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I'm speaking on behalf of many former and current Petsmart employees and I would prefer to remain anonymous because I tried the caresmart line, they figured out it was me and came after me. I would like to start by saying not all Petsmarts are bad, but there are certain people that are in this company that are manipulating records to increase their own profits.
There are certain people in upper management in Petsmarts all over the country that come in to make profit or save money any way they can. Some of the many stadegies they use is setting up employees to be terminated or push them to quit so they could never collect unemployment. They've also been known to cut employees hours from full-time to part-time without warning, which results in them losing their benefits.
Another thing, is because of these actions, there are never enough staff to cover all three shifts. So they have employees work these inconvenient, random hours and if an employee tries to ask for a specific schedule, the manager writes whatever hours they want and sometimes says ''Work these hours or else''. Upper management also uses what they call ''write ups''. From my experience is a fabricated record of what an employee has done wrong so if there is a lawsuit they're able to show this false record to the court and say that the employee is at fault and not them.
I think I found some holes in their game though which I hope someone out there can create a public case out of. All you have to do is look back at the trail they left behind. I'll walk you through it step by step.
First lets start with the store managers and the district managers. Look back at their work history and you just might find that every company they were a part of were non-union organizations where as I've learned that good, honest workers are completely unprotected from these people. They come in and down size the staff to the bare minimum to increase profits for themselves and their superiors.
When it looks like they're going too far and treating the workers with no respect and putting too much responsibility on their shoulders where they do consider the possibility that they could be slapped with a lawsuit and lose in court, they announce that they're going to ''retire'', but really they're retreating to a different non-union company where they'll do the same thing over again and whoever takes over their previous position either fixes things or takes the fall.
Look back at the records of the employees both past and present. For the longest time they had near perfect if not perfect records until shortly after these shady people appeared. Match the times when the lower ranking workers were recieving negative, outrageous reports on their records with the times that these ''managers'' appeared. You'll see that both times very closely match.
Another things you see from these false records is that most of the people who got written up and ultimately terminated or pushed to resign were low ranking associates of full-time status with benefits, or they were part-time workers who had close to full-time hours. And let's not forget the ones who were full-time status and then suddenly they became part-time staus just shortly after these money motivated ''managers'' were sent in. If you were to look at the locations they are currently in, you'll see that there are hardly any full-time associates.
Here's something I myself can't prove but I'll tell you anyway. Because of the very limited number of staff, hardly anyone is able to take all of their breaks except for lunch only because the employees aren't paid for that particular break and it's the one time where it could be proven that these criminals that try to pass themselves along as managers are breaking labor laws. On a personal note, I think the rule about visible tatoos is kind of discriminatory. Unless it's an image or content that's truly offensive I don't see the problem.
The conclusion all of us have come to is that hopefully through this a public case can be made and Petsmart and other companies that are presently non-union should have a union. That way all employees can get the schedules, benefits,and wages that they truly deserve and need, and most importantly, truly good, hard working people will always be safe and protected from these corporate terrorists. I'll see if there is any other information I can provide.
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Eighty-six million dollars in federal funding will soon be put to work on major road improvements in Baton Rouge, no thanks to Representative Bill Cassidy (LA-06).
Representative Cassidy voted against funding major road improvements in Baton Rouge that will put Louisianans to work and make it easier to travel along Interstate 10 between Siegen Lane and Highland Road.
"Representative Cassidy has some explaining to do about why he voted to block shovel-ready projects that will improve Baton Rouge roads and create jobs," said Jessica Santillo, Southern Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
On Tuesday, a Metropolitan Planning Organization approved a plan to dedicate $86 million in federal economic recovery funding to improving roads in Baton Rouge.
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So how many social networks can one person handle at once?
Now that Google+ has hit the headlines -- and a limited number of desktops -- those of us whose job it is to monitor what's going on in the tech environment are starting to get a little dazed. Currently, I'm trying to keep a handle on:
Google+. The cool kid on the block, at least for the moment; it looks to have a bit more staying power than elder brother Buzz, who took a dive in the first round. Because Google+ is brand new to the neighborhood, it's going to take time to completely get to know it. A lot of time.
Twitter. The fact that the term "tweet" has made it into the American lexicon is a good indication of how important Twitter has become. These days, if you've got any kind of online presence, it isn't enough to have a Web site or even a blog; you've got to tweet about your product, your business and your favorite restaurant at least every hour on the hour. Follow a bunch of people so they'll follow you. And don't forget to check your Klout rating.
LinkedIn. The social network for professionals, freelancers and all those desperately looking for work, this service has recently revived itself from terminal boredom by reinventing itself as a place for discussion and research, including various professional groups and a Facebook-like list of updates.
Facebook. Nobody likes it, everybody uses it. I've always seen Facebook as something to use to keep in touch with friends -- and that alone takes up enough time, especially if you get involved in a conversation on, say, the casting of the upcoming film of The Hobbit -- but in the last year or so it's also become the place to do business. Should you have a Facebook page? A Facebook group? And once you've got one, how do you get people to pay attention? And how much time should you spend getting your new promotional videos there? Which leads us to...
YouTube. Practically the grandfather of online presence and another black hole of time -- especially now that it's expanding into full-length feature films. However, it's also one of the easiest to deal with, as far as interactions are concerned. You want to stay sane? Shut comments off. It's the only way. Sure, that means you're not exactly social networking, but otherwise you get to spend the rest of your life dodging all the nasty, obscene or downright stupid comments that you'll invariably gather.
Tumblr. Part blog, part social network, Tumblr's experienced a huge upsweep in users, all of whom are throwing comments, photos, videos, quotes, links and other info at each other in a desperate bid to be heard above the din. If whatever you post is really clever, your followers will reblog it, adding to your reputation and to the general onslaught of information. There's some fabulous stuff here -- Tumblr is inhabited by a lot of visual artists -- but you've got to figure out how to filter through to find it.
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2013 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Wrap-up
DACs and downloads of the high-resolution variety was what this year's annual trek to mountains was all about. The 3-day Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) held its 10-year anniversary at the Denver Marriott Tech Center and once again Marjorie Baumert and the Colorado Audio Society deserve praise for making everything run like clockwork. There was a near record turnout of exhibitors this year, despite the still sluggish economy, but some believed visitor attendance was down a bit from recent years. Yet, all the exhibitors I asked seemed happy with the turnout, and judging by the smiles on all the faces I saw as I toured the halls, and also my own experience, I believe just about everyone had a good time, and that is what this show is known for.
With so many rooms and exhibitors, plus seminars, vinyl and accessory sales, and live entertainment I couldn't make it around to everything, but I did see about 85% of the show. I regret not making it over to the nearby overflow Hyatt Regency hotel where about half a dozen companies displayed their wares including Wilson Audio and Scaena Loudspeakers. Hopefully others will comment on them.
While the resurgence to vinyl continues with many rooms spinning vinyl to demonstrate their wares I would say the majority of rooms were using some form of computer audio for demonstrations. Moreover, I was struck by the large number of new DACs and music streamers available, especially in the Marriott Ballroom where the annual CANJAM took place for personal audio devices. Almost all the DACs I saw can handle high-resolution PCM files (eg. 24-bit/96kHz, 24-bit/192kHz, etc.) but it was astonishing how many can also handle DSD and double DSD despite the meager amount of music currently available in those formats. The majority of seminars held in the Aspen Theater room concerned aspects of digital music reproduction and download. There was also big news in the world of high resolution music downloads, in particular DSD downloads, that I will get to in a moment. This led me to conclude that this RMAF marked a turning point for the high-end in computer audio.
Let me start with the new e28 DAC from Exasound in Canada. This small DAC not only provides DSD and double DSD playback, but also can handle quadruple DSD if any such files become available in the future. And, it has 8 output channels to support surround sound files, all for a price of $3299! I was told the quadruple DSD capability was available to PC users only but everything else would work for both Mac and PC. The other Exasound DACs like the e20 and e18 are also impressive in specifications and price.
I am currently reviewing the Vega DAC from Auralic that features playback of all PCM formats as well as single and double DSD for $3499. The Vega has been out for about a year but their big news was that this Hong Kong company has formed a new subsidiary called Auralic America to improve distribution of their products in the USA. Auralic was set up in the CANJAM room where I got to meet and speak to their brilliant designer Wang Xuanqian. He showed me one of their newest products, the Gemini Dock, shown in the accompanying photo from their press release, that has a DAC and headphone amp built into the base of a stylish headphone stand. It comes in multiple colors and accepts SDXC cards with up to 2 TB storage.
Dan Wright of Modwright is known for his outstanding tube electronic designs including the award winning modifications to the Oppo disc players. I was happy to see Dan now has a DAC making its debut at RMAF in prototype form. Called the "Elyse" it sounded glorious in the room with Daedalus speakers and other Modwright electronics. The Elyse is expected to be available by the end of the year and the price is TBD. Dan told me the DAC currently only plays PCM files but he said DSD capability may be added later. You can bet on that.
I spent quite some time in the Luxman/Vivid room on the Mezzanine floor of the Marriott. Luxman has actually lowered the price on a number of their components including the DSD capable DA-06 DAC that now sells for $4990 (was $6000). Host Philip O'Hanlon tells me they can't make enough of these units and from my listening in this fine room I can understand why.
Mytek was set up in a booth in the lobby of the hotel demonstrating how DSD transfers are made from analog tape using some of the Mytek pro gear. The Mytek Stereo 192 DSD DAC packs a lot of capability into a small package and for $1595 is one of the best values in digital audio.
I didn't detect any changes in the Antelope Audio Rubicon DAC/preamp that features an extremely accurate atomic clock. It has been around for a year or two and as usual it sounded terrific. In the figure it is shown next to the new Zodiac DSD DAC from Antelope that has a PCM sample rate of 768 kHz and also decodes double DSD. Didn't catch the price on this one.
A name that is new to me is Resonessence Labs from Canada. They make several digital components including what I believe is the smallest and so far the cheapest DXD/DSD capable headphone DAC called the Herus. The company is led by engineers who originally developed the ESS Sabre DAC so they know how to squeeze the best out of those devices. The Herus lists for just $399. They have a couple of other DSD DACs intended for use with full size stereo systems that are also reasonably priced.
I spent quite some time speaking with designer Norbert Lindemann from Germany about his Lindemann Musicbook:10 USB music player that features 32-bit/384kHz playback capability in addition to DSD playback. Mr. Lindemann has addressed some of the typical DAC problem areas in a unique way with excellent results. I believe the price is about $5000. The player was being demonstrated together with the Manger MSMS1 Active Loudspeaker and the two together sounded exceptional. Manger, also from Germany, is trying to break back into the US after an extended absence. The Speaker uses a unique full range driver based on the bending wave principal.
Holding court in the CANJAM room was the now well-known Astell & Kern Company. Their portable AK100 and AK120 high resolution Player/DACs have become quite a rage. The smaller $699 AK100 plays only PCM files and accommodates up to 96gb of music that can be stored onboard. The $1299 AK120 has room for up to 192gb of storage and also plays DSD files. These units both sound terrific over headphones but can also be used to drive small speakers.
Sony made some of the biggest news at RMAF by introducing a new line of high-resolution audio products. Of particular note is the HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res HDD Music Player that features a one-terabyte hard disc drive and DSD Re-mastering engine to convert and enhance virtually any music file to double DSD (5.6MHz) quality. Sony has aggressively priced this player at just $2000. As you may recall Sony is one of the inventors of the high-resolution SACD format that has foundered as a format for physical discs. They have now decided to cash in another way by licensing portions of their vast music library for high resolution downloads. Just before RMAF Acoustic Sounds, the biggest purveyor of audiophile vinyl and SACDs, opened up their new download site called Superhirez.com. This site is aiming to be the place to go for DSD downloads of exceptional sounding music. Chad Kassem, the head of Acoustic Sounds, revealed at RMAF that he is working aggressively with Sony, and other labels, to secure the download rights to a huge amount of this music. He said Superhirez.com will have 500 DSD albums available by the end of the year. Prices start at a reasonable $24.99. The commitment from Sony for both hardware and software should be a huge boost to the availability of high-resolution music on the web, particularly in the DSD format.
In fact, the best sound I heard at RMAF was during a demonstration of the music available on Superhirez.com. Using a relatively modest system consisting of the Sony SS-AR1 speakers and the HAP-Z1ES music player, Chad Kassem played a group of us a DSD-encoded cut from the first recording of Elvis Presley in stereo from 1957. What I heard sounded more like a master tape than anything I have heard before, and that is the exciting part of this new development in high resolution downloading. Audiophiles en masse will for the first time have access to master tape sound. The capability of these new ESD-capable DACs combined with proper handling of the downloads is that good. The introduction of Superhirez.com is being greeted with tremendous excitement. I think Chad Kassem was the happiest person I saw at RMAF.
On top of the news from Sony and Acoustic Sounds I also attended a short briefing by Jared Sacks of Channel Classics. The briefing was hosted by Philip O'Hanlon in the Luxman/Vivid demo room at RMAF. The Channel Classics site has been one of the primary destinations to download high-resolution files of mostly classical music recorded by the Channel Classics label. Sacks outlined a plan to vastly grow the availability of DSD music files on the internet via a new site called NativeDSD.com. This site will serve as a host for a number of music labels to post their music in DSD or other high-resolution format. The site will have multiple sub-sites each of which will be managed by the music label. Sacks said he is negotiating with about a dozen labels, however, the only one he could mention by name was Linn Records. The new NativeDSD.com site will be going live in the next few weeks. With this site combined with the effort by Acoustic Sounds it looks like the chicken and egg problem for DSD hardware vs. software has been solved. Hopefully this will encourage more music labels to make their works available as high resolution downloads.
Backing up the news of these download sites, and the availability of so many new DACs (I have left out several other DACs for space reasons) were the RMAF seminars. More than half the seminars had something to do with computer audio. I attended just one of them—a two-hour seminar entitled "DSD Downloads. The New High-Resolution Standard. A Major Update". This session was led by our own Dr. David Robinson, editor-in-chief of Positive Feedback, and included a who's-who in the DSD hardware and software world including folks from Exasound, Mytek, JRiver, Channel D, Channel Classics, Analog Productions and more. They discussed where things are in high-resolution DSD music from a production, distribution and availability stand point. The picture is much brighter than it was two years ago when I attended a similar seminar at RMAF.
Though there was much going on in digital music at RMAF there was also much to see and hear in other aspects of audio. For example, Zesto Audio introduced a spectacular new tube power amplifier that is just as beautiful in sight and in sound as the other components in their line. The Bia 120 Class A Stereo Tube Amp ($12,500) is a huge beast with two KT-88 or KT-120 tubes per channel. It sounded fast, clean and melodious through TAD Evolution One speakers and Wywires cables.
Other new amplifiers I came across were from Wyred4 Sound and Benchmark. Wyred4 Sound showed me their two new class-D amplifiers, models ST 500 mkII and 1000 mkII. They are tentatively priced at $1499 and $1999 respectively and produce 250 and 450 Watts. Wyred4Sound is best known for their digital products and their latest DAC is the DAC-2 DSDse providing DSD capability for $2499.
Benchmark was showing an amplifier said to have a radical new architecture. The design was brought to them by THx of home theater fame. The model AHB2 is rated at 100 W/channel into 8 ohms with an astounding 130 dB of dynamic range. Total harmonic distortion is measured at 0.0004%, which is about as low a number as I've ever seen. The amplifier is still in prototype form and is named after Benchmark founder Allen H. Burdick who passed away in September.
There were several new speakers unveiled at RMAF as well. One that impressed me was the Manger MSMS1 Active Loudspeaker that I mentioned earlier. Another active speaker I liked was the Grimm Audio LS1s 3-way from The Netherlands. Grimm is best known for its precision clocks used in professional audio recording. The LS1s includes one of these precision clocks plus digital processors, digital converters and Ncore amplifiers for $39,900. It had a particularly coherent sound with exceptional clarity.
Other sights and sounds? I really liked the Emerald Physics CS2.3 MkII in the Wyred4Sound room and their CS3 Mk2 speakers powered by Emerald Physics electronics in their own room down the hall. I currently have the Emerald Physics CS2P panel speakers breaking in at my home for an upcoming review.
Robert Lee of Acoustic Zen invited me in for a private listening session of his Crescendo speakers. Dave Clark recently wrote a review of these for PF and I have heard them before, but they have never sounded as good as they did on this Saturday morning driven by Triode tube electronics and Acoustic Zen interconnects. Great job.
I always enjoy showrooms with Nola Loudspeakers because frankly these speakers are some of the best out there. This year Carl Marchisotto was demoing his Metro Grand Reference Gold speakers that provide tremendous pace and musicality. It was hard to stay seated while Santana was playing at a pretty high volume.
Another highlight for me was the Dynamic Design room that featured the Marten Getz speakers and Modwright electronics with Dynamic Design cables all around. Clean, dynamic, fast and coherent was how I would describe the sound. Bill Artope is another audiophile who knows how to put a good room together and he favors great jazz music as well. Other favorites included Jeff Joseph's Pearl 3 speakers powered by Jeff Rowland electronics, and the Coincident Technology room where I heard their Super Victory II Loudspeakers ($9999) being driven by a really cute 8W EL34 integrated power amp that owner Israel Bloom put together especially for RMAF. The Dynamo 34SE Stereo Integrated Amp costs just $999.
Finally, I can't conclude this report without mentioning the outstanding live entertainment available during the show. I particularly enjoyed meeting Doug MacLeod whose several performances at RMAF were sponsored by Reference Recordings. On Saturday evening there was a great piano recital by Fan-Ya Lin who was brought to Denver by Ray Kimber of Kimber Kable. A couple of her teachers at Weber State University, Dr. Shi-Hwa Wang (violin) and Dr. Yu-Jane Yang (piano) also provided some impromptu performances during the weekend drawn from their recording on Kimber's IsoMike label. Finally, on Sunday as the show was winding down there was the most entertaining R&B performance in the Atrium by New Orleans singer Lillian Boutte. A perfect way to end a wonderful weekend.


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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - Sam Young scored 28 points and No. 3 Pittsburgh held Vermont scoreless for more than four minutes at the start while opening a 13-point lead and eased to an 80-51 victory Saturday night to remain unbeaten.
DeJuan Blair helped Pitt quickly establish control inside and finished with 13 points and 16 rebounds in only 23 minutes. Young also had nine rebounds. Tyrell Biggs added 10 points as Pitt coach Jamie Dixon took advantage of his team's big leads to spread playing time among 11 players by early in the second half.
The Panthers (9-0) led 13-0, 20-5 and 33-15 before making it 41-19 at the half on Biggs' 3-pointer just ahead of the buzzer.
Pitt, which doesn't play again until next Saturday, has started at least 10-0 in each of Dixon's five previous seasons and is 9-0 for the seventh straight season.
Vermont (4-3) had won two of its four most recent games against ranked teams dating to their upset of Syracuse in the NCAA tournament in March 2005, but the Panthers were too strong and physical inside - just as they have been while winning their first nine games by an average of 21.6 points.
The Panthers' smallest margin of victory while playing a schedule that has not included a ranked opponent is 13 points (80-67) against Texas Tech.
Pitt won its 35th straight at home against a nonconference opponent.
Vermont's tallest starter, 6-foot-8 Colin McIntosh, was lifted after drawing his second foul 1:31 into the game, giving the Panthers an even greater advantage inside. After that, 21 of Pitt's next 23 points came from inside players.
McIntosh, who came in averaging 14.7 points, fouled out with 4:07 remaining after being held to four points. Marqus Blakely scored 19 points and reserve Joey Accaoui added 10, but the Catamounts shot only 27.4 percent (17-of-62) after shooting 50 percent in their first six games.
The 6-7 Blair had double figures in points and rebounds for the sixth time in nine games and is averaging 13.2 points and 11.9 rebounds.
Young, who jumped his scoring average by nearly nine points per game from his sophomore to junior seasons, is averaging 24.6 points over his last four games and 20.8 for the season - up from 18.1 last season. He has scored 20 or more five times.
Pitt Men's Basketball Season Ticket Renewal Opens
Pitt Lands St. John's Transfer Malik Ellison
Pitt to Host Montana and UCSB in Legends Classic
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Tottenham's ailing hopes of returning to the Champions League next season may be given a big boost by the return of Ledley King in time for Sunday's match against Chelsea.
The Spurs centre-back has only played seven games all season - and none at all since mid-October - but he could make his return to the squad for Saturday's trip to Stamford Bridge.
Carlo Ancelotti believes he will have a fully fit squad for the London derby.
Across North London, Arsenal have suffered from the absence of one of their own centre-backs - Thomas Vermaelen. The Belgian has not played for the Gunners since August after injuring his Achilles, but he is on the mend and back in training. However, he will not be fit in time to face Manchester United on Sunday.
Abou Diaby also misses out for the Gunners, while long-term absentee Emmanuel Frimpong is also back in training, and has been teased about piling on a few extra pounds by Jack Wilshere on Twitter.
Things get worse for the Premier League's bottom club West Ham, who have been hit by the news that Mark Noble will be out for "at least three weeks" with a torn hernia.
Scott Parker is still not fully fit, but the Hammers may be forced to field him against Manchester City on Sunday as they desperately try to engineer a late escape from the bottom three.
Sunderland managed to beat Wigan 4-2 without any strikers on the field, but it looks as though they may have to repeat that trick for the remainder of the season.
Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck will do well to play any further part in this campaign, while Fraizer Campbell's latest knee operation has ruled him out until 2012.
That means 19-year-old Ryan Noble is the only recognised striker at the club, although Steve Bruce may opt to field Kieran Richardson or Stephane Sessegnon as a makeshift frontman.
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With me its always rear wheel horse power that pops into my head (probably because I ran rear wheel Dino's And did high speed tune ups on r.w.dino's)! Its hard to lean over a hood at 80 miles an hr on a drag car
Its funny, people buy Big cu inch monster crate engines thinking their 500 horse power is guaranteed because of the adds and litrature says they were dino tested ! Then they bring em in and find out they have 275 hp at the rear wheels!! A lot really get upset and yell at me
After doing quite a few crate motors that were installed in vehicles they average a little over 1/3 less hp at the rear wheels compared to their advertized brake hp!
But then you get the young guy that built a strong mouse motor himself did it right and its pullen 275 hp at 6500 rpm and climben the look on his face makes my day.
people dont understand you can put that same 275 hp mouse into another car and only get a reading of 210 hp at the same rpm or change to a lighter rear end dope and gain 3 hp! The big one I see most are the people putting in high volume higher pressure oil pumps and their oil pressures reading 90# at idle hot! they just dont understand how much hp and torque it takes to power that pump. Just changing fans can give your eng 5, 10, or more usable hp
I didnt have to write all that!
I already know cobalt knows this and a lot more! but some visitors may not
Given the same H.P. weather.Flywheel,Gross or rear wheel B.M.E.P. decreases with increasing displacement.And B.M.E.P.plays a great role in the durability of any engine weather S.I. or C.I.
I know this statement is arguable with how you get to the same H.P. but it is generally true!
Decreasing internal component friction by the use of lighter oils always gives a small increase in H.P.
Removing ancilliary loads also gives increases in H.P.
Dyno adjustments,ambient temp,exhaust header internal condition(rust or carbon build up)can also affect the readings
I know Im splitting hairs here.Ive never seen two different dynos give the same readings.
Im not bashing dyno tuning,I think its a great thing!
Ive personally seen a S.B. load up to 800 G.H.P. at 9200,n that was at 209 C.I.D.with a little less than 2 ATM of boost!
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The Lewis Legacy-Issue 84, Spring 2000
In the Footsteps of Giono
The C.S. Lewis Foundation for Truth in Publishing
March 1, 2000
In 1985 Vermont publisher Chelsea Green brought out the handsomely illustrated 80-page book The Man Who Planted Trees: The inspirational tale of a man who planted a forest, one acorn at a time by Jean Giono. It is so popular that it has been translated into a dozen languages; today the English version is available in hardcover, paperback, audiotape, and videotape.
In 1913 20-year-old Giono was walking where the Alps met Provence in a desolate, colorless area of baked earth, dry springs, deserted villages, ceaseless winds, and brutal weather. The villages had "epidemics of suicide and frequent cases of insanity, frequently homicidal." The people were "savage creatures, hating one another, little removed, both physically and morally, from the condition of prehistoric man... Their condition had been beyond hope."
Giono met Elzeard Bouffier, a 55-year-old widowed peasant shepherd who lived alone with his lambs and his dog. He had a tidy stone cottage and a deep natural well with excellent water. His hearty soup boiled gently while he tended his flock of thirty sheep. He mended his clothes so skillfully that the stitches were invisible. Bouffier selected perfect acorns and planted 100 every day while tending his sheep. In three years he had planted 100,000 oak trees, and he had a nursery of beech tree seedlings.
When Giono returned five years later, in 1918, the shepherd had become a beekeeper, the beech trees were already shoulder high, and the first oaks were taller than a man. Bouffier was still planting acorns. Giono said "I saw water flowing in brooks that had been dry since the memory of man." As the water reappeared, so there reappeared willows, rushes, meadows, gardens, flowers, and a certain purpose in being alive.
When Giono returned in June 1945, the oaks were 20 to 25 feet tall and Bouffier was 87. "Instead of the harsh dry winds that used to attack me, a gentle breeze was blowing, laden with scents.... On the site of ruins I had seen in 1913 now stand neat farms, cleanly plastered, testifying to a happy and comfortable life.... On each farm, in groves of maples, fountain pools overflow onto carpets of fresh mint.... Elzeard Bouffier died peacefully in his sleep in 1947 at the hospice in Banon."
Giono published his first novel in 1929. He wrote The Man Who Planted Trees in 1950 and sent it to a magazine as a "most extraordinary person I have ever known" submission, but it was rejected. Like Forrest Carter's The Education of Little Tree and Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle, The Man Who Planted Trees is believed by countless people whose hearts are warmed by sentimental eco-fables.


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I did a long search on this and will try and redo my ground wires. I do have one question, the hum gets much worse if I move my hand closer to the output wires. Or if I put the metal top on the preamp that gets pretty close to the output wires. Is this a "classic" sign of something. I have never had this happen on any other project. The output wires are twisted but not shielded.
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This is theoretically a page of programs that might be categorised as fully-fledged 'applications' (as opposed to utilities, etc.). However it's also likely to be a 'catch-all' to a certain extent for programs that don't naturally fall into the categories.
|5Account (162KB)
|5Account - by Simon Berridge - is a banking and personal ledger system designed specifically to take advantage of the Psion Series 5mx/Revo/7 available functions and databases. Formerly shareware, the author has released a generic registration key to make it freeware. Key is included in the zip file. v5.1 Freeware
|5Account - User manual (503KB)
|Zipped user manual in PDF format.
Key features of 5Account:
• Many accounts
• Many categories
• Many standing orders
• Many transactions
• QIF Import/Export
• Export to CSV files
• Optimised for speed
• 5Account has been designed to be a friendly intuitive environment and supports both pen/pointer and keyboard entries so that the user can use 5Account as he feels most comfortable.
• 5Account will show the user his net worth at a glance, he can review the transactions within the system, reconcile those transactions, add new transactions, set up standing orders which can be for always or limited by a number of entries or an end date, and modify entries.
• 5Account is a multi-currency system which allows for many currencies. All you have to do is add a new currency, set its conversion rate to your home currency and from then on you can add a transaction in the new currency and the result will be automatically converted to your home currency.
• 5Account lets you maintain these currency conversion rates at any time without affecting the existing written transactions, thereby allowing for daily fluctuations in the rate.
|AstroPlan (108KB)
|AstroPlan by Philippe Laurent is an astrology program for the Series 5/mx. Works okay on a netBook/S7 but I don't think it'll work on a revo. v1.2
|BusyV32.zip (56KB)
|BusyView gives 4 additional views for your Agenda file(s): Busy view, Calendar view, List view, and Horizontal view. Sadly its author - Lieuwe de Vries - died in late 2002. However his family have very kindly consented for his programs to be released freely to the community. Hence here is the last version he published (v2.60) with a generic registration code in the zip file so that his work can continue to be useful to those who never knew him or his software when he was alive. Believed to be compatible with all EPOC ER5 machines.
|ConvertPro.zip (68KB)
|ConvertPro - by Purple Software - is an extensible conversions program for all EPOC machines. It handles conversions for Acceleration, Area, Circles, Currency, Dates, Density, Energy, General Constants, Illuminance, Length, Mass, Multiples, Permutations, Power, Pressure, Temperatures, VAT Calculations, Velocity, and Volumes as standard. I've also included a importable category covering WeightWatchers Points.
It was originally a commercial product but was given away for free by Purple after a while - hence why I've included it here. If anyone has any additional categories of their own, please feel free to send them to me and I'll include them in this download file. The colour icon/patch for the program is in my normal Colour Icons files. v1.01F (042)
|Dic (843KB)
|Dic is a dictionary handling program. It's supplied here with 7 dictionaries which are: German>Norwegian, English>Norwegian, English>French, English>Flemish, English>Swedish, Norwegian>German, and Norwegian>English (I believe - please let me know if I have some of this incorrect and I'll correct this list). It's believed however that there were originally many more dictionaries available for the program and so if you know of any or have any please email them to me in order that they can be shared with others. Dic was originally written by Otfried Cheong in 1998 and was supplied as freeware as far as I know. v1.06
|Dic files...
|A collection of Dictionary files for use with the above application.
|DstEdit.zip (139KB)
|DstEdit is a basic text file manager. It allows you to 'attach' pain text files and load/edit/save them in a simple built in text editor. I have added a PDF file to the zip explaining its use. v1.2
|Editor.zip (95KB)
|Psion/Symbian's text editor application. Essentially performs the same as Notepad in Windows - ideal for quick text editing as well as more complex stuff. 3 versions supplied in this zip file: monochrome, colour, and Wins (PC emulator). Runs on any ER5 machine. v1.41(049)
|K2 is a little-known (outside of Russia I think anyway) compressed document reader - very similar to Tomereader in principal but apparently with a slightly better compression capability (it uses zip compression natively). Written by Robin Hood in 2002, it has (IMHO) the following advantages over Tomeraider: 1) Better compression (by about 5-10% I think), 2) Faster (believe it or not!), and 3) It's free! The help file is in Russian but I don't think this is a big issue as it's pretty self-explanatory. v2.0
|K2 files...
|A small collection of K2 files for use with the above application.
|MacConnect (1.2MB)
|MacConnect - the equivalent of PsiWin but for the Macintosh. This is version 1.0 (as far as I remember - I haven't used a Mac of any sort for years now) so be sure and also download the various upgrades available on my 'Lost & Found - Psion Files, EPOC' pages.
|MacConnect (649KB)
|As above but .sit file format for those that can't easily handle .zip files.
|Meter.zip (68KB)
|Meter is a fully configurable counting meter (i.e. timer) - i.e. it lets you create customised meters that update before your eyes. For example: Find out the population growth of China. Show how many hours of sunshine there are left. Want to count down the days until your vacation? Ever wondered how much interest your savings have earned this year? You get the idea... Meter was originally published in 1999 by Xilonen as shareware. They have long since left the EPOC scene and hence I am releasing it as 'Abandonware'. I actually have the source code for it and so might be persuaded to devleop it slightly further if there's enough demand. Designed for the 5/mx, it works on the S7/nB in 'letterbox mode'. v1.00
|PGP for EPOC (280KB)
|PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a PC-based program originally written by Phil Zimmerman for encrypting and digitally signing data - often for the purposes of emailing. Steve Godfrey ported the program (actually PGP version 2.6.3ia) to EPOC and released it as freeware. I have added a PDF version of the FAQ on his former website to the zip file also. v1.02F (001)
|ParishFinder5.zip (251KB)
|ParishFinder5 is an app for locating parishes in the UK and their surrounding parishes. Primarily for genealogy purposes I imagine. Freeware.
|Presentation Maker (1.5MB)
|Psion's Presentation Maker was a commercial application that was originally released for the Psion Series 5/mx, but is also compatible with a Series 7 or Netbook. It provides all the basic formatting tools you would expect, allowing the choice between several predetermined slide designs, including embedding of both 'Sketch' and 'Sheet' objects. Slides can be converted using PsiWin to a format that can be read in PowerPoint to display on a PC, or for further editing.
Presentation Maker no longer appears to be commercially available anywhere (including Psion's own site via Expansys) and so I'm making it available here. It includes the necessary PsiWin converters and the original monochrome Clipart in English, Dutch, French, and German. Colour Icon, patches, and clipart are available on my Colour Icons page. v1.01f (015)
|Presentation Maker User Guide (1.7MB)
|Somsak Chayapong very kindly scanned in a copy of the User Manual for Presentation Maker. Here it is in zipped PDF format.
|PsiBio.zip (38KB)
|PsiBio - by Michael Mährlein - is a biorhythm program for your Psion. The author is no longer active and no longer supports his program (so don't try to email him for support) but has kindly given permission for PsiBio to be hosted here. My thanks to Frank Galenzowski for sending this app. and for discussing with the author. Freeware. v1.22
|ResCodes.zip (3KB)
|ResCodes (short for Resistor Codes) by Gareth Clarke is a small program for working out the values of resistors and tolerances from their colour codes. Written in 1998 as freeware, his website has long since gone. v1.0
|Safeplace.zip (61KB)
|This was a freeware offering from Palmtop (nowadays called TomTom) and is an secure database application for storing all your PIN numbers, passwords, ID details, etc.., etc. Palmtop/TomTom no longer offer any EPOC software so here it is... Believed to be compatible with all EPOC ER5 machines. v1.1 (Build 16.12.1999)
|Sketch for Revo (78KB)
|When Psion released the revo/revo+, one of the criticisms of it was that thay'd removed the Sketch app. from ROM. So Psion released a copy for users to install themselves if they wished. This is it. v1.05
|VReader5 (84KB)
|VReader5 is a vertical reader application - i.e. an eBook reader - and worthy competition for Simon Quinn's EBook application (also available as freeware). It allows you to display textual information, stored in eText (electronic text) files, in different orientations, in different font styles, to find and remember places in the text using bookmarks, use selected portions of the text into another application, much like you would do with a real book. VReader5 also works in conjunction with Peter Csutora's Encrypt-it! to enable access to encrypted files, and provides an automatic scrolling mode (autocue) for speakers. Supports TXT, TCR, and Palm Doc (PRC) formats. Freeware. v2.01
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2012 Harvest of Love Food Drive
It's that time of year! Participating schools in southern Colorado will be joining efforts with KRDO to raise money and food for those in need this holiday season.
Harvest of Love is an annual food drive held in participating Colorado Springs area schools and at KRDO NewsChannel 13/KRDO NewsRadio.
Most needed food items include:
Canned fruit
Canned vegetables
Canned meats/tuna
Peanut butter
For every $1 donated, Care and Share can provide the equivalent of 8 meals to an individual.
Drop off food or monetary donations to participating schools or to the KRDO NewsChannel 13 studio located at 399 S. 8th Street in Colorado Springs. The food drive runs from October 29-November 16.


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A little impromptu road trip! Just me and my girls :)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
7 comments:
- Katie~Loves Of Life said...
But WHERE did you girls go!?? :)
thanks for linking up.
- March 12, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- mrsashcake said...
sounds like fun! go anywhere fun?
- March 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Kodi said...
Your blog is adorable! :) So are the kiddos! :)
- March 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Laura said...
Very cute - can't wait to hear where you went!
- March 12, 2011 at 4:14 PM
- Erin said...
hope you had fun!
- March 12, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Kimberly {YeP, they are all mine} said...
I love your blog!
SO clever :-)
- March 13, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Ashley said...
Stopping by from Katies. How cute hope y'all had a great day out!!!
- March 14, 2011 at 7:56 PM
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Breezer Uptown Infinity City Bike - 2013The Breezer Uptown Infinity is the ultimate urban vehicle. Heavy on utility and style, the Uptown Infinity has everything you could possibly need for a coffee shop assault. It includes a headlight, taillight, rear cargo rack, full fenders, chain guard, bell and a kickstand. What's more, the Infinity features a NuVinci N360 drivetrain that will have you begging for any reason to just keep riding.
The NuVinci system offers an infinite number gear shifts. The technology revolves around a continuously variable planetary drivetrain that uses a set of rotating and tilting balls. Your input at the shifters tilts the balls, changing their contact diameters and varies the speed ration of the drivetrain resulting in the "changing of gears". It couldn't be any easier to use. Breezer chose double wall aluminum rims for increased wheel longevity and added Vera CityWide Plus tires with puncture protection and a reflective sidewall strip for visibility. Ergonomic dual-density grips and a comfort saddle take care of two of three crucial bike contact points with your body.
- Breezer Custom-Tapered Aluminum frame with full fenders and a rear rack
- Nuvinci N360 infinite gear chaning system
- Fenders:Polycarbonate, 50mm, Stainless Fittings, Integrated Lighting Conductors
- Headlight:B&M Lumotech Lyt LED, Standlight, Auto Sensor, On/Off Switch
- Taillight:B&M DToplight Plus, Standlight
- Rear Carrier:Breezer Tubular Aluminum w/ Spring Clip
- Includes Full Chaincase, Kickstand, Bell, Frame Lock
Breezer Uptown Infinity City Bike - 2013
- bottom bracket:
- FSA 7420 Cartridge-Style
- brakes:
- Breezer Aluminum Linear Pull, Cold-Forged, Stainless Hardware
- cassette:
- Shimano, 18T
- chain:
- crankset:
- Breezer Aluminum, 38T
- fork:
- Breezer Chromoly
- frame:
- Breezer Custom-Tapered Aluminum, Single Water Bottle Mount
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- grips/tape:
- Breezer Ergonomic Dual-Density
- handlebar:
- Breezer North Road Aluminum, 25.4, 26mm Rise, 590mm Wide, 33° Sweep
- headset:
- FSA Sealed, 1", Threaded
- levers:
- Breezer Aluminum, 4-Finger Ergonomic w/ Kraton Grip
- pedals:
- VP, Polished Aluminum Body, Chromoly Axle
- rear derailleur:
- None
- rear shock:
- None
- saddle:
- Breezer Comfort Saddle
- seatpost:
- Breezer Suspension Aluminum, 40mm Travel, 27.2mm
- shifters:
- Nuvinci N360 Twist Shifter, - Speed
- stem:
- Breezer Aluminum, 25.4, Quill-Style
- tires:
- Vera CityWide Plus, 26x1.75" w/ Puncture Protection, Reflective Strip
- wheelset:
- Shimano 3W Dynamo Front/Nuvinci N360 Continuously Variable Planetary Rear, 36H Hubs, Vera DM25 Aluminum Double-Wall CNC SSE Rims
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In the latest version of Google Search released November 5, you won't even need to touch the microphone button to perform a voice search. Taking a page from the voice command system for Google Glass ("OK, Glass") Google Search will now let you start by saying "OK, Google" to perform searches, create reminders, and several other useful actions. The app can also now send push notifications so you can use the voice system to send yourself a reminder. For example, you could say, "OK, Google, remind me to buy new light bulbs when I go to Ace Hardware." When you walk into an Ace Hardware store (if the particular store's location is indexed on Google) you should receive a notification to buy light bulbs. Part of what made Google Search somewhat inferior to Apple's Siri was that it was not fully integrated and couldn't perform actions like these. These new features make Google Search an even more attractive option for your every day search engine.
Google Now
With Google Now, you get "cards" that show up based on your location, time of day, and other criteria to bring you information you might need right now. It does this by checking with all the Google services you use (like Gmail and the calendar) and then delivering the most pertinent information for where you are currently. Here at the office, Google Now displayed a card to give me the current weather here in San Francisco and another one to tell me how long it would take for me to get home with current traffic. The latter lets me touch a map to open Google Maps for the best routes to take to get home. The more you use Google Now, it will tell you more things based on your habits, like the scores for your favorite teams, public transit times, flight information, meetings in your calendar, and even currency conversion rates when you go on vacation.
Using Google Search over time, the Google Now features have been a great addition. As an example, I watched an Eminem video some time ago on YouTube, and just the other day, Google Now pointed out I could buy his new album. I have performed searches for my sports teams and later got sports team cards to tell me when the game was coming. The point of Google Now is to deliver the information when I need it, and it seems to do a pretty good job of remember what I'm interested in (even if that is a bit unsettling).
All that said, Google Now's cards do take some getting used to because they're a more or less passive experience and they can seem a little random at times. Unavoidably, you will encounter cards that Google thinks are relevant to you, when in fact they aren't. Just the same, you'll probably find yourself wanting a particular card to show up, and it won't. So, the service isn't perfect, but it seems to improve the more I use it.
More than just search
Along with all the search features, you can access Google's apps, edit your documents, update your calenders, and all the other things that Google has to offer. In an earlier review, I didn't like how the app wouldn't let me edit spreadsheets, but I am now able to edit without incident. It still seems to have problems listing large spreadsheets, however, but if you switch to landscape it works better. Hopefully, this is something Google will address in later updates.


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excuse the post below, I've tried deleting it/editing it and IT JUST WON'T OML so I'm stuck with it.
excuse the post below, I've tried deleting it/editing it and IT JUST WON'T OML so I'm stuck with it.
so my birthday was 2 days ago and i swear literally it was the start of good weather xD
jus' sayin' ~
D: academic tutoring day w/ mrs eaton tomorrow. chortle. this will be interesting.
Title: Sweet Seasons Bakery
Author: welivefor_kpop
Rating: PG
Pairing: Yunjaeho
Genre: Crack, Romance, Drama (?)
Length: 1/?
Summary: Jaejoong works in Sweet Seasons bakery, surrounded by his friends Junsu, Yoochun and Changmin: their crazy cook Leeteuk and even crazier manager Heechul. But one day a customer comes in, where does he know him from?
A/N: I seem to have a series of first chapters for a seiries of new fics... i have no idea where any of them are going ==" if ppl want u can use them as building blocks for ur own stories i don't mind.. as im not rlly sure what im going to be doing with them... PEACE OUT XD
Chapter 1
Jaejoong stared outwards face resting on his hand, his gaze far away as he watched the rain trickle down their shop's window. He listened to the hustle and bustle of the little cake shop, famous for its hospitable staff and delicious desserts. His reverie was interrupted by the tinkle of the bell as it announced a new customer's entrance.
He greeted the customer, and gasped as they revealed their face. The man was tall in build but definitely not a stick; well defined muscles could be seen rippling slightly as the man put his umbrella down.
"Hello, I am Kim Jaejoong welcome to Sweet Seasons Bakery, may I help you?" he asked bowing, his voice all bright and sunny.
"Ahh, anyeonghaseyo, could I have a table for one please?" the man hadn't made eye contact with Jaejoong yet, still busy taking his coat off.
But his coat in hand and umbrella in the other his eyes finally landed on Jaejoong's. A weird feeling washed over them both and Jaejoong felt a faint tugging at the back of his mind. Where had he seen this man before?
"Ermm, I.. uh.. yes of course this way please, do you mind if I could have your name please? Our little shop likes to know the customer's we serve so as to note down likes and dislikes and therefore enable suggestions in the future that would be to the customer's taste. Also we have excellent service and...-" Jaejoong was rambling but he couldn't stop the word vomit pouring out of his mouth.
"My name is Jung Yunho" the tugging at the back of Jaejoong's head became stronger; he saw a glint of remembrance in Yunho's eyes. Where was this man from? His head started to pound a little as he mulled over his thoughts a little too much.
"Here is the menu, Mr. J-"
"Call me Yunho"
"Oh... ok, you may call me Jaejoong." Jaejoong blushed prettily; his eyes looked away... what was wrong with him? How come he blushed so, when the man suggested he was called by his first name?
Yunho looked down at the menu, his fingers tapping a light rhythm on the wooden table.
"Hmmm... what would you suggest for me Jaejoong?" Yunho asked his face seeming inquisitive, as if waiting for the right answer from Jaejoong.
"Ahh, to cope with the bad weather recently and to think of better times ahead I would suggest the Cherry Blossom Soufflé laced with Vanilla whip... would this be to your liking?" Jaejoong asked gaze wandering over Yunho's face asking for approval.
"Yes, that would be to my liking." Yunho's eyes twinkled with an emotion unclear to Jaejoong.
Jaejoong rushed to the kitchen clipping Yunho's order onto the rail as he yelled, "Eeteukie hyung~! One Sakura please!"
In no time a plate of Sakura soufflé had slid through the opening in the wall- that allowed customers to look into the kitchen and watch as their cakes were prepared. Jaejoong carried the cake to Yunho's table; he wondered what the tugging in his mind was as he walked towards the handsome man.
He placed the plate in front of Yunho with a flourish and half bow, "Cherry Blossom Soufflé laced with Vanilla whip,"
Jaejoong waited anxiously as Yunho took the first bite, his gaze lingered on the man's lips and he wondered how it would be like to kiss him, he wanted to lick the beauty mark above Yunho's lips. He blushed and stopped his thoughts from going too far.
Yunho looked up he noticed the glazed over look in Jaejoong's eyes along with the blush, and the area at which Jaejoong's gaze was pointed at, Yunho could guess rightly where Jaejoong's thoughts had wandered off to. A smirk graced over his lips and he saw Jaejoong shake himself as though ridding his mind of the dirty thoughts. His hand reached up instinctively, his fingers trailing over the skin that had coloured to the light pink of sakura petals, this was his lover, at last he had found him.
"Sakura" a whisper escaped his lips and warmth flowed from his eyes. A sunny, spring breeze flowed over Jaejoong, he knew this feeling, he knew this warmth, and he knew this breeze. This bright happy breeze.
The moment was shattered, ceramic shards scattered everywhere in the cake shop.
"Su-ah!" Jaejoong recognised Yoochun's voice even through all the worry.
Jaejoong looked apologetically at Yunho and the long fingers caressing his skin moved away, Jaejoong immediately missing the feather light touch. He walked briskly towards the commotion and his foot skidded as he stepped on a tiny piece of ceramic. His vision blackened and everything was silent.
"Yunho?" Jaejoong muttered, who was that man? He moaned, a headache staring to bloom in the confines of his skull.
"Jaejoong- hyung? You slipped and-" Changmin was cut off by a screech from their beloved, yet crazy manager.
"JAEJOONGIE~~!!! WHAT HAPPENED?!?", Jaejoong cringed as the scream reverberated through his skull.
"Heechul hyung he just slipped is all" Yoochun tried to explain. But of course his explanation was drowned out by Heechul's crazed screaming, "OMG OMG OMG OMG!! JAEJOONGIE ARE YOU OK?? OH MY GAWD!".
At this point their cook appeared, Yoochun shook his head, they didn't need another screaming banshee in here!
"HEECHUL? WHAT HAPPENED? OMG IS HE OKAY? HE WAS ASSAULTED WASN'T HE? I'LL CALL THE POLICE!" This time it was Junsu's turn to explain, Yoochun having given up.
"Eeeteukie hyung, its fine we can handle it, and no he wasn't assaulted so you can go now... please?"
"Ok, I'll go get him some cake, cake is the cure for everything... ohohohoho~" Eeteuk turned laughing maniacally to himself, Changmin in tow as his tummy rumbled.


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July 5, 2011
I'm at the stage of Spanish where when I read a sentence, I know what most of the words mean. However, strung together, I have little to no idea of what's actually being said; I just pick out key words and try to guess the meaning from there, often finding I'm wrong.
Is this normal? Does anyone have any advice for it?
Experienced Language Hacker
Experienced Language Hacker
November 27, 2011
(I'm not used to these terms in English or Spanish, so please correct me if I misuse a word).
I think you should focus on your grammar. Here's a nice method for reading and understanding sentences - mark the different syntactic function of each word, and then rebuild it in your native language. I'll give one example in Spanish, and one in English which is a little more interesting.
Tenemos que beber cerveza
You will probably recognize all the words.Tenemos - a verb. This will probably be the predicate. Might include the subject as well.
que - this word is either a question word, or a word entailed by the preceding word. In this case, the preceding word is a verb so it's probably related to that.
beber - an infinitive form. Most likely a direct object.
cerveza - a noun. Maybe this is the subject? Either that or another direct object.
This is a simple sentence so you can easily answer all these questions and understand it. But this method can also help you with more complicated sentences, and can assist you in rebuilding them in your native language. Don't forget to keep in mind the possibility of passive verbs (I have no idea how this works in English).
It is obviously quite slow, but once you get over the barrier you are currently this will no longer be necessary, except for extreme cases.
An English example:
Boys hit cry.
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November 27, 2011
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January 16, 2013
You may want to focus on adapted texts before moving on to real ones. The sentences put together in language study books are generally carefully chosen to include words and constructions you will understand. Once you've become more comfortable with [Beware! This is SPAM posted by a third party] texts, you'll be able to figure out real ones more easily. I used to scoff at [Beware! This is SPAM posted by a third party] and constructed stuff, but my dad told me, someone's already done a lot of work for you, you don't have to start from scratch. He was right.
December 6, 2012
My advice is to read texts that you know the meaning of before moving on. I originally had this problem with French, but I read Harry Potter, a book that I know very well, which meant that by using the surrounding sentence, I could guess what that sentence should mean, and then kept doing this, reading several books in this way, and eventually it all just came naturally and I could read books without needing to know the story beforehand.
You could even by a book that has a side-by-side translation to help with this.
Good luck!
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November 28, 2012
Gaius Julius said
My Spanish is quite elementary, so I probably can't see the whole spectrum of options in "Tenemos que beber cerveza"...
I know this reply isn't much related to the post, but I wanted to "correct" some things on the syntactic analysis done by Gaius Julius,only because I think this way is easier (I suppose he doesn't mind).
I'm a student from Spain and this is the way they teach us in school( though there are some more)
Tenemos que beber cerveza
In this case, there is a verbal periphrasis (tener que), so the main verb is "Tenemos que".
Beber cerveza is a subordinate preposition which acts like Direct Object.
About all I wanted to mark that "tener que" is a verbal periphrasis, since this simplifies so much the analysis.
July 15, 2013
January 14, 2013
hi.....i'll tell you how i did it, im not 100% sure how i did it but now i can understand a lot of things in french, i'd say 70%-85%.....the some of the resources i've used are the live news channel from france.."france24"...the ebook and audiobook for around the world in 80 days from "booksshouldbefree.com", and the deathnote anime french dub..........these were my main recources.....the way i did it was kinda the glossika way...id listen to the english chapter from around the world then the same chapter in french....id do 4 chapters a day....the same 4 for 4 days then move on....you have to try hard to understand full speed but thats what re-listening is for, if it helps read and listen at the same time....slow down the audio to .80X if you have to, but do it again and again... i did the same thing with deathnote after around the world, you'll find "deathnote español" on youtube. pick a number of episodes and relisten to them everyday...until you finish all 37 episodes if you want to watch death note.... the reason i chose deathnote is that its more realistic when it comes to dialog and events than most anime's....it's always about who did what, someone who want's something, opinions, motives...etc, which gives great vocab..and phrases to copy... which brings me to "shadowing" just do it it helps...i've found that i couldn't understand a sentence but when i said it i suddenly could make sense of what it meant most of the time... also movies some here're some spanish movies "rec, el espinazo del diablo, el orfanato" all horror....ive used this method since around march i guess, i started french in january and hope to finish in nov or dec to move on to german with at least a solid b2 or c1.......also today with my new samsung galaxy i tried speeding up the audio to 1.5x and i could understand everything being said in my full speed french recordings perfectly.... so try it dude......let me know how it goes.....I speak natively english and spanish, and like a b2 in understanding french b1 in speaking i guess and pretty ok at reading.....although i suck at writing........
"Speaks: English, Spanish" "Learning:French"
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I don't do Spanish, but I did take Latin and I believe this to be a similar situation.
This sounds like a challenge that you end up with going from a language like English or Chinese where there's little or no cases to something like Spanish, Latin or German that has plenty of cases and more flexibility in terms of ordering. The way that you listen is going to have to change in order to accommodate the difference. Rather than listening by order, you have to learn to listen for the case and ultimately hold the bits in your memory. Which is going to feel rather strange at first, but with adequate practice it should eventually start to feel a bit more natural. Especially if you understand most or all of the words.
I'd recommend doing a lot of listening and preferably to short selections with a transcript and really work on it. I know it's tough, I'm doing that as well. Getting the gist can be relatively straightforward, but ultimately, you're likely to want to be able to listen the way that natives do, and that'll take practice.
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