a new system, again at high profit margins.'
Of course, he's trying to find a purely economic explanation for Microsoft's new file formats, which is fine but it's not the whole picture. There's a growing movement in the world today that's pushing towards office document formats which are open and XML-based, to make it easier to process them and extract information from them. I myself hit on a similar idea--of serving XML-based Word documents ready-made in response to users' queries--a couple of years ago while doing time (my internship in a bank :-).
Anyway, Microsoft can't be left behind with its older, closed file formats, plus it too sees how useful XML-based formats can be, so it develops XML versions of its formats. The problem with that is there is already a growing XML-based office document standard--Open Document Format. Microsoft wants its own standard--it says ODF can't support all the features of Microsoft Office.
It's kind of sad reading about the kind of troubles ordinary, non-technical people have been going through adjusting to the new Office, file formats, and Vista: `The first person at my company to use Vista was our Executive Vice-President. He was furious. Vista and Office 2007 came with his new Dell computer by default. Dell didn't ask: ``Would you prefer the old versions of the operating system and MS Office that you know how to use?'' So our VP got a shiny new computer that he didn't know how to use: functions were rearranged, and keyboard shortcuts were different.' Especially because we have something like OpenOffice.org, which offers a familiar interface and the ODF standard file formats, for free.


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I've made this card for 2 challenges.
I have used the sketch from
Secret crafter.
And the colour combo is Black and white on
Forever Friends.
Papers are DCWV black and white prints.
Flowers are cut with cuttlebug die.
Corners cut with sizzix die.
Square with nesties.
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Each day of my life is becoming busier than the previous. I am not even sure how this keeps happening to me. I need to figure out a way of organizing and managing my time better. There are so many things I want to do and so many things I am already doing most of the times I feel I am stretched and other times I feel I am not being productive enough..
Anyways on the workout front I am good.. luckily for me it has now become such an integral part of my life that I make time for my workouts. Healthy living is one aspect of my life that I have not comprised on even when I am very busy and even on days when I am very tired my food and workouts are still going as planned.
|I start most of my days at the gym - My favorite workout - Legs
The one thing that really suffers the most is my blog. I am going to really start setting a schedule for my blog because I have so much to share and the only way I can do it is by keeping up with my blog.
This week was a long weekend plus we took two days off and also celebrated T's birthday :)
|Getting ready for a night out with a few friends
Today I feel we should have taken more time off, even with a small break I have not been able to catch up with my to-do list. Anyways I promise I am going to get back to writing more often.
|Brighton - part celebration for T's birthday
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Title / Author: Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett
Published: May 24th 2016 by Loveswept
Page: 220
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Source: Bought
Series: Sugar Bowl
Rating: 4 stars
Seduction has never been so sweet! The New York Times bestselling author of the Cold Fury series—Alex, Garrett, Zack, and Ryker—returns with the first novel in a hot new trilogy.
Sela Halstead lost her innocence in a way that no sixteen-year-old should ever have to endure. She's spent years trying to forget that night even while wondering about the identities of the monsters who brutalized her—until a telltale tattoo flashes across Sela's TV screen. The incriminating ink belongs to Jonathon Townsend, the millionaire founder of The Sugar Bowl, a website that matches rich older men with impressionable young women. Obsessed with revenge, Sela infiltrates Townsend's world, only to come face-to-face with a tantalizing complication: Beckett North, his charismatic business partner.
The tech mastermind behind The Sugar Bowl, Beck always gets what he wants, in business and in bed. And yet, for a man who's done every dirty thing imaginable, there's something about the naïve, fresh-faced Sela that sparks his hottest fantasies. Because with her, it's not just about sex. Beck opens up to her in ways he never has with other girls. So why does he get the feeling that she's hiding something? In a world of pleasure and power, the shocking truth could turn them against each other—or bind them forever.
Note: Sugar Daddy ends on a cliffhanger. Sela and Beck's story continues in Sugar Rush and Sugar Free!
Shon's Thoughts: I loved it. It was a beautiful written story but the beginning started a little slow for me. I like that idea of Sela wanting revenge so I was a little disappointed when it turned into a romance novel. I was hoping that the author would have focus more on the revenge plot.
But that ending! OMG! That ending had me like. I can't even...
Wendy's Take: At first I didn't want to continue reading this book for the soul purpose of someone being raped, but then I kept reading and got interested in the story-line. I want to know what happened NEXT! The book ends with a very good cliff hanger and now I need to know what happened! Ahhhhhhhhh. This book is a new adult genre. I mean pretty Fifty Shades of Grey erotic. Although 50 shades didn't have this much drama, its pretty close to it when it comes to romance. Can't wait to start the 2nd book.
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# Posted 9:55 AM by Patrick Porter
Can I remind you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali took place before the operation inIts refreshing to reread a statement which applies logical analysis to the chronology, nature and ideological basis for the attacks, recognising that this kind of terrorism may have immediate grievances, but it also has ultimate ones.
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How can an entire world allow a ruler to govern when that ruler is, and has been proven time and again to be, a liar? Surely if a lie is told that leads to the deaths of innocent civilians and solders, that lie must taken responsibility for, it is murder isn't it? Bush is responsible and yet nobody is willing to enforce the law that would impeach this killer.
The President of the United States is, among his other crimes, guilty of multiple murders all around the world, yet you, the people of the world, are so afraid of his power that you tolerate this criminal and allow him to continue on his murderous rampage unopposed.
Have you forgotten that a liar is determined to maintain his lies, he lies to frighten you, he will say anything to keep you paralyzed with fear and thus maintain his control over you.
To the peoples of other nations, do you really think that Bush is just the leader of the American people, he and his people live so far away from most of you, you seem to think that he is not your problem, think again. The President of the United States is your problem; he has defied your international agreements, murdered your people, stolen you natural resources and forced you into an illegal, immoral war.
Through his deceitful lies, Bush has taken away your power and if you think he won't enforce his stolen authority think about this again as well. You live on this globe as well, there is no where to run, Bush is a complete nut, he actually believes that the world was created in 7 days, he reads the bible as though he were still a child in Sunday School.
The really scary thing that is never spoken of is that Bush wants to end your world and bring about the end of time, the fairy tale as it is written in the book of Revelations. He believes his version of Christianity is the only true religion and he is determined to prove that he is right.
Bush doesn't care how many children have to live in pain and disability, or die needlessly at the point of a gun. He will gleefully order their deaths to further his own evil ends, and your opinion is, to him, irrelevant. He doesn't care about the misery and bloodshed, he wants it, he said as much when he came before the world and said to the terrorists "Bring it on". Is that the diplomatic verbiage of a President or the shear stupidity of a mindless, immature, child?
Look at his record thus far, Bush hasn't been right about much of impotance and yet you, the people of planet earth, allow him ultimate power over life and death. The Earth is living on borrowed time and the way things are going, your children will suffer the consequence of shame as the try to repair the mess you leave for them. They will remember our time as we remember the time of the Nazis, we don't ask, why did our parents allow Hitler to cause such misery, because we know that, at the time, they did not know, however the same is not true now, now we have the Internet, satellite television, cell phones, we have such technology in our time that it is virtually impossible to hide the terror of Bush. We are not like our parents, we know and we do nothing to stop the monster. We are either compliant murders along with Bush and his cronies or else we are not, and we speak out, how will your children remember you?
I am already full of shame, I ran when I first realized the danger Bush posed even within the US. I will not deny the truth anymore though; I no longer care what happens to me, there is no point to the world if it is in darkness and unhappy. I simply do not want to leave this world knowing that I could, at least, have told the truth.
Yeah, I'd say he didn't vote Bush in '04 ;)
As for the quote, I think Howard hits on an important point. The problem with some critics of the administration (not all, as I have tried in vain the last 48 hours to make a distinction on my blog--what a joy that has been :) ) is that they draw the erroneous conclusion that the political gripe fueling terrorist actors is Iraq. Yes and no. Sure, some have emerged to rally to the cause because of Iraq, and it surely has been used by terrorist organizations as great marketing material, but if Iraq never happened we would still have these organizations and have to endure their attacks—and this is coming from someone who has always believed and argued that Iraq was a strategic misstep, and unnecessary war. Do I think Iraq helped? No. But too many assume that the Robert Pape story is true—terrorism is the result of occupying foreign powers. Again, it may have something to do with it, but it is far from the entire story with Islamic Fundamentalists—anyone with a passing understanding of the likes of Bin Laden and his ilk surely understand this.
hey bill,
yes, i think the occupation element is part of it (eg USA in Saudi Arabia), but only as a transitional goal of radical Islam. the ultimate goal is conquest. its not just a defensive zealotry! the dream is to convert/subdue the infidel and restore a lost empire, and pushing the infidel out of holy land is the first step.
Pushing the infidel out of the holy land, Persia, the Mahgreb, Spain, the arc across to Mindanao etc--all these are but waypoints along the way. AQ know that the majority aren't held by long-term goals, but need short-term milestones, too, from the immediacy of suicide bombing to the intermediate. Problem is: what are our waypoints?
all i know is that robbi is going to be getting *a lot* of spam! :D
Note to robbi: I say that cos you've got your email @ the bottom spam bots look for @. Just for next time.
I am not sure why but i responded to robbi's letter with an email. I took apart each paragraph, (once again not sure) i guess 'cos i doubt anyone else had so...i decided to. maybe he accepts the intellectual rigor of a differing viewpoint. And one that has logic. Albeit, a very small amount ;)
my comments are in parantheses.
(murder is only when someone personally goes up and murders someone, or orders someone to kill a specific person. Sadaam did that. Bush has not ordered anyone personally to go out and kill specific individuals unless you have some hard evidence you decided to leave out of your letter)
(see above. Also, there are alot of people in the world who like what he is doing. The fact that a leader stands for democritzation and does something about it other than talk, really does strike a chord with people who do not live in a democracy. Trust me I know, Ive lived alll over the world, met with people who dont live in democracies or have lived in ex-authoritarian states)
(umm...lies. Well, let me give you a list of leaders who haven't lied. There was...let me get back to you. I seriously do not think he lied about anything, in this war.)
(Defied international agreements: Sadaam did that! Murdered: Sadaam actually did that too! Stolen your resources: hey! Another fault against 80% of the world's leaders! But wait, what did Bush steal...see I missed that whole thing...forced? Really? That's why so many nations *chose* to join the coalition to oust Sadaam? Thats why so many are *choosing* to leave the coalition? Illegal? Nope. Sorry, Iraq was hardly a sovereign state. And let's not forget the laws that several nations opposed to the war broke. I won't get into a debate as to whether or not Int'l law exists however, I will if you want. Immoral, ok the the war was immoral in some aspects. Ill grant you that! But wait, that helps to create peace in Iraq today how?)
(Don't think he took any power from anyone. THen again, we do live in a unipolar world so we do control the power. He didn't steal any authority from any nation, you can't do that. Umm...I highly doubt Bush is insane. A little aloof yes, smart, no. Crazy, no)
(so Bush wants to end the world, where do you get this from? What's your evidence. Not anecdotal btw. And when did he say that he wants to prove his religion is right?)
(Um. wow. wow. Um. Wow. Wow. Let's see, so bush is a psycopathic killer. Well, wow. I want to know once again, where this comes from that someone could be so sick that he wants to slaughter babies. Is it because he started a war? So then, FDR is burning in hell then cause WWII is only of a slightly greater magnitude than this one. Oh and when we are attacked--not by a state so its kinda hard to apply the rules of diplomacy there, but we should be ashamed cos they extended the diplomatic way to us with that whole flying some planes into civillians workspace thing, quite sporting of the terrorist chaps if you ask me. Oh and I guess he cares so little about the world that he created the budget with the highest amount of foreign aid ever in us history)
(when has bush expressed a desire to become emperor and take over the world? I missed that one.)
(hmm, well your truth as it were doesn't seem to be grounded in much reality and you seem to be upset at bush for stopping leaders who did what you think was egregious. In truth, you are a hypocrite)
I hope you take the time to respond to this note.
Best regards,
Yep, another bible believing nut, just like: Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, JFK, FDR, Churchill, Lincoln etc. What a bunch of nut cases indeed. Sheesh.
Anyway, I recently finished reading: Islamic Imperialism, A History by Efraim Karsh. An excellent read with an impressive bibliography.
A Personal Letter
How can an entire world be allowed to forget that the first ruler and creator of Islam (and practically all the subsequent followers of him from antiquity): Lied, Killed innocent civilians, was guilty of multiple murders.. Seemingly just to steal others "resources"...
I must confess that my three weeks in Sarawak was a blessed relief from the 'war on terror'. They just don't have one over there. I'm sure the risk is probably the same, and I hope it never visits that country's fair shores. But people don't live in the same constant fear as they do in Australia. I don't know why not. Seems crazy not to be afraid, doesn't it?
Oh for a little courage now and then in the face of one's enemies. Thank goodness too that Mahathir told the IMF and World Bank where to stick their stupid advice, or we could have ended up like Indonesia.
"...the perverted use of principles of the great world religion that, at its root, preaches peace and cooperation..."
Howard is a fine fellow, but someone should have asked him to identify the location of the 'root' that preaches peace
and cooperation. He probably was referring to the early verses of the Koran that were totally abrogated by the later warrior/triumphalist verses.
"...the perverted use of principles of the great world religion that, at its root, preaches peace and cooperation..."
Howard is a fine fellow, but someone should have asked him to identify the location of 'root' that preaches peace
and cooperation. He probably was referring to the early verses of the Koran that were totally abrogated by the later warrior/triumphalist verse.
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The weekend is upon us with a high and dry forecast.
Big news around the mountain is that the road to the White River Campground is now OPEN, Stevens Canyon road remains CLOSED, and that asphalt has been spotted in the Paradise meadows (eek!).
You read that right folks access to the north side of the park just got a whole lot easier, you can now drive to the White River Campground.
If you are planning on running a shuttle from one side of the mountain to the other:
- The shortest drive is going to be around the south side of the mountain through Packwood on the Skate Creek Rd/ Forrest Road 52 (watch the bumps and elk).
-The anticipated opening date for the Stevens Canyon Road is May 25th. The opening date is subject to change, crews are working now to clear the obstructing rock slide.
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Minase Shizuku from Together with Hello Kitty
I got her on sale at Amiami, courtesy of a friend. The details are really good compared to my other HK fig made by Eikoh. Just look at the scooter:
I want this scooter ;_;
More Crows X Worst figures! I got them from Mandarake, again, a courtesy of my friend.
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...the trails are well below the stratus clouds...
Originally posted by weedwhacker
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Firstly, what "additives"?? Bit vague, there. Might want to re-think that.
Just looks like a busy no-fly zone to me ...
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ever the debunker.
well, i'm glad to see that nobody responded to the OP.
I was really trying to get at why that particular picture was chosen for the CNN article, regardless of whether or not chemtrails are "real."
Even though the appearance of persistent contrails may be explained away with science, it still doesn't change the fact that they linger, stretch out and turn into clouds. I spend three days a week at home all day with my baby daughter. I'm well aware that the planes flying overhead are commercial flights heading over my city, probably from Detroit to Chicago and back. I take issue with the fact that many a sunny day has turned to a hazy grey fog fest in a matter of hours as I watch the planes fly by, leave the trails, and the same trails spread and drift out to form cloud cover over an entire CITY.
Even if there is no conspiracy to conduct black budget weather ops programs, its still a particularly annoying source of pollution, don't you think? Don't you like sunny, blue skies? Naturally occurring clouds? NATURE?!


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I know everyone makes a New Years Resolution and I never did because I knew I would break it. One part because of motivation and the other part I really didn't know how to plan for it. But now I have a desire to set my goals not just for the New Year,, but the rest of my life.
My New Life Resolution,, as I rather call it is to reshape my body to be healthier and sexier [cuz i already think Im sexy ;-) ] and to get a grip on making me all around happy,, basically my goal is to be all about me!! For basically all my life I realized I never really put me first in the ways I should have,, I always find myself caring about what others think and that isnt right. I need to just be focused on whats best for me by me. From family,, to friends,, to ppl i dont even know I worry about my reputation and letting them down. But who cares,, at the end of the day whatever I do ultimately effects me and no one else so my plans for my life is what matters most down to what I do and the way I feel about me.
So,, Im going to ultimately make me a better person all around for ME,, and if anyone that enjoys that can but if not oh well. Im going to apply this in everything I do
Asking myself:
1. What do I really want to do?
2. Will this make me feel better or worse?
3. How will this affect me in the long run?
Ive made alot of dumb decisions in my life that werent near what I wanted to do,, and in the end it only hurt me,, so now starting in 2010 Im going to embrace the love I have for myself to only be out for me. This doesnt mean I dont care about anyone,, ultimately if I feel you are worthy to be in my world,, I will care and love you but at the end of the day,, I will only focus on the betterment of myself. Im not 100% happy in my situation of life right now,, I dont have a job,, i gained a grip of weight in the past year,, im confused as of what I really want to do in my life,, im had to move back in my grandmother's house,, & i am not fulfilled in my relationship the way I want to be,,even tho it isnt bad it wasnt wat I saw for myself in reference to falling in love. In all,, I know I have the power to change all this and Im starting today!! Wish me the best,, and I wish you all the same!!


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The third iteration of what's become my annual Independence Day post.
Thursday, July 04, 2013
Independence Day
From last year:
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Happy Independence Day!
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas painting in the United States Capitol Rotunda that depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. (From The Wiki)
It's been my habit in recent years to publish the Declaration of Independence every Fourth of July, but I'm gonna do sumthin' different this year. I found this old post from 2007 and it's on topic and on-point for today...We're not all of us language-people. But…for those who just might be such a person, I offer "The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence."
The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most masterfully written state paper of Western civilization. As Moses Coit Tyler noted almost a century ago, no assessment of it can be complete without taking into account its extraordinary merits as a work of political prose style. Although many scholars have recognized those merits, there are surprisingly few sustained studies of the stylistic artistry of the Declaration.(1) This essay seeks to illuminate that artistry by probing the discourse microscopically--at the level of the sentence, phrase, word, and syllable. By approaching the Declaration in this way, we can shed light both on its literary qualities and on its rhetorical power as a work designed to convince a "candid world" that the American colonies were justified in seeking to establish themselves as an independent nation.(2)
Like the introduction, the next section of the Declaration--usually referred to as the preamble--is universal in tone and scope. It contains no explicit reference to the British- American conflict, but outlines a general philosophy of government that makes revolution justifiable, even meritorious:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Like the rest of the Declaration, the preamble is "brief, free of verbiage, a model of clear, concise, simple statement."(11) It capsulizes in five sentences--202--words what it took John Locke thousands of words to explain in his Second Treatise of Government. Each word is chosen and placed to achieve maximum impact. Each clause is indispensable to the progression of thought. Each sentence is carefully constructed internally and in relation to what precedes and follows. In its ability to compress complex ideas into a brief, clear statement, the preamble is a paradigm of eighteenth-century Enlightenment prose style, in which purity, simplicity, directness, precision, and, above all, perspicuity were the highest rhetorical and literary virtues. One word follows another with complete inevitability of sound and meaning. Not one word can be moved or replaced without disrupting the balance and harmony of the entire preamble.I don't know just how many times I've read the Declaration of Independence, but it's been more than a few. One cannot read the document without a sense of wonder at the magnificence of the words and the way they're put together. That said, I've never read an analysis of the style, thought, and historical/political precedents that went into the composition of the document. This "Stylistic Artistry" essay is one of those rare things one finds on the 'net: A Keeper. Duly saved in my "Important Stuff" directory.
What I said back then: the essay is a keeper. Much more at the link.Have a safe and happy Fourth!
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Canelo Alvarez clashed with Erislandy Lara on Saturday night, July 12, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and on Showtime pay-per-view. The Cuban boxed in ultra-crafty fashion, using his feet even more than his fists, to keep Canelo a step or two behind. We went to the cards, cognizant of a typical judges' dislike for "runners." Dave Moretti saw it 115-113 (Alvarez), Jerry Roth 115-113 (Lara) and Levi Martinez had it 117-111, for Canelo.
To Jim Gray, Canelo insulted Lara, for running. You win by punching, not running, the Mexican said. He did that the whole fight, the winner said. Did he not expect that? No, he wanted a toe to toe fight. He said Lara is a great boxer but needs to throw more blows. Would he fight Lara again? "When he learns how to fight, then I'll give hima rematch," he said. Is Cotto next? In November? He said he will rest, party for his birthday, then decide.
Gray asked Lara if he thought he won. Yes, one hundred percent, the Cuban said. Lara said the people present, "especially the Mexicans," that he won. He said Canelos' body shots had no pop. And does he now respect him? No, he said…and he still wants a rematch.
Canelos' inability to shrink the ring, make Lara go where he didn't want to go, cease his movement, hurt him. Will there be a push to switch trainers?
Lara went 107-386 to 97-415 for Canelo.
Both men weighed 155 pounds on Friday. Canelo was 171 to 166 on fight night.
In the first, the 31 year old Lara (19-1-2 entering) moved, moved, popped the jab with the longer arm. Canelo (43-1-1 entering), almost 24, followed the mobile Lara.
In the second, a right sent Lara sprawling back. He then ate a straight left which made the crowd buzz. Canelo picked up Lara in a clinch and threatened to dump him at the 46 seconds mark. He wanted to show his strength. Eddy Reynos asked Canelo to watch out for the left, and move at the waist after the round.
In the third, Lara mostly moved, but also landed a clean left, while the crowd got edgier. Lara mostly moved right, and Canelo was late with long rights.
In the fourth, Canelo got cooking early. His attitude was fiercer, but there was a mouse under his right eye. Reynoso told the kid to not get desperate.
In the fifth, Canelo ripped to the body. The distance between the men had closed some. But Lara was still able to dictate the distance between, mostly. He landed one vicious right hook on the Mexican, too.
In the sixth, Lara moved too much for the fans' liking. Canelo followed but without much luck. He missed badly a few times, showy, ugly misses.
In the seventh, Lara moved, flurried, and then slid away, with Canelo staring after a miss. A punch caused by a punch formed on Lara's right eye. It might have come off a leaping left uppercut by Canelo.
In the eighth, Lara moved but forgot to throw. His trainer Ronnie Shields told him to use the jab, and the one-two. "The guy is walking right to it," Shields told the Cuban.
In the ninth, we saw Lara paw at his eye, and Canelo look more confident. Lara slipped in a wet corner and the crowd roared. As with every round, it was tight.
In the tenth, Canelo swung wildly, as he looked to land a bomb on the slippery Lara. A Lara combo landed clean, and his movement was back to being constant and quick. He took the round…
In the 11th, the slippery eel Lara managed to get away from Canelo, even when he was a foot in front of him. A right hand caught Lara as he was pulling out, at 50 seconds. Reynoso told Canelo it was a "very close fight." In the 12th, Canelo came out crazed. But Lara came out the same savvy cat. No knockdowns, we went to the cards…