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i'm feeling completely criminal for posting on top of my birth story. 'cuz i could have left that up forever...because i think it's my favorite post ever...in the history of mankind. and just very, very dear to me. i still can't believe it's taken me this long to write it. and since i wrote it, i find myself rereading it...and still crying...and then going back and adding more and more...like the little purple crown that someone put on her head in the warming bed. or the craving for a bottle of coke i had seconds after she came out...and the way i savagely sucked it down in three seconds flat when i finally got my hands on it...and reached for a basin straight after. or how she sounded like a baby pterodactyl with her little newbie screeches when katie welcomed her with her first bath in the tub next to me. or reaching for the phone minutes after she was born to call our family...and hoping she'd give a little cry so they could hear her, and--what i really want to say is this: if you haven't taken the time to write your birth story...no matter how old your babies are, or how long you've waited. just do it. for them.
i suppose i'm going to have to move away from this birth story thing eventually...
so...some little sumthin's we've been doin' round here:
my friend leah and her family raised $7200 for the american cancer society last year, and they're trying to beat their goal this year. her boy adrey is a cutie...but i haven't edited his pics yet! so, in the meantime, here's her sweet little nieces...helpin' them with some advertising.
...and then gracie & ellie today: peace & love, baby.
...and another one of my beloved sister & her girls from last week...
...and, finally, tisha...i won't let you down. a post without lainey is just no post at all, is it?
...from our walk last friday...at my dad's place down here...this beautiful boardwalk trails into this serengeti-looking field and then ends at a tiki hut hangin' right over the gulf. beautiful. and while we were on our walk, this little old man and this little old lady were ridin' their bikes in opposite directions...we were smack in the middle and, to avoid hitting us, they both swerved their bikes and like majorly crashed into each other...we're talking, tangled handlebars and loud bang/crash noises. no one was hurt...promise...which is why i can guiltlessly tell you i (waited until they pedaled out of view and then) bent over and laughed 'til i cried.
oh, and see that last bottom-right picture? yup. she skips. skips, i tell you. she doesn't talk much, but she skips...and holds a pencil like we do. that's right. tightly gripped above her ring finger and perfectly held into place with her middle and thumb. and yesterday, she drew an "n." not kidding. in fact, this picture proves, she not only drew an "n" but, if you look closely, a "y" and a "c" as well. swear, this was all her. hello? the girl quite obviously wants to go to new york.
so we might not be verbal until five, but her her fine motor skills are on fire. i'm thinkin' artist. or maybe writer. a little right-brained mini-me, perhaps. which would suit my fancy just fine. (though i would love an analytical little thinker just as much).
...enjoying the birth-stories-still-trump-every-post things.
oh...and lastly...singalong junk is such a great song. i'm just sayin'.
Monday, January 26, 2009
not a birth story.
14 comments:
- jen said...
screw verbal.
you know that little one is gonna just start talking and never stop at some point here.
enjoy the peace while you have it.
n. y. c.
you must take that girl to new york city. she's practically begging for the big apple.
love every picture and moment you capture. you know that right? someday ... you must take a picture of the girls and i on a beach. and i promise to make it big and hang it over my fireplace. mmm-k?
and your music choices? everytime i'm here ... i find another cd i need. - January 26, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- dig this chick said...
Love that sweet pic of your sis and her girls.
And, New York City is my favorite. Lainey, you are brilliant.
And, so funny that you laughed at the bike crash. Guiltlessly laughed.
And, so she isn't talking. She has amazing teeth. I wonder if Margot will ever get her teeth. Speaking of talking, bug looks at me intently about eleventy hundred times a day and says nawh whay. Kinda sounds like no way but that isn't it. I am dying to know what it is.
Oh, goodness. I am tired.
Good Night. - January 26, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Tisha said...
some are all talk and some are all acti8on. LL is all action! She's on fire! She'll probably start talking all at once. One day it's nothing the next day she'll be reciting the books you read. You did say you wanted her to be creative and one doesnt need verbal skill to show creativity, but one does need fine motor skills. :-)
Jonah still has problems getting the fork into his mouth properly. lol, he's a barbarian that usually resorts to using his hands...and sometimes whole face to eat (he lifts the bowl to his face and dives in). I tell myself it's a boy thing not a lack of motor skills thing...makes me feel better. haha!
We need to get these 2 together just imagine the things they would teach each other! - January 27, 2009 at 6:31 AM
Maybe Lainey would wink and say to Jonah, "Shake it baby, Shake it baby...one, two, three..." Remember, with Kelle, there are no secrets.
- January 27, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- Kelle said...
ha. oh, whatever! that was tasha, not tisha, and that was what? twenty years ago? i think the cat's out-of-the-bag by now.
- January 27, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Tisha said...
oh i hope lainey teaches jonah her best moves!!
- January 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Tisha said...
the black and white tights with red shoes are so wizard of oz.
- January 27, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Tammy B said...
ooh, Wizard of Oz was exactly what I was thinking! Love the picture of your girl skipping! Mine is six, and I don't think SHE knows how to skip.
- January 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- cjs said...
always love me some hippie love....those are great pics.
love you - January 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Heidi said...
singalong junk...knew i loved it and stayed up in bed not able to sleep until i placed the scene. i knew someone was gettting loved on...counldn't rememeber who.
damn, sam...i wanted to sleep...
woo hoo...jerry maguire lickin' up renee's shoulder!!!!!!
pics are lovely! - January 27, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Trailing Mira said...
Skipping?! oh my .... too cute. Great pictures!
- January 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Kelly said...
NYC is too dangerous for her! Please teach her to write Mayberry stat! Might be longer, but it's a lot safer there!
I love how you treat her outfits like a blank canvas and dabble in all the different colors and textures!! - January 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Anna Ruth said...
Love all the pictures! There will be several people happy and surprised at the pictures and cards you are making.
Loved Lainey's letters. The ones that don't talk are the deep thinkers. - January 27, 2009 at 6:51 PM
- Emily H. said...
Just re-read this post out of the blue. Do you think she wrote "n" and "c" for Nella Cordelia? Spooky, but beautiful. :) :)
- May 20, 2010 at 4:25 PM


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When a female drops trow and presses her bare ass and mule lip up against a restaraunt window while the victim is eating. Female version of the fruit basket.
These shitty nacos were kicking my gag reflex until Lisa Loadlapper gave me the clam basket. I'd sure like to fill her cooch with my load.
автор: Tommyshocker
17 ноября 2005
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The inner, outer , and overall Lips of a womans vagina that gape,hang and generally appear to be crinkled together like clam parts found in your average seafood meal.
" The site of RxCatherine's clambasket frightens even the most avid fisherman from proceeding forward with cunnilingus."
автор: Astrocreep
19 января 2005
a basket that holds clams. The basket is used for clam transport.
Look at the chowderhead carrying a clambasket.
автор: Crunkis RUlz0r
13 января 2005
A slang term for a woman's lady-bits. Referring particuarly to those bits with a rather thick stench.
Oh my god Aimee, will you close your legs! The stench of your clam basket is hurting my eyes!
автор: Stuuuuu
2 декабря 2007
A slang term for a woman's genitals. Refers to the occasional fishy smell which has been known to ebb out of their bits at times.
Oh my God Aimee close your legs! The stench of your clam basket is affecting my eyesight.
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we were asked to build a submarine as a requirement to pass our physics subjct... the problem is.we dont know how to start, and what materials(simple and not expensive by the way) should we use also our prof said that it is going to be a race (and it will be uhm..1week frm now)and we will be competing with other groups.. could you give me some tips on how to increase the speed of our submarine? and what are the factors that should be considered in building a submarine?... *PSur submarine should have a lenght of (max)=1m, and should be 2ft below the surface... PLEASE..PLEASE..PLEASE... ur reply wud be highly appreciated...
http://www.btinternet.com/~philipr/torps.htm Oughta give you ideas for controlling depth and direction. Browse the hardware stores plumbing depts. for materials.
At a depth of only 2 feet, the materials are not really a concern. I don't suspect this device is intended to last any significant amount of time, so rotting or corrosion are not much of an issue either. If you're just trying to make this thing move through the water as fast as possible, try to make it lightweight, hydrodynamic, and have a LOT of thrust. - Warren
Well, for a race, one would probably prefer a torpedo. So what are the basics of submarine or torpedo - vessel (hull), power/propulsion, and guidance. Vessel - something tubular with a round nose and round stern. For speed it should be streamlined as much as possible. Materials could be pipe of metal, plastic, wood, . . . e.g. 3" PVC pipe, or larger. Add ballast to set bouyancy for 2 ft below surface. Power/propuslion - some type of motor and propeller. Torpedoes have electric propulsion systems using batteries. Finding a propeller might be problematical, but a hobby shop, which sells model boats might have them, or one could machine a propellor. Compressed gas is a possibility. Chemical reaction might work, but is complicated and perhaps hazzardous. A constraint is interior size of hull. Guidance - some type of fins/rudder to make submarine go in straight line - or one use a gyroscope, but that needs power. This might help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Simply walking down the aisle of the grocery store, "gluten-free" labels jump out from food items everywhere. What is the big deal about gluten? Do we need it? Why do we hear so much lately about people cutting it out of their diets?
In basic terms, gluten is a storage protein found naturally in wheat, barley and rye. Because these grains — particularly wheat — are so abundant, gluten is in many foods we consume on a daily basis. Even though it is in so many foods, Penn State Hershey dietician Liz Reid says gluten is not an essential nutrient.
"We don't actually have to have it," Reid said.
Gluten is the most recent nutrient to catch media attention. This is likely due to athletes and celebrities touting gluten-free diets. As Reid points out, it has become almost a marketing tactic.
Related: Is a gluten-free diet for everyone?
"Now there are products labeled 'gluten-free' that never contained it in the first place — such as water, or bananas," she said.
Reid believes this practice will be discouraged by proposed FDA regulation changes.
Gluten-free diets aren't just propagated by marketing, however. Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are real problems that affect an increasing percentage of the population. About 1 percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with celiac disease — an immune reaction to eating gluten — and another 6 percent with gluten sensitivity, requiring them to eliminate gluten-containing foods from their diets.
These diseases aren't curable by a medicine of any kind; the only way to treat them is to avoid gluten altogether. If a person with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity eats gluten, their body is unable to digest it appropriately, resulting in gastrointestinal distress and, in the case of celiac disease, potential damage to their digestive tract.
Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are growing problems in the U.S. Every year, a higher number of cases are diagnosed.
"Part of this is because we are getting better at diagnosing celiac," Reid said. "But it may also be that we are more sensitive to new strains of wheat that contain higher levels of gluten."
Further, processed foods contain a lot of gluten because it is cheap and it isn't bad for you, so it is relied upon by food scientists.
"Gluten isn't bad for you," Reid reiterated. "In fact, a lot of gluten-containing foods are good for you. But the good thing about the recent emphasis on gluten-free diets is that it draws attention to other good kinds of whole grains we otherwise forget."
For the average person without any gluten-sensitivity issues, Reid suggests looking for foods that contain nutritious, high-fiber, whole grains such as quinoa, buckwheat, millet, brown rice, wild rice and gluten-free oats in addition to normal gluten-containing foods.
For people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, Reid strongly recommends practicing good eating habits and seeking help from a dietician.
"You can follow a gluten-free diet and still buy processed foods, but that's not an improvement. Or, you can choose healthy, whole-grain alternatives to reduce your symptoms and improve your health in a number of ways."


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George Colligan, as demonstrated in these three exciting dates, is one of the brightest and most articulate new pianists on today's scene. A composer to reckon with as well, Colligan's music defies easy categorization. For starters, modern mainstream with an avant-garde twist seems useful. On the arresting 1998 quintet session Constant Source, for instance, Colligan's "Void" unfolds like a journey through Rod Serling's Twilight Zone in which the terra firma of a sinewy 4/4 pulse gradually gives way, casting us into freefalls of nightmarish wonder. On the same date, Colligan spins Tommy Dorsey's signature ID, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," into an edgy Brubeckian time-twister. Here, the A sections of George Bassman's 1932 standard get shoved into a 7/4 mold; for contrast, the bridge oscillates between 4/4 and 6/4 with a couple of measures of 5/8 tossed in at the end. Amazingly, Colligan and his math wizards turn the gauntlet into a spritzer with a dash of lime. Those wizards, not insignificantly, are tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, alto/soprano saxman Jon Gordon, bassist Ed Howard and drummer Howard Curtis, who are all joined at the musical hip. In his notes, Colligan speaks warmly of Monk and Shorter and their "perfect balance of focus and freedom, of clarity and complexity." These same words also apply to Colligan's music, his writing as well as playing, and the unusually intense interplay of this hair-raising quintet.
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Ron Cain, Jr., Chair Margaret Miller-Sanders
Everett Vreeland Kevin Seidel, Alt. #2
Deane Driscall Alexander Kachmar
Deb Nielson , Alt.
Tony Speciale, Planning Board Liaison
ABSENT: Ron Soussa, Jennifer Horowitz, Arnold Schancupp, Alt. #1, Jim Sandham, Township Committee Liaison
Board of Adjustments application update-Deane Discoll reported that Valhalla made several applications, one for a lighted volleyball installation. This application and the others that were presented will be dealt with differently once the zoning for this area is changed pursuant to the Master Plan.
Master Plan Update- Deane and Tony reported that at the Public Meeting the Quick Check applicant argued before the Board that his application was being denied in an arbitrary matter. The board pointed out that before the application was made the property was not zoned for this type of use and that there were ordinances in place that would prevent the requested use.
Trinity Baptist Church sough the addition of a gymnasium.
Rails Restaurant was approved.
Property owners of a parcel located on Route 202 by the 287 entrance ramp requested that the zoning in the Master Plan be changed to something other than residential. The Board will investigate this.
Montville Bagel was denied their request for more time to complete the exit they had been required to create.
Website Development-Jane is updating the vacancy posting on the Township Website.
Temporary Sign Policy- Rather than design a Temporary Sign Policy, which is not the charge of the EDC, the ordinance itself will be addressed as part of the zoning ordinance revision.
Update on Developer Inquires- Meghan will be asked to keep a list of inquires that she receives.
Deane, concerned about existing building with vacancies, has offered to speak to Rick Vanderbeck at First Industrial to see what he would recommend to the EDC to be more effective.
Tony stated that rather than ask the interested parties seeking to move to Montville what they need, we should be touting our new Master Plan which should be ready in the next six months with revised zoning and ordinances in place. The EDC should embrace the Land Use elements of the Plan and communicate it to realtors and developers.
Kevin suggested a catch phase dealing with the new Master Plan to launch this event.
It should be introduced to Commercial Realtors and developers as a new friendly and welcoming plan. A plan composed of clear rules so that newcomers will know what to expect. It was discussed that an event should be scheduled. Margaret suggested an "Open House" throughout town with all landlords visible and a map showing available properties given out to the realtors and developers. Deb suggested a wine and cheese event that could be hosted by a Commercial Landlord or Kevin graciously offered the Chelsea Senior Living as an event location.
Deane Offered to talk to Ron Soussa and other Commercial Realtors in town to see what they think of an event.
Deb mentioned how important it is to get the Commercial Realtors on board since they have a vested interest in making this work.
We briefly discussed the charge of our committee and how it is to attract and keep businesses in town with the goal to enhance current tax rates.
Subcommittee formation to evaluate consultant(s) for retail analysis an economic development-Deane asked Deb if there are municipal programs that could guide the EDC in this area. Deb will investigate but thought there were DVDs available but the layout of the towns is usually much different than Montville Township.
MINUTES: On motion made by Deane Driscall seconded by Everett Vreeland the minutes of the November 17, 2010 were unanimously approved.
Recap of 2010 and any follow-ups.
Discussion regarding a possible annual dinner honoring business leaders-consider an event for Realtors and developers.
Signage regulations for new land use ordinance.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 AM.
WEDNESADY, January 19, 2011 at 8:00AM
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The league agreed to pay $765 million to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and a program of medical research as well as to cover some legal expenses, according to a filing in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
More than 4,500 players had accused the league of glorifying football's ferocity while concealing the risks of concussions and long-term brain damage as a result of repeated hits to the head.
U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in July had ordered both sides to meet with mediator Layn Phillips, a retired federal judge, in an effort to settle the dispute.
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With foodgrains and agricultural commodities production set to fall due to drought, the Government on Friday said it will import those items that will be in short supply to meet demand.
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Mr. Mukherjee, however, said that the Government will not announce the timing of import to ensure that the prices are not jacked up artificially by the international players.
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On the impact of drought, the Finance Minister said that it does not affect only production, it has a cascading effect.
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Practical Ecology for Paddlers
by Tamia Nelson
Ecology and the environmental movement have had a bad time of it
lately. In New York's North Country, where Farwell and I live,
"environmentalist" has replaced Communist as the universal,
one-size-fits-all epithet. Has a troublemaking neighbor been
complaining again about your wayward dog, the noise from your
all-night parties, or the smoke from your burn barrel? Need a little
slack from the cops? No problem. Just tell them that the
troublemaker's one of those, you know, environmentalists.
You'll be off the hook in no time.
For maximum effect, of course, each damning syllable should be
chewed-on for a while before being spat out, the better to convey your
contempt. "Shoot, officer. Don't know what he's talking about. He must
be some kind of En - vi - ro - men - al - ist!" (For some reason, the
second "n" and first "t" are usually swallowed whole.)
From what I hear, this phenomenon isn't confined to northern New
York. That's not good news for paddlers. Canoeists and kayakers get up
close and personal with the rivers that flow through our villages and
cities, and we spend a lot of time on the lakes around which we build
our summer homes. Sadly, the view we get is sometimes pretty
disheartening. It's hard to be a paddler and not be an
We shake our heads over the trash that litters the banks of our
favorite rivers. We look on with dismay as a kid on a jet-ski tries to
run down a female common merganser and her brood of chicks. We curse
the midnight ramblers whose unmuffled powerboats wake us repeatedly in
the small hours of the night. And we pat ourselves on the back.
We're not the problem, we tell ourselves. We're the good guys.
Well, I suppose it's true in a way. Paddlesport is a quiet
sport. One day last year I looked up from my desk and was astonished
to see a whole flotilla of paddlers going by my window. They were
participants in a citizens' race sponsored by the local lake
association. There were nearly a hundred of them, and the closest was
no more than 100 feet away. But I didn't even know they were there
until I raised my head and looked out the window. If they'd been
driving jet-skis....
So, yes, even when we whoop and holler, we don't make much noise.
But that's not the end of the story, is it? A tour of paddling put-ins
and popular camping areas won't turn up much cause for
self-congratulation. At many heavily-used sites, you can find your way
to the water by following a trail of human turdseach one topped
off with a garnish of toilet paper. If you gotta go, you gotta go,
after all. It seems that a lot of us just don't care where.
And that's only the beginning. Many paddlers are also anglers. The
next time you're out in your boat, visit the local fishing hot-spot.
What do you find? Coils of monofilament lying in wait to ensnare
waterbirds or small mammals. Plugs and jigs hanging from tree limbs,
each one bristling with multiple treble-hooks. Piles and piles of
Now look beneath the surface. Scoop up some of the muck or sand
from the lake- or river-bottom near shore. Sift through it. Chances
are good that you'll find at least a few lead sinkers and split-shot,
and one or more lead-headed jigs. If eaten by a duck or loon, any of
these can kill. The United Kingdom has banned lead sinkers, but we in
the United States haven'tyet. We seem to think we've got
waterfowl and shorebirds to spare.
OK. Enough of this. If you paddle, you know what I'm talking about.
Ours is already a quiet sport, but it could be a cleaner one. What can
we do to clean up our act?
First, and perhaps most important: Don't add to the problem. Bag
your trash and bring it home with you. On day trips to heavily-used
areas, and on overnights at popular campsites, consider the ultimate
in "no-trace" technique"bring an air-tight "honey bucket" along
with you, and use it when the need arises. It's not much fun to clean
it out at the end of the trip, I admit, but it's more pleasant than
pitching your tent in a clearing studded with human turds.
If you fish, replace your lead sinkers and split-shot with
non-toxic alternatives made of bismuth, tin, or tungsten. True,
they're all more expensive than lead, but the cost is small when you
consider the toll taken by lead over the decades. Wherever possible,
retrieve snapped leaders and snagged lures, and pick up any
monofilament you see anywhere.
Thinking about getting a motor for your fishing canoe? Check out
Honda's little 2-h.p. four-stroke, orfor larger boatsthe
new Yamaha 4 h.p. or the Nissan 5. Four-stroke outboards pollute far
less than than their two-stroke counterparts: hydrocarbon emissions
are reduced by 90 percent or more. (A carbureted two-stroke sends as
much as 25 percent of its fuel-oil mix straight out the pipe
unburneddirectly into the air and water. On a calm day, when the
light is right, you can sometimes see an oily sheen spreading out in
the wake behind a two-stroke outboard.)
You don't fish, you say? Maybe you're a bird watcher or wildlife
photographer, then. Happily, not many paddlers deliberately harass
wildlife, but we can love some creatures to death. Loons, for
example, are especially sensitive to disturbance. They nest on islands
or in remote coves, and their nests are usually only a foot or two
from the shoreline. If a canoe, kayak or other boat approaches too
closely, the parent birds will leave their nest and attempt to drive
the "intruder" away. Their tremolo call and territorial display are
often mistaken for a courtship ritual. While water-skiers and
jet-boaters will quickly zoom on without even noticing, canoeists and
kayakers often hang around, entranced by the big birds' "penguin
dance." If the paddlers stay too long, the loons' eggs will cool past
the point of no return, and the developing chicks will die.
By a cruel irony, the U.S. Memorial Day and Fourth of July holidays
coincide with critical times in loon chicks' embryonic development. As
a result, it's not unusual for a mated pair to lose two clutches of
eggs in a single yearand to fly south without having produced a
single surviving offspring.
This doesn't have to happen. Learn to recognize the loons' alarm
call (tremolo) and their territorial display (the "penguin dance"
mentioned above). Then move away at the first warning. With a good
pair of binoculars or a telephoto lens, you can observe or photograph
loons and other wildlife at a safe distance. Binoculars, in
particular, are wonderful things. They bring the whole world closer.
Buy your first pair, use them just once, and you'll immediately wonder
how you ever lived without them.
Lastly, give something back to your local rivers and lakes in
return for the pleasure they've given you. At the end of every trip,
take out a small bag of other people's garbage. We all complain
about the trash we find in our favorite spots, but how many of us do
something about it? Maybe it's time for an attitude adjustment. The
next time you find a put-in trashed, don't bitchjust bag it!
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Many western countries accept hugs and kisses as a popular form of greeting although a handshake is still the formal way of greeting people. In China, a handshake or a simple and kind salutation is common. Chinese people greets each other in a park
Form of Address:
A form of address is to some extent a reflection of social climate. In China, various forms of address are used according to circumstances. Choosing the appropriate and correct form shows your wit and high respect to others. Generally, for Chinese people it should be in accord with convention and care much about the personal favor of the people being addressed. There are four main categories:
Job Title: You can call someone directly by his job title or put it before his surname or full name. This is often used in the workplace and on more formal occasions:
Chinese Pinyin | Chinese | The same meaning in English |
Hu Zhu Xi | 胡主席 | President Hu |
Zhang Jing Li | 张经理 | Manager Zhang |
Liu Zhu Ren | 刘主任 | Director Liu |
To address based on professional qualifications, which expresses respect to those being addressed:
Pinyin | Chinese | The same meaning in English |
Li Jiao Shou | 李教授 | Professor Li |
Wang Lu Shi | 王律师 | Lawyer Wang |
Zhao Gong Cheng Shi | 赵工程师 | Engineer Zhao |
An address based on educational qualifications is helpful to emphasize the academic authority of the people being addressed:
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Yang Bo Shi | 杨博士 | Dr. Yang |
Gao Shuo Shi | 高硕士 | Master Gao |
Ma Xue Shi | 马学士 | Bachelor Ma |
To address based on professions:
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Wang Lao Shi | 王老师 | Teacher Wang |
Zhang Yi Sheng | 张医生 | Docotor Zhang |
Liu Jing Guan | 刘警官 | Officer Liu |
Generally, you can call others by their family name or full name by putting the Mr. or Ms. in front. This is the general address most widely used in company, hotels, stores, restaurants, karaoke, bars and other places.
You can use a person's full name or family name when addressing acquaintances, good friends and colleagues, or only the surname proceeded by an informal title which indicates his age:
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Xiao Wang | 小王 | Younger Wang | A person younger than yourself |
Phatic Communion
A smile, good eye contact and politeness are expressions of sincerity. These are the beginning of communication. Just like westerners, the Chinese usually pass the time of day with one another as a precursor to getting to the point of a conversation or presentation.
Different conditions require different styles in which conversational greetings may be exchanged. When you meet someone for the first time, the most commonly-used words are:
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Ni Nu Er Zhen Ke Ai | 您女儿真可爱 | Your daughter is so lovely! |
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I've created a Google Code project for Twinkle. It's called twinkle-sparql-tools.
If you're a Java developer and/or a user of the tool and are interesting in contributing code then drop me a mail and I'll set up you up with source access.
I've created a Google Code project for Twinkle. It's called twinkle-sparql-tools.
If you're a Java developer and/or a user of the tool and are interesting in contributing code then drop me a mail and I'll set up you up with source access.
Lets assume we have a stored graph Gstore. Also that we have been given another graph of incoming data Gin that contains some modifications to a specific sub-graph.
Lets also assume that we have a function view() that can extract the "equivalent" sub-graph (i.e. equivalent view) of the original data.
In pseudo code to apply these updates we do the following:
Gview = view(Gstore)
Gdelete = Gview - Gin
Ginsert = Gin - Gview
Gstore' = Gstore.remove(Gdelete).add(Ginsert)
Job done. The Jena API provides methods for handling the basic operations see, for example, the difference method. You can also wrap the modifications to Gstore in a transaction.
The nice thing is that this is agnostic to the actual data being updated, we don't care which triples are being added or inserted. This differentiates it from the SPARQL Update Language, specifically the MODIFY operation, which requires the patterns being inserted or deleted to be added to the query. Changesets are much the same.
In the above approach the detail of what is being changed (or is being allowed to change) is shifted out of the triple store update code and into the view() function. The extent of the graph that is returned by this function must match that being passed as input. So we've defined a specific "document type". As it turns out this is quite reasonable as you can generally match, e.g. a RESTful service call, to a view based on the identifier of the item to which the content is being posted, its media-type, other service parameters, etc.
In terms of implementing the view() function, it turns out you can go a long way with a SPARQL CONSTRUCT
operation. DESCRIBE
isn't suitable as you don't have control over how the sub-graph is built.
I think there are strengths and weaknesses to all of the different approaches to updating RDF stores and suspect that there isn't going to be a one size fits all approach. For example SPARQL Update looks like a handy syntax to use when the modifications all follow predictable patterns, e.g. I'm doing parameterized updates to some stored data, much like parameterized updates in a SQL database. Changesets offer some extra functionality around store versioning which doesn't drop out of the set logic approach (although it could be added).
Oh, and the keen eyed amongst you will notice that this approach does involve some "thrashing" of updates for bnodes, because they don't compare as equal. But what ya gonna do?! :)
On Sunday I posted about how constrained views of RDF can be useful in order to document the inputs into an application, validate those inputs, and also manage updates via application of set algebra. I explored the idea that a system may support many such views or "document types" without blessing any as the primary view of the data. And, importantly, that this approach doesn't ultimately constrain the range of data that you can put into a triple store.
It just occured to me that there's another way to explain the concept: a shape sorter.
A shape sorter can contain many different sizes, shapes, and colours of block. Each can only be put into the box through a specific hole, but once in they're all mixed together. And one can reach in and pick out any or all of them. Depending on which face of the shape sorter you're looking at the options may look quite limited. But the sorter has a whole has a lot of different faces and options.
The inside of the box is the triple store. It can contain many different things. Each block is a specific data format or the shape of a specific sub-graph. Passing a block through a shape is the validation process, and the shape sorter offers many different forms of validation.
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Lee Feigenbaum has put together a really nice posting discussing different ways of modelling statistical data using RDF. I wanted to contribute to that discussion and add in a few comments about how I've been modelling some of the OECD's statistical publications using RDF.
Note the emphasis: what I've been doing is capturing metadata about individual statistical tables and graphs, their association with specific publications, their metadata, etc. I've not attempted to capture the detail of the statistics themselves, but do have a few relevant comments there.
The background to this is that I'm currently technically leading a project to build the latest version of OECD's electronic library. All of the metadata is stored in RDF, with content available as HTML, PDFs, Excel spreadsheets or as views into the OECD.stat application that the OECD have developed as a power tool for housing and delivering their statistical data.
As Lee discovered in the EuroStat data, regions and countries are core concepts. All of the OECD's statistical output can be classified by country and region, and these are types defined within our schema. We assign URIs to the countries using either the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or, in the case of classifying data that refers to countries that no longer exist as a specific entity (e.g. Yugoslavia), we use the ISO 3166-3 4 letter country code.
A country may be associated with zero or more Regions, using an Is Part Of relationship. A region may be the European Union, OECD member states or other arbitrary grouping. I suspect the same basic requirements will apply to other statistical datasets.
There are some other types of classification that we associate with the tables:
And then there's the usual collection of title, description, etc. all as multi-lingual literals. All tables are also assigned a DOI to provide a stable link that can be cited in publications. If the table was originally published in a specific Book or journal Article then that relationship is also captured.
Obviously this metadata is, largely, at a level above that which Lee has been exploring, but I thought this might provide some useful context. For anyone looking at capturing statistical data in RDF, there are some other useful places to look at for defining terms and drawing on prior experience.
Firstly the Journal of Economic Literature Classification provides some terms that can be associated with statistical publications to help categorize them. The OECD's statistical glossary fills a similar role.
Secondly, the Statistical Data and Metadata EXchange (SDMX) initiative is also worthy of a look. It's not RDF but, as well as defining XML Schemas and web services for exchanging statistical data, the guidelines include lists of cross-domain concepts and their mappings to those in use by EuroStat, OECD, IMF, etc. So plenty of scope for grounding RDF vocabularies for statistical in a lot of prior art.
Finally, the OECD have some public documentation about the design and implementation of their "MetaStore" database that supports OECD.stat (it's a different beast to the Ingenta MetaStore, I should point out). For example, the document "Management of Statistical Metadata at the OECD" (PDF) has some interesting detail about the different types of metadata (structural, technical, publishing) that is stored in these multi-dimensional data cubes.
The notion of a "document" and a "document type" are core concepts in XML. The specification includes a precise description of document, what it means for a document to be well-formed, valid, and so on. Even if you're not using a DTD or XML schema, and are just using XML as a syntax for exchanging structured or semi-structured data, the concept of document is still a useful one. For example a document has a clear boundary and content, and so there is a limited scope for the data that an application has to deal with.
The ability to define classes of documents ("document types") brings other benefits: the structure and content of documents can be standardized. The document type becomes both a contract that can be enforced by an application prior to its processing of any given document, and a description of the acceptable inputs of that application.
The concepts of "document" and "document type" are quite general and aren't limited to XML applications. See, for example, the JSON schema discussion. The same concepts and their attendant benefits also crop up in messaging systems.
But you don't see much discussion about the concept of a document or their types in RDF applications. Granted, RDF/XML does define a document type for serializing RDF graphs, but we all know that the large variation in how any single RDF graph could be encoded in valid RDF/XML means that the same benefits we get from non-RDF XML vocabularies are lost. The document scope can be highly variable scope, as can content and syntax. Of course it is is possible to create "RDF profiles" that constrain the RDF/XML syntax so that an XML schema can be used to validate documents. Jeni Tennison has recently discussed some approaches to this, and I've explored the topic myself in the past. In fact I regularly apply it when designing RDF based systems: it is extremely useful (essential) to be able to validate incoming data.
But generally the notion of document types doesn't sit well with RDF. RDF is a data model for semi-structured data. It assumes an "open world model" in which missing information is not invalid, or as Dan Brickley has put it "missing isn't broken". This wild and woolly nature of RDF is, I think, one of the reasons many people struggle with it. As Dan says:
If nothing is mandatory, then how can they write code that knows what to expect?
Dan concludes that posting by suggesting that there are certain bedrocks which application authors can still rely on, e.g. XML+Namespaces, conformance to the RDF model, etc. But lately I've come around to the view that we need to go beyond that and offer tighter ways to document, declare and validate data that is being exchanged in RDF applications. I don't know of any applications that adopt an open world model; quite the opposite in fact. I think there are benefits in looking at the notion of "document" and "document type" in an RDF context. Although "document" may not be the right term here, a better one may be "view".
So how might we achieve this, and what are the benefits in doing so?
We can use the aforemention "profiling" option to create an constrained RDF/XML vocabularly that can be validated using XML schema (of whatever kind). Where two parties need to have an agreed on format for data exchange this works well. So for example, the OECD are supplying us with XML documents according to an XML schema. The documents are valid RDF/XML so we can simply pour them into a triple store for our application to use. Each XML document is basically a packet of RDF that describes one section (or sub-graph) of the entire data set. Those same packets are used as the basic message format for passing between internal components (e.g. the search indexer). So this is one useful application of the document concept in an application which is otherwise entirely RDF-driven and which goes to some length to be agnostic to the details of the data it contains.
In a scenario where there isn't any prior co-ordination between the parties exchanging data then there are other options. A typical scenario here might be submitting my FOAF document (either directly, or referenced via an OpenId) to register/configure some online service. There are many ways I might structure my FOAF document, so how does the service validate or check that the required data is present? The answer here is SPARQL. SPARQL can be used to to validate a graph by testing whether specific graph patterns are present using ASK or CONSTRUCT. It can also be used to CONSTRUCT a constrained "view" of the submitted data that throws away anything that the application isn't directly interestd in. The other side benefit to using SPARQL is that it doesn't really matter that RDF syntax is being used: the validation and data extraction is happening at the level of the data model not the syntax.
We use the technique of defining RDF views using CONSTRUCT elsewhere in our applications. The primary one being fetching the data required to present some aspect of the RDF graph to an end user. I've described this, and the underlying system and its assumptions in a recent presentation. Here the "view" or "document type" is used to drive a simple data binding layer, and is essentially the contract between the application logic and the presentation layer. The application doesn't need to deal with the entire graph, just useful use case specific subsets. And these are different "document types" to that used when loading the original data. The application doesn't have a single document type: it has many and they're used in different contexts. This avoids overly constraining the model (we want to be able to store arbitrary additional properties) but imposes local scoping to gain the benefits of validation, known contents, etc.
It turns out that there's another use case where RDF document types or views are useful: managing updates to a triple store. If you know that some incoming data is constrained to a particular view (e.g. by prior agreement, or through extracting only those graph patterns that are of interest) then apply the incoming message as an update to the store is simply a matter of doing some set algebra. Extract the equivalent view from the store (i.e. the relevant sub-graph) and then look for the difference between the stored and incoming sub-graphs. The end result is a list of triples to delete and add to the store.
I'll follow up more on the topics in this posting, as I think there are huge benefits to be had here from looking at how the notion of documents and document types can add value to RDF systems. It's very easy to get caught up in the completely general case of a highly-distributed, wild and woolly world of RDF and the Semantic Web. But the majority of applications will have a much more limited world view, and my experience so far is that applying some additional constraints here and there can have huge benefits. Embracing the notion of multiple document types is one of these.
I finally found time to attend one of the Oxford SWIG sessions last night and had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
I gave a couple of presentations which I've posted to slideshare, and which I'll embed below.
The first was a general introduction and mini-demonstration of Twinkle. I gave a basic overview of the key features and showed how the configuration drives the user interface:
The second talk as about the different SPARQL query forms. I started by asking the question "why are there four different query forms?" and then proceeded to examine each one and talk about the benefits and their applied use.
The talk was streamed online via Yahoo Live which was a nice touch as one SWIGger was at home with a broken ankle (get well soon Katie!). It'd be nice to see more use of free video streaming at other events.


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I have a feeling this could become a very popular project for this class. You should write up a tutorial of what you did on your blog! Nice job- it looks great!
This is wonderful! I know it's been more than a year, but did you by any chance take Amy's suggestion and write up a tutorial for it -- I would LOVE to make one for each of my daughters and one for me!
Hi Ashley, I have not written up a tutorial for this yet. I will though. I have purchased the fabric for two more of them and it has been sitting here languishing in my stash. So, I will GET ON IT and write up a tutorial with photos. It is one of my favorite skirts and has been worn and worn and worn. It was so easy to do too. I may be able to get to this in the next week or two. Do you have a deadline by which you would like to make these?
Thanks for the reply. I would like to make them for our homeschool group's square dance in late March or early April, so there is a little time. So excited to make them!


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The Law and the Promises
"Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law" (v. 21).
- Galatians 3:21–22As we begin to analyze the purpose of the Law, note that Galatians 3 does not give a full-orbed presentation of the role of the Mosaic law in the Christian life. If this chapter stood alone, we might think the laws given to Israel are wholly irrelevant today. Some actually conclude as much. Yet as John Calvin writes in his commentary, Galatians 3 only describes the Law in relation to our justification. More can be said about the Mosaic law than is said here.
In describing the Law's purpose in justification, Paul must also give us the Law's purpose in the history of redemption, which he does in verses 19–29. Given the priority of the Abrahamic covenant, which bestows salvation on those who trust in God's promise (vv. 15–18), it is clear that the Lord never intended His Law, which grants righteousness to those who keep its precepts flawlessly, to be used by sinners to effect their own salvation. Even the structure of the Mosaic law denies that fallen people can justify themselves by their works of obedience. Our Creator gave the Law after He redeemed the Israelites from slavery (Ex. 20:1–17), expecting them to obey it in gratitude for a redemption He accomplished, not to earn their own righteousness. The Law's sacrifices for atonement presuppose that the people would continue to miss the mark.
Knowing the fall made us stubborn enough to believe we can get right with Him by doing enough good works to "outweigh" our bad ones, God gave the Mosaic law to Israel in order to refute this belief. The Law "was added because of transgressions" (Gal. 3:19) to imprison "everything under sin" (v. 22). It reveals wrongdoing as a transgression of the divine will (Rom. 7:7–25) to show Israel the depth of sin and her need for the righteousness of another. Augustine writes on 3:22: "Transgression of the law was needed to break the pride of those who…boasted of having a sort of natural righteousness" (Ancient Christian Commentary , NT vol. 8, p. 47). Martin Luther echoes this in his Galatians commentary, explaining how the Law prepares a person for faith as "a mirror that shows…he is a sinner, guilty of death, and worthy of God's indignation and wrath." Rightly used, the Law spurred Israel to look to God for salvation.
Coram Deo
Christians are no longer under the curse of the Law (Gal. 3:13–14). Yet until we are glorified, the presence of sin within us clouds our minds, preventing us on many occasions from seeing the truth about our own deeds and motivations. Reading the Mosaic law and its interpretation in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7) reminds us of the thoroughgoing nature of sin and helps us see the evil still within us so that we might repent of it and put it to death.
Passages for Further Study
Leviticus 26:14–46
Psalm 51
Matthew 19:16–22
1 John 1:8–10
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