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While I was in school, I was asked by a friend to be an usher during a big sports event. I was very happy to comply, not only that I will get paid, I thought to myself, but I will also get to see the opening celebrations of the event
The gig was exhausting, directing thousands of people to their seats, answering questions, but I did not care, I was excited. Once the stadium gates were closed I was free to watch the event.
I started noticing my drowsiness problem on the way back home, I was driving on a highway that had those galvanized metal fences separating my lane from oncoming traffic, it was dark, the car lights were insufficient, and I started drifting in and out of awareness. Falling asleep while driving. Instead of stopping on the side to get some needed rest, I decided to fight it. Opening the windows, volume up on the radio, and what not. All I got was warm summer wind, which did not help my situation a bit.
Then it happened I was awakened with a shot of adrenalin. The car drifted into the center lane crossed to the unpaved area and started scraping the metal fence. The scratching noise and the car undulations were probably, what awakened me and saved my life. I could have indeed drifted to the right side finding myself hugging a tree or one of those high voltage electric poles that run parallel to the highway.
You would think the adrenaline shot will keep you awake for a while, however from experience, it is short living, and if you do not take action immediately, you can find yourself in the same semi-aware situation over and over until you run out of luck.
So yes, Sleep-Driving happened to me, and it will happen to you. The best way to prevent that is to avoid driving in a sleep deprivation situation. If you get tired while driving start using the Talkuccino application to help keep your brain stimulated as you talk to strangers about a topic of your choosing.
My incident ended with me alive since I was able to regain control of the car, the guy in the video I found did not regain control.


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About Aldi
On the face of it, Aldi is a quirky, down-to-earth supermarket, providing its customers with great quality at discount prices. Take a look at the bigger picture and it's quite breathtaking. We're one of the most impressive retailers in the global business market today; a supermarket that's getting it right. We're winning all kinds of awards and new stores are springing up all over the UK and Ireland (currently one every week). Combine this with over 9,000 stores worldwide – and continuing expansion throughout Europe, North America and Australia – and you'll see why it's an incredibly exciting time to join us.
The things that make us a great retailer also make us a great employer. Clarity features throughout our business: everyone knows what's expected of them and they can see how their efforts affect the business. We're a very responsible company, always treating our people with decency and respect. Progression is based on merit and there's a clear pathway to personal success. People are often surprised at how open we are. Even with a business model that's incredibly watertight, we're open to fresh ideas that will help us become even better. It's a fantastic place for graduates who are willing to work hard and learn from the very best.
We do pay well and make sure you're rewarded throughout your Aldi career. We also do everything we can to provide you with security and stability. The fact that people tend to stay with us for such a long time is a good sign (perhaps the best sign) that we do take care of our people.Apply: Aldi scheme
Case Studies
- Name: Dilip Patel
- Role: Area Manager
- Joined: February 2010
"Aldi is a company that thrives from people giving 100% in every single task they do. Candidates have to be sure that they have the right attitude to work for the company. Having the skill set is one thing, but having the right attitude is another. At Aldi you need to have a 'can do' attitude and have self-motivation to carry out the job."
Training & Profiles
This is a graduate training programme with a It's a graduate programme like no other. Twelve months to jump head first into the fastest, most challenging retail waters. But we'll be there bobbing along next to you on a reassuring dingy, making sure you have every last drop of training you need. We're talking everything from Store Operations and Financial Administration, to Logistics and Property Management.
At the end of your 12-month programme, we'll ask you to take charge of a £multi-million area of three to four stores. Some people might crumble under the pressure but you'll rise proudly to the challenge. You'll see it as the perfect chance to apply your leadership skills, commercial awareness and management prowess. Bring it on.
For a career like no other, please click here.
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South East, South West, London, The East, Wales, Nationwide
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£25,000 plus 4 weeks' holiday allowance
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East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, North East, Scotland, Yorkshire, Nationwide
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Graduate Area Manager at Aldi
Aldi's recruitment process is as follows: > Online application (info about yourself, education, work experience) > Situational questions (v. basic) > Verbal, Numerical & Diagrammatical Tests > Video Interview (9 questions, 30 seconds to prepare
Graduate Area Manager at Aldi
I've just finished the Aldi video interview. It's made up of 10 questions. You're given 30 seconds to prepare and think of an answer before recording, which starts automatically. Most question answers are 60 seconds and some are 30. I felt very
Aldi - Retail Industrial Placement at Aldi
The video interview consisted of about five questions. Your camera and mic are set up online and you are then ready to go. There are a couple of informative videos, showing what to expect, how to dress (joggers on the bottom if you like but smart
If I'm not successful this time round, could I reapply?
If you've already applied but not been successful, you'll need to wait 12 months before reapplying. But you're welcome to apply for other roles any time.
Will I need to relocate?
Possibly, but usually only within your chosen region. We're a fast-growing business so it's important to have a flexible, understanding approach.
I have a Masters qualification but did not get a 2:1 in my degree,
can I still apply?
The minimum requirement for our Area Manager Scheme is a 2:1 degree. However we also have plenty of other management opportunities within our stores with further information available on our website.
Besides my academic qualifications, what else will I need?
A full driving licence and a valid UK work permit.
I don't have a business or retail degree, and I haven't got
experience in management. Is that ok?
We ask for a minimum of 240 UCAS points, points from your top 3 A levels, excluding general studies, (or the equivalent accreditations such as BTECs and BACs). And, in terms of degree, we need a 2:1 in any discipline.
When and where will the group assessments and interviews be held?
The group assessment and final MD interview will be held in the regional distribution centre that's closest to where you applied. If your application is successful, we'll let you know all the details nearer the time.
What will my working hours typically be?
You'll need to provide the very best support to your Store team. So that means working around 50 hours a week (this will involve weekends and Bank Holidays). We do ask for you to be flexible and we'll accommodate your needs in return.
How many graduates are you looking to recruit?
We recruit between 150 and 200 Area Managers every year, across the UK and Ireland. But this could change as our business continues to expand.
I've already graduated, can I still apply?
Yes is the short answer. As long as you've met the criteria of course.

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SNC1P Element Pictorial Assignment 2015-16
Mrs. Chalkiotis and Ms. Engel
Over the next three days in the library you will be working on an Element Pictorial Project. You are asked to be a professional and research one specific element using the library databases and print resources. You will create a poster using Google Draw and give a brief presentation on your element to the class.
Day 1 – 3 in the Library:
See below for a list of resources you will use while in the library:
- Digital Notetaker and Pathfinder (to be downloaded)
- Download this to your Google Drive using these instructions.
- Review How to Use the Digital Notetaker
- Reading/Note-taking Tips and Exemplar
- Element Poster Template
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Any Other Varieties
The AOV section includes all varieties of mice that have not been seperately classified in previous sections. Generally, these include all ticked and shaded varieties. The term "pink eye" covers all shades of pink or red.
Note: A detailed breakdown of the allocation of points for each variety is given in the printed version of the Breed Standards and is provided to all new members on joining the National Mouse Club.
|Eye Black. The Agouti shall be a rich brown or golden hue with even dark or black ticking all through. Undercolour black. The belly shall be a golden brown, ticked as on top and the feet shall match the body in colour and ticking.
|Eye Black. The Cinnamon shall be a rich golden tan, lustrous in colour and level throughout top and belly, with rich brown ticking clearly defined. Undercolour slate grey. No black ticking.
|Silver Agouti
Eye Black. This variety is like the normal or Golden
Agouti except the golden brown pigment is replaced by silvery grey.
Colour to be bright silvery grey evenly ticked with black. Undercolour
deep slate. Belly to be silvery grey, as close as possible to the top.
Feet to match top.
Certificate 1969: B Makin
Eye black. The top colour shall be a rich dark brown,
as dark as possible, from nose to tail root; the belly colour to be as
rich a golden tan as possible and the shading from top to belly to be
gradual, even and pleasing, with no line of demarcation nor any blotch,
patch, ticking or streakiness. There should be no white hairs
Originator: W Maxey
|Marten Sable
Eye black. Top colour shall be a rich dark sepia from
nose to tail, shading off to a paler colour on lower jaws, sides and
flanks, blending to be gradual; belly white, white ticking on flanks
and rump to be considered an added beauty. Faults: Light noses,
blotches or streaks.
Certificate: V Stephens
Eye black. A pearl mouse shall be of the palest silver,
shading to a whitish undercolour. Each hair shall be delicately tipped
with grey or black and carried out top and belly.
Certificate 1935: Mrs E D Blowers
Eye pink. An Argente mouse shall be of a delicately
blended shade of light fawn and silver, as the self silver, level
throughout and the two colours so evenly intermingled as to give the
appearance of shot silk. The undercolour to be blue, as dark as
possible in shade. The belly to be a golden fawn and as similar to the
top as possible. Feet to match top.
Certificate 1935: L Madeley
|Silvered Mice
Greys: the ground colour should be as black as possible. Eye black
Browns: to be a rich golden brown as in the Agouti. Eye black.
Fawns: to be a deep bright orange. Eye Pink or black.
Greys: to be a rich blue-black.
Browns: to be a blue-black.
Fawns: to be a bright orange.
The silvering should be even throughout, carried well onto the feet.
Silver Grey mice are recognised in three shades, namely, Dark, Medium and Light.
First Silver Grey Originator: Mr Pollock about 1900
Probable proper Silver Grey Originator: Mr Russell 1912
Silver Brown Originator: Miss E Rhodes 1901
Eye black. The mouse shall be as near as possible to
the colour of a Chinchilla with slate-blue undercolour and intermediate
shade of pearl grey. Hairs to be evenly tipped with black. Colour of
feet on inside white, with remainder of foot the same colour as body -
as in the standard for Tans. Belly white.
Certificate 1933: Dr J N Pickard
|Argente Creme
Eye pink. An Argente Creme mouse shall be a delicate
blend of deep cream and silver. The undercolour to be an extremely pale
blue. Feet the same colour as body. Belly White.
Certificate 1967: B J Cooke
An Astrex mouse shall have a coat as curly as possible
and like the Astrex rabbit. Whiskers must be curly. The colour may be
that of any standard variety.
Certificate 1936: A Tuck
|Silver Fox
Silver Fox: Eye Black. A Silver Fox shall be recognised
in black, blue, chocolate and lilac top colour. Feet sides and rump
only to be ticked evenly with white hairs. Belly white.
Certificate 1936: DR J N Pickard
|Seal Point
Eyes any colour. Body colour medium beige.
Shadings: Gradually shaded over saddle and hind quarters, merging gradually with body colour and being darkest at tail root as seen in the Siamese cat. The belly should be as near as possible in colour and shadings.
Points: Seal coloured points shall be present in muzzle, ears, feet, tail and tail root. There should not be a definite or distinct line of demarcation but rather a harmonious balance between body colour, shadings and points. There should not be any blotches, streaks or white hairs.
Certificate 1968: Mrs D Cooper
|Blue Point
Eyes any colour. Body colour silvery blue (bluer the better).
Shadings: Gradually shaded over saddle and hind quarters, merging gradually with body colour and being darkest at tail root. The belly should be as near as possible in colour and shadings. White belly to be penalised.
Points: There should not be a definite or distinct line of demarcation but rather a toning in or merging with the remainder of the coat. At all times there should be a harmonious balance between body colour, shading and points. There should not be any blotches, streaks or white hairs.
Eye Black or Red. All markings to be as Himalayan
rabbit. Colour of markings recognised in any standard colour. Body
colour as white as possible.
Certificate 1970: E Kitchen
The longhaired mouse shall have a coat as long as
possible combined with density and to be silky in texture. The colour
maybe that of any standard variety.
Certificate 1969: A D Jones
The brindle mouse shall have streaks, bars and numerous
little areas of any colour over a diluted background. These markings
shall be evenly distributed over the mouse including the face and
belly. Large blotches of solid colour or white background to be
considered a fault. Central demarcation lines along spine, face and
belly permissible. Eye any colour.
Certificate 1992: S Haswel
Eyes black or pink. Splashed mice are to exhibit shades of
any colour, splashed heavily and evenly over the top of the mouse, with
as much as possible under, on a lighter background colour. Heavy
splashing on head an added beauty. Dorsal, facial and ventral lines are
permissible but not preferred over those without. Points and patches of
solid colour to be considered a fault.
Certificate: Heather McLean and David Bumford, 2012.


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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there #3 Mary Kenny on how times and attitudes have changed
In 1978, I was living in Bloomsbury in central London when the PIE held a rally in one of the local meeting halls once so beloved of Bertrand Russell and the Bloomsbury Group. Members of the PIE had affiliated themselves to the National Council for Civil Liberties and some in the NCCL supported their cause. To the surprise of many, however, this particular meeting was strormed by a group of working-class grannies who denounced the idea of paedophile relations as 'wicked' and 'evil'. There was a fierce hullabaloo, and the PIE withdrew.
Liberals were appalled at the fracas, but the battling grannies gradually gained public support. (And later, militant feminists began to support Mrs Whitehouse on both pornography and paedophilia.) Valerie Riches, founder of The Responsible Society, also campaigned against the PIE, and was one of the strongest voices against that particular 'liberation' movement, which was within an ace of being accepted. "
From Mary Kenny's column in the Catholic Herald via David Lindsay.
Mary Kenny is a very fine writer. Her 1997 book, Goodbye to Catholic Ireland was a superb work, gracefully written and crammed with fascinating detail. I have a well-thumbed copy on my bookshelf and thirteen years after its publication it's a book I still regularly consult. Mary - in that wonderful book, she expressed irritation at the habit of referring to women by their surnames, insisting that the name Mary is a very good one, which indeed it is - is, I think, like me, a fan of that high priestess of Gynocracy, the Divine Camille.


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Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the College
Engin Özkan trained as a biochemist and biophysicist in the laboratory of Nobel laureate Johann Deisenhofer, where he studied the ubiquitination pathway using structural biology, biochemistry and computational methods. Later, he studied the extracellular interactome, the collection of protein interactions that happen outside the cell. He developed strategies that can effectively reveal the extracellular interactome and demonstrated that protein interaction networks can directly lead toward deciphering novel biology. Through structural studies of extracellular protein complexes, he has also shown that biophysical properties of protein-protein complexes govern physiologically relevant functions for multicellular organisms, ranging from the formation of synapses by neurons to the construction of a blood filtration barrier in the kidney.
His current research relates to the development and functioning of the nervous system under the direction of cell-surface and secreted proteins, using high-throughput interaction discovery studies and structural biology. This work will have the potential to explain neurological and mental disorders due to miswiring of neurons and establish a mechanistic basis for how the nervous system is wired.
Özkan received his PhD in molecular biophysics from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and completed postgraduate studies at Stanford University.
Özkan joined the University of Chicago faculty in 2014.


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Speak Truth To Power
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This collection of works by the sophomores at Animas High School in Colorado are the truth and messages of the students who have formed their opinions through seminars, readings, and months of revisions. Their words are sure to leave you either speechless, or full of new ideas you could give speeches on.
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Allo polish Pals!
How are you all doing today? I hope you've had a fantastic week are looking forward to some weekend fun? It's been rather chaotic here, I feel like there are hardly two minutes in the day for non housework stuff!
Today's nail art was something that came to me rather randomly.. Do you remember my 'through the keyhole' manicure? Well I wanted to play with the idea of a design within a design again. This time I did it as a portal, it may look like a normal beautiful day in the meadow but when you look through the portal its a pretty sunset with a dragon – His tail is out of the portal so do you think he's made his way out of the portal?!
Someone better go warn the unsuspecting villagers..
For this manicure I began with my beloved Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, which dries in the blink of an eye. I then applied two smooth coats of Barry M's 'White' to give myself a nice clean canvas for my freehand nail art. I applied a thin coat of Pro-FX to create a barrier between my paint and polish and once dry moved onto my acrylic paints. I created my skies using acrylic-gradients and did my finer details with a detailing brush. I finished it all off with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer Armour Up top coat; And because I am me I also tested to see how it looked matte of course!
Also guys, I'm onTumblr now (Not that I have any idea what I am doing) if you have an account feel free to follow! I've got one follower, Baha!!! Cosy.
What do you guys think of my dragon portal? Would you run from this dragon or stick around to see if he's friendly?!
Thank you for stopping by! Have yourself a beautiful day and a sweet weekend! I'll catch you again on Sunday for some more nail fun.


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When the Fresno County Sheriff's Office announced it was closing the Kings River to all recreation, Justin Butchert's phone started ringing off the hook.
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"I don't think the sheriff specified the Kings River below Pine Flat (Lake) – or at least people didn't hear that part," said Butchert, owner and operator of Kings River Expeditions.
"They only heard the Kings River was closed and a $225 fine for river use."
From what I can tell, the reason for the confusion stems from two factors:
▪ Many in Fresno are geographically challenged. They don't know the difference between the dam-controlled Lower Kings and the free-flowing Upper Kings.
▪ Far more river-goers around here seek a lazy float with a party atmosphere (Lower Kings) than a whitewater experience (Upper Kings).
Yes, the Sheriff's Office was 100 percent correct in closing the Lower Kings to all boating and fishing. With the massive Sierra melt-off under way and water spilling over Pine Flat Dam, this is absolutely the wrong time to grab your inner tube, 12-pack of beer and other party favors (i.e. marijuana) and think you're going for a relaxing day.
Because you're not. Without river sense and paddling experience, you're likely to flip over or get swept toward some obstacle and drown.
As we've been reminded again and again in recent weeks, rivers in California during this spring and early summer are not to be trifled with or otherwise underestimated.
But that doesn't present the entire picture. Because those same raging flows that are flooding areas around Minkler and Kingsburg also are responsible for the finest whitewater conditions in years – provided you paddle with expert guides.
And it so happens there are two licensed outfitters on the Upper Kings with long track records of safety and customer loyalty: Fresno-based Kings River Expeditions and Zephyr Whitewater.
The Kings is the largest Sierra river by volume. Meaning more water funnels down its watershed than the Kern, San Joaquin, Merced or Tuolumne. It's also wider and deeper than other rivers, so there's more room to maneuver even at high flows.
And right now, and for the next couple of weeks, flows will be at their peak, approaching 20,000 cubic feet per second. That's several times larger than what they'll be later this summer.
"Nineteen thousand cfs on any other river in California would be outrageous," said Bob Ferguson, owner of Zephyr Whitewater. "But the Kings is so big and wide, it can handle it."
The Kings is rated Class III or Class III+, which is considered intermediate. However, at high flows like we're currently experiencing, some of the major rapids increase in difficulty to the point where running them is inadvisable.
What do river guides do to avoid those trouble spots? Simple: They take a different line.
"The beautiful thing about the Kings is we have alternative routes," Butchert said. "We call them 'chicken chutes,' but they are these little side chutes that allow us to sidestep a few scary parts. The side chutes are fun, fast and narrow and they're just a perfect bypass for some of the scarier parts on the river."
This is Butchert's 40th year on the Kings. He's run the river in monster conditions and when flows were a barely a trickle. He knows every rapid and every side channel and has imparted that knowledge to his guides, some of whom have been with KRE for many years.
Using that knowledge, KRE can tailor trips for each specific boat. If the boat contains 20-somethings seeking thrills, each rapid can be run straight down the middle. If the boat contains families with young kids, chicken chutes and side channels can be used to provide a much gentler run.
"I could run you down that river and barely get wet," Butchert said. "You'd be bored."
We manage the conditions. We have a name for every hit and every wave. We know exactly where it is and we know how to avoid it when necessary.
Justin Butchert, Kings River Expeditions owner
Two years ago, during California's extended drought, the lack of water nearly put KRE and other rafting companies out of business.
Now there's almost too much coming down all at once. Zephyr canceled one of its trips Tuesday because of the high flows, Ferguson said. KRE has yet to take that step but has rescheduled some for later this summer when the conditions are more gentle.
Bu with so much water, KRE and Zephyr plan to operate well into late summer. Both companies offer a variety of trips ranging from quick half-day runs to two-day trips with riverside camping and prepared meals.
"We're going to have wonderful water in July and into August," Butchert said, "better than we've had in a long long time,"
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Johnson says repeal has a chance in Senate
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says there's a chance the Dem-run Senate would concur on a bill to repeal federal health care reform that the GOP House passed if it came up for a vote.
Johnson, R-Oshkosh, made the observation on Sunday's "UpFront with Mike Gousha," a statewide TV news magazine produced in conjunction with WisPolitics.com.
The newly elected senator said the current law doesn't have a lot of popular support and there are 24 Democratic senators up for re-election in 2012.
"My guess if we actually held a vote is you might be surprised how many Democrats just might join Republicans and vote to repeal," Johnson said.
Johnson called the law a "mess" and said the best course is to entirely repeal it and then tackle needed reforms individually.
With the federal government close to reaching its debt ceiling, Johnson also called for any bill to raise the limit to be accompanied with hard spending caps.
"It's good opportunity to finally start establishing fiscal discipline in Washington," Johnson said.
To control spending, Johnson said he supports passage of a constitutional amendment that would limit spending to 20 percent of the gross domestic product.
Johnson, who returned last week from a trip to Afghanistan, said the visit left him with hope for a positive outcome. He stressed the importance of establishing a functioning state in Afghanistan and of maintaining one in Pakistan in order to deny al-Qaida, the Taliban and other similar groups the type of environment they need to operate.


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Daily News Reports »
Ag Census Reminder
by Bob Larson, click here for bio
Program: Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Date: April 10, 2018
Click on the play button to listen to report.
Download Report: Ag_Census_Reminder1.mp3
The USDA's Chris Mertz says only 54.1 percent have been returned so far …
MERTZ … "So, we need to get that bumped up, especially in our area here. We have a lot of diversity in our agriculture in the northwest. So, if we want to account for all the different types of farms and farmers that we have, we need to make sure we have a good set of data, good responses from all the producers so we can advocate for U.S. agriculture."
Mertz says one thing the PNW can brag about is we are all pretty good at the electronic or online reporting …
MERTZ … "Oregon, Washington and Idaho are in the top four. Idaho is leading the country at 19.7% responses are coming via the internet. Oregon is at 16.1% and Washington is at an even 15%. So, we do quite well using the technology in reporting so we appreciate that as well."
Bottom line, Mertz says we need that data ASAP …
MERTZ … "We're going to be calling people, contacting people, through May I'm sure, but let's get that done as soon as possible and if you get it returned then we will not be calling you or maybe knocking on your door to say hey, where's our information."
Mertz says responding online can also save you time.
For questions, go to agcensus dot usda dot gov … or call the NASS office in Olympia at (360) 890-3300.
Only 52-and-a-half percent of Washington surveys have been returned.
Recent Reports from Washington State Farm Bureau Report
- Yakima River Basin Water Project Pt 2
- Frozen Calf Rescued Pt 2
- Yakima River Basin Water Project Pt 1
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Brighid Festival in May in Canada
"Brighid for All Seasons: Fire in the Soul," a festival for women, will be held May 2-4 in London, Ontario, Canada. It is sponsored by the Women's Centre for Spirituality, Activism and the Earth and will be guest facilitated by Mary Condren, national director of the Institute for Feminism and Religion in Dublin, Ireland, with additional facilitation by Mary Hamilton, pioneer in dance and theater education, and Ann Skinner, voice specialist and creator with Marion Woodman and Mary Hamilton of BodySoul Rhythms. The festival will include lectures, rituals, music and dance, and labyrinth walk.
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With the noticeable absence of its 4 main western competitors (Eurofighter, Gripen, F/A-18E/F and F-35) the Rafale is clearly the star of this year Paris Air show.
In 3 months, 2 contracts were signed with Egypt (24 aicrafts) and Qatar (24 aircrafts + 12 options).
Within the same period, India also confirmed its intention to acquire quickly 36 Rafale off the shelf.
As the first export customer of the Rafale, the Egyptian delegation poses proudly in front of its future fighter jet. The Egyptian Air Force, will receive its first 3 Rafale within a month just in time for the inauguration of the new Suez Canal.


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Monday, April 25, 2011
About Pricing and An Apology
The second thing is that I have always been extremely self-conscious. Doubts about one's self can definitely effect and be transferred down to how one thinks about one's work. I've always believed my artwork to be inferior for some reason. (When I was in school, no teacher I ever had approved of what I wanted to draw or paint. I have a sneaking suspicion that that had something to do with it...) Anyway, I've felt the same way about my jewelry. Even now, I struggle with it. No one likes me, no one will want my jewelry. When I give people drawings, paintings, or jewelry, I bet they imagine I'm too cheap to get them a real gift. My work is something they'll shove into a nook of a bookshelf or something and never look at again. It's just paper and ink, it's just acrylic paint, it's just beads and string. It's worthless in the real world. People buy things from me because they feel sorry for me. And so on, and so forth. This is a real battle. It happens daily. Brandi Hussey says we must separate this sensitive artist part of ourselves from the pragmatic business part of ourselves in order to succeed. I am really starting to feel like she is correct.
I will have to revise the way that I do the business side of my business, especially if I want to continue making mostly one-of-a-kind pieces. I've put my Etsy shop into vacation mode and am going over my inventory.
To all you folks out there living the life of the artist, I'm so sorry. I certainly never meant to offend you or cause uneven competition between us. I hope you can forgive this newbie.
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3 comments:
- Emerald Window said...
Jacinta, I have a story that may help you. Years ago, I started a business of designing gardens. I knew a lot about it, but didn't feel like I knew everything there was about it. I didn't have much belief in myself even though the people I designed for loved what I produced. I always undercharged ($10 per hour). A while later, I was getting swamped with work because I was underpricing myself. So I raised my rates to $25 per hour to cut some of my load. I figured that only the people who REALLY wanted me to do their design would hire me. What happened was that people started valuing my work more and I had even MORE customers who I then had to turn down. I was finally able to choose the projects I really wanted to work on and be paid well for them. When we underprice our wares, it devalues them and ourselves. You are a FABULOUS artist and beadsmith and you are worth more than you can imagine.
- April 25, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- TesoriTrovati said...
I don't know that you should beat yourself up over this! I have this pricing conversation all the time with people, especially those just starting out. I had this epiphany rather early on in my 'career' as an artist that I needed to really consider more than just cost of materials in my pricing structure. I set up a plan for about 2 years where I documented every single thing in my primarily one-of-a-kind pieces. I got so good at it that I have very little trouble doing it now. It is more a feeling brought on by experience. You will find what works for you. But just having the knowledge that you are not alone in this handcrafted world is a great start! I am sorry that your self-esteem has taken a hit, that what you want to do as an artist growing up was not developed or valued, but you do have worth. Your time and talent account for a lot. Yes, there are pretty beads and beautiful artist made components out there, but you matter too. Treat yourself as if you do and the world will start to follow suit, I guarantee it!
Thank you for sharing your insights and for the reminder that we need to value what we create. I didn't have time to download Brandi's ebook but I will do it now!
Enjoy the day!
- April 25, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Marian Hertzog said...
Thanks for sharing this. Pricing is difficult to do. It also seems that it makes a difference where you are trying to sell. Glad you are learning and getting confidence in your work. Your pieces are awesome!
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Garry Wills
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The marketplace Greek of the New Testament - koiné ('common denominator') Greek - is not elegant. . . . In koiné, as in any pidgin language, niceties tend to be lost. Words arc strung together, often without connectives, to get across a basic meaning. Most of the gospels are written in this basic language. . . . Sentences sometimes fumble clumsily at meaning. 'What to me and to you, woman?' says Jesus to his mother (Jn 2.4).
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Wills, a Greek scholar, points out that koiné Greek, a legacy of Alexander the Great, was the dominant trade language in the Mediterranean basin during Jesus's era, much like Swahili was in colonial Africa: a simplified or pidgin language used for buying and selling across language groups, and much cruder than has been rendered in early and modern New Testament translations, where Christian tradition has been to clean up the poor grammar, and to add nuance and meaning that cannot be found in the text.
Wills brings out the radical and difficult standards Jesus desired of humans: To love one another; to give up your worldly possessions and follow him; to render what is Caesar's unto Caesar, to turn the other cheek; that the meek shall inherit the earth; and so on. He argues that the organized Christian church in its bewilderingly many manifestations is difficult to find in the words and actions of Jesus.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Big Brother Is Watching
Funny how that works. We make mistakes, feel guilt, remorse, face consequences… And sooner or later we let ourselves off the hook for the majority of things we do. We move on.
Is it really forgiveness, or self delusion? Is it that we let go of our mistakes, or that we convince ourselves we aren't such a bad person, until the next time, when we drag out the mental checklist for all similar failures?
The reason I got thinking about this is that I somehow manage to turn off the part of my mind that should seriously think about who's reading my blog and what I produce online. No matter how many times I get a bizarre email or have someone I meet at a convention comment about something on my blog, I am legitimately surprised and a bit unnerved every time.
Like, why exactly do you read my blog? That's my first question…
Now, part of the reason I got thinking about this is because an Ontario newspaper recently ran an article about me. They interviewed me for it, so I knew it was coming, but it never even occurred to me – not for one single second – that people I knew and had lost touch with years ago would look me up and get in touch.
I mean, how dumb can I be?
It's been really cool to hear from people. I learned I have a distant cousin teaching at the University of Edinburgh, and he's also an author. I'm hearing who married whom and who has kids and what people are doing.
However, having people show up out of the woodwork isn't always a good thing. And you don't know who's reading your blog all the time, and if the consequences of that might be devastating.
I could cite two specific examples from the past week alone. In one case, a person losing their job. In another, a person losing a customer. Both over blog posts.
I know who a lot of the hits on my blog come from. The odd time I get a biting anonymous comment I usually have a laugh about it, because I can just check the hits, correspond the times, and nine times out of ten I know who the person is.
That said, there are some hits on my blog that I can't track to a person I know. And because I don't know who's reading, I never know how my posts might be interpreted, or misinterpreted.
No matter how clear you think you're being, there is always the risk of being misunderstood. I can cite no better relevant example right now than this ridiculous post, asserting Rebus is only in the final Rebus novel until page 175. The mistaken assertion comes with a reference to this article in the Daily Mirror which is quite clear on the fact that Rebus gets booted from the police department on page 175… Not the book.
I had a good laugh over it, but it reminds me that no matter how obvious you think the meaning behind your words is, someone can always misunderstand.
Sometimes I think the only reason I can continue the blog etc. is because I'm able to mentally turn off the fear about who's reading. Last July I had the most embarrassing revelation about one reader, and I wanted to crawl under a rock. Somehow, I got over it, only to learn about someone else reading, who also made me blush.
Now, I've had this compounded with a phone call from my sister yesterday, in which I learned she's been reading my blog.
Which officially means everything I say on here can come back to haunt me. I know, I know… I should have known that already, but as I've already repeated, I suppress that.
Well, today I got out the sticky tack and posted a note above my computer: Big Brother is Watching You.
And big sister, and former neighbour, and authors you talk about, and a former employer, and your husband…
I have done an extensive ezine update over at In For Questioning, with news about the latest Demolition, Thuglit and Hardluck Stories issues to hit the internet.
And now, a BSP Alert
Mouth Full of Bullets has published Play To Win by Kevin R. Einarson, What Every Guy Wants by me, and a feature interview with me.
Plus, James Goodman has posted his review of SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES on his blog.
And as though that's not enough, there's a review of SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES on Fantasy Bookspot. Here's a snippit:
Suspicious Circumstances is the third great debut from January that I read. Its a compelling read that makes me wish it wasn't a debut just so I could go out and buy her other books, but sadly it is a debut and there aren't more books for me to rush out and buy. I'm tempted to become like an impatient child in the backseat of the car on a long road trip and send "are we there yet" type emails to Ruttan, Sakey & Chercover every day that say "Are you done yet, are you done yet."
This book has two big strengths going for it: its characters and the twists in the plot.
The two main characters Ty and Lara have an easy chemistry between them. At one point a minor character says that the two of them have sexual chemistry. I'm not too sure if that's the case though. Not yet anyway, if these characters are used again in future novels it could develop into that. They do have an ease and comfort around each other. Their dialogue is filled with banter that rings true and brings out other facets of their personalities. Almost all of the characters are developed through dialogue which is one of the most natural and realistic ways for an author to develop a character. They really are great together and I hope to see at least one more book with the paring. To Ruttan's credit also she lets their relationship unfold naturally and doesn't rush them into situations where they might kiss, hug, sleep together or have a touch that lingers just a second too long. Their personalities click in many ways before they even slightly suspect or begin to admit to themselves that there is chemistry there.
The simple premise of the plot and Lara and Ty's subsequent investigation is a first cut that strikes deep. It exposes a conspiracy of corruption that extends further then anyone thought was possible. Ruttan proves to be very adept at twisting the plot and yanking the rug out from under her characters with the continuous revealing of information. The reveals in this book are like a popcorn machine. They start off slow then very quickly speed up to maintain a relentless pace that rarely falters and never lets up.
It's a very thoughtful, balanced review, with some interesting points. And I have to say, "YEAH! Somebody got what I wanted to do with this book, with letting the dialogue develop the character."
As to the question, well, at this time I can't say when another book by me will be out. But I have turned a new manuscript over to my agent.
10 comments:
- Vincent said...
Coincidentally, I've been having those same Big Brother thoughts recently. The other week my blog stats revealed someone had reached my page searching for the name of a friend and then done a trawl of the whole thing for references to them.
Naturally, I told my friend and they were a little freaked out by this, but perhaps not quite as freaked out as when I pointed out that a more obvious result of searching the internet for their name would turn up the location of their office and phone number.
That reminded me of the responsibility that comes with writing about other people, but it also highlighted the fact that there was also an awful lot of information about me on there if people wanted to find it. As you pointed out, that brings with it both the good and the bad, but everything has downsides and the bad in this case is probably outweighed by the good that can come from having a public profile.
- 3:43 a.m.
Congrats on finishing the manuscript, Sandra. And just so you know, I read your blog because you are wonderfully, refreshingly, and plain-speakingly opinionated.
And even right once in a while, too!
- 5:05 a.m.
- Christa M. Miller said...
My mother reads my blog, and I'm sure something I say there will come back to haunt me. Oh wait - it already did. She diagnosed me with postpartum depression. (Mind you, she hardly ever gets to see me IRL. And no, she isn't a licensed professional.)
Point is, I know it's going to happen. She's been using stuff against me for so long that I've come to accept it's a cross I have to bear, because I can't control what she thinks. On the other hand, it stinks that I can't just speak my mind - say, about the way my upbringing shaped my writing life. Oh well.
FTR, I read your blog because it's just interesting. I love the way you get me thinking about things. Even if I can't always develop a coherent opinion ;) I do very much enjoy reading.
- 8:01 a.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Vincent, I keep telling myself the good outweighs the bad. You're probably right. Freaky situation about your friend, though.
Jersey Jack, once in a while right? LOL! You make a very welcome cheeky addition to the commenters here! And I know who you are...
Christa, it's rather awkward when family reads the blog, isn't it? I don't mind my husband at all - there's nothing I say here I wouldn't say to him. But with your mother it sounds a bit like having your diary found.
I like reading blogs because I get to know people and see how they think. Which is all helpful when you're developing characters, some of whom hold radically different opinions from your own. But really, it just gives me a chance to get to know people, since so few of us spent time IRL together and writing is isolating.
- 12:32 p.m.
- Steve Allan said...
Somebody's been reading the Blog Project stories...
I have to tell you that I read your blog for something to do while I watch you through your windows. Hi!
- 12:54 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Yeah, I read the Blog Project Story about who's reading...
And now that I know it's you Steve I'll let the dogs out. ;)
- 12:58 p.m.
THankfully I don't have any family members reading my blog (there are advantages to people not being computer literate), but I am aware of things came back to haunt me, which is kind of why i feel my voice is strangled a bit. I can't just let loose. It's something I want to change, but too tired at the moment with the full time job so it's a moot point.
- 3:20 p.m.
- Erik Ivan James said...
~laughing~ You are so correct about "who's watching?", Sandra. Someone where I work came across my blog and identified it as mine because of the "Bug Tails" I have there about my dog Bug. Now, guess what of my writings have been circulating around the office? They sure as hell aren't my writings about the dog!
- 6:02 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Amra, I can think of a few of your posts you wouldn't want your family to read! LOL! Lucky you that they aren't active online.
Erik, it took me ten minutes to stop laughing and crying... Poor you. Or maybe lucky you, depending. ;)
- 7:53 p.m.
- Trace said...
Excellent review, Sandra. And very well deserved.
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A recent study concluded that "if most new moms would breastfeed their babies for the first six months of life, it would save nearly 1,000 lives and billions of dollars each year."
Here's a link to the CNN article about the study:
This is important information! The study shows that breastfeeding actually saves lives.
The sad thing is how few mothers actually breastfeed their babies for the minimum recommended first 6 months of life. This is recommended by the World Health Organization, the Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
"A 2009 breastfeeding report card from the CDC found that only 74 percent of women start breastfeeding, only 33 percent were still exclusively breastfeeding at three months and only 14 percent were still exclusively breastfeeding at six months."
Why are breastfeeding numbers so low? The article states that mothers "receive mixed messages and often lack support from the moment their babies are born." The articles also says that mothers are not to blame, and that we need improvements in maternity care to give mothers adequate breastfeeding information and support.
One thing I run into when I post and talk about breastfeeding is that women often feel guilty if for whatever reason they did not breastfeed their baby. The guilt turns to defensiveness and seems to only build barriers in trying to communicate the amazing benefits of breastfeeding. I really feel that breastfeeding advocates (including myself) are not trying to hurt anyone's feelings or give anyone a guilt trip. We are really trying to educate mothers, fathers and their families and friends about the importance of breastfeeding.
There is a really good editorial blog post about this issue on the Public Health Doula blog:
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The one compensation of spending winter in the Cape is that it's whale-watching season.
While us mere mortals are freezing our bits off on shore, the southern leviathans are wending their way up the coast from their icy feeding grounds in Antarctica for a five-month-long annual summer holiday and the pleasure of basking in warmer climes.
The shelter provided by the region's stunning bays make them perfect for all of those usual vacation activities too – courting, mating and, a year later, calving and nursing their young ones – while providing human voyeurs with the 'ooh' and 'aah' factor as they often come in really close to shore.
And so it was that my beloved and I thought we'd take advantage of an offer to stay for the weekend at the beach house belonging to our friends in the Northern Suburbs, situated in the fishing town of Gansbaai (Goose Bay in English). Or, to be more precise, in a residential area just outside of Gansbaai known as De Kelders, or 'the cellars' due to its dripstone caves made of sandstone.
Luckily, De Kelders also happens to be one of the best areas in the Walker Bay area to go cetacean-spotting – despite the hype surrounding its affluent and, it must be said, charming, neighbour, Hermanus. So much so, in fact, that it's actually the site of an old whaling station and still has the lookout platform to prove it.
Thankfully though, whales are a protected species in South Africa these days and the whalers' descendants have now either become fishermen or opt to take tourists out in boats to view the majestic creatures that they would once have shot and sold for blubber.
So, while perhaps a tad overenthusiastic as it's still really early in the whale-watching season – generally June until December – we thought we'd give it a go anyway and see what happened.
Although dismissed as abject nonsense by my beloved, I have subsequently learned on great authority (a book I read in a restaurant) that there is actually no point in even trying such ventures, however, until the Southern Cross constellation (the one displayed on the Australian and New Zealand flags) is high in the sky and Orion and Scorpio can be seen together.
These cosmic movements, somewhat romantically I thought despite the cynics, apparently signal, and may even drive, the return of the whales each year, which is all really useful information if you happen to be a star-gazer.
If you don't though, probably just looking at the weather forecast, or even out of the window, would help. We left Stellenbosch for the one-and-a-half hour journey to Gansbaai in the teeming rain on Saturday morning, which willfully chose not to abate all day, or night. Sunday, however, was a different story altogether.
On waking up to a lovely, bright, sunshiney day, we decided to take a walk along the cliffs and, fortuitously, ended up at the nearby 'Coffee on the Rocks' cafe/restaurant, just before lunch.
It's a fab place – not only does it offer a French-style lunch menu (by which I mean a limited but beautifully-cooked choice based on whatever the chef fancies whipping up that day), but it also has a delightful balcony overlooking the bay, which offers a perfect viewing spot for marine creatures of all types.
Apparently on a good day, you can see everything from dolphins and whales to the odd great white shark, although they tend to lurk further up the coast waiting to rip some unsuspecting surfer's leg off or, alternatively, to sample the all-you-can-eat buffet at Geyser Island, where 50,000 Cape Fur Seals hang out and breed – whichever is most convenient.
In fact, Gansbaai now brands itself the great white shark capital of the world and even offers the bizarre sport of cage-diving so that those adventurous and/or foolhardy enough to want to give it a shot can get to see them up close.
So anyway, as we tucked into our Asian-style sticky spare ribs (me) and pork belly (my beloved), we were hopeful of a sighting, not least because the owners' son who served us, mentioned that, only that morning, he'd seen a Bryde's whale, named after the Norwegian entrepreneur, Johan Bryde, who helped set up the first whaling station in Durban in 1908.
But sadly, it was not to be. Much to our disappointment, there was not so much as a swift breach, or even a white, lumpy callosite, to be seen. As a result, we decided to go fynbos-hunting instead.
Fynbos, for the uninitiated, is the shrubland vegetation that grows in only a limited area of the Western Cape's coastal belt from Clanwilliam in the west to Port Elizabeth in the southeast. So not only is it quite rare, but the biodiversity of flora covered by the term is amazing – apparently it makes up half of the African subcontinent's entire plant species.
To put that statement into even more perspective, Table Mountain in Cape Town plays host to 2,200 or so different types of fynbos alone, which is more than all of the plant species found in the UK put together.
Of the more than 9,000 varieties that you're likely to see in the country overall, however, the most well-known are probably the protea, South Africa's national flower, and the rooibos, which is used to make a bush tea extolled for its anti-oxidant virtues. But a huge 6,200 simply can't be found anywhere else in the world.
The fear, though, is that due to creeping urban and agricultural expansion and the invasive spread of alien species such as Australia's acacia trees which, in some cases, were planted to stabilise sand dunes, fynbos areas are now coming under increasing threat.
A number of species have already become extinct and more than 1,000 are endangered, which has led to the creation of a number of reserves such as the one we picked through in De Kelders on our way to the cliff edge to see what we could find.
While any attempts at whale-spotting this time were no more successful than the last, at least we got to spend a few minutes basking in the sun in an increasingly scarce terrain where less is definitely more….


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Constant Come Back
After a quick Southern California trip to see my grandparents, we arrived safely (puppy and all) in the home valley. It's colder than I thought it would be, but just as pretty as always. We're looking after friend's dogs in a house perched on top of a mountain while finishing up work. As the copy work dwindles for the holiday and the novel work begins again, I'm watching a German Shepherd, a Catahoula Cur, and a much-fiestier-than-she-looks pug try and play nice by sharing bones and patrolling the grounds together. The fine and difficult art of sharing time and space with other animals. Oh the complexities of building a new society. Oh the homes we make out of rocks and dust.
Everyone is going home. Or so it seems on the interwebs. I like that. A returning. A coming back to each other. A brief pause in the middle of all our private and political disasters. I always think of one of my favorite Robert Hass poems, "Faint Music," where the ending opens up so beautifully. "I had the idea that the world's so full of pain/it must sometimes make a kind of singing./ And that the sequence helps, as much as the order./ First an ego, and then pain, and then the singing." Now, we get to sing.
I'm looking for Thanksgiving poems to share at the table on Thursday. My non-believer way of saying thank you, my little atheist prayers.
(Some people have home teams, I have home trees. This is my most cherished tree-teacher. "Good things come in trees." I know the California state tree is the redwood, but sometimes I think it should be the oak.)
(From the top of the Corridor Ridge trail where I came with my labrador when I was little, we walked in the late afternoon. This time, with my new favorite dog by my side.)
(Who says we don't have seasons in California? This is what we call the Sonoma "color.")
I think of the coming back we do to our roots and of Kay Ryan's "A Certain Kind of Eden," with the lines: "Even the one vine that tendrils out alone/ in time turns on its own impulse,/twisting back down its upward course/ a strong and then a stronger rope,/ the greenest saddest strongest/ kind of hope."
What needy things we are. What greedy things. How generous of the earth to put up with our endless coming home, our own weird gravity of belonging somehow, somewhere, to some part of the forgiving land, we unwittingly try and call our own.
3 comments:
- james claffey said...
wonderful images of the world. yes, the late-evening dog walks in carpinteria have been graced by splendid sunsets and the glorious channel islands in the distance. owls, hawks, lone coyotes.
- Andrea (Andee) Beltran said...
I agree with James on the incredible images.
Your post is my favorite read this morning. Thank you.
Best wishes for a warm and happy Thanksgiving!
- Dale Wilsey Jr. said...
Your posts always seem to bring a certain warmth to heart. I love those words from Hass. And the term "little atheist prayer" just entered into my vocabulary.
I cannot wait to walk through such beautiful sites on my own feet. I've begun planning a journey to the West.
Eagerly awaiting the novel as well.
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Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, [1899], at sacred-texts.com
A young girl goes to service at an old castle with the Black Lady, who warns her not to look through the window. The Black Lady goes out. The girl gets bored, looks through the window, and sees the Black Lady playing cards with the devil. She falls down frightened. The Black Lady comes in and asks her what she has seen. 'Nothing saw I; nought can I say. Leave me alone; I am weary of my life.' The Black Lady beats her, and asks her again, What saw you through the window?' 'Nothing saw I,' etc. The girl runs off and meets a keeper, who takes her home, and after some years marries her. She has a child, and is bedded. Enter the Black Lady. 'What saw you through the window?' 'Nothing saw I,' etc. The Black Lady takes the child, dashes its brains out, and exit. Enter the husband. The wife offers no explanation, and the husband wants to burn her, but his mother intercedes and saves her this time. But the same thing happens again, and the husband makes a fire. As she is being brought to the stake, the Black Lady comes. 'What saw you through the window?' 'Nothing saw I,' etc. 'Take her and burn her,' says the Black Lady. They fasten her up, and bring a light. The same question, the same answer. The Black Lady sees that she is secret, so gives her back her .two children, and leaves her in peace.
A story of the 'Forbidden Room' type (cf. Clouston, i. 198-205). An incomplete Italian variant is cited there; much closer parallels are
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It looks like I'm ascending to a place, where the madness is my equal and where reality is my friend. Please don't speak too loud, I'm trying to understand, the noise is to much. I need peace please, anyone can make a picture for me, I'm needing some color now, please wake up, and stop with that annoying noise, your dreams are too loud. That one are showing a sea, a revolt sea, and in the sky, over me is a big storm. We can see only the waves, huge waves, and in a small place, there is a boat already inside the wave, and looks like the wave will swallow him, like a fly, but suddenly the colors start to melt, and slowly all the picture was dissolved in a desert, where small fishes was flying around a bush. I looked better to the new picture, and I could see gaps, like blank spaces, that doesn't exist in a continuous time, like only exist in a small compass through time. Nevertheless, I start seeing a caravan with camels in my direction. Then I start to see other distinct aspects in that image, like the colors of the tissues, that cover the camel. The silver, and the incense on baskets suspended beside the camels. Another nice sensation was, the smell of spices that gradually arrived with the caravan, and gradually start to be more stronger to my nose, and when the caravan are passing through me, I had the felling of being a ghost, and like a ghost I start to disappear, I start to go back again. The noise gradually began to return with a louder volume, it looks like I was listening radio, after this thought, in seconds my eyes look to the place where the radio was, and I started to listen a story about two different minds. One of them was a small mind, this one just worked in particular and detail information, having the answers for questions inside the big question.
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