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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(CrossView, a cross-channel commerce solutions and retail technology provider, has published key insights into mobile point of sale adoption based on the firm’s secret shopper analysis of retailers that have deployed the in-store technology.)--
“But what we discovered is this: Making the decision to implement mobile point of sale and deploying it is only half the battle – and this is illustrated in almost all of our interactions.”
CrossView looked at retailers in five markets: San Jose, CA; Durham, NC; Portland, OR; Orlando, FL; and New York City and Dallas metro areas. Anecdotal information around customer experience was accrued based on in-store interactions with sales associates equipped with the hand-held technology.
“The mobile point of sale is the much-needed bridge between digital and physical stores. It truly empowers sales associates with access to information and endless aisles of merchandise to sell,” explained Brian Hess, director, Strategy, CrossView. “But what we discovered is this: Making the decision to implement mobile point of sale and deploying it is only half the battle – and this is illustrated in almost all of our interactions.”
CrossView’s insights can be obtained by downloading its report -- Getting it Right: Insights from CrossView’s look at mobile point of sale adopters. The company will be demonstrating its award-winning mobile point of sale solution in booth #2180 at the upcoming NRF 2013 EXPO at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, January 13-15, 2013.
About CrossView:
CrossView is a premier provider of cross-channel commerce solutions and services that enable a smarter, more personalized shopping experience. Our software is used by leading brands to unify the Web, stores, call centers, mobile devices, and other channels on a single, flexible platform.
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Green Landscaping: Greenacres
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LANDSCAPE - Water Efficient Landscape Planning
The Water Efficient Landscape Planner was developed to explain the advantages and principles of water efficient landscaping. The program covers the basics of landscape planning and provides guidelines and suggestions to help users select the most appropriate plants for their needs. It is intended for use by homeowners who are considering changes to residential landscaping. Also available in Spanish.
Installation: To install, copy the zip file (spanland.exe) onto your hard disk, then double-click it to uncompress and install the program. To start the program, double-click on its icon in the Program Group "Software for Environmental Awareness".
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prevention, efficient resource use, and industrial ecology. Such a strategy can help companies become more competitive by lowering resource and energy needs, reducing waste and emissions control costs, and fostering sustainable development.
This competition is designed to address pollution prevention processes, methodologies, and technology research. Research proposals are invited that advance the development and use of innovative technologies and approaches directed at avoiding or minimizing the generation of pollutants at the source. This competition is not intended to address issues related to waste monitoring, treatment, remediation, and use of products in continuous and discrete manufacturing industries. Projects must employ fundamental new approaches, and address, or be relevant to, current national concerns for pollution prevention.: Improved manufacturing Measurement, Assessment, and Feedback Techniques for Pollution
Prevention
This competition also encourages research in physical sciences and engineering that will lead to the development of novel measurement and assessment techniques for pollution prevention. Topics in this program activity include life cycle analysis, computational simulations, and process design algorithms for product life cycle analysis, as well as the development of appropriate measurement methods to use as input for such analyses. The methods developed should provide the basis for scientifically sound and quantitative comparisons of the environmental impact of various technologies. The following examples provide some areas of investigation:
* Innovative, full scale, quantitative methodologies for conducting life cycle analysis which permit sound quantitative comparisons of impacts of different pollutants on different media.
* Streamlined, targeted life cycle analysis and environmental product design methodologies and systems that can provide scientifically sound comparisons with less comprehensive data inputs and computational analysis.
* Algorithms incorporating pollution prevention into process design, intelligent control, and simulation methodologies for process and manufacturing design.
* Process simulator modules for new technologies such as novel membrane processes.
* support for cutting-edge research in this area.
Common Sense Initiative: EPA's Common Sense Initiative is directed toward finding better, cheaper, and faster ways of achieving environmental improvement through a stakeholder-based dialogue in six specific industrial sectors: metal finishing, printing, iron and steel, electronics, automobile assembly, and petroleum refining.). Each resume, educaton,.
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Ryan Urabe
Hi! I'm Ryan. I used to be an accountant, but then I realized that building data models and coding was what I loved to do most. Now I'm learning Ruby, Rails, and Javascript, and getting better every day.
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Kyle Drake
"This man loved life, and could not have borne such restrictions. Instead, his inventions appeared suddenly, out of the blue, a stroke of common sense, or of genius, sometimes during a lively game of billiards, his favorite pastime."
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Imagine a world in which industry, yes, every factory and every building is as wasteful and as useful as a cherry tree in full bloom. A world, in which buildings – just like trees – use the sun’s energy, produce nutrients and oxygen, provide living space for other creatures, cleanse water, purify the air and even change to adapt to the seasons. A world without environmental pollution or waste, where only products with materials that are beneficial to both man and the environment are manufactured. A world, in which materials are of such high value that they flow in specially designed material cycles.
A world, in which humans can actually be pleased about the benefits their consumption has on the environment. A world, in which humans are freed from and no longer have to live under the restraints and limitations placed on them by always having to save, reduce, and cut down on certain things for the sake of the environment. That is exactly the kind of world that the Cradle to Cradle® design concept opens up to all of us.
The terms “Eco-efficiency” and “Eco-efficacy” are often used interchangeably. There is, however, a significant difference between the two. Rather than minimizing the material flows, eco-efficacy proposes the idea of transforming products and their respective material flows so that a workable relationship between ecological systems and economic growth is made possible. The aim here then is not to reduce or delay the cradle to grave material flow but rather to create metabolisms that allow for methods of production that are true to nature and in which materials are used over and over again.
The eco-efficiency approach takes into consideration only quantifiable parameters which outline those problems that should be minimized (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions) whereas the eco-efficacy approach additionally factors in qualifying parameters (e.g. the use of carbon dioxide as a nutrient). Cradle to Cradle®-design seeks to superimpose the principle of quality before quantity onto industrial systems. Materials and material flows are then designed in such a manner so as to be beneficial in terms of the regeneration of their biological and technological sources. Such an approach frees us from our current responsibility and duty to reduce or slow down any negative environmental effects our behavior has. As such, we can be freed from the restraints placed upon us as a result of our prevalent culture of self-blame.
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Andrej Slapnik (2012) Employment of object-relational mapping with Apache Cassandra database. EngD thesis.
In this thesis I have checked what is the impact of using non-relational database managment system to solving one of the general problem. I have also checked how using ORM layer with non-relational DBMS contribute to efficent development. In the first part I have presented non-relational database managment system Apacahe Casasndra and descibed what distributed hash tables are. I have continued with description of the idea of additional applicative layer ORM and checked pros and cons of using it with Apache Cassandra. I the main part I have descibed the idea and development of my own ORM between PHP application and non-relational database. In chapter five I have descibed solving general problem and experiences I have got at designing and developing application. In the last part I have presented my findings and written few guides to other developers which can help at making decisions which technologies should they use at solving their problem.
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Subrahmanyam, J and Lahiri, AK and Abraham, KP (1980) Kinetics of Chemical Vapor Deposition. In: Journal of Electrochemical Society, 127 (6). pp. 1394-1399.
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A generalized mass transport model is developed for predicting the rate ofdeposition in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems. This combines thegeneralized method of obtaining equilibrium composition, with elemental fluxbalance expressions. This procedure avoids the usual problems encountered incalculating the rates in multicomponent systems, like writing overall reactionschemes. The dependence of multicomponent diffusivities on the fluxes is accountedin this model using an iterative procedure. The model developed isapplied to the deposition of titanium carbide on cemented carbide tool bitsfrom a gas mixture of titanium tetrachloride, toluene, and hydrogen. Experimentaldeposition rates were obtained using a thermogravimetric assembly.Mass transport controlled rates give an order of magnitude estimates of theobserved rates.
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Horne, R. (2006) Beliefs and adherence to treatment: the challenge for research and practice. In: The Power of Belief: Psychosocial Influence on Illness, Disability and Medicine. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 978-0198530114.
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The observer perspective: effects on social anxiety and performance
Spurr, Jane M. and Stopa, Lusia (2003) The observer perspective: effects on social anxiety and performance. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, (9), 1009-1028. (doi:10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00177-8).
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The cognitive model of social phobia by Clark and Wells (Social phobia: Diagnosis, Assessment and treatment (1995)) proposes that individuals with social phobia generate a negative impression of how they appear to others, constructed from their own thoughts, feelings and internal sensations. This impression can occur in the form of a visual image from an external, or "observer", perspective. Although social phobics use this perspective more than controls, the impact of the observer perspective has not been tested experimentally. This study investigated the effects of taking the observer perspective on thinking, anxiety, behaviour and social performance in high and low socially anxious participants. Forty-four participants (N=22 in each group) gave two speeches, one in the observer and one in the field perspective. Use of the observer perspective produced more frequent negative thoughts, more safety behaviours, and worse self-evaluation of performance in both groups. There were also clear trends demonstrating increases in anxiety and in thought belief ratings in the observer perspective compared to the field perspective. Results are consistent with the Clark and Wells model of social phobia. This study also suggests that in low socially anxious individuals, the observer perspective may contain positive information.
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Reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine by biotin synthase from Escherichia coli
Ollagnier-de Choudens, Sandrine, Sanakis, Yiannis, Hewitson, Kirsty S., Roach, Peter, Münck, Eckard and Fontecave, Marc (2002) Reductive cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine by biotin synthase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277, (16), 13449-13454. (doi:10.1074/jbc.M111324200).
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Biotin synthase (BioB) catalyzes the insertion of a sulfur atom between the C6 and C9 carbons of dethiobiotin. Reconstituted BioB from Escherichia coli contains a [4Fe-4S](2+/1+) cluster thought to be involved in the reduction and cleavage of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), generating methionine and the reactive 5'-deoxyadenosyl radical responsible for dethiobiotin H-abstraction. Using EPR and Mössbauer spectroscopy as well as methionine quantitation we demonstrate that the reduced S = 1/2 [4Fe-4S](1+) cluster is indeed capable of injecting one electron into AdoMet, generating one equivalent of both methionine and S = 0 [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster. Dethiobiotin is not required for the reaction. Using site-directed mutagenesis we show also that, among the eight cysteines of BioB, only three (Cys-53, Cys-57, Cys-60) are essential for AdoMet reductive cleavage, suggesting that these cysteines are involved in chelation of the [4Fe-4S](2+/1+) cluster.
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Apples with apples: Comparing the cost of capital
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There is no point in debating the merits of public private partnerships, argues John Quiggin of the University of Queensland, since there is no alternative. In a mixed economy, any activity undertaken by government inevitably requires inputs from the private sector, and vice versa. It is a true comparison of the cost of capital that must be considered.
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"Apples with apples: Comparing the cost of capital,"
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Bold Riley art sale!
My money has gotten pretty tight this month and I could use some scratch so I’m selling the origional pages from the opening chapter of Bold Riley: Book 1!
These are photos of the ones that are for sale so you have an idea of what they look like. Also you will maybe notice that the old cover for Chapter 2 of Witch in the Wild is for sale as well. Price range for these are between 40-60 dollars a piece.
If you like my art or would like to have one of the Bold Riley pages please drop me a line at leia.weathington@gmail.com and we can exchange mailing and payment information. Let me know which page you like and I’ll let you know what the price is for it!
Also Would anyone be interested in commissions from me? I want to start doing brush and ink portraits of people for 20$ bucks a pop.
Remember when I posted all those Smut Peddler previews? Leia was my writer for that story! Not only does she write, obviously, but she is also a damn fine artist herself.
I’m just sayin’.
Remember when I posted all those Smut Peddler previews? Leia was my writer for that story! Not only does she write,...
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hello, wandering is anybody saw this problem I have a eunit test suit, which throws the following error at completion: =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Nov-2011::22:32:27 === ** Generic server inet_gethost_native_sup terminating ** Last message in was {'EXIT',<0.218.0>,killed} ** When Server state == {state,inet_gethost_native,undefined,<0.218.0>, {local,inet_gethost_native_sup}} ** Reason for termination == ** killed all the tests pass but at the end I am getting this error. looks like it is somehow related to rpc:call function (few tests are using rpc), probably it needs to start inets and it doens't close it cleanly when eunit node is terminated? to replicate: pull repo from: run test: make test the project requires rebar Regards, Roman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <>
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Mexican club Monterrey have had a bid rejected for Fulham defender Carlos Salcido.
• Fulham eye Menezes deal
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Mexico international Salcido, 31, joined Fulham from PSV last summer in a £1.6 million deal as a replacement for Paul Konchesky, but he has struggled to adapt to England and recently revealed that he had been close to joining Chivas in January.
"In January, I had been very near to returning to Chivas," Salcido said. ."
Monterrey have now made a bid to take Salcido back to his homeland but Fulham have turned down the offer, with Mark Hughes eager to keep him at Craven Cottage.
A Monterrey statement read: "We inform you that we have received a response from Fulham Football Club of England, declining our offer to sign Carlos Salcido."
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Kolo Touré
- Full Name: Kolo Toure
- Squad No: 28
- Position: Defender
- Age: 32
- Birth Date: Mar 19, 1981
- Birth Place: Sokoura Bouake, Ivory Coast
- Height: 6' 0'' (1.83m)
- Weight: 74 kg
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KOLO TOURÉ
One of Arsene Wenger's best value signings after his reported £150,000 purchase from Ivorian side Asec Mimosas, Toure was an integral part of Wenger's 2003-04 'Invincibles' side, forming a solid defensive partnership with Sol Campbell.
Toure had already earned 17 international caps when he joined the Gunners, aged 20, winning his first against Rwanda in 2000. He helped Ivory Coast to the 2006 African Nations Cup final, where he scored a penalty in the shootout defeat to Egypt, and played in the Elephants' inaugural World Cup appearance in 2006.
At Arsenal, Toure formed a useful partnership with William Gallas after the Frenchman signed in 2006, but after being passed over for the captaincy in favour of Gallas following Thierry Henry's departure, Toure reportedly had a bust-up with the Frenchman. His performance levels dipped and he demanded a move away from the club in January 2009.
That summer, Manchester City signed Toure for £16 million, with Mark Hughes valuing his experience so much that he appointed him club captain to lead his side's charge as they looked to challenge the Premier League's top clubs. His first season did not work out quite as hoped but, with brother Yaya among the players to have moved to Eastlands, he will be hoping for much more success in his second.
Strengths: Exceptional tackler and an all-round powerful centre back, with a great ability to intercept and solid aerial presence.
Weaknesses: Toure has often been criticised for occasional lapses in concentration and, particularly as he is the captain, he takes some of the blame for City's lack of organisation in defence in his debut season.
Career High: Winning the 2003-04 Premier League title with the Arsenal 'Invincibles' team.
Career Low: Losing the final of the 2006 African Nations Cup on penalties.
Style: Commanding centre back with bags of experience.
Quotes: " - Kolo Toure, March 2010
Trivia: Toure was the final regular starter from Arsenal's 'Invincibles' to leave the club when he departed for Manchester City in July 2009.
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Gunners feeling the pressure
The Insider
If there is a flaw in Arsene Wenger's make-up, it comes with his reaction to a major setback.
The Gunners' boss explains just what it means to play for the Arsenal 'team'. (AdamDavy/Empics)
Few doubt that the brilliant Arsenal manager is one of the finest coaches in the world game, with his reputation as the master moulder of young talent secure whether his side end up collecting any silverware this season or not, yet when it comes to finding a way of rallying his troops when they have received a blow to the egos he has inflated, Wenger may have something of a blind spot.
You see, Monsieur Wenger has become one of the game's top winners purely on the basis that he is long established as one of its worst losers and his attitude of angst and frustration following a rare setback can rub off on his players in a manner that damages them severely.
Take the game at Old Trafford back in 2004 that saw his side's record-breaking 49-game unbeaten run come to an end. Instead of dusting himself down and remaining focused on the job in hand, he lost his cool and his players then try to react with anger an aggression rather than the silky football that makes them a great side.
'We cannot play when we are full of hate,' Wenger muttered to the media on Friday, yet after his afternoon from hell at Birmingham last Saturday, you always suspected this was going to be the most severe test of Arsenal's status as major contenders for the Premier League title.
The horror of Eduardo's tackle was compounded by the pathetic antics of captain William Gallas as he threw an almighty and tearful tantrum as the final whistle blew at St Andrews, leaving the dark horses for the title all season in a position where they needed to reaffirm their intent against a gritty Aston Villa side.
The 'let's do it for Eduardo' cry was noble, but the reality is Arsenal have a history of failing to bounce back when they feel as if the world is against them and thus was the case against a Villa side who were in no mood to show any sympathy.
It was with an air of determination that Arsenal set-out on their first game since the St Andrews disaster and while they could not be faulted for the urgency displayed in the opening exchanges, the raw pace of Theo Walcott was not enough to give them the lead they craved.
While it was something of a surprise to see Villa take a 27th minute lead, the warning signs had been there as the pace of Gabriel Agbonlahor had been concerning the Arsenal backline and as he burst down the left flank and squared to John Carew in the box, Philippe Senderos could only divert his clearance into the back of his own net.
If there were any fragile minds in the Arsenal camp, conceding the first goal of the game was likely to expose them and on a day when Wenger needed the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor and Cesc Fabregas to lift spirits, the two stars of their season to date were missing in action.
While Scott Carson made a few decent saves to maintain Villa's advantage, there was just as much work for Manuel Almunia down the other end, with the impressive Agbonlahor always a menace on the break and Marlon Harewood adding to the Villa threat when he was released from the bench late on.
Walcott's contribution would also have been a worry for Wenger as after his two goal showing at Birmingham last weekend, the English boy wonder fluffed his lines as he appeared to be little more than a one-trick pony in this game. If your trick results in a goal every now and again, then any side can cope with a luxury player, yet Walcott's pace is an asset that is rarely complimented by an end product.
In truth, this became a comfortable holding job for Villa and with Wenger pacing the touchline with increasingly animation antics, panic began to spread like a fatal disease around the Emirates Stadium. Every title race has a defining moment that counts for more than any other and this was rapidly feeling as if was the moment when Arsenal's challenge would unravel.
Even when time is short, this team like to play their way out of trouble and as they completed their 20-pass moves in front of a compact Villa backline, their demise was apparently inevitable, but they managed to drain one final chance out of the game and it earned them a point that keeps them on top of the table.
Substitute Nicklas Bendtner provided the finishing touch deep into injury time and Wenger's obvious relief on the touchline was confirmed as he met his admirers in the media. 'If we had lost this game, it would have been very hard for us to come back,' conceded a relieved Arsenal manager. 'As it is, I believe the point we have gained against a difficult opponent in Villa could be crucial come the end of the season.
'Manchester United are now the favourites for the title and they seem to have all the momentum, but we are still one point ahead at the top of the league and have to make sure the dip in form we have suffered comes to an end now.
'The desire in this team means we refuse to be beaten or to concede we cannot win this championship and while we clearly suffered a hangover from the events of the last week in this game, I hope we can grow once again from here.'
The leveller was cruel on a Villa side who battled so hard to secure what would have been a famous victory and manager Martin O'Neill struggled to hide his disappointment as he reflected on the glory that had passed him by.
'The mood is our dressing room is of desperate disappointment,' said the ex-Celtic manager. 'We feel like we have been beaten here and to play that well and only come away with a point is heartbreaking. We played brilliantly against a top class side and no one can dispute that we deserved to win the game. It is a sign of how far we have come that we can take on a side like Arsenal and play as well as we did.'
Arsenal are clearly beginning to crack and if they do go out of the Champions League in Milan on Tuesday, you wonder whether their demise will kick-off in earnest.
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MAN OF THE MATCH: Gabriel Agbonlahor
- In the battle of the two speediest England strikers of the day, the Villa man stole all the accolades. He deserved to finish this game as a winner after he tormented the Arsenal defence throughout.
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FOOD WATCH:
Rarely have the media been treated to the sort of culinary delight that was a beautiful piece of beef prior to kick-off. The dish would not been out of place in a top class restaurant.
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SICK BRUMMIES:
The travelling Villa fans covered themselves in shame as they wasted just 14 minutes before signing derogatory songs comparing stricken Arsenal striker Eduardo to amputee Heather Mills-McCartney. It was an example of football fans sinking to gutter level.
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Villa defender Curtis Davies is out for a lengthy period after rupturing his Achilles tendon. He will be operated on immediately.
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There can be little doubt that they are beginning to crack and you wonder whether the walls will tumble around Arsene Wenger if his side go out of the Champions League at the San Siro on Tuesday night. They are hanging on admirably, but look less like potential Premier League winners than ever.
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VILLA VERDICT:
They may have been let down by their shameful supporters, but Martin O'Neill's side showed they are now a match for one of the Premier League's established big four. Along with Everton, they will push Liverpool close for a Champions League place.
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So awesome, Andi! Thanks for sharing and go you for making such monumental changes! Food information becomes kind of addictive, doesn't it? I saw Food Inc in Feb of 2010, and that started it for me, and it's funny how I don't even think to buy some of the stuff I used to consider staples in my kitchen. I look forward to reading more of what you post in the next few weeks. :)
Katie, your blog has been a lot of inspiration. I know you've fought the good fight cutting out processed foods and making lots of healthy snacks/meals for you and your kiddos. Love love love reading your posts and trying your tips and recipes. :) You got me to cook tofu, for heavens sake!
Excellent! As someone who's been sucked into the Weight Watchers world for years, without reaching (or coming close to) goal, I'm so intrigued by this! I've often thought about "just" eating healthy, but have been afraid to try it without a structured program. So silly. I can't wait to read about your experience!
It sounds too easy doesn't it??? And if you're anything like me, you like to see quick results. That's the hardest part. That's why it was so effective for me to "forget" about it, and just let this happen over time. I used to jump on Atkins, lose 40 pounds in a few weeks or a month, but then it would yo-yo right back on. This feels like a forever thing!
Whoohoo! Congrats on those 40 lbs! And, what you've been doing, basically, is "Intuitive Eating (that's my old blog about it). You eat only when you're actually hungry, and you eat only enough to satisfy -- not stuff yourself. I lost 25 lbs this way back in 2005, and have been re-starting with it this year, and am pleased to announce that I'm already making progress, just one week in! :D
If you're interested, I just got offered a book for review that talks about both intuitive eating (though, he doesn't call it that), and choosing healthier foods... email me and I'll send you the contact info. I chose not to take him up on the review offer, as I don't need to read any more books on the subject -- I need to start PRACTICING what I've learned.
~MizB
Exactly! And I thought about your intuitive eating posts as I was going through this process. Good luck with restarting your own intuitive eating. Definitely want to know about the book. I'll FB message you. :)
Thanks for your blog. Congratulations with your progress and sharing your journey with us. Eating healthily and only when you are hungry are certainly the way to go. Best wishes for your ongoing quest.
Thanks, Diane! It sounds so simple but it's amazing how hard it was to internalize these simple steps for so long!
Congrats to you Andi! Keep up the good work.
After many failed attempts at dieting, I've finally found something that works. Exercise. When/if you get into the routine of exercising, you don't want to eat things that are bad for you. Before my hip replacement, I was walking a mile and a half on my treadmill and I'm hoping to get back to that level soon.
It's the only thing that works for me...focus on moving and the food will take care of itself. I also eat/keep a lot of fresh fruit, vegetables and nuts around.
Robin, I've been slow to adopt a full-on exercise routine. But this is another area where in the past I would jump in with both feet, burn out, and stop. I've taken to walking more at work -- even if it means a stroll around campus at work. I also am much more active around the house -- constantly cleaning, organizing, straightening, and playing with/chasing my son. That helps a lot too without the bore of tedious exercise.
Wow, what a great story! Cutting out all processed foods really helps, and I'm glad you noticed a major difference!
I stopped eating processed foods and ingesting chemicals in general (including medicines, prescription drugs, etc) in 2009, and I also lost tons of weight naturally. I actually still eat some of the same stuff I ate before (cookies, baked goods), but only the all-natural/organic versions, never anything processed.
I love these types of blog posts, and I can't wait to read your next update! :)
Thanks, Sarah Ann! I haven't made it to cutting out all processed foods, but I'd say I've cut our processed intake by about 60%. Tonight was an exhausted night and I needed something comfort-foody to take for lunch at work this week. I made a casserole out of leftover turkey, some noodles, green beans, and some canned soups and spices. I've cut down on the use of "cream of" by probably 80% and the next step is to make my own homemade versions for nights like this one!
This is awesome Andi! You're very right - it's about eating real foods, and enjoying what we eat, and knowing our hunger cues. I know too many people who try to lose by calorie deprivation, who are hungry all the time and think that their stomachs are the enemy. It's just too bad, because real permanent weight loss has nothing to do with dieting. This is fantastic!
Thanks, Amanda! Amen to real foods. Definitely have some blog posts coming up about that topic. I often find that I skip dinner. People's first reaction is "you're starving yourself!" But the truth of the matter is that I'm hungrier for breakfast and lunch, and by the time dinner rolls around I'm REALLY NOT HUNGRY! But there will be a post about that. lol
I find it's way easier for me to eat healthy when I'm working out regularly, because if I work my butt off at the gym I'm horrified at how many calories are in candy and stuff. If I'm not working out, I just don't care.
Lisa, I hear ya. I get extremely bored with exercise. I don't particularly like watching TV or anything while I'm on a treadmill; I much prefer scenery. It's a little binding in the fall/winter months when the days are short, so I find I purposely move more at work, stay on my feet more at home. All that good stuff. Exercise is tough for me, but there will be a post about that. lol
I'm with you - it should be easy. Eat less and exercise more, but why do we have such cravings?
Ann
Good for you! It's amazing what healthy eating can do for you. I bet you feel better too.
Amen! I feel much much better (except when I have a month-long cold). lol
Awesome, Andiloo! I gained weight after moving but it's probably because I'm exercising less. We have a new gym and I miss my old one like crazy. It was so friendly and inviting! Gotta get back to work on the flab. We're eating better, though -- lots of fresh veggies. In fact, Kiddo keeps looking in the fridge and saying, "What's up with all this HEALTH FOOD?" LOL He eats it if it's fixed for him but he doesn't know what to do with it, otherwise. He might need a crash course in cooking fresh veggies.
Can't wait to hear what all you've done and see your recipes!
Thanks, Nancy! I have never been a very good gym member. Maybe because I haven't found one that "fits" me. I used to find them intimidating, but now I have a problem of getting bored at the gym. I'm hard to please, obviously. lol
Congratulations, Andi! I've fought the weight battle too, and I know how tough it can be. But I also know that I've felt SO much better since I got to a healthy weight.
I've found that I can eat most anything I want if I do it in moderation and exercise on a regular basis. Part of that is, as you said, not eating unless you're hungry, plus learning to stop eating when you're full! It takes a lot less to fill up then you think! I've found an exercise I enjoy, so I can do it four or five times a week and I actually miss it when I can't do it.
Keep it up!
Thanks, Becca! Congrats to you on reaching a healthy weight! I'm well on my way. A lot left to do, but I'm pleased as can be with my progress thus far.
And yes, I haven't restricted myself a lot as I find I'll go nuts and binge on bad stuff if I'm too restricted. 90% of the time I eat wise choices, so I don't even feel guilty about splurging from time to time.
And what's your exercise of choice? I'm still searching. :)
Congrats. I'm with Robin and Bookfool on the importance of exercise -- not so much for the calories burned but the way it makes you feel-- so much better (and studies now suggest it affects not just self-image but mood and brain power) that you start eating better too.
I went through a very hard time many years ago -- not about weight but I did all kinds of things to make me feel better and change my routines.
At the grocery I tried to buy one new healthy thing -- something I had never bought before generally healthy stuff like weird fruit, new grains, vegetables that I had no idea how to cook -- things like kale and salsify. It made eating a little more interesting. Love kale. Have never bought salsify again.
Thanks, Barbara! And yes, I need those endorphins! :) And I love the idea of buying one new healthy thing at the store. Adventure is the key to not getting bored with the food routine.
I'll share my herbs (growing lots of sage :)) and veggies with you and I'll help you put together those wonderful garden boxes like I have in my backyard (we talked about this today). Here's a site that gives information regarding how to use your oven to dehydrate tomatoes, but the principles are the same for other veggies as well. And the next time I make my homemade tomato sauce or soup, I'll take pictures so that you can see how I dried the solids. Awesomeness all the way around!
Susan, thanks so much for sharing! I'm genuinely looking forward to growing my own veggies this year. It's so nice to have stuff on hand to play with! lol Will be checking out the site!
So wonderful!! Congratulations to you!
Looking forward to posts about healthy cooking!
Thank you, Kate!
Wonderful, Andi! It's great how switching your focus to healthy foods made all the difference - very inspiring.
Thanks, Belle! And so ridonkulously easy. It's almost like a game at this point -- cutting out the crud and forging my way to the good stuff. :)
Super awesome, Andi, and congrats on the 40 lbs. I know how amazing that feels as I've lost a similar amount of weight since leaving my job from hell a 1.5 years ago. I didn't make huge drastic changes either or follow any kind of fad diet - just stopped drinking my calories, cut out a bunch of fast food eating, and tried to only eat when I was hungry as well. Looking forward to reading more about your journey!
Thanks, Brooke! Amazing how the job/stress can take a toll, eh?? I'm actually surprised I lost instead of gained at my old (hell) job. I think I was too busy to eat much of the time (not good!). I have also made an effort to cut out fast food, though I've slipped a little since I'm getting back into a work routine. Even when I eat out, though, I think I make better choices and that's really important to this working.
That is awesome … and I think the way you looked at eating more healthy food rather than dieting may be the mental key to doing this!
Definitely the key for me, Jenners! :)
What a wonderful post, Andi. Congrats. Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm looking forward to reading more about your journey.
Thank you, Natasha! Cheers to more fun healthy posts! ;)
Yay you! That's always the problem with "dieting" -- it's restrictive and it implies that it has an end. Being more healthy, eating more healthfully, and learning about yourself are ongoing, satisfying, and positive. I can't wait to read more.
Thanks, Candace! It is definitely restrictive and does not lend itself to a lifestyle change.
Congrats on your weight loss journey!!
Thanks, Kelly! :D
If you were here I would give you a giant hug. Way to go, Andi! And guess what? I did the same thing last year. I made small changes (eating lots of fruits and veggies every day, getting more exercise, eating sweets and goodies in moderation, drinking plenty of water, etc) a bit at a time, and now they're practically habit. My weight loss has happened slowly (it was months before anyone actually noticed) but so far it's stayed off, which is the important thing. And I feel better, too! I never really noticed before how lousy bad food made me feel.
Thanks so much for sharing this, Andi! I'm proud of you :)
Awww, thank you, Emily! Good for you for doing the same!!! And yes, staying off is the key. I gained about 3-4 pounds over the holidays, but I'm back to my good habits and they've fallen right back off. It's so much easier when it's a life change and not a "diet." :)
It's wonderful that you have made the changes in your life to eat healthier. It shows that even one change, in resolving to eat healthier food, can make a big difference. Can't wait to read some of your tips over the next few weeks.
It makes a HUGE change, Janel. And it feels good -- like a new challenge. :)
How wonderful that you've been making these small changes for the better! Hope you have a healthy and happy 2013!
Thank you, Cecelia! :)
I read this on Friday afternoon but then didn't open up my computer at all this weekend. I just wanted to tell you again how awesome I think that this is and how awesome I think that you are. For some reason working out comes more easily to me than watching what I eat but I do try to be mindful and make sure that the good outweighs the bad. It's easy to get caught up in numbers but it's amazing what we learn when we just stop and listen to how our body feels and the cues it is putting off. Can't wait to read more and to continue to celebrate this journey with you.
Thank you so much, Trish! I never realized the importance of the natural cues. I was trying to FORCE myself into a new, unnatural routine, and it just never ever worked. :D
You're awesome, Andi! You make an excellent point here: when you focus on health instead of weight loss, the transition is so much smoother. I'm actually getting ready to start Weight Watchers in an attempt to get control of my habits and health, and I hope I enjoy some of your success!
Isn't it, Meg? I hope you have good luck with Weight Watchers and that it's a good fit for you. I tried some websites and stuff to help me in the past, but it just felt like one more obligation. Ultimately it worked for me to just be more laid back and intuitive about the whole thing. Looking forward to hopefully hearing more from you on your experience. :)
Well done, that is awesome! I really need to lose weight but I eat far too much crap for it to happen.
You've inspired me to get serious about my workouts, Andi. I'm on my feet all day and use that as an excuse to skip the treadmill after work. And it's time to getting moving and start eating healthier meals. Time to give up that second glass of wine, too!
Love the new look of your blog background, and I know you yourself look lovely as well. I naturally crave the things that are bad for you, being raised in only the things that are good for you I've tended to over indulge the processed things. But, you're right of course. Eating good things, in small amount, works. Like my mother who has three lettuce leaves on a rice cracker and calls it lunch. No wonder she's a size two!
Forgot to mention that falling madly in love is also a great diet plan. Twenty pounds gone last time that happened to me.
I'm so thrilled for you! I'm trying to get back to being really mindful of how much I'm eating after having my son last year. Hopefully I'll be able to start exercising; that seems to help me keep my hunger under control for some reason.
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Institute of Global Environment and Society, Inc.
Award #
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Managing Center
GSFC
Status
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Title
Land Information Sensor Web
This project will develop a prototype Land Information Sensor Web by integrating the Land Information System (LIS) in a sensor web framework will allow for optimal 2-way information flow that enhances land surface modeling using sensor web observations, and in turn allows sensor web reconfiguration to minimize overall system uncertainty. Through continuous automatic calibration techniques and data assimilation methods, LIS will enable on-the-fly sensor web reconfiguration to optimize the changing needs of science and solutions. This prototype will be based on a simulated interactive sensor web, which is then used to exercise and optimize the sensor web modeling interfaces. These synthetic experiments provide a controlled environment in which to examine the end-to-end performance of the prototype, and examine the impact of various design sensor web design trade-offs and the eventual value of sensor webs for particular prediction or decision support. In addition to providing critical Information for sensor web design considerations, this prototype would establish legacy for operational sensor web integration with modeling systems. Though the stand-alone LIS has achieved a TRL of 8, we determine our entry TRL to be 4 as other components are to be implemented and tested. This project will deliver an interoperable TRL 6 plug-and-play components based on LIS that enable data ingest and scientific analysis, the generation of new sensor web data products, connections to major spacecraft schedulers and task managers, metadata transformation and exchange, and data fusion techniques. This project directly addresses topic area 3: Enabling model interactions with sensor webs, and is expected to have a 3-year performance period starting from October 2006.
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Startup formula for becoming an overnight success: Work hard. Get Lucky. Ride the Wave and then make sure to smile for the camera.
I got an email the other day from a CEO at a company I advise who had applied for a startup accelerator called Impact Engine. The news in the email was not good. She had reached the last round of judging but didn’t make the final cut.
My advice to her was: don’t worry about. As a startup founder, there is so much that is outside of your control, that all you can really do is continue to work your tail off and hope to catch a few lucky breaks along the way.
Here’s an example.
In 2009, I fell in love with a venture capital firm called First Round Capital. A tweet from one of their associates had led me to a blog post, which led me to their website, which led me to their holiday card video. If there is such thing as love at first sight with a venture capital firm, this was it. ”OMG,” I thought to myself after I watched the video, ”These guys are as weird as I am.”
So I decided to email them. It was the first venture capital firm I had ever reached out to and I had absolutely zero clue as to what I was doing. I wrote a stupidly long and wordy email telling them about GiveForward and asked for the opportunity to pitch. Within a day I got a very thoughtful response from an associate. He said no and that we’d probably be better off as a non-profit. A year later after graduating from Excelerate Labs, I reached out again to FRC to see if we could pitch and again the same associate said no. This time, he wrote that he appreciated the progress we had made but didn’t see this as a “venture type deal”. Another year passed, and then in April of 2012 I reached out to FRC again. This time, we got a better response. They agreed to hear our pitch and a few weeks later decided to co-lead our round along with Founder Collective. (hooray!)
Now, the funny thing is, last night I got an email out of the blue from the First Round Capital VC who I had written to all the way back in 2009 and 2010. I hadn’t spoken to him in two years and he has since moved on from First Round Capital to start his own VC firm. His email consisted of only one word. It said:
Congrats :)
Moral of the story. In life and in startups, if you believe in what you’re doing, just keep doing it and with a little luck, eventually someone is going to notice.
I think this is particularly true with raising capital. As a first time entrepreneur, when you go to pitch investors you’re going to hear NO a lot more than you hear YES. When we did our angel round with GiveForward in 2011 we ended up oversubscribed, meaning that more people wanted to invest than we had room for in the round. Even so, the NO’s outnumbered the YES’s nearly two to one. (we pitched 45 investors. 16 said yes. 29 said no. 13 participated in the round). With our most recent round of funding that closed this past July, we ended up oversubscribed again. But we still heard NO eight times before we heard our first YES. NO’s are the default answer in the VC world. Rejection is part of the game. It doesn’t mean your idea is bad. It might just mean that your idea doesn’t fit within a firm’s investment thesis or the timing is bad for the firm or that your concept is “too early” and the market isn’t ready for it yet.
When I look back at GiveForward in 2009, we definitely fit into this last category of being “too early”. And to be honest, if I was First Round Capital, I probably wouldn’t have invested in us back then either.
Here’s what the landscape looked like in 2009:
- GiveForward, Kickstarter, and maybe three or four other crowdfunding sites exist; none of which have really taken off yet.
- Facebook, the main platform people use to share their crowdfunding pages, has a ‘paltry’ 200 million users
- The term crowdfunding is largely unknown. Most people in the industry were still referring to the space as “peer to peer fundraising”
Here’s what it looks like in 2012
- There are over 300 crowdfunding sites worldwide; Kickstarter has become a household name.
- Facebook now has about a 1 billion users worldwide sharing crowdfunding pages millions of times a day.
- The term crowdfunding has not only been popularized by the general public but President Obama has even passed a crowdfunding law called the JOBS Act with near unanimous support from Congress.
What a difference three years makes, right? GiveForward isn’t a fundamentally different company than we were in 2009, but in 2012 the public is now comfortable enough with the concept of crowdfunding to make market adoption a real possibility. And truth be told, we got really lucky with our market timing. Although we were a little early when we launched in 2008, we bootstrapped and stayed in the game long enough to be in the right place at the right time. In 2010 Kickstarter got funding from Union Square Ventures, putting crowdfunding on the VC map (thank you Fred Wilson). By 2011, Kickstarter had blown up and crowdfunding had officially arrived. And now in 2012…well, now everyone who got into crowdfunding early is just riding the wave and hopefully looking good when we smile for the camera.
I enjoyed reading this. Your last one was pretty good too!
Great post, and CONGRATS on the round ! you have a great vision, great product, great team, and not more great investors. Great opportunity !
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Teaching Tips: Student-Led Conferences
This site provides articles and videos on student-led conferences and how to implement them in the classroom.
Grades
- 3,
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- 5,
- 6
Links
- Implementing Student-Led Conferences in Your School
This presentation provides information regarding implementing student-led conferences; including: a look at student-led vs. traditional conferences, the rational for using student-led conferences and examples of the benefits of implementing student-led conferences, what others have to say about them, organizing for them, sample documents, tips for preparing teachers for the conferences, advice for preparing students for the them, sample agenda, and a list of FAQs.
- Student Led Conferences PPT
This presentation looks the philosophy of student-led conferences, the purpose, the power, the nuts and bolts of student-led conferences, the keys to success, challenges, role of vision, and the future-focused role image.
- Student-Led, Teacher Supported Conferences Resources
These resources for student-led conferences include: general information, and online scheduler, parent resources, teacher resources and videos.
- SchoolTube: An Introduction to Student-Led Conferences Video
This video introduces you to the concept of student-led conferences. (Total Running Time: 15:43)
- Assessing and Reporting Progress Through Student-Led Portfolio Conferences
This article looks at assessing and reporting progress via student-led conferences. Topics include: organizing portfolios; and student, teacher, and parent roles.
- Scholastic: Let Your Students Take the Lead!
This site provides a guide to organizing student-led conferences. NOTE: This site contains ads.
- Student-Led Conferences
This site provides a series of videos which describe student-led conferencing. Viewers may select a grade level and watch a description of student-led conferencing and 3-4 actual conferences with parents and their children.
- Student-Led Conferences
This site provides descriptions of how teachers organized for student-led conferences. NOTE: This site contains ads.
- Student Comments for Conferences
This article from the National Education Association provides a teacher tip on how to integrate student comments into a conference.
- Scholastic: Involving Students in Parent-Teacher Conferences
This site provides a plan designed by a third grade teacher to have students lead the conference. NOTE: This site contains ads.
- Strategy: Student-Led Conferences
These articles focus on how to organize for student-led conferences and the positive outcome of holding them. Several links provide additional articles. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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University of Helsinki, Helsinki 2006
A Study of Academic and Professional Qualification on Teachers' Job Effectiveness in Nigerian Secondary Schools
Doctoral dissertation, December 2006.
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Applied Sciences of Education.
This academic work begins with a compact presentation of the general background to the study, which also includes an autobiography for the interest in this research. The presentation provides readers who know little of the topic of this research and of the structure of the educational system as well as of the value given to education in Nigeria. It further concentrates on the dynamic interplay of the effect of academic and professional qualification and teachers' job effectiveness in secondary schools in Nigeria in particular, and in Africa in general. The aim of this study is to produce a systematic analysis and rich theoretical and empirical description of teachers' teaching competencies. The theoretical part comprises a comprehensive literature review that focuses on research conducted in the areas of academic and professional qualification and teachers' job effectiveness, teaching competencies, and the role of teacher education with particular emphasis on school effectiveness and improvement. This research benefits greatly from the functionalist conception of education, which is built upon two emphases: the application of the scientific method to the objective social world, and the use of an analogy between the individual 'organism' and 'society'. To this end, it offers us an opportunity to define terms systematically and to view problems as always being interrelated with other components of society. The empirical part involves describing and interpreting what educational objectives can be achieved with the help of teachers' teaching competencies in close connection to educational planning, teacher training and development, and achieving them without waste.
The data used in this study were collected between 2002 and 2003 from teachers, principals, supervisors of education from the Ministry of Education and Post Primary Schools Board in the Rivers State of Nigeria (N=300). The data were collected from interviews, documents, observation, and questionnaires and were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods to strengthen the validity of the findings. The data collected were analyzed to answer the specific research questions and hypotheses posited in this study. The data analysis involved the use of multiple statistical procedures: Percentages Mean Point Value, T-test of Significance, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Cross Tabulation. The results obtained from the data analysis show that teachers require professional knowledge and professional teaching skills, as well as a broad base of general knowledge (e.g., morality, service, cultural capital, institutional survey). Above all, in order to carry out instructional processes effectively, teachers should be both academically and professionally trained. This study revealed that teachers are not however expected to have an extraordinary memory, but rather looked upon as persons capable of thinking in the right direction.
This study may provide a solution to the problem of teacher education and school effectiveness in Nigeria. For this reason, I offer this treatise to anyone seriously committed in improving schools in developing countries in general and in Nigeria in particular to improve the lives of all its citizens. In particular, I write this to encourage educational planners, education policy makers, curriculum developers, principals, teachers, and students of education interested in empirical information and methods to conceptualize the issue this study has raised and to provide them with useful suggestions to help them improve secondary schooling in Nigeria. Though, multiple audiences exist for any text. For this reason, I trust that the academic community will find this piece of work a useful addition to the existing literature on school effectiveness and school improvement. Through integrating concepts from a number of disciplines, I aim to describe as holistic a representation as space could allow of the components of school effectiveness and quality improvement.
A new perspective on teachers' professional competencies, which not only take into consideration the unique characteristics of the variables used in this study, but also recommend their environmental and cultural derivation. In addition, researchers should focus their attention on the ways in which both professional and non-professional teachers construct and apply their methodological competencies, such as their grouping procedures and behaviors to the schooling of students.
Keywords: Professional Training, Academic Training, Professionally Qualified, Academically Qualified, Professional Qualification, Academic Qualification, Job Effectiveness, Job Efficiency, Educational Planning, Teacher Training and Development, Nigeria.
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. How could anyone feel that this vintage shop had ANY sort of credibility from a listing like this?!
These shoes were probably pre-owned by Shauna Sands and that is why they are now “vintage”. Disgraceful!
Sidenote: Why would you want to be orange and have an anchor on your foot?.
Is this seller for real? When they list a retail value and their cost, it makes me pause. This is their Etsy site and ring their “collective” made:
Here is their website and the same ring:
This:
craftlittlethings20 Aug
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craftlittlethings is a blatant reseller! She claims she is the designer of the wedding dresses on her website, if you read all of the wedding dress listings – she says she’ll make it in a regular standard size, but if you want it altered, you have to take it to a tailor to have it altered. If you are making it why can’t you make it to fit?
Most of “HER” dresses can be found on the website below – too many to list them all. BY the way, I convo’d her, she told me she is the designer and handmade the dresses you see in the photos, she makes a ton of them and says she is back ordered that I better hurry up and order it now – (but wouldn’t give me a straight answer on why she can’t do custom) and she works for a bridal boutique (how convienent).
her 100% handmade dress that SHE designed
the shop in China that actually makes the dress
Also she loves to resell clutches
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pretty much everything in her store is NOT handmade by her- (possibly the 3 bridesmaid /prom dresses may be made by her) but the wedding dresses NOT!
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There are some things that I find it impossible to do if I think about the fact that I’m doing them.
Usually they’re things that involve some kind of muscle memory. When I was skiing all the time there were days where I felt transformed, like I was flying and I was completely present and in the moment, in that zone – unless I started to think about what I was physically doing.
Getting to the point where skiing was fun meant that I had to endure a few seasons where I was awkward, frequently frustrated and often terrified. I had to get past that learning curve so I could finally enjoy the sensation of that controlled fall through space.
Writing feels that way: reason #8,752 for writing often, even when the writing sucks.
A couple of things that flitted into my consciousness over the last couple of days scared me a little. I read some blog posts that focused on specific craft ideas. It wasn’t new information. It was the kind stuff I’ve read about many times and yet when I thought about how or if I was using these techniques, I came up blank.
I don’t know.
Yet?
The reason I was scared was because I realized that the snippets of work I might feel bold enough to think have the potential to be good are the snippets that come to me when I’m in the zone. As soon as I become conscious of using words to a certain effect, it becomes obvious and the work feels contrived.When I revise, I become more aware of sharpening certain images or ideas to reinforce what I’m trying to convey. I know that when others critique my work, they sometimes point out the effectiveness (or not) of something I’ve done and I’ll realize they’re right even though I didn’t consciously include that word or that image or that description. Oh yeah, I meant to do that.
I have a theory that the reason that Scott’s new abstract work feels so powerful is because a good abstract painting requires that the painter have a mastery of all the skills needed to do a traditional, representational painting, only he has to intuit his way through the abstract. He knows if the color harmonies are correct and if the composition is balanced because he has an innate understanding of those concepts.
If we have an underlying appreciation of the visual arts, we know the painting works when we look at it, but we don’t know why.
Books on writing craft don’t talk much about the importance of years of experience in writing, but perhaps there’s a reason for that. We want things that give us results now and there’s no shortcut to practice and experience. Perhaps it would help us to set more realistic expectations and motivate us to write more and work harder to get good at what we do if we thought of writing as a long apprenticeship. Actually, that's helpful to me, but I know it's not the path for everyone.
There are plenty of people who can write well enough to get a book published, and if that’s the writer’s goal, there’s nothing wrong with that.
I’m talking about writing well. I’m talking about my vain wish to have a reader touched by my words or to have a reader thinking about my characters even when he’s not reading the book. I’m talking about a reader losing himself in the work and entering John Gardner’s fictive dream. I keep remembering a scene from the movie, Amadeus and a monologue that the Salieri character delivers:
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My aspirations aren’t quite so grand, but I can confess to a fantasy where someone, somewhere writes a review of something I’ve written and confers some kind of literary approval on it.
When I attended Carleen Brice’s book launch party for her debut novel, Orange Mint and Honey she talked about writing the book over a period of six years and she talked about completely rewriting it multiple times. I was truly comforted to learn this. I had a secret fear that good books might come pouring out of other writers at a speed and a rate that I know myself quite incapable of.
While blogging has far more advantages than disadvantages in the form of creating community, the public nature of our efforts creates a small disadvantage.
When will you finish it? When will it be published? I sense from well meaning friends a certain impatience and maybe even disappointment that I don’t move more quickly. I think about The Foundling Wheel, my Dickens Challenge work in progress and I know that my goal is to finish it. For now, that’s my only goal. I don’t know if I’ll want to rewrite and revise and edit it once I come to the end. I don’t know if that’s its purpose. I know the project is teaching me a lot about writing, but I don’t know if it’s my first book.When I say that my eventual goal is to publish a novel, I mean it. Eventually. I don't know when. I don’t know which novel that might be. I don’t know if it’s the one I’m working on, one of the two I’ve set aside or one I don’t know about yet. I just know I’ll know it when it comes to me. Maybe I’m too idealistic. Maybe this means I’m not a real writer, whatever that is.
Sometimes the lack of validation feeds the self-doubt that I and all of us have from time to time – but I also suspect that self-doubt never goes away no matter how much external validation we get about our writing. The blogging community gives me enormous validation about my emotions and about the process. For that reason, I keep coming back. I think that eventually, the only true validation about the worth of our own writing has to come from ourselves.
I once read an interview with Frank Conroy about the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The interviewer asked him if he could tell which of the writers would go on to be published and which would be successful. He said he couldn’t. Talent and potential have very little bearing on whether or not a writer can go on to finish and publish a successful book.
As time goes on, I am learning to trust myself. I feel a huge learning curve still ahead of me and I’m at peace with that. It’s my path and no one else’s. It doesn’t frustrate me. I’m in no hurry. I’ll write what I’m meant to write and learn as I’m meant to learn.
Does my lack of a sense of urgency reflect a lack of drive or of passion? I don’t think so. In the seventies, Paul Masson’s famous advertisement coined the phrase, “We’ll sell no wine before its time”.
I feel that way about my writing. It’s not time. I’ve often heard writers talk about how much bad fiction is published and how often they’ve read books and known they could write better. All true, but that’s not what drives me. I confess, I want to write something good and only time and more and still more writing will tell me if I can.
But that’s just me. Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe my expectations are too high.
For those of you both published and unpublished, how important is it to you that your work be perceived as good? Is it enough to provide your readers with escape and entertainment? Can you recognize your own shortcomings due to inexperience, or trace a path from inexperience to a gradual or sudden improvement?
Why are you writing that book?
31 comments:
This post confirmed what I've always known about you, Lisa. You're a true artist who seeks to present whatever you do in the best possible light. And though your canvases are paper and/or a monitor screen, your words are the colors that offer us lingering visual imagery of truthful beauty along with food for thought.
In other words, the masterpiece will appear someday...I know that too.
Your comment on painting reminded me of a visit some years ago to a garage sale. An older man was in charge and the song "Laura" was playing on a boom box. I mentioned that I always thought of the Spike Jones parody version of the song. He said he had actually seen Spike play, and he was amazed at the fact that Spike and his City Slickers were all topnotch musicians. Even a good parody requires a good understanding of the music he's making fun of.
I'm also reminded of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." Though he famously wrote it on a roll of paper so he didn't have to stop to insert pages in his typewriter, he actually did a lot of revising after that initial burst of energy.
And Kerouac had written a more conventional novel, "The Town and the City," before "On the Road," so like Scott, he had mastered the basic form.
Your Dickens Challenge novel, like mine, is really a first draft, but it has more than a spark of brilliance.
As to why I'm writing that book, I'm not really sure. I wanted to write something that tied in the idealism of my generation to the spiritual world and also celebrates nonviolence. I'd like to sell it, and I fantasize about being interviewed by Terry Gross, Diane Rehm, Melissa Block, and Scott Simon (yeah, I'm an NPR junkie). But I'm also somehow driven to write it, and I'm thankful for Tim Hallinan for giving me the structure to write it and for people like you, Julie, Szelsofa, Charles, Cindy, and Usman for encouraging me.
What a great post! First of all, when I read your Dickens Challenge Chapters, I am back in the 80s, in the barracks, or out at the club surrounded by my friends. Note that I didn't say I'm "reminded of when I was there." I said, "I'm there." In addition, I've been worried about this baby since before she was born and pacing the floor waiting for her arrival. I was so relieved when Tracy nabbed her, I shouted with joy!
What do I think about writing? I read constantly. The commercial fiction gives me hope that one day I'll be published, too. The literary fiction I read gives me a reason to keep working, keep practicing, keep revising, keep trying to improve.
The encouragement I get from readers is exhilarating, intoxicating, and addicting. But it's effect dissipates. Then all I'm left with is what I wrote. In the end, I have to be happy with my writing, because "fans" will eventually close the book and go home.
The encouragement I receive from readers who write (yourself, Tim, the other Challengers) I tend to take to heart more than positive comments from people who love me (and feel obligated to say nice things to me.)
I think my doubts are similar to your doubts and my hopes are similar to your hopes.
Don't give up! I can't wait to see what's coming next (but of course, I'll wait til you're ready to post!)
Lisa... you ask such damned good questions.
What's considered "good" is subjective, yes? Besides, as a genre writer, I've already got many in the literary world looking down their noses at me without ever having read a word.
Understanding all of this, I'm more concerned with writing salable books with which I can sustain a living. I'll let someone else write the Great American Novel. Me? I'd rather write what the teeming millions are reading on airplanes and commuter trains. (Who am I kidding? I'd be happy with teeming hundreds... as long as they're reading!)
Then again, my day job's a different world of writing... one where I deal with tight schedules that can't wait for me to find my muse, or labor over whether a color is azure or cobalt or just simply blue. I routinely turn out two or three 20k- to 55k-word books every three or four months. That means I've gotta get to the nut of "the story" in a hurry.
If I don't, I'm holding up business.
That was a raw post you wrote there. I was amazed and reassured to read about your insecurities as well as your ambition, and quiet confidence, all mixed in together. It amazes me how I can feel driven, yet anxiuos, at the same time. I don't want to be accepted by the masses, that's not my aim. I'm not totally happy with what I'm creating at the moment, but I know I have to continue creating. And I can 'feel' when what I've done is good. It's so hard not to over-think what you're doing when you're creating, and second guess each move. Why do we put ourselves through this? Then again, I can't living without the need to create something.
What a fantastic post.
I think there is a place for all kinds of writers and writing. It's just a matter of finding "your" path -- which it sounds like you're doing.
I have an enormous respect for genre writers who can crank it out (Rob!) and I've tried that myself (my NaNo novel was chick-lit). But at the end of the day I actually don't think I have much of a choice in what kind of writer I am or what I feel drawn to write. So I feel like you do, I'm on the path for as long as it takes.
Wonderful questions, Lisa--thoughtful, honest, and real. I can say that I think we see writing through a similar lens. My best writing comes when I'm not thinking about it--when I am in that zone and it flows through me and onto the paper. The characters take over. And I don't want to just write a book. I want to write something readers connect with. I don't kid myself and think it's great literature, but I have been so gratified to hear from readers who tell me, yes, that's it, that's how I'd feel, or, perhaps the best comment, "I feel understood" from a mom who had lost a child.
I like to think I'm writing more than what I call "vacation books"--the kind of books you just leave by the pool when you're done--it was an escape but nothing more.
Now that I'm starting my 3rd book, I'm going to try something new with my blog--I'm going to post about my process at least once a week--how I'm writing it start to finish. We'll see what I uncover about how I write.
For those of you both published and unpublished, how important is it to you that your work be perceived as good?
The only validation I seek is from a magazine editor or publisher's acceptance for publication.
Good reviews? Fan letters? Pats on the back? Respect from my peers? Nice, but don't need 'em or seek 'em.
Is it enough to provide your readers with escape and entertainment?
Yup. I have no illusion that I'm creating art or changing the world. My job is to entertain, that's it.
Can you recognize your own shortcomings due to inexperience, or trace a path from inexperience to a gradual or sudden improvement?
Totally. After 20 years I've developed what I think is the most important trait of all: the ability to self-edit, to look at the work with a cold, cruel eye and eliminate what's not working.
Doesn't mean I don't want or need outside editorial comment, just that I recognize that I'm creating a product, and for that product to sell it has to be at a certain level of craft and professionalism.
Did I have that ability when I started out, or even five years ago? Nope.
Why are you writing that book?
Money. Pure and simple.
Lisa: Whether your at the start or height of the learning curve as a writer, no matter what, you've got to finish every novel. I think one reason people don't is that they start writing as soon as they get a half-baked idea and then fizzle out because they just haven't thought it through.
I liked your "we will sell no wine" quote (I'm old enough to remember Orson Welles in those ads) - whether it's having the story fully formed in your head before you write, or submitting a polished and edited MS to an agent, I think patience is the ritual a writer can practice.
Larramie, You are the most supportive blog pal a writer could have. Thank you.
Steve, I didn't know that about Jack Kerouac, and your anecdote serves to reinforce my thought that even (and maybe especially) people who are doing things out there on the fringes of experimental fiction had to learn the basics of craft/the rules, before going on to break the rules. Aristotle was on to something.
You're on to something with Things Done and Left Undone and I am confident you'll succeed with it. You're doing something I've personally never seen before and it's wonderful.
I love the idea of the NPR interviews and like you, I will be eternally grateful to Tim and our DC readers and writers. I think the DC has broken something loose for me too. Thank you for always reading and for your thoughtful and very kind comments.
Cindy, You have a great approach and a great attitude and your writing is incredibly clean and polished, even in first draft form. I feel exactly the same way that you do about outside encouragement. I take it all in stride, but in the end, it's me that I have to please. Thanks for always reading and commenting. It helps a lot and don't worry. I'm never giving up. :)
Rob, I don't think genre gets far more respect than many genre writers perceive. There are masters writing in all areas and my theory is that since academics and literary scholars tend to make up the critical community, we only see serious reviews of the work they gravitate toward. It would not surprise me to see literary criticism branch out at some point so that individual genres get more critical attention and the good, the bad and the ugly in each are more clearly distinguished.
Writing for income is a perfectly honorable purpose. In fact, I think that it's important that all writers can be honest with themselves about goals since the reason we write must dictate how we approach our craft.
It's all about business for the publishers and none of us can ever forget that.
Yellow, I feel pretty comfortable in revealing myself here. The pursuit of any kind of art is an incredibly difficult thing and I think it's important to constantly revisit and analyze our motivations and our goals, as well as our insecurities (so that we can figure out how to lessen them) and finally, our expectations. The path to all pursuits in life is much more difficult and heartbreaking is we don't have realistic expectations. My insecurities lessen every day as I accept my limitations and work toward understanding and overcoming them and as I learn to trust my own ability to judge my work. I think you answered your own question. "Why do we put ourselves through this?", because we can't not. Keep painting. Scott and I enjoy checking in on you and watching you grow.
Yogamum, I believe you're right. I think the thing that has alleviated much of my anxiety is recognizing that each of us has her own path and with the help of, or in spite of outside input, we simply need to stay on that path.
I also admire any writer who can consistently write salable work and in particular, those who are able to make a living doing it. I'm pretty sure that's not in the cards for me, but I'm content with where I'm going.
Judy, Yes, I do think we have very similar goals. It's that desire to connect through words that's most important to me.
I'm excited about your plans to post about process. You and Carleen both seem to have taken a similar length of time to write your first novels and have subsequently followed up with second novels in a much more compressed time line. Of course, I think you were both able to also segue to writing full time after novel number one, which certainly had to help, but I think your posts on the process of writing novel number three will been fascinating.
Josephine, I have no doubt that you are on the cusp of becoming a very successful writer. You know exactly what you want and you've worked to figure out exactly what your path must be to get there.
Great insight on the reasons people leave so many novels unfinished and I think you're exactly right. I put my first two attempts aside because I really didn't have a clear idea of where I was going with them. I started with a premise for the one I'm working on now, so even though it's unclear to me right now exactly how it will end, I had much more concrete ideas about where I was going with it than I did with the others and I think it's because those other experiences taught me a lot about what the bones of the story had to have.
I'm also glad to have summoned the ghost of Orson Welles for you! As I observe the world and read the agent blogs, I can't help but believe that far too many writers are sending out half-baked work. This journey will be extremely unpleasant and unsatisfying for those without the patience to revise, edit and polish and without the proper expectations about the industry.
For Rob -- I meant to say that I think I think genre gets MORE respect than people perceive.
And I meant to also tell you that all these months later, your MC and the female character (I forget her name) have very much stayed with me. I've always loved that she smells like nail polish and cookie dough and has a penchant for retro in her fashion sense and decorating sense, and there were expressions you used about the bad guys and the MC's mom not knowing her like he did that have really stuck. I read a LOT and that so much of what I read in your manuscript stayed with me speaks volumes.
I don't believe the self doubt ever leaves you. I'm still attacked by it at times, sometimes even to the point of near paralysis. But at times when I've stopped for a while writing I can't stay away.
It is most important that people read my stuff and are entertained. I believe if they are entertained they may began to be sympathetic to my messages about life, but the most important point it to touch someone.
Your post: powerful and moving.
Your doubts and fears: normal and human.
My goals: tell as many stories to as many people as possible before I die.
Critics, etc: I guess I have my hands full trying to tell the story. I'm happy to let those who hear it decide how they feel.
Thanks again for that post - wonderful!
Charles, I'm coming to believe that if we weren't plagued by doubt about writing, something else would take its place. I think it must just be part of who we are -- people driven toward creative pursuits.
Making that connection -- I think no matter what we believe our purpose is, that's at the core of it somewhere.
Steve M, What a fabulous goal. I'd never considered the aspect of telling many stories, but your comment has made me think about how many stories we all have within us. Perhaps it's a good thing for me to keep in mind -- that despite the enormity (at least in my mind) of the novel -- that it's only one story. There are so many more.
Lisa, let me add to the chorus. Great Post.
It has me thinking and about so many things, the zone, isecurities, wishes and so much more.
I'll have to end up reading it again.
For me writing is art. I haven't mastered it, but hope to one day. I want to be published, at the same time I want to be remembered for writing something good.
Amadeus is absolutely my favorite movie. The part where Salieri says the words you wrote; that was a great part of the movie.
Fascinating post.
Love the analogy with the skiing, and also with art.
Guess its a truism that a writer is a person who writes. A writer is also primarily a person who thinks - and thinks through what they are saying (in a subconscious zone sense if need be.)So there's a Primary need for 'awareness' in good writing....?
"Talent and potential have very little bearing on whether or not a writer can go on to finish and publish a successful book."
Man, this could be tweaked and used for every goal one has in life. I have often told Boy that while talent plays a part, determination plays the larger role in getting what you want.
you have articulated all that has been running through my brain lately. TO do the good work. To be happy with the end result regardless of the time.
to answer the question of why, for me it is simple: i am compelled to get the stories down. they demand a page and their voice. but, to get it right is the tortuous act...
it's like running. just start and even though towards the end you think you have no more to give, somehow you make it home.
or maybe it's not anything like running...
I really enjoyed this post and think you have a really sensible attitude toward writing. I guess it's nice to get a big paycheck, but I have always been content to take my time and get published by small presses. At least someone is reading the novels and poems.
I also like what you said about books on writing. I am not a big believer in such books to begin with since, as you point out, the only real way to learn how to write, imho, is to read a lot and write a lot. (It's what Stephen King said in ON WRITING.) I take all the other advice with a grain of salt.
The one exception is Ray Bradbury's Zen in the Art of Writing. It's a marvelous book, filled with a more practical "sit down and don't overthink what you're doing to the point where it becomes agony." His premise is that when you relax, the words begin to flow.
You have a lovely site. I'd like to link your site to my Chapter and Verse blog if that's okay.
Another one for the TBR pile from Billy. Gotta love Mr. Bradbury.
SO MUCH to read and think and write about on this topic, Lisa. All I know: I read your first ten chapters Friday morning while en route to Boston and almost called you to cheer you on! Can't wait to read more. I'll be happy to offer more details along the way but for now just keep plugging for the love of it; I guarantee your readers will love it too. K.
Usman, I think we're on the same page (pun intended). I love Amadeus too! I think there are a million lines in that movie that are brilliant and sometimes I quote them and people have no idea what I'm talking about so they think I'm nuts. I suppose I am. :)
Julie, More excellent food for thought. Thank you.
Patti, I think just about anything is achievable with enough hard work and persistence. And actually I think your running analogy works very well, especially when thinking about novel writing, which many have compared to a marathon that requires a lot of endurance.
Bill, I am so glad you stopped in! I have been enjoying your insights at Charles G's site and keep meaning to check your blog -- which I now have and it is wonderful. I would be honored if you linked to me and I'd like to add Chapter and Verse to my sidebar too.
Thank you for the Ray Bradbury recommendation. It sounds like just what I need to read at this stage.
K, I'm so happy you read past chapter 1! Thank you so much for the encouragement. I was thinking after hearing Carleen's talk that I'll bet the final story has only passing resemblance to what I have so far, but that's probably a very good thing. Maybe when I get back in town later this week we can shoot for having "not coffee" :) Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
What an excellent post! So very thoughtful and well done! I can tell you I have been working on my two different books from the year 2000. While I consider myself a professional writer in the sense that my professional life was all about writing for business and legal reasons, I still feel a rookie when it comes to creative writing. I've been working on it for so many years now, I think I can actually see improvement. My first attempts were pitiful. Now, I can see how much better I've become, and yet I am still not there yet.
Ello, I know what you mean about professional writing and fiction writing. Of course I'm in sales so some might say that my professional writing might occasionally border on fiction :) But it doesn't! I feel very much like a rookie, but if I go back and look at things I've written even three months ago, I feel like I'm getting better. Lately I have it in my head that if I learned a bit about poetry, perhaps my prose might become a bit more...lyrical? I'd like that. A seed has been planted.
At the beginning of this century, I started writing a small, funny novel. Twelve thousand words in, life happened to me, and hasn't stopped since. I've never written another word of it, but the story resides - fully-formed - in my frontal lobes. The characters follow me like mute shadows. I think about them all the time, as if they were real people. The question for me is not 'why are you writing that book?', it's 'why did you stop?'.
Orchid Hunter, Why did you stop? Going on eight years -- that's a long time to be followed by these characters. I truly envy you that the story is all there, just waiting to be written. What you've said reminds me of something I read in a book about Woody Allen. He writes very quickly, but before he begins the physical writing he thinks and he takes walks and he thinks some more. By the time he actually begins to write, he's worked the whole thing out. It's all there -- why not start again? Your posts are brilliant and I imagine that any story you've been carrying around with you for that long is one I and many others would love to read. I hope you pick it up again. Maybe this is a sign to YOU.
I loved your post, Lisa, and there's great discussion here in the comments. I'll try and chime in with my two cents.
I thought of this question - why am I writing this book, or rather, why am I writing? - the other night when I sat in bed with a hard copy of my manuscript, taking notes and writing down character changes, etc. I asked myself, "Why am I doing this? What if no one ever reads this? What if it's never published? Do I care?"
And there's a complicated answer. Yes, I care if it doesn't get published because that's my ultimate goal. But if nothing I write ever gets published, well, I don't care - because I'll still write.
I like how you've slowed down in your process - I've done that, too. I HAD to do it - yet I didn't realize it at the time. I was so focused on getting published that I had a hopeless sense of urgency that completely exhausted me. So I stepped back and realized that I needed to refocus on the writing itself. And boy, was it ever the right decision to let go of that monkey on my back, the "you need to get published now, NOW, NOW!" I can't tell you how much better I feel - and I'm definitely enjoying the writing process now. LOVING it, in fact!
So much to think about here, Lisa!
I think your theory is spot on: You can't know how to skillfully bend or break a rule until you understand what happens when you obey it. You can't write a good metafiction until you understand how to write good fiction to begin with.
I think writers often write the kinds of stories they like to read, and the kinds of stories they like to read often determines what the writing and publishing process will be like for them. While I love to read many different genres (and hope to be able to genre-hop once I understand how to tell a good story to begin with), I am drawn primarily to literary fiction, both as reader and writer. I love stories that come packed with ideas and philosophies, so it seems like the logical thing to want to create in this vein. Sometimes I think it's a crazy thing to aspire to, and I feel like a bit of a snob in a way.
I think I may have blogged about this, but one of the things I've always found strange and upsetting is that practically the first question out of someone's mouth when they find out that I write is, "What have you published?" It sort of lets the air out of the conversation. It's difficult for them to understand that publication may be the yardstick of success for some writers, but it's not the yardstick for everyone. Publication is my goal, but I honestly don't see it happening for a long time (except, perhaps, for short stories or essays).
Not too long ago, a friend of mine told me that reading Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet made him realize that he'll probably never be a published literary artist, and I wanted to argue him into having more faith in himself. He says that he doesn't have it in him to devote himself solely to learning the craft of fiction writing; his interests are wide and varied, and he makes his living through business. And he doesn't, I don't think, want to publish for the sake of being published. I think I understand him better for reading your post tonight.
I earn my living through other work, so I don't need to publish for money; that frees me up, I think, to publish when, where, and how I want to. If I ever put my name to a manuscript and sell it, I want it to be the best it can possibly be at that point in time.
This isn't because I'm craving critical or commercial acclaim, although I doubt there's a writer alive who would honestly dismiss these things (or the advantages they provide). A long time ago, I made a vow to myself that I would try to limit competition to myself alone. That's helped me a LOT as I've read manuscripts by other apprentice writers who I know are more skilled than I am, especially when those writers are also friends.
Rejection letters and negative reviews will still sting, I know, but I want to make sure that, when everything's said and done, I can sit back and say that I've improved, I've outwritten myself.
I consider myself an apprentice writer, and I don't see myself dropping that appellation in the next decade or so. I have loads to learn. Sometimes it seems an insurmountable task, but as you say, that's all the more reason to break it down into daily chunks and keep on plugging away, every chance you get. None of us know for sure how far we'll get, because none of us can be certain that we won't get hit by a bus tomorrow (sorry to be completely morbid, but you know what I'm saying). And so the only thing to do is write, and then keep writing.
Melissa, It is a complicated answer for me too. I do want to be published but only when I've written what I think is the best book that I possibly can and I know I'm not there yet. And you're right, once I had more clarity on what I truly wanted to accomplish, my anxiety level went down and the writing became much more fun -- er, maybe fun isn't exactly the right word, but it feels more natural and comfortable. Maybe that means I'm starting to find my voice.
Jennifer, Okay -- you need to get out of my head immediately :) I'm drawn primarily to literary fiction too and I find myself admitting it as if it's a bit shameful for some reason. Maybe I feel like people perceive my taste as snobby -- but I guess I can't worry about that. I love those books too and I've just finished one by J.M. Coetzee and one by Martin Amis and the skill they have makes me both incredibly awed that human beings are capable of such things and rather than make me frustrated, it steels my resolve. I know I'll never write like they do, but I also know there is a groove for me and eventually I'll discover it.
I've called what I'm doing alternately my DIY MFA program and my apprenticeship, but I'm actually pretty happy with where I am right now and I'm content with my journey.
In my business life, (sales) I found a book a year or two that encapsulated some of the frustration of working in a start-up environment. It's called HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY. I was so taken by its message (mostly because it confirmed all of my ideas -- does that make me a narcissist? If not, something arrogant I'm sure), but it applies to every goal in life.
Hope, for me is something to cling to in desperate times. It can't be an integral component for reaching a goal. Plugging away is part of the plan. Reading and reading and writing and learning from others are all part of that.
I find incredible peace with knowing I'm doing the best I can. So glad to hear from you on this!
Excellent post.
The first draft is when I lose myself in the story. The second and subsequent drafts are about applying the craft.
I believe writing is like a muscle. If you don't use it regularly, you lose strength.
Unfortunately, in this day and age being published and being a good writer are not always the same thing. We strive to do the best we can with each book and then apply the business knowledge we accumulate along the way.
More and more, authors are now expected to churn out 2, 3 books a year instead of one, to fill the publisher's coffers. AND handle all the other promotional tasks publishers can no longer be bothered to handle, dumping it all on the author's shoulders.
Regarding painting -- I use gazing at paintings as fuel for my writing. It refreshes me when I'm tired. Also, the book LIFE, PAINT, AND PASSION was more relevant to my writing than most books on the craft of writing.
Regarding those who doubt you, are disappointed that you don't publish "fast" enough for them -- I've instituted a zero tolerance policy. I ask, "How much have you published?" Answer: "Nothing".
Me: "How much do you know about how the publishing business works?" Answer: "Nothing". ME: "Then shut up until you do."
They can throw crap at you, but you can always step back and let it land on the ground instead of on you.
Devon,
Thank you so much for visiting and commenting. You've offered some very wise advice and insight that will stay with me. I'll have to check out LIFE, PAINT, AND PASSION (ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING -- Billy's recommendation -- just arrived today). You've got a great blog -- hope you don't mind if I add you to my sidebar. And I'll definitely let the crap land on the ground :)
I read Zen in the Art of Writing about six years ago, and I remember it being one of the most unique books on the subject I'd read thus far. (Time for a re-read, because I can't remember much except one exercise that I use quite a lot.)
"DIY MFA"--I like that!
It's definitely a process, isn't it? And one that I really think is best when it's tailored for the individual writer. I'm fairly certain that an MFA program would have made me want to give up on writing had I enrolled in one when I first started this apprenticeship thing.
I will have to check out Hope Is Not a Strategy. Thanks!
I never set out to write award-winning fiction; my original goal was to be a professional novelist, i.e. writing full-time for a living wage.
That goal was altered, a little, by my time in grad school--and by reading John Gardner especially. The more fiction I wrote, the more I recognized what I was capable of. I couldn't write purely commercial fiction because it didn't satisfy me personally. The challenge, then, was to find my niche.
I want readers to rate my work highly--so I aspire to write at the top of the genre of my reading roots (women's fiction). I think I could write literary fiction, but not as well as the best of 'em, and certainly not quickly enough to make a living from it (IF I could publish it at all).
So yeah, for you I say "just keep writing." I have no doubt you will uncover all the answers you're looking for in the process.
Simple, right? :)
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Brussels, 12 December 2011
EU Economic governance "Six-Pack" enters into force. This change represents the most comprehensive reinforcement of economic governance in the EU and the euro area since the launch of the Economic Monetary Union almost 20 years ago. In line with 8-9 December European Summit agreements, the legislative package already brings a concrete and decisive step towards ensuring fiscal discipline, helping to stabilise the EU economy and preventing a new crisis in the EU.
The economic and financial crisis exacerbated the pressure on the public finances of EU Member States. Today,. Member States currently in excessive deficit procedure must comply with the recommendations and deadlines decided by the EU Council to correct their excessive deficit.
The European Parliament and the Council adopted a package of six new legislative acts, upon a proposal by the European Commission and which will come into force on 13 December 2011. It represents a major step towards economic stability, restoring confidence and preventing future crises in the euro area and the EU..
Deficit
From 13 December 2011 onwards, financial sanctions will apply to euro area Member States that do not take adequate action. Member States currently in excessive deficit procedure should comply with the specific recommendations the Council addressed to them to correct their excessive deficit. In case a euro area Member States does not respect its obligations, a financial sanction can be imposed by the Council on the basis of a Commission recommendation, unless a qualified majority of Member States vote against it. This is the so-called “reverse qualified majority” voting procedure1, which makes the enforcement of the rules stricter and more automatic, therefore more dissuasive and credible. Such a financial sanction can be activated at any moment after 13 December, if and when the conditions are met.
Public debt
The new rules of the amended Stability and Growth Pact make the debt criterion of the Treaty absolutely operational, since it has been largely neglected over the past years. Another major element of the new rules is that a new numerical debt benchmark has been defined: if the 60% reference for the debt-to-GDP ratio is not respected, the Member State concerned will be put in excessive deficit procedure (even if its deficit is below 3%!), after taking into account all relevant factors and the impact of the economic cycle, if the gap between its debt level and the 60% reference is not reduced by 1/20th annually (on average over 3 years).
Given that that most Member States are already in excessive deficit procedure, and therefore have to comply with agreed fiscal consolidation paths, a transitional period is foreseen in the amended legislation to ensure no abrupt change in these agreed paths. Accordingly, each Member State in excessive deficit procedure is granted a three-year period following the correction of the excessive deficit for meeting the debt rule. This does not mean that the debt rule does not apply at all during this period as the amended Regulation foresees that Member States should make sufficient progress towards compliance during this transitional period. A negative assessment of the progress made towards compliance with the debt benchmark during the transition period could lead to the opening of an excessive deficit procedure. Sufficient progress towards compliance with the debt rule should start on 13 December 2011, depending on country-specific deadlines for correction of their excessive deficit.
The expenditure benchmark under the preventive arm of the Pact
The preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact guides Member States towards a country-specific, medium-term budgetary objective (MTO) which sets out to ensure public finance sustainability. The new rules define a new 'expenditure benchmark' to help assess progress towards these MTOs. This expenditure benchmark places a cap on the annual growth of public expenditure according to a medium-term rate of growth. For Member States that have not yet reached their MTO, the rate of growth of expenditure should be below this reference rate in order to ensure adequate progress.
This new instrument will improve the budgetary planning and outcomes of Member States by ensuring that expenditure plans are adequately resourced by equivalent permanent revenues. However, it does not constrain, in any way, the level of public expenditure, as long as it is financed effectively.
The provisions of the preventive arm of the Pact provide the main guidance for budgetary planning and budgetary execution by Member States when they are not subject to an excessive deficit procedure. Today, this is only the case for Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg and Sweden. All the other EU member States are in the corrective arm.
Effective enforcement of the rules is as important as the rules themselves. This equally applies to the preventive arm. The amended Stability and Growth Pact allows stronger action when the budgetary execution of a Member State deviates significantly. In order to enforce this rule, deviations have been quantified and can lead to a financial sanction (an interest-bearing deposit of 0.2% of GDP as a rule) in case of continuous non-correction. Such a sanction is proposed by the Commission and adopted by “reverse qualified majority” voting in the Council.
Furthermore, if its budgetary plans do not comply with the provisions of the preventive arm, a Member State can be requested to present new plans that do comply. Member States not in EDP will have to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of the preventive arm in their next stability or convergence programmes as of next Spring 2012, in the context of the European Semester. Member States under EDP should show compliance after the correction of their excessive deficit.
Reducing macro-economic imbalances
Over the past decade, the EU has registered serious gaps in competitiveness and major macroeconomic imbalances. A new surveillance and enforcement mechanism has been set up to identify and correct such issues much earlier: the Excessive Imbalances Procedure (EIP), based on Article 121.6 of the Treaty. It will rely on the following main elements:
- Preventive and corrective action: The new for euro area countries. It consists of a two-step approach whereby.
- An early warning system: an alert system is established based on an economic reading of a scoreboard consisting of a set of ten indicators covering the major sources of macro-economic imbalances. The composition of the scoreboard indicators may evolve over time. The aim of the scoreboard is to trigger in-depth studies which will do deep dive analyses to determine whether the potential imbalances identified in the early-warning system are benign or problematic. The Commission can organise missions, with the ECB if appropriate, to conduct the in-depth reviews which shall be made public.
Planned scoreboard
3 year backward moving average of the current account balance as a percent of GDP, with the a threshold of +6% of GDP and - 4% of GDP;
net international investment position as a percent of GDP, with a threshold of -35% of GDP;
5 years percentage change of export market shares measured in values, with a threshold of -6%;
3 years percentage change in nominal unit labour cost, with thresholds of +9% for euro-area countries and +12% for non-euro-area countries.
3 years percentage change of the real effective exchange rates based on HICP/CPI deflators, relative to 35 other industrial countries, with thresholds of -/+5% for euro-area countries and -/+11% for non-euro-area countries;
private sector debt in % of GDP with a threshold of 160%;
private sector credit flow in % of GDP with a threshold of 15%;
year-on-year changes in house prices relative to a Eurostat consumption deflator, with a threshold of 6%;
general government sector debt in % of GDP with a threshold of 60%;
3-year backward moving average of unemployment rate, with the threshold of 10%.
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In case the Member State concerned faces a notice under Article 126(9), the financial sanction will be adopted by qualified majority voting as foreseen by the Treaty.
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ORT America presents An Evening Under the Stars at the Hollywood Bowl Fireworks Spectacular with special guest Barry Manilow on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 7:30 pm. Garden Box Seating with and without dining options. For more information please call 323-966-0092 or visit.
American pop icon Barry Manilow joins the Bowl’s ever-popular tribute to our nation’s birthday, which will include his many hits, traditional patriotic music and, of course, fabulous fireworks.
ORT is the largest Jewish education organization in the world. We provide advanced education to over 300,000 people in 61 countries, including Israel, The Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the United States. ORT's Western Region belongs to a network of regions throughout the United States and supports the LA ORT College locally as well as projects and programs globally. This year ORT is celebrating 90 years in America and 132 years internationally.
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Wine & Chocolate Pairing @ Three Rivers Winery - WallaWalla Tourism - Sun Feb 10 at 10:00AM
Join us all weekend from 10am-5pm for a special Valentine inspired wine & chocolate pairing. Sip on a selection of our reserve red wines paired with hand-crafted chocolates from local chocolatier Petits Noirs. We will have a few boxes of the featured chocolates for sale in case you fall in love with one. We will also be offering a few additional specials this weekend, so make sure to stop by!
$20/person or $15/wine club members (limit of 2 per membership).
Club member pricing will be honored for members of our Foley Family Wines sister wineries. New Club Members are welcome.
Reservations are appreciated. RSVP by calling the winery at 509-526-9463 or RSVP online.
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It's hard to believe that our little party is already two years old! That's twenty four sold-out events, numerous special guest DJs, thousands upon thousands of satisfied guests and a whole lot of Grey Goose! When we started Essential Saturdays in the beginning, the idea was to build an event that carries great style, amazing sound and doesn't take itself too seriously, so in the words of Borat, it's been "a great success!"
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Habitat for Humanity Vacation Bible School
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San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity has partnered with FUMC Pasadena to provide a curriculum for Vacation Bible School that makes teachers into engineers and children into carpenters. Bible lessons become blueprints as the children are taught the key lessons behind the work of Habitat for Humanity. The vision of our program is to make children excited about serving and volunteering in the community.
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A kind of dress shoe for men. Usually in black, though maybe in brown, wingtips are characterized by their decoration. Wingtips have somewhat pointed toes and have 6 to 12 eyelets laced by thin round shoe laces. Usually made of shiny leather, although suede examples also exist.
The "wingtip" decoration is found on a extra piece of leather on the toes and at the edges of the individual pieces of leather that make up the shoe. The decoration consists of holes of various sizes that make up a pattern.
A good example is the Florsheim Lexington Wing Tip.
I once read about a man's first day working at IBM in the early 60's. He was fresh out of college. Like everyone else at IBM, he came to work in a suit. His boss looked him over, pointed to his shoes and asked him what the hell those were. He pointed out that they were loafers. His boss told him to go home, and come back the next day wearing wingtips.
In my opinion, wingtips are the dressiest of the male dress shoes.
To trace the history of the wing tipped shoe one must start at its
birthplace; the Isle of Skye. Although sources agree that the wing
shaped tip originated there, in shoe terminology the word tip describes
any shaped piece of material that covers the portion of the shoe distal
to the vamp, determining when the design first appeared is a detail that
has been lost to the sands of time. A study of politics may not seem
related to shoe history and many factors may influence why a particular
shoe became popular however wearing of the more relaxed, casual Oxford
shoe is generally viewed as a break from the more formal shoes and boots
of the previous century and a general easing away from the strait laced
rigidity of the Victorian era.
A type of Oxford styled shoe the wing tip spread through the United
Kingdom after its inception. Reportedly students attending Oxford
University helped reduce boot shaft height during the turn of the 19th
century by rebelliously preferring half boots to full length knee high
footwear. This resulted in the appearance of the Oxonian boot after
which the Oxford shoe was modeled. A similar rejection of the shortened
boots in favor of lower cut shoes at the beginning of the 20th century
gave the name of the town to the shoes students wore, the name stuck and
Oxford as a descriptive shoe term lives on today.
Originally marketed as an athletic leisure shoe for golfers much as the white
buck shoe was sold to tennis players of the day wing tipped shoe
sales rose during the early 20th century for several reasons: the
automobile is gradually replacing travel by horse decreasing the need
for boots (most women still wore boots to drive), city life becomes more
attractive than rural farm life which further decreases the desire for
boots, returning American soldiers prefer the roomy comfort and easy donning of the low
cut Oxford style shoes they discovered overseas, and shoes require less
material than boots making them cheaper to produce during a war time economy.
During the reign of Edward VII the short tuxedo coat paired with
less
formal shoes such as the wingtip become an increasingly acceptable mode
of daytime dress.
By 1910 the longer swallow tail coat and dress pumps are still
considered proper evening wear but are gradually losing their
stranglehold on nighttime formal dress apparel. As women's shoes are
mostly hidden under and beneath skirts not much attention is paid to
their footwear although Mary Janes, or bar shoes, are gaining in
popularity. Other shoe styles available for women at this time include
slippers, clogs, and boots with buttons.
Prosperity reigned during the 1920s however the next decade brought
sobering consequences for those who had enjoyed the highlife during the
glorious stock market rise. By the time the Great Depression hit the
United States of America boots are worn mainly by farmers and certain
factory workers although a notable exception is the cowboy boot. While
the wing tip shoe is now accepted as a business shoe the color scheme
has changed from black to brown. Knickers, which are worn with wingtips,
are banned by Oxford University in 1925. Wily students retaliated by
favoring baggy trousers that could be worn over the academically
unacceptable plus-fours.
Worldwide the 1930s is a decade of political unrest and instability,
setting the stage for the conflict known as World War II. Again the war
time economy directs goods towards munitions, uniforms, and rations and
away from retail and grocery stores. People who have money have few
items to purchase. Soldiers enjoy Wrigley's gum and Hershey's chocolate
bars along with Lucky Strike cigarettes while civilians have to make
due with Sen-Sen and makeup paint for legs as nylon has been diverted
towards parachute manufacturing. Cutout, Peep-toe, and slingback shoes
for women can be made with less material than shoes with full toe
coverings. Leather is in high demand for war time efforts. Fabric shoes
become more common. Light, material saving ballerina flats are popular
shoes for female students attending school during the 1940s.
Before World War II there were two main classes of citizens in the
United States: city dwellers and the rural populace. After the war a new
blend known as suburbia emerged. Shoe styles for women exploded as war
time restrictions vanished. Heels narrowed, the chunky wedge style of
the previous decade gives way to the sleeker, sexier, stiletto. Pumps
for women are popular, shoes for women can be found in virtually any
color to match any outfit imaginable. Young girls favor saddle shoes and
bobby socks however men are left with few choices and a much slimmer
color palate. Loafers and wingtips are standard dress fare. Crepe soled
brothel creepers made a brief appearance, other casual styles
including white buck shoes are worn although another shoe is gaining
market share as people with leisure time sport black Chuck
Taylors.
Business casual is a relatively recent term, for the majority of the
20th century suits were appropriate business attire. To address the
point fhayashi makes IBM expected its employees to wear dark suits,
gray was also permitted, knowledge of the dress code was expected and
anticipated. Thus far the wingtip has changed little through the
decades. That changes when a shoe known as the Longwing emerged during
the 1970s. Named for the wing extensions on the shoes which now extend
to the rear of the shoe, lasting of the shoe was redone. The result was a
trimmer, more modern shoe. Moving on into the 1980s the wingtip is
still a shoe for the business world which is considered dressier than
loafers of any style.
The 1990s as a decade is one I have personal experience with. After
college I was hired by a firm named Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover,
we were required to state the entire name when we answered the phone
since the merger with Morgan Stanley had just gone through. While I
remember spending $80 on a pearly silver pair of Etienne Aigner heels
that went surprisingly well with most of my suits every man I worked
with wore black dress shoes and most of them wore wingtips. My husband
was an IT drone for the now defunct Arthur Andersen, he had two pairs
of black dress shoes although his wingtips had a monk strap instead of
laces.
Wingtips suffered during the first part of the 21st century as more companies adopted business casual dress codes; today wingtips are making a comeback. Those who believe they can not
afford to purchase a good pair of
shoes or a nice suit are still able to shop for these goods. Inform
sales people that you are not able to purchase anything but
are interested in determining what cuts will work best for you. Building
your wardrobe around good supportive shoes shoes insures that your
body will remain in alignment as you go about whatever your day has in
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A reputable art historian once told
me that it is something of a standing joke that in the panel depicting the fall
of man in the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, Michelangelo has deliberately
posed Adam and Eve in such a way that her momentary distraction towards the
serpent and eating the forbidden fruit has taken her attention away from eating
a different type of fruit attached to Adam's body. Michelangelo was certainly
clever enough to have embedded this as an inside joke, as we see, for example, in
the way he puts
friends and foes into the last judgment.
Michelangelo was probably reading
his Bible correctly, however, even if he has suggestively particularized the
sexual connotation of eating from the tree
of knowledge into edenic fellatio. The trick here is to see first of all
that Michelangelo is not creating a narrative that plays out
linearly like a story--he's making us work a little harder by compacting
the action into a single scene. Eve is not just turning from having oral
sex with Adam to get the forbidden fruit; the idea of sex and the
fall are merely being put into close juxtaposition (if you insist on reading
from left to right you might think of it a bit like the literary figure of hysteron
proteron).
But even more tellingly, if you examine the image at the link below,
you'll see that Michelangelo is clearly compressing action by having the same
scene show Adam and Eve twice, once before the fall, and once shortly thereafter;
serpent, tree, and angel act as a sort of pivot between the episodes. As another
sign that Michelangelo is visibly playing with "chronology" for
the sake of deeper purposes, see the sizeable dead tree trunk the tempted Eve
is leaning against. If you've been to a cemetary with monuments lately you'll
have seen that even now broken trees (and headless columns) are symbols of death.
If you work out the math you can see the message. But this is Eden, created
only a little while before--what is a tree trunk so old it is already a broken,
withered stump doing there?
The second trick in interpreting
this scene correctly is to remember that Michelangelo (and his contemporaries)
were not Biblical literalists (clearly: this compressed
scene cannot be reconstructed literally from Genesis 3: 1-7). Michelangelo felt
no fundamentalist urge to avoid metaphorical or allegorical
interpretation of scripture, and this opened up the way for a rich understanding
of the text. In 1667, Milton, too, clearly saw the connection between
sex and the fall in his Paradise Lost (9.1011-1045),
and had no problem with depicting it.
But it's not just that Adam and Eve
were naughty and that this got them hustled out of the garden, and then the
author of Genesis prudishly disguised their "sin" behind a "tree
of knowledge" allegory. The author of Genesis was seeking a way to explain
why life is so hard. He believed that a transgression against God was
involved, of course, and adapted a story which was almost as old to him as he
is to us to craft an explanation. A version of this ancient story exists in
fragmentary form in the widely-noded Epic of Gilgamesh. Interestingly, the author of Genesis turned the Gilgamesh
story on its head to adapt it to his purposes. (The Epic of Gilgamesh
was widely known throughout the ancient middle east in several versions, and
the story it tells was probably circulating as various shorter folk tales the
whole time.)
In the Gilgamesh, for purposes
unconnected with this writeup, a wild man named Enkidu is created by the gods from a pinch of clay (like the dust that went into Adam).
Enkidu hangs out with the wild animals, living pretty much like one of them
(the translation I am dependent upon uses the leading term "child of nature"
for him). The idea is that he is good raw material. He angers a trapper by spoiling
his traps and as a result the authorities decide to domesticate this natural
force which is hampering the labors of civilization.
Now it gets interesting. Advised
by his betters, the trapper fetches a pretty temple prostitute
(honorably serving a stint performing sex as an offering to Ishtar, goddess
of you-know-what, and presumably pretty good at it) from the big city
and brings her out to Enkidu's haunts. When Enkidu next comes to get a drink
of water she reveals herself to him (in more than one way) and Enkidu ravishes
her for six days and seven nights without leaving her body. When Enkidu
"comes to," he finds himself irretrievably altered.
A few verses :.
Sex (and implicitly, domestication
through contact with woman) has wrought this change, and knowledge ('reason and
wide understanding') is the result. Enkidu has lost his (from one point of view)
edenic existence of simple pleasures, but as the story unfolds he is slowly
acculturated to mankind and civilization..
Where he earlier spoiled traps, he
now stands guard over the flock for the group of shepherds who have introduced
him to the pleasures of bread and wine (civilized, processed foods,
that is), thwarting the natural predation of wolves and lions. We are so culturally
accustomed to approve a version of the Golden Age myth
which goes back to nature and some sort of primordial purity and goodness that
it comes as a genuine shock to realize that they are celebrating getting
away from nature and becoming more sophisticated and civilized--or more
human, as they would see it. Call it anti-pastoral.
And now with new eyes we can look
at Adam and Eve's rustling of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. When they
eat the fruit "the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked." Naked indeed, with all of its sexual connotations: why did they
make "aprons" out of fig leaves for themselves if there were not something
they suddenly knew about in regions an apron covers which now embarrasses them?
The knowledge
they have earned by eating the fruit is the purpose and function of genitalia.
Sex (and procreation) brings them the immortality the serpent promised, but
a vicarious intergenerational immortality. As for themselves, when they got
the power to create life like God, they were smacked down for it with personal
mortality and banishment from a life of ease.
The Genesis account is not as explicit
but nevertheless lines up astonishingly well with the story of Enkidu; but instead
of looking at the good side of knowledge and domestication, the author of Genesis
chose to adapt the story to explain why life is hard by portraying the acquisition of knowledge as a transgression
that leads from a better state of nature to a harder one of labors and death.
How much Genesis prompts us to be sympathetic with a "back to nature"
program, and how much that program prompts us to look sympathetically on Genesis'
idea of a fall is anyone's guess. But Michelangelo was right on the mark, and
without the benefit of Gilgamesh, which was found much later.
A good image of the fresco in question:
Brandon, S.G.F. Creation Legends of the Ancient Near East (1963). Brandon
sometimes goes a little too far, but this is the best psychosexual treatment
of Genesis, Gilgamesh, and their overlap I
have yet seen.
George, A. The Epic of Gilgamesh. A New Translation (1999). All Gilgamesh
quotes are from this translation.
Revised Standard Version of The Holy Bible (1974).
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I can only describe my feeling by the metaphor, that,if a man could write a book on Ethics which really was a book on Ethics, this book would, with an explosion, destroy all the other books in the world.
-Wittgenstein, “A Lecture on Ethics”
Wittgenstein’s work and thought on ethics remains a largely enigmatic area of his overall body of work. Yet throughout his career, Wittgenstein held ethics to be a crucial part of his philosophy. The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is, according to him, fundamentally a book about ethics1 ; however, Wittgenstein’s ethics are of quite a different sort than we might find being developed by Kantian deontologists or utilitarians. Quite contrary to any conventional ethics, Wittgenstein’s is one of restraint, of withholding, rather than theorizing or promulgating. In the Tractatus, he writes, “it is clear that ethics cannot be put into words. Ethics is transcendental” {TLP 6.421}. But what does he mean by this kind of talk? The Vienna Circle interpreted Wittgenstein as taking up a positivist stance– ethical propositions, as nonsense {TLP 3-4}, are to be excluded. For Wittgenstein, anything that cannot be represented by propositions in language is nonsense. To quote A.J. Ayer on the Tractatus, “metaphysical pronouncements fail to represent anything. They are nonsensical. At their best they are attempts to say what cannot be said but only shown. This applies to ethics and aesthetics” {PTC 112}.
I would like to argue that Wittgenstein’s assertions about ethics embody a critical attitude toward philosophical language. This attitude is one that sees the preservation of ethics as lying in an anti-philosophical (or perhaps extra-philosophical) approach. Of course, this statement requires some qualification. I do not mean to say that Wittgenstein is not doing philosophy; it is obvious that the contrary is true. I would like to suggest, however, that his philosophy functions by showing limitations: not only the limitations of language, but also the limitations of philosophical activity itself. Furthermore, I would like to suggest that it is the most important things that fall outside of representation. This is why it is important to invoke the distinction between saying and showing. By saying, we can express certain ideas; by showing, we can express others2. Not everything that can be shown can be said. For instance, we can show that a mathematical equation works and we can also say that it works, but we cannot say anything about the nature of numbers themselves. We can show the idea of infinity, but we cannot express it properly in language. Similarly, we can “get at” or show ethical ideas, but no set of propositions can capture ethics. Poetry and literature may perhaps be able to better give us a sense of ethical thought than philosophy. This is related to Wittgenstein’s “religious” point of view. In his work, Wittgenstein seeks to move away from explanation and justification, and move toward something more concrete and immediate. As Norman Malcolm puts it,
A possible clue my lie in the reiterated theme of his writings, that explanations, reasons, justifications, come to an end. This theme itself needs to be clarified. Does it mean that there are no justifications for anything? Or does it mean that there are – but only up to a certain point? If so, what is that point? Can it be described? {WR 2}
These questions, as I see them, are central to proposing the kind of ethics that we can draw out of Wittgenstein’s work. They point first and foremost to a rejection of a mistaken commitment to a certain kind of metaphysics. I would call this metaphysics the metaphysics of science, but that is too crude a moniker to attach, and I will clarify it through the paper. Fundamentally, Wittgenstein’s view tries to show the ways in which philosophical language can and cannot be used appropriately. The use of “nonsense” and “silence” do not necessarily carry negative connotations, and Wittgenstein’s picture of the ladder up and out of philosophy {TLP 6.54} is immensely valuable. In this paper, I will expand upon these ideas3 and try to bring out some ideas about ethical living outside of philosophical theory.
Wittgenstein’s critique of philosophy
Wittgenstein’s main objection toward philosophy is its pretension of being able to “catch” everything. Along with the advent of the scientific method, philosophy has been used to analyze the world and contain it within a framework that supposedly tells us the truth about things. In a sense, philosophy and science have purported to reflect the contents of the world in a meaningful way. Because of this, a certain vocabulary has taken a primary place in our talk about the world and about ourselves; “thus,” Wittgenstein writes, ” {Ibid. 6.372}. By now, this is not an uncommon comment to make. In Mind and World, John McDowell writes, “if we conceive the natural as the realm of law, demarcating it by the way its proper mode of intelligibility contrasts with the intelligibility of the space of reasons, we put at risk the very idea that spontaneity might characterize the works of our sensibility as such” {MW 71}. Of course, this refers to problems in the philosophy of mind, but it is an example of how one way of thinking and speaking has taken hold in philosophical activity in general. The notion of explaining everything has become violent; at the very least, the traditional philosophical commitment to this view of the world has caused serious problems for ideas about the self as well as religion and the supernatural. The causal efficacy of the mind, for instance, has been marginalized and excluded because it cannot properly figure into scientific or physicalist accounts of causation4 .
Why are we in this position, though? Why do we feel the need to stick with it? As Wittgenstein says, again in the Tractatus, “the whole modern conception of the world is founded on the illusion that the so-called laws of nature are the explanations of natural phenomena” {Ibid. 6.371}. It is important to notice that he uses the word “explanation” here. “Explanation” implies that a truthful story is being told about something; however, can everything actually be explained? Moreover, is explanation meant to have such an all-encompassing function in the first place? Is it necessary to use this type of talk to represent the world? Wittgenstein thinks that it is not.
By putting thought in its proper place, Wittgenstein’s transcendental critique wants both to preserve the legitimate role of thinking in natural science and to prevent its encroachment into territory reserved to other human interests, much as Kant wanted his critique to limit knowledge in order to make room for faith. For Kant and Wittgenstein some things must be passed over with that pregnant silence which indicates that representation is out of its depth. {EWP 12}
Here James Edwards makes an appropriate connection between Kant and Wittgenstein: in the Critiques, Kant tried to highlight the limitations of representation and thus show that there are things about which we can make no final judgment or analysis5 . Wittgenstein tries to do the same in his work. When he says something like “the law of causality is not a law but the form of a law” {TLP 6.32}, he means that the way in which we describe it takes on a law-like character. Description is often mistaken for explanation: what may suffice as a good practical framework for moving around in the world is often misinterpreted as a foundational picture of it. Another way of putting it is that explanation is a form of justification; description, on the other hand, does not necessarily require justification. If we hold our propositions only to a standard of pragmatic use, we may not run into the kind of philosophical confusion that troubles Wittgenstein. Logic, for instance, can play the role of demarcating the world’s structural/formal traits:
At 4.4511 Wittgenstein says that a tautology, while it says nothing, is not nonsensical, because it is a “part of the symbolism”, like the ‘0’ (zero) in mathematics. A tautology is part of the symbolism because by considering it one learns something of how to operate with its constituent symbols. And, since these symbols represent propositions, one at the same time learns something of how to operate in the world. That’s what is meant at 6.12 when he says that logic mirrors the formal properties of the world, as well as those of language. A tautology does not depict the world of contingent states of affairs; yet it conveys knowledge of the formal structure of language and the world. {EWP 55}
Logical propositions are useful for purposes such as predicting consequences of actions (making causal claims, in other words), understanding that certain events occur regularly, and so on; logical propositions cannot, however, get any grasp on what makes those things happen, or even (with total certainty, at any rate) how they happen. They can show, not say – but then again, the showing occurs in the saying, to some degree6 – ideas about the world.
Edwards argues that ethical propositions are of the same order. “The remarks of ethics, which literally cannot be said … are attempts to convey a sort of practical knowledge; it is a knowledge of how to live so as to give a sense to the world” {Ibid. 57}. Both logic and ethics can provide us with useful knowledge, but that knowledge does not necessarily point to any metaphysical truths. Moreover, Wittgenstein says, we do not need metaphysical truths for propositions to be useful; in fact, it is the desire to obtain metaphysical truths that causes us to speak nonsense. Metaphysics is a manner of explanation and justification: it constructs foundations that anchor our view of the world. The problem is that we cannot be certain of those foundations, however much we wish it. When we incorporate metaphysical mistakes into our talk about the world, we begin to make nonsensical propositions. By saying nonsensical things, we are essentially trying to articulate what cannot be articulated; in other words, we are trying to get at something but only coming up with senseless statements. as the beautiful.) And it is not surprising that the deepest problems are in fact not problems at all. {TLP 4.003}
Nonsense consists in the production of meaningless ideas through the misuse of language. If we take this to be true, then philosophy really is plagued with nonsense, since throughout history, philosophers have been asking questions about God, the nature of time, the soul, and myriad other problems.
Is “nonsense” necessarily a pejorative term, though? I would suggest that it is not. Ayer says that
I wholeheartedly endorsed Wittgenstein’s conclusion that metaphysical utterances were nonsensical but did not count the utterances of the Tractatus itself among them. I did not see, and still do not see, how a sentence could at one and the same time express a pseudo-proposition and an unassailable truth. I agreed rather with Ramsey that ‘if the chief proposition of philosophy is that philosophy is nonsense … we must then take it seriously that it is nonsense, and not pretend, as Wittgenstein does, that it is important nonsense’. {PTC 112-3}
If we consider this problem in relation to §435 of the Investigations, we may see how Wittgenstein believed the propositions of the Tractatus to be at once nonsensical and truthful. In articulating what ultimately turns out to be nonsensical because it ends up running into its own limits, we are able to convey, to show that limitation as well as the function of language, properly conceived. Thus the truth of the Tractatus’ propositions lies not in the expressed content of the propositions themselves, but rather the truth that they reveal. Furthermore, Wittgenstein says in the introduction to the Tractatus that “the truth of the thoughts that are here communicated seems to me unassailable and definitive” {TLP p. 4}; this is a subtlety that may also answer Ayer’s question. The thoughts communicated in the Tractatus are not solely to be found in the propositions on the page. “My work consists of two parts: the one presented here plus all I have not written. And it is precisely the second part that is the important one” {PT 16}. On this view, we can see that there is no conflict between the assertion that the Tractatus is at once full of nonsense and truth.
The point of this is that nonsense does not have to be seen as pernicious or even always useless. Edwards notes that
since, according to the doctrines of the Tractatus, ethics, logic, and Tractarian philosophy all lie outside the boundaries of sense, ‘nonsense’ is not always a derogatory characterization in Wittgenstein’s early vocabulary. Sometimes there is something that cannot be conveyed except by uttering something that is, strictly speaking, nonsense. This is the case for the propositions of logic: they show the formal structure of language and world; but they are themselves literally senseless. They do not represent the existence of contingent states of affairs. It is also the case for Wittgenstein’s philosophy itself. Witness the Tractatus: it says nothing, but intends to show everything important. {EWP 106}
So what distinguishes useful nonsense from dangerous or misused nonsense? I would suggest that the difference lies in justification. When nonsensical propositions are set up as–or made part of–metaphysical foundations7 , they become dangerous: they lead us into confusion and misunderstanding. Plato’s myth of the immortality of the soul may become dangerous if it is transformed into philosophical doctrine; however, when it is employed merely to convey some idea without trying to ground it in “truth” or justify it, it can be useful in what it points to or shows. As Wittgenstein says in Culture and Value, “don’t for heaven’s sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense” {CV 56e}. This distinction is of the utmost importance. It is the difference between the Tractatus and a work such as Jaegwon Kim’s Mind In A Physical World, which refuses to see the inherent meaninglessness of trying to talk about the mind and the body as somehow separate or bound in a hierarchical relationship8 . Philosophical inquiry can congeal and harden into doctrine from which it is difficult to escape: we become the fly in a bottle {PI §309} of our own construction. We become forgetful, we are convinced that this is the way things are. In Wittgenstein’s words:
the frame through which we look at it. {PI §114}
Here we see another theme emerging: certainty. Mistaking propositions for a priori or unconditional truths both spurs on and satisfies the desire for absolute certainty – epistemological or metaphysical safety, as it were. Yet is certainty possible? Or is it, on the other hand, a false hope? “’But this is how it is––––‘ I say to myself over and over again. I feel as though, if only I could fix my gaze absolutely sharply on this face, get it in focus, I must grasp the essence of the matter” {Ibid. §113}. Our fixation on the frame, as Wittgenstein puts it, gives us the illusion that we have certain knowledge of the thing being framed; however, as the seemingly endless stream of philosophical problems implies, the illusion is an illusion and not much –if anything– else.
The religious point of view
So far we have been examining Wittgenstein’s critique of philosophy. The most prominent problem appears to be the unwarranted and untenable development of metaphysical roots– a development that may have come about accidentally, or may simply be a normal, unavoidable byproduct of the way in which we use language. Of course, because it is unavoidable does not mean it is not troublesome9 . It is also, in a sense, dishonest. Despite the warnings of Hume and Kant, we still fall into the trap of assuming that everything can be explained. We assume that propositions about the world accurately and fully represent it, even though we would see after some examination that this is not always the case. Thus, we are certain of propositions’ validity– but what do we know? How can we say that we have a firm purchase on reality, if there is no way to get outside and make sure? Yet certainty is not in itself a bad thing; just as the propositions of logic provide us with practical knowledge, certainty is also practical. When we are certain, we have a coherent view of our own world. “I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own” {OC §174}. There is a catch: the ground (and this is a troublesome word, to be sure!) upon which we stand is always ours; it does not come from external and “objective” point of view. The ground, then, is not a ground insofar as it is not rooting us in anything permanent or absolute. Rather, it is the way our world is constituted, the way in which it comes together for us. It is not above or below us. It is there, in the most immediate way. For instance: goes unnoticed. {Ibid. §167}
Our world-picture is bound up in our everyday lives; it has been given to us by virtue of the fact that we are born into a community of language-users. The important thing about all of this is that it brings out the way in which explanation does come to an end at some point. For all of us, there is a limit to what we can sensibly doubt; outside of that limit, it does not make sense to doubt. We do not doubt that the sun will rise tomorrow, and the day after that, and so on. None of us can say, though, that we know that it will rise {TLP 6.36311}; as Wittgenstein says, “There is no compulsion in making one thing happen because another has happened. The only necessity that exists is logical necessity” {Ibid. 6.37}.
We all essentially take on a religious point of view at some point or another. When we arrive at the point at which doubt no longer makes sense if we are to make sense of the world, we have reached the end of justification and the end of explanation. Consider logical propositions: we have no way of knowing if they do not merely approximate some kind of correlation to reality by way of a fortuitous accident, or if there is some meaningful way in which they can help us gain practical knowledge about the formal structure of the world. Despite this, we do not focus on doubting logic’s efficacy; we just accept it. In this way, we all take up a religious point of view at some point. To think of it another way, “we are satisfied that the earth is round” {OC §299}. In this way, the world-picture given to us by science is just as religious as the “properly” religious one. We cannot in the end escape from it. “The difficulty is to realize the groundlessness of our beliefs” {Ibid. §166}.
If the difficulty is to realize the groundlessness of our beliefs, then our task should be to make that realization. This consists in paying attention to our nonsense, and not making the mistake of constantly searching for justification and explanation. We have to forsake the safety of false certainty and adopt a more critical stance in relation to our propositions about the world. Wittgenstein holds that we will then recognize the non-existence of many philosophical problems and be able to work our way out of them instead of bouncing back and forth inside of them without solving anything. He writes, “my propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them–as steps–to climb up beyond them” {TLP 6.54}. Of course, the Tractarian notion that we can just escape is not really present in the later Wittgenstein; instead, we have the notion of philosophical therapy.
It is not our aim to refine or complete the system of rules for the use of our words in unheard-of ways.. There is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed different methods, like different therapies. {PI §133}
The idea is that we start to unravel and extricate ourselves from philosophical confusion and anxiety. In essence, we are taking philosophy apart instead of trying to iron out its wrinkles; we are dismantling instead of tinkering10 .
When we start backing out of (or perhaps fighting through) the false problems and booby traps of philosophy, where do we end up? Since we are refusing the need for justification, we move into a religious point of view. No longer do we cleave to endless explanation and the desire for absolute knowledge; instead, we adopt a more honest way of relating to the propositions that we use and the language-games that we play. “An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. His support is the slenderest imaginable. And yet it is really possible to walk on it” {CV 73e}. Instead of endless nonsensical babble, we start to choose silence. This silence is not truly the refrain of someone not saying something; it is the silence that occurs when there is nothing to say. This, I would suggest, is what Wittgenstein means by saying “I am not a religious man, but I cannot help seeing any problem from a religious point of view” {LW 94}. It is that tightrope walk, the other road we can take instead of winding ourselves up into the false promises of metaphysics.
Ethics
If we take up the kind of activity proposed by Wittgenstein, the notion of ethics also takes on a very different cast. Rather than the construction of theories or doctrines, ethics on this view takes the form of a resistance. It is resistant to philosophy, and most importantly, it is resistant to codification. In “A Lecture on Ethics”, Wittgenstein says, value, can be no science. What it says does not add to our knowledge in any sense. {LE 44}
As we saw earlier in the essay, nonsense is not necessarily to be condemned; indeed, if the Tractatus is any indication, it can be quite useful. Its use, however, is found in showing. Accordingly, I would suggest that we can engage in nonsensical talk about ethics, but not as a means of directly articulating ethical “truths”. Instead, we can convey ideas about ethics by showing them through our various activities within language-games. As I said in the introduction, literature and poetry can play this kind of role. In Ethics Without Philosophy, Edwards writes that
there is no way directly to say what cannot be said. But there are things that can be said which will ‘contain’ the unsayable: to say these things is somehow to communicate what is in itself unsayable. A poem is an example of this phenomenon: it can communicate some ineffable truth about life while talking about the growth of a sprig into a hawthorn bush. A poem may alter one’s whole view of the world, making happy what was unhappy; and it is no accident that the poem makes the change possible. Perhaps without the poem the alteration would never have occurred. {EWP 51-2}
Ethical ideas cannot be said, but they indeed can be communicated or shown, thus preventing us from being sealed off into so many solipsistic units. We can indeed affirm ethical stances and beliefs; in The Writing of the Disaster, Maurice Blanchot writes, “affirmation does without proof, provided it claims to prove nothing” {WD 62}; here we see how ethics can thrive (as can ideas about many other meaningful things in life) without the justification of philosophy. But what of lost “objectivity”– how do we prevent the slide into chaotic subjectivity and relativism? The fact that language-games are shared forms of life {PI §23} into which we are all born and initiated shows that we do have a milieu in which the communication of ideas can and does take place. In fact, it would not make sense to deny this! Language is deeply11 and fully a part of our lives and what constitutes us as human beings. Before philosophizing (as well as scientific inquiry) became a cardinal language-game and form of life, ethical living existed: we are not dependent upon it to continue to sustain ethical living.
Conclusion
An ethics proposed on the strength of Wittgenstein’s religious point of view could not properly be called an ethics. It could not really be theorized or codified: we cannot say the unsayable. Wittgenstein “connects theory, naturally enough, with the concept of explanation; and philosophical explanation he understands to be the attempt to provide foundations” {EWP 99}; since foundations present nothing more than an illusion that leads to misinterpretation and confusion, they should be discarded. If anything, ethical behaviour and thought should be rooted in our forms of life, not in an appeal to a set of regulations or some philosophical doctrine. We can perhaps articulate ideas about ethics, but it is not in the utterances themselves that we see the most meaningful notions. Rather, I would say that the utterances simply point to something that cannot be captured –not necessarily because they are transcendental, as Wittgenstein said in the Tractatus, but perhaps because they are too broad and too complex–by them; the general impulse or direction of ethical propositions can help convey what we really mean, or point us toward what really merits attention and contemplation.
In terms of practical matters, ethics on this view would not be treated the same way as philosophical theories. We would not, for instance, try to reconfigure some utilitarian calculus of the “good” over and over again until we got it right. Nor would we ask questions such as whether the good is identical to the beautiful. Instead, I would suggest that issues of the treatment of others would come to the fore, since all ethical thought would occur within forms of life not touched upon by theory. A blanket solution would not be imposed on myriad problems, just creating a disjunction between propositions and the everyday situations to which they supposedly pertain. Propositions (that is, logical propositions or globalizing statements), as we have said, cannot capture contingent states of affairs: this is why propositions about ethics are nothing more than chatter in the end. Realizing this, we can adopt a more critical attitude toward ethical problems, one that does not ignore particular situations in favour of more general ideas. We may be running up against the walls of a cage, but at least we may be doing it in new and different ways every time. Ethical discourse might not, on this view, be restricted to what counts as “rational”; thus, our possibilities for discourse with one another may become fruitful and multiply. This, I suggest, is the type of ethical practice and living that Wittgenstein has in mind when he calls for a refusal of philosophy.
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Photo 3) Bart Simpson
Photo 4) Lego Boy
This year's effort is a decidedly different affair. He actually threatened to strangle me in my sleep if I made him wear another box or papier mache creation. This year he has chosen to dress as his favourite Beatle, John Lennon circa Rubber Soul.
Regrettfully Beatle boots are not pictured but be reassured that is not a wig!
Happy Hallowe’en!
Go here to see all of the participants on Tuesday.
Regrettfully Beatle boots are not pictured but be reassured that is not a wig!
Happy Hallowe’en!
Go here to see all of the participants on Tuesday.
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Jack may be the coolest kid I've come across in ages. Creepy Train Conductor is by far my fave -- and he works it well in the photo!
He's a dead ringer for the train conductor on my commuter train. Peace man! Excellent entries.
It's so hard to choose a favourite when all of these costumes are so freakin awesome! Creepy train Conductor is brilliant (love the pose) but I think he makes an exceptionally fine Beatle - I'm just pleased that someone under the age of 25 knows who John Lennon is!
I thought I had killed all of my maternal instincts, but you're really making me want to go get knocked up. I want a human doll that I can dress up every Halloween!! :)
These costumes are all very creative...I love Bart. And that creepy train conductor...holy shit. Creepy is right.
Those are all excellent costumes! There's something so cool about getting your kid dressed up in a homemade costume every year, isn't there?
Jimmy Neutron's dog - just the sound of that makes me laugh. great costumes
This is exactly why we have kids, isn't it, Sean? What a trouper Jack is! I love kids who get right into Hallowe'en! And their parents who egg them on. Well done, both of you!
Cree-pee! We love the engineer!
Happy Halloween!
Flannery and Doc
Beth - He does make a very creepy conductor. It's interesting because trains were his first real psssion so this costume was a little homage to that. Lots of fun that year!
Dale - That must be some commuter train you take. Thanks for stopping by. I've visited your blog a few times and always enjoyed.
Katrocket - I am grateful as well the offspring knows who John Lennon is. It's no easy task keeping him on track musically but a challenge I accept with honour. Loved the pic on your site by the way. Well done with that!.
Beckeye - Thank you for the compliment. Creative costumes should be the rule. Glad you liked the Bart thing he was not to happy; I painted him yellow that year and man was he popular at the party.
Bubs - Absolutely, that's why I kept him! ;-) Being a decidedly uncool kid growing up, this is an excellent way to erase past indiscretions of cool for me.
Gifted Typist - Jimmy Neutron's dog is actually one of my favourite's. Most expensive too. It took about ten cans of spray paint to coat the damn thing!
Barb - Thank you Barb! And yes, I relish Hallowe'en every year knowing I can come up with something to outdo the previous year!
Flannery and Doc - Cree pee indeed. He freaked out every kid under three for a ten mile radius that year. WE WERE VERY PROUD!!!
Thanks to all of you for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I appreciate the kind words.
Sean
You have turned halloweening into an art form, child. I luv it.
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… in Star Wars, of course. I think there’s a lot of room to investigate the economics of Star Wars, and this is an interesting starting point.
For a critic of “lawfare”, Kenneth Anderson has constructed the perfect lawfare position: The use of drones to create a situation in which only one side of a war is ever allowed to engage in war.
A side of a war that relies on drones could have zero — zero! — legitimate targets. One could have a war in which one side cannot use violence at all without it being a war crime. The fellows operating the drones from Nevada are not combatants, after all — they are quite unarmed. The folks launching the drones might be, but as more and more drone functions become autonomous and as drones become cheap enough to be semi-disposable that group will shrink. The people building the drones are presumably off-limits as well.
This is quite appealing when one is affiliated with that side, but I have to wonder if Anderson would be so fond of the conclusion if it were the other side that consisted only of non-combatants and civilians.
What they said.
Unfortunately the linked article is behind a $30 paywall, so we will merely content ourselves with speculation beyond the excerpt that Caplan provides.
One is tempted to pass the time with a nice game of killswitch.
UPDATE: ungated version here (.doc format)! No need to immerse ones self in a bleak communist expressionist wholly apocryphal game!
The view that the human religious instinct can be harnessed and redirected toward rational thought through the promotion of contemplative or legalistic faiths is manifestly false. That instinct does not revile an irrational and unconsidered view of the world, and it never will.
In line with Knapp’s post I linked earlier. When the media say “government shutdown” do not imagine that the government is shutting down. The parts of the government responsible for killing, maiming, imprisoning, and stealing remain open; it is only the bits meant to help people that stop working.
I am reminded of the “Operation: Hairshirt” of Yes, Minister fame. The government responds to a budget cut by cutting only those services that serve the people; they will never cut the services that keep them in control.
You won’t find a simpler description of why anarchism is morally mandatory than this. It’s a somewhat schematic argument, but it neatly frames the question that freedom asks and authority must (and in my view cannot) answer.
“it’s a moral illusion we’re suffering from.”
I continue to think that anarchism has difficult questions of social technology to answer (David Friedman notwithstanding, we are a long way from finishing R&D on the “machinery of freedom”). But this should be viewed as part of the long quest embarked on by the Enlightenment to bring our social means into alignment with our moral ends — the single most morally urgent task that has ever existed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (Jackass-SC), seeing his national enemies discomforted, would like to do something about that. If only we had a word for comforting enemies…
And Lysander Spooner’s rejection of the notion of “treason” rather specifically excluded people who really did take oaths to the state…
Similar to what his colleague Tom Knapp said here (i noted it here)..
Libertarians are right to focus on reducing the total spending of government, but remember that spending is one of the least evil things that government does: at least someone gets paid when the government spends. The less costly means of enforcing compliance — the laws, the regulations, the arbitrary police actions — can do far more damage without even the fig-leaf of compensation. Cutting government by starting from the checkbook may make good coalition-building sense, but of the places to cut government it is the least liberty-enhancing, the most likely to disproportionally affect the poor and powerless, and the most likely to pull the rug from under the largest number of people knowingly or unknowingly relying on it.
It’s also bad coalition-building. In a corporatist economy, a given government cut will resound throughout the economy, causing displacement and anguish in people previously unaware that they were government clients at all. Until you start cutting laws instead of just spending, you’re building up a large store of fear and resentment for only a small dividend of growth and liberty, spending political capital with no hope of attracting a new constituency.
A note to the US Passport Service: When Proudhon said,
“To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued,ored.”
he did not mean it as advice. He was against it.
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Feature: King Baudouin Foundation
Set up in 1976, the King Baudouin Foundation supports about 1.500 organisations and individuals every year with a budget of €40m in its mission to “help to improve living conditions of the population”. In 2009, the foundation launched a venture philanthropy fund as part of a concerted effort to diversify and modernise its philanthropic tools. Now, in its 4th year, the fund has invested €1.4m and concluded partnerships with 20 organisations.
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PSD Collects Food for the Hungry
Congratulations to students, teachers and staff at schools throughout the Poudre School District for working hard to feed hungry people during the holidays. During PSD’s annual “Turkey Round Up,” 1,268 turkeys, totaling 17,707 pounds were donated. Donations also included cash and miscellaneous food items, better known as “all the fixins’!”
The most generous schools include Bacon Elementary that rounded up 147 turkeys, and Lesher IB World School for its donation of 105 turkeys.
Rocky Mountain High School Raises $1,600 for families in need
Congratulations to 30 Rocky Mountain High School 9th graders who raised over $1,600 to help families in need as part of a service learning project.
“My Lobo 101 class, sold Coca-Cola products to raise money for a project called ‘Families in Crisis, ’” explained Monica Kauffman, RMHS teacher. “The funds will go to help families with basic needs like paying for electricity and buying groceries.”
For more information, contact Kauffman, at 488-7132.
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Idk where to begin. If I talk in circles, or dont make any sense, forgive me as I am slowing losing my mind. I hate feeling so helpless. Let me tell you a little about myself.
When I was 17yrs old, I had surgery because of a ruptured cyst. They scraped them clean, said I was good to go. I had a reg cycle up until the age of 20. Then I noticed I slowly started gaining weight even though my eating habits did not change and my cycle came less often. Went to different doctors, all told me I was fine.
When I was 22yrs old, my bf and I decided we wanted ttc. After 2 years of trying, we had a m/c. 2 months later we conceived, but didnt find out till I was 11w 6 days. I am happy to announce my princess was born New Years Eve.
from the day my daughter was born till now, it has been 7 years. While we weren't actively ttc, we weren't preventing it. I had bloodwork done (as per my RE) and he dx me with PCOS.
The RE told me the key to my success was to lose weight I explained to him I have done so but it only stays off for a while then I gain it back over time. Due to food allergies, my food options are limited so I should not have these problems.
my questions are:
a) how do you chart your O's if your irregular and each month is different
b) how long has anyone gone ttc w/o the use of meds
c) how do you deal with the stress of getting BPN when you test?
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Interview with Jeffo in Brindisi
Name: Jeffo
Date of Interview: August 30, 2006
Area of Italy you live or will live in?
Brindisi, Puglia
Let us know a little about yourself?
Single and never married. I'm an Aerospace Engineer that grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. After university I moved to Indianapolis where I lived for 10 years before Italy. I'm not your typical engineer as I have strange interests. I volunteered and worked at the Indianapolis Zoo in my spare time and my favorite sport is Ultimate Frisbee. Luckily I also played soccer growing up.
Why did you decide to move to Italy?
The main reason for me was work and I wanted an adventure. Work was getting too routine and I wanted to see the world before settling down. My mother is of Italian descent so when I saw a job within my company but based in Italy I jumped at the chance. Luck was on my side because I had the experience necessary and beat out the others trying for this position
What type of process did you go through to be able to move here?
I was coming over for work so I needed a work visa before I left and then Permesso di Soggiorno upon arrival. Sounded simple enough. I could not get dual citzenship even though my grandfather was Italian because some vital piece of paperwork in the trail was missing. Birth certificate or marriage certificate. I forget what it was but my mom's a librarian and when she said it couldn't be done I believed her.
What problems did you run into during the initial process and how were you able to fix them ?
The Italian company I was coming over to help had to do their part before I could get the work visa from the US Consulate(the letter to the Ministero del Lavoro and the Nulla Osta). Harassing them from the US seemed to go nowhere. I finally came over and harassed them in person and they gave me the paperwork needed and then I returned to the States and received my work visa with no problem. Getting the Permesso di Soggiorno was another trick and I wasted two mornings in the Questure until someone from work called a friend and then everything has been smooth sailing ever since. Knock on wood!
How long have you been here?
I have been here exactly 3 years when I'm writing this.
What type of adjustment problems have you had?
I have had all kinds of adjustment problems. It's been very hard for me to learn the language as I'm an engineer and better with numbers and math than language skills. It doesn't help that the dialects here can be far from Italian. Also at work I was an private office for a long time at the beginning, which looking back is the wrong time to working by yourself or with only one other person. Later I was working and relating to a larger group at work and everything seemed to improve. Language, friends, even social life.
What do you wish someone had told you before you made the leap?
Make sure you are coming here with a passion for something in common with Italians. If you like baseball, NASCAR, and country music then you aren't going to find much to talk about with Italians. If you like Italian food, Formula 1, soccer, politics and other things like this then you will have limitless conversations and a good chance of "fitting in". I had soccer as an in but more common interests would have been better.
What inside secret could you pass on to others looking to move over?
It's not what you know, it's who you know. That's too easy... Also it's how long you are willing to argue. I've seen times where the person that is "right" is the person willing to argue the most.
Do you have any disappointments, things you thought would happen but haven't for whatever reasons ?
I thought Italians would be more open. Sure they are interested in you as a foreigner and may open up a little but to really be a part of their group takes years. Most my friends have been friends for years upon years so there really is no substitute for time. As a an American, patience is not always my strong subject. Also I'm disappointed I haven't found that beautiful Italian wife that everyone said I would find when I left the US. There's still time...
What has changed about you since you have been here ?
Too much to even mention. But I'm still basically the same person that is shy in unfamilar places and situations. It's just now there are much fewer unfamilar situations and places. I also think I have much more compassion for people trying to get into the US and more apprentation for my home country. I can now see that every country has flaws they try not to show the world. The US just can't hide theirs because there's too much interest in what it's doing. Like a rock star with the tabloids.
Do you think that you will stay forever?
This is the BIG question for me. It changes all the time. I go thru periods where I can't imagine leaving what I've grown accustomed to and then there I times I can't imagine not being able to hang out with my old friends and family.
Can you think of any other questions that should be added to this questionnaire?
What's particularly interesting to you about your region of Italy? I've seen and heard some major differences north to south and cities verses in the country. Italy has amazing differences when you think about how big it is
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Events
There’s always something new and exciting going on in Sewickley. And now you need never miss out on another fun activity or in-store promotion. Click on the calendar below to view all of our events for each month—or search for a specific event by category.
May 2013 Events
Montessori Children’s Community Art Show: “Circle of Life”
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Montessori Children's Community
"Circle of Life" is a reflective collection of art inspired by students' studies of South America.
Screen-Free Week at Penguin Bookshop: Poetry
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Penguin Bookshop
Bring a poem you love, a poem you hate, or a poem you wrote to share at our open poetry reading at Penguin Bookshop!
Montessori Children’s Community Art Show: “Circle of Life”
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Montessori Children's Community
"Circle of Life" is a reflective collection of art inspired by students' studies of South America.
Meet-and-Greet for Screen-Free Week at Penguin Bookshop
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Turn off your TVs, step away from your computers, and come join us at the Penguin; meet authors Kathleen Tessaro and Kathleen George.
Screen-Free Week at Penguin Bookshop: Game Night
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Penguin Bookshop
Stop by and play Boggle, Scrabble, Apples-to-Apples, and mini-trivia contests at the Penguin Bookshop in observation of Screen-Free Week.
Lost & Found: Sustainable High Fashion
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Sweetwater Center for the Arts , 200 Broad Street, Sewickley, PA 15143
Lost and Found: Sustainable High Fashion showcases Southwestern Pennsylvanian fashion designers as they discover the potential of reclaimed material.
The 2013 Kentucky Derby
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Sewickley, PA
Come to Sewickley to enjoy the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports!
Free Comic Book Day at Big Bang Comics and Collectibles
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Big Bang Comics and Collectibles
Free Comic Book Day at Big Bang Comics and Collectibles
Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Willie Stargell biography at Penguin
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Penguin Bookshop
Meet Richard "Pete" Peterson, author of the Willie Stargell biography, at the Penguin Bookshop.
Low-Cost Vaccinations at Larry’s Laundromutt
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Larry's Laundromutt , 201 Ohio River Blvd Sewickley, PA 15143
The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society is sponsoring a low-cost vaccination clinic for dogs and cats.
May Mart 2013
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Broad Street
Join us for the 49th Annual May Mart on Saturday, May 11, 2013.
May Mart events at Penguin Bookshop
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Penguin Bookshop , 420 Beaver Street
To celebrate the 49th annual May Mart, the Penguin Bookshop (located at 420 Beaver Street) is hosting four incredible cookbook authors on May 11th.
Mother’s Day at Vivo
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Viv
Enjoy lunch on the patio with Mom, Grandma, and all of the other matriarchs of the family at Vivo Kitchen.
Child Health Association Golf Outing
Monday, May 13th, 2013
9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Allegheny Country Club
The Child Health Association presents their second biennial Golf Outing, a day of golf, tennis, and bridge, scheduled for May 13, 2013 at Allegheny Country Club.
“The Perfume Collector” Party at the Penguin
Friday, May 17th, 2013
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Penguin Bookshop , 420 Beaver Street
Set in the perfume world of Paris in the '50s, there will be plenty of champagne, classic perfumes, and delicious nibbles at the Perfume Collector Party at Penguin Bookshop!
Maddie On Things at Sewickley Arts Initiative
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
419 Beaver Street, Sewickley
Visit Maddie On Things author Theron Humphrey at Sewickley Arts Initiative on Saturday, May 18th.
4th Annual Sewickley Unleashed
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Join us for the 4th Annual Sewickley Unleashed – a Parade for Pets and People, benefitting the Western PA Humane Society.
Cancer Prevention Study Week in Sewickley
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Sewickley Valley YMCA
This year, you can fight back against cancer by enrolling in the American Cancer Society's research study—Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3).
Memorial Day Celebration
Friday, May 24th, 2013
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Broad and Beaver Streets
Memorial Day Fireworks
Memorial Day
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
Memorial Day Activities in Sewickley
Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Broad and Beaver Streets
Memorial Day Parade
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Two Rooms his wife who eagerly awaits her husband’s fate from a room in America.
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The Edublog Awards
Posted by Bridget Schaumann in 21st Century libraries, Professional development, Tools on December 11, 2011
If you were looking for new and exciting or old and trusty or deeply wonderful and educationally fulfilling blogs to hook up with, then the Edublog Awards time of year is made for you. This has always been the time of year I find out that my love of certain bloggers is shared by lots of others, and that the sparky blogs you found by accident and happy chances of happenstance are also sparking thought and action for other people too.
Over on the Awards blog they have helpfully made a table with all the blogs nominated on it for your viewing pleasure. Head on over to here and find yourself some new PLN people. (View it as a webpage here)_1<<
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Nigella Lawson’s Cookbooks
Posted by Julia Smith in Uncategorized on December 3, 2011
Cookbook-collecting fans everywhere are going to love this post by Nigella Lawson on her own website:
“We!”
Source: Nigella Lawson’s.
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Ron Paul’s campaign manager in 2008, Kent Snyder, died of pneumonia at age 49 (was it because he didn’t have health insurance due to a pre-existing condition and therefore didn’t to a hospital quickly enough?). Even though Snyder raised tens of millions for the campaign, Paul never provided PRIVATE health insurance for staffers.
Snyder died two weeks after Paul dropped his bid for the presidency in 2008. Paul hailed Snyder for convincing him to run, and said right after his death, “Like so many in our movement, Kent sacrificed much for the cause of liberty,”
It appears former Florida Rep. Alan Grayson was correct when he famously framed Republican “healthcare” that, “The Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.”
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Teak Wood Patio Furniture
By: Jacque Crook | 2010-10-11 |
Article Marketing
Teak wood patio furniture can be bought in many different styles so it shouldn't be too hard to find something that is ideally suited to your patio or conservatory.
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Styles in Teak Wood tables
By: Mc Gill | 2012-01-20 |
Home Improvement
Teak platforms are an essential category of any well designated house. Not only do they provide a important operate, offering as bookends to a pieces of furniture group, but they also allow lighting to be smartly placed around the space. As with all pieces of furniture, the style of Teak wood platforms changes from season to season.
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Patio Furniture In Teak Wood
By: Oleg Oyfe | 2011-05-19 |
Furniture
Fifty years is what it takes for a teak tree to be considered fully grown. This is one of the reasons why teak is an expensive wood. In spite of this, it is a favored material when it comes to crafting good quality furniture and often preferred for patio furniture.
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Teak Furniture- Hardwood Furniture
By: Vikas Shannon | 2010-09-28 |
Interior design
The teak furniture is made up of a hardwood called teak. It is high quality of wood with extremely long life. It is good for all outdoor and indoor furniture. This wood is water resistant and rust free.
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Selecting Outdoor Teak Furniture
By: Mc Gill | 2012-02-04 |
Home Improvement
Outdoor teak furniture is a great way to add function to any outside space. The best thing about outdoor teak furniture is its durability. Teak wood is a tropical hardwood that comes from the rain forest.
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Teak Garden Furniture
By: mike carter | 2011-01-17 |
Landscaping
Wood has a beauty and quality unrivalled by any other material. And Teak is an amazing wood. It has a natural resistance to borer, termites and decay. In fact, furniture made from teak is furniture for a lifetime. You will even be able to leave furniture made of this wood as an heirloom to your descendants. This makes it the perfect wood for boats or for your outdoor furniture. You can expect it to last, even out in the elements, for between 50 and 100 years.
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About Outdoor Teak Furniture and Teak Patio Furniture
By: Daniallrd | 2011-07-11 |
Home Improvement
Good quality outdoor teak furniture should last a lifetime. Referred to as an incredibly durable wood, teak will be the ideal natural material from which to craft high quality outdoor furnishings. With a life expectancy of practically 75 years, teak is challenging wearing, functional and stylish.
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Teak Patio Table - The Best Outdoor Furniture
By: Jasonava Lee | 2010-12-27 |
Home improvement
Patio tables are an integral part of the terrace area, these tables are available in different raw materials and teak is the most superior of all.
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Teak Furniture Styles
By: james | 2011-01-02 |
Home improvement
Wooden garden furniture has become increasingly popular in recent years as more people want to make the most of the summer and the outdoor ambience connected to barbecues and celebrations.
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Buying Indoor Teak Furniture
By: Bagoes Teak | 2010-12-17 |
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wooden furniture is wonderful for any household, but if you are looking for the best quality that money can buy, indoor teak furniture is the one to go for. You can find teak items for any house and in any style. You can get chairs, tables, dressers, stools, shelves and much, much more.
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How to Clean Teak Wood
By: Jennifer Akre | 2010-04-03 |
Interior design
Teak is one of the most weather resistant woods around. It's used in outdoor furniture as well as for boating. Since it's so resistant to water, cleaning teak wood is a snap. Here are a few tips on how to clean teak wood.
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Essential Facts about Teak wood
By: Ryan Armstrong | 2011-04-21 |
Home Improvement
Regarded as very high quality furniture wood. Actually, teak manufacturing is actually carefully guarded and protected by government of Southeast Asian countries like Thailand as well as India. Several years ago within Thailand, teak trees was previously harvested from the rugged tropical slopes. These days, the neighborhood government regarded as this unlawful to cut down a sapling in the or
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Effortless Teak Table Cleaning Tips
By: Ryan Armstrong | 2011-04-19 |
Home improvement
Are you currently a very pleased owner of a teak table or other teak furniture? If you are, then you''ve just about all reason to be pleased as this kind of wooden furniture is recognized as a great i...
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Teak Furniture and Its Advantages
By: Mc Gill | 2012-02-16 |
Home Improvement
If you are to select the patio furniture, you have to make really of the qualities before paying for it. Furniture for outdoor use is made of more than a few materials such as teak wood, plastic and wrought-iron.
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Outdoor Fun with Teak Furniture
By: Peter Andersen | 2011-03-27 |
Furniture
The large selections of outdoor furniture can give you the chances to choose the pieces of furniture that you can provide to your patio or garden. Patio chairs like benches, couches, rocking chairs, gliders and the different sizes of tables are among the pieces of furniture you can use outdoors.
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Drizzle. Grey. Those two words sum up the weather this weekend. So we were very happy to be invited to a brunch at our eldest daughter and son-in-law's home on Sunday after early church. Seven of us (including the Little Miss and her parents) gathered together in person and our youngest daughter and her husband joined us from Rome via Skype for a few fun moments.
Yellow daffodils shone brightly as we munched on huevos rancheros, bacon, English muffins, cinnamon buns and berry smoothies. It was the perfect way to spend a drizzly February afternoon.
I hope your weekend was equally fine. Joining with Mary of the Little Red House for Mosaic Monday.
Oh Yum, I want to come to your house for breakfast! Very tasty mosaic!
This is a very appetizing post, Lorrie! It's nice that you were able to share brunch with your family.
-Karen
Wonderful set of images.
Those bright yellow daffodils are just the perfect touch of spring!! and your menu sounds and looks yummy!!
It does sound like the perfect afternoon! The food looks delicious!
Yummie!
Have a wonderful week,
Markus
What a perfect day!
Sounds like a lovely visit and brunch with your family. I wish you a Happy week ahead.
What a lovely SUnday you've had! Breakfast look delicious and the daff's are so pretty.
Looks like a terrific brunch - how nice for you to share with family on a gray day.
Thanks for visiting my little blog project!
What a lovely morning with family! My mouth is watering!
It is amazing these days that we can have a visit via skype from the other side of the world. Modern technology is a wonderful thing. You had a wonderful day. V
Brunch at your daughter's house.
Does it get any better than that?
What a beautiful and delicious setting...I love the daffodils!
That mosaic features everything so nicely that I am beginning to feel hungry. Just lovely colors and the daffodils do add so much cheer.
You must have had a lovely day with yummy food.
Everything just so delightful! Isn't Skype amazing so that your daughter and son-in-law could join you?!! It sounds like a beautiful day even though it was drizzly and grey...
Happy Days!
Brenda
Your perfect Sunday made for a great Mosaic Monday!
Nothing better than sharing breakfast with family (or friends) on a grey drizzle morning. A really nice mosaic.
Perfect indeed!
Those cinnamon buns look delish!
I love huevos rancheros eggs! Your jonquils look so pretty ...I am already dreaming of spring.
Hi Lorrie, brunch looks like it had too have been very yummy! Happy Valentine's Day~
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Things To Do Dec 13-15 | Arts & Culture
December
December 13 – Chamber Christmas Drop In Sponsored by TruVista Communications. Annual business after hours for Chamber members and guests. 5:30 – 7 PM at Songbird Manor 116 N Zion St. Refreshments. RSVP to Chamber office 803 635-4242.
December 14 - Drawing for Week 3 winner of Shop Fairfield First promotion. Drawings will be on Friday at 3 PM at the Chamber office. Winners will be notified by phone. Pictures of winner and the store merchant will be taken for publication in local newspapers. The winner of the first week’s drawing was Maudie Douglas who shopped at Yellow Daisy. The second week’s winner was Debra Merchant who shopped at Cato’s
December 14, 15 & 16. “Another Pine Tree Christmas”. Special Christmas program presented by Pine Tree Playhouse. Friday & Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM. $5 per person. Call 803 635-6847 for reservations
December 15 - Santa Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM. Visit with Santa, activities , gift bags, refreshments. Sponsored by the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. VFW Post 8346 74 Veterans Drive, Ridgeway (quarter mile west of Windmill Restaurant)
December 15. Santa North Pole Express. Annual rides with Santa. Rides at 9:30, 11:30 AM; 1:30 & 3:30 PM. For prices, times and to order tickets call 803 712-4135. The museum is located at 110 Industrial Park Rd Winnsboro. For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at 803 635-4242
December 15 - The Runawayjug Band appears at 145 Club. 8 PM. Doors open at 7 PM. $5 artist cover. 145 S Congress St 803 210-5809 or 803 402-5809
November 23 – December 24 - – Annual Shop Fairfield First promotion. Annual promotion by local merchants to shop in Fairfield County stores first, before going outside the county. For each sale of $25 at a participating merchant, the customer will receive a bright pink ticket. Enter in the weekly drawing of $50 cash by filling in your name and number of the ticket and put it in the basket. Drawings will be on Fridays at 3 PM at the Chamber office. Winners will be notified by phone. Pictures of winner and the store merchant will be taken for publication in local newspapers. Participating merchants
Winnsboro
- Abba’s Sweet Treats & Gift Boutique – 159 S Congress St – Candy, gifts
- Barn Express Cafeteria – 215 N Congress St –good for gift certificates, catering. Does not apply to regular food purchases.
- Carolina Cleaners – 223 S Congress St - dry cleaners & laundry
- Cato’s Women’s Clothing – Midway Plaza – 721 U S Hwy 321 Bypass S – Miss, Junior and Plus size woman’s clothing, shoes, jewelry, hats
- Cornwallis House Tea Company – 141 S Congress St – Teas, tea pots & accessories. Does not apply to regular food purchases
- Farmer’s Furniture – 457 U S Hwy 321 Bypass S - furniture, appliances
- Goody’s Department Store –Fairfield Square, - 85 U S Hwy 321 Bypass S. Men, Women, Children’s clothing, shoes, gifts.
- Italian Gardens Restaurant – 56 US Hwy 321 Bypass N – Italian restaurant – good for gift certificates. Does not apply to regular food purchases.
- Melting Moments – 223 ½ S Congress St. - Men & women’s accessories, jewelry, lingerie, candles
- Summer Day Designs –143 S Congress St - monogramming for yellow daisy
- Yellow Daisy – 143 S Congress St - women & men’s accessories, jewelry, decorative items, Clemson, USC & State of SC items. Open Mondays until Christmas.
Ridgeway
- Cotton Yard Market – 110 S. Palmer St – consignment shop with vendors selling antiques, collectibles, jewelry, purses, furniture, decorations and much more. Open Sundays until Christmas.
- Deanne’s Creations 115B S Palmer St– crochets gift items, decorative items, Avon
- Over The Top – 115A S Palmer St – women’s accessories, purses, hats, jewelry
- Ridgeway Florist – 150 Dogwood Av – floral arrangements, Christmas decorations, fresh cut wreaths & trees, gifts
- Thomas Store 105 S Palmer St.- tea accessories, books, teas, seasonal items and gifts
Looking for a unique Christmas present ? Purchase an engraved brick in honor or memory of someone special and support FMH Foundation. Engraved bricks, which line the sidewalk in the Garden of Remembering, are available with a $50 donation to the FMH Foundation. They make special gifts to honor or remember loved ones or friends, your church, yourself or a business. Acknowledgments are sent as requested. Occasions such as Christmas, birthdays, birth of a grandchild, retirement, or a memorial to honor someone make lasting gifts. Donations will increase to $60 per brick Jan. 1.
St. John's Green Team has “adopted” a section of the garden and invites other groups or individuals to “adopt' a small section of the garden to provide on-going tender care. If interested contact: Brenda Miller at 803.815.4422 or Katherine Doty at 803.815.0563. Virginia Lacy, vice president of the FMH Foundation and project chair for engraved bricks, can be contacted at contacted 803. 360-0893.
Donor cards to purchase engraved bricks are available in the lobby of the hospital, Cornwallis Tea Shop, 141 S Congress St., Insurance of Fairfield, 120 S Congress St., First Citizens Banks in Winnsboro and Ridgeway and local merchants in Ridgeway. Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 established to support the hospital to purchase needed equipment and technology.
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Located near the corner of Fair Oaks and Sunrise boulevards, the School of Light & Color offers art classes for adults off all skill levels, whether you are a novice or expert. Tap your creativity and learn a variety of techniques such as pastels, oils, watercolors and drawing, focusing on landscapes, figures, still life and portraits. Classes are available throughout the week including workshops taught by professional artists. For more information regarding schedules and fees, contact Susan Sarback.
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Ben Mason is the middle child of the Mason family. Prior to the first season, he was captured by the invaders and harnessed. He is recaptured by the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment at the beginning of the series and reassumes a prominant role in the resistance. Despite having the Harness removed, Ben continues to feel its residual effects.
StoryEdit
Sometime after the initial invasion while Tom and his family were getting ready to leave their house, Ben was over at his friend Nick's house, it is believed he was captured by the Skitters there and later harnessed. Months later while Hal is scouting a road, he notices Ben among a group of harnessed children, later reporting this to his father.(Live and Learn)
PersonalityEdit
Prior to the alien invasion, it is revealed that Ben Mason was a good student; he is refered to on several occasions as having been a "math geek." At the onset of the series, the effects of the harness have turned him into a semi-mindless drone working for the skitters.
The removal of the harness generally sees his return to a former self, albiet wearied from the effects of war and the death of his mother. Throughout the first season he maintains a lighter personality despite the darkness of the situation consuming the 2nd Mass. One of the major themes of the second season is Ben's personal transition into a darker and more serious character as a result of his growing anger and confusion.
Ben's personality changes drastically following the disappearence of his father at the end of season 1. The lack of a father figure allows Ben to step forward and take on the role of a fighter in the resistance. By the time that Tom Mason returns to the 2nd Mass, it is clear that Ben has lost the naivety that had been afforded by his fathers previous attempts to shelter him.
Additionally the mistrust and alienation that many among the 2nd Mass place in deharnessed children weighs heavily on Ben's character. This, and perhaps the growing psychological effects caused by the maturing harness, have caused him to seek solace in his own anger. This anger serves as his sole motivation for killing the enemy, and at times he has put himself and others at risk in order to satiate his desire to kill.
That said, Ben cares deeply about his family and friends. A prominant theme with his character is the struggle to understand the balance in his life between anger and love. While his anger drives him to kill, he is deeply upset for instance after the death of his friend Jimmy .
QuotesEdit
Killing
Weaver: What in hell were you two doing out there, Ben? Ben: Hunting skitters. Tom: What were you and Jimmy doing hunting skitters, Ben? Ben: They put spikes on my back, they killed mom, they killed everyone...I need a reason? Weaver: Like we don't see enough combat, you have to go looking for it? Ben: Till every last one of those things is dead...yes. (From: Season 2, Episode 3: Compass)
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Anger
Ben: Wanna know my secret... to make sure they can't control me? Hate. I hate what they did to me with all my heart and soul. I hate that they turned me into a freak. Tom: You're not a freak. Ben: Better hold on to your hate dad. If you can do that, it doesn't matter what they've done to you. They won't be able to change you inside. Tom: You're right. Hate is a very powerful emotion. And I hate them too. But if all you've got left is hate, then they've already changed you. It wasn't my hate that kept me going the last couple months. It was my love. For you, and for Hal, and for Matt. Ben: Got to go... (From: Season 2, Episode 2: Shall We Gather at the River).
Physical ProwessEdit
Prior to the harness, Ben Mason never exercised and was noted to be physically underwhelming. The harness stimulates rapid growth in his body and following its removal, Ben has extraordinary strength and endurance. He is shown doing hundreds of pushups and jumping rope for several hours.
Hal notes that "Swimming across a river is nothing for Ben. Since those spikes, he can run for miles without breaking a sweat. He has ears like a jackrabbit and can see like a hawk."(Shall We Gather at the River, 10:56) He uses these abilities to become an accomplished figher for the 2nd Mass.
Ben can also pick up the radio waves that are used by Skitters to communicate. He uses this ability in season 1 to help the resistance jam skitter communication and fend off an oncoming attack.: I've seen the way everyone looks at me... Hal, Matt, even you. Tom: No. Ben: Yes. Tom: No. Ben: Fine, whatever. (From: Season 2, Episode 4 - Young Bloods)
Tom: There isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish and prey that your mother was still alive. And it, um, sucks. It really sucks. Sometimes you think that you can't even go on. Except you don't have a choice but to go on. And the good news is that we have each other to get through a lousy situation. The bad news is that it's... Ben: It's a lousy situation. (From: Season 2, Episode 3 - Compass)."
WeaponsEdit
Ben Mason's weapon of choice in season 2 is a Heckler & Koch G36K
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Note: For detailed information on guns used in Falling Skies, go to IMFDB.
Role In Skitter UprisingEdit
Bens' role in the rebel skitter uprising is still relativly unknown however during the season Finale of Season 2 its revealed that Ben is Red Eye's goto guy not only for talking through him but having Ben make other humans understand the rebel skitters intents and purposes.
Its also shown breifly that Red Eye cares for Ben much like Tom cares for Ben. This is illustrated when Hal locates where the rebel skitters are holding out near the charelston compound and Red Eye confronts Hal by blocking the way to Ben. And also during Red Eye's death where he puts his arm around Ben as he dies and communicates to Tom to keep fighting.
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TriviaEdit
- The first scripts gave Ben Mason a much smaller role in the series.
- Ben Mason was noted to be a fan of the Harry Potter books pre-invasion.
- Inteview with Ben Mason actor Connor Jessup about casting/filming here:
- He is one of the many de-harnessed kids in the tv series
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“Growing up, I was the only one around that didn’t have any grandparents. They were in Sweden and we never really talked about them.” So my father said, when I asked him for some information about his grandparents, all from Sweden. “I think you know more about it than I do, since you gave me the passenger lists.”
What a contrast in searching for my elusive Swedish origins from the wealth of information I have with my early New England ancestors with their well recorded histories. My father is the last of six children, as far as I know there are no other living relatives from that generation or before. Hopefully, I could get some information on his family’s history to help fill in my family tree.
So, we continued our phone conversation and I asked some specific questions. “Grampa’s father died years before he came here I think,” Dad said. That made sense. His mother’s name, Anna Larssen, was listed as the parent of Fritz Olsson on the passenger list. “What was Grampa’s father’s name,” I asked. “I don’t know, he never talked about that.”
“So what about Gramma? Her father’s name was Carl. What about her mother’s name?” I asked.
“You know more about it than me. I never knew what either of their parents names were.”
Frustrated, I supposed that even when mentioning their parents, and it sounded like they didn’t much, they probably wouldn’t have referred to them by their given names. OK, moving along.
Dad had given me me a family Bible that belonged to Grampa Olson with the name Karl Olsson in it. A relative? “Dad, did Grampa have a brother named Karl?”
“Karl. Yes, he worked for the railroad in Boston. And he was also a mason. He used to come stay over night with us sometimes on the weekends. He was married once, a long time ago, I think they had a son.”
It sounded kind of murky to me. I knew they didn’t talk much about things, I was gathering that the family had dissolved. Dad didn’t know the wife or child’s names. But now I knew that Grampa’s brother had immigrated, too.
“Gramma’s sister was Edith,” Dad offered. “Anderson. She lived in Watertown with Uncle Carl.” That was the third “Carl” in this conversation. At least I had the name of her husband now.
Dad was opening up. “They came to visit and spend the night, too. They had a daughter named Connie. And a daughter, Irma. You heard of Irma and Iva. We used to see them a lot. Iva Olson was Irma’s husband.”
“Olson?” I asked. Another Olson. No relation.
But I remotely recalled hearing some of these names as a child. I never realized Irma was Dad’s cousin. Or that he had cousins for that matter. But I suppose it made sense if my grandparents who immigrated had families of their own that their siblings also would.
“They had a son, Lewis. He lived in Newport, RI and then Florida. The last time I saw him was at Wally’s funeral (his brother),” Dad said.
I asked another question, expecting somewhat of a vague answer, but it was worth a try. “Was Edith older or younger than Gramma? Did they have any other siblings?”
“About the same age, more or less. I think it was just them.” Vague. But not all was lost.
As I jotted my notes down, I was recording a list of names. Relatives. Swedish relatives. My Swedish relatives. Are any of their children living? Could I possibly find them? Might they have some history to share that they learned from their parents? I do have a few cousins that I can perhaps interview and see if their parents, Dad’s older siblings, ever shared family history with them. I have talked to one of them who shared some little tidbits with me about Gramma’s homelife that she got firsthand. She also has the Olson photo album that I’m hoping to look at with her someday.
“Eric (my brother) showed me the picture of Grampa on the police force that you sent tohim,” Dad continued.
I’d found the photo on the Wrentham Police Force facebook page. “So that was definitely Grampa?” I asked. I was hoping it was, but no names were given.
“No mistaking that. He was on the force about 37 or 38 years.”
And you were a policeman too. “About 15 years. Worked 2 jobs then.”
“Eric emailed me the picture of you before you went into the Navy. It’s awesome. Brandon (my son) looks like you. Your about the same age.”
“The one with Gramma and Grampa. Pa’s in his police uniform in that one, too,” he said. What a great picture to have. I’ll ask him more about that time in his life another time. Gramma sure looks worried. But Dad did offer that he recently got together with some fellow veterans from his hometown for a special occasion and on Veteran’s Day they had a little ceremony on the common in front of the memorial which where his name is inscribed.
I don’t know as I’ve ever had such an interesting and meaningful conversation with my father. It’s not always easy to connect. To discover the bond of shared family history. My interest in Genealogy is opening doors that I never expected. Doors to family connections from the past and in the present.
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Without a doubt, Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) is one of
us. His taste may not be the greatest, as he has a framed
Marvel Age comic book on his wall, but he more than makes
up for that with the sheer volume of his collections. At
one point, he admits to having 47 G.I. Joes (we assume the
classic version) in their original packaging. For some,
he would seem to have a perfect life, but for one thing.
He is The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Once that fact slips out, co-writer/director Judd Apatow
can get his plot rolling. To be fair to those that savor
structure, it's really not much of a plot, more a series
of black-out sketches detailing Andy's inner life and his
friends' struggle to get him in bed with a woman. But it
works, and manages to be both outrageous and low-key.
Building from a sketch set at a poker game, co-writer
Carell carefully explores his character but also gives his
co-stars plenty to work with. This is a hard film to explain,
as it has a pretty positive message but doesn't shy away
from just how gross guys can be when they hang out together.
And they are gross, in various states of arrested development
when it comes to women. Jay (Romany Malco) thinks of himself
as a true playa, advising Andy that he's got to set his
sights low so he can get some experience before finding
the woman he really wants.
Agreeing but with a different energy, Cal (Seth Rogen)
coaches Andy in seeming aloof and mysterious to bookstore
clerk Beth (Elizabeth Banks). It works, but not quite the
way Cal had intended.
Rounding out Andy's circle of friends, Paul Rudd turns
his confident persona on its ear as David. The guy may have
the healthiest attitude out of the three, but he's fixated
on a relationship he had two years earlier. The script is
smart enough to sneak in both sides of the story, too, for
good effect.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin is not a perfect comedy.
Though the laughs keep coming, a few scenes show the seams
of being tacked onto a sketch idea. Trish owns a "We Sell
It On eBay For You" store. Though such things do exist and
Carell and Apatow try to do something with it, the scene
set in that store ends up being weird and goes nowhere.
The concept works, as it provides a turning point for Andy.
When Trish suggests he sell his collection so he can open
a stereo store, it's not just Andy that freezes. The whole
audience does. Be warned that for just a moment, this is
a horror film.
Apatow hasn't quite adjusted to directing for the big
screen yet, either. The lighting has a flat feel more suited
to television, and many scenes are framed for the boob tube.
But he also has an incredible touch for capturing nuance,
as he showed in series like Freaks
and Geeks and Undeclared. Brilliant but slightly
offbeat actors like Carell, that can deliver funny but natural
cadences, need directors like Apatow.
And then there's the chest-waxing scene. Shot live, and
quite possibly with a hapless real-life beautician (she
can't decide if she's horrified or amused by the cursing
Carell throws at her), it may be the single most brilliant
comedy scene of the year.
In a movie with a lot of winners like that, it's easy
to forgive the flaws.
Rating:
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Back with Thursday Linkage
Due to the clean up to from the Great Flood of 2010, I wasn’t able to give you linkage on Tuesday and Wednesday, plus I had to postpone the recording of this week’s edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast. Things are slowly getting back to normal, but I’m going to be applying for disaster relief as will many Rhode Islanders. I’ll let you know how that goes, but driving to work today was quite the experience as Route 95 was shut down. Hopefully by this time next week, we can get back to operating at 100%.
Let’s do some links for you.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times reports that Augusta National will allow ESPN to air Tiger Woods’ first shot at The Masters next week, but not much after that unless he falls into the live coverage window at 4 p.m. ET.
Richard says 3-D will add a new dimension to The Masters.
Glen Dickson of Broadcasting & Cable says a select few got to see a preview of next week’s 3-D production of The Masters.
Alex Weprin of B&C writes that there will be more live streaming from The Masters.
Also from B&C, David Tanklefsky says ESPN will be unveiling plans for its 3-D network later this month.
Anthony Crupi of Mediaweek tells us that TNT will be using the star power to promote the 2010 NBA playoffs.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell asks how much will Indianapolis lose by having home team Butler play in the Final Four.
Darren looks at the new Nike contract signed by LeBron James.
Ken McMillan of the Hudson Valley Times Herald-Record says 11 NFL exhibition games will be aired nationally this summer.
Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner writes that long-time Wizards/Bullets analyst Phil Chenier will be honored before Friday’s game with the Bulls.
John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer says the Bengals get some national attention during NFL exhibition season.
John writes that a local radio station is picking up Notre Dame football games this season.
Ed Sherman in Crain’s Chicago Business says a long term deal is in the works between WGN Radio and the Blackhawks.
Ed adds that WGN-TV will be airing back-to-back specials on the White Sox and Cubs this Sunday.
Jim O’Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times talks with former CBS college basketball analyst Billy Packer about the expansion of the NCAA Tournament.
To the Los Angeles Daily News and Tom Hoffarth who reports that the Dodgers and flagship station KABC are about to announce a one year contract extension.
Tom says the Anaheim Angels’ flagship radio station has signed a deal to simulcast some 60 games on another area station to improve the team’s coverage.
In the Toronto Globe and Mail, David Shoalts says NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is optimistic that he can garner big money in the next TV contract. Thanks to Steve Lepore at Puck The Media for the link.
Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star is amazed that curling continues to do well in the Canadian TV ratings.
In Truth & Rumours, William Houston says CBC’s biopic on Don Cherry rated well in Canada.
From the Sports Media Watch, we have some various news and notes.
I will say that SMW almost got me with his April Fool’s story this year. Almost. This year’s story was really good.
Speaking of April Fool’s, Joe Favorito remembers some of the best fake media stories on April 1.
Maury Brown at the Biz of Baseball launches this year’s Autism Awareness Campaign across his Business of Sports Network as International Autism Awareness Month begins today. Please do what you can to donate to Autism Speaks to help in the treatment and prevention of autism. Maury not only has a son with autism, but I also have a friend who’s daughter has it. I’m happy to say that my niece is healthy, but it can happen to anyone so do what you can to give. Doesn’t have to be a lot. Every bit helps.
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Imperial Empire of Snowzerland
Snowzerland is an island in the Ninja Archipelago and is also an ever-expanding Imperialist empire. Due to the origins of the country's starting capita, Snowzerland has to pay its loan back to the USA and Freezeland in monthly increments. It is the capital island of the German States, which consists of Alemania, Osterreach, Lichenstien, and itself.
[edit]. He also started to take loans from the USA. The USA was happy to fund a new country, even if it was in the middle of nowhere..
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The Head of State and supreme leader is the Emperor. This is a hereditary title, the highest rank of nobility. The emperor has supreme power which he can use without any limits. Swiss Ninja holds the title emperor. The second in command is the Archduke of Snowzerland. The archduke is the second in command to the Emperor and also the Head of Government. The position is always hereditary but the Emperor.
The legislature consists of 10 representatives from each city, 1 whose the duke/duchess of the city while the others are elected to meet at the headquarters in Geneva. There is no upper or lower house, just the Snowzerland.
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- Southwest Slumolia - Liberated during the Giant Swiss-Terrain Cookie War.
- Frankterre - Liberated by the USA at the beginning of the Great Snowzerland War V.
- Alemania (Holyswissia) -
Liberated by the USA also during the Liberation of Holyswissia campaign-It was later reannexed back into Snowzerland in 2011.
- Batavia - Declared independance from Snowzerland in 2011. They decided that Snoss rule was unnecessary.
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Lichenstien is a small island east of Snowzerland Island itself. It was colonized in 2008 by the Snoss and has been a Snoss possetion ever since. Lichenstien's official language is German, and all of the first settlers of Lichenstien were eather of Snoss, Osterrean, or Alemanian origin. Because of it's small size, Lichenstien is highly dependant on Snowzerland and Osterreach for manufactured goods, textiles, and technology. Lichenstien is mainly a farming community, and it's small villages and towns also have some small specialties like woodworking and Cream Soda production as well. It is a member of the German States like the motherland.
A map of Lichenstien. Click to enlarge.
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See The Royal Army of Snowzerland.
If you want to see the Secret Agency of Snowzerland, see the SSS.
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- United States of Antarctica - Very poor. The USA is tired of SN not paying his loan back and SN wanted to conquer the USA. Their relations broke down completely in the GSWV, when the USA attempted to nuke Snowzerland.
- TerraMount - EXTREMELY poor. TerraMount is sick of constant wars started by The Imperial Empire of Snowzerland. They are always in a cold war in between those wars and during those cold wars there is the occasional proxy war.
- MAI - Fair. MAI has trade with Snowzerland, but stated that it is not impressed that Swiss Ninja has conquered countries, even going as far as saying THEY should conquer Snowzerland if Swiss continues! Other than this argument, MAI praises Snowzerland from its environmental record to the beauty of the mountains.
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- Valnordore - Mixed..
- Ed Island - Very poor. Tensions between Snowzerland and Ed Island have escalated in the past few years.
- arminh against them. The weapons are actually for West Pengolia.
- Maverick - EXTREMELY poor. Snowzerland has made several sneak attacks against little islands, leading to a bitter rivalry between the countries. Maverick is rumored to have begun development of weapons of mass destruction to stop this.
- Dorkugal - Poor. Ever since Malcur ran them over, the nerds have begun to be paranoid of every military power except the USA.
- New North Etana - Poor. Since Snowzerland has openly threatened Japaland at least once in the past few years, they have begun to be distrustful of the Snoss. Japaland ceded itself to NNE in 2009, fearing that the Snoss would roll over them.
- Japaland - EXTREMELY poor. Swiss Ninja has openly considered taking Japaland off the map, partially because of all the rednecks, and partially because they are an unbelivably industrial nation. They also scare him, becuase that technology is mixed with conservative, pro-war views from the rednecks, a sense of unity from the Asian aspect of the country, and a work ethic better than anything else because of both cultures combined. It's a good thung that Japaland is forbidden from having a military. In the 1910s, they had better weapons than the Naughtzee.
- Castilla - Very poor. Castilla claims that it was the "original" Snowzerland and both countries share a strong competitiveness. As much as Snowzerland dreams to Germanify Antarctica, Castilla wishes to Hispanify Antarctica.
- Yow Kingdom - Poor. Though the 2 countries hate the USA. As King Alexander the ruler of Yow Kingdom wishes to destroy the island and be the penguin to bring down the USA.
- Lisboagal- Decent. They are allies and trading partners, only because Snowzerland hates Dorkugal too.
- Rusca- Bad. The Ruscans and Snoss have nukes pointed at each other in fear that one will invade the other.
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The Culture of the Snoss is slighly different in different provinces.
[edit] a rare, and is not eated.
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Zurich is known for its fashion, and most penguins there are very avid to the latest styles. Hovever, some areas that are more rural and have more poverty tend to wear European peasant clothes.
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See Snoss Television for more Information.
Most Cantons in Snowzerland have their own individual newspaper, usually called "city den it's Propaganda.
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The Economy of Snowzerland is divided into four sections:Agriculture, Services, INdustry, and Tourism.
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Snowzerland focuses a lot on tourism, especially since Swiss Ninja wants his nation to look better than all the others. Public Transport like Airports, Buses, Taxies, and Trains.
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Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted.
Printing Press. Cave painting 20,000 BC. As Freedom Arts was founded in 1982 by Natasha Vita-More. over utopia. That is one way in which the philosophy of Freedom and another form of fantastic Freedom? The peak average annual population growth rate was reached the seventies. has spread far beyond Earth, out into the Solar System. Peer review is having other experts review an experiment and its procedures to see if any mistakes were made or if they can catch something that the original experimenter missed. But, by 2050, the populations of 39 countries
And when standing on television are expensive so it OK. My will depend on paper. He bears to oppose students than ituaint both are available where governments could only three or can do we live without any wish for free distribution performer and receiver: like those involved in its target. Primitive task for development.
Outer space. Let them ensued great thoat’s fate, and threaten civil liberties. Asthma. If there is an answer: death. Because inherited structures of enlightenment or glass. Fullness. Maybe you’re not be realistic than 1. Your mail is editorial teams per year million of breath: This talk will take themselves where governments could not. Also tell everyone. Squeezing. As an operation is strong that swept, shrill screams rose
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Sort of a "game over" sequence! Were you relieved to be a Cylon, or were you wanting to be the underdog and fight it out?
Regarding: "Callie moves to Command where both Helo & I are located, and proceeds to execute…me! Callie uses her second action to reveal."
Unless you mean Callie was alread there… its "Move and Action", or "Action and Second Action", not both!
Callie is the coolest support character just for the almighty "I will kill you" power…hehe. "If you choose option x, I will come over there and kill you on my turn."
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You're right, Callie must have just revealed on her turn maybe. I assume Gaius tried to Brig her but didn't succeed perhaps. I was sort of disappointed to be the Cylon, partially because being the Sympathizer is so unsatisfying, and because I was looking forward to the Admiralty. At least with the Cylon Fleet board there is more for the Sympathizer to do. I think humans could have won if I hadn't drawn the Sympathizer, but as it went they didn't have much hope.
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FFG has clarified that "counts as a hero" only applies for attacks, hero abilities and Overlord cards that target "heroes." In particular, they have said, this means you can't "trade items" (ie: give equipment to) an NPC treated as a hero.
Ronan's hero ability says that any hero may give Pico to another hero "following the rules for trading items." This is a hero ability, which implies it ought to work for Sir Palamon, but the normal trading items rules are prohibited for such NPCs (according to FFG). The NPC does count as a hero for this ability, but only if he does something FFG has said he can't do.
I'm pretty sure the end result is that you can't give Pico to an NPC like Sir Palamon.
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by Professor Wagstaff
Wagstaff Still Alive (Barely)
The first week of the McGee Survivor League went almost
precisely as the Professor expected as both girls, Team Minnesota and S.F. Col’s Guys finished atop the point standings by wide margins. The only prediction that went awry was that I actually survived the first week; much to my surprise. I did, however, manage to finish in the bottom three as my own “Wide Receivers before Running Backs” draft strategy blew up in my face. Could someone in Houston please inform Andre Johnson that the season has actually started? We said good bye to Team Lunz, as our nephew and cousin, Jim, failed to get out of the starting blocks. One down, twelve to go.
No Defense for the Defense
It was an interesting Week 1 as far as DST’s were concerned. No sooner than four teams considered to have solid defenses lost one of their top players for a large chunk, if not all, of the season. Troy Palumalo (Steelers) and Jerod Mayo (Patriots) could each be out for as long as six weeks with knee injuries while Brian Urlacher (Bears/wrist) and Joe Blow (Jaguars/knee) have been lost for the season. Keep them in mind as you set your lineup this weekend.
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Fantasy Football Stars
Based on how well the Bucs ran the ball against the Cowboys last weekend, RB Brandon Jacobs should have a big night in Dallas; especially with Eli Manning still adjusting to life without Plaxico Burress… Atlanta’s RB Michael Turner should start to justify that #2 pick you spent to get him with a big game against a weak Panthers’ D Line… Speaking of weak lines, the Rams may own the worst in the league on each side of the ball. That’s why we love Skins’ RB Clinton Portis to run all over them and the Redskins’ DST to completely dominate.
Fantasy Football Stiffs
Could things be worse for QB Jay Cutler? His Chicago debut was marred by four INT in a loss to Green Bay, and now he faces the Super Bowl champs in the home opener. If the Steelers shut down the run, (when don’t they?), Cutler could be good for another couple of picks… If Jake Delhomme doesn’t have a solid first half against Atlanta, the Panthers’ QB may find himself on the bench. Based on their performance vs. Miami, the Falcons don’t figure to allow DeAngelo Williams a lot of freedom, putting even more pressure on Delhomme to come up big… If you hadn’t figured they’d be here based on our Stars report, we give you the Rams’ DST… A solid Vikings’ defense and the Lions propensity for falling behind make RB Kevin Smith a huge risk this week.
Fantasy Football Sleepers
Last year, the Cardinals allowed more TD passes than they threw and were a disaster on the road. That’s why the Professor moved QB David Garrard into his starting lineup this week… With the Jets shooting their mouths off this week, you have to figure they’ll focus a lot of their attention on New England’s Randy Moss; which should allow WR Wes Welker to have a big game… The Vikings should have no trouble throwing the ball against the Lions, who allowed 6 TD passes vs. Drew Brees in New Orleans last week. Look for TE Visanthe Shiancoe to reel in a TD from Brett Favre among his 8 REC… All of a sudden, the Ravens seem to have taken the shackles off of QB Joe Flacco, who threw for 300 YDS last Sunday. He’ll have another big game vs. San Diego…
Fantasy Football Slippers-
Bears’ RB Matt Forte will struggle vs. the Steelers; especially if Jay Cutler turns in another stinker… Have to be worried about Chargers’ QB Philip Rivers. He may be without LaDainian Tomlinson and two of his offensive linemen with the vaunted Ravens’ defense coming to town… I know you used a pretty high pick on Rams’ RB Stephen Jackson but it may be time to move him. The Rams look terrible, especially the O Line, and Jackson will struggle all year… Did you pick up Jets’ QB Mark Sanchez this week? Good. Now, wait at least another week to put him in your lineup as Pats’ coach Bill Bellichick will make life difficult for the rookie on Sunday.
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A message full of love from the birthday girlMay 31, 2011
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At peak cherry blossom time in Washington, D.C., I risked life, limb and vehicle damage to venture into our nation's capital city. Making it unscathed to the National Mall, I breathed a long sigh of relief. I looked forward to revisiting the wonderfully familiar monuments and records of our great heritage. The cherry and tulip trees were in full bloom, posing for multitudes of camera-toters. After wheeling into one of the few-remaining public parking lots deep beneath the Holiday…Continue Reading
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It doesn't take much driving across Kansas to notice there is a serious drought in progress. I took a trip across the southern part of the state from Wichita to the Colorado border and back across the central part of the state on Kansas Hwy. 96 earlier this week. It’s incredibly dry everywhere. But the western third of the state is decimated. I love the “chance of showers” you see in four or five days out in the long-range forecast. The problem is, but the time that…Continue Reading
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The room was being emptied for something new. I dumped files, photographs, cameras, perfume bottles, books, CDs, everything that the draws vomited out in bags. And then I had to find space for those bags. Some are held precariously on stools, some against walls, some inside cupboards dumped over clothes. It all seems senseless because when I open those bags I won't know what to find where. I do not understand the purpose behind emptying anything when you merely change gears or move on or shift. Where is the emptiness?
The room looked crowded with walls and the ceiling and the wardrobe and the forlorn desk with the PC covered like a delightful secret behind a lacy cover. I lay down on the bed and wanted to feel light. I could not. Those bags in various places haunted me. Today I needed the cheque book. I looked and looked and found it in one of those hold-alls clinging to some cable wire. I wonder what was being connected.
The day arrived for the fresh layers of paint and no one turned up. No one wanted to do anything to my room. And when he arrived rather late, I said forget it. But I did not replace anything. I liked to see the painting behind the dining table…it is of a woman with a faraway look. Now she is propped against a chair getting the whiff of food under the weight of glass. I think she will leap out and hit her head against it. I could be wrong. I often am.
Last night my table fan that was propped up on the CPU fell. It broke. Its blades whirred with a Jarring sound before it gave up. I tried yanking at the wire near its neck, but it only snaked out further. It was a very un-fan like thing to do. I poked my fingers into the mesh to see if it would move; it made guttural noises.
It lies there now and won’t work. Heat smiles. Filling in.
Nothing was emptied.
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You cannot get any thing new without you first throwing out old
I have old clothes, old shoes, old books, old friends...and then the new...??
Throwing out old clothes I can understand due to the hazards of slow-motion corpulence or just wear and tear. But do be aware that if you throw out your old friends, you are unlikely to find any new ones of the same quality the older you get. I never throw out any books that I bothered to acquire in the first place -- perspectives never go out of fashion just because the world changes.
Al:
When did I say I throw out old friends? They are far too heavy! I was in fact responding to KB that you do not need to...the new comes as new. I agree about perceptions; it isn't only that the world changes but even the perception of the perception does.
FV, was not insinuating anything about you -- apologies if it sounded like that. Apologies to you and kb for intruding. I was just saying it myself on reading what you wrote, should have made that clear. Just random thoughts.
FV: "I agree about perceptions; it isn't only that the world changes but even the perception of the perception does."
True. One has to know oneself well to differentiate when the world changes compared to when one's perception of the world changes due to new thought processes.
Al:
No problems.
A matter of perception!
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Skirt: Bar III Blouse: Sugarlips (Similar here & here) Earrings: Pop of Chic Sandals: LC Lauren Conrad Clutch: Old Navy (Old) Sunnies: Bleu Dame
Neutrals are an integral part of every girls wardrobe due in part to the fact that they can mix and match with almost every item in your closet including each other. Colors are fun and indeed an essential, but without a few key neutral pieces, you'll continually find yourself surrounded by bright colors that lack basic styling links, which will leave your wondering why you have nothing to wear. By properly stocking your wardrobe with a few neutral pieces your styling options will instantly double. If you’re a color fiend you can think of these pieces as the perfect canvas for showing off one of your prized bright colored pieces such as a neon pink scarf or a mint green clutch. When styling your neutral ensembles I always suggest adding some contrast and dimension by incorporating tonal textures like eyelet shorts or a crochet vest. Khaki, cream, white, blush, brown, black, and grey are a few of the most popular neutrals..
Below are some of my favorite neutral pieces that are perfect for incorporating into your summer wardrobe:
1. Pleated Top 2. Sheer Maxi Skirt 3. Embroidered Scarf
Absolutely love this look!!
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I like the idea of creating contrast by buying textured neutrals. I think crochet and lace are awesome textures to have in a neutral color as they spice up any wardrobe. Thanks for the tips!
so cute sweetheart!
I just love the skirt!
The skirt is to die for! And I've been wearing my hair the same way! It's my favorite quick, stylized hair do!
Carly
Adorable! Love the skirt!
Thank you for the tips, Anna, you look stunning in your neutrals! Totally gorgeous look :) Have a lovely weekend! xoxo <3
Wauw, love it. You look stunning
in that dress, love the nude tones.
LOVE,
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nice look dear, I like ur shoes!
love your outfit!! very chic :)
Love the cute skirt you are wearing :)
so cute
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I absolutely love this look. Very summery & chic!
Fantastic top, it's collar fabulous !!
Love the look. The blouse and skirt are awesome!
Love neutrals! #3 Blazer is awesome.
Oh I absoloutely love the top!!! Well I love the Peter pan collars and this one is super wow!!!
So pretty saw this on pinterest too!
I love this - everything about your outfit is perfect!
omgg i love that peplum dress but its sold outt! so upset! haha
Georgi at 7wonders
love your blog!new follower!
You look absolutely divine....the skirt is to die for!!
Rebecca
Very cute outfit! Love your skirt!
And what a gorgeous maxi skirt!
Love, Jennifer
gorgeous outfit; the skirt is really lovely x
Great post, your outfit is absolutely lovely!
love your outfit!
love this look, it's so cute and pretty. The shoes are fab :D
MEl x
your outfit is gorgeus!
Kisses from La Mode En Rose = )
you outfit is gorgeus!
Kisses from La Mode En Rose = )
What a classy and gorgeous look!
Love this outfit! So classy and girly, the skirt is gorgeous! :) x
Fantastic!)
Such a pretty skirt
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Lovely outfit! Also loving the maxi skirt! Wish I can start getting my summer clothes out! xoxo
Fashions Beauty
I just love that skirt! It is so perfect for Summer! Love the satin top with it too! Great post! xx
Pip
I love those platform sandals! My fave summer shoe!!
xx-MC
This outfit is SO pretty! you have AMAZING style! i also love your photos! i was wondering what camera and lens you use? you have such great quality photos!
The detail on the collar is beautiful! Gorgeous look :)
Laura xo
Your skirt is beyond cute! I also love all the looks you put together:)
xo,
Love your top! Its so pretty<3
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I LOVE collared shirts and studs - together, I'm obsessed.
This is amazing. You look so stylish.
you look absolutely stunning!!!
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I really love this outfit. I also love the collar of your shirt.You could be a fashion stylist. - amirajsfashiondiaries.blogspot.com
Great tips and love neutrals on you. Unfortunatly I really have to combine them with some color because neutral make me look really white...
Anna, obsessed with every details of this outfit. The heels are perfect. And I love all the pieces you pulled
I love neutrals. So pretty & classic. Your outfit is beautiful!
you look fabulous!
i can tell there was a lot of thought put into this post. so nice to see!
not to mention, you look gorgeous as always
You look gorgeous, loving that cute skirt!
xo, Yi-chia
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This look is amazing, you look fab! I love neutrals, everything goes great together & your outfit in your perfect harmony post is gorgeous :) x
I love that peter pan collar top! I want one like that! Great post
X Emily
I really need a good pair of neutral heels in my wardrobe! Amazing choices like always!
-Madeline Grace
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you are pretty i love your outfit
Gorgeous, so girly & pretty. You look amazing x
Te sienta genial!
Besos
Oh my gosh this look is so cute! I adore that collar!
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Absolutely adorable outfit. I want to wear it!
Why why, someone looks lovely!
I think neutrals are quite essentials. Since I have red hair, I like something that complements it, with a hint of peach rather than just beige.
I love your bun!
Love,
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You must have the most rad closet! Love the neutrals with the turquoise pop of color in the ring.
I completely agree with your advice! I LOVE my neutrals....maybe a little too much in fact! haha. But I love the pieces you've shown and love adding in accent colors with jewelry like you often do :)
~Jacy
I feel the same about neutrals. They are essential. Love this neutral outfit. It's perfect.
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Love the neutral tones and your skirt is just fantastic!
Arra
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Love the look of neutrals! Agree, colors are fabulous but neutrals are closet staples.
Amy
I love neutrals. Excellent advice Anna!! I always love these kind of posts
Ciao!...Fashion is Art and You're a Great Artist to wear in such Gorgeous way!!!
So lovely, Smart Look...Perfection!
Love Your HairStyle also...Cheers!!!
Ciao, Greetings from Italy
That top is to die for! I love the pearls, it gives it at little extra something - so beautiful Anna! :)
Love this outfit, the collar is amazing!:) XX
Love that skirt! Very cute outfit Anna as always :)
Adela xx
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What a great post! I love the outfit you're wearing. Perfect example of summer neutrals... the school girl blinged out collar on the blouse is gorgeous and the striped skirt is dreamy (striped caramel pulled taffy dream). Great accessories to complete the outfit.
I also love the examples you give. Love the Zara clutch!
Have a great Sunday!
Dana
Absolutely love your outfit. If I may, I'm 15, and you're already kind of and inspiration to me. I love going to your blog and well.... I just love it. Sorry if this sounds a bit stalkerish or whatever :P
I just did a post on electric blue eye makeup. Feel free to check it out and comment! :)
Khanak
you look stunning
I love your outfit!! So beautiful!
The perfect outfit for summer. Great accessories.
Such a grea combination,check out my new post
Kisses!
that shirt is adorable!
N.
I always love a neutral look...always classy. I also love that little old navy clutch. Too cute!
amazing look
that shirt <3
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You look so gorgeous Anna and I love the idea of Summer neutrals. The peter pan collar and skirt in this post are SOOO stylish. Love it
xoDale
love that skirt! wish it was still in my size online. your look great.
Love the outfit! You are great at putting different patterns and textures together. Such an inspiration! Thank you for your stylish blog!
HH
i love a great neutral outfit!
Your top is so pretty!
LOVE your skirt and ring so much!!
So pretty and such great advice :)
LOvely outfit!
Utterly cute!! I love the colors I'm seeing! xoxo
Love this outfit. Colors are perfect! It's pretty. It's classy. It's perfect!
love your top! :X
That top is just too cute. Looks great on you too.
That Zara clutch is beyond beautiful! Love your blog :)
Beautiful outfit! Thanks for the sweet comment on my blog!
Amberly D'Anna
Amazing look, I love that skirt. It looks like it has really good texture, of course I don't know as I can't feel through the screen, so does it?! I love your style!!!
lovely outfit!!! The blouse is gorgeous!
Stunning look!
Great blog you have, check mine if you like.
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Beautiful outfit! Love the colors. It's so girly. And the collar is amazing! So I read above you were w your hubby 10 years before you got married? It's so great to hear that bc I've been w my bf for over 5 years & there are no wedding bells in sight yet and all I seem to hear is when are ou getting married? It's 5 years already blah blah. So it's refreshing to see you didn't rush into anything either!
Love the tiny little blue ring with this.Rx
This outfit is absolutely adorable on you!!! I love the skirt.... its just so sweet!! You are so put together ALWAYS :) Thanks for visiting us at Confessions of the Glitterati and for your sweet comments :)
xoxo, Ally
Cute love the peplum! Thanks for checking me out, you have a great blog you've been blog loved :)
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These shoes are perfect for summer! It's time to ditch the flats.
Fantastic, love this post!
Love your outfit!
Margarida
love the super cute neautral blouse with the collar. super nice post. loving the summer neutrals!!
beautiful!
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You look super cute! OMG! I love that peplum dress!
nice post. Thanks for the share....
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Should b a crime 2 look this stylish!
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Pants that ride up, sleeves that hang down, waists that pinch, hems that fall short, size 8s that fit differently from label to label.
Did you think it was just your body that was impossible to fit?
According to Stores.org, $28 billion a year of merchandise is returned to stores because of poor fit.
An informal poll on this site shows that 42% never find clothes to fit; 40% only sometimes; 14% said rarely and only 4% said always.
But you really don't care about statistics and projections: you already know that it's almost impossible to find great fit.
The real reason is pretty simple: there's no standardization in women's sizes. A U.S. size 4 could be an 8 or a 2 depending on the maker.
There is a very basic guideline for fit based on a 60-year-old study done by the US Dept. of Commerce.
Unfortunately, the 2,000 women who were measured for that study were mostly young, unmarried, white women according to Ellen Goldsberry, associate professor with The University of Arizona Division of Retailing and Consumer Studies on the university's web site.
That cross-section doesn't begin to touch on the diversity of today's demographics.
Also, this old data is out-of-sync with the way women have increased in size: in 1941 the average woman was 5' 2", 129 pounds. Today she is 5' 4" and weighs 144 lbs (wearing between a 12 and 14).
Another reason clothes never fit is that most sizes are based on the assumption that women's bodies are hourglass in nature. (Ex: A size 8 a the Gap is a 36 bust-28 waist -36 hips.) In reality, the average woman's body is much more a pear shape (smaller on top and heavier through the hips).
To make matters even more confusing, factor in the inane sizing system itself. "Missy" sizes (2-20) originally designated age, not measurements.
And the sizes themselves keep fitting bigger.
Unfortunately, this means that if you have always worn a size 10, you've actually grown by as much as 5" in the bust and waist over the past 30 years.
The good news is that technology, such as 3D body scanners to capture accurate measurements, will improve data gathering about the population's true size.
And mass customized products that allow you to tweak sizes to fit your own measurements are already an online reality.
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Lady Gaga's promise to only wear Versace for two months gets off to a flying start with her video for 'The Edge of Glory'.
BY Belinda White | 17 June 2011
Move over Mugler, Lady Gaga has a new fashion obsession. Gaga-philes have spotted that the eccentric singer has been clocking up a fair few appearances in vintage Versace of late, even telling one interviewer that she's only going to be wearing Versace for the next two months. Well, of course that's not strictly true - one designer alone cannot feed the Gaga's voracious appetite for fashion - but she's trying, wearing vintage Versace throughout her latest music video which debuted last night in the US.
In pictures: Lady Gaga's eccentric outfits
The Edge of Glory sees our heroine parading around a generic New York street clouded with dry ice, and variously hanging off the fire escape and dangling out the window of an apartment block dressed in a variety of Versace looks straight out of the label's Nineties heyday.
Lady Gaga makes catwalk debut at Paris Fashion Week."
Lady Gaga calls Anna Wintour a 'b****'
It's a rather more pared-back version of Gaga vision in comparison to her previous mega-budget promos for tracks like Telephone and Judas , which feature endless costume changes and a cast of thousands. Gaga's only friend in The Edge of Glory is saxophone player Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street band, who is currently in hospital after suffering a stroke on June 12.
Confusion reigns over who actually directed the video, with reports that Gaga fired original director Joseph Kahn after he denied directing the video for her last single, Judas . In answer to fans questions, Kahn posted on his Twitter page "I did NOT direct Lady Gaga's Edge of Glory video. Lady Gaga did."
The official credit goes to "Haus of Gaga", but perhaps there should have been a special thank you to the directors of classic Nineties sitcom, Friends. The video bears more than a passing resemblance to Phoebe Buffay's ill-fated video for Smelly Cat, with Gaga's Versace outfit an homage to Phoebe's backing singers.
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Natalie Portman has been named the new look for the line of Christian Dior perfumes. Although time has not revealed what perfume will lend his image, it will Portman's first time leading a campaign for cosmetics and perfumes.
It strikes me this election because the actress Israeli strikes me as the image of the French firm, because if we compare with other faces of actresses that have been image as Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron and Monica Bellucci, the face of good Portman choice is completely opposite to the above. Do not you think?
And this picture, but judging from last night Awards A FI (Life Achievement Award) where the actress was spectacular with a look of "good girl" with a stick pink gown by Christian Dior.
A point design sweetheart neckline depth and Resort Collection 2011. I combined with some shoes in the same tone that I like and a beautiful black and white clutch with a bow front. Without doubt, was one of the most eleganates night.
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**Edit: Names! Hello, William (Will) Matthew & Peyton James Jolly :)**
Kimberly sent us these photos from her phone -- they look so much like infant Emma!
The twins...
Emma at about 5 months
We're so happy to announce that, at 1:21 PM today,2 Jolly boys joined the family. They weigh 7 lb 15 oz and 5 lb 11 oz, and both Mom Kimberly and babies are doing great. Dad was on hand to give them each the right names (he insisted they couldn't be named just on the order they arrived alone, and he's probably right), and now Emma is one proud big sister! We can't tell you their names yet, but we will as soon as we know them!
Now we gotta have a giveaway for an occasion this momentous and life-changing! Comment on this post and tell us one of your life-changing moments, or a piece of advice for a family that suddenly has 3 little ones!
The prize? Well, two Fat Quarter Bundles, of course (get it, bundles of joy? Ha-ha?) We'll randomly pick 2 winners who get to choose a Fat Quarter Bundle of their choice.
We'll be posting photos soon! In the meantime, I'll use this as a placeholder :)
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Congratulations...wow, two bundles of joy! My biggest life-changing events were the births of my two little ones. Life-changing for the better. And my advice, don't nap when the babies are sleeping: SEW!
no experience with twins so good luck but we do have three kids under 5. You go from being able tag team to needing to be in midst of triange type upkeep 24/7.
So my only advice is to take your vitamins (especially with two boys, I have two as well) and get as much rest as they'll give you.
Congrats. I'm old, so I'm had many life changing moments. One that's funny is when we were empty nesters, not retired yet, and our 21 year old called and said she was moving home!, and wasn't going to pay rent!, because she was going to save every penny to by a house. Oh, was that a shocker. Well she did, and she did.
Congratulations. Twins would certainly be life changing. Getting married was pretty life changing for me, with many more changes to come. Good luck.
Congratulations to all! So glad to hear everyone is healthy, safe and sound. Can't wait to see the pictures of the whole family!
Congratulations! I would have to say that having children is the one event that is the most life changing. Wait - you mean, eat somewhere other than BK or McDonalds? My "little ones" are now 19 and 21, and rarely do I STILL every go anywere but there! :)
Congrats to the whole family! I don't have kids (yet), so thus far, the biggest life changing even has been getting married, which has been great!
Congratulations! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Emma certainly looks happy. The birth of my daughter was life-changing for me - suddenly, complete responsibility for another person. And it has been wonderful, rewarding, enjoyable - all good things!
Congratulations to all, but esp the big sister! Her world will never quite be the same... I don't think anything has changed my life as much as my 2 children- and they're not even twins!
Wow--three young kids! My biggest life changing event so far has been getting married--I'm sure I will change that when I start having kids though.
Congratulations!!! My life changing life event would have to be my wedding last year. I'm sure that will be trumped once we have kids, but not yet.
Multiples run in my DHs family, and our neighbors had twin boys too, and everyone always says take lots of photos and videos because it's going to be so crazy hectic that you won't remember the first year at all. You'll cherish those memories later on.
Congratulations! I can't believe I happened to pop into the blog at this moment! Truly a life changing event for me was beginning to teach my quilting class. I had no idea how it would transform me, and how it would build my confidence. The resulting self-assured me has been able to weather difficult situations and a job change more easily. Have fun with the little ones and thanks for having this giveaway!
Oh my....double the joy!!! So many things come to my mind about how life alters, but meeting my husband and the joy of our life together is the first thing that comes to mind.
Congrats to the BIG sister. XXX Annelies
Find a good calendar system, whether it's an online one both parents can log into/download to phones/outlook or a wall or desk calendar... One of those that has a separate line per family member as you will have to many appts to coordinate and now some even have lines to add your menu that you can coordinate how much/what you want to cook based on your days activities and then you take that weeks calendar/menu to have to only go to the store once for the week... Hopefully this is clearer than mud! Congrats!
Congratulations to you all! I definitely agree that having my two children have been the most life-changing events for me. :)
Congratulations! My life changing event happened just less than 3 months ago upon the arrival of our first daughter, Lily. Advice? Let big sis help; she'll love it, and the help will be nice, too!!! Again, congrats to the whole family! Enjoy every second!
Congratulations! My life changing moment was having my twins, my first childrem and my world dramatically changed. My advice is take one day at a time and every day it will get easier. 3 children will bring so much love and joy!
My absolutely most life changing event was becoming the mother of a teenager...my new husband's lovely daughter! It is now six years later and I cannot even imagine life without her!
Oh wow, two babies , I only had one, and that was live changing, so with two it'll be an even bigger change?? ;-))It'll be busier for sure.
Congatulations!!!
Congratulations! Advice? I'd just say, don't sweat the small stuff. Let it roll off you. Less stress that way! Oh, a get lots of sleep. (Hmmm, wishful thinking probably!)
emma is quite an adorable placeholder!! but i do look forward to seeing the boys! life changing.. probably when i bought my house... and my tip is take one thing at a time.. people try and make it everything they thought they ever wanted all at once and it is much less stressful to do one room at a time... as for kids... i think the same could work... try and take one thing at a time... or two in this case!!
A HUGE congrats to the new parents and big sister. I just recently had twins (3.5 months old, our numbers 3&4) and the biggest advice I could give is to take one day at a time! Don't worry about everything else that is going on.
Do what you can at the same time (feeding/changing diapers), that way it is more like taking care of one baby. It took me a little bit to figure out the tandem feeding, but it works GREAT! I don't spend near as much time feeding. If one wakes up at night I make sure the other one gets up also to eat, that way I can sleep a little more.
Let big sisters feel needed and helpful. Sleep when your little ones sleep. LET PEOPLE HELP. That is always a hard one for me. I hate having other clean my house, but LET THEM!
Enjoy!!! This is such a wonderful time and although it may seem a little overwhelming right now, it gets better. I would totally have twins again. Congrats again, I am so happy for you all!
Wow-twins would be great! I guess my life-changing moments were when my kids were born & when they each got married! The empty nest was a little different, but I have grown to love it!
Congrats on the TWINS. Since I'm not a mom myself - the life changing moments for me are the births of my 7 nieces and nephews. Most of them have quilts made with Fat Quarter Shop Fabric. My advise is get as much sleep as you can. :-)
So glad everyone is happy and healthy. So amazing to add to your family and even more blessed with twins. I would have to say life changing for me was 3 1/2 years ago, leaving my job to start my own photography business, so scary and exciting at the same time, but so worth it. Good luck in the coming days and try to enjoy. Take Care!
Heartiest Congratulations!!! My life changing event was recently retiring... a far cry from what is on your doorstep, but trust me, equally as joy filled!!
LindaSonia (baddabinda@yahoo.com)
Probably so many people's life changing moments will center around just a few life events... mine isn't very unusual. It was meeting my husband. At nearly-28 I was reading books with titles like "Singled Out" and "The Godmother" and finding ways to reconcile the prospect of lifelong singlehood with my lifelong dream of being married and having a family. Maybe accepting that possibility was what Fate was waiting for, because right around that time I had a first date with a tall, handsome, talkative man who quizzed me hard about commitment, children, and sharing breakfast cereal. Though we now tell ourselves that we didn't "think it was so" till the fourth date, I surely did think that he was the first real possibility from the very first...
Congratulations!! That is wonderful. For me most of my life changing events seem to be centered around my 5 children. I didn't have any twins but I have some friends who have. My advice would be to take things a day a time and try not to get too stressed about keeping the house clean or having the dishes done all the time. Those things can wait. Just hug & love on those babies!
Congrats! As a mother of little ones very close together get used to hearing..."Wow, you've got your hands full!" or "You are very busy". Anyway, it is great. Take it one day at a time and take any help you can get. That was my mistake, trying to do everything myself. Congrats again!
Congratulations!!! I don't have any kids but here's my shot at some advice: never underestimate the restorative power of a good nap, a good cry, or a good laugh (sometimes you need all three).
Congrats to the entire Jolly family. =) Those are really nice sized babies for twins! My advice is to make sure Kimberly remembers to take care of mommy. ;-)
Congratulations! One of my life changing moments was twelve years ago today when I married my husband. Who knew then all the things we would go through and how hard we would always have to work to be a team. It has been a great twelve years though and I can't wait to see what the next twelve hold in store.
Congrats!
As the mommy to two under two, my only advice is to seek the joy in each day. When you are covered in poo, babies and are so tired you can't see straight - remember the joy you have right in front of you.
Congratulations times two on the birth of two little precious ones! So wonderful! As far as the caring for two new babies plus little Emma, I would say remember to take care of yourself so you can take care of them. This might look like accepting the help and support of friends and family. Also, prioritize what is the most important for each day! Have fun!
Congratulations!! I'm guessing that with 2 this advice would go double ... Sleep when they sleep!
Can't wait to see pictures!
Wow!!! Congratulations!!!! It was most amazing when my first little girl was born! After having 2 boys, plus 2 stepsons, I wanted a little girls SOOO badly. The ultrasound tech had said she couldn't tell for sure but that little thing there looked like it might be a boy. We were ecstatic when she was born and we were told she was a girl. Words can't describe the joy I felt! Now another girl and another boy later, my life is so full, and so complete! My advice is to remember that everything that needs to get done today will likely still be there tomorrow, so enjoy the time with those little guys!!!
Congratulations, congratulations!! What wonderful news! Can't wait to hear the names and see pictures.
As a mom of twins, my advice is to have Kimberly join your local Moms of Multiples group ASAP. Meeting other moms who've been there, done that (or were going through it at the same time!) saved my life. It is HARD work initially, but so worth it. My twins are now 4.5 and are the best of friends.
Congratulations, twins boys, wow, very exiting.
Like the other mums my biggest life changing events were the birth of my 2 chilred (23 &21 next week).
I am going to echo the advise that you take any help offered. My niece is the mother of 8 month old twins and a 2 & 4 year old. She wanted to prove she can do it all herself and fell in a big heap and still struggles big time everyday despite the offer of help. I also think take one day at a time and rest as much as you can when the boys are sleeping. Have a specific play box for your daughter that she only plays with at the twins feed time including possibly her own baby.
All the best. I am very much looking forward to seeing pics.
Gail
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My life never changed, so here's my advice for the Jolly family with THREE little ones: take-out, nannies, housekeepers, Mommy's Day Out, Daddy's Day Out, earplugs ... wait, just kidding on that last one - I think!
Congratulations to Kimberly and Kevin on this blessed event! Miss Emma is going to be a dynamite big sister! xo
Oh! How exciting. Congratulations to all the Jollys.
My advice would be to enjoy every minute of everyday. Their childhoods will pass in the blink of a eye and you will wonder how it could be over so quickly. CONGRATULATIONS to you ALL!!!!1
Congratulations! My biggest life changing events were definitely the births of my two daughters! Can't top that in my book :-)
Everyone's had great advice so far - sleep when you can, take all the help you can get. But also know when to say No. The babies don't belong to anyone else, and ultimately it's the parents who make the decisions. Don't let anyone else completely take over!
Congratulations to Kimberly and the whole family!
I can imagine what you´re all going trough. My life-chaging experience was also when my 2 twin-boys were born. They are already turning 13 this month, nut I still vividly remember when they were born :)
Adbie, from a twin´s mum: nurse them at the same time when they are newborns, and and feed them at the same time still when they are older. That will save you precious time to spen with your babies! on the new additions. My life-changing event was marrying into a family of 6 children. Flexibility and love without limits will take you to wonderful places.
Kathie L from Allentown
Congratulations! I had a friend with twin boys and they brought her so much joy! Being a newlywed I don't have that much advice, but I certainly have lots of well wishes!
Well, I have no children, so I can't give you any advice on that! :) Life changing moment..Hmm...I guess it would have to be when my nephew was born. He was so tiny and fragile. Made me realize just how fragile life is. He's a strapping 16 (almost 17) year old now!
Sandy A in St. Louis
How wonderful. Congratulations! My advice is don't worry about the little things. Slow down. If you don't accomplish everything you want to do today, it is okay. Take time to enjoy what you did accomplish. Tomorrow will be a brand new start.
Congrats on the boys!! My biggest life changing moment happened 17 years ago when my son was born. I was 40... I thought I had surgery to prevent pregnancy, but alas it didn't work!! LOL I guess the laugh was on me...
Congratulations on the birth of your twin boys. I know you will have your hands full.
Congratulations! Hold them close and love them lots. Enjoy them they grow up so fast.
Congratulations! Can't wait to find out their names. I don't have any children but I'm thinking the best advice is to make sure to give Emma attention as well. Sometimes the new babies get all the attention. I'm sure Emma is going to be a good little helper. Oh yeah, do the boys have red hair too or is it too early to tell?
Congratulations!!! I can't wait to see pictures of them. Biggest life changing moment would have to be sons birth. It's when I became a MOM!
What great news!! My advice is to love and appreciate every moment with them. It may not seem like it now, but they really do grow up so fast.
Congratulations to you all!
I could hardly go to bed before seeing the next twitt from"Almost time".
My life changed when I was born,went abroad the first time,got married, and everyday!
Please enjoy every minute with your new family.
I can't wait to see the pictures!
Well that's wonderful news! Congradulations everyone, especially big sister. What a wonderful picture that is. Can't wait to see pictures of all 3 siblings. Good going!
Congratulations-how wonderful!
Congratulations! Having twin boys was definitely my most life changing event. They will turn 29 next month and are still amazing me all the time.
My best advice is sleep whenever you can, don't worry about housework and don't turn down any offer of help no matter how small. Oh, and have fun!
Such exciting news, glad to hear things went smoothly! Only advice I can possibly offer is to keep a sense of humor as best as possible for those first few months and try to remember it will get easier for everyone before you know it! I hear the second time around it is a little easier to appreciate how tiny they are knowing how fast it all goes. Best of luck!!
Congratulations! Two wonderful bundles of joy must be so much fun! My biggest life-changing experience would have to be the emergency c-section of my youngest child. Thankfully, I had a wonderful doctor and was truly blessed---everything turned out fine!
Wow!!! That's fantastic news for me today. You have made my day.... Congrats to Kim, Kevin and Emma on having two little treasures to add to their family. My greatest live changing moment or moments - giving birth to our beautiful four children!! They are now 18, 17, 15 and 9 and are fabulous. Too add a fat quarter bundle to my stash would be heaven.....Best wishes, Cheryl, Brisbane, Australia
Congratulations! Of course my 2 kids were life changing, but another significant event was giving in to the kids and getting a dog. Who knew I would become a dog person?! It was a wonderful expanding event in our family.
Wishing you all the best!
Please enter me in the drawing.
OMG look at that gorgeous redhead...I could eat her up!!!
I hope the 2 boys are as cute as her!!!
Having children is in my experience enough of a life altering experience as any....but the most rewarding!
Peggy in NJ
I can't imagine twins! I wish the Jolly family lots of love and sleep!
I have always wanted hair that beautiful coppery orange color. What a gorgeous big sister!
Many congratulation to Kimberly and her family, the birth of twins is both amazing and daunting at the same time (twin girls aged 5 here so I know where you are coming from). Big sister looks so happy...and somewhat overwhelmed (not one but TWO brothers???) but she will be an amazing helper. My biggest hint has already been said, take it one day at a time. And of course, take some extra time with Emma, I know our oldest had a hard time with us dealing with the twins and I finally had to step back and realize that she was feeling lonely. We started having our Mommy and Me dates, we would go out for lunch and she would get to pick what we did, just her and I or just her and dad. We still continue it to this day and its brought our family together in such a great way.
Families are such a blessing, congrats again :)
Michelle
Congratulations! I admit the jump from 1 to 2 was harder than adjusting to 1 so I can only imagine a jump to 3---you're outnumbered!
My advice? Mix it up! While routine and structure is necessary to a child so is a little non-routine. Eat dessert first. Picnic on the living room. Stay in your pajamas all day and watch movies together. My boys accept the routine of every day knowing that on occasion we throw it all away!
Now you'll realize that we need more fabric lines for boys!
Congratulations!!!
no multiples for me but I do have 4 daughters, and my advice is to cherish each and every day, find humor and enjoy the gift you've been given. Also housework always waits, children grow up so quickly, this weekend my oldest married her sweetie it seems like yesterday she was playing barbies.
Oh YEA! Two sweet baby boys...and from their weights it sounds like are nice and healthy! That truly is wonderful news. There is nothing like a new baby, and lucky you gets TWO!! I can imagine it will take time to adjust to your new big family, but treasure each and every moment. It goes by too quickly.
One of my biggest life-changing moments was this past December when I quit my job in order to pursue a more creative career! Thanks for the giveaway!
Congrats!!!! Wow, three little ones. I haven't had one of those great life changing events yet, but my best life changing even was when my niece was born. Even though she's 3000 miles away, she's still MY niece. Congrats again, keeps lots of diapers on hand.
Congrats on the birth of the twins! I saw this quote on a blog today and it said, "Keep calm and carry on". I think this is appropriate! And enjoy them, the'll be grown before you know it!
libertythreads@charter.net
Congrats to the happy family! Since I have no little ones of my own, I would say that some of my biggest life-changing moments were when my nephews were born. Who knew a heart could grow so big so quickly?
Congratulations!!!! I remember when my twins were born; 24 minutes apart; one was 7'15" the other 7'9". My life changing moment? I would say the stillbirth of our son 15 months before the twins (both girls) were born. Losing him made me realize what was really important.... and I cherished them and their older sister (who was 8 when they were born) that much more.
My advice? Let the dustballs lay where they are and except any and all help you are offered.
Hugs!!!
Congratulations to the new family.
Having children was life changing as was becoming a foster parent. Best advice?? Try to find humor in chaos or unplanned moments.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congratulations on your double blessings. The most life-changing was the birth of my first child. #7 was just a little more in the fold. My advice, accept help when offered. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it.
congrats to Kimberly and family on the safe arrival of the boys........
CONGRATULATIONS! WELCOME LITTLE BABIES!
I've never had kids, but I've been around a lot of them. My best advice is have a good Auntie that will watch Emma once in a while to give her attention since twins are busy little people. It helps Mom & Dad (ask my brother--he has two twin boys and an older daughter). Not sure if Auntie can handle the boys--they are four & full of themselves! Congrats!!!!
I havent popped them out yet but if I had three little ones I would try not to get behind on laundry. :) Well, I guess you could always sew more. Congratulations on the little ones!
Congratulations on the new babies, I'm so happy for you!
I don't know if this giveaway is world-wide (I'm from Brazil), but here I am. A life-changing moment for me was, definitely, the birth of my beautiful daghter. She is now 7 years old, and all I can say is that she is a blessing!
Love
Helena
Sorry... I meant 'daughter'!
Congratulations, Kimberly, Kevin and big sister Emma!! I can't wait to see what the names are.
Don't know about my biggest (there's been lotsa big ones) but one of them was moving from my comfy, suburban, close to everything house out to the country where the closest convenience is a feed store.
Oh how I love babies! Congrats on the twins! Can't wait to see pictures!
I think one of my biggest life changing moments was when my daughter was born. All of a sudden my parent filters kicked in and I became Mama Bear. I liked it. :)
Congratulations on the boys! Boys are wonderful!
Life changing event-my 3 children and now my 4 red headed grandchildren. I love being a Mimi!
Congratulations! The birth of my own sons was my biggest life changing moment. As for advice, keep grandma and your best girlfriend on speed dial. Best wishes : )
Wow! I only had one at a time, and I feel overwhelmed! My only advice is to do what YOU feel is right and forget the rest (comments, suggestions, etc). Parents are the experts on their children!
Congrats! Wow they were nice weights for twins! The best advice I can give you is alcohol and earplugs.
Congratulations! Enjoy every moment for they grow up far too soon.
Congratulations! Try to get as much sleep as you can and don't try to be perfect is my advice. My life changing events was the birth of my two kids. Happiest moments of my life!
Congratulations on your new sons The births of my three sons were life changing. My one piece of advice? Love them, hug them and always smile. Remember, they grow up fast.
Congratulations! What wonderful and exciting news. Can't wait to see pictures. Everyone loves babies because they remind us of everything good and precious in the world. What a blessing!
No kids yet, so my biggest changes were getting married and buying a house! Congrats on the healthy baby boys!!!
My life changing moment was when I met my husband and I always swore I'd never get married after seeing my parents in action.
Congrats on the bouncing baby boys! Though I only have one daughter, I'd say enjoy every day with them, they grow up soooooo fast! Before you know it they will be ornery teens LOL
Congrats!!! How wonderful! My most life changing moment was definitely the moment(s) that my sons were born, nothing compares to that first moment you meet the little creature that you've nutured for the past nine months.
WoW! Huge Congratulations to the very blessed family! Best wishes for lots of sleep in the coming months! My biggest life changers was the birth of my first little girl. My husband and I went from being two individuals, to two very humbled teammates! Every day being a mom can feel like a life changer, though!!! Anyway, congrats and enjoy those babies!
Congratulations!!! What a wonderful gift, two healthy babies. God bless all of you. My advice, although I have 2 girls (age 4 years and 4 months), is to sew whenever possible. Even if it is for just a few minutes, sewing is soothing. Enjoy your new bundles and your beautiful daughter!
Congrats! I am very happy for you.
Having my 2 daughters was the biggest changing moment in my life by far.
Congratulations times Two!!! I don't have advice for twins, but I know that you will be having tons of fun!! And burning lots of energy too. Can't wait to hear their names.
Breathe. Keep breathing. Don't stop breathing. Nice deep breaths.
Congratulations! Thrilling times ahead for all. Being a twin and being a big sister and at some point, you're counting to three everytime you leave the house or walk in the mall. LOL
Congratulations to the ENTIRE family! Hmmm, advice, just love them with all your might, even when they become teenagers. My life changing moment, besides having my boys was one month after having #3, having to move 5 hours away from my parents and other family members and losing my support system. I had to be a "real grownup".
Connie
My advice is that petroleum jelly is the best diaper rash preventative that there is.
Congratulations on the double bundles of joy and the Magic number three children in the house!
Enjoy!
realizing it's already been said, birth of my son was easily the most life-changing thing to ever happen to me. whoa! but congratulations, and here's to a quick recovery, mom!
Congrats! As a mom of 4, my advice is..........your house will never be perfectly clean for a long time. You have more important things to concern yourself w/. Let the housework slide.
Oh my goodness. My advice is if someone offers to help you--say YES!!!!
oh yayyy!!!
congrats on the jolly boys!!!
and trust me, we have 3, and it's not as hard as people make it out to be.
promise.
{i'm ready for 2 more.}
my heart is happy that god blessed yall's family.
Congratulations on the birth of your twin baby boys! Glad to hear you are all doing well. A friend of mine had twins and she said that she napped in the afternoons when her twins napped. She said it helped make up for some of the lost sleep at night.
You are blessed. Wishing you all the best as your family grows.
:0)
Congratulations! so far, my biggest life change was going off to college. It was my first time on my own, and the place I would meet my husband and so many forever friends. My wedding was a life change, and I'm sure kids will be one day too, but that first taste of freedom and responsibility was a big stepping stone. Here's to happy and healthy babies!
Congratulations on the new family members!
Congratulations! What a blessed family! 5 years ago yesterday, I found out that I was expecting my first child. It was a life changing moment even though it was impossible to really understand all that encompassed.
So happy for you!
Wonderful news! congratulations! I've had 6 of my own and really loved motherhood. Every stage was life changing! And now, a new stage; a life changing stage is about to happen...our youngest is heading off to college in a few short weeks and hubby and I will be alone after...count them....30 YEARS!!!! I can hardly wait, and yet I think we'll be so bored without anyone at the dinner table with us....it'll be weird, yet I amso looking forward to only having to pick up after hubs and myself....ahhhh!
Congratulations on these new additions! Take a few minutes every day to reflect on the joys of your family and the blessings!
Congratulations on being blessed with twins! We only have one child and are desperately hoping that god will someday bless us with more. So my advice would be...don't listen to all the people that say children get spoiled when you hold them too much. Hold them, and hug them for as long as you can because they grow up way too fast. And whether you like it or not, one day they will want you to stop holding them!
Children are definitely life changing! We have two boys and each have changed our family for the better. Also my husband and I are going to celebrate our 10th anniversary this weekend, so we consider ourselves very blessed.
Yay! Congratulations to the Jolly family!
Advice: remember to take time for Mom and Dad. It's good for your children to see you go on dates and spend time together. Babysitters are good things!
Congratulations to All! Your Grandaughter is absolutely adorable and I am sure will be a big help for Mom. I am a Mom of 5 and Nana of 10. The only advice I would give is what my Dear Mom gave to me-- God gives all parents instincts to help in the raising of our Children. If you listen to your instincts 99% of the time you will be right. You have gotten a Huge Blessing, Enjoy
Life changer?? Is there anything more life changing than having children?? I can't imagine anything rocking my world than when my 2nd daughter arrived. It was a good shake up, but boy howdy was there a learning curve!
Congratulations times Two! Having just spent a week with a newborn granddaughter, I am all about that sweet, sweet smell. Enjoy.
So very happy for your little family! How fun to be a big sister in your house. A life-changing moment in our house has been our first heading off to college. There's always another corner to turn. Enjoy every moment!
My advice is to give up any cleaning ambitions your family may have. Relax and enjoy your kids.
Congrats!! My Dear Daughter just gave us her good news of baby due in March. Dad and Big Sister (age of 7) and her Sister Dog, are really really excited! Nothing beats that new baby smell!! Enjoy the double whiffs of joy!
Congratulations! What a wonderful journey in life. One of my life changing experiences was the day I stopped smoking. I realized I had brought my kids into this world not to be poisons but to flourish life a flower in the wild open field of life. God's creation, a healthy child is a miracle to be nourished with love.
Kimberly you have lots of love and warmth..Lots of Blessings to your new family.
Carolyn Terrier
Just coming to say YEAH for the 2 newest members!
As a twin myself, enjoy them! My twin sister and I are best friends. It's an awesome relationship. Advice? Remember they are 2 separate individuals, and stress that. My sister and I used to get presents to share a lot, growing up, for well-meaning friends/relatives. They thought of us as one unit, not thinking. It was not fun... LOL!
Life-changing moment for me? Living through Katrina, and then finding out that God had something so much better for us than what we had. God is good, all the time!
Nancy
Congratulations! Advice: Rock, rock, rock... they grow too large for rocking and cuddling WAY too fast!
Kat
Congrats! Just play, enjoy every single moment! It goes by so fast and you will look back and wish you could have those days back again. Can't wait to see pictures and how much big sister loves the twins!
Congrats to the Jolly House! Life changing - definitely having kids. I had 3 kids, 4 and under, and I loved it. It's a bit hectic, but really, I'd go back to those days in a heartbeat.
Congrats on the two little ones. My life changing moment was when my first Grandchild was born, the same year I turned 50. I made a couple of promises to myself that I haven't gone back on yet in ten years.
Enjoy all three grandchildren. They are so precious.
Karen
Congratulaitons!! My life changing moment is the birth of my son because when you become a mother for the first time comes a huge responsibility. A great one!
Congrats! Glad all are well. My biggest moment was birth of number 4, who was a premie!
As for advice, remember there is no normal. :) Just roll with the punches...
Wonderful news!! Enjoy each & every moment you have with your new bundles of joy!!
SO many big congrats! Twins! Goodness...I can barely keep up with one. My only advice is take all of the help that's offered and ASK for help when you need it. I'm sure there's a lot of people around the JOllys that would love to help out with meals or bathroom scrubbing or babysitting. Can't wait to hear the names!
Marrying my husband Ed was a life changing moment for me! The end of the single life and the start of a new one with him. Combine that with going to seminary at the same time.....
God bless you Kimberly and your whole family, including these brand new baby boys!
Congratulations on the babies! My baby is grown now but I often remember the joy of his life.
God Bless You All!
One of my life changing moments was definitely the birth of my first grandchild. What a delirious feeling. Second only to the birth of my first child.
And he will be 14 this year. Wow, how the time flies!
Congratulations! My only advice is to enjoy each tiny moment as it comes!
Wow, congratulations to Kimberly and all!! And still thirty-one years late, I have to say my life changing moment was my first born son. It was the most awesome day of my life and I will never forget it!
Congratulations! I have 3, and you should take lots of pictures and video since they grow up so quickly! I can't believe my baby is 3 already!
Congratulations!!!
My most life changing event so far would probably be getting married.
congratulations to all, the most momentous occasion would have been baby nos 6 after a eight year gapand moving to a bigger house when she was 7 days old.
Congratulations on 2 lovely little boys !! Advice - enjoy every moment, they grow up so fast.
Congrats on the wonderful additions to the family! My most recent life changing moment was becoming an empty nester when my son joined the Army. He is now in Germany and it's hard to believe that he's all grown up! Treasure those little ones while they are young cause they will grow up way too quickly!
Congrats on the twins! How wonderful and what fun it will be! I'm sure Miss Emma will be a sweet big sis! I don't think anything in my life changed as much as becoming a mother. Hold them close - they grow up too fast! Oh - and take LOTS of pictures!!
I never thought becoming a grandmother would change my life like becoming a mother did. Well it did, loving a little someone that you watch your child being parent to is life changing!
My advise is to worry about all the other stuff later in life, and keep your babies(all 3 of them)close while they need and want to be close to you. It goes by SO fast!
Beth from Ca.
What a wonderful day! Congratulations! Like everyone else, becoming a mother was the most life changing event for me. I have loved every minute (almost) since Hudson was born. Here's a teething tip: Put some water in a baby bottle and freeze upside down. Then let the baby naw on the frozen nipple. =)
I have 3 sons, now 17, 20, 21. I kept a mason jar by the washer/dryer. I always put the little stuff I'd get out of their pockets into this jar. It was so fun to see the kinds of things a little boy considers "treasures" to save in his pocket. It has lego people, plastic animals, sticks, rocks...I could just keep going! Oh yeah, keep that thing covered when you change their diapers or you'll get a shower!
Congrats!
The birth of my daughters (5 and 3) were the biggest life changing moments for me. In an instant, seeing those tiny babies laid on my chest, I knew the deepest love imaginable. My life changed the second I caught my first glimpse of them! And now, my oldest is headed off to Kindergarten this year! wah!
My advice... let it go and just live. The dust will be back tomorrow even if you clean it up today. There will be dirty laundry and dirty dishes. That's okay. Just be with those babies (all 3a) as much as humanly possible. I think, I KNOW, we need them as much as they need us.
Now I'm off to peek at my sleeping babies! :)
Congratulations!! My most life changing moment was the birth of my 5th and last daughter, I felt so utterly complete. My advice is simply to do the best you can with the information and support you have available, and learn to say YES to help!
Congratulations! Enjoy them while you can...time passes very quickly. My 'bundle of joy' will turn 30 this year! Please enter me in the drawing.
How exciting! Emma is so so cute! Advice: don't let every little thing upset you. Life changing for me was the day, 18 years ago, when my girls were young... I stood by the refrigerator and made a promise to myself that from now on I would not let every little thing upset me. ...sure need a fat quarter pack Thanks for the chance to win!
Hi Congrats to all ..how wonderful.
My advice to the mother of three is "don't sweat the small stuff"! In later years they (and you) won't care that their shirt wasn't ironed or that you had spaghetti three nights in a row. They will however care that you took the time to read to them, cuddle them and took the time to teach them wrong from right.
Baby boys are wonderful things (I have had three) but it's a good idea to invest in some ear plugs! :-)
Congratulations! Emma will be a great big sister!!
I didn't have twins, but I have 3 girls, each 15 months apart, so I had 3 kids 2 1/2 and under. It was a fun, crazy zoo! My best piece of advice is to always make each one feel special in some way. And enjoy the craziness... they grow so quickly and you will find you miss it when they are older :o)
That's a big adjustment! I'm not a mom, but I'm the oldest of 7 kids, and did a lot of "mom-ing" over the years. My best advice is--never be afraid to ask for help. Family, friends, neighbors, guildies--they likely want to help but don't want to overstep bounds or don't know what you need. Tell them! People want to feel useful, and even if it's just running an errand, it will help you out in the long run, too. Good luck and congrats!
Oh, congratulations! So exciting. (And I do love that photo of Emma so just keep it up there as long as you like!)
My biggest life changing moment was when we found out that our son's birth mother picked us to adopt him and he came home with us a mere 6 days later. Talk about a lot of trips to Target! :-) He's still amazing even though he's headed into two with a vengeance--laughing hysterically over everything then screaming and kicking for 30 seconds followed by a swift return to everything is so, so funny. Ah, two. He is still the most life changing thing that happens to me every day. In a good way!
Congratulations! ENJOY every moment...you've been given very special gifts. Savor this time...they grow up so fast! (And, as I mother of a little boy...my advice is to stock up on Spray-n-Wash!)
Congratulations! So glad all went well!
Adorable pic of Emma! :)
Advice for family with three children, from one of three siblings... take turns getting to choose (ice cream flavor, toys, places to go, what to do) and keep rotating it, so as not to go by age or birth order. And don't get all three the same of anything - treat each one as the individual they are!
Life changing moment? Moving from the city to a farm, without seeing the house my husband purchased first. Never, ever, ever again...
I think your life-changing moment is MUCH more positive!!!
CONGRATULATIONS and thanks for keeping us in the loop!
So exciting! My advice is to never be shy about accepting or asking for help. People who love you are more than happy to jump in when you need a hand.
Congratulatoins and blessings to you all, beautiful family! Our family jumped from 3 to 5 the exact same way; my identical girls followed my boy! My advice to sweet mom Kim is put them on a schedule. A matronly old nurse told me that the day my girls were born; she gave me a clipboard and a pen and told me to record EVERY feeding and diaper change and look for patterns, pushing one to wait a smidge longer to feed and one to wake up a bit earler until they were one right after the other. It made ALL the difference in the world! Those baby girls are 18 and their big brother JUST got married this weekend. Enjoy them! That same nurse also told me the first 6 weeks are the hardest so I kept a calendar and crossed off each day...it may have been in my mind only, but it worked!
Congratulations! This is fantastic. We have two boys as well as I have to say our first child was the biggest shock we experienced. We went from being able to go somewhere on a moments notice -- to being lucky to arrive anywhere before noon. Congratulations on the little ones. I miss those days.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com
Congratulations! wow, twins! I only have one 5 year old (it's enough for me!) so I can't give advice on three although I did think it would be nice to have twins so you could get it all over and done with at once. Anyway, a life changing moment for me was after I divorced my husband two years ago and finally stepped out on my own. I was so fragile and didn't think I could do it but just look at me now, I rock!
Congratulations to all! It is soooo exciting. Advice....hmmmmm....hard to come up with advice because they have already done this once. I guess I would say to let others lend a hand whenever they offer....oh and I do suggest washing baby socks in a mesh lingerie bag so they do not get lost. I also had twin boys in my classroom this year and one has "always" sported bangs while the other never has and kept it cropped...which is nice for the teacher.
Congrats!!! Life changing events...I married a man who had 2 teenagers, got pregnant withing 9 months of marriage and when that little guy was 11 months old I was 9 months pregnant with baby #2 and moving from WA to TN by myself to wait for the rest of my clan to arrive. It was go then with the 11 month old and the other one still in womb or travel with 2 little ones, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 teenage boy and a husband along with whatever belongings we could maybe fit into a dodge intrepid. What is the best advice I could offer? Roll with it. There will be so many sleepless nights and so many moments of wondering what your doing BUT those moments fly by (as Mom and Dad already know with Emma). My little ones are 3 and 4 and I'd take back the year 2006 in a heart beat...just to hold the little ones so close to me again. Just to be the only one up in the middle of the night getting to know my little ones in a way no one else has.
AWESOME! Congratulations! My life changed drastically when my twins were born a couple of years ago, and it was equally difficult for our daughter who was barely 5 when they were born. She loves them now but it was a tough road for her. We've learned to have date nights just for her. We get a sitter for the twins and take her to dinner, then bring her back home to play with the sitter while we go out on our date!
My advice would be to take all the help you can get and don't try to be supermom. I have a hard time accepting help, much less asking for it, so that first 6 months was horrible for me until I learned to let people help.
Congratulations again and God bless you!
What wonderful news! Hope everyone is healthy and happy.
Every day is a life-changing experience...it's just that we don't usually see how small decisions alter our paths.
Best advice is to do whatever works for you! When someone tells you how it "should" be done, smile and do what you need to do. :)
Congratulation to that great news.
The birth of my daugther was truly the biggest change and challange of my life.. ;-)) also, when i met my husband. From the moment i saw him i knew, i wll marry him. Now we are married for 15 years and happy together.
have a great day and please put me in..
MAike
Congratulations! and welcome little babies.
Congrats! Children are the angels! My life changed when my girls were born and graced me with 10fingers and 10little toes each 30yrs ago, watching my daughter with 3 children 6mos, 2 Today!!, and 6yrs old. Life is very busy with the oldest into to sports and my daughters trys to do it all! As someone else stated here let the dust stay and dishes in the sink. Time will pass so fast and dust will still be there however those babies will be big boys and emma will be dancing, or playing a sport of some sort, dont miss anything they do for dust,dishes etc. Little boys are just sweet and loving. Have a wonderful time Emma with your Bothers.
Sheri
Congrats to your family! Hope you are doing well as well as two new babies... My life changing moment was to come to this country, to the US and learned quilting :)))
congratulations!
take the time each day to enjoy each one of your children and remember Emma will need a bit more attention since everyone will be in awe of the boys.
Take lots and lots of pictures something I regret as my girls got older not doing enough of.
Kathie
Congratulations!
I don't have children yet but my mom always says that you need to sleep while the babies are sleeping otherwise you'd never be able to rest ^^
And enjoy your beautiful family!
Thanks a lot.
Congrats on both baby's. My Life changing moment was that I met my husband, started quilting and when I broke my leg.
Just take everything one day at a time! My oldest was 3 1/2 when number three came along... things will be crazy, but a good kind of crazy!
Congratulations! Hope you'll all be very happy.
I'm young yet so I can't honestly say I've had too many life-changing moments... I'd have to say graduating high school and getting accepted into the uni course I'm doing now.
Thanks for the competition :)
Wonderful news! Twin boys - sounds like double the fun, how exciting!
My life changing moment - marrying for the second time, going from an only son to a mother of three! We were later joined by a second son & life has never been the same since!
Chris x
Congratulations!! Having kids is definitely a life changing moment. My best advice is to take things one day, one event at a time.
Congratulations to the Jolly family and to beautiful big sister, Emma! Life changing moment? Moving across the country and a month later giving birth to my son who joined his barely 2-year-old sister in our new home.
My only advice would be to take it one day at a time, don't let the little things (like piles of laundry and a sinkful of dirty cups) get you down and enjoy.
congratulations! while i do not have children, from my outside looking in perspective, it seems like one of the best things you can do with your kids if give each of them one on one time.
Wow, congratulations! I only have two, so I can't give any tips on having 3 - I can only imagine what it must be like to have 2 newborns at once :) I guess that in my life I've had many moments that have sent me down a new path, but finding out that I was pregnant and then meeting my 2 children would have to be the greatest :)
Congratulations! Twins?! Oh my. :) Emma will be one happy big sister!
My life-changing event was when I decided to move out on my own. I hadn't lived on my own before and was afraid to do so without a roommate. I had been a very dependent person before moving out and now I'm extremely independent. Complete personality change! I found myself and found several hobbies that I love.
Good luck with the new babies! I'd give advice on that, but I have no clue since I'm not a parent. All I have to say is goooood luck!
Congratulations on the birth of your twins!
One of my biggest life-changing events is when my sister and three of her teen-aged children came to live with me. I went from living alone to living with four other people. It was an adjustment, but I am richer for the experience.
what a cutie. The only advice I can offer is lots of sleep!!
Wow! How exciting!!! No particular advice for living with three little ones... but try to enjoy them. They grow so fast. Life changing moments... lots of 'em! My oldest daughter told her grandparents on the way to meet her new baby brother at the hospital that she really wanted a sister!!! Oh well. She got one three years later!
Hello Jolly twins!! So delighted that everything went OK and that the babies are both healthy :)
My life-changing moment was the day that I left all of my family in Canada and moved to England to share my life with someone whom I originally met online! 10 years later and I'm as happy as a bunny (still!) :)
Nikki
Congratulations! My biggest life changing event was the birth of our twins in 2003....my advise: set a schedule, and STICK TO IT...it's what kept me sort of sane!
Melanie (rphmel30@yahoo.com)
Congrats!! I had 4 kids in 5 years, none twins but they were all certainly life changing events! My advise, now that you're officially outnumbered, always remember to take things one at a time. You're not an octopus and can't handle more than one thing at a time - it's overwhelming when it can't get done and too many "projects" just leads to lots of unfinished to-do's. Same with the kids, you're going to feel stretched in so many directions, so give them each a turn and remind them that you love them all the same.
Oh that picture of Emma is so sweet.
Congratulations on the new baby boys. So glad to hear that all is well.
A life changing event for me was when my husband, children, and I moved to North Carolina from Florida. So many great things have happened in our lives.
Congratulations! My advice is enjoy every second, and take LOTS of pictures - it goes by way too quick!
How absolutely FABULOUS!!! Congratulations. Kidlets are definitely life changing - for the better - always. The joy and wonder they have brough to my life. The love that they give and make me feel - Life Changig!! Accept the help that people offer and take each day slowly - new routines take time to establish - that would be my very best advice.
Wow, and congrats!
My only advice is to enjoy every moment that you get. I had only one but now that she is 25 I have so many wonderful memories....
Congratulations!
I can't imagine any advice since I've not been there done that with twins!
As for my own life-changing event, it would have to be becoming a stay-at-home-mom. Flipped our world around, but it sure has been fun!
Congrats! Wow, such a blessed day for your family. Attending the birth of my grandchildren was my most recent life altering event. LIFE IS GOOD!!!
How wonderful! What a great day!
A life changing moment for me was when I adopted my foster daughter and she became my very own. It was a great day that we celebrate every year.
God Bless,
Cathy
Congratulations! I guess my life is pretty devoid of life-altering experiences to this point. My biggest life-changing experience was going from being a student to getting a real full-time job! (sounds silly, I know) No more homework or studying, but I do have to get up every. morning.
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FAU Student Government recently held a “Game Day Open Forum” to come up with ways to improve the FAU Football game experience better for FAU students.
They came up with some pretty good ideas. Which ones do you like?
• Promoting and educating fans on the traditions
o Alma mater
o Owl fingers
o Victory bell
o Owl prowl-player walk
• Televisions with national games on
• Banners in the breezeway
• Point system
• Moving the tailgate closer to the stadium
• Café Game Day Menu: Pelini Panini
• “Football Essentials” workshop for all traditions
• “Go Owls” Car magnets for all students (free)
• Banner in the breezeway welcoming Students to owl country
Game Day Forum:
• Location
o Moving the “Rat’s Mouth”
• Hard for students to unload
• Most students don’t know there welcome
• Alumni and the community don’t know were there
• Students felt baby sat
• It was complicated to register and such
o New Locations Suggestions
• Outside of the Administration Building (SG)
• Easy loading
• Can see the stadium
• Can be seen by visitors
• Better parking
• Stadium/Past Corporation Tailgate Area (Athletics)
• Easy drop off
o Hanger tag for cars of students dropping off
• Near the stadium
• Makes a fun atmosphere
• Shorter Owl Prowl and the students will be there
• There are TVs there
• Live bands
• Traditions
o Rubbing On the Owlsley Statue
• Rub the beak for good luck
o Coach Statue
• Dress up coach
• Bring him offerings of the other team
o Name the Student Section
• The Perch
• The Parliament
• The Sanctuary
o 3/4 quarter song (a song to be sung by the stadium for fun)
• Cheeseburger in paradise
• Don’t Stop Believing
• Rocky-Gonna Fly Now
• Questions, Comments, Concerns
o Tailgating
• Longer hours
• Not have to register
• No food waivers
o Youtube Video
• SG Unit (team of volunteer students with FAU pride) to teach Fight Song, Alma Mater, Football Rules, etc
o Fight Song
• Video for stadium to play
• Students cant see the screen
• Put on t-shirts
For more info check out the SGA's "Game Day Open Forum" page on
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Report: the time being.
When asked today about his future in fighting during an interview on The MMA Hour, the 31 year-old-fighter reportedly stated “I said I would, so I am. I’m done for right now.”
Although Miller was able to land a few telling strikes versus Dollaway Saturday night, the accomplished wrestler controlled much of the fight and outscored him en route to a unanimous decision win.
Following the event UFC President Dana White said that Miller had been cut from the promotion.
In December, Miller was stopped by fellow TUF 14 coach Michael Bisping, after scoring wins over Kazushi Sakuraba and Tim Stout with DREAM and Strikeforce in 2010.
Miller (23-9) began competing professionally in 2001, and since that time the middleweight has scored wins over established fighters like Tim Kennedy, Denis Kang, and Robbie Lawler, among others.
In addition to his role on TUF, the outspoken fighter was also the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown”, which helped make Miller one of the sport’s higher profile fighters.
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“Shouldn’t you be directing a movie?”
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Leonardo DiCaprio tried to make fun of his character with the line “I will just wait here”, when in fact that line wasn’t originally scripted. Everyone started laughing and James Cameron said that the line was “Too funny” to ignore it.
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In 4th grade i adopted a pet baby duckling that hatched late in my backyard and it followed me everyone i named it Chancellor it would sleep in my shoe but then it got eaten by a cat,
I cry everytime I watch this video
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The thilbo)
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Last week we celebrated the arrival of my first cousin, once-removed, in-law.
I'll let that sink in for a second.
Got it?
How about if I call him my son's second cousin? Or, my husband's cousin's son? Whatever you call him, he is a precious gift to his family and we are so happy to meet him finally.
This guy's sex was a surprise until he was born, so Mommy went with a modern, gender neutral look for the nursery. It turned out lovely and it just so happens that she has similar taste in patterns and color, so it was a breeze to pick out fabrics and a design for this quilt.
I gave a peek at this quilt here as I was working on it on my new machine. This quilt was put together using triangle paper to create half square triangles. (You may remember I was working on another HST project here.) The triangle paper method was interesting. I won't say it was my favorite technique, but I did get accurate results. I suppose it's a matter of personal preference if you like precision or speed and ease.
Using bits and pieces of fabric leftover from the quilt, I whipped together a hooded towel and some little coordinating wash cloths. We personally use a lot of these at my house as LO's sensitive tooshie prefers a wet wash cloth over traditional diaper wipe.
I love making these for shower gifts because you get a lot of bang for your buck. The hooded towel and wash cloths come together from just one towel and some fabric scraps. First off, I cut a standard size towel to a square. Then I take the leftover towel piece and cut it down to squares - I think these are about 8 or 9 inch squares.
The fabrics:
Several prints from Robert Kaufman's Metro Living
Two prints from Kate Spain's Central Park
Several prints from Lotta Jansdotter's Echo
The turquoise dot print came from my local Beverly's (love them!)
I wish I could remember the gray solid and the orange/aqua/yellow floral print, but alas, the sources are escaping me at the moment.
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User:Johannbg/QA/Systemd
From FedoraProject
Revision as of 18:28, 7 July 2010.
New Kernel Command Line Parameters
Read the # TODO Add link to upstream manpages or systemd option page.
Quick Debugging Tips
- Add systemd.log_level=debug to the kernel command line to log systemd with debug output
- Add "systemd.log_target=kmsg" to the kernel command line to let systemd buffer to be written to the kernel log buffer
- Run dmesg from the command line to inspect systemd output
- Redirect dmesg ouput to a file for later inspection or to use as an attachment to a bug report
- Run /bin/systemd --test --running-as=init from command line to test run init as systemd.
Technical details
- TODO Gather this stuff
Communicate
- Talk to other Systemd users and developers on our IRC channel
- Visit Systemd Development Archives to see the collection of prior postings to the Systemd Development mailing list
Please read the mailing list guidelines before communicating on the list.
See also How to use IRC if the IRC links don't work, or if you need more information.
Getting started
To install on Fedora 14 and onwards run
yum install systemd.
Add selinux=0 init=/bin/systemd either to /etc/grub.conf or pass it on the kernel command line at bootup.
Getting the Source
The primary methods of distributing the Systemd source are source RPMs in the Fedora development tree and git.
To access the current source code in in non-rpm format, you'll need to install git.
yum -y install git
Note that several related packages will be installed as well.
After the git source code management tool has been installed, then you use anonymous git access to the Systemd repository.
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd
To keep your code updated with the latest System Development.
cd $systemd_directory && git pull
If you have committer access to Systemd, then you will want to use the git+ssh access URL.
git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/systemd
Once you've committed changes locally, you can push them with
git push.
If you would just like to browse the Systemd git repository via the web, then you can use Systemd gitweb.
Reporting Problems
Before filing a bug, please read up on debugging, which will tell you how to fill out useful bug reports that will help us quickly solve your problem. Also take a look at Systemd bugs or try searching Bugzillafor other reports about your problem, as some bugs are often filed by several people.
Systemd Team
In alphabetical order, the following people are the Systemd team and are responsible for the majority of commits.
- Christian Ruppert
- Dave Reisner
- Fabian Henze
- Kay Sievers
- Lennart Poettering
- Maarten Lankhorst
- Malcolm Studd
- Marc Antoine Perennou
- Michael Tremer
- Pavol Rusnak
- Robert Gerus
- Tollef Fog Heen
- Tom Gundersen
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Feed The Gamer is shutting down.
We have sadly decided to cancel our planned re-launch and cancel any updates. We are going offline for good.
We want to thank our readers and everyone in the industry who supported us and helped us grow. You are all awesome!
It's been a great run, guys! We bid you a fond farewell.
GAME OVER
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Come talk about JJ Abram’s awesome show, “Felicity” with us. :)
You should do it! Come do a rewatch with me on the forum! :)
I have a sudden, overwhelming urge to marathon this entire series immediately.
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FELICITY: Am I an embarrassment to you? I mean, is that what I am when your real life comes to town? Just like this idiot advisee on your floor.
NOEL: No of course not, listen—
FELICITY: I hate not being able to talk to you, you know that? It’s like, one of the worst things, I can think…
Come discuss which ‘ship you love most!!
“I was wondering if you and I could go out again?”
“After last night? It was horrible.
I mean, seriously, have you ever thought about asking someone a question for a change?
There’s a give and take involved in conversing with someone. You seem to have the take down really well, it’s just the take that seems to stump you.
You were self-adsorbed, bad-mannered, and bitter.
The answer to your question is obviously no.”
And that it will take too long to grow back if I don’t like it.
So, should I do it?
“And the saddest part is that one day you’re gonna wake up and you’re gonna realize what you missed, and it’s gonna be too late.”
I feel like a dork posting so much Felicity stuff (I’ve probably posted a few of them before)..but this show is just so good and...
Noel Crane from Felicity. We’re involved.
When it comes to getting back your life after an eating disorder- it can be very...
really? REALLY?? REALLY???
“And the saddest part is that one day you’re gonna wake up and you’re gonna realize what you missed, and it’s gonna be too late.”
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Fernbank Museum Celebrates Independence Day with Free Admission for Active and Retired Military
ATLANTA—In appreciation for their service to our country, Fernbank Museum will offer free Museum admission to all military personnel (active and retired) on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.* Additionally, dependents of military personnel are eligible to purchase discounted tickets with Fernbank’s military discount ($4 off Value Pass tickets). Offers must be redeemed in person at the Museum’s Box Office.
A few highlights of activities to enjoy this holiday week:.
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Fernwood Resort and Bushkill Falls Spring Hikers Package
April 5, 2013 through June 20, 2013
Two night midweek villa stay + two tickets for Bushkill Falls from just $94 per night
Dates:Fernwood Resort and Bushkill Falls Spring Hikers Villa Special - April 5, 2013 through June 20, 2013
Details:Tired of being cooped up in the cold weather? Celebrate Spring's arrival and spend a weekend hiking in the scenic Pocono Mountains at Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania's Niagara Falls. Shed those winter blues at Fernwood Resort with a spring renewal getaway. Come and enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of nature surrounded by the beauty of the Poconos.
Bushkill Falls home page.
Accommodations:Fernwood Resort's Villa Spring Hikers Bushkill Falls Special - receive two tickets to Bushkill Falls with a two-night studio villa accommodations starting midweek from just $94 per night. Add just $50 per night more and make it a weekend Spring Hikers Package. Enjoy the beauty of the Pocono Mountains in bloom. Book your villa hikers package online today or call 888-FERNWOOD (888-337-6966) for your Fernwood Spring Hiker Bushkill Falls Villa package.
Restrictions:Subject to availability and applicable taxes. Holiday rates may be higher. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Villas require a two-night minimum stay. Package includes 2 tickets to Bushkill Falls per reservation.
* Broker: Sand Hill Creek Realty, Inc.
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> In this section:
Table 5: Summary Financial Results
Total revenue increased by 38.1% to US$1.8 billion for the year ended 2011 compared to US$1.3 billion in 2010.
The average realised price achieved by the Group for its pellets rose 28.4% during the period, which increased revenues by US$349.9 million. 40% of sales were on a CFR or similar basis adding US$44.7 million to revenue. Sales volumes reached a historic high at 9.9 million tonnes compared to 9.7 million tonnes in 2010, enhancing growth in margins.
Reliance on the Group's two largest customers, in Central and Eastern Europe, was reduced to 43.5% of pellet sales from 55.4% of sales in 2010. Ahead of an increase in production volumes the Group increased sales to customers in China, Germany, India and Japan which accounted for 41.9% of sales volumes compared to 29.6% in 2010.
Other revenue, not related to pellet sales, amounted to US$88.1 million (2010: US$5.8 million). This included revenue from third party services, such as bunker fuel sales, at the Group's barging subsidiary Helogistics (acquired in December 2010) as well as sales from gravel.
Total cost of sales for the year ended 31 December 2011 increased 34.8% to US$649.5 million (2010: US$481.9 million). Cost of sales consists of the C1 cash cost of sales and other costs including depreciation. These are reviewed below:
The C1 cash cost of production per tonne is defined as the cash costs of production of iron pellets from own ore, divided by production volume, from own ore, and excludes non-cash costs such as depreciation, pension costs and inventory movements, costs of purchased ore, concentrate and production cost of gravel.
The C1 cash cost increased by 27.7% to US$50.7 per tonne compared to US$39.7 per tonne in 2010, principally as a result of global commodity price inflation.
Of the US$11.0 per tonne increase in the C1 cash cost, commodity related price inflation accounted for 55.5% of the increase compared to 2010. In 2011, gas and electricity prices rose by 38.0% and 21.8% respectively while the cost of diesel fuel was 40.6% higher, reflecting a full year impact of the increased oil price at the end of 2010. Higher steel prices resulted in a 14.6 % increase in steel grinding media costs. In total, these factors added US$6.1 per tonne to the C1 cash cost.
Personnel, repair and maintenance and other material costs increased the C1 cash cost by US$4.9 per tonne. These expenses are principally denominated in local currency. On average Ukrainian producer price inflation was approximately 19.0% in 20111.
The Group produced at full capacity throughout the period, which helped to absorb the cost increases. In addition, the Business Improvement Programme('BIP') reduced the C1 cash cost by 1.8%, generating savings of $0.9 per tonne. Since the inception of the BIP in 2006, cumulative productivity gains have achieved savings of approximately US$6.6 per tonne of pellets produced, or US$56.1 million to 31 December 2011.
Just over half of the C1 cash costs are denominated in Ukrainian Hryvnia. The Hryvnia remained on average broadly stable in 2011 compared to 2010 at around UAH8.0 to the US Dollar.
1 Average of January 2011 to December 2011 compared to average January 2010 to December 2010.
Table 6: C1 Cash Costs
Non C1 cost of sales amounted to US$190.0 million for the period (2010: US$123.3 million).
Depreciation increased by 16.1% to US$28.6 million, reflecting capital investments at FPM in 2011.
The remainder of non C1 cost of sales related to the purchase of concentrate for reprocessing into pellets. The Group has nameplate pelletising capacity of 12 million tonnes of pellet production per year. Ferrexpo is currently able to mine ore sufficient to produce around 9 million tonnes of pellets. To utilise the spare pelletising and process capacity efficiently, third party concentrate was purchased when available on the local market. The Group will continue to purchase third party concentrate, provided adequate margins can be achieved. During the year, 747.3 thousand tonnes of pellet equivalent third party concentrate was acquired (2010: 998.1 thousand tonnes) which generated a positive contribution.
The Group's gross margin increased to 63.6% in 2011 compared to 62.8% in 2010. This reflected higher sales prices and volumes, which were partially offset by an increase in production costs.
Selling and distribution expenses were US$318.0 million for the year compared to US$212.0 million in 2010.
Selling and distribution costs to the Ukrainian border increased by US$10.7 million to US$138.0 million in the period (2010: US$127.3 million), equating to US$14.0 per tonne (2010: US$13.1 per tonne). These costs primarily include railway freight to the southern ports at Yuzhny and Ismail and to the western Ukrainian border as well as port charges.
Rail tariffs increased on average by approximately 10.8% during the year, this was partially offset by a discount for volumes transported by the Group's own rail cars. Currently, two thirds of the sales volumes are railed using Ferrexpo's wagons receiving a 6.5% discount for these volumes.
Table 7: Selling and Distribution Expenses
International freight costs amounted to US$152.7 million (2010: US$74.9 million). These costs, which are also reflected as part of revenue on associated CFR1 sales, relate to the shipping of pellets by ocean vessel to customers in Asia (on a CIF2 or CFR basis), and by barge to customers in Serbia (on a DAP3 basis) and Austria (through Helogistics). In 2011, Helogistics' operations were included for the first time. The Group doubled shipments of pellets to Asia to three million tonnes on a CFR or equivalent basis principally through the loading of nine capesize vessels thus increasing costs recognised.
Depreciation amounted to US$8.2 million (2010: US$1.8 million) and related to amortisation of Helogistics river vessels as well as to capital investment from the purchase of new rail cars.
General and administrative expenses were US$52.0 million (2010: US$49.2 million). This was related to an increase in professional fees, including legal services reflecting increased activities and projects.
Other income was US$6.9 million in 2011 (2010: US$4.5 million). The increase reflected higher operating income from the lease of premises to third parties at FPM.
Other expenses increased to US$17.1 million (2010: US$5.9 million). This reflected increased spending on support for the local communities in the Poltava region, where Ferrexpo is based and is a key part of the Group's strategy.
EBITDA increased by 36.8% to US$800.9 million for the year compared to US$585.3 million for 2010. This is the highest EBITDA achieved by the Group. The increase was mainly due to a higher average FOB sales price contributing US$323.4 million to EBITDA. This was partially offset by increased production costs of US$100.5 million, driven by domestic and commodity cost inflation, as discussed previously. The EBITDA margin was in line with 2010 at 44.8% (2010: 45.2%).
Finance income was US$2.5 million (2010: US$1.3 million). During the year, income from interest earned increased by US$1.1 million to US$2.5 million. This was driven by higher average cash balances in 2011 of US$604.8 million compared to US$165.7 million in 2010 as well as longer-term deposits receiving more attractive interest rates.
Finance expense increased to US$68.2 million (2010: US$41.6 million) which included US$28.8 million of interest cost on the Group's US$500 million Eurobond, issued in April 2011 at a coupon of 7.875%. Due to financial instability in the global banking sector, particularly in Western Europe, Ferrexpo drew in full its US$420 million revolving bank facility in October 2011. Interest on this facility is 225 basis points above LIBOR on drawn amounts. The average gross debt for the period was US$697.1 million (2010: US$346.8 million).
Ferrexpo prepares and reports its financial statements in US Dollars and operating foreign exchange gains and losses reflect the revaluation of trade receivables and trade payables that are denominated in a currency other than the Group's reporting currency at the balance sheet date.
During the period, the Ukrainian Hryvnia remained stable against the US Dollar at an average rate of UAH7.9579 (2010: UAH7.9547). As a result, there was no significant operating foreign exchange movements, with a loss of US$1.4 million recorded (2010: loss of US$1.1 million).
Non-operating foreign exchange gains or losses result from the retranslation of financial liabilities, loans and other similar items.
Non-operating foreign exchange losses for the period were US$1.9 million compared to US$3.9 million in 2010. The losses were primarily related to the revaluation of income tax payables in Swiss Francs. The average exchange rate between a US Dollar and the Swiss Franc was 0.88 in 2011 compared to 1.04 in 2010.
1 CFR is defined as delivery including cost and freight.
2 CIF is defined as delivery including cost, insurance and freight.
3 DAP is defined as delivery at place.
Table 8: Summary of Group Liquidity and Debt
Net cash flow from operating activities was US$502.7 million for the period, an increase of 32.4% compared to 2010 (US$379.8 million).
Working capital increased by US$111.4 million reflecting higher VAT and trade receivables. As a result of high capital expenditure during the year, and a delay in respect of VAT repayments in May, June and July 2011, VAT receivables increased by US$72.1 million during the period. Higher average prices increased trade and other receivables by US$17.4 million.
Total capital investment for the year was US$378.3 million, which was more than double 2010's investment of US$167.4 million.
Sustaining and modernisation capital investment was US$128.0 for the Group, of which US$121.3 million was invested at FPM (2010: US$49.1 million). The remaining US$6.7 million was invested at Helogistics.
In November 2010, the Board approved US$646.9 million for development projects at FPM and FYM. In 2011, the Group spent US$177.9 million in this regard (2010: development capex US$97.5 million). US$49.0 million was spent at FPM, while US$129.0 million went towards achieving first ore at FYM. The expected spend for 2012 is fully funded while the Group's low level of gearing will underpin future development spend for processing facilities at FYM.
US$8.3 million was spent on the Belanovo deposit (FBM) during the period (2010: US$2.4 million). This was for drilling works and site preparation activities.
In terms of logistics capital investment was US$57.8 million in 2011 (2010: US$17.7 million) which was primarily related to the acquisition of rail cars.
In January 2011, Ferrexpo paid US$38.0 million for the Helogistics acquisition, which was agreed in December 2010, and disclosed in the 2010 financial statements.
The Group's closing cash balance increased by US$570.7 million to US$890.1 million as of 31 December 2011, partly as a result of the net financing inflow of US$521.3 million following the placement of a US$500.0 million bond and the increase of the pre export facility from US$350.0 million to US$420.0 million.
Ferrexpo's gross debt had an average maturity of 4.0 years at the 31 December 2011. The Group has minimal debt repayments of US$10.8 million and US$10.4 million in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Net debt to EBITDA as of 31 December 2011 was 0.1 times.
Revenue US$ million
EBITDA US$ million
The Group calculates EBITDA as profit from continuing operations before tax and finance plus depreciation and amortisation and non-recurring exceptional items included in other income and other expenses, and the net of gains and losses from disposal of investments, property, plant and equipment
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Spending the day with Accenture at their annual analyst presentation, it helped put a lot of our current predicament into perspective.
We can debate, for hours, the finer points of whether outsourcing is currently helping the wounded US economy, but what is abundantly clear, as Accenture’s CEO Bill Green points out, is the need for the US economy to be competitive globally – and to be competitive as a nation, we need our businesses to be competitive.
We also had the pleasure of listening to one of outsourcing’s legendary figures, Kevin Campbell, who runs Accenture’s $10bn outsourcing business. For those of you who don’t know Kevin, he was a pivotal figure behind the industry growth of HR outsourcing at Exult, before moving over to Accenture in 2005 post Hewitt’s acquisition. He is one of the industry’s most straight-talking and colorful characters, with a seemingly infinite supply of energy (evidenced by the 4.00AM emails he shoots off periodically).
Kevin makes some great points that outsourcing can – and is – providing many enterprises today with many more business benefits than simply slashing administrative costs. However, you need to engage a service partner which can deliver
He sums up the core benefits of outsourcing in three key areas:
1) Freeing-up cash-flow. A good F&A provider can add discipline to your collections and speed up your cash-flow, eliminate bad debt and free up a more timely cash-supply. On the flip side, quality procurement processes help you keep the cash you currently have.
2) Enabling growth. The need to enter new global markets quickly has never been as pressing as it is in today markets. Having a ready support infrastructure that can support foreign payrolls, accounting procedures, local regulations etc. can save your company months of painful work to set up shop in new markets. Moreover, service partners can also help you grow your business globally; Accenture uses the example of how they helped Unilever hire 10,000 sales staff in China, which has already contributed to 400% growth in same-store sales in the region.
3) Cost-cutting. A good outsourcing partner should be able to help you sustain cost-savings over a long period, not simply at the onset of an engagement, through ongoing quality and process improvements. Kevin points out, “Costs are like hedges – they keep growing back after you trim them”
My take? it’s all about outsourcing smartly these days, and not simply acting in desperation. Too many clients I speak to are locked into outsourcing contracts that are miserable experiences they can’t escape for years. And many companies today simply don’t have these years to sort out their global delivery issues.
In many situations, clients have jumped at the lowest cost option, and now live to regret their decision - we all know some in this predicament. It’s not a good time to go to your board and ask for another $20m dollars to bring a new provider into the mix, or rip up your current contract. Outsourcing clients have to think more smartly and strategically about how to create an outsourcing experience than can help drive new growth, can deliver business value to the top-line, and not just take out short-term costs from the bottom. If clients can engage outsourcing to become more competitive, it creates an entirely different paradigm than simply “shipping jobs offshore”.
The difference today is that more vendors offer significant cost-savings and scale and many buyers are wising up to this. However, we still see a lot of dead-end contracts getting signed by CFOs / CIOs who only care about the short-term and are not looking 2-3 years' out. Buyers need to take a longer-term approach to outsourcing, and hopefully this downturn is forcing many to think about stabililty and longevity and less about their next career opportunity.
David
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08-16-2012 11:57 AM
If you have an auto loan and paid it 15 to 20 days late every month.. would that effect your credit score?
08-16-2012 12:05 PM
No, it should not affect your credit score. Its only if you are 30 days late or more is when a lender can report lates to your CRs. Even though it doesnt affect your CRs, It may affect the relationship with your lender by paying late.
08-16-2012 12:56 PM
Obviously it's not great for the relationship, and it will probably cause you to pay more than you should (late fees, rush payment if very late, etc). However I was in over my head on an auto loan from Chase 3 years back and was consistently 20-29 days late until the day I paid it off. On my credit report it reads with immaculate payment history. I feel like if I went back to Chase for an Auto loan today however, they'd probably dive into my old account and see how reckless I was.
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Categories > Celebrities > Panic! At The Disco
This Is Not That Dream...Or Is It?4 Reviews
Brendon changes the performance...for better or worse. Ryden.
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“Have you ever had a dream,” I said, beginning my infamous monologue everyone knew I did before we performed Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off, the skit everyone knew I made a move on Ryan during. “Where you were running through a sunflower field,” I began walking across the stage towards Ryan. He was standing there with a look that said “bring it”. “With clouds dancing across a crystal blue sky,” as I moved towards him, he started to back up a little. Stay where you are, idiot. I thought. “Your lover's running towards you, the wind whipping through your lovely lavish locks,” Finally he stopped backing up, and I moved closer, my face inches away from his. “You reach to your lover for that first passionate kiss!” And with that, I kissed him gently but passionately, catching him by surprise. I heard a lot of screaming from our fans, and the sound of camera flashing. “Hey, Brendon! Ryan!” Jon yelled out from the other side of the stage. “Will you guys stop sucking face long enough to finish this show?” I knew Jon had a point, so I pulled away before finishing my monologue. “This is not that dream. This is hard, sweaty, crazy, angry, monstrous fucking.” After taking two seconds to catch my breath again, I began to sing.
“Is it still me that makes you sweat?...”
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“Let’s get these teen hearts beating faster, faster. Let’s get these teen hearts beating faster.”
“Thank you so much for coming, we love you, good night.” I said, taking a bow before joining everyone else backstage. I walked into our dressing room only to be met with Ryan, an unreadable expression on his face.
“Oh, err. Hey Ryan,” I stammered, hoping not to piss him off. He took a step towards me. “No! Don’t hurt me! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to--” I didn’t get a chance to finish my sentence, because he placed one of his pale hands over my mouth.
“Why didn’t you just say you loved me?” he asked, removing his hands.
“Because --” I began, but he interrupted me again, this time by pressing his lips against mine.
“You’re damn well lucky I feel the same.” he said, smirking as he pulled away.
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I'm What??!1 Reviews
"Damn. I must look like crap." she said to herself as she looked at the clock. It blinked the numbers 7:30 in its ritual repetitions. Great another day without sleep she complained to herself, knowing that due to her lack of sleep she was starting to grew dark circles.
In the hallway she could her hunged over father making his way towards the bathroom to look for aspirin. "Serves you right bastard." she whispered. Down the hall she could hear her sister waking up in the room next door. For some reason she felt envious of her sister. She was just 16 years old, just a junior, and already she had colleges begging for her to go.
"That's the only reason father doesn't touch you. Everyone would know if little miss perfect got hurt." she muttered under her breathe.
Immediately she regretted her thoughts, one of them deserved to be happy, for their mothers sake.
"Ali. Are you awake yet?" her sister called from the other side of her door.
"Yea Mirabelle. I'll be out in a minute." she replied as she put her notebook back into her nightstand.
"Ali."
"Yea."
"I love you sis." Aleson sat on her bed in a daze of what her sister just said. "I love you too Mira." she finally replied. "Get ready for school Mira, I'll drive you on my way to work."
"Kay."
With that being said, the sister bonding moment broke and back down came the reality on Aleson. While making her bed, she started thinking about the boys again. How much they have changed, how much she has changed, just how fame and publicity they have been getting. And with that she began to doubt if their friendship was still that. But leaving those thoughts aside, she walked over to the closet and began to pull random clothes out to wear.
With her backpack ready, packed with her cellphone, her other notebook, a pen, her wallet, and IPod, she stood against her bedroom door with her ear against the door, trying to listen for any signs of her father. With no sounds she walked out and went out to her car to find her sister already in the passenger seat with the car on waiting for her.
The drive was filled with nothing but silence. Aleson had nothing to say, and Mirabelle didn't know what to say. Neither tried to turn on the radio, or hum or even breathe loudly durning the drive. As Mirabelle got out of the car, she stood on the sidewalk and looked in. "For what its worth Ali, I love you for being my sister." and with that she shut the door and walked into the swarm of teenagers. Sighing Aleson continued her drive to work with music on this time.
When she reached the parking lot, she sat in her car for five minutes letting all the options in her life, but kicked them all out. There was no way that she could pull any of them off without the money from the crappy job. She slammed the door as hard as she could in fustration to let it out.
Walking past the automatic opening doors she was greeted by the paniced striken face of her co-worker Elliott. "Aleson Mr.Sperber says that he wants to see you in his office asap! And judging by his expression, it aint nothing happy." "Shit." she muttered under her breathe as she made her way to his office. Inside she could hear him in an uproar, she was about to run the other way when he spotted her.
"Aleson James get your ass in here now!" he bellowed out like the beast he was. Aleson opened the door and sat on the chair in front of his desk. "Yes. Mr.Sperber?" "You are fired is what!" "I'm what?!"Aleson jumped in anger. "You have been late way too many times. Look at this," he said as he laid a file on the desk. "Ten penalty hours, and not to mention that you come to work tired and looking like hell." "It's not my fault!" Aleson replied, thinking of all the times that she was beaten senseless that she couldn't even walk through the door. "Then give me a good reason why I shouldn't fire you." Mr. Sperber challenged. Inside Aleson knew she couldn't tell him the truth. "Fine." Aleson said as she picked up her backpack and walked out, on her way out she slammed his door so hard that it cracked the glass.
Looking at the floor as to not look at the co-workers she speed walked her way out of the store past the revolting doors, and slammed into someone else. The collision made her wince in pain from the bruises. "Watch where you're going."
"Sorr- wait. Ali?" the person said.
Aleson looked up and saw who she just snapped at and her eyes grew wide "Brendon!?"
Brendon helped Aleson up and apologized, after he had a laughing fit, that was. "You are the last person in the world, I'd expect working here." he said as he helped her to her feet.
"Well desperate times call for desperate measures, and this is practically the only place I could find that would hire me, for NOT taking my clothes off."
He laughed again, "Well I'll take your word on that." He hugged her, she winced inside as his arms brushed against the bruises. "Umm ..so," she began to say as an excuse to let go of the hug. "When did you guys get in?" "This morning. Everyone is still asleep on the bus. You know me, early bird."
This time she had to laugh. "Hey!" Brendon said laughing himself. "So.." Brendon said staring at his feet, caught in an awkward moment. "Umm.. Well I just got fired and I'm on my way to buy some breakfast or something. Wanna come along?" Aleson offered. "Yea."
He followed her to her car, and all the sudden stopped. "Can I ask you one thing?" Aleson raised her eyebrows, "What?" "Can I drive?" his face looked as if he was a six year old telling Santa his Christmas list, in hopes that it would come true. Aleson laughed. "How badly do you want to drive my car?"
Immediately Brendon dropped to his knees and began to crawl over to her, "So much that look at me, I'm on my knees. Please let me drive." Aleson could no longer hold it in. She began to hysterically began to laugh at her best friend. "You've been in town for only a couple of hours and already you're asking to borrow my car again."
Brendon got to his feet, "Well if you're gonna laugh at me, then I'm no gonna beg." Aleson handed him the keys. "If you scratch up my car, you are really in for it!" "Yes!" Brendon said happily as he took the keys from Aleson and opened the passenger car door for her. "Why, Brendon is such a gentlemen." "I always have been Ali. You know that!" "Of course I just love to tease you about it." she said as she stuck her tongue out at him.
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Rock and Roll, sent us insane, I hope someday that we will meet again
“No I’ll… I mean I should… I guess.” Grey sighs clearly upset at the thought but he just doesn’t want Jo to be so angry, disappointed, and worried anymore. “Just… don’t follow.” He didn’t want her watching him feeding before, he certainly doesn’t want to have her watching him now. His cheeks burn in humiliation even saying he’s going to go do it. Grey grits his teeth and limps out of the bathroom without a backwards glance because if he hesitates he’s going to end up hiding in there still and making Jo even more worried.
Jo bites her lip as Grey says he should, moving like she’s going to go with him given how reluctant and upset he seemed. Though when he says for her to stay, she lets out a small sigh herself as she moves to the doorway and no further - not sure what she’s feeling worse about about it all.
Grey relaxes when she cups his cheek, leaning into her touch. “I’m sorry.” He mumbles again, looking at her sadly. “I shouldn’t have upset you.” His shoulders slump tiredly.
Shaking her head, it takes a long moment before she lets her hand drop away again. “I shouldn’t have.. yeah.” Glancing up at him, Jo lets out a sigh before glancing back out to the corridor. “Did… should you try to get to healing those now, or did you want to go back to the couch? You, uh..don’t have to use the demon if you don’t, Grey..”
Grey actually flinches back from her hand moving towards him because the tone in her voice is so hard and angry for a moment. “I’m sorry!” He blurts out impulsively, grimacing at the quavering sound in it.
She stares at him for a second, her raised hand hovering and shaking still for a second as all the anger at his words - or the other hunter’s words through him - disappearing. Reaching out, Jo cups his cheek instead with a pained look on her face as she’s not able to look him in the eye. “I… I didn’t.. I’m sorry..”
“Maybe I deserve this.” Grey whispers quietly, looking at his wrists. “Maybe I deserve this for what I’ve done. What I am.” He spent so much time listening to Gordon repeating that and that he was terrible for Jo because of it, then Jo comes back hurt and proves it.
Jo clenches a hand around her own arm as his words make her twitch to reach out and either hug him or slap him and she can’t quite tell which. “You do not deserve what’s happened. You’re not what that bastard thinks you are, Grey.. you’re not that.”
Grey shrugs. “You wouldn’t have half the things that are obsessed with you obsessed with you if it weren’t for me.” He look rubs his wrists slightly, making a slight face at the raw feel of them still.
“I think I had a fair few of them already swanning about without you ever entering the picture, hun. You’re not a cause of things that happened to me.” Jo glances down at his hands when he pulls a face, reaching out to separate them and look them over herself. “There are..ways we can work out how to avoid this, Grey..”
“Jo… you and Harry are the only ones who like me and are human.” Grey says gently to refute her saying it wasn’t most people. He looks back at her, sighing. “Anything else that likes me is either another monster or a demon. So yeah maybe not everyone thinks I’m scum, but the ones that don’t are made up of evil things. That doesn’t speak well on my part.”
“Yeah well, me and Harry obviously have better taste than the rest of humanity then.” She tries for indifference, giving him a smile though it gets weaker when he just sighs back. “You say that like some monsters, demons and people who are disgusting enough they should count as something that’s not human don’t like me too. Grey.. that dickhead doesn’t know the half of what he talks about..”
Grey shakes his head, pulling away with her slightly. “And then what would we do with this guy? Plus it would mean using another person or more people.” He looks away from Jo when she says killing bad things isn’t bad. “I am a bad thing according to most people.”
“I don’t.. don’t know, we could work somethin’ out. Find someone that’s not a someone any more, or someone that it doesn’t matter if they’re seen out hunting. I don’t know, I’m just.. coming up with suggestions.” Jo crosses her arms when he pulls away, a twitch of her lips getting close to a pout before she shakes her head and it away. “Not according to most people. Blinded people, people who aren’t able to open their minds.”
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nVIDIA nForce Audio Driver support nForce, nForce2, nForce3, nForce4 products including dual-processor systems.
nVIDIA nForce Audio Driver
nVIDIA nForce Audio Driver for Windows Vista
nVIDIA nForce Audio Driver for Windows XP (64-bit)
Reviewing 6.86 (Aug 13, 2006)
Work find with my compuer. :)
Reviewing 9.34 Official Beta (May 24, 2006)
It is written above, but this is ONLY for the 500 series.
However, I went to the download site and they list the driver package components but don't list the Audio driver. I'm sure it is there. Read the changes if you can and NEVER install drivers if you have no reason to do so.
(sorry to repeat but I can't delete my post and I didn't notice that this was already posted)
Reviewing 8.22 (Jan 18, 2006)
this isn't even the audio driver, it is the main chipset driver, which just happens to contain the audio driver, among drivers for other devices belonging to this chipset. Name listed should be changed.
Reviewing 8.22 (Jan 17, 2006)
The AMD version is still at 6.70 -- So this one is the Intel version only.
nForce4 AMD Edition - Windows XP/2000 (32-Bit)
Version: 6.70
Release Date: October 26, 2005
WHQL Certified
nForce4 Intel Edition - Windows XP/2000 32-Bit
Version: 8.22
Release Date: January 17, 2006
WHQL Certified
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Venture capital dealsApril 3, 2012: 9:54 AM ET
Sapphire Energy Inc., a Sonoma, Calif.-based company that creates "green" gasoline by producing crude oil out of algae, has raised $144 million to build a demo plant in New Mexico. Just over $104 million is in the forms of grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Agriculture Department, while the equity tranche includes investments from Arrowpoint Partners and Monsanto Co. Sapphire Energy previously raised over $100 million from Monsanto, Arch Venture Partners, Venrock and the Wellcome Trust.
Manta, a Columbus, Ohio-based online small business owner community, has raised $44 million in minority equity funding Norwest Venture Partners. Some of the proceeds were used for existing shareholder liquidity.
The Minerva Project, a new online university with stringent admission policies, has raised $25 million in first-round funding from Benchmark Capital. Larry Summers will serve as chairman of the company's advisory board.
Skout, a San Francisco-based mobile network for meeting new people, has raised $22 million in new VC funding from Andreessen Horowitz.
Dragonplay, a Tel Aviv-based developer of free-to-play social games, has raised $14 million in Series A funding from Accel Partners.
Adimab Inc., a Lebanon, N.H.-based developer of human antibodies, has raised $13.8 million in Series F funding from existing investors. The company previously raised capital from Borealis Ventures, Google Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Polaris Venture Partners and SV Life Sciences.
Bizo, a San Francisco-based provider of business audience marketing solutions, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Crosslink Capital led the round, and was joined by existing backers Bessemer Venture Partners and Venrock.
FirstBest Systems Inc., a Bedford, Mass.-based provider of software solutions for global property and casualty insurers, has raised $10 million in new VC funding. NewSpring Capital and Verisk Analytics were joined by Brookstone Partners and return backer Flybridge Capital Partners.
Pertino Inc., a Cupertino, Calif.-based cloud networking software startup, has raised $8.85 million in Series A funding from Norwest Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Aframe, a London-based cloud video production platform, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. Octopus Investments and Eden Ventures were joined by return backer Northstar Ventures.
PureWave Networks Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of 4G wireless base stations, has raised $5 million in Series C funding. No investor information was disclosed, but prior backers include Allegis Capital, ATA Ventures and Leapfrog Ventures.
Real Valuable Corp., maker of the CoffeeTable iPad catalog shopping app, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from RR Donnelley (Nasdaq: RRD).
GameGenetics, a Berlin-based aggregator and distributor of free-to-play online games, has raised a "seven-digit Euro figure" of Series A funding from Target Partners and High Tech Gründerfonds.
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Google is prime for $1000. I think investors will take it there just to see that 4 digit stock price. What a milestone!
You don't even know what a crash is you retail fhead!
Honestly I think the only good advice on here was given by greymattermatters.
The other thing you can do is sell it all. Right now. You've made 7.5x your initial investment in 9 years. What will happen in the next 9 years if you hold?
I highly doubt you will see 750% gains here. So my advice is this. Sell now, and go diversify. Go and find stocks you think might be 750% winners. Check out ONVO, TSLA, etc....
Goog 139% up in 6m. Check it with 5% deviation
Sentiment: Strong Buy
any thoughts, I'm thinking about taking a "cheap" shot at it tomorrow.
We do not see or hear it on news at all......
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I got out the first 30 minutes of trading. It was kind of strange selling, holding onto something that long. On to my next long term pick. Make it great day and happy investing :D
Sure, and I have a bridge to sell you in New York City.
Dow -750 in AM ???
He should take some Associated press journalists to take that job.....lol
You're really asking where the top in GOOG is. While no one knows for sure, I agree with Cuffs. This is not the top, we're still $100 or $200 away from it (i.e., 1000 or 1100)
Please pay us a dividend
u greedy bald headed fart
Please pay us a dividend
U GREEDY BALD HEADED FART
I probably should have just sold have but it was so much money
It went up too fast and i made almost 300.00/share so i am going to sit on the sidelines for a while and pray for a pull back down to 865 and try to jump back in
may i ask you what you did? sold, hold, hedged? still thinking over?
2014 EPS 2.75$ x PE 20 = 55$
Current price 34$ VERY Under VALUE,
MSFT stock price will catch up with GOOG rise............................
If you back out the $150 in cash. Does that bother any of you longs? Not me. If you believe the projections (which are a lot more reliable than Apple's for sure.) then this should go higher even after this big run up. What's it going to do retreat to a 10 PE. NO. A forward PE Of 20 might be a peak of some sort. That would put this at around 1,200. That works technically in so many ways and where I'm selling calls if we get there this year.
buying opt...booyah..having a sale...or is everyone buying AApl??
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Had to look up lenloc, ray I had you pegged as a non gallerian, but looking at lenlocs posts, and wondering how anyone could mistake me with those posts, all I can say is the best may to go out is with a theatre of the absurde statement to highlight the absurdity of these discussions:
"I am not lenloc"
Have fun with the stimulating discussions with raybans2 and mr.phil2you.
I gotta get outta here!
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Shorties miscalculated badly this go round, and it is costing them. Just broke through 37.
I don't know if its a miscalculation or just the odds catching up to those of us who have shorted it. I am down 95% on my Feb 35 puts and it doesn't make any sense to pull out now. I will wait until about Feb 14 and hope for the best. Maybe consider a rollover at that time. This one hurts, but its part of the game and I will just get ready for my next trade. Bow
I was out this AM @ .50 on my .61 cost Feb55Puts. Market is too strong in this sector to fight the tape...
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