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The artwork was completed in autumn 2016 at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University. In the V Building, courses are held in Building and Environmental Technology, Construction Sciences and Industrial Electrical Engineering. Points of contact between Hasselknippe's choice of materials and the subjects exist. Polyester, one of the materials in the sculpture, is used for boats, cars and surfboards. The transparent and coarse expression of the fibreglass fabric opens up the construction to the viewer and each of the five sculptures has their own identity and personality.
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Artist: tiril hasselknippe Tags: Permanent art
Artist Tiril Hasselknippe's sculptural group Surfboards (Vattenhuset), is located in the foyer of the V Building at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University. The work has a rough expression, a raw material that visualises its origin and the artist's hand. Hasselknippe has been inspired by American popular culture and experiences of colour at Californian beaches. In the same building we also find the painting Cadillac Eldorado by the legendary artist John-E Franzén.


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Baller | noun | pronunciation: [bawl-er] | definition: A 6 foot 2 inch sure-handed, play-making wide receiver out of Deerfield Beach, Florida | example: Bryce Gowdy.
Bryce Gowdy, a class of 2020 prospect, is ranked as a 4-star prospect and 167th overall in the country per rivals.com. As important to Georgia Tech fans, he is committed to the Yellow Jackets.
Gowdy has had a strong start to his senior season and is looking to get even better. "My season is going great. I am making all my plays and starting to focus on becoming a stronger leader so I can take my team to state," said Gowdy in a recent interview with GTSwarm.
Gowdy acknowledges his strengths but also wants to keep improving. "My best trait is my competitive nature and the one thing I would say I need to work on is my overall consistency."
Even though he is working hard and focused on his own season, he has been tuned in all year to Georgia Tech and the offense especially. "Looking at the offense, I see a lot of promise and opportunity that won't be fully showcased until more players like me are headed to the flats," said Gowdy.
The Deerfield Beach product senses he has a chance to come in and make an early impact and that is exactly what he plans to do. "I'm really confident that I can come and start day 1 at Georgia Tech with my skillset. I am big and strong. I am college ready right now." Bryce clearly exudes confidence but puts his money where his mouth is and will continue to work hard and put himself into a position to succeed. He does not know when he is going to visit again but will be on campus soon. "I plan on signing, then enrolling early."
If Gowdy continues to work hard and arrives for Tech's spring semester to get accustomed to the team and school, watch out for Gowdy to be a biGTime contributor to Tech's offense as early as next year.


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The Transfiguration of our Lord
February 11 2018
2 Kings 2.1-12; Psalm 50.1-6; 2 Corinthians 4.3-6; Mark 9.2-10
Rev Páraic Réamonn, Church of Scotland
We're in California. Bill S Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan are outside a store in downtown San Dimas, looking desperately for help.
Ted asks a woman going into the store, "Excuse me, when did the Mongols rule China?"
"I don't know," she says. "I just work here."
The wind picks up, and suddenly a phone booth comes out of the sky and lands in front of them. The door opens and, from 700 years in the future, out walks Rufus.
"Greetings, my excellent friends," he says. "Gentlemen, I'm here to help you with your history report."
Suddenly another phone booth drops from the sky.
"Bill?" says Ted.
"What?" says Bill.
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
In our Gospel today, strange things are afoot on a mountaintop in the Galilee. People dispute which mountain it is. Some say Mount Tabor, others argue for Mount Hermon. The argument is important for tourism but rather misses the point.
Where is not important. What happens there is.
The vehicle through which Mark preaches the good news of our salvation is neither a creed not a confession of faith nor a theological tract. Mark's vehicle is story. If we think of stories as fit only for children or teenagers we condemn ourselves to misunderstand the thought-world and the literary conventions of the ancient Near East; we also condemn ourselves to miss the subtlety and sophistication of Mark's Gospel.[1]
Today's story is read out of the Gospel sequence. We have been labouring for weeks in the foothills of Mark chapter 1, and suddenly our lectionary fast-forwards to chapter 9, takes us up a high mountain apart, and lets us see the view.
Today's story is best read as a commentary on the one that in Mark's Gospel precedes it, the story of Caesarea Philippi that we shall only read two Sundays from now.
Here, as so often, the New Testament scholar Tom Wright can help:
"What has happened in the gospel so far? Jesus has, metaphorically speaking, led the disciples up the high mountain of a new view of God's kingdom. In extraordinary actions and puzzling but profound words he has unveiled for them what God is up to… [T]he disciples are having their eyes opened, so that they can see… the inner reality of God's kingdom, and the central truth that – even though he doesn't look like what they might have expected! – Jesus really is the Messiah."[2]
In the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus finally pops the question: "Who do you say that I am?" And Simon Peter, speaking for all of them, confesses that he is the Christ, only to hear Jesus tell them that being Messiah isn't all it's cracked up to be. He must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes in Jerusalem, and be killed. This is definitely not what they had in mind.
But in today's Gospel, Jesus takes the disciples literally up a high mountain; and there in an epiphany his words are confirmed.
Listen to Tom Wright again:
"Yes, Jesus really is the Messiah. Yes, the path he is treading – the path that will lead to the cross – really is the right, God-given way by which he must come into his kingdom, by which he will be obedient to the plan of the one who addresses him, as at the baptism, as his beloved son. And yes, all this is happening not… detached from the long and noble tradition of the prophets and the law, but entirely in line with Elijah and with Moses himself."[3]
There is something more.
In the book of the prophet Malachi, the last book of our Christian Old Testament, the Lord promises to send Elijah back to the people. Elijah will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents and prepare the way for God's own coming.
"The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple," says Malachi. The Lord, in the form of an upstart Galilean the rulers of the temple will find intolerable, When Jesus of Nazareth comes to Jerusalem, God comes, in and as a human being.
To borrow from 2 Corinthians: In the face of Jesus Christ transfigured on the mountaintop, we see the light of the glory of Christ; we see, identically, the light of the glory of God. It's the same thing.
Let me say a more personal word about our reading from 2 Kings. It begins "with one of the most dramatic openings in the scriptures; casually mentioning that God's plan to sweep Elijah away to heaven in a whirlwind was already afoot."[4]
Elisha, aware that his father-prophet is leaving, is reluctant to leave his side. The disciples of the prophets in Bethel and Jericho also know that God is planning to take Elijah. Says Wil Gafney: "Elijah's ascension was apparently the worst kept secret on this side of heaven."
Elisha follows his master all the way to the river Jordan, where Elijah parts the waters, as Moses parted the waters of the Red Sea, and goes across. Elijah, of course, is going in the wrong direction, away from the land of promise. But here, as so often in his life, Elijah is patterned on Moses. Crossing where he does, he is assumed into heaven in the region of Mount Nebo, where Moses looked across to the land and where Moses died without ever entering it.[5]
I am no Elijah, but as some of you know, I too am leaving – not, to be sure, before Christ has died and risen. Easter will be my last Sunday in Jerusalem.
And what strikes me personally about our Old Testament reading is that behind all the pyrotechnics, behind the chariots of fire and the horses of fire, this is a story of transition. Elijah must ascend so that Elisha can increase; I must go so that my successor may succeed me.
What is true here is true also of our New Testament. Christ dies, Christ rises, Christ will come again. But meantime he hands us the baton and tells us to get on with it. We are not the light, but we are to witness to the light. In the season of Lent, and already today, we can ask ourselves how well we do that.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the 1989 cult movie with which we began, is a fable of redemption, a fairytale for teenagers. My sons liked it even before they were teenagers. Perhaps because I've never really stopped being a teenager, I like it still.
The movie begins in Bill's garage, with Bill and Ted playing their clapped-out guitars and trying hard to become a triumphant super band. They are very bad.
700 years later, however, their music has become the foundation of society. It has helped put an end to war and poverty. It has aligned the planets and brought them into universal harmony, allowing meaningful contact with all forms of life, from extra-terrestrials to common household pets. And it's excellent for dancing.
Mark's Gospel this Sunday, Mark's Gospel every Sunday, is also a tale of redemption. But it's not a fable or a fairytale, for teens or anyone else.
I said a moment ago that what happens on the mountaintop is more important than where it happens. Now I want to say that what happens is less important than what it means.
The Jesus of our Gospels spends a lot of time complaining that those he addresses are slow to hear and slow to understand. Last week, you might say, I had my own belated epiphany. I noticed that the story of the transfiguration, which falls on the last Sunday after Epiphany, nicely complements the story with which the season begins.
On January 6 in the western Christian tradition, we remember the revealing of Jesus of Nazareth to the gentiles – that is to say, to people like most of us here. The magi, those mysterious wise men from the east, learn in Bethlehem that God is Immanuel – God with us – not triumphantly, as we might expect, but in the form of a vulnerable child.
This Sunday we remember the revealing of Jesus of Nazareth to his disciples – that is to say, to the people we should like to be and sometimes are. The followers of Jesus, who are just as muddled as we, learn on Mark's mountaintop that God is here, God is Immanuel, not triumphantly but in the form of a vulnerable man on his way to a cross.
We need to hold the two parts of this truth together. Yes, Christ will die, which is not what anyone expects of a proper Messiah. But it is precisely in his life and death and his rising again that God is with us; what begins with Golgotha and an empty tomb will end with his coming again; and in all of this, God is here, with us and among us.
We are still rather obviously making a mess of human history. But God is here to help us with our history report.
Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, Michael Fishbane , eds, The Jewish Study Bible (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure script
Wil Gafney, "Commentary on First Reading: 2 Kings 2.1-12", Working Preacher, February 11 2018
Tom Wright, Lent for Everyone: Mark Year B (London: SPCK, 2012)
Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone (London: SPCK, 2001)
Bright the cloud and bright the glory (CH4 353)
O laughing light, O first-born of creation (CH4 135)
Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature (CH4 463)
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart (CH4 495)
You, Lord are both lamb and shepherd (CH4 355)
[1] See Jon D Levenson, "Introduction to Genesis", The Jewish Study Bible, 8
[2] Tom Wright, Mark for Everyone, 114f
[3] Tom Wright, Lent for Everyone: Mark, Year B, 82f
[4] Wil Gafney, "Commentary on First Reading: 2 Kings 2.1-12", Working Preacher, February 11 2018
[5] The Jewish Study Bible, 728


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Dr. Dre to make donation to Milwaukee nonprofit after Colin Kaepernick's pledge
Urban Underground to get additional $10,000 grant
Urban Underground to get additional $10,000 grant
Urban Underground to get additional $10,000 grant
He's revered and reviled, but the former NFL player who chose to kneel during the national anthem keeps his promises.
Colin Kaepernick made good on a pledge to donate $1 million to organizations working in oppressed communities, including Milwaukee's Urban Underground.
Urban Underground targets kids between 13 and 18 years old and aims to teach them leadership, academic and life skills.
In 2016, Kaepernick donated $25,000 to Urban Underground. Thursday, on Facebook, he announced that rap producer Dr. Dre would donate, too.
"Dre has decided to donate $10,000 to Urban Underground, an organization whose mission is to create a culture of excellence, commitment to justice, and pursuit of leadership," Kaepernick said on facebook.
"Thank you, Dre," said Urban Underground staffer Miguel Leija.
Leija said the money is great, but recognition by these high-profile philanthropists has an amazing impact on their youth.
"By them seeing somebody as big as Dr. Dre, somebody as big as Colin Kaepernick, showing support for a grass-root organizations like this is definitely an uplift, is definitely an uplift for sure," Leija said.
Now that they've got their attention, Urban Underground is hoping these megastars will come see the important work they're supporting.
"Dr. Dre, we appreciate your donation. Come see what we're about. Come meet us. Come meet our youth," Leija said. "Colin Kaepernik, Milwaukee native, we want you back man, we want to see your beautiful face."
Kaepernick has also pledged to donate all the proceeds from sales of his jersey to programs for underserved youth.


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Australias recreational vehicle industry is determined to remain world class. This drives the launch of a new training college by the Caravan Industry Australia Victorian Trades Division (CIAVic) and Wodonga Institute of TAFE.
The Victorian Minister for Training and Skills Steve Herbert today unveiled the National Caravan Industry Training College at Supreme Caravans, caravan dealership on the Hume Highway at Craigieburn.
The college is an innovative partnership between CIAVic and Wodonga Institute of TAFE which aims to raise the professionalism and standards of the caravan industry by producing skilled people with nationally accredited industry qualifications and non-accredited industry specific training.
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New NSA Leaks Reveal US, UK Spied on Top Officials in 60 Nations
- December, 21, 2013 - 12:41
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The latest string of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that Britain and the US spied on hundreds of top officials in 60 countries.
The documents, cited by The Guardian and The New York Times, said that Britain's intelligence bureau Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in 2009 collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to snoop on an email address belonging to Israel's Ehud Olmert, who was prime minister at the time.
Other monitoring targets between 2008 and 2011 included European Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia, German government buildings and several unnamed African heads of state, AFP reported.
Among the aid groups listed were the United Nations Development Programme, the UN's children's charity Unicef and Médécins du Monde. The companies mentioned included the Thales group, a defense company partly owned by the French government, as well as French oil group Total.
An NSA spokeswoman said the agency did not use espionage to help US businesses.
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"The intelligence community's efforts to understand economic systems and policies, and monitor anomalous economic activities, are critical to providing policy-makers with the information they need to make informed decisions that are in the best interest of our national security."
However, the European Commission said if it was true one of its senior officials had been targeted it would be "unacceptable".
Germany has been especially angered after it was reported that the NSA had tapped Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
The Guardian said the disclosure that GCHQ had targeted German government buildings in Berlin was embarrassing for British Prime Minister David Cameron since he had signed an EU statement condemning the NSA's spying on Merkel.


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As Long As Love Lasts by Jea Hawkins is a story that takes place in two time periods. In 2018 you meet Peyton and Brooke. Peyton is close to wanting a divorce. So close that she has a divorce lawyer's business card. Brooke is younger and not serious enough for Peyton. They are at the point in their relationship where all Peyton can see are problems and all the reasons why her and Brooke shouldn't be together anymore.
When Brooke inherits a derelict house from her aunt she drags Peyton into doing renovations. Peyton wants to unload the property and not have to worry about replacing so many walls and floors in the house. But she reluctantly agrees and they begin renovations. When they remove one of the walls they discover a box of letters and a journal written by Marty, Brooke's aunt.
Peyton is inexplicably drawn to the diary and letters that tell the story of Marty and the love of her life, Vera.
As they read the 70 year old documents we go back in time to 1939 and unveil Marty's story.
Marty has never been attracted to men and on a trip to the circus she meets a woman like no one she has ever met before. The attraction is instant but the romance is slow. When WWII breaks out Marty's world is thrust in a direction that she didn't see coming.
Add an escapee elephant, a mother who keeps pushing Marty to make a good match and get married and you have two intertwined stories that will make you believe in love.
The Characters
Hawkins did some interesting things to me in this book. I started off disliking Peyton and Brooke but the storyline with Marty and Vera was so captivating that I kept reading and by the end of the story I had changed my mind about Peyton and Brooke.
Jea Hawkins did a great job of creating subtleties in each of the characters so that they become like friends.
The Writing Style
I was surprised by the story. It didn't go where I expected it to and I was glad that I read to the end. Having said that, this book brings out mixed emotions in me:
SPOILER – the story that I was hoping would have a happy ending didn't but the other one did. So it kind of balanced out but left me sad.
The writing itself was good and I was pulled into the story quite effortlessly.
The Pros
You won't read a story like this again. It was a completely unique, gentle and memorable book.
The historical research was good and I enjoyed the way the dual stories unfolded.
I also loved the way Vera and Marty met. That was completely adorable (and I included some of it as an excerpt below).
The Cons
I didn't have any real cons.
The Conclusion
As Long As Love Lasts was unexpected and while it did leave me feeling sad because of some of the events, it also left me hopeful that Peyton would find her joy.
If you enjoy books that are closer to mimicking life and like to read real stories of people who could have existed then this is a great book for you.
Excerpt from As Long As Love Lasts by Jea Hawkins
Cripes, that was a person in the white tank top, gray slacks with drooping suspenders, grungy from head to toe, and sweat pouring off their body. But they couldn't possibly be what Marty thought they were…
The slender form twisted to pick up shovelfuls of – Marty wrinkled her nose –dung and deposited it outside the pen. Another step forward and she saw that the outline of breasts against the shirt was unmistakable. How could this be? The figure was boyish, but there was no missing the gentle swell of those feminine assets on top.
Marty blinked and averted her gaze, as she tried to ignore the rush of breath she'd sucked in. Women were the attractions in the circus, not laborers who shoveled animal waste.
"Excuse me!" Marty couldn't help herself. She continued forward, white-gloved hand lifted in that very same manner she used when calling to Dorothy, Helen, and her other lady friends from across the street in town.
The worker barely spared her a glance. But soon, Marty was standing next to her, watching her labor.
"Pardon me, I don't mean to be rude, but is this allowed?"
The woman squinted at her, a newsboy cap shading her eyes. Eyes that were a startling shade of green. "Keeping the elephant pen clean? I'd say it's allowed, yeah." The nonchalant way she responded, as if the odor of piles of waste on a hot day didn't bother her, left Marty staring at the woman.
"No, no." Marty shook her head, bobbed blonde pin curls bouncing at her ears. "A woman laboring among the men. There must be laws about…" Her gaze raked the revealing attire. "Decency," she concluded.
"Never known a ringmaster to care about gender, let alone decency. As long as the job gets done, what does it matter?"
Considering the way the woman talked, it sounded like she didn't mind, either.
Before Marty could question her, the woman embedded the head of the shovel in the hard earth, folded her arms over the top of the handle, and tilted her head.
Now Marty could see strands of straight, brown hair peeking out from beneath the cap as the woman grinned at her. For being a guest at the circus, Marty suddenly felt as if she were in the spotlight. The skin along her arms tingled and she told herself it was merely the heat radiating from the sun that made her react that way.
"If you've come to save our souls," the laborer said, apparently still unruffled, "then you're in the wrong place."
"I… Why would you…" Why the words flustered her, Marty didn't know. Maybe because religion was the furthest thing from her mind. Like most people in the region, she was a Protestant in name and nothing more than that. All her questions came from a far more practical place.
She was being practical, right?
The woman inclined her head and said, voice as calm as ever, "You're standing in elephant dung, lady."
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text: A slow day today. Got 'Castle on a Cloud' song stuck in my head for a large portion of the day and it's been raining three days straight. Snuck onto Josh's old site and listened to his music. He's too preoccupied with his new relationship so I'm just a shadow. However, I have made another really good friend(I'll call him Teddy on here) and it's been pretty hilarious so far. ;p The rain is a bit of a downer and so is the fact that everyone sleeps most of the day off because it is dreary so I'm going to blast some music now and piss someone off. At least there'll be some action for once today. ;p Over and out.


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Listening to the stories of some of those who had fled Boko Haram was like 'watching' a war movie in auditory mode.
Listening to the stories of some of those who had fled Boko Haram was like 'watching' a war movie in auditory mode.
Most of them were people fleeing suspected herdsmen/mercenaries and were from communities in Nassarawa State. I was touched to find that the villagers had taken in some of the displaced persons…
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The FSLC is an important certificate in Nigeria. It proves that the holder is literate and has undergone primary education. It is required for certain clerical jobs and is also a basic requirement for entry into junior secondary school. The Federal Government had, in 1999, restructured the educational system from 6-3-3-4 to 9-3-4 and included Universal Basic Education (UBE) where every child is to undergo 6 years of primary education and then spend a further 3 years in junior secondary school.
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So, I'm a little behind on the 5 month post. It may or may not be because I had a little bit of trouble getting my sweet boy to cooperate taking pics. Apparently 5 month olds don't like to sit still to have their picture made. It's not fun! You can tell by looking at his face in the above pic...blank stare!
Also, you'll notice the cute little magnet board with "5 months" only made an appearance in a couple of pictures. That's because he was more concerned with eating it! I'm not sure how healthy it is to chew on magnets. So, we had to try a couple of different times, in a couple of different locations. Oh well...now you know a little better how it is dealing with a 5 month old all day. They're really squirmy!!
At our last check-up, he was 15lbs 1oz and 25in long. We go back again at 6 months, so we'll have more official stats. Our last home weigh-in put him at close to 16 pounds.
Sleeping Habits:
Sleep?? What's that?? The past month has not been so great. Kaden is back to waking up once in the middle of the night. Not sure what that's about. Dr said he's probably hitting a growth spurt. My thoughts are he better grow quickly! Sometimes a simple pat or paci will work, but sometimes he actually wants to nurse. Hopefully he'll grow out of this stage quick! It doesn't really bother me too much since I get to be home with him all day and can nap if I need to. I know they're only this age once, so I try to enjoy ALL of it...the good & the not so good! :-) On a better note, he's taking longer naps now, which is nice. Before, he'd only sleep 30-45 min. Now, he'll nap for an hour or two. We can tell when he's tired cause he'll rub his eyes, bury his face (in my arm pit, neck, anywhere to hide it from light), and then his hand goes in my mouth. Not sure what that's about. I haven't figured out how me sucking his thumb or finger makes him feel better, but it does. Kids are so weird! ;-)
Eating Habits:
This has been the biggest area of change in Kaden's world. We've started baby food. At first, when we tried plain cereal, I wasn't sure how well it was going to go over, or how easy it would be. I had heard breast-fed babies are sometimes hard to introduce anything other than mommy to. But, once I started introducing fruits & veggies, he's loved it. So far we've tried carrots, green beans, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, squash, peas & peaches. The squash and peas haven't gone over to well, but we'll keep trying! I usually feed him half a jar of fruit with cereal in the morning, half a jar of fruit/veggie with cereal in the afternoon, and a veggie with cereal at night. He's a very flexible eater. He always has been. I still nurse him at all meals as well.
New Tricks:
Kaden is quite the "talker." It's so cute to listen to him make new noises. He can tell when he's making a new noise, and he'll "practice" over & over. He's also on the move. He hasn't mastered crawling, but he uses rolling to get where he needs to go. If he sees a toy, or anything he wants, he'll roll or inchworm until he gets there. He gets his legs up under him, but he hasn't figured out how to use his arms and legs to get where he needs to go. It won't be long!
Dr. Visits:
We went to the Dr. for his 4 month check-up. He's growing right on track. Dr. says we couldn't ask for a more perfect, healthy baby. We're very blessed! We go back in 1 month for his 6 month check-up.
General Observations:
Every month I write about how he's entering the "fun stage." Well, he's there! We love this kid! He's so full of energy, and has the cutest personality. He loves to laugh. The silliest things make him laugh out loud...silly faces, silly voices...it doesn't take much. He interacts with us more. He recognizes familiar faces. He's getting to the age where is doesn't like anything that confines him...carseat, bouncy seat, bumbo. He wants to be able to move around. He's so squirmy. He likes to be held standing up, so he can jump up and down. We had music on the other night & he was jumping and dancing. He's so fun, we just can't get enough of him!
The months are flying by. Especially this time of year. I love the holiday season, but it always goes so fast. There's so much to do, and so little time! We wake up every day wondering how our little guy is going to change, what new tricks he'll do, how much bigger he'll be, or how he'll surprise us!
For a not so great "photo shoot", I couldn't pick just a few pics. With a face like this, there's too many good ones! :-)


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If you find yourself working in Shanghai, it may be hard to leave the city. Vacations are few and far in between, and national holidays are never a good time to travel. However, there are a few trips you can take just during the weekend. One of the few I took was from Shanghai to Xitang and Hangzhou. Both of these places definitely deserve a few days to explore, but if you're short on time, you can see a good chunk of these 2 cities. Here's what I did in 1 day in Xitang.
I was travelling with 4 other friends, 1 of which was from China so she understood the transportation system and found us a place to stay. We all met up at Shanghai South Railway station around 7am to take the train that goes to Xitang, but I totally forgot that unless you're a citizen you will need your passport to buy a train ticket. So because I forgot my passport the only other option was to take a bus, which you don't need a passport to buy a ticket. The bus route is a direct route, but it's a lot harder to navigate and understand, so thankfully we had someone who was a local in our group.
Once you get off the bus in Xitang many rickshaw drivers will approach you to take their rickshaw and offer different prices. We had no choice but to take one of these rickshaws since there was no taxis in sight. At first the road was a wide 6 lane road, but the driver turned and started driving through what appears to be a farm land. The width of the road was just wide enough for the wheels, and there were points where we were riding at an angle.
Thankfully, we arrived safely at the place where we were staying which was a traditional Chinese Inn, the rooms had the raised flat beds and there was propaganda posters and chairman mao pictures on the walls.
After dropping off our stuff we head in to Xitang area, which requires a 100-yuan entrance fee for a day. From here all we did was eat! Food vendors at every shop selling different unique Chinese snacks. Since we came with a bigger group we tried to get one of everything to share and try.
We also came across a fish spa and rested there for 30mins while the dead skin on our feet got eaten away by little fishes.
We spend the rest of the day exploring more of the little town and found an area full of little shops selling trinkets and souvenirs.
As it got dark, we headed back to the canal area to take a river cruise. Vendors selling paper flowers also appeared and you can light a candle, make a wish, and set it on the river to float away.
Later at night we checked out the bar area, from every store front loud music was blasting, lights were flashing, "promoters" were standing at the side of the street to pull people into their bars. We decided to check out one that was a little off to the side and quieter.
All the bars mainly sold combos of drinks and food, so don't expect to be able to sit at a table with just a beer. We just got the cheapest option which was still quite a lot with over 15 coolers and some fruits. We ended our day there to prepare for the next day in Hangzhou. One day in Hangzhou post will be coming soon!
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This is a continuation of my new crabber post. I took your suggestions and applied them to the tank.
I added more cocohusk and mixed it with the sand. I got some more climby stuff and a hidey area. I got a deeper dish for the saltwater so they can submerge. Here's pics of the new set up. The last pic is the old setup but with the extra substrate and sand mixed just to show depth. I cant do alot as one of my crabs is down.
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That's an awesome improvement! Just a few suggestions for you-- first, painted shells are toxic to crabs. If they swallow part of the chipped paint, it could kill them. I definitely suggest getting some more natural shells soon. Next, what brand of pellets are you using? And do you have a calcium source? Most pellets are toxic to crabs, so I would stay away from them. And calcium is an essential for hermit crabs. If you want an easy choice, I suggest cuttlebone. You can find it in the bird section of the pet store. Your crabbies will love you! One other thing I'd like to add is that if you add more sand after your little guy comes up, and mix water into the substrate, you can get a sandcastle-consistancy substrate that's good for making caves (molting). But some people just use coco fibre, so it's up to you!
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I have a 91 Dodge spirit. It has 65000 miles on it. I have been driving my car in the early morning in sub-zero temperatures. recently the engine has been shaking erratically (even when warm) whenever i accelerate to slowly. I am worried that i may have damaged the engine. When i start the car I don't usually let it warm up before i start driving. I also have occasionally revved it to get going right after stating the car. I suppose the question is really what kind of damage may have resulted from running the engine with very cold oil. Could the shaking be a symptom of a larger problem I may have caused?
It sounds like it's not firing on all cylinders when cold. That would likely be a fuel delivery problem. Does your vehicle have an engine block heater? If so use it and see if there is any difference.
Also try some "gasline antifreeze" in your tank. You may have moisture in your gas.
No I don't have an Engine heater. I will have to try that. I was hoping to find out what "common" wear problems could arise from the abuse I have given my engine.
Running rough for a short time won't harm the engine. You should also have the ignition checked out. You need a good spark to "fire" those cylinders. The oil temperature won't matter, I have routinely started up cars at -30F. Just make sure the oil in the engine is light weight, 5W30 or less.
Revving up the engine before the oil has circulated will cause excessive wear. A very cold start equals about 500 miles of normal driving in term of wear.
thank you for your help. So, as far as i can surmise I should be OK if i continue to drive the vehicle. The shaking is probably not related to a wear issue but an issue related to miss fire (gas line, spark problems) which I will have checked out. The car has never died at idle. I have also been reading about "safe" cold weather driving procedure, as far as I can tell as long as I drive the car gingerly until it warms up I should avoid adding a lot of engine wear. Does all of this sound ok?
You've go the picture. It's like jogging, don't start off by running fast until you're warmed up. Normal oil takes about 20-30 seconds to circulate to the valves, but heavy oil in cold weather may take several minutes!!!
For smooth running you need a good spark, enough fuel and enough air to make a proper mixture. If your air filter has never been changed , I would change that too.
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Christmas and New Year - traditionally that time when everything stops, people here go to the beach or on holiday somewhere, spend time with family (or avoid them), and generally laze around. I managed to do nearly all those things. 10 days away in Tasmania (island state of Australia off south coast of Victoria) which included husband's family, a little touring around, a lot of food and wine, and a huge amount of sitting outside on the verandah (patio to you in the US) gazing at the Tamar River.
But all that downtime on the brain gave the cells a real rest and I managed to then spend many hours working on the pirate novel. Mostly fine editing/fine tuning but I had a rethink about the main character's arc and have rewritten little bits here and there that I think strengthen the story more.
I read lots of books - Sue Grafton's new one (S is for Silence), a Kathy Reichs I'd missed, and a historical mg novel called "Powder Monkey" which is set on a Royal Navy frigate in 1800. I was very interested to see how the author handled the historical details, and mostly it was good. In the first 40 pages or so, the main character took a while to grab me but after that it was an enjoyable read.
I also took photocopies of two novels (a few pages from each) and did some analysis, looking at language and rhythm and voice. It all sounds like work, not holiday, doesn't it?! But I had a great time and fitted in the lazing around with the writing very nicely.
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