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It's TUESDAY! What are you eating?
coffee/hwc and 1 vco
1 sausage patty
leftover chicken in a curry sauce with a bit of cauli, celery
buttered oopsie
Back in the game!
Breakfast: 3 slices of bacon and 2 eggs
Lunch: Egg Salad (way too many Easter eggs around here)
Dinner: Sliced steak over salad veggies
Water to combat headaches!
B-Coffee-Bacon if needed,and Crystal Lite Orange Sunrise
L-Hotdog w/ sourcream and sf ketchup ,Crystal Lite Peach Tea
D-Bacon CheeseBurger Patty , Pickle Spear,and Crystal Lite Peach Tea
Good morning!
B: Coffee w/CO & cream
L: Ground beef cooked in CO, dill pickles
D: Pork chops and salad
S: Iced coffee
B: coffee with splenda and cinnamon
L: 3 oz shrimp with shiritaki noodles in a coconut curry sauce and a little broccoli
D: 3 oz tilapia with 1/4 cup sauteed cabbage
I bought Gorton's frozen grilled tilapia fillets, and couldn't believe how much I enjoyed it last night. I am NOT a fish person but have been trying to broaden my protein choices. Very satisfied and will be buying lots more!
Breakfast- scrambled eggs with sausage and shredded cheese
Lunch- 1 carb hot dog
Lc coleslaw
Dinner- bacon cheeseburger(no bun)
Snacks- sugar-free jello. Nuts
Good morning - it's a gorgeous one here in SoCal!
B - leftover Cottage Pie (LC)
L - going to the movies, so a pkg. of Planter's Wholesome nut mix, a diet Coke, and maybe some snap peas (anything to avoid the popcorn - my weakness!)
D - bunless cheeseburger
B-coffee, sweet n low, egg salad
L-Was going to be egg salad but I'm out of mayo here at work. Boo. But all I have here is HB eggs so I guess 2 hb eggs w/mustard.
S-Hmmmm, I'm thinking Hb eggs?
D-shiratake stir fry w/turkey bacon and parmhttp://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...ps00b599d0.jpg (or chili if I can get to the store cuz it's cold and rainy here.)
-1 Piece of Crustless Spinach Quiche
-1 Piece of String Cheese (Ate because vitamins upset my tummy)
-3 Cups Coffee W-1.5 Tbsp. HWC
-1 Salad W-Turkey Breast & Ranch Dressing
-1.5 Stalks Celery
-1 Laughing Cow Garlic & Herb Cheese
-1 La Croix Orange Water
-1-1/3lb Low Carb Burger from Hardees
-1 Black Pepper String Cheese (If needed)
-1 La Croix Orange Water
and lots of water w/orange & vitamins
~20g Net
muffin walnut, cream
cheesecake with strawberries without the crust
grilled salmon with a gem salad is laughing at me
Now I ate my grilled salmon. It is sad. :cry::cry:
Hi everyone!
B: small bunless cheeseburger
L: cobb-ish salad (chicken, bacon, avocado, cheddar with ranch dressing)
S: cheddar cheese stick
D: filet, mushroooms sauteed in butter, roasted asparagus with a sprinkle of parmesan
Changed an appointment so did not eat out tonight
-1 Piece of Midnight Reverie Ghiradelli Chocolate
-20 Oz. Water W-Orange
-1 Lemon Pepper Chicken Breast
-1 Cup Broccoli W-1 Tbsp. Butter & Mrs. Dash
-1 La Croix Orange Water
~18g Net Carbs
Happy Tuesday everyone! :)
B - bulletproof tea
L - bulletproof tea (I'm sensing a trend! But really I was prepping for a large dinner, and pretty much napping through lunch anyway :laugh:)
D - New Zealand Rack of Lamb at Outback Steakhouse with two sides of grilled asparagus and a side of butter
S - bulletproof tea and/or cream cheese clouds if I get around to making them, and my daily piece of dark chocolate... ACV tonics :)
Michelle, your stir-fry looks SO GOOD! :)
B- coffee with hwc and splenda
Brunch- bacon & eggs
D- roast beef, mock garlic mash, trio gravy mix
S- carrot cake with cream cheese icing (low carb)
B: Bulletproof coffee, 2 slices of bacon
L: 2 small burger king patties w/cheese and bacon
S: 1 Fage Total yogurt
D: Pan fried fat from the pork I cut up to make the rest of the family enchiladas.
B-1/8c.fage yogurt
Atkins shake
L-grilled chicken salad w/ranch
D-steakums and brussell sprouts
Cream cheese cloud
-1 Scoop MRM Egg White Protein
-2 Tbsp 2% Fage
-1.5 Cups Unsweetened Coconut Almond Milk
Ended the day around ~16g Net Carbs.
B: sausage patty, deviled egg, coffee w/hwc,cinnamon,stevia
L: Atkin's frozen dinner(chicken pot pie),2 sm orange peppers,deviled egg
D: Geo Stella roast beef, deviled eggs. Coffee and atkins bar.
Sn: Diet coke w/splenda, dill pickle sunflower seed
Ugh today was not fabulous - I ran out of eggs and bacon. Note: actually I think I accidentally threw the bacon away. When I don't have a planned breakfast it throws be completely off
B - 2 toasted oopsies, 2 tbs peanut butter (makes me stall but I was rushing and stuck), coffee, hwc, splenda
L - pepperoni, cheddar cheese, cucumber
D - cobb salad with chicken
I haven't recorded anything today which is unusual for me. I suspect I'm over :(
Man, I'm looking at having consumed FOUR cups of bulletproof tea today just to keep my calories/fat up today... I mean, I love the stuff but does anyone else drink multiple cups a day like that? Usually my limit is two, one in the morning, and one at night. Today just worked out really strangely because I'm already where I want to be protein-wise and the teas have pretty much turned into my fat bombs because of that :laugh:
I kind of wonder if too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, but calorie and macro-wise I'm right where I want to be for the day... I just had a fairly salty, high protein, moderate fat dinner as my sole food meal of the day and have been going nuts trying to level everything out since, LOL.
Surely drinking a lot of your calories can't be too bad when it's high fat and low carb, right?? I think the lesson here is, smaller dinner and eat lunch next time! :o
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Report: Avery Bradley headed for restricted free agency after failing to finalize deal with Celtics
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Avery Bradley and the Celtics could not come an agreement on a contract extension by Thursday's deadline for 2010 draftees on rookie contracts, meaning the guard will become a restricted free agent next offseason, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Three, two, one…Happy New Year! People all over the world celebrate New Year's Eve, but no one drops more unusual items than Pennsylvania. From a marshmallow peep in Bethlehem to a pickle in Dillsburg, come celebrate Dec. 31 in Pennsylvania and experience all the unique drops in the best place to ring in the New Year.
Hershey Kiss - Dutch Country Roads
Begin the New Year at the "Sweetest Place on Earth!®" The Hershey Kiss Raise is ranked second by USA Today Travel for great places for a family-friendly New Year's Eve. This well-known chocolate town pulls out all the stops for its New Year's Eve in Hershey event. At 11:59 p.m., a Hershey Kiss is raised amongst a sweet-toothed crowd and midnight fireworks display completes a family-friendly night in beautiful downtown Hershey.
Marshmallow Peep® - Lehigh Valley
For a truly one-of-a-kind New Year's Eve celebration, First Night® Bethlehem "peeps" with pride. Start the evening by experiencing the celebration spanning downtown and offering artistic and cultural entertainment for young and old sponsored by the non-profit ArtsQuest. Enjoy a wide variety of music and art before watching the signature Marshmallow Peep travel down towards the excited crowd, ringing in the New Year as only Bethlehem can.
Bologna - Dutch Country Roads
It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in central Pennsylvania without a famous Pennsylvania Dutch treat descending from the sky. Join the excitement in Lebanon as crowds count down the seconds with the famous 16-foot Lebanon Bologna coming to a stop at the stroke of midnight. Start off the year right by being amazed, amused and maybe even hungry.
Pickle - Dutch Country Roads
Although Dillsburg has nothing to do with pickles, the town sure does know how to have fun with its name. Get into a real "pickle" as Dillsburg celebrates its annual Pickle Drop at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Once the delicious dill has descended into the barrel, the party continues with a fireworks display lasting until 12:30 a.m.
Yuengling Beer Bottle - Upstate PA
New Year's Eve in Pottsville is marked by the raising of the Yuengling© beer bottle to the top of the flagpole at Garfield Square. Ring in the New Year with a toast to the oldest brewery in America.
Strawberry - Dutch Country Roads
The New Year's Eve celebration in Harrisburg hosts a crowd of thousands in the state's capital. At 60 seconds before midnight, a giant lit strawberry starts its descent from the top of the downtown Hilton Harrisburg to ring in the New Year. The evening includes live entertainment, dancing, arts and crafts for children and fireworks.
Beaver - Valleys of the Susquehanna
Watch Bucky the Beaver descend from the sky this New Year in Beavertown in the Susquehanna River Valley. This life-size beaver got his name from a community contest that was held before the event's second year. He is held in the air by a 75-foot ladder and slowly lowered to the ground, landing at midnight.
Red Rose - Dutch Country Roads
Lancaster starts the New Year when its signature red rose ascends at Binns Park. Symbolic of the War of Roses between Lancaster and York, the red rose celebration starts early and lasts through the evening. With more than 20 indoor performances, Countdown Lancaster is a family-oriented event filled with visual and performing entertainment ending in a midnight fireworks display. Festivities include a concert beginning at 10 p.m.
White Rose - Dutch Country Roads
Attendees of York's New Year's Eve celebration are sure to have a blast bringing in 2015. Enjoy a children's countdown from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., with complimentary hats and noisemakers, perfect for youngsters. Join the crowd in smelling roses all the way until midnight as a white rose descends from the sky in Continental Square, symbolic of the War of Roses between Lancaster and York.
Ball of Recycled Materials - Pittsburgh and its Countryside
Future of Pittsburgh Ball
Join the city of Pittsburgh in ushering in the New Year with their "Future of Pittsburgh" ball raise minutes before midnight, followed by a spectacular fireworks show. The "Future of Pittsburgh" ball is a 1,000-pound illuminated orb made entirely of recycled materials, symbolizing Pittsburgh's continuous efforts to be a "green" city. A kickoff celebration for the New Year's festivities begins at 6 p.m., followed by the Highmark First Night Parade at 8 p.m. and accompanied by ongoing comedic, musical and theatre performances throughout the evening.
Indy Car - Dutch Country Roads
As a destination for car shows, sprint car racing and its antique car museum, it's no surprise that at the stroke of midnight Carlisle will celebrate the New Year by dropping its iconic Indy Car. The theme for the 17th annual downtown celebration is "First Night 2014: Lite up the Nite." Beginning at 6 p.m., the First Night Carlisle celebration will include live music performances and art exhibits and close with a fantastic fireworks display.
Dove Promise - Dutch Country Roads
In honor of Elizabethtown's sister city in Letterkenny, Ireland, the New Year's Eve drop occurs every year at 7 p.m., aligning with the time Letterkenny will be celebrating the New Year. Throughout the evening, the whole family can enjoy community events including live music, a children's area, a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, a photo booth and plenty of delicious food. After midnight, enjoy watching Elizabethtown's dazzling fireworks display.
Crayola Crayon - Lehigh Valley
Have a colorful New Year's celebration at the Crayola Factory in Easton's Center Square. Crayola has called Lehigh Valley, its home since the turn of the century, producing the event's family-friendly festivities include art activities, live entertainment and a fireworks display following the giant crayon drop at 8 p.m.
Lollipop - Dutch Country Roads
Join the family fun and ring in the New Year with live music, outdoor entertainers, and food vendors starting at 9 p.m. Inspired by the old Gladstone Candy Company, the nine-foot lollipop drops in the Hummelstown Square at midnight and is followed by a fireworks display.
Bag of Hartley's Potato Chips - The Alleghenies
Celebrate the New Year with the Great Chip Drop in the Lewistown Square. Hartley's supplies the ceremonial 6-by-9 foot bag that is dropped at the stroke of midnight and also donates bags of chips every year to give away during the event.
Anchor - Dutch Country Roads
Bring the whole family out to Shippensburg for the annual Drop the Anchor event. Activities include carriage rides, live music, and inflatable games. As the anchor, a traditional town symbol, drops to the countdown to midnight, expect to get covered in confetti!
Giant Shoe - Dutch Country Roads
Bring in the New Year in Palmyra's town square with the giant shoe drop at midnight in recognition of the borough's once-booming shoe manufacturing industry. The celebration also features entertainment and family-friendly activities.
Kettle - Valleys of the Susquehanna
The third McClure Kettle Drop New Year's Eve Celebration at the McClure Fire Hall is sure to be an entertaining community event for the whole family. Celebrate the New Year with food, dancing and activities for the kids, and the lowering of the cast iron kettle at midnight in honor of the historic McClure Bean Soup Festival and Fair celebration.
Sled - Dutch Country Roads
Duncannon Borough brings in the New Year with its annual Sled Drop at midnight during a fireworks display. The 10-foot sled used is a model of the famous Lightning Guider sled manufactured at the Standard Sled Factory in Duncannon from 1904 until 1990. Festivities are from 10 p.m. to midnight.
Mushroom - Philadelphia and the Countryside
Kennett Square
Ring in the New Year at the "Mushroom Capital of the World," Kennett Square. For the second year in a row, a 700-pound stainless steel mushroom will be lowered to count down the New Year as a nod to the town's acres of fungus fields. The "Midnight in the Square" event will feature music, food and entertainment, and will culminate with the mushroom drop at midnight.
Wrench - Dutch Country Roads
The town celebrates the New Year from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with the annual dropping of a wrench on Main Street. The tradition commemorates the borough's founders — mechanics who settled in the area to make and repair wagons in the early 19th century.


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He`s always been a good friend and she likes talking to him in her spare time. They often talk about serious issues to their dismay, but she feels the need to talk about it because he seems closed off to her and the others. Doesn`t like that he keeps in a lot of his thoughts to himself, but respects him enough to not dwell on it. She also gives him candy occasionally. She only hopes that she can make him genuinely smile again. Currently, things are complicated between them but they do like each other in the romantic sense. She just doesn't really bring it up nor ask him what the state of their relationship is at the moment because she's afraid of what he may say and so she keeps her mouth shut.
Allen Walker [vagrantclown]
Another Allen she's very fond of. He protected her when she had been turned into a child by a magical anon so she likes him but not in a romantic sense. She hopes that they can talk more soon since she would like to make sure he's doing alright without the Order and everyone. She worries a lot about this one.
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Tyki Mikk [noahofpleasure]
She's not on good nor bad terms with him. If she had to choose, she'd leaning more on bad just on the fact that he's a Noah, but he's been hesitantly alright to talk to. He isn't as sadistic and mean to her as much as she expected, which is nice. Still on bad terms with him, but she tends to yell at him most of the time.
Deak [48thspectator]
Meet her Dad. Just a little crack!AU rp with some friends otl amikickedoutofthefandomyet? She loves her dad, obviously. u v u
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What would your world look like without the freedom to read?
I just read (and loved) Ally Condie's Matched, which could be a post all on its own, but one thing in particular struck me about the story. In Cassia's world, the powers that be decided that their culture was just too cluttered, so they chose 100 of everything and got rid of the rest - can you imagine? 100 poems, 100 books, 100 movies, 100 songs - to last you the rest of your life. Everything else is forbidden.
That's one vision of a world without the freedom of expression - what's yours? Tell us in words, images or video and you could win a great CPL prize pack and get published in next year's Freedom to Read Week kit. But hurry - the deadline is February 15th!
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One entry per person.Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 15, 2013
Frustrated with how the semester ended? Ok, so in September you were really ambitious to start the school year off with a bang and keep it up for the entire school year. Yet things haven't worked out as you had planned, right? Does everything your teacher tell you sound foreign to you? No worries, Central library has the solution for you!! From Monday, February 4 to Monday, April 29 (with the exception of February 18), we have a gathering place on the second floor for teens to meet with teen volunteers to get help with their homework, from 4:30 to 6:30. You are more than welcome to stick around until 8 pm to finish anything that you have already started. Check out these previous blogs, OMG, it's due tomorrow and Kick Next Semesters @$$ for some great homework help databases. Don't forget to check out all the other awesome programs that we have for you to check out.
Feeling the graduation stress? Still need volunteer hours? Looking for something to pad out that resume? We can help you with that!
The Reading Buddies program is looking for volunteers! Come hang out with kids in grades 1-3, take part in awesome crafts, and help your little buddy practice their reading in a fun-filled environment.
If you're in grades 7-12, we would love to have you take part in this program! We still have openings at the following locations:
Alexander Calhoun: Thursdays, January 24 – March 21 from 4:30-5:45
Forest Lawn: Tuesdays, January 22 – March 19 from 4:00-5:15
Glenmore Square: Tuesdays, January 22 – March 19 from 4:30-5:45
Shaganappi: Tuesdays, January 22 – March 19 from 4:30-5:45
To register, please contact Brin Bugo (403-260-2709 or email@example.com) or Jody Watson (403-221-2062 or firstname.lastname@example.com)! We're looking forward to having you join our awesome team of teen volunteers!
By Brin
The Teen Zone is an oasis for teens. It has everything new and exciting in terms of Young Adult novels and graphix, and gives teens a chance to have their own space in the library. And currently at the Nose Hill library, the Teen Zone has an art display up: art for teens by teens. Our art show Expressions features colourful and abstract work by students from Simon Fraser Junior High. The show features twelve original works by grade 8 and 9 students, and will be up in our Teen Zone until February. Come check it out!
The Nose Hill Library is starting up a dystopian bookclub for teens only. Our first bookclub meeting is January 25th, and runs from 7:30 to 8:30pm. We will be meeting on the last Wednesday of every month to talk about the hottest books with a dystopian theme. And what is the first book we will be starting with? Why, it's Divergent by Veronica Roth - an action based thrill of a read that is also soon to become a motion picture!
This is the latest treat from the folks who brought you The Hunger Games Challenge last October. Phone the Nose Hill library (403-221-2030) to register in our teen dystopian bookclub today.
Did you love The Hunger Games? Are you a fan of Harry Potter? Have you ever read a book by John Green, Neil Gaiman, or Lauren Myracle?
Would it surprise you to know that these books and authors, and many more, have been the targets of challenges meant to stop teens just like you from reading them? In fact, many of the 100 most challenged books of the last decade have been books for kids and teens - you can see the whole list here.
Every February Canadians celebrate Freedom to Read Week as a reminder of one of the fundamental freedoms set forth in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression - which includes reading and writing. We're lucky to live in a society that is mostly free from censorship, but even here in Canada we have to keep our eyes open. There are always people who want to "protect" teens by taking away books that offend them - like the ones I just mentioned:
But books are important, especially difficult, painful, possibly offensive books. As YA author Cheryl Rainfield says,
"Books saved me - realistic books that helped me know I wasn't alone and fantasy that helped me escape. Books helped me survive the extreme abuse that was my childhood and teenhood. I know how important it is to know you're not alone in your pain. That's part of why I wrote Scars...I know what it's like to have no one to turn to, nothing to help you hang on, except books. To have a book that might help another teen be kept from them—it seems wrong to me on a deep level."
It seems wrong to us, too. That's why we hold the Freedom to Read Week Contest every year. This year, the question is, "If you didn't have the freedom to choose what you read, what would that look like?"
To enter:Send your project by e-mail email@example.com upload to Teens Create(http://www.calgarypubliclibrary.com/teens/teens-create)
OR submit a hardcopy to any Calgary Public Library location.
If you haven't yet had the opportunity to see it, Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination, the current exhibition on at the Glenbow Museum, is well worth the price of admission.
According to Mark Scala, the curator of the exhibition: "Monsters are something that we have created in order to embody what we most fear, and so the whole point behind that fascination in our culture is that these are simply imaginary, simply inventions." Monsters are examples of how we express fears, hopes and wishes.
A few personal highlights include Kiki Smith's imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, depicted both as a print and a sculpture, emerging from the belly of the defeated wolf.
Patricia Piccinini's lifelike sculptures feature fantastically imagined creatures -- perhaps the result of genetic manipulation -- engaged in mundane, day-to-day activities. In one an elderly mer-nursemaid is comforted by a small boy while it sleeps; in another, a weary looking creature nurses a baby while also taking on shopping tasks while the human parents are away.
Seeing this exhibition brought to mind a few complementary literary monsters. These monsters, and the stories they inhabit, reflect our feelings toward the unknown, both beyond and within us.
This Dark Endeavour, tells the story of a young Victor Frankenstein, whose later [in]famous exploits were told by Mary Shelley in one of the first books to address mankind's dangerous emerging interest in genetic manipulation.
Not for the faint of heart (or stomach), Richard Yancey's Monstrumologist series follows the exploits of Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, as told through the journal of his young assistant Will Henry as they study and contend with a gruesome assortment of monsters (human and otherwise).
Half World and its sequel Darkest Light by Hiromi Goto apply the concept of Hungry Ghosts to the contemporary urban setting of Vancouver. Half World, the waystation between the physical realm and the realm of spirit, has become separated, and it falls to 13-year-old Melanie to enter the Half World and somehow restore the balance. Half World is a vast cityscape filled with grotesque characters whose monstrous forms are based on the sufferings they endured in the physical realm, such as the eel-armed Lilla, and the aptly named Mr. Glueskin.
In A Monster Calls, A young boy is visited nightly by a monster that is inextricably linked to the emotional trauma he experiences, and must eventually face.
Don't be afraid of the dark : Blackwood's guide to dangerous fairies, co-written by Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Golden, is a literary prequel (by 100 years) to del Toro's eerie film by the same name. Be sure also to check out del Toro's stunning modern fairytale Pan's Labrynth, in which a young girl trying to save the life of her ill mother has to contend with fantastic and real-life monsters in Fascist 1940s Spain.
With a ghost-like, hill-shaped body, cold staring eyes, a wide row of shiny teeth, and a freezing touch that kills any plants she touches, the Groke is a mysterious character that haunts the otherwise pleasant adventures of the Finn-Family Moomin Troll. As the stories progress, the more we learn about this misunderstood creature; Eventually we come to discover she is the product of a profound lonelieness. In many ways, the Groke is similar to Gollum (currently starring in the feature film version of The Hobbit, as you may have heard), whose disfigured shape reflects his inner turmoil.
So here we continue our dystopian saga, discussing why these current YA novels are so popular... from a Social Studies perspective. Try this analysis on one of your teachers to see what their reaction is!
Divergent by Veronica Roth, calls this into question; what are the most important human character traits to uphold in order to eradicate evil from human nature? Which would you choose: Intelligence, honesty, selflessness, amiability or bravery? Partially inspired by Roth's study of exposure therapy, Divergent questions the very definition of bravery. How do you define bravery? What do you think it means to be brave? Can one character trait exist in isolation or do they always act in multiple possible combinations? What is your utopia? Can utopia be universal? Or is one's person's heaven always another person's hell? What happens in a utopia when people are non-conforming? At what point/what causes a utopian ideology to become dystopian? Real life examples would be communism under Mao or Democracy under Bush.
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has left both Matched and Wither trailing in its wake. All three deal with genetics, i.e. matching and slavery. Lack of choice is prevalent. Think Star Trek laced with a hint of The Giver by Lois Lowry. If you add undertones of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, a book which I first read when I was 16, you begin to get the picture.
It's rare that I read a YA novel that I immediately want to re-read just to absorb all the poetry of the prose; it's that beautiful! Plus there is so much symbolism embedded into the book that you can tell Ally Condie used to be a High School English teacher. YA novels are often all about action and suspense. Matched, moving along at an ever quickening clip, certainly leaves you breathlessly wanting more at the end. Poetry is however, central to the book. It highlights the power of art to have political influence and be a strong force to fight against the apathy prevalent in coercive societies. There's a reason books/music/art get burned/banned. Matched underscores the power of choice; why it's important to have and why it might be beneficial not to. Implicit is that choice, held either in our own hands or societies, carries with it the ability to make both mistakes and successes. We can cause ourselves and others, both joy and sorrow along the way. Ultimately Matched takes a stance that human dignity; requires it. Otherwise we can all become so en-thralled...
The Hunger Games deals with many themes including survival, loyalty, slavery, and class privilege. It is this book that originally inspired this blog. Going out to schools in Calgary to do presentations for the library I came across many Junior High Social and Language Arts teachers who were using The Hunger Games for a novel study. It's a great book with so many leads for humanities discussions. In this way it follows The Giver by Lois Lowry, a book which is often used in schools as well.Both of these books have been banned in various places but that just gives credence to the fact that they deal with serious issues!
What struck me most about the Hunger Games is how closely it mimics a reality TV show, such as Survivor. The book thus deftly comments on our cultures obsession with entertainment; our need for vicarious living and ever more potent adrenaline boosters. And I admit I was drawn in, fully entertained, gripped by all the action suspense, romance and yes... suffering. This is in combination with a strong female character we can wholly sympathize with. Vicarious living at its finest! We are supposedly far above the Romans in our taste for civilized entertainment. But are we? Movies are simulated; reality TV shows "volunteered" for, and the news? Reality relayed at 6 'O clock each evening full of... human suffering.
For some interesting thoughts on Dystopian Fiction check out the following INFOGRAPHICS:
The Dystopian Timeline to The Hunger Games
If You Liked "The Hunger Games"…
Here's why one fellow YYC teen thinks dystopian novels are so popular these days. Warning: this may be a downer.
Soooo... anyone up for writing the next UTOPIA? We could certainly use some positive societal visioning. Any budding writers out there? Check out this Cartoon version of Thoreau at Walden. We'd LOVE to hear your voices in TEENSCREATE!
Why are Dystopian Novels so popular? This current trend not just with teens, it is also popular with many adults. These YA novels have even your parents following them! Why? Because they deal with real life issues that we either face in the world every day, or that the WORLD at large deals with every day. The proof is in the pudding eh? So what issues DO the current faves and bests deal with?
Wither The main issue this book deals with is the possible unknown side-effects of genetic engineering and insufficiently tested cures. This applies today to more than just genetics research; we have many diseases with unknown cures and unknown causes... Do we know the full effects of a lifetime of eating Kraft diner, painting our nails with formaldehyde polish, or spraying DDT on our vegetables and consequent genetic defects? No... and on and on and on with 100 million products and experiments we conduct every day. Diseases like ALS are New and just popping up and others like AIDS and many cancers still have no known cures.
Wither also deals with objectifying women and young girls solely for their looks (very western), reproductive capacities (prevalent in various countries today) and reproductive slavery. Slavery is slavery even within the confines of comfy couches and pretty lipsticks... As well as taking a look at what love really Is and Is not.
Birthmarked also takes a hard look at reproductive slavery, as well as being a case study for third world vs. first world paradigms. Set in 2403 in a society where our world and time is labeled "the cool age", it is an imaginative rendering of post apocalyptic survival - global warming style. The book even dares to propose how various current energy solutions such as using geothermic energy could have negative effects on society; or certain members of society, whenever dictatorship reigns. Our current world deals with global warming; 1st world vs. 3rd world; class issues and divisions within society (some more stark and apparent than others and some more covert); alternative energies and dictatorships Every Day. Perhaps the resonance of these books is not in their outlandish imaginings, but rather in their expressions of current realities made more digestible through the form of story. Check out the movie trailer here.
The Graceling series is perhaps one of the most multi-layered dystopian series of the bunch, teetering into the verge of fantasy, but striking home so closely to reality that I often found the books very difficult to read (even though this consequently made them my favourites of the bunch.) Dealing with issues of literacy and class, ability vs. disability, dictatorships, sociopaths, murder, justice, memory and healing, they also insert things such as birth-control and GLBTQ as givens, positive aspects of this much troubled society.
Bitterblue is the story of both a girl and a society recovering from the effects of a regime of terror. How does one uncover truth? How are "war crimes" dealt with fairly when the entire society is both implicitly guilty and traumatized at the same time? Can a thief be loyal, just, trustworthy and lovable? Can one be treasonous, break the law and yet be loyal and just under the law at the same time? How can just 4% of the population (the statistical existence of sociopaths) cause so much damage?
For some interesting thoughts on Dystopian Fiction check out the following INFOGRAPHIC: Is It Dystopia?
Social Studies 101 coming up, in the form of case studies presented in really engaging YA novels!
Stay tuned next Sunday for Part 2 of this blog: Dystopian Popularity Continued...
How many of you are as excited about upcoming The Hobbit movie? December 14 can't seem to come fast enough for me. Having said that, I will need to re-read the novel as it seems like it was such a long time ago since I originally read it. Don't get me wrong, I do remember what the novel is about, but would love to refresh my memory of its details. I don't know about any of you, but when it comes to the adaptation of books into movies, I tend to like the book better. The odd time, I have found myself enjoying the movie adaptation of a novel as well; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy being one of those rare occasions.
When I was initially talking to people about the movie, I was surprised to hear that the movie was going to be in two parts, but in doing some digging, I have learned that it will be actually in three parts. I find this news to be exciting. I have to question however, why a novel that is shorter than each The Lord of the Rings (LOR) have been done if they were done in two parts, right? The first part of the three part series will be called The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey is set to release on December 14 of this year. The second movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, will be released around December 13, 2013. The third movie, will have the same title as the novel, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, with news that it will be released on July 18, 2014. I am glad that Peter Jackson is directing The Hobbit, as it will be nice to see a continuation of his work on a book that is part of The Lord of the Ring series.
Don't get me wrong, I realize that you don't need to read The Hobbit in order to get the idea of The Lord of the Rings and vice versa, but having read The Hobbit first, does help lay the ground work for The Lord of the Rings. I am also excited to see that a lot of the cast from LOR will be returning to play the characters that they had originally portrayed. Looking at some of the trailers online, I can't wait for the movie to come out in theatres!


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Come what may ~: I AM STILL PRETTY SKEPTICAL
But all this marianas deep web TOR shyt gg on about hiddenwiki and CP and drugs and whatnot seems pretty real to me.
I will not venture there but i've alwaes wondered bout our world wide web.
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Greek prosecutors bring charges over DePuy deals
Tuesday - 2/12/2013, 4:10pm EST
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek prosecutors have brought criminal corruption charges related to state hospital purchases from DePuy, a subsidiary of U.S. healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson.
Court officials said Tuesday that five DePuy officials have been charged with bribery and money laundering over deals between 1998 and 2006.
The names of the five were not released, and it was unclear whether they were still employed by DePuy.
The charges accuse the five of paying more than EUR16 million ($21.5 million) in bribes to Greek doctors to promote company products.
Eight Greek state hospital doctors -- mostly orthopedic specialists -- have already been formally accused of taking bribes and money laundering in the same case.
Extravagant healthcare spending contributed significantly to the derailment of Greece's finances. The country now relies on international bailouts.
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By Reg Jones
Deferred retirement
September 16th, 2014 | Deferred retirement
Q. I'm a federal law enforcement officer with 16 years covered and three years federal service not covered. If I decide to take a deferred retirement will I still get the enhanced 1.7 x the number of years x my high three and 1 x the number of non-law enforcement years X my high-3? I also bought back 13 years of military service. How will those years be added? Read the rest of this entry »
Annuity computation
August 18th, 2014 | Deferred retirement
Q. I'm a law enforcement officer with 16 years federal service. I also have three years federal service (non-LEO). I'm looking at deferred retirement next year with 20 years of federal service and being able to draw my retirement at age 60, I'm currently 52. According to all I have read, the following would be how I calculate the income.
Base pay 80,000 X 17years X 1.7 for law enforcement.
Base pay 80,000 X 3 years X 1 for non-law enforcement federal service.
I have bought back 13 years prior military service but not sure where this counts.
Could you please review this and tell me if I'm figuring the amounts out correctly? Read the rest of this entry »
Can I retire now?
August 13th, 2014 | Deferred retirement Minimum retirement age
Q. I am 53 years old with 32 years of creditable service. I am under the FERS retirement system, and my MRA is 56. Could I retire now? Read the rest of this entry »
Deferred annuity
August 12th, 2014 | Deferred retirement
Q. I worked as a full-time carrier from 1988-1996. I recently heard that I am vested and will receive some money when I'm in my 60s. Is that true? I also had almost 8 years of sick leave saved up. Does that count for anything? I know that some federal agencies receive medical insurance if they paid for it for 5 years — Is the USPS one of those agencies? Read the rest of this entry »
Deferred vs. postponed retirement
July 22nd, 2014 | Deferred retirement
Q. I am a FERS (non-LEO) employee and plan to leave government service at age 50 with 26 years of service. Do I elect to defer or postpone my retirement? At what age do I draw from my retirement; 56, 60 or 62? At what age would I qualify for life insurance to be included again? Read the rest of this entry »
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Retirement and financial penalties
May 15th, 2014 | Deferred retirement Eligibility
Q. I'm a DoD employee, age 52 3/4 years with 28 1/4 years of service. My goal
is to retire when I reach 30 years of service, but I'll still be almost two
years short of my MRA, and therein lies the rub. I've done a fair bit of
research, but try as I might, I cannot find an avenue for retirement before my
56th birthday that does not entail major curtailments in my benefit. If I
retire at 30 years of service, I'm hit with a 40 percent (5 percent times number of years
until 62) reduction in my annuity. I won't be eligible for a postponed
retirement and a deferred retirement means the loss of my Federal Healthcare
Benefit and that is just not acceptable to me.
It appears that early retirement, even a few years shy of MRA, is
disincentivized to the point that most employees that did not have a medical
condition or some other life-changing event would be crazy or desperate to
retire before MRA.
Is there a way I can retire at any time between now and my 56th birthday
that does not entail major financial penalties (say 10 percent for the sake of
argument) and/or the loss of healthcare coverage?
CSRS deferred retirement
April 4th, 2014 | CSRS annuity computation Deferred retirement
Q. I was eligible for subject retirement at age 62 on Feb. 19, 2012, but I didn't apply for it and am now applying at age 65. What will happen to the annuity I could have taken during the three years I was eligible but did not apply for? Read the rest of this entry »
Retiring under MRA
April 1st, 2014 | Deferred retirement Eligibility Minimum retirement age VERA
Q. I am 52 with 31 years of FERS service. If I retire now, would I still get the special retirement supplement when I turn 56? Or is that only if I were offered a voluntary retirement? Can I get my retirement now? What is the penalty given my age and years of service? Read the rest of this entry »
Disability and deferred retirement
April 1st, 2014 | Deferred retirement FERS annuity computation Minimum retirement age
Q. I am a FERS employee with the Defense Logistics Agency and have 22 years of service. I turn 50 on Sept. 30. I am considering deferred retirement when I turn 50. What penalties would be applied if my minimum retirement age is 56? I am 100 percent VA disabled total permanent, but not sure I want to go through another disability battle with OPM. Read the rest of this entry »
Federal retirement
March 26th, 2014 | Deferred retirement Eligibility MRA + 10
Q. I spent eight years active duty in the Air Force as a physician in the late 1990s. I would like to end my career practicing at the VA. I am 59 years old. If I work at the VA for 11 years, I will only have 19 years of federal service. Will I be entitled to any federal government pension? Must I work a full 20 years for the Fed? Will that effect the Social Security funds that I have contributed to for the past 25 years? Read the rest of this entry »
Deferred retirement
March 25th, 2014 | Deferred retirement
Q. I've completed five years of creditable civilian service with the VA and "purchased" my four years of military service, and now I work for the state. If my annual average pay was $44k, how much can I expect to receive after I apply for deferred retirement at the age of 62? 65? Read the rest of this entry »
FERS retirement multiplier
March 21st, 2014 | Deferred retirement FERS annuity computation Minimum retirement age
Q. A recent post stated you can receive your FERS retirement benefits calculated at the rate of .011 with 20 years of service at age 62. Does this benefit rate of 1.1, apply if you resigned your employment before the minimum retirement age, have more than 20 years of service and elect to receive a deferred retirement at age 62? At age 60, benefits are calculated at .01. Is there a choice? Read the rest of this entry »
FEHB and deferred retirement
March 11th, 2014 | Deferred retirement FEHBP term employee
Q. I started work in an letter of authorization appointment in June 2004. In January 2005, I was hired under a TERM contract not-to-exceed four years. I completed that term and a second one. At the end of that period, my only option to continue was to return to an L/A appointment. Because I was coming from a position with benefits (FEHB and FERS), I was able to keep them in the L/A appointment. The L/A appointment rules are changing (all the time, it seems), and at this point I don't know if my L/A appointment can be renewed.
Though I've never been a permanent federal employee, at the end of this appointment, I will have nine years, and one and a half months of full time FERS, plus 10 months at 3/8 time. I will be 52.
I understand that as a general rule FEHB benefits cannot be picked up in the case of a deferred retirement, but I'm wondering if there is an exception because neither myself nor my employer are wanting me to stop working, there just isn't a way to keep me working. (Well, there is a possibility I could work under a service contract act but would not have federal benefits.) Read the rest of this entry »
Calculating deferred annuity payments
February 28th, 2014 | Deferred retirement Eligibility Minimum retirement age
Q. I worked for the USPS from 1989 – 1999 as a full time Clerk. Will I get a retirement pension of benefit in the future? When it will be and how much monthly payment I can get? Read the rest of this entry »
Deferred retirement
February 18th, 2014 | Deferred retirement High-3 PAY RETIREMENT
Q. I resigned from federal service with 20 years as a WG-12 (age 45). I also had 26 years military (four active and 16 Guard). I was told that I could apply for a deferred retirement. Where can I find a calculator to see what my retirement would be when I reach age 62?
Involuntary separation, health insurance and deferred retirement
February 17th, 2014 | Coverage after retirement Deferred retirement discontinued service retirement DOWNSIZING FEHBP HEALTH INSURANCE Minimum retirement age RETIREMENT separation Special retirement supplement
Q. I am 57 years and two months old. I am most likely going receive a sanction on my nursing license in late April or early May. I have 21 years and three months of service, including three years of military buyback time. I have carried federal health insurance since 1995. If I wait until the probable board sanction and I get terminated, will I still be able to defer retirement until age 60? Will I still be able to continue health insurance at age 60? Or would it be better to retire the day before the stated board of nursing action and avoid termination? Also, if I am terminated do I go to human resources and apply for deferred retirement, or do I do it through the Office of Personnel Management?
FERS annuity
February 16th, 2014 | annuity reduction Creditable service: FERS Deferred retirement FERS annuity computation High-3 Military service deposits MRA + 10 PAY RETIREMENT
Q. I am 57 with 22+ years of service with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. I'd like to find out what my FERS balance is and what would be the best time to start an annuity. I served from 1989 to 2010 + two years active military bought back.
Dual status retirement
February 16th, 2014 | annuity reduction Deferred retirement Military service deposits MRA + 10 PAY RETIREMENT Special retirement supplement
Q. I am a military technician who is reaching age 60. At that time, I will only have 16 years civil service. Will I receive a full retirement with the special retirement supplement? Or will it be a reduced retirement?
Retirement at 30 years
February 14th, 2014 | annuity reduction Creditable service: FERS Deferred retirement FERS annuity computation Minimum retirement age MRA + 10 PAY Resignation RETIREMENT Special retirement supplement
Q. I just received my 30-year pin for government service time worked as a FERS employee. I've been considering relocating to Florida and can't find a government job. If I took a job at a town hall in Florida, would I be able to resign from my current government job and have them keep all my retirement and Thrift Savings Plan on ice until I would have been eligible to retire at age 56 without penalty? If so, would I also be eligible at age 56 for the special retirement supplement, even if I were working for the town, or would I have to retire from the town job to be eligible for the supplement?
The only reason I ask is that after seeing your answer to someone else's similar question (they only had 20 years vested), part of your answer was: "The only way to reduce or avoid the reduction would be to retire and postpone the receipt of your annuity until a later date."
Deferred annuity and FEHB
February 13th, 2014 | Coverage after retirement Deferred retirement Early retirement FEHBP HEALTH INSURANCE MRA + 10 Re-enrollment RETIREMENT
Q. I am 57 years and two months old. I have 21 years of federal service (FERS), including two years and 11 months of military buyback time. I am considering early retirement. I have maintained Federal Employees Health Benefits since I started 18 or so years ago. The human resources experts here are telling me that if I defer my retirement to age 60 (which I am eligible) that I can never again receive FEHB. I cannot find that statement anywhere. I have seen a local in-service slide presentation that you can defer retirement until age 60 or 62 and pick up health insurance at that time. Can you tell me what is correct in this scenario?


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#RhodeScholar Amy explores Boston!
April 16 - Good luck to everyone running in the Boston Marathon today! You rock!
The weekend was a whirlwind of running events. On Friday my Crazy Running Partner and I headed to Boston for a running girls night out.
Our first stop was the 2012 Boston Marathon Expo at the Seaport World Trade Center. CRP has finished the Boston Marathon twice and she thought I needed to see this expo. Huge. Loved it. Wish we had more time to hang out.
(To read the rest of Amy's entry, please visit her blog with the link below.)
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In our side yard
July 11, 2014 at 08:03 AM in Gardening | Permalink
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I don't know if it's because of the unusually long and cold winter we had, or if it was because I couldn't sing or dance this spring so gardening was my major creative outlet, but I have been enjoying the gardens more than usual this year. Here are a few things that have been blooming lately:
Hibiscus and phlox - Except for Osmocote, I don't usually use anything artificial on the gardens. However, small caterpillars and beetles have been decimating the hibiscus leaves so I finally bought and used Neem last week.
A small hibiscus (or hibiscus relative) - this one is very healthy
Daisies and phlox
Asiatic lily and bee balm (the lily is what made me decide to take pictures of the garden!)
Bee balm!
July 09, 2014 at 08:00 AM in Gardening | Permalink
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I haven't posted here in so long. It's been a busy, eventful spring year. Here's a brief rundown:
Here are some more of the photos I took in mid-May for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day:
This rose bush is doing unusually well this year.
I could see these pansies from the window next to the computer.
I often eat breakfast while sitting on the front porch steps. This was the view. The daisies in the background escaped from the bed behind them years ago as did the purple mazus in the grass on the right.
A close-up of the daisies and the mazus
The mountain laurel is one of my favorite bushes.
I took a number of photos of the columbines. This is the only one that came out well. They're hard to photograph.
Mountain bluet
Yellow flag iris
These daisies have escaped from the bed into the drainage ditch between our house and the neighbors'.
This columbine photo turned out well.
I'm so happy to see the fairy wand (Chamaelirium luteum) blooming! I've always loved seeing it in the Mountain Habitat Garden at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, and I was able to buy it there two years ago.
Coreopsis "Jethro Tull" - a perfect plant for me since I play the flute! The only large pop/rock concert I ever went to was a Jethro Tull concert in Boston in 1980.
May 26, 2014 at 10:22 PM in Gardening, Personal | Permalink
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I wish I'd taken photos for this last weekend. The tulips and narcissus were in full bloom. We had a front come through today, and the rain pushed most of them sideways. Here's a relatively short set of photos for an April Bloom Day:
The columbines just started blooming.
Narcissus and tulips
The view from the kitchen table
The dogwoods aren't blooming as profusely this year. This one has the most blooms of any in the yard.
The view from the library window
Some of the happiest flowers, right now, are the ones that have escaped from the flower beds into the grass - like this mazus.
This ajuga also is happy in the lawn.
The leopard's bane is escaping into the yard too.
Usually, this azalea bush is covered with flowers - but not this year.
Happy violets in the grass
When I open the blinds in the bedroom, this view of the dogwood flowers makes me very happy.
View of the viburnum prunifolium (black haw) tree from another window in our bedroom.
April 15, 2014 at 11:16 PM in Gardening | Permalink
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It's been a while since I blogged - the show took all my creative attention and lots of my other attention too. I finally have most of the downstairs cleaned up after weeks of bringing things in and dumping them somewhere. Today, we spent lots of time cleaning up outside from the ice storm a week ago. We were in Charleston right after the ice storm so we're finally getting to take care of the yard. It was a lovely, warm afternoon!
Our yard is roughly pie shaped, and the point of the pie goes downhill here. This is what it looked like the day after the storm as the ice started melting (view from older son's bedroom). Here's a close-up:
We took care of the two trees on the left and the one that you can't really see well on the right in the shadows.
While we were in Charleston, SC, lots of bulbs started blooming! Here are some of them:
Reticulated irises
I love the stripes on this crocus.
Daffodils and more reticulated irises in front of a large branch from the cedar tree. When younger son was a toddler, we had a swing hanging from that branch (the flower bed wasn't there then). The ropes for the swing were long so the swing made a large arc. He still remembers how fun it was. We're trying to figure out something special to do with the branch.
Daffodils and white crocuses in front of the top half of a tree (the one in the shade in the first two photos)
A close-up of the crocuses
More daffodils and another large branch
Crocuses and small daffodils
A wonderful patch of crocuses!
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day is hosted by May Dreams Gardens - go there to check out more early bloomers.
March 15, 2014 at 11:37 PM in Gardening | Permalink
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It was a beautiful, though chilly, day today. Very unusually, I didn't have any errands I needed to run on the way home from Zumba so I stopped by the Botanical Garden for a very peaceful walk. There were almost no other visitors there.
L"Homme Vert by Forrest C. Greenslade
The Garden is having their annual Sculpture in the Garden exhibit.
Blue lobelia
Dolphin's Leap by Douglas Tilden
Fragrant gladiolus
How October Mountain Got Its Name or Cock-A-Doodle-Do by Lynn Wartski
This is one of my two favorites.
Sunflower Gate III by Jim Gallucci
This is my other favorite.
Leaves on a beautiful tree in the parking lot
November 04, 2013 at 11:13 PM in Arts, Gardening | Permalink
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At some point in the fall, I gradually go from "There's not as much blooming anymore" to "It's so wonderful that there's anything still blooming!"* I'm always very happy to be living in NC in early November (and late February too)(they make up for July).
We had a frost last week, but we covered up plants and the guys hauled lots of pots into the garage and back out the next morning. Here are the flowers making me happy:
Pineapple sage
The view from the front porch
These spider flower plants came up on their own.
I was glad that this nasturtium made it through the freeze when we covered it up.
The "Lady in Red" salvia is one of my favorite annuals. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any at the local garden stores this year (I found the pineapple sage in Asheville). I finally ordered seeds in June or July, and I didn't have a chance to plant them (and pay attention to them) until August (after the summer musical was over). I didn't think I'd get to see them bloom, but they started blooming three weeks ago. They're about five inches tall (they usually are 3 to 4 feet tall by the end of the growing season).
The bright yellow chrysanthemums are the last perennials to start blooming every fall. Here, there just about to start.
Most of the black-eyed Susan vines got blasted by the frost. However, this one came up in a hanging pot (I didn't plant it there) which was moved to the garage.
* I grew up in Detroit, MI and Poughkeepsie, NY, where the highs tomorrow are going to be, respectively, 45 and 48. The high here should be 63 (5 degrees colder than today).
November 02, 2013 at 11:24 PM in Gardening | Permalink
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I once heard of a family who described themselves as "being indoor people." With all the hiking and gardening I do, I've long considered myself an outdoor person, but I lost that this year. With all the exhaustion from the CPAP, I didn't get into gardening last spring the way I normally do. I didn't even get around to planting all my annuals. Since I felt exhausted for months (so exhausted that I couldn't safely drive in the evenings and taking walks was challenging), I didn't do much outside. I started feeling better about three weeks before opening night of the summer musical so I was too busy (and it was too hot) to do much outside, and then I spent the next two months (futilely) trying to catch up on all the things I didn't do when I was exhausted.
We were on vacation for the first two weeks of October, and it was wonderful! We hiked twice most days, morning and late afternoon/evening - rain, fog, or shine. The house had a beautiful view (panorama from the deck above) so we ate outside or I read outside as often as possible. There was a sheltered spot on the deck that I could sit in even during chilly afternoons (view from that spot of Grandfather Mountain) I got used to being outside a lot again.
I feel so much better when I get outside a lot!
The last three days, I've spent the afternoons working out in the yard. Yesterday, we spent the morning at the Durham farmer's market, and the garden store, and, this morning, dear husband and I walked at Ayr Mount (right).
I'm not in choir right now because I'm trying to get my blood pressure down again (it started drifting up over the summer. The choir chairs are close together, and the choir sits sideways to the altar. I've known this isn't good for my body because I tense up in order not to bump into anyone in the close chairs, and I end up with a tension headache because of keeping my head constantly turned to the side for over an hour. Every Sunday, I'd get home from choir, change out of my church clothes, and take Advil for the tension headache/backache/Achilles tendenitis/whatever was tense that day. Unfortunately, the thing I do regularly which makes me the most tense is choir.
Since both my regular doctor and the hypertension specialist have recently recommended relaxation exercises/yoga/etc. to help get my bp down, regularly doing something that leaves my body tense (in a way that exercise, interestingly, doesn't do), undoes what I work at doing for the rest of the week. I was sad to have to drop choir, but, hopefully, I can return eventually.
Over the summer (when there's no choir anyway, and even the service I go to is cancelled), dear husband and I got into the habit of hiking on Sunday mornings. The last few weeks, we've changed that to walks at Ayr Mount, a historic home in Hillsborough. I decided, both for a new photography challenge and to get myself outside in all kinds of weather, that I would start a new blog. Last week, I put it together. It's a new photo blog platform and format, and I'm really enjoying it. I love the way it displays the photos.
My new blog is 52 Weeks at Ayr Mount. Ayr Mount is only about 8 minutes away from my house so it should be easier to keep up with the photos than it's been for our Duke Gardens blog, which I've started posting on again also (but which will probably be more intermittent).
October 27, 2013 at 07:59 PM in Gardening, Hiking, North Carolina | Permalink
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This is my picture of hope for today. They're the peat pots that you start seeds in. These were the pots in which seeds didn't germinate or plants died. I finally cleared the rest out this morning. They're now in the woods - in the spot where I put things that are waiting to go in the compost bins. While they wait, they can release their nutrients into the ground to nurture the trees. The trees above this spot are very happy (right).
I've grown lots of annuals and many perennials from seed since I started gardening (about 23 years ago). I started doing it because I couldn't afford to buy the plants.
I've kept doing it because it's less expensive, but also because I enjoy it. Not everything germinates, but I love watching the things that do. I also love looking at an eight foot plant and knowing that I started it from seed - like the tithonia to the right.
This year, I did really badly with the seedlings. I was so tired and unfocused from lack of sleep with the CPAP that I forgot to water or to put the seedlings out in the sunshine. I had little sunflowers that bloomed four inches tall in their peat pots in the shade on the front porch because I never got around to planting them in flower beds. They were rather pathetic, I suppose, but I still enjoyed them.
I started three trays of seeds - spring, early summer, and mid summer. Fortunately, seeds aren't too expensive because out of the 150 peat pots worth of seeds, I actually transplanted maybe two dozen plants in the flower beds and deck pots. The rest didn't germinate or didn't survive, and the pots got moldy from being in the shade - which, apparently, doesn't bother "Lady in Red" salvia - my biggest success this summer. Tithonia also survives neglect pretty well and then takes off when put in the dirt.
Even the tithonia in the shade did well. The bed next to the garage only gets direct sun in June and a bit of May and July. I've never planted anything in there as late as partway into July so, even though these plants came from the same batch as the one above to the right, they only are about three feet tall instead of seven because they haven't gotten enough direct sunlight. They're still blooming, though:
If I'd been more practical, or if I'd known how wiped out I'd be for months on the CPAP, I would have known not to start seeds. I'm glad I didn't and that I had the hope of more plants, even if it didn't pan out.
I spent $18 for three trays of peat pots, maybe another $15 for the potting soil, and $15 for the seeds. Actually, it was still a pretty good deal - coming out to about $2 per useable plant. Even without that, it would have been worth it for the hope of gardening.
September 17, 2013 at 10:20 PM in Gardening, Personal | Permalink
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When we were in Asheville for our early anniversary trip last weekend, we spent Sunday at the Biltmore Estate. The gardens are beautiful right now - there's so much blooming and so much color that it was like walking through a box of crayons. Here's the video I took (I'm still getting used to the camera so it took a few seconds to stop recording at the end):
September 11, 2013 at 10:54 PM in Asheville, NC, Gardening | Permalink
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In the world of social networks, Foursquare is sort of like the captain of the cheerleading squad: Its very existence is predicated on the idea of nonstop, chatty oversharing.
In practical terms, that means attempts to protect your privacy are almost oxymoronic: When you're checking in everywhere you wander, tagging friends and posting a firehose of updates to all your other social networks, you've left very little info to the imagination.
Still, Foursquare obviously offers some appealing functionality, including discounts, rewards and coupons (and bragging rights about your badges, if that appeals to you), so it's all about cutting your privacy losses.
For inspiration, take a visit to the daunting matrix linked on the service's Privacy page that spells out what data and actions are seen by friends or the public at large by default. Now you get it?
1. Hide your location
The hard choice to make is whether you broadcast your location publicly, and we'd suggest you opt to make a default setting to hide your location (you can still check in, and they'll be saved in your history) and then perhaps opt to turn it on for special occasions.
- Click your name along the top right corner and select Settings from the drop-down menu.
- Click Privacy Settings.
- Uncheck all the boxes beneath Location Information. Sadly, this prevents you from earning mayorships (sorry).
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While Connected Apps do some cool stuff, they also dig into your profile, check-in history, as well as your friends' lists and so on, so consider disconnecting them altogether, since you can't limit specific behaviors.
- Click your name in the right corner and select Settings from the drop-down menu.
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As with other networks, connecting Foursquare with Facebook means all the posts you make are stripped of the privacy controls you've instituted on one site once they hop to the other.
Running Foursquare this way hobbles a lot of its essential functionality, making it a very different beast altogether, but at least one that isn't gossiping about you in the locker room.
- Click your name along the top right corner and select Settings from the drop-down menu.
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