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On Reading What a Friend Discovers Before You: The Nine Senses/Melissa Kwasny
Monday, December 16, 2013
A few days ago Melissa Kwasny's The Nine Senses (Milkweed Editions) arrived with a note from my friend Alyson Hagy. This book, I already knew from the year's correspondence, had left its mark on Alyson. I was eager to read for myself.
And so yesterday and today I read these ingenious, unmediated prose poems. Each line like something almost already gone from here, or gone ahead, and the connections between the lines both sturdy and strange, and the whole unaccountably greater than parts I do not profess to fully understand. Kwasny's thoughts are broken apart and fastened together. Her world is built of flowers, wings, rivers, love, illness, dreams reengineered. Of age reengineered. Love is human. Love is not human. Someone is getting lost. Organs are. Everything is disappearing.
Here: A few lines from "Orient" —
Sometimes it is a matter of one small thing, a gift to send away with a friend. Or to take the morning slow, making calls the way the birds do, to know the others are all safe, in their places. September's sister-quiet, when there is no complaint and you don't speak ill of anyone. Pressed between the days, which are close as reeds. You are used to being in control of your life. You have been lucky is another way of putting this. You try to imagine what it is to think without language. You look at your mother, staggering with her deep heart, or those women who are nine-tenths the needs of others, and you wonder if language has shrunken you. To a body with a foreign language of its own.
Reading a book like The Nine Senses forces a reader like me to slow things down. To watch very carefully, decode. It encourages a writer like me to work with language in a new way. To be unafraid of the strange juxtaposition. To be less inclined to explain.
I know that it is easier to read easy books. I know that it is easier to write them.
I guess I'll always be interested in those on the edge. Those who do it differently—not to show that they can, but because they must.
I am thinking of Alyson Hagy today. And I am forever grateful for her friendship.
(As for the photo: My husband, taking pictures of me yesterday, handed me the book. Let it distract you, he said, for I was grimacing. It distracted me.)


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This year for Christmas my dad gave me Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck (with Harriet Parke). I know what you're thinking. What kind of dad gets his teenage daughter a book by Glenn Beck for Christmas? But I thought I'd give it a try anyway. A quick internet search reveals that the book title is a reference to a non-binding UN plan of the same name intended to promote "sustainable development" at the international, national, regional and local levels. This plan strives to achieve social equity, reduce consumption and emphasize environmental preservation. In this book, the authors imagine a world in which the ideas of Agenda 21 are strictly implemented. Citizens are prohibited from anything that consumes more resources than it contributes. They are also forced to live and work in a society that allows no room for personal achievement or success.
This book's story line will be familiar to teen fans of recent dystopian novels that have come out since the incredible success of The Hunger Games. Like Matched by Allie Condie, Delirium by Laurent Oliver and Divergent by Veronica Roth, to name a few that I've read, Agenda 21 follows the story of a young girl who lives in a dystopian society. This girl, Emmeline, lives under the rule of an oppressive and over controlling government that has resulted from its attempt to make all people equal in every aspect. If you're familiar with this story line, you pretty much know how this book is going to end. However, even knowing this, I really enjoyed the book. Unlike other dystopian novels, Agenda 21 does a better job of explaining how the government gained all this power to make this society the way it is. It's fascinating and scary at the same time.
The government of this society became as powerful as it is by making small, subtle changes that went unnoticed until it was too late. Small changes were made and people were made to believe that they should all be equal. An older woman who was alive when the "reforms" were first implemented tells Emmeline that there were four types of people: the believers who supported the reforms; the protesters, who spoke out at great risk but were silenced; the quiet and watchful who put their heads down and said nothing; and the passive unbelievers who did not try to act until it was too late. She later elaborates on the fourth type, the passive unbelievers. She explains that they "trusted the way things were." They believed that if they worked hard, they would succeed and be rewarded for their efforts. When the government started to make changes they still "trusted the way things were" and they missed the early warning signs. By the time they really understood what was happening, it was too late.
The story is about Emmeline's journey from acceptance of the way things are to someone who seeks freedom for herself and those she loves. Emmeline lives in an assigned community and in an assigned home with an assigned partner. She is one of the last children to be raised by her parents instead of in a "Children's Village." Because of her unusual upbringing, she recognizes the importance of family more than others her age. When she has a baby and the government takes it away to be raised in the "Children's Village," she is willing to do anything to see her baby. Her love for her child eventually motivates her to make a radical decision that changes her life.
Although this book may not have been written as a book for teenagers, I enjoyed it. If you like this type of book, you will probably like Agenda 21 as well.

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Wednesday, November 28
Tuesday, November 27
It Was A Full Day!
Sunday, November 25
Here We Go Again...
Well..maybe not a FULL day, but at least a morning at the Magic Kingdom! This is usually a good time to visit (I say that very cautiously after the surprises we found last time)...the Thanksgiving crowd is gone and the Christmas crowd doesn't arrive for a couple of weeks. It's still kinda hot here..78 degrees..but I can't wait to see everything decked out for the holidays! It's my favorite time to visit.
I've had a couple of inquiries about my friends up there in the banner (don't let them hear us say "sock monkeys"...they think they are just like everyone else). Most have been with me for a very long time and I will properly introduce you to each and every one in the next few days. They were even part of my wedding vows...surprised The Hub with that one!
Anyway...wish you were all here!
Saturday, November 24
Are You Still Full??
First...I must thank Janet over at House Peepers for giving me this wonderful award!
When we first started "talking", Janet didn't have a blog of her own...she insisted that it wasn't something she wanted to tackle. Well, there must have been quite a few of us who just kept on pushin' and now she is up and running and...since she is a Realtor, just like me...she has shown us pictures of some great homes in her neighborhood. Anyway...thanks Janet, for being so generous! I am so excited about the many new friendships I have made and hereby bestow this on all of you!! It would be too difficult to single out anyone...so {{{hugs}}} to all of you...
I did treat myself to something small while I was taking my Mom home yesterday...and if you are a JT fan (Beachy Louise, do ya hear me talkin' to ya??) you will LOVE it.
New versions of some of these as only James can do it...not too tough to take!
Like just about everyone, we have started a bit of Christmas in our house...well, outside our house. We planted red and white pansies in the front garden and in the back. They still look a bit shell shocked from the big planting yesterday, so I'll get their picture when they have adjusted! I also got some of the Santa's down for inside and spent some time sorting through the vintage ornaments I've collected. Some are from The Hub's family and others I have picked up at yard sales and such.
These are just a few and that pink one in the middle is one of my favorites. I have some old silver bowls that must have been awards or something because they are engraved and dated from the 30's through the 50's, and they will hold all of these. Using vintage Christmas sheet music as the place mats, the bowls filled with the old ornaments, and Godinger silver candle holders with creamy white candles, our coffee table will be the prettiest thing in our living room!
I know it's going to be a busy, busy month ahead and I am really looking forward to getting ready for Christmas with all of you. Let the decorating begin...except for Kari, who is way ahead of us all..she's all finished!! Gotta be at my real world job all day tomorrow...so I hope you all enjoy your Sunday!
Wednesday, November 21
About That Lamp.....
It's All About The Lights!
Okay...you can un-squint.
Tuesday, November 20
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars
Original posted by TMZ
What Men Hear....
Sunday, November 18
Thanksgiving Preparations
Saturday, November 17
Don't Miss This One
Just couldn't wait to tell ya! Enjoy the rest of your weekend....
Wednesday, November 14
So....Who Are You??
*Martha's Way* Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.
*Maxine's Way * Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway!
*Martha's Way* To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
*Maxine's Way* Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix, keep it in the pantry for up to a year.
*Martha's Way* When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
*Maxine's Way* Go to the bakery! They'll even decorate it for you.
*Martha's Way* If you accidentally over salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix-me-up."
*Maxine's Way* If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. Please recite with me the real woman's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes!"
*Martha's Way* Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
*Maxine's Way* Celery? Never heard of it!
*Martha's Way* Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
*Maxine's Way* The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust so I don't.
*Martha's Way* Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
*Maxine's Way* Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink!
*Martha's Way* If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.
*Maxine's Way* Go ask that very cute neighbor if he can open it for you.
*Martha's Way* Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
*Maxine's Way* Leftover wine??????????? HELLO !!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 13
I have to tell you that we have spent many many hours at these parks and we know them inside and out. This was all planned pretty quickly and I really didn't check on anything before we headed out. This is notoriously part of the s-l-o-w season, just before the holidays. The consequences?? It was some kind of Family Fun Weekend, so there were more strollers than we could count. It was the last weekend for the annual Food and Wine Festival at Epcot, so there was more food and wine than we could taste. It was the ABC Super Soap Weekend, so there were more Soap Stars and Soap Fans than we could deal with.
I couldn't get all of the pictures that I wanted to get...okay, enough whining...
My friend Cathie.....
Notice that she had to have the Princess ears!
Here's Chip taking part in the Family Fun Day...
A little piece of left over Mickey confetti...
Cinderella's Fountain. This is the number one spot for Disney marriage proposals.. ;)
This mosaic tile is inside of the castle. It tells the whole story of Cinderella and the gold tiles are actually 14K gold...
And, here's Cinderella (well, her back anyway), Prince Charming and her Fairy Godmother. The parade route was so packed and we were facing right into the afternoon sun...
This is part of Germany, in Epcot, getting decked out for the holidays.
This marble column is in Italy.....
and so were these hand painted masks....
Stilt walker over at Downtown Disney....
These are all M&M's from The Candy Cauldron....and, yes, they do make white chocolate covered pretzels!!
Lots of Tinks!
eat one of these.....!


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I hope you enjoy their stories.
Windorah Solar Farm- Kate McDonald
Gay Tully lives with her husband Brian on Tenham Station which is 220 kilometres west of Quilpie, 68 kilometres east of Windorah and covers a total area of 250 sq miles or 160,000 acres. She works in a partnership with her husband and they run sheep and cattle. They have three adult children who were all raised and schooled for their primary years on Tenham Station. Gay cooks, cleans, loves her garden and looks after the homestead. She also musters on a motorbike, goes out fencing, drives the dozer pushing scrub, feeds stock Molofos during the drought and puts out lick blocks etc.
She loves looking after her 3 beautiful granddaughters who live 70kms away when she can to help out her daughter who is also on a station working with her husband and is very busy as well.
Gay Tully, granddaughter Alice and husband Brian- Megan Miller
Gay has lived in at Tenham for over 32 years and just loves the lifestyle., She loves the animals, the countryside, and a full creek to look at, which sits just outside her homestead, when this dreadful drought breaks. Gay has fond memories of the night she received life membership for the Channel Country Isolated Children's Parents Association which she felt was such an honour to receive. But seeing her long list of voluntary roles, I imagine it was a well deserved recognition. She has wonderful memories of the hundreds of cards, flowers and support she received from the west when she had cancer and was given a 40 percent chance survival of 5 years. Their friendship was invaluable.. Gay would be happy to have Tony Abbott for dinner to show him the outback as we see it. Gay does not feel like she's missing out. She has a great social life, and it is a great place to live.
Gay has recently started an initiative called the Green Thumb Express. Due to the drought and a drop in the creek, which is Tenham Stations water supply, Gay has unfortunately had to let her garden die off. This is a common case for many gardens in the South-West and further afield. Gay felt that so many people express their desire to help out the drought stricken areas so she has come up with the idea that people can either pot a plant or give cash donations. They are also trying to incorporate as many nurseries who are interested to be drop off areas for plants. So that when the drought is over, people who have registered can receive green, healthy, vibrant plants to fill up their gardens. This will hopefully improve morale and put a smile on a gardener's face so they have a green paradise to come home to after a hard day's work out in the paddocks.
A fantastic scheme developing momentum!
Follow this link to pledge your help: https://www.facebook.com/greenthumbexpress
The Miller Family- Megan Miller
Megan Miller lives with her husband Andrew and three young daughters on a property called Coniston in Western Qld near Windorah. Coniston is 28 328ha and they lease this land and from it run their own sheep and cattle business. They run about 1000 head of drought master X cattle and 900 merino sheep. Their three daughters, Bridie (8), Alice(4) and Grace (2), love living on the land and being outside playing with their animals or helping their parents with the farm work. Bridie is in year 4 and attends the Longreach School of Distance Education. Megan teaches Bridie at home through the school of the air. Bridie gets to talk to her teacher and classmates 4 days a week on the phone and computer.
Coniston is situated in an isolated part of Queensland. They are 2 and a half hours from the nearest child care centre and over 700 kilometres from the nearest Woolworths. Their mail comes twice a week on a truck. Each week Megan orders her groceries from a Food Works that is two and a half hours away and they come out on the mail truck once a week.
As well as teaching and looking after her girls Megan likes to help out on the property as much she can. Often she'll take the kids and they will all do the mustering, shearing, fencing and general cattle work. At the moment a lot of their time is taken up supplement feeding the stock due to the drought. They do not have any employees so they all have to help out.
Grace helping Andrew feed supplement- Megan Miller
Bride and Alice getting ready to help Andrew- Megan Miller
Currently Megan and Andrew are taking part in the MLA Challenge. They are 1 of 6 producers from around Australia involved in a competition to improve their businesses. On a community level, Megan is president of the Windorah Development Board which is a local community group designed to promote and improve the nearest town of Windorah.
Megan knows the area around Windorah well, having grown up on a sheep and cattle property about 70 kilometres away from Coniston. She met Andrew when he started working for the next door neighbours. Some say 'the boundary fence was down and Andrew slipped through'. Megan competed her primary schooling through Charleville School of Distance Education and then went away to boarding school in Brisbane for years 8-12. Her parents are still on their property.
Having almost her whole life living in the outback, Megan wouldn't swap it for city living. She loves the wide open spaces most of all. As well as the beautiful countryside and the lifestyle of living and working on the land. She adores being able to have as many pet animals as her heart desires and they currently have over 100 pets from kelpie working dogs to chooks to poddy calves and a donkey. Megan loves watching the area bloom and change with the good seasons. She loves watching her children ride motorbikes, go swimming in creeks and having lots of room to play outside. Megan loves being able to work alongside her husband and make decisions together about improving their business and implementing those changes together.
Grace, Bridie and Alice with their poddy lambs- Megan Miller
Megan and her young family are very passionate about their life in the outback and have made this video about their lives and how much fun they have!
Follow this link to view it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbT8E4C2EE
Megan's has so many favourite memories of living in the outback. However, she had a fantastic day at the very first Channel Country Ladies day held at Durham Downs Station in 2012. It helped to raise money for breast cancer and was a great chance for outback ladies to be pampered and have a weekend away.
Family is very important in Megan's life. Her role model would probably be her Dad. He has such an enormous amount of time and love to give to his family and he is always there to support both Andrew and Megan when they need it. He is a hard worker, patient and has good morals and values.
If Megan was to hold a dinner party for the local women in Windorah she would invite Oprah Winfrey to be the guest of honour. Megan thinks Oprah is inspirational and that she could learn a lot from having dinner with her. How amazing would it be to have such an influential person like Oprah on your side when it comes to the tough times that the Australian Agricultural Industry is currently experiencing? Coniston has been drought declared for over 7 months now, and this, coupled with record temperatures, the live export debacle and low cattle market prices have contributed to making it very difficult for graziers on the land to survive.
Thank you Gay and Megan for sharing your outback lives with us.


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Facebook is making a jump into personalized artificial intelligence, with a new personal assistant being turned on in Facebook Messenger on Wednesday.
The service is called "M," and it allows users to ask it for information that might be useful to them, tapping into the vast database created by Facebook over the past few years. It can help with a range of things, including finding nearby restaurants, finding a gift for a friend and so on.
"M is a personal digital assistant inside of Messenger that completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. It's powered by artificial intelligence that's trained and supervised by people," said Facebook's head of messaging, David Marcus, in a statement.
Of course, many will wonder what makes M different from other personal assistants on the market, such as Siri or Google Now, which will already be installed on a user's phone. The main difference, according to Marcus, is that M can actually complete tasks on the behalf of the user. For example, if a user is purchasing a gift for someone, instead of simply suggesting items to buy, M can go and order the gift for you.
Of course, artificial intelligence is still in its infancy and is nowhere near like what can be seen in the movies. We'll have to wait a little longer until we have a real life J.A.R.V.I.S


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Hello 2012/2013 NBA Season
By Aish Abid
The NBA schedule was released just a few days back, and we all know what that means; the season is coming closer. The league faced many changes with teams, players and even coaches. Because of these changes, this season is going to be a thriller. In this post, I am going to note some upcoming games and teams that will be must sees this year [according to my preferences]. At number 1, the 2011/12 champs, Miami Heat take on the Celts. Ofcourse, the famous Big 3 will be there, only this time, Ray Allen will be playing with LeBron and the Heat. Next, at number 2, I know everyone is curious to see where Dwight Howard goes, but wherever he ends up, I want to see him take on the Magic with their new head coach, Jacque Vaughn. This off-season, the Dwightmare has been the center of attention, and it would be nice to finally see what Dwight chooses. Number 3, the new and improved Hornets begin this year with 2 of the biggest names in the 2012/13 Draft; Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers. [This one is completely biased] Hornets v. Raptors. If you know me well enough, you would know that I was dying for Rivers to come to Toronto. But, since he didn't, I want to see him play against our own improved team, the Raptors. With our newest members; Landry Fields, Kyle Lowry, Terrance Ross and Quincy Acy, we are sure to see a difference in this team. Here's a new one, number 4, the NBA welcomes the newest team in the league, the Brooklyn Nets. Their home opener should be broadcasted everywhere! Lastly, Number 5 is a big one, and I can bet anything that all NBA fans are looking forward to this game. Heat v. OKC [flashback to the 2011/12 Finals].
I will continue to add more games to my "Must-see List" as more changes occur in the big league. Feel free to throw some comments on games you are most excited to see.


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I just had to show you all what I have been working on this week. This has been fun to make, all be it a bit fiddly and time consuming.
We have a school art auction on Monday night and this is my contribution, although I am a little/a lot reluctant to hand it over. Might end up buying it back!
It is an Accordion mock book. All hand made with the just retired Love letters papers. Will try and make another in the next few weeks with some of our lovely new papers.
I have created this with a mixture of Whisper white, Very vanilla, Cherry Cobbler & Riding hood Red. I have sponged with Chocolate chip, Sahara sand & Cherry Cobbler.
The Lovely butterflies on the front have been cut with the Beautiful Butterflies Die on the Big Shot (Love my Big Shot!). I then embossed them with the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions embossing folder, and sponged the edges with Cherry cobbler ink. The large butterfly and the small one are cut out of the Lovely letters Papers.
This is the inside. I love the little rolled roses, the big one has a little pearl inside. I gathered the Victoria Crochet trim to put around my quote. I had a couple of butterfly halves left after I cut my big butterflies for the front, so, I thought I would use them on the inside. I used my new Scallop Trim border as a frame, then added some bling to the corners.
I love these Beautiful wings embosslits folders, they cut and emboss at the same time!
I used my left over butterfly halves to add some interest to the sides.
These rolled roses are made from just screwing up a variety of circles and just layering them.
I thought I needed to add some interest to the corners of my frame, and I needed to disguise the corner a little. So I added some Rhinestones in decreasing sizes to them.
Well that is todays project I hope you enjoyed seeing it as much as I enjoyed making it.
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Two of my favorite performers from the Golden Age of Radio—Fred Allen and (wife) Portland Hoffa—have generously baked yours truly a birthday cake to celebrate the tenth anniversary of my 39th natal anniversary. (Though in the tradition of the "feud," I think Fred might have winced at that last part.) Many thanks to Facebook chum John Wells for posting this on my "wall," as the kids call it—I'm always up for a good snapshot of Fred and Porty, who was once told by James Thurber "everything you and Fred said to each other was somehow akin to The Sweetheart Duet from Maytime."
By the way, the doyenne of She Blogged by Night is currently whooping it up in
I had planned to talk about a trip to the library Mom and I took this week…but that will have to be a post for another day. (Besides, I have writing to catch up on.) So until next time—on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. (Play, Don...)


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PHP to Capture Keyword Prices
Budget $100-300 USD
I own a website currently that grabs search engine keyword pricing data and presents it in a clean table format on my homepage. You can take a look here: http://compareyourclicks.com. It was written in PERL with regular expressions grabing the pricing data. I am a big fan of PHP (I have another site that uses PHP-Nuke). I would like to have a PHP-Nuke block that does exactly what my site is currently doing. I need to be able to make changes (add new search engines, change existing engines) without too much difficulty. I own the current PERL code and can provide it to you to help with this project. This should be a small project since most of the work is done - it is really just converting it to PHP. If successful, we can talk about adding additional tools in the area of search engines. Thank you!
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Looking Ahead to the 2011 London Marathon
Published 25 April 2010
Although the 2010 Virgin London Marathon has just finished barely a few hours ago, its time to reset the metaphorical clock and look forward to the 2011 London Marathon! Here, we present a guide and tips to entering next year's marathon, and all the complete information that you will need to secure your place on the starting line come 2011.
Recap of the 2010 London Marathon
This year was quite the year of change, with Flora dropping out as the key sponsor and Virgin taking over, and thereby for the next few years the competition will now be called the Virgin London Marathon. Notable celebrities who took part this year include Sir Richard Branson, head of the Virgin Group and the entrepreneur best known for setting up Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Money.
We also saw an appearance by Princess Beatrice, the first from the royal family to ever compete in the London Marathon. The singer Natalie Imbruglia was also present, however celebrity Katie Price pulled out of the London Marathon in the last minute, and gossip websites were quick to circulate pregnancy rumours as to the reason for her withdrawal.
In the end, the men's winner was Olympic bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede from Ethiopia, who won in two hours, five minutes, and 18 seconds. He beat Emmanuel Mutai from Kenya, who came in second place and trailed only by about a minute and 4 seconds behind the winner.
The women's race was won by Lilliya Shobukhova from Russia, who also won last year's Chicago marathon and set a new personal best record of 2 hours and 22 minutes. Another Russian, Inga Abitova, came in 2nd place.
In the London Wheelchair Marathon titles, Josh Cassidy from Canada took the men's, while Wakako Tsuchida from Japan took the women's title.
How many runners took part in the London Marathon this year? Estimates are around 36,000. Many runners who took part did so for charity fund-raising, with some estimates being over 80% of runners are running to support a cause. For most, the race was not so much a competitive event but more fun, with some in fancy dress costume like Superman or Spiderman!
Applying for a place in next year's 2011 London Marathon
The public ballot for a spot in next year's London Marathon starting line will be opening in a couple of days time, and as always there will probably be more applicants than there are places. For the 2010 Marathon that just passed, over 125,000 applications were received, and there would have been more if they had not closed the applications then. The date for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon has not been announced as of yet though.
For those who applied for the 2009 and 2010 London Marathon via public ballot but failed to get a place, they will be offered the chance to pre-register ahead of the general public, and a special email link for the pre-registration would have been sent the week commencing April 19th 2010. The public ballot will open on Tuesday May 4th 2010, and will close immediately once there are 125,000 applications. While the exact time the application website is open is unknown, last year it took a couple of days before the magical 125,000 number was reached, so I can safely guess that this year there should be a 24-48 hour window to apply for a spot in next year's marathon. The coveted entry slots for 2011 will not be assigned on a first come first serve basis, but by random balloting.
For those outside the UK, the international ballot will also open on Tuesday May 4th 2010. Both the UK ballot and the international ballot entry website will be on the official Virgin London Marathon website.
If you fail to get a place in next year's London Marathon, there is always the Edinburgh and the Brighton Marathons, which are not as big as the London one and have more places available. In addition, there are marathons in most European countries, with the Paris and Berlin ones quite popular, but even for those it is much easier to get one of the 35,000-40,000 spots available for the general public. New York's Marathon is another option, and is balloted too, but everyone gets at least a guaranteed place in the half marathon.
If you fancy yourself as more of a professional runner or a very good amateur runner, there are other was of getting a "ticket" into the London marathon, without having to go through the public ballot. These routes, however, probably involve lots of taking part in marathon, half marathon, or other running competitions throughout the year. One sure-fire way of getting into the London Marathon will be to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games!
Did you run in this year's marathon? Got your marathon medal? Or planning to run in next year's 2011 London Marathon? We want to hear your story and thoughts… leave a comment below!
Article written by Boon Koh.


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Zoya's six-piece spring nail collection (Intimate) was inspired by last September's spring/summer runway shows in New York. For those shows, Zoya embraced frankening, mixing shades from their vast line to create custom colors (and finishes) for a designer's look. The Intimate shades aren't literal combinations of existing shades, but they are inspired by the designers' requests.
Dannii is a royal purple with gold microglitter. Jules is a cool, dirty, beiged gold microglitter. Caitlin is a muted, medium, purpled blue creme. Dove is a surprisingly industrial grey creme (and I'm so tempted to mix in a little Caitlin!). Marley is a satiny lilac; it literally looks like a satin ribbon. Gemma is swamp green with tiny blue (and purple) shimmers.
Zoya polishes are $7 each, and are always free of toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, and dibutyl phthalate (DBP).
Does this collection inspire you to attempt your own color customization?


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Saturday, November 20, 2010
7:49 PM | Posted by AZ RUNE | Edit Post
I have decided to start a company, AZ-RUNE Computing: "Leave the mystery to us." We have our first client and I have learned a great deal about project management, but more about communication.
I know in earlier posts I have gone on about the duplicity of phrases we use given the context they are used in but I have learned the value of repetition in making sure you and another party have got a clear understanding of an idea. More so that your idea and theirs is on the same page so the vision of the finish is shared by all. It has been most enlightening and I have been blessed with a fantastic team that I am learning from them I think as much as I share.
On a side note I think at my current job at P.M.N. I do appreciate the work the V.P. of Network Ops does a great deal more. I am trying to be a better employee from this experience because of a concept the S.C.A. taught me.
"Almost all good knights were squires first."
"You have to learn how to serve before you have the right and wisdom to lead."
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Monday, November 1, 2010
7:47 PM | Posted by AZ RUNE | Edit Post
Ok, I am trying to get in shape to fight in the Estrella War this coming February so I remember a friend and this old security training video say "...train as you fight..."
However, what does a tech geek do to train for a medieval sport such as the Society of Creative Anachronism?
Wearing Armour on the Elliptical Machine!!!
So to my brothers and sisters in House Inverted I am working on getting in shape so running on the field won't cause me to question whether or not I am an asthmatic! Ha!
Take care,
Lord Iosif Volchkov of House Inverted
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No matter how often one travels to NYC, trying to embrace everything is way too hard. It is best to focus on a few things and see them well.
All my life, I have wanted to go to Coney Island! Bugs Bunny ALWAYS was headed to Coney Island! So I had to go see why......
|Me at the exit of the subway to Coney Island
|A map of the area
|The Boardwalk!!!!!
|Nathan's famous hot dogs!
|The hot dogs!
|Parachute drop
|Rides along the boardwalk
|the beach!
Nothing defines modern New York City like 9/11! Every American knows where they were when the Twin Towers and Pentagon were rammed by planes flown by scum. The Heroes of Flight 93 forced their plane down rather than allow it to be used to kill other Americans. New York City, a city of museums, put together the 9/11 museum- probably the best developed museum EVER. If you go to NYC, this is a must! Much of the museum is off-limits to photographs, so I only have a few. But throughout our visit, tears formed in my eyes.
The museum itself is enormous! It has plenty of open space to viewing of artifacts, and space to quietly reflect.
The museum has a short film on the attack, and rooms with information that is not for eveyone. I thought I was ready for all the information, but after about 1 second in the room dedicated to those who faced only a choice of jumping, I was not ready. I said a prayer for them, crossed myself, said I was sorry I was too weak to see it, and went off to the next exhibit. In the center of the museum is a too-large room with the names of each of the victims- and a video biography of hteir lives recorded by their loved ones. This area really lets you know the people themselves. Sadly, after a few, it becomes over-whelming. The museum is like that- everything is examined, even the scum that perpetrated this act.
|At the entry, one of the supporting beams that remained intact
|At the entry of the museum- two trident support beams
|The slurry wall from the original towers
|twisted metal
|This is an actual stairwell survivors used to exit the building
|Twisted metal
|The antennae from the top of the tower
|the remains of a fire truck
|Another view of the trident beams
|one entire wall of the museum is covered with blue tiles- artists painted their recollection of the sky that fateful day. Clearly on the wall, the words from Virgin: No Day Shall Erase You From the Memory of Time!
|This flag was flown on the Twin Towers- it was tattered. One of the healing systems developed by a first responder was to send this flag to different towns and have parts of it sown back together with fragments of local flags. (http://www.911memorial.org/blog/tags/national-911-flag). It is called the National Flag!
|Remembrance Pool with towers
|One of the pools that outline the original tower- in the background is the museum
|in St. John the Devine church, this art of 9/11 was quite dramatic!
The World Trade Center was an incredible loss to our country- but in a typical American way, we decided to "stick it" to the scum and rebuild the tower. In typical American fashion, it took us twice as long as anyone else:-). But 14 years later, the tower is complete! And a Magnificent tower she is!!! Plus there is a wonderful observation tower at the top! The original was titled "World Trade Center", the new one is named One World Trade Center, or Freedom tower. (http://onewtc.com/). At 1776 feet! she is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere! It is 104 stories tall. The obervation deck is truly amazing! From around the city, you can see the Tower rise above! Once inside, as their phrase says, "you can see forever"!
|Me at the entrance to the museum
|They had an entire section on the building of the tunnels. This is a fun little thing: fake dynamite, you push the lever, and hear the KABOOM!!!!!
|Wages and Prices in 1900!
|Funny how we thought they were more civilized in the past. In today's subway cars there are an increbile number of public service posts on behavior, giving your seat to others, not trashing the cars. Guess things never change.
Here are some interiors to the subway cars through the ages:
My actual favorite part: all the great advertisements through the ages! This is just a very few. They are worth going to the museum just to see! On my video, I filmed them, so stay-tuned for the YouTube video:-)
And that, in a nutshell, was our trip to New York City! It is a wonderful city filled with icnrebile things to do. I recommend everyone go at least once!


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Peak oil and echoes of premature anti-fascism
The idea that the world is fast approaching peak oil production is very controversial, but perhaps nowhere more so than with oil producers. During the run-up World War II, communists who opposed fascism were later labeled premature anti-fascists — an Orwellian sounding term which had ominous consequences for those who bore the label. Now, energy interests concerned about "the premature development of alternatives to oil."
Bahree, Bhushan and Jeffrey Ball. 2006. "Producers Move to Debunk Gloomy 'Peak Oil' Forecasts: Saudis, Exxon Say Supplies Are Ample as Policy Makers Begin to Weigh Substitutes." New York Times (14 September): p. A 2.
"Saudi Arabia, with a quarter of the world's proven crude reserves, has an interest in countering developments that would reduce demand. "If you are sitting on the world's biggest oil deposits, you would want to prevent the premature development of alternatives to oil," said Herman Franssen, president of International Energy Associates, a consulting firm in Bethesda, Md."


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So Fun Friday kind of got the boot for the past couple of weeks because … well, my blog kind of got the boot.
So I present to you Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends by CollegeHumor, because it's fun. And it's friday.
My favourite line – "Coz Sandra IS being a bitch." I know right?!
Hayley Emma


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He is definitely more into his toys and books now. He will bring us and sit through a reading of every single one of his books in a row. Some of them more than once in that rotation. (I know all of them by heart at this point!) He can, with effort, put together a lot of his toys now; legos, cars, etc... What he can't put together he brings over to us, then promptly takes them back apart. He seems to think now that everything in the house is his toy and moves it around or takes it apart. We're most worried about the TV that he really likes to shake.
He has finally added a few words to his sound vocabulary. If you ask him a question about something he wants to do, he answers "yeah." "Do you want to have breakfast?" "Yeah!" "Do you want to go outside?" "Yeah!" He also says cat, truck, light and bye-bye, although they aren't exactly recognizable. Well, some more than others! Bye-bye sounds a lot like "La-la."
Ryder is eating more and more and becoming much more independent with his food. He's been feeding himself bits of sandwich and pieces of fruit, but now he holds his fork, holds his whole item of food. He loves bananas; he actually claps and says yay when you bring one out! He can hold his own banana and takes huge bites to scare the crap out of his parents.
I do not know what he was yelling about!
"Why do you always take my picture and never let me play with the camera?"
Playing with his toys
Just hanging around
Found one of Daddy's toys to play with


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Sydney turned TWO months old a few days ago. I can hardly believe she is already nine weeks old. It has gone so fast but it also feels like she has already been here.
Sydney is growing so well and it just perfect. She is so sweet and the easiest baby.
So what is Sydney up to this month:
Everyone always comments on how pretty you are. We think you are the prettiest baby.
You are holding your head up very well. You love to be up on my shoulder and look around at everything going on around you. You are getting more control of your head every day.
You are on a great schedule - you wake up between 6-7AM and eat every 3 hours during the day! You typically eat 4oz at every feeding. You go to bed after your 7pm bottle then take a dream feed bottle at 10pm.
You love your playmat and your rock 'n play. You sleep great in your rock 'n play. You have been in the swing a few times but you aren't as big a fan.
You love to kick your legs and move your arms around especially when you are on your playmate. You are beginning to clasp your hands together.
You started smiling at us last week. It is seriously the sweetest thing and such a beautiful smile. I've gotten it on video but yet to get a picture. Every time I try to get a picture of your pretty smile you just stare at my phone and get totally distracted.
You love your bath but not a fan of getting out. You do love to be all cuddled up in your towel.
You still nap between every feeding. Sometimes it's only 20 min and other times like mid morning and afternoon it's an hour and a half.
You LOVE to watch your big brothers! They don't pay you much attention but when they do you love to share a big smile with them. They have been so helpful (especially Ryan) at bringing me diapers, bottles, paci and keeping you entertained when you start fussing.
Biggest News: You are sleeping through the night!!! Hallelujah!!!
You have a dream feed bottle at 10 then will sleep til 6 or 7am! Momma is love that and hope it continues.
We are SO in love with you baby girl and cannot imagine life without our little princess! You are such a joy and delight. We thank God every day for such a sweet and beautiful blessing! We love you so much Sydney!


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My girls.
Like bookends in my family.
One is leaving behind infancy and becoming a little girl.
The other is morphing from little girl into a young woman.
They absolutely adore each other.
I pray they are always close,
even when they are both grown.
I pray Cece will always have a doting cheerleader in her big sister, someone to look up to and a shoulder to cry on when life gets tough.
I pray Aili will always have a sister friend that she can laugh through life's joys and sorrow's with.
Those 9 years will shrink in a couple decades,
but I love that unique big sister/ little sister relationship they have right now.
A little girl and her super hero.


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Just learned that my employer is about to start a matching program on my company's 401k. First thing I did: suspend my contributions to the program.
Why continue to invest in the 401k when I can hold off for a few months and then get free money on my contribution?
Don't worry, I still have every intention of maxing out my contributions to my 401k, just as I do every year.
401k matching is awesome.
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Last Sunday, I posted a somewhat delayed Blog (because of illness) about the Mid-term Election and its aftermath. I noted some of the reasons cited for Democratic losses, and I also started a discussion of what may need to be addressed by the Democratic Party as we move forward. Since last week, I have come across two important thoughts and comments that need to be integrated into this piece about Goals and Strategies for the Democratic Party.
First, it seems important to put the Mid-term Election into a reasonable perspective. It is far too easy to broad-brush this result, to spread blame across the broad spectrum of the Party, but to forget both hard-wired demographics and the wide-spread support of voters for certain popular and progressive ideas. Let me explain:
In an article titled "The Disunited States of America", Slate writer, Jamelle Bouie, makes a point not so prevalent in the mainstream (more conservative) press:
"The people who just elected a Republican majority in the Senate are a narrow, unrepresentative slice of voting-age Americans. They're older, whiter, wealthier, and much more conservative than the public at large." Put another way, the "midterm electorate that chose the Republican Congress is itself a Republican electorate drawn from a subset of Republican voters." However, it's just as likely, he contends, that "two years from now, we'll have a Democratic electorate – voters that are younger, less affluent, and more diverse – choosing a democratic president." It's currently hardwired into the divide that exists between the young and the old, and is reflected in early exit polling: 37% of voters in this year's election were 60 and older, compared to 12% who were under the age of 30." Democrats won 54% of the youngest voters (not much help) while 57% of senior voters went to Republicans. In 2016, if the younger cohort turns out as in 2008 and 2012, and Democrats again capture 55-60% of that vote, Democrats could again win the Presidency.
Secondly, William Saletan of SLATE reminds us that although Republicans won big this year, it was not based entirely on Republican ideology and policy (although I must say that 'dark money' from their favorite super PACs didn't hurt!).
In fact, many of the Republican candidates who needed desperately to win used liberal or progressive policies with clearly "populist" themes. These Republicans, who have voted against, or voiced opposition to, some of the issues they then touted, actually used such issues as upward mobility, income inequality, raise in the minimum wage, and even the injustice of cutting Medicare, to successfully steal the thunder of Democratic candidates. Saletan makes the important point for consideration that while Republicans may have won the Senate, the country is still concerned with traditional progressive populist ideas, and will vote Democratic if Democrats can find the right inspirational message. "Public Citizen" even claims that "NOW is Our Time!
It is my opinion that there are some things we need to do right away in response to the election and to the fact that Republicans hold the majority, both in the House and now in the Senate. I do not claim to have all the answers, nor will I attempt at this point to present a great many details, but I want to at least outline a Plan. Unfortunately, the Democrats of the lame duck Congress have not acted boldly to begin essential parts of such a Plan. One thing seems clear, there must be a unified Plan, and hopefully the Dems will get their act together between now and when Republicans take over in Jan. 2015 as the majority Party!
1) GO BIG & BOLD! The President is leading the way on this with the announcement of a pollution reduction agreement with China; temporary suspension of deportments for millions of undocumented immigrants; his continued opposition to the Keystone pipeline, now backed up by talk of a possible veto next time around. And, of course, we must mention his straightforward approach to the second major enrollment period for Obamacare! His leadership has proven to be inspirational, but where are the Democrats who should be praising his action. Some are making noise on MSNBC, but it's limited.
2) FIGHT BACK! The Democratic Party must finally stand up and defend its policies. We must have a Speaker's Group, Strategy Group, Answer Back group, and the Payback Group that gives Republicans a taste of their own medicine. Nothing offered by Republicans should be allowed a free pass, whether it is lies, unfounded accusations, or legislation! We must speak Truth & Facts to all of their fiction! No such thing as compromise; there is no compromise, only trade-offs that keep our side intact.
Here are some of the trade-offs we might offer to the Reps.:
==Leave Obamacare alone or lose options on healthcare for Congress; plus lose your special gym, free care at clinics on site, and free surgery at Walter Reed and Bethesda (and whatever goodies it takes to make the point!)
==Pass CIR or face loss of transportation; staff; furnishings
3) ORGANIZE Democrats in Congress who need to jump on-board to strongly support the President; and he them. Support the President loudly and forthrightly, but now it's also time to put forward a crafted barrage of legislation to counteract and challenge a Republican plan to do this during the first 100 days of their majority rule in Congress. For instance, The Keystone XL pipeline: offer an alternate fuels bill in its place, and offer amendments to the Keystone pipeline bill to gut it (Repeal Keystone; not Obamacare!).
All of this must be part of a planned response, not simply the work of individual Congress members. We have to be unified in the presentation of a planned response to Republican rhetoric, false claims, and special interest pandering. But, we must also be unified in the New Deal we are trying to present to the American citizen. This legislative barrage must send the clear message that we are seeking to aid those very segments of our society who are being ignored and castigated by the Right-wing Republicans (which is 98-99% of us!).
3) CREATE A POPULIST NEW DEAL FOR AMERICA! Establish a Command Center to communicate New Deal unified message; blunt GOP criticism; blame GOP for everything, and develop our own populist word and action symbols and rhetoric. A New Deal must include at least: increase Social Security benefits; expand Medicare and Medicaid; raising the minimum wage beyond the poverty level as an annual salary total; voting rights expanded, not restricted; women's equality, health care and rights enhanced; investment in a world-class public education system; tax reform; and restrictions on Wall Street excesses.
4) PROMOTE CITIZEN GRASS-ROOTS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT! See former Blogs for an explanation: 8/5/14; 7/21/14; 1/18/12. Support and increase leadership of local college students – their activism is imperative.
5) RE-FORM PARTY STRUCTURES to exemplify a populist agenda and bottom-up organization. We need right now an Eleanor Roosevelt-type who can meet with different groups, hear their concerns and then communicate them forcefully to Democratic leaders, Progressive groups and organizations. That woman appears right now to be Senator Elizabeth Warren. Her recent appointment to the Senate Leadership group enables her to be the catalyst for Party re-structure and message rejuvenation.
6) TURN REPUBLICAN STRATEGIES BACK UPON THEM: introduce legislation that makes voter registration and voting the most liberal it can possibly be; send AG civil rights personnel to every voter suppression state to audit their voter rolls and procedures; in fact, increase audits of all kinds in Republican states; use all means at disposal of the federal government to protect citizens. As to the ACA, if the SCOTUS rules that federal subsidies cannot be applied to states who operated their own healthcare phone lines, determine if such a ruling can be applied to any other federal subsidies and threaten to withdraw them from all states who joined the lawsuit or any lawsuit against ACA, or that refused to extend Medicaid eligibility or acted in any way to limit health care to their citizens. This is WAR – so find ways to blunt the enemy's strength. We can no longer be passive – we must threaten the Republican Party wherever it has gained control.
Beat Charles Krauthammer to the punch – a bill a week; allow "amnesty" with restrictions for repatriating untaxed profits earned by international corporations: if they don't pay within a set deadline, issue charges against CEOs and Board members for non-payment of taxes; introduce sweeping reform of the tax code and wipe out all breaks, loopholes and subsidies for corporations (use as a threat against those who pay no taxes and those who escape taxes by moving overseas – remind them Republicans will not always be there to save their "corporate welfare"); set a minimum corporate tax that must be paid.
7) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS TO THE DEMOCRAT & REPUBLICAN 'BRANDS'. Begin at the local level running candidates for local offices. Use every possible opportunity and method to put forth the 'differences" in philosophy, attitude and legislative initiatives toward people and governance.
8) BECOME LITIGIOUS (even a NUISANCE!). Where federal laws are being ignored or disobeyed, investigate, publicize and punish violations; bring charges, impose fines or sue for wrongs whenever possible; empower departments, offices & commissions to carry out such examinations and lawsuits; empower FEC to enforce election laws, and limit money in political campaigns; make giving transparent; fill all judicial vacancies during lame duck session; stop all sales and gifts of military hardware to local police forces; unmercifully use the filibuster; make 60 votes to pass major legislation the norm; initiate legal proceedings against every major piece of flawed Republican; call out every Republican who denigrates the poor, working poor, women, gays, or minorities – get them in court on hate speech if possible; find children & families directly affected by Republican cuts in social programs and bring Republican leadership (state and federal) up on child abuse charges; withdraw every special privilege and budgetary extravagance possible from Congresspersons to help them understand austerity.
Again, this is not definitive, it's not even agreeable to every Democrat or Progressive. What it is meant to be is one set of suggestions for proceeding to advance a progressive Democratic agenda. It is clear that not all of those with a liberal bent would buy into this, or any other set of suggestions. However, that does not mean we must eschew a unified message and proceed with individual Democrats constructing their own agendas and campaigns in their own areas of the country. We have to find a basic "platform" that presents the Democrat brand in a way that most of our citizenry will find compelling for themselves. To not attempt such a program, plan or platform is to admit we cannot compete, that we have an inadequate approach to presenting solutions to major problems or we are failing as a Party to mobilize our forces in the battle for our form of governance and freedoms. Why then, have we not heard from the Democratic Party about this significant movement? Why is there such silence from the DNC or the DCCC, or the DSCC? Is the Party incapable of polling its members to determine their thoughts, opinions, and policy suggestions? Perhaps we are so concentrated on organizing from the top down that we have forgotten HOW to solicit grassroots input.
Putting that assessment aside, let me say that it may be incumbent upon local, state, regional or national private organizations dedicated to progressive liberal causes and policies to take the lead and to feed their own thoughts up the chain to the Democratic powers-that-be. In that vein, let me turn to the attempt of one small core team in one small community in central New York State, to make their own attempt at using a survey instrument to lead them toward answers to: What happened in this election? What responses are needed? How should we organize to present our Plan? That group of (10 people), met a week ago and after going through a survey where they answered questions individually and then pooled their answers to reflect a weighting of answers, came up with some interesting findings. I will not reveal here the entire instrument, but will give you their results so far.
Their answers characterized the off-year election in this way: this election showed that Democrats running away from their President and the issues and policies he expounds is not a winning strategy. For instance, the long-term attack against the Affordable Care Act produced a narrowly focused view of "government" as incompetent and unhelpful enabling Republicans to prevail in a contest about government's role and its accomplishments, or lack thereof. On the other hand, more than policy matters worked against Democrats. Demographics worked against Democrats and for Republicans (to put it simply: more senior citizens showed up to vote for Republicans than young people showed up to vote for Democrats). Finally, unlimited undocumented funds from billionaires and super PACs for highly damaging negative ad campaigns helped to determine the outcome. While there were sympathies expressed for other causes (like: voters not feeling a "recovery"; a series of international crises; a unified Plan of Attack from Republicans), this scenario represents one picture and informs their thinking of what to do about the election.
Next, the group looked at various aspects of what a responsive Plan might contain, essentially covering four areas: Jobs Now; Build Stronger Communities; Make Democracy Work for the People; Everyone Pays Their Fair Share. The rankings were weighted; that is, a first place vote got three points, second place two points and third place earned 1 point. Then the values were added up to give a weighted score on the various elements of each section. What happened? Well, these ten Progressives called for the following to be part of a responsive Plan:
End All Tax Breaks for Companies that ship jobs and profits overseas;
Invest in America's Infrastructure to create jobs;
Put Americans to Work NOW – create temporary jobs immediately especially for the long-term unemployed;
Stop the War on Workers and Labor Rights
Invest in Public Education
Strengthen Corporate Commitment to the Communities in which they operate;
End the War on Drugs
(3 more tied in rating included: Medicare for All, Protect Women's Rights and Equality; Focus on Reducing Poverty among Children and their Families).
Election Reform
Overturn Citizens United decision
Support permanent Comprehensive Immigration Reform
A third area on what to do in response as an organization was not able to be completed, but the group decided to ask its members to do so in a somewhat unique way: to answer the final section as a survey on the website surveymonkey.com. In that regard, it is perhaps a fitting ending to this piece to invite readers to take a look on surveymonkey.com where you will find the entire survey at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JS2J8D2
Take it if you wish. Your own scores and choices should be available to you when you finish. It may be helpful to you as it has been to the referenced small group as to their concerns and commitments. Check it out. You may even want to use it within your organization, or to promote it to others. Maybe your own version might produce better results...
The point of it all is: as Progressive Democrats, we cannot sit by because the status quo is not acceptable. We need to be asking ourselves why we lost. What can we do about it? How do we proceed as an organization to implement a responsive Plan? Let's Get Busy!


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Jeb was a popular governor here in the Sunshine State and he tried to parlay that into the White House. I am glad to see him gone, not because he is a bad person, but because I believe he would be a bad president.
Good luck in your future endeavors, Mr. Bush. But it's time to leave politics and enter the private sector and fade. Americans are generally tired of two families right now and you have the honor of being a member of one of them.
Sarge, Out


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Speculation about what kind of puppy the new first family will get has intrigued the nation since Presidentelect Barack Obama publicly promised his daughters a pooch. A Google search of "Obama puppy" yields sites featuring naming contests, online petitions to rescue a shelter pup and even a cartoon dog singing "Pick Me!" on YouTube.
But as every dog owner knows, there's plenty to consider when bringing a dog into the family beyond what breed to take home.
From preparing your home to veterinary care and big bags of kibble, the costs can mount rapidly. Annual expenses for large breeds can top $2,000 a year, and depending on the path a dog takes to your house, it could cost that much just to get it there.
President-elect Obama has said the family was hoping to adopt a dog, but daughter Malia's allergies mean they'll need to look for a breed considered hypoallergenic. This factor could lead them to opt to buy from a breeder, as Vice President-elect Joe Biden did with his German shepherd puppy, Champ.
One breed that may cross the first family's radar is the Cairn terrier, a non-shedding dog that averages about 12 to 15 pounds: Think Toto in "The Wizard of Oz." Tricia Griggs of Sudbury, Mass., bought her Cairn, named Tucker, a few months ago from breeder Marly Lucier for $1,600.
"There's no thing snooty, if you will, about buying a dog through a breeder," Griggs said, noting that owners of purebreds need to be concerned about breed standards - such as the dog's color, size and temperament.
Tucker recently won "Best Puppy" in his first dog show, where breed standards are particularly important, but careful breeding can also help avoid certain genetic health problems and behavioral issues. Lisa Peterson of the American Kennel Club said it is important to seek reputable breeders or breed-specific rescue groups, because puppies sold through pet stores are frequently the products of puppy mills and may not be appropriately screened.
"The most important thing is to engage in a relationship with a breeder," Peterson said. "Ask if you can come visit the facility where the mother lives and puppies are cared for."
Depending on the breed and your location, a purebred puppy from a breeder will generally cost between $800 and $2,000. This often includes initial veterinary examinations and vaccinations.
If that sounds prohibitive, Joanne Yohannan, senior vice president of operations at North Shore Animal League America, a Port Washington, N.Y. shelter, said about 25 percent of the dogs in shelters are purebreds. "There are plenty of cost affective ways of getting a purebred dog without spending thousands of dollars," she said.
Adoption fees at shelters, which typically include some vet care, and also often include spaying or neutering, generally run between $100 to $250, she said.


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Nationals protest game against Padres over lineup card mix-up
The Nationals are playing tonight's game under protest after the Padres committed an error with their lineup card. The Padres listed Adam Russell, a right-handed reliever who was sent down to Class AAA Portland today, as the starting pitcher. In fact, scheduled starter Clayton Richard started.
After the top of the first, manager Jim Riggleman and Bud Black each met with the entire umpiring crew. The Nationals filed a protest, and the umpires accepted it, meaning they believe the protest is valid enough to pass on to the league office.
Two excepts from the official rulebook make the chances of overturning a Nationals loss appear grim. Rule 3.05(c) states, in part, "If the improper pitcher is permitted to pitch, any play that results is legal." Also, a comment under Rule 4.01 states in part, "Teams should not be 'trapped' later by some mistake that obviously was inadvertent and which can be corrected before the game starts."
As of the middle of the fourth inning, the Nationals are making the protest a moot point. Josh Willingham crushed a three-run home run to put the Nationals ahead, 3-0.
Adam Kilgore
May 28, 2010; 10:21 PM ET
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Stop! Hammer time.
Nice to wake up to another curly W in the books!
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excepts translation is excerpts
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Da Hammer!!!
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Surely all protests have to be passed on to the League office. What would be the point of letting the umpires decide whether a challenge to one of their decisions was worthy of review?
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|Abba Moro
Inmates at the Kuje prison are in shock that the former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro is now one of them.
Many of them were excited and curious to know what led to his detention.
According to a source, the inmates were amazed to see Moro in prison custody barely one year after he visited the facility as the interior minister.
It will be recalled that Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday remanded the former minister in prison custody over his......alleged complicity in a N676million job scam.
A source said the former minister was brought to the prison around 12 pm on Monday and made to undergo the standard procedures for inmates.The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), Public Relations Officer (PRO), Francis Enobore, said an inmate was free to feed himself, adding that it is standard practice to allow inmates to provide their food themselves.
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February 11, 2011: This post was started when this so called revolution began and now the media says that it is over and they, the people have successfully ousted Mubarak. I really don't know who really ousted this man but I have a suspicion that it was not the people but the power behind the curtain, the ones that really are responsible for toppling governments. I have never really been interested in politics and/or politicians because when you come down to it they are all pushing hidden agendas that don't have much to do with helping the people that vote for them so, excuse me if I choose not to "walk like an egyptian," but to walk like the individualist that I am, and that means that, I am walking past all of the bullshit that the media is peddling.
A colorful hip place for you to sit, have a stimulating drink, converse and eavesdrop on my thought process.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
When Will Americans Walk Like An Egyptian?
I have always disliked the saying "walk like an Egyptian," because it has no basis in reality but when someone asked the question " when will Americans walk like an Egyptian on Facebook, I wanted to know what they meant by it. Unfortunately, I did not know this person but, my question to the author of this statement is what are you advocating, do you want Americans to take to the streets? For what reason, what is the issue that would drive the masses into the streets? I really don't know why the so called Egyptian people are in the streets, but I hear that they are finally tired of Mubarak running things but what does that have to do with the American people. We are already in most of the countries on the planet so I guess some think that we should go ahead and jump into this mess also.
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11 November 2013
Shivappa Nayaka Palace, Shimoga
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Thank you, magiceye...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 November 2013 at 00:59
This Place looks pretty Good..Never been to Shimoga,When I will be there I will make sure to visit this Palace.. :DReplyDelete
Definitely you need to plan a visit, Harsha. There is lot to explore..Complete series coming up on Shimoga, in next posts..ReplyDelete
Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing this useful post. A picturesque city dotted with waterfalls, swaying palms and lush paddy fields which make for a great place for tourists to enjoy the scenic beauty and refresh themselves, along with the cultural hub of the state of Karnataka. Explore all best hotels in Shimoga also.ReplyDelete
Nice post! Thanks for your information. The place was much better than any hotel, very peaceful, very friendly staff. We had a wonderful time and next time me or my friends come to Shimogha, I will surely come to this same place. Keep up the great work!!
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Then we realized that we were eligable and in the right place to get Elune's Blessing. Kill Omen, a two-headed devil dog? No problem! We had a basic idea of what to do, but when our five fireworks produced nothing, I got onto WowHead to see what we needed to do while Jerexyrd went back for more cluster bombs. As we discovered, it was really good that we didn't have enough fireworks to summon Omen.
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There was a previous rumored report that Paul Bettany was seen in London for The Avengers 2 taking part in some sort of scene set in the 1940s featuring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter.
The scene featuring Paul Bettany has never been confirmed, but the actor was recently spotted with a cane walking around NYC this past Tuesday.
Just Jared has the pic of Bettany in NYC, but doesn't state why he is using the cane.
It's unknown if this is a result of filming for The Avengers 2 or something else (possibly exercise related?). The injury looks to have happened some time in the past couple of weeks as Bettany was seen at the Transcendence premiere on April 10th without the cane as well as on Jimmy Kimmel on April 11th.
We'll update when more news becomes known.
Paul Bettany is set to play the Vision in The Avengers 2.
"The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" hits May 1, 2015 directed by Joss Whedon starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver with James Spader as Ultron.
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- Susan Delacourt comments on the role of robocalls in turning citizens away from politics - though it's worth pointing out that the Cons may well see that as a desirable result to capitalize on a modest base of support:
What may need more testing, however, is how robocalls work as a tool to suppress votes. Sure, they don't make people any more likely to turn out at the polls, or vote for a particular party.- Meanwhile, Nanos' latest polling shows both the NDP and the Libs with a significantly greater pool of potential voters than the Cons in Quebec and elsewhere. And while most of the related commentary has focused on the fact that potential support is somewhat dispersed among various first choices, I'd have to think any party would prefer a larger universe of potential supporters rather than a smaller one.
But they may just be annoying enough to turn people off politics or voting — and, from all accounts, that seemed to be the motive behind the rash of robocalls in the 2011 campaign. Robocalls are the political equivalent of telemarketers; the scourge of Canadian households, especially around dinnertime.
If you were trying to find a way to make people mad or cynical about politics, it would be hard to find a better medium than the irksome telephone.
On that front, the fact that the Cons haven't expanded their pool of possible support in the slightest since winning a majority looks to signal that their hold on power is in fact fairly precarious. But then, they're far from the party with the greatest contraction in possible support - as Nanos shows the Bloc's potential support in Quebec lower than the actual support held in the party's 2011 wipeout.
- The Guardian discusses how needless austerity has been tested in the UK - and has failed miserably. Better Way Alberta notes that an obsession with eliminating tax and royalty revenue has led to Alberta being stuck in the red even as its resources are exploited. Paul Krugman catches anti-equality spinmeisters trying to pass off increased wealth disparity as evidence that there's any benefit to the middle class in further divergence. And Andrew Jackson makes the case for taxes on accumulated wealth as a means of fostering both greater equality and increased economic development.
- Finally, David McNally writes about the role of the labour movement in addressing inequality:
When Chicago teachers waged their highly successful strike in September, many commentators rightly noted the enormous significance of the wide public support they garnered. But few appreciated that this support was a result of years of community-based organizing by the Coalition of Rank and File Educators (CORE), a progressive caucus in the teachers union, to prevent school closures in poor, racialized neighbourhoods. In 2010, activists from CORE won the executive elections in the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). So, when the union struck in the fall of 2012, it could credibly claim it was striking as much for the needs of students as for the jobs and wages of teachers. Throughout the walkout, the CTU continued to foreground its commitments to challenging racism and poverty. The result was an outpouring of community support for the union, including solidarity rallies at schools throughout working class neighbourhoods. So shaken by this groundswell were city officials, that the CTU won important victories – for students and poor communities as much as the teachers themselves.
Closer to home, the last couple of years have seen the emergence of a vigourous alliance between the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the feisty, Toronto-based Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Together, CUPE and OCAP have spearheaded an energetic "Raise the Rates" campaign devoted to increasing social assistance rates in Ontario – something absolutely indispensable to alleviating poverty. Combining education and grassroots activism, the Raise the Rates campaign has been a genuine example of a community-labour alliance that transcends conventional collective bargaining. By creating an authentic and activist solidarity between poor people and trade unionists it offers a refreshing alternative to business style unionism.
There are reasons to believe, therefore, that a reinvigorated trade unionism is possible – one committed to gender, racial and generational justice. And such a trade unionism, mobilizing communities in a way labour has not done for generations, could become a powerful force in reversing the rampant social inequality promoted by neoliberalism.


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I just got back from Moncton with my new sewing machine. A Husqvarna Viking Tribute 140C. By the looks of it I will need to take some classes. It is quite a step up from what I am used to.
These are a few of the free things that I got with it.
A quilting table, free motion foot, and many more feet, a travel bag for the table and a essentials kit. The picture didn't turn out as clear as I would have liked. Well time to go and play.


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Slow down to know the gifts of life. Creative endeavor is like creation itself. Like the nature of a forest, the slow growth of a giant tree, shedding of leaf and limb through the seasons. Death and re-emergence of life. Deliberate changing of cover and color of foliage. The patience of flora, minute and massive, despite the skitter and fleet of fauna, the rush of storm and thought of mankind. There is always more time.
How long are the days of creation? Mountains rise and fall, as continents elbow for position. Earth turns. Sun gives its life as radiance, and Moon plies its pressure, exciting oceans and sky to tangle.
Go there. See it from the Starship. Know that we are not just our bodies. These are but the expression of earth and star and distant galaxy. Just as they too are ours. Slow to its pace, to the hour hand of the master clock. Stop. And tune to the tree, to the rock, to the mushroom. To the star. Know too, that all life, all substance and energy, is of the same Spirit. Because all is of one when you no longer look at life in parts. And when you look at life in parts, see the harmony in its working, in its movement, in its play. In rest. There is peace.
When Jane shared a mushroom with me, it was my first morel. The sharing of story and morsel inspired the poem below. Going to the place of verse's working helped me see the bigger picture.
Blessing by Morel
Sky white columns,
and canopy green.
Wooded floor in frond-soft tint.
Spring step on life-spent limb
and twig of feather, floral light.
I place cane chair in shade retreat.
Honor body, earth and soul.
Then call the roll: Just I and all
these other forms. They watch.
I rest.
And leaving day of great detail
unwinding all, but be and feel.
Then sense love song surreal
in murmur and sweet scent.
Drawn to the place of soul's content.
Hear hour hand in season's pace.
A different race—
Far and wide, and traveling band
by caravan and star-lit ship.
No end in sight and sound so quick.
But then a pop or snap or click.
I'm kicked back through portal of
immortal's bliss.
Slowly now, I reawake
to reacquaint myself to now.
And here. Somehow.
I breathe, and see anew.
Senses keen and sense of truth.
Color and light, in ambient hue.
Can trouble hide what isn't there?
Now circling my cane-back chair—
in silent toll, I count them—twelve!
Blest in soul and these morels.


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Saturday, November 20, 2010
from the SMO junior exam
This was from the 2004 exam:
Find the number of digits in N where N is the product of all positive divisors of 100,000,000. (Note: For any positive integer A, we regard A itself as one of the divisors.)
Another one:
The number A=200420052006...2040 is formed when one puts the consecutive integers from 2004 to 2040 together. What is the remainder when A is divided by 9?
solution discussion for the first one:
Divisors come in pairs -- every divisor x, there must be a divisor n/x, and their product is n. (But if the divisor is a square root of n, then it is the same as the other divisor and it is only counted once.) How many pairs are there?
For n=10 there are two pairs (10-1 5-2), and we note the product is 10^2 = 100.
For n=100 there are five pairs (100-1, 25-4, 20-5, 10-10, 50-2) but one pair is degenerate and the product is 100^4 * 10 (=10^9).
For n=1000, there are eight pairs. Divisor product = 1000^8.
For n=10^8, the script I wrote in Mathematica tells me there are 81 divisors and the divisor product is 325.
The number of divisors for 10^n has an interesting trend, too. It seems to be (n+1)^2.
8 comments:
- Allison said...
10^4 is 10000.
Perhaps it is cleaner to show people that the prime factorization of 10^k is
2^k 5^k.
- November 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- le radical galoisien said...
You can /prove/ that of course, but sometimes I find that knowing the proof is not quite the same as conceptual mastery.
Using mathematica, Length[Divisors[1000]] gives 16 divisors, but there are 25 digits in its product.
Length[Divisors[10000]] ==> 25 divisors
(I wrote a short script to investigate this for any n.)
- November 20, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- le radical galoisien said...
interesting. that the sequence of squares alternate from odd and even -- because the square of an odd number is always odd.
but it happens to work out that it makes a formula very convenient, in the case of degenerate pairs.
- November 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- le radical galoisien said...
For n^k as well.
Length[Divisors[6^7]] = 64 -- that is (7+1)^2.
So this can be generalised for any n, not just n = 10^b.
- November 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- le radical galoisien said...
unproven, but probably true (?) statements:
If n is prime, then n^k has k+1 divisors.
If n is a square of a prime, then n^k has 2k+1 divisors.
If n has two prime factors (e.g. n=6), then n^k has (k+1)^2 divisors.
if n is a cube of a prime (e.g. 8), then n^k has 3k+1 divisors.
if n has three prime factors, then n^k has (k+1)^3 divisors.
trying to work out the trend (not prove!) for the case to any n.
The prime factorization of the number of divisors for any whole number is interesting.
- November 20, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- le radical galoisien said...
sorry if this seems like elementary playing -- I've not been exposed to number theory for many years. It's just something that doesn't come up in the sciences a lot.
Do the mainland Chinese pay a lot of attention to number theory?
Now I had an Indian teacher (Mr M. Ravi) in sec 1, who exposed me to the SMO. Alas, I've not had a math teacher like that since. Sure I've had useful math teachers, but he was a well-published-adult-with-the-curiosity-of-a-child sort of guy. In fact I think he wasn't a regular teacher at ACSI -- he just randomly ambushed me at a school recess one day, sized me up and said I looked like the kind of person who would be curious enough to attend a mysterious session about something mathy at 1 pm on Fridays.
- November 20, 2010 at 7:32 PM
If n is prime, then n^k has k+1 divisors.
Sure. The divisors are precisely:
1, n, n^2, n^3, n^4, .... , n^k
All you need to know, really, is that any divisor of N can be constructed by choosing a subset of the prime factors of N.
So, for example, if N = (p^a)(q^b), where p and q are both prime, then you can build any divisor by taking "some p's" (where "some" is any number from 0 to a) and "some q's", (where "some" is any number from 0 to b). So there are (a+1) choices of how many p's to take, and (b+1) choices of how many q's to take, which makes (a+1)(b+1) possibile divisors you can build.
- November 21, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Catherine Johnson said...
How come there's nothing in this question about Iceland?
That's what I want to know.
- December 3, 2010 at 5:20 PM


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Okay. I'm officially sick and tired of all the fuss about who the next pope will be. ABC's Diane Sawyer is in Rome, so is CBS's Scott Pelley, and hanging around the Vatican is CNN's Anderson Cooper. Give me a break.
A conclave of celibate old men, disproportionately Italian, disproportionately European, who espouse strange doctrines largely dreamed up during the Iron Age, will don their scarlet drapes and matching hats and eventually send us a smoke signal indicating they have secretly elected an old, probably white, guy who will climb into his bullet-proof pope-ride and tell Catholics around the world many things that they will subsequently ignore.


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I started with The Wexford Carol, my favorite traditional Christmas son, performed by Allison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma.
Next, Daniela Andrade sing the Vince Guaraldi tune Christmas Time Is Here, positive lyrics over a very melancholy tune, with a bonus adorable dog.
And for a real hearttugger, it's hard to beat Charles Brown's 1960 hit, the often covered but never equaled Please Come Home for Christmas.
This one was recommended by Frank Conniff, a.k.a. TV's Frank, a holiday station identification from CBS back in 1966.
And one of the great recent traditions, Darlene Love singing Christmas, Baby Please Come Home on the David Letterman show for the last time with the full Wall of Sound treatment.
And the saddest modern Christmas song, made sadder this year, Another Lonely Christmas, one of my favorite B-sides from Prince.
And after all this melancholy, I sincerely wish a happy holiday season to all my readers.


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ISLE OF WIGHT – The Isle of Wight County School Board on Thursday unanimously adopted a $63.5 million operating budget for 2014 that would jack up the county's tax rate by 12 cents.
The spending plans calls for $32.6 million in local funding, up from $27.6 million, and does not include any personnel cuts or furlough days. The division is projecting that it will receive $25.6 million and $4.3 million in state and federal revenue respectively.


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Saturday, September 14, 2013
From now on, I won't assign any text longer than 140 characters
Meanwhile, I'm still puzzling over an encounter with a student who came to my office the other day to complain about the reading assignments in my class. He made the usual complaints and I made the usual suggestions about reading strategies, time management, and tutoring, but it was clear that he wanted something specific but just couldn't spit it out.
Finally I understood: he wanted to be excused from doing the reading assignments in my class. Because they're too hard.
And what about all those papers that respond to the reading assignments? He wanted submit the papers he wrote for another section of the class last year. Even though that section of the class focused on an entirely different topic. And even though he had failed the class.
I was tempted to tell him to just concentrate on reading his cereal box every morning and not bother with anything else, but I suspect that he's already mastered that strategy.
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I was going to comment on a different post, but I'm putting my comment here instead. I hope I get credit for it. I just wanted to say I completely agree with that Gordon Presto fellow. But Cassandra also made a good point. It's important that the author intersects synecdoche and syncope. Can I get extra credit for this comment since it's under 140 words?ReplyDeleteReplies
Somebody needs to send this post to the online-education evangelists. It's the best example of a typical online discussion-board post that I've seen yet.Delete
One of my students (in a hybrid class) this semester seems very puzzled by the fact that I'm not just asking for a "reflection" on some reading each week. The students in this class actually have to do things online (different things each week, as they work toward completing a couple of major projects). This apparently does not match his expectations of how classes with online components work.
This is where sports analogies (much as I hate the extent to which our culture is saturated with sports-everything) sometimes work. Just because you practiced shooting baskets/place kicks/serving last season doesn't mean you get to skip doing it again this season.ReplyDelete
Don't underestimate the power of a well balanced, nutritious breakfast.ReplyDelete
How many times do we get students write something completely unrelated? I'm always convinced it's something they wrote in high school that they earned a good grade on and now want acknowledgment of that in college.ReplyDelete
I assigned an analysis of the article, not a long poem about how you felt when your father returned from active duty. I am thankful he returned safely, but I cannot give you credit for it! Sheesh!


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Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The result!
14 comments:
- HELLO TIGER! said...
Den fina grunden är ju iaf densamma ^.^
- 10 November 2009 at 18:20
- Fine Little Day said...
Men vad snyggt ni, innan också. Å vad jag gillar att det är mycket att titta på!
- 10 November 2009 at 19:04
- ●• Thereza said...
WOWZA!!!! looks amazingly airy, cosy and colourful all at the same time. happy you!!! :)
are the wallpapers made with your patterns?
- 10 November 2009 at 22:16
- ●• Thereza said...
ohh and i love the new blog header :)
- 10 November 2009 at 22:18
- la casita de wendy said...
- 10 November 2009 at 22:56
- Veja cecilia said...
thanks girls:)
thereza, nope the wallpapers are not done by me, I wish they where though. Most of them are english I think, the red one in the bedroom is swedish and thats josef franks pattern. I looove wallpapers (as you know:)
- 10 November 2009 at 23:38
- Fruenswerk said...
WOW...a change...looks very cool...:)
Fun to see...
- 11 November 2009 at 12:46
- when skies are grey said...
wow Cecilia, it looks stunning. Your taste combined with beautiful photography make for an aweseom looking home. Love it.
- 11 November 2009 at 15:41
- aimee said...
i want to move in! what an incredible apartment you have!
- 11 November 2009 at 19:16
- handmade romance said...
OH WOW beautiful! i love that you showed the chaos before and then seeing the magic of it all coming together with beautiful lighting and perfectly arranged furnishings. love it!! thanks for sharing : )
- 12 November 2009 at 04:15
- Aris said...
Wow!!!! It's lovely!!!! Now do you want to stay???
- 12 November 2009 at 14:55
- sandra said...
älskar ert kök! luckorna är helt fantastiska. allt är jättefint, men köket är jag KÄR i :)
- 13 November 2009 at 13:19
- nathalie et cetera said...
wow you clean up well! I've been following your work in progress but didn't have time to comment. I was happy to see i'm not the only messy person on the blogland -i t seems everybody has such clean homes. but now you join them and i feel alone again :)
- 13 November 2009 at 14:44
- Esti said...
I had seen some pictures of your home before, the wallpapers, some corners, some floor bits... but altogether is just great!!
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If you're ever in Portland, OR the Bob's Red Mill store and cafe is a must stop- whether you're gluten free or not. The store is awesome, with a nice, large gluten free aisle, and a baking section. There were some cute senior citizen couples having breakfast and I bet they've going there for years. Whether it's before or after, don't miss out on the tour of the plant which is just up the street (it used to be across the street, but they out grew it).
One of the murals in the store. And yes Bob looks just like that in person. I know, I met him, and it was awesome!


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AN AUSTRALIAN woman has appeared in court accused of raping a man after breaking into his home.
Rebecca Helen Elder, 39, from Adelaide, appeared in city's District Court where she pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass in a place of residence, and one count of rape.
Prosecution documents, filed with the court, allege both offences took place at a suburban location between September 20 and September 23 last year.
At trial, prosecutors will allege Elder broke into a house while its male occupant - who cannot be named – was lawfully on the premises.
They will further allege she broke in with the intention of committing a further offence of rape.
Finally, prosecutors will allege Elder raped the man by performing an act of oral sex without his consent. Judge Wayne Chivell remanded Elder on continuing bail to a directions hearing in April.


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Fascinating report of a colony of bonobos in Salonga National Park in the Congo basin that have been watched for over 3 years and appear to have gradually evolved and somewhat refined a crude method of fire-making which they are reported to employ in brandishes against enemies - which villagers say have destroyed tracts of forestry - and in cooking squirrel monkeys. if this has been reported accurately - and I am looking for more learned reports here - it may represent evolution in action and a replay of early human evolution where the ability to cook food - at least according to Richard Wrangham - was a crucial factor in releasing high-octane calories vital for body and brain growth.
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The leader of Peterborough City Council has denied effectively signing a blank cheque to pave the way for three green energy parks on city farmland.
Councillor Marco Cereste has vowed that money will not be wasted even if the multi-million pound project to install scores of wind turbines and solar panels does not secure planning approval.
His comments come after council-appointed, London-based AECOM submitted three planning applications to the council to carry out environmental impact assessments on the proposed sites for the renewable energy parks.
And it has been revealed that the cost of feasibility studies to assess the impact and potential of the parks might not only be higher than the £500,000 originally estimated, but is not even known.
Cllr Cereste said: "There is very little risk. Even if the wind turbines do not get approval, I am confident the plans to install solar panels will go ahead and will generate enough cash to pay for any initial costs and produce profits for the local authority."


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That is what I did about 5 weeks ago, when the wild mallard that was sitting on her nest outside my office was killed by what we think is a fox, leaving her nest unprotected. No one thought her eggs would hatch without help but it is against the law to move the eggs. So they set there in one of our potted plants.
Luckily, they were close to their full gestation period, and two days after Mama Mallard was killed a duckling hatched. Turns out she would be the only one that hatched. Being that is was Friday at 4:45 and no one wanted to leave her to fiend for herself, I was called upon. Because I have "sucker" written across my forehead and I live on a farm. :)
|MQQ only an hour old.
|MQQ only a couple of days old.
|MQQ 2 weeks old.
She will soon move outside to her own pen with access to a baby pool. It is almost complete so she will be able to spend her days enjoying the outside world. But for now she is still living in my tub and splashing in my sink.
|MQQ loves sitting on my shoulder at 3 1/2 weeks old.
|MQQ splashing in the sink at 4 wks old.