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We are in the mood for Love! Next week is Valentines Day, the day of romantic & love, everything will turn in pink, red and we will see lots of hearts and roses everywhere. Have you sewn your LOVEly project yet? Get inspired now! We have included all kinds of projects from Valentines quilts to pillows and home deco like garlands. Enjoy reading, sewing and of course, Valentines Day!
Just click on the titles of the projects you like to see the tutorial!
LOVE-ly Home Deco
A fabulous project for Valentines Day and a fabulous fabric scrap busting project! All you need is a pile of scraps (cut roughly 1.5 inches wide and 8 inches long) and a heart wire wreath form. Tie, alternate, slide… and that's all. It is easy, relaxing and great work on your favorite Valentines movie.
Perfect to give your friend or someone else you love. Filled with fiberfill and lavender so they make a little sachet. Pair them with a plate of treats or a handmade card and have a perfect gift! Flamingotoes used Liberty fabric stash for these cute hearts. P.s. Spoiler alert: Liberty is also available at Rhinetex very soon….
Valentines Day Embroidery Hoop Art (perfect to make with kids!)
Fill up your wall with some love! Thread your needles and stitch with love. Use hearts or flowers, buttons and more to make it perfect!
In need of embroidery hoops? Just contact us and we will help you out! 😉
LOVE-ly Pillows
The Quilted Valentine Hearts Pillow
A great scrap buster project, a fabulous way to try out some new skills and a fun and bright pillow for showing some love. Embroidering, quilting, sewing and ruffling make this pillow perfect.
We love it! All sorts of triangles making a beautiful, creative heart as we all have. This pillow is inspired by Amy Butler's Alchemy Sweet Slices Pillow (click here for the free pattern) and can show many of the beautiful fabrics you have.
The Gathered Heart Pillow by V and Co.
This little pillow is fast and easy to make. You'll need a stip of pink or red fabric, and two squares of muslin or another solid fabric you prefer. Use the sewing machine to create a gather, sew the gather on the solid fabric and sew and cut out the heart afterwards. The super cute little valentines pillow is ready very quickly!
Rachel Gander used reverse applique and quilt-as-you-go techniques to make a perfect stitch valentine! Required materials: 1/2 yard of main fabric, fabric scraps, fleece, freezer paper and a sewing machine.
Cute and all-year round perfect as home deco: the Many Hearts Pillow
A bit time-consuming sewing all the hearts, but absolutely lovely how it will turn out. Use different colors or maybe all your scratches for the hearts, sew enough hearts on the fabric and make an enveloppe pillow cover and you're done!
LOVE-ly Quilts
Hugs & Kisses by Natalia Bonner for the Moda Bake Shop
Ingredients: a jelly roll, 1 yard of Bella solids, 2 yards of brown for the border and 6 yards for the small border and backing. Pattern? Click here!
The Simple Heart Quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew
25 heart-blocks in different fabrics looking super cute. Sewing heart quilts is never tiring.
The Pixel Heart Quilt by Elizabeth Hartman
Large-scale pixelated hearts in sewn in a quilt. Can be made easily with scraps and/or 2×2" or 5×5" squares. Use assorted fabric squares to make the bright and bold hearts.
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Out of This World
District 9 is one hell of a movie.
I knew even less about it going into a screening the other night than I did about the
film Moon before seeing that thoughtful slice of science fiction, which I reviewed last month. A very broad synopsis of and general thoughts on D9 come after the graphic, but those who want to enter the experience totally blind (or at least with no spoilage on my part) should bail out now. The bottom line is that, yes, I'd recommend it, with the caveats that it dragged a bit in the middle, still impressive but not gripping until it re-engaged me in its final act, and that anyone who has difficulty seeing vomiting or viscera will have to avert their eyes on occasion.
District 9 flew under the radar — ironically, given the massive alien spacecraft that looms over Johannesburg in the movie — as director Neill Blomkamp shot on location in South Africa with a cast of largely first-time actors asked to improvise much of their dialogue. While produced by celebrated filmmaker Peter Jackson, best known for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there was little mainstream buzz about D9 until Entertain-ment Weekly devoted a cover story to what it called "the must-see movie of the summer" in its Aug. 14th issue (out the week before). I decided not to remind myself
of anything I might've heard about the movie or learn anything new before I saw it.
The film immerses the audience in its fiction right away, like Moon, through would-
be documentary footage establishing the premise matter-of-factly in voice-overs and characters speaking directly to the camera: It's been more than two decades since the aforementioned spacecraft parked itself over Johannesburg. After some time spent waiting anxiously but in vain for a sign of communication from the ship, government forces boarded it and discovered over a million aliens — living aimlessly in pitiful conditions, apparently cut off from or abandoned by others of their race. They were relocated to a camp called District 9 in a humanitarian gesture, and twenty years later, when the bulk of the film's action takes place, the "prawns" are still there, so called because they resemble giant crustaceans in vaguely humanoid form. Everyone from sociologists to the good ol' military-industrial complex is interested in the aliens, their habits, and their technology but the overriding public concern a generation after the ship appeared is the aliens' population growth and drain on the state's resources.
District 9 also shares with Moon a mature approach to SF wherein a situation that's entirely plausible but as yet technologically unattained (in the case of Moon) and/or simply thus far unencountered (D9) is posited as fact, asking the question "What might believably happen next?" Moon is, however, on the whole contemplative, though not without without its moments of suspense, whereas D9 is, though not without its moments of reflection, largely kinetic, not to mention possessed of a cast larger than Moon's to the umpteenth degree.
Given its titular setting in a South African ghetto, it's impossible not to see District 9 through the lens of apartheid, but science fiction has dealt with thinly veiled allegory since well before Star Trek. The movie needn't be interpreted to be enjoyed as part of a long tradition of alien-encounter flicks, albeit with vastly higher quality acting, writing, and effects work than the creature features that have become a staple of The Sci-Fi Channel, which recently, infamously, awkwardly renamed itself Syfy. For reasons that will be clear to those who've seen it, D9 reminded me in ways of The Host, a Korean film from a few years back that — while often jarring in its mix of drama and camp (or at least what someone from my perspective, having seen next to zero Korean cinema, interpreted as camp) — provided an innovative spin on the mass-hysteria movie. There's next to no overt comedy in D9, but plenty of found humor in the human (or inhuman) condition.
While my viewing party on the whole gave it raves and one fellow in our row spent almost the entire film literally on the edge of his seat, the movie lost me for a while. I admired the fiercely committed performance of the lead actor, the impressive logistics, and the utterly seamless special effects even as I wondered if this wasn't a sort of pulpy genre equivalent to one of those period dramas that I know have impeccable clockwork yet lack actual thrill. When the potential endgame began to emerge, D9 revved up again, not just in terms of actual action but audience investment, even as it went through some predictable generic motions. I haven't actually seen GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra or Transformers: Rise of the Machines, but if you're looking for a rise in the quality of your summer escapism, head to District 9. You'll find incredible technology, ass-kicking, and insightful alien interaction of the highest order. [Note: A correction
re all this rising appears in the comments.]
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Updated and revised February 2019
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Nice writeup as usual, Blam, but the new Transformers flick is Revenge of the Fallen. The third Terminator was Rise of the Machines.ReplyDelete
Huh. You're right. I just did a search for "transformers rise of the machines" and it's all over the 'Net, though, so I must've written that after seeing it somewhere.ReplyDelete
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Rooms start at $129.
In the Riverside section of the New York City suburb of Greenwich, Conn., this extensively renovated former Howard Johnson does double duty as a midrange business hotel and a hangout for the stylish ladies-who-lunch crowd. Opened in May 2012, the J House has an industrial-gray facade, with walls of concrete, synthetic stone and glass, while the interior is a mix of faux fur, offbeat Pop Art and kitschy sculptures. The 86 rooms are spacious and gadget-rich, but at times confounding. Most rooms overlooking the pool, for example, have balconies that are inaccessible because their doorways are sealed.
Directly off I-95, with its back against the highway's largely ineffective sound barrier, J House's location on the old Post Road (now East Putnam Avenue) betrays its previous life as a roadside chain motel. It's a five-minute drive from Stamford's busy business district and a 10-minute walk from the Riverside stop in Greenwich on Metro-North's New Haven line.
The Room
Our brown-carpeted, gray-walled room had a frosted-glass wall separating the bathroom from the bedroom and a mod burnt-orange swivel chair. It offered a proliferation of screens — a large HD TV, a small LCD television embedded in the bathroom mirror and an iPad, which controlled everything from the blinds to the room service menu. But beyond the gadgetry, a Keurig coffee maker and an empty fridge, the space was sparsely furnished and had a bland utilitarian feel. (Fortunately, the room was well soundproofed.)
The Bathroom
In keeping with the hotel's penchant for gadgets, the toilet-bidet combo had more buttons and functions than a clock radio. A heated seat gave the unnerving impression it had recently been occupied, while the motion-sensing lid had a life of its own, automatically opening when someone walked by. Oddly, the most basic necessity, toilet paper, was absent when we checked in, requiring a request to the front desk. On the plus side, there were L'Occitane products and attractive Kohler fixtures.
The main lounge has long, low slate-gray sofas; nearby is a chocolate bar. The outdoor bar has a pergola illuminated by white globe lights. At night, well-heeled locals chatted over glasses of wine and pricey cocktails. The pool is by a parking lot, but cabanas — white vinyl enclosures with chandeliers, beige canvas couches and flat-screens — made for pleasant lounging.
The hotel's stylish restaurant, Eleven14 Kitchen, serves New American food often accompanied by the now-familiar buzz words like "gluten-free" and "organic," and high prices (the most affordable breakfast option: a bagel with herb cream cheese at $9). The dinner menu includes pastas, salads and surf-and-turf entrees like organic salmon and rainbow chard ($24) and an excellent burger with Amish Cheddar ($22). Service was problematic: one server couldn't answer basic questions about the wine list (dry or sweet); water arrived in badly cracked glasses. Room service, which will deliver poolside, is available only from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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Intelligentization has become an important element
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Another emerging field of sports writing is writing articles about video games. Although some might argue that video games are not treated as a kind of sports in the traditional sense of the word, the level of competition in the gaming world has gotten bigger throughout the past few years that their gaming leagues are now comparable to any big sporting event.
Video game tournaments now command a huge following all over the world, with enthusiastic fans cheering for their favorite teams. Gaming has now become so popular that the best and most popular gaming teams are racking up millions of dollars from tournament winnings, on top of endorsements, similar to celebrity athletes. Gamers can sit in a specific gaming chair , get comfortable and play for hours and hours.
Video game articles require a bit more technical knowledge compared to other kinds of sports, as the lingo used by gamers can be different and may not be familiar to a casual audience. The difference also regarding video game tournaments is that the games can last for hours longer than your normal kind of sporting event. Gaming articles are now one of the most discussed content when it comes to video games, and these can range from news on new video game releases, tournament news, and game reviews.
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Faculty Advisor
Forgeng, Jeffrey L.
This project documents our research into the arms and armor of Japan between antiquity and the nineteenth century, as well as the Japanese military tactics of that period. It also provides an overview of Japanese history as context for this information. Photographic and written documentation of the Higgins Armory Museum's collection of about 300 pieces of Japanese arms and armor are also provided. These aspects of the project were combined to create a web-based virtual exhibit as a final product.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
January 2002
Project Type
Interactive Qualifying Project
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|Amalgamation date 7th March 2012
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|1st Wednesday March
1st Wednesday June
1st Wednesday December (Installation)
2nd Wednesday September
The Ceremony of Amalgamation was performed by RW Bro Colin Harris, Provincial Grand Master on Wednesday 7th March 2012.
Ionic Lodge No 6983 Consecrated 27th June 1950
A meeting was held on 19th October 1949 to form a daughter Lodge of the Halsey Hall Lodge No. 4752. Minutes of that meeting records two names suggested for consideration; they were Ionian and Zidonian. No later reference was made to the name, but the Lodge was consecrated al Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street as the Ionic Lodge. The Crest shows an Ionic Pillar and bears the Latin inscription 'In Omnibus Caritas'.
The Lodge meets at the Halsey Masonic Hall, Cheshunt.
Jubilee Lodge No 9475 Consecrated 17th November 1992
A meeting was held in April 1991 by a few Masonic friends to discuss the feasibility of forming a new Lodge.
The original members were from various Lodges and Provinces who met, and became friends when visiting each other. Although widely spread over five Provinces, plus London, many within a reasonable distance of each other and were interested in founding a Lodge to which they could all belong.
In April 1992 the Provincial Grand Master gave his consent to a new Lodge, Jubilee, being formed. The name Jubilee Lodge was chosen because of the 275th Anniversary of English Freemasonry and the celebration being held at that time.
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- "Chop, jam their tractor beam!"
- ―Hera Syndulla
A tractor beam projector was a device that generated a tractor beam. Imperial I-class Star Destroyers were equipped with 07 tractor beam projectors.[1] The Imperial Arrestor Cruiser boasted three powerful tractor beam projectors, which it used to help steer traffic away from contruction zones.[2]
- Imperial Star Destroyer in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Ultimate Sticker Collection
- TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- Imperial Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link)
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With the Nightwing movie currently in development, it's only a matter of time until Warner Bros. casts its lead hero, Dick Grayson. Helmed by director Chis McKay (The LEGO Batman Movie), the film will be joining an impressive lineup within the DC Extended Universe, including films like Flashpoint, Joss Whedon's Batgirl, and Matt Reeves' The Batman. However, for the time being, casting news is only as good as speculation, but that hasn't prevented the internet from fan-casting the character -- and Finn Wittrock (American Horror Storysc, Unbroken) is in the top tier of favorites.
Nightwing is a superhero within the DC universe whose real identity is Dick Grayson. Before taking on the Nightwing status, Grayson was originally Batman's partner-in-crime, Robin. After graduating from his sidekick status, Nightwing represents a considerably darker side of Grayson.
Related: Nightwing Movie Actor Will Face 'Grueling' Action
Per a barrage of requests, artist Kode Subject appeased his followers (as well as fans of the Nightwing character) by creating a visualization of what Wittrock might look like if he were cast in the role. Though not an official image, it's given fans plenty to consider while mulling over who they believe might be a perfect fit.
A quick @FinnWittrock #nightwing piece for the many requests today pic.twitter.com/ZLxTyCVSqC
— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) September 18, 2017
Despite the mostly positive feedback regarding this image of Wittrock in the role, some Twitter users were split on the fan-casting. For example, one user believed that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who played Robin in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night Rises, ought to be considered. However, seeing as Nolan's universe and the current DCEU are separate entities, it's unclear whether or not Warners will want to bleed one into the other. Their intentions will be to most likely start fresh.
Adding to the speculation that Wittrock might have already been cast, McKay recently followed the actor on Twitter, prompting fans to embrace the speculation even more.
Speculation aside, what little information regarding the films that exists is behind closed doors at the moment. President and chief creative officer of DC Comics, Geoff Johns, stated that he has no intentions of issuing any information to the public regarding any future movies within the DCEU until the information is firmly set in stone. This means that any news regarding casting, production, or the like will be nothing more than speculation until it has his seal of approval. Of the little information that has been released, McKay explained that he is interested in exploring Grayson's past in the film.
Next: Nightwing Movie Will Feature Major Nod to Dick Grayson's Past
Nightwing currently has no release date.
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Beanlands from Keighley, Yorkshire
I've discovered a bunch of these in my ancestry from the Keighley area:
-Sarah(Sally) b. 1800 married Joseph Shackleton 1821
-her father John b. 1770. Married Betty Stell
-his father John b. 1736. Married Ann Armroyd
-his father Edmund b. 1708. Married Anne Sugden
-his father Edmund Beanlands b. 1675ish.
Any links to anyone? Send me a note; "email@example.com".


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Higher oil prices will test OPEC's discipline. A spell of bad winter weather in the US and recent unrest on the streets of Tehran have helped push the value of a barrel of Brent crude close to over $70 for the first time in three years. The strong start to the year may be good for public finances in the Middle East but it could also cause some awkward problems for the producer group. Compliance with another year of output cuts may come under pressure.
Brent crude has climbed 10 per cent to above $69 a barrel since late November when OPEC agreed with Russia and other major producers outside the group to extend output cuts until the end of 2018. The logic behind the deal struck in Vienna was that more work would be required to re-balance oversupplied markets and reduce global stockpiles. Now prices rising too fast could tempt some producers to exceed their quotas.
Compliance has so far confounded skeptics. According to the latest S&P Global Survey of production the 14-member bloc had a slight increase in overall output in December to 32.4 million barrels per day (bpd). However, restraint amongst the 10 members bound by quotas was strong at 135 per cent in the same month. But testing times are ahead. From next month all the group's members including Libya and Nigeria, which had secured exemptions, will be subject to quotas.
The pressure to capitalize on higher prices could be even greater for OPEC's major partners such as Russia. Moscow may have taken a leadership role in holding together the current deal to re-balance the market but its ongoing commitment could be tested by the country's independent oil companies lobbying hard for an exit. The first test of the country's commitment could come later this month when energy minister Alexander Novak co-chairs the next meeting of the joint monitoring committee in Oman alongside his Saudi counterpart Khalid al-Falih.
"Certainly the Russian corporates will likely resume their campaign for an early exit if oil hits $70, but is the higher price really so bad for Putin? I do not expect a public pullout though there may be so under the table compliance slippage," Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets told S&P Global Platts.
Higher prices are unlikely to shift Saudi Arabia's resolve. The kingdom – the world's largest exporter of crude – produced less than 10mn bpd in December, according to figures compiled by S&P Global Platts. Riyadh needs prices higher than $70 a barrel to balance its budget and entice international investors to buy shares in the planned initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco. The listing is expected to raise around $100 billion, provided it receives a valuation close to $2 trillion.
Iran's oil minister Bijan Zanganeh cautioned this week that OPEC members were "not keen" on prices climbing above $60 for fear of stoking US shale output. Production from the US is expected to exceed 11mn bpd by the end of next year breaking previous records as higher prices encourage more drilling in the country's major shale basins, according to the latest short-term forecasts by the Energy Information Administration.
Zanganeh comments follow a weeks of unrest in Iran with protest held in dozens of towns and cities across the country. Iran's economy has failed to benefit from higher oil prices with inflation returning to double digit levels adding to the financial burden caused by the withdrawal of some subsidies.
Meanwhile, the embattled Islamic republic produced 3.82 million bpd in December, a slight rise from the previous month, according to the S&P Global Platts survey.
"The Iranian oil minister statement confounds and fascinates me because it was the proposed subsidy reductions that sparked the largest wave of anti-government protests since 1979. Hence other elements in the embattled leadership may welcome the higher price and may be more focused on keeping the streets quiet than US shale," said Croft.
The production cut agreement, which began January in 2017, called on OPEC and 10 non-OPEC partners led by Russia to cut about 1.8mn bpd from October 2016 levels, in a bid to stabilize the oil market and boost prices. But the deal's undoing could now be its success in pushing up oil prices too fast.
"If OPEC & Co deem the oil price too high and the US crude oil production growth too strong then they can and will do something about it. Yesterday we saw the first step of verbal intervention. Expect more of the same to come. If the market refuses to listen then they will put more supply into the market," said Bjarne Schieldrop, Chief Commodities Analyst at Nordic corporate bank SEB.
سایت تابناک از انتشار نظرات حاوی توهین و افترا و نوشته شده با حروف لاتین (فینگیلیش) معذور است.


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Hacking Chinese Resources
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58 resources found.
The Chairman's Bao (simplified news for language learners)
The Chairman's Bao offers news in Chinese, written for language learners sorted by HSK level. Each news article comes with text and audio. There's also a live dictionary which you need to sign-up t... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
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Zoe – almost 6 years
新华网 – Xinhua Headlines Bilingual Zone
Xinhua bilingual zone brings you news stories in both English and Simplified Chinese from around China and world Read more.
Sebastian Rasmussen – over 4 years
Viooz (free streaming of movies in Mandarin with subtitles)
What funner way to practice listening than watch a good movie? Ok, I can think of a few, but admit it's right there towards the top of the list. This link has a wide range of movies, from Chinese c... Read more.
Julien Leyre – over 5 years
The Sinocism China Newsletter
This newsletter is THE best resource for keeping yourself updated about what's going on in China. The articles included are sometimes in English, sometimes in Chinese, so the recommendation for "ad... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Movie: Raise the Red Lantern 大红灯笼高高挂
Raise the Red Lantern (simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂; traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; pinyin: Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà) is a 1991 film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. Set in the 19... Read more.
Scott – over 5 years
Mandarin Chinese I | 中文课程1 (UNC free onilne textbook)
This is a free online textbook from the University of North Carolina. Each chapter has video, transcript, vocabulary, notes for grammar, vocabulary and culture, as well as some sentence patterns an... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
shiny Chinese – Original Chinese content.
Learning Chinese with real content. An ever growing collection of curated Chinese content. Read more.
malaoshi – over 5 years
VoA bilingual news (英语教学 双语新闻)
This site presents news in both Chinese (simplified) and English. It's targeted at Chinese people learning English, but that matters little, parallel texts are awesome learning resources regardless... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
意见中国 经济学家访谈录 网易财经 (Economics interviews and discussions with transcripts)
This site offers a large number of in-depth interviews and discussion about economics. Each episode is around 20 minutes and there are currently 151 episodes available. Excellent for anyone with an... Read more.
Olle Linge – about 5 years
开卷八分钟 (8-minute introductions to books in Chinese)
This program provides 8-minute introductions of various books. The fact that each program is so short makes it very easy to listen to and it's also a good way of learning more about Chinese literat... Read more.
Olle Linge – about 5 years
MandarinMadeEZ | Mandarin Chinese Video Lessons With Fiona Tian
Mandarin Chinese With Fiona Tian is a free video resource for learning Mandarin Chinese in a fun, enjoyable way. Chinese doesn't have to be hard. Kick back, relax, and enjoy. Read more.
Gwilym – over 5 years
ChineseLevel - Test your Chinese level, improve your reading, measure your progress
This is a really cool website that assess your reading ability and then offers reading suggestions based on your estimated vocabulary knowledge. I haven't used this enough to figure out how accurat... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
纽约时报中文网 国际纵览 (New York Times, Chinese)
This is the Chinese website of the New York Times. It obviously contains large amounts of reading material about current issues as well as other things. The articles are available in both Chinese a... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
尸兄 Zombie Brother 第1集 【騰訊漫畫人氣榜第一!】
zombie Brother (尸兄) is a cartoon series about zombie apocalypse. It's quite bizarre at points and contains a fair amount of blood, violence and other elements not suitable for children. Each episod... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
PPS TV Player
PPS.tv is an online source of Chinese TV episodes and films. Great for finding input content to improve comprehension and listening ability. Nearly all of the Chinese shows have Chinese subs as ... Read more.
kdgbalmer – over 5 years
6 Awesome Chinese Podcasts You've Never Heard Of (FluentU)
This post on FluentU discusses briefly what to look for in a podcast and then follows up with six recommended podcasts. Some of them were actually new to me and I don't know if the recommended leve... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
【國立清華大學‧科幻概論2010】第1講 課程介紹與上課方式說明
This is a lecture series from an open course at 清華大學 in Taiwan. The teacher talks about science fiction literature from a Chinese (and Taiwanese) standpoint. This course is fairly interesting even ... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 6 years
Chinese Podcasts (collection of reviews and links)
Exploring and reviewing all the Chinese podcasts available; learn Chinese podcasts, Chinese language podcasts, English podcasts about China. The aim of this site is to explore the Chinese podcasts ... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
How to Memorize China's Major Dynasties by singing (Harvard University)
A simple and easy to learn song to memorize China's major dynasties! Created for students of Chinese history at Harvard. Read more.
lazylink – over 4 years
百家讲坛官方频道 (YouTube video lectures with subtitles)
This is a popular education channel which presents lectures of different kinds, where experts share their knowledge with ordinary people (which is quite different from lectures at universities held... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
The Grand First Episode Project (about Chinese TV on Chinese Forums)
This is a great thread on Chinese Forums where the participants watch the first episode of a Chinese TV show twice a week. The first post contains a long list of different shows with links to where... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation (Better Chinese)
This clip introduces all the initials and finals in Pinyin (using the first tone). It adds value to the rest of the resources here because the camera is pointed to the speaker's mouth, showing clea... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 5 years
Hao Hao Report - The best China news and blog posts as chosen by you
"Socially curated China news, blogs, videos and pictures. China news, language, travel, business, technology, politics, entertainment." This site isn't specifically geared towards language learn... Read more.
Olle Linge – about 5 years
今日话题 / QQ's Today's Topic
A collection of articles providing in-depth discussions on current topics. Read more.
ednorog – over 5 years
This website contains a lot of short and easy-to-access articles about science and technology related articles (although they are usually very lightweight, you don't need to actually be a professio... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
文明之旅 - Journey of a Civilization
This is a programme that offers interviews with lots of interesting people, with subtitles in both English and Chinese, which makes it suitable for a large range of learners. Many of the episodes a... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
TechCrunch 中国
This is the official Chinese version of the popular news website TechCrunch, focusing on information technology and related companies, start-ups and much more. Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Khan Academy Mandarin
This is probably one of the best resources for upper-intermediate or advanced learners of Chinese who want to learn something using their Chinese. Khan Academy has hundreds of videos about differen... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Voice of America Chinese News
This is a news website that features articles, podcasts and videos about news and current affairs in Chinese. Although it is from an American perspective it features a lot of interesting content th... Read more.
Scott – over 5 years
Learn a Chinese Phrase (Wayne State University on YouTube)
There are currently around 80 videos here that introduces vocabulary and phrases in Chinese. They are mostly idiomatic expressions or other words that typically don't appear in textbooks, so that's... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Standard Chinese phonology (Wikipedia)
This is a basic but fairly comprehensive overview of the phonology of Standard Chinese (or Mandarin, as it might be better known as). This site covers consonants, vowels, syllables, tones, word str... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 6 years
动画:蔡志忠系列之 白蛇傳 (Legend of the White Snake)
A 50-minute long animated version of the Legend of the White Snake. This is an excellent way of learning about famous Chinese stories without spending too much effort reading about them. There are ... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 6 years
听故事,学中文Learning Chinese through Stories - 主页 Home
A podcast collection of Chinese short stories with explanations in Chinese graded to 7 levels. Transcript. Vocabulary list. Free. The explanations are very clear and use repetition and synonyms s... Read more.
Liz H – over 1 year
Culturelab (watch Chinese film, TV and music with subtitles and a pop-up dictionary)
This is a new site that offers Chinese television, film and music videos with the subtitles and a pop-up dictionary. This lowers the barrier for anyone who wants to approach real Chinese. The site ... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
Bigram frequencies and mutual information in Modern Chinese (Chinese Text Computing)
This tool gives you the most common bigrams found in news language or general fiction (choose which one). Note that a bigram isn't necessarily a word. For instance, 一个 isn't a word, but it's a very... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
DigMandarin offer several interesting resources for free. The blog is a mix of directly useful resources, such as vocabulary for certain situations, and information/inspiration on learning Mandarin... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
柴静雾霾调查:穹顶之下 (Under the Dome, documentary)
This is the Chinese documentary that has gone viral recently, discussing air pollution in China. This documentary is in Chinese with Chinese subtitles (simplified). Excellent reading and listening ... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 4 years
Foreigncy (Reading and vocabulary practice for advanced learners)
Foreigncy provides daily digital flashcards, with audio, that prepare a user to read a foreign policy or economics from a regional source. The site also provide users with an English language summa... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Peggy Teaches Chinese (Videos, Lessons, Tutoring)
Peggy Teaches Chinese offers a wide variety of videos about learning Chinese (there are currently more than a hundred on YouTube) and they are all free. Peggy also have videos about food and cultur... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Movie: 阳光灿烂的日子》In the Heat of the Sun
The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey who is a teenage boy at the time. Monkey and his friends are free to roam t... Read more.
Scott – over 5 years
To Live 活着
To Live 活着 is a Chinese epic film directed by Zhang Yimou in 1994, starring Ge You, Gong Li, It's about a rich man who loses his fortune through a gambling addiction around the time of the civi... Read more.
Scott – over 5 years
20140607 皇牌大放送 D-Day:水底的战场 诺曼底登陆70周年特辑 - YouTube
【节目简介】 《皇牌大放送》有大量的独家深度报道,凤凰专题团队获全球政治人物官方机构的许可,在此节目中推出独家专题片。 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy Read more.
Zoe – over 5 years
新闻主页 - BBC中文网 (BBC Chinese website)
This is the Chinese website of the BBC, which contains large numbers of articles about news and current events. The articles are available in both simplified and traditional Chinese. However, I don... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Engadget (Chinese Edition)
Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. This is the Chinese version, so anyone who is interested in tech will find lots of readin... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
Learn Chinese Through Movies: The Quick Guide
This guide contains some good suggestions for what to watch in Chinese, sorted by genre and with some introductory comments. It also contains a discussion of why to learn Chinese through movies. Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
《时间都去哪儿了》 lyrics translation: Where Has the Time Gone? 英文翻译
"时间都去哪儿了 has been popular recently, especially since it was performed by 王铮亮 (Wáng Zhēngliàng) on 春晚. I thought I'd have a go at annotating it in English." Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
This is a site where you can find theses and dissertations published in Taiwan. It's an excellent source if you want to find research about specific topics and improve your reading ability at the s... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 6 years
TeSL星海2冠軍賽 | Sen Vs San
This is the final match in the Taiwan E-sports League in StarCraft II between Taiwan's long-time champion Sen and a Korean guest player San. Note that even though watching games and sports in Chine... Read more.
Olle Linge – almost 6 years
Mutual intelligibility of Chinese dialects experimentally tested (Tang & vad Heuven, 2009)
This is a research paper detailing a study of the mutual intelligibility of Chinese topolects. Dialects were sorted into groups and then it was experimentally tested how much of words and sentences... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 3 years
Real spoken Chinese: "What are your plans for Chinese New Year?"
Watch and listen to people from different parts of China ask and answer the question "What are your plans for Chinese New Year?" Read more.
BK – almost 5 years
《冰冻星球》 Frozen Planet (纪实台 央视网)
Introduced by Rebecca [here](http://www.hackingchinese.com/extensive-listening-challenge-october-2014-wrapping-up/#comment-644909): I loved to watch this 2 part documentary called "冰冻星球" "Frozen... Read more.
Olle Linge – about 5 years
Chinese is Easy! Ep1 - Chinese Tones
This video is produced by Hutong School and explains the very basics of Chinese tones, suitable for the complete beginner or those that are thinking about learning Chinese and want to know a little... Read more.
Olle Linge – over 5 years
2014-03-13锵锵三人行 窦文涛:内地医患缺乏沟通滋生信任危机
Olle Linge – over 5 years


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New IT Term of the day
Acronym for potentially unwanted program
PUP or PUPs is a term used to describe unwanted programs such as Trojans, spyware and adware, along with other malware which may compromise your privacy. Some antivirus and PC security software packages, like McAfee VirusScan, will scan for and protect your system against PUPs. The term PUP was first used by persons at McAfee's Avert research lab to avoid any legal issues that may arise from calling these types of applications "spyware".


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Contemporary Worship:
Our contemporary church service provides a progressively styled experience starting at 8:15 a.m. in "Chipley Hall." Signs throughout our campus mark the way to "Chipley," and you can ask anyone at our Welcome Center for directions. Our band leads the modern worship music, and the same relevant biblical message is shared in this service as in the Traditional service. Our time together typically lasts an hour. The dress is casual, and the vibe is informal, so feel free to bring your coffee with you, or we will have a cup waiting for you.
Traditional Worship:
Our more traditional church service gathers at 10:45 in the morning and meets in the sanctuary. Music is typically led by our choir and orchestra. The Biblical sermon presented in this service is the same which is shared in the Contemporary service. This service typically lasts for an hour. Dress is whatever you feel most comfortable wearing, however most people dress in anything from business to business casual attire. Out of reverence, food and drinks are prohibited in the sanctuary.
Sunday Schedule
8:15 a.m. Contemporary Worship, Chipley Hall
9:20 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Traditional Worship, Sanctuary
Worship Telecasts
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I can't release this on community due to it really being for 2.0, but I thought I'd point it out here.
See the screenshots and README for details (my favorite feature is the new topbar avatar menu). Basically I'm hoping the Elgg core team can start focusing on releasing theme plugins to allow moving the out-of-the-box platform forward in UX/UI in minor releases.
For back compatibility, if you upgrade an existing site, you'll get the new theme, but it won't be enabled. We have to work out what this really means, i.e. if this would really be honoring SemVer, or weaseling around it.
But anyway, a lot of what this does is already in tickets that I've linked to in the source.
Like you said topbar avatar menu looks cool , but instead of white we must give some other color . that is not that much good ..
The border is an attempt to associate the page menu(s) with the content column. If it looks weird I guess it's not working.
Security issues should be reported to firstname.lastname@example.com!
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Elgg is a registered trademark of Thematic Networks.
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A homeless man has been ordered to do community work following a homophobic attack on a police officer according to a court document.
Joel O'Hara, 25, of no fixed address, indicated a plea of guilty to assaulting a police officer when he appeared at Hastings Magistrates Court on February 20.
The offence took place at Buckingham Road, St Leonards, on January 17.
Magistrates found that the offence was aggravated due to hostility based on the presumed sexual orientation of the victim.
The court made a community order with a requirement of 150 hours of unpaid work. The sentence was uplifted from 120 hours to note the homophobic
See also: Woman who was drunk and disorderly at railway station had a knife
See also: Award winning Hastings Old Town pub was owned by Titanic survivor


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The longest-serving monarch in British history, is also the best travelled. The Queen has overtaken her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria who reigned for 63 years and 216 days, but long ago left her behind as the very visible Head of the Commonwealth, clocking up thousands of air, sea, road and train miles on state visits all over the world.
Queen Victoria reigned over the British Empire, but she never visited any of her realm overseas, confining her travels to the British Isles and trips to Europe including holidays in the south of France, Switzerland, Italy and visits to relatives in Germany.
In contrast, our present queen is probably the widest-travelled monarch in the history of the world. She has been to more than 120 countries on official visits - many on her beloved ship, the Royal Yacht Britannia. Significantly her reign started abroad, in February 1952 when the news broke that her father George IV had died at Sandringham, while the 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth was staying at Treetops in Kenya.
Countries of the Commonwealth have enjoyed visits from the Queen, some welcoming her time and time again over the decades. Here are some of the best holiday destinations visited by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on Commonwealth tours.
As newly-weds, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip lived a relatively normal life on Malta at the turn of the 1950s, when he was posted there with the Mediterranean Fleet. Her time as a naval wife living in a villa on the outskirts of Valletta, has given the Queen a lasting, deep affection for the island and the friendly, generous Maltese people.
The capital city of Valletta, enclosed by honey-coloured stone walls built by the Knights of St John in the 16th century, has wonderful sea views, pedestrianized streets, and paintings by Caravaggio in the co-Cathredral of St John.
Nearby the fashionable resort of Sliema has a delightful promenade, chic shops and a good selection of high quality resort hotels.
Queen Victoria's dearest wish was to visit 'the jewel in the crown' of her Empire. She put her trust in her Indian servant Abdul Karim in her later years and even learnt Hindi, but never set foot in India.
Queen Elizabeth II made her first state visit to India in 1961. One of the most striking photographs from that tour is one of her in a petal hat and white gloves, smiling broadly and waving to the crowds of Benares (the holy city on the Ganges now named Varanasi) from the top of a richly decorated elephant. On this, and later tours in 1983 and 1997, she has seen all the great sights of India, including the capital Delhi, the Taj Mahal, the Golden Temple of Amritsar and tigers in the wild.
The Queen has made more than 20 visits to Canada, the first as queen in 1957 and most recently in 2010, touring to every one of the country's ten provinces and three territories. Her first tour, with Prince Philip, was of Atlantic Canada in 1951, on behalf of her ailing father, George IV. Of the many milestones she has celebrated as Queen of Canada, the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway in 1957 and the celebration of the centennial of the Royal Mounted Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1973 stand out.
The country's vast size and varied landscapes and cities, from the rugged Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Montreal, Toronto and Niagara Falls to the Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park and Vancouver Island on the Pacific, make an escorted tour of Canada an ideal holiday choice.
The Caribbean
As the Queen discovered on her many royal tours of the Commonwealth countries of Caribbean in the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, there is no better way to island hop than by ship. Royal Yacht Britannia would be escorted into port by hundreds of small boats filled well-wishers in the idyllic tropical islands, such as Antigua, St Vincent, St Lucia, St Kitts and Grenada.
Visit these and more palm-fringed beaches and historic settlements on a Treasures of the West Indies cruise aboard small ship Magellan.
Southern AfricaSouth Africa declared itself a republic and left the Commonwealth in 1961, so it was not until 1995 that the Queen returned (she had accompanied her parents there in 1947) to celebrate the end of the Apartheid era and the country's return to the fold. In the meantime she had continued to visit other African countries, such as Botswana teeming with wildlife and Zambia where Dr Livingstone named Victoria Falls in 1885, in honour of his queen. You can tour in royal style, on a luxury Rovos Rail train in South Africa and on a sunset cruise on the Zambezi river as part of an escorted tour to Botswana, Zambia and South Africa.
Australia and New Zealand
In 1953 the Queen became the first reigning monarch to set foot in Australia and in 1970 New Zealand was the venue for the first royal walkabout, when she broke royal protocol and went over to speak to a group of school children. Today an informal walkabout, meeting well-wishers is part of almost every royal visit at home and abroad.
The Queen and Prince Philip have visited Australia 16 times, travelling thousands of miles visiting all the states and territories. In 1973 she opened Sydney Opera House. On an earlier visit in 1970 they were joined by the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne for the bicentenary of Captain Cook's first voyage along Australia's east coast in 1770. On that visit the Queen and Prince Philip's base was Britannia so they could sail to New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga on the same tour.
Taking a cruise and stay holiday is the perfect way to explore Australia and New Zealand and take in some far flung Pacific Islands. Relatively compact New Zealand, with dramatic landscape from the Bay of Islands at the tip of North Island and beautiful Milford Sound in South Island, is the perfect destination for an escorted tour.


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Via Engadget comes news of Sony's new 1 Terabyte DVR with 7 tuners.
When I started this site last summer, I was toying with the idea of producing a terabyte TiVo as a hacking project. It's not that I'd ever actually want that much space, I just wanted to see if it was possible. I explored it for a few days and there was an outside chance I could hack LBA48 support for larger hard drives into my old standalone TiVo, but I'd still have to mount two of the drives externally and figure out a way to split the IDE cables and still have enough juice in the power supply to keep it running. I scraped it because it wasn't really worth it.
But Sony's working on it, and the seven tuners part seems more outrageous than the amount of storage. If it will be recording HDTV content, a terabyte of storage will allow for a decent amount of content (50+ hours?) and is actually useful. Personally two tuners is great, and there's only been one or two instances where I wished I had one more tuner, but seven is ridiculous. I can't imagine what use case they designed a 7 tuner recorder for. I don't think there has ever been seven things on TV worth watching at once.comments powered by Disqus


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Saleen And Racing Legend Dan Gurney Join Forces In '08
The New York Auto Show was the pedestal from which Saleen announced yet another project it has been working on. Racing legend Dan Gurney was the focus of the new signature edition Mustang – which will be released in late April – bearing a resemblance to his 1969 Trans Am series Mustang.
Saleen CEO Paul Wilbur described it as "amazing" that just 2 years after standing on stage with Parnelli Jones, they have joined up with long time rival, and friend, Dan Gurney to produce 300 limited edition Mustangs for the public. This particular Saleen will be equipped with a supercharged 4.6L V8 producing 465 horsepower, along with Saleen's racecraft suspension. Exterior accessories and the vintage coloration added to the S197 platform put a modernized twist to the classic that won so many hearts.
On the exterior, the Mustang sports a Gurney Edition body kit, complete with "duck bill" rear spoiler, chin spoiler and stinger type hood. All perfectly harmonized with the paint scheme and carefully placed decals -including the Gurney Eagle insignia reminiscent of the classic.
Although Saleen was not prepared to make a statement, Saleen General Manager Marques McCammon did say that this latest edition was "likely the best all around 281 supercharged car that Saleen has ever built." Combine that with the specially tuned racecraft suspension, Generation-II Watts-Link rear end, and the Pirelli Corsa tires – a suspension combination never before featured on a Saleen vehicle – and you have yourself a lightning fast, corner-hugging monster.
The exterior of the car is not the only area to get a face-lift. The interior has also been revamped to include the Gurney Eagle emblem on the steering wheel and head rests of the two-tone seats featuring either red or blue AlcantaraTM inserts.
To honor Dan Gurney's All American racing persona, Saleen will produce 100 vehicles in each of 3 colors. Torch Red, Performance White and Vista Blue, with contrasting color graphics and interiors, and a set of "#2" roundels to complete the Dan Gurney experience. With only 300 being made, this will definitely be a must-have amongst collectors.


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[This is a reworking and frankensteining of an older love poem. Pretty standard cheesy fun. It's basically two poems smooshed together. Hope y'all enjoy.]
You may not know this, but your eyes are big.
Bigger than average. Bigger than your head.
Bigger than the sun. Bigger than a Centaur's appetite.
They are big and sticky. Evergreen sap sticky.
I can't get unstuck. Your eyes are big brown balls of sticky.
And when you laugh, it's an earthquake.
I lose my balance. I lose my breath.
When I am around you, I make damn sure
I've got my inhaler. Ventolin keeps me alive.
And you love things I've never thought about.
Like pine nuts and things made from soy.
And dishes with names I can't pronounce.
You make me think tofu is tastes decent.
Better than decent. Good. Tim's Cascade Jalapeño Chip good.
This is not normal. Your dimples are bear traps.
I could try to gnaw my legs off,
but I'd rather not.
When you're away my head isn't settled.
It wanders through fiction. Imagines a life in Shire.
In Narnia. On the moon. With you. And as long as blood
pumps through my brain. As long as these wrinkly lumps
behind my forehead still project images. As long as
your eyes are imprinted in the neurons and synapses
and other scientific big words for fancy parts of my brain,
I'll wait for you.
Alone, on my couch with two blankets.
I'll wait until the sea turns to Tabasco
and the mountains turn to hash-browns.
I'll be your breakfast sausage if you be my eggs.
I'll wait until the stars turn into wombats,
group themselves in fours and sing barbershop.
In that sorrowful gloom, in those harmonies
I'll wait for you.
Until the Book of Common Prayer is rewritten
to include the hokey pokey, until sweatpants
become formal wear, until my stomach learns to speak to whales;
I'll wait for you
as long as the sun holds a grudge against Pluto.
I'll wait for you
as long as people on Uranus
giggle when they say Mercury.
If I ever see you coming in the distance
I'll take my dragon wings and pizza rolls
out of the freezer, let them thaw,
sit myself down in front of the TV
and put on some cartoons.
I would like to eat pizza rolls and watch the Simpsons,
with you, until they cease to be funny,
until Krusty the Clown telling John Updike to shut up
stops making me chuckle,
until Lenny and Carl go their separate ways.
Which is to say:
I would like to eat pizza rolls and watch the Simpsons
with you
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1 comment:
- graham said...
this is one you should time and make a slam-edit of, I think.
- April 2, 2010 at 4:49 PM
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I love to sing. And, I do so, often. Sometimes I sing in public at church or in nursing homes. Sometimes I sing in private in the car along with my iPod or while putting John Paul to sleep. And sometimes, I even sing while falling asleep at night. The words are quiet, barely more audible than my breath, but still, I sing. Sometimes I sing songs I wrote, and sometimes I sing songs others have courageously written. And sometimes, I even sing nonsense "songs," which are really just words strung together at a moments notice to entertain John Paul.
When someone asks me if I'm a singer, I immediately say "Yes!" But the thing is, I don't sing for money or for my career. No one pays me to sing in concert, or pays to buy my albums. I'll never be known as Allison like Mariah or Celine. And I'll never know what it's like to open my mouth and hear a completely perfect sound come out.
But I still open my mouth and pour out melodic words, because I have to. Because I can't imagine not doing so. And so, I am a singer.
My favorite person to sing to, whether in the NICU:
I am scared to call myself a writer. I'm willing to call many other people writers, whether they write books or blog posts or articles or pages and pages of words that no one else ever reads. But I fear calling myself a writer. I don't feel worthy of the title.
And yet, I've always written. When I was six, I wrote journal entries of my first major trip, a ski trip to Colorado. My journal entries weren't much more than detailed lists of every move I made each day, but I still wrote. When I was eleven, I wrote stories about pretty twin girls who time traveled from Wisconsin of the 1990's to Wisconsin of the Victorian Era. My stories included no dialogue and I had never heard that in writing one should "show" and not "tell," but I still wrote. When I was in high school, I wrote pages and pages of poetry after my first real heartbreak. My poems were overly emotive and full of overused, unoriginal metaphors such as "tears fall like raindrops," but I still wrote. When I was a house-wife for the last few months Mike and I lived in Colorado, I filled much of my time by writing songs. Musically, my songs often sounded alike, and the lyrics often bordered on extreme cheesiness, but I still wrote.
Despite all of my flaws as a write, I still put pen to paper, and pour out the words of my heart (see that cheesiness? I have a real gift for it, I tell you!). Because I have to. Because I can't imagine not doing so. And so, I am a writer.
For months, I have been considering writing down the story of the last two years of my life: living in Colorado and growing in my faith like never before, living in pain and struggling in my faith like never before, and living in a cancer-ridden body and rejoicing in my faith like never before. In my time of need, so many incredible and amazing things happened, and I feel called to share my story.
But I am scared. I think to myself, "Allison, you're not a writer!" And I wonder how I can even consider that the words I have in my heart and in my head might mean anything to someone else, that they might be worthy of being put on paper. But I am beginning to write my story because I have to. Because I can't imagine not doing so.
Even if no one ever reads my words except for me, and even if no one ever finds my story remarkable, I am writing. Even if no one ever heard my voice, and even if no one ever found my song remarkable, I would still sing. For, in writing my story and in singing my song, I pour myself out. I pour out all of me, even the ugly, the shameful, and the weak parts. I pour out myself in thanksgiving, for all who love me, for all the beauty in the world, and for a God who created me and delights in me. And I'm learning that it's only when I live in a state of thankfulness, when I notice the small gifts of everyday, that I can ever be truly at peace, and truly happy.
My prayer for you today is that you face your fear of sharing all of yourself, whether through words or actions. Become what you want to be by taking the first step and doing it. Ask God for the wisdom to know where your gifts would be best used to grow the Kingdom of God here on Earth, and for the strength to put your dreams into action.
My question for you today is this: if you were being truly honest and speaking without fear, what in your heart do you know you have to do, because you can't imagine not doing it? If you would be so kind as to share, I would so love to hear your answers in the comments below!
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Previous days:
Day 1: Be Not Afraid
Day 2: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Day 3 Keeping a Faithful Heart in Light of Suffering
Day 4: Facing Fears with Laughter
Day 5: Listening to My Heart
Day 6: Daring to Love Myself in Order to Love Others
Day 7: Opening Up My Idea of a Remarkable Life
Day 8: Giving Voice to My Fears
Day 9: Being a Bearer of Joy
Day 10 & 11: Give Everything
Day 12: Switching My Focus
Day 13: Reaching Out
Day 14 & 15: Letting Go
Day 16: Giving Voice to My Dreams
Day 17: Putting Fear into Action
Day 18: Clear Eyes, Full Heart
Day 19: Strength, Wisdom, Courage, and Clarity
Day 20-22: Facing the End of Things
Day 23: Showing Delight in Others
Day 24: Embracing the Dawn
Day 25: Saying No and Letting Go of the Guilt
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This article came out a few days ago and I thought I would highlight it here, since it relates to child development and a little OT and PT!
Infants Are Fed Solid Food Too Soon, C.D.C. Finds (NY Times)
Despite growing warnings from pediatricians about feeding newborns anything other than breast milk or formula, many mothers appear to be introducing solid food well before their babies' bodies can handle it, says a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
In a national survey of 1,334 mothers, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 percent said they gave their baby solid food before they were 4 months old, with 9 percent starting as early as 4 weeks. Doctors now recommend waiting until a baby is at least 6 months old.
Further, the women in the survey who turned to solid food early were more likely to be young, less educated and unmarried. They also had lower levels of income or education, and were more likely to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
While many pediatricians are sympathetic to the difficulties parents face feeding their child nothing but breast milk or formula for six months, they say little good can come from feeding solid food to a child before he or she is physically ready.
They also have yet to develop the proper gut bacteria that allow them to process solid food safely, potentially leading to gastroenteritis and diarrhea, Dr. Gold said. The early introduction of solid foods has also been linked to increased risk of obesity, diabetes, eczema and celiac disease.
Pediatricians can help parents delay solid food by helping them better understand their baby's signals, Dr. Scanlon said. "When the baby is fussy, they need to help them understand that doesn't necessarily mean they're hungry and need solid foods," she said.
Parents should also know the signs that their child is ready for solid food, like sitting up, being able to take food off a fork and not closing the mouth when food is offered, Dr. Scanlon said.
Prevalence and Reasons for Introducing Infants Early to Solid Foods: Variations by Milk Feeding Type (from CDC research article)
Overall, 40.4% of mothers introduced solid foods before age 4 months. Prevalence varied by milk feeding type (24.3%, 52.7%, and 50.2% for breastfed, formula-fed, and mixed-fed infants, respectively).
The most commonly cited reasons for early introduction of solid food were as follows: "My baby was old enough," "My baby seemed hungry," "I wanted to feed my baby something in addition to breast milk or formula," "My baby wanted the food I ate," "A doctor or other health care professional said my baby should begin eating solid food," and "It would help my baby sleep longer at night." Four of these reasons varied by milk feeding type.
Physical therapy reasons for waiting until 6 months before feeding solids:
- Child is usually able to sit independently for at least 1 minute by 6 months, which places child in better position to chew/eat solids and swallow solids safely.
- Child has enough head and trunk strength to hold head steady and hold trunk steady while eating solids, which makes it easier for child to eat solids since they don't have to concentrate so much on holding their head up. If they're focusing on too many things because they aren't ready to sit up, then they may spit up more as they aren't able to swallow correctly.
- If you have to feed your infant in a reclined high chair then they probably aren't ready to start taking solids yet.
Occupational therapy reasons for waiting until 6 months before feeding solids: (gathered from babycenter.com)
- Losing the "extrusion reflex." To keep solid food in his mouth and then swallow it, your baby needs to stop using his tongue to push food out of his mouth.
- Chewing motions. Your baby's mouth and tongue develop in sync with his digestive system. To start solids, he should be able to move food to the back of his mouth and swallow. As he learns to swallow efficiently, you may notice less drooling – though if your baby's teething, you might still see a lot of drool.
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To capture the notion of pleasure on film, Thai director Ekachai Uekrongtham has made a film about Singaporean prostitutes. Silvia Wong reports.
To some, Singapore's notorious red-light district is a sordid and dark place. To Ekachai Uekrongtham, Geylang is a 'rich emotional maze'.
It was here he chose to shoot his second feature, Pleasure Factory, as he was keen to 'explore how pleasure seekers and providers swap places knowingly and unknowingly and how people find human connections in unlikely places'.
The award-winning Taiwanese actress Yang Kuei Mei stars in the film as a 'pleasure provider' who witnesses a young girl being initiated into the 'pleasure manufacturing' process. She plays opposite rising Thai star Ananda Everingham who stars as an expatriate art director. Many of the rest of the cast were plucked from the streets of Geylang.
Shot for $1.2m, Ekachai wrote the original script in English and filmed it mostly in Mandarin with only some English dialogue. He does not speak very good Mandarin and worked with an English-speaking crew mostly from Singapore, including second assistant director Sunny Yong who helped with the Chinese translation.
The director says the major challenge was not the language but perfecting the spontaneity of pleasure in front of the camera.
'Pleasure is elusive and transient. I wanted to see if it can be captured on film,' explains Ekachai.
To this end, he did not pre-plan or storyboard every scene. And although there was a script, the director did not insist on actors reciting lines verbatim.
Pleasure Factory is the debut production from Ekachai's new Singapore-based company Spicy Apple Films which financed the project. Singaporean producer-distributor Innoform Media has Singaporean rights.
The film reunited Ekachai with cinematographer and editor Brian Gothong Tan with whom he worked on two stage plays, Mammon Inc and The Optic Trilogy and for which Tan had created multimedia sequences. Ekachai enjoys a parallel career as a theatre director and is the founding artistic director of Action Theatre, a Singapore-based company.
Pleasure Factory is Ekachai's second feature following his 2003 debut Beautiful Boxer. Produced by GMM Pictures, the film was based on the true story of transgender boxer Nong Toom. It featured in the Thai top 10 for 2003 and screened at more than 100 international film festivals.
Fortissimo Films has taken on the worldwide sales rights to Pleasure Factory.
'Fortissimo shared my enthusiasm after the project was presented at Locarno's (co-production market) Open Doors last August,' says Ekachai. 'It gave me comfort and confidence knowing early that a reputable international sales agent will take care of my film when it's done.'
Pleasure Factory screened in Un Certain Regard at this year's Cannes film festival. Fortissimo secured a slew of sales including Benelux (A-Film), France (Wild Side), Portugal (Lusomundo) and Thailand (Mongkol).