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Plotting Tips
Currently in my classes I'm discussing plotting. One of the things I've pointed out to students is that the best way to learn plotting is to put their hands on the plots of other people. Keep a journal of the books you've read, the movies you'ves scene, episodes of your favorite television shows, and even the action in video games you play.
All of those mediums have plots. Some are more apparent than others. Some television shows, such as a favorite of mine, HOUSE, are similar from week to week. HOUSE is especially formulaic, and the writers have even poked fun at it in different episodes. The thing is that the plot works each and every time.
As you read through the books, watch movies and television, and play your video games, make notes of where the action starts. What does the character have to achieve in the beginning? How does it become worse as the story progresses? Does the resistance the characters face increase? It should. Do the stakes grow ever higher? They should.
Map the plots you find in your entertainment. Make yourself aware of how the writers boosted your interest level (or lost it!).
You might be surprised at how many plot devices are similar. Most people worry that they're being predictable, but some stories have to head in certain direction and cover familiar territory. The trick is to do some sleight-of-hand, offer surprises, and create characters the reader cares about.
Learn plots, then figure out how to be innovative. It's hard to be innovative when you don't know what's gone on before.


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One source of my distraction was a site I stumbled across a few days ago and now keep going back to. It's The National Trust for Historic Preservation. It shows old homes around the U.S. that are for sale. I am hooked. Seriously, this site is like crack for someone like me.
I have always thought it would be so much fun to buy some super old dump and turn it into the most gorgeous house imaginable. Old houses just have something that new ones don't- charm, character, personality...
Of course old houses also have other things that new homes don't...like sinking basements, cracked foundations, and warped walls. Not to mention lead paint and asbestos. So I've realized that what I really want is to build a new house that just looks old. It seems like a lot less trouble.
Still, I look at old houses and dream about what I would do with them if I had unlimited resources.
Which is what got me looking at the historic preservation site in the first place. Some of the houses on there are AMAZING. And since I love torturing myself with images of things I'll never have, I keep skipping over the more practically-priced listings to drool over the more jaw-dropping ones.
Like this gem in Virginia, built in 1850, that's for sale for $4,995,000.
But really, what can you expect when you're getting 165 acres, a barn, a stable, and a guest cottage? Those things don't come cheap.
{These images totally suck, btw, so sorry that they're so small. If you go to the site you can see them a lot better.}
I keep looking at this next place too. I don't love it like the first one- I think it looks a little bit too imposing or something. But it's still cool. And shoot, I wouldn't turn it down, that's for sure...
But 3.7 mil is just a teensy bit too far over my price range.
It's also in Virginia and was built in 1840.
This next house is interesting because of the stipulations that come with purchasing it:
It's in Illinois and was built in 1892. In order to purchase it, you must first purchase a separate lot in it's neighborhood, agree to move the house to that lot, and then agree to renovate it in a way that keeps it authentic to it's original style. If you can do that, the house is yours for $1. Yep, a buck. I'll bet it's a doozy inside. The condition is listed as "distressed".
I looove this one, in Virginia.
It was built in 1803 (well, the first part of it...it was added to later on.)
It's on almost 200 acres and is for sale for $7,500,000.
Why, oh why, is luxury so expensive??
Here's one with a much more down-to-earth price, but that is still spectacular.
It was built between 1911 and 1916. Supposedly a chest of money that had been hidden during the civil war was found buried on the original owner's land. He used it to build himself a house that was "as fine as the White House."
See, that's what I love about old houses- new ones don't come with stories that cool.
Anyways this place is in South Carolina and is for sale for $299,000.
I think the best part about this one is that it's been totally renovated, so even though I'd still want to change a lot about it (like the ugly kitchen) it's all superficial stuff so it wouldn't cost much.
This last one may seem a little out of place after all of those...
It's not a house; it was a former shirt factory built in Vermont in 1906.
I used to watch this show where people would buy these big old buildings- old schools, churches, whatever- and totally gut them and turn them into the most unique and amazing homes.
Maybe I'm totally crazy, but I feel like this place has that kind of potential.
It's a little less than 10,000 sf, so, huge for sure, but not a totally unmanageable size. And it's only $125,000.
If we had a reason to live in Vermont, it'd be seriously tempting. I think this place could be awesome. Look at all those windows..... Can't you just picture the inside all opened up, and maybe the second floor gone so that the first floor had tons and tons of light from two rows of windows.....and then all the finishes could be really cool, industrial-type stuff....
Well I better stop daydreaming and meet my 6 year old at the bus stop.
Seriously, check out that site. You'll be hooked too, I swear.


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Helen Binney is bored in A Denial of Death by Gin Jones. She can't seem to find a hobby. Her friends in the senior citizen home have tried to teach her to crochet and knit, but the chemo caps they make for cancer patients just don't turn out right when Helen tries. Even Helen's lawyer has a hobby. He turns wood to make legs for tables and lamps. But Helen just can't find a hobby. Then one day the ladies at the senior center ask her to look into the odd disappearance of a woman who would drop off chemo caps. Angie's husband, Ralph, doesn't seem concerned, knowing that his wife has a habit of taking off from time to time, but especially during his summer break in which he'd build something, this time a casino. Getting interested in this case, Helen decides to do her own investigation.
With the help of Jack, her driver friend who is busy trying to help her find a new car, bringing a totally new and widely different model each day, Helen visits everyone who might have known Angie. She learns that Angie is known for being a totally abrasive person whom no one likes, but something makes Helen forge ahead in her search for the missing woman. Angie's sister, Charlene, drove Angie to a casino, so Helen decides that is where she must go. Asking legal advice from Tate, the retired lawyer who has set up shop turning wood, she has to make a case sound interesting to get him involved. But the visit to the casino catches Tate's interest do he can play poker. But beyond learning that Angie has been there, Helen learns nothing.
This book was an enjoyable read, with good characterizations. I really enjoyed the daily changes of cars, as Jack's cousin tries so hard to find the ideal car for Helen. The development of the relationships between Helen and Jack and Helen and Tate were fun to watch.
I noticed that several reviewers on Amazon criticized the book for making a 45-year-old woman seem old, as she uses a cane and has a bad hip. What these people neglect to notice is that Helen suffers from lupus, a degenerative autoimmune disease that will cause a person to suffer as Helen does. So this part of the book is not nearly as unrealistic as the reviewers seemed to think.
Lisa Valdini narrates the book in a strong voice. I like the way she so clearly makes the characters come to life. Her voice for Jack seems so realistic, and Tate seems so believable.
I enjoyed A Denial of Death. The mystery was interesting but not gripping. It's a good book for when you need to relax. I give this book four stars.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the author, but it in no way affected my review.
To purchase this book for yourself, click here on Amazon.


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I have never NOT traveled for work.
There were times when I traveled more than others, but I've always been willing to get on an airplane because it demonstrated commitment, flexibility, and an interest in bigger issues.
You want me in Scottsdale for a leadership team meeting? Overland Park for a recruiting event? Louisville for a tour of the GE Appliances factory? You got it.
It's not like this is an easy choice. I know it must seem so simple because I don't have children, but I do have animals. And a husband. And a life. I don't particularly enjoy the risk of bed bugs. I hate using hotel room hair dryers. It doesn't do my marriage any good to be separated for five days in a row.
This past week, I was on a flight from Atlanta to Seattle. Five hours and twenty-one minutes. I was promised wifi and there was no wifi. I was hoping for an upgrade and there was no upgrade. I forgot a book. I forgot headphones. I stared out the window. I sat next to a guy with a tear tattooed on his face. I watched The Karate Kid remake. Without sound. It sucked for seven thousand reasons, none of them audible.
I'm here to tell you that it's not fun to spend time on germy planes and in stuffy conference banquet halls, but it's 100% better than sitting in a cubicle working on TPS reports.
I see travel as a short-term hassle that will benefit my life in the long-term.
So if you get the opportunity to travel, say yes. Go do something new. Be glad someone is paying you to do it. And if your spouse travels, realize that it's not forever. It can open up a world of opportunities. It's better than having a spouse who works in an office, has no freedom to set his own schedule, and doesn't have a conversation with anyone all day long except for the receptionist and the office security guard.
Trust me. That's no way to live.
Embrace travel. Do it before they cut your budget and make you watch The Karate Kid without headphones.


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I've been offline for the past few days. I went on trip and spent a lot of time in a car without any internet access. Before my trip, my computer crashed and required a complete refresh. I managed to save my game files for this prototype and the previous prototype. Unfortunately, I couldn't save the programs; I had to reformat and reinstall Windows.
I've been spending a lot of time reinstalling important programs. Unity3D is reinstalled; I just reinstalled 3DS Max. Those are the two important programs. At this point, I can start making progress again.


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Never Root For Injury – Unless it's the Packers
May 16, 2008 § 2 Comments
My love of sports comes 100% from my dad. Not only because he explained the rules and told me the names of the players and convinced me that 10 seconds of basketball can take 25 minutes and that's perfectly acceptable, but because he taught me unflinching loyalty, the importance of rivalry, the pride in victory and the silent, glaucoma inducing agony of defeat. He taught me that no matter how angry we get, we must never root for injuries. We can't be happy when a Minnesota Viking is carted off on a stretcher. This is wrong…they're just human.
Unless it's the Packers. When it's the Packers, it's not unusual to hear Dad instruct the Bears to "BREAK HIS NECK" or "RIP HIS BALLS OFF" which would, I think almost certainly, draw a penalty.
Imagine then, how exciting it must have been for me at the tender age of 13 to be enmeshed in the 1985 Chicago Bears Superbowl Shuffle Almost Undefeated Season. I had a Bears sweatshirt and t-shirt that I could wear to school, but my dad had a FRIDGE jersey: number 72, with our last name across the back. There were a few Mondays throughout that season that I was allowed to wear it to school in order to show off. It was big enough back then that it hung down to my knees, but was 'cute' in its baggy, oversized way, making me look like a petite little flower with a burly attitude. The boys at school that never spoke to me went out of their way to compliment my outfit, to ask if I was REALLY a Bears fan (because we were in Western New York, where the miserable masses had no choice but to follow the BUFFALO BILLLS). I felt proud that I understood the game, knew the good plays, the highlights that had played out the day before. Of course, on Tuesday, I went back to being 'that creepy nerd in the gray courdoroy blazer and ascot'.
And then, it happened. The Bears won the Superbowl and our family exploded into joy, my mom and sister and I huddled upstairs watching the game alone because mom was crazy enough to mention that the Patriots "made a nice play", and we were all banished. My father took calls from across the country, congratulating him on the win (as if he'd coached the team, or owned it, or even played). We all went to bed happy, unaware of the battle on the horizon.
I cheerfully announced that I would be wearing my dad's jersey to school that day and was met with a wall of silence.
"No, J, you're not. Your dad wants to wear it to work."
I was dumbfounded. What sort of an adult wears a football jersey to the workplace? What sort of a grown up wants to show off to his friends? I explained in typical teenage hysteria how my life. would. be. over. if I didn't wear that jersey, that JOHN VIVERITO was EXPECTING me to wear that jersey and if I didn't well…I'd probably turn into a pillar of salt or something. My parents never fell for dramatics, and in fact would offer applause and rolled eyes in response to a long winded tantrum. My father wore the jersey to work and I lived to tell the tale after wearing a dumb old sweatshirt.
What I didn't realize back then was that the Bears were part of his identity, part of who he was outside of "my dad, the lawn mower". He went to work and talked about sports, had friends who knew he'd come in wearing a jersey the Monday after the Superbowl. That even when you're forty something you like to draw attention to yourself. I was trying to take all that away from him and I'm pretty sure I told him it was 'stupid' for him to wear it to work, but he did it anyway.
Throughout highschool I stole his bandanas to wear in my hair, his old sweaters to wear with my old jeans, old t-shirts to sleep in, basically ransacking HIS wardrobe instead of my mothers to put together a 'look' that I termed "loose, baggy, and body hiding". But it was also comfortable. My dad is a big tall guy and wearing his sweaters was like wearing a wonderful old, worn in blanket all day, wrapped up and cuddly.
I pushed him out of the way so I could have his THINGS. If HE wanted to wear his sweater it struck me as mean and selfish. I was in a wonderful world of self centeredness, where I deserved all that could make me happy.
And on the day I left for college, four states away, months until Thanksgiving, I went downstairs to get breakfast and found a gift in the living room. My dad had dressed up my favorite, Full Sized Fido Dido doll (about four feet tall) and had him sitting in the easy chair, ready to go to school with me. He was wearing my dad's Bears Jersey, two of his bandanas and one of his sweaters. Pinned to his chest was a note that said "Do whatever you want with your life, little chucky (my nickname) but I know, writing is your true passion. Love, Dad". I didn't save the piece of paper, but I carry that thought with me everywhere, every day.
Someone asked me the other day if my dad sometimes does things intentionally to make people cry – the way he writes letters and signs cards and gives speeches. I said no, I think he does things intentionally to make people feel important, and to let them know how much they are loved.
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Oh man. Too many feelings. Cannot process.
Love this! Love it so much.
Thank God I can focus on 'ascot' and giggle otherwise I'd be a sobbing mess. 🙂
There is nothing… NOTHING in the world that compares to being daddy's girl. That is all.
Dear Rare,
What can I say… I cried when I read it! A terrific Father's Day gift. One of many you've given me of late.
And you're right about my writing and speaking… it is from the heart. If someone cries – it is because I have touched their heart.
You have touched mine.
Love Always,


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The providers were very open with us, allowing us to compile a comprehensive overview highlighting the gaps between what providers know and do and what the OCC requires of their financial services clients.
Durham, NC (PRWEB) August 22, 2014
Financial services firms are asking global service partners to work with them more closely to comply with new US banking regulations, and providers have been receptive, according to findings by the Duke University Offshoring Research Network (ORN).
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued guidelines last October that hold financial institutions in the United States responsible for overseeing not only their vendors but their vendors' subcontractors. The rules aim to prevent fallout from operational, credit and other risks related to third parties that provide technology and business services critical to financial firms and the industry as a whole.
"Our research and regular interaction with major financial institutions demonstrates that they are proactively educating and extending their risk management expertise to their information technology, call center and other vendors worldwide," said Jeff Russell, Duke ORN's managing director. "While some providers are still learning about the new requirements, many tell us they are willing to support their clients with services that facilitate regulatory compliance."
Duke ORN recently surveyed major global providers to assess their understanding of the new risk management demands, help bridge any knowledge gaps, and support financial firms' compliance efforts. Among the study's highlights:
- One third of the vendors use subcontractors to support their financial services clients.
- One fourth of the providers are not aware of Dodd-Frank, the federal regulations passed in 2010 that govern financial institutions and their customers.
- Almost 40 percent of the providers believe it is not their responsibility to govern their subcontractors according to financial regulations.
- Most providers are included in their clients' discussions about governance and risk, and more than half support their clients' vendor management-related regulatory requirements.
- Nearly two-thirds of vendors include in contract terms the ability for clients or the OCC to conduct control audits.
"The providers were very open with us, allowing us to compile a comprehensive overview highlighting the gaps between what providers know and do and what the OCC requires of their financial services clients," said Keren Caspin-Wagner, PhD, Duke ORN Senior Research Associate. She conducted the research with Arie Y. Lewin, professor and director of the Strategy and International Business at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, and Director of CIBER.
The new OCC regulations are particularly aimed at providers that support key functions such as IT, payments, clearing, settlements, and custody. Regulators have said that they expect financial firms to incorporate vendor risk management in their corporate strategy, and to be vigilant about their vendor selection, contract terms and performance monitoring.
"Through this survey, we were also able to reinforce to providers the importance of risk management to their clients in today's regulatory environment, and at the same time support financial services firms in their continued compliance efforts," Caspin-Wagner said.
Duke ORN is a global network of renowned research universities, top scholars, and industry practitioners that hosts a tri-annual Financial Services Roundtable. The Roundtable facilitates dialogue and research that assists firms in managing risk across the globe, increasing supplier management capabilities, and meeting Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements.


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This week, as a continuation of the tire burning of a few weeks ago, several informal settlements in the Northern Areas organized a march to City Hall. Over 1,000 people participated; most even paid for transport to the location where it began.
The toyi toyi was top notch, much more passionate and animated than I saw on my first march with Riemvasmaak a few months ago.
I learned some new songs:
"My mother was a kitchen girl.
My father was a garden boy.
That's why I'm a Riemvasmaak, I'm a Riemvasmaak, I'm a Riemvasmaak."
Access to adequate housing, in the new South African Constitution, is guaranteed by law. "The state must use legislative measures and other measures within available resources to achieve progressive realisation of this right." This has been interpreted to mean free housing for all who don't have it. A very different approach than the one I am used to in the United States.
The whole idea of the best method to achieve access to housing raises questions for me. (questions I would never speak to anyone in Riempi.) Obviously, my home is Riemvasmaak, so I am sympathetic to their cause, but I can't help but thinking about the big picture. Protesting, political pressure, etc. seems like little more than jockeying for position. There are "X" number of people in South Africa that need housing and "Y" amount of money. Human Settlement can only build so many houses at a time. Riempi's political activism works well for them, but on the grand scale, it is stealing from Peter to pay Paul. That, of course, doesn't dissuade someone who has to use a bucket for a toilet.
What should be done? The most important actions for South Africa as a whole would be to have qualified, effective, and driven leaders in charge of important departments of service delivery, increasing the quality of homes (many RDP homes fall down after a couple of years because of shoddy building) and decreasing government corruption.


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"I think that the manifestation of our culture in terms of our identity is absolutely crucial." Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
Children of Heaven is a 1997 Iranian film by Majid Majidi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998.
Thoughts and prayers.


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since I blogged! With the start of the school year, my time has not been my own. My 5th grade class has kept me so incredibly busy. And of course, with that, comes the falling behind of my art commitments. But I was so thrilled today; I had time for art and this is what I was able to complete. This is a 4x4 for a swap in Mail Art (it was actually completed awhile ago. I just completely forgot about it!)
This is for a RR in We Dream In Color. The Journal belongs to Lisa and it is an absolutely stunning book. The detail in her cover is just amazing. The page with the words is the left side and the page with the picture is the right. ENJOY!
Sunday, September 09, 2007
3 comments:
- Joan said...
Great work, Sandee!
- September 10, 2007 at 7:57 PM
- shirleymcc said...
this is beautiful!
- September 11, 2007 at 10:49 AM
- Heather Robinson said...
It was so worth the wait, Sandee! Hope you are surviving the first few weeks of school. These pieces are amazing...love the mermaid.
- September 11, 2007 at 1:34 PM
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."
- Yogi Berra
The 1920's and 1930's was the era when liberal and progressives factions re-wrote Constitutional meaning and intent. Those brilliant minds made booze illegal, added a federal income tax, gutted state sovereignty by repealing Article I, sect three, re-amped the federal court system, etc.
The Senate not proposed in the original Constitutional draft, but it got added into our Constitution as a "bone" tossed at small state. It morphed into a prodigious, augury, and House of Lords body, which has became all powerful through the seventeenth amendment. (visit: http://www.repealxvii.com/ for more details). Set aside so much crap that has rolled downhill from it. Then research just one of its big ideas: the Inter-state highway system or the "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956".
Public Law 84-627, the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was passed in June, 1956, and President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law. It was originally limited to 41,000 miles of widen highway at a cost of 25 Billion bucks over a 20 year period. The Senate expected it to finish around 1976. At that point, the Senate bunch began the largest public works project in U.S. history…. Now, what could possibly be go wrong in building more good roads?
As America transitioned away from horse and carriage toward the horseless carriage, old game trails horse trails, wagon routes were covered with gravel. Later these became America's highways, U.S highways were paved, as well as most State highways. The old highway system went through towns and cities. Old U.S 50, 44 10, 69, etc were merely two lanes wide. Driving was tedious. Plus, those cars did not have automatic transmissions or power steering with most top speeds of 60 MPH.
The brilliance of the U.S. senate rose to the surfaced. The underlying legal power came from D.C. because this was national defense issue; the military need a rapid response platform for moving its equipment. In his inaugural Address, January 20, 1953, Present Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "A people that value its privileges above its principles soon loses both." Well, a federal trust fund was set up with the federal government paying in 90% tax monies, but the states were mandated to pay 10%.
As a result, we presently have a highway system that by-pass the heart of cities, making commutes to work easier. There is growth in the suburbs, businesses expanding, etc. Have people looked at the flip side of this ever-expanding cement, steel, and billboard structure? Major cities are stacked with layers of cement and steel, which undergoes continuous repairs. Congress keeps adding taxes into this once limited project: extra gas tax, federal and state; special stimulus monies from income tax; sales tax on new vehicles; a refinery tax, EPA carbon tax, and on and on and on.
How can voters stop the U.S. Senate? How can we restore the body's original, intended purpose? In its latest bad judgment, the Senate consented (approved an appointment) an Associate Justice to the U.S Supreme Court who had never been a judge or rendered a legal opinion.
We need our state legislative bodies to take action by calling for a Constitutional Convention, which has the sole purpose of repealing the Seventeenth Amendment. Repealing unbalanced Amendment #17 would increase the power to each local voter; it would make Senators deliberate best solutions for their individual state; it would cut the size of federal bureaucracy. Plus, there are other benefits for citizens in the states.
As Congress now stands, it writes any piece of legislation by affixing some mythical Constitutional interpretation. State legislatures can rein in federal excesses. The first step is corralling their two U.S. Senators.
Then there's the "Chip off the old Block" Two sea monsters were swimming around in the ocean, looking for something to do. They came up underneath a ship that was hauling potatoes. Bob, the first sea monster, swam underneath the ship, tipped it over and ate everything on the ship.
A little while later, they came up to another ship, again hauling potatoes. Bob again capsizes the ship and eats everything onboard. The third ship they found was also hauling potatoes and Bob once again capsized it and ate everything.
Finally his buddy Bill asked him, "Why do you keep tipping over those ships full of potatoes and eating everything on board?"
Bob replied, "I wish I hadn't, but I just can't help myself once I start. Everyone knows you can't eat just one potato ship."
This web-log calls for the repeal of the 17th Amendment and addresses the hegemony committed by the US Senate. The first significant step to remove the domination and unmistakable corruption deriving from the National Government and the restoration of the Federal is to repeal the 17th Amendment. Americans should fear the steady hegemonic growth by the Senate oligarchy because the US Constitution cannot be spoiled by bombs, the courts, or the President, but only through malevolent legislation.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
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Welcome! I'm back! I haven't updated this feature for a week or so as nothing has happened!
What I am currently reading:
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (It's not very exciting so far)
"Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen" by JK Rowling – the German language version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (I know the story really well but reading it in German is more challenging, especially when it's twice the size!)
Bookish blast from the past:
My Dad was sorting through some of his books the other day and, among all the architecture and cookery books, he found this book which I was given by my German exchanged partner when I was at secondary school! I had totally forgotten about it and it's been hiding with my parents' books all this time! It's basically a book about the town of Krefeld in Germany where my exchange partner lived and flicking through it brought back memories of the week I spent there as a teenager!
Other bookish things:
1) I'm watching the Harry Potter films, and I've finally got around to watching the rest of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"!
2) I went into Waterstones bookshop yesterday but didn't buy any books – I don't think I was in the mood for books! I did however have a good nosy around the stationary section and came across a tiny little journal called "One Word Day" which has pages with a space to a write one word to describe each day!
I didn't buy it, but it inspired me to create a new blogging challenge based on this idea and which I will be commencing on Tuesday 1st September!


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SOURCE: This fable comes from the first Hecatomythium ("100 Fables") of Laurentius Abstemius (Lorenzo Bevilaqua), a fifteenth-century Italian scholar. Of all the neo-Latin fable collections, Abstemius's was the most popular, and his stories are frequently anthologized in the 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century collections of Aesop's fables in Latin. Here is a 1499 edition of the book online. This is fable 37 in the collection.
READ OUT LOUD. Choose which marked text you prefer to practice with - macrons or accent marks - and read the text out loud until you feel comfortable and confident. Then, try reading the unmarked text at the bottom. It should be easy for you after practicing with the marked texts. :-)
MACRONS. Here is the text with macrons:
Magnus timor avēs incesserat, nē Scarabaeī arcū pilārī eās occīderent, ā quibus magnam pilārum vim in sterquilīniō summō labōre fābricātam audīerant. Tunc passer: "Nolīte (inquit) expavescere. Quō modō enim pilās in nōs per āera volantēs iacere potuērunt, cum eās per terram magnō mōlīmine vix trahant?" Haec fābula nōs admonet nē hostium opēs extimescāmus, quibus dēesse vidēmus ingenium.
ACCENT MARKS. Here is the text with stress accents, plus some color-coding for the words of three or more syllables (blue: penultimate stress; red: antepenultimate stress):
Magnus timor aves incésserat, ne Scarbaéi arcu pilári eas occíderent, a quibus magnam pilárum vim in sterquilínio summo labóre fabricátam audíerant. Tunc passer: "Nolíte (inquit) expavéscere. Quo modo enim pilas in nos per aera volántes iácere potuérunt, cum eas per terram magno molímine vix trahant?" Haec fábula nos ádmonet ne hóstium opes extimescámus, quibus deésse vidémus ingénium.
UNMARKED TEXT. Here is the unmarked text - after practicing with the marked text that you prefer, you should not have any trouble with the unmarked text. I've put in some line breaks to show the natural pauses in the story:
Magnus timor
aves incesserat,
ne Scarabaei
arcu pilari eas occiderent,
a quibus
magnam pilarum vim
in sterquilinio
summo labore
fabricatam audierant.
Tunc passer:
"Nolite (inquit) expavescere.
Quo modo enim pilas
in nos per aera volantes
iacere poterunt,
cum eas per terram
magno molimine vix trahant?"
Haec fabula nos admonet
ne hostium opes extimescamus,
quibus deesse videmus ingenium.
IMAGE. Here is an illustration for the story (image source) showing a dung beetle and its big ball of dung!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Aves et Scarabaei (Abstemius)
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Now for this week's challenge:
I, Stephanie, will be judging and choosing my favorite edit. This is always such a hard task, but I love to feature others great work. In case you just joined in, I will introduce myself:
Photographer. I blog at Behind the Camera and Dreaming, host the Edit Me Challenge, and contribute to Paper Heart Camera! I also do some design work and have this little Etsy shop. Nope never do I sleep. =)
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This week's photo I took a over Labor Day weekend from the spot on the beach where my hubby and I said I do (awww). Beach photos don't necessarily say "Fall" but we were actually married here in November and seriously the sunsets are so much more colorful once the days become shorter. Have fun! Edit away!
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It took us to the Mall of Millenia (Conroy Road in Orlando). More specifically, it took us to the site of the old Blue Martini Lounge, a night club where, in my younger days, I had some of my finest moments. It was now adorned with the name Earls.
I went through the entrance and into a rather cramped foyer. I peeked around the corner and, boy, it was a large space. After a short wait, we were taken to our seats. As we walked along, i noted that it was primarily a business clientele, drawn from non-retail businesses in the area, along with a smattering of mall shoppers.
The menu was extensive and seemed to have an offering from every major ethnic-food type. That was concerning in that it seemed a lot to pull off with excellence. Ron and Bev had eaten here before so they suggested that we start out with the chicken wings (one of the reasons I love these guys). The wings came. They looked good. They tasted even better. And they did not bow down in shame in the presence of the Jacques Selosse Rosé.
We next ordered a Dragon Roll from the Sushi and Raw Bar section of the menu. Scintillating. Paired well with the Ygrec. As did the Jamaican Jerk Chicken with a 2007 Clos Vougeot. For my main course I had a bunless burger washed down with a 1989 Lynch Bages.
|Dragon Roll
|Jamaican Jerk Chicken
At the end of the meal, Chef Simon came over to get feedback on the food. A bright, smiling young man from Vancouver (British Columbia), he had opened this restaurant and would soon be moving on to open another restaurant. It was during the course of this conversation that I first became aware that Earls was a Canadian chain with restaurants located around the world.We expressed our satisfaction with the days offerings and wished him all the best on his next assignment.
|Chef Simon
Parlo and I were so impressed with the restaurant that we went back for brunch on Sunday. It was very busy and was much louder than on Wednesday. Mall shoppers and brunchers were out in full force.
The General Manager, Stefan Oostveen came over to help with my wine and this gave me the opportunity to query him about the restaurant and its business model. Like the Chef, he is also from Vancouver. Earls, he said, operates 60 - 70 restaurants worldwide. They started out as a beer and burger joint. The Chefs they have hired over the years, have added new products and management has kept the popular items. They also have a test kitchen which develops new concepts. The Sushi and Raw Bar, for example, is only a few months old. The overall focus is on using fresh ingredients and making things in-house.
|Stefan, Oostveen, General Manager
I nest tried the curry -- an unexpected dish in this environment -- and was very happy with my choice; great flavor; an appropriate level os spiciness; included chicken that was cooked to the perfect temperature; and a green-mango-like acidity.
|Chicken Curry with Nan Bread
For my final course I had a marinated skirt steak. This is not a standalone item on the menu; it is normally paired with coconut prawns or sushi. At my request the additional elements of the dish were held off and the steak provided. Mint, rosemary, herb and an excellent marinade.
|Marinated Skirt Steak
Excellent experiences. Great service, exceptional dishes, and a wonderful atmosphere (depending on time of visit). I would be remiss in not mentioning the $25 corkage fee. This is where I will be doing brunch from here on in.
©Wine -- Mise en abyme


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In the trial of Enron's auditors, the argument of Enron's defenders reaches its logical conclusion:
- The cross-examination was particularly unusual in a white-collar case, with the defense effectively arguing that the government's chief witness had never done anything wrong, while the witness countered repeatedly that he was indeed a felon.
Speaking of which, the last refuge of the Enron defender, in response, for instance, to the memos from Enron's lawyers acknowledging price gouging in California, seems to be "they did nothing illegal." I was going to write an extended satire on this, featuring a memo from Lay to Skilling bragging about the success of their lobbyists in getting the California regulations written so that highway robbery was legal, and a follow-up from the usual suspect crowing that Enron's critics still hadn't found any violation of the law.
But I've been overtaken by events. The other day, one of Enron's lawyers confirmed that Enron abandoned its market-gaming tactics after being repeatedly advised by its lawyers that they were against the law.


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Go Joe! Does anybody remember that there was a character from G.I. Joe named Snow Job? He was the Arctic trooper. Not to be confused with the desert trooper, Dry Hump.
Anyway, Perlson is blackmailing me, saying that he won't do any more banner graphics unless I put this one into the rotation:


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Monday, October 04, 2010
Bandai Kamen Rider W Cyclone Accel Extreme
Item: Rider Hero Series W EX Kamen Rider Double Cyclone Accel Extreme Prism Clear ver.
Height: 17cm
Series: Kamen Rider W
Maker: Bandai
Pre-order price: 2,600 yen (1,050 yen retail cost + fees)
Order period: 24 August - 21 October 2010
Release date: January 2011
Info: Premium Bandai exclusive.
Interested buyers can contact me before the order deadline to place your pre-order through me. New buyers please state which country you're from when sending your first e-mail.
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Sadness is a state of mind
And of body and soul, I find.
If all I see is darkness and gloom
and sadness in my life, it will consume.
So, when things just aren't right
I must look around and seek the light.
It is all around me every day,
Even in just a smile that comes my way.
I need to let the warmth of love come in
And fill my heart to let happiness win.
Without happiness there cannot be success.
I sometimes forget this, I must confess.
I will try harder to remember this
When things don't go as I wish.
JR March 2011
After finishing my grandmother's journals, I felt very sad. I'm glad I've had the opportunity to read them, but it saddened me to realize how lonesome she was the last couple of years of her life. We were all too busy to see it. I could have spent more time with her. I'm not going to beat myself up over it, because I didn't know. I hope this will help me to see that sadness in other people's eyes, and perhaps I can bring a little joy to them with a smile, an extra "hello", a note, a card, a phone call, or a visit.


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I'll start off by acknowledging that it has been awhile but I'm back.
Have any of you been watching Legends of Tomorrow? I have. I love It (well most parts anyway.) There are some parts that make me want to scream.
Those parts mostly involve Ray though. I know most people probably like him but he annoys the crap out of me.
Like Kendra does but I'll get to her in a moment.
Anyway, Back to Ray; The guy with the Hero Complex. I know having a hero complex isn't necessarily a bad thing but I just find it annoying. It's impossible to make the world right. There has been too much damage done to it.
Yes, I'm aware that this is a TV Programme I'm talking about but still. It is impossible. It's not just Rays hero complex that annoys me. I feel like he's constantly whining and Moping about.
Get a grip man. It's not all about you. That being said, I do feel sorry for him when it comes to Kendra.
Ah. Kendra, Kendra, Kendra.
She's almost as bad. She does have that 4,000 year old relationship drama going on but you'd think she'd be able to let Ray down gently. Sure, She probably does love him but I'm guessing not as much as Ray loves her, despite saying yes to that Ring. Kudos to her for leading him on for this long though.
Well Done, Kendra. you deserve a round of applause.
He has told her repeatedly how much he loves her and yet it takes Vandal Savage, Destroyer Of Worlds, who is quite possibly insane, help Ray see the truth that Kendra won't dump him/let him go but that He'll never be her one. He's just a substitute for Carter, who She doesn't even seem to love either.
I can't decide which one of them annoys me more.
Feel free to discuss this in the comments section!!!


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Transition Complete?
Enjoy (the new layout) and bon appetit!
Update: Arrrggh! I am still encountering some trouble, so I am going to wait a bit before completely moving over. Pooh, I'm tired of this shifting back-and-forth.
4 comments:
- jinerous9/13/2006 12:37:00 PM
wow, i like new layout. the colors in your pictures are so vibrant! it's the way that food is supposed to be presented. more color = more nutrition = more yummy to my tummy.ReplyDelete
beatuiful, mouthwatering colors! i'll take one of each.ReplyDelete
Well, beautiful photos regardless of all the Blogger Beta bugs.ReplyDelete
Thanks for all of your compliments about the pictures and colors Jinerous, Pink Nest, and Elmo Monster! I hope that Blogger Beta begins to behave soon, so that I can better manipulate the colors in the layout and post more pictures, hopefully, with more ease.ReplyDelete
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Mexican rights activists claim railroad guards killed migrants
- Details
- Category: World News
- Published Thursday, December 17, 2015
- CTV News
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican rights activists said Wednesday they have reports of three cases in which private railroad guards have killed migrants trying to ride freight trains to the U.S.
Leticia Gutierrez of the Scalabrinian religious order said the organization also has evidence that five migrants were killed by state or local police in recent months.
Central American migrants used to crowd north-bound freight trains until Mexico cracked down in 2014, sending police and migration agents to raid the trains.
But activists say armed guards from a shadowy private company based in Mexico state have pulled migrants from trains, beating them and shooting at them with shotguns.
Scalabrinian migrant mission activist Carlos Aaron Rodriguez said that the bodies of three young migrants were found near the train tracks in a stretch between the central Mexico cities of Queretaro and Celaya.
Rodriguez said that other migrants claim to have witnessed the black-clad security guards shooting at the victims.
The Rev. Alejandro Solalinde, a Roman Catholic priest who heads a migrant shelter, said the private guards had been involved in "beating, torturing and giving electric shocks" to Central American migrants in at least two states.
One of the main railway lines in Mexico denied using such guards, and said its own employees simply report migrants to the appropriate authorities.
Kansas City Southern Mexico said in a statement that "our work regarding the difficult situation of migrants riding aboard freight trains is limited to reporting this to authorities, and co-operating with them."
The other main railway line, and Mexican immigration and interior department officials, did not respond to requests for comment.


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- 12 x 12-inch sheet of scrapbook paper
- Pinking shears
- Crafts glue
- 8-inch length each of 1-5/8-inch-wide white and colored crepe paper
- Decorative-edge scissors
- Sewing thread and needle
- 16-inch length of 1-1/2-inch-wide satin ribbon
- 1/4-inch hole punch
- 1 45-inch length each of three shades of silk ribbon
1.} Use a pencil to draw a curved line on the wrong side of the scrapbook paper from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. Make a mark on the curved line every 3-3/4 inches. Use the pinking shears to cut a straight line from the corners to the nearest mark and from mark to mark. Fold from each mark to the bottom corner of the paper. Overlap the small section with the section from the opposite edge of the cone; glue.
2.} Using decorative-edge scissors, trim one long edge of the white crepe paper, and trim 1/4 inch from one long edge of the colored crepe paper. Layer the crepe paper lengths and sew them together into a fan shape. Glue to the front of the cone.
3.} Tie a loose knot in the center of the satin ribbon. Trim each ribbon end into a V. Glue the knot to the bottom edge of the crepe paper.
4.} Punch a hole into each side of the cone. Insert the ends of each silk ribbon length through the holes. Tie a knot to secure the ribbon ends on the outside of the cone.
Instructions found on BHG.com and cone diagram found on PastryWiz.com


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Rhett Spoke a Full Sentence!!!!!
Last night I handed him his Elmo Balloon, and he said..."Aye Ike Ahmo!!"
For those of you that don't speak Rhett, it translates into "I Like Elmo!!"
At first I totally thought I was hearing things, and then I said, "What did you just say?" and he said it again. So now everytime he sees Elmo he says it. Boyyyy is his speech therapist going to be proud when she comes next week!!


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As Toronto braces for another hot and steamy three-day weekend, the city's only major water park sits deserted on the silent grounds of Ontario Place.
Long gone are the laughing voices of thousands of happy children splashing in the water, riding down twisting slides and jostling on tiny bumper boats.
Instead, only a bored security guard roams the desolate grounds of the once-crowded water park, closed earlier this year as part of the provincial government's pending "revitalization" of the Ontario Place grounds.
Peering through the locked fence surrounding the water park area on Wednesday as the temperature started to soar, I could see the gigantic slides, the picnic tables, the pool and tipping bucket areas.
Absent, though, was a single kid.
The water park closure is a disgrace. It is especially odious that this summer is one of the hottest on record — and there's another month of stifling weather yet to go.
Our political leaders at Queen's Park and city hall, who talk loudly about wanting to create more places for city kids to play, should stop their rhetoric and act now to seek ways to reopen the park by next summer.
Last week, a panel headed by John Tory, chair of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, tabled a compelling new vision for the 41-year-old Ontario Place that includes parks, revival of the original Forum entertainment stage, residences and businesses. Happily, the 55-page report opposed proposals for a lakefront casino.
Noticeably absent, however, was any meaningful reference to the water park other than to say Toronto can't support another full-entertainment centre.
Obviously, Ontario Place needs to be rejuvenated. Neglect by successive governments and changing public entertainment habits resulted in attendance plunging from 3.3 million when it opened in 1971 to 320,000 in 2010. It was expected to lose $20 million this year.
Despite declining attendance, the water park remained hugely popular with tens of thousands of young children. Many of them came from single-parent homes or poorer families who couldn't afford to travel to Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan or Wild Water Kingdom in Brampton, which cost twice as much to enter as the Ontario Place water park did. Kids could play all day at Ontario Place for as little as $12.
"When the closure of Ontario Place was first announced, I immediately thought of my daughter who worked there last summer as a lifeguard," one reader wrote in a recent email. "I couldn't stop thinking about the stories she told me about all the kids and their parents who came in droves to enjoy the water park.
"She saw kids with single moms, kids of recent immigrants with their extended families, young teens from diverse backgrounds, all of whom were having a fabulous time beating the heat."
Ontario Place officials argue that despite the many paying customers, the water park was a money-losing venture.
To its credit, Tory's panel took a hard look at calling for the water park to remain open in the summers. It did so after many parents told them at the panel's public hearings that the water park was one of the few attractions they could afford for their kids.
But the management team at Ontario Place, which falls under the authority of the provincial government, claimed that option was too expensive.
Keeping the water park open, they suggested, would also mean opening washrooms, parking lots and food stands. That would result in having to pay hundreds of workers, not just a few lifeguards.
Clearly, the province needs to save money where it best can. But doing so at the expense of Toronto families who cannot afford to send their kids to fancy amusement parks outside the city limits is spiteful.
The reader who wrote recently was right when she said the Ontario Place water park was "one of the few affordable attractions accessible to all."
Reopening the park next summer should be fairly easy. The water slides are still in place, the bumper cars are safely stored, the picnic tables can be seen from beyond the fences. Planning should start now to allow enough time to find possible corporate sponsors for the water park and new ways to keep expenses down.
The goal is simple: Open the gates and let the kids back in.
Bob Hepburn's column appears Thursday.


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Stars trade major makeup for a subtle look.
A full face of all-eyes-on me makeup is perfect for your wedding, the Oscars, or a glammed-up night on the town. But there's definitely something to be said for a soft, more natural makeup look!
Depending on your personal style, paring down the smokey eyes and bright lips can take years off your face, giving you a youthful radiance.
From Rihanna to LaLa, we take a look at celebs who've gone from a divalicious look to an au naturale, less-is-more makeup style. Let us know which you prefer in the comment section!


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-The good thing is I don't have mono, but the doctor said there is a perfectly good explanation for my sheer exhaustion.
-After several complicated pregnancies, we are cautiously optimistic. We know that things can happen late into the pregnancy.
-We will have two, count them two in diapers for quite some time.
-We are nervous about the idea of taking care of a child with special needs and a newborn. We have a fetal echo in 5 weeks to see if the heart is o.k.
-We know that we will get through this with all the support that we've gotten from family and friends.
-Why not throw another loop in the roller coaster. It may be a wild ride, but it's our wild ride! And I am in it for the long haul.
-We always wanted another one after Ellie. We thought closer than five and a half years would be nice.
-Phenergen and Zofran have become a constant companion. Isn't it great to be in modern day!
-For some reason after four girls, I feel a little pressure to have a boy. But we just want a healthy baby.
-with God, all things are possible.
"Things work out, it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out, don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in him, if we will pray to him, if we will live worthy of his blessings, he will hear our prayers." — Gordon B. Hinckley
So, we appreciate all the support we have been given thus far. Especially all the thoughts and prayers on behalf of Ellie. You have no idea what that means to me and our family to have people call or stop by and just give us words of encouragement. And we feel all your prayers for our family. Thanks to all the heart moms for words of encouragement and support. Thank you for all your support from St. George to here to places all over the country. We have the best family and friends anyone could ever want. We are really excited to be adding this baby to our family.
Boy or Girl?


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Do not be aggravated when your pride is wounded. Embrace the aggravation instead. You'll surely feel a lot stronger in serenity.
Had this wonderful reminder this morning.
Humility is the coolest weapon.
I just want to share to you a very encouraging and sensible reminder that I am keeping for a little while.
I have seen this for quite some time now in StumbleUpon's quotes. And this really made me refrain from getting myself into trouble. Every time I feel like punching or shouting and even cursing at someone I will just try to close my eyes and remind myself of this. I am trying hard to become a better person, friend, and daughter. Aside from constantly asking for God's guidance, this wonderful reminder helps me get through the rough tides of life.
" Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. And before you quit, try."
I hope that this will also inspire you each day.
God bless.
Today is Sabbath. And I didn't make it home. Sabbath is the best day of the week. I get to see my family while enjoying God's inspirational messages in church. After scanning randomly my Facebook pictures, it hit me. I miss them! 😦
This one had so much impact.
The chatty/blabber-filled girl. The listening-lady.
Yeah! Sue me girls. I miss you all. Mama, Papa, and our Darya (just kidding, it's Daryl my brother).
Well, I'll just fix this with Sally DeFord's
My Sister's Hands
My sister's hands are fair and white; my sister's hands are dark
My sister's hands are touched with age, or by the years unmarked
And often when I pray for strength to live as He commands
The Father sends me sustenance in my sister's hands
My sister's hands are lined and worn with burdens of their own
And yet I know that should I mourn, I need not weep alone
For often as I seek His grace to lighten life's demands
The Father sends me solace borne in my sister's hands
My sister's hands: compassion's tools that teach my own their art
Witnesses of charity within the human heart
Bearers of the Savior's love and mercy unto man
I have felt the Master's touch in my sister's hands
If you have a sister or a brother, tell them you love them.
(Though I find it so hard all the time. I will take a bold step this time.)
We'll get there girls. mwah! I love you!
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in a prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:24, NIV
Pray. Believe and Receive.
(This picture was taken from my Aunt's front yard.)
Today, I had the most entertaining and inspiring reminder from my morning devotional with Pastor Doug Batchelor of Sacramento Central Church. I had this habit for almost a week now, to take a pause before I do anything every morning and spend some time for a morning devotional. I have been experiencing some turmoil and trials lately that I find it so hard to get through without God.
I felt so blessed that I have found the amazingfacts.org website. Today I have chosen "CONSIDER THE LILIES". And I was reminded by Pastor Doug of God's love and mercy through his sermon. This sermon made me smile. And smiling is a great way to start your day, isn't it?
One of the verses that I love so much from his message is found in Matthew 6:28-30. I am using the New International Version. It says,
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you – you of little faith?"
Indeed, God never fails to care for us, His children. It's just us who worry so much that we fail to see what God has prepared and already has given us. We are just too busy looking for "what we want to see" and never for "what we already see and receive". Oftentimes, blinded by our worldly pleasures and desires, we forgot the little things that matter most.
I would just like to share it to you how I was reminded by God's existence with the exquisite and surreal beauty of flowers. God has always taken care of us with these gorgeous living things. Let me remind you of some instances. And tell me, whenever flowers, either as expensive bouquets or as freshly picked ones from the garden, haven't lifted your lowly spirit and inspired your hearts.
- In sickness, whether in hospital or home bed. Wouldn't a visitor or a friend bearing with flowers lighten you up and makes you feel happy that may provoke your mind to feel healthy again? You really don't mind of how these flowers come or where they are from. It's their beauty that gives you radiance and makes you feel loved.
- Flowers play vital roles in romance no matter what circumstances. Most people in the world, particularly men, love to give flowers. Especially during courtship, flowers never miss the spotlight. And women love this gesture. It is a simple act of affection but certainly gives joy.
- In special occasions, flowers never fail to brighten up the venues.
- In times of loneliness, flowers give you innate warmth and gladness. Just by looking at your vase of flowers or even going to certain flower beds will give you peace and invigorate your emotion. Their beauty will remind you of God's love and you are never alone.
These are just among the many circumstances we experience as we continue to tread on our life's journey. But we should not dwell on them. Let us leave them behind and move on so that we may never miss to see how wondrous God's love is along the way.
Flowers are used by God to make us smile. Let's never worry because we have the flowers as proofs of God's existence and of His eternal love. Take time to savor the simple and exquisite beauty of flowers. It will surely give you joy and help you start your day right with a smile.
(You can visit http://www.amazingfacts.org/television/everlasting-gospel.aspx for some Archives of Pastor Doug's messages under Everlasting Gospel.)
"Remember this, all of you. Nothing counts so much as blood. The rest are just strangers."
– Nicholas Earp
This is one of my favorite lines in Wyatt Earp (1994) movie. A father reminding his children how important family is. Family is so precious, indeed.


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Left: Puggle in full-blown gurrowing mode
Pictured on your left is one of our Puggles, whose name is Chauncey Gardner. I suspect that pound-for-pound this 20-pound dog is capable of excavating more cubic feet of earth than just about any other dog.
I am not sure what sort of critter Chauncey thinks he is going to catch with his digging. I have been filling in the 3-foot hole every day, but in 30 minutes or so Chauncey is able to revert the ground to its former holey state. I suppose I could just let him dig in this same spot: it is out of the way, it is not near the root systems of any significant plants, and the time he spends on this massive hole he is not digging other holes in my yard.
Left: Momentarily surprised Puggle
I had to set up the second photo, and I was shooting for a Scooby-Doo "ruh-roh" feel in the next image. I called Chauncey's name in an excited voice and he popped up to see what was going on. I managed to get lucky and snap the shutter at the right moment, and the picture came out pretty much as I envisioned it.
It is difficult to get angry at such a happy little dog, and his digging is just a minor quirk as far as I am concerned. Heck, for all I know he might be inadvertently aerating the earth in the places he digs.
May 9, 2011
Digging PuggleShare
Posted by historymike at 9:14 PM
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- Debbie G said...
You managed to get two delightful shots of the boy! Great job Mike!
- Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:46:00 AM
- Friko said...
Is he after moles, do you think?
My Benno never bothers to dig, but then, he's a labrador, a rather dignified sort of chap.
He will, however, follow his nose for hours if there is the prospect of a crumb or other tidbit.
- Thursday, May 12, 2011 1:24:00 PM
- Mad Jack said...
Excellent shots, Mike! That is one happy dog.
- Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:18:00 PM
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Monday, September 21, 2015
I wonder if Batman and Nightwing called him "Wrathchild" to his face...
Today's an issue that I was excited for when it was first announced...then forgot about, then picked up a marked-down copy of last week: from 2008, Batman Confidential #16, "Wrath Child, Conclusion" Written by Tony Bedard, pencils by Rags Morales, inks by Mick Gray and Rodney Ramos.
I was looking forward to the return of the Wrath from Batman Special #1, and good news: he's got a costume pretty close to the original, not the nondescript armor of the New 52 version. The original Wrath died pretty definitively in his first appearance, so this storyline features his protege out for revenge: this Wrath is a little closer to guest-star Nightwing than Batman, and that's his downfall.
With Alfred hacking child protective services databases for orphans whose parents were killed by police, Batman and Nightwing deduce the Wrath's real name, Elliot Caldwell. They also realize Elliot wasn't the Wrath's only protege: he had kidnapped four other kids for "training," only Elliot had survived. He knew the Wrath never loved him, but while shaken, he's game to take on Batman and Nightwing together. Their teamwork and partnership kicks the Wrath's ass metaphorically--his beating isn't even pictured, he's just in jail on the last page!
Perhaps this would have held up better if I read all of the previous issues, although I suspect they were mostly callbacks to the Batman Special: the new Wrath going after Commissioner Gordon and the old Wrath's old girlfriend. And while he's far better known for his work on Identity Crisis, I liked Morales's work way back when on the AD&D comic Forgotten Realms. Such a fun, charming book; he's changed his style a bit since then...not sure if for the better. Well, perhaps the first three issues of "Wrath Child" will trickle in later.
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- Dale Bagwell said...
That is some gorgeous art by Rags for sure. The bad costume aside, I think the New52 incarnation of the Wraith had potential, but unfortunately longevity never seems to be in the cards for the character in any incarnation. I think as a character with a twisted version of Bruce's origin, he should be more of a regular in Bat's rogues gallery, but it just never works out that way. Shame really.
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Will this feeling EVER go away?
It's tough for faculty to set up curriculum, I know that. But at the same time, my school only requires 90 hours of precepting in our last quarter. That's 7 ½ shifts! ONLY! Other schools I know require far more than that. Regardless of the hours, I still leave my shift precepting with that gut wrenching feeling.
Even when the day is going well. When I'm feeling more independent. When I think that "hey, maybe I can get the hang of this," there's still a part of me that's like, "AHHH! OMG!" It's a constant voice in the back of my head. Sometimes it keeps me going, other times it forces me to just take a time out and chill. I feel like nursing school was really just the tip of the iceberg as far as "how to be a nurse." Just when I felt like I was starting to get the hang of it last quarter, that feeling crept back up and reminded me that there's a whole other world out there that I've got to learn about. I guess all I can do is muster up my knowledge, say a prayer, take a deep breath, and jump in.
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Ani, what's really gonna blow your mind is the minute that feeling disappears something new crosses your path and you start all over again!
It happens to me all the time! LOL
Ani, if it makes you feel better our preceptorship was only 48 hrs. I am still scared every day that I work that I have no idea what I am doing and that it is just some big fluke for me to be out on my own and that my teacher are going to jump out and have a "gotcha" moment.
Before you know it, twenty years will be gone and if you're lucky you will have a niche, or maybe like me you will have practiced every form of nursing under the sun. Either way, there are days and topics that make your confidence soar, and others when you second guess yourself adnauseum! After some time you will become confident enough to know its ok to say "I have no idea what the answer is, but I will find it and get back to you." For me, becoming confident enough to to ask someone elses opinion or to ask for help …. that's when the fear left. it took me a while to realize that I could not possibly know everything, but I know where to turn for help. Always remember you are not alone. Especially with the web… Its like having an expert in your pocket.
I know exactly how you feel! Am currently doing my 90 hours of internship, and always ask myself, "Is that all"? I feel that I totally lack the knowledge and skills at this point, thought I would get much more education in school. I guess most of the education comes with on the job training.
When you feel like you know it all and that you are the expert, most times you are dangerous. Remember, no patients are the same, so treat the patient and "not the numbers
i felt exactly the same way and here i am 14 years later and i have found my niche in rehab nursing and love it!! i thought i would never be comfortable as a nurse and really thought it wasn't for me, now, i am certified in rehab and considered an expert!!n hang in there, it will happen for you too!!


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January 29, 2014
Akai Ito [Chapter 18]
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- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 12:27 AM
Thank you so much for the summary!! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for reading ^-^Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 12:54 AM
Thank you, yes Nanjou is still a problem ;(ReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome ^-^ Yup.Delete
I like when there is cultural festival in the history. Thank you a lot for your summary :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Is that so, Mineira ^^Delete
Thanks for reading ^-^
I'm guessing she's an ex of his, given how they juxtaposed her with Nanjou (another romantic rival) in that scene and how hazy/enigmatic information about Shou's past love life has been. I'm not sure I like this development. Chihiro is already self-doubting and not entirely confident to begin with. This will probably shake her up even more. I want more cutsey couple scenes dammit!ReplyDelete
Thanks for summarizing!Replies
Is that so, Luna. Yup..I agree. Well, hopefully, it doesn't turn out that bad..like in most shoujo..if it is indeed a rival.Delete
Thanks for reading ^-^
I agree with Nanjou being a problem 100%! To me he comes off as a very manipulative person who Chihiro should be the up most cautious around, and unfortunately she is kind of slow in these matters so she isn't. And i definitely think he will take advantage of Chihiro feeling insecure due to the mystery girl.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup, Karen. He most likely will do that.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 12:57 PM
School festivals are really fun and usually a good plot for lovey-dovey moments in manga's..^^ although its a horror theme here, i liked the interactions between the couple.. sweet.. heheheReplyDelete
Well, its seems that Kitamura has feelings for Hinase, but its good that she doesn't seem to be a problem for the couple.. and since Chihiro is unaware of the situations, where one is irritated with someone going steady with the guy she likes..
And who would be that beautiful girl with hat?? Is she Sho's ex-girlfriend or someone he liked before, who probably hurt/ rejected him before that's why those close to him is saying his not lucky with girls?? and Nanjou being there too, i think next chapters will be about jealousy among the couple..
Oh, and my couple, RenxRino doesnt have any exposures here, hope to see some from them on the next chapter.. <3<3<3 (waiting for the half-half part you mentioned before Ms. Kat..) Thank you very much and have a nice weekend..Replies
Yup..usually, it is a cafe thing. I'm actually curious what is Shou's ghost costume if he is also a participant =PDelete
Ya..it's good that she isn't being too difficult with. Aside from starting to feel uneasy because of what she is doing, Chihiro pretty much hit the bull's eye about 'leaving bad memories'. Indeed..I think she is more clueless about getting permission from Kitamura..and also when she is trying to make Chihiro appear that she is giving Chihiro a favor. ^^;
Indeed..more jealousy coming soon.
Ya, in the next chapter. Well, you're welcome and have a nice weekend, too ^-^
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2014 at 12:47 PM
hmmm.. I don't think Shou is into festivals, so maybe he didnt participate..ReplyDelete
And i'm really puzzled why Nanjou suddenly became interested with Chihiro and he's behaving like he wont let Chihiro be with Hinase. or maybe this is also connected with them being rival at Kendo.
I just also thought that if the Hat girl is Shou's ex, he might not be that interested with her; If she's a close friend or a sister, he might be a little accomodating and won't have enough time for Chihiro during the festival. But being insecure and somewhat confused of what she really wants, Chihiro might be the problem. What if the couple decided to use these 'unexpected guest' to make one jealous like in the other manga's?
Ohhh.. can't wait for RenxRino moments.. Thank you again Ms. Kat..Replies
Probably..it is only shown that he is helping in the building of the props.Delete
Possible..though it is indeed sudden.
Ah..that's right. It would most likely be that.
You're welcome ^-^


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I found two new news sources this morning. One is a post on Reddit about the arrest of 33 clergy over the past month. I had read most of these stories by other means, but it was nice to find them all listed in one place. The other source was also on Reddit; a subreddit called r/Pastor/Arrested. It's a frightening collection of hypocrites.
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Let's take another look at a particular year in Sutton, this time 1940.
|Ads from 1940 Sutton Newspapers
The 1940 census was released on April 2nd after being locked up for 72 years giving us a glimpse of who was doing what in our town. We also used the 1940 Sutton Register newspapers for a better image of the year.
Right off the bat, two things stand out. The country and especially our area were well on the way towards crawling out of the Great Depression. There is optimism in the tone of the newspaper articles. One newspaperman insisted that Nebraska was just one good crop away from recovery illustrating he saw weather as a bigger problem than economic and banking issues. Farm mortgage debt was 7 billion, the smallest figure in 20 years and down from over 9 ½ billion in prior decade. The record high was 11 billion in the early 20's.
The other news that took up newspaper column space was the expanding war in Europe. Stories from the German side almost matched that of the English and the tone was much like a spectator of a sporting event. Writers seemed almost certain the US would not be dumb enough to get involved in another intra-European squabble.
Locally, florescent light was new at the Central Café. News reached town that local sports star Vic Kohler was wed in Hawaii during a bowl trip with his brother Morris and the rest of Oregon State football team. New license plates were red on blue drawing criticism that they would be better employed advertising for a carnival company.
Changing times threatened the K. C. & O rail line from Clay Center to Fairfield and the sixteen mile freight line from Sutton to Clay Center appeared doomed too.
Mystery birds appeared in yards, black, but not a blackbird, white bills, short tails and smaller than a robin. No one knew what it was.
The Sutton Register was $1.25 per year.
The county board of supervisors was Chairman Henry F. Tjarks, E. L. Smock, O. B. Percival, Fred Mock, Fred Kreil, John H. Schmer and Emil Hutline. Brothers-in-law Roy Oakley and Henry Vauck were in the midst of their long-running act as County Clerk and County Judge. Sheriff John J. Harr and Deputy Ralph Spencer policed the county.
There were a number of excuses to socialize: the Golden Rod Club, S. N. T. Club, Sutton Women's Club, Fortnightly Club, P. E. O.', J. U. T. and Fairview Club among others.
Prominent town boxers included Ray Roemmick, Allen Bender, Earl Plettner and Elmer Plettner.
But it is hard to beat the census for a cross-section of what people were doing and where. Sara Ebert was the enumerator for the census in the town of Sutton, Lee Lilliedahl counted noses in rural Sutton Township and my Dad, Clarence Johnson was the enumerator for School Creek Township. Yes, School Creek was the first thing I looked at when the census came online.
Let's concentrate on businesses in Sutton. First, the gas stations stand out. William Ebert, Orville Levander, Alex McDonald, John A. Mathewson, Albert Hust, Herman Griess, George Reutzel, Chester Wesson, Adam Rasby, and William Wasson (gas station and café) all claimed to own or operate gas stations.
There were mechanics: Adolph Ekhardt, Reuben Wiard, Carl Unterseher, William Stertz plus Art Wach and LeRoy Cronin at the Ford garage,
|A fine figure of a vehicle - the 1940 Chevrolet
Four people, Gerald Nuss, Henry L. Rothrock, Ronald Spielman and pianist Helen Levander were listed as being with an orchestra.
Alexander Bauer and Ewald Nuss were bakers. (E.T.'s name was Ewald, didn't know that.)
Blacksmiths were William Steward and Fred Ehly. John Reifschneider called himself a junk dealer. Sibyl Jarrett was the librarian, of course.
Grocery stores were operated by Robert M. Figi, William Wieland and William Schmidt (also with dry goods).
Remember the produce stations? Floyd Sinner had one, John Eberhard listed himself as "cream tester" – that lasted a while. Emil Ochsner and son Milton ran a hatchery and developed an incubator as was done in Clay Center. (One of Emil's is in the porch at the historic house.) Henry Haberman Jr. told the enumerator that he was a hired hand at a chicken ranch.
Henry Scheideman and Peter Scheierman were butchers; barbers Earl Atkins, Paul D. Welch and Goss Randall checked in and Frank Weston was a hardware merchant.
Paul Ebert had a café, wife Nora was the cook and daughter Ursula was the waitress. Reuben Nuss was also a cook in a café.
Other merchants included: Earnest Jones, retail; Gottlieb Tesler, grocer; Fred Hanke, tailor shop; Albertis Lewis, jewelry store; and Carl Bruckner, variety store;
Herman V Nuss and Joseph Welch identified as Medical Doctors and Dr. Welch doubled as the mayor. Dentists were David J. Pope, Dwight Dulaigh, Herbert J. Ocshner and Gilbert Wieland. Dr. James S. Barbee had begun the long association of his name with Sutton veterinarian services. George Miller, Lee Lilliedahl and Theodore McKibben all plied the pharmacy trade.
Alfred Snedgren was superintendent of schools.
There were bankers: William and Nellie Hoerger, Edd and Walter Kirchefer while Samuel J. Carney listed his occupation as banker and his industry as hardware. Margaret Carney was "Editor – talking books." (What was that?)
Lillian Phelps had her millinery shop, Jess Giffen managed a Ladies Ready-to-Wear shop as did Anna Bauer, Charles and Lila Gibson were manager and cashier at the Lyric Theater, Clarence Hurst was the bookkeeper at an implement dealer, Clair Nelson managed the bowling alley and Gottlieb Ehly was a cemetery sexton.
Five Sutton city residents listed rural mail carrier as their job: George Barnell, Olen Whitlcok, Wesley McDonald, George Schwab and Guy Swanson (our mailman on RR #2 northwest of town).
On Maltby Street we find sisters Anna, Martha and Selma Ebert, ladies this farm kid never knew, regrettably. Francis Lombardi was the priest. The hospital staff was Anna Stockham, manager; Maxine Johnson, trained nurse and Gracie Urbauer, practical nurse.
John Fuehrer was a painter and paper hanger but his son Edwin was trying his hand as a meat cutter at a grocery store – that worked out well. Fuehrer's cheese spread is good today but who remembers his braunschweiger and his efforts to reverse engineer the Kraft product?
Tavern owners and bartenders Walter Green, Jacob Serr and Lucas Trebelhorn were serving that thirsty market. The insurance business was represented by John C. Grosshans, Martin Challburg (he had two dogs in the fifties, or were those ponies?) and Mrs. Mayme W. Clark was a hail and tornado insurance agent, really.
Herman Lorenzen sold Rawleigh products. Victor Kohler was the gymnasium janitor. This would have been between seasons of professional football in Boston and dad Otto was the undertaker. William Rickard and a few others identified with WPA road construction.
Emma Huffman was the supervisor, NYA Sewing Project. There were several young seamstresses learning that craft in Sutton in the Sewing Project. The National Youth Administration was a New Deal agency in the WPA from 1935 through 1943 and unlike the CCC, the NYA also served women. Lyndon Johnson once served as its Texas director.
John Helzer and others reported their occupation as "Book Repair, WPA Library Project." Employees of this project repaired and re-conditioned tens of millions of books in school and public libraries in 45 states in another New Deal employment program.
This has not been an exhaustive list of Suttonites in business, professions and trades but a cross-section of those listed in the 1940 census. To calibrate the population, kids who were five in 1940 were in the high school graduating classes about 1953 and are approaching their 60th reunion, a lot of folks, to be sure. Many in the '40 census carried on in the same or similar positions for decades and are well within the memories of many more of us.
We hope you enjoyed this look back at Sutton 72 years ago and at the people who were walking the streets, buying and selling in these store buildings and doing their part to prepare the town for us, today. The 2010 census will be released in January, 2082. What will that little kid in the stroller you saw today think about when she sees your name in that ancient 2010 census record?
This article first appeared in the June 2012 issue of Sutton Life Magazine. For further information about Sutton Life Magazine or for a subscription visit http://www.suttonlifemagazine.com/index.html


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Have I got an opportunity for you!
I've secured the rights to a 19th century Swedish folk tale that, since it was discovered at the bottom of well by a traveling circus monkey, has been widely regarded as a major predecessor to "Harry Potter."
It features wizards, spells, demons and a teenage love triangle, this time involving a young wizard, a demon who used to be a boy and a beautiful girl who used to be a demon. Together they experience all the highs and lows of adolescence, just with far more confusing terminology and expressions of their love for beef stroganoff. Best of all, director Ron Clements ("Aladdin," "The Little Mermaid") has expressed interest, as long as we can secure Rico Rodriguez ("Modern Family") to star.


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Watch this new Herman Cain video. Assuming you don't know much about him (well, many don't!), would this video make you want to vote for him or not, and why?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
What Does This Video Tell You About Herman Cain?
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- Tina said...
I think this ad would reach a lot of people. For me, it needs to alternate between folksy and nerd-smart more - I would need to hear more about his business background - and his science/math education. A coworker is a big fan but I have not researched him much. She tells me he has not only corporate experience but also ran a local branch of The Fed?
Maybe I am too old or too Christian, but the tag line "Raising Cain" makes me shudder. It still connotates irresponsibility to me, so I'd push a different catchphrase. Better is the "Get on the Cain Train" or even the "Hurricane Herman Cain" line.
- May 31, 2011 at 6:04 PM
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Kansas Crappie Club
Location: Perry State Park Lake View Boat Ramp
Type: Veterans Day Shootout at Perry Lake
Date: Saturday, November 11, 2017
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone No: 785-207-4321
Time: 6:00 am - 2:30 pm
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Kansas Crappie Club, Attn: Joe Bragg
2938 SW Woodstock
Topeka, KS 66614
Veterans Day Single Pole Shootout at Perry
This Tournament will be a Fundraiser to help KDWPT with the Free Fishing Licenses for Veterans. They get money every year, but every year it runs out before they can get to everyone. So, to help do our part, we will have a Single Pole Shootout.
***Entry Fee will be $250.00 Per Team
*** Optional Big Fish Contest- $ 50.00 Per Team
*** All Anglers MUST ....only fish with a single pole, rigged with a single artificial lure at a time
*** 7 Fish Weigh In with 80% of Entry Fees going to Payouts, with the remaining 20% of Entry Fees going to KDWPT to help provide free fishing & hunting opportunities for our Disabled Combat Veterans with a
VA Disability rating of 30% or greater.