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A fortuitous convergence of books from the library:
Owls Head by the photographer Rosamond Purcell (The Quantuck Lane Press, 2003), is a portrait of William Buckminster, an eccentric collector/junkyard proprietor in Owls Head, Maine. What attracted me was the compactness of the volume among all the swollen photography books flanking it (770.92 PUR) and the elegance of the typeface on the pale-gray spine. A blurb on the back from Lawrence Weschler helped too. I've only just started reading it but was sucked in further by the epigraph for "Breaking Ground," the first chapter:
"Don, lo cauecs vos ahura,
Que tals bad'en la peintura Qu'atre n'espera la mana."
[Sir, the owl warns you:
This one gapes at the painting, another waits for manna.]
--Marcabru, L'autrier jost' una sebissa
(troubadour pastorela, twelfth century)"
The other book is Food and Feasting in Art (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006) by Silvia Malaguzzi (translated by Brian Phillips), another small volume dwarfed by its surroundings (704.949641 MAL). I enjoy art books arranged by theme and this is a gem – generously illustrated chapters devoted to beef, artichokes, legumes, beer and melons. The one on bread (I had already noted Marcabru's mention of manna) is especially good, much devoted to the obvious religious connection, with paintings by Giotto, Dieric Bouts the Elder, Gerard David, Vermeer, Gennari and Lubin Baugin, but the centerpiece is by an unknown Florentine artist:
"The Flour Bolter of Francesco Ridolfi, called Il Rifiorito, 1653, Florence, Accademia della Crusca [Academy of Bran]."
This is a rare case of a reproduction of a painting of food – roast beef on a hard roll? – rendered toothsome enough to stimulate salivation at three removes. Malaguzzi glosses the picture like this:
"This is among the works commissioned by the Accademia della Crusca in the 17th and 18th centuries. By tradition, each academician chose a nickname associated with flour, breadmaking, or the uses of bread."
And this:
"The bread shown here is linked to the custom of using the soft part of bread for polishing intricate metalwork. The quote at the top is from Dante: `That his proficiency may be displayed' [Paradiso, Canto XXV]."
Manna, like bread, is a metaphor for all sustenance, culinary and spiritual, body and soul. In the Marcabru fragment, one awaits art, the other food, jointly necessary for sustaining human life. In his essay "Carasau Bread" (The Perfect Egg and Other Secrets, 2005), the late Aldo Buzzi tells an uncomprehending Italian master-baker: "You see, bread is a topic of universal interest." Zbigniew Herbert wouldn't argue. In his poems and essays the Pole associates bread with the fundamentals of our existence. In "An Answer" (Elegy for the Departure, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter, 1999), he writes:
"this will be night after hard reality
a conspiracy of the imagination
it has a taste of bread and lightness of vodka
but the choice to remain here
is confirmed by every dream about palm trees"
Monday, July 19, 2010
`Another Waits for Manna'
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I believe I am, as a person, becoming more cynical, becoming more selfish, becoming more focused on my own gains above all. My thought process seems to be hardening, becoming somewhat more ruthless, well, when necessary of course.
I have been thinking and wondering why and I can't seem to find an answer except the people that I am associating with. Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing of course :)
On a lighter note, work is really so crap. Two jobs plus uni is really becoming a burden on me. Not that it's a bad thing, more money for me and I get to meet more lovely Asian ladies.
It seems I have absolutely nothing more interesting to say. Yeah, it seems my capacity to think is becoming increasingly limited. But it also seems in recent times my capacity to bullshit random stuff under pressure is becoming quite good. I think that'll be a good tool to use in my future endeavors whatever they may be.
Oh yeah, I had a wonderful evening with a most lovely lady. I thank you for the pleasure princess ^_^
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Sorry if this is a repeat for some of you. I am trying to tie my newsletters with my blog and my goal is to write a monthly newsletter.
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In 2008, Bolivian President Evo Morales kicked out the US Drug Enforcement Administration. Since then, Bolivia, a traditional coca-growing region, "has … managed to reduce coca leaf cultivation, especially over the past five years, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The total production of dried coca leaf fell 11 percent from 2013 to 2014, and has fallen by an average of nearly 10 percent each year since 2011."
Bolivia now has the "lowest coca crop in the region", according to a non-profit NGO focusing on coca-growing, while US allies that still cooperate with the DEA Colombia and Peru have the highest. "Colombia … according to the United Nations, has seen a significant increase in coca cultivation over the past year…"
Morales said he "could mention many countries in the world where there is this drug problem and how it has grown with U.S. presence," referring to places like US-occupied Afghanistan, where opium cultivation has risen dramatically over the past several years.


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Monday, October 20, 2014
The Porki Society @ Sea Park, Petaling Jaya
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I wonder how many bowls I can polish off? 5 of soupy rice noodles and 5 of dry vermicelli maybe...can't wait to crunch on the sun-crispy-fried 'moo tod' pork =)ReplyDeleteReplies
Ulric: heheh, i think you could conquer a perfect 10, but ya, save some space for the side dishes :DDelete
Hahaha...thanx for d vote of confidence...I think the 'moo tod' pork with go well with the boat noodles =)Delete
Ulric: heh, maybe, yeah, it could add some interested extra texture to the noodles :)Delete
Hehe, I went there on Sat night, the owner told us you went in the morning ;) I like their pork satay and takoh!ReplyDeleteReplies
Audrey: ooo, haha, we missed each other by a few hours :) ya, the food here was enjoyable :)Delete
Where lah you find these places one hehehe so fast!ReplyDeleteReplies
NekoHime: fast is good, heheh :DDelete
I like the concept and decor, but not the light fixtures. LOL! I would most likely enjoy the stewed pork with steamed rice. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Linda: ya, that stewed pork could go quite well with some dry noodles too! :DDelete
oh, the concept is somewhat similar to that famous boat noodles right? but with more competitive pricesReplyDeleteReplies
Ken: the key word here is probably 'porki' heheh :DDelete
Hope the time I visit not so crowded like others... XDReplyDeleteReplies
小乱: heheh, i think it should be OK, not too crowded :)Delete
gosh u found the pork sticks salty too? the owners (i think, they didn't intro themselves) said it was saltier than normal on Sun but I wonder if it was different on the day u visited.ReplyDeleteReplies
Rebecca: ooo, the meat was OK for me, but my companion found it fairly salty ... but i guess it's relatively salty in comparison to the boat noodles :)Delete
I enjoyed your food sharing~ XDReplyDeleteReplies
Happy walker: glad you enjoyed reading about the porki society :)Delete
Ah pork lard!!! Sinful but yummy, hahaha.ReplyDeleteReplies
CK: haha, ya, i like pork lard in popiah and hokkien mee best :)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2014
Pork and Thai! Two of my greatest loves. Count me in!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Suituapui: yay! you're counted in! :DDelete
Thanks for sharing this place....been following your blog for a while now (though I must say that the food you usually blog about are on the expensive side). Finally, a boat noodle shop that offers other stuff on their menu. Those crunchy pork rinds look....crunchy!ReplyDeleteReplies
Contact.ewew: thanks :) yeah, most of us might not feel that a meal of boat noodles is complete by itself, so it's nice to have as many add-ons as possible :)Delete
Thanks for sharing. I just tried the boat noodle place in Jaya One and felt that without pork, it wasn't complete. Glad Porki Society is opening up :)Delete
Tania: hope you enjoy The Porki Society :)Delete
"Alex's girlfriend is Thai, & her family has long been involved in the F&B business" - Sorry to say on a day with full restaurant they crumble ! They came down falling faster than 911 did.ReplyDelete
Tempered flared off between staff members affected their service.Cashier and drink maker didn't know how to smile but not only that with the number of tables they can't even serve simple soft drinks on time. Not to forget the cashier really does need an attitude make over !!!
Off all the staff only 2 people give a f**k what's going on and made sure everything was going well. One of them was Alex and the other who is a guy wasn't wearing the uniform not too sure who was he.
Great idea with full of porkiness but honestly it felt lack of planning , management and "experience" in F&B business ! Extraordinary Thai Kitchen ? Doubt it
Paid a visit before their official opening (preview by invitation), I love the pork skewer, very addictive indeed however other items just average to me :)ReplyDelete
Your info is not correct - we went twice at 11.30 am and were turned away; they only open at 12 noon. The food is great! Service is very inconsistent. Once, we had to wait 35 minutes for our food - when there was hardly anybody else there! The staff had not keyed in our order properly.ReplyDelete


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It has hardly stopped raining this week until today. This is not a good advert for the West Country but previously we had a long spell of fine weather. Today's ride was over Dartmoor to Okehampton and included a muddy field and off road track, so it was fun.
Here is another fun bit. I came face to face with a deer. The animal ran just in front of me for 200 metres then hopped into the hedge and ran with me for another 200 metres. The speed of a deer is 15mph. Here is a gypsy horse, part Welsh cob, part much else according to the owner. What a great looking animal!


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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
CMS construction plan is up -- really!
The background: On Tuesday the school board got a staff report on priorities for school construction and renovation, designed to launch a months-long discussion on how to spend money once it's available. District officials had hoped to post the full report before the meeting.
A link was available late Tuesday and early Wednesday, but by midday the folks at CMS had decided it was too cumbersome and pulled it down. The latest version breaks the report into chunks that are easier to look up and download.
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- Mike Grant said...
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I witnessed the the execution of the most brutal order in the history of American warfare. I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and headed for the West.Read also the eyewitness account by Lucy Ames Butler, whose husband was a missionary with the Cherokee. He was later an instructor at the Cherokee Female Seminary in Tallequah, Okla. Now known as Northeastern State University, it is the oldest college in Oklahoma and one of the first institutions of higher education established west of the Mississippi River.
At the same time as the Trail of Tears, the Potawatami Indians of northern Indiana were removed by the U.S. Army to what is now Kansas. Be sure to read a letter from Father Benjamin Marie Petit, the Indians' parish priest, describing the march; and a diary kept by Jesse C. Douglas, enrolling agent under Gen. John Tipton, who conducted the forced removal. Follow the links to find out what the newspapers in Springfield and Quincy had to say about the march. (The Sangamo Journal, which is one of the papers you will read, is where the "Journal" in the State Journal-Register's name comes from, by the way.) The documents were compiled by "Mr. Foley" (whose first name I was unable to find), a middle school teacher in Urbana.


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Our first official day in my hometown was the first of July. Since I'm Canadian, this meant celebrating our beautiful country. We started the day with a breakfast in the hotel we stayed at. Then we met up with an old friend of mine to watch the parade. It seemed a bit shorter than I remembered, but it HAS been about 7 years since I've seen this parade so my memory may be playing tricks on me. We saw floats of what seemed to be a soccer team, and another one of the cheerleaders. There was also the ATV club showing off their rides. There were also random guys with their sports cars. The creepiest thing I saw was Ronald McDonald. I am not a mascot person. I am terrified of those things haha. My baby was having fun until the fire trucks arrived. He got so scared by the sirens. I was hugging him and trying to cover his ears, but it was not working. My SO took him and showed him the fire trucks and then Baby stopped crying. I guess either he needed to see where the sound was coming from, or the lights calmed him.
During the afternoon, we went to the fair. Before moving, the afternoon activities used to be quite small stuff. We never used to go because it was boring. Now, there are many games to win prizes and rides. We didn't do any rides because it was really hot outside, and I'm too much of a scaredy-cat to go on rides. We did try out three games. We didn't win big prizes, but my baby got three cute stuffed things haha. We bought some cotton candy and went on our marry way to eat dinner. After dinner, and after Baby's nap, we went to see the fireworks. When I used to live there, the fireworks were the best part of the day. So high up in the sky and big and beautiful; and they used to make shapes (like hearts or the Canadian flag if I remember right). I talked about them so much to my SO and was so excited to show him how good my hometown made fireworks. Sadly, they decided to change where they did them. Now they're super low and not quite as good as they used to be. We had to move closer to the field they were shooting them from, and even then we had a hard time seeing them. But when they were high enough for us to see, they were pretty. Not as good as before I moved, but still way better then what they do where I live now.
Our second day was less eventful. The only thing I really wanted to do was take pictures at my elementary school's park. We couldn't stay outside for too long because of the weather. Only 20 minutes outside and my son's cheeks were red as a tomato! Good thing we were drinking water constantly. After his nearly four hour nap, we went to the mall to eat dinner and shop a little. After that we only went back to the hotel room and that's when things went downhill. My SO had started to have an upset stomach and, when we got back to the hotel room, he started vomiting. I suggested it might be because of the heat, but when I started vomiting.. and other things.. we knew we had caught the gastroenteritis. We spent the worst night of our lives. Barely able to sleep, needing to go to the bathroom at what felt like 10 minutes intervals and after a while our stomachs would just hurt because there wasn't anything else to vomit. At 7a.m. I called my in-laws to ask them if they could come pick us up. We weren't betting much on them accepting because it was a five and a half hour drive (which means 11 hours back and forth). They accepted though and we are forever in their debt. Sadly, after breakfast, my son started vomiting as well. His symptoms seemed less harsh than ours; he only vomited three times in the morning before leaving, and on our way home his stomach was hurting and when I massaged it he started pooping and fell asleep haha. After that he was pretty much back to his happy healthy self.
It was an awful end to a super trip to my hometown. I'm glad we at least got to enjoy our time there and only had to suffer on the last night and on the trip back home.
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LOS ANGELES — Rick Wells, a veteran in the adult business for close to 30 years, passed away Wednesday at City of Hope Hospital, friends confirmed to XBIZ Friday.
Wells was best known as a top salesman for Caballero Home Video in the early 90s. His customers adored him, claiming he was one of the "most honest and truthful" sales representatives in the adult industry, according to Legend Video's Bruce Mendleson.
By craft, Wells was an accomplished guitarist playing with some of the newest and biggest rock and roll groups of the 70's, 80, and 90's. While he started his life as a health care worker with a degree in Physical Therapy, his true passion was music.
In order to make a living, he got into the adult industry where he found that a career XXX sales during the 80's and 90's was quite lucrative. He soon assembled a lavish lifestyle which afforded him more time to pursue music, Mendleson said.
"He built rock-solid relationships over the years, leaving a positive mark on anyone who knew him," Mendleson continued. "He was a loving human being and there is no denying that Rick Wells was one of the 'good guys.' He will be missed by all."
Industry vet Mike Kulich, the owner of Stunner PR and Monarchy Distribution, worked with Wells and saw him everyday for the past eight years, calling Wells' passing a "huge loss."
"We shared a love of guitars and we used to jam on the weekends before his health deteriorated," Kulich told XBIZ. "A lot of people didn't know Rick because he wasn't one of those sales guys that went to the tradeshows, he was the guy on the phone cold calling. So a lot of customers knew him.
"He was selling porn back when it was on Beta."
Kulich continued, "For me with DVD Makers and DVD Factory and when I started Stunner and Monarchy, I worked out of the Caballerio building. I would come into the office at about 6:30 or 7 a.m. and most people came in at 8:30. Rick was always in at 7 o'clock.
"Every day for the past eight years we sat together and had coffee, talked about sports or whatever was going on."
Kulich said when he started Stunner PR that Wells gave him a congratulatory gift — a Fender Stratocaster guitar with a naked woman on it.
"It was a way for him to say, 'I'm happy for you,'" Kulich said. "So I'll always have this guitar. Whenever I see it or play it, I always think of him. He was one of kindest people you'll ever meet, kind of like a Christian Mann in disguise."
The beloved executive Mann passed away last July.
"Rick was a guy that really loved the industry and really loved his job and his customers," Kulich added. "His two loves were his job and going home and playing guitar. Everyone at Caballero and DVD Factory and Stunner PR is really devastated. He was young, he was in his 50s."
Kulich said Wells sold the Barracuda line of catalog movies and comps.
"Look at any store in the U.S. in their catalog section and his product was in every single store," he said. "He really loved his job. He loved life. It was just a shame."
Exile Distribution president of sales, Howard Levine, told XBIZ he knew Wells for a long time.
"He was always a guy who really kept to himself," Levine said. "The only shows he was ever at were in the 80s. He was really a nice guy, a private guy."
Joe Walla, senior sales manager for National/Universal Distributors, said Friday he met Wells about 10 years ago when he was playing with his band and landed an endorsement with Minarik Guitars, where Wells was a rep.
"We started chatting about the guitars. Some knew Rick was a wild man for guitar as well as I am. So this was our budding bromance as they say we talked guitars for hours," Walla said. "We would get together and play riffs back and forth, then start dealings on more guitars. He also reppped a line called Peerless guitars. He wanted to hook me up with their guitars as well."
Walla continued, "I was playing Quaalcom Stadium for a big motorcycle event a few weeks down the road and he went out of his way to get a custom Gig master made for me with my name on it and shipped straight from their factory in Korea. I was blown away by Rick's generosity and willingness to help an unknown artist.
"He was always passionate about playing. He lit up when music was spoken. Rick had a great heart and would help any new artist grow if he saw there was a passion in them. Music was everything to Rick. This was a great beginning to a friendship that lasted till he passed. We both worked in the adult business for many years and we never asked about it till one day, what do you do for a living came up he said he worked for Caballero and I laughed and told him I worked at the time for New Beginnings.
"That was our next bond as well. We got together once in a while to jam and deal guitars when he had something to trade or sell but the last few years I knew he was sick and didn't think much of how serious this was to be. I know life is strange who we pick as friends and why its so. He was my friend and first artist endorsement agent. I truly appreciated he was interested in me as the artist.
"Rick was always a happy guy when we spoke. ... I really feel sad to know that time was short and didn't realize that he would be gone so fast. ... Rick was an all-around great guy who deserved to live bigger than he did. I hope he has his guitar in hand and playing away happy from the pain he may have suffered here. All I know I will miss him chatting about guitars and saying 'yep, yep' and hearing his excitement about music."
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Harvey Birdman Lawyer Flags
The show often takes modern hot button political and legal issues and sugar coats them with humorous outtakes without the extreme vulgarity of modern cartoon or being too upfront. It is often the case that hot button topics not directly talked about, rather many of the jokes are to be read in between the lines. Also the tempo of jokes flies at the viewer at light speed.
In the original courtroom the flag of the United States is clearly visible but there is another flag whose identity is not clearly identifiable.
The mystery flag is most likely the state flag, but no state in the union uses such colors in such a pattern of yellow and blue.
The yellow and blue striped Harvey Birdman State colours can be seen in the background. The unknown state flag seems to vary in the number of stripes?
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
DS9ers Baseball Pennant - Star Trek Deep Space 9
The baseball pennant of the Deep Space Niners appears during one of the episodes of Deep Space Nine. The commanding officer of the space station Deep Space Nine is Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks. In an old college-colleague rivalry Sisko takes up the challenge of playing the logical Vulcans on the virtual Holi-deck, which is basically like a walk in 3D holographic video game.
The pennant of the Niners has a blue blackground with the logo of the team - which is a baseball with a red outline of the space station. Although the space station is not of human design it has been adopted by Captain Sisko. The Niners team is made up of mostly humans but the team also includes a Klingon, Ferengi, Trill and two Bejorans.
Sisko is able to recruit ball players from Deep Space Nine to play baseball against the ruthlessly logical Vulcans.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
State Flag Proposals of Bart and Lisa Simpson
Bart's altered proposal brings it down a notch and uses a less than elegant motto "Learn To Fart." Bart has corrupted the happy sun rise/set flag into a derriere, and the two people are no longer holding hands but jumping in joy or agony to escape the noxious fumes from the thundering sun-but.
When Bart and Lisa get lost in the woods, Bart covers Lisa with his "Bart-Mangled Banner." But here, the flag has been edited back to the original more classy standard as originally designed by Lisa Simpson.
All by mere accident, Lisa Simpsons's flag echos upon my 'Fraternal Flag Partner Idea.'
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Flags in the Governor's office from the Simpsons - 2002 Season 14, Episode 294
Did you know the state where the Simpson's live has its own unique flag? In one episode when Bart and Lisa visit the State Capitol not only do we see the state flag of the Simpson's State, but there are two others flags in the Governor's room. It looks like the other flags are reserved for persons of high office. The flags have the same design as the state flag but differ by colour.
This is actually how it really is as for many states. The governor's flag for Pennsylvania and Michigan use the same design as the official state flag but with differing colours. Thus the same thing seems to be happening in the imaginary Simpsons' state.
It makes sense to assume one is for the Governor and the other might be for the Attorney State General or Governor General.
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State Flag from The Simpsons - Season 14, Episode 294 "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade"
The state flag America's most longest running fictional TV family was revealed to the public in 2002. The inspiration for the flag most likely came from the design of Arizona. But instead of a copper star in the center, there is a Confederate Battle flag.
We learn about the Simpsons' state flag when Bart and Lisa visit their state's capital. The subject of the most popular imaginary Springfield State flag is brought up when the one of its citizens requests for a new design since the state is a Northern State.
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Flag of Kurume Chikusui High School Japan
Kurume Chikusui High School is a technical school with five different courses of study: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Land Scape Design, Culinary Arts, and finally Social Welfare.
Here is the school song.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
True Colors Vexilloids - Cyndi, Phil & Kodak
Several vexilloids appear in the three versions of the song. First in Cyndi Lauper's version the tassel on the elderly professor qualifies as vexilloids. Every high school graduate knows of this badge of academic brilliance.
During the building of the sand castles little flag poles made out of sticks are inserted on the tops, and invisible flags are to be imagined flying.
In Phil Collin's rendition of True Colors white kites flying up top above the 'devil' boy have decorative white streamers.
The flag of rhythmic gymnast is beautifully portrayed in the background. She is holding a long colourful rainbow streamer flag.
All that's missing now is children's book!
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Monday, June 24, 2013
The Love Catcher Vexilloid - Shift 2009
In the film Shift 2009 unique vexilloids appear at the wedding party. This special vexilloid can be described as a 'Love Catcher.'
These vexilloids are white ghost-like flags with a red heart attached to the center. It seems that a Love Catcher has the ability to absorb the spirit of love and amplify it with the power of the wind.
These special vexilloids appear at the 'before wedding' reception and on the beach surrounding the wedding party.
The Shift 2009 features the wisdom of Dr. Wayne Dyer who gives advice to adults to develop a deep and rich meaning minus the judgemental ego.
A Love Catcher is in between the bride and groom. Perhaps the most wonderous and magical of vexilloids, which expands the power of love with a gentle breeze.
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Arms of the Academy of Magic - Howl's Moving Castle 2004
The arms of the Royal Academy of Magic features two winged lions holding up a shield of arms of the national colors - pink and yellow.
The movie centers on a girl who becomes aged by a wicked witch. Here the old-girl travelst unto the Royal Academy of Magic to petition the Magical War Queen to defray military service. Howl's Moving Castle is like the reverse of the Frog Princess but so much more, in this case a beautiful young girl turns in to an elderly woman and must help a dropout talented wizard get back on his feet so she can become a young girl again.
Kinda' like Harry Potter, but in this universe Magical People are out in the open and used by society. In a way science is no different to magic since these people manipulate the matter of the universe to also make war chariots and enchanted weapons of mass destruction.
This is the Japanese Harry Potter, a must for fans of Anime and Magic. The Magical Test scene with the Queen is just mind blowing - you have to see it in the dark and with your full attention, it will blow your mind.
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Military Flag's From Howl's Moving Castle - 2004
In this time frame of Japanese History was seen as a glorious ear, before WWII. When Japan like all the other nations of the world had the legal right to use military force.
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Flags from Howl's Moving Castle 2004
In the epic work of moving art Howl's Moving Castle 2004 by Hayao Miyazki, flags make a pronounced appearance in the film.
Miyazaki is the Walt Disney of Japan, or rather Walt Disney is the Miyazaki of the United States?
Coincidentally Miyazaki's Japanese based films have been exclusively distributed by Walt Disney in the American Market.
The flag of the fictional Euro-Asian nation uses a seven horizontally striped flag of yellow and pink. But there are two versions as one has the national arms on it while another does not.
The national arms consist of a white cross on blue with a red border and small coronet at the helm.
Here the parade flags from the military decorate the streets. The drapery like streamers also carry the colors of the nation - officially called bunting.
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
North Carolina Flag in the moive Nell 1994
She is challenged by the approaching money hungry press of the modern world and egghead scientific community, that want to study her like some kind of E.T.
Nell asks us to take a look in the mirror and ponder our own realities and biases of the moment. Since it takes place in North Carolina, we gets to see the North Carolina flag flying high in the sky just below the US flag the local courthouse.
Some of y'all may recgonzie that the ol'North Carolina flag strikes a similar fancy to the state flag of Texas? Again this aint no accident in my estimation, it is the footprint of whatcha' one calls 'Providence.' All these things be happinin for good reason, and sometimes you are not supposed to know how but just feel it, your thoughts be doing a no good at many time.
But didja' ever wonder what English sounds like to a Chinese Person who never heard a lick of English? It's hard to fathom, but I reckin' Miss Nells be a speaking is maybe kinda' like that?
If you wants to see a movie that'll make you think, or rathers feels of the beaten path and are tired of the craptauclar big budget fireworks cartoon Hollywods movies, check this one out - and go outside for God's Sake!
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Haiti Flag in the 'Dollar Bill' Song - Sweetest Girl 2007
In the video for the song Sweetest Girl 2007 by Haitian American rapper Wyclef Jean. The flag of Haiti appears several times. In the background of a tent and worn on Wyclef Jean's head as a bandana. The song also features vocals from Niia and Akon, as well as rapper Lil Wayne.
The things people will do for money - kill, fight, and sell their bodies and souls. When people live so good and making a living is so hard, not so friendly cultures can emerge in the wake of such avarice.
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Astrological Royal XIII - East merges with West Capricorn and the Year of the Goat
The Zodiac of China and Rome align easily with a few signs like Leo-Tiger, Ox-Bull, Sheep-Ram, and Snake-Scorpion. But Capricorn and the Year of the Goat are the odd balls. They are both Janus-faced signs that align with two Zodiac Signs.
Coincidentally both the Goats from the Eastern and Western Zodiac have two forms. In the West we have a Goat and a mythical Seagoat. Which is correct?
It seems the debate will go on forever, but the key is that there are two forms for Capricorn. Amazingly in the Eastern Chinese Zodiac the same thing happens with the Year of the Goat, which is often referred to as the Year of the Sheep. Which is correct the Goat or Sheep?
Ask an astrologer from the East and you'll be caught in the same conundrum as it is with Capricorn. Some will pick a side, some will say both, some will say it depends, and some will say it does not matter.
But in the big picture, the harmonious synchronicity is that the essence of the goat exists in both the Eastern and Western Zodiac. And a second layer of synchronicity is added that both goats and have two 'competing' forms. With this layer of charm, Capricorn has been blessed with two Zodiac Royal partners: The Year of the Goat/Sheep and The Year of the Pig.
From the other Eastern point of view, the animal positioned in between The Year of the Monkey and The Year of the Horse also has two Royal Partners: Capricorn and Aries. How harmonious is that?
Thus a person born during the Year of the Goat-Sheep and under the sign of Capricorn or Aries is an Astrological Royal - by being an Aries Royal or Capricorn Goat Royal, respectively.
But in order to distinguish between the two types of Capricorn Royals a slight variance in name is in order. Capricorn to Year of the Pig Royals are simply Capricorn Royals, but Capricorn to Year of the Goat matches should be called Capricorn Goat Royals.
Famous Capricorn Goat Royals include: former UN Boss Javier Perez de Cullar, Martin Milner of Route 66, Dian Fossey who studied the Gorillas in Central Africa, Joseph Cardinal Zen a Chinese Cardinal in East Asia, Dabney Coleman, singer John Denver, actor Ben Kingsley, president of Sudan Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, Led Zepplin lead Jimmy Page, boxer Joe Frazier, Shelley Fabares, fomer leader of Australia Paul Keating, actor director Mel Gibson, Iron Chef Chen Kenichi, talking head Bill Maher, actor David Caruso, leader of Georgia the Nation Mikheil Saakashvili.
Other famous stars include: Patrick Dempsey, Diego Luna, rapper Yelawolf, Richie Faulkner, actress Rachel Nichols, actress Zooey Deschanel, Jason Segel, Eden Sher, Chloe Bridges, US Olympian and Dancing with Stars Champion Shawn Johnson, Logan Lerman, and Kaitlyn Maher.
Coincidentally as the actors who play Spock and Captain Krik are Astrological Royals, fate has it the doctor of the Enterprise, DeForest Kelley is a Capricorn Goat Royal. Thus all three main characters of the original Star Trek television series are Astrological Royals - and all three are Royals under the Janus-faced Year of the Sheep/Goat. Finally one more original Star Trek Astrological Royal - Sulu, played by George Takei is a Taurus Royal.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Astrological Royal XII - West meets East Pisces and the Rat
The rodent, in this case a squirrel, is an ancient organism as ancient as the fish. The spirit line, or genetic line of the squirrel has been around since the age of fishes during the Divonean period some 420 million years ago. Although the body form of the rat or squirrel was nowhere to be found, an element of their being was one in one with the fish. Indeed all fish today from sharks, to sunfish, to minnows like the squirrel have a great great great......great grandfather and grandmother who was swimming in the oceans back then.
However the squirrel spirit line has chosen to leave the waters and hold on to its cunning and playfulness, refusing to become a slave to others, while the twin fish are in essence the Western Version of Yin and Yang or rather - boy fish and girl fish.
Pisces Royals include: former South African Leader F. W. De Klerk, Billy Crystal, Elaine Paige, Adam Clayton of the band U2, Shaquille O'Neal, Xing Huina, and a woman who lives up to the name Pisces Royal Ye Shiwen.
A living Pisces Royal, who is also an official Royal, is Crown Prince, Naruhito who is in line to become the next Emperor of Japan. But of course, the most famous of all Pisces Royals to ever climb a tree or swim in the water was none other than the first President of the United States of America: George Washington.
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Astrological Royal XI - East meets West Libra and the Dragon
The Zodiac is an ancient custom perpetuated from long ago, and alive in its own form as serious and lighthearted business. No matter how much the modern world tires to overlook its significance, it has been a constant force through the ages. There are two primary Zodiacs alive in the human consciousness - one from the East and one from the West. Both Zodiacs uses 12 totems to represent their divisions.
It is such that every person has two Zodiacs: one from the East and one from the West, but every so often there is a harmonious alignment whereby the signs match in a special partnership and create an Astrological Royal. The East-West high harmony partner for Libra is with the Year of the Dragon.
Libra and the Year of the Dragon are the two emblems that are rather distinguished from the others. In the Eastern Zodiac the regular animals often found on the farm or nearby jungle are included, except for the mystical Dragon. Likewise in the Western Zodiac the signs are all alive: as either people, animals, or mythical beasts. However Libra the Balance stands a part as a non-living totem, in a parallel rhythm so to does the semi-mythical Dragon does with the Eastern Zodiac.
Libra is the hallmark of Western thought that represents mathematical precision, science and technology. While the Dragon is another point of power for the Eastern Mind, and represents the invisible intuitive mind. Libra represents the rational mathematically measurable reality all around us, from computers, money, temperature, and numbers. On the other hand the Dragon represents the irrational passionate feeling side of reality all around us, and not just within us. The mystical immeasurable forces are the essence of the Dragon. Dragons exist but come from a different reality in the immeasurable realm of mind, in the end no one will ever be able to measure the Dragon, but rather only feel its essence.
Here is a short list of famous persons born as a Libra Royal with a natural inclination for both the passionate intuitive Eastern Dragon Spirit, nicely balanced with the technologically precise balanced calibration of being: former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, writer Elie Wiesel, Chinese leaders Li Peng and Zhu Rongji, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Beverley Johnson , Clive Barker, actor Jeff Goldblum, writer sitcom creator Chuck Lorre, actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo, Phish front man Trey Anastasio, singer Chang Chen, actress and singer Yoon Son-ha, actor Ryan Reynolds, rapper ASAP Rocky, model Ragasya, basketball player Kevin Durant, and singer Frankie Jonas.
Perhaps the most powerful leader, singer, and thinker of the modern world, born a Libra Royal, who was a leading voice of the Western Cultural Revolution - front man of the Beatles: John Lennon.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Astrological Royal X - East meets West Capricorn and the Pig
The Year of the Pig's astrological partner in Capricorn the Seagoat.* The Year of the Pig is the last sign of the Eastern Zodiac marking the ending and beginning of a new cycle. However Capricorn marks the end and beginning of the Western Calendar - Capricorns rest on both sides of the old year and new year.
The Year of the Pig is the sign of enjoyment, to live it large and scrape up the leftovers in a kind of celebration, just as the end of the year is a time to kick back and enjoy dwell upon the fruit of labor, pain, and joy of the ending year.
The Year of the Pig is the sign of enjoyment, to live it large and scrape up the leftovers in a kind of celebration, just as the end of the year is a time to kick back and enjoy dwell upon the fruit of labor, pain, and joy of the ending year.
Capricorn Royals include Max Roach drummer, Ted Lange of the Love Boat, the singer Kenny Loggins, movie director John Carpenter, singer Ronnie Van Zant, actor Carl Weathers, singer Tracey Ullman, actor Val Kilmer, singer Micheal Stipe, singer Ricky Martin, singer Dido, and actor Zach Mills,
*Capricorn and Year of the Goat? More to come!
*Capricorn and Year of the Goat? More to come!
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Astrological Royal IX - East meets West Virgo and the Rabbit
The feminine essence of Virgo the Virgin is reflected in the Year of the Rabbit. Thus when it is the Year of the Rabbit and a person is born a Virgo, she or he is an Astrological Royal. The rabbit is a symbol of fertile abundance with a feminine temperament. Soft and docile like the persons who are Virgins to experience.
Virgins represent the purity of innocence, like a baby or gentle rabbit. Ignorant of the harsh truths that may await a persons path, the path of the Virgin and rabbit is usually non-agressive. Out of all the wild animals in a forest, the rabbit maintains its dignity and spirit to run free - no horns, no claws, no rabid teeth, nor any loud barking noises or roars. The peaceful and docile rabbit is a good match for the non-jaded uncorrupted innocent Virgin.
Likewise Virgo usually holds a grain in her hand - may it be wheat, barley, rice, or corn, it is a symbol of abundance, likewise the rabbit is a signal of abundance and positive directions.
Virgo Royals include: movie star Lily Tomlin, star from East Michael Tao, rapper Easy-E, baseball player Randy Johnson, Richard Marx, Peter Ho, Liu Yifei, actress Evan Rachel Wood, rapper Wiz Kalifah, Tyler Hoechlin, actress Danielle Panabaker
A real official royal who also happens to be a Virgo Royal is Prince Nikolai of Denmark.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Astrological Royal VIII - East meets West Aquarius & the Dog
The Water Bearer, Aquarius, is partnered with the Dog as an Astrological Royal. The association between Aquarius and The Year of the Dog may not seem so obvious, but they have some common elements. One is master to man, while the other is master to the King. The Kings cup bearer must be a loyal subject since he gives the live sustaining element of water and has the ability to assassinate the King. Likewise the Cup Bearer is the most loyal of servants to the royals.
Aquarius Royals are hard to come by since the Chinese New Year overlaps at different times during the sign of Aquarius. Currently the most famous Aquariuses Royal are talking head Keith Olbermann, actress Linda Blair, actor Blake Clarke, Chinese Writer Lao She, singer Adam Lambert, comedian Dick Martin, NBA Star Jameer Nelson, rapper Gorilla Zoe. The man from the 'Loyal Half of Virginia' who broke the sound barrier Chuck Yeager.
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Monday, October 21, 2013
A thumb up for Jeffrey Gitomer
I'm not just a bitter critter who only complains about people spouting nonsense. Actually I enjoy much of what I see or read. Jeffrey Gitomer's recent 830-word article, Do Your People WANT to Listen to You?, caught my eye because he began:
"I'm at a corporate conference about to give my 90-minute, customized, personalized talk. I spent hours preparing it - as I do all my talks - and I've spent the last 20 years improving my speaking, presentation, and performance skills.
I'm not just a speaker, I'm a student speaker."
That article also appears in his Sales Blog, and in the Washington Business Journal BizBeat blog. If you scroll to the bottom of his About page you will find that he is a member of the National Speakers Association, got his Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation in 1997, and was named to their Speaker Hall of Fame in 2008. Yet he calls himself a student and he's still learning.
That article lists the following ten strategies and elements for a presentation:
1. Use genuine humor.
2. Ask poignant questions.
3. Ask intellectual questions.
4. Tell a story that relates to you and them.
5. Customization based on their real world.
6. Incorporate their philosophy, mission, brand, and theme.
7. Give five to 10 major points they can walk away with and use immediately.
8. Have simple slides.
9. Very little talk about you.
10. End with emotion. (Maybe even ask for the sale).
If you think you've already achieved perfection, then go read another of his articles: How lousy are you? You probably don't even know!
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So one of the good things about unemployment is you have lots of time to do things you would never normally do. For me, this has been volunteering. Not that I was a person who didn't care about homeless shelters or cancer research in the past, but I was overwhelmed with grad school, work and life in general so I missed a lot of opportunities. Well, with my new found freedom and internship with Yelp I found myself participating in races and climbs to benefit all kinds of organizations. Social media definitely had a part in two that I recently participated in. Continue reading
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Compared to the average person I have a pretty heavy online presence. You can find out a lot about me just by goggling my name. After weeding through the other Laura Gardner's in the world you can find out where I went to school, read my Master's capstone and gaze upon many pictures of my friends and family. For the most part I want this information to be out there so future employers can learn about me but social media didn't serve this purpose for me until recently. Pre-2008 I used Facebook, MySpace and Friendster and was really loose with my information. I posted pictures that would make employers question whether or not I still had a functioning liver and my potty mouth was in full-effect. Since then I've cleared out pictures on Facebook and rarely status update, deleted my MySpace and does Friendster even exist? I didn't realize until this week that it's not enough. Continue reading
Finding new opportunities through Facebook
It's no secret that Facebook is a major part of most 20-somethings lives now. We use it to stay in touch with friends, check-out potential significant others (okay, so I learned my lesson) and can watch our cousin's baby grow up from across the country. Even better, I found a great gig through it this past year. Continue reading
Grad School Vs. Real World Experience – Part 3
You've probably skipped my boring story about how I stumbled upon grad school. Admittedly, I left out all the juicy details like celebrity encounters (encounters = saying hi and maybe a creepy wink on my behalf) and drunken nights (3 p.m. drinks after finals so drunken evenings maybe..?), but I wanted to give a little background so you can see where I'm coming. NOW, here is my stance on the grad school vs real world experience debate. Continue reading
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Grad School vs Real World Experience – Part 2
On September 1st, 2008 my parents and I packed up my Dad's minivan and drove from the Midwest to East Coast. Over the summer I had connected with 3 other incoming Emerson grad students from across the country to live with , flown up to Boston for a weekend to find an apartment and worked out all the kinks with the landlord. Move-in day was a mess. The door was locked and the landlord was MIA. We finally got inside and the place was a mess and full of nasty old furniture that we ended throwing over the balcony. I finally settled in and began grad school a week later.
I found a part-time job in October. I was hired by a Newbury St salon to be a receptionist/event planner/whatever they need type. The pay was shockingly low but I figured it provided the flexibility I needed as a full-time grad student. I got through my first year of grad school with no major problems and enjoyed the summer in Boston. The next year I applied for a job at W Boston, which was opening in October. After months of interviewing I was hired to work at the welcome desk. I started working full-time and taking two classes at Emerson that October. The hours I spent at work and school usually totaled around 65-70, more while I was doing research for my capstone paper. I finished the program and graduated in front of my family and friends in May of 2010.
I started looking for positions in April and was mostly using the apply on-line approach. My phone was silent and I really didn't have any idea where to turn. I sought advice from the career center at Emerson. The counselor shed some light on my situation, saying that a job search needs to be thought of as a strategic plan. Lay out your steps and execute. Sounds easy enough right?
In August I was told I would be working overnights. I literally lost an entire month of my life working overnight and sleeping during the day. I felt like a zombie and probably looked like one too. My job search fell even further behind and I saw myself being stuck in hospitality forever, missing holidays and working bizarre hours. This is when I talked to my Dad and he gave me the best advice I think I've ever gotten. He said "Come home". He and my Mom offered to put me up at home while I dedicated my time to finding the right job. So I packed up my stuff, found a subleaser and put in my two weeks at work.
So here I am, 3 months later and back in Cincinnati. I have my reasons for both sides of the Grad School vs. Real World Experience debate and next post I'll explain why I stand where I do.
Grad school vs Real World Experience – Part 1
Brazen Careerist is hosting a debate on Thursday that hits home for me. It hits really hard. They're asking what's better, grad school or real world experience? I personally think it's not even debatable. There are benefits and drawbacks for both. Your reasons for seeking either should be based on which will get you farther due to your own set of circumstances. My story is admittedly pretty crazy but I wouldn't change it for the world. It wasn't easy and I spent a lot of time packing, moving, adapting, working, pulling all nighters but in the end I had the time of my life and proved something to myself. Because this as been such a major part of my life I'm going to separate my posts into parts, but hopefully a full picture begins to emerge. Let's start in 2008. Continue reading
Mind your p's and q's – Navigating etiquette in the social media world
Etiquette is a tricky part of life. Our parents teach us that sitting at the table while we eat is proper etiquette and we obey because, well, we have to. As adults, we have to learn on our own. For instance, when someone travels to another country they learn that etiquette isn't the same everywhere and in order to function in that society you may need to change the way you act and speak. I liken this to the internet, and more specifically social media. There are unspoken rules and reaping the benefits of social networks comes from following them. Continue reading


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The U.S. doled out $12.3 trillion dollars to finance bailouts, a figure far higher than what was previously stated. Danny Schechter writes in Al Jazeera:
Go, Wall Street, Go!
Never mind the rise in unemployment and foreclosures. Never mind the folks waiting to know if they will get the benefits they need before they are cut off. Never mind the growing gap between rich and poor, and the rapid spread of poverty. (Did you know that inequality in the US is at the highest level of any industrialised country?)
Does any of this matter?
The idea of equality as a social goal is apparently passé. Christmas has a special meaning on Wall Street: It's bonus time.
Just five too big to fail bankster companies have stashed $90 billion for payouts to prized employees. They know that the beat on The Street is fading, so it seems to be take the money and run time. Incidentally, that "bonus pool" will rise with end of the year earnings.
Right now, the greedsters have a PR problem — how to transfer all this wealth from the banks to themselves with the lowest possible tax rate and the lowest degree of bad publicity. They also will try to focus the media on supporting their right to such over the top rewards and "incentives" in the name, of course, of fostering an economic recovery.
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Don't worry guys, everything isn't a Mary Sue, by Kelly "Coelasquid" Turnbull.
Kelly is a professional animator who also does the invariably-entertaining webcomic, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things. This essay not only deconstructs the currently-hip notion that any protagonist who bears any resemblance to the author is a "Mary Sue", it also discusses at length how to use Maslow's Hierarchy as a tool to write convincing characters and conflicts.
I thought it needed sharing -- and preserving for future reference.
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Jeanette M. Cole, 82, died at Pine View Care Center on July 5, 2017 in Black River Falls, WI. She was born in Tomah, WI to Charles and Myrtle (Thayer) Kuehl. She married Donald Cole in 1967 and she and her family moved to Janesville, WI where they raised her children and built a home. She was a loving mother and wife who also cared deeply for her siblings, nieces, nephews, pets, and neighbors.
Jeanette is survived by her sister-in-law, Carolyn Cole of Bangor, WI; her son-in-law, Leonard Clifford of Janesville, WI; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Myrtle; her husband, Donald; her children, Jeffrey Kuehl and Kathy Kuehl Clifford; a brother, Wilfred Kuehl; and sisters, Irene Kuehl Axelsen, Lucinda Kuehl Schmitz, Lillian Kuehl Warner, and Loretta Kuehl Mohring.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, rural Tomah, with Reverend Rey Diaz officiating. Online condolences may be offered at www.schanhoferfh.com
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What is Windows Installer?
The Windows Installer Service is responsible for the installation of software on a computer, the maintenance and repair of that software and if necessary, it's removal. Software that is to be installed on a Windows computer must adhere to certain rules so that all software can function cooperatively without error. The Windows Installer Service enforces these rules so that no installation causes faults or corruptions with any other software that resides on a Windows computer.
Most times you buy or download software and install it, you will encounter the Windows Installer. It guides the user through an installation, maintenance, repair or uninstallation process with ease and only ever asking for a simple click of a next or finish button. Without this service, users would have to unpack the files of a program, create the directories and folders they will be stored in, place the program files in those directories, and register the files in the system registry.
What is a Windows Installer Error?
'The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed.'
'Windows Installer Service could not be started.'
'Could not start the Windows Installer service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.'
These are some common errors due to the Windows Installer Engine being corrupt, installed incorrectly, or disabled. The Windows Installer Engine manages the installation of your software, as well as the additions and deletions of the software's components, monitors the file resiliency and maintains basic failure recovery using rollbacks.
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2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered.
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.
Here are the blogs I have chosen, I have not been blogging that long and many I follow already have award, so not quite 15.
Thanks to all who take the time to read my blog.


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... a book that is very likely to matter, and a book that is very likely to lead to some very exciting and productive conversations about how American literature should be mapped and how it should be read—and written.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
How Creative Writing Programmes Shaped the American Literary Landscape
For those interested in the debate about whether creative writing can be taught or not, and the effectiveness of such courses, there is a fascinating (but very lengthy) overview of the impact of such courses on the American writing landscape at The New Yorker. Lois Menand, himself the product of a creative writing course (an experience he says he would not trade for anything) draws on Mark McGurl's The Program Era : Postwar Writing and the Rise of Creative Fiction . This book is also reviewed at Conversational Reading where Andrew Seal finds it :
2 comments:
- manglish said...
I certainly would like to be taught on how to tell my stories in a juicier manner......:)
- June 17, 2009 6:17 pm
- Elizabeth said...
Hmm ... I have no idea how to post a trackback to your post, so I'm just going to say that I wrote a response to your column in my blog: http://imaginarylands.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/my-not-so-secret-desire-for-an-ma-in-creative-writing/
Hope that's ok.
- June 25, 2009 4:05 pm
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There is no mention of pre-ordering with this new batch of Antoinette items. I wonder how that went.
I like the next two dressed dolls very much but there is no way I'm going to spend that much money on a doll at this time.
"Charmant" LE150 $209.99
16" Antoinette™ Body w/ Lavender Eyes and Bloom Skintone; Dark red hair.
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Both of these gals are a bit on the overdressed side. I think that Jolie has enough going on with just the beautiful dusty rose gown, the jewelry and her hair. The hat and the jacket will make another wonderful outfit over a simple fashion. I definitely would love to have this doll!
There are four new blank faced mannequins and for the first time there is a black Antoinette. The color is called onyx. The listing says she has blonde hair but obviously that's an error. LE 500; $49.99
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Back in 2004 we made an EP called "The Insurance Band", 3 and a half years later, it is here to download on last.fm. Please enjoy it. It's a bit of a fuzzy mess, with some melodic bits and some silly bits.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
The real cost of travel insurance
Forum: Travel Articles Posted By: NM Post Time: 21st December 2007 at 12:39 PM.
AARP Health Insurance Options
If you are in that age group, it can be really tough to find decent health insurance at a decent price because when you get to about 50 years of age, your health insurance rates start really skyrocketing.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Insurance - an Investment or expense
Many individuals are faced with the dilemma of determining the role of their insurance – an investment in their future or an expense to be avoided.
Cheap Auto Insurance for Teen Drivers
Cheap Teenager Auto Insurance. That actually sounds like an oxymoron to most people. As soon as teenagers begin wanting to drive a car, parents begin dreading the cost of teenage driver auto insurance.
The health insurance dilemma - 2
It is good to compare the situation in different political systems to get a panoramic view of the problem.
Insurance Company Sued Under Fair Housing Act On "FaithGuard" Policy
In Ohio, the National Fair Housing Alliance has filed a religious discrimination suit against GuideOne Mutual Insurance Co. alleging that its "FaithGuard" homeowners' insurance policies violate the federal Fair Housing Act.
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I often find these exchanges interesting as much for their similarity to other blog/Twitter/Facebook dialogues as for any novel new apologetics that I might encounter. In this instance, "Crude" switches between criticisms of naturalism and atheism often enough to give me the impression that he (or she) couldn't quite zero in on exactly what in Lowder's comments was worthy of criticism. But he had sound bites, and wasn't afraid to use them.
I'll apologize in advance for using soooo muuuuch of the material on Dangerous Idea in this post. It's for my benefit - to condense and focus the flow of arguments so that their strengths and weaknesses can be observed close up.
To give some context, this Lowder reply to Dangerous Idea commenter Legion of Logic gets Crude's attention :
Crude engages with Lowder:
Metaphysical naturalism entails that there is a physical universe, whereas theism does not. So the fact that matter exists is evidence favoring metaphysical naturalism over theism.
Crude's claim that "the list of theisms on offer" is a counterargument to naturalism sounds like he accepts "the list of theisms on offer" at face value - that they are a real part of the physical world. This is completely off-the-wall. If this is supposed to serve as a counter-argument to naturalism, it's utter nonsense.
That doesn't seem right at all. First, it seems trivially false when we see the list of theisms on offer (polytheism of the sort that involves Zeus, etc, would swing right against it - those gods were apparently physical beings), and second, 'naturalism' is notoriously hard to define (I always refer to the SEP entry of naturalism to illustrate this.) Third, you'd need to define 'matter' and 'physical universe'.
Crude's criticism of Krauss is equally unclear:
I'll take a guess that he's reducing Krauss' conception of the universe at the absolute beginning to "mere existence of laws or a system or a force" without explaining how he arrives at this. So, it's a straw man, or a guess, maybe something else. I don't see what his point is, so I can't accept it as a counterargument either. Wasted words.
it seems like if it were in fact the case that 'physical universe' was required by naturalism, then Krauss' speculations - even such as they are, non-ultimate - would seem to strike against *naturalism*, not theism. After all, there'd be a point at which there was no physical universe, just laws or a system or a force. But if the mere existence of laws or a system or a force is compatible naturalism, then it's hard to see what isn't - you can even get classical theism under an umbrella that big.
Assume for just a moment that the universe is factually necessary (as opposed to logically necessary, metaphysically necessary, or factually contingent). How do you go from "the universe is factually necessary" to "atheism is still out in the cold."
Again, it appears Crude reduces this rather hastily, to bad effect ("you're right on back to inexplicable magic"). In any discussion, the participants will rely on some axioms that they hope are generally accepted by all. In this exchange, Lowder assumes physical entities that we know about, or can eventually know about, are all that exists. By extension, any originating cause of the world would be physical (my words, not his). Crude (I assume he's taking the Theist position) assumes God in place of the physical things that Lowder presumes. Crude attacks Lowder by ridiculing the axioms for natural explanations as "magic", while ignoring the fact that magic is the essence of the Theist project. The irony is deep here.
A brief googling tells me that you're talking about a Swinburne conception here, with the 'factually necessary' being a brute fact. If that's accurate, then you're right on back to inexplicable magic, and the issues of metaphysical necessity and contingency are left unresolved.
Bottom line? Crude doesn't like Lowder's axiom(s), while privileging his own with no justification. He can't make a persuasive argument that way.
Bonus gripe: the "Atheism is still out in the cold" claim is off-topic. The contention between these two is (my words) "Naturalism vs. Theism as an explanation for the world". Atheism (the broadly defined lack of belief in theism) is a natural byproduct of Naturalism, but only addresses a single topic - god. We know (kinda sorta) what Crude means - he doesn't like the general non-belief position - but it's a distraction when he himself appears to be unclear what the topic is.
I agree with that there are theisms on offer which entail the existence of gods (lower case 'g') who are/were physical beings. But that point is not of obvious relevance to my argument, which was an evidential argument against God (capital 'G'), not those other types of supernaturalism.
I get what Lowder says, and don't get what Crude is saying. He says (simplified) "oh yes it does" without elaboration, then appears to play dumb regarding "those other types of supernaturalism", which are the "the list of theisms on offer" that he just got done touting as a counterargument to Naturalism.
Well, yes, I think it's entirely relevant to your argument - since it runs against atheism. I also pointed out the problems with your view re: the God of Classical Theism.
Finally, why are these even 'types of supernaturalism'? I think the natural/supernatural distinction is almost entirely arbitrary here.
This revised version of the argument brings out the problem for S even more clearly.
Sheesh ... "I know you are, but what am I?" That's not a counterargument. Again.
Not really. In fact, it just highlights the problems you're getting at each and every step.
1'. E is known to be true, i.e., Pr(E) is close to 1.
Crude's throwing out a hypothetical that Lowder didn't make ("if you define E in a restricted way"). Twice. "if E is defined as matter, etc, ". It appears that Crude is going off on a tangent. Whether he's doing so purposely is not clear.
First, we're right on back to needing to explain what counts as E. Second, if you define E in a restricted way, idealism still exists as a live possibility. Third, I pointed out that if E is defined as matter, etc, then we're in the situation of atheists arguing that naturalism was out and out false in the past.
2'. S is not intrinsically much more probable than N, i.e., Pr(S) is not much greater than Pr(N).
Taken out of context here, Crude has a point. If N and S are equally probable, then neither interlocutor has an advantage. But it's not meant to stand alone. Lowder presents 4 statements, with the first three as premises to a conclusion. So Crude missed the point.
And now we're back to the issue of 'N' being pretty vacuous as a definition, and very little principled difference between S and N in the relevant senses.
3'. Pr(E | N) =1 > Pr(E | S).
Crude failed to address the conclusion (4) of Lowder's original comment. He just really missed the point. Here's what Lowder said:
A view I've called into question on multiple fronts.
Let E = the existence of physical entities, N = metaphysical naturalism, and S = metaphysical supernaturalism.
1'. E is known to be true, i.e., Pr(E) is close to 1.
2'. S is not intrinsically much more probable than N, i.e., Pr(S) is not much greater than Pr(N).
3'. Pr(E | N) =1 > Pr(E | S).
4'. Other evidence held equal, S is probably false, i.e., Pr(S | B & E) < 1/2.
What Lowder could have said to clarify was that premise 3 indicates a) all the evidence we have is expected on N, b) little or no evidence we have is expected on S. Crude did not understand the notation, or chose to ignore it.
In conclusion, it appears that these two were talking past each other. I don't think that Lowder was as concise as he sometimes is - a plain English explanation of the above argument may have helped, for example - but Crude seemed to willfully miss the point more often than not.
Another worthy example of bad apologetics.


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When I look for something calming for everyone to enjoy I reach for some music. I wanted something a little different that didn't involve a red nosed reindeer or snow (we live in Virginia, it's 70 degrees and I feel like I'm being mocked by old man winter).
So when a FB friend's daughter put out a new CD I took a chance and went to ITunes to pick up a copy.
It's a new album and small. There are only six songs, but it's well worth it to consider purchasing it.
Emily is a new artist but she isn't new to singing and songwriting. She comes from a very talented family and the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree. I had two cranky and fussy kids on the start of the car ride, I popped in the CD and in a few minutes they had fallen under her musical spell. To learn more about Emily's journey and about her click here.
The songs themselves are lovely. Not just because they quiet down overstimulated kids but because of the message they convey. They are full of beauty, promise and praise. To hear one of these songs click here.
My personal favorite is Come Unto Me. During these seasons of changes it is good to be reminded of the One who is always there for us and that He is holding us in the palm of His mighty hand. I needed that reminder.
I'm very excited to be following Ms. Seay's journey and can't wait to see what she plans on doing next. So download your copy from Itunes or CDBaby and enjoy some beautiful and uplifting music! Happy Listening!


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you're an Obama supporter who worries he may not move America far enough left.
From Iowahawk - - -
Every time I turn on the internet these days, it seems like another right wing blogger is digging up more baloney on Professor Bill Ayers.
Apparently these people would rather talk about Bill Ayers' passionate youthful rambunctiousness than the issues that really matter to us, like Sarah Palin's shoe bill.
Well, I've got a message for you, Mister Google cache McCarthy fascist: I'm mad as H-E-double sippy straws, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
No longer will I remain silent while you smear and slur this great America-hating American with his own quotes.
Hear me now: when you mess with Bill Ayers, you're messing with me.
Because I AM BILL.
I AM BILL. I am the everyday forgotten little guy in your neighborhood, the quiet anarcho-syndicalist family man who gets up early and punches the clock at the local state university, writing the manifestos and polemics and grant proposals that keep America humming.
I'm just doing my job, and all I ask in return is a little respect. And tenure. And Chicago Citizen of the Year awards. And two graduate assistants to grade exams for Practicum in Imperialist Racist Hegemony 311, because I'm teaching two sections this semester.
Also, a sabbatical to Italy next summer would be nice.
I AM BILL. I grew up in a simple little gated community just like yours, with white picket fences and where all the aux pairs and gardeners know your name.
When my dad came home from a hard day's work as a CEO, he was never too tired to help me with my homework or tousle my hair for winning the Lake Forest Academy essay contest on Hegelian Dialectics.
Yes, he was a simpleminded bourgeois technocrat of the capitalist war machine, but he made sure I got the tuition and tutors and sailing lessons and allowance I needed to make it on my own.
I wish he was still alive so I could tell him how much I really planned to kill him last.
I AM BILL. I work with my hands, grizzled and calloused from years on a non-ergonomic keyboard. Maybe I don't know pipe wrenches, but I know pipe bombs, and I've built them right there in my communal kitchen and I've watched with pride as they've offed a couple of pigs.
Sure, maybe I've made a few mistakes with wiring or detonator timing and it ends up killing a couple of comrades.
But you know what? I get up, dust myself off, and get right back to the drawing board. Because when it comes to international Maoist revolution, quitters never win and winners never quit.
I AM BILL. I love traveling the highways and byways of this great, puke-inducing country we call America, visiting its police stations and ROTC buildings and legislative halls. And when the pigs finally catch up with me and dad hires a legal team to get me off on a technicality, it lets me know that yes, Bill, you can go home again.
I AM BILL. I may have started small. But I still have a crazy plan that one day I will make it big and finally plunge this danged country of ours into a bloody cataclysmic race war.
And if you think you can stand in the way of my dream, or escape my escape-proof reeducation death camps, well, then you don't know me.
I AM BILL. I'm still married to my college sweetheart, and we believe in family values. Especially Manson Family values. …
There's a lot more of I AM BILL here.
Hat tip: Instapundit.com
Sunday, October 26, 2008
I AM BILL and you'll LOL unless
you're an Obama supporter who worries he may not move America far enough left.
Posted by JWM at 10:57 PM
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- knowitall said...
Well the Bill that we were focusing on was Ayers, and why he had so many liberal illuminati friendships. Terrorist and the government, doesn't go together.


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Is Search Dying?
From "How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It"
By Glenn Derene as published on April 16, 2008 in Popular Mechanics
"Silicon Valley's Big Three are fighting over the scraps of the last decade of innovation while there's a sea change taking place in the way people use the Internet"
"with the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life, LinkedIn and even Google's own Orkut, the next generation of Web users may find what they want by using their social network rather than a search algorithm"
"The Web is, in a sense, maturing into a different medium than the one that search engines were originally designed to tackle."
"in the past few years, a bunch of sites have begun to pop up based on the philosophy of user-generated content—a phenomenon often referred to as "Web 2.0" "
"as we each carve out our individual niche on the Web, the logic of search may well flip inside out. Since we are essentially meta-tagging ourselves through our social networking memberships ... it's conceivable that the information could attempt to find us "
even though Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon and others all have elements of this new relationship with users, nobody owns this space the way Google "owns" search
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Jonathon Darby Studio View
Jonathon Darby is busy working in readiness to take part in a group show at Lebasse Projects. Here we have a nice insight into what's been keeping Jonathon busy.
More after the jump.
The Culver City Artwalk is back again and Le Basse Projects will be hosting its annual group showcase.
There will be several new artists at the event including Jean-Pierre Roy, Ryan Schude, Greg Gossel, Jonathan Darby, and more. Don't forget to check out some new work from the gallery's artists as well, which includes the works of Andrew Hem, Nate Frizzell, Morgan Slade, Melissa Haslam and Blaine Fontana. The show starts at noon and runs until 8 P.M.


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This blog is for everything related to the book Living with Lynching by Koritha Mitchell, published in October 2011 by the University of Illinois Press. So much has happened in the book's first few months of existence! Having this space will help me remember to document more of what happens so that I can share with whomever is interested. Thank you for joining me on this journey of grappling with difficult issues and thinking critically but also celebrating.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Two New Reviews
Two more reviews of Living with Lynching have emerged.
In that stellar journal Signs, Sandy Alexandre offers a truly gratifying assessment. She recently published her own study of racial violence, The Properties of Violence, and it is very clear that she understands what it means to examine this material in ways that acknowledge the humanity and agency of targeted individuals, families, and communities.
Her review of reads, in part, "If ever a lynching book could be described as beautiful, it would undoubtedly be Mitchell's for the gracious way she takes care to read, generously and meticulously, all that she sees and hears (as well as what she does not see and hear) when she enters the homes that these characters have struggled to build for themselves. The beauty and persuasiveness of Living with Lynching lie also in its clarity and its sense of conviction..." For more, please see the Spring 2013 issue of Signs, a publication of the University of Chicago Press.
The Drama Review (TDR) also includes of review by rising scholar Kristin Moriah. She says, for example, "Mitchell's work is truly singular. Critical attention has rarely been turned towards the output of early African American women playwrights. Thus, Mitchell's examination of embodied practices of black belonging as they relate to lynching dramas signifies a new line of critical inquiry." For more, please see the Spring 2013 issue of TDR, a publication of New York University and MIT.
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New York State of Mind Afghan - Liberty Statue
I wanted to make a it tribute to the 10 year anniversary of the 9 -11 disaster coming up.
But since it's finished early, I'm posting it now because I'm in a
A New York State Of Mind
(Please click on all the photos to enlarge them).
I wished I'd pulled down that bottom right corner just a little bit more to straighten it out better. Oh well.
I used this coloring book page offered for free by Shala Kerrigan online.
I graphed that photo at microrevolt's knitpro site.
For the buildings I extended out the afghan left and right by making the basketweave stitch. It's really neat because of it's textured "windows" effect, (if you know what I mean).
I tried to make the skyline sort of change up to clouds instead of just all solid blue.
Now, I wanted to let you know how meaningful it was for me to make this afghan.
You see, I actually went on a trip to New York back in the late 70's with my best friend Sue, (who lived in New Jersey at the time). Her awesome folks were so nice to drive us out to see the sights of New York City. (In fact, we drove all the way to Boston and saw a lot more places as well).
Anyway, I wanted to post a few photos from my old album. Yes, real photos. They are yellowing and sometimes blotched with a bit of age to them. But they are so neat.
First I want to say that my friend Sue had a beautiful heavy nice proper camera and she was really into taking pictures and developing them herself, so her photos are in black and white. Mine, on the other hand, were taken with a cheap Kodak camera. Yes, they are in color, but they are not nearly as good.
We took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty but we didn't go off the boat or climb the statue or anything.
There were lots of folks on the boat. Thank goodness I see there were refreshments on board! LOL!
Sue's camera with black and white film.
Oh dear! I'm breaking my rule of never posting my photo on the internet!!!! But I had to show you what a dork I was that day with my Beatles t-shirt and floppy hat with Beatles buttons all over it. LOL!!!!!!!!
Here's the World Trade Center towers taken by me with my lame camera. I wish all those folks on the boat weren't so much in the way!
Now this is Sue's photo. It's overexposed and you can only just barely make out the towers.
Here's both photos in my photo album side by side so you can see hers really does have the towers in the shot. They are just faintly there.
So then we did go up one of the towers to the observatory deck. This is a photo of two bridges from my camera.
Here's Sue and I on the observatory deck.
Yes, I saved this shot for last. Sue is now wearing my silly hat. If you're going to be a tourist, you must take some silly shots so that years later you can look back and have a good laugh!
I'm ending this post with my afghan again. I really like this one!
Let's see. I'm also going to end this with an old Grammar Rock song.
I had a great time on this trip and New York is an awesome place!
I took a ferry to the statue of liberty
My best friend went along with me.
We took a lift to the top of one tower you see,
and 30 years later it's just a memory.
I find it quite interesting
"Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic."
Frank Lloyd Wright


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