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The East can never be as good as the West?
University of Malaya professor Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim is patriotic. I have no doubt in it.
However, he is patriotic does not mean that I am not.
Such a logic is simple enough.
Similarly, to achieve national unity, it is not necessary to study in national primary schools while studying in Chinese primary schools does not mean that we are not able to unite.
I do not really have much interests in the controversy between Khoo and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong. But some of Khoo's arguments and logic have confused me. For example, I found it strange when he said that Chinese education is not a formula to unite the people as it is contrary to Western education system.
What did he mean by that? Did he mean to say that Chinese education has undermined national unity? Or did he mean to stress that only Western education system can unite the people?
If he was referring to undermining the national unity, the culprit should be those who were engaged in the cow-head demonstrations and arson attacks on churches, as well as extremists who kept the "pendatang (immigrant) theory" in mind. How could he blame Chinese education?
If he wanted to say that Western education system can unite the people, then does his subconscious think that the East can never be as good as the West?
Yes, the modern education system is basically originated from the West. But where is the examination system of the Western education system, which is highly praised by Khoo, originated from?
As early as 100 years ago, Sun Yat-sen had pointed out that the current examination system is almost learned from the British. However, the British examination system is actually originated from China.
In fact, the Western academia has long recognised that the current Western civil service system is originated from the Chinese imperial examination system.
I found this from Google: The influence of Chinese imperial examination system on Western countries can be traced back to the latter half of the 16th century. The Chinese imperial examination system was first introduced to the West by two Portuguese friars Gaspar da Cruz and Gonza Mendoza. In his book Treatise on Things Chinese, the former highly praised the practice of selecting government officials through the imperial examination system in China while the latter gave a detailed description of the examination's methods and content in his book. The two books have affected European countries to imitate China and establish their own civil service examination systems.
Indeed, from today's perspective, the imperial examination system is outdated. But it advocates fair competition and merit-based admission. The spirit of opening the civil power to the public is no doubt more advantageous compared to the old aristocracy, hierarchy and monarchy systems of the West.
Khoo should not conclude that Chinese education is narrow-minded and outdated by saying only that "Chinese education is contrary to Western education system". As an historian, he should understand the above-mentioned historical facts better than us. He should also tell us that there is no single perfect education system in the world but there is an education systems that suits us the most. And a good education system does not sit idle. It will not be complacent and conservative. Instead, it will continue learning from others, constantly enriching and improving itself.
I do not think the so called "one type of school" suggested by Khoo can really help to achieve the goal of national unity as the big environment has not yet possessed the conditions of equality, liberality and democratic maturity. Meanwhile, those who are in power are still unable to give up schools as the battlefield of ideology and the "ultimate goal" of political subordination!
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Every day when I go to work it is a toss up whether Emory will be up or not. I try to control my urge to sneak in and kiss him but today I couldn't resist taking this picture. Today was not one of my best teaching days...at one point I had to stand in front of one of my study hall kid's table for 25 min to get him to work and even then he only wrote two sentences! It is so useless when you care more than the students. I wish I could just say...go away and come back when you want my help, but please please stop trying to annoy me today! Luckily most of my days are not like that.
Next week is Spring Break. Hopefully I will get done with the planning for the many projects I want to work on in April and May. I have a dilemma with work. I want to come home as soon as possible....but it is impossible to get anything done here. Gabe says he will take the baby on Sunday so that I can lock myself in the office and work. You'll probably see a lot of posts that day as I procrastinate!


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1/2 cup orange juice
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1/2 teaspoon cloves
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How to Tell if Tree is Dead or Alive – If your tree would not leaf out on a timetable, you may begin questioning, "is my tree alive or dead?" you could use different exams, consisting of the tree scratch test, to decide whether your tree remains alive. Study on to discover how to tell if a tree is a loss of life or lifeless. Is a tree dead or alive? Nowadays of high temperatures and little rainfall has taken its toll on bushes in lots of components of the country. Even drought-tolerant timber end up stressed after several years without enough water, particularly in soaring summer temperatures.
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Most characters' power seems to lie either in themselves or in a relatively easily accessible source. Among the mundane characters, you get the strong, and the clever, and the beautiful, and often combinations of the above; among the powered, you get innate superpowers, you get drawing from magical leylines or the local equivalent… you get the idea. The power comes from within them, and is always (plus or minus difficulties due to their own mental states or moving too far away from the source) there for them once they've learned to use it.
But every now and then I see a character whose main advantage isn't in power or skill or inherent attribute, but in synergy. They can't do everything, but they know people who do, and for whatever reason can probably get them to pitch in—through friendship, pay, exchange of services, knowing the right person to ask the favor, social manipulation, all of the above. I've always thought these sorts of characters were tremendously cool.
Why aren't they used as often? First, let's look at the majority of characters. To put it in RPG terms, theirs isn't a power that would require its own opposed roll just to be able to use. (Set-difficulty roll, sure, but that's a lot more straightforward.) They rely on themselves, and don't need to look that far outside themselves for help—and that means neither their creators nor (if applicable) their GMs really have to worry about the complications between them and what they can do.
On the other hand, the networking character is all about the network. One of the effects is that, while she has effectively more skills than a character of equivalent experience working solo, she can also lose them more easily. Many people don't like that, for whatever reason.
But the character being about the network creates one major hurdle for the GM or writer: they have to create the network. Yes, it could be that the character's creator, writer or player, can just start inventing people to delegate tasks to, and that's decently cool, though in games it bears the risk of the player coming up with something the GM doesn't want to deal with, and in writing there's always the risk of conflicting with the rest of the text. But that might not be an option, or the character's creator might be of the type who asks, "All right, these are my resources, what can I do with them?" Their resources serve as both constraint and springboard; make them open-ended, and the creator might not be able to figure out what sorts of resources to write in.
So why still be fascinated by them? In my case, it's partly because I like to learn from the fictional characters I interact with, either through game or through fiction. The thing about the networking character is that as often as not, the only thing super about her is the size of her buddy list (or equivalent thereof). Other than that, she's having to operate under societal constraints, work within her own limitations, and get around them by knowing who to ask for help, and that makes her strategies somewhat more applicable to the world around me; that's interesting. (Besides, by contacting the right people at the right time she can get half a dozen projects working towards completion at the same time. How cool is that?) Moreover, the dependence on other people means she's easy to plothook, if nothing else to get the sources of her abilities back, and if she's a character in an RPG she's likely to extend her delegation skills to helping out her teammates.
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Carson and Honey at lunch at Garden City...BBQ!
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Carson's card house...and my last day at the beach with my fam
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JT at the B2BE "grand opening"
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Papa, Mimi, Me and Mikey
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Last picture of the beach for the year
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Rising awareness on global warming has encouraged the use of renewable energy throughout the Asia Pacific region. The high manufacturing capacity of APAC industries has resulted into higher power consumption. However, owing to the strict emission standards in several APAC countries, the adoption of photovoltaic (PV) energy systems is on the rise. As a result, the use of solar micro inverters is exhibiting considerable growth, offering a feasible alternative to inverters and power storage systems in the APAC region.
Status of Solar Micro Inverters in APAC Countries
India is expected to emerge as one of the most lucrative markets for solar micro inverters in APAC. The emerging agriculture sector has a major contribution in India's GDP, and has exhibited the most stringent implementation of solar inverters. In India, the irregular supply of electricity and power has turned out to be the most inducing factor for the demand of solar micro inverters. The commercial sectors in India are adopting PV installations at a broader scale. Furthermore, the Indian Government is also supporting the use of solar micro inverters as power substitutes by providing with manufacturing rollback and implementing favourable regulations.
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In Japan, the use of solar micro inverters is surging moderately, but the tedious environment regulations of JET certifications has implicated the manufacturing of solar micro inverters in Japan. Meanwhile, the increasing number of power plants has fuelled the demand for solar micro inverters having efficient AC modules in Indonesia and Philippines.
The booming industrialisation in China has inflicted challenges on the country's power consumption levels and energy distribution systems. The demand for enhanced and highly-calibrated solar micro inverters has increased in China in order to prevent power wastage and improve the AC to DC power conversion. China's industrial sector is also undergoing reformation owing to the country's stern emission standards. Therefore, the existing power storage systems are expected to be replaced by PV systems that do not emit harmful filtrates.
APAC Solar Micro Inverters Market: Dynamics
The growth of the APAC solar micro inverters market is mainly driven by the growing substitution of existing inverter systems with PV systems. Besides that, the rising prices of fossil fuels is also expected to fuel the demand for solar micro inverters in the APAC region. The other factors influencing the growth of the market include,
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The energy output requirements are highly-diverse throughout the industrial sector in APAC region. As the existing power systems fail to provide such varying power output range, the demand for solar micro inverters with flexible power-yielding functions gets soared.
- Growing consumption of alternating current
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The leading manufacturers in the APAC solar micro inverters market, such as Enphase Energy, are expanding the business by concentrating on the innovations and spending more capital on technological developments that can lower the production and operational costs. The key industrial contributors in the market also include companies such as Solar Bridge Technologies, Green Ray Solar, Solaredge, Universal-Power and Enecys, among others.
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Marcus Smart has been off of his game lately. That is overly apparent. So, I did some digging and I have arrived at a reason why. I think I know why Smart is not making those incredible hustle plays, or momentum swingers at all lately.
I kid you not when I say that I noticed this even over a month ago. It is not something I just randomly noticed because he was playing poorly. But we have all been able to see that Smart has been far worse post-trade deadline than prior to.
My theory, simply put, is that Smart has gained weight. Take a look at these two picture. The first being from just earlier this season and the second from this current series.
Now, how does Marcus Smart gaining weight change anything? Well, the answer is quite simple. He is just not comfortable out there. When the Wizards go on a huge run, there is no defensive stopper, or momentum swinger to stop it. Smart used to be that guy. Even in the Chicago series, he only had a few runs that made him look great. Other than that, he has been slower and more delayed than he ever has in his entire career.
The guy has heart, that is for sure. He wins 50/50 balls still. But he just hasn't been as much as he usually does. He is a step late.
You might be reading this in complete disagreement. I don't blame you. But now that it is brought to your attention, you'll see what I am talking about.
For the rest of the season, pay note to his play. Think about the weight, the slowness, the laziness even. You will see what I mean. Again, he'll make tons of plays...but there is something off about him. There is a reason he is not making EVERY play like we are used to. I think it is his weight.


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Small Scales Life
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Boat Miracle!!!
Kyle has transformed a big burned up mess into a promising boat project! Check out these great progress photos.
Waiting to Launch
It's that time of year again- when we are so excited for the upcoming season.
Excited to put the 'ol F/V Northland back in the water. Excited to catch the first beautiful, fresh, sockeye salmon for 2016. Excited to see so many returning customers placing their orders and licking their lips in anticipation for the upcoming harvest.
THANK YOU to all of our customers that put their orders in by the end of May- it really helps us plan for our season. GOOD NEWS, if you haven't yet we are still taking orders- so keep them coming!
Kyle and our 2016 (rockstar of course!) crew of Jamie and Jake are putting the final touches on the boat hoping to launch into the river in the next couple days. Fresh paint on the decks, repairs to the fiberglass that was smashed around too hard last year, new buoys for the upcoming smashing around, hanging new nets . . . the list goes on.
So far the 2016 sockeye salmon return to Bristol Bay, AK is just starting. There is a test boat that fishes the southern line of the fishing district and so far they are reporting an index of about 20. (When the fish are REALLY coming in strong later in the season this number rises as high as 200!!). New in Bristol Bay this year is that you have to drop your permit card on your first fishing day. In the past there was a 'Free Week' before you had to commit to a fishing district. What's important about this is there is a 48 hour closure if you decide you want to change from one are to another. 48 hours doesn't sound like a big deal, but in the commercial fishing world missing out on a HOT 48 hour fishing period can really decrease your season's catch.
On the home front, Emily reports that staying at home with a 3.5 and 1.5 year old is probably an equal challenge to commercial fishing! Last year was probably a greater challenge than fishing and it's expected that next year will be easier than fishing. Kyle is still eager for Small Scales Seafood salmon season to be a family fishing venture so he can pass on his fishing bug to his kiddos and not have to be away for so long. We hope to get some good, calm skiff fishing for Alaskan Rockfish and Pacific Cod with Maggie and Ben aboard later in the summer!
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Season Preparations
We're all getting ready for the upcoming season:-Emily is tallying up everyone's orders, making her lists and checking them twice. (Get your orders in asap to guarantee your Share of Scrumptious Sockeye Salmon!) -The munchkins are practicing their slip and slide skills on our new salmon slide. (Once installed on the boat this slide will help every salmon gently slide from the net to the fish holds filled with chilling 34 degree water.) -Kyle recently returned from 5 furious days of pre-season boat work in Naknek, AK. He cut a 9" hole through the bow of the Northland to install a bow thruster. This will help maneuver the boat through swarms of boats and nets.
Ready for 2015 orders!
It's that time of year again . . .Spring Corn in the Methow, Toddler Style
- time to place your 2015 order if you LOVE our salmon!
- time to finish eating your 2014 salmon if you have any left (we just finished ours- darn!)
- time to tell friends about Small Scales Seafoods and save $10 for every 25 pound referral!
- time to find the last of the snow and the first of the flowers.
Family of Four
We are so grateful!!!We are spending the fall-spring back in the Methow Valley of WA. We joke that the Methow is our calving ground and Alaska is our feeding ground. Last week we bought boxes of winter storage onions and squash from a local farmer in Twisp. The beauty and succulent taste of the onions is so incredible and so much better than what we buy at the grocery store. Granted, we had to coordinate back and forth to arrange a pickup time and may have paid more than the non-organic, non-local store counterpart. It reminds us that buying directly from the producer is so much more rewarding in knowing who we are supporting and in the quality of the food. We hope you feel the same about buying fish from us! We are doing our best to get back to customers but may be on a newborn sporadic schedule for a little while. It's amazing how a little one can shake things up! We have about 500 pounds of sockeye to sell before the end of the year and 300 pounds of halibut and will be in touch soon. Thank you to all of you have already bought your Scrumptious Sockeye Salmon Shares this year. We hope you are enjoying the scrumptiousness!
Life Update
Goodbye Cook Inlet, Hello Bristol Bay!
The Northland fishing Upper Cook Inlet 2013.
Kyle has flown north to Homer, AK to start boat work for the 2014 season. With summer right around the corner we wanted to give everyone some updates:
- This winter we sold our Upper Cook Inlet Drift permit and bought a Bristol Bay Drift permit! (We've long considered switching to the Bay and decided to make the plunge with permit values approaching each other and the political scene in Cook Inlet getting more and more volatile . . .)
- We will still be offering some great Small Scales Scrumptious Sockeye Shares, but our distribution and exact product will be a little different this year. (More details to follow shortly.)
- On the personal, non-fishy note, our little girl Maggie is almost 1.5 years old and we're expecting another munchkin due end of September. Rita is happily living with a new non-kid family, Dakota passed away last summer and Sassy is going strong.


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Got this address from Fire Mountain contest so you can see my entry that was among the finalists. They did an excellent job of photographing the whole set-up. I worked so many hours trying to do a lesser job so I am really, really impressed with whoever got this photo! I loved the fact someone put the tiniest toys into the wagon. Never thought of that. I hope the photograper/stylist person had fun playing with the toys.
What you cannot see here is the revolving stand. When the tree moves, the crystals (ABs) flash in colored lights like on a real tree. Also there is music with it. A music button plays "It's a Small World" with that terrible tinny sound.
The entry did not win a prize, but I will go on showing the scene here locally at Christmas. Last night I redid the hobby horse so he now is easier to stand up. So I am still working on this! Am thinking of adding more toyes. I had to give up the work before I was "really" done with it. Also was thinking of a fireplace with stockings. . . Now I have time to do it!


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You foam at the mouth.
You're on your own.
You rant in a quiet room about a loud world full of quiet lives
Lead by noisy people who have quiet thoughts.
One day, you're gonna have to settle down.
It's scary, isn't it?
You're gonna have to love another.
You're gonna have to step from these dark recesses
Like a fresh stream flowing from a cavern full of bats and algae.
These are the small things
Which we overlook.
These are the small things
Which make up the big things.
These are the small things -
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This is turning into Starcraft 2 week but I'm way too excited about all of it to let it pass. For those who might have missed the Blizzcon trailer or if you're just curious about what's getting me so pumped, here's the trailer they showed the last weekend.
I can't wait for Heart of the Swarm to be released now!


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Katelyn's amazing sense of fashion, sporting Nate's silly tie, oven mitts, and her "Snow White" church dress...(we made Nate Hawaiian Haystacks for Father's Day Dinner)
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Judith Hughes - Almondbury
Elected May 2015.
Judith was born & bred in Huddersfield. She attended St Joseph's school and then went to All Saints High School & Huddersfield Technical college. As a single parent she went back into education and gained a degree in History from Manchester Metropolitan University. Before becoming a councillor she worked in personal finance gaining financial qualifications. Judith was also a union representative for the GMB/APEX union for six years fighting for the rights of working people.
Judith has family across the ward, her grandfather grew up around Broken Cross & his extended family lived across Almondbury Lepton and Lascelles hall. Judith's brother & his family live in the Almondbury area.
Judith says, "I believe in Equality Fairness and justice and will fight for this within the ward as well as within Kirklees. I have 4 years' experience as a Kirklees councillor & I was proud to have been elected as the First Female Leader of the West Yorkshire fire & Rescue Service in 2014 after serving as the deputy in the previous 2 years as well as previously being the chair of the finance committee. I will bring my life experience as well as my local government experience to the ward & will be able to hit the ground running. I am known to be able to work cross party & will work in a positive manner with the 2 existing ward councillors for the benefit of the communities across the large geographical area of the ward."
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About a year ago she stood by my side and fought tooth and nail to assist me make it through a bitter custody fight and win primary custody of my wonderful 2 year-old child, who is her only great-grandchild, and the love of her life and my life.
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We have very beautiful cast iron radiators in the house. But they are all covered in layers of regular wall paint. This is not exactly fantastic to its functionality and also covers all the beautiful ornate details they have. So I decided to make a test with the laundry one.
It started purple-pink and almost plain…
And then I started stripping the paint ou of it. The purple-pink come out with the white one.
Then I got to a sort of golden metallic paint, probably the original one. Quite nice but impossible to keep.
I still have to finish the inside and the back, but it is going quite well. Not an easy job but it is nice somehow. And we can already she the details.
Beautiful, isn't it? Now that I can see the details I found out that it is a Taylor-Forbes' radiator. The company produced radiators from 1900 to 1950, but i believe these ones are early models.
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Category: Ballet
Life Lessons: Sylvie Guillem
25th May 2011
The French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem CBE was a member of the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal Ballet in London before branching out into contemporary dance. She shared her wisdom with us when she was in Abu Dhabi performing at the Abu Dhabi Festival …
Roaming emotions
18th May 2010
This morning on the treadmill at the gym I suddenly found myself in tears watching a concert on Arte of Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet. It has been a morning like most others, everyone is fine, and this afternoon we have a press trip to Atlantis to look fo …
Two of my favourite things…
7th March 2010
So my Zeldafication begins in earnest on Tuesday when I go to an advanced adult ballet class with our lovely new lodger Una, who was at ballet school until she was 14. Yes I know that I am not advanced, but did that ever stop Zelda? So wish me luck. Me …
New Year, new name….
10th January 2010
One of the results of making friends with my aunt again is that I am back in the will. I hasten to add that I am only back in the will because she tried to leave her money to my children, bypassing me, but was told they would have to pay inheritance ta …
Everything you always wanted to know about the environment…..
11th June 2009
….but were afraid to ask is in this excellent film: www.youtube.com/homeproject. Watch it, it is compelling and very scary. Added to which the filming is stunning. I am in Paris which has to be the most lovely city on earth. I came over the interview …
How much ballet can you see in one day?
26th March 2009
The answer is a lot. Yesterday I took the day off work, collected the children from school at midday and went off to see the Bolshoi rehearse Giselle at the Emirates Palace Hotel. It was wonderful. The director was shouting instructions in Russian and …
Tomorrow, tomorrow….
14th February 2009
When I was little I wanted to be an actress. "You don't want to do that," my mother said. "It's just a lot of waiting around." Yesterday I saw just how much waiting around is involved. I took the girls to audition for the musical Annie in Dubai. We got …
Expat Children Syndrome
8th January 2009
One of the things I noticed about coming back to Abu Dhabi was how much more settled (and nicer) the children are being. It seems to me that going home to Sainte Cecile and realising it is all still there and not about to go away has made them more set …
Sunday is the new Monday
8th September 2008
Proof, if it was needed, that my neural pathways are well and truly blocked comes from the fact that I am finding it impossible to get my head around Sunday being Monday. Today (Monday), for example, feels like Tuesday and I woke up thinking about all …
How low can you go?
5th September 2008
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Helena Frith Powell was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Italian father, but grew up mainly in England. She is the author of eleven books, translated into several languages including Chinese and Russian. She wrote the French Mistress column The Sunday Times about life in France for several years. She is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Tatler Magazine and Harper's Bazaar.
Helena has been the editor of four magazines, including M Magazine, a supplement for the Abu Dhabi based National Newspaper and FIVE, a high-end fashion glossy, also published in Abu Dhabi. Helena was also editor in chief of 360 Life, a quarterly glossy magazine published with the Sports 360 Newspaper in Dubai, part of the Chalhoub Group. She writes a beauty blog wwwbeautyorbeast.uk.
Her third novel, The Arnolfini Marriage, based on a romance that evolves around a van Eyck masterpiece came out in 2016. As well as writing regularly for newspapers and magazines, Helena is also working on a thriller called Welcome to Sweden that will be published in spring 2018. Her latest non-fiction work Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles came out in hardback in 2016 and came out in paperback in April 2018.
Helena was educated at Durham University and lived in the Languedoc region of France for eight years, where the family still have a home. She lives between there and London with her husband Rupert and their three children.
More France Please, we're British; Gibson Square 2004
Two Lipsticks and a Lover 2005; Gibson Square (hardback)
All You Need to be Impossibly French; (US version of above) Penguin 2006
Two Lipsticks and a Lover; Arrow Books (paperback) 2007
Ciao Bella Gibson Square; (hardback) 2006
Ciao Bella Gibson Square; (paperback) 2007
So Chic! (French version of Two Lipsticks) Leduc Editions 2008 (also translated into Chinese, Russian and Thai)
More, More France; Gibson Square 2009
To Hell in High Heels; Arrow Books 2009 (also translated into Polish)
The Viva Mayr Diet; Harper Collins 2009
Love in a Warm Climate; Gibson Square 2011
The Ex-Factor; Gibson Square 2013
Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles; Gibson Square 2016
The Arnolfini Marriage; Amazon Kindle December 2016
Smart Women Don't Get Wrinkles (paperback); Gibson Square spring 2018
Welcome to Sweden; Gibson Square summer 2018


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Joclyn Despain has a scar. In fact, it is almost like a brand on her skin. She doesn't know why it appeared on her neck, but she doesn't want anyone to see it, including her best friend Ryland, who knows everything else about her. The scar is the reason she hides herself behind baggy clothes, and won't let the idea of kissing Ryland enter her mind, no matter how much she wants to.
The scar is the reason she is being hunted.
If only she knew that she was.
If only she had known that the cursed stone her estranged father sent for her 16th birthday would trigger a change in her. Now, she is being stalked by a tall blonde man, and is miraculously throwing her high school bully ten feet in the air.
Joclyn attempts to find some answers and the courage to follow her heart. When Ryland finds her scar; but he knows what it means, and who will kill her because of it.
"I better get going to class," Wyn said, without looking away from me.
I watched her as she turned to leave, ratty shoulder bag draped across her back. I wanted to run after her, explain why everything upset me, and explain about Ryland and my dad and everything. But, I couldn't make myself move.
Wyn took a step to the side, leaving a break in the small group of students leaving the cafeteria. That small movement gave me a clear view of the door, and the blonde man standing next to it.
I looked away from Wyn's retreating back to meet the stare of bright, blue eyes. My stomach clenched in fear as his gaze bored into mine in a glance so intense I felt the blood drain from my face. All the times I had seen him, I had felt uncomfortable, like I was being stalked, and, this time was no different. Except, now I knew without a doubt that he was following me. My frantic heart felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest.
The man leaned forward, his back arching him forward. His eyes narrowed as he continued to stare into me. A shiver wound its way up my spine causing me to gasp for a breath I hadn't remembered holding. At my sudden intake, a coy little half smile spread across his face as if he enjoyed it. My stomach clenched in even further terror, my mind casting away any thoughts of what that smile could mean. I didn't want to know. He continued to stare into me before releasing me as he turned to walk out of the cafeteria.
I didn't dare move, even though class had already started and I was left alone with the janitorial staff and the smell of ammonia. I continued to stare at the vacant door as the edge of fear ebbed away and my spine started to relax. I shouldn't be so worked-up over one random man staring at me, even though he had been following me. But it could be anything right?
At the age of five Joclyn was bitten by something that sent her into a coma after experiencing tremendous pain. After almost six months she woke with only one side effect of the bite. A small raised red scar like a brand with a black mark in the middle. Since then she has wanted to do nothing but to disappear. Instead she did the best she could to hide the mark behind her ear on her neck by wearing baggy clothes and long hair hanging over it. She blames the mark for her fathers disappearance. Her parents argued about the significance of the mark. Then one night the arguements stopped and Joclyn woke to find her father had left.
Now she's almost sixteen and her mom works for the scrooge from hell. Fortunately the Devil's son is little piece of heaven named Ryland. He's her best friend but in 3 months he's supposed to leave for college. With time running out their hearts start feel the pressure. But their love and friendship is forbidden by Ryland's father. Ryland realizes what he wants most is to love Jos. Then he discovers her mark. Joclyn biggest fears become a reality as she loses Ryland because of the mark. She feels like everything leaves her because it. But the mystery of the Mark is now revealed. Her absent father returns, friends from school aren't who they appear to be, and Ryland's father is a bigger threat than she ever imagined. She's a Chosen Child, marked by the Kiss of a creature that resembles a small, winged dinasaur with a human like face. My heart breaks reading about the torture Ryland has had to endure at the hands of his father.
I loved this story. I wanted a different ending which means my heart is totally invested in the characters and reading the next book. You will love the mix of magic and romance and action. Your heart will swell and break as you read Kiss of Fire.
About the Author
Rebecca Ethington is a mother to two, foster mother to many, and wife to her best friend of 14 years. She was born and raised in the mountains of Salt Lake City, and hasn't found the desire to leave yet. Her days are spent writing, running a travel agency, attending school full time and enjoying life with her amazing family.
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I'm constantly surprised by the feedback I get from my blog. Up until this morning it has always been very positive and certainly feeds my ego.
This morning though, I realized that I had hurt someone with my words, someone I hadn't intended to hurt, someone that I had no idea even knew I had a blog. And I feel bad for it, guilty even.
Not because what I said wasn't true. But because what I said hurt them and for that I am sorry.
My former mother in law read on this blog that I referred to her family as cold and WASPy. I was comparing them to the grooms family in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The irony, to me, is that I was not the person to originally make that comparison. Their son was.
I am writing this now because of my sadness. I am sad that my words were hurtful and that I hope she uses that pain to take a long, hard look at her life and to examine why I felt that way, why I may not have felt welcomed into their family. I spent 10 years as their daughter and it was not always a smooth relationship. Hers was the approval I most wanted in my marriage but yet somehow I always seemed to feel like an outsider in their family.
(Twylia - a hint would be how you acted when I wanted to stay with you the summer my mother was dying)
My blog readers wont know the drama behind our relationship and because it is such a sensitive thing I wont rehash our issues out on this blog. Her hurt feelings have made me reconsider what I say about others and I believe that is a positive thing.
I don't know if she still reads this blog. She may not. I probably wouldn't if I were her.
I found out she had hurt feelings because she posted a family picture on facebook and commented that she was having dinner with her "Cold, reserved and WASPy family". It's ironic to me to that in that picture is her other former daughter in law. Apparently she still gets invited for dinner. I haven't even gotten a phone call or email from her in almost a year except the one time she told me she couldn't be my friend on facebook because she never went on it.
Truly it's not that we ever had a bad relationship or that they are icy people. Indeed, I loved my former mother in law very much and always wanted her approval, desperately so. I wanted to feel like she loved me back.
And I am sure to others they are not icy people, they are not cold or distant. They are warm, loving people to others around them and to many, many friends and members of their family.
But our relationship did not start out well and I suspect it was always tainted because of that.
So, Twylia, if you are still reading this blog, I am sorry I hurt your feelings and that I called you cold and reserved and icy. You are not truly any of those things to other people. But I don't think you ever really liked my very much and your behavior toward me during my marriage to your son, during our divorce and after has never been very warm, accepting or inviting except in short instances. For my part in that I am truly sorry.
I still love you, even if you aren't my Other Mother anymore. You are the only other woman I ever called Mom.
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Today was another amazing Uncle GT day! Geo and I got a letter (and airline tickets) from our Uncle Globetracker (we call him Uncle GT). Geo and I are being sent on a top-secret mission - and our first stop is Uncle GT's office in Washington, D.C.!! There we will find out more. The letter doesn't tell us much, but it certainly has us curious. See if you can figure it out! Our missions for Uncle GT are the most exciting trips ever!
We leave Phoenix first thing on Sunday, October 22nd. I sure hope it is cooler in our nation's capital. (D.C. is the United States capital, if you didn't know). I wonder if we will see the president. Today it was so hot out - over 100 degrees - Fahrenheit --, a bit warmer than our typical fall weather. It was too unbearable to even go outside. Did you know that Phoenix has the hottest climate of any large US city? I wonder how many people have to live in a city to determine it as a "large" US city. What do you think? Arizona has an arid climate, VERY hot summers (and sometimes into fall), and temperate winters. An arid climate is a dry climate that does not receive much rainfall. And temperate winters just means that they are mild and not extremely cold.
Holy Idaho! I am so excited about this mission. Here is the note we received with our airline tickets:
Dear Geo and Meri,
How are my favorite niece and nephew? Your Uncle Globetracker has a new assignment for you two. If you are interested, I need you to report to Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 22nd. Come to my building immediately (don't worry you will have time to visit your favorite museums AFTER our meeting).
Please do not tell anyone about this mission (especially little Pandora - we know how hard it is for her to keep a secret). Don't worry; I have already talked to your high school and parents. The school has given you permission to study under my supervision for a while, especially since you are so far ahead with your work. However, the school is requiring you to keep a detailed journal of the journey. The journal must include pictures from the places that you visit. So start keeping accurate records immediately.
You will be under my care and protection throughout this journey. They are all aware that you may be gone for a week, month, or even longer. The government really needs your help. Get ready for a unique adventure. I have included a map so you can see the distance you will be traveling. Here is a clue about the mission: Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map. Are you curious yet?
Love, Uncle GT
Wow, I can't wait to find out about this new adventure. I wonder what the clue means. Geo and I sat down and looked at the political map Uncle GT sent us that shows the states and major cities in North America. There are maps for all sorts of things - the climate, natural resources, physical maps that show mountains, rivers and lakes, and many other types of maps. Take a look at the map I linked below.
Geo and I finally found Phoenix and Washington, D.C. on the map. Can you find them? The first thing Geo and I wanted to figure out was the cardinal direction we would be traveling. When we look at the locations on the map, DC is above Phoenix. So we are heading upwards on the map - which means we are heading north. But we are also heading to the right. If up is north, then heading to the right, you are traveling east. So that means that Washington, D.C. is northeast of Phoenix.
Geo and I also wanted to figure out how far D.C. is from Phoenix. Thankfully we found a map with a scale. Geo and I estimated that Washington, D.C. is close to 2,000 or even 2,500 miles way. Holy Idaho! That is a long trip! I am glad that we are flying and not driving. We would have to drive for a few days to travel that many miles.
Now we just have to make sure our annoying little sister, Pandora, doesn't find out! Pandora is younger than we are - just 13 -- and always causes trouble for us. One time she secretly followed us on a mission for Uncle GT! Of course it was our fault (according to my parents) for allowing Pandora to read our journal. If she finds out we are heading to D.C., who knows what she might do to mess up this mission. We need your advice at the end of this post for how to trick her! Geo is going to write another blog post later tonight after we research a bit. I posted a few pictures of our home state - enjoy!
- Meri
Political Map of the United States
Take a look at the political map. Can you find your home state (if you live in the USA)? Can you find any oceans bordering the United States? What symbol is used to signify the U.S. Capital?
This plane trip will be cool because we will jump ahead in time. We are on Mountain standard time here. I am not sure where all of you are from, but here in Phoenix (and most of Arizona) we don't observe daylight saving time. The Navaho Nation is one of the few areas in Arizona that does participate in Daylight Saving time. Since we don't participate in Daylight Saving time, Washington, D.C. is two hours ahead of Phoenix right now. So if it is 1pm here, it is 3pm at Uncle GT's office! Time zones fascinate me.
Meri (the motor-mouth, as I call her), told you about our exciting mission. It will definitely be an adventure and a lot more interesting than being at home with Pandora. We will update you as soon as we find out more.
- Geo
Grand Canyon - For Kids
Learn more about the Grand Canyon (and see pictures) at this site.
arid - a way of describing a climate that is dry and does not receive much rainfall
cardinal direction - a term used to describe all four primary directions (north, south, east and west).
daylight saving - a way states and countries change their clocks in spring and fall to make better use of daylight. It moves an extra hour of daylight to afternoon during March to October. This helps people who work outside. Daylight saving time also conserves energy, moving activities into the daylight so we do not need to use lights. Not all places participate in daylight saving time.
geology - the study of the history of the planet Earth, its structure, and formation. Geologists study rocks and other materials that make up the planet Earth, both on the inside and on its surface.
Grand Canyon - a canyon located in the state of Arizona. It is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River. Most of the Grand Canyon is located in the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the first national parks in the United States.
Navaho Nation - the name given to the Native American people who inhabit large reservation lands in three US states: Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. As a whole, the Navaho Nation is the most populous contemporary Native American groups in the United States. They are noted as skilled potters, weavers, and silversmiths.
political map - map that shows the governmental boundaries between states, provinces, countries, and other man-made divisions. Political maps often include locations of major cities (another man-made government), and typically large bodies of water.
scale - shows the relationship between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth. For example, 1 inch may equal 500 miles. This allows users to calculate the approximate distance between two locations on a map.
temperate - a climate that provides warm summers and mild winters. The temperatures do not typically get extremely hot or cold.
valley - lowland between mountains or hills
Grade 3-5: Knows the basic elements of maps and globes (title, legend, cardinal, scale, grid, meridians, time zones, etc.).
Grade 6-8: Understands concepts such as axis, seasons, rotation, and revolution.
Grade 3-5: Knows major physical and human features of places as they are represented on maps and globes. Knows how to read different maps: road, relief, globe, etc..
Grade 3-5: Knows the location of major cities in North America.
Grade 3-5: Knows the approximate location of major continents, mountain ranges, and bodies of water on Earth.
Grade 6-8: Knows the relative location of, size of, and distances between places.
Grade 3-5: Understands how changing transportation and communication technology has affected relationships between locations. Ease of travel between some and difficulty getting to some others because of transportation and how people move and shop from one to the other because of the ease (trains, road systems, ferries, etc...).
Grade 3-5: Knows different methods to measure data (miles, kilometers, time, etc..).
Grade 6-8: Knows the physical characteristics of places (soil, vegetation, wildlife, etc..).
Grade 3-5: Knows the characteristics of a variety of regions (climate, housing, religion, language, etc..).
Grade 6-8: Understands criteria that give a region identity (such as Amsterdam as a transportation center or the Sunbelt's warm climate and popularity with retired people).
Grade 6-8: Knows how places and regions serve as cultural symbols (Opera House in Sydney or Tower Bridge in London).
Grade 3-5: Knows the physical components of Earth's atmosphere (weather and climate), lithosphere (land forms such as mountains), hydrosphere (oceans, lakes and rivers), and biosphere (vegetation and biomes).
Grade 3-5: Knows significant historical achievements of various cultures of the world (e.g., the Hanging Gardens or Babylon, the Taj Mahal in India, pyramids in Egypt, temples in ancient Greece, bridges and aqueducts in ancient Rome).
Grade 3-5: Knows how and why people divide Earth's surface into political and/or economic units (e.g., states in the United States and Mexico; provinces in Canada; countries in North and South America; countries linked in cooperative relationships, such as the European Union).
Grade 6-8: Understands the symbolic importance of capital cities (such as Canberra, a planned city, as the capital of Australia).


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Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2012
Volume 57, Number 1
Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts
Session X17: Focus Session: Nanostructures and Metamaterials, Growth, Structure, and Characterization -- Improved Materials and Applications II
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Room: 252A
Sponsoring Unit: DMP
Chair: Luca Dal Negro, Boston University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.X17.1
Abstract: X17.00001 : Low-loss multilayered metamaterial exhibiting a negative index of refraction at visible wavelengths*
Preview Abstract Abstract
Carlos Garcia-Meca
(Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. Nanophotonics Technology Center.)
Over the last decade, metamaterials have attracted a great interest thanks to their potential to expand the range of electromagnetic properties found in natural materials. In particular, the possibility of achieving negative refractive index media (NIM) enables us to implement superlenses and optical storing devices. Since the first experimental demonstration at microwave frequencies, much effort has been put in extending negative refraction to the visible spectrum, where we can take full advantage of NIM properties. For instance, the superior imaging ability of NIM would be essential for visible microscopy. The desired features for NIM are low loss and isotropy. This last property includes polarization independence and negative-index behavior in all spatial directions. None of these features have been attained in previous experiments. Thus, the current challenge is to improve such aspects in order to make NIM suitable for practical applications. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a low-loss multilayer metamaterial exhibiting a double-negative index in the visible spectrum, while presenting polarization independence at normal incidence. This has been achieved by exploiting the properties of a second-order magnetic resonance of the so-called fishnet structure, in contrast to previous works that used first-order magnetic resonances, both related to gap surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes. The low-loss nature of the employed magnetic resonance, together with the effect of the interacting adjacent layers, results in a figure of merit as high as 3.34. A wide spectral range of negative index is achieved, covering the wavelength region between 620 and 806 nm with only two different designs. The fabricated metamaterials are the first experimental multilayer NIM in the visible spectrum, which entails an important step towards homogeneous NIM in this range. Finally, we found that the SPP modes determining the permeability resonance display weak angular dispersion.
*Financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (contract CSD2008-00066 and FPU grant) is gratefully acknowledged.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.X17.1
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sunnuntai 26. lokakuuta 2014
I think you like the blue
just like i do
I think you like to play cold
just like to unfold
what I think of you
I´ve burnt my pink candles
and counted all my ravens
There was no special occasion
I was just thinking about that night
It looks like it´s snowing
white mist is landing
and it makes me ponder
should I keep on descending
O Jack keep on singing about the blindness
let me wrap myself in your sleep
Let the blue come on over you
and let it feed
Let it come into me
and capture all this perplexity and need
Let it feed from this body so cheap
and drink it self to black, replete
I´m dumb enough to feel numb
and I can´t cry when I think about you
There´s this need to burn all those candles
I´m on the red ones right now
Love is green and pain is sweet
and hands on my body feel discreet
even though I´m on the wrong side baby
It looks like it´s raining
and I love to watch those teardrops
Colours that make us free inside
I want to walk at night
Memories are made up
so they are made up right
O Jack keep on singing about the blindness
let me wrap myself in your sleep
Let the blue come on over you
and let it feed
Let it come into me
and capture all this perplexity and need
Let it feed from this body so cheap
and drink it self to black, replete
I´m sure it was snowing
when I found the one I love
Blue started to grow on us
as it started to look like god
It´s the matter of time,
place and pick up lines
And that if I left
I needed to leave right
I´m tired of feeling nothing
though it makes me strong inside
I think I can do anything
´cause I don´t feel alive
Sometimes it confuses me
´cause I don´t remember
which mask is mine
Maybe I have crossed the line
so I have nothing to lose than time
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- Anonyymi27. lokakuuta 2014 klo 5.19
"Single Dollar Girl / Sodom and Gomorrah / End of the World Blues"VastaaPoista
well i never had me a single dollar girl
no, i 'nt ever had me a single dollar girl
this is the blues baby, the blues at the end of the world
i guess i might like it to crash'n 'n to burn
yee, i guess i'm into crashin', just crashin' it to burn (baby!)
it's even more funny if you can do it at every turn
i've spent the night lookin' for my dead-beat heart (crawlin' for that heart!)
well i guess i'll never find it, find that dead-beat heart (no, no, no, no!)
yea we were cheek-to-cheek, but we were worlds apart
preacher come a-preachin', say he wanna save my soul (save it! yeah!)
yea, preacher come a-preachin', say he gonna save my soul (soul, soul, save it! yeah, ooh!)
well i'll beg ya pardon; who says that's what i want?
baby let me touch you; let me set your heart ablaze (a-BLAZE-AH! SZZZZZZZZ-YA! UUU!)
baby if i catch you, i will set your heart ablaze
when the kingdom cum-ah, we will see his shinin' grace (his grace! oh Lord! oh ya! oooOOO...)
well let me tell you something; i know just what you think (yeah really? he really knows)
yee let me tell you some, gal; i know just what you think (he does now? he KNOWS!)
you're thinkin' that this water, this water's just too dark to drink (that's not what she's thinkin' 'bout AT ALL! you a trickster, Mr; are you a FRAUD?!)
well in every blues song, you must sing somethin' 'bout shoes
yee in each blues song, gotta say somethin' 'bout shoes (gotta say! yeah! shoes baby shoes baby yeah! shoes!)
i'll get you all the shoes in the world baby if you'll just take-it-away my blues (*laughter* take it away my blues! can you believe this fella?!)
i see you got a whirlwind; well let me give it a whirl (whirlwind? whirl, whiiiirl! whirlwind, yeah! crazy! this is a great song!)
so you got a whirlwind; baby let me give it a whirl (whirling, whirling, still whirly-whirling along!)
i guess this ain't the blues no more babe; this is the end of the world
Came to me in a flash of darkness, just now. She's all yours, babe. *dark smile*
It might be bad form to write out the spoken parts like that, but it's just my style (Mr Spontaneous? Who, me? You've got the wrong number!), and besides I had too much fun doing it not to do it, so, I ended up doing it in the end.
If that makes sense, hm.
I hope the blues never leaves, if she keeps giving me songs like this. I guess you might think so, too. If I toss and turn for 12 hours, searching for a pulse in my half-dead heart, and catch one good line at the end of it all, then that's a night well spent, fair and square. If I catch a brilliant one, that's a year well spent, no matter if I manage to do anything else. --I'll never know how people can get by without this feeling. I guess you can't miss what you've never had (although I'm the last person to finally admit that).
--Do you have an email for the latest tirade? I'd rather not chop it in four pieces, nor have it here for all to read (though I guess there's no real harm in it).
--If there's silence, I'll take the hint and fade away.
I guess I could just write to E. since most of it concerns her, and you both
read anything I write to either of you anyway, but it'd be neater somehow.
I know I'm supposed to be silent even now, but hey -- who am I to keep a promise? :p It's been a long time since I wrote to anyone; I hope you'll forgive me. Your song inspired mine, so it's only fair that I share it with you, regardless of anything else.
Good night, err, morning. Dear God! *slams shut the coffin*
(The life of a vampire is always intense, ahem.)


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i used physician's formula mineral powder for a long time (which is kind of expensive for me), until i realized that it was making my winter skin look cakey. i tried this on a whim, and it makes my face look silky and smooth. i think it's the little shimmer particles in there. and um, have i mentioned that it's cheap? about $5!
2. EOS lipbalm in honeysuckle honeydew
how else can you moisturize both lips at once? this stuff is awesome. i like how it feels like it actually sinks into your lips, instead of sitting on top. i always slick this on before i go to bed, because it's not greasy and doesn't get all over my pillow.
3. rimmel fix & perfect face primer
i've posted about this before, but i apply this just under my eyes before my concealer to keep me from looking like an old lady, which i'm not.... yet.
4. ecotools brush set
my sister bought this for me for my last birthday (thanks, amy!) i use these every day! i use the big fluffy brush for my face powder (when i wear it.... sometimes i don't), the concealer brush for uhh concealer, and the angle brush for my eyeliner. i just dip the brush in my mascara excess, and line my lower lash line with the awesome blackness. i've successfully eliminated the need to buy eyeliner anymore! woot.
5. revlon colorstay active light makeup in ivory
GREAT STUFF. feels like tinted moisturizer going on, totally blends into my skin, and lasts all day. i never wanna use anything else, if i can help it.
6. maybelline great lash mascara in blackest black
you guys know how i feel about this stuff. the day they discontinue this neon tube of inky goodness will be a very dark day indeed.
7. maybelline cover up stick in medium beige
what? why medium beige? i know you've heard that you're supposed to apply an undereye concealer that's lighter than your skintone, but i always think that it only draws attention to the problem. this medium beige color has enough pigment to hide all of my darkness and looks way more natural than white under my eyes. trust me, i think i did that all through high school. eep.
8. maybelline dream mousse blush in soft plum and peach satin
these blushes are great. they blend in effortlessly, and have a touch of shimmer. super easy. i have 2 shades listed on here because i'm always switching.... if i wear blue or green, i wear the soft plum shade. i wear the peach one for pretty much everything else. am i the only one who thinks that blue, green, and teal look awful with anything orange-based? maybe it's just me....
9. mary kay signature concealer in light ivory
this is the only non-drugstore product i always buy! i think they've since changed the packaging and shade names, but this is what i still have in my makeup bag. it lasts forever, and i only need a little dab every time. it's a super lightweight liquid that completely covers little discolorations and acne. plus it's waterproof. it's $10, so a little more pricey than the rest of my items, but like i said, it'll last about a whole decade.
10. maybelline define-a-brow pencil in light blonde
the lightest pencil i can find! it totally makes my brows look natural and not too sparse. plus i just really love the green packaging. but without the cute packaging, it would still be the best eyebrow pencil i've found.
11. physician's formula baked wet/dry eyeshadow in baked sands
i've used other shades before, too. these shadows are great. they look almost metallic when you apply them wet. i use the darkest shade in this trio to line my eyes when i want a softer liner look than "blackest black." like when i want to wear really bright lipstick.


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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Miscarriage # 1
MISCARRIAGES: #1 I've had 5 miscarriages--one was twins--and 5 D&C's. The first was before children. We had been married 4 months and had gone to Flaming Gorge to be with family. When I told Mom that I couldn't handle seeing chicken, she said, "You're pregnant!" I had no idea. I was. The end of July I started bleeding. I checked in with my doc. He said, "Go to bed to save this baby." I was in college and had to take mid-terms. How could I go to bed?!? But then I decided I could for the babe. I was given a blessing that it could go fast if it needed to go. Within a couple of days I started into very painful labor. I realized this after I had had children. The problem was that it was the day I was going to meet my new brother-in-law, Bryan. The family had plans to go to the temple. I couldn't go, so I sent Lawrence. I hoped he would really hurry home. It was a Saturday and I couldn't check in with the doctor again, I would have to go to the emergency room. Finally my husband came, they had templed and gone out to eat, and I cryingly scolded him for leaving me so long. We went to the emergency room. They put me on a relaxer and did a very painful D & C in the ER room. The next morning we went to his parent's house and I met his brother and family. We took family pictures. I look at those pictures and realize the sadness and experience in my eyes. I felt like it was a babe who needed a healthy body and this wasn't healthy enough. I got pregnant again within two months and this babe carried full term. It was Stephanie! She has a very healthy body and has a hard time knowing when she's sick. Her appendix was about to rupture once and she was hurting some. I'm thankful she has a healthy Andersen body. Sooner than we expected we were expecting again! Kristen had to get here. I knew I was pregnant because I was morning sick while trying to make countless batches of English Toffee for Brad's wedding. People would see me holding Stephanie and say, "Oh, you're going to have two babies, huh?1?" and I'd think that no, Stephanie was old (a year and a bit). But I really did have two babies! I hoped that Stephanie would walk before Kristen was born. She barely did. They are 16 months apart. They were good buddies, then a great threesome when Lauralee came along. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Kristen was so excited to get here, but then she didn't want to be born. She was 18 days overdue, no matter what I did to try to get her here. But when she came she just wanted her mom and no one else for many years. I remember leaving her in Kindergarten, crying, trying to hold onto my leg. She finally got better when she was about 7 or 8. Her first night after birth the nurses did all they could to try to calm her, but finally brought her in to me. Kristen went straight to sleep. She just loved her mother, and knew her mother could protect her from the boogeymen.
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Finishing Off Our Basement
I haven't written for a year and a half. That's awful. Well, we are in the middle of finishing off our basement. Sheena chose it for her senior project. She fulfilled her hours just packing up everything and taking it out to the Homestead. And there are so many hours yet to come! Lawrence and I shopped for almost everything at Home Depot last Saturday. It cost $1500, after a 10% discount for opening a Home Depot credit card. We get 5% of things we buy now. We will put a toy closet, a game closet, and a blanket closet in the hallway and finish off the furnace room with some new shelves and the old clear containers. I'm excited about it. Right now Lawrence is doing the electrical and filling and painting the cement walls of the furnace room. Then he'll do drywall and plywood for the closets. We'll do some type of flooring in the furnace room, too. We've been in the house almost 29 years so it's about time we finish the basement!
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I was just told recently about a seminary professor who was having a conversation with his class. It was on the issue of souls and heaven, and someone asked about the souls of so many babies that are lost to miscarriage. He simply smiled and responded, "I think that Heaven is big enough." It is with the heavy heart that I make this next post. I find great comfort in the words "Heaven is big enough." David and I found out a few weeks ago that we were expecting "Baby #3" as we like to call it. We already had names ready! We waited to tell our families because we wanted to enjoy the first few weeks with just the family. Little did I know that the special time that David and I had would be our only time.
I began to miscarry this past weekend and am still in the process as I write this. I curled in a ball and cried as my husband held me when it began. My disbelief that this was happening was made into a reality when we went to the doctor on Monday. I will spare you all of the physical details because that's not what I want to write about. Just please pray that this will pass quickly from me, for it is a constant reminder of the baby that I will never hold. The eyes that I will never wipe tears away from. The bumps and bruises that I will never get to kiss. I never knew the kind of sorrow and pain that women experienced after a miscarriage, and to be honest it takes knowing someone very closely to even understand a little of what they are going through. My heart is breaking. There are a lot of ways to try to make sense of this, but that's not what I want. Loosing a baby does not make since, whether they are miscarried, stillborn, or die outside of the womb at whatever age. We live in an imperfect world where these things happen. I am not concerning myself with the why's, but rather where I go from here. How do I mourn the loss of someone that I know so well but for such a short amount of time, but never met? It is hard because there is no body to bury, there is no service to be held. No one sits on the couch and cries with us, but those that are really close to us. People may try to say that we never knew this child, or maybe it never developed. To us, this was a child, our third child that we did know if only for a short season. I still hurt, but everyone else moves on.
I feel an emptiness in the pit of my stomach. A sickening kind that won't let up. It does not offer me hope to think that maybe this protected us from something that could be worse. Maybe that is just for now, and my heart will change later. Please do not see me as being rude, but as a mother who is suffering loss. I wish that I could better explain the emptiness that I feel. Just know that it is a dark, deep, barren place. One where only the Lord can find me.
I am leaning heavily on David, and Jesus is having to carry us both. But His arms are strong! David is at a loss for words, but yet can find a lot to say. Please pray for him, that God will give him a grace on his words. David is angry. He was so excited about this baby. He has been ready for another child since April. He feels the loss of a child, and aches for his wife. This is a very different and difficult place. We are holding on to each other tighter than ever before. Please pray that our marriage will be even better as we walk through this valley. We are keeping the lines open and communicating the best that we can right now. We will be placing something on Dixon's grave as a memorial. I hope that this will bring closure, which I so desperately need.
You may want to know what we need right now. We need you to be graceful with your words. Please guard our hearts as you speak to us. I know that this will not last forever, just please remember that though we never held or saw him, our baby was very real to us and so is the loss. Please pray that I will physically heal quickly. It will take a few more days to clean out and then a couple of weeks to normalize hormonally. I am going to begin training with David and preparing for the half-marathon. Please pray for my family, because I know that they are not sure how to respond. They hurt because I hurt but only found out we were pregnant as I was going to the hospital. They never had time to even celebrate with us. Pray that as we walk through this, God will show us how to rejoice and praise Him all the more.
This has not shaken our faith but is making us stronger. I love the Lord more today than ever before. I am not angry with Him. He is not the creator of evil, but of good things. I am thankful that God knows how I feel, and His tears are even bigger than mine. A heart that can hold such a perfect love most definetly can mourn with me who is not perfect. David reminds me that through that love, I will hold our baby one day and that he is in a state of flawless perfection. So though I hurt right now, I have the hope of salvation! I will probably write more later, but this is a very rough writing of what is going on with us. Just know that I am thankful that Heaven is big enough for you and for me. We will be okay, and God's love is washing over us wave after wave. For now, I must bask in that love as my heart begins to heal.
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short term memory
overrides better judgment
for a moment's rest.
while my motto is still 'je ne regrette rien', it's concerning that my long term memory is fading. Feels to be a more physical cause than anything else, that my diet mirrors the instability of my life's routines.
(lol, what routines?)
I feel like a nomad of sorts… work and relationships alike. Much of this year shattered the notions of my life following a predictable story arc, which I kind of knew but never truly acknowledged. I couldn't live out that kind of story even if I wished, would drive me up a tree. I used to beat up myself for not being a 'responsible' adult that could hold down a steady job and nuclear family fantasies. Fuck that guilt trip 'ish. God knows I tried.
It's kind of hard to admit that I am in this kind of situation… but it helps to know that I'm not the only one. I don't think any less of anyone that has gone through similar issues. it's far from enviable, believe me. i've faith that things will get better. I am quite fortunate, as a matter of fact, and sometimes forget exactly how much so this is the case. (So much so, that I couldn't tell you without someone getting hurt :P)
Last night, I had virtually no energy to actively interact with my daughter. Apart from the essentials, I was useless to the world. My heart tires out much easier nowadays, especially when adapting to even newer routines of living with work being a primary focus of sorts. Didn't want it to be this way, but the alternatives are reasonably worse. C'est la vie.
I remember thinking, 'what if I died in my sleep? Would I mind?'. The short answer is yes. The long one is 'no, but…' which really centered around my girl living without her dad around. Sometimes I remember that I'd like to live for my own sake also, to see what happens. I still do live for the happiness of others as well, lovers and friends alike… but I now draw the line where my sense of self becomes unnecessarily compromised for the sole purpose of people-pleasing.
The form of much of my relationships died sweet deaths this year, and the energy remains largely intact… just as I had wished. Haven't always been right in terms of my actions, but hopefully I can make amends. Fertile soil for what is to come, miniature phoenixes from the ashes of the psyche I had outgrown… and am still evolving from.
And that was 2015 in a nutshell, mostly a time to live and let die.


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