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Central City of Bellaire location for new construction is walking distance to the new Condit Elementary and the new Bellaire High School under construction. Surrounded by new and newer homes. 63x140: survey is attached. Redevelopment in the City is moving quickly with the new City Hall, Police and Fire stations as well as the Library, baseball field, Rec Center gym and Water Park. A few minutes from the Rec Center, Pool and Park. The new HEB is up and commercial redevelopment in the City Center boast great restaurants and shopping. Easy access to the Loop, Galleria, Downtown, the Med Center and NRG Stadium. The existing house was affected by previous flooding and this is a land value sale. Survey is available.
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Former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer and Bazillion Points Books have announced that Nocturno Culto of DARKTHRONE has written an introduction to Fischer's upcoming 288-page hardcover book "Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981-1985".
Nocturno Culto states: "The moment I got the question if I would write these lines, I was struck by a sensation of true joy. This joy soon transformed to utter fear because I knew, from the bottom of my soul, what impact HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST has had on so many people and the development of a darker metal scene."
"Only Death Is Real" is due to be published in November 2009, the culmination of four years of research, writing, and design. All of the former main members of HELLHAMMER — Steve Warrior, Bruce Day, Martin Eric Ain, and Stephen Priestly — have contributed to this project, along with primary original HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST photographers Martin Kyburz, Andreas Schwarber, and Csaba Kézér.
According to Fischer: "This is a book about the real HELLHAMMER, the essence of that group, the aura it carried, and the truly unique spirit of revolution of the times in which it existed. It is a book about a group of outcasts—about persistence, dedication, and an utterly personal vision. I have worked very hard to make sure it will do justice to the work of a number of very unique people who shared the same ideas at a very unique point in time."
For more information, go to www.bazillionpoints.com.
As previously announced, SARKE — the Norwegian band featuring Sarke (KHOLD, TULUS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, SENSA ANIMA) and Nocturno Culto — will be joined onstage by Tom Gabriel Fischer on July 31 at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany for a performance of the CELTIC FROST classic "Dethroned Emperor".

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I like to think I'll get back here again,
to this charming town at one end
of Cap Ferret, on the Bassin d'Arcachon,
west of Bordeaux.
[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
in Arcachon
Labels: Arcachon, Bassin d'Arcachon, Cap Ferret, Our World Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday
Monday, January 30, 2017
teeny tiny
Can't tell you what kind of flower this is—
aside from saying it's very small.
I took this shot with a macro
lens on my phone.
[Linking back to Macro Monday
and Blue Monday Two (thanks,
Magical Mystical Teacher!)]
Sunday, January 29, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
This is Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, in Rome.
There's some fabulous art in this often
overlooked church—including frescoes by
Filippino Lippi and sculpture by Michelangelo.
[To see more churches from
around the world, go here.]
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Labels: inSPIREd Sunday, Michelangelo, Rome, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Saturday, January 28, 2017
The Weekend in Black and White
We haven't gotten much of this so far,
and I can't say I'm sorry.
(We'll probably have a blizzard next week,
just because I said that.)
[To see more b/w images, visit
Dragonstar's meme.]
Labels: benches, brooklyn, Plaza Street, snow, the weekend in black and white
Friday, January 27, 2017
Rainy night at LGA
Earlier this month, I flew home from Virginia
through some very stormy skies (the
flight attendant told me we'd come this close to
being diverted to Philadelphia).
Needless to say, I was very glad to be back
home in NYC—and safe on the ground!
[Linking back to James's meme,
Weekend Reflections. To see more, go here.]
Labels: LaGuardia airport, rainy night, weekend reflections
Thursday, January 26, 2017
One more . . .
from this past weekend's Women's March
in New York. I was so glad to be there
with my daughter Lila and a whole bunch of her
friends. I felt supportive and supported!
[Linking back to Signs, Signs and
to Thursday Photo Challenge: "group."]
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
ABC Wednesday—C is for "corner"
And also Carlton (Hotel, at the corner of Madison Ave.
and 29th Street). I lived in this beautiful old
building for a month back in the '70s during a protracted
transit strike. At the time it was a real fleabag and
a few of my fellow guests worked, um, by the hour, let's say.
But it was definitely affordable.
It's much nicer now, and a room the size of the one I
had costs more than I paid for the whole month.
[To see more ABC posts, go here.]
Labels: abc wednesday, C, Carlton Hotel, corner, madison avenue
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Those pink hats
So may pink pussy hats at the NYC
Women's March—worn by
women and men! While I was marching,
some women started chanting
"Our bodies, our choice," and a group
of men (clearly not with them) picked
it up and responded, "Your bodies, your choice!"
[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]
Monday, January 23, 2017
The March
Some signs (and an inspiring book) at the
Women's March in New York this past
Saturday. So uplifting, so much fun, SO many
wonderful people (about a half million)!
Labels: signs, Women's March NYC
Sunday, January 22, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
This is the spire of the church of
Saint-Germain, in Paris—
built (and rebuilt) for the past
15 centuries.
[To see more churches from
around the world, go here.]
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
The Weekend in Black and White
Normally, I try not to do this—that is, repeat
a photo. But a) hey, I like this photo a lot
and b) this is the starting point for NYC's
women's march, and where I'll be today at 1 p.m.,
when those of us with names beginning
with the letter A or B get to join the march,
which will end up eventually at Trump Tower.
Watch this space.
[To see more b/w shots, visit Dragonstar's meme.]
Friday, January 20, 2017
Tough Day
Each of us is entitled to our opinion,
and this is mine. Feel like
I need to put it out there (you know,
just in case anyone was wondering
how a born-and-bred New York liberal
would be feeling today). Oy.
[Linking back to Orange You Glad It's Friday?]
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Thursday Challenge—"best/favorite photo of 2016 (#2)"
Last week for this meme I posted what
I thought was my best photo
of 2016. Still on the theme (and another
difficult choice), my favorite is
probably this one of a very rare young
clouded leopard that visited
my office back in July.
[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dragonstar's meme.]
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
ABC Wednesday—B is for "books"
Somewhere in Paris, someone filled a
shop window with stacks and
stacks of books. Good luck finding any
particular tome you're looking for,
but obviously that's not the point here—and
it does make kind of a nifty display.
[To see more ABC posts, go here.]
Labels: 9/16, abc wednesday, books, Paris, vitrine
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
So long, Santa
It's finally (past) time to pack up all
the Christmas things. This Santa
was handmade and hand-painted and
signed by someone named Fran (I think)
Deckel (I think), on Cape Cod. Was
able to find precisely nothing on the Internet,
so suffice it to say that this makes me
very happy for a month or so each year
and I hate to put it away.
[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]
Labels: folk art, Fran Deckel?, Our World Tuesday, Ruby Tuesday, Santa
Monday, January 16, 2017
Macro Monday
Here's a closeup of one of my fave
pieces of art (which also
showed up here with its partner).
I'd love to tell you who painted
this colorful dragonfly—but I can't.
All I do know is that it came
from England.
[To see more macro shots, go here.]
Labels: art, dragonfly, macro monday, Z
Sunday, January 15, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
Another view of the Cathédrale Saint-André,
in Bordeaux—which I've shown
before, here and here. It's probably not
the last time, either, because I took
55 pictures while I was here (and all in the
space of 10 minutes; we arrived
just before it closed for a few hours).
[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]
Labels: angles, Cathédrale Saint-André, inSPIREd Sunday, spires
Saturday, January 14, 2017
The Weekend in Black and White
Haven't been out and about with my camera
nearly enough lately. Here's a shot
taken back in September: Buren's lovely
columns in the Palais Royal.
It's like they're asking to be shot in
[To see more b/w images, visit Dragonstar's meme.]
Friday, January 13, 2017
Weekend Reflections
Closing the show at last night's celebration
for the opening of the brand new
Museum of African-American History, in
Washington, D.C.: Stevie Wonder!
[To see more Weekend Reflections,
visit James's meme.]
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Thursday Challenge—"best of 2016"
Not easy to pick the best picture from
among hundreds (thousands?)
taken over the course of the year—and
in lots of (very) different places,
from my Brooklyn neighborhood to not
that far from the North Pole.
If I have to choose one, it has to be this photo
taken as the sun was rising (and so was
the mist) over the Garonne River
in Bordeaux this past September. More luck
than skill, but I do love this image.
[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]
Labels: best of 2016, Bordeaux, Garonne River, runners, sunrise, Thursday Photo Challenge
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
ABC Wednesday—A is for "abeille"
Which is French for bee, of course. This one
is in the floor of a shop on rue Vignon,
in Paris. It's called La Maison du Miel and is
filled with honey and also lots of wonderful
things made with honey (soap, candies,
cookies, jam, vinegar, you name it.
[To see more ABC posts (and I can't
believe this is the last round!), go here.]
Posted by Alexa at 00:01 8 comments
Labels: 9th arrondissement, A, abc wednesday, abeille, bees, la maison du miel. honey
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
red bowl
A couple of days before Christmas, I met up with
my friend Conrad (aka Ming the Merciless,
former NYC blogger who now lives up in Maine
where he has learned to live at a much
saner pace). It was great to catch up with him
while strolling around Dumbo and
Brooklyn Heights (where we enjoyed a yummy bowl
of café (and more) at Le Pain Quotidien.
[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]
Monday, January 9, 2017
Platform Diving
I've shown this image once before, along with
a couple other examples of subway art,
but at the time I knew nothing about it (and
was apparently too lazy to find out).
Now I can say that it's one of seven mosaic-tile
murals by Deborah Brown at the
Houston Street subway station. The name of the
whole installation is "Platform Diving"
(clever—and I love the way she imagines the
station under water).
[Linking back to Monday Mural at Oakland Daily Photo.]
Posted by Alexa at 00:01 9 comments
Labels: Houston Street, monday mural, Platform Diving, subway art
Sunday, January 8, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
View from the roof of the Printemps
department store in Paris:
Sainte-Trinité and Sacré Coeur.
[To see more churches from
around the world, go here.]
Posted by Alexa at 08:53 9 comments
Labels: inSPIREd Sunday, Printemps, Sacré Coeur, Sainte-Trinité
Saturday, January 7, 2017
The Weekend in Black and White
I've featured this barn on my blog before.
Whenever I go down to visit my
cousins in Virginia, I like to go by here
and see what kind of shape it's in.
(P.S. It's getting more and more picturesque—
i.e., rundown, wabi sabi, shabby chic.)
[To see more b/w images, visit Dragonstar's meme.]
Labels: barns, the weekend in black and white, Virginia
Friday, January 6, 2017
Skywatch / Reflections
I spent the New Year weekend down in
Virginia. When I flew home a
couple of days ago, bad weather around the
country meant that my 2 p.m. flight
finally took off after 5. On the other hand,
the late-afternoon light gave me
this subtle sunset and cloudy reflection.
[Linking back to Skywatch Friday
and Weekend Reflections.]
Posted by Alexa at 00:01 9 comments
Labels: airplane, skywatch Friday, sunset, Virginia, weekend reflections
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Thursday Challenge—"celebration" (#2)
To celebrate the holidays, every year La De Da,
a unique clothing (and more) store
in Roanoke, Va., features a handmade and
one-of-a-kind candy/couture creation
(and how about those garlands?). Here's this
year's offering (and here's last year's).
And the whole thing is edible!
[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]
Labels: 2016, candy couture, celebrations, La De Da, Thursday Photo Challenge
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
ABC Wednesday—Z is for "zodiac"
Fellow travelers in one of the zodiacs on
our August Arctic expedition. This
was well into the trip—when we were comfy
enough in these shallow rubber craft to
stand up in them (not the case at first!) and
to get in and out of them in choppy seas.
[To see more ABC posts, go here.]
Labels: abc wednesday, Arctic, Liefdefjorden, Monacobreen, Norway, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Crazy for Christmas
As we open presents and drink eggnog
(and eventually, wine!), sooner
or later someone (or several someones)
wind up decorated with ribbon
from the packages. Don't be mad at me for
posting this, Lila—you look cute!
[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]
Labels: Christmas 2016, Lila, Our World Tuesday, ribbon, Ruby Tuesday
Monday, January 2, 2017
I pass by this construction site often on my
way to work, though I have to admit that I usually
speed up to get past this monster crane.
These things make me nervous!
[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows.]
Sunday, January 1, 2017
inSPIREd Sunday
This is Cathédrale Saint-André, in Bordeaux,
which I also featured here.
Happy first day of 2017. I'm hopeful that this
year will bring some positive changes
(along with the ones that I'm, frankly, way
less than thrilled about).
[To see more churches from around
the world, go here.]
Labels: Bordeaux, candles, Cathédrale Saint-André, inSPIREd Sunday
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Urine catheter: Enterococcus faecium (VRE) – Shipped May 2012
The challenge was sent to category A, B, and C laboratories. The sample was a simulated catheter urine obtained from a 65 year old female in-patient with symptomatic UTI.
Participants were expected to isolate, report colony count, and identify VRE. Antibiotic susceptibility and notification to infection control were also expected.
MAIN EDUCATIONAL POINTS from M121-1
- VRE are a common cause of nosocomial UTI, especially in catheterized patients.
- The lab report should state clearly that VRE has been isolated. Reporting of an Enterococcus species with resistance to vancomycin listed among several other antimicrobial susceptibility results may lead to misinterpretation.


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No doubt about the fact that chronic disease takes a toll on the plans that we have for the future.
How much does that matter? If you don't have concrete plans for your life your immediate goals are not thwarted, however most of us have kids, grandkids and relatives to deal with. RA can change all of your social relationships. It is a large price you pay when you are not even able to pick up your children or grandchildren. I think that is the most poignant problem.
There is no easy answer for this. RA is the "gift" that keeps on taking, so you have to go through the whole loss and grief cycle over and over.
We need to find coping resources that help us to make sense of events and to manage them. These resources can be anything that works for you. Most commonly social support and the strength you have within are the most help.
It is good to switch your focus to factors that promote your health and well being. I have read so many blogs recently where people are doing just that.
Like Arthritis Ashley collecting information and links to share with everyone and Tanya Martin working hard to get more people involved and with advocating to make things better.
Also on a really big scale RA Warrior. I bet that when Kelly started on her path she never dreamed that her blog would resonate with so many people.
Don't discount the benefits of educating yourself so that you can understand what is going on in your life and try to manage some parts of it.
This learning skeleton is by Aaron Kuehn in case learning anatomy is on your To Do list
This is a huge topic and there will be more to come.


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An earthquake across eastern Sicily was triggered by the eruption of Mt Etna. The eruption on December 19, 2018 was the first subterminal flank type of eruption in over a decade. Lava is flowing out of the southeastern side of the volcano. Seismic activity increased as a result. The quake on December 24th was 4.8 on the Richter scale.
Author: pantelleriaproject
Eruption on Hawaii's Big Island
Mt Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island erupted on Thursday accompanied by a mandatory evacuation of 1,700 residents. The lava flow is continuing slowly along with more general ground deformation. Today a 6.9 magnitude earthquake has been registered south-east of the volcano.
Major Eruption in the Philippines
The most active volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, is erupting. Lava has now spread 3km from the crater with lava spewing up to 600m vertically periodically. More than 56,000 people have evacuated the area.
Volcanic Activity in Iceland
Volcanic activity is under investigation in Iceland. NASA imagery shows a widening of the cauldron of the main crater of Öræfajökull.
A spate of earthquakes also occurred today at Iceland's Skjaldbreiður Volcano but there is no sign of an impending eruption.
Bali still under threat
Thousands of Balinese decide to flee, while others remain.
Volcanic Eruption on Bali
Mount Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted late Saturday and Sunday morning. The eruption shot ash 4,000 meters into the atmosphere, now depositing a layer of ash on nearby villages. The airport on nearby Lombok is temporarily closed.
Etna Erupts Yet Again
Etna is keeping up its reputation as Europe's most active volcano. The eruption began during the night of February 27, and is currently not considered dangerous.
Beautiful nighttime footage of the eruption: Time.com


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Get ready for a beautiful Halloween weekend festival full of local brews, foods, and Celtic music! That's right—Highland Brewing Co. is hosting Celtober Fest Friday October 30 – Sunday November 1! Headliners Albannach (born and bred Scots and champion pipers), The Screaming Orphans (pop rock by four sisters from Donegal, Ireland) and Rathkeltair (rock 'n' roll from Jacksonville, FL) take the stage three days in a row. Local food trucks promise to keep your belly full. And beer? Highland's got that covered.
Want to go? We have a pair of weekend passes that could be yours!
To be entered in the drawing, tell us this: What is you favorite craft beer brewed by Highland? Comment below by Monday, October 19th at 2 PM for your chance to snag these weekend tickets!


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In 1995 we visited Everglades National Park with our kids. At that time, we went to the main visitor center in Homestead, Florida. Last Monday was President's Day, and admission to all National Parks was free. Since the cost of admission to the Everglades is $25, we decided to take advantage of the free day and visit one of the other visitor centers.
We headed east on US Hwy. 41 and soon came to Big Springs National Preserve. Congress created the preserve in 1974 to protect the fresh water's natural flow from the Big Cypress Swamp into the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands. We stopped at the visitor center and watched an informative movie about the preserve. Southwest Florida was in danger of disrupting the natural flow of water if development was allowed to continue unchecked; so conservationists, hunters, land owners and Native Americans helped create the preserve.
As we continued along the highway, we stopped at two boardwalks in the preserve to view alligators and wildlife. The boardwalks are great because you can see the alligators from above and safely get a great view. We saw many alligators. Here are just a few of them.
Our next stop was the Everglades Shark Valley Visitor Center. Many other people had the same idea we did of visiting on the free day. The parking lot was full, and we had to park almost a mile down the road. As we walked along the entrance road, this large alligator was sunning himself on a culvert pipe just a few feet away.
One of the top things to do at this visitor center is the two hour ranger guided tram tour. Luckily, I had called the day before and booked us on the 2 pm tour. The cost was $25, and it was a very informative tour. Lots of people were disappointed that the tours were sold out or that they would have to wait for hours for the next available tour.
While we waited, we watched the movie which was shown outside. It was not the best place to show a movie as many people were hanging around the seating area, but ignoring the movie and talking through the whole thing. Those who wanted to actually watch it, had a lot of noise to contend with. The movie explained a lot about the Everglades wildlife and about the fragile ecosystem. If the Everglades is not carefully protected, Florida could suffer a severe fresh water shortage.
There was a viewing platform along a canal near the visitor center. We saw lots of birds and fish and a few alligators in the canal. There were tons of Florida Gar fish in all the canals we stopped at. They are very large fish. The water is amazingly clear throughout the Everglades. Not at all what you expect in a swamp.
This Black Crowned Night Heron stood totally still for a very long time watching the water.
The Green Heron was hiding in the brush. He sure is beautiful.
We boarded the sold out 2 pm tram and were surrounded by a large group with lots of crying and talking toddlers. Luckily, the speaker system was nice and loud so we could hear the very interesting information the ranger was telling us. I had no idea that the Everglades originally started near Orlando and was 5 million acres. It is now about 1.5 million acres.
We saw plenty of alligators and birds along the way. About 8 miles in, we stopped at the 45 foot observation tower. Kevin commented that the tower looked very similar to the one in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It turns out, they are the same design. It was built around the spiral staircase in the center which was originally a fire tower. You can only go as high as where you see the people. The spiral staircase is closed off.
Here we are with a view of the Everglades behind us. This is the dry season. During the wet season in summer, this area is waist deep with water. All the water in the Everglades comes from rain.
Back on the tram we saw a few rare sights. The first was a wood stork. They had become endangered, but are making a comeback. Kind of an ugly bird.
We also saw a Great White Heron. I didn't know this bird even existed. He had something in his beak.
This Great Blue Heron had caught a Big Mouth Bass. He used his beak as a spear. The tram stopped, we watched him for several minutes to see how he would eat the fish. Apparently, he didn't like being the center of attention as he flew off with his fish.
We also saw this large alligator walking in the grass. How cool is that. I wonder where he was going. The canal was behind him on the other side of the road.
We thoroughly enjoyed our day in the Florida Everglades. The weather has been quite warm lately. Florida is experiencing warmer than average temperatures this winter. They are also in a drought. Today it is raining, which is a good thing for Florida.
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Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 1-2
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 3-4
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 5-6
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Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 9-10
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 11-12
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 13-14
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 15-16
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 17-18
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 19-20
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 21-22
Princess Hours/Goong--Episodes 23-24
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Crown Prince Shin is away in Thailand, so in his absence, Crown Princess Chaekyung has put her sewing skills to work and made a little doll-sized outfit for Alfred, Shin's childhood teddy bear which he still keeps around. This may sound juvenile on both their parts--Shin for still having the bear, and Chaekyung for costuming the bear--but it's actually very sweet. Shin essentially had no childhood, so the bear is all that he has to represent a carefree, innocent time. The bear has also been set up as a kind of representation of Shin himself.
Chaekyung is getting very lonely while Shin's on his diplomatic trip. I just feel like warning the prince, "No Shin, don't leave her there with Yul!" Nothing good can come of this. Yul is sowing the seeds of discontent with Chaekyung already, telling her that he knows that Shin's mother, the Queen, has never approved of her.
We get back into Yul's POV and flashback to the past, to the time when Yul was about five years old and was told that he was not the Crown Prince anymore and Shin was taking his place. Ah, so Yul does have some hurt feelings, plus a sense of displacement from his home, because his mom took him away from the royal family entirely.
In a very brassy move, Yul admits to his mother that he likes Chaekyung. Yul pulls the whole "she was betrothed to me first" angle, and even goes so far as to say "They stole her from me." Yowza! Here I thought he was just feeling a little overlooked and lonely, when he's actually working through some first-rate resentment. Yul's Mom is not pleased, because she thought the only good thing about being deposed from the throne was that her son didn't have to marry an idiot like Chaekyung.
Chaekyung tries to reach Shin by phone several times, but he doesn't call her back. Her loneliness is palpable, and it's not so much self-pity as acknowledging that Shin is very important to her. Yuck, it hurts that Chaekyung's so sad over him, while Shin is meeting up with Hyorin in Thailand. Shin, you're an idiot and I don't like you anymore.
Meanwhile, Yul takes Chaekyung out for a drive away from the palace. The difference between what Shin is doing and what Chaekyung is doing is twofold: 1. Shin knows that Hyorin loves him madly and wants to win him away from Chaekung, while Chaekyung has no reason to suspect that Yul is anything more than a friendly cousin-in-law. 2. Shin left Chaekyung behind on purpose. Chaekyung would choose to be with Shin if she could, whereas he's going to great lengths to avoid her.
Paparazzi get pictures of Hyorin and Shin having fun in Thailand and a car chase ensues, I think for the sheer purpose of having a wacky car chase scene set in Thailand. What follows are my least-favorite scenes in the entire show. I don't want to watch Shin and Hyorin holding hands and sight-seeing, or cutely trying out new foods, or free-spiritedly running from the paparazzi. When their trip is over, Hyorin melodramatically states: "I will never forget our time together today. Goodbye, my prince."
Back home, Yul has taken Chaekyung to a fairly romantic place, where says some poetic things about trees and reveals a picnic lunch he has packed. Yul correctly deduces that Chaekyung is feeling sad because of Shin and he openly says, "That selfish jerk. If I was him, I wouldn't abandon you like this." Chaekyung admits that she might have crushed on Yul if she'd met him before Shin. Girl, you're pouring fuel on the fire and don't even know it.
Shin and his guards ride motorcycles to get to his next appointment, supposedly because it's the only way to get through the crazy Bangkok traffic, but then they don't encounter any other vehicles during the entire trip until their path is blocked by an elephant procession. Under other circumstances, I might enjoy this cool footage of Thailand, but it doesn't seem to have a point.
Chaekyung gets blessed out by the Queen when she and Yul return. Yul speaks up for Chaekyung, though. I never expected to say this, but seeing gentle, artsy (and possibly treacherous) Yul standing up for Chaekyung when it could hurt his own future goals...it's downright awesome. Score one point for Yul. After this confrontation, Yul returns to his mom and says, "Make me a king." His mind is now made up, I think because he was powerless to help Chaekyung when she needed defending. If this doesn't get the plot-ball rolling, I don't know what will!
Also, Yul brings Chaekyung yummy chocolates after a hard day of diplomatic princess work. Yul, you'd better do something bad soon, just to remind me why I should be rooting for Shin instead of you, because in these episodes, you've done a lot of thoughtful things for Chaekyung, while Shin has done nothing but neglect her and cheat on her.
Elsewhere, Yul's Mom talks to Shin's Dad, the King, and asks him to enthrone his deceased elder brother (her dead husband) posthumously. This would make Yul's dad a king, and put Yul, not Shin, next in line for succession. And...there are more than a few hints that Yul's Mom and Shin's Dad once had a romance. So this thing where two guys in the royal family are involved with the same girl? It's not new. It might even be genetic.
It's so strange to have Shin back at the palace after a 2-episode absence. He's surprised at Chaekyung's distance and hints that he wants her to hug him and welcome him home. Why does he think he deserves affection? At least he seems genuine when he tells her that they should travel together next time. Ah, but it kills me that Chaekyung loves the present he leaves for her, when he didn't even pick it out--his butler got the present for her, then guilted Shin into giving it! Shin admits to her that it wasn't his idea because he doesn't care about getting presents for people. JERK.
Things I Loved:
1. Yul's Thoughts. At long last, we know a bit about what he's like! Yul gains my respect when he is adamant about liking Chaekyung, even when his Mom is not pleased: "The more people doubt her, the more I fall for her." I wonder if he sympathizes with her because they're both outsiders in a sense?
Yul finally monologues out his feelings about being a deposed prince. He says he didn't really mind living away from the palace all those years; he only wants to fulfill his mother's dream because she can only be happy as part of the royal family. He changes his mind in episode 10 and decides he wants the throne, but he's not plotting too hard, yet. He's more into reading and baking.
2. Sympathy for the Queen. This marks the first time I've felt sympathy for the Queen, Shin's mom. She's cold and fastidious but she clearly dotes on her husband, and after seeing him talking with Yul's mom, she looks crushed. This makes me think that life for the Queen has not always been smooth: she was probably always in second place to Yul's Mom, both in her palace position and possibly in her husband's affection, but then when Yul and his Mom went away, the Queen saw it as her chance to shine. I'm so glad the writers added depth to her primness.
1. Hyorin/Shin. My dislike for Hyorin has now reached anger-inducing levels. Not to say that I'm yelling at my screen, but gosh. This girl is wholly unlikable, and Shin is unlikable when he's with her. The two of them launch off on a self-indulgent festival of moping whenever they're around each other. I don't care that they're suffering when they're inflicting it on themselves, apparently just so they can bask in the impossibility of their own circumstances. You are an attractive prince and a lovely, filthy rich ballerina. Get over yourselves.
2. Car Chases/Product Placement. The pacing of these two episodes lagged because of so many chase scenes, shopping scenes, and travel scenes. When Shin and Hyorin ran from the taxi paparazzi, the sequence was very long and had some peppy rock song playing in the background, like it was a travel commercial. Shin's big motorcycle ride also adds nothing much to the story, and looks like a commercial advertising sweet rides.
Shouldn't Be Separated: Everyone thinks it's weird that Shin didn't take Chaekyung to Thailand with him. She's not really happy apart from him, plus it's royal custom to stay together on all state visits.
Grandma Loves You: Chaekyung has messed up a few things lately, and the Queen says, "I am deeply concerned that you will make a fool of yourself." But the Queen Mother, Shin's Grandma, soothes Chaekyung's feelings and literally wipes her tears. What a darling person!


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Howard Nemerov
Biography of Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov was an American poet. He was twice appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1963 to 1964, and again from 1988 to 1990. He received the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize for The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov. He was brother to photographer Diane Nemerov Arbus and father to art historian Alexander Nemerov, Professor of the History of Art and American Studies at Yale University.
Born on leap day in New York City, his parents were David Nemerov and Gertrude. His younger sister was the photographer Diane Arbus. The elder Nemerov's talents and interests extended to art connoisseurship, painting, philanthropy, and photography — talents and interests undoubtedly influential upon his son. Young Howard was raised in a sophisticated New York City environment where he attended the Society for Ethical Culture's Fieldston School. Graduated in 1937 as an outstanding student and second string team football fullback, he commenced studies at Harvard University where, in 1940, he was Bowdoin Essayist and he received bachelor's degree at this university. Throughout World War II, he served as a pilot, first in the Royal Canadian Air Force and later the U. S. Army Air Forces. He married in 1944, and after the war, having earned the rank of first lieutenant, returned to New York with his wife to complete his first book.
Nemerov then began teaching, first at Hamilton College and later at Bennington College, Brandeis University, and finally Washington University in St. Louis, where he was Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Poet in Residence from 1969 until his death in 1991. Nemerov's numerous collections of poetry include Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (University of Chicago Press, 1991); The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize; The Winter Lightning: Selected Poems (1968); Mirrors and Windows (1958); The Salt Garden (1955); and The Image of the Law (1947). His novels have also been commended; they include The Homecoming Game (1957), Federigo: Or the Power of Love (1954), and The Melodramatists (1949).
Nemerov received many awards and honors, among them fellowships from The Academy of American Poets and The Guggenheim Foundation, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the National Medal of Arts, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, and the first Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.
Nemerov served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1963 and 1964, as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets beginning in 1976, and two terms as poet laureate of the United States from 1988 to 1990. In 1990 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Nemerov died of cancer in 1991 in University City, Missouri. The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award was instituted in 1994 to honor him, and by 2008 about 3000 sonnets were entered annually in the associated competition.
Nemerov's work is formalist. He has written almost exclusively in fixed forms and meter. While he is known for his meticulousness and refined technique, his work also has a reputation for being witty and playful. He is compared to John Hollander and Philip Larkin.
"A Primer of the Daily Round" is his most frequently anthologized poem, and highly representative of Nemerov's poetic style. It is an archetypal Elizabethan sonnet, demonstrative of the prosodic creativity for which Nemerov is famous. Another widely appreciated poem is "The War in the Air," which draws on his wartime experience as a pilot.
Howard Nemerov's Works:
Poetry Collections
The Image of the Law (1947)
The Vacuum (1955)
The Salt Garden (1955)
Mirrors and Windows (1958)
The Next Room of The Dream: Poems and Two Plays (1962)
The Blue Swallows (1967)
The Winter Lightning: Selected Poems (1968)
Gnomes & Occasions: Poems (1973) University of Chicago Press
The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977)
Sentences (1980)
Inside the Onion (1984)
War Stories: Poems about Long Ago and Now (1987)
Trying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 (1992)
Grace to be Said at the Supermarket
The Melodramatists (1949)
Federigo: Or the Power of Love (1954)
The Homecoming Game (1957)
Journal of the Fictive Life (1965)
Literary Scholarship
The Oak in the Acorn: On Remembrance of Things Past and on Teaching Proust, Who Will Never Learn (1987)
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Howard Nemerov Poems
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Sparrows were feeding in a freezing drizzle That while you watched turned into pieces of snow Riding a gradient invisible From silver aslant to random, white, and slow.
September, The First Day Of School
I My child and I hold hands on the way to school, And when I leave him at the first-grade door
Learning By Doing
They're taking down a tree at the front door, The power saw is snarling at some nerves, Whining at others. Now and then it grunts, And sawdust falls like snow or a drift of seeds.
A Life
Innocence? In a sense. In no sense!
Learning The Trees
Before you can learn the trees, you have to learn The language of the trees. That's done indoors, Out of a book, which now you think of it Is one of the transformations of a tree.
The Goose Fish
On the long shore, lit by the moon To show them properly alone, Two lovers suddenly embraced So that their shadows were as one.
Insomnia I
Some nights it's bound to be your best way out, When nightmare is the short end of the stick, When sleep is a part of town where it's not safe To walk at night, when waking is the only way
The Host, He Says That All Is Well
He didn't want to do it with skill, He'd had enough of skill. If he never saw Another villanelle, it would be too soon; And the same went for sonnets. If it had been
Storm Windows
People are putting up storm windows now, Or were, this morning, until the heavy rain Drove them indoors. So, coming home at noon, I saw storm windows lying on the ground,
A Spell Before Winter
After the red leaf and the gold have gone, Brought down by the wind, then by hammering rain Bruised and discolored, when October's flame Goes blue to guttering in the cusp, this land
The Blue Swallows
Across the millstream below the bridge Seven blue swallows divide the air In shapes invisible and evanescent, Kaleidoscopic beyond the mind's
Amateurs Of Heaven
Two lovers to a midnight meadow came High in the hills, to lie there hand and hand Like effigies and look up at the stars, The never-setting ones set in the North
Walking The Dog
Two universes mosey down the street Connected by love and a leash and nothing else. Mostly I look at lamplight through the leaves While he mooches along with tail up and snout down,
I Only Am Escaped Alone To Tell Thee
I tell you that I see her still At the dark entrance of the hall. One gas lamp burning near her shoulder Shone also from her other side
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The saga began in 2009 when EEOC charged that the world's largest package delivery company had a 12-month leave policy and terminated workers who needed additional time off without engaging in an interactive process or allowing for a leave extension as a reasonable accommodation. The EEOC investigated an allegation made by an administrative assistant who took a 12-month medical leave of absence from work when she began experiencing symptoms and was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She returned to work for a few weeks and then needed additional time off. She was terminated for exceeding the 12-month leave policy. Following this investigation, the EEOC added other individuals whom they claimed were also similarly discriminated against.
UPS contended that its policy of 12-month maximum leave was a reasonable attendance policy since regular attendance is an essential function of the job for its workers. Judge Sara L. Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois rejected that argument.
The consent decree requires the following mandatory updates to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy within 30 days of the entry into the agreement:
- Revised company statement about providing reasonable accommodations
- Provide employees with explicit instructions on how to request a reasonable accommodation, identification of persons to whom the request can be made, and examples of reasonable accommodation
- A statement directing supervisors and managers who learn of a request for accommodation to refer the matter to designated occupational health, human resources, or administrative personnel
- An interactive process that includes consideration of all possible reasonable accommodations, including asking the employee if they want to change to a different work location
- Considering each accommodation request from employees on an individual basis
- Distribute or make the policy prohibiting disability discrimination accessible to all employees
- Issue a statement to HR that they must seek legal advice prior to terminating an employee who has reached the end of their medical leave or disability period
- Issue a statement that UPS will not retaliate against an employee who requests an accommodation
- Employee name, address, phone number
- Date leave began, job held prior to leave, job duties/essential functions prior to request
- Accommodation(s) requested, identity of employees who handled the request(s), all positions discussed with the employee and/or investigated by HR as possible accommodations
- All accommodation checklists and any documents created during meetings between the company and the employee during the process, correspondence between the company or third party administrator and the employee
- Medical documentation received by the company
Train the supervisors and managers who may receive accommodation requests in the proper way to handle such requests. Provide them with appropriate responses including where and to whom to direct the request.What can employers take away from this situation?
- Review your policy and process for considering reasonable accommodation when requested by an employee. The ADA has been in effect for 27 years. It requires employers to engage in an interactive process with employees who request a reasonable accommodation to allow the employee to perform the essential functions of the job. This may include time off for medical treatment, recovery and periodic follow-ups, changes to the work environment, or changes to the job duties that will allow the employee to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Make the process for requesting an accommodation clear and readily available to employees including identifying the individuals or job titles to whom the request should be made, applicable timelines, and a method for resolving disputes.
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Oof. I've come across Belle Gunness' story several times, but I never read through all the details. What a horror show.
Belle Gunness (1859-1908?) may have brutally murdered up to 40 people, including her own children. All for money.
Belle moved to the United States from Norway in 1881 and married Mads Ditlev Anton Sorenson in Chicago. They started a sweet shop which failed -and- burnt to the ground (suspicious). The couple collected the insurance money and moved. They had four children, one of which died under weird circumstances (probably poison). So… another insurance payment. Sorenson died in 1900- again, under suspicious circumstances (poison) and Belle collected ANOTHER insurance payment the day after his funeral. She took the money and moved to Indiana.
She then married Peter Gunness. Peter was recently widowed with an infant daughter. The daughter just happened to drown in a bath tub while alone with Belle. Shortly after, a meat grinder "accidentally" fell on Peter's head, killing him instantly (MORE insurance money).
THEN… she starts running ads for suitors in the Chicago Daily Newspapers:
"comely widow who owns a large farm in one of the finest districts in La Porte County, Indiana, desires to make the acquaintance of a gentleman equally well provided, with view of joining fortunes. No replies by letter considered unless sender is willing to follow answer with personal visit. Triflers need not apply"
(I had to look up trifler- it's a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science.)
One applicant, John Moe, mysteriously disappeared after paying Gunness a visit. As did Ole Budsberg, Andrew Helgelien, and several other lonely, middle-aged men. Most of which had last been seen withdrawing money from area banks.
and THEN…
There's a fire at the house. When the firemen arrived- four bodies were found in the house. One of the bodies was a headless woman (the head was never found). Her three surviving children died in their beds- and although the authorities immediately thought the headless woman was Gunness… it was most likely NOT. Belle was six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. The woman from the fire was about 5'3″ and would not have weighed more than 150 pounds even WITH her head. Later- it was discovered that the organs of the headless woman contained deadly levels of strychnine.
and there's MORE…
After sifting through the burnt remains of the house- investigators found some teeth (with roots attached) a gold crown, and a porcelain tooth. The local dentist confirmed that this was all work he had performed on Gunness. BUT, her farmhand came forward with information that led people to believe she had put her own teeth by the body of her victim to fake her own death.
In 1908, the local police dug up Gunness' farm (the hog pen) and discovered the bodies of 2 small children, along with Ole Budsberg, Thomas Lindboe, Henry Gurholdt, Olaf Svenherud, John Moe, Olaf Lindbloom, Jennie Olson and as many as 27 other possible victims, all of whom had, unfortunately, some sort of connection with Gunness.
Reports of Gunness Sightings came in from all over the United States- but nothing was verified. As late as 2007, forensic anthropologists exhumed the so-called remains of Belle from the fire. Their findings were inconclusive.
The case remains unsolved.
There are some HORRIBLE PHOTOS from the dig here (not for the squeamish):
Another article with more info here:


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Art Dealers Curate Modernist Show
NEW YORK, NY.- The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) opened the 2016 edition of The Art Show. The nation's most respected and longest-running art fair, takes place on March 2-6, 2016 at the Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Art collectors of ArtKabinett social media network are in New York City for the major art week happening now.
Organized by the ADAA, a nonprofit membership organization of art dealers from around the country, The Art Show offers collectors, arts professionals, and the public the opportunity to engage with artworks of the highest quality through intimately scaled and thoughtfully curated exhibitions that encourage close looking and active conversation with gallerists.
As part of the ADAA's philanthropic partnerships, admission from The Art Show and proceeds from the Gala Preview benefit the Henry Street Settlement, one of New York's leading social service, arts and health care organizations.
"Thoughtfully curated, high quality presentations are a signature of The Art Show—a unique art fair created and organized by a community of art dealers, rather than by an art fair operator. The show's intimate scale which encourages one-on-one interactions between visitors, experienced dealers, and artworks—represents an emphasis on meaningful and lasting relationships, beyond just transactions," remarked Adam Sheffer, newly appointed ADAA president and Cheim & Read partner and sales director.
The Art Show's 72 presentations are selected from over 100 proposals from ADAA member galleries, providing audiences with high quality presentations of works from the 19th century through today, by artists of a variety of genres, practices, and national and international origin.
"This year's presentations are dynamic, ambitious, and vibrant, and speak volumes about the global breadth of art and market expertise of ADAA members. We look forward to welcoming collectors, arts professionals, and the public to experience these high-quality presentations and engage personally with experts in the field," commented Chair of The Art Show, Anthony Meier.
Notable solo exhibitions for The Art Show 2016 include a joint presentation by Marianne Boesky Gallery and Dominique Lévy Gallery of painting, drawing, and sculpture by Frank Stella, and early work by Marilyn Minter presented by Salon 94.
Paul Kasmin Gallery presents the first exhibition of seven different bodies of work by Jules Olitski, spanning 45 years of the artist's career. In three ambitious presentations, ADAA members re-examine the contributions of 20th century African-American artists: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents works by American modernist Beauford Delaney; Betty Cuningham Gallery features paintings by Bill Traylor; and Galerie Lelong highlights works from the 1970s by McArthur Binion.
Rare, vintage performance photographs by Carolee Schneemann are on view from P.P.O.W, while David Nolan Gallery presents a bold installation of a single work by Barry Le Va, retracing his groundbreaking investigations in sculpture from the late 1960s.
First-time Art Show exhibitor, Haines Gallery of San Francisco, brings kaleidoscopic sculptures and works on paper by Monir Farmanfarmaian, following her critically acclaimed retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Other newcomers include Hauser & Wirth, presenting works by the Modernist Italian sculptor, installation artist, and poet Fausto Melotti, and Tilton Gallery debuts new sculptures by Chicago-born artist Simone Leigh, whose work explores female African-American subjectivity.
A number of presentations feature new works displayed publicly for the first time at The Art Show, such as mechanical sculptures and works on paper by installation artist Rebecca Horn at Sean Kelly Gallery, new photographic work by Gillian Wearing at Tonya Bonakdar Gallery, and recent Hernan Bas paintings influenced by mythology and literature at Lehmann Maupin. Tibor de Nagy Gallery presents new non-objective paintings by Andrew Masullo, and Cheim & Read features recent works by prominent American artist Ron Gorchov.
In a thought-provoking juxtaposition of sculpture and photography, Bortolomi pairs new sculptural works by Tom Burr with Barbara Kasten's Architectural Sites from the 1980s. Additionally, noted sculptor Deborah Butterfield created two large-scale bronze works especially for the fair, presented by Danese /Corey.
Several member galleries present group exhibitions of stimulating artistic juxtapositions. As part of Rhona Hoffman Gallery's group exhibition Cut, Sliced, Stitched, Torn, new works by emerging artist Natalie Frank are shown alongside established international artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Spencer Finch, Lucio Fontana, Jim Hodges, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Richard Tuttle, exploring the gesture of cutting, tearing, and stitching in artists' practices from 1966 to the present.
An equally ambitious exhibition presented by Howard Greenberg Gallery and Hans. P. Kraus Jr. Inc. explores the Photo-Secession movement—founded in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz to advance photography as an art form—through photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Alvin Langdon Coburn, and Gertrude Käsebier, among others
Photo above : Jules Olitski, Moon Momma, 1992, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery.


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Moses: Endurance
Moses represents financial endurance, which requires well-ordered financial habits. We see this in his life in the way he implemented meticulous, thorough, and extremely structured systems pertaining to resources. Financial endurance doesn't happen with haphazard, disorganized financial thinking and practices. Moses types are very organized with money and love thorough, thoughtful, short-and long-term financial plans. They find a system that works and they stick with it. They come to life within structure. Moses types are steady-handed, consistent, and determined.
Moses types believe there should be a place for every dollar, and every dollar should be in its place. They'll check to make sure this is the case, and often so. Doing this provides Moses types the assurance not only that they are doing their part to provide for their needs in the most responsible way possible, but also that they have done everything within their power to prepare for financial situations that may arise in the future.
Moses was highly organized with resources. The books Exodus and Leviticus are stocked with examples that illustrate the plans Moses received from the Lord and had to execute, plans that called for meticulous resource management. Moses types love order, especially in their finances. They view it as the secret to longevity and long-term financial vitality. And while they think about money all the time, their well-ordered financial lifestyles provide space for them not to worry excessively about money.
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Hi, I'm working with phalcon for about two weeks now and i have some question about Models.
So, for example I have two tables: products and categories
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "products"
"id" SERIAL NOT NULL,
"title" VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL,
"category_id" INT DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY ("id")
) Without Oids;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "categories"
"id" SERIAL NOT NULL,
"title" VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY ("id")
) Without Oids;
My goal is to fetch all data I need at once with one query. I create view "getProducts"
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW "getProducts" AS SELECT
category.id as "category.id"
category.title as "category.title"
FROM products
LEFT JOIN categores as category ON categories.id = products.category_id
The problem is I cannot figure out how to fetch category.id and category.title to separate model. As I understand, fetching data to specific class takes place in Resultset class. How can i replace Resultset with my own class? Or there is another way to fetch some of the columns to separate model? Or another way to fetch data at once?
I will be very grateful for the help.
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I've been tagged by Anthraxxxx again! But thank you because I finally have a chance to show my cute (when I was a kid) and ugly (now) photos here. I don't have much choices of photos as most of them are in my hometown. So I'll try to use whatever is available.
I'm HCFoo and it's my real name, my initial. I was born in Kuantan and spent all my young and teenage years inside the shell. I'm the eldest in my family but I'm also the naughtiest. I grew up among kaki mahjong because my so-called god grandmother (who was also my mum's boss until she took over the hair salon business) organized daily gatherings and games behind the shop. Despite all the distraction and helping my mum washing clients' hair (all women) at the salon, I did find time to study.
So, I managed to get through Form 6 with flying colours and got into a local university of my choice. However, I did not enjoy studying because I regretted choosing the course. I chose the course based on my result and its popularity and not my interest. I spent most of my time partying in KL and PJ and discovering the magic of the cyberspace. I would say that the best moment I had in the university was getting to know my housemates. Perakians are really nice and friendly.
I've been in the educational publishing line for many years now. Although I've tried other industry (including chemical and logistic), education and publishing remain dear to my heart. I hope to further pursue my studies so that I can serve the country one day. It's always my ambition and passion to lecture in a local university. But hey, I'm not a nerd or a bookworm.
I don't have much interest. I enjoy non-fiction books, blogging, tennis, history, jazz, concerts and live music, reality shows and documentaries.
Well, as for other personal stuff, it's better remain unsaid. Now, I'm going to tag anyone in my blogroll who are interested to reveal themselves. Anyone?


text: One of Nelson's former flagships, HMS Foudroyant, lies helpless on a Blackpool beach. Launched in 1798, she had seen some glamorous service, but was sold by the Navy to enthusiast Wheatley Cobb in 1890. He toured the impressive ship around seaside towns, but one stormy night in June 1897, she broke anchor, hit a pier and ran aground on the Sands. Those eager to make a quick penny started selling souvenirs made from her wood. Unfortunately, she was destroyed in another storm later that year.


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Active Plus
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Active Plus is an organisation that run courses for a number of groups in society including vulnerable young people, the elderly and the long term unemployed. The courses are delivered by injured, wounded and sick military veterans, utilising their skills to share stories, promote co-operation, confidence and problem solving skills.
MPAD was commissioned to redesign and redevelop the website and to produce a series of short films that communicate what the organisation is about.
The solution
One of the issues with dealing with military veterans is their confidence talking about their situations. MPAD worked to break down the barriers that the veterans put up, gaining their trust and confidence which then enabled them to tell their stories openly and honestly.
Empathy and patience are key to this and our team was able to achieve this because we employ trained journalists, used to dealing with anxious and camera shy interviewees. We believe that everyone has their story to tell and we can help to unlock that story.
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Toe Nail by Dr Newman
Advice following the procedure:
Your toe will be bandaged tight enough to prevent bleeding but not so tight it will cause severe pain. It will be numb due to local anaesthetic for up to 24 hours post surgery. After that it will be sore but should at the most require pain relief medication.
Care of the Wound:
- Keep your foot elevated as much as possible.
- Keep the bandage and dressing dry and clean until your first post-operative review.
What to Watch Out For:
- Bleeding
- Worsening pain
- Pus and offensive smell
Dr Newman sees his toenail surgery patients 2 to 5 days post surgery for their first dressing changes in the rooms. Further instructions will be given then.
If you have had sedation for this procedure:
The medication used may still be in your system.
You must make sure you have a responsible adult to care for you at home after the procedure.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Projek Tergendala - Ribbon Embroidery
Rasanya dah agak lama tak update blog. Apart from busy entertaining my most-of-the-time-crazy friend Ann of Craftyanique...I was pretty tight up helping my brother to Project Manage his newly set up medical centre dekat Jitra.
Anyway, talk about project..I just wanted to share with you a project that I've started in 2008 which until now masih tergendala...Ribbon Embroidery...I have always admire Pn Ann's work & dari sehari kesehari trying to find time to attend her class tapi selalu tak sempat. One day, I accompanied my sister to Yee Button..the moment I step into the kedai & saw gambar pemandangan with ribbon embroidery work on it..I fell in love right away & terus sign up for the class.
This is my unfinished project. My cikgu's style is to combine using DMC thread & ribbon. She said by doing this tak payah la spend so much on ribbon because it is expensive. Well..I have to admit this is 1 very expensive hobby.
Yang ni pulak my sister's unfinished project. Hmmm..adik beradik sama je buat keje tak siap. Busy la katakan. Checkout the background pokok & how tedious it is to do. Memerlukan kesabaran yg maha hebat plus eye-sight yg elok. She use DMC thread for the tree and ribbon for the flowers. Cantik takk??..Ye la..kalau dah siap lagi cantik kan.
Apa-apa pun by this year we must complete this project..frame it & proudly hang them at our pondok..InsyaAllah.
By the way, for those of you who wish to buy DMC thread..we are selling at RM1.30. If you wish to buy, just sms me the no...postage is at RM4...err...since harga postage lagi mahal apa kata you all beli banyak..he..he..
OK ...ladies....DMC Thread = RM1.30...while stocks last....
Posted by Ayu at 7:32 AM
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4 comments:
- a.n.i.Q.u.e said...
kalau hang siap yang ni pula ... sure mahal dari quilt yg RM1,200-00 tu kan .... haibatullazi sungguh mata hang .... aku nak cucuk benang masuk jarum pun teraba-raba ....
- May 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Ayu said...
Kalau siap aku tak juai laa..aku gantung kat Pondok. Tapi cikgu aku tu for her work she sold on average klu gambag camni at RM2,000...and yes ada org beli.
- May 6, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
Semoga dapat menyiapkan projek dgn jayanya! Mesti susah tu kan... saya tak pernah lg buat x-stitch & ribbon, tp projek x-stitch besar saya tak pernah siap! Hehehe... you'll have better luck.
- July 9, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- nizacraft said...
Salam PC.... ada lagi ke stok benang dmc ni.... what color that available... pls reply to my email...TQ
- May 3, 2011 at 6:33 PM
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316 페이지 - ... as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society, to limit the power and moderate the dominion of every part and member of the society.
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This piece (not all of it, the parts about the Nazi roots of the "European Economic Union" and the quotes from William Blum were not included) was originally written as a reply to the article Yanis Varoufakis published in the German Newspaper DIE ZEIT and which he also presented on his blog in English.
I posted it yesterday in the comment section of his blog but it was completely censored, it simply 'disappeared'. I wonder why ….
My first question was:
If "Grexit" was the alpha and omega of the German Euro-strategy then why did they give it up in the end?
Yanis, I respect your intellectual honesty very much but I think you have been hoodwinked to believe that "Grexit" was planned all along. They knew perfectly well that Syriza wanted to stay in the EMU (apparently) at any cost (as a matter of national honour) so they
"had no incentive to give any ground at all. They can continue to make demands, no matter how unreasonable, with no possible political recourse on the part of Syriza. Hence all Greeks .. [became] prisoners of the Eurozone." (quote from Andrew Ryder).
It was all a huge Machiavellian bluff, a kind of "psyop": by showing you the "Schäuble-Plan" they instilled fear (also in the other deficit countries) (like the Holy Officium torturers knew that in some cases just showing the victim the gruesome torture tools was enough for a heretic to "recant" or "confess")and if that was not enough, they counted on another psychological effect: Schäuble's ostensible determination to "kick Greece out" of the Eurozone (for which there is NO LEGAL basis) would provoke the desired reaction: after accepting the Troika's draconian, dictatorial terms, PM Tsipras could cling to the somewhat consoling notion that Syriza had at least "foiled" Germany's humiliating plan.
At the same time the Greek people were subjected to even more economic "shock treatment" (by cutting off liquidity to the Greek banks) and the ultimate humiliation: after the great "OXI"-vote (which gave them for a brief moment a glimmer of hope) "their" government accepted even harsher terms than originally presented by the Troika: Greece is now effectively FOR SALE (at bargain prices …). The message to all left parties (and their voters) in all of Europe is clear:
You can vote … but you cannot decide …
The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basle, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Carroll Quigley
In his book "Killing Hope" William Blum writes about Greece after the US had taken charge (since Britain could no longer afford the cost of neo-colonialism) in 1947. Here are three telling excerpts:
The "request" for aid was written by the State Department but presented to the world as reflecting the wishes of the Greek government:
Blum also quotes from a letter to the director of the US "aid-program" in Greece (AMAG), written by then Secretary of State, George Marshall in 1947 offering the following advice:
Talk about the arrogance of power. Today, the unholy "Troika" does not even bother to camouflage the economic dictatorship they impose on Greece since they control the financial weapons as well as public opinion.
We know that during the Cold War the Anglo-American imperial ruling class stopped at nothing to prevent a (coalition) government with a socialist or communist party (and who knows this better than Greeks …UK/US-assisted fascist take-over in 1944, 1967, then the corrupt, US-trained PASOK puppets …etc.) in Western Europe, including NATO-supported terrorism (see "Gladio"). This is no longer necessary since the neoliberal, totalitarian economic "ThinkPol" has succeeded in brainwashing European political leaders and journalists to accept the "TINA"-principle. They realize of course that the huge inequality this system produces will generate opposition, even rebellion but the tyranny of finance* has now reached such a stage that resistance seems futile (at least in the Eurozone).
*excerpt: "I had had the opportunity to hear Mr Alexandre Lamfallusy, the leading technocrat tasked with the introduction of the single currency, speak in Tokyo around 1996. He presented his road map. The astonishing aspect was the level of detail. He told us, years in advance, in which European cities the chiefs of central banks and the finance ministers would meet and WHAT THEY WOULD DECIDE; when and where their deputies would meet and WHAT THEY WOULD DECIDE; and where and when the heads of government would meet, and WHAT THEY WOULD DECIDE: month after month of detailed scheduled meetings, with a complete script of pre-ordained outcomes, named after the cities in which the meetings were to take place. His confident presentation made it clear that he expected this script to be followed to the letter. I saw no reason to doubt his words. (Needless to mention, this is what happened)."
(Back to my questions for Yanis Varoufakis): What I do not understand is this: You know perfectly well that the whole design of the Eurozone is crazy (economically unviable) and I am sure that you are aware of the spot-on warnings of Wynne Godley in 1992:
[…] "the power to issue its own money, to make drafts on its own central bank, is the main thing which defines national independence. If a country gives up or loses this power, it acquires the status of a local authority or colony."
In several interviews I heard you say that the Euro is doomed if no structural reforms are undertaken (and you know they will not come since Germany is not even willing to confront the question let alone change a system (apparently) to its advantage) then why did you support Syriza's plan to stay in the EMU as Minister of Finance? Why throw away your pride (as a nation and in your case as a brilliant scholar), give up your sovereignty to keep your place on the Titanic? Why did Syriza not explain to the Greek public what the Euro really is (an instrument of political subjugation)?
Einstein once quipped that
'You cannot solve a problem with the same way of thinking that created it in the first place'.
The (German) idea that you have "to discipline" European governments with the "threat" of being kicked out of the Eurozone (for which there is NO LEGAL basis) to make the stupid fiscal union work is a perfect embodiment of this insight and shows that we are ruled by "idiots", [Ιδιώτης / idiotikos: "unprofessional, unskilled; not done by rules of art] not intellectually mature people who really engage in politics for the community [democrates].
The bitter truth is, the EU never was a truly democratic project, in fact its origins can be traced back to the Third Reich "Großraumwirtschaft". The incredible irony is, that although these plans were based on dictatorial Germany calling the economic shots (with the "Reichsmark" having the hegemonic position the dollar has today and Berlin replacing London as the financial centre), the economic planning was a lot more intelligent and socially just than the Maastricht regime – here are some major points (taken from the book The Tainted Source by John Laughland):
(See also this – 1942: Conference on the European Economic Community)
- Labour instead of capital must be the economic yardstick.
- Prices are no longer the regulator of all economic phenomena. Instead, prices are regulated by the state according to the needs of the collectivity (!). (Ferdinand Fried, Professor of Economics)
- The need for an integrated European clearing-system (regarding the balance of payments) was clearly identified.
- Primacy should not be accorded to the exchange rate, instead full employment and purchasing power stability should be the primary goals of currency management … (Dr. Bernhard Benning / The State Theory of Money)
- Walter Funk was defending the need for state control of foreign exchange to prevent uncontrollable capital flows from disturbing the economy; He realized that in order to establish the greatest possible degree of economic and political autarky, a monetary regime would have to be set up to protect Europe from "uncontrollable international" influences that "could be used as power-political instruments to suppress us"
- To maintain currency stability, price controls and the control of credit (!) were considered necess British commentators criticized the German "hostility to the Gold standard" (and for good reason…), called their ideas "totalitarian" as opposed to economic "liberalism", the "free-market"-scam, etc.
Well, by now we should realize that nothing is more "totalitarian" than neo-liberalism (with the "market" as cover for plutocratic rule by bankers and their rich clients)
- Gold became irrelevant once prices were determined not by the market but by governments which regulated all economic activity and once trade was managed through clearing arrangements.
- Francis Delaisi, an ardent opponent of the gold standard, hated "the reign of money" and was convinced that the economic history of Europe after 1918 had shown the capitalist system to be on the verge of collapse. He rightly argued that the explosion of credit between 1919-29 in the US had led to the crash of 1929, and that the consequent depression had brought massive unemployment in the Anglo-Saxon economies. This threatened to destroy the entire social structure in Europe. (sound familiar?)
- In Delaisi's view the gold standard restricted social progress, because (being a world currency), it opened labour markets to world competition and thereby forced down wages .. he considered it to be an "instrument of inhumane competition". It was important to liberate producers from the competition of exotic countries whose standard of living was too low … (Hitler abolished the gold-standard as soon as he came to power).
- Capitalism is a political system based on class interests triumphing over those of the community as a whole.
(I never understood where the "socialist" part (in National-Socialist) came from – how could an extreme right, fascist, corporate-friendly party be 'socialist' at the same time? Now I get the picture …)
To be clear: I am not endorsing far-right parties here at all but I want to make the point that the rule of "the free market" (serving as a cover for the financial aristocracy) is no less authoritarian than what the Nazis had planned, it is a totalitarian system – just look at what is happening in Greece. There is no 'agreement' here, this was pure mafia-style coercion (a 'reverse Corleone' someone called it): accept or bury your economy.
So it seems they took the fascist plan for a European "Union", got rid of the "socialist" part (commanded by the state) and replaced it with the totalitarian market-regime (still favouring Berlin). Dictatorial economic "rules" that must be adhered to – at all cost – (some are more equal here than others as we have seen, since Germany and France were the first countries to violate the Maastricht rules but no 'punishment' was meted out to them) should evoke huge resistance but presenting these rules as "necessary" adjustments to which there is no alternative (except economic isolation and bankruptcy) has succeeded in blaming the victims for the crime … the "market" has become the new Hitler … the banks the new weapons of mass (social) destruction .. the governments the willing executioner of a neo-feudal ideology ("neo-liberalism").
Paul Krugman noted in an interview that the German word for debt (Schulden) is almost synonymous with the German word for guilt (Schuld) and speculated how this would influence German thinking …
Joe Stiglitz recently wrote about the problems in the Eurozone (and the Greek drama within it):
That concern for popular legitimacy is incompatible with the politics of the eurozone, which was never a very democratic project. Most of its members' governments did not seek their people's approval to turn over their monetary sovereignty to the ECB. When Sweden's did, Swedes said no. They understood that unemployment would rise if the country's monetary policy were set by a central bank that focused single-mindedly on inflation (and also that there would be insufficient attention to financial stability). The economy would suffer, because the economic model underlying the eurozone was predicated on power relationships that disadvantaged workers.
Yes, this is the key point: economic policy and financial control are about POWER RELATIONSHIPS not mathematical models that have nothing to do with the real world. Steve Keen makes fun of the fact that banks and credit play no role in neoclassical economic models (and rightly so) but I now think this was no "mistake" or oversight, this was done on purpose … to hide the role of banks, finance as power-players in the economy … (they even invented a FAKE NOBEL prize to glorify the fancy mathematics that passes as "econometrics")
If the consequences for the Greek people – and all of us in Europe – were not so dire, this whole charade ("of debt negotiations") would be laughable. A kind of sinister, political farce, written by Kafka ("the institutions") and directed by Orwell (Eurogroup should change its name to "MINISTRY OF TRUTH".
I leave the last words to Guido Preparata (author of Conjuring Hitler, a very distressing exposé about the rise of Hitler, financed by Anglo-American money …. and encourage you to think about what the role of the US oligarchy in all of this Euro-Game is ….)
So-called democracy is a sham, the ballot a travesty. In modern bureaucratized systems whose birth dates from the mid 19th century, the feudal organization has been carried to the next level, so to speak. A chief objective of what Thucydides referred to in his epoch as synomosiai (literally "exchange of oaths") – i.e. the out-of-sight fraternities acting behind the ruling clans – has been the process of the exaction of rents from the population (i.e. a free income in the form of rents, financial charges and like thefts) as unfathomable and impenetrable as possible. The tremendous sophistication, and the propagandistic wall of artfully divulged misconceptions surrounding the banking systems which is the chief instrument wherewith the hierarchs expropriate and control the wealth of their supporting community, is the limpid testimony of this essential transformation undergone by the feudal / oligarchic organization in the modern era.
The West has moved from a low-tech agrarian establishment built upon the backs of disenfranchised serfs to a highly mechanized post-industrial hive that feeds off the strength of no less disenfranchised blue- and white collar slaves, whose lives are mortgaged to buy into the vogue of modern consumption. The latter-day lords of the manor are no longer seen demanding tribute since they have relied on the mechanics of banking accounts for the purpose, whereas the sycophants of the median class, as academics and publicists, have consistently remained loyal to the synomosiai.
From the "Agreement" with the Troika (page 5):
"The government NEEDS TO CONSULT AND AGREE with the institutions ON ALL DRAFT LEGISLATION in relevant areas with adequate time BEFORE submitting it for public consultation or to Parliament …" !!!!
How could Alexis Tsipras even contemplate to sign this capitulation to the "modern dictatorship of money"?! If Greece wants to regain her dignity she MUST get out of the Euro (and NATO) and prevent the BIG SALE of her assets before it is too late …
Tulane University oil expert David Hynes told an audience in Athens recently that Greece could potentially solve its entire public debt crisis through development of its new-found gas and oil. He conservatively estimates that exploitation of the reserves already discovered could bring the country more than €302 billion over 25 years. The Greek government instead has just been forced to agree to huge government layoffs, wage cuts and pension cuts to get access to a second EU and IMF loan that will only drive the country deeper into an economic decline. [4]


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The word deen which is translated as religion is used in several contexts:
Belief in the Creator and all the acts of worship, which are inter-related to belief. Judgement, law, order and all the inter-related beliefs in the life hereafter. Character, wisdom or habit.
Therefore the word deen means conduct based upon spirituals ideals which we call Aq'aaid – Beliefs.
Aq'aaid is the plural of aqeeda which means belief. It is the belief in the five roots of Religion. Our aq'aaid is based on tahqeeq
according to one's own intellectual ability. One cannot do taqleed in usool. Just as we build a house; religion builds an individual. The foundation has to be strong and stable in order to sustain the building. In the same way; beliefs (aqaaid) must be strong to be able to build a strong character, to organise a reformed Islamic society and to enable an individual to recognise the self.
The justice of God
Prophets to guide humankind
succession to the Prophet (pbuh)
The eternal life
Criteria for the base of an aqeeda
i) It should be proven and supported by reason and logic.
ii) It should give a meaning to life and banish from the mind futility and nothingness.
iii) It should give rise to ideals, enthusiasm and aspirations.
iv) It must have the power to sanctify human aims and social goals.
v) It should promote commitment and responsibility.