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TR:nA dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets, but on the 12th floor of the Acme Building, one man is still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions --- Guy Noir, Private Eye.
GK:nIt was October, and the world was golden, the weather was perfect, and Sugar and I had gotten back together.
SS (SUGAR): Oh Guy ---- why did we ever break up? What happened? There's nobody I love like you.
GK: You mean you don't love anybody like me. Someone like me, you couldn't love?
SS (SUGAR): You know what I mean. Let's go out to eat at that little Italian place. You know----- the kootchy-kootchy place---
GK: The Cucina D'Amore-----
SS (SUGAR): (SEXY) Yeah. That one. The one with the booths and the dim light.
GK: But you told me that I was clueless. That's the word you used. Clueless.
SS (SUGAR): Whatever. --- Put your arms around me.
GK: What happened to the guy from Bozeman, Montana, you were going out with? You told me he was crazy about you.
SS (SUGAR): That's all over-----
GK: You said he was the first guy you met who really totally gets you.
SS (SUGAR): Whatever.
GK: I can tell you've been dating younger guys, Sugar. You're overusing the word whatever.
SS: Me??? Ha.nAs if. (BRIDGE)
GK: So we had a dinner date, Sugar and I called up Rico.
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): Yeah, what's happening, baby? What you got?
GK: You remember that guy in Bozeman, Montana, I asked you to lean on a little, Rico?
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): The guy who's dating Sugar?
GK: Yeah.
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): What about him?
GK: You can stop leaning.
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): You don't want me to lean on him anymore?
GK: Right.
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): Don't want me to yank his chain and rattle his cage?
GK: Yeah. Leave him be. He's harmless.
TR (RICO, ON PHONE): Okey-dokey. You got it.
GK: Gotta run, Rico. Someone's at the door. (KNOCKS) Be right there. (FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPEN) Yeah?
AMS: Ah----- I love that.
GK: Love what?
AMS: "Yeah"------
GK: Uh huh.
AMS: Back where I come from, we'd feel honor-bound to say, "Good afternoon. What a pleasure to see you. How may I help?"
GK: Oh yeah?
AMS: But you----- you Americans----- you cut to the chase----Get to the point--- What's the bottom line----down to brass tacks----- isn't that how you put it?
GK: Uh huh.
AMS: Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. The name is Smith. Alexander McCall Smith.
GK: Alexander McCall Smith the author of mystery novels.
AMS: Well, they're not exactly---- mysteries-----
GK: Author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books---- the books set in Botswana, right? You're a famous author.
AMS: Very kind of you.n
GK: So what can I do for you, sir?
AMS: I'll get right to the point, Mr. Noir. I want to write an old-fashioned hard-boiled two-fisted American crime novel.
GK: You?
AMS: I know---- it's a leap, isn't it-----
GK: Well, you're extremely successful writing these very gentle, very charming, very English----
AMS: Scottish, actually. And Botswanian.
GK: ---comic novels in which nobody so much as pokes anybody.
AMS: An author needs to spread his wings, sir. Venture forth. Fresh woods and pastures new. Onward and upward, and so forth.
GK: So you want to----
AMS: I want to write a book in which there is shooting. Lots of hot lead. Guns blazing. Guys pulling out their rod, their roscoe, their gat, their heater, and give somebody lead poisoning and they take him away in a meat wagon and the killer scrams, he hightails it, he takes a powder, he gets on the rattler to Kalamazoo, but the coppers nail him for it, they find a snitch, they pinch him, they put the screws on him, and he hires a mouthpiece to help him beat the rap and save him from going to the gallows and doing the dance. He doesn't want to swing so he finds a patsy to take the fall for him. Lots of shooting and car chases and guys pasting each other in the chops. That's the kind of book I want to write. Not Isabel Dalhousie drinking tea with her lady friends ---- I've got enough lady readers, I want some men. My publisher finds that among men who go out hunting in the fall and bring home a deer, I have very few readers. I want to remedy that.
GK: But you've been very successful writing books in which people sit down frequently to tea.
AMS: I'm tired of tea. I hope to never ever use the word "scone" in a novel again. I want to create characters who drink bourbon out of Dixie cups and eat beef jerky. (BRIDGE)
GK: He wanted me to show him around St. Paul and point out places where John Dillinger lived and the Ma Barker Gang and Pretty Boy Floyd so we got in his car and (CAR ACCEL THROUGH GEARS, SCREECH OF TIRES) ----- you know, there is a speed limit, sir----
AMS: I love driving on the right side of the road. It just makes sense, don't you think?? Left side of the brain, right side of the road. (GUNSHOTS, METALLIC BWANG)
GK: What are you doing?
AMS: Shooting stop signs. (GUNSHOTS, METALLIC BWANGS)
GK: You know you're going to get into some serious trouble.
AMS: Good! (GUNSHOTS)
GK: You're very likely to get us thrown in jail. (TIRES SCREECH ON CORNER)
AMS: Everything bad that happens to a writer is simply good material for the next book ----
GK: Look out!!!! (TIRES SCREECH, CAR ACCEL) Almost hit that bicyclist.n
AMS:nLove the feel of centrifugal force. (BRAKES SCREECH)
GK: What are you stopping here for?
AMS: Look up there.
GK: Where?
AMS: That billboard.
GK: It's only a billboard for ----
AMS: Elmore Leonard.
GK: His new book----
AMS: His new book, "Get Sandy." You think I'm going to take that lying down. Ha. (CAR DOOR OPEN, FOOTSTEPS ON GRAVEL) "Get Sandy," huh? Well, here's Sandy right here, and I got a surprise for you, Mr. Leonard. Meet Samuel Colt. (GUNSHOTS. DISTANT SIREN)
GK: Oh boy. What[d I tell you? What[d I tell you??
AMS: Cheese it! The cops! ----- Is that the expression? And where does that come from? "Cheese it" ---- interesting word choice.
GK: C'mon, pal. Skip the etymology and let's get a move on. Shove off. C'mon. Wake up and die right.
AMS: This is wonderful. Not so fast. I want to write these down.
GK: C'mon. We gotta take it on the lam. Fly the coop. Haul ass.
AMS: Haul ass. How colorful.
GK: Let's boogie. Let's split. (SIREN COMING CLOSER) Burn rubber. Hightail it. Amscray. (SIREN STOPPING)
AMS: I've got to write this down. "Amscray" ---- how do you spell that. A-m-s-c-r- (FOOTSTEPS)
TR: (IRISH): Okay, pal. You're under arrest. Put the gun down where I can see it or else I'm gonna fill you full of daylight----- you get me?
AMS: I love that. "Fill you full of daylight."
TR: (IRISH): And put the pencil down, too.
AMS: I'm taking notes.
TR: (IRISH): I said, put the pencil down. What you doing, Noir?
GK: This is a client of mine, Lieutenant McCafferty. Alexander McCall Smith.
TR: (IRISH): Then that makes you an accessory after the fact.
GK: Accessory to what?
TR: (IRISH): Reckless driving, wanton disregard for human life, destruction of property, resisting arrest----
GK: Resisting arrest! What?
TR: (IRISH): Outta the car. Both of you. Hands in the air. You got the right to remain silent----- (FADING, BRIDGE)
GK: I don't believe it. The Ramsey County Jail. I had a date to go out to dinner tonight with my girlfriend and now I've got to spend it in the cooler.
AMS: Cooler----- excellent
GK:n---- with these chiselers and flimflam men -----
TR (RICO): Hey, Noir. What's a gumshoe like you doing here in the Big House?
GK: Big mistake, Rico.(CARD DEALING) Hey, Tony.
TK: Hey Noir. Want to get in a hand of Texas Rock-Em?
GK: Never heard of it.
TK: Deuces wild and jacks high, faces to the floor, five bucks in the crapper.
TR (RICO): Deuces wild? In Texas Rock'em? You gotta be kidding. ----
GK: What you in for, Rico?
TR (RICO): Me and Tony here got caught with a big bag of cash that somehow found its way into the trunk of our car which came from the safe at the hock shop that through some weird coincidence had our fingerprints on it.
TK: Yeah.
TR (RICO): Me and Tony had nothing to do with any heist. We were at our book club and we got witnesses. Tomato Sally and Hophead Harrigan and Louie Palooka and Muggsy Spanier and Toots Patootie and Sudden Sam Heins and Larry B. Larry and ----- hey, what you writing down the names for?n
AMS: Me?
TR (RICO): You.
AMS: I love these names. Muggsy Spanier...Toots Patootie---- Sudden Sam----- it's like Damon Runyon.
TR (RICO): Yeah, well those are members of our book club and it's a very hush-hush type of book club whose members don't necessarily want their names made public on account of their interest in books might tend to give them the wrong reputation as being hoity-toi and kind of snooty if you get my drift.
GK: This is Alexander McCall Smith, Rico.
TR (RICO): Okay but put away the pencil or there might be a misunderstanding and I might need tonhang a left on your chin.
AMS: "Hang a left on your chin" ----
TR (RICO): Give you a knuckle sandwich. Slug you one. Clip you. Coldcock you. Konk you. Comprende?
AMS: "Konk" "Clip"---- keep going-----
TR (RICO): What is this? A quiz? Put your pencil down or I'm gonna nail you, pal. I'm gonna wallop you one. Poke you. Maybe liquidate you. Settle your hash. Ice you. Polish you off.
AMS: Keep going, keep going-----
TR (RICO): I don't think you're reading me, pal. I'm just about to lower the boom on you and knock your lights out.
TK: Hey. Reading-----
TR (RICO): What about it?
TK: You said he's not reading you ----- he's a writer-----
TR (RICO): So what??
TK: Alexander McCall Smith ----- remember when we knocked over the bookstore? And we made off with fifteen boxes we thought were full of cash and they were full of them books about the Dollhouse lady----
AMS: You mean, Isabel Dalhousie? The Sunday Philosophy Club.
TK: Yeah, that's the one. He wrote those books. I loved those books.
TR: (RICO): I hated those books. People sitting around drinking tea and eating biscuits.
TK: What's wrong with that?
TR: (RICO): You don't eat biscuits with tea. You eat biscuits with gravy.
TK: You can eat biscuits with tea.
TR: (RICO): Cannot. And they couldn't even say the word tomato.
AMS: Tomahto----
TR (RICO): See??
TK: This guy is my favorite author.
TR (RICO): You're outta your gourd. You're trying to row with one oar in the water.
AMS: "One oar in the water" ---- I love that.
TR (RICO): You're about two bricks shy of a load, Tony.
TK: He's a good writer. You don't like him, no skin off my nose.
AMS: Of course.
TR: (RICO): Awwww, you don't know from nothing-----
SS (SUGAR): Guy----- what you doing in jail?
GK: Sugar! Good to see you.
SS (SUGAR): McCafferty called me and I came down to make your bail.
GK: That's sweet of you.
SS (SUGAR): Who's your friend? He sure looks a lot like Alexander McCall Smith----
GK: You know Alexander McCall Smith?
SS (SUGAR): Of course. I love his books.
TK: Hey, me too. I usedta like Elmore Leonard.nBut no more. I liked that Dollhouse book.
TR (RICO): Oh go shut your head. Whadda you know?
TK: More than you, meathead.
TR (RICO): Who you calling a meathead? Alexander McCall Smith ---- the books got no action.n Every time something is just about to happen, somebody comes in with a big plate of teacakes and a dish of clotted cream.
TK: Whadda you know?
TR (RICO): There's no action.
SS: I love the tea parties.
TR (RICO): And he can't write dialogue.
TK: What?
TR (RICO): He can't write dialogue----
AMS: Listen, it's all right-----
TR (RICO):n Nobody talks the way he writes dialogue.
TK: You're sitting there telling me that Alexander McCall Smith can't write dialogue???
TR (RICO): That's right.
SS: So who do you think can write dialogue?
TR (RICO): Elmore Leonard.
SS (SUGAR): Elmore Leonard doesn't write dialogue, he writes grunts and grimaces. He couldn't write his way out of a paper bag.
TK: Alexander McCall Smith can write circles around Elmore Leonard.
AMS: Listen, I appreciate it, but there's no point in arguing-----
TR (RICO): Shut up. Butt out. This is between me and him.
AMS: I'm only saying that Elmore Leonard is a perfectly wonderful writer and that-----
TK: You Rico---- take this----- (BIG KAPOW, TR REACT, THEY SLUG IT OUT, POW POW POW)n
GK: Hey, you two----- cut it out-----watch out, Mr. Smith.
SS: Ohhhh, Mr. Smith. You got hit. You're bleeding.
AMS (WEAKLY): It's all right. I's only material for my new book.
SS:n I'm going to get you out of here.
AMS (WEAKLY): Oh that's too kind of you-----
GK: I thought you were coming to get me out of here.
SS:n He's hurt. Look. He's getting blood on his shirt. I'm going to take you home with me, Mr. Smith, and get that shirt off you and soak it in cold water and wash it-----
AMS (WEAKLY): Sounds lovely, Sugar.
GK: What about me?
SS: Why can't you think of anyone but yourself, Guy? I'm taking Mr. Smith home and he's going to lay down while I wash his clothes.
AMS: Lie down. But never mind. I'll lay down if you like. You're so kind. So terribly kind.
SS: I love the way you talk. Do you know any poems?
AMS: Come live with me and be my love and we shall all the pleasures prove that this brief summer yields.
GK: Hey, hold on just a minute---- (BIG STEEL DOOR OPEN)
TR (IRISH): Okay, Smith. This way.
SS: Thank you, Lieutenant.
TR (IRISH): Anytime, Sugar.
GK: What about me, McCafferty?
TR (IRISH): What about you? (BIG STEEL DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
AMS: I will make you brooches and toys for your delight, of birdsong at morning and star song at night, and this shall be for music when no one else is near, a fine song for singing that only you shall hear. (FOOTSTEPS AWAY)
SS: I could listen to you all night, Mr. Smith.
AMS: Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments...(BRIDGE)
GK: The guy came to me asking for my help and I tried to help him and he walked away with my girl. Authors. They are not to be trusted. They will betray you at the drop of a hat.
TR (IRA): Mr. Noir, my name is Franzen. Jonathan Franzen. I'm writing a novel about St. Paul and I'd like some help----
GK: Get lost, Franzen.
TR (IRA): I just need to ask you a few questions----
GK: Beat it. Amscray. Hit the road.n
TR: A dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets but one man is still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions...Guy Noir, Private Eye.


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It seems like a promising morning. A lively breeze is hurrying white clouds across a fresh blue sky and flecking the sea with occasional whitecaps. Stepping out of the door, I realise in my enthusiasm I have forgotten to put on a second fleece under my waterproof. And with a pleasant shock I also realise it really isn't going to matter. There is a long-anticipated warmth in the sun, and though a chill remains in the air it is not the true cold of winter but the exhilarating zingy crispness of early spring. In fact it's not a walking sort of day at all but a stepping out, bouncing, hands-in-pockets, singing sort of day.
There is a sense of energy and purpose all around. From a rock down by the rushing mill burn a wren is singing exuberantly, pouring out a series of ringing notes. It stands, tail cocked high, body quivering as the song courses through it. Oystercatchers, their black-and-white plumage fresh and sharp, are everywhere. Their calls carry in the bright morning and their noisy activity has a frantic edge to it. Two zip past wingtip to wingtip, red bills agape, emitting a piercing two-note call that bounces back from the rocks and the sea. Over the damp meadow a solitary lapwing labours into the air and beats back and forth on rounded wings. It makes a few experimental glides and then, as if catching the spirit of the day, climbs rapidly skyward before with a drop of the shoulder it tumbles back to earth with a flutey sliding cry. It's a sight and a sound I never tire of. From far above on the moorland rises the only sound that had been missing from the mornings music, the softly accelerating upswell of the curlews' song.

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BOSTON — With 7:20 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 1 last night, TD Garden was in full throat, chanting its distaste for the city the Knicks represent. "New York [stinks], New York [stinks]," they chanted loud and long.
Amar'e Stoudemire, standing near the baseline, didn't ignore their taunts. Instead, he embraced it, pointed to the lettering across his jersey in a defiant gesture that signaled the pride oozing through his uniform.
If was as if Stoudemire went back to the summer when he signed his $100 million contract and proclaimed "the Knicks are back" — back to relevance, back to the playoffs, back to battle the Celtics on their home floor.
The Knicks lost 87-85 last night because of the Knicks' "Big Three," only one showed up — Stoudemire, who nearly willed his team to victory with the kind of effort that shined through even in defeat.
"Amar'e was dominant," Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He's pretty good."
After hearing the chants of "New York [stinks]," Stoudemire went on a tear, starting with a thunderous dunk, followed by an 18-foot jump shot that splashed through nets. He followed that with a wacky under the rim 360 move for a layup that put the Knicks ahead 80-75. Another Stoudemire dunk made it 82-78 Knicks.
He was all hustle and muscle, imposing his will on the Celtics as if to prove Glen Davis was talking baby babble when he said on Saturday that Stoudemire "isn't that hard to guard."
Stoudemire totaled 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds. If only he had some help down the stretch. One man is not going to beat the Celtics, not even in a game when they were hesitant offensively and porous defensively for much of the game.
Figuring they needed to stop Stoudemire to have a chance to win, the Celtics collapsed on him for the final minutes of the game, with Kevin Garnett sacrificing his own offense to deny Stoudemire the ball. Stoudemire did not score in the final 2:47.
"I think the last four, maybe five, possessions Garnett started denying the ball, starting forcing me baseline and not allowing me to get the ball," Stoudemire said. "We did have a few plays where we got good positioning and just couldn't quite score."
That's where the Knicks needed the other two of their Big Three. But the final basket of Chauncey Billups' 10 points came on a three-pointer with 4:15 to play and he left with 37.3 seconds remaining with a strained knee. Carmelo Anthony, meanwhile, was mired in a shooting slump that saw him convert just 1-of-11 in the second half. It was the Celtics' Big Three against the Knicks' Big One.
Watching Ray Allen drain a game-winning 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds left and Anthony missing one final shot was a frustrating finish for Stoudemire and the Knicks.
"It's a tough loss," Stoudemire said. "Anytime you lose with two seconds left, it's never a good feeling. We did great defensively for most of the game. We just didn't get the win."
The Knicks blew a chance to steal Game 1 of this series, but the Celtics got a resurgent effort from Jermaine O'Neal (6-of-6 shooting, four blocks) and clutch baskets from Allen (24 points) to do what they do best: win in the clutch. The Knicks haven't learned how to do that yet, especially not against the Celtics.
Stoudemire has been through this before and knows the series doesn't start until a team is beaten on its home floor. So before he left TD Garden last night, he was always focused on Game 2.
"You have to take [Game 1] and learn from it," he said. "You can't let this game beat us [tomorrow]."
What the Knicks learned last night is the Knicks' "Big One" can't beat the Celtics' "Big Three."


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Philandering industrialist Stanislas Graff is kidnapped, with his ransom set at 50 million euros. After his finger is chopped off to prove the abductors' seriousness, his wife, Francoise, meets with the board of directors to discuss how to raise the money quickly -- but evidence of Stanislas' adultery and gambling make the company reluctant to pay. As rumors spread that Stanislas staged the kidnapping to take care of his debts, public sentiment turns against him.


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Participating comic shops will be handing out free, special-edition reprints of Detective Comics #27, which includes a reimagining of Batman's origin written by Brad Meltzer. Even better, they'll have other Batman goodies including capes, bookmarks and masks designed by artist Ryan Sook. The masks include 1930s Batman, Batman from the 1966 TV show, Dark Knight Returns Batman, and the current comics version of the hero.
Fans will also have the chance to pick up digital versions of the special Detective Comics #27 issue digitally on July 23.
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text: Philippa Cowderoy wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 14:56 -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: >> However, it's also arguably the case that you shouldn't care about port number ordering. That smells dodgy to me. > Port ranges aren't that uncommon. That's exactly were I need the comparison. I'm writing a program which takes a range of port numbers and tries to open a socket with the first available port number. The whole thing is part of a distributed system and I cannot specify just a single port number because I could already been taken. Stefan


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On Saturday my wife mentioned that there was a detail she would like to have, and I gladly gave it to her along with something else that I had honestly forgotten when I was giving her a timeline. However, there was still those pieces of info I was withholding. She asked me to come forward with anything else I might remember.
Today I finally decided enough is enough, and I gave her the info that I had either lied about originally or withheld. So far she is handling it very well, but I actually feel worse than I did before I confessed. I thought I'd feel some relief as if I had finally done the right thing, but all I feel is that I screwed everything up. Can anyone else relate or try to give me some perspective? I'm very confused. The only good thing is that the truth is all out there, and I'm not holding on to any secrets. That doesn't seem to help, though.
[This message edited by rsf2013 at 2:48 PM, July 21st (Monday)]
Today she called me up and accused me of having an affair with someone I have never met. My denials sound hollow, no matter how true they are. I have no idea how or where she got this misinformation, but it is true in her eyes.
This is the hole we have dug ourselves, and we have to live with it, at least for the time being.
My only thought on this is keep telling the complete and honest truth. Stick with it. Work on it every day, and feel good about it.
Currently living apart, unsure of reconciliation. In IC.
I'm glad you posted, and I'm sorry that you've been feeling bad even after being open and honest. I know what you mean when you say:
I thought I'd feel some relief as if I had finally done the right thing, but all I feel is that I screwed everything up. Can anyone else relate or try to give me some perspective.
For a couple of weeks I was very hopeful about my chances of R but yet I was holding onto details about my affairs. Once I told my husband about them, I initially felt some relief, but over the past two weeks my anxiety is back and is compounding. My husband keeps asking what is wrong, and I feel helpless because I don't know the answer. I'm no longer having an affair, or lying, or doing any number of other deceitful things. The only thing I'm doing now is hurting my career by being anxious and forgetful and unfocused all the time!
Maybe we can both try to change the feeling inside of us. I'm going to try to ask myself: "What are the bad feelings about? Why do I feel like I'm headed for another low point? Am I having doubts about my ability to sustain change? Did I forget to love myself today, and give myself a pat on the back this morning?"
I know that the inner feelings of - "I'm horrible and there is no way I can be forgiven" - are dangerous, and that they only lead to more escapism, so I need to fight through the escapism and concentrate on productive action.
One foot in front of the other. Do the hard work, and love yourself when you do good deeds for yourself and others.
After spilling that stuff on Saturday she asked me to agree to tell her if I thought of anything else that was missing. I agreed, knowing I would have to find a way to reveal these last few details that I had been holding on to because I had thought they'd be too hurtful. I couldn't just blurt it out in the restaurant at that time. By this morning I couldn't take it anymore. I knew that if I didn't come clean our new relationship would be built on a dirty lie.
I said today that my revealing that information is two things. 1. It's an indictment of who I was when I initially decided to withhold the information and the lack of courage I had. 2. It's a sign that my more recent substantial growth is working. When I was having the affair I could easily lie about anything. Now I feel dirty about lies. It's a good thing that I felt dirty and uncomfortable and refused to allow us to move forward on a lie. I know it's the right thing to do, but I feel so much worse now than I did when I woke up this morning. Before reining myself in I almost went into the kitchen and OD'd on my psych meds to end it all. What a roller coaster.
Yes, I felt worse because now I was facing what I did and not rug sweeping like I have done all my life, which was much easier. I felt worst because I could see so much pain, even today, see so much pain that I have caused him.
No you have to work hard, even harder than before and dig deep. Why do you feel dirty about telling her the truth? For me, I lied all the time, because it kept me safe. Why did it keep me safe? From being vulnerable and a target to abuse. And continue asking yourself why.
We are all here, in the same boat.
I Am Strong! I Am Beautiful! I Am Smart! I Am Worthy!
Now is not the time to hide your feelings from your wife. I know how low you are feeling, I was there very recently. At one point I was crying so hard and I told my husband that I didnt deserve to wear my ring anymore because I hadn't earned that privilege. I wasn't trying to be dramatic, I had just finally hit the bottom of my tank. I think that's where you are. You finally feel like your whole rotten self is on display, and it isn't pretty. Allow yourself to feel sad for the you that you became, but don't be afraid to do something good and to start to refill that emotional tank. You will need it in the days and weeks to come. Keep posting, and keep doing the hard work.
p.s. My husband's response really surprised me. He told me "it doesn't work like that" That's why I say not to shy away from giving and receiving emotional feedback right now. It may help move the relationship forward.
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Before reining myself in I almost went into the kitchen and OD'd on my psych meds to end it all.
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If you contemplate suicide again please call that number. Last week I was in a bad place, didn't really want to kill myself but I did want to die. Just dialing the number was enough to kick me out of that place again.
Suicide is not the answer.
Hang in there.
If anyone is out there wondering if it's OK to hide things even if you know your WS could never find out about, I suggest coming clean ASAP. More healing has happened in the last few days than in the last several months combined, and I think we are finally both starting to feel like we'll be able to work through this and move on. They say the truth shall set you free, and they are right.


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P.S. Fuck dude, nobody else writes you? Well it's the same for me so it's cool.
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"The Time Traveler's Wife" is a romantic drama with a gimmick that fails absolutely. The gimmick borrows an iconic trope from science fiction " time travel " and director Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin ("The Last Mimzy"), working from Audrey Niffenegger's novel, are stuck with it.
From the time he was 6, Henry (Eric Bana, "Funny People") has been zipped through time. He can't control his travels. One minute, he's having a normal conversation; the next, he's in a strange place sometime in the past or future, naked as a jaybird.
Inconvenient, yes? Fortunately, he never pops up on second base during a World Series game or on the balcony next to the pope during Christmas Mass. Why? I guess the messed-up gene that causes this is kind in its own odd way.
This peculiar gene is alluded to, but not defined. We're also not given an explanation for the fact that Henry travels not only through time, but also through space. How does that work, exactly?
So he's working as a reference librarian when Clare (Rachel McAdams, "State of Play") comes to him for help. She knows him instantly, but he hasn't a clue about her. Call the time of this meeting Point A. At sometime after Point A, he will travel to the past and meet Clare when she is 6. He pops in on her for the next 12 years, watching her grow up, but since their first meeting came after Point A, he doesn't know her at Point A, but she knows him.
You can actually come to understand and follow all this "Benjamin Button"-lite stuff, but I don't think it's worth the trouble. At heart, this is just a story about the path of true love that does not run smooth. You're not supposed to approach it as science fiction " in other words, you can't expect it to make sense. Adult Henry visits and chats with himself as a child. He talks with his 12-year-old daughter before she is born. The 12-year old daughter plays with her 6-year-old self.
Henry claims that he is unable to change the past, but it seems that the present and future are also unalterable. Either that or Henry simply isn't bright enough to see the holes in the plot. And when you toss the basic laws of physics out the window, there are holes aplenty.
I especially liked the part where Henry gets a winning lottery number from the future, then returns to the present to win $5 million. Why not the $213 million that is currently available from Powerball? A measly $5 million " bah.
But does it work as a romance? I think most people will be so busy trying to figure out what's going on and working on ways to beat Henry's problem if it happened to them, the love story will fall away.
Nothing about the movie but its oversights and improbabilities is strong enough to compel your attention. I wished I could travel two hours into the past and buy a ticket to a different picture.
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04-17-02, 06:54 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: Creating logfunctionality
Does anyone have a link to some good information about creating log functionality for SQL-server. Basically I want to track changes made to a table, through an update-trigger. I would like to store both the old values and the new values (is this possible?), in a new table.
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I don't have a link for you but this is easy to do...
First readup on triggers in the Books on line. Checkout the following keywords:
"triggers, programming"
"triggers, multirow"
"triggers, inserted tables"
"triggers, last trigger"
In the trigger, you will want to select rows from the temporary memory-resident "inserted" or "deleted" tables. the "inserted" table holds the new stuff and the "deleted" table holds the old stuff.
For an insert you would select just from the "inserted" table and insert this into the new part of the audit table.
For an Update write a select to join the "deleted" table to the "inserted" table for the before and after stuff. Again, the "deleted" table is the old and the "inserted" table is the new. You will need to have well defined keys for this to work right.
For a delete, you guessed it, select data from the "deleted" table and insert the results into the old part of the audit table.
Remember that in SQL Server the triggers fire AFTER the Insert/Update/Delete. If you are using multipule triggers I would make this the last trigger to fire so you don't have to roll back your audit if something fails your business logic.
Post back if you have more questions.
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Beijing Guoan have announced the signing of former Sevilla and Tottenham striker Frederic Kanoute on a free transfer.
Kanoute, 34, has signed a one and a half year deal with the Chinese Super League side, which will see the Mali international earn an annual salary of US$2 million.
Guoan, who lie third in the Chinese Super League, are the latest team to turn to Africa in search of a big-name striking option following the moves of Didier Drogba to Shanghai Shenhua and Yakubu to Guangzhou R&F.
The move had been close for several days, with Chinese media reporting Kanoute's arrival in Beijing earlier this week. On Saturday, at midday in China, Guoan finally confirmed the news.
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I went to the Discovery Museum this year with my 2 boys, aged 5 and 6. We travelled by Metro, and the Museum is a short walk from Newcastle's Central Station.
The boys and I went to Play Tyne, which is the water play area that I have taken other young relatives to in the past. Previously this has been free, but there is now a £1 charge per child to use the area.
The room is set up with water trays to resemble the River Tyne - complete with some of the bridges etc. When I have visited in the past I have thought this area was fantastic. However, I was disappointed this time as not all of the features were working. The water wasn't flowing as it should have been, and so it was hard to fills the locks. The lighthouse wasn't lighting up, and the separate bit in which buckets used to fill and then tip out was not working at all. Because of this, my boys got bored more quickly than I thought they might. If it was free I wouldn't have been too bothered, but as everything had worked when I had been in the past when it was free it was quite annoying that things weren't working when I had paid for them to play there.
There are various exhibitions in the museum. Some of them weren't of much interest to my boys, but would be more appealing to older children and adults. Some areas with hands on bit weren't working. For example, there is one area that used to have a flushable toilet so you could see what happens when you flush the loo but, although still there, this no longer works.
We did enjoy the Science Zone, where there were hands on things to do, such as sending balls through overhead tubes. At the back of this area is some seating for picnics and, with hindsight, I wished we had taken our own food.
The cafe was quite busy, as we were visiting in the summer holidays, and I had to decide whether to sit my children at a table or make them wait in the long queue with me. I opted for them sitting at the table, but I was then in the queue for half an hour so was worried about what they might be getting up to! I am sure there must be a better system for their cafe. Table service would be more efficient I feel. I bought the children a lunchbox type meal each (you get to select a drink and 4 items in a box) but was disappointed there were no ready made sandwiches for adults. As the queue had been so long I was concerned that if I ordered food it would also take ages to arrive, by which time the children would have finished eating. So I ended up just having a bag of crisps.
The shop has a wide range of items - both expensive and fairly cheap, and my children spent a long time choosing a little item each from quite a big range of items costing less than £4.
The museum's admission is free and there is plenty to see, so we ended up spending 4-5 hours inside.
I have visited this museum twice during the 5 years that I have lived near Newcastle. The first time I took my then 4 year old niece, who had a great day there. The second time was earlier this year, with my husband and our nephew, who at the time was a couple of weeks shy of his 2nd birthday. It was in the middle of the school holidays, and we had been asked to babysit. I thought the Discovery might have been too 'old' for him, but after researching a few places I learned that it had a new water play area especially for little ones, and so decided to give it a go.
We got to the museum by travelling on the Metro. The nearest station is Central Station, and it's only a few minutes' walk from there. Entry to the museum is free. When you enter you are greeted by a large model ship, the gift shop, some exhibitions and the lift. Our nephew was asleep in his buggy when we arrived, so we decided to go into the first exhibition, which was about life through the ages, as we figured that once he was awake he probably wouldn't be interested so we wouldn't get to see it. It was very interesting, with lots of artefacts and life size models of people. It was quite a quick tour through the ages, but with enough information to actually give you some knowledge. It was fairly dark, and some of the models looked a bit gruesome, so I was glad our nephew was asleep as I thought he might be scared otherwise. He did wake up halfway through, when my husband tried out an interactive thing where you pretend to brand yourself with a branding iron, and then you hear a hiss and bloodcurdling scream. He was a little disorientated but got out of his buggy and walked through the rest of the exhibition with us.
After that, we went to the room that I thought he would enjoy - the water play area. I can't remember what the room was called, but it was easy to locate. Inside it is quite large, with small children height connected trays of water. Much of it is set up as if it was a river, and there are lots of little boats to float along, areas to stop the water, increase the flow, etc. There were plenty of long sleeved aprons, that generally went down to the knees of small children, that they were all encouraged to wear. I tried to get my nephew to wear one but he's not used to having to wear aprons for anything, and refused. As he wasn't my child I figured it best to avoid a full blown tantrum, plus, I'd asked his mum for a complete set of spare clothes for him, so I just let him get wet! He absolutely loved the area, and we literally played there for over an hour. As well as the 'river' part of the room there was another water area that you had to fill buckets etc and when they were full they would automatically empty. Like I say, my nephew and I had great fun, but I did notice some kids only spending 2 minutes in the room before getting bored. Usually that was because the adult they were with didn't get stuck in with them. If you have older children as well as little ones don't assume that it won't be suitable for them - the older children in the room seemed to play for longer than the little ones because they could explore more, and didn't need an adult to show them the possibilities. I highly recommend taking a spare set of clothes. The aprons cover the whole of the children's top half, but the water runs down the front and drips onto their legs. I saw a few children walking around with soaking trousers on!
Another nice area for the children (and my husband!) was a 'Science' type area upstairs. Inside there are various different science type activities, such as tubes with air coming out to make balls hover in the air. Disappointingly, quite a few of these seemed to have vital bits missing. One activity involved trying to make a bell ring by joining up a circuit by attaching clips onto various objects to see which would conduct electricity. There were bits of paper, and wood etc, which of course would not make the bell ring, but the metal object to use was missing, so the whole point of the exercise was lost. My husband improvised by using his key, and was then called back by a woman who asked him to demonstrate it again to her son! Inside that area there was also a small soft play area for under fives, which our nephew quite enjoyed.
Another interesting exhibition had lots of model ships, plus a few live creatures, such as spiders to look at. There were a couple of interactive displays such as one that showed how a toilet works, complete with full size model, flushable toilet.
We visited the restaurant, which was fairly pricey, but didn't break the bank, and kids' meals are quite good value. We had a look in the shop, which had quite a few inexpensive things that older kids would find appealing.
This museum is well worth a visit, with children of all ages. Older ones will enjoy the exhibitions, and younger ones will love the play area. There is also enough to keep adults interested. We had a pushchair with us at all times, and never felt that it was in the way, or that we couldn't get it into certain areas. We also saw quite a lot of visitors in wheelchairs. We went in the school holidays, and while busy, we never had to wait to try out the hands on activities, and there was plenty of room for our nephew to play in the water area. There was also plenty of seating in the cafe.
The only negative thing that I would say about this museum is that quite a few of the interactive activities were broken or had bits missing, and some of them looked as if they had been that way for a while, which I feel does not give a very good impression. They should be fixed immediately, or removed completely.
An excellent museum.
As the discovery museum is free there isn't really any excuse for anyone in Newcastle, either living there or just visiting, not to have a visit. A wide range of exhibits(from local history to nature) and an excellent games floor make it well worth the trip.
The only problem last time I visited was that many of the activites and the interactive parts seemed to be broken, and if I had had to pay to go I would have been very disappointed with this. However, if they could keep all the activities working at all times then it would definitely be worth paying and for free it is a must!
It is situated just a short walk out of the town centre and because of this never seems to be overly busy when I have visited.
Overall it is definitely worth a visit and for the price (FREE!) a must go!
The discovery museum which has mostly all permanent exhibitions about British history from the Victorians onwards. Much of their exhibitions concern the time from the world wars onwards however. Admission here is free but I would be surprised if many people were not more than happy to pay to go in because it is a great museum and there is lots to enjoy inside.
As you walk in, there is a shop with various things in. Some of these are typically museum shop like things (such as rubbers with the discovery museum printed on) however they also sell original things such as a contraption which fires a rocket made out of a bike coke bottle up into the sky.
The most apparent thing after the shop is a massive ship on your left, which you can see in the picture. Though it is not that big, it seems giantgantuous to little kids (in a good way). There are then a few floors of exhibitions and on the top floor a games section with all sorts of innovative games, such as bikes where you have to pedal as fast as possible to light as many lights as possible.
The Discovery Museum in Newcastle is a must!!
I recently returned home to Newcastle for a few days with my family, whom have only ever been to Newcastle twice before our recent visit.
The kids have become great fans of Newcastle and everything connected to it, but didn't register a great deal of enthusiasm when I suggested we could visit the museum - typical kids though!
However, on arrival, they soon began to change their minds about the idea and gradually became engrossed in exploring every nook and cranny of the place.
Funded entirely by grants, admission is free for everyone. The building itself is light and airy, and caters for all - ramps and rails are incorporated into the design for wheelchair access, a comfortable 1960's themed cafe, with a surprisingly wide range of reasonably priced food and drink is provided on site, along the now obligatory museum shop.
In keeping with the history of shipbuilding on the Tyne, the ground floor is dominated by the original prototype turbine driven ship, the Turbinia, which fills the main hall. Situated alongside are activity tables, offering drawing and colouring activities for kids. A range of models tracing Newcastles shipbuilding heritage is on display in an adjacent hall, along with an interactive display showing the length of the Tyne, and landmarks associated with it. A small room has been converted into a replica of the bridge of an old fashioned sailing ship, complete with wheels, lots of brass, pressure gauges etc. Also here, a range of display offer the opportunity to test your ability to get knotted - not as easy as it looks....
At the other side of hall, the social history of Newcastle is traced from the Great Fire, through the middle ages, the 1800 and 1900s are well documented through the Sixties and Seveties and to present day. Local people can be heard talking about various eras, their lives and community life through the ages. Again, much is interactive, with drawers to open, objects to identify and locate, and, of course, laugh at!! Unlike other museums, the seedier aspects of Newcastles history are fully documented, from witch hunts to gangsters, they are all here.
The first floor contains an area on fashion through the ages with some cringingly bad fashion sense on view, and some examples of what would have been considered the height of fashion through from the 1800s to date.
Science Works is where the museum excels - everything is interactive, ranging from producing your own electricity, demonstrating magnetic theory, sound and vision, the using the properties of light, and the history of everyday objects, such as the telephone, computers, and TV. A suite full of PCs is available, equipped with a range of educational software and free internet access for all. My kids checked their email accounts online!
There is a section for the younger children, allowing them to compose music, get to grips computer drawing and graphics, and an opportunity to dress up in authentic clothes of bygone ages. Strangely, my kids declined this option must be their age!.
The museum is open 7 days a week (Sundays are afternoon only 2pm to 5pm) and is easily accessible by road, rail and public transport.
The Discovery Museum is everything your traditional museum isn't - housed in a state of the art building (even the toilet doors and sinks are automatic!), with lifts and wheelchair lifts ideally situated, its noisy, its bright, and its full of kids having fun and learning at the same time - A brilliant day out, highly recommended.
Discovery museum
One of the great things about this museum, is that entrance is free. None of this paying a fortune when you step inside, only to find that it may not quite live up to your expectations. Being a free attraction, I have visited it on several occasions, usually taking school parties.
Address and contact information:
Blandford square, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 4JA
Tel: 0191 232 6789
Getting there
The museum itself is set in a rather stately building, just as the visitor enters Newcastle, right on the North side of the bridge, on Blandford Square. There is pay and display parking available, but this is on road and very limited.
So, it goes without saying, that public transport is the best way to get here. It is only a very short walk of about 5 minutes from the central Station, which is easily accesses via train, bus and Metro.
The Entrance
Entrance is via the main gate, and the area is level, so its fine for wheelchair access.
The first thing that strikes me when I go through the sliding doors, is how clean and new it all looks. It is a very light and airy museum, and there is no feeling of being shut inside.
The shop is at the entrance as is the Information desk, so anything you need to know, its worth asking, because here you can pick up leaflets and information.
The Museum
As soon as we enter the museum, we are faced with an extremely large ship, which is actually The Turbina, built on Tyneside, and the first ship to be powered by steam turbine. It really is an impressive opening to the museum, and much fun is to be had with the interactive displays, whilst the more sedate can read the documents and information dotted around the area.
As we walk around the museum, children notice that it really is full of fascinating bits and pieces. One of the displays we especially enjoy is the Newcastle Story, a permanent exhibition on the ground floor. This documents the history of Newcastle from Roman times to the present day. The gallery is particularly appealing to children because as we walk through the reconstructed streets, we see life size models, hear the sounds, and get a feel for what it was like in the specified times. Some of the displays are quite gruesome, in that they show life as less appealing, and harder than it is today, but there is nothing that will shock children. As well as the life size models, there is information in the form of writing and posters on the walls, so we can also read about it and also get a feel for the times. The information is all written in a child friendly manner, asking questions, such as what did we eat? And giving the answers in a simple to understand way.
The Science Maze is one of the displays which children tend to enjoy. In this very light and airy room, they get the chance to have a go at a range of interactive displays, including a working telephone exchange. Some of the activities, such as turning the big wheel take a lot of strength, but I always find that they will persevere until they manage the task. Its all very hands on, so be prepared to join in or stand for quite some time while they try their hand at the activities and experiments. A popular addition to the room is air hockey, although this has to be paid for, so if going with children who enjoy playing the game, I suggest you go armed with coins.
Another interactive display is Play Tyne, which is most suitable for young children. Here they can have fun with water play. They will be given aprons, but be prepared for a wet time. The activities are all carefully designed to ensure educational value, and children up to the age of about 8 will enjoy finding things out whilst messing about in the river!
I like the display showing the life of a soldier, because here we can dress up and meet a life size horse. Holding a great collection of uniforms, its strange walking around watching all the life sized soldiers.
Upstairs is a collection of clothes through the ages, all behind glass cases, and with explanations of the dates clothes and shoes such as the ones displayed were worn. There are also school uniforms, so children can compare with their own, and talk about how things have changed. This room is darker than the others, and I have on one occasion, been with a pupil who didnt like the whole concept, and found it spooky, but on the whole, it proves to be enjoyable.
There are of course other displays including the Story of the Tyne which gives information on the years of shipbuilding which has gone on, and the display on Working Lives. These are all very visual and frequently hands on. Some of the exhibitions are not permanent, so for visitors wanting to see something specific, its worth checking out the website.
Whilst most of the permanent displays are very much focused on life in Tyneside, such as The Tyneside Challenge which explores inventions made in Tyneside, they do have a very historical relevance in that they show the changes being made throughout the world.
Eating at the museum
There is a café upstairs, serving hot and cold dishes. Along with the rest of the museum, this is bright and spacious, and you dont feel as though you are struggling round tables. People with pushchairs and wheelchairs would have no trouble accessing the café.
Other bits of information
Wheelchairs are available for use by visitors, and these can be found at the entrance to the museum.
For anyone with mobility problems, or for people wanting to take rests, there is seating placed around the museum, so chances to sit down at most of the exhibitions.
Lifts and stairs access all floors, with the lifts having Braille indicators and stairs having tactile indicators on the hand rails. Its actually a relatively easy museum for blind and partially sighted people to negotiate although the only area with raised track floor is the Newcastle Story Gallery, and then only part of this.
Opening hours
Monday- Saturday:
10am- 5pm
Sunday: 2pm-5pm
What I think
Having been to this museum with my own children, and classes of children, I would recommend it, especially on those wet days when there is not a lot to do. Sometimes we just do not want to go to a play area, but prefer something a tad more sedate. This then, proves to be an excellent choice.
There is plenty to keep children entertained, and because it is so big, set on 4 floors, there is no waiting around in queues, and no feeling that you have to rush children because someone is waiting for their turn on one of the interactive displays. I always feel that we can spend as much time as we need to.
As well as being fun, there is also an incredible amount of information to be gleaned from the museum. It apparently houses the finest collections of scientific and technological material outside of London, and this I can believe. There is a huge amount of material, much more than anyone could see in a day, and certainly not when surrounded by hordes of children. I tend to focus on the child friendly aspects, and the play parts with some learning hopefully being gathered in a non obtrusive way.
The museum is well set out, with large wide corridors, and nothing cramped into corners. The high ceilings also give an illusion of space, so its a bright and pleasant experience.
Ramps and lifts make it easy for pushchairs and wheelchairs, and make it a lot of fun for those who want to, to run down.
All in all, I would recommend this museum. You cant get cheaper than free, and the fun and educational benefits are enormous.
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PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies placed outfielder Shane Victorino on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a thumb injury.
Victorino was injured on Sunday in Toronto when he fell on the turf and appeared to initially hurt his ankle. He remained in the game, but hasn't played since, as the team said there was swelling in his thumb.
While the team was in Miami for a series with the Marlins, Victorino flew back to Philadelphia on Tuesday to have his thumb examined. After another examination on Friday, it was determined the best course of action was to place him on the DL.
Infielder Pete Orr was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take Victorino's spot on the roster. The move is retroactive to July 4, meaning Victorino will be eligible to play a few days after the conclusion of the All- Star break.
Victorino was named to the National League All-Star Team on Thursday after winning the Final Vote. With his DL stint, though, he will not be able to play in the game.
No replacement has been named.
This is Victorino's second DL stint of the year, with the first coming in mid- May due to a hamstring strain. Despite the setbacks, he's having a career year with a .303 batting average and .376 on-base percentage to go with nine homers in 68 games.
Orr played in 26 games with the Phillies earlier this year before being sent to the minors and batted .230 in 67 plate appearances.


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Friday, 28 December 2012
As no doubt you can see, this page is heavily influenced by the work of Anna Dabrowska (Finnabair) again. I love the way she incorporates photos into her work.
I started by covering my page with old book paper, then added numerous strips of other papers, tape, burlap ribbon, lace, metal bits and flowers and finally my photo. The next step was to cover everything with a thick layer of Gesso. I then coloured it all with various ink sprays (Dylusions, Cosmic Shimmer and Tattered Angels) I protected my photo with a baby wipe while doing this, a trick I learnt from Anna. I also added some stamping with various background stamps. The final bit was to add the sentiment which was computer generated.
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oooh she is so cute Astrid and the page really does her justice, beautiful. xxReplyDelete
COngrats on such a beautiful little granddaughter! I love this style layout. Thanks for the link...I will go check it out!ReplyDelete
A gorgeous page! You are so very talented.ReplyDelete
Your granddaughter is beautiful.
Beautiful work :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful page!! Your granddaughter is so cute!!!ReplyDelete
This is so very beautiful Astrid! Happiness is perfect for this page. A stunning way to show your grand daughter!!!ReplyDelete
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Stunning page Astrid and such a gorgeous little baby. I understand your delight. Wishing you all the best for 2013. ox MargReplyDelete
She certainly looks happy Astrid her expression is pure joy. Gorgeous page layout wih some stunning shading of colours.ReplyDelete
Hugs Shirley x x
Such a beautiful page for a beautiful little girl. I imagine you showing it to her when she is old enough to understand and I am sure she will be thrilled.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful 2013
Love Chrissie xx
Such an awesome page for such a beautiful little girl too. I love the blue shades in this it looks soo amazing and it´s really beautiful work Astrid.ReplyDelete
have a wonderful New year and I´m so looking forward to see, what you´ll create for us in the year to come now. So exiting.
Oh Astrid, this is stunning. Such a beautiful photo of your gorgeous granddaughter. No wonder she makes you feel happy! It's impossible not to smile when looking at her photo.ReplyDelete
As for the blue, it's my eldest (5 yrs) granddaughter, Izzy's favourite colour ........ she's never been a pink girl, lol!
Thanks for the tips. I'm intrigued by how to use the babywipe to protect the photo as I had been wondering how you did that and yet the photo still looks 'part of' the page rather than an add-on. A piece of work to be proud of my friend.
Lesley Xx
OH it is wonderful, Astrid,-what a sweet photo of your grand daughter-and your collaged piece is stunning,with all the layers and beautiful colour tones-a beautiful treasure.ReplyDelete
What a stunning piece of art this is ... absolutely adorable baby ... I just love all the details in your work ...ReplyDelete
A glorious page, Astrid - the textures and patinas are wonderful, and I thoroughly applaud blue for a girl... it's my favourite colour and it's also relatively recently (the Victorians I believe) who decided girls were pink and boys blue... until then, girls were associated with blue as a soft, delicate colour, and boys with martial pinks and reds!!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful smile she's got too...
Alison xx
Your grandbaby is just adorable and the page is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
divine with a capital D... such a divine and gorgeous little grandie xoxoxoReplyDelete
What a treasure! (Your granddaughter, AND the page).ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous, Astrid! I love to include photos in my work as well, but I don't do it too often for some weird reason.ReplyDelete
Another fantastic page, love the colours.ReplyDelete
hugs Ali x
I've recently discovered Finnabar's work too and am obsessed! It's so intricate and soft at the same time. Your page is beautiful, what a sweet grandchild! Thanks for sharing your work, I'm a relatively new subscriber and always get inspired when I visit here.ReplyDelete
Woooow, so beautiful, absolut gorgeous :)ReplyDelete
Amazing texture and color! What a fabulous piece you've made here!ReplyDelete
Totally gorgeous and so is your Grand-daughter... how precious is this piece of art. Adore it!!ReplyDelete
Eine traumhaft schöne Seite haben Sie mit Ihrer süßen Enkelin gestaltet, absolut bewundernswert!ReplyDelete


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Q: oil leak after replacing timing belt, water pump & valve cover gasket on 2000 Toyota Camry
Last week I had the timing belt, water pump & valve cover gasket of my 2000 Toyota Camry replaced by a Toyota dealer. I see some oil drip from the engine on my driveway. What is the most likely cause?
there is an oil seal on the oil pump which rubs a groove in the oil pump pulley shaft. need to change oil pump and cam seals when repairing timing belt/ water pump
Same thing happened to me and they said not our problem, we replaced the timing belt and water pump, if something else happened it was just coincidence....I said F you... my car was fine until then now it rattles and engine sounds horrible and still wanna charge me to lok at it. I am screwed over again by A$$hole mechanics that get away with murdering your car on you. My actual next step is a lawyer.
This is happening to me now as we speak. Yesterday I had a mechanic change my timing belt and waterpump. So now oil sprays out from the timing belt cover and the mechanic is saying it is not his problem. I told him polite so far to screw himself but might have to go ape S!@# on him. My car is rattling and is looking pretty horrible right now. So I'll have to wait and see if he repairs it.
they probably did not tighted something u need to find out where is it coming from and go back to them
I took the car to two mechanics: one, at a nearby repair shop I have used before; the other, an outlet of a reputable national chain. Both reported the oil leak is from behind the timing belt cover. But, the Toyota dealership is refusing to fix the leak without me paying for the timing belt labor again. Can anyone advise me what should I do next?
I'm having the same thing done to my car today because of an oil leak. They said that they have to replace the timing belt and water pump because they work hand in hand. I don't know what to think but it's very costly.
We had the Timing belt changed on our 2000 Avalon. 100,000 km. Drove about 250 km - noticed oil all over the road - checked dip stick - 'no oil' left Obviously it has something to do with the timing belt work. Will take it back to repairer after Public Holidays - but assume they will say - 'not our problem just a coincidence'...!!!! Any suggestions..???
This is not an answer, it is a problem I've had for years: several attempts to correct oil leak in my Toyota Camry '95, 2.2; seal and gaskets have been replaced in the crankshaft area; the leak persists; could it be in the oil pump-timing belt area? Please help. Th.
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A 12-year-old Canadian boy has admitted to hacking major government websites for an organisation in exchange for computer games.
The schoolboy, from Montreal, Canada, managed to hack his way into dozens of sites including that of the Chilean government.
A court heard that he then 'bombarded them with requests to consume so much of its resources that they become unusable'.
The lad was 'working' for the hacking group Anonymous during the Quebec student uprising of 2012, where student protests about proposed tuition hikes turned into a riot.
The Mail reports that the boy's lawyers said the youngster was not 'politically motivated' but simply saw it 'as a challenge'.
The geeky tween also taught others how to penetrate high security sites.
The boy pleaded guilty to three charges of hacking government websites under the affiliation of 'hacktavist' initiative Anonymous, including accessing the Montreal police, the Quebec Institute of Public Health, the Chilean government and some non-public sites.
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Do you have your eyes open or closed when you meditate?
Do you have your eyes open or closed when you meditate?
When I sit zazen, I occasionally experience an involuntary eye twitching, usually during the "inner and outer" hallucinations. It's as if my eyes are trying to find a place to focus. Does anyone else get this? It can be quite distracting.
Sounds perfectly normal to me! If your attention is drawn to your eyes, it's OK. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not as if you were doing something terribly important that you were distracted from.
When you just sit with what is, without a specific focus, the search light of the mind will jump from here to there. Usually that settles down spontaneously, so there's no need to do something special about it. But if you get trapped in a circle of thoughts and emotions regarding your eyes and what to do with them, just stop that, let go and return to just sitting.
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
I do as I feel lead, I do open, 1/2, or closed. I don't have a preference...
和 Harmony
秀 Excellence
"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body" George Carlin Roshi
Hi threethirty,
We sit Zen with half closed eyes for a very good reason, wide open you run the risk to be pulled outside or over tense, closed you may become dreamy. You write: 'I do as I feel lead' , this is not our practice. We do follow a precise form.
Eyes open, always, but never forced. Never fixed. Relaxed, yet alert. I have found that if I fix my gaze on a point my eyes tend to get tired, which of course, rapidly ruins my zazen.
Neika / Ian Adams
寧 Nei - Peaceful/Courteous
火 Ka - Fire
Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil. --Dogen
Don't focus on a particular point. Rather let your eyes gently rest in space, not focusing, just embracing everything and yet nothing.
I guess it's not about our preferences, it's about giving our self over to the practice ... eyes and all.
Just my understanding.
Yes, Myozan,
Not focusing is not a matter of preference or choice, closed eyes is not an option but here, we have on the forum, some people who think they know what is best.
NOW once and for good, as we sit, we don't close nour eyes or focus on any particular point. Doing so, dear bunch of relunctant students, you cultivate in a dynamic way the very first lines of the Shin Jin Mei ( dig it yourself, if you have any interest in this path!!!) , you open your gaze as Kannon and Jizo are opening their arms and mind to all ( Kannon and Jizo are nobody but yourself), and, your eye balls are doing the very end of the heart sutra is proclaiming and your opinions about practice are of no importance at all. I know, this is not cool, this is not fair and looking very mean, but the general impression in this forum is that the teachers and elders, namely the priests, are busy repeating the same directions to guys only interested in their own opinions.
If you had ears to listen to what I am really saying, you would find that this is the kindest answer ever!
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Taigu, with his mean Bodhidharma glare ...
Bodhidharma kept his eyes open too, so much the legend goes that his eyelids fell off (or he cut them off!!)!
However, we keep our eyes open about 1/3 or 1/2. I did hear one Soto Teacher from Japan once say that he closed his eyes sometimes, but said he recommended that only after many many years of Practice and once in awhile. Even then, it is not a common opinion to close the eyes, nor to hold them fully open. The Middle Way. Here is a good example, the eyes of Kodo Sawaki Roshi ...
Gassho, J
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The gaze
Neither focused
Nor carried away,
Neither dwelling inside nor outside,
That gaze is SHOBOGENZO
Treasury of the true Dharma eye
Thank you for this living shobogenzo sitting in the rags and flesh of Kodo.
I usually sit with my eyes half closed. Open too wide and I get easily distracted. Closed my mind wonders off on it's own. As others have mentioned, i do sometimes feel the eyelids get heavier and it's a struggle to keep them open.
I don't really have a blank anything to loosely gaze upon. My eyes usually lok down. I percieve my surroundings without getting wrapped up in them. But I do get distracted at times. The more I get used to sittin on the zafu again, the less the individual things tend to distract me.
_/\_ Dave
Eyes open
Mind opens
Light washes
Thoughts adrift
Immensity of emptiness
Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock
To me, Zazen is a dynamic process. Just as I let a long breath be long and a short breath be short without trying to control my breathing, my eyes are sometimes more open and sometimes more closed. If I try too hard to follow perfect form, then there is checking, worry, self-consciousness, imprisonment. If attention is drawn to the fact that I'm sitting with wide open or closed eyes, I return to half closed, then let go of caring about what my eyes are doing again. Just as with thoughts, I don't try to keep a close watch on them. I leave them to their own natural functioning. If a certain spot on the wall comes into awareness, to my attention, my eyes will focus on it. I don't think there's any reason to fight it, just return to Zazen, time after time again.
In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day
Likewise, we sit in the Lotus or one of the other basic postures (such as Burmese and Seiza), and that is the base and standard we maintain ... but the posture also somewhat changes and flows during a sitting, and we just flow with the changes. More on that in this book and Taigu's wonderful talks in the Beginner's series ...
If the body is "right and balanced" such that it drops from mind and we don't have to pay it (to use an Americanism) "no never mind", then such is right sitting.
However, don't close the eyes, and don't move too far off from the basic postures, even as we let things flow.
Gassho, J
I'm late to this party, but I'll jump in anyways. I started meditating eyes closed. I switched to eyes open after reading that closing your eyes lets your mind's movie projector run wild (which was certainly true in my case) Now, I just keep them open. For a while I tried to keep them open 1/3rd or 2/3rds of the way, but I'm bad at fractions and like my sittings to be math free. So now I just sit with my eyes however they want to be. Usually this is wide open in the morning, very close to shut at night, and everywhere in between during the day. I stare at a blank wall for the most part so focus hasn't been much of a problem. I guess if I don't get enlightened soon, I can always try the cutting off the eyelids trick and see if that helps! hahaha (I love stories like that, not because they are true, but because they remind you that you can always do just a little bit more)
After having let my eyes do whatever they want for a time, I wouldn't recommend it. The quality of my shikantaza is not the same with eyes closed.
迎 Geika
I have nothing pertinent to add to this discussion.
However, I was struck by how unnerving the topic of posture and eyes can be for a lot of us. Western minds seem to worry and get hung up on the slightest things. Our minds run wild with the tiniest bit of fuel feeding our anxieties. This has lead my mind to run away from sitting.
We can work ourselves up so easily. No wonder big-pharma makes so much in profits /cue political diatribeLOL
Letting go of this worry though has lead me to embrace it as learning experience.
Cheri Huber's and Steve Hagen's books helped me a lot with this aspect of the monkey mind.
Now instead of worrying about my mudra, eyelids or posture. I just sit.
Great one but...are you the red bearded barbarian, the shaolin hero, the mythical guy we are all searching for?!!!...just post a real picture, much better to meet something that looks like you. Don t you think or not think?
Your take is good: we worry too much,..the issue being here that you speak as a man of experience and sounds as a man of none.
Phrasing far too good to be true.
Sit, really sit on this butt of yours and get the post, posing and picture out of the window.
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My wacking was a bit much and if I did hurt your feelings, I sincerely apologize.
The point I was trying to make is that we are all talking too much sometimes and that we would be glad to have an avatar closer to your real self-non self.


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Norman Lear Finds God
Has Norman Lear found God? I don't mean, has the television pioneer become religious, I mean: maybe the guy has really uncovered Who and What God is.
I read his blog on Huffington Post and kept hearing a little voice saying, "Yeah, yeah," and then realized that little voice was my own, and it was talking out loud. Lear's God is the God of a Great Peach, of a Good Cigar, the God that provides pleasure and beauty where mere sustenance would suffice:
Still, ever since my early twenties when I smoked my first good cigar, I have felt that if there was no other reason to believe in God, Havana leaf would suffice. I've had similar epiphanies while biting into a ripe peach, a just-ready piece of Crenshaw melon or a great ear of corn.
I've sensed God's presence while sitting in the back of a dark theater where a comedy was playing, watching an audience of a thousand strangers coming forward as one, rising in their seats and then falling back, as people do when they are laughing from the belly. I've fallen in love with a total stranger, several aisles and many rows away, just at the sound of his or her distinct laugh. And I've experienced God's presence—Him, Her, It, nobody's been there and come back to describe God to me—in the faces of my wife, my children, and my grandchildren, and every time throughout my working life when I've gone to bed with a second act problem and awakened in the morning with the solution.
That God is the God of this blog. It suffices for 95 percent of what life throws your way. As Lear said, let others deem it shallow, unscholarly, non-theological:
I love writing this because I think that this subject—the "What's it all about, Alfie" question—is the best conversation going. Just plain folks, unfortunately, can't get into it, because the rabbis, the priests, the ministers, mullahs and the reverends—the professionals—have a corner on the subject. The authority of their stained-glass rhetoric can be, and is often intended to be, intimidating to those of us who either lack a depth of knowledge in scripture or know scripture but choose to come to God in their own way and in their own language. And so, the sectarian rivalry and sanctimonious bickering about moral superiority and spiritual infallibility that occurs among the professionals often assumes a greater importance than the religious experience itself.
I know, they can be intimidating, the professionals. To speak of God in a peach, in a smile— those are the ideas of a luftmensch, a wispy-minded man, they will say. Tow hich I say, yes, I am a luftmensch, but a serious luftmensch, a luftmensch who has given his luftmensch-ness a lot of thought, who has devoted an entire blog to this luftmensch of an idea, a blog with recipes.
And to find in the course of my web surfing a like-minded soul—a like minded soul in the brain and body of such a brilliant, profound and accomplished man—not bad.
In this arena I am a groper (an Unaffiliated Groper, since I have not joined a congregation) incrementally feeling my way toward greater understanding. And I am on Nature's timeline where a century may be less than a blink. On that scale, as a mere 87-year- old, my search is in the early fetal stage so forgive me my lack of certainty as I seek meaning in life.
As my compact with our Maker develops, I believe it unique to me. I believe all our compacts with that entity are totally unique. No two alike. Take three hundred or three thousand people, sitting knee to knee in the same pews, praying together week after week, year after year, from the same sacred text, and I submit that no two congregants are having the same inner experience. But we are all nurtured by the same things in nature and our capacities for awe and wonder.
I like the metaphor of the thousand-mile river. It passes through time zones and climate changes occur along its path. Responding to the changing climate, the trees, shrubbery and vegetation along the riverbank changes also. But it is the same water responsible for nourishing every bit of growth. There are spiritual waters, call it the River of Reverence, that nourishes all of us who grope for understanding on a journey that will last all our lives and beyond.
There should be a Church for people like us.
There's not just a church, Norman, there's a whole religion: Foodaism. Welcome. And have a bite.


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Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidHarry ReidTop Lobbyists 2017: Grass roots Boehner confronted Reid after criticism from Senate floor GOP in uncharted territory rolling back rules through resolutions MORE (D-Nev.) slammed the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for wasting money by running television ads to pressure centrist Democrats to support the president's plan for healthcare reform.
"I think it's a waste of money," Reid told reporters Thursday. "Democrats running ads against Democrats?"
The ads do not mention senators by name, nor do they mention either party. But a Democratic senator represents all but one of the states targeted, and two of the states - Arkansas and North Dakota - are only represented by Democrats. Maine, the only state targeted without a Democratic senator, is represented by two GOP centrists.
Reid was asked Thursday for his reaction to the DNC "targeting some of the Democratic members who had expressed concerns about the president's health plan."
Reid initially did not hear the reporter say who had launched the ads, but Sen. Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerTrump is right: The visa lotto has got to go Schumer predicts bipartisan support for passing DACA fix this year No room for amnesty in our government spending bill MORE (D-N.Y.), one of the Senate Democrats' senior political strategists, was standing next to him and told Reid it was the DNC. Reid said he was not aware of the campaign before opining that he considered Democratic ads against fellow Democrats a waste.
An aide to Reid sought to clarify his remarks later on, saying Reid has no problem with the ads in question.
"Senator Reid was led to believe by the question posed to him that the DNC was attacking members of his Caucus," the aide said. "In fact, the DNC is running non-specific call to action ads in states with both Democratic and Republican senators, an effort he has no problem with. "
The ad, funded by Organizing for America, a wing of the DNC that was formed from the grass-roots operation of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, urges senators to back an overhaul of the nation's healthcare system.
The campaign is the first significant effort by the Obama administration to use its political operation at the DNC to ratchet up pressure on Democratic centrists.
This article was updated at 2:23 p.m.


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"... if you're not fucking, then the absence of fucking is occurring!"
Classic Reggie Watts. He opens by asking who in the crowd is from Brooklyn. They cheer. Then he asks who's from Manhattan. They cheer, and he flips them shit for sounding a little "nose-forward." Then: "How many people here have ever had sex?" Hesitancy from the crowd. "That's okay! You don't have to be embarrassed! It's okay!" And then this song:
Chalk it up as another step on the quest to articulate what should be obvious to everyone.