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Is It My Horse Or Is It Me?
Why won't my horse stand still while I mount?
By AQHA Professional Horsemen Bob Jeffreys and Suzanne Sheppard in America's Horse | May 28, 2012
Time spent with horses can be inspiring and stress relieving … most of the time. But, like with any relationship, things don't always go smoothly. When there's a problem, it's important to understand why the horse is doing what he's doing so we can develop a specific, effective solution. Sometimes the cause lies within the horse, other times within the human. Often it's a combination. Here's one reader's dilemma:
Dear Bob & Suz,
I trust my mare completely, and we've ridden a lot of trails together over the years. The only problem we have is mounting. About a year ago, she began to fidget and move around when I got on. She's not trying to be mean, she just keeps moving away. Sometimes I almost fall down. What should I do?
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Let's begin by examining some possible causes:
- Pain – A sore back, poor saddle fit, a rib popped out of place, spine issues, etc.
- Hasn't been taught – Maybe no one ever taught this horse to stand quietly until the rider is securely mounted up.
- "I don't want to" – If the horse has a poor work ethic or doesn't enjoy her job, then she may be avoiding being ridden.
- Rider error – the rider might be accidentally poking the horse with her toe when she puts her foot in the stirrup, pulling back on the reins as she gets on, or landing on the horse's back abruptly and heavily.
- Distraction – The other horses at the barn may have been running around in the paddocks nearby, or perhaps they were all getting fed and this mare was so busy thinking about her grain that she wasn't paying attention to her rider.
We contacted Mary and invited her to the ranch so we could help. We found that, in this particular case, the rider had unknowingly created the problem. Over the years, Mary had gained about 100 pounds and developed bad arthritis in both knees, so it took a long time and a lot of effort to mount. She'd grab the horn and the cantle and pull herself up, putting a lot of pressure on the withers. The horse wasn't misbehaving when she moved away; she was trying to let her human buddy know that it hurt.
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Mary needed to find a more efficient, less awkward way to mount. The solution: some training and a three-step mounting block. We desensitized her mare to this new piece of equipment, and then mounted and dismounted repeatedly in a light, efficient manner, until the horse no longer anticipated discomfort. Then we taught Mary how to mount properly without pulling on the horn, but instead holding onto the mane and rein with her left hand (to protect the horse's back, and so that if the saddle slipped, she still had something steady to hang on to), and the cantle with her right. She learned to land lightly and to ask her horse to wait until she was organized and ready to move. Soon, both Mary and her mare were enjoying their trail rides again.


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L. Neil Smith's
Number 330, July 31, 2005
"For THIS we survived Auschwitz?"
Send Letters to email@example.com
Letter from Kitty Antonik Wakfer
The "Magic Bomb" Theory
Please link through to this in the next TLE, would you?
L. Neil Smith
Dear Mister Ed,
In Jack Duggan's "How To End Jihad Without Really Trying" http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2005/tle329-20050724-03.html
He says some remarkable thingsWhat I took away from it could be summarized thusly:
"The Draft is Bad."
"Abortion is bad."
"Homosexuality is bad."
"Modern Pop Culture is bad, perhaps Satanist."
"Diversity is bad."
"Black Jack Pershing was good because he was extremely brutal." (Note, no sign of whether the "terrorists" he had slaughtered and defiled were *actually found guilty* of anything before being killed.)
"So we should [bomb? nuke?] Mecca."
I started out liking what Duggan had to say rethe 13th Amendment and the elites versus the rest of usBut then Duggan proceeds to "swallow the kool-aid" of the idiotic "good guys versus bad guys" mentality of the neo-con war propaganda.
How about this for a way to End the Jihad:
A) Every American every where can carry any weapon they want at any time, no permission needed (Even an Eskimo lesbian doctor who performs abortions in San Francisco).
B) Leave everyone else on the planet alone to mind their own business.
I guarantee in 20 years, the jihad against America would be as dim a memory as Clay Aikin.
As for the idiotic "Culture War" meme that underlies most of the 3-card Monty game of power in this countrythe Libertarian answer is simple.
If you want a community with conservative Christian values (no "Diversity", gay people or abortions) then go build one and leave everyone else alone. In time the facts will tell us which one works the best.
Ah, but then the Christian Right and the Progressive Left wouldn't have any fear to market to drive their political agendas.
Take the red pill.
Jay P Hailey
Re: "Letter from Pamela Maltzman"
> Re: "A New Libertarian Paradigm For Making Montana Free; A Libertarian
> Re: "A New Libertarian Paradigm For Making Montana Free; A Libertarian
B-A-R-F? Perhaps, Be-Armed-Ready- andFertile?
> My slightly longer answer is this: You've GOTTA be kidding.
> My slightly longer answer is this: You've GOTTA be kidding.
We're totally serious as we don't wish libertarians to be the 21st Century's version
of the 19th Century's Dodo Bird or Sheep-Eaters.
> Just when I was beginning to think that there were at least a few men out
> Just when I was beginning to think that there were at least a few men out
The article was about generating children and not about sex. Indeed, the piece stressed the importance of adopting children for those unwilling or unable to conceive enough libertarians. BTW, Mormon women in greater Zion have a higher percentage of college degrees than the national average.
You also seem to take an old-fashion (circa 1950's) viewpoint that women
are primarily responsible for child rearing. With libertarians that I know, the
raising of children is an equally shared blessing.
> Now, while I personally was only lukewarm about the idea of reproducing, I
> Now, while I personally was only lukewarm about the idea of reproducing, I
Again, child rearing is a dual responsibity (if married or living with a partner) and not just a female gig. Having many children is not a curse or even a burden to most pronatal groups. Ask any Mormon family in Utah if they think they're sad about having beautiful children around to help out and rapidly expanding their value system.
The average white female in America has a life expectancy of 80 years and
a useful (desirable) "breeding" range between the age of 20 and 40/45. Thus,
a woman's "breeding" years compose only about 25% of life-expectancy. Again,
if this to too great of a burden, the family or single female should consider the
adoption option.
> Besides, as everyone knows, there is no guarantee that children will share
> Besides, as everyone knows, there is no guarantee that children will share
I used the Mormon model because they are the biggest winners in the cultural and ideology wars in the real West. I could have used the Hutterites who now have the highest birthrates in the West and the nation. Their birthrate remains high as they have not yet won the ideology/philosophy debate in Montana as the Mormon's have done in greater Zion (so they can now afford to lower their birthrate).
I must admit, that I have never before heard that having many children "is...not even libertarian..."and I can't seem to locate the source of that belief (it certainly wasn't Thomas Jefferson...at least six children). No one is mandating that libertarians have numerous children. It is only a suggestion, kind of like signing on to the ZAP principle, that may prevent the extinction or at least the increasing irrelevancy of libertarians and our ideas.
Another great thing about the LDS is that they collect data on everything related to
themselves (the winners). The Saints estimate that 91% of children remain Mormon
until they die. That's also a nice percentage for libertarians to emulate. However, even
that positive LDS statistic underestimates the Mormon impact. I've known many ex or
Jack-Mormons that totally trashed Mormons and everything about the Saints. At least
15% of Idaho's IDLP, including the late "libertarian" Larry Fulmer (the father of the LP in
Idaho) are Jack-Mormons. However, all ex-Mormons I know still demonstrate many traditional
LDS values. I'm sure that most libertarian children, of the few that may stray into non-liberty
ideas, will still carry many strongly libertarian values and traits.
> Further, even if you could convince every last semi-libertarian-minded woman
> Further, even if you could convince every last semi-libertarian-minded woman
I really don't think that libertarians are less industrious or poorer than Mormons, Hutterites, or Hmongs (the three greatest procreationist cultures in Montana). Libertarian men will have to change with the times and need, or else end up as a footnote in an anthropological journal of failed societies, just like the extinct Sheep-Eaters.
Part of the problem is urbanization and the East, for people there usually have few
or no children (except Orthodox Jews). In rural Montana, working on a ranch or farm
(at least part-time), children are necessary to have a successful operation. Indeed,
rancher/farmers that don't have many children, often go broke in paying hired-hands.
The paradigm proposed assumes that libertarians will move to Montana (or Idaho and
Wyoming) and live in rural areas where numerous children are needed and appreciated.
> Finally, it's nobody else's business how many children I choose to haveor
> Finally, it's nobody else's business how many children I choose to haveor
Again, there's no mandate in out suggested paradigm to save libertarianism.
It was an attempt to get libertarians to think out of the box and possibly
become winners politically, culturally, and demographically.
> I seem to recall, having read Ayn Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged,
> I seem to recall, having read Ayn Rand's magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged,
I think Galt's Gulchers lived in the real West. People live in the world that they generate, and if an individual, group or culture fails to convert others to their values and is not even generating children at a replacement level (2.1 rate...libertarian have about a 1.3 rate), they are on a one-way road to extinction, and will eventually join the ranks of past failed groups (Sheep-Eaters et al.).
BTW, I'm the parent of ten children (both naturally and by adoption) that are now all adults
and libertarians. During many of my child-rearing years, I was also a single parent. I
never got rich but was never poor, and indeed libertarianism and myself are all the richer for
my efforts.
> Pamela Maltzman
> Pamela Maltzman
I greatly appreciated your LTE. Let the debates begin!
Ben Irvin
Re: "What The Hell To Do Now?", by Alan R. Weiss http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2005/tle329-20050724-08.html
Dear Alan R. Weiss,
I had to chuckle a bit at your challenge to Butler Shaffer re. supplying/suggesting a fix for the current mess of western civilization (The Libertarian Enterprise Number 329, July 24, 2005). He and Lew Rockwell were mildly rebuked by Paul Wakfer this past March for the same type of writingcolumn after column of examples of individual freedom lost through government intervention, but nothing even moderately substantive regarding possible solutions.
Paul (with my editing assistance) is still at work refining the Natural Social Contractthe minimal framework for a self-ordered society operating under the principles of his Social Meta-Needs theory Kitty Antonik Wakfer
Kitty Antonik Wakfer
Minaret of Freedom Institute News Release
Washington, DC (July 28, 2005). Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, president of the Minaret of Freedom Institute (MFI), a Washington, DC area Islamic policy research institute, today hailed the fatwa against terrorism and extremist violence issued by the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA). "For years we have been explaining the reasons that Islam opposes violence against civilians and bemoaning the lack of coverage of the official denunciations of such acts of violence as the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center issued by countless Muslim organizations," Dr. Ahmad stated. "We can only pray that this fatwa issued by a body of recognized scholars in the West will make it clear that Islam is opposed to terrorism," he added.
Dr. Ahmad criticized both inflammatory demagogues who have asserted that Islam promotes violence and Muslim apologists whose defense of Islam as a peaceful religion has given the impression that Muslims try to pretend their religion is pacifist. "The overwhelming concern of the holy book of Islam, the Qur'an," Dr. Ahmad said, "is justice. Killing is prohibited in Islam except as punishment for murder or for terrorism (called hir�bah in Arabic). Even in a state of war, non-combatants are not to be targeted. Islam had a theory of just war before it was developed in the Western world. It is our hope that this denunciation will prevent the seduction of our youth into unIslamic responses to injustices against Muslims."
The Minaret of Freedom Institute (MFI) is dedicated to research and educational efforts regarding Islamic law and Muslim history.
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
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Former Canberra Raiders flyer Kato Ottio knew this could be his only chance to represent his people in a World Cup in front of his people.
That's why he turned down an NRL contract with St George Illawarra and was instead heading to England to play for Widnes in the Super League.
Ottio's brother Ahulo jnr made the revelations while delivering his eulogy in front of thousands of people at Ottio's funeral in Port Moresby on Friday.
The 23-year-old had died of what's believed to be heatstroke on Tuesday, after training with the PNG Hunters.
His former Raiders teammates held a memorial service for him in Canberra on Thursday.
The Dragons offered Ottio a contract, but on the proviso he skip last year's World Cup and instead have surgery on the knee that underwent a reconstruction in 2016.
But Ottio was having none of it. He wanted the rare chance to represent Papua New Guinea in Papua New Guinea in a World Cup.
"I lost count of how many times I practically begged him to take up the Saints' offer and forget the World Cup," an emotional Ahulo jnr said.
"I was like 'My goodness, you are young enough to play three World Cups even before thinking of retiring. Are you on drugs?'
"I even lobbied with mum to talk him out of it when he came for a break and to take up the Saints' offer. All that was in vain.
"His response was with a smile and a giggle, oh that annoying giggle when you're being serious. He said 'Yes bro, that's true but I want to play in front of my people. We don't know when the World Cup will come back to PNG and this was my only chance.'
"Seeing him out there with that band of brothers that were able to pull PNG together as one for a short four weeks was something nobody could put a dollar amount to. I'm proud and happy that after all he did what he did and played for his country in the World Cup."
David Polkinghorne covers the Canberra Raiders, local rugby league, Canberra Cavalry, racing and cycling, along with every other sport, for The Canberra Times.


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This is impossible to answer, of course, but I think she would approve, or at least not disapprove.
When Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney, heroine and hero of Northanger Abbey, go out walking with Henry's sister, they have the following conversation about the Gothic novels of the day:
They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
"I never look at it," said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, "without thinking of the south of France."
"You have been abroad then?" said Henry, a little surprised.
"Oh! No, I only mean what I have read about. It always puts me in mind of the country that Emily and her father travelled through, in The Mysteries of Udolpho. But you never read novels, I dare say?"
"Why not?"
"Because they are not clever enough for you — gentlemen read better books."
"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. I have read all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could not lay down again; I remember finishing it in two days — my hair standing on end the whole time."
"Yes," added Miss Tilney, "and I remember that you undertook to read it aloud to me, and that when I was called away for only five minutes to answer a note, instead of waiting for me, you took the volume into the Hermitage Walk, and I was obliged to stay till you had finished it."
"Thank you, Eleanor — a most honourable testimony. You see, Miss Morland, the injustice of your suspicions. Here was I, in my eagerness to get on, refusing to wait only five minutes for my sister, breaking the promise I had made of reading it aloud, and keeping her in suspense at a most interesting part, by running away with the volume, which, you are to observe, was her own, particularly her own. I am proud when I reflect on it, and I think it must establish me in your good opinion."
"I am very glad to hear it indeed, and now I shall never be ashamed of liking Udolpho myself. But I really thought before, young men despised novels amazingly."
"It is amazingly; it may well suggest amazement if they do — for they read nearly as many as women. I myself have read hundreds and hundreds. Do not imagine that you can cope with me in a knowledge of Julias and Louisas. If we proceed to particulars, and engage in the never–ceasing inquiry of 'Have you read this?' and 'Have you read that?' I shall soon leave you as far behind me as — what shall I say? — I want an appropriate simile. — as far as your friend Emily herself left poor Valancourt when she went with her aunt into Italy.
In Mr Darcy, Vampyre, Elizabeth and Darcy go on their wedding tour and take much the same route that Emily took in The Mysteries of Udolpho, through France, over the Alps and on into Italy. And that's when things really start to get Gothic . . .
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One thing that I absolutely loved about studying film was the adorable film library. (Perhaps I shouldn't write in the past sense, but there is an entire summer between me and my dear film books.) Being a film nerd like me in this situation, I almost feels like Eve getting banned from the Garden of Eden. But of course she was always welcome back in the autumn - in exchange for life long education loans. Or should I check the Bible one more time?
The most wonderful thing about the library though, was their constant literature clean-outs - there were always some cool film book you just have to have, for just 20 SEK each.
...that's $2.50 for those of you who don't care about world economy. Jesus, you really should keep track on the Swedish currency. We almost took over the Earth once - but Charles XII was killed by a button and messed up everything. But don't feel safe just yet - in about a week there is a Swedish royal wedding, and new plans for taking over the planet will be presented...
Where was I? Oh yeah, film books. The last day of school this spring I bought a book I can't believe I didn't already own, since the title is just awesome. It's Stanley Cavell's Pursuit of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage. I have just started to read it, but it is really refreshing to read some serious analyses of the, at the time and to a large extent still, most popular film genre Hollywood had to offer.
One common explanation for the popularity of this genre and its (very often) filthy rich protagonists, is the fact that the poor Depression era audiences wanted to satisfy their need for extravaganza by eye balling Ginger Rogers' feather gowns. (So called "fairy tales of the Depression".) Cavell offers another explanation, which I find a little more realistic and not as degrading as the first one, namely that the story wouldn't work in a regular Depression era life. The characters have to be able to afford to make drama about their relationship status, wonder who is the right one, whether they should marry/re-marry, etc. etc. The genre wasn't about standing in a bread queue or trying to find a job to support your family.
Well, Cavell puts it a little more delicately, of course.
He also points out some interesting similarities between the "Hollywood comedies of remarriage" and Shakespeare's dramas - and that is quite the different era, telling us that certain themes obviously are popular throughout the ages. One similarity is the importance of the father/daughter relationship. In Shakespeare's works the father stands for the education of the daughter, as well as being the protector of her virginity. In the Hollywood films, take The Lady Eve (1941) for instance, the father often has the same function, although the virginity at stake is rather a psychological than physical one.
And of course, there are extensive "close readings" (a chapter each) of the following films. In short, 20 SEK for this book seems like quite the bargain, in my opinion. But of course, one can always watch films just because you enjoy them, without analyzing the celluloid out of them.
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Graduating students in the class of 2010 selected a student activities staff member and an organic chemistry professor as most inspirational staff and faculty at Seattle University.
Renata Opoczynski, assistant director of student activities in Student Development, and Joseph Langenhan, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science & Engineering, both say it's a huge honor, particularly because the honor comes from students.
In 2006 Opoczynski joined SU, working with clubs, the Dance Marathon fundraiser and the Student Events and Activities Council (SEAC). In October 2008, she switched to her current role, working with the Associated Students of Seattle University (ASSU), the desk of the Campus Assistance Center (CAC) and once again, the Dance Marathon, which this year raised more than $20,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital. "In these roles, I work directly with student leaders and have one-on-one meetings with many of them weekly," Opoczynski says. "I was extremely humbled by the award because the students we have here at SU are amazing. Every day they inspire and impress me anew. The award means the most to me because the students are why I do what I do."
Langenhan just finished his fifth year at the university. He mentors undergraduate research students and teaches predominantly organic chemistry (both lecture and laboratory courses), a subject he says is often more widely feared than loved. Students can excel in the subject, he says, through his learner-centered model that requires more active participation and engagement on the part of students.
"I was delighted to receive this award," Langenhan says. "I can think of no greater honor as a professor than to be nominated for such an award by my students."


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TUJUNGA — The game-winning run was scored in the bottom half of the fifth inning, but Jewel City Elks Coach Phillip Palmer will tell you his team's 8-7 win at Tujunga Little League Fields Thursday was made possible by a defensive play made in the top half.
Trailing by two runs against the Vaquero Dodgers in the Tri-Cities District 16 Minor Baseball Tournament of Champions, the Elks were looking at possibly giving up more than just the insurance run already given up on a walk, as the Dodgers still had the bases loaded with two outs.
Looking to put the game away, Vaquero Nate Rangel stepped up to plate and hit the ball sharply to second base where Steven Rovira made a diving catch to end the inning, preventing any more damage and giving the offense a final at-bat to win it.


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Scenario: You have an alto in your chorus class who talks too much and doesn't stop.
Here are a couple of ideas on how to handle it:
Overall most important factor: Mutual respect that starts with you. You are the adult. If they sense you don't respect them or that you simply expect respect because you are an adult, you will lose them. We have to be the leaders in the mututal respect circle. It is KEY to our success as classroom managers. If we don't model respect for the students, then none of the solutions I've written below will help.
1) When they are talking, simply stand in front of them and wait. Watch the talkers. ...Careful not to use the evil eye...Just watch and wait. Don't complain. Don't call their names. Don't humiliate or embarrass....simply watch. Usually, other students will "shush" them as you wait. The positive peer pressure is helpful.
2) As you watch them, you should be documenting in your head exactly what is occurring. Who is talking? Where are the real issues? When class is over, write down exactly what you saw. "Jenny was turned around in her seat talking to Elizabeth while I was teaching. When I stopped to wait for her to stop talking, it took 30 seconds"...for example. Unemotional documenting...Just the facts. Avoid things like "She is disrespectful and rude." Be specific.
3) Once you've gathered two or three specific non-emotional descriptions, pull Jenny aside. When you pull her aside, do not make it a big deal about the fact that you are going to talk to Jenny by saying in front of the whole class "Jenny, I need to see you after class". This will not set you up for success. Instead, it will pit you against Jenny AND the class as a whole. You should discreetly ask her to stay after. Then, read the unemotional, clear descriptions to her. "Jenny, these are some behaviors I've observed from you...." Tell her it's not ok and that we need to find a solution together. Tell her that her class participation grade has been lowered, and tell her that you are hopeful to be able to solve the issue with her so that you don't have to contact her parents, so it is important that we find the right solution. "Would you like me to move your seat?", for example? Get her invested in the solution. Then, take the action you've decided upon.
4) If the behavior continues, follow through by contacting the parents. Again, be unemotionally specific when you speak to the parents.
Parents are key. So many teachers skip this step and jump to administrators. This is a bad idea. We must establish relationships first with the student and then with the parent.
Overall, what I've described above is a negative approach, but it is sometimes necessary. More often, I use positive, public recognition in my classroom. For example, when I see a child sitting up straight, listening to every word, I throw a Starburst at the child and thank him publicly for his great posture or his attention. Everyone around him jumps to attention.
Establishing good, positive relationships with your students makes your classroom a much better place for learning.
These are just a few ideas. Over the last year, I have written many more ideas on my blog and recorded classroom management videos on my YouTube Channel. In them, I've tried to relay my philosophies to help other teachers who struggle with classroom management.
Also, my YouTube Channel with Sight Singing tips and Classroom Management ideas:
It takes a while to find our own personal classroom management style, but you can absolutely do it! Be patient and don't beat yourself up when you don't get it right! Just grow from it and move forward!
Dale Duncan
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I loved visiting Bath last year. The city itself is beautiful and filled with old buildings history which are two things to grab attention and make me consider never leaving. The Roman Baths were the main attraction and I mostly remember seeing signs after every step demanding that no one touch the water.
Of course, I never did. Partly because I'm as much as a rebel as the "cool" kid on a Saturday morning cartoon and partly because the water didn't look touchable. It was this minty green and there were exhibits in the museum telling us how many people died in the baths because they'd catch diseases from one another. If this information still has you reaching out to the water, then you have bumped yourself up to being as rebellious as the villain in a Saturday morning cartoon.
I saw countless people dipping their hands in and laughing. I'm sure the water isn't as disease ridden as it used to be, but maybe I was born with a sincere lack of courage. Although, I did drink the water.
There was an area near the gift shop where the water was being filtered through a faucet for people to drink out of. A few girls and myself walked by it only to find one of our professors handing us a paper cup with warm water in it. She said something along the lines of "be daring." Well, as daring as you can be when there's a sign specifically inviting you to do something relatively safe.
I remember the water tasting somewhat like dirt. I can't explain it. It was hot water that someone sprinkled soil into. It was a weird taste and I'm sure I dumped the cup out after one sip. Enough daring adventures for me that day.
Otherwise, it was just a lot of fun walking around the city. I hope I get the chance to go back one day.


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My front yard right now looks horrible. And not just because it is the end of winter.
There are tall dead stalks last year's Russian Sage that didn't get cut down. Last year's Iris shoots didn't get cleaned away in the fall. And not a single leaf that was trapped by the ground cover got thrown away. I got around to pulling out the dead petunia plants that looked so amazing in August, but their sad dead stems are strewn across the front yard grass instead of piled carefully away in a compost heap. Every single time I park my car in the driveway and look over the patch of earth I call mine I shudder with embarrassment.
My mother's garden is spectacular. Not just average, or nice, or pleasant…inspirational. And she works at it. Growing up Saturday was yard work day. She was up before dawn, garden shoes on feet and a wide brimmed hat overhead ready to take on the challenge. I've never seen someone work so hard or sweat so much while turning earth. She and my dad instilled in me (and my sister I assume) not only a love of a beautiful yard, but the extreme value of being able to work hard.
The current state of my front yard makes me feel that I'm not only disappointing my parent by squandering their lessons but also feels like a giant neon sign over my house saying "A lazy woman lives in here" with a big red arrow pointing down.
Which is probably why my first thought at this beautiful 70 degree Denver day is not about bike riding or lemonade sipping or sandal wearing.
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brands I love: missguided
29 March 2014
When am I not lusting after a handful of pieces from missguided?! I decided because of this it was about time I put together a sizeable wishlist post that shows how much I love to shop MG and why!
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26 March 2014
Some of you will be aware that I changed jobs late last year and I couldn't be happier from doing so. I moved because the business I worked for previously was quite a toxic environment for a number of reasons and i'm still so pleased that I moved back to the company where my love affair with the inter-webs began!
Being happy in your job is so important, it shouldn't just be a place where you turn up to get paid. I believe that everyone should enjoy their work.
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25 March 2014
Every now and then I find myself drawn to a theme, rather than a colour or a trend, a word will encourage me to shop for certain things and at the moment that word is love.
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23 March 2014
My hair is looking a little worse for wear so I need to get hold of a good leave in treatment, mask or oil .. anything really that will save me.
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21 March 2014
This sort of in between-y weather makes me want to live in trainers, sweet pastel coloured plimsoles, super-cool hi-top trainers and other lazy trend footwear. I've done a little window shopping on my favourite shoe site again and have come up with a great mix of trainers I would love to have in my spring/summer wardrobe.
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20 March 2014
I'm hosting a giveaway on behalf of MyOptique for the chance to win a fantastic pair of London Retro glasses! This is a great opportunity for one of my lovely readers to get hold of some prescription glasses or sunglasses!
I went for the London Retro glasses called SOHO DK TORT 47 they're well made an fit my head perfectly which is surprising as I have a relatively little head (apparently). I have dubbed these my new at home glasses as it hardly feels like they're on thanks to the large lenses and the lightweight material.
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10 March 2014
I did a little shopping at the weekend and as it's not often I get to town for a shopping trip let alone have time to photograph it I thought that i'd share my purchases.
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6 March 2014
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A Doncaster business is looking to give five deserving people across the borough an Easter treat, and they need your help.
The Jimmy Piggs coffee house, which based at the Tesco supermarket in Edenthorpe, is appealing for Doncaster residents to nominate people across the borough who have contributed to their communities.
There are four hampers full of Easter goodies on offer for those nominated, to the value of up to£100.
Owner of Jimmy Piggs coffee house, James Ball said the giveaway would be a way of giving something back to the community.
The 31-year-old continued: "There's a lot of people out there who do really good work but who might go unnoticed or might be very quiet about the work they do. So the idea is just to reward them and say thank you to them for what they do for their community. You don't have to nominate customers - you should nominate people if you think they deserve it for whatever reason including; personal hardship or because they do a lot for others, or maybe they have been through a tough period in their life, whatever it may be, you nominate them."
Among the goodies in the hamper will be items such as cakes, pies, coffee and a cup and saucer.
Nominations should be made by sending a message detailing the person chosen, the reasons why and their contact details to the Jimmy Piggs coffee house Facebook by April 1. The hampers will be given out on Good Friday(April 3)


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Heat Seeker: UV Fluorescence as a Gemological Tool
By Richard W. Hughes & John L. Emmett
One of the greatest challenges gem dealers and gemologists face today is being able to accurately determine if a stone has been heat treated. While a 100% reliable answer to that question is a job for a major gem lab, there is a simple and inexpensive tool that can often give an important indication.
So what is this miracle tool? We speak of the lowly ultraviolet light.
It wasn't long ago that ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence was considered the poor stepchild of the gem lab, a pint-sized pea shooter when compared with the high-caliber cannons available in modern labs. But with the rising importance of treatment detection, the humble UV lamp is making a comeback.
Many heat-treated rubies and sapphires will display chalky short-wave (SW) fluorescence. This reaction is practically never found in untreated corundums and was first noted by Robert Crowningshield (1966, 1970). It is actually the colorless portions of the stone that fluoresce (a reaction similar to Verneuil synthetic sapphires). Since colorless areas follow the original crystal's growth structure, the fluorescence will follow the same pattern as the gem's color zoning. In addition, other trace elements in corundum may produce fluorescent reactions, from the well-known red glow of ruby to other reactions that are still not completely understood. Many will be illustrated below, both known and unknown.
Show and tell
So how does one go about checking for this reaction? The first step is to obtain a combination LW/SW lamp. You will also need a pair of protective glasses (SW light can burn your eyes with prolonged exposure). A viewing cabinet is also a plus. Finally, you will need a small lens to magnify the stone. Figures 6 –8 show one setup for both viewing and photographing fluorescence.
When observing fluorescence, the idea is to hold the stone with tweezers and bring it as close as possible to the lamp and view it under magnification. Examine the stone from all angles; many times the key chalky areas are confined to tiny portions of the stone.
One of the authors (Hughes, 1997) has suggested a lens be incorporated as an integral part of the viewing cabinet, but sadly instrument manufacturers have yet to produce such a unit.
CaveatsThis test does require a bit of knowledge. If a ruby or sapphire shows a chalky fluorescence in SW, it is probably heat treated. If it is inert, that does not mean it's unheated. Also be careful that the stone is clean. Soap and other chemicals can also produce chalky fluorescence. And while this test is a tool that can be extremely useful, it is not a substitute for a complete gemological examination in a fully-equipped laboratory. Finally, keep the exposure times of corundum to SW fluorescence to a minimum. SW irradiation does create a yellow color center that can alter the color of the gem; even five minutes exposure can do this (see Figure 9). While this color fades with prolonged exposure to daylight, it can turn a blue stone more greenish (not good if it's your stone and you're trying to sell it).
One further caveat concerns a type of chalky green SW fluorescence sometimes seen in natural, untreated blue sapphires (particularly those from Madagascar). The fluorescence tends to be weak, and extremely superficial, being limited to thin layers at the surface. In addition, the fluorescent patches tend to have sharper boundaries than the reaction in heated stones (Figures 10–12).
Breaking down fluorescence
In its most basic sense, fluorescence is the emission of visible energy of a longer wavelength when bombarded by energy of a shorter wavelength. The stimulating energy may be x-rays (x-ray fluorescence), ultraviolet light (UV fluorescence) or even visible light. Ruby provides an excellent example of the latter.
When a ruby is put into daylight, certain electrons are excited to higher orbitals, producing absorption of the corresponding wavelengths. But instead of falling straight back to the ground state, the electrons fall in steps. In most cases, the release of energy from each of those steps is in the form of phonons to the crystal lattice (vibrational heat), and thus invisible to the human eye. But in the case of ruby, some emissions fall into the red (at 692.8 and 694.2 nm). This is what makes ruby so special; not only does it possess a red body color, but that red body color is supercharged by red fluorescence. This is what led the ancients to believe ruby had a fire burning inside.
UV fluorescence can be an extremely sensitive indicator not only of trace impurities, but also the conditions under which the gem formed. Indeed, it is not unusual for fluorescence to be easily seen from strongly-fluorescing ions at concentrations in the range of 0.01 parts-per-million (ppm). For lay people, that's an itsy-bitsy amount, completely beyond the detection limits of all but the most sophisticated and expensive analytical equipment.
Speaking of sapphire
While the red fluorescence of ruby is detailed in many gemological texts (c.f. Hughes, 1997), the cause of the chalky fluorescence has not been covered. Let's take a look at it.
Sapphire generally shows no fluorescence to visible light. But that changes if we expose it to short-wave UV. This is most clearly seen in synthetic colorless sapphire, which displays a bluish white ('chalky') emission in the range of 410–420 nm.
Synthetic sapphire
This blue fluorescence in synthetic sapphire has been observed at least since 1948. While it has been generally ignored in the gemological literature, it has been the subject of numerous scientific papers (c.f. Evans, 1994).
Evans surmised after reviewing the data that the 410–420 nm fluorescent peak was due to Ti4+ charge-transfer transition. That was later confirmed by Wong, et al. (1995a and 1995b). Isolated Ti4+ ions, or Ti–Al vacancy pairs produce this fluorescence.
The Ti4+ charge-transfer transition in corundum is so strong and the efficiency so high that the fluorescence is easily observed by eye at even just 1 ppm Ti4+. Most of the synthetic sapphire in the market contains at least one ppm of Ti4+ from the Al2O3 starting material, if not more, and thus fluoresces. The fluorescence peaks at about 415 nm at very low Ti4+ concentrations, but as the concentration increases, the fluorescent band broadens and the peak shifts to as high as 460 or 480 nm, making the fluorescence appear more greenish-blue or whitish-blue.
Why this chalky fluorescence occurs relates to the growth temperature and Ti4+ concentrations relative to other impurities. In synthetic corundums, the high growth temperatures and high Ti4+ concentrations produce the chalky fluorescence. In certain heat-treated sapphires with low Fe levels (such as those from Sri Lanka), high-temperature heat treatment creates similar conditions to the synthetic. Thus the chalky fluorescence.
Natural sapphire
But what about natural, untreated sapphires? Why don't they fluoresce blue or bluish white? The reason relates to growth temperatures and time. Natural sapphires grow at much lower temperatures, so Ti4+ is much less likely to pair up with Al vacancies.
These lower temperatures also allow easier pairing of Ti4+ with other ions (usually Fe2+ or Mg2+) that prevent fluorescence. Another damper is the presence of Fe3+, which also kills fluorescence. And finally, as the crystal sits in the ground for millions of years, diffusion slowly takes place, allowing the Ti4+ to slowly pair up with other ions, thus killing the fluorescence.
Heat-treated sapphire
Why then, do some heat-treated blue sapphires fluoresce chalky blue to green or white, and what causes the difference in appearance?
When blue (or geuda) sapphires are found in nature, they usually contain exsolved rutile. Titanium is concentrated in these rutile micro-crystals. When the stone is heat treated, the rutile dissolves into the corundum by diffusion, but because diffusion is slow, the local concentration of Ti4+ can be quite high. In the high concentration regions the Ti4+ concentration will exceed the local charge compensators (Fe2+ or Mg2+) and thus free Ti4+ ions will form. In addition, the dissolution of rutile will locally force the creation of some aluminum vacancies and some of the Ti4+–Al vacancy clusters will form. These types will fluoresce and thus some heat-treated sapphire will fluoresce somewhat like synthetic Ti-bearing sapphire. Because the original distribution of rutile (and iron in solution) occurred in zones, the distribution of the fluorescence will reflect that zoning. The fluorescence will be most intense where Fe is lowest and Ti4+ is highest, i.e. in areas of minimal color. The high iron-content basaltic sapphire (such as that from Australia, Thailand, etc.) will not fluoresce after heat treatment, as the iron concentration is much higher than the Ti4+ concentration everywhere.
All of the above is summarized in this table:
The appearance of chalky fluorescence in a corundum depends strongly on both the Ti4+ and Fe3+ concentrations. Considering Ti4+ first, it is important to note that the charge-transfer absorption in the UV per ion is extremely high. If we look at the fluorescence of a piece of synthetic sapphire with several ppm of Ti4+, it seems to glow blue throughout the volume. This is because the total Ti4+ charge-transfer absorption is low enough that the UV photons can penetrate into the bulk of the sample. When the Ti4+ concentration is higher, the fluorescence seems to be coming from a thick layer near the surface because that is as far as the UV photons can penetrate. At high Ti4+ concentrations, only a thin surface layer is penetrated by the UV and the fluorescence appears as a chalky surface layer (see Figures 15 & 16). The charge transfer absorption of Fe3+ is also very high. Thus iron will contribute to limiting the penetration of UV into the sample also. Thus the very different appearance of the fluorescence of some synthetic sapphire and some heat-treated natural sapphire is not a different phenomenon, just a difference in impurity concentration.
One of the authors (JLE) has used a Schott BG-12 filter to heighten the superficial chalky fluorescence often seen in heat-treated ruby. This filter eliminates the red fluorescence and transmits the Ti4+ blue fluorescence (Figure 17).
The traditional gemological versus the laser junkie
While laser junkies focus strongly on the subject of fluorescence of ions in crystals, it is an orphaned topic in gemology. Let's look at the different approaches.
With gemology, fluorescence is typically only visually observed with either LW or SW UV radiation, with the results recorded in terms of just brightness, color, and the presence or absence of phosphorescence.
In the study of ions in crystals, the parameters measured are more extensive. Typically the spectral distribution of the fluorescence is measured, as well as the spectral distribution of the light that can excite that fluorescence (excitation spectrum). In addition, the temporal decay parameters of the fluorescence are measured using a short pulse light source. Sometimes the decay curve is a single exponential indicating a single site or a single ion. Other times the decay curve is a combination of two or more exponentials indicating multiple sites or multiple ions. All of these parameters are often measured as a function of temperature.
Summing up
With UV fluorescence, we have something all too rare in gemology today: an inexpensive test that is as sensitive as even bomb-science level analytical equipment.
Now what does this mean for a gem dealer? With a small UV lamp, one can quickly check potential purchases. Any stones that show a chalky SW fluorescence are most likely heat treated. Total equipment outlay? The lamp alone costs less than $300. Heh, heh, heh, we can already see you smiling.
And for the laboratory gemologist? This technique has been under-appreciated in the gemological community. Fluorescence might provide an avenue to determine if some sapphires have received heat treatment at temperatures lower than those normally used for geuda. But this will require adopting some of the techniques and instrumentation of the laser junkie. While expenditures for such instrumentation are hard to justify without a guarantee of just what may be learned, the increasing need to stay abreast of gemstone treatments requires an expansion of our array of techniques. Sophisticated fluorescence instrumentation is far less expensive than SIMS, LA-ICP-MS or LIBS analysis. Perhaps not quite so sexy (nor nearly as expensive), but when it comes to utility, this still looks like a pretty decent dance partner.
RWH wishes to thank John I. Koivula for his encouragement and suggestions during the writing of this article.
About the authors
Richard Hughes is the author of the classic Ruby & Sapphire and
over 100 articles on various aspects of gemology. His writings can be found on
his personal web site, www.ruby-sapphire.com.
This article came about following RWH's plunge back into serious gemology in January 2005, when he joined the AGTA GTC. While checking the SW fluorescence of a heated sapphire, he decided to call JLE to inquire about the cause of the chalky fluorescence in heated and synthetic sapphires. "Interesting that you should ask," Emmett replied. "I've been doing much thinking about that same subject of late." And so it was that RWH and JLE began sharing thoughts on this subject.
Penned in bits and pieces in the first half of 2005, an edited version appeared in The Guide (Sept.–Oct. 2005, Vol. 24, Issue 5, Part 1, pp. 1, 4–7. Pieces also appeared as part of the AGTA GTC's regular Laboratory Updates.
This page is <http://www.ruby-sapphire.com/beryllium_sapphire.htm>
First posted October 2005; last updated 7 March, 2013


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Having a heart for the house, being committed to the house. When we talk about the house, every church is a house, it's the house of God. And every house has different parents and a different personality. And when we talk about our house, it doesn't mean it has to be the same as everybody else's house. And when we talk about our house and the way God wants to work with us here, it doesn't mean that we're against anywhere else. It just means this is our house. Does that make sense?
So we like to talk about the vision of how God wants to move in your life in our house. When you come to our house, you're welcome. But when you go to anybody's house and yu're visiting, you tend to fit yourself into what they want you to do. They don't find you in the master bedroom crashed out on the bed for a little nap because you're a guest. You don't put your feet up where they don't want you to, you don't go in their fridge if they don't want you to.
And the house of God is a place with priorities and order and authority and goodness. And when we honor the house, we honor God who's building the house. And that allows us to manage many more lives just like you and mine so that we can be successful in leading people to Christ and leading people to grow in Christ. It doesn't matter that you're a babe or a seasoned veteran in Christiniaty–there is a place for you at One Community Church. There's a place for you to fit in and grow. If you're new to Christ, we'll say that you're in diapership. But we believing in you, and we can't wait to see you grow and mature through diapership all the way to discipleship. And there are people all around you that want to be part of that. So I would encourage you to go to our website and view our podcast and come to our sermons because we want you to be a part of One Community Church. Not only that but we want you to become an integral part of what makes things happen here so that many more people like you can come in and find a home and find some rest and find some comfort and find salvation.


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It is natural to think that history (the scholarly discipline not the process) is the art of writing true sentences about human beings in the past tense. There are no doubt historians who would call that sort of description simple-minded, but I think laypeople tacitly accept that such an art is possible. Consider the possibility, however, that human beings can't (technically) be "objects", i.e., that there can't be "true sentences about" them. When writing about people, we must write just sentences in the future tense. That is, all our judgments about people are about what will happen (or, more precisely, what we would have happen), not was has happened.
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9 comments:
- Mette Basbøll said...
The possibilities of such a view are beautiful. The gift of a future that we would give the other; to be just in respect to the possibilities we envision for people, could write the story of a people's process. And perhaps we could leave history to writing itself.
- mongibeddu said...
Wait, so historians should avoid writing about people?
- Thomas Basbøll said...
No, historians should be mindful of their effect on the future of people. They should not dig up the "truth" about the past but instead (as Mette righty puts it) "write the story of a people's process". They should do "justice" to a "a people to come". They should avoid leaving the impression that they have told the truth. It's the wrong criterion. They should participate in the process justly.
- Kirby Olson said...
Thomas, I think this would require knowledge of where you think is the endline (American football image) or a goal line which people should cross, and therefore I think your assessment of history is rather Hegelian.
What would you think, being Danish, of a Kierkegaardian history, in which history was fragments, and anecdotes, and that are subjective, rather than objective, and provide glimpses, rather than a blueprint?
I'm not sure what good such a thing would be, because I think what you want is writing as a guide to some ideal future that is prepared in advance.
What if writing instead were testimonial, or witnessing, of something that we don't pretend to fully understand? Would there be any use in that?
My problem with the history as process idea is that then history would also have to be philosophy, which I think is fine, just so long as it isn't Marxist philosophy.
Locke would do.
If the people were said to be marching Locke-step into some lovely future, then I'd like some historian to write that up, I guess.
- mongibeddu said...
I'm having trouble getting my head around what you're saying, the totality of it understood as a method. But, in any case, it did remind me of this passage from John Dewey's Logic, which I know from an old anthology, The Philosophy of History in Our Time:
"That which is now past was once a living present, just as the now living present is already in course of becoming the past of another present. There is no history except in terms of movement toward some outcome, something taken as an issue, whether it be the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, Negro Slavery in the United States, the Polish question, the Industrial Revolution or Land Tenure. The selection of outcome, of what is taken as the close, determines the selection and organization of subject-matter, due critical control being exercised, of course, with regard to the authenticity of evidential data. But the selection of the end or outcome marks an interest and the interest reaches into the future. It is a sign that the issue is not closed; that the close in question is not existentially final."
--for what it's worth.
- Thomas Basbøll said...
I'm definitely not altogether opposed to a Kierkegaardian-Deweyite historical sensibility. Thanks for the suggestions.
I think Dewey, however, remains too scientifically respectful of historical "data". I'm guessing he sorts the discipline under "science". Though not in a Hegelian sense, of course, he probably also sees philosophical reflection about history as a viable project.
My view (the pangrammatical anschauung): Poetry is to history what philosophy is to the world. Poetry deals with the "data" (which are really captives) of history in their immediacy (institutions) just as philosophy deals with the data of the world in their immediacy (intuitions).
Where philosophers speak of "sense data" (the reality that is given in experience), poets speak of "motive captives" (prisoners of love, if you will, or the ideality that experience is taken with).
Politics is to history what science is to the world, i.e., the right way to approach it.
Pangrammatically, then, there ought to be no "science of history" (just politics), no historical "facts" (just acts), no historical "objects" (just subjects), no "data" (just captives).
My own personal Geneva Convention, if you will.
- mongibeddu said...
And by calling it "Geneva Convention" you situate it within history!
Dilthey would help here. He too is interested in sorting out the different aims, procedures, possibilities, and limitations of philosophy, history, and poetry vis-a-vis experience. He would say, I think, that we are captives of meaning.
"The category of meaning designates the relationship, inherent in life, of parts of a life to the whole. The connections are only established by memory, through which we can survey our past. Here meaning takes the form of comprehending life. We grasp the meaning of a past moment. It is significant for the individual because in it an action or an external event committed him for the future. Or, perhaps, the plan for the future conduct of life was conceived then. It is significant for communal life because the individual intervened in the shaping of mankind and contributed to it with his essential being. In all these and other cases the particular moment gains meaning from its relationship with the whole, from the connection between past and future, between individual and mankind." (Construction of the Historical World, in Selected Writings, ed. and tr. H. P. Rickman)
--again, for what it's worth. These are just splinters of reading stuck in my head, which I pick at as I try to understand your pangrammatical Anschauung.
- Presskorn said...
It strikes me as if you are being attacked from the wrong flank (which does not necessarily imply that you should not be attacked). Quite obviously, the conception of history presented here is not at all Hegelian, but rather somewhat Nietzschian: History is not about the uncovering of truth, but about presenting a politics, of clearing the way for a 'people to come' etc. etc..
And if history is something like what Nietzsche imagined, i.e. a place of forces, random play and politics, then there is indeed a need for something like a pangrammatical 'Geneva convention' of how to treat prisoners of history. That is to say, there is a need for determining the correct Darstellung of history, a manual of how to put history in writing.
The proper pangrammatical attitude (if will allow me to toy a bit with your concept) however strikes me as being equally concerned with justice and determinition. That is, if one had the correct 'Geneva convention' of writing history, one should simply (be able to) say: These are the differitial conditions for writing determinable history.
And also: The proper pangrammatical attitude issues equations like "there is no "science of history" (just politics), no historical "facts" (just acts), no historical "objects" (just subjects), no "data" (just captives).", while it categorically refrains from vague warnings like "historians should be mindful of their effect on the future of people". Right?
- Thomas Basbøll said...
I think Presskorn is right. The "manual" should display the grammatical rules for the construction of proper historical sentences. They will not be evaluated for their scientific correctness (truth) but their (ahem) political correctness (justice).
I should add that most historians, in my opinion, are already much more interested in the political correctness (and incorrectness) of their work than its factual accuracy. But the accumulation of declarative sentences in the past tense that makes up a work of history leaves a different impression.
So, yes, my view is more than just a vague call to "mindfullness". It is a grammatical rule.
Not "It came to pass that ..." but "Let us go now to the ..."
Since it is our orientation towards the future that renders the past significant (Dilthey), it is the future, not the past, we should imagine.
All this is an elaboration of some of the consequences of the basic pangrammatical homologies (object/subject, knowledge/power, science/politics, philosophy/poetry, world/history). I'm always uneasy about it because, strictly followed out, it calls for us to entirely abandon the social sciences and replace them with political projects.
That second step is important. History-as-a-science is to be preferred to a society without any sense of history. I.e., to leaving politics as it is while closing down all the history departments.
One is not at all satisfied with the grammar of our politicians.


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Nestled under, and in front of, the Legian Paradiso Hotel, in the main street of Legian, is Fukutaro. Or to give it it?s politically correct name in the new order; Fukutaro I. No one suggests that this is the best of the chain, that claim usually rests with the more up-market Fukutaro II, at the Kuta Paradiso Hotel in Jln. Kartika Plaza.
The first word that comes to mind, when you slide back the front door of this small restaurant, is clean! Probably the second is cool [from conditioners that quietly work]! A long Sushi bar runs along the left wall, and the front room is full of small tables. Out the back, the more traditional eating rooms [sitting on the floor, of course] exist. The other thing you quickly notice, is the pleasant, non-pushy, greeting from the staff. Hey, I think we might be discovering their secrets already!
What about the food? Quite an enormous menu faces you, but it has been sensibly designed, pictures and all, so that even first-timers are not freaked out! Just don?t stay with those western hang-ups of entrees and mains. As in most Asian cooking, these offerings are all just dishes to be enjoyed, as and when you so desire.
Naturally enough, a large Sushi menu exists. The top of the range is a mixed platter, Shogun, consisting of live lobster, prawn, semi fatty tuna, salmon, tuna maki rolls and a few others. All the different sushi?s are available by the serve [2 pieces]. The choice ranges from the cheap at Rp. 5,000 [Sardines, Snapper, Bonito, King Makeral, Halp Beak, Catfish and Yellow Jack] up to the more exotic. Finest Fatty Tuna at Rp. 55,000 or even Live Lobster at Rp. 66,000! Love it all!
One of my favourite sushi?s is probably the most ordinary of all. Inari Sushi, sushi rice simply stuffed into tofu skin. Your choice of Maki Rolls can be from cucumber, plum, tuna, tuna & chives or slightly fatty tuna. Sashimi can also be ordered in a number of combinations or separately whose varieties also include the more exotic slightly fatty tuna, salmon or live lobster.
You feel like a salad, Japanese style? Well there is a most intriguing Seafood Salad, with what seems to be a bit of everything, or a Gyuniku Tataki [rare roast beef]. One of the first things that cross my mind when I think of Japanese food, is Gyoza. Those wonderful light panfried dumplings with the soy dipping sauce. Here they are perfect!
Ika Nitsuke is squid. A pair of baby squids are cross-sliced and served in a wine-soy sauce. Simple, yet great! You can have a plate of Grilled Prawns or a more traditional Samma [a Pacific Saury fish grilled in salt]. Unagi is freshwater eel! Unagi Kabayaki is just braised eel, whilst Unadon style is braised eel on a bed of rice. Ebi Tempura is a serve of large prawns that have been dipped in that unusual light rice flour batter, and then deep-fried in vegetable oil. Giant Scallops, imported from Japan, are served barbecued.
Chicken dishes start with that old favourite, Yakitori. I believe that Yakitori was once little birds [starlings] on a stick, but practicality has replaced them with chicken. At Fukutaro you can order your Yakitori made from just pure chicken, chicken wings, or a mixed plate of both. Our only serving glitch came with the Yakitori. A normal serve is three sticks. I asked for 4 [for 2 persons], a rather normal request, I would have thought? Their computer cannot handle it! Well, the dumb Systems Analyst didn?t think of it, the real story!
The Chicken Terryaki is a cross-sliced breast of tender chicken, cooked in that tangy terryaki sauce, topped with fried flakes of garlic and served with a few western vegetables [even chips]. This same dish can be had with either beef or pork as well. Chicken Motsuni is a selection of marinated chicken offal, with a sweet soy sauce.
Oyakodon is a mixture of chunks of chicken and onion, covered with a fluffy egg mix and served with a special sweet soy sauce. Omu Rice looks like a traditional western omelette, but it is stuffed with a mixture of fried rice! Don?t forget that this Fukutaro is open 24 hours every day. Drop in and try one of these dishes for breakfast one day! For lunchtime, there is even a selection of Bento boxes, Matsu or Take.
No Japanese restaurant would be complete without Sukiyaki and Shabu-Shabu. Each consist of a large plate of thinly sliced raw beef and piles of assorted vegetables. Cooked at your table in different ways, these dishes really are the epitome of traditional Japanese cuisine.
Gyutang Shioyaki is a beef tongue that has been grilled in salt. Pork Shogayaki is thin slices of pork that have been sauteed in a ginger and soy sauce. Tonkatsu Curry Rice is a plate of curried rice topped with a pork cutlet that has been deep-fried, very crispy!
The Americans may have invented the bottomless cup of coffee, but Fukutaro has invented the bottomless bowl of rice! Just yell out ?oomori?, and it will be re-filled for free. A full range of noodle dishes are here for those who prefer to eat alone. Tempura or Kitsune Soba, Zurusoba, Yakisoba, Somen, Ramen [in a hot pork soup or Hyashi Luka Cold Ramen] or Udon [Beef Kitsune, Tempura, Pork Curry or even just cold noodles].
As you would expect a large range of Sake [served hot or cold] is available, including Kubota, Suishin, Koikomachi and others. So what is their secret? Fairly simple really! A cool, clean, friendly environment with menu and food that doesn?t scare anyone away. Either by it?s complexity, quality or price! No wonder Fukutaro I has been here for so long, and spawned an empire. Well done!
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