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Monday, September 14, 2009
Day 3: The blur begins
I awoke at around 8 am bleary, confused and sick from the festivities of the night before. I'm very glad I woke up at this time because I had till about 11 am to vacate the hotel room and I needed that extra time to get ready. I felt nauseous so I did what any red blooded American would do, head to the bathroom to fix this feeling. After re-emerging from the bathroom feeling great I went back to bed to wake up by 10:12 so I can pack up and go. When I re-awaken I wander the hotel room looking for everything just in case I was in a hiding things mood, which I sometimes get when I am in that state of mind. Everything has been accounted for and I vacate the room. At check out I get 10 bucks due to overcharge for resort fees. I have some time to kill so I to to krispy kreme and I post the day 1 posts. I need to get to a point where I can post these the day of. The internet problem should subside when I end up a couple destinations down. My cousin calls me to make sure I am still alive to which I promptly thank him for the experience of last night. He says he'll come pick me up in an hour to get to the airport. I realize that I don't have enough time to go to the Luxor and ride the sideways diagonal elevator which is unfortunate and I may have to make a stop back in Las Vegas just to do that. I for the first time gamble in Las Vegas I throw 5 dollars directly into a slot machine and now I am down 5 dollars, awesome. While wandering towards the area I needed to be for my cousin to pick me up and I found a slot machine I had to play and take pictures of. The village people slot machine, what the hell is this. The icons to match were gem studded shoes, glitter, disco balls, and weird caricatures of the village people themselves.
Cousin comes to pick me up and we head out to the airport, everything goes fine and I end up getting on my flight to long beach without any issues. The flight went without a hitch I watched half of The Matrix 2 and fell asleep. I was woken up by a woman asking me about if I wanted to eat cookies or blue potato chips. I went for the cookies instead of the mutant potato based product. When I got to long beach I was surprised at the state of the airport. It looks like a series of bungalows that just happen to be along side an airstrip. There are none of the normal gates that lead directly to a plane, you have to get off and on using those staircases that you drive. No idea what they are called. After a 10 minute wait I get back on the same plane I arrived on. We hurled back into the air to get to San Francisco. I finish watching the Matrix, I watch some Myth-busters and this time I get the crazy blue potato chips which turned out were not crazy but bland. I've been traveling all day and I didn't return home to re-center myself it feels like these locations are blurring together which makes me feel like I am still in this crazy las Vegas wonderland. I haven't actually left the airport or security zone yet because I'm not sure whats out there in regards to internet, power, and seating. Since I have to wait a few hours for my friend to show up I might as well stay where resources are more plentiful, namely power and seating. The only airport I've been to where the internet hasn't been a pay service because they are jaggofs was McCarran in Las Vegas.
So as of right now I'm not sure what I am doing I'm going to wander around asking about internet, try to find some good places to sit and think about going on to the BART. Under normal circumstances I would go on this BART dealie but I'm carrying a couple bags and they are starting to dig into my shoulders. Alright exploration and then part 2 coming up.
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There are public sector companies and then there are public sector companies. In the former, as in the erstwhile Communist and Socialist countries, governments physically established and owned businesses. The latter is a neat twist to ownership, where private sector establishes companies, float them in the capital market, and then government becomes the majority share-holder in those companies! Thanks to the never-ending adaptations of quantitative easing, Japan has become the progenitor of this new economic model!
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) had embarked on a massive quantitative easing program, including purchases of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). As of June 2016, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) owned 60% of the country's ETF market and is now a top-five owner of stocks in 81 out of the 225 companies that make up the Nikkei Stock Index. Last month, it increased the annual ETF purchase target to 6 trillion yen. It is now estimated that the ETF purchases will make the BoJ the largest shareholder in 55 of the 225 Nikkei stocks and top 10 holder in 99% of its companies by December 2017!
The apparent logic of all this is that ETF purchases will boost economic activity, enhance risk appetite, and thereby raise inflation above two per cent. There is a hollow ring to this, given the disproportionately low returns from years of expansionary fiscal and monetary policies. Instead of such hugely risky experiments, Japan, as I blogged earlier, should get down to more fundamental labor market reforms on migration and women workers to address its massive demographic challenge.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
I think I'm in love
I cannot seem to take my eyes away from the screen when I see Chloe/Angel and my mum says that I am in love.
As I have never experienced this thing "love" with anything other than my mum or my ball before, I was wondering whether it is normal? Or whether any of you have ever felt this same way over some dog you've never even met?
Please help me. I'm starting to wish that I lived in Beverly Hills, Yikes.
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- The OP Pack said...
Love is grand when you find true love - TD is in love with his gal Kat. Keep watching that movie and you will understand that it IS very normal and wonderful to feel love.
Woos, the OP Pack
- June 24, 2009 at 12:47 AM
- Bentley said...
I met a pretty girl Chihuahua at this fashion show my mom drug me to. Her name is Bentley Grace and I was very taken with her, despite the fact that she was nearly twice my size. And my brother, Beemer, is in love with Lexi for sure. He always kisses her and loves on her when he sees her. I think Lexi likes the attention. I think what you are feeling is totally natural. Maybe you can convince your mom to get you a girlfriend. That's why mom got Lexi, but it turns out she's more like my sister than a girlfriend. Yuck!
- June 24, 2009 at 1:09 AM
- Bijou said...
Hi Gizmo,
I have never been "in love" before, so can't offer you any advice except to say that long distance relationships are probably very difficult and frustrating. I would avoid that if at all possible. Mom says when you meet the right doggy you will just know.
We have not seen BHC yet. I keep asking mom to rent it but the meanie hasn't done it!
Wags & wiggles,
- June 24, 2009 at 3:15 AM
- Lacy said...
w00fs, me iz in love wiff 2, Hershey and Kaci...heeheem love iz sooo cool..
b safe,
- June 24, 2009 at 6:27 AM
- Lorenza said...
Hi, Gizmo!
Chloe is beautiful! I understand why you are in love!
Let me tell you a secret. My mom is in love with a baseball player from the US and she screams everytime she watches him on tv! Haaaaa!
Kisses and hugs
- June 24, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Bev Murray said...
Sami( alias flash the wonder dog) here...just want you to know that i have the same crush...and I think love is so...grand...
I haven't been writing much of late because my human has been ill and has needed lots of tlc and cuddles from me...this kinda love is grand too...
- June 24, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Amber said...
My mommy love that movie too! It doesn't get tired right? Chloe is one beautiful Chihuahua, she so talented!! I really have eyes on Papi and Delgado hee.. i'm in love too sighs~
Amber licks!!
- June 25, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Patrice said...
That must be a very lovable movie because you are in love with it. I will watch it soon, too.
- July 2, 2009 at 10:46 PM


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Rick Ross just keeps on saying boneheaded things this year. First he got into trouble spitting his infamous molly rhymes on Rocko's "UOENO," then he followed it up with his terrible non-apology apology about the whole situation, and now he's had quite a social media fail. Check out his tweet from earlier today.
Just landed in the beautiful country of Africa..I can tell you that the world is excited for #TheGifted— Mastermind (@rickyrozay) June 24, 2013
Sorry Bawse, but Africa is a continent, not a country.
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Now before you call Intervention, let me explain. This isn't going to be a drunken pirate party for the next 30 days. Although, I can't promise there won't be a nip here or there. What I am proposing is to turn Christmas on its head, to keep some traditions, to dismiss a few, and to start new ones as well.
For instance, this whole Elf on the Shelf thing is fired. I jumped on the bandwagon right away, in its infancy, when I was gifted with one of the first for my kids. I actually know the Elf Creator - we were in The Sound of Music together - and although I sincerely wish I could support her demon spawn - it is way too stressful. Just TRY to forget to move the Elf one morning, and see how your child's faith in humanity completely unravels. I've had it. Sleep is too important. So, this year, John Spyee is going all "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and we're getting super creative with his antics, like marshmallow poops in the toilet and such. That'll cure that fairy tale.
But don't Bah Humbug me! One tradition that I am insisting on keeping is the fake Christmas tree. It has been in my family for over 30 years, and we need it because both my son and I are allergic. It is missing a section and is shedding plastic leaves. But it's ours and I am going to bling it up, despite the kids' protests.
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Just wait for the fabulous after!
The final item is what I am calling the Co-op Christmas. This is inspired by our most recent Thanksgiving. I can't remember a holiday I have enjoyed more - even my husband remarked on how he'd never seen me so not stressed. For starters, Child #1, who has been sick for so long, is in recovery. After some very invasive testing, we have a diagnosis, and good medicine, and even an amazing personal trainer. It has been a complete, blessed 180 - my child is back and it is joyful to see that quirky, crazy personality come shining through. So, I was automatically more thankful and happy.
But that wasn't all. I then rented the neighborhood clubhouse, invited both sides of the family (thereby ensuring only one meal - my husband and I used to have to eat THREE in our early days of marriage) and everyone pitched in. From table decorations to glassware to side dishes, everything was covered. I cooked two casseroles and some dip, my husband handled the turkey, and that was it. Heavenly.
|They only said I couldn't post this on Facebook
This Christmas will be no different. I am again going to ask for help, for everyone to pitch in just as before, and make it a collaborative holiday. I don't mind bringing out the china and serving the big meal, but I know now that I don't have to cook it all, host it all, or even clean it all up afterwards. I don't have to do it all - and to be truthful, I don't WANT to anymore. If there is one thing I have learned in 40 years, it is that martyrdom doesn't equal sainthood. And that memories are made not in sacrifice, but in sharing.
With that proclamation, I wish you all a Happy Holiday season. I intend to make my home a veritable explosion of lights, decorations, and joy. This year, it's about love and not chores. It's about thankfulness, and not regret. And it's about time.
Until next time, keep crowin'!


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We live in a world often which seems like randomness , particles bouncing off one another with no seeming purpose. Then a magnet appears and amazingly everything goes into alignment. What we see conceptually in the physical also happens in the spiritual. There are those that live random lives totally unaware of what is happening around them.
To make better use of the energy that is being generated by random particles many scientist have learned how to use magnetism. How to bring that energy into alignment and make it useful.
In life energy it is the same principal. Learn to use attraction to bring the random energy around you into alignment. At first you may think and may have heard this , It is what it is. Yes- we are all the product of many thousand of years of evolution and genetics. Probably 50% of what goes on around you may be random. You may have inherited a genetic tendency toward diabetes or heart disease. That is all a part of the physical reality. Genetics are accountable for many of life's hardships in the physical.
In the physical there are also other factors such as medicine or therapy that help relieve these inherited traits. We also have meditation and spirituality. We have wisdom which is not inherited and can be obtained. We learn to bring our lives out of the chaos into alignment.
Some think spirituality is a placebo and not a real cure for inherited diseases. Actually spirituality can be thought of as the magnet that brings the life force into alignment.
In Corinthians we are told God is not the author of confusion. This means exactly what it says there is no hidden message. Randomness or chaos is real and also order and alignment are real. We need to understand the principles of alignment to have a better life. Spirituality is more than just about order, it is about alignment.
It is about happiness , your true desires being met. Having order without alignment is like having the law without freedom. Alignment is having a good relationship , by saying good it means one that makes you happy. You should define the things that make you happy and learn to use the spiritual lessons to make it happen. The desires of the heart are important and we often think we have no ability to make any sense of the randomness or chaos. Actually we do ! Learn alignment.
Here are three easy steps to alignment and happiness:
Define your goals! The earlier the better and if you are already past your prime that is ok. You have all that past experience to draw from (lessons learned).
Let others know your goals and only compromise if your goals can be achieved! You set your course now sail for it. Yes, there may be storms or waves along the way , still keep focused. Keep an agenda because if you do not have one , someone will put you in theirs. There are other magnets out there, you just need to keep your's intact.
Experience happiness! Once you realize - you are not just the product of the environment or thousands of years of evolution. You do not give into that 50% the scales will start to tilt in your favor. It only takes 51% then you will start to see that change. The 50/50 chance in life is only bested by alignment. This mean learning spiritual principles , learn to be positive. Learn how to attract those random particles into alignment. Become a magnet and experience happiness. It is not about physical beauty. It is about spiritual beauty. You will find spiritual beauty is charismatic , it is powerful , it is pure happiness. Always retain at least that 51% in your favor- never compromise beyond that for work or play or anything. If God is with me , who can be against.
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First picture tak ready lagi, tapi still nak expose. So, layan.
Need i say more? hehehe.. thank you to my cameraman. mr.fand. he said 'asyik amik gambar je' but never refuse sebab redha & layankan wife dia. :)
Shawl: Buy at Singapore.. ala jalan TAR pun ada.
Dress: http://www.thepoplook.com/
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Handbag & Shoes: Singapore, no brand (from Bugis Junction)


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Monday, August 30, 2010
My first Monkey Fist
I've been trying to figure out how to tie one of these for awhile. Couldn't see spending $50 for one from a catalogue when I knew I could do it myself. Well...with the help of this great post here I did it. Not perfect, but for my first try I'm happy. I took Chris to the airport yesterday and then went in to Kona for "project" supplies. Not sure I bought enough rope (I got 6') so had to make do with this smaller first attempt.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Another quilted purse
We're going to little dinner party next week and I thought I'd make my hostess gift. Yep, another quilted purse. I found such great Hawaiian fabric at WalMart last week just had to use some of it.
I know I already did this purse as a tutorial, but thought I'd post pictures
of it in progress, the design is simple and easy to make.
First I cut out a piece of the main fabric, a piece of lining, and a piece of batting 14x22.
I also cut 2 pieces of each about 6" square and quilted all. I also
made the "strap", one continuous piece about 45" long by 1.5"
Next, the strap is attached to the body of the purse, securing the end of each side
about 2" from where the finished zipper will be
Sew the short ends right sides together so you can put in the zipper.
Open the seam and remember to open the zipper a bit so you can turn the whole
thing right side out once you attach the end pieces.
Cut the 2 smaller quilted pieces in a wedge shape to form the "contour" of the bag
Attach the ends, right sides together
Turn right side out and your purse is complete.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
A New Purse for Sara
I've met a new friend recently. She's having a tough time right now...thought I'd cheer her up with a little present.
this picture isn't very good, but shows the fabric colors better
...and another trip to Walmart...score!!
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Design Team t-shirts
The house remodel is in full swing. Ryan and I thought it would be fun to make t-shirts to hand out to all those who have helped on the project. The house is on a street called Manzanita...hence the name. The shirts are a work in progress...I'll do more when I return from Hawaii. There are 2 massive pine trees on the property that litter the house daily with pinecones and needles...think I'll have to work a pinecone into the design somehow.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Another dress for Clare
My sister has made another dress for Clare from the silkscreened fabric I made her. Think it turned out pretty darned cute.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Beach House Pillows
Lettering has always been problematic when silkscreening. Hand cutting a stencil full of words is nearly impossible and photo screens are messy and time consuming. My new Cricut is super fun and makes the task simple. I just type out what I want to "say" and let the machine cut out my stencil. I use contact paper...the hardest part is peeling it off the sticky mat that comes with the Cricut and not stretching the letters out of shape. I made pillows today...one or two for Ryan's new house, one or two for the Hawaii House and maybe one or two for my Etsy shop!
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Wooden Buoys
I'm leaving for the Hawaii House Wednesday...and we're a long way from "decorating" the remodel...but I couldn't resist making a few things today that will hopefully make their way into the decor. I saw these great lobster buoys here and just had to try them. We had the 4x4 leftover from the kitchen pass-thru header. Russ (our carpenter) cut the blocks for me, and Danny (our electrician) drilled the holes. I painted them today. The numbers represent the addresses of the Newport house and Ryan's Denver house. The d & r is a tribute to Russ and Danny for all their help on the remodel.
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I arrived just after the ambulance and waited at a red light long enough to see that both bicyclists were vertical and calm and that one bicycle looked to be totalled and that a car was there and the police were interviewing everyone. Two other roadies pulled up beside me and we kindof eyed each other the way sheep eye each other when they find a ewe whose been mostly eaten up by a wolf. I was super happy that the bicyclists looked to be ok.
THEN. On the way home!
To be absolutely honest I'm not sure my writing is up to describing this incredibly weird experience. But I'm a gonna try.
It was at the intersection of San Antonio and Charleston. Not my favourite spot to wait but I wait here every day as the light in my direction is pretty short. Whenever I am waiting at a red light I look at the cars around me. What I look for:
- is the driver obviously drunk?
- is the driver talking on a phone?
- is the driver texting?
- is the driver fighting with his girlfriend?
- is there a driver? (Google is in the same neighborhood after all)
While I look I make a mild attempt at friendly (and submissive) eye contact. I want to impress on the cars around me that it's a person on this bicycle, a person just trying to get home from work, and that I'm not worth the delay that running over me would cost them.
The driver behind me and to my right (I take a middle lane here because the lane to my right quickly becomes right turn only and I go straight) is this inscrutable looking Indian guy with giant bug-like black sunglasses and a motionless face.
A familiar driving beat starts up. It is super loud. I try and place the riff. I look around again. I can't believe it but the opening bars of Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" are coming from Mr. Inscrutable's mid-grade sedan. His face still doesn't move. The music is so loud I worry that I will be the first bicyclist to die of car audio. I notice the drivers of other cars looking around to understand the commotion. Still, the light is red. I stare straight ahead. This would be funnier if Mr. Inscrutable did not look like he was very slowly morphing into Mr. Fucking_Furious.
A loud horn booms in my ear. HONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNk. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK! Mr Fucking_Furious (nee Mr. Inscrutable) is indeed upset. He wants to make a right turn but cannot because there is a car in front of him (would that my problems with cars were so small but whatever) and now in between the cheesy pop strains of "Billie Jean" he's honking the horn on his car and screaming "C'MON ALREADY!"
Presumably the car in front responds by rolling up his own window and turning his music up because Mr. Fucking_Furious gets no satisfaction. I will point out to those not familiar with this intersection that Mr. F. is in the wrong. It is entirely legal to go straight from the right lane at the intersection of San Antonio and Charleston. It is the lane at Charleston and Fabian which is right turn only.
Good news. The light finally turned and I safely escaped to the peace of Bryant Street shortly afterwards.


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From the homefront - We call this "Brie TV." Since our dog falls in love with them every year and can't stop looking at them, Murph built a box for the chicks with a plexiglass wall so Brie can look at them easily.
New chicks staying warm. This year we added 5 Dominiques, an Arracouna, and another Bard Rock. Brie, of course, considers them hers.
First European mesclun mix greens from the greenhouse for a Waldorf salad. Added apples, raisins, and walnuts.
Chicken vegetable soup.... what's better for flu season?
Gotta have some bread to go with the soup. This is a whole wheat Challah loaf.
And now, a post from ras... thanks, ras!!
Welcome to the Bottleneck
By ras
Bottleneck: the narrowest portion of a bottle, through which only a small portion of the contents can pass at a time. Or, an evolutionary event(s) in which the population of a species is significantly reduced. This Wikipedia page contains an excellent description of this latter definition of 'bottleneck': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck
So, why am I going to discuss bottlenecks? (The latter kind, of course.) Can you possibly imagine a more depressing topic? (Well, yes, but let's not go there right now.) I decided on this topic because it is very important right now, as we have entered the human bottleneck. No more is it looming on the horizon, much less so distant it is our grandchildren's problem. No, the bottleneck is here. Now. Today. We have entered the bottleneck. It will take several generations for us to work through it, but here we are.
We can not say we were not warned. Since the 1970s –well before I was born, by the way, and I am old enough now to have children in kindergarten –we have been warned by increasingly strident scientists and others with their heads out of the sand that we could not go on wantonly consuming resources and reproducing like rabbits. Eventually, we were warned, our resources would start to deplete and we would run out or hit a wall. Everything from paper to petroleum would be in increasingly short supply. The increasing world population would only exacerbate the problem.
Numerous people have warned about the population problem, or bomb, as the Ehrlichs put it. All of them have been ridiculed. No matter how many people we have, the argument goes, it won't be a problem. We can put them somewhere and more people means more innovation, more creativity, etc. These arguments are patent nonsense of course, but the people who made them have succeeded in marginalizing anyone who speaks openly about the dangers of population growth. Not only that, but mention overpopulation and many people will immediately scream that you are a racist, or a sexist, or eugenicist, or all of the above.
The reality is that we live on a finite planet with limited resources that are all ready under strain. The best estimates of the long-term carrying capacity of the planet range from 1-3 billion people. How many people are currently in the world? Um, 7.5 billion. This means that, under the most optimistic scenario, we currently have MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TIMES as many people as the world can sustainably support. To make matters worse, the overconsumption of natural resources is steadily degrading the long-term carrying capacity of the planet.
Insert the 'oh shit' moment here. Quite clearly, we are in trouble. The world's population is going to have to go down by at least half. Probably more. We will almost certainly undershoot the carrying capacity –that is how these things tend to work. It's like an oscillating spring. Up, then down, then up and down again before stabilization is reached. There is no longer any question that this will happen. We have overshot our carrying capacity to the point were a correction is inevitable. The only question now is how it will happen. There are several different ways. The first, and the one I'm certain everyone would prefer, is a gradual, humane way. This path involves a gradual stabilization of the human population over several generations, followed by an equally gradual reduction. It's the best possible way, and the one the UN is targeting. It also has less than a snowball's chance in hell of working. Why? Remember that we are all ready well into resource depletion. We do not have the resources to support the current population for the rest of their lives much less several generations.
What about the other methods? All of them are much less nice, and they all involve the familiar four horsemen of the apocalypse: Famine, Plague, Pestilence, and War. We can throw in the collapse of a civilization or two, as resource depletion will certainly take down many modern ways of life. I am not talking about a sudden die-off of humanity. Well, it will be sudden in nature's terms, but not in human terms. We humans have a hard time thinking on Mother Nature's timescales. This transition will take at least three generations –call it a century. There will not be one event –one massive, killer plague that sweeps the globe and takes out half the world's population in one fell swoop. (I, for one, would argue that would probably be a much more humane way for it to happen.) Instead, what we will see will be a gradual but steady reduction as famines, disease and plague, climate change, and several wars all take their toll.
Why am I certain we have all ready hit the bottleneck? Peak Oil is behind us; that was the driver of growth for all these years. With no forthcoming growth in oil production, there can be no more economic growth. We are also at or nearly at the peak of several other necessary resources –water, phosphorous, seafood, topsoil, etc. There will be a lag time of several years as depletion arcs work there way through human systems, but soon it will be all downhill in terms of population. At least for a long while. I do not expect the extinction of the human race –we are far too tenacious and far too adaptable.
In the end this will be a good thing. Oh, not for the people whose lives are cut short. But we are not the only species on this planet and a reduction in our numbers will be good for all the others and the planet herself. I also think it will be good for the human race as a whole. With less of us around, each of us who are left will matter more. Imagine a time when every person is special again instead of just one more face.
This isn't a post about how we personally can survive the bottleneck. Because this transition will take about a century, no one who is alive now, save perhaps a babe in arms, will see the other side. Our job is to survive as long as we can as well as we can and to do our best to make certain our descendants and those we care about live as well. Even those of us who have no children have young people we care and worry about. What can we do to help ensure this?
· Become as self-sufficient as possible. Know how to take care of yourself and live as disconnected from the system as possible. These systems will all start to break down as things get worse.
· Teach young people the skills they need to take care of themselves. Get them unplugged from the IPOD and the internet for a while. Make sure they know how to garden and can and hunt.
· Don't live in heavily overpopulated areas. This includes much of the world –and especially the southwestern U.S. Try not to live in any area that is drought prone. Wars are going to be fought over water in the coming years. You don't want to be someplace where your life will (literally) depend on the outcome.
· Get out of major metropolitan areas. I'm not saying move to the sticks, but get out of
· Get in shape and get out of debt. 'Nough said.
There are many other things I could add, but I think that's enough. Everyone who reads this is going to know how much trouble we are in right now, and the basic things we can do for ourselves.
I would like to close this short essay with a description of the world as it will be far after the fall of Western civilization. I do not share the despair of many in the environmental movement. Yes, we have done great, serious, and irreparable harm. Harm that we should (rightly) spend the next several generations setting to rights. But we have come nowhere near destroying the earth, as many people believe. We do not, lacking a nuclear war or a superbug that wipes out all plant live, have that kind of power. This kind of notion once again arises from those who are confusing human time with nature's time. Do not think in years or decades. Think in centuries and millennia.
A hundred years from now, what will the world look like if civilization collapses soon? Well, most of our buildings will be gone. We are not the Romans, who built for the long haul. Most subdivisions will have reverted to nature, and 90% of the houses will have fallen down or nearly so. Most skyscrapers will have collapsed. Concrete roads will have cracked and many overpasses will have come down. The forest will have returned with a vengeance across broad swaths of the world. Climate change will still be ongoing. There will still be a lot of pollution. The ocean will be nowhere near clean yet, though it will be much cleaner with the cessation of toxic waste and plastic dumping. Nuclear waste and invasive species will still be a problem. Most of our dams will still be standing.
Fast forward to a 1,000 years from now. Nascent successor civilizations will have formed. The effects of climate change will be slowly leveling off. Invasive species will have come to new balances with the local ecology. The Roman and other ruins will still be around, albeit in slightly worse shape than today. Almost all traces of our buildings will be gone. The remains of tract houses and interstates will be buried beneath a new forest floor. Many of the world's largest cities will be underwater. Most dams will have significant cracks or have breached entirely. The oceans will have started their recovery. New species will have started to evolve or will expand their areas into niches vacated by those we've driven to extinction. Mother Nature's own cleaning systems will have started to deal with the chemical pollution and other waste we've left behind. No one really knows how fast evolution can happen, but there are good signs that it can happen extremely fast and thus there might all ready be new microbes that eat plastic or toxic waste. Nuclear waste will still be a problem. The best preserved relics will be in deserts.
10,000 years from now. Humanity will probably sill be around. The effects of climate change will be mostly over. The world will almost certainly be in an ice age or have gone through one by this point. Large glaciers will descend from the poles and scrub the earth down to the rocks. Whatever is left of Western civilization will mostly disappear beneath them. The Statue of Liberty, one of the few things that will last a long time as it is made of bronze, will end up at the bottom of
100,000 years from now. It is more than conceivable that homo sapiens will still be around. We've been around in our current form for more than that, and the average run for a species is longer than this. What will their societies look like? I have no idea, and would not presume to say. But they will live in a much cleaner world. The oceans should have completed their recovery. New species will have certainly developed by this point to take over vacant niches. Even Hoover Dam and Three Gorges Dam will be nothing but concrete fragments. There will still be some chemical and heavy metals pollutions, but even that will have been diluted by the passage of time. Even nuclear waste will have lost some of its potency. Will our descendants still tell stories of times we flew in the air and walked on the moon?
1 million years from now. Humans will almost certainly either be extinct or have evolved into something far different than our current incarnation. By this point the last traces of our civilizations –nuclear waste –will no longer be around, or at least not enough of it to be hazardous. There will still be bronze tools and statutes. It will be a different world, yes, but a living world nonetheless –and one the passage of time has scrubbed clean of our folly. In the end the things we have built that will endure the longest are not on this planet at all. Millions of years from now, there will still be a few sets of footprints and a lonely flag on the moon. When the sun goes nova and wipes even that out, far from our solar system Voyager will still be journeying, heading towards a far distant star


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I'm not sure if people understood the question correct, because I didn't know this many people liked chickens! The question was asking, what is your favourite animal, as a pet (not to eat). Anyway, chickens win!! Chickens are thee coolest.
That lighter coloured chicken (above) looks exactly like my chicken, Little Yellow Friend 2, except fatter. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I love chickens. ROCK ON CHICKEN LOVERS!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Poll Results
Posted by Irregular Kiki at 11:03 PM
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- Random Irregular said...
Hehe, I LOVE CHICKENS!
Cool! When do you want to go?
- June 26, 2008 at 11:50 PM
- Irregular Kiki said...
Go Carts?! hmm..
- June 27, 2008 at 2:36 AM
- Zodiac girls/BR said...
I love chickens wish I voted in time *pout* and mind if I put you on our blog list?
- June 27, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Random Irregular said...
To the picture:
"Hi ladies ;)"
- June 29, 2008 at 10:50 PM
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One day, my youngest son Cletus and I were out quail hunting with our dogs, Daisy and Blue. Now Ol' Blue was a hound that was getting on up there in age – probably around 12 years old or so.
How quail hunting works is that you send the dogs ahead of you and they sniff out the quail and kinda spook them and they fly up and you are able to take a shot at them.
Well, Cletus and I were walking about 100 yards apart and after a shot, I noticed that poor old Blue had gone to that final quail hunt in the sky – he had apparently had a heart attack and dropped dead right there on the spot.
Unaware of this, Cletus, who had gone a while since shooting his last bird, said "Hey, Pa, send Blue over here so I can take a shot."
Looking at the lifeless body of my hunting dog, I turn to Cletus and said "Son, that dog won't hunt."
Okay, to be honest, the expression "that dog won't hunt" has been around the South for a long time. It means basically that something is "no good" or "won't work".
I like to use that expression.
Today, I was watching my television and a commercial for a certain insurance company came on. In it, a man and his wife are unloading their shopping cart while buying insurance. The wife apparently doesn't know that her husband has bought a motorcycle, and RV, and a boat and some other stuff.
The last part of the commercial says that the company has cheaper prices so that you can have more money to "buy more toys", as if buying more stuff will make you happier.
And that just plays right into us folks that are in debt because of "I have to have it now". It just works right along maintaining the psychology of debt.
"I can't afford that now" — No problem, put it on a payment plan.
"We really need this, but we don't have the money" — No problem, let's take out a loan.
"Everybody has one of those except us" — No problem, put it on the card.
Well, let me tell you. That dog won't hunt.
Companies spend a lot of money on advertising hoping that you will send some of your hard-earned dollars their way. If you buy or use their product, they make money. There is nothing wrong with making a profit and capitalism.
But, we have to be really careful not to let a company's wishes divert our attention away from our own personal finance goals. We need to make sure we don't get caught up in the whole psychology of debt.
It's kinda like those Visa commercials that show a fast food joint shutting down when someone chooses to pay for their meal with cash. I don't know about you, but I hadn't noticed a single change down at the IHOP when I flash a $20 bill to pay.
Or they can bring out Dan Marino and Larry the Cable Guy all they won't, but buying some overpriced food is not gonna change my weight problem if I can't curb my appetite or actually get off my rear end to burn some of those calories up.
And I don't know about you, but my dear wife Beulah can put on all the Victoria's Secret underdrawers that she wants, but she don't ever look anything like those gals that they got prancing around on all those commercials.
It just don't work that way in real life. Those dogs just won't hunt.
So, don't let those subliminal messages advertisers use make you pay some other "stupid taxes".


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Posts tagged 'competition'
Opportunity knocks
I'm reading Leading for Growth by Ray Davis. I'm only on chapter 2, but here's a quote I liked from chapter 1:
Think of your own business and industry. What do you and your competitors do that is boring, stale, or bland? Is there something that is numbingly similar across every company, including yours? If so, you have a great opportunity. (p.13)
Well, at least in libraries, the "numbing similarities" are probably too numerous to count. But I like looking at our services through this prism and seeing what opportunities shine out…much to think about here.


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Didn't quite have enough of the Christmas fabric I wanted to use, so improvised and used plain red for the back and also a band along the waist at the front.
Ta Da!
Can't forget the naughty Christmas Elves. Tears when they headed back after Christmas, and even this weekend Little Imp asked after them.
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*lol* yes folks, its doughnuts street food style. this peddler has variants very and closely similar to big doughnut shops.it may not taste the same but trust me, on times like this, this is the best alternative to high-priced branded doughnuts.
Have a great day ka-Lasang-Pinoy :D
Photo herein is captured using
Canon Powershot A580
last 23rd of December 2008
at our home
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Scroll down or use Ctrl+F to find the specific XV16 RoadStar wiring diagram you need. They are listed with the oldest bike first (top of page), newer bikes are below.
Wiring schematics and electrical components on bike for US, California and Canadian (CDN) Road Star and Road Star Silverado models.
Refer to the Wire Color Code Legend for explanations of color codes.
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WASHINGTON — The Defense Department, following a month-long audit of General Dynamics Corp.'s expense claims, said Thursday it plans to recover $244 million the company improperly billed to taxpayers.
At the same time, Deputy Defense Secretary Howard Taft disclosed another 30 of the nation's major defense contractors are being audited for possible fraudulent billings to the government.
Announcing the latest Pentagon action to recover funds from General Dynamics, chief spokesman Michael Burch told a news conference the audit team ''finds that we need to go back to recoup $154 million to adequately protect the government's interests.'' He said $90 million was withheld earlier.


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Cold shower while Nigeria is still celebrating the victory of the selection last Sunday in the final of the CAN against Burkina Faso, on the score of 1 goal to nil.
The hip-hop star Nigerian Goldie Harvey, star of the 2012 reality TV show Big Brother Africa died, Thursday, Feb. 14, at the age of 31 years.
She had just returned from a trip to the United States where she went for "the Grammy Awards.
She did not have time to be hospitalized in an emergency when she complained of severe headaches.


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Hosea 4:6 and many other Bible verses warn against willful ignorance. This is an encouragement to read The Word so that you can be informed of the Truth; a call to arm yourself with facts so to speak.
This has other applications, because how can you be a good spokesman if you are uninformed?
With that in mind, I encourage you to take a look at Gun Facts - a very informative website to arm yourself with quick and to the point facts on gun issues. This is an excellent resource of information covering just about every political hot point on gun control.
Go check it out!


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0. Thoughts on Maya
It's easy to find learning a piece of software like Maya daunting. At most schools, it takes two full semester-long classes in 3D animation before someone really understands how to create 3D animation from beginning to end, and that doesn't even cover the advanced techniques and features buried inside of the program. Scripting something like Maya can seem an even more difficult task, as most of the time, we know Maya from its user interface, and not from the way it stores data internally.
What Maya does do for you is echo the API commands in its own scripting language, MEL. Maya's UI is written in MEL, at the same level I was working when I started writing my scripts. That means that the source code to the Maya tools written in MEL would provide a valuable learning tool in my attempt to learn the ins and outs of the program. Autodesk don't, however, provide step-by-step tutorials or even an explanation of its API by feature, rather, Maya developers are expected to learn the program through a combination of its command reference and the UI source code.
In addition to MEL, Autodesk provide a binding into Maya for the popular programming language Python. If you've already begun scripting for Maya in Python, you probably already know the weaknesses in the provided Python layer can make for some ugly code. The good news is that translating MEL into Python is fairly obvious. The bad news is that it results in code like this:
curQual = cmds.modelEditor (currentPanel, q=True, rnm = True)
if curQual == 'base_OpenGL_Renderer':
cmds.modelEditor (currentPanel, e=True,displayAppearance = "smoothShaded", displayLights = "default", displayTextures = True, rnm = "hwRender_OpenGL_Renderer")
cmds.modelEditor (currentPanel, e=True,displayAppearance = "smoothShaded", displayLights = "default", displayTextures = True, rnm = "base_OpenGL_Renderer")
Calling one function for everything relating to, say, 3D Paint or a model view can get confusing quickly, especially since you're either setting or getting flags that are explained only briefly in the documentation. In order to see how these functions are actually used, you need to dive into the Maya source code and pick out the relevant bits separate from the code that creates the user interface. In practice, this means turning on "Echo All Commands" inside of Maya, doing something you want to automate inside of Maya, and then grabbing the name of the UI call from the script editor and grepping through the hundreds of thousands of lines of MEL lurking in Maya's /scripts folder. I think most Python hackers would agree that this development process and way of laying out the API is decidedly Unpythonic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythonic#Programming_philosophy). Some projects exist, such as PyMel (http://code.google.com/p/pymel/), that make Python syntax and MEL objects make more sense with each other, but unfortunately we didn't have time to look into those for this class.
With all of that said, once you get the hang of development in Maya, you quickly realize that you have a powerful 3D package at your control that allows you to take advantage of some very advanced features without having to code a renderer for them yourself. In terms of time taken, using Maya's particle engine or a 3D paint tool is undoubtably faster than writing your own, and this class is all about speed, so learning how to manipulate these tools with code was necessary to the mission of the class.
When we first decided talking about the kinds of tools a programmer might contribute to the class, a lot of my initial ideas centered around creating art programmatically. I thought about writing some code that laid out a virtual world based on a few basic objects that populate it, so that a program could be fed a few models of carnival booths and rides and then spit out an intelligently laid out scene. Another idea we talked about was taking a rigged model and generating walking animation for it based on the layout of its limbs, similar to what happens in the game Spore.
We eventually decided to pursue a different path, and focus on improving the interaction between the animator and Maya. We talked a lot about how the animator can get the ideas in his or her mind into Maya as quickly and efficiently as possible, while still having creative control over what results.
1. 3d Paint Tool
We decided that one group would start exploring the possibility of 3D matte painting, which would greatly reduct the amount of world building and modeling necessary to create the scene for our movie, without a sacrifice in visual quality (provided the camera stayed put). I was tasked with creating a 3D paint tool to streamline the painting process in Maya.
This tool would include a "Prime" button that would let an artist prepare a mesh for 3d painting a single click. Naturally, this requires a lot of steps to complete, and I ultimately decided to give the artist the option of turning off each step as needed. This saves the artist time in the beginning, but we realized that the real time saver would be minimizing the number of times the artist needs to go back to the Maya 3d Paint panel and change settings. For that reason, I added some hotkey management code that would swap out common single-button hotkeys for 3d Paint specific functions (e.g. C for choose color, G for grab color from screen). The animators really liked this, and said that specifically saved them a lot of time. Another feature we were interested in was moving the current 3d paint texture map to Photoshop. That eventually became the next tool in itself.
One final thing I should mention on the 3d paint tool is that there were some troubles getting it working at first. One peculiar thing about Maya 2008 and 8.5 is that it requires all named commands to be linked to MEL code, even in Python. This has apparently been fixed in 2009 with the sourceType flag on the nameCommand command, but most of the computers in Hampshire's lab weren't running 2009, so I used a quick fix using the MEL command python(), to effectively jump from Python to MEL and back to Python. A little unusual, but it worked...
Another problem with the 3d paint tool was its tendency to not restore the hotkeys once you were done using it. This was a nuisance that the animators had to go into the hotkey editor and fix themselves. The problem is that even though my script could restore the hotkeys, Maya didn't seem to provide a way to trap the event of the script ending. Strangely enough, it does provide events for when your tool window is minimized and restored (minimizeCommand/restoreCommand flags on the window command), but even these weren't called at the appropriate time. I ended up adding a restore all hotkeys button to the window for the artist to use before they finished with the tool.
2. Getting Renders out of Maya and Into Photoshop
This posed an interesting problem at first, as we weren't sure how to divide up the painting duty between Photoshop and Maya's 3D paint, and in which order they would be used. It seems like the painters were mostly outlining in Maya and finishing up all of the detail painting in Photoshop, so it seemed necessary to write a tool that could facilitate an export to Photoshop as quickly as my previous tool made it possible to manage a palette inside of Maya.
Since our artists were already dividing up the textures for 3D paint into categories and render layers in Maya, it seemed to make sense to develop a tool that could organize a camera, its materials, and its child render layers and textures all in one, while pushing renders of each layer out to Photoshop. I found the render command in Maya script, which I preferred over Maya's external renderer because it let us have a scene file open as we rendered it and had built in flags for rendering specific render layers at a time. By default, it rendered to .iff with bad transparency. Maya provides a function called convertIffToPsd which I started using in the first version of my code, but Maya's generated .psd files didn't retain transparency as alpha (instead painting the empty void black), so we tried several different file formats. Maya's export to .png preserved transparency perfectly, so I devised a system to include such a file in a .psd by means of a smart object (that's Photoshop for an updatable reference to an image stored elsewhere) and a Photoshop actions file (.atn) to update it.
Getting Maya to spit out a .png as opposed to a .iff required some hunting through the MEL code as well. The trick is to call setAttr ('defaultRenderGlobals.outf',32), with 32 being Maya's special identifier for .png files. You may want to setAttr the value back to 7 (.iff, the default) after your call to render.
I built an early version of this tool and demoed it for the class, but we ultimately decided we wanted to lose the organizational overhead and let the artists push out a single render reference image themselves that they could paint over, and "spray" the new paint over the old texture back in Maya.
Getting that single image out was surprisingly easy, and the script ended up being deployed as a windowless button that you could press and generate a quick render of the selected camera on your desktop.
3.Creating a Hypergraph Shader
Having created a series of paintings on top of a quick render, it became necessary to plan how to move the new paint back into Maya. Basically, we moved the organization task of fitting the painting images in place from the "before" Photoshop stage to the "after".
The two animators, Taryn and Tatiana, who were painting in the class and provided commentary on the tools took two different approaches. One chose to use a quad shading switch in Maya, which is a special shadingNode that acts as kind of a multiplexer for pixel values within a shader. Because we had so many paintings that would have to fill a single surface, we thought it would be a good idea to have the shader make an intelligent decision as to which psdNode to source the image from, instead of building shaders for each image.
We did run out of time at this point in the semester, so I was never able to build a final version of this script, but I did have an early version to show off on the last day. In this final tool, a painter would first select a camera and lock it into place, and then create some materials associated with that camera's shot. The painter could then assign each material (which already had a psdNode created for it in hypershade). Then, the painter would select a meshes they wanted to texture, and assign it to a material (it's important to realize that the relationship between meshes and materials is many to one), which would then update the hypergraph shader. Finally, when they were done, they could mash a final button which would connect the whole mess together through the quad shading switch. Seeing what this looked like created manually made it seem like a process in dire need of speeding up.
The animators decided later in that class to move to multiple shaders for other reasons, which does eliminate the problem of creating the quad shading switch, although a tool to create multiple shaders could certainly have been just as handy, and that most likely is what I would have started on next if I had more time.
I hope that the code I've written as part of this class becomes helpful to CG students here at Hampshire and animators anywhere that might be reading this blog. Improving the interaction between technically minded artists and necessarily complicated software is a rich area to explore, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were big gains in efficiency to be had in the process of streamlining the interface of a massive piece of software like Maya. As for me, I'm satisfied to have learned a lot more about the techniques and terminology surrounding computer graphics, and to have picked up Maya scripting skills along the way. I'm still impressed by the program's size and capability, but no longer intimidated, and plan on continuing to play around with Maya this summer.
May 8, 2009
Scripting Maya
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Well, I wish I was posting that pregnancy did.
You know you suffer from IF when you would gladly take nausea 24 7
if it meant you were preggers lol
Dave Letterman has inspired me tonight, since I am suffering from nausea even as I type. I just e-filed our taxes
No really, here is my Top 10 list for right now (could/does change daily):
10. broken bones - it makes me so queasy to see broken bones and I felt pretty sick when I broke my foot
9. kids or adults getting sick - I am just not the kind who can stomach watching, helping, seeing, smelling it... I am usually right behind them doing it too
8. people talking about inappropriate subjects at meals - people I don't want nor need to hear about your ailments at lunch
7. waking up late and being in a hurry - I guess maybe its the rush from jumping out of bed and running around like a chicken with my head cut off... but I usually feel like I could ralph until I am settled where I am supposed to be even though I am late.
6. pets that are mistreated - the ASPCA (sp?) commercials kill me, I cry every time, but the people who are able to abuse them just make me sick. Every time I look at my sweet Zeke I just cant imagine doing anything to hurt him.
5. teacher evaluations - ENOUGH SAID
4. speaking in front of HUGE crowds - Recently our school granted a Make a Wish wish for the sweet girl with a blood disorder. I had to do a "cake decorating" demo in front of our entire school students, faculty, and staff... I am great in front of a class, a few classes, even the faculty but the gym bleachers full and standing room only I honestly thought I might need to run to the bathroom.
3. people who don't pay attention to their kids because they want to have fun, be cool, or are just bothered by them - If you are not ready to have children or wish you didn't have them... Let me adopt them don't leave them alone or let them play in/wander the streets. I get it that some people are just not grown up yet, but come on don't act like they are imposing on your time. Set some boundaries... rules are a great start. I guess because I want children so desperately I am just more sensitive, but there are people in walmart, at the park, at schools, and in the neighborhood that just don't get it. Kids no matter how young or old need structure. When people don't provide that structure and loving environment it makes me sick to my stomach.
2. people who don't try to get pregnant but do and then tell everyone it was an accident - If you have said this I am sorry, but no child is an accident. God had/has a reason he wanted you to be that child's parent... Obviously if you were having sex... you knew that was a possibility. Just hearing someone say those words, I get that pit in my stomach and then the nausea
1. TAXES - Last but not least tonight... My husband's w4 was not filled out correctly when we got married and now we are reaping the great fortune of having to pay taxes... ALOT to me and yes that just means we got more during the year, but when you don't know how much it will end up being you have no way of knowing what to save. So Uncle Sam, I will be paying in installments... that is if you allow that... So the waiting on the confirmation begins. And the new corrected w4 will be mailed to his employer ASAP. So maybe just maybe we might get some money back next year.
If you made it this far, I am sorry it this is kind of rant-y...These things really do make me feel sick to my stomach and have all happened in my presence on more than one occasion in recent times.
OK maybe not #10 - it has been a while in real life,
but it did happen on a show I like to watch RHOC... Poor Eddie and his pinkie.
Just another Manic Monday, oh a whoa wish it was Sunday.... :)


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Like dear Jack here searching for his Rose, I've been off the book radar for the last few days. I'm supposed to be reading HUNTRESS by Malinda Lo (a lovely copy that I scored from ATOM books cause I'm awesome at winning things) and THE QUEEN'S LADY by Eve Edwards, but unfortunately for my awesome book blog, I've decided to take at least a week's break from reading and everything book blog related. Just a small break. So bear with me if I don't update like I usually do. I should be back to reading in a week or so. Maybe two. We'll see. Erin. xox
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Just a quick note
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Jaaaaaaack! <3 Celine Dione was a liar. My heart did not go on after he died ;( But awwww, we will miss your blogging awesomeness! I get where you're coming from though. Sometimes I just need a break from the whole reading/book side of my life and chill out with other stuff. So have a fun 'vacation' and I hope to see you back soon! :DReplyDelete
Haha Celine Dione was definitely a liar! He's been alive for a while now! Anyway, I might only take a week off but it will be worth it! And I'll have fun I'm sure of it. :)ReplyDelete
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Monday, February 21, 2011
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Karnataka: People may have to be armed against naxals: Nayak
Posted by Indian Vanguard on October 26, 2007
Special Correspondent
|'There is a need for confidence-building in Malnad'
Bangalore: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S.R. Nayak has said that "a time may come" when people will have to be armed to counter the "naxal menace".
Briefing presspersons on his recent visit to the site of the "police encounter" in Menasinahadya in Chikmagalur district, where five persons were killed, he said that there was a need for confidence building measures in the "once peaceful Malnad region".
Besides reaching basic amenities to inaccessible and deprived villages such as Menasinahadya, local people also needed to be given adequate protection from "extremist elements", he said.
Arming them may be an option in "effective confrontation", he said.
Mr. Nayak cited the Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh as an example of what he called people's resistance to naxalism.
Asked if Salwa Judum, a counter-insurgency force, could be a model given its alleged human rights violations and the civil war-like situation it has resulted in, he claimed it was not an armed force.
Coming down heavily on naxalism, he said that nobody had any business to assume "extra-constitutional authority" in a democracy and it was against the "basic tenets of our civilisation".
Speaking about the commission's inquiry on whether the Menasinahadya "encounter" was a fake one, Mr. Nayak said that a final decision on it was kept in abeyance, since two inquiries were pending on the incident.
One was a magisterial inquiry ordered by the Deputy Commissioner and the other by the Superintendent of Police. They were also awaiting directions from the National Human Rights Commission, he added.
"Expressing any opinion now will be premature," he said. The team may visit the village again, he added.
On the commission's inquiry into the suicide by a Dalit student on the Indian Institute campus, allegedly due to caste harassment, he said that the Home Secretary had been instructed to institute an inquiry by an officer of the rank of the Inspector General of Police. A report was awaited, he added.


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Allington, Brouillette, and Golumbia (ABG) on digital humanities continues reverberating through the online hive mind. It's not clear to me that Justin Evans, System Reboot, knows much, if anything about DH, beyond what ABG mention in their article. He's focused entirely on literary studies:
Anyone who cares about the humanities needs to pay close attention to this argument, because DH undeniably harms the study of literature in the university.
However, after that note of agreement, he goes a step further and ends up here:
If English department politics isn't a target for neoliberal elites, why has English been so vulnerable to the digital humanities? Perhaps it is because, since English scholars turned their attention to political progressive humanities, the English department has lacked a subject matter of its own. It has become the home of ersatz social science, ersatz science, ersatz philosophy—and now, ersatz computer science. The English department is not a victim of some kind of neoliberal conspiracy. It is just looking for something to talk about.From this perspective, the digital and the politically progressive humanities [aka PPH] are more like squabbling cousins than opposing forces. Allington et al. write that DH "was born from disdain and at times outright contempt, not just for humanities scholarship, but for the standards, procedures and claims of leading literary scholars"—just as the politically progressive humanities were born from the rejection of New Criticism. DH tries to "redefine what had formerly been classified as support functions for the humanities as the very model of good humanities scholarship"; similarly, PPH redefined the literary scholar's legitimate helpmates (philosophy, history, science) as "the very model" of literary scholarship. And finally, most importantly, neither DH nor PPH can give students a reason to study literature rather than, say, linguistics or sociology or neuroscience.
Scholars who are serious about saving the English department from the digital humanities need to acknowledge that it needs to be saved from the politically progressive humanities, too.
Whoops! So much for ABG! This puts me in mind of Alex Reid's post, Otters' Noses, Digital Humanities, Political Progress, and Splitters, which invokes a scene from Life of Brian:
Here's his gloss on the scene:
It's about purity. ABG want to purify (mostly) literary studies (it would seem) from neoliberalism and Evans wants to purify literary studies of politically progressive humanities. So what's left? Here's Evans again:
I'm afraid the kind of purification he's calling for is empty. But then the last line of his article, the one about "providing helpful tools", makes it clear that he hasn't got the foggiest idea about what's actually being done in digital humanities. His conception of knowledge is thin and unimaginative. Mostly sound and fury – just a bit – signifying very little.
I would argue that the purpose of literary scholarship is the conservation, transmission and study of the literary tradition, based on the assumption that it's worth arguing about what constitutes a good book, and that good books are worth reading because we can learn something from them (including some political lessons). This means separating interpretation from the endless exchange of theories that the politically progressive humanities have brought us, and giving English a subject matter again. It means explaining clearly, carefully and passionately why anyone should give a shit about books. Other goals can come and go, but this must remain the core of the enterprise. If it were, the digital humanities would be where they belong, in the computer science department, providing helpful tools to readers across the university.As a mission statement for literary studies that sounds high-minded, if rather plainly put, but I fear that it doesn't elaborate into much of an intellectual program. How many defenses of poetry do we need? And just where does Evans think that "endless exchange of theories" came from, if not from interpretation? As used in literary studies, those theories are interpretive theories. To be sure, you don't need those theories to do interpretation – a central tenet of the "minimal interpretation" recently explored by Derek Attridge and Henry Staten – but it's not clear to me just what sort of discipline can be built on "pure" – is that really what Evans means? – interpretation. Just what would that be? Is Evans asking us to erase just about everything that's happened in literary studies since the Korean war?
I'm afraid the kind of purification he's calling for is empty. But then the last line of his article, the one about "providing helpful tools", makes it clear that he hasn't got the foggiest idea about what's actually being done in digital humanities. His conception of knowledge is thin and unimaginative. Mostly sound and fury – just a bit – signifying very little.


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Sometimes it works...
Sometimes it doesn't.
But that's ok because it shows what real life is like. And I want to remember that there are hard days mixed in with the good days. :)
I mean...look at these guys!
They are crazy and wacky.
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Riley sure does love her. She loves all of her siblings!.
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A different twist on your boring bowl of oatmeal in the morning. These pancakes are not only healthy but easy to make and with 18 grams protein, they keep hunger at bay until lunch.
Serves 1
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1 container natural unsweetened applesauce (with a toddler we have these on hand but it's a little less than 1/2 a cup if using a applesauce in the jar.)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup low fat cottage cheese or 1 scoop protein powder
1 whole egg (or 2 egg whites)
1) Combine all the ingredients in a blender until you have a smooth consistency. Spoon onto a hot skillet or griddle. I sprayed mine with a bit of cooking spray.
2) Cook 2 minutes or until edges firm up then flip and cook another 2 minutes.
Note: I find that four smallish size pancakes come out the best. Larger ones burn before the inside cooks through.
Enjoy with a bit of maple syrup, agave nectar, yogurt or whatever your heart desires on top!
And for the calorie conscious:
Cals: 318
Protein: 18g
Fiber: 6g
Fat: 8g
*This recipe is toddler approved!


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Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.4…issue.07......16/02/2008
editorial : PUBLIC CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DISTIRCT MAGISTRATE BANGALORE , COMMISSIONER , BANGALORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , CHAIRMAN OF KIADB & COMMISSIONER GREATER BANGALORE CITY CORPORATION
Our publication has sought information as per RTI Act from BDA , BBMNP , KIADB & district administration about various irregularities of land allotment , conversions in & around Bangalore city. however till date BBMNP has not cared to reply , BDA has only given half truths , district administration has not given full information at all. the officials of said authorities are putting onus of giving information on the other. thereby , the officials are indirectly protecting land mafia . now , you are the head of all the three authorities BDA , BBMNP & DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION and you are well known for your integrity , honesty of duty . we respect you & request your kindself to publicly answer the following questions ( WHICH YOUR OFFICIALS TRIED TO AVOID & HID ) , so that criminals will be put in the open benefitting the larger public interest. JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM.
Your's sincerely,
39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the KIADB's comprehensive industrial area development plan ?
40. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given wide publicity , public notice calling for objections before alienation of such lands ?
41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?
42. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT revising / modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN , to suit those real estate developers & Private companies ? on what legal grounds ?
43.what action has been taken based on
56. what is the status of house allotted to sri.chandrashekariah vide BDA allotment letter no: 310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.
57. why BDA didn't file police complaint to evict encroachers?
58. why BDA didn't inform the descendents of original allottee about the cancellation of their allotment ?
59.what happened to the money deposited by original allottee?
60.is the action of BDA allotting the said house to an illegal encroacher just by the resolution of BDA committee legal ?
61. in case the BDA wished to re-allot the said house , first it must have informed the original allottee about cancellation of allotment allowing them sufficient time to reply with public notice in news papers , then they should have allotted the said house to the senior most in the waiting list. But BDA has just allotted the house to an illegal encroacher by the resolution of BDA committee. Is it legal ?
62. BDA officials gave half truths to my RTI request & stated that the said file concerning this issue cann't be found ie lost . is it legal ?
63. has the BDA filed police complaint regarding theft of file from the record room ? HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER OF BDA PLEASE REFER THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.
The B.D.A flouts it's own rules & spreads red carpet for big land developers & land grabbers. B.D.A posting is a huge money spinner for corrupt officials. The corrupt B.D.A officials work hand in glove with criminal elements & rowdies. They illegally evict genuine allottees who are poor & without any connections from allotted prime lands & sell-off those prime land to the highest bidder of bribe. The poor fellow is re-alloted lands in backward areas & in some cases left in the lurch.
Now , take the following case. Mr. S.D. chandrashekaraiah a poor old man aged around 80 years was allotted with house no.185, kumaraswamy lay-out, first block, bangalore in 1978 vide letter no.
310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.
The chairman of B.D.A has allotted the built house on lease cum sale basis. The poor old man mr. S.D.chandrashekaraiah complied with all the rules & in accordance with it even deposited 25% of the house cost in B.D.A'S account. However when he went over to his allotted house for residing in it, he found out some rowdy elements were already residing there. He complained about this matter to the legal owner of the house ie B.D.A . the B.D.A officials didn't take steps to evict the illegal encroachers nor did they make any complaint to the police. His appeals to B.D.A, chief minister of karnataka , etc fell on deaf ears. Hurt by this gross injustice & mounting financial burdens the poor old man died.
Subsequently, the poor man's daughter smt. Nagalakshmi who was also very poor , appealed to the B.D.A authorities once again , to evict illegal encroachers from her father's allotted house. This time the corrupt B.D.A officials played a different game. They showed her a vacant house, gave her oral instructions to live in that vacant house & told her that they will regularise it in due course. The hapless poor woman took huge loans & repaired the house fit for occupation. Just before she was to occupy that house , corrupt B.D.A officials once again planted rowdy elements in that house. Once again the poor woman was cheated. She lost her house, on top of it her loan burden mounted.
Till date, that poor woman is suffering from these gross injustices of B.D.A . SHAMELESS B.D.A OFFICIALS who take thousands of rupees salary & perks every month, all at the expense of tax-payer has not even cared to rectify the injustice. Thereby, they are violating the poor woman's fundamental & human rights.
Hereby, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH urges the honourable chief minister of karnataka, honourable lokayuktha for karnataka , honourable chairman national human rights commission , honourable chairman national commission for women & honourable chairman state commission for women karnataka, to take the appropriate action & to speedily provide justice to this poor woman.
land scam in Karnataka – an appeal to honourable supreme court of India & H.E.Honourable Governor Of Karnataka
When a crime is noticed , it is the duty of the government to investigate who did it ? and to legally prosecute them in court & provide justice . if thousands of criminals , lakhs of criminals got together & did the same type of crimes , all of them must be legally prosecuted. Just for the overwhelming numbers of criminals law of the land cann't be changed. However in the Karnataka state , many political bigwigs , rich crooks have done the same crime , LAND GRABBING – illegal possession of government land & illegal constructions over it. Important land records of those government lands , lands belonging to poor are lost in record rooms of civic bodies ( cunningly destroyed by corrupt officials ) Now, their political masters are legalizing the crimes . what a shame to the government of Karnataka ?
The shri.A.T. RAMA SWAMY , (M.L.A) standing committee in the legislative assembly is still probing the land grabbings in Karnataka. However the government in a hurry , is auctioning – off those government lands without proper publicity to the auction process , sufficient time for bidder's expression of interest. In some cases , a pittance is levied as penalty for the illegal occupation to get it legalized. The government is not bothered about legally prosecuting the illegal occupier of those lands. In many civic bodies , important property documents belonging to the government & poor are missing from the record rooms. All these point towards the government intention , to legalise the crimes of illegal land occupiers who are nothing but their own political cronies.
The recent ordinance by government of Karnataka to regularize land deals is envisaging to legalize the crimes of rich. The illegal land conversions , land encroachments , encroachment of civic amenities made by the rich are being legalized with levying a pittance as penalty in the name of public welfare . Whereas the land worth at today's market prices are 10's of thousands of crore it is only wefare of the rich & mighty . IT IS GOING TO BE MOTHER OF ALL SCAMS. The authorities evict poor tribal people from their ancestral forest area in the name of conservation , evict tribal people from villages in the name of development without proper rehabilitation measures. The government is not giving land rights to slum dwellers , poor , dalits over the land they are dwelling , the government is deaf to appeals of dalits for land rights. However the same government is sympathetic to rich who have encroached land & built huge commercial complexes worth crores violating all norms with total disregard to civic amenity or safety.
Hereby , HRW appeals to honourable supreme court of
An appeal ( PIL ) to the honourable supreme court of India
The recent attempts by government of
Numerous educated people , ruling elite – ministers , police , government officials , M.Ps , M.L.As , etc knowing fully well about the laws have illegally built bungalows , commercial complexes , throwing to wind all laws. In their greed they have shown utter contempt towards law. They have encroached dried –up lakes , rivulets , rain flow paths , drainages , foot paths , civic amenity sites. In their building there are violations of- lack of fire safety exits , lack of parking space , encroachment of foot paths , conservancy line , drainages , etc.
There is wide spread corruption in the corporation / municipal authorities. For a price officials have converted CA sites to commercial purposes , authorised deviations / encroachments of public
lands like foot paths , drainages , parking space , set-off , etc. The corporation officials themselves are violating city master plans. Even before authorising the conversions & encroachments of lands , the
corporation officials are not making alternate arrangements. By all these corrupt deeds many of the corporation officilas have become millionaires . however more & more road accidents are taking place , building collapses & fire tragedies are occurring , during heavy rainfalls water is getting clogged – ALL THESE RESULTING IN LOSS OF HUMAN LIVE & PROPERTIES. In recent days numerous murders have taken place over the real estate issues . THE CRIMINAL LAND GRABBERS MADE DEATH THREATS & FORCED THE PIL APPLICANT IN THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ABOUT LAND GRABBINGS IN KORAMANGALA LAYOUT
The state governments of karnataka &
During the auction of above sick industry the land usage was for industrial purpose only. so, people with other commercial objectives were not allowed to participate in the auction. Thereby, the final auctioned amount was very much less than the market value. This has a direct bearing on employees of that industry , lending banks , govt dept , etc who have all put forward their claims for dues from that industry. noW, all of them are getting very much less than what is due from the closed company. A loss of crores of rupees to banks , government , employees has been made by the cunningness of civic bodies.
Now in a backdoor move the M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B , M.C.C are moving to give land usage conversion to the new occupier, who is building posh villas & resorts here. Is it right & justified ? should not they conduct auction once again or charge market value to the new owner.
The land mafia which has links with political leadership & top govt servants in the state, is running business widely in & around
1. the authorities are not demolishing these illegal structures & prosecuting the occupiers.
2. In some cases the authorities are denotifying , regularizing those illegal occupations by levying a pittance as penalty which is very much less than the market value.
3. In some cases for example a notified site for school is alloted to an educational trust. They build 2 rooms in 25% of the site & state that this is free school meant for weaker sections. After a year or two , they state before the authority that to run this school they need funds. So they are planning to build commercial complexes around the school site & by the rent collected from shops they will run the school. In this manner sites meant for schools , hospitals , temples & other social organisations apply for conversion of land usage & use major portion of the land for commercial purposes.
Hereby , HRW urges the govt of karnataka & other authorities ,
1. to clearly demarcate the govt lands & announce it boldly to the public.
2. To clearly demarcate lands meant for public amenities both for current & future usage.
3. To clearly demarcate lands required for town planning say 20 years down the line.
4. To clearly mention in such plans the purpose it is reserved for ie parks , hospitals , schools , etc.
5. To impartially act against illegal occupiers – rich or poor.
6. Say while denotifying a land meant for school an alternate land for school must be incorporated in the original plan.
7. Before denotification public objections must be called for & considered responsibly.
8. After denotification the land must be sold at the market rate not the govt rate.
9. In case of land usage conversion also the objections from the public must be called for & considered responsibly.
10. After land usage conversion an alternate land must be incorporated in the plan for the original use.
11. In case of land usage conversion also the occupier must be charged at the market value.
12. To declare annually the property details of all officials with denotifying / land usage conversion authorities together with details of their family member's properties with provision for public scrutiny, cross checking.
13. To ruthlessly prosecute the corrupt officials & ministers.
14. To make public the report of past district magistrate
Different political parties are trading charges against each other about illegalities in the mysore-bangalore expressway project. Grave mistakes have been committed by the previous state governments. The saving grace is judiciary has taken note of it. The fundamental principle behind land acquisitions by the governments is to use that acquired lands for public welfare. As the govt acquires the land with this noble intentions even the land looser contents himself with compensation at govt rate. Always the govt rate is much below market value. If at all the govt wants to give out that acquired land to a private party for private use or for the use of a selected few, the govt must give prevailing market rate to the land looser. In such cases the govt does not have authority to force the land owner to sell his property.
In this mysore-bangalore 4 lane expressway project, following inconsistencies are there,
1. this road is not for free public use, but only for those who pays the toll fees.
2. The luxurious resorts , townships , etc which are to be built alongside this road are not open for free public usage but only for the rich who can afford it.
3. The govt has concluded this deal in a hush-hush manner.
4. Any disputes raised by this project should be addressed to international arbiter at
5. The govt has not paid the prevailing market value to the land loosers.
6. The govt has not given the option to land owners not to sell their property.
7. This whole project is for rich , built by the rich for the rich & not meant for public welfare.
The govt must give back the lands to the owners who wants it back & must pay the market value to those willing to sell. As this project is built by wealthy people for wealthy people why cann't they cough- up market value?
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