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May 19: A brighter future for the Amazon (???)
Carlos Minc, Brazil's new environment minister, won't have his feet under his desk before the government auctions a concession to build and run the second of two controversial hydro-electric power stations in the heart of the Amazon on Monday 19.
Goodbye, Amazon rain forests
And goodby to uncounted species of plants and animals. Business has won, as reported by Daniel Howden in The Independent:
Brazil has been accused of turning its back on its duty to protect the Amazon after the resignation of its award-winning Environment Minister fuelled fresh fears over the fate of the forest. The departure of Marina Silva, who admitted she was losing the battle to get green voices heard amidst the rush for economic development, has been greeted with dismay by conservationists.
"She was the environment's guardian angel," said Frank Guggenheim, executive director for Greenpeace in Brazil. "Now Brazil's environment is orphaned."
In a letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Ms Silva said that her efforts to protect the rainforest acknowledged as the "lungs of the planet" were being thwarted by powerful business lobbies.
Marina Silva
overcame poverty, disease and illiteracy in her childhood and adolescence. She was born in the state of Acre, and worked extracting rubber from trees in the forest. She met Chico Mendes, and joined his efforts to organize peaceful demonstrations against deforestation. Mendes was assassinated in 1988. In 5 years as a Minister, with determinacy, she changed the Brasilian Govt. previous culture: environmental illiteracy and straight developmentalism. And became a global green icon. FACTS MATTER:
– 1m sq km of land in the Amazon in recent decades have been cleared, subtracted;
– after some improvement, the situation is now worsening again, namely South of the rio Amazonas. Half of world rainforests, this is a unique environment, basically because the only one unchanged across 11 million years, not just a few thousands.
– For the first time in the entire history of Brasil, the voice of the couple "Indigenous people – Rainforest" had entered the Govt. Now it is out again.
Brazil's environment minister quits
By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo
Published: May 14 2008 22:23 | Last updated: May 14 2008 22:23
Brazil's environment minister has resigned after becoming increasingly isolated within the government.
Marina Silva, who rose from poverty in the Amazon state of Acre to become a global figurehead for environmental activists, resigned late on Tuesday in a manner typical of her way of operating: she wrote to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and immediately announced her decision to the media, leaving no room for possible negotiation.
(..) during five years in the job she found herself in growing conflict with ministers pressing for the approval of infrastructure projects, many of which have been held up by the long process of obtaining environmental licences.
The most visible such project concerns the River Madeira in the Amazon, where two hydroelectric generating plants are to be built against fierce resistance from indigenous people and environmental groups. Mr Lula da Silva irritated Ms Silva by commenting that Brazil's economic development was being held up "for the sake of a few fish".


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A Survival Guide for the Great Depression, Part Two
If you yourself haven't yet lost your job, you have a 1 in 6 chance that you still could. The current unemployment rate is just 6.7 and during the Great Depression, it was 25% at it's highest. Well, I have a low wage paying job in this time, so the money I don't have, I wouldn't spend anyway, because I don't have it. If you're like me, you are looking for the next wave in entrepreneurial motivation, a new way to make money during these hard times. I've looked at the first Depression for some ways to make money during these hard times:
Shantytowns. Oh yes, America's next wave in suburbanism. You could either start your own contractor business, to construct shanties from various materials like crates, boxes, cardboard, metal scraps and whatever else your friendly urban landfill has to offer. If you don't like that idea, say you've got baby's hands, perhaps you could have someone build you a lovely Shanty town of your own and have a fancy name like "Holly Forest". Then, with all the people forced to leave their foreclosed homes, you could offer them a new residential development, located right in the center of town. Your chicken wire fence allows for a safe-guarded community where only residents are allowed access. (You've hooked a car battery to the fence, security system armed!)
You could also start your own box car gang. Yes, our favorite youth novel characters, the Box Car Children, are based off depression youths who rode train lines from town to town in order to find work. No, not crust punks. You may want to sharpen your knives and brush up on basic knife fighting skills, as hobos have staked claim on most rail lines. They also probably already are missing most of their teeth, and have no fear in derailing you. A bookstore clerk informed me that the Box Car Children are still a popular series for youngsters, I recommend starting a youth army before getting involved. As we all know, children are the scariest humans alive.
If you have a little money put aside, you could start a clinic or begin a birth control pharmacy. Everyone knows babies are expensive and will not want to have any. More so than the babies they aren't already having. And I'm not talking about this either.
You could just go out and make a blog, then walk around with a classified ad on your person.. like this guy.
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Old Samuel seems to think that if we all just knew that we don't have free will, things would be so much better. We'd all live in a state of reasoned and logical harmony, sharing kindness, charity and forgiveness as we realize that our enemies and irritants cannot help themselves.
Why Sammy thinks we'd end up with Christian ethics rather than Caligulan ethics is never fully explored. That's probably because Sam doesn't want to to be thrown to the lions in the arena and so he pretends that Christian ethics would somehow win out in a Darwinian sense. LOL! That's not the only area in which Sam has a rich fantasy life. When you start thinking about the world he proposes, it gets even better.
Imagine raising your children to believe that they do not have free will. Imagine the parents of your kids' classmates doing the same. Discipline would last, oh, I don't know, about 15 minutes or so. A pack of 8-year-old boys who have been convinced that they do not have free will would become completely unmanageable by anything short of fire hoses and dogs.
And dogs they would be, too. Without any sense of free will, you'd have to fall back on pure stimulus-response training to keep them in line while they constantly tried to push things to the limits. After all, why not?
And what happens when they realize that you don't really love them? You don't, you know. Love is meaningless when there is no free will behind it. "I love you" would engender the reply, "So what? You had to. You have no free will!"
Finally, imagine how awesome classrooms would be. Kind of like an ongoing MMA brawl.
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|My hubby last Korean food treat for breakfast
We walked to the nearby area and stopped by at one of the opened stall. It's my hubby's last wish: to eat Kimbab, fish cake and its soup. At first he wanted to order the tteokboki (spicy rice cakes) with it but since he only ate alone, I reminded him that the Kimbab was quite fully, so he stopped after ordering those two. Poor hubby! Since I was sick, he lost his khaki (partner) to eat and it wasn't really enjoyable to eat alone. The portion was too much for 1 person and he would only be able to eat less variety as he had to finish it alone. Sorry la!
As he was eating joyfully, I was sitting down there next to him and watched how Aunties prepared the food (I had already eaten a bowl of porridge before leaving the hostel, which my hubby cooked inside the room ^^). I hoped to learn few skills just by watching them hehehe... (wishful thinking). This shop was small, however, it looked famous as there were many signatures done by famous stars hung on the wall. It opened 24 hours. I watched them preparing the food diligently and that passion came from their heart :) That's what made food taste delicious ^^
|Morning break at 7th Heaven Coffee in Seoul
After that we went to have a morning break at 7th Heaven Coffee, one of the coffee chains in Korea. We sat at 2nd floor next to the window.
From there we could see the road view outside. The place was warm and cosy. Since I couldn't have a coffee, I ordered hot chocolate. Perfect for a cold weather :) Btw the temperature that morning was -3. There was sunshine but there was wind blowing too. However, no single sign of snowfall hehe... :)
We sat there for some time. And youknow what? Oh I loved their electronic toilet bowl (change subject hehehe...). Once I sat on it, the seat was automatically warmed up! It made me wanting to sit longer. Lolx! There were control buttons at the side where you could choose the water to spray on your buttock, air-blow the buttock, and so on.
Hahaha... I know it wasn't my first time experiencing it but the automatically warming the seat that made me happy and satisfied because during our stay in hostel for few days, we suffered a lot by the cold and chilling air that went into our toilet through the window. It became super cold and humid. We always tried to do our business there as fast as possible then went out to avoid getting cold and wet. Hahaha... So I guess you understand now why I loved their toilet bowl so much ^^
|Two students were waiting for the bus ^^
We did last minute shopping before collecting our luggage back from the hostel then walked hurriedly to the bus stop. The bus came every half an hour so we didn't want to miss it because otherwise we would be late for our flight.
Soon the bus came. We stored our luggage on the compartment below, paid our bus fare (at KRW10,000 or S$12.20 per pax), sat down and relaxed until it reached the airport. On the way we looked at the view outside the window and said goodbye.
|Last sight of Seoul from inside the bus
We passed by the Gyeongbok Palace, just nice there was a guards-changing ceremony. We then realized too that we actually could travel faster by bus rather than by Subway to certain destinations as we didn't have to waste our effort and time to walk up and down the staircases, also transfer to the other subway lines. The bus directions were written both in Korean and English. The announcement was also done in both languages. It's only that we were not familiar with it at first few days of our visit.
We passed by the Riverside too. There, we saw many people riding bicycle, jogging and exercising. Suddenly I missed my Punggol Park and my bike... ^^
|Incheon International Airport
We reached airport in one hour time. We checked-in at the counter then went outside. My hubby wanted to smoke and took the last fresh cool winter air ^^ We had burger meals and salad at Lotteria, a Korea fast food chain. Finally I had fast food in Korea! Lolx! There were many other fast food available there but my hubby always wanted to have Korean dishes and avoiding fast food whenever possible. So you know why I was so exciting about it hehehe...
After eating, it was almost time for boarding. We were still outside and there were lots of people queuing. They all queued for the hand carry luggage's security check. Luckily they opened two more lines so that we didn't have to stuck in the queue and faster went through the immigration check.
We had no time to shop anymore. But anyway the stuffs there were quite expensive. We walked directly to the boarding area and sat there until the gate was opened.
We boarded onto the plane and it flew away. Good bye Korea! It was a great experience for both of us and it's been more than a decade since I last time experienced the snowfall. I came to understand now why most of the time I traveled on the month of August and September to the four- season countries as I didn't really enjoying an extreme cold weather. I mean, it's more enjoyable when the weather was around 20s degree Celsius. But anyway, no pain no gain. I enjoyed the snow still and the feeling wearing the boots. Something that we don't do back in Singapore ^^
In the airplane, I had my last Korean meal, Bibimbap, Korean mixed rice with vegetables, minced meat, sesame oil and Korean chilli paste, plus a can of Hite beer. OMG!!! I forgot that my stomach was still on the way to recovery!!! After having it, I could feel the war inside my stomach. So many air inside. And after reaching Changi Airport, I immediately looked for the toilet and vomited down there. Ohhh!!! I vomited again after reaching home.
This morning I went to see doctor and got one day Mc from the doctor. I spent my day resting at home - sleeping and napping. I ate only light food. Haiz! But it gets much better now. Hope I can go back to work healthily tomorrow :) Well, time to sleep now. Take care everyone! Especially your health, wherever you are! Keep warm and safe! Byeee.... Annyeong....


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You Are Enough
"The only thing you are supposed to do is to live a wholehearted life. Whatever you do: do it wholeheartedly. Whatever you want to be: be it wholeheartedly."
You Are Enough
Guest post by Melissa Robbins // My name is Melissa. I'm a human, wife, mother, personal trainer and life coach. I'm just trying to make the world a little better, happier and healthier.
I told my crying, overtired baby that I wasn't a great mom today but tomorrow I'll be better.
It was a "shot day" for my 15 month old son, so off to the doctor we went. Afterwards we dropped him off at his grandparents like we do every Tuesday. When I picked him up that afternoon I was thinking that I really needed to give him some one-on-one attention ... then I got an email for a last minute webinar so I watched it while he played. I put him in his high chair, fed him dinner and took a call from a friend I wanted to catch up with. Before I knew it he was having to visibly show me it was time for him to go to bed. Most days I'm patient and attentive but on this day I told my crying, overtired baby that I wasn't a great mom today but I'd be better tomorrow. And you know what, I'm still a great mom. I'm still enough.
I don't doubt myself. Do I think I do everything perfectly? No, not even close. But that's not what I think makes a great mom, or a great anything for that matter.
I don't know the true definition of perfection but I do know what it is not. Perfectionism is NOT the same thing as striving to do your best and it is NOT self-improvement. Perfectionism is really just the quickest path to anxiety, depression and life paralysis. I struggle a bit (or a lot) with bouts of depression in the winter. And typically by February I'm really having to work hard to keep myself peaceful and healthy, so this winter I've found my cure... I'm still running and walking outside even though I don't like the cold. And here is the best part, it was doctor prescribed!
To equip the stroller for these winter excursions I've got all the goods: a wool seat cover to keep him nice and toasty, all the winter clothing he can fit, and even a weather shield to encompass the entire stroller. Someone actually scolded me for taking my child out in the cold for my own selfish reasons. For the record, not one part of his body was bothered by the cold. In fact, when I took him out of the stroller his back was sweaty. This exchange did not for one second make me question my parenting. It did, however, make me question our society.
We live in a society that has a really, really long list of unwritten rules. Bylaws that we live by because we are "supposed" to. The way you are supposed to live, work, look, be and the things you are supposed to have. What are the consequences of breaking those rules... nothing.
We are paralyzed by the fear that everyone else may not approve. We're missing the mark. In my opinion (and I think it's a good one) the only thing you are supposed to do is to live a wholehearted life. Whatever you do: do it wholeheartedly. Whatever you want to be: be it wholeheartedly. In the spirit of this holiday season I urge you to take a vow with me. Vow to give up the ever illusive perfect life and start living wholeheartedly. I promise you that I will always support you in that. There will be days that you did it all really, really well and then there will be days that you put your crying, overtired baby to bed and tell him you weren't a great parent today but tomorrow you'll do better. And you'll still be great.
You'll still be enough.
Sweat & Smiles,
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Summer Reading 2016
Ahh, summer! A time for sunscreen, barbecues, pool trips, and toes in the sand. And books. Don't forget the books. What's summer without a reading list?
Here's my list (so far):
1. Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
Why am I reading this: I like unusual books, and this one is written as a series of letters from an aspiring writer who has a serious book obsession.
2. ToddlerCalm: A Guide for Calmer Toddlers & Happier Parents by Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Why am I reading this? Because of this line right here: "It may be hard to parent a toddler, but it is so much harder to be a toddler." Part of the journey of life requires us to walk in other people's shoes (i.e. empathy) but we often forget to walk in the littlest shoes. I'm on a mission to make sure I'm doing the best job I can as a mama, and to me, that means always working on being better. "Better" is not an endpoint, but a continual journey as I learn to love and raise my kids better and better each day.
3. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Why am I reading this? Well, I haven't opened this one yet. It's in my kindle so I know it's coming soon, and I cannot wait. I read The Cuckoo's Calling, the first of the Cormoran Strike series, and was mesmerized. The Silkworm is the next in this series.
4.The Paris Wife by Paula McClain - Again, this book is loaded in my kindle but not yet started.
This book is about the love between Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Hadley. It won the GoodChoice awards for historical fiction, and I just so happen to love historical fiction so I am excited to read this.
UPDATE: Finished this and was not disappointed. If you love historical fiction, go for it!
I just know this list will triple in length by the end of the summer!
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Time is your greatest gift
"Mama, will you play with me? Mama, stop typing. Please play sand with me."
Those sweet little words from a three year old revolutionized the way I view time. What am I doing with each second? I'm certainly not living in each moment the way a child does. He lives in each moment with reckless abandon; after all, the present moment is all he experiences. Children live in the present, the here and now.
His words made me stop. I froze. I thought about time and the way I use it. I want to be more like him.
It's one of the very few things that money cannot buy. You can't hurry it up, slow it up, get rid of it, or get more of it.
But you can waste it, squander it, cherish it, savor it, soak it in. You care in control of how you use it.
You cannot ignore time; our lives are set by it. We awake each day by a clock; a clock dictates our work day, our eating schedules; we make plans with a clock at the center. "I'll meet you at 6 at the pub." "Your doctor appointment is scheduled for 10:30 am." The clock rules our lives.
But only if you let it.
Why not... try something different. What if YOU controlled the clock? What if you told the clock how it would work for you, not the other way around? How, you say?
By never wasting one second. Time cannot be your enemy when it is your friend. And it all starts with a simple mind set change. Rather, than see time as a cruel master driving our day, what if you looked at time as a gift. A beautiful wonderful gift from God. And beautiful wonderful gifts are not enemies; we cherish those gifts and make sure no harm comes to them. The same goes for time.
It is a gift.
Last night when I got home, my sweet boy ran up to the door and said "Mama, I was hungry so I made a snack, and I wanted to play so I got out the playdough all by myself." He was SO proud of himself. Even though his "snack" was 6 brownies and his activity of choice invloved playdough bits everywhere, I was so proud of how independent and smart he is. The look on his face was priceless. I could've chosen to be mad about the fact he ate his weight in brownies and made a huge mess, but I used the moment to let him know how proud I am of how big he's getting and how sweet and smart and kind he is.
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a poem called "Dust If You Must" by Rose Milligan, which was published in 1998 in UK's magazine The Lady. Most of us mamas have heard the sweeter poem about how "dusting can wait because I'm putting my baby to sleep." However, Milligan's poem is much darker. But it struck me. Shook me, even. Milligan's simple little poem has been creeping into my mothering.
It's not just about mothering however. It's about life. What do we do with each moment? Do we take it for granted? No matter how big or how small each moment might seem, let us encounter each moment with the spirit of a child. Live. Really live in each moment.
Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
To paint a picture or write a letter,
Bake a cake or plant a seed,
Ponder the difference between want and need?
Dust if you must, but there's not much time,
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
Music to hear, and books to read,
Friends to cherish and life to lead.
Dust if you must, but the world's out there,
With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair,
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come round again.
Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it's not kind.
And when you go - and go you must -
You, yourself, will make more dust.
-Rose Milligan
Dear Mom-who-has-it-all-together,
You're who I want to be. Every day I get the chance to be you. Every day I get the chance to be the most involved mama, the most gentle and loving mama who doesn't yell or lose patience. Every day I get the chance to make gourmet meals, invent the most fun, educational games, and clean the house with the enthusiasm of Snow White and her forest friends.
But every day I fall short on one of those dreams. My house is clean and the kids are bored. The house is a disaster zone and the kids are happy. Amazing homemade food and DIY house products are whipped up, but then kitchen is a mess. I wish I could have it all. But in life, I realize, no one can have it all. Our time is so limited and just by the nature of choosing one activity, we are simultaneously choosing not to do something else. Seems obvious. But when you try to balance it all… it frequently leaves me feeling like a failure. The thing is, I'm not a failure. Nobody is making cook each meal from scratch and clean the house top to bottom and homeschool our kids and and and and. No body…except me. So how about I get my crap together and stop blaming myself for not accomplishing the impossible and focus on the possible? How about I set reasonable goals and stop obsessing over it all? How about I just enjoy the time I have with my kids while they are still "kids" and let the dust stare at me.
I now think that "having it together" is a frame of mind. Is my mind a peaceful place? Not when I obsess over what I cannot do in one day. I'm going to get my thoughts together and be a happy mama.
Because that's who I want to be: the happy, joyful, carefree Mama that I know is inside of me.
Letter #15: Someone you miss
I've started and stopped this letter more times than I care to count.
Dear Me,
Sometimes I miss the old me. I'm still obviously me, but I miss aspects of the old me. I know I've changed. People change. People grow up and mature, at least, they should mature. But that's another topic.
If I'm being honest, then I must say that I miss the carefree version of me before I had children. I miss not having to worry so much. Having kids changes you. That's hardly a new revelation. Everyone knows that. It changes everything: your body, your mind, your emotions, everything.
As a mama, it's all too easy for my mind to go to a dark place. When I listen to the news or read a story in the paper, I think in terms of "someone's baby." "Someone's baby" got in an accident or "someone's baby" did this or did that. People are not just people anymore. People from here on out are just someone's baby. That's it. At some point everyone on the planet was a just a crying baby in need of some lovin'. And for me... that was the end of a carefree existence. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. It just is the way it is now. It does open up new ways of thinking: empathy. Motherhood (and fatherhood) rips open your heart and makes you vulnerable in a way that cannot really be described. It's more than wearing your heart on your sleeve... it is ripping open your heart itself. What is love if not to be made vulnerable to pain or to sadness. Exposure and allowing yourself to be vulnerable is a true sign of love. If you're not willing to be open to being hurt, it's not love. (I do not imply physical abuse, if you or someone you know need help, go here.) Think about it... a baby cannot be born without pain. Even growing old with someone has the risk of pain of losing the other through death, even at the end of a long happy life. Love cannot happen without the openness to being hurt, because if we really love something, we are putting ourselves in the way to be hurt. But life without love, is sad and lonely. Love is worth the pain and sorrow that it's absence may cause us. Yes, that is it. Love does not hurt us. It is the threat of losing love that will hurt us.
But sometimes I miss being carefree. Having the weight of (someone's) world on your shoulders is a responsibility indeed, and it shouldn't be done lightly.
This was deep and real and raw. This is the reason I've started and stopped this letter so many times.
I cannot go back. I have opened myself up to unconditional love. It's scary. But I'd do it all over again.
Motherhood & Humanity
Thought of the day: motherhood makes you more human. Caring for a little one allows you to truly love another unconditionally and selflessly.
Little man has a cold and I wish I could have it instead of him. My mama used to say that when I was sick but I never truly understood it until now. Real love is so very different from what the movies and tv show. Real love is sacrifice driven by the desire to will the good of another. You often hear of a "mother's love" but I never really got it until now.
Oh, how I love my little man.
Dear Grandma & Mum,
You were both such a huge part of my childhood, which helped shape me into who I am today. Even after you both died, you still helped to shape and guide me. I don't know how to explain it…. But Mum, after you left, I would think "Would Mum like this type of music? What would Mum think if she saw me doing this?" So, in that way, thank you for being such important influences in my life. I wish I could bring Dana over to your houses for dinners. Dinner at your houses were both so different, but that odd mixture is who I am.
I hope you are up in Heaven, finally at true peace, watching over all of us.
I love you both.
Dear Bennett,
I never saw your first smile or heard you take your first breath, but I held you inside of me. I never got to see your face with ice cream dripping down your chin, but I fed you life from inside.
I know you're in Heaven watching down on us. But sometimes my mind gets a little trippy when I think about that if you were here, your little brother wouldn't be. Did you have to go to make way for him? What does that say about your life ... or his?
We love you so much, my sweet baby. And one day in Heaven, I'll receive the gift of seeing your beautiful face.
Your Mama
Letter #8: To An Internet Friend
Dear Internet Friend,
We "met" in an online group dedicated to our due dates. For nine months we were virtual buddies going through the crazy rollercoaster of pregnancy. We shared many "Is this normal" questions or "what should I do if" scenarios. It's funny how close you can get to someone you've never met. We were bonded by our callings to become mothers, a special sisterhood. Now our "babies" are actually more toddlers and our daily communications have dramatically slowed down, but I want to thank you for the support during one of lives most special (yet terrifying) times. The horrible morning sickness was slightly easier to get through knowing it was normal and somewhere was another mama going through the same thing. Misery loves company? Yes. But I believe it's more than that. Motherhood is the point of entry into a very sacred sisterhood, and finding those sisters is very special indeed. It's like finding someone who not only can sympathize but can empathize, and that is a very big distinction.
I hope you and your bundle of joy are doing well.
About Katie
Wife & Mama with a passion for peaceful parenting, natural living, homeschooling... and my daily café au lait.
February 2019


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- Choose cabbage heads with firmly packed leaves that are crisp.
- Avoid cabbage with outer leaves that are soft, yellow, or brown.
- A good cabbage should feel heavy for its size.
- A bag of shredded cabbage will save you time, but usually costs you more than an uncut head and might not keep as long.
❁ Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamins C and K.


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The following illustrated proof for the
Tough Sudoku of August 7, 2008 employs
a very small group of Sudoku techniques, tips and tricks: Hidden Pairs, Locked Candidates,
and a Uniqueness deduction.
Previous blog pages may be helpful. Links to these pages are found to the right, under
Sudoku Techniques. This list is getting long, so specifically, one may want
to refer to the following previous blog pages:
Many steps not illustrated are possible. Only one combination step, besides hidden singles, is shown.
This one step is sufficient to solve this puzzle, if one assumes that there exists only one solution to the
Previously, I had abandoned using the chessboard algebraic notation in favor of the more common rc notation. However,
since many people have begun again to post proofs on the tough pages, I have returned to algebraic notation. For those unfamiliar
with this notational style, grid coordinates are posted with the pictures.
Four Unique Possibilities are available here.
usually, I search for both hidden pairs and easy single candidate eliminations at this time.
This process is easier for me to accomplish without using the possibility matrix. During
this search, I found an interesting situation involving candidates 2 & 5.
The given, solved, and potential locations of candidate 5 are highlit. This, by itself, is not very
remarkable. Usually, I would merely mentally note the potential for a hidden pair at df5 and e19.
The given, solved, and potential locations of candidate 2 are highlit. Of note:
Of the steps above, step 3 is not required. I view the other 3 steps as one, as the recognition of
both (25) limited to def9, and the recognition of both (25) limited to df5, and the recognition of (5) limited to def1
is required for step 4, but also sufficient for steps 1 & 2.
Suppose that candidates 2&5 are limited to only def1, def5, def9. Exactly three of those cells would be filled in, eventually,
by some other candidate(s). There are some illegal ways to do this, let us presume that one considers only the legal
manners of doing this. The remaining six cells in columns def and rows 159 can receive only candidate 2 or candidate 5.
This group will form an independent sub-puzzle that cannot be resolved uniquely. One can arbitrarily insert 2 or 5
at any of the remaining cells and legally fill in all six remaining cells. More importantly, nothing that occurs
in the rest of the puzzle can possibly determine which of (25) goes in any of those cells. To wit:
Illustrated are the restrictions one can note given
After making the indicated eliminations, one can solve the puzzle using only hidden singles.
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Research Takeaway : Author Outreach!
This write-up contains my first impressions of the paper : Evaluating entity linking with wikipedia - (Hachey, Radford, Nothman, Honnibal & Curran - 2013).
Paper Background
In this paper, the authors set out to recreate some of the key different methodologies in the NER space, only to find that benchmark results were difficult to reproduce - often for reasons extraneous to what the original authors claimed to have been demonstrating in their papers. At the margin, experimental details dominated new breakthroughs.
Surprising stuff
The authors found that 'simple stuff' made a difference at least as large as the reported algorithmic advances between the different sophisticated techniques
This 'simple stuff' were usually hand-crafted features that were found to work well, such as acronym expansion. Or the way in which an exact indentification 'falls back' to other types of resolution
The competition format that has arisen recently (cite …) gives rise to a 'beat the state-of-the-art in order to get published' mentality that is often detrimental to clear methodologies, and repeatable results
In many ways, this is a meta-analysis paper. In the process of evaluating the methodologies in several other papers, its main conclusions stem from the commonalities concerning 'minor' issues. This, in itself, may be a more revealing : It's more important for pracititioners in the field to have the 'tricks of the trade' distilled out than just to hear on how each research group's own methodology incrementally pushes the frontier forward.
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They walked in a peppier way than when they'd arrived, like people who had faced a troubling problem head-on and had resolved it with just a little help from a friend.
(from Lucky For Good by Susan Patron)
Sometimes, you don't even have to have resolved the problem to get that pep back. Sometimes it's enough just to have a chance to talk about it and to hear someone else say that they've been there too and they understand. Or to hear them say that they care about what happens to you. This is how I feel about depression. If I sit at home and wallow in it, it deepens. If I go out and talk to a friend, over dessert nachos at a Mexican restaurant or on the bench next to the splash pad while our kids play, or in a heartfelt email exchange, I feel empowered to rise above the dark cloud. Depression doesn't magically disappear, but I suddenly feel both lighter and stronger, like I can handle it with a little help from my friends.
Yesterday I had a follow up appointment with the FNP from my doctor's office. She's incredible, by the way. She told me I looked so much better than the last time she saw me. I told her I haven't been taking the medication she prescribed. Instead, I got honest with my friends and they held me up, and I went to a counselor to give myself some designated time to deal with my emotions. I still have the prescription, and I'll take it if I need it. But right now, this is enough. To face a troubling problem head-on, and get just a little help from a friend or two (or ten!). It's enough.
Also, it reminds me of this song:


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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered edition on August 27
Final Fantasy fans who were waiting for the remastered edition since last year can finally sit back and relax. Square Enix, the brand behind
Made the horde logo in string art!
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Firetrust has announced the launch of its new VPN service which the company claims is two to seven times faster than the competition based
After two days of editing what feels like hundreds of screenshots: Meet my RP guild!
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World of Warcraft All Cinematic Trailers (Includes New Shadowlands Trailer 2019) 1080p HD
An Update on BlizzCon : wow
Hello Blizzard community, Several weeks ago, I shared an update about our uncertainty around holding BlizzCon this year. Since then, a lot has changed
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The recent Shadowlands alpha build added character screen customization categories for Druid Bear Form and Cat Form. It looks like you'll be able to choose your Druid racial form appearance on the character creation screen, and we also look at some speculative data that tattoos could also be tied to Druids. Source


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- General
- Definitions
- FAQs
- Official State Records Retention
- Record Control Schedules
- Records Management Officer
- Transfer Request Form
Records Retention Contact Information
If you have any questions you can:
- You can Submit a Question online
- Contact Marie Nowak, (512) 464-6991
Important Notice:
Note: for student records contact the campus attended.
Records Retention
Find out how long to keep campus and departmental records by accessing the district's Record Control Schedule at the following link:
Standards and Procedures
If you are a department who is permitted to send records to the Records Storage Center, please see the following procedures:
How do I destroy records?
- Check the records wanting to be destroyed against the control schedule.
- A log of each record being destroyed should be maintained. This log is usually called a record disposition log. See example: Record Disposition Log.
- Complete and print the form. The principal or department supervisor should sign for permission to destroy.
- Records to be destroyed should be packed in boxes no larger than a copy paper box.
- Call Central Texas Secure Shredding at (512) 670-2900 and arrange to have the boxes picked up. You should have 10 or more boxes before calling Central Texas Secure Shredding.
- The Record Disposition Log is a permanent record and must stored in a safe place. This log documents that the records were destroyed according to the information in the record control schedule.
- Record destruction should be done often and at the very least annually.
Why Do We Care About Records Retention
The following is a quote from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Retention Schedules:
"Destruction of local government records contrary to the provisions of the Local Government Records Act of 1989 and administrative rules adopted under it, including this schedule, is a Class A misdemeanor and, under certain circumstances, a third degree felonly (Penal Code, Section 37.10). Anyone destroying local government records without legal authorization may also be subject to criminal penalties and fines under the Public Information Act (Government Code, Chapter 553)."
Additional Information
Vendor: CENTRAL TEXAS SECURE SHREDDING
a division of Progressive Waste Solutions
Phone: (512) 670-2900
Contract Info
Please contact the vendor directly. Note that payment of service is the responsibility of the campus/department. Please include the the contract number on all purchase orders and procurement card purchases.
Staff Directory
Marie Nowak
Coordinator, Textbooks, Instructional Media & Records Retention
Convenience Copy
An unofficial copy of a record and is maintained for ease of access and reference. A convenience copy has no retention period and can be destroyed at any time.
The person that is charge of an office that creates or receives records.
Essential Record
Is any record necessary for the resumption or continuation of Round Rock ISD operations in an emergency or disaster, to the recreation of the legal and financial status of Round Rock ISD, or to the protection and fulfillment of obligations to the people of the school district.
Inactive Records
Records that must be maintained for a mandatory retention period but which are no longer needed in active office space. Typical inactive records are accessed at a rate of less than 1 search per file drawer per year while semi-active records are accessed at a rate of less than 1 search per file drawer per month.
Any document, paper, letter, book, map, photograph, sound or video recording, microfilm, magnetic tape, electronic medium, or other information recording medium, regardless of physical form or characteristic and regardless of whether public access to it is open or restricted under the laws of the state, created or received by Round Rock ISD. The term does not include:
- Extra identical copies of documents created only for convenience of reference or research;
- Notes, journals, diaries, and similar documents created by employees for the employee's personal convenience;
- Blank forms;
- Stocks of publications;
- Library and museum material acquired solely for the purposes of reference or display;
- Copies of documents in any media furnished to members of the public to which they are entitled;
Permanent Record
Is any Round Rock ISD record for which the retention period on a records retention schedule is given as permanent.
Records Control Schedule
A document prepared by or under the authority of the records management officer listing the records maintained by Round Rock ISD, their retention periods, and other records disposition information that the records management program my require.
Records Management
Is the application of management techniques to the creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of records for the purposes of reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of recordkeeping. The term includes the development of records control schedules, the management of filing and information retrieval systems, the protection of essential and permanent records, the economical and space-effective storage of inactive records, control over the creation and distribution of forms, reports, and correspondence, and the management of micrographics and electronic and other records storage systems.
Records Retention Schedule
Is a document issued by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under authority of Subchapter J, Chapter 441, government Code, establishing mandatory retention periods for Round Rock ISD.
Records Storage Center
A low cost, high density facility designed to provide storage and control for inactive records.
Retention Period
Is the minimum time that must pass after the creation, recording, or receipt of a record, or the fulfillment of certain actions associated with a record, before it is eligible for destruction.
Records Retention Frequently Asked Questions
What is records management?
Records management is the management of a record during its entire life cycle. The life cycle of a record begins when it is created and ends at its final disposition whether that be destruction of the record or the transfer of the record to archive.
What does records management have to do with me?
All departments and campuses have a responsibility to preserve and protect all records that are under its control. The best way to do this is to understand the kinds of records that your department or campus creates and maintains and actively manage them. Each department or campus also has the responsibility to follow the polices and procedures of good records management as set out in this website.
What are the benefits of a records management program?
Records Management frees up physical storage space such as file cabinets, storerooms or frees up server space and allows departments to dispose of unneeded records with confidence. Proper records management reduces the volume of records that must be searched when responding to audits, requests for public information, subpoenas, and other administrative requirements. It also ensures compliance with federal and state records management laws, policies, and rules.
Are some documents not considered official Round Rock ISD records?
Extra copies or duplicate copies (referred to as convenience copies) maintained only for reference, a stock of publications or blank forms, catalogs or trade journals are not considered official state records.
What is the difference between a official record and a convenience copy?
Every record is either an official record or a convenience copy. The official record is retained as the original, and subject to Round Rock ISD's record control schedule requirements and disposition policies. Official records may be retained in any medium or format. Scanned images may be retained as the official, and the original can then be destroyed or managed as a convenience copy.
Convenience copies are all other copies of the record created for convenience, reference, or research. Convenience copies may be destroyed at any time and are not subject to Round Rock ISD record control schedule requirements or disposition policy. Convenience copies that contain confidential information must be destroyed in a manner that preserves confidentiality.
An example of a convenience record would be a copy of a purchase order kept by a department or campus. The official purchase order record is kept by the purchasing department and is the owner of the purchase order record.
CAUTION: A convenience copy retained AFTER the official copy is destroyed becomes the official record, subject to legal discovery and Round Rock ISD disposition policy. The recommended practice is to destroy convenience copies prior to or at the time of the official record.
How do I go about storing records in the Round Rock ISD record storage center?
There are procedures you must follow if you are storing records in the Round Rock ISD record storage center. These procedures can be found at Record Retention Storage Procedure.
Follow these steps:
- Records that are permitted to be stored in the records storage center are marked with an "A" in the Archival column of the record control schedule.
- Fill out the Request to Transfer Records form and submit the form to the records storage people.
- Pack the records in the approved boxes and number the boxes
- Attach a Record Retention Label to one end of the box
- Upon approval, open a work order to have the boxes sent to textbooks (Record Storage Center) department.
- Once the boxes have been moved to storage, you will receive an e-mail which a list of the boxes and their location
Is e-mail a code on the Records Control Schedule?
E-mail should be regarded as a format of a record and categorized by its content. Just as written correspondence is classified as general, administrative, or transitory, depending on the content of the correspondence, e-mail generally falls into one of these same three categories. E-mail may by retained as an electronic file or printed and managed in a hard copy or both. Every Round Rock ISD e-mail message has a default retention period of four months and will automatically be deleted after the retention period has been reached. Any e-mail that has a retention period longer than four month needs to be saved in order to prevent the automatic deletion.
What is transitory information?
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission's Retention Schedule defines transitory information as: Records of temporary usefulness that are not an integral part of a records series of Round Rock ISD, that are not regularly filed within Round Rock ISD's record keeping system, and that are required only for a limited period of time for the completion of an action by an official or employee of Round Rock ISD or in the preparation of an ongoing records series. Transitory records are not essential to the fulfillment of statutory obligations or to the documentation of Round Rock ISD functions. Examples of transitory information which can be in any medium (voice mail, fax, email, hard copy, etc.) are routine messages; internal meeting notices; routing slips; incoming letters or memoranda of transmittal that add nothing of substance to enclosures; and similar routine information used for communication, but not for the documentation, of a specific Round Rock ISD transaction.
CAUTION: Before designating any record as transitory ensure that it is not listed as part of another records series in the Round Rock ISD Record Control Schedule. Records designated as transitory do not require authorization for disposal but departments and campuses should establish procedures governing disposal of these records as part of their departmental or campus records management plan.
In the Records Control Schedule, what do the codes CE, FE, FE+3, and AC mean?
CE means "Calendar Year End" (end date of 12/31/xx)FE means "Fiscal Year End" (end date of 6/30/xx) FE+3 means "Fiscal Year End plus 3 years" AC means "After Close" which should always be defined in the Schedule, because it changes. It may mean after the project is complete, after the employee is terminated, after completion of audit, etc. AC could fall at any time throughout the year, whereas FE and CE refer to the end dates listed above.
What if I do not see the document I am looking for on the official Round Rock ISD Records Retention Schedule?
Any questions on records retention can be directed to the Records Management Officer for Round Rock ISD.
Does the Round Rock ISD pay for shredding documents that have met or exceeded the retention date?
Each department is responsible for creating a purchase order to have their records shredded by the approved Round Rock ISD vendor. Records that are being stored at the records storage center will be taken care of when the records have reached their retention period. The approved Round Rock ISD shredder vendor is:
Central Texas Secure Shredding
16805 Radholme Ct.
Round Rock, TX 78664(512) 670-2900
CAUTION: Section 202.002, Local Government Code, forbids the destruction of Round Rock ISD records at the expiration of its retention period if the subject matter of the record is known to be in litigation or if the record is subject to a pending request for disclosure under the Public Information Act. In addition, a record may not be destroyed if there is an outstanding request to inspect and review the record under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)or if the record is subject to a pending audit by a federal or state grantor or subgrantor agency or if questions remain unresolved from a conducted audit unit audit finds are resolved.
The Government Code, Section 441.158, provides that the Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall issue records retention schedules for each type of local government. Round Rock ISD has adopted the following Texas Library and Archives Commission record retention schedules:
- Schedule SD – Retention Schedule for Records of Public School Districts
- Schedule GR – Retention Schedule for Records Common to All Local Government
- Schedule TX – Retention Schedule for Records of Property Taxation
- Schedule EL – Retention Schedule for Records of Elections and Voter Registration
The following record control schedules contain information pertinent to Round Rock ISD and will make it easier to locate record retention information:
- SD Campus Schedule. This schedule also contains information for the following departments:
- Food Service
- Transportation
- Textbooks
- Library
School campuses will use both schedules. The Record Control Schedule for Administrative covers a wide range of records that are also used at the campus level.
The official state record retention schedules are provided by the Texas State Library and Archive Commission and should be used any time there is a question about a record. Any record retention issue should be sent to the district's record retention specialist or the district's Records Management Officer.
The Local Government Records Act of 1999, Section 203.023, defines the duties of the Records Management Officer. The records management officer shall:
- assist in establishing and developing policies and procedures for a records management program;
- administer the records management program and provide assistance to custodians for the purposes of reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of recordkeeping;
- in cooperation with the custians of the records:
- in cooperation with custodians, identify and take adequate steps to preserve Round Rock ISD records that are of permanent value;
- in cooperation with custodians, identify and take adequate steps to protect essential Round Rock ISD records;
- in cooperation with custodians, ensure that the maintenance, preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of records is carried out in accordance with the policies and procedures of Round Rock ISD's records management program and the requirements of this subtitle and rules adopted under it;
- disseminate to the school district and custodians information concerning state laws, administrative rules, and the policies of the Round Rock ISD's records; and
- in cooperation with custodians, establish procedures to ensure that the handling of records in any context of the records management program by the records management officer or those under the officer's authority is carried out with due regard for:


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Bitcoin's entry into the longest ever bear market in history is one of the most burning issues of today. The price of this top cryptocurrency is showing a declining trend on 411th consecutive day. Earlier, the digital token had suffered a bear market in 2013-2015. That bear market had lasted for 410 consecutive days. Today is the 411th consecutive day of bear market in the history of Bitcoin.
It is noteworthy that Bitcoin had touched an all time high value of $19764 on 17th December 2017. Since then, the value of this top cryptocurrency has been decreasing continuously. Consequently, the ecosystem has lost $700 billion from its peak of $815 billion in January 2018. Here, it is pertinent to mention that the total value of all the cryptocurrencies is around $115 billion.
There is no denying the fact that Bitcoin is witnessing the longest and sharpest decrease in its value over the past 10 years of its history. The crypto token is now trading around $3450 which shows a huge depreciation of about 82% from its peak value of $19764. During the bear market of 2013-2015, the value of the token decreased 86% from $1100 to $200. As a result of this bear market, the largest crypto exchange of that time Mt Gox went down.
Bitcoin had also faced a bear market in 2011 that lasted for only 163 days. Then, it had shown a decline of about 93% and the value of token went down from $31.50 to $2.01.
One of the most threatening aspects of this bear market is that no one can guess its end. Although other crypto tokens have shown a slight increase in their values, yet Bitcoin is revolving around $3500. The experts are of the view that this continuous decline in the value of Bitcoin is due to proposal of withdrawing Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Some are saying that Bitcoin is once again approaching its deflationary halving event.
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Due to this prolonged bear market, many start ups are winding up their operations. Some of the companies have to lay off their employees and incur budget cuts to meet their expenses. One such example is Coinsquare, the Canadian crypto exchange, which has laid off its 40 staff members. These include Robert Mueller, the chief operating officer and Ken Tsang, the chief financial officer.
The Coinsquare head of talent says that many other companies will have to make tough choices like us.
ShapeShift, an instant cryptocurrency exchange, had also announced on 8th January to lay off its 37% staff members. The CEO of the exchange considered this staff reduction in companies very painful. Here, it is pertinent to mention that ShapeShift was growing very fast when cryptocurrencies were booming. It started its operations with a 10 member team and had increased some members to manage business.
It is quite surprising that people are still optimistic about the future of cryptocurrencies in spite of this 411 days bear market. This is why many large companies are planning to launch their own tokens and trading platforms. Fidelity Investment, one of the largest investment companies of America, has launched its own trading platform.
Similarly, Bakkt (the international cryptocurrency exchanges' venture) is also going to launch this year. This new platform will facilitate cryptocurrency adoption and will also help retail investors.
Bitcoin's price also seems in recovery mode and has shown bullish signs. It has increased from its lowest value of $3371 to $3460. Many experts are of the view that Bitcoin will regain its all time high value in 2019 when its reach will extend. For this, we have to educate people and tell them the real worth of blockchain technology.
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Mail a Letter
You can send a handwritten letter along with pictures to your child to the address above.
- Please print
- Include your name and your child's name
Your correspondence with your child is a great encouragement to them!
Some suggestions:
- Encourage your child to do well in their schoolwork
- Write about your family and neighborhood
- The boys love to hear about what life is like in the USA
- Remind them that you are praying for them and that God loves them.
You will receive a written response from your child within a few months.


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A bill up for consideration in the Legislature would make it legal to whip up a cake or a batch of cookies for a bake sale.
Under a little-known Texas law, it's illegal to sell any food item produced in a home kitchen.
"People don't even know about this," said a North Texas home baker who did not want to identified. "They're always like, 'Oh, you're not allowed to do this?' I'm like, 'No, we're not.'"
Politics from around the world.
To operate legally, she would have to either find a commercial kitchen to bake in or transform her home kitchen into a health department-approved commercial kitchen.
"I said, 'Well that's impossible. I can't redo my kitchen for a commercially licensed facility,'" she said. "I can't do that."
The woman discovered her passion for baking cakes about a year ago, but never realized it was illegal to start her own business in her kitchen.
She is self-taught, and makes everything from rock 'n' roll-themed cakes topped with guitars to Disney-themed cakes covered in fondant.
The Texas Cottage Food Bill would require licensing for home kitchens, and the owner would have to take a course in food safety.
"If it goes through, it can help a lot of stay-at-home moms like myself make an income," the baker who did not want to be identified said.
Under the proposal, jams, jellies, syrups, flavored vinegars and mustard, herb and spice blends, candies, breads and baked goods could be produced in home kitchens.
Only direct consumer sales would be allowed -- no Internet sales, wholesales or sales to food-service establishments.
In addition, each item would have a label listing the ingredients and a warning reading "made in a home kitchen that has not been inspected by a state or local health authority."
Eleven other states in the country already have similar laws in place. Six other states are considering similar bills.
Oregon passed the first such measure in 2009.
The Texas Baker's Bill was introduced in the Texas Legislature in 2009. It made it through committee but then died without a vote.
One reason cited for the bill's failure was that "baking" was too narrow.
This year's bill has a lot of support among home bakers.
A home baker in Austin created a website in 2007 with a letter-writing campaign to drum up support for the measure. There is also a Facebook page for the Texas Baker's Bill.
Home bakers say they want to come out from the shadows and earn an honest living with the goods they make. But the ultimate fate of the Texas Cottage Food Bill won't change their passion.
"I will continue doing it because I love doing," the baker who did not want to be identified said. "I can't stop."
More: Texas Cottage Food Law, Texas Bakers Bill Facebook page


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Monday, 29 February 2016
Jag är en astronaut - Anne Mette Torp
In 1974, she released her debut (and only) LP 'Abra Ka Dabra', which did not include this song, but rather original songs, but also meant for children. After her singing career she took up ballet, and now runs the Ringerike Ballet School in Hønefoss.
My collection: 7" single no. 5823
Found: Discogs.com, received February 5, 2016
Cost: 5 euro
Tracks: 'Jag är en astronaut' / 'Jag skulle önska'
Listen to the song
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Time: May 5, 2018 from 10:30am to 3pm
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Can a Late Mortgage Payment Decrease Your Good Credit Score Quickly?
Many times in life, things happen beyond our control. The same happens with our finances all the time. Many people would love to pay their mortgage on time and never have a late mortgage payment and keep a perfect credit score, but problems can happen to anyone at anytime. Knowing how a late payment affects … Continued


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CAUPOLICAN: Es algo formidable que vio la vieja raza: robusto tronco de arbol al hombro de un campeon salvaje y aguerrido, cuya fornida maza
blandiera el brazo de Hercules, o el brazo de Sanson.
Por casco sus cabellos, su pecho por coraza
pudiera tal guerrero, de Arauco en la region,
lancero de los bosques, Nemrod que todo caza,
desjarretar un toro, o estrangular un leon.
Anduvo, anduvo, anduvo. Le vio la luz del dia,
le vio la tarde palida, le vio la noche fria,
y siempre el tronco de arbol a cuestas del titan.
<<El Toqui, el Toqui!>> clama la conmovida casta.
Anduvo, anduvo, anduvo. La Aurora dijo: <<Basta>>
e iruiose la alta frente del gran Capulican
Ruben Dario, Nicaraguan poet, written in 1888. This is from his American Sonnets, first appeared alongside poems "Chinampa" and "Song of the Inca" in a Santiago newspaper.
The poem refers to Indian heroes, myths and legends such as Arauco, the Chilean Indian warrior chieftain and resistance leader against Spanish imperialism; the mythical hero Caupolican with his strength, alongside Hellenist and Biblical references to Samson, Hercules and King Nimrod, and a mass of people chanting bird-like "El Toqui," our Toqui, meaning a king or chieftain acclaimed by an Indian nation of this provinicial region of Nicaragua where Ruben Dario, purportedly himself part Indian of mixture, was born and raised, beginning his career of writing poetry in the provinces until he was able to by way of success live, write and publish in the Latin American metropolises of Buenos Aires and Santiago as well Paris where he somehow reconciled being a Latin American patriot with being a Francophile and Germanophile intellectual as he contributed political columns to Santiago newspapers opposing "Yankee" USA imperialism.
Ruben Dario wrote many political collumns next to his poetry. What is most remarkable and yet unsurprising is that his poems are politically much more radical. The political vision of his poetry are those of a philosopher of the kind Nietzsche would have praised in his Twilight of the Idols, a genuine anarchist, a utopian.
His political collumns are almost dissapointingly conservative documents in their patriotism, their praise of an imagined solidarity between Iberian culture alongside Indian as if to ignore the inherent oppression and genocide, the unfreedom and repressive morality brought by the Iberian presence to the Americas of Indians.
His poetry's politics are Pythagorean, Pre-Socratic, ancient, full of dynamism and passion of the revolutionary romantic age in Europe and the Americas; while his newspaper articles' political theory is that of a well-meaning patriotic liberalism of the South, Platonic.
In Caupolican, despite the equally abundant references to Biblical and Hellenic heroes, I would argue the Indian mythology is the most important because it is the entire framework of the poem: it tells of the legendary warrior Caupolican.
What follows is my translation. As I know only enough of translation to know it is interpretation, taking liberties with adding new language to emphasize what is otherwise untranslateable in the concepts and the frame of referential symbol systems that is omitted in a poem of a certain language, I have added a line here and there to make the overall context of the poem as a tall tale of an Indian warrior, an equivalent to Samson, Hercules, or the Persian Rostan (I recently shaw a show by the Iranian-Dutch performing artist Sahand Sahebdivani about the stories of the strong-armed Rostam from the Persian Book of Kings) evident to the reader who is unable to read Spanish. Sadly I do not believe I can with such this simple translation capture the aura of legend and the heroic passion of Dario's Spanish CAUPOLICAN:
who the old race saw take a blow to his shoulder
with a treetrunk they struck him in a wrestling match
Rugged and wild hero
whose beast-like anatomy dwarfs the arm of a Hercules, of a Samson.
His hairs a helm, his naked breast a metal pantzer-vest,
such a warrior who you could call the Aurauco of this region,
jouster of the jungles, our King Nimrod
who hunts all beasts, and women,
he can pin down a bull, strangle lion.
He sauntered, he sauntered, and he sauntered.
The daylight crowned his face,
pale afternoon was fortunate enough
to catch a glimpse of his passage in ruffled shadows,
Cold Night, sailing, could not help but notice
her own passage over his forehead,
and always the bark of the birchwood tree
wears sad impression of the Titan's back-blade.
"The Toqui, the Toqui, Toqui!
Our Chieftain, Lord!" shouted the confounded caste.
He marched and he marched, he marched.
Then didst the Aurora of the Southern sky
moved its lips of wind, speaking to him thusly:
"Enough hast thou wandered!" and lifted up high
Countenance of that great Indian Lord, washed him,
with mercy set straight his tortured back."
Hercules and Samson, King Nimrod: these non-Indians from the Mediterranean are all mentioned
yet pushed outwards to the frame of Dario's poem written originally in Spanish, the Latin-Arab-hybrid language of the colonizing group over the America's which extirpated and massacred much of the Indian civilization.
One would think reading this that Dario is concerned mostly with the cause of the Indians, sadly that was not the case. As a politician Dario was a Latin patriot, Latin in the sense of championing an early ideological myth, the vision of a subcontinent that despite its ambivalences was most characerterized by a fictitious unity: a courageous mixture of the Spanish, the Indian and other ethnic elements which all came harmoniously and lovingly together as a baroque tapestry.
Perhaps this new baroque tapestry, we can hope, was Dario's vision for the future of Latin America and not his account of the social and ethno-economic reality of his day, but we would probably be hoping this in vain of Dario, whose early poems in Azul from his youthful days in the Nicaraguan provinces lovingly mention countless "torres de Ivor" towers of Ivory, and "castillos celestes" celestial, skyflung castles.
Ruben Dario despite being an epic poet of Latin American opposition to US imperialism, was not free from what seems the social malady affecting most mestizos: a conformity and exagerrated gratitude towards the European element in his society, too often willingly overlooking the continued resonance of the murder of Indian man. He stood apart in his century as a great artist and radical thinker. But he was also, tragically like many mestizos then and in the century after his, distinctly more conformist to the new social order, much more so than the more lawless truly Indian who did not mix as much either in terms of child-rearing with whites or in attempts at assimiliation into the class society provided by the old colonial Europeanist order in which mestizos systematically lived more and more sedentarized existences. In official religion the mestizo identified as Christian despite the persistance of an Indian-agrarian folklore, loyalty to an Iberian or German jesuit priest come as a missionary, and political humility before the subcontinental elites.
His innocence and gratitude were however genuine as is clear in his writing: he was a young genius and poet from the provinces, we can understand to an extent his gratitude, that his talent was recognized and that he was lucky enough to be brought to spend years in Paris in that day, where he learned French and read and encountered the prose of Victor Hugo who would become one of his heroes along with the German Goethe.
TO BE CONTINUED SOON, KEEP CHECKING El BLOGO.


text: The power of prayer, wow it works wonders folks! Have I mentioned its free & only costs of your time? 5 days ago I wrote a blogpost about leaving it all in Gods hands & trusting him. While I wrote that blogpost Celines grant jumped right before my eyes! Right not too long after that I got an idea from talking with my mom. I started thinking why not do a day of prayer for her? I barely had time to put it together or make a spreadsheet of hours in which to pray for Celine but I just made do with what I had the time to do. So I setup the event, & sent the invites out thinking no one would respond. Boy was I wrong! Out of 129 ivites sent out, 30 (that includes me) said yes I will pray. I tried as best as I could to pray from midnight-1am PST but I was on the way home from my trip & trying to make sure my mom stayed awake & was super tired myself but I prayed. Yesterday all around the USA 30 people were praying on behalf of Celine. Just that gives me shivers, this morning when I got up & checked my facebook I found several postings by my friend telling me to go check out Celines grant & then to go check my email. I was shocked! Last night Celines grant was $12,100.90, today I looked & it was $13,000.90! It had grown by $900 overnight! That folks is the power of prayer! God is so awesome right now! Looking forward to whats to come! Prayer is just so precious, if you can't do anything else for the orphans can you pray for them? Celine thanks you for all the prayers! They are working!


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"Lost" and now he's e-screaming for his daughter. Hell hath no fury like a father defending his little girl -- just ask Liam Neeson, or Papa Perrineau, who just posted a guest blog for TheWrap titled "Stop Saying My Daughter's Not Black Enough for 'Jem and the Holograms."
The actor, still probably best known for playing Michael on "Lost," is father to Aurora Perrineau, who plays bass guitarist Shana in the new movie "Jem and the Holograms." Aurora has been facing backlash from fans who think she's not black enough to play a live action version of the cartoon character. Here's a video for reference, with this particular fan saying Aurora didn't look black to her, and the fact that she had to Google the actress's ethnicity showed that the casting department did a bad job, going for a "racially ambiguous" person instead of a dark-skinned woman with more natural hair.
Here's a portion of Harold's blog response to all the critics:
...The reason I'm so angry right now (and I'm sure that many people will be able to understand this) is that I feel like my daughter — MY CHILD — is being attacked. She is being harshly and unfairly judged during a time when she should be relishing her accomplishments. You see my daughter, Aurora Perrineau, decided to become an actor like her old man.
And while I know the many pitfalls that she may encounter, my wife and I have tried to shield her as much as we can. We've taught her to work hard and to respect her gifts by training and making her art important to her. We've taught her to respect herself and others. The road of the artist is long and arduous.
Nevertheless, when she was cast in the film "Jem and the Holograms," something she worked extremely hard on, she suddenly became the target of a lot of people's anger. Aurora is the product of a Caucasian mother and a black father and is therefore not qualified or not "black" enough to play a black character from an animated series, according to some people. Her blackness or lack thereof is so offensive to some that they've written articles about it. They've gone onto social media and spewed their vitriol directly at her. Some went so far as to suggest that she "kill herself" for taking the role. All, without ever seeing her work in the role. All this anger based solely on the color of her skin.
Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech continues to play in my head. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day grow up in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Guess that day still has not come.
As you can guess, this all makes me pretty F*#%#n mad but, now I can see pretty far beyond my face. I can see a much bigger picture and it leads me to ask myself: "What is it I want to create here?"
I create for a living and that's my sword against injustice. How am I going to use that sword in this instance? Do I create more division by arguing with people that have the same problems as I do? Arguing that my daughter is "black enough?" Well ... That seems silly to me."
Read the full post here. He said his hope is to reach the people pointing their fingers at young artists like his daughter and get them to use that creative fire to create characters that look, sound, and feel like themselves.
Harold Perrineau happens to be a well-known actor, but it's worth keeping in mind that every person criticized is someone's child. It doesn't mean the criticism isn't fair, but you can't be surprised when it's taken very personally.
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Well, I've been off for a while now thanks to a cold which led me to find out about a kidney infection. Really unpleasant as they've put me on antibiotics, so I'm sucking down homemade stocks, ferments and yougurt trying to build up my system while I'm on the gut- hating pills ...
In other news, the holidays here were wonderful, and Baby Boy really enjoyed his first Christmas. The two of them made out like bandits (only grandchildren and all) although they got so much I'm planning on going through their old stuff and going to donate at the local Salvation Army. Too much stuff= not enough focus on what's important.
This year I'm trying something new, and to prepare myself for the new year I'm going to downgrade our stuff in January. It's a slow month for us, and other than starting my next classes I'm not doing much. February and March are 3 birthdays out of 4 here, and then comes the gardening season, so I want to get the house stuff out of the way early.
If you don't downgrade your belongings regularly, you should give it a try. Just go through your whole house, room by room, and declutter all the things you don't use. Check out these additional tips, and my ideas on decluttering.


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Despite having been built 1964, Loch Lomond was actually a distillery in 1814. That distillery has long since closed, but the modern day Loch Lomond is flourishing.
Based in the Highlands, is a brand that knows their roots and has a great Scottish feel to them.
Their history is one of both success and failure, having fallen silent in 1984. They were later re-opened in 1987 by Alexander Bulloch with the help of the Glen Catrine company.
Since then they have become a respected Whisky brand and were also one of the first distilleries to produce both grain Whisky and malt on the same site.
They are still producing these today and have a great range of expressions, released under various brand names, including Loch Lomond and Inchmurrin.
The Original, £21.58
Their Loch Lomond release titled Original is a fantastic example of what they can do with their malt.
The nose opens with herbs and floral flavours that are surrounded by a wonderfully subtle smoky aroma.
The peated is earthy, with lots of grass and heather notes coming out of it. It is deep yet not overwhelming.
Underneath the peat is a delicate sweetness of burnt caramel and toasted wood.
The palette has a more malted note to it, with lots of cereal grains coming through. There is a warmth to this malted flavour, partly added to from the smoke.
There is also a hint of sweet nuts such as hazelnuts that add a lovely smooth texture to the whole thing.
The finish is strong, with the sweetness coming through as thick, dark caramel and treacle. The grains of the malt go perfectly with this flavour.
The 12 Year Old, £29.96
One of Loch Lomond's best malts is their 12 Year Old. This is a complex and light malt that is full of fruity flavours.
It has been matured in three different casks, including ex-Bourbon, refill casks and recharged casks.
The nose is brimming with apple and pear, giving it a lovely sharpness. This is complemented by the zesty citrus peel that also makes an appearance.
These flavours go perfectly together and are not subtle at all. They pop out, with lots of taste and invitation to try more.
On the palette the tang of the fruit is given a sounding board from a deep biscuity note that is rich with malt and grain flavours. This is the perfect offset to the sharpness of the fruit.
There is also a lovely hint of sweet white sugar coming through, with a slightly warming note to it. This ties in well with a subtle hint of peat smoke that wafts in towards the finish.
And on the finish itself, the peat smoke becomes fully realised, with lots of warmth and softness. It wraps itself around the other flavours and ties them together well.
Inchmurrin 12 Year Old, £34.92
The Inchmurrin branch of the Loch Lomond brand is a celebration of the islands found in the actual loch itself.
The 12 Year Old is a particularly fine dram and is matured in the same three types of barrels as the Loch Lomond 12 Year Old, but with a different recipe.
It is bursting with earthy, floral flavours and opens with a nose of peach and pears that are juicy and sweet. There is a nice depth from a grassy undertone that is rich and thick with flavour.
This is a very natural tasting dram and the earthy tones continue on the palette. The grass is joined by heather and blossom, giving it a lovely floral taste.
There is also a sweet, warming caramel flavour that goes perfectly with the ripe peaches, pear and apricots that come through.
These have a sweetness like white sugar and are offset with a wonderfully tangy citrus note of lemons and orange.
The finish wraps these flavours all together, with a delicate warmth and final dose of grassy freshness.
Loch Lomond Single Grain, £23.03
The Distillery's Single Grain is as equally complex as the other bottlings in the range.
It has been matured in ex-Bourbon refill casks and is wonderfully peated.
This Single Grain has a lovely smooth quality to it, which can be hard to get with a Single Grain.
The nose opens with citrus fruits and malted barley. The cereal notes are soft and gentle, allowing the more biting citrus to really ounce off them.
There is a dessert quality to the nose, with a little hint of pastry and sweet breads. Apples and pears also join the flavour profile, bringing in a little bit of an orchard note.
The palate is packed with lots more fruit and a vanilla sweetness. The oak of the barrel also comes through.
The peat smoke is subtle but interesting, wrapping itself around the sweet, slightly acidic citrus fruits.
More exotic notes of pineapple and pink grapefruit alos come in with lots of sweetness.
This goes well with vanilla notes coming from the oak wood.
The finish is full of citrus and more malted cereal. The peat smoke is excellent on the finish and wraps everything up well.
Inchmoan 12 Year Old
This malt has been crafted in a straight neck still, allowing more esters to remain in the liquid. This makes it citrusy, with lots of sweet and acidy notes appearing.
It has been matured in ex-Bourbon casks that have been refilled and recharred, giving it a nice smoky background.
It is especially good at bringing together smoke and spice, having been distilled in both a straight neck and swan neck still.
The nose opens with spicy black pepper that you can really sink your teeth into. This is accompanied with peat smoke and soft vanilla flavours.
There is also a hint of citrus fruits and a gentle reminder of the oak from the casks.
The palate is gentle but bold, with more peat and a slightly floral flavour. Bitter dark chocolate and coffee, with a hint of star of anise and nutmeg appear.
The spice is warming and smooth, melting in well with the oak wood, which in turn becomes slightly more vanilla in flavour.
The peat really comes alive against this backdrop and is perfectly complemented by the peppery spice.
The finish is packed with more spice and a little hint of pear and lemons.
Inchmoan 1992 Vintage, £178.73
This dram has been distilled in Loch Lomond's straight neck stills and is brimming with fruit flavours. It has been matured in ex-Bourbon American oak refill casks.
It was first distilled in 1992 and has been matured for a long time, allowing the sweeter notes of the wood to combine effortlessly.
The nose opens with peat, iodine and vanilla, all interacting and jumping off one another.
They are combined with elegance and brought together with a soft oak wood flavour.
This continues into the palate, which has a lovely honeyed sweetness.
Vanilla, peat and lots of fruit abound. Apples, pears, lemons, grapes and bananas are all present.
These have a lovely honey and caramel glaze dripped over them, giving a delicate sweetness to their tangy fruit flavours.
There is also a slightly warming cinnamon note that goes perfectly with the vanilla and oak wood.
The finish is strong, with lots of spicy cinnamon flavours and a lasting note of oak wood.
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Salla Tykkä opens solo exhibition at M-Museum Leuven
Friday, June 24, 2016 — The films made by the Finnish artist Salla Tykkä (Helsinki, 1973) are succinct moments in time, which demonstrate the power of images and the effect they have on us. The unusual situations in her films are often historically or psychologically charged. The images of a man performing with a lasso in his sitting-room or of young, top-class gymnasts who train for hours in a gym, hark back to Westerns or to propaganda films from Communist Romania. At M Tykkä is showing three films. She will juxtapose the two older films Lasso (2000) and Giant (2013) with the recent Retrospective (2015) which the artist sees as a reflection on her own work.
Retrospective (2015) is the artist's most recent video. Here Tykkä takes an autobiographical approach to examine the link between memories and personal identity. The video shows the artist talking about the various analogue cameras she has used in her life and the pictures she has taken with them.. Only her hands are in view as she opens the cameras and tests them. In-between these images we are shown clips on 8mm-film of landscapes in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego where she travelled in her youth. The combination of voice-over and different images generates new meanings.
Though on the face of it the video would appear to be a technical description of various types of camera, it is in fact very personal: the first camera belonging to her parents, the camera she bought from her teacher, her favourite camera which allowed her to take the most personal self-portraits, etc. The cameras become characters and thus a testimony to the artist's career. Tykkä juxtaposes this video with the black and white photograph Torso I. Like Retrospective this is a self-portrait. The intimate reproduction of a self-portrait contrasts with the life-size format of the photograph.
Tykkä made this film at two boarding schools famous for training young, world-class gymnasts in the Romanian cities of Onetsi and Deva. The film shows them training, the empty gymnasiums and in-between we hear snatches of interviews with the pupils. Images of the same locations in the 1970s underline the importance of this sport for the country's identity. Tykkä sees the success of the Romanian world-class gymnasts as a legacy of the Communist regime. The gold medals won by its gymnasts at the Olympic Games in 1976, 1980 and 1984 made the country famous all over the world. Tykkä believes that the discipline of the gymnasts and the beauty and purity of their movements are a reflection of the ideals of that era.
Tykkä plays with the power of the gaze, with looking and being looked at and with the contrast between inside and out. A girl observes a young man deep in concentration in his sitting room as he performs with a lasso. The girl is transfixed by his masterly control of the rope. The young man is so caught up in what he is doing that he doesn't notice her. The girl is so enraptured by the repetitive circular movements of the lasso that she, too, loses herself in the moment. The film is dreamy and intense and the accompanying music adds to that feeling. The music for Lasso was originally composed for Once Upon a Time in the West by the famous film composer Ennio Morricone. The music heightens the intensity of the scene and, aided by the lasso associations, calls to mind the old Westerns.
Salla Tykkä (1973, Helsinki) has been engaged in photography, film and video since 1996. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki where she gained her Master of Fine Arts diploma. Salla Tykkä achieved international fame with Lasso at the Venice Biennale in 2001. She has since shown her work internationally both in group and solo exhibitions. In Belgium she had a show at the S.M.A.K. museum in Ghent.
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Salla Tykkä. From 24.06.16 until 11.09.16 at M-Museum Leuven.
Curator: Eva Wittocx