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This the story of one woman in the 19th century, enduring an illness where the "cure" leads to her demise. Yet, this is a tale rich with sweeping commentary on the plight of women, then and now, where their emotional state and what it will take to support them is devised and controlled by a patriarchal society. Whether meant to be or not, treatment of women's issues was and always has been focused on silencing the malady-stunting the assertion of need. Understanding the life and times of the author, Charlotte Gilman of The Yellow Wallpaper informs us as to the very nature of the main character's state of mind.
Women are seen as melodramatic and frail, therefore leading to a treatment of rest and inactivity. Her "illness" is an excuse for the men in her life and society to be even more repressive. A woman's place was believed to be in the home and this is reflected in the way she is told not to work or write. This is an interesting dilemma because while the author's husband might be able to control her comings and goings, her level of activity, he cannot control her mind. And in this way, Gilman provides a means for the main character to control her own circumstances, her own destiny. On first pass, you could view this story as simply a woman losing her mind yet it is actually an allegory of success and triumph when fighting the power of a society bent on keeping women under men's control.
The main character keeps a journal and this is where we discover another presence in her life. Due to her loneliness, she claims she sees a woman in the wallpaper she hates so much. It is ironic that the very thing that is driving her crazy, becomes a friend and form of comfort. The doppelganger in the paper becomes someone the main character identifies herself with and what seems so normal and acceptable from her perspective is in reality the gradual loss of sanity and stability in reality. Our main character struggles between these two worlds for a while-asking for ways to keep her gripe on reality-participating in an upcoming 4th of July celebration, entertaining visitors that she enjoys, seeking her husbands company and validation-yet all of these attempts to connect to her captor and maintain in this mental world are shot down. These are last ditch efforts on her part to stay in the "real" world and when she finally succumbs to insanity, her world is connected to the wallpaper and the 4 walls her world consists of. When she is discovered on all fours, crawling around the room, the symbolism of her debasement and the intensity of her infantizing world is revealed, her husband cannot help but judge the situation as full insanity. However, in her mind and as a symbol of women's issues, Gilman's representation of the main character crawling out of the room, over her prostrate husband, is a triumphant ending to a woman seeking to "bust out" of her shell and do that while climbing over the repressive society of husbands and men who control her.
The main character in The Yellow Wallpaper was brought to an island by her husband to heal her, but in reality, to hide her from the public. He rejects her desire to write and her natural tendencies toward analysis and this is the driving force leading to her insanity. Gilman's portrayal of the husband is quite revealing. While her representation of his intentions and actions may be conventional and may even be considered kind, Gilman's commentary on 19th century society, in particular men, allows us to have a bird's eye view at just how miserable and constrained life was. Add in that, the main character had artistic tendencies and Gilman can then really focus on the control and repression women were subjected to at the hands of men. In many ways, representing a woman as having gone insane over such trivial concessions is ludicrous-the husband's intention to provide good care, give his wife a chance to heal and rest and wouldn't he be applauded for his caring actions. However, it is the behind the curtains analysis that gives us a chance to understand the inner life of a conventional husband and wife and how women, thoughtful women, must have felt. It would drive you insane and then the response of society and the lack of support for asserting ones needs would drive you doubly insane.
The idea that she talks of herself in the 3rd person is a remarkable and perhaps the ultimate revelation as to the underlying intent of this Gothic story. She has held her true self down and can only see who she is once she is detached from the person she is when sane. We realize that she had to lose herself in order to understand herself and although she did that, she has ruined herself in the process. Now she is "free" of the constraints of her marriage, her society, and her own efforts to repress her mind.


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LSU vs. Alabama matchup: The ultimate test looms for Tigers
BATON ROUGE, La. — Football without artificial filler comes to Death Valley on Saturday night.
There's no need to hype LSU's game against Alabama, which sells itself. The Tigers are looking to snap a five-game losing streak against the Crimson Tide that extends to the 2011 BCS Championship Game — the turning point of the now-extinguished Les Miles Era.
LSU is also looking to beat the nation's top team at Tiger Stadium for just the second time in the facility's 92-year history and move ever-so-closer to assuring Ed Orgeron of staying on as the Tigers' head coach next season.
Here is how the Tigers and Tide match up:
LSU: The only two teams to have any degree of offensive success against Alabama this season, Ole Miss and Arkansas, had 400-yard days from their quarterbacks.
With LSU's defense behind him, it probably won't take that level of production from Danny Etling for LSU's offense to have a chance. But it will take his very best.
Alabama: Freshman Jalen Hurts has hardly looked his age, averaging 262 yards of total offense per game and generally avoiding questionable decisions. Sixty-five of those yards are coming on the ground, so the Tigers must keep him contained.
Edge: Alabama
Running backs
LSU: Leonard Fournette has been thinking about last year's 31-yard performance against the Crimson Tide for a long time. As Ole Miss learned in his return from injury, Fournette is dangerous when he has a lot of time to think about things. Perhaps even against the nation's top run defense.
Alabama: If the defense is totally committed to slowing down Hurts as a run option, it might open chances for Damien Harris, who is averaging 8 yards per carry.
Edge: LSU
Receivers/tight ends
LSU: Like Etling, someone from this group will have to produce the game of their lives. In the past couple of games Malachi Dupre and D.J. Chark have shown that they could possibly be those guys — which probably means we shouldn't fall asleep and forget about Travin Dural, who has made at least four catches in five different games.
Alabama: The Tigers did an excellent job making Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram a non-factor, but the physically imposing O.J. Howard is a different kind of beast.
One huge X-factor for this game? The health of Calvin Ridley, who is by far Hurts' favorite target with 44 catches and is a game-time decision.
Edge: Alabama, though without Ridley it's closer to a push.
Offensive line
LSU: Expect Toby Weathersby to split time with Maea Teuhema at right tackle in his first game back since getting hurt against Mississippi State in Week 3. That was the last time LSU's original starting five were together. Despite being ravaged by injuries, they've remained among the nation's best O-lines.
Alabama: Individually, Crimson Tide left tackle Cam Robinson is the top offensive line prospect in next year's NFL draft. And some day true freshman right tackle Jonah Williams might be even better than him. But on the interior, LSU probably has the superior blockers.
Edge: Push — Alabama at tackle, LSU at center and guard.
Defensive line
LSU: The usage of Davon Godchaux will be one of the interesting things to watch in this game. Does Dave Aranda go strength-on-strength and keep him at defensive end, or does he try to cause chaos in the middle by stunting Godchaux or simply lining him up in the middle presnap?
Alabama: Jonathan Allen is picking up Heisman hype as a defensive lineman. That's unheard of since the days of Ndamukong Suh at Nebraska, and Allen hasn't even had to stomp on anyone in the process.
Fellow end Dalvin Tomlinson is also versatile with an impressive three pass breakups.
Edge: Alabama
LSU: Few linebacking corps are more enjoyable to watch than Kendell Beckwith, Duke Riley and Arden Key. They've combined for 19.5 tackles for loss.
Alabama: By "few," we mean there is only one linebacking corps in the nation more enjoyable to watch than LSU's. Reuben Foster, Shaun Hamilton, Ryan Anderson and Tim Williams have combined for 33 tackles for loss.
Edge: Alabama
LSU: If the Tigers win this game, it's probably because one of these guys made a big play, and Jamal Adams is the most likely candidate. Expect to see five defensive backs on the field much of the game. Also expect the Tide to target Dwayne Thomas, who ruffled their feathers last week.
Alabama: Bama's depth will be tested after the loss of senior strong safety Eddie Jackson to a broken leg. Of course, depth never seems to be an area in which this program is lacking.
Edge: LSU
Special teams
LSU: Despite having speedster Donte Jackson back deep, the Tigers rank 13th in the SEC in kickoff return average. That means it might be a challenge to prevent something like this from happening:
Alabama: The Crimson Tide don't have many weak spots, but field goal kicking sticks out. Alabama is tied for 10th in the league in accuracy, missing one-third of its attempts (5 of 15.)
If LSU's defense can keep Alabama out of the end zone, there is a possibility the Tide will squander a scoring opportunity or two.
Edge: Push
LSU: Ed Orgeron has the Tigers buying all-in to his "One Team, One Heartbeat" mantra. But on Saturday night that one heart is going to be beating just a little faster than usual.
Alabama: Unless Knute Rockne is walking through that door, I don't suspect I'll be giving anyone but Nick Saban a checkmark in the coaching category.
Edge: Alabama
Bottom line
LSU doesn't have to play the perfect game to win, but it does have to force Alabama to play a highly imperfect game.
I would not be surprised if it happens. But I also do not expect it to happen. If both teams play to their full potential, which is the assumption I'm working under, Alabama has the edge.
Hickey's pick: Alabama 20, LSU 10.

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Tracie Hussey
Wisdom Giver
Loving her was like the wind blowing through
the trees, it was natural and free.
My spirit was nurtured, molded, and set in
time with the universe.
She laid her wisdom in the trenches of my soul.
Mama guided my light with peace and joy
across the rivers of life.
Her arms were a place of safety and
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By Caroline Moorehead
They have been academics, scholars, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer on the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental health care professional. They disbursed anti-Nazi leaflets, revealed subversive newspapers, concealed resisters, secreted Jews to safeguard, transported guns, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was once a schoolgirl of fifteen who scrawled "V" for victory at the partitions of her lycÉe; the eldest, a farmer's spouse in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. Strangers to one another, hailing from villages and towns from throughout France, those courageous girls have been united in hatred and defiance in their Nazi occupiers.
finally, the Gestapo hunted down 230 of those ladies and imprisoned them in a fortress outdoors Paris. Separated from domestic and family, those disparate members grew to become to each other, their universal event conquering divisions of age, schooling, occupation, and sophistication, as they discovered solace and power of their deep affection and camaraderie.
In January 1943, they have been despatched to their ultimate vacation spot: Auschwitz. merely forty-nine might go back to France.
A teach in Winter attracts on interviews with those girls and their households; German, French, and varnish files; and records held by means of international struggle II resistance agencies to discover a dismal bankruptcy of heritage that provides an inspiring portrait of normal humans, of bravery and survival—and of the amazing, enduring energy of girl friendship.
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The Qualcomm - UvA lab, established as part of the Informatics Institute, invites applications for a PhD-position in novel data efficient deep learning architectures.
Convolutional neural networks have revolutionized fields such as speech recognition and computer vision. Convolutions are efficient because they share parameters and implement equivariance with respect to translation, implying the same filters can be used anywhere in an image to detect an object. Equivariance with respect to translations can be generalized to other groups, such as rotations leading to even more parameter sharing and thus data efficiency*. The PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher will study extensions of this idea, namely to exploit symmetries and other prior knowledge to design more data efficient convolutional networks.
What is requested for the project is a good understanding of deep neural networks and computer vision. A local, national and international training program will be part of the PhD. The candidate will be part of the QUVA-lab with the target is to perform the scientific research published in the best conferences, and to apply for patents awarded in the patent program.
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Another in Mr. Baldacci's "John Puller" series. I enjoyed it greatly; stayed up way to late at night to finish it.
Hero John Puller is a Warrant Officer in the Army's criminal investigation division. Prior books in the series have made reference to Puller's brother, in military prison for espionage. In this novel, the brother escapes, and Puller is surprisingly assigned to find him.
This was very entertaining even if you might guess there'd be a hero's ending. My big complaint is in that regard: the epilogue was too abrupt and too extreme to just sit without further explanation.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
WHEW, IT IS OVER!! The 2007-08 school year is history. I don't think we all could have gone on another week. From recitals to competitions, tests, homework, musicals, band concerts, performances, graduations of all kinds, parties, field trips, and a host of other activities, I am exhausted just thinking about it all. I would say that summer has begun, but if summer means hot weather--it has been here for awhile. We do know that vacation is here, and we are so glad for a change of pace.
As soon as school was over on Friday, our girls joined other friends at a water slide party to kick off the vacation. They really enjoyed themselves. Thanks, Julie, for having a super party to celebrate the end of the school year.
Later in the evening we took the kids to Gander Mountain to look around. Here they are being their silly selves.
Samuel checks out a hovercraft.
Joseph would have to agree that this guy is a little different than the stuffed animals he has at home.
The kids wanted to squish into these kiddie carts. Doyle was in charge of pushing the girls, but he kept wandering off with Samuel looking at stuff. When he left them, they would start beeping their horns. It sounded like a flock of birds.
If he still did not come to their rescue, they pushed themselves to where I was. It was rather hilarious. We also went out for supper, did our monthly grocery shopping, and stopped at a few other stores. It was quite late when we came home. Who cares? We are on vacation.
Saturday was kick-off day for the summer reading program here in Martin County. This year our local branch hosted the Busch Wildlife Refuge Center. They rescue injured or deserted animals. They brought several critters and shared their stories with us. This is a little alligator (I am sure you could have figured that out for yourself).
This is an albino corn snake.
This was not just a oppossum. He was brain damaged. I know your heart is touched.
This is one amazing skunk. It was neat to learn more about this smelly fellow.
One of my favorites--the barn owl.
The last animal was a hawk. The kids really enjoyed seeing all of the critters up close.
We left the library and went to Samuel's Sunday school picnic. The Budensieks did a nice job of planning this event. Here they are playing an action-packed game.
Julianna and Samuel enjoying themselves.
Doyle noticed his cell phone was gone while we were out Friday night. We hoped it was at home. He had it set on vibrate, so when we returned home, he called the number and we began to look. We found it under the couch. He knew he had not put it there and suspected Joseph as the culprit. Sure enough, when we were at the park on Saturday, I saw him come up to the bench where I was sitting and take Doyle's phone and palm pilot out of their cases. I captured him on camera.
He then took the phone up in the tree with him. I as sure we would have thought to look there.
Does this look like a guilty face? We will have to keep an eye on him.
We are so excited about the summer's activities. I have put up their behavior charts to make sure they know what I expect out of them. I am glad to have them home.
6 comments:
- Kelly S said...
Cute pictures. I haven't had a chance to enjoy our summer yet! It's going to be over before I know it!
- June 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Ronda said...
Looks like you all are already having fun...enjoy your summer!!!!!!!
- June 10, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- kayla said...
Yes, summer is here, now if I could only get mine to sleep in.
I took my boys back to the library today with their reading logs, they were so disappointed that the animals were gone. We also were greatly distressed to learn that Mr. Funnybones died in April.
We'll have to get the kids together this summer.
I also want to know where Gander Mt. is.
- June 10, 2008 at 7:43 PM
- Allana Martian said...
Sorry, but the brain damaged oppossum cracked me up! I forgot to get the kids over to the library to sign up which means they will be behind a couple days! Sigh!
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- Valorie said...
Oh, the crazy, sweet days of summer! Thanks for keeping us posted on the Bozone bunch!
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Chris and my beautiful daughter came into the world yesterday December 4th at 3:31 in the morning. After having my water break right as i was leaving work and push finally for 45mins we were able to hold her! She was born at 8 lbs exactly and 21 inches. I'll bore you with all the details of everything later but i'll give you what you want for now... PICTURES!!!!
This is what i looked like after we finally got moved into our room... i don't even care! i have my baby!
Kinsley sends some elvis love to ya'll!
And PS. We just got back from our breastfeeding class... yeah, Kinsley was the best and got a gold star! She's my little super star!
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Parx: Disco Barbie drops in class, adds blinkers
Based on her two most recent workouts, Disco Barbie has discovered some early zip, thanks to the addition of blinkers. After racing far back early as the beaten favorite in two stakes to close out her 2-year-old campaign, Disco Barbie figures to be more prominent early when she launches her 3-year-old season in Monday's $47,000 sprint feature at Parx Racing.
The first-level allowance, which will be contested at six furlongs, drew a field of six 3-year-old fillies, including Kelwynne, whose lone defeat in three career starts came when she was second in a stakes last fall.
Disco Barbie, an $80,000 purchase as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton July sale in Kentucky, rallied from eighth to finish third as the 7-5 favorite in the six-furlong Xtra Heat at Delaware Park in late October and came from last of 10 to wind up third again as the 9-5 public choice in the seven-furlong Gin Talking at Laurel Park about a month later.
Trainer Tony Dutrow has given Disco Barbie six workouts at Parx since mid-December, but the last two have been eye-catching. Presumably equipped with the blinkers she will wear in a race for the first time on Monday, Disco Barbie was the second fastest of 30 horses who breezed four furlongs on Jan. 27 with a time of 49 seconds. She came back on Feb. 4 to post a bullet half-mile work in 48.80 seconds.
Over the past two years, Dutrow shows an 11-for-30 record (34 percent) with female sprinters returning following a break of 61 to 180 days.
The Pennsylvania-bred Kelwynne appears to be the biggest obstacle to Disco Barbie's bid to clear her first allowance condition. A three-length winner in her career debut against open company at Parx last October, Kelwynne followed up by finishing a close second as the odds-on favorite in the restricted Blue Mountain at Penn National. She returned two months later to get up by a neck facing statebreds in an allowance.
Kelwynne is not only in sharp form, but comes from solid connections and a good pedigree. Her owner, Blue Devil Racing Stable, is 10 for 28 (36 percent) with trainer Steve Klesaris since 20011. She is a half-sister to Quantum Miss, whose 5-for-8 career record included four stakes wins, highlighted by the Grade 3 Cicada in 2011. That same year, Kelwynne sold for $100,000 as the most expensive of 22 offspring of Yes It's True purchased at the Keeneland September yearling auction.


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the worst phone call of my life
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You know, growing up, I've always been relatively sheltered from tragedy, illness, death, hardship… I had a pretty idealic childhood. Things came easy for me. I have two great parents, still in love to this day, they only nurtured me and gave me all the goodness that adds to who I am today. Their biggest fault was loving me too much, overprotecting me. My extended families are alike, middle class, average, hard working people with healthy lifestyles. No drugs, no dysfunction, etc. I had a textbook childhood. Then I met my husband at 19, got married, bought a house, had a baby… infer.tility was the absolute hardest battle I've ever fought. The closest I've come to personal illness. My grandmother had skin cancer earlier this year and my Uncle has a rare form of dim.ensia and that is the closest I've come to family illness. Anyways… the point I'm getting to is that all that bad stuff you hear about in the world never happened to me or anyone I knew. So when my mom called me yesterday and told me they found a tu.mor in her uter.us and it was likely can.cer…. I honestly could not even comprehend it. Today she had a biop.sy and the doctor confirmed her worst fears. I still have the words ringing in my ears. Hyste.recto.my. Can.cer. Chem.other.apy. Surgery. Recovery. Hope. My mom is the toughest person I know and at 54, she's a healthy woman with a full life ahead of her and I know this type of can.cer is a "good one to get" but holy shit, I am reeling. I tried to be strong on the phone with her but the tears just won't stop as I sit here and try to think about what she's going to go through. How niave I have been to think I could just float through life and narrowly miss the bullets of disease and tragedy. At 29, I've got a lifetime ahead of me to understand all of this. One thing I do understand is that my mother is my best friend and both me and my son's hero, she nurtures everyone and takes care of us all. She is the one who flies in when something goes wrong and takes care of business. And now she's facing her own battle. And I have no doubt she will fight this like she does everything else in her life. It just feels really evil that I have a baby growing in my uterus and she's got can.cer in hers. How is that fair?
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Fair? Totally unfair. I'm so sorry your mom is having to deal with this right now.
I wish I didn't know how you feel, but I do.
My mom has stage IV ovarian cancer. Diagnosed in 2004. She's still fighting it today, and still winning.
If your mom needs someone to talk to, I would be more than happy to put you in touch. My mom is a good listener and counselor.
I'm so so sorry, J. This just isn't fair at all. It shouldn't ever have to happen, but the timing now in particular? Sucks.
I'll be praying for you and your mom.
I'm really sorry to hear that Jen, your Mom sounds like an amazing woman, and I pray she can keep focused on the hope.
Much love.
Jen, I was so sorry to hear about your mom. I'm kind of going through something similar with an illness with my mom, just not cancer. My daughter is pregnant (so is my daughter-in-law) and so I have found that this helps my mom to get excited and have something amazing to look forward to. (2 new great-grandbabies for her!) She likes to hear how the girls are doing and what is happening with their pregnancies; and we are constantly talking about things she will do with the new little ones. So I know your mom will love hearing that from you, as well. New life brings new hope and that will be so so important for her to help her focus on getting better. I'll be thinking about you and her as she moves forward toward tackling her illness. Keep us posted.
Jen, just wondering how your mom, and you are doing??
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Breaking Bad
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Dealing with Gus and his origin story in this season!
An amazing show, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are amazing!
Another home run, once into this series...you are most likely hooked. So many great story lines to follow, you can almost predict the end to season 4, regardless it will be addictive enough to move on to season 5
I have no chance to see other episodes before these! The plots are excellent, require rich imagination. I can't wait to see other parts of Breaking Bad.
Engaging urban legend story which has a bit of everything associated with major crimes and family drama. 4.5 vs 5 stars for the gold standard "The Wire".
I love this show, it's almost as good as Dexter.
If you haven't seen Breaking Bad, you are REALLY missing out, BIG time! Most likely THEE Best dramatic television show, EVER. The only show that might be in any real competition for that title would be 'Homeland.' It's as good as an Academy Award nominated film, only it's roughly 60 hours long, in all. When it's great, the more the better, I say! And it keeps getting better and better, with each new season. I am quite saddened that it is now in it's fifth and final season. It will be dearly missed. Somewhat ironically, the show is addictive, like crystal meth! Just try and watch only one episode per sitting, I dare you! Don't be surprised if you sit down to watch one episode at about 9pm at night, only to find yourself saying you are going to watch just one more, and that's it, at 1:30am. These characters are very well written, and they pull you in so much that you never want to say goodbye. I dare say you have never seen more character development in your life. The people you see in the very beginning are in many ways hardly recognizable with the characters of the same names you see towards the end. I envy anyone who is about to watch this show for the very first time. You are so lucky, and you don't even know it. What an adventure awaits you! What viewing pleasure you have in store. Make sure to savor every moment, because you will regret it if you don't. This is a most tasty "meal" that can never be tasted the same way again, not like the first time. Now go check out the DVD -- what are you waiting for!?!
Wow! Just another amazing season of Breaking Bad. Loved this season, especially Jessie's storyline. Loved Mike as a character too. Best show on TV essentially. Crazy ending so can't wait for the final season. You must all watch this show from the beginning. You won't be sorry.
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[toasting to the new car wash where he will launder his drug money] To clean cars...and clean money.
Saul: Yeah, um, so the guy won't sell, he won't sell.
Skyler: I don't accept that. I don't accept that he won't sell. I think he just lacks the proper...motivation.
Saul: Motivation? Uh, as in motivation motivation? Just so we're on the same page here, you're saying we'll make him an offer he can't refuse?
Skyler: Nothing so dramatic as that, no. Motivation. Attitude adjustment.
Saul: Ho ho ho ho! This one, she's a keeper. Well, I know an audit can be highly motivating. I know a gal over at Tax & Revenue, you give her ten minutes in this Bogdan fella's books, she'll have his sky raining frogs.
Skyler: No, we don't want to draw any unwanted tax attention. We don't want them looking at us after Bogdan sells.
Saul: Alright, how about an ICE raid? You know he's got illegals working over there. I mean, he just has to.
Skyler: We're not getting a bunch of poor innocent people in trouble, no.
Saul: Yeah, and also you're gonna need them after you take over. Hey, how about terrorism? "Oh, Agent Hoover I gotta tell ya, I've seen some real Islamic comings and going over there at the car wash. Yeah, I mean, guys in turbans pulling up in vans and stuff like that." Heh-heh.
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End of School Year Awards
Yes, I'm aware it's the middle of summer. Yes, I'm aware school was out over a month ago. It's my blog and I'll post late if I want to. Guess I've been enjoying the summer so much that I'm way behind on blogging. That or I couldn't figure out how to get the pictures I needed to do this post. I blame the computer. Anyhoo…
The last day of school at Tay's school is always awards day. Here she is getting her awards:
She got a number of great awards. If she looks a little surprised or confused in the picture it's because she got an award for the speech meet that she wasn't expecting. Seeing as how she didn't even compete in the speech meet. The girl is good.
Tay was thrilled when I made her go along with me to Nick's year end awards. It takes quite a while to give out awards to 300 eighth graders. Here's Nick getting his award:
What? You didn't see him? Neither did I. I saw him walking up. I saw him walking away. I missed the exact minute he got the award from the principal because I was trying to take the picture. I blame my camera. Stupid camera.
Both kids had a GREAT year at school. I'm proud of both of you! Way to go!
Now, on with summer!
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
1405 Pepper Smooch SOLD
Something different again in still lifes, enjoyed creating this one probably more to come in this style ;)
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- suzanneberry said...
these are incredible peppers!! they have so much character and life to them diana! and that blast of red on the bottom right of the green pepper is genius. i love the thick softness of them, their chubbiness and life, the background! this is going in my inspirational folder right now! perfect!
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This weekend didn't involve anything too crazy. Or, I guess I should say, it didn't involve anything that is unique to CR. So, there was this Onion Festival (Feria de la Cebolla) that was going on in central Santa Ana (F.Y.I – Santa Ana is pronounced Santana here, like the band! And a second F.Y.I. – Santa Ana is apparently really famous for growing onions! I believe it too because every onion we have bought from the feria on Sundays has juice dripping out of it, and my eyes don't water!). Ok, enough F.Y.I.'s…on to the good stuff!
I wanted to go check out this Onion Festival after we went to dinner Thursday night with one of Peter's poker friends in Escazu. On the way home from dinner the streets where the Sunday feria normally is were lit up with white Christmas lights in the shape of different designs, and there were people still out and about walking around! It looked awesome, so I decided that on Friday at school, I was going to ask Megan if she wanted to go walk around the central part of town with me and check it out. She lives in Santa Ana Centro anyway, so it wouldn't be too much trouble for her. Also, she is just super fun to hang out with! Anyway, on Friday I asked Megan if she wanted to go to the Onion Festival in Santa Ana and she replied that her boyfriend, Jorge, mentioned a festival going on in La Sabana which is this huge park on the western edge of San Jose. (some pics are posted below) So I decided to go out there with her Friday night and told myself I would just go to the Onion Festival on Saturday or Sunday.
After school Friday we both went home and relaxed for a bit, then around 6:15 I met Megan at her bus stop (it's on the way to the pista–highway). Together, we hopped on the already crowded bus, which only grew more crowded as we continued on toward San Jose. Once we got to our stop, we followed a path that led to a concrete and graffiti-ed skywalk that crossed over the highway.
[ Sidenote: San Jose gets COLD at night! If you ever visit CR and stay in San Jose, bring a jacket!! ]
After crossing the highway, we crossed through the park where there is this really big running track, with a roller rink track inside of it, with a mini outdoor skate park located inside of that!
We met up with Jorge here and after that the three of us walked all around! We looked in many of the tents, and there were arts and craft for sale. Everything from wooden furniture, to jewelry, to organic chocolate, to candles! Then we looked around this area that had tents from all over Central and South America. Honduras, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and many more. The main foreign tent was Coreo (Korea)! They were already closed down by 8, or whenever we were there.
The last awesome thing that we did that night was stick around for a concert! This band was playing that is kind of popular here, called Calle Trece (13 street). When they went on stage at 9 everyone there went nuts! It was an outdoor concert and there were even a couple of people who climbed the trees so that they could see!. People all around us were singing along and knew all the words. Even Jorge!
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Here is a pic of the Concert stage in the day:
and another pic of the stage. People were filled in all the way to where this pic was taken! SO PACKED!
We did that for awhile, or at least until we were tired of laughing at all of the wasted people (one guy was carrying around a box of wine like it was a juice box). Also, I probably managed to get some sort of unwarranted contact high from all of the people smoking pot freely. Yes, the police were only a few yards away. Oh! And, I saw a man there with dreadlocks that reached passed the back of his knees…yeah, no words for that…lol.
After the concert I was SOOOO tired. Probably because I am officially on "adult time," which means it was only 10 or 10:30. We got a ride home with Jorge's friend who had a booth in one of the tents.
All in all, it was such a good night that I went home, told Peter we should go tomorrow, and passed OUT!
Peter and I did go back on Saturday (St. Patrick's Day! And I did not wear green..). We walked around and got some food (see below).
I opted for ice cream 🙂
And this is a pic of the "food court," lol.
Peter was feeling pretty homesick that day, so it helped that that evening we got to Skype with his family, John, Jeffrey, and Catie! Not all days here are easy. Sometimes we miss the little comforts that come with living in the U.S. (Like having a car, or getting to see friends and family more, or even just going out to eat!) We are still super happy here, and there are a lot of habits we hope to bring back with us to the states that we learned here!! But, I'm saving that for another post, another day 🙂
Below are other pics I took when I went back with Peter!
Like, men on stilts!
This next one is one of my favorites…
And some fake men on stilts…
This is the actual bark of the trees in this park!
My Petar!
Had to take a picture of the people in line at the Vegan Comida booth! lol I know, so cliche.
Cute kids playing in a cart!
Sun setting:
Some of the stands we passed by:
And finally, the last picture I'm posting is in the middle of La Sabana Parque and I was told by a local that this building and the park (only grass..) use to be the airport a long time ago. Like, 40 years… All I could think of was, "That's not THAT long ago." lol. Very cool though and very cool building. Peter took this photo and did a fantastic job!


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Our poem/riddle math books are complete! For the past few weeks we've been reading story problems in poetic form and learning how to determine the mathematical operation required to solve the problem. Then we've illustrated these problems to show and explain our mathematical thinking.
We are taking a break from story problems and are beginning a unit on Growing Patterns. This is another type of problem solving. Children are learning to build, extend, and describe growth pattens, which is an important aspect of developing algebraic thinking. Let me give you an example of this by describing what we did today:
I drew a caterpillar on the board made up of 3 circles. I then labeled the caterpillar 1 year old. I asked the children to count the circles, which of course they did easily. I said, "now I'll draw the same caterpillar one year later", and drew a 4 circle caterpillar and labeled this one 2 years old. I asked, "How many circles will there be when the caterpillar is 3?" and the children correctly said, "5!" We continued in this manner until the caterpillar was 5 years old (with 7 circles).
I posed this harder question - who could tell me how many circles would the caterpillar have when he is 10 years old? Most children could not make this leap. They could come up with the answer doing it year by year, but were unable to extend this pattern forward (they were not immediately able to see the rule and apply it).
I showed the children how to make a T-Graph and we entered the information we had worked on together. Then the students drew a T-Graph on their papers and worked at their desks until they were able to tell me the correct answer. Some used pictures (adding circles to caterpillars, year by year), and some did this with just numbers. It was fascinating to watch and listen as worked this problem out.
This is just the beginning! We will see where our mathematicians will take this...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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- TaoGeoCraig said...
Susan, I love how you set up the problem and then teach the tools they need to solve the problem. I think that, too often, it goes in the other direction (i.e., teach the skill, and then create problems to solve it). Your approach helps make the learning meaningful and fun. Thank you! Gabrielle
- March 29, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Odie Langley said...
I am always impressed with your techniques.
- March 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM
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Mumbai Film Festival Diary 2014: 'Next To Her' surprises with unexpected twists, 'Court' wins accolades for its masterful storytelling on Day 6
On the penultimate day the festival looked empty as the 'tourists' have already left for their native places.
On the penultimate day the festival looked empty as the 'tourists' have already left for their native places.
What a day.
On the penultimate day of the festival, film snobs heaved a huge sigh of relief as the madding crowd returned to their offices, now that the weekend had ended. I ended up watching four great films and returned home feeling giddy with cinema-induced happiness.
It's amazing how empty the festival looks once the 'tourists' (my term for people who attend the festival for the sake of attending a film festival - not that I don't appreciate them picking making the effort and picking this over Bang Bang!) have left. I began the day by watching the black-and-white Iranian-American production A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Ana Lily Amirpour's stunning debut feature.
It's being called the first 'Iranian vampire Western' - as though it's a full-fledged genre film rather than an ingeniously unique concept that loses value if repeated. However, Amirpour's film is much more than its audacity. The story of a burkha-and-sneakers-wearing vampire who walks around a fictional city called Bad City (shot entirely in California), A Girl Walks Home Alone somewhat recalls the stylized universes of Frank Miller's Sin City and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, and combines it with a strong, feminist narrative. My favourite scene: when the vampire (a chillingly good Sheila Vand) faces a man dressed up as Dracula, and the two look at each other in silence in a beautiful and perfectly symmetrical shot.
Walking in blind pays off
I had no booking for the 3 pm slot and met a couple of acquaintances in the large corridor where we could see all of Cinemax's 4 screens that were available to us. One suggested that I should simply go for the one with the longest line because that means people are eager to watch it. I asked if anyone could recommend anything at some of the other venues and the other asked me, "There might be, but why would you want to go outside in this heat?"
(As a side note, it is entirely possible that Mumbai's unbearable heat during this year's festival might have forced people to stay indoors and watch more films so, I guess everything in this world has an upside.)
I asked Somen Mishra - producer, editor of popular film blog Moi Fight Club, and overall champion of indie cinema - what I should go for, and he recommended the Israeli film Next To Her, which was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes this year. Directed by Asaf Korman, an editor who has turned director with this film, Next To Her is a beautiful and sensitive drama about Chelli (Ben Shlush) and her loving-but-unhealthy relationship with her mentally challenged sister Gabby (Dana Igvy). Carefully written, with certain unexpected twists, and wonderfully acted, Next To Her has the dignity and subtlety that is reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri's prose.
Packed houses
By now, evening had set in, and the festival had begun to look a little more crowded. The last two films I watched were packed to the gills, which is always a good thing. '71, directed by Yann Demange, is a powerful re-creation of events in Belfast, Northern Island, during the height of the clashes between Protestants and Catholics in 1971. A regiment from the British army arrives to quell a riot, but leaves when one of their soldiers is shot dead by the uncontrollable crowd. Another soldier , Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell), gets left behind and becomes a target.
'71 has some thematic similarities to war films like Saving Private Ryan and its realism is undeniable. Its highlight is a jaw-dropping one-take shot that shows a pub being blown to smithereens and Hook attempting to rescue a boy from inside.
Finally, the day ended with the festival premiere of Court, Chaitanya Tamhane's much-lauded debut feature that won two prestigious awards at Venice Film Festival last month. The line for the film rivaled the ones for Boyhood, Party Girl, and Mommy. At the start of the film, 27-year-old Tamhane remarked that, indeed, he had been lucky to get in.
Court is the most assured debut by a young Indian filmmaker since Ship Of Theseus. Tamhane, who seems to count Michael Haneke as one of his many influences, is impressively unafraid of using long, unbroken takes and letting the story unfold at its own pace.
Depicting the year-long trial of a folk singer charged unfairly with abetment of suicide (a story inspired by real-life cases), Court observes our judicial system with an unprejudiced eye, laying bare its absurdities and idiosyncrasies. Tamhane possesses a wonderful talent for spotting humour and irony in seemingly mundane, everyday situations, and thus the film spends a fair amount of time painting detailed portraits of the characters involved in this trial; however, not once does any of this feel unnecessary.
Even the city of Mumbai - from dirty slums to posh hotel bars - has an important role to play in this film, as a living, breathing monster that yanks you from one extreme to another in a matter of seconds. Beautifully acted, written, and directed, Tamhane's Court may not be groundbreaking in form or technique, but deserves all the accolades it can get for its masterful and honest storytelling.
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We removed the lawn from around the garden boxes and cleared the area for the greenhouse.
My greenhouse arrived!
Almost done!
We layed some wood chips around the boxes. Thank goodness because it was so much work to mow around them.
Hope you've enjoyed the quick tour. The next pictures that I share were taken in the spring of this year.
P.S. My introduction picture is too big. Does anyone know how to reduce its size?


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hair daze
like that pun? debi's cutting my hair tomorrow night but i don't know what to do! honestly, she just goes at it and i don't care what happens. it always looks good! here are some ideas churning in my hair-protected brain...
or if i keep growing, will i be as hot as mick j?
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- Nikyta said...
ive always wished i was brave enough to cut my hair so short like edie in the first pic
- January 12, 2010 at 10:27 AM
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Friday, April 21, 2006
LICKA-BOOZE FRIDAY and Somber Thoughts
Ciao Tutti!
Its a breezy beautiful Friday here in Boston.
Its always lovely when the air is crisp and refreshing.
I think of sitting and pondering the beauty that is
Friday and reveling in the drama of the newest episode
of The OC. I am also excited that Ace got voted off
American IDOL. Is it just me but does that
PARIS girl on American Idol drive you to drink?
Kirsten the recovering alcoholic Mother on the OC
makes friends with the licka-booze again
I wish Paris on the American Idol show would
drink some booze too and get kicked offf
tell me how you really feel.....
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Friday, April 07, 2006
Stubborn....Then I Flamenco!
Hi there
Its friday and a wonderful sunny breezy day in the land of the Bean
Beantown that is. I like fridays but when fridays involve long days
of paperwork i just want to whip my hands in the air and
I have had a BLURRY CRAZY week
Its been emotional and happy all at the same time
I feel like doing a powerful dance!
I am also inspired by Shakira
"Baby when you talk like that
It makes a woman go mad
You know my hips don't lie And I'm starting to feel it's right All the attraction, the tension ... Oh, you know I am on tonight and my hips don't lie ..."
asta luego!
ciao ciao!
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"Damnit! Pookie! For the last time, I was not flirting, we were just talking. Really, pookie, we were just talking. I happened to mention that she had on a pretty necklace, and she showed it to me!"
"Don't give me any of that 'we were just talking' crap! You've used that too many times to make it believable."
There was silence.
Joanne finally spoke, "You think I'm stupid don't you, Maureen?" She paused. "I mean, I must be. I keep coming back to a flirtatious, selfish bitch that only cares about herself and her feelings, not the feelings of others. It's almost like you seem to think that a simple, monogamous relationship is beneath you!"
I was dumfounded. She had never called me anything like that. Not even when we were arguing like this.
Did she really just call me all those things or am I just imagining this? I thought to myself. There's no way I'm imagining this. She just won't understand that I'm actually telling the truth for once!
I made a move to step closer, but she just backed away.
"Pookie…" I said quietly.
"Don't you give me any of that 'pookie' shit, either! I always hated when you used that damn nickname in times like this," she said coldly.
More silence. I wanted to say something, but I knew if I said something, it would've been wrong. I wanted to do something, but I knew if I did anything, she'd back away or push me away. I opened my mouth to say something, but I was quickly stopped by her words.
"You can pack your stuff tomorrow, and I expect you to be out of here by the next day. If you need any help moving, call those friends of yours."
"Poo-," I quickly stopped myself." Joanne, they're your friends too. Can't we just go to bed and discuss this in the morning? Then we can see if you really want me to move out."
"There is no discussion! I WANT YOU THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
I could see the hurt in her eyes. I knew I hurt her those many times. I remember one of those times, it was actually the last time I flirted another man or woman on purpose.
Joanne and I had gone to a club for a night out on the town. I don't remember the name, though. It was just before Valentine's Day, and we hadn't had a fight in several weeks. I really thought we were going to be happy for once. But I messed up. There was this waitress, in rubber, and she was… hot. She was beautiful, and Joanne had gone to the restroom, so I decided that I could have a little fun. I didn't even realize she had seen us until we were rehearsing on Valentine's Day. She kept saying stuff about Gray Communications, and that damn Christmas Eve riot. Then I mentioned her wanting to leave in a hurry that night, and she said 'YOU WERE FLIRTING WITH THE WOMAN IN RUBBER.'
Now that I look back on that night, she did want to leave pretty quickly after coming back from the restroom. Thankfully, Joanne allowed me to stay on her couch for tonight, while she took the bed. The apartment had a sort eerie chill to it. I felt empty and cold without the warm body of my love in arms
A few days later, I was moved back into the loft with Mark, Roger, and Mimi, who was still recovering from the night she almost died. The moment I saw Mimi walk into the room, I was bombarded of memories of that night.
It was Christmas Eve, and we had been searching the entire city for any sign of Mimi. Roger had returned from Santa Fe, and had joined us in the search. I don't really remember how we did it, but Joanne and I found her on a park bench. She looked ready to die right then and there, but surprisingly she held on until we got to the Loft. Even more surprising than that was that she survived.
After briefly telling Mark and Mimi (Roger never really cared about relationship talk) what happened, I quietly went to my room. It hadn't changed from the last time I was in there, which was just after our huge New Year's Breaking into the Building party. Joanne and I had gotten back together that night, and I was excited about my second chance. A few days later though, I came to check and see if everything Benny took had gotten back safe and sound. While there, I stopped by Mimi's place to say hello. Before I had a chance to knock on the door, I heard her singing. She and Roger had just fought, and she was depressed. I still remember some of the words to that song:
"Without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play. The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you. The earth turns, the sun burns, but I die without you. Without you, the breeze warms, the girl smiles, the clouds move. Without you, the tides change, the boys run, the oceans crash. The crowds roar, the days soar, the babies cry. Without you, the moon glows, the river flows, but I die without you."
A perfect description for my feelings: "I die without you…"


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Colonization and Development in New Zealand between 1769 and 1900: The Seeds of Rangiatea
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Motherboard fails to POST.
Memory Test Fails.
System randomly and/or constantly reboots itself.
Fails to fully boot (or even install) Operating System.
System randomly and frequently freezes.
Random & frequent 'Blue Screens of Death'
BSoD or hard freeze under heavy drive activity (Either RAID, SCSI, or standard ATA) CPU temps abnormally higher than usual under typical or less load.
CPU VCORE & other system voltages are erratic or far out of tolerances. Resetting the system after a freeze and the system will not repost. (You have to completely power down then power back up.)
You have reinstalled the OS a few times when no physical capacitor failure was visible
One way to knock it out quick is to do a physical exam. Power down the machine and in good lighting, look at the capacitors. If they are bulging, leaking or burst then stop what you are doing for the only way to fix that is replace the board. If it is a fairly new machine, research the model and order the same one or call a technician to fix it for you.
Capacitors look okay. Sometimes it takes time for a faulty capacitor to reveal itself.
What is a capacitor? They look like pills with silver caps all over the board. They have an X across them. The X is for easy determining bulges.
What causes this to happened? Could have been a faulty board or capacitor to begin with, static electrical shock, surges, or a bad power supply, especially one registering lower than normal volts.
- "Capacitor Plague is when a flawed electrolytic capacitor prematurely deteriorates and dries up. Once this happens the gas in the capacitor will expand with heat and build up a great pressure inside the capacitor. When the pressure builds up, the capacitor will expand (bulge), leak, burst or explode. During this time the capacitance will vary widely and may even short out"
Check out these sites for more details and pictures of blown capacitors.http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195
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I am liking these paws much better than what I had originally made and will more than likely retire the first ones once these are finished and more than likely start on a third pair as well so I always have spares to fall back on.
The toes being much closer to my own will make walking much easier especially navigating stairs. I also came to the realization that since the white section of the fur will actually be directly at my leg it will aide in the appearance of being an actual paw and not long like a persons foot (I don't know if that sounds correct to everyone else?) I guess more like digitgrade rather than plantigrade.
I will be needing to find some white fur that is not so long, I would like to get a bag of Furs together that are consistent for the use as Foot-Paws will always be something that will need to be remade / repaired.


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I got to go to YarnCon! The guys blasted through the ceiling fan-ectomy and the wonky soffit and I was out of here by 9:30 on Saturday! I hit the dry cleaners and the jeweler and was on the expressway to get to Wicker Park. I made a stop first to take a photo of a building where a friend's mom had grown up. Unfortunately it had been gentrified out of existence by two new condo buildings. Wicker Park is really really crowded!
I made my way over to the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, which, if you're in to architecture is well worth seeing. So beautiful. I met Linda and Rachael there! YarnCon was set up in the main auditorium and it was a nice gathering of independent fiber artists and a couple of shops. Franklin, of Panopticon fame, was there taking photos for his 1,000 Knitters project, and there were demonstrations, hot dogs and pretty good shopping!
I have banned myself from buying sock yarn (OMG, while putting my stash on Ravelry I realized I have an obscene amount of sock yarn - 15 skeins of Opal . . . and that's JUST the Opal), but I did get 4 oz. of some hand-dyed, superwash merino roving to spin up :-) It's dark blues / purples / greens. Very lovely.
In addition, I like to live dangerously (sorta), so I participated in the grab bag - someone was destashing . . . and Rachael said, no, she wouldn't get one because what if it was bright orange? How rotten would that be? So, I shelled out 10 bucks for a bag that said it had 8 skeins all of one color and 5 bucks for a bag that said 2 skeins + miscellaneous.
To Rachael's credit, she did not scream or laugh hysterically when I opened the second bag to find 8 skeins of NEON ORANGE Bucilla mohair / acrylic blend that had to have been from 1967. Craptastic. The other bag was not much better with two very small skeins (another one of mohair and one I can't even remember) and partial bits of old skeins of acrylic and little balls of bits and pieces of yarn . . . I thought that was pretty much a gyp for 5 bucks. :-( I actually thought I might do something with the orange neon, but by the time I made it home, I had thought better of it, particularly when I discovered that one of the skeins was seriously stained (that was a nasty surprise).
Both bags. In the bin. Live and learn :-S
I made a stop on the way home, at My Sister's Knits, in Beverly. I love this joint! I haven't been in since the re-model in July, and it is so open and airy now inside yet still has its cozy neighborhood feel. I came home with two Lantern Moon Raw Silk Needle Cases- one for my knitting needles in the jade w/chocolate panel, and one for my hooks and double points, in blue w/jade panel. Very yummy!!
Today was a spinning day - I plied up some singles that I have been working on for awhile. I just finished setting the twist. One is looking to me like it's a little underplied - I may run it through the wheel again. We'll see. But the other two skeins look pretty good to me! I'm getting better at this spinning stuff! :-)


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Itachi was a prodigy of the Konohagakure's Uchiha clan and was praised by his own clan and many people as being the "best" and a genius. Even the Hokage (the Third at that time) and Danzo favoured him highly who then made him part of the ANBU at a young age. Itachi had great achievements as a kid – like topping the first in class (at age 7), mastered the sharingan at age 8, passing of the Chūnin Exams at age 10 and many others after joining the ANBU at age 11. Needless to say, Itachi was one of the kind, an exceptionally talented shinobi in Konohagakure.
However fate wasn't kind to him. He had to "harden" his heart to destroy his own clan by killing all the clansmen and even his parents (except his little brother whom he loved the most). Despite all that, his true motive was more complicated than what it seemed and that he had only wanted to protect his brother and village. It was indeed a terrible "twist" of life for a young man.
In the case of Obito, who was another Uchiha and (I suppose) was a skilful one as well. Since losing a girl he loved he had "devoted" his life, with the manipulation of Madara, to "end the world conflict". He too, was a "victim" of the "twist and turn" of fate. However at the end of the self-conflicting crisis, he turned back and became an ally to his people and village which then decided to submit his life for their sake. He was also holding on to his (past) ideal (or dream) of becoming a Hokage that affirmed his final dedication to the village.
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September 23, 2007
Trygve Seim
Trygve Seim tenor and soprano saxophones
Arve Henriksen trumpet, trumpophone, vocals
Håvard Lund clarinet, bass clarinet
Nils Jansen bass and sopranino saxophones, contrabass clarinet
Hild Sofie Tafjord french horn
David Gald tuba
Stian Carstensen accordion
Bernt Simen Lund cello
Morten Hannisdal cello
Per Oddvar Johansen drums
Paal Nilssen-Love drums
Øyvind Brække trombone
Sidsel Endresen recitation
An extended band deliver a remarkable sequence of tone-trances, at times faintly suggestive of Carla Bley and Gil Evans, but based on very small melodic motifs, given strength and mesmeric fascination by progressive harmonic overlays and tonal variation. Ulrikas Dans is a six-note ascending figure that turns into a surging clamour of sound, Intangible Waltz like Carla Bley drifting through musical dry ice, African Sunrise like exuberant Gild Evans and For Edward and Breathe as still and focused as a yoga meditation. Wonderful.
John Fordham, The Guardian (Jazz CD of the week)
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Trygve Seim tenor and soprano saxophones
Håvard Lund clarinet, bass clarinet
Nils Jansen bass saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Arve Henriksen trumpet
Tone Reichelt french horn
Lars Andreas Haug tuba
Frode Haltli accordion
Morten Hannisdal cello
Per Oddvar Johansen drums
Øyvind Brække trombone
Helge Sunde trombone
String Ensemble
Christian Eggen conductor
For a composer whose work produces such fundamental tones, and sounds so eerily familiar, the Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim often seems to be discovering the possibilities of sound-making instruments for the first time. Though Seim's albums rely on a broad sound canvas now almost routine in European jazz-influenced contemporary music, his work since the millennium has been remarkable for its exploratory freshness. … Sangam continues the line of development Seim introduced with 2000's Different Rivers and 2002's free-jazzier The Source. An 11-piece jazz ensemble is joined to a classical string group here, with the soloists including the imaginative trumpeter Arve Henriksen, clarinettist Havard Lund and accordionist Frode Haltli. … Seim's subtle and sumptuous overlaying of textures creates a sense of constant evolution none the less, from the lonely musings of the clarinet against arco bass at the opening, to the stately ascent of the band against Henriksen's first trumpet appearances. …
Eerily hymnal contemporary jazz from a unique ensemble long overdue for a trip here.
John Fordham, The Guardian
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The Source
Trygve Seim tenor and soprano saxophones
Øyvind Brække trombone
Mats Eilertsen double-bass
Per Oddvar Johansen drums
This is more explicitly jazzy, with sax/trombone/bass/drums group the Source exploring a lazily animated, free-swing music influenced not only by Garbarek's ghostly meditations but also by the more urgently quirky lines of Ornette Coleman. Trombonist Oyvind Braekke, a Coleman fan, has a bigger influence on this set than on previous ones, and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen and bassist Mats Eilertsen stir in fluid, restless undercurrents. For Seim stalwarts, however, there a re plenty of long trombone notes, spacey bass figures, whispering sax, cymbal washes and even some perkily assertive swing. This may be the most creative band at the sharp end of the north European scene.
John Fordham, The Guardian
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9 comments:
- gnomeaid said...
Great to hear these fabulous ECM recordings, so hard to find on the shelves of the average store. Thank you for sharing them, now I can order and buy with confidence!
- September 25, 2007 at 8:33 AM
- grasprelease said...
Many thanks for these and the other offering from your fine blog! I appreciate your descriptions of the offerings as well, very helpful.
For some reason, I have been having a little trouble with Mediafire recently, though the only real problem has persisted with the first half of the SANGAM download...no matter how many times I refresh the Mediafire link, the download keep trying to start, then eventually quits. It's been doing this for a couple days. Not sure though...it might only be a problem on my end. This has happened with a few different internet connections, though...
Thanks again for a wonderful blog!
- September 28, 2007 at 12:29 AM
You're blog is wonderful. I'm finding on it lots of rare ECM albums which I do like a lot. Could you please check the links from mediafire? I think the files we're removed...
- December 4, 2007 at 5:57 PM
- aragrev said...
Este es un blog excelente, felicidades y muchas gracias por compartir esta bella musica
Excelent blog, excelent music thanks
- January 27, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- aragrev said...
Excelente blog, excelente mùsica muchas gracias
- January 27, 2008 at 12:42 PM
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- gonzo said...
could you please, please re post Trygve Seim albums???
- February 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- gonzo said...
could you please repost Trygve Seim albums?
- February 8, 2013 at 1:15 PM
- gonzo said...
could you please, please re post Trygve Seim albums???
- February 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM


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Hi all...Happy New Year!
Thought you might like these pics I took around the lighthouse on Ynys Enlli in the middle of the night on January 1st 2010 with only moonlight for illumination...just past full moon.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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What amazing photos!ReplyDelete
Do you sell any of them at your craft shop....you must!
The blog address is going in the news-sheet this week, so I hope that adds to your followers. It is certainly good to make contact!
Perhaps 2010 may be the year of a visit!
love Sue x
It is so very good to have access to your blog and to hear how you are getting on and to be able to keep in touch in this way. The photos are great. I especially like the ones taken on January 1st in the moonlight. Wow!Great photography.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 2:56 PM
what an amazing photo. Helps us feel closer seeing your pictures. It looks beautiful.ReplyDelete
hi rach love the pics on jan 1st,ReplyDelete
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