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Monday, November 3, 2014
Growing up, Wednesday Addams was one of my earliest style icons. In grade two I was fairly obsessed with her, wearing my hair in braided pigtails and adopting an all black wardrobe. I have a non-smiling school photo of me from that year to prove it. I was equally obsessed with Christina Ricci, because she was just as cool in Now and Then, another childhood favourite. I can distinctly remember that the first website I ever visited when my parents got our desktop computer hooked up to the internet was a Christina Ricci fan site. It was such a thrill, and so novel, to see all that information, all those photos, available in an instant, and realizing that whatever I wanted see would be at my fingertips from then on. I take it for granted now, of course, just as I do so many things that were once thrilling and novel. It's something I'm working on, both trying to set limitations on my attachment to the constant stream of information available and trying to tap into a tiny bit of that sense of wonder and gratitude.
I've been having a hard time with both those things lately, as things have been a bit tough in general. I've been sick for several weeks now (nothing serious, just a nasty bug that won't quit) and that along with the increasingly darker and colder days has left me lacking in energy and motivation. I've been revisiting my posts on curing the winter blues, (here, here, here and here) as this is something that I struggle with every year and now have some tricks in my arsenal that sometimes help combat it, and am doing what I can to find happiness in the small things. Like watching this movie on Halloween. It seemed surprisingly un-dated for how old it is now. I found that I was still really into the aesthetics of the film - Wednesday is just as cool as ever, and the mansion still has a lot elements of my dream home, complete with secret revolving bookcases and trap doors. It also drove home another thing I'm trying to remember these days (and is also a big theme in this book which I am currently reading and loving), which is to stop taking myself so seriously. To relax and have fun while at the same time focus and work hard. It's such a juggling act sometimes, this being-a-grown-up business.
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So Long, Summer
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
I finally got around to seeing Terrence Malick's film The Tree of Life, and if you haven't already seen it, please go watch it. This is the kind of film that makes my heart physically ache because it is so beautiful to watch. The entire thing felt like summer to me, especially that nostalgia for childhood summers I always seem to get. Even though the setting was in a different time and place, it still felt so visceral and universal. It was interesting watching it this summer with all the Boyhood buzz, which I also loved, but it was just such a different take on similar themes. I'll spare you the essay I could write.
My first real architectural model of a building that I designed. There might have been blood, sweat and tears put into this. I wasn't completely satisfied with my final project of last year, but I was happy with how a lot of it turned out. I'm proud of myself for getting through my first year, and felt like I learnt so much in the process. Plus, for the most part, it was actually really fun. One of my summer goals was to make a more professional website and portfolio, but that didn't quite get done as I spent as much time outdoors and unplugged as I could this summer. It's probably better to do it on these darker and chiller evenings anyway.
Japan! I had been meaning to write a whole post about my trip in June, but I was so overwhelmed with impressions and ideas that I didn't know where to start. I still don't. It was a trip I had been dreaming about for so long, and I was in no way disappointed. The landscape, art, architecture, food, people, kawaii things galore. It was all amazing. I can't wait to go back and explore more. If you want to read more about Japan on a blog that does it justice, go over to my pal Rachel's site and have a peek at her archives. If it doesn't make you want to go there, I don't know what will. Ok, well, maybe this Moomin 'anti-loneliness' cafe that we went to will.
After I got back from Japan, Nicola and spent about a week or so crafting things (and swimming and picnicing - it was a good week!) for Fog & Cedar. We had both gotten looms earlier in the spring, and finally put them to use. I'm still definitely a weaving beginner, but I'm hoping to follow Nicola's lead and get more into it this fall. It's so nice and relaxing. We've also been experimenting with some new materials and styles of necklaces that we're pretty excited about.
I also took part in an architecture workshop where we had a week to design and build a transportable structure that had multiple functions - a place for shelter, eating and swimming. We were working at Papirøen (Paper Island) which is an old industrial area along the harbour that has been recently made public and revitalized with galleries and studios and a street food market. It was so fun to see how much life is being breathed into this new area, and to also get to use some power tools at the same time. I'd love to learn more about carpentry, and making things in general, but it was nice to make something real for a change.
And finally, we went back home to Canada for August. We took my mom's old camper van up to Tofino for a few days and did nothing but live on the beach for a few days. We also got to see two sets of dear friends get married, which is always so special and I was my normal teary mess. Somehow the month went by in a blur, but we got to do our favourite things, eat our favourite foods and most importantly spend time with some of our favourite people. Not a bad way to cap off the summer.
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Spring Cleaning
Sunday, May 18, 2014
The nice thing about having a blog, however sporadically I might post, is that I can look back and see what kind of things start to repeat and become traditions. Every May is busy - birthdays, final projects and exams, holidays. The days get longer and warmer. I buy peonies, we plant our herb garden. And every time around this year I do some kind of spring cleaning. I clean out our closets, wash the windows, that kind of stuff. I had a bunch I wanted to do, but I've been busy with school, so I've only managed to get a few things done here and there during the weekends. But still, these little changes can make such a difference. Here are some of those things, if you are like me and love lists. And yeah, I've already posted some of this on Instagram already, sorry about that. It's pretty much the new form of blogging, isn't it?
- Organized all our books and papers (i.e. Mark's entire medical school catalogue). Moving it all into file folders and turning the spines around helped so much in making it looks more streamlined and cohesive. Why do medicine books have to be so ugly? Not to mention expensive, ugh.
- I made a quick, rip off version of these banners because I am a lazy, broke student - although I obviously don't condone plagiarizing artists' work regularly. But, it looks pretty cute, right? I still need to work a bit more on making our desk space look nice, but this is still a good reminder to have up these days.
- I made a bunch of cleaning and skincare products, which I've had on my list to do forever and was so easy that it made me embarrassed I waited so long. I made an all purpose cleaner, lavender linen/room spray, oil cleanser, kitty balm, beard oil for Mark and some peppermint lip balm. I made everything in small batches to test things out, but I've been happy with it all so far and am looking forward to experimenting more. Next on the list is trying the no-poo method, and some homemade deodorant. I've also started doing dry brushing, which I like so far! Still haven't tried oil pulling yet, but I'm curious about that too.
- I also started making kombucha and am surprised how much I love it. It really seems to help my stomach, and gives me a bit of energy since I don't normally have much caffeine or sugar (it has both, in smallish amounts). I usually make it unflavoured, and add some frozen berries to it afterwards. It tastes like apricot cider. If you are thinking about trying it, don't be intimidated! I was scared at first by all the fermentation lingo (even the name scoby, ew) but it's really super easy, I promise.
- We are still working on organizing and amalgamating all our photos which is a huge project. For us, anyway. We take a lot of photos and have had a lot of different systems for organizing them over the years. I realized that it had been so long since I had printed any photos out, so I got a bunch printed through the Printic app and am really happy with them. It's so easy to be able to just order them on your phone, and it's a nice way to have some family photos around without it looking too formal or fussy. I also want to order some prints from Artifact Uprising. I made calendars through them for our family for Christmas this year, and the quality was really lovely.
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Getting Schooled
Sunday, April 20, 2014
I've been meaning to write a post about school for a long time. Since before I started in August, actually, but I haven't really known where to start. I'm not so great at short and succinct. And anyway, it took me three years to get here: a year to get my residency permit and then another couple of years to complete the state mandated Danish language program (I had to pass the equivalent of Danish high school exams to be eligible for university here). I think I made it pretty clear that it was a tough season of my life, being in this state of uncertain limbo and feeling like I was wasting whatever potential I might have to be a contributing member of society. Not to mention the change of identity and waves of homesickness that accompany a move to another country, but that's for another post.
If it seems like a big jump from art history to architecture, it both was and wasn't. I loved studying art history, but always knew that I didn't want to be a professor or a curator - my internship at an art gallery here confirmed that the art world wasn't for me. What I loved most about art history was studying and designing spaces, and the way that people's interactions and experiences were shaped by them. I didn't realize then that architecture encompasses that and more, I thought architecture was more science than art. I struggled for a long time with finding a meaningful creative discipline. As much as I am a firm believer in the importance of art, to me it can also feel inherently superficial or insular in these times. I took a while to come to the conclusion, but I decided that through architecture I could help provide the framework for positive change that I envisioned.
I've already learnt so much by going back to school, not just about architecture but also about myself. It's been a challenge adjusting to a new language, field, and system. But it's also been just as challenging to stop being so analytical and self-critical and to trust and believe in myself, as cheesy as that sounds. To let go of my expectations of myself, and to come to terms with the fact that to get where I want, I have to do another bachelor degree (and masters, of course) which means my ridiculous, self-imposed "life timeline" will get pushed back. But most of all, I feel grateful. I am so thankful that I get to spend my days learning and growing and doing something I love (and getting paid for it - thanks Danish government, I forgive you for all the bureaucracy and language lessons that you made me go through). And that hopefully one day I will be able to give back a little. We'll see, right? #YOLO and all that.
I took these snapshots around our campus a couple of weeks ago while we were doing a photography workshop. Not a bad place to study really.
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Spring Dreaming
Saturday, March 15, 2014
I love living in a place that has defined seasons. As much as I miss the temperateness of the west coast, I like seeing the difference spring makes to people in Nordic countries. Back home spring means cherry blossoms and switching to an even lighter jacket. Here spring means a completely different lifestyle. As soon as the sun comes out, the Danes flock outside and soak it up. It's kind of nice, that feeling of having to take full advantage of it, although it can actually stress me out a bit sometimes. People are noticeably happier, and I definitely feel like I have so much more energy. It was warm enough last week to lie in the park, sipping a cider and being surrounded by a sea of flower bulbs. I'm starting to get used to this idea of seasonal living. That it's ok that I want mostly to be at home in the winter, do hot yoga, go to bed early. I'll have time to read outside in the park, take naps, start running again now that the days are longer and lighter. It sounds cliche, but it is such a time of inspiration. I am so full of ideas big and small - of places I want to go, things to do and make, that I decided to write it all down to get it out of my head.
Plan my trip to Japan - Despite a pile of books on my bedside table, I still have done nothing about this. Although it's a school trip, I'll be there for a few extra days before and after and I know that I want to make the most of it. I have a bunch of Japanese films I'd like to watch too. Any recommendations of places/books/films are more than welcome!
Explore more of Copenhagen - With school just a ten minute bike ride away, I haven't really ventured out of the Amager/Christianshavn/Holmen area for a while. I'd like to spend more time around Frederiksberg, since it's so pretty and probably the place that I know the least. I'd also like to finally get my act together and make a Copenhagen guide, since I always get some visitors in the summer and often get emails about places to go here and I'm so out of the loop right now!
Do some apartment projects - We have kind of just left our apartment as is for the last three years, and it is definitely time to put a little love into it. Things need to be purged and painted, there is art to frame and hang, and I'd like to replant our herb garden in the courtyard. I'm hoping that I can familiarize myself with the wood shop at school so I can make some custom shelves and a couple of other things too.
Learn how to weave & knit more - I've been meaning to teach myself this for a while. I keep seeing gorgeous weavings and wall hangings and I think it would be a great project that could be taken to parks and cafes and a way to use up my yarn stash. I am also determined to learn how to knit some baby clothes, since I have another niece or nephew on the way this summer.
Read, read, read - I used to read a ton and am still trying to get back into the habit. I would especially like to read a bunch of architecture and urban design/planning books this summer (I'm also going to try to teach myself some CAD programs, which should be interesting), as well as some good fiction. It's been a while since I've had of one those can't-put-it-down experiences (The Goldfinch didn't do it at all for me). And I'd like to treat myself to some new magazines, Synonym Journal and Oak both look great. Summer book club, anyone?
Finally organize all those photos - I started archiving our family photos the winter before last, and I'm hoping to get more done when I go back home in August. Besides family photos, I also have boxes full of high school photos there (so many artsy shots, ha) and Mark and I have boxes of negatives and Super 8 film that isn't even developed yet. Then there is my iPhoto situation, which has crashed and rebuilt itself so many times that it is a total mess. In an ideal world, I would also print out our photos into nice albums one day. We'll see.
Set up the camper van and take it on a trip - My mom has this old camper van that is equal parts hilarious and great and even though it has seen better days, it got us down the 101, to Yosemite and back, and we have a soft spot for it. Now with all our parents recently moving and living in smaller places, we are thinking that having a camper van back home might be the perfect solution for us to have our own space while visiting and a way to do some road trips at the same time. For now we are thinking of getting my mom's up and running, but we've been looking into getting our own and fixing it up just the way we want. This one is my dream and this 1950's camper reno is also pretty nice.
All photos from my Pinterest, the best form of procrastination.
Favourite Films of 2013
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
With the Oscars coming up this weekend, and with me being stuck at home with the flu, I thought it was a good time to do a roundup of my favourite films of the past year. I was originally inspired by my friend Natalie's great review of her top films of 2013 for S Magazine. While I was staying with her in Berlin, she also introduced me to the podcast Filmspotting, which has been partly to blame/thank for the recent rekindling of my love for film. 2013 was really a great year for films, or maybe it's just been that my hibernation method of getting through the winter was more conducive to watching them. In any case, here is my list.
1. Her - I already mentioned how much I liked this film. Spike Jonze and his art direction team did an amazing job of creating an entire aesthetic for these characters to live in, which makes it so much more believable. It's the perfect mix of nostalgic and futuristic, a pastel version of a Jetson's like world. Scarlett Johansson's performance really surprised me since I've found her style of acting often jarring but here her rawness worked so well as the voice of Samantha, the operating system that Joaquin Phoenix's character falls in love with. As someone who spent a long time in a long distance relationship, the movie definitely struck a chord about how connected yet separate we can be. It felt especially fitting to be watching this on my laptop with my headphones on while Mark was next to me working away at something completely different on his own computer.
2. Inside Llewyn Davis - The Coen brothers can do no wrong in my opinion. This film is especially great, with all the characters so well written and flushed out - even the John Goodman cameo character. Like most of their films, this one is darkly funny and often painfully honest and bittersweet. It's such a classic and timeless story, of the starving artist looking for creative fulfillment and authenticity in a commercial world. The soundtrack and the gritty, melancholic cinematography adds another layer of depth to the work that leaves an almost haunting impression. It's also fitting in some ways that this was so obviously overlooked for an Oscars nomination this year...
3. Mud - I liked this film way more than I was expecting. As someone who is mostly known for taking his shirt off, Matthew McConaughey has been hitting it out of the park lately with his acting. This film has a nice mix of themes, but is mainly a coming of age story that brings up questions about masculinity and loyalty, as well as the nature of good and evil. The slow unravelling of the story fits so well with it's setting on the Mississippi river, and has just the right touch of Southern Gothic that I love so much (which is probably also the reason why I am already hooked on True Detective).
4. Before Midnight - I had been meaning to see the Jesse and Celine trilogy for ages, so before the last one came out I took the time to watch Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. This film doesn't have the same rosy glow as the first two, but it is just as beautifully earnest, if not more so. I love that the connection between these two is so specific and visceral yet their dialogue is at the same time so universal and relatable. I often find films that deal with the topic of marriage to be either bitterly pessimistic or in the Hollywood vein of romantic so it was nice to see this one strike a much more realistic balance.
5. The Stories We Tell - I already wrote a little about this one here, so I won't repeat myself too much, but I'm still really enamoured by it. I've noticed a reoccurring use of metanarrative in a lot of films coming out recently, and I think this documentary is a great example of working within that successfully. It's as much a story about stories, and filmmaking, as it is about family.
6. Blue Jasmine - This film felt like a really refreshing departure from Woody Allen's usual repertoire to me. No matter what your views are on the resurfaced controversy, his voice is so strong that I often find it overpowers the characters in his films. Cate Blanchett is more than able to hold her own in this one though, the rest of the film is almost just a nicely constructed frame to support her incredible performance. There were a lot of obvious parallels to A Streetcar Named Desire, which is one of my all time favourites, and probably just made me like this modern version even more.
7. Nebraska - I am so, so glad this film was shot in black and white. The Midwest landscape plays such an important part of grounding this film and gives that background of the contrasting values of humbleness and hard work versus the American Dream. Bruce Dern as a aging, slightly demented man who thinks he has won the sweepstakes was just the right blend of heartbreaking and aggravating. I had a bit of a hard time taking Will Forte seriously in his role as the son though and felt like he was a little out of place. I heard rumours that Casey Affleck was being considered, which I would have loved to have seen instead.
8. Cutie and the Boxer - This is a documentary about contradictions. The artist couple it follows are at once quiet and loud, loving and hateful, humble and egotistical. I loved the mix of footage, from cinéma vérité style scenes, old family videos and Noriko's soulful comic book-like illustrations. Similar to other movies I've already mentioned, it's a meditation on art and how creating can consume you.
9. The Hunt - This is one of the best Danish films I've seen in years, about a wrongfully accused man living in a small town. It's easy to draw parallels to The Crucible, which also plays with the themes of mob psychology, albeit as an allegory as McCarthyism. It's also especially fitting for use in a Danish context though, with the cultural tradition of homogeneity and Law of Jante. Plus, Mads Mikkelsen is a fantastic actor and the Danes always do dark, moody cinematography so well.
10. Room 237 - This is another film about a film; or specifically a documentary about The Shining. It mainly details various theories and/or conspiracies about hidden meanings in the original film, some more outlandish than others. While it is in a way exploring film geekery itself, it's also about the Indiana Jones-esque feeling art historians, film critics and others get when unpacking symbology and metaphors as well as the importance of architecture in creating a psychological sense of place in a film.
Honourable mentions go to: The Act of Killing, Alcan Highway, 12 Years a Slave, Blackfish, Frances Ha, The Place Beyond the Pines
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Raw Truffles
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
What else are you supposed to do on a Monday evening when you have a craving for chocolate? I kept seeing similar ones pop up on the food blogs I follow and in local raw cafes (Karen and I recently went to this one which was especially good!), so I decided to give it a try. I was really impressed with the results! These are seriously so easy, they took just a few minutes in the food processor, and taste so good while still being good for you. Also, just in time for Valentine's Day, if you don't have anything else up your sleeve. Other years I have made peanut butter cups (also great with almond butter) and decoupaged jars of infused sugar, if you need more ideas for sweet treats.
Raw Truffles
Adapted just slightly from Sprouted Kitchen's Almond Date Truffles
Medjool dates (about 15)
1/4 cup raw cocoa powder
1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
Pulse the almonds in a food processor until they are finely ground. Add the dates and blend until the two form a paste. Add the rest of ingredients and pulse until blended. Roll a heaping teaspoon into a ball and roll in extra cocoa powder, coconut, sprinkles or chopped nuts. You can also play around with the flavours, adding extra vanilla, mint extract or coffee. If you'd like them sweeter, you can also add a bit of raw honey. They keep best if they are refrigerated. Enjoy!
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I don't always make good trades but I try not get into emotionally about the trades and eliminate those not working. I also trade online and I saw a new site that offers $2.99 trades. I check while I am reading posts.
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I'll take the 10,000 but would much rather see the all time high of 14,164 we had under W. Whats really concerning me is the devaluation of the US dollar. Meanwhile Gold is at an all time high. That ought to tell us something about the worlds confidence in the dollar.
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A consumer alert for everyone who eats rice or rice products. Is there a dangerous chemical in it that could cause cancer?
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It's stuff we eat every day: cereal, crackers, even baby food. But now a new test shows these popular rice products contain arsenic, a chemical linked to cancer. Some experts say the levels are troubling, and consumers may be at risk.
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From babies eating rice cereal to kids and their Rice Krispies, whole grain, long grain or plain white, rice is a staple. But a new alert from Consumer Reports found elevated levels of arsenic in rice.
Urshavi Rangan is a scientist who ran the study for Consumer Reports, testing more than 200 samples of the most popular brands. From Uncle Ben's to Goya to Kellogg's to Earth's Best Organic, even Gerber, all had levels of arsenic that she said are worrisome.
"We actually are quite concerned by the findings," Rangan said. "This isn't a matter of trace amounts. These are moderate to moderately high levels of arsenic."
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Rangan was especially concerned for kids. "We think children should consume even less because they are more vulnerable to the toxic effects of arsenic," she said.
While the health effects of arsenic in food are still unknown, researchers say at high levels, arsenic, over time, can cause cancer. "This is a known carcinogen linked to several types of cancer, including lung cancer, skin cancer and bladder cancer," said Keeve Nachman, food safety scientist at Johns Hopkins.
So how does arsenic get into rice in the first place? Arsenic is naturally occurring in the soil. Rice is grown in wet fields, making it easier for rice to absorb the arsenic.
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But levels have climbed over the years, thanks to fertilizers containing arsenic. Still, some public health experts don't believe there's cause for alarm, and the rice industry says its food is safe.
"We have not seen any established health concerns that can be pointed to as a result of people eating rice," said Anne Banville of the USA Rice Foundation.
"Arsenic has been linked to cancer," we pointed out. "Now there is no specific study that says arsenic in food will lead to this cancer. Is that something you just want to wait for as a parent?"
"Until there is, they can only go with what they know," Banville said. "And what we do know is that rice is a nutritious and healthy food."
Gerber told us it checks for arsenic, and now only uses rice from regions with the lowest levels. The other companies say that while they haven't seen the test results, arsenic is in many foods, and there's no evidence rice is harmful.
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"I think we can agree that rice is a healthy, nutritional source of food, and a lot of people eat it and rely on it," Rangan said. "I think where we would disagree is that the arsenic levels don't matter."
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The FDA told NBC News that it just tested rice products for arsenic too, and got similar results: elevated levels. But the agency says it's not ready to set regulations yet: More research is needed.
No one is saying "don't eat rice." Consumer Reports recommends cutting back and eating it in moderation. If you're a parent like me, serving your baby rice cereal every day, they say make it once a week instead.Video: Rossen Reports: Elevated levels of arsenic found in rice (on this page)
And experts say you can wash the rice and get rid of some of the arsenic. Soak and rinse it in a bowl of water, and keep doing it until the water is clear.
To read details from the Consumer Reports study and see how your favorite brand of rice tested, click here.
To read statements from food companies in response to this report, click here .
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"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
I got my 2 hours sleep and ready to go again. Lets continue our Power Ranger history lesson. We are barely even one eighth of the way through. Then after that is done I have to fill in the history for the four seasons that weren't around yet when that time line was made.
circa 1980-81 (est.; assorted)
Leo, baby brother of Mike Corbett (see 1978-80), is born and will be living in Angel Grove in 1998.
Other future Galaxy Rangers Damon Henderson, Kai Chen, and Kendrix Morgan are also born on Earth. Kai and Kendrix will later join the Galactic Space Alliance (see 1999), while Damon will study advanced mechanics.
On the planet Mirinoi, Maya (see 1999) is also born. She grows up with her childhood friend Shondra in a village near the ancient Quasar Sabers (see 1,000 BCE).
PRLG: "Quasar Quest" (ages estimated)
PRLG: "Memories of Mirinoi" (Shondra)
PRLG: "To the Tenth Power" (Leo in Angel Grove)
August 1980 - September 1981 (est.; assorted; high school class of 1999)
T.J. Johnson and Cassie Chan are born and will independently move to Angel Grove in 1997.
Future teammates Ashley Hammond (born spring of 1981) and Carlos are also born, perhaps in Angel Grove (see 1997).
PRIS: "Invasion of the Body Switcher" (ages and graduating class estimated from Ashley's birthday)
circa 1980-81 (est.)
Karone, baby sister of Andros (see 1978-80), is born on KO-35. Like her brother, she will dream of being a Power Ranger (see 1985-88).
PRIS: "Never Stop Searching" (age partially estimated)
PRIS: "Invasion of the Body Switcher" (age partially estimated from Ashley's birthday)
PRIS: "Astronema Thinks Twice" (Ranger aspiration)
circa 1980-82 (est.; assorted)
Carter Grayson (see 1986-90), Joel Rawlings (see 1989-90), Chad Lee, and Kelsey Winslow are born and will be working in Mariner Bay by 2000.
Dana, little sister to Ryan Mitchell (see 1980), is born circa 1981-1982. At some point, their mother will die, leaving their father Bill Mitchell to raise the two children alone (see 1985-86).
PRLR: "A Matter of Trust" / "Truth Discovered" (Mrs. Mitchell)
PRLR: "Truth Discovered" (Dana's age estimated, others inferred)
circa 1981-82 (est.)
Taylor Earhardt is born. Throughout her childhood (see 1986-89), she will be fascinated by the fairy tale of Animaria (see 1,000 BCE).
PRWF: "Lionheart" (age estimated)
PRWF: "Click, Click, Zoom" (fairy tale)
circa August 1981 - September 1983 (est.)
At age 3, Skull (see 1978-79) takes piano lessons at Angel Grove Symphony Hall. He is not yet friends with Bulk (see 1986-87).
PRZ: "Instrument of Destruction" (lessons, age)
PRT: "Shift into Turbo part 1" (date estimated from graduating class)
Dr. Adler (see 1980) accompanies Richard, Elizabeth, and their infant son Cole to the Amazon for clues about Animaria (see 1,000 BCE). There, they discover Master Org's remains (see 1,000 BCE) in the form of evil seeds.
Consumed with jealousy, Adler eats the seeds and is partially transformed into a new Master Org. He murders Richard and Elizabeth. Master Org will later resurface in Turtle Cove circa 2001, while all four party members are publicly presumed dead (see 2002).
Safely hidden, Cole is soon found by a local tribe, along with a photo of his parents and the orb of the Lion Wildzord (see 1,000 BCE).
PRWF: "The Master's Last Stand"
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"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
circa 1982-84 (est.; assorted)
Alyssa Enrile is born. By her college years (see 2001), she will have
come to possess the orb of the White Tiger Wildzord (see 1,000 BCE).
Danny Delgado is born. By adulthood (see 2002), he will have come to
possess the orb of the Bison Wildzord (see 1,000 BCE).
PRWF: "Lionheart" (ages estimated)
circa 1982-83 (est.)
In Silver Hills, Mr. Collins (see 1981) has a son, Wes (see 1999-2000).
Eric Myers (see 1999-2000) is born to a lower-class family.
PRTF: "A Parting of Ways" (ages estimated from Wes's plans to attend
Harvard, also wears class ring)
PRTF: "Worlds Apart" (Eric)
circa 1983-85 (est.)
Kanoi and Miko's son Cam is born (see 1975-82). As Miko later dies of an
illness during Cam's childhood, Kanoi promises Cam will not train as a
ninja (see 2003).
PRNS: "Prelude to a Storm" (age estimated)
PRNS: "Nowhere to Grow" (Kanoi's promise)
circa 1984-85 (est.; assorted)
Blake and Hunter are born to separate families but will later be adopted
by the Bradleys, a ninja couple from the Thunder Ninja Academy (see
Shane Clark (see 1984-86), Tori Hanson (born mid-1985), and Waldo
"Dustin" Brooks are born in Blue Bay Harbor (see 2002).
PRNS: "Looming Thunder" / "Return of Thunder part 3" (Bradleys)
PRNS: "Shane's Karma part 2" (ages estimated from Tori's birthday)
circa 1984-85 (est.)
Max Cooper (see 2001) is born and will at some point come to possess the
orb of the Shark Wildzord (see 1,000 BCE).
PRWF: "Lionheart" (age estimated)
PRWF: "The Tornado Spin" (orb)
summer 1985 (est.)
Doug Stewart and his wife (see 1996) have a son, Justin. Doug will
frequently be away on unspecified business.
PRT: "Bicycle Built for the Blues" (birth season; year estimated)
PRT: "Beware the Third Wish" / "The Gardener of Evil" (Doug's business)
1985-86 (est.)
While driving Ryan and Dana (see 1980) from their grandmother's house,
Bill Mitchell accidentally swerves off a cliff. Clinging to the edge,
Mitchell is visited by the spirit of Diabolico, one of Queen Bansheera's
demons (see 3,000 BCE), who saves Ryan's life in exchange for the boy's
freedom (see 2000).
PRLR: "Truth Revealed"
August 1985 - September 1986 (est.; assorted; high school class of
Trent Fernandez (see 2001), Conner McKnight, Kira Ford, and Ethan James
are born and will all live in Reefside, California, in 2003. Conner's
twin brother Eric (see 2003) is also born.
PRNS: "Storm Before the Calm part 2" / PRDT: "Legacy of Power" (Eric
PRDT: "Thunder Struck part 2" (date estimated from class of 2004)
August 1985 - June 1986 (est.)
Aisha Campbell (see 1978-79) attends first grade in Stone Canyon, where
she becomes best friends with her classmate Shawna (see 1994).
MMPR-2: "Forever Friends" (Shawna)
PRT: "Shift into Turbo part 2" (date estimated for class of 1997)
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[FONT=Courier New]Happy Thursday everybody! New episode of 30 Rock tonight, new episodes of Monk, Psych, and the Clone Wars tomorrow, and Day 7 starts Sunday night at 8.[/FONT]
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Then there will be Stargate: Universe starting up sometime, which sounds like a BSG-reboot version of Space Cases.
I'm bitter about it.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
circa 1986-87 (est.; three years before arrival of time-traveling
Tanya Sloan's parents (see 1978-79) become lost on Mysterio Island while
seeking the tiki of Auric (see 1997).
Tanya is subsequently taken in by a village in Kenya (see 1989-90) which
includes Aisha Campbell's great aunt Ashalla.
MMAR: "Hogday Afternoon part 1" (parents lost, Tanya raised in Africa)
MMAR: "Hogday Afternoon part 1" (Ashalla)
PRZ: "The Lore of Auric" (Auric, Mysterio Island)
circa 1985-88 (est.)
As young Andros and Karone (see 1978-80) are playing on KO-35, Karone is
kidnapped by the bounty hunter Darkonda and delivered to the robot
warrior Ecliptor. Ecliptor tells Karone her brother was killed by Power
Rangers and raises her as Astronema, heiress to the evil overlord Dark
Specter (see 1996).
Ecliptor forbids Darkonda from returning to this part of the galaxy (see
Also at some point, KO-35 suffers a plague of Barillian Bugs, which
transform people into insectoid monsters (see 1998), until an antidote is
PRIS: "From out of Nowhere part 2" (KO-35)
PRIS: "Never Stop Searching" (kidnapping; age estimated)
PRIS: "The Barillian Sting" (Barillian Bugs, Darkonda banished)
PRIS: "The Secret of the Locket" (Ecliptor's lie)
PRIS: "Astronema Thinks Twice" (raised by Ecliptor)
PRIS: "Countdown to Destruction part 1" (heiress role inferred)
circa August 1986 - June 1987 (est.; assorted; circa 2nd grade)
Young Bulk and Skull (see 1978-79) become best friends (see 1993) in
second grade, as evidenced by Bulk declining to beat up Skull for putting
a popsicle down his shirt.
In Stone Canyon, young Aisha Campbell performs for her sick grandmother
in her first dance recital.
Young Kimberly Hart loses her first gymnastics competition in Angel
MMPR-2: "Rangers Back in Time part 1" (Aisha, Kimberly, Bulk and Skull)
MMPR-2: "Rangers Back in Time part 2" (circa 2nd grade)
PRT: "Shift into Turbo part 2" (date estimated for class of 1997)
circa August 1986 - June 1987 (est.; circa 2nd grade)
This period was simulated by Lord Zedd's Rock of Time in 1995, although
it didn't affect actual history.
MMPR-2: "Rangers Back in Time"
circa 1986-89 (est.)
On a flight with her mother, young Taylor Earhardt (see 1981-82) sees
the Animarium (see 1,000 BCE) flying in the clouds. Prior to joining the
Air Force (see 2001), Taylor will come to possess the orb of the Eagle
Wildzord (see 1,000 BCE).
PRWF: "The Bear Necessities"
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TAMPICO — Jesse O. Leathers, 78, of Tampico died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at Trinity West Medical Center in Rock Island.
He was born May 20, 1934, in Orchardville, the son of Emery and Sylvia (Williamson) Leathers.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked for Ron Wolf farms for nearly 40 years.
Surviving are one brother, Jack (Kathy) Leathers of Tampico; two sisters, Ella Mae (Chester) Clevenger of Tampico and Noma Laurence of Jeff; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Marian Clark; and one niece, Kimberly Clark.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Walnut, with the Rev. David Menet, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Walnut Cemetery with military rites accorded by Walnut American Legion Post 179.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Memorials may be directed to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Walnut.
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It seems NYC has a turkey problem and they don't know how to deal with them. Well they do know how but as with everything there are those that want to fight them.
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WillowRidgeCalls wrote:What Staten Island should of done, since they had a list of thousands of signatures of the people protesting the disposal of the birds, they should of sent them each, the bill for taking care of the problem.The birds were put to good use, feeding the hungry. As hunters we pay for the resoration of game and habitat, a portion of it comes from our license, ammo, guns, ect. sales. The anti's don't pay a penny to gripe about something, and don't get charged for handling the problems the animals that they are protecting cause. Most of them are attention getters and if they had to pay for something, most would keep their damn mouths shut. Yes they have the rights to complain, Freedom of Speach, but if it cost them to take care of a problem, like it dose us, I'm willing to bet the Joe McAllister's of this country wouldn't be flappin their mouths and keep their hands in their pockets when it came to signing protests?
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Elegant flat in Talbyeh!
Maks. liczba gości6
Rozmiar110 m²
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|Shlomo Molho Street, 94142 Jerusalem, Izrael
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Two bedrooms (one double, one twin) can accommodate up to 4 guests. The bathtub in the spacious bathroom has shower attachment. The space, including the big lounge has been designed by a young designer in a stylish Orientalist style. Guests can also relax on the sunny patio.
The Old City is a must visit for secular and religious visitors alike. Visit the markets and historic sights of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Knesset (parliament) is 15 minutes' walk away, as is the fascinating Israel Museum. Aza street is a lively street just a minutes' walk away and is serviced by numerous bus lines. There are also a number of restaurants, cafes, and shops.
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Check in on Saturday will be approximately 1 hour after the Shabbath (around 1h45 after sunset).
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Thanks our host !! we enjoyed our staying in Jerusalim .Fist , excellent location just five min. on foot from Jaffa gate of the Old City. Second this place is very cosy and has everything for having a good time.
The location of this flat can't be beat! Super central. Meters from trendy Emek Refaim, with loads of shops and restaurants. Easy walking distance to the city centre, Old City, lovely renovated train station and the wonderful walking path along the old train tracks. But for the hiccup in our stay (see below) this would be a sold five-star rating. As to the flat itself, the patio is divine and the overall space clean, comfortable and airy, and completely kitted out. It could, however, benefit from some real management and maintenance, e.g. missing light bulbs, dirty dishes. Not a big impediment. Also, the landlord, Paul is absentee but he is responsive via email and a good guy. His manager on the ground, Myriam is lovely. However, had to fight with his/her bozo management team for compensation for three days of no hot water. Not a huge deal in summer, but cold showers in Jerusalem in winter, not so fun. After much hassling, ended up being booked into the boutique hotel next door for the eve of our departure. Had to fight way too hard for that small gesture, but at least we had hot showers and breakfast before we departed.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — If this actually was the last Memphis-Tennessee game for quite some time, both teams made it one to remember.
Joe Jackson scored 20 points and had seven assists Friday night as Memphis built a 21-point lead before hanging on for an 85-80 victory over Tennessee to snap the Volunteers' four-game winning streak. After trailing 60-39 with 14 minutes left, Tennessee got the lead all the way down to four in the final minute.
Memphis beat Tennessee for the third straight time to match its longest winning streak in the history of this rivalry, whose future remains in question. Memphis also won three straight over Tennessee from 1993-95.
"I don't think it was really about bragging rights," Jackson said. "It's just a very good win. Memphis and Tennessee, that's a good rivalry game. If you play for Memphis or play for Tennessee, you want to win those games. It's a feel-good game."
Adonis Thomas scored 18 points and Geron Johnson added 16 for Memphis (10-3), which survived its first true road contest to win for the eighth time in its last nine games. Jordan McRae scored a career-high 26 points and Josh Richardson added a career-high 20 for Tennessee (8-4).
The contract for this series runs out at the end of the season. Memphis athletic director Tom Bowen and Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart are discussing the possibility of adding future games between the two schools in men's basketball as well as other sports.
Memphis coach Josh Pastner said earlier this week he didn't want to continue playing the Vols, but he indicated Thursday night that he and Bowen would re-evaluate the subject once the current contract expires.
"It's a good way to end the week," Pastner said after the game. "The good thing is you're talking about Tiger basketball and there's no serious controversy that can't be managed. This can all be managed, I promise. … It's not that big a deal in the long run. There's a lot of good talk about Tiger basketball, and that's always positive."
The 19,535 fans at Thompson-Boling Arena showered Pastner with boos when his name was announced during pregame introductions.
That crowd — the most vocal of the season thus far — included new Tennessee football coach Butch Jones and former Jim Thorpe Award-winning defensive back Eric Berry. But the Vols wouldn't give them much reason to cheer for much of the night.
Memphis shot 56.4 percent (31 of 55) against a Tennessee defense that hadn't allowed any of its previous opponents to make over half their shots. The Tigers also shot 63.6 percent (7 of 11) from 3-point range against the Vols, who were ranked sixth nationally in 3-point percentage defense (.250).
Tennessee hadn't allowed any of its first 11 opponents to score as many as 70 points.
"We didn't expect them to shoot as well as they did," said Tennessee forward and Memphis native Jarnell Stokes, who had 11 points and nine rebounds. "Their percentages didn't match up to how they played today. Their season percentages, player by player, they shot five times better than they usually shoot."
Perhaps nobody came up bigger in that regard than Johnson.
The 6-foot-3 junior guard entered the night shooting 29.2 percent (7 of 24) from 3-point range, but he went 2 of 3 from beyond the arc Friday. Johnson made arguably the biggest shot of the game with 4:46 remaining when he sank a 3-pointer from in front of the Memphis bench after Tennessee had cut the lead to five.
"I told him in the locker room he saved us," Jackson said.
For most of the night, it didn't seem the Tigers would need someone to make a big shot late in the game.
Memphis never trailed in the first half and owned a 42-28 lead at the intermission by doing pretty much whatever it wanted offensively. In the meantime, Tennessee's offense continued its season-long habit of slow starts by shooting 27.6 percent (8 of 29) overall and 12.5 percent (1 of 8) from 3-point range in the first half.
Tennessee has struggled to get its offense going this season without injured forward Jeronne Maymon, who hasn't played since having a preseason setback in his recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery. A decision is expected soon on whether Maymon will return this season.
"We will have a decision for you guys no later than Monday," Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin said.
Memphis seemed on the verge of a runaway early in the second half before McRae got Tennessee back into the game. McRae scored 21 points and shot 4 of 8 from 3-point range in the second half.
"I just felt like we needed somebody on the offensive end to step up," McRae said. "If one person does it, somebody else follows and follows. I think that happened for us."
Tennessee had shown its ability to rally Saturday by erasing a 10-point, second-half deficit in a 51-47 victory over Xavier. Memphis had blown big leads before, as it lost 87-78 to Louisville on Dec. 15 after leading by 16 points.
This time, Tennessee had dug itself too deep a hole while Memphis showed it had learned its lesson. Although the Vols got the lead down to five points with five minutes left and had the margin down to four in the final minute, Memphis hung tough down the stretch.
"We've just got to stay the course and stay positive," Pastner said. "We did that and came out with a win."


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I am working a little space wars game. I am able to get my space ship to move up and down and follow its nose but I cant get it to rotate around its center.
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The Storage Architect's Amber Road Review -- Part II
By chhandomay on May 09, 2009
Hybrid Storage Pool Model for Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System Family
In his continuing series, Chris Evans of The Storage Architect blog took another in-depth look at the Amber Road platform. In this post, he turned his sights on the disk components of the hardware, specifically looking at the use of flash (SSD) drives and ZFS to produce a commodity storage device.
Chris began with a primer on ZFS, sharing the basic concepts and bringing the filesystem features to life and what they bring to the Amber Road platform. He also provided an overview of the Unified Storage System's cache architecture, noting the adaptive replacement cache and the ZFS intent log, and the fault tolerance and performance these features offer the 7000 series.
Chris picked up the core difference between Amber Road and traditional storage devices. "In a typical general storage array there will be LUNs presented to hosts which are very active, some moderately active and some totally inactive." He noted that Amber Road provides and alternative to the traditional "Long Tail" model, highlighting "fronting disk access with SSD ensures that high performance is dynamically provided to LUNs as it is needed."
Overall, Chris is positive about the architectural choices made for Amber Road and was unable to find fault via his evaluation. "I can say that in the testing I performed, the array coped easily with the workload I threw at it," he stated.
Chris' next post will be an in-depth look at the analytics provided by Amber Road and how it allows detailed device reporting.


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Can anybody recommend the best method of causing a non-triggered event to occur on a regular basis within or for a web-based application? I would like to send out an e-mail regularly (say, daily) to individuals based on data stored in a MySQL database. All existing interaction with this database is accomplished via PHP. I figure that I have two choices:
a. Use a cron job. b. Have a frequently-called function check the current date and time. If it is within certain parameters, call the function that will cause the e-mail to go out.
I don't like the former, because it will make it harder for people to install this application. The latter is wasteful. Am I missing a third possibility?


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thanks for the comments... also have another floss color that is a "hot orange" that is more closely matched to the wings and body fur (angora died hot orange). i've seen different colored versions of the orange heron, through different texts and tiers, so have been trying both. i like the brighter orange of the other floss better, but this was the only good picture that turned out! floss i've been using has been danville's, mostly cause its what i've had on my desk, used in other steelhead patterns i've played with. will try the uni-stretch next time i'm back in civilization and can pick up a spool.
thanks for the reply on bob's book... of interest, talked with Shewey at the end of January at a seminar he gave in Boise, ID. He mentioned that he will soon (soon being relative) be coming out with a second addition to his book. reason: a whole lotta info - fly patterns, materials history, use of materials, history of patterns, etc. - hit the cutting room floor due to publisher page restrictions. i'm guessing the publisher didn't have as much faith in the book as john did, and the publisher's been proven wrong - can hardly find a hard copy any more... not sure if he's simply going to upgrade the current text and expand, or come out with a "2nd volume"... can't wait to see it... will have to get bob's book as well... other's have had good review to...
Nicely tied. The Orange Heron is my favorite winter/spring fly. I tie and fish it on Alec Jackson #1 1/2's and #3's. Have you ever tried using Orange UNI-Stretch for the body floss? It has the same hot orange coloration of the wings and dubbing you used and is the color that I've seen on flies that Glasso tied.
Regarding Veverka's book, I bought my copy in early January. It has more info in it on materials than Shewey and list all the old spey flies from the 1800's. In my opinion, if a person is interested in spey and dee flies, he should have both Veverka's and Shewey's books.
and yet again........
Glasso's Orange Heron interpretation... BEP natural in place of the real thing, pintail for the throat, otherwise, pretty much to pattern, at least as it's described in Shewey's book... speaking of which, anyone seen Bob V.'s new book?? thinking of picking up that as well...
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The Selfishness of the Selfless
One important area in which Christianity and non-dualism radically diverge is over the question of hope. In the former, not only is hope permitted, but it is one of the theological virtues. In contrast, in non-dualism there is nothing to hope for and no one to hope for it, for neither sappy hope nor the dopey hoper are within the scope of the Real.
A couple of days ago, some astute commenter -- Warren, it was -- mentioned that one of the benefits of non-dualism is that it authorizes one to indulge one's impulses without having to feel guilt or shame before the transcendent Other. Non-dualists may dispute this characterization, but they really don't have an ontological leg to stand on, for just who is doing the disputing? And just what are they pulling if we have no legs? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Is it any wonder that the list of self-styled non-dualists and "independent gurus" who have set up shop in the West -- e.g., Da Free John, Chogyam Trungpa, Deepak Chopra, Krishnamurti, Rajneesh, and all the rest -- reveals a litany of duplicitous sexual, financial, and spiritual abuse? They are always -- either conveniently or inconveniently -- blindsided by the very desires they deny and claim to have transcended.
Are there Christians who engage in such bad behavior? Of course! But at least we are able to affirm that it is objectively and intrinsically wrong, and to ground morality in unchanging standards. Nor are there Christians who, after busted, claim that they are "crazy wise" spiritual teachers using paradoxical means to spur enlightenment in their followers -- you know, "it wasn't sexual abuse. I was just trying to teach the boy not to dissociate spiritual love from physical pleasure" or something. (Allen Ginsberg used to say this of the graduate students he sodomized.)
Bolton points out that if the non-dualists were correct, then there could be no objectively real developmental scale of being, especially as applied to human maturation. For them, "self development" could only mean a greater and more persistent reification of the very entity that causes all of the problems. To say "self development" would ultimately be indistinguishable from "illusion development," or "elaboration of the primal cosmic fantasy."
But that is not at all what happens in real psychospiritual development; rather, the opposite occurs. Indeed, I can see it in my own son, who came into the world a completely self-centered bundle of raging desires that needed to be satisfied now, if not sooner. He had no "self," no ego to moderate, transform, symbolize, or channel these impulses. Now that he has a blossoming little self, he is (becoming) kind, empathic, generous, and even capable of delaying his impulses, so he's already ahead of Tiger Woods on that score.
As Bolton puts it, "the degree of self-awareness which we have now does not, as such, make anyone self-centered unless it is corrupted. On the contrary, it makes one aware of self-centeredness as such, so that it can be corrected.... Only self-reflection can correct faults like self-centeredness. It would therefore follow that higher degrees of self-reflection should make possible so many higher degrees of unselfishness at the same time." Animals are never selfish or immoral, because nothing in them transcends their impulses and appetites. But enough about Hollywood liberals.
The non-dualist claims to trump Christian metaphysics, since the great scale of being of the latter is again ultimately subsumed into the realm of maya. But this, in my opinion, is one of the primary reasons why science either never developed or was prematurely quashed in these cultures. As Bolton writes, it is "the monistic schools of thought which can be seen to have the more limited option, that of confining the whole range of higher reality to the human state."
In other words, Christian metaphysics fills the gap between human and God with a whole hierarchy of spiritually real stations. There are only gaps in existence if we consider it from the bottom up -- e.g., the infinite ontological discontinuities between nothing and existence, matter and life, life and mind, etc. But if viewed from the top-down, the discontinuities vanish -- including ones we don't even know about until we arrive there through spiritual practice. Thanks to God, we are not "points" that vainly strive from the bottom up, but "lines" dangled from the top-down. If not for those lines, we could never be "fishers of men." There would be no exit from the closed circle of matter.
A human being can never totally "know himself," or he would be God, the Absolute. This is another way of saying that consciousness cannot know itself; or, it can know that it is, never what it is. Thus, there is surely "something self-contradictory about a supposedly absolute knowledge of God residing in an entity which cannot explain itself to itself," but rather, only extinguish the question by abolishing the questioner.
To paraphrase Bolton, disease is not cured by killing the patient. Unless Obamacare becomes law.
It seems that I barely get warmed up before it's time to go. To be continued...


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More or less replying to JT.
I agree completely about decals. I hate them. (I leave them off mostly.)
I got a lead on the script, and will hopefully read it in the next few weeks. Oh, you better believe I will have some thing to say........
Whadyomeanbaby? I am not a baby! I will show you I am not a baby!
You're skipping it for the most arbitrary of reasons, not because the product itself isn't good but because you felt it some pieces over the past 2 years have been hard to find, because you got a few QC issues, because it's not connected directly to a TV or comic continuity, because it's not running long enough, and because you're a big baby.
I just do not find lookng for scarce toys (still several waves of Minicons behind in this area), and then hoping to get a good one to be fun in the least. The lack of any actual context is a deterent, as it leaves me with only a few toys, in a line that Hasbro seems to be cutting corners on. (Minicons, those lil' recolors being examples.) Classics are likely to show up in the con comics, which are awful. (Of course, I liked RiD as a line, despite hating the cartoon.)
Remember, in Beast Machines, the characters were designed simultaneously for both formats, as in BW. And, I can still appreciate Tankorr as a good toy. Thrust was just awful.
Oh man, I cannot believe you called it out because it doesn't look like the animation - the animation is based on the toy, the animation's failure is on the animator's fault, not the toy's fault. Your eyes are not open.
And, leave Nightbeat alone. He rides the flippy bit, which is more than I can say for Thrust.


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And my signature is now blue.
Mine has nothing to do with Star Wars, it just a line i always say...
As always...........L
My favorite Indiana Jones line from Raiders...
Can't remember who was supposed to have quoted my tagline, but damn if I haven't found it to be true....
Wha'choo talkin 'bout Hasselhoff?
You're right, JT. These do look odd if you cahnge your sig line. See if any of you recognize where this one came from:
"Artoo-Deetoo was crashing through the ice caves in Cloud City when a slimy creature showed up and then disappeared into space where sad farewells were said." In case I change it again!
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
BCJ(formerly3), I already sent you a PM about your new sig line, well before reading this, but I'll give someone else a chance.
That's my jacket!
I got nothin'...
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Barada,Originally posted by bigbarada
My current signature, along with my previous one, came from the episode of That 70's Show where they all go off to see Star Wars on it's premiere night.
Interestingly enough, I had always taken your quote to have been a nod to Monty Python. The "Pirinha Brothers" segments of one show included interviews with various gangland characters including Stig O'Tracy who said of Dimsdale Pirinha, "He was a cruel man...but fair!". Perhaps the writers of That 70's Show used that line as a nod to Monty Python as they no doubt would be somewhat familiar with the sketch I referenced.
As JT said this thread will get very confusing when someone changes their sig line.
My 70's Show sig line was: "If I don't see some space jugs I'm gonna be pi**ed!"
My Mad TV sig line was: "Stah Wahs.......Stah Wahs.......oh dem Stah Wahs"
My new "He was a cruel man....but fair." line does in fact come from the Monty Python sketch. I just hadn't gotten around to explaining it here.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
Fast work, Barada. And thank you for helping stop any further confusion from my mistake. I had only seen the Star Wars episode of That 70's Show when it originally aired, so I don't recall everything that was said. I thought perhaps that line was used in reference to Darth Vader or something. I do now recall your previous signature line that was very much from that episode.


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I checked the Brookings Wal-Mart last night (the other day I noticed the store's ROTS stock was heavily depleted, so I was waiting for the new stuff to hit the shelves) and incredibly, they replenished the pegs with figures 1-32 only! The pegs had just been filled, too, so I know I didn't miss anything. Guess I know where I won't be shopping.
Has anyone else seen this phenomenon?


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Dolores Hodgson Niles
MADISON - Dolores H. Niles passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
Dolores was born April 2, 1933, in Fort Atkinson, WI, to Sherman (Lois) Hodgson and Helen E Wilson. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1951. She received her B.S.('55),M.S.('66) and Ph.D.('80) from The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Over the course of her career as a Psychiatric Social Worker she held the following positions: Director, Alcoholic Treatment Center, Mendota State Hospital, Director of Out Patient Services, Dodge County Mental Health Center and President of Human Services, Inc.
In 1980 she joined the faculty of the U.W. Madison as an Assistant Professor. In this capacity she served as Program Coordinator, Division of Professional and Human Development, Chair, Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Studies, Associate Dean, Continuing Education Extension Division, and Director, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory.
Dee's passions were her children, issues concerning women, children and minorities, reading, and chocolate. In 1977 she attended the first National Organization of Women conference in Houston. In 2000 she fulfilled her lifetime dream of visiting China.
She is survived by a son Lawrence (Grace) Niles and daughter Deborah (Ross) Niles-Turner; grandchildren, John and Tara Turner; sisters, Mary Hodgson Brown and Julie (Mike) Kostera, as well as many loving friends.
She was preceded in death by her father Sherm, mother Lois and sister Elizabeth.
A private celebration of Dee's life and processional were held at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison, WI. Her strength, love and wisdom will be deeply missed by her family and friends.


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If you do not seem approachable, NO fragrance will get complimented. As of today Polo Double Black has received three compliments. But I am a very outgoing person...My two cents
+1 on Hanae Mori, H.M.
Everyone is different, so, the best thing you can do is make educated guesses. When sampling a scent, think about it from the point of view of the kind of person you'd like to attract. What are her tastes likely to be? I love smart women. Bookish. Maybe even nerdy or geeky. Brains with girl-next-door looks really do it for me. When I've been on dates with women like that, I've gotten great feedback on Gucci Pour Homme II. I own both Gph and GphII, and I think it's interesting how they seem to have such different personalities. Gph is a very manly hairy-chested scent. GphII is more charming and sophisticated. Both are excellent. Both attract a completely different kind of woman.
My point is that the list for this thread is an 'in general' sort of list. It's up to us to figure out what works for us and what we think the women we like would most likely enjoy.
It would be awesome if we could sort the list of most complimented scents by the age and personality of the women who gave the compliments, but creating a list like that would be one heck of a massive undertaking!!! That's the sort of market research companies spend a lot of money to create, though they don't share that info since it's like their own secret weapon. And it's worth noting that that sort of market research isn't always accurate (blah blah blah all kinds of unintended biases can drastically skew the results) ...it sure would be neat though. I'm such a sucker for quality research.
The best thing you can do is use the list as a guide for scents you might want to try, and make your own educated guesses, knowing the results may not work for you. Good luck!
Current Favorites (not in any particular order)
Rose 31
Petit Matin
Royal Oud
Dior Homme
Aqua Celestia
Interlude Man
Aqua Universalis
1725 Casanova
Hanae Mori HM EDT
Pomelo Paradis
Bergamote Soleil
If you do not seem approachable, NO fragrance will get complimented. As of today Polo Double Black has received three compliments. But I am a very outgoing person...My two cents
So far, the most comments I've had from women in general (ranging from the eighth graders I teach to my 84-year-old grandma) has been towards Tom Ford for Men Extreme.
The most comments I've received from my wife was when I wore my sample of Noir de Noir.
"We don't fail because we aim too high and miss, but because we aim too low and hit" - Les Brown
"When you're all alone, when no one is watching, and there's no one around to impress, that is who you are" - Greg Laurie
Last week i got a really nice compliment on A*Men pure malt:
a friend of mine picked up me with his car. he had his girlfriend sitting next to him.
after few minutes in the car, his gf talked to me and said "i feel confsued, your fragrance makes me think sexual thoughts"
and she also said it is a very, very attractive smell.
For me, people who know me compliment Blenheim Bouquet the most. But strangers (or colleagues, those who I wouldn't consider 'friends') have only ever complimented Aventus.
CH Men Carolina Herrera
yesterday maybe it should not be a valid compliment but but ex-gf told me like 5 times you smell good, well also complemented my shoes, my shirt and my pant
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ADGio has gotten me hundreds of compliments, literally. I agree with some above on the fact that so many factors come into play when compliments on scent is being looked at. For one, even if a guy smells great but looks like a troll or never speaks a word to people, then obviously he won't get many compliments no matter what he is wearing. Obviously there are random exceptions, but compliments on a man's scent probably has to be prompted by some sort of attraction. It's just the world we live in.
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From my Mom while I was wearing samples of Memoir, Reflection, and Jubilation: "Wow, your smell reminds me of church when I was a kid. To be more specific, the smell of the statue of baby Jesus".
"Cool!? Thanks, Mom!"
Basically, that women/people tend to compliment on the whole package that makes up a person; looks, confidence, appearance and most importantly - personality.
The fragrance one wears is merely an excuse for someone to pay you a compliment because they like you as a person, regardless of what the fragrance is.
MR is divine
Spreadsheet updated. Haven't had time to add all the new entries yet, but I updated the tally on all the existing ones.
Kudos to you, Vellyr!
Current Favorites (not in any particular order)
Rose 31
Petit Matin
Royal Oud
Dior Homme
Aqua Celestia
Interlude Man
Aqua Universalis
1725 Casanova
Hanae Mori HM EDT
Pomelo Paradis
Bergamote Soleil
Third time in a row Fahrenheit ( the Game of Thrones signature scent )
My first post!
Anyway, I actually had to stop wearing this stuff when I went out: Dragon's Milk by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. I haven't the slightest idea what's in it, but they won't be able to resist approaching. *Wear with caution.
Impenitent incense junkie. I will not stop.
the other day my wife pretty enthusiastically told me that the varvatos vintage i was wearing was really doing it for her. I've had it for years but for some reason today she had something to day. Then we tried to make a baby. If it works , I think varvatos goldstein sounds like a great name.
Last Friday was my Christmas party.
Wore Aventus...
At least 4 beautifuls ladies in their 30's notified me about my cologne...
Creed Aventus is by far the best compliment getter
Tristan Lavoie
Marié, infidèle et heureux.
I love Aventus but annoyingly it only last about 3 hours on me. . . ughh. . .
Aventus got me a couple compliments last night. In fact my friends girlfriend asked me like 3 times what I was wearing and that it smelled amazing. The E01 batch has excellent longevity and sillage...
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This is true, not only an amazing scent but never fails to get compliments...
Meant to post this one when it happened a couple of months ago but forgot.
Went to lunch with an attractive female friend of mine (she's 40 btw).
As we are walking out of the restaurant, I open the door for her.
Apparently I was leaving a scent trail in my wake because she said
"Man, you smell good!"
Rive Gauche Pour Homme
5 sprays: 2 chest, 1 each forearm, 1 to the back of the neck.
Probably a spray or two too much for most people, but that's what works for me with this one.
Such a great, reliable masculine fragrance.
Also, been wearing my decant of Aventus off and on for the better part of a year--zero compliments.
But, that might be because I was wearing too many sprays to begin with. I've learned that 1 to 2 sprays
is PLENTY for Aventus, and I had been using my typical 4 to 5 sprays...way too much. It's a wonder I didn't kill someone, lol.
I usually get compliments when i wear mancera roses vanille. I think, it's sweety rose smell as turkish delight, is a reason why this scent fascinates women.
Tell Hugo, he isnt boss anymore.
Nieruchomości Gorzów
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It wasn't unsolicited though
a bunch of teenager girls, working in a beauty parlor on, down floor. "sir which is this perfume..?"
and when i told them ,one of them went downstairs, brought a piece of paper and had me write it for her. Their boss, a very nice and mature lady, "ahhh...it,s terrific".
I got my creed aventus last week.
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my kids and wife love it too. my son, 12 has been begging me to let him use it for school. had to honor his wish before counselling him on the undesirability of wearing colognes to school.
I had a meeting today with our corporate lawyer.
She is a nice looking young woman. 33 years old, look like Katy Perry, class, sexy and a bright girl.
As soon as she walked in my office :
"Tristan, you smell sooo good today. It's incredible how this perfume fits you well"
And then she came closer to me : "I want to smell it again and again"
She asked me : "Wich perfume it is ?"
I said : Borneo 1834 from Serge Lutens
And we started a conversation about Serge Lutens and his perfumes. She had no idea who is Serge Lutens.
Anyway, Borneo, that I have just recently bought, did bring me one of the most amazing compliment I have ever get in my life...
And this colleague of mine is so sexy.
Thank you Mr Lutens
Today I passed a woman in Macy's. "Goodness! You smell wonderful! What is that?" Turning my head in her direction and smiling as I continued walking, I replied, "Chergui." Her mouth was still open in amazement as I moved on. I smiled to myself because I knew the piece of heaven of which she just got a whiff. Shucks, I'm going to rock it again today!
My Signature Lineup: MFK Baccarat Rouge 540, Spice & Wood, Royal Mayfair, Pardon, Roja Dove Enigma, Dress Code, Jubilation XXV, CHAMBRE NOIRE, AVENTUS, GIT, Clive Christian C and X, Herod, Velvet Orchid, DHI, DH Parfum, Chergui, Tuscan Leather, Tobacco Vanille, Noir de Noir, APOM, BEL AMI, Gengis Khan, Reflection Man, Jardin d' Amalfi, Nio, Cedrat Boise, Interlude Man, Oud Ispahan.
Bleu de Chanel and Ed Hardy Love and Luck
Tom Ford's 15 Things Every Man Should Have


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Charles Lee Baldwin
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