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Posts Tagged 'Joe Paterno
JoePa Worship Reveals Danger in Obama Worship
Hagiography. I was not familiar with the word until reading Rick Reilly's commentary on ESPN where he shares his thoughts on JoePa's role in the Penn State Sandusky scandal. In this context, "hagiography" is used to mean the anointment or idolization of JoePa — those who bought in to his legacy literally thought he could do no wrong.
Reilly points out that even as the Sandusky scandal was breaking, he and others thought JoePa couldn't possibly have had knowledge. As he put it, JoePa was "too old and too addled to understand, too grandfatherly and Catholic to get that Sandusky was committing grisly crimes." For all intents and purposes, they believed Joe Paterno was a saint.
Even now, after the Freeh report has laid bare the extent of the coverup and of Paterno's depth of knowledge, the Internet is alive with JoePa defenders. I admit that I find myself not wanting to believe the evidence, and I'm not even a Penn State fan. Clearly, the lure of the legend is powerful.
As I read ESPN's article I was struck by the thought that Obama enjoys similar hagiography as JoePa. Case in point: Chris "thrill up my leg" Matthews recently commented that Obama was basically "perfect." This from the same guy who said his job was to make Obama a successful president, and once compared Obama to Jesus. The Internet overflows with other examples of the cult-like support of Obama.
I believe that once a person buys in to a legend, in some ways they feel like they become a part of that legend. And they perpetuate and even grow that legend – and their own perceived role within it – through their own retelling. When this happens, their dedication to the legend becomes more powerful than the legend itself.
When people by in to a legend, they become incapable of seeing the truth. Anything which could shatter the legend is willfully ignored. Not just because it would destroy the legend itself, but also because it would mean the person's investment into said legend would have been false from the beginning.
JoePa, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama. All legends, all recipients of blind hagiography.
The media really should wake up. I firmly believe that our leaders — regardless of party — should be treated tough by the media. Fair, but tough. There is no room for idolatry in a free country.
As the unnamed professor from Reilly's commentary said, "What you media are doing is dangerous." Yes, it is dangerous. Idolization allows Obama to be a lazy president and a weaker leader, which damages us both domestically and throughout the world. Media, take a lesson from the blind beatification of JoePa and do your damn job.
Great Merciful Zeus — Penn State pimped young boys out to DONORS for sex
Yesterday, I was talking to a friend about what's going on at Penn State and she asked me what I thought should happen, and I told her without hesitation that everyone on the administrative staff of Penn State should be fired immediately…and a good portion of them should go to prison.
EVERYONE. Down to the last secretary in the administrative offices. Every last one of these people need to be fired, because there is no way that the rapes of young boys wouldn't have filtered through to the administrative assistants, file clerks, and janitors at that school over the years.
And anyone who heard even a RUMOR of young boys being raped at Penn State should have dropped whatever they were doing to RUN to the nearest phone to call the police. Absent any access to a phone, they should have taken off running through the streets making as much noise as possible until authorities were alerting to what was going on.
Apparently, the next bombshell to drop in all of this is that young boys were pimped out to wealthy Penn State donors so these men (and possibly some women) could have sex with minors and have their perversions facilitated by Penn State in exchange for contributions to the school.
That's the sort of thing that perverts in Europe fly to Thailand to do to little boys and girls…and here it appears this was happening in "Happy Valley" Pennsylvania all this time. No wonder American sickos weren't going to Thailand…it was a much shorter flight to College Station, Pennsylvania.
All of Penn State's large donors need to be investigated by the police immediately.
Everyone in Penn State's development office needs to be dragged down to the police station and held under the Patriot Act until they crack and divulge what, exactly, was being done in terms of sexually trafficking minors at Penn State.
PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE NOW -- it is the most disturbing thing I have come across in years.
If reading this outrages you, do something about it.
Pick up the phone and give the people involved a telephone call and tell them what you think about this story.
You will make a difference because there is just no way that all of this could have gone on at Penn State for all these years without hundreds of people knowing it was happening and looking the other way.
I've worked in development offices at nonprofits and let me tell you, the secretaries and assistants gossip like nobody's business. There is a lot of down time in the development circles and a nice coffee cubby area in every development office. There is no way that young boys could have been pimped out at Penn State to large donors without the entire development staff knowing what was going on and choosing to look the other way.
Please call Penn State and the Second Mile Foundation's Development Offices and tell them that everyone working there needs to be ashamed of themselves for not calling the police and demanding an investigation into what was happening to young boys at Penn State.
I am going to call as many of these people as I can today and tell them they should be ashamed of themselves for not going to the police with anything they may have heard regarding the sexual trafficking and rape of young boys at Penn State.
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Hollywood idiot Ashton Kutcher sides with child abusers — then gets slapped back by his own fans HARD
Yesterday, Hollywood idiot Ashton Kutcher used Twitter to side with the child abusers at Penn State, outraged that football coach Joe Paterno was fired for knowingly allowing young boys to be raped in his football locker room.
Almost immediately, Kutcher's fans on Twitter slapped him back hard for siding with the molesters and not the victims in this matter.
Kutcher claims he didn't really know what he was talking about and hadn't heard that the rape of young boys was involved in this matter.
This reminds me a lot of ignorant people out there who have no idea who Che Guevara really was — or what he himself did to children — but love wearing those "super-cool" Che tee shirts or post images of Guevara on their websites, like he's some sort of history hero.
That's Johnny Depp, above, wandering around Hollywood somewhere promoting Che Guevara as the latest in hip, Hollywood, casual wear.
That's a screengrab from a page on the William Fremd High School website where teacher Jason Spoor glamorizes Che Guevara (and Karl Marx, too) as a history hero worthy of inclusion alongside exotic vacation photos of himself.
Leftists, whether you find them in Hollywood or more locally teaching in the public education system, evidence poor judgment when it comes to people like Joe Paterno and Che Guevara.
This is something we've been reporting on for months on The HillBuzz & Mrs. Fox Show because the Left has a tendency to turn a blind eye to crimes committed against children in its rush to create heroes out of people like Paterno and Guevara that they might actually know very little about.
I have to admit I'd never heard of Joe Paterno until this week. I had a friend who went to Penn State and I used to write to her in "Happy Valley" many years ago and I was aware that football was a big thing in College Station, Pennsylvania. I understand that many people called Paterno "Grandpa Joe". But, I've learned that Paterno knowingly allowed the rape of young boys to continue in the Penn State locker rooms.
It's obvious to me that if anyone discovers someone raping children (or anyone for that matter) then that person needs to dial 911 immediately and ask the police to bring every available officer to take names and crack skulls. I think the SWAT team should be involved and the child molesters should be treated like Al Queda operatives. Aside from terrorists, those who commit crimes against children are the most vile monsters to ever walk this Earth.
Which is why seeing Che Guevara honored as a history hero at William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois on a web server funded by US taxpayers is equally disturbing to me, since Guevara raped and murdered children by the THOUSANDS.
The Left doesn't seem to appreciate the enormity of that, which results in those hipster tee shirts worn by Depp and the homage to Guevara displayed by Spoor…but in actuality serial killer John Wayne Gacy harmed fewer children than Che Guevara. But, Guevara's a history hero at William Fremd High School…and "Granpa Joe" and his coaching staff are heroes at Penn State.
There is true evil in this world, and it feeds off the sort of ignorance displayed by Ashton Kutcher in his tweets, Johnny Depp's fashion choices, and teacher Jason Spoor's web decorating decisions.
For whatever reason, the political Left in this country consistently chooses to apologize for, downplay, or downright ignore the evil committed against children.
Why is that and what can YOU do to change this?
The clueless are rioting again.
As with the OWS…the clueless and misguided are rioting again for all the wrong reasons. The Penn State students are out of control because Joe Paterno has been fired…he should have been fired years ago for ignoring the complaints and evidence that Jerry Sandusky, one of his assistant coaches, had been sexually molesting young boys in the locker room of the Penn State football facility.
Why aren't these students rioting for justice for these boys?
Why are college students allowed to vote? The voting age should be 25 and you should be required to pass a competency test before you can vote.
Why do Americans continue to worship cult of personalities?
What the hell is wrong with this country?
I think we are the victim of our media.
What do you think?
Attention Media: This is What a REAL SEX SCANDAL Looks Like
News came down a few minutes ago that the trustees of Penn State University fired head football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier effective immediately.
I haven't followed this story closely, so I just became aware of the fact that Joe Paterno KNEW that his former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, had been CAUGHT RAPING A 10-YEAR OLD BOY IN 2002 AND YET CONTINUED TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM IN THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM FOR NINE MORE YEARS.
I am about to throw up.
I also just found out that the person who WALKED IN ON Jerry Sandusky RAPING A 10-YEAR OLD BOY, one Mike McQueary, not only DID NOT RESCUE THE BOY AND BEAT JERRY SANDUSKY TO DEATH at the time, but IS CURRENTLY RECEIVERS COACH FOR THE TEAM!
This "man," Mike McQueary [seriously? That's his name?], DIDN'T EVEN CALL THE POLICE to report the rape. As reported on FoxNews.com,
"The 84-year-old Paterno has been besieged by criticism since Sandusky was charged over the weekend with sexually abusing eight young boys between 1994 and 2009. Athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz have been charged with failing to notify authorities after an eyewitness reported a 2002 assault. […]
Though Paterno is not accused of any wrongdoing, he has been questioned over his apparent failure to follow up on a report of the 2002 incident, in which Sandusky allegedly sodomized a 10-year-old boy in the showers at the team's football complex. A witness, Mike McQueary, is currently receivers coach for the team but was a graduate assistant at the time.
McQueary told Paterno about the incident the next day, and the coach notified Curley and Schultz, who in turn notified Penn State president Graham Spanier. Curley and Schultz have been charged with perjury and failure to report the incident to authorities, as required by state law.
I would like to point out that this story includes all the elements that the sexual harassment smear campaign against Herman Cain does not.
- An eyewitness.
- Sexual contact.
- Names.
- Dates.
- A very long paper trail.
- Facts.
- Proof.
The only thing that appears to be missing is the one thing the Herman Cain smear campaign has in abundance: OUTRAGE.
Last night, ESPN broadcast video of a student rally at the home of Joe Paterno. They RALLIED in front of his house, shouting words of encouragement to him.
Presumably the residents and students of State College, PA were more aware of the situation than I was. Some, if not all, of these people must have known that this Jerry Sandusky had been protected by Penn State's coaching staff and administrators, including Paterno.
But the people of State College PA and the students in front of Joe Pa's house were more concerned with FOOTBALL than with CHILDREN BEING RAPED.
And the fact that the Democrat-Controlled Media has spent more time in the past three days reporting on Herman Cain than on Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno…that's a scandal all its own.


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Zero-Sum Game: The rise of the world's largest derivatives exchange
By: Erika S. Olson
John Wiley & Sons
"Zero-Sum Game" tells the story of the frantic period at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as its crosstown rival, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), fought for and eventually acquired the world's oldest futures exchange. The story is told from neophyte marketing hire Erika S. Olson, who entered the fray at this critical stage and does a nice job building up the drama of a recent event.
While the author's lack of understanding of the industry and some of its history — even recent history — elicited a few cringes on my part, in general it helps the book as Olson comes off as an honest broker, an Alice thrust into a unique and peculiar world. That she did not have preconceived notions of some of the larger than life personalities involved in the industry helps the narrative and overall storytelling. There are some stubborn industry biases imbedded in industry veterans based on which exchange they worked at or were a member of, so it is helpful Olson comes at it with a clean slate. If she described some of the people involved based on these biases she could have lost some of the audience, but instead she presents their public personas along with how they are viewed by different camps in the industry.
One exception to this may be a slightly dismissive attitude, perhaps adopted from her new colleagues, to the membership and floor personnel of the exchange who arguably account more for its success than some exchange personnel want to credit.
She seems a little confused with the recent demutualization and membership issues and perhaps relies too much on general media sources for this background as there is a lot of boiler plate discussion of stubborn members standing in the way of progress. In one example she writes, "In retrospect many pointed to the [common clearing link] (between the CME and CBOT) as the first step towards the eventual merger… ." If she was on hand at the time, she would have known that the countdown to a merger announcement began in earnest with that event and should have acknowledged that earlier as it was a vital synergy between the CME and CBOT. In discussing an argument against the merger, she writes that futures contracts are essentially monopolies "because of Federal regulations preventing futures from being bought on one exchange and sold on another." She attributes this to Craig Donohue, but it seems dubious as a few years earlier the Futures Industry Association argued for an interpretation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act that would mandate such "fungibility" or at least the right to move positions to a clearinghouse of their choice (freedom to clear). She may have been a little more skeptical about the CME's argument that they did not directly compete with the CBOT if she had been on hand a few years earlier when the exchanges vigorously argued the opposite side when the large banks pushed for fungibility and "freedom to clear" initiatives. But these miscues are minor.
As someone who reported on these events as they were going on, it was an interesting view of what was going on behind the scenes and the various machinations involved. In some cases Olson's revelations confirmed my assumptions and in all cases it added humanity to those insiders living through it.
Olson also is a very good at getting beyond the surface of the people and personalities involved. This is not faint praise as I am fairly well acquainted with most of the main characters and Olson does a tremendous job in bringing these characters to life.
The book includes an interesting and detailed background on Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) founder Jeff Sprecher. She also does some solid research on some of the less obvious, yet very significant, players involved like Caledonia Investment's Will Vicars.
Her description of the last few days of negotiations following Caledonia's public rejection was compelling¸ fun and even suspenseful despite knowing the outcome.
As noted above, Olson did a nice job describing some of the characters and rivalries within the small world of Chicago's futures industry without taking sides, which makes her evolution in the story from observer to stakeholder natural and compelling. By the end she is not this wide eyed neophyte in a foreign world, but someone who perhaps was late to a great party, regretted not getting there sooner and was sad to see it end.


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The match didn't matter. It was the final game of the 2012-13 season and Racing Club had nothing to play for. Eleven players, including six youth graduates, trudged onto the pitch. Five of those six players knew that, in all likelihood, this would their last match at the club, possibly even in the country.
"La Academia de los Pibes" – The Academy of the kids – had produced five world-class players in one go, a once-in-a-generation event. And the 3–0 win against CA Union Santa Fe was symbolic of that.
Two of those five players left that very summer while the rest surprisingly stayed on for another year.
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So let's take a look at who the famous five are, and how their careers have panned out since.
Rodrigo de Paul
21 | Left winger, attacking midfielder
Rodrigo de Paul was signed by Valencia but remained under-the-radar – one, because Rodrigo the striker – the one from Benfica – seemed to be the far more promising signing and two, because he cost €4.8 million, which would probably be pocket change for Peter Lim.
But De Paul seems to have been the astute purchase – blessed with pace and trickery, he gets past defences with ease. He has largely carried over his form from Argentina to Spain. 56 games at Racing procured five goals, six assists and opposition nightmares. His 34 appearances so far at Valencia, have produced two goals, four assists and equally as many nightmares.
Including this amazing performance against Rayo Vallecano:
Luciano Vietto
22 | Striker
At 5'9" he isn't tall, or particularly strong, but Luciano Vietto knows what it takes to poach goals. It was that quality that made Villarreal fumble for their chequebook and sign him for €5.5 million last summer and what a player they got. If anything, he became better at evading markers and scoring goals on arriving in Spain from his native Argentina.
From 72 games, 18 goals and six assists is a good return, but Villarreal got 20 goals and eight assists – in just 48 appearances.
Of course, bigger clubs were interested. Atletico Madrid were impressed, Diego Simeone too, so he promoted him to a bigger club, just like he had done in 2011 when he advanced Vietto from the reserves. Only this time, he needed €20 million to do it.
Just like the first promotion, it was probably worth it.
Bruno Zuculini
22 | Central midfielder
Bruno was a bargain for Manchester City, signed for just €2.5 million. A six-month loan spell at Valencia saw him play in just one game – a 3–0 win against Málaga – for the second half. Another six-month spell at Córdoba saw him feature in eight consecutive losses and pick up two yellow cards.
Now, he sits on the sidelines at the Etihad and occasionally makes the bench - providing Manuel Pellegrini's side are struggling with injuries.
It's a shame – he is a goal-scoring midfielder with excellent vision, racking up 10 goals in 98 games for Racing. His all-action style makes him a suitable Yaya Toure replacement – but there isn't much sign of that happening anytime soon.
Ricardo Centurion
22 | Left winger
He was one of two players to leave in 2013. Ricardo Centurion was the star of the show, and even manager Luis Zubeldía reserved plenty of praise for him.
Centurion catches the attention because of his great coverage of the pitch and intensity - rare for an attacking player.
How fast he plays the game particularly stands out, not just the traditional athletic side of things, but the way he can beat his man after performing a step-over.
But the Argentine knew European football was a different proposition, which explained his desire to test himself out.
Moreover, his end product was lacking - scoring four times and assisting another in 34 games. Genoa took the chance and snapped him up on a one-year loan deal for €610,000 from the jaws of Juventus and Milan. However, in twelve games he had produced nothing – albeit it is fair to say 579 minutes in a season isn't much of a chance.
He returned to Racing to develop his game further, scoring thrice and assisting another in 17 games before being snapped up by Sao Paulo for €4.2 million six months later.
Calculated risks and sensible decisions have defined Centurion. He correctly sensed that he wasn't ready for Europe and took the decision to develop further in Brazil. He has been a revelation in South America and has become more prepared to play for the team.
More clubs will definitely be on the way for the winger and we should expect him to make a smart choice on his next venture.
Luis Farina
24 | Attacking midfielder
The other player to leave in 2013, Farina was a revelation in his final season at Racing, scoring four goals in 29 appearances. He earned a move to Benfica, but is yet to play for the club.
A highly successful loan spell at Baniyas in the UAE was followed up by another temporary move, this time at Deportivo de La Coruña, which was marred by injury problems. His latest interim transition is at Rayo Vallecano, where he is currently being ousted by a certain Jozabed.
A talented player whose talents are not being used enough – it's a shame. He has an eye for goal, whether it's scoring himself or creating chances, he just isn't near the goal at the moment or even the pitch, for that matter.
The academy seems to churn out a remarkable number of players ready for the first-team, which is beyond any youth academy's realistic expectations. The loss of five world class players in two years didn't deter the club at all as they won the 2013-14 Argentinean title.
The future looks bright too. Newly promoted youth stars central midfielder Lucas Bareira and right-back Mauro Bazan are already making an impact in the first team.
Moreover, bargain signings made in January include: 22-year-old Paraguayan attacking midfielder Oscar Romero (Cerro Porteno, €2.4 million), 20-year-old second striker Brian Fernandez (Defensa, €800,000) and right midfielder Santiago Naguel (Argentinos, €661,000) have given Racing a strong foundation to build from.
A squad that can, and will, challenge for the title.


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61. I love Taco Bell. It's funny, I used to hate it, with a passion, but now that is one of the things I want to eat all the time. James has always loved it so now that I do too he is very happy about that. Could be a pregnancy thing, I don't know. I hope not for James' sake. I know it's not REAL Mexican food, and we have plenty of that around here too, but since I have been pregnant I always choose Taco Bell over real taco shops. At least I know that when we move they might not have good Mexican food, but they do have Taco Bell!
62. I always have to have nail polish on my toes. Doesn't matter if it is chipping as long as I know some color is there. It's really weird. I feel naked with out it. I have felt like this ever since I was in High School. I used to change my polish all the time to match my outfits too... ya, that was when I didn't have a full time job or a family, and I can't believe I ever had the time to do that. My nails on my hands are a different story. I hardly ever have polish on them. I can't stand when the polish on my hands are chipped and I definitely don't have the time to keep up with that!
63. I curl my hair every. single. day. I curl it with a straightener too! My hair is naturally stick straight and I can't stand it on me. Mainly because I have this thing about my big ears popping out from my hair. I also love loose waves, they are romantic, fun and girly! I am actually debating on getting a body perm or whatever its called. I am sure it would save me so much time!
64. Speaking of perms, I had a perm when I was 14. I wanted one so bad because my mom has always permed her hair for as long as I can remember. I don't have any pictures of this, but I promise you I looked like a poodle. And I remember the chemicals smelled like cat pee and I couldn't stand it!
65. I don't care for Chinese food. All I like is orange chicken (sometimes) and fried rice. And this is not a pregnancy thing. I have never really cared for it. I feel bad because James loves it and he would eat it everyday if he could. Of course, I veto that very very often. But I guess it's like how James hates Italian food, so I guess we're even.
66. I've been on one mission trip out of the country. My old church partnered with Amore Ministries in Mexico. We went out there and built houses for the very poor. It was an awesome experience that I would love to do again. I can't wait until the kids are old enough to take on mission trips!
67. My dream was to join Peace Corps. Then I met James and couldn't bare to part from him. Funny thing is I told James when we were dating not to get too attached to me because I was joining the peace corps and going to leave. Looks like God had other plans for me. We could always join together when we are older and the kids have moved out.
68. I can't play guitar because of my pinkies. I tried having James teach me, but my pinky is too crooked and I can't reach the 6th string. I am going to try a 4 strong bass instead. haha.
69. Up until this past Christmas I had the same cell phone number for 10 years. To me, that is a pretty good accomplishment. It was pretty hard getting used to a new number. And I am one of those people who regularly goes through my phone and deletes numbers of those I don't really talk to anymore, just easier for me to navigate when trying to find someone... Now those people who never throw out numbers that I have met in the past 10 years will never be able to get a hold of me again... oh no! Bummer thing is that whoever had my new number before me is on multiple telemarketing list and I have get around 1-2 a day! It's so annoying!
70. I've been to Maui 3 times in my life. I have stayed in the same little town all three times and loved it. I went there first on a family vacation. Second when I graduated college and some friends of mine lived there and 3rd on our honeymoon. It is such a great place to vacation too. Family friendly but can be very romantic! If you ever get the chance to go, make sure you take the road to Hana. Breathtaking views and hidden exclusive waterfalls and hiking trails!


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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Life As Of Lately... The Wedding Day Edition
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Congrats!! What a beautiful bride you made...and your groom so...handsome. My hubby and I planned our wedding and did ALL the work on everythimg, even the wedding cake. I was a professional cake decorator at the time and did not trust anyone else to do it right. It was so much work and took so much of our time , but I would gladly do it all over again. The night of the wedding, once the reception was in full swing I walked into the house, sat down on the loveseat in the living room (our wedding took place at my parents house) and melted....literally exhaustion took over and couldn't move. My now hubby came in and found me sitting there in my huge "Cinderella" wedding dress, walked back outside, announced to the guests that he was "leaving, and taking the Belle of the ball" grabbed a bottle of chilled champagne, two glasses, and we left to the hotel we were staying in before we were leaving for our honeymoon. Now our son is engaged, and they have started the planning process...he is super involved with the details and I just hope he can chillax enough to enjoy the process. I look forward to your holiday postings, especially Thanksgiving. I hope you've rested enough that the holidays with the hubs this first year being married, is fun, memorable, and easy.ReplyDelete
Glad all is well,
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Light filters through your cage
the bars of which are window panes
The static of your television
is drowning mother's mind
Five thousand city boys
dream of taking you to town
Blaming you for their love
roses in their hands
Sit, drink, look at yourself,
hidden from the razor blade
You take your iron kerchief
and scrape away the dust
Say there, dandelion
I heard you called for me?
Hey there, little angel
I hope you're having fun.
The bridge collapsed
beneath your father
Swallowed by the darkness
of a cold New Jersey night
Settle in your carpet nightmares
lifting books to shield your eyes
As images of lovers roll
across your bedroom floor
But have you learned to look
beyond your own reflection?
Can you help but listen
to someone else's voice?
Falling in through wiretaps
I heard you hadn't mentioned it
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Light filters through your cage


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Blog Hop. I have been invited to Around The World Blog Hop by sweet Sarah over at A Little Happy Place. A big THANK YOU to Sarah for thinking of me as a Blog Hopper. I encourage you to go and visit her blog, you will not be disappointed. She has so much to share with you and is a true inspiration with her excellent needle work. Today I have quickly (actually on a total whim) put together this blog post for you. Hope you will enjoy it.
A Blog Hop is a way of sharing Blog Love in Blogland. A way of crossing Atlantic Oceans and borders and finding new blogs we might not have visited before. I will tell you a little bit about my ongoing projects, about why and how I blog.
What am I working on?
I am the kind of girl who has a zillion projects on the go and find it very hard to finish... I have so many ideas and get easily distracted and have to jump from one project when inspiration strikes.
For a while now I have been working on my V-stitch blanket. It is close to be finished and I have started the pattern writing procedure. I still have to work out a way to avoid having to weave in all those ends and I think I've got something a bit different up my sleeve to do this.
I hardly ever follow patterns as I like to wing and tweak things and therefor I have started to work on some new patterns ideas as well. The Popcorn Lace Square is such a project. This pillow will be finished any day now. It only needs and inner pillow case and a single crochet closure being ready to pose for my camera.
This weekend I started a hair band project made from cute Daisy Squares. You see, I cut off all my hair and need a hairband when working out. That is where I got the idea for a cute Daisy Square Hairband. In the making as I jotter this down.
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Well, I don't ahve a specific style and maybe that is my style. Call me rag rug girl. I like eclectic as much as I like classic. I like bold as much as I love delicate and mellow. I can be modern and I can be romantic... I like it all, mix it all and make my own twisted designs without boundaries or frames. But in the bottom of it all stretches a red thread through with my Scandinavian roots. I always come back and let myself get inspired by my home country Sweden and the life we live there in the country... think Carl Larsson or all the tales (Emil In Lönneberga, Madicken, Lotta at Bråkmakargatan) by Astrid Lindgren. That is me in a nutshell.
Why do I write/create what I do?
I started out in 2009 to find my way back to my creative self after being a Stay At Home Mom popping out one child after another for a good 8 years... I write, design and blog because I love to do it and I need to do it. I am a highly creative person who needs to create to be happy in myself.
I love being a part of Blogland. The crochet and craft community is wonderful and has helped me grow in not just my creative self but in my self confidence and knowledge too. I learn so much from being here. Thank you to everyone who has made my blog the success it is today. I couldn't have done this without you and I am hoping to have even more to share with you in the future as I am putting in more time and effort into this place in my life.
How does my writing/creating process work?
To explain it shortly: I experiment, practise, frog, do it again, start on new things, dis things that did not work out and I never give up.
Inspiration can come from anywhere but most often it is a color combination, a shape or a theme that gets me going. I then get started and most often just wing it until I get where I want to be.
I do read blogs and surf Pinterest, surf for pictures to see what is out there but I hardly ever follow a pattern strictly. Unless I follow a pattern to learn something new like a formula of a doily or a stitch I haven't used before.
Following patterns for small project really helps you grow in your own creative knowledge. I highly recommend taking a break form creating and following a pattern every now and then to feed our brain with something new.
I often mix things I see, a stitch I like with another stitch... It is a long process and sometimes it doesn't really work out the way I want but when it does I am delighted. Like the edging on my Nordic Shawl Pattern... It is a mix between a few different edgings I tried out.
Thank you for visiting today and although I can't pass on the Blog Hop to someone I highly recommend you to visit some of the blogs below. They are all very inspiring in their own way and maybe you haven't seen them before. Hope you have enjoyed your visit and see you soon again.
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Dinner-time, and still no Hundreds of people. In the arrangements of the little household, Miss Pross took charge of the lower regions, and always acquitted herself marvellously. Her dinners, of a very modest quality, were so well cooked and so well served, and so neat in their contrivances, half English and half French, that nothing could be better. Miss Pross's friendship being of the thoroughly practical kind, she had ravaged Soho and the adjacent provinces, in search of impoverished French, who, tempted by shillings and half- crowns, would impart culinary mysteries to her. From these decayed sons and daughters of Gaul, she had acquired such wonderful arts, that the woman and girl who formed the staff of domestics regarded her as quite a Sorceress, or Cinderella's Godmother: who would send out for a fowl, a rabbit, a vegetable or two from the garden, and change them into anything she pleased.
On Sundays, Miss Pross dined at the Doctor's table, but on other days persisted in taking her meals at unknown periods, either in the lower regions, or in her own room on the second floor — a blue chamber, to which no one but her Ladybird ever gained admittance. On this occasion, Miss Pross, responding to Ladybird's pleasant face and pleasant efforts to please her, unbent exceedingly; so the dinner was very pleasant, too.
It was an oppressive day, and, after dinner, Lucie proposed that the wine should be carried out under the plane-tree, and they should sit there in the air. As everything turned upon her, and revolved about her, they went out under the plane-tree, and she carried the wine down for the special benefit of Mr. Lorry. She had installed herself, some time before, as Mr. Lorry's cup-bearer; and while they sat under the plane-tree, talking, she kept his glass replenished. Mysterious backs and ends of houses peeped at them as they talked, and the plane-tree whispered to them in its own way above their heads.
Still, the Hundreds of people did not present themselves. Mr. Darnay presented himself while they were sitting under the plane-tree, but he was only One.
Doctor Manette received him kindly, and so did Lucie. But, Miss Pross suddenly became afflicted with a twitching in the head and body, and retired into the house. She was not unfrequently the victim of this disorder, and she called it, in familiar conversation, "a fit of the jerks."
The Doctor was in his best condition, and looked specially young. The resemblance between him and Lucie was very strong at such times, and as they sat side by side, she leaning on his shoulder, and he resting his arm on the back of her chair, it was very agreeable to trace the likeness.
He had been talking all day, on many subjects, and with unusual vivacity. "Pray, Doctor Manette,"said Mr. Darnay, as they sat under the plane-tree — and he said it in the natural pursuit of the topic in hand, which happened to be the old buildings of London — "have you seen much of the Tower?"
"Lucie and I have been there; but only casually. We have seen enough of it, to know that it teems with interest; little more."
"I have been there, as you remember,"said Darnay, with a smile, though reddening a little angrily, "in another character, and not in a character that gives facilities for seeing much of it. They told me a curious thing when I was there."
"What was that?"Lucie asked.
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Bodysattva is fortunate to be associated with amazing people that share a vision. Providing a fulfilling work environment where everyone can excel in his or her strengths, interests and passions produces stability in staff, diversity of specialties, quality of care and allows us to achieve continuity for our clients. Working together as a team we believe in building strong and lasting relationships with people, staff and clients.Please click on the links to the right to find out more about some of the wonderful people that make Bodysattva what it is.
Shana Berger, D.C.
Director and founder of the Bodysattva Healing Arts Center and Studio, Dr. Berger holds her Doctorate in Chiropractic, from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (now Southern California University of Health Sciences) and has been in practice in the Conejo Valley since 1993. She uses a variety of Chiropractic techniques including Sacro-Occipital Technique, Diversified, Cox and cranial work and draws from over 20 years of manual therapy and massage experience. To Dr. Berger, being a holistic practitioner means treating the whole person and finding the appropriate treatment to produce the most desired result for the patient. She feels it is important to get to know her patients and learn about their lives to decipher the best course of action to take in order to achieve mutually set goals. Many of her clients are new to Chiropractic or are unsure about returning to a Chiropractor. Her gentle style, patience and compassionate care result in a positive experience. Catering to cowards or neophytes becomes very rewarding because Chiropractic can be so magical, producing some level of relief in just one session.Certification as a Master Somatic Coach by the Strozzi Institute in Petaluma, California, allows Dr. Berger a unique perspective, powerful listening and observation and the bridging of bodywork with somatic reconditioning by using breath, touch, movement and attention guiding her clients toward new ways of responding to life's pressures and opportunities.Dr. Berger's interest and experience in healthcare dates back over twenty years. Since then she has been passionate about creating a healthcare environment that offers a diverse approach to treatment that benefits both client and staff. This passion has shaped the evolution of a small multidisciplinary/complementary office to a diverse multi-model healthcare center. "Our goal is to be a great resource in the community, to generate a place where people can come and relax, heal, rejuvenate and connect with themselves in a non-stressful, noncompetitive environment for the sake of producing a more meaningful and fulfilling life."Dr. Berger is an avid yoga student, backpacker/hiker, road and mountain biker, admirer of nature down to its miniscule perfect flowers, adventurer, occasional rock climber, scuba diver, back country skier and closeted artist. (Back to Top)
Vivian Sobel, L.Ac.
Vivian Sobel has a vision of improving health and eliminating pain through natural methods to promote healthier happier lives. Vivian's goal is to make a difference in her patient's well-being by helping them identify and resolve their health issues. Her focus is to educate and empower her patients so they can better maintain their wellness.Vivian has been practicing Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine since 1985. She is licensed by the Board of Medical Quality Assurance and the National Commission for certification of acupuncturists.She started her career in science and research as part of a team at USC Medical Center in cancer research as an Electron Microscopist and Biology Lab Technician, and at UCLA in surgical pathology, Developmental Biology and Infectious disease research.Vivian has studied and worked in Beijing, China in the Hospital of Orthopedics and Traumatology. She uses Traditional Chinese diagnostic techniques, acupuncture, herbal medicine and nutrition as well as functional medicine. Vivian is an active subscriber to professional and medical publications and an active participant in seminars and symposiums in order to keep up to date on the latest discoveries and research for clinical nutrition and alternative therapies. She has specialized training in Acupuncture Orthopedics, women's health (including infertility), addictive disorders, digestive disorders and pain syndromes.Vivian Sobel has an understanding, commitment and an honorable motivation to help and educate as many people as she can. To relieve pain and dis-ease and resolve the underlying causes. To achieve this she draws from her knowledge of western medicine and Natural Alternative Medicine. She is passionate about her work and continues to study and keeps up to date on Acupuncture and holistic approaches to healthcare.Specialties: Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Health Conditions: Acne, Addiction, Aging, Alcoholism, Allergic Rhinitis, Amenorrhea, Anemia, Anxiety, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, Back Pain, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Bronchitis, Bulimia Nervosa, Burns, Candidiasis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cirrhosis, Common Cold, Constipation, Cough, Crohn's Disease, Depression, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Eczema, Edema, Erectile Dysfunction, Erythema, Fibromyalgia, Food Poisoning, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Heart Disease, Hemorrhoids, Herpes Simplex Virus, HIV and AIDS, Hypertension, Infertility, Influenza, Insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Low Back Pain, Menopause, Menstrual Pain, Migraine Headache, Motion Sickness, Osteoarthritis, Sinus Headache, Smoking Cessation, Sprains and Strains, Weight Loss. (Back to Top)
Angela Melia, L.M.T.
Angela has been involved in the holistic health field for over 35 years starting out as a massage therapist. Over the years she has added new skills such as Esalen Energy Work, Tibetan Reflexology and Aromatherapy.
She has practiced in various cities including Las Vegas where she also taught Tibetan Reflexology and Aromatherapy to doctors and nurses at two hospitals for continuing education units. She spent many years in Malibu working part time in drug & alcohol rehabilitation facilities where she used her skills and knowledge to educate patients how to use their minds and bodies to release various addictions. Angela has also taught several classes in her various disciplines at massage schools. Most recently she spent three years in Maui learning new techniques and spiritual practices.
Her lifetime passion in metaphysics, meditation and personal growth guides her overall approach to helping her clients find a healthy balance in mind, body and spirit. (Back to Top)
Diana Prevatte, L.M.T
Trained in swedish, trigger point therapy, acupressure, myofascial release technique, deep tissue, pregnancy massage, lymphatic clearing, cranio-sacral therapy and energy balancing.My strength is working with people suffering from trauma. Whether it is physical pain from injuries and chronic conditions, or emotional trauma from grief and stress that so often manifest themselves in the physical body.Through my years of experience, I have developed techniques for a softer, less invasive and very effective deep tissue therapy. I use gentle passive stretches with soothing strokes to aid my patients in their healing. I combine this with respect, communication, and an open heart with warm, nurturing hands enhanced with hand-blended essential oils.Each patient has my complete concentration and focus to work with their individual and unique pathway to health and well being. I am well accustomed to pre and post surgeries, knee and hip replacements, back and spine disorders and accident survivors as well as people coping with conditions from fibromyalgia to M.S. I am also very aware of the trust that must be established between my touch and the emotional scars from patients overcoming abuse.I have been doing this work since 1991 and have been with Dr. Shana Berger since 1993. She founded Bodysattva to offer more diverse therapy so patients can achieve a better chance for long-term recovery and health. Working with her this long has given me an understanding of her practice and her commitment to the patient's health. I work hard to honor her practice and mine with communication, study, feedback and compassion to help our patients become well so they can return to their lives better than before. (Back to Top)
Penny Ranan, L.M.T, M.A.
Penny Feinstein-Ranan has been a massage therapy/bodywork practitioner since 1990 and has been providing services at Bodysattva since 2004. She has particular success in treating people who suffer from seemingly unresolvable muscular pain, tightness, discomfort. Her unique blend of osteopathic (positional release) and orthopedic massage/bodywork techniques produce profound results and are carefully designed to address the individual needs of her clients.She is also a registered dance therapist, is certified in pregnancy massage, teaches the ancient art of parent infant massage, has been passionately dedicated to body/mind professions for over 28 years, and has worked internationally in Israel and Cambodia.Penny is licenced by the State of California as a Certified Massage Practitioner. (Back to Top)
Steve Romey, C.M.T, O.M.T
Steve Romey is a California State Certified Massage Therapist with a Bachelors Degree in Health Science and Health Education. Steve supports a proactive, holistic and educational approach to massage therapy and optimal wellness. His work provides a blend of soft tissue massage, acupressure, energetic and other therapies, which can enhance the quality and overall wellness of one's life. With over 12 years of experience combined with therapeutic bodywork, nutrition, spiritual and personal growth courses, Steve's work has evolved to be highly integrated and diverse. He partners with integrative and naturopathic medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, acupuncturists, and many other specialists to ensure a clients needs are supported.
Steve's holistic approach is based in traditional Chinese medicine, and a deep understanding of the emotions that may contribute to healing opportunities. Utilizing the body's meridians, and working directly with organ systems throughout the body he is able to support many health opportunities and symptoms including: digestive problems, upper respiratory concerns, muscle and joint pain, chronic pain, pain in the bones, spinal challenges, fibromyalgia, insomnia, depression/anxiety, headaches, eating and immune disorders, cancer, diabetes and more.
He has completed well over 600 hours of massage training including over 200 hours specifically to support individuals on a Cancer-healing journey (and other healing opportunities.)
Steve provides a great example for his clients in the healthy way he eats, his zest for exercise and adventure, and his commitment to overall wellness. Steve wakes up each day inspired, happy, and grateful with a passion for helping others move through health or physical challenges, and into their optimal health and happiness. He works with clients with Cancer and other health opportunities, sports athletes, adults, the elderly, and children.
Steve is a member of Society For Oncology Massage, and provides educational workshops on Health and Oncology Massage to the public and massage therapists. (Back to Top)
Karen Hormell, C.P.I
Karen Hormell has worked in and been involved with health and fitness for most of her life, starting at the age of 10 when she discovered dance. Ever since, dance and movement have been part of who she is. Before she was introduced to Pilates, she fulfilled her love for movement by teaching ballet, jazz to children, pre and post-partum aerobics and traditional aerobics.
Karen was introduced to Pilates and knew instantly this is something she wanted to share with others. Karen spent several years working as a Pilates instructor under the direction of several thriving chiropractic and physical therapy practices. Karen also instructed at Amgen where she taught mat, group, and private classes for 5 years.
In 2010 Karen underwent two emergency back surgeries that would change the course of her instruction forever. The surgeries came with many complications and challenges, some of which she is still dealing with today. After many weeks of Physical Therapy with four different practitioners she was released to fend for herself. Thankfully Karen had the knowledge and determination through her past Pilates training to continue her long road to recovery.
During this time she decided to dedicate her time to the care of others in similar situations to regain better strength and mobility. She also wanted to help those with inflammatory conditions by showing them a safe effective modality with which to move their bodies. Rekindling her relationship with Shana at Bobysattva was the perfect place to make this vision a reality.
Karen's desire is to get you moving forward with safe, patient and compassionate help to regain a better sense of self. (Back to Top)
Zoya B. Mills, RP II
Zoya B. Mills is a Certified Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki practitioner who has been practicing Reiki since 2012. She received her level I certification in July of 2010 from American Reiki Academy in Los Angeles, California and her level II Certification in May of 2014 from the Heal Center in Ojai, California.
"During each session that takes place I offer a combination of energy and intuitive healing process that greatly benefits my clients. By sensing the energy blocks in the body during a session and providing information and guidance using holistic healing techniques my clients can release discomfort and pain quickly. This process deepens relaxation in a safe environment, brings balance to their energy field and teaches them how to care for their bodies and release emotions so the body can heal and repair itself with ease after they leave the session. " ~ Zoya (Back to Top)
Christel Embree
Christel holds a masters degree in abstract mathematics. She has spent most of her professional career writing computer software and was telecommuting before it became fashionable. She loves taking college courses to stay current within the computer field and her current areas of interest are gaming, databases and math education.Since Christel still doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up, she decided to take a break from computers and sees Bodysattva as an opportunity to explore life outside the cubicle. (Back to Top)
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11 am Sunday morning – Oh man… my heads gonna blow!!! wtf happened last nite!!! damn….I aint drinking again!!
Flashback –
Saturday, 7 pm – Hey wassup gang. Lets do something tonight. Its gonna be one of the last times i will be here in this city. So lets do something fun.
8 pm – Heading out to the sports bar around the corner. A beer would be just right to start the nite. & while at it, some smoke wont hurt either.
9 pm – WTF!!! No more beer? U gotta be f**kin kiddin me!! Lets get the hell outta here….
9:30 pm – A local club. But no entry for stags!! (this is only true in India). Nothing doing.. we dint get drunk just to be pushed aside by a bouncer. So what if he is twice the size of all of us put together!!! we wont give up…
9:45 pm – As luck would have it, 3 gorgeous gals walk past us. As if it were God's sign itself, we asked the gals to take us in with them. Luckily, they obliged 🙂 But there are 4 stags! Which guy to leave out ? hmm, gals are hot alrite.. so no ditchin them… comon boys.. its time to shine by sacrifice!! in the name of frndship… comon.
10 pm: The bouncer lets 4 guys n 3 gals in… (psst… a few crisp 100 rupee notes can do wonders!)
10:30 pm : Dude.. did u see the hot chics we came in with ? who the f**k cares for those 3 !! i m hittin the bar… u freaks do ur thing…
11 pm : Jeez… i wonder why is it so dark in here? did someone turn the lights off ? hmm, n why does the bar tender got 4 hands? wtf? i think i am drunk… whre are my frnds?
11:20 pm : Dude… do I know u ? why r u puttin ur hand arnd my waist ? u lookin for somethin?
11:22 pm : WTF!!! U A**HOLE!!! Get ur filthy hands OFF me!!! I am straight!
11:30 pm : Hey guys.. this place is shutting down in 5 min… lets get outta here. but wait, where next? I am not drunk enuff yet…
11:45 pm : I dont believe this city!! Damn u moral police!! u jst ruined my sat nite!!!
11:50 pm : Oh there is this place which stays open till 12:30 in the nite.. lets hit it 🙂
12:00 midnight : Oh comon.. not the "we dont allow stags" routine again!!!
12:02 am : Oh i got an idea to get in 😉 Hey lissen up manager.. U shud know whom u r dealin with here. My dad is the best frnd of the brother-in-law of the Gen Secretary of the central government… u sure u wanna mess with me ?
12:05 am : F**K !! i dont believe it worked!!! lol!!! I love this city!!!
12:10 am : Yo bartender… 4 large Single malts on the rocks 🙂
12:15 am: Dude.. i thnk that babe there is checkin me out 🙂 I m gonna go over n say hi.. cover me up in case something goes wrong…
12:17 am : Hey there.. How u doin? I saw u frm a distance…. I was wondering if i could offer u a drink maybe ?
12:18 am : Why wont u say anything ? comon.. jst a drink.. 🙂
12:20 am : dude… somethings wrong wth this babe man.. i keep offering her a drink.. n she jst keeps smiling back.. doesnt say anything.. i sense something fishy here… do u ?
12:25 am : Oh my God!!! I have been talking to a f**king portrait on the wall all this while!!!!
12:30 am : This is so damn embarassin… need another drink man…
1 am : Oh no.. the party's over.. damn!! f**k u moral police! I hate this city!!!
3 am – Huh.. why the f**k is the GODDAMN key not working in this door ? & who took out the front grill from the door? Oh f**k, wait a sec.. is this my house ? oh shit…
3:10 am – The light inside the house switches on… oh my god!! that chap is comin out !! & he has a freaking cricket bat in his hand… RUN!!!
3:30 am – phew… what a night!! hey, is that guy behind us still ? What the f**k just happened ? Damn.. how did we land up at his door ? who the hell was driving ???
3:45 am – Hey look.. is that a cop car coming our way ? or am i just hallucinating ? Oh no! it IS a cop car!!! damn… if they catch us, I dont have my license on me!! we are gonna be screwed… hit it!!!
4:15 am – oh man!! what an escape!! dude.. ur a rockstar!! where on earth did u learn to drive like that??? f**k dude.. u r THE MAN!!! Lets just go home now… its been a crazy nite already…
5:30 am – home sweet home 🙂
5:40 am – ZZZZZZZZZZ……
11 am Sunday morning – Oh man… my heads gonna blow!!! wtf happened last nite!!! damn….I aint drinking again!!


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Last Tuesday was Veterans Day (US) and Remembrance Day. In our small town of Ansonia CT, it was commenerated with speech, essay and song. Afterwards, the wreath silenced the mighty monuments as we reflect on service and loss...see WW and WW
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It has been an age since I've done one of these posts, so given that i've recently re-opened my own Folksy shop this seemed like the perfect time to revisit the Folksy Friday.
of my work colleagues informed me yesterday that snow is on it's way
(eek) and with this in mind i've based today's choices on the
theme of ice.
I really hope the snow holds off for
the weekend as Dave and I are going on a kayaking trip to the Lake District with the canoe club and the idea of paddling through ice does not appeal. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I don't end up in the drink!
Right, without further ado -
Have a good weekend and wrap up!
Welcome to the my blog. My name is Lucy Farfort i'm a freelance illustrator & designer maker. This is where you can find out what i've been up to of late, read my attempts at a decent post & the rantings of a visual addict. Hope you like it. You can contact me to say 'hi' by email on email@example.com
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Friday, 15 November 2013
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Brrr, I feel chilly just looking at the pictures. Thank you for including my bangles in your finds. A lovely idea for a blog post. XReplyDelete
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- Anonymous15 November 2013 at 07:35
I have followed your lead and made a folksy friday post too. Great idea:)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for including my Allium giftwrap in your gorgeous collection of Folksy finds!ReplyDelete
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Tasmania. What a lovely place it is. We have been and done a bit there but intend to go back and do it again. We missed lots so want to go see them and some of what we did do we want to do again.
I have been home a week now and still haven't finished unpacking. Still haven't written about it and still haven't got all the photos organised. I really must make a start on it all.
I plan on getting everything put away properly this weekend and then will work on getting something written down...before I forget it all.


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Letters in the alphabet
I just need to write.
I cannot think about what I write, who my audience may be or what my title should be.
I have been silenced by grief these last months. Silenced by overwhelming change. Silenced by expectation. Silenced by fear. Silenced by my own loud accusations.
I wanted to chart my journey.
The journey from utter despair, devastation and trauma back to living, breathing me. I wanted to be able to look back and understand how a normal human being can recover from such horror and learn to live again. I wanted to write it all down but I look back and understand it can not be put into words. Not everything can be broken down to letters in an alphabet and a profound quote.
I look in the mirror and see myself again. Not the same self. A different self. I look back and wonder how the fuck I made it this far. I almost congratulate myself but then the guilt will begin its' pervasive seep through my soul.
I look again and see the wretch I am and wonder how I can face myself each day. How I can simply cast aside all that was and move so swiftly into all that is.
And as I stare more deeply at my reflection I see what it has cost me.
And I walk away to face another day.


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Who has time for Facebook , Pinterest,Google +, Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter,LinkedIn and whatever else is coming down the pipe? This is the top argument I hear when a new social media platform is launched.
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It's the same I used before mymentor nudged me to embrace the full power of the tweet many years ago.
Now, I don't have the luxury of being able to delegate social media marketing duties, which is why I devised a few tricks to be effective and efficient. The first step is to not think of social media as a burden, it's business. When you allow yourself to accept that social engagement is not optional, you will quickly find what was once a time suck is now the best use of your precious minutes. Here are four tricks I use to squeeze the most out of my precious time.
One Click Solution: This is probably my favorite trick. I dump all of the social networks I post to into one bookmark folder on my browser. With a single click they all open in their own individual browser tab ready for me to post. The exception to this is Twitter, I use a standalone third-party tool for that (TweetDeck), although this can be run within the browser as well. Having all the networks open at once allows me to quickly paste the destination URL while I customize each post appropriate for the network (more on this in a minute).
Mobile Sidekick: While I want to be engaged, I don't have time to stay online and chat all day. My trick is download the mobile apps for each of the social networks and then turn on their notifications and alerts so that even in the locked screen, I can see if someone has connected. This allows me to immediately respond and take advantage of a social media swell that may last for just a few minutes. Also, having these alerts come up on a mobile device means I can respond even when I'm away from my desk. The beauty of social media marketing is the immediacy of it, and getting alerts is a great way to keep pace.
Skin the Cat: When I post our featured story in the morning on Facebook, it's not the same post that I put on Pinterest, which is also different from what I post on Tumblr. All of these individual posts point to the same destination URL, but I try and optimize each post for the platform on which they are residing. For example, on Tumblr I will post a quote from the story, which is often too long (even when butchered and truncated) to appear on Twitter. On Pinterest the post will provide the image from the article and just the headline. On Google+ the post will include the image, headline and description. Find what works best for your audience on each platform and skin away.
Rinse, Repeat: I've never heard anyone complain that they are getting too many funny episodes of Seinfeld on TV. People enjoy great content. In fact, they'll check it out more than once if it's interesting enough. Also, it's a bit presumptuous to assume that just because you posted something once on one platform that all of your followers and fans have not only clicked on that post, but read and savored every word. Don't be afraid to post the same thing more than one time, however, try to change it up just a little bit to improve upon the original. Social media is a living, breathing thing that constantly needs to be fed.


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I got so addicted with all the assignments leaving myself creating under pressure. I barely scrap for fun or for me during those years of addiction. I used my assignments to motivate and inspire myself when I scrap which is a bit wrong. Don't get me wrong, I am so thankful for all the opportunities that came my way over the years. It helped me grow as a scrapbooker and I gained a lot of friends that are very supportive but I missed scrapbooking without the pressure.
That is why this time around, I only limit myself to at least 3 DT gigs per month. I love the responsibilities and the challenges that comes with it and I don't want to let that go. I wanted to keep sharing my talent and promote the products that I love.
But I wanted more time to scrap about anything and doing whatever without the pressure of making sure that I reach a certain standard. With a much organised setup, I can discover more about my style and be more creative because there are no limits or boundaries that needs to be followed. The fun part is, I am loving what I am creating lately!!!
Here are a few layouts that I did...not for any DT assignment :)
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NEW YORK (AP/CBSNewYork) — The body of a woman has been discovered strangled, stuffed inside a suitcase outside an East Harlem building, down the street from one of the city's famous Italian eateries.
A spokesman for the medical examiner's office said Wednesday afternoon that her death had been ruled a homicide. The cause of death was neck compression.
Late Wednesday, police released video surveillance of a man they said they wanted to question in the woman's death.
Police said a passer-by rummaging through the trash outside the building on East 114th Street found the suitcase and called 911. Officers responded shortly after midnight Wednesday.
The building is about a block away from Rao's Restaurant, a notable eatery in the neighborhood.
1010 WINS Reporter Al Jones gets latest details on the case.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the unidentified black woman was in her 20s or 30s and appeared to have a head injury. She was dressed.
Police have made no arrests. The investigation is ongoing.
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So, what of "Extraction Music"?
Well, this is the term Rob uses to sub-categorise the sound that the three of us err towards and he describes it as such;
"Extraction music contains a large measure of drone spiced with a helping of throbbing, psychedelic noise and other ingredients. It can be heavy, urgent and demanding but it is not, as a rule, harsh or aggressive. Instead the sound is enveloping, fluctuating – fully engaged."
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Humility has been described in every religion as the Greatest if all Virtues. The prophet of Humility, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and all other Sikh Gurus set mind-boggling examples of humility and showed the path to us.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji, in Asa Dee Vaar, say - "Meethat Neevi Nanaka, Gun Changiaian Tatt". That humility (Neevi - Nimanapan, to think modest, lowly of oneself) is the "Tatt", the root, the seed, the very foundation of all the Divine Virtues of the Lord.
Watch this video to learn about
1) What are the obstacles in our embracing Humility and how to remove them to receive the Divine Rewards.
2) How and where is the Satguru found, and in what humility?
3) How amazing was the humility shown by Sikh Gurus and even more amazing the results
4) Sri Guru Amar Das Ji say that Guru's grace falls on all, but some receive it more and others less. So what really is the criteria?
5) How Guru Nanak Dev Ji describe in Asa Dee Var that Humility (Nimarta, Nimanapan) is the Greatest of all Virtues
6) We answer at being called by our name, but what is the way to call upon the Lord?
7) Further advice on how to rid of false ego and pride, and the mysterious ways in which Satguru blesses such a soul.
ਮਨ ਤੂੰ ਮਤ ਮਾਣੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਜਿ ਹਉ ਕਿਛੁ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਮਾਣਾ ਹੋਹੁ ॥
Man tun mat man karahi je hao kichh janda gurmukh nimana hohu.
O man, take not pride that thou knowest some thing but be thou pious and humble.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਹਉ ਬੁਧਿ ਹੈ ਸਚਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਲੁ ਖੋਹੁ ॥
Antar agian hao budh hai sach sabad mal khohu.
Within thee are ignorance and pride of intellect. By the true word wash off this filth.
ਹੋਹੁ ਨਿਮਾਣਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਅਗੈ ਮਤ ਕਿਛੁ ਆਪੁ ਲਖਾਵਹੇ ॥
Hohu nimana satguru agai mat kichh ap lakhavhe.
Be humble before the True Guru and show not thy ownself.
ਆਪਣੈ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਿ ਜਗਤੁ ਜਲਿਆ ਮਤ ਤੂੰ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਵਹੇ ॥
Apnai ahankar jagat jalia mat tun apna ap gavavhe.
By its own pride the world is burning. Allow not thyself to be ruined like wise.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਕਰਹਿ ਕਾਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੁ ॥
Satgur kai bhanai karahi kar satgur kai bhanai lag rahu.
Attend to thy business according to the will of the true Guru and remain attached to the will of the true Guru.
ਇਉ ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਪੁ ਛਡਿ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਮਨ ਨਿਮਾਣਾ ਹੋਇ ਰਹੁ ॥੭॥
Io kahai Nanak ap chhad sukh pavahi man nimana hoe rahu. ||7||
Thus say Nanak, forsake thou thy self conceit and continue to be meek, O man. Thus shalt thou obtain happiness.
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Emma spared no exertions to maintain this happier flow of ideas, and hoped, by the help of backgammon, to get her father tolerably through the evening, and be attacked by no regrets but her own. The backgammon-table was placed; but a visitor immediately afterwards walked in and made it unnecessary.
Mr. Knightley, a sensible man about seven or eight-and-thirty, was not only a very old and intimate friend of the family, but particularly connected with it, as the elder brother of Isabella's husband. He lived about a mile from Highbury, was a frequent visitor, and always welcome, and at this time more welcome than usual, as coming directly from their mutual connexions in London. He had returned to a late dinner, after some days' absence, and now walked up to Hartfield to say that all were well in Brunswick Square. It was a happy circumstance, and animated Mr. Woodhouse for some time. Mr. Knightley had a cheerful manner, which always did him good; and his many inquiries after "poor Isabella" and her children were answered most satisfactorily. When this was over, Mr. Woodhouse gratefully observed, "It is very kind of you, Mr. Knightley, to come out at this late hour to call upon us. I am afraid you must have had a shocking walk."
"Not at all, sir. It is a beautiful moonlight night; and so mild that I must draw back from your great fire."
"But you must have found it very damp and dirty. I wish you may not catch cold."
"Dirty, sir! Look at my shoes. Not a speck on them."
"Well! that is quite surprising, for we have had a vast deal of rain here. It rained dreadfully hard for half an hour while we were at breakfast. I wanted them to put off the wedding."
"By the bye — I have not wished you joy. Being pretty well aware of what sort of joy you must both be feeling, I have been in no hurry with my congratulations; but I hope it all went off tolerably well. How did you all behave? Who cried most?"
"Ah! poor Miss Taylor! 'Tis a sad business."
"Poor Mr. and Miss Woodhouse, if you please; but I cannot possibly say 'poor Miss Taylor.' I have a great regard for you and Emma; but when it comes to the question of dependence or independence! — At any rate, it must be better to have only one to please than two."
"Especially when one of those two is such a fanciful, troublesome creature!" said Emma playfully. "That is what you have in your head, I know — and what you would certainly say if my father were not by."
"I believe it is very true, my dear, indeed," said Mr. Woodhouse, with a sigh. "I am afraid I am sometimes very fanciful and troublesome."
"My dearest papa! You do not think I could mean you, or suppose Mr. Knightley to mean you. What a horrible idea! Oh no! I meant only myself. Mr. Knightley loves to find fault with me, you know — in a joke — it is all a joke. We always say what we like to one another."
Mr. Knightley, in fact, was one of the few people who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of them: and though this was not particularly agreeable to Emma herself, she knew it would be so much less so to her father, that she would not have him really suspect such a circumstance as her not being thought perfect by every body.
"Emma knows I never flatter her," said Mr. Knightley, "but I meant no reflection on any body. Miss Taylor has been used to have two persons to please; she will now have but one. The chances are that she must be a gainer."
"Well," said Emma, willing to let it pass — "you want to hear about the wedding; and I shall be happy to tell you, for we all behaved charmingly. Every body was punctual, every body in their best looks: not a tear, and hardly a long face to be seen. Oh no; we all felt that we were going to be only half a mile apart, and were sure of meeting every day."
"Dear Emma bears every thing so well," said her father. "But, Mr. Knightley, she is really very sorry to lose poor Miss Taylor, and I am sure she will miss her more than she thinks for."
Emma turned away her head, divided between tears and smiles. "It is impossible that Emma should not miss such a companion," said Mr. Knightley. "We should not like her so well as we do, sir, if we could suppose it; but she knows how much the marriage is to Miss Taylor's advantage; she knows how very acceptable it must be, at Miss Taylor's time of life, to be settled in a home of her own, and how important to her to be secure of a comfortable provision, and therefore cannot allow herself to feel so much pain as pleasure. Every friend of Miss Taylor must be glad to have her so happily married."
"And you have forgotten one matter of joy to me," said Emma, "and a very considerable one — that I made the match myself. I made the match, you know, four years ago; and to have it take place, and be proved in the right, when so many people said Mr. Weston would never marry again, may comfort me for any thing."
Mr. Knightley shook his head at her. Her father fondly replied, "Ah! my dear, I wish you would not make matches and foretell things, for whatever you say always comes to pass. Pray do not make any more matches."
"I promise you to make none for myself, papa; but I must, indeed, for other people. It is the greatest amusement in the world! And after such success, you know! — Every body said that Mr. Weston would never marry again. Oh dear, no! Mr. Weston, who had been a widower so long, and who seemed so perfectly comfortable without a wife, so constantly occupied either in his business in town or among his friends here, always acceptable wherever he went, always cheerful — Mr. Weston need not spend a single evening in the year alone if he did not like it. Oh no! Mr. Weston certainly would never marry again. Some people even talked of a promise to his wife on her deathbed, and others of the son and the uncle not letting him. All manner of solemn nonsense was talked on the subject, but I believed none of it.
"Ever since the day — about four years ago — that Miss Taylor and I met with him in Broadway Lane, when, because it began to drizzle, he darted away with so much gallantry, and borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer Mitchell's, I made up my mind on the subject. I planned the match from that hour; and when such success has blessed me in this instance, dear papa, you cannot think that I shall leave off match-making."
"I do not understand what you mean by 'success,'" said Mr. Knightley. "Success supposes endeavour. Your time has been properly and delicately spent, if you have been endeavouring for the last four years to bring about this marriage. A worthy employment for a young lady's mind! But if, which I rather imagine, your making the match, as you call it, means only your planning it, your saying to yourself one idle day, 'I think it would be a very good thing for Miss Taylor if Mr. Weston were to marry her,' and saying it again to yourself every now and then afterwards, why do you talk of success? Where is your merit? What are you proud of? You made a lucky guess; and that is all that can be said."
"And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? — I pity you. — I thought you cleverer — for, depend upon it a lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it. And as to my poor word 'success,' which you quarrel with, I do not know that I am so entirely without any claim to it. You have drawn two pretty pictures; but I think there may be a third — a something between the do-nothing and the do-all. If I had not promoted Mr. Weston's visits here, and given many little encouragements, and smoothed many little matters, it might not have come to any thing after all. I think you must know Hartfield enough to comprehend that."
"A straightforward, open-hearted man like Weston, and a rational, unaffected woman like Miss Taylor, may be safely left to manage their own concerns. You are more likely to have done harm to yourself, than good to them, by interference."
"Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others," rejoined Mr. Woodhouse, understanding but in part. "But, my dear, pray do not make any more matches; they are silly things, and break up one's family circle grievously."
"Only one more, papa; only for Mr. Elton. Poor Mr. Elton! You like Mr. Elton, papa, — I must look about for a wife for him. There is nobody in Highbury who deserves him — and he has been here a whole year, and has fitted up his house so comfortably, that it would be a shame to have him single any longer — and I thought when he was joining their hands to-day, he looked so very much as if he would like to have the same kind office done for him! I think very well of Mr. Elton, and this is the only way I have of doing him a service."
"Mr. Elton is a very pretty young man, to be sure, and a very good young man, and I have a great regard for him. But if you want to shew him any attention, my dear, ask him to come and dine with us some day. That will be a much better thing. I dare say Mr. Knightley will be so kind as to meet him."
"With a great deal of pleasure, sir, at any time," said Mr. Knightley, laughing, "and I agree with you entirely, that it will be a much better thing. Invite him to dinner, Emma, and help him to the best of the fish and the chicken, but leave him to chuse his own wife. Depend upon it, a man of six or seven-and-twenty can take care of himself."
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