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The first round of artists performing at the Summer Camp Music Festival has arrived. The 12th annual Summer Camp Music Festival will take place May 25 -27, 2012 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. moe. and Umphrey's McGee will once again be headlining Summer Camp, anchoring the festival with three nights a piece, as the event features over 100 bands at 7 stages over the course of four days. Among the artists are three hot bluegrass music groups who perform a progressive style of the music.
Summer Camp is known for its spacious, open fields for shows, trademark late-night events, pristine campgrounds and an epic fireworks display – as well as a tight-knit community of music lovers who stay connected online all year long.
Three outstanding progressive bluegrass acts, Hot Buttered Rum, Greensky Bluegrass, and the Infamous Stringdusters are all slated to perform among the vast variety of America Music including moe., Umphrey's McGee, Bob Weir, Chris Robinson, Jackie Greene Acoustic Trio and others.
Confirmed performers for Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 include:
Not-So-Early Bird Tickets are available now for $160 plus fees – online only at www.SummerCampFestival.com. VIP and RV passes will be made available in early 2012, children ages 6-12 are half price at the gates only and those under 6 are admitted with an adult paid admission.
At this time, the event is asking fans to write a letter to Santa explaining why you want Summer Camp tickets for Christmas. Letters can be videos, poems, songs, dances, pictures, paintings, or something else; the top 10 entries will be selected and put up for a vote on the Summer Camp Facebook page. The winner of contest will receive a Deluxe VIP experience for two to the 2012 Summer Camp Music Festival. Complete details are available at www.SummerCampFestival.com/community/contests/
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Shilpi is the founder of Corebody Pilates Plus. She brings an odd mix of skills to the position – she's a former software engineer who fell in love with PILATES PLUS 4 years ago. As a working mother and a busy professional settled in her career, how did she end up owning a fitness studio? She knew a good thing when she found it. After searching all over for a Low Impact workout that gets results, she was introduced to PILATES PLUS in 2010. Her first class left her sweating, shaking and absolutely hooked! This workout was fun, and she left that class wanting to come back for more. Researching on the science behind this workout and the incredible benefits it offered, made her a believer. She felt stronger, Toned and lost inches faster than any other workout she had done before! A few years later it also helped her drop her post-baby weight, relieve her back pain and strengthen her core noticeably. How could she not share this? In her own words – " I am thrilled and honored to bring this workout to the Health and Fitness oriented communities that surround Carmel Mountain Ranch. I believe that Health and Fitness is the Glue that binds your whole life together. Losing weight is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Exercise. There is a deeper Mind and Body connection that affects your entire lifestyle. Changing your body can change your Life so don't wait. I look forward to meeting you personally and help take your fitness to the next level."
Favorite Exercise: Plank to PIKE
Teaching Style: Encouraging, Supportive and make it fun for all fitness levels.

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September 25, 2018 at 10:36 am EDT | by Mariah Cooper
Randy Rainbow takes on Kavanaugh in 'Camelot' parody
Comedian Randy Rainbow critiqued Brett Kavanaugh and the GOP's support of him in the face of sexual assault allegations through a musical parody.
Rainbow starts the video interviewing Kellyanne Conway about Kavanaugh before breaking into a parody of the musical "Camelot."
"Republicans assumed he was a shoo-in. Political control was all they saw. But look whose reputation's now in ruin. Judge Kavanaugh," Rainbow sings.
"Now he's accused of sexual misconduct. A crime at which our president's a pro. And though some say 'pshaw,' some find it, well, a flaw. Still, privileged old white assholes can't say no to Kavanaugh," he continues.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The biography of late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' hit the bookstores on Monday, and reviewers wasted little time in heaping praise on the much-anticipated book destined for the bestseller list.
The New York Times called Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs," which Simon & Schuster published earlier than planned following of Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer on October 5, clear and concise, saying it "does its solid best to hit" its target.
"Here is an encyclopedic survey of all that Mr. Jobs accomplished, replete with the passion and excitement that it deserves," wrote New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin.
Isaacson, the onetime editor of Time magazine and author of biographies on Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, "has given us a nuanced portrait of the brilliant, mercurial, complicated genius," said Entertainment Weekly's Tina Jordan of what she called the "occasionally workmanlike ... thoughtful, broadly sourced" book.
"Isaacson has taken the complete measure of the man. This is a biography as big as Steve Jobs," Jordan concluded.
The Washington Post lauded the book for its scope — "on the one hand a history of the most exciting time in the age of computers," and "a textbook study of the rise and fall and rise of Apple," as well as "a gadget-lover's dream."
"But more than anything," wrote the Post's Michael Rosenwald, "Isaacson has crafted a biography of a complicated, peculiar personality" which succeeded in showing how Job's character shaped great technological innovations.
Like others, the Huffingtonpost's Barbara Ortutay gave Isaacson's book credit for taking off "the rose-colored glasses that often follow an icon's untimely death," calling the book "a rich portrait" — if one that could have used "another round of editing" in the rush to publish.
Still, she wrote, "'Steve Jobs' is must-read history."
At ABC News, former Clinton White House staffer George Stephanopoulos praised Isaacson for having "pulled no punches in this book," such as characterizing Jobs as sometimes being very tough, even mean.
"This is a fascinating character study," Stephanopoulos enthused.
Of the 22 amateur reviewers on Amazon.com, the vast majority agreed with the pros, with 18 giving it a highest-possible five stars, while only three tarred the book with a lowly one-star rating.


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'Craft goes Machine' was the title of J.W. Anderson's spring summer 2012 collection that fused a youthful aesthetic with a super minimalist approach. Anderson's stripped back collection used artisanal techniques fused with technical fabrics to create a proficient effort for the first show of menswear day at London Fashion Week.
Short, sleeveless and open back tabards, cropped trousers and structured shorts referenced Raf Simon's iconic silhouette and nodded to a modernist take on menswear. Hand produced detailing in the form of crochet fabrics and intricate leatherwork were attached to tops and trousers and even worn as skirts. Structured and boxy, the silhouette was effective on impish models but could these shapes translate into a commercial wardrobe?
Rauschenberg inspired collages informed a patchwork of fabrics and print came in the form of a minimal paisley pattern printed at Adamley in Macclesfield and jersey t-shorts were produced by heritage brand Sunspel.
The mix of masculine and feminine has always been Anderson's signature, and the collection did seem to singale a turning point for Anderson with a sharper and more modern take on menswear. This season Anderson has branched out from menswear with a women's collection shown earlier in the week, so perhaps there was a sense that the menswear had taken second priority this time.


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Obscure, psychedelic, metatextual, and despite its complete and utter lack of regard for reader accessibility I can't help but find Shade a strange compulsion to dip into.
A good deal of its attraction lies in the work of Marly Zarcone's clean and expressive linework, but somewhere in there amidst the chaotic way in which folk from another dimension perceive and interact there is the story of runaways and second chances given... I would say the piece will work a good deal better as a collected work however.
Politics, Power, and The Black Panther. A Commentary On Wakandan outlook and Monarchy, By Jeffrey Kahan.
Doctor Who - Nothing at the End of the Lane #4.
The Official Shazam Trailer Has Landed...
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #41 - The Law and The General.
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WSDOT crews fix bridge; Des Moines Creek Trail has officially re-opened
Washington State Department of Transportation bridge crews were out on Wednesday (April 13), and they moved the strut cap back into place and pinned the cap to the strut on the bridge over the Des Moines Creek Trail.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the trail under the bridge was officially re-opened, after nearly three months of being closed.
As we previously reported, the City of Des Moines closed the trail below the bridge in late January due to movement detected in the concrete caps that sit atop struts on the bridge.
City staff told The Waterland Blog that the closure was prompted by a citizen concern regarding the movement.


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Holiday Workshop Weekend: Mulled-Cider Kits
Wave Hill House
Drop by this weekend to create your own gifts and holiday decorations inspired by the gardens at Wave Hill. Create mulled cider/wine kits using fragrant winter spices, with a handmade tag for a delicious seasonal gift. Sip a complimentary cup of cider while you assemble your treat! Children eight and older welcome with an adult. Holiday Workshop Weekend event.
$5 materials fee per project. Admission to the grounds is not included in the materials fee.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Guests and Goobers
Twin'sWife and D are both gourmet cooks. They immediately invade the kitchen and start cooking. Every year they make garlic soup, so I make sure to lay in a good supply of garlic - the recipe calls for 44 cloves, but why go half way. It's absolutely wonderful, but the next day you'd best hang around with folks who have also eaten it...
The kitchen invasion doesn't stop with cooking, they also do dishes. TheTwin is much better trained than the Engineer. Tonight he charged right in to the kitchen and started doing dishes before I could even arise from the table.
Now, as anyone who knows me at all well can tell you, I'm not the neatest kid on the block and I hate to do dishes. I should be eternally grateful to the relatives for taking care of it for me. But, nasty creature that I can be, it really grooches me.
I'm a picky old broad and set in my ways. I have definite ideas as to what belongs in a dishwasher and what doesn't. I'm also a nut for loading it "properly" so that every item gets an equal squirt of the water.
TheTwin and Twin'sWife both wash dishes three or four times faster than I do. Stuff flies from the counter to the dishwasher all helter skelter and stuff that doesn't get dishwashered gets a swish with a soapy sponge and tossed into the drainer. Or dried with a linen. A cotton terry towel won't do, it has to be a linen towel. They can go through five or six linens a meal and a half a roll of paper towels.
One might think this leads to sparkling clean dishes, but it doesn't. It leads to goobers.
I hate goobers.
But what's a goober hater to do? These folks have just washed my dishes, a task that I devoutly hate. I never ask them to, they just do it.
But they leave goobers all over everything.
I can't whine and moan after they've just done something above and beyond.
And they throw things in the dishwasher that I never put in. I was hoping tonight to slip back into the kitchen after they'd all gone to bed to rearrange things "properly" in the dishwasher, removing and hand washing the misplaced items, and to hunt for goobers on things TheTwin had hand washed.
It was not to be, however. TheTwin squirted the dishwasher detergent in, slammed the door and pushed the start button.
Aauuggg! I was too disheartened to even begin to hunt for goobers after that.
Besides, I know I will find all the goobers eventually.
How happy for me.
(Ungrateful bitch, ain't I?)
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Snowphoid Wunxie
Such fun driving in the dark to my cousin's house. The trip which usually takes about 45 minutes took two hours. I saw 15 or 16 wrecks and slide-offs on my way. Thank goodness the Engineer had loaned me his BitchInABox (Garmin nüvi®), so all I had to do was listen to her boss me around instead of looking for street signs.
It was cold, single digits in the mornings, so the snow didn't go away. And it kept snowing intermittently throughout the week.
On Christmas Eve the temperature briefly went above freezing and the snow started melting. Then, of course, the cold descended again along with more snow. But first came rain, and me out in my EldestNiece's driveway shoveling a couple feet of accumulated snow along with her 13 year old son. I figured I needed to be shoveling too in order to lend my lecture on responsibility some credence. He and I both ended up with blisters. I hope the lecture made at least a little bit of an impression. If it did, the blisters were well worth it.
Slippin' and slidin', I was the designated driver with a car full of well lubricated relatives. The Twin had rented a big, rear wheel drive, boat of a Lincoln Town Car that flashed a dashboard icon of a little yellow car with slippy tracks when the tires lost traction. Like I couldn't already tell the car was going sideways.
By the time we left on the 26th, the snow berms along the sides of the roads were three to four feet high, darn impressive.
The Engineer drove back to the Detroit Airport in the front wheel drive Chevy Cobalt I'd rented. Since the road was an ice skating rink for about half the drive, I think he was glad I had rented a more modest car than his brother's Town Car.
We arrived home at midnight at the tail end of a major snow storm.
Since the Engineer had thoroughly fortified himself with wine during the flight and layover, I got to drive home. I was fearfully anticipating trying to navigate the dread, car-eating, driveway with a foot of new snow on it, but sometime miracles do occur...
The driveway had been cleaned! I have the best across the street neighbor in the world.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Merry Christmas
I'm leaving Friday morning and will be back on the 27th; e- you then.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Trichinosis or Not?
Ewwww, I don't think so, but this is the way the Engineer likes it. He's in charge of thermal transfer once the thermometer's placed and the meat is in the oven. He's the decider of when it comes out.
He has the chutzpah to make fun of my preference for chicken that's just a wee bit pink at the bone.
Ah well, to each his own.
P.S. My dinner was mostly vegetarian this evening - surprise.
It's Snowing Again
Heat you through,
Grow hair on your chest,
Hot Mocha.
1 cup of left over coffee
A dash of salt
1 spoonfull of instant expresso
1.5 spoonsfull of sugar
0.5 spoonfull of cocoa powder
canned milk
Pour the coffee into a small saucepan on high heat, lightly salt it (really), add the instant expresso powder. When it starts to boil, sprinkle in the sugar, then add the cocoa powder. Keep stirring until it works itself into a roiling boil and almost froths over, then pour in canned milk until it's as light as you like. Cool enough to not burn your tongue and enjoy (once you get over the jolt.)
Monday, December 15, 2008
From Pumpkin To Pie
Friday, December 12, 2008
The Most Fantastic Bug Photos Ever
Check out the bug photos she posted today. They knocked my socks off!
Why don't my bug photographs ever look like that? Even a fly looks glam when Martin Amm takes it's picture.
My bug photos are the acme of ugly. (Though I, personally, think this one's so ugly he's cute.)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Charles Shultz Was a Perceptive Guy
Monday, December 8, 2008
It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
All this between noon and 4:30 today.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
From there it's a short stroll to the bakery department and the LeBrea bread.
Easy Bruschetta Recipe
Toast in oven set to broil until it's as toasty as you like it.
Flip and toast the other side.
Arrange roasted tomatoes on top of toast then pour over some of the oil and spices they were packed in.
Sprinkle generously with freshly grated parmigiana or romano cheese.
Put back under broiler until cheese shreds start popping.
Eat and Enjoy.
In the summer I like to mix the roasted tomatoes about half and half with fresh from the garden tomatoes, makes it even better.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Christmas Greed
My family has never done such a thing, though my sister did circle anything she wanted in the Sears catalogue. When she got into high school, she started circling the studlier guys in the underwear section despite never expecting to receive one. It was considered acceptable to ask someone what they would like, and we often did.
My brother's two daughters, 16 and 12, had one word replies to the question this year: "Money."
My Mother would have hung her children by their toenails and slowly flayed the skin from their quivering bodies had they dared give such an answer. To this day, it's an answer that shocks and offends me. (See Mom, some of your training did take.)
The younger generation of the Engineer's family shocked me ever more this year. Hmmm... Shocked doesn't really convey it... horrified, pole-axed, disgusted, appalled.. Yeah, appalled is a bit closer to how I felt.
13 year old nephew:
1.CCM Vector U+ Pro. Sr. ice hockey skates
$600 and his feet are still growing
2.Nike Bauer Vapor XXR Senior Inline hockey skates
$200 souped up roller skates - would he even wear these before he outgrows them?
3.Flak 5 Senior hockey gloves size 13 in black
$50, after the skates, these seem almost reasonable
4.CCM Vector U+ Int. Composite hockey stick 75/Ovechkin/Right
$160 could he be a little more specific?
5.Play Station 3
only $400 on Amazon
6.American Eagle gift cards
kinda like money in my book, but that's just me
seems like he really wants to replace the TV he already has
8.xbox 360 or PS3 game-Call of duty World at War
$60 for blood splattered violence - I don't think so
9.xbox 360 or PS3 game-NHL 2009
not violent, only $57, but note he wants it either for the platform he already has, Xbox 360, or the Play Station 3 he's planning on getting
23 year old niece:
1. Garmin Nuvi
2. queen mattress set
3. Nintendo Wii Fit
4. Blue ray DVD player
5. couch and loveseat covers (black)
6. Dolce & Gabana The One perfume
7. gift cards- Target, Barnes and Noble, Kroger
Not as bad as the nephew, though a good queen mattress set runs a couple thou' these days. No TV on the list because Daddy already got her a 40" HD flat screen Sony.
And the Crown goes to:
30-something niece
(mom of 13 year old nephew):
2 Round trip tickets to Florida for Spring Break for my son and I we need a vacation
32-40" tv for my bedroom
Poofy Recliner for Living Room (Taupe or maroon color)
Ecliptical exercise machine
Sterling Silver jewelery
Coach purse-Ramblers Legacy or Patricia's Legacy-Black (either costs $400)
Gift Cards'
Bath and Body Works
Bed Bath and Beyond
I think I'm going to get everyone underwear this year. Cotton underwear.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The Perfect Home
Dancing Grannies Hat is going to feel right at home in this environment.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Adieu For Now
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thank You Bioephemera!
Have I mentioned that I love her artwork?
Click here to see what I think of the results of Jess' drawing...
I have a place on my wall all ready.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Meanest Humie In the World
The cats figure if I can call them kitties, they can call me humie.
Why am I the meanest in the world?
Sachi got stuck in a cage and made the annual trip to the vet today: tune the tail, rotate the legs, check the tuna level and, indignity of indignities, take the temperature. Also got a distemper shot, but after that temperature taking all the rest was trifling.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tools and The Engineer
I learned about tools very early in life from hanging out in his shop. I knew they were not toys and should be handled properly. Using a phillips head screwdriver as an awl or an ice pick was simply not acceptable. As soon as I was out on my own, I began collecting tools; mostly Craftsman because if I did manage to mangle one, Sears would replace it. By the time I married the Engineer, I had quite a collection: screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, pliers, electric drill, saber saw, socket set, alan wrenches, staple gun, shovels, rakes, pruners and loppers. I had two tool boxes for the small tools and a milk carton for the larger ones, plus, of course, well organized storage for nails, screws, etc.
When I married the Engineer and we moved in together, somehow my tools moved in with his. Gradually they migrated from their original toolboxes into his toolboxes and his stuff showed up in my storage containers. I now have a minimal set of tools hidden for my own use because I don't like to search through his stuff looking for mine.
The Engineer was mostly impressed with my tool collection, but he made fun of my shrub rake from the get go. He wanted to throw it out, but I wouldn't let him, insisting that shrub rakes were very useful. He said that if I thought I was going to get some work out of the cats by having tools sized for them I was hopelessly mistaken.
Here we are, not quite ten years into the marriage, and what's one of his favorite tools?
My shrub rake.
He even customized the handle so he can reach farther with it. Of course, he does use it as a swimming pool tool instead of in the garden, but, what the heck, he wouldn't be without it.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Adventures With Grandad
Grandad was a traveling adventurer, always with Grammy in tow. Grammy had more intestinal fortitude than any old lady I knew. Her health was never good; she had osteoporosis so badly that when she picked up my brother when he was about a month old, she broke two ribs and her wrist. For my whole childhood, the mantra was, "Don't hug your Grammy!" Despite this, she went everyplace with Grandad.
One of his favorite places was Mexico. He never spoke a word of Spanish, he figured speaking loudly would solve any language difficulties. He never used a map, he just went where the mood moved him. I wish I had any of the several photos of his stranded car. They were usually taken when he had been traveling on dirt roads and managed to sink his car, axle deep, in soft dirt or a creek. The locals always came to his rescue, hitched up their horses or mules and hauled the car out. Then Grandad dispensed the largess (American dollars) while Grammy took pictures of all their new found friends and the horses hitched to the car.
Grandad was fascinated with everything, especially large natural phenomena. When I was in junior high, my Mom received a letter from Grammy relating this story:
Grandad had heard that there was a volcano erupting near where they were traveling. That, he had to see. So off they drove in the general direction, following the plume of smoke. When the road ran out, Grandad just kept on driving.
They saw a man from a good distance, as he stood watching them drive up to him. When they got close he deliberately stepped right in front of their car. Grandad stopped and leaned out the window.
"Señor, you cannot drive this way, it is not safe."
Grandad had lucked out and come across a man who spoke English. Raul explained that Grandad was, fortunately, driving on the only solid path in a sea of shifting volcanic ash.
Seeing his opportunity, Grandad asked Raul if, for generous monetary compensation, he would guide him on a walking tour to the top of the volcano so that he could look into the caldera. Raul agreed and they set off together for the smoking mountain. Grammy waited in the car.
About four hours later, sure that she would never see her husband again and would probably die out in the scorched waste, she was writing a farewell letter to my Mom, her tears splatting on the paper. Her normally copperplate handwriting was abruptly interrupted by a large smear and a hole in the paper. When the narrative resumed, she said that another Mexican had tapped on the window, startling her, saying, "Don't cry, Lady, is okay. Your husband back soon."
Sure enough, Grandad came back with his new best buddy, Raul. Grammy and Grandad went into Raul's village for the night and were treated to a grand fiesta. Grandad went back there every time he went to Mexico after that, and he put several of the village children through college. My grandparents were well loved in Mexico.
Grandad didn't believe in hotel reservations either. They stopped when they found someplace that looked okay -- which occasionally resulted in sharing quarters with bedbugs.
One evening, Grandad was getting hungry as they drove through a tiny town which, like all tiny towns, had a bar on the corner. Having no fear of Montezuma's Revenge, Grandad decided to stop for dinner. He parked the car outside and he and Grammy walked on in. Half a dozen rough and burly looking men turned from their cerveza and tequila and stared at them.
Grandad tried his usual understanding through volume communication. The fellows at the bar did not seem to appreciate his efforts. One by one, they stood, until all of them were on their feet facing my grandparents. The biggest and ugliest man snarled and took a step towards the elderly couple. Grammy clutched Grandad's arm, "Let's go, Armstrong," she pleaded.
Grandad might have been adventurous, but he was not stupid. They backed towards the door. The burly guys followed them, joking in Spanish and making threatening gestures. When Grammy and Grandad reached to door, the men jumped forward. Grandad calmly reached into his pocket, pulled out his wallet and threw it as far into the bar as he could.
As the six aggressors dove for the wallet, my grandparents hustled on out of there, got into the car and drove off into the sunset.
Nope, my Grammy wasn't greedy. She earned it
No Gloating?
But he doesn't read this blog, so...
Barack Obama Won! WooHoo!!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Civic Duty - Done
This is the second time I've early voted. The first time was just a wee bit more involved. I had to go into the country clerk's office, get an application form, fill it out with proof that I would be traveling (plane ticket copies) and take it back in with picture ID, then wait a couple of weeks for approval.
Times have changed. This year in Utah, they're begging people to come one in -- Vote Early, Vote Often. Hmmm... Maybe I added that second bit myself, not that I'm the originator of it, just a copy cat.
Somehow it seems rather poetic that I voted on Halloween, when nothing is as it appears...
Oh, by the way, BOO!
Shortest Blog Poste Ever
I just finished reading the bulk of a 754 page novel.
I have to take the Engineer to the airport at 7:45 a.m.
I'm going to bed.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
I don't feel that he and I are extensions of each other. We are discrete individuals who happen to get along pretty well -- not perfectly, but pretty well. I don't want to be an extension of him or vice versa. Sometimes he acts like he would like me to be, but I suspect he wouldn't care for it if I tried. I don't miss him when he's gone on his business trips; I know he'll be back. If he was to go away forever, I would miss him and be very sad, but life would go on.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Day 3, or is it 4, Excuses Already
So here's the excuse: I didn't have access to my computer.
True, the computer lives in the basement, but I was upstairs baking pies, yummilicious pumpkin pies. Then I made miniature pumpkin tarts with gingersnap crust from the left over pumpkin filling, then with the left over piecrust, I made custard tarts. Then I had to go to my very first Mormon church service because ChosenSister and her spouse were speaking because they're leaving on an 18 month mission. (I miss her already.) We picked up a mutual friend on the way to the church. After the ward service, it was on to ChosenSister's house for the buffet, for which the pies were baked. After the buffet, we dropped off our passenger and came home, where I started finishing cleaning up the cooking mess. Then the Engineer decided that he needed a light dinner, so I cooked and cleaned up after that, then sat down in my chair to watch the news and finish sewing up baby elf hat number two and fell asleep sitting in my chair with both cats holding me down. By the time I woke up, I decided, that since I had to get up at 7:30 Monday morning, it was too late to go downstairs and turn on the computer.
I think that's a pretty good excuse. Don't you?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Here are the first two paragraphs from my very first blog entry almost two years ago:
2007, a time to practice consistency, one of those traits I've never been strong on. Thus a blog entry to write every day -- every day I have access to my computer anyway. It should build character, or so my mother would have me believe. Setting goals and whacking away at them, consistently, is good for a person's character. I'll bet all the mothers tell their children that.
We'll see if it works.
So, how has it worked? Erratically. Some months, June, July and September of 2007, I hit the mark. Some months. most notably May 2008 with only 4 entries, were abysmal. True I did start a second blog, The Clueless Crafter, to segregate my knitting ramblings, but still, I've not been hitting goal. This past summer and fall especially have been nonproductive. Much of that can be explained by how tumultuous life has been, but even the tumultuous life needs a little discipline, so...
Resolved: I shall endeavor to make a blog post each day to either The Witless Wanderer or The Clueless Crafter. If I make posts to both on a single day, it's a bonus, not a free ticket for a day off.
This offer is void where prohibited by law and not applicable on days I don't have access to my computer.
Now to hold to it.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I walked out to get the mail this afternoon and saw immediately that Sachi was tormenting something.
It was a big, fat katydid. She'd already bitten off most of his antennae. The fragile parts are always the first to go.
Glad I'm not a bug.
Particularly glad I'm not a bug looking up at a cat.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Proper Usage of Pumpkins
Not just any pumpkin will do, it has to be an eating pumpkin, not a jack-o-lantern pumpkin. Small Sugar, Triple Treat or Winter Luxury (if you can find them) are good bets. If you want to be a cheap and sleazy cheat, you can use squash instead, just make sure it has nice orange flesh.
To cook a small pumpkin, I get out my BIG knife and whack that puppy in half. Scoop out all the seeds and stringy stuff. (If you got a Triple Treat, save the seeds, they don't have shells, so they're great to toast and eat.) Give a jellyroll pan, or a cookie sheet with deep sides, a good spraying with Pam, then put the pumpkin, cut side down, on it. Bake it in the oven just like a potato, 400 degrees for about an hour. It's done when a paring knife slides in easily.
Some pumpkins put out a lot of juice when they cook, some almost none. Don't worry about it, it doesn't make a bit of difference, though if there's lots of juice be careful to not spill it when taking it out of the oven. It's sticky. I learned that little tidbit from personal experience.
Pour any liquid down the drain, then go to work on the pumpkin. Usually, the outer skin will peal off easily. Toss the skin and remove any stringy stuff that may have been missed in the initial cleaning. Cut the meat into chunks and puree it in batches in a food processor.
Now it's ready for whatever use you want to put it to: pie, bread, cookies, cheesecake, bisque. It is also easy to freeze in zipper top plastic bags and will keep for a good long time.
Here's a quick and easy pumpkin bread recipe. You can use one large can of pumpkin if you want, but it just ain't the same.
Pumpkin Bread
Beat first four ingredient together until light & fluffy. Stir in pumpkin. Sift together dry ingredients and add to batter. Mix until all dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in chips. Divide batter into two greased and floured bread pans. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
My personal favorite is pumpkin bisque. If properly bribed, I may be enticed to share it...
Saturday, October 18, 2008
'Tis The Season... For Politics
and ever...
and ever...
I don't put bumper stickers on my car, signs in my yard or wear buttons proclaiming my party affiliation, but today I browsed the web for political T-shirts that tell a story.
Right now, I can really understand the forlorn hope expressed by this one:
But if we didn't vote, would we ever get here? This one says it for the Engineer. He's got the hots for Palin, I think because he's heard she's a good, beer drinking, oilman's friend. Plus he knows it annoys me. So I'd go with this shirt for that ticket. What do you mean, "Politically incorrect"? What's so correct about politics in the first place?
This one pretty much encapsulates how I feel about the current election.
Wonder if I wore this one if anyone would court me and give me monetary encouragement to vote for their candidate? But, when you get right down to it, this one says it all.Despite my cynicism, on November 4th, you'll find me down at my precinct, canceling out the Engineer's vote.


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- One Bedroom & Bathroom
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A modern Flat situated within walking distance to the town centre having accommodation comprising Hallway, Bedroom, Open Plan Kitchen/Living Room, Bathroom. Excellent Investment Opportunity.
THE ACCOMMODATION The accommodation comprises Entrance door leading into:-
ENTRANCE HALLWAY Having Double Cupboard.
BEDROOM 13' 9" x 10' 5" (4.2m x 3.2m) Having two double wardrobes, window to front elevation.
OPEN PLAN KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM 24' 11" x 11' 9" (7.6m x 3.6m) Having a range of units and drawers to base and eye level with worktop over and inset sink and drainer, plumbing for automatic washing machine, integrated fridge, oven and hob with extractor fan over. Doors to front elevation, window to side elevation.
BATHROOM Having panelled bath, pedestal wash hand basin, low level WC, heated towel rail.
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Carol and George wed at the ornate St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Pictures by the uber talented Danielle of Skye Blu Photography
Video by the amazing Video Services Unlimited
Gorgeous flowers by: Jackie Combs Floral Design
Greek music kept their guests truly entertained.
Dancing the night away at the Porter Valley Country Club to music by their fabulous DJ, Good Times Entertainment
Special thanks to my girls who really helped with all the setup and making sure the night ran smoothly: Laura, Maribel and Heather.
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Mauricio Pochettino bans his wife Karina from White Hart Lane… because she might jinx Tottenham's form
Mrs P is barred from attending home matches - but still tells Spurs boss off for his crazy touchline antics by text
MAURICIO POCHETTINO banned his missus from White Hart Lane — but it has not stopped him from getting it in the neck.
The superstitious Spurs boss is keeping wife Karina away from home matches in case she jinxes his side's good run.
He revealed: "In the last few weeks she has not been coming to White Hart Lane.
So I said, 'Better you stay at home because we keep winning.'"
Mrs P will be sat at home watching on the telly when Tottenham host Millwall in the FA Cup tomorrow — just like she was last Sunday when they beat Everton 3-2 at the Lane.
Karina saw her old man celebrating Dele Alli's late goal by crouching down and pumping his fists at the crowd in delight.
Pochettino admitted: "I went mad. Then after the game I saw my phone and my wife had sent me a message saying, 'Oh, what did you do? You lost your head. Never again'.
"When I arrive home she has been watching on TV and says why this or why that? She always gives an opinion — but always after, never before!"
When asked how often his other half has to tell him, he replied: "She only tells me once — that is enough."
Downtrodden hubbies all over the country, except those from South London, will be feeling sorry for him if his Premier League giants lose at home to League One Millwall.
Pochettino insists his men are taking the tie deadly seriously — but they have been having some fun with elephants.
The Spurs boss arrived at his press conference yesterday to discover a wooden carving of two elephants under his seat. The sculpture has been named 'Dele' as in 'Dele the elephant'.
Poch added: "It was a present from the coach of Kenya who was here last week.
"It was a nice gift but it has started a bit of a joke because everybody on the staff wanted it. So it has started moving around the training ground, ending up in different rooms.
"I arrive for my press conference and it is here under the table. I wonder where it will pop up next?"


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Over the few months we have been dedicating our time and energy to TBM and these posts, we do occasionally have internal debates about some of the fundamental issues that Mr. Obama has inadvertently raised in the course of proffering HCR. The most obvious of these is rationing– something we have commented upon many, many times. Another one has recently captured our attention: the concept of health care as some sort of right. A posting on RealClearPolitics started it all. Now, this is a touchy subject and we appreciate the complexity of the modern world as much as anyone. However, the lineage of our Constitution is well known to most with a college level education or a moderate interest in history The post-script on that document is of course still being written with each passing decision of the Supreme Court (which explains the great attention presently given to Judge Sotomayor).
In short— we can summarize that the document created and ratified in September 1787 derived largely from the European continent and two key philosophers: Montesquieu, who emphasized the need to have balanced forces pushing against each other to prevent tyranny and John Locke where several passages from his writings are reproduced verbatim in the Declaration of Independence. Our experience with the British also played heavily in the creation of The Document, with the due process clause partly based on common law stretching back to Magna Carta of 1215.
For the purposes of this posting, one of the biggest debates of the Constitutional Convention concerned the Bill Of Rights. That these are known to us as the first 10 amendments to the Constitution tells us much about how the original debate ended. The framers believed that to enumerate any right would set a precedent whereby if the right was not enumerated in the document, it would not exist. For this reason they resisted listing any rights whatsoever. In 1791, the Bill Of Rights was added and this addition reflected the politics of the day. We have been adding rights to the constitution many times since– but the seminal "right" creation came in 1965 with the ruling on Griswold v. Connecticut wherein the Supreme Court determined that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. Although the Bill of Rights does not explicitly mention "privacy," the Court ruled that the right was to be found in the "penumbras" and "emanations" of other constitutional protections. This single ruling is at the heart of the schism that now exists over abortion, Federalism and even healthcare.
The Court created a new right in 1965, and based this creation on emanations from the Constitution. These emanations gave rise to Roe v. Wade in 1973 and, in the 1990's, to the notion that healthcare is a right. In a truly remarkable piece of scholarship from 1993-94, we learn that President Clinton was the first modern figure to bring the concept of Healthcare As A Right to the National stage. The article states:
"President Clinton campaigned with the slogan, "Health care should be a right, not a privilege." Opinion polls regularly show that the belief in such a right is widespread, even within the medical profession. The AMA's "Patient's Bill of Rights" includes the statement that patients have a "right to essential health care."
And, what follows from this line of reasoning is clear:
"If health care is a right, then government is responsible for seeing that everyone has access to it, just as the right to property means that government must protect us against theft. For the past thirty years, the idea that people have a right to health care has led to greater and greater government control over the medical profession and the health care industry. The needs of the indigent, the needs of the uninsured, the needs of the elderly, among other groups, have been put forward as claims on public resources. Government has responded by subsidizing these groups, and regulating physicians, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies on their behalf. Now the Clinton Administration proposes to make this right universal, to create a universal entitlement, and to vastly expand government control."
This singular piece of scholarship is remarkable enough that quoting from it in bits and pieces demeans it. But, one paragraph merits even a bit of publicity:
"Health care does not grow on trees or fall from the sky. The assertion of a right to medical care does not guarantee that there is going to be any health care to distribute. The partisans of these rights demand, with air of moral righteousness, that everyone have access to this good. But a demand does not create anything. Health care has to be produced by someone, and paid for by someone. One of the major arguments offered by supporters of a right to health care is that health care is an essential need. What good are our other liberties, they ask, if we cannot get medical treatment for illness? But we must ask, in return: why does need give someone a right? Fifty years ago, people whose kidneys were failing needed dialysis every bit as much as they do today, but there were no dialysis machines. Did they have a right to protection against kidney failure? Was Mother Nature violating their rights by making their kidneys fail without a remedy? It makes no sense to say that need itself confers a right unless someone else has the ability to meet that need. So any "right" to medical care imposes on someone the obligation to provide care to those who cannot provide it for themselves."
Taking aim squarely at President Clintons plan, the author writes:
"At the national level, the system will be governed by a National Health Board whose two main functions will be to determine the standard package of minimum benefits, and to set global budgets. The global budgets will force the health alliances to impose what amount to price controls on medical providers. And the standard package of benefits will be set by interest group lobbying, as every group in the health care field will try to get its services included in the package. For example, the current definition of the package includes mental health and substance abuse counseling. You may feel that you do not need insurance for these services, but you are going to pay for them.
In short, the plan will require a massive exercise of coercion against individuals, far beyond anything we have seen so far. Which brings me back to the fundamental issue. "
That we are engaged in the exact same debate as 15 years ago should be sobering to all of us. As a society, we have come no closer to wrestling with this issue and settling on anything resembling consensus. Is healthcare a right? Perhaps we should be talking about this more.


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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Purse Week Entry 2011
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Love your back. A1 up styling!!
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Beautiful Katherine! You are very clever and quick at sewing :)ReplyDelete
You gave me such a great idea... when I'll have some time-
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- AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 7:35 AM
What a great transformation. Your bag looks fabulous.ReplyDelete
Its just fabulous - wonderful shape and gorgeous colour but looks really practical too.ReplyDelete
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I adore this bag! I love the color and the texture and I buy leather/suede coats and thrift stores for the same purpose! Will you be sharing your pattern. New to your blog, got to take a look around.ReplyDelete
that bag is amazing. I could never in a million years look at a thrift store jacket and see anything other than a jacket, let alone a magnificent bag - I just don't have that kind of creative vision! I sure admire it in people who DO have it though!
P.S. I did spot your other adorable entry - I recognized it before I even read the blurb, lol!
What a beautiful bag. I ran to the thriftstore tomorrow to look for a jacket.... Whatan excellent idea!!!!ReplyDelete
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Lumiere Blanche 100 ml Eau de Parfum
Olfactive Studio - Lumière Blanche
A mild and enveloping perfume, Lumière Blanche is a comforting cocoon, between milky mildness and cold spices. It evokes the sweltering heat from the sun at the zenith, which erases colors, leaving only a blinding white hue; it surprises with its spicy freshness.
For the perfumer, "Lumière Blanche is a fragrance with beautifully contrasting hot and cold notes"; a whirlwind of light and freshness followed by milky mildness and a distinct, warm, and sensual end note.
Perfumer: Sidonie Lancesseur @ Robertet
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Topnote: Cardamom, Star Anise, Cinnamon
Heartnote: Iris, Almond, Cashmerewood
Basenote: Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, White Musk


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I need to applaud my ex-husbands positive outlook on his dating future and his optimism in general that he won't have any problems finding women who want to be in a loving, somewhat committed, non-monogamous relationship that requires her to share him with god knows how many other women. That really struck me today as I was thinking about the disastrous first phone call I had with someone I had been emailing with on Match.com. I wish my ex-husband well, but I think he's nuts based on my limited experience recently in the dating world. It is tough out there, for a gal anyways. I can barely find anyone interesting to talk to, let alone date, and I am certainly not fighting off hoards of men who would make sacrifices to be with me part-time, such as their self-esteem, future planning, security, family matters, end-of-life care, etc.
Maybe the polyamorous have their own dating website's like the gays? I should google that. Wait, I am going to google that. Yup, there are; I found six websites on the first link I looked at, which was a question from a couple wanting to add a single female for a "monogamous triad". The answer on dating.about.com to "Walters" question made me laugh: "You've got a lot of company in your search for a single gal to join you and your wife for a long-term, monogamous partnership Walter, so while I'll share the websites that I know of to suit your needs, there are few guarantees you'll actually find what you're after. Why? In the polyamorous communities, single women wanting to join a couple for an exclusive triad are often called "Unicorns," as they're both rare and beautiful to behold. Having said that, I know of a significant number of partnerships with this kind of dynamic, so it's more than just a fantasy you're chasing."
Do you know what I think? I think love is rare, and precious, so I certainly don't understand wanting to dilute it or cheapen it by inviting others to share in it. Nor do I think it is easy to find, or comes along so frequently that you should dismiss it. I think love is beautiful, and what makes life worth living. Sex creates the children that propagates our species, but I think without love there is no worth in continuing our species. And I guess those are the reasons a polyamorous person would tell me I am not right for their community. I guess someone who is truly polyamorous, like my ex-husband, doesn't see it in that light. They think it is "beautiful" and fabulous to be in love with multiple partners at the same time. I just hope for my ex-husbands sake he does a better job of introducing the concept to future partners than he did with me.
I have written previously about the miserable results my online dating forays produced. Being ever the trooper and optimist, and growing more lonely and more ready for a special friend, I have been back at it, with results much the same. I have now been on Match.com for 24 days. There was a short lived flurry of activity when I first joined, followed quickly by deafening silence. I have been emailed by a total of 4 men, two of whom I corresponded with, one lived in New York so I just thanked him and deleted the email, and the other I responded to and nicely said I didn't see much in common but was happy to go for a drink and make a friend. And to clarify, I am not even expecting to find a soul-mate on the website. I just want casual dating, friends, and activity partners, which is what my profile says.
So let's review the two I was in contact with. They both contacted me within 48 hours of my profile becoming active. They both seemed nice enough and intelligent enough. For the next week over Christmas we emailed back and forth regularly, and then I told them I was going to Vegas and would be in touch when I got home. Which I did, and in that email I told them I was sick. At this point, one had asked me out on a date, and the other had given me his phone number with an invitation to call. So I told both of them, separately of course, that I was unwell and would let them know when I was ready to be social. Phone number guy said ok to that, and date guy responded with "I'm very busy now and lots of work [peak season) but I'll contact you soonest I can. Sorry for any inconvenience." I took that as a blow off from date guy. Next I noticed that phone guy had disappeared completely from the website, so probably didn't even get my next email.
I discussed this with two close friends, one of whom had no idea about website dating etiquette, and the other of whom set me straight. D told me that these two guys are probably talking to 20 women or so and lost interest because I didn't jump when they said how high. She encouraged me to contact them both again and not make any assumptions about whether I was being personally dismissed. I thought about that for a week. In the meantime, I got a lovely notification every time date guy was online and had ignored my last email. When I joined this site I swore I wasn't going to contact anyone; I wanted them to come to me. I know this is the self-esteem blow back from the way my ex treated me, but it is what it is for now. When I lost my two email buddies and didn't hear from anyone else, I decided to be brave and take matters into my own hands. Or I was being dumb and looking to flog my self-esteem even lower into the ground. I have sent emails to 24 different men, and I have not heard back from one of them.
Which leads to the phone call. After thinking about it for a week, and not getting any results from my own efforts at connection, I took D's advice not to personalize the silence because really, what did I have to lose by trying to reach out again? So I called Sean. In my opinion, it wasn't the best first phone call ever. Me: "Hi, can I please speak to Sean". Him at the other end: "Whose calling?". Me: "Rebecca." Him: "Why do you want to talk to Sean?" Me, feeling very flustered and put off by the aggressive tone of voice and wanting to hang up: "Um, I was just calling to chat and say hi." Silence. Him: "Oh, I think I know who you are, I didn't recognize the phone number. I thought maybe you were trying to sell me carpet cleaning." Me: "Oh, so is this Sean? I would never try to sell you carpet cleaning. Why would you recognize the phone number? Let's start over again. Hi, I am Rebecca and we exchanged a few emails on match.com but then you disappeared. You had given me your number, and I wasn't sure if it was personal or if you were just taking a break from the website, so I thought I would try and give you a call." Him: "Of course you had to try. I am just taking a break, nothing personal." Me: "That's good." Him: "And now I have your phone number. Muhahahaha." Me: "Yes, you do." Him: "You caught me unawares, and I am feeling really beat up today. Can I call you back tomorrow?" Me: "I am sorry you had a rough day. Yes, tomorrow is good. I have a meeting between 7 - 9 because I volunteer, but around that is fine. And I am a night owl so I don't mind later phone calls." Him: "I will file that away." Me: "Okay, take care."
I felt like an asshole. It is hard to be brave and call someone you have never met, even if they did give you their phone number. It is even harder to keep your composure when they are aggressively refusing to let you talk to whom you have called for and challenging you. And then it became even more difficult when I found out it was him, and now I wasn't sure if I had passed the "test" or not of being allowed to talk to him since he cut the phone call short and that could be a dismissal, or legitimate. We will see if he calls tomorrow. I can tell you though that if he doesn't, I won't be calling him again. Or possibly anyone else, ever again! Until the next time my need for connection outweighs my fears.
I told another girlfriend B the story last night, and she commiserated. Apparently her experience on EHarmony was much the same, and she is a skinny pretty little thing, so that discounts my theory that me being overweight is the barrier to making connections. Her conspiracy theory is that these internet dating websites are companies that need to make money as the bottom line, so they have a vested interest in you not meeting Mr. Right too quickly. If you find the love of your life in the first month, they can kiss five months of potential profit away. B even called EHarmony to ask what the problem was finding her a match, to which they basically told her to give it time. It isn't that I don't have any matches, I already have 79 specifically. It is a lack of these men following up on our match, or my emails. And B thinks that is because they are looking for quantity, not quality, whereas a female is more likely looking for quality. These men are sowing their cyber oats so to speak. Today B emailed me to add to her conspiracy theory which made it all the worse. B wonders if the men have figured out that women on free dating web site are not as committed to finding a man, so they move over to a paid web site hoping for an even greater chance of a return on communication. She and I thought that if we paid for the service then the men would be more committed to finding that one person to date. What if that isn't the case, and these men are preying on the women who are serious and taking advantage of that vulnerabilty? That would be truly awful.
All of this leads me to wonder how other cultures and countries deal with their singles? Are they cast away to a remote location? Is there a societal expectation that you don't divorce, no matter what happens, so there are no singles? I can appreciate how arranged marriages would take some of the heat off of being single. I would love to hear about other people's experiences being single in their forties after a divorce. In the meantime, I will just take my hat off to my very optimistic ex-husband. Perhaps as a man, he will have better luck getting lucky.


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Somerset was founded on three guiding principles, Learn, Live, and Lead. Our scholars have proven their ability to "Learn" by outperforming the network on our ANet interim assessments, having over 50% of our high school scholars meet their learning goal on the SAT, and have over a 90% pass rate in our high school college dual enrollment program with UDC! This cohort of achievers that we've developed is equipped with the skills necessary to "Live" out their lives as productive citizens that will ultimately leave a lasting impact. Somerset has produced scholars that can "Lead" especially in our Distinguished Gentlemen and Sophisticated Ladies mentoring programs. As the principal, I am extremely proud of all we've accomplished together and look forward to the next set of milestones to face head on!


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'The Secret History of Costaguana'
The Secret History of Costaguana
By Juan Gabriel Vásquez; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean
(Riverhead; 283 pages; $26.95)
For readers familiar with the practices of Latin American and Caribbean writing, the conceit that triggers "The Secret History of Costaguana" is probably well known. Like Aimé Césaire's "A Tempest," which critiques Shakespeare's take on Caliban, or Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea," an ardent "prequel" of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre," this second novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez is first and foremost an extended meditation on Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo," published in 1904 and set in a fictional South American republic named Costaguana.
Indeed, like other authors from his part of the world, Vásquez, who was born in Colombia and recently won the prestigious Premio Alfaguara de Novela, employs the tools of fiction to address the questions of who owns Latin America - literally, literarily - and what kind of historical truth, if any, a novel ought, or can be said, to contain.
But to view Vásquez's ironic novel simply as yet another angry postcolonial argument against the Western canon would be to shortchange the power of this intelligent and evocative story, which opens in London in 1924 with the death of Conrad, the great literary master. (Vásquez, incidentally, wrote a brief biography of Conrad.) London, the imperial metropolis, is also the city where the novel's narrator, José Altamirano, ends up as an exile from Colombia in the early 1900s. As it turns out, in this fictional account of the writing of "Nostromo," Altamirano plays an anonymous but crucial role as Conrad's secret informant.
The pathos inherent in Altamirano's labor is not fully revealed until the novel's last episode, but it can be foretold in the multiple references to the life and times of Józef Korzeniowski, the original name of the Polish British author. As one would expect, Vásquez touches on Conrad's journeys to the tropics. He mentions the Congo Free State, for sure, as the notorious setting of "Heart of Darkness," and Panama, whose secession from Colombia is elliptically invoked in the plot of "Nostromo," but is in fact the main subject of "The Secret History of Costaguana." One of Conrad's characters says in passing: "The birth of another South American Republic. One more or less, what does it matter?" But these mordant words, in the context of U.S. imperialism, reappear as a poignant epigraph in Vásquez's text.
A self-reflexive tale about authorship and authority, "The Secret History of Costaguana" has as much to say about the patterns of European - and Latin American - fiction. But Vásquez, like Rhys, believes in realism and the power of material objects to convey an entire world. In the novel's first chapter, the narrator recounts the confrontation between his enlightened father and an archconservative priest. Set in a cafe on a rainy day, the struggle is lovingly narrated through the sudden apparition of a wet umbrella and the puddle of water it leaves on the floor.
Conrad's political novel opens with a tempestuous epigraph from Shakespeare's "King John": "So foul a sky clears not without a storm." Indeed, "Nostromo" is a tale of corruption and terrible violence, and in this sense it can be seen as part and parcel of a monolithic discourse on Latin America, which emerges as yet another heart of darkness. But in the economy of Vásquez's text, some formulations of Latin American literature are shunned because they, too, can function as restrictively as anything concocted by foreign sensibilities.
Delicately, "The Secret History of Costaguana" distances itself from the pleasures and perils of magical realism. In Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," it rains for four years on end and no one acts surprised. In Vásquez's novel, it rains quite a bit too, but the narrator is careful to separate impressions from reality - "it seemed to rain for forty days and forty nights" - lest his story becomes stuck in Latin America's own literary quirks.
As it turns out, Vásquez is not the first Latin American author to discuss "Nostromo" in his writing. The short story "Guayaquil," by Jorge Luis Borges, also invokes a country named Costaguana, but Conrad "reappears" as one José Korzeniowski, not a novelist but a historian. In Borges' view of things, history, obsessively concerned with real-life details, emerges as a lesser form of writing than literature, which dwells freely in the realm of imagination. "The Secret History of Costaguana," especially as it reaches its end, becomes bogged down in the history of Panama. But when Vásquez, like Conrad and Borges, restrains history and lets his mind's eye take flight, he too becomes a master of fiction.
Roberto Ignacio Díaz teaches Spanish and comparative literature at USC. E-mail comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Here are resources developed by ICN in Kenya and UK to support young people to think critically about the issues, develop ideas and take action. There is also an overview in the Action Booklet.
Action Planning - student-led activities (111.68 KB)
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For teachers and students: ideas and activities to give impetus to your work on climate action updated for 2017.
Climate Voices School Toolkit - 2018 (245.9 KB)
Ideas and inspiration for climate action in your school.
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Model Climate Conferences 2015 - What you thought... (325.64 KB)
Headlines from the teacher and student evaluations of our conferences in London, Cheltenham, South Gloucestershire and Reading from November - December 2015.
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A summary of feedback from students and teachers from the 2016 Model Climate Conferences, identifying curriculum links and ICN's plans for 2017.


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My character not influenced by Rani, Kajol: Deepika
Deepika Padukone is playing a blind girl in Lafangey Parindey and it instantly reminds one of Rani Mukherji's performance in Black and Kajol's in Fanaa, but the actress maintains that she didn't let...bollywood Updated: Aug 16, 2010 17:59 IST
Deepika Padukone is playing a blind girl in Lafangey Parindey and it instantly reminds one of Rani Mukherji's performance in Black (2005) and Kajol's in Fanaa (2006), but the actress maintains that she didn't let either of them influence her character.
"I have seen Rani in Black and Kajol in Fanaa, but I didn't see them before my own performance because I didn't want to be influence by anyone else's performance. I wanted my own take on what suits my character," Deepika told reporters at a press meet.
"I have spend a lot of time with blind people and that helped me a lot," she added.
For the press meet, the set of Tilak Wadi, a fictitious place in Mumbai shown in Lafangey Parindey, was made in the studio and Neil Nitin Mukesh, Deepika along with a few other actors did a small act to give a feel of the film.
Singer Shail Hada, Suraj Jagan and Shilpa Rao sang songs from the film and it was complemented with dance performance.
"I doubt if ever I have promoted any of my film like this. Another thing is I for the first time I interacted with my audience and fans at such an extent," said Neil.
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Some issues in the world of dog rescue catch my eye and heart.
I try and shed a light on these issues, or create photo campaigns to raise awareness.
Easy As ACC campaign
I created and photographed an awareness campaign for adoption in New York City, for the ACC. The ACC is the largest shelter, contracted by the city of New York to accept all strays and owner surrenders. As such, they welcome about 30,000 animals each year. With limited resources and outdated facilities, they are faced with many complex challenges. The campaign was designed to bring awareness to their care centers and the joys of adopting your next best friend.
FLOWER POWER: Pit Bulls of the Revolution
America euthanizes upwards 1,000,000 pit bulls every year. Most of these dogs would make great family pets or life companions, but they are the victims of a major pit bull crisis, prejudices and terrible stigma associated with these dogs.
"Flower Power, Pit Bulls of the Revolution" is a series dedicated to the dogs grouped under the name of pit bulls. I wished to portray this misunderstood group in a different light. The general public and news media consider a "pit bull" a dog that belongs to one of the following breeds, or simply looks like one: the American Pit Bull Terrier, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Bull Terrier, or any mix. To put it in a nutshell, most "Pit bulls" are judged based on certain physical characteristics. If they physically look like they belong to that group, they will be deemed dangerous by many, with no regard to their individual temperament.
This project started as an excuse for me to discover more about pit bulls, and to see for myself what the debate was about. Were pit bulls really all crazy and dangerous? Or were most of them simply the victims of a generalization? Like many people, I admittedly had prejudices against them. But as an active volunteer with many rescue groups, I often came in contact with pit bulls and was slowly warming up to their sweet nature. I decided to confront my apprehensions and explore their soft side in a visual way.
I realized pit bulls were always portrayed in very urban, gritty photographs. The imagery associated with these dogs is often harsh, very contrasted, conveying the idea of them being tough. In my opinion, this feeds the myth that these dogs are dormant psychopaths. So I decided to take the other route and portray them like hippies, soft fairy-tale-inspired characters, feminine and dreamy. The idea of Flower Power blossomed.
I made flower headpieces and approached three rescue groups in New York City: Sean Casey Animal Rescue, Second Chance Rescue and Animal Haven. All three welcomed my project with enthusiasm. I set up a studio in both boarding facilities and photographed some of the pit bulls who were up for adoption (July and August 2014). In September 2014 I answered the plea of the Hempstead Town Animal Shelter and organized a Flower Power shoot for their most urgent dogs. The shelter has 140 dogs in their care, mostly pit bulls, and many of them have been there for over two years.
An estimated 1,000,000 pit bulls are euthanized each year in America's shelters. Victims of prejudices, uneducated laws and urban tales that associate them with ultra violence, they are probably the most misunderstood dogs. Pit bulls, like any terrier dogs, are strong and powerful animals. There is no denying that. But power does not necessarily mean violence. Most pit bulls are peaceful and sweet dogs. For this series, I imagined them like hippies, fighting the system and the image they are given with the power of love and the softness of flowers.
"Flower Power" is about challenging myself to approach pit bulls with a fresh perspective and an open heart. I invite the viewer to do the same. It is a long term project. I am wondering: if this was the way pit bulls were portrayed all the time, would they loose their "gangster" image? Would this change their fate?
To view all the images from the series, check out this page.
For the latest updates on each dog, and more stories, follow my Facebook page!
You can take part in the campaign by posting a photo of your pet wearing (or with) flowers and using #PitBullFlowerPower. Join my Instagram for more!
A 2015 Flower Power calendar is also available, with proceeds helping the shelters and the campaign. More Flower Power shoots are in the making.
DEAD DOG BEACH, The Lost Souls
There are 250,000 stray dogs in Puerto Rico, a US Commonwealth about the size of Connecticut. The stray population keeps on growing and no humane solution has yet been found. Puerto Rican stray dogs are called "Satos" by locals. Although people own dogs as pets, they often see Satos as vermin and these dogs live short lives of neglect and abuse.
Located on the South East coast of Puerto Rico, Dead Dog Beach is an infamous dumping ground. Severely neglected and abused dogs are abandoned or dropped here every day. The Sato Project, a rescue group based in New York, monitors the dogs on the beach, feeds them and rescues them when their resources allow it. Once fully vetted, the dogs are flown to New York and adopted out.
I traveled multiple times to Puerto Rico with Chrissy Beckles, founder and President of The Sato Project, to document her work and the fate of the dogs of Dead Dog Beach.
I am hoping to continue documenting stray dog populations around the US and in the world.
To read and see more about this project, check this page.


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If you're an iPhone user, there has to have been at least one occassion when you wished you had a stylus. Sure the icons are big enough for your fingers, but sometimes you just need some finesse.
As you probably already know, Apple gadgets don't work with a regular stylus, but luckily, there are some to choose from. Like the newly launched Mi-Stylus, featuring a special composite nib that gets along beautifully with Apple's touchscreens. It has a large, flat area used to click on larger icons, and a slim edge, specially designed for precision clicking. Mi-Stylus's design could come in handy when you need to quickly type an email on your iPhone or iPod touch, as we all know how tiny those keys are.
And at just 4.99 pounds, Mi-Stylus is just to cheap to be ignored.


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Vendio Research is NOT Search – It is Results
I have an unproven suspicion that most folks think of research in the same way they think of eBay search – you type in a few keywords and hope you get "close". For a research product, this is just not an accurate method.
Vendio Research offers the unique ability to create two completely different search experiences – and knowing which to use can be a real time saver and help get accurate results.
The Vendio default research is our "Smart Research". This type of research is ideal for commodity and new items, and clusters the results – removing items not likely to be related to your keyword research. For example, if you are researching Apple iPods, you will not get results that include Apple iPod "cases" or "ear buds", since these items, not related to your search will skew your results.
The alternative to Smart Research is the "Full Data Set". This will return ALL results for your keyword research. Thus, when typing in Apple iPod, you WILL get all results that have Apple iPod in their title which will include the "cases" and "ear buds". The Full Data set research is ideal for vintage, collectible and rarer items.
Once inside the results page, the navigation panel on the right can help you refine your results further and is the primary difference between the two types of Research.
Refinements for the Smart Research are predefined and you can click on these to refine your results. Conversely, when using Full Data Set, you can add additional exclude words, and refine by additional fields.
Thus the principal difference between Smart and Full Data Set is that Smart Research refines the results for you and presents you with any available options to refine your search and Full Data set lets you choose the options to refine.
The important thing to remember is that Vendio research is not "just a search" where you type in a few keywords and "hope" you get some useful information, it's complete data research where you get the results you need.


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Obama's 2012 Pitch in Focus: Firewall Against Romney
(WASHINGTON) -- When President Obama holds his first public campaign rallies this week, he'll take direct control of a populist re-election narrative that Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama strategists have spent weeks honing on the campaign trail.
The message: incumbent Obama is a firewall against a return to the "failed" foreign, social and economic policies of the George W. Bush administration, which are now embodied by presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Romney "basically wants to do what they did before — on steroids," former President Bill Clinton told a crowd of high-dollar donors at an Obama campaign fundraiser Sunday night, "which will get you the same consequences you got before, on steroids."
Biden has used a month-long series of five speeches on key campaign issues to methodically lay out the same argument, signaling that Democrats will focus less on positive promises for a second Obama term than on a negative message about Romney.
"He offers his prescription as if somehow it's a new idea, folks, like something we haven't seen before, even worse, like something we haven't actually tried before," Biden said of Romney's tax-cut focused economic plan during a speech in New Hampshire earlier this month.
"Folks, we've seen the movie before," Biden said. "It doesn't end well. It does not end well. Where has he been?"
At campaign rallies in Toledo, Ohio, and Davenport, Iowa, Biden highlighted the resurgence of the U.S. auto industry and manufacturing sector — both of which received financial support under the administration — as case studies in contrast with Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor famously opposed the 2009 auto bailout and has suggested the administration's emphasis on greater investment in U.S. manufacturers may be misplaced.
Biden warned retirees in Coconut Creek, Fla., that a President Romney would "dismantle" Medicare and roll back health care benefits for women, including abortion rights and contraception coverage.
The targeted, populist pitch — to which Obama will more forcefully lend his voice this week — tracks closely with positions backed by large or increasing numbers of Americans.
Majorities of voters in recent public opinion polls side with Obama on higher taxes for millionaires and billionaires, for example, and resisting bold changes to Medicare as proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan and backed by Romney.
Growing numbers of Americans also say they support the taxpayer-funded auto bailout, and withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Republicans say Obama's argument is shaping up as a diversion from the unpopular aspects of his first term, including the health care overhaul and lingering high unemployment.
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CharlieTango wrote:so we should get rid of the composite, increase drag, reduce flap range, eliminate the flaperons, lengthen the wings, lengthen the fuselage and tame this beast into a pussycat?
It is all a matter of degree. If you designed a plane with neutral stability it would perform better, but it would be harder to fly. More people would lose control because they didn't have the training, reflexes, and/or ability to be constantly vigilant. There would be an increase in the loss of control accidents and in each case it would be pilot error (failure to maintain control of the plane). GA planes are designed with longitudinal and lateral stability, because the loss of performance was preferable to a higher accident rate. There are many similar compromises in products. If a higher number of accidents occur with a particular design a change is called for.
In an earlier thread you mentioned that I tried to sell my plane prior to delivery because of the fuel feed problem. That was only one reason. My bigger concern is the number of landing accidents. In any case since no one was interested in buying my plane, even though it was at a substantial discount for a new plane delivered direct from the dealer with a shorter wait than normal. I can only conclude that others are starting to look at the plane more critically or maybe it is just over priced.


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British Virgin Islands Maps
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Online Map of British Virgin Islands
Large detailed map of British Virgin Islands
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Map of Tortola island
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The British Virgin Islands (BVI) located in the Northeastern Caribbean which is an archipelago that consists of 60 islands. It is a self-governing British overseas territory. The Caribbean Sea lies to the south and the North Atlantic Ocean to the north. There four main islands: Jost Van Dyke, Anegada, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda. Neighbors are U.S. Virgin Islands in the west and Anguilla in the east.
BVI is an offshore financial territory, where many companies, airplanes and ships get registered. Financial services and tourism are mainly boosting BVI's economy. English is an official language. The capital and largest city is Road Town.
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Capital: Road Town.
Area: 59 sq mi (153 sq km).
Population: ~ 28,000.
Official language: English.
Currency: United States dollar (USD).


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Friday December 6th 2013, 10:00-11:30 am
Location: 343 Preston Street, Adobe Office (Klondike Room)
Description of Event
The Community Suicide Prevention Network invites you to attend the launch of their 1st annual Report to Community, a reflection of the local work that has been accomplished within the focus of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention; the work that is currently being supported by this collective partnership as well as share our aspirations for the future.
Please join our Network members, funders, political champions and community supporters as we present the achievements of the Community Suicide Prevention Network within the past 3 years.
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What is Microblading?
Microblading is a form of Semi Permanent Makeup or Cosmetic Tattooing, where pigments are implanted into the skin. Using a hand held manual tool, a very fine blade is used to implant the pigment resulting in a natural hairlike look. Microblading is used to define and fill in sparse or thinning brows, with exact precision and accuracy. Cosmetic Tattooing with a mechanical device can be used instead of microblading for brows that have little-to-no hair left, creating the popular powder or solid brows.
How does Microblading work?
Microblading in Aylesbury takes 2, 1 hour appointments, and a topical anaesthetic cream will be applied prior to starting. A gap of 4 to 6 weeks will be left in between each appointment giving time for the pigment to settle into the skin before the second microblading treatment is carried out. You will experience some flaking and possible scabbing whilst your new brows are healing, but this should soon subside. As microblading is only semi-permanent, as is all cosmetic tattooing, your polished brows will start to fade after around 12-18 months, and at this point a one of colour-boost will be required to revive the brows, keeping them going for another 12-18 months.
Caron Vetter has been carrying out Cosmetic Tattooing and Microblading for over 28 years and works from within her private clinic located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. You can first book in for a free consultation with Caron to discuss all aspects of the procedure, before booking in for your Microblading treatment in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.