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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Can ads continue to fund the boom of Web 2.0?

One of the key reasons for the boom in the Web 2.0 is the power of free. With just an Internet connection, anyone can have access to useful applications like Google, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or Flickr without having to pay a single cent. So how do they get the money to buy the hardware, recruit the development team and pay for the utilities? Some of them probably got a group of rich investors, otherwise the companies are earning the money through web advertisements.

The ads model has been very effective so far, and it also attracted countless bloggers to publish content on the internet. Even I myself has signed up on Google Adsense to link with this blog (though I have yet to see any returns).

But the question is whether there are sufficient ads to go around and can ads generate enough revenue for the company or not? Will the investors continue to pump money into the company when they cannot see any profits in future? (Will you deposit your money in a bank that does not pay you interest?)

I also noticed the trend that there are some services to scrap off the ads from the actual site with addons like GreaseMonkey and Jetback. And if you access facebook from mobile devices like Apple Iphone, only the key content is presented (without the ads).

Even if you do not scrap the ads, how often do you click on the advertisement on the webpage? Yes, the amount of revenue is determined by how many people clicked at the advertisement on their sites.

So the big question here is sustainability. If you run a cafe, how long can you continue to offer free drinks before you get paying customers who are willling to pay for your drinks? Likewise, if people is unwilling to pay for the usage of web services and also unwilling to help that company to earn the revenue, then what will be likely consequences? Can you imagine what happens one day if you cannot access your Gmail or Facebook? Will there be a "Web 2.0 crisis" after the current financial crisis?

Will you start considering to pay for this services? Or what are your thoughts on it. I am interested to know.


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Project Griffin counter terrorism awareness training

Since May 2016 businesses and organisations have been able to register with NaCTSO to deliver Project Griffin counter terrorism awareness training to all employees. The primary objective of ‘Industry Self-Delivery’ is to encourage organisations to deliver Project Griffin to their own staff and, that delivery must be free of any charges.

The modular training package can be tailored to suit the demands of the organisation and for specific departments.  The modules are:

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April 5, 2017

Gingham is not just for picnics. It’s a fun-loving easy-to style print that I love with jeans, white pants or skirts. For example, I’ve had this beautiful gingham wrap dress in my closet forever  but it was too short on me, but then in dawned on me, I could pair a fluted navy skirt underneath. Midnight styling sessions while the kids sleep really is paying off. However, the 7am alarm clock is a rude awakening. Thankfully, my in-laws arrive next week. Think lots of new fresh content and date nights. Can you tell I’m excited? See here and here how I styled gingham and shop my top 6 picks below.

gingham dress and this $38 version :: fluted skirt :: white heels similar :: Senreve bag :: photo’s by Tasha :: white bag ::

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Meandering about . . .

Today is the birthday of Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005), writer and management consultant. He is often referred to as the father of modern management.

In 1959, he coined the term knowledge worker and considered knowledge work productivity to be the next frontier of management.

"One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource." - Peter Drucker

"We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn." - Peter Drucker

"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." - Peter Drucker

"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility." - Peter Drucker

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker

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2 weeks old

The "Sweet" Litter
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Shannon Down Scarlet Blaze JC

SBIS, BIS & BIF Ch. Tivio's Chiricahua FCh

This was a repeat on my Charlize - Shannon Down Sweet November - as she was a singleton.  We got two beautiful puppies this time.

Chief is OFA Cardiac Echo - Normal & CERF - Normal & BAER - Normal
Scarlet is OFA Cardiac - Normal, CERF - Normal & BAER - Normal

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Cheeks is living with Martin Bealy in WA

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

The first time we saw his face......

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Well here is the post I have been attempting to publish for a few weeks now. This has been difficult for me. I have read and enjoyed many posts by other families after they received their referral call. Their posts were almost immediate. They describe every special moment of "the call". I on the other hand, have trouble knowing where to start. I have thought of Mary (because you know we have so much in common) when the angel appeared to her and revealed the Christ child living in her and she "pondered these things in her heart". Maybe I just haven't been ready until now to let all of this escape my heart. It seems like I will cheapen the experience and the moment by putting it into words......following is my feeble attempt.

On Wednesday, Feb. 20th I was on my way to church. It was about 5:oo and it was dreary and rainy. Syd, Hudson and Harper were in the car with me. Jody was a few minutes behind with Carson and a friend of hers that was going to church with us. We were on our way to enjoy dinner before Wednesday night activities began. The phone rang (see above picture), and I immediately recognized All God's Children's number. My heart jumped. This scenario had played out many times in my mind and I couldn't imagine any other reason that they would be calling unless it was a referral. Our case manager immediately explained that she did have a child for us to consider. She told us that he was 4 years old and that he did have a medical condition. They were uncertain as to the cause. "Do you want to know more (because of the condition) or do you not want to move along any further?" That was her question. I told her I would speak to Jody (we always ride to church together except this time, of course) and call her right back. Of course Sydney and Hudson caught on to the conversation. As I was explaining what I knew of his medical condition and my concern, Hudson said "Well mom what does that matter. God made him and if he is sick then that is OK." Whew....the tears started then!

As soon as Jody got to church I (pounced on him) calmly explained the phone call. (Did I mention we were standing in the church hallway with all our kids and a friend)? Jody immediately said "yes, call her back". While he attempted to get the kids some dinner I talked more with our case manager. She gave me a brief description and emailed the rest home. We poured over the information, his pictures, personality profile, and background information (other picture above). His beautiful smile is what I saw first, the look on his face was precious. It looked like he was tickled at something or someone. How could a sweet baby that has experienced so much loss smile? The information we received stated that he was "smiley, playful, and had adjusted well. He can put on his shoes, run, brush his teeth, and plays well with other children. He also enjoys being around adults and will look them in the eye" We had limited family background.

We also read (and re-read) his medical information. I have to say that by now I was an emotional mess. I now see that I was overwhelmed by God's sovereignty. Jody and I had prayed many, many, MANY times about the child God had for us....our prayer was that we wanted who God wanted.

When we began the adoption process we didn't expect to get a baby. It was always our intention to get an older child, but as the months ticked by and there were no referrals for us (no older children from Hannah's Hope that were adoptable and within our parameters) we began to believe that we would bring home a baby. It felt a little wrong (for lack of a better term) to accept a referral for a baby when there were many families on the wait list that were doing just that. If we would take an older child, then why wasn't that working out. This is what floored me, this little boy (we are going to call him AJ) didn't arrive at Hannah's Hope until just a days before. We had waited all this time (when it didn't make any sense that there were no older children to be adopted) because God was waiting on AJ to get there! He was waiting to bring this little boy to us!

I wish I could say that I never feared, but I did...immediately. I am so thankful that Jody remained strong and steadfast. There was never a question if we would take him or not (we had prayed to many times that we would take whoever He had for us), but it took me a while to accept that we could be bringing home a very sick little boy. We weren't given much hope that we would have a diagnosis before we came home with him. The next day I forwarded all medical information to the International Pediatrician. It is her job to access his condition with the limited records we give her. I knew that she needed to lay out all scenarios, good and bad, but I could have done without. Some were very serious, life threatening. The days that followed were mixed with joy and anxiety. God was showing me who was boss. Again, I am so thankful for Jody's steadfastness. He was confident and I needed that. I will never forget a conversation between the two of us on Friday evening. We came to the conclusion that we never ever would wish that any of our children would be sick. We prayed for them when they were in utero and would have taken them, loved them, and cared for them no matter how there were born. It was no different with AJ and that was freeing for me.

So fast-forward a few weeks and here we are. We are going to court on Feb. 22nd. I have grown to love this little boy. We don't have a moment as a family that I do not picture him with us.....taking a bath, playing around the house, going to church, eating around our table, etc. I can "feel" myself holding him. I pray that he will know the saving grace of our Father at a young age. I pray that he will feel safe and loved from the moment we meet. I pray for the awkward moments that may come as he ages and is asked about his adoption.

We have received a handful of medical test results to date. The doctor seems comfortable ruling out some of the more serious concerns at this time, but there is so much we don't know. I am thankful. I am scared. I am resting in Him.

Bonner Family said...

Thank you for sharing your heart!! We are awaiting for a referral for a 12 to 24 month old boy. I look forward to following your journey. I'll be praying for AJ's medical situation.

Sara said...

We are so excited for you guys! His pictures are absolutely precious and we can't wait to meet him and then to get to have our kids know each other when we bring our little one home!

We are praying for the 22nd of February!

The Stiffs said...

I have too many words for one little comment and too many tears to write them all down. We're praying for your court date. I can't wait to see AJ's smile and yours.

Kristi J said...

wow...So they let you adopt out of birth order? that is awesome...how did you make that happen?? Or are you kids older than AJ?? What a great testimony you have!! I can't wait to meet him via BLOG WORLD :) Congrats on your sweet new boy, kristi


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One of the biggest advantages of Android over iPhone is widgets. Android has them, iPhone does not.
Widgets are valuable because they give you an at-a-glance look at lots of different kinds of information and quick access to valuable apps and configuration settings.
I carry both an Android phone (for work) and an iPhone (my private phone), but there are some things where I always reach to whip out the Android phone because I can access the information more quickly via a widget. If I was a normal person that only used one phone and I was limited to an iPhone, widgets are the biggest thing I’d miss about Android.
To help you find some of the most useful widgets, I’ve put together my list of the top 15. I first published this list of my favorite widgets in August 2010. In this latest update, I’ve replaced 12 out of the 15 widgets on the list and I’ve updated the screenshots for Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich.”
The best way to view this list is in the screenshot gallery so that you can see each of the widgets. But, you can also view it in list form below, with links to the Android Market for each of the widgets. I’ve tried to find widgets that will generally work on almost all versions of Android and aren’t limited to specific flavors, but obviously that’s a tall order.
A couple things to keep in mind with widgets:
  1. They can hog resources, bandwidth, and battery life so you should make sure you’re using a task monitor to keep an eye on them; I wouldn’t necessarily recommend running all 15 at once, just pick the ones that are most important and that you’ll use the most often
  2. Widgets can take up a lot of screen real estate and so you may need to use an alternate home screen launcher, such as Launcher Pro, to give yourself some extra space

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1. Beautiful Widgets

Arguably, the most well-known widget on Android is the Clock & Weather widget from HTC, but that’s obviously limited to HTC devices. The best universal Android widget that does the same thing is the one from Beautiful Widgets, which also offers the same functionality in a variety of differences sizes and configurations and tosses in a few bonus widgets such as a battery monitor and some configuration toggles.

2. Extended Controls

Android comes with a “Power Control” widget that I’ve always liked because it lets you quickly toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Brightness, and more. However, the “Extended Controls” widget allows you to create a customized version of Power Control with a lot more toggle options.

3. Business Calendar

If you need to quickly scan your calendar to check on your next meeting or see what your day looks like tomorrow, you can’t beat the Business Calendar widget. It offers virtually every size and configuration option imaginable. I prefer the 4×4 (full screen) widget in agenda mode with the simple list of all upcoming calendar appointments.

4. Analytics Widget

If you use Google Analytics to track web site traffic, this little widget makes it easy to get a get quick glance at your traffic metrics. It takes up the same amount of space as an app icon and you can set up multiple widgets to track multiple metrics.

5. Google Reader ticker

To keep an eye on the latest news, it’s hard to beat Google Reader, since it’s completely customizable based on RSS feeds. You can follow national politics or world news or you can follow the smallest trade publication that covers your industry. As long as it has an RSS feed, you can put it in Google Reader and then you can follow it at a glance with the ticker widget that is automatically added when you install the Google Reader app.

6. Pulse

Pulse is another news reader that has a great widget. Pulse is a visual newsreader that represents stories with images that it finds within those stories. It has a nice default news feeds to choose from, but you can also search for lots of others from across the web. The widget only allows you to select on feed to use on its ticker.

7. Tripit

I’ve recommended Tripit on my favorite iPhone and Android apps lists because it’s a great little service for tracking all of your travel itineraries. It also happens to have a useful Android widget that comes in two sizes.

8. Google Finance

The simple mission of Google Finance is to track stocks. The app also comes with a widget that allows you to quickly glance at the performance of a single stock or index in a little 2×1 widget. You can have use multiple instances of the widget to track multiple stocks.

9. Direct Dial & Direct Message

In addition to quick-glance information, Android widgets can also provide quick functions (kind of like macros or keyboard shortcuts on a PC). The Direct Dial and Direct Message widgets allow you to pick someone’s phone number in your contacts and create an icon that allows you to immediately call or text that person. If you have a photo for the person then it shows their photo in a 1×1 icon. These two widgets come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (that’s why there’s no download link), but if you don’t have a phone with ICS then you can use a widget like Picture Dial.

10. The Weather Channel

The weather update in Beautiful Widgets (above) is usually enough for me, but if I’m going on a trip or worried about the extended forecast and I want to track the weather a little more closely than The Weather Channel’s has a great set of widgets. My favorite is the 4×1 widget.

11. Google Docs bar

The Google Docs app comes with a widget bar that provides one-tap access to your list of docs and your favorites and also let’s you start a new document or add a photo to your docs with a single tap.

12. Evernote bar

Evernote is a great note-taking service that has multiple mobile apps as well as desktop apps and web access. The great thing is that you can make notes in any of these places and it gets synced to all of the other instances. The Evernote app for Android comes with a widget bar (similar to Google Docs) that gives you one-tap access to your notes, lets you search your notes, and lets you quickly create a new note.

13. Twitter

As I’ve said before, Twitter is a terrific real-time intelligence engine. Now that there’s an official Twitter Android app, there are also a couple Twitter widgets (large and small) for scanning your Twitter stream. You can even configure the Twitter widget to display “Mentions” so that you can quickly see who’s talking to you (or about you) and respond.

14. ESPN ScoreCenter

This ESPN widget that lets you keep track of the scores from your favorite sports teams. It shows the last game and the next game (or current game). You can quickly tap it to get more details in the ESPN app.

15. Dictionary.com

For my fellow wordsmiths out there, Dictionary.com has a terrific widget that allows you to type or speak a word and quickly get the definition. As a bonus, the widget also displays a word of the day.

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The most amazing thing woke me. I was dreaming I was a baby and my mother was offering me a pacifier. I felt the rubber tip against my mouth and my lips parted, and suddenly I realized there really was something touching my mouth. It was Arianne’s. I opened my eyes and she froze. She was studying me as if she wasn’t sure of my reaction. My eyes shot over to the couch where her mother had been.

“She went to bed,” she said, still looking uncertain.

She settled back against the couch. “I’m sorry I startled you.”

“No—I, uh…it’s okay,” I stumbled.

“That was sneaky, finding my hand under the blanket. I was wondering when you were going to do it.”

“You were?”

She looked at me knowingly.

“You just looked so peaceful right now. So restful. I’m sorry I—”

“It’s really okay,” I said, putting my hand on her arm. “I thought your mother was over there.”

“I just wanted to know what they felt like.”

I smiled. “And?”

Her face reddened and she smiled as if she knew a secret. She looked down at my hand and covered it with her own.

“I like the way your skin feels.”

I could barely breathe, but somehow it didn’t matter. Somehow I was still sitting there, still as a stone, unable to move, with my heart still beating and air moving in and out of my lungs. She was looking at me with that gaze—that intense, penetrating stare that meant a lot more than she might have intended. I glanced at her lips. They were full and soft and I wanted to taste them again. Before I knew it she had moved close to me again and I felt the warmth of her face. I was ready for her this time. Our mouths met at first with hesitancy, in exploration. I inhaled and felt her breath, and then my hand went up to the side of her face and all of a sudden I felt like I was being pulled into a vacuum. In the suffocating heat I opened my eyes and caught a glimpse of her soft eyelids, and the warm ecstasy on her face. We were enjoying each other, and yet I still imagined her mother tiptoeing down the hallway, leaning out and watching—watching as Arianne moved closer to me, her hand against my chest, kissing me with so much energy I thought I would burst.

And then she stopped. I was practically on my back against the couch cushions, and she was leaning over me, our eyes open and our gazes locked. She looked sleepy and content. And then she laid her head against my chest and snuggled against my body. She had no idea what frenzied exclamations the rest of me was experiencing. I closed my eyes and it was all I could do to control myself. I stroked her hair and willed myself to relax.

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The glare is bad but that must be in part because it is so shiny. That and I'm still learning to use the ipod.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

13 Books for 2013

So 2013 is almost over and I haven't posted any EOTY lists yet--until now. I'll start with what else? Books, of course.
It's hard to narrow down everything to just 13 books since I read 164 books this year (yay!) but I'll try.

Here are my Top 13 books for 2013: (Note: Some of these books may not have been released this year in particular but I read them this year, so, there..)

1. Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl

“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.”  (Cath, "Fangirl)

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

All the feels for this.

2. Chris Mariano - Cover (Story) Girl

"He thought it smelled like regret." (Gio, "Cover (Story) Girl)

) She has amnesia.
2) She’s on the run from her father’s creditors.
3) She’s enjoying her last days on earth.

Ever since Jang Min Hee walked into Gio’s small museum, she’s given him one excuse after another about why she’s vacationing at scenic Boracay Island. Rarely has Gio’s neat and organized world been shaken like this. Soon he finds himself scrambling over rocks, hiding in dressing rooms, and dragging her out of bars. But how can Gio tell what's true from what isn't? Their worlds are getting unraveled -- one story at a time.

I think this is one of the best books that have ever been written. It's just something you'd want to read over and over again.

3. Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor and Park

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.

4. Maria Semple - Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

"You have to create! Or you'll become a menace to society!"

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom.

Then Bernadette disappears. It began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle—and people in general—has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic.

To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, secret correspondence—creating a compulsively readable and touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.

5. Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) - The Cuckoo's Calling

“The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.”

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

6. Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because Cool Girls are above all hot. Hot and understanding. Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl."

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media--as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents--the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter--but is he really a killer?
As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister, Margo, at his side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn't do it, where is that beautiful wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the back of her bedroom closet?

7. Mina V. Esguerra - Love Your Frenemies

"So we liked to speak our minds, but not our hearts. Too bad, because sometimes people needed to hear that. A whole mess of things could have been avoided if we just knew how to say the right thing.”

Kimmy knows everyone hates her, but when she comes back after a long disappearance, she has a nagging feeling that things aren't exactly what she thought them to be.

First of all, there's her first love, the very sexy Manolo who used to have a nasty habit of breaking her heart. Then there's her bride-to-be BFF whom Kimmy means to write out of her life right after the wedding. And there's her mother who Kimmy can't wait to abandon - again.

Is Kimmy headed for more disaster, or can a girl everyone hates finally get a clue and find happiness?

8. Meg Cabot - Airhead

"“Looks can be deceiving.”

Meg Cabot expands her huge fan base with this slightly darker, more mysterious novel - without losing any of her signature heart and humor.

Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. But someone needed to look out for her sister, Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autographs there—along with the newly appointed Face of Stark, teen supermodel sensation Nikki Howard.

How was Em to know that disaster would strike, changing her—and life as she’d known it—forever? One bizarre accident later, and Em Watts, always the tomboy, never the party princess, is no longer herself. Literally.

9. Jessica Park - Flat Out Love

“It was always you. I thought it was someone else, but it was you. You were the person that I felt.”

Flat-Out Love is a warm and witty novel of family love and dysfunction, deep heartache and raw vulnerability, with a bit of mystery and one whopping, knock-you-to-your-knees romance.

It's not what you know--or when you see--that matters. It's about a journey.

10. Chrissie Peria - All's Fair in Blog and War

Five Cuevas @fivetravels
Three guesses to where I'm going next. Starts with an M. Ends with a U. Has a lechon named after it. #travel

Twenty-something travel blogger Five thinks she has hit the jackpot when she gets invited to glittering Macau for an all-expense-paid bloggers tour. Think majestic old churches, sparkling casinos, exhilarating bungee jumps, and the world's most unforgettable egg tarts. The trip is practically perfect, except for one little glitch. She gets assigned to be travel buddies with Jesse, the world's most infuriating photo blogger, and it's definitely war at first sight.

Will Five let Jesse turn her dream vacation into a total nightmare? Or will falling in love be on the itinerary?

11. Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.

NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her leg
Since she left town eight years ago, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.

HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE on her ankle
As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable.

12. Graeme Simsion - The Rosie Project

“But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?”

An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love.

Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.

13. Koushun Takami, Yuji Oiniki - Battle Royale

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language.

See the full list of the books I read this year HERE.

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Ever seen a Jewish Flash Mob?

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Jewish Youth of Vienna Sends a Message of Solidarity with Israel

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The Jewish Youth of Vienna gathered in the Stephanplatz before the Cathedral, the city center. The result was this stunning graphic message of soldiarity with fellow Jews in Israel.

WatchÂ this You Tube video and make sure that you send it far and wide, especially to the media:

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The idea that one of Hamas’s main command bunkers is located beneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is one of theÂ worst-kept secretsÂ of the Gaza war. So why aren’t reporters in Gaza ferreting it out? The precise location of a large underground bunker equipped with sophisticated communications equipment and housing some part of the leadership of a major terrorist organization beneath a major hospital would seem to qualify as a world-class scoopâ€”the kind that might merit a Pulitzer, or at least a Polk.

So why isn’t the fact that Hamas uses Shifa Hospital as a command post making headlines? In part, it’s because the location is so un-secret that Hamas regularly meets with reporters there. On July 15, for example, William Booth of theWashington PostÂ wroteÂ that the hospital “has become a de facto headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways and offices.” Back in 2006, PBS even aired a documentary showing how gunmen roam the halls of the hospital, intimidate the staff, and deny them access to protected locations within the buildingâ€”where the camera crew was obviously prohibited fromÂ filming. Yet the confirmation that Hamas is using Gaza City’s biggest hospital as its de facto headquarters was made in the last sentence of the eighth paragraph of Booth’s storyâ€”which would appear to be the kind of rookie mistake that is known in journalistic parlance as “burying the lede.”

But Booth is no rookieâ€”he’s an experienced foreign reporter, which means that he buried the lede on purpose. Why? Well, one reason might be that the “security sources” quoted whenever the location of the Hamas command bunker is mentionedâ€”which, as evidenced by this 2009Â articleÂ by the excellent and highly experienced foreign correspondent Steven Erlanger of theÂ New York Times, happens every time there’s a war in Gazaâ€”are obviously Israelis, not members of Hamas. It might be hard to believe the Israelis, the simple logic might run, since they obviously have an investment in arguing that Hamas is using hospitals and schools as human shields.

The Israelis are so sure about the location of the Hamas bunker, however, not because they are trying to score propaganda points, or because it has been repeatedly mentioned in passing by Western reportersâ€”but because they built it. Back in 1983, when Israel still ruled Gaza, they built a secure underground operating room and tunnel network beneath Shifa hospitalâ€”which is one among several reasons why Israeli security sources are soÂ sureÂ that there is a main Hamas command bunker in or around the large cement basement beneath the area of Building 2 of the Hospital, which reporters are obviously prohibited from entering.

Hamas obviously has no interest in having a photo-layout of one of its command bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital splashed on the front pages of newspapers. After all, such pictures would show that the organization uses the sick and wounded of Gaza as human shields while launching missiles against Israeli civilians. What Hamas wants is for reporters to use very different pictures from Shifaâ€”namely, photos of Palestinians killed and wounded by Israelis, which make Palestinians look like innocent victims of wanton Israeli brutality.

To that end, the rules of reporting from Shifa Hospital are easy for any newbie reporter to understand: No pictures of members of Hamas with their weapons inside the hospital, and don’t go anywhere near the bunkers, or the operating rooms where members of Hamas are treated. While reporters can meet with members of Hamas inside the hospitalâ€”because it’s obviously convenient for everyoneâ€”they are not allowed to take pictures. Reporters inside Gaza who are risking their lives to bring the world whatever news they can should hardly be blamed for obeying Hamas’s media rules, which the organization has helpfullyÂ written downÂ in case anyone has doubts about what they are permitted to show.

Reporters who bravely or foolishly violate Hamas’ rules even on their social media accounts can be seen to repent with such alacrity that it’s not difficult to imagine how scared and dependent they are. Nick Casey of theÂ Wall Street Journal, for example,Â tweetedÂ that “You have to wonder w the shelling how patients at Shifa hospital feel as Hamas uses it as a safe place to see media.” Casey then quickly deleted his tweet, which didn’t save him from being put on aÂ listÂ of journalists who “lie/fabricate info for Israel” and “must be sued” – a threat which is surely the least of Casey’s fears. Last week, French-Palestinian journalist Radjaa Abu Dagg was summoned to Shifa by Hamas and interrogated. HeÂ wroteÂ about the experience of “attempted intimidation” forÂ Liberationâ€”and then quickly had the paperÂ take downÂ the article.

It can hardly be lost on any sane journalist that tempers in combat zones can be short, and that Hamas has used the kidnapping of foreign journalists likeÂ Alan JohnsonÂ of the BBC to advance its own agenda. The fact that Hamas hasclosedÂ the border and will not let journalists in or out of Gaza can’t make journalists who being used as de facto human shields by a terrorist organization feel any more eager to offend their hosts.

What Hamas has done, therefore, is to turn Shifa Hospital into a Hollywood sound-stage filled with real, live war victims who are used to score propaganda points, while the terrorists inside the hospital itself are erased from photographs and news accounts through a combination of pressure and threats, in order to produce the stories that Hamas wants. So if reporters aren’t entirely to blame for participating in this sick charade, then who is?

The answer is that reporters write what they can, and some do their job better than others, and some are braver or more foolhardy than their peers. But it’s the job of editors, sitting thousands of miles away, at a very safe remove from the battlefield, to note that dispatches were produced under pressure, or that key information was removed by a governmentâ€”as nearly all mainstream media outlets do when battlefield dispatches pass through the hands of the IDF censor. A good editor might attach similar notes to dispatches from combat zones controlled by terrorist organizations. He or she might also decide that reporting only the news that Hamas deems fit to print from Shifa Hospital isn’t actually reporting at all: It’s propaganda.

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  1. Free Gaza from Hamas? The only way the people, otherwise known as Muslims, will ever be free is to rid themselves of Islam. Hamas is nothing but just another symptom of Islam. And, now, that Hamas is entrenched in Gaza, they will never be able to rid themselves of such, even if they wanted to. But, I guess exterminating Hamas would be a start. Then, rid the world of Islam.

    Jews hating liberals should be forced to live in Israel for a year or two and experience this daily, weekly or whatever.

    Unexpectedly, the video affected me very deeply, evoking my childhood fears during the cold war, of being vaporized by a nuclear warhead, of America being destroyed.

    Unfortunately, I see it coming to America sooner than later. Our southern border, and probably northern, are letting in every sort of terrorist possible, including their weapons. My guess would be that we will see some sort of atrocity before the end of the year. And, of course, our leaders will be clueless.

  2. Brilliant idea re the flash mob. I’d like to see similar events happening in Australia – I suggest Martin Place and Hyde Park in Sydney, during lunch hour, as suitable locations. Oh, and Bondi Beach on a Saturday morning (people forget that Tel Aviv and Haifa are on the coast, and Israeli beachgoers have had to take cover).

    to Pray Hard

    You’re right re Islam. That’s the *real* problem. The Ummah or Mohammedan Mob is the sheltering, nurturing sea within which the jihad gangs like Hamas – and Al Qaeda – and Hizb ut Tahrir – and the Ikhwan – and all the rest swim, and from which, ceaselessly, they emerge. So long as pious Muslims seek to emulate mohammed the warlord in every last detail; so long as they take Surah 9 seriously; the Jihad will continue.

    right now, those young Israeli soldiers in Gaza are the only truly significant non-Muslim fightback against Jihad.

    Every Islamoaware person in the entire world – whether from First World or Third World, whether in Europe, the New World, India, Philippines, Thailand, or subsaharan Christian Africa – should be cheering them on and getting right behind them **and DEMANDING that our governments support Israel and STOP forcing the IDF to fight with impossible Rules of Engagement.

    I would hope that Magen David Adom in Israel, and every ISraeli charity that helps build bomb shelters, and every Israeli charity that directly supports the IDF, is getting a flood of donations right now…not just from the Jewish diaspora, but from *Gentiles*. Personally, I reckon “Adopt an Iron Dome” might prove a popular charity! *Every time* one of those babies takes out Wouldbe-Deadly Incoming, it costs a cool $50 000, so where are the philanthropists, Jewish and non-Jewish, putting down the cash to cover it? Every pro-Israel rally should be passing round the hat.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Technique Junkies - Sepia

I have been a bad, bad blogger. Too many things right now are keeping me from hanging out in my studio and I really miss my art time! Today I decided that I was going to stamp, no matter what!

After seeing so many wonderful cards made with this new stamp sheet from I Brake for Stamps, I HAD to have them. They are some of the prettiest holiday stamps I've seen in a long time. I thought that this one worked perfectly with the Sepia Technique from the latest Technique Junkie newsletter. Such a fantastic technique!

Hope all my readers are doing well and haven't totally forgotten me....I promise I will be posting more this month!


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Meeting Notice Gordon City Council, June 11, 2015

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the City Council of the City of Gordon, Nebraska will be held at 6:00 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2015, in the city council chambers which meeting will be open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of City Clerk at the City Hall. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than twenty-four hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting.

If auxiliary aids of reasonable accommodations are needed for attendance at a meeting, please call the Office of the City Clerk at (308) 282-0837. Advance notice of seven days is needed when requesting an interpreter.

/s/ Kim Buchan

City Clerk

Published: June 3 and June 10, 2015


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Here is today's free RedBox code for tonight!

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do these work anywhere in the US?

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I have heard that they do, but if I am wrong let me know! Thanks! Tori

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Our First (Real) BIG Christmas Tree

Well, I was going to say this was our first tree, but two years ago, Justin bought me a 3 foot tall tree for us. So, this is our first tree as a married couple :)

We have both always known we wanted to do a real tree - both having come from typical fake tree using families. So, we went down to the tree filled tent in Titusville and started the hunt.

I really can't even tell you how happy Justin is about having his picture taken here :)

And I even got the guy who worked there to take our picture with our perfect tree.
I know. I'm a big nerd.

So, once we managed to fit it into the car and got it home, we spent the day covering it with lights and decorations. The result is a very traditional looking Christmas tree.

We have even started a tradition over the last few years of collecting ornaments form all the places we go. This picture shows some of them off nicely, including the conch shell angel we got in the Bahamas just 6 weeks ago.

The dog has been very curious of the tree (I know, he looks really creepy in this picture). I kept having to make him get out from under it while I was putting the lights on. Now that it's up, he rather enjoys having another bowl to drink from :)

All in all, he's fine with it now that it's up and he can lay on the tree skirt - which is a flannel blanket. The only thing he's unsure of are my cute-sy snowmen that I have on either side of it.
... He doesn't trust them. Plus I'm afraid he will eat them, so I've had to place them up higher.

We are both very happy with our tree, and we can't wait to get all the other decorations up so we feel really festive throughout the month :)

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Megan's California Adventure!

I was lucky enough to be able to visit two of my best friends, Heather and Kevin, in Los Alamitos, California for a week! Isn't my husband nice ;)

I had lots of fun, despite what Heather says. The two of them were getting over colds, plus Heather has reached the "horrifically uncomfortable" stage in her pregnancy (ok, she didn't say it was THAT bad, but she was uncomfortable), so we didn't want to be traipsing around everywhere the whole time. We had a really fun time just hanging out which we haven't been able to due since they moved and abandoned me in Florida.

Heather helped me catch up on some movies I have missed - by the way you should so see Dan in Real Life if you haven't yet. It's amazing. We went to Seal Beach Main and shopped in all the quaint little shops. We had some terrific food throughout the week, including the most obscenely large slice of chocolate cake I've ever witnessed at a place called Claim Jumper. I even got my In and Out Burger fix :)

One day, we went to the Los Angeles Temple, which was really neat. It's such a big temple! It's also amazing how quiet that area is when the rest of the city is so loud. And how cool is it that I was able to go with a good friend of mine :)

Then we drove around Beverly Hills and saw a lady on a power chair with the most blinged out leopard print jacket I've ever seen. One day, we went out to Seal Beach and took some maternity pictures for her little girl that is due some time in the first week of December.

The week culminated with Heather's baby show thrown by some friends of hers at church. It was really a nice party.

And, no Heather isn't throwing up into that gift, I just couldn't resist posting this one ;) Sorry Heather. It was too good.

This is Heather with her mother in law and sister in law.

This is our one picture of the two of us together :)

And this is a sampling of the crowd from the shower.

I really did have such a good time. From the weather to the relaxation - it was everything that a vacation should be. Plus, I got to hang out with two of my favorite people. What more could you ask for? I loved California and I can't wait to take Justin back sometime. Plus, I need to meet that baby! :) After all, I helped build her swing.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Cruisin With The In-Laws

So, we just got back form our 4 day cruise to the Bahamas with Justin's family. It was the two of us, his mom and dad, his sister Jessica and her boyfriend Adam, and his Aunt Dede and Uncle Barry. We were quite the brood, but we had a lot of fun. We went to the Atlantis Hotel and looked around, the beach, and the straw market in Nassau.

I will admit, we didn't take many pictures ... hey, we were on vacation!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Happy Birthday To Justin!

Yup, Justin turned 24 on September 30th (now I am no longer the "older woman"). I asked him what he wanted as his cake and he said a chocolate swirl cheesecake. I had made regular cheesecakes (with much success, might I add) but I had never made a chocolate swirl one. I was told by Justin that it came out great :) Isn't he sweet?

For his birthday, I got him a bunch of computer related items that he wanted :) So, one more year down, and many more to come! Happy B-Day Baby!

Friday, October 9, 2009

He Can See!

Well, Justin finally got his eyes zapped and now he is a huge fan of Lasik surgery :)

We went in on September 25th, and he was out in 15 minutes. No wonder the Doctor has his brand new bright orange Lamborghini parked out front :) I got to watch it all on a tv screen from the lobby. I saw 4 surgeries in all before Justin was finished and came out, and he could see on the way home!

This is what his eyes looked like that night.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Hello Newest Steven!

Well, my cousin Mistie had her baby boy on October 2nd.

Meet Steven Gregory Daniel Jr.

Stevie boy is Mistie's 4th child but her first boy! I went to visit him tonight and say hello.

I'll be back to see him sometime this week and take some more interesting pictures :)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Gordo

So, I noticed a trend with most of my friends a few months back... they were all having babies; and being that we are married now, that is most certainly the number one question we get asked. "Are you pregnant yet?" I'm sure all married couples can think back to the time when they were asked that non stop and sympathize. Also, Justin and I have very different schedules, and I needed something cuddly to fill in my spare time :)

Thus, we got Gordo.

Gordo is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and most definitely the awesomest pooch around. Corgis are the 11th smartest dog breed, they are great with people and kids - they even like to keep your kids in line by herding them :) - but they are also very loyal and loving, as Gordo is proof of.

Gordo has been so much fun! We have trained him to ring a bell when he needs to go outside (yes, that is completely true, I'm not making it up). We got him on July 26th. He is now 4 1/2 months old and he has his own little repertoire of tricks: sit, speak, shake, roll over, and high five. Recently he has decided he is a ferocious guard dog and barks even when someone rings a doorbell on tv.

So, now that we have a dog and not a baby, I'm sure many of our blog entries will be about him. So please bear with me :) He's just so darn cute!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

A Catch Up...

So, we have been very delinquent in our family blogging, as my dear friend Heather has brought to my attention. I vow that I will make this an somewhat up to date blog. Yes. It shall be (maybe if I write it down, I will feel more likely to comply).

So, Justin and I (Megan - in case you don't know that) got married on April 18th, 2009.

Now we are living in Titusville, Florida. Justin works at the cape and I work at the jewelry store. We also have our own photography business (Shimer Photography - as shameless plug, I know). We are both photographers. We shoot weddings, family pictures, portraits of all kinds, events and commercial photography. We also both have our own more "fine art" style images that we started out with, and we still try to squeeze some of those out occasionally.

Anyway, I will keep this updated so come back and see what shenanigans we are up to :)


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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Throw Up Thursday

Throw Up Thursday: Well, this is more of a Throw Back Thursday post.

It has officially been a year since my first Throw Up Thursday post.

(Almost) Fifty-two reminders of the many ways this man has found to love me.

Go ahead, re-read some of them; I already have. :) But try not to throw up from how sweet it is.

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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Mayhem at Karachi

It seems that certain forces are adamant at plunging Karachi completing into anarchy. At an average nearly 15 people are being killed on daily basis over the last three months. Among the killed are political activist and members of religious parties but the largest number pertain to Shia and Sunni sects. Instead of rounding up the killers, those responsible out all the blame on ‘third hand’. Earlier the hype was created that Taliban were entering Karachi to get it free from the ‘hostage’ of MQM’. Till recently targeted killing was common but now funeral processions are also being attacked. Added to these are blockade of roads by the agitators, putting up public and private properties on fire. The most criminal is the silence of coalition partners and the propaganda that booty collectors have also entered Punjab.

There is growing consensus among the people belonging to different sects and political affiliations that ‘mercenaries’ have thronged Karachi with a clear mandate to plunge the city into complete anarchy. They know very well that Karachi is the lifeline of Pakistan and hub of industrial and commercial activities. Therefore, without cutting this lifeline the ultimate objective of fragmenting Pakistan can’t be achieved. It is on record that people belonging to all the cast and creed, political and religious sects are being killed, shops and commercial areas are closed and private and public and private properties are reduced to ash.

Ironically, the three coalition partners PPP, ANP and MQM are trying to buyout sympathies because their members are being assassinated but have been failing miserably in restoring peace despite being in power for years. This force the people to infer that some ‘supra power’ controls the tentacles and before it coalition partners are also helpless. There is also a growing realization that the mercenaries have also crept into law enforcing agencies. This impression develops because none of the perpetrators has been rounded up and given punishment. The most glaring examples are killing of Benazir Bhutto and her brother and famous political and religious leaders.

If one also adds to this burning of more than 300 workers of ill-fated garment factory, blasts at mosques and religious gathering and attack at Rangers Headquarters only one point is evident, the killers and perpetrators are far stronger than the law enforcing agencies. One of the conspiracy theories is that services of trained security personnel are being hired to create the mess. It is also feared that personnel of investing agencies are also being paid lavishly on not arresting the criminals, collect evidence against them and when they some of the criminals are presented before the courts; they are acquitted because of lack of sufficient evidence.

Some of the critics say that all and sundry know the gangs and their leaders involved in killing, blasting bombs and putting private and public properties at fire. The names and faces of booty collectors and their godfathers are known to all. However, the government puts the blame on ‘third hand’. It may be said that it is the only hand because all others have been cut or tied. Now people openly say that don’t look at the getup of people which is completely disguising, these are cold-blooded mercenaries and their sole objective is to destroy Pakistan. The perpetrators know very well that Karachi is the safest heaven because of concentration of linguistic and sectarian groups. They also say that the residents are being used as human shields.

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

"Collar Button" Bullets in the .45-70

I'm always looking for some lighter "fun", small-game or gallery loads for my rifles. This includes my two .45-70 Government chambered rifles. The subject bullet is the bullet shown on the right.

The first of these was a "custom shop" 24" bull-barrel for my Thompson-Center Contender. Produced by the Thompson-Center Custom Shop and sold in bulk to MidwayUSA, this barrel came without front sights. I mounted a Weaver 2½X rifle scope with heavy duplex reticule and it works very well indeed. It certainly gets ones attention with 400 gr. bullets at 1700-1800 fps, after all the rifle only weighs 6 lbs! Seems a natural for the lighter, fun loads.

The second was my Browning 1886 SRC. This rifle was bought nearly NIB from a forum member at Paco Kelly's Leverguns Forum. It is a wonderful rifle and even with the issue original form ladder sight is fairly accurate shooting into 3 inches at 100 yards with all factory ammo. Now, in accordance with my prejudices, I've got a Williams Foolproof FP-71 installed. This rifle weighs 1½ pounds more loaded than the Contender and so recoil isn't quite as bad but it would be nice to have a light load for fun small-game hunting or plinking with the grandson (sometime in the future, he's only 2 years old...).

The Lyman 457130 is a bullet weighing approximately what a roundball would weigh but in the form of a conical. This is made possible with the BIG rounded groove in the middle of the bullet. Intended for indoor use, Frank of Mt. Baldy Bullets recommended 9 gr. of Unique with these bullets. Lube is liquid Alox, I recommend two coats for the longer barrels. If loaded with blackpowder, liberal use of SPG might just be a good idea!

Still, other projects and family needs had put off range time. Oh but that was frustrating. Then, as soon as the ammo was loaded, the rains which had been sadly lacking came for several days. No Chrony operation in those conditions. More waiting...

And then I got to go. It was a beautiful day to shoot. The Chrony went up without a snag and I had my Contender with the scoped 24" .45-70 barrel to do the testing. Velocities averaged to 888 fps and 525 fpe but the SD was 115! The max difference was 174 fps!! Heck I had one load that flamed out the barrel. I held my breath and then saw the bullet impact the backstop. It must have crawled out there it took so long.

I think I have lots of work to do here.

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Food Fight! - Genetically modified food, not all it is made out to be

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Plants (S. chacoense) transformed using Agrobacterium. Transformed cells start forming calluses on the side of the leaf pieces.

So, has the world finally gone mad? Have we swapped our sanity for sustainability? If we look at the facts sheet, crop biotechnology surely seems to steal the show, reducing pesticide spraying by a staggering 474 million kg between 1996 and 2011 (an 8.9% reduction), resulting in a whopping 14.609 million kg of carbon dioxide saving, the reduction of green house gas emissions equivalent to removing 6.5 million cars from the road for a year!(1 )

Eureka! you say? Win for environmentally friendly farming, you say?.....But before you jump up and applaud, read the rest of the facts sheet, this is where the Dr Jekyll bit comes in, studies have shown that this miracle is not all white wings and magic wands: The cells in the pancreas of mice fed Roundup Ready soy had profound changes and produced significantly less digestive enzymes (2); in rats fed a GM potato, the pancreas was enlarged (3). In various analysis of kidneys, GM fed animals showed lesions, toxicity, altered enzyme production or inflammation (4-6). Enzyme production in the hearts of mice was altered by GM soy (4), and GM potatoes caused slower growth in the brains of rats (3). Allergies and liver damage have also been linked to GM food (7,3-4).

The development of GM food seems to always start off with good intensions, such as "golden rice" (fig A), scientists spent 10 years developing a GM rice that contains beta-carotene, which our bodies convert into Vit A. A life saver for under developed countries where an estimated 250 million people suffer from Vit A deficiency, which causes blindness and death in children. Most health organisations condemn the rice, claiming that more research is needed. In the early 1990´s, Hawaii´s papaya industry almost collapsed due to the papaya ringspot virus, a GM papaya resistant to the virus was engineered and the industry was saved, today 80% of the papaya industry in Hawaii is GM fruit, but at what cost to the rest of Hawaii´s indigenous insects? No answer for that question.

Golden rice compared to normal rice

Why then, are our governments and authorities happily condoning this? I think money, and a desperate need to secure a sustainable food source, are the big old greasy culprits- farmers spend less on poison, fuel and labour, green house gas emissions are reduced by not tilling the land (carbon is retained in the soil), and not using fuel to crop dust and till the land, crop yields are bigger, more people can eat, and they all look like heroes. Forgotten are the possible side effects of human consumption, the fact that we have not done enough research, the dangers of GM crops infecting other plant species and the impact on insect life not related to food crops.

Research is the key, on that most people, companies, and governments agree, but what do we do in the meantime? Do we simply insist that our farmers grow conventional crops? Can we damn underdeveloped countries to starvation while the first world stares at Petri dishes? Most of us eat genetically modified food daily, because sadly, in South Africa, GMO labelling is not mandatory, our governing bodies have bigger fish to fry, such as feeding millions of hungry, mal nourished people. Africa´s need for food far outweighs the need for research and a closer look at the side effects of GM´ed maize. Factor in population explosions, corruption and war, and suddenly, the situation is very, very desperate.

So, let´s spend some of those millions of Dollars and Euros spent on genetic research on organic urban farming, which includes rooftop farming. Let´s teach people to grow their own food and not to depend on the first world for potentially harmful food. Buy your food fresh, just down the street. Or barter for potatoes with your home grown onions. Every house with open ground can grow veggies, every apartment building with an open roof can grow veggies. What a great way to gift our children with the ultimate survival tool, how to grow your own food!

Rooftop Farm in Rotterdam

I think the world has lost focus, leaving it up to others to solve the looming food crisis. Grow one crop to feed a million people, owned by only a few, instead of growing thousands of smaller crops to feed many millions, owned by all of us.

1. Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot. Key environmental impacts of global genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2011 GM Crops and Food: Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain 4:2, 109-119; April/May/June 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience.
2. Malatesta M, Biggiogera M, Manuali E, et al. Fine structural analyses of pancreatic acinar cells nuclei from mice fed on GM soybean. Eur J Histochem 2003; 47: 385-88.
3. Tudisco R, Lombardi P, Bovera F, et al. Genetically Modified Soya Bean in Rabbit Feeding: Detection of DNA fragments and evaluation of metabolic effects by ezymatic analysis. J Anim Sci 2006; 82: 193-99.
4. John MB. 13-week Dietary Subchronic Comparision study with Mon 863 Corn in rats Preceded by a 1-week Baseline Food Consumption Determination with PMI Certified Rodent Diet#5002, December 17, 2002.
5. Malatesta M, Biggiogera M, Manuali E, et al. Fine structural analyses of pancreatic acinar cells nuclei from mice fed on GM soybean. Eur J Histochem 2003; 47: 385-88.
6. Vecchio L, Cisterna B, Malatesta M, Martin TE, Biggiogera M. Ultrastructural analysis of tests from mice fed on genetically modified soybean. Eur J Histochem 2004; 48: 449-54.
7. Dutton A, Klein H, Romeis J, Bigler F. Uptake of Bt-toxin by herbivores feeding on transgenic maize and consequences for the predator Chrysoperia carnea. Ecol Entomol 2002; 27: 441-7.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Art show-ing off some great student work!

Student Surrealist Art Exhibition

The Board of Trustees and the Staff of the Dali Museum
Cordially invite student artists, families and teachers to the
Pinellas Student Surrealist
Art Exhibition

"Strangely Familiar"

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Awards Reception - 6:30 to 8:30pm
Awards Presentation - 7:00pm
at The Dali Museum, 1 Dali Blvd.
Congratulations goes out to our students for having their artwork selected for the 2013 Student Surreal Art Exhibition! The artwork will be on display at The Dali Museum (1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg) from January 11-February 17, 2013. The awards reception will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at The Dali Museum. Artists included are:
Tanner W.
Katerina A.
Jonathan L.
Savannah B.
Traci P.
Sydney B.
Alice L.
Meggie G.
Rachel A.
Colton P.
Rossi H.

Art by senior Rossi H.

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  1. Wow, very nice display of artistic skills. I really admire your art work collection.


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Bated Breath

Earlier this afternoon, I finished all the summertime snapshots.
Yes, that's right, fall comes next!
(Smarty pants.)

He is handsome and jolly!

 So handsome! So jolly!

Outdated Baby

To offset this poor-quality snapshot of a young Ezekiel delighted at the girly torment his big sisters have already begun to implement,

here's a picture of a young Ezekiel looking irresistible.

They Are What You Make Them

Ships ahoy, Matey.

We Should Have Named Her Lydia

No, sillies, this Lydia, not that one.  (Sheesh.)

It's a Wonderful Life

This is true. Also, and not entirely unrelated, our gentle counselor Mildred Elise turned ten years old in August.

Millie doesn't always care for me trapping her in photography, so she doesn't feature on shotsnaps as prominently as she does in our lives and hearts.

She is a great help to me.  She is thoughtful and stubborn and practical and confident and vulnerable and has a corny sense of humor.  She is hopelessly attached to books.  When watching film or reading books, she belly-guffaws unreservedly, with a wholehearted enjoyment and an enviable lack of self-consciousness.  I love this about her.

She loves flowers, chickens, dogs, cats, horses-- especially horses-- and dolphins.

And fancy dresses.

And ratty sweatpants.

Also, though these sober pictures don't show the sparkle, she's a complete goose, and we love her greatly.

To ten and beyond, my little Bumpkin!

It's Just What Blogging Gardeners Do

They do. I'm not a weirdo.

So here are pictures of, um, piles of chopped vegetables and, um,

  large bowls of squash on the kitchen table.

Okay, let me backtrack for a second.  How WEIRD is this?!

At the time, my smug and satisfied self thought they looked so pretty, though.

Don't shame me.

Curvy or Straight, They Fill the Plate

Pip was big enough to help cut beans this year, even though she sometimes confused the dull and sharp sides of the knife.

She proved a great addition to our bean-chopping hilarity.

It almost makes you want to come help us cut beans next year, doesn't it?  (Hey, it was worth a shot...)

p.s. The scrape on her nose was not caused by a sharp knife.  Just thought you should be aware of that before you called Social Services.

Lucky You

I think Millie took these.

Here's what I normally try to present to the world. (And, no, for the love of Pete, I am not wearing blush or lipstick or white clown paint. Okay, maybe a leetle bit of white clown paint..)

Here's the underbelly, cataracts included at no extra charge.

I'm even throwing in a Cuckoo Bird and her mama for free.

Sorry. I simply can't help myself. We had a bumper onion crop this year, and they just looked so pretty screen-drying in the sun that I took a snapshot.

Snip, snip

For your viewing (dis)pleasure, here are some snippets of the big day.

The younger girls gathered flowers to make birthday bouquets.

Millie took a birthday shower.

Birthday breakfast and bouquets...
Annie had to put a tablecloth on to make things worthy of a Double Digit Day.

I need to put this recipe on buildabelly. It is more than worthy.

 My mom makes each grandbaby a quilt when they're born.  Her brilliant (insane) follow-up idea was to make each growing grandchild a full-size quilt for their tenth birthday, following the color scheme each child requests.

Just so you know, she has 23 grandchildren and counting.

Aaaand, the cake.  Millie wanted to make her own cake this year-- an ice cream cake!-- which saved me buckets of time.  Happy, happy-- poof!

Every single day of the summer, unless forgetfulness or sloth crept in, the girls or I took a trip to the herb bed to snip the chamomile and calendula that blossomed overnight.  The first few dozen bowlfuls brought satisfaction, but by the time October rolled around, I was sending the girls out to gather them and then just dumping them on the screen to dry or not to dry, as they would, and eventually, I simply didn't gather them at all.  The bright bursts of color the calendula trumpeted in an otherwise barren garden, well after the first frosts and even past the first snowfall, were worth more than the petals to me.  I highly recommend growing calendula (pot marigold) for reasons culinary, medicinal, or for the simple virtue of their brilliant orange and yellow heads.

I took these pictures, obviously, in the honeymoon period of calendula and chamomile, when I blissfully ignored the fact that photo-journaling gardeners are kind of weird.

 Luci and Pip snitched blossoms whenever we went out.

We interrupt these flowers to bring you a HUMAN CHILD.

 I infused quite a bit of calendula oil (this snapshot also taken during the honeymoon period)

and dried so many blossoms that I still have 4 or 5 cups of petals left.  They were pretty, though, yes?

We Grow the Workers, Too

This is the way it always goes down.

#1.   I walk inside and am greeted by an elaborate fort.

#2.  I'm so impressed by the industrious builders that I put them to work in the garden.

For the record, the potato yield was disappointing and barely worth the effort it took to plant them.

Go Ahead, Laugh

It's perfectly all right to laugh at the fact that this past summer I made baby gifts for two 4 year-old nephews and one 2-year old nephew. After you laugh, though, please note that I did make the baby gifts.
I don't know if keeping one's word has an expiration date, but, if not, I delivered.

Delivered: one shirt for Nickel Pickle, acrobat extraordinaire.

Delivered: shirts for Simeon, Lover of Little Things, and Henry with the Will of Steel.

I know the craftsmanship is lacking, but I was so delighted with myself for thinking of interchangeable outfits for the gingerbread man.  That is, I was delighted with myself until I realized that Simeon, though a passionate champion of gingerbread men, probably wouldn't have the patience to change the man himself, which would make outside help necessary. (Sorry, Sarah.  Seriously, I'm sorry.)

In the spirit of making gifts either at inappropriate times or inappropriate sizes, I made my first clothing garment (apart from aprons) for Sigrid.  I was intimidated, even though I used the easiest skirt tutorial in the entire world. Since the material was printed, I slightly altered the pattern so the trees weren't upside down in the back, and since the material was thin, I added an enclosed brown lining, and then I made some ruffles to hide the ugly, crooked stitching on the front, which I hope makes up for the equally drunken stitching visible on the inside. (Don't look, Heidi!)

Sigrid is a dear and darling little baby, but because newborns receive ten million outfits in size 0-3 months, I sensitively made this one humongous.  Then, after I gave it to her, I told her I needed to keep it for an extra week so that I could enter it in the county fair.  (Friends don't mind tacky friends.)

Aren't I thoughtful?  It won't even fit Sigrid for a couple of years. Don't ask me how I know this.

I just know, okay?

(The skirt had to be pinned for Luci, Heidi, so there might be some taking in in your future.)


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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Agumbe - Monsoons, Rainforests and the King

Agumbe in monsoons is addictive! Many people I know are still unable to comprehend why I was in a place which gets the most rainfall in South India, that too at the height of the monsoons. It’s a joy that can only be experienced...

Monsoon in Agumbe

Along with a group of photographer-naturalists, I spent an extended weekend at Agumbe last week. Our base was the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS). ARRS was founded by Romulus Whitaker to study the rainforest ecology. Their flagship project is the King Cobra project. These elusive giants are among the least studied animals in the world.

Our trip started off with a rather adventurous twist. For those not following the news, Karnataka’s coast has been battered by the monsoons. Most of the ponds and lakes are overflowing and the roads were flooded at multiple places. As our bus from Bangalore navigated through tyre-deep water (where cars and vans were stuck), we ran into electricity wires that were hanging low! A few tense moments and we realized that the place (luckily for us) had no power. The bus conductor, rather foolhardily than bravely, pushed the wires with a plastic bag and we took a deep breath again.

A glimpse of the rainforest

Monsoon is the best time to be in Agumbe. That’s when the forest comes alive. Streams turn into rivulets. Waterfalls abound. Raindrops fall on your head :). The fog turns it into a dream. Although most animals and birds are hard to spot in this weather, frogs, crabs and snakes appeared to be having a gala time.

Calotes Rouxii

The following is a list of frogs and snakes seen on the trip.

1. Rhacophorus Malabaricus (Malabar flying frog)
Malabar Flying Frog (Rhacophorus Malabaricus)
2. Duttaphrynus melanosticus (Common Indian Toad)
3. Sylvirana Temporalis (Bronzed Frog)
Bronzed Frog (Sylvirana Temporalis)
4. Philautus Neelanethrus (Blue-eyed Bush Frog)
5. Philautus Ponmudi (Ponmudi Bush-frog)
6. Philautus Wynaadensis (White-nosed Bush-frog)
7. Euphlyctis Cyanophlyctis (Common Skittering Frog)

1. Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)
2. Hill Keelback (Amphiesma monticola)
3. Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta)
Green Vine Snake
4. Malabar rock pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus)

The thing with most of us city-breds is that rains automatically trigger an instinct to get indoors. I “suffered” with this for the first couple of days of my trip. I would get up to the sound of rain and would feel so thankful that I was indoors. Then, better sense would prevail on the purpose of my trip. I would slowly get myself into a raincoat, with my camera hanging on my side, and be off into the rains.

Forest Fungus

Leeches were a particularly interesting part of the trip. These slimy heat-sensing creatures come out of a long sleep at the onset of the monsoons and suck blood out of everything that moves. And they are everywhere. I was, admittedly, very scared of them for the first two days. I wouldn’t go out without leech socks and would scream when I found one of them on me. Then I saw a long stream of blood on my leg (from a leech that had had its fill and fallen off). And, leeches became a part of life.

I must thank ARRS for the fantastic experience. They helped us get around the rainforest and see the bio-diversity. They educated us on so many aspects, including how they track the King. The stay was homely and I still miss the simple food. Thank you guys!

Chandu said...

I can recall my last year's monsoon experience in agumbe! I started recommending everyone to try agumbe only in monsoons! Whatta fantastic place it would be in monsoon. ah those leeches, quick, smart heat sensors!ARRS is the place to be if you are in Agumbe!

Prashant said...

heavens descend on Agumbe during monsoons. Absolutely beautiful place. Please do write more on ARRS, would love to read.

molarbear's posts said...

I do love Agumbe, but I must say, my love of wildlife stops short of leeches, mosquitoes, roaches and rats! :)

Waiting for more photos, Shreeram!

Prem said...

Wow Shreeram!!
I can only envy you.. sounds like a fantastic trip! I can almost feel and sense the rain in the snap...

But the conductor touching the wires... too dangerous! (I recently saw a video of electrocution).

BTW, I will be in Agumbe in Dec / Jan... sigh... not during the rainy season!!

Thanks for the nice report

supra said...

extremely well photographed dada.

Shreeram M V said...

Thanks everyone. Will be posting more pictures soon...

Ajay said...

hi shreeram,
can you post some pictures of the hill keelback snake? I want to compare it with the picture that I have.
Best regards

Shivakumar said...

Hi Sreeram,
Visited your blog from a link in INW.
Very beautiful collection of images - truely potrays the feel of monsoon in Agumbe.
Personally in love with the first image of the rain.
Thanks for sharing.
Shivakumar L Narayan

Tharangini said...

Thanks for sharing your experience as well as these amazing snaps with us.. :) It is certainly motivational.
Never knew crabs and frogs could look so wonderful..:)

Ravi said...

Beautiful pictures and a very interesting report. Thanks for sharing.

Ravi Maganti

Saloni said...

beautiful pictures of agumbe...made me nostalgic! (i was working on the radio telemetry project sometime last year)

Roma said...

Loved the picture of the pond surrounded by tall trees and mist. Its breath taking!

Resham Gupta said...

Fabulous pictures Shreeram. I particularly like the crab and the snake. Good compositions and color clarity!!

Rathika Ramasamy said...

Thata awesome macro shots!

Uma said...

Hi Shreeram, your post and your photographs are simply superb! It brought back memories of my trip to Agumbe last year with Deepa, Karthik, Amogh et al (a whole bunch of NTPers, mostly). I've been meaning to write it up since, but have yet to get around to it. Though it was post-monsoon, the effect of the rains was still there - everything was green and fresh... But I'm sure being there in the rains is a totally different experience! Looking forward to more posts from you.

Lakshmi said...

what a place..lovely pics ..would love to be there

India, kernataka, shimoga, thirthalli said...

good photographed dada waiting for more

mM said...

super awesome pictures...loved planning to get there before the monsoons end...

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Finished Ribbon: PP Ribbon, Solid Printed Ribbon, Solid Embossed Ribbon, Holographic Ribbon, PET Laminated Ribbon, Metalized Ribbon, Solid Ribbon, other series.
Finished Product: Ribbon Roll, Curly Ribbon, Ribbon Egg, Star Bow, Curling Bow, Butterfly Pull Bow, Pom-pom Pull Bow, Tie Bow, Fancy Bow, Gifts Wrapping set, etc.
Find out more Ribbon Roll, please visit our website:
8. FAQ

1. Are you the manufacturer or trading company?
A: Yes , We are a professional manufacturer for ribbon in Shenzhen, China.

2. Do you have a catalogue?
A: Yes, if you need it, please contact us.  We also accept customers' design.
If you could send me picture or samples, we will be appreciate.

3. Do you have a color card?
A: Yes, we have real color card, but if you need a real color card, you will be charged 20usd, it is refundable once you place an order to us.
4. Can I customize the package of the Ribbon Roll?
A: Yes. We can provide cover design scheme for all customers and also they can decide how many brushes a pack can contain.
5. Are sample available for quality test?
A: Yes,  for some items we can provide Free Sample for your test. please inquiry us now.

6. What is the mass delivery time?
A: General 7-30 days after the payment or deposit, depending on the quantity of order. But if you need your items in a rush, please contact us in advance.

7. How do I place an order?
A: It is easy to place an order. Send us an inquiry about the list of the ribbons and bows you want to order. We will process a Proforma Invoice for you.

8.How to contact us for the Ribbon Roll?
Send your Inquiry Details in the Below, Testing sample, please Click "Send" Now! We will be always at your service.
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Wednesday, 4 November 2015

 hello everyone! here are some photos from my life recently. above is a tea party we hosted at the museum for Contact the Elderly.
 this was at an art college i went and did a little talk at.
 teaching yoga! this was a class i covered at a church hall. cute.
 making bunting at a hen party in work.
 eating kale
 crocheting blankets
 reading books. this is what i read in september i think!
 me and bert went to see the Lemonheads! oh gosh! it was fun.
 it's getting cold. everyone needs soup! i made this for halloween.
 and i think this is what i read in august....
 books read in november...... autumn is the best time for reading.
and i love this picture of me and bert drinking green tea in a festival.
how are you all? miss you.x

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