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According WebGUI Online Help "Administration->Debug->Send a Test Message" allows a user to send a test soap message to a destination and view the response.
In addition to sending SOAP messages it allows to send Non-SOAP XML messages as well.
What it does not allow is to send Non-XML messages (like eg. JSON), nor to display a Non-XML response received.
And only POST requests can be initiated, payload is required, no GET.
There are more than 60 postings related to "Send a Test Message" over the last years in the Forum:
In some customer scenarios the requirement was to be able to send test requests only with "Send a Test Message".
One requirement was to test two way SSL from the box by using this tool (which is not directly possible since the internal SSL proxy profile used is not configurable).
Another requirement was that no tools "from the outside" are allowed by network rules (DataPower access via WebGUI was fine, curl/SOAPui usage not).
For doing the mentioned two way SSL a helper service on the box is needed that allows "Send a Test Message" to do that.
New Send.a.Test.Message service
Today I do want to provide little Send.a.Test.Message service which allows "Send a Test Message" to
- send Non-XML data as well
- do GET in addition to POST
- display Non-XML response data (by wrapping)
in the hope that this little service is useful.
Service export can be downloaded from here:
GET sample
The new service listens on port 2501 and therefore the Request URL is fixed "http://127.0.0.1:2501".
The action target is provided in @target attribute of <get> element.
The body of <get> element can specify URL data that needs to be URL encoded in the get request done (@target is taken as is).
The sample JSON data will be passed in the URL GET request against a service converting it to JSONX response.
That (XML) response get displayed in "Response Body" after clicking "Make Call":
Post sample
The action target is provided in @target attribute of <post> element.
The body of <post> element specifies POST data of the post request done.
The sample JSON array data will be returned flattened and needs to be wrapped for being displayed.
This is signalled by <post> @wrap attribute being present:
Missing wrap where needed sample
What happens if @wrap is needed but not provided can be seen in below "Response Body" error message.
Superfluos wrap where forbidden sample
A XML service response with XML declaration cannot be wrapped.
Reason is that XML declaration has to be the very first, not even whitespace is allowed to preceed it.
And definitely not a <wrap> element:
Service stylesheets
For GET request stylesheet _get.xsl
- sets the routing-url
- "remembers" wrap configuration for response rule processing
- changes HTTP protocol method to GET
For POST request stylesheet _post.xsl
- sets the routing-url
- "remembers" wrap configuration for response rule processing
sends the first child of
<post> element
On response rule Non-XML stylesheet wrap.xsl determines whether wrapping of (Non-XML data) should happen, and does it if needed.
JSONiq flatten array sample used
Hermann<myXsltBlog/> <myXsltTweets/> <myCE/>


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Proceed with Caution
One can find a myriad of commentaries written on the future of primary care now that health insurance reform has passed. Many of these refer to nurse practitioner led clinics and how this can be one possible solution to care for the millions of Americans that will now have health insurance. Of course, I am a proponent of NP guided care and believe that patients form long lasting partnerships with NPs to help make choices about their health and wellness.
As I've stated before, NPs are not brand new to the health system and have a 30+ year history of providing high quality care. A number of NPs right now own their own practices while others can be found in school-based clinics, hospitals and physician's offices. Unfortunately, NPs face many of the same types of issues that has driven physicians out of primary care. Dr. Karen Li wrote a wonderful column, "Why I Left Pediatrics," that describes the reality of the barriers in health care.
We simply cannot expect NPs to fill the void in primary care settings while maintaining the widespread dysfunction of the health system. It will only be a losing battle as we try to care for our patients. I do however, remain optimistic that we have taken an incremental step in the right direction. We realize that maintaining the status quo is no longer an option. NPs will hold increasingly significant roles in the system. To avoid ending up in the same situation, we need to ensure that all stakeholders are at the table as we write the next chapter in health care.
Posted by Stephen Ferrara, DNP, RN, NP at 11:08 AM
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- BarbaraC. Phillips, NP said...
You are so right...we must all be at the table.
Right now, there are too many barriers that allow us to function to the full extent of our education and training.
For NPs in their own practices this includes rules around collaboration (we all collaborate regardless of the rules when needed!) and insurance companies that will not credential NPs, or they do so at a lower rate of reimbursement to the NP and higher copay to the patient. Thus someone who wants to see an NP, and has insurance are blocked if they want to use that insurance.
Frustrating to say the least.
Barriers and discrimination comes in all sorts of flavors. And it needs to stop.
Barbara C. Phillips, NP
- May 27, 2010 at 8:34 AM
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We continue with the story of Treasure Mountain, as told by Ila Montroy in April of 1941. She is describing the activities of the French expedition, purportedly the discoverers of the gold from which Treasure Mountain derives its name.
"At first, the expedition lived in a land of paradise. Game was plentiful and the Indians friendly. As Leavenworth, Kans., was the nearest town in French Territory, they knew they could not get out with their gold until they were ready to leave for France. So they had to cache it until they were ready to leave.
"A key map or chart was made in anticipation of the time when they could leave with their treasures. By the time they left, they were in such a weakened and sickly condition that they passed away after making arrangements to send the maps and papers to France.
"France was having economic troubles and the maps and papers were forgotten for a number of years.
"After her economic troubles were straightened out, the French government dug up the maps and the reports sent in by the French expedition, and took measures to locate the buried treasure.
"A Frenchman by the name of Le Blanc secured the maps and papers in some way, and came to America looking for the treasure. Word got out about the expedition and the treasure, and many searched for it, but could not locate it.
A man by the name of William Yule got hold of a tracing of the maps, and was searching for the treasure in the neighborhood of Saguache, Colo.
In the early '70s, Asa Poor, who then was at the mining camp of Summitville, and two partners went for a hunting trip on Treasure Mountain. He ran onto a grave, a marked stone, and other markings.
He, thinking the grave to be that of an Indian Chief, wanted to dig it up, thinking to secure some Indian relics. He intended to replace any bones and cover them up. His comrades, who owned the horses, were superstitious, and threatened to leave him behind if he so much as touched the grave.
They returned to Summitville. Mr. Poor secured a saddle horse, and a pack horse, and returned to Treasure Mountain. He dug out the grave and found it empty.
A few years later, Mr., Poor made the acquaintance of William Yule in Saguache, and learned of the French expedition and the buried treasure. Mr. Yule told him of his map, stating that he was searching for the markings of a false grave, a marked stone, and other markings that told of the location of the buried treasure. Mr. Poor told him that he knew of such a place, and that the spot answered every description he was searching for.
Yule took Asa Poor, A.T. Stollsteimer, and Leon Montroy into his partnership.
Stollsteimer hid the marked stone somewhere unknown and Montroy destroyed all the marks he could find with dynamite. They searched all over the neighborhood but found nothing.
They tried mineral rods, but a magnetic iron found on the mountain drew them off, so they gave it up after several years.
After a number of years of doing scarcely anything with it, a man by the name of Crouse, who had heard of their search wrote to them, and wanted to assist them with a mineral rod, which was not affected by magnetic iron. His terms were a percent of the treasure if found.
He set up his instrument and it took him about two miles from the false grave, where the soil looked as if it had been disturbed.
They dug down and discovered a shaft about 31.2 feet in the clear and walled up about 20 feet. They went to the bottom of the shaft, but found nothing. They sank four shafts from 42 to 63 feet around the original shaft, but not a thing was to be found. So the search was dropped.
Mr. Montroy had the map for several years, but it disappeared with other papers, and no one ever knew what became of it.
People are still seeking the hidden French treasure.


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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Two Kids Are Better Than One.......Maybe-ish.
As I approach the month marker that Dorian (aka Mr. Billy Reuben) has entered our world, I have to say that it's not as hard or as bad as I thought it was going to be. Granted, we all have our "Holy shit, what did I just get myself into again, but for the most part it's been awesome". That being said, I would like to list a few pros and cons regarding siblings, namely siblings that are exacly 4 years, 2 days apart.
Dante is 4 years old. He is able to help me when I drop something. He is a great "diapering assistant" when we've got projectile poopy. He is self sufficient to a point that I can say, "Go wash up for dinner while I do this" and he does.
I only have to concern myself with one child in diapers. Which is plenty. I can only imagine the financial and smelly burden on folks with two kids in diapers at once.
Dante sleeps all night, so I only have to concern myself with one screaming kiddo at 2 am.
I can send Randy and Dante out for a "guys day" and get some sort of "me" time when the baby naps.
I have forgotten pretty much everything and anything having to do with having a baby. I am so nervous and flustered and I question everything I am doing. Did Dante sleep this much? Is Dorian getting enough to eat? Is Dorian sick? Why is he crying? Should his poop look like that? Why is he spitting up? Does he have acid reflux? Is that a tumor on his head? Where is the fontanelle? Is it normal for him to move like that? Why isn't he walking yet? Is he blind? Is he deaf? When will he be able to recognize me? Should he sleep on his back even though he's more comfortable on his stomach? Is he breathing? Is he dead? What about SIDS? Should his tongue stick out like that? Why are his legs bowlegged? Why won't he try to stand? Did Dante do this? Did Dante do that when he was a baby?
Seriously, I am driving myself crazy.
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If I may offer some unsolicited advice: CALM DOWN! Women have been doing this forever! The calmer you are teh less crying and fussing you will have to deal with. I know it ishard, but worrying all the time makes it harder! You are doing a great job!
- August 7, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Now This Is Life... said...
I agree with Kristy.
Also, no matter WHAT Dante did when, Dorian will be on a completely different timeline. And have a completely different personality. My two kids could not be ANY different from each other and it started the moment they were born.
So calm down, stop comparing, and just *try to* enjoy the itty bitty baby stage before you actually have to start the "parenting" part- you know, the part where you have to TEACH them stuff like why it isn't good to pull other people's hair or crack them over the head with a truck. ;)
- August 8, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Jaque said...
Our bean is due Feb 9, so....STOP IT!!! You're scaring me! Edward's only going to be 2, so that scares me even more.
That said, I'm sure it will be fine....yours and mine. I think if we both just calm down and breath it will be a lot easier!!
- August 10, 2010 at 1:12 PM


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So what did everyone get for Christmas? Was it a 'Millennium Falcon'? Well that was probably my favourite gift when I was a child.
I have not played much of 'War' over the holiday break as my wife got me 'Dragon Age Origins' as a gift. I like it, but it just feels like 'Baldur's Gate' with cut-scenes and without my cherished 'DnD'. For me this does not bode well for 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' as I don't really want the same MMO formula with voice-over's and dialogue trees. If you can tell me a story through game play and quests instead of scripted dialogue and text it may win me over.
'War' could do this if they build on the public quest mechanic. I would love to see more of the 'Land of the Dead' public quests where the kill x defeat n are wrapped up in more unique events.
Back to 'War'…so my first major play session was a city siege defence with a difference. Instead of queuing up for the instances a large contingent of destruction decide to defend the city gates on 'Karak-Azgal' lead by a rather famous server player called 'Nitro' who seems very apt at getting the masses to function through region chat. We managed to keep the gate up and even push order back on a number of occasions. It was a lot of fun.
Heartless_Gamer also made an interesting post about a 'War' prediction 'Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will be sold or shut down by EA.'. I am not sure this will happen but the thought does not fill me with dread either. 'War' has a very solid base and anyone with money could easily use this to build a very successful game. I still don't believe MMO's are built in a year (after release) and take time to mature and grow to their full potential. 'Electronic Arts' just need to see this and not let 'War' fall by the waist side.


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Hilo might be one of the main transit points for many American tourists but it has sites that pay tribute to a kingly past. The King Kamehameha Statue is located in the Wailoa State Park, and exists to remember the king who came closest to uniting the Hawaiian Islands and their people. The Naha Stone is located in Hilo as well, which tells the legend of the latter king. Other cultural sites in Hilo include the Hilo Art Museum, the Pacific Tsunami Museum and the Lyman House Museum. Not far from town are Rainbow Falls, a pleasant natural falls that substitute for the greater Akaka Falls for those who don't want to make that more arduous journey. Hilo is also where one goes to see the rivers of lava on Mount Kilauea, in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. A daytime hike offers views over Mauna Kea also, which from sea bottom to land summit is the biggest mountain on earth.
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They needed the perfect assassin.
Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends, and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone in his new friend's family to die-of "natural causes." Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target.
But when he's assigned to the mayor of New York City, things change. The daughter is unlike anyone he has encountered before; the mayor reminds him of his father. And when memories and questions surface, his handlers at The Program are watching. Because somewhere deep inside, Boy Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home and parents; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to sabotage The Program's mission.
In this action-packed series debut, author Allen Zadoff pens a page-turning thriller that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping, introducing an utterly original and unforgettable antihero. – Goodreads.com
A teenage hit man? I had to have this book and I'm so glad I read it.
When Benjamin (not his real name, of course) began his new assignment in a private high school, there were the usual suspects – bullies, nerds, divas, etc. I was afraid things might continue in that stereotypical direction, but this story reached a higher level of sophistication than expected. With his training, Benjamin was clearly at a higher maturity level than the other students, but also with his training, he was able to adapt to any situation and blend in with the crowd. Although sometimes a book written strictly in first person can be limiting, I didn't find that to be the case with I Am The Weapon and enjoyed being in Benjamin's head and learning things when he did. This book was also action-packed, as you would expect in a thriller such as this.
Obviously, you have to suspend disbelief with a book about a teenage assassin, but a couple of times in the story, a mature, adult character disclosed personal things about his life and family to Benjamin, a teenage boy he'd just met. I found that a little hard to swallow.
This book was very enjoyable, fast-paced, and hard to put down. Even if you're not a YA fan, but enjoy thrillers and suspense, I recommend giving this book a chance. You may find yourself surprised.
This review is based on a digital copy from the publisher through NetGalley.


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New to The Home // Milk & Eggs/
My home is a sacred space and making it feel healthy in every way is what I love to do. Being in Los Angeles makes that easy when it comes to food, however, with a busy schedule, it's not always the easiest to make grocery runs or even plan out meals.
I've never thought about a local delivery service for groceries, but recently I tried out Milk & Eggs and absolutely loved it. It's all local farms & foods (up to 50% off) and an incredible organic selection. They have everything from fruits & veggies to, dairy, meat, pantry food, and more. Not to mention, the delivery time is just one day, delivered first thing in the morning. I definitely binged a little bit (ha), and got really excited about all the options. I stocked up on a lot of meals to make for the week, and things to keep long term as well.
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When Idaho Republicans convene their state GOP Central Committee meeting later today in Valley County, they'll be considering more than two dozen resolutions that include everything from abolishing daylight saving time, pushing back against Common Core standards, and even a measure that would make recent Add the Words legislation, passed in several Idaho cities, unenforceable.
This morning, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports that GOP central committees from Bonner and Idaho counties are expected to submit resolutions that would "enact a law that would make unenforceable any municipal ordinances that would seek to expand categories of prohibited discrimination beyond current state anti-discrimination laws and policies."
The cities of Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Ketchum, Moscow, Pocatello and Sandpoint have all passed local ordinances that extend nondiscrimination protections to gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender individuals. But the Idaho Legislature has failed to consider such a measure, let alone hold a public hearing on the issue, after several attempts to introduce such legislation.
Other resolutions expected to surface at the GOP confab: reversing Common Core standards, ending the GOP caucuses, opposition to the Affordable Care Act, and support of transferring federal lands to state ownership.
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Globalight Angelic Tarot
Created by an Australian artist, these hand-drawn angel tarot cards were channeled during the 2000 lunar eclipse. Each of the 22 cards in the Globalight Angelic Tarot is associated with an archangel, and shows them somewhere in the tarot scene. The majors have been published in a limited edition of 500 copies, while the minors are in progress.
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Cards: 22
Major Arcana: 22
Deck Tradition: Mixed
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Major Titles: Balance rather than Justice, Transition rather than Death, Art instead of Temperance, Moderation instead of Devil
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Card Size: 3.75 x 5.50 in. = 9.53cm x 13.97cm
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Card Back: Reversible
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Prose should be a long intimacy between strangers with no direct appeal to what both may have known. It should slowly appeal to feelings unexpressed, it should in the end draw tears out of the stone.
– Henry Green
Prose should be a long intimacy between strangers with no direct appeal to what both may have known. It should slowly appeal to feelings unexpressed, it should in the end draw tears out of the stone.
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There are hordes of people in this city, and many more faces. Formal stitched-up faces; faces worn in safe rooms, where they drop and fall into their natural folds; faces worn for too long, until they wear like old suitcases; smooth faces always quickly exchanged — even these I'm learning to respect.
I became a face collector out of boredom, almost out of malice. Most days I felt as if I'd been locked in a bare room. I slept badly.
All faces were masks to me then. I started with masks of authority: they were easy because they were blank or hard surfaces. With experience I made them crack and collected the tired or angry faces that emerged. At my worst I started in on the faces of my friends and family, pinpointing what I told myself were lines of weakness, amassing expressions like an anthropologist gathering totems from primitive tribes. Soon I'd assembled a mental gallery of frozen faces — nervous, prim, laughing, buffoonish — which I flicked through when I couldn't sleep.
I stopped after I first had the dream. There were so many of them: they sat on a long bench in a park strewn with detritus. In the distance small stick-like figures were picking at the objects with long forks to no apparent purpose. I walked along the bench trying to find a way around it. They had all fallen forward into their hands. The ones I came close to sat up. I looked at the receding wave of cupped hands in horror, making a shuddering effort to stay with them, because I sensed the flayed heads that were waiting for me if I raised my gaze. I walked through the rubbish as quickly as I could, but the bench only stretched farther.
They're gutting this town. A new corporation clad in steel and glass is moving in, buying up land and buildings, opening up the streets and making holes down to the underworld beneath our feet, where men in blue overalls are replacing the tangled old intestines, which not so long ago conveyed the future, with sleek new cables and pipes. All the corporation's employees wear blue. The tradesmen wear blue overalls and the office workers wear blue suits and ties. The corporation has no logo. Instead, it has patented its own shade of silvery blue, which it has given its own name. Soon half the town will be the same colour. They're tearing out the old shops' entrails and wiping all their different faces off – from the sombre old jewellery facades to the smirks of hip young storefronts. On my street they're demolishing a block of flats that was once appallingly modern, and today when the blue men climbed off their machines and swaggered home they left a wall that only last month was shared by four flats on either side. I can see it from my window now, with its patchwork of paint and wallpaper, even a mirror that still hangs from it; I can see it struggling to trace the shape of the structure it no longer occupies and to bear witness to the lives that have moved elsewhere. Old pipes stick out from its sides, dripping their last digestive juices onto the rubble below. Past afternoons still cling to it: the smoke and dinners of many years, the pinch of nails, the knocks of annoyed neighbours, the sweet smell of babies, the acrid smell of anxious schoolchildren, the pungent smell of the beds of adolescents… I'm waiting to see what form the new entrails, faces, juices and smells will take under their new coat of silvery blue and steel and glass. How will they ooze down through the new cracks, how will they assert themselves now, how will they outlast the image this time?
From time to time we meet to measure our states of mind against one another. We've done this at least once a year for two decades no matter where in the world and how far apart we've been. No one else will do. It has to be us because we're part of each other. When we were young we wanted to go to the dogs and drag each other down. After we moved apart we wanted to disappear in solitude. We're bonded for good or ill and have to meet from time to time. One will contact the other. If we don't meet we both feel we won't know ourselves fully. When we were young we were stupid and we knew we were stupid. We knew we were callow and to make sure we knew it our elders told us over and over again. But we couldn't help cringing at ourselves. We wanted to get older so we could benefit from our hard-won experience. And now that we're growing older it's as we knew it would be when we were younger. We look back on our younger selves and cringe and are thankful that we've grown older and can benefit from our hard-won experience. And as we look back on our youth our lives become fresher because we don't see them from the point of view of a imagined future when we'll be able to see them from a truer perspective. Our lives are newer just as we knew they would be. Now we can meet and laugh though not quite in the way that we imagined.
Posted in Writing
Often I gazed at you in wonder: stood at the window begun
the day before, stood and gazed at you in wonder. As yet
the new city seemed forbidden to me, and the strange
unpersuadable landscape darkened as though
I didn't exist. Even the nearest Things
didn't care whether I understood them. The street
thrust itself up to the lamppost: I saw it was foreign.
Over there–a room, feelable, clear in the lamplight–,
I already took part; they noticed, and closed the shutters.
Stood. Then a child began crying. I knew what the mothers
all around, in the houses, were capable of–, and knew
the inconsolable origins of all tears.
Or a woman's voice sang and reached a little beyond
expectation, or downstairs an old man let out
a cough that was full of reproach, as though his body were right
and the gentler world mistaken. And then the hour
struck–, but I counted too late, it tumbled on past me.–
Like a new boy at school, who is finally allowed to join in,
but he can't reach the ball, is helpless at all the games
the others pursue with such ease, and he stands there staring
into the distance,–where–?: I stood there and suddenly
grasped that it was you: you were playing with me, grown-up
Night, and I gazed at you in wonder. Where the towers
were raging, where with averted fate
a city surrounded me, and indecipherable mountains
camped against me, and strangeness, in narrowing circles,
prowled around my randomly flickering emotions–:
it was then that in all your magnificence
you were not ashamed to know me. Your breath moved tenderly
over my face. And, spread across solemn distances,
your smile entered my heart.
– Rilke (trans. S. Mitchell)
Posted in Poetry, rilke, Uncategorized, Writing
She destroyed his image. She destroyed their friends' images. She destroyed her own image. She was left with an empty room and a handful of holiday trinkets. She destroyed those too. She lay on a rug and fell into a deep dreamless sleep. She awoke the next day. She went outside and saw him walking down the street. It was high noon. The sun was strong and everyone else in the town stayed inside. They walked together for a while in the bleaching light.
Luck was waiting for him when he walked across the border into a new country. Fear covered him like a cage. But the air there was cleaner, the strays were friendlier and the inhabitants didn't look at him as though they were trying to see through his walls. They let him wander anywhere: in the square at high noon where he swelled with smugness; in the shadows of passageways where even his sins fell short of their mark. Because they looked at him with indifferent sympathy, because they questioned him out of a dead society, he asked to become their student. They told him that wasn't the way it worked. But they let him stay. When he drank and pointed at them they let him shout. When he fought against the bottle they let him do it his way, though he fought drunk. When he refused even his own help they let him alone. When he accused them of spiritual theft and every other crime he could think of, they said, There's nothing to steal here: everything's already been given. The cage began to lift. He failed into their world and grew accustomed to their concept of mercy. They said that mercy must turn in on itself afresh every day. He learned for himself to draw open the curtain first thing in the morning. He learned not to mock what he saw outside his window. This was in another country where the laws that had crushed him didn't apply, or where the same laws crushed him differently, so that he was crushed not by solitude but by mercy, and every noon, broken in his idleness, he went back to the square where he knew he'd be counted in. And every noon his initiation was complete.
I was the one they chose to go to the Outer Zone beyond our part of the perimeter. To mark the occasion the Manager of Inner Zone 7.5 gave a pompous speech standing on a turned-over wheelie bin in front of the old supermarket whose supplies had been raided a decade ago. He called me 'the foremost man of energy and intellect in IZ 7.5 and a loyal servant of the Inner Zones', but I was far from it. I was simply the only one apart from the Manager himself who could write a report to the District Officer in the Old Language. The others clapped half-heartedly and returned to their rooms, eyes glazed with fatigue.
I took a bicycle and rode on the road until I reached the barbed-wire barriers, then walked through abandoned army outposts and around buildings submerged in toxic bogs. Eventually I came to a settlement protected by a makeshift wall. I walked up to a gate and was startled when a crowd of Carriers appeared, jostling to grip the bars and stare at me. They must have had watchers who saw me coming. I explained my purpose to the ones who looked like leaders. Amid much shouting and discussion, the crowd opened the gate and swarmed around me, handling my oxygen pack and groping my pockets and nostril tubes.
We called them Carriers, but all of us had been affected by the Illness in some way. Most of us had sore joints, pockmarks, weak lungs. We were all equally mired in selfishness, anger and fear, and in our need to drag as many of the others as we could down with us. We were all hungry. Distinctions between groups depended less on Zone designations (which were relative in any case: the Outer Zones' designations were the reverse of ours) than on who had possession of the medical equipment. This changed from time to time after battles between factions formed by shifting, cryptic loyalties and fought with every possible implement: sticks and stones, curtain rods and hammers, and no one and nothing spared. But the medical supplies were dwindling and the Illness was making everyone weaker: a few more heavy battles involving several Zones and the End Days that were predicted with such tedious regularity would in fact be in sight for us all.
They led me roughly past blocks of flats beside a stream full of garbage and moulding furniture. Families were bathing in it, sharing bars of soap. Eventually we came to an old corporation building festooned with brightly coloured ribbons. I was led into the lobby. The walls were lined with wheezing officials dressed entirely in denim. At the end wall was a throne of sorts consisting of an armchair on a platform covered in bed sheets, on either side of which stood a brass lion. On the throne sat a tight-lipped old man dressed in a policeman's uniform.
One of the officials walked over to me and whispered instructions in my ear. I was to walk up to the throne slowly and make obeisance to 'The Police' three times with my face on the ground. I was not to look at the throne while I bowed.
As I knelt and bowed my head to the ground I heard a creaking sound. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that two of the officials were working a pump jack behind the throne, which was rising into the air on an elevating platform. As I stood up having paid my respects, I found 'The Police' was sitting near the ceiling. Flakes of rust were tumbling through the air.
'The Police', whom I now recognised as a former Manager of one of the Inner Zones who had led campaigns against the Carriers, coughed, spat on the ground below, and began to address me. 'We're a peaceful, open-handed people', he said loudly. 'We've never asked you for anything. Yet you attack us viciously. Tell me why I shouldn't tell them to kill you.' He gestured at his decrepit officials.
I replied in the Old Clichés in which I had never believed: 'I come in peace', I shouted back up. 'We're all suffering. We're all Carriers of the Illness, and supplies are low. I'm appealling to The Police, on behalf of my own Police, to help stop the violence so we can work together for our common survival.'
'You appeal, yet you're the ones with the equipment. You're the owners and the attackers.'
'We've attacked you, yes, just as you've attacked us. But now we're coming to you to seek reconciliation.'
The Police coughed and spat again. 'How do we know you won't kill us all?'
'Trust. We have to trust each other. It's the only way.'
The next week the entire settlement met the IZ 7.5 Group in one of the Neutral Zones, unarmed. We took the amphetamine pills allocated by the DO for warfare, encircled the Carriers and killed them all with bayonets we had fashioned from branches and tin cans.
At night a hundred images of pretty women hovered in his mind, their bodies like a hundred dewy roses: women he had seen on the streets, in a store, turning a corner, boarding a train paraded through his secret self. A downy nape, a cluster of freckles between brown breasts… He asked Magic to unlock his loneliness and let him collide with a smooth open body. One day he met a girl who told him she had the world's most beautiful bellybutton. Her bellybutton she said was like the inside of a tiny seashell, did he want to see it? What he wanted was to be alone with this information, to guard these words spoken by the lips of a real girl that would have been enough to keep his fantasies churning for days, but she pulled him into a grove and showed him her tiny swirl and more besides, took his dignity, and laid his secret life to waste.
At bottom we are better than ourselves, since we abhor our misdeeds.
– Strindberg
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May 1 (Reuters) - Glencore Plc has won a temporary injunction against Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler over alleged unpaid royalties he said he is owed by the company, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Last week, Glencore said its mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $3 billion by a company affiliated with Gertler.
A spokesman for Glencore declined to comment. Gertler's Fleurette Group and his foundation did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request to comment.
Gertler, who is the subject of U.S. sanctions, is owed some royalties by Glencore, but the London-listed company disputes the amounts claimed.
Gertler's Ventora Development Sasu is seeking $695 million in unpaid and future royalties from Glencore's unit Mutanda Mining and $2.28 billion from Glencore unit Kamoto Copper Co (KCC)
The injunction forbids Gertler from taking any steps in his legal action against the KCC mine, the FT said. on.ft.com/2KsjOIX
There will be a hearing on the case in London on May 11, the newspaper said.
Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru. Editing by Jane Merriman


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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed reports of a Filipina gang-raped by 10 armed men in Papua New Guinea last week.
DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez told InterAksyon that the Philippine embassy in Port Moresby, capital of PNG, has been informed that the case is still under investigation.
"The embassy is coordinating with the authorities in Papua New Guinea to determine what happened," he added.
The victim, who requested for privacy, was with her Australian friend when a group of men broke at a house on the outskirts of Mount Hagen in PNG's Western Highlands.
The man, identified as Robert Purdy, 62, of Melbourne, was subsequently shot dead by the suspects.
An American woman, who visits PNG often, suffered the same fate in after less than a week as nine armed men hacked off her hair with a bush knife, tied her husband naked to a tree, and brutally gang-raped her for 20 minutes.
The woman was on her fifth visit to the country and was conducting research on exotic birds and climate change on the remote island off the country's northern coast.
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill condemned the horrific attack as the "cowardly act of animals."
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Volcanoes routed by Hops 11-2
Salem-Keizer collects just four hits against Hillsboro pitching
By Andrew Sullivan / Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | August 9, 2017 1:04 PM
HILLSBORO, Ore. - The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes found themselves trailing the Hillsboro Hops early on and were not able to catch up to the Hops offensive firepower and lost 11-2 on August 8 at Ron Tonkin Field.
Designated hitter Dan Swain filled in the home run column in the bottom of the first inning with his first professional home run with Hillsboro, which was a two-run laser beam that was struck sharp enough that it could have cut through the thick veil of smoke creeping in from the forest fires in east Oregon as it jetted over the left field wall.
The Hops tacked on one run in the bottom of the second inning before pouncing on the Volcanoes for six runs in the bottom of the third inning. With two runners on and one out, Swain delivered a two-run base hit off of Volcanoes starting pitcher Julio Benitez for his third and fourth runs batted in as the Hops led 5-0.
Benitez was then given the hook by Salem-Keizer skipper Jolbert Cabrera after the single by Swain, and right-handed relief man John Timmins was called upon to restore order in the ballgame for the Volcanoes.
However, Timmins was unable to tame the Hops hitters, who plated three more following Timmins appearance. The Volcanoes reliever had a better chance of finding the lost city of Atlantis than home plate, as Timmins struggled with his control on the mound.
With Swain on first base and Hillsboro third baseman Drew Ellis in the batter's box, Timmins threw a wild pitch that advanced Swain to second base. Timmins eventually walked Ellis, and with Hops catcher Daulton Varsho, Timmins hurled another wild pitch that moved both base runners to second and third base.
Timmins dished out a free pass to Varsho thereafter, and then walked his Hillsboro center fielder Tra Holmes to plate Swain as the Hops led 6-0. A third wild pitch off of the fingertips of Timmins allowed Ellis to cross home plate to increase the Hops' advantage to 7-0.
Hillsboro capped off the inning with a two-run single off of the bat of left fielder Jorge Perez to augment the lead to 9-0.
Hops starting hurler Tyler Keele cruised through the first three innings unblemished until the Volcanoes pushed across their first run via a sacrifice fly by first baseman Ryan Kirby, as they trailed the Hops 9-1.
Nonetheless, Kirby's sacrifice fly was all the Volcanoes could muster against Keele, who shutout their offense over the next two innings before he was relieved by righty Juan Torres. Keele was masterful in a winning effort, as the Clayton, North Carolina native threw six innings of one-run ball. He surrender just two hits and one base on balls while striking out seven as he evened his record to 4-4 on the season.
The bullpen backed up Keele's quality start by yielding just one more run on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Logan Baldwin in the top of the eighth inning.
The Hops scored twice more in the contest. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Swain drove in his fifth run of the game with a base hit to extend the lead to 10-1 at that point. First baseman Luis Lara also singled to score a run in the bottom of the eighth frame to bring the score to its final outcome of 11-2.
Benitez took the loss after relinquishing six runs (five earned) and five hits while not walking or striking out a batter in 2.1 third innings to lower his record to 1-3 on the year.
Salem-Keizer and Hillsboro will play the middle game of their three-game series today at Ron Tonkin Field. The Volcanoes have yet to announce their starting pitcher for the ballgame, but whoever gets the nod will go toe-to-toe with Hops starting right-handed pitcher Tyler Vail (0-1, 4.50 ERA). First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.
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SOTS Awarded Honorable Mention by IGF
Billy Berghammer
01/07/2013 at 10:28 AM
Today the IGF announced the Main Competition finalists for its 15th annual awards, and Skulls of the Shogun received honorable mention for Technical Excellence! Congrats to everyone!
Check out all the finalists and winners by heading to the official IGF website.


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Arts Law has checked the terms and conditions of 6 competitions closing in September 2013.
The Federal Government has exempted the native plant, pandanus spiralus from the List of Exempt Native Specimens so that articles made from pandanus can now be exported overseas without restrictions.
For more background on the Pandanus problem see https://www.artslaw.com.au/articles/entry/elcho-island-artists-and-the-pandanus-problem/
Robyn Ayres, Director of Arts Law, is presenting a FREE interactive and online seminar on Copyright and Moral Rights for Artists.
When: Monday 2 September 7pm
Where: IMA Screening Room Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley
Are you going to Desart Mob this year?
If so please make time to attend Arts Law's FREE brunch and workshop sessions on Sunday the 8th of September, starting at 10am. We will be discussing two new resources developed specifically for art centres at Witchetty's, Araluen Arts Centre, Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs.
Hearts for Arts Law invites you to a special fundraising screening of the acclaimed film The Crossing, on the 24th of September at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington.
Great news! The repeal of unfair WA intestacy laws came into full effect on Wednesday 7 August 2013.


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**Evernote is a free product (premium paid version is available for $5 per month) that can be used on a variety of platforms. I run it on a pc, iphone, ipad and macbook. The notes/notebooks sync across all platforms so I can retrieve the same information from every device.**
Today I'm going to give a brief overview of how I use Evernote to keep track of my CTMH (Close To My Heart) business.
I have the following folders in my CTMH notebook:
Blog/Video Planner - It's either feast or famine for me. Sometimes I have a million things I want to blog about and sometimes I can't think of anything. I use this notebook to keep track of different topics and gather information. I also make lists/schedules of future posts.
Business Helpers - This is my largest folder! Here are just a few of the things I keep in this folder
- Inventory lists - stamp sets I own, paper, stamp pads, etc.
- New consultant info - current kit, info to share with recruits, etc.
- Featured colors - each catalog I go through the paper kits and make a list of all of the colors that are featured in the paper packs. This helps me to determine what colors of cardstock I need to order, etc.
- Company Updates
- Notes I've taken at meetings, convention etc.
- Product Info - paper weight, etc.
- Tips on holding clubs, facebook parties, open houses, games, etc.
- Compensation chart
- Master supply list
Cricut - Information about the different cricuts, how to reset, contact information for provocraft, list of cartridges, project ideas, links to videos and websites, etc.
Extravaganza - This is where I keep my top secret info/planning when I teach at extravaganza. I list project ideas, add pics of projects to adapt, plan what I'm doing for each board, emails from corporate, etc.
Facebook Parties - Ideas for topics, lists of videos to shoot, lists of parties/themes I've already held, etc.
Order History - This is my customers favorite notebook. How many times have you had a customer ask you if they have ordered ___________? I have a note for every customer and each time they order I quickly type the items on the list. Then when I'm at a party or get a text asking me if they have a stamp set from 2 years ago, I can look it up and tell them yes or no. It takes a little time to keep it up to date, but it's totally worth it and my customers love it.
Paper Hearts - This is my team. I have a note for each team member where I record information about them and their family. I keep track of the number of catalogs they order from me, things I've loaned out, and anything team related.
Project Book - This is a work in progress, mostly because I'm inconsistent. LOL. My goal is to document each project I make. I take a picture and type any pertinent information like cricut cuts, measurements etc.
Project Ideas - Another huge notebook! I snip web pages, copy photos etc. into this notebook for future projects. I add tags so that I can search for them by paper pack, technique, product, holiday etc.
Receipts (Expenses) - I use my iphone to take pictures of receipts and invoices and add them to the folder.
Retreats - I keep track of my retreats, food lists, attendees, payments received, projects planned etc.
RSVP - Each month I create an RSVP table to keep track of who has RSVP'd, how many kits they want, whether they have paid or not, etc. I print it out right before my workshop and then bring it to the workshop to keep track.
Are you using Evernote in your CTMH business? How are you using it? I'm always looking for more ways to organize my life!


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Yo Sushi! Great for kids and it's not all raw fish
When we tell people we are taking the kids to Yo Sushi they often have a puzzled look on their faces. Kids eating raw fish? Surely not? The reality is, Emma loves salmon nigiri and the menu is packed with non-food and cooked dishes. The food is healthy, it circles around on a conveyor and the whole buffet concept makes it a great hit. There is the novelty factor of fizzy (and still) water on tap and a call button that yells something in a Japanese accent to attract the staff over.
Emma moved from smoked salmon to salmon sushi like a duck taking to water. Josh on the other hand has not got there yet. His taste buds are still developing so tends to stick to the cooked or simple non-sushi dishes. I'm sure you will find something you like on the new menus so give it a go. Here are a few of our suggestions.
No fish please
I remember going to a sushi bar back in the 90's with a mate from work. It was in the centre of Perth, Western Australia, run by a family from Japan. I figured he knew what he was getting himself into and was a little surprised when we sat at the bar and complained, ' it's all fish, haven't they got anything else?'. Way back then, independent sushi shops in Asia-Pacific did pretty much nothing but fish. Things have moved on, especially with Yo!
Chicken Katsu, on it's own or with rice is a great dish. You have chicken thigh, covered in breadcrumbs with a fruity sauce. As with all the hot food, you can order this from your waitress.
Vegetable, chicken or duck Gyoza. Fried dumplings with a vegetable or chicken filling served with soy and vinegar sauce.
Yakisoba (vegetable, chicken and prawn) is a noodle dish with a mildly spicy and tangy sauce.
Miso Soup, a soy bean broth with seafood, spring onion and tofu and free re-fills!
Spicy Pepper Squid is one of my favourites. If you don't like things too hot avoid eating the sliced green chilli peppers that it is served with.
Something smells fishy
For the fish lovers there is a mixture of cooked and raw dishes that are worth a try. Here are our favourites.
Salmon and tuna nigiri. Salmon goes down a storm. The tuna is a slightly firmer fish and is nothing like the cooked stuff you get in a tin. The fish is served raw on a small oblong piece of rice.
Cooked prawn nigiri is another of Emma's faves.
Salmon Maki. Rice filled rolls wrapped in nori, a thin dried layer of edible seaweed. This is not the same stuff you find floating around on Bournemouth beach.
Some simple stuff for simple tastes
Avocado Maki, rice and avocado rolls in a nori wrap.
Tomago, sweet egg omelette on rice.
Inari pocket, sweet soya bean curd with rice inside. A great one to have as desert.
If you are looking for something really simple, Josh started his sushi adventure with the fruit plate. Pineapple, grapes (which dad ate) and strawberries. We then got him a bowl of plain rice and added a bit of ginger and soy sauce. You can grab a plain bowl of noodles too if that works. The sushi chefs are accommodating and can normally whip up any ingredients on to a plate, simple or extravagant.
Why eat Japanese food?
Most of the dishes are low in saturated fat, sushi is high in fish oil, EPH and DHA Omega 3 fats and vitamin E. Nori contains essential minerals found in the ocean. Just be careful with your kids (and yourself) with the soy sauce. It has a high salt content.
Try the green tea. It contains B vitamins, folate (naturally occurring folic acid), manganese, potassium, magnesium, caffeine and other antioxidants. Studies have found many health benefits of drinking the stuff. You also get free refills at Yo Sushi!


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Recently Entertainment Weekly posted an article about a Beginner's Guide to Korean dramas. On the list the oft recommended Boys [Preposition] Flowers (hereafter BOF) made its appearance and I facetiously commented, "I would recommend avoiding that one actually," and I instead I recommended other dramas such as Answer Me 1997. Needless to say, my distaste for BOF was not exactly appreciated, and Answer Me 1997 was deemed "too Korean", apparently because of the screeching in it (?). It got me thinking (and I voiced some things about it on Twitter) and some of the Twitterpeeps and I got to chatting. Why did we start and continue to watch drama? Why when we could tell that the drama was bad, did we continue watching? Would we watch those dramas now? What is it about Korean drama that makes it so addicting and compelling to watch?
Perhaps it's the innocence of watching some incredibly handsome Korean actor charm you to death *cough* Hyun Bin *cough* for the first time, or perhaps we just stumbled onto Korean dramas because we loved other foreign genre and Netflix or Hulu recommended them, and adventurers we are, we decided to try them, or maybe a roommate or friend was being so enthusiastic about them, we got curious and tried them out. In my case, a friend who knew I loved and watched Bollywood recommended My Name Is Kim Samsoon to me. That was in August 2011, and I didn't even watch it until November of that year. I remember devouring it, and then searching for more. I stumbled on Secret Garden and there was just something about that Ha Ji Won and Hyun Bin chemistry that completely sealed the deal. Oh Hyun Bin, my first K-drama love. I can't fully remember the order of dramas I watched next, I started a bunch: Sungkyunkwan Scandal, City Hunter, and then Boys Over Flowers. That one quickly took the desire to watch another Korean drama right out of my sails. I might have started it before City Hunter, I can't even remember. I was watching dramas on Hulu because I had no idea that there were other places to watch drama - and I was just flailing around not knowing what I was doing - and Hulu kept on suggesting BOF. To this day I still can't understand why it's so popular and famous? And I watched it because I didn't know any better. Because Lee Min Ho maybe? And I had loved him in City Hunter. He certainly enticed me to watch plenty of dramas with him in it that's for sure. The only thing that saved my continuing addiction was that I watched Flower Boy Ramyun Shop at the same time as BOF. When the angst and makjang and everything bad in the entire universe was happening to Geum Jan Di, and I wanted to punch someone, I would watch the next episode of FBRS. It was just finishing up its run, so I watched the last several episodes as it was airing. Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if I had just stopped watching drama because of BOF. I am glad I didn't, but I will wonder. I ended up watching Playful Kiss though because I adored Kim Hyun Joong so much *sigh* - what was I thinking?! Anyway, this paragraph ended up being way too stream of consciousness for my taste. Thank you if you're still reading. End story, we all might have different ways and reasons why we started watching, but why are we still here?
I guess what I'm trying to get at is that we have all had experiences watching bad dramas and yet we still keep watching. We make Twitter accounts and aliases and join Soompi and visit Dramabeans to read recaps and start blogging and using words like "swoon" and "squee" all because there is something intangible and delightful and addicting about Korean dramas that keeps up watching and compelling us to say something, anything about something we all love. Sometimes I wonder what it is about Korean dramas that has brought out the teenager in me that I never was as an actual teenager. Maybe it's those magical moments where we fall in love with bromances so deeply that we couldn't care if the main leads ever get together. Or because we start sobbing uncontrollably as Prosecutors start their hero walks out the hospital, or we stay up all night - bleary eyed - because we just have to know what happened to that person hanging off of a cliff. Maybe it's that moment Jeremy sings on the bus and our hearts break and we fall in love with Lee Hong Ki and his squishable cuteness.
Maybe it's that moment we can't stop starting at Yoo Ah In in all his gruff tenderness and we start to understand second lead syndrome. Maybe it's because we'll endure boring plot developments just to catch the next moment Rain smiles while wearing a cat apron. Or maybe it's because we discover that Song Joong Ki can act so beautifully, you want to cry. Maybe it's that moment when Kim Soo Hyun cries for the first time on your screen and realize he can cry so prettily, and you fall in love with Sam Dong and get all choked up when watching "Dreaming" as Hye Mi helps him. Maybe it's because you fall in love with Gong Yoo and cross-dressing hijinks and watch all of Big just because Gong Yoo is so fabulous. Maybe it's because whenever someone says, "Game Over" you think of that steamy kiss and smile a little to yourself. Maybe it's because you fall in love with the gorgeous OSTs that adorn sageuk and root for the Princess' Man to find love and justice and for the suffering and heartache to stop. Maybe it's because we see a real live romance start to unfold on our screen and wish we could all meet our own Kim Boong Do. Maybe it's because we fall for Yoo Seung Ho's boyish charms and can't wait to see him smile. Sometimes we just ache at the loveliness of beautifulness in the form of Song Hye Gyo or Kim Sun Ah. Maybe it's because Cha Seung Won is just so funny or Lee Dong Wook so charming. Maybe it's because Shin Min Ah is so beautiful and lovely and delightful that we'd be willing to watch whatever she's in just to see her bright smile and laughing eyes. Maybe we fall for the charm of Jung Kyung Ho and our hearts start to beat wildly at the thought of our beloved Paksa and you realize you are witnessing the performance of a lifetime.
I'm not really sure. I still don't really know or understand why I have come to feel so passionately about Korean T.V. shows and that so many other people do as well. I'm not sure why I want to keep on watching, why I deprive myself of sleep, and write words and words and words until I think there might be a book here. I do know that one reason is you. All of you.
I remember that first moment of realization that there were other people out there who loved them as much as I did. bustered and I had passed each other in the hallways and had barely known each others' names before I posted something on Facebook about Korean drama or K-pop...and then we couldn't stop talking. It's sort of absurd actually to think about all the friendships I have found because of this obsession. Here is the first K-pop video bustered shared with me. SS501's "Love Like This". I still love that song. Seriously, so good!
In a post from earlier this year, I described how I felt about this bloggersphere of ours, and I'll quote from that.
"I live in a city. A city without houses and walls and where I almost never see my neighbours face to face. We speak in typed print and *sighs* and *swoons* and 140 character sentences peppered with Korean, and occasionally meet up for dinner, but rarely so. In our city, while for one the sun might rise, for another, it is setting and we meet somewhere in the middle and say our goodmornings and goodnights. We share our news, and squee, and console, and laugh, and rant, and sometimes swap recipes. Some of us are students, old and young, some of us are parents, or grandparents, some of us are lawyers or teachers, homemakers or experts in an interesting field. We are a varied, interesting, and diverse city, thriving with loves and joys and tears and heartbreak, which we all share and cry on cyber shoulders or laugh together for a moment. And the interesting thing is that despite our disagreeing sometimes, we are friends. Friends who span continents and yet reside in an intimate and sometimes strange community of people who often seem like family. We are a world, a universe unlike any other I have ever encountered. And I love it."
While I was still stumbling around not sure what to watch or where to watch, I discovered you all in the bloggersphere. I discovered epic recaps at Dramabeans. Acerbic and insightful commentary from Mr. X. Beautiful pictorials from Couch Kimchi, and I could go on and on. I have witnessed the birth of the squeecap from the ladies of The Problem of the Unproblematic and devoured anything Queen In-Hyun's Man related from Joonni and DramaTalk. Watched an Eat Your Kimchi video for the first time, taken a road trip to California for a BIGBANG concert, learned more Korean than I ever thought I would, laughed and been moved with the lovely My Korean Husband blog, gone out to dinner and watched Korean movies with Deeno (and made a rather fun excursion to a giant Asian store - hello Korean cosmetics!), had lunch with Shel, chatted and squeed with Twitterpals, had Google hangout squeedates with Kfangurl, Jaime, and Michele to watch Running Man together. I even wrote a poem about a moment in a Korean drama. I've stayed up late at night with bustered to watch Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook and an INFINITE concert live from Seoul. I've shared many a K-pop squee and conversation with Raine and Nelly and laughed out loud at the excellent humour of kakashi, JoAnne, Shuk, and Ricky. I've bought more music than I ever thought I would and I've made huge playlists for friends I have never met in the flesh, talked Lee Soon Shin with KLNoona, gotten excited when Cher met Ji Chang Wook (and also been able to share our Empress Ki love a bit as well). And there's becoming friends with Janey and talking about my newfound EXO love. Oh man, I know I'm going to leave someone out, please don't be sad. If you want a mention, please comment below ^^.
When I think about my life and how it is richer and deeper and more delightfully fun because of watching Korean drama and talking about it with you all, I am so glad that I didn't allow Boys Over Flowers to stop my drama watching. I am glad for bad dramas and being able to get F4 and Aaaaaaalmooooooost Paaaaaradiiiiiiiise jokes. I'm glad I endured those cringeworthy moments because in reality, they have brought me to this place. This crazy, fun, and interesting place where we all have our stories and K-drama loves and obsessions, people we want to meet and idols and actors and actresses we'd love to take a picture with. So please share your K-drama first loves, bad dramas, deep passions, squeeworthy moments, friendships, memories about your life here in the dramaverse. I'd love to hear more about them and how we all got here (and stayed). Here's to many more years of love and craziness!!!
◀ I ❤ Choi Kang Joo: Bride of the Century Episodes 13 & 14


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Hi everyone! My BF has been home the past ten days because he has pink eye. I haven't caught it yet, thank goodness, and he seems to be getting better. I bring it up b/c I feel a little silly taking pictures of my nails in front of him! The only thing he thought was funny was when I gripped my iPod Touch in the last picture so that I could show my thumb, haha.
Anyway, here's my most recent mani, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Dive Deeper (from the LE Tracy Reese collection):
Dive Deeper is a pearly pale blue. Application was okay; the wide, curved brush makes it easy. I like it more than the OPI Pro Wide one b/c the curved shape makes application more accurate. Dry time took a while, but my biggest complaint is that this color is so sheer! I wore it alone, without base or top coat, because I wanted to test its claims to being a "complete salon manicure." It actually held up pretty well, but it took five coats to get the coverage you see in the picture with still slightly visible nail line. I do like the color but next time I'm going to start with a coat of a light blue cream polish to make sure there's enough coverage.
Here it is with a coat of Essie Carnival (a new purchase!):
It looks a bit more washed out in this picture, the first one shows the color more accurately. Carnival is a clear topcoat with holo glitter. Love it! From pictures it looks pretty similar to China Glaze Fairy Dust, but I'm not positive that they are complete dupes since I don't have CG to compare.
I love Carnival so I decided to do a comparison of top coats to see how it compares to the others I have.
Thumb to pinky: Sally Hansen CSM Hidden Treasure, Tony & Tina Lucid Dreams, Essie Carnival, OPI Pearl of Wisdom, China Glaze Kaleidoscope Him Out (all one coat over American Apparel Hassid, no top coat).
Hidden Treasure is very interesting! It's an opalescent flakey with clear base. As you can see in the picture, it mainly shines orange with some yellow and green duochrome. Application was fine but it took quite a while to dry. Dense enough to wear alone with good coverage in a couple of coats. I know this has been pretty HTF lately, but Nubar 2010 is pretty close and readily available on ebay for decent prices.
Lucid Dreams is probably hard to find, but I included it b/c I'm sure there are many dupes out there. This one is an opalescent glitter in a clear base, mostly shines aqua with some orange. Dried quickly, dense enough to wear alone.
Carnival, as I stated above, is a holo glitter in a clear base. Quick drying time, and the finish is almost satiny. The glitter isn't very densely packed, so I would only wear it alone if I was going for a very subtle glitter effect. I'd like to try this over a French, maybe.
Pearl of Wisdom looks like a sheer white pearl in the bottle but shows up over black as a duochrome! I'm sure this would work over other colors as well. Very cool effect. Good drying time. Could be worn alone but it would be very sheer, obviously.
Kaleidoscope Him Out isn't really a top coat, but I thought I'd try it over black just to see. I think it does look kind of cool over black, but I can't wait to try it alone. It's a light blue jelly base w/ holo powder. I'm sure this would be opaque on the nail in two or three coats, and would also look more blue.
What top coats do you like to use?


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Oh, grey and tender is the rain,
That drips, drips on the pane!
A hundred things come in the door,
The scent of herbs, the thought of yore.
I see the pool out in the grass,
A bit of broken glass;
The red flags running wet and straight,
Down to the little flapping gate.
Lombardy poplars tall and three,
Across the road I see;
There is no loveliness so plain
As a tall poplar in the rain.
But oh, the hundred things and more,
That come in at the door! --
The smack of mint, old joy, old pain,
Caught in the gray and tender rain.
Lizette Woodworth Reese
If you have any suggestions or questions regarding these poems please email me


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Halloween Hoodie successfully launches its anti-stereotype message on Kickstarter marking this the second year of the campaign.
Rochelle Oliver
Halloween Hoodie Campaign
I'm a black man. Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid of me now?Full article
ROPP Lands 2nd National Spot For Cable Network
ROPP creates second Viewer Created Ad Message for cable network Current TV. The 30-second spot – titled, "Dr. Approved" – was developed for Capella University, and it aired nationally on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.Full article
The Producer
I produced and directed two commercials that aired online and nationally on Current TV. I produced and booked national guests for Miami Herald's leading online show, The World Desk with John Yearwood. Through my production company, I developed online public service announcements including the Halloween Hoodie Campaign, which became a viral sensation and gained global attention. I have also worked for ION TV – the largest broadcast company in the world – where I wrote scripts for radio and TV broadcast.Full article
The Journalist
Rochelle Oliver is a Journalist with nearly 10 years of experience in creating captivating cross-platform storytelling. Among her many successes, she has successfully launched four news Web platforms for Tribune, one of the country's leading multimedia companies.Full article
Rochelle Oliver, producer and co-creator of the Halloween Hoodie Campaign, rejoins CNN's live prime-time coverage for the second time in two weeks. On Monday, Rochelle Oliver appeared as a CNN Contributor on Erin Burnett OutFront at the top of the hour to debate editor Michael Skolnik and attorney Paul Callan about the issues surrounding the role racial profiling played in Trayvon Martin's death.
Rochelle Oliver Joins CNN as Guest Panelist for LIVE Prime-Time Special "The N Word" with Don Lemon
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Filmmaker and producer Rochelle Oliver, who is well known for creating the viral YouTube video The Halloween Hoodie Campaign in 2012, joined CNN as a guest panelist alongside actor LeVar Burton, musician Wynton Marsalis, activist Tim Wise, editor Michael Skolnik and professor Marc Lamont Hill for "The N Word," a prime-time special hosted by Don Lemon on Monday, July 1, 2013, at 7p.m.
:: VIDEO :: CNN prime-time special "The N Word"
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YouTube videos of the CNN special, "The N Word" along with a TMZ review of the special which uses Rochelle Oliver's point to explain the history of the word cracker.
CNN Screenshots
Rochelle Oliver appeared live on CNN for the special "The N Word" with host Don Lemon and guest panelists Wynton Marsalis, Marc Lamont Hill, Michael Skolnik; LeVar Burton, and Tim Wise


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Tuesday, 26 October 2010
UFO done !
16 comments:
- Gene Black said...
When I heard about the problems with this years cotton crop, my first words were "oh no, that will probably affect fabric prices"
You made some lovely choices.
- 26 October 2010 at 03:58
- Sew Create It - Jane said...
You did a fabulous job! What a pretty quilt.
I've heard rumours about cotton fabric going up too...I hope they are wrong as I don't think quilting businesses will survive if they do that...It's tough time for them all as it is.
- 26 October 2010 at 04:54
- Winona said...
Andrea, gorgeous quilt as always. I love your new fabric. Your daughter did a great job on your birthday cake. Happy belated birthday. I hate to think about fabric prices getting even higher. I am glad I have a pretty good stash. Have a good day.
- 26 October 2010 at 06:24
- orchidlover said...
Love the fabrics in your quilt. The quilting is great.
I love the excuse you made for more shopping. I'll have to try that.
Love and hugs Gina xxx
- 26 October 2010 at 08:03
- claudia said...
Happy belated birthday! Great cake from your daughter! It looks delicious!
I guess I had better get out there and get me some fabric. Not like I really need it! But I may go on a sewing spree and run out, then it would cost me more to replenish! I'm putting on my shopping shoes!
Congratulations Floss for guessing the closest amout. Can't wait to see what your prize is. It will be great, I know that much!
- 26 October 2010 at 08:49
- Wendy said...
Your quilt is lovely.
- 26 October 2010 at 09:41
- Floss said...
The guilt looks great; it's nice when quilting goes fast. I also find a lot of quilting patterns to dense for my liking.
Happy Birthday, I think Jess did a great job on the cake.
And I'm excited about winning the guess.
- 26 October 2010 at 12:26
- Gail said...
I like the quilt, very much and as for meandering...I think it is a nice way to travel through life!
- 26 October 2010 at 13:08
- Ali Honey said...
Great finish there. Belated Happy Birthday. I love your cake!
Oh Dear, fabric is expensive enough noe for us here in NZ!
- 26 October 2010 at 14:31
- Quilts And Pieces said...
Oh your quilting on the quilt looks wonderful! Shhhh - don't give them any more ideas about raising prices!!! :)
- 26 October 2010 at 21:09
- Jindi's Cottage said...
Congratulations on your first quilt on your new machine (really must get mine out of the box!)...looks great.
Do you mind sharing which threads you tried and which ones she liked?
Congrats to Floss on guessing the number...hexagons seem to have a rabbit like quality when it comes to their numbers...they just keep multiplying!
Happy happy birthday...well done Jess on the cake.
- 26 October 2010 at 22:21
- country mouse said...
Congrats on the finish. Your quilt is just lovely, wonderful colors!
- 27 October 2010 at 07:56
- wonderwoman said...
happy birthday - your quilting looks lovely - i end up hand quilting as my machine is not a happy quilter!!!
- 27 October 2010 at 08:28
- Mad about Craft said...
I've heard about cotton prices going up too! also there is the problem of VAT going up in January so I'm also stock piling a little bit too!
- 30 October 2010 at 00:28
- Teri said...
I have followed your lovely blog for quite some time. You are so much fun and I just wanted to wish you happy birthday - and many more years meandering! I am glad you are off your fabric diet and congrats on completing a lovely UFO!
- 30 October 2010 at 08:29
- Anne said...
I've only just found your blog, Andrea, but I'll keep coming back to read more! Your quilts are gorgeous!
Well done for finishing the UFO - my hubby despairs of mine!
- 1 November 2010 at 23:26


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I have been at it full throttle for the past few months. The hours I spend under the stars are truly the hours I LIVE for. I have been doing a lot of experimenting with Star Trails and Light Painting.
Nightscapes… are where it's at!
It has been some time since I have updated you on my work and it is long overdue …and so, here are a few of my latest, favorite pieces.
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I have been pretty silent lately on my blog as well as Twitter. I have suspended the Twitter part of my Twitter Book Club but have kept reading. I guess I need some time away from this social media sphere. I suppose it is fitting being that the book I am currently reading is Sherry Turkle's Alone Together. In Alone Together Turkle takes a rather critical view of the role of social media (as well as other technologies) in our lives and warns that all this online personification might not be very good for us. I have to agree to an extent. I have always had a conflicting relationship with technology and often find myself on the cusp of retreating to a one-room cabin in the mountains. However, new connective technologies are not going to go away. We have collectively as a planet adopted smartphones and all the connective applications that go with them as extensions of ourselves. Turkle acknowledges this and postulates that with this kind of adoption that we are all cyborgs now for better or for worse.
I started my temporary social media retreat just following very sad news in early May of a teenager in a neighboring community who committed suicide after relentless bullying. Take a moment to watch this news segment:
Of course, in Rachel's case her bullies seem to have used far more than just electronic communications to torment her (as is nearly always the case) but in the interview with her friend's father near the end of this segment it appears what sent her over the edge was a text message. I have to believe that a lot of the harassment that happened in this case took place across different platforms as well. We know her locker was one space for nasty messages and we know that they used SMS texts but I would presume bullying also took place in other places such as Facebook.
Now, in a strange twist of events it looks like no charges will be filed on any of the girls who bullied Rachel but charges may be filed on those who have now been harassing those bullies. It also looks like the text message that supposedly sent this girl over the edge was actually sent from her own iPod at her father's house. Police are not ruling this as a suicide yet but as an accidental death believing she was using the suicide attempt to get her father's attention. Her father believes she sent the text trying to get kicked out of school. Either way, it is clear that Rachel was crying for help and no one was really listening.
Even though it appears in this case that the cyber-bullying was oddly self-fabricated it doesn't change the fact that all of this could have been prevented by the adults in Rachel's life and the teachers at her school paying more attention. This means opening channels of communication and being responsive. There are plenty of other cases of cyber-bullying leading to teen suicide. Here are just a few:
- Alexis Pilkington Facebook Horror: Cyber Bullies Harass Teen Even After Suicide
- Parents of Holly Grogan, 15, blame Facebook for teen's suicide
- Staten Island Teen Suicide Leads to More Facebook Awfulness
- Nine teens charged with bullying in teen's suicide
- Prosecutors probe bullying in New Jersey teen's suicide
Now is cyber-bullying really any different than other forms of bullying? School bullies tend to do their taunting and harassment away from the eyes of teachers and other adults. Take Rachel's case again. Where did the bullying occur? It occurred in the bathrooms, locker rooms, and hallways, places in the school that likely were not well supervised. Facebook, YouTube, and other online social media as well as messages that can come across on the tiny screens of cell phones are just another place, another place where we can interact and another place where bullies can post harassing messages away from the eyes of adults.
We are never going to completely stop bullying from happening. But, we can be proactive and work to reduce the number of places where our children might be bullied. It is all about the environment. Unfortunately, too many school leaders have had this same thought but come to the misguided conclusion that the way to reduce is to ban or block. For years I have seen schools block access to social networking sites and ban cell phones in the classroom. This does not prevent students from using these tools and it does nothing to curb cyber-bullying. It actually has the opposite effect. An outright ban is akin to a school plugging its ears, closing its eyes, and singing, "la la la la la." It creates an environment where our kids are left to their own devices (quite literally). It creates digital orphans.
If Turkle is right and all of this connective technology really is not all that good for us these instances of teen suicides being linked to cyber-bullies is surely a clear example. Also, if being tethered to our online tools fundamentally changes what it means to be a person, if the sum of our physical and digital selves makes us all a kind of cyborgs; and the young are far quicker to adopt and adapt to new technologies, then perhaps there is some truth behind Prensky's notion of the Digital Native. If all of this is true then the children who enter our schools are adolescent cyborgs entering an environment designed for yesterday's children. With their digital spaces accessible through 3G and 4G networks beyond the reach of the school's filter and school policies prohibiting teachers from entering those spaces with them we are creating a breeding ground for disaster.
If our children are coming to school tethered then the school needs to be tethered as well. The school needs to take responsibility for acknowledging the presence of these digital spaces and must be responsive to the things students do and say in those spaces. The school doesn't need to take responsibility for what the kids say but they do need to respond to it. We need to open our filters, monitor student cell phone use, look, and listen. If there is a problem the kids will let us know but only if they perceive us as being responsive to them. If we don't create open and responsive learning environments we will only see more tragic consequences. We will end up with a nation of orphaned cyborgs.