text: August 8. 2017 How to Test Students' Knowledge of Vocabulary While the best measure of students' ability is to observe them while reading continuous text, you can also learn much about their word-solving strategies by having them read individual words. Certainly students should be able to recognize frequently encountered words automatically and unconsciously. You can create your own informal assessments to detect whether students can recognize and/or pronounce words in isolation.You can also create inventories that will provide information about their knowledge of vocabulary. To begin:Create a list of words. Use a graded list, take words from a basal series, or pull words from content areas.Ask the student to read each word, use it in a sentence, explain the meaning, or provide a synonym or antonym. For a written test, you can have them match words with meanings, synonyms, or antonyms or provide multiple-choice answers.Look at the results. What do students know about words? What kinds of connections do they make? What can you learn from partially correct responses? The answers will help you plan your word study program and inform your work with students in guided and independent reading.Keep in mind that there are many ways of knowing words, and any test of words in isolation can only provide limited information. From Guiding Readers & Writers by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Copyright (c) 2001 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Published by Heinemann. Tags : Teacher Tip Tuesday, Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, F&P Literacy


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Previously, I have written about how cycling is not a symbol:
"I have seen a bicycle equated with liberalism, ecology, hipsterism, terrorism (no kidding), the United Nations, wealth, snobby elitism, theft of tax dollars, and even being white."
While I do not see a bicycle as a negative symbol, in my old age, I have changed my ways a little.
Not only that but I have talked to a bunch of tourers for whom a bicycle is a symbol.
I met them while going into a coffee shop. They were unlocking their bicycles and I mentioned that "parking was tight". Then I said that the only thing I like more than a bicycle is more bicycles. 🙂
They came to get a cup of coffee with me.
While we were talking, they mentioned that bicycles are potent symbols in their lives. Here are a few of their ideas.
For me a bicycle is a pile of money that I save in motoring, a great body, and lots of fun and friends. My social life revolves around cycling and cyclists. In fact, this has created an informal family for me. In fact, I'm going to explain this to the next comfort/away from personality type.
For Tiara, her bicycle means strength, power, and accomplishment. She especially likes to celebrate after climbing a hill. I found this to be inspiring.
For Derrick, a bicycle means escape, freedom, and karma. The latter meaning the good karma that one gets from having a lighter footprint.
Finally, for Derrik a bicycle is reality. This means of course that as a tourer, he wakes up each day and there's his bicycle. There is no other life that he lives, day by day and nor does he want to live another life.
For me, this was the best answer of them all and it sums up cycling for me.
Bicycle equals reality.

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Despite what a lot of movies might have you believe, being white is not that hard. Out of all the things that you can be in the world, being white is probably one of the easiest, and being white in America is the absolute tops. It's great. So many privileges. No one gives you shit. It's really wonderful.
Don't misunderstand: being human is hard. There's death and sadness and regret for EVERYONE, even white people. But if all you have is some death and sadness and regret, you're still doing better than 99 percent of the world. Because despite those hardships you don't also have, you know, racism and bombs and genocide and chronic diarrhea. That can be a really hard thing to remember, because pain is relative. The frustration you have that your knock-off Murakami iPhone case showed up two days later in the mail than the shipping confirmation email said it would is genuinely hurtful to you. That bitter emotion is real. But that doesn't make it not sad and inappropriate when measured against the pain scale of the rest of the world. And it's actually BECAUSE of failed movies like Smart People that we are reminded of how good we have it.
Smart People is about a grumpy professor, Dennis Quaid, and his family. After Dennis Quaid has a seizure in a campus parking lot–because he is so grumpy that he purposefully parks his car across two spaces and then is so grumpy that he gets mad when the car gets towed–his drivers license is revoked for six months. So his adopted brother, Thomas Haden Church, moves in to help take care of business. Meanwhile, his daughter, played by Juno, is an overworking young republican determined to go to Stanford, and his son is a poet who just sold a poem to the New Yorker. Of course. Not that Dennis Quaid knows any of this because he is so grumpy. Because his wife died. Then he goes on a date with the doctor, Sarah Jessica Parker, but she gets weirded out by his clinginess and also by his need to always sit in the backseat of the car, but then they get back together, but then they break up again, and also she is pregnant. Then Juno hits on Thomas Haden Church and he recognizes that this is inappropriate. Then some other stuff happens. They give the dead mom's clothes to Goodwill. Whatever.
Smart People is not the worst movie ever made. It's gently bad and mostly watchable. But its heart is in the wrong place. And it definitely helps to define what might be the Worst Genre of All Time, the Being an Upper Middle-Class White Is Hard genre. At the very least, this genre is offering the Mentally Handicapped Reminding Jaded Adults of the Wonders of Life genre some steep competition.
The main problem is that everyone in the movie needs to shut the fuck up. Try watching this clip and NOT wanting all of the characters to shut the fuck up.
See? Shut up, you guys. This stems in large part from none of the characters being even remotely likable* and exhibiting zero growth over the course of the movie. They begin the movie being depressive misanthropes with their heads buried deep up their own asses, and they end the movie that way. Now I should point out that in theory, this is something I would enjoy. I like the idea of a movie about characters who don't learn anything and don't change, because I think that's very true to life. People rarely learn anything, and they even more rarely change. The problem with the reality of this is that you just end the movie the way you started, wishing everyone would shut the fuck up forever.
And their unlikability comes not from the performances, which are mostly fine–although I don't know what Dennis Quaid is doing when he slips into that weird effeminate bobble-head whisper mode–but from the writing, which like so many of these "it's life, jump into life" style movies, trades on lazy cliches and hackneyed emotional signifiers. (The screenwriter's next movie is called Hardship, Friendship, Courtship, for ugh's sake.) So Juno is a young republican because she has anti-stem cell research pamphlets in her car. Dennis Quaid is having trouble grieving over his dead wife because he won't donate her clothes to Good Will. These are acceptable details, but they never build to anything larger. Juno's young republicanism plays absolutely no role in her character's motivations or outcome. It's a toss-off detail. Same with Dennis Quaid's depression, which is particularly problematic, since it's the fulcrum on which the whole story supposedly turns.
Case in point: everyone at Carnegie-Mellon has taken one of Dennis Quaid's English classes, and they all resent him because he's dismissive and mean towards his students. There's one despicable scene where he keeps a student waiting outside of his office while he winds his clock ahead so that he won't have to meet with him. Fucker. This would be an interesting facet of his character if it was a result of his wife's death, a symbol of his declining mental health. But it's not. As it turns out, Sarah Jessica Parker took his class, and he was the reason she dropped out of English and became a doctor. (Sure, that's not a weak-willed, impetuous reaction to getting a C on a paper.) BUT, she also complains that he never paid attention and didn't recognize her from class. So he was always this way, even when his wonderful amazing wife was alive. And the last shot of the movie, now that he's got a girlfriend and his kids have decided to love him, is Dennis Quaid still not recognizing another student in class. So he's just a miserable person who goes around making everyone miserable. The end.
Again, in theory I like the idea of telling inherently miserable people's stories. It doesn't all have to be Uncle John's Big Life Lesson. But in practice it is just so inherently disappointing.
*The one saving grace of this whole thing was Thomas Haden Church as the adopted brother. His character was written by the same screenwriter as all the others, so it was totally cliche. He loves get rich quick schemes! He's the fun uncle who makes Juno smoke weed! But I give the credit where the credit is due, and Thomas Haden Church actually made me laugh out loud. Granted, it might have been in reaction to how cheesily portentous everyone else was, but I appreciated his levity. Here he is rescuing an otherwise terrible scene from total disaster.
Nicely done, Thomas Haden Church. Your performance, despite your character's supposed "failure," seemed to acknowledge the one thing that everyone else in this movie was missing: that white people have it fucking made.
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Following on the huge success of the Twilight franchise, Summit-Lionsgate continues to target the young adult audience with feature adaptations of popular book series. We have The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to look forward to this fall, along with the sci-fi film Ender's Game. And coming to theaters next March (2014) is Divergent, the feature adaptation of the first novel in Veronica Roth's YA dystopian series. The film has added two more to its cast and has begun production this week.
Summit announced today that production on the anticipation film Divergent began today in Chicago, which is where the story is set. It should be interesting to see how Chicago is transformed for the film, as the story is set in the future in what's left of the Windy City. Residents in the rundown city are divided into five factions, which determine a person's way of life. In the film, Shailiene Woodley will play the lead character Tris, a young woman who comes of age and must decide if she will stay with her family's faction or choose a different path. The twist is that, prior to deciding, she learns that she's "Divergent," which is not a good thing, and means she'll never fully fit into one faction. Tris keeps this secret as she makes her choice and joins other trainees as they undergo a series of tests to find their place among their faction.
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I took last week off work because Chris's boss was off on holiday. Chris hasn't had a proper break from work in 12 months (other than Christmas) so I thought I'd take some time off with him. We had some glorious weather and the sun was shining pretty much everyday, so we picked a great week. Chris is off this week as well, and I'm glad, because he really does deserve the break. I keep pestering him to drop a day or two at work, so that he's more time to do his own projects like his artwork, but I haven't convinced him just yet. I think he's forgotten what it's like to not have to work.
The gardening order arrived at the shop and I stocked the shelves on Friday afternoon. I ordered organic veg and herb seeds and liquid comfrey feed from Tamar Organics. I got some more wildflower seeds from Landlife, and some coconut/latex plant pots from the Hairy Pot Plant Company. I also ordered the liquid seaweed and powdered seaweed from Bod Ayre seaweed products in Shetland. I hope all the stock sells well. Especially the seaweed and comfrey feeds. I guess it depends if we get many gardeners in!
On Sunday night I went to a new Italian restaurant called 'De Niro's' with my Mum. I've gone vegetarian again because I don't want a creature to give up its life for me to eat it. I've not eaten red meat in 22 years, but I started eating chicken and fish because I was very thin, but I going back to being a full on veggie again. So I tried gnocchi for the first time, and it was served in a tomato and basil sauce. It was really tasty. My Mum had lasagne which looked good. We had chilli tomato garlic bread to start which was mega, mega hot! We shared a chocolate cake for pudding and finished things off with a cappuccino.
I cleared out the back garden on Monday, and removed all the weeds, brushed and rearranged the pots and swept around.
I also sowed some seeds into the soil, including cornflower, calendula and chrysanthemum. I did Steve a pot of cat grass. I also sowed lots of seeds into pots and trays which I placed in the cold frame - lettuce, cauliflower, sunflower, more pot marigold. I'm trying to stop the propagating greenhouse from becoming too full like last year, and this year I'm more experienced at knowing which seeds need to be in the greenhouse and which can be sown outside, or in a cold frame.
I collected all the plantpots and trays together - we've got loads, and there's more at the allotment.
The purple drumstick primula is in full bloom, and the white one isn't far behind.
The viola in the hanging basket have come back to life.
I took a cool photo of Steve.
I got a nice purple flowered houseplant.
Len came to fix the electrics in the greenhouse. He said it's much safer now, he's fitted a waterproof circuit breaking plug. So I sowed 16 varieties of tomatoes, the basil, cucumber and violas and placed them in the propagators to germinate. The violas are in a separate propagator at a lower temperature.
I also did some heliotrope (cherry pie plant) which I took home to go on the windowsill. I sowed broad beans and a selection of peas into cardboard toilet tubes which went in the cold frame.
I cleaned the windows upstairs and I did the lower back windows inside and out.
Chris put some shelves up in the bedroom.
Chris cleaned all of the greenhouse glass at the allotment - that's 2 huge greenhouses, so quite a big job. He cut his hand open doing it so we had to put a plaster on his finger.
Chris painted the shed.
He's also made a pond at the allotment next to my Dad's memorial garden. It has a little overflow into another smaller pond. We went to Brookside garden centre and picked up some plants to go in the pond, their selection wasn't great though, they said they were getting more stock in a couple of weeks.
He moved the bird table under the feeders.
We had a fire and burnt our rubbish, then put the wood ashes on the potato patch.
We also got some fruit trees from Brookside, we got a large blackcurrant and a red gooseberry. And I bought a thornless blackberry bush from Aldi. These have all gone into the fruit tree border, which Chris has extended.
I cleared the path down the back of the greenhouse. Our pet parakeet Joey has been buried there for about 10 years, he's underneath a primrose plant which is flowering at the moment.
He planted a strawberry plant into the upside down strawberry planter that Emma got him for Christmas.
We took the rest of the leeks out of the raised bed, topped it up with some compost and I sowed some beetroot, radish and spring onions.
I pollinated the peach tree using a small blusher brush.
Sadly, very sadly indeed, there's still no sign of life on the damson tree. I really, really hope it comes to life again soon. I've fed it twice with the special Shetland liquid seaweed from the shop, so I'm hoping this might act as a tonic and bring it back to life.
The forget me nots have flowered in the front garden at home and the border is awash with tiny blue, pink and white flowers.
I felt a bit unmotivated this week, could it be my hormones? I seem to blame everything on hormones!
Being off work made me want to go down to 3 days at work - should I take the plunge? I still can't work out of I can afford it. Maybe when I get paid this month I will put some money to one side and see how I manage.
The 'Screw work, let's play' book suggested making money by finding a problem and solving it through doing something you enjoy - people are more likely to buy something if it solves a problem they have, which makes sense to me.
I want to try and streamline the inputs into my life e.g. things I read, websites I visit, people I see - I want to filter out the rubbish to save me time. I feel like I have information overload sometimes. and a lot of the stuff is rubbish I could do without. So it's about only allowing the quality stuff in and filtering the rubbish out. Sometimes I wish I was back 50 years ago when there wasn't so much information. I've almost forgot what it feels like to be bored, and I think a lot of other people have too.


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Monday, July 12, 2010
Mine didn't! And there were fireworks to boot!
I'll have lots to share over the next few posts, but here are a few bits to get started.
The weather. Flawless.
Everyday was warm, sunny, sometimes very hot -- but with a lake breeze just outside the door, no complaints!
Even the overnight rain that left us with a few low clouds was needed, and the clouds disappeared by noon, leaving us with yet another glorious day.
And what does one do with that time? Well, I'll show some art later this week, tell you about my sock class, a fiber exhibit I visited and some fun times. I'll take you on my walk (and yes, I was very good!) And of course, food will be involved! (This is cherry-berry crisp!)
But today, a few minutes with family! One highlight of the holiday was having cousins David and Bonnie (Mama K) at the lake for a few days.
And Pepper. Sweet, dear Pepper, their dog.
Of course, Bonnie and I had to hit the Gaylord antique stores.
And we had some wonderful dinners together, seeing our other cousin, Jack, before he moves to China.
And we enjoyed the Fourth of July!
The Fourth. Which, for whatever reason in Gaylord, was on the third. At our lake, it involves the boat parade. Those of us without boats cheer on the sidelines!
I don't know which entry won, but I liked this one best!
That was followed by a wonderful dinner and fireworks. They shoot them off from the park across the lake from the cottage, so all we need to do is move chairs from the porch to the beach, sit back and enjoy.
And of course, they are beautiful!
There was time for David to fish before they set off for home. No catch this time -- but you never know when they'll bite!
On the "real" fourth, Rick and I have a tradition. He rides 100 miles -- halfway we meet at Central Lake for a picnic. This time his friend Eric joined us.
Then they were off! (Were dreams of the Tour de France in their hearts as they rode with the wind? Rick and I were having Tour withdrawal -- and it had barely started!)
And of course, one must watch the parade -- there were lots of queens...
Lots of dogs marching (Do dogs march? And actually, I think anyone could march if they wanted!)...
It seems like any vehicle can be a float!
And lots of kids grabbing for the candy tossed from floats, tractors, hay wagons, and lots of walkers!
On the way back to the cottage, I found a few good bargains -- a fiesta plate in orange at a decent price for my daily dishes, some great books to rip up for collage, including a German text and an encyclopedia, someone's button box (nothing great, but useful), and some video tapes for a quarter apiece. And I loved this little pitcher, perfect for storing my paint brushes.
Later that evening, we celebrated Bonnie's birthday...
And enjoyed a beautiful sunset from their cottage a half-mile away from ours.
Really, can you beat summer vacation for kicking around, with a minimum of schedule and a maximum of fun?
I couldn't! (the photo above is from Bonnie/David's.)
Even the Gypsy was in seventh heaven. (And might I add, he hasn't been carsick once since trying Dr. Anne's holistic flower essences for anxiety -- the road trips have been downright pleasant with no yacking cat!)
I've missed visiting all of you -- a week without Internet puts one behind. But I'll be by soon as I can to catch up!
(Over at Chopsticks and String, revisiting "Knit Two," by Kate Jacobs.)
10 comments:
- anno said...
Jeanie, it all sounds -- and looks -- just fabulous! So glad you had a wonderful time, and glad to see you again, too!
- Monday, July 12, 2010
- Wrightboysmum said...
What a great post I wish I was there. I'm glad Gypsy is travelling better as well. The antique shop photo was my favourite. I wish we did fireworks in the summer rather than cold November it looks stunning.
- Monday, July 12, 2010
- TheEccentricLady said...
I feel refreshed just visiting your blog. We used to think we wanted to retire in South Carolina but I really don't like the heat anymore and the great Lakes are looking better all the time. Glad you had a wonderful time. BTW, I am trying an organic food with the cats and so far no throwing up!
- Monday, July 12, 2010
- Janet said...
It's good to have you back and it looks like you had one heck of a good time! Vacations are usually too short but now you have all those wonderful memories.
- Monday, July 12, 2010
- beth said...
looks like my kind of vacation !
- Tuesday, July 13, 2010
- Annie said...
I always so enjoy your lake vacation posts. There is nothing but joy in these posts. People, family and friends, meet, eat, visit, play, laugh, reminice, share - do all the wonderful friendship things that make us complete. Even Gypsy is in the spirit of things.
- Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Oh, Jeanie, this post is just delicious. I wish I'd been there. You scared me with that first paragraph. I was afraid it wasn't all you wanted it to be.
Bonnie K looks like so much fun and I loved the pitcher with your brushes, and the fireworks and parade and the marching dogs and the boat parade and all of it. Fabulous. Life is meant to be enjoyed! You seem to know how to do that.
- Tuesday, July 13, 2010
- Joanne Huffman said...
Thank you for sharing your delightful vacation.
- Tuesday, July 13, 2010
- Ruth said...
Eating al fresco, cherry-berry crisp, nothing better, especially after a leisurely day doing whatever you want. Mmmm.
- Saturday, July 17, 2010
- jet1960 said...
Enjoyed seeing your 4th weekend! You always have a talent for telling the story with your pictures(and the words, too!). Thanks for sharing. Love the pic of Gypsy. He looks like he is smiling and I'm sure he is!
- Sunday, July 18, 2010
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Hey guys here are some real oblique and non figurative photos of High Places live in Newcastle Upon Tyne at the Head of Steam. It was an amazing show, even though their equipment suddenly cut out (thanks to a faulty US to UK power converter) just as the chorus of their second song dropped. BUMMER. Luckily us Northerners are so down to earth/friendly/enthusiastic cos we hummed along all the basslines for them.
(Photos by me and Ben Jeans Houghton)


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On February the 18th 2015, Newcastle's Literary & Philosophical Society (The Lit & Phil) will host a study afternoon featuring a wide-range of short talks from academics and Lit & Phil members on the society's history and archives. Amongst the speakers will be PhD student Patrick Low, who will give a talk entitled 'Capital Punishment, Phrenology and the Lit & Phil: The curious case of the "Bumpologist" Mayor, John Fife.' There will also be a 'show-and-tell' session and an opportunity to browse through a sample of the Lit & Phil's collections. Read the full programme here.


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It Appears Americas Narcissist and Chief is at it again with this ridiculous photo op whilst boarding Air Force One at Norman Manley Airport in Kingston Jamaica.
I dont know if this is a photo op or a photo shopped photo as i was not there to witness the live event where our lord and savior Government God King Jesus Obama shot rainbows out of his hands but either way this story originates from over at the whitehouse.gov
read it here
Barack in Jamrock: The Young Leaders of the Americas Meet with the President in Jamaica
You can find Lord Obamicorn shooting rainbows at the bottom of that article.
#Obama #Narcissist #rainbows


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Here is an interesting story of finding a tombstone on a street corner and working to connect it with the correct burial place. The work involved in locating the burial place of Hinda Amchanitzky makes this story a heartwarming piece.
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Thursday was another busy VBS day here.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
More from Huejotzingo VBS
The kids are still coming to have fun and learn about the Lord.
|The leaders demonstrate tin can stilts
|The kids racing
|Abraham helps the little ones with stilt walking
|Craft time
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Huejotzingo VBS 2014
It's time for VBS here in Heujotzingo. Here is some of what we have been doing:
|A mouse tells the story of how Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law
|Gathering for songs and Bible story.
|Getting ready for a relay race.
|Putting together a Bible memory puzzle
|Gathering at the end of the day
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Visiting friends during the rainy season
|navigating muddy roads
They do not attend any church, although they are confirmed and baptized Catholics and are devoted to Guadalupe. They used to live a few streets away from us, but not very long ago, they bought property in a place surrounded by fields and unpaved roads, and they built a house and moved there. Now, instead of a quick walk to their house, we go by bike.
|exploring outside
|bouncing on the bed
While the kids play, I am either outside with them keeping an eye out to make sure the games don´t get too rough, or if it´s raining, inside but still watching. Abraham chats with the adults for awhile about all kinds of different topics. The father of the family spent several years in the States, as did various other relatives, so sometimes the conversation is about his times there. Eventually, Abraham tells a story from the Bible, and then he and the father discuss the story. Some time after that, we bike back home.
Please join us in praying for the family, that they could have a personal relationship with Jesus. Right now they cling to tradition without knowing much about the Bible or about God. We are thankful that they continue to be welcoming friends and willingly listen to the stories Abraham tells from the Bible.
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Well, it has been 6 years since I was (accidentally) exposed to the world of engineering. Though, it was more of a pre-destined path. 90% of the top scoring kids in India are made to opt for science stream and medical/engineering subsequently, and I was no different. Somehow, I managed to crack JEE. What I encountered later has been quite an interesting experience. No, I am not going to talk more crap about the IIT's. You may have already heard enough of that. Here I elucidate about weird people's weird opinions about engineers-especially the ones I have seen.
Well, as they say, the govt institutes with double "I's" command a lot of respect in Indian society. I am lucky enough to be a student at these institutes. You move out of your college campus and people tend to look at you with an aura of supreme-ness (which is totally over-hyped). But, in this crowd of praising people, one always runs into self-proclaimed superstuds who think that only what they are doing is great and rest of the things are ultimate crap.
These folks can find the weirdest of reasons in the world to show people like me below their level of intelligence. Here I present to you some examples:-
- "Aji aajkal toh IIT's ka level ekdum gir gaya hai. Isse accha toh yahi hai kisi private college se engineering kar lo. Kam se kam wo job toh dilwa dete hain."
Why the hell don't these folks tell that they/their kid was not able to crack the JEE? If the level has really gone down, then why was it that their "INTELLIGENT" kid failed to get through into even such low-grade institutes?
- "Aji ab IIT kar bhi lo, toh kaunsi badi baat hai. Package toh dhang ka milta nahi. Isliye toh ab inki ranking top-10 mein bhi mushkil se aati hai"
I wonder why the people who say these lines never had the pleasure of even entering into IIT's. And talking about packages, the IIT's don't offer bribe to the companies who dump you 6 months after your placement and neither do they offer bribe to these survey companies to put their institute into the top-10 engineering colleges of India. Here, your kid does not, in fact he/she CAN NOT, get through any management quota but only through an exam that is common and same for all. The packages have never been bad but still, are good enough for your abilities. Plus, there are a lot of top companies that your so-called engineering college may not even get a sight of!
- "IIT mein toh bas woh bachhe padhte hain, jinke pass private college ki fees bharne ke paise nahi hote."
I can only laugh at such people. There is a limit to ignorance and stupidity and this comment is far beyond that limit.
- "Ab toh reservation lag gaya. Ab IIT mein acche bacche nahi aate. Isliye humne apne beta/beti ko IIT mien nahi bheja"
Excuse me! If someone would like their facts right, the number of general category students in all the IIT's is still the same. If your kid had the talent to get into it, he/she would have done so anyway.
- "Arey, kaahe ka IIT. Bas naam ka hi hai. Kuch padhai nahi hoti inme."
Agreed, but the point is that very few colleges in India will grill you like the IIT's for studying purposes. (its another fact that you may still end up learning nothing). If you really thing that people don't study in an IIT , then,(BREAKING NEWS!), students in other colleges in India study a lot less. This may be hard to digest, but yes-it-is-true.
This is just an appeal to people to stop acting over-smart. We are not looking to battle over who's smarter? That would be a really stupid thing to do. But, we also do not wish to indulge in a battle to show who's more pathetic? That would be an even more stupid thing to so. Just live peacefully. We just wish to be treated as normal persons. I want no fame and no battle to show each-other down. Just let us be normal and enjoy the beautiful world.
P.S: i know this article is not going to go well with many people in many sections of society.I just wanted to express my irritation to a certain section of people and i have done so. That was the only intention.


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Here is my monthly collage of finished quilts!
The subtitle of today's post is "A Tale of Two Jellybeans". As you might recall, I set a goal of making six quilts from a bucket list of patterns this year.
I backed this one in a super soft minky, and am already putting it to good use on these cool fall nights!
Here's a belated report on what I've been up to in the last week and a half! My goal was to tackle this pile (literally!) of projects that were next to my sewing machine:
I did tackle the pile, but in the process, I was also inspired to tackle my entire sewing area! Here is what it looks like now (sorry for the dark photo!).
The room itself is very small (8 x 10), and previously, I had been sewing on a table that was 2.5 x 3 feet. It took up quite a bit of space in the room, and most of the space behind my sewing machine was not useful since the table butted up against the window. I finally decided to install the desktop piece I had purchased months ago from Michael's (all of my storage cubes are from their Recollections scrapbook storage collection). With the new configuration, I have much more accessible workspace, and additional floor space so I don't feel cramped! The piece in front of the left side is actually a rolling storage cart, so it gives me a nice work triangle, but I can easily move it out of the way.
So, now on to the projects that were in the pile! First, I completed a recent WIP -- this is Thimbleblossoms' Jellybean pattern in Persimmon fabric by Basic Grey:
The third project is a special quilt re-make for a friend of mine. I had previously done some repairs to a quilt that was made by his mother, but over the past two years, additional blocks had ripped, so I decided to deconstruct the top, replace some blocks and all of the sashing, and put it back together.
Some of the original blocks were pretty wild, so when I replaced a few of them in the previous repair, I had fun including some novelty prints that were meaningful to him. This time, I had to replace 11 additional blocks, so I put in a few more novely prints.
So now that I've tackled the sewing room, I'll be returning to my goal of working through my fabric storage drawers. Next week: Dr. Seuss fabrics!
So, this week I took a hiatus from my summer challenge to work on some projects with impending deadlines. I had two custom order quilts that needed finishing, a birthday gift quilt to complete, and a twin quilt to work on, so I decided to focus on those projects. Here's what I accomplished!
First, the birthday quilt (the top was made during my Joel Dewberry week). I'm happy to say the recipient loved it. I backed it in Azalea minky dimple dot from Hawthorne Threads so it will be warm and cozy for the winter:
Next, a finished Bricklayer custom order quilt in the Aviary Lilac palette (also completed during Joel Dewberry week):
I also managed to quilt a couple of smaller tops from my ever-growing pile of flimsies! The first one is a small patchwork quilt made out of 2 Hello Luscious charm packs:
The second top was made during my Chez Moi week and features several of their collections:
I also decided to pull out a couple of "miscellaneous" fabric drawers. Both of these quilt tops were made from leftovers of previous custom orders. The first features Anna Griffin's Animal Parade collection, with some coordinates:
And the second one is mostly from the Gypsy Girl collection by Lily Ashbury for Moda Fabrics:
I had a very productive week with my Joel Dewberry fabrics. Not so much with dishes and laundry, but that's okay! I started out with three very full drawers of fabric, as well as some lilac Aviary fabrics that wouldn't even fit in the drawers.
Part of the reason I chose Joel Dewberry fabrics this week is that I received a custom order request for a lilac Aviary quilt last week, so I started with this quilt in my Bricklayer pattern:
I also finished this Hip to Be Square quilt (many of the blocks were left over from a previous project)
The remaining Aviary fabrics went back into a drawer, because I usually keep those "in stock" for custom orders. I then moved on to a different collection, Heirloom. I remember when this collection came out several summers ago -- I stalked my favorite online fabric store and ordered it at soon as it was in stock. Then it sat in a drawer for 4 years. My favorite of the three color palettes is the Citrine, and I had purchased some Kona Stone several years ago after seeing this quilt by Fresh Lemons Quilts since it seemed like the perfect background color. I whipped out my Accuquilt hexagon and equilateral triangles dies, and cut the pieces for this quilt:
Next, I pulled out some Deer Valley fat quarters. I had originally bought these to make a Bricklayer quilt, so that's exactly what I did!
...and this one is the Sapphire palette, with Moda Bella Snow. I'll be adding borders to this one and finishing it for my husband's aunt, who turns 80 this month.
So, who is my next designer of the week? Well, this blog challenge has been pretty intense so far (I've made 20 quilt tops in the last three weeks!), so this week will be sort of a break from the challenge. I need to quilt three of the finished tops, as well as work on a new twin quilt for my Mom's guest room, so I'll start with those projects. I do have a few miscellaneous drawers in my storage units, so I plan to pull out one "surprise drawer" this week to work on. Next Sunday, I will share this week's finishes, and resume the blog challenge!
Some Heirloom hexagons with Kona stone background...
...and some Modern Meadow hexagons with Moda Bella Snow background.
Deer Valley in my Bricklayer pattern....
...and a little more Deer Valley...
..and Aviary 2 in lilac.
I'll share all of the finished tops on Sunday, and reveal my next designer of the week!
I've just completed Week 2 of my Summer 2015 blog challenge series (you can read more about it here) and I have five more quilt tops to share today! This week, I focused on two drawers of fabric by Moda designer Chez Moi. I started with Coquette, because I had the most of that particular collection.
Since I've also been using this challenge to try out some different quilt patterns, I decided to go with a braid design. I used this free pattern from Moda, except I omitted the borders to make the quilt a baby size. I think this was a great pattern for the collection -- I like the way the colors and designs kind of blend together even though you can still see the braid. Making the braid part was fun and addictive, but I must admit that trimming the sides and sewing the bias edges together was a little scary!
After I finished the first quilt, I took stock of what was left, and realized that I had bits and pieces of many different Chez Moi collections, including Posh, Boutique, Swanky, Hunky Dory, Sophie and Coquette. Since most of the pieces were fairly small, I decided a coins quilt was the best option to blend all of these collections together.
The fifth and final quilt was made using the Flowers in the Sunshine pattern by Sweet Jane. I've made this one before, but it was a good way to use up the leftover charm squares and coins pieces!
I was able to use up an entire drawer of fabric, and now my remaining Chez Moi precuts fit in a single drawer.
This week, I'll be tackling my Joel Dewberry fabrics:
Even though they look pretty organized, the three drawers are filled way past maximum capacity, so my hope is to at least make some room in each drawer. I'll post some progress on Wednesday!


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Well now that the holiday season is over (and Happy New Years by the way!!), I am already back to boarding school. School officially starts tomorrow. I am a bit scared for ballet because I am very out of shape and packed on the Christmas dinner pounds...
Anyways other students are flying in today, and I am still awaiting the arrival of my roommate.
Just got La Bayadere (teatro alla scala), Romeo and Juliet (teatro alla scala), and 100 Lessons in Classical Ballet in the mail. I will probably we watching La Bayadere tonight!!!
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Author: Sam Rook
Book: (The Knights of Av'lor Book One)
Pages: 302
Rating: 4/5
So it starts out a bit differently but I really liked the characters though some of them had no role in the book besides being bad. I mean the main characters were almost killed by him but they never actually met so I am a bit disappointed that there isn't going to be a second book. I hate stories that have an open ending. Well there might be another book but not for a while.
Kathryn (Kate) has just lost her mother and daughter but now she is unexpectedly thrown into another world (Av'lor) filled with Deamons. She meets Hal (also a human from Earth) and almost dies only to wake up inside a castle filled with knights that have wings. Angels? No, but they aren't evil either. In fact they protect Av'lor from monsters.
Kate has the Sight, which means she can see the future, and having that she manages to save lives. As a reward she asks that she and Hal be given a chance to join the Knighthood. Since she is very powerful when it comes to magic she makes it in and so does Hal, though he gets in because of his swordsmanship. Sir Lanclor is her instructor but she feels drawn to him and he to her but he knows he can't do anything about it. On the one night they can change who they are he sleeps with her and realizes that he truly loves her. But what can he do about it?
Together they continue to try and find a spell to win the war but their time is growing short. Now it is up to Kate to win the war and save the man she loves.
Will the portal be destroyed? Will her Sight of Lanclor dying be wrong? How will she prevent it? Will she survive the outcome?
So I didn't cry at the end because it would've been a terrible ending. No I cried when I thought Hal was going to loose one of his wings. Go figure. I did enjoy this book and I hope you will read it too!
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We work everyday to provide you the best Download Manager for your browser. To support further development of dTa, we also need your help.
Dear User, this is a call.
DownThemAll is and will always remain a free and open-source project, but designing and maintaining it requires so many hours per week that, even if it's a great pleasure to see the massive feedback we receive every day and how much attention and love this project is gaining all over the world, it cannot be just called "an hobby" anymore. Collecting stamps is an hobby; our has proudly became a mission. But missions, unfortunately, do require big amounts of time – and money.
Our goal is to reach an amount of donations which indicates that the value of the project is recognized by our users, but most of all which will give us the economic sustain to go on developing it.
We've set this amount to €3,000 as the minimum quantity of donations to collect within a month: if we won't reach that amount we'll necessarily have to reconsider and probably to resize the whole project due to lack of funds.
We know how much this extension is worth for you, dTa! User. We need you to monetize that worth. That's the reason why we're starting the "dTa! 1.0 Fund Raising" campaign.
You can definitely help us, both by making a donation as well as spreading the voice, 'cause we know that good products obtain great success only by word of mouth.
The reward is obvious, it's what we all care about: the release of a stable and complete 1.0 version!


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Sk8Tracks Volume 3 is live! We teamed up with DC-Jam Records once again to bring you free music. This time we got Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine, The Meat Puppets, Fishbone, Joe Buck Yourself, Flipper, Feral Babies, Duane Peters & The Great Unwashed, OFF!, The Boardlords and Wayne Kramer. You can listen and download all of the tracks here. On top of the tunes we'll be bringing you album reviews and exclusive interviews with some of our participants as well as opportunities to win some gear. We started off with drummer Stephen DePace from Flipper.
Also, For the entire months of January and February all Juice Magazine readers will receive 20 percent off of any DC-Jam Records purchase through their E Store. Simply plug in the code "JuiceMagazine" during checkout to redeem savings. The store is located at www.dcjamrecords.bigcartel.com
If you want more information on any of the artists stay tuned for interviews from Keith Morris, Wayne Kramer & The Boardlords in Juice Magazine 69 and others on the Juice Magazine Blog.


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It looks like the Big Brother 14 Live Feeds will be pretty exciting this season. We have a new commercial that reveals the names and takes a look at the NEW houseguests this season. I emphasize NEW because the rumors going around claim that, yes, we are going to have some previous contestants back to mentor the Big Brother 14 cast. I think this will all make for exciting live feed viewing action, including the fact that we have a Playmate in the house, some other model-types, and a member of a reality show family- Not the Kardashians, but a family who participates in reality show contests and has earned some notoriety in the genre.
Check out the Big Brother cast and be sure to subscribe to the Big Brother live Feeds, because you won't want to miss these firebrands and sexpots this season:
( tip: http://bigbrotherfansblog.com/2012/07/big-brother-14-cast-revealed-in-new.html )


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Study programmes at DTU are research-based, analytical and innovative
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DTU will promote promising fields of research within the technical and the natural sciences, especially based on usefulness to society, relevance to business and sustainability.
International collaboration is an integrated part of DTUs activities and a prerequisite for DTUs status as an international elite university.
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The course consists of five days (Mon-Friday) of lectures and exercises on key topics in machine learning. This years summer school will focus on several different advanced topics within machine learning centered around cognitive systems, which integrate information processing in human brains and computers for collaborative problem solving. This involves representations and processes involved in thinking and decision making such as prediction, planning, interpretation, and interaction with humans and other cognitive systems.
The course (2.5 ECTS point) is passed by handing in a small report on one of the topics covered in the course maybe evaluated on our own problesm or data. The exercises cover both theoretical, technical programming and application aspects. It will be up to the students to decide on what aspects to focus on in the report. Specific machine learning application examples are used throughout the entire week. For further course details click here.
Technical University of Denmark, Building 324 auditorium 060
9AM-5PM every day August 28th-September 1st, 2017
Lectures will be given by invited speakers and staff at the Section for Cognitive Systems.
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General understanding of machine learning, statistical modeling, mathematics and computer science. For the course you are required to bring your own laptop computer.
For academics (masters and PhD students) there is no registration fee for the course. For all other participants a course fee of DKK 8250 will be charged. Participants are to cover all other costs such as food, accommodation, and travel expenses. One course dinner is included in the registration.
For practical information regarding transportation and accommodation click here.
2016 version of 02901 Advanced Topics in Machine Learning
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I used AccuCut's White Chipboard for the first time today and really like it! It is just a little thicker than the Accucut Kraft Chipboard I have been using. The main difference I see between them so far is I can ink the white chipboard with light colors.
Using a sponge I inked the white chipboard with Baby Pink ink by Close to My Heart.
I could have used the inked pieces just like that. But then I added three coats of clear Ultra Thick Embossing Powder ( UTEE ) to give them a glossy look. It made the pieces a little darker.
And since I love this next embossing technique I had to try it on the lightly inked/embossed white chipboard.
LOVE this altered look and will be using this on the baby page I am making.
I first saw this embossing technique in the October 2003 Scrapbooks, Etc. magazine and then a demo a few months later by the magazine at an Expo. I love the look!
There are already so many videos on YouTube and blog posts describing this stamping/embossing technique I am not going into alot of detail but here are the basic steps.
1. ink your chipboard pieces
2. apply Versamark then UTEE and melt with your heat tool; do this 3 times
3. adhere your embossed pieces to a heat resistant non-stick craft mat so they can't blow around
4. using a red rubber stamp with an open design, ink it with Staz-on and leave it sitting on the stamp pad to keep it moist
5. one letter at a time, reheat the UTEE until you can see it is liquid looking, then lay the inked stamp on the melted UTEE, leave it there for about 30 seconds until the UTEE hardens then remove the stamp.
You will have beautiful embossed chipboard pieces, see how the stamp sinks into the hot UTEE and leaves the inked impression.


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The Rhapsody iOS team has just released v1 of our native iPad App. Thanks for waiting! Here's why we think you are going to like it:
It's fast:
The app is built around a new player engine – it holds the title of The Fastest Mobile App we've ever released; it supports the fastest playback possible and app loading times are extremely quick. We've built in intelligent content caching to automatically save your most recent music to make it very easy to play it back when you're offline as well as to help conserve your bandwidth.
It's beautiful:
The Rhapsody iPad App is the most beautiful experience that we've built to-date. The visual richness of the app is designed to showcase the artists and albums available, while fully taking advantage of the iPad's real estate and high-resolution screen support.
The app is a wonderful tool for discovery:
You can tap and swipe your way through content curated by Rhapsody's world-class editors. Music discovery is effortless, thanks to similar artists and genres, custom album, artist and genre editorial overviews, featured content and editorial essentials for genres. You can also browse Rhapsody's exclusive genres to dive into deep discovery of new, popular and editorially -curated music from your favorite genres.
- Access to Rhapsody's full Rhapsody catalog via searching and browsing
- Access and updating member music libraries
- Access to all of Rhapsody's editorially programmed genre trees
- Similar artists and albums
- Essential content
- Artist and album reviews
- Full offline support for unlimited downloading of content and access while not connected to the Internet
- Player features including a full screen player, integrated volume, AirPlay and Bluetooth support
What's Next?
We are shooting to follow up with an update early in 2013, with some additional core features that did not make it for our v1 release:
- Radio
- Queue
- Listening History
This is just the beginning. More great things to come from the Rhapsody iOS team in 2013.
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God Bless!(:
Saturday, January 5, 2013
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God Bless!(:
(Early) Blog Birthday!
Even though my blog is not really active much anymore, I still try to remember the day I started it and make a short and sweet little post. I know its not exact, but I didn't know if I would have time to post this later. As of January 9th, my blog will be around for 4 years! It's incredible to realize it really has been that long and to think about how much my blog has been through since then. I miss the blogger friends I use to have and my life has changed so much since I first started Holly's Corner. Anyways, if theres anyone out there that still reads my blog, thank you for taking the time to do that! God bless! (:
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Weather is really crazy here!!! Just yesterday I got to experience like -20 degrees Celcius. Is that cold or what? That's not even freezing man...that's 20 degrees BELOW FREEZING temperature. Brrrr~~~
Too many pictures, though not too much of myself. Been helping Mummy and Sis take most of the pics. =D
Here's what I have from Day 1!!!
This is Mum and Sis fresh out of the Hokkaido Domestic Airport (we transferred from Narita International). I mentioned that this is their first snow, but I've never mentioned that this is also their virgin winter experience...
Guess what they're doing?
Blowing smoke!!!! Lol!!!!! They got sooooooo excited when they got out and realized that they are emitting "smoke" when they talk that they just started "Haaa-ing". Lol~ Yes I got my sampat-ness from my Mum, if you're one of those closer ones who got to see that side of me. =D
Me being all composed. Actually the first time I experienced winter I did EXACTLY the same thing. I'm sure that's true for most of you yes? YES DON'T LIE!!!! Nothing to be ashamed about. It's good to be able to laugh at yourself. ^.^
Very rushed tour schedule (we went on Chan Brothers), so we settled our first meal with food packed from the airport. Me and Sis - MOS Burger.
Eyeing my rice burger....
(Psst...after I finished it, I conclude - the Singapore one tastes better, somehow)
I didn't walk to the other side of the airport or I'd have bought this too~~~~~~
Someone told me that tour packages follow this pattern:
Anyone who has done a typical tour package (other than the ones in Singapore because we are just too small) will have to agree with me. Lol.
My first photo stop: Jigokudani, also known as Hell Valley.
Beautiful as hell...and no, no pun intended, really. It IS so beautiful...
There is snow everywhere!!! I've seen snow in Seoul, and Milan, and atop Mount Titlis in Switzerland, but seeing snow just there, piled high, WHITE, on the landscape...that's only my first. First time was in Vancouver, and I didn't even play with snow then!
I've to remember to trim that fringe when I get to the hotel room... NOT cool.
Jigokudani is actually an explosion crater formed about 10,000 years ago. It still gives off hot water (which has become snow and ice here) and volcanic gas, and the whole place smells strongly of sulphur.
The floors are very very slippery due to melting snow and ice on the pathways, so we didn't get to cover any of the trails. I've heard that they're worth the walks. Maybe next time. ;)
Playing with snow. Snow fight!!!!!!
Captured Mum's snowball in mid-air!
P.S. I'm SURE my sister was trying to kill the photographer (me) with that thing she's holding...
Another of Mummy's throws!!!!
Huixian is still trying hard to make that
snowball snowrock bigger.... O.O
Say Cheese!!! ^.^
Since everyone's in the mood to play and take nice snowy pictures, Mummy decided to "borrow" a snow spade from the uncles who were shovelling the snow. Nice!!!
Sis at it too, pretending to be a worker. =D
And it's time to 上车睡觉 again! Before I went to Lala-Land this was what I captured from the bus...
See those prints on the floor? They were very small footprints, and I kept seeing them across the smooth white snow. Too small for a man/child's. Fox? Raccoon? Whatever they belong to, I think these prints are really cute.
Next: Lake Toya. The view was nothing short of impressive. I mean, look at this:
Lake Toya is a volcanic Caldera lake, and is said to be the lake that NEVER freezes. (You can ice-skate on lakes that freezes, but you can't with this one.) It is also the 2nd most TRANSPARENT lake in Japan.
It's really a challenge to walk on snow, especially when each step you take, you never know how deep your legs are gonna stick in.
But I still find thick snow easier to walk on than thin ones which have melted to water then frozen to become ice (understand what I'm saying? Lol~). Those are slippery, and you can fall and hurt yourself if you're not careful. I nearly fell, too many times. If you fall on snow, however, you'll just end up sitting on the thick cushion of snow, which is soft. ^.^
God bless the people who come here to picnic in negative 5 degrees weather. One thing we're sure of - the food won't go bad even if you don't have the styrofoam box, and cold drinks remain cold, the WHOLE day. Lol~
We wanted to capture both of us jumping, but Mummy was cold and had her gloves off to take pictures for us so this was the only jump-attempt shot we have. Got 层次 hor like that? I like my sis' expression. Lol~~~
Water freezing!!! But only on the plant, creating some form of natural ice scupture. You can click on the picture for a clearer look.
Can tell that this is a half-frozen smile? LOL!!!
Next we're brought to this place where you can view and feed bears. We didn't go in, but we got a good view of a young active volcano in Hokkaido -
It feels kinda scary and exciting to be right at the foot of an active volcano. I mean, how do you know for sure when it will explode? Winter cold...so won't la hor? #Likethatalsocan
Just outside the Bear Farm we saw 2 guys selling HUMONGOUS scallops!
Smells really good...will KIV for later. Go into the Bear Farm for some shopping first.
Feeding bears are not in our itinerary. We're here to get this supposedly very very good Horse Oil, which is excellent for moisturizing your skin. Horse Oil is famous in Hokkaido (maybe even the whole of Japan), and this one is ONLY available here. Show you guys in the next post!
Anyways, yes, bear farm...
Mum and sis in a drama moment. LOLOL!!! See my Mum's face?!!!
While they're busy shopping, I'm outside doing the blow-smoke effect...
Trying to pretend to look pretty when I'm freezing my ass off. I wanted to take more shots, but I looked more and more stupid with each shot that I gave up in the end. Wanna see?
Don't drink water now okay?
You have been warned...
Can't believe I was doing this and thinking I was doing a pretty shot, IN PUBLIC!!!!
*smacks face*
Sis was persistent in trying one of these... (actually me too, but I just kept quiet. Lol~)
They sell strawberries and other fruits too. But if you see the guys selling scallops, GO BUY!!!!!
Worth every bit of the 500Yen per piece...because it's so big! And the taste is...Oh my gooood....yesyes YES~~~~
Taken at Odori Park. This is where the annual Ice Festival is held. We miss it by a week!!!! It's going to be on next week onwards!!!! ARGH!!!!! I heard that the Ice Festival is really beautiful, and ice sculptures will be carved and displayed here. I want to see~~~~~~ *sobs*
Head down the underground tunnel (the same entrance as the train station), and you will discover a shopping paradise that is independent of the weather (I like! Especially during mad crazy winter like this.)
This made me feel a bit better (only a slight bit) about not being able to witness the Ice Festival... Still...you know... ONE WEEK!!!
And the night ends with dinner with a piece of pork that is big enough to be a facial mask sheet.
These are just the tip of the iceberg! Updates from Day 2 onwards coming soon!!! ;)


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Saturday, July 16, 2011
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IMPIETY! A Brutal/Death/Black & War Metal hailed from Singapore is coming to Sibu this upcoming September promoting their latest offering "Worshipers of the Seventh Tyranny" and this will be a historical event due to the fact that it will be the first time ever for this esteemed band to make their debut appearance here in Borneo! Many of their Borneo's die hard fans wouldn't believe that this event will be possible to be implemented, but with the cooperation & willpower charged by the organizer, which is Menjrex Nerto Production, this unholy ceremony will eventually take place at Paramount Hotel, Sibu, Sarawak on 11th September 2011!
A little bit about the band's biography:
The Grand Beast of Asian Black Metal War, IMPIETY descended upon earth 1990 under invocation from early Bathory, Hellhammer, Sarcofago and old extreme cult bands. 20 infernal years on and founding frontbeast Shyaithan on Bass.Guitars.Vomit who composes every opus the band has unleashed, continues defiantly to crush all boundaries, pushing extremity over it's limits, conjuring much success over the course of the band's firm infernal dominion.
IMPIETY are infamous for their 'raw-power' aggressive revelations, notably hyper artillery fast drumming, violent guitar electrocution and the barbaric law made flesh of simply: crush, kill and destroy. 19 official releases, the band has worked with record companies like Osmose Productions, Agonia Records and Pulverised Records. Monumental Full Length Albums crafted and unleashed: Asateerul Awaleen (1996), Skullfucking Armageddon (1999), Kaos Kommand 696 (2002), Paramount Evil (2004), Formidonis Nex Cultus (2007), Terroreign (2009).
The band's formation bullet riddled with changes due to hardships of maintaining a dedicated and full time line-up, has taken Shyaithan across the globe from Singapore, to Mexico to Japan and now since earlier in 2010 firmly located in Europe - Treviso, Italy with a current 4 man regiment. IMPIETY has never been even brutally stronger. The band has exclusively destroyed a few European/Asian festivals and more than 6 full European tours, 2 Mexican tours, 1 Japanese tour, countless Asian appearances over the years as a powerful Headlining commander.
In September 2010 IMPIETY began carnage and finished recording in Italy their 7th full length album under Agonia Records titled 'Worshippers of the Seventh Tyranny'. Release date Worldwide: Jan 2011. With the new album massacre to be launched very shortly, already this Beast is atop their throne gearing up to assert further their fierce and unmerciful domination ; spilling blood, spreading unholy death, destruction, demise - via new apocalyptic revelations of doom - crushing stages worldwide.
Praise Satan, Hail IMPIETY!
IMPIETY Barbarian Black Horde:
SHYAITHAN – Bass.Vomit,
GUH LU – Guitars,
ESKATHON – Guitars,
A. JANKO – Artillery
Impiety's American Tour Promo Trailer:
A sneak peak at one of their live shows in Europe:
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Oregon Cactus & Succulent Society meeting
Just an announcement for those in the Portland area: The monthly meeting of the OCSS is tomorrow night (February 17) at 7:00 pm at the Sacred Heart Villa, 3911 SE Milwaukee. See you there.
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Interesting! I had no idea that there was an Oregon Cactus and Succulent Society. Can you tell me more about it?ReplyDelete
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Hi. Yes, the society has been around since the 40s. You can find out more by clicking on the title of this section which will take you to more information about the club. Briefly, meetings are held monthly with programs, etc., a newsletter is published 6 times a year, and the club has an extensive library of books and magazines about succulent plants available for free loan. Membership is currently $20.00 a year. Hope to see you at a meeting soon.ReplyDelete
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SE London soul singer Joel Culpepper has been getting lots of attention recently on the back of his new Tortoise EP. He was on Gilles Peterson's BBC 6Music show a few week ago and gave a shout out to Lewisham.
His collaborators on the EP include legendary Chicago house producer Roy Davis Jr. (responsible for garage anthem Gabriel), with whom he has written 'Afraid to be King', newly released as a single this week and already getting lots of airplay from Lauren Laverne and others.
'It don't mean I'm in love' was produced by Jimmy Hogarth, who has worked with Duffy and Amy Winehouse among others. The video features Blackheath and the LP Bar in New Cross Road - and an implicit message that when a guy say 'let's take it slow' he actually means 'I can't commit as I have a string of women across town'.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Being Intimate with the Whole World
I visited with the therapist last Saturday. It was a good visit. Between my talk with him, and the last talk I had with Tdub on Sunday, I think I'm ready to write some thoughts and begin clarifying this whole mess in my mind.
There's one basic conclusion that all three of us (therapist, me, tdub) come to and are in agreement about. This is the fact that I was more willing (and then became more equipped and capable) than Tdub to embrace the path/journey/struggle set before us in our marriage. Tdub never completely bought into or participated in behaviors and actions which required transparency of the sort that begets intimacy. I'm not talking about sex here. Intimacy. I, on the other hand, have become "intimate", or at least willing to be, with the entire world. I am NOT stating, in any way, shape, or form, that I was close to perfection as a wife or partner to Tdub. It's just that, in regards to intimacy, I was ready for it and Tdub was not. And this, became the breaking point, ultimately, for him.
The blog was not an issue for Tdub and yet, it was. He was always "proud" of me for blogging and as most of you know, even participated many times by commenting or allowing me to post his thoughts. Some of the best writing on this blog is his, and he hasn't written that much here. However, this sort of commitment to intimacy is risky and scary. I took a huge risk in sharing our lives and struggles this way. I know it must be awfully discouraging to read of the demise of our marriage, particularly for those who've read and been encouraged in their own similar path because of our story. It's still an encouraging story, as long as we figure out what was really going on here and respond appropriately. There's much to be learned from our journey, be you gay, straight, post-gay and married, post-gay married wannabe, or just plain can't figure out where the heck you fit into any of those boxes.
Hopefully, within the next few weeks, I'll be in my own place and life will be settled down enough that I can begin to REALLY process this stuff. I miss reading other people's blogs and keeping up with what's going on with Dr. T. , Jay, Randy,Inheritor(not interior:), Peterson, Christine, and my friends at Ex-Gay Watch.
Que sera' sera'!
love and grace,
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- TCS said...
I had to be taught that intimacy was in to me see. My lack of ever having let anyone see ALL of me almost ruined our marriage. Its strange but the more I let people see me the better/ healthier I feel. Of course that does occasionally mean people don't like what they see. One of my biggest fears. But the thing is I would rather them not like the real me than like the fake me.
- Peterson Toscano said...
Great thoughts on intimacy. It brings back many memories for me and my own struggles when I was married. Perhaps it was because I felt on-going shame for the same-sex attractions that plagued me (even in the marriage bed) or something more akin to what straight men also experience when they hold back in deeply sharing themselves with their wives.
You sound like you are taking good care of yourself. I think of you often and look forward to hearing more of your journey as you feel comfortable and able to share it.
- grace said...
Exactly. It's a constant struggle, I think, real intimacy. It seems to fight with my human nature. I'm very interested in learning more about it...and growing in intimacy with God and my fellow man. This seems integral and key to me at this juncture. Thanks for your support and prayers!
I'm working on taking good care of myself. It's quite expensive to be healthy, ya know?? ;) But, as I mentioned in my post, I'm getting some assistance with all that...with everything at this point. And my hope remains in Christ for health and healing. I've been a bad friend not to touch base with you since the passing of your mom...but you are in my prayers as well.
love and grace,
Oh yes, the intimacy issue. I know it well. Actually, my partner concluded that I had intimacy issues with him and that it was a major reason why our relationship broke down. He probably is right. I tend to be "in my head" as my partner described it and, quite frankly, I was very guarded about sharing certain things about me. I guess there was a certain lack of trust, and some fear and shame mixed in, that kept me from being an open book. It sounds like Tdub and I have something in common with this issue.
- Timothy Kincaid said...
Pam (it seems odd not to call you "grace" - which really is a much more fitting name),
Please get situated soon. I miss your comments on exgaywatch.
I've not said much during this whole process but please know that you have been in my prayers.
- Jay said...
Hey Pam,
I'm glad to hear things are settling down a bit. Just so you know, you and TDub are and always will be a point of inspiration for me, despite all that's happened.
I'm also finding that the transparency of blogging is helping me face my struggle so much easier (not to mention finally being in an environment where I can be completely honest about myself to others). I think you've shown an amazing amount of courage, love, and respect over the course of your blogging "career," and I hope you continue.
You know you can always drop me an e-mail sometimes if you want to talk.
- grace said...
Robert...yeah...maybe aside from the two heterosexual marriages and two sons....maybe... ;) But, that's a point you've already made in these comments very early on....*sigh*
Jay and Timothy,
I'll be back online
this weekend!!! I'm visiting friends tonight but am expecting a technician between 1 and 5 on Saturday...you can BELIEVE I'll be home waiting expectantly for him. I may even hug the guy! :)
Lucas (who commented on a different post somewhere),
I haven't heard from Ben. I'd sure like to though. Whether he's gone the way of Tdub or not, I'm certain he's still on his journey and that God is seeking and pursuing him still. Most folks understand that my issues with Tdub have very little to do with his being gay and pretty much everything to do with being committed in faithfulness to the journey set before you and being a good steward of the gifts and blessings God has so graciously bestowed...actual human hearts...relationships...etc...
*whew* I GOTTA get back online!
love and grace,
- Inheritor of Heaven said...
Love and grace back to you too, in extra measure.
Inheritor or Interior, matters not to me.
Because I am an inheritor of heaven I will also see the interior as well ;)
(BTW I commented on another blog in which the respondent also called me "interior".
Do you think it may be a "sign from God"? :)


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Friday, January 29, 2010
Johnny the Supervisor and his Magic Clipboard: an iPad Parable
Johnny is a mid-level supervisor at a medium size firm and like a lot of supervisors splits his time between his office where he does what he has to do and then out with his people training, coordinating and communicating. On the day in question he walks in the door ten minutes late (train was delayed) and finds his boss waiting for him with a shiny black clipboard to replace his old brown manual one. When Johnny asks why the change the boss says "This is a magic clipboard." When Johnny asks what it can do, the boss says "Pretty much whatever something that size and shape could do, Just ask.' Then handed Johnny the clipboard and walks away.
So Johnny starts thinking and talking aloud. As a supervisor pretty much everything runs by the clock. As he says 'clock' one appears on the clipboard, and not just any clock, but a customizable world clock with alarm functions. Then of course you don't supervise for a single day, you need a scheduling calender. And one appears on the clipboard. As Johnny walks he mentions other tools he uses on a daily basis: 'training manual, employee manual, company personnel policy' each shows up on the clipboard and then reduces to an icon. 'Phone list', 'org chart'. 'Supply catalog' 'Company Product Catalog'. Hmm, 'Outside Contacts/Rolodex'. Suddenly Johnny's office bookshelves are looking emptier and emptier as is his physical desktop.
Johnny stops to talk to a couple of his team about an ongoing project and says 'Project management tracking' and that application which had been back on his office computer displays on his magic clipboard. The company has an automated J-I-T inventory system, why not have a window into that? Presto. Then Johnny asks for and receives the four or five key professional texts and directories he needs on a regular basis and there they are. Johnny has a clipboard with a dozen or so icons, each representing a tool he uses every day.
After doing some rounds Johnny steps back in his office and sees some family photos on his desk. How about having more of them all displaying on his magic clipboard. And it happens. Okay what other tools does Johnny use on a daily basis that can be provided by a magic clipboard. How about something that tracks his portfolio? Bink. Records, schedules, and TV times for his favorite spots teams? Bink. Bus and Transit Schedule? Bink. Local weather projections? Bink. Local TV News alerts? Bink. All when not needed retreating to a neat little icon on the screen.
Okay Johnny has work and the world kind of covered with those 20 icons, time to spread out. How about a Facebook application? Done. Johnny likes crosswords, what if he had one touch access to unlimited crosswords? Done. Johnny also plays a mean game of Chess, how about a beautifully rendered traveling chess board? Done.
So we leave Johnny with his magic clipboard that is one at the same time and all by selecting a single icon at a time a work reference library, a time management system, a project management and inventory tracker, a customized news/weather/sports/stocks aggregator, a social networking tool and a source of diversions for his breaks in the forms of games and puzzles.
But neither Johnny or us has to stop there. The iPhone software running the iPad comes with multi-language voice recognition, it should be easy to turn it into an automatic on the go translator at least for simple daily personal and business transactions. Imagine being able to go up to anyone speaking a standard world language and having your clipboard translate it into spoken and written English. That is kind of a mind blowing possibility but nothing I see would prevent it even just using today's technology.
So lets put on another hat, that of the college kid. You got a magic clipboard, what would you have it do. Well for starters you might want a combination of alarm clock and class/social schedular. Plus maybe a full screen Facebook Wall. Copy of the college course catalog and schedule, along with a library catalog window would be nice. As would be a customized TV, movie, club and concert schedule. Of course you want your music and your videos, two more icons for that. Then you might as well load your textbooks, at least the heavy ones, on plus some reference books. Suddenly that backpack is looking oddly empty. Add in another couple of icons representing your own news sources and you have a pretty cool student clipboard. Or in his case iPad.
What else would you want? Most people could use some sort of mapping/directions function which in this case is built in. And of course most people would like a full page Internet browser, also built in. But after that the choices are only bound by your own interests and hobbies. Interested in dining? Download or scan in restaurant menus. Cooking? Download cookbooks, recipe applications, and a cooking time. Bird-watching? Load on a Field Guide. Hiking? Get a set of USGS Topos loaded on, the clipboard already has onboard GPS and a compass function. Want to learn a foreign language? Add a language module.
What the iPad represents is an information machine, it allows you with a few simple steps at the beginning to have dozens of customized information sources for every facet of your life from the minute to wake up to its alarm clock to the minute you fall to sleep to its music. In between it can act as a totalizing scheduler and reference library and media player and social networking tool.
Okay what about the drawbacks? Well some are illusory to start with but lets go down the list:
1) No Flash Player capability. Well that is mostly a listening issue/pissing match between Apple and Adobe, both companies are making it clear that Flash Applications will be able to run on the IPad and within iPhone/iPad Apps, expect this to be resolved by product shipment.
2) No Camera, No Video. Well the form factor of the iPad makes it pretty awkward as a point and shoot camera anyway, Apple is already making adapters ready that take either a USB cable from an existing digital camera or alternately an SD Card, so that seems to be a non-issue. As to video I would think I 3rd party Bluetooth solution should be readily doable.
3) No USB. Well this is not quite true, the sync/recharge cord is USB and there is already a combination dock/keyboard to plug the iPad into to make it a passable desktop.
4. No Physical Keyboard. See three above. The onscreen virtual keyboard seems reasonable enough to me, and if the iPad can simply plug into the dock/keyboard it should be possible to attach it via adapter to any other traveling USB keyboard. Plus there is always wireless via Bluetooth.
5. No Video Out. Well there seem to be plans to allow hookup to an exterior monitor, but really how many people have a need to connect a Netbook up to a monitor to start with?
Summing up I think this Magic Clipboard once understood not as an office computer in the wild but instead of as an accumulation of life and business tools customized right to the actual daily needs of the user will be seen as indispensable for anyone reliant on text and audio based anything. And who among us doesn't reach for a TV Guide, a menu, a Bus Schedule, a manual, a catalog or something during the course of the day? Who doesn't check the news or need to look something up? And not only does the iPad allow you replace all those guides and schedules it does so in a way that is even more easy and elegant that the original
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|Mourning dove: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015
|Mourning dove searching: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015
|Mourning dove over shoulder: Copyright © Phyllis Wheeler, 2015
Here's a little video clip so you can enjoy their movements too.
May God bless you and our feathered friends!
Related posts:
Fish grabbing birds: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2012/04/fish-grabbing-bird-photos.html
Birds and snow: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/03/beautiful-birds-in-snowy-maryland.html
Catbird & Robin: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2015/06/catbird-and-robin.html


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The design team is full of talented ladies with all types of scrappy styles, there is eye candy galore and inspiration for all. I am honored to be working with these ladies.
Come on over to the blog and check out their beautiful work. We'd also love to see your take on the challenge word. :)
Ashlyn has her 7th Remicade infusion at the local Children's Hospital today. She has had several rough patches during the past 10 days so I am hoping to see her feeling better by the end of the week and hoping that these rough patches are just that and not the Crohn's trying to cause more havoc. She is finally enjoying the benefits of feeling good and this momma wants that to continue for my sweet girl.


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Homerun is a fullscreen launcher with content organized in tabs. A tab is composed of several "sources". A source can provide one or more sections to a tab. Homerun comes with a few built-in sources, but custom sources can be written using libhomerun.
The main addition in Homerun 1.2.0 is a second interface built atop Homerun's collection of data sources, theHomerun Kicker launcher menu shown below.
Homerun Kicker is a more traditional launcher menu design optimized for efficient use by mouse or touchscreen when placed on a panel.
The use of traditional, cascading popup menus is complemented by a sidebar strip in which application favorites and items related to power and session handling may be placed. Both types of items can be added, removed and reordered at will via mouse and menus.
Compared to Kickoff we see the following differences:
* Single level menu, so therefore no sub menus
* Two additional menu entries in the main menu to show recent used documents and applications
* Favorite applications directly besides the main menu (left-hand side)
* Does not have a separate part for Places and Administration like Kickoff has
* Better integration with the plasma theme.
* Less intrusive on the desktop and suitable for smaller screens
With the openSUSE KDE theme, the desktop would look like this
Based on the indicated differences, the openSUSE KDE community team would like to propose to make it the default Application Launcher.
For more information, see the original blog post from the Author at http://blogs.kde.org/2014/01/29/homerun-120. For those interested to give it a spin, you can find the latest released version of homerun in the KDE:Extra repository. Install the package and then add the homerun-kicker plasmoid to your panel.


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Beth expects this Christmas to be special; especially since her daughters are coming. There is only one hitch her ex-husband is coming to, along with his companion. And to add to her frustration, someone has left a basket full of puppies on her door steps, she must find homes for them before she leaves town.
A great Christmas story
Reviewed by Sara Fitzgerald
"Rediscover the True Meaning of Christmas"
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A couple days ago was Levi's third Gotcha day.....three years since the day we picked him up. What a relief it was to have that little boy in our arms and to land in America after all the uncertainty. I remember the Sunday before we left we sang this song in church and it was such a comfort to me...such a reminder of where my focus needed to remain...on God's promises.
Oh, my God, He will not delay
My refuge and strength always
I will not fear, His promise is true
My God will come through always, always
My refuge and strength always
I will not fear, His promise is true
My God will come through always, always
This past Sunday we sang that song again and I marveled at how faithful God is Always. Sometimes it's just hard to comprehend that this is the same little boy we met in Russia.....
I"ll never forget his little heart pounding so hard as they passed him to us....
But in no time, he was loving the attention!
Some things haven't changed.....like his love for Fudge Pup :)
But so many things have changed......
We received this photo in an email before we ever met him. This little guy was so restricted....spending most of his days just sitting and watching. And if you know Levi, he is NOT a "watcher."
He went from one cast, to two casts, and then to these lovely shoes for 23 hours a day.....
and yet, nothing slowed him down......
"Well what if he stands up with them on...is that okay?" I asked, knowing my little one so well. Oh no, he won't be able to so don't even worry about it. Within a day of having them, he was standing on the bar, shimmying his way along furniture and in his crib.
His persistence can be frustrating at times when he's doing something he's not supposed to for the billionth time...he definitely gives me a run for my money...but oh how he has needed these qualities. He will not be held down....you will not steal his joy....and he loves so freely.
Dropping off items at a local rescue mission.....not sure what to say to the group of people behind me speaking in another language, so I'm busying myself with the items. "HI!!!!" Levi screams at them. We walk into the nursing home, all a little apprehensive, but excited. "Hi!!" Levi screams again and then walks over to kiss an elderly woman's knee. "Oh, okay then, thank you!" she says. Loves, so freely....it doesn't matter who you are, or how different you may be, just love.
As always, the progress is slow, but it's always there...slow but steady....
And these are the moments when I really can't believe this is the same little guy we met a few years ago....
I had to snap a picture of him putting his shoes on by himself on the correct feet for the first time!! You know...his slow but steady progress helps us to slow down and appreciate the accomplishments.
And at four, we finally decided to try out the big boy bed. He loved his crib....almost surprisingly. Yet I believe it offered some sense of security....he felt safe in that small space that he knew so well. He had never once even tried to climb out....and we all know that if he wanted to, he would have.
I'm so thankful God led us to this sweet little boy....he has taught me a great deal, and I'm sure he will continue to! It's such a blessing to watch him enjoy life.....to see him appreciating things I may never have noticed....to watch how he is his own unique person with his own special loves and interests....to learn from his perseverance and resilience.
Happy gotcha/family day Levi Ivan, we love you so much!


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Internet Download Manager 6.07 Build 14 Patch
Download Patch : http://www.mediafire.com/?8cb9o361dmvydc3 (81 KB)
If your antivirus detects this patch as a virus. do not worry, it's a false alarm. Do not trust me, then do not download.
Publisher's Description
Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The program features a full-fledged site grabber that downloads files that are specified with filters, for example, all pictures from a Web site, different parts of Web sites, or complete Web sites for offline browsing. The program supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and MMS protocols, and has an adaptive download accelerator for MP3 audio, FLV and MPEG video files. The program also features Download Video and Audio Panels for Internet Exporer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player and can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos.
What's new in this version: Version 6.07 build 14 adds support for new domain names of Filesonic, adds digest authorization for web sites, and fixes all known bugs.


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