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|The Derailers
Reverb Deluxe
Genre: Country
The Derailers' problem: If you love a band that sounds as perfectly like Ray Price and Buck Owens as the Derailers do, then why not buy some vintage Price and Owens instead? Reverb Deluxe occasionally confronts this proble... more »
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The Derailers' problem: If you love a band that sounds as perfectly like Ray Price and Buck Owens as the Derailers do, then why not buy some vintage Price and Owens instead? Reverb Deluxe occasionally confronts this problem by including a few more influences than on previous releases: "California Angel" is Gram Parsons-style country rock; two other songs suggest the Nashville Sound. But even on these cuts, the Derailers are sowing a fairly narrow field--and with songwriting that doesn't live up to their heroes'. So the problem remains. The concluding, hidden, track, a Bakersfield-styled cover of "Raspberry Beret," is an entertaining novelty, but no solution. --David Cantwell
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Great, fun music
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I disagree totally with the Amazon.com reviewer on this disc and Jackpot. I think the Derailers make music that is a lot of fun to listen to. They have great concerts and the good time they very obviously have on stage is shared by all in the audience. The CDs are quite good too. This is not "serious" music made for soul-searching or anything like that. It's not supposed to be. It is fun, twangy music that is great to sing along to. The band is very tight and Villanueva has an interesting and good voice. They have another disc coming out before the fall and I intend to add that one to my collection too. If you like old-timey twangy music, surf-inspired type music and certain '50s-60's light up-beat pop, you will love the Derailers."
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I finally am getting around to writing my thoughts about this excellent CD. I cant say enuf about it. This CD sounds like a greatest hits compilation! I love EVERY song on it and I dont think I can say that about any CD Ive ever purchased. The songs are catchy and so fun! Its hard to pick favorites but, I absolutely love California Angel, No One To Talk To, You Dont Have To Go.....oh its hard to pick! I have listened to Reverb countless times and I enjoy it every time. This band is wonderful and I truly wish all country fans would check them out, if they havent already!! This is one of the greatest cds Ive ever heard. Thanks Derailers! Wendy from MI."
The Derailers---Reverd Deluxe
Tony Stephens | Newnan, GA. | 07/04/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I just picked up this CD on 6/3/00. It is great. I hate it has been out so long and I am just now getting it. The Derailers have a sound some what like Buck Ownes or Dwight Yoakam. I would call it Honky Tonk Country. I am a fan of alt-country and this is one not to miss. The producer is Dave Alvin. When I saw he was the producer I knew this CD was worth a listen. I hope to get Western Dress soon."


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For information on nearly 2,500 Jewish UK cemetery burials, try GenPals.
Cemeteries included are Bancroft Road, Brady Street, East Ham, Edmonton Federation (Montague Road), Lauriston Road (formerly Grove Road) and Wolvercote. There are histories for the Brady Street (Great Synagogue) and Lauriston Road (Hambro Synagogue) cemeteries.
According to the Statistics section, there are 2,424 individuals (55.57% male, 44.18% female), 970 views of headstones, 597 families, 442 unique surnames, 14 cemetery views, seven cemetery histories. The average lifespan was 56 years, 354 years, and the earliest birth in the database was Solomon Benjamin in 1716. Ten individuals lived into their 90s.
The site is frequently updated. See "What's New" on the menu for new entries, and under "Other Narratives," find interesting examples of unusual inscriptions and errors found.
Among the 38 data sources (see site for more information on some) are 1851 project, Jewish Genealogical Society website; A Mohel's Register (1794-1815); Barnard Family data supplied by Henry Roche; Censuses of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901; Great Synagogue Birth Register 1791-1795; 1801-1813; Great Synagogue Burial Registers 1791-1823, Great Synagogue Marriage Registers (1791-1850); Hambro Synagogue Burial and Marriage registers (1797-1837); and the Jewish Chronicle online Archive;
Others are London Cemeteries, an illustrated guide and gazetteer 2nd ed.; Western Marble Arch Synagogue Marriage register; Myer Solomon Circumcision Records; National Archives; New Synagogue Births, Deaths, Marriages & Ketubot; Prayer Book Subscriptions 1824; The Jewish Victorian Genealogical Information from Jewish Newspapers 1861-1870 & 1871-1880; The London Jews Database (pre-1850); and more.
Visit the site for more; click here.
10 November 2007
UK: Jewish cemeteries online
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My mom is a school bus driver, and one of her good friends (also a driver) is retiring in a couple weeks. When my mom told me she was organizing the party for her, I knew I wanted to try to do some cookies.
I was a little nervous, since I'm still figuring out what works and what doesn't, and I didn't want them to come out bad. Plus, until now, I've only decorated about a dozen or less cookies at one time, and for this I needed 30... that's a lot.
So 2 weekends ago, I made the cookies, since it was nice and cool, and I didn't mind having my oven on. I stacked them in Ziploc bags, and put them in the freezer.
|Almost 4 cups!
I started by making a whole recipe of just yellow icing. I was so nervous I would not have enough when I made it and I would need to make another batch and match the color... but it turned out great. I had the perfect amount.
Then I outlined the whole bus (sans wheels) with yellow, and filled that in.
Then I outlined the wheel. I did learn that I am not good with free handing circles. I can follow the curve of the outside great, but some of the wheels would be considered flat in real-life.... good thing this is cookie world!
Once the yellow and black were done, they had to sit overnight to dry.
While I was waiting, I decided to make the stop signs on wax paper, rather than chance messing up on the buses and being SOL.
I now know that I need to make them a little thicker next time... when I went to peel these off, I broke half of them... good thing I made extra! Then while I was packaging them up, most of the signs started cracking, so I had to go back and pop off the signs, and pipe them straight onto the bus... if only I had done that to begin with!
The next day, I added the windows, and other details. Looking at the buses, I knew something was missing... I googled school bus, and saw that most have a black line running the length of the body... so I piped that in. I really think it adds some real life details to it.
Finally, I used my food color pen to add the "M2" (her bus number) and the town name.
I had a few extra round cookies left over, and some extra yellow icing, so I made these too, just for fun. I did the yellow, and added the black dots using a wet-on-wet method, then piped the "M2" the next day,
Wrapped up with cut little yellows bows!
I am very proud of these. They are by no means perfect, but I think they are cute and fun and perfect for a celebration!


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Staff Sgt. Isaac Diaz is one of nine people who will receive a 2014 American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter Lifesaver Award.
Diaz, who is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, is the Military Lifesaver Award recipient.
"Sgt. Diaz made a split-second decision that saved the life of a fellow soldier," said chapter Executive Director Dave Griffith. "He put himself in harm's way, but thankfully no one was injured."
Diaz and the other Lifesaver Award recipients will be honored at the Lifesaver Award event, which begins at 5 p.m. June 24 at the Capital West Event Center, 1315 Fairgrounds Rd., in Jefferson City.
The event features entertainment, a silent auction, a barbecue dinner and the award ceremony. Tickets, $20 for adults and $5 for children under 10, are available at the chapter website – www.redcross.org/hom.
Diaz, assigned to the Combat Training Company, 43rd Adjutant General Battalion, reacted quickly when a soldier froze after dropping a live grenade during a training session on Nov. 12, 2013, at the fort.
The sergeant grabbed the soldier and took him out of the training bay and jumped on top of him to protect him from the blast. Diaz had to react in an instant. There are about three to five seconds after the pin is pulled until the grenade explodes. The blast blew out the concrete slab wall in the bay. Diaz said the soldier was shocked and stunned, but neither he nor anyone else was injured. Training is a mandatory requirement and continued with the soldier and the rest of the group.
Diaz received the Soldier's Medal for his actions.
Other Lifesaver Award recipients include: Columbia Fire Department Lt. Bruce Britt,(posthumously), Firefighter; Kara Wehmeyer, Holts Summit, Blood Services; Dezaree Curtis, Jamestown, Youth; Jefferson City Police Officers Brad King and Jason Sederwall, Law Enforcement; Denise Evans, St. James, Good Samaritan; and Tracy Frank, Holts Summit, and Trish Adamson, Jefferson City, Medical. Tom Shands, Jamestown, is the chapter's Volunteer of the Year.


text: When you light a Soy Candle for the very first time, it is important to allow it to burn for 2 ½ - 3 hours, until you have achieved a melted wax pool about ½ inch deep across the entire surface of the candle. This will establish your soy candle's "memory" for the remainder of its life. This will not only increase the scent throw of the candle, but will help to avoid tunneling (burning only down the center of the candle) or self-extinguishing flames.


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This is my first year of trying out for Zomtober and I am already late for the first post mainly due to being out yesterday.
The detail behind zombtober can be found on Pulpcitizen's post HERE. (Also the source of the banner at the top.) but the rules are simple. To take part you just need to paint one Zombie or Survivor (or more!) each week, in any scale you like, posting it to your blog by the Sunday (we use Sunday's as the end of each Zomtober week). So that means one or more minis each week on or before the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th of October 2015.
My first subject is an old Citadel Zombie C18 Rustbone square based although I am toying with moving him to a circle base as most of my other stuff is already on circles. That is why there is no flock.
He is newly dead with a normal flesh tone and dripping blood, with a lot of his skin torn off free showing skeletal arms.
Only took me some 20+ years to finally get around to painting.
I have another 7 C18 zombies undercoated and ready to go as well as a later zombie standard bearer. However I fully expect to be distracted by some moderns Z's before the month is out. Or maybe make a start on that group of biker gang survivors.
Others chasing the dream are:-
Zomtober 2015 blog roll:
- Brummie's Wargaming Blog - Simon
- Four Colour Super Minis - Rob
- Fantorical - Blaxkleric
- Fiends in Waistcoats - Robert Audin
- Mike's Random Wargaming Meanderings - Mike C
- Minis by Finch - Finch
- Chris' Miniature Woes - Chris Hird
- Metal Skirmish - PMMDJ
- 28mm Victorian Warfare - Michael Awdry
- Never Mind The Jankers! - Roy Williamson
- Cheaphammer!!! - Kieron
- Rantings from under the Wargames table - Dick Garrison
- Deviant Designs Deeds - Ant Master
- The Rusty Dagger - Pierce
- Game Mayhem - Nobody667
- League of Extraordinary Gamers - LXG crew
- Sean's Wargames Corner - Sean


text: Yesterday we hit point defiance zoo and aquarium for the 3rd stop on our "top 10 list." Our first was the puyallap spring fair cause we always go to the fair and this year my little boy is due right in the middle of the evergreen fair in August, and our second stop was rattlesnake lake and Scott's dairy freeze. We had never been to point defiance and I think we might not go back! I mean we had a great time and we are glad that we went but there are so many other fun things to do in the summer we don't want to limit ourselves. This summer is pretty emotional for me, its my last summer working for the Ford family (officially) and due to my currant emotional state everything is making me weepy -like the last day of school I cried like a baby and the Nenna's looked at me like I was crazy. I have spent the last 6 years loving, playing, crafting, feeding, cuddling, laughing, very rarely re-directing, party planning and executing, field tripping, wiping tears, and mostly I've watched two very special girls grow up. Stay tuned as we dominate our top ten list!


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- A. Outright betrayal - 12 (10%)
- B. Necessary but unsavory - 23 (20%)
- C. Little to no difference to me - 3 (2%)
- D. Fine as long as they stay in the Bay - 44 (38%)
- E. Extremely positive - 33 (28%)
The next poll topic comes courtesy of a Georob comment from this morning regarding the ill-fated Piccinini group. Save Mart owner Piccinini put together a prospective ownership group that would've included Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer, former A's marketing veep Andy Dolich, and Reggie Jackson (preceded by Joe Morgan). In 1999 the group was on the verge of buying the A's from the Schott-Hofmann group but a vote of all MLB team owners resulted in a 28-2 decision to table the sale pending the Blue Ribbon committee's further study. The bid subsequently died on the vine, and the rest is history.
The question: How would have the Piccinini group been different?
- A. Downtown Oakland ballpark
- B. New Coliseum lot ballpark
- C. Stayed in Coliseum indefinitely
- D. Moved elsewhere in Bay Area
- E. Moved out of Bay Area
If you like, you can post a comment here to go with your vote. Cheers.


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I have coloured my image in with Graph'it pens and highlighted areas with my clear Wink of Stella pen. I have die-cut around the image and used a set of peg pens of flowers and leaves and stamped around the image. I have used a yellow Pan Pastel to colour around the image.
Here are some other cards I have to show you this week.
The backing paper is a freebie from a magazine last year. I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut frame. I have finished the card off with some ribbon threaded through the holes, die-cut flower cut from tissue paper and held together with a brad, Marianne Designs die-cut holly, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and some pearls.


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¨I really like it when you make mashed potatoes¨
¨I prefer it when you leave the stringy stuff, skin, and fat off the meat and leave the bones out of my soup.¨
¨I would really like to eat chicken enchiladas with salsa, guacamole, and tortilla chips¨
Yesterday, there was a meeting at La Casa de Esperanza for all the women who prostitute in Calle Curasco, the Red Light District. I got to greet the women at the door, which meant kissing 130 prostitutes on the cheek. If I saw these women on the street during the day, I would never guess what they do at night. I ache for them. I ache for their lack of options. I ache for their lack of control. I ache for their oppression.
Many of the women who came through the door carried babies on their backs or walked hand-in-hand with their children. I helped in the guarderia with the kids, and I couldn´t help but think ¨I wonder if she knows what her mommy does. God, protect these children from this type of work. Protect their eyes, their view of women... their view of men.¨
They all gathered upstairs for the meeting, led by the president of the women. The president is a woman who is in charge of this ¨union¨ of night workers. I still don´t understand the purpose of the meeting, but she allowed us to communicate our services - lunch, free doctor`s consulatation, day care. This was a huge opportunity for us to present ourselves to the women who wouldn`t know about La Casa de Esperanza otherwise.
After the meeting, we served lunch to 100 of them, which is 70 more women than we usually serve. We´re curious what things will look like tomorrow at La Casa... will more women show up? Did we get through to them at the meeting? Will they let themselves be helped?
More about prostitution:
The streets and rooms reek of urine.
I don´t have enough words to describe any further. This information is from various articles that I´ve read and through conversations I´ve had with Heather and Cara about their experiences with visiting the brothels. Every Tuesday and Thursday night, the staff from WMF makes their rounds on the streets, offering hot chocolate to their friends who are working, introducing themselves to others.
Near the end of my time here, I´ll visit a brothel... after I form relationships with the women at La Casa.


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Buffalo Wild Wings is a bit better than okay, but it does have financial might as one of the country's largest chicken-wings franchises and is also a bellwether of the coming financial disaster that will happen to thousands of restaurants across the country if the NFL doesn't reach an agreement with its players' union, thus depriving those businesses of a bunch of hungry football fans every Sunday during the fall.
Thus, the Minnesota-based company has taken the extraordinary step of not only writing an open letter to the NFL virtually begging it to come to an agreement with its players, but also pitting football fans against owners with this: a promise to give six free chicken wings to anyone who signs its open letter. At 16,000 signatures so far, that translates into nearly 100,000 wings.
Nation's Restaurant News has the full story.
That's a good way to earn goodwill with fans, but let's see if it has any effect on those rapacious owners. . . . In the meanwhile, here's to hoping other companies start doing the same.
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Monmouth County Teens Care for Local Waters
Cousins Kelsey and Rachel Clayton, students at Wall High School, took their first-ever ocean water samples Tuesday near the outfall from polluted Wreck Pond in southern Monmouth County.
The samples then were brought to a school lab to check fecal bacteria levels, according to Joe Mairo, a biology teacher at the school.
Manasquan High School students also are taking water samples — from three spots around Wreck Pond — as part of the project, said Thomas Glenn, a chemistry and science teacher at the high school.
"It's kind of cool because the kids are excited about it and it kind of gives them a window into (the field of environmental science)," Glenn said.
Wreck Pond, which separates Spring Lake and Sea Girt, has been the source of most of New Jersey's ocean swimming bans during recent beach seasons. And the students are learning about what it's like to test the waters and about the local environment, according to Mairo.
The Jersey Shore chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit grass-roots environmental group, is sponsoring the project, which is funded by a $3,000 grant from the Wachovia Charitable Services Group, Mairo said.
The project is part of the Surfrider Foundation's Blue Water Task Force program, which involves water quality monitoring, education and advocacy, according to the group's Web site. More


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Friday, November 30, 2012
that time of year
Well as many of you know, I really like Christmas time. Like a lot, a whole lot. So I actually made these christmas designs a few weeks ago, however ashamed I am to admit it. I am also planning a fabulous Christmas party with a friend that I am super excited about, and really I just can't wait to see my buddies and participate in holiday mischief.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
winter arrangements
Not much left in the way of flowers to put in these arrangements, however there are berries! So there is a lot of repetition in what I'm using, and this might be the last I make. The hydrangeas were the only colored-ish ones in good shape on the bush and I decided to hang them in my room.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
cider making
A bit ago I went with Rick, a friend, and a ton of apples out to the Irish Seed Savers Association to use their cider press. It's a fairly simple process, cut the nasty bits and stems out of the apples, then throw them in a machine that turns them to pulp. The pulp is wrapped in mesh plastic stuff and layered between wood that has a bunch of holes and is then pressed. It reminded me of paper making quite a bit except you keep the juice not the pressed sheets of apple (which I believe get fed to pigs.) The juice is super tart, but Rick has put it in those glass containers with air locks to ferment. Unfortunately the fermentation process takes a few months so I don't think I will get to taste it, which I admit I am rather upset about.
all done!
I so rarely finish an entire sketchbook, cover to cover. It's a symptom of being an art student and having to keep them for classes which means I filled them with crap, and stopped as soon as the class was over. And maybe I usually use books that are too big and thus daunting. This little one was perfect, portable and good heavy paper fit for watercolors. Now if only I could figure out where I purchased it.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
liquor cabinet
I painted this cabinet a while back, and I really like the way it turned out. Unfortunately it is in the tiny hallway of the kitchen so it is really hard to photograph, the white on white details I did aren't showing up too well, but hopefully you get the gist. They also can't find one of the missing drawers so eventually they will cover the holes with fabric or something.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
I might have mentioned before, but I will unfortunately be alone this Thanksgiving, in a foreign country none the less. I am headed to Dublin for a couple days in the morning so that will be a fun distraction and maybe when I get back I will make something pumpkin-y. This is the pumpkin I carved a couple weeks ago for a dinner party, it was lit by a lightbulb! Ever noticed how capturing a good picture of a glowing pumpkin is one of the hardest things ever?
Friday, November 16, 2012
printing again
Well I became a member of the Limerick Printmaker's Studio while I am here in Ireland. It is a great space with great people. the only problem is me not having great ideas to make prints from. I need to figure that out fast, though, since I am only here one more month! This is the only print I have done so far (drypoint) and these couple didn't come out well, so I decided to try and rescue them with some hand coloring and ink.
desktop backgrounds
I made this to submit to the desktop wallpaper contest on designlovefest, one of my favorite blogs, but alas! I did not win. So if you want to use them, go for it! Just remember they are my original designs, so don't try to put your name on them or use them for profit etc. And let me know what you think, I like feedback.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
I'm eating so much delicious food here. Also I feel stupid, I've been trying to figure out how to make my images on here bigger and was trying to change the html when it was as simple as clicking on the image and then selecting x-large. I hate when I realize I've been trying to make something more complicated than it is.
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4 Stars
I have seen the Domestic Goddi over the last two Fringes, originally Rosie Wilkinson and Helen O'Brien, Goddi II were Helen and Genevieve Swallow and for Goddi MkIII we have all three actors which certainly gives them scope for even more mayhem.
As in previous productions the sketches are well written and funny, if occasionally deliciously silly. I like the idea of running gags in sketch comedy, but to bring in this utilising some of last years characters and ideas and developing them is clever. However if you missed last years show they still work in isolation.
The sketches come thick and fast with very little lull between set-ups and I always feel it is when an hours show is winding up and one thinks it has been only going for a few minutes then it is a testament to the enjoyment factor.
Okay this is probably not a ground breaking performance, but it is a well- crafted, funny, enjoyable way to spend an hour in the Fringe afternoon. I am looking forward to next year's version already.
Reviewed by Geoff
Pleasance Beside V 33
4 to 30 August
14-45 to 15-45
Fringe Brochure P 56
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|By Yara Kassem
According to what I understood , according to the available sources I have got Amr Emam is the head of the media department at the morale department headed by Lt. General Ismail Etman. It is worth to mention that Etman has been away from the scene for quite some time if I am not mistaken.
Newspapers in Egypt highlighted the denial of SCAF before the CNN news and interestingly enough Al Ahram newspaper last Wednesday claimed that the alleged incident took place prior the revolution of #Jan25 !!!!!!!!!! They said in the report "The alleged girls were arrested prior January 25th revolution !!" Oddly enough it was in the same coverage about Reem and Hossam's chitchat at military prosecution where they claimed that both were released by the military prosecution when they were not accused of any charge !!!
I can't speak about TV coverage because honestly I have seen TV talk shows that much in those 72 hours but it is enough that Yosri Fouda and his guests Hisham Kassem and Gamal Fahmi hinted about. Yosri Fouda already tried to get Shahira Amin on the phone Wednesday. Novelist Radwa Ashour spoke about the matter as well tonight with Yosri Fouda in his show.
The first real and critical reaction in our press was in El Shorouk newspaper today thanks to famous cartoonist Amr Salim who made a cartoon criticizing the virginity check.
The male nurse tells the lady visiting her gynecologist that if she wants to have a virginity check , she could go to Tahrir square where she will be arrested for protesting and have a virginity test for free at the Egyptian museum.Yesterday Egyptian activists had protest in front of the Galaa theater where SCAF held a lecture for youth. The protest was in solidarity with the girls who underwent that humiliating experience. Already one of the girls who were subjected to that inhuman check was there and spoke about the horrible she and other 15 girls had been through. Salwa said that she was ready to undergo another virginity test to prove that she is a virgin unlike what that general allegedly claimed that all girls were turned to be not virgins proving that they were not like his girls.
Salwa was the only girl to speak to the media or to be precise the foreign media and the social media as the mainstream media in Egypt whether from TV or press is afraid to speak to her. I believe the pressure from mainstream media can play an important role her , international press and social media are not enough. Hopefully the cartoon of Amr Salim will be the start to open this file as it should in Egyptian press.
Now I am asking the SCAF to take the right step and to save the dignity of the Egyptian army and their dignity before anything , I will not speak about the dignity of Egypt , Egyptians and the Egyptian women because actually we are not the bad guys in the story , we are the victims in front of the world. If SCAF does not care these violations as human rights crimes , at least it should care about its reputation worldwide and the reputation of the army.
We are not insulting the army by bringing up this action , on the contrary we are trying to make sure this minority from military police does not stain our Egypt army , the real insult to the Egyptian army , its heroes and its men actually comes from SCAF from denying and ignoring this dangerous allegation in this way. This is not an attack on the army , on the contrary we are demanding the truth and proper action accordingly. We want a transparent investigation in order to save the trust between the people and the army before the people and SCAF.
I still remember that statement published on the Facebook's SCAF official page after March 9th stating that there would be an investigation regarding these "allegations" , how is this investigation doing !? Did this investigation reach out to this shameful statements by General X !? Already I assume any fair investigation will include the testimonies of these girls and as far as I know no one asked for their testimonies officially.
Anyhow I think sooner SCAF will deal with the matter and face it as more and more people in the media began to speak about it.


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I've tried recipe after recipe for turkey burgers and they always seem to end up blahhhhh. No flavor and they usually have the taste and texture of cardboard. I eat a lot of cardboard so I know how that tastes 😁. I found this recipe from Martha Stewart and it's actually pretty good and Lovey liked it; which is what really matters in this house if I'm making a burger out of turkey instead of beef.
NOTE: I doctored my burger up like I do a beef hamburger with onion, tomato, lettuce and kosher pickle. Although good, it really masked the flavors that this burger has. I would suggest minimal condiments with this burger because the meat is flavored really nice with the sage and garlic. The original recipe actually suggested using a simple tomato pureé spread on it.
Turkey Burgers
Yields 4 burgers
1-1/2 pounds ground turkey - mixture of breast and dark-meat turkey
1/4 cup roasted garlic
2-1/2 tsp. finely chopped fresh sage
1-1/4 cups grated provolone cheese - about 5 ounces
1/2 tsp. each Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
4 hamburger buns
vegetable oil
melted butter
Mise en Place:
- roast garlic
- chop sage
- grate cheese
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, gently combine with your hands the turkey, garlic, sage, cheese, salt and pepper. Do not overwork the meat. Shape into four patties. Refrigerate, covered, until cold, about 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat grill to medium-high (if you are using a charcoal grill, coals are ready when you can hold your hand 5 inches above the grill for just 3 to 4 seconds). Brush grill and burgers with vegetable oil. Grill, flipping once, until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Alternately, you can prepare inside using a cast iron skillet.
Brush both sides of buns with melted butter and place on grill until lightly toasted.
Serve with crispy oven fries.


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Museums And Email Marketing
By Dan Forootan, President of EZ Publishing
Even with the whole world at your fingertips these days and the ability to research just about any historical fact–arcane and otherwise–with a few keystrokes, there's nothing quite like going to a museum and seeing history "live" and up close. It's an unforgettable experience, for young and old. From world-famous museums in large cities, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Natural History in New York City, to more localized museums in smaller towns, a day at the museum can be a fun and educational experience for all involved.
But how do museums go about letting people know they are still the best place to experience and observe history? A museum's email marketing campaign is the answer!
Operating museums is an expensive endeavor, especially since most museums can't recoup their investments by passing the costs on to the customer. So in this regard, museums and email marketing is a perfect marriage: one that can inform possible visitors of the museum's attractions at a minimal cost.
And the email marketing software necessary to implement a museum's email marketing strategy ensures that a museum gets the most "bang for its buck." This software is inexpensive and can be easily managed by anyone with a minimal amount of computer expertise. As a result, the costs associated with the museum's email marketing endeavor are much less than traditional methods of advertising such as placing ads in newspapers or buying air time on television and/or radio.
More importantly, a museum's email marketing message has a much better chance of reaching its target audience than any sort of old-fashioned advertisement. How many times do you skip commercials when watching something on DVR or TIVO? And how often do you flip right by ads in a newspaper, if you even read the incredibly shrinking newspaper anymore?
The email marketing software required for these campaigns also allows for the type of personalization and customization that television, newspaper and radio cannot offer. Each message can contain the recipient's name in both the subject line and the salutatory greeting, which makes it more likely the email will be read by the person to whom it is sent. And each message can be forwarded intact, which makes it easy to not only plan museum outings with family members and friends but also spread the word to others after a positive experience.
Each message can also be an interactive ad of sorts that contains not only standbys such as address, directions and operating hours but also fun features such as photos from the museum, an embedded video link promotion the museum, links to information about some of the artifacts on display at the museum and first person testimonials about the museum.
No other type of advertising or marketing can match the impact created by and the return on the investment provided by a museum's email marketing campaign. It will get newcomers to a museum while enticing regular visitors to return over and over again. Purchase this essential email marketing software today!
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I'll assume, unless it is just a really, really compelling match up, GameDay will be at a WWL broadcast game (ABC/ESPN) site.
Week 1 (August 30)
Prediction: Georgia at Clemson (5:30pm, ABC)
Not a lock, but it is close. FSU vs. Oklahoma State could trump that, with FSU being the reigning National Champs, but they'll get some other chances, notably in week 4 with Clemson coming to town.
Other Candidates: FSU vs. Oklahoma State (8pm, ABC); LSU vs. Wisconsin (9pm, ESPN).
Week 2 (September 6)
Prediction: USC at Stanford (3:30pm, ABC)
Going off the charts here with a Pac-12 game. Yes, it is early...12:30 local. Oh, I have Michigan State at Oregon as my second choice.
Other Candidates: Michigan State at Oregon (5:30pm, Fox); Virginia Tech at Ohio State (7pm, ESPN)
Week 3 (September 13)
Prediction: Tennessee at Oklahoma (8pm, ESPN/ABC)
USC at Boston College could end up making the cut if they aren't in week 2. Also, if Tennessee is a dumpster fire, it is possible ESPN does one of their crazy wildcard picks with this week.
Other Candidates: USC at Boston College (8pm, ESPN/ABC); Georgia at South Carolina (3:30, CBS)
Week 4 (September 20)
Prediction: Clemson at FSU (TBA)
Actually, this is a great week for football. Miami at Nebraska might sneak in here, but it isn't 1989.
Other Candidates: Miami at Nebraska (8pm, ESPN/ABC); Florida at Alabama (TBA); Oregon at Washington State (TBA)
Week 5 (September 27)
Prediction: Notre Dame vs. Syracuse (TBA)
This week is a bit of a toss up. There aren't any rivalry games. The match-ups are very record dependent at this point in the season. I went with location here. This game will be in East Rutherford at Giant's Stadium, so it wouldn't surprise me if they do something with NYC in the background, or actually broadcast from Time Square, since that is so close to East Rutherford. It isn't unprecedented. They did Game Day from the USS San Diego for a Navy game a couple of years back.
Other Candidates: Missouri at South Carolina (TBA), Stanford at Washington (TBA), Oregon State at USC (TBA), Colorado at Cal (TBA); Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (TBA); Duke at Miami (TBA)
I'll do weeks 6-10 and 11-15 later.


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This morning, after I finished making the bed and changing Joaquin, Elijah decided he wanted to read his bubba a book. It was so precious! Elijah crawled up on the bed and plopped down next to Joaquin with his "Jorge el Curioso" book and started to babble (read) aloud. At first Joaquin didn't really know what to do, he just stared at Elijah cautiously--I think he is a bit frightened when Elijah gets too close to him because he often gets poked in the eye with a pacifier or something of the like. However, after a minute he actually smiled and seemed into the story. This kind of morning makes me excited that the boys are only 13 months apart and will undoubtedly be sharing and doing things together for most of their lives!
Joaquin was a bit distracted by the camera at this point.


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IT'S TWO YEARS SINCE JONAH GOLDBERG'S Liberal Fascism came out, and it sure was well-timed.
More importantly, it's been two years since a very awesome and still effective Google Bomb. (Pantload actually wrote an irate post about it at the time, but it eludes me at the moment.)
Anyway, a proud moment.


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1933 R319 Goudey Uncut Sheet with Six Hall of Famers
Starting Bid - $4,000.00, Sold For - $13,920.00
Complete 24-card production sheet of 1933 Goudey "Big League" Chewing Gum cards (featuring numbers 107-114, 121-127, and 232-240). This sheet includes six Hall of Famers: #107 Heinie Manush, 109 Joe Cronin, 110 Goose Goslin, 125 Bill Terry, 127 Mel Ott, and 234 Carl Hubbell. The sheet also includes #232 Lefty O'Doul and key condition rarity #240 Harold Schumacher. The 1933 Goudey set is the first of all modern gum-card issues and the most important of all Goudey issues. Uncut sheets of Goudey cards are extremely rare and among the most popular and sought-after of all baseball card sheets. Few types of uncut sheets are held in higher esteem, or are more meaningful to more collectors than Goudey sheets. Goudey sheets have always been considered the blue-chip staple of vintage uncut sheets, the standard against which the desirability and rarity of all other vintage uncut sheets are compared. All Goudey sheets originate from two sources: the files of Goudey (most but not all of which surfaced in the collecting world in 1969) and the William Gardiner Collection. The offered sheet originates directly from the William Gardiner Collection. William Gardiner was a very enthusiastic collector who as a youngster lived near the Goudey offices, and was able to acquire uncut sheets directly from Goudey for his personal collection. Unlike most youngsters who would be so lucky, he saved all his sheets in virtually perfect condition. In total, Gardiner had about thirty-five sheets, including several 1934 Goudey high-number sheets with #106 Lajoie. One of the special qualities of the William Gardiner sheets is that they were all in high-grade, with no tape or glue stains on the front or back, no proofing check marks, no erasures, or any other imperfections which are usually found on Goudey file sheets. Most Goudey file sheets have tape along their edges from being taped into a large sample book, or have remnants of being glued into a large book on their reverse, or proofing-related imperfections. Many of the Goudey file sheets have undergone restoration over the years, in some cases very minor. But the William Gardiner sheets had no such imperfections: all were perfectly preserved pure production sheets. In 1974 Gardiner became aware of the growing phenomenon of baseball card conventions, and brought a selection of Goudey sheets to the then very well known District Center 65 show in New York City. No one there had ever seen uncut Goudey sheets before, so this caused quite a stir, but Mr. Gardiner was in no hurry to sell. He put several sheets in the small, informal live auction of quality material that was organized at the show, but insisted on a minimum bid of $200 per sheet. The auction was held at the first table in the front, with about twenty-five or thirty collectors crowded around the table. Many of the hobby's most legendary collectors were in attendance. Everyone wanted the sheets, but no one was willing to pay $200. Gardiner went home with his sheets, but not before speaking at great length with a young collector by the name of Robert Lifson. They exchanged contact information. In the years to come, as the extraordinary value of Gardiner's sheets became recognized by the market, Gardiner had Lifson handle the sale of his entire collection. The offered sheet is referred to as the "World Series sheet" because it features twelve players from each of the two teams participating in the 1933 World Series (the Senators and the Giants). This was the last series of cards produced by Goudey in 1933, and was released just in time to finish the set and to capitalize on the excitement of the World Series. This was a particularly special sheet to William Gardiner. Note that fifteen of the twenty-four cards on this sheet are signed. The reason they are signed is that William Gardiner won a contest to attend the 1933 World Series. This is the sheet he brought with him to the World Series to get signed by the players. The sheet is spectacularly bright and clean, with incredibly bold and vibrant colors, and a stunning overall Excellent to Mint appearance. Technically, the sheet is in Excellent condition. There is some rounding to the four corners and with extremely close examination we have found a couple of small surface creases, but due to its size this has no impact on its extremely impressive display value. The sheet is perfectly flat. The reverse of the sheet is fully printed, and is perfectly bright and clean. Very professionally matted and framed to total dimensions of 20 x 17.5 inches. LOAs from James Spence/JSA and Steve Grad, Mike Gutierrez & Zach Rullo/PSA DNA. Reserve $4,000. Estimate $8,000/$12,000. SOLD FOR $13,920.00
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Paris Necklace from Nest Pretty Things
I love Tamar's Etsy Shop- check out her packaging>
Aw........the shore has been so nice!
But I miss my husband (I'm sure) and what more ROMANTIC than Paris? I hid packages (1 a day for everyday I'm gone) I used to do that when we were dating....but as time went on.........hadn't done it in a while. I hope he enjoyed them.
Bless the SHORE


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The secretary general of the ANC Gwede Mantashe speaks to the Mail & Guardian about the KZN killings, the SACP and the resiganation of Makhozi Khoza.
Ricky Nathanson speaks to the M&G about her experiences as a transgender woman in Zimbabwe and what happened on the night she was arrested.
Health ombudsman Malegapuru William Makgoba says that primary health services must be strengthened
Eric Sambisa spoke to Mail & Guardian about what it's like being gay in Malawi and coming out as gay.
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The creative, talented Elizabeth over at Thoughts from an Evil Overlord already has a great thing going with her
through which not only have I met wonderful Elisabeth, but also my uber fun bloggy buddies Coffee Slut and Amy from the Handmade and Natural Life.
Are you ready to meet yet another delightful New England Blogger?
Hosted by Amanda who blogs out of Maine, this is a space where she writes about her life experiences and offers tidbits and insights as she goes along.
She has a yummy recipe for pancakes and an intriguing post about a Maine soda company- Capt'n Eli.
Amanda recently bought a new home with her husband
and just completed a week long study of photography and color- SO COOL!
She's been blogging since 2009 and true to form, her posts have been sprinkled with wisdom, humor and the occasional delish recipe. I am thrilled to have found her!
She is normal- just like all of us! PHEW. Her most recent post outlines the current craziness of her life, her unwelcomed attachment to her alarm clock and her desire to keep blogging through it all...
she even tosses in a hint of Rhubarb yumminess- can she be anymore awesome- I mean mentioning food even as she's having a rough day?! Love it.
Go visit Amanda and give her some well deserved bloggy love. Tell her New England Bloggers sent ya (secret password "TJ") and that should get you through the door.
Wasn't that last post of mine a rip roarin' time?! If you're still intrigued, go in to the comments. There's some great feedback!


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Elena's first season of softball is in the books! I am so proud of her, she got better and better over the season and truly enjoyed it. I think she also loved that Mommy was out on the field helping with the team! ;) (Warning - photo overload coming your way as I wrap an entire season into one post!)
The dugout was pretty much social time! Ha!
Her BFF Zeplynn was on the team to which she loved (strategic move to help her like softball? Maybe!) And they loved having matching hairstyles for the game. Seriously. She begged me to text Z's mom to make sure they would have the same hair! Yeesh!
But it did help me learn to master the double French braid! I was really proud of myself too!
After the first inning pretty much every girl came up and asked me when they would have snacks and what they were having! Ha ha ha.
I'm so glad she not only liked softball but really wanted to practice and get better at it!!
Check out that form - ready for kid-pitch!! :)
She also had a huge fan in little brother! He wanted to get on that field and play so bad!
Two more huge fans!! (They loved having a reason to be out at the ball diamonds again - we spent many, many nights and weekends here when I played)
Elena just happened to get to play pitcher that night!! Yay!!! She did so great - seriously like 10 grounders came to her, and she stopped every single one. Proud Mommy for sure!!
She even got her first "real" out! Go Elena Go!
and I just happened to get it on video with my phone. (A perk to being on the field!) Please ignore my loud yelling - I was just a tad excited! :)
Love that intensity!!!
On her last game they played their little hearts out and were beyond thrilled to get trophys!!! So fun!
I know I already said this but I was so, so proud of Elena this season!! Looking forward to many more! Great job baby girl!!


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It's the night of the party. I'm a little nervous as I won't know a lot of the people there. I put on my knickers and bra, a tight t-shirt with a long skirt to the ankles and a nice cardigan. I dress purely for my own benefit, as I am without a boyfriend at the moment.
I walk to the party with a friend. We talk about who will be there, which men are attractive, who's single and such things. We arrive at the house for the party. We are a little late so a lot of the people are already there. My friend goes off with her other mates, and I'm left watching the party from the sidelines as usual. I don't mind watching everyone else I'm not good at socialising anyway. I see you across the room talking to your mates. I had not realised you would be there. I have had the hots for you for a long time, but have never been bold enough to tell you, I have fantasised many times about being with you. I watch you for most of the evening.
I had finally found the toilet and relieved myself in time. Just as I'm finishing I hear the door handle turn and realise with horror that in my haste to use the loo I forgot to lock the door. You enter the bathroom and lock the door before you notice me. My heart skips a beat; I am now locked in a bathroom with my secret crush. 'Sorry,' I stutter as I stand and cover myself, 'I forgot to lock the door.' 'I noticed that,' you reply with a smile. I feel my face redden slightly as I head for the door, in my embarrassment forgetting that my knickers are still round my ankles and falling flat on my face. You help me to my feet, but don't turn away as I pull up my knickers. Then I notice that you are starting to get aroused. I smile at sight, then our eyes meet and I see in your face a look of desire that I have, for a long time, longed to see looking back at me. We step closer to each other then embrace in a kiss.
I kiss your mouth, exploring it with my tongue, allowing you to explore mine. I take your hand and place it on my breast, inviting you to caress me. I loosen your trousers and slip my hand down the back of your undies, stoking and caressing your buttocks. After a while I find your growing bulge and release it from its place. I start to explore the hardening bulk, causing it to rise further. I break from the kiss and get on my knees, hardly daring to believe this was really happening. I start licking your shaft with my wet tongue, slowly moving my tongue up and down the length of you. Then I explore your head with my tongue as I take the shaft in one hand. I start slowly moving my hand up and down the shaft as my lips close round the head. Mouth and hand stroke in unison as I start to suck.
I pull away before you come and stand to kiss your mouth, but you lift my t-shirt and bra and start exploring my naked breasts with your mouth, your tongue teasing my nipples as they harden with delight. As your mouth excites my breasts you take my underwear off again and slide my skirt to the floor. You outline my slit with a finger moving it slowly inside until your finger is totally immersed in me. Then you start moving the finger in and out, raising my level of excitement again. You then insert a second finger, still moving them in and out, but increasing the pace. All the while you're still caressing my breasts with your mouth. As I get closer to climax you pull your fingers out. You then start teasing me with your erection. You stroke the outside of my pussy with the tip of your cock, purposely catching my clit and making me ache to feel you inside me. Eventually you slide yourself in, causing me to moan at the feel of you. You slide yourself in and out, both of us breathing heavy. I moan as loudly as I dare as I feel your large bulk pumping inside me. You finally bring me to climax and I scream with the pleasure of it as we both come. We stand there embraced in a passionate kiss with the electricity of orgasm still flowing through me.
I dress myself again as you use the toilet. We head back downstairs arm in arm. We find drinks and I sit in the only available chair, as you perch on the arm. 'That was incredible,' I whisper, smiling. You reply, 'Aren't you glad you forgot to lock the door?' As you put your glass on the side, you overbalance and fall into my lap. I gaze down into your face as you laugh. We draw together in another kiss, and I feel myself getting aroused again at the memory of what just happened in the toilet. I whisper, 'You know, I could do with a lie down on someone's bed for a while.' You reply, "I think you might need a hand up the stairs," and we head up together with your arm around my waist.
You guide me to a room and I sit on the bed. You sit next to me and we draw together in another passionate kiss. You need no inviting this time and start fondling my breasts. After a while you push me gently so I'm lying on the bed. You lift my t-shirt and bra and start kissing my breasts. I gasp with pleasure and find your crotch with my hand, stroking your bulge. As you get bigger and harder I unzip your trousers and pull him out.
Then I take you in my hand and start stroking you as you continue to fondle my breasts with your mouth. You stop kissing and sit up again, so I take the opportunity to push you on your back, before removing your trousers and pants and my knickers. Then I lie on your chest, take you in my mouth and start sucking. You find my clit with your tongue and at the same time insert two fingers into me. I gasp and moan with the pleasure it brings. I continue to suck you as you slide your fingers around inside me with increasing pace. I take my mouth off you, just long enough to gasp, 'Use a third finger,' before continuing to savour your large, hard cock. You oblige. As you send me into orgasm I release my mouth from round you and scream with delight of it. When the orgasm has subsided slightly, you slide your fingers out.
I then turn round and sit on your erection, aware that you have not come yet and wanting to feel you pumping your load inside me again. I sit up, moving my whole body up and down, feeling another climax approaching. I throw my head back, arching my back and scream my delight as I orgasm again. This time I feel the wonderful, warm sensation of your load being pumped deep inside me. As the orgasm subsides again I collapse on the bed next you and embrace you in another loving kiss, hardly able to believe that my fantasies were finally coming true.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Draft! Revise, rework or...rewrite?
In fact, I'm a bit terrified of it.
When I hear other writers talking about their "drafts" and which draft they're on and how many drafts it takes to get to their final, finished book, I sometimes have the sneaking suspicion that they are talking about completely rewriting the entire manuscript. You know, they say something like, "I do three drafts." or "The first draft is just to work out the plot." I imagine (with horrified concern) that they pen a 100thousand word story, and then set it aside and start....over. Completely over. On fresh paper, over.
Insert slasher flick damsel in distress scream here.
I can't do that. That's not me whining or even making a joke. I can't do it. Can't. All caps CAN'T. I know this because I once dreamed of being a comic book/animation artist. It was all I wanted in the world until I found out you have to draw the same thing...over and over and over. No thank you. Game over.
I suffer from terminal boredom. Repetition like that gives me major hives. I may adore my characters, love my plot and even want to read my story over and over, but to actually WRITE it again? No thank you. I'll hack at it with a chainsaw and fill in the gaps with better work, yes. I'll kill everything that shouldn't be in it and make it new, but to just set aside a whole draft. . . There are good words in there too, right? I need those good words. Waste not, my zero draft effort, for even if there are only thirty thousand out of one hundred gems in there, I am not about to toss away one of them.
Maybe that makes me lazy, or maybe it makes me vain, or who knows what it makes me, I just don't do do overs. I do versions, many, many versions and each is definitely an improvement on the last. If the secret rule I'm missing is rewrite completely, well, I think I'm going to pretend that I never heard that.
But just out of curiosity, I'd love to know if anyone out there works on a chuck it and re-do it basis.
If you do, you scary, scary creatures, you deserve a medal.
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- Alyssia said...
LOL... Girl, this is too funny. Believe me, you are not alone. A lot--and I do mean A LOT--of writers speed through that first draft, not worrying about punctuation or spelling or overall good sentence structure, just so they can get the book finished.
The very thought of it makes me want to throw up. Break out in hives. Whatever.
I like to write as clean a first draft as my abilities will permit. Does that mean I write slower? Probably. But it also makes me breathe easier and makes my writing experience a lot happier.
- April 4, 2012 at 4:31 AM
- TKToppin said...
I soooo agree with you. Why throw out the entire ms for the second draft?
My 'first' draft is basically a fairly cleanish product, since I re-read previous pages and tidy up before chugging along. The 'second' draft is making additions, deleting stuff and rounding things up some more while re-reading. The 'third', well, just another read-through to correct little things. Somewhere between the first and second, I send it to a beta...so the third draft may be similar to the second.
- April 4, 2012 at 6:18 AM
- Voss Foster said...
I normally won't throw out a draft completely. They advance in stages, and every stage i cut out more and more and change it until it's (what I think is) a good manuscript.
But if it's thoroughly and unsalvagealy bad, I've been known to throw the whole bugger out and start fresh.
- April 4, 2012 at 7:36 AM
- Darian Wilk said...
Well I would have to agree with you and the others here, I think to throw out the whole draft would make me cry! Like, seriously, I would probably dig it out of the trash can. Sure there may be some 'crap' in there that I cut or rework through the next draft. But there are some nuggets of good scenes there too (at least I hope so).
My first draft is to get the story on paper, as cleanly as possible. From there I take the same approach as you, cleaning it up as much as possible through a few more drafts. I think that's how a lot, if not the majority, of writers are.
- April 4, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- siana said...
Wow, people actually do that? As a regular thing? I don't quite grasp the point I'm afraid. I can see tossing something if it just really isn't working at all, but not as a common form of working. I pretty much do the same as everyone elses comments. Write as cleanly as possible then revise a couple of times.
- April 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM
- Jaleta Clegg said...
*raising hand* Guilty. I completely tossed the entire 120k+ draft of Nexus Point when I realized it wasn't working. The plot needed completely reorganized. I wrote the thing from page one all over again. But I chalk that one up as a learning experience. It was the fourth manuscript I'd ever finished, at the time anyway. When I rewrote it, I'd finished ten more novels and had learned a lot in the process.
So, I guess I write as many drafts as I need to. Sometimes I don't realize it isn't working until long after I've typed "the end."
And short stories are much less painful to chuck and rewrite.
- April 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Frances Pauli said...
"chuck and rewrite"
- April 4, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- Vero said...
Great post!
My approach to this is to print out the mess I've written, go through it with a red & blue & green pen, open a fresh new project (or document) on the PC and with the printed crap next to the keyboard, start typing in the good parts and replacing the bad parts, from start to finish. It's not really throwing away the old draft, but it's not really editing on an existing text either.
I found this works best for me. :)
- April 9, 2012 at 4:48 AM


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Does Kate Gosselin see her kids growing too fast?Limelife.com: Kate Gosselin was snapped prepping for the 10th birthday of her twin daughters Cara and Mady earlier this week. Did Kate get the kids for their full birthday celebration? Not exactly. We remember the Gosselin twins' birthday last year, when Cara and Mady were shuttled between the newly-separated homes of Jon and Kate. Kate Gosselin was said to have acted in nothing more than a "cordial" manner as a stressed-out Jon attend the ninth birthday party of Cara and Mady. At the time, Jon and Kate Gosselin were in a fierce feud over finances as their divorce saga reached its hottest point...but one year later, things were considerably less conflicted.
Wernersville, Pennsylvania and drove them straight to their favorite spot to hang with Dad: the mall. Jon Gosselin tweeted Thursday night, "Just dropped my birthday girls off after a really fun night together ... I asked them what they wanted to do for their birthday and they said the mall and Olive Garden. So that's what we did!" Mmmm, Olive Garden... Anyway, mom Kate Gosselin was getting ready to party on Cara and Mady's birthday proper, Friday. Witness spotted Kate shopping for loads of decorations all over town for what's expected to be a big-deal birthday party -- come on, it's the perfect formula: Gosselin twins hitting the double-digits and perfect weather in Pennsylvania for 10.10.10 weekend! Plus we say this about (recent) Gosselin photos, taken Oct. 6, 2010 (Kate looks tired -- is it because it's early morning, or because the more these kids grow, they more they are to handle?!): "Kate Gosselin, Cara Gosselin, Alexis Gosselin are photographed at the bus stop today. The twins turn 10 on Friday, and there were lots of hugs and kisses coming from Kate." Love the birthday love!
'Kate Plus 8': Kate Gosselin eases TLC cancellation rumors with blog: Examiner.com
If you want some sort of definitive proof that Kate Gosselin's time on TLC is not over just yet, all you have to do is head over to her blog, where there is a new entry. While the entry does not directly address the rumors that "Kate Plus 8" has been canceled in any way, it does begin with this note from the editors:"We've all missed Kate during her absence from her blog. But now that the kids are settled in at school, Kate's back at the keyboard."


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My husband just celebrated his birthday as well. So many reasons why we both love February. Celebrating life with food, laughter and love is invaluable and the best gifts ever. Cheers to Mr. D!!!
Well, after all the celebrations we are now offering our time and energy to our faith in Lord Jesus. Lent has already begun. Just like last year, I started a list of sacrifices that I can offer or share to others everyday for 40 days. Last Wednesday, a very dear person came to Church with me. She offered to drive me to Church so I invited her to join me. She is not a Catholic but she was deeply honoured to be seated there beside me... listening and acknowledging. Thank you Lord.
This morning I received a very beautiful handmade "temari" from a very good friend.
Shani made this herself. Mind you she is a newbie on this kind of craft... but look at how lovely her 1st piece is. I'm greatly honoured of being given a good luck charm for my birthday. Thank you sweetie!
Do you remember the Worldwide Round Robin I joined last year? It was a success right? So then I joined another one this year. We started 1st of February and I have new group members of 4. We have a group page solely for our RR.
These are the borders I stitched for my RR piece. The stitch count I'm in is 75x75. My green hand-dyed fabric is from Kelly aka Stitchnmomma from Etsy on-line shop. Her fabrics are awesome and affordable. She has good customer service and her products are all handmade. Go and check her shop now and you won't regret it.
My theme is "letter A". I have always wanted to stitch the first letter of my name. I want the piece to look so girly so I used some flowery borders. There are a lot of French knots used. I love stitching these knots.
I received an RR piece from South Africa. This was my 2011 RR group. And it will be the last square that I'm going to stitch. I just need to kit up my design then I'm ready for it. I'm sure I can finish it this week.
I would like to show you the #2 order I finished for one client.
I'm on to #3 order... then I can sew the pieces to make into lovely decorative pillows.
Have a nice weekend everyone.... And in your spirit.


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OK. Right now, it's just one thing.
The electricity has now been out for nearly 5 hours. Imagine 100+ degree heat. Now imagine it with no ac or fan. I'm quite literally melting.
There are scheduled power cuts here – everyone has at least one hour a day with no electiricty–in a way, it's a great public/environmental health initiative. By cutting an hour of electricity a day, we can save an enormous amount of resources, natural and fiscal. It's inconvenient as hell, but it's a good idea. Granted, the cuts aren't really being done here as health initiative, but more as a necessity–there isn't enough electricity to support this many people 24/7. Imagine that for a second.
Now consider that the U.S., an enormous country with quite a bit of wealth, would never, ever, EVER in a million years consider having scheduled power cuts. Even though it would be inconveniencing a fraction of the people it's inconveniencing here. And considering how much electricity Americans use on average, it'd probably save the world an equivalent level of resources.
Anyway, the point is, the power cuts suck, but they are good for us in the long run…scheduled power cuts could be one way that the U.S. could try to start working towards saving energy. But let's be honest, it's never going to happen. It's a violation of our liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that. Or so some will say.
Starting hour 6, guys. Pray for me.


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Debates in which people representing opposing views agree to disagree and discuss issues in a civil manner, without resorting to ad hominem attacks, have a long and proud tradition. At the Great Planet Debate in August 2008, scientists and lay people representing both sides of the planet definition debate successfully conducted such a debate in a spirit of friendship and camaraderie.
Unfortunately, Brown, who continues to repeat the false claim that the planet definition debate is over and that the only astronomers who still support Pluto as a planet are those affiliated with the New Horizons mission, has shown himself incapable of conducting such a debate.
When asked in an interview by Space.com about the many astronomers who still regard Pluto as a planet, Brown offered this answer:
"There aren't many astronomers. There is a very small number of very vocal people. The people who jump up and down the most about Pluto being a planet have the most to gain from Pluto being a planet. They're on the New Horizons mission to Pluto. I understand their nostalgic need to still feel like they're going to a planet. There's this feeling that by saying it's not a planet it becomes less important, and their life's work to send this spacecraft to Pluto becomes less important"
The comment can be found here: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mi
This is a blatant lie, and it is downright unprofessional for Brown to mislead the public this way. The overwhelming majority of astronomers who still consider Pluto a planet are not affiliated with the New Horizons mission. In fact, one of them is a member of the trio that discovered Eris—Dr. David Rabinowitz.
New Horizons is fully funded and loses nothing from the demotion. Dawn is a mission to a dwarf planet and an asteroid, and it has just as much respect as New Horizons or any other NASA mission. Most astronomers who consider Pluto a planet—and there are many—are simply planetary scientists who believe that astronomers who don't study planets should not be the ones to define what a planet is.
The comment about New Horizons is nothing less than a cheap shot at Dr. Alan Stern, who has led the objectors to the IAU decision, not because of this mission but because he believes in what is known as the Geophysical Planet Definition—that a planet should be defined by what it is rather than where it is, and that any non-self luminous spheroidal body orbiting a star is a planet. This is a legitimate scientific position.
As unprofessional as the above statement sounds, it is not Brown's worst. That new low was reached yesterday in an interview with Universe Today, where Brown accused supporters of Pluto's planet status of deliberately lying and misleading the public, of not actually believing our own stance on this issue.
He says, regarding those who view Pluto as a planet: And honestly, I think manipulative is the word. They don't believe what they say, they know what they say is not true and they say it in ways that are deceitful. That is maybe a strong statement to make, but they know what they are saying is not true. That bothers me. You shouldn't say things that you know is not true just to make a point."
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/81166/q-a-w
What absolutely unbelievable arrogance. Brown reaches a new low with this baseless ad hominem attack. Those of us who view Pluto as a planet most certainly DO believe in what we are saying. We advocate a geophysical definition of planet, in which any object massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity that orbits a star is a planet. The idea is a definition based on what the object is, not where it is. Pluto is both a Kuiper Belt Object and a planet.
Is Brown a mind reader now? What makes him think he knows what supporters of the geophysical planet definition believe or know to be true more than they do? His palm reader? If anyone is misleading the public, it is Brown who falsely claims the debate over planet definition is over, when it is not. And it is hard to believe those who claim he is sick of the debate when he is making money off of the book and numerous talks he gives on the subject.
There is a logical way to say our solar system does not have only eight planets. Simply, it is to note that there are not only two types of planets, terrestrials and jovians, but a third class, the dwarf planets. Dr. Alan Stern coined this term in 1991 to indicate objects large enough to be rounded by their own gravity but not large enough to gravitationally dominate their orbits. Our solar system, in the words of writer Alan Boyle, has four terrestrial planets, four gas giants, and more in the form of numerous dwarf planets.
How does it make sense to put Earth and Jupiter in the same category? Earth has more in common with Pluto than with Jupiter. Jupiter has no solid surface, has its own "mini-solar system," and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. That makes it more like the Sun than like the Earth (except, of course, it doesn't conduct hydrogen fusion). Earth and Pluto are both rocky, both have large moons formed via giant impact, and both have nitrogen atmospheres. How we classify objects is subjective; it is based on attributes we pick and choose. Different astronomers will choose different attributes.
Brown's cheap shot here is a disservice to science, an attempt to marginalize a legitimate scientific point of view. Imagine if, in 1920,when astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a public debate over whether the Milky Way constitutes the entire universe (Shapley's view) or whether the universe is made up of many galaxies (Curtis' view, later proven accurate), one of the debaters suddenly told the other, "you don't really believe the point you are arguing, and I know this for a fact." That person's scientific credibility would have seriously been called into question.
A likely reason Brown is resorting to these underhanded tactics is his underlying awareness that the IAU definition does not stand well among astronomers, with the growing undercurrent favoring a broader, more inclusive planet definition that makes room for more than just terrestrials and jovians as planets.
Brown wrote a book about himself, not about Pluto. In fact, a good portion of the book is dedicated to his life as a husband and father. That sort of thing belongs in the autobiography, lifestyle, or parenting sections, not in a book about astronomy. Not a single one of the many books on the subject of Pluto and planet definition takes such a detour.
Interestingly, one writer ended a book review by stating the real credit goes to Brown's wife Diane. As a woman, I find this highly offensive. What sort of message does it send to women and girls when a woman is credited for being married to an astronomer rather than being an astronomer herself? It is nothing personal, but Diane Binney Brown is not a hero of astronomy or the person to be most credited for Eris' discovery.
In my astronomy studies, I just completed a research project on Henrietta Leavitt, the astronomer who discovered what is known as the Period-Luminosity relationship, the fact that for a particular type of stars that vary in brightness (known as Cepheids), their period of going from minimum to maximum to minimum again is directly related to their brightness. Leavitt,
like astronomer Caroline Herschel in the 19th century, never married or had children. Instead, she contributed something different. Her discovery transformed cosmology by allowing astronomers to determine the distances to galaxies near the Milky Way. Yet because she was a woman, Leavitt was never allowed to pursue research on these variable stars, not allowed to use telescopes at Harvard College Observatory, and consigned to doing menial work for observatory director Edward Pickering.
If any people should be held up as role models for women in astronomy, it is women like Leavitt and Caroline Herschel, not women who marry astronomers.
Brown will likely object to any criticism of his wife, noting that his family members should be off limits to critics. Well, he cannot have it both ways. If he wants his family members immune to criticism, then he should keep them out of the public eye, as many politicians do. If he uses them as pawns for self-promotion, then that use is fair game for any critic.
In rhetoric, logic, and debate, resort to ad hominem attacks is done most by those who know they are losing the debate. That is what is happening here.
Supposedly, at one point in his book, Brown prides himself on so accurately predicting a relative's pregnancy that the relative questions whether he is an astronomer or an astrologer. Many other people are wondering just this too. Since Brown is so sure he knows what his opposition thinks, I suggest we bring in skeptic James Randi to test his mind reading skills.
Or we could just hire a psychic to read his palm.


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So Yeah. New look. Whatcha think?
It is no where near as nerdy as the one I had before. I used one of the blogger templates. But I still tweaked it. It is lazy. I know. But I was tired of it looking like crap. However, it has turned me into a blog narcissist. I keep coming back to look at it. But that is good news, because it might turn me into a much more regular blogger.
At least for a while.
Anyway, tell me what you think.
Ch-ch-ch changes
So Yeah. New look. Whatcha think?
Back to the Infinite Knitters
I love returning to my weekly knit night after being away for a while. I hate being away from it but coming back always feels great. Knitters are the best people. I really felt loved and missed. Everyone wants to know what I worked on while I was away, what I brought back and they have all kinds of finished objects to show off.
This time I brought back a couple of magazines from Japan. One is a craft magazine, it starts with knitting and crochet and gets into dolls, sewing, paper crafts and finishes up with foot massage. The foot massage got me laughing pretty good and I had to have the magazine. Cuz what kind of crafter doesn't practice her foot massage? Also the pictures are so clear, the instructions are easy to follow without reading the language.
I also got another that was all knitting/crochet and every pattern is charted so who needs to read Japanese. What I love about it is it takes on pattern and alters it three or four ways and shows you how. I love it!
I worked on the Clapotis most of the night.
I made a new friend named Donna coming back to knitting after a 20 year hiatus. Welcome back Donna. Her and Jolene helped me work out a solution for my Momma's Lucie sweater. I'll post my plan later. night
A Few Comments About Ravelry.com...
...which I totally love so none of these complaints overwhelm the awesomeness that is Ravelry.com in fact, most of my complaints must be towards knitters in general.
I am amazed at how many knitters use the suggested yarn for a pattern. I expected a lot more creativity on the knitter's part in general. Now as you may have read in my last post, I got 5 skeins of Alpaca Silk from Blue Sky Alpaca yesterday. I got onto my newest resource, did a search for the yarn and checked out all the projects made with it. In 33 pages of projects (492 projects!) a very large portion are the same patterns, The Somewhat Cowl, Drawstring Pouch and the Clementine shawl. There are also quite a few Clapotis (there are several of those in any yarn however) and Branching Out Scarf. I am just a little disappointed in the lack of creativity.
Not as a complaint, but a comment. There sure are a lot of hats and scarves as finished objects, but that is understandable. They are quick and satisfying projects.
Also, the groups. I'm not sure what I want to say here, but they seem a little ridiculous. I have joined 13. I know I don't have time for 13. I probably will visit like 5 a week and they will probably be the same 5 over and over again. However, the combo of group badges on your about me page can really help describe you as a person.
I think I may continue to join them as I find them and eventually I will get up to like 40 or 50 groups just to describe the person I am, but I will probably only visit them when working on projects that fit into their categories like Harry Potter inspired projects or Super Bowl knitting.
This brings up an interesting point. Is it wrong to join a ravelry.com group if you are not and do not intend to be an active member? How fair is it to the rest of the group?
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Movie knitting
The Vagabond Bettie gave me a gift certificate to kPixie.com for my birthday in July. It was a belated gift that somehow never made it to me. After asking them to resend it I finally got it and could not make up my mind what I wanted. So now it is the end of October, a full three months after my birthday and guess what showed up on my doorstep?
I finally got a yarn bundle (because I still couldn't decide) of Blue Sky Alpacas Alpaca Silk. I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do with it, but right now I just like to admire and caress it. Yeah, I totally just used the word caress.
Also, I went to the movies today and saw Dan in Real Life with Steve Carrell. It was cute. I wouldn't run to see it but a good date movie. Unless of course, your date is in love with your brother, then it just might be awkward and you should go see 30 Days of Night instead.
When I go to the movies alone, I bring my knitting. Keeps me from eating, teenage kids avoid me and I think it makes me look a little tough (yeah right). Well looking at all my WIPs*, I didn't have one I felt comfortable knitting in the dark. I recently started a So-Called Scarf with some acrylic Red Heart in camouflaged colors for a little boy I know and I thought it would be too difficult in the dark.
Since I forgot to tell you about it, here's a pic :)
Also, I really didn't want to screw up mom's Lucie sweater (progressing slowly) because the fabric shows everything and splits quite a bit.
As a little side note, it is curling and that makes the progress seem even slower.
So I decided to jump on the Clap-Wagon and start a Clapotis from knitty.com. Because I just don't have enough WIPs.It will probably be more scarf-sized cuz I gots no patience. In fact I am only one row from starting the straight rows which means I get to start dropping stitches right? w00t! Knitting the clap in the theater wasn't too bad. As long as I knew where my stitch markers were I did pretty well. Only problem was 1 dropped stitch but I actually think it happened before the lights went down so when I figured it out halfway through the movie I stopped knitting.
It also meant I got to Michael's on my way out of the Mall and pick up a crochet hook so I could fix it on the bus and while I was there, I went ahead and also got a couple of row counters since one would really help with Lucie as well as some stitch markers, cuz who never needs stitch markers?
*for the non-knitters WIP=Work In Progress but if you don't knit, this isn't the post for you.
Labels: knitting, Lucie, movies, recycle, scarf, sweater, Transportation
Sister's Ribbed Hat Take 2
So I made a ribbed beanie last year for a sister who helped me move. She recently moved and lost the hat, d'oh ( I knew my habit of losing stuff was genetic). The other day I started a new one for her.
I used left over yarn from the Starfish Cap which was Lamb's Pride Superwash Worsted in purple and green and size 5 Clover dpns. I was getting a gauge of 5.5 sts per inch in St st and had a hard time finding a cap with a similar gauge. So I figured out one of my own, it is a basic 2x2 ribbed beanie but I worked the decreases kinda differently. If you are interested, directions are below. I didn't include directions for the color changes, do whatever you want.
CO 128 sts, join.
Work in p2,k2 ribbing for 40 rows.
Begin Decreases as follows:
1. *(p2 k2)x3, p2 ssk repeat from * 7 times more
2. *(p2 k2)x3, p2 k1 rep from * 7 times more
3. *(p2 k2)x3, p2tog k1 rep from * 7 times more
4. *(p2 k2)x3, p1 k1 rep from * 7 times more
5. *(p2 k2)x2, p2 ssk p1 k1 rep from * 7 times more
6. *(p2 k2)x2, p2 k1 p1 k1 rep from * 7 times more
7. *(p2 k2)x2, p2tog k1 p1 k1 rep from * 7 times more
8. *(p2 k2)x2, (p1 k1)x2 rep from * 7 times more
9. *p2 k2 p2 ssk (p1 k1)x2 rep from * 7 times more
10. *p2 k2 p2 k1 (p1 k1)x2 rep from * 7 times more
11. *p2 k2 p2tog k1 (p1 k1)x2 rep from * 7 times more
12. *p2 k2 (p1 k1)x3 rep from * 7 times more
13. *p2 ssk (p1 k1)x3 rep from * 7 times more
14. *p2 k1 (p1 k1)x3 rep from * 7 times more
15 *p2tog k1 (p1 k1)x3 rep from * 7 times more
16. (p1 k1)x32
17. *(p1 k1)x2 p1 p2tog k1 rep from * 7 times more
18. *p1 p2tog k2 p2 k1 rep from * 7 times more
19. *p2 k1 p2tog k1 rep from * 7 times more
20 *p2tog k1 p1 k1 rep from * 7 times more
21. *p1 p2tog k1 rep from * 7 times more
22. *p2tog k1 rep from * 7 times more
cut yarn with a tail ~6 inches long, draw through all stitches and weave in all ends.
So when San Diego shuts down and I am stuck at home, I have knitting ADHD. To start the first pics of Lucie from knitty.com started for my mom.
I am using Peruvian Quechua from Elann.com, its a supersoft alpaca/tencel blend in a great purple color. And of course my gauge is not right so I have tons of math in my future.
I began something Log Cabin-ish with a ton of Caron Simply Soft gifted to me by one of the lovely ladies at my knitting group. I don't know why it is the only color to photograph so poorly, but the blue on the right is really a crazy bright purple.
A replacement hat for my sister. She lost the first hat I made her when she moved to Boise. It is made with Lamb's Pride leftover from the Starfish Cap
This last one is a photo I took at Qualcomm stadium when I was there to volunteer. A couple of evacuees with masks for the smoke.
The leaves should be turning...
But instead the state is burning. Welcome to Southern California during the Santa Anas. The smoke is gorgeous... (sarcasm)
I miss N. Idaho.
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I have finally decided I need to share this dream. Some of you video gamers out there might be aware of Penny Arcade. A comic/news site about video games. It is run by two guys who comic aliases are Tycho and Gabe. It is thanks to these fabulous men that we have the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, WA (if you play games, go!).
Ok so I had a dream that I was at some kind of convention. In the ladies room. Where I met Tycho and Gabe and Gabe's wife Kara. I don't know what they were doing in the ladies room but we became friends and Tycho came back with me to my seats in the auditorium. He is somehow smaller than when I met him and when I sit down next to my dad Tycho has to sit on my lap to see the stage. I look over and my boyfriend is on the other side of my dad and fan that he is I took Tycho to meet him. On the way, he is hanging on to me like a monkey. Hanging around my neck. Before I can get to my boyfriend though, Gabe calls Tycho's name from the stage and he runs off all normal sized and not monkey like.
What the hell does it mean?
Why is Tycho a monkey?
How come Gabe didn't come sit with me too?
Transit to Kaoh-siung
We said our final good-byes to Sasebo and the SSK shipyard yesterday. Little sad. I really liked that port and I am quite bummed to leave. I could really spend some time in Japan especially out here in the smaller towns. Though I never did find a yarn shop and I am disappointed I am walking away without any vacation yarn.
So a little bit about life at sea. The dynamics on these research vessels is a little odd. There are three different sets of people on board, the ship crew, the technicians and the science party (currently not on board). The ship crew are responsible for the health of the ship. They keep necessities for life at sea functional, things like engines, water purification, food preparation and all the other little things I can't see. They sign on to stay with a ship for several continuous months of the year sometimes spending as much as 8 months a year on the same ship. And because the 3rd Engineer (no matter who that is) always has the same room, they always stay in the same place on board the ship.
As a result, they develop habits and the ship becomes their home. They sit in the same place in the mess, they watch movies in the lounge at a particular time and they have a favorite condiment. Sometimes they can be really great about being change which is important because the science crew and technicians can change as often as weekly, bringing aboard a ship full of folks unaware which chair belongs to the wiper or if you use the last of the tabasco the chief engineer might never speak to you again. The ship crew usually blame any and all problems on the new science party. They complain about the deck operations interfering with their movie or internet access forgetting that their job is to keep the ship afloat so that the science operations can happen.
The science is the reason for the ship. It is the source of the ship crew's paychecks and without the science, they would not be here. It is often completely ignored by them when science interferes with their personal plans. The technicians are officially a part of the science party. We work intimately with them to get the data that they need from our equipment they borrow. Because there is no official science party on board we are taking the blame.
Now this whole long explanation is the result of a teeny tiny comment made in jest last night. Something I was not offended by at all but is just a small sample of the constant friction on board the ship. The ship just got out of drydock. It was being repaired and out of water for two months. As a result some technicians (including me) are here to see that all the science equipment is operational when the next cruise starts up on the 17th. The computer techs turned on the pump (overseen by the chief engineer mind you) for the uncontaminated sea water which goes through a fancy set up and collects data for the Meteorological system, things like salinity, sea surface temperature, etc.
Somewhere in the plumbing something went horribly wrong and a drain in the mess (dining room) began to flood right before dinner. Everyone on board helped clean up the mess, and the chief engineer muttered "Damn Science". Like I said, it was small and inoffensive at the time, but it is a constant battle between the two parts of the ship. Sometimes it can get pretty bad. Many times as a result of crew mutterings, scientists have come to me and asked if "Scientists are usually that bad?"
Anyway, enough of the glimpse into life at sea and on to knitting.
The picture above was taking at Hanamaru, a fast food noodle and tempura joint right before I ripped them out completely.
The Pomatomus socks are progressing after I ripped them out completely. I rounded the heel and found I was missing 6 stitches in the lace pattern. Picking up that lace is a nightmare so I decided I would rather rip them out and hopefully correct some mistakes I was already unhappy with anyway. The second attempt was coming out pretty snug anyway so I added some stitches to the foot. They can always be removed in the heel construction if need be for the leg.
Sasebo and Pomatomus
So I'm in Japan. Sasebo to be exact. I love it here. I haven't gotten to roam very far. I'm really too tired at the end of the day, but everything I need and want is at my fingertips. I also get to pass through the Navy Base twice a day so if and when I get a little culture overwhelmed I can find a little slice of home.
I found a restaurant immediately beside our hotel. It is one of those grill in the middle of the table places (yakinoki as my local informants tell me, though I'm not sure I spelled it right). I say I 'found' it because even though it is right beside the hotel, none of my co-workers have eaten there and none that came before us that I know of. They all just kinda glossed over it. I think it is in an effort to explore. To some it means moving a lot and taking a lot of samples. To me, exploration means becoming intimately familiar with a few.
Anyway, back on track. So I had a wonderful dinner with some co-workers. One of my big intimidating bosses (who it turns out is not so scary), and two new guys from Norway here to install some new systems. It was a really excellent visit, satisfying meal and left me in all around a great mood. The front of the restaurant is western style with booths. However they took us deep into the back of the restaurant, the Japanese style seating. It is still like a big booth, but you are sitting cross-legged style or on your knees on mats.
I have begun a tour of Asian social services. Accidentally of course. It turns out I lost my passport in Singapore which resulted in a tour including a local police station, the US Embassy and the immigration offices. Now I am in Sasebo and I ended up visiting a hospital this afternoon to get an infected fingernail checked out. I got to spend an hour with the ship's Agent (who is a very nice and friendly man) sitting in a waiting room and learning a little Japanese. I walked away with a prescription for antibiotics which has my name in Japanese characters on it. I like that I got my name in characters from the hospital. I've been wanting to know what my name was, but I was afraid they would get it wrong or rip me off by giving me Mary or something. It seems more official from a hospital.
The little things that are different here are what really get my attention. The fact that they change the plant arrangements on every floor of the hotel every week. Many places won't take your money until you place it in the tray. When they do have to hand you items like credit cards, room keys, receipts, they do it with two hands. They can't seem to decide what side of the sidewalk they walk on. Sometimes it is the right and sometimes the left. I was actually in two different subway stations in Tokyo last time I was here and the one I boarded on had arrows on the left (where they drive, not surprised) but where I disembarked they had arrows on the right (what?).
On the knitting front. My Pomatomus socks with the gifted yarn (love you Jolene!) has been my project. I turned the heel and was about to begin the pattern up the leg when I noticed I had somewhere lost 6 stitches in the lace pattern. Six! How the hell did I lose six stitches? I couldn't figure out how to solve it so I ripped it out and started over. I'm not really hurt about it because there were all kinds of mistakes and I'm glad they will be better, but you know... It always hurts to rip it out.