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Elliot Spitzer is coming out in support of revealing what was really going on with the AIG bailout and how come all the bailed out banks got 100 cents on the dollar in the form of Fiat thin air monetary units backed by a continuous inflow of tax payer indentured servitude.
If the Fiat Thin Air Uniterian Print C's of Woe Street Darkness had "only" gotten 100 cents on the dollar, that would be the end of it.
In addition to helping create some of the Toxic assets that befell their ex opponents Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and then turning around and selling short such Toxic assets knowing full well that it will take their opponents out with the trash so they can increase their spendin' cash,
They received more tax payer funded thin air printed billions so we can restart the financial system that nearly brought the World to its knees since its devil in the detail work is not yet done.
This last time, it nearly brought the World to financial Armageddon.
Maybe what the bored idle hands based upper Echelon controllers really want is for the Financial System to trigger a real World Armageddon so they can thin the Herd a bit just to show who's in charge since their whole "New-D-Tey" Emperor's Imperial dog n pony up the money show is getting exposed to information radiation by the minute.
Elliot Spitzer used to work for AIG's former CEO Hank Greenberg back when AIG was creating the fictitious profits that led to the current mess.
AIG was going to be exposed by Elliot Spitzer when he was close to prosecuting them for all kinds of misdeeds back in 2005( Helping clients with Tax evasion, Getting risk off their books by Re-insuring through the myriad subsidiaries they owned, funneling State compensation fund money where it should not go, and of course even getting Warren Buffet, The Messiah of Money himself, involved in some of their 500 million+ rounding error reinsurance scheme so they can keep the books neat and tidy as they print then highly valued stock options out of thin air and monetize them into all their heart's desires.
But the Government couldn't expose AIG back then. Oh no, it would have collapsed the poor ponzi scheme financial system 3 years early and we wouldn't want to prick that bubble halfway to its eventual size when we could create a bigger problem to deal with later and inflate it again hoping for the ultimate bubble?
Will we be Surprised when a Bubble is spotted on the SUN and then the next thing you know, coronal mass ejection measured temps are bubbling on Broad and Wall streets, enough to fry a few institutions into the Hades realm of reality so they can come to their senses and repent their grand theft of not only a seemingly endless supply of money and people's wealth but of trust in a capitalist financial system where the failed step aside and not get bailed out at the expense of those that do not partake in abominable bubble generating schemes?
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Any type of human survivor you want from anywhere in the US, UK or Australia or if you want - play a zombie. It's up to you.
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In most stories, we can have only 1 main character that we actually control and then a host of NPC's that anybody can control if they come in contact with them.
This is mf_luder's baby though so it's his call .
Space Opera that was so successful
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Space Opera that was so successful
Don't you mean IS so successful!
Good luck on your Zombie Collaboration - it sounds way cool!
I'll be eagerly awaiting all your posts - can't wait to read them!
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LOL - Thanks...
Oh - I was wondering - Is your story going to have an intact government or not?
Thanks tons!
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I'm thinking the overall "quest" would be the search for a cure, but how this goes is entirely on us as the writers to determine.
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This is a family tradition cocktail, the Tom and Jerry, one that we have every year! Cheers!
Every year after the turkey and trimmings have been consumed and about the time everyone starts to get hungry for pie, someone will break out the mixer and the hot water and make up a big batch of hot drinks called the Tom and Jerry. For us, breaking out the Tom and Jerry drinks is officially the start of the Christmas season, as our tradition is to start decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, and the Tom and Jerry's will keep flowing at family event until after the New Year.
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Originally created back in the 1850's as a winter cocktail at St. Louis's Planter House Hotel by Jerry Thomas, who authored the first cocktail book Bar-Tender's Guide, How to Mix Drinks back in 1862 and who was considered the godfather of American mixology.
The Tom and Jerry is a steamy sweet drink spiked with brandy and rum and topped with a big aromatic burst of nutmeg, that was likely inspired by a boozy version of English egg nog that is commonly served around the Holidays. The warm drink full of spices and aromatics is perfect sipping on a cold winter's night, so the Tom and Jerry quickly gained favor at saloons and bars with drinkers who wanted a warming tipple.
In our family, the Tom and Jerry was one of Mr. Nom's grandparents favorite holiday drinks (they even had the little white china mugs that said Tom and Jerry on them!) and they were always the ones who made the batter, and at family gatherings at the grandparent's house meant that at some point Tom and Jerry's would be served for all (virgin drinks for the kids of course!).
When we started hosting family gatherings, we decided that we needed to keep up this tradition and serve mugs of Tom and Jerry to our family.
We could have used the recipe that the grandparents used, but as is our typical path when looking at drinks for the blog, we do a little research in finding the right recipe. While we have always enjoyed the Tom and Jerry's served at our family gatherings, one commonly heard complaint was that the drink was way too sweet.
We were looking in our copy of the Bar-Tender's Guide and the original recipe sounded delicious, and definitely not nearly as sweet. Since we are big on trying out the classic cocktails, we decided to serve our version original recipe this year and do a taste test at our Thanksgiving gathering versus the sweet recipe that had been served for many years.
The original recipe calls for a a somewhat laborious process to make the batter, separating the eggs and fluffing the whites into a pillowy foam like a meringue while also foaming milk on the stove. While this sounds like a pain, the results are well worth it when you are sipping your deliciously steaming mug of rich boozy foam!
Using brandy and rum to add in a big boozy base, the rich fluffy batter and frothy milk is like a spicy aromatic version of an egg nog latte! When we served our version to our guests, they all responded that they liked our version, especially how much more balanced and rich our version was. Cheers!
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Tom and Jerry - A Brandy Cocktail
- brandy, rum or a combination of both
- pinch each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 6 eggs, separated
- hot water
- hot milk
Separate eggs. Whites and yolks in different bowls.
Whip whites in a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer.
When thickened slightly, add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1 spoonful at a time. Continue whipping whites until stiff peaks form.
Mix yolks and remaining 1/2 cup powdered sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
When whites are stiffened, add yolk mix to whites and fold to combine.
When making cocktails, add batter to cup, around 1/4 cup, and then add brandy and rum (1.50 oz total).
We used 1 oz brandy and .50 oz rum, but you can use whatever combination you like the best. Add at least 4 oz hot milk, then top off mug with hot water if desired.
You can add as much milk as you like, more makes it creamier.
Add grated nutmeg on top for a garnish.
Stir slightly to combine.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:1
Amount Per Serving:
Total Fat:2.2g
Saturated Fat:0.7g
Trans Fat:0g
Unsaturated Fat:0g
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Creamy Avocado Pasta
Ingredients (2 servings)
1 medium sized ripe Avocado, pitted
1/2 lemon, juiced + lemon zest to garnish
2-3 garlic cloves, to taste
1/2 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
~1/4 cup Fresh Basil, (probably optional)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 servings/6 oz of your choice of pasta
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1. Bring several cups of water to a boil in a medium sized pot. Add in your pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook until Al Dente, about 8-10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, make the sauce by placing the garlic cloves, lemon juice, and olive oil into a food processor. Process until smooth. Now add in the pitted avocado, basil, and salt. Process until smooth and creamy.
3. When pasta is done cooking, drain and rinse in a strainer and place pasta into a large bowl. Pour on sauce and toss until fully combined. Garnish with lemon zest and black pepper, or shaved Parmesan.
Serve immediately. Makes 2 servings.
Please note: This dish does not reheat well due to the avocado in the sauce. Please serve immediately.
The sauce tasted really good. We do love avocado!
It was a little plain. I used 3 cloves of garlic but the lemon and avocado overpowered the garlic. It did make a very creamy sauce and was visually appealing.
It also did not seem to agree with our tummies. We both had tummy upset later. I won't be making this again.


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Monday, June 4, 2007
This Birding Life: Kenn Kaufman
A new episode of my podcast This Birding Life is available for your downloading and listening pleasure. It features a conversation with Kenn Kaufman, birding all-star, author, naturalist, and deep thinker.
We talk about a variety of topics: recruiting young bird watchers, birding technology, his fabulous field guides, and the legacy of the greatest bird watcher of all time, Roger Tory Peterson.
This Birding Life is brought to you by Bird Watcher's Digest and is sponsored by the good folks at Houghton Mifflin. You can subscribe to TBL (it's free!) by following the link along the right side of Bill of the Birds (see it over there?), or via Apple's iTunes store.
This episode of TBL is available in two formats: MP3 (audio only) and M4A (audio with images--which can be played on your computer or on your video iPod/MP3 player).
Since this is a new channel of content delivery/consumption for all of us, I welcome your comments and feedback on the This Birding Life podcasts.
4 comments:
- On June 4, 2007 at 10:20 AM Andy said...
Hi Bill -
I downloaded all of the shows released as of May 15 and burned them onto a CD for a recent roadtrip. I really enjoyed all of them. Very interesting stuff - I have a huge appetite for discussions of birds + technology, and I thought the interview with Wiedensaul was thought-provoking. I'm just amazed that the two of you weren't calling out bird identifications from your tower mid-interview...
Can you do anything about the audio levels on the episode that features your talk to beginning birders? The audience applause is very loud compared to your voice on that track.
Anyways, thanks for entertaining me during my road trip!
- On June 4, 2007 at 10:29 AM Bill of the Birds said...
Thanks Andy! I'll see what can be done about the levels on that track--it might take a while, though. I've got a half dozen other episodes in the can that need to be produced first. Appreciate the feedback.
- On June 4, 2007 at 2:23 PM Rondeau Ric said...
Hi Bill
I can get them to play but how do I save them so I can listen later?
Technically challenged RR
- On June 4, 2007 at 3:53 PM Anonymous said...
Instead of clicking where it says download, right-click and choose "Save link as" or "Save target as".


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Travel Report: 2012-13 WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Main Event, Day 2 -- The Grind
Was lamenting the lost hour (to the start of Daylight Savings time) in yesterday's post, and how much we all missed that extra time to rest and recover following a 15-hour day. Had another 15-hour one yesterday for Day 2. Longer, actually, as play started at noon, ended around 2:30 a.m., with work starting before and ending after.
Today's Day 3 may well match the first two days, too, I imagine, as far as how long it will take is concerned. With the late re-entries, yesterday the tourney began with 299 players and over the course of all those levels and hands of poker just 19 made it through to the final day of play that again will start at noon. They will have to play down to a winner today and tonight, so I imagine it'll be some time after midnight again before it's all done and dusted.
I definitely felt myself wearing down a bit yesterday, with all the standing, running back and forth between the floor and the laptop, and constant mental challenge to blog, count chips, keep track of bustouts and winners, and so on reminding me over and over how much I'd missed getting a decent night's sleep.
I didn't even mention yesterday how about an hour after hitting the hay there was an alarm that went off down in the casino that kept on bleating for nearly 15 minutes, long enough to wake up the whole hotel including yours truly. Was one of those "whoop whoop whoop" repeaters that after grabbing the attention went on long enough to inspire first a studied analysis of the slightly different pitches of the three notes, then plunged the listener into terror-filled anxieties that it would never, ever, ever stop.
But stop it did, and we all got a few more hours of slumber before play began. The afternoon saw over 200 players eliminated, then after dinner the bubble burst. Lana O'Brien who was of the blogging crowd some time back (working for CardRunners along the way, I believe) made the money, but just barely as she was knocked out along with another player, Patrick Chan, during hand-for-hand play which meant the two of them split 54th-place money. Basically amounted to getting not quite the buy-in back, but better than getting none back at all.
Both Christian Harder and Matt Glantz made the money, but both were short when the bubble burst and ended up going out in 35th and 27th places, respectively. The big leader heading into today is Joseph McKeehen with about 1.9 million.
McKeehen was involved in what was easily the most memorable sequence of the day when he managed to pick up pocket aces on consecutive hands to knock out two opponents, with one of those pots being over a million. Was kind of funny as earlier in the night after the money bubble had burst he'd said something to me about how the "made-for-TV" hands were coming after we'd seen a K-K-versus-A-K encounter knock out another player.
I've commented before here how covering these events amounts to a kind of intense immersion into the very specific experience of a tournament, made even more so when you find yourself spending two-thirds of your waking hours with it. And, really, nothing else. Everything happening outside of the room kind of fades away as long as the tournament lasts -- at least that's the case for me, as I have trouble being able to do much of anything else when I'm covering a tourney.
My blogging partner Kevin ("tayke2") helped make things easier for me during the long day, of course, as did Nolan Dalla here reporting for the WSOP site. Also going a long way were several statements of support from players during the day expressing appreciation for the updates. I can easily see how the bloggers who regularly work these WSOP-C events begin to develop a kind of camaraderie with the players who frequently play in them. Hard not to pull for them all, especially when it gets late in a tourney and everyone has similarly fought through the exhaustion and other challenges to persevere.
No alarms last night, so somewhat better rested this morning. Click over to PokerNews today for coverage of Day 3 from Caesars Atlantic City, where Kevin and I will be using DeAndre Jordan as inspiration as we slam through the final day.
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This article originally appeared in the Sept. 14, 2004 issue of Sports Illustrated.
Golf is a lonely game except at the Ryder Cup. There every player has 11 teammates and a captain rooting for him, and that is only part of the support group. At this year's Cup, U.S. caddies will be welcomed into the team room for the first time for meetings and meals, an acknowledgment of their importance by captain Hal Sutton. The loopers will sit elbow to elbow with the players' significant others, who have long been treated as integral members of the team.
The Ryder Cup is the only tournament in golf in which wives (and fiancees and girlfriends) are allowed inside the ropes, and the American women are always turned out in matching outfits, an affectation that draws snickers from their European counterparts, who wouldn't be caught dead in a team uniform. The American women are such a part of the action that in 1999 a handful of them joined the players in dancing across the 17th green at the Country Club infuriating the Europeans after Justin Leonard holed his famous putt.
Asked how important spouses are to the American effort, Sutton said, "I think some women make a difference. They say things that are important to their husbands. They might say the one thing that makes a difference in the half point that wins this thing."
At Oakland Hills no woman will be as closely watched as Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods's fiancee. She was on his arm at the Belfry for the 2002 Ryder Cup, but their romance had been public for only six months then, and it was not clear what the future held for the former swimsuit model. Now Nordegren and Woods are engaged, their secretive wedding plans a subject of keen interest on both sides of the Atlantic.
Nordegren may have been born and raised in Sweden, but she'll be wearing red, white and blue next week, and there's no question where her allegiance lies. "Of course she's going to root for the Americans," says Jesper Parnevik's wife, Mia, who hired Nordegren in 2001 to work as one of her nannies and later served as something of a matchmaker for Woods and Nordegren. "You always root for your man. Bernhard Langer's wife is from Louisiana, but who do you think she'll be rooting for?"
Nordegren may wear the flag on her sleeve at Oakland Hills, but she is sure to reveal little else. Even in the insular world of the PGA Tour she is a shadowy figure, talked about by everyone but close to very few. "She's become like Greta Garbo," says a member of the Tour's Scandinavian clique. "When she started dating Tiger, it was like there was an unwritten agreement she wouldn't say anything to anyone. She's still nice, but when you talk to her, you don't get anything out of her." One week of forced camaraderie at the Ryder Cup is unlikely to change that.
Woods keeps a famously tight circle, and he has a history of bloodlessly excommunicating any intimate who crosses him. Nordegren knows what is expected of her. Approached for an interview at last month's PGA Championship, she smiled sweetly and said with a light accent, "I'd rather not answer any questions. Thank you."
Whether the Americans win or lose at the Ryder Cup, the cameras will find Nordegren, as they always do. But even the spotlight of golf's marquee event will do little to reveal golf's enduring mystery: Who, exactly, is the woman engaged to the world's most famous athlete?
Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren was born on New Year's Day in 1980, 10 minutes ahead of her identical twin, Josefine. They joined older brother, Axel, in the family home in Vaxholm, a small town 50 miles north of Stockholm. Their parents, Thomas Nordegren and Barbro Holmberg, divorced when Elin was six years old, and they have both gone on to lead extraordinary lives. A university-trained social worker, Holmberg has enjoyed a long career in Swedish government and last October was appointed Minister for Migration, a cabinet-level position that has made her a prominent voice among the country's Social Democrats. For two decades Thomas Nordegren has been one of Sweden's leading journalists, and presently he is based in Washington, D.C., as a correspondent for the influential Swedish Broadcasting, for whom his responsibilities include covering the White House.
Elin and her siblings grew up in an environment crackling with intellectual pursuits. "Ideas have always been important to us," Thomas Nordegren recently told SI. In 1997, when Thomas took a position with the Berlin bureau of Swedish Broadcasting, Elin and her twin enrolled at the city's prestigious John F. Kennedy School.
Other than that year, Elin and Josefine spent their time in Stockholm with their mother, who has an apartment in the picturesque Gamla Stan (Old City). Though their parents were rich in accomplishments, the girls did not lead a life of luxury. "Elin and Josefine had to find jobs every summer to buy what they wanted," Thomas told Britain's Sunday Mirror in 2002. "They worked as cashiers in the supermarket to finance their studies, and [held] other odd jobs."
Near the end of 1999 a different kind of work presented itself to Elin. One of Sweden's leading fashion photographers, the wonderfully named Bingo Rimer, happened upon a candid photo of her and immediately recognized her star quality. Rimer looked up Nordegren's phone number and talked her into a couple of photo shoots, which took place in early 2000. "She is magnificent Swedish high quality," says Rimer, who is a regular contributor to Scandinavian Playboy. "To be a top model, both men and women have to love you. Elin is very sexy, but it's a fresh, natural, sporty look, and girls like that too. She is not the big-boobed, blonde-bimbo type that only guys like."
A Rimer photo of a bikini-clad Nordegren landed on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000, yet she did little to capitalize on this development in her career. Rimer was frustrated, and impressed, by her apathy. "Elin doesn't care about modeling," says Rimer, who remains a friend and confidant of Nordegren's. "She never has. Even the few things I got her to do, I had to drag her into the studio. Being famous, the whole celebrity thing, she really and truly does not care about that."
Instead of pursuing modeling full time, Elin (and Josefine) enrolled at Lund University, one of the top colleges in Sweden. Josefine studied law she has one year left to finish her degree while Elin's course load reflected her longstanding dream of becoming a child psychologist. But Elin's life took an unexpected turn in the summer after her freshman year.
She was working at the clothing boutique Champagne, in Stockholm, when noted shopaholic Mia Parnevik blew in. The Parneviks have four young children and employ two full-time nannies, preferably twentysomething Swedish women whom Mia brings over to the family home in Jupiter, Fla., for several months at a time. After chatting with Nordegren at Champagne, Mia all but offered her the job. "I'm really into a person's energy," she says, by way of explanation. "Elin was smart, she was down to earth, and I could tell immediately that she was great with kids." Nordegren officially signed on after further impressing Mia during a more formal interview.
In July 2001 Nordegren settled in at the Parneviks' 3,000-square-foot guesthouse, which she shared with another nanny. It was a comfortable life, Mia says, with "good pay" and two days off a week. The nannies' only responsibility was to look after the kids; they didn't have to cook or clean, as the Parneviks also employ housekeepers. "[The nannies] are not employees, they are part of the family," says Mia. Of course, Nordegren's arrival begs the question: Since she is such an attractive young woman.... "Did I worry my husband was going to screw the nanny?" Parnevik says. "Is that what you're asking? Of course not. My marriage has a lot more trust than that."
Actually, the question was going to be, Since Elin is such an attractive young woman, did you anticipate that she would attract attention from the eligible bachelors on Tour?
"No, because she had no interest in golf or golfers," says Mia. "She thought they were so silly and was always making fun of them." Another deterrent was that Nordegren still had a serious boyfriend back in Sweden, a young man who worked in real estate.
It was while working at her first tournament, the 2001 British Open, that Nordegren met her future fiance, a quick introduction that nevertheless made a lasting impression on Woods, whose taste for blondes has been well documented. As '01 wore on, Nordegren's boyfriend exited the picture and Woods became a more persistent suitor, even though he lived in Orlando, about 150 miles from the Parnevik compound. Says Mia, "He would call. A lot. I would give him a hard time, and we would have a laugh, but when Jesper answered, Tiger was more nervous, and of course Jesper loved that. He would really make Tiger sweat."
The p.r. machinery of various multinational corporations has given Woods a superstar sheen, but don't forget that his teammates at Stanford nicknamed him Urkel, after the famously nerdy character in the coming-of-age TV comedy Family Matters. When he finally felt ready to ask Nordegren out for the first time, Woods displayed all the confidence of a member of the chess club approaching the head cheerleader. According to a close friend of the Parneviks, Woods had an intermediary ask Nordegren for that first date. "Her reaction was, 'What the hell was that?'" says the Parneviks' friend. "She thought it was so weird and pathetic. Of course she said no."
It wasn't just the clumsiness of Woods's approach that gave Elin pause. "One of the reasons she didn't date him right away was because she didn't want to be just a celebrity girlfriend," says Rimer. "She knows how it looks. People see her so young, so beautiful and they assume she is just a gold digger. That's how it is in the States, right? All those girls who would do anything to date a famous athlete? Elin is not like that. She is a smart girl, raised in a family of intellectuals. She has dreams. She didn't want to be seen just as a decoration on Tiger's arm."
Eventually Nordegren became more receptive to Woods's advances, and when she returned to Stockholm for the holidays in December 2001, she visited Rimer to tell him of the burgeoning romance. Displaying a feel for image management reminiscent of Jackie Kennedy's, she insisted that they go through his stockpile of photos. "The deal was that I could only release the ones that she approved," says Rimer. "I was naive. I didn't think there would be much interest when the relationship became public. But she knew better."
The world discovered Nordegren in March 2002, when she was very visibly by Woods's side at the Bay Hill Invitational in his hometown of Orlando. Almost instantly the Internet was flooded with Rimer's preapproved glamour shots of Nordegren, but controlling her image would prove more difficult. In August '02 the Web was abuzz over a series of photos of a buxom blonde wearing only a smile who was identified as Nordegren. In a posting on tigerwoods.com her boyfriend claimed the pictures were not of Nordegren, who, he wrote, had never posed for any nude photographs. "Nor does she have any intent to do so," he added. Rimer backs up Woods on that point. "She's never done anything like that," says Rimer, who claims the woman in the photos was someone else. "She's not that kind of girl. I have pictures of her standing topless, but she's covering herself with her hands. She wouldn't do any nudity, and you know I asked."
As unpleasant as it was, the dustup over the nude pictures was just part of the media frenzy spawned by the coupling of Woods and Nordegren. "The Swedish tabloids have printed some outrageous things," says Thomas. "They have done some crazy things."
For Christmas in 2002, Elin persuaded Tiger to visit Sweden for the first time. They stayed in the village of Parlstrom, where Holmberg owns her father's childhood home, painted red with white window frames in the typical Swedish style. Paparazzi camped outside the house for three days, even though temperatures plunged below -20°. (It was on that trip that Woods, a Southern California kid, saw falling snow for the first time.)
In the face of such intrusiveness, Nordegren's family has retreated behind a wall of silence. Older brother Axel, who holds a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics, recently began working in Shanghai for the Swedish Export Council. Reached in his office, he giggled at a reporter's introductory greeting. "You're the first one who has found me here," he said. "I'm impressed. But I decided long ago that I will not answer any questions about Elin. I understand the interest, but she has so little privacy left, and I want to preserve it. However, I wish you good luck on your report." Holmberg also declined to be interviewed for this story, her press secretary citing "family privacy."
For Thomas Nordegren, blowing off reporters is a little harder to do. After all, he's a member of the media, too. As for the awkward intersection of his job as a news gatherer and the developments in his daughter's love life, he says, "The only concession is that I don't report on men's golf. Our correspondent in New York handles that."
But when Elin marries Tiger it will be international news surely he will be compelled to break the story, right? "Celebrities and weddings and such is not part of the programs I work on," he says soberly. "We don't do that type of journalism."
The Swedish tabloids do, of course, and they were atwitter in July when Woods's mother, Tida, visited Stockholm the week before the British Open at Royal Troon. One of the local dailies, Aftonbladet, ran a picture of Tida, Elin and her mother strolling through the city, under the headline ELIN AND TIGER'S WEDDING IN SWEDEN. The story went on to say, "According to unconfirmed information, it may be today."
It wasn't, and it still hasn't happened. Nordegren's best friend in golf is still Mia Parnevik, who says, "I swear to God, I don't know when the wedding will be, and I don't want to know, because everybody asks me 10 times a day, and if I knew, it probably wouldn't be a secret for long. Nobody knows when or where it's going to happen, and I think that's really cool. It's nice they have some small thing that is all their own."
What is life like for the future Mr. and Mrs. Woods? "They're cute together," Parnevik says. "It's young love." Though they come from disparate backgrounds, Nordegren shares Woods's strong athletic jones. She was a competitive soccer player well into her teens, and, according to her father, Elin's aggressive style led to innumerable bloody knees and even a broken leg during a tournament. Now she has acquired Woods's love of scuba diving he recently purchased a 155-foot yacht to help them get away from it all, and Nordegren has visited the shipyard vessel in Vancouver, Wash., at least three times to oversee the details of its interior design. The happy couple has also been spotted on the driving range at Isleworth Country Club, where Woods is giving his fiancee her first golf lessons. Though he is suffering through his worst season since 1998, Woods has been saying of late that he has never been happier, and it's easy to believe him.
One of the few people to get inside the couple's protective bubble is Charles Howell; he and his wife, Heather, vacationed with Woods and Nordegren before last year's Presidents Cup in South Africa, staying at a hotel on the beach in Cape Town. (The week after the Presidents Cup, Woods proposed to Nordegren while they were holed up on a private game reserve in South Africa.) "We did a whole lot of nothing," Howell says. "They were both very relaxed, very easygoing. She's a great person. It's too bad the world will never get to know her, just as very few people will ever see Tiger's private side." Most of the evenings were spent with the couples engaged in cutthroat games of cards, in which Nordegren showed a killer instinct that must have pleased her future husband. "She's a very competitive person, in a good way," says Howell. "She likes to win, and she usually did."
Having won the heart of golf's most eligible bachelor whose fortune runs into nine figures it is tempting to say that Nordegren is living a fairy-tale life. But the woman who knows the couple best has a very different take. "People think it's like a Cinderella story for her, but Tiger is the one who got the catch," says Mia Parnevik. "With the weird lifestyle he leads, he might never have met a nice girl. He's lucky he found Elin. I mean, can you imagine how empty his life was before she came along, just hitting golf balls all day long?"


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This week the po-tree bus is been driven by ever-enthusiastic Chiccoreal. She has given us three options and I have chosen the first option which says:
I want you to write a poem on the first thing that you think, see, feel, do, taste, etc.,POPS into your head BE IT THE DOUBLE DECKER ON THE POETRY BUS or BE IT A DAGWOOD DOUBLE DECKER SANDWICH IN THE MORNING ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING!!! be honest! I MEAN THE FIRST THING YOU DO IN THE A.M. ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST THING!!!
I am being absolutely, truly honest about the first thought that crossed my mind first thing today morning ( Guess that is what I think first thing every morning)
Morning Blues
When morning
dawns new beginning
when sunrise
breaks between two nights
Tangled in the sheets
freezing from the sleets
reliving the night
rendezvous under moonlight
I wake up, look at you
blank without a cue
hear you sing
merry old ding
munching on remnant sleep
canonized recitals
cajoling my siesta
humming in my ears
searching you with languid hands
eager for the contact
agitation vivid in my eyes
scratching my head
I finally holler mutely
Where is that danged stop button
on this alarm clock?
I stare blankly
time ticking away
cursing the unknown
fully awake
charged for the challenge


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Its about two hours before game time and its time to look at the starting line-ups and what the keys to victory are for both the Yankees and the Phillies and then we will make a prediction.
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF
Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (3-0, 1.19 ERA in postseason)
Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino CF
Chase Utley 2B
Ryan Howard 1B
Jayson Werth RF
Raul Ibanez DH
Ben Francisco LF
Pedro Feliz 3B
Carlos Ruiz C
Pitching: LHP Cliff Lee (2-0, 0.74 ERA in postseason)
TIME/TV: 7:57 p.m., FOX
Yankees Keys to game one : The Yankees keys to success start and end on the shoulders of CC Sabathia. This is the biggest game of his career so far and he has been great. He needs to go at least seven innings and leave with the lead.
Alex Rodriguez needs to continue his path of greatness. He is having one of the most brilliant post seasons in the history of baseball. If it continues there is no way the Yankees lose.
Phil Hughes needs to pitch to potential: In the Regular season Phil was money. So far in the post season he has not been that guy. If the Yankees can get stability out of Hughes, Chamberlain, Rivera it makes it a 6 inning game which spells trouble for the Phillies.
Joe Girardi needs to play smart baseball. Joe is definitely a different style manager than the old Joe (Torre) who managed more from his gut. Girardi needs to make the smart moves as opposed to the popular moves. I think he has learned a lot already from the playoffs.
Phillies Keys to Victory: Cliff Lee has to pitch like he is a Cy Young winner not like a slub. He can be great and has been great. CC is a soldier and Lee needs to keep the Phillies in the game and go pitch for pitch.
Ryan Howard: Howard needs to have a big night. If there is anyone that can crush the ball on CC it will be Howard.
Run the bases well: When the Phillies get runners on base they need to be aggressive and smart. Play for the one run, steal a bag, bunt a guy over. One run could mean the difference tonight.
Brad Lidge needs to not blow it. So many times during the regular season he choked and blew a save. If any team can come from behind its the Yankees if the Phillies get a lead they better keep it.
In my mind the winner of tonight's game will have a huge advantage for the rest of the series. Both pitchers are great, but CC at home and A-Rod hitting over .400 in the post season. I'm going with the Yankees 7-3
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Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog since I have been in South Korea. So, for this blog I would like to tell you how I am doing. However, first things first. Many have wondered how my flight went. Well, it was boring. That might sound bad, but please here me out. The take off was fun and exciting. It was a culmination of months of hard work, and it was finally happening. To be honest, though this moment was very special, it was almost ruined. To my friends on the east coast, they understand just how bad the snow storms have been. Just before take off, a massive snow storm came and delayed boarding by 2 hours. Then once boarded, we were stuck infront of the runway for another 3 hours. This just added to the total length of the flight that was already going to be 15 hours long. I am not one to complain, but this tested my resolve a bit. Despite these setbacks, the plane did take off and it was an enjoyable flight. I was treated with respect. I like that. Hard work has taken flight.
Now I am in Seoul, S. Korea. I am so excited but very, very tired. Once through customs, I caught a taxi to my hotel. I am fairly certain I was ripped off, but I had no way of challenging the prices. I was able to get to my room with no issue, and the room was quite nice. I slept well and was able to have enough energy to get to my dormitory after a very long taxi ride and getting lost for an hour. With the help of some new friends, I was able ti check in to my dormitory and be able to explore Seoul some. I went out for dinner that night with my new friends, and for the first time I had Korean food. It blew me away. It was just fantastic. I am not sure what it was, but it was good. I went to sleep in S. Korea that night with a mind blown with the fact that God's plan actually led me here. "How on earth did I get here", I keep asking myself. Blown away by all that I have seen, I can't help but just lay in my bed amazed at the truth about my situation. I am in S. Korea! I am a student of one of the greatest universities in the world.
I awoke up the next day to a trip to see the city some more. I went to a traditional village untouched by technology. Then we went to the Koran War Memorial. Talk bout a sobering trip. Then we went to the heart of the city. How grand it was. I have yet to be in a city so huge as this. It is very intimidating, but now I seem to have a handle on things.(Perhaps self-deception?) Anyway, Classes start tomorrow. I am not sure how to feel about this, but, to be honest, it does not really matter how I feel. This is still college, so, I have no choice but to go to class. That is just how it is. I am excited to get busy again. Many say college suck, but learning for me is a fun experience so it is not much of a chore that a awesome privilege. Thank you all for reading, and expect these to come out every Friday
or so. I love you my beautiful people.
Hi I'm Ryen! This is my blog going through my journey through study abroad before during and after. I am about to journey to Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea! My hope is to post bi-weekly before I go on my journey(Which begins the 21st of February). I hope that you will stick with me through this blog, and thank you for coming alongside me through this grand adventure.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015
A Fond Farewell
Hello friends, It's Ryen again and it looks like you found me! This post will catch you up, and will include a farewell from me. Let start by apologizing. I had to skip last weeks blog due to me moving out of my house and paper work logistics going all weird. So, my visa was finally approved and I was able to sign up for classes. These two things are answers to prayer. It has been months to get these things figured out, but I owe some great housemates, friends, and family for the encouragement I have been receiving. I am abundantly blessed by them.
I will be leaving on the 21st of February on a fairly large plane. I am excited, nervous, and everything in between. I am still working on the packing, and if anyone has any ideas please let me know. I am very much open to suggestions. This was a long time coming, and it has indeed been a bumpy road. Now, I am only a few weeks away from stepping on a plane to an adventure that will surely change my perspective forever. I am thankful for my advisers at Old Dominion University. Without their unyielding support, this journey would not be a reality, and if you are reading this thank you so much for everything. It really has been amazing working with you, and I want to let you know that you made this process very smooth for me. When I get over to S. Korea, I promise that your investments will not be in vain.
Now here is that "Fond Farewell" you saw in the title. Last week there was a great deal of "goodbyes", and it was a very bitter sweet time for me. It was a rushed week, and was not able to say goodbye to everyone. So, goodbye everyone. I love you guys so very much. There is no way to truly say the goodbye that is in my heart because I cannot hug you through this post. However, I really just want to properly say goodbye to all of you. This goodbye is more so for people at ODU. This is because some of them I won't see again for a rather long time. Many of you I will see come august, but I wanted to do a heartfelt farewell to those few that I won't be seeing again for awhile. For those back home, I will be seeing you for the next two weeks. You guys are the best. Thank you guys for helping me make this happen.
As always, please share this with all of you friends. The youtube channel is set to launch this week Friday night. Lets get the channel on to a good start.
Thank you my beautiful friends you,
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Not like I am "In" too much, but this is notice I will be "Out". I was diagnosed this summer with a uterine problem that could cause me some long term health issues, and I have already been sick off and on for the best part of two years. We've agreed that having a hysterectomy will be the best thing for my health, and I will be going in on the 15th of this month.
So if you haven't seen me for awhile... I haven't died. ;)
To keep you busy while I am gone, here's some fun, free, and safe for your computer online games to play. :) Think of me if you're having fun!
Assorted Fun Games (addictive)
Arcade Games
Friday, October 12, 2007
Out for awhile
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Jim Thorpe, because of its picturesque and mountainous location is called the "Switzerland of America" as well as the "Gateway to the Poconos." Originally named "Mauch Chunk" -- meaning "Bear Place" or "Sleeping Bear," it was the area inhabited by the native people of the Munsee-Lenape-Delaware nation. It is the county seat for Carbon County. It is situated several miles west on route 209 off the Northeast Extension of PA Turnpike.
The town was founded in 1818 and grew due to the forming of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company. The area was developed on the flat mouth of the Lehigh River. As other companies entered the picture it became the center for development and transportation of coal, connecting mines and the town with a gravity railroad and a "switch-back-twisted backtrack."
As industry grew, so did the attraction of money and the charm of the Victorian Era. Downtown developed an area known as "Millionaire Row," as well as mansions high on a hill. Rumor has it that Mauch Chunk had the most millionaires between 1880-1900 in the United States (as many as 13).
The two Packard mansions stand high above the town with a direct view overseeing the railroad station to observe rail activity. Best known was Asa Packard. Who would be considered a billionaire by today's standards.
Once, my mother and I were guested at a Victorian Wedding at the Harry Packard Mansion. This mansion sits near the Asa Packard Mansion on Packard Hill Avenue which is open only for tours and other community events. The Harry Packard mansion has been turned into a bed & breakfast. For all the formal events guests were required to dress in Victorian garb.
Now about the name change of Mauch Chunk to Jim Thorpe. After his death in 1953 the widow of Jim Thorpe made a deal to move his remains for his final burial place. At the time, the town was desperate to attract dwindling business to the area. Until this day the town is still divided over the name change and reasons behind it. Jim Thorpe was a gold medal Olympic Winner in 1912 in two categories – decathlon and the pentathlon.
Between 2010 and 2015 the town and his family along with the Native American Protection Act battled for his remains to return to Oklahoma -- to his Shawnee birthplace. He was of a mixed heritage – his father was Irish and his mother was of the Sac-Fox tribes. The final decision was that his body was to remain in Carbon County.
Bed & Breakfast Quiche
1 unbaked 9" pie shell
4 eggs
1 cup heavy cream
¼ tsp. each salt, black pepper & ground nutmeg
1/4 lb. fresh baby spinach
½ lb. white button mushrooms - butter
½ cup finely chopped scallions
1 cup grated cheese or cheeses
Lightly sauté button mushrooms in butter. Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
Beat in a bowl eggs, salt, pepper nutmeg; fold in cream. Over bottom of pie shell place spinach, mushrooms & chopped scallions; pour egg mixture over top. Sprinkle with cheese & bake for 45 minutes or until eggs are set.
Not only for Breakfast
1¾ cups of all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
5 Tbsp. unsalted butter
½ cup cream
¼ cup orange juice
¾ cup grated orange zest
¼ cup currants
egg white wash
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder & baking soda. Cut in butter until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add enough milk & orange juice to make a soft dough – add in currants; combining mixture well. On a floured surface roll out to a 1" thickness. Cut dough in desired shapes with a cookie cutter or with a knife. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Brush lightly with beaten egg whites. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
When I first started to outline this article – it was planned to highlight towns in Pennsylvania with strange names. But since there are so many places and areas in the state with strange or different names I decided to highlight only a few.
Which brings us to Lancaster County – known as the "Dutch Country." The area has a high population of religious communities – Mennonites - the Amish – the Church of the Brethren. These groups are known for their closed lifestyle and deep religious beliefs. It is ironic that many of the towns in the area have sort of a sexual type names. There is Paradise – Blue Ball - Intercourse - Bird-In-Hand – Bareville. German is generally spoken in the area and it is most likely names got changed in the translation. Paradise was a nice place to live as "in paradise." Intercourse's original name was "Enter Course." Bird-In-Hand relates to something about how it is better to have two roads and not just one road between Philadelphia and Lancaster.
It seems people from Lancaster County tend to like their sweets & treats . . .
Dutch Soft Pretzels
1 pack dry yeast
1 ½ cups warm water
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. sugar
¼ tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
coarse salt
In a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm water -- add in flour sugar and salt; mix well. Knead into a smooth and satiny dough on a floured surface. Cut off pieces of dough in equal parts. Roll dough into long pieces – shape and twist into pretzel shape. Shaping a pretzel may take a little bit of practice – so be patient. Brush top with beaten egg and sprinkle with salt. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes – until golden brown.
Homemade Root Beer
1 tsp. active dry yeast
½ cup warm water
2 cups granulated sugar
4 cups hot boiled water
4 tsp. root beer extract
Dissolve yeast in warm water – dissolve sugar in hot boiled water. In a gallon glass jug, combine yeast and sugar mixtures – stir until all ingredients are combined and dissolved. Cover jar – set in warm sun for 4 hours. It will be ready to drink the next day. It is best to chill before serving.
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Managed a whole days work on Cold Trees today. Work on the complicated tracery of branches and twigs is fun...the temptation is to draw each twig, but at this scale, it's enough to settle for giving the impression. I still find it surprising that a few applications of yellow ochre and red in the right place can almost create the feeling of direct sunlight. For those of you interested , I'll be making this piece available to buy via my Face book fan page later in the week.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Cold trees - 2
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- Devil Mood said...
It already works like this, almost as if it's completed!
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Starry Eyes
I hit the Horrorthon wall a few weeks ago but now I intend to squeak out a few more reviews (including all of the Saw flicks!) before month end.
Starry Eyes takes the premise of an actress willing to do anything to make it in Hollywood and uses it as a launching pad for a gruesome horror movie that packs quite the wallop. The protagonist Sarah is the only true likable character in the film so watching her inevitable fall from grace is saddening. Her "friends" are either hostile, jealous or indifferent to her career goals.
Sarah's first audition for a breakout role begins disastrously and she reacts by yanking her hair out in the bathroom. One of the casting directors sees this and gives her another chance – if she agrees to pull more of her hair out in a second audition. By doing so she is granted the rare opportunity to meet a famous producer that can make all of her dreams come true as long as she submits fully to his vision. At first she rejects the old perv's offer but after some soul searching she finds herself wooed by his BS Ayn Rand talk about living in a world of doers who act on their ambition. Suffice it to say Sarah chooses to sell her soul with predictably morbid results. Thanks for the recommendation Catfreeek! This was a fun one to watch at the end of a long month.
3 comments:
- JPX said...
I keep forgetting about this one, it sounds great! Good to have you back! I look forward to your take on the SAW films...
- November 23, 2015 12:59 PM
- Octopunk said...
Every single Saw film my goodness!
Yes, after Cat's review I put this one on my list, which is in my head, and is also very long.
- November 24, 2015 12:49 AM
- Catfreeek said...
Glad you enjoyed it, nice review.
- November 24, 2015 5:33 PM
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And the other because it is MCN (merino/cashmere/nylon):
Only one yarn arrived this week besides the previous indulgences. It's the last Geek Tour Doctor Who shipment:
The color's called Petrichor. The color's not what I'd associate with petrichor ("the scent of rain on dry earth" according to Wikipedia). I like the color and it is shiny so I'm happy. It looks like those two KnitPicks yarns were mixed together, now that I see them all together.


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I am freaking…It's already the middle of November and I didn't even get one word down. I just read…which is good too, of course…all my selfhelp-books recommend reading to a certain extent. Which is the point…to a certain extent. I had hoped to be able to write something down too. I have hired a girl to help me in the stages of writing the thesis and she already thought that I would have put something down. Which I haven't. I also don't know if she will charge more if I send her something to read 😉 But still, these are her expectations and it seems that I don't live up to them. Her normal students would have provided her with at least a few pages already. Considering I met her first time in August, this is really embarrassing. She also recommended to just write to the organizations I want to use in my thesis, which I didn't even consider. I have to push my boundaries a lot with this thesis. Normally I wouldn't do that because I am such a chicken…I should get off my ass and write a letter 😦
But at least I have my Chinese language partner now 😉 She is of great help and already had a hand in my progress. I am now nearly enjoying reading Chinese texts, not only because the words that are used are repeated so often that even I remember them…words that I normally don't know in Chinese like "natural resources", "weapons of mass destruction" or "border control"….but I learned to love the language again. Additionally I finished my Drama today which I talked about in this post. The end was really annoying and I didn't even like the lead, which repeatedly seems to be the case with asian dramas. I always end up to like the friends of the lead more, because they are usually written to be livelier, dare to talk back to guys and are more independent. The lead regularly seems to be a naive, needy, weepy, dependent girly-girl who makes decisions nobody can understand. And I don't even want to talk about the voice this girl has in this drama, which is deeply annoying. The good thing is, this is not only my view, but the comments weren't very nice and Chinese girls seem to have a problem with the lead too. And they wrote very nasty things which I don't even want to translate. Chinese girls don't hold back 😉 The writers don't seem to know their audience 😉


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Intro: How Dialectical Thinking Can Save the Universe!
Have you ever wondered how Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith might have turned out had Obi-Wan and Anakin really put effort into thinking dialectically? Watch the video below... and then read on for more!
A Bit About Me
Me with my beautiful wife, we have been married for about 3 years!
I believe that if individuals and organizations put concerted effort into thinking dialectically, minds would be expanded, wars would be avoided, and society overall would progress at a much faster rate!
Now, before we dive into the nitty-gritty, I would like to relate why the concept of dialectical thinking is personally relevant to me. As a Mormon, Feminist, and Psychologist-in-training, I tend to get into a lot of involved discussions on a wide variety of hot topics. This happened just the other day, in a scenario that might sound extremely familiar to you!
Now, before we dive into the nitty-gritty, I would like to relate why the concept of dialectical thinking is personally relevant to me. As a Mormon, Feminist, and Psychologist-in-training, I tend to get into a lot of involved discussions on a wide variety of hot topics. This happened just the other day, in a scenario that might sound extremely familiar to you!
- I post something on [insert social media platform here].
- Others comment, some with agitated contradictory remarks.
- I try to explain where I am coming from, since it seems they aren't getting that.
- The whole thing spins out of control and morphs into a crazy argument that I have no interest in but is incredibly hard to end, and now everybody's day is worse, friendships are strained, and nobody has learned anything.
I am no saint here, and I have probably spent the first 90% of my life more like the aggressive commentator than the (hopefully) thoughtful original poster! But whomever the perpetrator is, it's unfortunate just how often we see this kind of unpleasant dialogue break out isn't it? Often at least one, if not all people involved, could be compared to a sailor, clinging to the last remnants of their sinking ship, seemingly only interested only in proving themselves correct.
Learning Does Not Equal Losing!
In a TED talk by Daniel Cohen (2013, Colby College), he talks about how we often percieve argument in a very warlike, adversarial framing. Imagine for a moment that two individuals have a discussion where Person A has an idea/concept, and Person B brings up a multitude of objections/questions to challenge that concept; Person A explains them all with a degree of competence, and thus Person B walks away with a deeper respect for - or maybe even, gasp! believing in - Person A's idea. Most, if asked to judge this interaction, would say that Person A "won" this argument. This mindset betrays the underlying concept that to learn is to lose. Furthermore, in a TED talk by Jesse Richardson (2014, Brisbane) he states that humans have a tendency to feel like it's very bad to be wrong. He opines that it would be good for us to learn that the ideas we hold are not us, and that we shouldn't feel the need to defend them to the death; rather, it is liberating and will fundamentally change our approach to the world if we allow ourselves to change our ideas.
Now, having said this, I don't want you to think that I am saying you have to be open to changing your ideas in order to be thinking dialectically. In order to explain why that is, let's define the terminology being used here!
And "Dialectical" Means...?
"Dialectical thinking" is a skill that means to be capable and willing to understand and recognize the truth behind opposing viewpoints. Thinking dialectically means that you are willing to give credence to alternative viewpoints, even if you don't agree with them. Not only that, but it means that you are willing to find a solution that meets the needs of opposing views.
Respecting that someone thinks a certain way and valuing their viewpoint does not mean that you will always, or even usually, adopt their ideas as your own! However, when people think dialectically, a healthy dialogue is able to occur where each side is examined and understood objectively, and it leads to consistent, functional, and widely beneficial results.
Dialectical Thinking And Government
What might the world be like if everyone decided to believe a certain ideology, and then were never open to alternative viewpoints (i.e. failed epicly at dialectical thinking)? Probably much like what the US Congress looks like these days! Almost 90% of Americans agree that the senate does not function as it should. On November 17th 2015, James Matheson (the only Democratic legislative representative from Utah of his time, and co-chair of the Blue Dog coalition) stated his belief that this gridlock is because the Constitution was designed to facilitate compromise between various ideas and groups, so when our legislators are extremely polarized (therefore unwilling to think & act dialectically), the resulting lack of compromise and cooperation across the "aisle" means that nothing gets accomplished.
The consequences of not thinking dialectically are worse than simply not accomplishing things, however...
Why It Matters
The psychological term for the way someone processes information when they are not able or willing to think dialectically is confirmation bias. My peer, Eli Hainsworth, wrote an excellent post detailing the dangers of this psychological proclivity, but I will sum it up here shortly: this term refers to mankind's strong natural tendency to filter info they encounter by ignoring facts, evidence and ideas that may be at odds with their own schemas, and conversely to over-emphasize info that appears to support their own viewpoints. If we are unaware of this tendency and do little to counteract it, we are not capable of seeing the objective world around us, instead inhabiting a self-supportive fantasy world where everything works the way we want it to work. When confirmation bias rules our perception, instead of arguing opposing views in order to reach a workable well-rounded compromise, arguing opposing views becomes an exercise in futility and an act of aggression.
This will in turn push people apart and create a feeling of otherness, lending towards dehumanizing the "others," and as any student of history may tell you, these are the first steps which have been taken towards any meaningless conflict in history!
Explosion of Communication
We are living in an age of unparalleled facilitation of communication. With the click of a mouse, or tap on the phone, I can be exposed to an astoundingly wide variety of ideas. Like any technological revolution, this one brings with it greater opportunity for amazing advances, as well as more painful consequences for failure.
When I am exposed to foreign ideas, I can either synthesize these ideas with my own so that my life can be improved from the good in them, or (much more easily) I can learn about these other ways of thinking just enough to decide that I disagree with them and strengthen my own convictions that my worldview is absolutely right, and maybe even that I should do whatever is in my power to get others to conform to it.
Speaking of the responsibility we have to take advantage of opportunities to learn from various sources of insight, Joseph Smith Jr. (first President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) taught that "One of the grand fundamental principles... is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may," and that "We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up." (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1949).
Modern EducationImage from here.
I mentioned earlier that dialectical thinking is a skill - more specifically, it is a subset of critical thinking. Other subsets of critical thinking are analysis and evaluation - examples may be being media literate, or being able to recognize logical fallacies. With how rapidly communication is changing, and how change is being more facilitated by the day, are we even learning these 21st Century Literacy skills from anywhere? For more on this topic, see my peer Sarah Evans' post here!
Importance Of LiteracyImage from here.
If we are not capable of interpreting information and understanding ideas objectively, then we will feel constantly threatened by alternative ideas. Instead of advancing and progressing, we will remain stuck or even regress. Instead, let's emulate the examples of our founding fathers; when they worked on the Constitution together they debated passionately on topics which they held of the utmost importance such as federalism, limits of government, and the design of checks & balances (for more on that, you can start this CrashCourse History installment here!). Yet in the end, even though many of their opinions were directly in opposition, they were willing to give value and credence enough to their peer's concerns to recognize that they were valid, and thus they penned one document which was adequate enough at compromising between all parties that it was signed into law and has served as the backbone of this country ever since.
Critical thinking is difficult! It takes a lot of attention, effort, and (especially in the case of dialectical thinking) humility. Nevertheless, I believe that like all good things, the progress we are capable of making both as individuals and as a society at large is well worth the sacrifice! So share your thoughts on this concept with your friends, and I guarantee you'll get your first opportunity to practice dialectical thinking today!
P.S. If this slice of 21st Century Literacy interested you, I encourage you to look at this topic's parent blogpost which I created with a group of peers right here! It includes a short, entertaining and informational video, as well as a Prezi with our research in it so you can guide yourself through exploring the topic as you wish.
P.S. If this slice of 21st Century Literacy interested you, I encourage you to look at this topic's parent blogpost which I created with a group of peers right here! It includes a short, entertaining and informational video, as well as a Prezi with our research in it so you can guide yourself through exploring the topic as you wish.


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COLLIER'S folio of 1632. These proposed are not, however, there, or I would not have troubled you, though it is many months since I first altered the reading of my copy. {52}
Taming of the Shrew, Act V. Sc. 2.--On the exit of Katharina to "fetch" in the disobedient wives, Lucentio remarks:
"Luc. Here is a wonder, if you talk of a wonder.
Hort. And so it is. I wonder what it bodes.
Pet. Marry, peace it bodes, and love, and quiet life, An awful rule, and right supremacy; And, to be short, what not that's sweet and happy."
For "an awful rule" I propose to substitute and lawful rule, as agreeing better with the text and context; indeed, the whole passage indicates it. Petruchio means that the change in Katharina's temper and conduct bodes love, peace, law, and order, in contradistinction to awe or fear. The repetition of the conjunction and also makes the harmony of the language more equal; "and love, and quiet life,


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After a month of using Reviva Labs' Firming Eye Serum ($19) I have concluded that it is very good value for money. It didn't knock my socks off, but then I didn't really expect it to. My conclusion is that is a useful maintenance product; it won't transform fine lines and abolish crepiness (as I have found with the much more expensive Your Best Face Correct), but it will do an adequate job of holding the fort until you need to send for the cavalry and the heavy artillery.
I suspected that Reviva's Firming Eye Serum would be a little drying with its alpha lipoic acid and vitamin C. But I was pleasantly surprised. Towards the end of my four week trial, I found that my under eye area was starting to look but dehydrated and I felt ready to reach for Correct. But until then, it had been fine – possibly due to olive oil being the most dominant ingredient.
My only other quibble is that the cream didn't absorb terribly well. But then I say, what do you expect for twenty two bucks. Leave it to the posh formulators to research – and charge for – the perfect consistency. Firming Eye Serum does a good enough job.
It has a refreshingly short list of ingredients that includes the cosmetic industry's new botanical darling, mulberry extract, an antioxidant and skin brightener. In my experience, brightening is what this eye cream is best at. I don't really have a dark circle issue, but I did notice that the skin around my eyes looked especially clear.
Along with mulberry, the alpha lipoic acid had a hand in this. This "universal antioxidant" helps fight future skin damage and repairs the existing by diminishing fine lines, giving skin a healthy glow, and boosting the levels and efficacy of other antioxidants, such as the vitamin C.
Ingredients in Firming Eye Serum
Demineralized spring water, Olive Oil, Cyclomethicone, Whole Wheat Protein, DMAE Bitartrate, Mulberry Extract, Lime Extract, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Hyaluronic Acid, Allantoin, Xanthan Gum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth 20, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid.
Reviva Labs DMAE Firming Eye Serum- reviewed and recommended
After a month of using Reviva Labs' Firming Eye Serum ($19) I have concluded that it is very good value for money. It didn't knock my socks off, but then I didn't really expect it to. My conclusion is that is a useful maintenance product; it won't transform fine lines and abolish crepiness (as I have found with the much more expensive Your Best Face Correct), but it will do an adequate job of holding the fort until you need to send for the cavalry and the heavy artillery.
This serum works wonders for my puffiness. I use Dermaradiant by night.I wish I can afford YBF but so far these two do a great job. No complaints. Would love to try Reviva ALA, DMAE and Ester C for face in a near future.
Tammy- I am a YBF devotee. But for night (and it could be used day and night, this is just my regimen) I use HydroPeptide Anti-Wrinkle Dark Circle Concentrate. It's $60 in the TIA Store. I've had the cannister a long time, and a little goes a long way. I highly recommend it. I believe it was recommended here, but I couldn't find the link! Good luck. ~jk
"And on the subject of value for money, I am also giving away Nutra-Lift's wrinkle repair serum. It has the same three key ingredients as the Reviva, but has thrown in seaweed as well."
No comment about Reviva directly, but if the above quote from you is in still in effect - I WANT ONE!
I want to try some new eye creams so badly. I just really don't know where to start.
I LOVED you YBF sample for eyes but I can't afford it right now, and will have to wait for a bit on that one. It WAS wonderful in the way it felt on the eye area, but did not have enough to really tell a difference.
With my finances right now, I would love to try anything you suggest so I could find something to fit my budget.
Besides, if I don't find a good eye cream soon, I will never get rid of these lines and crepiness.
I absolutely love YBF, but with the economic downturns it is just out of my range right now. I have been searching for something more affordable but equally comparable. Could this be it? Let's see!
I've tried Your Best Face and would love to compare this product. You always wonder if the expensive creams really make that much of a difference or does it just feel like it's working because of the price? Here's a chance to find out whether a lower priced eye cream can do the trick!
This product sound like my kind of formula. Everything I have been looking for in an eye cream but couldn't find for under $60! I would love to try this product and see what it does for my eye area. I do have dark circles and am very interested in what it can do with those as well as fine lines and wrinkles!
I would LOVE to try this product as I spent some years in the sun in Hawaii and am now 60, tho do not ralate to that age. I appreciate the natural qualities that this company has and also the great advocate that we have in Marta!