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How to Keep Clones from Going Through the Camera in Cinema 4D
In this quick tip, I show you how to keep clones and particles from intersecting your camera during physics calculations.
Quick Render Just For Fun
I haven't fired up Cinema yet to try this, but seems like you could also use a cone with the pointy end pointed towards all the spheres and have it bit really skinny, then it would sort of slightly redirect the rolling spheres if you wanted to avoid them bumping the camera at all.
I usually use a attractor with a negative value.
Hey, is there a way to link the camera to the cone? That way when the ball hits the cone, the camera would move around… or something. Or would you have to animate the camera's position?
I did this the other day on an animation im uploading now. I used an invisible sphere to help explode a glass to make it look a little more realistic.
sorry, here is the link.
Nick – that's a great solution to a problem I didn't' even know I had 🙂 Awesome.
While we're on the subject of cameras, I have a suggestion for another quick tip and/or tutorial: working with depth of field in C4D.
I've always had problems with getting good DOF results (anti aliasing, depth passes showing up where I don't want them, etc). I'd be curious to hear yours and others' thoughts on this.
DOF in C4D is verry render intensive and it's easier achieved in After effects. It's also easier adjustable in AE.
I usualy just export a depth pass. I do have issues with motion blur exporting because i do not have a plugin for this.
I should have been clearer – I always render a depth pass, but tips on how to do it properly (and composite inAE) for different circumstances would be a great thing to see.
For motion blur – I use Real Smart motion blur. Great plugin.
"I am the Gorilla" and at the same time giving us the finger? haha =)
good one lol
a good way to move the sphere instantly to the camera's position would be to create the sphere, select it, click functions / transfer, and click the camera. just an easy trick thaz all.
transfer beat the hell out of making it a child an zeroing it out… thanks guys
Good tip!
Greggy, you just blew my mind.
Funtions > Transfer = Rules!
Awesome quick tip… Glad you're feeling better dude!
Cool tip! Very usefull to immerge the camera ( and the watchers ) into a big colorfull explosion!! wouhouu
Very good solution, when ever i had this problem, i made an plane in front of the cam and made a composition tag, but this is faster :] I just rendered these 2 projects today:
yeah looks very ugly, but i think this is not so bad:
I just played around with the awesome Ivy Generator Plug-In and Vue 7xstream 😉
PS: Sry for my bad english i'm from Germany xD
nice one dude, i love the character!
What kind of light did you use to light the second scene?
thanks, i used 2 Area Lights on the Left and Right and a Sky-Object with an HDRI and GI, i think. :]
well.. very great again 😀
i finaly got my new pc able to run C4D properlly and when i see tips like that, you can't imagine how exited i'm to start learn C4D!
I thought I was just being lazy when I was doing the same thing. I use a cube and have the corners pointing outward so that objects just move to the side. Glad to see I'm doing it in a way that isn't just plain wrong. Cheers
What about a tip to prevent clones and particles from intersecting in each other??
That one would be cool!
Hi nick! great tutorial..
nick, you have a macbook 13 inch?
please answer i have this dude…
Hey Nick,
thanks for that little quick tip, I'm sure it will help quite some people to make their animations even sexier.
Naturaly I tried to experiment a bit with MoDyn and cameras, as this is an awesome way to add real camera movement to the otherwise very CGheavy looks of motion graphics.
Simply making the camera child of the Mesh I quickly sew together didnt work to well for me though. The camera was not updating, neither in the viewport nor in the in the render.
The reason for that was, that the Mesh I build didnt actually move, neither did the fracture object I put it in. The movement we see in the viewport and the renderer is a simulation wich is calculated seperatly.
So if you want to bind your camera to a mesh that is reacting to MoDynamics you need a little Expresso.
I uploaded a little screenshot from my setup, wich worked just fine.
Hopefully that'll save someone a few minutes and hairs.
best regard
Thanks a million dude. i was breakin' my head over this one. and in the end, it turned out to be so simple. Thanks!!!
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After you make the sphere , if you go to cameras -> link active object
then you start moving the sphere itself as a camera
I believe its much easier way to put it in the place you want 🙂
nice tip nick .
That's really quick tip Nick. And you are not look sick at all in the video. I'm happy for you man. 🙂
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This is what I have been working on, got exited about the particle stuff so made this: http://vimeo.com/13364463
Nice one, Nick.
You totally rockin', dude!
Greets from Germany
Hey, Nick
keep up the good job !!!!!!!!!!!
I was wondering if you can do a tutorial on modeling in
Cinema 4d from a reference image.
Just in case, someone is interested. One can turn on and of both "traffic lights" at the same time when holding "alt" while clicking. Nice tip btw!
What is the diference between use the traffic lights do turn off the sphere in the render and use a composition tag (seen by camera) off?
There are many ways to skin a cat.
At first glance I'd say, the traffic lights are a more accessable and intuitive way of hiding objects. While the compositetag does the same job, its best suited for more precise adjustments of the way your scene interacts with an object. It also doesnt hide the object from your viewport, wich can be quite unconvenient.
Great Tip!
Current animation I'm working on-
-Lit with GSG Light Kit
On a related note, I use a quick Xpresso script when I want the camera to actually behave as a physics object and be affected by collisions and so on.
For example I used it here:
This is all off the top of my head but… First I created a cube, added it to a cloner with just 1 clone, added rigid body tag. Then I added an Xpresso tag. Then I configured the Xpresso tag with these nodes:
1. The cloner object (just drag it from the object tree), add an "Object" port on the right
2. A MoGraph Data object (New Node->Mograph->Data), create out ports for Global Position and Global Rotation
3. The camera (again drag it in) and connect the position & rotation from the MoGraph Data
It's that simple, now the cube will be affected by MoDynamics, and the camera will simply follow the cube. Don't forget to make the cube invisible as in GG's tutorial.
If anyone's interested I could probably make a screencast of this.
I was thinking about that after Nick talked about cracking the glass. I was trying to figure it out in my head how to create it in xpresso, nice.
A little modynamics problem I had fun solving…
I've been using the "invisible colliders" trick to blend interaction with live footage, check game:
I use invisible planes and colliders to direct the motion and destruction of a few CG objects. You may recognize a few of the tricks (thanks Nick!).
p.s. the site is still under construction.
Wow o:
That's awesome! What Matchmove-Software did you use? Boujou?
PFTrack. Boujou is pretty awesome too, but so expensive. Both get the job done well.
This dude gives a basic how-to for tracking and exporting virtual cameras:
Here's what I was playing around with and decided to make a video of…
Kind of a self challenge. It would be cool to get a group of people to come up with their own versions or possibly expand on it.
Cool tut 🙂 I found another use for invisible objects, smashing through things!
Here's something I threw together:
there is any similar effect in after effects?
can do something similar?
Nice quick tip Nick!
Here's a project for DB Schenker Logistics me and my brother did. Contains Mograph and Cinema 4D stuff as well as the awesome lights of the GSG Light Kit!
Lol forgot the link!
Wow, i love it o:
Really good picture, how did you the deformations on the character? With an Displacement-Map or with Softselections? : D
Yeah, it's an image of card board with a color and bump. I copied the bump onto the displacement channel.
You are a genius man! Simple stuffs but really creative and cool.
Nice tip nick!
Thanks a lot!
Is it possible to give me your opinion, my friend
Hi I am writing from Colombia is the first time I dare but there is something that is causing discomfort when I export to after effects and I pass the camera + light comp let me know if I can say how to make me not go this component I've tried many ways but always comes in after thanks
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Many lawn mower engines use overhead valves. This means, the valves rest at the top of the engine. Most 4-stroke lawnmower engines have an intake valve and an exhaust valve. The camshaft inside the engine lifts the valves at different intervals to allow air into the engine and exhaust gas out of the engine. If the valves loose their proper timing, you will see a reduction in engine efficiency. To correct this, you must adjust the valves.
Step 1
Remove the bolts that secure the valve cover onto the top of the engine and then place the valve cover off to the side.
Step 2
Remove the spark plug wire from the spark plug and then remove the spark plug from the engine with a spark plug socket and ratchet.
Step 3
Place a screwdriver into the hole for the spark plug. You will feel the tip of the screwdriver press against the top of the piston. Rotate the shaft or flywheel extending from the bottom of the engine. This is the shaft the mower blade attaches to. You will feel the piston push up on the screwdriver as you rotate the shaft. As soon as you feel the direction shift and the screwdriver starts to go back down, rotate the shaft in the opposite direction until the screwdriver goes back up. This is TDC or top dead center.
Step 4
Locate the rocker arm mounted above the exhaust valve. The exhaust valve is located towards the muffler on the engine.
Step 5
Place a feeler gauge that measures 0.005 of an inch between the bottom of the rocker arm and the top of the valve. If properly adjusted you should feel a slight drag when you slide the gauge between the two pieces. If the gauge will not go in or there is excessive play, you must adjust the rocker.
Step 6
Place a flathead screwdriver into the slot on the setscrew that protrudes from the top of the rocker arm and then loosen the jam nut with a wrench. Turn the screwdriver to either increase or reduce the clearance between the setscrew and the top of the valve. Tighten the jam nut and then test the clearance with the feeler gauge. Repeat this until you obtain a slight drag with the feeler gauge.
Step 7
Repeat step six with the intake valve located close to the carburetor on the engine. However, replace the 0.005 of an inch feeler gauge and replace it with a slightly thinner 0.003 of an inch feeler gauge.
Step 8
Place a new valve cover gasket onto the top of the engine if originally equipped with a gasket and then secure the valve cover onto the top of the engine.

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Given the amount of weddings we've been to (17 including ours), I haven't been to many bridal showers (3 including my own). I recently had one of my best friend's bridal showers and wanted to show how Pinterest can translate to real life, and how a few little things can make a big impact.
1. Choose a theme and or color story
The biggest thing that helps me when planning a party are parameters to stay within, because there are almost too many ideas out there now!
We decided the theme would be BBQ chic, so I bought kraft paper plates and wooden utensils. We also stuck to the colors from the invitations which were grey and yellow. Napkins, tablecloths and striped straws are an easy way to infuse color to any table.
top image: pinterest, bottom image: real life
2. Use items you already have
Last year when my florist created my trial center piece, she had to use some fake flowers, which looked really nice. I kept them and bought some tulle to recreate this wedding door ornament.
pinterest real life
3. Little things can go a long way
I was probably most excited to try to recreate this rice krispy cake idea as one of the desserts for our BBQ themed shower. Thanks to Smitten Kitchen, I already knew I had a great recipe and I had previously purchased a set of 3 nesting pans from Crate and Barrel. I found a shop on Etsy called Better Off Wed which had gorgeous cake toppers. I decided to go with 'love' in grey so I can reuse it in the future, and it's much too pretty not to!
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Our other dessert, mini apple pies
mini apple pie prep the day before the shower
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I was really happy with how great these drink tags looked when they arrived, but adding each person's name made them even more cute. I bought disposable wine glasses for the sangria, which made it easy for everyone to put their drinks down without worrying if they were stealing someone else's glass.
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I just got off the phone to West Chester University. After putting in my online application on January 9, I never received any further correspondence from them, so I rang to see what the hell is going on. The admissions office checked their records, and apparently I'm nowhere to be found in the system, despite my web application clearly listing my status as "Payment accepted, data sent, received, and confirmed!" complete with exclamation mark.
They're returning my call after the webmaster gets back from lunch. I guess it's a good thing I didn't want to audition in January or February. God fucking damn. This is freaking me out.
I'm a ball of worry about everything at the moment. The singing is coming together for Frog and Toad, but I'm paranoid about the instrumentalists. I haven't had a moment to collate my compositions or create any new ones. Music123 appears to have gone completely downhill in the last few months, and now it's going to take them two more weeks to ship me a violin shoulder rest - for an order I placed in mid-December. I wanted to use my violin to record my incidental music for The Glass Menagerie before my WCU audition, but now I don't know if I'll get up to speed in time. Mind you, I've been completely lax at practicing the piano, cello, and the voice as well. My sleeping patterns are completely out of whack, and I'm constantly tired. After forking out $120 for that sewing machine I found on Amazon, one of Matt's friends sold him a better one for $10. And worst of all, I can't think of anything to do but whine on my blog. Arrrrgghhh I hate myself and I want to die.
I did have a beautiful conversation with my mother last Wednesday, at least. Dad has come home. It's not good news - it's more of a deathbed situation. He has no appetite. Mum kept trying to force him to eat at the hospital, to the point where he would scream at her and cause terrible rows. Eventually, after discussion with doctors, she decided to stop pressing the issue. The doctors give him four months or so, so it's unlikely he'll last until Matt and I visit in August. I don't know which is the lesser evil: seeing Dad on his last legs, or visiting his grave. God.
Anyway, Mum began to tell me about how guilty she has been feeling lately for all the things she had ever done to Joe in the past, and I assured her at length that she has nothing to feel guilty about. Joe certainly wasn't an innocent, and was free to live life as he wished. And Mum is acting incredibly selflessly (if any act can rightly be called truly selfless) right now. It was a great phone call.
- Via orestes, the best Valentine's Day cards ever. Damn him for limiting his run.
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- The last time I visited my crackpot father in 2003, he pulled me close with an wild look in his eye and whispered intensely, "Do you know how Princess Diana died? Lasers. Lasers." And to think I dismissed his claim. Internally, of course. Outwardly, I smiled and nodded, and furtively glanced at the room's exit routes.
- MacGuyver! This was the only "Superbowl" commercial I caught last night. But it's MacGuyver!


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Crestone Peak Resources officials on Thursday called the noise, odor and dust mitigation on oil and gas sites in eastern Boulder County world class, though failed to mention an odor violation they learned of before the evening telephone meeting.
Several residents during the meeting challenged whether they would be subject to the same problems as their neighbors in Erie, who have lodged hundreds of complaints against the Denver-based energy company.
"Obviously your equipment is not working," said Sonya Lewis, who has spoken up to the company in the past. "Whatever you're doing in Erie is not working when it comes to sounds."
Crestone, the fifth-largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, has voluntarily agreed to use a new state process — called the "Comprehensive Drilling Plan" (CDP) — as part of its proposal to drill at least 180 wells within 12 square miles near the crosshairs of U.S. 287 and Colo. 52.
The third meeting to review the plan's first draft was added as part of the first stakeholder engagement period, which has been extended from Nov. 3 to Nov. 10. Comments are being accepted on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's website.
Crestone spokesman Jason Oates, who led the two-hour telephone meeting along with legal representative Jamie Jost, said the company installs walls and acoustic panels as part of keeping the sound down, but they are not ready yet to say what equipment they would use at the proposed sites.
"We take every complaint very seriously ... we also feel we've done a world-class job in mitigating that noise and have not violated any of the noise regulations here in our operations over the last year," Oates said.
But during the over-the-phone meeting, neither Oates nor Jost alerted residents of the company's first violation of Erie's odor nuisance ordinance that allegedly occurred Sept. 7 at the Pratt well pad in Erie's Vista Ridge community.
Oates said the citation was served to a company attorney and not directly to Crestone. He said he learned of the violation right before the call at 6 p.m. and did not have all the details until after the call, which ended at about 8:15 p.m.
Erie officials declined to comment as it is an "ongoing matter." But police confirmed the code violation based on complaints of a diesel smell.
Crestone has questioned whether Erie's ordinance is enforceable or constitutional. The code approved in July now makes it "unlawful and a public nuisance for any person, tenant, occupant or property owner to permit the emission of odor from any source to result in detectable odors that leave the premises and are detected by a reasonably prudent person with a normal sense of smell," according to town documents.
Oates said there's a difference between odor perception and attribution, as illustrated by differences in detection between complainants and state inspectors.
"We recognize we have impacts — though temporary — on the community when we are operating and we've taken steps to evaluate and address these complaints," he said in an emailed statement. "We are required to meet strict state regulations, and at the Pratt and Waste Connections (sites), I'm pleased to say we've done this."
He said that in response to numerous odor complaints at the two Erie well pads and with input from the state, Crestone has installed multiple masking agents and mud chillers to reduce potential emission of odors.
The company is currently operating about 200 wells in Erie, Oates said. The new proposal could increase Boulder County's wells from 300 to close to 500.
"This is a very frightening process for us in terms of the duration of the construction drilling and completions," resident Lee Snet said. "It could span five to six years in total."
The two previous meetings were held for a select group of landowners, causing residents to scrutinize the transparency of the public hearing process.
In response, Crestone invited more than 700 surface owners within the proposed drilling area to the third meeting Thursday night.
Oates said about 25 tuned in to the telephone call and online presentation. Many who spoke during the question-and-answer period also attended the previous in-person meeting and phone call.
But residents on the call claimed that some of their neighbors — a total of fewer than 10 — who had registered were not called by Crestone. Others on social media the next day claimed they weren't called, and Oates said a couple people reached out.
"We are sharing the presentation with them and, if possible, arranging a time to meet with them soon," he said.
He said Crestone is working with the vendor of the telephone system to determine if there were technical issues with registering or with the reverse calls.
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Synopsis: The beautiful, witty daughter of a wealthy family, Ginevra de' Benci longs to share her poetry and participate in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence. But she is trapped in an arranged marriage in a society dictated by men, expected to limit her creativity to household duties.
When charismatic Venetian ambassador Bernardo Bembo arrives in Florence, he introduces Ginevra to a dazzling circle of patrons, artists, and philosophers - a world of thought and conversation she has yearned for. She is attracted to the handsome newcomer, yet conflicted about his attentions. Choosing Ginevra as his Platonic muse, Bembo commissions her portrait by a young Leonardo da Vinci. Posing for the brilliant painter inspires a captivating intimacy between them. In a vivid backdrop of exquisite art, jousts, and festivals, the young poet faces many challenges to discover her voice, artistic companionship, and a love that defies categorization. In the end, she and Leonardo are caught up in a deadly battle between powerful families.
In this beautifully written exploration of a real-life Renaissance woman, L.M. Elliott delivers the stunning tale of Ginevra de' Benci, captured forever in Leonardo da Vinci's first portrait, a painting that broke convention and established the master as a force of artistic honesty.
Date Published: November 10, 2015
Published By: Katherine Tegan Books
Number of Pages: 287
Rating: 3.5/5
It's been a while since I've read a historical fiction novel based on a real-life person. Before I picked up Da Vinci's Tiger I had never even heard of Ginevra de' Benci. Apparently, her portrait is famous for being the only da Vinci painting to reside in the Americas. (Something else I didn't know.) If I got nothing else from this book, I at least picked up some cool art trivia.
Thankfully, I did get more out of this book then just some art facts. There is some incredibly rich imagery in this novel that goes hand in hand with the art theme. The joust scene at the beginning of the book is especially vivid and immediately hooked me into the story while at the same time establishing the time period.
The book takes place in Florence during the Renaissance age. L.M. Elliott establishes her story firmly in reality through extensive research - almost all of the characters in her novel are based on real-life people. She also weaves a lot of background information about everyday society in 15th-century Florence. While there is some fascinating stuff in here, I find sometimes that the author relies too much on exposition - 'telling' the reader instead of 'showing' them.
What I loved most about this book was its feminist message - Ginevra struggles to have her voice heard in her male-dominated society. Forming a tentative friendship with Leonardo and exchanging ideas with him helps her to unleash her creativity and take charge of her own life.
Another thing I love about Ginevra is that she remains true to herself throughout the story. Some readers might bemoan the lack of romance but the book isn't really about that - it's about a young girl struggling to be seen as her own person instead of something that men can objectify and use for their own spiritual or material gain. Ginevra is tempted at times to give in to her more romantic side but in the end, she is able to discern for herself what true love really means.
The story is a little slow at times and I wished the relationship between Ginevra and Leonardo could have developed a little more but overall, this is a great historical YA novel that will appeal to those who are interested in the Renaissance period.


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Christmas 2010 is over, but was a lot of fun with our boys. Austin couldn't get to sleep Christmas Eve because he was so excited, and he woke up early to open gifts. Poor thing, we made him wait until his little brother woke up!
Tony and I got what we were hoping for this Christmas - Drew is now potty trained! We started this past Monday and he only took 2 days to be accident free. I love it!
Tony surprised me with a ring that I can wear to nursing clinicals (and future job) - my ring now sticks out and catches on gloves, so I just haven't been wearing it to school. I was shocked because we weren't supposed to get each other anything, and I think he was pleased with my reaction because he said my facial expression was priceless when he had Austin get the ring out of the tree.
Austin said this was his best Christmas ever (funny because he says that every year!) and it was more fun this year because Drew was really into the whole Santa thing and actually knew what Christmas entails. Austin has been putting together his legos every minute we have been home and Drew sleeps with his pillow pet as his main pillow now (so cute!).
Christmas night we went to my parents' for dinner and gift exchange and then today we went to Tony's mom's for lunch and gift exchange. We got to see Tony's aunt and uncle who were passing through on their way home, so that was nice.
Other than our tree's lights slowly dying over this month, it was a great Christmas season. We actually have plans for New Year's Eve so Tony is excited!
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A thought-provoking part of my experience in the Gamification Teacher Learning and Leadership Project (TLLP) has been the opportunity to observe various leaders and followers in their response to ever-changing technology. In my role as an IT teacher in a K-8 school, I'm able to observe everyone from those who want to be on the cutting edge (including my friends and colleagues Adele Stanfield, David Bradbury and Greg Holohan) to those who are approaching technology like a passing fad; the Rubik's cube or ICQ of this decade. What's even more interesting is to observe how the leaders accept the challenge of supporting these staff members. Can the "lone nut" who created the most recent app or video game relate to the staff member who liked it best when they wrote their report cards by hand and enjoyed teaching the apple unit every fall; long before "THE Apple" was invented? Is the individual who created the most successful regional social media site really the best person to share their program with the staff member who is 3 years from retirement; "…and if I have another class next year like the one I do this year, I'll be going sooner!"
My approach is to meet people where they are and support them in their progress, at their own pace. I'll admit, I'm not always the best at it but I can see why the "at your elbow" approach works better than trying to explain the benefits of Evernote to 15 people in a 45 minute session, at the end of the day. After it's determined we all need to bring a device, 2 don't know how to create a password and 3 have forgotten their already. Even if I did have a box of wine to share, it would be a challenging task. We've all experienced the instructor who wants to share their excitement about a concept or a product who speaks over our head or the individual in a workshop suggested by an administrator and can't see any purpose in another word-processing software program when there's already so much paper in the school.
A memorable experience for me was with a group of educators who had to attend a technology workshop. Arriving with expectations of leaving early, a great lunch and a day out of the building, the participants are faced with a trainer who thinks their topic is second only in importance to the invention of the computer.
I'm curious to know about your experiences. Are you the lone nut (and would you admit it?) Have you experienced the staff member who is just learning how to turn the computer on and can't "deal" with the challenge of learning how to adjust the sound, in the same month. How did you meet the challenge of supporting that person or how did they support you.
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I'm homeless, and was staying at a motel. My son came to visit and drove off faster than the manager would have liked and call him a mother fucker. I told her to knock it off and not treat my son that way. She called the cops and I got kicked out. Why am I the bad guy because she was a bitch?
I love it when people are confident with their bodies and sexuality. Kudos to those of you who are.
What a great website. I'm not into hurting partners, but this is just plain sexy.
I'm thinking about having my foreskin pierced again. Do you girls like it or is it a waste of money?
I thought I found the one. But no.
It's okay. I really like being alone with my hounds. And all you wonderful people on SGs make my life happy. Thank you. :)
So I've finally decided to post my picture. Sorry folks. I'm not a handsome man. But I have a great since of humor. Muhaha. ;)
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With Christmas less than a week away, it looks like I'll be spending it alone again. Oh well. It's like someone told me. Just consider it another normal day and don't let it get you down. I'm trying. :) Merry Christmas everyone.
It snowed on the Oregon Coast this morning. That almost never happens. Very pretty. I even got to see it snowing for a little while. I think it's beautiful and relaxing.
So my son tried to take his dog but he lives with his mom in a retirement community and people complained about how big his lab was so guess what? I'm stuck with three dogs in a small motel room. I'm trying to find Remington a good home. I live in Florence on the Oregon coast. If anyone is interested in taking him...
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Well I finally got a few days off from work, so I decided to do some of the projects I've been planning for a while.
I wanted to make an underquilt. There are plenty of AWESOME quilt designs here on HF. Take some time and peruse around if you find yourself interested in making one.
After reading all the wonderful posts and directions on various designs, I finally decided to try out TeeDee's Karo-step box quilt. He gave me a few tips that made the process a LOT easier. Thank you TeeDee!
What drew me to the box design is essentially there is only one chamber for the down. I don't even have to weigh the down. The step baffles suit my talents (or lack thereof) better than the long chambered baffles. I find it is much much easier for me to thread inject shorter distances than long expanses. The design works great! Or at least it does in my living room Ill get a better test hopefully later this week.
The finished quilt is 38x46 and baffled 1.25, but has 2.5-3 loft in some places. Im still working on distributing the down evenly. Total weight is 7.25 oz without suspension. I put grosgrain loops on the corners and put channels on the sides. I might end up making some channels on the short ends to help cinch them up, but to that Im still undecided.
I used 12 3 steps side to side and 12 6 steps end to end.
Liner and shell sewn together
Stuffed with down
Hung up on my DIY hammock. The whoopie slings aren't in the photo...
As much of a detail shot as I'm willing to give...
Down in the sunlight
It took me longer than I expected, but I dont think this will be my last down project. I think with a bit of practice, my next quilt will turn out much better.
I think it might be the humidity here in Houston, but the down REALLY stuck to my skin when I was stuffing the quilt and it likes to clump together a bit in the quilt. I have to be REALLY persuasive to the down to get it to shift at all.
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PML-N's in big trouble these days with the blame for the security situation in Lahore being placed directly on them. It's blamed for patronizing militant groups in the by-elections in Jhang, looking the other way at anti-ahmadi hate speech, in some cases even sponsoring it, and even not being able to respond appropriately to the Jinnah hospital attack. Moreover it's being blamed for being in denial and reacting defensively to allegations that it's soft on homegrown militancy and also for being too to blame RAW.
Now it's hard to be too sympathetic to PML-N's woes because in every case the attacks are justified. Where one can have some sympathy is the fact that these attacks have been timed to achieve certain political benefits to each of the other groups involved. For example, Rana Sanaullah's ties with sectarian terrorists were highlighted even though as he kept pointing out (and got mocked even more for), these ties were the rule rather than exception to politics in Jhang. Kashif Abbasi did a great show in which he passed around pictures of Salmaan Taseer at a PPP rally where a Sipah-e-Sahaba leader Rao Javeed Iqbal actually endorsed the PPP candidate and also a picture of Sheikh Waqas Akram attending a political event with leaders of Tehreek-e-Jafria. (The history of Sheikh Waqas Akram's family is quite interesting – I believe he's the nephew of the influential urban Jhang politician Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal initially had the support of SSP but after a falling out he was assassinated by them after which his family has swung completely the other way and despite being Sunnis are now allied with the Tehreek-e-Jafria.)
So anyway, the moral of the story is that iss hamam main sab nangay hain, although I don't believe in that there is no black and white so we are all gray nonsense. Salman Taseer != Rana Sanaullah. Salman Taseer may be hypocritical but Rana Sanaullah is the genuine article. Despite that, I do feel a lot of sympathy with PML-N's position. Their entire political comfort zone is capable of being eroded by a few well-timed bomb blasts going off in Lahore. That's their achilles heel and they know it and there's nothing they can really do about it except half heartedly commit to weeding out terrorists in Punjab. Many people may be feeling a sense of schadenfreude at the collapse of PML-N's political capital but I don't. I don't see anything good coming out of the weakening of both Pakistan's major parties. Ayesha Siddiqa argued in military inc that the downfall of the Pakistani political class has always been its eagerness to collaborate with the establishment against itself and the PPP would be stupid to fall into this trap.
This is where Zardari and Rehman Malik's politics of reconciliation come into play. I firmly believe that they are not in the same class as Salman Taseer and I hope PPP exercises some discretion. Anyway I am probably reading too much into this situation and PML-N will soon be back to chortling over PPP's impending demise with its journalist and judge friends with some moronic facade of a liberal cause rallying civil society behind them. The thing, the politicians should remember what the establishment is capable of and stick together.


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On the 1st of December 2013, approximately 4:30pm my mum, sister and I headed to Oahu, Hawaii our first international trip that we done together. To date we still talk about it- everything was awesome about it. The excitement was too much I cannot explain. It being my first international trip I had hundreds of questions.
We arrived 3 hours prior to our flight, we were way too excited. First thing we done after the departure point was shop! Why? Its duty free, duh! Everything was cheaper than normal (especially perfume and cosmetics). We bought perfume and perfume and well perfume.
Counting the hours down I walked around the airport exploring new things and amazed by the littlest things that the airport offered. I was always told that the airport was full of excitement and i defiantly felt that.
It came time to board the plane and unfortunately for us the plane was full so we couldn't take up some seats. The flight was around 9-10 hours and I think I only slept for around 1-2 hours while my mum and sister managed to sleep through more of it. After hours and hours of self entertainment, listening to music, watching movies, eating, and "trying" to sleep we arrived!
Greeted by friendly strangers all around us the only thing I took in was "Aloha" and the beautiful and colourful lei thrown over us. We hoped in a mini van which was taking us to our hotel and that was a great time as we got to see the suburban side of Oahu, a side where many tourists don't see or visit.
After around a 30 minute drive we arrived at our hotel, "Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach". It was beautiful and yet again greeted by so many amazing people. We checked into our room, put our bags down and headed straight outside to explore what was around us.
out first dinner was at the cheese cake factory and did not disappoint. many people told us to go try not only their cheesecakes but their food. we had an amazing dinner and had a yummy cheesecake after. we even tipped out waiter (that is usually an expectation in the USA), something that i was so intrigued by.
As the days went by doing activities, sightseeing, shopping, dinners and tipping our 10 day trip to Hawaii was coming to an end. Our final day we spent by Waikiki Beach soaking in the sun and enjoying our last view of the amazing sunset that Hawaii has got to offer.
The next morning we where all awake by 5am and were headed back to the airport all tired and tanned. As we wait in the long lines at airports we reminisce about an spontaneous holiday we had.
When we headed onto the plane we noticed it was a lot quieter and there was plenty of empty seats something that we were all excited about after a long trip. We had 2 seats on our own and were able to rest better.
For the next 9-10 hours of our journey I was asleep for around 5-6 hours which made the returning flight for me a lot more easier. We arrived back into Sydney all exhausted and in need of good rest.


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Like to have my cake and eat it too. Never understood the stupidity of that cliche putdown.
After the surprisingly low finish at the Mr Playas de Rosarito we went out for dinner. Come dessert, I asked the waiter if the pay de queso (cheesecake) was New York style. His reply, New York style?, was answer enough for me. But by then I already had the taste in my mouth; so during the week I gathered the ingredients - eggs, cream cheese, sour cream, pie crust, sugar - and baked my own pie!
It turned out hellayummy-yum good. Another DIY success!
All done from scratch, minus the pie crust which I lined with granola for a whimsy of crunchy nutriction, and then topped the layer of sour cream off with toasted coconut. Calories, schmalories.
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Bold & Black: Luxiano Street ClassicBy Jessica Paige
Bold Blackwork tatttoos made by Luxiano Street Classic.
While we do love vibrantly colored pieces, there's something to be said about bold blackwork tattoos, and the way they pop out against the skin. We came across an artist on Instagram who specializes in making edgy recreations of both traditional and "street" motifs whose subject matter include scorpions and skulls, roses and reapers, and his name is Luxiano Street Classic.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA has concluded a meeting with Memphis officials to discuss major violations and the school must now wait at least six weeks for a ruling on whether its 38 wins from the 2007-08 season will count.
The most serious allegation taken up at Saturday's meeting is whether an unknown person took the SAT for a player.
The NCAA has said the athlete in question played for the Tigers for only the 2007-08 season and in the 2008 NCAA tournament. The only person who fits that description in documents obtained by The Associated Press is Derrick Rose, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft after that season.
Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson had no comment after the four-hour meeting. Memphis president Dr. Shirley Raines also would not speak, but released a statement reiterating the school's commitment to playing by the rules.
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In a presentation to a meeting in May 2003 of officials and ambassadors from the Eastern and Southern African region on developing an EPA negotiating mandate for the region, the ACP Secretariat argued that the Cotonou Agreement required that negotiations on EPAs should : be undertaken with ACP countries which consider themselves in a position to do so, at the level they consider appropriate, and in accordance with the procedures agreed by the ACP Group in the light of regional-integration processes in the ACP; be aimed at promoting economic development, the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty and the smooth and gradual integration of ACP states into the world economy; build on regional integration initiatives and 'not undermine the regional integration processes and efforts'. The presentation further noted that the ACP Group had 'agreed that the first phase could extend from September 2002 through 2003 when a review could take place. The negotiations in the second phase could start in September 2003'. The uncertainties facing the ACP were highlighted in this presentation particularly with regard to: the future WTO framework for ACP-EU trade relations; the impact of CAP enlargement; the impact of CAP reform; the alternative GSP scheme which would be in place. It was felt that these uncertainties required the development of 'a concerted, coherent and a joint approach not only to the negotiations of EPAs but to regional policy formulation as well'. It also requires close co-ordination between ACP capitals, and their representations in Geneva and Brussels, in order to ensure that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. The presentation set out the reasons for the current two-phased approach to the negotiations and the progress to date, noting the areas of convergence and divergence. The greatest convergence was on general principles, namely that EPAs should take full account of local circumstances, fully support regional-integration processes and be built on the wider objectives of the Cotonou Agreement. The highlighted divergences included: disagreement on whether a reform of WTO rules was required to allow the necessary flexibility in the EPA negotiations; the nature of the first, all-ACP phase and its outcome; the need for additional resources. In contrast to the EU's upbeat reporting on the outcome of the May Joint Council of Ministers meeting the ACP Secretariat presentation noted that ACP ministers 'expressed concern over the slow progress in achieving the objectives of the phase 1 of the negotiations'. With regard to the specific regional dimension of EPA negotiations the ACP paper noted that 'the EU is still wedded to its idea of REPAs', but that on the ACP side many issues still needed to be clarified, most notably: the regional configuration for the second-phase negotiations; whether it will it be regional secretariats or member-states governments backed up by the regional secretariats who will negotiate; whether such negotiations would take place in Brussels or the headquarters of the regional secretariats; the role of the Brussels ambassadors and Brussels structures; the definition of 'sensitive products' under liberalisation processes; the extent of transitional periods before full reciprocity is introduced; the impact of reciprocity on fiscal revenues; how the problem of revenue losses can be addressed; the measures which can be adopted to protect vulnerable sectors and industries. Comment: The most striking feature of this ACP presentation was the emphasis placed on the permissive nature of the commitments that ACP governments had made under the Cotonou Agreement rather than the statutory, binding nature of these commitments. This suggests an unease within the ACP over the progress of first-phase negotiations and the possibility of deferring the commencement of second-phase negotiations until further progress has been made in addressing the issues put on the table by the ACP in the first phase of the negotiations.
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VERNON - Mounties continue to investigate a bank robbery that happened at the Interior Savings Credit Union December 9 but so far haven't been able to make an arrest.
According to an RCMP media release, there have been several leads from the public about the 25- to 35-year-old suspect and they're again asking the public to take a look at photos in hopes it will jog someone's memory. The bank is located at 4301-32 Street in Vernon.
The suspect was wearing black sunglasses, had a three-day growth of beard and is roughly 5'10" to 6' tall. He was wearing a grey, long sleeve shirt with an orange-grey-white plaid shirt underneath, grey sweatpants, brown shoes, dark toque and black leather gloves.
Police say he was carrying a gun and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Anyone with information can contact Vernon RCMP at 250-545-7171 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.


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The Brand guys at Africa's emerging force and telecommunication giant – Glo are doing a very good job. Following the success of The GLO CAF awards which they sponsored, they have topped it up nicely with the Glo Lagos Marathon.
However, they need to sync their ad messages particularly the ones that were aired on NTA on Saturday February 28th 2009 during the Glo show.
One of the ads claimed that Glo currently has 18 million subscribers, and almost immediately after that, another ad was aired claiming that Glo has 19 million subscribers which makes me to wonder how many subscribers really the company has.
Little things like this matter, the messages should align together to avoid sowing doubts in the minds of the customers.


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Seeking answers (and God willing, finding some) to questions affecting parents, kids, and teachers, one baby step at a time.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
My Book!
OK, So I'm feeling a little guilty that some people I know well and love didn't know about this before it happened. Sorry--really and truly, nothing personal! But I edited a book, and it's now in print!
It's a book of conversion stories called, appropriately enough, Atheist to Catholic. It wasn't my idea and they aren't my stories, so I feel pretty free in saying that I think there is some great stuff in there. And some of the people involved write really well, too, which helps!
You can buy it on Amazon or directly from Servant if you don't have one yet, LOL. (Retails for 13.99)
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Smoking In Switzerland
Can you guess from which age a child can legally purchase cigarettes in Geneva? 15 years? 18 years? Perhaps even older? I bet not many of you would have guessed that a child can buy tobacco here as… Read More
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Did you know that the Swiss have rules that restrict many activities that most of us would find totally normal? The Swiss apartment rules are particularly strict, so we've always been thankful that we live in the countryside with no… Read More
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If you go into a restaurant in Geneva area then there is a good chance that one of the dishes on the menu will be Filets de Pêrches – fillet of perch. After living here for sometime, a… Read More
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One of the great things about living in Geneva is the short distance to the Alps. Even before we bought our 1973 MGB Roadster last year, we loved driving the windy Alpine pass roads, through Switzerland, France and… Read More
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One of the most important issues when expats move to a new country is schooling. You can out up with a less than stunning kitchen (and you often have to here) or a slightly boring social life but… Read More
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When we moved to Geneva, one of the things that I found most difficult was finding ingredients for baking in Switzerland. I was used to the issues with baking powder and baking soda, not to mention finding self-raising… Read More
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Tonight we went to the Féte de Bonhomme Neige – the Snowman Festival – with ritual burning of the snowman to mark the end of winter. Not that there was much of a winter to speak of this… Read More
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Not long ago I wrote a light-hearted post about our Nuclear Bunker. Who would have thought that not even 4 months later, I would be envied for my bunker. And not in a joking "ha, isn't that a cool… Read More
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Want to come into my cellar and see my nuclear bunker? That's quite some chat-up line, right? Not so much here, since the Swiss nuclear bunker is just a part of life here, and everyone has one…. Read More
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That when we were young, almost everyone walked to school. I can't remember any school friend being driven to school, even one friend who lived quite far away walked. Today, when doing the Swiss school run, I had… Read More
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We headed to Montreux today to take my parents to the train. They were traveling with the Goldenpass Express to Gstaad then onwards to Bern. The children and I took the opportunity to wander around the Christmas Market… Read More
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The Swiss have a unique voting system called direct (or half direct) democracy. This means that basically any Swiss citizen can propose a change to a law. Around four times a year votes are cast on local and… Read More
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A pretty good combination, if you ask me. A couple of weeks ago we went to the Morges British Classic Car Meeting. It is an annual event, attracting over 1500 cars and motorbike and over 20 000 visitors…. Read More
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The Swiss are famous for many things, chocolate and watches, banks and tunnels. Tunnels? Well, yes. Switzerland has over 40 road tunnels over 2km length, with 11 more tunnels either planned or already being built. It is not… Read More
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Bobby Knight brought an Indiana team here for the first time on Jan. 8, 1972. Jim Brewer blocked a shot at the buzzer to give the Gophers a 52-51 victory. Knight thought it was a foul and chased the officials off the elevated court.
From that moment, a visit by Knight and Indiana was a game circled on the schedule by all Williams Arena ticketholders. Knight's Hoosiers were dominant in the matchup with the Gophers, but there were some grand moments for a maroon sweater crowd:
On Jan. 28, 1990, Clem Haskins' Gophers lit up Indiana for a 108-89 victory. On Feb. 27, 1994, the Gophers beat Indiana 106-56, as Knight sat passively below the elevated floor and watched his team's humiliation.
There was also the last ever game in Williams Arena for Knight's Hoosiers on Feb. 9, 2000. Dan Monson was in his first season as Minnesota's coach. A month earlier, the Gophers had been at Indiana and lost by 25 points.
This game started in similar fashion. Indiana led 27-14 in the first 10 minutes. J.B. Bickerstaff was fouled hard by Indiana's A.J. Guyton. Bickerstaff wound up with a broken leg.
And then Minnesota's center, 7-foot-1 sophomore Joel Przybilla, took over the game. Przybilla would finish with a career-high 33 points and also 14 rebounds.
At game's end, Kevin Burleson challenged a three-pointer by Guyton, it fell short and the Gophers won 77-75. Knight and the Hoosiers were left hollering for a foul. The Gophers and a crowd of 14,227 were left screaming in joy.
That joy didn't last long. Monson suspended Przybilla before the next game because Joel had not been attending classes. Przybilla then quit the team, citing a season-long "lack of communication'' with Monson.
He wound up being taken ninth in the NBA draft by Houston and was promptly traded to Milwaukee. The draft was held in Target Center. The Timberwolves didn't have a pick, so the fans amused themselves by booing Przybilla, the home-state kid from Monticello.
There really hasn't been the same level of anticipation surrounding an Indiana visit to the Barn by Indiana since Knight was fired after the 1999-2000 season. Tonight, the Hoosiers come to town rated No. 1 in the country.
They have a coach every bit as fiery as Knight in Tom Crean, yet it's not the same. I know this because there has been no urge to repeat a column-writing gimmick adopted by me in the early '90s.
For a few years there, I would mark the arrival of the Hoosiers with a column citing tradition, talent and pride as the reason for Indiana's success, while never mentioning the name of the coach.
For instance: There was a quote from Jerry Tarkanian, coach of defending champion and unbeaten UNLV, on Feb. 3, 1991, saying, "If you're talking about pure talent, Indiana should be a Final Four team.''
This was followed by the punchline: "With proper coaching, the Hoosiers are a cinch to be there for the finals in Indianapolis."
I thought it was funny, even if Sid didn't.
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Police investigating the deaths of an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman have made further arrests.
On Sunday, December 23, the body of an 18-year-old man was found in a flat on Eagle Parade in Buxton. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Five people were arrested on suspicion of drug offences after his death. They have been released on police bail.
On Saturday, December 22, the body of a 20-year-old woman was found at a flat in Chapel-en-le-Frith. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death but two people were arrested on suspicion of drug offences. They have since been released on police bail.
A further three men and a woman from the Chapel-en-le-Frith area were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.
Investigations are continuing and anyone with information is asked to contact Buxton CID using the non-emergency 101 number.


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From the animation studio behind Attack on Titan comes Rolling☆Girls, another series where war is a crucial element. That's about where the similarities die off, but Wit Studio has got something special on its hands with this new property.
Perhaps it's because Rolling☆Girls has no source material from which to draw inspiration that this show is so completely unhinged compared to the bulk of the industry thus far. I do mean that in the finest of ways of course, but this show has such an explosion of energy and irreverence that it rivals the likes of early Kill la Kill. At times it's a seemingly random mishmash of chaos but there is a focal point in the eye of the storm as well as underlying order and intelligence to dictate the feverish pace.
Taking place a decade after Japan has recovered from a fictitious war in Tokyo, the country's ruling class has collapsed and the land has been divided into prefectures run by the citizens rather than a central government. The only lynchpin keeping safety intact is a treaty signed between prefectures stating that conflicts be solved through organised combat. All of Japan's factions are coming out of the woodwork, vying for peace, glory or both.
But these battles aren't waged with guns, blades, or towering mechas; they're exacted in an orderly fashion with super-powered guys and gals at the helm. Factions are humorously divided into the "the Best", captains capable of unleashing magical attacks through the use of a strange heart-shaped pin, and "the Rest", who help out on the sidelines. Perhaps "help out" is a tad generous because they're more often used to comedic effect as liabilities, bargaining chips, or fodder, but a few are on the cusp of being major assets in the future.
Believe it or not, though, these battles aren't even the focus of the plot in and of themselves. Our peaceful protagonists certainly fall into the "Rest" category thus far in their cross-country journey on motorcycles. That doesn't stop the show from indulging in combat scenes, of course, but it's clear that the show aspires to be more than weekly fighting shenanigans. This has been foreshadowed from the very beginning with some brief commentary on the selfish tendencies of humanity to sweat the small stuff and squabble over scraps, so I'm interested to see where the writers take that for the end-game.
With the groundwork I've laid out so far, Rolling☆Girls could certainly be interpreted as a fairly serious affair, but make no mistake – this anime is downright perky and optimistic in tone so far. Comedy and adventure are played up at every turn and this makes for a show that has had few dull seconds, let alone moments. The visual design is suitably upbeat, too, with vibrant colour schemes and a passionate theme song that demands you sing along.
This is seriously one of the freshest shows I've seen in years. Most narrative-centric shows are either sufficiently archetypal or foreshadow future events so transparently that I can see plot points coming miles away, but Rolling☆Girls has thrown me for more loops than I care to admit. This is a show where the reveal of a masked hero's identity that has been built up for multiple episodes is met with snarky comments and general apathy. Even comically it craftily eschews overplayed, stereotypical gags that permeate the industry and manages to go for shock value without ever being crude or breaking this show's innocence.
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This literary rewriting of the life of Pontius Pilate is a South Korean contribution to the rich body of world literature based on the life of Jesus and other biblical characters, including the philosopher Philo, Saul, who later became the apostle Paul, and finally Jesus himself. Based on considerable historical research on the period, this novel is bound to spark controvery with its interpretation of sacred texts and figures.
Title: Pilate's Jesus
Illustrator: Tchouki
Categories: Korea, Bible, Novel, Historical, Christianity,
Edition: First in English
Publisher: Merrick, New York, USA, Cross-Cultural Communications: 2011
ISBN Number: 0893041424
ISBN Number 13: 978-0-89304-142-7
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: New
Type: Historical Novel/Religion
Size: 5 1/2x8 1/2
Item: 1.00 Item
Seller ID: CCC987.1
Keywords: Pontius Pilate, Korea, Christianity, Bible


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After Schoolbypagrl©
I was finishing up some work at school when the principal came in.?
"What are you doing here still? Don't you have a life or anything?" He asked.?
How could I explain to the man I idolized when I was his student that I needed to be as good a teacher as he. Even 11 years later, my school crush on him hadn't diminished. His dark brown eyes exhilarated me. The grey in his hair only highlighted his young face.
"I'm sorry Mr. D." How could I tell him that I just wanted to impress him? "I just want to finish grading these papers and set up the lab equipment for Monday." Hands on the tall, black table at which I was sitting, I twisted around in the metal stool. My back cracked loudly. A gentle un-tightening of muscles followed the sharp pain.
"You know, too much work makes a girl boring. Go, we're the last two here. I want to lock up and turn on the alarm."
Damn, I disappointed him; I wanted to show him that I could handle my first teaching job without a problem. The shock of obtaining this job right out of college still left me reeling two weeks into the school year.
"If you would turn on the air conditioning, then everyone would be more productive and I wouldn't have to be here so late. Studies have shown that cooler air stimulates the brain. It's 90 degrees out and nearly 100 inside." I tried to make a joke, hoping that Mr. D. would laugh. Although I exaggerated a little about the temperature, for September, the weather was?exceedingly warm.
Those wonderful laugh lines appeared around his eyes.?? "Ms. Harris, if the weather bothers you so much, then you CAN wear short sleeves and needn't wear woolen suits everyday." I wanted to appear professional and older. My high school students weren't much younger than I. I kept my hair in a severe bun and frankly looked very school marm-ish. My neck popped loudly as I stretched it.
? "You wouldn't need to keep cracking your bones if you were just a little more comfortable. Here let me..." Mr. D. came up behind me and began rubbing my shoulders.
The oddness of the situation, my former fifth grade teacher and now my boss rubbing my shoulders, was mitigated by the fact that his hands felt good on my linen shirt. The wool jacket I normally wore sat on the edge of the table. His strong fingers pushed into my knotted muscles.
"Since I've graduated, I haven't had a good massage," I told Mr. D, "In college, whenever I needed a knot rubbed out, I was always able to find someone willing to help me out. Since rejoining the real world though, I haven't been comfortable asking anyone. Thanks, Mr. D."? His hands pressed into my flesh. I felt a heat creep though my body that had nothing to do with the weather.
"Anything for my staff, Ms. Harris." The eternal tension held just beneath my angel bones began to leave.
"Why don't you call me Emily any more? You call the other teachers by their first names. Mmmmm, a little harder, please." His two hands nearly covered my entire back. My shirt moved softly under his ministrations. I felt the heat of his body against my back. I shifted in my seat so that I could squeeze my clitoris with my thighs.
"Why don't you call me Tony like the rest of the staff," he spoke into my ear. I tried to breath regularly, but gasped as my clitoris swelled and I grew wet. He was leaning against me. His cock pressed against my lower back. Although I hoped he meant to move against me, I didn't say anything, just in case he was still just being friendly. I rocked slowly in my chair.
"Do you want me to stop?" he breathed in my ear again. The few stray hairs from my bun caught on his mouth. Not wanting to speak, I grunted. "What's that? You want me to stop?" He began rubbing himself against my back. I could feel?him becoming hard. Pressing against him, I barely shook my head no.?? He gently flicked my ear with his tongue. I felt fire travel down my spine.
"Why, Ms. Harris, you seem a bit warm," he murmured as he licked a bead of sweat that ran down my neck. His hands moved from my back. I pushed against him, gasping as he reached around me to rub my hard nipples. As his hands moved from my breasts downward to my stomach, he nibbled my?tight shoulder muscles.
"We'll have to find a way to relax you," he teased.?
Biting my lip, I tried not to call out as his hand reached between my legs. Pressing gently through my clothing, he nearly made me come then and there! The rough fabric of my skirt teased my clit. I pushed myself toward his hand. His other hand found my breasts again.
"What beautiful breasts you have, Ms. Harris." I hated my breasts for being so small, but his hands danced on them and ignited my passion. When he ferociously pinched my nipple, I cried, not so much in pain, but in anticipation.
"Please, Mr. D. fuck me." What in the world did I say? Oh lord, I was going to be fired for saying that?
He stopped playing with my breast and pulled his hand from my lap. Gripping my shoulders with both hands, he pulled me up and then kicked the stool away.?
"Such language, Ms. Harris. How ever should you be punished for such inappropriate language?" He leaned me against the table. He forced my cheek against the cold hard surface then pulled my skirt up to my hips.
"Ms. Harris, a G-String. I do not think that that is part of the dress code." My ass stung from the first slap. I never thought ... By the fifth slap, my right cheek was hot, but the rest of my body felt like an exploding. When I tried to stimulate my clitoris, Mr. D. pulled my hand away.
"Uh-uh, naughty girls don't deserve to play. But good boys can..." I heard him open his pants. His cock felt huge as it entered me from behind. He rammed himself hard into me.
I had never had sex without a condom before. I could feel his hot skin move inside of me. The tip of his penis seemed to tickle and rub. As he pushed himself further and further inside of me, I could feel him growing. The soft, spongy tip of him hit my cervix painfully. "Oh... Oh... I nev..." I couldn't think straight. I just wanted more.
"You're a virgin," he huffed in my ear.
Screaming "Oh, God! Yes!" I orgasmed; my hot juices flowed down my leg.
"Let's make it last then..." Even if I could think straight enough to enlighten him about the truth, I don't think that I would have. Laughing, he pulled his magnificent member from me.
"Don't worry," he crooned as I whimpered at my emptiness, "I'll fill you back up." At first he only put one finger inside of me. I could hear the squish of myself as he played. "Not enough? Let's see what will fit."
I could only lay panting with my face against the table as one by one he added all of his fingers. Moving them independently of each other, Mr. D. found THE spot. Without any control of myself, my entire body began spasming. My jaw shivered and I couldn't keep still.
My back arched as alternating torrents of fire and ice ravished my body. I heard laughing and was surprised to find that I was laughing. After an eternity that did not last long enough, Mr. D. stopped.
"Should I practice my technique?" he asked petulantly. When I tried to turn to look at him and explain that I had no control over myself, I nearly fell. My legs felt like the cafeteria Jell-O.
Mr. D. grabbed me, turned me around and held me up. "None of that now. I wouldn't want to explain this to worker's compensation."
For the first time since we began, I could look into his face. The creases that showed how much he enjoyed life were chiseled more deeply beside his eyes than normal. His twinkling eyes captured my own.
Despite the recent roughness, he kissed my lips softly and gently. He grabbed my waist and lifted me onto the table. He ran his wet fingers down my cheek. I could smell myself on him. Normally I think that I smell nasty, but smelling myself on his hands became an aphrodisiac.
Slyly, I looked at his hard cock. It was enormous. I thought that I was imagining things! Tentatively, I touched it. He dick was sticky with my fluids. I couldn't reach around him with one hand and he was long.
"So THAT is your ruler for bad girls," I teased.
He smiled at me.
"Do you want it?" he asked. When I nodded he said, "Then call me Tony, Ms. Harris."
Stunned, I couldn't say anything. I just blinked. Spreading my legs open, he rubbed my labia with his magnificent beast.
"Say it." The imp in me made me refuse. He gently pulled my soft folds open. My swollen clitoris leapt out of its hiding place like a hungry nestling. He actually put my clitoris into the hole at the end of his penis!
"So, this is what it feels like to be the woman?" I bit my lips shut as he rubbed my clit. My bottom lip bled as waves of pleasure nearly overwhelmed me.
He slowly and gently put the tip of his cock into my opening. Moaning, I closed my eyes. I tried to press him into me, but he pulled away. Teasingly, he pressed shallowly into me. I could feel him opening me; then he stopped.
"Say it." Again, I refused his simple request. How he kept just the tip inside of me, I don't know. The man must have the patience of a monk. The movement of his little head as it teased and stretched at my wet recesses nearly made me come again. When I was about to climax he stopped.
"What do you need to say," he laughed.
"Please..." I whimpered. I thrust my hips toward him, pulled him into me with my legs. To forestall my movements, he gabbed my hips and just held me so I could feel him throbbing inside of me, but couldn't move.
"Please, what?" He laughed. I saw desire in his eyes, but he refused to give in. My blouse stuck to my skin. The beads of sweat that ran between my breasts gave me pleasure, but not the release I desired.
"...Tony." My voice was husky and full. The screams torn from it earlier made my throat feel like it was roughed with sandpaper. He pulled away from me and thrust himself deeply once. I could barely breathe; he held me closely.
"Say it louder," he breathed in my ear. Each time I said "Tony" he pulled out and thrust one single time. Our bodies clapped together again and again. Soon all I could get out was "T-ohhh..." before he pounded himself back into me. He began to breath raggedly and I could see the muscles of his stomach contract and relax quickly.
"Where do you want it?" He moaned at me. Where? I was enjoying it where it was. "Tell me before it's too late." My only answer was to fall back on the table and drag him with me. My legs trapped him on top of me. My hips ground into his. We couldn't contain our moans and I heard my voice echo through the empty hallway. He tried to pull away from me, but I held him tightly while rotating my hips to enjoy myself better. A moment before I felt the wonderful little death, Mr. D. ... Tony gasped and his eyes glazed over.
I felt his hot semen invade me. It burned and itched. Despite his ejaculation, he didn't immediately shrink. I was able to move myself left and right until I felt something I never had before. I felt like I was doused in warm water. My eyes rolled to the back of my head and ... I just cannot describe it.
Few women are blessed with the ability to have female ejaculation. I always thought that I was not one of them. That evening, I was proven wrong. Afterwards I couldn't move. I felt more than just the "little death" after sex; I no longer inhabited my own body. Mr. D. collapsed on top of me. I breathed in his breath. I could still feel my slick walls gripping and releasing his cock, which still nestled in my dark nether area. He looked at me with surprise,
"I've never felt anything like that," he said as he nuzzled my neck.
I couldn't reply. I needed to concentrate just to breath. Mr. D. pulled himself off me and stood by the table. Gazing at me, he redressed.
Pointing at a small bloodstain on his once crisp, white shirt, I tried to ask what happened, but my tongue was too heavy to move.
"You did that. Don't you remember biting me?" I honestly hadn't. "Emily, it seems that you've drenched a few of your students' papers." He picked up the sodden papers. "You can't give them back to your students like this. Tell them that you gave them to me to look over." Those sparkling eyes belied his stern tone.
"Yes, Mr. D.," I gasped as my leaden hands tried to straighten my clothing.
As he bent to kiss my lips, he scolded "Tony."
Pulling him down for a deeper kiss, I murmured into his mouth, "Yes, Tony."
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Introducing our guest blogger Jinglan (her friends call her Jing) Wang, a junior at Wellesley College, studying studio art and CS. She is often found on the MIT campus taking math and computer science classes as part of her degree. She is also working on developing a cryptocurrency course at Wellesley and serves as President of Wellesley Bitcoin.
By Guest Blogger: Jinglan Wang, President of Wellesley Bitcoin Club and Director of the MIT Bitcoin Expo
"You know what I really miss?" Asked Primavera, a researcher at the Harvard Berkman Center who was near the end of living off of Bitcoin for a year.
"Cold hard cash," I joked.
"No," she shook her head. "Snickers bars."
Although Primavera could get most of what she needed with Bitcoin, she really missed being able to get Snickers from the vending machine. I gave what was supposed to sound like a knowing chuckle, thinking of MIT Bitcoin Club side projects that could solve her struggles.
Here is a snapshot:
Jonathan Harvey Buschel, the President of the club and a freshman studying EECS is working on BitVend, a modification that allows vending machines to accept Bitcoin. I'm personally really excited for this one, because I rarely carry fiat but I always have junk food cravings.
Amir Elayyan, the Treasurer of the club and a junior studying Math and Physics, trades and mines Bitcoin, which is awesome because I'm pretty sure his Antminer doubles up as a space heater in the fierce Bostonian winter.
Sam Udotong, a junior studying Aerospace Engineering, is developing an app called Fireflies, a decentralized marketplace for deliveries and services within a social network. For example, I can post "will pay 0.005 BTC for somebody to deliver coffee to my dorm by 4am" and somebody from my social network can accept. Here, the network functions as a sort of reputation system.
We have also been putting together the MIT Bitcoin Expo, coming up this weekend. Last year's expo mainly served as a foothold for Bitcoin at MIT in the wake of the announcement for the MIT Bitcoin Project led by Dan Elitzer and Jeremy Rubin. This year, we're helping students, academics, professionals, and the general public dive deeper with a more academic and developmental focus.
Join us on March 07–08, 2015. We have a massively impressive lineup of speakers including Bitcoin Foundation's Chief Scientist Gavin Andresen, Chain.com's Adam Ludwin, Circle's Jeremy Allaire, the Director of MIT Media Lab Joi Ito and more! See the full list of speakers and agenda here.
Thanks to our generous sponsors, students are free with valid student ID and general admission is $125. Register here.
I hope to see y'all this weekend!


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This has been graduation week at Johns Hopkins University. Yesterday was the university-wide commencement ceremony, but each of the schools have their own award and convocation ceremonies.
We celebrated graduates from the School of Public Health on Tuesday. Here are a few highlights captured by yours truly.
Congratulations again to the Class of 2014!


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Virginity bought for 'good luck'!
In a shocking case, a middle-aged man, allegedly seeking 'good luck', purchased the virginity of 17 middle school girls in central China's Henan province.entertainment Updated: May 26, 2006 14:42 IST
In a shocking case, a middle-aged man, allegedly seeking 'good luck', purchased the virginity of 17 middle school girls in central China's Henan province, the state media reported.
Last September, parents of two girls reported to the school officials that their daughters were wearing new dresses and had money they did not give to them.
After repeatedly questioning the girls, they said the money was given to them by a man in exchange for their virginity. School officials then called police, Shanghai Daily reported.
Investigators found 10 more girls from the school who sold their virginity to the same man. The girls also gave police the mobile phone number of the man.
When they received payment for their virginity, they promised to introduce more virgins to the man.
43, while he parked his minibus near the school.
After arresting Deng Jun, police said he confessed to purchasing the girls' virginity. He allegedly had sexual relations with 17 girls more than 20 times, including 12 girls under the age of 14.
The age of consensual sex in China is 14. Deng is in custody but has not been charged, China Daily reported.
Police did not confirm his motive although there were rumours saying he was seeking good luck.
Deng worked at a real estate company. He found an Internet tip that said having sex with a virgin would give him the luck he needed to get a promotion.
An officer involved in the probe denied the rumour.
School officials said the lack of parental guidance is part of the reason why Deng was successful.
First Published: May 26, 2006 14:42 IST


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Giggling in the rain
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Ngayon lang po ako nakakita ng rain boots na bumagay sa dress.haha :)ReplyDelete
Nice boots that really for the weather like now. I also bought my pair of shoes perfect for the rainy weather. Like to share my ppost about it http://chemist9861.blogspot.com/2012/06/duralite-shoes.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! I saw some students wearing the same kind like yours. But the rain waters seeped in through their shoes, and even created a squeaky sound. :(Delete
This is in my wishlish, not this particular boots but wellies in general. But I won't be giving it justice since I seldom go out these days.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's a good investment! I rarely use it also, pag umuulan lang. :)Delete
Very good investment talaga especially with our weather there in the Philippines. Good for you :)ReplyDelete
love the boots sis!!!!:) so you:)ReplyDelete
You have a very stylish boots sis, love those ribbons on it.ReplyDelete
There you go! I have been wanting one of these but can't find a store here in Cebu. Looks so cute on you by the way? Hinde naman sya heavy? :-)ReplyDelete
wow that is a stylish rain boots...I am thinking of buying the little one since it get muddy outside our house when rainy season comesReplyDelete
talagang kailangan natin yan sis.. tag-ulan na sa Pinas..:)ReplyDelete
wow! love your boots, still pretty inspite of the rain and floods it encountered and very durableReplyDelete
i think i need one like that (nainggit, haha!)
CUTIE BOOTS!!!!!!!!!!! :)ReplyDelete
wearing fashionable boots during rainy seasons is like hitting two birds with one stone, youre fab and youre safe against baha with its diseases!ReplyDelete
cute boots, i'd wear it too kahit ambon p lang ;)ReplyDelete
That's a one-of-a-kind boots and very practical esp during the rainy season.ReplyDelete
I wish I have the guts to do an OOTD post just like this.
Such a hassle to commute when it's raining. And sometimes I'm forced to take a cab to work because of it. Buti nalang I live near the office.ReplyDelete
You have such cute boots! Fashion na fashion ang dating.;)
cute boots, naku i need to wear ata same boots like yours its raining here right now eh!ReplyDelete
I wanted to buy one that's up to the knee.ReplyDelete
Cutee rain boots! I never have seen rain boots that cute! I need to find one of those! :DReplyDelete
this is so informative.. I learned something new thanks for sharing..ReplyDelete
That's a cute boots but I prefer to buy one that is up to the knee or atleast up to the middle of my leg,. para sure na di mababasa when there's a baha.. =)ReplyDelete
Wow! cool boots you got there.. just in time for the rainy season noh..:)ReplyDelete
I have the same problem! Maybe I should purchase my rain shoes. It's only July.ReplyDelete
Cute boots! I want to buy one. Haha.ReplyDelete
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I hate sloshing in flood waters because you never know what's in them hehe...Besides that, I don't like getting my feet wet unintentionally. :-) Cool boots!ReplyDelete
Really cute boots! :)ReplyDelete
Btw, hospital in Binondo? Metropolitan un?
How cute are those rain boots? It doesn't look like one at first glance :)ReplyDelete
I love the boots. Okay sya ngayon tag ulan kaso baha naman all over. I hope you are doing fine.ReplyDelete
I'll be a happy bunny walking in the rain on those boots! Too cute!ReplyDelete