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Here's the problem: Nobody likes the word "feminism." It's icky. It's got a bad rap. Women (in general) don't want to associate with it. "Me? A feminist? I believe in gender equality, but I'm not a man hater!" sigh Let's look up "Feminism" in the dictionary, shall we? Webster's dictionary states that "Feminism" is "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes." Oh gee…they seem to have left out the "man hating" part. rolls eyes
So! With that in mind, herein lies the rub: Figuring out how to fight hidden sexism with hidden feminism, so that I don't immediately send people running in the opposite direction. (That wouldn't be very conducive to spreading a message.) While many forms of the feminist movement need to be completely overt in their efforts in order to be successful, I believe that "stealth feminism" also has its place. There are many rational people who would agree that equal pay for equal work is fair, would agree that genital mutilation is wrong, and, in general, would agree on many pro-feminist ideals; but when confronted with the dreaded F-bomb, rationality flies out the window and resistance takes its place. This is the psychological phenomenon called Reactance: You tell someone to do something (i.e. consider an idea), and they refuse—not because they wouldn't agree with the idea, but because they perceived you as bossy and they don't like being bossed around.
And speaking of bossy, I must quote Tina Fey from her latest book "Bossypants." In reference to an infamous Saturday Night Live sketch, where female politicians Palin and Clinton give a speech, she writes, "You all watched a sketch about feminism and you didn't even realize it because of all the jokes. It's like when Jessica Seinfeld puts spinach in kids' brownies. Suckers!" I couldn't have said it better. Tina Fey perfectly encapsulates my solution: Let's hide the spinach in the brownies! Let's hide feminism—something that is healthy and good, but unpleasant—inside fun and humor. It's a simple, yet highly effective, solution.
Implementing this solution is the goal with my upcoming blog, Ms. Jane of All Trades. I wish to utilize "Stealth Feminism" as the weapon of choice against those sneaky, stealthy sexist messages that make their way into our heads. Our blog will be fun, informative, and useful—all while soft selling strong feminist examples that defy gender stereotypes.0Send Me Love
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I like your idea. I musts say thata i am one of those who prefer the stealth feminism....:-) . Looking forward to reading your blog.
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Hello Kenia,
We should not try to be anything else than we are. However because we like our comfort zone, we want people to like us and not hate us. Like you noted there is some sort of hidden feminism because feminist means different things to different people. In addition, people do not want to be misunderstood or classified negatively.
I am a Feminist, no ifs, no buts!
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"I am a Feminist, no ifs, no buts!"
So happy to hear you wear that title proudly Osai!! :)
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your piece! I loved the humor, too for sure! I see your point of view and can appreciate where you are coming from. I'm also totally looking forward to reading your blog.
However..... (you knew that was coming, didn't you?)... when my dear friend gave me the cook book 'deceptively delicious' I was a little disappointed. I'm all about putting it out there and not hiding. I introduced my kid to veggies as they are in order to appreciate them fully- color, texture, aroma, taste. He has learned to plant seeds, grow, and harvest veggies (thanks to grandma!), thereby being more enticed to try things he might not have otherwise.
I don't want to sweet-talk anyone, nor hide behind something I am not. I do not want to cover my bold ideas in yummy goodness. If you don't like it or can't take it, then, well.... just then.
But, I am open to learning and changing, so I will not close my ears to your ideas. I just want to make sure that we are all being true, and not sugar-coating ourselves just to please those who otherwise would not give us a chance. If they pass us by, they don't know what they're missing.
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LoL! I knew, as I was reading that there was a "but" around the corner! (In this case, it was a "however.")
I'm actually so glad to hear your "however" point of view. You've actually given me the chance to explain myself a little more clearly, which I'm very grateful for.
In a nutshell, I'm not sugar-coating Feminism in order to please others, or out of some sort of need to feel accepted by others. I agree with you, that if people pass us by when we reveal our true selves, then they don't know what they're missing! But (and here's my "however"! LoL) I'm not creating my blog for me. The focus and priority of my blog will be its readers (who, unlike children, have strongly-held beliefs that don't like to be challenged with other "out there" ideas). While I'm no expert in psychology, I do understand that my blog will very easily bring in like-minded readers: Readers who already believe in feminism. Ironically, those very people who won't give spinach a chance may be the very people I need to reach out to the most.If I dish out the spinach too boldly, I will only reach those who already think like me, and I won't create change (not much, at least).
In any case, I assure you that what I write comes from the heart, and will always be authentically Me. :)
Thanks again for the comment Michelle! :) Kenia
Hello Kenia,
The main point is to know what we want and to stand for it. Whatever the vocabulary we know what we mean. We all have our free choice. The path one decides to walk to makes the only difference. We HAVE to fight for respect and be pro-active whenever the media is sending the wrong message. We receive every minute and every day a sexist message even in school books, everywhere.
Reactance, I absolutely agree with you. I am so happy that once in a while a woman is honest enough to state the facts. As women we need to understand and decide who we are who we want to be so that we won't be manipulated but stand as one to be strong and fight for our rights.
Kadidia Doumbia
"As women we need to understand and decide who we are who we want to be"
This is SO important. Specifically, this caused me to think about how much women are expected to be self-sacrificing, and so give up (or never develop to begin with) the ideas of who they are and who they want to be.
Absolutely. And the social pressure can be terrible in certain communities. For those of us who can speak up, we should never stop speaking.
Kadidia Doumbia
Hi Kenia!
Glad to read your stories dear! I'd happy to say that you have different point of view about what is 'feminism'. It's been a hot topic to be long-discussed in many events and seminars. I also agree with you it's not only about gender equity but also the role of women in dealing with some issues which are quite complicated. Otherwise, most women have thought that they're men-hater. Personally, i'm not that really have the same perception on that phrase. It all depends on our experience in life. Basically, God creates us to help each other to build peace and live with dignity.
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I agree that the perception is highly dependent on the experiences one has in life.
Thanks for the comment Tari. :)
You are a really good writer and great communicator of ideas. I enjoyed reading your journal entry (and great title, by the way). Yes, it does seem like, in America, people think we've already won the battle because we women can vote and there is a tendency to think that continuing to discuss feminism is passe or that it is about man-hating. I think your observations about that challenge, and about how it relates to 'reactance,' are astute. Humor is definitely one tool that can disarm us and open us up to new ideas and critical thinking. And "stealth feminism" as you call it -- a catchy, clever phrase, by the way -- is another. I like, and I will look forward to reading your blog when it launches.
I would love to know if there are specific issues you want to address. It sounds like you might be hinting towards looking at gender stereotypes. I would love to hear more about that in future posts.
Keep up the good work!
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Thank you for the compliment about my writing! :)
I'll definitely be letting you and the rest of the PulseWire community know about my blog as soon as it launches! The focus is on "How-To" with respect to cars/home/electronics, etc, with a side of "feminine" topics such as beauty and relationships, and a side of other "masculine" topics such as finances or "testosterone-fueled hobbies" that we're involved in that (hopefully) will serve as a "You Can Do it too!" inspiration to our readers. The idea is to deliver all this content in a non-threatening, non-intimidating way where women will feel it's ok to respond with their own ideas or ask questions. We hope to build confidence in women who either want to learn how to tool around out of interest, or need to because they don't have a tool-savvy man in their life. I also hope that delivering that mix of content in a "girly" way will help to dissolve gender stereotypes that tell us we have to fit into either a "feminine" box, a "masculine" box, or any fill-in-the-blank gender box.
P.S. - "Urban Foraging," hm! I've never heard of that, how interesting! I'll be RSS subscribing to your blog. :)
Thanks! Yours sounds great. I look forward to reading it!
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Does anyone know what the five digit number 5DDDD is when it is divisible by 6.
What is the digit D?
I have this so far...
50000/6 = 8333.33 remaining
51111/6 = 8518.5
52222/6 = 8703.66 remaining
53333/6 = 8888.83 remaining
54444/6 = 9074
55555/6 = 9259.166 remaining
56666/6 = 94444.33 remaining
Does this mean that 4 is the only digit of D that is divisible by 5DDD, because it is the only digits that goes into this problem evenly?
I honestly do not know if this is right...these are just my ideas. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Hello, matgrl!
As undefined pointed out, an exhaustive search is a valid approach.
We can use some knowledge to aid in our search.
Since is divisible by 6, it is divisible by 2 and 3.
Since is divisible by 2, it must be an even number.
. . An even number ends in an even digit: 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.
Since is divisible by 3, the sum of its digits must be a multiple of 3.
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And we see that only is divisible by 6.
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PONTIAC, Mich. – The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team played its inaugural varsity contest on Sunday, losing 13-9 to the Detroit Titans. The Wolverines held leads of 2-0 and 4-2 and were tied with UD at halftime, 5-5. Knotted at 6-6 midway through the third quarter, Detroit scored six of the next seven goals to pull away for the victory.
Sophomore midfielder Doug Bryant (Princeton, N.J./Princeton) scored the first two goals in U-M history, while fifth-year senior attackman Trevor Yealy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) and junior attackman Thomas Paras (Lakewood, Ohio/St. Ignatius) had two goals as well. Sophomore goalie Dylan Westerhold (Madison, N.J./Pingry School) made six saves, five of which came in the first half.
Detroit's Shayne Adams and Alex Maini scored four goals and three goals, respectively, to lead the Titans. Goalie A.J. Levell made nine saves, including seven in the final 30 minutes.
"I'm happy we're here, but I'm not happy with the outcome since we could have been a lot better," Michigan coach John Paul said after the game. "We didn't come out intimidated and I was proud of the guys. We thought this was a winnable game, and it was a winnable game, and we approached it that way. Every time that they scored we came right back at them, so effort wise I'm real pleased."
Goals came in pairs to start the game. Bryant tallied at 9:59 and 6:35 to stake the Wolverines to an early 2-0. UD's Joel Matthews scored consecutively to even the score at 2-2. Yealy then put U-M ahead 4-2 early in the second frame with back-to-back tallies.
Detroit converted an extra-man opportunity to spark a three-goal run in the second quarter that put it in front 5-4. Michigan stymied the goal spree by scoring with 3:46 to play in the half to make it 5-5.
Tied 6-6 in the third quarter, the Titans' decisive run started with two goals by Maini at 7:41 and 6:12. Paras cut the lead to 8-7, but Detroit notched four straight goals over the next six-plus minutes to make it 12-7.
The teams traded goals over the final eight minutes of the fourth quarter to reach the final score.
Up next, the Wolverines head to Penn State on Saturday (Feb. 18) for a 1 p.m. start time.
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In what subject areas does Denver Teacher Residency prepare aspiring teachers?
- DTR trains teachers in four different areas: Elementary Education (K-6) in English or Spanish; Special Education (K-12); and Secondary Education (6-12) in Mathematics or Science.
In what grade will I teach as a resident?
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Suunta: Helsinki, Finland, April 18, 2012
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April 18, 2012
The very title of this project suggests that it is more than just a concert put together by three jobbing musicians, a musical experience with higher goals than just entertainment. The name of the ensemble, Suunta, means "direction" and was inspired by a visit to a planetarium and an introduction to interplanetary navigation. From this grew the idea of a navigated journey around our earthly world aided by the tools of traditional folk musicians, but put in a very contemporary context via state of the art mixing and sound manipulating as well as a continuously projected filmed backdrop. The location was the subterranean 300 seat hall in the bowels of the new multi-venue Helsinki Music Center that has been partly financed by the prestigious Sibelius Academy of Music, located nearby.
In a country renowned for its preference for decorum and more muted expression of emotions, the opening in 1983 of the Folk Music department under the auspices of the Sibelius Academy marked recognition that formal boundaries between genres were starting to crumble. Nowadays, internet generation audiences are eager for material that utilizes as eclectic a range of sounds as possible. Hence the mainly youthful audience in the auspiciously named Black Box hall respectfully received this 60 minute performance sitting in designer chairs, whereas a few decades ago they might have heard a similar assortment of instrumentation, echoes and chants accompanied by burning joss sticks, as they sat in lotus positions around a camp fire.
While part of the contributions from Anna-Kaisa Liedes were in the local language, the greater part was vocalization without words, using the tricks of the mixer's toolkit as well as her voice and vocal chords. Liedes has a long history in folk music and at its fringes. Her interest in vocal skills developed while studying at the newly created Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy, and she herself states that if she hadn't become a full-time folk musician, she would have tried to be a composer. Her fellow teacher in the folk department and in this project, Kristiina Ilmonen, has been playing wind instruments of various degrees of obscurity since the early 1990sshowing a preference for folk instruments, particularly shepherd's pipes and whistles, Ilmonen is best known in Finland for her performances with overblown flutes. In addition to vocal sparring with Liedes, she divided her attentions between echoing pipes and recorders, as well as a wide range of percussive objects around her, including various dangling rattles and a floating water drum.
The most easily identified Finnish contribution to the musical mix was from Timo Väänänen's kantele, an instrument traditional to northeastern Europe that has been played for centuries in Finland and the Baltic republics, typically to accompany poetry or song. Väänänen has played his part in bringing the instrument into the modern age, on this night using a 19-string, amplified instrument with all the usual effects thereby on hand. Aside from the typical ringing, bell-like washes that the kantele can build up, he also used a variety of plucking, strumming, and tapping techniques to add a rhythmic counter to the women's eerie, echoing vocalizing.
With the two women sharing vocals stage left and Väänänen hunched over his kantele to the right, much of the focus of the show was the thematic film produced by media artist Kati Åhberg. Starting with suitably sub-aquatic images, the audience was led around the world following themes reflected in the music, including shamanistic chants (from the tradition in Lapland), Buddhist meditations and even a hint of Koto drumming. The fact that all the musicians are also teachers in the Sibelius Academy leads to expectations of gravitas that can't be denied. However, intensely instrumental, part-improvisational music is typically appreciated by many modern audiences. This art-style, ethnic fusion is all but indistinguishable from the work of more ethereal contemporary jazz composers like Barry Guy or Evan Parker, and with its breadth of purpose, this is a boundary Suunta that easily permeate.
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One of the best East-West Fusion albums to date. The music has a very surreal Indian feel to it but it is still a western jazz rock album. Shawn lane is absolutely a monster on this record. He performs fluid carnatic lines with the power and fire of his electric jazz rock tones. Truly sensation playing !!
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From Narellan Road cross the Camden Valley Way (The intersection with McDonald's on the right hand side) and the road becomes The Northern Road heading to Penrith. After 4kms just before you get to the old Oran Park racing complex turn left onto Cobbitty Road and travel 5kms through the village of Cobbitty. Cross over a bridge to a T intersection. Turn left at the intersection and travel up the hill 1km. The Avian Reptile and Exotic Pet Hospital is on the right hand side in a blue colour bond building with a green doorway.
2. From Camden
Head to the southern end of the shopping area on Argyle Street and go past the Subway on the left corner and this becomes Cawdor Road. About 1 km out of town turn right at the roundabout onto Sheather's Lane and follow for 5kms (this becomes Werombi Road along the way). The Avian Reptile and Exotic Pet Hospital is on the left hand side in a blue colour bond building with a green doorway.
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It's a spring morning on the farm. Grandma is happy the grandkids are visiting — they've picked just the right day! — and Grandpa is fixing breakfast.
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Suddenly his grandson reports that the cows have got loose! He thinks Big Brown Bessie just stepped on a goose! "Good gracious," Grandpa says as he pours himself a glass of milk. When his granddaughter shouts the chickens are out, Grandpa cooks up some eggs. Pigs broke the gate? Grandpa fries bacon. Why is Grandpa so cool? Because he knows the kids are trying to play an April Fool's trick!
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The National Mall of Washington D.C. between the White House, Congress and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, is welcoming hundreds of people these days who speak and sing such endangered languages as the Andean Quechua that the Incas spoke, Mexican Zapotec, Colombian Arhuaco and many more.
Under the title "One World, Many Voices," the 47th annual Folklife Festival of the Smithsonian Institute plans to raise visitors' awareness about the importance of linguistic diversity and the critical situation that has many of the world's languages considered "in danger of extinction."
"I grew up speaking Quechua and I'm proud to show here how great and beautiful this language is," said Bolivian Roberto Sahonero, director since 1969 of the traditional Quechua music group Los Masis, with which he came Friday to play in the center of Washington.
"Though things have been looking better in recent times, I'm still worried about the future of the language. Its survival is never going to be guaranteed," he said.
The U.N. estimates there are currently more than 7,000 "living" languages in the world - languages that have people who speak them fluently - but warns that by the end of this century practically half of them could have disappeared.
In several dozen stands on the grass of the National Mall, the 18 threatened languages and cultures represented in the festival will be presented by means of lectures, music, dance, handicrafts and cooking.
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Number Of Tracks: 10.
This will be the first album by the band to introduce their new drummer, Vijay Mistry, who will be replacing their founding drummer, Nick Hodgson.
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Released: Jun 27, 2011.
Genre: Indie Rock.
Label: Fiction (Polydor), Universal Music Group.
Number Of Tracks: 13.
This is not an awful album by any means, but it certainly could be the predecessor to one. At times, this feels like the album promised by "Off With Their Heads", a little too light and poppy, rather than reverting back to the driving and often melancholy sound of the classic "Employment".
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Off with Their Heads is the third album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. The first single from the album was "Never Miss a Beat", released two weeks before the album.
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The Kaiser Chiefs have matured with their sound, heavier but also catchier than the debut album 'Employment'.
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Like most holidays next Monday September 3 will bring a soap opera pre-emption for all ABC, CBS and NBC soap operas. Due to Labor Day, sports events will air in place of "The Bold And The Beautiful," "Days Of Our Lives," and "The Young And The Restless," with "General Hospital" airing an encore of its July 23, 2012 episode. Regular programming, with new episodes, will resume on Tuesday September 4.
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February 10, 2011
Room by Emma Donoghue
You may have heard about this book - it's been wildly popular with all the big review sources, has been a major bestseller, and was on the New York Times list of the 10 Best Books of 2010.
I never would have picked it up if Julie hadn't so convincingly sold me on it.
The premise sounds so awful - it's about a woman who has been kept in a shed-turned-prison for the last seven years after being abducted. She has a five year old son (the child of her abductor, of course) and the whole book is told through the little boy, Jack's, eyes.
Jack has never once been outside of Room, the eleven square foot shed he and his mother live in. He doesn't even realize there is a world outside of it - the things he sees on TV, he believes are made up. His mother hasn't directly lied to him, but she also doesn't want him to realize all of the world and life he is missing out on.
And she's done an amazingly good job of making his life as normal as possible under the circumstances. She reads to him, they play games, they have a routine. And his mother protects him, fiercely, from the realities of their situation.
Then, about a third of the way through the book, they manage to escape (as I saw this coming, I thought that this would really strain my credibility, but it was actually not too bad) and now the world, which has always been so compact and predictable, stretches out into a huge and unknown space.
His mom has done her best, of course, but there are things you wouldn't even consider that he doesn't know - how to climb stairs or how to judge new distances (he keeps running into things). He can't comprehend that there are multiple copies of the same book in the world. The loss of the rigid routines frightens Jack and he finds himself missing Room and his small existence with just his mother. Because of his mother's protection, Room was virtually entirely positive for him. He knows none of the horrors his mother has.
Having it told through Jack's eyes works unbelievably well. As an adult reader you catch things that he notices but doesn't understand. When his mother tells him a little about her life before her abduction, her family, her time as a student, he finds this utterly unbelievable, but as a reader it is heartbreaking to hear her story. After they escape, you catch glimpses of the media storm that erupts, but Jack is mainly just amazed to see himself on the television.
Despite her amazing efforts, Jack's mother not a perfect parent. And he's not a perfect boy either. They are, both, such real, vivid characters. Their imperfections make it a little easier to imagine yourself in their place.
It's not depressing, although there is a lot of sadness. Some parts made me laugh outloud, like when she's being interviewed by some Oprah-like person who says, "Now many viewers have been shocked to hear you are still breastfeeding your son," to which the mother responds, "In this whole situation, that's the shocking part?"
It's been a few weeks since I finished it and I still find myself thinking about it at the oddest moments, remember little details of it (like when the mother has her first shower in seven years or when she tries to explain to Jack that they don't have to make special requests for SundayTreat now, but can buy whatever things for themselves, when they want to).
It's not a book that's easy to explain. It's as experiential a book as I have ever read - it's almost like watching a movie, rather than reading a book.
In some ways, it's like The Hunger Games. The premise just about makes you ill, but somehow it works in a way that isn't graphic or over-the-top. It's heart-wrenching and yet so life-affirming, I wanted to weep (I may have, just a little).
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I've heard a lot of wonderful comments about this book but haven't picked it up yet. I think my hestitancy has to do with the issues this book tackles. I want to read this book but have to be in the right frame of mind first. I had the same issue with the book "Still Missing" by Chevy Stevens (great read!!). "Room" is on my radar ... now I just need to get set to read it.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this review - I've put off reading this because thinking about just made me cringe, but I'm glad to hear it's not depressing or graphic. I think you've sold me on reading it.ReplyDelete
Excellent review!ReplyDelete
I too read it without finding it depressing. I guess that's what happens when you see life through the eyes of a child who can't fully comprehend what he's going through. Which makes me feel kind of hopeful.
I loved this book too. It hasn't even been three weeks since I read it, and reading your review, and re-reading my review last night as I posted it to my book blog has made me want to read it again already.ReplyDelete
So what's the youngest age you would recommend a reader be for Room?ReplyDelete
I really loved this book, too. It was one of my book club's also-rans, and it sounded so interesting that I went ahead and read it on my own. I had many of the same impressions you did; having the story told through Jack's eyes made it so interesting, and is likely the reason that I found it, despite the truly awful circumstances, such a great story about parent-child love and what parents go through to protect their kids.ReplyDelete
I've wondered about this book. I wasn't sure if it was going to live up to all the hype. It sounds similar to My Abandonment by Peter Rock, a book I read last year. I'll have to read and compare. I will look for it this weekend at our library.ReplyDelete
I would think 15 or 16 would be the youngest age that's appropriate for this novel.ReplyDelete
I've heard great, great things about this book! Can't wait to read it myself.ReplyDelete
My Book Club is currently reading this. I could not put it down. It's a strange story to explain to others and you did a great job! I am looking forward to discussing it with our club! Glad to know you enjoyed it as well.ReplyDelete
I'm doing the lalalalalalalalala thing and not looking at your review, but I wanted you to know that I finally just broke down and bought my own dang copy of this. I'm tired of waiting. Of course, now I'm waiting for it to be delivered but that will be faster than the Eternal Waiting List which I Can Never Get to the Top Of.ReplyDelete
I read this about a month ago and I still can't stop thinking about it. It left that much of an impression on me.ReplyDelete
I just fianlly read Room. I have wanted to read it since you posted last year. It was certainly a page turner! I am a cheat and read the end so I could relax and take my time. I am with Jack. I liked Room better. I am not convinced by his thoughts. I am not an early childhood devlelopment specialist but some of his cognitions were too much - thinking!ReplyDelete
For whatever reason, I was most significantly impacted by his breastfeeding. Not the duration, but his need for it. His need (pathological?) to breastfeed spoke more to me than anything he said or did. He would mention it and I would actually cringe. I am still trying to sort out why...
This is one of my recent favorites...though I guess I read it about a year ago now. Very well written and absorbs you into the story. And nicely written review!ReplyDelete
I really loved this book! It really makes you feel for this poor woman and the child she had to give birth to on her own in what seems to a shed.ReplyDelete
I agree with you 100 % that the two characters imperfections just make the story seem that more real when reading it. You can much better identify yourself with imperfect characters than the perfect ones.
Great review ^^
What a great book. Could not put it down. So sad to think this type of abuse really happens.ReplyDelete
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Only those who are passionate about music theory will comprehend the content of the previous caption, but I digress.
"All You Need is Love" is one of my favorite songs to both perform and listen to. The reason for my adoration of this song is not the arrangement. My musical appreciation in this instance is rather philosophical. John Lennon was a man who could not have been farther from evangelicalism. Yet this song could not be closer to capturing the nature of The Kingdom of God with the philosophy Lennon injected into the lyrics.
The axiom found in this classic piece of music is apparent in the scriptures and is what initially attracted me to join the "missional" church movement and in sequence distance myself from the "attractional" church model. One must not misunderstand, I am over joyed I made this transition and could never see myself returning to the latter. My reasoning is that I am personally exhausted and at times disgusted with anything resembling an "attractional" (come, see, sit, never take action unless your a minister, compare, compete, absorb, and support our fancy show style) church. However, In my zeal of resurrecting the missional church described in Acts I have discovered a well hidden trap that has recently been exposed by God's intervention due to recent events.
I realized that in my journey of becoming missional I was dangerously close to practicing and teaching a works based theology in our church (Commission). Works, although crucial in the context of displaying and revealing our faith (James 2:18, Matthew 25: 31-46), is not what defines it. Rather it is evidence of something much more sacred. In my experience the source of our good work as the church is easily forgotten and rarely discussed in missional circles. This source is an apparent theme of The Kingdom of God and is even listed as a requirement in the life of EVERY disciple. This week I was lucky enough to get my hands on a book written by Gregory Boyd ( The Myth of a Christian Nation) which reminded me of this foundational truth.
What distinguishes a true follower of Christ is not charity, but rather the catalyst that will inevitably manifest it, and that defining characteristic is LOVE. 1 Corinthians 13 tells us that we can give everything we own to the poor but if this selflessness is not a direct motivation of Jesus' love assimilating into our every action, than our charity is static. This is because scripture tells us that Jesus cares far more about the origin of our decisions than the actions that transpire from it. With this knowledge I humbly realized something.... I have failed yet again as a christian and a leader of our church plant.
In using love as a litmus test, I realized that our foundation as a community of believers was flawed. Do not misunderstand our community has done amazing things since its inception. 100% of Commission's resources and tithes go directly into aiding our city and not to our institution. However, I have never given any consideration in altering our hearts while designing a different approach to "ecclesia" (church). In personal reflection I realized that both individually and in many cases corporately we have deteriorated, or in a more relevant term ..."FAIL".
In the scriptures love is clearly what separates The Kingdom of God from the Kingdom of man. In fact, Jesus says the entirety of the law hangs on these two commandments "loving God and loving our neighbor (the Koine Greek defines neighbor as everyone we have contact with). This is how we effectively plant the seeds which will grow the Kingdom of God. Which is important to remember because the "Kingdom of God" is what Jesus discussed more than any other topic.
So in closing we are to first love God and everyone unconditionally, selflessly, humbly, sacrificially, constantly, and even dangerously the way Christ loves us and out of that love charity will ultimately emerge. If the DNA of our decisions is anything contrary to Christ's love than we have ultimately failed and our extinction in any culture is both certain, and imminent.
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Canadian miner Gammon Gold (GRS) has posted disappointing results in its second quarter due to lower than expected production at its Mexican mines, leaving little incentive for investors to buy.
At Gammon's Ocampo mine, a 13-day shutdown of operations in a key part of the facility and lower processed grades through the mill both contributed to setting the mine eight weeks behind its ramp-up schedule. Gold production topped out at 28,000 ounces, 26% less than UBS forecasts, while cash costs per ounce are 20% higher than predicted.
Silver production at the mine was also 30% less than UBS estimates.
Overall, gold production is down 25% across Ocampo and El Cubo mines, while gold equivalent is down 27%.
"Operational results for Ocampo were very disappointing," Dan Rollins, UBS analyst, said in a note to clients Thursday.
The fact that a strike at El Cubo closed the mine for 45 days also did not help Gammon's quarter.
As a result of these problems, Gammon has cut its 2009 gold equivalent production guidance by 100,000 ounces, to 235,000-265,000 ounces.
Mr. Rollins has lowered his 2009 earnings forecast 33%, to $.30 per share from $.45 per share.
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A car with an average MPG will needs 13.29 gallons of gas to get the route between these points.
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A dozen radio stations in Vermont will be on the auction block in May as part of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross last week approved a motion by Nassau Broadcasting Partners LLC to sell its chain of 46 stations at auction to help pay creditors.
The Vermont stations include WEXP, The Fox, in Rutland, WZLF-FM in White River Junction, and WORK, Frank FM, WSNO-AM and WWFY-FM, Froggy 100.9, in Barre.
According to documents in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, Nassau Broadcasting Partners owes $283.7 million, including unpaid and deferred interest.
Its major creditors include Goldman Sachs, Fortress Credit Opportunities and P.E. Capital LLC.
In his 11-page Feb. 22 order approving the motion, Gross found, The debtors determination to pursue the proposed sale transaction constitutes a valid and sound exercise of the debtors business judgment. Gross continued that the direction Nassau Broadcasting is taking without a stalking-horse bidder is reasonably likely to encourage fair and competitive bidding at auction.
A stalking-horse bidder allows a company to avoid low bids by selecting one interested buyer from a pool of interested parties to make the opening bid at a set price.
The court set a date of April 27 for the submission of bids. If one or more bids is received, an auction will be held May 3. A final hearing on the sale is scheduled for May 7.
Nassau Broadcasting Partners was forced into an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September by its major creditors.
In October, the court agreed to convert the bankruptcy to a Chapter 11 reorganization.
But on Feb. 8, Nassau Broadcasting Partners asked the court for permission to sell its assets at auction.
The debtors balance sheet reflects far too much secured indebtedness for these businesses and it cannot be sustained; an orderly liquidation process in the form of a proposed sale will, in all likelihood, generate greater recoveries for creditors than a piecemeal liquidation, and no one could fairly argue otherwise, the company said in its motion.
Nassaus website lists the following Vermont stations with city of license:
WORK-FM, Barre; WWFY-FM, Berlin; WWOD-FM, Hartford; WFYX-FM, Walpole (N.H); WZLF-FM, White River Junction; WXLF-FM, Bellows Falls; WEXP-FM, Brandon/Jamaica; WTHK-FM, Wilmington; WMOO-FM, Derby Center; WSNO-AM, Barre; WNHV-AM, White River Junction; WIKE-AM, Newport.
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Mourners poured into the Balkin Cemetery in Cuddebackville to pay tribute to Esmin Ljesnjanin. Police say Ljesnjanin and Gjon Kolnrekaj were killed Sunday night after Ljesnjanin lost control of his car and slammed into a street sign, then a tree and eventually a house.
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Police say it's unclear what caused the crash. The medical examiner says toxicology reports could take several weeks.
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Sound: I have read the other review and I agree that Silent Civilian considered mainly a hardcore band but at the same time they produce some epic riffs which generally aren't found in most hardcore bands, so it is hard to pinpoint a main genre for the band as it is very varied. This band has reached "stardom" extremely fast in my eyes i.e. in a few months (if that) so it is obvious that they are damn amazing. // 10
Lyrics: If I'm correct I would say that Silent Civilian are a very political band or at least their lyrics portray that. The band display a lot of good guitar work but if they produce a future album I would hope for more heavier sounds rather than mostly melodic riffs, however the band have definately reached my top three favourite bands along-side Shadows Fall and Avenged Sevenfold. I was surprised to hear Johny Santos' skill with a guitar as I was a fan of Spineshank (Santos' earlier band) for years and never expected that he could be this good. Santos' voice in my opinion has evolved into a more powerful and controlled one, with that being said he is able to sing brilliantly with a melodic voice too. I'm not an expert on drums so this will be short, but the compliance of the drums with the guitars are amazing so I have got to give it to Silent Civilian for it. Also the different layers of guitars all come together superbly to make an epic sound and again I was shocked to hear that during the recording of the album it was all Johny Santos' handy-work. // 9
Overall Impression: Like I said earlier Silent Civilian are in my top 3 list of favourite bands, so yes, they do compare to other albums, in fact they beat most of them. For me the 3 best songs are "First Amendment" which shows the band's hardcore side more, "Divided" because it is filled with amazin riffs all over along but also contains hardcore breakdowns, and last but not least is obviously "Rebirth Of The Temple" because it is just an amazin song all round and it sounds even better with the video. I can't say I hate anything about the album but would like more hardcore breakdowns in further records. And yes I would buy "Rebirth Of The Temple" again if it was stolen (or for that matter if it were scratched) withthout a second thought. So in conclusion it is definately the album for all of you heavy metal fans to buy next! // 10
Sound: The band has great sound and the best album I have ever listened to. The band members are Jonny Santos, Henno, and Chris Mora. This band sings hardcore metal the band is great! Their songs are long about 4-7mins! So the album is about 64:00 min long and you can buy it for only $13.99! The CD has enhanced features of the makeing. Once again the band has great sound! The band has a great medolic vocals! // 10
Lyrics: The lyrics are amazing! The lyrics match with the song.The singer skills are really good Jonny's voice is outstanding. He has a great medolic voice and has great heavy metal voice! It just makes me go crazy. // 10
Overall Impression: To me this band sort of compares to Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, and definitly sounds like Shadows Fall. The bands impressive songs to me are Rebirth Of The Temple, Lies In The House Of Shame, Funeral, Song Remains Unamed. I love everything about this band! The only thing I hate is that there is only 13 songs! But I I don't blame them there's limited time for CDs. I would buy it again if it was stolen becuase it's cheap and I can't resist this band! // 10
Sound: This band is one of my favorite metalcore bands today. They are fast, melodic, talented, and they even throw in killer solos. They are Silent Civilian and they have unleashed a brutal debut album. The band features Jonny Santos formerly of the Grammy-Nominated Nu Metal band Spineshank. This time he trades his full time job as frontman for an axe and screams more then he did in the past. This album is fast and even has some early thrash influences. The solo's are mostly done with a wah-pedal and are similar to Kirk's style from Metallica. Don't expect it to sound a thing like Jonny's other band though. This is full on in your face metal. // 10
Lyrics: Jonny has payed his dues singing in his former band Spineshank. He is talented and on this chorus his voice is really noticable. For the most part though in this band his lays out high-pitched ear-splitting screams. Not a lot of growling and roaring though. There is a lot of gang shouting in the backround. On the song This Song Remains Un-Named on the chorus a gang shouts Hey at the end of each of Jonny's lines. This is done throughout the CD and you can also hear it at the very end of the title track. The lyrics are postive and the angrier ones are poltical for the most part. // 10
Overall Impression: I have high hopes for the future of this band. For a debut they really came out strong and I expect that they will be big in metalcore in the near future. Once a good label such as Roadrunner or Ferret picks them up their career will skyrocket. I love the old school elements combined with today's sound and I also love the guitar solos too. The only thing they could have done was made some of the songs shorter. One called "Divided" was 6-minutes long and and half of it was a bunch of choppy riffs with vocals or a solo. If it was stolen I would definitley get it again. Great album. // 10


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The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Validation team was deployed to Sua Pan, a salt playa in the Magkadigkadi region of Botswana, from August 18 to September 4, 2000, during the SAFARI 2000 Dry Season Aircraft Campaign. The experiment was designed to collect data necessary for multi-angle top-of-atmosphere radiance predictions in order to provide a vicarious calibration of the MISR instrument aboard the Terra satellite. Reported here are ground-based reflectance measurements collected using an Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) spectroradiometer at Sua Pan and adjacent grassland targets. The grasslands provided large homogeneous areas for comparison of scale between ground measurements and remote sensing results.Data files contain numeric values that represent mean reflectance over space (grassland) or wavelength range (pan), stored as ASCII files, one file per site, in comma-separated-value (.csv) format, with column headers. The Sua Pan data, collected over a 1 km x 2 km area, are presented as rows of mean reflectance (every 10 nm) for 20 points, where the mean represents the average local reflectance spectra collected within 150 m of the given latitude and longitude. The grassland data cover a 1 km2 area and are provided every nm from 1 to 2500. Each row of data contains a mean and standard deviation at a given wavelength, where the mean represents the average of 570 measurements taken over the 1 km2 area.Related data sets from Sua Pan provide ground measurements of BRDF, and LAI and FPAR (Helmlinger et al., 2004 and Buermann and Helmlinger, 2004, respectively).
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SAFARI 2000 (S2K): The SAFARI 2000 project was an international science initiative to study the linkages between land and atmosphere processes in the southern African region. In addition, SAFARI 2000 examined the relationship of biogenic, pyrogenic, and anthropogenic emissions and the consequences of their deposition to the functioning of the biogeophysical and biogeochemical systems of southern Africa. This initiative, which was conducted in 1999-2001, was built around a number of ongoing, already-funded activities by NASA, the international community, and African nations in the southern African region.
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