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Fare thee well, Wonderful lady. Your gentle song will always be in my heart.
To me, this is a promise that must be kept. I feel fortunate that for the most part, and I underline most part, I have adjusted and led a fairly productive life after being tossed back into civilian life almost 40 years ago. But everyday, I see too many of my comrades who are still on the streets, living in shelters and are stripped of the hopes and dreams they lost while serving their country.....with pride.Pride given is pride that should be returned.
When you look at todays youth what do you see on an average? The younger Tv watching, video game playing, internet obsessed couch potatoes. What happened to doing things physically active? When I was young, after school and on weekends and summer vacation we played baseball, basketballm swam, etc.I think that its the bad habits we instill in todays children that create a majority of the overweight and obesity problems. JFK created a pet project to encourage physical activity in kids. Where is it today?
Lets send him home in a row boat, a leaky one. Why do we allow crap like this into our country?
simple, as long as the name dolan is attached to the indians organization we arent going anywhere. and im not wasting my life listening to or watching indians games anymore. i became a dodgers fan when i lived in l.a.m i can remain one even living here in a losing town like cleveland
exactly! as He did when He put the power of healing in His Sons hands, that power is here in the knowledge our medical professionals are blessed with. There are too many instances such as this where adults get the wrong message from the Word and their children suffer. And yes, it is a crime.
the circulators have been a valuable asset to the rta service areas in providing access for the elderly, cisabled and the income disadvantaged. besides the lakewood circulator look at the 807 tremont circulator which connects 2 cmha elderly/disabled hi rises in ohio city to metrohealth as well as 4 pharmacies , 2 regular retail grocery stores and two discount grocery stores and 2 neighborhood family practice clinics. more thought needs to be given to the total elimination of circulator service.
this is a good start to end this senseless crime activity.
Youve got to spend money to make money. Certainly NOT the Indians front office philosophy. Why not trade Grady too?
theyre scum dolly. theyre missing everything that is good and are full of everything that is evil.
way to go Chicago PD. 4 innocent people were injured in this incident needlessly. police should be able to halt fleeing drivers like the old days, before innocent people are injured or worse.
Happy to see his reign of terror is over. I had close friends who were sucked up into his sick world in the 70s in Hollywood. His bus to "Heaven" led to a road to hell for alot of young street kids like us.
put them all away for as long as the law allows. what a cluster of raw sewage!
better to keep him locked up the rest of his life to agonize over the acts he comitted just as the victims families will over the tragic losses theyve suffered. life without parole is cheaper than the process to the death house for the taxpayers and all this man has the rest of his life to live for is to think about what he did.
Prayers go our for his recovery. A true hero and courageous young man.
Please, if indeed your parish does close, join us at St. Augustine. St. Augustine is a very warm and loving family of parishioners from all walks and challenges in life.That is always evident in the love and unity shared by all who worship there.
tony alamo, how well i remember him from living in l.a. back in the 60's and 70's. the converted school bus with the destination sign that said "heaven" and the kids i knew from the street that got on it, many of whom just seemed to disappear. well 10 years ought to be enough to assure he doesnt hurt anyone else.


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Join us June 21-23, 2013 for the 42nd Annual Fremont Fair! Help us toast to the Summer Solstice and celebrate the quirky character of Seattle's eclectic and artistic Fremont neighborhood.
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Music + Entertainment Schedule Announced!
Here it is – the highly anticipated music and entertainment line-up for this year's Fremont Fair! You can celebrate the summer solstice until the sun goes down on one of our four music stages! The full weekend stage schedule includes: (Pssst…don't miss the Friday Night Pre-Party, June 15! New to the Fremont Fair this year, […] [Read More]
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Letters to the Editor: 08.31.07
Don't deny past
I would like to applaud the Editorial Board's comments in the Aug. 21 edition about destroying historical monuments.
To remove/destroy monuments to our past history is to rewrite history, a practice that seems to have become all too acceptable. We cannot teach our children values if we don't acknowledge that mistakes have been made; however, people of reason learn from those mistakes and all have benefited. To destroy Confederate monuments in an effort to appease those whose ancestors were slaves or who suffered prejudice of any kind does not change the past; it only ignores it.
Under the Taliban in Afghanistan, ancient statues of Buddha were destroyed to appease Muslim imams whose only desire was to destroy anything not Muslim, whether they were monuments or people themselves. These were some of the great wonders of the ancient world and they are no more. The world allowed this to happen and then we saw them destroy Afghanistan and allow their bigotry to be exported all over the world.
The Caller-Times Editorial Board is right. Use currently unpopular monuments as a teaching tool with new monuments erected to current policies/beliefs, and don't deny that the past happened. Learn from it.
Libby Muffoletto
Mine safety lagging
When will we wake up and see that Bush and the Republicans put profits before the safety of the American workers?
The mine operators were given more than enough time to make the mines safer after the Sago deaths, but they have done nothing.
How can they sleep at night? How can we, if we do not demand changes to protect the hard working people of this country?
Larry Vandeventer
Spoiled water
The City of Corpus Christi and City Manager Skip Noe and company should be fair about the contaminated water situation and waive all charges, including the basic fees for water during the period it was non-potable. After all, you don't go to the store and buy spoiled milk, do you?
T.G. Tate
Firings no answer
The calling for the head of the city manager as a result of business process failures is simple frustration and a pathetic attempt at trying to grab attention.
Should the event be analyzed? Yes. However, the approach should be to determine the root cause of the occurrence in an objective manner and modify the process to ensure that such an event does not occur again. You don't need to boil the ocean, or hire vast numbers of consultants to do that.
The current culture of finding someone to blame does nothing more then instill a culture of fear among a group of fine employees who do their daily work. The result? Employees focus more on not making a mistake as opposed to working toward innovative excellence.
When information in any form is perceived as power, and staff is reticent to communicate, the process breaks down. When management becomes reactive rather than rational, it only exacerbates the issue. Just correct the process and move on.
Joe West
Still waiting
I was looking through one of my many history books the other day when I noticed a photograph taken in the 1920s showing well-groomed New Yorkers picketing against the 18th Amendment of the Constitution, which made Prohibition the law of the land. Some picket signs read, "To Congress: You care for our crippled soldiers, our morals will care for themselves." Another one read, "4,000,000 American soldiers fought for liberty and were rewarded with Prohibition, how come?"
World War I was supposedly fought to make the world "safe for Democracy," but democracy for whom? Nine decades later, many American citizens from many walks of life still ask this very same question, a question they should not have to ask, especially after serving, sacrificing and working hard for a country that has asked for so much from them and yet has rewarded them with so little in so many ways that could make a world of difference. How come?
Jerry Rodriguez
Lock up Vick
On the matter concerning Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's financing his so-called Bad News Kennel's dogfighting, why not put him in the arena with these dogs he trained to become vicious killers? Give him a taste of his own medicine. I'll bet my money on the dogs he trained. I hope the judge who sentences him will be an animal lover and gets the message across -- time in prison.
Stella Roman
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A shorty today.
Interesting Things
- A massive group of developers is revisiting and debating the current state of our shared-code architecture. appable_plugins might not be a perfect match, and we might develop our own or plugin-sharing system.
A shorty today.
Never be afraid to refactor. It may seem scary right now, but it will only become more daunting as the code base increases in size.
The right time to refactor is NOW… grasshopper
And now that my pair and I have rallied around this post, to the refactoring!
<code> $> svn propset svn:executable ON somescript.sh $> svn propset svn:eol-style native somescript.sh </code>
ruby -r profile, and our own custom ruby test benchmarker, amongst others.
ActiveRecord.connection.execute("some sql") to build some reporting statistics, but it seems too early to blame that. Coincidental, though.
:persistent => false:
<code> AWS::S3::Base.establish_connection!( :access_key_id => access_key, :secret_access_key => access_key, :persistent => false ) </code>
Not much of interest today beyond project updates.
GC.start after heavy RMagick use. We'll also check the version and insure that it's 1.13.
Follow-up: Actually it looks like we were hanging connecting to Amazon's S3 service.. Once we figure out the details we'll let you know what the problem was.
Ever do "
less log/development.log" and see the following?
ESC[4;35;1mSQL (0.001084)ESC[0m ESC[0mSET character_set_results = utf8;ESC[0m
ESC[4;36;1mSQL (0.001792)ESC[0m ESC[0;1mSHOW TABLESESC[0m
Wouldn't it be nicer to see the colorization like when you're tailing the log with
tail -f? Try using -R:
less -R log/development.log
Then you'll see
SQL (0.001084) SET character_set_results = utf8;
A bit more legible, eh wot old chaps?
Works on Mac and Cygwin too.
And -X makes it not clear the screen when you stop less, so you get to keep seeing what you were just seeing.
So that means you may want to put
alias less="less -RX"
export LESS="-RX"
in your
Also, if you don't want the fancy colors at all, specify
ActiveRecord::Base.colorize_logging = false
in your environment file (e.g.
test.rb.) We're doing that in our
test.rb so we can more clearly read the output from our CruiseControl build.
Brief project reports, and that's it!
Image::change_geometry(geometry_string). In a nutshell, you can perform complex image transformations my passing
change_geometry a string; for example,
my_image.change_geometry("50x50>") will change
my_image to a 50×50 pixel image, but only if it's larger than 50×50. For us, this exact line turned our 600×600 image into a 50x38 image. Weird. Only on Linux.
Something interesting I've noticed about paired programming — the Vulcan Mind Meld. I can't really describe it any other way. It's like your brain, and your pair's brain are the same brain. And after finishing a feature, I can never remember who did what.
How does this work? Latent psychic powers? Olfactory hormone sensors? I have no idea.
Last week, however, I got some insight into part of what's going on.
I was pairing with Damon, a bad-ass in his own right, who happens to be a Dvorak keyboard user. It's not just a normal Dvorak either, it's one of those crazy Kinesis brands where you do everything with your thumbs. And he's pretty damn fast on it.
After a little while pairing with him we started to get into The Zone. I noticed I felt kind of weird when he was driving (that means he's the one using the mouse and keyboard for all you non-agilites out there).
It was like I was playing Counter Strike on a laggy connection; he'd change tabs in the IDE or go to the end of a file and it'd take me an extra moment to figure out what just happened. Even when he was coding, I felt this lag in my uptake of the situation. Lines of code I felt sure were about to be deleted would instead be duplicated by Damon and his crazy keyboard.
And that's when it hit me: crazy keyboard.
I realized that one thing I do to stay in sync with my pair is watch their keyboard out of the corner of my eye. I don't do it on purpose, in fact I'm never even aware of it. But when my subconscious peripheral vision notices my pair's finger movement before the keys are actually pressed, it gives my mind that extra coupled milliseconds to figure out what's about to happen.
Personally, I think this is crazy and has crazy implications. And I'll talk about these more later.
But for now, I'd guess that for all you aspiring Dvorak users out there, a great way to get good fast would be to sit down and pair with someone who's already a Dvorak user.
I wonder what other cues, physical or not, contribute to that feeling of one-ness while pair programming…
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The purpose of the class is to stimulate students' academic curiosity about world hunger and overall issues related to the world, and to help them as they transition into academic university life.
Admiral Thad Allen will receive National Champion of the Ocean Award and deliver keynote address at Sandy One Year Later Conference on October 29
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entrepreneur | Window Shopper | 11/11/2009 - 10:27 am
I have tried usfreeads.com before and had made a few sales there. Also, have you tried craigslist?
epathchina | Creator | 10/20/2009 - 3:25 am
there many Free Local Classified Ads websites, you can find them from search engines.
Carebuzz | Performer | 10/31/2009 - 7:14 pm
Free advertising online... some good advice from others! Craigslist.com, Start a Facebook fan page, Twitter, free article submission sites linking to a blog.. you can even kick off a free blog using blogger.com or wordpress.com. Those are some good ways too! Best and good luck, Carol Carebuzz -- This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices. Message Edited by NicoleD on 01-22-2010 01:25 PM
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I agree with Saba who posted earlier. Google Local Business Listings have been extremely successful for my business. And as she points out, it's Free! Just do a search for Google Local Business Listings and start setting it up. Brett San Francisco Personal Injury Attorney -- This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices. Message Edited by NicoleD on 01-22-2010 01:23 PM
MJthomans | Performer | 10/13/2009 - 10:17 am
I agree with some of the post here, find out why people need your product and services, what problem are you solving for them, go to the forums that talk and discuss about such subjects, value add by offering advise, don;t appear to 'salesy' I had a friend who did this and came up with 800 sign up in a month of lauching his website.
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Google Local Business is the best FREE online advertising (and don't forget the similar offers from Yahoo and Bing). It takes a while for your business to show up, but when it does, business definately picks-up. One key I discovered - get your business listed (address and phone number) in every online local business related directory or listing you can find. Google likes that. Howard New York City Criminal Defense Lawyer -- This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices. Message Edited by NicoleD on 01-22-2010 01:24 PM
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We've found that MerchantCircle is beneficial. As others have stated, there are dozens of good, free advertising sites out there.
dhorning | Creator | 10/6/2009 - 2:12 pm
My suggestion - Blog, blog, blog. Pick 3 topics/products that you sell and know a lot about and create 3 blogs (one on each topic), then blog at least once a week on each blog. But here's the key: don't get your posts done in 20 minutes by writing down what you already know. Research the topic, find news articles and updates about it, so that what you are writing is actually helpful and informative to your audience. Include videos and pictures related to what you're talking about. A tool like Zemanta helps beginners insert royalty-free media into their blogs. Too many businesses have heard that a blog will increase traffic to their site, and to jump on the band wagon, start writing posts that don't really teach anyone anything but have a lot of the company's keywords stuffed inside. This doesn't benefit anyone - no one is going to read a blog like that, and consequently, no one is going to follow links on that blog to a site about it's topic. Example A (BAD): A moving company wants to promote themselves, so they start a blog. The blog consists of random posts about the company and how other moving companies don't compare or can't beat their prices or quality. Example B (GOOD): A truck rental company starts a blog. They write posts about current truck rental insurance scams to be aware of, how to evaluate the right size truck for your move, or how gas prices will impact truck rental pricing in the future. Bottom line - provide good content, and people will want to visit and link to your site/blog/etc.
ktmurf | Creator | 11/12/2009 - 12:12 am
The best advertising online is a well designed and laid out website with proper and quality SEO (search engine optimization) techniques implimented throughout. Good SEO shouldn't cost a fortune and doesn't take an expert to figure out and follow through on. Just a simple knowledge of how the system works and a working knowledge on selecting the keywords that real people actually search for. I would avoid any of the link farms or 'to good to be true' deals that you find out there. In the beginning I fell for every stupid pipedream that showed up in my inbox. If PPC or PPV on a reliable site, research research research SEO and proper traffic tactics. Create profiles on myspace, facebook, twitter, youtube, blogger, wordpress, how-to, etc and start slinging quality content at your viewers. The whole process takes time, you will not see results within days, or even weeks for that matter but you will see results. Forum signatures (like here) are another good way to get your name out there but it takes time and patience. You cannot spam forums left and right, you should only post quality content, etc. I have tons of information on this topic (more than I could ever type in one sitting) on my website. Let me know if you'd like more info.
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Next March will be the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act, legislation that allowed for national forests to be created in the eastern United States. The Associated Press reports on this upcoming anniversary as well as the Act's importance to environmental protection legislation throughout the 20th century. W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis Char Miller is quoted in the article, explaining that "Without the Weeks Act, we might not have an Endangered Species Act, we might not have a Clean Water or Clean Air Act, we might not have a Wilderness Act because there would have been no precedent for this new relationship between the states and the federal government to cooperate in the ways that the Weeks Act produced."
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RECAPThe 2005 track and field season proved to be one of the best in head coach Matt Henry's five-year tenure. New Mexico unveiled its new state of the art indoor track at the Albuquerque Convention Center and went on to a record setting winter season. During the outdoor campaign, school records continued to fall and the UNM men and women had their best combined performance at a conference championship meet in 15 years. The year concluded with senior Amanda Barnes (Carlsbad, N.M.) and juniors Dan Feltman (Deming, N.M.) and Matt Keeran (Albuquerque La Cueva) giving New Mexico its largest contingent at the NCAA Outdoor Championship meet since 1991. It also marked the first time in twenty years that three in-state products represented the Lobos at the national meet.
During the indoor and outdoor seasons, Lobo athletes combined to earn all-Mountain West Conference honors 22 times and win four gold medals at the MWC Championships. Senior Matt Gonzales, meanwhile, capped his remarkable career by earning All-America honors in the 5,000 meters in his NCAA Indoor Championships debut. Following the season, 37 men and women earned a spot on the MWC Academic all-conference team, including 18 who were given MWC Scholar-Athlete Awards for posting a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
MWC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSFORT COLLINS, COLO. - The UNM men and women earned all-conference honors 14 times en route to their best combined performance at a conference meet in 15 years. Juniors Dan Feltman (decathlon) and Matt Keeran (javelin)
The men surpassed the 100-point plateau for the second time in the past four years, under fifth-year head coach Matt Henry. It was the team's second-highest output since 1990, only behind the 125.5 points scored by Henry's 2002 team. Prior to Henry's arrival, the Lobos had gone 11 straight years without reaching the century mark. The New Mexico women moved up two spots from the previous year to earn their best place in the standings since 2001. The Lobos finished just 1.5 points behind of fifth place UNLV.
The men and women combined for 172 points over the four-day meet, the best combined scoring output since 1990 when the men finished third in the Western Athletic Conference Championships and the women were the runners-up in the High Country Athletic Conference.
ZIA PRIDESince taking over at his alma mater in the summer of 2000, UNM head coach Matt Henry has made New Mexico's finest high school track and field athletes the cornerstone of his up-and-coming program. This year, over 80 percent (74 total) of Henry's Lobos hailed from the Land of Enchantment, including 31 former New Mexico high school state champions on the men's and women's roster. Former prep champs Amanda Barnes (shot put - 5A Carlsbad HS), Dan Feltman (5 events - 4A Deming HS) and Matt Keeran (javelin - 5A Albuquerque La Cueva HS) represented UNM at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships, marking the first time in 20 years that three New Mexicans have donned the cherry and silver at the NCAA Championships. In 1985, Albuquerque natives Ted Crouch (hammer), Carole Roybal (3,000m) and Pam Posey (100m) were among the five UNM men and women to qualify for the national meet.
DANDY DUOFor the first time in program history, two New Mexico men were ranked among the Trackwire Dandy Dozen in their respective events during the outdoor season. Senior Matt Gonzales was the first Lobo to be ranked in two events (5,000 and 10,000 meters) in the first Dandy Dozen rankings of the year, and was joined in early April by junior pole vaulter Derek Mackel, who earned a national ranking for the first time in his career. Gonzales was listed as high as fourth in each event, while Mackel climbed as high as seventh. Former pole vaulter and current volunteer coach Branden Bennett was the only other Lobo man to be ranked by Trackwire early in the 2003 season.
MWC ATHLETES OF THE WEEKUniversity of New Mexico senior Amanda Barnes and junior Derek Mackel each won their first Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week awards during the 2005 outdoor season.
Barnes received the award after her record-breaking 52-09.50 throw on April 23 at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational. The throw shattered the MWC record, set in 2001 by Colorado State's Liz Toman, by over eight inches.
Mackel's third-place finish in the Section A pole vault at the Texas Relays on April 9, earned him his first Athlete of the Week award. The Albuquerque native's personal-best mark of 17-08.50 was the second-best mark in Lobo history, behind three-time All-American Simon Arkell's 1991 mark of 18-02.00. Mackel surpassed his personal-best mark by almost eight inches as he defeated two of the nation's top-ten pole vaulters.
RECORD-SETTING WOMENFive women's records were set this spring, bringing the total to seven since head coach Matt Henry took charge of the program in 2001.
Senior Amanda Barnes bettered her own mark in the shot put on April 23 in San Diego with a toss of 52-09.50, while junior Jamie Fishencord surpassed her hammer throw record with a mark of 192-06 at home in Albuquerque. Barnes also recaptured the discus record from Fishencord with a throw of 166-11 in Albuquerque.
THE QUALIFIERSDuring the spring, 16 New Mexico athletes earned qualifying marks for either the NCAA national or regional championship meets. Three UNM runners qualified in the men's 5,000 and two qualified in the 1,500. The Lobos also had a pair of regional qualifiers in the men's pole vault and women's javelin. Seniors Amanda Barnes (shot put & discus), Ben Ortega (5,000 & 10,000) and Jordan Parker (shot put & discus), and freshman Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott (1,500 & 5,000) all attained qualifying times/marks in two events.
During the 2004 outdoor season, 12 Lobos earned qualifying marks for either the national or regional meets. UNM athletes qualified in four different women's events and seven men's events last year. Matt Gonzales (10,000) and Mark Johnson (decathlon) represented New Mexico at the 2004 national championship meet. The following is a look at the 2005 qualifiers:
NCAA Automatic Qualifiers
(1 in 1 men's events)
Sr. Matt Gonzales
10,000m 28:17.46 Cardinal Invite - Stanford, Calif. (May 1)
NCAA Provisional Qualifiers
(2 in 2 men's events)
Jr. Dan Feltman
Decathlon 7,278 pts. Mt. SAC Relays - Azusa, Calif. (April 13-14)
Sr. Ben Ortega
10,000m 29:10.34 Stanford Invite - Stanford, Calif. (March 25)
NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifiers
(15 in 8 men's and 6 women's events)
Sr. Amanda Barnes
Shot Put 52-09.50 Triton Invite - San Diego, Calif. (April 23)
Discus 166-11 Don Kirby Invite - Albuquerque, N.M. (April 30)
Fr. Ariel Burr
400m 54.11 MWC Championships - Fort Collins, Colo. (May 14)
So. Robert Caldwell
Pole Vault 17-00.75 Texas Relays - Austin, Texas (April 7)
Sr. Jamie Fishencord
Hammer 192-06 Don Kirby Invite - Albuquerque, N.M. (April 30)
Sr. Matt Gonzales
1,500m 3:43.31 Stanford Invite - Stanford, Calif. (March 26)
5,000m 13:40.57 Mt. SAC Relays - Walnut, Calif. (April 15)
Sr. Veronica R. Gonzales
Javelin 150-07 Triton Invite - San Diego, Calif. (April 23)
Fr. Whitney Johnson
Pole Vault 12-11.50 Texas Relays - Austin, Texas (April 9)
Jr. Matt Keeran
Javelin 211-05 MWC Championships - Fort Collins, Colo. (May 14)
Fr. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott
1,500m 3:46.53 Don Kirby Invite - Albuquerque, N.M. (April 30)
5,000m 14:03.32 Stanford Invite - Stanford, Calif. (March 25)
Sr. Derek Mackel
Pole Vault 17-08.50 Texas Relays - Austin, Texas (April 9)
Jr. Jessica McIntyre
Javelin 144-10 Willie Williams Classic - Tucson, Ariz. (March 18)
Sr. Alfred Neale
High Jump 6-10.75 Springtime Invite - El Paso, Texas (April 2)
Sr. Ben Ortega
5,000m 14:13.85 Mt. SAC Relays - Walnut, Calif. (April 15)
Sr. Jordan Parker
Shot Put 55-03.00 Willie Williams Classic - Tucson, Ariz. (March 18)
Discus 171-00 Don Kirby Invite - Albuquerque, N.M. (April 30)
Fr. Jarrin Solomon
400m 47.05 MWC Championships - Fort Collins, Colo. (May 14)
THE ALL-AMERICANFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Matt Gonzales proved once again to be one of the most underrated distance talents in the nation as he knocked off six higher-ranked runners in a fourth place finish in the men's 5,000 at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships at the Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center. The University of New Mexico senior improved his own school record with a time of 13:45.72 in just his second career indoor 5K, finishing less than three seconds behind Stanford senior Ian Dobson, who won the race in 13:43.36. A native of Santa Fe, Gonzales earned All-America honors for the third and final time in his track career, snapping a 15-year drought for the Lobos indoors.
"It's not typical of the way he normally races, but we thought we'd try to sit back this time and see what we could do," Henry said. "I know we both wish we could do it over again tomorrow, but he showed how special he is once again tonight and I couldn't be more proud of his performance."
Dobson, an eight-time All-American, won his first career national title after finishing fifth in the 5,000 at last year's NCAA Indoor Championship meet. Arizona junior Robert Cheseret of Kenya finished second (13:44.51), while Wisconsin sophomore Chris Solinsky was third (13:45.34).
"This was a very, very good field," Henry said. "Just to get in this race in the final week of the season was something special. We're really excited about what happened and can't wait to see what Matt can do outdoors."
Gonzales, who was the first UNM man to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 1993, became New Mexico's first indoor All-American since weight thrower Darren Crawford in 1990 and the first Lobo to earn All-America honors inside on the track since Ibrahim Hussein finished third in the 1,000-yard run in 1984.
A two-time outdoor track All-American, he became the first men's runner in Mountain West Conference history to earn All-America honors in the indoor 5,000 and never finished lower than fourth in his three career national championship races on the oval.
MWC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The New Mexico men enjoyed their best scoring output in 15 years at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships, finishing fifth with 67 points, just 11 points shy of fourth place Wyoming. The Lobo women finished with 31 points, an eight-point improvement on their 2004 score, but dropped one spot from the previous year, placing seventh overall.
The two squads combined to earn all-MWC honors in eight events, including conference titles in the 3,000 and 5,000 by Northern New Mexico distance stars Matt Gonzales and Ben Ortega. Four years after winning his first league title as a true freshman, Ortega found himself standing atop the medals podium once again after running a career-best time of 14:06.95 en route to an upset victory in the 5,000.
LOBOS, DUKE CITY ATHLETES CELEBRATE RETURN OF INDOOR TRACKALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The University of New Mexico track and field team and a large, enthusiastic group of friends gathered at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Jan. 15 to welcome back indoor track competition after an 18-year absence from the Duke City. The collegiate athletes, which included the host Lobos and representatives from Oklahoma State, Adams State and Western State, were joined by over 300 athletes of all ages from the community.
Albuquerque mayor Martin Chavez and city council president Brad Winter were also on hand for the meet's opening ceremonies. Chavez was the official starter for the first running event of the day, a celebrity 4x200-meter relay race between the Albuquerque Fire Department and Albuquerque Police Department. Winter later competed in the men's pole vault, tying for first in the second flight with a height of 11-06.25.
The city of Albuquerque's first indoor track meet since the 1987 Western Athletic Conference Championships was a rousing success as competitors from ages 3 to 82 enjoyed the city's state-of-the-art Mondo track. While meet directors did not have enough time to secure NCAA Division I certification, several Lobos turned in impressive early season results in the exhibition meet.
Senior Amanda Barnes opened the day with a fine performance in the shot put, winning the event with ease with a mark of 47-04.50. Fellow seniors Jaime Hall and Cameron Clarke, meanwhile, swept the 800 meters in the first event on the oval. Hall clocked a time of 2:19.56, while Clarke was just off his personal record with a time of 1:55.62.
"This is the best indoor track I've ever seen," said Ortega after his race. "The banks (of the indoor track) were so perfect, I hardly noticed them. I just felt like I was floating out there and I only wish we could move the conference meet here this year so I could have one more chance to run on this surface."
Perhaps the best performance of the day came in the meet finale, when New Mexico's Derek Mackel, an indoor junior, flew a career-best 17-00.75 to win the men's pole vault. Mackel, who set his official indoor career-best of 16-01.25 last winter, just missed on his final three attempts at 17-06.
"I'm really excited about what happened today," said UNM head coach Matt Henry. "I'm excited about the performances and that so many of our athletes were able to get an early start on the 2005 season. This facility is an outstanding step forward for track and field in the state of New Mexico. I've already had calls from about 15 universities asking if they can come and compete here next year. This was a special day and the future is only going to get better."
INDOOR TRACK AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTERGood timing, a proactive city council and an irresistible sale all contributed to the return of indoor track and field to the Albuquerque after nearly a 20-year absence. During the spring of 2004 Albuquerque city leaders learned of a $1 million unused and undamaged indoor track sitting in storage in Canada that could be purchased for a mere $500,000. The state-of-the-art Mondo track had originally been ordered, then later declined, for use in the Los Angeles Staples Center arena.
The track finally found a home inside the Convention Center in downtown Albuquerque and made its debut on Jan. 15, 2005 for the inaugural Albuquerque All-Comers meet. Nearly identical to the track used by the University of Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center, Albuquerque's new indoor facility received rave reviews from athletes, coaches and fans. Like the Arkansas facility, which has been the site of every NCAA Indoor Championship meet since 2000, Albuquerque and University of New Mexico officials believe the city now has an indoor track that will be a destination for some of the nation's premier events.
The new Albuquerque indoor track is a 200-meter, 60-degree banked track that has 60m straightaways running the entire length of the facility. It also includes men's and women's jumping runways and pits, as well as an areas for shot put, pole vault and high jump events. The surface of the track is red and white Mondo.
The Albuquerque All-Comers meet marked the University of New Mexico's first indoor competition at home since hosting the 1987 Western Athletic Conference Championships in Tingley Coliseum at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Current UNM assistant coach Scott Steffan, who competed at the '87 WAC Championships as freshman decathlete, said the new indoor track will provide a tremendous boost to the head coach Matt Henry's rejuvenated Lobo track and field program. The U.S. Air Force Academy has hosted every Mountain West Conference Indoor Championship meet since the league formed in 1999, but UNM coaches are hoping for a change of venue as early as next year.
"We've now joined Air Force as the only two programs in the Mountain West that have NCAA sanctioned indoor track facilities," said Steffan. "We're going to host one meet this year, but, with the city's help, we would like to once again make Albuquerque one of the country's top destinations for indoor track competition. We've already put in a bid to host the 2006 conference meet and we think this could be a future site for the NCAA Championships as well, which is great for our recruits to know."
In the mid-60s Albuquerque was one of the nation's elite indoor track and field locations. The 1966 AAU Indoor Nationals (now known as the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships) drew a two-day total of nearly 20,000 fans to Tingley Coliseum and was featured on the March 14 cover of Sports Illustrated. Albuquerque officials were able to lure the meet away from its regular home at Madison Square Garden in New York City that year.
INDOOR RECORDS CONTINUE TO FALLUnder fifth-year head coach Matt Henry, the Lobos have rewritten the UNM indoor record book. Since Henry took over the program in 2001, an amazing 13 winter records have beet set, including five in 2005. Junior Jacquelyne Gallegos had one of the more impressive record-setting performances as she opened the season with the best 3,000-meter race in UNM history at the Air Force Invitational.
Two years removed from a near career-ending auto accident, Gallegos secured her status as one of the finest distance runners ever to compete at the University of New Mexico. The Pojoaque, N.M. native won the seeded 3K event with an altitude adjusted time of 9:54.07, besting Kelly Dix's (now Kelly Dunbar) 1993 record by 0.3 seconds. Dunbar, who is currently a volunteer assistant coach for the Lobos, still owns the UNM indoor 5,000-meter record which she also recorded in 1993.
Senior Amanda Barnes reclaimed her weight throw record from teammate Jamie Fishencord with a throw of 60-10.75 at the Mountain West Conference Championships and also improved her own standard in the shot put with a toss of 49-04.50. On the men's side, senior Matt Gonzales clocked a record time of 13:45.72 in his All-America run in the 5,000-meters at the NCAA Championships. Teammate Ben Ortega had set the previous mark with an altitude-adjusted time of 14:08.70 before Gonzales' late season surge. Gonzales also teamed with freshman Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott, senior Cameron Clarke and sophomore Randle McCain to smash the UNM distance medley record with an altitude-adjusted time of 9:46.26 at the MWC meet.


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The trailer starts off showing a small party of adventurers running around in an isometric fantasy world. There's nothing particularly unique until you get to the first scenes of combat and the hexgrid appears. What at first looks a lot like a Diablo RPG transforms into a much more interesting looking turn-based game.
Don't get me wrong, I love some good hack-and-slash action, but I've been really into turn-based stuff lately and the combination of world-map travel, top-down isometric level design, and turn-based combat sounds like a lot of fun.
Coreplay is billing the game as old-school. "We want to revive the classical western party-based fantasy RPGs of the eighties," the game's About page reads. "Games likePhantasie, Pool of Radiance, Ultima, Wizardry, Bard's Tale were part of our childhood and now it's time to create a new game offering the gaming experience that those excellent games already delivered back in those good ol' days!"
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Bebe Seet's book, Peranakan Beadwork – My Heritage, is a fine work that covers the history of Peranakan beading. It shows the different types of beaded slippers (kasot manek), describes the intricate skills involved in their making and includes illustrations of beadwork including shoes, ladies' clutch bags, table cloths, bed covers and a host of wedding paraphernalia like sangkot bahu (ceremonial shoulder piece), handkerchiefs, knee pads and collars for both the groom and page-boy, bell covers, pouches, and wedding bed ornaments.
I have attempted to recall the Peranakan terms my grandmother, mother and aunts used to discuss beadwork, with reference to specific page numbers in Bebe's book.
• Kasot hidong
My grandmother called them kasot tongkang (page18) or bumboat slippers, kasot hidong, or "nose-shaped shoes", which refers to their distinctive snout-like front. She had a pair that she used to wear with her baju panjang and sarong when she was a young lass back in the 1910s. In 1944, during the Japanese Occupation, Grandmother gave them away to her nyonya neighbour, a very close friend of hers. It was the only time that I saw them.
Kasot hidong had silk threads (menang sutera) sewn over wooden or cardboard cut outs (bunga kayu) adhered to a velvet base (otanah jong). Tanah means background and jong refers to velvet. The motifs could include the peony (bunga botan), phoenixes (burong hong) or butterflies (kupu kupu). Gold and silver metallic threads were sewn over the cutouts using the Malay technique of embossed embroidery called sulam tekat timbul.
• Kasot serek manek and kasot manek
Kasot serek manek were beaded slippers worn by bibiks in baju panjang and sanggol nyonya. Kasot manek refers to beaded shoes with heels (kasot ada tumit) (as seen on page 184 of Bebe Seet's book) and worn with the sarong kebaya.
By the 1950s, the height of heels preferred by nyonyas came to about one inch or slightly higher. In the 1960s, the younger women who wore sarong kebaya preferred higher heeled shoes (kasot tumit tinggi) as seen on page.
• Kasot chakiak
Open-toed beaded shoes are called kasot chakiak (clog-like shoes). There are variations of kasot chakiak as can be seen on the next pages.
Generally, the nyonyas used three types of beads: faceted beads (manek potong), rounded beads (manek tak potong or manek bulat) and glass beads (manek kacha). Tubular-shaped beads (manek panjang panjang) and glass beads are collectively called Penang beads or manek Puloh Pinang. They knew that beads were products of European countries (barang negeri Aropa). Beads were sold by the hanks (satu ikat, satu ikat manek). Each hank consisted of 12 strands of beads (dua belas rentap manek).
On most shoe faces (muka kasot) are motifs of flowers, animals or human figures, centrally placed (bunga di tengah muka kasot) against a background
(tanah). Naming the colours for identification purposes is important. Primary colours like red (merah), yellow (kuning), green (ijo) and also black (hitam) and white (puteh) and secondary colours like blue (biru) and orange (jingga) are similar to words found in the Malay vocabulary. Generally, for various shades of colour, the words tua (old), muda (young) and hidop (bright and lively) are used to differentiate between the darker and lighter or brighter shades. For example, a maroon background is tanah merah tua. Certain favourite colours are given specific allusory names. Light red is merah jambu. Pink is paru paru (lung-colored) while dark green is called ijo tua taik itek (green like duck's shit)! Light green or apple green is ijo daun puchok pisang (green like the young shoot of a banana leaf). Purple is umu but dark purple is kelopak jantung pisang (dark like the sheath of banana flowers). Light yellow is kuning ayer (yellow water). Saffron is kuning kunyet. Navy blue is biru gelap and grey is orna bulu abu (feathery ash)!
A background of a single colour is called tanah penoh. To complete the stitching of the background is to tutop tanah or tutop penoh (fully cover the background).
A patterned background is given a name that fits its description. Tanah potong wajek is a background filled with diamond shapes. Wajek is a steamed cake that is often cut into small diamond-shaped pieces when served. Tanah batu karang, is a patterned background of rocks or boulders that are arranged close to one another. Tanah charang charang or ranting ranting is a background of branches as shown in the shoes with blue shades. A wavy background is tanah ombak ombak. Muka lauchian refers to white squares lined with red beads where each square features a figure of a small animal or flower that is never repeated anywhere else. Lauchian is the joker card in the game of cherki. A joker is considered a character of many faces. A background filled with motifs of a white star represents bunga tanjung, a small white flower circular in shape with many points. See the illustration of white stars alternating with blue crosses on page.
The central motif (bunga tengah) of a shoe face is often copied from friends' shoes or taken from samples of cross-stitch patterns. The nyonyas had a rich vocabulary to describe the animals and flowers for the shoe face (muka kasot). Popular animals are anak kuching (kittens), anjing (dogs), rusa (deer), kepala arimo (tiger head), ikan mas (gold fish) and merak (peacocks). Flowers include bunga ros (roses), botan (peony), kek hua (chrysanthemum) and terateh (lotus). Favourite fruits are buah delima(pomegranates) which symbolise good luck and lemo jari (Buddha's hand) which is considered sacred. Figures of European girls (anak mem) in various poses were also common: anak mem diri di kebun bunga would mean a girl standing in the garden, anak mem main piano (a girl playing the piano) or anak mem dudok di rumput (a girl sitting on grass).
There were also other motifs, including images from fairy tales like the seven dwarfs from Snow White, and these would be considered 'modern' designs.
The various items needed for beadwork, including beads in various colours, cross-stitched cloth (kain jait kasot), needles and threads (menang jarum) and graph paper were all typically purchased from a haberdashery at Arab Street in Kampong Java.
Sometimes, a Chinese man would come calling to sell beads and haberdasher wares. He would say repeatedly, mai dong xi ("buy my things" in Mandarin). In my family he was called Cheena mai dong xi, Cheena in the Peranakan vocabulary meaning a recent immigrant from China as when compared to the Peranakans or local born Chinese. He was also nicknamed Cheena kelentong which referred to the sound produced by an instrument he held in his right hand, actually a mini drum on a stick with two strings attached on either side, with a bead at the end of each string. To announce his arrival, he would twirl the drum, and the beads would beat the drum, producing the kelentong sound.
Before the beading could proceed, a template had to be set up (regang pidangan) with the use of string. The template is called pidangan. It is placed on a stand called kaki pidangan. To do the beadwork, the beader sits on the floor or on a bench with both legs folded inwards (dudok telepok or dudok bersila) or could choose to sit in a chair (dudok kerosi).
When the beadwork for the shoe face was completed it was time to send it to the haber dasher to set them into shoes (tapak kasot). The haber dasher was often the shoe-maker himself. Generally, the colour of the leather would be similar to the background of the shoe face. Any other colour would be considered a mismatch (orna sambar).
Mourning is regarded as a filial duty which had to be carried out seriously. Different mourning shoes (kasot tuaha) had to be worn according to the stage of mourning. For the first year of heavy mourning (tua ha berat) women should only wear black and white sarong kebaya. Their shoes should consist of white and black motifs only. During the second year of mourning (tua ha ringan or tua ha biru) the beaded shoes should be dark blue or dark green with some black and white beads. Brighter colours like red, brown and orange were prohibited. Towards the end of the mourning period (dekat dekat lepas tua ha),
about three months before the mourning is over, the overall appearance of the shoe face should be of lighter hues. By now, in some cases, yellow could be mixed with green, blue and black.
Kampet is a generic term for wallet, purse or a clutch bag or a handbag. Beaded clutch bags (kampet manek) were popular among the nyonyas. Usually the background is plain and the central motif is an animal like a peacock (merak) or tiger (arimo) as shown on page. Scenes of pastoral langour were also common.
Besides beaded shoes, there were also the kasot menang mas (slippers sewn with gold thread) and kasot menang sutera tanah jong (slippers sewn with
silk threads with velvet background). The terms supplied here may not apply for all Peranakans – different families may have their own names for these items, especially when describing colours and motifs.


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This was the sundown last evening.
Today has been partly cloudy & the wind has been chilly.
Grocery shopping is a chore to me. I hate having to do it, & can understand people who choose to use the internet, or only try to do it once a month or so.
Gom & I dont usually argue while shopping, but I am always ear-wigging on elderly couples who do. You know me, I love to watch & listen.
Feel sorry for the poor 'old girl', thin, & lined, with the portly man of the bright pink, porcine features snapping & grunting at her. Stopping her small spidery hand as she reaches for some little tin. With his porky, ham fisted
trotter hand, oinking at her, "You know we dont buy that!" And she quietly subsides, & lowers her shoulders a little further, creeping off down the aisle. While he hitches his trackies, up over his ample arse buttocks. And I wish track pants had not been invented for people like him!
I bite down the urge to trip him up. Or loudly point out how thin his wife is, she could certainly do with a treat or two?
Feel sorry for the harrassed mother, with the one in the trolley, & the one in the oven. And the one in the trolley is grasping everything in sight, & loading it into the trolley. And wailing at full volume every time she takes the item out. Smile & wink at the one in the trolley. Hoping to distract. Occasionally rewarded with a beaming smile back. Or not. Perhaps an offended screech, & the LOOK! "Dont you dare smile at me!! WAHHH!"
And the mother absent mindedly pats the one in the oven, with a sort of "What the bloody hell was I thinking?" look. Or maybe she is doing mental deals- you know, the ones, 'Please let me get this one to behave & please dont let this next one be just as badly behaved. I will do anything,...anything.... honestly!!'
I recognise the signs of both generations. Now we are GOM & GOW, I get bossed about a bit. I get reminded what we do, & dont 'need'. I am not thin, & I sometimes fight back! And I grab it anyway! And GOM is happy to share it, once it is home.
And I remember the panicky feeling of "What the hell have I done?" When awaiting the birth of the next one.
There is 21 months between our son & our youngest, our daughter. Our son was such a cute, happy, lovely sunny little chap. Everyone loved him, & he loved everyone. "O goody" we thought, this is lovely, we are good at this! "Let's have another!"
And then, just before our daughter was due to be born, our son seemed to turn into some sort of minor 'devil'. He discovered he could have a tantrum. He discovered he could be demanding. And it was almost as if he suddenly realised he wasn't going to be the one & only Golden Child.
And by the time his little sister was born, he was well practised in the art of flying rages, & full blown tantrums. It seemed he learnt the art of the Terrible Twos a little early. Just to keep us on our toes.
At least he didn't kick people in the shins, like my little nephew. "Oh hello Dear" little old ladies would say to him, & bend down smiling. Only to be rewarded with a swift kick, or a scowl that would curdle milk. And they would rear back in fear & pain, & hobble away. He has grown into the most polite, lovely, man.
And the visit to the Fruit & Vegetable shop. Local produce. Smaller, perhaps, slightly spotted, or misshapen, but so much cheaper. And fresher. Lovely, cheery service.
Why do we get so accustomed to expecting fruit & veg to be perfect? It is sad. When home grown vegies were the norm, perfect didnt score much. Unless it was the local A & P Show. And surely there should be enough to share with a few insects & creatures? It is, after all, how the world was designed. To provide for everyone, & everything. And not everyone, or should that be 'anyone' can be perfect.
Think about the people you love most. Dont you find you forgive them their imperfections, the same as you hope they forgive yours. And, dont you often find the imperfections or supposed flaws, very endearing, appealing & attractive?
How did I get to this point in this post?? I think it must have written itself!
If anyone is reading, so sorry if I bored with self indulgent thought.
I am off on the cloud line, singing in the sunset. Humming to the rest after a busy day, out & about.
Chris Isaak, Pretty Girls Dont Cry.
Tuesday, August 14
Out & About.
This was the sundown last evening.
Posted by meggie at 8/14/2007 04:32:00 p.m.
Labels: shopping. sunsets.
23 comments:
- Lone Grey Squirrel said...
You write very well. It was a breeze reading your post and enjoyable, and insightful.
- 7:34 p.m.
- david santos said...
I come to be thankful to you for the work that you have developed in yours blogue and to desire good vacations to you.
- 8:45 p.m.
- joyce said...
We had two boys eleven months apart, waited a couple of years and then had two girs eleven months apart. It would have been easier to just have twins and be done with it. Lol. It was hard for a few years but they are all very good friends now.
- 9:24 p.m.
- Lee said...
What a great sky!
- 10:09 p.m.
- fifi said...
you know, i did the grocery shopping yesteday and was saddened by all the lonely looking sad older men there were, doing their shopping alone.
( no little hands to smack down)
I tried giving out winning smiles, but I think I may have startled them with what probably looked like a baboon-grimace.
Oh well.
At least none of them appeared to be filling their trolleys with catfood.
- 10:23 p.m.
- Tanya Brown said...
Oh, my. You've made me feel better with these stories. My little "angel" won't ride in the shopping cart, so when he starts misbehaving I heave him up on my shoulders and I suppose we look like sort of a walking totem pole. We get odd looks.
Imperfections ... they can be endearing or merely annoying, depending on what they are.
- 10:30 p.m.
- Melinda said...
I would have had to trip up grumpy old guy. You just know he has ALWAYS been vicious to his poor little wife.
Just when we think we have our kids figured out.... they learn new tricks. I swear MY kids are draining my brain cells my the minute! But I know someday, I will look back on their childhood years with nothing but (mostly) rose-colored glasses.
- 12:38 a.m.
- Lucy said...
Yep, I'd have tripped him up too!
- 1:06 a.m.
- Ian Lidster said...
Wonderful sky and sunset. And, sometimes, alas, pretty girls 'do' cry.
- 1:34 a.m.
- DubiQuilts - Debbi said...
Please keep writing I love to read your blog.
I hate grocery shopping and I am very lucky hubby does it.
- 4:15 a.m.
- riseoutofme said...
Lovely sunset!
You sound full of the joys Meggie ...
And its contagious!
- 4:32 a.m.
- Joni said...
Oh the perfect vegie. Don't get me started! We give awards for perfect vegies over here you know. What a crock!
- 5:15 a.m.
- ancient one said...
You are never boring to me. You know how to say all the things I think. I notice how men treat their wives too. First time I hear them say something to run her down I put a little black mark in my brain and I don't forget.
My two boys were 15 months apart. I had one in '60, one in '61, skipped '62 and my daughter was born in '63. They were all little together and all teenagers together... all got married about the same time... Looking back it seems that is the way to go...LOL
Love your beautiful sky!!
- 8:42 a.m.
- Bren said...
I wish you would have tripped that man!!! I went through the temper thing with Zach. First sign of a fit and I took him home!
- 9:23 a.m.
- smilnsigh said...
You are sweet for saying my blog deserves a Nice Matters Award. Hugs...
- 9:47 a.m.
- crafty said...
Self indulgent thought?
Lovely not boring.
I think it is a trick of nature that our babies are at their cutest when we decide to have another, by the time the next comes along they are up to all sorts of mischief!
- 10:55 a.m.
- Sheila said...
My children are 18 months apart, and I often thought 'What was I thinking'..but we all survivied and are close now. I rarely took them grocery shopping when they were little, I left them with their Dad. I know, I'm a coward, but I tried it a few times, and couldn't cope. I was very young, and felt it was better for all concerned if I went alone. Better than a show down at the check out I think..!
- 11:02 a.m.
- meggie said...
Hi All, the checkout at the Supermarket is a trap & a danger to mothers with small kids. I feel if the kids 'lift' sweets, as I have seen some do, it is the supermarket's fault. The poor harried mother cant have eyes in the back of her head.
When my kids were small I used to have to take them with me, & catch a bus as well! I dont know how I managed.
I feel sorry for my grandchildren. One is 18, so grew up as an only child, now her brother is almost 5 & he too, is growing up as an only child. Life doesnt always turn out the way we would have liked.
- 11:46 a.m.
- Alison said...
When and I say when as it was long before Chalky I used to own a Persian cat.......loved him but I did feed him a lot of cat food as he was a fussy eater.
I only went shopping when I ran out of cat food and found it it a good way to shop.
I now have Chalky who would have one tin of dog a month and it's just not the same.
Supermarkets to me come under the same heading as banks!!
- 2:24 p.m.
- Leigh said...
This was a beautiful post Meggie, really enjoyed it.
Btw I love Chris Isaak. I saw him in concert last year and he was great.
- 4:30 a.m.
- My float said...
whenever i read your posts, i feel like i'm sitting down, having a chat with you!!
i'm glad your son has turned out ok, because i was thinking of trading him in for one who didn't play up so much!! thanks for giving me hope...but i'll be coming back to you when he's 21 if he hasn't improved!
my son is a nightmare when we shop, which is every second day. i try to avoid doing large shops because i can't stand listening him asking me for everything. drives me nuts!
- 10:53 a.m.
- My float said...
i feel so sorry for people whose other halves shout at them in the shops, especially if they're older. for goodness sakes, back off!!
i once saw an older man shout at his wife, "i told you to ALWAYS stand two steps behind me". in public. seriously. what a pig. any wonder i never got married!! :)
- 10:54 a.m.
- Thimbleanna said...
Meggi Dear, you're NEVER boring. You always make me laugh and think. I admire you for shopping with GOM. There's no way I can shop with my GOM. I'm lucky though -- he does the grocery shopping. Since I do the yardwork, I figure it's a fair trade. And, bonus for me -- he takes all day at it, so I have my day to myself! ;-)
- 10:53 a.m.


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At times such as this, I think to myself, "It has finally happened! I've turned into a sour, cantankerous old man or a real version of the Grinch, evilly enhanced with severe PMS." My monster transformation is always temporary, but I've remarked to my boyfriend quite often lately, "Sorry I'm scary lately." I have my own personal definition of scary. My definition of scary includes that I'm not as delicate or tactful as I could be and that "I need some chocolate. You better get the Hell out of my way." Or as Harrison Ford fiercely proclaimed in "Air Force One," before he punched a terrorist in the face and saved the day, "Get off MY PLANE!"
As a high spirited (soon to be) 28 year old woman, who rarely has these spells, I think I have an understanding as to why I feel this way.
Today, like many other days prior, is a disgustingly sticky summer day in Southern California. As a practically translucent person (in person, you can probably see my prominent freckles and veins from 20 feet away) heat makes me physically sick, feel faint, and fogs my mind as if a sugar high toddler decided to play with a fire extinguisher inside my cranium. Needless to say, I've never been a fan of hotbox summers, especially when I'm desperately trying to write, run errands, execute public relations strategies, coordinate art applications, brain storm new works, among many other things all while the blistering coals of another Southern California summer steam up my glasses like nerdy Velma's from "The Adventures of Scooby Doo."
Thankfully, the good Lord created things like the air conditioned local library and the Coffee Bean so all is not lost in a dog day haze. If not for places such as these, I would hopelessly melt into a Salvador Dali clock puddle, and then transform completely into the Bride of Frankenstein, to the dismay of my boyfriend. If only I could bring my acrylics and canvases to such places without getting thrown out.
Onto why I've written this post! As I'm sure you can tell by now, new paintings don't spring forth from me like expected constant sunrises or sunsets that are timed by the hour. Each piece I create comes to life in its own unique way. I'm a very organic artist and I'm excited in regards to the direction of where my life is going right now and the direction of where my art is going.
I don't treat my art desk like a candy factory that quickly produces sugary empty pieces with no heart, which is why you don't find new art from me constantly. Any time I create something and send it out into the world, I'm excited and nervous like it's the first time all over again. I only publish pieces that my perfectionist brain and spirit connect with, otherwise I will store it in the dusty garage or keep working on it until I feel like it is worth being shared.
My most recent two pieces, along with a lot of old favorites, I'm happy to say, might be shown at the Sawdust Art Festival at their Winter Fantasy edition this year, if they accept me as an exhibitor. As a fan of the festival for over 20 years, I'm crossing my fingers and toes that my work has its place there. Below I describe two of my works that may be shown there.
The latest painting of mine, "Aspiring toward Equipoise" was a painting that hatched from a dream I had that stirred me. I dreamt that I was in an oddly abandoned town in the 1950's, and my vision was in black and white. There were people around me who tried to force me to ride a biplane, which was fashioned like a carnival ride. I refused to give into what everyone else wanted, and did what I wanted instead. They flew in the biplane, and I was content with my decision because I didn't have a good feeling about the town and the biplane itself.
My position of power in the dream encouraged me to create this piece. The biplane in the piece soars toward the viewer in an attempt to be "present" where it is, as it leaves the dreary, sometimes painful memories of daylight behind. The next stage is night, which is muddied because it is an untouched realm. The biplane is haunted by two things; the memories of what were, and memories of what will be.
The question of whether or not the biplane lands safely to its next destination is unknown, but the biplane proactively attempts to secure acceptance of where it is in the present and takes flight from there.
The next piece I'm excited to share is "Compelled but Hushed." This piece, like a lot of my other pieces, was inspired by personal experience. During a certain time period, I felt unable to express myself fully without having to confront dastardly aftermath beyond my control. This painting confronts the complexity and the yearning behind those feelings, and the power that lies just below the surface of the face. I've discovered in life that not everything is black and white. I struggle sometimes with what cannot be categorized, defined or solved easily, and faith can sometimes be the most difficult thing for me.
As my art life propels forward, so does my personal life, full of new joy, experiences, and adventures. I look forward to sharing more of my art, pictures, and pieces of my life through this blog as it's been a pleasure to do thus far.


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Paula Birnbaum is Associate Professor of Arts History/Arts Management
and Academic Director of the Museum Studies Master of Arts Program at
USF. Paula is a specialist in modern and contemporary art and holds a
doctorate in Art History from Bryn Mawr College. She is a former
Fulbright Scholar and fellow at the Institute for Research on Women and
Gender at Stanford University. In 2014 Paula received the University of
San Francisco, Faculty Union (USFFA) Distinguished Research Award
(university wide award), and in 2008 she received the Distinguished
Teaching Award. She enjoys teaching a variety of classes including the
introductory graduate course, Museum Studies - History and Theory, as
well as undergraduate courses in Modern and Contemporary Art, European
Art 1900-1945, Women and Art, and a new course on Israeli and
Palestinian Art. She enjoys working with students on exhibition projects
in USF's Thacher Gallery, and has supervised student internships since
2003 with educators from Bay Area Museums including the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, SFMOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, among
many others.Paula's research focuses on the impact of gender and ethnicity
on modern and contemporary women artists and their self-representation,
as well as the role of gender and sexuality in museum exhibitions. She
has completed two books: Women Artists in Interwar France: Framing
Femininities (Ashgate), and a co-edited anthology with Anna Novakov,
Essays on Women's Artistic and Cultural Contributions 1919-1939 (Edwin
Mellen). Her articles appear in a variety of journals including the Art
Journal, Aurora, Woman's Art Journal, and The Royal Academy of Art
Magazine. Other essays appear in the anthologies Diaspora and Modern
Visual Culture (Routledge), The Modern Woman Revisited (Rutgers),
Reconciling Art and Motherhood (Ashgate).Current research
projects include a series of articles on contemporary feminist art in
the Middle East, and an essay on street art on the separation barrier
between Israel and Palestine. Dr. Birnbaum is also completing a
monograph on Chana Orloff (1888-1968), a prolific sculptor who made her
career in France and Israel.
Ph.D., History of Art, Bryn Mawr CollegeM.A., History of Art, Bryn Mawr CollegeB.A., History of Art & French Literature, Bowdoin College
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1. Silly uniforms. People wearing silk pajamas, Hakama, non-functional gis or any other form of silly clothing whilst doing what is essentially a sport activity will be shot on site.
2. Kempo Barnet rule. All instructors of Kenpo, Kempo, American Kempo, Shaolin Kempo, Lima Lama, Kajukenbo and all other Kempo derived arts must wear a 1980s style mullet or similar comedy cut. Dillman comb-overs are also acceptable. This will reduce the risk of the general populace taking anything a Kempo instructor says too seriously.
3. Aliveness to be taught in all schools. The old religions, many dating back before the time of the prophet Kano, still predominate. This is unacceptable and must stop at once. Shaolin-creationism must not be taught, and the Flat Earth and All Styles Are Equal myths must be done away with. Heretics will be burnt.
4. Wing Chun to be banned. However its spelt, it is still just too silly. After years of asking the age old question what is it supposed to actually do? it has become painfully obvious that whatever it is, it isnt very important anyway else someone would have found it by now. Its therefore superfluous and only serves as a soapbox for deluded geeks who think wearing black tracksuit pants makes them look harder.
5. RBSD gone. Reality based Self-Defence is an unnecessary and increasingly misused term. Instead it shall now be known as either self-defence for anything that actually works and bollocks for everything else. Misrepresenting the latter for the former will be punishable by being made to try to use your bollocks moves for real.
6. LARPer tolerance. Contrary to popular perception, we are tolerant on Martial LARPing. If you accept that you are role-playing at being a martial artist, then we are happy to accept the same. But if you continue to live in the delusion that LARPing is for real, we will be forced to throw tennis balls at you whilst shouting lighting bolt!.
7. Tax on kiddy black belts. The parents and instructors of all black belts under the age of 16 will be taxed $300 for every year under the 16y.o. threshold for which the kid has the grade. A special rate of $400 per sub-16 year will apply to Tae Kwon Do.
Im sure theres more things that will need to change.You are a total Douchbag. Train more, post nevermore.
FickleFingerOfFate -08-21-2007 08:59 AM
just die already.Plasma - 08-20-2007 11:45 PM
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