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A Single Shard
By Linda Sue ParkBlurb: Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter's craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated–until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Min's irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove himself–even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present Min's work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.
Genres: Juvenile, Historical Fiction
Publication Date: February 11, 2003
Pages: 192
Series: N/A
My Rating: 3 stars
I understand why this got a Newberry medal, because it's the kind of book that teachers love. The thing is, I think it's the kind of book that teachers love more than kids.
The book was incredibly slow paced for the beginning of the book, to the point where I considered abandoning A Single Shard all together. I felt like it was incredibly informative, but more like reading a history book than a story. I don't get bored very easily, so this was a bit extreme.
Thankfully, the plot picked up after about fifty pages, and I started to enjoy this book. It was still a bit slow, but not unbearably slow. I was interested in the making of the pottery, because I didn't know much about that. After reading this, I wouldn't mind learning more about the 'Thousand Cranes' pot that Ms. Park mentions in her epilogue.
That was pretty much what I liked about this. The rest I was all rather apathetic about, and didn't care one way or another. I hate to say this, but if Tree-Ear had died at the end, I probably wouldn't have cared too much.
So this was an okay book. But I've read other books by Linda Sue Park, such as Project Mulberry, that I enjoyed more, and so I was kind of disappointed with this one.


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The last two months have been quite a ride. I came into this race as an outsider to CD 11, but I am so grateful for the community's embrace of our universal call for justice: independent investigations of police brutality, a $15 minimum wage, and a massive public jobs program to fight the crises of climate change and unemployment.
Tuesday night's election result, with only 10.6% turnout, proves only one thing: the vast majority of voters believe they either have no means or no reason to engage with the two-party, corporate-owned system. The Green Party always represents a threat to that system, which is why I was denied participation in the only televised debate, and was even erased from coverage of candidate forums I did participate in! And in the final days of the campaign, we saw recognition of our threat to the system in the form of scare tactics from liberals talking about "vote splitting" and "spoiling" -- as if the Democrats "own" your vote without doing anything to earn it..!
But I was able to reach you. Our campaign, with the help of volunteers and supporters from across the city, was able to reach communities in Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn who have the fire to fight for change, which brings us to the exciting possibilities of now.
Because of your support, we now have a base to build fighting Green Party organizations in Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. This is the time to train new leaders, activists and candidates from your communities to continue fighting the 1% and the parties that represent them. I am committed to that vision just as totally as I was committed to speaking truth from the streets to Dan Donovan and Vincent Gentile throughout these past two months.
The upshot is: you're not rid of me, yet! Discovering all of the passionate individuals and groups in CD 11 has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in the Green Party, and I would not give you up for anything. I am excitedly looking forward to working and growing with you all in the days ahead!
Keep an eye out for announcements on how to plug into this effort. We can fight back against racism and the 1% in CD 11! It will take strategy, radical education and hard work, but I want to walk that road with you.
James Lane
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Mike May commented 2015-05-10 14:08:43 -0400I don't like this post, I LOVE it – people-power is the only thing that can sustain a democracy that regrettably over the last 35+ years has been in the process of being privatized.
When any political structure turns into a vehicle for wealth & power accumulation and self aggrandizement, we the people must ask ourselves : How does this serve the public interest?
James Lane stands with the people, demanding the answer.
Sylvia Martinez commented 2015-05-10 07:46:34 -0400I Will Be On the Road again with James Lane Political Activist . James I got your Back . Great Piece above, Please Read AND SHARE ,FOR ALL WHO WANT REAL CHANGE AND NOT JUST Talk. James Lane is like you and me, he is REAL , he will fight for us the REAL people of NY . Come take the challenge with James Lane , me ,& the people, who are sick and tired of talk and NO action . Peace and Blessing James Lane .

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Hello everyone. With the help of more fun events planned and the humidity finally kicking in gear, this coming week will be a hot one for the books. I won't beat around the bush or make you sweat any more than you already are right now. Here is what's up.
Tuesday night, you know where I'll be. I won't be alone while witnessing another round of East Side Storytellin' at Fat Bottom Brewing Co. (900 Main Street). Starting at 7pm sharp, and outside if no sight of rain, you are invited to enjoy a FREE night of amazing readings and original music. Author Todd Dills will be featuring stories from his most recently published work called "Triumph of the Ape" alongside the musical talent of Mike Willis of the Cumberland Collective. If you'd like to get a little bit familiar with Todd and Mike before you make plans to meet us all at Fat Bottom on time and have a spectacular evening, you can read Todd's feature story that was just published this week about music and writing in Music City for Chapter 16 right here-
Then, on Wednesday night, you should skip Broadway or anything pop country (as usual) and just stick to the Backyard Opry instead. At 6:30pm, at 2134 Acklen Avenue, you can pay a mere $15 to hear the greatest live music going down around with the most endless solo cup going too. The musical fund raiser will help Operation Stand Down Nashville, and the music lineup will be nothing to sit down on for sure. As of right now, and growing, the lineup includes The June Brides, Altererd Statesmen, Sweetbriar, Chris Scruggs, and a cast of many many more. It will be quite a treat.
Thursday, oh Thursday, you have a treat like no other. You need to visit Ed Nash Art Studio (1015 West Kirkland Avenue, Unit 414) at 7pm to take in a one-night event for the ages. Jason Brown and his Brehman Collection, in collaboration with East Side Story, will be presenting an extraordinary evening of letter readings. This is not your mama's letters either. Doors will open at 7pm with music from The Gypsy Hombres, followed by a performance piece by Matthew Marcum of Sideshow Fringe. The famous letters, originally written by the likes of Ernest Tubbs, Patsy Cline, and many others in all sorts of historical backgrounds and highlights, will be read by the likes of Jonathan Marx, Libby Callaway, Dane Cardiel, Ed Nash, Paul Polycarpou, Paul Burch, and many others. After the letter readings, there will be more music and spirits and an art reception of the original letters and the latest from Ed Nash. The event is FREE to attend and there will be the food truck "Your Dish Is Our Command" on site as well. If you don't have plans for Thursday, mark this event on your calendar. If you do have plans already, change them and thank me Friday morning (via email of course).
Friday night sparks a fun time at Cheekwood. May 24th marks the first of continual Fridays thru November 8th where summer musical acts will supply an eclectic Music City soundtrack to the exhibition "Light: Bruce Munro" at Cheekwood. There will be live music in several locations in the Garden, specialty cocktails, cash bars throughout the Grounds, Dining in the Pineapple Room, and everything is open until 11pm. Go see it for yourself.
Moving along to Saturday, you have another round of fun choices. One that I recommend is to go to "an Exhibition." This Saturday, May 25th, from 6-10pm, Untitled will play host to another evening of thrilling entertainment, uncensored art, and a variety of carnival desires at a FREE, 18 and up, art event in East Nashville's East Room (2412 Gallatin Avenue). Cirque Du Burlesque will titillate with burlesque, thrill and awe with fire eating feats, and endure the classic bed of nails among other things. Blue Moves will provide modern dance while Blaque Masque will mesmerize with belly dancing galore. Music will be played by Kirabelle Frabotta, Fable Cry, and DJ Tha Blackheart. Body painter Tia Adams will be on site and Kiki will be giving tarot readings. Oh, and there will be some awesome art to see and buy as well. Talk about a fun night to be had by all!
And with that, I'll let you celebrate this week and holiday weekend as you wish. Just around the corner, immediately after the holiday ends, on Tuesday, May 28th, from 4:30-7:30pm, at 101 Lea Avenue, you can enjoy a reception for Sher Fick's exhibit "Coping Skills." There will be an artist talk at 6pm, and you are all welcome. The only thing is that you need to RSVP at firstname.lastname@example.com.
And like that, I'm out.
Hope to see you tomorrow night at Fat Bottom Brewing Co. at 7pm!
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We've been anxiously awaiting Parker's story - and it's finally here! Get your hands on BLACK DAWN now!
By Cristin Harber
Book 6 in the Titan series
What happens when nothing is as it seems?
Lexi Dare is on a one-woman mission to stay alive. Both at home and at work. Because how did she end up with a ring on her finger and an abuser in bed as she readies to hit the high point in her career? Everything should be perfect. Amazing job. Handsome fiancé. It's all a disaster.
Parker Black is the brains behind Titan Group, an elite security firm. In his world, everything is ordered and controlled, except what he feels for his buddy's girl. Something in her eye screams for help, but he has no idea what.
When Lexi disappears, Parker realizes what he should have known. The lines blur between friendships and work, and they must find each other to survive a terror attack that only Lexi can stop.
Black Dawn can be read as a standalone and does not have a cliffhanger.
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In the midst of a tightly woven suspense, Cristin Harber gives us a poignant love story between a smart, tech-savvy, alpha hero, Parker and a smart, tech-savvy, heroine, Lexi. Unfortunately, Lexi is also in a domestic violence situation with her husband. Sometimes people ask, "Why doesn't she leave her abusive husband?" This book illustrates how gradual the process of isolation can be. This is especially true for Lexi, who never had a long-term family having grown up in the foster system. By exploiting her desire for love loyalty, Lexi's husband keeps her physically and emotionally trapped in an abusive relationship.
One of the things I like most about this story is that Lexi is not perceived as weak-willed victim. She is successful, confident and renowned in the hacking world as SilverChaos. Under that alias, she has helped the other hackers, including Parker Black, resident computer whiz for the Titan group code name, Black Dawn. Neither Lexi or Parker knows that they have been helping each other for years. Another complication – Parker is friends with Lexi's husband, Matt.
The danger in this story emanates from two story lines: 1. Matt's reaction to Lexi escaping the relationship and 2. A terrorist group looking to utilize Lexi's latest cyber creation that will give the owner access to all the information posted on a military family social media site. Both branches move seamlessly back and forth and turn up the tension.
On the downside, I thought there could've been a little more depth to the relationship. It feels a little one-sided with Parker doing most of the rescuing. Lexi shows a lot of courage in revealing her vulnerabilities, but I didn't get that same sense from Parker. I wish there was more parity in the relationship. Still, Parker's kindness and gentleness in helping Lexi recover from her ordeal moves me and leaves me weak in the knees.
This book has all the signature elements of a Titan story – suspenseful, heroic, thoughtful, and darn sexy. If you are a fan, you will enjoy this book. Despite this being book 6, this story can be read as a standalone.
Cristin Harber is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author. She writes sexy, steamy romantic suspense and military romance. Readers voted her onto Amazon's Top Picks for Debut Romance Authors in 2013, and her debut Titan series was both a #1 romantic suspense and #1 military romance bestseller.
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Spam: It's not just for inboxes anymore
The other day, I did something I hadn't done in years. I pulled a square blue can out of the back of the cupboard, lifted the ring, and punctured its vacuum seal. The can released a primal scent—salty, sweaty, animal—a smell you'd know anywhere, even if you hadn't encountered it since the last time your father cooked you breakfast nearly two decades ago. I peeled back the metal top, flipped the can over, and squeezed it like I was trying to shimmy frozen orange juice out of its cardboard tube.
Nothing happened. I whacked the can against the countertop. Again, nothing. I slipped a knife into the can and pried it around the edges. Still nothing. Finally, I gave the base of the can a firm slap, and out slid a soft, speckled brick of pink, porcine flesh. It didn't look entirely edible.
The economy is down, which means Spam sales are up and the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, is running two shifts, seven days a week for the foreseeable future. Spam retails at about $3.50 a pound, a price comparable to other penny-pinching meats such as ground beef and braising and stewing cuts. But with Spam, there's no need to hassle with refrigerating, freezing, defrosting, or even cooking the meat. It's ready to eat, straight from the can. Yes, people really do eat it that way. If you've already sworn off lattes, canceled the gym membership, and started knitting all your holiday gifts, you may soon be eating Spam, too.
In recent years, people have related to Spam less as a foodstuff than as a celebrity. The meat has its own poetry (Spam-ku, none of which needs to be repeated here), merchandise (neckties, fishing bobbers, onesies), and musical group (the Spam-ettes, famous for performing such tunes as "Mr. Spam-man"). There are Spam festivals (Spam Jam in Waikiki, for example; Hawaii tops the nation in Spam consumption, followed by Alaska) and Spam-carving contests (pigs and hot dogs are popular subjects). Hell, a man once proposed to his girlfriend with a Spam-can ring. (They were artists. She said yes.)
Spam may have a place in the Smithsonian, but it also has its own museum, on Spam Boulevard in Austin, Minnesota, just a few blocks from the Hormel plant. Inside, tour guides with Fargo accents (mine was wearing a Spam belt) direct visitors to an introductory video that plays a clip from The Tonight Show. "A can of Spam is consumed every 3.6 seconds," Jay Leno says. "It's sold in 99 percent of the world's grocery stores." In the background, Weird Al Yankovic covers a classic REM tune: "Spam in the place where I live...(ham and pork).../Think about nutrition, wonder what's inside it now." And during the next 15 minutes, Spam makes its way to Everest and Antarctica, Governor Pawlenty sports a Spam T-shirt in Iraq, and a can-shaped Spam-mobile drives off into the sunset.
Museum visitors learn the story of how Spam was invented in 1937 by Jay Hormel, son of company founder George Hormel (the name was originally pronounced to rhyme with "normal," though except for some Austin old-timers, most people tend to emphasize the second syllable). Spam isn't the "mystery meat" everyone assumes it to be—no snouts, tongues, feet, or hearts (though those parts are used in headcheese and scrapple). Spam is, in fact, a simple combination of pork shoulder, ham (the pig's rear thigh), salt, sugar, and sodium nitrite, which gives it its blushing color. The ground meat mixture is squirted into cans, sealed, and cooked, and, while actual plant tours are hard to come by, the museum contains an interactive station where visitors can try their hand at "making" Spam. As you stuff little pink beanbags into square tins, a timer counts out the hundreds of cans produced by the plant in the same time period.
During the Second World War, 90 percent of all Hormel canned goods were sent to military or lend-lease programs—troops sometimes ate Spam three times a day. While the war may have reduced America's appetite for Spam, it introduced the product to international markets, with particular success in the Asian Pacific. (Today, South Koreans give cans of Spam as gifts, just as Americans might give wine or chocolate.) After the war, Jay Hormel tried to improve the product's image with the Hormel Girls, a musical group that toured the country in a caravan of white Chevrolets, giving performances and conducting in-store promotions. But Spam's wartime overdose wasn't to be forgotten that quickly. Monty Python memorialized the meat in a 1970 sketch involving a cafe that served limitless permutations of Spam. (The actors repeat the word so many times that it clogs up any other dialogue, which inspired the term for junk email.) Unsurprisingly, the Hormel-funded museum doesn't mention the months-long strike that tore the town apart in the mid-1980s. The strike was so nasty that when the plant reopened, local bars were divided pro- or anti-Hormel, depending on the owners' views. At one Catholic church, some parishioners refused to shake hands and "pass the peace" with others in the same pew.
Another point the museum misses is an explanation of exactly how and when Spam transitioned from pure caloric energy to cultural kitsch, or pop food. And how a generation of young people will clad itself in ironic Spam flip-flops, yet won't dare let the stuff touch their lips.
After I finished touring the museum, I bought every type of Spam the gift shop sold and invited a few friends over for dinner. A few people responded enthusiastically ("Call me Caucasian garbage if you want, but I actually like Spam. I used to eat it all the time as a kid"), but most shamefully admitted they'd never tried the product ("I feel like a bad Minnesotan for asking this, but has anybody ever actually eaten Spam?"). One friend flat-out refused to attend. "It tastes like arm," he said.
Those who were familiar with the holy trinity of salt, fat, and sugar knew that it's best prepared simply: sliced and fried, served on buttered toast. But hundreds of Spam recipes have been developed over the years, some as cheap and easy as cubed Spam tossed in macaroni and cheese, others as sophisticated and spendy as Spam lobster thermidor. The Spam website contains the largest recipe clearinghouse, though none are listed under the categories for vegetarian, dessert, or beverages. The Book of Spam even provides beer and wine pairings, suggesting American pale ales or sweet, fruity Rieslings.
That night we feasted on Spam sushi, Spamburgers, Spam stir fry, and Spam spread, pureed with mayonnaise and sweet-pickle relish. A Spam casserole—baked beans, canned pineapple, brown sugar, and Spam—was the evening's surprise hit: a mushy, salty-sweet comfort. When all was said and done—when the recycling bin was full of Spam cans and the leftovers packed up in doggie bags—here's what we learned about cooking with Spam.
• The gel is gone! The clear, fatty gel that once encased each block of Spam was eliminated in 2001, when Hormel added potato starch to the mix to absorb the gelatinous grease. The only Spam buyers who miss the gel are those who apparently liked using it—believe it or not—as furniture polish.
• You can actually eat Spam straight from the can. Seriously. It's not bad; it's a lot like bologna. Still, the preferred preparation is seared for a few minutes on both sides so that it's caramel-crisp on the outside and squishy in the middle.
• If you slice Spam very thin and cook it until it almost starts to blacken, you can make what we called "Spam crackers," or alternately, "Spackers." They taste a lot like bacon, though Spam already tastes like bacon. And if it's not bacon-y enough for you, there's always Spam with Bacon.
• Don't buy Garlic Spam. It smells like a mix of sweaty feet and vomit, and doesn't taste a whole lot better.
• Spam Lite might seem like an oxymoron, but it's for real. Compared to Spam Classic, Lite tastes meatier, probably because the salt and fat are toned down enough to allow you to actually taste the main ingredient. Classic has a more pleasing melty, fatty texture, but it's almost too salty to be eaten by itself.
• Despite preconceived notions ("You'd think a Minnesota company would pussyfoot with the spices," my friend remarked.), Hot and Spicy Spam lives up to its name, with a pleasant Tabasco burn.
• Spam Golden Honey Grail, packaged in a special Monty Python collector's-edition can, is the most succulent manna—its sweetness like syrup mixing with sausage—and was the top performer in our unscientific taste test. The only downside: The licensing agreement with the Spamalot folks bumped the price up to $5 a can.
When a few guests reached for seconds of my Spam dessert—cubes of chocolate-dipped Spam, a riff on chocolate-covered bacon—I considered the dinner a success. (Unfortunately, I wasn't able to track down a Spam brownie recipe, mentioned by former Congressman Gil Gutknecht in a recent New York Times article.) By that time, our table talk had devolved into a discussion about the guys in Wisconsin who dug up a young woman's grave with the intent of having sex with her corpse (they'd seen her obituary photo and apparently found her attractive). One of my friends remarked that perhaps Spam would never shake its lowbrow roots. "This is exactly the kind of conversation you're supposed to have when you're eating Spam," she said.


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Rapper Rouge, Short film "New Era Sessions" was nominated in the Best Micro Budget Film Category: TV Non-Fiction at the 12th Annual South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTAs) – A first for any rapper in South Africa. Following the release of her much-anticipated debut Album "New Era Sessions" Rouge surprised fans with the release of a short film of the same name.
The film which features entertainment heavyweights, Atandwa & Fikile Kani, the inimitable Denise Zimba and a debut appearance from Cassius Davids, depicts the story of a young woman on her journey of self-discovery. The production is an immersion into her experiences as she deals with the highs and lows of falling in love, the delight of true friendship and the bitterness of betrayal.
"I wanted to give listeners and viewers something different, something memorable and also perhaps, an insight into what motivates me, what drives my narrative and my music. I really hope my fans enjoy it and it connects them to my message and through that, me to them. An artist is defined by her fans, and I am grateful for – and blessed by – their love and support," said Rouge.
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May 9, 1992 - After splitting from the City of Winnipeg, Headingley incorporates as a rural municipality.
May 9, 1931 - The Seven Sisters Generating Station begins operations. It was built by the Winnipeg Electric Company on the Winnipeg River 90 km N.E. of Winnipeg.
May 9, 1936 - Two Antarctic explorers arrive in Winnipeg en route to their
respective home towns. Herbert Hollick-Kenyon and J.H.
Lymburner, were part of flight team that was to circumnavigate and map
the South Pole. Their plane went down in a storm and for seven weeks
were not heard from. Winnipeggers lined the route from City Hall to the
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This is my painting for a very relevant group show, Everyday Filipino Heroes staged by The Center for Art, New Ventures, and Sustainable Development (CANVAS) opening this May 1, 2010 at the Vargas Museum of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, QC, and will run until May 31, 2010.
The original artworks will be exhibited at the Vargas museum, while an outdoor banner printed version will be seen at the scenic UP oval. I hope you can drop by and see all the meaningful works, while reflecting for the upcoming elections.
Ang pagiging guro ay isang kabayanihan dahil ito ay isang pakipagsasapalaran hindi lamang sa paghubog ng kabutihan, karunungan at katapatan sa musmos na kaisipan kundi ang pagahon din sa mga hamon ng panahon.


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There are few things better than coming home hungry after work to a house that smells delicious with dinner ready and waiting for you. I seriously have the best husband in the entire world. I came home to fajitas cooked perfectly, and the poor guy has a migraine and didn't even want to eat himself, but still cooked for me. I love him 🙂
Chicken, onions, peppers, fajita seasonings, black beans, goat cheddar, fat free sour cream and salsa. I will have to have him post his secrets to making the perfect fajitas one day, because he is totes an expert!
I definitely went back for seconds and had to stop myself for going back for thirds. I have been SO hungry lately. I don't know what my deal is, but I feel like a bottomless pit! I'm hoping it's the fact that I've been putting a lot more effort into my work outs making my body hungrier. I mean I don't like being hungrier, but I do like signals that what I'm doing is working. Plus I'm starting to see a little bit of a difference in my legs, which makes me happy 🙂
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I would like to introduce to you a new blog segment that is "Friday Favourites". As the title suggests, every Friday Diemmy and I will take turns in posting up our weekly favourites. This includes beauty products to clothing to music. Anything and everything!
My favourites for this week consists of…
1. MISSHA: The Style Smudge-proof wood eyebrow pencil.
I have been loving Missha's eyebrow pencil. This is in my favourites for this week because the texture is very soft and light so it is very easy to utilize. Due to the soft texture, it gives a natural look to my eyebrows. Additionally, it comes with a spooly, which is very convenient! I love this eyebrow pencil so much that I have 3 back-ups...
2. HOLIKA HOLIKA: Pure Mellow Moisture Tint in #4 Red.
This past week I find myself reaching for Holika Holika's lip tint. The lip tint stays put for quite some time and does not dry my lips at all. It has a very nice scent – a mixture and fruit – I love smelling it before applying it on my lips!
3. EXO-K: Overdose Album
Music wise, I have been lovely EXO's latest mini-album. I listen to it every single time I am in the shower, so everyday. My favourite songs from the album are 'Overdose' and 'Run'. What are your favourites from this album? If you haven't listened to their album, you should definitely check it out!
4. TVXQ: The 4th World Tour 'Catch Me' Live Album
My favourites list wouldn't be complete without something TVXQ related. Around two weeks ago, TVXQ released their Catch Me World Tour Live album. And oh my gosh. It is amazing! Brilliant! Fantastic! I. love. it. Whenever I listen to it, I have goosebumps, because you can hear and feel how hard TVXQ has worked. You can hear and feel their passion for music and the stage, and the fans passion for TVXQ. From this album, my favourites are 'Rising Sun' and 'Wrong Number'. This live album is my absolute current favourite. Top notch, my first (even though it's last on this list.. it's definitely first!).
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What are your favourites for this week? Check back next week for Diemmy's favourites!
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Happiness is a Warm Scone
But I did get moving early enough today to throw a batch of scones in the oven, made with the last of the candied fruit left from New Year's. (Note- my scones do not look like any other scones in the universe. And I'm not sure that candied fruit is mostly considered an appropriate additive, but it tasted fine. That's the important thing, right?)
The fan lace socks benefited from lots of sitting, listening and knitting at the convention over the weekend.
I'm making these a bit short, not because I'm lazy- all right, all right, not *only* because I'm lazy, but because I like them that length. Except for the two pairs of sport socks I own that are the right length, I cuff my socks nearly all the time. It looks dorky, but it stops them from slouching, or me constantly leaning over to pull them up.
When I finally got home (and after it had been thoroughly explained just how Terribly Boring it is when all the people are gone), I had help finishing the sock.
Either that, or she figured if she sat on me, at least she'd know where I was.
In other news, I encountered a pod of knitters at the convention, and by the time I finished talking with them I was nodding glassily and agreeing that Ravelry sounded like an awesome idea. As of this morning there are 3937 people ahead of me in line. At 800-1000 a day joining, I expect I'll finally get to see what all the fuss is about sometime next week.
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Nice-looking socks! And I love the help. ;) By gum, she's not planning to let you go anywhere, is she? What con did you go to?ReplyDelete
And Ravelry? Prepare to be lost. [eg] It's wonderful. When you get there, give me a holler so I can friend you - I'm monicapdx there, too - then join the Completely Pointless and Arbitrary Group group, where you'll find a bunch of like-minded crazies! Er, folk. Yeah, that's it; I meant folk. ::shifty-eyed look:: We're not crazy at all. Perfectly ordinary, that's the ticket. (Bring cake.)
I was about to say how did I miss you at the conference when I realized you meant a different conference. Coincidentally, the last time I was at the hotel where I spent the weekend was more than 10 years ago when I accompanied my husband to a scifi convention.ReplyDelete
I had a lot of help with my knitting when I returned, too.


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For those who read The Business Times, you will be aware of this journalist Teh Hooi Ling who has a model portfolio of stocks (mostly small-cap) that she regularly compares against the market. (Incidentally, investors should really take a good look at her picks: they're not bad). Although I'm not going to do an every-other-day market comparison of the stocks I've talked about, I thought the end of 2005 would be a good time to look at how my own (anti-)picks have fared.
The acid test of my "not to buy" picks must be medium-term price performance, no matter how well the articles are written or my points argued. Otherwise I would just be another all-talk-no-result DBS analyst isn't it? (ok enough of DBS jokes)
I think to be fair we should look at the stocks covered to the end of October ie. >2 months ago, since we're trying to look at medium-term performance (as what I've always been emphasising). Over this last half year to the end of December 05, I have covered 40 stocks, but the above (arbitrary) criterion would cut it down to 28 stocks. You can have a look at the table above (click on the picture to get a larger image).
Counter-instinctively, a negative price performance by a stock would mean my pick is somewhat vindicated. I have classified the stock performance in four colour codes: blue (>20% drop, which means good with a capital G for me), green (0-20% drop, somewhat vindicated), yellow (0-20% rise, I have to eat my words somewhat), red (>20% rise, which means good with a capital G for those who want to criticise my picks). You will note that I have factored in all dividends and stock splits/bonuses for the corresponding share price since the start of my call on that particular stock.... no cheating there (for if I succumbed to the temptation to omit, it would have been to my great advantage).
Well, if you look at the distribution it appears that the yellow category is most common, 13 of them to be exact ie. quite a few of the "not-to-buy" picks have actually risen, albeit rather mildly. There is a significantly lower number in the green category, 8 of them, which have stagnated (remember that I focus on "hot"/popular stocks) or declined mildly. There is a roughly equal number of "massive vindication" (blue) and "massive egg-on-my-face" (red) stocks, 4 for the former and 3 for the latter (of which Advanced has turned out to be the best stock performer on the SGX for 2005... arghhh).
Well if I can offer some mitigation for the high number of yellow stocks (those with mild rises), it is that (actual or virtual) window-dressing for the late part of December has raised prices quite a bit, and also that as a whole it is inevitable that a rising tide hides those who are swimming naked. The world market is bullish, in particular Asian markets (behold the resurgence of Japan and the continued rise of China and India), and the STI has continued to rise from 2100 in mid-May to ~2350 by end December --- that's a 12% rise excluding dividends.
If we attempt to derive some lessons from the performance on my (anti-)portfolio there are three: firstly, that it makes more sense for me to gun for smaller stocks (as in "not to buy"); secondly, that dividend stocks are resilient; thirdly, that it doesn't pay to go against the (fundamentals-driven) trend. The first point is clear: those in the yellow category (ie. whose prices have risen) are relatively larger-cap stocks (eg. Olam, Starhub, Yellow Pages, Cosco, Hyflux, even Chartered) with institutional followings; there has been price support. There are the glaring exception of the twin Internet stocks of Global Voice and Mediaring of which I am still not convinced as of today. Those whose momentum has stalled (green category) are generally smaller stocks which are more susceptible to price retreat once retail buying interest subsides (eg. Best World, Advance SCT, Unifiber). The second point is somewhat related to the first, since it is the bigger companies that tend to pay out regular dividends. On a total-return basis, for example, Yellow Pages has turned out to be slightly positive because of its high dividends, as indeed has Starhub and Singpost. For indeed there are the income funds which still place great premium on yield stocks, despite their low growth potential (as perceived by me).
The third point relates to the twin glaring stocks of Advanced and Pearl Energy. The oil and gas craze has driven the prices of these two stocks, the former in particular, way above what I initially considered fair value. Well, I have always talked about trendspotting, so I guess their prices followed the fundamentals-driven trend and I should not be overly surprised. It appears I have not learnt my lesson for my two most recent "not-to-buy" picks have been another two oil and gas stocks: SPC and Technics. Haha, we'll see how they fare. For SPC I do see a softening of the trend of rising margins, while for Technics it's based mainly on valuation issues.
At the end of the day, the above comparison has just been an academic exercise or an exercise in personal vanity/personal humiliation. The stocks I have discussed would have done better or worse at various times during the last few months due to price fluctuations so such a static snapshot comparison somehow takes the dynamics out of things. Yet the key risks (industry, company, valuation) to the particular stock are still there and these should be what I hope to highlight and bring across in my blog articles. At the end of the day I still hope for the rising tide to continue despite its probable negative action on my "anti-portfolio"; for after all, it's likely to have positive action on my real stock portfolio.


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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Mermaids in Comics 7 – The Devil from the Deep
"The Devil from the Deep" is a seven-page short comics story, which featured in the vintage anthology
#2 published by Ziff-Davis Publications in 1952. The comic book, which had 36 pages in all, sold for 10 cents. The short story is about – SPOILER ALERT – a rabid cannibalistic mermaid who bewitches the fisherman who catches her on his line off the Florida Keys and then proceeds to eat his friends.
We personally love these little gems both in prose and comics formats. Julie has a great collection of short story anthologies called
50 Great Horror Stories, 50 Tales of Terror
and others. No mermaid tales amongst those. Good to find a horror mermaid story in comics.
You can read the full story on
Comic Book Plus
– just scroll down the page and use the NEXT button and go to page 9.
And a big thanks goes out to Marcelo Baez for alerting us to this great little treasure.
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The puzzle
Lately it seems like many of the web sites I browse stall for 5 or 10 seconds while they load. Sometimes they refuse to load at all and I have to hit the reload button to get them started again. When this happens I tend to look at the lower left corner of Firefox to see the domain of the content that is holding up the web page. In many cases this is a domain other than the website that I am trying to load, such as advertisement servers.
After a while I noticed that an inordinate number of times web pages would be slow to load the domain that seemed to be holding up the works was fbcdn.net . One particularly frustrating day I went looking for this offending domain. A little research and I discovered this was the FaceBook Content Developer Network domain. The servers at fbcdn.net are used for providing most of the static content of Facebook, such as member pictures, images, buttons, and other content that does not change. With 500 million users on Facebook you can imagine what an incredible load these servers are under every day. They are also responsible for providing static content outside of Facebook and this is where the problem lies.
The answer
The next time I noticed a piece of content from fbcdn.net was holding up the loading of a non-Facebook web page I looked at the page source. I discovered that the piece of content that was slow to load was one of those Facebook "Like" buttons. That's when it occurred to me that since so many web sites are adding Facebook "Like" buttons the slow response of the servers at fbcdn.net could account for a major slowdown in the web browsing experience of almost everyone on the Internet!
What can be done?
If you are not a Facebook member you could use an ad-block add-on to your web browser and add the fbcdn.net domain to the block list. If you are a Facebook member I don't think there is much you can do. Blocking fbcdn.net would pretty much ruin your Facebook experience. If you are a webmaster you could remove the "Like" button or at least load it as far down your web pages as possible so that it impacts your readers less.
Of course the real answer would be for Facebook to make their server farm fast enough to handle the load. There's no telling when that will happen.


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Long John Silver.
Salty seadogs.
The Jolly Roger.
Parrots and golden hoop earrings.
Striped shirts.
Captain Hook.
These are the words that come to mind when someone says "Pirate." Apparently, I'm living under a rock, because "Jack Sparrow" didn't make my list. And it turns out there's a big divide --à la the Jets and the Sharks or the Bloods and the Crips -- in the pirate world. This article, complete with slideshow, explains it all.
Can I Get an Arrgh?
By MICHAEL BRICK
Published: October 24, 2008
THE pretend pirates came at dusk. October storms had buffeted the Georgia Lowcountry, and on the second Friday of the month, a rainbow ascended the Savannah skies.
For all their claims of high-seas escapades, these pirates arrived mostly by land.
In trucks and on motorcycles they came: old and young, black and white, entire families with their children done up in period garb, all following Highway 80 until the willows gave way to palm fronds before the beachfront appeared.
"Arrgh," one of them cried.
"Arrgh," sounded the reply, turning infectious like a crowd doing the wave on a boring ballpark afternoon, a guttural chorus of gentle self-mockery rising above the crash of the Atlantic.
Long a sideshow at Renaissance fairs, craft festivals and historical conventions, pirate enthusiasts have become the darlings of seaside towns competing for tourism dollars.
Like Civil War re-enactors, many of these latter-day pirates pursue historical authenticity — down to their home-sewn underwear, pistol ribands and molded tricorn hats. Some have even hired blacksmiths to reproduce halberd axes from photographs. They can discuss their exploits without breaking character.
No Quarter Given, a journal of all things pirate, has counted nearly 130 re-enactment groups nationwide, compared with 9 in 1993, according to its publisher, Christine Lampe.
But there is trouble in the world of the pretend pirates. Just as deadly divisions developed amid pirate cliques deep in filthy, swaying wooden hulls centuries ago, so too are sides taking shape today, though perhaps less violently.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies by Disney starring Johnny Depp not only fostered affection for long-dead seaborne robbers — a favor that does not seem to extend to latter-day counterparts such as the Somali hijackers who recently captured a weapons freighter — but they also gave birth to a new wave of pirate re-enactors. (The movies have collectively grossed more than $1 billion at the box office since 2003.)
Longtime pirate enthusiasts, the 17th-century historical re-enactors who take their hobby seriously, find themselves sharing festival grounds with legions of would-be Captain Jack Sparrows dressed, more or less, in accordance with the big-screen version.
Are they pretend pretend pirates? Traditionalists tend to view this new family-friendly theme thing with a sort of dismissive acceptance.
At the Ojai Pirate Faire in California last month, a crew of pirate history zealots disarmed an unwitting Jack Sparrow, put him in a stockade and demanded a ransom of two harlots (a blonde and a redhead), Ms. Lampe said.
"I know there's some people who are tired of seeing so many Jack Sparrows out there," said Ms. Lampe, a retired schoolteacher who prefers to be called Jamaica Rose. (She says Lampe is her "civilian name.")
Hollywood provided the spark, but some new converts spoke of a deeper restlessness. As Halloween approaches with distant wars unending, the country growing isolated and credit hard to come by, some described feeling as if they were born at the wrong time.
"It's the idea of being something you're not, something you can't be," said D'Andrea Seabrook, 19, an art student who attended a pirate festival on Tybee Island. "It's this idea of being able to go out and do whatever you want and be whatever you want and throw all these morals away and not care about the law, when in reality you can't."
The costume industry has found no trouble tolerating the newcomers. A survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation predicted that more than 1.7 million American adults would dress as pirates for Halloween this year, beating out zombies, cowboys, devils and French maids combined. Among children, being a pirate ranked fifth. Not bad, considering that more than 1.5 million little Hannah Montanas plan to troll for sugar across this weary land.
To meet the demand, some costumers have torn up their business plans. In Tustin, Calif., the Silhouettes Clothing Company abandoned its trade in 19th-century undergarments, according to promotional materials, to focus on developing "a well-deserved international reputation for clothing the top Jack Sparrow impersonators."
Among the sewing-machine-owning, library-card-carrying pirate history buffs, a few timbers have been shivered. But wariness of the new mainstream appeal has been tempered with some critical self-appraisal.
"Why do some of them feel like they can wear blank spandex pants and a puffy shirt and be allowed to call themselves pirates?" said John Macek, a member of the Pirate Brethren, a re-enactment group formed in the 1990s in Columbia, Md.
In an e-mail message meditating on the state of his hobby, Mr. Macek added: "Why do others bother to study pirates in minute detail to get it 'right,' because after all, these guys were just a bunch of criminals, murderers, etc? Why the animosity between these two groups? What would your grandfather have said about your hobby? Many of these re-enactors claim to be 'educating the public,' but just what gives them the notion they are knowledgeable enough?"
For tourism promoters on this wind-swept barrier island, where pirates once found haven among the Savannah River waterways, education has ranked in priority somewhere behind filling barstools. Four years ago, after finding little success with promotions, including a Labor Day Luau, Tybee Island officials announced the pirate festival on a whim.
"It's done this time of year because business is slow," said Paul DeVivo, a member of the tourism council, estimating that the festival had injected $2.6 million a year into the local economy. "We just lucked into it and we're running with it."
As the festival date approached this year, the Jolly Roger flags began to outnumber Georgia Bulldog banners along the sprawling verandas of the old wooden colonials. The Marshall Tucker Band was booked. A sports bar announced a late-night wench contest, an oyster restaurant advertised $2 grog shots and surf shops sold T-shirts with slogans such as "Surrender the Booty" and "Prepare to Be Boarded."
Despite the stormy weather, thousands of pirate re-enactors, pirate admirers and pirate-curious onlookers arrived from Macon and Augusta, Ga., the Carolinas and beyond.
"It's for the kids," said Chad Carty, 33, who brought his children from Indianapolis. The oldest of the three, Ethan, 7, wore a vest, knee-length britches and an eye patch adorned with a "Pirates of the Caribbean" sticker.
"I like their swords and the guns, and I like tattoos, and they swordfight," Ethan said. "I like the pirate ship."
Along the festival grounds, set up in a parking lot, more elaborate costuming was on display.
Don McGowan, 52, a truck driver from Cynthiana, Ky., wore a braided goatee, printed bandanna, ruffled shirt, red sash, baldric, cutlass, parachute pants and sandals, sacrificing some authenticity for comfort as his outfit progressed from head to toe. Relaxing at a table, he offered a dramatic salute to a similarly attired passer-by.
"I'm more into the history part of it," Mr. McGowan said, recounting childhood trips to Ocracoke Island, N.C., Blackbeard's hideaway. "The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' brought it all out. There were 10 or 12 people running through here with the lanterns straight out of 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' "
Indeed, for every finely considered sartorial homage, there seemed to be a child running around swinging a glow-in-the-dark sword. A group of Shriners fired cannon blasts from atop a 1963 Ford school bus refashioned as a glowing Spanish galleon. A band covered Gram Parsons. Vendors hawked jewelry, airbrushed tattoos, beads, packaged eye patches, skull rings and golden teeth ("fits like a cap, matey"). At the Acme Costume stand, a jar of eyeliner pencil was marked "Johnny Depp Eyes, $2."
Resplendent in long black hair, a talisman of buffalo teeth, a silver ring in the shape of a serpent and a .41-caliber sidearm, Dwight Yanguas, 52, indulged numerous requests for photographs. His teeth were even rotted.
Mr. Yanguas, a vendor of handmade wooden long swords, daggers and cutlasses, stumbled into his trade in the 1990s, seeking to trade his shopping-mall maintenance job for show business.
"I would dress up as a medieval knight," he said.
But soon, he added, "all the kids would come up to me and the first thing they would say is: 'Are you a pirate? You look like a pirate.' I said, 'No, I'm supposed to be a knight.' So I decided if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. From there, I went total pirate theme."
By popular acclaim, the festival prize of $100 in gold coins and gift certificates was awarded to Lindsey Lee Miller, 23, from Marietta, Ga. She credited her sultry red costume to the work of fairies plying woven wolverine fur, Brazilian peacock feathers and ivory.
One of Ms. Miller's costumed companions, Robert Bean, 45 and known as Pirate Bob, pronounced her triumph a rebuke to the Hollywood imitators.
"I find them dull and boring," Mr. Bean said. "Everybody can be Captain Jack. Why not strive to be something different, like Lindsey Lee here?"
As the festival neared its finale, spectators gathered along the main beach road to watch the pirates on parade. They unfolded portable chairs, crouched on curbs, leaned from balconies and let their children play. With a patrol car to lead the way, the pirates rode wooden floats towed behind sport utility vehicles. Some threw beads. A marching band pounded out a heavy rhythm. A pet-rescue group, a science fiction club and a group of bicyclists with eye patches, buccaneer caps and beer cozies passed by, all arrghing away.
Behind them a big green garbage truck flying a Jolly Roger balloon followed, its passengers dressed in lace, waving to the crowd, honking the loudest horn of all from the cabin of the good ship Waste Pro, its slogan painted to proclaim: "God Bless America."


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we leave pieces of ourselves
in everything we used to love.
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.
literally nothing feels better than being loved by someone who hates everyone
last year i bought pants to exercise in and i found them today with the tag still on and that is the whole story
craving your kisses and i don't even remember what they feel like.
Maybe In 2015 I'll finally be good enough for someone.
you should have opened your eyes i was crazy for you
I'd be such a good girlfriend you're all missing out
yea the mona lisa is good but have u seen my nudes
"The timing in which people enter your life is very important."
writing "sorry" at the bottom of your math test
"I hope that you never, not even for one second, become a secondary character in your own story."
once i got very drunk in a bar and my mum had to pick me up so i was trying to act normal by keeping the conversation so i asked her if shes a virgin and she looked at me with pain in her eyes and said "i wish i was"
"I think everyone needs a safe place. And I found mine in your eyes."
my talents include being able to sit on the toilet for 30 minutes being distracted by my phone
Lana Del Rey songs make me feel sad and nostalgic about things that haven't happened to me
I love when you become so close with someone that you can see parts of each other in one another and you begin to say the same things and steal lines from one another and have a similar sense of humor and can exchange an inside joke with just a glance you don't even have to talk because you have such a strong connection with them and you can sit in comfortable silence but also talk for hours it's really hard to find that kind of compatibility
If someone tells you to listen to a song, listen to it. It may be the worst song you have ever heard but they wanted to share it with you. That is really special. If it makes them feel a certain way and they are so adamant about you hearing it, take 5 minutes to hear it. It shows a lot about someone.
Do you ever have that one line in a song that just means the world to you and has this deeper meaning that you feel just explains everything and then your friends listen to it and are just like that's cool but you're like NO THAT LINE IS JUST EVERYTHING HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND and you realize just how much music means to you
hearing yourself sing in the shower and wondering why the hell you haven't made an album yet
life hack: remember to compliment people on qualities other than their looks. remind them of their kindness, thoughtfulness, and intelligence. tell them about how powerful and capable they are.
*suddenly remembers all of life's responsibilities on sunday night*
take me to an art museum and stroke my hair and tell me im the prettiest thing in the room
I want to sleep with you. Not have sex, just sleep. With you. I want to breathe on your neck and lock our legs together. I want…actually wait no I do want sex.
Remember ladies: it doesn't matter how you do on your finals, as long as your future husband is doing well on his.
If you don't get a little gay with your best friends you're not close enough


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- 5 years ago
- Wedding: August 2014
Hello my fellow CT brides,
I am in need of as many white lights / christmas lights as i can get .. dose anyone have any they are willing to let me borrow ( i promise ill return them) or have any they no longer need and would like to sell or donate to our wedding. ??
thanks in advance!


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Lexus Reports December 2013 Sales Numbers
It's been a big year for Lexus.
With an aggressive campaign to update their styling language to include the new signature spindle, notable updates to their bread and butter GS and IS siblings, multiple high-end performance models (the LF-LC concept and the RC-F) and a new concept in the ways of the Lexus NX small CUV, it's no wonder that their December 2013 earnings came in at an 18.1% improvement over last year with it being their best monthly sales total since December 2006.
Courtesy of Lexus Enthusiast, here's an official breakdown of their December 2013 numbers:
Some points of interest:
- IS sales have jumped 125.5%
- Strong performance increases in the SUV categories
Overall, this puts Lexus in third behind Mercedes and BMW (roundup report of the automotive luxury market here).
via Lexus Enthusiast


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By Kurt Brouwer
It's generally good to be the first and I think the folks at State Street are on to something with this new ETF. My friend, Tom Lydon, at his excellent web site, ETF Trends, reports on a new ETF that will invest in high quality corporate bonds from around the globe [emphasis added]:
State Street has filed for a new exchange traded fund (ETF) that's also a first of its kind: a fund that tracks the international investment-grade corporate bond market.
The new fund: Barclays Capital International Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: IBND). The ETF is meant to track the performance of the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-USD >$1B Corporate Bond Index…
To be included in the index, securities have to have an investment-grade rating from at least two agencies, a minimum $1 billion market cap and at least a year left until maturity. The ETF may purchase a subset of the securities in the index in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return properties featured.
The index is designed to be a broad based measure of the global investment-grade, fixed rate, fixed-income corporate markets outside the United States…
With all the thorny issues with sovereign debt — Greece, Spain, Japan etc — high quality corporates are looking more and more attractive. No reason to just hold U.S. corporates so this is a good idea.


text: It might have been a little chilly, but walking through the Grist Mill in Sudbury on a crisp Fall morning was nothing short of autumnal bliss. I am dreading the icy temps of winter and the mountains of snow that are inching their way near, but this time of year is truly my absolute favorite. David always says he wants to sleep outside in a hammock to savor the colors and climate. Between eating everything pumpkin and taking the boys out to play in the leaves, it just feels sweet and magical and I wish this all lasted a bit longer. Henry has been collecting leaves on every outing and wants to run with socked feet through our yard hollering with sticks and rocks and Owen watches on and laughs at his brother's play. It took a while to get to this "sweet" spot of tackling two babies. But, we made it and it is awesome. And as I type that I am sure things will inevitably change yet again! Until then, I will soak up this sweetness and love on these photos we captured this week with our friend Lyndsay.


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I have to remove
a couple of
unfortunate strands
from the pattern of time.
I see now how
I got the weave all wrong,
creating a bit of chaos
I have to admit,
but I can fix this.
It is not tempting fate,
honestly, I am pretty good
at fixing things
like old furniture
and cracked china,
broken wings
and shattered hearts.
Adjusting time should not
be a problem at all,
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I've never had a son so I don't know what happens when a boy notices his dad's penis for the first time. I assume it's not a big deal since the kid has one of his own (moms of boys, please let me know if I'm wrong). I have a daughter and here's what's going on in our house.
My husband watches our daughter in the morning before he goes to work so I can get some sleep (just one of the many reasons I love him). He typically takes a shower so she sees him naked. She also sees him naked when they're out and about and he takes her into the restroom with him.
This has been going on for the past year, but it's only recently that she's noticed his private parts. Or maybe she's just talking a lot more these days. Anyway, I'm sure my husband would kill me for telling you all this, but my daughter refers to his penis as "poop." She points to it and says, "Dada poop."
I'm thinking it's time to start telling her private part names.
What do your toddler girls call their daddy's private parts? What about your toddler boys?
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Pre-Season Friendly
Saturday 5th July 2014
Brechin City 1 Montrose 0
Montrose Football Club started their build up to season 2014/15 with a one goal defeat to neighbours Brechin City in a low key friendly in the Glebe Park sun on Saturday.
Brechin came into the match on the back of a 5 – 0 defeat by Premiership side Aberdeen the previous week whilst for George Shields side it was their first game of the pre season.
For both sides it certainly a good exercise as they looked to build up their fitness for the new season.
With thirteen signed players in place Montrose manager Shields was looking to add to his squad and this line up included five trialists in goalkeeper Matt McGinley, defender Scott Webster and three midfielders Stephen O'Neil, Danny Cavanagh and Stephen Day all looking to win contracts at Links Park.
The Gable Endies lined up with McGinley in goal. Scott Webster and Bell were in the full back roles with Colin Wilson and Alan Campbell in central defence. The midfield four was Cavanagh, O'Neil, Paul Watson and Day with Garry Wood and Scott Johnston in attack.
With Kyle McLeod injured and Terry Masson and Bryan Deasley on holiday the seven man Montrose bench consisted of Kieran Sturrock, Ross McCord, Declan Milne, Graham Webster, Jonathan Crawford, another trialist in the shape of Connor Gray and goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie.
The Brechin line up also contained three trialists with a further three on the bench.
Chances were few and far between in the opening exchanges of the match with the home side coming the closest in the 13th minute when Campbell did well to cut out a cross from Barr. From Barr's corner the ball was cleared by the Montrose defence.
Four minutes later a mistake by keeper McGinley saw the ball land at the feet of Ferguson but he shot into the arms of the keeper who made up for his mistake.
Montrose created their first real opportunity in the 23rd minute when Scott Johnston broke from midfield and when he reached the edge of the box he slipped the ball to Garry Wood who crashed a first time effort over the crossbar.
Brechin City were forced into making a change in the 28th minute when new signing Darren McCormack had to leave the field with blood pouring from a head wound he was replaced by McLean.
With ten minutes of the first half remaining Brechin City went close when Barr had his effort saved by McGinley.
With four minutes of the half remaining Brechin City went close again when Campbell fouled Thomson. Thomson took the free kick himself but he rattled his effort off the crossbar.
The first half ended with Brechin City opening the scoring. Thomson's pass found RYAN FERGUSON inside the area and he fired a low effort past McGinley.
Brechin City restarted the second half with Trouten and Andy Jackson on in place of goalscorer Ferguson and Thomson.
Montrose made five changes with McCord, Milne, Graham Webster, Crawford and Gray coming onto replace Scott Webster, O'Neil, Cavanagh, Watson and Johnston.
With five minutes of the second half gone Montrose won a free kick when Wood was fouled. McCord's free kick found Day but he could only hook the ball over the crossbar.
The home side should have made it two in the 55th minute when Andy Jackson found himself onside but after rounding McGinley his cut back was blasted over the bar by Trouten.
Dangerman Trouten then collected a clearance at the edge of the area but he could only drill the ball wide of goal.
Brechin City's trialist striker Liam Buchanan then raced in on goal but his shot was tipped wide by McGinley.
The home side then took off Steven Jackson and replaced him with a trialist.
On the hour mark Craig Bell dinked a great ball over the top but Declan Milne just couldn't connect with the ball as it dropped inside the area.
On 62 minutes Brechin City made another change with a trialist again replacing their trialist full back.
In the following minute Montrose brought on goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie and Kieran Sturrock for Matthew McGinley and another trialist Day.
The changes continued and Brechin City took off Cameron and a trialist and replaced them with McLauchlan and another trialist.
With fifteen minutes remaining Brechin City went close to adding a second goal a great run by Bobby Barr saw him set up Andy Jackson who hit the bar from close range.
In the 80th minute Jonathan Crawford looped in a header from outside the area which home keeper Graeme Smith gathered just under the crossbar.
Two minutes later Colin Wilson became the only booking of the afternoon when he tripped up Barr as he threatened to run through the away defence. Thankfully for Montrose McKenzie was positioned well to grab the trialist No. 19's effort under the bar.


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Our class recently completed writing their SMART goals for the first semester. Past experience have taught me that many students tend to publish their goals and then file them away in their portfolios never to be seen again until evaluation time, usually at the end of the semester.
For goal setting to truly be effective, students need a plan of action with checkpoints along the way to ensure they are meeting their set expectations. Furthermore, their goals need to be easily accessible where they can be reflected upon at regular intervals.
I've been experimenting with a couple of augmented reality apps on my iphone recently and thought this technology could offer an interesting solution for motivating students to revisit, reflect and share their goals with others in the class.
Here is the process we went through to make this happen. We first made a wall display of
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These were created using the ipad (self portraits) and then each portrait was run through an online photo enhancer to give them all a slight cartoon appearance. Students then videoed themselves using the class ipad, outlining what their SMART goals for the semester were.
We then used a free augmented reality app, aurasma lite - only works on iphone and ipad, to create an "aura" of each of the students work. For further explanation of what an aura is and how to create one, visit aurasma's youtube channel.
When the app is activated and the ipad camera is pointed at a particular self portrait, the student's video of their goal explanation is superimposed on top of it.
Here is a video of students using the ipad and aurasma. Apologies for the poor audio quality, but the video should illustrate the concept.
Certainly a real improvement on a static wall display of students goal setting!
There is a real "wow" factor amongst students when using this technology. From a teacher's perspective, this has provided me with further motivation to explore other teaching / learning opportunities for using augmented reality within the classroom programme.
I've set my class the challenge of thinking up some more uses for using this technology in their learning.
What about you? How else could you see augmented reality technology being used in the classroom? I'd be interested to hear your suggestions.


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Okay, so where do I start now? Yes. I've been thinking about how my food-ie-ness has developed over the years. The signs were there from the beginning itself, it appears. There are photos of me at my annaprasan – ceremony at which first proper food fed to the child – upon completing a year or so in … Continue reading →
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I've started quite a few posts in the last few weeks, and not been able to complete any. I start writing, then something happens and I start dealing with that and lose the writing track I was already on. Basically, I am undergoing a severe identity crisis. I am not living who I am. This … Continue reading →
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Less Buying Does Not Make a Bear Trend
Here's a look at the NYSE TICK for the day so far. One topic I'm discussing with traders is that we're seeing less buying pressure as the morning has moved on, but we're not seeing significant selling pressure. It takes more than reduced buying to sustain a downward trend; traders not making that distinction have gotten hurt this morning.
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These days, the advent of the Internet has made it so that pretty much anyone can start and run their own business from home. Plenty of people have come to realise the truth of this, but relatively few actually follow through with it and often it can seem more than a little daunting. But the truth is, running a business from home is something that anyone can do and even prosper from quite easily. If you think you would like to give it a go yourself, then you first need to decide on a business model. There are as many potential businesses as there are entrepreneurs, and nobody can tell you what is right for you. Nonetheless, here are a few business ideas to get you started. These are businesses that pretty much anyone could start tomorrow if they so desired, and be earning from them in no time at all.
If you are a decent writer, and you have some time on your hands, then you might be pleased to hear that you can actually make a decent living setting up a business as a blogger. Blogs are already surprisingly big business, and with the right approach you too can earn from such a venture in no time. One of the main difficulties with this type of business is figuring out how to promote it in a positive and engaging way. Your blog will rely on this kind of marketing, as you need a decent amount of readers in order to grow as a business. Given that, however, you should find that this is a business type which can sustain you for a long time to come.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Frida Kahlo Has Landed
I don't know how I managed to stay away from knowing more about the life of Frida Kahlo. I guess I could chalk it up to being too busy learning about the lives of other visual artists. I would look at her paintings and not see them, really see them. Why? Because I would be looking through a lens of over-saturation, of having seen too many times her brows and her 'stache, of knowing nothing but that there are Frida coffee mugs, Frida scarves, Frida matching hand towels.
For years her popularity kept me from going in whole-hog, but a couple of weeks ago I was visiting Seattle Art Museum and came across a book by Andrea Kettenmann filled with Frida's paintings, plus a good deal about her life, for only $15 (Taschen 2012), so I bought it (it's a gorgeous hardcover book. I can't believe it was only $15!).
And now I am afoot with her vision, her genius, and her passion, as well as her pain and suffering. What an amazing person/woman/artist/writer/inspirer of many.
On top of finding inspiration and learning much about Mexican history, I guess I'm also learning a lesson: don't dismiss artists who have cult followings.
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Justin Bieber Receives Backlash For Prince Comment
On a short list of entertainers who could be offended by Prince being referred to as "the last of the greatest living performers," Justin Bieber is probably not many people's first guess. But it turns out the 22-year-old pop crooner did indeed take issue with this proclamation of fact. In a tribute post to the music icon – who suddenly and tragically passed away on Thursday (Apr. 21) – rock musician Andrew Watts paid his respects to the fallen star. Sharing a photo of himself in a Prince t-shirt, Watts penned a heartfelt Instagram caption.
"Today waking up to this news I am truly beside myself…devastated…the last of the greatest living performers…my guitar idol…his connection to ALL his instruments yielded a sexual transcending aura and the world is just less fucking cool without him walking on it…," he wrote.
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Sant'Antonio come around, something lost must be found, please help me bring it round - is one of his more popular prayers.
That was nine years ago. Little did I know what I had already found. Now every summer I look forward to the bell and the days leading up to Saint Antonio's feast day on the thirteenth of June - the luckiest day of an Italian's year.


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Reporting from New York — — During two brief periods a year, a few select paleontologists, geologists and other specialists receive special permission from the French government to pass through a vault-like door on a cliff above the Ardeche River in southwestern France. Once inside the Chauvet cave, they become members of an exclusive group — those who have witnessed, in three dimensions, the oldest known art in the world.
Discovered in 1994, the 32,000-year-old cave paintings show bears, bison, tigers and horses ranging with life-like movement over wavy limestone walls. To preserve the images, France has strictly limited entry to the cavern. But among those granted access last spring was filmmaker Werner Herzog, who took in a 3-D camera and brought out a 90-minute film that gives viewers entrée to a spectacular place to which they would otherwise never be admitted.
"There were more people in that screening room just now than have ever been in the Chauvet cave," said Zach Zorich, a senior editor at Archaeology magazine, gesturing toward 100 working and armchair archaeologists emerging from an advance showing of "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" at a theater beneath a hip SoHo hotel earlier this month.
Though a few specialists in attendance objected to Herzog's treatment of scientific fine points, a number called the film, opening Friday in Los Angeles, a landmark in the popularization of archaeology — "the antithesis of Indiana Jones," said one.


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Kia Ora and welcome to my blog. I'm Miss D, a third year teacher of Health and PE, starting a new chapter at Orewa College in North Auckland, NZ this year. This is my journey. The good, the bad and the ugly. Please feel free to leave comments and feedback!
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Great blog post - look forward to reading about how some of these strategies worked with students in your classes. Which was the most effective? Would you give them choices so that different groups are using different tools?ReplyDelete
We can certainly look at peer tutoring next term - for that we would need to look at assessment for learning and locus of control which is not as easy as it sounds but great when it works. Look forward to it.
Hey Cheryl, I had not thought about having different groups using different tools, but I like the sound of that! Student choice is something I am trying to think about more actively, so that sounds like a great way to include student choice. Hopefully next term I will be able to implement some of the OTRs and then share my reflections of them in class, include peer teaching. Does sound difficult, but also a positive challenge. Thanks for your comment, and provocative questions to keep in the back of my mind!Delete


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