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Essay by Paul Levy at Awaken In The Dream
Synchronicities are those moments of "meaningful coincidence" when the boundary dissolves between the inner and the outer. At the synchronistic moment, just like a dream, our internal, subjective state appears, as if materialized in, as and through the outside world. Touching the heart of our being, synchronicities are moments in time in which there is a fissure in the fabric of what we have taken for reality and there is a bleed through from a higher dimension outside of time. Synchronicities are expressions of the dreamlike nature of reality, as they are moments in time when the timeless, dreamlike nature of the universe shines forth its radiance and openly reveals itself to us, offering us an open doorway to lucidity.
Synchronicity was one of Jung's most profound yet least understood discoveries, in part because it cannot be appreciated until we personally step into and experience the synchronistic realm for ourselves. Jung's discovery of synchronicity was in a sense the parallel in the realm of psychology to Einstein's discovery of the law of relativity in physics. Because it is so radically discontinuous with our conventional notions of the nature of reality, the experience of synchronicity is so literally mind-blowing that Jung contemplated this phenomenon for over twenty years before he published his thinking about it. Jung's synchronistic universe was a new world view which embraced linear causality while simultaneously transcending it. A synchronistic universe balances and complements the mechanistic world of linear causality with a realm that is outside of space, time and causality. In a synchronicity, two heterogeneous world-systems, the causal and acausal, interlock and interpenetrate each other for a moment in time, which is both an expression of while creating in the field an aspect of our wholeness to manifest. The synchronistic universe is beginning-less in that we are participating in its creation right now, which is why Jung calls it "an act of creation in time."
To illustrate what he meant by the word synchronicity, Jung brings up an experience he shared with a patient of his. This particular patient was very caught in her head, and the analysis was seemingly going nowhere. She was stuck, trapped in the self-created prison of her own mind. Jung realized there was nothing he could do. In Jung's words, "I had to confine myself to the hope that something unexpected and irrational would turn up, something that would burst the intellectual retort in which she had sealed herself." She had an impressive dream the night before, in which someone offered her a golden scarab – a valuable piece of jewelry. At the moment she was telling Jung the dream, there was a tapping on the office window. Jung opened up the window and a scarabaeid beetle, whose gold-green color closely resembles that of a golden scarab, flew into the room. Jung caught the beetle in his hand, handed it to her and said "Here is your scarab."
The shock of recognition in the synchronistic moment, in which Jung's patient realized her dream of the previous night was being both literally and symbolically enacted in her waking life, pierced through her resistance and cracked her defensive shell wide open. At the moment of synchronistic transmission, a fundamental shift in perception took place within her which inwardly transformed her and made her receptive in a new way. From that point on, Jung commented, "The treatment could now be continued with satisfactory results."
There was no conventional, linear causal link between the patient's dream and the beetle tapping on the window the next day. But there was clearly an equivalence and meaningful connection between the two co-related events which was not based on linear causality In addition, the patient, as an active, egoic agent in space and time, didn't cause or create the synchronicity, which was acausal and happened of its own accord. And yet, in some mysterious way, the beetle tapping on the window was intimately related to her.
To quote Jung, "Synchronicity is no more baffling or mysterious than the discontinuities of physics. It is only the ingrained belief in the sovereign power of causality that creates intellectual difficulties and makes it appear unthinkable that causeless events exist or could ever exist. But if they do, then we must regard them as creative acts, as the continuous creation of a pattern that exists from all eternity, repeats itself sporadically, and is not derivable from any known antecedents." This quote by Jung has an interesting footnote which adds the following, "Continuous creation is to be thought of not only as a series of successive acts of creation, but also as the eternal presence of the one creative act."
Synchronicities are crystallizations in linear time of a nonlinear, acausal, atemporal process, windows into the realm outside of time and space, a world in which we ourselves are active participants in and of "the one creative act." Synchronicities are both timeless and temporal, which is to say they are possessed of a double nature with regard to time. Synchronicities can be deeply religious and mystical experiences, expanding our sense of who we imagine we are and transforming our intimate relationship with ourselves.
Synchronicities are expressions of the dreamlike nature of reality – like with Jung's patient, our night dreams can manifest in our waking life, but also in the sense that, just like with our dreams at night, our inner process is given shape to through the seemingly outer world. In a night dream, the seemingly outer dreamscape is synchronistically reflecting the internal psyche of the dreamer, as the dream is not separate from the inner world but is nothing other than the psyche within apparently externalized. There is an instantaneous correspondence between the inner and outer worlds not because they are two separate dimensions that are communicating faster than the speed of light, but because they are inseparably united as one seamless, already unified, whole continuum.
Being unmediated manifestations of the dreamlike nature of reality, we can interpret synchronicities just like we would interpret a dream. Mythologically speaking, a scarab is an archetypal symbol which represents, as in ancient Egypt, death/rebirth and transformation. Gold symbolically represents the highest value. Being offered a golden scarab in both her night and waking dreams was a form of synchronistic notarization by the archetype, highlighting its arrival on the scene. The synchronicity was an expression of – as well as the doorway through which – Jung's patient was personally enacting an archetypal process of the renewal of consciousness. The synchronicity bore the stamp of the excited archetype, revealing to her and making real in time that she was actually taking part in a timeless, mythic drama of death and rebirth. Catapulting her out of the limited frame of reference of the conceptual mind, the synchronistic moment helped her access a deeper part of herself, as well as re-connecting her to the universe at large in which she lived.
Synchronicities are both the vehicle through which and an expression of the fact that we are waking up to the dreamlike nature of the universe. Being genuine wake up calls from the awakened part of ourselves, synchronicities are emanations of the part of ourselves that is waking up projected into time.
What I call the "deeper, dreaming Self," is the part of us that is the dreamer of both our night and waking dreams. Being "nonlocal," which is to say not bound by the conventional laws of space and time, as well as being multi-dimensional, the deeper, dreaming Self can simultaneously express itself through inner experiences such as inspirations and dreams as well as by attracting events in the seemingly outer world so as to coagulate itself in embodied form.
The deeper, dreaming Self was simultaneously the dreamer of the golden scarab in the patient's night dream, the inspiration for her to tell Jung the dream in their session, the source of the beetle which was tapping on the window at exactly the right moment, the impulse which animated Jung to open the window, catch the beetle, offer it to his patient and say what he said, as well as the patient's inner, revelatory experience of transformation which was the result. Being multi-faceted and multi-channeled, the deeper, dreaming Self nonlocally arranged all these dimensions enfolded within the field into a singular psycho-physical experiential gestalt in which the oneness of spirit and matter became visible.
Interestingly, the synchronicity with Jung and his patient was an experience in which Jung himself played an active, participatory role. As the synchronistic moment was irrupting into time, he found himself dreamed up by his patient to pick up and play out a role in her dreaming process. At the moment of synchronicity, Jung went from passively sitting in the audience hearing about her process to being drafted into the act and stepping into a scene in the play of his patient's mind. Not merely witnessing his patient's synchronicity, he found himself spontaneously enacting it with her, playing his part and saying his lines perfectly, as if sent by central casting. In offering her the precious jewel of a golden scarab symbolizing death and rebirth, Jung spontaneously found himself being an open instrument for the synchronistic universe to manifest itself through him into materialized form and express itself in our world.
Jung and his patient were reciprocally collaborating in dreaming up their shared synchronistic event together. They became "quantum entangled," interdependently and inseparably merged in the co-creation of each other's synchronicity. The synchronicity was not monopolized by Jung's patient, as it didn't solely belong just to her. Participating in his patient's synchronicity, Jung was at the same time just as much having a living experience in and of his own synchronicity. Even though the synchronicity was a reflection of his patient's inner landscape, it was simultaneously a synchronistic reflection of a deeper process taking place within Jung, too. For Jung to be hearing a patient's dream of a golden scarab and to have a golden scarab fly into his office was an externalized, synchronistic reflection of the archetypal process of death and rebirth which was happening inside of him. It is noteworthy that a synchronistic event can collectively reflect and be mutually shared by more than one person in both similar and singularly unique ways.
To experience a synchronistic event is to necessarily be changed at our core. No one could have convinced Jung's patient that her synchronistic experience should be dismissed as a mere coincidence, as she had an inner knowing of its meaningfulness due to how it transformed her. She no longer lived in a dis-enchanted universe.
Synchronicities by their very nature demand our active participation, as they are not something we can just passively watch and remain unaffected by. Imbued with a deeper fragrance of meaning, a synchronistic event is a revelation which contains within it a potency to insinuate itself into our very being and alter us from within. Synchronicities can transform us on a cellular level, as they are crystallizations into and out of the space of consciousness itself that have form-ulated themselves into our dimension as an expression of the part of us that is already awakened. Synchronicities inherent revelatory nature is ultimately offering us the realization that we are playing an active, participatory and hence, co-creative role in the unfoldment of the universe.
Registering the revelation embedded in the synchronistic moment is to necessarily have an expansion of consciousness, as the lens through which we view, interpret and place meaning on the nature of our experience has broadened by and through the very synchronicity itself. Because it is rich in the nutrient of meaning, a synchronistic event affects and deepens our state of awareness and perception, which is another way of saying that synchronicities are expressions of consciousness itself. Just like symbols in a dream, synchronicities do not exist objectively, separate from our own mind.
Synchronistic moments feel like grace, as they induce in us the feeling that we are right where we are supposed to be. Being numinous, synchronicities have a strong feeling component and emotional charge, which is both an expression of while simultaneously flowing into, influencing and altering the surrounding field of consciousness. A manifestation of the field as a whole, synchronicities are a field phenomenon, and to receive their full blessing we need to relate to them as such. Synchronicities are a reflection of the deeper, underlying nonlocal field of consciousness waking up to itself through us. The gift of synchronicity cannot be realized from the point of view which imagines we exist as a separate person who is "other" than the field in which we are arising. Jung and his patient's shared synchronistic event was a living experience of being connected to something greater than themselves. Synchronicities are acute outbreaks of the archetypal, collective mind-field crystallized into our personal sphere through the third-dimensional medium of time and space.
Synchronicities are glimpses of transcendental unity, what in Latin is called the "unus mundus," the one world. The unus mundus is the unitary and unifying realm which underlies, pervades and contains all dimensions of our experience. The unus mundus, just like the deeper, dreaming Self, is a psycho-physical reality, a universe beyond time and outside of space in which psyche and matter are inseparably co-joined as interconnected parts of a deeper, unified field. The unus mundus is a world in which we have already woken up. It is a realm beyond duality, beyond the opposites, beyond even the concept of beyond. In the unus mundus, opposites like matter and psyche form the outer and inner aspects of the same transcendental reality. Revealing its designs through events in the outer world as well as the psychic landscape within, the unus mundus is actualizing itself in time as we divine our wholeness through the synchronistic clues encoded within the fabric of experience itself.
Paradoxically, synchronicities are a living, unmediated materialization of our unconscious, while simultaneously being a nonlocalized manifestation of the part of us that's waking up into a more expanded consciousness. Like a genuine symbol, synchronicities are utterances of the soul, as they contain, are an expression of and unite the opposites. Synchronicities are soul-making in action.
Synchronicities occur when we step out of the personal dimension of our experience and access what is called the archetypal dimension of experience. If we are absorbed in and identified with the person-alistic perspective, we person-alize our experience, imagining we exist as a separate person isolated from the space around us. We thus become entranced into a particularized point of view which develops a seemingly autonomous life of its own and becomes a self-reinforcing feedback loop, a true "self" fulfilling prophecy. To become identified with the fixed reference point of the separate self limits our freedom, entraps our creative potency and hinders our compassion. To the extent we recognize the dreamlike nature of our situation, however, we step out of a person-alistic and reductive viewpoint based on linear causality (i.e., the perspective of the illusory skin-encapsulated ego) into a more archetypal perspective in which we find ourselves playing roles in an eternal, mythic and divine drama of incarnation.
The synchronicity with Jung's patient was revealing something not just about her inner, personal process, but was a revelation of a deep, archetypal process which exists within the collective unconscious itself. The synchronicity was simultaneously revealing a dynamic which is both personal and collective – it is at the moment of being truly deadlocked that a deeper archetypal dynamic within the psyche becomes activated and nonlocally expresses itself synchronistically in and through the canvas of the seemingly outer world, as well as within ourselves. To quote Jung, "The patient with the scarab found herself in an 'impossible' situation because the treatment had got stuck and there seemed to be no way out of the impasse…It is this kind of situation that constellates the archetype with the greatest regularity." What is true individually is also true collectively – when we, as a species, find ourselves in an "impossible" situation with no exit plan, it is this very kind of dilemma which constellates the healing and revelatory archetypal realm to become synchronistically activated.
Though it sounds like a big, fancy word, an "archetype" is something we all experience and know intimately from the inside. Indefinable, an archetype is like a psychological instinct or informational field of influence which patterns our psyche, our experience of the world around us and how we experience ourselves. Jung calls archetypes "typical modes of apprehension." An archetype is like the underlying grid-line or blue print which in-forms and structures how we perceive, interpret and respond to our experience.
The personal dimension literalizes our experiences, while the archetypal dimension symbolizes, mythologizes and dreams into our experiences with the utmost creative imagination. Archetypes are the image-making factor in the psyche, informing and giving shape to the images in our mind and the dreams of our soul, and as such, they insist on being approached imaginatively.
When an archetype gets activated within us, it nonlocally constellates itself outwardly in the surrounding field. Conversely, when an archetype is activated in the seemingly outer field, it simultaneously constellates and is a synchronistic reflection of the same activated archetype within ourselves. An activated archetype's magnetic field-of-force orders and organizes the entire field to synchronistically re-arrange itself so as to embody the archetype "in form." The archetype is thus pure inform-ation. Archetypes nonlocally exert their in-forming influence through the frictionless and super-fluid medium of the collective unconscious itself. The archetypal, synchronistic realm vaporizes illusory boundaries – revealing spirit – and builds bridges which mediate and connect the inner and the outer, the conscious and the unconscious, and dreaming and waking.
Synchronicities occur at times of deep archetypal excitation in the field, which is to say moments of crisis, transition, creative tension and dynamic intensity. The archetype that gets activated by the field precipitates itself into the field as a synchronistic expression of the very field which activated it. Periods of disturbance in our world are both a manifestation of and trigger for a corresponding archetype in the collective unconscious of humanity to draw to itself everything it needs to synchronistically render itself visible in form. Times of distress, both individually and collectively, catalyze a deeper, self-regulating and healing archetypal process to awaken within the human psyche which simultaneously expresses itself throughout the whole universe.
There is a profound and intimate synchronistic correlation between what is happening deep within the collective unconscious of humanity and what is playing out collectively on the world stage. Just like a dream, whatever we are unconscious of gets dreamed up and out-pictured in and as our waking dreamscape. What plays out in one person's night dream is a reflection of their inner process; similarly what is getting dreamed up by all six and a half billion of us on the world stage is a reflection of a process going on deep inside of the collective unconscious of humanity.
When a formless archetype of the collective unconscious is at the point of becoming conscious and incarnating, it has an energetic charge that will seize people, get them in its grip and compel them to act itself out so as to give shape and form to itself. What we are unconscious of and don't remember, we act out in the outside world.
Like the underlying, invisible axial system is the skeleton of an emerging crystal, the archetypes of the collective unconscious in-form, pattern and structure our unconscious itself. The inner archetypal dimension is revealing itself by influencing and animating our unconscious, causing us to act out and give shape to the archetypal realm in the world theater. This is happening both individually and collectively on the world stage.
Archetypes can possess individuals or whole nations. Archetypes bedazzle consciousness in such a way that it becomes blind to its own assumed standpoint. When an archetype takes over a person, group or nation, they can be said to be the incarnation or the revelation of the formless, transpersonal archetype in human form, as they synchronistically em-body and mirror back to us this archetypal dynamic which exists deep inside of all of us. When the archetypal realm incarnates, something of the eternal, imperishable dimension synchronistically reveals itself to us as it enters the realm of time and embodiment. Synchronicities are revelations in the nick of time. As our present moment in time indicates, whether we continue to destroy ourselves or wake ourselves up depends upon whether or not we recognize what is synchronistically being revealed to us.
What we don't remember, we aren't associated with. Our dis-memberment from our experience and dis-association from a part of ourselves polarizes and empowers our split-off part to project itself outside of ourselves and express itself by acting itself out in the outside world. We will either become possessed by our split-off part and unconsciously act it out in the world, or we will project it out so that we dream up the seemingly outer universe to act it out for us. This is another way of saying that our waking universe is a function of our consciousness, or lack thereof.
When an archetype synchronistically manifests itself in full-bodied form in the outside world, its full blown localized revelation in time is necessarily correlated to – and an unmediated manifestation of – a more fundamental, nonlocal condition which simultaneously exists both outside of time and inside the timeless part of ourselves. An archetype synchronistically revealing itself in the outside world is a reflection that this same condition is in the of being inwardly realized. The outer, synchronistic materialization of the inner, archetypal process is itself the vehicle through which the archetypal process both actualizes itself in space and time and is inwardly realized.
The spirit that animates synchronicities, if we can speak of such immaterial matters, is the same spirit which inspires our dreams at night. This spirit, the aforementioned "unus mundus" or "deeper, dreaming Self," is dreaming our dreams at night, our life during the day, as well as ourselves. The unus mundus/deeper, dreaming Self arranges situations in our life, both micro and macrocosmically as a way of synchronizing itself, which propels us into greater alignment with the implicate field of open possibility, as we refine and re-find ourselves in each moment anew. To the extent we realize the dreamlike nature of reality, the universe becomes a continually unfolding oracle as we become a revelation to ourselves.
In a synchronicity, the conjunction of two cosmic principles, namely psyche and matter, takes place, and in the process a real exchange of attributes occurs as well. In such situations the psyche behaves as if it were material and matter behaves as if it were an expression of the psyche. Synchronicities are emanations of the sacred marriage in alchemy, where the opposites of spirit and matter reciprocally inform each other as they unite in a timeless embrace.
Instead of orienting ourselves one-sidedly just to the spiritual to the exclusion of matter, or material matters disconnected from spirit, Jung felt that the psychological/spiritual task of our unique time in history is to live and incarnate the realization of the unity of spirit and matter which synchronistic events are revealing to us. Instead of, or in addition to the spirit coming down from the heavens above, spirit's guidance is emerging and rising up from within matter itself and is waiting to be recognized.
Subjectively, synchronistic phenomena evoke in us the feeling that we are not alone, that there is a silent partner that we share our lives with who is dreaming with us. It is as if there is an autonomous factor deep within us arranging our experiences so as to help us to wake up. Part and parcel of a synchronistic event's numinosity is its sense of meeting the "wholly other," whether it be within ourselves or through the medium of the outside world. Paradoxically, through synchronicities we connect with ourselves by becoming introduced to the part of ourselves which is other than who we imagine ourselves to be.
Recognizing the synchronistic matrix which patterns our experience empowers us to be creative, co-operative and active partners in our own awakening process. The more we are open for synchronicities to happen, the more they happen, for synchronicities, just like symbols in a dream, are not separate from the dreamer, which in this case is us. To the extent we recognize the dreamlike nature of our waking universe is the degree to which our life is experienced as synchronistic. Once we become lucid in our waking dream and recognize that we live in a synchronistic universe by our very nature, the universe has no choice but to shape-shift and reflect back our realization by materializing itself synchronistically.
Being initiatory rites of passage, synchronicities empower us to view life synchronistically. Seeing through synchronistic eyes has nothing to do with overlaying a fabricated interpretation upon events to make them appear as if they are synchronistic. Seeing synchronistically simply involves recognizing the underlying synchronistic web which is always weaving itself through our experience. This is analogous to how being inside of a night dream and viewing the dream as if it were a dream would have the instantaneous effect of allowing the dream to more profoundly manifest its dreamlike nature. Changing our perspective within the dream didn't cause the dream to become a dream; the dream had always been a dream, we just hadn't recognized it before. Similarly, we live in a synchronistic universe, and by recognizing this, we allow the universe to manifest itself more synchronistically.
Synchronicities are like "cultures" from another dimension which create and enrich culture in ours. Like a bug in the system, synchronicities are cultures which virally propagate themselves through the field of consciousness, which means that synchronistic awareness is contagious. Synchronistic awareness, the consciousness that recognizes the synchronistic nature of the universe and has become lucid in the dream of life, is something we can turn each other onto and catch from one another. Synchronistic awareness is the invocation and revelation of the "eternal presence of the one creative act" in which we are all continually sharing, partaking and participating. Synchronistic awareness activates and reproduces itself in and through the field, as it is self-generating in nature, which is to say it is birthing itself through our consciousness into the world.
Just like Jung, we can help each other catch the "bug" of synchronicity. We can co-operatively cultivate a net-work of allies who creatively collaborate in bringing forth the precious jewel of synchronicity. The archetypal field becomes greatly potentiated for synchronicities when we get "in sync" with other people who are also waking up to the synchronistic universe. A field which is lubricated for stimulating and stabilizing lucidity gets conjured up when we get in phase with each other through the shared, open heart of synchronistic awareness. Co-operatively engaged, synchronistic awareness activates our collective genius and creates true culture in that it effortlessly, endlessly, nonlocally and virally transmits and fractally reiterates itself throughout time and space. Shared synchronistic awareness magnetically draws and attracts the universe into itself, materializing itself in, as and through life itself, creating a revelatory universe in the process.


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Just a reminder that things I post in a linkdump should not be viewed as less worthy of attention than material getting a full post. It's a mixture of things of interest only to a limited audience, or items with no pictures, or things so popular they aren't "TYWK", or stuff I want to store for perusing in detail or linking to later. But mostly a linkdump allows me to get away from the computer. Today to crank up the snowblower again, sadly...
The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
If you're opposed to Citizens United but don't know what to do about it, you could start by signing Al Franken's petition to call for a Constitutional amendment to overturn it.
If "Planet of the Apes" had been made in Minnesota.
The "Wind Map" depicts a live representation of wind direction and velocity in the United States. It's beautiful because it's in constant motion, and I wish I could embed it, but here's a screencap:
If you own or live in a house, you should read (or bookmark) this column about water shut-off valves. You may need to acceess yours in a hurry some day.
"Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, who opposes abortion rights, mutually agreed with wife to abort not once but twice."
The mysterious "bloop sound" that was once attributed to whales or unknown marine life, has now been ascribed to "icequakes."
A Wall Street Journal article explains how to make money selling mud as a beauty treatment.
Bdelliod rotifers have gone 80 million years without sex (longer than you), but still have managed to evolve into 400 species.
A brief history of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Someone is shooting and mutilating dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico.
Twenty nerdy science-joke cartoons.
Everyone knows how wait staff in a restaurant can get back at you if you mistreat them. Here is an discussion of what can happen if you are not nice to a hotel clerk.
The former editor of the OED "covertly deleted thousands of words because of their foreign origins and bizarrely blamed previous editors."
Godchecker is a website where you can look up information on 3,000 gods, including the one you believe in.
Are you Irish-Canadian or know someone who is? Then you should bookmark "The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf, an exhibition of Irish-Canadian documentary heritage held by Library and Archives Canada. Here you will discover photographs, letters, books, music and other evidence of Ireland's vital influence on Canadian history and culture."
In 2005 "an Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation. Frank Clewer, of the western Victorian city of Warrnambool, was wearing a synthetic nylon jacket and a woollen shirt when he went for a job interview. As he walked into the building, the carpet ignited from the 40,000 volts of static electricity that had built up." [note: the veracity of this story has been questioned].
"Mexican waves are more likely to go clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere, a researcher has claimed."
The director of renal transplantation at the University of Minnesota argues that people should be allowed to sell one of their kidneys.
Beer consumed in ancient Nubia contained a potent antibiotic (tetracycline), from contamination of the grain used in brewing the beer.
The marked answers on "bubble forms" on standardized tests can be analyzed "to catch students who hire proxies to take their SATs and teachers who change answers on their students' high-stakes tests." More on the subject here.
"Prison officials in the US state of Texas have abolished the traditional last meal request for inmates who are facing execution. The move came after a prisoner requested a huge meal then did not eat any of it, saying he was not hungry."
Canada's plastic $50 and $100 bills can melt. [maybe - see the Snopes article].
Bionic eye implants may offer progress in treating some forms of blindness.
For around $115,000, you get a 4-hour operation to install an antenna behind your eye, and a special pair of camera-equipped glasses that send signals to the antenna. The antenna is wired into your retina with around 60 electrodes, creating the equivalent of a 60-pixel display for your brain to interpret. The first users of the Argus II bionic eye report that they can see rough shapes and track the movement of objects, and slowly read large writing. The second bionic eye implant, the Bio-Retina developed by Nano Retina, is a whole lot more exciting. The Bio-Retina costs less — around the $60,000 mark — and instead of an external camera, the vision-restoring sensor is actually placed inside the eye, on top of the retina. The operation only takes 30 minutes and can be performed under local anesthetic.All Zappo's employees can fly free on the company's private jets.
To better control prostitution, Zurich plans to approve "drive-in sex boxes." "The prostitutes who use the sex boxes will also have to take out medical insurance and buy a £26 licence in order to ply their trade. On top of that they will also have to feed five Swiss francs, about £3.30, into a roadside ticket machine each night when they clock on."
A new fish has been named after Barack Obama. "Etheostoma Obama, is a relatively skinny orange and blue speckled fish topped by a brilliant fan-shaped fin, with bold orange stripes."
How to make "surprise balls" (a cool way to wrap up small gifts).
"An Eagle Mills, New York couple that lost their home to a fire last week, now has to pay $1,400 for the water used to combat the flames."
Some people claim to have become physically ill while watching the new Hobbit movie because of the unusual high-speed cinematography technique employed.
A Walk in the WorDs posted a list of linkdumps/linkfests. By linking to his post, I'm promoting the process of "recursion."
A potentially rather valuable discussion thread at Reddit addresses the question "What is something you think everyone should have installed on their computer or laptop?"
Ever wanted to see the inside of a gold bullion vault?
It's now possible to search 15 years of the New York Times crossword puzzles, both for clues, and for their answers. "Blog" for example, has been clued as a "post holder."
Helpful information for homeowners on how to prevent ice dams.
Impessive video: "After weeks of waiting, the filmakers witnessed 7.4 cubic km of ice crashing off the Ilulissat glacier in Greenland." Related: watching meltwater rushing down a moulin.
A list of 80 real-life cheat codes.
"City buses across America increasingly have hidden microphones that track and record the conversations that take place on them..."
You can use Google Maps to look up mass animal deaths.
Historic photos from Cathedral Grove show how massive trees grew before humans arrived with saws. " Father's hollow trunk was so large that a person could walk erect inside it for 200 ft."
A possible answer to the D-Day pigeon riddle.
It's fairly commonplace to encounter videos of people solving scrambled Rubik's cubes blindfolder. Here's one of a man solving an 8x8x8 Rubik's cube blindfolded. The video is compressed from over an hour (about half of that study time) to show the entire process in about 7 minutes.
An article about flesh-eating beetles (dermestid beetles), with a video of their use in the laboratory.
"Brian Krebs reports on a terrifyingly real-seeming Point of Sale skimmer: a device that looks and feels just the thing you normally stick your credit-card into and then enter your pin into, which can print out a real-seeming receipt showing the transaction was approved by your bank. Instead, what this thing does is record your card number, PIN, and other information needed to replicate your card and use it to clean out your account."
A good (and presumably accurate) video explaining some misunderstandings in the public's understanding of the meaning of the terms "semi-automatic weapons" and "assault rifles."
How high can a tiger jump? This high.
I enjoyed creating the embed image at the top, using the Pulp-O-Mizer, via Neatorama.
Enough for the day. I'll close with this photo (cropped from the original), entitled "My mom told me that our new power strip wasn't working... Came to find this...":

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Superintendents Falsely Claim Charter Schools Shortchange Poor Children
State data shows charters serving higher percentage of low-income students than traditional public schools
Seventy-one Michigan public school superintendents signed a letter that ran on a state-wide news site that claimed that charter schools were serving middle class students while "creating a permanent underclass in our inner cities."
But state of Michigan data for the 2011-2012 school year shows there is a higher percentage of free- and reduced-lunch eligible students in charter schools than in conventional public school districts. Charter schools had 69.8 percent of students on free- and reduced-lunch statewide while 46.2 percent of the students statewide in conventional public schools were on free- and reduced-lunch. That data is from the Center for Educational Performance and Information. Students qualify for free- and reduced-lunch based on their household income.
The letter was part of an attack superintendents have waged statewide on a series of educational reform bills. The letter refers to House Bills 6004 and 5923 and Senate Bill 1358 and a school funding proposal known as the Michigan Public Education Finance Project.
The 71 superintendents who signed an op-ed that ran in MLive stated: "Instead, the choices we have created through market-based reform have produced cookie-cutter public school academies serving middle class students while creating a permanent underclass in our inner cities."
Michael Van Beek, education director for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said the superintendents were factually incorrect.
"I think they were trying to paint a picture of charter schools that is misleading," Van Beek said. "It's just plain false what they said."
In general, many charter schools are serving students in inner cities, Van Beek said. When you add up the enrollment of students in charters in Flint and Detroit, it makes up about half of the 120,000 students enrolled in charter schools in the state, Van Beek said.
Superintendents Ron Veldman of Coopersville in Ottawa County, Dan Behm of Forest Hills in Kent County, Rich Satterlee of Alba in Antrim County, Ron Caniff of Grandville in Kent County, and William Mayes, executive director of the Michigan Association of School Administrators, didn't respond to requests for comment.
Superintendent David Britten of Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Kent County said before he commented, he wanted to see the stats of the "inner cities." He said, "Our letter did not mention statewide."
In the combined districts of those 71 superintendents, 48 percent of the students were on free- or reduced-lunch in the conventional public schools, while 54.2 percent of the students at the charters operating within these 71 superintendents' districts were on free- or reduced-lunch.
Detroit Public Schools has about 81 percent of students qualifying for free- and reduced-lunch. The charter schools in Wayne County have about 78 percent free- and reduced-lunch students.
Britten didn't respond to a follow-up question asking if the intent of the letter was to imply that public school academies didn't take in their fair share of poor students.
See also:
New Report Card Compares High School Test Scores and Adjusts For Economic Status
Public School Officials Use Nonprofit For Political Action
Districts Use Taxpayer Resources To Oppose Education Bills
Debate On Education Bills Focuses On Choice
Michigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-market news perspective.


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Creepy Greeting Card Warns Against Following Whitney Houston's Example
BuzzFeed points to an unsettling (and totally passive-aggressive) card made before Whitney Houston's death. The text inside reads — in dramatic, lowercase-letters only fashion — "next time you think of dating the bad boy, consider whitney houston ... that's all i'm going to say." The card remained on Target shelves two weeks after Houston's death, until someone finally had the good sense to remove it.
The ominous text presumably refers to Houston's tumultuous marriage to "bad boy" Bobby Brown, and not to her untimely death. Either way, it's creepy. And what's the occasion for giving a card like that to a friend? It's not going to go over well at a birthday party, anniversary celebration, or Bat Mitzvah. Perhaps at an intervention? Whitney Houston aside, ending the cycle of abuse with a greeting card seems misguided.
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Like many advisors, I've read a lot of articles about robo-advisors lately, and now I know: I've been a successful model for today's robo-advisors since 1999.
Fifteen years ago, I began providing investment advice to individual company 401(k) retirement plan participants. I used what was then state-of-the-art investment advice technology to sort through the confusing labyrinth of a company 401(k) retirement plan menu.
I then formulated a management game plan for asset allocation and stock market risk. Next, I explained that game plan and the steps for execution in person to a current client or future prospect with a seven-figure company 401(k) retirement plan account.
Years ago, an individual company 401(k) retirement plan participant would have had to include his or her company 401(k) retirement plan account in a financial plan. That inclusion would have added thousands of dollars to the leather-bound, multi-section financial plans that I remember paging through.
The best part of all this is that I delivered my investment advice for an annual fee that would make a robo-advisor take notice. In the beginning, my company 401(k) investment advisory fees were a mere 50 basis points annually for existing clients.
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The market is going down, up, down again ... and maybe sideways for a little while. What should you do?
Everyone's financial situation is different. What may be good advice for a 21-year-old may not be the best course of action for a 65-year-old. Some investors may be able to afford a little risk in their portfolio ... others not. And while some folks may be able to muddle through, others may need a professional financial adviser to sort out their situation.
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Asset allocation: So if you want to diversify, how do you do it? That basically depends on your age and your appetite for risk. Generally, the older you are, the less risk you want to have in your portfolio, since a loss will be harder to make up over time. So older folks may want more bond holdings in their portfolio, since bonds are considered less risky than stocks for the most part. On the other hand, younger investors may be willing to take on more risk, as so may want a greater percentage of stocks in the holdings in hopes of greater gains over time.
Dollar Cost Averaging: Many investors purchase stocks and other investments at regular intervals in fixed dollar amounts. This tends to reduce the volatility in their portfolios, regardless of what direction the market is moving, because as prices of securities rise, fewer units are bought, and vice versa. (Video: Blackrock CIO Bob Doll discusses dollar cost averaging).
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BOOT.CFG(5) NetBSD File Formats Manual BOOT.CFG(5)Powered by man-cgi (2020-09-24). Maintained for NetBSD by Kimmo Suominen. Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.
boot.cfg -- configuration file for /boot
The file /boot.cfg is used to alter the behaviour of the standard boot loader described in boot(8). Configuration changes include setting the timeout, choosing a console device, altering the banner text and display- ing a menu allowing boot commands to be easily chosen. If a boot.cfg file is not present, the system will boot as normal. FILE FORMAT The format of the file is a series of lines containing keyword/value pairs separated by an equals sign (`='). There should be no whitespace surrounding the equals sign. Lines beginning with a hash (`#') are com- ments and will be ignored. Some keywords can be present multiple times in the file to define addi- tional items. Such keywords are noted below. banner (may be present multiple times) The text from banner lines is displayed instead of the standard welcome text by the boot loader. Up to 10 lines can be defined. No special character sequences are recognised, so to specify a blank line, a banner line with no value should be given. menu (may be present multiple times) Used to define a menu item to be displayed to the end-user at boot time which allows a series of boot commands to be run without further typing. The value con- sists of the required menu text, followed by a colon (`:') and then the desired command(s). Multiple commands can be specified separated by a semi-colon. If the specified menu text is empty (the colon appears immediately after the equals sign), then the displayed menu text is the same as the command. For example: menu=Boot normally:boot menu=Boot single-user:boot -s menu=Boot with module foo:load /foo.kmod;boot menu=Boot with serial console:consdev com0;boot menu=:boot hd1a:netbsd -as Each menu item will be prefixed by an ascending number when dis- played, i.e. the order in the boot.cfg file is important. Each command is executed just as though the user had typed it in and so can be any valid command that would be accepted at the normal boot prompt. In addition, ``prompt'' can be used to drop to the normal boot prompt. timeout If the value is greater than zero, this specifies the time in seconds that the boot loader will wait for the end-user to choose a menu item. During the countdown period, they may press Return to choose the default option or press a number key corre- sponding to a menu option. If any other key is pressed, the countdown will stop and the user will be prompted to choose a menu option with no further time limit. If the timeout value is set to zero, the default option will be booted immediately. If the timeout value is negative or is not a number, there will be no time limit for the user to choose an option. default Used to specify the default menu item which will be chosen in the case of Return being pressed or the timeout timer reaching zero. The value is the number of the menu item as displayed. As described above, the menu items are counted from 1 in the order listed in boot.cfg. If not specified, the default value will be option 1, i.e. the first item. consdev Changes the console device to that specified in the value. Valid values are any of those that could be specified at the normal boot prompt with the consdev command. load Used to load kernel modules, which will be passed on to the ker- nel for initialization during early boot. The argument is the complete path and file name of the module to be loaded. May be used as many times as needed. format Changes how the menu options are displayed. Should be set to one of `a' for automatic, `l' for letters and `n' for numbers. If set to automatic (the default), menu options will be dis- played numerically unless there are more than 9 options and the timeout is greater than zero. If there are more than 9 options with a timeout greater than zero and the format is set to num- ber, only the first 9 options will be available.
Here is an example boot.cfg file: banner=Welcome to NetBSD banner================== banner= banner=Please choose an option from the following menu: menu=Boot normally:boot menu=Boot single-user:boot -s menu=Boot from second disk:boot hd1a: menu=Boot with module foo:load /foo.kmod;boot menu=Boot with modules foo and bar:load /foo.kmod;load /bar.kmod;boot menu=Boot Xen with 256MB for dom0:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 console=pc;multiboot /usr/pkg/xen3-kernel/xen.gz dom0_mem=256M menu=Boot Xen with 256MB for dom0 (serial):load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 console=com0;multiboot /usr/pkg/xen3-kernel/xen.gz dom0_mem=256M console=com1 com1=115200,8n1 menu=Boot Xen with dom0 in single-user mode:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 -s;multiboot /usr/pkg/xen3-kernel/xen.gz dom0_mem=256M menu=Go to command line (advanced users only):prompt timeout=-1 default=1 # Always load ramdisk module load=/miniroot.kmod N.B. Xen counts serial ports from com1 upwards, but NetBSD counts from com0, so the appropriate device name must be used. Please see the Xen with serial console example above. This will display: Welcome to NetBSD ================= Please choose an option from the following menu: 1. Boot normally 2. Boot single-user 3. Boot from second disk 4. Boot with module foo 5. Boot with modules foo and bar 6. Boot Xen with 256 MB for dom0 7. Boot Xen with 256 MB for dom0 (serial) 8. Boot Xen with dom0 in single-user mode 9. Go to command line (advanced users only) Option [1]: It will then wait for the user to type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 fol- lowed by Return. Pressing Return by itself will run option 1. There will be no timeout.
The boot.cfg utility appeared in NetBSD 5.0.
The boot.cfg extensions to boot(8) were written by Stephen Borrill <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
Support for boot.cfg is currently for NetBSD/i386 and NetBSD/amd64 only. It is hoped that its use will be extended to other appropriate ports that use the boot(8) interface. NetBSD 5.0 November 18, 2008 NetBSD 5.0


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All products included in EU Directives must carry the CE marking when sold within EEA countries (EU member states, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).
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Androgynous model Andrej Pejic has made the cover of a mainstream women's title for the first time this month, in the form of Serbian Elle. In doing so, he's also made history - as the first transgender model to appear on the cover of the high-end fashion magazine.
You may have already heard of the startlingly pretty 22-year-old, or observed his incredulously sharp cheekbones. You might have even flicked through a fashion editorial and mistaken him for yet another impossibly lean model of the female kind. His photos have featured in French Vogue, Italian Vogue, Arena Homme+, Japanese Vogue Hommes, i-D, Numero, W, Dossier, Fashion, and New York.
But there's no mistaking that Pejic is a man. In an age of digital manipulation, there's no covering up of his strong jawline or adam's apple. On the contrary - fashion insiders make much of the fact he is a man, hammering home his ever-shifting, fluid gender identity in both copy and image.
Which begs the question: does Pejic's success signal a movement in the fashion industry towards broader definitions of beauty? Or is the appearance of non-traditional models - 83-year-old Daphne Selfe, for example, or Beth Ditto for LOVE magazine - merely lip service to difference, with the added benefit of avant-garde kudos?
Anomaly in fashion invariably comes hand-in-hand with fanfare, which in turn smacks of tokenism - the enemy of real acceptance. In 2005, John Galliano flung an array of non-traditional models down the runway: fat women, young twins, elderly men, giants and dwarves. It was, undoubtedly, a statement - but about what? The indefinable nature of beauty, the beauty inherent in difference, or Galliano's abilities as a shock-loving showman?
(The designer has since been revealed as a bigoted, mean-spirited man, so to many the answer now seems clear.)
In Pejic's case, it might seem counter-intuitive to question anything about the model's rise. "When I was about 10 years old, I did everything I could to act like a normal boy," he told a Polish magazine, "But it was hard."
Now, thanks to his modelling success, he's traveled from a place of insecurity and uncertainty to the lofty heights of fashion adulation and self-acceptance. Which, don't get me wrong, is a wonderful, wonderful thing. For Pejic, the painful pretence that plagued his youth is clearly over.
But, in its place lies an uncomfortable reality, and that is that his difference is now lit up in neon lights. And that doesn't feel like real acceptance. Because if it ain't no thang that he's a boy who feels like and looks like and works as a girl, there's really no reason to make that thang a selling point. Or employ it as a vehicle to demonstrate broad-mindedness.
Then there's the added confusion caused by the fact Pejic falls neatly into fashion's strict runway model criteria. There's no denying it - he's white, young, and thin. He looks, gender aside, like almost every other catwalk model. So, in a sense, his difference is undeniably 'safe'. The clothes still hang just so, with no breasts or hips in the way. The camera still fawns lasciviously over the elegant angles of his face and figure.
Were it not for those neon lights, there is, arguably, little difference at all between Pejic and his fellow female models.
Which leads many to ask: Is there something insidious about the fact that one of the world's most successful female models is a man? Is this how far fashion's distaste for women's 'curves' has gone - it's ultimate manifestation? Maybe the only people who can fit sample sizes these days are thin 22-year-old boys. And maybe that's thanks to gay designers behind the scenes, with their abhorrence of real women's bodies.
Except, there's something nasty about that argument. It's homophobic. Put simply, models are models because they have a particular body shape that's both extremely rare, and - thanks to social conditioning, or whatever else - seems to display clothing to best effect. After all, models were initially chosen for their thinness because they, quite literally, acted as live clothes hangers.
It could be said Pejic can model as a woman because 99 per cent of women aren't built like models anyway. That the fashion industry is accepting of his difference only because he happens to slot easily into its singular epitome of female beauty. The fact he is a man is really of little consequence, except that it works brilliantly as a bonus selling point for everyone involved: Pejic and his agents at Storm, stylists, magazine editors and designers.
And that's the crux of it, really. Transgender beauty should be celebrated, just like every other kind of beauty that diverges somehow from fashion's narrow paradigm. That's a given. But only when models like Pejic start appearing in magazines without their unorthodoxy shouted from the rooftops - just up there on the page with the clothes, all casual-like - will I be convinced by fashion's embrace of diversity.
So: does the rise of Pejic a sign that the fashion world is changing the definition of beauty, or that it thrives on tokenism? Or, even worse, is his success a darker reflection of how removed the fashion industry is from 'real' women?


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How creative can I get, uh? Boring title I know. Anyway...
Personal Update
Thursday, November 29, 2007
How creative can I get, uh? Boring title I know. Anyway...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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A lot of times, they don't get it...
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Labels: work
It's that time again!
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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The ground shook on this part of the world
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Don't forget to check out...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
...my layout share here. I'd like to hear from you! :)
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Saturday's Tourney
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Dreaming of our future house again.
**image from www.lightingshowplace.com
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In 1978
|In 1978 (the year you were born)
Jimmy Carter is president of the US
US Senate votes to turn over the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999
Israel and Egypt reach a peace settlement at the Camp David Accords
The US and mainland China announce that they will restore full diplomatic relations
Members of Jim Jones' People's Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in centuries
Ted Bundy is captured in Florida
The first computer bulletin board system is created
Garfield debuts in newspapers
Ashton Kutcher, Kobe Bryant, Usher, Clay Aiken, and Nelly Furtado are born
New York Yankees win the World Series
Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XII
Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
Saturday Night Fever and Grease are the top grossing films
"Night Fever" by the Bee Gees spends the most time at the top of the US charts
Diff'rent Strokes and Mork & Mindy premiere
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They're on tour!
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He is so smart!
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Link 1 must be about FAMILY "Where did time go?" (January 25, 2007)
Link 2 must be about FRIEND "Mini-Reunion" (May 28, 2007)
Link 3 must be about YOURSELF "Certified" (April 24, 2007)
Snag this if you like it :) Filler-alert! :)
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Labels: tags
Doing a survey?
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Sweat it out :)
I did it!
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Labels: everyday
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Scam Alert
A couple of weeks ago, I got this SMS, a classic spam:
Sender: +639277904022
Message: NOTICE: Ur mobile phone # had won 500,000.00 frm PCSO "PAMILYANG PANGKABUHAYAN" CALL NOW I'm TINA R. LOPEZ per dtincr permit#3082 series of 2007. (CONGRATULATIONS).
And when I exit from the message, it says, the sender requests for a reply. Of course I did not reply nor call. I know for a fact that I did not join any raffle or contest. Heck, I haven't even played the lotto for a while now and I'm not aware of any raffle by PCSO. If there's one, I would have probably caught an ad on tv. And, the sender is not the usual 290, 2966, 2343 etc. This Tina Lopez probably "got" my number by random, hoping to get a reply or a call. The MO is that, she would tell me to deposit an amount to a certain bank before she can give me the "actual" winnings, claiming that it's for tax purposes and/or fees.
The NTC is well aware of things like these and they (together with the organizations and companies used like PCSO, GMA7 etc) have been working to disseminate information around so the number of victims will be minimized. But the fact that I still receive messages like this, means that some people haven't learned their lesson and still fall victims to these scams. Hmmmm
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I had something in mind....
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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Blogging Me
Tagged by Chikai, thanks sis! I was actually writing down a draft (yup, on paper!!!) while sitting in a meeting a while ago. Hehe.
1. How long have you been blogging?
2. What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors?
3. Are you trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun?
Dunno who to tag anymore, I've seen this around. If you haven't done this yet, share!!!! :)
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I miss my kitchen
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Brand Curious
Friday, November 16, 2007
MJ tagged me and would like to know the Brand of my:
1) wristwatch? A purple Timex and two brandless ones I got from Target.
2) bracelet? Do beads count? As for real jewelry, I lost my precious pieces to thieves.
3) cell phone? A free Sony Ericsson S500i from my mobile service provider. I'm a big SE fan!
4) computer? Desktop: generic chopchop assembled by hubby. Laptop: Ivy, my ThinkPad.
5) bags? Lacoste, Guess, RL, Nine West and lots of unknown ones.
6) undies? Victoria's Secret and some local brands.
7) flip-flops? Havaianas (my splurge!) and generic ones.
8) shoes? Nike, Keds, Aerosoles, Nine West, Baddeo, SM Shoes! :)
9) wallet? Nine West
10) shirts? Lacoste, Burberry, Old Navy and lotsa unbranded ones.
11) TV? LG and Sony
15) shampoo and conditioner? Head & Shoulders and CreamSilk respectively.
16) jeans? brandless
17) laundry soap? Pride
18) lotion? Lubriderm Pink, Cetaphil, Jergens
19) toothpaste? Colgate
20) ballpen? a black Reynolds, at the moment.
Thanks for the tag girl!
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One is enough.
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Weekend recap
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Hehe, it's Tuesday and my weekend recap is late. Anyway,
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Reminiscin' part 2 (and an Award yihee!)
- I remember out little nipa hut, our dear little play house where we "cook", "spend the night", "teach the kids", etc.;
- Waiting for an uncle at the compound gate to drive-by when he throws at us one peso each;
- Apples during Christmas! (back then, the fruit is too expensive for us that we only get to eat them during Holidays);
- Singing the Batibot theme (Pagmulat ng mata, laging nakatawa...);
- Almost chopping my finger into two (I still have the scar) just to share a ChickenJoy with brother; and
- Sitting outside my Lola's house, waiting for a banana, and falling asleep in the process (sandalog ako eh, until now! hehe).
There you go! And the award from Chikai, I am a:
Thank you sis!
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Sunbathing in Mexico
Monday, November 12, 2007
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Chasing dreams
Sunday, November 11, 2007
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Freaky funny
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Employee cash advances
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
- My sister and I are eleven months apart so we got used to be mistaken as twins! Didn't help that we wore similar clothes and haircut :)
- I remember mom and dad bringing us to Fiesta Carnival in Cubao and riding the carousel
- Riding a "katig-less" banca, scary haha
- My brother R hit me with a small bowl even if I was sick (I must be that annoying, uh!)
- I joined a declamation contest (Oh Captai, my Captain) in Grade One because my teacher said I had a powerful voice and good diction. I was the only girl competing and I lost.
- My mom's BIL was playing with me, threw me up the air, missed me for a second, and finally caught me by the ankles..and I was upside down, hanging behind him!
- I fell in a canal behind my lola's house and got this scar on the forehead.
I'll come back for more. This got me thinking eh :) But I gotta close the store first...hehehe
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Labels: life musings, memories
Responsible parenthood equals perfect kids?
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Shopping, shopping!
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On December 20, 2004...
I wrote this in my old blog:
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Trip to Orlando
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Mosquitoes, ack!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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Quiapo Adventure and Slashing stories
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Effective appliance search online
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Random feelings and questions
Got this from Mich :)
1.Are you good at hiding your feelings? I don't think so.
2. How can we tell that you're already irritated? I get sarcastic.
3. How do you treat the person that obviously doesn't like you? Civilly.
4. What usually ruins your mood? Hunger, hehe.
5. Who do you see everyday that you wish you just wouldn't at all? No one.
6. When was the last time that you had a good cry? November 1.
7. How often do you shop for clothes? Depends on the mood, need and budget mwehehe. I'm not really a fashionista.
8. Who's your long-time crush? Dennis Trillo hahah
9. Someone you just had a crush on? Someone from the badminton courts, Smashroom, heheh.
10 . Do you have something that you wish you just don't?
11. Do you sometimes crave for something that isn't there? Always!
12 . Do you wish to live in a faraway land where nobody knows you? Yeah, always felt I wanted to move away. To where, no idea, hehe.
13. Have you kissed a total stranger? Too chicken for that!
14. What do you want to do at this moment? Scrap!
15. The worst feeling? That nobody needs me anymore.
16. How about the best? When am able to do something good for others.
17. Ever given your number to someone you dislike? Yep, a number to a dead SIM haha.
18. What will you say to the one reading this right now? Oh well thanks for getting this far.
19. What/Who do you need right now? Organize our closet, man!
20 . Happy with your life? 50/50, I guess.
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A lot to share
Mahal Kita Walang
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I won!
Sunday, November 04, 2007
for a boy:
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Small town big timer.
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Long day.
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Online Casino reviews
Saturday, November 03, 2007
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Balls of Fury, etc.
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Thinking of Summer
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Another vacation?
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What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of it? Fried Tilapia (honestly!)
What do you like to put on your toast? Condensed Milk hehe.
Would you never blog again for $50,000? Sure!
Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000? Hahaha that's one of my fantasies, ask my husband!
Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human's life for $1,000,000? I am not the giver of life to take it away.
Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie? Haven't seen it.
Last person who called you? Mom
Person you hugged? Ane
Worrying about? How I'm gonna squeeze every activity tomorrow.
Are you a friendly person? I have my moments hehehe.
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A some kinda embarrassing topic :)
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Motion Explosion
- Mild Cartoon Violence
The Games on Demand version supports English. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting "See Game Manual". This game requires a Kinect™ Sensor. Challenge your reflexes, timing, and coordination by using your entire body to dodge, jump, kick, juggle and balance! Don't hold back in this explosively entertaining family-friendly game that throws it all at you and makes you think fast on your feet! • Master 12 electrifying games like Juggle Struggle, Sack Hack and Crank It Up, with 10 levels of difficulty each • Grab friends and family for some outrageous fun in multiplayer mode • Relive sidesplitting moments after each activity with post-gameplay photos • Mix it up with inverse controls, faster paces, alternative control schemes and more!
- 11/1/2010
- Artech Studios
- Majesco Entertainment
- Other, Puzzle & Trivia
- Offline players 2 - 4
- Dolby Digital
Get it here. Play it there.
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There is nothing like a trip to remind us that life's journey's are our only real destinations. Whether you ascribe such wisdom to Chinese Proverbs or "One Tree Hill", the wisdom in recognizing that the process is more important than the product is universal and ageless.
I have spent the last couple of weeks traveling. I have driven through the Badlands of South Dakota and Oregon. I have spent time with family and friends and felt the longing for things more familiar. I have been surprised, delighted, frustrated and aggravated. I've seen waterfalls in state after state and marveled at the wonders of Yellowstone. Above all, I have learned. I've learned, though nobody set out to teach me. I've grown because it is my instinct to grow and learn just as it is in the inherent nature of every human being. All that travel, all that discovery and all that learning has motivated me to re-energize my exploration of the flipped classroom, and given me context to better frame the discussion.
If you're a follower of this blog you'll know that I wrote about flipped classrooms a few weeks ago. There I described the basics and discussed the fact that fundamentally this is simply the application of principles of cognitive theory and Constructivism. But today, let's put all the academia and theory – all the ideology aside and just think about the relevance of 'How' students learn in various contexts.
One way to describe different approaches to learning is to paint an oppositional picture of instruction as either didactic (any approach where the learner gets information passively and is expected to consume it.) In the didactic approach teachers create or provide content that is theoretically full of learning goodness and then position it in the path of the learners – expecting it to be well consumed. If we look at the opposite end of this bi-polar visualization we'll find the experiential options. Discovery learning, problem-based learning and so on. Using these approaches the teacher is expected to provide a framework, a set of challenges that will guide the student toward appropriate knowledge, but to do so without providing the actual content to the learners. In the most powerful examples of this ilk, the students become the teachers. They are challenged to solve a problem or answer a question and the mechanism for demonstration of their results becomes the learner's method of 'educating' the teacher. Virtually everyone who has ever taught understands intrinsically that there is no more powerful way to learn something than to 'teach' that thing.
Another way to describe this approach is that teachers are the one's learning the most in most classrooms, because they are forced to both learn and make use of the knowledge that they describe and discuss in their classrooms. The notion of the flipped classroom is that if learners are the ones unearthing and making use of the information and ideas – manipulating, synthesizing and evaluating the content – then the students will gain knowledge in a deeper, more lasting way. The critical difference is that by manipulating and creating based on new knowledge we are far more likely to retain the learned information, and to retain it for a long time.
It should be noted that regardless of my enthusiasm, there are legitimate criticisms of this method (and of any number of other constructivist approaches regardless of the name.) Most of these criticisms boil down to this simple concept – learners who don't have any guidance, will often get frustrated by this approach. I'm sure those vehement critics out there will say I've over-simplified that, but really that is the core of the dispute – (I'm deliberately ignoring the 'lacks empirical evidence' thread here because you can't realistically measure efficacy due to illusions on both sides of the coin. Empirical data suggesting drill and kill methods are effective only validly measures short term outcomes, and as corporate employers have made clear – the status quo approach isn't delivering learners able to thrive and innovate.)
With more than a century to consider the implications since John Dewey's "Child and the Curriculum" – and a reasonable body of qualitative evidence as well as growing evidence in educational psychology and cognitive science, it's growing ever clearer that the behaviorist approaches of the last century are not effective for all students, and worse are clearly both disenfranchising students and potentially creating an environment that is toxic to creativity. Let's consider for example the recent study from Haddon & Lytton:PRIMARY EDUCATION AND DIVERGENT THINKING ABILITIES—FOUR YEARS ON (F. A. HADDON & H. LYTTON). In this follow up and the original study Haddon & Lytton explore divergent thinking (sort of the educational psychologist's way to suss out creative potential.) In the original study the authors theorized that students exposed to informal instructional approaches (like the flipped classrooms, discover and problem based learning environments) would perform better on divergent thinking tests (be more creative.) You see earlier tests had already revealed that learners in traditional classrooms would get dramatically less creative over time. Yup – not kidding at all, and not even news, we've known for a while that students in traditional classrooms get less creative the older that they get. The first of these studies showed a correlation between the didactic / traditional approach to learning and the decline in creativity. The follow up study showed that even if the students left the non-traditional classroom to go to another – more formal learning environment – they still retained higher levels of creativity four years later.
So why should we care if learners could be more creative? Because now more than ever, creative problem solving, invention, discovery and tons of other skills are critical needs in the modern workplace. The current factory model of education is not only horrific in it's open willingness to dismiss and disenfranchise learners who do not fit the mold for 'favored' skills, it's also not at all useful in a post-industrial world. It's also the right moment to implement discovery, problem based, and other Constructivist educational approaches because for the first time ever, we've reached a perfect storm of technologies that can easily and affordably support the needs of Constructivist learning environments.
To effectively meet the needs of the Flipped Classroom, you need to provide 1. An intellectual challenge, 2. Guidance (not instruction, guidance), 3. A consistent environment that supports both successful discovery and mistake-making and 4. Record-keeping and reporting.
Modern technologies that help flip the classroom can help with two of the four elements above. Teachers can share some guidance through making available a wealth of information. This can range from pre-recorded short videos created by both the teacher and various generations of learners. They can include WebQuests and similar kinds of active explorations of information – so long as there is some reasonable effort to ensure that the student has guidance along the way. This bit is tricky. It would be easy to infer that guidance should always value the shortest path to the objectives (note that we're not focusing on content here, we're looking to help the student meet core objectives.) Making mistakes, making less than perfect guesses can be a very effective way to approach this step. But you also want to ensure that the learner values and discovers those things that help them fulfill the core objectives. The indication is that it might take repetition, experimentation and practice to really effectively master the objectives.
The final element, record keeping, is also a good opportunity for today's technologies to serve the needs of the Flipped Classroom. Learners are able to document the processes that they undergo by reporting those processes in short videos. I'm very convinced that in both the case of documenting and reporting, and in the case of providing indirect guidance, Adobe Presenter 8 Video Creator is an ideal tool to meet the instructional needs of the space.
Video Quests
You don't have to look at any of the above research or reasoning to see the advantages this new technology brings you. Here's what it allows you or your students to do;
The software takes on all the complicated parts, and leaves you and your learners to simply create. The huge advantage is that it promotes media literacy, promotes divergent thinking and thus creativity, creative problem solving etc. Used in the context of Constructivism it provides teachers and students a tool to communicate, guide, share and document their mutual discoveries.
Because the software is simple enough for even young children, the opportunities are equal regardless of the learner's age. The benefits are clearly present as divergent thinking is a positive quality in tomorrow's work place and because studies have shown it continues to evolve and grow (or generally diminish) in learners of all ages.
Here's a simple challenge to those of you who teach. Try this out not with a giant revolution, but with a simple experiment. Change one learner assignment from a traditional one, to one that requires the learners to solve some problem – and use Adobe Presenter 8 Video Creator to document their results. Then share with us here the outcomes. We'd all love to know how you did it, whether it worked and if you're likely to try it again.
Here's the download link for free trials of the software. https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=presenter
Spoke on this topic at LearnX Australia – had a wonderful time. The Australian's were amazing hosts and we had a fantastic time in Melbourne. (On that note, it's positively criminal that we don't have 'TimTams' in the US. Here's the deck:
You may at some point want to include examining and documenting the learning style or profile of the learner that is most effective or impactful to the learner then present the learning objects in the manner that most benefit the learner's and classoom's needs. I think didactic is just lazy learning or bad methodology. Great thoughtful commentary here much applause to you!
http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/ Priyank showed me this really great infographic on Flipped Classrooms
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New Game +
When you beat the game, stay after the credits and you will be asked to save. Save and reload your file with a star icon and you will be able to start the game with your Blue Weapons, Blue Armor, Blue Stones, Blue Titles, Dragon Eggs, Playtime, Mystic Stone Grid, Ancient Cave (Now goes up to FL100), Tutorials, and Combat Notes. Jessy will continue your Soul Shard count (Max of 600 are carried over, but now goes up to 1270), and when Iris joins your party, she will give you any blue items you didn't unlock from Jessy from your previous play through.
Alternate Ending
Upon completing the game a second time via New Game + you will be presented with an additional boss fight, win and you will be rewarded with an alternate ending.


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It's been about a year since the launch of the ninth main entry in the Mortal Kombat franchise. Last April, Mortal Kombat launched to mass critical acclaim, and it delivered one of the most accessible 2D fighting experiences in years. The game managed to outsell both Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, two fighters that had both been out for a good while before the launch of Mortal Kombat. Now we've got another fighter on our hands in Street Fighter X Tekken, and while the crossover concept is brilliant, it doesn't take away from the fact that last year's Mortal Kombat is the best fighter currently on the market.
The first thing the game has going for it is its accessible design. The game can be pretty deep, and there are countless combinations to really make any of the characters true powerhouses in the right players' hands. But unlike Capcom's brand of fighters, these combinations are easier to get a handle on. Yes, they're still pretty complex, but not to the point where newcomers should feel alienated. I don't play many fighting games, and I felt comfortable playing Mortal Kombat after just a few sessions, learning the ropes almost immediately.
Another thing that might not seem apparent right from the get-go is just how complete Mortal Kombat actually is. When you take into consideration all of the iterations of both Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, it's really refreshing to see Warner Bros. Interactive and NeatherRealm turning out a quality product that doesn't need to be remade numerous times. Aside from the usual fighting game modes, Mortal Kombat also includes extra mini-games that are actually fun, as well as the imposing Challenge Tower, which provides one of the biggest and most rewarding hurdles in the game. And yes, Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition may have just launched, but all it really featured was a collection of DLC characters, not tweaked mechanics or a bunch of content that should have been in the game in the first place.
Fighting games aren't usually known for featuring strong single-player modes. Mortal Kombat grabbed that stigma by the throat, headbutted it to death, threw it out a window, and then defecated all over its corpse. By delivering the strongest story mode in a fighting game ever (not one of the strongest, but the undisputed strongest ever), Mortal Kombat proved that you can take a fighting game's lore and create a compelling narrative around it. And no, the story mode in Mortal Kombat wasn't just good for a fighting game — it was a damn fine story mode, period. It told an excellent tale that made you truly care (or in some instances hate) the huge cast of characters.
One legitimate gripe gamers had with Mortal Kombat regarded the game's online play. Plenty of individuals experienced some bad lag when they took the game online. Considering the fast nature of the game, this was definitely an unacceptable issue. Thankfully, it was sorted out, and if you engage in some online fights these days, things are mostly pretty smooth. (Let's hope it stays that way in the upcoming Vita version of the game.) Hey, at least it's not as bad as the weird online multiplayer in Street Fighter X Tekken with its lack of sound.
Some tournament purists may argue that the intuitive nature of Mortal Kombat makes it a less than stellar fighter. That said, there's no denying just how much fun the game actually is. And for gamers who just want a great, no-nonsense arcade experience, Mortal Kombat is a perfect choice. It may have a more western style to it as opposed to Capcom's fighters, but it's so accessible and so deep once you get the hang of it that it's hard not to sink a ton of time just playing bout after bout, especially if you've got some local friends who want to get in on the gore.
Speaking of blood, there's something to be appreciated about the amount of violence in Mortal Kombat. Sure, you could make the argument that fighters don't exactly need blood, especially since they may be enticing to the younger crowd, but at the same time, if I'm pounding a character's face in and tossing him around the screen, I expect to see some blood. Thanks to the X-ray moves in Mortal Kombat, we not only get that, but we also get to see punctured organs and broken bones. Now tell me, who in their right mind would complain about that?
Ultimately, the statement that Mortal Kombat is today's greatest modern fighter revolves entirely around its core build-up. The game is easy to get into, fun to master, and deep enough to keep you engaged. It's also a hefty package, not relying on gimmicky remakes to keep it relevant. Then there's the impressive story mode, which pretty much negates any argument about how "fighters don't need good single-player components to succeed." This mode alone is reason enough to pick up a copy of Mortal Kombat on consoles or the Vita. Sprinkle in a bit of blood and gore and you've got one of the most compelling fighters to come along in years. And in case you're wondering, yes, even with the launch of Street Fighter X Tekken, Mortal Kombat is still the best fighter currently out.


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Butter chicken (or murgh makhani) is part of Indian cuisine, popular in countries all over the world. The origins of butter chicken can be traced back to New Delhi. Butter chicken is regarded to have been first introduced by a restaurant called Moti Mahal, located in Daryaganj . Butter chicken is usually served with naan, roti, parathas or steamed rice.
It is thought that butter chicken was hastily prepared by a Delhi eatery chef post dinner time for a harried VIP customer who wanted "some" chicken dish. A chef named Simon Mahli Chahal first prepared this when he only had half of a Tandoori chicken which he tossed with liberal amounts of butter, tomato, and garam masalas to improvise for an delicious delicacy he was supposed to make for the ruler of Mareelun. He forgot to buy enough ingredients so he ended up with this dish.
Though various versions exists for the recipe, typically dressed chicken (with or without bones) is marinated overnight in a yogurt and spice mixture usually including garam masala, ginger, garlic paste, lemon or lime, pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and chili. The chicken is traditionally cooked in a tandoor, but can also be grilled, roasted or pan fried. The sauce, is made by heating and mixing butter, tomato puree, and various spices, often including cumin, cloves, cinnamon, coriander, pepper, fenugreek and fresh cream. Cashew paste can also be added, and will make the gravy thicker. Of all the spices added to the dish it is dried fenugreek leaves (Urdu/Hindi: Qasuri Methi) that makes the greatest contribution to the characteristic flavour of the dish. Once the sauce is prepared, the prepared chicken is chopped and cooked until the gravy and chicken have blended. The dish may be garnished with white butter, fresh cream, sliced green chillies and Qasuri Methi.


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Undergraduate Offerings
B.A. in Political Science
Minor in Political Science
Combined B.A./M.A. in Political Science
Graduate Offerings
M.A. in Political Science
Master's Certificates
Welcome to the Department of Political Science! Our mission is to enable you to understand politics in the United States, in other countries, and among nations. Our students gain substantive knowledge of American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory, while learning to read critically and analytically, evaluate qualitative and quantitative social science data, construct and present evidence-based arguments, and become discriminating consumers of political news and information. We seek to satisfy and stimulate your curiosity with a rigorous education in political science. Our graduates become capable analysts of politics who use their political science training in their work and as engaged citizens.


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The Suzuki pedagogy programs in the Ithaca College School of Music are designed to produce excellent performers as well as excellent teachers. Our Suzuki pedagogy degree program is open to candidates whose major performance area is violin or viola. There is a two-year residency requirement, and you must attend the Suzuki Teacher Institute during the summer between the two years of residency. All Suzuki course work, as well as the master's degree, is registered with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
The College offers this exceptionally successful master's program in combination with Ithaca Talent Education, a nationally recognized Suzuki training center. Upon graduation you will be highly sought after by Suzuki schools and teaching centers throughout the United States.


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Plot 1 – The Hop Yard, Moseley Road, Hallow
The Hop Yard is a small exclusive mixed development comprising of 6 detached properties and is situated in the much sought after village of Hallow.
Hallow is situated near the River Severn on the A443 approximately 3 miles north west of Worcester City and has an active community village life. There is a local shop, post office, public house and a primary school within the heart of the village. Hallow CE Primary School was awarded by Ofsted Good with Outstanding Behaviour in 2013.
The Village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 registering two mills for grinding grain which presumably were mills upon the River Severn. Hallow Mill itself was recorded as still being in use in 1913.
Features & Amenities
Quiet Neighbourhood
Great Local Community
Fabulous Views
Large Play Center In Yard
- Quality kitchen door fronts, granite worktops and upstands
- Ceramic floor tiling to all wet rooms
- Fitted double electric fan oven, electric hob in stainless steel, chimney extractor hood,
- Integrated fridge freezer
- Fully integrated dishwasher
- Concealed low energy under pelmet lighting to kitchen
- Modern white sanitaryware throughout
- Quality thermostatic mains pressure shower to ensuites
- Vanity unit to bathroom and ensuite at developers discretion
- Half height tiling to bathroom and ensuite
- Splashback to cloakroom
- Shaver socket to bathroom and ensuite
- Built in wardrobes according to plan
- Low maintenance PVCu double glazed secure windows
- Low maintenance PVCu fascias etc
- Contemporary Oak interior doors with chrome ironmongery
- Underfloor heating throughout
- Cavity wall and roof insulation
- Chrome finish towel rails to bathroom and ensuite
- BT point for use with internet hub
- Block paved/tarmac parking according to layout plan
- 10 year Professional Consultants Indemnity Certificate
- Engineered Oak flooring to entrance hallway
- Solar hot water system
- Contemporary external light to front and rear entrances