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A life of it's own; I may be some time; it all sounds so easy.
The abstract thoughts which led to an idea which led to the Everest plan have, now they are committed to paper, taken on a life of their own. It's interesting how in only a week or so of re-establishing old contacts and making new ones, the objective, to summit Everest for a British record, has begun to develop a critical mass. Despite some of the ambivalent qualities of the internet and the world-wide-web, it is a resource like no other for supplying one with the knowledge, information and resources with which to make things happen.
Contacts I made at an Everest event at the Royal Geographical Society nearly three years ago recollect the conversations we had, the company who will take me up Everest, Dream Guides (www.dream-guides.co.uk), are still in business and Kenton Cool who I met for coffee a couple of years ago to chat about the attempt is still alive and kicking and summitted Everest recently for the eleventh time. The dedicated Facebook site is almost done, the charities who will benefit from the fund raising are decided and I have found the list of suggested fund-raising activities which was given to me when I was short-listed for the Cracknell/Fogle team for their race to the south pole in July 2008 (see photo above). The fundraising prospect is daunting; there is no point in pretending otherwise. The trip to Everest for the attempt itself is sixty thousand dollars. I calculate the total will be somewhere in the region of seventy thousand pounds, plus what I can raise for charity.
I have devised a provisional training plan in conjunction with Dream Guides. Mont Blanc next June which will give me a 4800m introduction level to snow and ice and mixed climbing to build on the winter mountaineering course I took on Ben Nevis a few years ago. I recollect that trip took place on a bleak weekend in January. At the base of the hill where the Land rover dropped us, driving rain soaked our small group despite layers of waterproofs and we trudged miserably upwards for two hours to the first of the mountain huts in which we could take shelter. The rain turned to thick damp snow on the way and the wind, rising as we rose, slammed into us. I lost the feeling in my fingers before we were half way up, despite twice exchanging wet gloves for dry. At the hut the combination on the lock had been changed and in the absence of any other shelter we huddled despondently in the lea of a wall, waiting for the snow to stop. Increasingly desperate for the loo I had struck out from the moderate shelter we had found, feeling, as the snow closed around me, a bit like Captain Lawrence Oates in Scott's ill-fated South Pole quest. Except I didn't leave my shoes behind. It's sobering to remember how battered and dominated by the weather we were. And that was only about two and a half thousand feet up.
After Mont Blanc will be the Chamonix Classics or a similar technical course in the Alps which provides an intermediate level snow/ice and mixed climbing opportunity. Then the Matterhorn or Eiger or similar which offers a more technical alpine terrain to an AD level of competence. Mera/Kilimanjaro or similar takes me into high altitude trekking and climbing in a remote area to around 6000m. Then, Manaslu or similar in the Himalaya is a suitable high altitude expedition to over 8000m as a final testing point before Everest. And before, during and after these training climbs over the next two and a half years will be lots of climbing and trekking work up in the Lakes and the Scottish Highlands.
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We recently interviewed my father-in-law by telephone to learn more about his history in the Navy. We learned that he joined the Navy Reserves in 1950 at NAS Grosse Ile, and began training as an aerographer, or Navy weatherman. Apparently there was some sort of paperwork snafu, he was supposed to be exempt from attending drills, and when he didn't attend, got turned in for not attending. He returned to the draft board, who sent him to the personnel office. He spent a brief time as a clerk until an opening came up in the photography lab. He took a few photos and was told "Welcome Aboard!"
During the time he was stationed at Grosse Ile, he took classes at the University of Detroit. He also found a way to hop MAC flights to exotic places in the Carribean such as Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica.

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HotUKDeals Of The Day - Tuesday 7th October
Here's the top three of today's crop from the bargain-snaffling wonderkids over at HotUKDeals. Click here to see them all.
Back when we were kids, TV sets were housed inside huge wooden cabinets, sometimes with doors on the front so that you could close them and forget about its vulgar intrusion into your world when you weren't watching it. Ownership meant that you could never move house again as it usually took over eight soldiers to shift the thing and there was a war on and that.
You don't get that sort of thing anymore, but what you CAN get is this very-sexy-indeed 19" digital LCD telly. Available in Ash, Sapele and Beech finishes, it looks so smooth that if there's nothing on the box worth watching you could comfortably spend an hour just stroking it.
It's just £139.98 and has built-in HDMI and Freeview. So, (here it comes,) if you're in need of getting some eminently strokable 19" wood, it can be yours by following this link.
Just don't come crying to us if you get woodworm in it…
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Here's a scoop. The first four of the seemingly endless series of Saw movies together in one box set – and all for a penny shy of fifteen quid.
Over six and a half hours of the evil doings of the Jigsaw Killer as his cruel and unusual traps turn his victims into helpless pieces in his sick game. What a rotter.
Not for the faint of heart or the delicate of mind. You WILL have nightmares. Big ones.
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Always the thinking punter's superior alternative brand to the iPod, Archos have quietly gone about their business making fantastic multimedia players for years now.
Ahead of the launch of a new-gen model, the price of their highly-rated, Wi-Fi-compatible 605 model has been slashed by Currys - £89.97 for the 40gb and £124.97 for the 80gb.
Tasty stuff, although they're 'reserve and collect' only so some frantic online searching and some lengthy travelling might be involved. Get us one while you're there though eh? Pay you back at the end of the month.
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In 2013, we were honored to introduce to you a new highlight on Saigon's social calendar: The inaugural German Ball Saigon, held on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at InterContinental Asiana Saigon Hotel.
The German Ball Saigon was co-hosted by the German Business Association (GBA) and the German Chamber of Industry & Commerce (GIC) in cooperation with Terra Verde Travel.
This upscale dance and networking event in old European tradition was poised to become an annual must-attend social affair. Approximately 400 expats, Vietnamese business executives and guests are expected to attend, with the confirmed support of prestigious sponsors such as BMW, Schenker, Turkish Airlines, Bosch, Roedl & Partner, Messer and more.
The unforgettable, festive evening featured a cocktail reception, an exquisite gala dinner and stunning performances. Musical entertainment was brought to our gests by a classical dance orchestra and two German party bands, Princess-Cut and Backhaus. The Ball was by German star host and entertainer Mr. Michael Birkenfeld.
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The amblings of a wandering mind. The subject is determined by where that mind has gone just prior to opening up this page.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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This are so very true! #6 is what Im struggling with right now. But it happens!! Very true words Jo! <3 reading this!!ReplyDelete
I think just about all of these make me cry. I look at these kids who drive me bleeding nuts every second of the day and realize how precious life is, how quickly time passes, how great the task before me is and how I want to them to always love me the way that I love them. Not realistic, I know.Replies
As you know, I have a lot of work to do on the parenting thing myself and accepting these is my first step. It'll be a while before I really get it all down, but I will.Delete
It is hard to accept your children as independent adults who may choose not to be exactly the people you thought they would be. They might be better!
with all I'm going through now with my mom, and then having two children not sure who I am right now -- the parent or the child.ReplyDelete
This post made me sad. It was filled with some great advice, but it made me sad just the same.ReplyDelete
I know. Life isn't always the way we want it to be, but it's always the way it's supposed to be. I gain strength from knowing that and I let go of my selfishness more easily when I remember these things. As I have said, we raise them, we love them forever, they are the product of their environment. So we have to know that how we raise our children matters.Delete
I have never wondered if my kids love me, that is HUGE. And it's enough.
Awesome post! I can relate to all of this--I have 4 grown kids plus one infant granddaughter, and am a nanny to a 2 yr. old. Everything you said here is so true!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks and nice to meet you menopausal mama...thank you for stopping by and commenting.Delete
I learn more everyday about being a mom in my new age, or a particular day or even just something that falls into my brain from a sentence or experience with one or more of my kids or my mom. Life just keeps teaching.
Excellent post, Jo. We give them wings to fly, and when they do our hearts break.ReplyDeleteReplies
How funny, as in odd, I wrote something just the other day which said, "I gave them wings to fly on their own and forgot to give them the gps programmed for my heart so they would always know how to come home."Delete
With every flap of those wings, my heart aches and my pride in them soars.
Such a dichotomy.
This is really sad....is having kids really worth all of the heartache?ReplyDeleteReplies
Ya know, Steven, it is sad, but it is also the very best thing most of us have ever done. I admit, reluctantly, I could have been a better parent had I known then what I know now, but I did the best I could with what I had and they grew into wonderful adults. So YES, it is the most wonderful thing and totally worth the heartache.Delete
Love is the only venue through which you can be hurt. If you don't love, you don't care. Hurt is not possible if you don't care.
I love this list--because I am not quite the parent of adult children--but from a child's perspective-- I can so appreciate everyone of these listed. I only wish my parents would read it--but they think so differently!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful post Jo...wonderful!Replies
That is the difficult part of love, Jenn. We have to allow others to love how ever they love. We don't get to choose or describe what parental love is, we don't get to describe how a child should love a parent. We have to learn to accept whatever love is offered in whatever fashion or choose to do without it and for me, that is no choice.Delete
I loved reading this, coming from a parent's point of view and as a daughter's point of view as well. Wise words, and a great post! <3ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Emily Rose...I am the sandwich generation you know, and I actually am learning much about being a parent to adults from being the adult child with adult children! Whew. It's true though, I see in my mom what I need to be to my kids and sometimes, what I need NOT to be. A work in progress, that's me!Delete
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This is an exciting new role to work for a market leading business in the healthcare sector. As part of their growth strategy they are looking to attract and retain talented individuals to support them in implementing and delivering improvements at a local and national level.
This is a diverse role where you will support the business as follows:
Implement increased controls in expenditure and cost management, ensuring compliance.Oversee the ordering and usage of materials to reduce total spend and increase operational efficiency.Implement and own a robust purchase order to pay process on siteImplement robust inventory management processesManage day-to-day interactions with central and manage any local suppliers end-to-endWork with site teams to ensure robust stock takes are performed and documented.Manage the monthly reconciliation of materials purchases, usage and stock holding levelsReconcile materials usage, capture and analyse materials used and produce usage and delivery cost reportsProvide information to support central consolidation of monthly KPI/performance and ad hoc support to Site DirectorProvide leverage to the central procurement, facilities and finance teams to ensure processes are sustainably embedded.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills/experience
Specific knowledge of supply chain and stock/inventory managementExperience with data capture, manipulation and analysisCore finance skills (e.g. P2P knowledge, supply chain finance, operational finance)Experience of building and developing strong relationships at all levelsProficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook)


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EC to announce Bihar assembly poll dates soon
The Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for polls to the Bihar Assembly this week.india Updated: Sep 17, 2015 17:30 IST
The Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for polls to the Bihar Assembly this week.
The election is expected to be a close race between the Bharatiya Janata Party and an alliance of the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal that has the backing of the Congress.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar is seeking a third term after ruling Bihar for ten years. Kumar was earlier allied with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, with which he snapped ties in June 2013 after it projected Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for last year's general election.
The BJP, which performed well in the state during the Lok Sabha polls, has an alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party and Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP.
The Bihar polls are expected to be held in five phases and around 50,000 paramilitary personnel will be deployed for each phase to ensure peaceful balloting.
In poll-bound Bihar, spotlight returns to law and order situation
The Election Commission held a meeting with top officials of the Union home ministry last week to discuss the deployment of security forces for the polls that could be held in October.
There is a demand for about 500 companies of around 100 personnel each for each phase of polling and the home ministry will provide the required forces, sources told PTI.
Apart from central forces, state police personnel will also be deployed during the elections.
The term of the 243-member Bihar Assembly ends on November 29.
Why Bihar polls will determine the fate of national politics
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Meet the new secretary
Name: Jimmy Gerard Walsh
Club: Windgap
Age: 55
Occupation: Manager with Eircom.
Married to: Therese (nee Duane from Kilrickle, County Galway).
Children: Julie (22), Shane (20).
Former position on GAA Boards: Central Council rep. Elected in 2009; Leinster Council rep 2005 to 2009; South Board secretary/treasurer 1995 to 2004; first County Board IT Officer elected in 2009.
Former positions with club: PRO, secretary and chairman.
Playing career: He played all his life with Windgap and won South and county junior hurling honours in 1986; won South JHC in 2001 but Windgap were beaten in the county final by Emeralds (Urlingford).
He won an All-Ireland senior hurling championship with the Kilkenny Vocational Schools team in 1973 and several Dublin Business Houses championship while working in the capital for eight years. He continued playing until he was 45.
He could be classed as a community activist. He has been involved in the GAA and a host of community committees and projects all his life. Even during his time in Dublin he served two years as chairman of the Kilkenny Association there.
After he returned from living in Dublin in 1984 he immediately threw himself into the club, although he had continued to play with Windgap while working away.
"The GAA and the club are part of what I am, and what my family is," he said.
One of his brothers, Pat Walsh, won under-21 and junior honours with Kilkenny, and also a National League (1987). Pat also featured on a losing senior All-Ireland final team (1987).
Mr Walsh has another brother, Richard and a sister, Joan O'Gorman who lives in Owning.
He is son of Tommy and the late Mary 'Molly' Walsh from Poulrone, Windgap.


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vignerons have been introduced at great expense to promote this object. It is true that their first attempts have not been very happy, but the lack of success is due entirely to the obstinacy of the English Governor, who, in spite of the representations of these men, compelled them to make their first plantations upon the side of a small, pleasant terrace forming a kind of semi-circle round Government House at Parramatta. This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc. The French vignerons whom I had occasion to see at Parramatta, in company with the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Paterson, assured me that they had found a piece of country very favourable to their new plantations, and that they hoped for the greatest success from their fresh efforts. Choice plants had been imported from Madeira and the Cape.
In all the English establishments on these coasts traces of grand designs for the future are evident. The mass of the people, being originally composed of the unfortunate and of wrong-doers, might have propagated immorality and corruption, if the Government had not taken in good time means to prevent such a sad result. A house was founded in the early days of the settlement for the reception of young girls whose parents were too poor and too constrained in their circumstances at the commencement of their sojourn there to be able to devote much care to them; while if parents, when emancipated, so conduct themselves that their example or their course of life is likely to have an evil effect on their offspring, the children are taken from them and placed in the home to which I have referred. There they pursue regular studies; they are taught useful arts appropriate to their sex; they are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic, sewing, etc. Their teachers are chosen with much care, and the wife of the Governor himself is


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Edmonton - one building at a time.
Or maybe sometimes two.
Since early 2007 I have been making sketchup models of prominent buildings in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for inclusion in Google's 3D Warehouse and in Google Earth. With 77 models now completed it is time to come up with a more permanent way to archive and document them.
The models will still be easily accessible through Google here and here, but this page will allow me more freedom and options.
I hope to post all of the models that I have completed so far, as well as any new ones that I work on. Where possible I will try to provide some background information on the buildings, and I may post the photos that I worked from to create the models.
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Posting individual pages for all of my models didn't end up being very interesting. So after sitting idle for quite awhile, edmonton in three dimensions is being repurposed into more of a photoblog and for whatever Edmonton-related thoughts I may have.
The Mission Statement
4 comments:
- Jon said...
I found your website a few days ago, and I like what I see. I'm hoping to spend a bit more time in the near future having a look around at your photos and your 3D animations.
- March 26, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Great work with Sketchup. These modles should prove a real asset to developers and the city to visualize a concept before building.
I envy your skill level!;-)
- October 27, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just found your website and I'm glad I did. I really like your photography and how it shows a unique perspective on Edmonton. Thanks for sharing.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- edsky said...
Hey! Your sketch up models for Edmonton city are fantastic. Just wondering if you have any downloadable versions of some newer planned developments like the Edmonton Arena District available yet? Thanks!
- November 21, 2014 at 2:03 PM
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How can gambling affect your life?
Problem gambling can have a detrimental effect on personal finances as the attempt to chase loses become unmanageable. As well as spending wages, savings and spare cash, debts can also be a feature of problem gambling as a result of borrowings and loans to cover gambling loses.
However, the impacts of problem gambling can be more than losing money. Problem gamblers often say they feel isolated as a result of their solitary pursuits of chasing loses. There is a tendency to stay away from school, college or work in order to gamble. In addition, there is often a pre-occupation with gambling, a lack of interest in maintaining relationships and a lack of motivation to engage in social activities.
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Problem gambling can be progressive in nature and problem gamblers can end up engaging in criminal activity to fund their gambling. This can lead to lifelong consequences with criminal convictions.
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Pippa Carter MSc, BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC, Perform Physiotherapy Manager
Pippa is the Physiotherapy Manager at Perform Cardiff. Pippa is a highly specialist physiotherapist who has a wide range of experience within sports physiotherapy with a special interest in the field of dance medicine and science. She has worked with the Royal Ballet Company, all major West End Shows and the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. In 2010 Pippa completed her MSc in Sports Physiotherapy at Cardiff University. Pippa is also trained in clinical Pilates and acupuncture.
Charlotte Perry BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC, Deputy Perform Lead
Charlotte is the Deputy Physiotherapy Lead at Perform Cardiff. Charlotte graduated from Cardiff University in 1999 and has worked for Spire Healthcare since 2002. Her specialist interests include shoulder, hip, knee and lumbar spine in both the pre-operative and post-operative stages of treatment. Charlotte's clinical interests also include rehabilitation for patients with sports injury following interventional procedures.
Sian Powell BSc (Hons), HCPC, MCSP
Sian qualified as a physiotherapist in 1994 and has worked at Spire Cardiff Hospital since 2002. Sian's role as an inpatient physiotherapist includes pre and post-operative orthopaedic rehabilitation, and critical care assessment and treatment. Sian has extensive experience and has previously worked with the Men's Welsh A Team and as the lead physiotherapist with the Welsh Woman's Rugby Team covering 2 world cups, six nations and european cups. Sian is also responsible for the provision of cardiac rehabilitation and lifestyle management services. Alongside her other roles Sian is responsible for moving and handling training.
Andy Berry MSc, BSc, MCSP, HCPC
Andy has a vast amount of experience treating a range of conditions having worked within the NHS, Private sector and with the Ministry of Defence. He is specialised in the treatment of musculo-skeletal conditions and lower limb biomechanics. He has a special interest in sports injuries having worked with elite levels athletes at London Irish RFC and the British Basketball Team. He has furthered his education by completing his MSc in Sports Physiotherapy at Cardiff University. Andy runs our physiotherapy led injection clinic at Perform Cardiff. He is also trained in the use of acupuncture.
Sarah Reed BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC, DCR (T)
Sarah has significant experience supporting post-operative patients. Her outpatient activity extends to patients with sports injuries, general musculo-skeletal conditions and soft tissue injuries, and she is the lead clinician for our hydrotherapy service. Sarah has extensive experience with post-operative breast cancer patients, and her research in this area has been published.
David Bromley BSc, MACP, MCSP, HCPC
David graduated from Kings College, London in 2000 and worked predominately for the NHS as a senior physiotherapist and clinical specialist, before joining Spire Healthcare in 2011. He has extensive experience in musculoskeletal sports injuries and spinal conditions, having worked in a number of areas from chronic pain clinics through to the rehabilitation of elite athletes. In 2012 he completed his MACP post graduate training at Cardiff University.
Saskia Blair Grad Dip Phys, PgDip, HCPC
Saskia is a highly-experienced physiotherapist with over 25 years' experience in treating all manner of musculo-skeletal conditions. She has a special interest in treating all sports injuries and particularly in return to sport rehabilitation. Saskia was a physiotherapist for Team Wales at 4 Commonwealth Games and for Team GB at the Holding Camp for the Athens Olympics. She is currently the Welsh Deaf Rugby Team Physiotherapist.
Jackie Zaslona BEd, MCSP, HCPC
Jackie is a highly-experienced musculo-skeletal Physiotherapist with over 25 years of clinical practice ranging from acute post-surgical treatment to advanced elite athlete rehabilitation. Jackie has worked at four Olympic Games as a physiotherapist and this has given her valuable insight into the complexities of sports injuries. Her key areas of expertise are movement analysis and performance rehabilitation with a personal interest in spinal and shoulder conditions.
Karen Fuller MPhil, PGD, MCSP, HCPC
Karen is a highly-experienced clinician with over 25 years' experience. She has been involved in physiotherapy research, and held senior and specialist posts in both the NHS and private sector. Her clinical practice at Spire Cardiff Hospital involves the treatment of musculo-skeletal conditions in a wide variety of clients ranging from elite athletes to more sedentary individuals. She has a particular interest in spinal, shoulder and pelvic conditions. She is highly skilled at managing complex presentations, providing innovative physiotherapy solutions.
Katy Gilvear BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC
Katy qualified from Cardiff University in 2007 and works in both the outpatient and inpatient teams at Spire Cardiff Hospital. She has worked in a large hospital trust where she gained experience with intensive care, cardiology, orthopaedic surgery, musculo-skeletal outpatient, neurological physiotherapy and hydrotherapy. Katy also works for the Welsh Netball Association and a Welsh rugby team. Katy specialises in clinical Pilates and teaches both 1:1 sessions and classes.
Matt Wimberley BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC
Matt graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2011 and works in both the inpatient and outpatient teams at Spire Cardiff Hospital. Prior to joining the team at Spire Cardiff he worked in a large hospital trust gaining vital experience in a number of core areas and then as a senior Physiotherapist specializing in the treatment of Musculoskeletal conditions. He has experience of managing and treating sports injuries having worked with Cardiff City FC academy. He has a special interest in sports injuries and pre and post-operative rehabilitation. Matt is also trained in the use of acupuncture.
Mair Whittall Grad Dip Phys, HCPC, MCSP
Mair has specialised in male and female health for over 20 years, covering specialised and complex assessments and treatments in the areas of obstetrics, gynaecology, urology, pelvic pain and musculo-skeletal problems. Mair was one of the driving forces behind promoting women's health physiotherapy in South Wales.
Vonda Price BSc (Hons), MCSP, HCPC
Vonda has specialised in women's health for the last 5 years, covering obstetrics, gynaecology, urology and pelvic pain. She has a particular interest in postnatal rehabilitation including issues around continence, pelvic floor and abdominal diastasis. She is also trained in Pilates including antenatal and postnatal exercise & rehab. Having also graduated in Psychology, Vonda has a keen interest in emotional & psychosocial factors and their influence on physical symptoms and rehab.


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Normally I love showing you guys what I am up to. But not now. I am running around like a mad woman, our house is a mess and the local supermarket has seen me a lot of time the last couple of days because I had forgotten yet another little think. I rule when it's chaotic, so it's all fine by me.
Maar lang zal ik niet hoeven zwijgen. Volgende week zal ik het allemaal uitleggen. Beloofd!
But I won't be silent for long. Next week I'll explain everything. And that's a promise!


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Sóley (IS)
Also a member of the Icelandic indie acts Seabear and Sin Fang, Sóley Stefánsdóttir performs delicate electronic pop on her own as just Sóley. Inspired by Scandinavian acts such as Sigur Rós and Múm, she began making music in her teens, and studied piano and composition at the Icelandic Art Academy in 2007. During that time she also played and sang with Seabear and Sin Fang, though at first she was afraid to sing too close to the microphone. She overcame that fear with experience and began work on her solo project, issuing her debut EP, Theater Island, on Morr Music in 2010. The following year, her first album, the more fleshed-out We Sink, arrived.


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We are coming upon that evening, of ringing in the New Year! Come midnight, glasses will be tinkling, lips will be kissing, and hearts will be full of faith for a better year ahead. My hope is that you spend more time looking forward than you do looking back! I know I am certainly going to try!
Do you make New Year's Resolutions?
I don't. I feel the same way about New Year's resolutions as I do about Valentines. You should not have just one day that you choose to show love, just like you shouldn't have one day to have as the defining starting point of making positive changes! These should be every day. That does not mean that I don't take some time for reflection, forgiveness and taking in the familiarity of my mistakes and how I can make changes for the better. My inspiration comes in unsystimatic moments though, and it is a process that always takes a long time for me, with much thought and consideration.
I do like to wish people a Happy New Year. It is a nice positive wish that you can wish for anyone, no matter what their race, religion, or beliefs. Even if someone does not celebrate New Year's, wishing them a great year should be viewed as just that, a wish you have for them.
I am always intrigued by how we all choose to celebrate New Year's Eve. I have not found the perfect way to ring in the New Year. Not yet. I remember as a kid, my mom would always be working New Years Eve. We kids would be at home with my dad, (unlike Christmas, I do remember how we spent many of our new years eve). It was always the same, in the living room, blankets sometimes on the floor, watching Dick Clark and the ball light up, everyone on TV singing and kissing and confetti all over the place. Then we would call my mom at work and wish her a Happy New Year!
I have never been one for very large New Years Eve celebrations. It always amazed me that women can have their hair and makeup done to perfection, a new outfit on their bodies, and then they get drunk, fall all over bathrooms, fight with their men, and ruin what could have been a perfectly fun evening. Men fight with each other, kiss women they shouldn't, and fail to be present in the moment most times. Just my observations by the way!
Intimate dinners and celebrating with family and friends is always nice, surrounding ourselves with people we trust and love, and who bring out the good in us! The last few years we have gone to a hockey game, which has always been fun. This year will be nice, as we now actually have a TEAM! Haley has her very own jersey too!
A few years ago, the company I worked for was selling these.
They are little cards that you give out, with candy and a hand written message. I think I only ever gave one out, but I kept them, as I thought they were a wonderful idea. I love the thought of personalizing in your own handwriting, a wish that you have for someone, something that comes from your heart, with genuine love.
I may take some time in the next few days, to write a few out that I can give to the people I care about. When these are all gone, you can bet I will be designing and making my own!
This is not my day to reflect, to think, to honour my year. I just don't feel it right now, but I will!
So friends, Happy New Year! I wish for you much health, joy, laughter, and strength of mind and soul! I know we say every year, may this be our best year yet! That is a good goal to have, so maybe this will be the year, we make the changes we need, to make that wish actually come true!
Happy New Year!


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Hi everyone! Kathleen here with my final project as a Chattering Robin's designer.
I would like to thank The Robin's Nest for allowing me to design with their wonderful paper collections and embellishments. I was a huge fan of their products long before I became a designer for them. Their dew drops are one of a kind and so very fun to use in multiple ways. It has been so much fun and a privilege creating projects for you Robin's Nest fans out there.
Today I would like to share a layout I created featuring my favorite Shimmer Diamond Dew Drops. As we head into yet another New Year I wanted to look back at all the fun times I had like this trip to Paris.
What an "Amazing" adventure!
I started with this fabulous Star Border Glitter Cardstock and cut it in half then glued the top to the bottom with the stars now in the center of the page. Using two different stencils and modeling paste I created a faux city scape background.
I layered several cut outs from the Wedding Cut-Outs Cardstock behind the picture.
Using True Blue stickles I traced the outline of the word chipboard. The gorgeous Eiffel Tower by Gina's Designs was embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Silver Moon Turquoise embossing powder.
Dabbing my paint brush in water then again in gesso I lightly paint around the cut-outs and along the center. After that dries I come back and lightly use Lindy's Stamp Gang Hydrangea Blue followed by Ponderosa Pines Olive.
Finally I scatter the Shimmer Diamond Dew Drops, opaque on top and clear on bottom. The final touch is lightly going over the bits of the layout with BoBunny Silver glitter paste.
I hope what you have seen here today ignites your own creativity to take flight!
Happy New Years!!!
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SUP surfing fans have reason to celebrate with the Vaz brothers announcing a new video series. The two brothers–Caio and Ian–are two of the most talented SUP surfers in the world and their videos back it up. Their latest series–The Find–documents the duo as they travel throughout Indonesia in search of the fattest barrels and sickest waves they can find. Joining them for the adventure are up-and-coming SUP stars and fellow Brazilians Felippe Gaspar and Lucas Medeiros.
This edit is the first installment of their three-part series and as usual, it does not disappoint. With footage of both SUP and prone surfing, the video highlights a few of the epic spots they found. With plenty of peeling Indo barrels, this is a video you need to see.
The third installment of the Vaz Brothers' most recent video series, New Age III.
More footage of the Brazilian brothers shredding.


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Hi everyone! I've been reading all the great threads on here for what seems like forever! (Long before I registered to be a member.) I wanted to stop in and say hello and let you all know what I've been up to - since I was filming full time.
I started producing video clips for two stores a couple years ago - and as most producers will attest to - it's a full time job! So, that's mainly what's been keeping me busy. Not only am I running the camera, I'm still in front of it all the time too. (Only I've not been traveling all over the country to do so!)
Since all the confusion over the "TWO Charlee Chase's" !?!? controversy, I've decided to rebuild my own website up again. Someone cyber-squatted my old domain - go figure - and someone else has built another website (pretending to be me) - but my REAL website (which is still under construction - because it is built, run and updated solely by ME) is located at: http://www.ClubCharleeChase.com
Here, I keep a current daily diary (with plenty of pics), updated schedule, updates page, videos (currently a free sample video is available - as I continue working on what will eventually be the inside members area), and a photos page. The photos page has 24 photo sets available already, and each one opens to a thumbnail photo page so you can actually see what the photo sets consist of. As of now, that's what I've completed. I'll let you know when it's more functional! I'm loving building it up in my spare time - as I find the time! Hope you enjoy it
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I first met Ewan in 2005 at the SVP meeting in Arizona, and I vividly remember watching him discuss how to excavate fossil whales with a chainsaw, of all things; I immediately thought it was too extreme of an excavation method for me, but after I saw it in action last monday in the field (ironically, at the same quarry the photographs from the 2005 presentation), I immediately decided I would bring this method back to the United States. In fact, it was quite funny after watching him rev up the chainsaw - an adrenaline-inducing activity in and of itself - and afterwards stating in a polite Kiwi accent "that should clean up quite nicely".
But I digress - prior to graduation from Montana State University last spring, I contacted Ewan about a Ph.D. project, and he suggested studying the large collection of eomysticetid baleen whales from the Kokoamu Greensand and Otekaike Limestone that he had established. I remembered his talk from the 2006 SVP meeting in Ottawa, part of which included a slideshow of beautiful new fossil eomysticetids. I was pretty shocked to have been offered such a beautiful (and large!) collection of fossils to study. The family Eomysticetidae was named by Al Sanders and Larry Barnes in 2002 to accommodate the new taxon Eomysticetus, which is the most primitive described toothless baleen whale (i.e. baleen-bearing baleen whale, if that makes any sense, as opposed to a toothed baleen whale). Previously, the most primitive toothless mysticetes were some of the "cetothere" whales described by Remington Kellogg from the Chesapeake Group on the east coast, AKA "Kelloggitheres"; these however were much younger than any toothed mysticete (such as aetiocetids), and there was an apparently substantial morphological gap between toothed mysticetes and Kelloggitheres. My job is to fill a bit more of this gap in with more eomysticetids from the southern hemisphere- and so far, none of them seem to be identifiable as Eomysticetus, and there are probably several new genera and species represented.
Ewan Fordyce also took on another student recently, which was a total surprise for me. Even when I first got here, it sound like it would be several months away; instead, the new student arrived only two weeks after I did, and even stayed in the same temporary apartment my wife and I stayed in the first week we were here. Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, who goes by just 'Tsai', will be studying the other big group of fossil mysticetes from the Oligocene of New Zealand: Mauicetus and Mauicetus-like mysticetes, which may be the earliest Kelloggitheres. Tsai can be seen inspecting the ventral side of one of the eomysticetid skulls in the above photo.


text: Moneywise December 4, 2009 07:25 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Linda H. Smith AgWeb Markets Editor Email Batten the Hatches Serious problems that developed in the agricultural credit situation in 2009 could escalate in 2010–2011, says Danny Klinefelter of Texas AgriLife. "The past two years in commodity, real estate and financial markets have made it abundantly clear that changes can occur quickly. We have also learned that 'Black Swan' events are real." The earliest problems arose in the livestock sector, he notes. "Producers in all protein sectors have suffered significant losses for over a year, resulting in a large increase in nonperforming loans. Although there were few foreclosures in 2009, without a significant turnaround in income, many dairy and hog loans are in a near-crisis situation. Many producers have lost enough equity that lenders will be forced to discontinue financing." The total agricultural impact will be magnified because many dairy and hog enterprises represent the majority of their total operation's assets. If the livestock operation fails, all assets will have to be liquidated, including land, he adds. "Some well-managed hog operations will be liquidated not just because of their own performance, but because their integrator fails and the entire supply chain goes down with them," Klinefelter says. "Crop producers have fared fairly well over the past several years, but many are likely to have carryover operating debt if they purchased inputs early in the year when inputs were high and then had a poor crop or forward priced their crop after prices declined," he says. "Fortunately, most grain producers have had a run of several years of above-normal income and pushed cash forward into 2009 for tax reasons. Now, margins appear to be returning to normal." Shakeout. "The reality is that there has been little involuntary exit in the past four or five years. Unfortunately, boom periods tend to be followed by a cleansing period of about three years and a hangover effect can extend beyond that," Klinefelter says. Going forward, "business success depends on continuous improvement at a pace necessary to stay out of the back of the pack." –Linda H. Smith Management Skills Count Again You didn't have to have the best management skills in 2008 to make a reasonable income. Now, "manage-ment skills are going to make the difference," says Michael Boehlje, Purdue University ag economist. "If you look at the full cost to produce an acre of corn for average yield and productivity, we're back in the same kind of negative margin we had in 2003–2005," he says. "For a 1,000-acre corn/soybean farmer, that's minus $80/acre; for a 3,000-acre farm, it's minus $50. For 2010 cost and return estimates from several universities. –Charles Johnson Entering Second-stage Upswing? Elliott Wave theory originated in the 1930s. Based on market psychology and momentum, it projects market moves, usually three up and then two down. As the chart shows, we could be in the beginning stages of a longer upward trend for an agriculture–food index followed by Ned Schmidt, a financial adviser with Schmidt Management Company. He cites population growth: "Unless the population of the world shrinks, agri–food demand will continue to rise." –Linda H. Smith Paperwork Blizzard Ahead? A court case decided earlier this year could mean you must apply for an NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit from which you may traditionally have been exempt. The decision by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court in National Cotton Council of America v. EPA said EPA was incorrectly enforcing the federal Clean Water Act, which requires permitting for applications into, over or near water. The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling. "This court opinion dramatically changes the scope of the Clean Water Act and will force farmers, public health agencies and many others into burdensome, time-consuming and costly permitting requirements that could seriously impair their ability to use pesticides to protect croplands and public health [e.g., mosquito control]," says Julie Anna Potts, AFBF's general counsel. This is a complex case, with definitions of "chemical waste, pollutants, discharge, point sources, navigable waters and near water" all potentially playing a role, says Craig Raysor, an attorney with Gillon & Associates in Memphis, Tenn. "By overruling EPA's aquatic pesticide application, which assumed that if you comply with FIFRA [the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act], you were not subject to the Clean Water Act permitting process, this court adopted a rationale that could erode other statutory exemptions [such as stormwater runoff] that have long governed and protected farmers and pesticide applicators," he says. "EPA has to start at the beginning for many of these applications, which is why it requested and received a two-year stay on enforcement of the decision," he adds. "Perhaps most worrisome is that this will open farmers and applicators to private suits in an area where they were not exposed to liability before." –Linda H. Smith Top Producer, December 2009 Back to news


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Every other Thursday, we bring you Nicholas Day—on cooking for children, and with children, and despite children. Also, occasionally, on top of.
Today: 11 of our favorite Dinner vs. Child recipes to make before spring produce really hits the market.
Is there anything worse than despondently staring into the refrigerator, not knowing what to make?
There is not.
Which is why, when we're in a rut, we turn to Nicholas Day, who shows us recipes are just what we need in between seasons and otherwise: friendly, comforting, and delicious. Luckily, some of his best recipes are built for the waiting time just before late-spring and summer produce hit the markets. So go ahead: Let the warmth of these dishes take the evening's chill off. It won't be much longer now.
Fruit-Laden, Whole-Grain Pancakes
Roasted, Spiced, Almond-y Cauliflower
Chicken Soup with Onions and Garlic
Brussels Sprouts and Chickpeas
Weeknight Soy Sauce-y, Peanut-y Tofu
A Simple Homey, Coconut-y Red Lentil Dal
Aristotelian Rice and Peas (Risi e Bisi)
Dorie Greenspan's Custardy Apple Squares


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The Cypher of the Mind
The universe is. There is no hacking it. It is not a simulation or an illusion. It does not glitch. It cannot be fooled.
All of these shenanigans take place in the mirror, the one we each possess: the blessed mind. Your mind reflects the universe in language, symbol, archetype; and is encoded with the sensations of the body, and the emotions of the heart. The idea is to purge yourself of errors, contradictions, and hypocrisy. If you can do this, you will see the universe as it is. All that is possible will be revealed.
Lying clouds the mind. You cannot fool others without also fooling yourself, because the universe knows the truth, and cannot forget. To keep the information tidy, the universe stores your lies within you. You inevitably end up believing these lies if they are not properly purged with repentance. Likewise, if you maintain clarity, others cannot lie to you. They will only fool themselves.
Your mind is a precision machine. It attracts and repels in predictable ways. If you focus on a thing, you will attract it. If you focus on hate, apathy, selfishness, and fear: you will attract these things. If you focus on the short-comings, idiocy, and the hypocrisy of others, these things will develop in you. Don't ignore these things when you see them. Notice it, forgive it, move on. But focus your mind elsewhere.
Do you want things? The surest way I know to attract what I want is to give it. Do you want love? Do you want respect? Do you want recognition? Give it to others. By doing so, you will understand that you too deserve these things, and you will begin to see where you already have them. Once you recognize there is no lack, more will come pouring into your life.
It is often said that we are given grace, but it is too rarely mentioned that we receive it with gratitude. The glass may only be half full, but it is a mighty big glass.
Balancing the Mind with Heart and Soul
A note before we begin: the term "soul" refers to the invigorated body. Without the enervating "spirit", the body is nothing more than food for the worms. Thus, the term "body" is not enough when referring to the living man…
As powerful as the mind may be, it is but one part of the trinity that feeds you insight. There is also the instinct of your heart (played out in emotions), and the subconscious reactions of your soul (radiating primarily from your gut). Both are as important and potent as conscious thought.
Our emotions signal our spiritual health. Love and fear feed our emotions. Love knows abundance and calms us, as fear agitates us and proves scarcity. If our emotions are cruel and vicious, our heart is corrupt. If we suffer empathy and hope, our heart is pure. To suffer a breaking heart leads us to the divine work of God. We are here to bless each other with our gifts and talents. This is our work, our sacrifice, as noted by the cross.
The subconscious is dominated by the will to survive, and hopes for the good life. God made the earth pleasing, and we should take pleasure in its abundance. We are given appetites to make us strong and continue our race.
But we must temper our appetites that they do not control us, just as we must face our fear, and purge ourselves of lies. We are not to live by any one of these alone. Subservience to appetite makes us despondent and isolated. We should beg for immortality though we do nothing good with our long lives. Instead, we become hoarders, filled with insatiable gluttony, and care not that others have so little.
Likewise, work alone hardens the heart. We become empty if we give and give, never to take. Our love dwindles if never replenished, and fear finds us an empty vessel, eager to be filled.
Study alone cannot give us a good life, if we do not also work and play. The mind will see us disconnected and ephemeral. It will see us wanting and never having. We become cold and distant, lost in thought. Everything becomes a mere theory, despite hard proof under our feet.
This is the holy trinity: the sacred balance of mind, heart, and soul. It is our spiral ritual (spiritual) as we continually draw the circles of our world. Our circles do not need to meet the unending perfection of pi, but only the near approximation of three: a clean mind, a willing heart, and a strong body.
The Word of God – The Living Scripture
Each of us writes our own story. We write it with our thoughts, words, and actions, with study, work, and play, with mind, heart, and soul. As the author, each of us has authority over what is written.
Each of us possesses free will. Though we may fool ourselves into believing otherwise, do not think the universe is so easily blinded. Yes, we have specific circumstances that must be addressed. Each of us came into this world somewhere in the middle. But the universe has given us the strengths and talents we need to meet our fates. If we must write our lives, let us write with intention.
There is but one book to know: the one you write. If you do not write it – if you allow others to write it for you – you are already lost. Yet, feel free to quote and borrow from the great minds of history. All has been said and done, and usually with more eloquence than one can muster in the moment. Feel free to borrow, but give credit where credit is due.
Thank you, beloved brothers and sisters. I leave you with a hymn.


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He's not the brightest star in the Solar System.
Brett Eric Drachenburg, 51, is accused of stealing a towel, then trying to disguise himself as "The Sun," the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.
Drachenburg allegedly entered a private home in Walton County, Fla. and proceeded to steal a towel. According to an arrest report obtained by The Huffington Post, Drachenburg "did unlawfully deprive the owner of the use of the towel."
When deputies were investigating the incident, Drachenburg was "disguising himself as 'The Sun' with the intent to obstruct the due execution of law."
The report does not specify how Drachenburg attempted to pull off such a deception.
Additionally, it is unclear whether or not the man was trying to pass as the actual sun, or as a copy of a publication, such as the Sun Sentinel, which might be referred to as "The Sun."
When queried about these two matters, a spokeswoman for the Walton County Sheriff's Office told HuffPost that ""[It looks like] "The Sun" ... is the name he gave for himself to the deputy."


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It's a good thing our marriage doesn't depend upon our compatibility on the dance floor. We recently emerged from our third ballroom encounter in six years and have decided to sit out the next few community functions before having another go at it.
Our first dance together, in the summer of '77, was fleeting but fun. We were vacationing at the time, having supper on a hotel patio overlooking a shimmering Caribbean beach, when someone struck up the steel drums. The only way out was across the pulsating patio and we had a pleasant shuffle through the crowd on our way to pick up our room key.
Then, about three summers ago, some friends invited us to join them at a 1920 -vintage dance emporium, where the wall mirrors and twirling ceiling fixtures competed for attention with saxophonists who looked as if they could tell some hilarious stories about Benny Goodman as a child. It was there that we discovered that our foxes didn't trot to quite the same beat.
It may have something to do with geography. In the small Midwest town where my husband grew up, Saturday nights were a time for pizza on the back porch. But in Maryland, baby, you danced. It didn't matter whether it was at the recreation center or in the school gymnasium. Come the weekend, we'd roll out the 45s and stroll the night away.
We danced our way from junior high school right through college, from the carefree days of the monster mash to nights of mellow cha-chas. There were few prerequisites for a date in the mid-'60s. If he could pony, the evening was a guaranteed success.
Although we changed partners faster than Stevie Wonder changed voices, I knew that when my knight waltzed into my life he'd be short and blond and come complete with a set of Beach Boy albums. When he turned up tall, dark, and humming Beethoven, it took some getting used to.
Pooling our record collections was the first challenge. I'd always alphabetized, beginning with Frankie Avalon and running out of room somewhere near Diana Ross and the Supremes. But his classical platters were arranged by centuries, in thematic groupings that required a degree in music theory. The American Bandstand crowd would have given them consistently low 40s: no lyrics, no beat, terrible to dance to.
Still, we managed to amuse each other. He was fascinated by my instant recall of ''sh'bops'' and ''oo-ees'' whenever a radio station dug into its golden oldies and came up with a classic like ''Purple People Eater.'' I, in turn, was star-struck by his whistling of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, cadenzas and all.
In the intervening years, we've developed a tolerance, if not a growing admiration, for each other's tastes in music. For our anniversary last fall we bought a stereo tape deck for the car, plus one Mozart concerto and one James Brown cassette, both of which get equal play.
Then last summer, on a fog-shrouded island off the coast of Maine where no one knew us, we even tried a square dance. Neutral ground, we figured. No danger of stepping on anyone's musical toes.
We squared our set on cue and struck out with a left-hand-to-your-corner, only to collide in the middle of our do-si-do. We'd forgotten that my size 6's and his 14AAA's weren't built to share the same floorboards.
The most promising development since then came a couple of weeks ago when he cleaned the paint buckets and bicycles out of the barn, set up his exercise equipment, and wired the rafters for sound. I stopped in one evening after my jog around the neighborhood to find him doing sit-ups to the tune of ''A Hard Day's Night.''
He likes the Beatles! Says they wrote remarkable harmonies, inventive melodies, music that can be played by any symphony in the world.
Now if I can just sneak a little slow-slow, quick-quick into his evening workout, who knows how long it may be before we're kicking up our slightly mismatched heels?


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Hero as Hero
Tobias Gregory
- Why Milton Matters: A New Preface to His Writings by Joseph Wittreich
Palgrave, 253 pp, £37.99, March 2008, ISBN 978 1 4039 7229 3
Milton is the greatest English poet whom it is possible for serious readers to dislike. There are no fans of Marlowe, Jonson or Webster who cannot also find pleasure in Shakespeare; there are no admirers of Piers Plowman or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight who cannot also appreciate The Canterbury Tales. But it is not hard to find enthusiastic readers of Marvell or Spenser or Dryden or Donne who cannot warm to Milton, and make no apology for it. Anti-Milton sentiment became respectable literary opinion with the Modernists. Woolf thought of Milton as the 'first of the masculinists', a judgment since echoed by many. Eliot blamed him for the 'dissociation of sensibility'; Pound deplored 'his asinine bigotry, his beastly hebraism, the coarseness of his mentality'. More widespread these days is the belief, common among those who encounter Milton as required reading, that his poetry is difficult, humourless, unsexy and, heaven forbid, theological. Though the academic Milton industry is thriving, it sometimes has a strain of defensiveness, an impulse to champion its man; and this often results in efforts to make Milton ideologically acceptable to present-day liberal opinion. Joseph Wittreich has been one of the staunchest proponents of those efforts, and his latest book sums up and extends the themes of his previous work.
Why Milton Matters is strong on Milton's reception, a subject to which Wittreich has already devoted several books. He knows the history of Milton criticism as well as anyone, and treats it as a lively conversation across three centuries, in which Dryden and Addison, Blake and Shelley, Kenneth Burke and Northrop Frye trade insights with contemporary critics. Wittreich wears great learning lightly, and provides a salutary reminder that there is much worth remembering in older criticism; with the weight of Milton bibliography growing by the year, it's easy to ignore anything written more than a quarter-century ago. The book is full of Milton references in modern literature and pop culture. Some of these, unfootnoted, invite scepticism: 'Paradise Lost was the text the Hells Angels packed away in their hip pockets.' I want proof. But Wittreich's miscellany of modern references conveys a rich sense of Milton's continuing presence in the English-speaking world, and shows that not everybody meets Milton on a reading list. It's good to be reminded that Malcolm X read Paradise Lost in prison, whatever one might think of his take on the poem: 'The devil, kicked out of paradise, was trying to regain possession. He was using the forces of Europe . . . I interpreted this to show that the Europeans were motivated and led by the devil, or the personification of the devil. So Milton and Mr Elijah Muhammad were actually saying the same thing.'
As is often the case, the book's main strength leads to its main weakness: a tendency to make Milton look modern in ways that he wasn't. Wittreich is fond of glossing Milton by likening him to later authors, and sometimes creates misleading impressions. Here is an example. Wittreich observes, accurately enough, that Samson Agonistes is permeated with the language of divine inspiration. He gives a list of textual instances – 'intimate impulse', 'divine impulsion', 'work from Heav'n imposed', 'command from Heav'n' and so forth – and then adds: 'It is as if Milton is here moving towards the more mocking posture, in another century and in another country, assumed by the American president John Adams: "It will never be pretended that any person employed . . . had interviews with the gods, or was in any degree under the inspiration of Heaven."' Wittreich spends the rest of the paragraph glossing Adams, and then moves on. Notice how his qualifiers – 'as if', 'moving towards' – substitute for any good reason for conjoining the Puritan Milton and the deist Adams, whose views on religion were light-years apart. And notice how the Adams analogy stands in for any good reason for believing that the language of divine inspiration in Samson Agonistes should be understood as mockery. It should not.
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Heidi + Britney = A Really Bad Song
Maybe everyone else has already heard this, but I got a little behind in my blog reading lately, so just in case I'm not the only one who'd missed it:
Heidi Montag and Britney Spears recorded a duet called "Dramatic". And it is . . . not very good. One might even say awful. I couldn't sit through the whole thing and I actually like a lot of Britney's songs. But this, oh holy hell, is it unlistenable. The most interesting thing about it (apart from rather hilarious lyrics) is how Britney's trademark breathy singing sounds so professional compared to Heidi's ... I guess I should call it singing too.
Via Jezebel.
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The purpose of human life is to enquire:
Who am I?
Where have I come from?
What will happen to me at death?
Why do I suffer?
Why do others suffer?
Who is God?
How can I serve God?
Why is there variety of living beings?
How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?
How can I live eternally?
Only the human beings enquire, the animals do not enquire. Unfortunately at the present time many humans have become two legged animals.
Give up lust, greed, and anger. These force us to sin and the result is hellish life in this life and the lives after.
Give up the killing of animals, especially the cows. The animals are also our brothers and sisters. This means no meat eating and no leather (car seats, sofas, clothing).
Human birth is rare, we have to make the best use of it by not engaging in sinful activities. The sinful activities are being greedy, lusty, angry, and violence against other living beings (animals and humans).
Don't waste this life by getting attached to the bodily platform of life (meat eating, lust, greed, anger, partying, discoing, bollywood and so on). This body is just one drop in the ocean of bodies that we are going through. A sword is hanging over y our head. It will fall at any moment. All your properties, cars, and big bank balance won't help you at the time of death. Only your service to Lord Krishna will count at death. So make the best use of this precious life by serving Lord Krishna.
All your physics, chemistry, math, computing, and business knowledge will be completely erased at death. Only spiritual knowledge will go with you, and the top most spiritual knowledge is the Bhagavad-Gita. So don't waste precious time, read the Bhagavad-Gita, listen to the Bhagavad-Gita, and watch the Bhagavad-Gita.
We are the soul and not this body. The body is temporary but the soul is eternal and immortal. Our aim in life should be to escape from fangs of material life (birth, old age, disease, and death). This can only be done by humans, who have the higher consciousness.
We can attain an immortal spiritual body full of bliss, knowledge, eternal, and without a trace of calamity if we follow the Bhagavad-Gita with seriousness.
- Be compassionate towards all living beings, thus love all living beings. This means don't be envious or hateful of others. Be friendly to others, be nice to others, be kind to others, be generous to others, be merciful to others, be charitable to the needy. Don't cheat others, don't lie, don't steal, don't hurt others, don't drink, don't take drugs, don't eat meat, don't buy leather.
- This body you (the soul) are residing in, is temporary, but the real you, the soul, is eternal. Just as we change worn out clothes, jobs, houses, cars, partners, and so on. One day you will be forced to change your body too. So don't get too attached to this temporary body and material life. And just as a manufacturing company designs it's products today for production in the future. Similarly you are designing your next body with the actions you are taking now.
So if you think let me enjoy now and forget about the future. Thus if you think your next life is not worth thinking about now. Then your next life will be that of nothing. You will take birth among the 8 million species of living beings below that of human beings (animal and plant kingdoms).
- There is only one person who without any doubt declared himself and proved that he was the Supreme Personality of God, Lord Krishna. Always think of him, worship him, and serve him. In this age of Kali, which means the age of ignorance, there will be so many godless people who will try to make you godless too. Surrender onto the only proven God, Lord Krishna.
Do you know anyone who can lift a mountain, expand himself into thousands of forms, show the whole Universe in his mouth, put out a forest fire by swallowing it, kill all the demonic and save people in this very life. Lord Krishna did all this.
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So, after finishing the fingerless mitts on Monday, I was struck by inspiration. After all, mittens Sunday, mitts Monday. Suppose I could finish an item each day? That would get me back on track for the 100 projects challenge in just a couple of weeks.
Then I sat myself down and gave myself a talking-to. "Robin," I said, "That's nuts. Crazycakes. Off the deep end. If you aren't a fruit loop just for thinking of this, you certainly would be if you actually tried to do it. Why, this is the kind of idea that Toni would come up with!" (As the originator of the 100 projects challenge, I use her as sort of a measuring standard for insane crafting behavior.)
But the idea just wouldn't leave me, and as the week wore on...well, see for yourself:
Monday: Mitts in the last post.
Tuesday: I finished a crocheted beret.
This was based on a pattern I made a few years back, which I've long since lost, and it was for bulkie yarn anyway, not the worsted I used here. Call it 'inspired by'.
Wednesday: Wednesday was the day I figured I wouldn't have an FO, because I go straight from work to my karate workout. And karate is just not an activity you can combine with knitting. "Knit one, yarn over, ki-yah!"...no, I really don't see how it could work. But I was knitting very small mittens (4-year-old size) so I finished anyway (after I got home, I hasten to add).
Thursday: The yellow beret had been so much fun...and used up a color I was getting a little tired of...so I had immediately started one in pink, which I finished crocheting on Thursday (sewing and weaving in ends weren't completed until the next day, but I'm counting it for Thursday anyway).
Friday: I picked up a hat that had been in time out all week, ripped back to the cable band, changed needle sizes and picked a simple pattern for the body of the hat. This enabled me to achieve something that looked more like a winter hat and less like a hat for a road cone. If road cones wore pink acrylic.
I had actually spotted this construction in another pattern and found it intriguing- you knit the band as a long strip, Kitchener it together, and then pick up stitches for the body. I immediately thought of trying this with circumferential cables. There were a few hiccups...I should have used a provisional cast on instead of doing a two-way cast-on (Judy's magic cast on in this case). The reason is, Judy's magic cast on leaves you with a row of knit loops on the stitch holder, so I had to go back and change them to the appropriate pattern stitches for the cable. And because the two-way cast on alternates, I have a half-stitch jog in the pattern that I couldn't eliminate (at least not without ripping a row in the wrong direction, which is really annoying). I decided I could live with a not-quite-invisible seam in the pattern. And last but not least, it only took me three tries to convince myself that no, I really did have to go up a needle size to get a compatible gauge. Why I resisted this knowledge, I'm not entirely sure. I think I expected that picking up a stitch for every two rows ought to give me the right gauge...but now that I consider it, that's probably only true for garter stitch, which has a different row gauge than stockinette in the same yarn on the same needles.
Saturday: By Saturday, I was starting to run out of steam. Also, I was busy posting a bunch of junk from the basement on freecycle and getting rid of it (I've only been planning to do this for a couple of years). Someday this will lead to the basement actually being cleaned up and reorganized. But in between booting computers, writing posts, uploading photos, and boxing up odds and ends for incoming freecyclers, I turned some odds and ends of skeins into another pair of mittens.
Sunday: So, by Saturday night, I realized that I really had done it--Sunday to Saturday, I'd finished an FO a day. But in the grip of insane ambition, I took my knitting down to the park Sunday for the local knitting group get-together, and made inroads on another mitten. I wove in the ends on its mate a few minutes ago.
You see, that brings me up to 58 FOs, the goal for July. With three full weeks left in August, I now have a reasonable shot at making the August goal.
But really, I'm not insane at all. At least not so long as I don't try to do it again this week.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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You keep this up and I may have to concede my status as craziest knitter here.....:)
Now I'm off to figure out how to finish a shawl in two days.........
W O W !!! Man am I behind on my knitting intentions--thank you for the kick to get out there and finish something!ReplyDelete
NOW I know where my knitting mojo went: to you and that other Toni! At least you're both making good use of it. One thing, though? Can I have it back at the end of the year... or whenever you reach your 2010 goal... whichever comes first? Merci!ReplyDelete
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Honest question for lefties who think Obama is horrible. Who do you see as better, more progressive American presidents?
B. You can criticize Obama for "caving." You cannot criticize Obama for wanting to cut Social Security. (You might want to forget everything you read in rule # 1.)


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The FAZ quiz is indeed fun. But (typical journalism?) is deliberately mischievous.
It shows a bare colour square and asks whether it brings to mind any particular undertaking. Then it reminds us of the bank (SSK) and a phone company (Vodafone) that use red as their corporate colour. Or magenta (is it the chocolate company or the phone company?). If the FAZ were to tell me that the answer they are looking for is a phone company (or an oil company, or a bank) then sure I could tell from the bare colour block which firm it signifies.
I did not see anywhere from the FAZ a message to the public that marks are registered only for specified goods or services. You might just as well suggest to the public that SWAN is hopelessly ill-adapted to function as a trademark. reputable journalists writing for broadsheets should leave the public better informed,I think, not even more confused.
Incidentally, BP has changed in Germany from BP green to ARAL blue. "Green" is a specially big and overcrowded business sector in Germany. I wonder whether BP will ever do the switch in other countries.
But, Birgit, perhaps I do the FAZ wrong?
- Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 08:47:00 BST
English translation of the Court's decision in Oberbank is available (see link below) and does not depart from accepted principles - not surprising since the filing date is the key date and there is, in principle, no distinction between different types of marks - not to be confused with the position in practice between different types of marks which, as the Court says, depends on the circumstances of each case. Not sure I follow what you are saying in your penultimate paragraph Birgit ? The Court's decision has to be applied by the national courts in any event..
- Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 10:35:00 BST
While yellow is indeed a strong characteristic of the Langenscheidt dictionaries, I also associate it with the "Teach Yourself" series of foreign language books that used to be published in the UK, originally by the English Universities Press, and later in paperback by Hodder and Stoughton.
- Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 11:34:00 BST
- Birgit Clark said...
Max.... you are spot on. :)
- Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 15:05:00 BST


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