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Civilization 5 April Fools' Gag: Extreme Diplomacy Death Match
The companies behind Sid Meier's Civilization 5--due on PC this fall--today (jokingly) announced the inclusion of an "extreme diplomacy" mode in the turn-based straegy game, which "would allow two world leaders to enter a death match and fight to the finish" in the event that "normal diplomacy or military might fail to resolve conflicts."
Revealed alongside this news was an "Uber Edition" of the game that includes an eight-button joystick, plus a breakdown of some attacks specific to certain leaders:
George Washington's Uncle Slam Attack Oda Nobunaga's Tsunami Train Attack Otto von Bismarck's Hurricane Helmet Spike Attack Ramesses II's Phalanx of the Leopard Army Montezuma's Revenge of the Aztec Army Napoleon's Complex Military Strike
"Each world leader will have unique special attacks and finishing moves," explained 2K. "Two world leaders enter; one world leader leaves. The victor will obtain complete control of the challenger's world empire." More "on how to school fools in a bitter mano-a-mano duel to the death" is supposedly over on the game's official site, though it's not :(


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January 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Foo Fighters & Weezer (January 27, Sydney)Foo Fighters & Weezer ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park; Sydney, Australia Saturday, January 27 The Foo Fighters are a strange beast – they have been in existence some 22 years. Started, as a solo project by Dave Grohl, a dumping ground for demos he'd been building up in Nirvana's final moments and then in the […]
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Virginia Hanlon Grohl: From Cradle To StageFrom Cradle to Stage: Stories From The Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars Virginia Hanlon Grohl Seal Press Nepotism meets meta-prank – or something? – as Dave Grohl's mother rolls out a book just in time for Mother's Day…
January 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New YorkSo I just watched Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York on DVD. This is a classic concert – an important concert to me. I'm not sure how great it is as I have a rather biased view towards Nirvana. I'm not their biggest fan. I think Kurt Cobain was often a bit of a twit. […]
January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 763Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I'd heard, some I hadn't) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]
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Stubs: # 35 – Them Crooked Vultures, Wellington, 2010It was the night after AC/DC – and there must have been a lot of people that went to both shows; all excited too. And I had written a pretty positive review of AC/DC as it was a good stadium show – they did what they do. And well. And then there I was the […]
September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Olivier Libaux: Uncovered Queens of the Stone AgeOlivier Libaux Uncovered: Queens of the Stone Age Inertia Records/Border Here the main man from Nouvelle Vague does the decent thing – an act of kindness for humanity – and makes a wee set of silk purses from the sows' ears Queens of the Stone Age call songs. If you know his trick, his Bossa […]
July 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Queens of the Stone Age: Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone Age …Like Clockwork Matador Records Good lord this new Queens of the Stone Age record is fucking boring init? I assume it's the rather shite state of rock that has allowed for Josh Homme and his floating crew that he bands together now and then to make records and have them […]
March 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sound City: A film by Dave GrohlSound City Director: Dave Grohl Gravitas Ventures The documentary Sound City will be gushed over by many simply because Dave Grohl is the director and narrator; it's his pet-project. It is – for the most part – a well-intentioned look at the titular recording studio, a hovel that helped to create some of rock's enduring […]
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1743Bob Mould, Workbook (1989) I'm not sure where I got this from – or when. But I'm glad I have it. I was a fan of Sugar first and then some of Bob Mould's solo stuff and then Husker Du – that's just how it worked for me. I loved Sugar for a long time […]
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Australian Gold Shining In $11 Billion Chinese Market
The Perth Mint has created a strong new market for Australian gold producers with Chinese investors now buying more than 230 tonnes of Australian gold bullion, worth $11 billion, on the Shanghai Gold Exchange every year.
Chief Operating Officer David Woodford said the quality of Australian gold and the certainty of supply had seen gold exports to China dramatically increase in the recent years.
"In 2014, The Perth Mint became the first foreign refinery accredited on the Shanghai Gold Exchange and we have worked steadily to establish this new market," Mr Woodford said.
"Today we are on track to achieve our goal of becoming the biggest source of imported gold in the Chinese market and that is great news for Australian gold producers and Australian mine workers."
Australian gold exports into China have more than doubled from 110 tonnes in 2011 to 232 tonnes in the past year. Over the past 12 months alone, growth has been more than 8 per cent.
Mr Woodford said The Perth Mint had established direct distribution networks with both local Chinese banks and international banks operating across China.
"The majority of our exports are in the form of 1kg gold bullion bars which are certified at 99.99 per cent purity," he said.
"Our direct relationships with the banks have enabled us to lift our sales volumes and we are confident this market will continue to grow."
Australia is the second largest producer of gold in the world after China and The Perth Mint is focused on maximising export income from gold production.
"The Perth Mint has an established international reputation for excellence in refining and minting precious metals," Mr Woodford continued.
"In the past year, we refined more than 330 tonnes of gold and 540 tonnes of silver.
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Delle Donne leads Sky over Sun
UNCASVILLE (AP) -- Sylvia Fowles spent her first five seasons with the Chicago Sky enduring one losing season after another.
Fowles has been able to smile a lot more this season.
Rookie Elena Delle Donne had 23 points and five rebounds, and Chicago scored the game's first 12 points and went on to beat the Connecticut Sun 83-70 on Friday.
Swin Cash had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Sky (10-4), and Fowles had 14 points and eight rebounds. Epiphanny Prince added 11 points and six assists, while Courtney Vandersloot had seven assists and four steals for Chicago, which has won six of seven.
"Over the past few years, it's been frustrating, but it's always been fun," Fowles said. "I can say this has been one of the most fun years I've ever had."
Tina Charles scored 29 points for the Sun (3-9). Reserve Mistie Bass scored 13 points. The Sun have lost six of seven.
Connecticut missed its first 10 shots and Chicago grabbed the early lead. Allison Hightower scored the Sun's first points 4:14 into the game.
The Sky led 50-35 at the half and cruised to the win.
Chicago has never had a winning season and has qualified for the playoffs just once in its seven seasons.
Fowles credited Delle Donne, the second overall pick in this year's draft, for being a key to the turnaround.
"We have a sense of urgency this year, plus adding a pretty good player," Fowles chuckled. "Elena has a big part to do with (the winning). For us to officially have a true 4, she brings a lot. She's a threat. It makes everything else click."
Delle Donne has averaged 19.1 points. The only players who've averaged more points are Olympians Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury and Angel McCoughtry of the Atlanta Dream.
"I expected wins," Delle Donne said. "I knew this was a great team, and I really felt like we had all the pieces to the puzzle. I didn't know how soon it would come together, but I did expect big things from this team.
"It's a great team. Awesome coaching staff. Put that together and you get some wins."
Connecticut, meanwhile, is enduring its worst start in history. It trailed by double digits nearly the entire game. It was behind by as much as 22 points (83-61) with over two minutes left in the game.
"Chicago (came out aggressive)," Charles said. "They threw that first punch, and we were just trying to get back into the game."
Sun starting guard Kara Lawson returned Friday night after missing the previous four games to a bruised knee.
Reserve guard Renee Montgomery, last year's WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year, has missed nine games for Connecticut due to a high ankle sprain. Tan White, another reserve guard, hasn't played in eight games after breaking a finger in practice.
Prince made two free throws less than a minute into the game. Cash and Fowles followed with back-to-back layups. Fowles' hook shot gave the Sky an 8-0 lead a little more than two minutes into the game.
Cash made two free throws after a Sun timeout. Vandersloot's 20-foot jumper extended Chicago's lead to 12-0.


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SWFA SS 10x42M Tactical 30mm Riflescope
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An Auld Man Shall Never Daunton Me.
1830-1840Printer:Printed by D. W. Kellogg & Co. , American, 1830 - 1840
Publisher:Published by D. W. Kellogg & Co. , American, 1830 - 1840
Lithography; printer's ink on wove paper
Primary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/8 x 8 5/8in. (18.1 x 21.9cm) Sheet (height x width): 11 3/16 x 8 5/8in. (28.4 x 21.9cm)
Credit Line: Connecticut Historical Society collection
Description: An elderly bald man and a young woman stand in the interior of a room, apparently a kitchen. The man's right hand is on the woman's shoulder and she raises her left hand to ward him off. He wears a jacket, vest, shirt, and stock. She wears a plaid cap and dress with a separate bodice and striped skirt. Plates, a large jar, and a jug are on shelves behind them. A two-handled crock is on a table at the left.
Subject Note: The son of a farmer, Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland on 25 January 1759. Although poor, he read widely, and by 1781, had begun to write poetry. His Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, were an immediate success when they were published in 1786. He died at Dumfries, Scotland on 21 July 1796 at the age of 37.
Inscription: Recto: Lithographed title beneath image: "AN AULD MAN SHALL NEVER DAUNTON ME. / For a' his meal and a' his maut, / For a' his fresh beef and his saut,' / For a' his gold and white monie, / An auld man shall never daunton me. / To daunton me and me so young, / Wi his fause heart and flattering tongue, / That is the thing you ne'er shall see: / For an auld man shall never daunton me. / Burns' Songs." On verso: In pencil, upper right: "#465 / 500"; lower right: "Dwr 10"; old and new accession numbers inscribed in pencil, upper center.
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Good news for runners hoping to set a course record at Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon: The weather looks like it will cooperate.
NBC 5 forecast models show a cool, cloudy morning with temperatures in the low 50s for the start of the race. Scattered light showers will be possible but not until early afternoon, making for a rain-free sendoff for the marathon's elite runners.
The afternoon likely will be cloudy with light showers at times as temperatures gradually climb into the upper 50s and low 60s.
Looking to squeeze in a last-minute jog before Sunday? Friday could see some lake-effect sprinkles and clouds in the afternoon. The skies clear by Friday night, but temperatures could dip as low as the mid-30s in the suburbs and upper 40s in Chicago, creating frost in some areas.
Cool temperatures continue Saturday morning, and some lake-effect clouds and rain are still possible. Temperatures climb to between 55 and 60 degrees around mid-day.
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IBM formed its cloud division when it bought SoftLayer in 2013. One of the services that it provides is cloud-based storage, just like Amazon S3 and Rackspace. You can use it to store gigabytes or even terabytes of data, but at some point, you will need to analyze that data.
That's where Xplenty comes in. Xplenty lets you prepare data for analysis in the browser. It can import data from your SoftLayer account and also save the results there. You can also use Xplenty to integrate data from several sources, including cloud storage services, relational databases and MongoDB.
Connecting Xplenty to IBM SoftLayer
Get the username and API key from SoftLayer. For instructions, please see SoftLayer's Introduction to Object Storage.
Log in to Xplenty.
Click the avatar icon on the top right and then "Manage Connections".
Click "new connection" and then "SoftLayer Object Storage":
Fill in the connection details and click "test connection" to make sure that it works. If it doesn't, double check that everything has been filled in correctly. Then click "create softlayer object storage connection":
Loading Data from IBM SoftLayer
Create a new Xplenty package or load an existing one.
Click "new source" at the top and select "Cloud Storage".
Edit the component that was just created by clicking it. Select the cloud storage connection and fill in the rest of the fields:
Click the green auto-detect schema button on the top right. If it fails, then one of the fields or the connection hasn't been filled in correctly.
Click "okay" to save the settings.
Saving Data to IBM SoftLayer
Click the big plus button under the last component and select "cloud storage destination".
Edit the component. Select the cloud storage connection (possibly a different one than before) and fill in the rest of the fields:
Click "okay" to save the settings.
Xplenty can easily load data from IBM SoftLayer, integrate it with other sources, prepare it for analysis and even store the results back to SoftLayer or anywhere else.


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Report Bullying or other safety concerns:
Please use these forms to report concerns about your safety or the safety of another person here at Diamond Middle School (e.g., bullying, harassment, etc.). If you or someone you know is in IMMEDIATE DANGER, please call 911 or contact a trusted adult or school staff member.
Other helpful resources include the Boston area Samaritans 24-hour Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-617-247-0220 and the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673.This is the official district bullying reporting form. Completed forms should be printed out and delivered to any Diamond staff member.Parents and teachers can use this short anonymous form to report any safety concerns. It is filled out online and gets emailed automatically to a member of the Diamond Middle School staff.


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How to Replace Cabinet Shelves
Cabinet shelving must often be replaced after long-term use. Shelves can bow with the constant weight of cans of food, kitchen appliances and books, and this bowing can cause cracking. Shelves inside cabinets are relatively easy to replace because they do not need to be decorative. This means the shelf can be created from particle board or plywood. Most cabinets have notches along the sides to hold shelf hangers, which insert into the notches and hold the shelf in place. Creating replacement shelves is fairly easy to do.
Measure the inside of the cabinet from left to right and back to front.
Mark and cut a sheet of 1/2-inch particle board or plywood to fit.
Test the shelf for size by sliding it into the cabinet. The shelf should fit somewhat snugly but still be loose enough to slide in and out.
Remove the shelf and sand its outer edge and top. This will roughen the surface and make the adhesive grip better. Vacuum up the dust.
Measure and cut laminate with a utility knife to fit the front edge and the top of the shelf--the parts that will be visible.
Brush contact cement onto the top and the front edge of the shelf and the backside of the laminate.
Hold the laminate just over the shelf, ensuring that it is aligned properly, and set it in place. Press down in the center of the shelf so the laminate will bond securely, then press it down in an outward motion to the edges, so that the laminate adheres well to the entire shelf. Make any minor adjustments before the glue dries.
Insert shelf hangers into the notches along the sides of the cabinet. Push them into the notch holes so that they are snug.
Slide the shelf over the shelf hangers and ensure that it lies flat. If the shelf is wobbly, the shelf hangers may need to be adjusted.
Things You Will Need
- Tape measure
- 1/2-inch particle board or plywood
- Circular saw
- Sandpaper
- Vacuum
- Laminate sheet
- Utility knife
- Paint brush
- Contact cement
- Dowel rods
- Shelf hangers
- For cabinets without shelf notches, the replacement shelf will have to be nailed into place. Hold the shelf in place by hand or with clamps, then nail through the sides of the cabinet into the sides of the shelf with a nail gun.


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We love old things, and reusing old things, perhaps in unexpected ways. Many of these lights use old kitchenware, but you will notice that iron chicken legs, photo lamps, thread spools, and other wonderful materials are incorporated as well.
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When you are a food blogger / recipe developer, people think like that you are always in kitchen and cooking something new , something innovative or some trusted recipes but we are also human and when also feel tired sometimes. Specially after working whole week, sometimes who wants to cook much on Sunday afternoon and then these kind of meals pop up which we cook in just few minutes. It taste awesome as well as it is healthy too. And yes this is not a timepaas dish, still it's a dish which mostly served in start restaurants only. So here is the recipe:
For Garlic Spaghetti:
Spaghetti – 1 pack
Oil – 2tbsp.
Salt to taste
Garlic – 4-5 cloves
Thyme (dried/fresh) – 1tsp.
Crushed peppercorns – ½ tsp.
For Chili Sauté Vegetables :
Onion/Spring onion – 2, cubed
Capsicum – 2, cut in small triangles
Mushrooms (button) – sliced 8-10
French beans – 12-15, cut in 2inches
Garlic – 2cloves, finely chopped
Red chili paste – 1tbsp.
Salt to taste
Crushed peppercorns – ¼ tsp.
Oil – 2tsp.
Red chili – for garnish
For Garlic Spaghetti:
Boil spaghetti as per pack with some oil and salt in water.
Heat 1tbsp. oil in pan, add chopped garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add boiled spaghetti directly in pan, mix well. Add salt and pepper and thyme.
For Chili Sauté Vegetables:
Heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic and onions and sauté for 1 minute. Add chili paste and mix well.
Add French beans and cook for 2 minutes.
Now add mushrooms and capsicum with salt and pepper and cook another 1 minute and serve hot with garlic spaghetti.
So next time when you want to cook something quick on a lazy day, just try it…
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Intel Quietly Announces Core i5 and Core i3 Brandingby Anand Lal Shimpi on June 17, 2009 12:00 AM EST
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Now that's pretty quiet. Intel, today, announced its Core i5 and Core i3 branding with very little detail. The post that inspired all of this is here, which I found from Cyril's summary on Tech Report (btw, Cyril's posts pretty much always rock).
The important take away points are as follows:
1) The new brand is Intel Core. There will be three derivatives: Core i7, Core i5 and Core i3.
2) The Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad branding will eventually disappear.
3) Pentium, Celeron and Atom will remain.
4) Centrino will also go away and Intel's WiFi and WiMAX products will inherit the name starting in 2010.
But what separates a Core i7 from a Core i5 and Core i3? I may have some insight. Let's start with desktop processors:
|Desktop Processor
|Intel Core i7
|Intel Core i5
|2 or 4
|Intel Core i3
|2 or 4
Only the Core i7 is allowed to run in a LGA-1366 socket, however there will be LGA-1156 i7, i5 and i3CPUs . The number of memory channels and the presence of a QPI link does not determine branding. In other words, Lynnfield will be both a Core i7 and a Core i5 depending on the SKU.
The LGA-1156 Core i7s will be the 8xx series, while the LGA-1366 i7s will be the 9xx series. The i5s will be the 6xx series and the i3s will be the 5xx series.
Four cores and HT enabled with turbo mode yields you a Core i7 on the desktop. If you only have support for up to 4 threads then you've got a Core i5; take away turbo and you have a Core i3.
In mobile, things are a little different:
|Mobile Processor
|Intel Core i7
|2 or 4
|4 or 8
|Intel Core i5
|2 or 4
|Intel Core i3
|2 or 4
The mobile i7 can be 2 or 4 cores and support 4 or 8 threads, which makes sense since there will be more dual-core than quad-core mobile processors. The rest of the lineup follows the desktop rules; i5 and i3 are capped at 4 threads and i3 doesn't have Turbo.
I've got one more thing to report. Remember how I wasn't totally sure about the turbo modes for the top end Lynnfield processor in our preview? I think I've got it:
|Desktop Processor
|Clock Speed
|Max Turbo (# of Cores Active)
|Intel Core i7 870
From what I've heard, this is going to be a Core i7 870 and the turbo modes are similar to what I estimated. With two cores active this thing will turbo up to 3.46GHz (4 speed bins). That's going to be a huge boon to performance in games and other apps that have difficulty using more than 2 threads. Combine that with Windows 7's superior thread handling and I believe we have a winner on our hands.
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bbruzzes - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkSo there's now going to be 2 series of core i7s, each requiring a completely different socket? I know Intel this has done this in the past (Pentium III, 4, Celeron) but it does make things rather confusing for the customer. I guess it will keep the people with Core i3 and i5s happy knowing they have an upgrade path. Reply
lianparma - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkSo it´s something like this:
Desktop Core i7 = 3 mem channels + 4 cores + HT + Turbo mode
Desktop Core i7 = 2 mem channels + 4 cores + HT + Turbo mode
Desktop Core i5 = 2 mem channels + 2 or 4 cores + Turbo mode (no HT)
Desktop Core i3 = 2 mem channels + 2 or 4 cores (no HT, no Turbo mode)
Mobile Core i7 = 2 mem channels + 2 or 4 cores + HT + Turbo mode
Mobile Core i5 = 2 mem channels + 2 or 4 cores + Turbo mode (no HT)
Mobile Core i3 = 2 mem channels + 2 or 4 cores (no HT, no Turbo mode) Reply
umbrel - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkI think it's more like
Desktop Core i7 9xx = 3 mem channels + 4 cores + HT + Turbo mode
Desktop Core i7 8xx = 2 mem channels + 4 cores + HT + Turbo mode
Mobile Core i7 ?xx= 2 mem channels + 2 cores (+ HT) or 4 cores (with or without HT) + Turbo mode
Core i5 7xx = 2 mem channels + 2 cores (+ HT) or 4 cores (no HT) + Turbo mode
Core i3 5xx = 2 mem channels 2 cores (+ HT) or 4 cores (no HT) no Turbo mode
Rike - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkIf that is correct, then the key questions for anyone who is looking at performance and value for the entire Core lineup are the following:
1) What is the performance of 3 channel memory vs. 2 channel memory?
2) What is the performance of HT vs. no HT?
3) What is the performance of Turbo vs. no Turbo?
4) What is the performance of 4 cores no HT vs. 2 cores with HT?
And finally, 5) How does price interact with all of the above answers?
It will be loads of fun figuring all of this out.
umbrel - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkYeap loads of fun :)
for AT readers, the average buyer will ask the vendor and who knows what will be told.
1) 3 channel memory requires a diferent socket so I guess it's a no go if you care for value, just valid for bragging rights (and performance? according to AT reviews it doesn't matter much)
2) By the reviews HT is 10% to 40% increase in performance, how much the price difference is gonna be it's another matter.
3) Turbo should be ~10% performance gain for single thread intesive applications, but I can't see that helping in multitasking OSs. According to AT it almost always is working so its like buying a faster processor, if the price difference is higher than buying the next faster processor it's a no go.
4) Since Intel marketing seems to put enphasis on the number of threads, I would expect the price difference to be negligible (perhaps sell it as 4 threads product and thats it), but the reviews says real cores give better performance than HT.
5) Yeah, I want to figure out that too. Reply
Xzylvador - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkUsing these new names, won't it be incredibly difficult to guess which processor goes into which motherboard/socket?
It was going to be simple: Core 2 Duo/Quad= Socket 775, i7 = socket 1366, i5 = socket(i forgot).
Now you'll have new Lynnfields appearing in i7 name but requiring a different socket, maybe the same for the current Core 2 Duo/Quad Extremes... Any info on this? Reply
Roland00 - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkIf it is a core i7 900 series then it will be socket 1366
If it is a core i7 800 series then it will be socket 1166 Reply
CompOne - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkThe marketing people at Intel should be severely beaten. A core i5 should have five cores, a core i7 should have 7 cores etc. A Core2Duo on the other hand means the marketing people should have had the skin peeled from their bodies while living. What a load of worthless excrement. Reply
Exar3342 - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - linkYour a fool. Reply
plewis00 - Thursday, June 18, 2009 - link^^ Says the man with awful grammar - nice one... Reply


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I've had a virus all week and so instead of a new post I thought I would show you some of the dishes I've used in tablescapes and that have now been donated.
Re-thrifting is as important as thrifting!
The first set of dishes is on the chopping block, but are still here. The restaurant ware and the lovely blue and white dishes were donated before I moved.
Some pretty plates in this group...all were donated except the solid green and black plates.
I find solid color plates to be the backbone of my tablescaping after the basic white plate of course!
The orange dishes, most of the Fiesta ware and the Halloween plates are all gone. Often once they are used I just have to let them go. The Fiesta was hard to part with, but it is so heavy and I had to downsize. I still have 'some' Fiesta.
The cherry plates, green plates and white with the flowers are gone. I still have the solid blue plates, the milk glass and the egg coddler.
The set of Federal Blue glassware was also donated.
I still have a closet full of dishes and glassware. I'm still working on downsizing, but it's hard as many of you know. I'm trying to do a tablescape and then donate plates that I don't think I will use again. One of the hardest sets to donate were these fish plates
I loved these plates but didn't use them enough to keep them.
So what have you been up to this week?
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WESTPORT, Conn. -- Federal funds are available for property owners in low-lying coastal areas such as Westport, Stamford, Norwalk, Greenwich, Fairfield and Darien who sustained flood damage during Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced.
The program will pay property owners in the floodplains for allowing the federal government to take steps to permanently protect their land.
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just announced a second round of funding for a program that allows eligible property owners to sell the rights to floodplain easements on their lands," Malloy said in a statement. "This is a solution that provides relief for landowners while protecting natural resources in environmentally sensitive areas and prevents future damage from flooding. The program is another way that we can both protect our shoreline and inland flood plain areas while bringing relief to people who sustained damage in Storm Sandy and are suffering from the financial consequences."
Applications will be accepted directly by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service from now until April 18.
Those interested in information about the program should contact the NRCS State Conservation Engineer Arthur Ramthun at (860) 871-4030 or NRCS Community Planner Carol Donzella at (203) 287-8038, Ext. 100.
In December, NRCS announced the first round of applicants selected for enrollment. In Connecticut, $7.5 million was awarded for the purchase of permanent floodplain easements on 347 acres.
In addition to new applications, all eligible applications not selected during the first sign-up will be automatically submitted for review in the second round of funding.
"We are and will continue to use Hurricane Sandy funds to help those who were affected by this tragedy," Lisa Coverdale, Connecticut State Conservationist for the NRCS said in a statement. "The easement program will help reduce future flood damage and relieve stress these landowners have been enduring since that storm."
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Happy's in the house!! We are the bloggers for the next few days. The happy's are Lexie Windell, Emily Payne, Brae Troutman, Graceanna Sessions, Ashley Beaty, Daniel Bonomo, Anna Brady, Josh Davis, Elizabeth Efird, Taylor Kennedy, Shannon Quaiel, Sam Roche, Logan Scronce, Gina Smirz. We are very HAPPY to be here!
Today we got to sleep in, isn't it crazy that 6:45 is late now? We won't even know what to do with ourselves when we get home.
Shortly after we got up we loaded the rafting vans to head to Wyoming River Trips on the rafting buses to meet our guides and get suited up for our wild adventure on the Shoshone River. When we arrived at the bend in the river, where we would begin our trip, it was so windy that we couldn't get out of the bus and had to travel to another spot farther down the river. On the way to the new spot we were allowed to sign our names on the van where we saw the names of many past participants that had done the same. We hopped right into the warm water (just kidding it felt like Antarctica) and it was no dry ride. The ride started out pretty peaceful, but it didn't last long. Soon enough we were soaking wet, laughing our heads off and holding on to each other for our dear lives. We decided to take control of these rapids, and the ride became a more of race, with everyone drenched from splashing each other (THANKS JOSH AND CHARLIE!). Since we were all so inexperienced, we had some trouble getting over those insane class 5 and 6 rapids, especially considering the fact that we didn't have enough helmets for everyone, and that some people had to be dragged behind the rafts on ropes! When we finally made it out of the river, everyone huddled together like penguins because we were so cold! After loading the rafts back on the trailers, we filled up the buses again and they took us straight back to the campsite where the counselors had a hot breakfast of grits, sausage, eggs, bread, and assorted jams waiting for us. YUM!
|White water rafting here we come!!!!
|Henry, Evan, Katti and John ready for some cold rafting
After our delicious meal, the Sleepy's and Sneezy's began their laundry at the campsite while the counselors shuttled the rest of us to two local Laundromats, where we made friends with the owners, who were very accommodating and friendly. While our clothes were FINALLY getting the wash they needed, many of us took the break we needed! Some people took naps, played cards, talked to family, and even got that energy boost from Starbucks coffee across the street. Once our clothes were clean, we needed to get clean ourselves. Group by group we shuttled back to the campsite where we took turns showering, cleaned out our bags, and had a true western lunch of pretzels, chips, hummus, queso, and salsa while we got ready for downtown shopping and the rodeo. For the next hour or two we lounged around until the cooks began preparing a gourmet dinner of grilled cheese, tomato soup, and NAME BRAND DOUBLE STUFFED OREOS, which made up for the fact that the grilled cheese was a little burnt. We watched a "phenomenal" gun show and were set free to shop for about an hour. First things first… COWBOY HATS! We spent over half of our time modeling different hats so we could fit in at the rodeo. Our hour was running out and everyone sprinted back to the bus where we waited an extra 10 minutes because some people needed their caffeine boost for the rodeo. Not to worry though, we made it to the rodeo in plenty of time! Our seats were great and we snuggled up drinking hot cocoa so we could stay warm. Some of us even got blankets. Thanks Henry!! Over half the trip decided to enjoy some rodeo food, which included delicious BBQ slaw wraps and savory kettle corn.
|Grilled cheese and tomato soup!
|Daniel Bonomo ready for a good sit down meal
|Double stuffed oreos :)
|Din din before the rodeo
|Cooks serving dinner
|Maren and Emily enjoying there dinner under the tree
|Ayla is having Twizzlers for dinner too
|These cowgirls are ready for a good time tonight
|Naz, Carmeron and Becca enjoying dinner on their sleeping bags
|Logan and Preston about to chow down on some grilled cheese and oreos
|Liz and Sam purchase their first cowgirl hats
|Dylan, Logan, Peighton, Chloe and Harrison try on hats for the rodeo
|Dan and Charlie pose for the camera
|Emily, Evin, Jacqueline and Aulden with the serious look
|Khristina, Josh and Grace looking good!!!!
|Caroline and Megan twinning
|KT^2 loves the USA and the rodeo!
|Kyndall, Donovan, Mikayla, Maddi and Jennings all smiles for the rodeo
|Oh you fancy, Grant
|Cowgirls don't cry!
|Breast Cancer survivors! <3
After sitting for about 45 minutes anxiously waiting for the rodeo to start, we finally got our first glimpse of true Western Cowboys and girls. The commentator Buffalo Bill called out to the stands wondering where the fans were from. When he called out for those from the south we cawed and we hollered for the good ole' south. When Buffalo Bill called out for those from the east we yelled even louder, which surprised Buffalo Bill. He asked us how we could be from the south and the east and we responded, "It's the southeast man!" From that point on we made it a game, every time Buffalo Bill called out to the stands, we cheered louder than ever. By the end of the night we were form the south, the east, Wyoming, Singapore, Canada, and California. About halfway through the rodeo, Brae joined the kids 12 & under contest to pull the ribbon off of a calf's tail. Sadly, he did not succeed, but he had the loudest cheering section (of course) in the whole rodeo! After an hour or two of bucking broncos and bulls, we came back to the campsite and went to sleep under the stars at Ponderosa Campground.
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Topic Page: Poincaré, Henri, 1854-1912
French mathematician. He worked on celestial mechanics, winning an award for his contribution to the theory of orbits. In 1906, independently of Albert Einstein, he obtained some of the results of the special theory of relativity. He attempted to make mathematics accessible to the general public in such works as The Value of Science (1905) and Science and Method (1908).
Henri Poincaré belongs to a small group of brilliant scientists who, living at the turn of the 20th century, made fundamental contributions to mathematics, physics, and philosophy. It has been said that Poincaré's mathematical knowledge comprised the whole mathematics of his time, and his lectures on theoretical physics show that he also had an encyclopedic overview of this field. Poincaré began his career as an engineer, but he quickly became famous for his great discoveries in mathematics, particularly in geometry and topology. Poincaré's results had a great impact on the history of mathematics and theoretical physics. For example, his consideration of the mechanical stability of systems composed of three bodies that attract each other by gravity led to the development of chaos theory. Poincaré's views of philosophical aspects of science, which he never presented in a systematic fashion, cannot be easily categorized as belonging to one of the main philosophical schools. This is also true of his idea of the relativity of time, which must be reconstructed from some of his papers collected in Science and Hypothesis (1902), The Value of Science (1906), Science and Method (1908), and the posthumous Last Essays (1913).
Jules Henri Poincaré was born on April 29, 1854, in Nancy, France. He was an outstanding pupil and made a very successful career in the French system of elite universities. His first academic degree was in mining engineering, and he worked for a short time as a coal-mining inspector. Yet after receiving his doctorate in mathematical sciences from the University of Paris in 1879, Poincaré began swiftly to publish important mathematical results, which brought him renowned chairs, particularly in mathematical physics, at different universities in Paris beginning in the mid-18 80s. Besides being admitted to countless French and international scientific academies and societies, Poincaré was also an important member of the Bureau des Longitudes in Paris that organized the global coordination of clocks necessary for the production of precise maps. When he died prematurely in Paris on July 17, 1912, Poincaré was hailed as one of the most renowned researchers of his time. His fame as one of the last scientists who could make most important discoveries in different fields of research and reflect on his research philosophically continues to the present day.
Poincaré's consideration of time starts, like that of Einstein, with a seemingly innocent question: How can we judge objectively that two events are happening simultaneously? Any answer presupposes that it is possible to objectify the flow of time that our consciousness experiences qualitatively. Poincaré denies that human beings, scientists included, have access to some kind of absolute time beyond the scientific means of quantifying time by measurement instruments. If every process in nature were to be equally slowed down, we could not detect this deceleration, because the processes in the instruments for measuring time would also be slowed down.
Poincaré's criticism of the idea of absolute time exemplifies his philosophical stance on fundamental problems of science. He is convinced that the conceptual system by which we describe, analyze, and explain natural phenomena is a convention in the following sense: It is always possible to use, instead of the given conceptual system, other ones that can fulfill the same task. What convention we choose depends on pragmatic criteria, particularly on how simple it is to apply a conceptual system to the phenomena we want to understand. So conventions are neither true nor false; they are disguised definitions that prove to be more or less convenient for certain purposes.
To measure time, a periodic process in nature, such as the rotation of the earth on its axis, is needed whose cycles we suppose to be of the same duration. Yet this is only approximately true: The rotation of the earth, for example, is very gradually slowing down due to the friction caused by the tides. To explain this slowing down, and to detect it empirically, science presupposes the validity of well-known physical theories, namely thermodynamics and Newtonian mechanics. Their validity must not be affected however we define our measure of time, because we rely on these theories in the very act of defining. When we conventionally select one among the possible measures of time, we do this in such a way that the fundamental laws of nature can be mathematically formulated as simply as possible. As scientists, we ought not to say that one clock is right and the other one wrong; instead, we should say that it is more convenient to use this clock and not that one.
What events we suppose to be synchronous is also a matter of convenience. We choose such criteria of synchronicity as will allow the simplest formulation of the laws of nature we are using when we explain the physical processes by which we make local time measurements and by which we communicate the results of these measurements. Exploring the physics of time means, according to Poincaré, to investigate measurement processes in order to establish conventions that we can use both for an understanding of time and for an explanation of how our clocks would behave if they were perfect measuring instruments.
So far we have discussed only the philosophical sense of the relativity of time in Poincaré's thought. The question of whether Poincaré should be regarded, together with Einstein, as the discoverer of the special theory of the relativity of time and space has been intensely debated. The historical evidence seems to weigh against Poincaré: He relied too much on physical concepts (like the ether) that stood in the way of understanding Einstein's new conception of time and space. For Poincaré, the physical principle of the relativity of time is also a matter of convention, because it makes, for the sake of convenience, the following assumption that turns out to be only approximatively true: Two bodies that are very far away from each other can be described in different frames of reference, because they do not influence each other.
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We have the solution
Nowadays, audio books are available many different ways. You can get CD's, download them to your phone or a different device, and even get these wonderful little inventions called playaways. We carry a number of playaways here at the library. Each playaway is a small device with an audio book loaded on it. All you have to do is plug some headphones into it, and listen away. But what if you are really into a playaway, and the whole family wants to listen in? Well, we now have a solution.
|Happily listening to a playaway!
headphones. The other end of the cord can then be plugged into a stereo or car stereo through the aux connector. Then all you have to do is hit play and it will play through the stereo. So, problem solved! Listen to your playaway anywhere with anyone....make that everyone! See we are always thinking over here at the library about how to improve your experience.
So if you are planning a road trip, this cord is a must have, along with a good playaway of course. Or if you just want to listen to a book as a family, this is a great option. Come on in and check one out today!


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Crazy no women went under 11 in the 100.
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They had rabbits. How did they manage to run the 2nd k in 2:55?! That's such a disappointment. I mean 3rd place and 8:13 doesn't even get you a set of steak knives. I agree with the time trial idea. Maybe they could even use one of those pace lights like they used to on the pro circuit in the 70s. If he doesn't get under 8:00 this season it may never happen.
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Guliyev vs. Lyles
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That tatic of going hard with 300 to go is only going to destroy both of them if it works.


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There's an awful lot of issues about which reputable economics literature disagrees. One exception to that is the hot-button topic of immigration, where everyone's research indicates that immigration is economically beneficial to America. As I wrote last week, even immigration restrictionists' favorite labor economist George Borjas has done research that clearly shows this, requiring the application of a very strange moral calculus to make immigration look bad.Without immigrants, services would be harder to come by, and most things related to everyday life would likely cost more.
Immigrants pick crops and build houses. They work in meatpacking plants and fast food restaurants. They clean hotel rooms. They also write computer software and treat sick people. It would be foolish to pretend that there's zero distributional impact of all this, but the idea that "users of immigrants" is some discrete class of people whose interests need to be weighed against those of wage-earners is a delusion. The big winner across the board would be retired people, who consume services but don't earn wages. Like the fact that the big economic loser from increased levels of immigration is previous immigrants (who face the most direct labor market competition) this should be a clear sign that immigration politics isn't about economics. If it were, you'd have a bunch of cantankerous old white people demanding open borders while young Latinos argue for pulling up the ladder of migration opportunity. In reality, you get exactly the reverse as people's policy preferences track their cultural affinities or phobias.The latter point is the key to the debate, of course. Immigration discussions are not about economics, they are about the perception of cultural change. In the end, as I have said so often, it all comes back to xenophobia.


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LA VERNE, Calif. — The University of La Verne baseball team completed a sweep of Caltech as it won both games of a doubleheader on Saturday at Campus West.
Game 1: La Verne 9, Caltech 5
Brent Backlund struck out six in 7.1 innings, the middle of the batting order came thorough and the Leopards beat Caltech, 9-5, in the first game of the day.
Backlund, who was brilliant in his La Verne debut against Pacific Lutheran on Feb. 14, was shaky coming out of the gate today but bounced back nicely before exiting in the eighth. He gave up three runs on 10 hits and gave up just one walk.
The Beavers scratched two consecutive singles to start the game and the got on the board first with a groundout RBI. La Verne answered right back in the bottom of the first when Jakob Thomas doubled home Woody Reyes, who had reached on a walk to lead off the inning.
La Verne tacked on five runs in the bottom of the third to put some daylight between the teams. Anthony Gonzalez singled to lead off the inning, Thomas followed with a walk and the Leopards came up with four straight hits to grab a 5-1 lead. Ligot then scored on a double steal attempt to give the Leopards a 6-1 lead.
La Verne stretched the lead to 8-1 in the bottom of the seventh on a pair of hits by Christopher Peres and Daniel McDonnell but Caltech rallied for four run in the top of the eighth to make things interesting. The Beavers scratched two straight singles to chase Backlund and David Watson laced a single to left center to knock in two runs. Ligot then dropped what looked to be an easy out in right and the Beavers scored two more runs to get within 8-5.
The Leopards responded with another run in the bottom of the eighth and Nick Byrd took the ball in the top ninth and preserved the win for La Verne.
Thomas, Christopher Peres and Daniel McDonnell—La Verne's 3-4-5 hitters—combined to hit 5-for-11, drove in five runs and scored four.
Watson paced Caltech's offense with three hits and two RBI.
Game 2: La Verne 14, Caltech 3 (7 inn.)
The Leopards struck early an often to beat the Beavers, 14-3, in the nightcap.
Woody Reyes went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs at the top of the order and four other Leopards knocked in at least two runs each. Nicholas Michaels went 2-for-3, reached bases in all four plate appearances and came around to score each time.
Daniel McDonnell knocked in two with a two-out single up the middle to get the Leopards a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first and La Verne never let up.
The Beavers tied it right back up in the top of the second but the Leopards scored 10 runs in the next three innings to run away. Five straight batters got on base to start the third and the Leopards cashed all of them in and strung together four two-out hits in the fourth to get out to a 12-3 lead.
Christopher Peres tripled in two runs in the bottom of the sixth to give the Leopards an 11-run lead and Nick Byrd pitched a clean ninth for a run-rule win.
Anthony Braun (1-0) picked up for starter Alex Bernstein in the fourth inning and pitched 2.2 scoreless innings to earn the first win of his college career.
From head coach Scott Winterburn
On what he is most pleased about: "I'm most pleased about our clutch hitting so far. McDonnell's had some clutch at-bats, Ligot had some clutch hits. McDonnell was the star of the series for me. He stayed in at-bats, drove in some really big runs and really set the tone for us."
On Brent Backlund: "I thought Brent was a little tired today. He went eight innings on Sunday. But he was a wily veteran today. They decided they were going to attack his fastball and took that part of his game away. But he shifted his gears and went to his cutter and was able to navigate his way deep into the ballgame. He showed his veteran qualities today."


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Hmmm, where to begin?
Ileia's Sword of the Stranger video made me want to sit down and crank out a solid, rough and tumble, kickass action video, and I had the opportunity to work on it for the AWA Pro competition. I started it around May, worked on it when I was visiting everyone in Chicago for ACen and then on and off until the Pro deadline. Made it on the disks, turned out to be one of the few action videos on there (guess that's why it made it to the finals?). I wasn't entirely happy with the version I sent to pro, there were some things I wanted to change, and some sequences I wanted to test out and just didn't have the time to test. So I worked on it more, on and off, until mid-December when I just bit the bullet and wrapped up the rest and made the credits.
I like the credits the best.
I don't have much to say in regards to the "story" or direction of the video, I was really trying for something very loosely directed, with just a ton of action. Essentially, I wanted to make something fun to watch, something akin to the "fly by the seat of your pants" experience that I felt watching Ileia's vid. Whether or not I achieved this is up to you, so much of this hobby is subjective, so I won't try and convince people that what I think is right and they're wrong, just go with the flow.
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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Greater Metropolitan New York Social Studies Conference. This is the annual conference of the Association of Teachers of Social Studies/United Federation of Teachers (ATSS/UFT), our affiliated council which serves educators in the New York City Department of Education. I have attended this conference for many years as a social studies curriculum specialist for the New York State Education Department and later as the President of the New York State Council for the Social Studies. It was a treat to return to my home state in my new capacity to learn from New York City educators –and to share our NCSS 2016 annual research findings in a session titled "What Our Students Have to Say About Social Studies: The State of the Social Studies in 2017."
Using our survey data, I shared the top academic skills that over 52,000 students nationwide reported to gain through their social studies classes:
- Ability to form and support opinions. (65%)
- Critical thinking. (61%)
- Ability to evaluate concepts/ideas. (57%)
- Reading comprehension skills. (55%)
- Ability to navigate online and text sources to find information. (53%)
- Ability to present information in a clear and concise manner. (44%)
Students could choose more than one academic skill in their responses. These findings led to a discussion on the continued balance of skills with content knowledge during instruction. We want students to engage in meaningful inquiry by asking and answering questions about the world around them. We also want to ensure students have a solid background in content and concepts to enable them to discern between sources of evidence and gain academic skills like those above.
One discussion that struck me was a suggestion that social studies certification could become content-specific in addition to generic. Just as many states have separate certifications in science (e.g., Chemistry, Physics), one thought was whether teaching certification in specific social studies subjects (e.g., Civics, Geography, Economics, History) would bring deeper context expertise to the classroom. It's an interesting notion, and it would impact any state's education regulations for instructional time, teaching certification, data reporting, assessments….to name a few things! The idea (for example) that a Geography major, certified in Geography Education and hired to teach only Geography courses, would support deeper geographical literacy skills through a richer background in Geography content is a debate.
Our survey data revealed that History is the social studies course type that is most commonly offered in high schools – 38% report the availability of four or more history courses. Almost 90% of educators report two or more history classes are required in their high schools. Only one course is offered in Civics (67%), Economics (71%) and Geography (68%), and only one course is required (94%, 91%, and 67% respectively). It would be a challenge to hire a Geography-certified teacher just for one course, unless a school sought candidates with certifications in other social studies subjects – or increased the number of pure Geography courses. In History, there's the added challenge of "which history?" do we certify? Would we want separate certifications for U.S. History and World History? Would European History fall under World History? Then there's the question of whether a content-specific approach would miss the critical intersections between disciplines and multiple literacies that "the social studies" together can provide.
Our survey findings did not address the depth of content knowledge that students gain from their social studies experience. Our students noted the following civic benefits of their social studies coursework:
- Gaining knowledge of world events. (83%)
- Understanding about their roles as citizens. (54%)
- Ability to understand politics. (48%)
- Understanding related to career options and the economy. (48%)
It's important to note that so many students gain knowledge of world events and understanding in related areas through social studies coursework. Future research questions could determine discreet content knowledge that is considered effective in specific types of courses. Could specific content and concepts be prioritized on a scale or rubric so we can better map the extent to which they are a foundation for the academic skills our students clearly gain in social studies?
As always, I left the GMNY conference learning from other educators. This year, I was reminded that the balance between knowledge and understanding versus analysis and inquiry is not an "either-or" proposition. We provide students with access to a whole world of information, and the tools to use that information responsibly for drawing conclusions and taking informed action. We started a good conversation last weekend, and I think we shared a commitment to keep learning from our students, and use their perspectives to shape the future of our profession. If we know social studies provides our students with essential academic skills, how do we "know what students know" to support their engagement in social science inquiry?
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Rejection sucks, plain and simple. Whether it's a dating scenario, job interview, audition, or—in the case of a writer—submission, no one likes to be told that they're just not good enough.
So, what about when it's true? Does that soften the blow? Not really…at least, not at first…but it often results in a product of higher quality in the long run.
I've queried—and been rejected by—almost a dozen literary agents or publishers. Each time that I've sent off one of these submissions, I've believed my manuscript HEIR TO THE LAMP worthy of publication; and each time that I've received a rejection letter in response, I've realized, after some stomping and wailing like a three-year-old in Target who's been refused a $20 toy two weeks before her birthday, that there was validity in the rejection. Then I've revisited my work and commenced polishing and perfecting for the next go-round.
Last week, after receiving my latest rejection—this time from the publisher who'd answered my first query with a "maybe" when their acquisitions editor asked me to re-work the first three chapters—I responded differently. The answer I'd waited five long months for read: "Sorry. Still not hooked. Good luck with future endeavors."
Ouch! It hurt—more than all of the form letters from the others put together. I was seriously depressed for a couple of days. In the past, I'd jumped right back into editing, but this time I felt like I'd been punched in the gut, my very desire for publication gone in a whoosh with all the air in my body.
In a bid for sympathy, I texted my cheerleaders: my younger but-only-by-ten-months-and-twenty-seven-days sister, our aunt GDR, and our mother.
"[The publisher] said no. I'm a loser!"
Within seconds my phone chirped, alerting me that I'd received a response. Wiping tears from my eyes and hoping for much needed words of encouragement, I read my sister's answer:
"Yeah, pretty much."
It was revenge for a text I'd sent her just two days earlier in response to a picture of the beautiful ivory gown for her upcoming wedding which read:
"Lovely…but I thought green was the appropriate color for a bride's fourth walk down the aisle. Bwahahahaha!"
We give each other huge amounts of grief and it's insanely entertaining. Her quip was just what I needed to get over the self-pity. I'm not a loser—I know that. Mother and GDR sent long texts extolling my virtues, talents and overall awesomeness and my friend and fellow writer Jeremy Hicks was able to help me put things into even better perspective by saying, "Your piece may land in front of an editor who hates first person point-of-view…hates dream sequences…has had a bad day and decides to take it out on your submission. You can't let that get to you."
So, I'm back at it—editing and revising…and dreaming of publication—and my manuscript continues to get better, to shine a little more, every day. There has been something constructive to each of the rejections I've received—even all of those that included the generic "Thank you for your submission, unfortunately your work does not meet our needs at this time"—because they've forced me to take a second, third, twenty-fifth look at my manuscript and find room for improvement.
Rejection sucks, but it does make one better—especially if she has a snarky sister.


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The Weekend Dish: 5/28/2016
Happy holiday weekend to you!
Do you have any big cookout plans? What are your favorite summer picnic foods? I'd love some new ideas! We're going to grill tomorrow in lieu of our traditional Sunday dinner, and then I'll probably spend Memorial Day biting my nails waiting for the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals to start!
As always, you'll find a recap of what was posted to the site this week, the most shared recipes, my Sunday dinner menu, and recipes I've bookmarked from other blogs. Enjoy!
On Brown Eyed Baker This Week
Copycat Pizza Hut Breadsticks – A copycat recipe for Pizza Hut breadsticks, made from scratch. Chewy, buttery, loaded with seasonings and an easy dipping sauce!
Baking Basics: Weighing Ingredients – A rundown on why you should always weigh ingredients when baking, including a number of resources and scale recommendations.
Gender Reveal! It's A… – Sharing our big news!
Orange-Chocolate Chip Snack Cake – This Orange-Chocolate Chip Cake is a wonderfully moist buttermilk cake spiked with tons of orange flavor and loads of mini chocolate chips.
Friday Things – Shadows, bumps, Top Gun, summer, milkshakes, and more!
Top 5 Most Popular Posts This Week:
1. Copycat Pizza Hut Breadsticks
2. No-Bake Banana Split Dessert
4. Top 10 List: Favorite Muffin Recipes
5. No-Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Cookies
Sunday Dinner Menu
Cookout! My aunt's birthday was on Thursday so I had her pick the menu and she requested burgers on the grill!
Potato salad
Fruit salad
Dessert TBD
What I Bookmarked This Week
Recipes and posts from other blogs that I thought looked especially delicious and that I thought you would like, too:
Banana Fritters with Vanilla Caramel Sauce (No Recipes)
I've never had banana fritters, but now I'm feeling like I need to turn the bananas on my counter into these beauties!
Cheesy Taco Pasta Bake (Carlsbad Cravings)
We love Mexican and pasta, so I bet this would be a big weeknight hit!
Copycat Olive Garden Toasted Ravioli (Frugal Coupon Living)
Oh my gosh, this was my favorite appetizer growing up! I think they took it off the menu at some point and we would still ask for it and they'd serve it. SO GOOD!
Crock Pot BBQ Steak Sandwiches (Recipes That Crock!)
Love a good BBQ slow cooker recipe! Great for cookouts!
Southern Style Baked Beans (South Your Mouth)
Another cookout staple – anything smothered in bacon is sure to get my attention!
Have a delicious weekend!