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Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-Il, Robert Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, and Ferdinand Marcos. The trademark smiles, the reverberating rhetoric, and the seemingly endless roar of the masses that will still follow them to this date. These aren't even basic requirements but rather a few of the factors that form the anatomy of a dictator. However, how is one labelled a dictator?
Is there a certain set of scholarly standards that one must attain from an independent educational body to be labelled as one? Or is it just one of the terms that millennials like to throw around whenever they feel oppressed by the haut monde gentry that seems to be ever so prevalent in every branch of government?
But how can one say no to the cries of thousands of people? Thousands of people who will not think twice of fighting for their leader, thousands who will defy and defend for their cause because at the end of the day, one's own moral compass points to their own definition and direction of morality.
What's a tad bit amusing is that in this day and age, the term is still ever so prevalent. In the Philippines, the youth is crying for Hustisya (justice,) but what do they know about a time that they never lived in?
The Marcos Burial
Ferdinand Marcos, former Philippine president (and who people often refer to as a dictator), was finally buried in one of the most iconic final resting places in the Philippines, The Libingan Ng Mga Bayani – or coarsely translated to "The Heroes Graveyard." This is a perfectly legal move according to the high courts given his military background and his term as the president of a country for roughly two decades.
However, this move seemed to have beckoned in a new movement amongst the youth who have had enough of the family's clout, with some even claiming that the family is attempting to rewrite history by burying a former dictator accused of heinous human rights violations in one of the most symbolically sacred locations in the country.
Raised fists at UP Diliman in protest of #Marcos burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani pic.twitter.com/Dao8odNT9A | @JhessetEnanoINQ #MarcosNOTaHero
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) November 18, 2016
During the 2016 elections, the Vice Presidential race was dominated by two major candidates, now Vice President Maria Lenor "Leni" Robredo, and the late dictator's son, and namesake, "Bong Bong" Marcos. This alone caused unrest amongst various sects in the country and further highlighted the alleged atrocities that his father committed during his regime.
Finally fulfilling his father's wishes at what is most arguably one of the most sensitive times in Philippine politics has definitely divided the nation instead of uniting it, and how can one "bury the hatchet" when people still haven't received justice for the hatchet's wounds?
The Golden Age and The Hidden Gold
There are indeed many like the late President Marcos, Robert Mugabe, once united the nation against oppressive rule and sought to bring back an empowerment that has once displaced many people in society. However, at times, even the sincerest looking policies and intentions are often turned into greed and partial societal destruction. Mugabe's land reform was botched, hyperinflation was the norm, and accusations of massive corruption were ever so prevalent to this date.
Many say the late President was revolutionary, and who can blame them? Massive projects with regard to culture, highways, hospitals, education, and even the arts were commissioned during his time. Most of the massive infrastructure with regard to logistics that the Philippines has today stemmed from his regime. Isn't this enough to dub him a hero? But some people think that at the end of the day, all he was was a glorified shopper.
MARCOS BURIAL ORAL ARGUMENTS | Chief Justice to SolGen
"The Filipino taxpayer is paying for the injuries. So you, the victims, are actually not being paid by Marcos' wealth because it was never his in the first place."Who pays for the reparation of Martial Law victims? Listen to the exchange between Chief Justice Sereno and Solicitor General Calida that answers this question. #MarcosBurialCases
Posted by InterAksyon on Thursday, September 8, 2016
A rough economic analysis from Winnie Monsod of the Philippines during his rule will tell you that the average growth rate was only 3.8 percent per year on average. By far, lower than his predecessors with former President Macapagal closing in by posting a growth rate of only 4 percent. The projects were mostly funded through debt, and reports state that this debt would follow the Filipino people all the way to 2025.
Using this particular chain of thought one could argue that he wasn't exactly the best economist, but people did enjoy having jobs and the implementation of the 13th month pay was his brainchild (or so people claim but it was actually a labor head's).
According to the same renowned Filipino economist, the index for wage rates in 1972 was 100 and fell to 53.4 8 years later. This staggering, almost 50 percent drop created a ripple in the lives of the normal, ordinary and everyday Filipino.
What about the bonus pay during the festive season of December? Some have suggested that it was created in order to quell minimum wage workers' cries for equality. In fact, it was under the rule of the late President Corazon Aquino that it was imposed for all workers in the Philippines – not during the Marcos regime – and we haven't yet started on the reports of corruption.
The Father and The Other Fathers
Kim Jong-Il can be regarded as a great father, Kim Jong-Un and the rest of his siblings only got the best of the best. Like every other person in the world, he tried to be the best parent that he could be. In fact, the late president Marcos cared about his daughter Imee Marcos, so much so that he allegedly had her breast milk flown from Europe to the Philippines,because she couldn't bring her newborn along with her in her travels. True or not, it doesn't seem to be a far cry from the extravagance that their family enjoyed at the expense of the alleged corruption.
Beautiful homes in the United States and in the Philippines, lavish holidays, gems, cold cash, and most notoriously, the biggest collection of designer shoes. Couple this with their net worth being estimated to be at $10 billion in 1986, where could the Marcoses have had garnered their wealth when the president at that time was only making a meagre $4,700 per annum according to a New York Times article from 1986? This source, on the other hand, states that they amassed an estimated $5 billion, but 5 or 10, how can one possibly amass such wealth on such a tiny salary?
The other day, I heard a story of what happened to an Uber driver's father after he confronted those that attacked his son during martial law. He never came back, but this wasn't the only father that went missing. In total, 3,000 people were estimated to have been put to death during his rule, with more than 30,000 claiming human rights abuses and roughly 70,000 illegally imprisoned. How can more than 100,000 people be wrong?
The Apathetic Youth and The Pathetic Mindset
Critics of the recent mobilizations of the youth have denounced the public's outcry against the burial of a "hero," saying that millennials and the youth are being harnessed by political sectors in order to gain influence in government. However, the last time I checked, most of the people who joined the protests were all normal students of history (not literal students) who plainly hate being lied to.
Some have even said that we were never around during Martial Law, so we shouldn't voice our opinions. If that were the case many should stop preaching the lessons of Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-Il, Robert Mugabe, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Ferdinand Marcos. In fact, eliminate the history of everything and live in the now.
It seems like the once unsettling movement of the "YOLO Youth" has transpired from the frailties of naive stupidity and has hit many close-minded individuals like a rewritten book of history.
millennials have been widely blamed for forgetting martial law, but yesterday, they tore that narrative to shreds. thousands upon thousands mobilized at a moment's notice in universities all across the country. take a min to let that inspiration marinate. for all their money and political ties, it's moments like yesterday that make me confident marcos revisionism will ultimately fail. #OccupyLNMB #MarcosMagnanakaw #MarcosNotaHero
However, we should still afford the family a level of respect for their grieving and we should look at the bigger picture. Dictator or not, we should still impart a tantamount level of esteem to a former president. However, this society is judged by the admiration we give to other people. Dictator or president, human rights violator or activist, young or old.
People should accept the fact that this generation cares. Nothing more, nothing less and we're sorry if that offends you. The Marcos burial is seemingly almost a slap to this generation of Filipinos. Why is it so hard to accept the fact that millennials – with the advent of fact checking and technology – can actually make informed decisions based on patriotism?
The almost unforgivable delusion of grandeur that some people think of when they envision a glorified dictator may be difficult to swallow for many. But at the end of the day who are we to say? We're maybe just too young to know better.
The Hero?
"There are those among us who will oppose—probably violently—these ideas. Let us hear them out. The democratic dialogue must be preserved. The clash of ideas is the glory and the safeguard of democracy." (Ferdinand E. Marcos, State of the Nation Address, Jan. 27, 1969.)
You be the judge.
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the Thames
by a decoy, stocked with a quantity of the rarer waterfowl. It was
towards this decoy that Fenella bent her way with unabated speed; and
they were approaching a group of two or three gentlemen, who sauntered
by its banks, when, on looking closely at him who appeared to be the
chief of the party, Julian felt his heart beat uncommonly thick, as if
conscious of approaching some one of the highest consequence.
The person whom he looked upon was past the middle age of life, of a
dark complexion, corresponding with the long, black, full-bottomed
periwig, which he wore instead of his own hair. His dress was plain
black velvet, with a diamond star, however, on his cloak, which hung
carelessly over one shoulder. His features, strongly lined, even to
harshness, had yet an expression of dignified good-humour; he was well
and strongly built, walked upright and yet easily, and had upon the
whole the air of a person of the highest consideration. He kept rather
in advance of his companions, but turned and spoke to them, from time
to time, with much affability, and probably with some liveliness,
judging by the smiles, and sometimes the scarce restrained laughter,
by which some of his sallies were received by his attendants. They
also wore only morning dresses; but their looks and manner were those
of men of rank, in presence of one in station still more elevated.
They shared the attention of their principal in common with seven or
eight little black curly-haired spaniels, or rather, as they are now
called, cockers, which attended their master as closely, and perhaps
with as deep sentiments of attachment, as the bipeds of the group; and
whose gambols, which seemed to afford him much amusement, he sometimes
checked, and sometimes encouraged. In addition to this pastime, a
lackey, or groom, was also in attendance, with one or two little
baskets and bags, from which the gentleman we have described took,
from time to time, a handful of seeds, and amused himself with
throwing them to the waterfowl.
This the King's favourite occupation, together with his remarkable
countenance, and the deportment of the rest of the company towards
him, satisfied Julian Peveril that he was approaching, perhaps
indecorously, near the person of Charles Stewart, the second of that
unhappy name.
While he hesitated to follow his dumb guide any nearer, and felt the
embarrassment of being unable to communicate to her his repugnance to
further intrusion, a person in the royal retinue touched a light and
lively air on the flageolet, at a signal from the King, who desired to
have some tune repeated which had struck him in the theatre on the
preceding evening. While the good-natured monarch marked time with his
foot, and with the motion of his hand, Fenella continued to approach
him, and threw into her manner the appearance of one who was
attracted, as it were in spite of herself, by the sounds of the
Anxious to know how this was to end, and astonished to see the dumb
girl imitate so accurately the manner of one who actually heard the
musical notes, Peveril also drew near, though at somewhat greater
The King looked good-humouredly at both, as if he admitted their
musical enthusiasm as an excuse for their intrusion; but his eyes
became riveted on Fenella, whose face and appearance, although rather
singular than beautiful, had something in them wild, fantastic, and,
as being so, even captivating, to an eye which had been gratified
perhaps to satiety with the ordinary forms of female beauty. She did
not appear to notice how closely she was observed; but, as if acting
under an irresistible impulse, derived from the sounds to which she
seemed to listen, she undid the bodkin round which her long tresses
were winded, and flinging them suddenly over her slender person, as if
using them as a natural veil, she began to dance, with infinite grace
and agility, to the tune which the flageolet played.
Peveril lost almost his sense of the King's presence, when he observed
with what wonderful grace and agility Fenella kept time to notes,
which could only be known to her by the motions of the musician's
fingers. He had heard, indeed, among other prodigies, of a person in
Fenella's unhappy situation acquiring, by some unaccountable and
mysterious tact, the power of acting as an instrumental musician, nay,
becoming so accurate a performer as to be capable of leading a musical
band; and he also heard of deaf and dumb persons dancing with
sufficient accuracy, by observing the motions of their partner. But
Fenella's performance seemed more wonderful than either, since the
musician was guided by his written notes, and the dancer by the
motions of the others; whereas Fenella had no intimation, save what
she seemed to gather, with infinite accuracy, by observing the motion
of the artist's fingers on his small instrument.
As for the King, who was ignorant of the particular circumstances
which rendered Fenella's performance almost marvellous, he was
contented, at her first commencement, to authorise what seemed to him
the frolic of this singular-looking damsel, by a good-natured smile,
but when he perceived the exquisite truth and justice, as well as the
wonderful combination of grace and agility, with which she executed to
this favourite air a dance which was perfectly new to him, Charles
turned his mere acquiescence into something like enthusiastic
applause. He bore time to her motions with the movement of his foot--
applauded with head and with hand--and seemed, like herself, carried
away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art.
After a rapid yet graceful succession of /entrechats/, Fenella
introduced a slow movement, which terminated the dance; then dropping
a profound courtesy, she continued to stand motionless before the
King, her arms folded on her bosom, her head stooped, and her eyes
cast down, after the manner of an Oriental slave; while through the
misty veil of her shadowy locks, it might be observed, that the colour
which exercise had called to her cheeks was dying fast away, and
resigning them to their native dusky hue.
"By my honour," exclaimed the King, "she is like a fairy who trips it
in moonlight. There must be more of air and fire than of earth in her
composition. It is well poor Nelly Gwyn saw her not, or she would have
died of grief and envy. Come, gentlemen, which of you contrived this
pretty piece of morning pastime?"
The courtiers looked at each other, but none of them felt authorised
to claim the merit of a service so agreeable.
"We must ask the quick-eyed nymph herself then," said the King; and,
looking at Fenella, he added, "Tell us, my pretty one, to whom we owe
the pleasure of seeing you?--I suspect the Duke of Buckingham; for
this is exactly a /tour de son mйtier/."
Fenella, on observing that the King addressed her, bowed low, and
shook her head, in signal that she did not understand what he said.
"Oddsfish, that is true," said the King; "she must perforce be a
foreigner--her complexion and agility speak it. France or Italy has
had the moulding of those elastic limbs, dark cheek, and eye of fire."
He then put to her in French, and again in Italian, the question, "By
whom she had been sent hither?"
At the second repetition, Fenella threw back her veiling tresses, so
as to show the melancholy which sat on her brow; while she sadly shook
her head, and intimated by imperfect muttering, but of the softest and
most plaintive kind, her organic deficiency.
"Is it possible Nature can have made such a fault?" said Charles. "Can
she have left so curious a piece as thou art without the melody of
voice, whilst she has made thee so exquisitely sensible to the beauty
of sound?--Stay: what means this? and what young fellow are you
bringing up there? Oh, the master of the show, I suppose.--Friend," he
added, addressing himself to Peveril, who, on the signal of Fenella,
stepped forward almost instinctively, and kneeled down, "we thank thee
for the pleasure of this morning.--My Lord Marquis, you rooked me at
piquet last night; for which disloyal deed thou shalt now atone, by
giving a couple of pieces to this honest youth, and five to the girl."
As the nobleman drew out his purse and came forward to perform the
King's generous commission, Julian felt some embarrassment ere he was
able to explain, that he had not title to be benefited by the young
person's performance, and that his Majesty had mistaken his character.
"And who art thou, then, my friend?" said Charles; "but, above all,
and particularly, who is this dancing nymph, whom thou standest
waiting on like an attendant fawn?"
"The young person is a retainer of the Countess-Dowager of Derby, so
please your Majesty," said Peveril, in a low tone of voice; "and I
"Hold, hold," said the King; "this is a dance to another tune, and not
fit for a place so public. Hark thee, friend; do thou and the young
woman follow Empson where he will conduct thee.--Empson, carry them--
hark in thy ear."
"May it please your Majesty, I ought to say," said Peveril, "that I am
guiltless of any purpose of intrusion----"
"Now a plague on him who can take no hint," said the King, cutting
short his apology. "Oddsfish, man, there are times when civility is
the greatest impertinence in the world. Do thou follow Empson, and
amuse thyself for a half-hour's space with the fairy's company, till
we shall send for you."
Charles spoke this not without casting an anxious eye around, and in a
tone which intimated apprehension of being overheard. Julian could
only bow obedience, and follow Empson, who was the same person that
played so rarely on the flageolet.
When they were out of sight of the King and his party, the musician
wished to enter into conversation with his companions, and addressed
himself first to Fenella with a broad compliment of, "By the mass, ye
dance rarely--ne'er a slut on the boards shows such a shank! I would
be content to play to you till my throat were as dry as my whistle.
Come, be a little free--old Rowley will not quit the Park till nine. I
will carry you to Spring-Garden, and bestow sweet-cakes and a quart of
Rhenish on both of you; and we'll be cameradoes,--What the devil? no
answer?--How's this, brother?--Is this neat wench of yours deaf or
dumb or both? I should laugh at that, and she trip it so well to the
To rid himself of this fellow's discourse, Peveril answered him in
French, that he was a foreigner, and spoke no English; glad to escape,
though at the expense of a fiction, from the additional embarrassment
of a fool, who was likely to ask more questions than his own wisdom
might have enabled him to answer.
"/Йtranger/--that means stranger," muttered their guide; "more French
dogs and jades come to lick the good English butter of our bread, or
perhaps an Italian puppet-show. Well if it were not that they have a
mortal enmity to the whole /gamut/, this were enough to make any
honest fellow turn Puritan. But if I am to play to her at the
Duchess's, I'll be d--d but I put her out in the tune, just to teach
her to have the impudence to come to England, and to speak no
Having muttered to himself this truly British resolution, the musician
walked briskly on towards a large house near the bottom of St. James's
Street, and entered the court, by a grated door from the Park, of
which the mansion commanded an extensive prospect.
Peveril finding himself in front of a handsome portico, under which
opened a stately pair of folding-doors, was about to ascend the steps
that led to the main entrance, when his guide seized him by the arm,
exclaiming. "Hold, Mounseer! What! you'll lose nothing, I see, for
want of courage; but you must keep the back way, for all your fine
doublet. Here it is not, knock, and it shall be opened; but may be
instead, knock and you shall be knocked."
Suffering himself to be guided by Empson, Julian deviated from the
principal door, to one which opened, with less ostentation, in an
angle of the courtyard. On a modest tap from the flute-player,
admittance was afforded him and his companions by a footman, who
conducted them through a variety of stone passages, to a very handsome
summer parlour, where a lady, or something resembling one, dressed in
a style of extra elegance, was trifling with a play-book while she
finished her chocolate. It would not be easy to describe her, but by
weighing her natural good qualities against the affectations which
counterbalanced them. She would have been handsome, but for rouge and
/minauderie/--would have been civil, but for overstrained airs of
patronage and condescension--would have had an agreeable voice, had
she spoken in her natural tone--and fine eyes, had she not made such
desperate hard use of them. She could only spoil a pretty ankle by too
liberal display; but her shape, though she could not yet be thirty
years old, had the embon-point which might have suited better with ten
years more advanced. She pointed Empson to a seat with the air of a
Duchess, and asked him, languidly, how he did this age, that she had
not seen him? and what folks these were he had brought with him?
"Foreigners, madam; d--d foreigners," answered Empson; "starving
beggars, that our old friend has picked up in the Park this morning--
the wench dances, and the fellow plays on the Jew's trump, I believe.
On my life, madam, I begin to be ashamed of old Rowley; I must
discard him, unless he keeps better company in future."
"Fie, Empson," said the lady; "consider it is our duty to countenance
him, and keep him afloat; and indeed I always make a principle of it.
Hark ye, he comes not hither this morning?"
"He will be here," answered Empson, "in the walking of a minuet."
"My God!" exclaimed the lady, with unaffected alarm; and starting up
with utter neglect of her usual and graceful languor, she tripped as
swiftly as a milk-maid into an adjoining apartment, where they heard
presently a few words of eager and animated discussion.
"Something to be put out of the way, I suppose," said Empson. "Well
for madam I gave her the hint. There he goes, the happy swain."
Julian was so situated, that he could, from the same casement through
which Empson was peeping, observe a man in a laced roquelaure, and
carrying his rapier under his arm, glide from the door by which he had
himself entered, and out of the court, keeping as much as possible
under the shade of the buildings.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar gained ground Monday as comments by a Federal Reserve official fueled expectations that policy-makers will get more aggressive on interest rate increases.
The euro was down 0.2% at $1.2852, and the dollar up 0.5% at 108.24 yen, trading near levels not seen in five-and-a-half months.
Earlier, the dollar reached 108.40 yen, its highest level since Oct. 20, when the currency traded for 108.65 yen. Sterling weakened 0.4% to $1.8754.
In a weekend appearance, St. Louis Fed president William Poole said he sees a growing risk of inflation in the U.S. economy. Poole is not a voting member of the FOMC this year.
The Federal Open Market Committee's statement two weeks ago led many observers to believe that the central bank could move away from its current series of incremental quarter-point increases in favor of half-point rate hikes.
"The hawkish comments were seen as a sign the Fed may hike rates more quickly," said Mike Malpede, a currency analyst with Refco.
Higher oil prices also are helping the dollar by heightening speculation that Middle Eastern oil-producing nations may have to boost their dollar holdings, Malpede said.
In intraday trading, crude-oil futures struck a high of $58.28 a barrel. See Futures Movers.
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"Certainly if currencies come up, we'll affirm our long-held views there," said Treasury Department spokesman Rob Nichols, "but I'm not detecting that as being a hot issue." The G7 will meet in Washington ahead of the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund later this week.
Earlier in Europe, the dollar got a lift form news that the European Union cut euro-zone growth forecasts for 2005, ahead of interest-rate decisions later this week.
Growth in the economies of the 12-member euro zone is now projected at 1.6%, contrasting with its previous forecast of 2% for 2005. It also cut its forecast for 2006, to 2.1% from 2.2%.
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"By holding securities denominated in foreign currencies, we do happen to earn money," Dow Jones Newswires quoted the unnamed official as saying. "But we aren't managing our reserves simply for the sake of earning money."
The comment provided more reassurance that Japan doesn't intend to change the composition of its currency reserves to hold a smaller amount lower-yielding dollar-based assets, something other ministry officials have said before.
On the data front, Bank of Japan data showed the nation's monetary base grew 2.0% on year in March, a faster pace than February's 1.2% rise.
The monetary base is a combination of bank reserves and the balance of bank note issues.
Since January 2004, the Bank of Japan has maintained its liquidity target for the outstanding balance of current account deposits held by private financial institutions at the central bank in a range of 30 trillion to 35 trillion yen. This is the bank's primary tool for keeping lending rates near zero.
The Bank of Japan's policy board, scheduled to meet Tuesday and Wednesday, is widely expected to hold policy steady.
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Scout all the retail stores
Every season, there will always be a trend that I'd love to try out and sometimes for me it sucks to acknowledge the fact that I can't afford the designer pieces and that's not a bad thing. What I always do is to save the pictures of the specific pieces that I saw on the runway and use the pictures as a guide to scout in retail.
When I look for an item, it doesn't have to be the same specific design as the runway pieces but if it has a similar style or it is similar in general, that's a good chance that the items would fit into my wardrobe.
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Essentials, essentials, essentials
Malaysian weather has always been summer all year long and most of my clothes revolves around the weather. Yes, I do have some biker jackets and I do get that it is not appropriate to wear it in this weather but I always see the biker jacket as a piece that is useful when the weather gets colder.
Try making a list of clothes that's appropriate for your weather and use that list to curate the pieces that you need. It doesn't have to be a lot of pieces in one go but once you have the list, you'll know what you need and what you already have too many. It's good to know the existence of your clothes so that it can prevent you from over-purchasing clothes that you already have.
In my wardrobe, I only have two turtlenecks and both of them are in black but different in sizes. I purchased two by mistake - you can avoid this if you make a list - but I still have my essentials and it helps me to plan out what to buy next.
Making a list of essential pieces that you need is a good step to curate your wardrobe.
Do a closet purge
You do notice that you're not wearing the printed floral shirt you bought from Asos 3 years ago, am I right ? Let me ask you, what is the point of you keeping it until today ? Have you wear them within the past 6 months ? If yes, how many times did you wear them ? If it's otherwise, my advice is for you to let it go.
I always do a closet purge every time I am on my semester break which is usually twice a year. When I purge, I take out clothes that are not usable or clothes that I didn't wear anymore. For me, I notice that I have a lot of t-shirts hidden in my closet and recently, I purged out a lot of t-shirts because I know I don't wear them anymore. Yes, I still have some t-shirts in my closet but most of them are plain t-shirts - back to my 2nd point, essentials.
When you purge, you'll have 2 chances; one is to find old clothes that you'd still wear but have forgotten about its existence. Two is that you'll find clothes that you wouldn't wear in the future and it is the perfect time to get rid of it. There's nothing in between.
How about when you find clothes that has a sentimental value ? Well, it's easy for me because for some t-shirts, I still keep them because it was a gift but some of them , I still purged them out because they are too old and doesn't even look good on me.
Do the purge.
Impulsive ? Then NO
Have you ever went into a retail store and saw this beautiful embroidered jacket and you felt like you'd have to have it right now ? I believe you do experience that at least once or sometimes more, am I right ? Well, if you purchased it right away, that's an impulse purchase and it is not good when you are trying to minimise your wardrobe.
Every time you see something that looks good on a mannequin, sometimes it doesn't look good on you. You always need to try it on before swiping your card at the cashier. Never ever purchase an item without trying it on first because you might regret it later. Like they say, better safe than sorry.
How does impulse purchase affects the goal of curating your wardrobe ? Well it is easy, when you impulse purchase an item, there will be a chance of you not liking the item and at that moment, it is already too late to go back. Your new black biker jacket that you bought on impulse will just add on to your wardrobe and it has already defeats the purpose of curating your wardrobe.


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Archive for January, 2005
I visited a charter school the other day, as part of my research on teachers using digital storytelling. For privacy reasons related to my thesis I can't use the school's actual name. I never knew anything about the International Review Board, but now can you tell that if you plan do any kind of research you need to follow their strict guidelines.
This school is part of the Gates Small High School Plan where each school caps its enrollment at 400. This particular school had a partnership with the local community technical college that allowed students as early as sophmore year to take college courses in the neighboring buildings. Most of the students graduated with at least 16 credits of college course work. I was very impressed with the school's commitment to the students. From my brief conversation with the principal and guidance counselor, I got the sense that this is a very caring school with a sound educational philosophy.
I've kept a close eye on charter schools. It always seemed like those in the ranks of the public schools were just waiting for them to fail. What I didn't like was how the politicians used them as a way to threaten the public schools, introducing competitive business practices into the already messed up public school system. The message was sent that if your school didn't perform well on the standarized tests then you're students will transfer to a charter school and you'll receive less funds. A very odd idea: if you're succeeding academically we'll take more money away from you.
But as I start to think about where I'd like to return to teaching, a charter school with a technology and art focus may be the right fit for me.
As for the interview with the teachers from the school on their recent experience with digital storytelling, it was so helpful. I really like talking with teachers about their work, the challenges and successes. Nearly everything they shared with me, rang true with my research so far: kids love to express themselves with digital media, they need help structuring the story part of the project, literacy and technology can no longer be thought of as separate areas of preparing students for the future, and the impact of digital storytelling on group and individual identity within a learning environment is a huge part of why this is so important to schools. I can't thank the teachers enough for their time and willingness to reflect on their teaching practice.
Hopefully, I'll be able to make some progress soon on Where In the US is Digital Storytelling? so interested teachers can see who's doing what in their area and find a way to connect. Maybe it'll turn into a virtual community once I add in the interactive story practice for students and other resources for teachers using digital media in the classroom.
I had hit upon something really useful to blog about regarding research, but in between dinner and an episode of Law and Order it's vanished from my radar. Today, I was on fire, writing and tracking down websites related to my thesis research. I think that my epiphany was that you really need to Google a variety of variations of your main topic. In my case, I've Googled 'digital storytelling' dozens of times, along with 'multimedia storytelling,' 'interactive storytelling,' 'digital narrative,' 'narrative technology,' 'storytelling technology,' 'storytelling in education,' 'storytelling tools,' 'storytelling technology,' but I think that tonight I hit the jackpot – 'digital media in education.' It made so much sense once I followed a few resources. A perfect category for what digital storytelling would fall under, with regard to the proper educational context. And then of course, 'digital storytelling in education' yielded resources I have not reviewed yet.
Earlier in the day(while watching my New England Patriots stomp the Colts), I had been compiling a list of software tools that support the core phases of a digital storytelling project. A major tenet of my thesis is that nearly all of the software tools for digital storytelling do next to nothing to support the hardest part – writing the story, structuring the basic story, figuring out what you want to say(not sure how to categorize this part). I plan to create a table of all the commercial software that targets students/novice multimedia producers. These are the basic stages of a creating a digital story, not necessarily followed strictly in this order:
- Writing the story script
- Locating, Creating, and Importing Media Elements – could call this Asset Acquisition?
- Storyboarding
- Recording the Voice Over
- Text/Titling
- Adding Effects, Transitions
- Export story for sharing with audience
The major categories of software that support the above digital storytelling stages:
- Multimedia Authoring
- Screen Writing
- Slideshow Creator
- Audio Capture
- Presentation
- Animation
- Multimedia Scrapbook *this may not be that relevant but it does provide digital story opps
Digital media production has always had professional level tools, such as Avid or Adobe Premiere, for editing large video projects, but schools are now benefitting from the scaled down non-linear video editing programs aimed at the novice video editor. The 'Multimedia Authoring' category could be broken down into 'Non-linear Video Editing' as a specific category that makes a distinction between programs that have a timeline to construct your story along and programs line PowerPoint or HyperStudio that provide for an interactive digital story.
The major players in the digital storytelling in schools/educational multimedia producation market:
- iMovie
- Final Cut Express
- Video Studio
- MovieMaker
- MovieWorks
- VideoBlender, MediaBlender, ImageBlender
- HyperStudio
- Photo Story
- Brain Glow
- Quick Time Pro
- eZedia


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Fiona Austin-Byrne – Project Conservator
As Project Conservator I am responsible for the packing, protection and storage of the historic collection at Mount Stewart. I work closely with the joiners, house staff, family members and specialist engineers and conservators to make this happen as efficiently and professionally as possible, following best practices in conservation, whilst offering access for an enjoyable visitor experience.
We hope to improve environmental conditions, display techniques and conserve or replace items to lift the presentation of all rooms.
By the end of the project we will be able to open several more rooms all over the house.
I'm actively seeking volunteers to help me with the following tasks:
- Moving and packing furniture and objects
- Making bespoke in-situ protection for fixtures or large items
- Conservation cleaning and writing condition reports for objects
- Cataloguing objects (IT skills desirable)
- Making individual furniture dust covers (basic dressmaking skills essential)
Full training and supervision provided and travel expenses paid.
It would be a great opportunity for students or graduates looking for experience working in the heritage sector or those who would just like to be involved with the work of the National Trust during the project and beyond.
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A Gift that Keeps on Giving: Gift Ideas that Saves Money
You've heard of the phrase 'a gift that keeps on giving.' It's about a gift that has so many used both practical and emotional for a person. There's a catch—it's troublesome to find a gift that can do that so that's going to be a little difficult.
Gifts to Love
It's not really difficult, in truth—you just have to be creative. Here are a few tips:
AS'mores maker
Want a gift that'll give you the experience of being in another country and one that's going to be useful and beneficial to you too? Try a S'mores maker. What's best is that you can ask your friend or relative to cook a few S'mores in it when you're over visiting.
A Picnic backpack
This is for the family or group of people who loves the great outdoors. What better way to ensure more experiences and things to do than to give someone the gift equivalent of that? A Picnic backpack will give you that, and more—you can always have them carry over food when visiting.
A (modern) Karaoke
It's for those who love to sing. The average modern karaoke has a lot more features—HD video and audio as well as Bluetooth, to be exact. Imagine a different kind of Friday when your friends or relatives has one of these in the house.
A Movie Night Popcorn bowl
This is a gift that won't really break the bank. Popcorn is a cheap comfort food, and what better way to eat it than to share it with friends and family in a traditional bowl? Besides, the popcorn bowl may also be repurposed to hold other food other than just popcorn.
A Fun Bucket list
Basically, what this bucket list does is to decide your activity for the day. Your family or friends choose from hundreds of listed activities inside the bucket list. It's a gift that keeps your day different one suggestion at a time!
Keeping' it Easy
These gifts keep on giving and, more importantly, you can also benefit from them. It's not really that hard to give a gift. Remember, the thought counts—it's still true, even today.


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Overcoming the Pitfalls of Writer's Block
Writers, like everyone else, don't like to feel stupid. Unfortunately for writers, their first raw, unedited drafts usually do sound stupid, incoherent or maybe just inarticulate. These unflattering first attempts preempt students, authors and speech writers from getting beyond a blank computer screen. A few words are written, then quickly deleted. Why does this happen? How can you overcome it?
Every Word is Golden
Imagine a friend introduces you at a party as a "really funny person" and asks for an immediate demonstration. Unless you've been practicing a stand-up routine, you'd be mortified. Writers torture themselves with the same unrealistic expectations of immediate results. Good works take time. Don't expect every word to be a golden nugget. Fear of less than stellar work paralyzes the would-be writer. No matter their writing skills, no one writes flawlessly. The best professional blog writers are assiduous editors; they get on with the business of writing and clean it up later. How do you beat the fear trap?
- Give yourself permission to write garbage. Try tackling your subject as if you were completely ignorant about it or you were someone who you have no respect for. Adding levity to the process may improve your writing. A deadly serious approach is certain to escalate fear and hinder progress.
- Read some bad writing. Something someone else should be embarrassed about. Don't run away from your project, but if you see someone else's mistakes, it might clarify your own goals.
- Write first, edit second. If you put the editing cart before the horse, you'll exclude material before it makes it on the page.
The Evaporation of Ideas
Where did all your good ideas go? How could so many good ideas that held so much promise disappear completely from your mind? Next to the fear of writing badly, everyone seems to experience the tabla rasa problem once in a while. How many of the world's problems might be resolved if only someone wouldn't have distracted the great thinkers? Instead of combing every corner of your cranium for a vestige of those lost treasures, a less direct approach to idea rescue may be more productive. Try one of these:
- Move on. When you're trying to hash out an idea that won't come and start fantasizing about how a medical emergency could set you free, STOP! Don't beat yourself up. Move onto some other part of your composition, e.g. clarify the previous paragraph, the conclusion or introduction. Get something else on paper; it might trigger a thought or memory that helps you with your original conundrum.
- Move. Physically, that is. If you're in a rut, take five or 15. Don't let it get out of hand, but even a walk around the block or the library may cut the tension and help you sort out your ideas.
- Pick up an article, journal or book related to your topic. Limit your exposure, but see if it knocks anything loose.
Turn the Problem into Questions
If you're drawing a blank, the problem may be fuzzy thinking. Instead of a head swimming in vague ideas, pin down what it is you want to accomplish. If you're writing a speech, what should the audience know at the end? If you're describing a problem, why is the problem important? Writing without a purpose is bound to be foggy and lifeless. Here are some ways you can clarify your purpose:
- Ask the "who, what, why, where and how's" about the project, i.e. what problems do I want to solve? Why should anyone care? Who are the people most interested in this?
- Am I defining this issue too broadly? Too narrowly?
- Have other people looked at this? What did they find?
Everyone can get distracted, impatient or irritable when writing. The drive to do well for a class, impress an audience or the general public increases those pressures, but writers need not panic when the words don't immediately flow out beautifully and effortlessly. To produce good writing, the writer needs to relax and allow the words to flow first. When ideas make themselves scarce, he or she needs to know how to tease them back, and before getting lost, the writer has to sharpen his or her focus on the goal.
If you'd rather not deal with the struggle of writers block at all, remember, LeapGo offers professional blog writing services at affordable prices. We can help take the load off, or takeover updating and managing your blog altogether.


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Deeper Lock's first ever Eurobike event
Eurobike is a big one! In fact, it's regarded as the biggest bike show in the world. It has been running since 1991 and last year attracted almost 43,000 trade visitors from 106 countries.
And alongside 1,350 exhibitors showcasing their bikes and gear, the event also features a demo area where attendees can try out the latest innovations in the bike industry. Plus there's the Eurobike awards and tons of seminars and workshops.
So, it's the ideal venue to present Deeper Lock's innovative approach to bike security. Eurobike is all about future trends in the bike industry, so Deeper Lock's groundbreaking approach to bike security is sure to make an impression.
If you're going to Eurobike, drop by stand A3-512 to meet the team and see Deeper Lock's advanced cycle security system in action for yourself. We'll be ready to talk you through all the product's features and discuss partnership opportunities, whether its retail, distribution or for bike share and rentals.
Find the Deeper team at stand A3-512 and let's connect.


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Scott Luna (2016)
Rating: / 5
Price: $625.00
Year: 2016
Gender: Female
Waist Width: 85
Tip/Tail/Waist: 126-85-116
Lengths: 156,166,176
The Luna is a women's groomer-focused ski, with waist widths ranging between 84 - 87 mm, depending on ski length. It's constructed with beech, poplar, paulownia, and top and bottom laminate sheets, collectively intended to make the ski lightweight and give it a consistent, versatile flex profile. Venturi Tip Rocker integrates a hollow tip that's lifted up and off the ground, intended for solid turn initiation, stability, and floatation. With the tip lifted off the ground, less edge makes contact with the snow, which Scott calls Pre-Track Technology. The brand says this allows for both smooth short and long turns no matter what terrain you're on. Dual Radius Technology gives the ski two different radii, longer in the front and shorter in the back, designed to handle a variety of turning styles. While this is a groomer ski, it's also intended to make its way out to off-piste conditions every once in a while. So if you're a groomer skier who likes to occasionally try out different terrain, this is one of Scott's best offerings for you. Scott, based in Givisiez, Switzerland, was founded in 1958. Its U.S. headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah.


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Don't be so serious, let it go, chillax, crack a smile, tweet something random, wear miss matched socks on purpose. Give yourself the freedom to separate from all that business, cause life can be silly too…besides, you deserve a break.
Florentijn Hofman lightens the mood in fantastic ways all over the world. We have followed floppy bunny in Sweden, fun loving monkey in Brazil, and oh, look who it is…the ginormous rubber duck. He's known for visiting ports around the globe including Sydney, Osaka, and Sao Paolo. This time, the tug boat drags him with a warm welcome into the heart of Hong Kong. It's a load of cuteness with dimensions measuring 46 feet by 55 feet, floating to inspire happiness which aimed to "give people a break from their daily routines."


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Dr. Veronica Anderson, Host, Functional Medicine Specialist and Medical Intuitive interviews Dr. Charlotte Markey on why smart people don't diet for sustainable weight loss.
Is your diet failing you? Rutgers University health psychology professor Dr. Charlotte Markey teaches The Psychology of Eating. She helps others by explaining why diets don't work and what does work if weight loss is your goal.
In this episode, Dr. Markey discusses common issues with fad diets like Atkins, Paleo, and The Mediterranean. She will also share ways to overcome body acceptance issues, accept imperfections and love your body. Listen to the end for the most important step you must take in order to reach long-term success.
Dr. Veronica Anderson's Links:
Smart People Don't Diet - Dr. Charlotte Markey
Show Notes:
04:30 - Smart people don't diet
05:28 - Myths
06:40 - Following diet trends
09:10 - Cookie binging
11:00 - Atkins, Paleo & Mediterranean
15:50 - Body acceptance issues
19:00 - Gaining & losing 30 lbs.
21:38 - Accepting imperfections
22:38 - Eating in moderation
24:50 - First step to success
Dr. Veronica Anderson is an MD, Functional Medicine practitioner, Homeopath. and Medical Intuitive. As a national speaker and designer of the Functional Fix and Rejuvenation Journey programs, she helps people who feel like their doctors have failed them. She advocates science-based natural, holistic, and complementary treatments to address the root cause of disease. Dr. Veronica is a highly-sought guest on national television and syndicated radio and hosts her own radio show, Wellness for the REAL World, on FOX Sports 920 AM "the Jersey" on Mondays at 7:00 pm ET.


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Illinois Deer Hunters Bag Over 80 Thousand Deer
(Springfield, IL) — Jackson County, in southern Illinois is the state's new deer hunting capitol. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources yesterday released the preliminary figures from this year's shotgun deer season. Hunters bagged over 80 thousand deer, that's about 500 more than last year. Hunters in Jackson County got the most, about 23 hundred. That's nearly 200 more deer than the traditional leader, Adams County.
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text: A fun beaded necklace to make and wear, made with size 11 seed beads and bead netting.Each sun measures 7/8 inches long by 7/8 inches wide. Beaded necklace measures 14 1/2 inches long by 7/8 inches wide.Instructions included to make your necklace longer if needed.Pattern includes full instructions (step by step), easy to read diagrams, material list and finished pictures of the piece.Purchase of this beaded necklace tutorial entitles you to use the pattern for personal use, does not entitle you to reproduce the pattern for resale or redistribution to others. Make and sell as many as you like, but state that the pattern is a design by ZaneyMay.Pattern is sold as a download in pdf (4 Pages).


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Perfection is a Key West sunset, a newborn baby and an A+ grade.
But there is no such thing as a perfect person with a perfect life. Even Mother Teresa has not yet been recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. For her and all the rest of us, it is not ever humanly possible to be perfect. Not even some of the time.
Many people are ok with this reality. Me on the other hand, I'm a perfectionist.
Let me be clear, I don't strive to be perfect. I don't think anyone is a perfectionist on purpose. I believe perfectionists are people who strive to be awesome at everything they do 100 percent of the time, no matter what. That's not to say non-perfectionists don't try their best. What it means is when the outcome doesn't go exactly as planned and things are subpar, perfectionists can let this make or break them while someone else may just see it as a ripple in the water.
Being a perfectionist has been so powerful at times that it fools me into believing I've ruined a perfectly good day. I have been known to say "I wish I could start my day over" if I didn't accomplish all that I wanted to in an afternoon. As if going back and starting over would allow me to fix where I went wrong and try again. If only it were that much in our control! Once or twice I've even said "I wish I could just start my life over." Yes, it can be that bad. That's why I think being a perfectionist causes a significant amount of my stress.
In honor of Stress Awareness Day recognized earlier this week and the entire month being dedicated to awareness of stress/anxiety disorders, I'm sharing my observations about being a perfectionist and how it impacts my happiness and ability to see things for what they are. I hope this helps other self-confessed perfectionists open their eyes to how we put extra stress on ourselves and why we should not continue doing so.
To be a perfectionist is to…
- View yourself as never being good enough.
- Go by your own standards, disregarding what others tell you is good enough or what you know to be good enough.
- Put all of your happiness and merit into being viewed by others "perfectly", as in never being wrong, never having a bad hair day, always getting everything done just right and always being everywhere you're asked to be, even if all at the same time.
- Need to hear how you can improve after a job interview or a presentation. To look forward to annual reviews to hear someone else describe areas for you to work on. This justifies your gut feeling that you need to work harder and be better.
- Put these same high standards on others, often resulting in being disappointed in many people you interact with.
- Be a hamster on a wheel. Going and going and going. If you get off the wheel you've given up and are a failure. If you stay on and do amazingly well, you'll still find something you did that was slightly wrong.
- Believe that anything less than perfect is shameful, unacceptable, a sign that you have very far to go still.
- Realize you are setting yourself up for failure but to keep raising the bar.
- Constantly have your eye on greener pastures, where the people over there must have mastered how to live perfectly.
- Always assume the worst and to think you've failed even after putting in your best effort.
Who wants to be a perfectionist after hearing this long list? Me neither. Overcoming perfectionism is accepting where you're at, who you're with, what you're doing, what you've accomplished and living in the moment, not worrying about how you could have made it better or different. A big piece of it is not putting so much emphasis on how others view you. We'll never truly know what others think of us. We can't read their minds. And it's none of our business what they think of us anyways. It will take me a while to work on this, but I'll know I'm making progress when the backward steps I'm bound to take occasionally don't make me feel like I've ruined a good day.
So to recap, sunsets can be perfect, but you can't be. Don't wait to hear that you are perfect or that you've done a perfect job or have the perfect life. No matter how hard you try, you just won't hear it or feel it. Start accepting that having all the good stuff that falls below perfect is just as wonderful.


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Has anyone sailed or know of someone that has sailed a substantial distance along the murray river. I just want to know if motor/sailing/drifting any distance down the murray is worthwhile or a total nightmare. I would like to spend 3 to 4 weeks on my RL24 on the murray and actually move. My biggest disappointment would be constant headwinds. Any advice would be appreciated
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Our Mark 1 "Juanita" did many Murray trips and it was a favorite destination with the former owners Ken & Mill of Warricknabeel(pardon the spelling) There are commercial outlets offering 1:25 000 maps that are easy to navigate off ( thats bush walking scale ) but 1:100000 would suffice if you are adventurous...I'd ask if there are any "ortho-photo maps at 1:25,000 thats arial photos with the roads & place names super imposed over the top in contrasting ink
Parks Victoria will be able to give you info on camping on the Vic side phone number is 13 19 63 ( local call cost only or you can down load park notes from http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au .
Ken & Mill left us a great book with the boat RIVER MURRAY CHARTS 4th Ed- Renmark to Yarrawonga : Maureen Wright scketches by Nevile Kroemer ( self published in Adelaide - 1975)Takes you from the hume to the sea> If you cant track it down I could photo copy it and send it to you...its probably a bit dated but does have the river bend by bend and some interesting history note. NSW Parks & Wild life would be good and there is a NSW Maritime/Waterways office in Albury - they manage boating on the river & might have special publications
Speaking as an ex white water river guide there is annabatic winds that tend to run up hill (up river) peaking at the hottest part of the day... in warmer months and catabatic winds that tend to run down river in the eveningsI reckon there would be a fair bit of start the motor& move back to the centre manourvouring short and occassionally frequent bursts>>>I cant help but start thinking about a sweep oar but you need to be moving forward for them to have any real effect!then theres the cost odf drums & slaves, chains etc!
Theres some top winweries along the way and the Bahmah forest can be a treat. the river gets busy in patches when the water skis season is in ful swing...Dec to easter weekend & public hols Late summer & autumn can be very pleasant.
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31 May 2006
IT Conversations just published has Steven Berlin Johnson's talk at PopTech 2005. He wrote the book, Everything Bad is Good for You about intelligence, learning, and video games, which I've mentioned a year ago. I never did get around to reading this book, though.
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