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indiana | Smerk, George M. (1972) "Development of Federal Urban Mass Transportation Policy," Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 47 : Iss. 2 , Article 3. | 2019-04-21T16:58:42Z | https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol47/iss2/3/ | Porn | Reference | 0.572138 |
wordpress | I listened to this via The Quietus not long after it happened; only posting now because I’m posting it now.
The reason I listened to her is because she also plays with Gnod. This is not much like Gnod, albeit exactly what are Gnod like? They are like many things.
This put me in a trance, even though I was at work (that’s how I cope). I’ve just deleted several sentences where I tried to describe it. This is why I’ve given up trying to describe music using words.
Even given my recent lack of words, this doesn’t need them.
Another trip back to Brazil, completely unlike any of the previous visits.
Yantra do what is described as psychedelic meditation music. From such a thing you can expect and will receive two slow-moving pieces of improvised performances which do that hypnotic transcendent thing of which I am so fond. These two pieces were recorded in 2016 at separate locations, and you can tell the difference in atmosphere of each piece. They do complement each other very well, however.
Because I don’t often listen to pure drone works, I don’t really have any reference points for you. That probably isn’t important anyway. If you’re in the mood to chill, this works very well.
The label that releases this seems very interesting, too. I had a listen to one of the Hierofante releases, and I’ll definitely be going back for another listen.
So I mentioned that I’d been intending to cover a couple of albums from my historic listening, and here we are with one such.
It occurred to me lately that when you listen to something is just as much a factor in how good you perceive it to be as the quality of the music itself, although the latter is of vital importance. The point I’m trying to make is that something that is really good might seem average if you’re listening in the wrong mood, and mood is very often time dependent as well as context dependent. For example, something that really works on a Sunday morning is not guaranteed to make the same spot resonate in the same way if you put it on Friday evening before going out somewhere.
So, this is a good Sunday album, although it’s also a good late night album if you’re in a mellow mood. I also think it would be good for listening to at work; those spreadhseets ain’t much fun with library office gossip as a background noise. It’s a cross of middle eastern sounds – which I do have a regular soft spot for – with ambient production and atmospheres. It’s nowhere near as uptempo as her usual style, but I do like that too.
The whole album is worth checking as it’s very chilled.
What’s the definition of perfect pitch?
A banjo down a 40-foot hole without touching the sides!
At least, I used to think that was the pinnacle in musician jokes, but then the legendary Daniel Higgs had to go and start doing improvisations with a banjo, didn’t he? And now I like music with banjos in it.
This sort of music could be made anywhere, anywhen. I’m sure I’ve heard Indian ragas with this kind of feel, I’ve definitely heard Hamza el-Din doing stuff with this kind of feel, and probably all the zillion or so other cultures in the world also have their equivalents.
His previous band Lungfish did meditative and repetitive music, so you could argue his approach has been consistent all the way through. He’s done quite a few of this sort of thing solo, my other recent favourite being The Godward Way. The subject matter, when he does sing, is the perennial philosophy. This is the music of a man sitting down and letting the spirit move his fingers. I hesitate to use the word ‘shaman’ because it is a label that has been pinned on so many now and is probably a bit overused, and I’m also not overly confident that we use the term correctly anymore anyway. But, y’know, mystical and cosmic philosophies? Improvised meditative music? I’ll just make myself comfortable.
The crowd goes wild and roars its affirmation.
Their second album, Lunes, is probably my go to album for a late night eyes shut meditative journey. It’s quite freeform and at the same time, recogniseably bluesy. Like all great music, I consider words completely unequal to the task of describing it. Truly ineffable.
*Substitute ‘Leicester’ for your town/venue/stadium of choice. As it happens, hardly anyone comes to Leicester for to do anything like that. The nearest we had was Kasabian playing at Viccy Park last year – the sound was so good I could hear it in my back garden. I didn’t hear them ask the audience if they wanted to meditate, though. Nor if they wanted to rrroooocccckkk! | 2019-04-26T06:42:33Z | https://soundbergs.wordpress.com/category/meditative-music/ | Porn | Business | 0.134018 |
wordpress | Earlier this past summer, Anandhi approached Nome requesting permission to express her devotion through her artistic abilities. The idea of painting a mural on the wall in the Lotus Room of Vasistha instructing Rama along with the assembly of numerous other sages was suggested. As Vasistha is part of the Advaita lineage, our linage, and dear to our hearts, it seemed most appropriate.
Below are images of the progress of this holy endeavor since its inception.
First, Anandhi draws the image in pencil on poster board.
Every detail is drawn carefully.
The wall in the Lotus Room where the mural will be painted is prepared.
Scott places “mud” on the wall to smooth the surface.
After adding mud he sands the wall to obtain an even smoother finish.
The process of adding mud and sanding is done multiple times. Then paint is applied.
The difference between the original wall and the prepared wall is easily seen here.
The surface of the wall is now ready for the mural.
The drawing is projected onto the wall and Anandhi, along with Jayalakshmi and Sangeeta draw the image onto the wall.
Here, Janani helps her mother, Anandhi, with the drawing.
The image is complete and ready to be painted. Anandhi starts with Siva.
Then, Anandhi paints the sky. One of the Siddhas can be seen in the upper right hand corner.
Next, Anandhi paints the sky behind Siva to represent a beautiful sunset.
Anandhi often works at night when baby Ribhu is sleeping.
Here, Janani helps her mother paint. Janani is an apprentice painter learning from her mother.
Next, the columns are painted.
Anandhi takes great care in every detail of the painting.
This is Anandhi with her husband Siva Kumar Chandran and their two children, Janani and Ribhu.
When Anandhi completes this offering we will post another blog here.
Very beautifull! Just one small tking I dont understand. Ketaki flowers were banned by Lord Shiva after supporting Lord Brahma in telling the lie of reaching the top of the collum of fire. Should they be on that beautifull painting?
Thank you for visiting our Temple Blog and for your message. Yes, we are familiar with the story as it appears in the Siva Purana. In the section of the Siva Purana entitled, “Vidyesvarasamhita,” chapter 8, verses 19-21 at the conclusion of the story that you elude to, Siva declares to the ketaka flower, “It is not proper for me to wear you. I am the Lord and my words must stay true. My attendants and followers shall wear thee. Hence, thy birth shall be fruitful. Of course, in the canopies over my idol you can be used for decoration.” The Lord thus blessed the three—the flower ketaka, Brahma and Vishnu. He shone in the assembly duly eulogized by the Devas.
The story in Yoga Vasistha in which Vasistha instructs Rama in the company of the assemblage of numerous other sages and devas takes place in a palace and it is this which has been depicted by artist Anandhi Muthukumarasamy.
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wordpress | Erdogan said that after the completion of the operation in the al-Bab, the Turkish army will attack in Raqqa. Given the configuration of the front line, just stepping through the territory of the Kurds.
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wordpress | The gallery will be filled with 1000 small individual hand made ceramic sculptures of a character called “The Monk”. The work began as a group of “monk heads” on a shelf which then evolved into a single work of 1000 smaller pieces. It is a temporal installation that is meant to exist for a moment and then be dispersed into the universe. The collection can be seen as a meditation on meditation in which the massive is gained by the small. Wanner’s work presents the viewer with an exploration of pattern and a study of the essence of the ceramic process.
Sliding Door Gallery presents a juried survey of photography by regional artists and photographers. This exhibit includes a wide range of work from traditional photography processes to digitally manipulated photographic collage. Twenty-two images were chosen for this exhibit which corresponds with Denver’s Month of Photography.
A show of work by students in the photography program at the Front Range Community College in Fort Collins. The work is from Photo I, Photo II and Digital Darkroom classes. Works by 12 students were selected by the faculty for inclusion in this show.
Please join us for these receptions.
Both shows run through Sunday March 30th. Our regular hours are Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 pm or by appointment. | 2019-04-21T12:41:06Z | https://slidingdoorgallery.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/march-first-friday/ | Porn | Arts | 0.96784 |
typepad | Choices matter. It is that simple.
Here is the biblical affirmation of this is simple and stark language.
Here are a few quotes from others who affirm the biblical teaching.
If you are leading others, then your choices are even more important. For your choices affect those who trust you enough that they follow you.
Why are you choosing those things?
How long have you been praying about those choices?
What decisions will you make this day?
After I re-read the post from last Friday, I realized I needed to say a few more (AND FINAL) things about METRICS.
First, it hit me that there is hard work involved in this and that is probably why we rarely do this kind of work. Most of us are busy and this seems way too demanding. So we neglect it and just chug away, doing what we have been doing. And assuming that we are generating results.
If you can, be sure to read, Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins. It is a short monograph where Collins applies his awesome principles in a way they are more useful for the church and missional organizations.
There are a few guidelines to remember as you determine your METRICS.
I'll use a case study for brief comments. We are in the process of planning new short courses on a vareity of spiritual disciplines for the sake of spiritual formation at our church.
First, it costs time and money to do the work of evaluation and measurement, so make sure you do it in a financially wise way.
Second, be sure you are measuring what is important. Don't measure the wrong thing. As the last post suggested, numbers are the easiest thing to measure, and in the case of the Social Sector, not the right thing to measure.
One course we are designing is a new one on Lectio Divina (a way of spiritual reflection on the Scripture). It could be useful to measure how many times a person does Lectio Divina. If our goal is to have people doing it three or four times a week, it is easy to measure if they are doing that. However, that is a quantitative goal. What if our goal is that people have the experience of personally connecting with the leading of the Holy Spirit as they read the Scriptures? That is more subjective and harder to measure. But, it is a better metric than simple number of times they practice lectio divina.
Third, realize how easy it is to talk in generalities. More, less, greater, larger, smaller, etc. are much too imprecise to be helpful. All they "may" do is point in the direction of movement (for better or worse).
Our goal is for you to be "more loving." Or "more in tune with God's Spirit." Or to "have a greater sense of God's presence with you." Now, this may be helpful, but it is very generic, quite nebulous and therefore, capable of great misinterpretation as to what is actually happening. We need to find ways to assess if someone is becoming more loving... or more in tune with God's Spirit... or living with a greater sense of God's presence.
Fourth, do your measuring and assessing at appropriate times. Frequent assessent is needed. For example, we are planning some new courses for spiritual formation. It will be appropriate to do assessment work at the end of EACH course.
Fifth, any evaluating needs to be action oriented. All metrics need to be for the sake of more results.
I'll say it one more time. I know this is hard work. But, if you value your work, if you believe in what you are doing, if you truly want sustained results, then you must do this kind of planning and ongoing assessment.
So - how are we doing?
And how do we know how we are doing?
Grace and wisdom on this part of the leadership journey.
We started out this week talking about RESULTS.
Why do anything if you are not going to get results from what you do?
Therefore, the question became - what do I do so I can get the results I desire?
That led to some thouhts on planning and on being wisely strategic.
Assuming that you are implementing your plan, you are taking steps toward the future you anticipate and want.
Along the way, you begin to notice something. Parts of your plan are working and other parts are not working. Some things that are working, aren't working as well or as timely as you had anticipated. Some resources you thought would be available and useful - are not. Some people you thought would make a good contribution - aren't!
That means you must begin to make adjustments to your plan.
You must always be ASSESSING how your plan is working, going through FEEDBACK processes to get the necessary information that tells you how you are doing.
This adds another vital theme.
You need METRICS that are measurable. This is involved in SMART goals. You can actually measure results.
I work with many leaders who are simply not disciplined enough to take the time to define metrics or to truly evaluate whether they are actually hitting the mark.
It is also a fact of Non-profit organizations (like the church and mission) that we tend to have the wrong metrics. We focus on quantitative numbers -- like how many programs did we offer and how many people showed up at the program?
We need to focus on qualitative metrics, that is, what actually happened in the lives of those who were a part of the program that was sustained over time.
Honestly -- this is HARD WORK to get these qualitative markers in place. But fundamentally, that is the business we are in. Changing lives, not counting heads. Although, I don't mind counting the heads of a lot of changed lives.
regular adjustment of a plan in light of what is and what isn't working.
Yes it is a lot of hard work. If you don't want to do it, then stop leading, get out of the way and allow someone else in who will do the hard work.
If you want to be a leader -- then do the hard work that is needed.
It is simply part of the price of leadership.
But the reward of Mission Accomplished is incredible.
p.s. It would be worth your time to re-read the five posts for this week.
So... you have a pretty good plan mapped out.
You have good objectives (or desired outcomes) thought through. You know that if you meet these objectives, you are well on your way to "Mission Accomplished."
You have developed SMART goals. See this site for a nice description of SMART Goals. There is a vareity of ways people use the acronymn.
You have thought about the problems you will face and your plan deals with those problems.
You have considered the resources you need and you have clarity about those things.
Do you have the authority to actually carry out your plan?
Do you have the authority to implement what you would like to do?
Do you have the authority to allocate the necessary resources to accomplish your goals and reach your objectives?
It never ceases to surprie me that organizations assign RESPONSIBILITY to its people, but do not always provide the needed AUTHORITY to get the job done.
That is a surefire recipe for frustration and failure.
You should have a meaningful conversation with your supervisor about the plan you have developed and make sure you have the authority to work the plan.
Don't take another stp until you have approval, a sign-off, a commitment and the backing you need to work your plan.
if you are actually going to get the desired results you want.
Here they are. You need . . .
1. A plan to implement.
2. The authority and power to control the execution.
3. Constant evaluation and adjustment.
We can call this strategic planning. In one sense, the plan is your strategy. But in another sense, we use the word "strategic" as an adjective to emphasize the importance and the value of the plan.
I am not going to tell you how to do Strategic Planning in this post. I am going to recommend that if you struggle with plannning, then it will be INVALUABLE for you to get a decent book on strategic planning. There are many out there.
Here is a simple, accessible one for you. Bobb Biehl's MasterPlanning is a very nice, easy, but thorough book that will walk you step by step in making a plan.
If you want more details on this process, then get the book for Dummies. Again, well written, lots of practical guidance... just more of it.
I will say this about strategic planning.
It always involves real objectives and outcomes that are the indicators that your vision/mission is being achieved.
It always involves steps you take toward reaching any objective.
It always involves resources, activities, events, people, deadlines, obstacles, problems that give shape to the steps you must take.
We are always dealing with these things. It is just that so many of us do it in a haphazard, inconsistent, unthoughtful way. In other words, we all have a plan.
It is just a matter of - is it a good plan or a bad plan?
I am currently working with a team of staff and ministry partners at LWCC to implement an overhaul of spiritual formation at our church. We are working on our strategic plan for this.
It was sobering to map out deadlines and see how much work was needed to be done and the TIME we had to get things done. If we had not done this, THERE IS NO WAY that we would be able to implement the really good things we want to do this fall.
If you want to read a great biblical story of a leader who had a strategic plan - read Nehemiah, especially the first six chapters to see how a great plan (filled with the power of the sovereign God) accomplished something so incredible that the surrounding people were amazed at what God had done.
So - do you have an actual plan on paper? Do you have anything written down that involves steps, goals, resources, time, people, and so on? When was the last time you actually used your plan?
Tomorrow - do you have the authority you need to work your plan?
Let me push you real hard today... maybe irritate you... but I am doing this because you are important, what you do matters, and God REQUIRES your faithfulness and fruitfulness about his purposes for your life. So . . .
Good intentions, BHAGS, compelling visions, inspring dreams, noble missions... they are littered everywhere in the landscape of history. Things that were desired but which never happened.
I bet there is a lot of GREAT STUFF that is just not happening in your life.
If we had a ten minute conversation, I bet I could find out a number of GREAT INTENTIONS you have but there is no movement at all in those areas of interest.
I bet you have dreams that are about as far off today as they were a year ago.
It is not the dreamers we remember.
It is the achievers we remember.
The ones who had the dream and who turned the dream in to reality.
The ones who made it happen.
My problem is NEVER a lack of dream or vision. I have an endless supply of things I desire to see happen. These are (in most cases) really good things, needed things, important things.
My problem is almost always, a lack of good planning to get to where I want to go.
My problem is implementation and execution.
That is YOUR PROBLEM as well.
Now, absolutely, you need a dream and a worthy one that has been inspired by time with God. If you don't have one, get one. Pray, connect with God, look around the world at what is happening, probe your heart to see what stirs within.
If you are without a vision - you need one.
If you are without a direction - you are just going to wander and meander through life.
If your desires are weak and you are slothful and negligent about your life - may the Spirit of God AWAKEN you and impart FIRE in to your soul.
But this post is about implementation.
What did you do this week that was intentional and strategic and fruitful about reaching your dream?
What results did you have this week concerning your greatest interests?
What measure able outcomes did you achieve because of really smart work you did really well?
How is your little corner of the world better, happer, more beautiful, more blessed, more like God's will for it - because of what you did?
The goal in life is not just to put in time.
Not to be on cruise control.
Not just to get to the end and say "whew, I made it."
Life is precious. People are infinitely valuable. God's will for life on earth is to be our passion. Your labors matter. God is going to ask for an accounting of what you did with what he entrusted to you (Matthew 25, parable of the talents).
What you "intended to do" means nothing.
What you actually did and accomplished means everything.
This is where the REAL LEADERS emerge and shine.
Tomorrow, some thoughts on "better implementation."
Because you want to see something happen as a result!
What do you have a dream, a mision, a vision.?
Because you want to see things be different than they currently are!
Why bother to do anything and do it well?
Because of the possibility of getting somewhere, achieving something, of making a difference, of making a contribution... of getting RESULTS!
Why do I spend lengthy time in devotional pursuits?
Because I want certain things to happen in my relationship with God!
Why do I spend hours every week exercising?
Because I want (my objective, my intention, my desire) is to be healthy!
Why do I spend hours a week writing the Exercises for the work of LCI?
Because I want to help leaders and this material is really helpful for them!
Why do I go through the hassles and expense of international travel?
Because the leaders I most want to help are located at distant places!
Why am I investing time and energy in internet technology?
Because I want to find ways to more effectively (and inexpensively) reach lots of leaders!
Why does any leader do what they do?
Because they have a dream that matters and they want the dream to become a reality!
You and I are always RESULTS oriented.
Read Philippians 2:5-11 to see what Jesus did.
Then read Hebrews 12:2 and Revelation 5:9 to see WHY Jesus did what he did.
So here are the QUESTIONS . . .
What RESULTS are you seeing these days?
What is the FRUIT of your intentions and labors?
And if there isn't very much (FRUIT / RESULTS) - why not and what are you going to do about it?
gives these three leadership ideas for being entrepreneurial leaders (and he believes that we all must be this kind of leader, both for our organizations and for our own careers).
Take intelligent and bold risks to accomplish something really great. Whatever your vision and mission is, whatever your passion - if it is worth having, then it is worth a full investment of your best energy. But, your best energy is not enough if you are not willing to be WISE and BOLD in risk taking. Great things do not happen for the timid and for those who hover around their comfort zone.
Work really hard to build a great network of alliances, partners, friends and resources. You need this because the really great visions and the truly bold risks always need more than what you can personally provide. You need help. So work hard to find the best connections, nurture those relationships, make them mutually beneficial, and use them well.
Position yourself for breakout opportunities. In fact, do more than position yourself. Actively seek the "breakout opportunity." It is increasingly rare that great opportunities come along and bump in to you. You have to go looking for them. What are you looking for these days? Where are you looking for it? What are you finding?
Personally, when I evaluated myself on each of these, I came away thinking I have a lot of work to do on each one. I did some journaling on "preliminary ideas" for each one and started getting excited.
Like every post... you can just read it, note the idea... and promptly forget it.
Or you can wrestle with it and begin the work of integration and implementation.
Ready Aim Fire -- "Ain't" What It Use To Be!
It use to be: Ready -- Aim -- Fire.
Then we learned that life was changing too quickly to spend a lot of time aiming and so the suggestion became . . .
Ready -- Fire -- Aim.
This meant, do sufficient preparation, launch what it is you want to do and then once launched do the work of refining and redirecting in real time. This makes a lot of sense and this is something I've been doing for years.
A great example is the LCI Exercises. I did some READY work, but FIRED it off with United World Mission long before it was complete. Ever since then, I've been doing on going work developing, writing, editing, refining.... in other words AIMING.
The reason being the contant and intense pace of change and the staggering competition we all face. This is the normal way of life now.
We may protest to the high heavens how much we don't want it.
We may complain all we want about how much we don't like it.
It doesn't matter. This is the way things are.
Remember the old adage, survival of the fittest? That is at work here. The fittest who will survive (and maybe even thrive) are those who are comfortable with constant aiming and firing... and who learn to become ready in that way of living in the world.
Sometimes we have these, in my opinion, unhelpful dichotomies. Here is one of them.
Efficiency is doing thing right.
Managers are concerned with doing things right.
Leaders are concerned with doing the right thing.
We have too many managers and not enough leaders.
Why do I have to settle for this as an either/or? I would rather go the way of both/and.
and I want to do the right things right.
Who would be satisfied with doing the right things poorly?
Who would be satisfied with doing the wrong things well?
I suppose some are. But I am not satisfied with this and I doubt you are either.
Let's opt for the Both / And and be effective and efficient, doing the right things well. If we do, then we will be faithful and fruitful in our vocation.
How well am I doing what I am doing?
This image resonates for me. I recently used it on my Facebook Cover.
It is a group of people filled with the Spirit of God.
It is the Spirit hovering, creatively, over followers of Christ.
It is the Spirit on the move and ready to move God's people further on the journey.
Some of the important work of leadership is creating space and time for groups of people to collectively discern the work of the Lord, to listen to the voice of the Lord, to experience the presence of the Lord . . . and then to respond as a people to the leading of God through the Spirit.
Spirit formed, taught, shaped, empowered, led communities of faith. This is the work of leadership. When was the last time you were intentional about gathering a team of people for this kind of discernment?
The way to envision the future.
Okay, it is Tuesday morning. By Wednesday you are in your routine (or rut) plowing on to the end of the week. Maybe you are feeling a bit lethargic already... or hopefully - restless.
Here is a simple leadership exercise. I think it will energize you.
Now, start praying and listening, dreaming and writing . . . and see where you go.
Try to write at least ten such scenarios. Don't be afraid to be wildly creative and to go far outside the box. Don't avoid "sacred cows" (that is the untouchable things because this is how we have always done them).
Better yet, get a few friends together and do it together.
Here is a pretty good definition of leadership. I changed the gender to make it inclusive.
the building of their personality beyond its normal limitations.
I love this because it is so developmental. It is empowering of others, not coercing. It is resourcing them to be all they can be.
While there is more to leadership than this, you can't have great leadership without it.
whose vision will you lift higher?
whose performance will you enhance?
whose inner world will you set free?
And if you aren't doing this, when will you start?
The Future: Predicting It or "Creating" It?
What you can and can't do about it.
This idea has been around for some time. I don't know whether Peter Drucker was the first to say this, but he certainly made it popular.
but you can create it"
I like to read the "futurists" who try to predict the future. Sometimes they do a decent job, looking at current trends and extrapolating what these trends may look like if carried forth into the future.
But the thing to note is that the future MAY look like this IF trends continue. So often the trends are not continued and so the future does not look like what was predicted.
Here is where strategic planning comes in. Through the highly intentional work of being wisely strategic, you can, step by step, move into a desired future. Through strategic implementation of your ideas, you can build a future.
Even the best strategic planning is no guarantee of reaching the desired future, for things happen that affect all our developmental planning. But this way is far more likely to actually bring about what you desire to see.
I am currently in the midst of a rather big writing project - the five volumes of The Exercises, a spiritual formation curriculum/process for leaders. A friend asked when I thought this project would be done. I found myself predicting out a few months. But I hesitated, knowing that the planning work needed is still not in place. So my prediction was "iffy."
When this planning is prayerful and dependent on God, seeking to hear His voice and follow His leading, willing to make adjustments as you discern they are needed, the preferred future begins to emerge.
If you haven't read Nehemiah lately, read the first six or seven chapters and see masterful strategic planning in action by this biblical leader. Then, a future that no one was predicting, actually emerged. | 2019-04-26T02:44:49Z | https://lci.typepad.com/leaders_resourcing_leader/work-of-the-leader/ | Porn | Reference | 0.124764 |
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wordpress | At the Moscow MAKS airshow in 2001, RSK MiG unveiled a demonstrator with vectored-thrust nozzles. This aircraft, a modification of the sixth MiG-29M prototype, is designated the MiG-29OVT (Otklanyayemi Vektor Tyagi / Deflected Thrust Vector)”, and its RD-33 engines are to fitted with Klimov-designed nozzles that can rotate up to 15 degrees in any direction. It also has wingtip launch rails for short-range AAMs. Compared to the MiG-29 the MiG-29 OVT has increased range of more than 2,100 kilometres, improved avionics, vast improvements in weapon systems, HOTAS systems, wide range of weapons of air to air and air to ground, as well as a variety of defensive and offensive avionics suite. The engines have been moved backwards to make more room for fuel in the fuselage.
The MiG-29 OVT, is powered by a newly developed engine that offers an advanced level of manoeuvrability. The new engine’s secret lies in the design of the nozzles at the back of the plane, which move in all directions, allowing advanced steering capability. The MiG-29 OVT is the latest version of the MiG-29 jet, which has been on the market for several years. The “all-axis nozzles dramatically increase manoeuvrability, especially at low and zero speed,” Vladimir Barkovsky, chief of MiG’s design bureau told reporters. The demonstration of the new engine, known as the RD 33, was the culmination of several years’ work. MiG started work on developing a new all-axis nozzle in the late 1990s, Barkovsky said. To date, MiG has invested several million dollars in its development.
The defensive system equipment consists of radar reconnaissance, electronic countermeasures, and optical systems – notably the laser emission detector on each wingtip – which are able to detect and evaluate the approaching danger and operate decoy dispensers to counteract the approaching threat in the radar and infrared ranges.
Russia’s Aerospace Force will start receiving the Mikoyan MiG-35 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) fighter jet in 2018 after the plane undergoes trials in 2017, Warplane Development Program Director at Russia’s United Aircraft-Manufacturing Corporation Vladimir Mikhailov told TASS.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is on course to complete flight trials of its latest MiG-35 ‘Fulcrum-F’ combat aircraft at the turn of the new year, ahead of the launch of serial production in 2018, a senior company representative told Jane’s on 24 June.
The MiG Russian Aircraft Corporation will begin mass production of the MiG-35 4++ generation multirole fighter in the next two years following the end of tests, Director General Ilya Tarasenko said Friday.
In flight, a crewmember is held in the seat with a suspension/restraint harness system. The crewmember may be restrained in the seat with the shoulder and waist restraint mechanisms. The seat features stepless height adjustment, which makes the seat occupation comfortable for work and vision.
The crewmember protection against the dynamic pressure G-loads at ejection is provided with the protective gear, windblast shield, forced restraint in the seat, seat stabilization as well as the selection of one of three operation modes for the energy source depending on the suited pilot mass. At the aircraft speed exceeding 850 km/h, the MRM steady-state mode is adjusted by the automatics depending on the acceleration.
After automatic separation of the pilot from the seat, the recovery parachute canopy is inflated providing the pilot’s safe descent. A portable survival kit, which is separated from the seat together with the pilot, supports his/her vital functions after landing or water landing, makes the pilot search easier, and the ПСН-1 life raft supports the pilot floatation on the surface of water.
The К-36D-3,5 ejection seat realizes the crewmember emergency escape within the range of equivalent airspeed (VE.) from 0 to 1300 km/h, at Mach number up to 2.5 and aircraft flight altitude from 0 to 20,000 m, including takeoff, landing run and «Н=0, V=0» mode. The seat is used with the KKO-15 set of protective gear and oxygen equipment.
The seat installation mass does not exceed 103 kg, including the survival kit.
The К-36D-3,5 family features seat modifications for each aircraft version.
The К-36D-3,5 seats are installed in all versions of the Su-30 aircraft; the К-36D-3,5M seats are installed in the MiG-29M and seaborne МiG-29К/KUB aircraft.
The KS -129 oxygen system is designed to provide one or two pilots of the front-line aircraft with oxygen during flights at the altitudes up to 20 km. (KS -130 oxygen system is used at the altitudes up to 12 km). The oxygen source is the BKDU -130 onboard oxygen-generating system, which produces oxygen from compressed air tapped from the aircraft gas turbine compressor.
The system features less line maintenance man-hours than the system with the bottle oxygen source.
The Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET) of Rostec State Corporation presented an active phased antenna array radar Zhuk-AME designed for multipurpose MiG-35 fighter jets, the press service of the company said.
In 2016 aerospace exhibition, held in Zhunhai Phazotron unvield a new AESA radar named Zhuk-AM/AME which is likely further evolution of FGA-35(3d) and renamed as Zhuk-AM/AME. According to Janes, the Zhuk-AME can track up to 30 targets and can simultaneously attack up to six aerial targets and has detection range up to 260 km and detection and tracking up to 160 km. The source added that the new radar weighs about 100 kg.
СОЛО, станция обнаружения лазерного облучения. Установлены два модуля в левой и правой законцовках крыльев, что обеспечивает практически круговой обзор. Дальность обнаружения источника лазерного облучения – 30 км. Вес – 800 гр.
Translated by google SOLO station detection laser irradiation. Installed two modules in the left and right wing tips, which provides almost all-round visibility. Detection range of the laser irradiation source – 30 km. Weight – 800 grams.
• formation of signs of threat.
The BINS-SP2 architecture is based on three laser gyroscopes and three quartz accelerometers. The system can establish the platform’s coordinates and motion variables in the absence of external data inputs.
The system was developed by Moscow Institute of Electromechanics and Automatics, a subsidiary of Radioelectronic Technologies. General director Alexey Kuznetsov says the BINS-SP2 can operate at temperatures between –60° and +60° C, and at altitudes up to 25 km.
“All works under adaptation of our system to the Russia’s newest warplane successfully ended; as for today, BINS-SP-2 has passed the trials”, he said. The system will not only improve performance of the jets but make them capable to land on decks of aircraft-carrying ships, added the interviewee.
4 – high pressure gas turbine; 5 – low pressure gas turbine; 6 – mixer; 7 – diffuser afterburner chamber; 8 – The extension pipe; 9 – všerežimová supersonic exhaust nozzle.
The GTDE is a turboshaft engine with a free turbine, has a modular design, with the turbocompressor module being one-shaft with centrifugal compressor and one-stage turbine. The reduction gear of the power turbine is executed according to the two-stage multi-flow scheme. The purpose is to provide the independent pre-flight aircraft preparation without starting the main engines and their subsequent startup.
Delivery shaft starter power 98 h.p.
Delivery shaft power unit power 70 h.p.
Starter rotation frequency of delivery shaft 4540 r.p.m.
Power unit rotation frequency of delivery shaft 2500 r.p.m.
Turbocompressor rotation frequency 60750 r.p.m.
AAG are complicated multifunctional complexes equipped by gas turbine engines-power units, AC and DC generators, plunger and centrifugal pumps. The purpose is to provide the start-up of the main engines and functioning of all electric, hydraulic and fuel aircraft systems in the air and on the earth.
AAG KSA-2/3/4 are designed for installation on various modifications of MiG-29 fighters and are used for two RD-33 engines simultaneously, which has allowed to reduce the drive transmission weight for aircraft accessory and start-up, with high reliability requirements being secured.
The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30 (ГШ-30) is a family of autocannons used on certain Russian military aircraft.
The GSh-30-1 (also known as “GSh-301”) is the standard cannon armament of most modern Russian fighters including the Yak-141 Freestyle, MiG-29 Fulcrum, Su-27 Flanker and its’ various derivatives. The GSh-30-2 is carried by the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot ground attack plane and in external gun pods. The GSh-30-2K is a modified version with 2400mm long water-cooled barrels and variable rate of fire. It is used on a fixed mounting on Mi-24P Hind-F helicopters.
Medium-range missiles R-27 (e), designed to intercept and destroy aircraft and helicopters of all types of unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles in a dogfight at medium and long distances, with individual and group actions carrier aircraft, day and night, in simple and adverse weather conditions, from any direction, against the background of the earth and the sea, with active information, firing and maneuvering countering enemy.
Available in several versions, differing use of two types of homing – semi-active radar (PARGS) and heat – and two types of propulsion systems – with standard and increased installed power. Modifications PARGS are designated R-27R and R-27ER, with TGS – R-27T, R-27ET, with propulsion of increased energy available – R-27ER and R-27ET.
Main material rocket design titanium alloy, a steel motor housing .
For the suspension to the carrier aircraft and launch weight of both modifications missiles used the same launchers rail and catapult type.
he rail trigger APU-470 is used for the deployment of missiles under the wings of the aircraft, and the ejection device AKU-470 for the deployment of missiles under the fuselage and under the wings.
The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 (NATO reporting name: AA-8’Aphid’) is a short-range lightweight infrared homing air-to-air missile designed for use by Soviet fighter aircraft. It has been widely exported, and remains in service with the CIS and many other nations.
Currently the R-73 is the best Russian short range air-to-air missile. Apart from an exceptional maneverability, this missile is also directly connected to the pilot’s helmet, which allows engagement of targets lateral to the aircraft, which cannot be engaged by missiles with a traditional system of targeting and guidance. The R-73A, an earlier variant of this missile, has a 30 km range, while the most recent R-73M can hit targets at a distance of 40 km.
The missile is used for engaging modern and future fighters, attack aircraft, bombers, helicopters, drones and cruise missiles, including those executing a maneuver with a g-force up to 12. It permits the platform to intercept a target from any direction, under any weather conditions, day or night, in the presence of natural interference and deliberate jamming. It realizes the “fire and forget” principle.
The missile design features a canard aerodynamic configuration: control surfaces are positioned ahead of the wing at a distance from the center of mass. The airframe consists of modular compartments accommodating the homing head, aerodynamic control surface drive system, autopilot, proximity fuze, warhead, engine, gas-dynamic control system and aileron drive system. The lifting surfaces have a small aspect ratio. Strakes are mounted ahead of the aerodynamic control surfaces.
The combined aero-gas-dynamic control gives the R-73 highly maneuverable flight characteristics. During flight, yaw and pitch are controlled by four aerodynamic control surfaces connected in pairs and by just as many gas-dynamic spoilers (fins) installed at the nozzle end of the engine. Control with engine not operating is provided by aerodynamic control surfaces. Roll stabilization of the missile is maintained with the help of four mechanically interconnected ailerons mounted on the wings. Drives of all missile controls are gas, powered from a solid-propellant gas generator.
The passive infrared homing head supports target lock-on before launch. Guidance to the predicted position is by the proportional navigation method. The missile’s combat equipment consists of an active proximity (radar or laser) fuze and impact fuze and a continuous-rod warhead.
The engine operates on high-impulse solid propellant and has a high-tensile steel case. Russia’s Vympel weapons designers have developed a one-of-a-kind air-to-air missile, which NATO has dubbed as AA-11, for use on foreign fighter planes. Techically and militarily the new missile, meant for quick-action dogfights, leave its foreign analogues far behind. Vympel experts have also made it possible for the new missile to be easily installed on all available types of aircraft. The AA-11 can also be used on older planes which will now be able to effectively handle the US’ highly maneuverable F-15 and F-16 jets. The AA-11 missile is based on all-new components, use new high-energy solid fuel and an advanced guidance and control system which has made it possible to minimize their size. Their exceptionally high accuracy is ensured by the missile’s main secret, the so-called transverse control engine, which rules out misses during the final approach trajectory. The transverse control engine is still without parallel in the world.
Russia has offered the export-version R-7EE air-to-air missile system for sale so that it can be fitted to foreign-made fighter aircraft. Developed by the Vympel state-sector engineering and design bureau, the R-7EE is designed for close-quarters aerial combat. Vympel specialists have developed a way of ensuring that the missile system can be fitted to virtually any type of aircraft. It can be fitted to older aircraft, which feature heavily in third-world countries’ air forces.
The R-77, RVV-AE designation used for the export market and AA-12 Adder designation used by Western intelligence, is an extended medium range air-to-air missile featuring an active radar seeker to engage multiple airborne targets simultaneously. This missile was designed as the Soviet/Russian counterpart to the United States Air Force AIM-120 AMRAAM. The R-77 enables the Mig-29 and Su-27 fighter aircraft families to engage multiple airborne threats simultaneously thanks to its fire and forget capability. There are other versions fitted with infrared and passive radar seekers instead of active radar homing. Future plans call for increasing the missile range well beyond 150 kilometers.
The R-77 has been designed with innovative control surfaces which are one of the keys of its impressive performance. Once launched, the R-77 depends on an inertial navigation system with optional in-flight target position updates from the aircraft sensors. When the R-77 missile is at a distance of about 20 km its radar homing head activates leading the missile to its target.
Kh-31AD airborne anti-ship guided missile is designed for hitting combat (assault landing) surface ships and cargo ships from the striking force (convoys) and single ships. This particular missile has a warhead power increased to 15% in compare with its prototype Kh-31A. Launch range is increased up to 120-160 km almost in two times.
Kh-31PD airborne high speed anti-radar missile is designed to hit radars of anti-aircraft missile stations (ZRK).
Missile ground maintenance is provided by the OKA-E-1 aircraft guided weapons (AUSP) preparation system.
Su-35, Mig-29, Mig-35, Mig-29KUB and etc.
The Vympel Kh-29 / AS-14 Kedge is a Russian supersonic equivalent to the French AS.30 and US AGM-65 Maverick, and is primarily intended for interdiction and close air support, maritime strike roles, and attacks on hardened concrete shelters and structures. An APU-58 or AKU-58 launcher is used, on the Su-27/30 Flanker (up to 6 rounds), the MiG-27 Flogger (2 rounds), Su-17/22 Fitter (2 rounds) and Su-24M Fencer (3 round). Multiple variants exist.
The Kh-29T (Izdeliye 64 or AS-14B) is an electro-optical variant with a daylitgh television seeker. The Kh-29TE is the export variant, the Kh-29TM an enhanced variant. The Kh-29TD is another EO variant, possibly equipped with a thermal imaging seeker.
The KAB-500Kr corrected air bomb is designed to engage stationary ground/surface small-sized hardened targets, such as reinforced concrete shelters, runways, railway and highway bridges, military industrial installations, warships, and transport vessels.
The KAB-500-OD corrected air bomb is designed to engage ground targets, such as fire emplacements, and manpower hidden in mountainous terrains.
The KAB-500Kr, KAB-500-OD corrected air bombs are fitted with TV/terrain-matching homing heads and various types of warheads. TV homers with target data processing correlation algorithm can “remember” target location and correct bomb’s flight trajectory until the impact on the target, thus realizing the “fire and forget” principle. Such homing heads can help defeat low-contrast and masked targets provided that terrain reference points and target coordinates related to them are available. The KAB-500Kr, KAB-500-OD corrected air bombs make part of weapon systems of such front-line aircraft types as Su-27, Su-30, Su-34, Su24M, MIG-29 and others.
The KAB-500L is the baseline laser semi-active homing 500 kg guided bomb developed for the FA-VVS and widely exported since the end of the Cold War. It achieved IOC in 1979.
The weapon uses the Azov 27N or later 27N1 semi-active laser homing seeker using an annular airfoil and optical design similar to the Paveway I/II series. It will provide similar characteristics to the baseline Paveway I/II seeker. The cited CEP is 7 to 10 metres which is consistent with this style of seeker and the bang-bang control loop technology involved.
Delivery envelope is 1 to 15 km AGL and 550 – 1700 km/h.
KAB-500L-Pr-E – Penetrating bunker buster with subclaibre warhead.
KAB-500L-F-E – Blast fragmentation warhead equivalent to M118.
KAB-500L-OD-E – thermobaric warhead / FAE.
The S-8 system is the main caliber weapon in the class of unguided aircraft rockets and can solve a variety of aircraft missions.
The rocket is provided with a solid propellant motor with a summary thrust pulse of 5,800 N.s and operating time of 0.7 s. Progressive methods for body shaping from ready-made rolled aluminum and unique engineering solutions in terms of separate elements aimed at reducing motor manufacturing labor consumption and costs are used in its construction.
20 x HE Fragmentation Rocket , This rocket is designed to engage personnel, soft and lightly armored targets.
20 x Smoke, This rocket is intended to mark ground targets, routes of movement and landing areas in daytime.
High-explosive incendiary bomb aviation OFZAB-500 was established use in high speed with low altitudes against manpower and easily vulnerable field installations, warehouses and fuel depots. The bomb is intended to replace in the Russian Air Force obsolete FOZAB-500. It is used at altitudes of 300 – 20,000 m at speeds of 100 – 1200 km / h.
OFZAB-500 allows the wearer to carry out maneuvers with large congestion. The bomb can be used on a large number of combat aircraft of Soviet and Russian-made MiG-21, MiG-27, MiG-29, Su-17, Su-22, Su-24, Su-25, Su-27, Tu-95, Tu -16.
Nozzle assemblies of the GPT-2E (-1, -1M, -1I) type are designed to refuel combat aircraft in flight. The nozzle assemblies feature universal refueling couplings that conform both to the RF and NATO standards. This makes it possible to refuel the aircraft from the tankers equipped with the aerial-refueling pods of both domestic and foreign production.
Emergency retraction system for the refueling coupling.
Maximum refueling rate is up to 2500 l/min.
MiG-29E, MiG-29МST, MiG-29К/КUB, Su-24, Su-30MKI and Su-35.
Egypt appears to be close to receiving the first of its RAC MiG-35 fighters, with a lead example having been photographed during flight testing near Moscow late last month.
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I don’t think the Philippines can afford 2nd hand F-16’s or F/A-18 C/D with their Current Budget. They might as well look to Russia for MIG-29’s in the Indian Air force configuration or MIG-35’s.The Other option is Mirage 2000’s from France. At least with the Mirage 2000, it would give them something to stand on on.
Why not, I see Vietnam looking at buying them and they can convince Thailand and the Philippines, it might be possible as well.
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In addition to the ‘you are the ______ to my ______’ cards, we’ve got a ‘you are the bees knees’ printable. That’s right, folks, TWO Valentines printables!
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wordpress | David Ralston is a blues guitarist and vocalist who has traveled the highways and byways of America for over a decade. His eighth studio album, I Don’t Care, was released several months ago and finds him continuing to explore a blues/rock fusion sound. Maybe it was his stint as a substance abuse counselor for the Marine Corps, but his music and lyrics have a toughness to them. He may not be a bad man, but his style is in your face and you can take it or leave it.
He has put together a fine band to support his slide, acoustic, and electric guitar playing. Drummer Mark Texiera, keyboardist Bruce Bears, bassist Jesse Williams, and guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist/producer Thom Hiller lay down a foundation, which allows him to improvise.
His sound is very hard-edged blues, which comes close to straight rock every once in a while. The title introduces the theme of the album and the lyrics explore this not caring attiude. The keyboards provide the filler, which allows him to use them as a jumping off place. As with many good blues guitarists, he is able to make each note distinctive.
The lyrics are honest and soul-bearing, which are the key to any blues album. He has a fine voice to present the thoughts and stories and it meshes well with the overall direction of his music.
David Ralston is eight albums into his career and continues to evolve. I Don’t Care is a fine blues album that deserves a listen or two.
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Melissa Crabtree is a wilderness guide who moonlights as a singer – or possibly the other way around. It really does not matter which comes first, as she has managed to integrate her passion for both into one career. Her songs travel the pathways of the natural world around her, as her time spent in the wilderness provides the observations which influence her lyrics.
She is a songwriter who is able to paint pictures with her words and then set them to simple melodies. It comes down as folk/Americana music that at times reminds me of the late Kate Wolf and Iris DeMent. She has now returned with her third album, The Day I Fell in the Water.
Crabtree has surrounded herself with a number of able musicians to support her vocals/acoustic guitar playing. The core of her supporting cast is multi-instrumentalist/producer Mark Hallman and keyboardist/backing vocalist Julie Wolf, who are joined by a rotating group of eclectic musicians who fill in the sound with fiddles, pedal steel guitars, accordions, and mandolins.
As with many folk artists, a number of songs carry messages of the singer’s philosophy of life. “Bees,” which makes use of Dayan Kai’s mandolin work to create the imagery of the lyrics, looks at the issue of wildlife conservation. “Message from a Soldier” is a gentle song of peace and is not so much confrontational as it makes you sigh.
Songs such as the title song and “Water Canyon” are love songs that are more about personal growth than culminating in a relationship. “Spirit of the Mountain” and “Daisies Talk” allow her to explore her love of the outdoors.
Crabtree’s husky voice is a perfect vehicle to present her stories. She is also able to write simple melodies and then add in various instruments that make the finished product entertaining and thought-provoking.
Melissa Crabtree continues to bring her love of nature to her music. If you want to try some folk music with a different focus, then The Day I Fell in the Water may be an album for you.
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“A-wop-bop-a-lu-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!” The year was 1955, the song was “Tutti Frutti,” and the artist was Little Richard. Parents of teenage daughters may have been uneasy with Elvis Presley, but Little Richard made them fearful for their sons as well.
Little Richard was different in looks, style, and the way he played rock ‘n’ roll. He was schooled in rhythm & blues, but by way of a thumping piano and frenetic vocals moved his sound over to straight rock. As such, he became on of the seminal figures and a founding father of the rock idiom; any history about the development of 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll must pass through Little Richard.
This collection covers all of the important music from his early career. 24 of the twenty-five tracks are from 1955-1957, with one live track from 1964. The sound is crystal-clear and the accompanying booklet is excellent also. The songs blast out of the speakers in two-minute bursts of energy, and listening to an hour’s worth of his material is both exhilarating and exhausting. His sound is a constant assault on the senses, from “Tutti Fruitti,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” “Slippin’ And “Slidin,’” and “Rip It Up, these memorable tracks set the tone for what is to follow, and all this in about twelve minutes. Plus, all these songs were issued in succession within a decade, from 1955-1965.
Little Richard would never move beyond his ‘50s sound. While some artists were able to change with the times and still others would fade from the scene entirely, Little Richard would continue to present the songs contained on this album for the next fifty years. He was an American musical original and there was truly no changing him.
Little Richard’s music has been presented in many forms over the years, but The Very Best Of Little Richard moves to the head of the class among the numerous releases. This disc accumulates all his important music into one place, providing an essential listening experience for any aficionado of American rock ‘n’ roll.
During the 1950s many adults were uncomfortable with rock and roll. No one made them more uncomfortable than Little Richard. His look, demeanor, race, and stage act were the stuff of nightmares for parents concerned about their sons and daughters. He was a star during the second half of the 1950s placing 15 singles on the BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Pop Singles Chart. Just about all were up-tempo rock ‘n’ roll attacks.
“Keep A Knockin” first appeared in the film MISTER ROCK ‘N’ROLL. Released as a single during September of 1957, it reached number eight on the BILLBOARD Pop Singles Chart and number two on the Rhythm & Blues chart. It was one of the most frenetic performances of his career.
Little Richad created a sound that was one of the foundations of rock and roll. He fused gospel, rhythm & blues, and his pusating piano rhythms into what would become known as rock and roll. Little Richard was honored as one of the first inductees into THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 1986.
Georgia Gibbs, 1919-2006, began her career on the big band circuit and was a regular on radio before signing a solo contract in 1948.
Her vocal style always had a jazzy side to it but during the mid-1950s she began covering some of the rhythm & blues hits of the day. During early 1955 her version of LaVern Baker’s “Tweedle Dee” reached number two on the BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Most Played By Disc Jockey’s Chart.
She returned several months later with a cover of Etta James’ number one rhythm & blues hit, “The Wallflower,” which she renamed “Dance With Me Henry.” While I prefer James’ version, it proved to be a wise choice as it spent three weeks on top of the BILLBOARD Most Played In Jukeboxes Chart beginning May 14, 1955.
The Yardbirds had their break through hit during mid-1966 with “For Your Love.” Their happiness was short lived when guitarist Eric Clapton decided their sound had become to popish and left the band.
How do you replace one of the greatest guitarists of all time? The answer is simple; you hire another of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Jeff Beck stepped in as the lead guitarist for “Heart Full Of Soul.” His use of a guitar fuzz box to distort his sound was unique at the time. “Heart Full Of Soul” reached number nine on the BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Pop Singles Chart in the United States and number two in England.
Beck would eventually leave the band as well but things would continue to work out just fine as Jimmy Page was on the horizon.
The Rolling Stones had formed as a raw rhythm & blues/rock band. Their first United States chart single. “Not Fade Away,” reached number 48 on the BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Pop Singles Chart during the early summer of 1964. Their follow-up single in the USA, “Tell Me (You’re Coming Back)’ peaked at number 24 during the summer of 1964.
It was the first Jagger/Richards composition to be released as the A side of a single. It was still a fairly raw sound but contained elements of their rock sound for which they would become famous. It was also a very early ballad and more would follow as the years passed.
Today it remains notable as the first Stones single to crack the top 40 in the United States.
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wordpress | Random sightings on The Avenue..
Was making a lap of the Avenue with some of my girls on Tuesday night, when we stopped by La Habana for a drink.. We sat on the stools facing the street when this man started to put on quite the show for us. From what we were told, this is how he gets foreign women to sleep with him. (Especially European women..who have a thing for Rastamen) I wonder how often he gets through!!??
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wordpress | In a previous post you’ll see I made fresh sweetcorn polenta, (sort of creamed corn.) using the fresh corn kernels stripped from it’s cob. Luckily part of our seasonal shopping haul on Monday at Ridley Road was sweetcorn still wrapped up in their own silks and skins. Three for a £1 thank you very much.
We were cooking dinner, my friend Mark and I. I made the polenta as before, then realised we didn’t really need it with Mark’s main of slow braised ox cheek. (though it would’ve made a very good accompaniment for it.) So Mark said why not make a dessert with it. Here it is, and it was a treat.
…..and then I had it with chocolate…see below…..
So…..Sweet Sweetcorn Polenta with Roasted Greengages, Plums and Nectarines or Chocolate….
Little note…..You really won’t need to sweeten it when serving with something sweet, but you could always melt a couple of tablespoons of sugar into it if you fancy.
1. Preheat oven to 200 C/180 fan/Gas 6. Halve, destone the fruit and drop into a baking dish. scatter with the sugar, cover with foil and place in oven for about 20-30 minutes or until the fruit is really tender. Set aside.
2. To make the fresh corn polenta, pull off the green outer husks from the corn if they are wearing them, and pull away the inner silks. (the silky stringy threads under the leaves.) then slice off the kernels off from top to bottom.
3. Place the corn kernels in a large pan with the water or milk the butter and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until tender.
4. Drain the corn, reserving the water and pour this water back into the pan. Tip the kernels into the bowl of a food processor and whiz until as smooth as possible, adding a little of the cooking water so you get a smooth paste.
5. Scrape the corn paste into the pan of reserved cooking water, add the cardamom pods and cinnamon and bring to a boil. Reduce heat again, and simmer gently, stirring frequently, for about 15 minutes or until the mixture becomes thick and creamy.
Serve the warm polenta topped with the roasted fruit and some of the fruity juices….
Next day…….hungry for something sweet again I warmed some of the polenta up and stirred in a few chunks of chopped dark chocolate….need I say more…..
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wordpress | To me, it’s always been a weird character point that the Green Arrow was a chili aficionado. I don’t know why, but it always struck me as odd. So how exactly does he go about making it?
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This leaves me with the question of who on the DC staff at the time actually came up with this recipe?
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wordpress | forward, right- or upwards or where should we go?
Yesterday we stood a step back from the abyss … – today we are looking for The progressive way, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the EU.
It is frightening that the linked article, explicitly claiming a social democratic orientation, is even opened by a photo, making direct reference to the pattern that has in the meantime even a name: Trumpism or Trumponomics.
Is this really the way to go?
All this, including the address with which the pope addressed yesterday the heads of state of a somewhat crumbling EU-member states, comes just in time while I am preparing both, the teaching of an intensive course on European Integration at the University of Vienna, department of political science end of the coming month, and a debate at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foudation to which I want to contribute later this year.
There are some short reflections and questions that come to my mind.
Why can’t we move back, taking up on the traditions?
Perhaps it is because the tradition was obsessed already at the early stage with the idea of establishing a single market, instead of claiming sincerely peace and unity (versione italiana).
There is more to be done, and in particular there is still some serious thinking to be done, resisting a subjectivist and voluntarist turn – be it to the right or also left populism, the one aiming on making nations great again, the other on making the EU great again.
And it is surely also about the rejection of platitudes, equalising right and left populism in a way in which earlier in history the thesis of totalitarism was put forward – there is surely left populism though it is surely an issue that needs some reflection – interesting is at least when ISI [import substitution industrialisation] is rejected while such sides rarely question the manifold ways of subsidies and new indirect protectionism of multi-speed policies. And equally interesting that such proposal of an entrepreneurial state is indeed something that made an earlier proponent, namely J. A. Schumpeter and his opus magnum highly contestable.
– in close cooperation with Vyacheslav Bobkov from the Plekanov University in Moscow, currently as well with the College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou and it is also playing a role in some preparation of this years G20, I have to do.
Still, at the moment it is about teaching students economics – and a decisive challenge remains to resist the number-crunching mind snatchers in a tiny village at the coastline of Wales, even unable to communicate, but trying to creep into the CORE.
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livejournal | :: 塞翁失马，焉知非福 :: - Dreams are what you wake up from.
It can be difficult to foresee the twists and turns which compel misfortune to beget fortune, and vice versa.
There once was a (father), skilled in divination, who lived close to the frontier (with his son).
One of his horses accidentally strayed into the lands of the Xiongnu, so everyone consoled him.
(But) the father said, "Why should I hastily (conclude) that this is not fortunate?"
accompanied by another stallion, so everyone congratulated him.
(But) the father said, "Why should I hastily (conclude) that this can not be unfortunate?"
His family had a wealth of fine horses, and his son loved riding them.
One day (the son) fell off a horse, and broke his leg, so everyone consoled (the father).
One year later, the Xiongnu invaded the frontier, and all able-bodied men took up arms and went to war.
Of the men from the frontier (who volunteered), nine out of ten men perished (from the fighting).
It was only because of (the son's) broken leg, that the father and son were spared (this tragedy).
Therefore misfortune begets fortune, and fortune begets misfortune.
This goes on without end, and its depths can not be measured.
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wordpress | This post has been mouldering in my drafts folder for several months as I pondered the relevance of banging on about Exhibition Road, and shared space, once again, but it’s probably worth releasing, even if much of what I say has already been said before.
It’s unlikely that a road as expensive as Exhibition Road will be proposed in the near future. At £35,000 per metre (£29 million for 820 metres), it is most definitely a very costly experiment in street design. The cost of the street may prove to be immensely valuable, however, in demonstrating some of the limits of the application of ‘shared space’ philosophy.
It is important to stress that I do not dislike, or detest, the redesign of Exhibition Road – indeed, it is better than what was there before. Nor do I argue that the environment for cyclists and pedestrians has not been improved – I think it has. I also believe that a small degree of uncertainty introduced by the new arrangement does, in general, lead to slightly more careful driving than would be the case under the previous arrangement, and also that the road might be safer.
I have already written two lengthy pieces detailing how shared space is erroneously being presented as something of a universal solution to the improvement of our streets and roads by a number of urban designers and transport planners, as well as by a good portion of the media.
A case in point is Simon Jenkins, perhaps one of the most vocal journalists in favour of shared space, whose output on the topic is fairly prodigious – two articles last year on the topic, in short succession, and media appearances in which he disparages the separation of motor vehicles from people, and overstates the advantages of shared space.
It is 20 years since towns and cities across Europe began redesigning their streets, moving from the traffic – circulating zones festooned with railings and traffic lights beloved of British town planners. Some 400 European towns have converted thoroughfares to spaces adapted for all to use, with redesigns that respect rather than abuse the buildings facing onto them.
London has, over the years, pedestrianised some of its shopping streets, such as South Molton and Carnaby and Leicester Square. It has attempted a few, highly dangerous, bus lanes and contraflows, such as in Oxford Street and Piccadilly, the latter now abandoned. The boldest council was Tory Kensington and Chelsea, first dipping a toe in the water at Kensington High Street.
This was partly stripped of signs, railings and clutter. Bike refuges were put down the centre to encourage people to linger in the roadway and junctions were raised. Pedestrians now wander at will, slowing the traffic and rendering the neighbourhood people-friendly. There has been a 60 per cent drop in accidents and a relative pick-up in retail lettings.
Kensington High Street – the redesign that Jenkins considers the most bold of this period – has been improved, it is true. The pavements are wider, and much of the guardrailing has been removed. But it is simply incorrect to say that pedestrians ‘wander at will’ in the carriageway, ‘slowing the traffic.’ Try this – attempt to just meander about at leisure in the road on Kensington High Street – and you will be honked at, driven at, or possibly even run over.
Now of course people will be crossing the road here at places (largely) of their choosing, but to suggest that they are doing so ‘at will’, or that they are capable of slowing the traffic in doing so, is dishonest. They will be crossing when motor vehicles are not approaching – crossing, that is, in ways rather similar to how they crossed before, prior to the removal of clutter. The claims Jenkins is making for the new civility of Kensington High Street are exaggerated.
Shared space, or “naked streets”, is a concept still little understood by a British public steeped in the old religion of urban traffic. This holds that road space is for vehicles alone, their drivers being, by definition, irresponsible, stupid, selfish zombies whose safe driving can be assured only by physical barriers, lights, signs, road marks and highway codes. Potential victims – that is, other road users – must be corralled and caged along congested sidewalks in what is an iniquitous allocation of space.
That is, segregation represents the ugly, failed 1960s approach to road design, in which pedestrians and vulnerable users are ‘corralled’ and ‘caged’ away in small areas of road space, for the convenience of motor vehicles. The only alternative we have to this bankrupt approach, it seems, is that of shared space, tried and tested across the continent, which ceases to keep vulnerable users tucked out of the way, and acknowledges that our streets and roads are not just for cars.
But as I have said before, this is a false choice, in that it presents shared space as the only alternative to the pedestrian- and cyclist-hostile segregation of the 1960s and 70s. It glosses over – indeed ignores outright – the potential we have to improve our streetscape for vulnerable users, by methods different to those employed by shared space; namely by segregation itself. The concept of ‘segregation’ – so evidently detested by shared space devotees like Jenkins – can be used to ameliorate our urban environment for vulnerable users. Not, obviously, in the ways it has been employed in this country over the last 50 years, but in ways seen on the continent (the same continent which Jenkins seems to think is covered in shared space), in which, rather than segregating the vulnerable user away from the car, the car is segregated away from the vulnerable user.
Segregation, in other words, works for the convenience of pedestrians and bicycle users, rather than for the convenience of the motor vehicle. The streets and roads are designed preferentially for people on foot and on bicycle. This could mean, for instance, roads closed to motor vehicles, entirely; it could, elsewhere, mean a drastic reduction in the amount of space given to motor vehicles. But in all cases ‘sharing’ between motor vehicle and pedestrians is not assumed; the streets are physically given over to bicycles and walkers.
This approach – what you might call ‘benign segregation’ – gives over more space to vulnerable users, just like shared space is supposed to do – but, crucially, without that extra space being shared with motor vehicles. Most Dutch towns and cities are now benignly segregated, with motor vehicle journeys in their centres being made either impossible, or inconvenient by comparison with other modes.
Nothing in the [Times’] campaign indicates familiarity with new traffic theory as applied to cyclists, which is strange when its best exemplar, Exhibition Road, has just opened in South Kensington. The theory holds that the safety of lesser urban streets lies not in traffic segregation but in its opposite, sharing, since that is most effective in reducing speed. The much-vaunted Dutch approach to cycling relies on drivers getting used to negotiating with other road users through eye contact, especially at natural speed calmers such as crossroads.
If Jenkins had bothered to read the shared space literature, he would know that space only gets shared where motor traffic volumes are low enough. And if he knew anything about the Dutch experience, it’s not about less control. On the contrary, there are lots of controls both to keep motor vehicles away from cycles, and to keep motor vehicles out of residential areas – the shared spaces that he seems to think are free-for-alls. In fact, as I write this I’m realising it will simply take too long to refute and correct all the nonsense in this article – it’s like trying to review an article about brain surgery written by Katie Price.
The ability of road engineering and regulating to make London cycling less dangerous must be exhausted. Cycling on traffic-filled streets is inherently risky.
A passage in which Jenkins, in the second sentence, accidentally grasps the real safety problem, while in the first sentence amazingly assumes that all solutions to that problem, other than shared space, have already been ‘exhausted’.
The issue is motor traffic; if your streets remain ‘traffic-filled’ then of course cycling will remain inherently risky, simply by virtue of a greater number of interactions. The solution is to separate; not by pushing cyclists and pedestrians into underpasses, or behind barriers, or making them wait together on pavements using toucan crossings, but to reclaim urban space for both these groups.
And now, after that circuitous introduction, I can turn to the subject of this post – Exhibition Road, and what we can learn from its redesign. Setting aside the eye-watering cost, if you can, the redesign has been greatly valuable in a way that was probably unintended, because it has served to demonstrate the conditions under which shared space works quite well, and those under which it doesn’t work in anything like the way intended (or – how it functions less optimally for pedestrians and bicycle users than other possible street arrangements). This is because there are two distinct sections of Exhibition Road which, while virtually identical in design, function in completely different ways in practice.
The southern section, south of the A4 Cromwell Road is rather splendid, and works as shared space should – with plenty of actual… sharing. There is nearly always mingling across the full width of the street by pedestrians.
People are still prepared to mingle and linger even when the occasional motor vehicle approaches.
This ‘innate’ sharing is only partially a function of the design. Indeed, it has to be due to something else beyond the design, because (as we shall see) the layout of Exhibition Road north of Cromwell Road is identical, yet pedestrian behaviour is very different there.
Now it is probably true that people would be less likely to mill across the street if, instead of a uniform surface, there was clear demarcation between pavements and a tarmac road. But far more important in enabling ‘sharing’ is the fact there is actually a large degree of ‘separation’ on this section of Exhibition Road; the separation of people and motor vehicles.
There is very little motor traffic travelling through here – you can see this from the photographs above – principally because the road does not go anywhere. It only sends you around a one-way system, leaving you right back where you started – as this coach driver is finding out, as he goes into reverse.
Very little motor traffic means that people are happy to take their time crossing this space.
And the scarcity of motor traffic means that when a motor vehicle does pass through here, it is most definitely on the pedestrians’ terms. A car or a van is almost always on its own, and has to abide by the behaviour of the pedestrians surrounding it.
We were even able to stand in the middle of the road and have a discussion – despite this being a fairly ordinary looking tarmac road with double yellow lines.
Why? Because there are very few motor vehicles driving along here, and when they do, they are forced to share by virtue of the numbers of pedestrians. There isn’t really any need at all for a ‘shared space’ treatment here in order to encourage sharing – because it is happening naturally.
Equally, we also know that it can’t be the uniform surface that is solely responsible for encouraging pedestrians to mingle and share because on the northern section of Exhibition Road, identical in design to the southern portion, and with just as many, if not more, pedestrians on it, mingling is completely absent.
in effect, asking them to play chicken with fast and often heavy traffic. Nobody wants to play, and pedestrians have separated themselves, despite the ‘pattern’ of the street inviting them to do so.
This isn’t just true of pedestrians. I’ve seen people on bicycles creating their own cycle paths, away from the ‘vehicle space’ – effectively cycling on ‘the pavement’, precisely the same kind of behaviour we see on other roads where people using bikes don’t want to cycle among motor vehicles.
These are supposed to be ‘pavements’, of a sort – divided by the ridged markings to denote to blind people where the ‘road’ starts, but as this is a shared space, you can technically cycle anywhere, and some people are choosing to cycle where it feels most safe. This is a reflection of a lack of subjective safety.
And pedestrians don’t want to ‘share’, either. Unlike the mingling in evidence in the southern section of the street, the users are split very markedly, by mode, in the northern section.
Some bollards have been installed to keep motor vehicles off the ‘virtual’ pavements, but what this seems to have achieved in practice is the creation of an actual pavement, behind which pedestrians keep at all times, unless they are trying to cross the road. This ‘pavement’ is also a natural consequence of the straight guttering, the trees, and the parking at the northern end of the road.
Precisely the way that pedestrians would behave on an ordinary road, in other words.
but those have all disappeared, as has any inclination of almost every driver to yield, even if it existed in the first place.
To cross the road in a way that involves ‘sharing’ necessitates walking in front of vehicles that are bearing down on you; something that few people are willing to do. Take a look at this video of a lady trying to cross the road, while carrying her child.
For about 45 seconds (she may have been waiting longer, before I chanced upon her) she doesn’t attempt cross. You can see why; to do so would involve stepping into the path of motor vehicles. When she does start to cross the road, it is only when a gap has emerged in the traffic.
She was not aware of the car approaching from the southern end of the street, and halts, uncertainly, in the middle of the road, when sees it. Confronted with the sight of a stranded mother carrying her child, the driver yields and lets her cross.
The behaviour here is instructive. Yes, yielding occurred, but only when the mother had quite literally put her body on the line. As we see for the first 45 seconds of the video, she wasn’t prepared to do so voluntarily. This is not ‘sharing’ in any conventional sense of the word.
To me, this represents the biggest flaw in what I would call the ‘total shared space’ philosophy; the belief that we can calm and civilise practically any street or road by removing distinctions and making surfaces uniform. The philosophy is holed below the waterline by the fact that the vast majority of people, just like the mother in this video, are not prepared to force motor vehicles to share. Another example below.
That reluctance means that streets like Exhibition Road – with significant volumes of motor traffic – will continue to function in more or less the same way they did before. The inescapable conclusion, therefore, is that what marginal improvements do result are simply not worth the expense of rebuilding the road, if motor traffic is not greatly reduced, or removed entirely.
much easier and even more pleasurable for families visiting these unique attractions with space to wander unhindered in an area that puts people first.
There is no ‘unhindered wandering’ on Exhibition Road, especially by families with children (I have on several occasions witnessed parents telling their children to behave and to ‘stay out of the road’).
Presenter It’s quite liberating walking down Exhibition Road, because we can go wherever we want.
Ben Hamilton-Baillie It feels quite different, doesn’t it. And interestingly traffic is still flowing up and down here.
Presenter There are benches in the middle of the street!
Ben Hamilton-Baillie We’re walking where once was you would have felt crazy to be walking up the carriageway. And yet a street of this kind can cope with a huge volume of visitors from all over the world. It can cope with taxis and buses and bicycles and couriers without having to install complicated barriers and different levels and different traffic signals and so forth. There is a degree of uncertainty, intrigue, and as soon as the driver’s brain is engaged, the speeds drop, and the responses to the unusual, the unexpected, the individual, become immediate and responsive, rather than assumed.
There aren’t any benches in the middle of the street; they are only found in the explicitly pedestrianised western section, by the Science Museum.
This suggests that the presenter and Hamilton-Baillie are walking in that area (which admittedly was formerly part of the road, hinted at in Hamilton-Baillie’s comment), rather than in the carriageway. But the impression given to any casual listener is that the two of them are wandering aimlessly all over the street, which is misrepresentative of actual behaviour.
is not founded. Simply creating a uniform street has not been enough. Groups representing blind people know this especially well.
the road is clogged, all too often, with motor vehicles. Heavy traffic still exists.
It is this very same traffic that is rendering the expensive rebuilding of Exhibition Road somewhat redundant. If the road is to start working as a genuine ‘shared’ space, it has to be removed, or greatly reduced.
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Slightly off topic, but on reading your very interesting article I find myself wondering how much the language we use contributes to our feelings either way. Despite the often unpleasant reality here, at its most simple “sharing” is generally considered to be a good thing. In contrast, google “segregation”, and you will be forced to wade through a lot of results about racial segregation long before you get to anything about road design. Segregation, used out of context, is rarely considered desirable.
I’m sure marketing people would have something to say about this. Perhaps something to think about in the efforts to win hearts and minds.
I think in this context, the American choice of ‘protected’ bike lanes is a much better choice. Protected because cyclists are separated from traffic by physical barriers (kerbs, trees or parked cars), but also protected from being treated as parking spaces, which is all too common for ‘paint only’ bike lanes. Segregated lanes has too many negative connotations to work there, and ‘mandatory’ lanes raise too much uncertainty over whether they are mandatory for cyclists to use, or for drivers to avoid.
A cogent analysis. It is amazing how the ‘shared space’ concept took hold so rapidly and on such a flimsy basis. My only caveat is that one shouldn’t accuse Simon Jenkins of lying. He may well simply not have done enough research and been too eager to grab at simple answers that fitted in with his pre-existing ideas – it’s a common failing and probably explains how this concept won such wide support among architects and traffic engineers even though it was obvious that it would not work in the way predicted.
Tim’s point is also good one – how about trying to shift usage to ‘dedicated’ rather than ‘segregated’?
Point taken on Simon Jenkins. I think it’s unlikely he hasn’t visited Kensington High Street – he lives in London – but I’ll amend it.
Likewise on terminology. Segregation is an ugly word, and it is a hindrance to have been lumbered with it.
Having seen this point mentioned in the latest blog post, I like for “dedicated”. “Dedication” has far more positive overtones – being dedicated is usually a good thing – and to me this more clearly indicates that the facility is specifically for cyclists, rather than the shared pavements we so often see.
Here in Manchester we are due to see the formal proposals for the facilities on the very busy Oxford Road shortly, and the drawings I’ve seen had cycle lanes between the bus lane and pavement (with large bus laybys outside the cycle lane 😦 ). There was some debate about whether the cycle lanes should be at the height of the road, to allow cyclists to move into the road, or at the height of the pavement, risking them being full of pedestrians. I personally fail to understand why we have to choose one or the other. I want a path dedicated to cyclists.
Not sure how easy it is to change the terminology widely, and there’s also confusion over the various forms of cycleway/cycle-path/cycle-lane/etc . Is it physically separated, away from the road? What do we mean by all this?
It would be great to see a clear glossary (or maybe a wiki?) with pictures/diagrams which everyone agrees on (tricky?) so we could discuss all this without getting in a muddle. Also it could explain terms like grade separation, which of course means something different again. Maybe something for the CEoGB to consider?
Don’t forget, there is a clique of designers out there who are making a living out of this and other concepts which are underpinned by flimsy data or objectives at best. Some of these people always seem to be invited to speak at training courses (TfL always seem to have them) and they often criticise other approaches (don’t mention segregated cycle tracks!). The problem is that they eat out on the designs for a long time, but don’t have to live with the schemes. I am not saying that the designs are inherently dangerous, but for me, the main section of Exhibition Road is still a traffic dominated mess. If someone who wandered up from the other end carried on and wandered under a taxi, is it their fault or a problem with the design. A post coming on I think.
Simon Jenkins is totally wrong regarding Kensington High Street which in effect functions as a dual carriageway with the cycle parking in the middle forming what is in effect a definite central reservation.
If Go Dutch will ever be brought to the proposed cycle superhighway along Kensington High Street to Hammersmith and East to Knights bridge then the entire scheme will have to be ripped out wholesale to accommodate segregated cycle lanes.
What’s worse is that at either end of the modernised stretch the road is incredibly unpleasant for cyclists with pinch points, changes between single and multiple lanes, no ASLs, and incessant traffic.
That road is divided up with bollards and a central reservation made out of cycle parking.
Now this might be nicer stuff, on nicer paving, but it is still “clutter”. On the busy section there is clearly no change in function, and the enforcement of that function is done in exactly the same way, with “clutter”.
I would like to use one of the images on this page in a publication that I am producing and would greatly appreciate it if you could contact me at TAL [at] dft.gsi.gov.uk to discuss permission to reproduce etc.
Interesting article. A retired engineer/transport planner who was on of the pioneers of pedestrainization (Ilford and Stratford, working for GLC), took to Manchester – saw need for cycle provision when visiting Holland when planning Manchester Metro. Am completing book “Transport and Society – the British Experience” – one of last aspects I am exploring is “Shared Spaces”. Internet very useful!
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She was only a throw-away line by one time-traveling character, but five years later, that one line was picked up and an entire character was developed around it, as the character Phoenix (Rachel Summers) regained her memories and time-traveled with her team Excalibur to help save the future. Tangerine was a telepathic hero who helped the mutant resistance against their robotic exterminators.
Apparently, she made a later appearance, with a complete make-over that turned her into Yet-Another-Matrix-Looking-Hero. Disappointed.
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Braddock set out from Fort Cumberland, Maryland on May 29, 1755. In order to meet the logistical needs of the mission, Braddock had to acquire wagons and supplies from Benjamin Franklin. Following the departure from Fort Cumberland, the pace of the expedition was slow, sometimes only covering two miles a day. The reason for this was because of the fact that Braddock focused his activities on building a road which he intended to use to bring up quick reinforcements. In order to increase the pace of the march, Braddock split his force in two. Braddock commanded a 1,300 man flying column and left Colonel Thomas Dunbar in command of a second force of 800 men, which was comprised of the expedition’s supply train.
In the meantime, the French garrison at Fort Duquense was composed of 250 French Regulars and Canadian militia, along with 640 First Nations allies. After receiving intelligence that the British were approaching, the French commander, Lienger de Beaujeu decided to launch a pre-emptive strike on Braddock’s position, intending to ambush the British as they crossed the Monongahela River.
The battle took place on July 9, 1755 near what is now Braddock, Pennsylvania.
In spite of this attempt to ambush Braddock’s troops, the French left too late and quickly came into contact with the British vanguard, unaware of Braddock’s decision to split his forces. The commander of British advance force, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage, quickly ordered a volley of musket fire, which killed Beaujeu in the first few minutes of the battle.
As the British came under heavy fire, Gage’s advance guard took heavy casualties and was forced to withdraw. Despite their numerical advantage, the British were not used to fighting in the woods and were unnerved by the accurate Canadian musket fire. As a result the British fell into confusion and several British battalions began to fire at each other. The entire British battle force fell into disarray as the British were enveloped by the Canadians and the First Nations. At the same time, the French Regulars began advancing on the British position and succeeded in pushing the British back. In the meantime, Braddock had ridden forward in an attempt to rally his men.
At the same time, the American militiamen, who lacked the training and composure of the British, retreated to the trees where they began sniping at the Canadians. A number of American militiamen were shot by the British as a result of friendly fire, who believed them to be the enemy.
After three hours of intense combat, Braddock was struck in the chest with a musket ball and mortally wounded. In the wake of this sudden turn of events, British morale collapsed. The British conducted an orderly retreat back to the Monongahela River, where they were attacked by the First Nations, who were armed with tomahawks and scalping knives. Panic set in once again among the British, who believed that they were about to be massacred.
Even though he had no official authority in the expedition’s chain of command, George Washington was able to impose and maintain order, forming a rear guard and fighting a holding action that allowed the remnant of the British force to disengage.
Of the 1,300 men under Braddock’s command, 456 were killed and another 422 were injured. Commissioned officers also suffered a high rate of attrition. Of the 86 officers who took part in the battle, 26 were killed and 37 were injured. Braddock died on July 13, 1755. He was buried near the ruins of Fort Necessity.
Following the death of General Braddock, Colonel Dunbar took command after the survivors reached his position. He ordered an immediate retreat, and set fire to 150 wagons loaded with supplies and munitions to keep them from falling into French hands.
In Britain, the battle was considered to be a devastating defeat. In addition to marking the end of the Braddock Expedition, the Battle of the Monongahela River awakened many in both Britain and the Thirteen Colonies to the scale of the forces needed to defeat the French and their First Nations allies.
The failure of the Braddock Expedition also had a profound effect on British tactical thinking. Even though Braddock had positioned troops to protect his flanks, they had not been trained to do anything except stand in line and deliver volleys of musket fire. The British learned from this mistake and applied these lessons learned in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
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wordpress | The idea for the Voices of Democracy Project (VOD) originated in countless conversations among the founding directors of the project: Shawn J. Parry-Giles and Robert Gaines of the University of Maryland, J. Michael Hogan and Rosa Eberly from the Pennsylvania State University, and Martin J. Medhurst of Baylor University. In the summer of 2005, the University of Maryland and Penn State University were awarded a $195,023 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of the project.
VOD was originally funded under the NEH’s Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. With cost-sharing from the host institutions, the initial grant totaled $294,690. Continuing support for the project has been provided by the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership and the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, along with the Center for Democratic Deliberation and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University.
In addition to writing letters of support for the NEH grant and participating in the 2005 planning meeting, members of the Advisory Board contributed a number of the curriculum units on the VOD Web site, and several have participated in conference presentations relating to the project.
During the initial granting period, the VOD benefited from the hard work of a number of graduate students and graduate alumni from both the University of Maryland (UM) and Pennsylvania State University (PSU). Current and former graduate students at UM who have worked on the project include Belinda Stillion Southard, Alyssa Samek, Lindsay Hayes, James Gilmore, Elizabeth Gardner, and Katie Irwin. Other UM alumni and graduate students contributed units to the project, including Heather Brook Adams, Tim Barney, Diane Blair, Jason Black, James Kimble, Bjørn Stillion Southard, and Stephen Underhill.
At PSU the following graduate students and graduate alumni contributed to VOD, either as paid research assistants or as contributing authors: Jill Weber, Dave Tell, Kalen Churcher, Sara Ann Mehltretter, Sandra French, Mary K. Haman, Jessica Sheffield, Elyse Merlo, Adam Perry, Bryan Blankfield, Chris Toutain, Mark Hlavacik, and Una Kimokeo-Goes.
In addition, graduate students from Baylor University, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin, and Wake Forest University have contributed curriculum units to the VOD project.
Undergraduate students from both universities have also provided research support for the project: Carolyn Mech, Julia Torres, and Rachael Brown at UM, and Lubov Zeifman, Kate Ericsson, Dan Valen, and Doug Williams at PSU.
The VOD project also received guidance and support from its External Review Board (ERB). In addition to providing letters of support for the NEH grant, this board provided valuable feedback on the content and design of the project’s Web site. The ERB included: Moya Ball, Trinity University; Thomas Benson, Pennsylvania State University; Celeste Condit, University of Georgia; Fred Greenstein, Princeton University; Stephen Lucas, University of Wisconsin; Bruce Miroff, SUNY—Albany; and Susan Romano, University of New Mexico.
The project directors are particularly indebted to the following individuals and offices for support of the VOD project. At the University of Maryland, the Department of Communication, particularly department chairs Dr. Edward Fink and Dr. Elizabeth Toth, as well as Otto Fandino and Mayra Vazquez of the department’s business office; the College of Arts & Humanities, especially Dean James Harris; Dean Donna Hamilton and the Office of Undergraduate Studies; the Office of Technology of the College of Arts & Humanities and the Office of Information Technology (particularly Megan Weng and Li Zhu); and the Office of Research Advancement and Administration. At Penn State, we are indebted to Dr. Jim Dillard, Head of the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, and Robin Orndorf and Wendy Harter, the department’s administrative assistants. Support was also provided by Dean Susan Welch and Associate Dean Ray Lombra of the College of Arts and Sciences, along with Trish Alexander, the College’s Coordinator of Grants and Contracts.
In the spring of 2008, the VOD project was awarded a $5,000 grant from the National Communication Association (NCA). The award was part of NCA’s Initiative Funds Program and helped defray the costs associated with copyright fees and obtaining audio and video versions of the speeches for the Web site. We are very appreciative of NCA’s generous support.
Finally, the project directors are indebted to their mentors and teachers who instilled in them an appreciation for the study of American public address. The project directors dedicate the Voices of Democracy project to the legacy of public address studies at Indiana University, the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Wisconsin. | 2019-04-23T05:51:06Z | https://umvod.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Arts | 0.733154 |
wordpress | November | 2013 | Isn't It Dinnertime Yet?
is an auntie who feeds us prawns.
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livejournal | It's amazing how coming out of a heat wave can make an 89 degree day like today seem an ice cold paradise. Had some sweet bicycle riding the past 16 hours. Bless that little rain storm's heart.
Saturday, woke up and did some a hilarious amount of research in order to write a description of a car for the novel. We went over to Childrens Hospital, where K's newborn niece and her parents are going through nightmare of procedures to diagnose a couple of skin bumps. Then we went over to a backyard barbeque for my youngest niece's high school graduation, on the hottest day of the heat wave, that ended in my brother being hospitalized with breathing problems that seem to be heart related. K and I are sure appreciating our health this week.
Sunday was far more relaxing. K. and I spent a nice morning together, then she shut herself into the air-conditioned bedroom to catch up on some paperwork and I headed out to local air-conditioned bar to do some writing and keep an eyes on the Phillies game. Then we went to a lovely birthday potluck dinner where there we drank cocktails of gin, pureed cucumber and lime juice (so refreshing!) and way too much yummy food.
Listening to: Au Revoir Simone - "Stay Golden"
Ooooo, this must be some car.
Hope your brother is alright.
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wordpress | Delicious pancakes by another name!
Quick, easy, nourishing and comforting: just the sort of food I like to cook, particularly at this time of year.
The pikelets would make a lovely brunch dish for a lazy Sunday morning.
They are really easy to make, so why not get the kids involved?
1. Sift the baking powder and flour into a bowl.
2. Add the sugar and stir to combine.
3. Add the egg + milk and whisk until smooth.
4. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
5. Brush with butter and be careful not to let the butter brown.
6. Spoon tablespoons of the batter in the pan and cook for about 2 minutes, until bubbles start to appear on the surface of the pikelet.
7. Turn the pikelets over and cook for another 30 seconds.
8. Serve hot from the pan with a little butter, a sprinkle of sugar and a good squeeze of lemon juice.
Savvy tip: often de first pikelet is a dud, so don’t be disheartened. Eat it and just try again!
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wordpress | How can she teach her five-year-old sister to memorize Qur’aan?
I have a sister who is five and half years old and I want to teach her to memorize Qur’aan. Where should I start with her, and how?.
Raising children to follow Islam from an early age, teaching them to memorize the Book of Allaah and educating them is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and is regarded as a very important matter, especially in this day and age. But it is something that many people neglect with regard to their children and those under their care, and they get distracted by things that will be of no benefit to them in the Hereafter and may indeed harm them, and make them emotionally attached to those who do not even deserve to be mentioned, let alone taken as role models, such as actors, sports players and singers.
We appreciate our sister’s question and we ask Allaah to make her steadfast and to help her in this matter and others, and to decree reward for her on the Day of Judgement. What can be greater than meeting one’s Lord with a record of good deeds which includes guiding others to do good or sharing in establishing good?
1- Start with that which is easiest to read and memorize, namely Soorat al-Faatihah, then with the last juz’, working from the end. Starting with something easy helps one to move on to more difficult material. Moreover she will have a real need for that when she starts to learn the prayer.
2- The amount to be memorized every day should be small, so that she will be able to memorize it and it will be easy for her to memorize what comes next. This amount will vary from one child to the next, depending on his or her intelligence and memory.
3- Review often so that what has been memorized will stick. Do not let any day go by without memorizing something new and reviewing the old.
4- Encourage her by giving her a prize every time she finishes a juz’ – for example – and memorizes it well.
5- Start to move from prompting her and having her repeat, which is usually the first stage in memorization, to teaching her how to read, so that it will be easy for her to read the Qur’aan by herself at times when her sister or teacher are not present.
6- Let her get used to reciting what she has memorized in her prayer, whether that is obligatory or naafil prayer, once she reaches an age where prayer is required of her and she can understand it.
7- Let her get used to listening to what she has memorized on tapes or on the computer, so that she can hear both a good pronunciation and good recitation, and she can review and consolidate what she has learned.
8- Choose a good time for memorization when there are few distractions – such as after Fajr or between Maghrib and ‘Isha’. Avoid times when she is hungry, tired or sleepy.
9- Praise her for what she has memorized in front of neighbours and relatives, so as to encourage her and encourage them to do the same thing; at the same time, pray for refuge for her with Allaah for fear of the evil eye and envy (hasad).
10-It is essential for her to have one style of Mus-haf with no changes, so that the layout of the verses will be imprinted in her memory.
11-You should encourage her to write out what she has memorized so that she may combine learning how to write with reinforcing what she has memorized. | 2019-04-23T14:33:10Z | https://listentoquran.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/how-can-she-teach-her-five-year-old-sister-to-memorize-quraan/ | Porn | Kids | 0.714996 |
wordpress | Scientific research demands that I continue my investigation into the reasons for the most frequently viewed post on this blog, ‘Saluting Pru Poretta aka Lady Godiva’. I had assumed it was Lady Godiva who was the attraction, but a test post recently has proved a failure. It must be that thousands of people are interested not in the naked protester of legend, but in the living legend Ms Poretta. In a few weeks, the stats will show whether this is correct. If not, the only alternative is unthinkable: that saluting is somehow of interest to many people.
WP doesn’t seem to show me the most historically popular posts any more, just for the last week; but when it did, the one that was consistently the most visited was about the Bryn Mawr Lantern Night hymn to Athena, followed by one on the purpose and utility of myth. It is interesting what people pick up on.
I am quite amazed by finding my name and some information about me as Lady Godiva on your web blog.Thank you for your kind comments.Strange to read about yourself,by someone you have never met or heard of.
and found this page.You are very interesting.
If you would like some photos of our resent Dame Goodeyvers Daye -Godiva Sisters event I could send you some.Anniversary to Lady Godiva 10th September 1067 the only real date we haveof her.
Enjoyed reading no news is good news, I was only thinking about cancelling our daily paper today! | 2019-04-24T19:50:20Z | https://philipcarrgomm.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/pru-poretta/ | Porn | Science | 0.475644 |
wordpress | Generally speaking, except where indicated, the Kilmore Historical Society does not deliberately collect material in relation to the following local communities, although the Society will consider accepting donations of documents covering these communities where no historical society exists.
The following list may not be complete. In addition to the items listed, it is likely that there will be specific information on these communities in records that appear to be Kilmore items. For example, some localities will be referred to in local histories on Kilmore, and Wandong areas are covered for some periods in the Kilmore Shire Rate Books.
Distances from Kilmore are in a straight line. Several communities have their own historical society.
A small rural community about 12km south of Kilmore. No historical group exists.
A parish that includes part of the town of Kilmore and is considered within the district covered by the Kilmore Historical Society. There is a small rural community at the southern end of the parish about 6 km south of Kilmore.
A small rural community about 8 km east of Kilmore.
For historical information contact either the Broadford Historical Society (see Broadford above) or the Wandong History Group (see Wandong below).
A small rural community about 9 km south of Kilmore. Contact the Romsey and Lancefield Historical Society, see Lancefield below.
A small rural community about 17 km south of Kilmore. No historical group exists. The Broadmeadows Historical Society may be able to assist.
A small rural community about 13 km north of Kilmore. For historical information contact the Broadford & District Historical Society (see Broadford above).
A small rural community about 7 km south east of Kilmore. For historical information contact the Wandong History Group (see Wandong below).
New estate about 8 km south of Kilmore. No historical group exists.
A small rural community about 13 km north west of Kilmore. No historical group exists.
Small rural community about 16 km south of Kilmore. No historical group exists. The Broadmeadows Historical Society may be able to assist.
A small rural community at the railway station about 3 km east of Kilmore.
A town about 13 km to the west of Kilmore. Contact the Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society.
New estate west of Beveridge. There is no history group or the like.
A small rural community about 4 km north of Kilmore. This area is covered by the Kilmore Historical Society.
A town about 13 km north of Kilmore. There is no history group or the like.
A small rural community about 12 km north east of Kilmore.
For historical information contact the Broadford & District Historical Society (see Broadford above).
A town about 19 km north of Kilmore. Contact details for the Seymour and District Historical Society Inc.
A small rural community about 14 km north of Kilmore. For historical information contact the Broadford & District Historical Society (see Broadford above).
A small rural community about 8 km north west of Kilmore. There is no history group or the like.
A small rural community about 19 km north west of Kilmore. There is no history group or the like.
A small rural community about 11 km north east of Kilmore.
A small rural community about 11 km south east of Kilmore. Contact the Upper Plenty Community.
A town about 9 km south of Kilmore. There is no history group or the like.
A small rural community at the railway station about 12 km south of Kilmore. There is no history group or the like (see Wallan above).
A town about 6 km to the south east of Kilmore. Contact the Wandong History Group.
A parish that includes to the south east part of the town of Kilmore. It is included in the district covered by the Kilmore Historical Society and features in many records. There is a small rural community in the west of the parish. | 2019-04-25T18:14:28Z | https://kilmorehistory.wordpress.com/local-communities/ | Porn | Society | 0.106668 |
wordpress | Question: Can I publish the same article twice?
Answer: Of course you can. You can publish the same article thrice. Some scholars publish the same article (or the same book) over and over again their entire life. No need to worry about this, kid.
Answer: There is no such thing. Whoever told you to look it up is an idiot – punch him in the face.
Answer: …it’s not an object anymore – contact your local object-oriented philosopher to inquire about what to do next.
Answer: …is a waste of your time. It will take most of your life and by the time you are good at it, you’ll realize you wasted most of your life on a useless skill. It’s like learning French to read Derrida or learning Russian to read Dostoevsky. Get a life!
What, none for “craptastic academic drek”?
It’s good to know your readership. | 2019-04-24T20:43:08Z | https://pervegalit.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/search-engine-terms-you-ask-we-answer/ | Porn | Kids | 0.343421 |
wordpress | We can see forever on a clear day.
Isn’t it remarkable? The feeling we get when we can see with such clarity?
You can see forever and ever and ever more.
…I love this song. It describes the person (we are) capable of seeing through our own eyes on a clear day. It speaks of the ability to hear and see things near and around with a heightened sense unlike before. Bringing the person (you and me) into a state of mind to realize that we can present a larger perspective to the world around of who we really can be are. We are really that person whose outlook is broadened because we see things from a fabulous new perspective. A perspective of greater dimension unfolding.
How does this tie into our Mary Kay business you ask?
Each morning lends new meaning to the day ahead. A fresh approach to the day will be affected by the clarity that lies within you. You are the most integral part of your business. Your perception of knowing that you shine brightly illuminates your persona to those around you. A confident woman with a dream and a mission to make things happen. A consultant who cares enough to care about others. To listen and to hear the skin care and cosmetic needs of women whose path you cross. Always remembering to complete your wardrobe with a smile. Being a woman of your word. Absorbing the pleasures from a people oriented business. Becoming a sponge of knowledge in your Mary Kay educational experiences to enhance your growth experience, both professionaly and personally.
Yes, on a clear day you can see forever. The view is so crisp. You step forward to take a look. You feel like you’ve never felt before. The glow of your very being elevates to a whole new level.
You are someone’s personal Mary Kay Consultant.
A shining light from within.
What a blessing you are to others!
The above picture captured a beautiful rainbow outside a window in Hawaii.
I really like the beautiful photo. PB. The song above was chosen by one of my unit members when she and her team earned her first car. The words are truly uplifting.
What a nice compliment, thanks so much!
I love what a clear day can do for our thinking at times, don’t you? I’m already setting my goals for the new Mary Kay year ahead in July. Now, that’s vision for me!!
Mere, thank you for your kind compliment. Your love for Patch must be experiencing peace of heart through the endearing words you’ve received from so many. Everyone feels your heart on your loss, and knows too that words may never be enough, but caring feelings will surely endure. A warmth that will remain over time. Feeling the warmth is to feel life again. | 2019-04-20T17:18:35Z | https://pinkbiz.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/on-a-clear-day/ | Porn | Business | 0.782682 |
wordpress | Being a passionate (ex) teacher of the early years, eight is a new area for me. Seven just seemed to be an extension of six, but eight seems to be something very new. What does an eight year old boy like to do? What do they play with? Of course I CAN answer this question – friends, computer/video games, physical activity and lego. But what do you do if most children are in daycare in the afternoons, but your child is not? What do you do if you don’t own a computer/video game, and are not intending to buy one? What if the weather outside is bad and (again) all your friends are in daycare? And what if you want a change from lego?
This is something that I have been thinking about recently, and obviously something that Leon too has been pondering upon! The other evening he said to me, “It seems we have so little toys now” – ‘What?’ I thought to myself, are my children really spoilt and unappreciative?! “But you have masses of toys!” I replied. “But it seems they used to be so fun, and now they’re so little” he said. And then it dawned on me! The majority of our toys, games and puzzles are really for the early years crowd, and he suddenly feels he is too old for many of them!
Leon has rarely been one to utter the words “I’m bored” or “I don’t know what to do”. I know that to a certain extent, being in school for six hours a day, and having your activities planned out for you, being constantly told what you are going to do next, etc, must surely take away a certain lust to make your own decisions, use your imagination and learn how to use your time wisely. And so I realised that, for practically the first time, Leon really needed help in finding things to do!
So, we pulled out the 1000 piece puzzle which had always been too difficult to complete, the meccano which hasn’t been touched for a year, and the board game ‘Blokus’ which Leon previously always insisted on making his own rules up for, in order to play. We decided together that he needed to have more responsibility for things, such as jobs around the house, and that I needed to trust him to do such things as cooking, and going to the shop on his own.
The next day he woke up with a new lust for life! He completed his lego model and cleaned up afterwards. He set the table for breakfast. He made biscuits, taking full responsibility for the recipe, telling Maya what to do, and the clearing up afterwards. He sat down to an art project and put 100% into it. He went outside and raked the leaves without being asked. He built and completed a meccano project. And then started on the 1000 piece puzzle.
But I can’t help wondering whether he would have needed this guidance had he still been learning at home? I have read that most children educated at home have a greater ability to take responsibility for their own learning. Comments please!
Gee Sasha you are as bad as me nothing for a while and then a novels worth of blogs to read in one go – Happy Haloween!!!
You know I meant to put the previous post by the Halloween party and not this one – it being slightly off the topic.
On topic however – I think that all children need a bit of a helping hand at times. Although if you are home schooling, I think it is easier for them as all the work that they are doing is integrated into the home and therefore there to provide inspiration. | 2019-04-24T01:03:14Z | https://squashedtomatoes.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/eight/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.411676 |
wikipedia | No photographs or paintings exist from when Horace was alive. This is how Anton von Werner imagined he would look.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known to English speakers as Horace, was a famous poet in the Roman Empire.
Horace was born in the small Italian town of Venusia. His father used to be a slave, but was known as a freedman because his master had freed him. They moved to Rome a short time later. Horace's father had a job taking items from the seller to the buyer. He received money from these sales. His father became richer and was able to send Horace to the best schools in Rome. He was also able to send him to Athens (Greece) to study the Greek language and philosophy. Horace's native language was Latin. Horace was incredibly proud of his father, and said he felt no shame in being the son of a freedman.
In his early adult life, Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, was killed. War was declared against the people who killed him. Horace joined the army. When the war was over, Horace returned to Italy to find that other people were living in his apartment. His father was also gone. Horace became very poor. Eventually, he found a job in the treasury. This involved sorting the country's money.
His friends, Lucius Varius Rufus and Virgil, who were also writers, introduced him to Maecenas. Maecenas was a close friend of Augustus, the emperor of Rome. Horace lived in Tivoli, an area of Rome. When he died, he gave the land he owned to Augustus, to increase the land the state owned. Today, other writers visit the land to remember him.
Horace wrote many famous quotes in his poems. These lines are still spoken today, by speakers of every language, in the original Latin.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.
Carpe diem - Pluck the day (Seize the day is the common translation, though it is incorrect in terms of translation and usage).
Some of Horace's poems are difficult to translate because of their syntax, grammar and structure, which is sometimes very different to modern languages.
Horace is viewed by many people, including experts, to be one of the best Latin poets.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
This page was last changed on 27 December 2018, at 00:22. | 2019-04-20T10:25:12Z | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace | Porn | Reference | 0.181856 |
wordpress | Alright, I have a break, so I am going to write a post I have been meaning to write for a very long time but just never got around to it. I have tried to remember as much as I could.
Way back in the early days of april me and my dad attended a second field trip with the San Bernardino County Museum. This trip took us to Cajon Pass, which sits east of Redlands in the “Inland Empire”. Cajon Pass is a geological and paleontological laboratory, hosting a rich array of fossils and geological features. We spent all day driving around the pass visiting fossils sites and taking in some spectacular views.
The most prominent feature of the pass is the San Andreas Fault. San Andreas is the biggest fault in California and is responsible for many of our worst earthquakes. The falult runs directly across the pass, with the Pacific Plate to the west and the North American Plate to the east.
The presence of Pelona schist and a sag lake testify to the fault’s presence. Just so you know, a sag lake is a lake that is formed right on a fault when ground water seeps up through cracks created by movement of the fault. In the case of Cajon Pass, this type of lake is represented by Lost Lake. I guess it isn’t really lost if the curators can take people to it.
Another neat geological feature is the Mormon Rocks (or as the curators called them: “Rocks of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints”). This is where we had lunch and a few people had a good time climbing around and exploring the rocks. Me, on the hand, stayed behind with Eric and aggravated Kathleen with our chatter about Diablo II. The Mormon Rocks were once though to be part of the Punchbowl Formation but were later found to be older than said formation. The formation was named after Devil’s Punchbowl, a geologic feature further to the east (we didn’t get to see it).
I cn’t remember the name of the formation on the right, but I remember it’s middle miocene in age, abround 16 to 12 million years old. And interesting thing to note is that the formation is a terrestrial deposit but at one point yielded a whale vertebra. How is that possible? Remember, this area has undergone massive remodeling thanks to tectonic boundries. What the curators think happened is that the whale was buried in an older layer at a time when the pass was underwater. The whale died and it’s vertabra was buried. Later, during the middle Miocene, the bone eroded out of it’s origonal geologic unit and was redeposited when the middle Miocene unit was being formed. So instead of a whale finding it’s way inland (like that one whale, Humphry), the vertebra was instead reworked from an older layer. Isn’t geology fascinating!
Now look at the slanted layers to the left. They are cretaceous and paleocene rocks. I don’t remember much but I remember Eric talking about a plesiosaur vertebra being found in those layers, possibly in the paleocene layers. I just can’t remember. Sorry.
Nah, I’m just kidding. She a wonderful person to be around. But all in all, these people really make the trip. Instead of just some tour guide, we get the people who actually work out here. Thanks again for the wonderful trip guys.
Sorry for being a little off topic lately (and will be again very very soon) but I promise I will keep things relevant. So here’s some geology. Last week my Geology class went on its first field trip. Mr. Grover took us to a piece of land up in north county, north of the town of Cayucos. It’s a place called Estero Bluff, and while it has a very nice beach, it sports some interesting geology (I may be a little spotty; I tried to remember as much as I can).
When you have a blob of chert in a site that’s mainly made of soft soil, the soil will erode away while the chert stays relatively intact since it’s much harder. And that’s how that’s how this hill came to stick out of a flat terrace.
Now, the other reason for the terrace is uplift. Did you notice the chert layers were at a slant? That is due to the process of geological uplift. This is where the earth pushes up (that’s often how mountains are formed). And Estero Bluff is unique because it sits on the edge of two continental plates. Currently the Pacific Plate is being subducted (pushed under) the North American Plate. And this subduction has caused the layers of the earth here to scrunch up and tilt on their sides. It’s wholly possible that the chert layers could be vertical in a few million years.
It’s called schist. It’s a form of metamorphic rock formed from basalt. It is formed at high pressure but low temperatures. Generally it cooks at temperatures of 200-500 degrees Celsius at depths of 15 to 30 kilometers. So how did it get here? Let’s review: Estero Bluff exhibits layers of rock uplifted from the crust and upper mantle and schist is formed from basalt. I think what happened is some of those pillow lavas got sucked down into the subduction zone and formed schist. Then through uplifting they were brought to the surface, where they came to rest on the beach and get polished by the ocean.
Whoa man, that was a mouthful! How’d I do? Because I’m better with paleontology than geology. Anyway, I might feel another rant coming on, but after that, back to the good stuff. | 2019-04-20T22:54:57Z | https://accpaleo.wordpress.com/category/geology/ | Porn | Science | 0.658216 |
wordpress | Hugely entertaining display of art, drawing from Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Picasso, Japan, Estrada, Klimpt and Goldsmith.
Visited with Lilian Greenwood MP and Cllr. Nicola Heaton.
Checking the New Meadows streets between Arkwright Walk and Meadows Way.
The grass has just been cut and there wasn’t much litter.
The challenge over future months will be those properties being demolished.
Nice to see new raised beds on Eugene Gardens. | 2019-04-20T02:57:37Z | https://michaelmedwards.wordpress.com/category/politics/agents-of-change/the-labour-party/cllr-nicola-heaton/ | Porn | Arts | 0.779396 |
wordpress | * Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa – Mindanao (RPM-M): 2nd RPA Military Conference and Politico-Military (POL-MIL) Training, Successful!
„Q: You support Kashmir’s right of self-determination?
“ … From Lahore we 3 comrades, myself, Nazli and Maqsood attended this meeting and spoke on the occasion to register our continuous solidarity and support with the movement. The most important thing one can feel was the degree of determination on the faces of the tenants. They were as determined today to get their land rights as 10 years ago. The worst degree of state repression by Musharraf regime could not down their morale. The historic tenants’ movement started in year 2000 is now ten-year old. The decade of their long struggle is studded with matchless sacrifices, rigorous resistance and unwavering determination. It may be recalled that over one million tenants are struggling against Rangers and military (owners of farms) over the control of 68,000 acres of highly cultivable land which tenants have been tilling for the last 100 years. | 2019-04-23T05:05:43Z | https://entdinglichung.wordpress.com/category/kaschmir/ | Porn | News | 0.262942 |
wordpress | Purslane and cucumbers are a match made in heaven. Don’t hesitate to add purslane to any good cucumber recipe.
1. Slice cucumbers and mix together with Purslane in a salad bowl.
2. In a blender, mix together the rest of the ingredients for your dressing.
3. Coat the cucumber-purslane mixture well with the dressing. Serve chilled.
Note: It’s best to put the dressing on just before serving. The salad becomes watery if prepared too much in advance. Makes about 8 servings.
This is basically a three-bean salad recipe, substituting raw purslane for one of the beans. You can try it with your favorite three-bean salad recipe. This is mine.
2. Rinse cooked beans until water runs clear.
3. Mix together, fresh raw Purslane, green beans, bean and onion in a salad bowl.
4. Add dressing and let marinate overnight. Serve chilled. Makes about 6-8 servings.
Gazpacho is a cold summer soup, made with fresh raw late summer garden vegetables. Since Purslane likes to grow when all these are ripe, it is a natural addition to any gazpacho. You can add it quite liberally, as it is mild and sweet, and boosts the nutritional value tremendously.
1. Combine all the above ingredients together.
3. Chill until very cold. Serve with a sprig of Purslane for a garnish.
This cold summer soup goes well with grated parmesan cheese and a nice chunk of sourdough garlic bread or some chips on the side. It makes a nice, light, nourishing lunch. Makes about 6 servings. | 2019-04-22T06:41:19Z | https://rosebarlowsprodigalgarden.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/purslane-recipes/ | Porn | Home | 0.187015 |
wordpress | Some of my readers may recall that I started a scarf some months ago. I then became sidetracked knitting up a baby’s gift for an expecting colleague.
But in the spirit of WIP Wednesday, I thought I would share with you my progress – yes I have still been working on the scarf. I did warn you I was slow and did not have much spare time for my true pleasures.
Basically the scarf is half way complete. After I worked through adjusting the pattern to suit my desired width I basically need to repeat 6 rows until I am happy with the length. I like quite long scarfs.
I am roughly at 75cm and only 75cm to go.
To my horror the other night I somehow picked up a stitch. I had been knitting in the dark whilst watching a movie with The Hubby – so you really cannot feel too sorry for me. But a mistake of this kind is absolutely detrimental to this pattern because it is very specific about the number of stitches being worked due to the diagonal knit. Heartbreakingly I pulled out 6 rows and I was scared. With this stitch it is not so easy to simply work backwards. On the pearl side you are knitting 3 together and making new stitches all the time. So it was really hard to fix the mistake without pulling the scarf off the needles and pulling thread. This is what I had to do and I miraculously put the stitches back on the needle and managed to salvage the diagonal pattern. Phew. I was so, so relieved.
With that drama aside, I am loving the pattern the diagonal knot stitch gives and finding it a fun stitch to knit.
The original pattern for the scarf can be found here and a great video tutorial on the knot stitch can be found here. All are fantastic resources from Cotton and Cloud.
So here is my modification to the pattern. Remember if you want to make this yourself and alter the width make sure you cast on your stitches in multiples of 3, ending on an odd number. I highly recommend checking out the original pattern and video as a guide to the scarf.
Hopefully I will be done by Winter. Yes, that is 3 months away for me in Melbourne but I m trying to be realistic… What are you knitting, quilting, sewing and crafting?
P.s. and in the spirit of Yarn Along I am currently reading Amy Tan’s 1000 Secret Senses. Loving it so far.
WIP Wednesday is a fantastic idea! I always have WIP’s going. Right now I have a rug I am braiding and a cardigan I have been knitting for quite sometime. It had to be set aside due to holiday knitting, but now I am distraction free and hoping to set a time line to finish it!
I have never heard of or tried the knot stitch but it looks wonderful! I can’t wait to try it out!
Oh wow, that looks gorgeous. I wish I had the skills to do that. I’m a knit one purl one knitter, but you’ve inspired me to get the needles out.
Blogging inspired me to knit as well. This is actually really easy (trust me, I am not a very fancy knitter). You do not need to increase or decrease at all. The only tricky thing is the knot stitch but after practising it a few times you will get it. I started slow but am quite quick with it now. Would love to see what you come up with!
Thanks for your support, I’ll give it a go then. (Or perhaps I should sew the binding on my quilt that’s been sitting there – so close to finished yet so far – for the last 6 months) Oh dear… That’s it! I’m doing it tonight!! Then I’ll knit something! Yay.
Thanks. I like it. Looking forward to wearing it.
Can’t wait to see the finished photos, clever girl! I’m inspired…think I’ll start WIP Wednesday over at ‘Pearls’.
I don’t know if I will do it every Wednesday (because I may not make enought progress) but I will try. It is fun to post about how you are going rather than waiting until something is completely finished.
Lovely! What yarn are you using? It almost looks like Spa- wonderful stitch definition!
Scarves always take me forever so I know the feeling- but it will look just amazing when you are done!
I was so eager to get started on this I just raced to Lincraft (Australian craft superstore) and bought the softest colour I could find. It was actually quite cheap but just so soft and I loved the colour. Perhaps not the best quaity yarn but served its purpose well.
Yay. I love following your daily stitches so thrilled that I have inspired you with this one. Thanks for the credit and I highly recommend you check out Cotton and Clouds tutorials. WIP Wednesday is fun, may not have enough progress for every week though. Happy Knitting.
Indulge when you are in the comfort of your own home. Her you tubue episodes are fantastic too!
Yes so many fun hobbies and just not enought time! I tend to take ages to finish something as well, which doesn’t help the problem. Can’t wait until it is finished.
Scarves do take quite a long time, don’t they. I think this is just beautiful though. What an intricate stitch.
I can’t wait to try this stitch! | 2019-04-19T15:25:50Z | https://themodernhomeeconomist.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/diagonal-knot-stitch-scarf/ | Porn | Arts | 0.155424 |
wordpress | I know quite a few knitters who don’t know how to read charts. Nothing wrong with that being a new skill you picked up. That is brilliant.
Love all your knits. Nothing like quick knits, is there?
lol – I hear you! Sometimes I blog with my knitting on my lap – knit a row, read a blog… or write a post.
Congrats! Chart reading is an important skill for the adventurous knitter; I think you’ll love how many patterns are available to you now!
Oooo I love that hat! Well done on figuring out the charts, I was sceptical of them until I tried them, but being a very visual person they are really great for me, so much so that I chart out non-charted patterns now. Sometimes I make charts for fun on my laptop – I know, weird!.
Oh, you’re so hard on yourself!
I think I am just the right amount of hard…maybe a little less. | 2019-04-22T18:20:25Z | https://allnightknitter.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/week-1-of-52-week-challenge-some-finished-objects/ | Porn | Reference | 0.127708 |
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LOL, my Sunny has the same catnip mouse! I’m amazed that in your multi-cat home, that mouse hasn’t been shredded yet.
Sprocket has the most intriguing eyes.
Chun what a special surprise for Sprock!! | 2019-04-25T20:19:26Z | https://littlemiao.wordpress.com/2018/03/20/treat-time/ | Porn | Home | 0.268693 |
salon | This article originally appeared in Media Matters for America.
On the Feb. 27 edition of Hannity, host Sean Hannity replayed part of his Feb. 26 interview with Rep. Keith Ellison. During the exchange, Ellison responded to Hannity's question about the federal debt being "immoral" by saying, "You are immoral for telling lies." Hannity asked, "I'm immoral? What did I do that's immoral?" Ellison responded, "You tell mistruths. You say things that aren't true." Speaking before the clip was aired, Hannity said Ellison "at times, seemed incoherent" and "really started grasping at straws." After the clip was aired, Hannity said to guest J.C. Watts, "I just gave him the rope and said, go. Here you go, rant away." | 2019-04-20T20:44:51Z | https://www.salon.com/2013/02/28/10_biggest_lies_spewed_by_sean_hannity/ | Porn | News | 0.9351 |
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That song you're listening to is one of my favorites.
Still looks a bit as if it's been ironed, though.... but I actually think he looked great at Live-Aid. *wonders what's wrong with self* Heeee!
It is a great song, isn't it? Mark came home with a dvd from the library of 80's musicians doing Xmas songs, and that one was on there. Actually, he brought it home specifically to hear that song. I had a hard time convincing him that I actually remembered that one from the 80's and had loved the video for it. Heeee. | 2019-04-18T10:28:43Z | https://nosferatuvoice.livejournal.com/11312.html | Porn | Reference | 0.501014 |
wordpress | Sunday the 25th August will be the 8th International Association of Judo Researchers symposium, this time in Rio de Janeiro. There is a symposium every two years at the same time as the world championships, the last one was in Paris in 2011.
I am not sure about the programme yet but as soon as I know I’ll post some info.
The Anglia Ruskin Judo Research group was set up in 2012 and consists of academic staff from the university, visiting scholars and postgraduate students. For more information on the Anglia Ruskin Judo Research group or any element of our judo programme please visit http://www.anglia.ac.uk/judo or if you have a specific question please email judo@anglia.ac.uk.
Here are some pictures from previous conferences….
With the announcement of Karina Bryant’s retirement yesterday I wanted to reblog this post from May 2012. Karina is an amazing athlete and deserves our support in whatever she wishes to do now…. | 2019-04-21T12:39:41Z | https://judobob.wordpress.com/2013/08/ | Porn | Sports | 0.958594 |
wordpress | MOSL*: any standardized test or task used for the purpose of calculating teacher ratings on the state measure of Advance, the NYC teacher evaluation system, and any pre-post-, or benchmark assessments used for the purpose of calculating teacher ratings on the local measure (MOSL*) of Advance, administered in the fall, winter, and spring of the 2016/17 school year.
I understand that the school is required to offer the state English and math exams to all the students in grades 3-8, but city and state officials have said that parents have the right to refuse to let our children take these tests (“opt out”) and if students do not take these tests they cannot be punished, forced to go to summer school or have a promotion portfolio, or be held back.
We trust our highly qualified and dedicated teachers and administrators, and believe that restoring educators’ autonomy is crucial to our children’s education. While we continue these actions we look forward to working with you to make the testing days educationally meaningful for the children who are not taking the tests.
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Why does one of my chicken eggs feel emptier than the rest?
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wordpress | Movie Remakes Part 2: Some Movies Should Never Be Touched.
Hollywood has remade many famous movies in the past years. Some remakes were good, even surpassing the original. I’ll name one movie that I thought was better than the original: ‘The Fly’. In my opinion, the 1986 remake starring Jeffrey Goldbloom was superior to the 1958 original. It was not only better in special effects but also an improvement in the story. But I think these are rare occasions. Most remakes I’ve seen just don’t cut it.
Most remakes don’t live up to the original because they forgot what made the original great. A bigger budget and loaded with special effects does not equal a better movie. Take ‘Clash Of The Titans’ for example. The remake actually wasn’t bad, but they changed things in the movie thinking that it would be an improvement when actually it took away the appeal of why the original was great. Part of the reason the original one was great was because of the character Bubo, The Mechanical Owl. The remake omitted this character except for a small cameo appearance.
Bubo was necessary in the film because he helped with the plot line and provided comic relief. Without him, it felt heavy handed and like something was missing, kind of like Star Wars without R2-D2. The original also featured the stop motion animation of Ray Harryhausen vs. the CGI special effects and computer graphics in the remake. As cheesy as some of the stop motion animation looks now by today’s standard, I still preferred it to the computer graphics in the remake because I thought the stop motion animation fit the whole ‘mythology’ aesthetic better. Ancient mythology should look old and archaic, which is the look that stop motion animation provided. The remake isn’t bad (I actually suggest watching to fans of the original to compare) but, some may not agree with me when I say this: ‘Clash Of The Titans’ belongs on the list of movies that should never be touched, along with ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.’ Oh well, too late.
1) ‘Star Wars’ – Absolutely not.
2) ‘The Wizard Of Oz’- No, just no.
3) ‘The Godfather’ -Don’t even try it.
4) ‘Saturday Night Fever’- Don’t go there.
5) ‘Forrest Gump’- “Life is like a box of chocola”….oops….I mean, Don’t You Dare.
Anyway, this is all just my opinion of course. Take it for what it’s worth.
So, I sold 4 copies in 4 months. It was a disaster. I received a 2 star review on Goodreads, and then I decided to un-publish the damn thing.
Movie Remakes: Bigger & Faster Doesn’t Always Mean It’s Better.
Over the last 20 years or so, Hollywood has hit us with remakes of numerous famous movies. From a commercial standpoint, I can understand why they do this. It’s easier to take an old movie that already has a legacy and a following of fans than creating something new hoping that this new thing will become a hit. The old classic already has a name and a built in audience who will pay to see the remake even if it’s just out of curiosity. This means easy money for the Hollywood studios for the most part.
Artistically though, I don’t always like or agree with movie remakes. Some Hollywood studios’ idea of improving an old movie is to make it more action packed and load it with more special effects than you can shake a stick at. First, I will say that this strategy does work for some movies. For example, 2002’s Spider-Man was an incredible movie and needed this treatment. It was an improvement of the 1980’s Spider-man movie which was horrendous, in my opinion. The special effects in the 1980’s just wasn’t good enough back then to be able to pull off visually what is needed for these super hero movies.
But, bigger and faster doesn’t always mean it’s better. A good example of this is the remake of 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, which was remade by Tim Burton in 2005 with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Burton gave Willy Wonka an update, but was it needed? Now let me first say that I am a huge Tim Burton fan and am in no way degrading his brilliant work with this opinion, but I just think the original movie couldn’t be improved upon. Below is an example of the original vs. the remake showing the famous Oompa Loompa scenes.
As you can see, 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more high tech with the modern special effects and CGI. For the Oompa Loompas, they took one actor and digitally replicated him creating an army of Oompa Loompas. This is impressive in terms of special effects and computer graphics. The 1971 version simply took individual dwarf actors and gave them each costumes and makeup. In my opinion, the old fashioned way was still better. It looks better to me and it just “feels” better. For me, the original still wins.
Another good example of this is 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which was remade in 2003 with the same movie title. Below is a comparison of the two, with the movie trailers.
*Be warned: don’t watch these trailers if you are bothered by Horror, they are disturbing.
You can see by comparison, the 2003 updated version was filmed with better and more expensive cameras and had a younger and better looking cast including the popular Jessica Biel. It cost 9 million dollars to make compared to the original which cost only $300,000 dollars to make. The newer version has technically better camera work and cinematography and shows more detailed gore. But is it more effective? In my opinion: no.
Artistically it misses the mark that the original hit. It’s actually the cheap camera and the old “grimy” look of that film they used in the 70’s that gives it that certain special “creep” factor. They totally missed the mark to begin with on the remake by using glossier film. Also, although the newer version shows more detailed gore, the old version still wins in that department as well. Sometimes, what you don’t see is more effective than something that’s “on the nose” or blatantly obvious. For example, keep in mind that in the movie Psycho, they did not show one actual stab in the shower scene. It was the “idea” of someone being stabbed that made it that much more frightening. I’ll put it this way: the newer Texas Chainsaw Massacre frightened me for the night, while the original frightened me for life.
These are just two examples of remakes that missed the mark that I immediately had in mind. There are many more but I don’t have the space to include them all here. There’s just too many to list.
To reiterate, I’m not against ALL movie remakes. But a bigger budget with better special effects isn’t always an improvement. I’ll take the cheap camera with a stronger story line any day, thank you. Bigger and faster doesn’t always mean it’s better.
Last week we wrote about why it’s good to be an art hermit and look at less art. This week is an argument for the opposite. Why it’s good to look at other artists’ work. Self reflection in solitude is helpful but if you want a career it’s not just about you. Even if you’re a hobbyist, if you share your work with others they won’t respond well if they don’t relate to it.
This is one of the reasons why I don’t really believe in Astrology. According to Astrology, Geminis were going to have a great 2017….NOT.
Anyway, I’m glad it’s almost over and I’m hoping for a great 2018. 2017 can buzz off.
Great article by Cristian Mihai.
Yeah, I’m a little weird….
…But I’m an artist. It comes with the territory. | 2019-04-20T08:20:47Z | https://eyeofroz.wordpress.com/2017/12/ | Porn | Reference | 0.498617 |
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wordpress | We were wondering, a group of us Vermont mothers that are here if we are water snobs. Most of us come from areas were we have wells and even in the town there is town water but it is spring water. Are we spoiled? The water here in Michigan smells, well it smells like metal. Hard to take a nice shower when it smells metallic and brushing your teeth in that water – well, let’s just say that we’ve been using bottled water to brush teeth, just like if we were camping. Ask anyone here and they’ll agree, there’s definitely something disgusting about the water. I set out to investigate and see if we were truly water snobs or if there is truly something up with the water. The water fountain has reverse osmosis filtered water.
The water is very high in iron, that explains the strong metal smell we found.
It’s also high in manganese.
I am allergic to nickel so the fact that it is high in nickel is not thrilling either.
In addition it is also high (but to a much lesser degree) in arsenic, lead, sodium and cadmium.
So, as it turns out, we are really not water snobs. The water here is very high in various metals most notably iron.
Last night was the opening ceremony that kicked off the competion. Lots of kids, noise and lasers as well as everything blinky. Each state or country had their own blinky thing in one form or another – be it necklaces like us or glasses, hats, swords, pom-poms, you name it.
Just like the Olympics there is a parade of teams with the international teams coming into the arena first. This year there are teams from Russia, Japan, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Mexico and Canada.
There will be 843 teams competing in 5 problem categories. Our team does not compete until Saturday morning. There are off practicing now.
This year Vermont had seats in the front row. Literally our seats were the first row of the first section. Way better than our nosebleed seating from last year. The boys were thrilled. The girls from the team marched in the parade so they were literally on the floor. Doesn’t get much better than that. Here is a picture of the boys waiting for the festivities to start. The girls were already lined up outside somewhere.
So here they are–the team with their coach for an eerie picture in front of the Michigan State sign last night. Everyone arrived safely in Michigan. Today it appears that everyone is converging on the university. More and more people are around, crowds of blue and tie dye, purple, neon and all different color and design shirts. Some have come right from Michigan itself, but last night the kids were pin trading with kids from Singapore and DOD kids from Germany. This morning as I walked while they unload their props I saw teams from Mexico.
Tonight is the opening ceremonies – the official kick-off to a week of competition. Our kids compete on Saturday morning so we have time both to practice and to check out the exhibits and the competition.
Drove over this morning to Greenwich, New York (ever been?…me neither until today) to pick up Tom’s bees. Who would have thought that there were these many people also picking up bees?
but there were… so we waited…..
and waited… about an hour and a half all together to get these babies….
And I really thought that Tom was kidding when he said that the bees were riding in the truck with us…seriously riding with like tens of thousands of bees for about an hour or so….who signed me up for this?
Especially considering that there were stragglers…..which weren’t caged.
Evidently (and luckily for me) straggler bees are far more interested in trying to get in to where all their long lost relative bees are in captivity than in worrying about stinging me….so we got along beautifully for the ride.
Now, the bees are chilling (literally) in the basement where it is cooler until Tom can get them set up in their hives tomorrow.
I was just reading about disc golf – which appears to be the legitimatization of frisbee. Evidently, it is available to play at Base Camp Outfitters in Killington which has an official Disc Golf Course (I kid you not, there is really such a thing as well as a Professional Disc Golf Association). The discs, are smaller than frisbees and like golf clubs, there are evidently different discs for differing situations one may find oneself in. The object is basically to traverse the course in the least number of throws, getting your disc into the metal basket.
The new 18 hole disc golf course opens tomorrow at Killington. It is $5 to play and rental discs are available.
Here’s video that explains the finer side of disc golfing. It looks like fun and might have to go on the “to do” list.
As if we don’t have enough to worry about these days with crazed terrorists all over the world attempting to blow us up, but now we have to deal with love-crazed pilots when we fly. A Jet-Blue pilot was taken into protective custody for psychological evaluation from Logan Airport yesterday after there were rumors he told his girlfriend that he would crash the plane if she didn’t reconcile with him. Of course, the airline refuses to corroborate the incident and merely has stated that the pilot was deemed unfit for duty and agreed to be taken for psychological and health evaluation. What would you expect them to say?
A very comforting thought when you’re boarding a plane in a few days….don’t you think?
Summer’s here – it’s auction time!
Today is a beautiful day – a sure sign that summer must be finally coming to our corner of Vermont. Another sure sign is well, this sign – the auction sign! We have a local auction lady, Linda’s Auction Service, that puts on auctions every week or every other week, depending on what’s she’s got to auction, but only during the summer months. Tonight is the first of Linda’s auctions and I’m a happy camper – you never know what you might find. It truly is a fun evening whether you stay the whole night or just pop in a for an hour or so.
Several sure signs of summer have arrived here in Wallingford…. Linda’s auction and Doreen’s Ice Cream Stand. Both are sure definite signs that winter is behind us and the summer is coming up fast. As anyone who lives here knows, summer is a relative term, measured not so much by the weather as by the calendar and certain things that only occur in the summer months. When we were in Jersey it was trips to the shore, talk of the beach, humid weather and the town pool being opened on weekends before school was out for the summer. Here, yesterday it was in the 40s and some people even had their wood stoves still burning away the chill that we call the tail end of spring.
But…it’s all good with Linda and Doreen back in town….summer’s finally here.
A little girl from Christ the King School in Rutland was one of the regional finalists in the Google Doodle competition to find a new doodle for its search page. The 9-year-old Esa Anderson doodled an awesome picture which is representative of our wonderful state. To read more about this little girl and what’s behind the doodle click here. I think that we should get behind her and vote, vote, vote for this wonderful doodle. Voting is open from May 18th through May 25th. She is the regional finalist in the K-3 age group. The winner will receive their doodle on google.com on May 27th, 2010. The National winner also receives a $15,000 college scholarship, a laptop computer, a trip to Google’s office in NYC for the May 26th winner announcement, a Wacon digital tablet and a t-shirt with their design printed on it. Oh, and the winner’s school receives a $25,000 technology grant.
Three National Finalists each win Laptop Computers and a trip to the Google NYC office for the May 26th event, in addition to a Wacom digital design table and their own design on a t-shirt.
Each of the 40 Regional Finalists will win a trip to the Google New York office for an event on May 26, 2010 and a t-shirt printed with their doodles on it. All 40 Regional Finalists will also have their doodle displayed in a public exhibit at the Smithsonian’s, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum for 6 weeks after the announcement event.
In the Grade 7-9 division, another Vermonter has taken the title of regional finalist. A 13-year-old from Essex, Vermont won with this doodle.
Please go to the Doodle 4 Google website and cast your vote. You can cast one vote in each age division.
and lots of other cute things can be found at Nathan W. Pyle’s website. This one, showing where cursors come from made me smile.
And any mom (worth her salt) knows how this one ends up…..
Another Monday…the start of another week. There is something so peaceful about Sunday, I think it takes that long for the the week and its craziness to be washed off of us. By Sunday, usually, everyone is lazy and relaxed. And then…boom…it’s Monday and the race starts again. Up early, school, work, running here, running there.
It’s a whole lot nicer to wake up on Mondays now that its usually to the daylight and the sounds of the birds and the rooster rather than to the alarm clock and the blackness of what appears to still be night. While I guess that I am a morning person, I do like my mornings to be bright. | 2019-04-19T15:18:32Z | https://tammyheff.wordpress.com/2010/05/ | Porn | Sports | 0.379518 |
wordpress | Several months ago, I went through pretty much all of Stan Brakhage’s 35mm painted originals to figure out what was up with them regarding their condition, production process, and what they might need in terms of preservation.
Now, maybe this is something some people have already noticed, but personally I was surprised to discover that Stan created Hell Spit Flexion (1983) by painting over a 35mm print of The Garden of Earthly Delights (1981). The photo here is of the painted original, and you can see this magenta faded print of Garden… underneath the paint, particularly in the lower center (as it’s oriented in this photo) of the middle frame.
The color in the underlying print of Garden… is faded because, as many of you probably know, Eastman Kodak’s color print stock (in particular) had major dye stability problems up to about 1982, when it was reformulated to “low-fade” LPP stock following a major outcry and ultimatum from dozens of filmmaking luminaries (one of whom was Stan Brakhage).
So there is already a 35mm internegative of the film, made in 1983 from this painted original, which could sensibly be considered an “original negative” of sorts. However, if we decided to go back to this painted original to make a new preservation negative, the faded color of the underlying Garden… print would make it very difficult (or perhaps impossible) to match the original appearance of the film at the time of its making.
That’s all for now… as I said in the previous post, let me know if you think the watermarking thing is OK, or annoying, or ineffectual, or whatever. Thanks!
This is great. This is my first time on this blog. I clicked on the link you posted on Frameworks, and this is fascinating stuff.I use to intern at the Film Coop, and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed the inspection/cleaning of the handpainted Brakhage prints. It’s an amazing insight to his process.Keep up the good work.
Hi Myron – I think Stan was very aware of the framelines in 35mm. On the original for The Garden of Earthly Delights, for instance, he had marked off all the framelines with a marker at the edges of the film to serve as a guide. I get the impression he was very conscious of that.As for Hell Spit Flexion, I think the more interesting thing for me is that the newly painted imagery would work as a separate layer from the existing moving imagery underneath, creating two planes of motion. He has a few films that work with this approach.
<>I’m positive that hands-on relationship had an impact on the way that I think about film, and the way I approach films I’m making too<>Same here. I’ve found that films I work on come out better if I’m cutting them on a set of rewinds and moving them to a projector, than just cutting them on a Steenbeck. I’ve got to chalk that up to looking at so many great films on rewinds. Robert Beavers works the same way, and his films are beautifully cut.
I was really amazed to see Chick Strand’s workprints – they’re THRASHED. Like she must’ve gone through them over and over, cutting and recutting, though perhaps on a flatbed, I’m not sure. And I think her films are exquisitely cut. | 2019-04-21T08:05:02Z | https://preservationinsanity.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/hell-spit-flexion/ | Porn | Society | 0.073644 |
wordpress | This is my third post of pictures from my first Summer in New York City. And contains hand down one of my favourite day’s worth of memories – strolling around for hours in Central Park on a wonderfully sunny and warm day – even squeezing in a couple of hours at the surprisingly large Central Park Zoo.
I won’t chat too much about the day, other than to tell you that if you do decide to recreate my day be sure to carry lots of water to hydrate (the Park is surprisingly bigger than I thought it would be) and of course I must add – the Snow Leopard’s are AWESOME!
This summer I finally broke my US-curse and made it to New York. That’s right, after many near-misses and false-starts I flew the 16-something hours to New York City, New York – the city so nice they named it twice!
I couldn’t even begin to describe the amazing time I had there. Suffice to say between meeting new people, catching up with old friends and family, taking in some “real New York” culture, it was a brilliant 10 days of couch-surfing and urban trekking.
Here’s one of many blog posts showing off some (out of the hundreds) of pics that I took while I made my way around the city that never sleeps.
THE UNLIMITED PASS: It’s great to walk around New York, but the City is quite big, and if you’re bouncing back and forth between the Boroughs like I was, you’ll do well to get the unlimited travel pass on a Metrocard – hop on and off the Subway and busses as much as you’d like for a whole week and take in the sights.
ROOF TOP BARS AND BASEMENT COMEDY: Two things I thoroughly enjoyed, and I’d recommend you try out – a nice cocktail on one of many Roof-top Bars (there’s nothing quite like an amazing skyline view while sipping a Mojito) and of course a show at one of half a dozen comedy venues (the most well-known of which is probably The Comedy Cellar – we tried to get in but unfortunately were thwarted by the fact that Pete Holmes’ show ‘Crashing’ was shooting there that night – still, I did meet a legend of comedy – Artie Lange – muchos coolio!).
MUSEUMS AND SPECIAL SHOWS: Like any big city New York is absolutely flooded with Museums, many of which feature limited time shows that are usually worth the extra price of admission. I devoted a day each to the American Museum of Natural History (with some astoundingly life-like exhibits) and the Cloisters (where The Met was hosting a show called ‘Heavenly Bodies’ – combining the imagination of the modern fashion world with Medieval Catholic art and architecture – on till October 2018).
PS – A special thanks to my friend Kate for letting me use pictures of her from our visit to the Heavenly Bodies Met exhibit at the Cloisters. | 2019-04-22T02:23:23Z | https://khurshidzafar.wordpress.com/category/photographs/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.088994 |
ncsu | WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — -The Winston-Salem Foundation has made some staff changes and additions, bringing its staff to 20 people.
B. Thomas Lawson Jr., vice president of donor services since 1997, has been named executive vice president of donor services, responsible for all aspects of the foundation’s works with donors.
Steven M. Eastman, a senior computer analyst for Wachovia Corp. for five years, has been named director of information systems and technology. The foundation’s first tech guru, he initially will focus on upgrading computers, acquiring a phone system, integrating software throughout the office and revamping the foundation’s Web site.
James Delvin Gore, a program associate since 1997 working with nonprofits, has been promoted to program officer.
And Jeffrey Alan Coppage, director and pastor of Prodigals Community, a Winston-Salem drug-recovery center he helped found in 1986, has joined the foundation as a program associate, working with nonprofits and donor-advised funds. | 2019-04-20T04:21:26Z | https://pj.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2001/04/03/53570/ | Porn | Computers | 0.672726 |
wordpress | Sumer and Beth are back discussing this time the top two mistakes that homebuyers frequently make when shopping for a home. You can watch the video or read the post below to find out what you can do to make your homebuying experience the best experience possible.
The first mistake many (if not most) buyers make has to do with timing. When you make the decision to buy a new home, whether for the first time or whether you are going to sell your current home to upgrade to a new home, it’s easy to get over-eager and start doing serious shopping before you have a contract on your current home or before you have even applied for a new loan. Doing this can waste your time, your agent’s time, and the time of your sellers and often ends in frustration or disappointment. Giving yourself the time to sell your home first or to secure financing will give you the confidence and security to know that when you do find your dream home, you will be ready to make an offer that will be accepted without contingencies and without drama or frustration.
The second mistake homebuyers frequently make is settling for the first agent who shows them a house. Do your homework! Shop around. As your friends for referrals and find an agent who has a track record and experience to help you have the smoothest transaction possible. This is a big decision, and you should put every bit as much care into shopping for a realtor as you would shopping for a lawyer or a doctor or a car. Ask questions and don’t be afraid to move on if you aren’t feeling comfortable and confident with your realtor.
As always, an ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure. Put yourself in the best position possible before shopping for homes. Your reward will be a smooth and pleasant experience. | 2019-04-20T17:06:58Z | https://getrealnwa.wordpress.com/tag/bentonville/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.973536 |
wordpress | They are now part of the TAST challenge and you will find the guidelines here . So I will see you over there.
Yummy Sharon,,can’t wait to get started on these stitches,,what a great learning experience this will be,, I have decided to make fabric books out of my samples. I bought some dyed 14 count Aida fabric and will cut these to 9×7 and make a book out of them when done. I am so excited!! Are these stitches in your website? I know lots of them are but just wondering if all of them are,,some of them I haven’t heard of.
Great list of stitches there Sharon! Is your online stitch dictionary still accessible, I can’t seem to locate it. I hope so, because some of these stitches aren’t in my Jacqueline Enthoven reference book, as least not always by the same name. Hope to do some of them at least, perhaps just the original TAST ones to begin with.
I was just thinking about running stitch (I’ve already forgotten why!). I don’t see it on the list, is that one to add?
I would love to join your stitch-along group! I just joined the Stitchin Fingers site yesterday, and have been having fun exploring it.
Thank you for all the amazing work you do for the community, I never could keep up with things like you do.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that since I found your site I’ve been using a lot of the stitches in your stitch dictionary to work on one of the crazy quilts that I have going right now. Your stitches are just great and a big help. Thanks a lot. | 2019-04-26T03:38:01Z | https://sharonb.wordpress.com/stitch-along/ | Porn | Arts | 0.225664 |
wordpress | Young Yankee fans have been spoiled by Derek Jeter. When I was a kid, having a shortstop who could rap 200 hits a year or average .300 just didn’t happen. In fact, good-hitting shortstops were so rare that when Minnesota’s Zoilio Versailles hit 19 home runs and drove in 77 in 1965, he was awarded the freaking AL MVP award.
The prototypical shortstop of the 1960’s was a great fielder who was paid to prevent runs with his glove and not worry about producing any with his bat. Eddie Brinkman fit that prototype perfectly. A native of Cincinnati who was a pitcher on the same high school team as Pete Rose, the guy I called “Steady Eddie” made his big league debut with the Senators in 1961, when he was just 19-years-old. By 1963, he was starting for Washington and developing a reputation as one of the league’s smoothest fielding shortstops. He failed to hit above .228 during his first eight years as a Senator, than suddenly got his average up to .266 in 1969 and .262 in ’70. In October of 1970, Brinkman was included in a blockbuster trade that brought two-time Cy Young award winner Denny McLain to Washington along with future Yankee Elliott Maddox, third baseman Don Wert, and reliever Norm McRae. The great fielding third baseman, Aurelio Rodriguez and pitchers Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan accompanied Brinkman to MoTown.
Brinkman’s sleek fielding continued with his new team but unfortunately, his batting average reverted back toward just north of the Mendoza line. He remained in Detroit for five seasons before getting traded to San Diego in November of 1974. Perhaps sensing the Tigers were about to get rid of him, Brinkman had left Detroit with a bang by smashing a career high 14 home runs during the ’74 season. San Diego owned his contract for jus a few minutes because they immediately shipped him to St Louis to complete a trade they had made with the Cardinals earlier in that year. St. Louis traded him to Texas on June 4, 1975 and nine days later, the Rangers sold the then 33-year-old Brinkman to the Yankees.
Yankee GM Gabe Paul had been trying to acquire Brinkman since the beginning of that ’75 season. He told a New York Times reporter he had called St. Louis GM Bing Devine at least a hundred times about acquiring the shortstop but couldn’t make a deal. The Yankee starting shortstop during that 1975 season was Jim Mason, who averaged just .152 that year and though strong defensively, was not as good a fielder as Brinkman. Paul was hoping those 14 home runs Brinkman had hit the previous season for Detroit were not an aberration, but that’s exactly what that one-year power display turned out to be. Brinkman hit just .175 in his 44 games in pinstripes that season. New York invited him back to their 1976 spring training camp but he was released a week before the team headed north.
He retired with a lifetime average of .224 and 60 home runs during his fifteen years in the big leagues. He won a Gold Glove with Detroit in 1972. After hanging up his glove, he began a long career as a White Sox scout and coach. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 66. His younger brother Chuck was a big league catcher with the White Sox. Brinkman shares his birthday with this former Yankee starting pitcher, this Yankee outfielder and this former Yankee reliever. | 2019-04-22T21:23:10Z | https://mlblogspinstripebirthdays.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/december-8-happy-birthday-eddie-brinkman/ | Porn | Sports | 0.971009 |
wordpress | The “fairy” beings – all mist and fluff – in suspension while I try different options for the final layer or skin. I am trying to stay true to materials and location – and the physical requirements of work that will endure a few weeks of weather and possible “casual interference” (Rob Garrett) or accidental bumps during NZ Sculpture on Shore.
Now there are 13 – a goodly number – but more planned.
The little people have had a tough time – in keeping with legends that highlight their often difficult relationship with humans. In the name of scientific investigation they had to spend a month out in the extremes of weather which we have had since early June. This allowed much time for interesting research into the tales of sightings of fairies/hidden people (“huldra”)/little people and stories of their departure – driven away to the Western Isles, some say by science and others by Christianity. And to think about the Patupaiarehe and Ponaturi here in Aotearoa.
Remarkably the paper mache both coated and unprotected stood up well to all conditions, only needing some time to dry out once I brought them inside again.
For NZ Sculpture onShore a more robust material seemed desirable, though I still like the look and feel of paper for an inside work.
First the modern equivalent of creating their coverings from their environment – plastic – waste bags and packaging – which I melted onto the armatures.
Too cluttered, too literal. Instead I will cover their padded frames with “fabric mache” – just fine cotton strips dipped in PVA, a method I used to coat one of the paper figures – this keeps the final “fairy” light weight but gives them some solidity and will ensure they do not get damaged by “casual interference” (thanks for that phrase Rob Garrett!).
They await their gradual transformation. Meanwhile the discarded paper and plastic husks are pretty interesting. | 2019-04-19T12:41:24Z | https://juliettelaird.wordpress.com/category/visual-arts/installation/fairy/ | Porn | Science | 0.763588 |
livejournal | Got a call from spintorn today as I was on my way to Dim Sum. She and 'the crew' were on their way in from Houston to eat at Habana. So, 1.5 hours after leaving Dim Sum I found myself sitting at Habana, wishing there was some way I could cram more food down my gullet. | 2019-04-18T15:07:56Z | https://decibel45.livejournal.com/66474.html | Porn | Society | 0.200679 |
wordpress | What the difference between tw0 wheel drive and four wheel drive?
The Four Wheel Drive Is Different To Two Wheel Drive.
Four wheel drive technology has been used for more than 50 years and has proven itself in conditions where roads are practically non-existent and terrain is unforgiving. All wheel drive vehicles came of age about 15-20 years ago and are a great option to have when the drivers have to tackle wet, snowy or slippery roads in the majority of their driving. All wheel drive has become synonymous with high-speed full-time engaged drive systems while four wheel drive has been applied to all-terrain vehicles that use a transfer case to add a very low gear range to the vehicle’s transmission.
Car makers have name these systems “Real Time four whee drive”, “intelligent all wheel drive” or “active all wheel drive”. These drive systems become all wheel drive when slip sensors in the wheels detect a condition which the traction control software monitors. The control software then activates the system to improve traction and vehicle control. Honda uses this type of automatic all wheel drive, as does Mercedes-Benz with their four-matic system. Due to its on-call nature, engineers refer to this system as an on-demand system. Four wheel drive off-road vehicles use a transfer case. This means the front and rear axles are locked together and turning the same speed all the time.
The transfer case also provides low range gearing, which multiplies the engine’s torque greatly, allowing the vehicle to tackle the roughest and steepest roads. The low-range gearing effectively adds another set of transmission gears to the vehicle. The transfer case function is to transmits the drive power.
Most cars and consumer vehicles operate with what is known as a two-wheeled drive or two wheel drive, where the propulsion only occurs in the front two or rear two wheels. If the power is transmitted to the rear two wheels via the propeller shaft to the differential. The rear wheels drive receive the power from differential via side shaft. The power from the gearbox is transmitted to the front wheels via drive shaft equipped with cv’s joint assembly.
Vehicles with a 4×4 transmission provide strong automotive power. That said, these vehicles are little low at fuel efficiency Anybody pinching coins when filling up at the petrol station shouldn’t really be using a four wheel drive vehicle. Further, the added transmission design makes four wheel drive more expensive when it comes to repairs versus the same needs in a two wheel drive vehicle.
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A lot of people get confused over the difference between a 4wd car and an all wheel drive car. When it comes to it, the differences may be subtle but they make a massive difference on what you can do with the vehicle. You will find vehicles that are AWD tend to be smaller in size, and they have less clearance.
Basically an AWD vehicle is able to go off road, but is not able to do anything too severe. They may be able to drive on the beach, but if it gets soft then they will struggle. A 4wd car distributes the power evenly across all four wheels, or more to the wheels that have less traction. AWD cars function differently, and they also lack low range. AWD vehicles are always in that mode, whereas most four wheel drive vehicles are used mainly in 2wd for when you are on the bitumen, and then four wheel drive is selected when you want it. What this means is that for any serious four wheel driving you are unable to drive slowly, which is a huge problem for descents down hills and crawling over rocks.
All Wheel Drive cars tend to be less strong as well, which means that if you give them a flogging off road then they are more likely to break. Basically it comes down to what you want to do with the vehicle. If you want it primarily for driving around town with a bit of light four wheel driving every now and again then an all wheel drive vehicle may suit you. If however you want to go touring or more serious four wheel driving then get something which has low range and is a true 4wd.
What Are Difference Between Two Wheel Drive And Four wheel Drive ?
The two wheel drive are cars in which only two wheels receive the power from the engine. On the other hand four wheel drive receive the power from the engine for all four wheels at same time. Hands the varied names cars .i.e. four wheel drive, all 4 wheel drive, or 4×4. The phrase 4×4 is self explaintory.
The four wheel drive has system to direct power to all four wheels. On four wheel drive is an add-on system that works in conjunction with two wheel drive components.
The latest vehicles are equipped with transfer case, is attached directly to the rear of the transmission. The transfer case function is to transmits the drive power to both, the front and rear differentials though two other drive shafts front and the rear.
The front differential is mounted below the engine and connected to the front wheels by two drive-axles which turn the wheels when your car is in the four wheel drive mode.
There free running hubs are used when are unlocked allow the front wheels to spin while your vehicle is in the two wheel drive mode without rotating the drive-axles and the front differentials, thus reducing wear in these components.
When your car is switched to the four wheel mode, the hubs should then be locked to engage the wheels with the drive axles. The new models cars today comes with an automatic-locking front hubs, eliminating the need to jump out and manually lock the hubs when the transfer case is engaged in four wheel drive mode. Is no difference between the rear differential and the axle assembly you can find in the two wheel drive.
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wordpress | Wherever I go, I must be present. I must show up.
To fully appreciate any activity you must be totally present. For instance when I go into prayer and meditation, I do not allow anything to disturb me. The phone is taken off the hook, turned off or unplugged and I do not concern myself with who might want to call me during my daily ritual. There is absolute peace and quiet; just me and God, communicating.
Likewise when I go on the job to work that is what I give my attention to. I show up in grand style, always willing and willful to give my best. I do the work I am commissioned to do and receive pay for my services.
In my relationships I show up joyous and filled with appreciative love and acceptance for the person(s). This is my opportunity to give the best of me to the other person. I enjoy the relationships I have with others. I am learning from the exchange, I am growing as a result of this two way communication and dialog.
To each and every activity we engage we are required to just show up, to be present in the moment with the others that are involved. There are constant Blessings to receive when you are in this state of consciousness.
Today I show up in my best possible state of Peace and Harmony. I give my best at all times. I must show up to reap the benefits of being present. I accept there is always a gift awaiting my presence.
Wherever I may go I choose to be present. I show up in my best attire including an attitude of gratitude that I am able to fully participate in the exchange with someone.
I show up so God can show out, expressing through me. | 2019-04-26T03:44:23Z | https://sandyrodgersministries.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/ | Porn | Business | 0.757846 |
typepad | The Square One Project, a three-year initiative to rethink justice policies from top to bottom, launched [on September 20] at D.C.’s National Press Club. Square One brings together a diverse cross-section of academics, policymakers, and community organizers to re-examine traditional responses to crime and envision a new paradigm that can address systemic inequalities such as poverty and racial discrimination. The Columbia University Justice Lab, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) support the project.
Square One seeks to reform a criminal justice system in urgent need of change . Over the last four decades, the number of people in America’s prisons and jails has increased 500 percent. Prisons are overcrowded, states struggle to fund basic services, and racial inequities inherent in the system have devastated communities. “The project asks: If we set aside the traditional response to crime, and ask first whether other responses might be more effective — if we begin at ‘square one’ — how would criminal justice policy be different?” said Kelli Rhee, President and CEO of LJAF.
Roundtable sessions will invite broader engagement with community members and a variety of stakeholder groups, tackling a single, complex policy challenge. The first Square One roundtable is scheduled for Oct. 11-13 in Durham, N.C., in partnership with North Carolina Central University. The discussions, held at the NCCU School of Law, will be live-streamed.
Though I am not sure if additional papers will be emerging from the Square One executive sessions or the roundtables, I am sure folks interested in thinking deeply about the present and future of criminal justice policies and practices in the United States should be watching what this project continued to produce.
There are several major themes already in play concerning changes in the criminal justice system. First, bail reform, because the current system so favors the moneyed classes over the poor. Keeping people in jail as pre-trial detainees is expensive, and also ends up getting innocent people to plead guilty, just to get out of jail and back to work before they lose their jobs and homes. Second, drug and alcohol treatment is coming to be favored over incarceration, so treat the underlying causes of perhaps 75% of all crimes. Third, except for the truly violent defendants, the sentences of most defendants are far too long and expensive for the taxpayers. Fourth, inmates need to be taught employable skills and taught how to re-enter society, so they don't return to committing crimes upon release. | 2019-04-22T16:12:32Z | https://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2018/10/new-square-one-project-already-producing-terrific-paper-on-re-imagining-criminal-justice-policy.html | Porn | Health | 0.451291 |
wordpress | Jing, skype, nero lite are all cool apps. Highly recommended for their specific tasks/functions.
You should also try out Predator – a freeware utility which turns any USB flash drive into a key, with which you can lock & unlock your Windows computer.
– You do your work.
– When you return back to your PC, you put the USB flash drive in place: Keyboard and mouse are immediately released, and the display is restored.
Read “Running PREDATOR for the first time” http://www.montpellier-informatique.com/predator/en/index.php?n=Main.FirstRun to learn how to initialize your USB flash drive.
Read the user’s guide http://www.montpellier-informatique.com/predator/en/index.php?n=Main.Utiliser to learn how to use this software.
Using Problems Steps Recorder to get help from your IT department without them having to see your screen.
Problem Steps Recorder lets you capture screenshots and add comments to create a visual record of the issue you’re having. You can then save the steps in a file and send it to your IT department.
6. In the Save as dialog box that appears, type a file name, then click Save. The file will be saved with a .zip file extension, which you can email to your IT department.
Microsoft has released a security advisory about a publicly revealed security vulnerability that is affecting 64-bit versions of Windows 7 as well as Windows Server 2008 R2. The vulnerability was discovered in the Windows Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) which is “used by desktop composition to blend the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) and DirectX drawing”.
Remote code execution is possible in theory but unlikely according to Jerry Bryant who wrote the blog post informing Microsoft users about the Security Advisory.
The most likely impact is that affected systems will stop responding and restart.
The security advisory http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx itself gives information about mitigating factors and suggested actions.
The easiest option to block the attack until a security patch is released is to disable the Windows Aero theme in the operating system.
1. Click Start, select the Control Panel, and then click on Appearance and Personalization.
2.Under the Personalization category, click on Change the Theme.
3.Scroll to the bottom of the listed themes and select one of the available Basic and High Contrast Themes.
1. Open the Group Policy Management Console and configure the console to work with the appropriate Group Policy object, such as, local machine, OU, or domain GPO.
3. Double-click Force a specific visual style file or force Windows Classic.
4. Change the setting to Enabled and ensure that the Path to Visual Style text box is blank.
5.Click Apply and click OK to return to the Group Policy Management Console.
6. Refresh the Group Policy on all systems or wait for the next scheduled Group Policy refresh interval for the settings to take effect.
It is expected that Microsoft will release a security patch soon. | 2019-04-26T07:39:33Z | https://obieosobalu.wordpress.com/2010/05/ | Porn | Computers | 0.256155 |
columbia | Alexandra Wallace Creed ’88, senior v.p. of NBC News, will address the Class of 2011 at Class Day, Tuesday, May 17, on South Lawn. Creed is only the second female Class Day speaker; Claire Shipman ’86 spoke in 1999.
Creed was named senior v.p. December 2008. In what is an expanded version of the role that she held from January 2006–March 2007 when she was executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, her responsibilities include overseeing Nightly News, news production, staffing and, in partnership with V.P. David Verdi, newsgathering. She is chief deputy within the news division for Steve Capus, president of NBC News.
In March 2007, Creed became executive producer of Nightly News, making her the first woman to lead a weeknight network evening newscast in a decade and one of only a small group of women who have served in the top post of a Big Three daily newscast. She was first named v.p. of NBC News in January 2006. Prior to that, she was executive producer of Weekend Today and senior producer of Today beginning in March 2005.
Creed came to NBC News from CBS News, where she was a senior broadcast producer for The Early Show starting in May 2000. Before that, she was a senior producer for both The Early Show and CBS This Morning, a producer for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and an associate producer for CBS This Morning, 48 Hours and the CBS foreign desk. Creed began her network career at the CBS News London bureau.
Creed has been honored with 11 News and Documentary Emmy Awards as well as a Gracie Award and a Peabody. She was presented a John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement in 2008 from the College, where she earned a B.A. in English literature. She is a member of the College’s Board of Visitors, is on the Council on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.
CCT featured Creed on the cover of the November/December 2007 issue (college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/nov_dec07).
Alumni from all classes have a chance to participate in Class Day by marching in the Alumni Parade of Classes, carrying their class year banners in the processional that also includes graduating students, faculty and administrators. The parade underscores the transition the graduates will be making from students to alumni, while emphasizing that their Columbia connection is lifelong.
Alumni marching in the parade are invited to a champagne breakfast in John Jay Dining Hall that begins at 8:30 a.m. The parade is scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. Alumni interested in participating should contact Nick Mider, events coordinator, College events and programs: nm2613@columbia.edu or 212-851-7846. | 2019-04-21T02:19:42Z | http://www.college.columbia.edu/news/creed-address-class-2011-class-day | Porn | Society | 0.337649 |
ncsu | Here at University Recreation there are more than 150 Group Fitness classes every week. From yoga to kickboxing to Zumba to TRX, there’s something for everyone. Group fitness is a fun way to keep up a healthy and active lifestyle and challenge yourself to try something new.
Getting a sufficient amount of cardio exercise is crucial for a well-balanced, healthy lifestyle. Research shows the importance of cardio. The International Journal of General Medicine conducted research and found that working out regularly decreases your risks for diabetes, cancer, and depression. These physical and mental benefits improve health and quality of life. According to the American Heart Association, we all should be exercising for a half hour every day, on most days of the week. That sounds pretty easy, but it can be really difficult as a college student to fit in time for workouts! We get overwhelmed with class, homework, jobs, clubs, and friends. Putting aside an hour to work out often seems unrealistic. If you love the workout, though, this task is easier.
One popular Group Fitness class is Cardio Dance. This fast-paced, energetic class where you’ll torch calories without even realizing it. It’s a great class to bring friends to. Don’t be intimidated if you’re not a dancer, the routines are easy to pick up and the moves are basic. The class is 55 minutes with a cool-down at the end and water breaks throughout.
Cardio Dance is taught on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8-8:55 p.m. in Studio C on the second floor of the Rec Center. I have attended a wide variety of Group Fitness classes as a student here, and Cardio Dance is by far my favorite. It’s so fun that it doesn’t feel like a workout, but it’s rigorous enough that it is still a beneficial workout. The music is relevant and upbeat, and the atmosphere is fun and laid back. I went to the class for the first time this year this past week and loved it.
The instructor started by welcoming everyone and it was clear that the room was full of people who were excited about the class. We got started with an upbeat song right away. At one point the instructor split the room in half and we had a dance battle, which added variety. She also snuck in squats and lunges to the choreography for muscle toning. At the end we cooled down and stretched, which is an important part of any good workout.
Afterwards I talked to the instructor Becca, who teaches on Monday nights, and asked her a few questions about teaching Group Fitness.
University Recreation: How long have you been teaching this class?
Becca: This is my second semester teaching.
UR: Why did you choose to teach Cardio Dance?
B: When I was a freshman my friend brought me along to Zumba. I started the process [of becoming an instructor]. I’ve loved [Cardio Dance] as a participant and even more as an instructor.
UR: What’s your favorite part about teaching Cardio Dance?
B: Meeting all the participants.
UR: What advice would you give to someone trying this class for the first time?
B: Let loose, I make a fool out of myself. It’s a judgment free zone; everyone’s at different levels.
Don’t forget that you have to sign up for Group Fitness classes online now at imleagues.com to reserve your spot.
Hope to see you on Mondays and Wednesdays at Cardio Dance. | 2019-04-25T09:47:08Z | https://blogs.dasa.ncsu.edu/recreation/author/afcummin/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.823769 |
wordpress | Hi! I would like to show you how to make a weekly planner!
*These are just the list of things I used! Remember that you are not limited to these materials!
1. Make a border around the paper using the construction paper.
2. Also make the columns using the construction paper. I only made 6 columns because I wanted only from Monday to Saturday, but it is up to you to decide how many columns you want to make.
3. Write the days of the week and draw any pictures you want!
I drew a girl in each column doing different activities everyday. Also, I drew a character that I created on the last column!
4. Color your drawings with markers, colored pencils, etc. Outlining your drawing with a pen first always helps!
5. Laminate your drawing and you are done!
*I know you can’t tell if I laminated my planner in this picture…but I did!
6. Now you can write your homework, event, schedule, and etc with a dry-erase marker!
Start organizing your week and let’s get things done! | 2019-04-20T22:56:15Z | https://katiec13.wordpress.com/tag/planner/ | Porn | Arts | 0.450041 |
livejournal | Sorry you haven't gotten it all worked out yet.
Hee! Tom is so dragging Walter to WriterCon.
Poor Claudia at Lycos Support Services. She must think I hate her, by now. She's right. She needs someone to write her into some hot Claudia/Stephanie Romanov femslash.
I thought Tom was no good, since he was allergic to cats? Or was Walter a bad cat-daddy?
I do not know, for I AM DO LONGER WALTER!!!11!!
BUT... NOW... what about poor Tom?!?!?
Ask _green_ - she's the one writing him!
I keep telling you that you need to accept your inner Walter and just go with it.
My inner Walter wants a nap. | 2019-04-19T17:05:53Z | https://mpoetess.livejournal.com/344925.html | Porn | Reference | 0.208425 |
clara | V/O Avtoexport was the Soviet agency charged with exporting bicycles (along with many other vehicles). I have been told that this rather beautiful item is their catalogue from 1964 - and, despite the lack of any printed dates anywhere in the document, I am inclined to believe this.
The derailleur bikes all share the same lug work, and I believe that they are all Kharkovs. They are the B-541 (scan 37), the B-551 (scan 39) and the B-34 (scan 41). The B-541 appears to have a Kharkov 4 speed pull-chain derailleur in the style of a Simplex Tour de France.. The B-551 and B-34 appear to have copies of the Campagnolo Gran Sport - and I assume that these are Kharkov models. There is some confusion about the B-551, in the specification sheet it is a 5 speed, whereas in the picture it clearly has a double chainwheel and front derailleur. Also notable is the fact that the B-34 runs 1/8” chain over a three speed freewheel.
The children’s bikes that appear to convert from bikes to trikes (scan 5 and scan 7).
The fashion for fitting the front light so that it points up into the sky - presumably as a warning to low flying MiG fighters. This style was also widely adopted in the UK. (See scan 27, scan 29 and scan 35).
The use of double top tubes on bikes with quite small frame sizes. What can this be about? Were they trying to make bicycles or clothes drying racks? (See scan 27 and scan 31). | 2019-04-24T06:30:55Z | https://clarahost.clara.net/www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Avtoexport_-_Soviet_Bicycles_1964.html | Porn | Recreation | 0.94913 |
flickr | Rebuilding Together is dedicated to the long-term recovery of the communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Our goal is to meet the home repair and rehabilitation needs of at least 200 homeowners by 2014. As resources are available, we will continue to meet the need of additional homeowners impacted by this devastating storm. Rebuilding Together has been working in the communities impacted by Sandy for many years. Over the months and years to come, we will continue to rebuild and to seek to meet the needs of the families impacted by Sandy, remaining long after the publicity and immediacy have waned. | 2019-04-22T18:33:44Z | http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebuilding_together/sets/72157632871698425/ | Porn | Business | 0.898379 |
wordpress | Given the opportunity, what would you say to a couple hundred high school students about animal exploitation? In 30 minutes? I had that chance as a speaker at a Missoula, Montana high school in April. Having taught there several years ago, I already knew that kids at this school are generally awesome and take pride in their open-minded, “alternative” image. Still, I was clued in by a few that the animal rights viewpoint isn’t any more warmly embraced there than it is in the rest of society. Go figure. | 2019-04-21T04:13:20Z | https://animalblawg.wordpress.com/2012/06/ | Porn | Kids | 0.991004 |
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wikipedia | A class action practical procedural device for determining the rights of and remedies,if any, for large numbers of people who have in common questions of law and fact.
This seems inadequate to me. Aren't class actions all lawsuits, and if so, shouldn't we say so? | 2019-04-19T20:26:04Z | https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action | Porn | Reference | 0.313043 |
wordpress | Songlines: tracking the seven sisters.
The story is written in the country now, in the rock holes, hills, and dunes.
The story is also told at the National Museum of Australia in a stunning exhibition of paintings, holograms, wooden bowls, ceramics, woven baskets, woven figures and cinematic immersion.
Songlines: tracking the seven sisters traces the pursuit of seven sisters by an ancestral shape-shifter over vast expanses of Australia through three different tribal lands: the country of the Martu (the western desert in central Western Australia); the Ngaanyatjarra (between Alice Springs and Kalgoorlie – 3% of Australia); and the Anangu/Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytatjara (in the northwest of South Australia).
The names of the characters might change (the pursuer is Nyurla and Wati Nyiru; the sisters collectively Minyipuru, Kungkarrangkalpa and Kungkarangkalpa) and the story darken, but there is continuity as the journey forms the landscape, until finally the sisters escape into the sky and become the star-cluster of the Pleiades.
The representations begin with an arrangement of striking woven figures.
The information panels are written in language, as well as English, and many of the paintings have an interpretation of the symbols. The colours are breathtakingly vivid, traditional Aboriginal dots and symbols emerging from the dark walls. I’ve offered close-ups with some trepidation at taking them from the whole image, since the image carries so much meaning.
A collection of woven baskets offers the configuration of the Pleiades.
Every now and then you are confronted by tall videos of Aboriginal women, talking about their version of the story.
A digital dome with a circular couch and headrests allows you to look into the sky, and to see the Walinynga (Cave Hill) rock art, which begins 3500 years ago and continues into the present.
A second collection of woven figures, dance and cast their shadows as we move in to Ngaanyatjarra lands. There too is a room of ceramics, yet another way to tell the story.
Tjungkara Ken dreamed about painting on a round canvas to track the journey of Kungkarangkalpa across 600 kilometres from the Northern Territory to South Australia to Western Australia. What she and her sisters painted is an encyclopaedic map conveying the knowledge carried in Songlines about bush medicine, bush food and water sources.
The last lot of woven figures show the Seven Sisters escaping into the sky to become the star cluster, Pleiades, the end of their story. My photos don’t do them justice, but you can see the figures and learn about their making here.
Songlines were given legal authority in the Australian Federal Court in 2005 when it recognised the Ngaanyatjarra people’s claim to 180 000 square kilometres. Celebrations included dancing the Seven Sisters.
For quality reproductions and photos of the artists, click here.
My apologies if I’ve made any protocol mistakes, omissions or mis-attributions.
I enter the theatre at the National Museum of Australia and sit on one of its scattered chairs, a bulky headset, goggles with headphones neatly entwined ensconced on my lap. I have no idea what to expect. I follow instructions meticulously but fail to register the one that says “Press to start”. I hear people muttering “Oh my god” and wonder why. Finally, the penny drops and I too press start.
I am face to face with an old Aboriginal man against a background of his community. He is Indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan and I am on the lands of the Martu in the remote Western Australian desert. I’m travelling through the outback in the back of a ute, and then high up on a pinnacle looking down on a landscape of red soil and stunted trees. Entranced, I’m watching the night sky, the fire stick burning, the life of the community. Then the explosion of the Maralinga atomic bomb, the cloud in the sky, animals dying. These are the memories of Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, from a place far away. This is the collision of the title: traditional lifestyle, with the modern world in the form of an atomic bomb. Nothing could be a starker or more horrifying contrast.
For more about this experience and a short video, click here.
Midawarr (Harvest) is an exhibition of paintings done over ten years in harvest season, as Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley meet to collect, eat and paint the edible plants of Yolgnu country in Arnhem Land on the north coast of Australia. It’s richly diverse country: salt water, open forest, woodland, flood plains, freshwater wetlands, monsoonal vine forests and trees fringing river systems. Mulkun, an expert in Yolgnu cultural and botanical knowledge, paints mainly on bark, using gangul (yellow ochre), gurrngan (manganese, a black pigment), meku (red ochre), and gapan (white clay pigment) ground on a gunda (grinding block); and John, a renowned landscape artist depicts the same plants on a vast scroll.
Along the sinuous panel beneath the paintings there is information about the plant, its use as food and medicine, and also an image of the same plant taken from John’s painting.
Butjuwutju / Mona (bush potato) has a tuber like a spinning top, but its grass-like stems are hard to see amongst other grass. People no longer know about this food. It’s been replaced by flour.
Nyathu (cycad) is probably the oldest food plant in the world, and sacred bread for the Yolngu. The nut is poisonous and has to be carefully processed. Community leader, Merrklyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, says that two Yolgnu clans still use this as an analogy for good governance: if proper processes aren’t used to make decisions, the outcome is poisonous and people will be killed.
John’s vast scroll is sort-of captured in a slide show where each frame duplicates a bit of the preceding one, and in a collage of close-ups.
A short video shows the two artists at work, searching for plants and painting them, as John learns their Yolngu names.
I can’t leave this post without telling Mulkun‘s story. Her mother was taken by a policeman when she was out collecting räkay (water chestnuts) with other women, her child perched on her shoulders. Her father speared and killed the policemen and he never returned. Such is Australia’s shameful history. | 2019-04-20T19:02:14Z | https://morselsandscraps3.wordpress.com/category/museums/ | Porn | Arts | 0.911039 |
wordpress | Sooooo, you have worked tirelessly for the last 12 months or so contributing to the Salesforce Community; you have been active on various social media platforms promoting and supporting Salesforce in all that they do; you attended all the community led events; you even asked individuals to vote for you (this is kinda a big NO in my opinion) in the hope that you are selected for the prestigious accolade of MVP but you still didn’t get selected? Well guess what, you aren’t the only one.
It is my humble opinion that if you are actively trying to get the title of MVP by any means necessary then you are failing and will hurt twice as much when you don’t gain it. So what do you do or what do you do differently to gain it? Well, in short, nothing. Seriously, do nothing. If you are contributing back to the community in some way, whether it be via blog, the success community, user group meetings, social media or some other way, then kudos to you. You are on a great start and should continue on your path in contributing, not because it’s expected or required of you, but giving back means that you are looking after the Ohana which in turn means the Ohana will look after you.
MVPs are recognized for their contributions to the community. Some examples of those contributions include (but are not limited to): creating and sharing valuable content through blogs, being a brand advocate for Salesforce, running active Developer Groups and User Groups, responding to posts on #askforce, and answering questions in the Success and Developer communities. We award MVPs for their individual contributions, not based on the overall company they work for, and while product expertise plays a role in our decision, it’s a combination of expertise and characteristics like leadership and accessibility that make up what we look for in an MVP. To be eligible to be chosen as a Salesforce MVP, you must have been active in the community for at least the previous year.
So in other words, you got to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in otherwise you wont be considered. Consistency is key people!
Once the deadline closes, the Salesforce Team then have to eat their way through the tons of nominations (and Starburst or so I am led to believe) ensuring that nominees have passed the required criteria. Once done, it’s then time to open it up internally for the MVPs to provide feedback on ways the candidates have been active in the community. After that, it goes off grid and back into the hands of Salesforce to make further decisions but I could be wrong. After all that, the announcement is then made. If you didn’t make the cut, then there’s always next time.
The moral of this post is that no matter what happens, just carry on being amazing and good things will follow. Also, don’t be disappointed, bitter, angry or anything else as life is too short to be worrying about minor things and posting your negativity spoils the excitement of those who were fortunate. If you are one of the lucky few to make it as MVP, then congratulations to you and I look forward to seeing your ongoing contributions in the community.
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wordpress | Michael McClure captures the beauty of Florida through his lens . . . breath taking moments that last lifetime! Beaches in Florida while the sun sets at cocktail time, just spectacular!!
Loving Life in Florida, it’s no mystery why. | 2019-04-26T11:59:01Z | https://lovinglifeinflorida.wordpress.com/tag/florida/ | Porn | Arts | 0.659226 |
wordpress | As far as I know there is no such library.
We have it internally, but that part is not open source. But it is not so hard to do yourself.
These are against the OpenStreetMap Nomatim service, others are similar.
our community today hit the 20000 issues mark in FogBugz.
Smalltalk system that we all wanted to see becoming a reality!
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The business unit „Pension Management“ is specialised on pension administration and actuarial services. CollPhir® (http://http://www.collphir.de) is an in-house development. CollPhir® is an administration system for pension funds and other company pension solutions.
at the primitives used in DiskStore.
are typically sent to DiskStore and how often.
while and decided this was a good opportunity.
trace := ExternalSendStats logStatsFor: point.
try out the Ghost package. I’ll extend it if and when I need to.
Do you know that you are able to count any message send? (not only external).
which produces another intercepting message #perform:withArguments which repeats original message send.
Fortunately Ghost handles such kind of meta recursion and there is no infinite loop here: any self-sends are ignored in such cases.
announcer announce: (ExternalSendAnnouncement message: aMessage trace: self).
method := anObject class lookupSelector: aMessage selector.
In that case we lookup and execute method by using mirror primitive which not sends any message to object.
rect := 10@30 corner: 100@300.
trace := ExternalSendStats logStatsFor: rect.
We are happy to announce a new application called Pharo Sprint App. The main idea of the application comes from the whiteboard that have been used during Pharo Sprints and was also adopted in Chile.
As the Pharo Sprint is organized in several places around the world, we miss the connection with other guys. For that reason we decided to move the physical whiteboard to the internet and developed Pharo Sprint App.
How does it work? Participants choose a case from the ‘proposed’ or ‘all’ list. Once they are done, they move it to the ‘done’ list. We believe that the application will encourage other people, especially newcomers, to join us during the events and have a fun, together with other developers.
Everybody participating in the sprints should use the Pharo Sprint image.
The VM is the threaded heartbeat, dated 201704101933.
progresses to beta, candidate and then stable.
the entire system (as the running user).
incompatible library versions when upgrading.
Why not use snap packages?
– It’s a relatively new technology, with a number of rough edges.
– Please let me know of any others to be listed here.
– All the scripts that make up the sub-commands are visible, e.g.
become a supported package format.
I asked you to test a couple of months ago but now we are in better shape to do it.
This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 3 April 2017 to 9 April 2017.
* Today I’m working on [Iceberg](http://github.com/npasserini/iceberg).
“Packages” tab from repositories browser.
* I worked a lot preparing the new deployment model for VMs.
* latest VMs will be produced on opensmalltalk-vm, using blessed sources.
I’m thinking on change a bit this scheme, but for now it will work like that.
Then, we still need to fix one problem with a primitive… and we will be good to go.
* I worked on [case: 19921](https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/19921), to allow Athens to run fine on 64bits (linux).
* [Issue 317](https://github.com/npasserini/iceberg/issues/317), which adds the posibility of removing a package from FileSystem.
* [Issue 319](https://github.com/npasserini/iceberg/issues/319), forcing unix line endings to commit messages (as is required by git).
freetype support, so frameworks like Roassal to fail.
Problem was that pkgconfig was failing to find correct version of +freetype+ effectively letting it outside.
A new success story on an integrate Point Of Sales.
I am glad to announce Commander library which implements command pattern based on first class objects.
In Commander every application action is implemented as separate class with #execute method and all state required for execution.
Activators are always declared with application context where they can be applied (PackageBrowserContext in example). Application should provide such contexts with information about application state. Every widget can bring own context to interact with application as separate tool. For example system browser shows multiple panes which provide package context, class context and method context. And depending on context browser shows different menu and provides different shortcuts.
For more details look at my blog http://dionisiydk.blogspot.fr/2017/04/commander-command-pattern-library.html and read docs here. | 2019-04-22T16:07:22Z | https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2017/04/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.075528 |
wordpress | Philippines: Monday & Tuesday with an Update about Cebu!
Hello all! I will start out by covering the first 2 days of our time at Trinity Ranch then I will share my individual plans in Cebu City.
Monday was our first day at the camp. We thoroughly enjoyed our jeepnie ride to the camp and the opportunity to see the countryside outside of the busy city. We arrived at the camp early and got to meet and get to know the team of 21 high schoolers from Grenich, CT that we worked with for the week. We got started moving rocks and stacking bricks for the cabins. On Tuesday we continued moving rocks.. (the theme of the week for me and Bri’s team) and stacking the bricks with cement. We found out that when the property was bought it was covered in gravel and that the staff planting every plant there and now it looks like a jungle! This was a testing time for all of us with the extreme heat, humidity, new team members,and manual labor we weren’t used to. Tuesday night our lack of sleep from the night before caught up to us. We spent time in prayer with just the 3 of us and it was a great time to give our fears and frustrations over to God. (read the others blogs for info about the bugs, geckos, frogs, and thunderstorms). Overall the first two days were a great bonding time for the team and a great chance to get to know the whole YL Philippines staff. It is amazing how cohesively everyone works together and it was a very fun week to be a part of.
To start the journey, traveling on a 11 hour plane ride can have some perks. As we sat in our seats, right in front of us was our own TV. We were able to watch movies, play video games, listen to music, and the most interesting for me.. learn Korean words. As I leaned back in my chair, I decided to take advantage of this amazing opportunity. As the flight came to a stop.. I watched four movies, played random video games, listened to unique music and learned how to speak more Korean words.. which I thought my family and relatives would be proud of. Then flying from Seoul Korea to Cebu went by fast, mostly sleeping the whole way.
Exiting out of the airport, we were greeted with the Young Life team. After we were taken to the place we would be staying at for a couple of days, which was a pension house for the church. As we walk in and dropped off our things in our room we were greeted with lizards in the bathroom, who made it uncomfortable for us to do our business… (if you know what I mean).
The next day we were able to sleep in and travel around Cebu, learning about the historical places around the area. The first place we went to was the oldest Catholic Church called Santa Nino. Walking in, the architecture was amazing, with high ceilings and detailed work, including a beautiful painting of biblical characters. Being a people watcher, I loved watching people in their thoughts of prayer and seeing their love for their religion. Also something that was interesting to me, was as people would walk out they would turn towards the front and wave goodbye and also touch Mary for blessings.
Traveling around Cebu is so amazingly interesting. While in the US structure is a necessity, anything here goes! Cars can travel in any lane and while cutting off each other is natural, I’m terrified while sitting on a bus. There are many taxis and small buses that people use for transportation and while in the US we have certain bus stops and areas to get on, they are allowed to get on and off at anytime.
Experiencing just a couple of days here has already opened my eyes to things I take for granted in the states. As my mom stated before I left, “you will miss toilet paper” thinking to myself I thought that was silly, but in fact the toilet paper is so different here, or having to use a bucket for a shower, or not being able to be comfortable while going to the bathroom because you feel the eyes of the lizard staring at you, or having clean streets and the smell of fresh air. Yes just after a couple days here I can already tell I will be learning a lot!
I’m excited to see the Lord work in amazing ways here and starting Monday we will be traveling to Trinity Ranch (the Young Life Camp) and begin our construction work towards helping them build two more cabins for campers to stay at.
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wordpress | Today I left the hospital, picked up some bananas and milk for our girls, then rushed home to grab everyone and shuttle them off to the hospital. When I arrived home my mother-in-law told me she was carrying soup to the hospital to give to my wife.
Now, one of the nurses let me know that Mom had called this morning. One of the biggest no-no’s you can make with your family, at least your partner’s mother, is not to call and update her with activities at the hospital. You’ll want to call and let her know that the baby is well, the mother is well and everything’s going well at the hospital. In fact, and you won’t read me writing this much, I would think this is one time you should actually consider lying! No matter what’s really going on, unless things are looking grim, just tell Mom that everything’s okay, everything’s fine and that she doesn’t need to worry.
My mother-in-law had seven children and six of them are still alive and kicking today. She has lots of life experience with kids, but she doesn’t let us forget that, either. Many times she might say something because she wants to be helpful, but it just sounds like she’s telling everyone they don’t know how to raise a child / family properly!
When I walked in the door and one of the first things out of her mouth was “I’m carrying soup to the hospital for ‘X'”, I reacted very poorly. Men, you may’ve heard a popular saying, “happy wife, happy life”, yes? Well, the same applies to your mother-in-law!
She ended up carrying soup. I ended trying some of the leftovers and remembered just how much I miss her cooking. A man could happily gain 10 pounds in her kitchen over a weekend.
The moral is “don’t argue over cooked soup.” Just shut up and eat (especially if the person who made it knows how to cook)! | 2019-04-21T19:07:40Z | https://athomewiththreekids.wordpress.com/category/adult-behavior/ | Porn | Home | 0.4459 |
typepad | Lord Jesus, if You needed to spend time closeted with Your Father in personal prayer, then how much more do I need to also. Help me steer a middle course between legalism and casualness. For Your own dear Name's sake. Amen. | 2019-04-25T12:51:55Z | https://divinedirection.typepad.com/my_weblog/prayer/ | Porn | Reference | 0.371649 |
livejournal | After Kevin helped me with the Flamingo wrap shirt that was inspired by the Officially Wacky Boolprop Challenge, he made another shirt with flamingos on it without my asking him to (he likes being creative). Then I showed him the rules to the challenge since he seemed interested and he started making shirts with Gnomes on them. The below are the six things he emailed to me that he created and said I could share. I hope you enjoy them, feedback is always welcome and do let me know if there are any problem with the Sims2Pack files, they were all made with the base game only so they should work for everyone.
Because of Kevin's recent enjoyment of creating new designs for my Sims to wear I have more custom content in my Sims 2 game than I have ever had, since all of the previous had been made by Maxis and one set of eyes Kevin and I worked on together.
Thanks - both of you.
When I first saw the gnome/flamingo sweater I knew he had a winner with that one. We are both glad you like it and hope that you enjoy it in your game.
I love the shirt with the repeating Gnome/Plumbob pattern. I already know who I want to be wearing that one in my game.
I was surprised how well that one came out when he told me what he was planning to do with it. It actually came out like a proper Harlequin sweater, with a twist.
We are both glad you like the sweater and hope you enjoy using it in your game. | 2019-04-24T18:39:34Z | https://iliveforsleep.livejournal.com/26438.html | Porn | Games | 0.970464 |
wordpress | winter trip to Año Nuevo State Reserve.
close-up look at the largest mainland population of elephant seals.
the reserve is open only through naturalist-guided tours during these months.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Ano Nuevo, Christmas, Eco, Elephant Seals, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Holidays, Paper, Pescadero on December 12, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
These sinks are some serious eye candy.
Made of porcelain and not ceramic makes them a Rolls Royce in the world of sinks. Produced by Majolica Hand Painted Tiles it and the tiles that accompany this line are true hand painted artisan examples of Tavelera. The creation of Talavera works continues to be undertaken by many artisan studios using traditional techniques, pottery masters with a full artistic education, selected materials, and the time necessary to hand make each piece as a personal expression of its creator.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Artistic Tile, Christmas, Eco, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Holidays, Paper, Recycling, Tile on December 12, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
The story of a tragic event and its effects on three generations of an American family, Neil Young’s Greendale, originally groundbreaking and critically acclaimed album, film and multi-media tour. For the companion book, the story of the Green family is expanded and brought to vivid life with the help of illustrations by James Mazzeo. Chapters highlight lyrics and stories behind each of the piece’s ten songs. This book is the Greendale experience brought to a glorious conclusion, and a must for any fan of Neil Young’s work.
Nice to hear from you too Mazz!
Mr. Mazzeo your art is simply amazing!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Christmas, Eco, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Greendale, Holidays, James Mazzeo, Neil Young, Paper, Recycling, RUST on December 8, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
to Pomponio beach during low tide on out annual sandollar hunt.
nuggut I can find, finds it’s way onto my tree.
treasures to hang on the tree.
Nothing better than winter beach combing.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Christmas, Eco, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Holidays, Paper, Pomponio, Recycling, San Mateo Coast on December 8, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
What do you do with a vintage hard drive?
made it into this incredible pendant.
Repurposing working wonders since 1979.
They have a wonderful blog too!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Christmas, Eco, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Holidays, Paper, Recycling on December 8, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
Sheila E and guests one show only!
Chairs are for fools, this is a DANCE concert!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Birthdays, Christmas, Eco, Gift Ideas, Giving Back, Holidays, Sheila E on December 8, 2011 by theskylinedesigngroup.
“Explore a world of publications by people and publishers alike.
This site is amazing, enough said.
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wordpress | Officially kick-starting an environmental movement in 1970, Earth Day was a product of the hippie and flower-child culture of the time. Before this movement was underway, the term “environment” was rarely mentioned in the news, discussed, or thought of as an issue. The air pollution from booming industry and automotives filled with leaded gas created a smell in the air that was accepted by Americans to be of prosperity and the American Dream, not of chemicals, sludge, and toxins.
Wisconsin Senator, Gaylord Nelson, proposed Earth Day after witnessing the devastating oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in the year of 1969. Nelson wanted to bring the idea of environmental protection into public consciousness and did so by announcing a “national teach-in on the environment”. In turn, Americans filled streets, auditoriums, everywhere protesting the unintentional deterioration of the environment on April 22nd, 1970. Today, another campaign is spreading through the country regarding clean energy and global warming. There are many ways to encourage ecologically healthy habits and Berea College does just that.
Luckily for it’s students, Berea is an incredibly eco-friendly place to get an education. Berea was the first in Kentucky to have a LEED-certified building, to build and operate an Ecovillage, and have the most ecologically sound dormitory- Deep Green Residence Hall. Not only do our buildings prove our efforts of sustainability, but the college really attempts to help and encourage students to be as “green” as possible. Throughout campus there are multiple recycling bins, found in buildings, out of doors, and in dorms for students, faculty, and town patrons to use. Buildings contain motion sensor lighting and plumbing to eliminate excessive use of electricity and water. And all people are educated on sustainability and given many opportunities to decrease their carbon footprint. This Earth Day, however, we want to motivate you to go above and beyond.
Knowledge is power and Hutchins Library has a new mini-display up (currently in the Reference section, but will be moved next to the printers) to provide you with intelligence on any subject related to the earth- environmental law, global warming, health effects of the environment, environmental politics, environmental activists, and much more.
Be sure to get involved with Earth Day somehow! Research it. Recycle more. Volunteer. Walk more, drive less. Eat local. Go to a festival. Practice the 7Rs (Reuse, repurpose, rot, repair, return, refill, refuse). Organize an event in the community. Change a habit. Help launch a community garden. Communicate your priorities to our elected representatives. Do something nice for the Earth, have fun, meet new people, and make a difference. But you needn’t wait for April 22! Earth Day is Every Day. Committing to the earth year round is the only way to make a huge difference.
One of the specimens on display.
The library is featuring a display of weed specimens by students from SENS/ANR 386C (Weed Management) class. The display is located right next the Reference Desk by the library’s main entrance. It will remain in place until about the end of January 2014.
A weed is simply “a plant out of place.” In Weed Management (SENS/ANR 386C), students have learned weed identification and management skills for lawns, vegetables, orchards, field crops, woodlands, and pastures. Each student submitted a weed collection of 30 weedy plants pressed, with guidance and materials from Professor Emeritus Ralph Thompson, and mounted (with glue) on acid-free paper. Plants are identified by family name, common name, and scientific name, along with the date collected, the location, and the name of the plant collector. Samples like these are kept in a herbarium, which is simply a library of plant samples. Berea College hosts two herbaria: a small herbarium of weeds in a cabinet in Goldthwaite 304, and a larger, more significant collection on the second floor of the Science Building.
Herbarium specimens can yield a wide variety of data: plant geographic distributions, historic dates of flowering and seed set, genetic data, and phenotypic variation (leaf size, shape, flower traits, etc.). Climate change can be tracked using herbarium specimens, as can the spread of invasive plant species. Students in Weed Management took care to show both sides of the leaves, to press flowers with their reproductive organs visible, and to mount the plant to best demonstrate its growth form in the wild. Coincidentally, the specimens are also beautiful – a fact which challenges our notions of the distinctions between weeds and cultivated plants, or between weeds and wildflowers. | 2019-04-25T06:51:15Z | https://hutchinslibrary.wordpress.com/tag/sustainability-and-environmental-studies/ | Porn | Reference | 0.435386 |
wordpress | Katie Jayne Spencer from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, had to deal with the death of her little sister nine years ago, and last year had to drop out of university because of a mystery illness. At only 20 years old she has had to find strength in herself to overcome more than any young adult should have.
When she was 11 she was in a car accident. Her, her sister Stacey and her aunt were on their way to Skegness when they were hit by a lorry as their aunt tried to overtake it. Her sister died at the scene and Katie was air lifted to hospital. Here she was treated for her physical injuries but overcoming the death of Stacey was a longer and more painful struggle.
This justice did not help the conflict between the two sides of the family and on one occasion Katie saw her in town. “I had a panic attack” and said her aunt accused her of shouting “murderer”. This is but one of the confrontations between the divided family.
But, last year at Christmas Katie became ill. She had lost her appetite and being sick was a daily problem. She was taken to the doctors on many occasions but even from blood tests they could only say that she was slightly anaemic.
I interviewed Katie to find out how she felt during these experiences and what advice she would like to offer to anybody else. She was emotional but stayed strong which shows just how far along she has come in the past 9 years.
100 Years of International Women’s Day. Have you heard of it?
How ironic that Pancake Day is on the same day as International Woman’s Day……What better what to celebrate women’s liberation and equality than banishing them to the kitchen to make copious amounts of pancakes! | 2019-04-19T17:17:35Z | https://countrypeoplefashion.wordpress.com/tag/international-womens-day/ | Porn | Health | 0.347852 |
wordpress | I was roused from my sleep at some stage in the night by a text arriving on my phone.
I registered that it was there but couldn’t quite wake to it.
Then a bit later – can’t tell you how much later now as I have deleted them! – another one arrived.
I woke to that one and it was my darling friend Cassidy, in America wanting to talk to me.
Anyway, I was awake then so I got up and called her.
She was getting totally confused with the time zones as she had recently gone from Texas to Florida, her Mum is in Hawaii on holiday and I am in New Zealand.
We chatted for an hour and then she had to go feed her children lunch.
I was going to have a spa but Tim was snoring soundly so I decided to do some sewing.
I finished Mahalia’s pj’s except for the buttons which I will get in town.
They are pink with white horses and hearts all over them. She is delighted with them.
And I got a heap of pants ready to patch.
By then Tim was up and motoring and was too busy for a spa so I eventually went out with my book and had one by my lone. The only problem with reading in the spa is that it fogs up my glasses so I have to keep clearing them.
Then I heard the wwoofers begin to arrive for breakfast so I high tailed it out of there to my bedroom and found some clothes and started to sort out what I am taking to town.
Tim and the 2 guys headed off in the boat to do mussel work for the morning.
Bernadette helped get Hali & Azzan’s clothes packed for town and Shanni pretty much did her own.
I did have to check through and send her back several times for vital things like pj’s and jackets.
Chi and Winnie made peanut butter biscuits – they turned out well. Bernie made a Mega Mud Puddle cake to send up to Waterfall with the troops tonight.
The guys got back just after midday so Tim and Nathan grabbed some food, loaded the ute & trailer and took off to Blenheim. They had a load of wool to deliver and then were heading over to Nelson for the night.
Graham has fixed the log splitter so he spent the afternoon supervising the guys chopping up more wood.
Winnie carried on with weeding the paths and Chi packed her bags and then raked the lawns for Cat.
Bernadette sussed out what she had to do with the birds, chickens, dogs etc while we are gone and she cleaned up the back paths.
Cat arrived back from work early afternoon and proceeded to make 2 delicious pumpkin pies for dessert.
I have finished my cleanse today and am gently approaching food again.
But I had to sample the pie – it was delicious.
The children are all sleeping soundly, I am about to go pack my bags and load them into the Safari.
We are leaving her no later than 5:30am so I don’t want to be late to bed.
We have a very busy day in town and then the wedding on Saturday.
I will come home Sunday with the 2 little people but Tim and the older ones are returning Saturday night.
Today we were a hive of activity.
The girls spent a busy morning with me. Chi cleaned out a cupboard and then vacuumed right though the house while Winnie cleaned all the windows. It is so lovely to have sparkly windows again. Bernadette hung washing and then helped me with food prep. There was a little school work done at the kitchen table while I cooked. Nathan wrote a real good story – there was no stopping him He has never done that before so I was thrilled – so was he actually Shanni was doing maths – we will say no more!
Tim got the guys busy on the log splitter and then he headed over to Waterfall to do a delivery.
Mahalia and Eden spent most of the day playing with the old baby’s buggy. They went round and round the house and section having a ball.
Azzan joined in for some of the fun but would gravitate in for food quite frequently. Shanni has been busy outdoors doing whatever Shanni’s do outdoors – usually anything that revolves around chickens and pigeons.
This afternoon the girls all worked outside in the garden. Bernie was assassinating a rampant vine which smothers my kowhai tree every year and tries valiantly to get inside the house through any cracks it may find in the walls. The other two were weeding the paths. The worked until quite late. I had to send someone out to tell them it was nearly dinner time.
Azzan (5) has been posing some thoughtful questions lately.
I had dinner more organised tonight – it was ready just as Tim walked in the door. How good was that-!!
I made a really yummy rice pudding from my Moosewood Cookbook. Man! I love that book. I was so thrilled to get an updated copy for my 50th birthday. My old copy is now 30 years old.
Cat thought she would be home early today but ended up not getting back till 5pm. She and Shanni went down to the shed and did some more work on the dinghy. Shanni is very excited as it will be ready for her to use tomorrow. She so wants to go fishing all the time but she is not allowed to use Nathan’s dinghy and got in for trouble using Cat’s one and not cleaning it properly. So hopefully this should solve her problems.
We are trying to get the trip to town streamlined. So I have spent today making lists and appointments. Now I have to leave home at 5:30am on Friday to get Cat to an appointment. She has to have her finger ultra sounded as there is a possiblitly that a kina spike is imbedded in there. It is very sore and kina are not the best things to leave inside your skin at the best of times but in a joint – well, let’s hope they can find it and deal with it for her.
Mondays gone but Tuesday is still here – just!
Monday the girls helped me with vege prep and then Nathan took Bernadette & Winnie up to Waterfall Bay to help Richard.
Chi helped me. She put clean sheets on beds at the Croft & Cottage and then cleaned the bathrooms.
The men spent all day chopping and transporting firewood. I think the two guys felt some muscles that night!
The children and I got back into the school room.
Azzan & Eden played, but Eden got a bit sad and wanted her Mummy. But it didn’t take much to side track her.
Cat left for work at 3:30am and didn’t get home till 9:30pm. A long day for her.
Seb also started at 5am and finished around 10pm.
He had a good first day on the boat.
The children have been having a spa at night – it makes an easy bath at the moment while our plumbing is not working so well. And they love it.
After the spa Bernadette was surrounded by children during story time.
Today Cat had the day off so as soon as the girls had finished the general after breakfast clean up and vege prep they went off with her to work in the boat shed.
Bernadette loves our pumpkin – she had never had it roasted before. So I gave her the job of cutting the one for dinner.
There is a bit of a knack to getting that knife in let alone get it out again-!!
They were painting so their hands and hair etc is all shades of blue and white now!
I think they enjoyed the change from housework though.
Tim took the two guys over the back of the farm to begin building a pig trap. He is sick of wild pigs coming through the bush and plowing up our paddocks and killing young lambs.
The children and I did a couple of pages about NZ architecture – it was most interesting.
As I thought our architecture is very eclectic but is based on the European & Polynesian immigrants using their previous skills with new materials. For example Old Saint Paul’s is a Gothic design using timber. Also the Maori had evolved a particular building type, themeeting house, which is the only building unique to New Zealand.
The children and the girls all had lunch and then the guys returned later they had session 2 lunch.
I decided to make Tim some wheat free bread as he had just mentioned he had none left. So I mixed up 4 loaves. Then while they were rising Azzan came in and helped me make 2 batches of Sydney Slice. It was such hit the other day I thought I may as well make some more. Azzan was great with his measuring but I had to clean up a bit of a mess afterwards.
Well I was singing this to my special blue eyed boy so of course it was true wasn’t it?
When Rainy Days and Mondays started playing he wanted to know what it meant. So I said that some people didn’t like Mondays and rainy days for various reasons, to which he said disbelievingly – “But rainy days are fun”!
I have hardly seen Eden and the girls this afternoon. They have been playing hard out in the tree house, only coming in briefly for food. In fact Eden never even came in much Hali got her food for her!
Azzan wanted to make one more thing from the Best of Kids Cooking book. He said I could make whatever I wanted as long as he liked it. So we agreed on a Lemon Slice. I made that and then spent the rest of the afternoon cooking all the baking and bread. I also stuffed a very large moki for dinner. It was one Cat had speared last time they were out fishing. I had to cut quite a big tail chunk off to fit it into the roasting dish.
I finally sat down to have my bowl of soup at 4pm.
It was so good to put my feet up and read my book.
Deborah Challinor is a Kiwi author I have just recently discovered and I am really enjoying her books. This one was called ‘Fire‘ – she was inspired by one of New Zealand’s never horrendous tragedies, the Ballantynes Department store fire in 1947 which caused the loss of 47 lives.
I had everything done for dinner but the baking took longer than I thought so things weren’t cooked all together at the right time.
Cat & I also got wrapped up chatting in the study so I left dinner to Bernadette to get organised.
It happened – eventually! The pumpkin sort of came out as a late main course dish.
Anson called twice today – he is looking at extending his trip a few days so he can go sightseeing with one of the girls he is working with. She wants to go to Rome so as he said, they may as well get lost together-!! So I hope it works out for him to see a bit more of the country side before he gets home.
Seb text too. He is loving his new job. The guys he is working with are great and all sounds good. So we are very pleased for him.
Bri is back in NZ again but we won’t get to see her until Saturday. It will be great to have her home again for a while.
Chi is happy cuz I have found her a wwoofing placement with some friends of ours.
I am off to bed now – it is late and I am the only one still up – what’s new!!
I stayed cuddled up in my cosy bed for a while longer than usual this morning to finish my book and also to give the water time to heat up for my shower.
I was delighted this morning as I am now down to 71.4kg – yippee! Am feeling like I am actually making progress and getting near to where I want to be. My pre wedding weight 30 years ago was 66kg. I know that is too light for me now but I want to get a bit closer so I will plateau under 70kg.
Everyone was up and breakfasted by the time I was showered and dressed.
We cleaned up and then Bernadette, Chi & Nicholas decided to go for a walk to Waterfall Bay.
The rest of us enjoyed Sunday Fellowship with Graham. For once we actually got started on time at 10:30am.
It was really good. Alvaro & Winnie joined us too and Alvaro had some very interesting questions that made us all think.
We ended up having lunch in 3 sittings as the walkers returned as we were all finishing and then just as they had cleared up Ell & Grant arrived so they had soup too.
After lunch things got rather hectic.
Seb was packing up to head to work.
I was helping him gather enough food to see him through the week.
His idea of what he needed and mine were somewhat different – in quantities I mean!
He is such a gannet.
Mind you he does have a large frame to fill and when he is working he works hard.
Maybe next week when he actually has to buy all his food at the supermarket and he sees what it costs he might be a bit more restrained – I can see this could be a great learning curve!
At the same time Ella and Grant were trying to gather up their crew and pack up the van to head back home.
The children were just having too good a time though.
They loaded up and drove around to the top of the dog kennels and met up with Mahalia, Azzan & Eden.
The children had dragged branches and rubbish across the road to make a barrier to stop them from leaving.
Eden (4) did not want to go.
So after a little consideration Ella & I agreed she could stay till I go to town on Friday.
That made them all happy and after some quick good-bye hugs & kisses Grant – the ever patient dh and daddy was allowed to leave.
It was a gloriously calm and clear day.
They had a great time and even caught some fish.
I spent the remainder of the afternoon in the study and also tonight, working on the gst.
I have got it practically finished – just have to email it to the accountant now to get it checked before finally filing with the IRD.
The children were so busy outside I never saw them at all.
They seem totally oblivious to the cold air.
Had to send someone out after dark to drag them in for dinner.
They should all sleep well tonight.
Well, Tim’s gone off to bed so I might just have to follow suit. It is getting jolly cold sitting here.
Another busy day looming tomorrow.
I am feeling rather weary tonight.
It was a bit chaotic getting the wwoofers organised this morning.
Tim had to be in 6 places at once.
He was finding meat for dinner, juggling vehicles, getting buckets and spades and trying to head out on the hills to muster sheep.
While we waited for him they helped get all the veges cut up for the stew for dinner.
But finally they were all delegated their jobs.
Bernadette gravelled the Cottage path and finished the gardening down there.
Chi spent all day cleaning the Terrano – man these vehicles aren’t going to know themselves – they are sooooo clean!
Nicholas helped Tim with sheep work.
The guys in the Cottage waited for their family to arrive in another boat to tow them home.
Ella & Grant came around before lunch.
It was rather a busy lunch table with 17 of us squeezing around it. We did send some of the children out onto the deck to eat in the sunshine.
All the soup got eaten so Ella spent the rest of the afternoon making another huge pot of pumpkin soup for me which was a real blessing.
She was reminiscing the whole time she was working in the kitchen – it didn’t feel that many years ago that she was living here as a young single girl working for me when I had little three girls underfoot – now she has 3 little girls underfoot (plus the 2 older boys of course).
Actually it must be around 24 years ago she came to live with us – doesn’t time fly!
Grant took Eli and and his wee friend Jayden fishing off the wharf – Eli was so proud of his fish, a large leather jacket.
He took it home to fry up for his dinner.
Seb got some school work done – not quite enough for his mother’s liking but at least it is a start.
He has been offered a full time job with another mussel company – it is a trial week first beginning in Havelock at 5am. So he is going to go out Sunday and sleep overnight on the boat – at least that way he won’t be late for work!
It is a much bigger boat and way better organised and he works regular hours – 4 days on 3 off.
If he passes muster than he will be offered a 3 month contract so that would be great.
NZ Greenshell mussels are a huge industry here so there is any amount of work out there if you are prepared to get out there and do it. Cat is the only female employed that we know of working on mussel company boats.
Shanni & Hali spent most of the afternoon entertaining Eden and the twins.
First they played schools, but Azzan wanted to do it for real and got upset cuz Eden was taking his books.
Then the girls found a great way to occupy the two busy wee ladies.
My old washing basket and a banana box proved to be great sleds as the towed Brianna & Ava round and round the living room.
To which Shanni very knowingly replied ‘I don’t know about that Hali, haven’t you ever seen a grumpy baby?’!!
I have spent most of the day in and out of the study.
I was getting paper work sorted and desperately trying to find some important papers that have gone missing.
I still have not found them but at least my office is much cleaner and tidier.
Alvaro from Chile and Winnie from Taiwan arrived around 4pm – they had gotten side tracked along the way so were much later arriving than they had planned. So they spent the rest of the afternoon exploring.
After dinner tonight Azzan asked Bernadette to read to him so she read umpteen stories to him and Mahalia.
Tim was engrossed for quite a while with Alvaro and Nicholas talking over the atlas.
And Chi and Winnie happily chatted their way through the enormous pile of dinner dishes.
It is fun having a united nations team here – and none of them are from the same country for a change!
PS – my reference to Boadicea comes from our history lesson from Nathan tonight – she was the Queen of the Iceni who fought the Romans in Britain. A woman to be proud of!!
“After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Okay! It is Saturday but I am talking about Friday.
We are having some lovely calm weather at the moment – only trouble is when it is calm it is usually cold – no wind to blow away the still damp cool air from the bush and it all comes and sits on the house – brrrrr.
Tim spent most of the day working on his boat trailer.
It was with the intent on getting our guest’s boat up so he could suss out the problem with the motor.
But in the end the guy is going to get his s-i-l to come down and tow him home today instead.
His s-i-l is holidaying not too far away from here and has his own boat so is more practical than getting the commercial guys to come all the way out here to take a look.
BUT – it does mean the boat trailer jigsaw is now completed – yaaaahooooo!
Bernadette and Chi spent most of the day cleaning the interiors of my Safari and Anson’s ute. They were both in a right state – they are probably so clean now they will die from shock! Didn’t get them to clean the outsides as by the time they have been driven up the drive on the next trips to town no-one would know they had been cleaned, so a waste of time.
The children and I motored through another morning of school work – all went well. Shanni wrote a really long story – she LOVES writing stories way more than doing maths. Not too sure if I will get the required stories from Hali & Nathan though – they have the ideas but not the proficiencies to get them down on paper so easily.
I allowed Seb to sleep in till close on midday as he had not arrived home till midnight. But then I dragged him out of bed and suggested he get himself sorted out. It took a while for him to come too and be part of the world but once he did he was fine. He actually got stuck in and gave the living area a big clean up for me which was lovely.
Ella & Grant came around to visit with the children after lunch.
The children had slept most of the way down so when they arrived around 11ish they woke and were all bouncing off the walls till around 3am!
Nicholas from Germany arrived on the mailboat. He had met Sarah in Havelock so of course she told him he had to come here.
Only thing was, he arrived into the midst of total chaos.
We were cleaning up lunch so I gave him food while the dishes were being done.
Tim still hadn’t come home from the trailer.
The girls went back cleaning the vehicles.
Ella, Grant and kids were here.
Then Cat text me about a TradeMe bid I was sposed to be putting in for her that I had forgot about and it was closing in 15 minutes – so I tore off to the study like a mad woman to try and load the site and find the item (not quick on dial up and even slower when you are in a hurry) – then the bidding went too high for her so that was a wasted exercise.
Then our wharf building fella arrived by boat and I had to spend the next few jours down at the wharf with him while we discussed what needed to be done there.
All the time wondering why Tim hadn’t come home to talk to him.
Tim did eventually turn up so I left them to it and came back to the house in a state resembling an iceberg.
Ella & Grant had taken the twins back to The Croft and left the other 3 here with my children.
Bernadette is pretty keen on learning new recipes so I got her to make Mega Mud Puddle Cake with the little folk.
It is a brilliant recipe – makes heaps and is fun to do with the kids.
It is also dairy and egg free and can be used as a hot dessert and then cake the next day/s.
Eden really got into it big time so a wash up was required before she was taken back home.
Look at the photos to see the size of pan it makes.
We often add a can of drained fruit – peaches, cut up – makes a nice pudding, then left overs great cold.
Eat hot straight from oven with milk, cream, ice cream, custard, etc.
Chi and our children walked Eden back home and then got back in time for dinner.
Tim did assure me that we have heaps more in the freezer so guess what I will be having next week??
I had a plate of tomato and capsicum soup so I was fine.
Shanni asked me if having soup all the time didn’t get a bit boring – but as it is only for 10 days I can cope.
I was cold and tired so when the guys put on a movie that didn’t interest me ‘Shooter’ I think it was called, I decided to hop into my bed with the electric blanket on and read my book.
It was a lovely mirror calm morning so Tim took Bernadette & Chi out to do some mussel work.
I had to crack the whip to get some certain wee people moving.
Eventually got them all into the school room around 10am.
Azzan did well today – was much more settled so he got some maths and other stuff done before being allowed to play a computer game – all our games are educational so no matter what he does it is ok .
Shanni did her maths but openly admits she is not a maths person.
She would much rather write stories.
She also had a lot of fun making her cover page for her unit study – she is definitely an arty girl.
Mahalia plodded away at her writing and is now finally caught up with the others.
She also did some maths but we flagged reading today.
Nathan is really enjoying his history – he is quite a history buff and has been educating Bernadette in Austrian and European history today!
After lunch Chi & Bernadette helped with preparing veges for dinner and then they walked around to The Croft to get it ready for Ella, Grant & family. They are arriving very late tonight and bringing Seb home with them.
The children spent most of the afternoon creating farms etc with Hali’s Belville Lego horses and Cuisenaire rods – they make great fences. I was about to get a photo of it all as it was covering half of the living room but they tidied up before I got my camera out.
I made myself a new batch of tomato soup. The pumpkin soup I made for me yesterday had too much cayenne in it so I added it to the other batch and then froze half of it.
I am managing to keep going on my cleanse. Lots of soup and fresh fruit smoothies. Very yummy and I really don’t get hungry.
I have to be all or nothing when it comes to having snacks.
I was going to do some gst but got side tracked finding pictures for the children’s school work tomorrow.
I spent a bit of time on the phone and internet trying to suss out what to do about Shanni’s eye problem.
Have now finally gotten her an appointment before we go to Wellington.
She gets really sore gritty hot eyes and can barely see sometimes. Only cold compresses help them.
It was suggested today that maybe she has Pterygium.
I did a bit of research about and the symptoms are definitely the same but it is apparently rare in children.
Anyway, we will see what the optomotrist says at the end of the month.
Shanni did some baking. She made Afghans and a ginger cake which she cooked in a loaf tin so it took longer to cook in the middle so is rather a darkish colour on the outside.
I am sure it will get eaten though – not a lot gets wasted around here with a house full of gannets!!
Then after 5pm when it was getting quite cool and dusk-like she decided they would all go for a walk. Bernadette went with them.
They really are a crazy bunch!
Then on returning the children all hopped into the spa.
Azzan got out and into his pj’s and snuggled up on Bernadette’s knee for a story.
His choice was Amelia Bedelia – Bernadette had never read it before and was in stitches right the way through it.
Amelia’s literal way of translating instructions really appeals to the children’s bizarre sense of humour.
I decided to do some baking too – got a few mouths to feed and more coming this weekend.
So I made several batches of flapjack and one of Sydney slice before dinner.
Seb should be home soon but I think I might just go hop into bed with a book – it is getting a bit cold sitting here and I am feeling somewhat weary. | 2019-04-21T22:53:52Z | https://rabbitsnest.wordpress.com/2008/05/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.729396 |
yahoo | Argentina has no shortage of talent at the 2014 World Cup Brazil, but one of the South American nation's most creative and skilful prospects won't be found on the field this summer.
Away from her duties as a model and TV producer, Fiorella Castillo has carved a reputation of one of the most impressive freestyle footballers on the streets.
Not only can she juggle with the best of them, but she does so in high heels.
After reading about her claims of defeating over 800 men at freestyling on Ipanema Beach, I managed to track her down to see her skills firsthand -- and challenge her to a game of horse.
As you can see from the video above, Castillo quickly put me to shame with her superb command of a Brazuca.
"I’ve been playing since I was young," she said shortly after her overwhelming horse victory. "I do it more than anything because it’s fun. I see a soccer ball and I turn into a little kid, I love it very much."
The world of freestyling isn't exactly awash with females, making Castillo a rarity. "I wanted a way to compete against the guys, I decided to start doing tricks in high heels. As far as I know, I'm the first girl to do this."
The 24-year-old, visiting Brazil from her native Buenos Aires, also feels that she has inspired other members of her gender to follow in her footsteps. "After my videos came out, I began seeing other girls doing the same thing. I think it’s great, that us women can also be included in a sport that’s dominated by males."
While filming with Yahoo, Castillo happily posed with fans (she is relatively well known in South America) and was very happy to play keep-ups with the Colombians, Argentines and Brazilians who had gathered to admire her skills. | 2019-04-24T03:34:19Z | https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/argentinean-model-fiorella-castillo-shows-her-freestyle-football-skills-on-copacabana-beach-230717707.html | Porn | Sports | 0.667589 |
wordpress | A part of the International Phonetic Alphabet series, ‘Bud The Taste-bud’ draws its inspiration from a game used to promote a popular movie “Old School”. In ‘Bud’, the student must play sound files of words and phrases while gathering the available phonetic symbols that make up the words all while avoiding obstacles and opponents. The more correct symbols that are gathered the higher the students score.
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wordpress | What is your pet-peeve job description?
We all have one, so man up and own up.
Those who follow Learn English or Starve or my other blog are well aware I’m rather old-fashioned in my views language-wise and bit of a condescending sod against intellectualism and academics in general.
Broadly speaking, that is, very broadly speaking.
Ladies and gentlemen (and anything in between), I present you the word curate.
Curate is an intellectual word, used by the intellectually or aesthetically minded/pretentious (and Botox whores), and this is how the most of us usually come to hear this word used.
We usually hear curate being used by arty-farty types in art galleries wherein those with filthy lucre nod knowingly and approvingly at high-priced ‘artworks’ whilst having it explained to them by some overpriced artist wearing Gaultier or Armani get-up.
Time for a lowdown on curate right now.
1. No citations. Various sources used, all reliable. I’m refusing to cite sources. It’s just pointless and overweening pretentiousness. We’d just end up CONCENTRATING ON THE CITATIONS and not on the content. We’d be blindsiding ourselves with the credibility, reliability, veracity, citability, ‘robustness,’ [choose the words you like best] of the citations.
2. If you have to have citations, you can find LIMITLESS SOURCES via Google or some other search engines anyway. The Intarwebz has tons of useable and useful citations plastered all over the place, using highly reliable sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary, Encyclopaedia Britannica, etc, so why need me for that?
3A. American pronunciation is KYOO-rayt (rhymes with ‘Kuwait’).
4. Curate (noun) is from the Mediaeval Latin adjective curatus (‘of, belonging to or having a cure or charge’: point 5 below), itself from the Imperial Latin curatus (past participle of curare, ‘to take care of’). Ultimate root of all these words is the Latin cur or cura (‘care’).
5A. Off-topic: Yours truly took Latin as a school subject. Most explanations you find on the Intarwebz don’t distinguish word origins (or etymology) between Imperial and Mediaeval Latin.
10. Shortly after curate (n) entered into English, the noun curator appeared in English in 1362, descended from the Latin curator or curatorem, meaning overseer, guardian or agent.
11. When curator appeared in 1362, it originally meant a curate (above) as an alternative word form.
11A. By early 1400s, curator took on a more secular meaning of a legal guardian.
12. By around the 1600s, curator additionally meant a manager or steward, an officer of a university or a person in charge of a museum, art gallery, library or the like. This is the current meaning of the word.
13. Pronounced kyew-RAYT (BrE) / KYOO-rayt (AmE).
14. The verb to curate is a back formation of the noun curate, NOT (as most people suppose) from curator.
14A. Aside: Back formations are new words formed by dropping prefixes or suffixes from older words (e.g. diagnose from diagnosis, escalate from escalator, edit from editor, amend from amendment).
15. Curate (v) therefore has the same Mediaeval Latin roots as curate (n), with the same ecclesiastical meaning of ‘to act as a curate in assisting a priest,’ i.e. a paid deputy priest.
17. Additionally, curate (v) gave rise to the gerund curating.
19. In sentence (1) above, we can see there is a fine line of difference between the two nouns. Curate carries a ecclesiastical meaning whereas curator a non-religious/secular one.
20. In sentence (2), the verb curate is used in its original and proper ecclesiastical meaning of a deputy priest assisting an incumbent priest in a religious activity (often one specified in church regulations).
21. Sentences (3), (4), (5) and (6) above show the latest modern tendency to use the verb curate outside of its ecclesiastical meaning.
(c) English words derived from Mediaeval Latin likewise carry religious references or meanings.
(b) the word was created by back formation from the noun so the reasoning of religious intent given in Point 22 also applies here.
(b) the word is derived from an Imperial Latin word (see Point 10) that carries no ecclesiastical or religious references.
25. The fact that all three words look and sound alike is a point of confusion for their proper usage because curate (n) and curate (v) have ecclesiastical origins, meanings and usage — whereas curator does not.
Do we really have to know the inner technology of these words to use them?
Hard to explain, but kinda yes. Most grammarfags often disguise themselves by hiding behind a veneer of anti-grammaristicality — and then go off on a tangent by discussing the etymologies of the words. I’ve done that already just to please this shameless bunch.
You’re talking ancient history here. The religious part is several hundred years ago. These words don’t have those meanings anymore. Why bother?
They do continue to have religious meanings.
Let’s stay crass and provincial, and rely only on dictionaries. Even dictionary meanings continue to define two of those words with reference to religion.
(b) because the pretentious and the conceited have a habit of borrowing words but not know how to use them.
— BECAUSE they see no way to belittle us other than to browbeat us with highbrow-sounding stuff to create an air of superiority.
You’re talking nonsense. The arty types have their own terminology and jargon, just as scientists or linguists or businesspeople have their own. Why single out the arty types for your rant and depraved opposition?
Well, if you put it that way, it’s unanswerable.
Go to an art gallery or exhibition. Pay attention, observation is in session. Notice how the gallery manager (curator) talks to the customers. Notice how the artist is talking to other artists. Notice how their conversations are liberally infused with fantastic $5 words that are actually meaningless when you think about them.
Let me be the first one to say I’m not one to muscle in on another person’s action if that curator/artist is trying to make a buck and have a little bit of fun off of customers.
What is highly insulting is their argot gets shoved in our face for the rest of us, and indiscriminately so. That’s totally uncalled for.
Jargon and terminology are fine. Using words to hide empty space is just disingenuous.
No, I don’t. I just like to screw around with you and bounce your head around corners.
Srsly, feel free to drop some knowledge on us to make us look like retards.
Truth is, curator (n) is perfectly serviceable for nearly all uses and widely acceptable to any ear as well. Which below is the crisper and therefore better English?
Hilarity ensues on hearing sentence 2 — so the exhibition has a soul or souls that need taking care of, no?
It’s jarring to the ears for anyone who grew up knowing to a moral certitude that curate (v) is nothing like that.
Curate (v) has been thrown around with too little discrimination and not a little pretension as a fashionable ‘disguise word’ for any activity that involves selecting and caring for something. So we get ridiculous usages such as sentences (3), (4), (5), (6) and (8) above.
Those ridiculous usages are unmooring at least the museum meanings of the words, if not also their religious meanings.
I can appreciate the aesthetically minded tend to intellectualise things more than the rest of us. I have no beef with that. But using curate in this way is spreading it a bit think, I have to say.
The verb curate remains a religious word with a specific religious meaning. Why screw it up like this?
It would be interesting to hear from Roman Catholics how they see a word of religious obligation of theirs becomes debased like this.
Wow, you must be one helluva religious person, right?
Hardly. I just don’t see the point why grammarfreaks spout their prescriptions and then go off on a tangent and produce crap like using the verb curate in places that shouldn’t be used.
© Learn English or Starve, 2011. Images: Curator via Incisive | The finger via c4c.
As an long-time stickler for correct English, I applaud both your intent and your case. I would, however, beg one point of order: your last negative example, “websites curate their content (organise and maintain)”, is dangerously close to an acceptable coinage.
I don’t have a problem with a curator curating a museum, or anyone curating a collection of any kind. It makes semantic sense, and it makes etymological sense, as you have demonstrated. Curating a Web page may indeed be what’s going on, if we’re talking about a fluid collection of information that must frequently be updated and reshuffled.
I agree that it’s impossible to curate anything “consumable,” such as an inventory of merchandise. The job of a curator is preservation, therefore, you can’t “curate” something that by definition is only temporarily static.
For the record, I just used the verb “curate” in my latest blog post to describe what Zen monks do with their voluminous historical teachings; they preserve the stories and keep them in circulation, available for public perusal. It may be a neologism, but it works for me.
Robin, I’m fine with your view. I’m pretty old-fashioned about English myself. Zen monks curating their collections is fine with me. When it comes to websites though, it’s just more than a little incongruous. It’s incongruous for artists to ‘curate’ their [own] artworks when the word isn’t used like that. The word becomes debased when it’s used for showing off. But I get what you mean. Thanks for commenting.
Hi! I was about to use curate as a verb in a secular context after having read it used in a similar way, but i just had to check first, i’m so glad that my search efforts for info on this word reaped me your blog, you had just saved me from sounding really dumb lol thank you!
No, thank you for finding this post useful. Just remember that if you’re going to pitch yourself as a ‘curator,’ it must be something not of your own. You are curate of your local church. You are the curator of George Bush’s correspondence (not an enviable task!). You are the creator of your works but cannot be the curator of your own works. Your visiting this blog is highly appreciated. Thank you for commenting.
I could point out that Americans hardly ever use the word “curate” as a noun, but I won’t.
I could point out that the pronuciation respelling kyew-RAYT-ter has one T too many, but I won’t.
I could point out the American English pronuciation of “curator” is best respelled as KYOO-ray-ter, but I won’t.
I will comment on the really interesting bit, the graphic of the guy flipping the bird. Did you know that in America you can tell (roughly) where a person is from by how they flip the bird? The guy in the graphic is from the East Coast, not the West Coast.
“How do you know that?” you ask.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” I respond.
East Coast birds (the hand gesture, not the girls) have the fingers on either side of the middle finger all the way down. West Coast birds have the adjacent fingers raised to the first knuckle and then bent down. The East Coast gesture is harder to make, but it is much more offensive, IMHO.
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wikipedia | (1969) "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is a song written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN). It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album in 1969 and was released as a single, reaching #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. In Canada, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" peaked at number 11. The song is a suite in the classical sense, i.e. an ordered set of musical pieces.
The title "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (a play on words for "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes") refers to Stephen Stills' former girlfriend, singer/songwriter Judy Collins, and the lyrics to most of the suite's sections consist of his thoughts about her and their imminent breakup. Collins is known for her piercing blue eyes. During a July 15, 2007 interview for the National Public Radio program Just Roll Tape, Stills revealed that Collins was present in the studio when the demo tapes were recorded. Collins had advised Stills "not to stay [at the studio] all night." Stills later commented that "the breakup was imminent...we were both too large for one house." Stills said that he liked parts of this demo version of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" better than the released version.
[Stephen] came to where I was singing one night on the West Coast and brought his guitar to the hotel and he sang me "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," the whole song. And of course it has lines in it that referred to my therapy. And so he wove that all together in this magnificent creation. So the legacy of our relationship is certainly in that song.
The recording features an acoustic guitar tuned to EEEEBE ("Bruce Palmer Modal Tuning") vs. the standard EADGBE tuning. This style of tuning would later be used for the Déjà Vu songs "4+20" and "Carry On".
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" has four distinct sections. The timings below are for the full album version. The shortened version released as a single cut the second and fourth verses from the first section, the third and fourth verses from the second section, and the final verse and preceding break from the third section, and shortened the guitar break between the second and the third sections. The final section is the only part that stayed fully intact on the single.
The first section is a traditional pop song with four verses, featuring a chorus of "I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are." Running at approximately 2:56, the lead vocal is performed by Stills, with Crosby and Nash providing harmonies.
The second section is performed in half time relative to the first section, and features four verses of three-part harmony from the band, with Stills performing a brief vocal solo between the second and third. This section runs from 2:56 to 4:43.
The third section is more upbeat and features poetic lyrics ("chestnut brown canary, ruby-throated sparrow"), lasting from 4:43 to 6:25. Each of the three phrases is initially sung by Stills, with Nash then joining, and finally Crosby rounding out the harmonies. Connecting the phrases are instrumental breaks performed by Stills on acoustic guitar.
The final section (the coda) is sung in Spanish, with "doo-doo-doo-da-doo" backing vocals, starting at 6:34 until the song concludes. Stills has said that he intentionally made the final stanzas unexpected and difficult, even using a foreign language for the lyrics, "just to make sure nobody would understand it" (not even Spanish speaking people).
The final section has been parodied many times, notably in Frank Zappa's compositions "Billy the Mountain" and "Magdalena" on The Mothers of Invention's album Just Another Band From L.A. "Weird Al" Yankovic performs a takeoff of it ("Mission Statement") on his 2014 album Mandatory Fun; instead of Spanish, the lyrics are corporate buzzwords strung together in such a way as to be ultimately nonsensical. It is also sampled in the 2010 Cypress Hill song "Armada Latina".
The final section of the song is included on the CSNY live album 4 Way Street. It fades in on the opening of side one of the album. CSN also performed "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" as their opening song at the Woodstock and Live Aid festivals, and their performance at the former is featured in the film Woodstock (1970).
Writing for The New York Times in 1969, Robert Christgau believed that while "Stills has become such a sophisticated guitarist that many of his lines lack any straight-on rhythmic compulsion", his "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is "a structural triumph which could never have been brought off by a more Dionysiac spirit."
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was named the 51st greatest song ever in a 2000 list by VH1. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 418 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll".
^ a b "RPM Top Singles Chart" (PDF). RPM. RPM archives. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. November 29, 1969. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
^ Cavallo, Dominick. A Fiction of the Past: The Sixties in American History. St. Martin's Press (1999), p. 172. ISBN 0-312-21930-X.
^ Christgau, Robert (June 8, 1969). "The Byrds Have Flown--But Not Far". The New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
^ Anon. (n.d.). "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
^ "Crosby, Stills & Nash Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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wordpress | I can’t shout it loud it enough, but Berlin is such a lovely city to live in. It’s so green that you would hardly know that you’re in the capital city of Europe’s strongest economy, and one of the largest countries in the European Union. In fact, I would liken it to be a collection of suburbs with the advantage of city living, and boy, do we live!
As you might know, Berlin is a river city. As you might not, I’ve always lived in places where water is nearby. River-living is great and soothes the soul. As far as Berlin is concerned the river called the River Spree, is the heart of the city.
On the river bank of Club der Visionäre, a really lovely river bar on the border of Kreuzberg and Treptow. Highly recommended!
Landwehr Canal, Berlin-Kreuzberg © visitBerlin, Foto: Philip Koschel.
How lucky we are then, that 44% of Berlin is covered with parks, forests, fields, rivers, lakes and canals, and that Berlin has about 30 beaches and about 960 bridges, which is far more than the ever romantic city of Venice!
Berlin is the capital city of Berlin and the number one (1) travel destination in Germany and by virtue of this, in 2013 saw 11.32 million visitors with 57% coming from other parts of Germany, 31% coming from Europe, and 12% coming from overseas. A significant percentage of the international tourist population came from Great Britain and the USA, with a large number also came from Italy, Holland and Denmark, and a reasonable increase from the Gulf States of the MIddle East, China, and Russia. As a result, there are a huge number of tours and guided walks that cater for our tourists.
Most of the tours are pretty reasonably priced and an absolute bargain in terms of creativity, like the alternative walking tour that I went on a few months ago. Of course, if you’re broke or want to meet the locals, then the best way of doing that is not to go on the tourist trail but to use public transport.
Germany has one of the most efficient and certainly, the safest mode of transport (outside of Switzerland) in Europe, and Berlin is no exception. In my opinion, Berlin has one of the cleanest, safest, most efficient, cheapest, and easily accessible, forms of public transportation in Western Europe! There is absolutely no where in Berlin that doesn’t have some sort of public transport within walking distance. I repeat, no where!
A romantic form of transport: A horse and carriage at Brandenburger Tor or Gate, and bicycles!
The underground train known as the Ubahn.
The mainline train or urban train known as Sbahn.
We have the RE trains known as the Regional Trains.
We have bicycles which can be used as public transport, and picked up in one destination and returned, to another.
We have city tuk-tuks as part of the green economy, in the tourist district.
We have taxis or cabs.
And we have boats and ferries.
I’d like to talk about the ferries. Not as a city or regional cruise of which they are many, and enormously fantastic, but as a means of public transport and getting from A to B.
Rent a boat at Treptower Park, Berlin. Go on, you know you want to!
Here are the 10 reasons why you should definitely check out the river and lakes of Berlin and Brandenburg!
With an area of 892 square kilometres, Berlin is nine (9) times bigger than Paris, and has 180 kilometres of navigable waterways within the city limits!
The shortest ferry service in Berlin is between the suburb of Rahnsdorf and Müggelheim which crosses the very large and lovely Müggelspree or Müggel River and is 10 metres wide, and consists of a small rowing boat that takes people across, to the other side of the river, during the summer.
The ferry service isn’t fancy but you can buy refreshments, take your bike, and take a picnic with you. Don’t forget the beers, and if you do. You can buy them on the ferry!
The largest lake in Berlin is the Müggelsee in the Treptow-Köpenick suburbs of East Berlin, also known as the Großer Müggelsee or Bigger Müggel Lake and has a total surface of 7.4 square kilometres. The smallest lake which covers just 0.3 square metres, is Pechsee or Pech Lake and is in a marshy nature reserve in the leafy suburb of Grunewald in West Berlin.
You don’t have to buy an extra ticket to use the ferry but can use either, a reduced fare, “a normal” single, a return, a day ticket, or even a short trip ticket (but short-trip tickets are only accepted on the F11, F12, F21, F23, and F24 lines), and if you don’t have one, you can buy it on the ferry!
You can use your Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin Transport Corporation) or BVG ticket on six (6) ferry lines which are operated daily on 6.9 kilometres of water routes in the city. The lines are F10, F11, and F12 throughout the year and F21, F23, and F24 through the summer peak and mid-peak seasons.
Bicycles can be taken on all ferries.
It’s a lovely way to see the suburbs and beaches of Berlin.
Er. More beer, wine, and ice-cream!
June Fathers’ Day on the lakes and rivers of Berlin. They came well prepared!
HOW MUCH ARE THE BVG (PUBLIC TRANSPORT) TICKETS?
Single tickets: Single Tickets entitle you to travel with any number of changes towards your destination via a direct travel route. They are valid for a maximum of two hours. Within the two-hour validity of the single ticket you may change trains/buses, etc. or interrupt your journey as often as you wish, but you cannot return or do a round trip. You can use the buses, trams, underground and mainline or urban rail network transport within the Berlin fare zones of A, B and C, including regional rails and the ferries. Single tickets cost €2.60. Children under 6 years old are free. Single tickets for children aged 6 to 14 cost €1.60.
Short-Trip tickets: If you do not want to travel any further than three mainline or urban rail or underground stations, or no more than six bus or tram stops, then it pays to buy a Short Trip ticket. With the short trip fare, you can also use the ferries, the only exception is the F10 (Wannsee-Kladow) route as it’s a bit of a journey albeit, a lovely one. In fact, it’s my favourite ferry route! The Short-Trip ticket is not valid on regional rail transport and you can only change between underground and mainline / urban rail trains. You cannot interrupt or break your journey, and return trips are not permitted. Short-Trip tickets cost €1.50. Children under 6 years old are free. Short-Trip tickets for children aged 6 to 14 cost €1.20.
Day Pass or Day Return tickets: With a Day Pass, you can travel as often as you want on the day printed on the ticket, or from validation of the ticket. The ticket is valid up to 3.00 a.m. on the following day! SECRET TIP: You can also take another person with you on your ticket for free from 20:00, all day weekends, and on public holidays! Day Pass tickets cost €6.70. Children under 6 years old are free. Day Pass tickets for children aged 6 to 14 cost €4.70.
Bicycle Tickets: You will need an extra bicycle ticket to travel with a bicycle. A single bicycle ticket is €1.70, a short trip ticket with your bicycle is €1.10, and a day pass is €4.70. Don’t try to “forget” this, as the BVG inspectors take it seriously and will fine you.
P.S. Please validate and click your ticket in the red validating ticket machine that you will find on every platform. Before you take the train!
The days of the dumb tourist are over and ticket inspectors are now wiser. Berlin public transport have no automatic barriers, or any barriers at all. You wouldn’t want to spoil the good times would you?
The waterways, canals, rivers and lakes in Berlin; are wonderful. See for yourself!
At my favourite waterway in Kladow, Berlin.
Next week, I will be writing about the fantastic blog award that I received from Waegook Tom. Thank you Tom!
Relaxing on the river bank in Berlin with good old German beer!
Have you been on a yacht, boat, or cruise? Would you visit our many lakes and rivers? Do you like German beer?!
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wordpress | She threw that in the air, her voice breaking.
It happened in June, on the very last school day. All students were all already gone, liberated at the first sound of the bell after the last final exam. Except for her. She came in, as agreed, to take a quiz marked missing since the beginning of March. It was a simple quiz but as I took a quick look at the paper she handed in, it became clear that she had not mastered the skill. I made a few circles hoping that she may be able to correct herself, but she was unsuccessful.
A very bright student who required accommodations per her IEP, performing at or above expectations most of the time, she was often absent and struggling to catch up on missing tasks. She strived to do her best in many other AP classes; mine was always the last on her “to Do” list.
“I just can’t NOT have an “A” in this class!” she exclaimed almost breaking into tears.
“Why do you think I don’t understand?” I replied, my own voice showing emotion.
“Do you even know what I am going through right now?” I wanted to scream as this scenario just started to unravel. At that point it became painfully clear to me that just as I didn’t expect her to know and understand my own struggles, I was not able to understand hers. Yes, I actually knew her story, followed her IEP, and worked closely with her mother, but it did not help me to understand what it was like for her, how it felt to be in her shoes.
I took a breath and then another. If her prior performance was any indicator, given the time and less stressful environment, she would come in to work with me before or after school and ace this quiz in a few days or so. Who was I to play hard ball and possibly crush this girl’s college of choice dreams (she had big ones!) based on ONE quiz. At the same time, I knew that I could not compromise my professional ethics and enter the mark for performance that she did not demonstrate.
She walked out of the room without a word.
I had tears in my eyes. I wish we had parted on better terms.
I struggled with this story for a long time. I shared it with a colleague and my husband to vent and to process it again and again because it felt that I was still missing something. I knew that being a teacher, I should not take things personally, but in this case I just could not help it; I kept thinking about it for days. I knew that I wanted to blog about it but at the same time, I was too emotionally attached to this story and it didn’t feel right. Little did I know that I would would find myself on the “other side” at the beginning of this school year.
My own child spent an entire summer going through what I will never wish for anyone to deal with. Returning to school and “just being normal” was her only wish. She did return to school this week – Yay! – but as far as “just being normal” part – this will take a long time and recovery road can be rough. However, looking at her you would never know. Nor would she tell you that she needs help, accommodations, or any other special treatment because she doesn’t think it’s fair. She just wants to prove the world and herself that she can do it. I know she can. I also know that it’s not going to be easy.
As we resumed classes last week, I found myself looking at my students differently, with more attention to what they had to say to me and peers, to how they acted and daydreamed, being much more gentle in setting limits and redirecting, wondering sometimes about their personal stories and reminding myself that even if I knew those stories, it would not make much of a difference. Unless I walk in their shoes, I will never understand. What I can do is be someone who will take them for who they are, walk alongside them for fifty minutes per day encouraging them to be the person they are meant to be.
In some other classroom, my kid is walking through the door and I want the adults in her life to do the same, on the first day of school or the last. | 2019-04-23T05:52:49Z | https://natadelblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/you-just-dont-understand-madame/ | Porn | News | 0.190484 |
wordpress | For those that thought Chimaira died when long-time founding members made their final departure out of the band, you may want to rethink your position. Crown of Phantoms is the band’s first official release with their newly invigorated lineup. Remnants of former members were still part of the recording process on The Age of Hell, the album I like to call the transition album. Therefore Crown of Phantoms should be considered the first release with the only remaining founding member Mark Hunter along with new-ish members Emil Werstler (lead), Sean Zartorsky (Keys), Matt Szlachta (Rhythm), Austin D’Amond (Drums), and Jeremy Creamer (Bass). This is the beginning of a new…darker chapter in the life of Chimaira.
I like the feel of today’s song Impending Doom by Chimaira. The intro really does give the feeling of impending doom during its slow parts. Then, of course, it breaks out a little more where you have Mark Hunter shouting at you. You can find this song on the album, The Infection. It wasn’t my favorite Chimaira album overall, but it had a few gems to include this more somber song…perfect for the doomsday countdown.
Instead of just posting the song clip, I came across this fan video which appears to feature scenes from the movie remake of the classic Halloween franchise. This version was remade by Rob Zombie. Halloween happens to be my favorite horror movie of all time. The Rob Zombie remakes are pretty cool too, but nothing beats the original John Carpenter movie. So, with your 19th day of doomsday, enjoy a little blood and guts. For a better quality song, see the clip below the movie.
Cleveland’s Chimaira rocked Norwich, England last night in front of an energetic crowd. Special guests Neosis and Revoker provided support which made the evening actually quite diverse, musically. First and foremost, for those that thought Chimaira should hang it up after the mass departure of long-time band members, you should rethink your status with the band. Despite some negative feedback (not from me) about their latest album, The Age of Hell, Chimaira knows how to put on a show. And that is reason enough to keep Chimaira on your list of bands to see. Nothing but smiling faces after the show. | 2019-04-22T15:01:00Z | https://metalstate.wordpress.com/tag/chimaira/ | Porn | News | 0.120156 |
wordpress | Yesterday we’ve had Field Poll Numbers for the Republican Governor Primary.
Well, today we’ll turn to the United States Senate Race and the lastest Numbers from Field showing former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (R-CA) opening up a 15-Point over former U. S. Rep. Tom Campbell (R-CA). The Poll is pretty much consistent now with other Surveys we’ve seen over the last week.
Strange things can happen during the Final Days of a Campaign (see AL Dem Primary) BUT at this Point looks like the Winner.
While GOP Voters in CA thinking Fiorina can beat Boxer I still have serious doubts about it BUT I’ve already said that.
Merlin on California…..Democrats are struggling everywhere……or is it just Barbra Boxer?
I promised you late last week that I would give you some numbers for the California Senate Race …..which confirms that Democrats, are Not only struggling in “Swing States” like Colorado & Nevada….. But also struggle in “Deep Blue States” like California.
Because of Upgrades to the Rasmussen Premium Sector the Rasmussen Reports Home Page maybe currently unavailable.
The Republicans do not have their stuff together going into the primary to pick someone to run against Barabar Boxer in California..
We’ll see how it comes out…..but if the race turns into a three way….Fiorina may be able to walk out the victor…..while the guys split the vote….. | 2019-04-26T08:41:24Z | https://jamesb101.wordpress.com/tag/carly-fiorina/ | Porn | News | 0.893761 |
wordpress | On Sunday before Memorial Day, I tuned in to MSNBC to watch Melissa Harris-Perry lead a discussion about Asian American voters. The show started out with some promise. But as it progressed, I found myself descending into a rant. By the end, I was full-on pissed. For all of the good intentions, one subtle but unbroken thread ran through the discussion – Asian Americans are the model minority.
So how is it that we supposedly got ahead? Schneider used the example of another panelist, comedian Margaret Cho, citing her “talent and determination” as the ingredients of her success. He also talked about Asian American success in “business, professions… science…” all, apparently, without working the political system.
I’m not sure what qualifies Mr. Schneider to speak to the issues of Asian Americans, but he’s wrong. Asian Americans are politically active. Asian Americans have also ridden the coattails of the Civil Rights Movement, benefiting from the Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action and The Higher Education Act of 1965 among other gains.
While we can’t claim these achievements as our own, they were won through political protest and are among the ingredients of our supposed “success.” We did not just pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.
In about 15 minutes, I saw a demonstration of the ubiquity of anti-Asian racism. It is so commonplace, in fact, that we don’t even see it as racism, making it a powerful wedge dividing Asians from other people of color while maintaining white dominance of politics.
First, let’s get it straight. The model minority myth is just that, a myth.
The myth first entered the popular consciousness of Americans in the 1960s, shortly after the passage of federal civil rights legislation. It started with a 1966 New York Times article, “Success Story: Japanese American Style” that argued that Japanese Americans, just 21 years after virtually the entire community was interned, had risen to success through quietly working hard and making sacrifices to create opportunities for their children.
U.S. News and World Report’s “Success Story of One Minority Group in U.S.” in 1968, and Newsweek’s “Success Story: Outwhiting the Whites” published in 1971, sealed the deal.
The model minority myth is rooted in the backlash against the Black civil rights struggle. When Federal legislation resulted in programs like Affirmative Action, the media abruptly pivoted from Asians as sneaky foreigners to the model minority stereotype. The myth served the purpose of isolating African Americans in particular, and provided cover to those using coded racism to attack social programs and civil rights gains. The myth allows conservative policy makers to characterize these gains as dependency breeding crutches.
Ever since, the model minority myth has been one of the pillars of color blind racism.
The reasoning goes something like this: Asians (who, after all, are people of color) relied upon hard work and cooperation to overcome racism, and that’s made us especially successful. In fact, overcoming racism through hard work rather than through protest and policy making is the true sign of character, so taking away social programs and civil rights protections is the compassionate thing to do.
On the flip side, the model minority stereotype also makes racial inequity for Asian Americans invisible.
Here’s an example. Asian American household income was higher than white household income in 2011. However, per capita income of Asian Americans is lower than for whites. Asian households make more because they contain more earners, probably as a result of living in households that benefit from the retirement incomes of elders.
More troubling, according to the report A Community of Contrasts, the 2011 per capita income of Taiwanese Americans was $38,312. However, per capita income of Hmong Americans was only $10,949. That makes the Hmong the lowest per capita earners by ethnicity among all Americans. And Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, and Bangladeshis are pretty much in the same boat, earning even less than African Americans.
Worse yet, the model minority myth is dehumanizing. Casting us as super human is the flip side of casting other people of color as less than human, making all of us strangers to a normative standard that is white.
As long as we are treated as exotic others, the script can be switched, and Asians may find ourselves back where we started, cast again as foreign invaders. Either way, we’re still a wedge in the hands of white supremacy.
I lived in Washington, D.C. for a while in the ’90s, during Marion Barry’s second term as Mayor. I remember it as the city where I had to hail cabs while my Black colleagues stood back from the curb or the wait for a ride could be a long one.
Having some experience of D.C. and Mr. Barry behind me, his recent anti-Asian rants, while sad, were no surprise.
But the subtle and not-so-subtle racism expressed in the responses? That kind of caught me off guard. I mean, his obvious bigotry ought to be addressed, for sure, but holding him to a higher standard because he’s Black? That’s just uncool.
Now, to make matters worse, his apology to Asian American constituents included an anti-Polish slur. Sigh. Reminds me of an uncle I’d rather not name.
My uncle and Marion Barry are about the same age. They were both in their early 30s when Richard Nixon took office. Nixon was taped repeatedly referring to Blacks using the “N” word and worse in conversations with Henry Kissinger. Nixon once complained to John Erlichman that Great Society social programs were a waste because Blacks were genetically inferior to whites.
For people of Mr. Barry’s generation, overt racism was like the air we breath. I’m not excusing it, but I think it’s worth bearing in mind.
More important, I think, is to be clear that there’s quite a difference between the racism of Marion Barry and that of, say, Republican leaders. Their explicit strategy is to exploit white racism in order to build a Republican majority in Congress.
One piece of that strategy, as I’ve pointed out elsewhere in this blog, has been to target African Americans in a tough on crime campaign, the cornerstone of which is the war on drugs. The mention of Nixon is apropos here since tough on crime was a brainchild of his administration. Today, there are three times more African Americans in prison than in college dorms, and the ratio is not much better for Latinos.
Yup, a little perspective would do us some good here, especially since reducing racism to insensitive statements requiring public apologies trivializes the most damaging, less overtly expressed racism of those for whom racism = mega-millions in profit.
That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to run across this blog post about Mr. Barry’s racist rants. It sort of puts the whole incident in context. And on a weekend that evokes nostalgia in many of us, it felt just right.
I’m taking a few days off, so it’s what I’ve got for you. Now, pass me a Bloody Mary and turn on the ESPN.
Chalking this up only to race may be an oversimplification, although there was exit poll data in 2008 that indicated it was an explicit factor for a sizable chunk of voters. Perhaps Obama’s race is one of several markers (along with his name, his background, and the never-ending Muslim rumors, his status as the “liberal” candidate in 2008) that low-income white rural voters use to associate him with a national Democratic Party that they believe has been overrun by affluent liberals, feminists, minorities, secularists and gays – people and groups whose interests are being serviced at the expense of their own.
Coates addresses the race ignorance of failing to make the connection between perceptions of Obama as “Muslim,” and “liberal,” and all the b.s. about him being foreign and his race. Good point. I highly recommend reading the article.
To add a bit of wood to this fire, I’ll go a step further and say that low-income white rural voters are only half wrong (and half right) when they say the Democratic Party is overrun by affluent liberals, feminists, minorities, secularists, and gays at their expense. Here’s where they’re wrong – liberals, feminists, minorities, secularists, and gays are not in control of the Party.
Even calling the Democratic Party liberal is wrong. Democrats have run so far away from the label “liberal” that the Republican ploy of vilifying Democrats as liberals has had the effect of changing very meaning of the word for most Americans. Feminists certainly haven’t been able to move their agenda through the Party. Neither have LGBT folks. And minorities (I assume Kornacki is referring to people of color here) sure as hell aren’t in control.
When the Democratic Party becomes the champion of humane immigration policy we might start to imagine ourselves in control. When they finally stand up against the racist drug war, push for marriage reform so that everyone can marry, and domestic partners enjoy the same rights as married couples, we’d be getting somewhere. When the Party makes redirecting the more than $16,000,000 spent so far this year on the drug war to building schools and providing drug treatment and job opportunities in poor communities, I might start to take pride in my Democratic voter registration.
When honoring treaty rights, protecting the mineral rights, and providing adequate support for health, education, and economic development of Native people is a priority of the Democratic Party, we’d really be getting someplace. When supporting pay equity for women is more of a priority than locking up non-violent drug offenders or detaining undocumented immigrants, the Party might start to feel like a par-tay. When President Obama starts to respond to accusations that he’s not a Christian by simply saying it doesn’t matter because we are not, by law, a Christian nation, I might faint, but only after getting on my knees to thank God.
But here’s where those low-income, white rural voters are half right. Until Appalachia is able to rise out of poverty, they have a rightful claim to being victims of injustice. The interests of others are most certainly being serviced at their expense. But those interests aren’t our interests – they’re corporate interests.
And maybe if all of us ordinary folks mattered more to the Democrats than corporate interests, those Appalachian voters might stop being so damn mad at us.
Throughout my adult life, I have struggled over the color line. I’ve never doubted it exists. Rather, my struggle has been over which side of that line I’m on.
She recalled being a young college student in the South in the 1950s. She was 12 years from being released from an internment camp where she and her family were detained during WWII.
She went to school determined to make something of herself. She wanted nothing more than to quietly toil to prove herself as a “good” American. Success would be her way of thumbing her nose at white supremacy.
But in the South she was faced with segregation. One day she found herself in a park wanting a drink of water. There were two drinking fountains – one for whites, and one for Blacks.
She intuitively walked toward the “black” drinking fountain. But just as she was about to take a drink, a police officer stopped her and ushered her to the whites only fountain. Confused and scared, she did as she was told and drank at the fountain for whites. She realized with shock that the police officer considered her white.
Years later, her life was profoundly changed by witnessing the Civil Rights Movement. Here were people who weren’t quietly enduring. They were standing up, making demands, marching. And as she learned about the issues at stake, she came to understand that the principle of the color line. Being pushed onto the white side of the line on that day at the fountains was not an endorsement of her. It was an act meant to stigmatize and isolate Black people.
She told me the story as a lesson in not being too cocky. I heard her and try to live the lesson. But what really stuck was the idea of the color line.
Whether intentionally or not, we reinforce the power of race to define us unless we commit to see life through the lens of race – not just my race, but of race writ large.
Through that lens, the disadvantages built into the menu of choices we are given are obvious to some of us, but less so to others. It depends on which side of that line you live on, and whether or not you are allowed to cross over now and then.
In this age of racist drug wars, roll backs in voting rights, Stand Your Ground laws, and legal licenses to racially profile African Americans as criminals, Latinos as “illegal,” and presumed Arabs as “terrorists,” the color line can be hard to discern. Rather than being colorblind, we are blinded by the absolute ubiquity of racism.
But if you look hard enough, there it is, written in the tears of those who wait for the return of the nearly 900,000 Black men in U.S. prisons. It is drawn with the stories of those pushed off the welfare rolls when assistance turned to punishment. And it is plain in the persecution of undocumented immigrants and Muslims, and the resentment and bullying of Asian school children because of the lie of the model minority.
The color line is as vivid as ever if we only have the eyes to see it. Erasing it will require us to first ask the question, on which side do we stand?
Melissa Harris-Perry included a segment on personal character on her 5/20/12 show on MSNBC. During the segment, Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf said of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), “We say he is wonderful in character…while millions of people were being destroyed in Europe”(presumably in WWII). Harris-Perry responded by citing FDR’s record of cheating on his wife Eleanor as another stain on his record.
Honestly MHP? Is that all you got?
FDR was a racist. That’s right. He was a segregationist who believed powerfully in the inferiority of non-white people. I’d call that a character flaw, but maybe I’m too extreme.
Maybe…if you don’t count Executive Order 9066. That order, signed on February 19, 1942, sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps during WWII. 62% of those sent to concentration camps were natural-born U.S. citizens. They were forcibly detained for the duration of the war without evidence of espionage. Many were children.
FDR never had a change of heart. The war ended and folks were released, though without compensation for their many losses, including farms, businesses, homes and jobs.
FDR met with white Olympians after the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but famously refused to meet with African Americans on the U.S. team to avoid stirring the resentment of Southern whites. Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in ’36, complained that Hitler didn’t snub him, FDR did.
That attitude was reflected in federal policy of the FDR era. Wikipedia says of him, “Roosevelt needed the support of Southern Democrats for his New Deal programs, and he therefore decided not to push for anti-lynching legislation…though he did denounce lynchings as “a vile form of collective murder”.
Who is the more admirable character, the person who supports lynching because of racist beliefs, or someone who has the presence of mind to call it “vile” and the power to stop the practice, but does nothing for the sake of politics?
Now, I don’t normally consider Wikipedia a source of reliable facts, but do a Google search. If you’re like me, the only indication of FDR’s racism that appears among the first page or two of hits is Wikipedia and a bunch of right wing attack sites. Our side apparently has little if anything to say on the subject.
We do ourselves a disservice when we leave these pages of history to the right wing. We do everyone a disservice when we overlook episodes of overt racism on the part of the U.S. government in the hopes of serving current day political agendas, however well intentioned they may be.
This is how we rewrite history. Excusing behaviors because they were “normal” at the time shifts blame for racial injustice onto the most extreme racists. We create the false impression that racism is just a problem of bad people and ideas. But we know outspoken racists are just the shock troops of a systemically racist system for which passivity and racial liberalism of the sort that gives FDR a pass are equally necessary ingredients.
Blackness is the Fulcrum continues to be, by far, the most read post on Race Files. Many of the conversations I’ve had about it begin with the assumption that Asian Americans are less likely or even unlikely to step up on issues of racial justice. The suggestion is that I’m an exception to a rule that generally applies to Asian Americans who, a few imply, get off easy where race is concerned.
I think this deserves a response.
I didn’t mean to imply that Asian Americans are opting out of fighting racism. Neither did I mean to present myself as exceptional in my concern about racism.
I’m no exception. The reality is that many Asian Americans are leaders in the movement to win racial equity in the U.S. My firm, ChangeLab (website on its way), recently conducted interviews with 80+ Asian American activists to get their takes on race and racial justice. Those interviewed are active on criminal justice reform, civil rights, environmental justice, health care, labor organizing, and humane immigration policy, among other issues.
Many of those interviewed work in communities that are made up of people of color from across the American spectrum. I am humbled by their commitment to the cause. And they are just a small sample.
The interviews generally indicate that there’s a problem with racism in Asian America. Many spoke to the prevalence of anti-Black racism in some Asian ethnic communities. But, my hunch is that interviews with any group would have revealed racist attitudes. The reality is, there is a problem with racism in America and it affects everyone.
One of the particular challenges facing Asian American racial justice advocates is the lack of educational tools and strategies designed to reflect the many specific and diverse ways in which Asian ethnic minorities understand racism in the U.S. and the world. For instance, many Asian Americans came to the U.S. as war refugees. In order to address racism among these groups, we must understand and respond to their experiences with foreign armies, including the U.S. military.
Equally important is the history of European and/or American colonialism of India, Vietnam, Korea, the Philippines, and other parts of Asia. Many have been subjected to white supremacy. Many have also been infiltrated by right wing evangelical television and radio ministries.
A lot of Asian immigrants watched American T.V. in their countries of origin. Those countries often include few if any African Americans or Latinos. How would any of us feel about Blacks and Latinos if our main source of information was U.S. television?
My current work involves calling Asian Americans to action not because I believe we’re less active or more determinedly racist. I’m reaching out to Asian Americans because I believe it’s my responsibility do my part where I can be most effective.
I was politicized on race as a teenager in a rural sugar plantation community. The plantation was based on a racial caste system, the legacy of which was still obvious even in the 1970s. There were neighborhoods known as Filipino Camp or Japanese Camp. I remember only one white kid in my high school class. The few white families still living near the plantation usually opted for private school, considering our public schools dead ends, leading only to low-wage labor.
Like most of my peers, I cleaved strongly, even militantly to my family and community. When I finally left Hawaii for the U.S. mainland, I was shocked by the overt racism I experienced. Outside the embrace of my community, I was exposed to harassment, intimidation, even a couple of incidents of violence during the years of the U.S.-Japan auto wars.
In my 20s I made my way into college for a year and that changed my life. In college, I met people of privilege. Some of them used that privilege to help me create a professional career in human rights. The happy accident of college, something I never planned for, led to a life I could not have imagined as a boy.
As my life in human rights progressed, I found myself working on what many perceive to be “Black” issues – countering vigilante white supremacist groups, fighting the drug war, and advocating for criminal justice reform, even teaching at a school for activists in Appalachia and the Deep South.
But I didn’t do this work because there was no basis for action on racism in the Asian American community. I did this work because I considered it strategic to ending racism for all of us. I did this work because I believed, as I wrote, that anti-Black racism is the fulcrum of white supremacy. | 2019-04-24T02:25:43Z | https://racefiles.wordpress.com/2012/05/ | Porn | News | 0.393026 |
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